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+ to * W * Served By Leased Wires ■ I iii ■ i ■ Ii TII 1i jfl ■ i to to to ■"% associated press urouimim mtuu uutn ■----- State and National News YOLJ^— -°*_____Xr^NGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1867 Kevin Flatly Rejects U.S. Treaty Plans British Minister I n j ects first Anglo-American Clash Into Parley MARSHALL worried Secretary Tells Ministers Ensnarlments Endanger ing Meet Progress MOSCOW, March 26—(U.R)—Brit jjj) Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev U jn the first major Anglo-Ameri cjn clash of the Big Four con ference, flatly rejected tonight a United States proposal that the fu ture German government be spar ed the responsibility of signing a peace treaty. The German government "must” ,ign the treaty because it will be the only body that can take re iponsibility for executii% it, Bev )n said. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, confronted by this Brit ish support of Russian objections tc his plans, said the question was cot urgent and need not be decid ed no>v But after this conciliatory ges ture. the Americon secretary of ,tate. disgusted by hours of wrang ling over points of procedure, teamed his Big Four colleagues that they were jeopardizing the en tire conference by getting tangled j, minor disputes. "Frankly,” Marsnall said, “it seems to me that we are ensnari ng ourselves in a series of com plications which are not in them selves of such great importance but which are making the possi bility oi reasonable progress of these negotiations unfortunately remote.” At the four hour and 45-minute meeting, the longest of the con ference, the Big Four ministers irgued without result over German peace treaty procedure. Russian Foreign Minister Via ehesiav Molotov stubbornly refus ed to permit China, which is a member of *he Big Five Council of Foreign ministers, to be one of (lie sponsor powers for the German peace conference. SUPEWOR COURT ACTIONS LISTED 36 Divorce Cases Due To Be Heard At Two Week Civil Term A total of 75 cases, 36 of which ire divorce actions, were listed on the civil Superior Court calen dar released yesterday by A. L. Meyland. clerk of court. The ^rm is scheduled for two weeks beginning April 7. The full eallendar follows: Monday, April 7, motion docket— Robert E. Jenkins against Cora Jenkins; City of Wilmington, et il. versus George Schutt and wife; Sam Spach, against A. R. Keith and wife; Theodore G. Gennis, •gainst L. J. Hannah. Uncontested divorces — D. C. Stalvey vs. Marie Stalvey; J. Eu gene Lucas vs. Dorothy P. Lucas; Louise Hall vs. Dexter Hall; Gladys L. Hogan vs. Donnie P. Hogan. Louise Faison Small vs. Arthur Small; Julia D. Austin vs. John Austin; Carl Ulrich vs. Helen Ding Well Ulrich; Janie Ellis Stewart V!' Will Stewart; Jacoba Stephens Luck vs. Ralph H. Buck; Myrtice H. Inman vs. Aon’er N. Inman. Ann McCormick DeMasi vs. Hred J. DeMasi; Clyde L. New •ome vs. Myrtle Annie Newsom; LeRoy Wenford Upperman vs. Grace Pauline Sanders Upperman. Halph J. Shaw vs. Wilma Inez Shaw; Helen Fisher Kincaid vs. Robert Andrew Kincaid; Eloise Hopkins Dow vs. Wilbur Dow; H.izabeth Styron Bost vs. George pam Bost, Felicia M. Canty vs. James M. Canty; Annie Hughes Henry vs. Richard Henry. Sarah Elizabeth M-cKoy vs. Eli jah McKoy; Katherine C. McLane i^"ued On Page Two; Col. 7) HAMBONE'S meditations By Alley _ MEU55Y5 GM* ] CA\n' J>o NOTHIN' Right — pat chile dts' Ain' <?or No KHoT W HER THREAP // j TEN PERSONS HELD IN HUGE CAR THEFT RING, FBI DECLARES NEWARK, N. J., March 26. —W—S. K. McKee, FBI chief for New Jersey, announced to night that a car theft ring operating between Newark and Bishopville, S. C., had been smashed with the arrest of ten persons, and warrants have been issued for two fugitives. McKee said the ring was first uncovered when the Chief of Police in Bishopville. spot ted men removing license plates from autos stolen in New Jersey. Twelve autos have been recovered, he said, and additional recoveries and arrests are expected. Charged with auto theft and transportation of stolen cars in Interstate Commerce, the FBI said, are Jesse James Gilcrest Raleigh, N. C., held at Bish opville, and Eugene Finklea of Newark, held here, in $5,000 bail each; and Charles Mor gan of Newark, held by New ark municipal