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At the same time, the foreign official declared American and British aid is an essential thing if Greece is to rebuild her merchant marine. ■'Before the war Greece boasted a merchant navy of nearly 500 ships,” he said, "about 80 per cent of these vessels were destroyed, and the job of rebuilding shipping of my country will be a long, hard one.” Pateras, who is affiliated with the Lemos-Pateras, Ltd., com mercial firm, with its headquarters in London, also reported the swing of world trade on the high seas toward America, and predicted his company would soon open New York offices. Declaring it was with some dif ficulty he persuaded the Maritime commission to sell the vessels to Greece, Pateras said he arrived in the United States in June, and had to date, purchased three of the Liberty type craft. One ship was taken ovei in Norfolk, he said. The vessels, which are scheduled to leave Wilmington next week, will not take on cargo at this port, but will move to Charleston, and Norfolk to be fully loaded with coal and grain, Pateras said. He reported the Liberty ships, now being sold by the Maritime commission were vary good ves sels. despite being produce d speedily during wartime construc tion. "They have to be kept in a con stant state of repairs, however,” Pateras said. The purchase of the ships involv ed an agreement between the two (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) OFFICERS PROBE RIT - RUN CASES One Driver Held After Damaging Car Operated By R. S. Matthews Wilmington police and highway patrolmen had last night arrested or.e man on a charge of hit and run driving and were seeking ano ther involved in a similiar ac cident. Frank Weatherspoon Castle Hayne Negro was arrested on a charge of hit and run operation of an automobile by Patrolman R. C. Duncan of the State Highway patrol, following an accident in which he admitted he was involved, according to reports. According to Duncan the car operated by Weatherspoon side swiped one driven by Robert S. Matthews, 423 S. Front street, at Eight and Princess streets and bailed to stop. The report shows that J. W. Stewart saw the accident and gave chase to the fleeing car. but failed to overtake it. He obtained the license number, however. Considerable damage resulted to Matthews’ car and the vehicle criven by Weatherspoon was also damaged. . Police continued an investigation mto.another report of a hit and run accident at 13th and Orange streets. J- C. Womble, 205 Piney Woods, estimated damage to his car at $100 following the accident. ft’s Open Season For New York Debs NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—(IP)—New 70rk Society had its first big com jn§ out party since before the war tonight, and apparently revived a tradition that died out in sterner cays of war—it had picked its No. ’ glamor girl of the year. Experts at picking glamor girls ^-who in prewar days placed the crown on a succession of Brenda traziers and Gloria Vanderbilts ®nd made them front page news— Wnispered that even at this stage of the season it was safe to say oat tonight’s deb would be the deb °* the year. K Baruch, StaF U. S. Atomi *°^oup Warren Austin To Represent United States; Resigning Statesman Upholds Our Rights To Make Atomic Bombs WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—-(/P)—Elder Statesman Ber nard M. Baruch, completing his last great public job, re signed tonight as United States member of the United Na tions Atomic commission. In a letter to President Truman he said there is no reason why the United States should not continue to make atomic bombs. Resigns Job --«-; Bernard M. Baruch and his staff representing the United States on the United Nations Atomic Energy commission have resigned their positions. In a letter to President Tru man. Baruch upheld the U. S. right to manufacture atomic bombs. FORMER SEAGATE RESIDENT KILLED Injuries Received In Acci dent Near Mt. Airy Fatal To R. W. Peeples Rollie W. Peeples, 32 - year - old construction worker and former Seagate resident, died Friday night in Martin Memorial hospital in Mt. Airy from injuries received in an automobile accident near there earlier in the day, State Highway patrolmen reported yesterday. Also fatally injured in the acci dent was Blain H. Dalton, 27, of Winston-Salem, driver of a tractor trailer which was in collision with the car operated by Peeples. Riding with Peeples were his arother, Raymond T. Peeples, formerly of Seagate, and W. C. Ammons, of Pineville. The brother was seriously in jured and taken to the Mt. Airy rospital, where his condition was described as “fair” by attendants yesterday. Peeples, and his brother were rn route to Wilmington from Mt. Airy, where the men were em ployed on a construction job, ac cording to the Mt. Airy authorities. They were employed by the North Carolina Shipbuilding company during the war, it was learned. Peeples, a native of Savannah, Ga., had recently moved to Mt. Airy to engage in construction work following his termination at fhfe shipyard. ' ‘ ' Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Esther Peeples, formerly a member of the faculty of Bradley Creek school; two son, James and William, who, with their mother, were living at