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WEATHER _ __ __ _ ^ Served By Leased Wires grSjfjJgggSyggiS , JSfMfr* CTAD El ASSOCIATED PRESS SSSs sissjK rf4tg^L-.JSTIpl:?6n K™IW ■ ** MW 2*1 united “press ______---iSTiKiB if© ini it eiTV ©f g’iSQiaiaEea /»me> iPiLgAsyaete -- \<!l;._19.-Z?--—___WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAyTJUNE 29, 1947 ' SECTION A—PRICE TEN CENTS Me el rirms Demand Coal Men Settle Urge That Lewis’ Basis Wage And Hour De mand Be Met $13.05 EIGHT HOURS Two Leading Steel Men Meet Secretly With Miner’s Chief WASHINGTON, June 28 — (TP) — Two powerful units of the soft coal Industry — U. S. Steel and Pitts burgh Consolidation Coal company —tonight were reported backing a movement to avert a nationwide coal strike by meeting John L. Lewis’ wage and heur demands in f.f • As this report caused settlement hopes to flicker, the 400,000 AFL United Mine Workers in the soft coal fields began a ten-day vaca tion. It could become another in ch: Ty-wide walkou' on July 8 un ices a settlement is reached bet veen Lewis and the private mine ooevr.iors. who recover possession pc •••-p pits from the government Monday night. Persons in close touch with in dustry negotiators said Ben.iamin y Fairless, president of United Slates Steel corporation. and George M. Humpnrey, chairman of, the big Pittsburgh coal com partv. met Lewis in an unannounc ed conference yesterday. Immediately afterward, it was reoorted. Fairless and Humnhrey advised other coal operators’ rep resentatives here that an offer meeting Lewis’ basic wage and htur demends would have to be irede. This would amount to $13.05 for a-: eight-hour, portal-to-portal day. compared with the present $11.85 for a nine-hour day The nroposed offer would cover a contract up to April 1, 1929. Northern and western operators’ (Continued on Page 2; Column 2) BOONE ESCAPES DEATH PENAL?/ Rich Square Assault Case Ends With Life In Jail JACKSON, June 28—(U.R)—A gang ling 21-year-old Negro who had been spending each nig't in prison in Raleigh during his trial here V us back there for life today for breaking into a white woman’s home. Foreman G. H. Rogers brought ir. the jury’s verdict of “giulty of first degree burglary” against James Boone, who was charged with helping Willie Cherry, 24, break into the home of Mrs. J. G. Tarrant in Rich Sciuare, with intent to criminal assault and rob. "Is that all?” asked Judge W. H. t>. Burgwyn. Hastily another juror whispered to Rogers. "With recommendation for mer cy” the foreman added. Boone thus escaped the death penalty the sta*e had asked for him. Cherry, who was sentenced to die. blamed the planning of the crime on Boone. The Weather Forecasts Until 7:30 P.M. Sunday For Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy, continued warm today, tonight end Sunday; occasional afternoon or eve ning showers probable; lowest tempera ture tonight 74 degrees; highest Sunday 88 degrees; gentle to moderate south westerly winds. For North Carolina: Partly cloudy and continued rather hot, widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon and eve ning and over east portion Sunday afternoon. For South Carolina: Clear to partly cloudy and rather hot today, tonight and Sunday; a few widely scattered thunder showers this afternoon and evening and in coastal section Sunday afternoon. For the ocean zone, Hatteras, N. C., to Jacksonville, Fla.: Gentle to mod erate southwesterly winds tdoay, to night and Sunday; partly cloudy weather, with widely scattered' thunder ihowers occurring mostly in afternoons. Weather Conditions Barometric pressure is normal, or lightly above, over the southern sec tion of the country, barometer reading fit Tampa, Fla., 30.05 inches; it Is bo mew nr t below normal over the Plains itates, Dodge City, Kans., 29.54 inches, end over the southern Plateau, Las Ve gas, Nev., 29.64 inches. Relatively cool a r, with pressure slightly above norm el. prevails over the north Pacific States and over the northern Rockies. Mostly light showers have occurred yes terday afternoon and last night in South Carolina, the middle Appalachian region end Ohio Valley, the upper Lake region, extreme upper Mississippi Valley, and the northern Plains States. Tempera ture changes since yesterday morning have generally been slight. Conditions favor for this vicinity part ly cloudy tonight, Sunday and probably Monday; occasional afternoon or eve nhig showers probable. River stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at R x.m., today, 8.4 feet. Meteorological data for the 24 hours € 'M'-g 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 20 a.m. 75; 7:30 a.m. 77; 1:30 p.m. 86; ';20 p.m. 74. Maximum 86. Minimum 74; Mean 80; Normal 78. Humidity 1 '30 a m. 98; 7:20 a.m. 92: 1:30 p.m. 72; 7:2fJ P-m. 86. Precipitation . Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m.— °04 inches. Total since the first of the month — ®;22 inches. Tides For Today 'From the Tide Tables published by ” S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington _ 6:39 a.m. 1:31 a.m. 7:20 p.m. 1:41 p.m. Masonboro Inlet 4:21 a.m. 10:46 a.m. 5:16* p.m. 11:33 p.m. Sunrise 5:03; Sunset 7:27; Moonrise •^4 p.m.; Moonset 2:13 a.m. R'vor stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at. 8 a-m. Saturday; 8.4 feet. •' SIain Woman Found In Truck On Atlanta Street ,,1 GLICEMETs aND UN 4y C VS employes re move the body of Mrs. Jeanette Reyman, 30, from ion^aCkj i a^small p' V v <•>* which had bee n parked all night on a street in Atlanta, Ga. Her nanas and feet were xv Aer skull had be en crushed. Residents of the neighborhood said iney saw a heavy set rj away after parkin g the truck the afternoon before. Mrs. Reyman, trig*it) had driven t om her home at B ogart, Ga., to buy restaurant equipment for a tour ist camp which she *0 jsband were buildin g. Police reported an autopsy indicated she had been criminally assau. ^ AP Photos). Whiteville Store Owner Becomes Suicide Few Hours After Deputy’s Wife Kills Self Special To The Star-News WHITEVILLE, June 28 — Less than 17 hours after Mrs. Katie C. Wayne, 40, Lake Waccamaw postmistress' and wife of Columbus county deputy Sheriff L. R. Wayne had killed herself Friday afternoon by shooting, Obid R. Rhodes, 47, store operator in Whiteville, 11 miles away, committed suicide sometime after four a.m. yesterday, ac cording to police records. Rhodes leaves a widow and five sons. AFL LEADERS CHALLENGE LAW To Be Advised To Refuse To Sign Red Member Statement WASHINGTON. June 28—(U.R)— AFL general Counsel Joseph A. Padway said tonight that the or ganization’s leaders will be ad vised to refuse to file affidavits they are non-Communists as re quired by the new Taft-Hartley la bor law. Padway told reporters after a conference with 100 AFL attorneys that the federation did not believe the affidavits should be required of union leaders. He stressed that this attitude was not due to a feeling that some AFL officials are Communist!. “They just don’t think they ought to be required to file anything to be entitled to their rights under the law,” Padway said. “They don’t think it should matter whether a man is a Democrat, Baptist or Fiji islander to obtain legal rights.” Padway also announced that the federation planned to test the pro hibitions carried in the new law against closed shop contracts and union political activity. ATTY. ANDERSON GETS STATE POST Fayetteville Man Elected Vice President Of Bar Association BLOWING ROCK, N. C., June 28 —(JP)— Henry Anderson, Fayette ville, was chosen as a vice-presi dent of the North Carolina Bar as sociation, which held the conclud ing session of its 49th annual con vention here today. Other vice presidents named were W. J. Adams, Jr., Greens boro, and Samuel B. Underwood, Greenville. John C. Rodman, Washington, newly elected president, .will suc ceed Charles R. Jonas, Lincolnton. A resolution w£.s adopted asking improvement of fedurt procedure in the state. The association voted to cooperate with the 23-member commission appointed by the last state legislature to study improve ment in judicial procedure. GOP TAKES CREDIT WASHINGTON, June 28— W) — Carroll Reece, chairman of the Republican National committee, said today Republican pressure and not State Department initiative w&s responsible foi the discharge of ten State Department em ployees. Mrs. Wayne, in addition to the' widower, leaves, a daughter, 17, who tried' frantically to gain en trance to her home to prevent her suicide, authorities said. Two other daughters survive, Mrs. Wayne was rushed to the James Walker Memorial hospital in Wilmington where she died at 3 o’clock Friday. Sheriff H. B. Stanley said that his investigation revealed that Mrs. Wayne had complained to her hus band and three daughters during the noon meal that she was not feeling well. Shortly after her husband left the house, Mrs. Wayne asked her daughter to carry out some trash from the house. According to Sher iff Stanley, when the young girl left the house, Mrs. Wayne lock ed the doors and when Sarah re turned she was unable to gain en trance. The sheriff said Sarah then went around to the side of the house and looked into a window where she saw her mother breaking into a cabinet where there was a .38 calibre pistol. The young girl said she yelled