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Evening star., 1951-11-09
Tokyo Rose Asks Court
To Reconsider Appeal
BY the Associoted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. e.-Mrs.
Eva Toguri D'Aquino, convicted of
treason for her wartime propa-
ganda broadcasts as Tokyo Rose, -
has asked the Ninth United States
Court of Appeals here to recon-
slider its rejection of her appeal.
The formal request for a re-
hearing of her appeal, turned
down last October 10. was for
warded from the Federal Womens
Reformatory at Anderson, w. Va.
where the Los Angeles-born Jap
anese woman is serving a 1O-year
sentence.
Mrs. D'Aquino, 35, becomes ELI
slble for parole next year. She was
convicted September 90, 1949.
Evening star., 1951-11-09

ordered the sale of whisky stopped.
Both gambling and liquor sales
are illegal in Mississippi. but the
State collects a "black market
tax" from liquor dealers.
The liquor dealers met yester-
day, presumably to map strategy
for a fight against the ban on
liquor.
Evening star., 1951-11-09

627 9TH St., N. W. at
6 in Washington, D. {.
Open Thurs. mites I'll . pm.
Evening star., 1951-11-09
Illinois u. Mon ToIks

DR.. Raymond B. Cattell of the
University of Illinois will speak on
the "Dynamics of Cultural Pat
terms" at 7:30 O'Clock tonight in
Mcmahon Hall, Catholic Uni
verSity.
Evening star., 1951-11-09
Steamship and Truck
Collide in Baltimore
During High Wind
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. "a
steamship and a truck collid-
ed here.
Western Maryland Railway
employees said the amphibious
collision occurred while the
steamer Exchecquer was being
moved yesterday. A strong
wind blew the ship pierWard,
they said. and it's overhanging
hull struck the top Of the
trucks trailer.
Evening star., 1951-11-09

3100 18th st., N. w.
in Washington. D. {.
Open 10 ON. 70 9 pm. dolly
Evening star., 1951-11-09
Spunish War Veterans Meet

The United Spanish War Vet
Grams, Henry w. Lawton Camp No.
4, will meet at 2 pm. tomorrow
in the Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth
street NV.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
KITTY HAWK HIS
COMMENCEMENT
ON JU N E 6

The Rev. Richard L. West of
Fountain, N. c., will preach the
Baccalaureate sermon for the IL
members of the Kitty Hawk High
School Glass of 1851 in the school
auditorium at 8 pm. Sunday, June
8, according to- the commencement
schedule released last week by
Principal William H. West of the
Kitty Hawk school.
Graduation Exercises
Graduation exercises will take
place in the school auditorium at
eight o'clock, Wednesday, June 6.
The commencement address will be
delivered by David Stick Of Kill
Devil Hills.
Class Roll
Members of the Kitty Hawk
Class Of 1851 are: Sadie Rae Mid
gett, Patricia Perry, Melba Hay
wood, Zelda Camel, Iris June
Gray, Mary Helen Best, Marona
Scarborough, Marvin Midget,
Barney Midget, Kenneth Clay
Tillett, Pernell Perry and Don
Hall.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25

deal with one of these offices and
it's officials, his actual knowledge,
even then, may be pitifully limit
ed.
The office of Clerk of Superior
Court in North Carolina counties is
elective, the clerk serves for four
years. That l have had some ex-
perience in my job may be seen
from the fact that ] have held the
Office in Dare County continuously
since 1926. In December 1850 1
began>my seventh consecutive four
year term.
Let me point out that the office
of Clerk Of the Superior Court was
created by the state constitution
and therefore is not subject to
change by Legislative acts as in the
case of the other county offices
which were created by statutes.
The clerk acts as judge since the
abolition of the office of probate
judge and all matters pending be-
fore Judges of probate are trans
ferred to clerks of the superior
court. He is required to post a
bond of not less than $4,000 and
not to exceed $4,000 with the
county commissioners as surety for
the faithful performance of duties
of his office. Before entering upon
his duties, the clerk takes an oath
of office before some officer au-
thorized by law to administer
oaths, and the oath is duly filed
with the Register of Deeds for the
county.
The law provides that Clerks of
the Superior Court may appoint
deputies who shall be subject to all
laws respecting clerks and who
shall take the oath prescribed for
clerks. The clerk shall be respon-
sible for the acts Of the deputies.
Here / shall briefly skim over
some of the powers held by clerk.
He may issue subpoenas to COM
pei attendance of witnesses or the
production of any material per-
tanning to an inquiry pending in
his court.
He is empowered to administer
See DUTIES, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25

