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FORECAST: i ». P.® «** S'r,*d B>’fL'“'d Wlr“ v^dely fettered thundershowers ! ASSOCIATED PRESS ! ar“ and evening; Wednesday, cloudy with little temperature TTNTTFn 'pW'SS Par1J- wiie]y sc-attered thundershowers, UrlllJuD rKhSo doming more numerous in afternoon. With Complete Coverage of ____ State and National News -I_;_J*____WILMINGTON, N. C„ TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1867 fobaccomen See BigYear Johnson Named .rvnTLE BEACHES. C., June 9 j jr Johnson, Lumberton, Varehouseman, today was >'■ C'\ president of the North «*”£. . South Carolina Border warehouse association, an *c“ which includes flue Mhaccc markets operating tjrl sides’ of the North Caro »' ^Mtii Carolina border. t3a1 succeeds W. Wesley J°fntan, of Lake City, S. C., ha5 ‘held the post for the last tine >'ears rS named were J. °williams1of Mullins, S. C„ vice c 0. Dixon, Mul ff, sirfiletary and Frank Davis 1®’ nnt N. C.. to serve with 0,,Fa‘ as members of the board (/^governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse association. Iohnson said he would name a J»mv and treasurer for the SiaUon at abater date. Predict High Prices UYKTLE BEACH. S. C.. June 8 T_ President Fred S. Royster "f other officials of the Bright 5 , warehouse association pre SL here today that prices lor 1947 flue-cured tobacco crop “id continue high but that the St crop would be the most •voensive ever produced. ‘f0TSter, from Henderson, N. C., ,eadJ his annual report to the Taing session of the association, SSbegan a three day conven ts here today. More than 300 warehousemen, buyers and growers were attend jrf From the flve flue ' tites - Florida, Georgia, South (Volin®, North Carolina and Vir ,n l No Decrease Seen Rovster said he could not fore anv material decrease in to bacco prices from last year s re cord high averages. He added tat “farmers must receive a trice commensurate with last ,dr's price due to the fact tha. every material which goes into the production of huge tobacco crops has increased in price dur ing the last *ix months.” Roysters predictions were con nirred in by J. M. Broughton, former North Carolina governor and general counsel for the as sociation, and James E. Th.gpen md Charles E. Gate, assistant director and director, respectively d the U. S. Department of Agri culture's tobacco branch. The flue-cured crop is generally lilt in all southern states this vjir, due to inclement weather conditions which delayed trans planting. Royster said, and for 1947 crop would fal short of the till reason he predicted that the poundage of 1946. Last year 1, 341,559,227 pounds were produced and sold for $650,400,000. Support Program In Effect Royster said the government s piice support program will be in effect again this year, based on approximately 40 cents per pound. However, he predicted that the flue-cured stabilization corporation would be required to handle a larger portion of this year's crop ton in 1946. The stabilization corporation, a power organization, was set up last year to handle leaf which fail id to bring 90 per cent of parity when sold on the warehouse floors. The organization handled R,200.000 pounds of leaf, haring the present fiscal year, Royster said, domestic consump tion of tobacco will approximate ROO.OOc,J00 pounds, with an addi tional 550.000,000 pounds to go into 'Xpert channels. This will leave a backlog of nearly 100,000,000 pounds which should not cause Worry, However, Royster said that if to 1947 crop approximates last iej-'s record crop, “we probably *ll! approach the time to become toncerned about a surplus.” Hi said the industry still was 'ampered by a lack of adequate ^drying facilities, but said such !* “Paring dates and selling regu , for the 1947 crop be left to acilities would be increased by ™ut 20 percen over last year. recommended that the matter 1 mint committee of 15 persons 'Presenting warehousemen, buy ri and growers. ■ iRTLE EEACH. S. C.. June 9 Rep. Cooley (D.-N.C.) sug ^ ^RACCOMf'V ors Page Two The Weather ^ F ORECAST: R*;e* ^ar°iina—Partly cloudy with i.j T.-plange u temperature Tuesday Us; Tu«> nes<*ay' rxcePt warmer North hov.ers'&T° - *scattered thunder Hg, C U€scia' afternoon and even liy afternojp U‘ort' numerous Wednes «';-hC'a nl“ “' Pii’lv cloudy and Mely vs.? Tucs^ay and Wednesday, afte^lered tuundershowers Tues tor* rn>.°0n and evening, becoming "T*"' Wednesday afternoon. <Bv l^f" stan<*ard Time) M«teov-' S "cath^r Bureau) Ming 7-"ff1Ca* ri?tla *° rthe 24 hours I» ln yesterday. 1;10 a ,, T_EMPERA1 I RES 1:30 a . S’ 7:311 s- ln- 11: 1:30 p. m. a* 74- i,Jn' 8"; Maximum 93; Mini ' Mea'> 84; Normal 76. 1:10 a. „ .. HEMlniTY ',:So p. n'~ 72*;P a‘ “• 80- 1:30 P- »• tol*l for PfEcn>lrATIOV ^ttehea. ** nouiE endin8 1:30 p. m. !| inches?* llle lirst °1 the month 'V thfr?