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FORECAST: * f * X * Qj 4 Served By Ceased Wire, »„s^3i:,sr'= tlttttttflijitt m mm vtnr __ State and National News VOL. 80—NO- 87.___ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1867^ Teachers To Get Increase In Pay Unanimous Approval Of Conference Com mittee’s Report Means February Pay Checks Bring Supplementary Hike RALEIGH, Jan. 23. UP)—State employes and teachers are elated ver thi unanimous approval of Ihe second conference committee's report by each house of the General assembly todays for it means that the February pay checks will bring initial results of supplementary salary increases. Today’s action by the legislature climaxed a bitter battle that had lasted for over two weeks in which the solons debated the amount heart attack FATAL TO SMITH Vice President Of World Bank Former Budget Di rector Dies On Farm CULPEPER, Va., Jan. 23.—UP)— Harold D. Smith, vice president of the World Bank and former direc .0- of the United States Budget bureau died suddenly of a heart attack today at his farmhouse here. He was 48 years old. Dr Paul Dickens of Washington, Smith’s family physician, said ♦hat Smith was stricken suddenly ,nd was dead before medical aid could reach him. Mrs Smith, who was in Wash ington at the time, was reported distraught, at the death of her hus band on their farm here. Smith resigned as director of the budget bureau last June to become vice president of the new $7,670, 000,000 international bank under Eugene Meyer as president. When Meyer stepped out, Smith jlso offered his resignation in De cember hut consented to remain until a successor to Meyer was selected. Smith had undergone treatment for a heart condition a year or so ago when he was budget director. Smith quit his government post to accept the international bank position because of its tax free sal ary of $22,500 a year, compared with tile $10,000, less taxes, which the government paid. He wrote President Truman that he could not have continued as budget di rector in any case "without reduc ing certain fixed charges which I have regarded for many years as important to the security of my family.” MyIayToan CITY FIREB0AT Campbell Learns Prospects For Purchasing Craft “Dim” At Present The possibility that a fireboat sow located at Charleston and own ed by ihe V. S. Army will be loaned to Wilmington provided the city furnish additional fire protect ion for government property here was voiced yesterday by City Man ager J. R. Benson. He was informed yesterday of primary negotiations conducted in Washington early in the week by City Attorney William B. Campbell for the use or purchase of the craft. Thought originally to be owned by the Navy, it wap learned that the craft was the property of the Army instead, Benson said. The prospects for purchasing the boat were found to be dim, Camp bell learned, and as an alternative the proposition of added protection to certain government buildings »nd equipment located in Wilming ton was suggested. Henson said that should an agreement be reached on this of ter, and present indications are that army officials are receptive time commission located in the to the idea, the ships of the Mari tunswick river storage basin would receive the added protection j' uch a fully-equipped and modern "re-boat could offer. Henson pointed out that the out ‘ght purchase of the fireboat °uld necessitate an expenditure between $15,000 and $20,000 and _ was felt that should the lease -rangement be effected large sav to the city would result. v . Ugllt as a replacement for the p, eran Atlantic, the craft now in arleston is considered by city lc,la‘s as the type desired by the ^ Hie department._ HUME’S MEDITATIONS By Alley i pEt'S A HEAP o' TAUK &WT PROSPg'lTi 80T A Ot,E-TlME SMACK 'p MSK a tHfclS'MUS DlNNUH MOW' PA*YS !t _ ■_j Ull f .rig! ,nV *k gj?j WV . ot percentages of increase and period for which the pay boost should be effective. Members of the 14-member con ference committee said the report assured higher pay to persons in lower salary brackets than those recommended by the initial con ferees’ report that the house re jected last week after the senate gave its approval. The report of the conferees, sign ed unanimously, differs from the first conference committee report in the method of payment. Where as “emergency salaries” was specified in the original bill, the report today terms the extra pay for state employes and teachers "an emergency bonus” for services rendered and to be performed. The bonus is to be payable to all state employes and teachers ret roactive to Nov. 1, 1946, with