ROBESON HIKES
R VARD BY $400
Commissioners In Special
Session Increase
Amount Offered
Special To The Star
LUMBERTON, March 14. — Ap
propriating $400, the Robeson coun
ty commissioners in special ses
sion tonight raised to $1,000 the
reward now standing for the arrest
and conviction of the slayer of
Mrs. Frank Roberts last Sunday
night at her home in the Barker
Ten Mile community of the county.
The commissioners’ appropria
tion supplements $600 in reward
money previously subscribed by
citizens of the community, hun
dreds of whom have joined with
law enforcement officials in a wide
spread search for missing Johnnie
Jones, 28, Negro, the suspected
slayer.
The charred body of the farm
wife was found beside a burning
haystack at the Roberts home by a
nine-year-old son upon his arrival
home from church.
The Roberts home is situated 10
miles from here.
Jones, the suspected slayer, had
been employed as a farmhand in
the Barker-Ten Mile community.
Upon investigation, it was learn
ed by Sheriff W. C. Britt and other
officers that Jones, evidently a
short time after the slaying of
Mrs. Roberts, had gone to his
home at a rooming house in the
community and changed clothes.
The search for Jones has extend
ed into several states.
Sheriff Britt made it clear to
night that the $1,000 reward, which
is in his possession, will be paid to
the person or persons responsible
for the arrest and conviction of the
•layer.
Law enforcement officers, how
ever, are not eligible to share in the
reward money, he said.
CAPLGRAYASKS
$10,000,000 CASH
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can ship was boarded by Dutch
sailors and marines and escorted
forcibly to Batavia by a Nether
lands Indies destroyer.
The cargo, including rubber,
sugar and chichona bark (quinine)
had been consigned by Indonesian
Republican groups from the Repub
lican-held territory of Java. Dutch
authorities in Java declared the
cargo legally belonged to European
planters who had been prevented
from returning to their properties
since the end of the war with Ja
pan. The Indonesians claimed the
cargo consisted of products raised
by Indonesians in the absence of
European proprietors.
At Batavia. Capt. Rudy Gray,
master of the Martin Behrman,
and six members of his crew sub
mitted today a 12,000-word protest
to the United States consul for
forwarding to the Dutch Indies gov
ernment. The protest asked dam
ages totaling $10,000,000 for the
ship’s operators, the Isbrandtsen
company of New York, and mem
bers of the crew.
RED CROSS DRIVE
TOPS QUOTA HERE
(Continued From Page One)
McMillan Buick company, 110 per
cent; Terminal Oil company, 100
per cent; Singer Sewing Machine
company, 110 per cent; State Dis
tributing company, 100 per cent;
Saunder’s Drug store, 100 per c§nt.
Public Employees — U. S. Mari
time Commission, 149 per cent;
Y. M, C. A., 133 per cent; N. C.
Employment Service, 166 per cent.
Public Service — Mayflower
Cafe, 171 per cent.
Industrial — Alexander Sprunt
and Sons, Inc., 242 per cent.
DRIVE RETURNS
Division Goal Raised
Am’t
Downtown_ 900 1,321.50
Residential _ 1,000 2,323.71
County - 850 1,368.03
Neiiro- 900 75.00
Railroad - 2,100 2,628.50
Industrial_ 800 456.55
Public service _ 1,000 588.19
Public employes_ 2,000 2,354.89
Advance gifts_ 10,000 13,183.50
TOTALS_$21,253 $25,887.12
TODAY IS FINAL
FOR REGISTE NG
(Continued From Page One)
tuberculosis sanatorium, New Han
over county has on hand an unap
propriated sum of $100,000 which
is available for the building, equip
ping or purchasing of sanatorium
property, provided that the vot
ers approve such use of this money.
In addition, the referendum will
determine whether the New Han
over county commissioners shall
have the authority to levy a spec
ial annual property tax not in ex
cess of five cents on the $100 valu
ation for hospital maintenance.