/0* todAY 1 Coast 3,-rter.TableE Published b; aid Geodetic Survey). ’“Pington „ HIGH tim 3:03 a.m. 9:?« a.m "hoboro i. . 2:31 p m-' 9:38 p.m lnl*‘ 10:53 a.m. 5:11 a.m Whtise 7-ftfi. 11:22 P-m. 4:58 p.m V'^nset in’ Sunset 7:23; Moonris; 1 "• Monday 9 2a^‘Jevm«> N- C- * i *°r; WEATHER on P,re Ty. Hoop Snakes, Brittle Snakes, Sink Scribe Although Washington, New York Zoologists Claim There Are No Such Reptiles, Local Man Tells Of Killing One By C ARL CAHILL Star Staff Writer Ever see a hoop snake? Some people call them horned snakes because they have a sharp barb on the tip of their tails with which they inject venom into their vic tims. Their method of attack Is dif ferent from other snakes, accord ing to some persons. These reptiles put their tails in to their mouths, forming a hoop. Then they roll along the ground after their victims. When upon their prey they release their hold, breaking the circle. Then they strike with the sharp needle-like spur on the tail. Naturalists deny their existence. There is no official record of one ever having been found. The 7-~ in Washington, D. C., and York have almost every kind aimal, fowl ad reptile except hoop snake. But H. H. Thomas, Wilmingtor. real estate broker, has not only seen them, he has killed any num ber. So has W. W. Higgins, local realtor. Thomas, who said he had lived in the open most of his life, saw his first hoop snake in 1918 in the middle of a road near Pitts boro. He was driving at the time (See SNAKES on Page Two) B. H. Marshall May Head Housing Authority Here HE HAD! NEW YORK, June 9 — (U.R) — Leonard Mahoney, 42, suffer ed a possible fracture of the left ankle aboard a ship in New York harbor today and said later it felt as if he had been hit by an elephant. He had. Police said Mahoney, a sea man, was knocked to the deck of the S. S. Panpero when an elephant, one of six being brought here from India for Coney Island, accidentally flipped him with his trunk. Mahoney was taken to the II. S. Marine hospital. HANSON RELEASED ON $1,000 BOND Investigation ' Continues Into Mysterious Death Of Lonnie Horne James Hanson, local drug store operator, has been released under $1,000 bond on a technical charge of vagrancy in connection with the mysterious death of Lonnie Brice Horne, 33-year-old Audubon resi dent. Meanwhile, Coroner Gordon Dor an saiu Harry E. Fales, chief of the city-county bureau of identi fication will leave this morning with the contents of Horne’s stom ach for the FBI laboratory in Washington. Doran said an inquest will be held as soon as the findings of the FBI are disclosed. An autopsy was performed Sunday night by Dr. A. H. Elliot, city-county health of ficer, but results are being with held pending the finding of the FBI chemists. Jury Impaneled Coroner Doran has named Charles H. Casteen, J. F. Apple white, J. S. Craig, C. McDavid Jones, A. L. Snow and B. T. Hop kins as members of the jury for the inquest. Both Doran and Judge Smith, who reduced Hanson’s bond from $10,000 said that the drug store operator was being held in con nection with the death of Horne. In connection with the same case, the federal government nar cotic division has become inter ested and an agent is beginning an investigation of the sale of illegal drugs here, it was learned from a reliable source outside the city. Hanson was arrested by city de tectives W. N. Leitch and N. J. Wolfe soon after Horne died en route to the hospital at 3:45 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Hanson was arrested for inves tigation into Horne’s death because Hanson’s drug store was the last See HANSON on Fage Two Present Comptroller Talk ed As Successor To H. R. Emory, Resigned The possibility that B. H. Mar shall, Jr., present comptroller of the Wilmington Housing authority, would be named to succeed H. R. Emory, resigned, in the position of executive director of the au thority, appeared bright. last night. Marshall has been a member of the staff of the authority for sev eral years, and the consensus of those familiar with affairs of the authority, said that he would be the logical successor to Emory who is resigning the position. A native of Wilmington, Mar shall is a graduate of the Univer sity of North Carolina. Emory, who has been executive director of the Housing authority since its organization in 1938, said last night that he will tender his resignation to the board of com missioners of the authority today and that he and C. E. Sonder man, general manager of Maffitt village, will go into private busi ness. Meeting Called A special meeting of the com missioners has been called by Harry Solomon, chairman, for this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the office of the Housing authority, Nesbitt court. Emory’s resignation will be submitted officially at that time, and it is expected thet Mar