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POLICE SEARCH FOR SMILING MAN ' Seventh California Murder Victim Identified As Mrs. Marian Newton CAN DIEGO, Cal., July 18.—(U.R) _A swarthy, smiling man who •aid court to Mrs. Marian New ton, 36, in a night club was sought tonight as her killer. Mrs. Newton, pretty and viva clous, was found strangled and ravished yesterday in a clump of bushes overlooking the ocean at nearby Torrey Pines. Mrs. Newton, a divorcee, spent the evening before her death at Sherman’s night club, a popular randevoas for servicemen here. A waitress at the club, Miss Josephine Schepansky, recalled that she danced the last dance • with the dark-haired stranger. The ' waitress was unable to give police a good di3cription of the man be cause she was busy at the time. Wolcott, on duty and in the club ' at the time, said the man was about 25 or 30 years of age, about five feet, eight inches tall and weighed about 140 pounds. The marine sergeant said he was olive skinned and black-haired and was wearing a tan or brown sports out fit. Mrs. Newton apparently was killed at about 3 a.m. Thursday but her body was not found until afternoon. She had been strangled with a wire or cord and her under clothes were ripped and her skirt "was in disarray. Police said she apparently had been assaulted. The murder victim was the guest here of Miss Rae Hoffman, man ager of the Leland hotel. She went out with another guest, Edna Mitchell, Wednesday night but Miss Mitchell left early. Miss Hoffman said Mrs. Newton was the divorced wife of Leslie Newton •f Vancouver, B. C. A clue uncovered by police was a photograph postcard taken in Tijuana of her sitting with a smil ing man under a sign labelled "Sugar Daddy." Miss Mitchell said that man, a tall blond, had been identified to her by Mrs. Newton as an airplane pilot. The murder was the seventh sex ■ (laying in southern California (ince Jan. 15 when the body of Elizabeth Short, the “Black Dah lia,’’ was found in Los Angeles. Police here saw no connection be tween the Dahlia case and the death of Mrs. Newton. Her slay ing was the 22nd unsolved murder in San Diego since 1923. Sewerage, Water Main System Being Rushed Now To Completion Iewerage and water main sys tems in various parts of the city are being rushed to completion and A* eity engineering department is beginning work on a complete atorm drainage system for the aouifoern section of the municipal ity, it was learned yesterday. Most sewerage faeilties have been provided in the southern sec tion of the city and as soon as this phase is completed, attention will be turned to the east. Complete fire protection insofar aa water mains are concerned, has *ow been provided in 75 per cent of the eastern section with virtual ly all parts of this area served ex ■«ept a small section of Forest Hills and Market Street road. The center of activity at pres ent is Front street, where storm drains are being installed the length of the street in Summer Hill and Sunset Park. -■ The storm drains being installed etk Front street are part of sys tems designed for Sunset Park and -follows up work on Adams street from Northern to Central boule vards. The present work, which is cost ing in exicess of $35,000, is being done under a bond issue approved by the voters last year. BONNET FILES (ConMnaed from Page One) day the “Battle of the Ruhr.” De velopments included: 1. The State department still looked to Britain for a firm deci sion whether to go ahead with the coal conference in view of yester day’s American rejection of Brit ish proposals to widen its scope. These were that German financial, food and industrial questions be considered, or failing this, that the talks be shifted to Berlin. 2. Bonnet’s words lent weight to Suggestions that French objections are blocking announcement of the hew level of industry plans for the - British-American combined zones, jdrafted by Gen. Lucius D. Clay and Lt. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson. ; REFUGEE SHIP , (Continued from Page One) Warfield from the time it was bought by a New York firm until it left a small port on the French Riviera coast for Palestine last week, an authoritative informant Said today. The ship was said to have left far its attempt to run the British anti-immigration blockade with an all-Jewish crew, of whom 30 per cent were not seamen but trained men of the Palestine Haganah un derground organization. The President Warfield was Identified as a former Chesapeake Bay Passenger vessel. got malarial CHIUS,FEVfR? GET666,NOW WITH, [ QUININE-PLUS 3 OTHER MALARIA FIGHTING MEDICINES! 