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-■- —— ___WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1S67
Hayes Plans Study
Of PC Hines Case
Chief Of Police To Scan Written Reports
On Arrest Of Luby Kelly; Recorder Con
demns Use Of “Force” By Officers
The case of Officer G. H.
Hines, latest member of the local
police force to receive public con
demnation for alleged abusive
treatment to citizens, rests with
Chief of Police Hubert Hayes
today.
Having made a preliminary
investigation, which unearthed
considerable favorable evidence
in support of Hines’ conduct,
Chief Hayes said last night that
he will study written reports to
day before he reaches a decision
in’the matter.
Officer Hines hit a snag in
Recorder H. Winfield Smith’s
court Friday when Luby Kelly,
47, 1509 Castle street, was tried
for drunk and disorderly con
duct and resisting arrest.
Kelly told the court that after
he refused to enter his home
at the direction of two officers,
one of them—he pointed at
—hit him with a weapo- Cp1
he had been hander' V V
thrown into a car. K ^
was knocked uncons* „
came to in James Walk ^ ,m
orial hospital, finding th.. five
stitches had been taken in his
face.
Officer Hines said he went to
Kelly’s place with Officer W. N.
Jordan, where they had been
sent to escort a - drunken man
inside his home before he go!
into trouble. When Kelly refus
ed to go inside, became abusive
and offered resistance, the offi
cers put the handcuffs on him
Hines testified. He denied tha1
they struck Kelly at that time
Hines said that when they re
moved the handcuffs from Kellj
See HAYES On Page Two
Truman Administration
Blamed For High Prices
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JUGOSLAVS FREE
THREE AMERICANS
Government Also Formally
Presents Apology For
Arrest Of Army Men
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Sept
26—(jT)— The Yugoslav Foreign
office informed American Am
bassador Cavendish Cannon to
day that hree American sol
diers arrested by Yugoslav
n-oops in the Trieste area Mon
ay would be released today.
The three Americans were
previously identified as First Lt.
William Van Atten, of East
Orange, N.J.; Pfc Earl G. Hen
drick, Jr., Arlington, Va., and
Pfc Glen A. Myer, Edgeley, N.
Dak., who went forward to a
"ugoslav outpost for a “friend
chat” only to be forced across
-? border at gunpoint.
Early Warning
The Yugoslav apology came
only 24 hours after the U. S.
State Department announced it
was taking up the case “im
mediately” with the Belgrade
government. The previous day
the U. S. government called on
Yugoslavia to stop the “exceed
ingly dangerous” practice of is
suing ultimatums to British and
American troops in the Trieste
area because it was “likely to
precipitate incidents leading to
most serious consequences.”
An official report from U. S.
\rmy headquarters in Trieste
said the three soldiers were
members of a five-man mount
ed patrol.
The Army said the other two
members of the patrol reported
Van Atten, who was in com
mand, and the two enlisted men
had dismounted when they saw
a Yugoslav patrol, with whom
they previously had been on
good terms, and approached the
border. While they were talk
See YUGOSLAVS on Page Two
HMS SNIPE WILL
HOLD OPEN HOUSE
Public Invited To Inspect
Visiting Vessel On
October 8
•I. T. Hyslop, vice consul of
British Consulate, Baltimore an
nounced Friday that the HMS
Snipe, a good will British ship
visiting here October 6-30 would
be open to the public.
The public has been invited
to visit the ship October 8, from
2 to 6 p.m. and October 9, from
4-fi p.m. The first days invita
tion is open to the general pub
lic and the second day is open
to friends at'ked by crew mem
bers.
Consul Hyslop said that enter
tainment planned for the ship
personnel would include a cock
tail party for officers and a
dance at the Community Cen
ter for the crew.
The Weather
FORECAST:
South Carolina—Fair and little change
m temperature Saturday and Sunday.
North Carolina—Fair and continued
cool Saturday, warmer Sunday.
