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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 <ey ine iifcsociaiea jrrc&s; The leaders who helped guide this nation’s military forces to victory over her en emies urged yesterday that she remain strong until fu ture peace is assured. As America displayed her arm ed might in Army Day observ ances throughout the United States and in many parts of the world, leading speakers stressed the theme that strength was needed to win and preserve the peace. Flanked by Secretary of War Pat terson and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower, Army chief of staff in Chi cago, President Truman told the thousands jammed into huge Sol dier Field that the nation’s “uni versal foreign policy was aimed at stopping “coercion and pene tration’’ of the weak. Secretary Patterson said Ameri ca’s ability to make its views on peace felt throughout the world “depends on the power we may possess to back up fully the poli cies we support.’’ Must Continue Kesearcn Gen. Eisenhower said the Army must continue research on weapons and maintain its strength as an interim force, in support of the United Nations, until the future: peacetime army can be formed. He pledged the Army would m, ke every effort to develop national security “as a cornerstone of the peace structure that must be built in the world.” The president, war secretary and Army chief of staff witnessed a brief but impressive display of Army strength before speaking in Soldier Field. As Army planes of all variety roared overhead, they reviewed a parade of 14,000 troops of the famous Fifth (Red Dia mond Division on Michigan ave nue. A crowd estimated by park police at 1,000,000 crowded along the parade route as the troops passed by on foot, in tanks and in jeeps. Also included in the president’s retinue were Gen. Carl Spaatz, air forces commander; Gen. Jacob L. Devers, ground forces commander and Lt. Gen. Leroy Lutes, head of the service forces. At Caserta, Italy, Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, deputy supreme al lied commander in the Mediterran (Continued on Page 2; Column 5) DISTRICT FESTIVAL WINNERS SELECT ) Y cuthful Musicians Will Compete In State - Wide Contest April 23-26 Contestants to take part in the State Music festival in Greensboro, April 23-26, were selected yester day at the Southeastern district finals held in the New Hanover High School auditorium. Three students from New Han over High were among the winners. They were Sara Ann Eaton, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Eaton. 71 Lee drive, Lake Forest; Bobby Melton, son of Mrs. Janie Far rington, 114 N. Fourth street 'who rendered vocal solos. Patty Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Jones, 1904 Ann street played a piano solo. Alice Green Sylvester, pianist from Richland High school, and (Continued on Page 12; Column 4) Eastern N. C. Publishers End Two-Day Conference JACKSONVILLE, April 6.—High lighted by two important discuss ions featuring the economic well being of the state, the first semi annual meeting of the Eastern North Carolina Press association ended a two-day session here to night. Upwards of 80 newspaper editors and publishers attended the gath ering, conducted under the direct ion of the association president, O. O. Phillips of the Wallace En terprise, and with Billy Arthur, Jacksonville publisher, in the role of host. . Of wide-spread general interest was the half-hour broadcast over a network of radio stations featur ing two authorities in their res pective fields: R. B. Page, publish er of the Wilmington Star-News and chairman of the State Ports authority, and James V. Whitfield of Burgaw, president of the Pend er County Farm bureau and a member of the national fruit and vegetable committee of the Na tional Farm bureau. Both spoke on subjects closely relating to the economy of the state; Page telling of the work of the ports authority, and Whit (Continued on Page 5; Column %} -:_______i ROTC Drill Excellence Recognized T. T. Hamilton, Jr., principal of New Hanover High school and honorary colonel in the ROTC is shown as he presented a ribbon denoting excellence in drills, parades and inspection to Company D of the NHHS ROTC unit. The presentation was made yesterday as a part of the unit’s Army Day parade. Standing immediately behind Hamilton is Lt. Col. Harry Wellott, cadet battalion commander. At the extreme right is Capt. Graham Barefoot, of Company D, and on Hamilton's left is Capt John Symmes, of Company B. - ' . . _ _ Army Day Speaker Warns Against Insecure Peace -X - _- - BIG JAP TREASURE HOARD UNCOVERED Two Billions In Gold, Sil ver And Platinum Found In Tokyo Bay TOKYO, April 6.