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FEED FOR FREE . HAS ITS WOES Cafe Operator Needs In terperter For Sign In Window CHICAGO. July 26 -tfP)-A sign in the window of the Ogden Hud die. a small north side restaurant, reads: “If you are* hungry and have r.o money, come in and we’ll feed you free.” The three youths who entered the restaurant last night and pel isked off a bountiful repast were •bout to express their thanks when Eli Schulman. 36, the own er, handed them their checks. The boys made a bee-line ler the door and Schulman was away and running after them. He nab bed one and took him to the Lawn dale police station. The youth explained to poiice he and his companions were “very hungry,” without funds and had decided to test the accuracy of the offer. Schulman, declining to lodge complaint against the youth, said everything would have been all right if the boys had told him of their alleged plight before they ordered the big dinners. Wilson Festival Queen To Present Gift To Honoree WILSON, July 26 — A specially made bracelet of 14 karet gold tobacco leaves is ready here as a gift from “Miss Wilson”, host ess for the sixth annual North Carolina tobacco exposition and festival to be held August 14 and' 15, to a “Queen for a Day” on the radio program of the same name, who will be selected on August 11 at Springfield, 111. “Miss Wilson”, Miss Ada Grey Coley, will travel to Springfield prior to the festival to invite the “Quean for a Day” to be her guest while she will also present her with the gift. New Members Start Of Conservation Begin Tasks RALEIGH, July 26 —CU.R)- -Three city officials today took up them duties as membeis of the State Stream Sanitation and Conserva tion committee after being ap pointed by Gov. Gregg Cherry. Cherry reappointed Mayor Earl N. Phillips of High Point and Mayor Walker Lverly of Hickory to terms ending June 21, 1952. He named city Manage Roy Williamson of lucky Mour?* to serve until June 2i, 1948, in the unexpired term of Mayor E. F. Still of Plymouth, who resigned. Around Capitol Square (Continued From Page Six) to sign up as propaganda agen cies. Futility of the legislalivi act lies in the fact no one was given authority to enforce its provisions or to define specifically who inould or should not be requiTed to register. EXEMPT. — Opinion genera.ly is that organizations like the medi cal society, the teachers associ ation, organized groups of bank ers, farmers and laboerers, are exempt from registration re quirements under the propaganda ■siatute, though possibly covered by the older law governing reg istration of lobbyists. Both acts are rendered impotent by lack of enforcement machinery and fail ure to comply with them involves no actual penalty. LIGHTENING STRIKES THRICE FAIRMONT. July 26 — (JP) — There's an old saying about “lightning never strikes twice in the same place.” But Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Faulk, Sr., who live south of here, do not believe it. They say their residence has been hit three time's this summer by lightning, and their neighbors bear them out. Myall wood is a hard, violet scented wood of Australia, much used for making tobacco pipes. 116-Mile River Trip Ends raddling against a swift current eight Seni or Scouts in their canoes pull toward the custom house dock after a five-day journey down the Cap e Fear river from Fayetteville. Seated in the canoes are; Joe Barnes, First Mate of Sea Scout ship 5024, Wilmington, leader of the group; Randolf Lewis and James Traywick, both of Ship 5024; Billy Mitchell, Fairmont; Ed Bess, Fayetteville; John Kennedy, Fayetteville; Bill Purcell, Wagram, and Lockie Me Donald, Raeford. -(Staff Photo). Canoe Trip Experiences Recounted By Boy Scout (Editors note: Billy Mitchell, one of eight scout? who paddled, in four canoes, the 116-mile stretch of the Cape f’ear river from Fayet teville to Wilmington, tells of his experiences during the five-day trip. * By BILLY MITCHELL Dn Monday, July 21, four canoes carrying eight Senior Scouts em barked from Fayetteville on the fust leg of tneir expedition down She Cape Fear r.’ver. The fi’st night found us camped beyond Sock No. 3 which i- 20 miles from Fayetteville. Just as we began n aking camp it started raining. Everyone got a little wet but we soon got a fire going and dryed out things. The next day. Tuesday, we had a late start because of the rain. We got in twenty miles even though we were against a strong