You might say that my office
deals with the certainties of life.
We are told that there is nothing
sure but death and taxes" and my
work has largely to do with the
estates of the departed and with
taxes insofar as they apply to in
heritance.
Without being tiresome, / should
like to give you a working idea of
just what a Clerk of the Superior
Court does. If you have afterward
better conception of the work of
this county office, l shall feel l
have made some small contribu-
tIion to better citizenship. But bear
in mind that 1 am only touching
upon the high spots, so to speak.
Time prevents me from going into
details.
In so doing, / shall make fire.
quent reference to the North Car
DINA Manual of Law and Forms.
If you do not find the legal Ian
guage of the manual exciting, let
ne say that it is not intended to
be. In fact, there is little in the
duties of a Superior Court Clerk
that might, be called colorful or
dramatic. / venture to say that
Earl Stanley Gardner, Mary Rob-
erts Rhinehart and other leading
writers of "whodunits" have never
cast Clerk of the Superior Court
in the role of hero. Sheriffs ?
Yes. District Attorneys? Yes. Oc-
|casionally even a Judge. But not
the custodian of records largely
having to do with the administra-
ton of estates. Still information
obtainable through a Superior
Court is frequently mentioned in
mystery novels, so perhaps we vi
cariously do enjoy more or less
important place in current fiction.
All of us believe that we are
good citizens and that we are fully
familiar with the mechanics of
government. But / wonder how
many of you listening to me now
can get up and give an accurate
and detailed description Of the OPP
erations Of the Electoral College of
the United States. Not that alone
but scores of other questions re-
lating to the conduct Of County,
State and Federal agencies and the
law. We know agencies for doing
certain things exist and we know
also in vague way what is accom-
plished. Unless the average citizen,
better known to the cartoonists as
John @. Public, has occasion to
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
ELIZABETH CITY'S
POTATO FESTIVAL
SATURDAY EVENT
Mammoth Parade, Motor
Boat Races, Band Concert,
Ball Games Rart of Gel
ebration

Well remembering Elizabeth
City's generous participation and
help in gala occasions throughout
the coastland, there will be large
attendance by people of the Coast
land Saturday when the mammoth
potato festival takes place in the
metropolis of the Albemarle.
An all-day event is being ar
ranged, topped off by the crown
ing of beauty queen from the
ten northeastern counties.
A mammoth parade which will
extend over a mile and last for
one hour and a half; motor boat
races; baseball game; band con-
certs on the courthouse lawn; Free
french-fried potatoes for all per-
sons; diving exhibitions; march
ing precision and show of bands;
all these and more will bring thou
sands of people to Elizabeth City.
g.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
TWO, WOMEN FOUND
GUILTY OF ASSAULT

In the interval between the trial
of the two DeFebio cases Tues
day, Judge Baum heard testimony
given by two Negro women, each
of whom had charged the other
with assault. To 3, Mrs. Annie
Moore's charge that she had as
saulted her with deadly weapon,
specifically, a butcher knife, at
the Meekins Cafe on May 10, Mrs.
Alethia Collins, pleaded t"Guilty cf
the cutting, but not with butcher
knife"
Testimony was taken from both
women, Sam Moore, and three 9TH
per witnesses. MIR. Kellogg secured
information from them that in
Tcluded accounts Of thrown beer
bottles, a blow on the, face with
la 7-Up bottle, a 2k inch cut in
the skull and a deeply wounded
hand, a six-bladed knife and ice
picks in evidence all over the prem
Uses. The large crowd listening to
the case was inclined to agree
with Mrs. Collins, who said, "They
looked like they was prepared"
Judge Baum found both women
guilty Of assault, and gave them a
choice of 80 days in jail or pay
ment Of $40 each and the costs of
court. Both are bound to stay out
Of court for any cause for the next
two years.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
CANCER CRUSADE
EXCEEDS QUOTA
BY ABOUT 43%

