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N0- 9L______WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1861
Veteran Dies
in Hit-Run
Wreck Here
Robert Seigler, Student Al
College Center, Killed
In Accident
THREE MEN HELD
Inquest 01 Truck-Motor
cycle Crash Scheduled
For Thursday
An inquest into the death oi
Robert Seigler, 21-year-old Wil
mington youth killed in a truck
motorcycle crash at the intersec
jion 0f llth and Princess streets
yesterday, will be held Thursday
night at 7:30 in the grand jury
room, according to Asa W. Allen.
New Hanover county conorer.
Meanwhile, Randolph White,
Hegro. of 1109 Market street, is
being held in jail under $5000 bond
on a hit and run driving charge
and two other Negroes, Wheeler
Jones and Willie J. Pridgen, are
also in custody on charges ol be
ing accessories after the lac’ of
felony. Their bond has been set
at $1500 each.
According 10 witnesses to me
fatal accident. Seigler was pro
■eeding on Princess street toward
the city on a motorcycle, with
Charles H. Greer, 19, of Lake
Forest as a passenger. White, it
was reported, was traveling on
11th street and reached the inter
section of the two streets at about
the same time as Seigler.
The driver of the truck is then
alleged to have made a left turn
without checking his rate of speed
and the motorcycle, unable to
dodge the vehicle crashed into the
side of the truck, throwing Seigler
under the wheels.
Both riders of the motorcycle
were rushed to James Walker
Memorial hospital but Seigler died
shortly after reaching the emer
gency room. Greer suffered only
auperficial bruises in the wreck
and was released at the hospital.
White is charged with having
then left the scene with the
vehicle, later parking it in the
driveway of the Jones Transfer
and Storage company at 111 North
11th street.
Police found the death-vehicle
shortly thereafter, but reported
that all drivers for the firm denied
having been operating the truck
a*, the time of the crash. White was
placed under arrest a short time
later.
Seigler was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Seigler of 2017 Creesey
avenue and was a veteran of
World War II. A graduate of New
Hanover high school, he was a
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NEWPLANE CRASH
BARED IN CHINA
Twenty-Seven Feared Lost
As Second Vessel Is Re
ported Missing
SHANGHAI, China, Jan 28 — (U.RJ
- A China National Aviation
Corporation plane, with 27 persons
including li American and Canad
ian missionaries aboard, was miss
ing tonight between Hankow and
Chungking.
The plane, piloted by Capt. John
Papajik of New York City, is the
second CNAC plane to disappear
in the Chungking area within the
Past four days.
An intensive search is still on for
first plane, missing since Sat
urday with 19 persons aboard in
cluding Pilot J. M. Blackmore, of
Cos Angeles.
American and Canadian passen
gers aboard the latest missing air
hue1' are believed to include:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Vick, of
Rochester. N. Y., and two sons,
iheodore. 3. and Paul, 18 months.
The Vicks are connected with the
Chma Inland mission.
Mrs. Beatrice Kitchen of Canada,
*ho is connected with the United
Church of Canada.
Mrs. p. Miller, of Canada, and
“tfee children.
A Bishop and Mrs. Keith, (not
otherwise identified), believed to
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_VFW Official Greeted Upon Arrival In Wilmington
Representatives of local veterans’ organizations, civic clnbs and city and county officials were on hand to greet Louis E. Starr, na
tional commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, upon his arrival in Wilmington yesterdav. He was guest of honor at a luncheon at
the Cape Fear club and visited the Lake Forest housing area to inspect units to be purchased by i" v-’bers of Veterans Homes Incorporat
ed. Shown (at center) greeting Starr, wearing overcoat upon his arrival at Bluethenthal airport is E. C. Snead, Commander of the James
Manley post of the VFW. (CAROLINA CAMERA PHOTO)
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POLISH ELECTION
SCORED BY U. S.
