STATE MAY QUERY
ECTC HEAD TODAY
GREENVILLE, July 2.—UFI—Af
ter being in special recess today,
the second trial of Dr. Leon R. j
Meadows, former president of East
Carolina Teachers College, will
enter its fifth week tomorrow
when direct examination of the
defendant by his own attorneys
will continue.
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, the
presiding jurist, recessed the spe
cial term when court was convened
this morning in respect to J. Frank
Harrington, Pitt County Superior
Court clerk for 27 years, who diet
yesterday.
Harrington, 72, died after sever
al days illness. Funeral services
were held at 4 p. m., today. His
successor will be appointed by
Judge Frizzelle.
Dr. Meadows, who is charged
with the alleged misappropriation
of more than $14,000 in special col
lege and student funds while presi
dent of the college, is expected to
be turned over to the State late
tomorrow for cross examination.
The defendant’s testimony taken
during most of last week followed
much the same pattern as in the
first trial of the case last spring,
when a jury failed to agree and
a mistrial was ordered after eight
weeks of legal battling.
The former educator, who re
tired at his own request after his
board of trustees had exonerated
him of similar charges- carried in
a State Auditor’s report, on which
the State’s case is based, has
steadfastly maintain that he was
guilty of no misappropriation of
funds while serving as ECTC
president. He has testified that he
even advanced some of his own
funds to the college to effect badly
needed repairs, and had not been
reimbursed for some of the funds
he advanced.
Court officials now are predic
ting the trial will continue for an
other four weeks.
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MODERN ‘MAttlC lilftrM
CHICAGO. July 2.—ttJ.Ri—Sayed
Hafidh Al-Kadi, Sheik of ancient
Eagdad, explained while visiting
Chicago that his modern “Magic
Carpet” has four motors and is
capable of flying several hundred
miles an hour.
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DONATE WATCHES TO BLIND
CHICAGO, July 2.—OJ.PJ—Women
workers of the Elgin National
Watch Co., have presented $2,000
to the American Foundation for the
Blind for the purchase of Braille
w'atches for 250 blind veterans ot
World War II.
TRUMAN SPENDS DAY VISITING IN KANSAS CITY
CALLING ON OLD FRIENDS in near
by Kansas City, Mo., President
Harry S. Truman puts in a restful
vacation day. Pieceiving a lei (top,
left) from Tommy Bowles, 5, he
holds a flower for the lad to smell.
At a haberdashery shop (top, right)
he talks over old times with his
former business associate Edward
Jacobson. And (bottom) he feasts
with former school chums at an
old-fashioned picnic, after receiv
ing an honorary degree as Doctor of
Laws in 56th anniversary ceremon
ies at School of Laws, University of
Kansas City. (International)
Businessmen Approve
New Development Plans
A five-point plan approved by
business and o her groups of the
community for the future industrial
development of Wilmington and
nearby areas was announced yes
terday by C. M. Harrington, presi
dent of the Wilmington Chamber
of Commerce.
Provisions for financing new plant
facilities, training labor and pro
viding housing, schools and recrea
tional facilities for workers are in
cluded in the program.
The five points are as follows:
T.—A group of citizens, Wilming
ton Association, have underwrit
ten a fund of $300,000.00 to provide
additional working capital for es
tablishing manufacturing com
panies, which have a backgrouni
of successful operation.
2. —A company known as Indus
trial Properties, Inc., has been
established by interested parties to
provide for the construction oj
factory buildings to be leased to
prospective industries.
3. —The New Hanover county
school system has a well diversi
fied vocational training orogram
for youth and adult, and during
the last five years has trained
ever 12,000 for various types of
industries, and is prepared to en
large this program so as to take
care of new industries which con
template locating in Wilmington
and New Hanover county.
4. —Working in close cooperation
with the Wilmington Housing Au
thority, the community is prepared
to offer interested parties the ad
vantages of an ideal industrial de
velopment. providing permanent
low-cost housing, modern schools,
nurseries, parks and supervised
recreational facilities for white and
colored, situated in the newly sel
ected industrial areas, a develop
ment which has been declared by
experts to be one of the outstand
ing locations of its kind in the
country.
5. —That local agencies including
ibe city and county governments
have agreed to cooperate to the
highest degree in providing facili
ties for these industries.
Mr. Harrington said that the
plan has won wide appioval and
many out-of-state concerns were
expressing interest in the proposal.
Several companies have already
arranged to locate plants in Wil
mington during the post-war
period, he added.