The Annual Cancer Crusade
came to a successful close in Dare
County last week with total COL
lections reaching $2S5.31, accord
ing to Mrs. T. S. Meekins, Jr.,
County Crusade Commander. The
amount raised is most commenda-
BILE, and it exceeds the county quo
ia of 5000 by nearly 1870.
In the final week of the cam
paign $65.30 was turned in to the
county Crusade treasurer, Miss
Bessie Draper, of which $51.30 was
the contribution of the Wanchese
community, where the Crusade was
under the direction of Mrs Pete
Daniels.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
STUMPY POINT LOSES
GREATLY LOVED MAN
AdOlphus w. Hooper Dies Friday
After Making A Trip Around
the Shore

Adolphus w. Hooper, 81, one Of
Stumpy Points most beloved citi-
zens, member of an old and prom
inent family died Friday afternoon.
He had been for a trip along the
shore to small oyster bed, and
apparently had just returned
home. His wife, returning from a
short visit to a neighbor, found
him dead in the yard.
Mr.. Hooper was known and lo7-
ed throughout Dare County,
was what everyone calls a good
man. and he lived a good life. He
Rad worked hard and exercised
honesty in all his dealings, and de-
spite infrmities, continued to do
a mans part in his business of
fishing until year or two ago.
He had been liberal in his time
and effort in behalf of community
affairs, and was a loyal and true
friend. always standing for. what
he believed right, regardless Of
what others might say or do.
Funeral services for Mr.. Hooper
were conducted Sunday morning at
the Methodist Church by the pas
ter, Rev. Tracey Varnum.
He is survived by.his wife, Mrs.
Susan Hooper; one daughter, Mrs.
Lucy Gard of Elizabeth City; one
son, Lewis Hooper of Manns Har-
Dor; several children, great-grand-
children and number of nieces
and nephews.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
MEMORIAL POPPIES
TO BLOOM TOMORROW

Poppies by the millions will
bloom tomorrow in memory of
Americas war dead. Made of crepe
paper, replicas of the peoples of
FLANDERS Fields" they will be
worn throughout the United States
to pay tribute to the hundreds of
thousands of young Americans
who have given their lives in the
nations defense in three wars
the two World Wars and the pres
ent conflict in Korea.
Here in Manteo women of the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
on the streets early in the morn
ing with baskets of the little red
flowers of memory. They will work
throughout the day and hope to
have a poppy on every lapel before
nightfall.
Disabled veterans of both World
Wars have been working for
months in hospitals and GONZALES
cent workrooms making the flow
CTS WHICH Will NC WITH IOAAOAAOWs
Mrs. Jack Wilson, Auxiliary pres
ident, estimates that more than
100000 peoples have been pro-
duced for the Auxiliary, with more
than 10000 disabled men who are
unable to do other work being CIV
en- employment. The flowers which
will be distributed here have been
made at Oteen.
An army of nearly 100000 wom-
en- has been modified by the Aux
iliary to carry out the nationwide
distribution of the peoples, Mrs.
Wilson, said. All will serve as I'M
aid volunteers and all Of the con-
tributions they received in ex-
change for the flowers will go in
to the rehabilitation and child well
fare funds of The American Legion
and Auxiliary. The money will be
used to support the vast work of
these organizations for the well
fare of disabled veterans and vet
erans' families during the coming
year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
MRS. LUCETTA MONTAGUE
80, AND BREAKS ANKLE

A beloved old lady of Wanchese,
while working her garden Tues
day afternoon, tripped over a
stump and broke her ankle. Mrs.
Lucetta Montague, 80, who deliv-
cred 900 babies in Dare County
before retiring, had suffered her
eighth bone fracture. When We'd
nesday morning came, she decided
she ought to do something about 1t,
so in Twiford's ambulance, she
went up to harrisburg, to get DR..
Wright to set her ankle. She is
now taking it easy at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. OpheIia Dan
iels, in Wanchese, where she re-
sides.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT

Justice of the Peace Robert Bal
lance assessed fine Of SIS and
the costs of court against Harold
Bruce Lennon after q hearing in
city hall Saturday night. Justice
Balance found Lennon guilty Of
being drunk on the streets.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25