Ileieorological data for the 24 hours
c-'ding 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
1 30 a. m. 61; 7:30 a m. 57; 1:30 p. m.
71 7:30 p. m. 66; Maximum 76; Mini
mum 37; Mean 66; Normal 71.
HUMIDITY
130 a. m. 79; 7:30 a. m. 87; 1:30 p. m.
1:30 p. m. 66.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.
m. o inches.
Total since the, first of the month
11-91 Inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
'From the Tide Tables published by
u S. Coast and Geodetic Survey).
HIGH now
Wilmington _7:32 a.m. 2:25 a.m.
7:58 p.m. 2:37 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet_5:21 a.m. 11:38 a.m.
5:52 p.m. - p m.
Sunrise 6:03; Sunset. 6:04; Monorise
5 OSp; Moonset 3:18a.
Mere WEATHER On rage Iws
Government Export Buying
Of Grain Held Respon
sible For Rise
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 —
—J. O. McClintock, president of
the Chicago Board of Trade,
blamed the Truman administra
tion tonight for high prices in
the grain market. He said that
the “activity of the government
in buying grain for export has
been responsible.”
McClintock issued a state
ment on behalf of representa
tives of the Chicago Board of
Trade, the Minneapolis Grain
Exchange and the Kansas City
Board of Trade.
These three had been asked
by the Agriculture Department
to double their margin (cash
down payment) requirements
on future sales.
The department, asking mar
gin requirements of about 33 1-3
percent, expressed concern that
increased speculative activity
in corn and wheat might drive
prices excessively high and la
ter briug about a price collapse.
McClintock’s statement said:
“We propose to ask a special
Congressional committee to
make a full and intensive in
vestigation of the operation of
the exchanges in an effort to
bring out the true facts and
achieve understanding and co
operation by the public.”
McClintock said officials of
the three markets told Secre
tary of Agriculture Anderson to
day that “the administration
was pointing in the wrong
places for the real causes of
See TRUMAN on Page Two
REFERENDUM SET
ON PEANUT QUOTA
Growers To Vote On Pro
posal December 9; 760,
000 Ton Total
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 —Wt—
The Agriculture department an
nounced today that its grower
referendum on a proposal to in
voke federal marketing quotas
on the 1948, 1949 and 1950 crops
of peanuts will be held Dec. 9.
Quotas are being proposed be
cause of prospects of a surplus
of the war-expanded peanut pro
duction. The referendum will be
held in all peaifut-producing
communities in the 14 Southern
peanut producing states.
All persons engaged in the
production of more than one
acre of peanuts this year will
be eligible to vote. This includes
tenants, share croppers and
owners who share in the pro
ceeds of the 1947 crop.
To become operative, quotas
must be approved by at least
two-thirds of those voting.
760,000 Tons
The national marketing quota
for next year’s crop will be 760,
000 tons provided the controls
are approved.
Each farm will be given an
acreage planting allotment, de
See REFERENDUM On Page 2
Britain Announces Willingness To End
Mandate Over Palestine At Early Date;
Russia Urges Troop Exodus From Korea
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Americans Silent
On New Proposal
Soviets Announce Plans As
Means Of Solving Tough
Problem
SEOUL, Korea, Sept.. 26.—
(U.R) — Russia today proposed
simultaneous withdrawal of So
viet and American troops from
Korea, beginning in 1948, as a
solution to the Korean problem.
Col.—Gen. Terenty Shtikov,
chief of the Soviet delegation oi
the joint United States—Soviet
commission,said that the with
drawal “may give the Koreans
an opportunity to form a govern
ment themselves, with the help
and assistance of the allies.”
“If the American delegation
agrees with the proposal regard
, ing withdrawal of all foreign
troops at the beginning of 1948,
then Soviet troops will be ready
to leave Korea simultaeously
with American troops,” Shtikov
said.
There was no comment from
American officals here.
The Russian proposal climax
ed two fruitless negotiations on
the formation of a Korean gov
ernment. The country is split
in half, with the Russians con
trolling the industrial Northern
sector and the Americans the
agricultural southern zone.
