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PICKARD IS GIVEN MOTOR CLUB POST Promotion or T. -Ed Pickard. Jr. an official during the past eiglv years, to the position of Genera Manager of the Carolina Moto: flub. Inc., with headquarters ir Charlotte, was announced yester day by Coleman W. Roberts, pres jdent. who is relinquishing tht general managership. Mr. Pickard has been secretary of the club during thj past' eigb.1 years, a nd Assistant Genera! Manager for more than a year. He will retain the duties of sec retary. Herealter Mr. Roberts will de vote his time to the steadily in creasing duties of the presidency of this organization, the tenth largest A.A.A. Motor club in America, and the largest organi zation ef car owners in the world for its age. Mr. Roberts will da vole his time to special research weak and new activities the club will undertake after the war. which will include a World Travel Service division, which means ex tending Carolina Motor club serv ice all over the world. Mr. Pickard -is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Pickard, Sr., oi Charlotte, and, with the exception of two years, has lived all his ]ifc in this city. TKn r.P'vKr nnnninfpH ripnprpl Manager joined the Carolina Mo tor club in 1935. Later he received s leave of absence to join the of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce when Mr. Roberts was president of that association. When Mr. Roberts wa-- a mem ber of the State Department of Conservation and Development, and chairman of the State Parks committee of this board in the late 11-30's, Mr. Pickard was given ad ministrative responsibilities with this sta^e department and was in charge of the preparation and presentation of th; North Carolina exhibit at the New York World's fair. Later Mr. Pickard, during more than two years, served as Executive Secretary of the North Carolina Governor’s Hospitality committee, under the direction of Senator Clyde Hoev, who then was governor cf this State. While serving Governor Hoey in that capacity, Mr. Pickard organ ized a County Hospitality commit tee in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties, for ^he purpose of promoting the State’s advertising program and the travel industry and facilities for recreation. His duties also included the promotion of general progress of this state through development of closer and friendlier relations with tourists and visitors from other states. Mr. Pickard served for two years as Executive Secretary of the Governor's Committee on Roadside Control and Develop ment during 1938 and 1939. In Charlotte civic affairs, Mr. Pickard has been active in vari ous organizations during a long period of years, and at piesent is an active member of the Char lotte Junior Chamber of Com merce. and a member of the My ers Park Country club. He organ ized the Charlotte Young Civic so ciety, originally composed of voung men newly graduated fiom high school and college, and is president emeritus. --V COAL PRODUCTION ORDER_ACCEPTED (Continued from Page One) ries higher pay rates than the old one. the higher rates shall apply io all the time from April 1 on. Lewis and the operators have been negotiating for a m°?th ^ out any real agreement. The UMW submitted 18 demands covering wages and other matters—and the operators said they couldn t af ford to meet them. Lewis' most sriking demand was for he union 10 get 10 cents a ton royalty. He showed this week in approving a counter proposal by Secretary oi Labor Perkins, that he is willing (o drop this if he gets enough otherwise. The seldom concealed bitterness of the miners toward the operators was demonstrated again today. When operators told the WLE they were agreeable to a 30-day retroactve extension of the present contract, Lewis demanded they post $15,000,000 as a guarantee 1 payment. (This is the operators estimate of how much the UMW' demands in full would cost then each month.V Lewis said the miners were forced to take less than they though was due in the final settle ment on retroactive pay. and he wanted a guarantee against a repetition. Charles O'Neill, speaking for the operatoTs, said they never had fail ed to “pay their bills.” O Neil pointed out that the 1943 settle ment was engineered by Lewi: and interor Secretary Ickes, wh< ran the coal mines for the govern ment after their seizure that year. PROMOTED Allies Clamp Trap On The Ruhr Basin (Continued from Page One) Warburg, also was hammering on either in or beyond Kassel, Fulda river stronghold and provincial cap ital of Hesse-Nassau, and battled near Lautenhausen. both 170 miles southwest