one half of the total bonus to be given with the issuance of regular salary checks during the month of February. The remainder of the bonus “shall be pro-rated accord ing to the number of regular monthly salary checks issued to such teachers and state employes for the remainder of the period ending June -30,' 1947 (end of the fiscal year of this biennium).” Range of the bonus is from $144, for persons making $1,200 and less per year to $270 for persons making $2,701 to $6,600 per year. Adoption of the report came speedily in the house as a jammed gallery of school officials and state employes anxiously awaited action. Rep. Reg L. Harris of Person, chairman of the conference com mittee, read the report, and then moved for its adoption. Rep. Oscar G. -Barker of Dur ham, who plumped for an amend ment to an administration-sup ported bill and a leader in the j fight for the rejection of the first j conference committee report, rose j to his feet. The house suddenly | quieted in anticipation of more: opposition. Kermon Seconds “Mr. Speaker, the committee has done a good job. It has reported increases which do not in any way commit this body to any future pattern for consideration of the next biennium salaries. I move the adoption of the report.” Before a buzz of approval sub sided, Rep. R. M. Kermon of New Hanover rose and seconded the motion, and the motion was car ried by an oral unanimous vote. The house than adjourned and some members moved into the lob by of the senate to observe its action. There was no opposition in tnis body either. Sen. Wade Barber of Chatham, appropriations com mittee chairman, read the report, and then moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Sens. George Penny of Guilford and Rivers Johnson of Duplin. R. G. Deyton, assistant director of the budget, said tonight that he had not been able to determine immediately the cost of the bonus, but that he thought it would be in the neighborhood of $8,250,000— this would be $1,550,000 more than recommended by Governor Cherry in his biennial message to the legislature. The administration-supported bill for supplementary pay raises would have cost the state $6,900,000, but an amendment by Rep. Barker proposed increases from 25 to 30 percent which would have cost the state about $8,500,000 Dayton said. The first conference committee’s report advocated increases which would have amounted to about $8, 050,000. Schedule of bonus payments, ac cording to salary bracketes: (Continued On Page 3, Col. 1) taxicabgroOp TO MEET HERE Annual Convention Of As sociation Slated For Wrightsville Beach DURHAM, Jan. 23—(^—Direc tors of the North Carolina Taxi cab Association, meeting here Thursday, resolved to push for the enactment of legislation placing North Carolina’s 5,108 taxicabs under the jurisdiction of the State Utilities Commission as soon as possible. J. M. Samonds, Sr., of Durham, president of the Taxicab Associ ation. said that the move would not only effect the approximately 2.000 cabs operated by members of the Association, but all cabs in the state. , The group also resolved to wor.< for uniformity of public libility and property damage insurance covering taxicabs, instead of the present varying forms in use. Ramonds said that if the legis lature passes necessary legislation r> lacing the Taxicab under the Utilities Commission’s jurisdic tion the move would beplaced in effect at the beginning of the 1947-48 fiscal year. Then taxicabs would be subject to all commis sion inspectiofcs and regulations. Marshall C. Kurfees of Raleieh, Taxicab Association Executive sec retary, anim’-rwed that annual con vention of the Association would be, held Jar,. 23-25, at the Ocean Ter race Hotel, Wrightsville Beach. I -_ To S£^l-e \ LOUIS E. STARR VFW COMMANDER TO VISIT CITY Local Commander Snead Announces Louis E. Starr Coming Here Feb. 28 Louis E. Starr, national com mander Veterans of Foreign Wars, ! will visit Wilmington on Tues day, January 28. as the guest of the Sames F. Manley post, VFW, it was learned yesterday from E. C. Snead, commander. Commander Starr will speak to members of the local post and guests at a luncheon, given in his honor, on Tuesday at 12 o’clock in the Cape Fear club, it was stat ed. Invited will be all city and county officials, civic leaders and officials of other local veterans’ organizations. The national commander, whose I home is in Portland. Oregon, is expected to arrive in Raleigh by ■;lane and will motor to this city. This will be the first time in ten years that the national command er of the VFW has visited Wil mington. it was stated. He is ex pected