WITH THE AEF:
One Hitlerism Recoils
BY KENNETH L. DIXON
IN GERMANY, June 24.- Itfi—De-j
! layed)—Iff)—One word which Hitler
used almost as often as “Heil” has
backfired more than any other as
American doughboys find time to
look over this country they helped
conquer.
That word is '‘Lebenstraum”—
living space. ‘
The Americans — almost to a
man—say he lied about needing it.
After riding around the country
side in the heart of the Reichland j
you understand why they sajt so.
"Lebenstraum!” snorted n New
York-born jeep driver yesterday as j
we drove northward between;
Brunswick and Bremen. Hour after :
hour we rolled through rich fertile ■
farmland, across green well-tilled
valleys where grain waved in the
breeze.
Almost four hours farther south
ward we had driven through beau
tifully kept forests — forests vvh:ch
felt none of the brunt of the fight
ing. For miles there were hardly
a score of houses.
“Living space they wanted yet,”
the driver repeated. “Look at this.
They should have been born in
Hell’s Kitchen.”
Up here in northern Germany
they’re already harvesting some
grain and hay is being stacked.
Although much of the grain is cut
by hand as a concession to conver
sion of farm machinery factories
into war plants, still here and
there you see a modern mower
or a binder.
Many an American boys gets
more homesick than ever after a
look at the fields dotted with neat
shocks of wheat or rye.
They see plows turning the soil
between the rows, not even waiting
until the grain is threshed. As they
roar down country roads in jeeps
they must slow down for hay carts
and wagons.
They see German boys and girls
bringing cows in on wide rolling
pastures in the evening, or else
milking them out there in the open
fields.
Later they see the milk being
hauled to market.
Nowhere do they notice any of
that lack of’living space that Hitler
kept howling about.
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Okehed By State Body
RALEIGH, July 2 —(A>)— The
Game and Inland Fisheries Com
mittee of the State Board of Con
servation and Development today
unanimously confirmed the ap
pointment of John D. Findlay as
head of the Game and Fisheries
after Findlay had notified the com
mittee of his acceptance.
Findlay’s first act in office was
to appoint Co. H. W. Shawhan, a
native of West Virginia, as his
assistant and recommended that
he be paid $4,600 a year. R. Brpce
Theridge, director of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment, approved the appointment.
Col. Shawhan. who was recent
ly discharged from the Army after
two years of service, was assistant
director of the Game and Inland
Fisheries Division in est Virginia
for eight years prior to entering
the armed forces. He is a profes
sional forester and a graduate of
the Biltmore School of Forestry.
Findlay was appointed director
of the division to succeed Hinton
James, who resigned at the firs
meeting of the board last mont .
Findlay resigned as assistant com
missioner in May to become dir
tor of Lake Mattemuskeet for me
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The full board laid Plan® at
three-day meeting July * ' . .
Morehead City, and Etheridge sa d
the first day of the meeting would
be devoted to commercial fi
hearings.
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Nine Prisoners Freed
On Order Of Governor
RALEIGH, July 2 —GP)— Nine
prisoners, including two serving
sentences for second degree mur
der, were paroled today by Gov
ernor Cherry. Those freed:
Sam Hudson, sentenced in Bertie
County in May 1942 to from seven
to ten years for second degree
murder; James (Boy) Harper, sen
tenced in Pitt County in January
1942 to from ten to 12 years for
second degree murder; Herman
Barbour, sentenced in Harnett
County in January 1943 to 12
months for violating the prohibition
law; Andrew Brinson, sentenced in
Durham County in May of this
year to eight months for larceny;
Robert Jones, sentenced in Robe
son County in April 1944 to tlrf'ee
years for breaking, entering and
larceny; Chester Manring, sen
tenced in Forsyth County in De
cember, 1944, to 18 months for
larceny from the person; George
Worthy, sentenced in Burke Coun
ty last February to 12 months for
larceny; Norman Walters, sentenc
ed in Watauga County in April
1943 to four years for forcible tres
pass and larceny; and Elijah Wil
liams, sentenced in Vance County
in October 1943 to from five to
eight years for assault with a
deadly weapon.
DAVIS APPR( ES
“FRINGE” WAGES
WASHINGTON, July 2.—(U.P.)
Economic Stabilization Directo:
William H. Davis tonight approve!
‘fringe” wage agreements betweei
five big meat packing companie,
and 70,000 packinghouse workers
The wage adjustments, previous
ly approved by the War Labo
Board, are effective immediately
Companies involved are Armou
and Co., Cudahy Packing Co.