police. Held in Bishopville on charges of receiving stolen cars: Ira B. Newsom, Jay Lee McCaskill, Kemp Charles Nash, Lorie E. Hyatt, Leo George Radcliff, Ollie Moore and Mamie Thomas Williams. BILL WOULD PUT MARTIN IN LINE House Rules Committee Approves Presidential Succession Measure * WASHINGTON, March 26— Voting on strict party lines, the Republican - dominated Senate Rules committee today approved a bill putting House Speaker Jo seph Martin (R-Massl as first in line of succession to the presiden cy. Six Republicans voted for the measure. Five Democrats voted against it. Two Republicans were absent. Martin, 62-year-old North Attle boro, Mass., publisher and repre sentative to Congress since 1924, became speaker of the House last January in the wake of the Re publican election victory in No vember. President Truman first asked Congress to change the 60-year old law of succession June 19, 1945, urging that the House Speak er be named the No. 1 replace ment for the White House when— as now—there is no vice presi* dent. He renewed the appeal Feb. 5, declaring that “so far as possible, the office of the President should be filled by an elective officer.” Succession Law Under the 1886 law of succes sion, Secretary of State George C. Marshall would take over the Presidency if a vacancy should develop before President Tru man’s term expires. Since Mar shall, like all cabinet officers, is a Presidential appointee, he would not be an elective officer. COUPLE^INDICT ED IN OVERELL CASE Grand Jury Returns Bill Against Daughter Of Victims, Her Fiance SANTA ANA, Calif., March 26 _(ip) —rThe Orange county grand jury late today returned an in dictment charging 17-year-old Louise Overell, University of Southern California co-ed, and her fiance', George Gollum, 21, with the murder of her parents, whose bodies were recovered from the family yacht after a dynamite ex plosion March 15. The indictment, voted by the 19-member jury, was submitted to Superior Judge Franklin G. West, who immediately directed a bench warrant be issued for the youth ful defendants. Sheriff James Musick said sci entific evidence was submitted t0 the jury to prove Prcse™' tion’s contention that Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Overell, wealthy Flintridge residents, were beaten to death before the dynamite ex ploded on the ship, sinking it in Newport harbor. They will be arraigned probably Friday morning. The indictment obviates a pre liminary hearing which had been set for tomorrow morning in Costa Mesa justice court. Before the indictment was re turned. Autopsy Surgeon Dr. Lang J. Mathes expressed belief that Overell was dead when the mid night explosion shattered the ya'cht, but his wife may have been killed by the blast._ Radio Groups To Coope ; • *? Ay ^ / On W £ /</ Engineers, Tec£ / ‘A Of 3 Major Networks "May Join Phone Workers RECOGNIZE PACT Possibility Looms That Programs Will Be Off Air Easter Monday WASHINGTON, March 26 —UP)— Radio technicians on three major networks agreed tonight to coop erate with telephone workers if the latter strike April 7. Union of ficials called it a “serious” threat to radio broadcasting. A mutual assistance pact be tween the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Techni cians (NABET) and the National Federation of Telephone workers which has called 'for a cross-coun try strike the day after Easter, was disclosed by the telephone union. NABET has a contract with the National, American, and Mutual broadcasting chains, but not with Columbia Broadcasting system, whose workers of similar skill are members of the AFL Brotherhood of electricians. Martin W. O'Donoghue. Wash ington attorney for NABET, said his organization also has contracts with 57 local stations. O’Donoghue conceded it might be possible to man local stations — or even the networks — with management personnel of both radio and telephone companies, and thus continue broadcasting. Because of the large number of workers required to man the long lines service of the American Telephone and Telegraph com pany, however, the attorney thought this would be difficult. May Be Silenced Inherent in the threatened tele phone strike and “assistance” by the broadcast engineers was the possibility that many of the na tion’s radio stations might be hampered seriously if net silenced