of Berlin. Another Juncture was effected at the southern hinge of the west ern front between armored ele ments of the U. S. Seventh Army and the French First Army which crossed the Rhine on a 10-mile front, possibly in the area of Karls ruhe, 'nd was fighting eastward against stiff resistance. The crossing of the French was made in the vicinity of Speyer. Seventh Army armored and in fantry forces which stormed down the highway toward Karlsruhe, passed Ketsch and reached Hock enheim in a 4-mile dash in which the F-ench were contacted. The J. S. 15th Army took its place in the battle lines at an un disclosed sector of the front, put 1 ting five American armies in ac tion. The U. S. Seventh Army struck a soft spot in German lines and surged 15 miles eastward, crossing the Tauber river at two points 15 miles west of Wuerzburg and was 130 miles west of the Nazi shrine city of Munich and only 67 miles from the Nazi Party’s old rallying i grounds at Nuernberg. TVIav Rlork Nazi This concerted assault by the Americans and the French threat ened to block the Nazi leaders from their presumed intention of mak ing a final stand in the mountain fastnesses of Bavaria. The British Second Army' racing more than 50 miles beyond the Rhine with three afrnored divi ! sions in the van. was under a news i blackout but was believed either | fighting in Muenster or mid-way between Muenster and the Ruhr's easternmost city of Hamm. At the extreme northwestern end of the trans-Rhine front, the Ca nadian First Army was 10 miles beyond the river and driving into Holland with gathering speed, lib erating a half dozen Dutch towns during the afternoon as it closed on Arnhem. In the face of this mounting threat, the Germans were clearing out of all north Holland west of Arnhem and heading back for the Reich. Dutch civilians told their liberators. For the Allies, it was the bright est Easter of the war, for the Ger mans the gloomiest. The Germans were laying down their arms by the thousands. The First Army took 11.206 prisoners yesterday, the Third Army added at least 10.000 more, the Seventh took 1.800 and the British Second 1.500—a total of 85,000 prisoners in 72 hours. The retreat from the Ruhr had begun—too late—and fleeing con voys were bombed and strafed from dawn to dusk, j Possibly the last great battle oi ! the war west of the Ruhr valley j boiled over the fields south oi ' Dorsten. where the Eighth Armor ! ed Division slugged with the cut j off and doomed German 116th Pan 1 jzer division. 'i The Second Armored Division covered 30 miles in 36 hours to make its tactical junction with the U. S. First Army, which was bat tling in Paderborn against the first real enemy resistance since its breakthrough from the Rhine six nays ago. It by-passed all the big muni tions cities of the Ruhr. Essen, biggest of .them all. Duesseldorf. Hamm, Dortmund. Duisburg, and cut across the fertile fields of the Westphalian plain at such a clip that one German headquarters was found deserted with a half-eaten meal on the table. It rolled on through the moon light of Friday night, turning me I battle into an obstacle race with ■ a determination to end the war and go home. It had bulled through a troop packed front and dashed ahead just as it did when it was T * Gen George S. Patton's outfit in 'forth Africa and Sicily, and in t'm way it struck across the plains oi France and later across the Roer. CLOTHING DRIVE PLANS OUTLINED (Continued from Page One) tee, and Robert Dannenbaum is chairman of the reports commit tee. Cecil Lewis will direct the campaign at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company. "I know that every man woman and child will want to do his ut most to help relieve the terrible suffering in war-torn areas,” Mr. Dosher stated. "I pledge that the traditional generosity of the Amer ican people will again express It self in this worthy campaign. In nocent victims are dying from ex posure and disease growing out of a long and terrible war. The Presi dent has stated that as many war victims have died from exposure and lack of adequate clothing as from starvation. Mr. Dosher pointed out that the success of the collection depends upon the individual efforts of the citizens in this community. ‘‘Our people.” added the chairman, ‘‘are going to demonstrate their grati tude for being spared from the hor rors which have descended on oth er lands. I wish to stress that the slothing given will be distributed free without discrimination of any kind to needy and destitute men, women and children in the war Hovadnfprl rnnntrips “The demands of the armed ser vices and