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Bilatuujfmt iHnrmttn Star '3E;~ ^g^r State and National News _Wilmington, n. c., Thursday, January 2371947 established i867 Senate Republicans Win First Skirmish Final 4943 Vote Extends Life Of Special War Investigating Committee; Nip, Tuck Roll Calls Show GOP Holding WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (.7’) Senate Republicans triumphed toda. in their first big legislative battle of the new Congress, winning a year's extension ofjife for the Special War Investigating committee. Their victory came after nip-and-tuck roll calls which showed Republican lines holding adequately in a political pinch. The final vote was 49 to 43, but the real test was. the 47 to .45 count which defeated a Democratic move to take the investigation of war frauds and excessive war profits away from the special commit- i OPA SUGAR PLAN HELD “INVALID” Federal Judge Says Ra tioning To Industrial Users Unlawful Mode WASHINGTON,' Jan. 22.—(IP)—A federal judge held today that OPA’s plan of rationing sugar to industrial users is invalid and an appeal was announced “in view of the import ance of this issue to industrial us »rs and consumers alike.” Philip B. Fleming, head of the office of temporary controls, said that the government will ask that the ruling he held in abeyance pending appeal. OPA officials said the decision, by Judge F. Dickinson Letts, does not affect consumer rationing at this time but Fleming said in a liatement that it is possible under the ruling that the present system of rationing to industrial users must be abandoned. Should a new system provide more sugar for industrial users, it; was noted, there will be that much j less for consumers. Judge Letts contention for the jjoberly (Mo.) Milk Products com pany that it should not be subject ad to the ‘historical use” formula of dividing up sugar supplies. Discriminates The company contended tnat tn\s method, which is based on use of lugar in years of plenty, discri minated against new industrial us ers in favor of old firms. Raymond Dickey of the law firm which represented the Moberly company, told reporters, “I think the ruling applies to one particular producer, but the import may be wider. We did not bring a class action. It was not necessarily our purposes to knock out the ration ing program x x x it does not necessarily upset the program, but if OPA is unable to devise a method of rationing in conformity with the ruling, that decision is up to them.” In commenting on a similar case last year, OPA officials said that if it had lost that case, it might have had to abandon all sugar ra tioning. (The case never came to trial.) Appeal Planned It was noted then that if in dustrial users could buy unlimited quantities, it would be next to im possible to carry on rationing to ordinary consumers. Charles W. Quick, chief counsel lor OPA's sugar division, advised against speculating as to the pos itive effects of the Moberly case and said, “of course, we plan to appeal the decision.” SECONDOFFICER RELEASED ON BAIL District Solicitor Reduces Amount From $9,000 To $2,500 Roy Grissett, former city police officer charged with three counts of oreaking and entering, was re leased from jail yesterday after noon under $2,500 bond, according to attaches of the sheriff’s office. Clifton Moore, district solicitor, reduced the amount of the bond yesierday morning following a consultation with Elbert Brown, at 0iney for the defendant. Grissett’s bail had originally „ee« set at a total of $9,000, with _ ™ for each of the three charges. UNBONE S MEDITATIONS By Alley ------ HEAH 'TiS mam MA'lAfiE GW A6'»N,AM' ME 'N OLE ‘OMAN STlU, ■fo^EIKuM _ SAS50M *. as sho 40T os a HAEU UiCENStU -ee and give it to the standing com- ! mittee on expenditures in the executive departments. Four Republicans—Aiken of Ver mont. Cooper of Kentucky, Morse 3f Oregon and Tobey of New Hampshire—voted with the Demo cratic organization on that one. The Democrats, in turn, lost the support of Senator O’Daniel (D Tex), although retaining the votes of two members of the special investigating committee, Connally (D-Tex) and Kilgbre (D-WVa). The outcome may well have been determined by (1) the flying weather between Chicago and Washington and (2) the illness of a, Senator’s relative. Ball In Blankets Senator Ball (R-Minn), a mem ber of the special investigating committee, flew back to the ca-pital wrapped in blankets in a wind-chilled plane whose heating equipment was out of kilter. He arrived hardly an hour before the vote and was rushed from the air port to the capitol by an aide. Senator Overton (D-La t was call ed away by the illness