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FORECAST: Served By Leased Wires of the Wilmington and vicinity: Considerable ASSOflATEn PRF1QQ cloudiness today with little change in A&&UCI A 1 rKt»S temperature but warmer toward eve- an“ “® 5 ning- eve I UNITED PRESS j With Complete Coverage of -- ' 1 State and National New* - ESTABLISHED 1867™ Hay ‘Feared’ Debt Spectre Letter To That Effect Introduced As Evidence At War Frauds Trial WASHINGTON, April 28. — (JP)— rndence that Andrew J. May f'red getting “in debt so badly t ran’t Set out” developed today 1 the oovernment war fraud trial a‘ ‘the':’ wartime house military Immidee chairman. . letter from May to that eflect V in to evidence in a batch #en ial Prosecutor William J. n^lev submitted to the jury try V, May and three others cm ®Les ‘of conspiring to buy the f* « Kentucky Democratic Con gressman's influence. nn fial with May are Henry ^ Murray Garsson, key figures anfl 'war manufacturing combine, 111 j in'eDh F. Freeman, Washing ton agent for the Garsson broth ~ government charges May received more than $50,000 f r o m 7 Garssons to finance a Ken 7; firm, the Cumberland Lum W company, for May's benefit in trrn for War department favors ex-Congressman assertedly obtained for them. Attorneys for May argue that Cumberland was actually a Gars son enterprise and May oparated It without personal profit Actual ownership of Cumber jan-j is a dispoted point. Lerod Wilson Fields, 70, of Whitesburg, Ky„ testified that he received the series of letters in troduced today from May during 1943 and 1944. F;eMs 'aid he had an agreement to share Cumberland profits fifty fftv with May and May was to put" up the money and Fields to operate the concern. A letter May wrote from Washington on House Military committee statione y to Fields on Feb. 16, 1944 said: "You ran well understand that it is extremely difficult for me to provide money to keep this going with nothing at all coming back. "I can’t afford to be broke up ,t this stage of my life and, unless this job can do something better than it is doing, I am not going to allow it to get me in debt so badly I can’t get out.’’ Most of the other letters trom May urged Fields to speed Cum berland operations to realize some income. .. „ Fields testified they finally broke off their arrangement in March 1944, because, Fields said, •'! decided there was something wrong.” Fields’ story was that May had some "Big Washington interests” willing to advance him money “provided they could get some lumber,” but‘that he and May were to repay the advances and each wind up owning half of the Cumberland Lumber company stock. The witness said May never men tioned the Garssons and that he believed May headed Cumberland. On cross-examination, however, Charles Hargiotti. attorney for the Garssons, brought out that a promissory note Fields paid with 42.300 sent him by May bore the name of Henry Garsson as presi dent of the Cumberland firm. Fields said that in paying the note at a Whitesburg, Ky., bank he had not noticed it carried Henry Garsson’s name as pledge for payment. “WOMAN IN RED” DIES IN ROMANIA Ana Cumpanas Received Credit For Putting Finger On Dillinger BUCHAREST, Romania, April 28 —IIP:— "The Woman in red,”’ who lea John Dillinger into an FBI trap that resulted in the killing of America's public enemy No. 1 m Chicago 13 years ago, died last Friday in a quiet town in South eastern Romania, the Timisoara newspaper Vestul said today. Ana Cumpanas, known in the United States as Mrs. Anna Sage, Was 58 years old at the time of her death and a legal autopsy showed that she had succumbed to a liver ailment. Deported by tne United States Kovernment in 1936, Mrs.- Cum Pa.nas returned to her native Ro mania where she made her home *t Timisoara, leading the life of * well-to-do citizen. The Weather FORECAST: South Carolina—Considerable cloudi R€s*’ with no important charges in temperature Tuesday. Some mtermit ter.t light lain in extreme Northwest portion Tuesday. North Carolina — Tuesday consider ate cloudiness and no important change In temperature except intermit tent light rain in west. ^Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEMPERATURES a. m. 63; 7:3C a. m. 59; 1:30 P 7:3o p. m. 57: Maximum 66; Mini mum 5(i; Mean 61. Normal 66. HUMIDITY B M30 a. m. 80; 7:30 a. m. 68; 1:30 p. m ,8: 7:30 p. m. 71. PRECIPITATION Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. inches. Total since the first of ihe month 3.72 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY (From the Tide Tables published by L S. Co:st and Geodetic Survey). HiHgh Low w-te,:ington _4:53 a.m. 12:08 a.m. , 5:25 p.m - p.m. I Masonboro _ 2:47 a.m. 9:17 a.m. 3 :29 p.m. 9:37 p.m. Sunrise 5:25; Sunset 6:54; Moonrise *;27p. Mocnset 2:36a. T*’ver stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 nr Monday 11.6 feet. More Weather On Pare Two I ABOUT SERIAL The Star regrets that unfor seen circumstances made neces sary the omission today of the final chapter of the popular se real story, “Tomorrow Will Be Fair.’’ Readers who have follow ed this story daliy through the past few weeks are urged to be patient — the last installment wil be forthcoming in an early issue of The Star. On page two of this morning’s edition appears an announce ment of a new Wilmington Morning Star serial story, “To Have, To Keep’’ w'hich will start in Wednesday morning’s edi tion, April 30. This great serial, from the pen of Jane Abbott, should prove interesting reading for every Star subscriber. Start reading it tomorrow. NURSE SHOOTING REMAINS MYSTERY Police Question Duke Victim Who Throws No Light On Crime DURHAM, April 28. — VP)— Miss Sue Taylor, 26-yaar-old Duke hos pital nurse who last Wednesday nigh' was shot in the back by an unidentified assailant, today when questioned for the first time by detectives but was able to give one clue which might trap the gun man. Detective C a p t. E. R. Leary, whc with Detective W. B. Julian had a brief session with the vic tim of The Duke garden crime, said that the nurse, while slowly recuperating, remains in serious condition “and is very nervous.” “We didn’t want to worry her any more than necessary, but just wanted to get her acclimated to talking with police. We excpect to question her further soon, ’ Leary declared. He added that Miss Taylor was being fed glucose in travenously when they visited her hospital room. The officers saidt hat her story concerning the incident coincided with that offered by 0. B. Williams, Duke medical school student who was with the nurse at the entrance to the gardens when the “tall and blond-haired” bandit accosted them. Williams vras robbed of his wallet which contained $2 in cash plus miscel laneous cards and a photo, and his wrist watch. OFFICIALS SURVEY HEALTH EXHIBITS City, County Groups Visit Center To Start Public Health Nursing Week In the first of a series of open house afternoons being held in connection with Public Health Nursing Week, city and county of ficials and other guests visited the county health department yes terday afternoon to meet the per sonnel of the department and learn about their work. Exhibits, prepared by the nurses under the supervision of Miss H. Lillian Bayley, super visor, displayed the work of the 12 field nurses and five clinical nurses now employed in the de partment. This afternoon, principals , teachers, and educational leaders over the county have been invited to attend the exhibits. Tomorrow, Wednesday, local organizations have been invited, and on Thurs day, members of local civic and social, men’s and women’s clubs, will attend. Friday night, from 7 to 9 o’clock, the Negro groups i will attend. The public health nurses were on hand to explain to the visitors the work done in her territory of the county. Displayed also was a chart of each nurse’s territory, with colored dots denoting the type of patient or service she rendered in each community • Charts showing the work of the clinical nurses and giving statis tics of the diseases now in New Hanover county, the time spent by all nurses in various phases of the work; the location of dis eases over the county were shown. Public health nursing services available are as follows: instruc tion to mothers in planning for. first baby, demonstration bath of new baby to family, nursing visits to patients sick in Ded at home, dressings and some treatments to patients under physicians signed order, helping parents arrange for school children to receive cor rection of physical defects, in struction for control of communi cable diseases in homes, visiting nurse service to Metropolitan In dustrial insured, and nursing su pervision of patients return ed from tuberculosis hospitals. Governor Applauds F und For Shellfish Research ELIZABETH CITY, N.C., April 28 (/p)—Governor Cherry told the Slate Board of Conservation and Development tonight that he was glaa