FORECAST: ^ ^ ^ W ^ ^ Served By Leased Wires cloudiness, windy and warmer with 1 f 1 ^ 1 rt ^ ^ #1 W !■ 1^^ \ I % T 4^ A+ ASSOCIATED PRESS — iuuiuuuui jmimuiu sfuu -- state and National News ■ ■ ■ - _ ® ^— VOlTsO.—NO. 203. WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947 ... ESTABLISHED 1867 Jones flayed On Rail Deal Former RFC Chairman Charged With Approving “Bankruptcy” WASHINGTON, April 10 — W— Cassius Clay, former official of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, testified today that Jesse Jones, ,r head of the Reconstruction Fi nance corporation, approved “A fraudulent bankruptcy” of the road. And Robert D. L’Heureux, coun for the Senate Banking com iru'tee which heard the testimony, declared that Jones arranged the bankruptcy to cinch control of the t & 0. for himself and friends. The committee soon will be call «d upon to recommend whether tiie life of the RFC shall be con tinued past June 30. Preliminary to that decision, Senator Tobey (R-NH), committee chairman, has tal.ed for a look at some RFC transactions, among them an $80, *00.000 bond deal involving the B. 4 O. Clay, who was a counsel for BFC * before he became general iciicitor of the B. & O., contended that the bankruptcy left the feder »! lending organization “holding the bag on a frozen loan” of $80, 000.000 maturing in 1965. Clay said that Jones assented verbally to the bankruptcy move May the bankruptcy move May 12, 1W4. Gain Road Control L’Heureux contended that “ the Jones group” — in which he in cluded outgoing RFC Chairman C, B. Henderson, Incoming Chair man John D. Goodloe, and Ste wart McDonald, former Jones dep uty who now is chairman of the B. & O. — had gained “effective control” of the railroad by two methods; First, he said, four of Jones’ as sociates, including Clay and Mc Donald, had been placed in key executive positions on the rail road; and second, the RFC held «n $86,000,000 B. & O. note due Ihortly thereafter. Clay testified t h a t he resigned B. & O. solicitor because he opposed the bankruptcy move. He laid it was “fraudulent” and “dis konest from any angle you look •? it.” “The only basis for it is the {Continued on Page Seven, Col. 5) D. S. MAIL THEFT SOLVED QUICKLY Truck Driver Pleads Guil ty To Lifting $35,000 In Bank Funds GREENSBORO, April 10—g. On Schedule Heffner said Moose, who was employed as a driver for J. H. Sears, mail contractor, had left Greensboro on schedule yesterday with the money in a registered mail bag. His destinations were Ramseur and Coleridge. The postal inspector said Moose arrived at Ramseur, delivered an express package, arc then drove into the woods without stopping at *be post office. The truck was found parked last ■tight at Albemarle, 50 miles away, and Moose was arrested shortly af terward. The mail sack had been slit open end was lying in the track with * quantity of undelivered mail. The Weather FORECAST: «orir. Carolina — Considerable cloudi Wtc thunderstorms Friday and in East *tS£. windy and warmer with showers K'ticm Friday night; Saturday clearing *it-K. utile change in temperature. Carolina—Considerable cloudi wmdy and warmer with showers thunderstorms Friday and in^ Erst South portions Friday night; Satur clearing with little change in w^'perature. 'Eastern Standard Time) By u. S. Weather Bureau) •Meteorological data for the 24 hours " 30 p. rn. yesterday. TEMPERATURES ^ a m. 59; 7:30 a. m. 56; 1:30 p. m *■ 7:30 p. m. 62; Maximum 69; Mini Bum '<*■ Mean 61; Normal 60. HUMIDITY 30 * m. 67; 7:30 a. m. 71. 1:30 p- m * 7;30 p. m. 79. PRECIPITATION for 24 hours ending 7:30 p m. • inches ■ since the first of the month •* wches. TIDES FOR TODAY . rro ■ the Tide Tables published by U. ■ Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington_ 1:43 a.m. 9:06 a.m. w 2:03 p m. 9:12 p m. w*•or,boro _11:29 a m. 5:43 a.m. - p.m. 5:36 p.in. ^nnse 5:46; Sunset 6:40; Moonrise Moon set 9:35.''. *lver .stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 Jn Thursday 12.4 feet. Weather en Pag? *ev#» (joldsborough Will NotSlashUMWFine Federal Jurist Declares Evidence Clear That John L. Lewis Shows Co^empt For Courts; mt WASHINGTON, Apr M Federal Judge T. A1 borough refused today ' United Mine Workers $3,5t. . at this time, declaring ^ evidence John L. Lewis h:. ,.cn “advantage” of the Centraiia, 111., mine explosion to cause a new coal strike. The Justice, who imposed the historic fine for contempt of court last December, postponed con sideration of the matter for two weeks, until April 24. He said he does not see how he can make the The $2,800,000 cut — which would reduction even then. refund because it . '>00,000 deposit — for a strike in _ C -°urt provided the union -s ordered March 6 by the Su the government-seized mines. Goldsborough said Lewis and the union have not yet shown “good faith’’ in obeying the Supreme court. The soft-voiced, bald federal judge also said Lewis has showed “an utterly contemptuous attitude toward ahe courts.’’ Many Mines Idle His rejection of the union’s plea (Continued on Page Seven, Col. 1) Girls And Boys Agree: Phone Strike Terrible I CHERRY “FLOORED” RALEIGH. April 10— tfP) — Governor Cherry was a bit flabbergasted today. A spruced up youngster did it. The governor shakes hands with thousands of school chil dren in a year’s time. Today a large group from Buie’s Creek called on him. As they moved down the line, Governor Cherry shook hands with each on* and inquired their names. When he came to this partic ular lad, the bright-faced boy seemed a bit hurt when the gov ernor asked his name. “Heck, Governor,” he said, “you met me last year.” WILMINGTONIANS NAMED BY CHERRY Governor Appoints R. B. Page, H. C. Boyd, John Farrell To Harbors Three Wilmingtonians, R. B. Page, chairman of the State Ports Authority and publisher, John H. Farrell, City Industrial Agent, and Col. Henry C. Boyd, traffic manager of the Wilmington Port Traffic Association, have been ap pointed as delegates to the 37th annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress by Governor R. Gregg Cherry. The conference is scheduled to be held in Washington May 2nd and 3rd. A commission under the seal of the state has been received by all three local men, and they are ex pected to join nine others from the state at the national conven tion. Senator John L. McClellan, (D., Arkansas) is president of the Con gress and will be in charge of the two-day program of the session, the first held since the New Or leans meeting in 1944. The agenda of the conference includes discussions of navigation, flood control, irrigation, and re - clamation in addition to problems of attaining proper depth of har bors and waterways throughout the nation. Projects On Agenda The projects committee of the conference is slated to pass on the list of projects approved by the assembly to the president, who in turn will submit those meeting his approval to the Congress for ac tion in the way of appropriations. Senator McClelan last month asked that persons interested in the formulation ' of a sound pro gram and policy for the orderly development, conservation and use for all beneficial purposes of the water and land resources of the country attend and participate in the deliberations of the Rivers and Harbors Congress. SIX MORE ENTER COUNCIL RACE TO MAKE TOTAL 14 Fourteen candidates will offer for the five seats on the city council in the April 21 primary election. Six qualified on the final day yesterday. They were B. B. Phil lips, Jr., David F. Sandlin, Sr., J. E. L. Wade, an incumbent; John W. Weniberg; E. L. White, and John W. Davis, a Negro. Manually Operated Phones Are Enemy Of Cupid, They Say By SUE MARSHALL Star Staff Writer The telephone strike has played havoc with Dan’l Cupid. That is, if Dan’l has a girl friend in the outlying districts of the county. For instance: A girl at Wrights ville Beach last night bemoaned the fact that her boy friend was un able to call her simply because a date just isn't an emergency, so far as the phone folks are con cerned. “I feel completely cut off from the world,” she said, and asked hopefully, “Do you think they’ll go back to work soon?” That Wrightsville business works both ways, too, as a local gent was last night deploring the fact that “I’ve missed my nightly call to the Beach for three nights now. In convenience is too mild a word.” A handsome student at the Col lege Center declares that, the strike is affecting his pocket-book as he has been sending telegrams to the lady of his choice who happens to live in Clinton. Seems they were in the midst of some “very important” discussions that “couldn’t wait for any strike to be over.” “I can say a lot of words in three minutes, but they count the words at the Western Union,” he said. The fact that emergency and business calls could go through didn't seem to console any of them. The youth around Wilmington who are so interested in the tele phone strike affecting their ro mances have plenty to say on the (Continued on Page Seven, Col. t) LEAGUE DEPLORES CITIZEN APATHY Progressive Group Will Not Sponsor Candidates For City Council Failure to induce any of “Wilmington’s leading citizens to stand for public office in the forthcoming municipal elec tions" brought forth an announce ment last night by the chairman of the Progressive Citizens League that the new organization will not sponsor any candidate or candidates for city council. In a prepared statement releas leased by John C. Meyers, the struggle of the league to arouse public interest was outlined. We consider this most unfortu nate, and, indeed, a sad commen tary on the state of mind evi denced by the complacently of many of our leading business and professional men. Will Continue The League will continue to function and will, in due time, ex ert an influence on local govern m'ental affairs to the