shall will be named by the board during the meeting. Emory and Sonderrnan have bought the Broome Wood products company on the Castle Hayne road from Brooks A. Broome, and are now operating the business, Emory said. He and Sonderrnan both will be at the company' full time, he said, as soon as they secure their releases from the commissioners of the Authority. (See MARSHALL on Page Two) $100,000 WAREHOUSE FIRE AT FAIRMONT DESTROYS TOBACCO FAIRMONT, June 9 — tfP)— The storage warehouse of the Fair mont branch of the International Planters Corp., cf Richmond, Va., burned tcday, destroying 95,000 pounds of tobacco with loss esti mated by Superintendent T. D. Herndon at more than $100 000. Firemen from Fairmont and Lumberton were attempting to save the adjoining leaf and stem ming buildings of the redrying plant. Herndon said an asphalt roof was being put on the 25 year-old wooden warehouse and the fire ap parently started there. No one was hurt. The plant was to open in August to receive this year's crop. Destroyed were 95 hogsheads each containing 1000 pounds of tobacco. Wolcott Bill Amendment MayAidWilmingtonCase Morning Star Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, June 9. — Per manent war housing which Wilmington, N. C.. and other cities are trying to get as low - rent dwellings by a free transfer from the Federal government would be exempted from legislation for im mediate sale of such property, un der an amendment prepared today by Representative Bryan (D-SC). This amendment to the Wolcott bill, which is due for a House vote tomorrow requires also that the Federal public housing authority speedily send Congress a list of the seventy-two projects the cities are requesting The Lanham act, authorizing construction of the homes, specified that transfers without cash payment must get Congressional approval. Cities receiving the property wouid pay only the net receipts from rents. Charlotte N. C.. is applying for the 85-unii Jackson Homes, which cost $313,363.21. Wilmington is asking for the 90 unit Hillcrest development, worth $288,623,64, and the 126-unit Hill crest extension, which cost $365, 447,63. U. S. Air Power, A-Bomb Stopping Stalin March WASHINGTON, June 9 —<U.R)— William C. Bullitt, former ambas sador to Russia and France, said tonight that only A-merican air su periority and possession of the atomic bomb prevent Soviet Pre mier Josef Stalin “from ordering the Red Army to occupy all Eu rope.” . ’ _ In an attack on Stalin and Com munism, which he distinguished from the Russian people, Bullitt said in a commencement address a’ Georgetown university that the . Soviets do not dare to make war “against us or our friends now. Eut he added: “If ever they believe that tney •are the stronger, they will attack. Meanwhile, they are attempting by the fifth columns they have organized throughout the world and by propaganda to break dow>n the resistance of all democratic peoples. Communist spies and agents, “their fellow travelers and dupes” are active in all countries, includ ing the United States — “in our great cities, in our labor unions, even in our government offices in Washington,” he said. He supported the Truman doc trine of aiding democratic coun tries and urged creation of a Eu ropean Federation of Democratic Natior-’ to combat Communism. Senate Committee Approves Bill For $300,000,000 Education Aid; Floods Render 22,000 Homeless ^Damage Widespread Thousands Of Acres Inun dated In Three States; Twelve Deaths By The Associated Press Swirling waters of the Mississi ppi and the tributaries left an es timated 22,000 homeless and 12 dead as floods inundated thou sands of farm acres in Iowa, Il linois, causing millions of dol lars of crop damage. More rain was expected. U. S. Engineers said that the Mississippi was at its crest be tween Keokuk, la., and Hannibal, Mo., and that the water was ex pected to begin to recede soon from record heights, including 23. 6 feet at Quincy, 111. Levees on the Mississippi were reported to have given way in eight places between Wapello, la., and Louisiana, Mo., inundating about 25,000 acres. Authorities said they were fighting to save the levee at Pike county 111., across the river from Hannibal. If this barrier broke approximately 120, 000 a’cres of land would be flooded engineers said. More Rain Due The U. S. Weather bureau said that the cessation of rains in the stricken area Monday would al low rivers to recede somewhat but that more rain was expected Tuesday. General rains fell Mon day in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Western Iwoa, and Nebraska and the storm was expected to move slowly eastward, the Weather bureau said. The Des Moines river valley in Iowa was beginning to recover from floods over the week-end which left 16,000 homeless and caused at least 11 deaths. No deaths