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--ESTABLISHED 1867
Tabor Voters
Elect Mayor
^ A. (Al) Williams Wins
‘ Spirited Contest Over
R. C. Harrellson
special To The Star
T\BOR city, June 10—W. A.
williams was elected mayor,
Tabor City today in one of the
political races in the his
’ this Columbus county city.
defeated R. C. Harrel
10n 320 votes to laa.
ace Robert, Dewey Stevens
! " jtebert Soles were elected to
Positions of city commissioners
a field of several candidates.
' Tlcord number of voters, 555,
Led out to cast their ballots in
■j;e municipal election.
Williams, a former member of
" cflUnty board of education, is
. active businessman. He came
Jj Tabor City several years ago
school teacher and since that
has taken part in many com
munity projects. This was hi*
firs; entry into local politics.
Former Senator
Harrellson, the defeated candi
j *;s a former state senator and
<ened as mayor of Tabor City
for eight years- He was a mem_
. ‘ ^ the town commissioners
rd the only member of the gov
erning body to seek re-election.
The Ia-ge majority for Williams
came as a surprise for most of
h, residents here. Political ob
jervers had predicted a close
race for the mayorship.
The complete returns were as
follows:
For mayor: W. A. (Al) Williams,
120: R. C. Harrelson, 199,
For city commissioner—Horace
I Robert, 353; Dewey Stevens 286;
Robert Soles. 249; Jack Strickland,
183: F. M. Jernigan, 182; E. W.
Fonvielle, 179, and Dr. S. J. Potts,
81.
To Meet Soon
The newly-elected officials are
ixpected to meet within a few
days to map plans for the in
,,illation, which wil be held July
1,
ALABAMA MAYOR
HALTS LYNCHING
Hurtsboro Official Takes
Negro, With Rope On
Neck, From Crowd
HURTSBORO, Ala., June 10—UP)
-A 19-year-old Negro was res
ted by die town mayor and three
other white men today from a
mob which had the youth hogtied,
i rope looped around his neck andj
which was threatening to lynch
him.
The mayor 48-year-oid Hurt
Vann, said he persuaded the
crowd, growing "larger and
rougher” by the minute to release
the Negro. Jimmy Harris, because
"that is the best way—we ought
to let the law take its course."
Vann said the Negro nad been |
seized by the mob after a white I
woman reported he broke into her |
home and attempted to criminally
assault her. Mayor Vann said the
woman's screams brought a
neighbor who “threw the Negro
into the street.”
Immediately, he said, a mob
gathered, seized the Negro and
lashed him with a rope obtained
from a nearby truck.
Negro Postrate
Mayor Vann, former i ayor H.
K Rutherford and his son, Phil
and City councilman H. T. Ellison
arrived as “about 25” white men
were beating the Negro with the
rope end and their fists. The Ne
sro was prostrate, the mayor
•aid.
The crowd, said the mayor, was
P-epartng the lynch the Negro on
J tree near the center of this
Southeast Alabama town of about
•r.e thousand population.
Mayor Vann said he rushed
Harris to a pickup truck and rac
out of town. “I knew we
wouldn't have a chance if he stay
«d there,” he said.
Outside town, he switched to a
private car and sped towards the
Russell county seat, Phenix City.
Eighteen miles from Hurtsboro,
he met County Sheriff Ralph Mat
wevs and State Highway Patrol
^•en and placed the Negro in
'heir custody.
Harris was rushed to Phenix
L;ly jail and then to the state
Pdson in lentgomerv “for his
Protection.”
The Weather
forecast
eW? a‘"d North Carolina — Partly
thunrtl .;'d lK>t Wednesday, scattered
,.j '"“lowers Wednesday aiTernoon
<JnrrJ8ht- Thursday fair and not so
(Eastern Standard Time)
ll , E; S. Weather Bureau)
»r.iii-'e0r-0!'>E'cal data for ,he 24 hours
,:30 p. in yesterday.