to her mother to let her in, but Mrs. Wayne refused to do so. Sa yh then broke the window pane and Mrs. Wayne ran into another room. According to Sheriff Stanley, Sarah ran around the house and peered into a window in time to see her mother raise the pistol to her head. Rhodes, operator of a furniture business in Whiteville and Golds boro was found shot to death in the office of his store early Satur day. joe Sikes, assistant coroner, (Continued on Page 2; Column 6) Sen. Umstead Not To Seeak Reelection Again In 1948 WINSTON-SALEM, Jun Umstead (D-NC) told the Joi “I will run again” for the S' Umstead was here tonight to speak at a banquet for Veterans of Foreign Wars post- com manders. Fie was asked the question by a reporter. He did not elaborate. Umstead was appointed to the Senate last winter by Gov. R. Gregg Cherry to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Josiah W. Bailey. He had indicated on several oc casions that he would seek the nomination next year for a full six-year term, but he has not made a formal announcement of his candidacy. Umstead, a resident of Durham, was chairman of the State Demo cratic committee when, he was ap pointed to the Senate. He is an attorney. . .. , , The Senator arrived m me state yesterday to attend the State Bar association convention at Blowing Rock and to fill the speaking en gagement here tonight. Wilmington Business Men Support Soap-Box Derby In line with the one basic “first principle” upon which the entire Soap Box Derby program is pre dicted—Good Sportsmanship — a group of outstanding Wilmington businessmen, representing the service clubs, veteran and boy’s work organizations of the city, have volunteered their time and full cooperation in an effort to make the Wilmington All-Ameri can Soap Box Derby, the greatest event for boy’s ever attempted here. These men, all interested in boy’s work, and the So:p Eox Derby movement, w i 11 constitute the personnel of the Derby Ad j visory committee for the 1947 race. The committee personnel, as an * nounced yesterday by Soap Box Derby headquarters will be as fol lows: Co-Chairmen — Mayor E. L. White, C. H. Casteen. Track Director—Chief of Police Hubert Hayes. Rotary Club Representative — J. M. Jenkins. Civitan Club — Harvey Radcliff. Exchange Club — Ralph Volk. Kiwanis Club—J. A. Scott. Lions Club—Hugh Noffsinger Joyce's—C-cTrnta. American Legion—John C. An jderson. . Veterans Of Foreign Wars — Vance Smith. Erigade Boy’s Club—Jrmes Copeland. Y.M.C.A.—Adam Smith. (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) LARGE PLANT RAZED BY FIRE York, Pa., Damage Expect ed To Reach Half Million YORK, Pa., June 28.-Ugh- A spectacular fire that brought out all the fire fighting apparatus of this south central Pennsylvania city of 56,712. razed a block long industrial plant early today, caus ing damage which fire officials said may reach $500,000. The blaze—York’s third major fire in four months—started in a metal chute used in the York Shipley Inc. sheet metal plant, for conveying shredded paper from the second to the first floor,, iire men said. Fed by the highly inflammable shredded paper used for packing purposes, the fire swept quickly through the York-Shipley building which also housed a warehouse of H. M. Rehmeyer, electric ap pliance dealer, and a seeond build ing used by Kart Ort for his aeronautical equipment supplies. Police Lt. C. B. Swigert esti mated the loss at between $350,000 and $400,000 but fire officials said the final tally probably would reach a half million dollars. At the height of the blaze, fire men were compelled to turn hose lines on throusands of spectators to keep them out of the fire zone after police were unable to re strain the crowd. e 28—(AP)—Sen. William B. irnal and Sentinel tonight that mate in 1948. AGEDCLERGYMAN GIVEN 1-5 YEARS Dr. John Lewis Convicted Of Setting His Church Afire MILLAUKEE, June 23.—(A1)—Dr. John Lewis, scholarly 73-year-old minister, today wa^ placed under sentence of one of five years at hard labor in Waupun state prison as the penalty for setting fire to his own church. A jury convicted Dr. Lewis on a charge of arson in connection with a $150,000 blaze last Jan. 25 at Calvary Presbyterian church, a 77-year-old red-brick edifice where he preached for 12 jrears. The state claimed he was motivat ed by a desire for a “bigger and better” house of worship. Municipal Judge . Herbert J. Stelfes denied motions for a new trial and to set aside the verdict but granted a stay of sentence un til Sept. 15 pending an appeal. Dr. Lewis, who had spent last night in the hospital ward of the county jail, furnished $5,000 bond and obtained