were reported on the Mis sissippi itself but one was report ed from Bethany, Mo. In the Des Moines valley, Ot tumwa, la!, was the hardest hit with 10,000 of the city’s of 32,000 temporarily homeless and seven See CROP on Page Two SIMMONS REPORT IRKS INSPECTOR _*» H. L. Shankle Tells County Board Oil, Gas Pumps Are Inspected _ > State gasoline and oil inspectors appearing before the county com missioners yesterday. Took excep tion to reports given that body June 2 on the work of inspection of pumps in New Hanover county. Speaking for the state group H. L. Shankle characterized as a false picture that drawn by J. S. Simmons, Wilmington resident, who tolj the commissioners and the city council at their last meeting that gasoline pumps, in some instances, as well as scales and weights, were not properly in spected. Shankle, chief of the gasoline and oil inspection, department oi revenue in North Carolina, declar ed that regular inspections are made every six or seven months Fales Roport six months have been found faulty and corrected. Odell Evans is the chief inspec tor for this area, said the speaker and carries out a regular inspec tion program. The monthly report of Harry E. Fales, in charge of the city-county identification bureau, revealed that 170 fingerprints were taken in May, 110 taxi permits were issued with photographs and fingerprints of the applicants taken, and that $85 was collected._ FLOOD WATERS from the swollen Des Moi nes river cover streets at Ottumwa, Iowa, crippling * the industrial city of 32,000 and leaving one-third of the residents homeless. This air view was made 1 of the downtown area of the city. (AP WIREPHOTO). 1 c Admission Of Guilt Brings Gurley Light Prison Term 102-YEAR-OLD CIVIL WAR VET GETS DEGREE—80 YEARS LATE MEADVILLE, Pa., June 9—</P)—A 102-year-old nattily attired Civil War veteran stood quietly errect today to receive his diploma from Alleghany college—80 years late. “It’s wonderful,” murmured Robert Rownd, of Ripley, N. Y., as he pocketed the bachelor of arts degree he didn’t get in 1867 when the war between th states and then marriage interrupted his studies. The former national commander of the Grand Army of tht Republic left immediately after the ceremonies. “I want to get back to my roses,” he said. “I work in my garden every day.” Rownd has served as president of the Ohio State Canal com mission and as Columbus, O., postmaster. -?-- -—- . Irish Potatoes Will Be Dumped, Scott States BLOODHOUNDS MAY AID CRIME WORK Grand Jury Recommends Purchase Of Animals In Report To Judge Bloodhounds soon may be trail ing escaped convicts and used in apprehending law breakers sought by authorities in New Hanover county. At least that was the recommen dation yesterday of the grand jury to Judge Q. K. Nimocks, Jr, as the June term of criminal court got under way. “This is the quickest work of any grand jury that I have seen at work in eight years,’’ declared the court as the grand jurors filed back into court at noon after a brief four hour session. The grand jurors brought with them a recommendation for the use of “trained bloodhounds to aid in the solution of certain types of crimes’’ in the county and asked that the “city council and county commissioners consider the advis ability of purchasing’’ the animals. The report further added that reports of all justices of the peace except one, had been received and founj be in order. The jurors examined a dczen witnesses, they reported, and re turned eight true bills. J. C. Roe was foreman. Along The Cape Fear SPEED STRESSED — Speed of construction was the main item stressed by the government as the erection of the shipyard at Wil mington began February 3, 1941 in the history of five years of shipbuilding in North Carolina. Quickly the river woodland, sand, hummocks and tidal flats took on the appearance of a large industrial plant. The first work of the contractors was the filling in of the shipyard area with the dredging of 400,000 cubic yards of material. Then followed the grading and driving of 950 feet of steel bulk heads, the piling for the ship w’ays, the construction of concrete crane runways, the laying of rail road tracks, the building of roads and the erection of buildings, shops and huge cranes. • * * WQRKR9 ARRIVE — As that work went ahead, hundreds of skilled workers were either trans ferred or borrowed from the Pa rent company at Newport News. Those workers aided in <he train ing of new' employees and assist ed in supervision of the construc tion job. On March 18. 