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CANNERY TO OPEN WHITEVILLE, — The Wil liams Township Cannery will be operated every Wednesday and Friday throughout the can ning season, with the first open ing day on Wednesday, Juiy 22. j Announcement was made that in order to accomodate all who wish to use the can nery facilities it would be nec essary to contact Marion Wil kinson or Mentor Harper at least two days before the sched uled canning date. Mr. Wil kinson is agricultural instruc tor, while Mr. Harpe" resides near the cannery building. WARSAW COACH WARSAW—A. H. McGee, a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers college, Boone, has been appointed athletic coach at Warsaw High school. He will coach football, basketball and baseball. ., McGee, who made quite an outstanding record as coach at Selma High school last year, will also teach in the high school. Mrs McGee will be employed as a 'teacher in the Warsaw Grammar school. ACCEPTS position KENANSVILLE.—Mrs. Gor don Kornegay, who for the past two years has served as case work assistant in the Dup lin County Welfare Depart ment, has accepted the po sition of Executive Secretary Vo the Duplin County Tuber culosis Association. In acquir ing a full time Tuberculosis worker, Duplin County is full filling a long felt need. Mrs. Kornegay will work out of the Duplin County Health Department in full cooperation with both the Health and Wel fare Departments. NAMED CHAIRMAN FAISON, — Recently at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Chas. F. Cates & Sons, Inc., Faison, N. C., Chas F. Cates, founder, was advanced from the position of President of the Corporation to that of chairman of the Board. H. R. Cates was raised from the position of Vice-President to that of President and A. P. Cates was made Vice-President in addition to his position as Treasurer. TO VISIT OXFORD CLINTON, — The Oxford Tobacco Experiment Station has designated Friday, July 25, from nine o’clock until 12 as Sampson County Day at the Station. Persons attending are ex pected to be there by nine o’clock in order to see all the demonstrations by twelve o’clock. DIVIDENDS PAID WHITEVILLE, _ J. N. Co burn, executive vice president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company announced to day that the directors of the bank in a recent meeting de clared a dividend of 50 cent* per share payable on or before July 15th to stock holders of record as of June 30, 1947. The dividend, aggregating $10,000 will be paid to more than 200 stockholders who live principally in the areas serv ed by the bank. 50TH TOBACCO CROP CLINTON, — J.. Edgar Pope, successful farmer of route 2 from Clinton, this week began harvesting his 50th tobacco crop. Mr. Pope has grown to bacco continuously since it was first introduced into this sec tion. He has sold crops for less than $100 per acre and other for more than $700, he stated Saturday. His crop this year is very promising. ORGANIZE CIVIC CLUB GARLAND, — Thirty-six of the leading citizens of Garland met Tuesday night at the Gar land Community building for the purpose of forming a Civic club. The following officers were chosen to serve, the new organization: President, Gor don W. Love; vice president, T. L. Rich; treasurer, Halcomb Andrews; secretary, L. F, Bul lard. The Civic club made tenta tive plans for a meeting time and discussed the possibility of associating with a national or ganization. The next meeting is sched uled for Thursday, July 24, to complete organization plans. RESIGNS POST HALLSBORO, — J. T. Sas ser,Jr., who was scheduled to be principal of Hallsboro High Schooi this year, has resigned and Hallsboro' thus joined Whiteville in the list of schools without a man in the top po sition. Sasser was employed several weeks ago. but notified the Hallsboro board that he had accepted another position. He was principal of Topsail High school at Hampstead in Pender county last year. WOMEN JURORS CLINTON, — For the first time in history women of Sampson county have been called to jury service, several having been summoned for the August term of Superior court. The August