best inter ests of the community as a whole. ‘‘This we can and do pledge,” the statement concluded. The press release stated that ‘for reasons which are most dif ficult to understand it is apparent that the citizens at-large of Wil mington are- almost without ex ception, interested in lending only lip-service to any honest effort to bring about better local govern ment.” ‘To say that the Progressive Citizens has failed to achieve its immediate goal — sponsorship of a high-caliber slate of candidates for City Council — is the truth,” Meyers statement pointed out. Senator Taft Will Vote For Truman Greek Plan WASHINGTON, April 10 —(/P)— Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) announced today he is supporting President Truman’s program of financial and limited military aid to Greece and Turkey because it would “destroy the President’s prestige if Congress repudiated it. Taft issued a statement an nouncing he intends to vote for the pending $400,000,000 aid bill. He said the “President’s an nouncements committed the United States .to this policy in the eyes of the world.’’ , 4 To repudiate it now, ne said, “would destroy his prestige in the negotiations with the Russian gov ernment on the success, of which [ultimate peace depends. Taft, chairman of the Senate Republican Policy committee, said he does not; “regard this as a commitment to any similar policy in any other section of the world, or to the continuation of the same policy in Greece or Turkey when peace negotiations are complet ed.” He anounced his position as the Senate heard arguments from Senator Connally (D.-Tex.) that Russian expansion must be stop ped short of “world dominion” and an assertion from Senator Pepper (D.-Fla.) that the President’s pro gram may breed a war that would “destroy civilization.” ON VACATION Inquiries continue to pour in to the Star editorial department about the absence of Westbrook Pegler’s provocative daily arti cles. For the benefit of read ers who failed to note the squib at the top of his last article we repeat that Mr. Pegler is on vacation. His articles will be resumed in the customary posi tion on the editorial page on April 28. POLICE CHIEF MAY BE NAMED TODAY City Manager Benson Says Action Likely If Council Holds Meeting A study of the local civil ser vice bill has been made by City Attorney William B. Campbell and action toward the appoint ment of a police chief for Wil mington is expected to be taken at a meeting of the city council today, City Manager J. R. Benson said yesterday. Benson said he was not positive that a session of the council would take place but held the probability by saying that the meeting would come about if members of the council were in agreement as to the date. Speculation over who will be se lected continued to swirl last night, with Lt. Hubert Hayes, de tective force head, in the fore front among predictions. Property Sale Benson said yesterday after noon that another matter, this one relative to the legal transfer of certain property at Third and Marstellar street to Industrial Properties, Inc., is due to be acted upon by the council. The property was sold to In dustrial Properties at auction on the steps of the courthouse on February 24. The council will be asked to approve the sale, Benson said, pointing out that a price of the property was agreed upon at $6,000. It is understood that Industrial Properties will let Port City Hos iery Mills have the property as a business site. FIVE DISASTERS TAKE TOLL OF 162 DEAD, 1,044 INJURED; NFTW TO OFFER PEACE PLANS Workers May Ask Seizure Policy Committee Report ed To Have Discussed Possibility At Meeting WASHINGTON, April 10. —(!?)— A new jolt was handed tonight to hopes for an early end to the cross country telephone strike with a un ion announcement that the pending proposal to end one major phase of it “did not conform” to union poli cy. Tile policy committee of the Na tional Federation of Telephone workers did not reject the plan out right, however, and said it has not completed its study. Further, President J. A. Beirne of the federation said that when the policy makers reconvene to morrow (11 a. m. EST) they will is sue a proposal which he regards as a “step toward settlement” of the 4-day strike. He did not divulge any part of the forthcoming proposal. Beirne told reporters that the settlement plan for long-line work ers contains provision for local ar bitration on some issues. “Therefore, it did not conform to the policy of the policy commit tee, enunciated on two occasions,” said the head of the 320,000 strik ing telephone workers. 