Placed On Agenda
At the insistance of the United
States, the Korean problem was
placed on the United Nations
General Assembly Agenda on
Sept. 17 and the Russian invitat
ion to withdraw all troops from
9
See AMERICANS On Page'Two
JURORS CONVICT
SPARTA PHYSICIAN
Dr. B. 0. Choate Draws
One To Three Year Term;
Plans Appeal
DOBSON, Sept. 26. —W— Dr.
B. O. Choate, prominent Sparta
physician was sentenced to from
one to three years in State prison
today by Judge William H. Bob
bitt after a Surry County Super
ior court jury found him guilty
of criminal abortion.
The jury acquitted the Alle
ghany county physician on a
charge of manslaughter in the
abortion death of Mrs. Annie Mae
Anderson of Charlotte at an Elk
in hotel in August, 1946.
Dr. Choate gave notice of ap
peal to the State Supreme Court
and Judge Bobbitt set bond at $5,
000 which was supplied.
Judge Bobbitt found Clarence
W. Seagle of Charlotte md Tabor
City guilty of criminal abor
tion and gave him a one to three
year sentence suspended. He was
acquitted on a charge of man
slaughter in connection with the
death of Mrs. Anderson. He had
entered a plea of nolo contendre
when trial of the case began
Monday. He was placed on pro
bation.
Judge Bobbitt said he thought
the evidence justified the ver
dict rendered by the jury after
deliberating 30 minutes this
morning. He added that in his
estimation the jury brought in a
“soft” verdict rather than one
of manslaughter.
88TH “BLUE DEVIL”
DIVISION TO LEAVE
FOR LEGHORN SOON
TRIESTE, Sept. 26. — <U.R> —
The U. S. 88th “Blue Devil” divi
sion, which has served two years
in Venezia Giulia, will be moved
rapidly to Leghorn for evacuation
from Italy to the United States,
it was announced today.
It has been reported unofficial
ly in Army circles in both Leg
horn and Rome — but not con
firmed officially in Italy or Wash
ington — that some of the 88th’s
troops may be sent to Greece.
House Committee Asks
Prosecution Of Eisler
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. —
UP)_The House Committee on
UnAmerican Activities recom
mended today that Hanns Eisler
be prosecuted for perjury and
passport fraud.
In a report to be sent to the
Justice department it also recom
mended that Eisler be deported
and prevented from “ever re
turning to this country.”
The recommendation was
made folk wing three days of
hearings during which Eisler, 54
year-old German-born Hollywood
songwriter, admitted that he had
applied for membership^ in th®
Communist party in Germany in
1926.
But he was never active in
the party and is not now a mem
ber, Eisler testified.
In 1940 when he was admit
ted to permanent residence in
this country he swore he was
not a Communist.
The recommendation of the
committee was approved by all
four members who attended the
hearings: Chairman Thomas (R
N.J.) and Reps. McDowell (R
Pa.), Rankin (D-Miw.) and Wood
(D-Ga.). _ _ i
BEFORE THE BATTLE—Pictured above is an enthusiastic crowd yesterday aftemoc:' on the postoffice steps and grounds oar
tieipatyig in a pep rally previous to the New Hanover High School-Charleston Hi football game at Legion Stadium at 8 p.m. Hlgl
School cheerleaders led the crowd of students and townsmen in singing. The rally followed a parade by students down Front Street
(Staff Photo by Ben Maynard)
YOUNG JEWS ROB
BANK OF BIG SUM
Four Policemen Lose Lives
During Holdup Netting
$180,000
JERUSALEM, Sept. 26—W—
Between 20 and 30 young Jews,
believed by officials to be mem
bers of the Stern gang, staged
Palestine’s most spectacular
holdup today, killing four Brit
ish policemen, wounding seven
other persons in a TeLAviv street
battle and carrying off $180,000
loot in a white jeep.