Seagate, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Peep les, of Savannah. It was learned that the body would be shipped to Savannah for funeral services and burial. NO PROFITS SHOWN WASHINGTON, J?n. 4 — (TP)— A Commerce department report that all but three commercial air lines are operating at a loss was filed today with the House Appro priations committee. .tsarucn expressed ms view on continued manufacture of the bomb, which is contrary to Rus sia’s urgings to outlaw the wea pon promptly, in his letter of resig nation to the president. Mr. Truman, accepting the resignation, wrote that at first he was reluctant to let Baruch go but he finally agreed that from here on, American atomic representa tion at the United Nations should be centered in Warren R. Austin, member of the Security council. That was what Baruch proposed. In resigning, Baruch acted promptly after the United Nations Atomic commission had adopted, under his constant pressure, the main essentials of the American plan as to its own. The commis sion finished its work a few days ago and the whole vast issue of atomic control and disarmament moved actively into the Security council. Austin, former Republican Sena tor from Vermont, has been desig nated by Mr. Truman to be Ameri can member of the council and is slated to be nominated to the Sen ate next week. Prompt confirma tion is expected. There was no suggestion of any difference of opinion on any point of atomic policy among Baruch, the President, Secretary of State Byrnes or other high government officials here. All had backed Baruch’s negotiations to the hilt. However, Baruch was closely identified with an uncompromis ing insistence on abolition of the Security council veto in punish ment of atomic treaty violators. Russia opposed the veto curtail ment. Transfer of the negotiations to Austin may allow greater flexi bility of American policy on this point, some diplomatic authorities said. Baruch’s resignation included those of the whole staff who have served with him since he first took over the atomic assignment, including John Hancock, Ferdi nand Eberstadt and Herbert Bay ard Swope. The president and Byrnes both praised Baruch’s work. TWO ARRESTED IN LYNCH PROBE FBI Nabs Two Accused Of Beating Witness In Georgia Lynching ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 4— Two brothers, one a soldier on leave, were arrested by the FBI today and charged with beating a Negro witness who refused to divulge his testimony before a federal grand jury investigating the Wal ton county lynchings. District Attorney James P. Cowart said Golden Lamar Howard, 19, the Negro who was beaten, identified the brothers, Bradley Verner, 36, and Tom Vern er, 26, by name, as his assailants. Howard, the dictrict attorney said, told federal officers the two men came to him New Year’s day at the ice plant in Monroe where he worked and when he did not reveal his testimony beat him with their fists and a pistol. ‘‘I couldn’t tell them nothing, because I don’t know nothing,” Howard said. The Verners waived preliminary hearings before U. S. Commission er J. T. Middlebrooks here, and were released on $10,000 bonds Bail was posted by H. Lee Peters, Walton county land owner, who pledged 316 acres. Georgia Jurists Rules Th ompson Should Reign ATLANTA, Jan. 4—(£■)—The At torney General of Georgia inter vened today in the scramble over succession to the late Eugene Talmage, and ruled in an official opinion that Lieut. Gov.-Elect M. E. Thompson should become gov ernor pending a general election in 1948. Holding the legislature cannot ignore the overwhelming majori ty won'by ’Gene Talmage as unop posed .-'Democratic nominee for governor last Nov. 5, Attorney General Eugene Cook said: ‘The law of this state does not authorize the disregarding of a majority of votes cast in an elec tion simply bec-.use the person receiving same was at that time or subsequently became incapaci tated to fill said office. It certainly was not the intention of the fram ers of the Constitution that in such circumstances the majority of the people should be ignored an da de feated candidate or a person re ceiving a minority of the votes per mitter to hold said office.” The Attorney General’s opinion was rendered to Gov. Ellis Arnal, at the latter’s request. It added there was some legal authority for the view that the lieutenant governor automatically would suc ceed as governor. "However,” he said, "in view of the foregoing conclusion and your expressed purpose of resigning the office of governor immediately after quali (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Butter Mart Drop Charged To Dairymen League President, Three Executive Members Face Accusations CRIMINAL ACT Milk Men^FacedWith Vio lation Of U .S. Commodi ty Exchange Law NEW YORK, Jan. 4.