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FORECAST* ♦ ^ a Served By Leased Wires tlmtnglmt Mnrmtuj mat sus:. -0L> gO.-Na_250.___ WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1867 Bulgar Reds Arrest Hero tM Move Aimed To * Crush Political Opposition nvn0N June 6 - (U.R) - Bul L°‘ Communist-dominated gov jad* S arrested its boldest (:n®*nt J ' 3 sudden move—like opponent • jn Hungary — to the Refl. ffective political oppo trUfh Hiolomatic quarters rcport ‘V’0"!! same time it was an M *7 that Great Britain, mov ncuaced ^ Re{j domination in ing agall‘V president Truman had ^‘against it in Hungary, had V Sofia against the sup fr0 * nf opposition newspapers. ?rf'®ti3h note to the Bulgarian *ment said that the suppres gjVe , r violation of the Bulgar ,i0”D'eace treaty. m , ,h. Bulgarian and Hungar *>*£ Ze» -ere interpreted ‘ ‘ indicating determination by ktr „„nlct- with Russian sup comp.... «»n ’’m before Red army troops get j“? of those countries under the i and Austrian treaties. .United Press Sofia dispatch A d the arrest of Nicola ,:‘lv out sanding Bulgarian re ; hero and leader of the f,frL national union party. The Agra ‘ was complicity in plots ‘S the government of Pre • Ceorgi Dimitrov. former Covhasfd secretary general of Communist international V„as reported from Budapest , tw Russian Gen. N. P. Sviri 5‘v who' - arrest of Hungarian opposition .cader Bela Kovacs pre dated the Budapest crisis, was ,,w in Belgrade — capital of a “L Rod-dominated government behind the Balkan iron curtain. Extension of the purge of op uosition. elements to Bulgaria was ;n'e 0f a series of developments which included: l_The foreign office here an jounefd that the Russians in Hun jsrv had brusquely rejected a re quest for documents concerning ,C alleged plot in which Kovacs was arrested. The United States :is awaiting a Russian reply to a 'similar request, 2—The foreign office intimated that it mav oppose Bulgaria’s ex pected application for membership in the United Nations on the pound that Bulgaria refused to admit a UN Balkans investigating Commission. J-Austria made it known it was See BULGAR on Page Two 20,728 JEWS ASK HOLY LAND ENTRY Inmates Of Displaced Per sons Camps In U. S. Zone Petition UN LAKE SUCCESS, June 6 —<,?(— Tae United Nations Palestine In quiry commission announced to night that 20,728 Jewish inmates | of the various displaced persons j camps in the U. S. occupation I tone of Germany had petitioned j the U. N. to facilitate their im- j mediate immigration into the j Holy Land. This development came ‘•hortly •her Secretary-General Trygve Lb announced he had transmitted : a British appeal lo the 55 mem- i her governments oi the world or- j tarnation to discourage illegal j Jewish immigration into Palestine during the Holy Land inquiry. Winding up its preliminary *ork here before leaving for Pal estine June 10 and 11, the com mission agreed tnat it would grant m> hearings in. the United States to either Jews or Arabs. It sche duled its first meeting in Paies tme for June 15. The commission announced it had rereived on May 29 a cable item the central committee of lib I'ated Jews in the U. S. occupa hon zone of Germany inviting the inquiry group to visit the displac 'd persons camps in Europe in c’ “r that the displaced persons “'•ty be able to present their views aspirations directly to the wmmission. Seek New Home - central committee said it presented 160.000 Jewish dis-\ P-aced persons whose “over "einung hope is to resettle in Pal estine." The u N. inquiry group had treed, earlier that it would not hde whether to visit Europe’s See JEWS on Page Two The Weather Korth f OREO AST: *»le wCaro!ina - Partly cloudy, f"ature chat:Rc Saturday and itlUM.M'ldrty scattered afternoon tr^«aySUnd5y and in W6St Hr Uwn^aroiina~Parny cloudy, little W,,, / mattered afternoon thunder ftmver, , p cnange Saturday and Sun n mountain sections. (B r"" SUndird Time) leather Bureau) Mint v,.81051 dats for the 24 hours o. m. yesterday. 1:30 a TEMPERATURES *•: 7:3o ' 68: ■:S® a- m. 67: i:J0 p. m. •Hon sa. 77: Maximum 82: Mini Mfan 7;:: Normal 75. 1:30 a HUMIDITY * hao K m *' m- 92: 1:30 »• m .Totej «*C»itaton hours ending 7i3© p. m. tnoi^1” Rl* hnt of the month 'fcoft F0R TODAY * s Coast arrtd<rTab;es Published by 1 and Geodetic Survey). Kington , H,GH LOW •• U :1a a.m. 7:21 a.m. "aaottboro r , '- a m- 7:13 p.m. h ••« 9:41 a.m. 4.02 a.m. Jinrise 3 nr, J° 09 P-m. 3:46 pm. Moor^’t 7S5^Set 7:21; Moonrise ’ '-'ni. fVide.va'‘ faye*fcville, N. «. at nd ' missing feet. •» Page tea ACL Will Provide Same Mail Service Residents Of 38 Smaller Communities Be tween Wilmin^° cp Portsmouth Get Re Msv/^Z/f Facilities Residents of the 38 ^ />?”