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FORECAST: ^ & Z&sJ a-.., <&- ^ v Served By Leased Wires Wibningtop and vicinity: Fair and ■ 4 ^4^4 4^ 4^4 CmT H 4^ ASSOCIATED PRESS continued cool but not quite so windy III lllllll i/ ™/ | A | | and the ^tiSSTSA^W^ J II IIII 111 1U1 „ UNITED PRESS ^ ™ ™ v^r ^ ^V With Complete Coverage of L___.____ State and National News — .... , ' - VOL S°.—N°- 139-____ v WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1947 ESTABLISHED 186T Phone Unions Reject Wages Pat ley Plan Proposal To Arbitrate Dif ferences From Six Bell Companies Declined WALKOUTS PLANNED Berne Says Speculation Rife That A T & T Is Stalling For Time — WASHINGTON, March 25—(JP)— The National Federation of Tele phone workers tonight turned down proposals by six companies the Bell system for local arbi tration of the union’s wage de mands. saying it would create a "crazy quilt” of pay and working conditions. The NFTW, an independent fed eration. is scheduled to begin a nationwide walkout at 6 a.m. April 1 in support of ten demands, in cluding one for a general pay boost of $12 a week. President Joseph A. Beirne told i news conference at the conclu ,jon of a meeting of the union’s policy committee that offers to arbitrate wages had been receiv ed from Bell companies in Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York and*Michigan. Beirne said that arbitration of wages would not settle the dispute of 39 member unions, involving 287.000 workers. The union head said also that the companies, in almost identi cal proposals, suggested that the wage demand be viewed in the light of comparable pay for com pe-afc’p work in each community involved. ,.e me said there was specula linn in the union that the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph company might be “stalling” in the nope that Congress would en »ct legislation to prevent strikes In public utilities. New' Jersey has a law dealing j v/.:h disputes in public utilities, which strongly recommends use oi the state mediation board be fore a strike, and provides for leiure by the governor in event M a walkout, Beirne said. The NFTW policy committee ‘at this stage of the game is op posed to anything less than sys tem-wide bargaining,” Beirne told reporters. Negotiations company (Ccmtinued On Page Two; Col. 41 COLUMBUS VOTES FOR SCHOOL BOND Million Dollar Improve ment Program Wins By Slim Margin Special to The Star WHITEVILLE, March 25—With 12 out of 23 precincts reported, the million dollar school improve ment program for Columbus coun-1 ty was approved by a slim ma ority of 183 votes. Unofficial returns, with only one imall precinct not reported were »s follows: For 1,589 Against 1,404 Observers here tonight said the lone precinct would have little beairing on the final tabulation. The largest maority in favor of the expansion program was re ported from Tabor City, where 410 votes were cast in favor of the measure while only 22 opposed. Chadbourn voted against the pro gram 321 against to 69 for. In Whiteville the voters favored the expansion plan over 3 to 1. At Fair Bluff the vote was five to one in favor of the program. The election climaxed at least *ix months of ,-reparation during which time the local school com mitteemen, board of education and Superintendent of Education J. M. Bough, have made a survey of the •chool needs. The program, which the voters approved today, has been worked °ut as follows: Whiteville — 15 classrooms; Chadbourn—8 clasrooms and al terations; Cerro Gordo — 6 class (Continued On Page Two; Col. 8) iUMBONE'S MEDITATIONS By AU«y -v OLl Tom claim h£ j DlFF’OMT F'um EV'V HoDY ELSE £hi I KiCKOM Ev'YBopy I EL5£ Hope AATJ 5o/J | Wr '^1 I j-zb-m (Released by Tbe Bell 3yd dleate. Ine.) Trade Herb Re*. U » Pat. Olllcal Celebrate 126 Years Of Freedom | Wearing native dress of Greek mountain troops, John Fouros, and Anastasia Vagionis, 5 strut up Fifth Avenue in New York, in parade celebrating the 126th anniversary of Greek independence. More than 50,000 spectators watched the hour-long parade. (International) $48,000, OOOImprovments Bill Roars Through House -1 -- COUNCIL RENEWS PLEA FOR CHANGE Administration Displeased With Measure Now In Legislature