headwind. Two barges passed us. Camping spots along the river were very few oecause of the high cliffs and dense undergrowth; al though on ' our second night we found a good camp-site about one fourth mile west ol Elizabethtown. Or. Wednesday morning we hiked into Elizabethtown to get some necessary supplies. This was the only day we nad no head wind and we went through Lock No 2 soon after shoving off. When nignt fell and we still had, no headwind :ur leader. Joe Barnes, decided to make Lock No. 1 which was 10 mi’es from the ferry at which we had supper. During the nigh: travel an oil barge passed vs. since this was a narrow stretch or. the river the barge had to cut its speed. On Thursday morning we got an early start. A strong headwind prevailed but a slight tide was with us. About 6 o’clock we were met by a greeting party of Navy officials and Scout executives. After they left us about 17 mile? up the river, we continued to Na vassa. approximately four miles cut of Wilmington. On Friday morning we enjoyed our la^t camp meal of the expedition. Against a strong head wind and an oncoming tide, we docked at the custom house dock at 12:15. lhe trip was very exciting ana interesting. Much wild life was observed. A Bald eagle was the highlight: while white and o 1 u e. Herines wild turkey, and Sgaetes were among the birds we saw. Many reptile were seen along the lower regions of the Cape Fear, mostly in the swampy regions. The cliffs were among the most beatiful I have ever sen. Some rising hundreds of feet straight up from the water. Many of these had beautiful water falls stream ir g down them. We obtained cur water from government test ed srpir.gs and locks. The people along the river were very friend ly. The soil of Ethiopia (Abys sinia) is very fertile, yielding two and sometimes three crops a year. ■ • Ask us about Doming Water Systems. All sizaa and capacities of shallow and deep well systems are available. The "MARVELETTE* Shallow Well Sys tem (illustrated) is low priced but has features you would ordinarily expect in higher MAfcvurm priced systems. Quiet operation, dependable performance, low cost maintenance and long life of Deming Water Systems pro tect your investment in running water...the greatest of all modern conveniences! There's a right type of Deming Water System to meet YOUR requirements. Ask about itl Mill & Contractors Supply Co. PEMIN6 PUMPS 121 North rvdttrf at. a none 7757 FEAR AROUSED OVER AID PLAN Reber Says Russia Will Be In Driver's Seat WASHINGTON July 26—u?) —A State department official reported tonight “a very definite ele;* ent of fear” in Europe that the United States might not go through wi1h the Marshall aid plan and thus leave open to Russian retaliation those countries supporting it. Samuel Reber, acting deputy director of the office of European aflairs, also declared that Italy might go Communist next winter unless unemployment, cold and hunger are relieved by American economic assistance. Reber pictured the Communist party as waging an anti-American campaign in Italy with “unlimited funds.” He said the big iest of Communism versus Democracy in Italy will be next April’s elections. In a radio bioadcast, NBC.’s Our Foreign Policy” series, Re ber said the people of Europe are caught in a great fear—“A fear of Russia and a fear of what we will not do.” “Many people in Europe are still not convinced that we are prepared to make a firm stand for our principles,” he said. “Ana if we are not going to—why those people must accept Russian terms ai d get along with them as best they can.” TEEN-AGER HELD ON MURDER COUNT ‘Dangerous’ Girl Bludgeon ed 10-Year-Old Play mate SACRAMENTO. Calif.. July 26— {IP)—Louise Gomes, slender 14 year old honor student, was or dered today to stand trial in su perior court for the hammer and jack handle slaying of a 10-year old playmate. Superior Judge Peter J. Shields said Louise, described by a psy chiatrist as “extremely danger ous.” “cannot be adequately dealt with by the juvenile court. It is to the bes; interest of society that she be tried in the Superior court.” Dr. Rudolph Toller, medical su perintendent of Stockton State hos pital, previously recorded the girl’s confession that she bludge oned Mary Lou Roman to death because of “the extreme desire to kill someone.” At the court .Louise met Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gomes, who adopted her at the age of three months, for the first time since she was