Bags containing $420,000 of the
total haul of $600,000 were drop
ped in the subsequent chase.
Two of the gang were believed
wounded and two suspects
seized.
The raid was carried off with
military precision when the
striking force of four youths in
the white jeep drove up to Bar
clay’s bank in Tel Aviv’s basy
Allenby road before noon, just
as the money bags were being
loaded into a guarded armored
car.
The youths, said by eyewit
nesses to have been Jews, sur
rounded the armored car, open
ed fire and mortally wounded
one policeman, and struck in
the face a bank official who was
approaching with a money bag.
HIGH BONDS SET
IN LOTTERY CASE
Three Wilmington Negroes
Arrested In Raid On
North 6th House
Bonds totaling $3,001 were
placed on three Wilnjingto.i Ne
groes ai rested by local p .lice
and detectives on barges cf
conspiracy to operate a lottery
and operating a lottery yester
day afternoon.
James Nelson Davis was un
der a 54.000 bond, and Willie
Mae Davis and Mary Elizabeth
Davis had bonds set at $2,000
See BONDS on Page Two
Commission Delays
Action On Shipyard
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OASIS PRISON
CHICAGO, Sept. 26—0J.R>—
Police got a telephone call
from a frantic young woman
who identified herself as
Clara Blakely.
“I was in the telephone
booth,” she said, “and I got
so wrapped up in my conver
sation 1 didn’t notice the
store—it’s a liquor store—
was closing.
“Now I’m locked in with all
these bottles.”
Police routed the store own
er out of bed, and he released
Miss Blakely.
She doesn’t drink.
TOBACCO PRICES
VARY ON MARKETS
Middle Belt Warehouses
Only Units To Post
Gains Friday
By The Associated Press
Rallying price averages char
acterized sales yesterday on the
Middle Belt, only flue-cured to
bacco belt to show gains — all
all other belts reported price
breaks, the Federal-State De
partments of Agriculture re
ported.
The Middle Belt, after show
ing losses on Thursday, rallied
in price for most grades, with
leaf and smoking leaf aver
aging from 50 cents to $5 per
hundred pounds higher. Prim
ings advanced from $3 to $11,
and nondescript was up 50 cents
to $2.75.
Quality of the Middle Belt
was reported as better than on
Thursday, with more cutters
and lugs being graded with less
leaf and smoking leaf. Volume
was higher with Thursday’s
sales totaling 2,943,512 pounds
for an average of $42.43 or
See TOBACCO On Page Two
Along The Cape Fear
RAZZLE DAZZLE In 1911—
It may surprise some football
fans, who are exponents of the
T-formation and wide open foot
ball, to know that a capable for
ward passing attack was being
used to good advantage by the
Wilmington high school team
not only 10 or 15 years ago but
36 years ago before present day
players and many contemporary
coaches were born.
In the days before youthful
shoulders became manly by the
donning of bulky shoulder pads,
before slipping on the uniform
jersey, the boys were turning in
a very creditable account
of themselves at League park.
The stye of sports writing
however, has probably changed
more than has the style of of
fensive play on the gridiron.
This is apparent from the fol
lowing newspaper account of a
clash with the Donaldson
cadets:
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WALLOP FAYETTEVILLE—
“For Ihe second time this sea
son the football team from Don
aldson Military Academy went
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down to defeat before the crack
eleven of the Wilmington High
School yesterday afternoon at
League Park, when the local
lads piled up a score of 16 to 0
against the plucky cadet oppo
nents. The game was a good
one and the large attendance
thoroughly enjoyed the fine
work of both teams.
“Though the fighting was for
the most part in Donaldson’s
territory, the cadet lads rallied
dangerously at times and on one
occasion were dangerously near
the High School goal. However,
the local boys always held their
own in pinches and the Fayette
ville team failed to cross the
line or kick goal for a single
point.”
