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MARTIN EXPECTS HOUSE APPROVAL Speaker Predicts Over whelming Majority For Income Tax Slashes WASHINGTON, March 24 —if?)— Speaker Martin (R-Mass) predict ed overwhelming House approval of the income tax cut after a GOP conference today but Democratic leaders voted unanimously to fight it to the end. Martin told reporters that about JOO of the 245 House Republicans attended a meeting in the House chamber behind closed doors and that when those opposed to the bill were asked to stand, not one arose. He claimed virtually unani mous GOP support. However, Rep. Engel (R-Mich), who has* called the GOP - backed measure ‘‘a rich man’s bill,” left the meeting early and said he will carry1'his fight to the floor when debate begins Wednesday. The vote is due Thursday. Rep. Rayburn (Tex), the Dem ocratic floor leader, announced that the House Democratic, steer ing committee and other party leaders decided unanimously to support President Truman’s posi tion that now is not the time to cut taxes,, b u t that any surplus ghould be applied on the debt. The Democrats have 188 mem bers. Rayburn View “This thing should be defer red Rayburn said , “until such time as we have information on which we can legislate intelligent ly. It might remove the prospect of a balanced budget.” While the bill appears bound to pass me House, storm signals are ahead in the Senate. Senator George (D-Ga), Democratic chief tain on tax legislation, said today it would face delaying action. There is also a possibility of a Presidential veto which would be austained if Democratic lines held tight, preventing the two-thirds rote necessary to override. Martin told reporters smilingly, “when the roll is called in the House Thursday I expect a lot of Democrats are going to answer aye.” The bill would slash by 30 per cent the taxes of more than $20, 000,000 small income persons and give a 20 percent cut to most of the others among the 46,000,000 in come taxpayers. House Procedure Rep. Knutson (R-Minn), chair - man of the Ways and Means com mittee and author of the measure, will go before the Rules commit tee tomorrow to recommend pro cedure by which amendments would be barred. This is the usual House procedure for tax measures. Rayburn announced that Rep. Doughton (D-NC), house tax man ager when the Democrats con trolled Congress, will offer a mo tion Thursday to put the tax bill aside until Congress has a better Idea of what expenditures and revenues will be. THREElRMYMEN KILLED IN CRASH Twin-Engined C-45 Trans port Burns Near Sumtec, S. C., Monday Morning SUMTER, S.C., March 24—fi<P)— Three Army crewmen were killed today when their twin-engined C-45 transport crashed and burned near here while attempting a pre dawn emergency landing at an unlighted auxiliary strip. The transport came down 15 miles north of Camden, S.C., in the Boonetown section of Kershaw county. It was enroute from Pope Field, N.C., to Warner Robins field near Macon, Ga. Army authorities there withheld identification of the dead pending notification of next of kin. The crash scene was only a few miles from Cassett, in Kershaw county, where 22 persons were in jured slightly Saturday in the de railment of the Seaboard Airline railway’3 northbound Sun Queen. The plane left Pope Field, about midnight on a night training mis sion. Burning In Air The Army Air base at Shaw Field, Sumter, which sent ambu lances and fire trucks, said the transport evidently attempted to land at Shaw’s auxiliary field No. s. D. A. Baker, a farmer, said the plane crashed at the edge of one of his freshly-plowed fields near the strip. He said he saw the ship come down. It was burning in the air, he added. George B. Peach, another farm •r, said he was awakened by the plane and saw it circling for a landing. He said he notified offi cials after the crash. Deputy Sheriff Nettles A. Myers »f Kershaw county said burned wreckage was strewn from 75 yards ^ial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service Along The Cape Fear (Continued From Page One) a circulating Library and began an active campaign for a free Public Library. In 1906 these books, along wnh the books from the Young Men's Christian Association, the Fire man’s Library and Wilmington Li brary Association were all com bined and presented to the City of Wilmington, forming the '”il mington Public Library. The collection numbered about 4,000 books, which was approxi mately 