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LILIENTHAL WINS SENATE VICTORY (Continued From Page One) tor McKellar (D-Tenn), who has been fighting Lilienthal at every opportunity for years. McKellar in another last move blocked an effort by Senator Hickenlooper (R-Iowaj to get an agreement to vote on the Lilienthal nomination at 5 p.m. Monday. Vandenberg said the commit tee's examination of the nominee was the most exhaustive and thorough he could recall in 19 years of service and he urged his confirmation “without further in vestigation.’’ He declared that “logic, equity, fair play and a just regard for urgent public welfare’’ demand approval of President Truman’s choice at once. He said atomic development in the United States bas been “stagnating too many months’ because of the uncer tainty. He told the Senate and the packed galleries that Lilienthal is “no part of a Communist,” and has no sympathy for Communism or tolerance for it. It is true, he said, that there was “a tiny group” of Communists in the Tennessee Valley authority when Lilienthal was TVA’s chairman, and he is sorry Lilienthal did not root them out. But he added that he has no doubt there are Com munists cells in private enter prises a fraction of the size of TV A. Vandenberg criticized sugges tions—by Taft among others—that the atomic energy control law be revised to turn control back to the military. 'In peace time you cannot drives scientists into the la - boratories with bayonets,” he said. Senator Hickenlooper told the Senate that the atomic committee he heads had established that Ll henthal and other commission nominees are “able and capable men, morally above reproach.” Senator Knowland (R-Calif) laid that approval of Bricker’s motion would amount to repudi ation” of the 8 to 1 favorable vote for Lilienthal in the com mittee. Taft in his turn said Lilienthal ia ' naive” toward Russia and has a “misconception of the Russian fare at.” He said the record shows that Lilienthal has a philosophy which disagrees with “a tremendous majority” of the Senate. “The Senate should not confirm anybody unless he is the man the Senate would have appointed,” Taft counseled. “And if a pre - ferential vote had been taken he would be well below 100 on the Senate list.” Again criticizing the Lilientha. Acheson resport on control of atomic energy, Taft repeated that if it had been followed atomic plants would be built in Russia “for them to operate and produce atomic bombs.” Soon after the Reformation, there was an inclination in Eng land to name children after the vernacular titles of holy days. In 1675, at Bovey Tracey, Devon, there was a child named Passion and another in 1712 at Hemlock. Pentecost is not an uncommon name in old English registers. Easier Dance THE Ocean Plaza CAROLINA BEACH Music By Larry Taylor AND HIS ORCHESTRA Dancing 9 Til 1 Saturday, April 5th. Admission $1.25 TAX INCL. GRACE METHODIST RESTORATION FUND TOTALS $8 3,6 3 0 The campaign for funds to re store the Grace Methodist church is still underway, with M. H. Lan der, chairman of the special drive, reporting last night that a total of $88,630 had been collected to date. He pointed out that several work ers in the campaign had not as yet contacted people assigned to them, and requested that they do so as quickly as possible. PROBE CONTINUES AT COUNTY HOME (Continued From Page One) food, and proper attention. The majority of the patients interview ed were loud in their praise of the Carters’ administration of the home. Mrs. Grissom, who was the first inmate visited by the board; said that she was 77 years of age and “my memory is not as good now as it was.” She denounced the Carters by saying that they would not allow her to visit a friend of hers who lived in another ward of the in stitution, and that they .had kept from her canned cream which was the only food she could eat due to her numerous physical ailments. At that point Commissioner Cole man pointed out that there were twelve cans of milk displayed in her room on top of a table. Not diverted by this apparent discrepancy in her testimony, Mr3. Grissom continued her charge against the superintendent and his wife, the head matron. They had denied her the use of the telephone and also required that a relative of hers come to the home to accompany her dur ing her visits to the city. Several others of the white women were visited by the group and they all spoke highly of the Carters’ attention to them. “Granny Turner, the 105-year-old inmate, was busy eating an orange when visited but took time out from her afternoon snack to say “I don’t feel like talking.” The visit to the white men’s ward met with similar results as the ma jority of the inmates were inter viewed and they in turn said that they were pleased with conditions