In the special election, voters
will ballot for or against the levy
for the proposed county junior
college; they will also vote for or
against use of the $100,000 pro
posed for the tuberculosis sana
torium; and they will also vote
for or against the special levy for
maintenance of the sanatorium.
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Shows Gratitude
Greek Minister of the Interior
George Papandreou (above), voic
ing his government’s view on
President Truman’s speech before
a joint session of Congress, told
newsmen in Athens that, “we wish
to express the profound gratitude
of the nation.’’ (AP Wirephoto).
COMPANY STARTS
N V TEST WEL
Carolina Petroleum Spuds
In Eighth Wildcat Op
eration In State
MERITT, March 14 _ UP) —The
Carolina Petroleum company
resumed drilling on its eighth
wildcat well in Eastern North
Carolina today in its search for
oil and gas in commercial quanti
ties.
The current operation is located
two miles east of this rural village
in Pamlico county. It was spudded
in and drilled 10 feet Tuesday be
fore shutting down to set pipe.
Officials of the company said
they expected to sink about 20
wells in this section of the state
and would continue to explore un
til it was definitely determined
whether commercial quantities of
oil and gas could be found here.
Drillers Confident
The drilling officials are confi
dent that there is some oil and
gas hidden below the surface in
these parts. Five of the wells
drilled in the Merrimon section of
Carteret county since last April
have had showings of oil and gas.
The present well is located a
cross the Neuse river some seven
miles north of the most northerly
well in Carteret. Officials expect
to complete the well in about 10
days. It will be bottomed between
3,500 and 4,000 feet.
There is no commercial oil pro
duction in North Carolina now.
TODAY I
and
TOMORROW
(Continued from Page One)
The decisions which have to be
taken here in Washington trans
scend altogether those which Mr.
Molotov is raising and Secretary
Marshall is allowing himself to be
persuaded—by Mr. Byrne's old
team—that he must deal with.
Here in Washington the decisions
call for an estimate of how the
total military and financial re
sources, that can be made avail
able, may most effectively be ap
plied to meet demands which
arise from every quarter of the
globe.
Never was it so necessary to
budget our means and our com
mitments. Never was it so neces
sary t o define our commitments
by a unified strategical con
ception as to where our available
power, prestige, money and ex
pertness, which are not unlimited,
can be invested with the best
prospect of achieving the. best
that is judged to be possible. Con
gress cannot do this. It can be
done only by the combined and
continuing study and con
sideration o f the highest respon
sible officials of the State Depart
ment, the armed services, the
chief financial and economic de
partments of the government.
It is true that Mr. Byrnes had
premised to go to Moscow and to
continue with Mr. Molotov and
Mr. Bevin the diplomatic trench
warfare which they carried on
oyer the minor treaties while the
situation throughout the rest of
the world deteriorated. But when
Mr. Byrnes made that promise
which Mr. Marshall has felt con
strained to honor, he did not
know that the United States would
be faced with the issues which
now face it.
Perhaps if we had had an am
bassador in London, and if Brit
ish-American diplomacy had been
at the high level of real communi
cation which existed during the
war the Administration here
would have seen to it that so
great a decision did not have to
be taken so suddenly, and with
the Secretary of State debating
secondary questions with Mr.
Molotov in Moscow.
A case could be made, even at
this time, for Secretary Mar
shall’s presence in Moscow ’f his
time and energy were devoted to
a discussion with Stalin and the
heads of the Soviet government
of the great issues which havfc to
be decided n o w in Washington.
But no case, it seems to me, can
be made for a stubborn and
tedious negotiation with Mr. Mol
otov, which represents and con
tinues the lamentable history of
what it is gross flattery to call
peace-making. If that is the only
way we c a n negotiate with the
Soviet government, then men—
men with constitutions of iron
and the patience of J o b—should
be specially selected for it, and
delegated to the task, it being 1
understood that iney can afford to
devote their whole time to it, be
cause they have no other and
greater responsibilities.
