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FORECAST: Served By Leased Wires of the Wilmington and vicinity: Mostly cloudy AOQfWl ATPT1 DPTGQ and rather windy with occasional showers AOWWA 1 tuU tr ItErSS and thunderstorms today and tonight; and the warmer today; Sunday, partly cloudy i UNITED PRESS ! an m With Complete Coverage of __ State and National New* VOL. 80—NO. 198._ WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1947 ' ESTABLISHED 1867 Fales, Hayes Main Choices Rumors, Counter - Rumors Fly Fast Over Police Chief Appointment Rumors and counter-rumors as to who will be named chief of the Wilmington police department con tinued to fly fast and furious last night on the eve of scheduled city council action on the matter. City Manager J. R Benson still declined to comment on the situa tion which has been brought to the boiling point with the revelation that a man will be named as soon at a certified copy of the new civil service bill is received. As soon as a copy of the law is In the hands of city officials a tpecial session of the council is ex pected to be called. Benson is expected to make his recommendation at that time and tpeedy council action is consider ed a certainty, either in favor of the recommendation or against it. Fales A Contender Lt. Hubert Hayes, head of the police department’s detective force, is still considered the top man in the picture despite the fact that Harry Fales, superintendent of the City-County Bureau of Identifica tion has assumed the position of a contender with the circulation of a petition among the Wilmington residents requesting that he be named to the post. The petition carried the signa ture of a goodly number of Wil mington residents last night, with Fales’ supporters predicting that the number will continue to grow. Orx of the chief backers of Fales Is said to be Norwood Westbrook, lormer member of the civil service commission, who is considered one of the leading critics of the pres ent city administration. Lt. Hayes, who has maintained silence since he was mentioned as being under serious consideration by city officials for the position, last night said simply that the city manager and members of the council had known him for several years and that if they thought he v.as capable of the post and wish ed to appoint him he would serve the best of his ability. He asserted that he had not fought for the job. had not asked that petitions be circulated in his behalf and had no intention of doing so. The petition for Fales is address ed to the “Honorable Board of Councilmen and City Manager” slid states that Fales has years of experience in law enforcement in the county and is familiar with all phases of police work. The petition goes on to say that “we are very sorry that unfortu nate circumstances exist in the city as relates to the police de iContinued on Page Two; Col. 4) _» RAIN MAY DAMPEN MILADY’S BONNET Weather Seers Say Um brellas Should Be Part Of Ensemble Sunday By The Associated Press Weather for ecasters conjured up this vision Friday of what the nation’s Easter morning parades Will be like: In the Midwest and parts o f the East, promenaders will step lively to keep warm. Their ensemble may include Umbrellas in the Northeast in New York, the coastal regions of Florida and Carolina and around Kansas City. Most of the South may expect perfect weather, with clearing aides and mild temperatures. Partly cloudy skies were in prospect for most of the West. A storm was moving Northeast over the Great Lakes area, bring ing widespread rains, but fore casters said it probably would blow itself out in the St. Law rence Valley by Saturday night, leaving cool but otherwise pleas ant weather in its wake. However, the storm brought the prospect of a “dismal” day in the extreme Northeast, with heavy •bowers possible in some places. Colder weather covered the Western states Friday, while the South central sections ex perienced warm and humid con ditions. Normal weather prevail ed elsewhere. High winds and fairly heavy rtins were expected to accom pany the Great Lakes storm on its North Eastern trip, but fore casters said calm weather would fellow. The Weather FORECAST: *outh Carolina and North Carolina Mostly cloudy and rather windy with •ccaalona) showers and scattered thunder atorms Saturday and Saturday night, virmsr Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy and mild. , . (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours •"ding 7:30 p. m. yesterday. temperatures 1:30 a. m. 49; 7:30 a. m. 46: 1:30 p. m. ft 7:30 p. m. 61; Maximum 66; Mim M im 44 Mean 35; Normal 58. HUMIDITY 1;» a. m. 78; 7:30 a. m. 87; 1;*0 P- m *» 7:30 p. m. 71. PRECIPITATION Total (or 24 hours ending 7:30 p- m. o h'-rh«*. ,, . Total since the first of the month 0.84 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY From the Tide Tables published by u. * Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low filming ton_9:49 am. 4:23 am. 10:10 p m. 4 .41 p.m. Mason boro_7:32 a.m. 1:24 a.m. 7:58 p.m. 1:40 p.m. •unrise 5:54; Sunset f- :36; Moonrise Moonset 6:00a. " . a *iver stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 • m. Friday missing feet. (Mora Weatfcar On PMT« Measure No Balm, Rep. Kermon Says New Hanover Legislator Strikes Back At Reported Contention Salary Bill Was To Appease Council By EARL HOWARD Star Staff Writer Striking back at a reported con tention that he had introduced legislation to increase the salaries of city officials in order to ap pease council members who had opposed the passage of a revised civil service law, Representative Robert M. Kermon last night issued a statement saying that the one purpose of his action was that he felt such an increase was need ed by councilmen. He said further that if members of the council would send him a telegram to the effect that they were opposed to the salary in crease, he would have. the bill held UP in ^ Senate even though the House already had passed the measure. “I put the bill in to increase the salaries of city councilmen be cause I tfelt that men who spend time in the office should be ade quately ■ paid for this service,” Kermon asserted. There are many men in the city of Wilmington who are entire ly capable of holding the position of councilman and who arc not floating in wealth, and who could be of great service to the com munity ^but who could not af ford 10 make the financial sacri fice for service rendered,” he said. No “Appeasement” . “Furthermore, no memb'.,\'v' the city council requests ‘ put the bill in at th’- m.* the legislature,” > <\‘ ‘and it was no* ^ ment to any mi _a\' cil whatsoever.” « “My position on m . “ V ice bill is that I b« / 'Vo be in the interest of e\ me con - cerned that the bill b<-- passed in its present form.” “Furthermore,” Kermon said, “some members of the city coun cil knew several weeks ago that I intended to introduce the bill prior to the passage of the civil service bill. The salary increase does not go into effect until July 1, 1947 at which time it will apply to the new council.” “However, if the city council does not want the bill passed and believe it to be to the best in terest of the city that the bill not become law and will send me a wire to this effect, then the bill (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) ABOUT HAMBONE __ Hambone’s many friends — judging by the hundreds of telephone calls The Star receiv ed yesterday when his position was changed—will be pleased to know thdt he and his “homey” sayings have not been discon tinued. Instead of his usual position in the left-hand bottom corner of the first page in The Star, he will now be found on page two each day. The change was decided upon in order that The Star might give its readers more spot news. It in no way signified an intention to discontinue this popular feature of your favorite morning newspaper. JUDGES PAY HIKE BILL GOES DOWN House Appropriations Committee Kills Measure Passed By Senate RALEIGH, April 4 — (Ah — The House of the legislature today passed by oral vote a bill per mitting an election in the city of Asheville on legalization of al coholic beverage control stores. The bill, introduced early today by Reps.t Henry C. Fisher and George A. Shuford, both of Bun combe, was sent to the Calendar committee which gave its ap proval, and the measure was sent to the House. Rep. Roy Taylor, one of the three members of the Buncombe house delegation, opposed passage of the bill on grounds that the people of Buncombe county in 1938 voted against establishing ABC stores. Taylor said that he felt sure the sentiment had not changed. • House speaker Tom Pearsall told House members that “things look bright” for final sine die ad journment “sometime late tomor row.” Tlie Senate, rushing through legislation at an afternoon ses sion, approved an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the