altogether. LEADERS NAMED IN CHURCH DRIVE Grace Methodist Chairman Picks Captains For Solicitations The appointment of 20 team cap tains to serve in Sunday after noon’s every-member canvass of Grace Methodist church members for contributions to help restore the heavily fire-damaged church structure was announced last night by M. H. Lander, general chairman of the restoration under taking. Lander, also chairman of the church board of stewards, yester day appointed Lenox G. Cooper and E. C. Craft, Jr., as co-chair men of the men's solicitation divi sion. He named Mrs. J. Frank Collier and Mrs. Bereniece Stellings as co-chairmen of the women’s divi sion. The men’s division team captains were named last night as follows: Harry Dosher, Clayton C. Holmes, W. A. McGirt, Bruce Yan dle, Raymond Crow, George Prit chard, J. Utley King, Herbert Da vis, N. A. Avera and Bate Mauney Tlie following team captains for the women’s division were ap pointed: Mesdames A. S. Trundle, Jr., T. E. Moody, E. T. Crow, Leon Walsh. Levi McMillan, E. T. Walker, J. E. McCarty, S. D. Hurst, Jr., Martna King, and Miss Lillian Davis. Chairman Lander yesterday named as his advisory committee in the fund raising campaign Al bert Trundle, Mrs. J. Frank Col iier and E. C. Craft, Jr., announc ing at the same time that still an other member remains to be select ed. The special gifts solicitation com mittee is made up of E. L. White, chairman of the church board ot trustees, Roger Moore and Albert Trundle. The every-member canvass will take place between 2 and 5 p. m. Sunday. The Sunday schedule of church services was announced as Hol lows: Sunday schodl at 9:45 a. m. at Hemenway school, on Fifth street near Chestnut; morning service at 11:15 o’clock at St. Paul’s Sixth and Princess streets; ana Lutheran church parish house, M evening service at 8 o’clock at the same place. British Scientists Make WarmestPanties To Date LONDON, March 26—(U.R)—Brit ish scientists claimed today they have developed from a coal de rivative a fabric which will make possible the warmest panties in the history of lingerie. A research technician of Im perial Chemical industries said the new fabric, Terylene, was in vented last year and now is being subjected to exhaustive tests which have shown that it is equal to ny lon in many ways. It was describ ed as almost run-proof and definite ly moth-proof. Spun with wool, which contri butes warmth, it can be made into lingerie items of strong, smooth appearance which will appeal to women, it was said. ‘‘Burning coal is such an inef ficient way to destroy one of the world’s richest natural resources,” said the technician. “This ma terial, which comes from the same stuff, also gives a warming ef fect, although in a different way.” He said it would be severaC years, however, before Brjtish plants would be prepared to mass produce the new fabric. “Du Pont in America also is working on it as a possible com petitor to their own nylon,” he said. Liner In Flames The 22,424-ton Monarch of Bermuda, one-time British luxury liner in the New York-Bermuda passenger service, burns in drydock at Hebburn-on-Tyne, England, where she was being re-fitted for pas senger trade. The big ship was used as s> troop ship durftig the war. (AF Wircphoto via radio from London). Committee Ejects Communist Leader The Weather FORECAST: North Carolina—Increasing cloudiness and continued rather cool Thursday, rain and warmer Thursday night and some light rain in mountain section; Friday rain and cool. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEMPERATURES 1:30 a. m. 43; 7:30 a. m. 40; 2:30 p. m. 54; 7:30 p. m. 48; Maximum 47; Mini mum 32; Mean 39: Normal 56. HUMIDITY 1:30 a. m. 38; 7:30 a. m. 46. 