Copyright, 1947, New York Tribune
Inc
I Along The Cape Fear
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the certain extension o f this
Wilmington line to Asheville, the
general junction of Westel-n North
Carolina, but it has brought us
into direct connection, cross-cut
with two of the great systems of
South Atlantic and Southwestern
inter - communication, the Sea
board Air Line, and the Richmond
and Danville System and connect
ions.
• • •
UNSURPASSED — “The Wil
mington, Columbia and Augusta,
as the old Wilmington and Man
chester Railroad was likewise
reorganized and re - invigorated,
extended and developed, until it
is now a perfect system of com
munication between Wilming
ton and sister South Atlantic and
Gulf ports,
‘‘The Wilmington and Weldon,
the parent scheme of our internal
improvement system, has been
stimulated and developed, until
as the central link in the great
Atlantic Coast Line, it stands
almost unrivalled, and absolutely
unsurpassed in the category of
American railroads,” the article
of 1889 points out.
As for the development of
famous feeder lines, we will have
more to say about that at a later
date.
NAVAL RESERVE
UNIT ENTERTAINED
Chief J. P. Wheeler Wins
Award For Naming
New Paper
Approximately 200 officers and
men and their wives were present
last night at the United States
Naval Reserve banquet dance held
in the Club Ambassador.
Speakers of the evening were
Lt. Comdr. John H. Wilson, com
mander of the organized Surface
Division 6-29, and Lt. Henry C.
Bost, head of the local Naval Re
serve office.
During the evening Chief J. P.
Wheeler was presented the award
for naming the official newspaper
of the unit. The paper’s name will
be the “River Rider” and the
award was made by Lt. B. S.
Solomon.
Chief R. D. Willets, who acted as
master of ceremonies for the oc
casion, was presented a silver
baby cup for his new son as a gift
from the Organized Surface Divi
sion. The pfesentation was made
by David Peterson.
Mrs. J. H. Uhlmer and Sl/c
Walter King were the recipients
of the guest prizes.
MASTER, CREWMEN
TAKEN OFF SHIP
(Continued From Page One)
were still being hunted by search
planes from Midway.
The master, previously identi
fied as R. J. Mahoney of Corpus
Christi, Tex., and his Chief Mate,
M. E. Taylor, were reported in
jured and were under treatment
in the General Gordon’s hospital.
Others rescued were listed by
the St. Johns Victory as Second
Mate R. W. Reed, Third Mate A
Whalen, Junior Third Mate Es
singer, Purser R. B. Reed,
Steward S. T. Rodgers, Able Sea
man Cheng Chin-mai, Ordinary
Seaman Chin Chon-yen, and Ra
dioman H. F. Weir.
Twenty-two other members of
the Fort Dearborn’s crew were
last reported still aboard the after
section of their broken vessel, but
had started engines so they could
ride out the waves while rescue
attempts continued.
Heads For Port
Meanwhile, the freighter Robert
S. Broussard, which had sent a
distress signal after experiencing
engine .rouble in the same general
area, was reported proceeding to
ward Honolulu under her own
power.
The freighter Telfair Stockton
was standing by the stern section
of the Fort Dearborn.
U. S. SIGNS PACT
ON ISLAND BASES
(Continued From Page One)
designed as military bases, include
Palawan Air Base; Camp John
Hay, a leave and recreation center
at Gabuio, Northern Luzon; a car
go terminal and training center on
Bataan; an air force cemetery at
San Francisco Del Monte, Rizal
province; and a number of com
munications and navigational fa
cilities.
Port Of Manila
Special provision is made for
Army and Navy use of a portion of
the Manila port area on the same
basis as any private installation.
Scheduled for later development,
it was learned authoritatively. Are
these Class B sites.
Mactan Island; Florida Blanca,
Pampanga province; Aparri Na
val station; and Camp Wallace,
San Fernando, Pampanga.