term will convene on Monday, August 4. It is a two-weeks’ mixed term, but will likely all be taken up with the trial of criminal cases. Judge John J, Burney of Wil mington will preside at the term. IMPROVED SERVICE WHITEVILLE, — Improved telephone service for Whiteville and other towns in this area is being sought in conferences between officials of the White ville Merchants Association and representatives of the telephone companies that are interested in local service. STATIONED IN JAPAN TOMAHAWK, — Sgt. Ken neth M. McPhail, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McPhail of Tomahawk, N. C., is serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in Japan. The 1st Cavalry Di vision, commanded by Major General William C. Chase, is on occupation duty in the Tok yo-Yokohama area. Big Blotter Book Bounced As Police Records Change Sweeping changes are being made in the Wilmington Police de partment, following a survey con ducted by Roy L. Morgan, Greens boro attorney, and former Federal Bureau of investigation agent, but last night for the first time the changes were beginning to be no ticed. An old familiar book was miss ing from the counter at headquar ters last night. Sad eyed police officers told reporters that the “Blotter Book’1 had been aban doned The famous old book, which has been used since the turn of the century has been shelv ed. Officers said the new system went into effect yesterday after noon and they were busy making out the various and sundry reports of the new' system. Reporters walking' into Police headquarters missed the familiar book and thinking that it, too, was being barred from them, asked where it was. Officers on duty explained the new set-up and told reporters that in place of the blot ter book, where all arrests have been recorded, is to be replaced with a daily summary sheet. According to the officers the summary sheet will be made out on each shift, listing all arrests, investigations and complaints. Sev en copies are to be made and dis tributed to the Police Chief, bulle tin board, detective division, rec ord division, traffic division, per manent file and platoon file. Each officer will be required to read the daily sheet and familiarize him self with the reports. The officers admitted they will miss the old blotter book. “The counter just don’t look the same with that big book gone,” one of ficer said. Another coming on duty inquired “Where is the book?” Heretofore the officers were re quired to make out a report on in vestigations and it was filed at headquarters. Under the new set up the arresting or investigating officer comes to headquarters and verbally gives his report, which is taken down by the desk officer and recorded on the daily summary sheet. A person can no longer walk into police headquarters and glance over the arrests of the day for the blotter book has been shelved and the summary reports will be kept behind the counter out of sight of civilians. Reporters covering police de partment activities will get their news from the desk officer, who will tell them what he wpnts them to know and that is all. The system installed yesterday is a facsimile of the police records of Greensboro and officers last night had a copy of a Greensboro summary sheet in front of them as they made out reports on vari ous incidents. The officers expressed the opin ion that the system will work smooth “as soon as we get the hang of it.” GROUP FACES (Continued from Page One) to national security and welfare. 3. Methods of encouraging need ed aviation developments. 4. Improved organization and procedures for government hand ling of aviation matter. Offers Cooperation The President thus appears to have opened the entire field of flying for the board. He offered it the full cooperation of all gov ernment agancies, and told .them their final recommendations: “Must go beyond the limits of any one phase of aviation. They should be so broad in scope and purpose that they will assist in re vising old policies and in framing new ones, and will serve as a guide for formulating a carefully considered national air policy.” The manufacturing industry, faced with a tremendous telescop ing effect from the post-war cut backs, has urged the appointment of such a board for at least two years. SHIPS ARRIVE ATHENS, July 18. —(/Pi— The British cruisers, Liverpool, Leand er, Phoebe, Maurtius and the de stroyer, Chevron, in command of Admiral Sir Algernon Willis, ar rived "tonight for a visit. HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS By Alley THIM63 Ain' AP' Tc SETTLE POWM TwEUL ToL«$ BEGINS 7' COUNI PEY 3l>tSSINS #5TiP o' P£Y HOMZY! 