at the home Mrs. Katherine Smith, the head nurse, whose dispensary is located in the white male ward, pointed out many of the rooms to the visit ing board. La' ?r in the afternoon, Superin tendent Carter revealed that Mrs. Smith, who is a graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is leaving her position at the home in two weeks t y go to Chicago, 111. Mrs. Smi.h had strongly defend ed the Carters at Wednesday af ternoon’s hearing. The board then toured the WPA constructed wing of the building which will be used as an infirmary whenever a sufficient nursing staff can be secured, according to Chair man Hewlett. Several rooms in the Negro wards were next on the board’s itinerary. There both the male and fen .ale inmates queried expressed their satisfaction with the meals and the care. The kitchen and dining rooms were also inspected by the group which launched the intensive probe of the institution after Con mission er Trask had charged at tne regu lar board meeting Monday that the inmates were not receiving “kind” treatment under the administration of the Carters. Thomas K. Woody, clerk of the county commissioners’ board, again accompanied the members yesterday and took voluminous notes during the inspection tour. These will be incorporated into the final report which is expected to be brought up for discussion at next Monday’s regular session of the board in the county courthouse. When making your white sauce with homogenized milk use less flour than ordinarily. This creamy milk makes a thicker sauce. *tis Spring ®tis Clean Cp Time Too In Addition to Your Regular Laundry CLEAN YOUR: blankets l RUGS CURTAINS SLIP COVERS Our Way Is America’s Cheapest FRY IT PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION BEFORE YOU COME Dial: Two * Eight • Three - 8h • Three (2-8303) Ben! A EUBEKA Vacuum Cleaner WITH TOOLS &' FLOOR WAXER Half A Day Your Best Bet Is The LAUNDERETTE 617 Greenfield St. Bob Dann«nbaum Yi Legwin Along The Cape Fear (Continued From Page One) heartless individual or parties un known had made off with the en tire lot. “It was a cold night and some of us scarcely had the price of a new one,’’ Mr. Russell confides about that night 42 years ago. * * * FIRST OFFICE — The first office of the North Carolina Society was Mr. Russell’s, law office in New York and there it remained for a quarter of a century. Mr. Russell was named the first president of the organization. Other North Carolinians who have served as head of the society include George Gordon Battle, W. W. Fuller, Junius Par ker, John S. Primrose, the Rev. Clair Hester and others. Coming in for no small amount of praise was Miss Estelle M. Baker, a Brooklinite, who served as secretary and gave the society a continuity of management. “She is more responsible for its longevity than any other person and knows more North Carolini ans in New York than anyone else,” the first president of the club said. ANOTHER FIRST - It was the first society in New York to admit ladies to its banquets and that in itself is another first for the Port City to boast of. An earlier club in New York City, the Southern Society, was losing members rapidly, Mr. Rus sell recalls. So as chairman of the Southern Society committee, he urged the admission of ladies. “An appeal to Southern chivalry did not open the doors to the dinner, so a second dinner was inauguarated called the Dix ie Dinner and in a short time it double the membership of the Society,-’ he pointer out. * * • MORE WAYS THAN — “We gave the dinner, costing $3 p e r plate and made it free to all members,” Mr. Russell told us. “Not more than 5 0 0 members accepted as a rule, but getting a free dinner opened their hearts and an average of two to three guests were introduced. For these guests we charged $6. “So each member more than paid for his dinner,” Mr. Russell said with a sly chuckle. Then needless to say, he added that the practice had been adopted by many other ocieties. • * • SPREADS ABROAD — The North Carolina Society had more than 300 members at one time, we were told. Then, the idea spread to the nation’s capital and a similar North Carolina Society was form ed in Washington. Spanning both the American continent and the broad Pacific Ocean, Shanghai, China, can boast of a North Carolina Society. This we were informed was or ganized as the result of the Dur h a m tobacco companies sending several hundred North Carolini ans out to the Orient to instruct the Chinese in t h e culture a nd manufacture of the golden leaf. So from a small group brought together by t w o Wilmingtonians and a few other natives of the Old North State 42 years ago, a society that has spread practi ally around the world has re sulted. 