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. - __ FORECAST r Se"'i W'r“ Wilmington and vicinity: Mostly UNITED PRESS wetaher and somewhat warmer today and the and tonight; Thursday cloudy and warn- ASSOCIATED PRESS With Complete Coverage of - State and National New* VOL- 80.—NO. 79, _WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1947 --ESTABLISHED 1867 Opens March Of Dimes Seen above is W. K. Rhodes, Jr., chairman for the New Hanovei Count* March of Dimes which opens here today, delivering the open ing address in the campaign over Station WMFD yesterday after noon. (PHOTO BY CAROLINA CAMERA) Polio Drive Opens ToRaiseFunds Here DIR ORS HEAR 1 ORYOFTAA Wilmington Agency Holds Annual Meeting At Legion Home A program featuring the histor ies of the National Travelers Aid Association and of the Travelers Aid Society of Wilmington, a Red Feather Service was presented at the annual meeting of the board of directors of the T. A. S. of Wil mington and invited guests held yesterday in the dining room of the American Legion Club. The,historical program was fur ther accentuated by the appear ance of nine posters made by the members of an art class at New Kanover High school, showing all the means of transportation cover ed by travelers aid service since its beginning in 1849 to the present, from the covered wagon to the latest modern transport airplane. Mrs. Gertrude Heggie, regional supervisor of the National Travel ers Aid Association spoke to the group on the history of the nation al organization and of the purpose and aims of the group. She explain ed that the Travelers Aid Asso ciation is a case working agency with offices in railroad and bus stations, port cities, and airports, wherever travelers are found. The person on duty at the station is there to aid the traveler in any pioblem that might arise, she said. Sometime it is merely an expres sion of friendly hospitality, but more often it is a problem more deeply seated, she continued. The Travelers Aid service is the one agency in a city which works with people on the move,” Mrs. Heggie said, “and in almost every case more than one community will be involved, making it often necessary to use the travelers aid services in several places in the solving of one problem.” "At present,” she stated, “there sre 103 Travelers Aid Societies mat are members of the national association, and over 900 coopera ting representatives of the asso ciation in smaller towns who join m the chain of service.” ^•Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) BAMBONE’S meditations By Alley pooi> SOOK SAY Hi ' PAT DRiMKETH Ubi ^tj'THILY DRIMKETH PAmmATioh To Hc-Si'P ~~ aaam Sim EvuH try/m * t' Prove (Hit Aim’ so// Rhodes, Wade Make Initial Pleas; Mayor Lane Is sues Proclamation W. K. Rhodes, Jr., chariman New Hanover March of Dimes campaign which gets underway today, and James E. L. Wade, city council man an<j[ committee member, were heard over radio station WMFD yesterday afternoon, in pre-cam paign addresses made an appeal to everybody that the campaign be over-subscribed. The campaign slogan this year, Chairman Rhodes announced, is “Let's Double It.’" Both men were interviewed by Ben McDonald, county publicity chairman. The county quota has been set at $8,200. Rhodes announced that plans are being formulated for the March of Dimes Ball which will be held on January 31, under sponsorship of the New Hanover county commit tee. He indicated that the dance will he held att he Armory on Mar ket street, and that complete plans for the affair will be announced soon. A group of polio victims from in and around New Hanover county will highlight the radio program at 4:30 p.m. today, McDonald stated. The group of five victims will be headed by Patsy Davenport, 9-year old student at Hemingway school. Each victim will tell his or her own story. Earlier in the day Mayor W. Ronald Lane in a proclamation officially set aside 16 days, Jan. 15-30, as the 1947 March of Dimes in this city, during which time citizens are urged to familiarize themselves with the purpose of the drive and to support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to their utmost. GOVERNOR CHERRY URGES DRIVE SUPPORT RALEIGH, Jan. 14 — (A>) -^Gov ernor Cherry, speaking Tuesday night over Raleigh Radio station WPTF and other stations through out the state, called upon the citizens of the state to make gen erous . contributions to the March of Dimes campaign. Second Alarm For the second night in succes sion the burglar alarm at the Wil-. mington Savings and Trust com pany sounded and police rushed to the scene to find only a “false alarm.” The bell started ringing at 9:55 p. m. last night and continued to ring until a .representative of the bank arrived. The bell alarm "was finally stopped at 10:46 p. m. Norway/ Russia Reach Accord 'iense Ar“ »• ^ a/v jC-UP)-'The ’’ o^V /said Tuesday 7>' agreement had //" between Norway a - /la for the “joint de fer. of the Spitsbergen islands” in the Arctic. Negotiations for revision of a 1920 treity which gave the islands to Norway were begun by the Russians with Norweg ian representatives in 1944 and 1945, the broadcast said, add ing that an “understanding was reached” then about the necessity of joint defense of the islands. Again in November, 1946, the broadcast continued, Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molo tov and Norwegian Foreign Minister H. M. Lange ’’ex changed opinions on the same subject during the session of the United Nations General As v. sembly in New York in the spirit of the previous negotia tions.” The broadcast, based on a Tass dispatch, also credited “authoritative Soviet circles” with the statement that the 1920 Spitsbergen treaty “cannot re main valid.” FAMILY SERVICE NAMES OFFICERS W. Elliott O’Neal Elected President Of Organiza tion At Meeting The officers and members of the board of directors of the Family Service Society of New .Hanover County were elected at the first annual meeting of that group held yesterday afternoon in the assem bly room of the Tide Water build ing. The principal speaker at the meeting, Dr. Arthu'r E. Fink, di rector of the division of public welfare and social work at the graduate school, University of North Carolina, told the group on the work and need for agencies such as the Family Service Socie ty. Dr. Fink stated that people take their troubles, to such persons as Dr. Anthony and Dorothy Dix, and to professional' ffifen as doctors, lawyers, and ministers, but that the focal point of these persons was necessarily different from that of the social case worker. He stated that the focal point of the case worker was more in the Continued On Page 2; Col. 1 CODRT POSTPONES TRIAL OF GANEY Expected Length Of Case Cited As Reason For Delay Guy Ganey, 42-year-old service station operator of Seagate, stood before Judge J. Paul Frizzelle yes terday afternoon at 4:40 o’clock and pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder. After hearing his plea, Solicitor Clifton Moore, of Burgaw, asked the court to continue the case until the next term of criminal court. Moore said that “since we are late starting this term and the docket is already crowded and due to the fact this case may require several days, I am asking that the case of the state versus Guy Ganey be continued.’’ Aaron Goldberg and David Sin clair, attorneys for Ganey' said they were ready to start the trial, but Goldberg told the court in his opinion it would require until at least Saturday night to complete the case and. indicated that a long list of witnesses would be sent to the stand. Judge - Frizzelle said he had to preside in Edgecombe county superior court next week and he understood a full docket faced the court there. He was also of the opinion that it would require sev eral days to hear the case. Attorney Goldberg asked Continued On Page 2; Col. 4 Republicans Start Drive For More Sugar On Table WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—(U.PJ—A landful of House Republicans Tuesday opened a drive to put more sugar on the dinner table—either through bigger family rations or by scrapping all price and ration con trols. Chairman August H. Andresen, R., Minn., of the new GOP Food Investigating subcommittee, de manded in a floor speech that the Agriculture department give the bouse wife “a little consideration’ and double the current basic sugar ration from 15 to 30 pounds per per son a year. He also demanded a supplement al allowance of 10 pounds per per son for canning purposes and said the department should boost alloca tions to candy manufacturers, soft-drink makers and other in dustrial users from 60 to. 75 or 80 per cent of the amount used in 1941. Rep. Chester E. Merrow, R., N. H., went several steps further. He introduced a bill to scrap price and rationing controls and to prohibit all sugar exports until domestic de mands are met. Andresen’s subcommitte had in terviewed Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson earlier in the day. It got a look at the depart ment’s sugar supply picture for 1946-47, but no pledge from Ander son to go beyor.d the five-pound in crease promised consumers in April. SUPREME COURT TAKES LEWIS CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT; ARGUMENT HOT; GOP PLANS TO RETAIN EXCISE TAX Republicans Will Sponsor New Measure Levies On Liquor, Furs, Jewelry,Cosmetics Would Remain Indefinitely REVERSES “STAND” House Leaders To Press Bill As Means Of Gaining Income Slash WASHINGTON, Jan. 14._ (JP)—Chairman Knutson (R Minn) of the Ways and Means committee announced Tuesday that House Republican tax managers will sponsor quick passage of legislation to con tinue