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FORECAST: f SerVWl * ‘£"i Wb" Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy ASS0CIA1 ED PRESS and continued warm today and Tues- and the day with some widely scattered thun- UNITED PRESS HBjl With Complete Coverage State and National News •ym, 80-—NO. 233._WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 19, 1947 ' ESTABLISHED 1867 JynowlandAdvocates “Extra High W age^” * ^2^ c. California Senator Would Stimu^^^o production By This Four Objectives For ^ * _ <\SX u isHINGTON, Ma. 18.—Ca?)— •»nator Knowland (R-Calif.) today S ' d “extra high wages for extra high production” to sustain pros P6“within the graph of ihe Ameri oeople is the greatest period ,„rosperity in the history of this ° p«nv Other nation,” Knowland declared . "ddress for broad nign wages and maxi oroduction must be achieved, he said, for a “sustained prosperous America"—for “the great increase in the nation’s real wealth which must be the basis o{ truly higher living standards.” He counseled “broad adoption of , system of paying fair, guaran teed i ages for average produc tion. and axtra high wages for extra high production.” Labor and management .2 said. Should consider setting up togeth fr “a system of wage payments which will make maximum pro duction and the highest possible wage payments, in line with good pricing policies, clearly in the in terest of both.” This system should have four objectives, he said:_ To m , it profitab for labor as well as management to achieve maximum output “and lowest possible unit costs.” 2. To make payment of maxi mum wages profitable to manage ment as well as labor. 3. To make it clearly in the in terest of oth to keep up produc tion during contract egotiations. making strikes unprofitable be cause all will feel they are get ting their fair share of the fruits oi roduction. 4. “To give the consumer a break through production of more and better goods at lower unit cost.” "Maximui-. production and low unit costs are as important to the worker as to the industrialist,” Knowland assent d, “because with out them he will have more dol lars but a lower actual standard of living—less goods to cons me.” Defends Labor Bills Knowland defended the pending Senate labor bill, which would curb union activities and strikes, as set ting up “traffic signals for in dustrial peace.” It would “in no sense destroy labor organizations” the Senator said. Arnall Says South Re - Admitted To U. S. PROGRESSIVE HAS EDGE IN PRIMARY Charles R. Savage, Wallace Followers, Defeats Tru man Democrat In West OLYMPIA. Wash., May 18—(JP)— An avowed "progressive” former Congression who defeated a “Tru man Democrat” to become the Democratic party’s nominee for Washington state's vacant Third District House seat today credited his victory to the people’s will "(hat the tide of reaction shall be turned.’’ Charles R. Savage. 41, said in i statement after easily out distancing State Attorney General Smith Troy in yesterday’s special primary: “We in America will not tolerate attacks upon labor and upon soc ial security, upon low cost power and reclamation . . . the people voted to repudiate reaction . . . they intend that the tide of reac tion shall be turned.” Savage, backed by groups favor ing the foreign policy views of Henry A. Wallace, polled 16.452 votes in 563 of the sprawling dis trict’s 607 precincts, against 11, 546 for Troy, who campaigned as a Truman Democrat.” He will be opposed in the June 7 run-off election by Russell V. Mack, 55, publisher of the Daily Washingtonian at Hoquiam, who became the Republican standard bearer. The race between the two for the Congressional post left vacant by the death cf Fred Norman, Re publican. will be watched closely throughout the nation as one of the first tests of 1947 political sen timent. TWO SAILORS BADLY BURNED WHEN BLAZE DAMAGES OIL TANKER TEXAS CITY, Tex., May 18—(f) - Fire of undetermined origin •board the gasoline-laden tanker Pan-Massachusetts was extinguish; *d this afternoon after it had heav ily damaged the tanker, a tug and • dock. Two crew members of the tug Charles Clarke were seriously burn fd in putting out the fire aboard their vessel. The men, John Berc fl'w. 49, of Pennsylvania (home 'own not known), and Louis Hom 40, Galveston, were taken to "•fine hospital, Galveston, where ™'r condition was described as •ntical. Chief of Police W. L. Ladish of Texas City said that the fire broke Jut on the 11.000 ton tanker at a rri- as she was preparing to *•'1 from the Pan American Re Imery company dock, one mile •outh of the Monsanto Chemical Co- Plant, scene of the April 16-17 •xplosion which took more than lives. The fire on the tanker *•5 confined to an area forward •‘ the bridge. The Weather . t FORECAST tom' Car°IDi3—Partly cloudy and ^ithmued warm Monday and Tuesday •hov- a. ftw widely scattered thunder v'€:s- mostly over north portions. MrtilT1 Carolina—Partly cloudy and tXc ‘U€d warm Monday and Tuesday, tionPAn0t qu^e so warm north por ,hov,ers feW widel>’ scattered thunder *«d^°^0gical data ior the 24 hours g *:30 p.m , yesterday, l-'in Temperatures !