■ x. munities located V? -V Jfy ,il mington and Po ^ ^ cy ifa., which have been with the discontinuan ^Vy-timc mail, express, Al_ .p'/er raTl way service, will - ^ little to worry about if present plans are carried through, according to O. C. Hill, superintendent of the mail division, Wilmington post office. The Atlantic Coast Line Rail road was scheduled to make ap plication to the Utilities commis sion on Thursday for permission to discontinue trains number 48 and 49, the only two trains giving day-light service at 38 of the 42 stations along that route. But Hill said last night that he had received communications to the effect that ACL trains num ber 45 and 46, which at present stop at only four points on the route, will stop at the smaller places also provided the appli cation for discontinuance of 48 and 49 is granted. His information came from the chief clerk of railway mail service in this district, he said. Trains 45 See ACL On Page Two Prominent Pender Men Face Game Law Charge i __ WHO? Who tore down the fence be tween the property of A. L. Bonner and Will Murray on route 1, Castle Hayne road, to day remains as unsettled as it was yesterday in Recorder’s court or as when it was alleg ed to have happened several months ago. The case of Will Murray, 65, charged with the offense, was dismissed yesterday by Judge Winfield Smith when he stop ped the hearing, which had been postponed three times pre viously, and ruled it a mis trial. “This is a real estate contro versy,” said the court. “It is a civil matter.” Testimony in the trial up to he point where it was halted, principally was in regard to whose land the fence was lo cated on. UNC PLANS WORK ON VNETARIUM Construction Of $1,000, 000 Gift Plant To Get Underway Shortly GRE. NSBORO, June 6. — (&) Construction of a million-dollai building at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to house a planetarium, museum, and class rooms is expected to begin soon following approval of the project which was announced here today oy Chester O. Ensign, North Caro lina district manager of the con struction division, office of the housing expediter. The University building which is to be erected as a gift of the John Motley Moreheadl foundation, was one of the 32 projects in the state See UNC On Page Two Hearing Slated For Tonight Before J. P. At Burgaw Special to the Star BURGAW, June 6. — Seven prominent Pender county men, who are charged with violation of the game laws, by removing a 312 pound sturgeon from the waters of the Northeast Cape Fear river, are slated to get a hearing before justice of the Peace A. C. Blake, at Burgaw, Saturday night at 8 o’clock. The men, Bernard Lewis. Dr. Ivey Taylor. Jr., Grover Scott, Bilf Wilson, E. C. Highsmith, Leon Corbett and W. C. Dunnican, are alleged to have taken the 8-foot, 312 pound sturgeon from the river on April 18. They were given a preliminary hearing on May 29, but when de fense attorneys Rivers Johnson, of Warsaw and I. S. Bowen, of Bur gaw, claimed that the charges as read by Justice Blake were not clear and should be more specific, Solicitor Clifton Moore, represent ing the state, asked for and was granted a continuance until June 7. In the event probable cause is found by Justice Blake the seven J men will be bound over to Pender; county Superior Court. The’ fish was alleged to have been caught in a net by the men while they were fishnig for shad on April 18. The huge sturgeon was taken to the Pender Cold; Storage and Freezer Locker com pany, at Burgaw, where it was cut into steaks. Some of the steaks, it was al leged, was taken to the home ol E. C. Highsmith, where a fish fry for a Burgaw Civic club was being held. Later the same evening, while some of the fish was being cooked. District Game Wa rden Nicholson, of Pender county, ar rived at the Highsmith residence and seized the fish. Parts of the seized fish was dis tributed to state prison camps and some was sent to the James Wal ker Memorial hospital at Wilming ton. _ , _ I Manufacturers Facing Closure, Witness Says WASHINGTON, June 6 —UP)— Willard F. Rockwell, a Pittsburgh manufacturer, told a Senate Small Business subcommittee to day that large numbers of manu facturers will be forced out of business by the steel shortage. High prices are cutting into the current great demand for steel products, he said, and contribut ing to developments which indi cate that “barring strikes, there will be no shortage of steel in side of 12 months.” Rockwell is chairman of the board of the Rockwell Manufac turing Co. He testified that his company has spent a quarter million dol lars in premium prices oy pur chasing steel on the gray mar ket — because, he said, the steel could not be obtained otherwise. Buyers Resist He added that the high steel prices which many manufacturers are forced to pay are raising the cost of their products to the point where buyer resistance has al ready developed. See Manufacturers on Page Two WILMINGTON MAN NAMED TO GROUP L. N. Boney, Jr., Elected To Executive Commit tee Of UNC Alumni RALEIGH, June 