State Department Charges
Failure To Allow Free
Voting
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. —(/Pi—
The United States today denounced
the Polish government’s conduct of
the January 19 national elections in
Poland but declared that it intends
to maintain a diplomatic mission
in Warsaw.
While thus rulirtg out any im
mediate likelihood of breaking dip
lomatic relations with Poland, the
United States reserved its “full
liberty of action to determine its
future attitude toward the govern
ment of Poland.”
There was no official indication
of what action might be taken, but
possibilities included economic
measures and even the recall of
Ambasador Arthur Bliss Lane.
Lane could be brought home for
“consultations” with no formal
diplomatic break.
A statement on Washington's view
of the Polish elections was issued
by the State department after be
ing approved by Secretary of State
Marshall. It was the first major
pronouncement on a question of
European political policy since
Marshall took office a week ago
and was exactly in line with earli
er declarations on Poland under
former Secretary James F. Byrnes.
The U. S. objection to the handl
ing of the election is based on
complaints that the government
suppressed democratic opposition
elements.
Lane Reports
The statement was issued after
receipts of reports from Ambas
sador Lane. The reports were de
scribed as “based upon the obser
vations of American officials who
visited a number of polish voting
centers.”
“These reports,” the State de
partment said, “were corroborated
by the general tenor of the dis
patches from foreign correspond
ents id Poland.
“It is clear that the' provisional
government did not confine its
self to the suppression of the so
called ‘underground’ but employed
widespread measures of coercior
and intimidation against democrat,
ic elements which were loyal to
Poland although not partisans of
the government ‘bloc.’ ”
The state department explained
that the United States considers
that the provisions of the Yalta
and Potsdam agreements, guaran
teeing free and unfettered elections
in Poland and acepted by the Polish
provisional government, have not
been fulfilled.
Russians Object
It was these agreements, the
statement brought out, which per
suaded the United States to estab
lish diplomatic relations with the
Polish government in the first
place. The agreements were^, sub
scribed to also by Britain and the
Soviet Union, and the American
statement noted that Russia had
rejected an American plea of Jan
uary 5 for a joint big three appeal
to the Polish government to end
what Washington considered repres
sive political practices.
The main contest in the January
19 voting was between the so
called bloc of government politi
cal parties under communist dom
ination and the Polish peasant
party led by Vice Premier Stanis
law Mikolajczyk. The Polish peas
ant party lost heavily.
The Polish government has taken
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V F W National Head
Lauds Housing Plan
Praise for the Veterans Homes
Incorporated project at Lake For
est was sounded by Louis E. Starr.
National commander of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, during a
visit to Wilmington yesterday.
Starr came to the city as the
guest of the local James A. Manley
Post of the VFW and was honor
ed at a luncheon in the Cape Fear
club with city and counly oficials
as well as representatives of vet
erans' organizations in attend
ance.
He also lauded the efforts of
VH1 officers in handling the nego
tiations for toe purchase of the
584 housing units from the Federal
Public Housing Authority, agents
of which are due in Wilmington
next week to handle the final
phases of the sale.
The appointment of General
George C. Marshall as Secretary
of State to succeed James F.
Byrnes also was praised by Starr.
He attributed . to Marshall' the
knowledge of military needs and
the affairs of state necessary to
the conduct of this country’* rela
tions with other nations.
Following the tour of the Lake
Forest area and the luncheon,
Starr, who was accompanied to
Wilmington by his son, Hal. and
David LeRoy. editor of the North
Carolina VFW Leader and former
Wilmington newspaperman, left
for Raleigh where he will address
an audience gathered to honor
Josephus Daniels, former Secre
tary of the Navy and ambassador
to Mexico.
STARR CITES DANGER
OF FOREIGN DOCTRINES
RALEIGH, Jan. 28—(IP)—The
gravest and most serious problem
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Day In Congress
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Taxes—Chairman Taber (R-NY)
of the House-Senate budget com
mittee. said he has found a way
to save $2,000,000,000 in a single
government department. The War,
Navy and Treasury departments
are the only departments with
budgets running over the two
billion mark. However, the Vet
erans administration is budgeted
for $7,343,000,000.