—(U.R)—A long sought Japanese hoard of precious metals—$2,000,000,000 in gold, sil ver and platinum—has been found on the muddy bottom of Tokyo bay where it was hidden by a Jap anese army officer nine months ago, American military govern ment authorities announced today. Discovery of the treasure was verified by exploratory diving that brought up a bar of metal identi fied as platinum and valued at $35,000. American salvage crews will be gin work Monday to bring up the remainder of the bullion, which in formation given to American intel ligence agents said includes two truckloads of precious ingots. Location of the treasure, in shal low water beneath a dock on Tokyo Bay, was revealed to American au thorities by Japanese informers. Orders for hiding the treasure were issued in the latter part of July, 1945, and were traced to a Japanese Army officer, who direct ed the operation. The officer’s name was not disclosed. The hunt for Japan’s precious metals and millions of dollars worth of gold, silver and platinum looted from occupied countries was one of the first tasks undertaken by American troops after they had solidified their occupation of de feated Japan. The searches, however, uncover ed only a fraction of the metals Japan was known to have posses sed, and the newly found treasure was believed to be the missing loot from many countries of southeast Asia. The story told to American au thorities indicated that the treasure was hidden only a few days before Japan surrendered. WANTS RESERVES Ft. Bragg Officer, In Ad dress Over Radio, Calls Upon ‘Alert’ Nation “The Army is proud of its rec ord and it is grateful that the na tion realizes today, as it failed to understand after the first World War, that the job is never done and that the true meaning of vic tory lies in the constant struggle for peace and security,” said Lt. Col. Harold G. Osborne in the main Army Day address delivered here yesterday. Speaking over radio station WMFD in a feature of the local celebration, the Fort Bragg officer emphasized that American stature in the eyes of the rest of the world depends upon our strength ir the armed forces, charged with main taining peace. “The American people under stand now what they should have known between the years 1933 and 1940: That a strong Army, both in being and in reserves, is the surest way to discourage pos sible aggressors in the future,” Lt. Colonel Osborne said. “This nation neither needs nor desires a large professional army,” he said. “In the past we have seen that uch armies domi nate the countries which maintain them, lower their standard's of liv ing and fail to serve the people. Such an army would be against all (Continued on Page 12; Column 3) CHINESE FORCES NEAR CHANGCHUN New First Army Smashes Through Communist Lines After Two-Day Battle MUKDEN, April 6—(ff)—China’s new First army, breaking through Chinese Communist lines after a two-day battle, have driven within 70 miles of Changchun, Manchur ia’s capital, pro-government re ports here said today. These accounts said the U. S. equipped government army of 40, 000 men had reached the outskirts of Szepingkai, key railway city which the Communists seized last month after overwhelming a small government garrison. There vas no indication of the resistance to be expected at Sze pingl1 ei which the battle-hardened Fixe' ;rmy must hurdle quickly if it expects to reach Changchun be fore the scheduled departure of the Russians April 14. Delayed dispatches said, how ever that the first real battle be tween the rival government and Communists forces in Manchuria (Continued on Page 11; Column 2) |FARM parity plan SHOWDOWN SLATED Dixie Democrats, Farm State Republicans Ready For Clash With Truman WASHINGTON, April 6—(U.R)— Southern Democrats and Farm State Republicans headed tonight toward a showdown with Presi dent Truman over a higher farm parity formula. The Senate last night passed leg islation to raise the statutory mini mum wage from 40 to 65 cents an hour. The bill, however, con tains a provision which would compel the government to include labor costs in computing farm parity prices. Parity is the price formula de signed to tell the farmer what he should receive for his produce to give him a return equal to his in come in a certain base year—us ually 1926. At present, govern ment officials do not consider labor costs in computing parity. President Truman notified Sen ate leaders that he would veto the minimum wage bill if it came to him with the parity “rider” at tached. Adminstration