— (TP) —The government charged today in a criminal information that the dairy men’s League Cooperative Asso ciation, Inc., its president, Henry H. Rathbun, and three members of the executive committee mani pulated the price of butter on the New York mercantile exchange for five days last month. The information specifically charged violation of a section of the United States code, known as the Commodity Exchange act. It provides that any person who mani pulates or attempts to manipulate the price of any commodity in in terstate Commerce is guilty of a misdemeanor. Hie charges stemmed from the drop of ten cents a pound in the wholesale butter price on Dec. 26 after organized support by dairy interests was withdrawn. In Albany, Rathbun said the league’s action in what he called “maintaining the price of milk by stabilizing the butter market” pro tected milk consumers by “insuring their supply and producers by head ing off a decline of their income.” Rathbun added: The filing of a criminial informa tion against the Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, Inc., for its recent action does not alter my firm conviction that the league’s course was entirely legal and for the best interests of milk consum ers as well as producers. £ ■ “In short, the league acteil in good faith for what I believe to be important and proper reason and entirely within its legal rights.” BUTTER PRICE DECLINE SEEN Drop Of 20 Cents A Pound In Next Five Months Is Predicted CHICAGO, Jan. 4—(U.R)—Whole salers and brokers on the Chicago Mercantile exchange pr edicted to day that the price of butter would drop 20 cents a pound in the next five months. Commodity experts said such a decline would result in at least a moderate drop in the price of cheese and milk. An avalanche of butter pouring into the market will wipe out the current inventory scarcity and pro vide the tremendous seasonal sur plus that is normal in peacetime, the brokers and wholesalers said. Russell ' Fifer, executive secre tary of the American Butter In stitute, whose members make 80 per cent of the nation’s butter, said that if present production trends continue butter probably will m tail from 62-65 cents a pound in June. BILBO BARRED FROM SENA TE, REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL; TAX CUT MEASURE IS PUSHED — ■ w — 1 Reductions Are Sought Immediately Campaign Underway T o Put Into Effect Slashes Set For July 1 PRICE DROP"SEEN O’Toole SaysSix-Month Lag In Rollback Is ‘Wreck ing Business’ WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—(£>)—A drive to put into effect immeliate ty most of the excise tax cuts scheduled for July 1 was launched today at the capitol. Congressmen expressed the view that otherwise the fur, jewelry and luggage businesses will be hard hit as people hold off buying until July 1 in anticipation of lower prices. Rep. O’Toole (D-NY) drafted a bill for introduction Monday to reduce these excises forthwith to the levels where they will fall automatically July 1. He com mented that the six-month lag in the tax rollback is “wrecking some businesses.” Rep. Gearhardt (R-Calif) of the tax-framing Ways and Means com mittee told reporters he will take up the matter of an immediate excise cutback at the first com mittee meeting next week. “We owe it to the country to do something about this situation im mediately,” he said. Rep. Woodruff (R-Mich), another committee member favoring a quick tax cut, commented that “something’s got to be done im mediately.” ine luiucu-k. in me cauoc wo*. rates occurs automatically July 1, under the 1943 Revenue act, be cause of President Truman’s proc lamation ending hostilities Dec. 31. This includes a slash in the liquor tax from $9 to $6 a proof gallon. The overall rollback will mean a $1,500,000,000 annual saving to con sumers. Meanwhile Chairman Knutson (R-Minn) of the Ways and Means committee issued a statement in tended to bolster his No. 1 House bill for a 20 per cent slash in in dividual income taxes, or a $3,500, 000,000 reduction in the tax load, in 1947. He cited tax reductions made by republican congresses in the 1920’s, arguing that lower rates had en couraged business and thereby actually ihcreased revenue collec tions. Tax receipts from individual in comes, although rates were reduc ed four times, increased from $719,000,000 in 1921 to $1,164,000,000 in 1928, he said. Collections from (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) Man Admits Cremating Child, 9, In Furnace ST. CATHARINES, Ont., Jan. 4.—(A3)—Police said to day that Sidney George Chambers had made a statement saying that he abducted nine-year-old Marion Rusnak Dec. 23 as she walked toward home with a toy drum Christmas present for her baby brother, strangled her and burned her body in a furnace. * unambers, 34-year-old stationary engineer at a canning factory, ac costed the girl after she complet ed a Christmas shopping trip and lured her to his dormitory room, police said. They reported his statement came after investigators sifted ashes in the canning plant furnace for the remains of the girl. Fearful of mob violence, police stationed a special guard around police headquarters, where Cham bers was detined. Chambers, married and the father of a small child, was found in his gas-filled dormitory room at Cana dian Canners, Ltd., where he was employed. His wrists were slashed. Later, in his cell, he attempted to hang himself from a bar, the auth orities said. Chambers, arrested New Year’s eve, was remainded in custody un til Jan. 10 on a charge of murder. A widespread hunt for the child, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rusnak, was instituted when she was reported missing Dec. 23. Thousands of citizens took part in the search, which extended across the