HOUSE UNTANGLES
BOUNDARY ISSUE
Washington. June 25.— (JP)— With
nary a look toward Yalta or San
Francisco, the House reached
agreement today on its most pres
sing boundary dispute, that be
hvcen Virginia and the District of
Columbia.
There was no discussion ol
spheres of influence, trusteeships
0r voting arrangements; only
some heated talk about ti$s
troublesome question; Should a
thirsty traveller have the right to
buy a drink at the national air
port?
The House passed by voice vote
and sent to 'he Senate a bill which
would end the century-old uncer
tainty about who has jurisdiction
over a "no man’s land” on the
Southwest shore of the Potomac
river.
The bill fixes the present mean
hip.li water mark as the boundary.
The existing legal border is the
high water mark of Jan. 24, 1791,
which engineers, Congress, the
department of Justice, the Su
preme Court and the Common
vealth of Virginia have never
beer able to fix with certainty.
"If a murder were to be com
pared in the area tomorrow,”
Rep. Smith tD-Val told the House,
•‘there would be grave doubt that
the guilty person would ever be
brought to trial because of the
uncertainty over jurisdiction.”
Someone recalled that a man
died a month or so ago at the
ua ional airport, across the river
[.on the capital, and no coroner
would declare him dead.
Although the bill fixes the pres
ent mean high water mark as the
boundary, it provides that the Fed
eral government shall have juris
diction over the national airport
However. Virginia will have the
right to regulate liquor sales at the
airport, under an amendment
which Rep. Smith succeeded in
adding to the bill.
Smith said the people of his
gate, which has a dispensary sys
tem. "are somewhat sensitive on
the sale of hard liquor.”
"Without the amendment,” he
sa.id. "we would have 99.99 per
cent of the state limited to dis
pensary sales, and one-hundredth
of one per cent—'be national air
port—with a bar. We are not
going to put up with it.”
Dispute over the boundary first
arose- in 1846 when Congress turn
ed back approximately one-third
ot the original District of Columbia
to Virginia.
As established by George Wash
ington, the District was 10 miles
square, but some 50 years latei
Congress decided the government
didn’t need that portion on the
Virginia side and ceded it back.
Congress guessed wrong; the area
now includes the airport, the
Pentagon building, the Arlington
Cemetery, Fort Myer and a lot of
other government establishments.
War At Last Comes Home
To Beaten Nazi Army
By KENNETH L. DIXON
WITH THE A. E. F. IN OCCU
PIED GERMANY— UP, —Thou
3JB mou saaipjos ubuijbo J° spues
coming home from the war—and
the war is at Iasi coming home
to thousands of German soldiers..
Not that most of them haven’t
long been aware of the extent of
this conflict, in which they have
been participating. They have. But
still you'd be surprised how well
Nazi propaganda kept many of
them from learning the full extent
of the damage to their homes.
Although they saw the effects of
the war’s ravages, particularly in
the front area where they fought,
somehow they still let themselves
be kidded into believing their own
particular communities had been
spared.
-Now comes the awakening.
Today we drove hundreds of
miles through Central and North
ern Germany, meeting convoy aft
er convoy of battered German
trucks hauling the Wehrmacht
home. As they passed through the
towns German civilians leaned out
of windows, called from the side
walks and waved from doorways.
“What army are you in? What
division are you from? Do you
know what happened to such-and
such regiment? Have you seen so
and-so?”
These and thousands of other
questions were shouted at them as
the trucks rolled through the towns.
Sometimes the soldiers shouted
back, replying to the greetings and
trying to answer questions. But
more often they merely stared—
stared at the crumbled buildings,
shattered shells of houses and
razed residential districts.
Their stunned silence showed
their surprise. They had been told
this would not. could not. and was
not going to happen to their homes.
Here it had happened.
We watched a homecoming from
across the street. A Wehrmacht
sergeant had gotten off the truck
downtown. His wife and two chil
dren met him, and walked with
him to their home several blocks
away. ,
When we saw them they had
stopped in front of a small apart
ment building, which was little
more than a shell A few rooms
remained and even they had no
windows. Only gaping holes.
Through these holes you could see
the littered interior, where ob
viously people were trying to exist.
For a long time the German sol
dier stood there, iust looking. Then
finally he walked on inside with
out comment, without a visible
sign of his reaction.
“Whatever is going on in his
mind,” said an American officer
who watched the scene, “probably
would provide an answer to wheth
er or not Germany’s going to
prepare for another war.”
But nobody knew, and previous
attempts had proved that asking
Germans their reaction to such sit
uations seldom drew more than
studied noncommittal answers.
Those members of the dis
charged Wehrmacht who came
from farms or small villages are
usually far better off than their
metropolitan comrades. With some
exceptions there is far less dam
age out over the open countryside.
