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FORECAST: + ^ ^ y Served By Leased Wires umtwmut nrtttttu sunr - - 4^r 4^^ St^te and National News ita[ firt NQ 225 "" * '* .. .. . ____ ___' - -- —_ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1947 ESTABLISHED 18(57 __ 4 1 f . ■““““— — ' ———mmmmm— , - Strong Army Peace ‘Hope’ Hatch Declares United States Must Maintain Military Strength CHAPEL HILL, May 8. — (gp)_ gen Carl A. Hatch, (D. New Mexi co), said here tonight that to main tain peace this country must maintain its strong military estab lishment. Hatch is a member of a congres sional delegation to the Inter-par liamentary Union conference. He recently rf -<rned from Greece and Turkey. Hatch said that “to maintain any degree of safety in this disordered world, first of all — and I regret l0 say this — for the time being w* must maintain our own strong j military establishment. Until the jtrength of the UN is fully assured, force will continue to be the one power recognized by some nations. "Likewise, we must keep our own country in a strong financial po sition. Right now wide-spread de pression in the United States would bring despair and disaster to the entire world,” he declared. "Fair, just reciprocal trade re lations with other nations is an es sential step in establishing order throughout the world. Barriers to trade and commerce will jus.t as surely result in disaster as they did when we pursued that course in the twenties and early thirties.” Senator Hatch, commenting on the situation he observed in Turk ey and Greece, said the former country ‘‘unquestionably requires the assistance she has asked us to extend. It is a matter of common knowledge that the aid requested is largely of military equipment. In a narrow sense this is true. It ja military aid. In the broader and better aspects the aid extended will be of great assistance to the eco nomic life of that nation,” he said, pointing out that Turkey has been forced to maintain a military establishment far beyond her means. “Men who are oacuy neeaea in productive efforts of every kind are in the army ... if Turkey couid mechanize and modernize her army she could release thou sands of men who would return to agriculture, industry and other productive, peaceful pursuits where they are so badly needed.” As for Greece, Senator Hatch said that country is in far worse shape than Turkey. “Her economy is destroyed, her people -demoraliz ed. civil strife exists within and there is constant pressure from without. She cannot,” he declared, “in my judgement, maintain her sovereignty or independence as a nation without most substantial aid and assistance.” And with the fall of Tuncey and Greece, he pointed out, ‘‘the Sov iet will spread communistic influ ence which already has overwhelm ed so many of the nations of Eu rope . . . perhaps what little is now left in Europe of free peoples and nations will likewise succumb and fall.” FM STATION AUTHORIZED The Federal Communications commission yesterday authorized station WMFD to construct a FM radio station, it was announced from Washington last night. OLD MAN WINTER “CHASES” SP NG Off-Season Weather Brings Snow Flurries From Michigan To N. Y. Winter pushed spring into the background Thursday with* snow flurries from Michigan Eastward to New York and freezing tem peratures in 14 states. Warm ,,'ealher continued in the Rocky Mountain region. The Southern plains had rain. Cold records for the date were broken in numerous cities. in cluding Buffalo, N. Y., which rec orded 30 and New York City. Fhich reported 36. Chicago had a 33 reading, within one degree of toe record. Coldest spot on the weather map Fas five degrees above at Spoon •r. Wis, Freezing temperatures also were reported in Pensyl vania, Maryland, West Vitginid, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, North and South Dakota and Minnesota. In Ohio, snow squalls pelted Cleveland, snow covered roofs in ■several cities and bird baths were ice-coated. Syracuse, N. Y., had nearly two inches of snow on the Pound at one time. Warmer weather was over •Preading the Dakotas, however, •n.d weather forecasters said nor mal mid-spring temperatures Fere in prospect for most of the midwest by Saturday or Sunday, •long with some rain. The Weather FORECAST: *outh and North Carolina — Fair and Friday. Saturday partly cloudy and slightly warmer. (Eastern Standard Time) By V. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours “mg 7:30 p. m- yesterday. TEMPERATURES CM a. m. 63. 7:30 a m 55; 1:3o p. m. ' ‘(SO p, m 62; Maximum 69; Mini ■Um 54; Mean 81; No-mai 69. HUMIDITY • hid a. m. 37; 7-30 a. m. 49; 1:30 p. m. • ‘:S‘) P m. 54. Total Since the first of the month inches. TIDES FOR TODAY 1F r°m the Tide Tables published by *■ Coast and Geodetic Survey), w Hirh Low "itmmgton _12:28 a.m. 7:50 a.m. u 12:45 p.m. 7 :47 p.m. •Uaonhoro _10:10 a.m. 4:28 a.m. 10:41 p.m. 4:15 p.m. , *)Hnrise 5:15; Sunset 7:02; Moonrise _23P; Moonset 3:16a. v*r -ctage at Fayetteville, N. C- at 8 ‘ Thursday 10.0 feet. More leather On Page T1»r*» H. GORDON SELFRIDGE, Brit ish merchant prince and former American errand boy who died of bronchial pneumonia yesterday at his London suburban home. He taught the British American de partment store merchandising. MERCHANT PRINCE DIES IN LONDON Harry Selfridge, Former American, Victim Of Bronchial Pheumonia LONDON, May 8. — (JP) —Harry Gordon Selfridge, Wisconsin-born merchant prince of Britain, died ill his sleep in his modest subur ban flat today after several days’ illness from bronchial pneumonia. The one - time American errand boy left unsolved the mystery of his age. A familj spokesman said he was 90, another relative said 89, a close friend 93, and news paper records ranged from 83 up wards. The man who revolutionized British shopping habits also left unsolved the mystery of his own wealth. He had made two huge fortunes in his lifetime, but a spokesman for his family said he was “not a wealthy man” when he died. His stock in trade imagination and showmanship, Selfridge intro duced American “go-g etter" methods of merchandising to an ultra - conservative Britain. His early competitors snubbed him as a “vulgar American tradesman” but Selfridges, Ldt., became one of London’s biggest department stores. Fields Partner Born in a one-story house in Ripon, Wis., Selfridge went to work at 10 when his father died. He soon quit a $1.20 a week er rand boy job to be a salesman for the store in Chicago that be came Marshall Fields. Barely 20 years later he retired as Field’s partner with a fortune estimated at $1,500,000 Fortified with cash and Field’s merchandising lore, he came to London quietly observed the con servative merchandising methods of the Edwardian era, and decided he could do better. In 1909 he opened his great ‘Emporium” in downtown Oxford street, the only store in London where you could buy anything from a pin to a gramaphone. He started with 1,000 employes and a smash-bang advertising campaign that old timers still talk about. He displayed Bleriot’s airplane, first to cross the English Channel, (Continued On Page Three; Col. 4) MISS TRUMAN WILL MAKE TOUR President’s Daughter To Give Six Concerts In Middle West Cities NEW YORK, May 8— (IP)—Mar garet Truman, daughter o-f the President, will begin her first con cert tour as a singer with an ap pearance May 20 in Pittsburgh, her teacher said today. Mrs. Margaret Strickler said the concert would be held at the Syria Mosque there, and would be fol lowed by concerts at Cleveland, May 22, Dallas, May 25; Fort Worth May 26; Amarillo, May 28; and Oklahoma City. May 30. Mrs. Strickler said Miss Truman would make two additional ap pearances during the first week of June, but that the dates were not yet definite. She said the President ana Mrs. Truman were enthusiastic about the tour, but would not attend any of the concerts. Miss Truman recently made her radio debut in Detroit._ Truman Will Press For Training Bill President On Birthday, Expresses Firm Opti mism That Lasting Peace Will Be Attained; Philosophy “High” WASHINGTON, May 8. —{IP)— Firm optimism that lasting peace will be attained was expressed by President Truman today — but, he noted that it still is by no means accomplished and declared he will press for passage of univer " -mili tary training before Co- 00 ad journs in mid summe A It was the 63rd 1 smiling, fit-looki- ' a , tive, and the se <<SV '$'■ V-E Day. It - <\ ' > ary that *’ ~ orefront newsmen speech. Since V-E Day, he said, a great many things have happened and the outlook, from his viewpoint, is much improved. He is still optimistic that we will get a peace that will be lasting, and that the United Nations will be able to carry out the provisions of its charter. He said he was just ■as sure of that as he was that he as standing there. Ahead Of Schedule The President went on to re mark that both V-E Day and V-J Day came ah_ad of the anticipated (Continued On Page Three; Col. 4) Inadequate Bus Service Stressed By Witnesses “HORSESHOES” SIOUX CITY, la., May 8—(ff) —Deputy Ralph Hindman was just sitting there is the sher iff’s office wondering where he might find Ben Leedom, Winne bago, Neb., who had been in dicted on check forgery charges. The telephone rang. The voice said “This is Ben Lee iom. I want you to find my wife.” Suppressing his excitement, Hindman replied: “Sure, Ben, we’ll help you find your wife. By the way, where are you so we can let vou know when we do?’’ Leedom supplied the ad dress — in Sioux City — and the next thing he knew Hind man was there arresting him. BAPTIST DEMAND PUBLIC AID END Convention Wants School Help Terminated, Taylor Recalled ST. LOUIS, May 8.—(U.R)—1The Southern Baptists convention to night demanded an end of public aid to parochial schools in an ef fort to restrain what it called "the present powerful drive of the Ro man Catholics to captur' Ameri ca.” The Southern Baptistr again urged President Truman to recall his ambassador, Myron C. Taylor, from the Vatican. The convention recommended the admission of 300,000 displaced persons to the United States. A proposed resolution favoring the establishment of universal mili tary trainirg was greeted with jeers and catcalls. It was finally referred to a committer o’’ a point of order. The resolutions condemning pub lic aid to church schools and urg ing Taylor’s recall were contained in a report of the convention’s pub lic relations committee. Common Peril It urged Baptists to join ot' er denominations against "the com mon peril” and continued: "Unless this is done in relation to the present powerful drive of the Roman Catholics to i t- -e America, v e shall fight a los.'g battle.” The report warned all Baptist institutions against what it said was the danger of "accepting grants of money from the govern ment for -uilding or equipment or for any other purpose” in order not to weaken the sect’s “principle of separation of church and state.” Election of officers was sched (Continued On Page Three; Col. 6) LONDONERS LET GO THEIR NOSES AGAIN; STRIKERS RESUME JOB LONDON, May 8 —iA>S—1The 10 day-old strike of City of London employes and Billingsgate Fish market workers ended tonight — and high time, too, in the opinion of Londoners who went about holding their noses. Accumulations of fish heads, tails and scales littered the mar ket place. Garbage piled high in the gutters. Even the dead were unburied , since grave diggers were among those participating in the work stoppage by 1,000 employes who struck in protest of a fishmarket constable’s promotion to sergeant. This Could Not Happen In Wilmington, Either BY HAL CLANCY ! United Press staff Correspondent BOSTON, May 8 — (U.R) —Blonde, Beautiful Laura Wells, a Holly wood press agent, popped into town today wearing “ essence of invasion” perfume, carrying a mink briefcase and expounding a theory of sectional sex appeal. The blonde mink briefcase aud matching stole, valued at $3.1 stopped traffic fr°m Sc Sqi are to Beacon Hill. Bu predicted her theor’ e would cause mo than the fur-linpflJ^flOH “I’ve toured ‘i a man who re Niven',” she explain*, haven’t found one, but I've, ed definitely that male oom*. matter of geography.” She said Boston topped the na tion in the eager Romeo depart ment, Albany, N. Y., was a close second. Atlanta, Ga., and St Louis wer; “neck and neck’’ but Pitts burgh— “I don't understand Pitts burgh” she said. The men are either cold or timid. Maybe it s thei. diet. Anyway, it hurts a Y,”s pr/fie.” K'f T l^owy’ gray-eyed siren A 1 1 ■ is plugging a film titled r Love.” When she finds A Moth