Section seven of. the controver sial civil service bill came in for another dose of criticism yester day as the city council, meeting in special session, attempted to devise ways and means of having the measure amended for a sec ond time in the past five days. ' The bill was introduced in the senate last Friday by Senator Al to’- A. Lennon and now is in com mittee for study. Lennon has al ready issued a statement to the effect that he would not introduce, sponsor or support any further legislation relative to the bill. In the course of yesterday’s ses sion Lt. Coy Etheridge, who has been considered one of the lead ing contenders for the post of Wil mington. chief, was nominated for the post but the council declined to take any action on the matter after City Manager J. R. Benson informed the councilmen that he was not prepared to name any recommendations for the position at the time. Councilman Robert LeGwin nominated Etheridge for the po sition and asked that his action be noted in the council minutes (Continued On Page Two; Col. 8) YOPP ANNOUNCES FOR CITY POST Councilman Becomes Sec ond For Renomination . In April Primary W. E. Yopp became the second member of the city council to reveal personal plans for the forthcoming city, elections when he announced yesterday that h e would definitely b e a candidate for re-election to the post. Councilman Harriss Newman has already stated that he would not seek to be returned to the position. Five candidates are due to be elected to city council positions at the May 6 general elections. The primary date has been set for April 21, with registration to be gi i Saturday of this week. Mayor W. RonaM Lane has not as yet made his final intentions known, saying that he has not made up his mind. He did say, however, that as far as he knew he would be a candidate. The filing deadline is April 10, and between now and that date several more candidates are ex pected formally to announce for the positions. The present make-up of the council, in addition to Lane, New man and Yopp, is Robert S. Le Gwin, James E. L. Wade, Gar land S. Currin, and R. L. Bur nette. RALEIGH, March 25- (/P) —The $48,000,000 permanent improve ments bill, carrying with it an ap propriation to be matched with federal funds for the establish ment of a teaching hospital, nurs es home and four - year medical school at the University of North Carolina, roared through the House today and went to the Sen ate The House had its busiest day of the session, recessing until 5 p.m., today for consideration of bills to prohibit the sale of wine in 17 counties and regulation of beer in those and six other coun ties. ' The permanent improvements bill swept by without an opposing voice vote after three amend ments were voted down. Rep. Hardison of Craven would have provide^ that the hospital-medical school uuuid' not be started until the Medical Care commission’s good health program of hospitals and medical centers over the state had been completed; Rep. Fisher of Buncombe would have required the commission to allo cate funds for the construction of a large regional hospital in Bun combe county; and Rep. Tomp kins of Jackson would have re quired the medical school-hospital be located at Asheville AH were soundly defeated. Highest In Historv The supplemental spending measure would increase the state’s spending during the next biennium to about $360,000,000 highest in North Carolina history. It contains $6,000,000 to be match ed by local and federal subsidies for construction of medical cen ters and hospitals in needy state areas; and $3,790,000 to be match ed with $1,500,000 in federal funds to enable the expansion at Chapel HiU. The anti-wine ar.d beer biUs, if passed, wiU cost the state about $2,000,000 in revenue in 1947-49. The anti-wine section would apply to Gaston, Davidson, Davie, Ma con, Cherokee, Yadkin, Cleveland, Anson, Harnett, Haywood, Jack son, Lee, Randolph, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland and Transyl vania, with county commissioners having authority to outlaw beer (Continued On Page Two; Col. 7) HUMP ON HUNCHBACK’ HIDES OPIUM CACHE; CHINESE BOY NABBED BALTIMORE, March 24 — (JP)— Port Patrol Officer William C. Martin, 57, shaid