Such famous old military estab
lishments as Ft. McKinley, now
13th Air Force headquarters, and
Nichols Field pass to Philippines
control, but it was announced that
there would be a transitional period
in which such places would be
considered temporary installations.
NEW YORK STATE
HAS TOUGH BILL
(Continued From Page One)
the pre-strike level for three
years.
Striking employes also would
lose “tenure” for five years, thus
removing guarantees that they
would not be summarily dismiss
ed.
The State assembly passed the
controversial measure, 92-54, ear
ly today after Dewey’s legislative
lieutenants succeeded in holding
most of the Republican members
in line with the governor’s wishes.
A few rebellious majority party
members joined with Democrates
in voting against the bill, which
has drawn the sharpest opposition
of any measure before the 1947
legislature.
Labor Opposes
The bill was opposed by the
American Federation of Labor, the
CIO, the Civil Service Employes
association, representing 44,000
state workers, and several power
ful teachers’ organizations.
Dewey, 1944 Presidential candi
date and a contender for the 1948
nomination, has confided to in
timates that he supported the anti
strike bill regardless of ita affect
on his political future.
POLICE HERE ON
LOOKOUT FOR il
YEAR OLD NEGRO
Louis Dix, 11-year old Negro of
1309, Moores Alley was being
sought by city police last night
after he was reported missing
from his home.
Police were advised that the
youth was last^seen early yester
day morning and at that time
he was wearing a brown coat, blue
pants, and leather-helmet with
goggles.
SHIP EXPLOSION
KILLS CREWMAN
Coast Guard Reports Ves
sel In Distress May Be
Mayflower
NEW YORK, March 14. — (>P>—
The Coast Guard announced that
a crewman was killed tonight in a
fire room explosion aboard the
yacht Mayflower in Chesapeake
Bay off Point Lookout, Md., near
the mouth of the Potomac.
The crew of 23 was taken off the
burning ship by the navy tug Ruby
M. shortly after 9 p. m. (EST), the
Coast Guard said.
The navy tug was dispatched
from the Patuxent, Md., naval air
station in response to a radio mes
sage from the tug Gremlin, report
ing that she had sighted the burn
ing ship.
The Coast Guard said that #ie
Ruby M. was returning to her base
with the crew of the yacht.
The naval air station reported
later, however, that the crew de
cided to re-board the Mayflower
and fight flames which had broken
out after the explosion.
The identity of the dead crew
man was not immediately avail
able.
Earlier today a vessel named the
Mayflower — former presidential
yacht — left Baltimore for Arctic
waters in quest of 70,000 seal pelts
but it was not immediately deter
mined whether it and the ship on
which the explosion occurred were
the same.
The former presidential yacht
had been purchased from the Mari
time Commission by Capt. Frank
M. Shaw of Montreal. The vessel
had been put up for sale after
weathering three wars and cruise
duty for three presidents.
BOTH HOUSES SET
FOR GREEK BILLS
(Continued From Page One)
men may seek to impose various
restrictions, if the committee does
not do so.
Rep. Eaton (R-NJ), chairman of
the committee, said he expects to
have a bill ready for introduction
Monday. Calling for its consider
ation on a non-partisan basis, he
declared he is not worried about
politics “but I am worried about
the United States in a world that
is full of hell.”
While waiting for the house to
act first. Senator Vandenberg (R
Mich) began compiling a list of
questions on all phases of the his
toric diplomatic move. He said
cabinet members will be asked to
answer them fully when they ap
pear before the Foreign Relations
committee which he heads.
One question, raised by Senators
Taft (R-Ohio) and Jenner (R-Ind),
is whether top government of
ficials knew of the impending
Mediterranean situation as long
ago as last October.
Jenner brought the question up
in the Republican conference, say
ing it was generally reported that
British Foreign Minister Bevin
gave notice of it then to former
Secretary of State Byrnes.