to be here only one day. Commander Starr has previous ly expressed a desire to inspect the Lake Forest housing project of the Veterans' Homes Incorporat ed, and will be taken on a tour of the section, Ken Noble, VHI president, said. Starr took an im portant part in the conference which led to veterans now having priority on surplus housing. The project now underway by the VHI to purchase housing in Lake Forest from FPHA, giving first priority to veterans, is the first of its kind in the country. The VHI has accepted the price set by the government and negotia tions to complete the transaction are now in progress, Noble said. A. R. Hanson, assistant director in charge of real estate and dis tribution for the Southeast FPHA with offices in Atlanta and other government officials are expected in Wilmington on Thursday, Jan uary 30. to confer with VHI offi cials to work out details on the transaction, Noble said. MISS MERRIMAN ! HEARD IN RECITAL Vocal Artist Pleases Large Audience At NHHS Auditorium - » Bishoff, the blind Washington or ganist and teacher of voice, listen ed to a young girl aspirant for vocal fame in the long, long ago. In the recent past she might have sung a sour alto in a sister act. Bishoff stopped her quickly and said: “Young woman, come back to me when you can sing the Habanera like Geraldine Farrar, and not one moment sooner.” Bishoff is dead, and comparisons are tricky at best. But there is good reason to think that if he had heard Nan Merriman in the song last night during her recital, as the third artist on the Community Con cert Association’s current course, he would have been as delighted as the more than a thousand audi tors who filled the High school audi torium. Being blind, he would not have missed the stage settings and dramatics, in a presentation of Bizet’s Carmen, and gloried in the coloring of tone and sensitive artis try of Miss Merriman’s perform ance. Miss Mernman has the rare gift of friendship for her audience. She made this manifest throughout her program. She also possesses great vocal range and extraordinary un derstanding. so that when she sang “Where'er you walk,” from Han del’s Semele, which is intended for a baritone and usually sung by men (either in chorus or one at a time) and in which she excelled, or “Danny Boy,” in which she cud dled the notes as sweetly as John McCormack every did in his hey day, she was equally charming. Furthermore she has the rare talent of not “singing down” to her audience and of selecting her program from the music plain, or dinary, appreciative music lovers iknow. The bit from the Marriage of Figaro, "Voi che sapete,” the gavotte from Mignon, Hahn’s haunting little air “Si mes avaient des ailes, ’ the ever beautiful “Es trel lita.” and the spiritual “Evr’ry time 1 feel the Spirit,”—here are things that everybody loves. The lateness of (lie hour prohibits more detailed consideration of the balance of the program, save to note that much of the second half was ;n a highly entertaining light er mood which closed with two bits of slapstick from the “I Hate Mu k (Continued On Page 3, Col. 6) President To Aid SPA At Shipyard Page And Truman Confer In Capital Over Refusal Of Purchase Offer actionTeen North Carolina Delegation Attends White House Parley WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — UP) - Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman will investigate the re jection of the North Carolina State Ports authority's offer to buy the North Carolina Shipbuilding yards, Wilmington. N. C., Senator Hoey (D-N. C.) said today. At a White House conference today R. B. Page, of Wilmington, the ports authority chairman told President Truman that the au thority wants the Maritime Com mission to reconsider its $1,200,000 offer for the yards. Hoey said the President was “sympathetic with our purposes and asked for the investigation (by Steelman) to see if satisfac tory arrangements can be made for the ports authority to acquire the yards.” North Carolina members of Con gress joined Page, and former Governor J. Melville Broughton in discussing the yard with the Pres ident. Broughton said the state .had gone as far as it can in a survey of ports and transportation until a j suitable site for a bigger port can be arranged Rep. Clark said the state wants the same consideration in improv ing its ports that Norfolk. V?., Charleston. S. C., and Jacksonville Fla., have had from the federal government. Day In Congress BY THE ASSOCIATED CRESS Secretary of Agriculture Ander son told the senate agriculture committee that many farm prob lems could be solved if the nation maintains peak industrial employ ment and finds ways of increasing exports of farm products. The Senate Expenditures com mittee ordered an investigation of the War “Assets administration. Hie nomination of W. Averell Harriman to be secretary of com merce succeeding Henry A. Wal lace, was approved unanimously by the senate committee. An .