Mrs. Frank DeFebiO said at
the Times Office just before
press-time Thursday that her
husband had decided to appeal
TO the superior court the two
decisions reached in recorders
court here Tuesday.
Also to be appealed is Juvenile
Court Judge C. S. Meekins de
eisiOn to make the three De-
FebiO children wards of the
state.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
HUNTIN', TRAPPIN'
HEARING SET JUNE
8TH IN EDENTON
Tentative Opening Dates and
Bag Limits Announced by
WiIdIife Resources Com
mission


sportsmen better opportunity to
voice their opinions regarding the
setting of the 1951-1952 hunting
season, the North Carolina Wild
life Resources Commission has
adopted a plan whereby tentative
regulations have been set up and
which will be presented to sports
men at a series of public hearings
to be held in each Of the nine
Commission districts, according to
! Clyde P. Patton, Executive Direc-
tor of the Wildlife Resources Com
mission.
The recommendations are based
on reports, records, and opinions
of Commission field personnel, and
also on what is believed to be the
general opinion of many sports
men throughout the State, Patton
said, and due regard was given to
the differences in distribution,
abundance, economic value, and
breeding habits of game species
throughout the three physiograph-
ic regions of the State: Coastal
Plains, Piedmont, and Mountain.
Major ]. L. Murphy of Kill Dew
| il Hills, Vice-President Eastern
North Carolina Wildlife Fedora
ton, calls attention of interested
parties to the meetings.
The hearing for residents of the
First District will be held at the
courthouse. in Edenton at 10 am.
June 8.
Following the series of public
meetings, the Commission will
meet. on June is to set the official
195l-52 hunting regulations. These
regulations will be printed and dis
tributed to license dealers by Aug
ust l when the hunting licenses
and combination hunting and fish
ing licenses go into effect.
Following are the proposed sea-
sons and bag limits in the First
District:
BEAR: October 15-January 1.
Bag limits will be 2 daily, 2 in
possession, with no season limit.
DEER; (White-TaiD Only male
deer with antlers 3 inches or more
in length may be taken. All coun-
ties and parts of counties not list
ed below are closed to deer hunt
ing:
October 15-Jan. l in Beau
fort, BERTHE, Camden, Carteret,
Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare,
Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hert-
ford, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Nor
Hampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pas
quotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and
Washington Counties, except that
in Hatteras Township, Dare Coun-
ty, the open season will be Novem-
Der / through November 80. I'm
Atlantic Township and Roanoke Is
land, Dare County, there will be
no open season on deer).
Bag limits will be / daily, 1 in
possession, and 2 per season, ex-
cept in Wildlife Resources Com
mission District Z, 8 and 9, the bag
limit is 1 per day, 1 in possession,
and 1 per season.
RACCOON AND OPOSSUM:
with gun and dogs) October Is
February Is.
There will be no restrictions on
the number that may be taken,
except that in and west of Cas-
well, Alamance, Randolph, Mont
gomery, and Arson Counties, the
bag limit on raccoons win be
per day, with no possession or sea-
son limit.
RABBITS: November 22-Janu-
airy 81. Bag limits will be S daily,
10 in possession, and rs per sea-
son.
| SQUIRRELS: October 15-Janu-
airy l. Bag limits will be 8 daily,
See HUNTING, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
SUPERIOR COURT

The May term Of Superior Court
in Dare County opens on Monday,
May 20, in Manteo. Eleven Grim
inai cases and full docket of civ
II cases are scheduled for trial.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25
JUDGE SENTENCES DeFEBIO
TO ROADS ON TWO COUNTS
in TUESDAY COURT TRIALS
DeFebiO Determines Thursday to Appeal
Three Verdicts to Superior Court.

Frank j. DeFebio was found
guilty by Judge W. F. Baum in
recorders court in Manteo at the
end of each of two separate trials.
He was charged in the first case
with having wilfully violated the
state compulsory school attendance
laws, specifically with failure to
send his two minor children of
school age, Theodore Thomas and
Dennis DeFebio, to school from
the 26th day of January until the
date when the welfare department
took custody of the children.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-25

Dare Superior Court Clerk Outlines Office
Duties and Expresses Pleasure In Work
An Interesting Paper Read by Clerk c. S. Meekins of
Manteo to the Kitty Hawk Mems Club; One of Sc
ries of'Programs to Make People Better Acquainted
With Their County Government.
Evening star., 1951-08-01
TukeMyWordf forIt
By Fronk Colby

should avoid it, even though at
least two dictionaries, Funk and
Wagnalls New College Standard and
Webster'S New Collegiate, give ii
some sanction. My recommended
ton is that presently" be used tc
mean soon; in a little while"
Rockport:: I read lot about
Alaska, and often see the WORD
cheechako used to mean tenderfoot
or foreigner. What is the pronun-
citation of the word?-G. I. B.
Answer: Cheechako (also spelled
cheechaco) is a combination Of the
Chinook word 't-shi, lately, new
and the Nootka chako, Ito come;
therefore, "one newly arrived" Pro-
nounce it either chee-CHAH-koe ol
Chez -CHACK- oh.
Frank Colby'S leafet on palatiza ton,
CHS, tells you how the words schedule,
picture, feature, etc, are pronounced in
best American usage. For a copy, send
10 cents in coin to Frank Colby, care of
The, Star. P. 9. Box 80, Station G, New
York 10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1951-08-01