1:30 p. m. 37; 7:30 p. m. 19. PRECIPITATION Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month 4.94 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Dow Wilmington_ 1:03 a.m. 8:29 a.m. 1:22 p.m. 8:24 p.m. Masonboro _11:07 a.m. 5:11 a.m. 11:39 p.m. 5:20 p.m. Sunrise 6:06; Sunset 6:29; MoonrHe 9:20a; Moonset -. River state at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 a. m. Wednesday 12.7 feet. sncwTlOrries PAY VISIT HERE Weatherman Says Area Can Expect Warmer Temperatures Today The poets, if there are any poets in Wilmington, had their hey-day yesterday when the city was visit ed by four snow flurries—that is if the poets like to versify mother nature. Paul Hess, the weatherman down in the Custom’s Building who likes to deal in facts and arithmetic, looked back through his records and came up with some figures that may be inter esting to statisticians. The genial weatherman said shucks, yesterday’s snow flurries were nothing—that is, speaking of the lateness in the season. His books reveal that in 1915—on April 3—the city had a snow flurry. But that date superseded any other year, according to his rec ords since the bureau was es tablished here 1871 with the ex ception of March 27, 1927 and March 31, 1915. The first snow flurry was re corded yesterday at 8:28 a.rn. and the final at 11:30 a.m. They were light and mild flurries, hardly sufficient to raise the blood pressure of the young. Meanwhile, Hess said that the temperature would drop last night to 80 within the city and hover around the 27 mark outside, But he held out a cheerful note—today should be warmer and fair. Along The Cape Fear VALUABLE RECORDS—Thanks to Mr. R. L. Benson, popular town clerk of Wrightsville Beach, Along The Cape Fear is able to bring you some interesting items on the Grace Methodist Church, the fa mous edifice here which was re cently seriously damaged by fire. As a member of the church rec ords committee, M r. Benson along with Mr. A. B. Love as sembled in 1936 much d ata about the church’s history. These records were placed in the basement vault of the Wil - mington Savings and Trust Com pany in a specially constructed box. All of the documents were un der strict supervision for review, requiring permit from the pastor or the chairman of the board in company of an official of the bank. In practically all cases that official was Mr. Herbert C. Davis, Mr. Benson tells us. * * ik CORRECT NAME — Quite often the church is referred to as | "Grace Street Methodist Church,” Mr. Benson says. And that iE en tirely wrong. The old Front Street Methodist Church, a forerunner of the pres ent church, was destroyed in the FBI Chief Hoover Says Partv Dangerous To United States WASHINGTON, March 26—(IP)— In a thunderous scene a Congres sional committee ejected the gener al secretary of the Communist party from a hearing today and later heard FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover denounce the Communists as a “fifth column.” Eugene Dennis wae ousted by the House committee on Unameri can activities because he refused to give any other name but Eugene Dennis. He also refused to tell where or when he was born. Both Hoover and Robert E. Stripling, the committee’s chief investigator, said Dennis was bom as Francis Eugene Waldron and has used many aliases. Stripling said the aliases have been used in getting “fraudulent passports.” Hoover testified: 1. That the Communists are di rected “from Paris with a very definite pipeline into Moscow” and that they are a present danger to this country in the event of war with a Communist nation. 2. That he has "grave doubts” as to the wisdom of making mar tyrs out of Communists by outlaw ing them. Also, he said the law might later be ruled unconstitu tional. The U. S. Chamber hf Commerce also told the committee it questions the wisdom of outlawing the party. The Daughters of the American Revolution favored outlawing it Dennis, a man with pink cheeks, neat mustache, and red necktie, appeared at his own request to op pose the bills that would outlaw Communists. GODDARD’S HAIR - DO CAUSES WALKOUT AT ENGLISH FILM STUDIO LONDON, March 26—(ff>)—An un authorized strike over Paulette Goddard’s hair-do paralyzed the production of a $2,000,000 movie today. Twelve English hair dressers, who want no part of any foreign labor, walked out in a pique yes terday after hearing that Miss Goddard’s pretty head was being done by a Swedish expert from Hollywood. The walkout left nearly 1,000 ac tors, actresses and technicians idle, and it was costing more than $12,000 a day for London Film studios grinding out Sir Alexan der Korda’s technicolor film of Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Hus band.” great fire of 1886. The edifice was rebuilt at the new and present lo cation Fourth and Mulberry streets. It was named Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South. Later the name of the street was changed from Mulberry to