’30 TEMPERATURES
b. m. i;*11- 7a: 1:30 a. nr. 78; 1:30 p.
Blum ’it', i,p' m‘ 91; Maximum 92; Mini
1 , Mean 83; Normal 76.
, J. humidity
W 7.,?' rn- ~:C0 a. m. 91. 1:30 p. m.
’ "™ p. m. 83.
Total PRECIPITATION
9m inch” 2i hours ending 7:30 p. m.
! 35 inches"1** Ule *‘rst oi t,le month
Ijw J'DtS FOR TODAY
t. s r 'le Tide Tables published by
Cwst and Geodetic Survey).
H,GH LOW
Iton ... 0-49 a m j0.21 # m
5,8 seaborn , , 3:24 P-nt. 10:37 p.m.
^t0 Met 12:16 a.m. 6:56 a.m.
tcm.. 12:52 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
99:30a■ V Sunset 7:23: Moonrise
ft;,.; -“onset 11 :48a.
' »•'»« ,ai Fayetteville, N. C. at
oesday 9.6 feet.
* Leather oi rage tit* 1.
PARADING througn tne streets
□f Paris is this Swiss musician He
is carrying a large horn on’ his
shoulder, which resembles a pipe.
The parade was witnessed by the
pesident of France. (International)
PENNY POTATOES
OFFERED BY U. S.
Agriculture Department
Ready To Sell 1947 Sur
plus At This Price
WASHINGTON. June 10— <jP) —
The Agriculture department in
formed Congress today it is will
ing to sell potatoes at one cent a
bushel for industrial use to pre
vent dumping of surplus crops.
The offer, was made before the
House Food Investigating commit
tee which is checking on the de
struction of surplus potatoes
acquired under the government’s
price support program. Some in
Alabama were doused with kero
sene.
S. ft. Smith, chief of the de
partment’s fruit and vegetable
branch, told the committee d i s
positior of the potatoes is his re
sponsibility. The potatoes were de
stroyed he said, only after every
attempt was made to find a use
for them.
“I abhor the destracttbh of
food.” he said, "But what can we
do?”
“Wouldn’t it be better vo let
poor people come and get these
potatoes instead of putting kero
sene on them?” asked Rep. Hoven
(R-Iowa).
Smith replied that “this would
seem to be the humane thing to
do.” But, he said that under the
support program established by
Congress the government is oblig
ed to remove fri-m the market
potatoes that will not bring the
designated price.
Support Price
The price cannot be maintained,
he contended, by giving away
those potatoes to the general pub
lic.
Smith said the government
might be called upon “at any min
ute” to take 200 carloads of po
tatoes in South Carolina. Unless a
use can be found for them quick
ly, he added “There would be no
place for them to go but to the
dump.”
He said the government bought
17.500.000 100 on "id s»ekc of Maine
potatoes last year of which about
90 per cent were U. S. No. 1 quali
ty.
He listed their disposal as fol
lows: 450,000 sacks to schools and
charitable institutions, 800,000 to
alcohol, 3.500,000 to export, 4.000
See POTATOES On Page Two
WILMINGTONIANS MOP
BROWS AS HEAT WAVE
CONTINUES UNABATED
Wilmingtonians looked at the
pav ement downtown yesterday
and wondered if it would fry an
egg. It was 92 degrees, according
to Weatherman Paul Hess.
But residents of the Port City,
while mopping their foreheads
were still faring better than other
North Carolinians in the five-day
heat wave.
In Charlotte the mercury climb
ed to 97.8 degrees—a new record
for June 10. At Greenville another
97 degres was recorded. Greens
boro tied with Wilmington with 92
degrees and Raleigh was a cool
91.
While weatherman Paul Hess
cited the possibility of thunder
showers as some relief to the heat,
nothing could be promised before
Thursday. Then the temperature
is expected to drop only slightly.