today he examin ed a Chinese ‘Hunchback” and found four and a half pounds of opium destined for Baltimore dens. “The hump was too low down over his kidneys,” Martin said. Martin, one of 41 patrolmen due to be released from the customs service here on Friday, as part of a nationwide customs payrool cut, said he had picked up Ting Ah Chwee, 47, as the seaman walked off the Liberty ship William L. McLean, inbound from Rotterdam. Martin said Ting had three packages of opium, "more than a thousand pipefuls,” and valued at about $5,000 at opium den prices, strapped to his back with a gauze bandage. Today And Tomorrow By WALTER L1PPMANN__ A policy, as distinguished from a crusade, may be said to have dedefinit. aims, which can be stated concretely, and achieved if the estimate of the situation is correct. A crusade, on the other other hand, i s an adventure which, even if its intentions are good, has no limits because there is no concrete program. To have a policy is like saying that you mean, to go from New York to Chicago, traveling by the Pennsylvania Railroad. To go crusading is like saying you in tend to go west from New York, without knowing whether your (destination is Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, or Honolulu. In our dealings with the Soviets it is now most necessary to crystalize out of the general con flict a progra mof definite objec tives. It is, I believe, possible to do that. These objectives will be unpalatable to the Soviet govern ment. But if they are sufficiently concrete, there is reason to think that they will reduce rather than aggravate the embittered division of mankind. To substitute specific (Continued On Tag* Two; Col. •) RATS, PIGS, CANINES THREATEN FLOODWALL AT HUNTINGTON, W. VA HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March 25. —UP)— Rats, pigs and dogs are giving Huntington I a flood wall problem to solve, Mayor Douglas C. Tomkies said today. His honor explained it this way: Some householders along the earthen levee section of the $78,000, (MX wall have gone into pig raising. The pigs attract the rats which bore into the levee, and the rats attract the dogs which enlarge the holes to get at the rats. High water, Tomkies said, would enlarge the holes further, seriously endangering the wall. The mayor indicated that if the pig-growers persist, they’re going to be forced to remove their porkers from near the levee. ACL ANNOUNCES 21 PROMOTIONS Coast Line Changes Affect Key Personnel Jobs; In Effect Now Twenty-one major promotions affecting key personnel of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad com pany’s organization were an nounced yesterday at the general offices here. All of the advancements are ef fective as of this week, according to J. D. Loftis, chief of motive power and equipment. The promotions were announced a* follows: W. J. Crabbs, from mechanical engineer to assistant chief of mo tive power and equipment. C. J. Oldenbuttel, from chief mechanical accountant to assist ant to chief of motive power and equipment. » G. G. Lynch, from assistant to general superintendent of motive power to assistant to chief of mo tive power and equipment. H. J. Stein, from electrical en gineer to mechanical engineer. W. D. Quarles, from superinten dent of diesel performance to as sistant chief of motive power. H. G. Moore, from assistant su perintendent of the car depart ment to assistant chief of equip ment. N. V. Oldenbuttel, Jr., from (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) ____ SOVIET TO LEAVE Moscow Finally Agrees To Turn Control Of City Over To Chinese WASHINGTON, March 25—(#) A Russian promise to wind up the Red army’s 19-month control oi the Manchurian port city of Dair en was disclosed today. This indi cated a possible settlement of one sore issue of Soviet-American re lations. The State department an nounced that Russia in response to diplomatic prodding from the United States, has advised thai she is ready to take “appropriate steps’’ toward turning over the city to Chinese administration anc opening it to international com merce as a free port. The transfer was agred to bj Russia in the V-J day treaty ©i Moscow, but this apd other pro isions of the pact have