of his mother-in-law. His associates said he would have voted against the special committee had he been present. The dispute over extending the life of the special committee until Jan. 31, 1948, was clear cut. The regular Republican organization backed the extension move; the Democrats went all-out in their ef fort to beat it. “DAHLIA” MURDER BAFFLES POLICE Coroner’s Jury Returns “Persons Unknown” Verdict LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22—(U.R)— A j coroner’s jury today agreed with I baffled police that “The Black Dahlia.” Elizabeth Short, 22, was tortured, slain, and mutilated a week ago by “persons unknown.” In their -eagerness to check ev ery possibility officers even arrest ed a spectator at the inquest, George P. Bloomdahl, 36, because of his apparently suspicious ac tions, but released him after brief questioning. The verdict that Miss Short met her death at the hands of persons unkno-wn.yvas returned by the jury after five minutes of deliberation. The inquest was lifted momen tarily from its routine dullness by the exclamation of the victims mother, Mrs. Phoebe Mae Short, that her daughter was murdered. Asked when she first was noti fied of her daughter’s death, Mrs. Short rose from her chair and sobbed: “She didn’t die. she was murder ed.” The mother said her daughter wrote her every week and the last time she heard from her the girl was working as a waitress. Bloomdahl was seized by detec tives as he dashed out of the court room muttering to himself. He was taken to Central police station but brief questioning showed he mere ly was a spectator and unaware that his action in leaving before the jury returned was improper. The coroner’s jury was informed by a police spokesman, Detective Harry Hansen, that a week of inves tigation had proven fruitless. “We have no definite informa tion as to who prepetrated this crime,” Hansen said. Finding of the Hacked body a week ago on a vacant lot in South west Los Angeles -was described by Detective Jess W. Haskels. He said the two halves of the severed body w'ere “clean and appeared t0 be washed.” Dr. Frederick Newbarr, chief autopsy surgeon, said death had taken place less than 24 hours before the body was found. He said death was due to hemorrhage, shock, concussion of the brain and face wounds. Police, meanwhile, continued their methodical questioning of Miss Short’s women friends in the hope they might get a lead. Another of the black-haired beauty’s friends, Georgia (Toni) Smith, 23, voluntarily appeared at police headquarters. She said she understood she had been listed as missing^ and desired to offer any help she could to officers. _ Chest Names ! H.A. Jfarks 4 -ft #5— - 1 hyy i ^"fknd Directors; ^//^During Annual Meeting REPORT PRESENTED Progress During Past Year Outlined In Report By R. Stewart H. 'A.* Marks was named presi-j dent of the Wilmington Community ; Chest when officers and five mem- j bers of the board of directors were elected yesteday afternoon at the annual meeting of the organization held in the assembly room of the Tide Water Power company. Marks, who is the president ot Marks Machinery company, is the retiring vice-president of the chest, past president of the Cham ber of Commerce, recently elected director of the Carolina Insurance company, was chairman of the chest campaign in the fall of 1945, and is a member of the Rotary club. Other officers named yesterday by the board cf directors are: L. D. Latta, first vice president, re tiring second vice president: Louie E. Woodbury, Jr., second vice president, who is retiring cam paign chariman and was named the Man of the Year by the Wil mington Junior Chamber ot Com merce Tuesday night: and Fred erick B. Graham, was re-elected treasurer. The five directbrs named by- the members of the chest, for three year terms are R. Stew-art, the only director re-elected, and the retiring chest president; R. Har grove Bellamy. Henry R. Emory, Lewis F. Ormond, and Peter j Browne Ruffin. The annual report of the Com munity Chest, prepared by retiring president Stewart and presented to members of the chest yesterday, states that the most significant ac tion taken by the board in the past year was the establishment of a Reserve for capital improvements, and that $91,000 has been set aside as a special reserve for the main tenance and improvement of the buildings of the institutional agen cies. The establishment of the Family Service society to provide case work services for individuals and families where the need is not pri marily one of financial assistance was also accomplished last year. The appropriations to the Asso ciated Charities have not been dis continued, as