weather ] T7 THE SUNlife-- -NEWS Comical Color Additional Weather Data on Paf« Two. | B In Wm U ■ H BT^ ■j PUBLISHED .N_ II hi | « U RVPrV Si 111 H O V ~~ (p@03T einrv®FPW®®iaige3 amb> PiLBA8iu.GirBft& ----— vriL^—N°. 16._ 36 PAGES TODAY WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1946 “ SEGTioxt.a- pripf. in GENTS « V W I —————— i ' **" ■" ■■ ■ ■ . __— Spanish issue Seen As Next UN Problem Poland Believes Allies Should End Relations With Franco’s Regime CONVENES TUESDAY U. i>. Seeks To Break Dead lock Blocking Five Eu ropean Peace Pacts NEW YORK, April 6—UP!—1The Spanish issue raised unexpect edly by Poland, seemed likely to night to be the next problem to plague the United Security Council just when the infant peace agen- 1 cy hoped for a quite period to put its rules in order. The Poiish embassy in London announced this morning that the Warsaw government had instruct ed Dr. Oscar Lange, Polish dele gate to the security council, to lay before the council the Polish view that the United Nations shctuid break off relations with the gov ernment of Generalissimo Fran cisco Franco. The decision of the Polish gov ernment was taken in view of the fact that the present regime in Spainis endangering international . peace and that peace is individisi- ( bile.’’ the embassy announcement said. No Official Notice Hours alter the London announce- , went, members of the Polish de legation here said Dr. Lange had , not received official notice of his ! government’s decision. Jerzy Mi- ] chalowski, Dr. Lange’s advisor, said that in any event there would . be no statement before Monday. 3 l Thus it was not determined whe- j e flier Dr. Lange would dump the i i Spanish question on the council < table Tuesday when it convenes ] i a 3 p.m. E. S. T., or would wait until tha council has adopted the 1 ; rules of procedure scheduled to be f taken up at that time. The council’* group of experts 1 ;; has virtually completed a, draft ] cf rules. There is a disposition in 1 some coucil circles to deley all ( other matters until the vital rules cf procedure have been agreed up cn. The Polish action caught United Nations authorities here by sur prise. There has. been no hint in the two weeks that the council has: i heen in New York that Poland i I would bring up the question of Franco. For a time it seemed likely that France would do just that. But the (Continued on Page 11; Column 4) I POLLOCK FUNERAL RITES SCHEDULED City Councilman, Promi nent In Building Trades, Dies At His Home Fu’.eral services for City Coun e man Ray Pollock, who died at I his home early yesterday morning, will be conducted from the And- • rews mortuary at 3:30 o’clock to- , morrow afternoon. Furial will be in Oakdale eeme Iery. with the Wilmington Elks ( Mdge in charge of the graveside , services. Active pallbearers will be Leon - Thomas, Edwin Thomas, ‘Graham - Russ. John Hughes Pollock, Oscar Flowers, Jr., and J. O. Flowers. Members of the Elks lodge will serve as honorary pallbearers. Mr Pollock’s death followed an ilh.ess of about one month, during which time he was confined to his home at 116 South Carolina Beach road, file took office as Sunset Park representative on the city council on Jan. i of this year, following (Continued on Page 11; Column 1) Appointed Paul Franklin Bell, formerly' a ieutenant in the Navy, has been selected to serve as assistant in he local Chamber of Commerce sffice. He starts his new duties :ariy in the week. EX-NAVY OFFICER TAKES POST HERE Will Serve As Assistant To Chamber Of Com merce Secretary Paul Franklin Bell will assume he duties of assistant to John H. Darrell, secretary, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, early this veek, it was announced yesterday. The newly-appointed assistant is in terminal leave as a naval re ;erve lieutenant. Bell, well-known locally, is a 'raduate of Southwestern univer lity, Lafayette and Rice Institute, louston, Tex. Prior to entering the armed ervices, he served with the Vene uela branch, Standard Oil com lany of New Jersey. His last ser ■ice duty was at the Navy Torpedo tation, Newport, R. I. He spent 8 months in the Pacific area. He is the son of the Rev. Charles !. Bell, deceased and Mrs. Bell, ormerly of Fayetteville, Ind. Bell was married March 23 to Elizabeth Louise Moyer, Rumford, t. i. He is the nephew of the | Jisses Mary and Gertrude Bell, , lleander. BALTIMORE MAN ! TO HEAD SOCIETY Bartlett F. Johnston Elect ed President Of Cincin nati At Meet Here ___ Bartlett F. Johnston of Baltimore. VId., was elected president of the society of the Cincinnati in a gen >ral meeting of the organization, resterday at Orton plantation. C. McD. Davis', president of the Ulantic Coast Line railroad com pany, and J. Lawrence Sprunt, who icted as host to the group at Orton, vere elected to the standing com nittee of the general society. The society, which is comprised mly of the -‘first son” descendents >f Gen. George Washington’s top sfficers in the Continental army, dimaxed its meeting here yester lay with a banquet last night at 8 >’clock in the Cape Fear club. Yes erday’s meeting marked the fifth :onsecutiye year in which the so dety has met in Wilmington. President-General of the society, ;01. Brice Metcalf of New York Jity, attended yesterday’s meeting md spoke at the banquet last night, ie was accompanied to the meeting jy the assistant general secretary if the society, William M. Beall, Washington, D. C. Other Officers Filled Other officers elected yesterday it the meeting at Orton Plantation vere Ernest Matthew Green, Ral ;igh, president emeritus; Paul \yers Rockwell, Asheville, vice president; John G. Dawson, Kins :on, secretary; Bryan G. Dancy, Baltimore, assistant secretary; (Continued on Page 2; Column 2) SEA Host To News Party On 700-Mile State Trip I Kir. ‘.oen newspapermen rode 70C K°rth Carolina miles yesterday as the guests of the/ Teague broth tr!