Excerpts from the detailed re
port reveal the effectiveness of
the forward pass attack which
was so taken for granted at the
time that it failed to gain com
ment in the lead story:
“Wilmington makes successful
forward pass to Burnett.” Two
touchdowns were scored on line
See CAPE FEAR On Page Twe
State Ports Authority Re
quests More Favorable
Lease Terms
By Frank Van Der Liden
Morning Star Washington
Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26
Faced with an unexpected re
quest for more favorable terms,
the Maritime Commission today
delayed action on a tentative
agreement to give the North
Carolina State Ports Authority
a seventy-five-year lease on the
North portion of the govern
ment-owned shipyard at Wil
mington, N.C.
Just as the commission was
preparing to act upon a pro
posal authorizing the head of its
terminals division to negotiate
the final draft of a lease within
the scope of the agreement he
had reached several weeks ago
with officials of the Ports Au
thority, in came a letter from
the Authority changing the
terms in neary a dozen places.
Howard J. Marsden, the
terminals division chief, who
had been asking the commis
sion to let him close the deal
instead requested—and got—an
indefinite delay until he could
See COMMISSION On Page Two
WAGE INCL_JES
NOT PRICE FACTOR
Secre t a r y Schwelienbach
Says “Air Pumping”
Largely To Blame
SPOKANE, Sept. 26—(.?)—Sec
retary of Labor Lewis B. Sch
welienbach told a news confer
ence today that “wage increases
have not been the factor in price
rises that people believe.”
“For example,” ne said, “by
stretch of the imagination
could labor costs add more than
$1.87 per ton to the price of coal.
Yet coal prices were put up as
much as $5 per ton .There is no
way to catch up when things
such as that occur. There was
$3.13 of "air in that price which
should never have been pumped
in.”
He said “profits of corpora
tions the first six months of this
year were double those of the
first six months of last year.”
The Labor secretary declared
that strikes during the past
year, excluding the telephone and
coal strikes, were at an all-time
low.
NAVY HERO HELD
ON ‘DOPE’ COUNT
Wife Of Commander Fitz
hugh Green, Private De
tective Also Named
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 26.
— (JP) — The daughters of a
famous pioneer automobile manu
facturer, her husband, a retired
naval commander who served in
two wars, and a private detec
tive have been indicted here on
charges, respectively, of buying
and selling narcotic drugs.
The two men were arraigned
before Federal Judge Carroll
Hincks in federal court here today
on secret indictment voted earlier
in the week.
Charged with illegally buying
drugs were Commander and Mrs.
Fitzhugh Green of New Canaan.
She was identified by U. S,
Attorney Adrian W. ' Maher as
the daughter of the late William
C. Durant, noted automobile
manufacturer.
Injured In War
Green, himself, a graduate of
Annaplois, Polar explorer, and
author, served in both wars in the
intelligence service. He leaned
See NAVY HERO on Page Two
WHITEVILLE HOST !
TO RECORD CROWD
Annual Farmer’s Day Fete
Draws 15,000 People;
Varied Program
Special To The Star
WHITEVILLE. Sept. 26—Ex
ceed' ng all predictions. Farm
ers’ Day drew from 12,000 to
15.000 people today as White
ville went all out in a gala day
of celebration.
Farmers’ Day queen was to
be selected tonight from a list
of 15 contestants, all farm girls
from Columbus, Bladen and
Brunswick counties. Three
dances, round, square and a
third for Negroes, were to close
the all-day event tonight.
Ten thousand noon-time visi
tors heard Ray Galloway, North
Carolina department command
er of the American Legion,
warn that the world has no
peace, only an armed truce.
Scores of contests and races
entertained the throng at inter
vals throughout the day. A foot
ball game between Whiteville
High school Wolfpack and Bur
gaw resulted in a 30-0 victor for
the local eleven.
Wr.fle thousands went home
at sundown after a busy day,
others came this evening for
the crowning of the queen and
for the dances tonight.
Short Aviation Course
Slated For School Here
Wilmington will be the first
of five North Carolina cities to
have one-day courses in subjects
relating to aviation conducted in
the public schools next month
in cooperation with the Civil
Aeronautics administration, it
has been announced from
Washington.
