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FORECAST: 4 i ^ ^ Served By Leased Wires p«i umtuniim Mimxm mar := L — •k' —' State ind National News ^Tl0.3o. 281. ' ----— U)J"-—f ___WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1867 Croup Delays Atomic Vote t-omyko Fights Unsuccess 1< fa For Destruction »■' Date Record t*kv SUCCESS, July 14-(A*) Z uni;ed Nations Atomic v commission today post ,'Z'a vote on Russia's pro P011!, jor destruction o£ all atomic P0S“ 0ns . tier boggmg down over ** PlSsue of when. 'soviet Deputy Foreign Minister ■ a. Gromykc fought unsue csfiiiiy a ballot on the Prin" Ce0'e of destroying the bombs and c[‘‘ agreed to leave open the n-estion of time. However, other delegates insist ’ ttat any such formal resolution *‘ould provide that the bombs f ]ci be dismantled only when a * oe had been reached when Vo’mic control and safeguard ma chinery was considered effective. Delegates thus stuck to the orig Z American (Baruch) plan '.-hich provided that atomic bombs woU,d be destroyed only after uch controls were operating. Russ;a always has insisted that ,here‘ firs: should be a , separate !'.ejty outlawing and destroying bomos. . . In General Accord Thf commission, meeting as a working committee was in gen eral agreement on the eventual dismantling of atomic bombs, with T]t nuclear fuel from suen weap ons to he retained for peace ful purposes. A vole providing for destruction of ill bombs will close one of the loop-holes in the Baruch plan by ruling out the possibiity that atom ic weapons might be turned over jo the proposed U. N. global police force ior use against an aggres sor. The committee will meet again Thursday and Gromyko said at that time he again would insist that the delegates go on record formally Frederick H. Osborn. American delegate, aid not speak at to See GROUP On Page Two NATIONNEARING PEAK OF PRICES Noted Retailer Says Dan ger Lurks In Present Upward Spiral * a*. WASHINGTON, July 14 — OP)— jerome M. Ney, board chairman of the American Retail Federa tion, said today "it is probable we are near or past the peak of prices.’’ But Ney, a former deputy price administrator, added that he made this statement with reservations oecause he is “wary just now with grain prices acting <jp and meats showing marked upward activity as a result.” Ney outlined his views in a state ment prepared for the joint con gressional committee on the eco nomic report, which is trying to chart a course toward a stable American economy. To this end, the witness propos ed that the nation strive toward a Bench-mark” of twice the indus trial production of 1939, a leve mg • off goal of 58,000,000 employ ed, and a national income o'f 5158.000. 000.000 a year — about 37.000. 000.000 more than at pres ent. Ney, who spent many months as an OPA executive, spoke out against restoration of price con ■ds and rationing. Would Not Work "1 do not think they would be effective again,” he said. It takes a long time to organize such con '•"ols and my war experience con vinced me that they work only under the pressure ol great emer gencies when everyone is in favor °f "hat is being Gone.” V.' toid the committee that a,‘ger lurks” in today's pros hy. He added: ' "e must not deluge oursevles. ' re is nothing normal about the 'sperity we have been enjoy S. It is propped up in no small essure by lemporary stilts.” 0nt of these stilts, he said, is 3t huge back-log of wartime con fumer demand. As this demand *s worked off, Ney said, “we must r[Ve a more favorable balance” ?‘"een current incomes and con *atner prices. Prices must be low enough 'at People, with a normal sav Ss rate, can buy all the goods e can produce,” he declared. The Weather . , FORECAST: Carolina—Partly cloudy with jr°l >ed thundershowers, little change dav eS?erature Tuesday and Wednes Po t Taundershowers mostly over North T;,Tuesday. High temperatures »2 to 96. ,,7lh Carolina — Partly cloudy with (r°.^red thundershowers and little \VfV^e. in temperature Tuesday and jfl t0e^ay' temperature Tuesday 'Eastern Standard T?nir> E'. S. Weather Bureau) tr<dine0rological data for the 24 hourS g p m. yesterday. ].■>„ temperatures {4 . a. m. 74; 3:30 a. m. 76; 1:30 p. m. tri.-J‘Ip h- 1T1 78: Maximum 86; Mini ‘C Mean 79; Normal 79. IIU MIDI 11 I: *• m- 95: 7:30 a. m. 91; 1:30 p. m. Total PRECIPITATION I inejL.or 24 hours ending 7:30 p. nr. Total • O3 «n-usmce the first of the month ‘iienes. 'From 4TIDES FOR TODAY t'. 5 ,, the Tide Tables published by °ast and Geodetic Survey i. Sin , LOW HIGH kon - B:54 a m. 2:06 a m. 7:42 P-m. 2:03 p.nl. “ Inlet — 4:34 a.m. 10:99 a m. ■ Site ... o 5:18 p.m -P-m. 