his release. PERONPROMISES SENSATION RADIO BROADCAST SOON BUENOS AIRES, June 28 — (^P)— President Peron will make soon “sensational declarations directed to all the peoples of the world,” ihe government press office said tonight. * The speech which will be broad cast, the office said, will “lead to a great rapprcchment between the Argentine government and other Republics of the world.” FIRST TORNADO OF SEASON HITS ROWLAND 75 MILES DUE WEST OF WILMINGTON _w CONFEDERATE’S COLORS MAY FLY AGAIN LEGALLY WASHINGTON, June 28. — (UJ>) —Confederate Army colors will fly again from the regimental standards of Southern Nation al Guards units if Congress passes a bill introduced b-y Sen. Millard Tydings, D., Md. The bill would authorize each regiment to carry battle stream ers commemorating combat action in 1861-65 with regiment al colors. The effect would be to auth orize Southern National Guard regiments to carry battle streamers commemorating the Confederate Army. NEWTON GROVE YOUTH KILLED Dies Instantly During Head-On Collision At White Lake Special To The Star-News ELIZABETHTOWN, June 28. — One man was killed instantly and a fellow passenger is in a critical condition in a Lumberton hospital as the result of a head-on auto mobile collision tonight at White Lake. Gordon W. Cox, 18, of Route 2, Newton Grove, was the fatality and Ben Raeford, 28, also of Newtor; Grove, is suffering from multiple lacerations and possible skull frac ture. State Highway Patrolman O. B. Mitchell is holding Eschell Barnes Garland, on a technical charge pending completion of his investi gation. Patrolman Mitchell said the car in which Cox and Raeford were riding was travelling south on State Route 701 and that the truck, driven by Barnes, was going north. U. S. COULD BLAST EVERY LARGE CITY Atomic Bomb Stockpile Sufficient To Wreck All CHICAGO, June 28—(U.R)—Rob ert M. Hutchins, chancellor of the University of Chicago, said today the United States has a stockpile of new and improved atomic bombs powerful enough to destroy every large city on earth. Hutchins, head of the university at which scientists did much of the original work on the bomb, said his statement was based on information from “usually con servative sources.” In an article in “Common Cause” first monthly periodical of the committee to frame a world constitution, of which he is presi dent, Hutchins pleaded for "ele venth hour” action to save the world. “Let us say, then that we have, at the most, three years to fore stall annihilation,” he said. I Methodists Rededicate Selves At Founding Site BRUNSWICK, Ga., June 29—(U.R) —Beneath moss-hung oaks of St. Simmons island, South Georgia Methodists today rededicated their faith in the spot where John Wes ley, founder of Methodist preached and built the first metho dist meeting house in America. In special services honoring John and Charles Wesley, delegates to the South Georgia annual confer ence heard Bishop Arthur J. Moore of Atlanta deliver an in spirational address and lay the cornerstone of n new educational building for ihe St. Simmons church, birthplace of American Methodism. It was of Historic St. Simmons that Charles Wesley, brother of the founder and composer of “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” wrote in his diary: “Tuesday, March 9, 1736, about three in the afternoon, I first set foot on St. Simmons island; and immediately my spirit revived. No sooner did I enter upon by minis try, than God gave me, like Saul, another heart.” VA A vents Due Here -Inly 8-10 To Scan Sites Inspectors from the Veterans Administration are scheduled to be in Wilmington between July 8 and 10 to scan possible sites for the $365,000 veterans hospital, John H. Farrell, city industrial agent, said last night. Farrell said no formal program of entertainment for the inspectors has been made. “We will simply try to fit our activities into their schedule,” he added. . Simplicity Did It A .JO CENT KOD, a 50 cent lure and a length of wrap ping twine from a dime store, nine - year - old Jimmy Inman (above) caught this four and a half pound large-mouth bass in Centennial Park Lake near the heart of Nashville, Tenn. — (AV Photo). CHANDLER GlIILH IN TREASON TRIAL Convicted On All Ten Counts; Sentence Comes Later BOSTON, June 28—(JSj—Douglas Chandler, tall, gray-haired former American writer accused of be traying his country by selling his voice to Nazi radio propagandists, was convicted of treason today by a federal court jury. The 12-man panel, made up most ly of greater (Boston businessmen, deliberated less than six hours. The pale, thin defendant was charged with 10 overt acts of trea son and was adjudged guilty on each and-every count. Presiding Judge Francis J. W. Ford, whose duty it is to sentence the cne-time Baltimore newsman, continued the case for disposition. The maximum penalty is death; the minimum, five years’ imprison ment and a $10,000 fine. Crew Of Missing Army C-45 Plane Is Found Dead MANILA, Philippines, June 28.