Grace Street in honor of the church which was one of the finest buildings in the Port City. With the union of the North and South branches of Methodism, to gether with the Methodist Protes tant and other small branches as suming the name of Methodist Church, the correct name of the church here became the Grace Methodist Church. •LIST OF PASTORS — Contain ed in the information which Mr. Benson made available for us is a list of the pastors from 1810 to the present day, as well as that of the presiding elde s. As space will not permit us to bring you all of this material to day we will limit ourselves to a list of the pastors. James Norton, 1810; Jos. Tra vis, 1811; Samuel K. Hodges, 1816; James O. Andrews, 1817-18; Wm. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Irate Dairymen Hold Up Trains, Fire On Trucks; Mine Death Toll Grows MINE OFFICIALS FEAR 121 DEAD Seventeen Bodies Already Recovered; Senate Or ders Probe Of Blast CENTRALIA, 111., March 26— <JP) —A rescue squads probed the labyrinths of a gas-filled, explo sion-torn coal mine today, virtually resigned hat the death toll ol trapped miners would reach 121, The U. S. Senate voted an inves tigation of the blast. The Senate, by a voice vote, adopted a resolution by Senator Brooks (R-Ill) calling tor an in quiry by the Senate Public Lands committee to determine whether any federal official was negligent. The Senate acted within an hour after the resolution was introduc ed. As the 24th hour after the mine explosion passed, relatives of the blast victims who had maintained a hopeful vigil at the mine, began showing the strain of the ordeal. Old hands at rescue work shook their heads and opined there “wasn't a chance" any more of the trapped men were alive. W. P. Young, vice president in charge of operations for the Cen tralia Coal company, the mine owners, said 17 bodies had been found so far in the mine, 30 men had been brought out alive and that 104 others were unaccounted for. Bodies of most of the dead still were underground. Many Violations Senator Brooks told tne Senate the mine was “under operation of the federal government under the Secretary of Interior” and charged there had been “many violations” of safety rules of both the federal and state governments. The U, S. Bureau of Mines, meanwhile, said a number of vio lations of the federal safety code were found in an inspection of the mine last November and a recent report of the Illinois State Mine inspector recommended several changes at the mine. Repo- ts of the state inspection said the min was “not adequately rock dusted,” that dirty haulage roads should be cleansed and sprinkled and that ventilation should be increased at various points. The state report also as serted that recommendations of previous inspections had “not been complied with and should be com plied with.” STATE TEACHERS TO SELECT SLATE Spirited Balloting For Pres idency Expected At Con vention Saturday ASHEVILLE, March 26. —(£*)— North Carolina school teachers Saturday will choose as theri presi dent either a man who has suc cessful! led their fight for a pay raise of appropriately 30 per cent for the next two years, or another educator who has been telling them — and all Tar Heels — they de serve twice that amount and should continue to fight for it. The candidates are Claud Grlgg of Albemarle, vice-president of the North Carolina Education associa tion and chairman of its legisla tive committee, and R. L. Fritz of Hudson, Caldwell county. The 63rd annual convention of the NCEA will be held here Thurs day through Saturday. Never in these three score years and more* has a vice-president failed to be elevated to the presidency. Against the background of the presidency race, the contest fox vice-president among four candi dates is anticlimatic. In the race are A. C. Dawson, Jr., principal of Southern Pines High school in Moore county; William Elmore, classroom teacher and athletic coach at Lake Lure high, Ruther ford county; B. E. Lohr, of Lum berton, a member of the NCEA board of directors; and T. C. Roberson, superintendent of Bun coombe county schools. 