6 —W—Edwin Pate of Laurinburg, a member of the board of trustees of the Great er University of North Carolina and a former State senator, was installed tonight as president of the N. C. State College General Alumni association. Pate, a graduate of th^ class of 1921 at the college, succeeds John W. Clark of Greensboro, who will begin duties as chairman of See WILMINGTON on Page Two FIST FIGHTS BRING POLICE RESERVES TO HOUSEWIVES MEET LONDON, June 6 —(£•)— Fist fights, faintings, screaming and a call for police reserves climaxed a heated meeting of some 5,000 women of the British Housewives league at Royal Albert hall to night to protest food rationing and other governmental controls. About a thousand men were scat tered through the vast hall, and they joined in the clamor as heck lers in the audience, some of them admitting they were Communists and others loudly shouting the slo gans of the labor government, tried to break up the meeting. The Housewives league, which labor party leaders say is a con servative party offshoot, met to protest about short food rations, lack of coal, bad transportation and the shortage of homes. Farmer Takes A Wife As 2,500 Cheer Them NORTH ADAMS, Mass., June —(JP)—A farmer took a wife today _ a bride he won through the United States mails and a crowd of 2,500 cheered ‘‘kiss her” when they met. A thronged railroad station was journey’s end for Betsy Riley of Knoxville,. Term., widowed mother of a nine-year-old boy, and War ren E. Bounds, 31, whose love let ters lifted the loneliness from two hearts. , Struggling » car * _leng*." through the grinning mob. Bounds obeyed the cheered order again and again as soon as Betsy was in his arms. When hig lips were free he said: “I’ve waited fifteen years for a moment like this.” Betsy, in a luttle frock and a little hat with lace, captured the crowd with a soft drawl when she said: t “I think it's going to work out all right.” Fifty-one minutes after her train (See FARMER on Pat* Two Floods Force Evacuations Thousands Of Iowa, Mis souri Residents Move To Higher Ground By The Associated Press Rain - swollen rivers flooded areas of Missouri and Iowa Fri day and tornadoes struck local ly in Colorado and Illinois, while most of the nation experienced warm and humid weather. Residents of Southeast Nebraska Southwest Iowa, Northwest Miss ouri and Northeast Kansas were alerted for “serious floods” by the Weather bureau, which fore cast continuing rain in the plains and midwest areas over the week end. Thousands of Iowa and Missouri residents were forced from their homes as rapidly rising rivers and streams spread out over farm lands, washed out railroad tracks and flooded highways. A tornado at Julesburg, Colo., inflicted heavy damage on the community, and several score homes in Champaign, 111., were destroyed or damaged by a simi lar twister, but no fatalities were reported at either scene. Rail Yards Flooded The Union Pacific railroad yards at Julesburg ware badly damaged and the station almost demolished. Telephone cables and power lines in both cities were broken. The Champaign tornado struck a newly-developed subdivision, and most of the dam age was to newly-built homes. The Army and Red Cross sent help into the Southeastern area of Iowa, where the rapidly rising Des Moines river forced several thousand residents of three towns to evacuate their homes. High water marks of as long ago as 1903 were threatened as the river spread out, and with “locally heavy rains” forecast, the weather bureau said the river would crest at nearly 27 feet, 12 feet above bankful, at Eddyville, about 75 miles Southeast of Des Moines. All the 1,000 Eddyville residents See FLOODS On Page Two FULL SURVEY NOT ON CITY AGENDA Benson Says Project May Be Future Possibility; Morgan At Work No immediate survey of all mu nicipal government departments with an objective of reorganization aimed toward more efficiency, is in the offing although such a pro ject may be a future possibility. That statement came from City Manager J. R. Benson late yester day after it was revealed that a survey of t h e police department was under way. Ben son indicated that a city wide survey of all departments has been considered but action de ferred, at least for the present. This followed an announced “re vamping” and consolidation of the parks and playgrounds depart ments earlier in the wreek. The police survey was launched early yesterday by Roy Morgan, former FBI agent. Its aim is purely to increase efficiency, weed out worn-out methods of operation and if need be, procure better trained personnel. No Investigation The city manager emphasised that the survey is in no way an investigation. “An investigation leads persons to believe that there is something wrong with a department or group undergoing such a thing. That is definitely not true in the case of the police