1941. only five weeks after actual construction work had begun, the Maritime Commission ’formally announced ihat the first contract had ben awarded the new firm for 25 Li berty ships. Even while construction of the yard still was under way, the keels of the first of the 25 new j vessels was laid on March 22 of j that year. A small group of com- j pany officials and employes wit-1 Three more shipways, a pier, plates in what was described as ‘‘a perfect landing.” * » * MORE SHIPS NEEDED—Later that spring, as the war situation appeared gloomy for Great Bri tain the new company was called upon for an additional dozen Li berty ships. The firm was asked to complete them, as well as the original order, by March 1943. To meet that demand it was neces sary to enlarge the facilities of the yard. Three more shipways, a pier, more shop area and considerable additional power supply, welding equipment and tools were added to the company’s already large properties. To accomodate all the new equipment, it likewise was neces sary to acquire 24 more acres of land. The company, to handle all this additional land and equip ment, was forced to further co ordinate its huge program at the new shipyard. t Many Carloads Will Rot In Fields Unless Outlets Are Secured RALEIGH, June 9 — (A*) — l>arge quantities of Irish potatoes vill be dumped to rot in North Carolina fields this year as they vere last year unless consumed mtlets can be found for surplus jotatoes, G. Tom Scott, state di •ector of the production and mar keting administration predicted oday. Scott said that the “dumping” >f potatoes into huge piles—where hey will be left to rot may start omorrow if outlets do not appear 'or more than the 21 carloads which were bought by the PMA oday under the government’s mice support program. (The Wilmington Morning Star, n a signed story last Friday morn ng, stated that thousands of jushels of 1947 crop potatoes would >e left to rot unless government support prices were forthcoming.) Arrangements have been made for the state’s charitable and Denal institutions to obtain some >f the surplus potatoes and the State Department of Public wel fare is preparing to set up a pro gram for free distribution in the seven counties of the state that (See POTATOES On Page Two) —-- 1 —. V. Former Wilmington Police- ‘ man Sentenced To i 18 To 24 Months By JOHN RALSTON 5 Star Staff Writer H. L. Gurley, 24-year-old robust former Wilmington police officer, ■ stood before Judge Q, K. Nimocks, i Jr., without emotion yesterday aft ernoon in New Hanover county’s i Superior court and heard himself < sentenced to 18 to 24 months in ; state prison. The court postponed passing , sentence yesterday morning until afternoon to further study the case of Gurley, who confessed to break ing into the Grocerteria market while a police officer upon three occasions and making away with a total of approximately $50. At the April term of criminal court, Roy Grissett, another for mer officer, was convicted on larceny and receiving charges and received a seven to 10 year prison term, maintaining his innocense even after sentence. But yesterday was a different scene. Through his attorney, W. L. Farmer, Gurley readily admitted his guilt and heard Solicitor Clifton Moore tell the court that without the man’s confession, he doubted "that we could ha^e obtained a conviction in either case. ’ Attorney Farmer pleaded for probation for his client at the morning session and said he was ready with about 35 character wit nesses. a former police chief who was Gurley’s "boss” while the latter was on the force and others, to argue for the same treatment. At 11 a. m.. the court after listening to the presentation of the case by attorneys, ruled he would study the affidavits and history of the case and pass sentence at 2:30 P. M. A♦ the time. Judge Nimocks told Gurley that “through your truth fulness the other defendant was brought to justice.” "I had first intended to sentence vou to three to five years in state prison.” Nimocks said. 'T later re vised that sentence to two to three years.” "But on account of your cooper See ADMISSION on Page Two CIO-U AW Board Stamps Okay On Briggs Strike CHICAGO, June 9 —(£)—'The ex ecutive board of the CIO United Auto workers today unanimously authorized a strike of 20,000 Briggs Manufacturing company workers starting Wednesday if the company fails to agree to the union’s wage and other demands by that time. Principal issues in the dispute are retroactivity of a proposed 14 cent equivalent hourly wage in crease, whether 500 salaried em ployes should be covered by the contract, and revisions of griev ance procedure. The walkout, approved by the membership previously and sche duled at six Briggs plants in De troit and one in Evansville, Ind., would tie up assembly operations at Chrysler corporation and the Packard Motor company plants, which depend on Briggs for car bodies. The international executive board's approval was announced I in a telegram to company offi cials. Negotiations broke down last Saturday. _ _ Mount McKinley Scaled j Fourth Time In History -I PORTLAND, Ore., June 9—(JP)— The Bradford