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 Precip. WILMINGTON_ 76 57 .04 Alpena ___— 35 27 — Asheville _ 74 45 . — Atlanta_ 74 49 — Atlantic City_ 44 41 .01 Birmingham_ 75 44 — Boston _ 42 30 .43 Buffalo _ 43 27 . 01 Burlington _ 37 21 — Charlotte_ 72 50 — Chattanooga__ 76 44 — Chicago - 49 33 — Cincinnati_ 57 36 — Cleveland _ 44 31 — Dallas_ 73 68 - Denver___ 58 40 — Detroit _ 44 27 — Duluth _ 41 26 — El Paso _ 78 61 — Fort Worth_ 76 66 — Galveston_70 03 — Jacksonville _ 85 64 — Kansas City - 49 41 .02 Key West- 84 73 .05 Knoxville- 69 44 — Little Rock_ 71 49 — Los Angeles —- 64 42 — Louisville- 60 42 — Memphis - 71 43 — Meridian - 80 47 — Miami _ 86 66 — Minn.-St. Paul-44 35 — Mobile - 77 37 Montgomery- 78 48 — New Orleans_ 77 59 — New York _ 54 38 .28 Norfolk _ 49 46 — Philadelphia- 54 42 — Pittsburgh- 56 34 — Portland, Me.- 50 25 .03 Raleigh- 68 52 — Richmond- 53 45 .05 St. Louis- 55 41 — San Antonio-81 67 — San Francisco_ 55 47 02 Savannah - 77 60 Seattle - 53 41 .04 Tampa-—— 84 t 85 02 Washington- 56 45 — EASTER SERVICES PLANNED SUNDAY AT SPOFFORD MILL The sixth annual Easter Sunrise Union will be held Sunday morning on the lawn of the Spofford Mill at 7 o’clock, it was announced last night. The Rev. C. C. Myers, pastor of the Delgado Presbyterian church will be in charge of the service. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. C. C. Brisson, pastor of the Gibson Avenue Baptist church. The public is invited to attend the services. Council Dissatisfied Comment on the new civil service bill by members of the city administration yesterday was limited to an expression of dis satisfaction by Councilman W. E. Yopp. Yopp said that he did not think anyone was satisfied with the com promise measure, pointing out that Senator Alton A. Lennon and Rep resentative Robert M. Kermon tried to please both sides in the controversary, the city council and the police department. The House ratified the bill Tues day following Senate action last Thursday. __ EMBASSY CLERK FOUND MURDERED Dissappeared From Home ' After Two Nights Of “Bad Dreams” ARLINGTON, April 3 — (U.R) — The body of a pretty Philippines Embassy secretary who disap peared last Sunday after two nights of “Bad dreams” was found face down in a shallow creek bed today and a coroner’s report indicated she was murder ed by undetedmined means. A 26-year-old former suitor of the woman — 25-year-old Wynona Harvey of Alta Vista, Va. — was taken into custody in Charlottes ville, Va., and returned to Arling ton for questioning. No charges have been made against him. According to Miss Harvey’s roommates in her modest Wash ington boarding house, she was upset by her impending break up with the young man. They told police she was also troubled by a “Bad dream” last Friday and Saturday nights. They said Miss Harvey did not disclose the nature of the dream. It so upset her however, after the Saturday nightmare, she dash ed to the home of her minister at 1:15 a. m. Sunday morning to dis cuss the matter with him. He quoted her as saying she had a “Horrible dream” and said they discussed her relations with the Charlottesville youth. He said that after a 15 minute interview, she left his home “Quite relieved.” He saw her at church the next day “Seemingly bright and gay.” It was after this service that Miss Harvey disappeared. In an effort to determine the cause of death, police have order ed the coroner’s office to conduct laboratory tests for poison. There was no signs of violence on the body and no conclusive proof that she had met her death by drown ing. STABBED PHILADELPHIA, April 3 —(U.R) — A brutal killer stabbed 25-year old Mrs. Clara Matthews with a screwdriver today, then dragged her into an alley and garroted her with one of her own nylon stock ings. The pre-dawn slaying just a few yards off heavily-traveled Broad street was observed by a sick man from his bedroom window. But as the witness groped for a telephone to call police, the hatless, coatless slayer strangled his victim in the dark alley. During the last three months of 1946, the average American ate eggs at the rate of almost one a day. Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service COPR. 1947 BY NEA SERVICE. IRC. T. HI. DEC. U. ». PAT. Off.