1.000 more than the total claimed by the library in 1890. * # * EXPANSION NOTED — From 4,000 books in 1906 the library grew to 42,388 books plus many valuable rare editions — especial ly in the North Carolina Collec tion—by 1946 Services rendered by the Public Library have even outstripped its I physical growth in the number of volumes contained. Three years ago a total of 143, 014 books was circulated, accord ing to the information printed on the book mark. The Library today, as all of you know, is owned by the City of Wilmington and is free to all res idents of New Hanover County. It is open daily except Sundays. And as for hours, during the win ter (October 1 to May 1), from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.'From May 1 until October 1, the summer sea son. the library opens an hour earlier, at 9 a.m., and closes at 7 p.m.’ Those unable to get into town to patronize the library are served by the bookmobile, which goes to all sections of the county. MARSHALL URGES ! CUT IN FORCES (Continued From Page One) ber of troops needed to police Ger many from July 1 onward. The Control council also would report on the number of troops needed after July 1, 1948—thus foreshadowing a further reduction at that time. Marshall’s bill of rights for all Germans, which he wants put in the federal and all state constitu tions, provides: Freedom of religion, speech and assembly. Freedom from search, seizure and arbitrary arrest. Freedom of political action for recognized political parties. Freedom of action for trade un ions. Freedom of circulation of in formation and ideas, to be limited only by the needs of military security. Freedom of movement of all persons and goods all over Ger many. In another conference develop ment Russia, at a meeting of the Big Faur deputies for Austria, de manded that Yugoslavia be heard on its claims for $150,000,000 rep arations despite the fact that it was agreed at the Potsdam conference that Austria should not be asked to pay any war damages. Russia at the same meeting re fused to abandon the possibility that it might make a claim against Austria for an estimated $90,000,000 in now-defunct allied occupation currency. This possible claim arises over a part of the occupa tion currency which was called recently and declared to be no longer legal tender. Russia holds about nine-tenths of this currency which is still out standing. The United States fears, if she make* a claim for it, Austria will face a further threat of inflation. Gen. Marshall’s troop proposal was a new step in the American attempt to get the number of allied ocupation troops in Germany and Austria, and the number of Rus sian occupation troops in other | countries, reduced to an absolute minimum. [ The new American proposal : means an abandonment, for the moment at least, of the big plan tformer Secretary of State James IF. Byrnes put before the Big Four Foreign mihisters in New York. Byrnes asked that by April 1—a week from today—allied troops in Germany be reduced to 200,000 for Russia, 140,000 each for the United States and Great Britain and 70,000 for France. He asked a limit of 10,000 troops each for the four occupying powers in Aus tria. Russia would have kept only 20,000 troops in Poland and 5,000 each in Hungary and Romania. Further the number of occupa tion troops in all countries where they remained in Europe would have been subject to another re duction of 25 to 33-1/3 per cent by April 1, 1948. Byrnes in New York and Marshall here failed to get the con sent of Russian Foreign Commis sar Viacheslav Molotov to consider this plan and Marshall, bowing to the inevitable, started on a new proposition. Marshall named no numbers and included only Germany, leaving it entirely up to the Allied Control council to work out the strenght necessary to maintain the occupa tion. Marshall’s paper on compensa tion of UN citizens for property taken from Germany as war spoils provides that the deputies submit a report at the next Big Four meeting. Marshall specified that in no case should compensation be con sidered when the property m question represented investments in German enterprises devoted entirely to war production. Big Four plenary sessions, in re cess since Saturday, will be re sumed tomorrow when the Foreign Ministers consider a report bjl a special committee on points of agreement and disagreement re garding problems raised so far. Tomorrow’s meeting will open the third week of plenary