Seeks Light
"If that is true,’ Jenner told
newsmen, "I think Congress ought
to know that this is not something
that has just popped up overnight
with a demand for immediate at
tention.”
Taft told a reporter he had been
informed by a visitor from London
that this government was notified
last October that the British would
have to stop economic aid to
Greece March 31, when their fi
nancial year ends. In any event,
an examination of the British bud
get might have disclosed that it
included no further funds for
Greece, he said.
“I don't think this a major
point,” Taft continued, "but Con
gress ought to know whether the
administration knew about this
situation all along and simply de
layed acting until it had reached
a crisis.”
Byrnes declined to comment on
the reports.
(In London, the House of Com
mons approved today a $76,000,000
supplementary appropriation to
wind up British aid to Greece by
March 31, It is to pay Greek
army costs and provide civilian
aid.)
Russian Entry Assured
For Olympic Contests
LONDON, March 14—(U.P.)—Rus
sian participation in the 1948
Olympic games in London seemed
assured today with the announce
ment that the Soviet has a , ’led
for membership in the Internation
al Amateur Athletic Federation |
and indicated a willingness to i
I conform to its standards. I
SHIPPING FIRM
ORGANIZED HERE
Three Residents Form
Panormetis Steamship
Company
What promises to develop into
another large industry for Wil
mington was revealed last night
in the announcement that three
local men soon would enter the
general shipping industry under
the firm name of Panormetis
Steamship Company.
The company received a charter
yesterday from Secretary of State
Thad Eure to buy and operate
steamboats and other vessels of
any class. Authorized capital
stock was listed as $260,000. Sub
scribed stock was set as $3,000 by
S. A. Andreanopoulos, Peter Lam
besis and Theodore Zezefellis. ".'he
three men are operators of the
Crystal Restaurant here.
Lambesis said last night that it
had not yet been determined where
the main office of the company
would be located. However, he
indicated that Wilmington prob
ably would be selected.
He said the firm planned to
purchase surplus ships for the
business, which will embrace gen
eral cargo shipments. Just when
the company will begin operations,
he said, could not be announced
at this time.
DEFENSE MAKES
PLEA AT TRIAL
(Continued From Page One)
deliberate and premeditated
murder.
He detailed the events from
Saturday afternoon preceding the
alleged slaying on Tuesday night
at the Ganey service station in
Seagate, and explained the law
on first degree, second degree and
manslaughter. He reviewed all
of the testimony minutely, and
said that Ganey haa attempted to
evade all questions while he was
on the stand yesterday morning.
“He (Ganey) knew Henderson’s
car when it stopped under the
shed of his filling station that
night,” King said. “He knexv he
had forced Earl Morton to induce
Henderson to come to the filling
station. He knew what he w a s
going to do” when Henderson ar
rived.
“Is that premeditated? Is that
malice aforethought? Gentle
men, what more do we want? he
asked.
Morton had purchased a c a r
from Henderson earlier, and it
was on the pretense of seeing
about the title that Morton said
he had called Henderson in Jack
sonville under the alleged threat
of Ganey. When Henderson
arrived at the service station
Ganey allegedly shot him before
Henderson got out of the car.
King said, “We are not up here
hollering to take this man’s life.
We are here considering a man
who has shot and killed another.
We have laws to uphold. We have
a society to protect. Are we going
to smile at crime?”
Midway his argument to the
jury. King referred to the defense
attorneys as “conspiring to put a
gun in Henderson’s” hand at the
time of the shooting.
Goldberg, his face flushed,
jumped to his feet and objected.
“I have listened to that long
enough.” he declared. Judge Wil
liams told the jury not to consider
that phase of the argument.
King referred repeatedly t o
Ganey’s demeanor and testimony
while he was on the stand, and
asked the jury: “can you sit there
and listen to his (Ganey’s) testi
mony and believe him?”
He said “we are going to
protect our society from going
down to hell and degregation.
