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FORECAST: Served By Leased W« of the R*in this ASSOCIATED PRESS morning followed by clearing this after- fh_ noon and night with little change in vrarinSSf* nn.irir. temperature during day but colder at UNITED PRESS night; Saturday, fair and warmer. With Complete Coverage of ----;---.— State and National News VQL- 80.—NO. 141. WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1867 lining Town Prepares To ‘Honor Dead Mayor Of Centraiia to Pro claim Burial Day For Blast Victims deathtollgrows Eighteen More Bodies Re moved From Tunnels Of Illinois Mine CENTRALIA, 111., March 27. — my. Centralia made plans today to bury its miner dead, as rescue , q u a d s combed methodically through a network of mine tun ne‘ls "virtually resigned the death toll m Tuesday’s underground ex plosion would rise, to 111. Tired, dust-smeared rescue work er? brought 18 more bodies up the shaft of the Centralia Coal company’s No. 5 mine early to day. But they still found no signs life among the 76 miners still unaccounted for below. No survivor has been found since 31 men were rescued from the gas-contaminated mine the first few hours after the blast. The known death toll rose to 35, with discovery of the additional bodies. A rescue squad leader gave the missing men “no chance at all” and Mayor O. W. Wright disclosed he was preparing a proclamation to designate a holiday commemo rating a burial day or burial days tor the victims. Probe Demanded Meanwhile, a demand was made In the national House of represen tatives for an investigation of the disaster and Illinois’ Governor Dwight H. Green declared he was determined to have a ’’full, com plete, impartial and non-political” inquiry. Acting after the Senate voted yes terday to conduct an investiga tion, Rep. Vursell (R.-H1.) intro (Continued on Page Four, Col. d) RAILROADCLAMPS EMBARGO ON MILK Illinois Central Will Not Haul Commodity Through Strike Zone AMITE, La,, March 27 — (*) — The Illinois Central railroad clamped an embargo today on milk shipments through the Flor ida parishes of Louisiana where a non-union farmer has been wound id and thousands of gallons of milk seized during a strike of dairymen for higher wholesale prices. 0. C. Stein, Illinois Central of ficial, announced that no milk will be accepted aboard trains anywhere along the line between Memphis and New Orleans. Sev eral trains have been searched daring stops here, and bands of men twice forced the sidetracking of cars containing milk, which was spilled onto the ground. Federal officers are investigating. Otis Baham, 24-year-old official of the Dairy Farmers cooperative at Kentwood, La., was wounded in the arm last night when he re fusee to stop his automobile on one of the stretches of road being Patrolled by strikrs attempting to halt truck shipments of milk to New Orleans. Wife Escapes Mrs. Baham and Lucius McCoy •scaped injury as a group of men opened fire with shotguns and gav$ ohase in automobiles until Baham drove into his farm. Baham re ported the affair to police. He is Pot producing milk during the ,fhke. and had none in his car. C- L. Russell, president of the Amite Local No. 16 of the AFL Affiliated Dairy Employes. Chauf feurs and Maintenance employes/ •aid he had no knowledge of the •hooting. "I think the report is false,” he •aid. Asked whether he thought strike •ympathizers might have shot Ba •am, Russell replied: “I don’t think so. I know they Wouldn’t. When my boys go out ^Continued on Page Three, Col. 1) BAMBONE’S meditations By Alter Lucy SiH REAPIN' ON£ PEM WtfOPUNlTS | EH SHE SAY she F/m' ! OuT EARLY PE GUILTY I MAM WUX. PE MAW PAT WRIT IT/^_ \ £ ' bj Tfa Ball In-1 ' lac.) Trow Hark | *•«. W. Blast Survivor Rescued Stretcher bearers bring out one of the 181 miners trapped by a terrific explosion far down in the No. 5 mine of the Centralia Coal Company at Centralia, 111. Thirty-four others were brought out alive afterwards. Re&cue workers believed 111 perished. Search con tinued for the entombed men. (AP Wirephoto). I Sugar Rationing End May Cause uScandaV> HIGH WINDS HIT CITY, RESORTS Four Wilmington Sections Report Electric Service Disputed The local weather bureau re ported at 1:20 a. m. today that the wind storm which caused local disturbances last night and early this morning had passed north of the city and the barometer was then rising. Extreme winds clocked dur ing the height of the blow here late last night were 55 miles per hour, with the maximum winds listed as 43. At 1:20 a. m. the barometer had risen to 29.62 from an earlier recording of 29. At least four Wilmington sections were affected directly last night by the high winds, with electrical service disrupted and lines down, officials of the Tide Water Power company said early this morning. The company had repair crews at all points in an effort to repair the damage. The sections aftected were prin cess Place, Brook'wood, Lake For est and the Market Street road. At last reports no other areas were hit hard by the lack of electricity. Police officers at Carolina Beach reported that the estimated wind velocity