State Art so ciety, and passed bills increas ing the salaries of State Supreme Court justices and Superior Court judges. Pay of Supreme Court iudges would be raised from $7, 500 to $8,250; Superior Court judges, from $6,500 to $7,250. However, the House Appropria tions committee tonight killed the measures which would increase the salaries for the Supreme Court judges and Superior Court judges by making an unfavorable report. Governor’s Salary The House also passed a bill which would increase the salary of the next governor from $10, 500 to $15,000 annually. Rep J. P. Buie of Robeson ask ed that the House take from the unfavorable calendar a bill which would change the method of se (Continued On Page Two. Col. 5) HORSE RACE BILL MAY BE DEFERRED Little Possibility Now Of Action At Monday Meeting Little possibilitity of action Mon day by the county commissioners on the new state measure, permit-, ting the board to call an election to determine if the county would approve setting up a race track with pari-mutuel betting, was indi cated last night by Commissioner H. R. Gardner. The bill, which earlier had been passed by the house following its sponsorship by Rep. R. M. Kermon, was passed on its third reading yesterday by the senaite at Ra leigh. “We will have to wait until we receive an official copy of the measure,” Commissioner Gardner explained. ‘Then the county commissioners would have to receive a petition | from the people requesting such an election before it could act,-’ he pointed out. State Measure The state measure,, as made of ficial yesterday, would permit the New Hanover commissioners to call an election before January 1, 1949 to determine the wishes of the county in the matter. Another member of the board, L. J. Coleman said last night that he was “definitely aigainst it” if it would permit gambling. News of the passage of the only piece of horse-racing and pari mutuel betting legislation was greeted here with an open mind by Commissioner J. M. Hall. “It’s up to the people of New Hanover county. Just like the re cent approval of the junior college and the tubercular sanatorium, if the people want it then I will fol low their wishes,” Commissioner Hall said. Ministers Oppose Earlier in the day the Wilming ton Ministerial association went on (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) BOYS’CLUB MEMBERS SIGN UP FOR EASTER EGG HUNT MONDAY One hundred and twenty-five members of the Brigade Boy’s club had signed up last night for an Easter Egg hunt at the Bruce B. Cameron Memorial Boys Camp on Monday. How many more may sign on the dotted ' line before the truck starts from the Brigade Armory, Second and Church sts., is any body’s guess, according to James Copeland, executive director. Harold L. Culler, physical di rector, plans to start early Mon day morning with a group of the older boys to hide the eggs. Then at 10 o’clock Secretary Copeland will leave the hunters. Soft drinks and lunch will be provided by the Senior Fraternity Ladies Auxiliary. Today will be devoted to dyeing the eggs at the Armory. ICC Masterminds Atomic Shipments WASHINGTON, April 4 — (VP)— The Interstate Commerce com mission, which has figured out plenty of toughies in the transpor tation field since 1887, has doped out tentative regulations for ship ment of the hot stuff that goes into atom bombs. About 30,000 words of regula tions, plus diagrams, to be exact And really quite simple, as for example regulation 368 (G), which liquid or solid, must be packed m suitable inside containers com pletely surrounded by a shield of lead or other suitable material of such thickness that aJ during transportation the gamma radiation at one meter (9.7 inches) from and at right angles to any point on the long axis will not exceed 10 milliroentgens per h°Wliile you are making this elementary calculation, -with th* aid of your pockot milliroentgofi meter, standing of course at right angles to any point on the long axis, you may also want to take note of the label required on the outside of the package, which says more directly: “No person shall remain within three feet of this container unnec essarily.” Other timely tips from the ICC: The containers “must be carried by the handles when handles are provided.” If you happen to be carrying a roll of undeveloped film, and pass within 15 feet of the shipment, your films are likely to be devel oped very quickly. When trains are made up, a