_ -w a.m. 7i. 7;2<) a m^ 73; 1;30 p.m.f }, LMi P-m , 76. Xot^ 86 ’ Minimum *3’ Mean 77. Humidity *9 7ri‘ln 75: 7:30 a-m-, 82; 1:30 p.m., ' '•’W p rv. , 7o. Precipitation • oo ^ches 24 hours endin£ 7:30 • S9° kiches"06 lhe *irst °f the month’ Ip. Tides For Today l\ s i- ’F'be Tables published by voast and Geodetic Survey). High Low | *l0n - 8:40a 3:40a '*<4onboro tv, , 9:15p 3:38P 0 inlet-- s:23a 12:34a Sunrise t e 6:51P 12:4°P <: Oa if ®-“7' Sunset 7:09; Moonrise ■ ‘«oonset 6:23p. >RK "father on page two Former Georgia Governor Praises Freight Rate Decision By Court ATLANTA, Ga., May 18—(VP)— Ellis Arnall, former governor of Georiga, declared today “the South has been re-admitted to the nation” as a result of the Supreme court’s recent decision on freight rates. Participating in a University of Chicago roundtable broadcast (NBC), originating in Atlanta, Ar nall said: “The decision of the Supreme court ordering the railroads to equalize freight rates for all areas of the nation will have economic, social and political repercussions which in effect mean that the South has been readmitted to the nation.” Arnall said that “for years the South has been at a 39 per cent dis advantage in freight rates on manufactured goods alone — rates rigged to keep, the South an agri cultural area feeding Northern mills, to force the South into in dependence on cheap labor, to keep Southern industry small.” Weltner Agrees Philip Weltner, president of Georgia’s Oglethorpe university, agreed the decision would mean political changes and added: “If and when we accord equal opportunity to all people regard less of race we will have a two party system in the South instead of the present no-party system.” . . “The South is not economic (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) COMMITTEE WILL BACK GREEK LOAN Rep. Tabor Says Appro priations Group Wants Need Lowdown First WASHINGTON, May 18 — UP) — Chairmen Taber, (R-NY) of the House Appropriations committee said today that “if the State de partment feels there is an ur gency” for Congress to vote the $400,000,000 for the aid to Greece and Turkey, his committee “will move right along with it.” However, he said, before the committee acts “I intend to ob tain a complete breakdown of what the foreign picture is.” Congress last week completed action on the bill authorizing the outlay as a move against the spread of Communism. The meas ure now awaits President Truman’s signature. Advance Authorized The actual' funds for the pro gram will not become available until a direct appropriation is ap proved. But the Reconstruction Finance corporation is authorized to advance $100,000,000 for the pro gram in anticipation of the ap propriation. In view of this, Taber said, “I would like to find out the reason for haste in making the direct ap propriation.” He told reporters that “we in tend to look very carefully” into how the money would be spent but “we have no intention of de laying the matter indefinitely.” Jesse Jones Charges Railroad Magnate With “False Statements” On B&O Loan; Thousands Flee Lahore To Escape Riots Fifteen Lose Lives Sunday Hindu, Moslem, Sikh Mobs Battle In Streets With Bombs, Brickbats LAHORE, India, May 18—(/P)— Thousands of persons flea from Lahore, provincial capital of the Punjab, today, seeking to escape bomb and brickbat fights between Hindu, Moslem and Sikh mobs which have caused at least 15 deaths. Police fired on the mobs several times during the day in attempts to halt the riotous street battles. It was the 50th day of communal rioting in Lahore. Casualties remained uncounted when night fell, but one hospital said it had received 11 dead and 32 wounded persons and a police official reported 15 had been killed an 12 wounded in a pre-dawn bat tle. British and Gurkha troops were recalled from cantonments to as sist police