nevei been carried out. Visitors Barred Since the Russians moved inte the city at the close of the war with Japan, American business men and other visitors have beer barred. An American courier ship the Navy’s LC- 1090, wasforcec to leave the port in December upon expiration ot its authorizec 48-hour stay. The Soviet promise of “appro priate steps’’ was contained in < reply received Feb. 27 to a not< sent by the United States to botl Moscow and Nanking following the courier ship incident. Th< American note urged that Russis and China act to end the “unsat isfactory situation” at Dairen. The substance of China’s repl; was also made public today. ! said China had made earnest ef forts to reach an agrement witl Moscow and would continue to d( so. Along The Cape Fear _________—————_____ • INTEREST MOUNTS — ‘Read ing copies of The Star of Febru ary 21 and 22 in the Library o1 Congress an hour ago, I founc reference to railroad history ir your column of especial interest, so that your invitation to commenl awakened this response,” sc wrote M .McDonald of Olivia, N. C., from the national capital. “Necessity for transportation ol coal mothered the first rails ol the Cape Fear and Yadkin Vailey in Cumberland county, in this vise: ‘A coal mine was producing al Egypt, now Cumnock, in the early 1850’s, some twelve miles up Deep River above where its junctior with the Haw River forms the Cape Fear at Haywood, the prom ising, town of that day which los: tr Joel Lane’s location as the Cap ital of North Carolina by only on< vote « * • REASON ENOUGH — “Fay etteviUe was the head of naviga tion on the Cape Fear, then ai now, because of seven miles o: rocky rapids between Swansborc and what is now Lillington. “Wealthy ante-bellum plantatioi owners of the Averasboro sectior above Fayetteville had bank JUNIOR COLLEGE, SANA TORIUM ASSURED BY BIG MAJORITIES; EXPLOSION TRAPS 12S MINERS _ i . Gas Seepages Drive Rescue SquadsBack Many Known Dead, Three Injured By Blast At Cen tralia, 111., Mine RED CROSS ON JOB Many Of Victims Reported To Be 540 Feet Under ground, 4 Miles Back CENTRALIA, HI., March 26. —UP)—Twenty-two coal miners were reported tonight to have been killed in an underground explosion in mid-afternoon, and rescue teams were trying to get to scores of others trapped 640 feet below the surface. Twenty - four miners bad been brought out alive by 10:60 p. m. (CST), leaving 85 men unaccounted for. A total of 161 miners were in the mine when the explosion occured. — (IP) — Between 100 to 125 coal miners were trapped 540 feet underground today in a mine explosion which killed at least one man and injured three others and the Red Cross said reports from the scene' five hours later indicated gas was forcing back rescue teams Gas seeped from the mine as rescue squads, protected by heavy clothing and long - snouted gas masks, roamed through the single level mine in a search for the trapped men They were re ported to have contacted "three or four” of the miners. The report that gas was ham pering rescue efforts came from Robert Edson, midwestem dis aster relief director for the Red Cross in St. Louis. The explosion, believed caused by dust, temporarily disabled the mine elevator and broke off tele phone connection with the men. Elevator service was restored later and rescue workers de scended into the shaft. H. F. Me Donald, president of (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) KERMON OFFERS MERGER MEASURE Bill Would Create Commis sion To Study New Han over Consolidation A bill calling for the appoint ment of a special commission to study the possible consolidation of the governments of the cities of Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach Carolina Beach and New Hanover county was introduced in the Gen eral Assembly yesterday by Rep resentative Robert M. Kermon. The issue of consolidation of the four governmental units will b e submitted to the people of the county during the primary elec tion of June, 1948 if the commis sion approves the move, the bill stipulates. Comprising the 13 man-com mittee will be the mayors of Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach and the chairman of the New Hanover board of county commissioners; two