7-I9-M7 _ (Released bjr The Bell Sjih ; 'Jlcate, Inc.7 Trade Mark / • Beg. V. 8. Pat Offlcc) ENGINEERS STRIKE SET FOR MONDAY Union Says There Is No Change In Position; Walk out Set For 10 P. M. SAN FANCISCO, July 18.—(U.R)— Southern Pacific engineers will strike Monday at 10 p.m. CEDT) despite President Truman’s ap pointment of an emergency board to investigate the dispute, a high union official said today. The statemen: was made by P. O. Peterson, general chairman of the Southern Pacific unit of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers, shortly after Mr. Truman announced in Washington the es tablishment of a panel to study the dispute. “There is no change in our po sition. Only the acceptance by the company of our 19 demands for working condition changes will call off the walkout,’’ Peterson said. Under usual railroad mediation procedure, the appointment by the President of a fact-finding board delays any strike call for 60 days. Peterson said, however, that the issues in the controversy had al ready been studied by such a panel appointed by the late President Roosevelt in 1945, and recommen dations made. Both the company and union, he said, agreed to accept part of the recommendations, but refused to agree in toto. Consequently none of the measures were in ef fect at present. “The national railway law pro vides that if neither party has accepted recommendations after 60 days, the power of the board dies,” Peterson said. “Consequent ly this strike is entirely within the law.” “What did they appoint a panel for anyway? To investigate the Roosevelt board?” he asked. Peterson’s declaration of the union’s position supported the statement made earlier by Har irson C. Robard, assistant grand chief of the brotherhood. Hobart said it was his opinion that the “provisions of the fact had been completely fulfilled.” The strike call affects all South ern Pacific operations, including the two subsidiary lines, the North western Pacific and the Arizona and Eastern, west from Ogden. Utah, and El Paso, Tex., to San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and North to Portland. Ore. A total of 3,500 engineers will walk out, idling approximately 20.000 of the lines’ total 60,000 em ployes along a good part of the 150.000 miles of track on the west’s biggest railroad. The White House said that the President would name the mem bers of the board within the next few days. A spokesman at Southern Pacific pledged the railroad would “go along” with the President’s new board in an effort to prevent the strike. “We will cooperate in every way possible,” he said. Placing full responsibility on the brotherhood, Railroad President A. T. Mercier claimed the road has accepted the 1945 board’s recom mendations in full and charged the union rejected all of the findings. “This (Southern Pacific’s) ac ceptance is in writing and is a matter of official record,” he said. ROBESON OFFICERS APPREHEND INDIAN ESCAPEE ON FARM Special to the Star LUMBERTON, July 18—Jimmy Lee, south Robeson Indian, who escaped recently from the state prison at Raleigh where he was serving a 20-25 year term for the fatal shooting of Alex Smith last January 22, was captured by five Robeson county officers and a State highway patrolman Thursday night in Alfordsville township. Acting "on information supplied by deputy Grady Jackson, of Row land, the officers found Lee at the home of an Indian on the Tom Cox farm. Lee had a pistol but made no effort to use the weapon and surrendered to the officers who surrounded the house. He was tak en to Lumberton and placed in the county jail. Officers participating in the capture were deputies R. C. Cox, Grady Jackson, D. J. Jones and Ralph Purcell, Corporal W. A. Bax ter of the State highway patrol and Rowland chief of police, J. H. Godfrey. TO VISIT MEXICO LONDON. July 18. —(IP)— Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, chief of the imperial staff, will visit Mexico as a guest of the Mexican Army from September 15 to 20, the war office said tonight. He has been invited by the Mexican gov ernment and the visit has been