'fig- w ' -ll» Sunset 7-24; Moonnse Riv'er °.0nset 5:'*2P '•-ir J,age at f'lyettevilie. N. C. at Rnr. „day 8 6 feel WtATHE* On Page Twe Five Federal Taxes FlayedByGovernors SALT LAKE CITY. July 14—(U.R) — Two governors demanded to night at the 39th annual Gover nors’ conference that the federal government withdraw from five fields of taxation described as “essentially state and local sources of revenue.” Gov. Alfred Driscoll of Jersey named the five fielt, alcholic beverage taxes, inft ance and estate taxes, gasoi ^ taxes and amusement and adm. tance taxes. Driscoll was joined by Gov Ralph F. Gates of Indiana who particularly emphasized the need for government withdrawal from the inheritance tax. Driscoll pointed out, however, that if the federal government is to withdraw from certain fields of taxing wealth the “states must be willing to give up some sources cf revenue, the most important of which is the income tax.” He was joined in this belief by Gov. Lester Hunt of Wyoming who said that income tax should be left exclusively to the federal government 'wo reasons: first —that “it oO mean much to the In- ,-A^ ents and sec O-V-“ business out cV&'Y* * adopt it.” > * ■ ~eze Taxes ^ .d Caldwell of Flori ^ted a compromise meth jV* . rederal withdrawal. He ask . that the federal government freeze all taxes at a pre-war level without fully withdrawing from certain fields. Both Gates and Caldwell disa greed with Driscoll concerning the gasoline tax. Gates asserted that it is “extremely important that the government have that source of revenue to keep high ways in top condition. This im portance is due tc the need for national defense as well as the commercial needs of the .states. He went on to say that tha g£so See FIVE on Page Two Fifteen Senators Seek Taft-Hartley Law Repeal __ ! SNORING SEALS AUGUSTA, Me., July, 14— yP)—John Hunt, state special ist studying damage by seals to Maine’s fishing industry, was sleeping nightly in his truck by the seashore, but he had to go inland. “The seals snored so loudly That I just couldn’t sleep,” he said. “They have a great habit ot crawling out on the rocks at night to sleep—and snore, too. I just couldn’t take it.” CHAMBER BEGINS INTENSIVE DRIVE Membership Campaign Un der Ed Carr Direction, Gets Away Today , Chamber of Commerce officials today will step out on an intensive membership drive with the aim. of enrolling ever/ major industry and virtually every business and professional man in Wilmington onto the chamber’s roll. Under the direction of Ed Carr, campaign chairman, four majors will head as many units in the drive expected to canvass the en tire community. Majors are Robert Dannenbaum, E. A. Lancy, L. E. Woodbury, Jr., and R. Stewart. Details for the drive were worked out at a com mittee meeting last Thursday. - Officials last night listed points that will be carried by campaign workers. Community Pride Community pride and interest was placed as the top reason for joining. Second was the reason the cham ber helps business in general and virtually everyone is affected. Encouragement of new indus See CHAMBER on Page Two NAVY MOTHER URGES TRAINING FOR WOMEN AS WELL AS FOR M E N CINCINNATI, July 14 —^-Un iversal military training for young women as well as men was endorsed today by Mrs. Emma Jones of McAllen, Tex., founder and national commander of the Navy Mothers Clubs of America. Speaking at the opening of her organization’s 12th annual conven tion, Mrs. Jones said the endorse ment was a personal one, but added she expected delegates to adopt a resolution endorsing uni versal military training. More than 1,000 women, repre senting 40,000 Navy Mother,-,, were present for the opening of the convention which continues through Thursday. PLEASANT SURPRISE Mrs. Allyie Howard, 410 South Fifth Avenue, received a pleasant surprise last night about seven o’clock. Her telephone rang and it was her daughter, whose voice she had not heard in'over two years, call ing her from New York. The daugh ter Mis. James E. Gorman, form erly Miss Dorothy Howard, has been serving with the civil service in France for the past two years. For the first time Mrs. Howard talked to her son-in-law, Lieut. J-mes E. Gorman. The couple were married in the Notra Dame Cathedral in Paris during Septem ber last year. The coi^ile are expected to ar rive here within the next ten days. Two Republicans Join 13 Democrats In Move To Abolish Measure WASHINGTON, July 14 — (JP) — Fifteen Senators, including two Republicans, today introduced legislation which Senator Pepper (D-Fla) said is intended to repeal the new Taft-Hartley labor act “lock, stock and barrel.” Besides Pepper, who fought the bill strenuously on its trip through Congress, the repeal measure is sponsored by: Senators Wagner (D-NY). Ed win C. Johnson (D-Colo). Murray (D-Mont), Taylor (D-Idaho), Olin D. Johnston (D-SC). Morse (R Ore), Langer (R-ND), D<4wncy (D-Calif), Magnuson (D-Wasli), McGrath (D-RI), Green (D-Rl), Myers (D-Pa), Chavez (D-NM) and Kilgore (D-WVa). Meanwhile, the Justice depart ment withheld comment on CIO President