__f'i3 “There goes your boss, Miss Jones, all set for Florida! f any problems come up while he’s away, please feel free to call on ma!” TRUMAN MAY • TAKE PHONES (Continued From Page One) & Telegraph company, today said they were confident permanently set up teletype circuits would con tinue to function in the event a strike of telephone workers, sche duled for Monday, materializes. They expressed the belief that leased wires serving the press, radio, stock exchange tickers and business concerns would continue to operate without interruption where circuits are set up for con tinuous operation. New York Telephone company, officials also said that the mechan ics of the automatic dial .system were sturdy and would go on func tioning for a long time with a mini mum amount of maintenance. These systems function without the assistance of operators. ARBITRATION OFFER MADE BY COMPANY While officials of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company make a move to arbitrate wage demands of the Southern Federation of Telephone ana Tele graph Workers Union, officials of the Union are continuing their plans to strike on April 7 unless an agreement is reached prior to that date. O. G. Bain, Wilmington Tele phone Company manager, said yesterday that in a step to prevent the threatened strike, his company had transmitted to the Union an offer to arbitrate wage demands. The union is asking for an over all pay hike of $12 per week for its 185,000 members, and nine other major provisions. At the same time, O. C. Lee, state director of the Southern Fed eration of Telephone and Tele graph Workers lashed out at com pany officials, saying that “the company’s information to the public is distorted, aimed at mis' leading the public into believing the company is pressed for funds.” Under the arbitration offer made by Southern Bell, the com pany and the union would agree to the basic wage rates establish ed by a board of arbitration, com posed of a panel of citizens repre senting the public interest along with representatives of the com pany and the union, for a period of one year. The wage rates would be arbitrated on the basis of com paring telephone wage rates with the wages paid by other employers in local communities for work re quiring similar skill and equiva lent training, Bain said. Attacks Statement In attacking that statement, Lee asked how the comparison with other employees’ salaries would be made. “Would their wages be figured on a level with those of ordinary store clerks and bus boys?” The union official gave an an swer to most of the company’s statements by asking another ques* tion: Southern Bell has said that pres ent demands by the union will nike the rate of the average local sub scriber $3.30 per month. “These demands would increase telephone wages well above the level of wages paid and received by our customers, who pay us the money we pay out in wages”, the com pany declared. Lee, however, believes that the company has the money to pay the increase without raising subscrib er's cost as he asks, “What do they (the company) do with ALL CHRISTENDOM WILL PRAY TODAY (Continued From Page One) of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the presumed site of Calvary. Oldest festival of all celebrated tomorrow is the Jewish Passover, commemorating the incident men tioned in the Book of Exodus when the Jews in Egypt were spared as the angel of death pass ed over because they had smeared a sign on the doois in the bloo of the lamb. The traditional Passover feast begins in most Jewish homes in the early evening since the eight day passover starts at sunset. Matzoth, unleavened bread, is eaten to recall that Moses and his band did not have time in flight to bake leavened bread, but had to roll thin sheets of unvaised dough and bake them in the sun. COMMITTEE OKAYS GREEK LOAN PLAN (Continued From Page One) council to halt the U. S. project. (Security Council decisions on matters of substance require un animity among the big powers.? But Vandenberg said this in er pretation was not correct. He ex plained to a reporter that under the amendment the United States would waive any exercise of the veto by any member of the big five if seven of the 11 members of the Security Council voted to order this nation to halt the aid program “We are saying in effect that we would regard a vote of a seven member majority of the council as binding on us, even if some, other nation attempted to exercise its veto,” the Mighigan Senator said. Cites Phrase He called attention to the phrase In the amendment reading: “With respect to which finding the Unit ed States waives the exercise of the veto.” He said inclusion of the word “the” before “veto” made the commitment sweeping in its nature. In the General assembly, a two thirds majority would be required to halt the program, since the U. N. charter requires such a ma jority on “important questions. ’ Vandenberg told reporters that the revised amendment is “en tirely satisfactory to me and I think I can say the State depart ment has no objection to it.” Another amendment, adopted yesterday, provides that the Presi dent’s nomination of a director or directors of the aid program must be confirmed by the Senate. revenue from these long distance calls. “It is generally known that less than one-half of the company’s revenue is derived from local sub scriptions, and that over $800,000 j?er year in revenue is realized by the company from advertisements in its quarterly directories publish ed in the Carolinas alone,” he said. The company statement said that their policy is to pay wages that compare favorably with those paid by other concerns in the com munity for work requiring similar skill and equivalent training. Bain Statement “We believe that the wages of Southern Bell employees, paid by our customers, should be settled through negotiations right nere in the South and not on a National basis as suggested by the union.” “Since telephone service rates are regulated by State Public Serv ice Commissions, this policy is certainly fair and just to all con cerned,” Bain said. “Current studies shov; that tele phone wage rates, which already have been increased 75 per cent since January 1941, are good, and that our contract with the union is liberal, but since the union has refused to consider our offer based on present wage rates, we are now offering to arbitrate to avoid a strike with its inevitable harm to everyone,” he said. GROWERS OPPOSE CHANGE OF TIME (Continued From Page One) for Better Living” and then in troduced the following officers of the County Farm Council: Forrest Hall, chairman: E. S. Southerland and Mrs. Fred Jordan. James Conner, extension eto mologist of the North Carolina Extension service, State College, addressed the group later on the subject of insects and insect con trol and took occasion to explain briefly, the many new insecticides now on the market. He stressed that DDT was the most successful insecticide for control of house hold insects. The argument on behalf of dis approval of the daylight saving program was led by Albert G. Seit ter, farm club president. ELASTIC WITHOUT RUBBER LOS ANGELES, (U.R) — A new cotton yarn twisted into the shape of a coil spring, resulting in an elastic material without rubber, has been developed by the United States Rubber Co., It is usable for slipcovers, sweaters, surgical bandages and other products where springiness is desirable. CREPE SOLES COMING BACK WILMINGTON, Del., — (U.R) — Crepe-soled shoes will be back this spring. The DuPont Co., says sev veral leading shoe manufacturers will feature soles composed of neo prene synthetic rubber, developed by research. The man-made crepe rubber is said to be highly resist ant to oil and heat. If peeled potatoes are allowed to soak, they lose some of their nutritional value. Peel them just before cooking and keep the peel ings thin. Today -■ Thru -- Sal. OPEN 10:45 A. M. DAILY I rmmM RANDOLPH SCOn KAY FRANCIS BRIAN DONIEVY GE0R6E BANCROFT kmcm CRAWFORD ALSO Serial 2 - Cartoons STARTS SUNDAY FOR A SOLID WEEK OF FIRST RUN THRILLS! HE FIGHTS LIKE A WILDCAT!...! LOVES LIKE AN OUTLAW! j HALL VICTOR McLAGLEN RITA JOHNSGN ANDY DEVINE Exploring Whale Turns Up Flukes In Low Water NORFOLK, VA., April 3 — (jfP) — Blackie, an 80-foot whale that everybody thought had died today after beaching himself in three feet of water in Little Creek, be gan blowing again tonight. All hands were surprised at this sign of life and some were dis appointed—particularly the man from the tallow factory who’d been hanging around all day with a gleam in his eye. A sailor at the Little Creek Naval amphibious base reported tonight that Blackie “Is spouting again—not very strong spouts, but spouts just the same.’’ This was upsetting to the tallow factory people who had made plans to have the whale towed to morrow from Little Creek, beach ed elsewhere an'd cut UP *or reil‘ dering into oil. It was a surprise to Capt. E. R. Sperry, Executive Officer of the Amphibious Base, who took a long look at Blackie late today as the misplaced mammal lay motion less and said “It looks as though he has given up the ghost’’ As he turned to discuss business with a tallow factory representative. The whale foolishly left the vast stretches of Chesapeake bay early today and qualified for a naviga tor’s license by negotiating the channel that winds through the EASTER PROGRAM TO BE CONDUCTED AT SPOFFORD MILLS A special Easter program to be held on the lawn of the Spofford Mills has been arranged for 7 a. m. Sunday, it was announced last night. The Rev. C. C. Myers will offer a prayer, then the scripture les son will be given by the Rev. J. H. Long. The Rev. C. E. Brisson will de liver the Easter message Sfnd the benediction will be offered by the Rev. Mr. Long. Several hymns will be sung dur ing the special program. Coming... Wed. High! - April 9 LOUISE SHELTON ORCHESTRA All Girl—14 Piece Dance 9 to 1 30 Minute - Floor Show Tickets On Sale: Eaton’s Jewelers Crystal Cate 31.25 per person, tax included Famous Club Carolina Beach Road rOO-foot entrance of the Little Creek breakwater. 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