-' in a “pre-inaugural” flight oi l!!e fiew 27-passenger DC-3 plane of the South Erst Airlines. T._e flight started and ended ir t-harlotte. Stops were made ir Lumberton, Wilmington, Nett Bern, Washington, N. C., Green VlHe Wilson, the Raleigh-Durhair airpcrt, the Greensboro-High Poin airPort, and Winston-Salem be sides Charlotte. Aboard the plane, guests of W '• Teague, president and genera Manager of the line, and his broth er, Earl' L. (Buck) Teague, the line’s secretary-treasurer, were the following: Stewart Adkins, Gastonia Gaz ette, and Mrs. Adkins; Miss Zoe Brockman, Gastonia Gazette; En nis Adkins, Gastonia Gazette photographer; Norman Young, station WAYS, Charlotte; J. A. Sharpe, Jr., Robesonian, Lumber ton; John Sikes, Wilmington Morn ; ing Star; J. H. McEwen, Jr., Twin ' City Daily Times, Morehead City; Fred Pendleton, Washington News; Chester A. Walsh, Greenville (Continued bn iPage 11; Column 5) 1 Truman Sees Poll V//* n. , f/f Sta'^v sue & — New Sta». ^ >pears To Be Peace Offering To South ern Democrats SPEAKS UNEXPECTEDLY Express Hope That Ail Dixie States Will Even tually Repeal Levy CHICAGO, April 6—(IP)—In what appeared to be a peace offering to militant Southern Democrats in Congress, President Truman today disclosed the view that repeal of the poll tax, must be left up to the states. His pronouncement concerning one of the most controversial issues ever tackled by Congress came un expectedly at a News conference he held for Chicago high school journalists. The question was raised by a nervous, shy little girl, whose query escaped most of the report ers regularly assigned to cover the President. Has Pointed to Record Mr. Truman, a proponent of Fed eral repeal of the tax levied in a number of Southern states as a prerequisite for voting, while a member of the Senate, has on sev eral occasions pointed to his Sen ate record, when asked about his attitude. “Do you see any immediate solu tions of the poll tax in the South?” came the question. No, he did not, the President re plied. That is a matter they will have to work out for themselves There are a number of Southern states, the President went on, that have repealed the poll tax. He expressed hope they all will eventually. But that is a matter for them to work out for themselves, Mr. Truman continued. He added that it also was a mat ter for Education. Southern Demo crats have been critical of the Tru man administration’s stand for a permanent F. E. P. C. and other “New Deal” objectives. Efforts have been under way in party circles to ease the tension created by a bitter debate on some of these issues. The President also told the wide eyed, thrilled youngsters that he favored extending voting rights to 18 years old because youth, by its war service, had proved its ability to handle the highest duties of citizenship. Answering one young reporter’s question, Mr. Truman said a uni (Continued on Page 12; Column 1) DAVIS TAKES POST IN HOSPITAL DRIVE Head Of ACL Legal De partment Endorses Holy Family Project Here Thomas W. Davis, general solici tor of the Legal department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has accepted the chairmanship of the Special Gift division of the Catholic Hospitial fund drive. In announcing the appointment of Davis, Harriss Newman, drive chairman said “It gives me great pleasure to announce Davis has agreed to accept this important position.” Newman explained the newly-ap pointed chairman has always been ■active in leadership of all things benefitting the community. The special gifts committee, he point ed out, is one of the more import ant committees of the entire cam paign as it solicits about one-half the money raised in the drive. “I have no doubt,” said New man, “the success of the committee is assured under Davis’ leadership and we are indeed fortunate to secure him for this post.” In accepting the appointment, Davis and he was glad to (Continued on Page 11; Column 4) Senator Bailey Shows ‘Further Improvement’ WASHINGTON, April 6.—(JP)— “Further improvement” was noted today in the condition of Senator Josiah W. Bailey, 72-year-old North Carolina democrat, hospitalized since Thursday by an abdominal attack. His personal physician, Dr. Wal ter A. Bloedorn, said that, al though Bailey ‘‘is still suffering lots of pain”, his condition in gen eral is considerably improved.” Bloedorn said that the Senator will be confined to the hospital for at least two weeks. Relatives are at his bedside T. > TRUMAN CALLS FOR STRONG MILITARY FORCES TO UPHOLD PEACE OF WORLD; COUNTRY NOTES COLORFUL ARMY DAY WAR CHIEFS URGE MIGHTY AMERICA Secretary Patterson Calls For Power To Back Up Nation’s Policies