type he’ll be wined, delivered! screentested. Israel /adding about on her as cobs. she said, she has had He will ge proposals, 218 date j Influence nd “thousands” of let Rabbi I wiU b« at On Page Three; Col. 4) tnorn^ a Rich Square Area Called “Lost Colony” In Transportation Setup Testimony that routes with fre quent changes or out-of-the-way routes are at present the only bus schedules offered from Wilming ton to many points slightly over 100 miles distant, and points be tween, was given yesterday after noon by residents of those towns, before the State utilities commis sion hearing here. The witnesses were called by Carolina Coach company which has made application for a fran chise to operate buses from Jack sonville to Wilmington via Burgaw, the new route to connect with other schedules of the com pany going to Norfolk via Kinston and Greenville. Opposing the application are the Pullen Bus line of Burgaw and the Seashore Transportation company. The proposed route covers part of the Coastal route operated by the Seashore company and coun sel for that company is contend ing that the traffic over the : oads has been declining in the past months and is not now sufficient to warrant another line. Pullen Bus line has made application for the same route, Jacksonville to Wilmington, via Burgaw, with the right to pick up passengers at all points. “Lost Colony” Counsel for the Pullen company claims that Carolina Coach r. o w has the franchise to offer the peo ple the services asked by the wit nesses. without being awarded the loute between Jacksonville and Wilmington. B. D. Strickland of Rich Square, testified that his “section of the country is the —ost Colony’ as far as transportation is con cerned” and that the proposed routes would greatly benefit the people of the community. He stated that the present schedules to Wilmington from that section were so out-of-the-way that the people very seldom came to this city. Dr. Howard G. McGinnis, regis trar of East Carolina Teachers College, gave figures as to tha number of students at E. C. T. C. who live in this section and said that the transportation problem (Continued On Page Three; Col. 5) House Bats Down Attempts To Kill Truman Aid Bill; Labor Measure Toughened Welfare Fund1 Voted “Out” Senate Amendment Passed On 48 To 40 Margin, Checkoff Unlawful WASHINGTON, May 8 — (£>)— With the Republican leadership back in the saddle, the Senate wrote a new toughening amend ment into its labor bill today, 41 to 40. The amendment has three pru visions. It would outlaw: Healti. and welfare funds financed b} employers and controlled b> unions; union practices to “shakt down” employers or extort money from them; and the involuntarv checkoff, by which unions pre vail on companies to deduct union dues from all workers’ pay envelopes regardless of the wishes of individual workers. Led by Senator Taft (R.-Ohiol, proponents of the amendment turned the tables on Senators Ives (R.-N.Y.) and Morse (R Ore.), who yesterday played a big part in killing a Taft-supported proposal to curb industry-wide collective bargaining. Both Ives and Morse assailed the ban on health and welfare funds administered solely by unions. Taft defended it, saying that such funds could become “rackets.” Party Ranks Split Fourteen Republicans—Seven ot them freshman Senators—poined 26 Democrats in voting against the amendment. For it were 33 GOP Senators and 15 Southern Democrats. Taft told the Senate the amend ment stems from the efforts of John L. Lewis last year to levy a 10-cent a ton tax on soft coal producers to set up a welfare fund which Lewis wanted the United Mine workers to administer alone. Subsequently, when the govern ment took over the mines, this was changed to a five-cent levy and the fund was placed under joint federal-UMW administra tion. While the fund is in the clear on this count so far as the ban is concerned, Taft indicated that it may not meet terms of the amend ment which specify that money collected shall be used for the “sole and exclusive benefit’’ of the workers. Fines, Jail Terms Violators of any of the provi sions of the amendment could be fined $10,000 and sentenced to a year in jail. Ives called this an “excessive’’ penalty and termed the amend ment as a whole an “extremely ill-conceived piece of legislation’’. He added that welfare funds “have had a great deal to do “with improving labor-manage (Continued On Page Three; Col. 4) Witch Doctor, Complete With Water Jug, Jugged A Wilmington Negro who claims that, as a faith healer, he ‘‘works with the friendly spirits, not evil ones” is being held under $2,500 bond in the Edgecombe county jail, charged with having ob tained money under false pre tense and with having carnal knowledge of a 12-year-old Negro girl. The Negro, John Thomas Sim mons, who, reportedly informed Rocky Mount police that he was a Wilmingtonian, was given a hearing in the city’s Recorder's court this week. And out of the testimony offered by the "doctor” came such claims as being able to "caste away the aches and pains of the body "by first burying a jug of water in a hole dug by a spoon. The next phase of the treat merit, says Simmons, is to have the person being cured stand over the water jug until the powers take it upon themselves to act. One alleged victim of the curing powers of Simmons testified at the hearing that he gave the "doctor” $112. The fee was $100 with an added tax of $12. He said Simmons came into his house predicting, that bad things were just around the corner for the patients. The sex charge against Sim mons grew out of his attempts to to cure an aged grandmother of her ails and pains. He took the 12 year-old Negro girl to an out-of-the way spot and buried the jug of water. And while there allegedly had intimate relations with the girl. _ Along The Cape Fear THE FIRST shipyard in Wil mington is not in any form com parable to the shipyard during World War II. The industry has changed and varied in many ways and the types of ships built in-the between years are incomparable. This is common knowledge to the people of Wilmington but the type of the first ships built in the old days probably could not be de scribed by more than a dozen peo ple. Today we will describe the type of the first ship built in the olden days and give a few points con sidering the name, shape, and other characteristics of the ves sels. * * * THE SHIP BUILT in the first yard was named by the owner, and this particular ship is the first and only sailing vessel built in Wilmington. • • * THE OLD vessel was launched June 5, 1833, by John K. Mc Ilhenny, and named after his two daughters, “Eliza and Susan.” The work was done by Josh Toomer, the grandfather of the present gen eration of that name, under the direction of Mcllhenny, at the saw mill of the latter upon the exact site of Kidder’s mill. » * » THE “ELIZA AND SUSAN” was a full-rig ship of 316 tons, built of the staunchest live oak, and of unusual strength. The oak came partly from Bald Head and partly from Lockwood’s Folly. The old ship was pine-planked and coppered, it was not certain what cargo she took out but she came back loaded with salt. • • • THE SHIP was under the com mand of Captain Huntington, al ready in middle life at the time of the ship’s first voyage. His son afterwards married Miss Brown. Long afterwards, while the ship was engaged in the whaling trade of the Pacific, Captain Thomas F. Peck, who had gone from Wil mington to the land of gold with the “Forty-Niners,” saw the familiar Wilmington ship at an chor in San Francisco Bay. He was invited on board and was served with a glass of Cape Fear river water, then highly (Continued On Page Three; Col. » ARRIVING 15 MINUTES EARLY for his appointment mu au.yor William O’Dwyer at New York City Hall, elder statesman liwlard M. Baruch seats himself on the steps of the building. Shortly after, Mayor O’Dwyer presented the annual award of the Metropolitan Con ference of Temple Brotherhoods to the famed American diplomat. (International) _ W illie T rades Raincheck For Heaven Annie Oakley TIT FOR TAT NEW BRITAIN, Conn., May 8—I/P)—Dr. John S. Irvin re ceived three neckties, which he had not ordered, and an ac companying bill for $2 in to day’s mail. So Dr. Irvin kept the neck wear, and sent this letter to the manufacturer: “I am sending you $2 worth of pills. They have helped thousands of others. I am sure you