Los Angeles: Why do so many
writer's use such phrases as my not
unsubstantial investment :. looked
not unlike" etc.?-R. D.
Answer: MY not unsubstantial
investment" and my substantial
investment" have exactly the same
meaning. In English two negatives
make a positive; therefore if the
investment is not unsubstantial
(unsubstantial means mot substan-
tialO, then it must be substantial
Writers vary their modes of express
sion to avoid monotony or to add
force.
Saligman: Recently I heard a
radio commentator use this SEN
tence 1.-The man is presently work
ing for Blank" Shouldn't he have
said 1.-The man is at present work
ing for Blank" G. w. r.
Answer: Presently" used in the
meaning of nov; at the present
time, Immediately" acts as a de-
cided stoplight to the majority o1
radio listeners. For this reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-29
3 Attorneys Appear
Before Grand Jury in
Caldwell Files Quiz

| Three attorneys appeared yes
iterday as witnesses before q Dis
ltrict grand jury investigating an
alleged conspiracy to remove
prosecution files in the Bonnie G..
Caldwell Jury tampering case.
The three are Attorney Henry
Lincoln johnson. jr., who repre-
sents Caldwell: Perry w. Howard
and Curtis p. Mitchell.
They appeared after District
Court Judge Alexander Holtzoh
refused to quash subpoenas sum-
| moning them as witnesses. The
three commended the subpoenas
failed to state In sufficient detail
| the nature of the grand jury in
lvestigation and what information
was sought.
Judge Holtzoff ruled that a
grand jury is not required to re-
veal the nature of its investigation
land what information 1t seeks.
| The motion to quash the SUBJ
poenas was filed in behalf Of the
three attorneys by Attorneys
George E. c. Hayes. James A.
Cobb and Frank Reeves.
Attorney Howard represented
Daniel M. Gary. a co-defendant
| of Caldwell. who was granted a
separate trial but died last week
without trial date having been
lset.
Caldwell, who is colored. was
convicted last month OF jury tam
pering in connection with a gam
bling trial OF William (Snags)
Lewis in January. 1850. On June
is, Caldwell was sentenced by
Judge Richmond B. .Keech to
serve from 20 months to 5 years
and fined $500. An appeal has
been noted.
Another twist to the grand jury's
investigation of the alleged con-
spracy to- remove Government
files took place earlier yesterday,
when John E. Bradley. ST., a pri-
vate detective, appeared before
Judge Holtzoff.
| Judge Holtzoh ordered Mr..
Bradley to answer questions asked
by the grand jury unless he
wanted to refuse to answer under
claim Of fear of possible self in
elimination.
Mr.. Bradley did not appear
again before the grand jury after
his court appearance. but he is
scheduled to 60 before 1t again
later.
Mr.. Bradley became a contro-
versial figure during hearing on
a motion for a new trial for
Caldwell. during which 1t was re-
vealed that the private detective
had hired out to the defense
while he was serving as an in
former for the prosecution.
At the time of the hearing on
the new trial motion, Assistant
United States Attorney William
Hitz, who prosecuted Caldwell,
declared he had advised Mr..
Bradley against serving the de-
tense.
In his court appearance yes
terday Mr.. Bradley charged
prosecutors are attempting to use
. grand jury investigation ito
whitewaSh their own linen"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-29

Sumner SIceks. 1850 10 ALSO
British OAKS. 27.so 10 IS.
Sports Joeke's. 50. 10 l3s.
Cosvoi Joeksfs. 20. TO S..
jenkins, 1I9S TO 1880
Madagascar Cops. $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-29

Swim Trunks. 3.95 10 S.95
WeIkins Sherts;. 3.9s 10 22.5o
r.Shias, 2.so 10 $50
cesveI Shirts. 3.95 10 81. so
Terry Beech coots, 10. 10 as.
Terry Robes. 20. ond 22.so
"Aehby Jeons." S. 10 $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-29

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