sessions. It finds the United States and Britain united as never before in post-war conferences on basic foreign policy. fiom>hsfcI ait... iyJoeMaraK ton Hackney Reports on the U.S.A. Bern Hackney end the adieus feet returned from a trailer trip around the country. They're tired, and glad to be home, but mighty tatpressed with what they saw. As Sam reports—every section has something different; a differ •nt way of talking; different tastes In food and drink; different laws and customs. But bigger thin all these differences is the American npirit of tolerance that lets us liva together in united peace. “Of course," says Sam, “you run intolerance from thus to time. Individuals who criticise am* other's right to speak his mind; ««Joy a glass of beer; or work at amp trade he chooses. Bnt those are *h* exceptions—end We’re even tolerant of them!’* From where I sit, mors of us ought to maks a trip like the Hackneys—to realize firsthand bow America is bigger than its many differences... how tolerance those differences is the very thing that makes us strong. S1 •jur. WN1TID^TATR«HEWERS FOUNDATION. North Crohno Co—.MM Mt« 6Q6-40Z Ihhkwm Building, Raleigh, North Carotin* RESERVATIONS FOR COMPANY C BANQUET NOW TOTAL TWENTY Twenty acceptances alre a d y have been received for the 28th annual reunion of Company C, 118th Machine Gun Batallion, Saturday night at the Famous Club, J. E. Hollis, county welfare officer and veteran of the Com pany, said last night. He said that approximately 30 members of the batallion were ex pected to attend this year’s re unon. “This will be a small reunion,” he said, "and a mild one as com pared with those after World War I. However, we ail enjoy getting together at least once a year.” He advised those who wish tf attend to send in their acceptances as early as possible in order that it might be known how many will attend this year’s reunion. ACHESON ADM IS GLOBAL P( JCY Acting Secretary Of State Suggests Next Stop May Be Taken In Korea WASHINGTON, March 24. —(U.R) — Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson conceded today that Amer ican anti-Communist intervention in Greece and Turkey would em bark the United States upon a glob al policy of opposing totalitarian threats to free nations everywhere. The next big step in that direc tion, he suggested to the Senate Foreign Relations committee, prob ably will be taken in Korea, now occupied half by the United States and half by Russia. He said the administration will ask Congress for money — inform ed sources put the sum as high as $600,000,000 — to spend in the U. S. zone of Korea over the next three years. In effect, that spend ing would be aimed at preventing Korea’s collapse into Communism. But Acheson reaffirmed his faith that the new “Truman doctrine’’ would lead the world to peace, rather than into World War III, by promoting international stability and furthering the aims of the United Nations. He told the committee that the proposed $400,000,000 Greco-Turk ish aid program is fully in line with the objectives of UN and he hinted that a formal report will be sent to the world organization shortly explaining why the United States plans to tackle the Mediter ranean crisis on its own. As the Senate committee’s first witness on the aid bill, Acheson restated and elaborated upon what he told the House Foreign Affairs committee last week about the broad purposes of the program and its implications on future American policy and world peace. Simultaneously, Undersecretary of State William L. Clayton spell ed out for the House Foreign Af fairs committee the economic fac tors of the Greco-Turkish crisis. He detailed how the money would be spent, the size of the Ameri can military and civilian missions to be sent, and the distribution of the help — $.300,000,000 to Greece and $100,000,000 to Turkey, with about half the Greek aid and most of the Turkish for direct and in direct military purposes. Clayton said President Truman wants a free hand in deciding whether the assistance is to be wholly or partly a gift and feels that all the military aid certainly should be given gratis. Before the hearings started gov ernment quarters provided the House committee with heretofore secret background material under scoring the President’s reasons for rushing to the aid of Greece and Turkey. Mr. Truman was expected to go into the situation tonight at an extraordinary White House confer ence with the six top Republican and Democratic