Washburne party has successfully scaled 20,300-foot Mount McKinley, North America’s highest peak, a member of the party notified his mother here to day. Mrs. Fred Hackett, Portland, said she received a telegram from her son, Lt. William D. Hackett, saying the party reached the mountain top on Friday and ascended the last peak Saturday Mount McKinley has two separate peaks rising above a plateau. This Is the fourth time in jjistory the mountain has been scaled. Hackett represents the Army Ground forces or. an expedition of the New England Museum of Nat ural History, led by B r a d f o r d Washburne. Mrs. Hackett said she was ad vised that valuable equipment to be used for measuring cosmic ra diation was lost during the ascent. About the first of June, she said, a 100-mile-an-hour gale whipped scientific equipment about 'ike tenpin;. At that time the party was living in igloos on the slopes of the mountain. Enrollment Grant Basis Under Measure, Each State Would Get $5 Per Child Per Year In Cash WASHINGTON, June 9. — (IP)— Legislation authorizing the federal government to grant the states $300,000,000 a year to help equalize educational opportunities was ap proved today by a Senate Public Welfare subcommittee. The vote was 6 to 1, with Sena tor Donnell (R.-Mo.) casting the only dissenting ballot. Senator Aiken (R.-Vt.), chairman of the subcommittee, told report ers Donnell objected to a pro vision which gives the states dis cretion as to whether federal funds should be used for assistance to religious and private schools. Under the bill. Aiken said, each tate would receive a minimum ederal grant of S.l per child a ear if certain qualifying standards re met. The Vermont Senator declared here is “no question at all" that he full committee will approve the iill. He said he expects it to come ip for Senate debate next month. Bill Has Chance “I think there is a good chance >f getting it through,” Aiken ad led. Besides Aiken, these members of he subcommittee voted for the till: Senators Hill (D.-Ala.); Ellen ler, (D.-La.); Elbert Thomas, (D. Jtah); Smith, (R.-N.J.); and Ives, R.-N.Y.). Aiken said the bill would make ‘an excellent contribution to edu ation in this country.” Ellender termed it a “splendid iqualization bill for assisting those itates which are high in children md poor in dollars.” The minimum grant, of $5 per fear for each child enrolled would >e increased in the case of low ncome ' states, under a formula which takes into consideration how nuch they are able to spend on :ducation. The amount of these ad litional grants would vary with itate incomes. Aiken said Donnell is opposed to my program which provides fed >ral funds for non-public schools, [his provision also was opposed by some education officials at rearings on the legislation. Donnell told a reporter he did lot care to comment on his vote jgainst the measure. ELEVEN PETITIONS FILED IN FEC CASE Seaboard, Southern Rail way, Others Seek To Upset ICC Ruling WASHINGTON, June 9 — (A*)— Eleven petitions for modification, reargument, and rehearing of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion’s decision in the Florida East Coast Railway company reorgani zation case were filed today with the ICC. The commission plan, announc ed May 20, provides for acquisi tion of Florida East Coast by the Atlantic Coast Line Railway for $40,500,000. The petitions for reopening gen erally noted that the ICC decision was a five to four vote, with two members of the 11-member body not participating. Among those criticizing the de cision were the Seaboard Air Line Railroad company and the South ern Railway System. The ICC had said that the affect upon them if any would not ad versely affect the public intre est. me at. jonns county, ria., com missioners told the ICC group that their decision was contrary to the evidence and to the law and was “improperly based upon the un sworn testimony of Congressional representatives.” E. N. Claughton, representing the minority bond holders, said the decision was erroneous, un justified, and in effect "approve* a compulsory non-competitive sale of the assets of Florida East Coast Railway.” And So To Bed W. Fredere, route one, to worried over the disappearance of his pet ' -g, a small Man chester terrier tan female. He reported to police Sgt. L. B. Rourk yesterday after noon that he had parked his car jh the 100 block of Market street while he did some shop ping, leaving his deg in the car. He noticed, he told the sergeant, that a car parked beside his contained three chil dren who were eating popcorn. Upon his return a few min utes later, Fredere said, he found the front seat of his car covered with popcorn, but his Manchester was missing. Fredere told officers he be lieved the youngsters had kidnapped the dog. V
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