per sons selected by the Wilmington City ''council, two by the county commissioners, one each by the governing bodies o f Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach, and three other persons named by the town and county group. The governing bodies of the three cities and the county will (Continued On Page Two; Col. 8) rupted themselves in the attempt to detour these rapids, known as “Smiley’s Falls,’ with a canal of steamboat proportions. “This immense ditch may be seen today ‘along the Cape Fear,’ along which hand-drilled holes ready for the charges of black powder that were to open the rocky way for river boats to Hay wood, Lockville and Egypt. “This expenditure of money, time and labor resulted in an at tempt to pass two boats through this canal. One of these grounded therein, the other reached the up per river, but no return through the canal was ever attempted The boat plied between Lillington and Lockville until it rotted , * * * STILL A PROBLEM—“So, then, there was the coal 41 miles over land from Fayetteville, and the thriving seaport of Wilmington de manding coal. “The enterprising citizens oi Cumberland entered the breach ; with a $100,000 bond issue, which was first thought of by. Chairman McCaskill, whose son, W. H. McCaskill, some 25 years ago was Collector of Customs at the Pori (Continued aa Page Twa; Cal. 9 Tabulation Of Votes 1 Junior College Precinct Reg. For Ag’t First Ward_ 92 46 16 Second Ward 1st pet. _ 161 108 30 2nd pet. _ 223 159 28 Third Ward 1st. pet. _ 116 84 14 2nd pet. - 174 124 17 Fourth Ward _ 289 211 35 Fifth Ward 1st. pet. _ 127 76 22 2nd pet. -218 188 9 Sixth Ward _ 219 154 24 Seventh Ward 1st pet. - 284 186 42 2nd pet.-- 271 200 30 Eighth Ward 1st pet._-_ 133 94 18 2nd pet. _ 336 217 33 Cape Fear _ 99 84 2 Seven Mile Post_- 45 18 2 East Wilmington_- 33 18 6 Winter Park -176 151 4 Seagate. __ 168 142 2 Masonboro _... 79 59 6 S. Wilmington_ 65 51 1 Federal Point _ 29 26 0 Carolina Beach_ 129 90 7 TOTALS _3466 2486 357 Sanatorium Beg. For A;’i 94 64 1 161 130 8 223 176 11 113 94 5 174 139 2 289 238 8 127 96 4 218 195 2 219 165 13 284 224 4 271 223 7 135 108 6 235 231 17 100 87 0 50 22 0 33 23 6 176 153 2 168 151 1 79 62 3 65 52 0 29 26 • 0 126 95 0 3467 2754 100 Tax Ref. For Af’t 94 54 9 161 121 17 223 172 15 113 79 16 174 136 4 289 234 16 127 92 6 218 189 6 217 153 25 284 217 11 271 221 9 135 99 15 235 221 27 100 86 1 50 21 1 33 23 .6 176 149 C 168 148 4 79 61 4 65 52 0 29 26 0 126 94 2 3467 2644 200 The Weather North Carolina Fair and continued cool but not quite so windy Wednesday, Rather cold Wednesday night with frost. Thursday fair and warmer. South Carolina — Fair and slightly warmer not so windy Wednesday. Rather cool Wednesday night with scattered frost. Thursday fair and warmer. (Eastern Standard Time) (By IT. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEPEKATUBES 1:30 a. m. 63; 7:30 a. m. 54; 1:30 p. m. 56; 7:30 p. m. 53; Maximum 67; Mini mum 51; Mean 59; Normal 56. HUMIDITY 1:30 a. m. 93; 7:30 a. m. 52; 1:30 p. m. 25; 7:30 p. m. 31. PBECIPTATION Total for 24 hours ending 7:20 p. m. 0 inches. Total since the first of the month 4.94 inches. TIDES FOB TODAY (From the Tide Tables published by V. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington_12:10 am 7:30 am 12:30 pm 7:17 pm Masonboro Inlet_10:14 am 4:18 am 10:41 pm 4:28 pm Sunrise 6:07; Sunset 6:28; Moonriae 8:38a; oonset 10:58p. River stage at Faxetteville, N. C. at 8 a. m. Tuesday 12.8 feet. landerTeading FUND CAMPAIGN Grace Church Names Head Of Drive For Early Reconstruction A specially called quarterly con ference of Grace Method! st Epis copal church last night elected M. H. Lander general chairman of a unified reconstruction project and set in motion a firm resolve to effect the immediate restoration of the historic institution, heavily damaged by a disastrous fire la*s Friday night. Lander, chairman of the church’s board of stewards and a leading civil engineer of Wilming ton, pointed out that the first im mediate task ahead of the under taking is the raising of reconstruc tion funds. In the light of thig view, the church membership will hold a “kickoff” meeting at 4 p.m. Sat day in the parish house of .St Paul’s