Taber said he is now shooting
for a cut of $4,500,000,000 to $5,000.
000,000 in President Truman’s $37.
500,000,000 budget to clear the way
for income-tax reductions.
Labor — Chairman Taft (R-Ohio)
of the Senate Labor committee
said the closed shop gives the
unions ‘‘such tremendous power”
over workers that Congress may
have to outlaw it. The alternative,
he said, is action to insure "democ
racy in unions.”
Secretary of Labor Schwellen
bach said the administration op
poses drastic labor law changes.
He predicted a big drop in work
stoppages.
Atomic — David E. Lilienthal,
chairman-designate of the atomic
energy commission, told a joint
congressional committee the na
tion must be careful about pub
lishing technical reports on atomic
energy, to prevent "leaks” on
secret American atom data.
Foreign Affairs — The GOP
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—
British Surgeon Cites
Cu re For Tired Feeling j
LONDON, Jan. 28. —(U.R)— Ons
of the best treatments for certain
kinds of tired businessmen is to
take out abdut one fifth of their
brains so they will be unencumber
ed by too much mental power.
This treatment was suggested to
day by Dr. A. Dickson Wright,1 a
mental surgeon who addressed the
Royal Society of Arts on a deli
cate brain operation called leuco
tomy.
Dr. Wright cited the case of a
London company director who had
that tired businessman feeling so
bad he went to a mental institution.
There an operation was perform
ed to “eliminate” one fifth of
his brain. .
Upon recovery, the director —
wi;h foui fifths of his brain work
ing in high gear — was made
chairman of the board.
“He could make decision faster
than any of us,” Dr. Wright quot
ed orie of the director’s colleagues
as saying. “We always leave im
portant decisions to him now.”
Thp director, according to Wright,
was just one of thousands of people
who are suffering from too much
.brains. The surgical art of tre
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The Weather
FORECAST
North and Soutn Carolina: Partly cloudj
and rather warm Wednesday. Thursday,
partly cloudy to cloudy and continues
warm.
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By * . S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological «data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30 a.m. 44; 7:30 a.m. 40; 1:30 p.m
69; 7:30 p.m. 57.
Maximum 69; Minimum 38; Mean 53;
Normal 46.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 95: 1:30 a.m. 100; 1:30 p.m.
38; 7:30 p.m. 74.
Precipitaion
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m.—
u 0 inches.
Total since the first of the month —
3.11 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey).
High Low
Wilmington ..2:37 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
2:59 p.m. 10:14 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet _ 12:11 a.m. 6:35 a.m.
12:31 p.m. 7:00 *
Sunrise rk 11; Sum**! 5Moon til ?
11:27 a.m. Moonset 12:02 a.m.
River River stage at Fayetteville, N.
C. at 8 a.m., Tuesday, 14.0 feet.
SENCBA OUTLINES
PLAN FOR SEASON
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Group Anticipating Larg
est Tourist Avalanche In
Highlights of the 1947 beach sea
son. as outlined by the Southeast
ern North Carolina Beach Associa
tion yesterday—in anticipation oi
the largest tourist year in the
history of the state—include a $15.
000 fishing rodeo, a state-wide fash
ion tour by a group of local models,
and possible steps to exploit the
excellent hunting available in this
area.
Divulging that the SENCBA is
acting to insure Southeastern
North Carolina its full share of the
$100,000,000 in tourist dollars which
it is estimated will be spent in
North Carolina in 1947, Louis B.
Orrell, SENCBA president, explain
ed that the beach association is
augmenting, on a localized scale,
the publicity efforts of the State
Department of Conservation and
Development.
SENCBA directors, working in
close cooperation with the Con
servation department, now are pre
paring a tourist folder and a book
let publicizing the 1947 fishing
rodeo for distribution along the At
lantic Seaboard.