Weather records show that the
90 degree mark has been hit for
the past five days_
BRIGGS COMPANY
STRIKE AVERTED
Eleven^-Hour Settlement
Dispute An
By Union
* -iT, June 10—(fPy—A strike
yO*'*’ >uOO workers in plants of the
-iiggs Manufacturing Co was
averted tonight, saving the auto
mobile industry from serious pro
duction loss.
The company and the CIO Unit
ed Auto Workers, who had called
a v'alkout for 10 a.m. tomorrow,
reached an agreement assuring
continued production of car bodies
to the Packard and Chrysler fac
tories.
A Briggs strike ultimately would
have forced Packard and Chrysler
to quit making passenger cars,
idling at least another 30,000 men.
Briggs and the auio union
agreed to a two-year contract in
cluding the industry’s wage in
crease pattern of an "equivalent”
15 cents an hour and other terms
with respect to grievance proce
dure.
The settlement, achieved in a
ten-hour negotiation session on the
eve of the scheduled strike, dispos
ed of fears of a major upset in
the auto indutry’s production pro
gram.
Already the Ford Motor Co. was
in the midst of labor handicaps
which today had forced the clos
ing of its assembly lines which
turn out the Ford and Mercury
cars.
A Briggs strike would have
stopped tire output of Packards
and Chryslers, Dodges, Plymouths
and De Sotos. Chrysler manufac
tures the latter three as well as
the Chrysler car.
ROTARIANS HEAR
PRICES DEBATED
Three Speakers Tell Club
men Reductions Now
Seen Far Off
Four Rotarians all local busi-,
ness men expressed divergent
views on the price outlook in their
special fields during the Tuesday
luncheon meeting ot the Rotary
club yesterday.
John Colucci, local lumber man,
spoke briefly on the general eco
nomic situation, and said he
“couldn’t see how anyone ca nex
pect anything resembling pre-war
prices when farm prices are three
and one-half times what they were
in August of 1939, and other prices
are over twice what they were at
that same period.”
‘•Pointing out that “manufae- j
turing costs have gone up in step
with prices,” Colucci did not fore
see any general price drops in the
near future.
“There will be, in the opinoin
ot the experts, not much of a de
cline in meat prices before the
end of the year,” said Allen Brad
ley who is connected with that
business in Wilmington.
“But,” said Bradley, “the ex
perts have been wrong many
times before, and they could be
again. Frankly, there just isn’t
any way of telling.”
William Beery, drygoods mer
chant, reminded those present at
tne meeting that “There’s a lot
more quality in this years eight
dollar hat tha there was in one oi
the same price which you bought
last season.”
“Although prices m ciuuics
come down with regard to some
items and perhaps have risen
slightly in others, you can say,
that all in you are now getting
more for your money than^ you
got directly after V-J day, he
added.
Gene Edwards, who presided
for the length of the program, ob
served, along with Beery, that re
cent 10 per cent cuts in prices
were not the answer to higher
prices.
“The only way,” said Edwards,
“is to get a lower manufacturing
price. The only way to get a lower
manufacturing price is to cut
costs.” Colucci, Bradley and
Beery agreed with this unani
mously.
“The buyer must get a fair
mark up. from the manufacturer ”
said Beery.
He went on to say that consum
ers need not worry about greed
on the part of firms keeping the
prices up, “because we have plen
ty of competition, and that’s the
best guard you could have.”
Guests at the meeting included
Raymond Smith. Danville. Va.;
W. M. Burton. Muncie, Ind.; Bob
Arrowood, Statesville; Ewell
Hope. Marrietta Ga.: S. L. Brax
ton. Whiteville. and Rev. Charles
H. Mercer, Rev. Ralph Epps, and
David H. Scott, Wilmington.