— (U.R)—All six crew members of an Army C-45 missing since Wednes day were found dead today by a searching party headed by Capt. W. J. Davis of the U. S. 13th air force. Apparently the six were in stantly killed when the plane crash ed about 150 yards from the top of 3,650-foot Mount Makaling. Names of the victims were being withheld pending notification of kin. PRESIDENT’S MOTHER REPORTED IMPROVED BUT VERY SLOWLY GRANDVIEW. Mo., June 28 — OP)—Mrs. Martha . Truman, mother of the Prefident, was re ported today by her daughter, Miss Mary Jan> Truman, to be “getting along fine, but not re covering as rapidly as we would like,” from her serious illness of five weeks ago. Miss Truman said her 94-year old mother was sitting up occa sionally. “but not every day.” she added that Mrs. Truman’s hearing had deteriorated in the past two or three months, but “we hope that it will improve as she is able to sit up more.” Twister Drops To Earth Damaging A Large Plant George Wilson Injured by Crumbling Bricks; Hopewell, Va., Winds ot Tornado Force Do Thousands In Damage; Flash Floods Cause Large Damage In Kentucky ROWLAND, June 28—(AP)A freak tornado “dipped down” on a large woodworking plant here today, badly damaged the building and injured its owner, George Wil S°n’ Chief of Police J. H. Godfrey said that no other build ings were damaged by the storm which struck about 12:20 REPORT RARE ASTRAL SIGHT Moon And Jupitar Form “Conjunction,” Ob servers Says Boston, June 28.— (#) —A rare performance of planets was wit nessed tonight as the star Jupitar seemingly hung close over the Moon in what an astronomer term ed a “conjunction of the two bo dies.” Robert M. Dole, amateur" as tronomer and TJ. S. weather bu reau aide at Portland, Me., said the display probably would be vis sible in South America as an “oc culation—in \Vhich the moon. 238, 000 miles from the earth, eclipsed jupitar, 483,000,000 miles from the earth. Murray Mitchell, an observer at the Blue Hills observatory, Boston, said the “conjunction” placed jupitar in the same line of sight with the Moon although the two planets are actually a great dist ance apart. Dole said he could not recall when the phenomenon last was vis ible in this area although several took place after the moon' set” in recent months. STICKS TGlTORY OF SKY MISSILES Washington State Man In sists He Saw Aerial ‘Saucers' BOISA, IDA., June 2S.—<U.R)— Businessman-pilot Kenneth “Sauc ers” Arnold landed his plane on the hayfield near his Boise ranch today and shook his head over the state of affairs of the country, Arnold was disturbed because neither the FBI non the army appeared interested in his story about seeing nine giant saucers whirling through the air over Wash ington state early this week. “If I was running the country, ' Arnold said when he landed, “and someone reported something un usual, I’d certainly want to know more about it.’’ if the army and the FBI were n’t interested, officially, in the Boise fire control equipment sales man’s story, almost everyone else in the country was. He was re ceiving mysterious objects whiz zing through space last week. He also got a few calls that suggested Arnold had been dream ing. “But no one can change my mind,” Arnold insisted. “I saw what I saw. And I’ll match my judgement, position and everything on what I saw with my own eyes." The same day that Kenneth re ported seeing flying ‘saucers’ out west the people of Wrightsville Beach reported seeing mysterious lights high offshore. The official statement here was that secret weapons were being tested. EVERETT, Wash., June 28—(U.R) —The "flying discs” sighted by scores of persons throughout the west during the past week are nothing more than the aluminum center of beer bottle caps. That’s the claim of Ray Taro, local iron wrorks operator vho said he’s been blowing hundreds of thousands of them from his 40 foot high stacks during melting down operations. John H. Farrell Answers Ensign’s Blast Made Here John H. Farrell, Wilmington in dustrial agent, last night in a prepared statement answere d Chester G. Ensign, manager of the Greensboro office of the former Civilian Production agency, who a few days ago came to Wilming ton and blasted Farrell at a meet ing. •In reply to Mr, Ensign's alleged blast against me as appearing in the Friday, June 