Philip Murray’s person al challenge to the constitutionali ty of the Taft-Hartley law. Murray invited a specific test of the act by endorsing Edward A. Germatz, Democrat, of Balti more, candidate for Congress in a special election tomorrow. Mur ray instructed the CIO News to make public his endorsement, in the face of a Taft-Hartley law provision which bans political ex penditures by unions and thus for bids political comment in a union financed newspaper. Union lead ers have protes+ed that the pro vision violates freedom of speech and the press. “The entire act is being studied by department attorneys,” a Jus tice department official said, “and there is no comment at this time on any particular section of the act.” i Senator Hatch (D-NM), co-spon See FIFTEEN on Page Two TAX SLASH BILL GOES TO TRUMAN Senate Majority Falls Two Short Of Enough To Override Sure Veto WASHINGTON, July 14—W— The Senate passed the- $4,000,000, 000 income tax reduction bill to day, sending it to the White House where a certain veto awaits it. The vote was 60 to 32, which was two short of the two-thirds mar gin the supporters of the cut would have to run up in order to make the bill law over President Tru man’s objections. Three Senators were absent— Wagner tD—NY), ill at his hame; Tobev (ft—NH>, in New Hamp shire at the bedside of his ailing wife, and Elbert Thomas (D UTAH), en route to the capital after attending an international conference at Geneva, Switzer land. Tire House already has cleared the bill by a margin of nearly 3 to 1. The crucial test will come, pos sibly later this week, when the two houses vote on overriding the ve to. Senator Vandenberg (R MICH) said he had received re newed assurances from the Presi dent today that the bill would be returned promptly. Before the final vote, the Senate rejected a series of amendments, including a proposal to allow hus bands and wives in all states to split their income for tax purposes. Also turned down was a proposal to raise oersonal exemptions from $500 to $600. The joint income amendment was offered by Senator McClellan (D-ARK). _ Goerch Pulls An Orson Wells On Many Tar Heels RALEIGH, July 14—(A>)— Carl Gorech, radio ccnunentator and editor of the State magazine, said today that he was only fooling in a broadcast last night in which he told of an encounter with a flying saucer and identified its oc cupants as men from Mars. However, hundreds of listeners did not realize it was a gag, and as soon as the broadcast w-als over, station WPTF, over which Coerch’s program “Carolina chats is broadcast, was swamp ed with telephone calls. Many of the calls were from out of state, including one from Florida and two from Georgia. Goerch said that his Home phone rang continuously all night. More than 150 calls have been recieved today, and more Jhan 300 were recieved last night, the radio station reported, and messages and calls are still pouring in The control station at the Ra leigh-Durham airport reported it could not handle its own traffic because of “flying saucer” in quiries. Goerch, in his broadcast, gave a detailed description of meeting Sec GOERCH an Pa*e Two / Marshall Warns Lives Of Nation Are Bound To European Recovery; Paris Delegates Name Key Groups Five Nations On Committee Economic Conference Ap proves Final Draft To Implement Aid Plan PARIS, July 14 — m—The Eco nomic conference’s rules commit tee, swiftly and unanimously ap proving a final draft to imple ment the Marshall program, to day named Britain, France, Italy, Norway and Holland to the key executive committee for Euro pean reconstruction. The committee also agreed on the membership cf four technical sub-committees winch will super vise continental cooperation. Bri tain and France will be repre sented on all of the sub-groups. The committees will be present ed tomorrow, for formal endorse ment, at the third plenary session of the conference. French sources said tomorrow’s meeting would be the last plenary session until late August, when the committee work is completed. The target date for reporting to the United States on the amoun; of Europe’s resources and the needs for American assistance is Sept. 1. Under the approved setup, the five-nation executive committee would stand at the apex of the new international economic or ganization, representing the 16 Western and Southern European nations attending the conference. Russia and eight of her satellites j are not present. The membership of the four technical sub-committees: Food and agriculture — France, Britain, Denmark, Greece, Eire, Iceland, Italy and Holland. Steel and iron Industries — France, Britain, Luxembourg, Norway and Turkey. Transpon — France, Britain, Be Ijium, Norway, Portu gal, Switzerland and Turkey. Fuel and power — France, Bri tain, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, See FIVE on Page Two HIGHWAY