10 National Issues The policy committee has held that the 10 national issues, if they are to be arbitrated, should be (Continued on Page Seven, Col. 6) Pie Deaths Are Termed Accidental By Coroner BY EARL HOWARD Star Staff Writer A New Hanover county Coro ner’s jury last night termed the February 16 death of Ira G. Up church, Mrs. Lucy Blizzard and Mrs. Myrtle Paige at a Second street boarding house accidental. The verdict came after the jury had spent two and a half hours listening to 10 witnesses describe the events leading up to the deaths from the effects of allegedly poi soned potato pie. Coroner Gordon Doran, L. Hu bert Hayes of the local police de partment and Detective Sgt. John ny Rich, traced the investigation from the time Upchurch was stricken on the afternoon of Feb ruary 16 until the death of Mrs. Paige at midnight that night. They explained the subsequent probe which, according to the informa tion presented at last night’s hear, ing discovered little in the way of evidence to prove foul play. Rich, who was the first to testify said that he went with Doran to the residence at 614 South Front St., on Sunday to investigate the death of Faircloth, who succumb ed that afternoon in a local hos pital from what subsequent re ports showed to be due to the ef fects of flouride. Mrs. W. A. Hundley, who operat ed the boarding house, told him that she made some potato pies that morning and that when she made the meringue, it did not taste as it should have, Rich said. She said she had used what she thought was sugar in the meringue but when it did not taste right she added more sugar from a dif ferent container, Rich continued. When asked where she had ob tained the substance in the sugar bag, Rich testified, she replied that it had been given to her by her grandson’s wife, Mrs. Hazel Paige. Rich said that when he question ed Mrs. Paige about this she said that her mother had given it to her. Whereupon, Rich said, the latter was asked about this, but denied that she had done so. Later, according to the police officer, Mrs. Hazel Paige retracted her statement and said that she did not give any sugar to anyone. Doran followed Rich to the stand and again traced the events of the deaths from the time he received a call from the hospital where Faircloth was being treat ed until Mrs. Paige died. Doran testified that he and Lt. Hayes questioned Mrs. Hundley the following day about the deaths and asked her where the substance in the sugar bag came from. She said upon this occasion, Doran ex plained, that she had no idea where *it came from and denied saying that the bag was given to her by her grandson’s wife. He said that he asked Dr. A. H. Elliot, county health officer and J. B. Edwards, local chemist, to analyze the substance and that they expressed the opinion that it was fluoride, a base for roach poison. Lt. Hayes then took the stand and testified that he went to the fertilizer plant where Hundley worked and asked the chemist there whether or not fluoride was available at the plant. He was told, Hayes said, that it was available by the barrels. Harry E. Fales, superintendent of the city-county bureau of identi fication, said he later took the sub stance identified as fluoride to Washington where a Federal Bu reau of Investigation laboratory analysis confirmed the verdict of Dr. Elliot and Edwards. Fred Lovette, a boarder at the house of Mrs. Hundley, testified 1 (Continued on Page Seven, Col. 5) Along The Cape Fear NOTHING NEW — Mr. Ed G. Hall of Winter Park was kind enough to call us a night or so ago to give us a valuable clue to what should prove of interest to the residents of the Port City. All this talk about a dry dock for the Brunswick River Lay-Up basin just reminded me,” Mr. Hall said, ‘‘that Wilmington had a dry dock many long years ago.” Now no one should be a better authority on the matter than Mr. Hall since he has told us that as a youngster he was employed along the river front. And on more than one occasion when Along The Cape Fear was at a loss for a clue to some event in the Port City a half a century or even 60 years ago, Mr. Hall could usually supply the right answer. * •* * JUST REMEMBERS — The old dry dock was located near the present site of the Broadfoot Iron Works, Mr. Hall recalls. It was 60-odd years ago, ac cording to him. He suggested that a couple of other gentlemen here could fur nish us with additional infor mation. Mr. Louis Skinner, who resides at Myrtle Court, would be one of the gentlemen Mr. Hall advised us to contact. ►_ The other was Mr. C. C. Chad bourn of 415 South Front Street who has been more than gra cious in aiding this column. So we are giving both Mr Skin ner and Mr. Chadbourn fair warning that we will soon be on their trail seeking more informa tion about Wilmington’s original dry dock. FISH EATING DERBY — Don’t think for a moment that we have abandoned our search to deter mine what species in the waters adjacent to the Cape Fear region is considered the best eating fish. No $15,000 in awards will await the winners of the best eating fish rodeo, but we are having a lot of fun in allowing connois seurs to debate in print the rela tive merits of their choice. Now take Mr. Hall of Winter Park for