Lutheran church, where the conference met last night. At that time, as now contem plated, the financial goal of the campaign will be announced and details of a plan for an every member canvass scheduled to take place between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday will be discussed. These portions of the plan of procedure are, Lander explained, subject to the approval of a proj (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) “EXPECTING” PARENT PENGUINS EYE EGGS AS DEADLINE NEARS MIAMI, Fla., March 25—(JP)—A pair of Antartic Penguins eyed a pair of Penguin eggs today and waited. # They are expecting. The six-week deadline for hatch ing is fast approaching. If two tiny Penguins emerge, it will be one of the few times for such an occurence outside the frigid Ant artic. The parents and the eggs are under constant watch on fashion able Star Island—in the center of Biscayne bay—where they live amid waving palm trees and color ful tropical flora. Two eggs laid by the mother last year failed to hatch'. SHIPYARD PARLEY SCHEDULED TODAY Representative Clark Pre dicts Decision On Facili ties Here Soon WASHINGTON, March 25.—W— Rep. Clark (D-NC) predicted to night that negotations between the North Carolina Ports authority and the federal government for dis posal of the North Carolina Ship building company yards at Wil mington will be completed tomor row. Clark declined to say what the prospects are of the authority buy ing the yards from the maritime commission. He said a final White House con ference with Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman, Ports Authority Chairman, R. B. Page, Wilmington newspaper publisher; C. W. Park, formerly associated with the ship building corporation, maritime com m ission officials, Senators Hoey (D-NC) and Umstead (D-NC) and himself has been set for Wednesday, At this conference he said the authority Will present a counter proposal to one made a few days ago by the commission. Within the next ten days, he said, Steel man is expected to make recom mendations to President Truman about disposal of the yards. The authority earlier offered to buy the yards for $1,200,000 and the entire North Carolina delega tion in congress asked President Truman to expedite the purchase although the commission had re jected the offer and proposed a lease. SPRING WEATHER THROWN FOR LOSS - Freezing Temperature* Due In State; Heavy Damage Over Nation By The Associated Press Spring weather took a 40-degree turn for the worse in North Caro lina today as temperatures drop ped to freezing over the state. Freezing minimums of 27-32 were predicted for the Western part of the state and 32-36 in the East. Scattered frosts were pre dicted tonight, with slowly rising temperatures Thursday and Fri day. Yesterday wind gusts of 65 miles an hour were reported at the Charlotte airport. Gusts up to 60 miles were reported at Winston Salem and Raleigh, 55 at Greens boro and Asheville. The 250-foot steel tower of radio station WBUY in Lexington toppled yesterday, silencing the station for %a few hours until a temporary antenna could be installed. The cold, windy snap was in contrast to temperatures in the 70’s over the state Monday. Down From Canada A low pressure air macs moved down from Northwest Canada yesterday, overspreading the Great Lakes region and the At lantic seaboard. Eastern Air Lines said that flights betweeh the Carolinas and New York were con tinuing but might be a little be hind schedule if head winds were encountered. Flights were cancel (Continned on Page Two; Col. 3) Louisiana Bayous, Ditches Run With Milk; Strike On NEW ORLEANS, March 25.