PATROL TO HAVE OFFICE State Unit Will Take Over Fales’ Quarters In Courthouse Soon State highway patrolmen are go ing to have an office of their own in the New Hanover court house for the first time. That was decided yesterday by the county commissioners. The office across the hall from the sheriff’s quarters and now occu pied by the city-county identifi cation bureau, will take over those two rooms ^hen H. E. Fales moves his identification outfit to the basement of the city hall. Commissioner George YV. Trask presented the motion favoring the patrolmen at yesterday’s session of the commissioners. However, it i/:ely will be sev eral weeks before the change can be made. Tne patrolmen now share the sheriff’s office. Removal Delay Under the recommendation of the recently approved Roy Mor gan report, the identification bu reau is to occupy quarters with the city police. Moving the iden tification bureau to the city hall was to be “immediate” as ap proved by the council. But attaches at the identifica tion bureau and the city-county tax office in the basement of the city hall, agreed yesterday it will “take some time” before the change can be made. No new quarters have been arranged for the tax office yet. READY FOR A BITE at top honors in the Wilmington Soap Box Derby on July 30, Ted Williams and hm sii:uk racer, pictured above, will be one of the combinations to beat this year. Ted, who is being sponsored by Williams Dry Cleaners, was runner-up to Tommy Williamson in the 1946 Derby and missed the subsequent trip to Akron by inches. This year, young Williams hopes to eliminate all com petitoi s right up to and including the final for the Wilmington championship. LEAF ASSOCIATES TO STUDY PLANS Methods Of Acreage As ! sessment Collection Canvassed Today RALEIGH July 14—(A5)—Methods of collection of a ten-cent-an-acre assessment on flue-cured tobacco farmers of the Carolinas will be studied here tomorrow, former Governor J. Melville Broughton, legal counsel for Tobacco Associ ates, Inc., said tonight. The assessment, which the farm ers of the states approved over whelmingly in a re|erendum Sat urday, "will be used to finance an Associates’ program for the pro motion and expansion of foreign markets of flue-cured tobacco. Final returns in the referendum are not expected before Wednes day, Broughton said. Meeting here tomorrow W’ith Broughton to study collection plans will be Fred Royster of Hender son, president of the Bright Belt Tobacco Warehouse association, and E. Y. Floyd of Raleigh, sec retary of Tobacco Associates, Inc. To Submit Findings Their findings will be submitted to the board of directors of To bacco Associates, Inc., which meets here Friday morning. The assessments probably will See LEAF On Page Two ACL COMPLETES NEW STOCK PENS $20,000 Facility At Fay etteville Will Aid Mar keting Of Hogs RALEIGH, July 14—(.?)—Open ing of a new union stockyards at Fayetteville was announced today by John A. Winfield, marketing specialist with the state depart ment of agriculture, who said the improved facilities for marketing the expected increases production of livestock in the area would be a great help. The new yards were erected by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at a cost of approximately $20,000, and replace old yards situated in a congested uptown area. Located near a railroad under pass on the Lillmgton-Raleigh highway, the new yards offer greatly expanded facilities for handling hogs and other livestock, Winfred said. Along The Cape Fear MORE ON TRAIN—“I, too, re member the train that ran from the river to the beach," Mrs. Jane Spence Moon of Carolina Beach writes. Mrs. Moon recalls that she liv ed at Carolina in 1895 and notes that the train reaily dates further back than 1900 as told by A. A. Pate of that resort. She writes that she remembers going to the beach on a picnic years before she lived at Caro lina in 1895. From Carolina Beach Mrs. Moon moved to Columbus, Ga.. and it was not until 1943 that she returned to this urea. • » INTEREST IN PAPER — Mrs. Moon’s interest in the articles carried in ATCF prompts her to write and point cut an error in the story about Miss Ann Bel lamy. Dr. Silas P. Wright was not run out of town as a carpetbagger after the Civil War. she recalls. He was sent packing in Nov. 1898 when the race riot flared up in Wilmington. At the time Mrs Moon lived at Fourth and Prin cess, where the telephone ex change office is new. From her home *h« saw several V ti persons taken from jail and marched to the depot. Among this group was Dr. Silas P. Wright, a Mr. .French, a Negro doctor and his daughter. * * * LONG GONE - They were all put on the train and told nut to show their faces in Wilmington again. And apparently they never did. Dr. Wright, at tire time he was marched out of town, lived at the north end of the Fourth street