BODY FOUND ON TRACKS
HICKORY. June 10. — (JP)— The
badly-mangled body of William
■Teffie Wike, 48, of Hickory, was.
found on the Southern railway
tracks in West Hickory today
Catawba County Coroner Rex Rey
nolds, after conducting an investi
gation, said he believed Wike plac
ed himself in the path of a train
and did not call an inquest by
furors.
Sitting Bull’s Burial
Place Causing “Ruckus”
BV HOWARD DOBSON
Associated Press' Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 10— UP) —
This may start trouble between
North and South Dakota. It’s
about .Sitting Bull.
North Dakota claims his burial
place. Rep. Case <R-SD) has in
troduced a bill saying the famous
Sioux chieftain was buried in
South Dakota. __
The weight of authority seems
to be on North Dakota's side.
The controversy starter today
when the North Dakota State His
torical society noticed Case’s bill.
It would authorize a national mon
ument near McLaughlin, S. D., to
encompass “the grave where the
Sioux leader lie; buried.”
What does he mean, the North
See SITTING Oa age Two r
6. H. Marshall
New Director
Housing Authority Names
Comptroller To Succeed
H. R. Emory June 15
B H. Marshall, Jr. will assume
the duties of the executive director
of the Wilmington Housing author
ity on June 15 to succed H. R.
Emory whose resignation was ac
cepted yesterday afternoon by the
board of commissioners of the au
thority, effective on that date.
Harry Solomon, chairman of the
board, said last night that the au
thority felt that Emory “had done
an outstanding job” and that they
“reg-eted to see him leave.”
He also said that, in appointing
Marshall to fill the vacancy, the
authority felt that he is “extreme
ly well qualified to take over the
position, due to his experience
with Federal housing and the work
of the authority.
Marshall has been comptroller
of the authority for the past sev
eral years and is very familiar
with the work of the group it was
pointed out.
No successor to Marshall as
comptroller was named, Solomon
said, as the board felt that “with
the gradual elimination of the
work of the housing authority, the
duties of the executive director
and the comptroller may be con
solidated.”
Therefore, Marshall, as director,
will continue to perform some of
his old duties as comptroller.
C. E. Sonderman, general man
ager of Maffitt Village, also pre
sented his resignation to the board
yesterday afternoon. He and
Emory are going into private busi
ness having bought Broome Wood
Products, Inc., Castle Hayne.
No successor to Sonderman was
appointed, Solomon said, as his
work probably will be designated
to several project managers. The
details of the new set up will be
worked out within the next few
weeks, he said.
1947 WHEAT CROP
TO TOP RECORDS
North Carolina Estimate
Placed At 7,953,000
Bushels For Year
WASHINGTON, June 10— (JP) —
The Agriculture department . re
ported today that the indicated
production of all wheat this year
is 1,409.800,000 bushels, the larg
est of record.
This forecast, compares with 1,
275,000,000 indicated a month ago.
with last year’s record crop of 1,
155.715.000 and with a 10-year av
erage of 843,692,000
Crops for which forecasts were
given included:
Peaches 89,183,000 bushels com
pared with 86,643,000 last year and
62.936.000 for the 10-year average.
The indicated acreage of winter
wheat to be harvested, the yield
per acre, and ’he indicated pro
duction, respectively, by major -
producing states included.
North Carolina 482,000 acres;
16.5 bushels per acre and 7,953,
000 bushels production; South Car
olina 225,000; 15.5 and 3.488,000.
The indicated production of
other crops by states included:
Oats
North Carolina 12,029,000 bush
els; South Carolina 18,472,000.
Peaches
North Carolina 3.383,000 bushels;
South Carolina 6,942,000.
HERE IS AN AIRVIEW OF FLOODED QUINCY, ILL., with its stockyards and railroad yards aft
er the mighty Mississippi River reached an all-time crest of 23.6 feet and threatened a major flood
along the entire valley. Only the roofs of some of the buildings are above the water, which has started to
rover the railroad tracks. The flood waters swept away homes, broke levees, and ruined farm crops
(International Soundphoto).