Congressional lead ers. The delegation presumably was to be informed on a personal report submitted to the President earlier today by Paul A. Porter, who returned last week after con ducting an economic survey of Greece. These were the highlights of the testimony given by Acheson before the Senate committee: Acheson tacitly endorsed a sug gestion by Senate. President Arthur H. Vandehberg, R., Mich., that the United Nations be informed fully of this government’s plans in Greece and Turkey. The acting sec retary made no definite Commit ment, and insisted that the United States is under no obligation to inform UN about its aid to other countries. He cited American help in China, Italy and the Philippines and Rus sian and British aid to other states which, he said, was extended with out reference to UN. But, he said, this country’s fail ure to advise UN thus far “does not mean that consultation is not desired, and can not be and will not be held very soon.” On the future implications of the Greco-Turkish program, he repeat ed that this course is not intended to be a pattern in all cases where countries are threatened with loss of' their democratic freedoms. Such future help, he said, may be different from that asked for Greece and Turkey. Vandenberg interrupted to pin him down to a specific definition of president Truman’* policy. L Uncle Bud Says: (By BUI Baldwta) M»CWm Mi* The man with a bulging brief case seldom makes his visits brief. COUNTY TO VOTE ON ISSUES TODAY (Continued From Page One) representatives of tfce schools, pa rent-teacher units, the county board of education, the county tuberculosis association, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, military veterans’ organizations, various civic clubs, and by others indi vidually interested in passage of the twin issues. , Speaking for the sanatorium pro posal, Emmett Bellamy, president of the New Hanover County Tuber culosis association, directed at tention to the fficf that the $100,000 proposed to be used for construct ing the hospital plant is already on hand and does not have to be raised by a bond issue or through other means. In regard to authorizing the cour’v commissioners to levy up to five cents in additional ad val orem taxes for hospital mainten ance, he expressed the firm opinion that the full amount of such a levy propably would never be neces sary. Bellamy reminded that for coun ty sanatorium operations the state provides the sum of $1 a day to ward the support of charity pa tients. He added that many patients might properly be expected to be financially able to pay for their own subsistence in full. Moreover, he said, the per capita cost of operating a tuberculosis sanatorium is probably only about one-third as great as that of oper ating a general hospital. This lies in the fact, he added, that a tuberculosis sanatorium is primarily a rest institution for pa pients, rather than an institution requiring eloborate and extensive therapeutic equipment and pro vision for the operation of a nurses’ training school. Similarly, it was pointed out in the matter of the proposed junior college that no institution of higher learning, either junior or senior in scholastic standing, is situated in southeastern North Carolina. Likewise, spokesmen for the coL lege project last night again di rected attention to the fact that land and buildings at Bluethenthal airport are already in hand through gift. If the proposed institution is ap proved and set up, it would pro vide f°r two years of training not now available anywhere in this area it was pointed out. The question revolving about the proposed junior college is whether the commissioners shall be au thorized to levy up to five cents in ad valorem taxes for its up keep and general maintenance. For today’s voting on the two companion questions, it has been announced that 3,397 persons are registered in New Hanover for the sanatorium issue, while 3,378 are registered to vote on the junior college proposal. For a properly registered per son to fail to vote today will be the same as for him to vote against the proposals. DETROIT POLICE HIT CONFESSION Girl Contends Bailey In East When Dahlia Was Slain ST. LOUIS, March 24.