taken into custody after Mary Lou's battered body was found in the backyard of their Elk Grove home near here. “Mama, will you bring my marbles and jacks?” Louise ask ed. “I have plenty of time now,” Moore Cites Laws Governing Rents Maurice H. Moore, area rent di rector, announced yesterday that in several instances landlords and tenants mis-understood the cor rect procedure for increasing rent. He said the increase up to 15 per cent is allowable only if a written lease with expiration date on or after Dec. 31, 1948 is enter ed, and a copy of the lease filed with the area renj office. This has been misunderstood, and in several instances higher rent,has been collected witneut a lease having been drawn up, he declared. Such cases should be reported to the rent control office so land lords and tenants may be advised bow to proceed properly and le *ally, he added. Former Mines Director Named To Medical Post WASHINGTON, July 26 —(A*) • — Dr. R. R. Sayers, former director of the U. S. Bureau of mines, to day was named chairman of the medical board established by trustees of the United Mine Work ers’ Welfare and Retirement fund. Dr. Sayers was granted a leave of absence without pay from the U S. Public Health service to lake the post. He was largely re jsponsih’e for writing the Federal I ivlir.e Safety code which was in corporated in the recent soft coal 'contract. In New York With Lait __#_ (Continued From Page Six) made to anyone; it had never been published; yet I know five men, none of whom knows any of the others, all of whom know some of the details. I discovered that while digging for the dope. . . .And not one of the five had the remotest connection with the swindle, in person. In New York, the source is often as exciting news as the reve lation! Street Scene (by Tom Weather ly). . .She was pathetically ■ pale, frail and dowdy. . .One she car ried in her arms. . .The rest, five of them, dirtv-faced, seem ingly all the same age, trailed behind her. . .For half a block. . . .On the corner, she waited as, one by one, the stragglers drew up and rallied ’round. . . Then, as the whistle blew, hold ing in check the chariots of the choser, she and the brook start ed to cross The Avenue. . .Hardly had they reached the middle of the way when, from the front seat of a waiting taxi, came the driv er’s noarse croak: “Say, lady, it ain’t fair to leave the others home! ” Howard Hughes, the famous, the fabulous, the sensational (I despise that word!' finds himself in the heavy body of the wire service news, linked with young women who are from heaven lor editors who like picture-pep in their pages. This embarrasses Howard right now. Which is some thing new for him. Congress had never fussed around with his af fairs before. Hughes, the aviator-manufactur er-producer - financier - playboy, has had as much personal pub licity as any private citizen in the universe. A bachelor, a multi-mil lionaire. he hops around the globe and across the map like a 6-foot-2 flea. And wherever he lights, he makes for the nearest dazzler and drags her t<T the nearest night spot. Any modle or stage or screen girl over 16 or under 60 who’s never been paragraphed with him is a wallflower. . .Married or single or divorced, if she hasn’t been reported romancing with Hughes or at least engaged to him, she's ickey. . .If she hasn’t been caught dancing with him, she's a wheel-chair case. Strangely enough, Hughes con sistently ducked being photo graphed with women, except for promotion of his movies, in which instances he was their employer. Snapshooting guests who have looks and “names" is a major industry. Lvery nightclub of con sequence profits from it two ways —for the press, to plug the place, and from sale of the prints to the principals. Hughes, who invited type with out limit, shied from twosome pic tures. That’s a fulltime' job when you’re escorting Lana Turner, for instance. But he ducked when ever a flashlight reflector was raised. Many of the ladies wouldn’t duck with him. If Hughes didn’t want to be photographed with them, they did want to be photographed with him. But for that one eccentric al lergy, Howard never was krown to resist the ballyhughes. But now Hughes’ veteran press agent, Jonnny Meyer, has been ordered to stop the presses,* as the star reporters do in the movies. “I don't want any publicity,” says Hughes. With the House desiring to know the disposition of some $40,000,000 he was to splatter, into research and experiment on revolutionary developments in military aviation, Howard wishes to be anonymous. Want Meyer’s job? Word comes by grapevine from Atlantic City that one of its local officials is trying to sign up every entrant in the forthcoming annual beamy contest. . .That could mean he wants to cut in on he icome to-come of Miss America, 1947, and some runners-.'