will appreciate my thought fullness in sending them. Please accept the pills in payment for the ties recently sent me.” BENSON ELECTED LIONS PRESIDENT Report On Recent Fashion Show Given At Regular Meeting J. ft. Benson wa« yesterday elected president of the Wilming ton Lion’s club during the regular luncheon meeting of the group in the Friendly cafeteria. He suc ceeds Joe Hood. Other officers named to take of fice on July 1 are: Foster Ed wards, first vice-president: Hardy Ferguson, second vice-president; Ronald Lane, third vice-president; Wallace West, secretary; L. C. Robertson, treasurer; Sam Alex ander, lion tamer; Hugh Noff singer, tail twister. Eugene Bul (Continued On Page Three; Col. 1) BERLIN NOMINATES FIRST WOMAN MAYOR IN NATION’S HISTORY BERLIN, May 8 — ’JR —Mrs. Louise Schroeder, 60-year-old Social Democrat, was chosen temporary Lord Mayor of Berlin today by the city council to solve Berlin’s “no mayor” crisis. The first woman Lord Mayor in Berlin’s history, she will replace Dr. Otto Ostrowski, who resigned recently after his own Social Democratic party gave him a vote of no confidence on charges he en tered into a “working agreement” with its political opponent, the Soviet - sponsored Socialist Unity party. Mrs. Schroeder was a Reichstag member from 1919 until 1933 and formerly a professor of social pol itics at Berlin university. BY CHARLES NETHAWAY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW IBERIA, La., May 8 —(U.R) —Willie Francis was ready to night to cash in last year’s rain-, check for a trip to heaven. He doesn’t want another mira cle. He’s had his hell on earth “I want the machine to wQrk this time,” Willie said forlornly. ”1 want to die because as soon as I do I am going to the Lord.” Francis, 18-year-old Negro mur derer, will sit in Louisiana’s port able electric chair for the second time tomorrow between noon and 3 p.m., CST. The U. S. Supreme Court squashed the last chance this af ternoon that the burly slayer would be reprieved. Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson announced from the bench in Washington that the court had re jected two appeals iiled by Wil lie’s lawyers, Bertrand De Blanc and J. Skelly Wright. Wright had asked for a writ of habeas corpus. He told the court that last year’s abortive attempt to execute the Negro was a ‘‘dis graceful and inhuman exhibition.” Executioner Drunk He said the executioner and other officials at the scene were so drunk it was impossible for (Continued On Page Three; Col. 3) SCOUTS CIRCUS SLATED TONIGHT Large Crowd Expected To Attend Events At Le gion Staduim Indications are that a large crowd will be at the American Legion stadium tonight at 8 o’clock when the Wilmington Junior Cham ber of Commerce presents the third annual circus of the Cape Fear area council, Boy Scouts of America. The pre-circus activities will get underway this afternoon at 4:30 when the scouts and the New Han over R. O. T. C. band parade through downtown Wilmington. The parade will begin at the Wood row Wilson hut, proceed down Third street, Red Cross, Front, Market, and back to the City Hall on Third. The scouts will be trans ported from City Hall to the Le gion stadium in busses of the Sea shore Transportation company and Queen City Trailways to the Le gion stadium where they will be (Continued On Page Three; Col. 2) They Can Have Mushrooms But We’ll Take A Steak By Arthur Ed son -Associated Prtss Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 8. —(£>)— It sems everybody has his troubles. Take mushrooms. Congress was told today the entire mushroom industry is in a stew. The House Ways and Means committee is studying tariffs, and the mushroom people sre scared it will tinker with the tariffs on you know what. “The industry would be faced with eventual elimination,” said Walter W. Maule, of Keipett Square, Pa. He helps grow, tliem. “It would sell the mushroom in dustry down the river,” said S. M.' jGriscom of West Chester, Pa. He | helps on them. . i. Imports were cut oil during the war, and so the American mush room industry sprouted ’ike, well, like mushroorn^ T-- *** 4 000,000 people ’ But m;ny thi, , *' “Tnt?. . -.