tim ed to coincide with commemora tion of the anniversary of Mexi can independence. City Briefs The Evans Memorial Bible class of St. Andrews-Covenant Presby terian church, 15th and Market streets, will meet Sunday morning at 9:45 o’clock. Judge J. J. Burney ie the teacher. All men of the com munity are cordially invited. Elizabeth Baldwin, 801 Wood street, who died April 21, left an estate valued at $2,675. Letters of administration made public yes terday in county court revealed a son, Colvin, the sole heir, has been named administrator. A water safety institute will be conducted the week of July 28 at Carolina Beach under the auspices of the Wilmington Chapter, Amer ican Red Cross, according to C. H. McAllister, chairman of safety services. Finals in the horseshoe tourna ment at Nesbitt Courts will be played at the Community center there Monday at 4 p.m., it was learned. The winners will play for the city wide championship at Greenfield Lake during the Wil mington Recreation department’s Playday, August 28. The Arts and Crafts club at the Nesbitt Courts Community center will meet Monday morning at 10 o’clock. All women of the com munity are envited to attend, Mrs. Irene Spivey, director, announced. All mothers at Nesbitt Courts are asked to be present during a special meeting at the Community center there, on Tuesday at 5 p.m., to make plans for an all day pic nic during the city wide Playday celebration at Greenfield Lake, it was learned. United States Naval Reservists in tne Wilmington area were ad vised yesterday of an amphibious cruise Sept 14 by Lt. H. C- Bost, district representative. Lt. Bost said applications for the cruise must be in by Aug. 15. It was not learned from which port the cruise would depart. Bids for driving piling in Mason boro Inlet will be received next Friday by the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers. Specifications for the piling were on file at the district office yesterday. The city has in its possession three rail car loads ,of coal for next winter. S0 the city fathers need not worry too much over the rising price of the fuel. Purchasing Agent Gilbert F. Morton announced yesterday that he had purchased that tonnage last month and be lieves it will last the city all next winter. The coal, to be used for heating purposes, is at the city lot, 10th and Green streets. Haskell Smith Rhett, Jr., AOM 3-c. yesterday enlisted in class V 6 of the inactive Naval reserve, local officials repoited. R. W. Galphin, New Hanover county farm agent, and Coy R. Cook assistant agent, attended the district meeting of county farm agent held in Beaufort yesterday. POTATOCOUNCIL (Continued from Page One) dustry was the selling of its prod uct. “We have the soil, the climate, and the know how,’’ he said. “The biggest other thing is the selling.” It is necessary, he added, to change the thinking of the south so the sweet potato will he regard ed as a major crop instead of a minor crop. Better Salesmanship Dr. W. N. Abrahansen. of the North Carolina experiment sta tion at Raleigh, also err jhasized the importance of better salesman ship aind distribution in develop ment of the crop to its full ex tent. He spoke in the absence of Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the North Carolina extension service, who was unable to attend. Dr. Julian Miller, head of the department of agriculture at Louis iana State University, traced the phenomenal development of the sweet potato. “Everywhere man has gone,” he said, “the sweet potato lias gone. In fact the sweet potato has gone beyond civilized man.” Dr. Miiler said sweet potatoes now are on the threshold of being a competitive crop for irisii potar toes and other carbohydrate prod ucts. Four Principles He emphasized four main prin ciples considered in the breeding of the sweet potato—high table quality, starch and food content, disease resistance ar.d mode of inherita<nt characters. He advised the growers to fellow a plan of operation that included shipping one third of the crop, canning another third and dehy drating the remainder for animal feed. v “When we branch out into the in dustrial potato,” he declared “it will have 100 times the potentiali ties of the table variety.” CAPE FEAR (Continued from Page One) a horse car line which was con verted to a trolley system later on. It was owned by John D. Bel lamy and