In some instances, of course, farm
houses have been used as com
mand posts, or resistance point,
but more often they were left un
touched.
In addition to the better shelter,
such returning soldiers also found
their families much better fed than
city folks. Cattle and chickens still
are found in considerable profusion
in many rural sectors. Gardens,
truck patches and field crops are
often in good shape.
Also the hand of military occu
pation is less noticeable in the
Country than in the city.
Theorists who argue over proper
conquest and occupation policies
for such a nation can watch to see
whence comes the Reich’s first
postwar unrest.
Will it be from crumbled cities,
whose populations have been
shown the full fruits of war? Thus
chastised will they be wiser, more
peace loving, or will they be sul
lenly dangerous and bitter?
Or will it be from the rural sec
tors? Will they be grateful for their
good fortune and thus better po
tential world citizens for having
survived this well will they be ar
rogant and ready to go again?
It will be worth watching.
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GAVIN CHARGES
ABUSE OF CADET
WASHINGTON. June 25- (U.R) -
Rep. Leon H. Gavin, R., Pa., told
the House today that an Air Cadet
under a hard labor sentence at the
Lincoln, Neb., Army Air Base was
clubbed into unconsciousness by an
M. P. last year because he was
not breaking rocks fast enough.
He said the House Military Af
fairs committee had uncovered “a
number of other beatings cases,”
which involved “privates, non-com
missioned officers, and even a
chaplain.” He urged the Army to
investigate all such cases of “Ges
tapo type training.”
Gavin was told, he said, that
hospital records on the Air Cadet
“showed concussions of the jaw,
shoulders, arms and legs.”
He said the War Department as
sured him that it would punish the
“officers and enlisted men who
stood by and took no action for
protection of this boy.”
But all the Army has done thus
far, he said, is to transfer the
“overall” commander of the Lin
coln base—A Maj. Gen. Duncan to
the Aleutians.
"War Department records show
that the only general officer of
that name is Brig. Gen. Early E.
W. Duncan who was at Lincoln
from April. 1942. until May, 1944,
when he was sent to Europe. In
Dec. 1944, he was made command
ing officer of the Iceland base
command.)
Gavin did not identify the Air
Cadet. He said he was "a fine
boy with a fine civilian record”
from his district in Pennsylvania.
He said the cadet had been
court-martialed and sentenced to
hard labor in 1944 for putting his
hands in his pocket while standing
at attention.
in me guard nouse, ne was giv
en a detail flattening cans,” Gavin
said. “But there the soldier did
not work fast enough to suit the
guard.
‘‘He was again court-martialed
and sentenced to break rocks with
a short-handled sledge at a . ca
dence of 120 blows per minute.
“No human could possibly carry
on at that speed and the cadet
was again reprimanded for not
working fast enough.
"The fM. P ' private then dis
missed the guard and commanded
the boy to stand at attention with
the sledge at his side, which he
did.
"He was then smashed across
the .iaw with an M. P.’s club
which raised a welt on the left
side of his face about as big as
a fist and which knocked the fil
lings out of his teeth. He was
knocked down and upon arising he
was again knocked down and
smashed into unconsciousness and
beaten around the shoulders, arms
and legs. He was then dragged off
to the guard house and placed in
solitary confinement.”
Gavin said the Cadet testified
that a Captain and a lieutenant
stood by and watched the alleged
beating.
While in confinement, he said,
the Cadet "bled profusely through
the mouth and nose.” After anoth
er soldier from Shrevesnort. La.,
reported the incident to the officer
of the day. the cadet was removed
to the hospital, Gavin said.
Governor Name« Moore
Man To Tommission
RALEIGH. June 25 —VP)— Wil
liam A. Monre of Kinston, a vet
eran of both world wars, was ap
pointed bv Governor Cherry to
succeed Maj. Gen. William C. Lee
of Dunn as a member of the State
Veterans Comm:ssion.
General Lee. a pioneer in the
Army’s Airborne troop division,
originally was appointed to the
Commission but later nofified Gov.
ernor Cherry that he would be un
able to serve because of his health.
ONE SLAUGHTERER
GETS OPA PERMIT
Mayor Ronald W. Lane announc
ed yesterday that an easing of the
meat situation was expected in
permission to at least one local
Wilmington, with the granting of
sloaughterer to butcher cattle,
from the district OPA office. Mayor
Lane said that he expected that
six or seven others would receive
permits by this week’s end.
Further encouragement was of
fered in City Manager A. C. Nic
hols’ announcement that the meat
shortage is expected to be relieved
by July 1. Meanwhile, Wilming
ton'ans were awaiting word from
the Office of Price Administration
in Washington in response to a pe
tition of more than 500 names pre
sen* ed last week in a plea for more
meat for New Havover county.