was recommended, the chest preferring to seek a solution that will do the most good for the community as a whole, the report shows. Separate boards to direct the activities of the chest and the coun cil were established during the year. The four year collection record of the campaigns to raise funds for the chest shows better than 97 per cent of all pledges. Two motions brought before the directors by Rabbi Samuel Fried man, president of the Community Council, were adopted by the group. The first was that a public rela tions committee appointed by the council, act for both the council and the chest, and the other being that the agencies of the council and the chest cooperate in the plan ning of meetings so that no two will be held the same day. COMMISSION MAY PURCHASE FERRY Highway Board Will En deavor To Buy Croatan Ships At $20,000 RALEIGH, May 22.—OB—Mem bers of the State Highway com mission, holding a regular month ly meeting here today, authorized the formation of a three-man board to negotiate for the purchase of two Croatan sound ferries which make runs from Mann’s Harbor to Roanoke Island. The ferries, now owned by Mrs. Tom Baum of Manteo. make twice daily runs from each slip. The course covered is about 2.5 miles. The commission authorized the offer of $20,000 for the purchase of the ferries and their slips, and if the sale can be negotiated to over haul the ferries and obtain a new lessee. Members of the board would be A. H. Graham, commission chair man; W. Vance Baise, state high way commission engineer, and Merrill Evans of Ahoskie, first division commissioner. Hoover Says Germany Must Be Fed To Protect GI’s WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 — (A>) — Former President Herbert Hoover said tonight the United States must feed Germany “whether we like it or not” because “we cannot have the American flag flying over 40, 000,000 people reduced to a gigan tic Buchenwald.” Without elaborating on his refer ence to the Nazi horror camp at Buchenwald, Hoover said the Ger mans are now reduced to a daily diet of about 1,400 calories, com pared with the average American consumption of 3,400 calories. “The supply of food in Germany today is less than enough to main tain a worker fit to work,” he said, in a broadcast over ABC. Our soldiers are in this area, our flag flies there, and if for no other reason we must feed the peo ple to protect our own boys,” he said. A few hours earlier, the former President who fed millions of* Europeans engulfed by Kiaser Wilhelm’s armies in World War I conferred with President Truman an<j agreed to undertake a new long-range mission to help the survivors of Hitler’s Germany get back on their feet. Teachers Of State Laud Barker Effort Durham Representative To Assembly Gets Scores Of Wires, Letters From Citi zens, Parent-Teacher Group By C. A. UPCHURCH, JR. Associated Press Staff Writer RALEIGH. Jan. 22.— (/P) — Rep. Oscar Barker of Durham is getting '‘A” for effort in {he book of every public school teacher in North Carolina. His championship of the amendment to raise the scale of salary increases as provid ed for teachers and other state employees in the administra tion's supplemental appropria tions bill has inspired uncount ed scores of telegrams, letters and telephone calls commend ing his efforts and urging him to continue the fight. These messages come most ly from teachers, but dozens of them have been sent by parents individually and acting through their parent - teacher associa lons. All urge Barker to stand by the pay increases proposed in his now-famed amendment and some urge hint to fight ior a 40 per cent pay raise for teachers. The original salary bill p ovided an average increase of about 20 per cent for public school teachers and other state employees. Barker had not seen the bill until it had been pass ed hurr'edly by the Senate and then came up for considera tion in the House. (Continued on Page 2; Col. 41 The Weather FORECAST North and South Carolina — Fair and warmer Thursday and Thursday night. Friday, fair and mild. (E stern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 a.m. 37: 7:30 a.m. 28; 1:30 p.m. 39; 7:30 p.m. 35. Maximum 40; Minimum 27; Mean 3G; Normal 36. Humidity 1:30 a.m. 48; 7:30 am. 38; 1:30 pm. 24: 7:30 p.m. 45. Piecipitation Total lor 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. — O.CO inches. Total since the first of the month — 3.12 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington __ 10:38 a.m. 5:15 a.m. 10:46 p.m. 5:53 p.m. Ma^ on boro Inlet _ 8:23 a.m. 2:03 a.m. 8:28 p.m. 2:44 p.m. Sunrise 7:15: Sunset 5:34; Moonrlse 8:23; a.m.; Moonset 6:50 p.m. River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 a.m. Wednesday. 