-.’proximate 20 percent slash by the budget bureau in 1948 federal funds for promoting safe civilian flying was disclosed beforp the house committee in vestigating airplane crashes. Senators Ball (R-Minn) and Mur ray (D-Mont) urged the senate labor committee to steer clear of “compulsory techniques” in draft ing legislation to curb union activi ties. (Continued On Page S, Col. 5) The Weather FORECAST South Carolina — Partly cloudy and not much change in temperature Friday and Saturday North Carolina—Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday, slightly warmer Friday and not much change in temperature Satur day. (By TJ. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours! ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 a.m. 33; 7:30 a.m. 35; 1:30 p.m. 51; 7:30 p.m. 44. Maximum 51; Minimum 31; Mean 41; Normal 46. Humidity 1:30 a.m. 60; 7:30 a.m. 53; 1:30 p.m. 32; 7 :30 p.m. 60. t Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. — 0.00 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 _11:15 a.m. 5:32 a.m. 11:25 p.m. 6:32 p.m. Masonboro Inlet _ 3:58 a.m. 2:41 a.m. 9:04 p.m. 3:21 p.m. Sunrise 7:14; Sunset 5:34; Moonrise 8:53 a.m.; Moonset 7:49 p.m. River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 9 a m. Thursday, S3.4 feet. Along The Cape Fear STORY CONTINUES—You will recall that yesterday we brought you a letter from Wilmington’s distinguished historian, Mr. Andrew J. Howell. Mr. Howell told of an early map of the Port City. The drawing was in all probability the work of an English officer who was stationed here during the occupation in the Revolutionary War. Yesterday Mr. Howell told of several of the landmarks which residents of Wilmington can still see today. Only space prevented us from reproducing all of the kind letter from Mr. Howell, so today we will bring you the rest of this valuable historical insight into our city. 4 4 4 FAMILIAR SIGHTS — "There were also the ‘Engineers’ Quarters’ on the southeast corner of Front and Dock streets, and there were "Headquarters" at a point near Front street extended southward. Toward the southeast, at various points, there were certain heights, with designated locations for marines, sailors, grendadiers, etc., all included in an area shown as ‘British Redoubts.’ "In the river rode the naval force, consisting of three ships, or ‘galleys’. They were the ‘Comet’, near Market street dock, the ‘De pendance’ at about Nun street, and the ‘Ader’ some distance toward the south. So, there was the navy in the river and the military on shore to keep' the town in sub jection. The known military prisons are not shown. ★ ★ * AN OLD MAP—“The map shows alsb the ferry leading across the river to the South Carolina Road opposite Market street. And there was the Harnett Road extending northward to Cornelius Harnett’s residence, and also Negro Head Point at the junction of the two rivers. "Altogether, tne map presents a good intimation of the conditions under which Wilmington existed $or most of the year 1781. The British came on January 18th, and left on November 18th, sailing away on the warships. Meantime Lord Corn wallis had surrendered at Yorlt town, Virginia, on October 19th. "An old map is an exceeding in teresting portrayer o£ history.” * * ★ WELCOME NOTE — Yesterday we were fortunate enough to re ceive a. kind note from Mr. Robert Scott, director of safety and in (Continued On Page 3, Col. 3) Flees Kidnaper Alice Dean Devine, popular 17 year-old higli school student oi Lodi. Calif., returned unharmed to her home after escaping from a kidnaper who tried to collect StO.OOO ransom from her father. She broke out of her bonds in a highway hotel while the abductor was telephoning her relatives. (AT Wirephoto). POLICE UNCOVER KIDNAPING CLUE West Coast Deputies Re tracing Abduction Trail ' From Lodi SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23— ifP)—J. W. (Jake) Ehrlich prom inent San Francisco attorney, announced tonight he would file suit against the Edward Devine family of Lodi for damages for the “false arrest” of Earl Shelton who, Ehrlich said, was held for nearly 12 hours as the “No. 1 suspect” in the kidnaping of Alice Dean Devine. LODI, Calif., Jan. 23 — fU.Rl— Sheriff's deputies uncovered im portant new evidence in the kid