at the southern resort was estimated at about 35 miles per hour, early this morning. No dam age has been reported, the police said. Wrightsville Beach was also rath er hard hit by the force of the winds but town police said shortly after midnight that as far as they knew no heavy damage had been caused. STORAGE UNIT TO BE LOCATED HERE (District Engineers To Erect Center At Brunswick River Lay-Up Basin At the request of the United States Maritime Commission, a 2500 gallon storage and distribu tion unit is to be installed at the Brunswick River Storage basin by the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers. The storage tank and supply line are to be placed on the. Maritime Commission dock at the basin, it was stated, and will be used to supply the gasoline operated equip ment used at the basin. Work on the project will begin after plans and specifications are [prepared by the local engineers. Tobey So Charges When Senate Okays Oct. 31 As Deadline WASHINGTON, March 27—(A>)— Amid bitter charges by Senator Tobey (R-N.H.) that it was opening the way for “a national scandal,” the Senate approved and sent back to the House tonight a bill to kill sugar rationing next Ortober 31. It stamped final approval on the bill by a 46 to 34 vote after a stormy session in which Tobey shouted that his own party, the Republicans,, must shoulder the “blame” for the failure to extend controls for a full year. He said profiteering and gamb ling in sugar will create the scan dal he foresees. Senator Donnell (R,-Mo.) re marked that he had “no fear of any national scandal" and asked Tobey why he made the charge. Tobey replied that the October 31 deadline would put spectators “on notice when they can make the kill” whereas the longer con trol period would make specula tors blind.” The speculators are not blind to night,” Tobey yelled. Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) scoffed at (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) CHEMIST REPORTS BLOODSTAIN FIND Clothing Belonging To Overell Murder Suspect' Enters Dramatic Case SANTA, ANA, Calif., March 27 —(&)—Discovery of bloodstains by a police chemist on clothing iden tified as belonging to George Gol lum, under indictment in the deaths of his fiancee’s parents aboard their dynamite-shattered yacht, highlighted a transcript of grand jury testimony filed today. The transcript was filed with the county cler' shortly after Gollum, 21, and Louise Overell, 17, appear ed for arraignment under murder indictments voted yesterday. Miss Overell was certified to juvenile court. Gollum’s entry of a plea was de layed until April 4. Ray Pinker, Los Angeles police chemist, said of a black leather jacket: “As .a resuit of my examination, I have been able to determine’that the coat at one time was heavily contaminated with human blood.’’ The g-rment earlier had been ad mitted as a jury exhibit, described as found in a room in the Flint ridge mansion of Financier and Mrs. Walter E. Overell, into which Gollum had moved after the Over ells were killed in Newport bay the night of March 15. Pinker’s testimony continued: “Microscopic examination re (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) — Cubans’ Honor Satisfied When Blood Flows Freely HAVANA, Cuba, March 27—OJ.R) _ Blood was drawn from two Cuban Senators duelling with swords at dawn today apparently satisfying the “honor” of both, one, an alleged friend of Charles (Lucky) Luciano, whose depor tation last week left a fantastic tangle of personal animosities among high-placed Cubans. The duelists were Sen. Francisco Prio Socarras, brother of the prime minister and an allege a close associate of the racketeer durin° Luciano's six months in Cuba, and Sen. Edward Chibas, who sneered publicly at the al leged friendship. Their swords flashed in the Salon of Arms here until doctors and judgei decided enough blood had been shed to satisfy the hon or of both Senators. Then Prio and Chibas ostensibly made up their differences and parted as friends. In the first reprise or round, neither duelist was touched, in the second. Chibas was wounded in the left side. He bled profusely, but the doctors said the wound was not grave. He received med ical attention and they went at it again. Prio was pinked in the right wrist in the third test of arms, but his wound likewise was pro nounced not grave. Then the judges halted the duel, ruling that sufficient damage had been done to satisfy the demands of the “gentleman’s code" wltiefa applies to such contests. MOLOTOV RETREATS UNDER PRESSURE FROM WEST ON NAZI AUSTRIAN LOOT; REPUBLICANS PASS TAX SLASH BILL Measure Now Faces Stormy Senate# />/' Future Oi f .