37.3 feet. SUGGESTED LEVY FOR COLLEGE LOW County May Ballot During March On Proposal For School The proposed increased levy of five cents on each $100 property valuation in New Hanove,-- if passed by a vote of the people would mean i around $38,000 toward the establish j ment of a Junior college ir Wil mington, it was estimated yester day by Charles F. Smith, county auditor. Smith explained that since the money realized from the present tax assessment of 60 cents per $100, amounts to $460,668, annually, then the added revenue on the $76,778. 047, assessed valuation of the 1946 would bring in a total of $38,000. It is believed that when the elec tion of the junior college proposal, authorized Monday by the county commissioners, is held, the ques tion of the added five cents assess ment will be settled at the same time by the referendum. Although no date has been set for the election on the college proj ect. Addison Hewlitt, Sr., chair man of the county board predicted early in the week that the time would eventually be set for March. He said yesterday, however, that all reports on the matter should be complete in February and that a decision on the date would then be set. The power to hold an election on the tax levy was granted to the commissioners at the last session of the state legislature. Marshall “Savies” WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 — (JP) — Starting his first full day as Sec retary of State Gen. George C. Marshall fell in with the tradition that diplomats are unhurried. He arrived at his desk at 10:30 a. m.. after driving some 35 miles from his home at Leesburg, Va. In the Army he was usually on the job before 8 a. m. and some times expressed the opinion that little useful work could be perform ed after 3 o’clock in the after noon. COURT UPHOLDS BIBLE TEACHING Illinois High Tribunal Rules Classes In Schools Are Constitutional SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 22— (fl?)— The Illinois Supreme court ruled today, in a case which at tracted nation-wide interest, that religious education in public schools does not violate the United States or Illinois constitu tions if the classes are “purely voluntary.” The court upheld a lower court decision dismissing the suit of Mrs. Vashii Me Collum, who had sought to halt voluntary teaching of religion in Champaign, 111., pub lic schools. In Champaign, Mrs. Cc^Collub, wife of a University of Illinois pro fessor, said she planned to appeal the decision to the U. S. Supreme court. John L. Franklin, counsel for the Champaign School board, had told the Slate Supreme court in a brief that “the effect of the decision will be felt by millions of the future citizens of America in 1,850 school systems scattered through 46 states which testimony shows now have some form of week-day re ligious education on released school time.” He said about 50 per cent of the roHgious edu-pation- programs con ducted in the nation are carried on similarly to that in Champaign, where written pa.Vntal consent is required for pupils to attend and classes are conducted by teachers employed by a church organization which pays all the expenses. SEARCHING PARTY RECOVERS BODIES Five Nash County Youths Drown In Swift Creek When Car Skids, Sinks ROCKY MOUNT. Jan. 22 — (TP) - The bodies of all five Nash county youths who drowned when their automobile plunged into 18-feet of water in rain-swollen Swift ereek near Gold Rock had been recov ered today when grappling irons brought up two more victims. A searching party this afternoon recovered the bodies of Ben B. Harris, 16, son of Mrs. Pattie Har ris Pierce of Tarboro and grand son of Mrs. Mattie Harris with whom he lived at Whitakers, and Omega Baker, 17. son of J. R. Baker of Whitakers. Funeral services for the ether three victims, who were found in the back seat of the automobile when it was raised early yester day morning six hours after the tradegy, will be held tomorrow. Elwood Boswell, 15, and his brother Ray. 12, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Boswell of Whitakers, will be buried in Rocky Mount. Billy Freeman Dozier, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Dozier of Whitakers, will be buried in Nash county. Along The Cape Fear CITY IN 1781 — Thanks to the kindness of Mr. Andrew J. Howell Along The Cape Fear can bring you today one of the most interest ing descriptions of the Port City that has been our good fortune to see in many a day. Author of the Book of Wilming ton, the distinguished historian was kind enough to pass the fol lowing our way: “I have before me an exceeding ly interesting map of Wilmington. * * * VIA ENGLAND — “It it a photo static copy of one made evidently by a Brtiish army engineer while the British were in possession of the town. “The original is in the library of the University of, Michigan. To look at it transports our thoughts back to critical days, and gives us some idea of the circumstances sur rounding the forefathers of the town when the streets were domi nated by the 'Red Coats.’ 