example. When asked what his favorite eating fish was, he immediately replied: the trout.” And without t o o much urging he even advanced his reasons for the selection of Mr. Trout. “There’s not many bones and there’s plenty of good eating.” And that, we contend, is as strong an argument as anyone has brought forward to date as to why their choice should be 'named winner in th ating fish derby. ENGINEERING AND ACCOUNTING executives of the Southern Bell Telephone Company pitch in and help as kitchen workers In f^e company’s cafeteria at Atlanta, Ga., as result of the nation-wide strike of telephone workers. K. L. Negley (left), general engineer, washes dishes. Paul Moss (right), accountant, peels potatoes, and Traffic Engineer L. B. Watson drys dishes.—(AP Photo). Sheriff C. David Jones Dies At Local Hospital HUGE WHEAT CROP FORECAST BY DA Experts Expect Record Production Of 973,047, 000 Bushels This Spring WASHINGTON, April 10. —W A record winter wheat crop o 1 973,047,000 bushels was forecast by the Agriculture department in a report today which told- how ever, of delays in getting spring crops planted in the Eastern two thirds of the country. The department said the fall sown winter wheat crop apparent ly came through the winter with little loss. The new production estimate is about 26,500,000 bushels larger than was forecast last December and is nearly 100,000,000 bushels larger than the record crop of last year. Should t h e spring wheat crop turn out as forecast three weeks ago, the total wheat crop would be about 1,238,000,000 bushels, or about 83,000,000 bushes more than last year’s peak crop. B y comparison, production for the past ten years averaged less than 900,000,000. Wi>n world production of foods, particularly cereals, still being hampered by effects of the war and by poor weather in Europe, such a crop would enable this country to meet large export de mands during the coming year. HIGH PRICE CUT UP TO BUSINESS President Describes Pro fits In 1946-47 As Very Great; Clark Speaks WASHINGTON. April 10. —f^P)— President Truman said today the responsibility for reducing high prices is squarely on business, and Attorney General Cark fol lowed up with a statement that “the anti-trust laws do not inter fere with voluntary price reduc tions.” The question arose at Mr. Tru man’s news conference as to whether business men would risk anti-trust prosecution if they got together to lower prices. Mr. Tru man expressed belief they would (Continued on Page Seven, Col. 4) Veteran Law Enforcement Officer Succumbs At 11:40 Last Night Sheriff C. David Jones, 52, vet eran New Hanover county officer, died last night at 11:40 o’clock in James Walker Memorial hospital. Sheriff Jones had been critical ly ill since Tuesday. He had been confined to his bed since February 22 when he complained of feeling badly during the February term of Superior Court. He remained home several days and then was transferred to James Walker Hospital. Later he was tak en to Richmond, Va., where he re mained until last Saturday, when he returned to the local hospital. He was born July 23, 1894, in Wilmington. His parents were the late Solomon Josiah and Fan nie Pearsall Jones. His father died October 21, 1926 and his mother died Nov. 4, 1898. After attending the public schools of Wilmington, Mr. Jones continued his education in Kinston and Robeson county. He then re turned to this city and became a student in the private school con ducted by Miss Mary L. Aider man. He next entered the Cape Fear Academy and studied under Professor Washington Catlett. Upon the completion of his edu cation he entered the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1910 in the office of the auditor of freight receipts. In 1913 he enlisted as a member of the Na tional Guard, joining the Wilming ton Light Infantry. On July 15, 1917, he wag called to active service and on the 25th of July he was mustered into the Army. He served at Fort Cas well with the regular Army. In the spring of 1918 he was transferred to Battery C of the Second Trench Mortar Battalion and was made first sergeant. With that command he was overseas for 11 months until April 20, 1919. He received his discharge at Camp Lee, Virginia, on May 1, 1919. Upon his return home Mr. Jones became connected with J. Allen Taylor, a wholesale grocer, in re forming the old Light Infantry or ganization, of which he was com missioned a first lieutenant. Later, he resigned from the com pany to travel for the Taylor Gro cery company. He worked with this organization from July 15, 1919, until April 15, 1932, the year he was elected to the office of sher iff of New Hanover co\*nty, a posi tion he has held until his death. On June 25, 1919, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Louisa Grant, (Continued on Page Seven, Col. 1) Marshall Makes Fervid Plea For ‘Just’ Peace MOSCOW. April 10. —(U.R>— Sec retary of State George