department. The idea is simply to improve the department where possible in the interest of better government.” How long the survey will take, Benson sai^ he was unable to ascertain. But Morgan, when it is completed, will report back with recommendations and h i s results presented to council members. Morgan, an attorney, is a mem ber of the Greensboro city council. His survey will include an exami nation of police files and records and a questioning of officers on methods of operations. Morgan’s only comment to re porters were the words “no com ment.” Senate Passes Labor Bill By Tremendous Majority; State Faces Worker Crisis Little Work For Migrants Survey Reveals 100,000 Pounds Of Spuds Grad ed, Unsold In Beaufort By CARL CAHILL Star Staff Writer The migrant labor situation in this s ate may become a problem instead of an asset, a survey indicated last night when it was revealed that some 100,000 pounds of Irish potatoes lie graded but un sold in Beaufort county. And along with this revela tion, it likewise was disclosed that some 10,000 of these farm hands were expected in the state this season, many »f them to be located in this area. It was also disclosed that a situ ation similar to that in Beaufort also existed in Pamlico and Car teret counties, and that potato dig ging in all three counties has al most ceased. Extension service officials ex pect the government, under an Ag ricultural Adjustment Administra tion regulation, to begin buying the potatoes at parity price any day now and to sell them to dis tilleries or destroy them to pre vent the market from flooding further. Migratory workers from all sec tions of the country have been di rected to work in the potato coun See LITTLE on Page Two NORTHERN STATES ASK RE HEARINGS Attorneys General, Six Governors Protest ICC Freight Rate Decision WASHINGTON, June 6. — iff) — Officials of 15 states askedt the Supreme court today to reconsider its recent 7 to 2 decision which upheld an ICC order raising class railroad freight rates 10 percent in the North and East. The ICC order also calls for reduction of such rates by 10 per cent in the South and as far West as the rockies. Attorneys general for New York, Delaware- Indiana. Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey. Ohio, Wis consin and Pennsylvania, and gov ernors of the six New England states filed separate petitions urg ing the high tribunal to grant a rehearing of the case. The petition by the attorneys general stated that the Supreme court "in failing to hold that the commission’s order was invalid for lack of essential preliminary findings, and in attempting to sup ply that lack ny findings based upon its own examination of the evidence, erred and acted in con flict with long established princi ples laid down by its earlier de cisions.” The petition filed by the New England governors said the high court made a mistake by substi tuting findings of its own for those made by the ICC. The commission, the governors said, made no finding that eco nomic differences betwen the South and other sections of the country are caused by rate struc ture differences. The Supreme court, they said, "erroneously con cluded that the absence of a non discriminatory class rate struc ture” injured the South, “s u c h injury being inferable from differ ences in economic conditions” of the sections. Along The Cape Fear WILMINGTON SHIPYARD—The story of five years of North Caro lina shipbuilding continues to un fold. The next chapter pertains to the reason and the facts, why the Wilmington shipyard came into being, as related through the record of the North Carolina ship building company which made the project possible and carried it through to a successful conclusion in the war years. And also left it for its continuance in times of peace. The question may be asked why did this $20,393,358 yard which delivered 21 miies of Uncle Sam’s ‘bridge of ships”, come into ex istence. The answer is two-f old. There is an international answer. There is a local one. * # * international situation —The beginning of the North Caro lina Shipbuilding company may be traced to the desperate plight of Great Britian in the early years of the war when that country had his back to the wall and before this cocntry had taken up arms. That was in the late winter of 1940. The United States government, led by President Roosevelt, saw the acute necessity of constructing a large merchant fleet despite i strong opposition from some sour ces. The purpose of that fleet was to fulfill commitments already made with Great Britain. That was the first reason. The second was that if the British Isles should fall, this country’s position would have to be strengthened in event of war. BRITISH PROGRAM — At that time, there was a British program calling for sixty 10,000-ton recipro cating engine driven ships suitable for ocean navigation. That pro gram