-'pay as mgh wag. <. as we do, he said. “Furthermore? we grow our mushrooms in special built houses. These cost money. “The French,” he said envious ly, “grow theirs in caves. French cities are honeycombed with un derground passages. Just rignt for (Continued On Page Three; Col. 4) Hard Battle Marks Debate Austin Telegram Says Measure Will Assist UN Charter Tasks WASHINGTON, May 8. — (JP)— The House batted down, 127 to 37, today an attempt to kill Presi dent Truman’s $400,000,000 program to aid Greece and Turkey against Communism, and likewise defeated two moves to give the United Na tions a greater voice in it. In hot and heavy fighting late in the day, Rep. Bender (R.-Ohio) moved to strike out the “enacting clause’’ of the bill, which already has passed the Senate. This was a parliamentary attempt to kill the measure. Rep. Eaton (R.-N.J.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs com mittee who is piloting the bill in the House, quickly accepted the challenge. ‘ If you want to kill it, let’s get t over with,” he told the chamber A voice vote was then taken and Bender’s motion was swamped. To allay fears of those who say the program bypasses the United Nations, Eaton read a telegram from Warren R. Austin, delegate to the U. N., declaring that in reality the proposal is in support of the world organization. Assist Stability ‘‘The proposed American pro gram will assist in restoring sta bility and security in Greece and maintaining them in Turkey,” Austin said. “When stable condi tions are restored in Greece it should be possible to provide such further financial and economic as sistance as might then be required through the economic and social council of the United Nations and related specialized agencies. “In my opinion the United States program for aid to Greece and Turkey does not bypass the Unit ed Nations. On the contrary it would be a most essential act in support of the United Nations charter and would advance the building of collective security un der the United Nations.” Ahead lay a new test for the bill, posed by a motion of Rep. Lawrence Smith (R.-Wis.) to with hold aid to Greece and Turkey un til the United States has referred “the question of Communist ag gression” to the U. N. and given it 60 days to act. Two earlier moves to send the (Continued on Page Three; C.ol 4) DELTA AIR LINES MECHANICS ST E Workers At Atlanta Stage Quick Walkout; No Delays Anticipated ATLANTA, Ga., May 8—(U.R) Delta Airlines mechanics ftaged a walkout late today and the com pany announced it anticipated no delay or cancellation of flights. Regional Director Thomas J. Starling of the United Automobile Workers union (CIO) said Delta refused to grant a requested pay raise and that negotiations for a new contract collapsed Wednes day. Delta countered that it asked for a continuation of negotiations un til tomorrow because President C. E. Woolman was ut. of town un til then. He is in Washington at tending industry and government conferences* Starling’s claim that he repre sents a majority of Delta’s me chanics is under dispute by the company and the National Labor Relations board on April 10 dock eted a case and assigned a medi ator to settle the jurisdictional arguement. “We anticipate no delays or can cellation o<f flights,” Laigh C. Parker, vice president for traffic, announced tonight. “All mainten ance and inspection activities will continue without interruption by fully qualified personnel.” The air line said all supervisory personnel remained at their posts along with a “substantial” num ber of qualified maintenance em ployes. The number on strike could not be estimated because another shift comes on at 8 a. m. tomorrow. Delta’s principal maintenance is done here. Other maintenance staffs operate at Chicago. Miami, and Fort Worth. And So To Bed Two New Hanover High hool students were visiting a _^mate last night to get an ’e they were talMn. t» k ter lady, another of her yell. Q. wuu was gciuug uiB , at her home, (No 'let out with a terrific rne two uojs juinpeu asiue, half frightened and scared out of their wits, but when they looked at the boy he had only | found the answer to t aoUege | mathematics problem.
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