John Morrell and Co., Swift am
Co., and Wilson and Co. Employe
are represented by the Amalgamat
ed Meat Cutters (AFL), the Unite*
Packing House Workers, (CIO)
and the International Brotherhoo
of Packinghouse Workers, (IND.
In a letter notifying the boar
of his approval, Davis made i
clear that he had acted only o
wage aspects of the cases and ha
made no determination as t
whether price relief would b
necessary.
He said the Office of Price Ac
ministration had reported to hin
that “it is difficult to estimate
m advance of operating experience
the actual increase in costs re
suiting from wage awards of th
kind approved in these cases.” H
said, however, that “on an over
all basis the large packers ma;
be able to absorb the wage in
creases without any increase ii
prices or subsidies.”
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Lower Air Travel Rates
Seen By Airline Chiei
WASHINGTON, July 2. (JP) S
j Solomon, president of Atlantic
Airlines, Inc., said today “da;
coach” air travels, with rate
within reach of the average Ameri
can traveler, will become a reality
linking New England with th
Deep South, if an application h<
filed is approved by the civi
aeronautics board.
Solomon, who resigned as chair
man of the board of Northeast Air
lines, said he plans to have th<
organized Atlantic Air Lines pro
vide frequent air transportatior
at low cost over routes betweei
Providence, R. I., and N e v
Orleans, covering 14 states.
“Postwar air travel must n<
longer be limited solely to th<
wealthy and big business,” Solo
mon said.
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Scientists Lay Plans
To Study Solar Eclipse
NEW YORK. July 2— UP) —Next .
week’s total eclipse of the sun, one
of nature’s grandest spectacles to
laymen, will climax months of
hard work and journeys of thous
ands of miles for astronomical sci
entists.
Solar eclipses are serious busi
ness to science, providing a chance
that comes only once every decade
or so to gain further information
on the many mysteries of the uni*
verse.
If weather conditions are right,
July 9, the long preparations and
. ,ie>s o’ t. ” v expafli- j
tions—two American and one Ca-,
nadian—will be well worth the ef
fort. They will set up delicate in
struments at remote points in
Northern Montana and Manitoba
and Saskatchewan in Western Can
ada in the hope of gaining new
and important information on sun
spots, radio reception and photo
graphic data on the "flash spec
trum,” the shell of glowing gases
around the sun visible only at total
eclipse.
The July 9 eclipse will be the
first total solar blackout visible in j
the U. S. since 1932 and there
won’t be another total phase until
June 30, 1954. j
The belt of totality in the onued j
States, some 35 miles wide, begins
about 10 miles southeast of Cas- (
cade, Idaho, where the sun will
rcn : i- i m.
(Mountain War Time). From there
the moon’s shadow will streak
northeastward at a mile a second .
clip, five miles south of Butte, j
Mont., into northeast Montana, into j
Canada and over Russia where the
eclipse will end at sundown.
Although the eclipse in all itsj
phases will last about two hours
.w a. t‘1 P ' i
tion of totality in America will be
only about a half minute, varying
from 26 seconds in Butte to 34
j seconds in Saskatchewan and 76
seconds in Greenland.
First in line along the belt of
totality will be a party of astron
omers from Princeton University,
led by Prof. John Q. Stewart, as
' sociate professor of astronomical
! physics. The Princeton group,
which will include Dr. James Stoic
ley of Schenectady, N. Y., Genera]
I Electric Co., scientist, and Dr. and
Mrs. Ira M. Freeman, plans to
observe the eclipse from a point
on the center line about 15 miles
south of Malta in northern Mon
tana.
This party, with the aid of lay
men observers in Idaho and Mon
tana, plans to concentrate on ob
servations of the moon’s shadow in
the sky and general illumination
| during totality, which Prof. Stew
art said had been made only in
frequently in the past because as
tromomers had centered on the
chromosphert and corona.
Another American expedition,
sponsored by the Philadelphia Bul
! letin, and headed by Dr. Roy K.
[Marshall, director of the Fels
i planetarium at Franklin Institute,
! will set up headquarters at the
little Saskatchewan town of Wolse
ley, about 60 miles east of Regina.
Included in this party, which will
fly from Philadelphia, will be Dr.
Richard M. Sutton, professor of
physics at Haverford College and
Dr. Orrne Mohler of the University
of Michigan.
This group, equipped with a bat
tery of cameras ranging from a
40-footer with a five-inch lens to
an automatic motion picture cam
era set to make exposures every
four seconds, will photograph
every phase ol the spectacle for
i thorough study later. The scien
tists plan a four-day rehearsal on
the spot to insure that there will
be no slip-ups during the 34-second
period of totality.