was under way both in Canada and in the United States. When this country’s Maritime Commission was ordered to pro duce more tonnage, it took advan tage of this program by slightly modifying the ocean design ships already being consrtucted. The program was modified to allow “the maximum use of American mass production systems and abil ity.” The first call under th^ modified | system was for the construction of 262 of the new type vessel without retarding the building program of the commissions already under way. This new type vessel was designated EC2-S-CI and was later to become known •* famous Liberty ship. AT SCHW'AALD, SWITZERLAND, Ferenc Nagy is shown sign ing bis resignation as premier of Hungary. Nagy signed the agree ment under condition that his son be returned to him who was being held as hostage by 'he Communist government in Hungary. The agreement specified that Nagy would never attempt to return to Hungary. Bruce B. Cameron Camp Will Open Season Today “THE NEIGHBORS “The Neighbors,” those friend ly folk who have a keen feeling for new refrigerators, sugar shortages, and other topics of the times, will join the Wilming ton Morning Star comic section Monday morning for the enter tainment of our thousands of readers who enjoy a little of the lighter side of newspaper reading in addition to the world wide, state and local news cov ered in The Star each morning.^ This new comic panel, from the versatile pen of George Clark, whose famous ‘‘Side Glances” is known and enjoyed by millions of Americans from coast to coast, depicts the every day trials and tribulations as well as joys of portly commut ers with their aproned wives and soda-set youngsters. “The Neighbors” already has become a classic of earto*# 1 suburbia and The Star takes pleasure in introducing them to you beginning Monday, June 9. Thirty-One Boys Will Join Youth Crew For Holiday At Porter’s Neck BY ROY COOK Star Staff Writer The 1947 summer season at the Bruce B. Cameron Memorial boys camp, at Porter’s Neck, will of ficially open this afternoon when a group of 31 boys arrive to sup plement the crew of 21 youths who have been at the camp for the past Sreek: James Copeland, executive di rector of the Brigade Boys’ club, said last night that the 21 boys have been at the camp for the past week cleaning, painting and putting the cabins and grounds in order for the official opening to day. The first group is slated to | leave the Brigade club this after ;noon at 2 o’clock for a seven day’s I encampment on the shores of the i Inland Waterway. The camp will See CAMERON On Page Two -—---i China Hides Many Nazis American Editor States SHANGHAI, June 6. — (JP) — China was described today by John W. Powell in his China Weekly re view as “possibly one of the lead ing sanctuaries of the world for former German ‘Big Shots.’ ” The American editor-publisher wrote that the Germans wished to avoid repatriation to Germany and war crimes or denazification trials, and that their presence was favor ed by some Chinese. Powell attributed this to “the desire of certain important Chi nese business men and industrial ists as well as of the government itself to ‘make what they can’ out of German assets left in China at the war’s end.” Without disclosing identities or the sources of his information, Po well said “there are known to be a score of Germans, mostly form er Nazis, who are still at large in China .Furthermore, information from Germany reveals that rem nants of the Nazi machine there still have occasional contact with Germans in China and are attempt ing to enforce ‘party discipline' by See CHINA On Page Two BROUGHTON ADVISES WORK SHIRT INSTEAD OF TEARS FOR SOUTH NEW ORLEANS, June 6 — (#)— Former Governor J. Melville Broughton of North Carolina to day told the National Planning Association's Committe of the South that the South “should re place its wailing wall with a work shirt.” Speaking at the opening day meeting of the committee’s sche duled two-day conference, Brough ton said: “In the past we have been too inclined to indulge in self-pity. We must get to work if we expect to realize the prosperity now within reach of the South. “From this committee we ex pect to lay down a formula for coordination that will give us a blueprint for future welfare and prosperity.” FOREMEN BEATEN AT FORD FACTORY Police Arrest Four Men, Release Them Follow ing Rouge Fracas DETROIT, June 6 — UP) — Two working foremen were reported beaten in separate disturbances to day at the Ford Motor company’s Rouge plant, scene of a 17-day-old strike of 3,800 foremen. Police took lour men into cus tody but released them when, offi cers said, they could not be iden tified as assailants. The Dearborn police headquarters said there would be an investigation. A fracas at the Rouge plant yes terday also led to injuries to a See FOREMEN on Page Two Russians Reactivating Buchenwald