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COMMITTEE KILLS VOTING MEASURE (Continued From Page One) to vote; and that maturity comes with responsibility. Enough Boards House judiciary two was tied, 8 to 8, on the funeral directors bill and chairman Moseley of Guilford cast the killing blow. Proponents, led by former Governor J. B. Broughton, said the bill would pro mote ethics. Committeemen who opposed it said there already were enough boards in the state,— 21. The maximum-hour, minimum pay bill evoked lengthy debate in committee. It was supported by Labor Commissioner Forrest Shu ford, and opposed by representa tives of industries who said it was too far-reaching and would give the labor commissioner too much power. . A measure to set a 48-hour wait -lng period between the time of ap plication for a marriage license 'and its issuance was introduced !by Rep. Mull of Cleveland. State ■wide, it would affect residents and 'non-residents. Both the Senate and tne House received bills calling for a constitu •tional amendment vote on the ques tion of eliminating clauses setting debt limitations for the state, coun ties and municipalities. ■ A bill by Rep. Umstead of Orange .would allow teachers an increment of $10 for five months for attend ing summer school for six weeks; and a $10 a month increment for nine months for those who go to rummer school for 12 weeks. - Under a measure by Reps. Hardi aon of Craven and Harris of Pamli jco, it would be a misdemeanor for tilling stations to operate between 10:30 a. m.. and 1 p. m„ on Sun day. The house was told bv Rep. •Worthington of Pitt that he had learned no change could be made in already announced tobacco ■quotas, so his joint resolution to petition authorities to cut the bright leaf quotas by 10 per cent in the face of a possible surplus and decreased foreign purchases ■was sent to the agriculture com mittee where it probably will die. COURT TO HOLD ; CRIMINAL TERM ! (Continued From Page One) -charged with the slaying of Julius -Franklin Henderson, at Gainey's Service station in Seagate, last fall. ” Other murder cases include: - Leon (Scooper) Gause, Negro, charged with the slaying of a ^Brunswick county farmer, Jim Wil liamson, last year. The trial was -ordered to New Hanover on a change of venue. He was convicted here and sentenced to die in the state’s gas chamber at Raleigh. ■ However, a review of his case by the Supreme Court sent it back to the lower court for a new trial. • Burney Smith, Wilmington Negro. Is scheduled to go on trial charged With the slaying of Elmer Stukes about three weeks ago. According to officers, Smith allegedly shot Stukes after an argument. Smith later gave himself up, and said that he shot Stukes in self defense. % ■ The fourth case, is one charging Thomas J. Pittman with the fatal Wounding of Leroy Williams, both Negroes, in Love’s Alley here on ■Jan. 13, 1941. ' After the alleged shooting, offi cers said, Pittman fled the state and was apprehended in Washing ton, D. C. He was returned to Wil mington Jan. 3 by Sheriff’s depu ties. TRUMAN SELECTS NEW AMBASSADOR (Continued From Page One) Zinsser, and three children, Stuart, peter and Sharman. He studied at Amherst, college' end Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at one time in his career he also taught at Amherst. He is a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation General Education board, of the Institute for Advanced Study at Amherst, and of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is .presi dent and a trustee of the Academy 6f Political Scier'e. A veteran of World War I, he law action in France in the Ar gonne and Flanders and was dec orated for gallantry. DOUGLAS SURPRISED AT HIS APPOINTMENT NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Upi—De claring that his appointment as ambassador to Great. Britain came as a complete surprise, Lewis W. Douglas, 52-year-old Arizonan, said today he accepted the appointment because he considered it a great honor and "a duty." He said at a news conference that the offer to represent the United States at the Court of St. James’ was tendered to him by telephone by Secretary of State Marshal at the request of Presi dent Truman, and that after sever al days of consideration at his Arizona home he accepted. Douglas said he probably would go to Washington for a briefing on the British situation and the tasks involved in his new post. He in dicated he would leave for Eng land immediately thereafter. • Touching