—(U.PJ s —Louisiana bayous and roadside i ditches ran with milk today as 1 irate union dairymen, some re- ! portedly armed—seized dairy tank '■ trucks and dumped some 50,000 I gallons rather than see it sold for ' reduced prices at the New Orleans milkshed. i Milk dealers in this city of half , a million, predicting an immediate . drop of 50 per cent of their supply , as the strike spread in Tangipahoa ■ and Washington parishes, urged , strict conservation during the emergency. Ai.iaLIvia a# imita inn un uie outsmrw ui ajuiw, I miles aorth of Mow Orleans, milk > stood 14 inches deep in a 4,000 foot ditch along the Amite-Frank lin highway. At Independence, six miles from Amite, strikers seized 700 gallons at a pasteuriza tion plant and dumped it into the Tangipahoa river. Eyewitnesses reported the strik ers who seized sipc tank trucks and ditched their cargo near Amite were armed with shotguns and rifles but spokesmen of the AFL Treamsters’ union, representing the strikers, denied this. They said the truck drivers had even joined the strike. ICoaUnutd m Ft|a Tn| M. M Tax Proposal Endorsed By Local Voters Little Opposition Recorded At Ballot Boxes Against Projects LARGE VOTE CAST Only One Precinct Out 01 22 In County Fails To Come Through On the basis of unofficial re turns from yesterday’s county wide election New Hanover coun ty is assured a junior college, tu berculosis hospital and a five cent tax levy on the $100 property valu ation. A tally of the votes cast showed that 73.6 per cent of the registered voters gave the three propositions the “go ahead signal.” The votes will be canvassed Thursday at 11 a.m. in the county commissioners’ offices. Only one precinct out of the county’s 22 voted against the is sues. That precinct, Seven Miles Post in Harnett township, just failed to vote in proportion to the voters who signified their inten tion of participating in the elec tion. Fifty citizens registered to vote for both the school and the tax. However, only 22 votes were cast for the hospital and 21 for the tax. Forty-five persons registered to vote for the college, with 18 exercising their right. Meanwhile, city and county of ficials expressed pleasure that the measures had been carried. Supt. of schools H. M. Roland said the vote was a challenge to the county to provide a ‘commun ity college’ for the community of New Hanover county, and to widen the ‘scope of our activity.” To Start Soon He said he expected the indus trial work of the school to start within the next few months, and pointed out that the high school equipment was sufficient to carry on the school. He said that a number of the heads of the different departments at the University of North Caro lina had visited the high school (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) PARKER TO LEAVE AIRPORT POSITION Manager To Bow To Re quest Of County Com missioners In April Jesse Parker^ who was asked by the Airport Committee of the New Hanover board of county commissioners yesterday to re sign his position as manager of Biuethenthal airfield, said last night that as far as he knew his connection with the airport would end around April 1. He said that he had invited th members of the committee to vsiit Biuethenthal today in order that he might fully acquaint them with situations there. Parker explained that he had no wish to become a figure m any disagreement with members of the committee and was accept ing their request for his resig nation without argument. He was appointed by the re cently abolished Wilmington , e w Hanover Airport Authority to operate the large field and he endicated last night that the re quest by t h e airport committee for his resignation came as n o surprise to him. Ihere has been wide disagi'-e ment between the county commis sioners and the now defunct air port authority over operation o f the field and policies to be followed in fuutre plans. Four of the members of the authority re cently submitted their resig nations and a fifth member Hami lton Hicks, was requested to act as an advisor to the commis sioners in the operation of the airport. So far Hicks has made no state ment as to his intentions regard ing the commissioners request. And So To Bed There was plenty "gnashing” of teeth In yesterday’s election. Officials aronnd the court* house last night were telling the story of one election work er, name of Nash, who was driving a car by the same name. The car stalled on Third street, so they said, and was causing quite a traffic jam. Some kindly soul rushed into a nearby restaurant where a mechanic was having his mid afternoon coffee and’ solicited his aid in getting the balking car moving again. Said the officials, "there was plenty of g-nashlng of vstk fears far » memos*.” % * •'"
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