Formally organized and in
corporated last Fall, SENCBA’s
board of directors is comprised of
two members from each of the
following towns and beach develop
ments: Wilmington, Wrightsville
Beach, Carolina Beach, Wilmington
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HOSTAGE JUDGE
FREED UNHARMED
Second Victim Of Holy
Land Underground Still
Held Captive
JERUSALEM, Jan. 28. —<£’)—A
. umpled, unshaven British judge,
still dressed in the dignified wig
and robes of his office was re
leased by his abductors tonight as
the police intensified their search
for a second British subject kid
naped by members of the Jewish
underground.
Judge Ralph Windham, who was
seized Monday from the bench in
his courtroom in Tel Aviv, describ
ed his captors as cordial, manner
ly people who were careful about
seeing that he had enough to eat
and read. They remained masked
at all times.
There were reports that the
second man, H .A. I. Collins, a
banker and former British army
officer, also had been released, but
police said these could not be con
firmed.
Collins was seized Sunday night
from his home in Jerusalem by
four men and a woman who
chloroformed him and carried him
into an ancient Moslem cemetery
containing a maze of catacombs.
Recalling that eyewitnesses told
police that Collins’ abductors
struck him on the head with an ax
handle, authorities speculated that
the underground' might hold him
for a longer time in order to treat
his injuries.
Shortly before Windham was re
leased, reliable informants in
jerusalem said the British had fix
ed a deadline of 5 p. m. tomorrow
for the invoking of statutory
martial law in certain sections ol
Palestine unless both the judge and
Collins were returned unharmed.
British authorities also drafted
plans to protect other civilians
from similar kidnapings.
Windham was taken by his cap
tors to a textile factory on the
outskirts of Ramat Gan and re
leased. Police immediately cord
oned off Ramat Gan, a suburb of
Tel Aviv, and began a search for
the judge’s kidnapers.
The judge was released about
five miles from the courtroom
where he was seized.
Coincidentally, Ramat Gan also
figured in the chain of events
which authorities said led up to
the kidnaping of Windham and
Collins.
Last May the police station in the
town was attacked and Dov Bela
Guner, ,33-year-old member of the
Jewish underground, was wounded
and captured. Subsequently Grun
er was sentenced to be hanged for
the attack—a sentence which has
not yet been carried out. The
police said other underground
members seized Windham and Col
lins in an effort to stave off their
comrade’s execution._
Along The Cape Fear
HIDDEN FORTUNES — Last
night a perfect copy of the Bay
Psalm book, the first book pub
lished in- the English colonies, was
sold at auction in New York City
for $151,000. The purchase price
set a new 'all-time high for the top
price over paid for a rare book
in this country.
The book was purchased by Dr.
A. S. W. Rosenbach, international
ly-known rare book dealer.
Dr. Rosenbach’s purchase for
$151,000 broke the record set in
1926 when he paid $106,000 for a
Gutenberg bible for Mrs. Edward
S. Harkness, who later donated the
book to Yale University library.
The book purchased last night
for the record-breaking sum is one
of eleven existing copies of the
psalm book, which was printed by
the Puritans in 1640 and adopted
by most of the congregations in the
Massachusetts Bay colony—lead
ing to its designation as the “Bay
Psalm book.”
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PAYS TO LOOK — Now should
someone raise the question as to
what has the Bay Psalm book got
to do with the Cape Fear area, we
can only offer this suggestion.
No doubt there are many, many
valuable books stored away and
gathering dust in many an attic
along the Cape Fear.
No one in Southeastern North
Carolina may be fortunate enough
to find a copy of the Bay Psalm
book among their belongings, but
think of the fun they can have
looking.
Many an interesting sidelight on
the history of the Old North State
may come to light if we would only
take the time to make a fairly
thorough search of that neglected
crate in the attic or basement.