bridge, next to J. H. Reader’s store. Shortly after this event Mrs. Moon moved to Columbus, Ga., and lost track of most of tire hap penings in the Port City. Mrs. Moon still retains an old copy of the Morning Star, printed in June, 1899. It was sent to her and carried a story of the drown ing of two boys that she knew, and who were members of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Sunday School. Her brother. W. J. Spence, was a carrier boy for the Star and later for the Columbus Enquirer, toth papers which have been un der the same direction of the [Page family. _, •«** Hail Storms Damage Southeast Tobacco GOING UP! CHARLOTTE, July 14— UP)— Soft coal prices to domestic consumers here will increase at least SI.50 a ton in the next 30 days, Jr. Arthur Eagle, a spokesman for the Charlotte Retail Coal Dealers associa tion, said today. Soft coal miners recently won wage increases averaging 30 cents an hour. Eagle claim ed the SI.50 was only a few cents more than the actual in crease charged dealers by mine operators. SHERIFF TO NAME COUNTY DEPUTIES Commissioners Give Davis Full Power To Select All Assistants Sheriff Porter Davis hereafter will have full power in choosing regular and. special deputies who will serve in New Hanover county. The county commissioners de cided that yesterday after it was revealed that employment of depu ties in several instances in the past has been made without the knowledge of the sheriff. No par ticular person or group were charged with the recent employ ment of special deputies. Upon motion of Commissioner Harry Gardner, it was agreed that all deputies must first be approved by the sheriff. Sheriff Davis appeared before the commissioners yesterday to in form them that he did not know the names or know by sight some special deputies recently employ ed. Wants Real Check . “I should at least like to check on the references of such men and see that they are local resi dents,” he told the commissioners. The matter came up in the case of R. T. Pinkston, special deputy at Kure’s Beach for the last three See SHERIFF on Page Two STRIKING PICKETS WOUNDED BY OFFICER AT PINEAPPLE FIELD HONOLULU, July 14—S)—Police reported ihat three striking pickets on a pineapple plantation were wounded by a shotgun blast today at the village of Wahiawa. The Hawaii Employers council said it had received a report from the manager of the California Packing corp. # plantation that a field supervisor fired from the window of his home when pickets began throwing rocks at the house. Ninety-six pickets were arrested in the Wahiawa area yesterday on charges of obstructing the high way. '_ Rich Farming Communities In Lenoir County Are Hardest Hit BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flue-cured tobacco farmers, many already harvesting their crop; yesterday were given an un expected setback when hail accom panied by rains and gusts of wind up to 40 miles an hour, struck many sections of eastern North Carolina. Hardest hit were the farming communities around LaGrange in Lenoir county.. Many areas of Wilson and Wayne suffered hail damage in a storm late Sunday. J. N. Joyner, son of Dr. J. N. Joyner and an operator of a large tobacco farm at LaGrange, esti mated that a 200-yard area of his crop was hurt by 'hail. J. O. Anthony, Wilson county agent, said damage to crops had been reported in the Black Creek section of the county and near the Wayne county boundary line. Wayne Acres Hit Mount Carmel area far'mers, near Fikeville in Wayne county, reported heavy hail damage to crops. Some farmers harvested the leaf to avert complete loss. Slight hail damage was reported near Emmaus church, seven miles east of Goldsboro. Heavy winds, but no hail dam age of importance, was reported See HAIL On Page Two ARSONIST MOTHER ADJUDGED INSANE Woman Admits Setting Fire Which Cremated Her Three Children SALEM, Mo., July 14 —(#)— Mrs. Murril Dunlap, 32, was ad judged insane today after author ities said she admitted starting a fire last night in which four mem bers of her family were fatally burned, because “it was God's will that they ail die.” Three of her children — Mary land Ruth, 6; Betty Lou, 4; and Barbara Sue, 2—were burned to death as the gasoline-soaked farm home of the family went up in "Sames. Lawerenee Dunlap, her husband, died today at a St. Louis hospital and their fl-year-old son, Danny, was in a critical condi tion. The tenant farmer told Sheriff Floyd Nash of Dent county that he was awakened when gasoline was thrown over him and that his wife then set fire to the house. Dunlap and his son ran from the house, their clothing on fire. “As I was rolling on the ground putting out the flames, 1 could hear the little children crying, See ARSONIST On Page Three Tassel Dancer, Two Men Held On Looting Count ROCKLAND, Me., July—(U.R)— A shapely Boston tassel dancer and two