This is one of the worst cases of
first degree murder I have ever
seen. It was deliberately planned
and executed.”
Sinclair tore into King’s argu -]
ment by declaring that “this is
not the wors case of murder I have
ever seen. The worst cases die in
the gas chamber. This man is not
going to die in the gas chamber.”
Sinclair also summed up first
and second degree murder and
manslaughter for the jury and
launched into an attack of the pro
secution’s allegations that the de
fense had changed “tactics in the
middle of the stream.”
“You knew,” he said, “and we
knew and the state knew that our
argument would be based on self
defense. We resent the state’s ar
gument that we changed defense
in the middle of the stream.”
Sinclair, with prespiration
streaming down his face, began to
describe the Saturday night and
Sunday night which Miss Ganey
spent away from home in the
company of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Morton and Henderson. Ganey be
gan to mop tears from his eyes.
He described how Ganey came
into town Tuesday afternoon pre
ceding tile alleged shooting that
night and found Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Morton in the bus station Jiefore
they were to depart for Wilson “to
see about buying a farm.”
“I suppose they were too drunk
to talk about farming on Saturday
night when they were in Wilson.
They bought whiskey in Wilming
ton, and stopped in Snow Hill and
bought more and « case when
they got to Wilson,” he said.
“That was a fine bunch of gerani
umns for his daughter to be with,
wasn’t it?” he asked.
Sinclair attacked the testimony
of Jasper Westbrook, who sat in
the car with Henderson when he
was allegedly shot b-" Gt-c-v at
being unworthy of consideration.
He said that Westbrook v as a
“professed liar” and now was un
der indictment in Pender county
on a charge of perjury.
Sinclair said that he was sur
prised that the state had even
used Westbrook as a witness even
though he was an eye-witness of
the alleged slaying.
Goldberg opened his two hour
at -5 KCl0ck by declaring
that this >.* beautiful because of
its manifestation of justice b
cause it brings to this temple of
justice 12 men to sit in judgment
of this man’s life.” 61
He declared it wat „„ , , .
^tter.and no time for levity bm
of this In?1”81 'serioi,s moment
L^an s Haney’s) life.” I
He continued to preface hi*
gument with the assertion that “I I
Uncle Bud Says:
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patrons
an
Bod Beexte's wYe DoHy It so
fat, he deducts her twice from
his income tax.
hope I never have to come before
this bar and prostitute my pro
fession” for a man “who is as
guilty as the hinges of hell as the
prosecution claims.”
<Goldberg told the jury that Miss
Ganey had gone through “the
bottomless pit of hell and purga
tory and debauchery with this
man and his wife.” He had
reference to Mr. and Mrs. Morton
with whom she had gone to Jack
sonville and subsequently to Wil
son on Saturday and Sunday pre
ceding the shooting on Tuesday
night.'
He described two nights ‘‘when
whiskey was flowing and de
bauchery was rampant,” and said
that ‘‘we didn’t put her (Miss
Ganey) on the stand because her
testimony would have been incom
petent.”
This was explained by the fact
that Miss Ganey did not see the
alleged shooting of Henderson.
Goldberg also attacked West
brook’s testimony with the asser
tion that “I know you couldn’t find
12 men in New Hanover county
who would convict a dog on Jas
per Westbrook’s testimony.”
For the next hour he continued
to reiterate all of the charges
made during the first hour and
dwell upon the self-defense motive
which had been introduced when
Ganey took the stand this morn
ing.
During the morning session,
both Mr. and Mrs. Ganey took the
stand to recount the story as un
folded by witnessess during the
past two days.
However, Ganey denied that he
had planned to hurt Henderson on
the Monday night he went to
Jacksonville in search of his
daughter. He likewise denied tell
ing the Jacksonville chief of police
that “you can kill a man in South
Carolina for running away with
your daughter and get away with
it.”
He declared that he shot Hen
derson after Henderson had shot
at him. Mrs. Ganey said that her
husband told her when he came
back into the filling station after
the shooting that he had shot
Henderson in selfdefense.