in trying to restore order. Fires Light City The worst situation developed in trie old walled city of Lahore. Associated Press Bureau Manager Anand Swarup said that fires in that section lighted the sky to night as brightly as sunrise. District Manager J. C. W. Eus tace today imposed a collective fine of 200,000 Rupees (approxi mately $60,000) on a predominantly Moslem area of the city and an other of 100,000 Rupees on a Hindu section because ‘‘there appear to be no serious attempts (on the part of citizens in those areas) to stop commission of acts pre judicial to maintenance of law and (Continued on Page Two, Col. 1) SMUGGLING GROUP GETS U.S. FOODS Shooting Of Policeman Unearths Movement To Soviet Zone BERLIN, May 12.—(U.R)—Exist ence of a smuggling group trans porting food illegally from the food scarce American ocupation zone of Germany to the Russian zone has been disclosed by the fatal shoot ing of a 'German policeman who stopped a truck, it was reported today. ' The British - licensed German news agency DPD said the police man, who was not identified, was shot and killed when he stopped a truck at the zonal border South of Weimar. The truck contained a load of Bavarian food hidden be neath a camouflage of shrubs. The killer escaped, the agenc. report ed. Increasing signs of hunger were reported from the Russian zone following the two-weeks food crisis that has gripped the British and American zones. Hunger Marches Unofficial reports from the Rus sian zone said Germans at Schoene beck, on the Elbe in Saxony, had staged a hunger march and that several were arrested. Another report carried in the American licensed Munich newspaper Die Neue Zeitung said trade unions at Dresden had issued a pamphlet demanding more food. Neither report could be con firmed immediately. Paul Fuellsack, chief of the Ber lin food department, said shortages in Western Germany now are be ing felt in Berlin, where supplies of meat, fat and flour were (jailing toward the danger point. An ex pected shipment of potatoes from tl-e Soviet zone has not arrived, he said. “We face a difficult time of it and pray that America will keep us alive,” he said. Help Themselves Kurt Schumacher, chief of the Social Democratic party, asked his followers to do their upmost to turn in surplus foods. Schumach er was quoted by his deputy, Friedrich Heide, as warning : arty members that they could expect no help if they did not help them selves. “We have no moral right to ask for relief from foreign countries if we don’t make every possible effort to help ourselves.” Old Mississippi River Packet Runs Into Bank ST. LOUIS, May 18.—OS’)—The Golden Eagle, one of t! last of the old Mississippi river packet boats, went out of control and plow ed into the bank of an island near Grand Ttrver, 111., early to day. Nearly 108 persons on board were landed safely. The ‘impact tore a 5-foot hole in the forward compartment, which was flooded. Captain Nathan Smith said the mishap occurred when the steering gear failed. Captain Smith expressed doubt that the old excursion steamer could be salvaged. The Eagle’s stern was down and it ml tilted at a 45 degree angle. Those aboard included 45 pas sengers and 50 crewmen, mostly from St. Louis. Captain Smith re ported those on board were landed without panic. They were removed to the mainland with the aid of a fishing boat and most of them planned to return to St. Louis in buses. The boat left St. Louis last night, bound for a six-day round trip to Nashville, Tenn. On June 10 it was scheduled to start a race against time from St. Louis to St. Paul, with the only other packet on the river, the Gordon C. Greene, a Cincinnati-owned boat. FOUR ESCAPE INJURY IN CRASH. The above photo shows tho demolished station wagon operated by B. D. Frankie, of the 8th Marines of Camp Lejeune, at the corner of Third and Greenfield street. Frankie told police he was travelling north on Third street when an automobile operated by A. Mark Bates, of the Second Marines, stationed at Camp Lejeune, failed to stop and crashed into the side of his car, causing it to turn over. Two passengers, Harold R. Kopp, of the 8th Marines and Harris Taylor, also of the 8th Marines, were riding in the station wagon. Bates told investigating officers that his brakes failed to hold as he approached the intersection. The men were treated for minor lacerations and released from James Walker Memorial hospital. No charges were preferred. The accident occured at 10:30 o’clock last night. (PHOTO BY ROY COOK).