that the last legislature took a ‘substantial step” toward solv ing the fisheries resources of North Carolina by “the appropri ation of funds so that this board can conduct research and restor ative practices for oysters, clams and other shellfish. ’ He said that ‘‘under the so-"ail ed shellfish act, this board is au thorized to sponsor large-scale plantings of shell and seed oys ters as well as to enact regula tions to protect present and fu - turt stock. “ Such a program will involve study and research to determine tK proper method of conducting a rehabilitation program.” The state’s marine fisheries re sources are concerned with the impending establishment at More heat City of a research and train ing center the governor said from a prepared address. •‘The value of longrange re search in the protection and re establishment of fisheries ha been throughly demonstrated b' some of our neighbors, notably ty Virginia, Maryland, and Lou isiana.” He also talked of steps take by the last assembly to insur shrimp feeding grounds off th coast. and told of the sten- ta-kr to promote expansion o f forest, 'and their resources. Arabs Seek Debate On Palestine Issue Syrian Delegate Declares 55 Nations Must Hear All Angles Of Dispute; U. S., Britain Likely To Oppose NEW YORK, April 28 — (^P)—'The Arabs opened a power drive to night for full debate on the whole Palestine question in the first special session of the United Na tions assembly. Syria’s Faris El Khoury declar ed after the assembly had com pleted its Organization and selec tion of leaders that the 55 nations must hear everything about the Palestine issue before' tb*-^ an set up an inquiry groim^O 3 i by Britain. He said most -A3 3V -r\ were not \„VC\\X issue ar>'’ p.v’* s\ ° • tc hav ‘ bate. .<*0° / \ This a , "t?ertainly will be i ^OThe United States and ^ Britain. Both have insistec .uis session must be confined to the mechanics of net ting up an inquiry committee. The fireworks will pop at the initial meeting of the general (steering) committee scheduled 'for 11 a.m. (E.D.T.) tomorrow at the assembly’s headquarters in Flushing Meadows. Session Postponed The steering committee's ses sion was postponed from today at the suggestion of Andrei A. Gro myko. Soviet delegate, who felt that two plenary meetings and the elections were enough busi - nes.. for one day. Other U. N. developments: 1. The military staff committee completed its report to the Securi ty council, w’ith the members re orted still in disagreement on .ajor sections of that long-await ed document. 2. The Security council arrang ed to meet Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. E.D.T. at Flushing Meadows with the topic likely to be Hun gary’s letter asking admission to the United Nations. No dissension wTas evident in the show of harmony attending the opening of the special assem bly. Beirne Charges Firms Seek To Break Unions U. S. ARMY RUSHES AIDT0GARR1S0N Disgruntled Liberian Natives Imperil Detach ment At Roberts Field FRANKFURT , Germany, April 28 —(U.R)—U. S. Army officials an nounced today that a detachment of 13 men is being flown to Rob erts field, Liberia, West Africa, to assist a garrison of five American soldiers threatened by a group of 800 disgruntled natives. The detachment includes two officers and 11 enlisted men, the announcement said. They left Wiesbaden by plane today in re sponse to appeals tor help. The Army announcement said the natives formerly were em ployed at the base, Roberts field, one of the chain establishes by the Air Transport command dur ing the war, but were laid off at the end of March when the field was closed. After their discharge the na tives began to create difficulties, officials said. They raided, looted and burned several warehouses, ripped down power lines ana cut water lines to the field six times. NEW SENATE BILL UPS TEACHER PAY National Organizations, Two Senators Urge Federal Aid Funds PI NEW SENATE BILL EP WASHINGTON, April 28 —-W— Rep'esentatives of five national oigi-nizations joined with two Senators today in urging Congress to authorize federal aid for educa tion. Senators Pepper (D-Fla) and Murray CD-Mont) asked a Public Welfare subcommittee to approve their bill which would guarantee public school teachers a salary of $800 a year more than they re ceived in 1941. Mrs. Eugene Meyer, teporter lor the Washington Post and wife of its owner, said, however, that “a broader approach to the im provement of our education sys tem is needed. ’ She advocated a bill which would authorize grants to the states for school purposes and uarantee that at least $50 a year be spent on the education of every pupil. “We have a vast proletariat—at least 10,000,000 strong—of the il literate, the uneducated and the untrained that our own past prej udices have created,’’ Mrs Meyer said. “The war merely emphasized the fact that this pro letariat is a handicap not only to our production but to the social stability of our country in time of peace.’’ General support of bills to pro vide federal aid to the states was voiced by representatives of the League of Women voters. Nation al Association for the Advance - ment of Colored people, American Legion. Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and National Council of Jewish women. NFTW President Believes However, That fcrke Picture Clearer WASHINGTON, April 28—(U.PJ— Union Leader Joseph A. Beirne charged tonight that Bell Tele phone officials have rejected gov ernment proposals to end the phone tie-up in the hope of de stroying organized labor in the telephone industry. Beirne, president of the striking National Federation of Tel^vhone workers, spoke on a network broadcast CMutual) after key ne gotiations broke off for the day after what conciliators termed a "stormey session.” Bargaining was to be resumed at 11 a. m. (EST) Tuesday. It was reliably reported that com pany negotiators may be ready to back down from their previous refusal to make wage offers. Beirne has said nothing else will end the walkout. "When a company refuses ail offers of a union and refuses to consider all proposals for settle ment made by the Conciliation service it leaves only one answer,” Beirne said. “The companies are out to break the back of organized labor in the telephone industry.” LEADER DENOUNCES LABOR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, April 28—W A union denunciation of the De partment of labor as “the tool of management’’ tonight prompted a conference of Secretary of La bor Schwellenbach with three top ieaders of the striking federation of telephone workers. The accusation was made against the department by Ernest Weaver, president of the Associ ation of Communications Equip ment workers, who are on strike at Western Electric plants across the nation. Weaver demanded that the Labor Department withdraw from his negotiations with the Western Electric company. COAST LINE GETS NEW DINING CARS First Of Prewar Equipment Seats 48 People; Has Loudspeaker System The Atlantic Coast Line rail road will put into service imme diately the first of its postwar dining cars, according to an an nouncement last night by J. B. Sharpton, head of the passenger department. The cars, with diagonal seating arrangements, will accommodate 48 passengers and are fitted with fluroescent lighting and Venetian blinds. They likewise are equip - ped with a loudspeaker system. It is believed that the Coast Line is the first to put into opera tion this newly developed diner, in this area, w’hich is considered the last word in train dining com fort. Along The Cape Fear MEXICAN WAR—The war with Mexico, which was declared in 1846. drew upon the young men of Wilmington as has ail wars since. The city was called upon to furnish volunteers to fight under Gen. Win field Scott. And as a result three companies were organized. They were th Wilmington volun teers, New Hanover rifle and the Wilmington guards. » * • HISTORY — General muster days, says history, were observed at that time when the militia and civilians were summoned for a day’s elaborate course of drilling. On one of these days—at the out break of the war—volunteers for he American army were called or. * * * TRUMPETER — A noted Negro jmpter — Phillip Bassadier— bunded his horn at the street brners. The Negro drummers at the reveille in front of the 'rthouse at Market and Front eels. There the men gathered, and with them a procession was form ed and marched to the drill ground, which was located on Mar ket street between Seventh and Eighth. Two veteran commanders of the militia of the district, General Lewis H. Marsteilar and General Alexander MacRae, were present and addressing the young men, urged them to volunteer for the war. * » • FIFERS — The drummers and fifers were ordered to march down the line and volunteers were ordered to fall in behind them. History says "it was an exciting moment, and those who witnissed