A CAA spokesman said yes
terday that the first of such
courses will be conducted in
Wilmington on October 6. Others
will be held at Raleigh. October
10; Greensboro, October 17;
Asheville, October 24; and Shel
by, October 30.
North Carolina is the first
state of the south Atlantic sea
board to plan the courses.
The courses, under the super
vision of the State superinten
dent of public instruction, Clyde
Erwin, are designed to empha
size the part aviation plays in
the nation’s life. „
Soviets Dominate
I Assembly Session
Vishinsky Blasts Londo*
Statement, Renews War
Monger Charges
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 26—
—Britain declared today she it
willing to end her Palestine man
date rule. The British at tho
same time envisioned an early
withdrawal of their forces from
the strife-torn Holy Land unless
the United Nations Assembly
finds a solution acceptable to
Jews and Arabs alike.
Russia took the offensive on
all other fronts in the Assembly.
Fiery, grey-haired Andrei Y.
Vishinsky held a self-called
special news conference to dis
seminate renewed charges of
“war-mongering” in the United
States and specifically in Sec
retary of State Marshall’s, own
delegation.
Vishinsky blasted at the Brit
sh statement on Palestine with
the comment that he was
“afraid” it meant the “ultimata
withdrawal of Jews from Pales
tine” and if that was the case
the Soviet reaction is “nega
tive.”
11. S. Attacked
The Soviet bloc, acting in con
cert on widespread fronts, re
lentlessly attacked the United
States, Greece, South Africa, the
size of the U. N. budget, and op
ponents of the Russian campaign
on “war-mongers.”
The British laid down their
views on Palestine in a 1,000
word statement in which they
said clearly that they must plan
for complete withdrawal of
See SOVIETS on Page Two
PIPE LINE FIRM
WILL GET STEEL
Trans-Arabian Granted
License To Ship 20,000
Tons From U. S.
WASHINGTON. Sept. ?.f. - -W—•
The Commerce department said
today it has licensed the Trans
Arabian Pipe Line company 1®
ship 20,000 tons of steel to Saurii
Arabia between October and
December for oil pipeline con
struction.
The department said “the de
cision was reached after consul
tation with and recommendation
by other interested government
departments that the strategical
political and economic inter?Ms
of the United States made such
action desirable.”
Senator Wherry (R-Neb) pro
tested to the department Turr-4
day that exports of pipe have
“played havoc with steel n o
plics” for domestic users. As
chairman of the Senate .?■ oil
Business committee, Wherry
wrote Secretary Harriman about
reports that licenses for exports
to Saudi Arabia were about to
be issued.
Wherry Objects
Wherry objected specifically
to so-called “ex-quota” lioeni. s.
These are exports authorised in
See PIPE on Page Two . Z
DEATH OF FRESHMEN
BRINGS BAN ON PEP
RALLIES AT SCHOOL
HOLLAND, Mich, Sept. 26. —
UP) — Off-campus pep meetings
were banned by Hope College
today after a Detroit freshman
was killed in a student snake
dance through the streets of tnis
city.
Charles Robin, 18, Detroit, suf
fered a skull fracture when a
lamppost toppled on him Thurs
day night in a rally in prepara
tion for a football game with
Grand Rapids Junior College
A rope to which the marching
students were clinging became
entangled around the post, pull
ing it over.
And So To Bed
Somewhere in the vicinity
of Wrightsville avenue there
must be a young boy by the
name of Barnett Avenue.
Yesterday morning, a Ioeal
salesman was looking for an
address on Barnett avenue
and by mistake he turned
into Metts avenue, one block
north of the street he was
seeking. Unable to locate'..'
the number he was looking
for he drove alongside a
small youngster playing on
the sidewalk.
“Young man, can you tell
me where Barnett Avenue
is?’
“I don’t know, Sir,” *0
boy replied, “I have not seen
him since he left for school
early this morning.’’