MILLIONS LOANED
TO N. C. FARMERS
Production Credit Direct
ors Hear Address, Re
ports At Convention
Representatives of 31 production
Credit associations in North Caro
lina opened their annual three-day
conference yesterday afternoon at
Wrightsville Beach and heard Dr.
G. W. Forster, head of the Agri
cultural Economics department of
State College, emphasize the im
portance of the economic situation
in relation to agriculture and how
agriculture was affected by the
war.
Dr. Forster’s speech followed
opening remarks by Julian H.
Scarborough, president of the Cor
poration, in which he said mat 21
million dollars were loaned to
State farmers since Jan. 1.
Scarborough noted that 23,000
people in the State were members
of the PCA. He said that the PC A
program whereby farmers can
borrow $50 to $80 000 for their
short-term crops such as tobacco
and cotton,has been approved by
all members.
Loans Increase
Money loaned this year h'a3'.in
creased 20 per cent and member
ship has increased 10 per cent, the
Corporation president said.
A panel discussion followed
Forster’s talk. This was led by S.
C. Lattimore. vice president of the
non-profit corporation.
Last night the 120 directors and
secretary - treasures held no
special sessions. The evening was
spent in recreation.
A t 9 a. m. today Dr. L.- D.
Baver, dean and director of the
State College ot Agriculture will
speak on “What’s New in North
Carolina Agriculture.’’
After this session the represent
atives will hear George Burnette,
treasurer of the Corporation, dis
cuss association ownership.
During the afternoon a picnic
and fishing are listed on the p* -
gram. Thursday, the final day, a
short business session will be held.
The convention will wind up its
affairs about noon.
Hooch Huckster Hides
‘Wares’ In His Boots
DU1NN, June 10—WP) — Etiger
Ivey, arrested by Deputy Sheriff
B. E. Sturgill in what he describ
ed as “one of ,the most unusual
raids I ever made,'’ was under
$1,000 bond today awaiting trial
for the second time within two
weeks on whiskey charges.
Sturgill said he found the fol
lowing at Ivey’s home on the
Honesboro. road:
Fifty-two half-gallon jars of
whiskey, part of a still not in
operation, a jar of whiskey under
Ivey’s pillow, another in his boots,
three jars in the woodpile, 11 jars
hidden in the weeds, and 36 others
buried behind the hogpen.
Two weeks ago Sturgill arrested
Ivey with 28 half-gallons of hooch.
He was given two years suspend
ed sentence on the roads and fin
ed $100 and costs after he swore
he was through with whiskey.
Ivey met his bond today and is
to appear in Dunn Recorders court
Thursday.
Along The Cape Fear
U. S. GOES TO WAR—As war
for this country approached, the
North Carolina Shipbuilding com
pany in its five years of vessel
construction, pushed its program.
Dramatically, on December (j,
1941, only a few hours before the
Japs pulled their sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor which was to plunge
this nation into war, the first of
the Liberty ships was launched at
the Wilmington yard. It was trie
S S. “Zebulon B. Vance, named
in honor of North Carolina s re
construction period governor.
The vessel was christened by
Mrs. J. Meville Bioughton of Ra
leigh, then the state’s first lady.
After extensive service as a
freighter, this ship was converted
into an army hospital ship. It was
renamed the S. S. John J. Meany,
and its home port was Charles
ton, S. C.
At the present, this ship has
been transferred to the army
transportation corps. It is engag
ed in bringing British and other
* * »
war brides to this country.
COMPANY GETS MORE CON
TRACTS—With this nation in the
war Uncle Sam once more called
for still greater speed in ship con
struction. To that call the North
Carolina company responded in
January 1942 by accepting a con
tract for the erection of 53 addi
tional ships. That latest assign
ment of Liberty vessels, said the
government, mast be completed
by January 29, 1944.
Again it was necessary to ex
pand the yard and its equipment.