indefinitely the high wartime excise levies o n liquor, furs, jewelry and many ether goods and services. The measure, forestalling an automatic rollback of the excise list on July 1 with an annual revenue loss of $1,500,000,000, will be given precedence over all other tax bills. Knutson said it might be approv ed by the tax-framing committee on Friday. Such action would coincide with a recommendation made by Presi (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) GAS MAIN BREAK HITS LAKE UNITS Hundreds Of Residents Eat Cold Meals; Ser vice Back Today Hundreds of Lake Forest families either went supperless last night, or depended on a cold snack to appease temporary hunger when the gas supply to the area was shut off by the Tide Water Power com pany following a break in the feed er main in the vicinity of 12th aad Martin streets around 5 o’clock yesterday evening. While harried mothers went about the task of warming baby bottles by the aid of the last few gallons of hot water in the unit tanks, Tide Water Power com pany employes visited every home and shut off gas connections to the hot water tanks as a precau tionary measure. Although details as to cause of the main break were lacking last night, Tide Water officials an nounced about 8 o’clock that re pairs had been made but that to avoid any possible danger, gas service to Lake Forest homes would not, be resumed until well on in the morning hours today. Community Council Leaders Meet Here ■ , --- . __;__ . * ^ — —-■■ TOWKgv^wwi as)Jiui—i Seen above is a group of the Community Council leaders seen last night at the annual meeting of the organization. Left to right, they are: Archie D. Fountain, chairman of Recreation division; W. Elliott O’Neal, second vice president; Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman, president; Adam W. Smith, vice chairman of health division; and R. H. Hollis, vice chairman of welfare division. (PHOTO BY CAROLINA CAMERA) SENATE DEFEATS 1 SALARY MEASURE Teacher, State Employe Bill Goes To Conference; Cherry Forces Happy RALEIGH, Jan. 14—(^—Admini stration forces were elated over a victory scored Tuesday in the Senate when a House-amended sup plementary increase of 25 to 30 percent in salaries for teachers and state employees was referred to a conference committee for further study by a vote of 31 to 19. The action came after two hours and 35 minutes of lengthy discus sion of the amended proposal’s merits. The Senate earlier had quickly passed a bill calling for 20 percent salary increases for teachers and state employes only to have Rep. Oscar G. Barber of Durham attach an amendment which passed in the House. Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine, presi dent of the Senate, named a three man conference committee to rep resent' the upper chamber to study the proposal. They were: Sens. Wade Barber of Chatham, chair man of the Appropriations com mittee; Will Lee Lumpkin of Franklin, an outspoken supporter of the proposed pay increases, and Wake Brown of Watauga, who voted against concurrence. House Speaker Thomas J. Pearsall is ex pected. to name a five-man com mittee to represent the House to morrow. Motion Loses Sen. D. L. (Libby) Ward of Cra ven, a warm supporter of the 25 to 30 percent increases, made a motion to instruct the Senate con ferees to support an increase of not less than 30 per cent for em ployes receiving $1,200 a year or less. The motion was defeated. Forecast of an administration vic tory was predicted freely Mon day night when the supporters of Governor Cherry’s recommended 20 percent pay increase deferred action until Tuesday. The deferral was achieved by specifying that the supplementary pay increase propos^ would be the first item of business on the calendar. The Senate immediately swung into action on the proposal, with Sen. Penny of Guilford speaking for 23 minutes in behalf of con curring with the House on the pro posal. Along The Cape Fear MODOC’S LOG—Thanks to the U. S. Coast Guard, Along The Cape Pear can bring you the high lights of the Modoc’s role in World War n. On 1 April 1942, the Modoc began anti-submarine warfare training at Casco Bay, Maine in coktpany with the U. S. submarine Marlin. Pro ceednig to Little Placentia Harbor, Newfoundland, on the 18th in con voy, she began escorting the USS Laramie to Greenland on the 26th of April. • On May 5 she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, escorting the USS Laramie, the SS Omaha and the SS Azra, arriving on the 15th. Next day she received orders to proceed to a position 70 miles east of Bos ton to search for a German sub marine which had been sighted in that vicinty. There she searched for about three hours with the USS Cole without result and proceeded to Boston Navy Yard for repairs and radar installations. ^ ^ ^ ESCORT DUTY—Leaving Boston on 29 