'Major James H. Craig was in command. His force consisted of about four hundred soldiers and contingents of marines and sailors. It must have been quite an impres sive array, to command the situa tion in what was considered a stronghold of great available strength for the continental cause. "And now as to the map. It bears the title of a ‘Plan of Wilmington in the Providence of North Caro lina.’ “Twelve blocks of the town only are definitely laid off, to the right and left of Market and Dock streets, and extending from the river eastward to Fourth street, where begins a wide roadway marked as the ‘New Bern’ Road: and continuing from the limits of Market street to cross ‘Dunbidden Bridge’ which was the well known bridge over Burnt Mill creek. “Water street was not indicated at all, evidently on account of the irregular lines ci river frontage. * * * MANY POINTS — “Many other points of interest are shown. There was a considerable indentation at the foot of Market street, which, of course, was ‘Market dock.’ “On Dock street from the river, and extending nearly to Second street, w;as a longer waterway (which, by the way, took care of most of the smaller craft of the town.) “The courthouse'fetood in the mid dle of the intersection of Front (Continued on Page 2; Col. 4) Butler Tells Of Threat To I Quit Empire Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand Sought Withdrawal In 1921 SWORN TO SECRECY Lloyd George Explained Nations Were Ready To Use Force If Needed NEW YORK. Jan. 22. — (JP) — Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi dent emeritus of Columbia Uni versity, disclosed today what he said were the first details of an historic meeting in the summer of ' 1921 at which Canada. Australia New Zealand and India threatened to withdraw from the British Em pire. Butler said the meeting took place while Empire representatives were in England for an Empire confer ence. The secret parley was at St. Chequers, the prime ministers' country residence. Lloyd George, British prime min ister, pledged those at the meeting to secrecy, Dr. Butler declared. In an address before the Pilgrims of the United States Butler said his was the first disclosure of the threatened withdrawals. Butler said Lloyd George pledg ed him to secrecy also and told him that the Prime Ministers ox Canada. Australia and New Zea land and two representatives from India had said “their countries were prepared to withdraw from the British Empire and to .set up independent existence — through revolution if necessai’y.” “Canada, Australia and New Zea land were not willing to remain members of the British Empire. ’ Butler said the prime minister told him. “They desired to be in a po sition to maintain their devoted loyalty to the Crown and to ac cept the principles of democracy as worked out by Britain since the Magna Carta, but they were not willing to accept the control of the British Parliament and foreign office.’’ It was not until 1931 that the Brit ish parliament enacted the Statute of Westminister which set up the British commonwealth of nations, Butler said. Butler declared that Britain and the United States should set up in their zones of Germany a similar commonwealth or federal govern ment. He urged that they “act without delay’,’ lest “other forces’’ prevent the establishment of a fed eral system in Germany. MEDICAL GROUP HONORS VETERANS Physicians Reveal Early Experiences Of Practice Here Four veteran physicians told of their early experiences in the practice of medicine here in Wil mington during a meeting of the New Hanover County Medical society last night which was set See Photos on Page 6 aside to honor the men of the pro fession who have practiced here from nearly a half a century each. Five doctors were selected for this honor, however, Dr. Andrew Harriss was unable to attend. Those present and presented by Dr. W. Houston Moore to the gath ering were Dr. John Cranmer, Dr. R. Harlee Bellamy, Dr. John C. Wessell, and Dr. S. E. Koonce. At the meeting held in the Cape Fear club, Dr. Cranmer revealed that there were 25 to 26 doctors here when he started his practice in 1902 and the population was about 25,000. The same proportion of doctors exists today, he pointed out. Dr. Bellamy, who owned the first