Major Charles M. Sted man. Their outfit was the im mediate predecessor to the Tide Water Company. * * * OTHER MEMORIES — Also re membered by Chadbourn is the plank road on Nutt Street. It be gan at Mulberry street, now Grace, and extended to the Carolina Cen tral. now the Seaboard Air Line station. The road was about 30 feet wide. The plank were laid crosswise on the street and were quickly worn down by the iron shoes and tires of the horses and wagons. The road was made of pine, Chad bourn reca.'led. This road, was the busiest in the city because of the volume of shipping and the saw mills and grist mills aiong the river, it was remembered. » CHADBOURN TAX RATE INCREASED Aldermen Set New Rate At $1.60; 20 Cents Increase Sperial to the Star CHADBOURN, July 18 — The board of city aldermen, in meeting recently, fixed the Chadbourn tax rate at $1-60 per hundred dollars valuation. This represents a 20 cent boost over the 1946 levy, when the rate was $1.40. Rollis A. Todd, city clerk, said that a breakdown of the levy show ed that $1.50 of the amount will go to the General Fund, while 10 cents was appropriated for the retire ment of outstanding bonded indebt edness. Chadbourn has an estimated real property valuation of $1,162,112, and the new rate is estimated to raise something over $15,000. The city at the present time has only $11,000 outstanding indebted ness, which it isi expected will be retired half this year and half next. EXPORT OF STEEL (Continued from Page One) Commerce subcommittee, also blamed steel shortages for the lack of box-cars to move the grain har vest. He said congress authorized President Truman last spring to halt exports of critical materials, and added: “Something is going to have to be done about this very disturbing situation.” Rep. William Lemke, R., N. D., told the subcommittee the situation in the northwestern grain produ cing states is becoming critical because of his bill to set up a special division in the Interstate Commerce commission to divert boxcars to shortage areas, and en courage new production of cars. “This freight car situation can easily result in depressing all busi ness activity, and bring on unem ployment,” he said. GROWERS TO PAY (Continued from Page One) state authorized to make a collec tion, the directors agreed. Warehousemen will forward col lections to the treasurer of Tobac co Associates, Inc. Legisltaures of North Carolina and South Carolina approved by law the special referendum of last week. Any farmer dissatisfied with the assessment can request a re fund frm Associates, the laiw pro vides. The refund request how ever, must be in writing, and must be forwarded within 30 days after assessment collection. The assessment was voted in by a one-sided margin of almost 99 to one. In North Carolina’s 67 flue cured counties, 110,636 voted for assessment and only 1,061 against. In South Carolina’s 21 flue-cured counties, 14,966 voted for assess ment and only 130 against. Total vote showed 126,793 for assessment and 1,191 against. The assessment applies to the 1947 crop and will be carried over also to the crops of 1948 and 1949. The referendum had the endorse ment of Governor Cherry of North Carolina and Governor Thurmond of South Carolina. LOANS ON TOBACCO CROPS ARE ANNOUNCED VALDOSTA, Ga., July 18—(IP)— The department of agriculture an nounced here today that 1947 tobac co crop loans ranging from $4 a hundred for the best grade untied nondescript to $64 for choice lemon wrappers had been approved in Washington. The loans will be made by the Commodity Credit corporation through the Flue Cured Tobacco Growers Stabilization corporation. Seventeen Georgia tobacco mar kets and three in Florida are sched uled to open gales July 24. ' 1946 Rates Last year loans ranged from $9 for non-descript to $53 for choice lemon wrappers. This year’s loan rates are based on the following price changes: Better quality leaf, up $1 to $9; medium, up $1 to $3;.wrappers, up $3 to $15, and lower grades down $1 to $5. By types, cutters are up $7 to $11; better grade lugs, up $11 to $13 medium grade lugs, up $3 to $9; lower grade lugs, down $1; better grade primings, up $9 to $11; medi um grade primings, up $1 to $3; lower grade primings, down $1 to $3, and nondescript primings, down $5 to $7. The Weather Weather bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hourse ending 8 p.m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Alpena _l- 80 66 0 02 Asheville - 88 63 0.01 Atlanta - 90 70 Atlantic City _ 76 69 Birmingham - — 73 0.64 Boston —-- 88 73 Buffalo _ 84 66 Burlington - 87 72 0 02 Chattanooga - *0 68 Chicago - 86 73 Cincinnati - 81. 