—UP)— Melvin R. Bailey, 22, struck to his “confusion” of the "Black Dah lia” slaying at Los Angeles after he was confronted today with a message from Detroit police say ing he was in that city at the time of the crime, police announced. Inspector George Branton of the Detroit homicide squad quoted Miss Delores Lorenc, 21, as say ing she and Bailey were in Detroit Jan. 21 arranging to be married, two days before the mutilated body of Elisabeth Short was found, and that Bailey did not leave for California until Jan. 26. Detective Sgt. Richard Jerabeck and Detective Walter Bauer said that after Bailey was advised of Miss Lorenc’s story he admitted friendship with the Detroit girl but asserted her statement was made "to protect me.” Bailey, held here on an auto theft charge, told the detectives that he and Miss Lorenc had plan ned to be married Christmas Day but that her family objeoted and that he left for Los Angeles Jan. 1. Bailey volunteered the “confes sion” last Tuesday while under questioning in connection with automobile thefts. He signed a written statement saying he killed Miss Short with a marine combat knife, and later he offered au thorities a blood-stained handker chief he said he took from her. Leonard Murphy, chief of St. Louis detectives, said Los Angeles authorities still were checking on various points in Bailey’s confes sion and that they had pointed out several apparent discrepancies in his story. At Detroit, Inspector Branton said a man with whom Bailey roomed in Detroit corroborated Miss Lorenc's story. ASSAULT ON UNITED STATES SOVIET AIM (Continued From Page One) chance” that the Communists woud gain control in France. “If France goes,” he added, “we will be closed out of Europe.” The French situation is “criti cal,” he said, because 26 per cent of the General assembly is threat ening to take over the government. There is a chance it can succeed by using revolutionary tactics, he added. If France falls to Communism, he said, it would be followed quickly by Italy, Spain and Por tugal, as well as the French colo nies in Africa and the Mediter ranean. “And the French colonies on this side of the Atlantic would be open to French planes — which would be Communist planes with French markings. They would be within range of the Panama Canal and the St. Lawrence riverway.” Similar To France The position of the United States, he said, ‘‘greatly resembles the situation of France in 1936.” “Then France had by far the largest air force in the world, the most powerful army in the world and a navy far stronger than Hitler’s,” he said. “Yet, at that very moment, Hit ler dared start his movement of expansion and marched over the Rhine. ‘‘We, at present, are much stronger than the Soviet Union. We are comparatively as strong as the French were against the Ger mans in 1936—aind Stalin knows it. “But time is running against us. The Russians are enlarging their air force. They are still produc ing for war. They are consolidat ing their holds on the countries they now occupy. ‘‘The existence of a fifth column of a national Communist party in the United States is even a great er threat than was Hitler's fifth column. It’s aim is to weaken the American government for the ulti mate assault which the Soviet Union intends to make on the Unit ed States.” Three Reasons Turning to specific anti-Com munist legislation under com mittee study, Bullitt said he was not sure that the time was ripe to make it illegal for anyone to belong to the Communist party be cause: 1. “We know that the party is organized along certain lines, composed of dues paying mem bers, and the underground com posed of groups of three or four people organided in secret. 2. “We know there is a group of men, so important to the Soviet Union, that they are not allowed to reveal that they are members of the party. 3. "I do not believe that we have sufficient information on all these groups to put our hands on them effectively. Nor do I feel that we would go through with any punish ment if we found them.” He recommended'that appropria tions for the Federal Bureau of Investigation be increased so that it can cope with the Com munists when it becomes neces sary to “insure the safety of the United States.” “And the time may not be long distant before we have to do that,” he said. WORLD NOT READY TO QUIT ARMING (Continued From Page One) national control of Atomic energy. ‘‘The United States thinks that our work can be best accomplish ed by gearing it to the other ef forts now being made to establish and maintain peace and securi ity,” Johnson continued. ‘‘We think this is so because no system for the regulation of armaments can be successfully established and maintained, except it