naping of Alice Devine today when the 17-year-old girl retraced with authorities the trail her abductor took last Monday night. Neither the sheriff nor police would divulge the nature of the new discoveries except to say Jgtrre. are several of them.” One was said to be highly impor tant. The 17-year-old high school sen ior who escaped by wriggling loose from her ropes in a Sacra mento hotel accompanied a police and sheriff’s office caravan over the route taken by the “talent scout’’ who said he was taking her to have her portrait painted. Police Chief Millard Fore said the evidence uncovered “substanti ates the chain of events related by this girl.” The caravan moved into the lonely country lane and Miss De vine pointed out where the swarthy (Continued On Page 3, Col. 5) WOULD-BE LEADER SENTENCED TO DIE Former SS Sergeant To Pay With Life For Recent Bomb Plot STUTTGART. Jan. 23. — (/Pi — Siegfried Kabus’ sardonic smile had turned to a whimper today as the once arrogant young Nazi realized that his grandiose scheme to revive Nazism in a fourth reich with himself as a second fuehrer had led him into a hangman’s noose. The 23-year-old former SS serge ant only sneered two days ago when an American military gov ernment court sentenced him to death for leading a gang of 11 Ger man terrorists in a program of bombing denazification courts. "I am sorry for myself,” he told reporters in his cell today. "I feel that I have been unjustly treated—treated like a criminal and I am far from being one. We only wanted to protest. We never meant to do any harm.” May And Three Officers From Munitions Combine \ Indicted At Washingtonf RUSSIANS BLOCK NEWEST DEMANDS Proposal That Small Na tions Have Full Share In Treaties Attacked LONDON. Jan. 23— (£>)—Soviet Russia opposed new demands of smaller nations for a full share in treaty making today with the declaration that the major powers "paid in blood” for the right to draft the peace treaties with Ger many and Austria, an American in formant said tonight. The informant said that Feodor T. Gousev, the Soviet delegate at the four-power deputy foreign min isters' council, asserted the Rus sian view during a sharp exchange with Col. W. R. Hodgson of.Aus , tralia, who demanded full partici pation by all active belligerents in the deputies’ deliberations. | American and Australian sources said Hodgson also asked that the council of foreign ministers en large the Potsdam agreement at their Moscow meeting in March to give the smaller powers an "ac tive part’' in control of Germany. The proposal, which Hodgson did not elaborate in detail, brought no immediate Big Power comment. The small nations have been invited to present their views to the deputies, who are making recommendations to be submitted to their chieftains for the Moscow meeting. There is no specific pro vision in instructions to the depu ties to give the smaller countries an equal share in the deliberations. Gousev said major decisions were left to the Big Powers during the war—a procedure he described as "necessary to achieve victory." The same procedure was essential in establishing peace, he said. Hodgson did not say exactly what role he felt smaller nations should play in Germany under a revised plan, which he said should serve as an "interim agreement,, pend ing final peace. (Continued On Page 3, Col. 4) trumanTrakes GOP COOPERATION Newsy Press Conference Discloses President’s Stand On Issues WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — (Jf) — President Truman today declared that his hoped-for cooperation from the GOP Congress is a fact. In that vein, he disclosed: 1. He is leaving entirely up to Congress the question of continu ing rent control beyond its pres ent June 30 expiration date, al though he thinks we ought to hold the line on rents. The matter of possible increases in the rent ceil ings similarly is one for Congress rather than the OPA, he believes. 2. He has a Republican under consideration for a vacancy on the federal communications commis sion. The prospective nominee' is Miss Marion Martin, formerly as sistant chairman of the Republi can national committee and head of its women's division. 