; Still another group, headed by
G. E. Leseur ol the Dominion ob
servatorzetadf and A. G. Camron,
an astrological student from Winni
i peg, will set up an observation
; p0c- a- • -role C-mrchill. Manitoba.
; In addition to photographing the
. eclipse in all phases, the expedi
tions plan intricate tests to deter
\ mine what affect the crossing of
> the moon before the sun has on
i .
the earth’s magnetic neia ana uu
radio reception, the range of which
increases after sunset. Scientists
attempting to discover just what
effect the, sun nas on radio waves
believe experiments made w.nle
the sun is eclipsed during daylight
hours may provide some of the
answers.
Besides the American viewers, a
number of other expeditions have
been organized in northern Europe
and in Russia
Althougn me eclipse will be total
only in some sections of Idaho and
Montana in the Uniteu States, it
will be partial in almost all sec
tions of the country. Albert W.
Recnt, director of Denver Univer
sity's Chamberlin Observatory,
says the eclipse may be viewed
in New YorK, beginning at 7:07
a.m. (E.W.T.'; Chicago, 6:08 a.m.
(C.W.T); New Orleans, 6:06 a.m.
(C.W.T.), Butte, 5:50 am. (N.WT)
Denver, 5:40 am. (M.W.T.) and
San Francisco, at sunrise.
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Postal Receipts Drop
Down With Population
Wilmington postoffice receipts
for June totaled $35,094.75, as
against $37,935.64 for May, it was
revealed yesterday by officials.
Receipts for the second quarter,
April 1 to June 30, totaled $107,
473.07 this year, compared to $129,
110.01 for the same quarter of
last year. The reason given by of
ficials for the decrease in receipts
was the decline in population.
Sale of the three cent denor ;
nation Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Memorial stamps, received Satur
day, was reported large yesterday,
at the postoffice, and it was stated
that the one cent Franklin Roose
velt stamps were ordered last
week, and are expected sometime
this month. Franklin Roosevelt
stamps of two and possibly five
'cent denominations, will be plac
ed on sale sometime in the fu
ture.
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Jury Exonerates
Su)eeper_Operator
“Unavoidable accident” was the
finding of coroner’s inquest Sun
day into the death of Walter James
Backus, two-year old Negro boy,
who was injured when struck by a
city street sweeper Saturday morn
ing.
C. V. Garrett, of 6 Wooster street,
operator of the sweeper, was
exonerated from blame for the
accident, Coroner Asa W. Allen
reported.
The Negro boy died Saturday
right. He was riding in a push
cart being pushed by two friends
at the time of the accident, his
companions escaping injury.
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Macon County Official |
Dies At Raleigh Hotel!
RALEIGH, July 2 Gusj
Leach, 75, chairman of the Macon j
County Board of Commissioners (
jied of a heart attack in his room j
at the Sir Walter Hotel here to
day, Coroner Roy M. Banks re
ported.
“'Banks said Leach had attended
a hearing before the State Board
of Tax Assessments earlier in the
day but complained of being ill
and returned with two friends to
tiis hotel room. He became uncor I
scious shortly after arriving thcr I
and died before medical aid arriv I
With Leach at the time of s, I
death were R. S. Jones. Franiy, I
Lawyer, and George H. Ward I
Asheville lawyer. ,
The Navy has in service s; I
designed to take can. o! battle I
age, heavy repairs to ships' I
repairs to internal combustion fr' I
gines. landing craft, airplanes in" I
also to do salvage work. ° " 1
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New Hanover ( oimlr Citizens
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Our County has made a splendid record in all of its War Activities—Ship
building—War Bond Drives, and others, too numerous to mention, but which
have contributed greatly to the war's success.
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In Six War Loan drives New Hanover County has exceeded its "E" War
Bond Quota. As of June 29fth "E" Bond sales in the Seventh War Loan amounted
to $2,030,126.25, against a Quota of $2,478,000. We must therefore sell $447,
873.75 of "E" Bonds by July 7th in order to meet this Quota and keep New
Hanover County's record unblemished.
"E" Bonds pay 2.90 per cent interest if held to maturity (10 years from
dale of issue) this being the highest rate obtainable today on Government
Bonds. Each Owner may purchase during the calendar year $5,000 maturity,
or $10,000 if there is a Co-Owner.
A real challenge confronts us during the remainder of this week, and we
are calling upon the citizens of this County to ayain respond as they have in
[he past. Buy your limit of "E" Bonds at once. If you have purchased your
limit, ask a friend to do likewise.
The Norris Plan Bank
The Peoples Savings Bank and Trust Company
The Security Rational Bank
The Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
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