#>S v' .g islatio’ JA/£/ VETO" IN . i)OW Rep. Engel Of Michigan Flays Bill As Catering to Wealthy People WASHINGTON, March 27—(IP)— Republicans rammed their “30 20” income tax slash through the House on schedule today, 273 to 137 and sent it to a less enthusiastic Senate. The final roll call found 233 Re publicans joined by 40 Democrats for the bill. Against it were 133 Democrats and Reps, Engel (R Mich), Buffett (R-Neb), H. Carl Andersen (R-Minn) and Marcan tonio (AL-NY). The bill would trim 30 perceni off the taxes of persons with tax able income up to $1,000; and give 20 percent reductions to most other taxpayers, retroactive to Jan. 1. Several “ifs” make the future of the bill uncertain. One is the position of GOP Sen ate leaders that the tax cut should be effective July 1, instead of for the full year of 1947. Another is the opposition of President Truman to any tax cuts now; he may veto the bill. Today’s vote was one short of the two thirds necessary to overide a veto. The Senate probably will not act until late in April or later. Before the final House vote, the (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) SENCBA TO START MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Hugh Morton Named Chair man To Enlist 2,000 Into Organization A campaign to enlist 2,000 mem bers into the South Eastern North Carolina Beach Association will get underway on Monday morning with members of the organization solic iting individuals and business firms over Brunswick, Onslow, and New Hanover counties. Final discussions and organiza tion plans for the membership drive were held last night by mem bers of the board of directors meet ing in the Friendly cafeteria. Louis B. Orrell, president, was in charge of the meeting. Hugh Morton has been named as chairman of the drive. A goal of $32,000, including $15, 000 for the fall fishing rodeo to be sponsored by SENCBA, has been set by the group. The remainder of the money it to be used for other projects, creating a full time of fice, and for an advertising pro gram. Individuals and firms directly ijr indirectly interested in the develop ment of the area’s tourist and rec reational potentialities will be ask ed to become members of SENC in the drive opening on Monday. Later, municipalities, and commun ities will be approached. Minimum of $10 has been named for individ ual membership. The ultimate objective of the SENCBA program is to create year-round recreational activities and projects for the area. Since its organization less than one year ago, the mator projects sponsored i by SENCBA was the fishing rodeo staged, last fall. A larger rodeo is (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 1) Along The Cape Fear CONTROVERSY AGAIN—The sterling defense of the cat fish which graced this column not so long ago has brought on a con troversy. Not as to the great merits of the cat fish, we’re glad to say, but as to which is the best eating fish in the Cape Fear region. But let us tell you what one friend has written to us: “Many more millions of Ameri cans are more interested in eat ing fish than in catching them,” be states. “Along The Cape Fear is pass ing up a great opportunity if you do not investigate this important issue,” he adds. * * * FOR A STARTER — J u s t to make sure that the controversy will develop, the same reader was kind enough to tell us what one distinguished visitor in our midst many long years ago had to say on the subject. Lord Cornwallis, we are told, said the discovery of the blue Brem in North Carolina was worth the price of the Revolution ary War. Perhaps,' or certainly, more people—at least chefs or culinary experts—rat* the brook or moun ^—■——■ ■* ^—— Restaurant Operators Hold Banquet Here The officers and guests of the New Hanover Restaurant Operators Association are shown above at the banquet meeting of the association held last night at the Famous Club. Left to right, seated— R. W. Fergurson, of Charlotte, representative of Swift and Company; W. A. Linehan, director of the sugar disvision of the OPA, Raleigh and YV. C. Haas, sanitary inspector for the food division of the city-county health department. -Standing—E. YV. Stacy, president; Miss Anna Koutroulias, member of the board of directors; YVilliam J. Blackwell, secretary-treasurer and Chris Rongotos, vice-president of the association. (PHOTO BY CAROLINA CAMERA). ______ RESTAURANT MEN OUTLINE GOALS Aims Of New Local Organ ization Told At First Formal Meeting Over 100 members of the New Hanover Restaurant Operators As sociation and their guests attend ed the first official meeting of the group, organized last October, In the Famous Club last night. President E. W. Stacy presided and before introducing the speak ers on the program, he gave a general outline of the purposes and objectives of the recently formed association. Included in the objectives as out lined by the president were the organization for cooperative buy ing by the members from local merchants and brokers. Stacy said the board of directors of the Association have visions of estab lishing their own poultry farm. "We will appoint a special ways and means committee to study these proposals,” Stacy said. The committee and the board of directors will study the ideas sub mitted and work out a plan that will be presented to the members for a mail vote, the president stated. Stacy said the restaurant opera tors were planning to observe May 5-12 as National Restaurant Week an dextensive plans will be made to publicize the establishments of the members of the local associa tion. Miss Anna Koutroulias, a mem