The case probably will go to the
jury late this afternoon. Solicitor
Moore may use two hours in his
address to the jury this morning.
Judge Williams probably will take
an hour in his charge to the 12
•men.
MAN “NGHELD
IN K ROBBERY
(Continued From Page One)
minutes before 9 a. m., shortly af
ter Cashier John H. Hood. Miss
Lois Beeson, assistant cashier, and
Mrs. G. M. Chandler*, bookkeeper,
had entered.
Preparing for the day’s business,
they had just brought a quantity
of currency from the vault when
the bandit, entering by the side
door through which they had come,
presented a check and asked that
it be cashed. No customers were
present then.
* Cashier Hood said he recognized
the check as a forgery which an un
identified person had attempted to
cash yesterday at the State Bank of
Maxton. Neighboring banks had
been given a description of the
check.
Cashier Hood said that while he
was questioning the man, the band
it produced a pistol and demanded
$5,000.
He ordered the three bank em
ployes into a nearby closet threat
ening to shoot if they moved to
ward the telephone or “squawked”
then picked up the currency on the
counter and ran out. He made no
effort to enter the vault.
John P. Stedman of Lumberton
is president of the Scottish bank,
which maintains headquarters at
Lumberton and operates five
branches in this part of the state.
Ironically enough, the bank rob
bery took place as the town of
Pembroke prepared to observe
“Citizenship Day” with a veterans’
celebration.
According to the Koran, all the
angels except Eblis paid homage
to Adam and Eblis was expelled
from paradise for his refusal,
later tempting Adam and Eve to
sin by way of revenge.
The Weather
Washington bureau report of tempera
ture and rainfall for the 24 hours end
ing 8 p. m. in the principal cotton
growing areas and elsewhere:
Station High Precip.
WILMINGTON _ 67 59 .13
Alpena - 35 32 .01
Asheville - 53 39 .05
Atlanta _ 49 44 _
Atlantic City_ 52 41 .34
Birmingham _ 48 43 .09
Boston - 57 39 .15
Buffalo _ 47 37 .41
Burlington - 47 35 .17
Chattanooga _ 4 7 46 . 21
Chicago - 35 30 .33
Cincinnati _ 43 38 .14
Cleveland _ 39 36 .16
Dallas - 63 35 --
Denver - 29 18 .26
Detroit _ 39 35 . 22
Duluth _ 21 6 .12
El Paso- 70 35 -
Fort Worth_ 65 35 _
Galveston _ 62 43 _
Jacksonville_ 74 61 .49
Kansas City _ 31 27 .03
Key West _ 83 72 _
Knoxville _ 43 46 .26
Little Rock _ 60 35 -
Los Angeles _ 88 46 _
Louisville - 46 37 .15
Memphis_ 57 41 -
Meridian _ 62 45 -
Miami - 83 68 -
Minn. St. Paul_20 13 -
Mobile _ 65 42 -
Montgomery _ 55 46 .01
New Orleans _ 66 44 -
New York_ 63 4p .60
Norfolk _ 70 58 .49
Philadelphia _ 65 43 . 73
Phoenix _ 83 38 -
Pittsburgh - 53 43 .45
Portland, Me_ 45 35 .98
Raleigh _ 69 43 .24
Richmond _ 68 41 .29
St. Louis_ 40 29 -
San Antonio _ 72 33 -
San Francisco_ 76 50 -
Savannah _ 74 59 .69
Seattle _ 64 41 -
Tampa_ 74 60 .93
Vicksburg _ 61 42 -
Washington _ 70 52 .09
CITY (SFIGHT
TO GET DRAGLINE
(Continued From Page One)
avert the spread of malaria and
intestinal diseases, pursuant to di
rective three, priorities regulation
1, you are hereby directed to dis
pose of a tractor mounted tractor
crane with three-fourth yard width
dragline attachment.”