car carrying radioactive materials may not be placed next to another car loaded with ordinary explo sives, or carload shipments of un developed film. Don’t leave the container in one spot longer than >* hour*. .» BACHELOR, Dan Young of South Bend, Ind., on observing his 103rd birthday, said he’s still will ing to consider getting married, but he is not interested “in any young women from 85 to 95 years of age.” He insists that if he gets married his bride will have to be about his age. (Internation al Soundphoto) LABOR BILL MAY BAN CLOSED SHOP Measure Now Before Com mittee Would Bar Union Health Fund Control WASHINGTON, April 4. —W— A ban on the closed shop, jurisdic tional strikes and secondary boy cotts is contained in the prelimi nary draft of a general labor bill before the Senate Labor commit tee, legislators disclosed tonight. The bill, prepared by the com mittee’s staff as a starting point for discussion by members, con tains no outright ban on industry wide bargaining. Neither does it ban the union shop nor mainten ance of membership. But the draft, described by Sen ators as “very preliminary” and likely to be changed in many de tails, now provides for: 1. Outlawing of secondary boj cotts and jurisdictional strikes, as well as strikes designed to force an employer to (a) bargain with a union which is not certified under the Wagner Labor Relations act, (b) correct practices for which an administrative remedy is provid ed under the Wagner act, or (c) violate any law. (An example of a secondary boy cott is where one union refuses to handle a merchant’s products made or handled by another union or by non-union workers. The most com mon type jurisdictional strike stems from a dispute between unions as to which should do'certain work.) • Cooling-Off Period 2. Creation of a federal media tion agency independent of the la bor department, with provision for a compulsory 30-day cooling-off period before serious strikes. Workers who violated this provi sion would- lose their employment (Contints*l on Page Two; Col. 2) pubucTnvited TO RADIO SALUTE Star - News Program At High School Sunday Will Honor New Hanover The general public is invited to attend the Star-News radio salute to New Hanover county from the stage of the New Hanover high school auditorium by remote con trol over WMFD tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. The bi'oadcast, the final in a series of salutes honoring the counties in Southeastern North Carolina served by the Star and the News on the Sunday Star Newsreel will highlight the voices of the New Hanover high school Glee, club under the direction of Mary Henri Wolfe. In addition to the Glee club. W. O. Page, Jr., soloist will sing several of his own arrangements of well-known Easter hymns. Del McGowan, instrumentalist, will also have a featured role. The program, under the direc - tion of Ben McDonald, Star-News round-the-town-reporter, will de scribe the past history of the county, the present development as a whole and future possibilities of its continued growth. CARTER DENOUNCES CHARGES BY FORMER HOME OFFICIALS; UNION MAY DEFY “SEIZURE” _ _ I --- - Phone Strike Threat Acute President B e i r n e Says Clark Opinion Contrary NFTW Legal Rulings WASHINGTON, April 4.—(IP)— The possibility that a nation-wide telephone strike may occur even if the government seizes the in dustry arose tonight when the un ion leadership challenged ihe gov ernment’s seizure powers. Joseph A. Beirne, president of the National Federation of Tele phone workers threatening a strike Monday, said Attorney General Clark’s opinion that President Truman has legal seizure au thority' is “contrary to the opin ion of our legal counsel.” Beirne left open the question whether the telephone workers will stay on the job if the Presi dent takes over the industry. Clark had ruled earlier that the President may exercise war pow ers in the Federal Communica tions act to seize the industry. After a meeting of the NFTW policy committee Bierne told re porters: “The Attorney general’s opinion is contrary to the opinion of our legal counsel. He is stretching the law to the breaking point in handing down such a decision. If seizure is decided upon by the President we will then determine what action is to be taken.” Tone More Hopeful These developments came as negotiations in the dispute took on a more hopeful tone—with the strike deadline hardly more than two days off. Regarding