May 1942, she escorted three vessels to Newfoundland and thence to Greenland. On the 4th of June, en route, she made a doubtful contact on her sound ap paratus and expended a depth charge. Escorted, in company with Mojave, the SS Dorchester and the Norwegian SS Biscaya to a rendez vous at 50 degrees N, 50 degrees W where they turned over the vessels to two destroyers, and the Modoc proceeded to Little Placentia Har bor on 17th June. Next day she was off again to Greenland, escorting two Army transports, the Chatham and Fair fax in company with the MojaVe and the USS Hobson. July 2nd saw the Modoc and Tampa escorting three more vessels to Sydney via Belle Isle Straits and proceeding to Greenland with three others on the 6th. Enroute the Portuguese fishing schooner IL Havense II was board ed and the master warned that he would be liable to seizure if he re leased by radio any information on the movements of United Nations warships or merchant vessels. Aft er remaining at Kungnat Bay, Greenland, three days the Modoc returned to Sydney with two vessels on the 21st. Again, after making engine re pairs, and taking on supplies, the Modoc, with the Tampa and Mo Continued On Page 2; Col. 3 Community Council Re-Elects President The Weather FORECAST North and South Carolina — Mostly cloudy weather and somewhat warmer Wednesday and Wednesday night. Thurs day partly cloudy and warmer. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 a m. 53; 7:30 a.m. 49; 1:30 p.m. 51; 7:30 p.m. 51. Maximum 53; Minimum 48; Mean 50; Normal 46. Humidity 1:20 a.m. 100; 7:20 a.m. 98; 1:30 p.m. 94; 7 :30 p.m. 97. Precipitation Totai for 24 hours endni g7:30 p.m. — 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month — 2.55 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geoedtic Survey). High Low Wilmington _ 4:25 a.m. 11:35 a.m, 4:42 p.m. 11:53 p.m. Masonboro Inlet _ 2:28 a.m. 8:37 a.m. 2:34 p.m. 8:52 p.m. Sunrise 7:18: Sunset 5:26; Moonrise 1:32 a.m.; Moonset i: 12 p.m. River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 a.m. Tuesday, 18.8 feet. TALMADGE’SSON NAMED GOVERNOR Georgia Legislature Selects Herman As Successor By 161 To 87 Vote ATLANTA, Jan. 15.—(Wed nesday) — (jp) _ Herman Tal madge was elected governor of Georgia by the general as sembly Wednesday morning to take the place in the execu tive chair of his late father, Eugene Talmadge. The vote was 161 to 87. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 14.—(U.R)— Herman Talmadge, son of the late governor-elect Eugene Talmadge, polled the most write-in votes for governor in'the November election, a legislature caass revealed Tues day, and his supporters in the As sembly demanded that he be nam ed chief executive on that basis. The count of write-in votes was announced in the midst of a turbu lent session—which may run all night—and was greeted with wild cheers from the packed galleries which obviously were for young Talmadge. A section of the state constitution provides that when the elected can didate for governor dies before he is seated, the Assembly can choose a governor from between the two highest write-in candidates. Young Talmadge got 677 write-ins, James V. Carmichael 667 and Talmadge Bowers 637. Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman Heads Officer Slate For New Year Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman was re-elected president of the Com munity Council of Wilmington, and other officers and directors were named at the annual meeting of that organization held last night in the Community Center. Other officials selected were Mrs. William M. Henderson, ‘first vice president; W. Elliott O’Neal, sec ond vice president, and chairman of the Health committee; Adam W. Smith, vice-chairman of the Health Committee; Mrs. William M. Henderson, chairman welfare division; and J. R. Hollis, vice chairman welfare division. Directors selected to serve for three years are Adam W. Smith. Mrs. Harriss Newman, Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman, Archie D. Fountain, and Dorothea McDowell. Elected to serve for two years are Mrs. Herbert Bluethenthal, the Rev. Mortimer Glover, J. R. Hollis, Spurgeon Baxley, and Emma u. Howell. To serve for one year are Mrs. William M. Henderson, Jesse Reynolds. W. Elliot O’Neil, H. Carl Moultrie, Dr. A. H. Elliott. Dr. Arthur E. Fink, director of the division of public welfare and social work of the graduate school of the University of North Caro lina, and the main speaker for the annual meet, was presented by L. D. Latta, vice-president of the com munity chest. Dr. Fink spoke to the group on “New Trends in Social Welfare Planning’’, and gave a brief history of the problem of assuring some amount of security to the people of the world. He traced the rise pf such organizations as the Com munity Council through its first