Not so long ago, one kind reader
was thoughtful enough to call us
and tell us about a package of
old letters that he had uncovered
while getting ready to move his
residence. Being mostly of a per
sonal nature Along The Cape Fear
could not bring excerpts from the
latest find, called to our atten
tion.
• * *
PICTURES GALORE—There are
few residents of the Port City that
cannot boast photographs that are
now of general interest to ,all of
us with a love of Port City lore
Many readers have been mosl
generous in making such photo
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New Court Order Prevents
Sugar Rationing Collapse;
Truman To Visit Mexico
_i-——-.—---—i
ALEMAN TO PLAY
HOST IN CAPITAL
After Three Days Mexican
Leader To Return As
Guest Of President
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 — (iP)
President Truman will fly to Mex
ico City early in March for a
three-day visit with President
Miguel Aleman, who will return
the visit in Washington shortly
thereafter.
An announcement that the two
presidents will make the historic
exchange of visits was quickly in
terpreted here as a move to
cement good relations between the
American republics. Diplomatic
authorities said the journey will be
a “gesture oi good will’ toward
Mexico.
The two presidents are expeete.j
to discuss generally a broad range
of matters affecting the two coun
tries.
Some officials speculated that
among the questions most likely
to come up are the possibility ol
a U. S. Loan to help finance Mex
ico’s ambitious industrialization
and radio-building program, and
the current epidemic of hoof-and
mouth disease in Mexico.
Presidential^ Secretary Charles
G. Ross said that neither the
exact dates ol the trip, nor other
details, have been worked out yet.
He added, however, that the trip
“had been in the works for some
time.”
Informants in a position to know
said details ot tne flight were ar
ranged last fall by Secretary ol
the Treasury John W. Snyder.
Snyder discussed the possibility
of a presidential trip to Mexico
with Aleman, who was then presi
dent-elect and an invitation to Mr.
Truman resulted.
Mr. Truman has wanted to see
Mexico for a number oi years, it
was said. Eis trip will be the first
such journey to Mexico City by a
U. S. President.
The late President Roosevelt
visited Mexico by train April 20,
1943, when he met former Presi
dent Manuel Avila Camacho at
Monterrey.
Ross said that Mr. Truman is
expected to remain in, Mexico City
for about three days and will 1* it?
the trip across the Rio Grande by
plane.
This will be President Truman's
third trip outside the country since
taking office. He previously went
to Po.sdam for the Big Three con
ference in July. 1945 and vacation
ed in Bermuda last summer.
POLICE P NG
NEW DA NOTE
0 ** Styled Slayer (K Eliza
beth Short Seeks Sur
render Terms
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28.—(U.P.)
The self-styled slayer of Elizabeth
Short. 22-year-old “Black Dahlia'1
has sent a new note offering to
surrender “if I get 10 years,” po
lice reported today.
Just as in the case of four pre
vious notes, today's communica
tion was addressed to a news
paper, It said:
. “I will give up in Dahlia killing
if I get 10 years. Don’t try to find
me.”
The missive was on a single
sheet of paper and made up of
letters and words clipped from
newspaper headlines. It was mail
ed in Los Angeles last night.
Homicide Capt. Jack Donahoe
took the note for study by police
crime laboratory experts and said
he would treat this note also as
authentic until it is disproved.
Police chemist Ray Pinker’s
examination of the note showed
several hairs imbedded under the
cellulose tape used to stick the
letters to the paper.
Capt. Donahoe reported his of
fice was maintaining a “murder
watch” on telephone calls and
mail in the hope that the slayer
would keep his promise to sur
render at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
The veteran detective said he
obviously could not offer the killer
of Miss Short a 10-year jail term
for the brutal mutilation murder.
“But I’m ready to meet with the
killer any time at any place and
arrange for a surrender,” he said.
Capt. Donahoe said he placed
some hopes that the note received
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BILBO RECOVERING
AFTER SUCCESSFUL
OPERATION ON JAW
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. i8—
—Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, re
covering from an operation of
Jan. 30 on his jaw. was pro
nounced today completely free
of the effects of a malignant
growth, which was removed
from his mouth in a previous
operation.