.p . . . That could even mean he might be in position to swing the decisions, so that any beaut who doesn’t sign on the line ••'ill wind up being Miss Eight-Ball. V ets. Use Gl Loans To Construct Homes Government - guaranteed loans have assisted 13,265 veterans in North Carolina to finance the pur chase or construction of homes during the past 15 months, Charles H. Ball, loan guaranty officer, re gional office, announced today. loans amounted to $65, 262,414 with $32,121,679 being guaranteed by the Veterans Ad mimstration and farms loans to taled $1,348,965 with $644,731 guaranteed by the VA. Loans totalling $2,202,935 were obtained for busines purposes and the VA guaranteed $958,889 of this amount. Misuse cf electric iron is respon sible for nearly 40 fires a day in the United States, fire authorites estimate. 500 GERMANS TO LEAVE JAPAN Japanese Lack Love For War-Time Part ners KARUIZAWA, J;yan, July 26— (/P)—Nearly 500 more Germans will be repatriated from Janan in miQ August—and their going will cause no sorrow among the Japanese with whom they once planned to share the world. Next month’s consignment in cludes 140 German embassy of ficials, among them former am bassador Heinrich Stahmer, *9o "objectionable” Germans, many of the Nazi party memebers; and 144 "non%objectionable” Germans. This gsoi,) will be the second to leave Japan. Some 1,200 al ready have been repatriated. Be tween 1,000 and 1,500 will remain to be sent home. Mayor Tsuneo Sato of this moun tain resort town near Tokyo m which some 20 Germans are liv ing, said in an interview he would oe delighted when the Germans .eft. “The Japanese ao not ime iucuj, he said, explaining that the Ger mans were arrogant. Sato observed that the Germans —who draw supplementary fore igners’ rations, including meat, butter, bread, flour and sugar complain bitterly about their treat ment. “They were defeated also,” the mayor remarkerd. “They should be willing to share the conse quences.” Sato said most of the Germans here wanted to remain. They told him, he said, that they were aware ] of conditions in Germany. On the other hand, one German scheduled to be repatriated—a Nazi party member wished to go back to aid in German rehabilitation and reconstruction. Man In Shadow Of Gas Chamber Gets New Trial LILLINGTON, N. C„ July 26—VP) — Charlie Phillips, 26-year-old Angier tenant farmer who walked in the shadows of the state’s gas chamber, goes on trial for his life again here Monday. A special term of the Harnett County Superior court will hear the case, and Phillips, whose scheduled execution as the con victed slayer of his wife was call ed off following the timely dis covery of an alleged suicide note, is expected to testify this time. The note, dated Aug. 18, 1946, the day Mrs. Etta Mae Phillips, 28, was shot to death in their home, indicated she had tried suicide twice before, adding “but I am going through with it today.” The special term will be pre sided over by Judge John J. Burney of Wilmington. Loyal Soldiers Quell Army Riot In Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela, July 26— (iP)—Army troops loyal to the gov ernment suppressed a revolt in the Paez barracks of the M.rracay army garrison southwest of here early today after several hours of fighting, the government announc ed tonight. One man was killed and seven were wounded, the announcement said. The ministry cf national aefense communique said the uprising among the soldiers began at 6 a.m., but was brought under con trol quickly. No details were given. Shaw Boys Return From Camping Trip The John H. Shaw Boys club, a red feather service of the Com munity Chest, has just completed a three-day camp at Middle Sound on the estates of Dr. S. James Gray and Wade Chestnut. The average daily attendance per day was 46 boys. All camp activities were under the supervi sion of Camp Director Edward L. Haynes, with the assistance of the Rev. H. Jeter and former Army Lieut. Albert Brown. The boys participated in swim ming, boating, fishing, soft - ball, archery, horse-shoe pitching na ture study, and group singing. 