be re inforced by effective measures for control and enforcement, and the stages in its accomplishment synchronized with the progressive evolution of international se curity.” Security First Johnson said the framers of the U. N. charter recognized security as the primary problem and knew ‘‘that the world is still a long way from the stage where even civilized men can live under law without some form of power as a sanction.” Stressing a need for speed in setting up t h e global police, he commented that “military force has a legitimate place in the or ganization of peace and security.” Cadogan laid down three basic principles which he said must be accepted if the U. N. is to suc ceed with any arms reduction program. Differing little from the United States points, they were: 1- The establishment of an ef of armaments and armed forces depends primarily on the es tablishment of international confi dence; the converse argument is misleading and dangerous. 2- Completion of an inter- j national military force would con tribute greatly to the desired es tablishment of ixiternational confi dence. -The establishment of an ef feetive system of international control and verification must pre cede the adoption of any system for arms reduction. Russian View In the past Russia has taken the view that disarmament should be the first step taken, with gen eral world security to follow, and was inclined to view any oppo sition as an attempt at delay. Cadogan referred to such an op position theory with the tleclara ration that it was the stand taken by Mussolini and he hopped “No one will be inclined to repeat the F ascist government’s contention today.” Both Johnson and Cadogan mentioned previous failures to bring about worldwide disarm ament and cautioned that govern ments would continue to hesitate to lay down their arms until se curity was established. “We want genuine disarma ment; we do not want the illusion ol disarmament or the dangers o' mbalanced disarmament,” Cad ogan said. “Let us at least assume that We all honestly de sire disarmament.’* The Weather Weather bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m. in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High low Frecip. WILMINGTON _ 67 56 .19 Alpena___- — 33 .03 Asheville_— — 04 Atlanta_ 81 50 .03 Atlantic City_ 52 41 .05 Birmingham_ 85 52 . 40 Boston_ 58 42 .04 Buffalo _ 51 44 .14 Burlington _ 47 40 . 07 Chattanooga_ 82 50 .56 Chicago _ — — *59 Cincinnati_ — — — Cleveland_ 56 48 . 35 Dallas _ 94 56 — Denver_ 47 28 .03 Detroit _ — 48 .46 Duluth _ — 24 — El Paso_ 12 49 - Fort Worth_ 65 55 — Galveston_80 — — Jacksonville_— 63 — Kansas City_ 52 34 . 21 Key West_ 80 70 — Knoxville_ 79 48 .31 Little Rock_ 66 53 — Los Angeles __ 85 42 — Louisville_ 67 48 . 70 Memphis_ 73 58 — Meridian _ 87 62 .50 Miami _ 82 65 — Minn. St. Paul_ — 32 — Montgomery_ 85 56 .43 New Orleans _ 80 67 . 04 New York_ 55 46 . 08 Norfolk_ 70 54 .06 Philadelphia _ 57 . 48 .14 Phoenix _ 82 48 — Pittsburgh _ 55 48 . 03 Portland Me. _ 50 34 — Richmond_— 50 .07 St. Louis_ — 39 — San Antonio_ 7 9 52 — San Francisco_ 68 42 — Savannah _ 74 60 . 40 Seattle _ 57 41 .10 Tampa _ 76 61 — Vicksburg_I_ 79 63 . 01 'Washington _ 66 48 .16 LEGION ASKS BAN ON COMMUNISTS (Continued From Page One) tee, and Vice Chairman James F. i O’Neil of Manchester, N. H. Both praised President Tru man’s week - end order to purge the government of subversives, and Rep. Frank L. Chelf, D., Ky., moved to strengthen the Presi dent’s hand with a bill calling for deportation of any federal worker dismissed under the order. Green and O’Neil also propose that Congress authorize depor tation of aliens advocating over throw of the government. In ad dition, they would require native countries to accept the deportees or forfeit U. S. entrance rights of their nationals. O’Neil urged investigation of alleged Communism in the movie industry and said the committee •also should check into the work of writers and authors to see if Communist sympathies are ‘‘col oring” their writings. According to O’Neil, the most •‘immediate” danger from Com munists is their infiltration into labor, veteran and other organi zations where they hope to seize control. Infiltration into education is a long-range danger, he added. He said under questioning that the Legion was instrumental in banning from several states a group of books advocating ‘‘a science of government completely different from the American form of government.” He