prospective action by (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) TRAC' IRBU FOR TRAIN lfi K Machine Falls Off Freight In Path Of Streamliner; Two Killed CHICAGO, April 4 —(A*)—A trac tor that slipped freon a flat car almost into the path of an oA - coming passenger train was blamed today for the freak wreck of the Burlington railroad's Twin City Zephyr in which two passen gers died and 34 other persons were injured. The eight car steel streamliner, bound for Chicago from Minneap olis and St. Paul, was traveling its usual 75 mile an hour speed when it plowed into the tractor late last night at suburban Downers Grove. The diesel engine swayed sharp ly from side to side, pushing along the heavy obstruction. The action snapped the coupling to the coaches and the engine continued on for two blocks and then spun over on its side. The first and second coaches jack - knifed and smashed against the deserted brick and concrete railroad station, caving in a part of the building wall. Most of the injured were in the first coach, which was sheared open by the impact. The third coach came to rest upright but astraddle the Burlington’s three tracks. The re maining five coaches also left the rails but remained upright. Man, Woman Die The dead were Lloyd W. Wright, 48, Oak Park salesman, killed in the wreck and Edith Helland of Minneapolis who died from inju - ries today In a Hinsdale, 111., sanitarium. Edward Flynn, executive vice president of the Burlington rail - road, said the dispatcher’s records (Continued On Page Two, Col. 5) Along The Cape Fear DIRE WARNING — This dire warning was left on our desk yes terday with a note attached that the donor preferred to remain anonymous. As the gentleman who brought us the following missive has been so generous in his assistance to this column in the past, we were more than glad to comply with his wish es. “Is Along The Cape Fear doomed to suffocate under an avalanche of letters?” was the salutation which immediately aroused our intense interest. “Well, not yet but it won’t be long,” was the not so '•ncourag ing next lines. “Seems the old chain letter is back. Not money this time. “You just write five friends, wishing them luck and they write five and so on till it terminates in an overwhelming catostrophe if everybody writes,” he warns * * * PERSONAL CATASTROPHE -- “Possibly a personal catastrophe to you individually, according to the letter, if you don’t get your five letters out within 24 hours. “The situation looks bad. Maybe Along The Cape Fear had best skip a day telling us about our happy past and look to the future, else there won’t be no future!” If nobody writes on Sundays and holidays and on account of laziness or exhaustion takes off another day or so, but on all the other days car ries on the chain writing lucky let ters to his friends, along about April 5, 1948 the number of letters going into the mail would be equal to five raised to the three hundred th power.” As we know nothing about math ematics that does not frighten us in the least, but we bet our good friend, Postmaster Wilbur Dosher, will have chills when he hears about it. * * * QUITE A FIGURE — Just to give us some idea of the amount of mail that would result, our kind friend points out: “This, according to some mathe maticians, is something like five followed by 165 digits, big ones, little ones and maybe some zeros. “Now there may be some error in this calculation, possibly the num ber of letters going in the mail might be five times that many.” “This geometrical progression is confusing,” he added as though that (Continued on Pago Two; Col. 3) ABOUT TO DESCEND to the scene of the mine disaster in Centralia, 111., where 111 miners lost their lives, are members of the committee appointed by Gov. Dwight Green to investigate the accident. In cluded in the group are John E. Jones, representing the Federal Coal Mines Administration; William A. Gallagher, district engineer of the Bureau of Mines; Wilbert H. Hohlt, state’s attorney for Washington County; David Devonaldt, vice-president of the Peabody Coal Com pany; Oliver Bishop, United Mine Workers of America representa tive; Fred Hellmeyer, chief electrician, Centralia Coal Company, and James Sneddon, inspector for the Illinois Bureau of Mines and Minerals. (International) ‘ Many Cited Mines Win Safety Okay BEATS HANDICAP ~~| MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 4. — (fP)— Russell