men companions were held in $15,000 total bail for the September term of Superior court after pleading innocent today to charges of looting the swank sum mer estate of a Philadelphia fam ily. Ctrsrged in district court with stealing a van load of furniture from the Camden. Me., home of Judge Curtis Bok of Philadelphia were Mrs. Frances Lennon, 21, a nightclub entertainer, Ro/bin L. Heaeitine, 22, of Bo*tor and Ed ward Rousseau, 24, of Meriden, Conn. Police said the trio used the loot to furnish a plush apsrtme.it In Boston’s theatrical district. The girl, who danced under the name Nam Taylor, had attended high school in Camden, Me., three years ago. Mrs. Lennon. a »tatuesque blond is known in Boston theatri cal circles as one of the city’s leading tassel dancers—a form of dancing believed to have been originated by the more widely Im Ml Phw U. S. Has Task To Complete Secretary Tells Governor* He Feels Sure Of American Reaction SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 14—(U.R)—Secretary of State George C. Marshall warned the American people tonight that their “lives and fortunes” are bound up in Eu rope’s struggle for recovery and that the United States must help its “traditional friends” in western Europe or lose them to the Rus sian-dominated East. Speaking before the 39th annual Conference of Governors, Marshall made his strongest bid for popular support of his plan for U. S. eco nomic aid to those European coun tries which will cooperate in the peaceful reconstruction of their war-shattered continent. “There is no blinking the fact that this country now stands at a turning point in its relations to its traditional friends among the nations of the old world,” he said. “Either it must finish the task of assisting those countries to ad just themselves to the changed demands of a new age, or it must reconcile itself to seeing them move in directions which are con sistent neither with their own tra ditions nor with those of this coun try.” “Piecemeal Aid" The nations of Europe feel that the aid so far granted has been piecemeal and certainly not fully effective, he said, and they “won der whether we are pursuing the right course.” “These reactions are understand able,” he said. “It is true that the efforts to put European countries back on their feet have thus far been largely to meet a series of crisis and therefore of a somewhat disjointed character. “It is also true that they have not accomplished all of the task which it was hoped they would ac complish, though I think they have See U. S. on Page Two boarFtostudy SCHOOLS BUDGET Superintendent Roland Asks $53,780 Increase For 1947-48 New Hanover county commis sioners today begin a study of tho proposed 1947-48 school budget in which an increase of $53,780 is asked oy Superintendent H. M. Roland. The total amount sought for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is $338,080. The increase i* partially accounted for by the lack of a $32,000 appropriation which came last year from the federal govern ment. Commissioners will hold their first meeting at 10 a. m. today to begin a study of the budget. Chair man Addison Hewlett estimated that work on the entire county budget,' in addition to the school expenditure study, will take on* to two weeks. Superintendent Roland appeared before -the commissioners yester day to present the proposed bud get. He explained that in addition to the lack of federal funds, this year’s budget increase is necessary to take care of increased teacher's salaries. Fund Transfer To accomodate that increase, $26,400 is proposed to be transfer red from the supplementary bud get to the regular one. Under the proposed 1947-48 bud get, the county would pay teachers about $40 more annually. That would be in addition to the 30 per cent increase already adopted by the state and to be paid for by that governing unit. Some discussion developed at See BOARD On Page Tw» And So To Bed What one Tennessee man doesn’t know wont hurt him— but it will afford his friends many laughs. The geltleman, visiting hers, went out on a deep-sea fish ing party yesterday for the first time. Blue fish and mack eral were caught. The man was taking motion pictures of the trip and tha catch in order to impress the folks back home, and as fish ermen are wont to do, he stretched the size of the fish. Newspapers were wrapped around the fish, which were about two feet long, and with the head of one fish sticking out one end of the papers and the tail of another protruding from tiie other end, it looked as if the man had caught a four foot long fish. That gentleman is feeling smug right now, but he’ll soon find out that “He who laughs last, laughs best.’’ What he didn’t realize was that he took a picture of a fish with n flue fish head sad a ms oh so si toil. K
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