27 issue of the Wilmington News in which he was quoted: “ ‘Agent is absent from confer ence he alone planned’ ” I would like to say that relative to Wil mington being treated unfairly by the Civilian Production Agency, the Greensboro office, of which Mr. Ensign is manager, I can only say that I did not Initiate th« proposed meeting for June 27. , “The record shows that through a joint letter signed by the com -manders of our local American Legion and VFW Posts and ad dressed to Mr. Ensign’s immedi ate superior, W. O. Carman, dep uty administrator of OHE for field offices, Washington, D. C., the meeting was requested. “This meeting was called off be cause of the following telegram received by me on June 25, from ivfarion Shuffler, secretary to J. Bayard Clark, M. C.: “ ‘Unless the unexpected hap pens all controls on commercial and industrial construction expire June 30. In view of that Carmon and Johnson will not come to Wil mington unless interested parties particularly requested’ (Continued on Page 2; Column 3) P.M. Wilson was injured when he ran £roi« the building, Godfrey said. A cinder block wall began crumb ling and one of the blocks hit Wil son on his shoulder, knocking him down. Additional blocks fell on his feet and legs. He was taken to a hos pital at Dillon, S. C. Godfrey said that his injuries were not serious. Rowland is a small farming community in Robeson county about three miles north of the South Carolina line. HOPEWELL, Va., June 28—— Winds approaching the force of a tornado struck this city of about 9,000 persons today injuring at least one person and causing dam age estimated in the thousands of dol’ars. The wind, which was accom panied by driving rain, cut a swath about six blocks wide near the main business section of Hope well. Roofs and porches were rip ped off houses, garages were wrecked, trees uprooted and win dows smashed. Hopewell is 20 miles south of Richmond. A Camp Lee soldier was injured when he was cut by flying debris which was blown through the win dow of a barber shop and struck him while he \yas seated in a bar ber chair. Telephone and electric light service was interrupted by the storm, which iasted only a few minutes. Streets in the area mrougn which the storm passed were lit tered with broken glass, trees and other debris. In at least two in stances porches were lifted and moved to the back of houses. The storm struck about 2 p.m. (EST), PINEVILLE, Ky., June 28——. A series of flash floods sent the swollen upper Cumberland river surging out of its banks here late today, causing property damage estimated by police at more than half a million dollars. Water covered portions of the Pineville business district and all travel into and out of the town was cut off. Earlier today, the stream, which winds through this southeastern Kentucky mountainous area, rose over its banks at Harlan, where 5.2 inches of rain fell during a seven-hour period. Heavy damage also was reported in the Harlan area. BELTON, Mont., June 28 —UH About 150 tourists were marooned for four hours in the Glacier Na tional park highlands today as a summer snowstorm buried the high Montana-Canadian border land under a white blanket six to ten inches deep. PROHIBITIONISTS NOMINATE PASTOR Flying C’ergymen To Seek Presidency On Dry Ticket WINONA LAKE, Ind., June 28. —(U.R)—Dr. Claude A. Watson, the “Flying Pastor" of Los Angeles,' Cal., today was nominated for president of the United States by the National Prohibition party. Watson won over a surprise can didate, Dr. Enoch A. Hotwick, Greenville, 111., college professor, after three other prospective nom inees withdrew from the race. Watson, minister of a free Metho dist church and 1944 party presi dential nominee, received 150 of 269 votes cast to get a majority on the first ballot. Hotwick had 117 votes and two stray votes we£.e cast for favorite sons” who were not even for mally nominated. Watson, who pilots his plane on trips around the country in behalf of the party and other crusading organizations, lost most of the support of his home state. New Political Group Is Formed In South Carolina GREENVILLE, S. C., June 28 —(/?)—South Carolina, one of the nation’s strongest Democratic party strongholds, witnessed the birth of a new political group today, a labor sponsored “state council of liberal Democratic clubs” formed to circumvent anti political provisions of the Taft 'Hartley labor bill. Among first official acts of the new group was ‘the passage #f resolutions condemning seven c4 the state’s eight congressional members for their support of th» Taft-Hartley bill. I
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