ber of the board of directors, serv ed as toast mistress. In introducing W. A. Linehan, director of the sugar branch of the O.P.A., with headquarters at Ra leigh, Miss Koutroulias, referred to him as the “Sugar Daddy” of the restauranters. “You people, the institutional users of sugar, know just about as much as I do about the present sugar situation,” he said. He stated that the main source of the American sugar supply comes from the Carribean area. He went into detail of explaining the present sugar reulations, but (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) tain trout as the top eating fish. “The price on the spring menus indicates that they’re right,” our friend contends. But as the Cape Fear region boasts no mountain trout, we will have no more truck with them and immediately turn to the im portant task of picking the No. 1 eating fish to be found here. . * . * * FLOUNDER. PERHAPS—Just a cursory survey o f our associ ates reveals that the flounder is a strong contender for top honors. The Virginia Mullet came in for its share of support in minature Gallup poll conducted in less than five minutes, just to give you some idea as to h o w extensive our research has been to the moment. Our kind reader who suggested that we promote the battleofthe fish has already taken his stand. LIKELY CHOICE — "Of salt water fish the pig fish is a fa vorite, with shad second and the black spotted trout third. They are so different in taste that it is impossible to get any agree ment,” he cautions us. (Continued on Fftge Three, Cel. I) i . 1 • Local Merchants Sponsoring Event The Weather FORECAST: North Carolina—Snow in north portion and rain in East portion Friday morning followed by clearing Friday afternoon and night, not much temperature change Friday, cloder Friday night. Saturday fair and warmer. South Carolina—Clearing and cooler Friday, colder Friday night. Saturday Saturday partly cloudy and warmer. (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. 35; 7:30 a. m. 34. 1:30 p. m. 46; 7:30 p. m. 51; Maximum 52; Mini mum 31; Mean 42; Normal 56. HUMIDITY 1:30 a. m. 45; 7:30 a. m. 52; 1:30 p. m. 35; .7:30 p. m. 64. PRECIPITATION Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 0 inches Total since the first of the month 4.95 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY f (From the Tide Tables published by U. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High low Wilmington-2:00 a.m. 9:31 a.m. 2:20 p.m. 9:35 p.m. Masonboro -12:09 a.m. 6:11 a.m. _ - P-m. 6:21 p.m. Sunrise 6:05; Sunset 6:30; Moonrise: 10:10a; Moonset 12:08a. Hiver stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 a. m. Thursday 12.8 feet. WEATHER “NASTY” h . 0 R STATE Wilmington Boasts Highest Temperature In Caro lina Thursday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It was generally nasty outdoors in North Carolina last night. The Charlotte Weather bureau reported moisture in various forms —snow, sleet and rain—over most of the state with temperatures in land and in the mountains hover ing around the freezing mark. At 7:30 P. M. Thursday' Wil mington was the warmest point in the state with 50 degrees, but the mercury was expected to drop to around 40 this morning. North Wilkesboro reported three inches of snow yesterday and moderate to heavy falls were re ported along the ’Northern edge of the state. Snow fell in Charlotte, Concord and Asheville. Temperatures early last night in Greensboro,. Raleigh and Winston Salem were freezing or below and (Continued on Page Four, Col. 3) Today And Saturday Des ignated As “Shop In Wilmington” Days "Shop in Wilmington Days,” to day and tomorrow. These are the days when the alphabetical symbol SWD, about which you have been reading, come to realization. The two days have been set aside by the Wilmington merchants as a period of special appeal to out of-town shoppers to visit Wilming ton stores and view the beautiful Easter dir,-days now featured here. For the first time since the close of the war, Wilmington merchants (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3) INQ1 ^CALLED IN m DEATH Coroner Sets Monday Night For Probe Of Fire Victim . New Hanover county coroner Gordon Doran announced la6t night that an inquest into the death of Bob Martin, aged Wilmington Negro, has been scheduled for Monday night in the grand jury room of the courthouse at eight o’clock. Martin’s body was found badly burned in a blazing house at 706 Green street Wednesday night and it was thought at first that the house caught fire accidently and Martin was trapped in the building. He was found crumpled just in side the front doer and firemen were forced to break the door down when it was found locked. Local officers, together with Doran, started an investigation when certain clues were found led them to suspect foul play. Investigating officers said yes terday that Martin reportedly had several hundred dollars locked in a trunk in the house but efforts to find the trunk were unsuccessful Another thing which acted to raise suspicion was the manner in which the frame structure burn ed. A strong odor of kerosene (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3) Bacon Business Brings “Blushes ” To Barrister Lawers usually are the last per sons in the world to become em barrasseed in court. They have the know-how of making defendants wish they were, well, you know where. But such wasn’t the case in re corder’s court here yesterday. For a fleeting moment an attorney turned and twisted like a worm on a hot brick. And figuratively he was on a hot brick for the moment. It ail had to do with a box of bacon, a defendant by proxy, an alleged bargain between the actual defendant, the proxy and the at torney. To understand just what took place, it’s necessary to give a little history of the case, t On March 13, W. J. Dempsey, Armour packing.company shipping clerk, said he had chased a man down an alley, Alexander Davis, who later was arrested by police and charged with the theft of a box of bacon vaflued at $48. When Davis was called to answer in court yesterday, he promptly reported present. But on cross-examination, it was revealed that he wasn’t “Alex ander Davis.’’ When his true identity was made known, it was found that he actually was one Willie Simon. Solicitor James King said he smelled a rat in the proceedings at once. He said he began to ques tion Willie as to what it all* was about. “Yassuh,” Willie said. “Alex (Continued «n Pa*« Four, Cel. W Compromise Proposal Is Brushed Off Russian Minister Agrees to Discuss Key Issue to Peace Parley MARSHAL HOiDS ON Bevin, Bidault Back United States Stand That Defi nition Needed MOSCOW, Marcn 27 — (#) - Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov gave ground tonight un der pressure from the three West ern nations and agreed to dis cuss a definition of German as sets in Austria, the key issue in the writing of the Austrian peaca treaty. He submitted to the Foreign Ministers council a compromis* proposal which American authori ties said unofficially was too va gue to permit acceptance. Whethe* Molotov’s retreat foreshadowed agreement on the Austrian pact remained in doubt. For two hours Molotov clung steadfastly to his argument that any German assets in the Eastern zone of Austria belonged to Rus sia without question, and that njO definition of what constituted Ger man assets was necessary. Th* problem, he said, was covered adequately by the Potsdam agree ment which Russia has interpreted as allowing her to take whatever she pleased Wes* Insistnet Secretary of State Marshall, French Minister Georges Bidault and British Secretary Ernest Ba vin had insisted that it was nee* essary to define what constitute* German assets in Austria. They maintained that the Germans had seized much Austrian and United Nations property without pay. ment, and this could not be con sidered German although it dras in German hands at the end of the war. In partial acceptance of a French proposal, , Molotov sug gested that the deputy foreign ministers be instructed to "pre pare a definition of German as sets excluding property seized by the Germans by direct force, or as a measure of aryanization with out compensation from the United Nations or Austrians.” The French proposal would have th» deputies prepare a "defini tion of German assets excluding all property taken by fore* or duress, and in general unduly taken by the Germans from the United Nations or Austria for religious, political and racial rea sons.” Soviet Claims Molotov’s elimination of the phrase "by duress” would give the Russians a right to assets taken by the Nazis by the use of threats and other pressure. Like wise the phrase "as a measure of aryanization” would apply only (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) SNOW, HIGH WIND CUTS ATTENDANCE Three Thousand Teachers Gather At Asheville For Convention ASHEVILLE, March 27—(<P)—In clement weather, including snow and ice and high winds, slowed arrivals here today for the 63rd annual convention of the North Carolina Education association. Approximately 3,000 school teach ers, principals and superintendent*, including 1,800 official delegate*, are expected to attend the con vention, however, and welcome signs were in evidence in store windows and public buildings throughout the city. Sessions which preceded the first general meeting of the convention, this afternoon included meetings of the NCEA board of director* and of the superintendents' and united principals’ divisions. Two general sessions are sche duled to be held tomorrow. One, be ginning at 9 a. m., will feature election of NCEA delegates, the president’s report on association activities, discussion of the NCEA (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) And So To Bed How old should a dime be to be old? The question is not so ridiee lous as it might sound, since any numismatist — coin collec tor — might ask it. O. V. Hill, of 11-X Lake For est, has a dime dated 1831, which makes it about 114 years old. "I had had it for some time, thinking the date was 1888, until I applied some acid and. brought out the 1833 date,” ex plained Hill, an employe ef American Bakeries company.
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