__. Drought Hits N. C. Vegetable, Berry Crop; Violence Claims Ten Lives Over Weekend Potato, Strawberry Crops Damaged On Farms Of Eastern Seaboard RALEIGH, May 18, — (JP) — A drought which has lasted for near ly a month in many sections of North Carolina has damaged some truck crops and has delayed farm operations in, general, the State Department of Agriculture report ed today. An Agriculture department of ficial said that effect of the pro longed dry spell had been felt most severely by early-maturing truck crops, including both pota toes and strawberries. In addition, planting of tobac co — one of the state’s agricul tural mainstays — has been delay ed "by some unseasonable weather, and although most of the cotton and corn acreage has been plant ed, rain is badly needed to aid in germination. Reports from the potato growing section of Northeastern North Car olina say that unless rain is forthcoming the state’s early com mercial Irish potato crop will be reduced considerably, and the State Department of Agriculture reported that the dry weather hasj “reduced severely” the* com mercial strawberry yield in South eastern communities. Strawberries Hit The strawberry markets at Wal lace, Chadfoourn and Tabor City have been open for two weeks, and the Agriculture department ex plained that the principal effect of dry weather on strawberries has been to hasten the ripening of small berries “before they reach marketable size.” The U. S. Weather bureau here said that its latest reports — re ceived several days ago — indicat ed that the drought had been most severe in the South Piedmont region, and that since then there had been only scattered thunder showers, principally in the moun tains of the West. (Continued on Page Two, Col. 5) “LOVE TRIANGLE” VICTIM SITS UP EOR FIRST TIME SINCE SHOOTING EUMBERTON, May 18.—(/P)—David Miller, 27, Rowland mer chant whose wife is accused of hiring a Negro man to kill him and “make it look like a suicide”, was able to sit up in bed at Baker’s Sanatorium here today for the first time since the shoot ing a week ago. Doctors said that Miller appeared to be much improved de spite his being told Friday of the charges against his wife which brought the reply “don’t let her come to the hospital.” Mrs. Mary Ellen Currin Miller, the wife, has been released from jail under a $15,000 bond, but Fred Wiggins, 26-year-old Negro, remained in jail in default of the same amount of bond. Sheriff Willis Britt has reported that Mrs. Miller told one of his deputies that she hired Wiggins because she was in love with another man. President’s Mother Has Setback; Condition Grave TWO SC OOLBOYS KILLED BY CRASH Navy Pilot Also Loses Life When Plane Dives Into Y^rd At Airshow BURLINGTON, la., May 18 — (IP)— A Navy pilot and two school boys were killed and six young persons seriously injured today when a fighter plane went out of control at an airshow and crashed on a school playground. More than 3,500 persons at the airshow saw the Corsair fighter zoom low across the municipal airport during a mock formation raid. It went into a series of bar rel rolls, then appeared to go out of control and crashed and burned on the school grounds where 14 youngsters were playing ball. The dead schoolboys were identi (Continued on Page; Two Col. 6) Along The Cape Fear A recent press release in a New York newspaper an^ the Morning Star rated Wilmington’s fire loss below the average anc’ that it proved to be better than that of most cities with over 20, 000 population in the United States, the National Fire Protection As sociation reported. * * * RECEIVED LETTER—We re ceived a letter from a resident of Wilmington, C. C. Chadbourn, and he tells us of the story of the birth of the present paid fire depart ment. * * * INSURANCE AGENTS—In 1897 there were only a few insurance agents in this city, namely M'artin S. Willard, who organized the Carolina Insurance Co. now known far beyond the confines of this state. Walker Taylor, whose sons still carry on the business, Smith and Boatwright, a firm compos ed of the late Joseph D. Smith, afterwards mayor^anj the late J. H. Boatwright, father of the late Swift M. Boatwright whose widow still operates the agency, Atkin son and Chadbourn, the late W. M. Atkinson and C. C. Chadbourn, the originator of this story. 