3. He took no part in the row over continuing the special Senate war investigating committee which he headed as a Senator. The con tinuance, favored by Republicans and fought by Democrats, was vot ed yesterday. Mr. Truman com mented that it was a matter for the senate itself to decide. These remarks, at a chatty news conference, were in reply to ques tions which followed one as to “the status” of cooperation between the President and Congress. Mr. Tru man responded that the coopera tion is in effect, and is working right along. The matter of budget slashes pro posed by Republicans and other issues already drawn between the chief executive and the. new Con gress, however, were not brought up. On Foreign Affairs — The Presi dent was asked whether he would tell what he and Secretary of State Marshall discussed at their conference today. He replied laugh ingly that he would—that they dis cussed China, South America, Ger many, Palestine and a number of other things. Also: he has invited President Aleman of Mexico to conferences here; aid for Puerto Rico will be discussed at a cabinet meeting tomorrow; former Senator Mead (D-NY) is not under consid eration for a diplomatic appoint ment. Hannegan To Stay On Polities — Ailing Robert E.! Hannegan has returned looking fine and Mr. Truman urged him, first thing when he saw him, to stay on both as postmaster general and Democratic national chairman. He hopes Hannegan will, but the latter withheld any commitment pending further consultation with physicians. On Prices — Mr. Truman was very happy at the action of the Ford Motor company in reducing prices. He hopes a lot of other people will do so too. The final question dealt with the President’s attendance last night at the National Theater here, where pickets were protesting the man agement’s refusal to admit Neg roes. Mr. Truman said he did not know the theater was being picket-' ed, that he had been wanting to see "Blossom Time" for 20 years, and he just went to see it. Jury Charges Four Aimed To Defraud Goverment Attorney General Says Conviction Would Carry Fines Up To $10,000 And Jail Sentence; Ex-Solon Issues Denial WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Cl*)—A federal grand jury today indicted former Rep. Andrew J. May and three officials of the Garsson muni tions combine on charges that they “conspired and agreed together to defraud the United States.” Indicted with the wartime head of the house military committee were these three men from whom, the jury said. May “did agree to receive $53,634.07 for services rendered: Henry M. Garsson. He was de scribed by army officers in a senate inquiry last summer as "the brains” of the combine, which re ceived more than $78,000,000 in war contracts. Murray W. Garsson. A brother of Henry, his salary as a director of the Erie Basin Metal Products company, one of 19 firms in the combine, was shown by govern ment records to have been $161, 866. Joseph F. Freeman. He was Washington office manager of the combine and, according to a stenographer-witness in the senate inquiry, kept in frequent contact with May. Attorney General Clark, in an nouncing the indictments, said con viction could carry fines up to $10,000 and imprisonment for as long as two years. He said the law further provides that any person convicted under it shall "thereafter be incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the government of the United States.’’ May said today at his Prestons burg, Ky., home: "I air; not guilty, I have done nothing wrong, and have not violated any law. X will appear in court and ask for a speedy trial, at which I will completely vindi cate myself.” At Chicago, the Garssons were not available for comment. How ever, their attorney, Charles J. Margiotti, said at Pittsburgh that the trial will vindicate them. He added: “It will-also present to the coun try the record of the outstanding achievements of themselves and the corporations with which they were associated in the production of vital war material that contrib uted so much to our victory.” Freeman’s home in Washington reported he was not available for comment. Stricken In Capital May was defeated for re-election last fall after serving 16 years in the house. His doctors reported he suffered a heart attack last July. He is 71 years old. May never denied helping the Garssons get contracts—he said every congressman did the same thing—but he denied he ever got any money or favors from them. He said he was only trying to help the war effort. The grand jury saw differently. It spoke of “his personal pecuniary interest in the success” of the combine. On this point, the indictment said the accused had conspired togeth er to defraud the United States of its right to have the duties of the military chairman performed “free from unlawful impairment, obstruction, corruption, partiality, improper influence, bias, dis honesty and fraud.” The grand jury, as did the senate war investigating committee, went into the stories that May put pres sure on war department officials to give business to the