it could always recite every de tail.” MILITIA FORMED—When the companies had been formed they were placed under the command of Capt. William J. Price. They embarked on the steamer “Gov ernor Dudley” for Smithville (Southport) to await transporta tion to Mexico. They saw service in Monterey, Eueua Vista and Palo Alto. MARSHALL BLAMES RUSSIANS FOR MOSCOW PARLEY FIASCO; U. S. CHAMBER FOR TAX SLASH ALP Witness Blasts Bill Arthur Schutzer Likens House Measure To Pink Ribbon Present WASHINGTON, April 28 — (£>) — The United States Chamber of Commerce threw its weight today behind a $4,000,000 income tax cut for this year, but the House approved measure came in for heavy criticism from the Amer ican Labor party and the Progres sive Citizens of America. • Ellsworth C. Alvord, chairman of the chamber’s federal finance committee, described the bill now before the Senate Finance com mittee as “constructive and states manlike,” Arthur Schutzer, New York state executive secretary for the American Labor party, told the Senators that the measure should “stand exposed for what it really is — a pink ribbon present for the rich and a shoe-lace for the poor.” He and C. B Baldwin, executive vice president of the PCA, com plained that the bill fails to give “effective relief” to persons in the low income groups. Baldwin said that unless such relief is granted without delay, "the enforced buyers’ strikes which have already begun can very quickly spiral into a full scale depression.” The bill would give a 30 per cent reduction to persons whose income after exemptions is $1,000 or less, 20 per cent off to those receiving between $1,386 and $302, 000, and a 10.5 cut to the few in the very highest brackets. The reductions would be retoractive to last Jan 1. The Chamber of Commerce took the same stand as the National Association of manufacturers had last Friday: That the nation can enjoy' a tax cut and a reduction in its $258,000,000,000 public debt si multaneously. Alvord calculated that the treasury will have a $9, 000,000,000 surplus in the fiscal year which begins July 1. He said a minimum of $1,500,000,000 a year should be applied on the debt. Alvord argued that such a "stable program” of debt retire ment combined with tax reduc tion would sustain a high level of economic activity. Schutzer contended that the House biii sew -s "the Republican trinity of high prices for con sumers, high profits for big bus iness and high tax reductions for the wealthy.” “This bill bestows tax relief upon the greedy few who need it least and withholds it from the burdened many who need it most,” he declared. LEWIS, OPERATORS WILL MEET TODAY Senators Umstead, Hoey, Rep. Clark To Protest Training Unit Move WASHINGTON, April 28 — <U.R>— John L. Lewis and the soft coal operators meet here tomorrow to discuss the possibility of negoti - ating a private wage contract that would head off another strike July 1. Government, industry and union representatives are frankly pessimistic over chances of reaching an agreement before June 30 when the government’s power to operate the seized pits expires. This could mean another walk out under Lewis’ traditional “no contract, no work ’ policy. The negotiators brought toget her for the first in seven months by Capt. N. H. Collisson, coal mines administrator, face formid able hurdles in what Collisson has -described as an effort to find means “by which a resumption of collective bargaining may most effectively and expeditiously be accomplished.'’ SECRETARY OF STATE George Marshall (right) is greeted with a smile and a handclasp by President Truman upon his arrival at Washington from Moscow, where he attended a conference of the Big Four foreign ministers The president told Marshall he was very well pleased with the .job the secretary is doing. (AP Wirephoto). County Vaccine Supply Normal, Dr. Elliot Says REYNOLDS FROWNS ON GRADE C MILK State Health Officer Says He Would Not Recom mend For Human Use RALEIGH, April 28 — (IP) - At a public hearing here today on proposed regulations for the sale and distribution of milk, a num ber of producers asked that they be permitted to sell a Grade C pasteurized milk as ‘‘pastuerized market milk.” John Arey, dairyman for the N. C. State College Extension ser vice, told a committee of the State Department of agriculture which drafted the proposed regulations that to ban .sales of this so-called "cooler milk” would work a hard ship on many producers