The Senator is still under
treatment at Touro infirmary,
with a “No Visitors’’ sign hung
on his door. He is expected to
remain in the hospital for 10
days to two weeks longer.
Then in another month Bilbo
will return to the hospital for
work described by his surgeon
as plastic construction.
This would be in the nature
of reconstruction of the jaw
from wThieh a piece of dead
bone was removed in the sec
ond operation.
Meantime a contest over
seating the Senator in Wash
inrton has been held in abey
ance while he recovers his
health.
SO? ONS DISCUSS
BONUS FOR VETS
Southern Democrat? ^avor
More Assistance To
Servicemen
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2? :JP>
Talk of a bonus for s 1 e s of
World War II arose in the house
veterans committee today as it
went to work on a sta: k of legis
lation for former servicemen.
The committee approved unani
mously a bill to let veterans have
more time to reinstate their gov
ernment li e insurance po icies.
Sentiment for a bonus appeared
chiefly amo g southern democrats,
when the committee tack ed meas
I ures to enj or raise the c ilings on
the amount the government pavs
to veterans going to school or
learning jobs.
Rep. Rankin <D Miss!, former
■li-airn- -•* of the cwrtij.. . re
marked that milli-.ns of veterans
; Ere getting schooling, training,
loans and the like. But other mil
lions who had to come back and
sc right to work are getting noth
ing. he said. He added that a bonus
is the only way to close part of
the gap.
Rep. Allen fD-La! spoke up along
similar lin s.
Omar B. Ketchum, director of
the Velety s of Foreign Wars
legislative servi e told the com
mittee his organization had made
a study of the cost of the G. I
Bill of Rights, and:
“We have come to the conclu
sion it will eventually cos1 this na
tion approximately $20,00 '.(TO 000
and benefit substantial y 'ess than
7 000.000 veterans. Unless this con
gress pays adjusted service com
pensation <bo us>, the bulk of ve'
erans are going' to receive nothing
except the experience of having
sewed in World War II.”
The life insurance bill would
give the Veterans admiral tier
th" . ifht to reinstate policies with
out physical examination after
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T ACHERS’ GROUP
1 IUDS PAY STAND
Lennon And Kermon Prais
ed By Local Unit Of Edu
cation Association
New Hanover county’s legisla
tors. Representative R. M. Ker
mon and Senator Alton A. Len
non, were lauded for their efforts
in the legislation aimed at bringing
an increase in salary to teachers
during a recent meeting of local
teachers, it was learned last night.
The meeting of the local unit of
the North Carolina Education As
sociation was called by John L.
Glisson, president, for the purpose
of reviewing and discussnig the
legislative situation as it applies
to schools.
A discussion on the recent de
velopments was presented to the
group by Glisson and Mrs. Edyth
Winningham. chairman of the local
legislative committee.
Both commended the two New
Hanover legislators and expressed
[confidence in their future actions
toward teachers’ salaries._
Proposed Insurance Law
Changes Find Opposition
RALEIGH. Jan. 28 —III- Pro
posed legislation to revamp North
Carolina’s insurance lavs ran
into a storm of opposition at a
hearing here today.
More than a score of spokesmen
for banks, insurance companies,
building and loan associations,
mortgage loan firms and realtors
enthusiastically picked alleged
flaws in proposed bills drafted by
the commission on revision of the
North Carolina insurance laws.
Principal opposition was aimed
at proposal^ which would, in ef
lect, eliminate group-insurance
i coverage of memberg of profes
sional associations without a com
mon employer and stop the writ
ing of co-called ‘'controlled" in
surance business.
Views on the controversal mat
ters was aired at a public hear
ing conducted by the revision com
mission and attended by about
100 persons. Presiding over the
hearing was Desn R. H. Wattach
of the University of North Caro
lina Law School, chairman of the
revision commission.