Garssons. It charged that the defendants conspired to defraud the United States of its rights to have its of ficers "free to transact the official business of the United States un hindered, unhampered, unobstruct ed and unimpaired by the exertion upon them of dishonest, corrupt, (Continued On Page 3, Col. 3) SENCBA ADVANCES SUMMER PROGRAMS Group Hears Report From Special Roads Com mittee At Meeting The furthering of plans for the annual fishing rodeo and the en tire summer season featured a meeting of the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association in the Woodrow Wilson hut last night. Included in the business session was a report on the special roads committee designated at the Jan uary 9 meeting to investigate the possibility of obtaining better roads for the area. It was voted to commend the State Highway Commission for the progress made on the road leading from highway 17 to Holden’s beach and to request that the project be completed asj soon as possible. It was also decided to under take | a program of informing the peo-1 pie of New Hanora:. >na surround mg counties cis and pur- j poses ox in, n ana to ie quest tnei <"g me com-1 xng sum* success. A fin? o correia.e i luna-ra at ion mea on uje j group! jie, nugu MO1'* Trc at the e waiter BOTH CLAIMANTS BARRED BY BANK Rival Contenders For Geor gia Governorship Hit By New Move ATLANTA, Jan. 23 — (Ah—The j Fulton National Bank at Atlanta announced tonight it would refuse to honor checks drawn by either claimant of Georgia’s disputed governorship. The bank said it would begin independent court action to settle the controversy. The bank’s announcement came only a few hours after State Treasurer George B. Hamilton dis closed that conflicting claims over the governorship had tied j up state revenues and all opera ! tions of the state highway depart-* ment. The bank said: “In view of the confusion which exists throughout the state as to the governorship of Georgia, this bank has instructed its attorneys to- file court pro cedures for instructions as to the proper person to control the ac count of the executive department of Georgia.” The terse statement said until a court ruling was obtained “it is not the purpose of this bank to recognize either of the contend ing parties as entitled to control .this account.” The- kraut** added, that a $50 check upon the execu tive department account had been cashed earlier today “lhroug)» error, without the knowledge or approval of any officer of the bank.” In effect, the bank’s action pre vents Lieut.-Gov. M. E. Thompson from drawing any funds for oper ation of his "governor's” office, although $97,000 was turned over to him by retiring Gov. Ellis Arnall. Herman Talmadge. the other claimant, also is without funds. The bank did not say what form its litigation would take, but fi nancial sources said i't probably would be a petition for a declara tory judgment, as permitted under Georgia law. This would be filed in Fulton Superior (circuit) court in Atlanta, and could be heard in 20 days. DOG OWNERS IS PRISON SENT ¥CE Charges Follow Attack Of Dogs On Miami Woman, May 16,1945 MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 23 — (*)— Joseph Munn was sentenced to five years imprisonment Thursday on a charge of manslaughter grow ing out of the fatal attack of his pack of pit bull dogs on Mrs. Dor etta M. Zinke May 16. 1945. Defense attorney George Wor ley said he would ask a new trial and Judge Ben Willard set argu ments for Tuesday. Munn contir.u ‘ed at liberty under $5,000 bone1, pending the action. A six-man jury deliberated 65 minutes before convicting Munn. Judge Willard passed sentence immediately afterwards. County Solicitor Robert R. Tay lor described Munn’s dogs as "a pack of wolves” in closing the argument He charged that Munn (Continued On Page 3, Col. 61 And So To Bed They almost had a record. . . Mr and Mrs. R. C. Foun tain, 308 Harnett street, report ed yesterday they had in their possession a penny dated. 1826 Ben McDonald, Star-News round-the-town reporter broad cast the news on his 6:25 news cast and before the words had hardly left his lips, the Star telephone rang. . . The record was broken. Bradford Murray, 15-year-old son -of Sgt. “Red” Murray of the police department, called to report be had an indian head penr- bearing a date of 1822. and that’s not all. he had an other with 1824 inscribed on It. The story does not end here. Yeung Murray has a half dime piece minted in 1856 and goodness knows how many more old coins. The collection was given to him by his late grandfather. And So to Bed does net have I penny-one.