Eighty more acres of land were
purchased. Large fabrication
shops were built. A full-scale mold
lof. was erected.
NEW LAYOUTS—The new land
was laid out for storage, layoff
and fabrication ol steel. Certain
smaller shops were removed from
the original yard and the space
thus vacated used for the expan
sion of other new and needed
shops.
The second and third vessels
were launched early in 1942. With
their launching the company’s
yard had assumed the position of
a thriving and first class yard to
be ranked with any in the nation.
Heavier and still heavier lifts of
construction material were made
possible thus permitting larger
sub-assemblies and speedier land
ings. Extension of the sub-assem
blies was advanced- Removal of
much stored material to the north
portion of the yard gave needed
room in the section of the yard
in what was known as the erection
area—the part of the yard used
for the actual construction of/ves
sels. iw ali. Ala ... . .. '
Retail Meat Prices
Hit Record Levels
TRASK APPOINTED
RALEIGH, June 10 — iff) —
Governor Cherry today an
nounced that he had appoint
ed Raeford G. Trask to a wo
year term as mayor of the
town of ■ Wrightsville Beach.
At the same time the govern
or announced appointment of
the following to two year terms
as aldermen of the resort city:
Michael C. Brown, J. Holmes
Davis,, Jr., Dr. Sidney V. Al
len, and Lawrence C. Rose.
BOOKMOBILE USED
BY SAFECRACKERS
“Professional Yeggmen”
Loot Mule Company
Strongbox Of $9,000
DUNN, June 10—{#>—Sheriff Bill
Salmon said today that "profes
sional yeggs" apparently were re
s-opsible mr three bold roflenes
at Lilling'ton yesterday, including
the therf or more man $9,u0li. '
Burglars broke into me county
garage and stole the county Book
mobile used later in the other two
robberies, the sheriff said.
Ir. the second breakin, the bur
glars entered the office of a mule
stable operated by John Ballsnce
Lee, prominent livestock dealer
and professional bondsman.
A bird dog was found slain in
the stable and Lee’s safe apparent
ly after' the robbery, the seriff
ported. Lee said about $9,000 in
cash had been taken from the
safe.
Saimqn said the thieves also en
tered the Sanitary Cleaners. How
ever, nothing was reported stolen
and Salmon surmized that the
would be burglars were frighten
ed by a night policeman checking
his route.
State Bureau of Investigation
agents have been called into the
case, the sheriff said, but no clues
sufficient to maxo *n arrest have
been discovered.
The pickup truck taken from tire
county garage was found turned
over in a ditch near Raleigh short
ly after the robbery the sheriff
said. The Bookmobile, one of the
best known vehicles in the county,
was found abandoned a short dis
tance from the garage.
Tools Identified
Tools found at the cleaning plant
and stable were identified as those
taken from the garage, the sheriff
declared.
The sheriff said the Lee robbery
was similar to the blowing of a
safe a few days ago at nearby
Linden.
NATION NOW LOSING
77,000 TONS OF COAL
DAILY BY ‘HOLIDAY’
WASHINGTON, June 10 -UP)- -
The Federal Coal Mines adminis
tration estimated that 13,000 coal
miners in Western Pennsylvania
were idle today in what sortie
United Mine Workers officials de
scribed as a protest against pas
sage of the Taft-Hartley labor bill.
The CMA, whose authority to
operate the mines expires June
30, was assembling its own figures
on extent of the walkout but made
no special investigation to place
the blame, a spokesman said.
The 23 mines affected are prop
erty of steel companies except
four mines of the Pittsburgh Con
solidation Coal company. The idle
miners normally would produce
77,000 tons of bituminous coal a
day, the coal mines administration
said.
Steak Sells As High As
$1.20 Pound At Scran
ton; Packers Puzzled
NEW YORK, June 10—VP)—Rapid
advances in retail meat prices, in
some cases to record high levels,
were reported today from many
sections of the country.