border into New York state, and the St. Catharines City Coun cil offered a $1,000 reward. The search led finally to a pathetic ball of Christmas wrap pings in the yard of the cannery plant—the wrappings in which the child had carried a drum for her 10-month-old brother, Johnny, and stockings for her six-year-old sis ter, Cecile. A witness told police she had seen the child with a tall, slim man on the night of her disap pearance and had heard the man ask: “What would your baby brother like for Christmas—a rattle, per haps?” Marion agreed eagerly, the wit ness said, and the pair headed to ward the canning plant quarters, about a block away. Chambers, tall, thin and ner vous, fitted the description. Piece by piece authorities wash ed ashes from the cannery boilers, and found particles of charred ma terials which were sent to patholog ists for further examination. Revised Case Bill Will Be Considered GOP Spurns Proposals To Investigate Be fore Drafting Anti - Strike Measure; Speedy Passage Will Be Sought WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—(i*P)—Spurning proposals to investigate first, Senate Republicans decided today to push a revised Case labor bill to speedy passage. DOCTOR REPORTS ON SEN. BILBO WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—(£•)— Following is the text of a letter on the illness of Senator Bilbo (D-Miss), written by Dr. George W. Calver, the Capitol physician, and read to the Senate late today: “After the completion of his primary campaign, Senator Bilbo reported to my office with a badly ulcerated mouth. He was sent to the medical center for study and his con dition was diagnosed as can cer. He was referred to Dr. Alton Oschner of New Orleans for consultation and indicated treatment. Dr. Oschner remov ed a mass of tissue from the (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) iiieir far - reaching decision, made in formal conference, re jected in advance one thing Presi A table showing how much income tax would be withheld from each week from wages and salaries under the Republi can bill proposing a 20 per cent cut in individual Income taxes may be found on page Six. dent Truman may urge in his an nual message—a careful labor study before any notion. The Republicans adopted this general strategy: 1. They will go ahead fast with a slightly-revised version of the Case bill which Congress adopted last year but which Mr. Truman vetoed. 2. They will then give more care ful consideration to other propos als such as changing the Wagner (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) Russia Requests U. S. To Turn Over Refugee' WASHINGTON Jan. 4.—(JP)—Russia asked the United States today to hand over “as a criminal” one of its citizens who walked out of his trade mission job in Mexico and de cided to stay in America and blast what he called “the hell of dictatorship” in his homeland. HUNGARIAN PLOT FAILS, 55 JAILED Armed Revolt Designed To Be Touched Off When Russians Leave BUDAPEST, Jan. 4.—(A*)—Com munist minister of the Interior Daszlo Rajk said today 55 persons had been seized in connection with a plot to overthrow the government and re-establish the regime of Adm Nicholas Horthy by an armed re volt to be touched off the moment Russian troops leave the country. Anti - communists immediately charge^ that the plot was a com munist “frameup” designed to dis pense with the opposition and en trench the present political order for the time when the Russian oc cupation troops depart. Rajk said the plot was engi neered by a “committee of seven,” six of whom were under arrest. The committee ha^ at its disposal “several” disassmelbed airplanes and had established an “under ground chief command” for the armed uprising, he added. Yesterday a prominent cabinet minister who declined to be quoted by name said 43 persons had been arrested on charges of plotting to establish “a democratic military dictatorship, dispensing with the national assembly.” He said the in formation would be filed with the state’s attorney and that trials of the accused would be held within a week. • The Soviet Union asked the U. S. State department to launch a regu lar manhunt for Kirill Alekseev, accusing him of embezzlement, t r eachery, treason, provocation, slander and failing to go home when he was supposed to. The State department took the request under consideration. It said a decision would be made later. Such officials as were at work Saturday afternoon doubted that the United States has an ex tradition agreement with Russia, but were searching the records. Alekseev, who brought his situa tion into the open with a public statement last Tuesday, was quiet for the moment. He had accused the Russian government of being a dictatorship hated by its people and said he wouldn’t put his family in its power again. In its first recognition of Alek seev’s existence the Soviet em bassy here sent a note around to the State department today accus ing its citizen and former employe of having “embezzled a consider able amount of money, property of the state, when he was employed on a Russian trade mission in Mexico. Anti-U. S. Outbreaks Are Ordered Halted NANKING, Jan. 4 — (£>)—'The Chinese government ordered a halt today to any demonstrations affect ing Chinese-American relations