68 0.(W Cleveland - 87 65 0.03 Darias _ 99 — Denver _ 83 49 Detroit _ 73 70 0.80 Duluth _ 66 96 El Paso _ 91 68 0 12 Fort Worth_ 96 80 Galveston _ 91 82 Jacksonville _ 90 73 Kansas City_ 81 69 Key West _ 92 82 Knoxville _ 86 06 Little Rock _ — 78 Los Angeles_ 96 60 Louisville - 84 66 0.94 Memphis - 92 74 0.06 Meridian _ 60 70 0.04 Miami _ 90 70 Minn.-St. Paul _ 71 64 Mobile _ 85 74 Montgomery __ _ — 71 o.Ol New Orleans _ 91 71 0.63 New York -- 85 72 0 01 Norfolk _ 88 73 Philadelphia _ 87 Phoenix _114 70 Pittsburgh - _ 86 66 6.78 Portland, Me. _ 84 66 Raleigh - 87 71 Richmond __ _ 89 71 St. Louis _ 84 74 San Antonio _ — 73 San Francisco _ 69 54 Savannah - 92 72 0.40 Seattle - 75 61 Tampa - — 78 0.04 Vicksburg - 94 70 0.05 Wash'ngton _ g& 71 WTT/MtvotOX *4 ft 0.20 OBITUARIES w. J. TEDDER TABOR CITY, July 18. — W. J. Tedder, 79, of Rt. 4, Whiteville, died at his home this morning. The body will remain at the Jessup Inman Funeral Home until tomorrow afternoon ait 5 o’clock when it will be taken to the home. Funeral services will be held at the New Hope Baptist church, where Mr. Tedder was a member, Sunday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. J. F. Gaddy, officiating. Inter ment will follow in the Hinson cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Mercer, six daugh ters, Mrs. Mollie Hayes of Savan nah, Oa.; Mrs. Lillie Buie of Lumberton; Mrs. Eddie Horn of Whiteville; Mrs. Maybelle Moore of Whiteville; Mrs. Alen Kiggs, of Wilmington and Mrs. Myrtle Lee Tedder of the home; six sons, Furnie, Charlie, L. B. and Ottis, of the home, Burris of Savannah, Ga.; and Velma of Pompano, Fla. MARTIN MANUEL RAYNOR WALLACE, July 18. — Martin Manuel Raynor, 74, died at his home here early Thursday morn ing following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 10 a. m. in Peniale church, with the Rev. Walter Gid dens officiating. Burial will fol low in the church cemetery. Mr. Raynor is survived by his widow, Mrs. M. M. Raynor; five daughters, Mrs. Vallie English of Hopewell, Va.; Mrs. Cattie Rack ely of Willard; Mrs. Sennie Brown of Rocky Mount; Miss Narcissus Raynor of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Leona Sidbury of Jacksonville; three sons, K. J. Raynor of Wal lace, Donnie English of Burgaw, and B. M. Raynor of Lemon Grove, Calif., one sister, Mrs. J. E. Har rell, of Atkinson; and two brothers, Cephus Raynor of Quaker Town, Pa., and J. C. Raynor of Dudley. JAMES THOMAS PHILLIPS WADESBOO, July 18.—Funeral services will be held at 11 o’clock this morning from the Moore Funeral Home for James Thomas Phillips, 82, retired farmer of this community who died Thursday night. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Tice Phillips; seven children, J. I. Phillips of Mount Gilead; Mrs. J. L. White, Jr., Mrs. L. R. Roberts and R. M. Phillips,, all of Wilmington; Claude Phillips of Bennettsville, S. C., Harmon Phillips of Marion, S. C., and Elmer Phillips at home. frank brown Funeral services for Frank Brown, brother o* Mrs. Margaret B. Farmer, 114 S. Monroe street, of Lexington, Va., will be held Sat urday at 11 o’clock from the Bap tist church in Lexington. Mr. Brown was a native and life long resident of Lexington, but will be remembered here as a visitor. JOHN PRESTON THREATT John Preston Threatt, co-owner of an automobile company at 11th and Princess street, died yesterday at 1 p. m. at his residence 413 Chest nut street after a short illness. He is survived by his wife, Je neva F. Threatt; one brother, A. R., both of Charlotte; and three uncles of Charlotte. The body was shipped to Mc Ewen Funeral Home in Charlotte, and funeral arrangements will be announced later. FREDDIE T. THORNTON CLINTON., July 18—Freddie T. Thornton. 