Explanations for the rise ranged
from heavy foreign purchases to
higher feed costs. Some packers
said frankly they were puzzled by
the sharp increase in retail prices.
In the Scranton, Pa., area a
large independent market sold
steak between $1 and $1.25 a
pound compared with 80 cents six
months ago. A chain store sold
steak at 87 to 93 cents, compared
with 70 to 75 cents six months ago.
In New York the housewife paid
between 72 to 90 cents for top
grades of steak and some dealers
predicted the price would soar to
$> by the weekend.
Kansas City reported most beef
cuts up 5 cents a pound over last
week with sirlon at <9 to 70 cents.
T-bone at 73 and ground beef at
39.
Up Five Per Cent
A leading chain store operating
3us‘.-f~2igtirpial basis said its meat
prices on the average had ad
vanced 5 to 6 percent in the last
two months. The chain declined to
, be- identified.
Philadelphia meat interests said
!; shortage, which caught meat
: dealers completely off guard,
drove prices to the highest on re
cord. Increases of 8 to 11 cents
a pound over a week ago were
noted at the retail level.
In Chicago, the Department of
agriculture reported wholesale
See Meat on Page Two
WAREHOUSE GROUP
RENAMES ROYSTER
Bright Beit Association
Honors Henderson Man
For Third Time
MYRTLE BEACH. S. C., June
10 — (/P)—J. E. Thigpen, assistant
director of the Agriculture depart
ment’s tobacco branch, today rec
ommended that the Bright Belt
Warehouse association throw its
support behind a suggested plan
of market openings designed to
assure “orderly marketing.”
Thigpen was one of the speakers
at the annual meeting of the group
which repiesents five flue-c u r o d
tobacco belts. He spoke after the
group had re-elected Fred S. Roy
ster of Henderson, N. C., president
for a third successive term.
Thigpen recommended that the
Georgia and Florida markets be
opened early, preferably before
July 22, to speed the movement
of this tobacco through redrying
plants before the heavy volume of
sales begins in later belts.
Market Openings
Border markets in South and
North Carolina should be opened
as early as practical, he said, add
ing that limitations should be
placed upon the volume of sales
beginning with the opening of the
Eastern North Carolina belt to
prevent overloading of redrying
plants.
Oid belt markets in North Caro
lina and Virginia, Thigpen de
clared, should not be opened
before heavy sales are completed
in the Border belt.
Officers named with Royster
included W. Wesley Singletary,
Lake City, vice president; Guy E.
Barnes, Jr., Rocky Mount, N. C.,
secretary treasurer; J. C. Eagles.
Wilson, N. C.. chairman, board of
governors. __
Lingerie, Lard Luring
Luxury Loving Limies
NEW YORK, June 10—(.?>)—The
1284 sailors from the Queen Eliza
beth are spending about $25,000 a
month in New York, but not in
the waterfront bars or under
Broadway's bright lights.
They hit the pier armed not
with the tar’s traditional thirst,
but with the shopping lists of the
housewives of Southampton, ship’s
officers said today. And it’s the
food stores of Ninth avenue and
the department store belt that are
getting their money.
Badly wanted items are butter,
eggs, ham, and bacon—which go
into the Elizabeth’s ice boxes for
the trip home — dresses, coats,
stockings and lingerie for the
wives, and candy for the kids.
But lard is the item most in de
mand. Says Steward Owen J.
Murphy: “You can’t cook the
other »tuff witnout it.”
sue Gets ACL
Train Brief
Company Files Application
For Right To Discontinue
Passenger Run
RALEIGH, June 10—(JP)— The
Atlantic Coast Line application for
permission to remove one of its
two daily passenger runs between
Wilmington and Norfolk, the sub
ject of protests for nearly two
weeks, arrived today at the State
Utilities Commission.
ACL General Superintendent T.