3,000 Delegates Voting for all officers has been going on in local units for the past month. Results will be an nounced at the convention. There are approximately 24,000' teachers in the state and some 3,000 dele gates are expected at the conven tion. Former Chief Justice Spends Night In City Even a chief justice of the United States Supreme Court ad mittedly doesn’t know everything. Charles Evans Hughes, who pre sided over the nation’s highest tribunal from 1930 until his re i tirement in 1941, admitted last ■ night that he didn’t know Wil mington was the boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson . Mr. Wilson was his opponent for the presidency in 1916. Mr. Hughes, enroute from Flor ida to his Washington home, was the over-night guest of the Cape Fear Hotel. He likewise was the dinner i guest of the St. John’s Tavern. It was while dining at the St John’s that he made the observa tion regarding Mr. Wilson. Despite his 85 years, Mr. Hughes was as lively as a man much younger. He wore a Florida sun ten that undoubtedly had invig orated him and accentuated his stately bearing. Mr. Hughes’ aversion to pub licity and recognition is well known. But his host of the eve ning recognized him at once when he entered the dining room. "Good evening, Mr. Hughes. ’ (Continued on Page Two; Col. S) OPA ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AT RALEIGH TO CLOSE APRIL 30 ATLANTA, March 26.—(S’)— Regional Administrator James P. Davis of the OPA said today branch enforcement offices in Miami, Memphis and Raleigh, N. C., would be closed April 30 and their activities trans ferred to Atlanta. Davis said the closing of the offices was necessitated by the limited funds made available by the recently passed OPA liquidation appropriation. Regular 30-day termination notices will be given to branch office personnel March 31, Davis said, although some em ployes in each office may be transferred to the regional of fice. The 72 area rent offices in the Southeast will undergo no major changes, nor will the sugar control branch offices of which there is one in each state, Davis declared. SCOUT EXECUTIVE QUITS POST HERE Courtland Baker To Head Palmetto Council At Spartanburg, S. C. Courtland W. Baker, Boy Scout executive of the Cape Fear Coun cil for the past four years, has been appointed executive secretary of the Palmetto Council in Spartan burg, S. C., it was learned here last night. The scout executive who has guided the activities of the Cape Fear Council which cover nine counties will assume his new duties on May 1. He will remain scout executive here until that time. Mrs. Baker and their two chil dren will remain here until the close of school and then will join him in Spartanburg. Entering Boy Scout work in 1938 as field executive and assistant scout executive in Ashland, Ken tucky, Baker was previously con nected with State Recreation work. Baker, coming to Wilmington as Scout Executive in January of 1943, has aided the development of the scouting program of the Cape Fear area from the 78 units th'at were active on his arrival to the present 160 units with about 3,000 members. Only two staff members were employed by the councjl at that time and now seven are required to handle the work. The scou<“ executive last night expressed regret on leaving Wil mington and the community. He contributed the success of the scout program here to the “many active men over the community who have given their time, as scouting is a volunteer program (Continued On Page Two; Col. 4j STEELMAN STUDIES OFFER FOR YARDS Delegation Assured 01 Full Review At White House Parley WASHINGTON, March 26— (JP)— Senator Hoey (D-NC) said today a delegation was assured by Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman of a further investigation of uses of the North Carolina Ship Building yards at Wilmington be fore he makes recommendations to ^President Truman on disposal of'the yards. Hoey said the group requested e check independent of proposals by the U. S. Maritime commission to lease the yards and by the North Carolina State Ports authority to buy them. Rep. Clark (D-NC) told reporters the commission and authority pre sented statements to Steelman regarding uses each would make of the property. He added “Steel man is considering the question of whether the property may con sistently be made to serve both uses.” Among those who attended to day’s White House conference here: Senators Hoey and Umstead (D NC), Rep. Clark; Ports Authority Chairman R. B. Page of Wilming ton; and