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FAIR BLUFF FIRE RAZES BUILDING FAIR BLUFF, Jan. 18. — Fire which for a time threatened tc destroy the whole of this town’s business district, early today burned to the ground a portion ol the Scott Motor company build ing, causing damage of many thousands of dollars. Originating in the company’s hardware department, the blaze had gained such headway when first reported at 3 a. m., that fire trucks from Chadbourn and White ville concentrated the greater part of their efforts on saving other nearby structures. Lost, besides the building which will have to be rebuilt almost entirely, were paint and hardware stores, plumbing fixtures, electrical appliances and the business offices of the Scott Motor company. Stores occupied in adjoining buildings were evacuated of their furnishings and contents while firemen, utilizing the nearby Lum ber river for water, battled the fire to keep it from spreading. Officials of the company said insurance would partially cover the loss- No estimate was made of damage done to stocks and building. THREE PLANES SET FLIGHT RECORD (Continued From Page One) first thing I saw was the East riv er and Central Park.” Col. Councill, 35-year-old native of Pittsburgh and a graduate . of Carnegie Tech, has flown Lockheed jet-propelled fighters since their first flights. Last Aug. 1 he flew a P-80 from Dayton. O., to New York in 82 minutes—a speed of about 533 miles an hour. , He served as commanding offi cer at a P-38 group in the 13th air force at Guadalcanal, and flew 70 combat missions in the South Pa cific as a fighter pilot, shooting down three enemy planes. He received the distinguished flying cross for a fi.ght over the Solo mons on Jan. 15, 1943 when he and three other pilots shot nine Japa nese planes attempting block a bomber formation on a mission against five enemy destroyers. The P-80 “Shooting Star” ships as were used today have a light engine known as the “super-jet” which products 4,200 pounds of pro pulsion, Army spokesmen said. The engine weighs only 1,820 puonds, is 48 inches in diameter, 101.5 inches long and can be removed from the plane in less than 15 minutes. Kerosene was the fuel used to day. The Shooting Stars piloted by Captains Smith and Babel carried only two-gallon wingtip tanks ir addition to a special 100-gallon nose tank. _ Col. Hobbs Visiting Here .. j \ Col. and Mrs. Graham K. Hobbs, Raleigh, rormer Wilmington residents, are visiting friends and relatives here. The Colonel is re cuperating from injuries suffered in an airplane accident when he was returning from the Philippines last November after three years overseas service. (Star-News Photo by Peter L. Knight)._ 148,000 WORKERS WILL GET RAISES (Continued From Page One) union would-expect more from GM than was obtained in the Ford set tlement. ‘GM will have to go high er,” said Thomas, because its pre sent rates are lower than Ford's.” The General Motors average now is $1.13. Said Reuther: *We will not settle with GM for less than 19 1-2 cents.” Ratification Necessary Both the Ford and Chrysler agreements must be submitted to the workers for ratification. Effec tive date of the Ford agreement was left to further discussions. The Chrysler contract, effective today, will run until Feb. 15, 1947. The new contract, a joint Chrys ler-union statement said, “recog nizes the interest of both the union and management in peaceful set tlement of differences through col lective bargaining and also in high productivity.” “We negotiated in a friendly and a constructive spirit and both the union and the company earnestly intend to see to it that in our day to day relations these purposes are kept foremost in mind.” In the same spirit we agree that there should be no vilification of the other by either the union or the company.” The Chrysler wage negotiations dated back to last Sept. 25. Both sides made concessions, Chrysler spokesmen said, which “will im prove employe-management rela tions, better the procedures for handling grievances and raise pro ductivity.” The Ford settlement was an nounced in the following joint man agement-union statement: ‘‘An agreement on a wage in crease of 18 cents an hour was reached today by the Ford Motor company and the UAW-CIO. ‘‘The effective date of the wage increase still has not been decided. Details connected with fair, effi cient and uninterrupted production will be discussed at an early date and we hope that the wage increase will become effective not later than Feb. 1. ‘‘We have every confidence that here will be an early termination to all matters remaining to be negotiated.” The statement was signed by John S. Bugas, Ford industrial relations director, and Richard T. Leonard, National Ford director for the UAW-CIO. The agreement will now be sub mitted to the UAW-CIO strike strategy committee and if ap proved by that body, will be passed on by the membership of the Ford UAW-CIO local. It will increase the average wage rate of Ford hourly-rated workers to $1.37 cents an hour. Takes Initiative At a news conference fallowing announcement of the agreement, Leonard said the union had taken the initiative in reaching the set tlement. He said he believed it would have a “strong impact” on negotiations with other automobile manufac turers as well as in the steel in dustry. Asked way the union had scaled down its wage demand from ap