Prison Yard MUNICH, June 6—(JPh-Dr. Max Brauer, mayor of Hamburg, said tonight that Soviet authorities had reactivated Buchenwald as a con centration camp and that 800 mem bers of the Social Democratic party were held there on political charges. Brauer, a Social Democratic leader, said in an interview that his party, possessing this informa tion, had refused to apply to the Russians for permission to func tion in the Soviet zone of Ger many. The Russian authorities have recognized only the Socialist Unity party (SED), which was termed in a merger of the Communist parties in their zone. United States and British au thorities, on the other hand, have refused to recognize the SED in the American and British zones. Braue-r asserted that the Social Democratic party would seek li cense to function in the Soviet zcne only “if personal freedom and the security of our members can be guaranteed.” "We have it on very good au thority that 800 members of our party now are in Buchenwald con centration eamp. Their families have confirmed this,” he said. Measure Goes To President Upper Chamber Vote Ex ceeds Necessary Margin For Veto Over-Ride WASHINGTON, June 6 — (AP)—A history-making bill to curb strikes and unions passed Congress tonight with a remendous victory margin —large enough to nullify any Presidential veto unless there is a change of sentiment. By 54 to 17, the Senate ap proved the measure and put it up to President Truman to sign or veto in the next ten days. The House had passed it 320 to 79 two days ago. The margin of approval on both these votes was far bet er than two-thirds of those voting, and that is the ma jority that would be required to override a Presidential veto. But opponents of the measure hope that a strong veto message by Mr. Truman might win over the votes of some who approved it originally. Seventeen Democrats joined to night with 37 Republicans in fa vor of the bill. Only two Repub licans, Langer of North Dakota and Morse' of Oregon, were in the “nay” list with 15 Democrats. Just before the final vote, Demo cratic Leader Barkley (Ky.) told the Senate that while he could not support the bill, "I am not speak ing for the President.” He added: "I don’t know what his attitude will be. I do know he will have the bill carefully analyzed and then act as his conscience dictates. Re gardless of the consequences, poli tical or otherwise, to him.” , Opposed Labor The bill goes tar beyond the labor legislation program recom mended by Mr. Truman in his state of the union message to Congress last January. Bitterly opposed by labor union leaders, but described by its spon sors as an incentive to production and a balancing wheel for labor management relations, the bill: 1. Permits the government to get 80-day court injunctions against “national paralysis” strikes, such as a railroad or coal mine tie-up. 2. Outlaws the closed shop, in See MEASURE on Page Two SYRETTS TURN UP IN “DOPE” RINGS Federal Narcotic Agents Find War Drug Sales In Illegal Channels BALTIMORE, June 8 —f^P)_ Syretts filled with morphine, used by the armed forces to relieve casualties, are being discovered in illegal channels, Boyd M. Martin, federal narcotics agent for Balti more, said today. Testifying at the trial of a 49 year-old seaman charged with il legal possession and sale of Sy retts, Martin declared the abuse of the instruments was made pos sible through failure of ship* masters to turn them in to the government as directed. The defendant, Joseph William Threwitts, of Littleton, S. C„ pleaded guilty to the charge. Martin contended almost anyone could obtain the Syretts off de mobilized warships now anchored in the James river. The instru ments were part of regular medi cal equipment aboard war vessels during the hostilities. Worker On Ship The narcotics agent told the court Threewitts had worked on a vessel taken over and recondition ed by an independent operator and had probably obtained the Sy retts on the ship. Suggesting probation for the ac cused, Martin said Threewitts “doesn’t know how to sell dope Narcotics operators don’t operate as dumb as he did.’’ Federal Judge William C. Cole man ordered Threewitts to pay a $500 fine. He imposed no other sentence, placing him on proba tion for two years. And So To Bed John Thornton, 56, of 216 Harnett street, is going to spend the next 90 days working on the county farm. “I’m doing this to save your soul,’’ exclaimed his wife yes terday in Recorder’s court where she testified against him after having had him arrested on a charge of beating her. “Why, I just came home from working,’’ he said excitedly leaping from his chair, when the wife declared he was in toxicated upon returning after a two-hour stay away from their house. “I think 90 days at the couOp ty farm will help you out,’’ rul ed Judge Winfield Smith.
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