in cen tral and Western North Carolina. The new regulations would pro hibit the sale of Grade C milk except in rural areas and then only oi\ a temporary basis after local authorities file an applica tion with the state commissioner of agriculture. Serious Charge George Watts Hill of Durham charged that in the past large quantities of Grade C milk had been sold to the public as Grade A. He said he understood this was particularly true in Eastern North Carolina. Mrs. O. F. McCrary of Raleigh, in charge of the school lunch pro gram in the Raleigh schools, told the committee that frequently Grade C milk was the only milk available and she asked the com mittee if it would recommend that people drink it. Dr. C. V. Reynolds state health officer replied: ‘‘No definitely not.” LOUISE OVERELL, BOY FRIEND PLEAD “NOT GUILTY” TO M U R D E R SANTA, ANA, Calif., April 28— (TP) — Louise Overell, 17-year-old heiress to $600,000, ana her boy friend pleaded innocent today to amended indictments accusing them of killing her parents aboard the latter’s yacht in Newport har bor March 15. Superior Judge Franklin G. West approved a prosecution motion under which the original grand jury indictment—accusing each of only one count of murder—was changed to name each on two counts, involving the slayings of the parents separately rather than jointly. No Trace Of Smallpox Has Been Found In New Hanover; One In State Following reports that the small pox vaccine of the State Labora tory of Hygiene is impotent and useless, Dr. A. H. Elliott, New Hanover county health officer, said last night that the local de partment has a “normal supply” on hand. The health officer said tnat the county health department now has cn hand sufficient smallpox vac cine in large vials, used by the de partment in the vaccination cf children, but that they had no small individuals vials in stock. The individual-vials are distribut ed through the health department to persons ' who wish their own physicians to administer the vac cine, he said. He discovered that the State’s supply of the preventive was useless about two weeks ago when he tried to secure some of the individual vials. He was ad vised by the State laboratory that they would Send him a supply as soon as they had some active ma terial. No trace ot the smallpox dis ease has been discovered ir. New Hanover, Dr. Elliott said. Neither did he seem to believe there was any cause of alarm over the pros pects of there being a spread of the disease in North Carolina. •‘There are plenty of unvaccinated people,” he said, “but there are so many more who are vaccinat ed, who would break the spread of the disease. ’ The health officer also stated that this is the first time he has ever heard ;f vaccine becoming ineffective. "We sometime have to vaccinate the second time,” he said, ‘ but we have never had any vials which proved ineffective, and would not take. ’ RALEIGH, April 28. —UP)— At the same time that a case of small pox was reported to be under treatment in Cleveland county, the State Laboratory of hygiene re ported that its supply of vaccine is impotent and useless. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds state health officer, said that if there was a spread of smallpox, the state would seek to acquire a supply of vac cine from out of the state. Dr. John Hamilton, director of the laboratory, said that several weeks ago it was discovered that “our supply is impotent and had to be discarded because it wouldn't produce takes.” Meanwhile, at Shelby, Dr. D. T. Bridges reported that he was treat ing the 18-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mauney for smallpox. The doctor said that the family moved to Cleveland county ten days ago from Oak Ridge, Tenn. It May Be Good Smoking But We Prefer U. S. Fags LONDON, April 28 — (AP)— Look - ing for something to smoke? You take one ounce of powdered colts foot root, sprinkle in some rose leaves, lavender and clover flow ers, and— “Pfui.” said one smoker who tried it today. “I’vs tasted worse,” said an other. “Not bad — give me another pipeful,” said a third. Britons by the thousand were turning to this outstandish mixture for the very good reason that herb tobacco, scorned by most mokers until now . sells tor as little as sixpence UO cants) an ounc« — about one-seventh of the new higher price of pipe tobacco resulting from a 50 percent in - crease in the tobacco import tax. “It’s very good for you, too,” said