on Britain’s present economic crisis Douglas declared that the economic position not only cf Britain but of all important enuntries was of "profound con sequence to all the world.” He expressed belief that Bri tain’s current crisis stemmed di rectly from “exactions on all re sources, human and otherwise, and the terrific suffering during t) ' last war.” Douglas, who is president of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, said he submitted his resignation today before his itame had been submitted for the approval of the senate. Were Sterne ~h Dicer Pains Na«deon's Waterloo? The great Napoleon who conquered na trons was himself a victim of after-cat* ing pains. Those who are dlstrata#d V' h stomach or ulcer pains, lndigeation, pains, heartburn, burning sensation, bl at rnd other conditions caused by excess acid should try Udga. Get a 25c box cf Udga Tablets from your druggist. **]r t dose must convince or return box tf' mh and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY I- Ci . Saunders Drug Store and Drug sio.es everywhere. Giving Final D rive Instructions H. R. Emory, chairman public employees division and Miss Marian Everette, representative of the National Red Cross, Southeastern area, are pictured as they gave final instructions to workers in the city, county, federal and school employe group yesterday during their kickoff meeting for the 1947 Red Cross fund campaign. (PHOTO BY CAROLINA CAMERA). TALMADGE FOES FORM NEW PARTY _ ! (Continued From Page One) any tribunal “except that establish ed by those now in control.” The white primary law was pass ed by the legislature last week. It freed the party primaries from state control and left them to rules and regulations formulated by the party. Continuing the attack, the reso lution said the act “denies to those who participate in such primary the protection of the laws, or re course to any tribunal except that established by those now in con trol, who, like all tyrants, make the rules, interpret the rules, obey the rules or violate the rules, ac cording to their own whims and interests.” Spearhead of the reorganization movement was the Aroused Citi zens of Georgia, political faction organized last month to contest Talmadge’s claim to the Governor ship based on his election by the legislature after the death of his father, governor-elect Eugene Tal madge . The group is supporting the claim of Lt. Gov. M. E Thomp son, which goes before the state Supreme court next month. But there was no indication Thompson had a.hand in the rival party group. Publisher William C. Morris of the Augusta Chronicle, member of the House of Representatives, was elected temporary chairman of the pairty group. Morris was elected to the legislature last year, de feating Roy Harris, former speak er and now chief aide to Talmadge. An informed source indicated Negroes would be permitted to vote in the primaries of the reorganized group but there was no official an nouncement. SMALLER INCOME TAX SLASH SEEN (Continued From Page One) than $750,000,000 away from the two services, if that much. Involved also were the questions of how much of any savings should be turned into reduction of the na tional debt and how much should be used to counterbalance a slice in individual income taxes. Chairman Knutson has proposed a 20 per cent tax cut, which would use up $3,500,000,000 of the spread between income and expenditures. Taft has proposed the same over all amount, but has said no tax reduction should become effective before July 1. Senator Barkley (D.-Ky.), the minority leader, spearheaded argu ments of several Democrats in de bate that the Federal budget should be balanced and the public debt reduced before there is any cut in taxes. Barkley asserted the House-ap proved $6,000,000,000 spending re duction would cripple national de fense. Final adoption of a resolution by the Senate to trim president Tru man's $37,500,000,000 budget esti mated by $4,500,000,000 will neces sitate sending the conflicting econ omy promises of Senate and House to a conference committee. Taft predicted to a reporter a compromise figure of $5,000,000, 000 or slightly more would be reach ed. The Senate vote put it on record as saying that government costs shall be reduced to $33,000,000,000. There is a tacit understanding — but no specific stipulation—among Senators that under a $4,500,000, 000 reduction only a relatively small amount would come out of the $11,200,000,000 President Tru man allotted to the