stages in England and in this country. The speaker stated that the first time our Federal government as sumed any degree of responsibility for the people was when it under took to provide security through Social Security, old age benefits, and aid for dependant children and the blind. He stated that long after private social workers and churches took up the respons/bility and furnish ed money and time for social work, efforts were made to coordinate all charity organizations so that their work might be more effective and in order to prevent duplications. The outcome of that movement, he stated, is the social case work service, organizations of whole communities where efforts are made to bring together the resour ces and the needs of communities. Dr. Fink set down the job of the planning organization as mak Continued On Page 2; Col. S London Trucking Strike Spreads ToDock Workers LONDON, Jan. 14.—(JP)—A crip pling strike by 30,000 truck drivers and market workers spread to Lon don’s docks Tuesday as govern ment, union and industrial leaders hurriedly set up new negotiations machinery in the hope of ending the walkout in 48 hours. Although the number of troops distributing food from markets to retailers increased, most butcher shops were without meat, potatoes were almost unobtainable, and the National Association of Master bakers sought an immediate con ference with Food Minister John Strachey because the flour short age had reached serious propor tions. Fish was scarce — Billingsgate market workers were among those joining the sympathy strike—and restaurant menus, seldom tempt ing, had more than the usual war time austerity about them. Grocery stores reported a heavy drain on their small stocks of canned meats. Stevedores and dockers, various ly estimated to number between 3, 500 and 8,000, followed the example of, market workers who left their jobs earlier in protest against the use of troops to distribute food un handled by truckmen who began their walkout nine days ago. Clark Terms Contempt Of Order Insult Attorney General TelUj Justices Action Was In vitation To Mob Rule LAWYER GRILLED Frankfurter Makes Sonnet! Sweat Under Barrage Of Legal Questions < ^ || WASHINGTON, Jan. 14._ {/P)—A tart suggestion from Justice Jackson that the Su preme court is trying to psy choanalyze Congress rather than interpret the law climax ed the historic John L. Lewis contempt case as the court took it under advisement late Tuesday. The flare-up came after Attorney General Tom Clark told the court that Lewis’ scorning of a federal court order, designed to head off last Novem ber’s coal strike, was an insult to the United States and an invita tion to “mob rule.” It similarly followed a report from attorneys for 'the United Mine workers chief that Clark’s argu ment "might have been sounded in a political aren».” As the proceedings drew toward a 4:10 p. m. EST close, Assistant Attorney General John F. ^Sonnett was arguing that Federal District court was right in slapping the (Continued on Page 7, Col. 3) ^ BENSON PLEDGES 11 THOROUGH ACTION Second Policeman Waives Preliminary Hearing In i, Court Here ) Every effort to cleanup the situ ation involving the city police was promised yesterday by City Manager J. R. Benson, who said that all measures necessary toward this end would be taken. “It is a dnty to the community and the police force as a whole who has been placed in an em barassing and awkward position, to clear up the matter,” he de clared. Benson’s statement followed the arrest of a second member of the force Monday night on a charge of breaking, entering and receiv ing. The ex-policeman, Roy A. Crissett, yesterday waived a pre liminary hearing before Judge H. Winfield Smith and his case was remanded to Superior court. An army veteran and a member of the police department for a short while, Girssett is charged with the theft of an outboard mo tor from the Anchor Hardware at 101 S. Front street. Three motors were recovered in Grissettown in Brunswick county, former home of the poicleman, last night by Chief of Police Charles H. Casteeh, City Detective Sgt. E. B. Murray; Harry Fales, chief of the identi fication bureau; and Detective Norwood Wolfe. akV .! And So To Bed We have written about lost dogs, cats, ponies and almost everything else In “and so to bed.” But, this morning we present something new In the matter of lost articles. Early Tuesday morning James C. King, county solicitor, went into a local barber shop for a shave and haircut. He hung his hat on the rack and sat down In the chair. After the tonsorlal work had been completed the county prosecutor noticed his hat was missing . . . Some one had either taken it by mistake or Just “borrowed it.’* At any rate, Solicitor King wants his dark brown hat re turned. ^
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