leaders said the provision would increase the average family’s food bill $125 a year. House farm leaders, however, said they are not only going to fight to keep the provision in the minimum wage bill, bu‘ that they are considering tacking it on the price control extension bill as well. They said Mr. Truman would not dare to veto the OPA measure— the top bill in his list of legisla tive “musts”—even if it does con tain a higher pa 'ty provision. The OPA bill, approved last night by the House Banking comm'ttee, is slated to come up for House ac tion before the end of the month. It would extend the act for another ’year beyond its present June 30 expiration date. ADVOCATES DRAFT SETUP TENSION Declares ‘Nobody Should Play Politics With Th« National Safety’ By ERNEST B. VACCARO CHICAGO, April 6._ (AP) — President Truman, proclaiming a new “univer sal” foreign policy designed to oppose aggression the world over, called today for strong military forces to ba:k it up. Speaking before a erowd police estimated at upwards of 70,000 persons, the Presi dent, standing bare-headed in the wind-swept Soldier Field, declared America must remain strong to preserve the peace and protect the weak from outside ‘‘eoercion or penetration.” Mr. Truman called for passage of legislation extending the selec tive service act another year. Arm ed forces unification and univer sal training, which have stout op position in congress, and then de parting from his prepared text, declared: “Nobody should play politics with the national safety,” he did not elaborate. Praises Roosevelt The president was cheered when he concluded hi$ talk and inter rupted by applaruse on other oc casions, once when he paid tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt, his pre decessor. x. uiiu vv xng uic ouiuici x nriu tt’l c* mony, the president and his p^ty of high Army officers and their wives departed by special train for Washington at 5:03 p.m. (CST). Mr. Truman reserved for the United States the right to project itself into any situation where out side rivalries might endanger the security of any nation and en danger the peace of all. The crowd estimate was made by Park Police Lieut. Jasper Free man, who said the field provided seats for 85,000. Other estimates. by reporters were somewhat lower. Reviews Parade Earlier, Mr. Truman reviewed an Army Day parade witnessed by an estimated 1,000,000 persons. Later he went to Soldier Field, where he spoke with General of The Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of staff, and Secretary cf War Robert D. Patterson. In the strongest language he has ever used as Franklin D. Roose velt’s successor as democracy's spokesman, the gray-haired Mis sourian told thousands in Chicago’* Soldier Field: “We cannot one day proclaim our intention to prevent unjust ag gression and oppression in the world and the next day call lor immediate scrapping of our mili tary might. He saw some of that might earlier when 14,000 troops of the famous Fifth (Red Diamond) In fantry passed by a Miohigan ave nue reviewing stand in which he stood with Gov. Dwight H. Green, Mayor Edward J. Kelly, Senator Lucas (D-Ill) and its commander, Major General Albert E. Brown. Naming names, he declared that the United States could expect Great Britain, Soviet Russia and other countries to pursue peace ful objectives in the Orient in re turn for United States recognition of their “important” economic in terests in that area. The United States will have to be dealt in in the Orient, he em (Continued on Page 2; Column 4) U. S. Steel, AFL Reject Offers To Re-Open Mines WASHINGTON, April 6.—(U.R)— The U. S. Steel Corp., and the United Mine Workers (AFLl dis closed tonight that each had re jected a proposal from the other for re-opening strike-bound cap tive mines in order to keep the nation’s biggest steel producer running full blast. Each side said its offer still stood but further developments appeared unlikely before the soft coal joint wage conference re sumes at 2:30 p. m. next Tuesday. The captive - mine proposals were revealed at a press confer ence by UMW president Jotin L. Lewis and in a later statement by Harry M. Moses, U, S. Steel negotiator. Lewis told reporters that Moses had made the proposition to him at a secret meeting unknown to other operators. He said Moses revealed the offer at today’s negotiating conference and there by provoked a crisis among the industry representatives. Moses replied that "Lewis dis torts the facts’’ and “is attempt ing to convert the constructive ef fort to keep steel production going (Continued on Page 2;, Column 6)