Army and Navy. The House pledge to whittle spending back to $31,500,000,000, however, is understood to require a cut of $2,250,000,000 in military and civil functions of the armed services. Turn In Weapons BERLIN, Feb. 26—(/P)—Germans ' in Uie U. S. occupation zone turn ed in 9,270 firearms and more than 252,000 rounds of ammunition, near-1 ly enough to equip an infantry di- j vision, during a recent weapons amnesty, nri official announce ment ssi# tedr.y. The round-qp of weapons in Illegal possession of Germans pre ceded by two weeks the smashing of a widespread nafcl underground movemrni In the western zones of Germany. Three light bomb throwers and 31 submachine guns were among | the modem weapons turned in. Along The Cape Fear (Continued From Page One) we were under the impression that only the state pay going to teach ers was determined by the gen tlemen meeting in Raleigh. The question raised is an in teresting one and we hope we can soon bring an answer to the reader who was gracious enough to call. * * * OUTLOOK BRIGHTER—Definite plans have been launched for an Azalea Festival here next year. We have long been a strong sup porter of such a special event for the Port City. Many tourists and newcomers to our city have pointed out how we fail to take advantage of the great attraction that Wilmington has in Greenfield Park. The flowers there compare with any found in the South. And re member, it will not be long before they will be at the height of their glory. So don’t forget to mention the grand attraction we have in our thousands and thousands of azaleas in every letter you write to a friend living outside of the Port City. And when all the other sug gested special events have been re vived here, we might get around to bringing back the No. 1 attrac tion of the Port City. The Feast of The Pirates. RESORT DRAFTS EASTER PROGRAM Speaker For Sunrise Serv ices To Be Selected At Carolina Beach -- Final plans were drafted last night for the Carolina Beach Easter Sunrise service, it was announc ed by the Rev. Ben B. Ussery, pastor of the Baptist church. Mr. Ussery, acting chairman of the program committee in the ab sence of Glenn Tucker, said that the main speaker had not yet been decided upon. However, the speak er was expected to be selected Friday. The service will be held at the end of Hooper Ave. Music for the occasion will be furnished by the various church choirs of the vil lage. He said plans call for the erec tion of a platform on the strand with a cross behind the platform. Outside of the town crosses will be placed on the side of the high way, carrying out the theme, “Follow the Cross.” Mr. Ussery said that the com mittee hoped to interest both Wil mington radio stations in carrying the program. Meanwhile, he said that plans call for the erection of an amplifying system to carry the story over the community. PIPE CONCEALED GOERING CAPSULE Nazi Leader Kept Lethal Cartridge In Outlet Of Commode NUERNBERG, Germany, Feb. 26 — U¥) —Hermann Goering manage^ to cheat the hangman because he knew more about Ger man plumbing than his American captors, a reliable source disclos ed today. The informant said that the former reichsmarshal managed to commit suicide in Nuernberg jail last October by taking poison which he had hidden in the toilet in his cell—a toilet which differed from those in the United States. Goering bragged about out smarting the Americans, in a fare well letter to Col. B. C. Andrus, then the prison commandant, the source said- He gave the following version of that still unpublished letter: Goering entered Nuernberg with the poison concealed rectally. As soon as he was in his cell, he decided the German-type com mode would be the safest plac'c to hide a metal cartridge contain ing a vial of prussic acid. There was a slight hump in the outlet pipe through which the wa ter flushed and Goering gambled that the humpl was high enough and the metal cartridge heavy enough so the container would not flush out. He put the cartridge in the recess and flushed the toilet experimentally several times. The cartridge stayed there. Goering carried the cartridge to the courtroom with him many times, and his luck held. Although his cell was changed abruptly five different times in his absence, each time he had the cartridge with him. Sometimes he carried the vial in his uniform pocket, sometimes rectally, and once or twice em bedded it in the navel cavity. He never told anyone about it even his wife—but he assured her | he would never die on the gallows. | The cartridge, green from cor ! rosion, was found beside Goering's l body when they came to take him ' to the gallows. The first steam engines were used chiefly in pumping opera tions. GROUNDED CRAFT REPORTED SAFE BY COAST GUARD Coast Guard headquarters in Norfolk last night said the schoon er, “Night Witch,’’ which is aground off Topsail Point, is in no immediate danger. The report said that the cutter “Agassiz” had been dispatched from Norflok to the scene to of fer any assistance that may be needed. Headquarters said that due to the shallow water at this point they had been unable to reach the grounded vessel. An attempt will be made this morning, they said, to reach the two-master which went aground yesterday. clueIntroduced IN SLAVERY CASE Servant Held By Family For 30 Years, FBI Charges LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 —(U.R) — Mrs. Richard Roberts, wife of a Berkeley, Cal., research engineer, told a federal grand jury today that her mother held a tiny Negro ser vant in slavery for 30 years, al legedly because of an indiscreet act with a member of the family. The servant, Dora L. Jones, 57, , was held in a secret San Diego hideaway as a material witness against Alfred Wesley Ingalls, 64. retired Massachusetts lawyer and legislator, and his wife Mira Eliz abeth, 62. 1 The Ingalls were arrested in San Diego yesterday on a slavery charge and released under $2500 bail each. Deputy U. S. Atty. Wil liam Ritzi indicated he would not ask for indictments until after next Wednesday’s grand jury meeting to permit introduction of new evi dence. FBI agents said Mrs. Ingalls had kept the woman in penniless servi tude for 30 years. “I’ve known about it since I was born. Dora was my nurse,’’ said Mrs. Roberts, who came here to testify. She first realized something w’as wrong, she said, when she was quite young and living at the fam ily home in Lynn, Mass. "it was wnen i first went to puo lic school and learned that people who work earn salaries,” she said. “I thought the way Dora was being treated wasn’t right and I told my mother so. She told me that spe cial circumstances made this case right, but she never told me why.” Taking her ease lor the first time since 1918, the five-foot, 90-pound Negro woman was hidden away in a San Diego home. The FBI will keep her hidden until the case, one of the first in California involving slavery since the Civil War, can be heard. For years she has not spoken to anyone except members of the fam ily. Police said she was fairly intel ligent but cowered before them ana answered questions timidly. ’She had practically no recrea tion and no friends.” said Mrs. Roberts. "When I asked her why she put up with the treatment she got she said sne was afraid.” Mrs. Roberts said she once heard screams, entered a room and found Dora badly scratched. The Negro woman told officers she worked 16 hours a day at . _u.s in the Lynn and Cor onado. Cal., Ingalls’ homes. When she was brought to California last year she was forced to sleep in the family ear or bathrooms at stops along” the way. She said she was employed as a maid by Mrs, In galls in 1908. Mrs. Ingalls, then married to Wa’ter Harmon, was her former teacher. George III ot England created or revived 234 peerages of the United Kingdom, excluding Ireland. The Weather *eo. 20 — (>P; — Weatner ouieuu lt^oit or iciu^waiure and rmnian 101 me 2-i noui* ending 8 p. m. in tne principal cotton growing areas and elsewneie: STATION High Low Precip. WILMINGTON- 4o 29 - Alpena- 27 20 —— Asneviile - 29 18 Atlanta - 43 21 - Atlantic City- 38 30 - Birmingham-— 46 lb - Boston - 40 31 Buiialo_ 28 25 .07 Burlington-31 23 - Chattanooga - 41 20 - Chicago - -—- 32 23 .01 Cleveland - 32 25 - Dallas __— 39 31 - Denver - y ■! *07 Detroit- 30 26 - Duluth-16 2 — Ell Paso-— 40 - Port Worth_ 37 29 - Galveston -— 45 40 .01 Jacksonville —- 55 32 - Kansas City-32 18 - Key West_60 # 57 - Knoxville -—-- 34 20 - Los Angeles-— — 51 - Louisville_ 32 26 - Memphis___ 40 23 —— Meridian -_-_— 49 23 - Miami _ 72 44 —— Minn.