X-ray machine in the city, told of progress made byr the profession. Dr. Wessell sounded a plea for a new tuberculosis sanitorium here and told of the former institution here. Dr. Koonce related experiences from his early practice, telling how he left the field of medicine and was employed by the ACL for seven years before returning to practice here. Premier Resigns ATHENS, Greece. Thursday, Jan. 23—(U.R)—Premier Constantin Tsaldaris last night handed his resignation to King George II and early today a government spokes man announced a new coalition cabinet had been accepted by parliament leaders. Epileptic Licensed To Fly Passengers Rep. Miller Hurls Bombshell Into Inquiry: On Causes, Cures For Plane Crashes; Landis Cites Safety Holdups < WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—(.4*1—Rep. Miller (R-Conn). World Wal1 1 aviator who lost both legs in a plane crash, said today that a® epileptic had been granted a federal pilot’s license to fly passengers. Miller added that attempts to have the license revoked have been unsuccessful. His assertion was madi befure the House Commerce committed during the opening day of an inquiry into the causes and cures for .plane crashes. Miller did not disclose in public the identify of the pilot. Later HALL WILL HEAD NEW RESERVE UNIT Commander Thomas I.Dean Announces Appointment Here Last Night Thomas H. Hsll, Lt. Commander in the U. S. Navy Reserve, was yesterday afternoon appointed commander of the Naval Electron ics Warfare company, which is to. be organized here by Commander Thomas J. Dean, assistant director of Naval Reserve, Sixth Naval Dis trict headquarters. Charleston, S. C., who was in the city yesterday making plans for tire organization of the unit. The newly appointed commander stated last night that plans were to organize the unit as soon as pos sible. Hall is the assistant superin tendent of conservation and dis tribution of the Tide Water Power company. The .company, separate from the Naval Reserve, will consist ot five officers and 40 men, and will drill once a week in the new armory building, scheduled to be erected here soon at the North Carolina Shipbuilding company’s yard. Until the armory is completed the new company will hold its weekly drills aboard Patrol Craft 776, docked at the customhouse wharf. Commander Dean said men with no connection with the Naval Re serve were eligible to enter the new company. Officers will be en listed with communication and en gineer ratings, and men will hold radio, radar, signalman, elec tronics technician, and sonarman rates. The company will receive for pay for their weekly drills, he added. ■ Ttye ^teran Naval officer Was ccsmmun tions chief aboard the U.S.S. Wasp at the time the famed aircraft carrier was sunk in the South Pacific in 1942. Earlier he put the U.S.S. Princeton into com mission, and later was an officer aboard the carrier Enterprise. Men interested in joining the Electronics Warfare company were asked to contact Room 229 in the Customhouse, local reserve head quarters. THREE BOYS DIE IN SCHOOL FIRE Fatal Blaze Follows Ex plosion In Mechanical Arts Class Building MONROE CITY. Mo., Jan. 22 (U.R)—Three high school students were burned to death and six others in a class of 12 were burned, one critically, today when a blast in a shcp class turned a one-room mechanical arts building into a sheet of flames within a matter of seconds. Sheriff Tom Spalding said the blast was caused by an electric welding- machine coming in contact with the gasoline tank on a motor. Roy Lyster, teacher, was instruct ing a welding class. The explosion ripped through the frame 30-by40-foot building, toss ing flaming gasoline to all corners of the room. Within seconds, the building was engulfed in flames. The dead were identified as. Donald McElroy, 15: Edward Can non, 16; Noble Engle, 17. All were farm boys. Lyster was burned painfully about the hands as he sought un successfully to drag one of the young victims from the building. The mechanical arts shop build ing was located about 75 yards from the high school building. Spalding said Marty Redmond was burned critically as he escap ed from the building. Other stu dents burned less seriously were Albert Ely, John Carder, Charles Burdett, Milton Hendricks and Martin Carroll. Monroe City is about 85 miles Northwest of St. Louis. Mercury In United States Rivals South Pole Figure By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The weather map followed an er ratic pattern Wednesday with tem peratures in Northern Florida dropping as low as near the South Pole. i A cold wave from the Midwest enveloped the Eastern states, with freezing weather extending