The order was signed by a CPA
official and directed to Major
General Robert Littlejohn, War
Assets Administrator.
Immediately after the directive
was received in the offices of the
WAA, Lane said, a wire was dis
patched to the WAA regional of
fice in Charlotte ordering the
equipment frozen for purchase by
the city of Wilmington.
Details for the purchase were
completed yesterday, Lane ex -
plained.
When asked the latest develop
ments on efforts to obtain a fire
boat as a replacement for the
aged Atlantic now in use here, he
said that the various requests
made by the city concerning the
craft had been followed through
and expressed the belief that the
efforts would also eventually be
successful in the fight for this
equipment.
The fireboat in question is now
in the Charleston, S. C., navy yard,
where it was recently inspected
by city officials.
F. W. BROWN
DIES FRIDAY
(Continued From Page One)
April 1929; from April 1929 to April
1930 he served as assistant general
manager; April 1930 to October
1936 as director of transportation;
October 1936 to May 1940 as gen
eral manager; May 1940 to May
1942 as vice-president and gener
al manager, and since May 1942
as vice-president—operations.
He was also a vice-president of
Charleston & Western Railway,
and vice-president of East Caro
lina Railway and Rockingham
Railroad.
Funeral services will be in the
St. Johns Episcopal Church at
11:00 A. M., Monday, March 17th,
the rector, the Rev. E. W. Hal
leck, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Mortimer Glover, rector, St.
James Episcopal Church.
Interment will follow in Oakdale
Cemetery.
COBBS MAY SETTLE
CASE OUT OF COURT
REDWOOD CITS, Calif., March
14.—(fP)—Mrs. Ty Cobb will “prob
ably call off” her divorce suit
against the one-time “Georgia
Peach,” her attorney said today.
Melvin Belli, Mrs. Cobb’s law
yer, said an out of court settle
ment was expected to be reached
in her suit for a division of com
munity property which she set at
$7,000,000, and monthly alimony of
$5,000.
Mrs. Cobb brought suit for di
vorce from the 60-year-old Cobb,
scrappy leader of the Detroit Tig
ers in the 20’s, last Friday. In
addition to her share of the Cobb
community property and alimony,
she asked *50,000 attorney fees and
$10,000 costs.
Belli said Cobb’s appearance at
his office to make a deposition
in the case tomorow had been can
celled, and added that he believed
Cobb had met with his wife and
family to make an out-of-court
settlement.
BIG SQUARE DANCE
Barnyard Boogie Woogie Nlte Clnb Style
EYrERY SATURDAY NIGHT
CAPE FEAR ARMORY
812 Market St.
LAST DAY!
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" LATE SHOW SAT. NITE 11 P. M.
JANE RUSSELL in
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district meetinT'
OF auxiliary SFT
for MARCH 21ShEeTRe
The District W^vs *
wUl convene next Fridav
Episcopal Church nf ' 81 thf
Shepherd, with Mrs fj,,ne Good
ier, chairman, presid^ T ^
poses of the meeting a?e Pift
fellowship, receive insniT! eniov
instruction. pilatlon an(J
Breakfast lor out f.-, . .
will be served in the PariV’lslt0f*
with Mrs. Waiter Hines
Service of Holy Comm ma|i
Meditation by the Rt T,
H. Wright, bishop of Ean ( Tho,IT,Si
Brief businessPsession fnek
roll call, Mrs. Marsden Gore ^®
ret ary, reports of outsTT S"'
tivity of the year 1946 * * ‘
mary of how instigated ‘Jnv
and evaluated; and eWnT*1
chairman for 1948. Miss b c!
Moore, nominating charr.-a* 5
une ot the high light, of ,,
meeting will be a full „lr “ tfc
report o£ the district mis ?a8(l
field by the Venerable °£arj
Sturgis, archdeacon of the Sf?
The Rev. Harvey GlaHer ,J,ct
will offer closing prayers. ’
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