B. Langley of the ACL’s Savan
nah, Ga., division offices asked
the commission t set the applica
tion for hearing at the earliest pos
sible date, explaining that the
railroad was losing heavily on the
two trains, numbers 47 and 48.
Objections to the proposed pas
senger train curtailment have been
pouring into the Utilities commis
sion trom communities along the
route since the ACL posted public
notice of its plan in wayside sta
tions last month.
SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR
URGES RATE SPEED UP
WASHINGTON, June 10 —(P)—
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion was asked today to complete
the equalization of freight rates
between the South and the rest o*
the country.
Gov. J. Strom Thurmond o
South Carolina told a reporter he
urged ICC officials at a confer
ence today to finish the- job begun
with the ICC order to raise class
railroad x-ates ten per cent North
and East and lower them ten per
cent South and Wes. of the Rock
ies.
The supreme court last month
upheld the ICC order by a 7 to 3
decision.
Thurmond said the ICC order
was “but a step in the direction ol
equalization of freight rates.”
“I asked ICC to make immediate
investigation so that we can see
if hearings should be held now or
after further study of the unjusl
situation,” he said.
• “We must keep going to give
southern industry a fair chance.”
ROUSING WELCOME
ACCORDED TRUMAN
Thousands Of Canadians
Widely Cheer President,
Family At Ottawa
OTTAWA, June 10— (A>) —Presi
dent Truman arrived at 3:30 p.m.,
Eastern Daylight Time today to
begin a three-day good will vish
to this capital, the first such sfato
visit by a United States Presidenl
in the history of the two neighbors.
Accorrf3ane,j by Mrs. Trumar
and their daughter, Margaret, th«
President arrived aboard a s-pe
cial train from Washington which
pulled to a slow stop at a tempo
rary station erected at the spo:
where the Canadian National rail
way tracks intersect picturesqus
Island Park drive, on the city’s
outskirts.
The sun broke through an over
cast sky and a roar of spontaneous
greeting went up from a closely
packed throng as Mr. Truman and
his wife and daughter alighte^ and
received warm handshakes from
Governor General Viscount Alex
ander and Prime Minister W. L.
MacKenzie King.
From then on until the United
States’ first family was taken t«
the government house to rest toi
tonight’s state dinner and recep
tion, their tour through the eits
was a happy, cheering, holiday af
fair.
Half Holiday
Civil service workers and school
children had been given the aft
ernoon off to enable them to par
ticipate in the reception.
The highlight of the visit will
be Mr. Truman’s address to the
Canadian parliament at 10:45 a.m.
(Eastern Standard Time) tomor
row when he will call the world's
attention to the example in friend
ly relations sot by the United
States and its neighbor to ths
North.
The welcome started severa'
hours before the 11-car Presiden
tial train moved into the Ottawa
siding at 2:30 p.m., when ths
American party arrived at ths
border at Rouses Point, N. Y.
There, standing on the observa
tion plaform of his private car
600 yards soutn of the line, ths
President smilingly agreed t:
See WELCOME On Page Two
And So To Bed
All of'you folk who have fol
lowed the morning quips of
the “And So To Bed Editor”
will be pleased to know tho
tables—-or to make a pun—the
tales are being turned today.
Fifteeen years ago tonight
at eight o’clock he was play
ing baseball on a team known
as Myer’s Scouts, a fast semi
pro outfit, coached and man
aged by the Rev. C. C. Myera.
At that hour he was suppos
ed to have been standing before
a preacher with his best girl.
He was on third base, the other
two were loaded, and a man
was at bat. He suddenly re
membered what he had pledg
ed himself not to forget.
With the game at that crucial
sUge, he went tearing across
the field like something gone
stark mad, jumped into a Ford
roadster,—which already had
gained fame for like trips to
South Carolina—and kept his
date.
If you haven’t gueses it, he
•was almost on the threshold
of a worse predicament last
sight when he suddenly re
I membered what June 11th was. J