down into Florida. The Chicago Weather bureau reported Jacksonville, Fla., recorded a minimum temperature of 29 degree sat the airport and Ocala, Fla., 32. Meanwhile, reports from Little America said Antarctic tempera tures Tuesday ranged from a low of 29 to a high of 31 above zero. Warm winds from the Southwest began breaking up a cold wave in th.e Midwest and forecasters saici the warmer area would hit the East Thursday. The only sub-zero weather in the United States at midday was re corded in Maine. However, tem peratures in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan range from 5 to 10 degrees above zero. however, he told reporters the man had a commercial pilot’s license but not for scheduled air« line flight. Miller’s complaint came as hd tool; over the questioning of James M. Landis, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics board and first witness in the committee's inquiry. He asked Landis if he would be ’’surprised to know that an epilep tic had been granted a license ta fly passengers?” , “Yes.,” replied Landis. “If you have it x x x” “I have it,’’ said Miller, "bat I would rather not give it to you in public.” Late Discovery \V. S. Dawson, director of CAB'S safety bureau, broke in to say that one such case had been discovered six months after a pilot received his license. Later, in response to questions, he told reporters that this parti cular case involved a co-pilot on one of the airlines. He said the flier, whom ho declined to identify specifically, was fired by the air line upon discovery that lie was an epileptic, and that he subsequently joined the Plying Tigers and be came “a great war hero.” He told reporters it is difficult to discover an epileptic in an ordi nary examination. Chairman Wolverton (R-NJ) of the Commerce committee said at the start of the hearing that a public “loss of confidence” is cut ting down air travel. He called for swift action to spread the use of safety devices developed in war time. Landis (1 rilled Committeemen asked Landie why the safety devices are not al ready in general use. Landis gave three reasons: 1. Some of the developments— such as radar—had been guarded as military secrets. .‘2. The work of converting them for civilian use takes time. 3. They cost considerable money. He said Congress could “con sider the extent to which the feder al government can appropriately fi nance the building of a more adjjr’uate ainva^ system.” Under questioning, he acknowledged CAB never has asked Congress directly to finance the navigation aids. FIRE KILLS TWO ROBESON TOTS Coroner Reports Second Violent Death Since Start Of New Year Special To The Star LUMBERTON, Jan. 22—Coroner D. W. Biggs reports that two Ne gro children, aged three and fouc years, were burned to death Tues day afternoon when fire destroyed their tenant home on the Alexander Gillis farm in the edge of Parkton. They were the children of Junior Lilly and his wife, both of whom were working away from home at the time. Other children in the house said to have been occupied by two families fled to safety or were rescued. By the time the fire was dis covered by adults the home was such a raging inferno that no one could enter to rescue the two chil dren who were burned to death. Since the fire was apparently of accidental origin no inquest will be held the coroner said. These are the first accidental deaths to occur in Robeson coun ty in 1947. LUMBERTON. Jan. 2*2-Robesoii county’s second homicide of 1947 took place Wednesday afternoon about 3 o’clock in the Black Ankle section. South of Fairmont, where Alex Smith, young Indian farmer-, was instantly killed by two pistol wounds in the chest allegedly in flicted by his neighbor, Jimmy Lee, Coroner D. W. Biggs reported. Lee left the scene following the shooting and has not been appre hended. Time for an inquest is pending his arrest. Coroner Biggs stated that the two men who were good friends of the same race had been together most of the day. They got into an argument over car keys and Lee is reported to have shot Smith three times, two bullets piercing his chest. A Negro died on Jan. 12 from stabs in the throat inflicted by an other Negro in a cafe brawl neaT Rowland the night before. And So To Bed Add Court Scene: Lilly, the Negro servant of a local family, recently was summoned and haled into court. As it was her first offense, it was with considerable fear that she faced the judge. When Judge H. Winfield Smith gave her a suspended sentence and told her to re turn home. Lilly jubilantly announced to her employer that the “Jedge has just given me a sptendid sentence.”
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