and moved to squelch anyone in sulting an American in China. Acting after anti-American stu dent demonstrations this week in Nanking, Peiping, Tientsin and Shanghai, the Executive Yuan (cabinet) told the ministry of Education and provincial and municipal governments to present anv more such activities. Gigantic Waves Raise Havoc In Hawaii Isles HONOLULU, Jan. 4. _ (IP) — Gigantic waves racing before a dis tant mid-ocean storm caused hun damage to the Hawaiian Islands dreds of thousands of dollars in today, and their peak was still to come. No casualties had yet been report ed through hampered communi cations. But lowland residents fled in flight, recalling the disastrous seismic sea wave which killed 173 persons and injured 291 in the islands last April 1. Today’s waves, wreaking havoc on beach homes, highways, break waters and communications lines, was entirely storm-borne. Higher-than-normal waves have hammered the windward shores for two days. They reached a destruc tive high shortly after last mid night, and the Coast Guard warned that still greater intensity could be expected at high-tide time dur ing the afternoon. As this period passed with no new damage reported, the Coast Guard predicted that the next dan ger period would come at high-tide time during the afternoon. Ai this period passed with no new damage reported, the Coast Guard predicted that the next dan ger period would come at high tide Sunday morning, about 2:33 a. m. (8 a. m. EST). The Army and Navy ordered local commanders to give all as sistance in evacuating residents from any danger zone. The Navy reported all ships in (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) ” ' 7 ’" t Southerner Is Stricken With Cancer Lawmakers Elect Vanden berg As Presiding Offi cer Of Senate BODY ADJOURNS Truman Prepares To De liver State Of Union Message Monday WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—(^-Re publicans won their fight late to day to deny Senator Bilbo (D-Miss) his seat at the opening of the new Senate and took formal control for the first time in 14 years. By consent of the ailing Bilbo the question of seating him was pigeonholed for at least two months pending a hearing and he headed back south for a new cancer op eration. Swiftly then, after the two-day delay caused by the battle, the Senate elected Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich), as presiding officer and the rest of the GOP organization setup—Carl Loefler secretary and Edward McGinnis Of Chicago ser geant at arms. It notified president Truman that it is ready for business and re ceived his best wishes. Then it adjourned until Monday when, in joint session with the House, it will hear the President’s message on the State of the Union. With Bilbo sitting in the cloak room, Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky) outlined the agreement to the crowded chamber and packed gal leries. It enabled Bilbo to draw his pay, but not to take the oath for his new third term. By unanimous consent, the agree ment was immediately approved by the Senators. Then the swearing In of the new and reelected Senators, interrupt ed yesterday by the Bilbo fight, was resumed. Only Senator Bald win (R-Conn) had been sworn when Bilbo came up in the alphabetical order and the ouster move started, leading to an organized defense by southerners which the Republicans branded a filibuster. With the battle dissolved, Sena tors Brewster (R-Me) and Bricker (R-Ohio) were sworn in by Leslie L. Biffle, the Democratic Senate secretary who was presiding, and others followed. With a tensely dramatic state ment that “.a man’s life is more important than a seat in the United States Senate or any other body.” Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky) won permission to delay action on Bilbo for six weeks or two months (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) Northern Cold Wave Invades The South CHICAGO, Jan. 4.— (U.PJ —Th® northern cold wave Invaded th® South tonight, and freezing temper atures were expected to spread over large areas of 46 states. Only Florida and California wer® sure to escape the brunt of th® cold, but the freeze was expected to nip parts of northern Florida and some California valleys. The U. S. Weather Bureau at Chicago said the mass of cold air which sent temperatures in many areas below zero had moved into the Atlantic coast area and th® southeast. The Weather (Eastern Standard Time) ' j (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 houf| ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 a.m. 62; 7:30 a m. 59; 1:30 p.m. J9| 7:30 p.m. 52. Maximum 62; Minimum 51; M«an 56f Normal 47. , Humidity 1:30 a m. 100; 7:30 a.m. 96; 1:30 p.m. Mf 7:30 p.m. 81. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. 0.07 inches. ^ Total since the first of the month 0.76 inches. 7 Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables publilhed 1b4 S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Wilmington _ 8:11 a m. 2:36 a m* 8:23 p m. 3.23 p.n* Masonboro Inlet . 5:49 a.m. 12:21 a.m. 6:11 p.m. - p.m® Sunrise 7:18: Sunset 5:17. Moonrise 3:44 p.m.; Moonset 6:49 a.m. River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 a.m. Saturday, 12-7 feet. 1
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