cited San Francisco as an example, saying a special committee there concur red in a Legion recommendation that such books be withdrawn from public schools. O.Neil said the Communist party is merely a ‘ subversive in ternational conspiracy mask ing as a domestic political party” and, as such, should be abolished from the American scene. “II being anti-Communist is being anti-Russian’’, he said, I must be classed as just that. Green said it has been esti mated conservatively that at least 100,000 Communists and fel iow travelers are working with the American Communist party— “a willing instrument of a foreign power bent on the destruction of American domestic government by violent uprising.” “Here are cadre for foreign divisions already on American soil,” he said. “To them, this country is but a theater of op erations.” Because the party seeks violent overthrow of the government, he said, it cannot be “tolerated cr endured.” “Prudence at this juncture in our history demands that Commu nists be deprived of the right to seek or hold public office. The Communist party should be out lawed. . Green warned that Congress should be careful to avoid in eluding innocent liberals in its crackdown. There should b e no “wild red-baiting or witch-hunting that would cover them (the Com munists) better than they could cover themselves,” he said. Committee Chairman J. Parnell Thomas, R., N. J., said he didn’t want to “detract” from the Presi dent’s purge action, but felt that he should point out that the order nearly paralleled legislation previously approved by his com mittee. The bill would set up a Federal Loyalty commission with power to fire any federal worker of questioned loyalty. O’Neil said the committee pro posal was “critically weak” in that it contained no provision for a loyalty check o f members of the Loyalty commission. Thomas said the committee would go into that later when it holds hearings. Rep. John Rankin, D., Miss., asked O’Neil if he would favor legal action against anyone "say ing that we must get rid of the United States government.” He replied that he would. “Well,” Rankin observed, “Two professors of the University of Chicago are running around say ing just that.” He did not name them. WOMAN FACING FOUR COUNTS OF FORGERY AFTER ARREST HERE Mrs. Florence M. Hanes of 210 North 11th street was arrested yesterday on four counts of forgery and lodged jn the New Hanover county jail under $500 bond, ac cording to city police last night. She is charged with forging the name of C. A. Thomas to checks totaling $180 prior to her arrest by members of the city detective force. She was arrested at a local bank yesterday, police said. The first voting machines were invented in England more than 50 , year* ago. CONTRACT AWARDS SCHEDULED TODAY ___ Discussion Of Police Chief Situation By City Coun cil Predicted A special session of the city council to award contracts for the installation of water and sewer lines in the city has been called for this morning, according to City Manager J. R. Benson. It has been estimated that around $150,000 will be expended for the project. Benson said yesterday that as far as he knew the only subjects slated for discussion at the confab today pertained to the improve-! ment program. It is expected, however, that the subject of the police chief vacancy will appear upon the scene during the session but thus far only speculation has had the upper hand. There have been no official an nouncements that the problem of filling the vacancy which has existed since the retirement of Charles H. Casteen March 1 will be taken under consideration in the official meeting today but it was predicted last night that an appointment is forthcoming soon in view of the stand taken by Senator Alton A. Lennon on pro posed new changes in the civil service bill which was introduced last Friday. Lennon said Sunday night that he would not introduce any fur ther legislation having to do with the civil service law even though Benson had indicated that he would like to see further changes ! made. REGISTRATION TO START SATURDAY (Continued From Page One) and the political race this year is considered a wide-open affair. None of the present members of the council with the exception of Harriss Newman have indicated their plans for this year’s battle at the polls. Newman has already stated that he would not be a candidate. In the 1945 race there were 14 candidates for the city council, Carney said, but