a saleswoman for the British Society of herbalists, which is pushing the ersatz tobacco for all it’s worth. “Many men have smoked our herbal mixture for years. They say it’s wonderful for catarrh. “Dozens of men who quit smoking’ when the price of tobac co went up are buying our herb mixture regularly. Some of them "heat ? little - they mix it with egu'ar iobacco. The herbs take a oil of getting used to.” They do, indeed. Compromises MayWorkOut Secretary Reveals Portion Of His Conversation With Soviet Leader WASHINGTON, April 28—(U.PJ— Secretary 0f State George C. Marsha'! lonight blamed the Soviet Union ..or failure of the Moscow conference but revealed that Generalissimo Josef Stalin thinks compromises on all the major Ger man issues will be possible. In a radio report to the Ameri can people on the seven-week meet ing of the council of Big Four foreign ministers, Marshall re vealed a portion of his conversa tion with Stalin at their meeting in the Kremlin on April 15. Stalin told him frankly that he didn’t think any “great success” would be achieved at the Moscow meeting. Marshall's report included an introduction and a summary and covered the major Moscow issues pertaining both to Germany and Austria . In the summary he not only blamed the Soviet delegation for making agreement impossible but sharply criticized the Soviet dele gation for using the conference for ‘propaganda appeals to passion and prejudice” rather than using appeals to reason and understand ing. He also sounded a hopeful note for the future by saying that, de spite disagreements and difficul ties encountered, “possibly great er progress towards final settle ment was made than is realized." He thought this because critical differences among the powers “now stand clearly defined." He said the United States would (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) l - CENTER TRANSFER NOT YET ORDERED Government And Union Leaders Pessimistic As To New Agreement Morning Star Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, April 28 — Trans fer of the replacement training center, at Fort Bragg, to Fort Jackson, Columbia, S. C.. has been recommended but not yet order ed by the war department, Sen. Umstead, of North Carolina, said today. Whether the replacement train ing center remains or not, Fort Bragg will be the largest ground forces installation in the United States, he said. Senators Umstead and Hoey and Reps. Clark, Kerr and Durham, of North Carolina, and representa tives from Fayetteville protested the removal at a meeting with several army officers in Umstead's office today. Order Not Entered Although Gen. Jacob Devers, chief of the army ground forces, has recommended the merger, “the order has not yet been entered and we were advised that the matter would be thoroughly investigated and carefully considered, Umstead said, “and that if any additional information was needed we would have an opportunity to present it.” About six or seven thousand troops are involved in the re placement training center pro gram, he added. Army officers at the conference with the members of congress were Gen. Thomas F. Handy, deputy chief of staff; Maj. Gen. David G. Barr, assistant chief bf staff, Army ground forces; and Maj. Gen. Walt on B. Persons, chief of the legis lative and liaison division. Tom Humber, president of the Fayet teville Chamber of Commerce, and Julian Metz, secretary, also at tended. Oscar Breece, past president of the Fayetteville Chamber, and Gov. R. Gregg Cherry “have ex pressed great interest in this mat ter,” said Umstead, "and all of us expect to do anything we can to retain the replacement training center at Fort Bragg, not only be cause of what it means to Fort Bragg and the city of Fayetteville, but to the entire state.” And So To Bed A group of local anglers took to their boat early yesterday., morning for a fishing jaunt In - the inland waterway. One of the would be Isaac Waltons was making his first trip. After dropping their lines overboard for nearly an hour without a single nibble the tired and hungry anglers start ed to row the boat to shore when suddenly one gasped, ‘hold everything, I got one.” He yanked at his cane pole and finally drew a long black .lender species to the side of ‘he boat. ‘Oh! my goodness” he ex claimed” I have captured a black snake.” No dear readers, it was not a black snake, just a two foo| eel. - j
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