The commission met tonight to
consider the views expressed at
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HEARING CALLED
FOR FEBRUARY 6
Temporary Victory Hand*
ed Down By Court Of
Appeals In Capital
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — (-W
OPA won a temporary victory to
day in its fight to save the sugat
rationing system from threatened
collapse.
The late-hour triumph came when
Chief Justice D. Lawrence Gronei
oi the U. S. Court ol Appeals grant
ed a stay of execution on a district
court order which OPA attorney *
said might result in junking th«
entire sugar rationing program.
Two other justices of the six
nan court of appeals, Henry V.
Edgerton and E Barrett Pretty
man. concurred in Justice Groner'i
action. A hearing was set for Feb.
7.
Earlier, the OPA had suffered an
initial setback when Federal Dist
rir Judge F. Dickinson Letts or
dered OPA to stop limiting sugai
supplies of industrial users unriei
the “wartime" formula.
The formula is based on the
a . ni of sugar used by a com
pany in previous years, thus de
termining how much its quota will
be in lime of shortages.
OPA argued that it had no other
basis on which to allot Sugar tc
industrial users, ind that if limits
were taken off that class of consum
ers tv ry ould bid in so mi'eh su
gar that the remaining supply
would not go around for household
use.
Judge Letts, uvei ruling the OPA
lea that his orie. would require
"complete abandonment of the
present system of sugar ration
ing." told the OPA it had two al
ternatives:
1. Develop a new system.
2. Continue the “invalid” pro
gram until the court of appeals
makes a decision.
Carl Auerbach, chief OPA coun
sel, immediately rushed to the
court of appeals to ask for the high
er court’s stay order after telling
Judge Letts that “irreparable dam
age to the public” would result
from the stop order.
The ruling fol'owed a suit by the
Moberly Milk products. Co.,' of
Mooerly, Mo,.'which con-undea that
j the “historical use” formula is il
legal under the war mobilization
! and reconversion act.
Raymond Dickey, attorney tor
the Moberly Co., told newsmen
the ruling prohibits OPA from al
locating sugar to sweeten condens
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GEORGIA RUSHING
NEW PRIMARY LAW
Tslmadge Forces Show
Power In Lower Houst
Of Stale Legislature
madge forces today shouted down
amendments to the White primary
bill and pushed'through initial sec
tions of the measure designed to
restrict Democratic primaries to
White voters.
A substitute for the Talmadge
backed White primary bill, which
would leave primaries under statu
tory control but tighten educa
tional qualifications of voters, was
ruled out of order in the House by
Speaker Fred Hand.
The lower branch voted 94 to *7
against cutting off debate on the
bill shortly before adjournment.
Work will be resumed on the mea
sure tomorrow morning.
While Talmadge leaders pushed
the White primary bill through the
lower branch. the dispute of rival
governors threatened an empty
pay-day for 2 -500 state employes.
Grinding out section after sec
tion voiding state control of future
primaries, the House repealed
Georgia’s unique county-unit sys
tem which for decades has given
political control to sparsely-settled
rural counties. Talmadge leaders
explained repeal was necessary to
restore the "White primary" and
bar Negroes from Georgia oaliot
boxes, but emphasized the system
was carried over in party regula
tions.
Tne ralmadge-sponsorea mea
sure removes primaries from
statutory regulation, and makes
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And So To Bed
Del McGowan, local musician
and operator of a service sta
tion, had qaite an experience
the other night.
He closed his station and
started for home. Near the
Wilmington air-park his car
sputtered to a stop. He was
out of gas. McGowan treked
to the nearest telephone and
put in a call for help. While
waiting for aid. he decided to
try again. This time the car
started. He called his thanks
to the owner of the telephone
and started on his way.
The motor purred, but It only
purred for about 15 yards,
when with a spit and sputter,
the car halted again. Thin
time. McGowan was really out
of fuel.
Another trek to again wake
the resident and pnt in another
I call. Help soon arrived an4 Del
l again was on his way.