C. Mar shall, rejecting a French demand for separation of the Ruhr and Rhineland from Germany, appeal ed eloquently to the Big Four Fo reign ministers today to make a peace which Europe’s people would want to keep, not break. Openly and urgently worried over the demands of Poland and France to strip Germany from East and West of some of her richest and most essential areas, Marshall for the second time in two days appealed to other chief delegates to work for the good of Europe and of world peace. “We have to look beyond today and tomorrow, to look 25 and 50 years ahead of us, beyond the life time of most of us,” he said in an impassioned speech. ‘‘I may seem unduly emphatic. But my emphasis comes from a deep sense of responsibility to my country, which has twice crossed the Atlantic to fight a war in Eu rope. ‘‘Our task is to make a peace set tlement which as a whole the peo ple of Europe will want to maintain and not to break. We want a peace settlement which in future years will become as it were self-enforc ing. We want a peace settlement which will encourage the people ot Europe to work together peaceful ly. We want a settlement that will live and that history will approve. Tornado Hits Many Cities 113 People Killed When Twister Slashes Wood ward, Okla. By The Associated Press The nation yesterday count ed a toll of at least 162 dead, 1,044 injured, plus property damage In the millions in five disasters. These were: Nine killed, nine injured in anthracite mine explosion at Exeter, Pa. An estimated 152 killed, mors than 1,000 injured in tornado which ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Sixty thousand square miles of California, Arizona and Ne vada shaken by earthquake. None reported kl'led or in jured. Fifteen injured in derail ment of Santa Fe railway’* Super Chief at Raton, N. M, One fatally injured, 20 others seriously injured in crash of Army transport plane at San Antonio. WOODWARD, Okla., April 10— (iP)—A destructive tornado slashed across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles late last night leaving more than 113 persons dead, pos sibly 1,000 injured and piling up property damage in the millions of dollars. The Texas Highway patrol, quoting Red Cross reports from the field, estimated that as many as 154 were dead and possibly more buried in the wreckage. The Red Cross at St. Louis list ed 113 known dead, and 720 known injured. Worst hit was Woodward where 100 blocks of buildings, most of them residences, were levelled. The Highway patrol estimated that 100 persons may be dead there. Noland Norgaard, Associated Press correspondent reported that 85 were known dead and that searching parties using bulldozers were digging in the ruins for ad ditional bodies. Casualty Figure* The Red Cross at St. Loui* eom plied these casualty figures: Glazier, Tex., 10 dead, 40 in jured; Higgins, Tex., 20 dead, 160 injured; Woodward, 83 dead, 800 injured; White Horse, Okla., none dead, 30 injured. Texas Highway patrol estimates were 100 at Woodward; Higgins, 24; Glazier, 8, and Gagen, Okla., 2. ' The patrol listed 20 dead at Shattuck, Okla. The storm did not strike there and these bodies pre sumably were from nearby strick en areas. Norgaard estimated that 1,000 persons were injured here and said it would be hours before any thing like a complete count could be made. Fires broke out in Woodward and were uncontrolled for several hours. Aside from difficulties imposed by the telephone strike, many phone and telegraph wires were blown down by the storm, and the Highway patrol reported short wave radio almost useless because of noise interference. Course Of Storm The general course of the storm was northeast from White Deer, Tex., 50 miles from Amarillo', then through Glazier, Higgins, Tex., Gage, Okla., and Woodward. All except Woodward, which has a population of 5,500, are com munities of less than 1,000 persons. Smal ltornadoes struck Fowler, Pratt, Newton and Harvcyville, Kas., about 2:30 this morning, causing an estimated $150,000 damage, all told. No casualties were reported. These cities are in a straight line Northeast of the path taken by the Oklahoma storm. Many of the injured were taken from here to Oklahoma City, and hospitals as far away as Wichita, Kas., were readied to receive pa tients if necessary. And So To Bed Hie Girl Scouts of Wilming ton are working hard in their fourth annual cookie sale to make money for the establish ment of a permanent camp site. Each year the proceeds are put into a special fund which will Be used, when enough is raised, for the camp, j Hie other day, one of the ; scouts approached a prospec tive customer, and asked her if she’d like to buy some cookies. Hie woman evidently didn't ealize that very little profit is made on the cookies, for ,he said— “I thought you Scouts bought a camp last year after a cookie sale.” The Scout retorted, “Lady, Rome wasn’t built In a day.”