Although no word had been .re
ceived last night, it is generally
believed that additional meat for
th's area will be forthcoming soon.
The main point favoring addition
al meat for this area is the im
mense shift in population from the
tributary section of New Hanover
county, according to Representative
J. Bayard Clark. He referred to
war workers who are spending a
great amount of ration points not
■ssued in New Hanover county.
Grocers within New Hanover
county should record those ration
books not issued within the county,
and records should be submitted
to the OPA, Rep. Clark suggested.
“The OPA," he said, ‘should be
prevailed upon to accept these fig
ures in making an adjustment.”
Early action in the issuance ol
permits to local slaughterers is pre
sumably the result of City Manager
Nichols’ discussions with the dis
trict OPA in Raleigh last Friday.
In his conference with the district
officials, Mr. Nichols presented
data collected from the local
slaughterers, and impressed tnem
with the gravity of the meat sit
uation in the Wilmington area, and
the need for early relief.
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Accused Spies To Get
Hearing On Thursday
PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—(U.P.)
—Two Spanish seamen seized by j
the FBI as agents of the German
espionage system, were held yes
terday for hearing next Thursday
while federal investigators quest
ioned them for details of Nazi spy
activities.
The suspects, Amilio Ipes Dazaux
Hernandes, 27, and Pablo Meso
Lagaretta, 33, were in prison in
default of $25,000 bail each. They
were arrested Saturday aboard the
Spanish freighter, S. S. Manuel
Calvo, docked here.
John R. Sears, special agent in
charge of the local FBI office,
questioned the seamen for several
hours Sunday.
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MAY NOT BE DISCHARGED
ATLANTA, Ga., June 26.—(AP)—
The Fourth Service command an
nounced yesterday that, enlisted
men on duty at hospitals and camps
here and in other sections of the
southeast likely will not be dis
charged soon although they may
have adjusted service rating
scores.
,NeetL No Notes
One of the most amazing minds
revealed at the United Nations
Conference in San Francisco
■was that of Lt. Andre Kaminker,
of France. An interpreter, he sat
through all English speeches
and, without making a note, re
peated them verbatim without a
mistake. In upper photo he is
shown concentrating; below, in
terpreting.
Eisenhower Returns
To Nation’s Capital
WASHINGTON, June 26.— UP) —
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, tired
by a week of spectacular recep
tions, slipped into Washington with
a minimum of fanfare yesterday.
Only a handful of greeters met his
train.
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JUDGE OVERRULES
MEADOWS MOTIONS
GREENVILLE, N. C., June 25.
—W—Laying the groundwork for
it contention that Dr. Leon R.
Meadows had no reason to em
bezzle, the defense drew from
him today the statement that when
he assumed the presidency of
East Carolina Teachers College in
1934 he had assets of §111,013.32
and that his liabilities then were
$200.
Dr. Meadows was on the stand
for most of the afternoon session.
He succeeded Dr. J. Y. Joyner,
former State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, who attested
to the correctness of the minutes
of the board of trustees in 1924
Earlier, Judge J. Paul Frizzelle
had overruled defense motions for
a directed verdict of innocent and
non-suit on eight of the ten counts,
all of which accuse Dr. Meadows
of false pretense and embezzle
ment of more than $14,000. The
part which the defense asked de
leted amounted to $10,570.25. Chief
Defense Counsel Albion Dunn ar
gued that the State had failed to
present sufficient evidence to war.
rant those counts going to the jury.
Opposing Dunn in the argument
was Special Prosecutor Jesse
Jones of Kinston.
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Dental Examiners Hold
Annual Meet In Raleigh
RALEIGH, June 27.— (ff)—With
45 applicants scheduled to be ex
amined for licenses to practice
dentisry, the North Carolina Board
of Rental Examiners met yester
day in annual session in the Hall
of the House.
A practical examination will be
held today at the Carolina hotel,
hotel.
Heading the list is Dr. John
R. Pharr of Charlotte, as presi
dent. Other members include Drs.
VVilmer Jackson of Clinton; D. L.
Pridgen of Fayeteville: A. C. Cur
rent of Gastonia; Neal Sheffield of
Greensboro, and Paul E. Jones o<
Farmville.
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According to a forecast made
by the Aeronautical Sect on of the
Society of Automotive Engineers,
civilian aircraft will use more !
ihan one billion gallons of gaso
line annually in postwar years, j
London Traffic Halted
By Green Fly Invasion
LONDON, June 25.—(UP)—Swarms
of green flies invaded London to
day in such numbers that motor
ists and cyclists frequently were
compelled to stop to clear them
from their eyes.
The Natural History museum at
tributed the invasion to warm,"
moist weather favorable to their
breeding, but added “The life of
the green fly is only a few days.”
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