explained that this year he had no idea how many would file for positions. Candidates in the 1945 election were George Wallen, Jr., George K. Brinson, Garland S. Currin, John H. Davis, William H. Ezzell, Kingsley Lee King, W. Bonald Lane, Robert S. LeGwin, Ernest R. Mayhan, Ben McGhee, Thomas E. Murrill, Robert R. Romeo, James E. L. Wade and W. E. Yopp. BENSON CAUTIONS AGAINST FACTIONS (Continued From Page One) tions over the selection «f a police chief would serve only to the detriment of the members them selves, he said. It has been known for quite some time that the police de partment was split over who should be named to succeed Charles H. Casteen. The disagree ment apparently subsided some what with the appointment of Sgt. Phil J. Parish but appeared again following his death. THREE NEGROES FOR VOODOO » ON AFRICAN Cog > „ <lered an assistant ch^° tour, years ago to satisfy >(, of the jungle were ha-',,,'00^; despite the intervention ? ton Churchill. Tw‘ o! ^xt scheduled to be hanged *3^1 escaped execution 'utn Jerr.l There were conflicting as to why three were hLlT* two were not. One—,- d ar( soled the believers in bla v*1 c°:' -was that the gallow, ‘*5 .mafo The Colonial office in Lorri3^' ported, however, Ct ZZV‘' Coast governor had i«-eLGoli the executions because groes attorney gave ifrn, , ^ that he wouldyagppeal1OtoTn0ti“ council, bat had not ^ f ? time to save more than “ TELEPHONE UNION VOTESTO STRIKE (Continued From 7ege 0m) wage increase and nine other k, gaming items at issue between t' union and the employers. “ The conferences, Beirne „ wiU take place in Washington . the company agrees. # Beirne’ told reporters that the policy committee, on which h» do not have a vote, adopted three mo! tiong unanimously. One was to cal! the strike. other was to offer negotiation 0j their dispute with the company The third was to make this dec laration: ‘•In the interest of the public and in the interest of the people we re-, resent, our stated policy is reitera*. ed and every reasonable effc« shall be made to reach a satis factory agreement with the tele phone management.” BOARD OPPOSED TO TESTING BILL (Continued From Page One) sioners took a negative stand on the measure after hearing from Dr. A. H. Elliott, county health doctor and J. B. Edwards, milk Inspector. Dr. Elliott declared that after milk has gone through the process of pasteurization it meets all of the rigid requirements of health standards. Edwards said that the bill would be a handicap to farmers in Western North Carolina where most of the milk consumed hero comes from. He declared that the bill would not aid the health situation in New Hanover county, adding that Dr. Reynolds is merely "seeking centralization of milk productior, and inspection.” RESERVISTS UPHELD WASHINGTON, March H-W The U. S. Court of Appeals ruled two to one today that former mem bers of the coast guard reserve are entitled to veterans’ prefer ence on government jobs. The de cision upheld injunctions to prevent the civil service commission Iron firing a former coast guard re servist from the war departure::: and another from the navy depar tment On grounds they were »! entitled to veterans’ status airy more than civilians who worked with the armed forces or Red Cross representatives who aerved in combat areas. » UNITie OIITHUH (OF AM(RtCA) Af*. • At?l*0«.»fc Time Schedule No. 10 Cancelling Time Schedule No. 9 suburbanW schedule EFFECTIVE, MARCH 26, 1947 leave Wilmington 6:10 AM xx 6:45 AM 7:30 AM 8:15 AM 9:00 AM 9:45 AM 10:30 AM 11:15 AM 12:00 NOON 12:45 PM 1:30 PM 2:15 PM 2:55 PM 3:35 PM 4:15 PM 5:06 PM 5:45 PM 6:30 PM 7:15 PM 8:00 PM 8:55 PM 10:00 PM 11:15 PM Leave Northern Extension xx 7:33 AM 8:17 AM 10:33 AM 12:03 PM 2:17 PM 4:80 PM 7:06 PM 8:36 PM L*av* Be*cb (Lnmtna) * xx 6:1° *5 6:46 AM xx 7:25 AM 8:10 AM 9:00 AM 9:45 AM 10:25 AM 11:15 AM 11:55 AM 12:45 vt 1:30 PM 2:10 PM 2:55 PM 3:35 s 4:15 PM 5:45 PM 6:30 PM 7:15 3:00 Svf 8:45 PM 9:30 PM 10:35 S 11:55 PM *—Leaving from Wrightsviile Sound, xx—Daily except Sunday. iminf NOTE: The following trips from Wrightsviile Beach to ton will operate over the Old Shell Road by Rop and Seagate to Highway No. 74 except Sunday. 6:46 AM — 7:25 AM — 11:55 AM — 2:10 PM The following trips from Wilmington to Wrightsviile f'a' operate over the above route: 12:46 PM — 5:45 PM — 10:00 PM SAFEWAY TRANSIT (0.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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