W. C. Park, formerly with the North Carolina Shipbuild ing Co. _ TEAMSTERS UNION CEASE DELIVERIES Louisiana State Safety Chief Orders Police To Keep All Roads Open NEW ORLEANS, March 26—(U.R) —Angry dairymen of Tangipahoa parish today hoarded Illinois Cen tral milk trains in the ‘‘Jesse James” manner and fired on trucks running their blockade into New Orleans in a turbulent strike that already had cut in half this big city’s milk supply. Tonight, the AFL Teamsters’ union, representing the strikers, threatened to shut off deliverii of any products to any New Or leans firm or individual dealing with dairy firms on the union’s blacklist. Leo Carter, international repre sentative of the teamsters, said that the unions five locals in New Orleans handled "everything that moves on rubber” in the city. Ha notified shipping companies that no cargose including milk would be delivered to their vessels. In Tangipahoa parish, 70 miles north of New Orleans and lonj a stormy spot in Louisiana, th» rugged dairy farmers were de termincd to stick out their strike and blockade against milk from other sections in protest ol a K cents per hundredweight price reduction for their production. Keep Roads Open State Public Safety Chief Hun ter Huckaby ordered state police cars from Baton Rouge into the troubled area with orders to "keep the roads open.” The strike hac spread to neighboring St. Tam many parish where Sheriff R. C Moise reported the farmers were carrying weapons openly. In Tangipahoa, where blood was shed in a strawberry farmers’ idispute eight years ago, two IC trains had been stooped in 24 hours. Armed union dairymen flagged down the trains, one freight and one passenger tram with milk cars, broke open the car seals and dumped the milk. “It was an act of terrorism worthy of Jesse James," said W D. Bee, special agent of the rail road. He said more than 250 farmers took part in one train incident at Amite. Sam Gurgo, a produce trucker from Jackson, Miss., said he was fired on from ambush when he failed to halt at a road blockade near Slidell, just the other side of Lake Pontchartrain. Shots riddled a fender and shattered his wind shield but Gurco came on through. He said he was not hauling milk. NOBLE TO SERVE AS HEAD OF VFW Newly Elected Officers To Be Installed Here On April 4 Ken R. Noble was last night elected commander of the James F. Manly post Number 2573, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, in a meet ing of that organization held in the VFW hall. Noble succeeds E. C. Snead in the position. Other officers elected last night to serve for the coming year are: A. J. Brunjes, senior vice-com mander; S. C. Zatkiewicz, junior vice-commander; Tommy Long, quartermaster; Frank Shepard, chaplain; H. L. O’Steen, judge ad vocate; and C. W. Fulford, J. J. Ray, and William Zimmer .trus tees. A public installation service will be held on April 4, it was an nounced. The place of the service has not yet been decided, but a dinner-dance will be held at the same time. Members of the VFW last night also passed two resolutions, the first of which is that a request be made that all necessary steps be taken to remove the bombing ranges at Albemarle Sound and Myrtle Beach which are delaying the installation of a very high frequency range here and thereby interfering with the possibility of additional commercial air service into Wilmington. The organization also went on record favoring and endorsing the reorganization of Company I of the 30th Division of the North Carolina National Guard here, and pledged assistance in bringing about the formation of the group. It was brought cut at the meeting that Company I is traditionally Wilmington and a part of the 30th Division which made outstanding records in two wars. And So To Bed The winds oi yesterday and the day before performed freakish feats, some of them amusing, after a fashion, and some of them not so funny. Not so funny was the ex perience of a taxi driver who was wheeling along South Front street when a gust of considerable force struck with head-on suddenness. He heard a terrific clatter ing din and for a brief instant was blacked out before ho could pull over to the curb. The wind had simply un loosed his hood and sent it hurtling back in front of tto wtndohi*1^*
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