civilian requirements in this counrty are so great that only a small amount of new clothing can be secured for relief overseas. The only way that the war-stricken people can obtain sufficient cloth ing to satisfy part of their needs is through gifts of garments from the American people. “We will meet this challenge. I j have been pledged the support of the voluntary• war relief agencies, service clubs, religious groups. [ youth organizations, women's clubs | educational groups, labor, agricul i lure, industry, and government agencies. The press, radio and mo tion picture groups, already over burdened with many tasks of war time, are cooperating. This is an other burden they are gladly as suming.’’ The appeal is for good service able used clothing which will en able the innocent sufferers in the war-ravaged areas to help them selves in reconstructing their brok en homes and towns and join with the United States in shaping the peace which follows final victory over the Axis. EXPENSIVE IGNORANCE An annual loss of $45,000,000 is sustained by the American poultry industry as a result of improper methods of handling and produc ing eggs. ELKS TO ASSIST FREED INTERNEES ■--— H. N. Hayden, Exalted Ruler of Wilmington Lodge No. 532 of the Elks, announced yesterday that a special committee, headed by Thomas J. Woff. Past Grand Of ficer of the Manila Lodge of Elks, j has been set up to bring assist-: ance to newly liberated Elk in- J ternees. according to information. received from James R. Nichol son., cha'rman of the Elks War Commission in New York city. A $100,000 appropriation was made available from the frater nal order's war chest, and has been set as.de for the purpose The. money will be used to pur chase medicine, food and clotn ing, and provide loans for mem bers of Manila Lodge and other Elks who were held prisoners by the Japs until their liberation by American forces recently. Mr. Wolff, whose appo'ntment has just been announced by the Elks War commission, is a prom inent Manila business man and has substantial mining interests in the Philippines. He was former Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the American Red Cross serving under former Commissioner Fran cis B. Sayre and the late Manuel Quezon, President of the Philip pines. Prior to Japanese occupation, the Manila Lodge of Elks had 89 members. A large number of these men, together with other Elks in the islands at the time of the invasion, were interned. In addition to the r-eliev work being conducted in the Philippines under Mr. Wolff’s direction, an Elks War Relief committee has been established in San Francisco, to meet and giv.e assistance to Elks returning to this country af ter their liberation from Jap in ternment camps. _\t_ Herbert Insists Hearing Be Held In Looney Case (Continued from Page One) | the Tuesday night meeting of the five-member board. Meanwhile, city outhorities were expecting the officer to be auto matically returned to duty Tuesday “unless the civil service body acts Monday.'1 Outlining his opinion on the Looney case yesterday, the Revr Mr. Herbert said, “I feel that the time has come to say that the de cision of the Civil Service com mission not to have a hearing on the Looney case last Monday nignt was a three-to-two decision. “I, myself, made the motion be fore the commission that the hear ing be held. The affidavits before us seemed to me, to justify beyond question that the hearing proceed. My motion was seconded by Dr. David Murchison, but was.defeat ed by the other three members of the commission. “We have a case before us in which it is clear that a police of ficer was intoxicated while on duty and that in this condition he ar rested and misused a citizen. Frankly, just why the hearing was not held 1 do not understand. 1 still think and insist that the hear ing be held. It must be held in justice 10 lire officer. “What mitigating circumstances are involved I do not know but they should certainly be presented. The commission would certainly approach the hearing with the prop er consideration of the officer's record in the past. “It should be held in justice to the Negro man who was arrested. A claim that this is no time to bestir racial excitement is clearly out of order. Every day is the time to do justice.* "Holy Week would have been an excellent time to see that jus tice be done to a relativelly help less member of the minority race. Let us have this hearing. There is no other proper thing to do.” SENTENCED LIVERPOOL, England. March 31 —(U.R)— Pvts. William H. Seagec and Frederick K. 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