66, died Thursday at his home in Piney Grove township fol lowing a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Goshen Methodist church with his pastor, the Rev. J. B. Cranford of Faison, assisted by the Rev. Emory Young in charge. Burial will be in the Weeks cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Iona Murray Thornton; three sons, El ston, Foe, and Oscar Thornton of Faison vicinity; five daughters, Mrs. Eddis McCullen of Newton Grove; Mrs. Tolar Melvin, Man chester; Mrs. H. H. Bradshaw, Faison; Mrs. Cleo Bass. Clinton; Mrs. Fleet Sessoms of Faison: two Stepsons, John Henry and James Lloyd Bouette of Faison; two brothers. Eddie Thornton of Mt. Olive; Wesley Thornton of Four Oaks; three half sisters, Mrs. Lucy Jackson Clinton, Rt. 3; Mrs. Handy Jackson, Clinton; ^nd Mrs. Ran son Hairr of Clinton, RFD, two half brothers. Irom Thornton and Wayne Thornton of Clinton. WILLIAM M. SMITH LUMBERTON July 10—William M. Smith, of St. Pauls, Rt. 1, 50 year-old veteran 0f World War I, died Thursday night in a Rich mond, Va., hospital where he had been a patient only one day. He suffered an attack Monday and was first treated at Veterans hospital in Fayetteville. Funeral arrangements are in complete pending arrival of his body at Biggs funeral home here Saturday. «rSIirviving *re nine brothers, Walter Smith of St. Pauls: Seth L. and David, of Whiteville; Claude S. of Lumberton; Rt. 5; Dr R F of Newford, S. C.; Arthur,'of Wii mington; Malcolm, of Asheville; Edward and Stephen Sirin, sisters, Ruth Smith o£ Wi A "i Mrs. E. A. Manning Ann, Va. 8 01 P-G:| MRS. MARY WARD Kftit, LUMBERTON, July Alt Mary Ward Friedman died" 1,;'! home of her daughter m a! ■! Sutton, in East Lumber^ morning. "°a t4 Funeral services viu w ducted from Phillips un church in Chadbourn Su ■ J 4 p.m. by the Rev. L n t'1 Interment will be in ruA cemetery. ' na“^ Surviving are three sr.,, Norris of Live Oak Fla * Friedman of Chadbourn-" A Friedman of the U. S yav ■! daughters, Mrs. Sutton Mr/A Thompson of Chadbourn A Azilee Coleman of Raven,1' Mrs. Holroyd Gourd of GeVsA S. C.; and Mrs. Robb;» A:'; Whiteville. ' GREEK GUERRim WAR DWINDLE; Only Isolated Clashes ported; Casualties Small ATHENS, Greece. July i8 , — The Greek army's war ' guerrilla invading force dti to small, isolated clashes and a general staff spokesmanr’ guerrilla casualties in 8rc': fighting totalled 110 killed and il captured. He said these figures did *. include casualties inflicted by»’ Greek air force and that gov? ment casualties were nine and 11 wounded. Some of tfc£ - guerrillas captured were m>, ed. His statement of casualties til at considerable variance with claims of Greek newspapers to one-third of the invaders had' bee wiped out. One newspaper, fhtj quoted military sources that B. chine gunning and rocket-fe planes along with ground trot;. killed 139 guerrillas yesterday, jJ was more than the general ni claimed for the whole camptg. The spokesman estimated taj tal strength of the guerrillas k about 1,500 in the Konitsa area at; farther south. He said they m:, ed to have broken up into sma.c units, although they apparent were under single command it; were headed toward Zagoria. “Most of these are young who probably could be made r useful citizens,” he said. He denied that Ioannina (Yaniii had ever been threatened and a: the guerrillas did not even seriost ly threaten Konitsa, which was up posed to have been thei. objective The spokesman said there is no evidence that any members!' an international brigade took par He said the guerrillas came fro: Albania, to which they had pa viously retreated, were furnishe: with ammunition and rations at crossed the border south oi wte they entered. They were presently heading* ward Zagoria. REPUBLICANS Fill (Continued from Page One ty Americans will be sorely diW pointed at the second veto by Pm ident Truman of the tax bib. Tj veto means the take-home pa: - millions of workers will be s®at; than it would otherwise have bee Many people will be deprived ■ things they would like to secure “There will be less food tor1 million aged people with inco® of less than $1,000, who are son. pressed by the high cost of lh« It may mean the loss of bun -K of thousands of jobs for the A«_ can workers and it stifles ®(■ centive needed for business fu sion. ,, “It is unfortunate this ad m-; about because of a politics' w "The American people now tr> realize that while the sPe® policies of the present ad™® “ tion continue IheTe will . chance for relief from the s ling war taxes.” —- n SEA-MITE MARINE ENGINE — 20 H. P. — The most complete, compaft and lightest marine endin' on the market. Ideal for fishing boats, run abouts and utility beats. 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