Heriford, 22-year old former paratrooper who is paralyzed from the waist down, has obtained a license to fly an airplane. The Thornfield, Mo., veteran, a patient at Veterans hospital here, passed his flight test yes terday under the scrutiny of Aeronautical Inspector Wayne Canney of Atlanta. A special extension on the craft’s brake pedal enables Heri ford to handle the craft. He bought a small plane and start ed lessons October 21, 1946. Heriford was wounded in the spine while serving with the 513th Parachute regiment dur ing the Rhine offensive. THOUSANDS PRAY AT HOLY SHRINES Jerusalem’s Jews Worship By Wailing Wall; Via Dolorosa Thronged JERUSALEM, April 4. — (£>) — Christians knelt in prayer, Jews bowed their heads in solemn Passover rites and Moslems wor shipped at the shrine of the Prophet Moses today in this an cient Holy land, sacred to all three religions. Some 15,000 worshippers of Je sus Christ— in army uniforms, in the traditional garb of the desert and in modern dress—prayed be fore 1 4 altars representing inci dents in Jesus’ path of Agony to Calvary Hill. Hard by, nearly lo.OOO Moslems prayed in their mosque in Haram Esh Sharif, and then set out on their long annual pilgrimage t o Nebi Musa in commemoration of the death of the ‘Jewish Prophet Moses, believed to be buried near Jericho. The Moslems believe God handed the law to Moses and the Gospel to Jesus. At sunset Jerusalem's Jew sby the thousands visited the Wailing Wall to pray. The wall, a tower ing barrier between the Moslem mosque area and the Jewish quarters of the old city, will be the sqene of daily prayers during the eight - day Passover ob servance which began tonight with the traditional Seder feasts (Continued On Page Two, Col. 5) Twenty-Five Per Cent Of Closed Pits May Re open Monday By The Associated Press The task of correcting unsafe conditions in 518 bituminous coal mines was well under way today throughout the nation, and United Mine workers officials insisted on careful scrutiny of" results* “for the protection of our men.” As reports trickled in announc ing safety certification of some pits, a Navy spokesman indicated that at least 25 percent of the cited mines would “ be certified okay’ before Monday—end of a six-day mourning period by 400,000 soft coal miners. “When the operating manager of the mine and the United Mine Workers’ safety committee declare the pit safe, the Navy (operating the mines for the government) immediately certifies it as such,” the officer said. Union safety committees in UMW District 5 at Pittsburgh were order ed by District President John P. Busarello to defer signing of any certificates until his office “could check on what’s been done to im prove safety.” “We’re doing this for the protec tion of our miners,” Busarello asserted. At Clearfield, Pa., James Mark, president of UMW District 2, said union committees should “keep (Continued on Page Two; 'Col. 3) WEALTHY AIRMAN PLANS WORLD HOP Milton Reynolds, Pen Man ufacturer, To Make As sault On Hughes’ Mark NEW YORK April 4. — <U.R)— Milton Reynolds. 54-year-old mil lionaire who made the Ball point pen famous, was making final preparations tonight to take h i s plane, “The Reybolds Bomshell, ’ on a weekend around-the-w o r 1 d flight in an attempt to break Howard Hughes’ record of 1938. _’he twin - engined converted A-28 attack bomber was sched uled to leave from LaGaardia air port at 12:01 A. M. tomorrow on a projected 20,000-mile trip over four continents a nd two oceans, but last minute complications arose. Thousands To Hear Moravian Services 1 ' Special To The Star WINSTON-SALEM, April 4 — “The Lord Is Risen.” For the 175th time the chant will be uttered by hundreds of Moravians and thousands repre senting other denominations from all parts of the country at sun rise here tomorrow morning. This Moravian service, probably the most colorful celebration of The Risen Christ, dates back from 1732 in Herrnhurt, Saxony. It first was held in the New World, at Bethabara, near here, in 1759. And with the exception of 4he year 1771, the service has been held each year. It was called off that year on account of rain. Beginning tomorrow morning at 3 o’clock, the Moravian band, composed of 300 members will be gin its rounds of the city. This pre-service ceremony is intended to awaken the worshipers. Th« 'band will b* 1m4 br Austin i Burke, and will split to play in different sections of the city. Bishop J. Kenneth