proximately 36 to 18 cents an hour, Leonard said: “In nine weeks of negotiating we got to know more about the company’s financial condition. We are convinced 18 cents an hour is all they can afford right now.” Company officials would add i nothing to the prepared announce ment. The first major break in the five month wage fight in the auto mobile industry, the settlement represents the largest agreement reached nationally since the close of the war. Rumors that it was imminent have persisted for more than a week when the negotiators began almost daily and sometimes twice-daily meetings. Yet to be disposed of is the com pany’s demand for a “company security” agreement. There was no disclosure in today’s announce ment whether that had been dealt with. Neither was there any mention of an earlier management stipulation that any wage agree ; ment must be coupled with the attainment of volume production. /• ^he management ori g i n a 11 y stipulated it would agree to a wage increase only after output volume reached a minimum of 80,000 units a month. Current production is a rate of about half that volume. Ford’s normal production is cluse to 100,000 units monthly. MENACED BY STRIKE DETROIT, Jan. 26.—OR)—'The car industry’s assembly lines which have made approximately 125,000 passenger vehicles since last july will come to a standstill within the next fortnight if the steel strike continues. Some of the plants have been able to continue limited production with dwindling stocks of glass; in a few instances cars have been shipped from factory to dealer with card-board in the windshield frame and a notice that the plate glass could be installed later in the re tailers’ service departments. SUNDAY STAK-JNEWB. \ Obituaries SARAH WRIGHT PETERSON Mrs. Sarah Wright Peterson, 94, died yesterday morning in the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. R. Debnam in Norfolk, Va. She had been ill for two weeks. Funeral services will be conduct ed this afternoon in Glenwoood Park Presbyterian church, Nor folk, after which the body will be sent to the Ward Funeral home, Wilmington, for burial in the family cemetery, Point Caswell, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Active pallbearers will be Joseph Simpson, Frederick Simpson and Wister Simpson, all of Atkinson; Dick Caddell, Rocky Mount, and D. J. Black and H. N. Shumpert, Wilmington. Honorary pallbearers will include J C Pretlow, Dr. W. T. Smith, W. H. Smith, W. H. Lewis, all of Wilmington, and Dr. Harry Harri son, Norfolk. Mrs. Peterson is survived by two daughters: Mrs. T. R. Debnam, Norfolk, and Mrs. Hyacinth S. Black, Wilmington; six grand children: Mrs. H. N. Shumpert and D. J. Black, Wilmington; Mrs. W. P Wood, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. E. e‘. Scofield, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Mrs. M. D. Caddell, Rocky Mount; Hay wood' P. Debnam, Norfolk, and 14 ereat-erandchildren. ETHEL LOUISE PITTMAN Mrs. Ethel Louise Pittman, 68, 307 S. Sixth street, was found dead in bed yesterday morning at aboul 5:30 o’clock. She had been com plaining of a bad cold and had suffered a slight heart attack re cently according to members o: her family. No comor’s inques' was held. The deceased is survived by : son W. M, Pittman, Wilmington; < sister, Mrs. Alice Malpass, Mt Olive, and a brother, Chance; Walker, Aikinson. Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock fron the Yopp Funeral home. The Rev C. E. Baker will officiate. Buria will be in Prospect cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Clai ence Spencer, Johnny Walker, J Wesley Guthrie, Dallas Moore, Ei nest Johnson and J. C. Davis. Serving as honorary pallbearer will be Dr. John T. Hoggard, J. E Sullivan, H. H. Spencer, P. R Smith, Leon Padrick, P. B. Gra ham, Alex Buoy, J. W. Reeves, W M. Abriam and Hubert Eason. WILLIAM M. THOMPSON William M. Thompson ,63, die in the home of his daughter, Mrs Albert Padrick of Carolina Beac road, Friday night. Surviving are seven daughters Mrs. Hans Bowers, Mrs. Chelli Jacobs, Mrs. Alvie Shipman, Mrs Nettie Mae Melvin, and Mrs. Pac rick, Wilmington; Mrs. Clarenc Lewis, Wampee, S. C., and Mrs John Lewis, Silver Spring, Md.; brother, Reuben, Wampee, and sister, Mrs. K. F. Thompson, als of Wampee; and 11 grandchildrer Funeral services will be hel 3:30 o’clock Monday afternoo from the Harrell-Coble funer; home, the Rev. Walter B. Freer pastor of St. Paul’s Luther a church officiating. Burial will b in Bellevue cemetery. _ Honorary pallbearers include Di Farthing,W. B. Potter, J. Siegfried, George Russ and J. P. Herring, Jr. Active pallbearers include Her bert Schaar, Edward B. Ward, Julian Padrick, Alton Lee, Owen Martin^ and William Fennell. JACKSON HAMMOND FAIR BLUFF, Jan. 26.—Funeral services for Jackson Hammond, 84, long a resident o£ the Hanson cross roads community, were conducted from the Crossroads Baptist church today with the Revs. B. G. Early and Pierce officiating. Burial was in Meares cemetery. Mr. Hammond, who died Thurs day night, is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Carey Grainger and Mrs. Chauncey Enzor, both of Fair Bluff, and three sons: Robert, Floyd and Edward, all of the home. Pallbearers were French Noble, Don Watt, W. C. Chelly, Gordon Hammond, J. D. and A. Hill. DAN ODYSSEA MYRTLE BEACH, S. C.. Jan. 26.