-St. Paul-19 11 - Mobile _L-51 34 - Montgomery _ — 24 - New Orleans_ 44 41 - New York _ 38 30 - Norfolk_ 43 30 - Philadelphia _ 37 29 - Phoenix _— 49 - Pittsburgh _ 30 25 .09 Portland, Me._ 37 26 - Richmond _ 42 26 - St. Louis _ 35 23 - San Antonio_ 46 39 - San Francisco__ — 45 - Savannah_ 52 28 - Seattle _ 54 37 - Tampa _&7 43, - Washington_ 39 24 - BEGIANS RIOT IN BRUSSELS (Continued From Page One) ly fell backwards through a large plate glass window’ of a store front. Another cluster standing on top oi an automobile dropped inside when the roof collapsed. Automobiles were overturned, and the gendarmes opened ranks before the rush of the mob. At that moment mounted police charged. The horses reared high and crashed into thg pack of peo ple. The force of the charge was spent after gaining a few feet. The cavalrymen fell back, and the tor rent of humanity poured into Parli' ament Square. New lines of mounted troops and armored cars with machineguns waited there behind the closed iron spiked gates. A volley of shots and the chatter of machinegun fire split through the roar. The firing appear ed aimed over the heads of the crowd, but men sprawled on the wet cobblestones. The mob reached as far as the gates but could go no farther. One cabinet member, Albert Martinequx, minister of health, was injured when he attempted to leave the building and was struck in the mouth by a club. He hastily retreat ed inside. De Fraiteur, himself a former prisoner of war, told the cabinet, “Nobody regrets it more than I, and I do not blame the people. They have been waiting for more1 than two years for the remainder of the promised payment.” He said the total outstanding pay ment would be 4,000,000,000 francs ($90,000,000!. Prime Minister Camille Huys man said the Government already had paid out 7.500,000,000 francs ($170,000,000'!, and issued an order forbidding another demonstration scheduled for Sunday. FOUR ACCUSED IN EXTORTION PLOT (Continued From Page One) police, are Eugene Morrosco, 38, a member of the board of the Wayne county CIO council, and ! Mike Rubino, 46, who police said had been questioned in a 1944 gangland-style slaying. When filing his $100,000 false ar rest suit, McManus expressed be lief the extortion charge was in spired by union politics. He ■eeks re-election to ‘his UAW of fice. He said he believed an effort was being made to "discredit” him. Uncle Bud Says: (By Bill Baldwin) Mlire Those people who want a third party forget that two’s company, three’s a crowd. WHITE HOUSE MEET SET FOR TODAY (Continued From Page One) the war. So the port business was crippled. The lack of convoys in itself took away business. Now the state wants to recoup.” He added it would cost the com mission between $250,000 and $500, 000 to maintain the yards in stand by manner. If they were sold to the ports authority, he said, the state agency would be responsible for maintenance and “the govern ment would save this expense.” Starch is 80 percent of the total dry substance in corn. BEVIN MISTAKEN, TRUMAN ASSERTS America Not Motivated By Politics In Attitude To> ward Palestine WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 — (A>) - The White House, replying to Brit ish Foreign Minister Bevin, said today that America’s interest in Palestine has nothing to do with politics and that Bevin was wrong in hinting that President Truman was political-minded in urging entry of Jews into the Holy Land. “Unfortunate and misleading,” wae the way a White House state ment described the impression given by Bevin. Bevin was not mentioned by name, but the statement cited “yesterday’s debate in the British parliament.” It was then that Bevin said Pres ident Truman “spoiled” Palestine negotiations last October by issu ing a call, during the congressional campaigns, for the' immediate en try of 100,000 Jews into Palestine. Bevin had added: “I really must point out that in the internationel affairs, I can not settle things if my problem is made the subject of local elec tions.” The White House had been silent until Press Secretary Charles G. Ross late in the day issued the statement asserting: “The impression that has arisen from yesterday’s debate in the British parliament, that America’s interest in Palestine and the settle ment of Jews there is motvated by partisan and local politics is most unfortunate amd misleading.” The White House said Mr Tru First Showing In MfpW T^Tf North Carolina - - STARTS SUNDAY — FOR ENTIRE WEEK! I'll J J ‘Its plain sexiness has seldom been ' *-- HolIywoodT FIRST RUN PRICES H7jf»Ti?NTrl first time IN WILMINGTON ! TODAY Thru SAT. 2a CINTURY FOX JOHN JONE PAYNE • HAVER.. WakeVjp And Dream , „KtnKiaiml CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD • Connie Marshall*John Ireland Directed by LLOYD BACON • Produced by WALTER MOROSCO -FIRST RUN FRICKS—THIS WEEK MAT. 10:45 to 5:30 P. M. 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