Pfohl—leader of the band during the past seven years—will take his place on the portico of the church as the clock strikes six. He will proclaim: .. The Lord Is Risen!” The 40,000 expected visitors will echo: He Is Risen, Indeed!” Following this time-honored ritual, the band will lead the pro cession to the Moravian grave - yard—a graveyard which is mark ed by the simple fact that each tombstone is a duplicate of the other. Here the service will be concluded. During the war years the serv ice was carried by a national radio hookup to the servicemen in the far-flung corners of the world. Last night hotels in the> city (CmUmm* •» Fill TWi M. It Warm Meet Set Monday Commissioners Will Givi Full Airing To “Treat ment” Controversy BY GEORGE HASLAM Star Staff Writer Storm clouds were gathering to day over the impending meeting of the New Hanover county com missioners on Monday when con ditions at the county home will be thrashed out again both pr« and con. The die was cast yesterday when Commissioner George W Trask, who made the original charge that the inmates were not receiving “kind” treatment at the hands of Superintendent C. M. Carter, announced that he would insist on S. G. Long, formei superintendent of the institution and Mrs. D. C. Livington, a for mer nurse at the home, testifying at the commissioners’ meeting. Superintendent Carter, the stom center of the current investiga tion, last night vehemently de nounced published reports ol charges by Long and Mr*. Liv ingston and said that he felt sure the county commissioners would hear his side of the matter come Monday morning. Long, who now is serving as superintendent of the county home’s farm, is expected to throw much light on conditions at the home. Commissioner Trash has indicated that the charge of wasting food will be aired at the Monday session. May Testify Mrs. D. O. Livingston, who told Commissioner Trask that the au perintendent fired her from her job at the home, is expected to testify that she saw mistreat ment of inmates. Superintendent Carter, alarmed over the charges made by Long and the former employe, told The Star that he*had taken offense at the insinuations by the pair and would be happy to face them when the commissioners.-meet. “I discharged Mrs. Livingston,” Carter said, “because at the time I employed her I was under the impression that she was a aingle person.” “In this type of work, It re quires a person who can live at the home and most married wom en are anxious to be at their own homes at night,” he explained. “It's true that she gave me (Continued on Page Two; Col. !j FREIGHTER AFIRE WITH 44 ABOARD Liberty Ship Charles Nord hoff Racing Against Time For Norfolk NORFOLK, Va., A*>ril 4—VP)— With fire in her No. 4 freight bold, the American Liberty ship Charles Nordhoff headed toward the Vir ginia Capes tonight at a speed of 10.5 knotts that was expected to bring her into port about 2 a. m. (EST). The ship of 7,176 gross tom. carrying five passengers and a crew of 39, was bound from Naw York to Trinidad and Venezuela when the fire broke out among 320 bags of carbide, Ca.pt. R. W. Weiss, local manager for the Alcoa Steamship company, opera ting agents, said. A radio message from the ship said the cargo between decks was shifted and the crew was fighting the flames with water and live steam. The vessel sent out only one call for assistance and the Coast Guard Cutter Agassiz was dispatched from Norfolk and the Gentian from Cape May, N. J. The Gen tian, however, later was recalled because it was impossible for her to reach the Nordhoff, 120 miles Northeast of Cape Henry this aft ernoon, before she arrives off the Virginia Capes. In addition to the carbide, cargo in the No. 4 hold vyas reported to include 65 drums of grease, 220 drums of lubricating oil, flour, heavy motor trucks, and pieces of pipe. Other cargo includes lumber, cement, galvanized iron and machinery parts. And So To Bed Smarting under the continu ed kidding by his intomates about “robbing the cradle” after his marriage to a lady several years younger than himself, one Wilmington new lywed finally broke down and confessed: “Well, gentlemen, if w must know the truth, my wife was certainly old enough to walk when we wed. “And, now if you’re interest- ~ ed I might just as well tell you. If there’s any crawling going on around our home, I’m the one that’s doing It and not the I **
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