1 RATES—All rates were then made by the Southern Eastern Tariff association of Atlanta. Chadbourn was then secretary of the local Board of Fire Under writers. The only fire department they had was a voluntary depart ment. The fire records in those days were bad and they show that it had only been 11 years since the terrible holocaust of 1886. This fire came about 2 o’clock one Sunday afternoon and Chad bourn was on the scene shortly after the steamer “Bladen” drift ed against the dock and started the worst conflagration this city had ever experienced. * » * FIRST BUILDINGS TO GO—One of the first buildings to go was the Methodist church on the North east corner of Front and Grace, predecessor of Grace church which was almost totally de stroyed by fire a few weeks ago. The wind was high and Chad bourn saw great burning planks and scantlings blown away as far as the section of the city called (Continued on Page Two; Colt 7) i Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 94, Fails To Maintain Early Sunday Gain By ERNEST B. VACCARO Associated Press White House Correspondent GRANDVIEW, Mo., May 18.—<a>) —President Truman’s 94-year-old mother took a turn for the worse late today after an unexpected ral ly, leaving her condition grave. Because of the change in Mrs. Martha E. Truman’s illness, the President maintained a constant vigil at her bedside. The time of his departure from Kansas City was undetermined aft er the President’s personal physi cian disclosed that his mother’s “tired heart” had not maintained the improvement noted in the day. She had astonished the doctor. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham and her family by a dramatic rally from the relapse which sent her distinguished son flying to Grand view yesterday. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, after a confer ence with General Graham, an nounced to a 6 p. m. (EST) news conference in the Hotel Muehle bach, 17 miles away in Kansas City: “Mrs. Truman is not so well this afternoon. “The rally she made this morn ing has not been maintained in the afternoon. While she is sitting up, she’s in bed and her temperature is up a little bit." (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) Fatalities Caused In Many Ways Over States; Car Wrecks Kill Two By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Violence claimed at least 10 lives in North Carolina during the week end . Oscar Percy Makerpeace, Jr., 36, was killed Saturday when the single-engine airplane he was piloting crashed at the Sanford Country club. James Taylor Rhyne, 26, of Gas tonia, died following a fight in S. lisbury after a high school base ball game Friday night. Walter S. Holcomb of the Jones ville community in Yadkin county, was shot to death near his home Saturday. Ernest Wade Morris of Kan napolis, drowned late Saturday in the Pee Dee river below Mar row Mountain. Police in Fayetteville were in vestigating the death of Mrs. Jes sie Michaux 42 who, according to her husband Charles, a cafe owner, shot and killed herself shortly after they had been arguing Saturday night. Burns To Death Charles T. Young, about 58. was found burned to death in his home in High Point Sunday night. Police (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) MARITIME DAY SET FOR MAY 22 Propeller Club To Hold Special Dinner Meeting At Cape Fear Club In conjunction with National Maritime Day, authorized by con gress and proclaimed by the pres ident for May 22, the U. S. Propel ler club, Port of Wilmington, will hold a special dinner meeting at the Cape Fear club at 7:15 p. m. on that day. Colonel Thomas J. Weed, prin cipal assistant operations division office of chief of transportation, U. S. Army, Washington, will be the featured speaker on the pro gram that night. Invited guests at the dinner will be the State Port Commission, U. S. senators. U. S. representatives, governor, City council and city manager, county commissioners. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) Prayer, Fishing Provide Privacy For Presidents NEW YORK, May 18—(/P)—Her bert Hoover says Americans re spect, the privacy of Presidents only when they are praying or fishing—“So that some have taken to fishing.” In a radio (CBS) discussion to day of Izaak Walton’s “Compleat Angler,” the famous fishing man ual published 300 years ago. the former chief executive was asked io explain why so many presidents have been fishermen. He said that only three presi dents—himself, Grover Cleveland, and Theodore Roosevelt—had been fishermen from boyhood and there fore their devotion to the sport after reaching the White House “required no explanation. “But,” he added, “others only became fishermen after entering the White House. In examining this national phenomen, I concluded that the pneumatic hammering of demands on the President’s mind had increased in frequency with the rising tide of economic and international complexity, and he just had to get away somehow, somewhere, and be alone for a few hours once in • whi.e.’’ (Continued oat Page Two, Col. X), Robert Young Answers Back I Former RFC Chairman Says Untruths Imposed On Public WASHINGTON, May 18—0J.PJ— Jesse H. Jones, former chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation, charged tonight that Financier Robert R. Young made “false statements” before the Senate Banking committee on the disputed 1945 B. & O. railroad re organization in the hope of adding the B. & O. to his railroad em pire. Making his first comment on the Senate inquiry info why the RFC extended to 1965 an $80,000,000 loan to the reorganzed railroad, Jones said in a statement that “obvious ly the committee and the public have been imposed upon since many untruths have been purpose ly publicized.” Young, who on May 5 told the committee that the RFC-B. & O. deal was either “dishonest or in competent,” said in an answering statement issued in New York that “all of Mr. Jones’ generali zation cannot change the fact that the RFC farced the B. & O. into bankruptcy when it was well able to meet its debts, nor the fact that his lieutenants thereby perpetuated themselves in B. Sc O. jobs.” Young Charges Young referred to charges be fore the committee that Jones, as a condition to granting the loan was enabled to place former RFC oficials i n key posts in the B. Sc O. so that his "group” could sieze control of the system. Jones made only oblique refe rence to that statement. Rather, he confined himself to a vigorous defense of the loan and denied there was anything irregular or unnatural about it. He said the B. Sc O. sought financial relief under the McLaugh lin act, passed by Congress to enable railroads to avoid receiver ship, and noted that the loan plan had been approved by the Inter (Continued on Page Two, Col. 1) HIGHWAYPROJECTS CAUSING DETOURS Five Roads In Wilmington Area Closed At Points; Motorists Advised Work on five road projects by the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works commission Jn the Wilmington area is causing detours, one of which will remain until the first of the year. The State Highway commission last night listed the largest proj ect as that on U. S. Highway 17, west of Wilmington, where six tenths of a mile of bridges and approaches at Alligator creek and the Brunswick river, are forcing traffic to use irmporary crossing structures. The project will not be completed before next January. However, seven and a half miles of resurfacing of state highway 211 between Lumberton and Red Springs will be completed the last of this week. Until that time, only one-way traffic will be allow ed. Highway 33 Culverts under construction along an eight-mile stretch on state high way 53 between Burgaw and Jack sonville will be finished the middlr of July. More than 11 miles of grading and paving on state highway 242 between Bladenboro and Elizabeth town will keep t._ffic routed by state highways 410 and 87 via Dub lin until late in August. Between Red Springs and the j ction of U.S. 74 on state high way 710, eight miles of grading and paving, which will be finished the middle of June, is causing detours by way of state road 71 and U.S. 74 by way of Maxton. Limited Loads Roads on which limited load weights are allowed are state high ways 71 from Red Springs to Lum ber bridge; 211 from Red Springs to Lumberton. The same highway from U. S. 74 east to Lumberton and U. S. 421 from the junction of 701, south of Clinton to the junction of 117, north of Castle Hayne. And So To Bed A vandal with a yen for cutting up garden hoses' was the object of a search last night in Maffitt Village by deputy sheriffs. Five residents of the village during, the last 24 hours re ported to Sheriff Porter Davis’ office that some youth or man, while occupants of their homes have been away, have stolen onto the lawns and with a knife or sharp instrument mutilated the hoses. A sixth resident is believed to have frightened away an intruder yesterday before he was able to darnzge a hose lying on the lawn. Oiiicers termed th» eUlprH, “just a big cut-up.”
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