—(A5)—Dan Odyssea, who is said to have established and operated the first waterfront restaurant at Myrtle Beach, died last night at 11:30 o’clock in a Conway hospital. He was 56 years old. Funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m., in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah at Myrtle Beach. Odyssea, a native of Greece, had been in this country 40 years. HJKM1S *1. mumroun DURHAM, Jan. 26—Furnie H. Thompson of Clarkton died in Duke hospital this afternoon after a heart attack. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Thompson of Bladen county, he had been employed by the Sea board railway at Rocky Mount for 22 years before moving to Clark ton last year. He was a member of the Shady Grove Baptist church, the Red Men and the Junior Order. He is survived by his wife, three daughters; Margaret, a student at the Woman’s college of North Caro lina, and Mary and Frances of Clarkton; two brothers, C. A. and Ira of Clarkton; a sister Mrs. Ed Norris of Bladenboro. Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon. V 1L.M1XN 1 wIN. __ — SHORT DENIES ARMY, NAVY OFFICERS WERE ‘SLEEPING OFF JAG (Continued From Page One) Hawaiian military forces had been on an all-out alert the attack might never have been made. It was “quite probable,” he said, that the Japanese raiding force might have learned of the state of readiness from spies and turned back for fear of heavy losses. Declared he would have pleaded innocent on every one of 11 pro posed counts had he been brought to trial before a court martial. There was a ripple of applause from spectators as Short left after thanking the committee for the op portunity tell his story publicly. He said that as a "loyal soldier” he had been forced to keep silent for four war years while bearing “the burden of public censure.” The committee now has question ed all major Army-Navy figures connected with the Pearl Harbor debacle. On Monday, it will hear Capt. Ellis M. Zacharias and former Supreme court justice Owen J. Roberts. Zacharias, a naval in telligence officer, has been quoted as saying he predicted both the time and place of the Japanese at tack in a talk with Admiral Hus band E. Kimmel, Pacific fleet com mander, in March, 1941. Roberts headed a presidential commission which in 1942 made ar investigation of the attack and con eluded there was "deletion of duty” on the part of both Short and Kimmel. . Although Short had complained that the War Department failed to supply him with needed anti-air craft weapons and planes, he testi fied in reply to questions from Rep. Keefe (R-Wis) that the major fac tor in the Japanese success was lack of information. It was Keefe who brought up the question of whether drinking play ed any part in the disaster. He told Short “the story has gone around the country that you were all drunk out there that Satur day night and were sleeping off a jag that Sunday morning.” Jacksonville Youth Held In Fatal Shooting JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 26.—(^)— Ralph Petteway, 17, was Placea under $2,000 bond today in con nection with the fatal shooting his father, Julius Pate Petteway, 51, at the Petteway home near here last night. Officers quoted young petteway as saying he fired eight times an automatic rifle at his •'' after the latter had struck the youth’s mother. Six bullets hit the elder man. Petteway waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over for grand jury action. Confectioners are the largest users of corn syrup in the nation, and this year will consume more than 800,000 pounds. _ trainmen retain STRIKE VOTE PLAN (Continued From Page One) for non-operating personnel. De cisions by the board of arbitra tion are binding on both parties. Harry H, Schwartz, chairman of the mediation board which brought about the agreement, said this “was the first instance in which a group of employers of the magni tude of the American railroads and such a large number of employes have voluntarily submitted the is sues of rates of pay to arbitra tion.” CONGRATULATED WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—— President Truman today congratu lated the national mediation board, 134 railroads and 18 of the 20 rail road labor unions on an agreement to submit a wage dispute to volun tary arbitration. • The president said in a state ment that the beard had telegraph ed him reporting the results of mediation proceedings in Chicago involving wages of about 1,300,000 employees. His statement follows: “I have just received a tele I.■'•.•■TTTTTY.iTTT gram from the nati^^T board, reporting on the conch ^ of mediation proceedings in p°n cage. A wage dispute betweent the 134 principal railroads o* tf nation and the railroad labor '* ions had been in process of tion for the past three weeks ‘ “The telegram informs me th * an agreement to submit the d 4 to voluntary arbitration in ance with the railway labor °rd* has just been concluded bet-/'1 the railroads and 18 of the 2n?e,a road labor unions. ‘ rai1' “About 1,300,000 employees . covered by the agreement r* “As the mediation board poinlM out, ‘this is another demonslrat „d that collective bargaining ft functioning in this industry th * has operated the railway labor . for the past 20 years.’ ‘ lc I am highly gratified at thi, report from the national rned at board and congratulate the boar!! and the parties concerned on their fine accomplishment." 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