55,212 Federal Employes Dropped From Rolls In June WASHINGTON, July 26 — (,P) _ Senator Byrd (D-Va), chairman of the Congressional Economy com mittee, reported today that Fed eral civilian workers last month dropped 55,212 under the May payroll. Byrd’s Senate-House committee cn reduction of nonessential Fed eial expenditures found that of the total reduction, 41,580 were dropped by the war and navy de partments. The number of federal workers in June was 2,112,880. Mother Drowns Herself And Son In Bath Tub ELLAVILLE, ,Ga., July 26—(U.R) —Mrs. Tom Brown, 47 laid out Sunday clothes for herself and four-year-old son, then drowned herself and the boy in the bath tub, a coroner’s jury found today. Police Chief J. E. Harden said Brown, a carpenter, found the clothes on a bed. He looked in the bathroom ar.d found the mother clasping her son, both dead. A note pinned on a curtain near the tub asked that her son be buried in the casket with her on her left side but gave no motive for Mrs. Brown’s suicide. Salvador is the smallest of the Central American republics, and the only one without an Atlantic seacoast. For Newspaper Service Dial 2-S311 fountain of Youth • • -.. Unlike the Englishman who said he “missed summer last year be cause he took a nap,” these London children lose little time making the most of a recent rare spell of warm, sunny weather—a welcome change after one of the worst winters in the country’s history. Here they enjoy the cooling waters of a fountain in Broekwell Park. Coast Guard\ Mrs. Evans * To Be Honored At Manteo MANTEO, July 26—Tomorrow will be Coast Guard and Dare county day with the Lost Colony, but for Roanoke Island it’ll probably be remembered principally as the day on which Mrs. Mary Mann Evans played the part of the Indian sauaw. Aerona. Mrs. Evans, stout, jolly and 52, has been in every Lost Colony pro duction at Fort Raleigh since the State -of North Carolina made a movie there in 1921 to help teach American history in the public schools. She was an Indian in the movie, but through the years, in both small, local celebrations and the big ones, including Paul Green’s symphonic drama, she has been a colonist wom^n. And now the people who run The Lost Colony have decided that she would be the logical person to honor when Dare county has the theatre to it self for its day with the play which it counts as its own. Mrs. Evans, who is one of over 70 Roanoke Islanders in the play, has missed only three perform ances of The Lost Colony since it opened in the Waterside theatre on July 4, 1937. and she wouldn’t have missed them if she hadn’t been ill. Her daughter. Miss Ruth Evans, has also been in every Fort Raleigh production, and, like her mother, has missed only three showinss. Like most of the other local peo ple in the show, Mrs. Evans is busy during the day with her usual duties, and after sunset puts On greasepaint slid costume. She runs a large tourist home and each night has a houseful of peo ple who’ve come to see The Lost Colony. If you’ve seen the play this year, you’ll recognize her— she’s the woman in the green who' does a buck and wing with Old Tom (Donald Somers) in front of the theatre chapel during the dance following the christening of Virginia Dare. That’s her way of training for her one-night stand as Agona. the Indian maiden who. wins Tom's manly heart away. Agona’s lines consist of only four “Ughs,” but her patient t hough persistent courting of Old Tom makes it a major role. Agona— Tom explains that the name means “agony” in the In dian tongue — is played regularly ★-— ! by Helen Dortch Harrison or Goldsboro, who has willingly con sented to see the show from the front on August 4 and is helping coach Mrs. Evans in her lines and stage business. The August 4 pt rformance will be free to all comers. It will fol low a full afternoon program be ing arranged by a local commit tee composed of Walter Etheridge, Steve Basnight, Alpheus WT. Drink water and Chief Boatswain’s Mate Levene Midgett. Commander W. H Snyder of Coast Guard District Headquarters, Norfolk, is expect ed to make the principal address on the program, which will be held at the war-time Manteo Naval Air station, beginning at j 2:30. Commander Snyder will be in- j troduced by Representative Her bert Bonner of the First North Carolina district. The master of I ceremonies will De lvieivin rf. Daniels of Manieo, vice-chairman of the Roanoke I-'land Historical association and chairman of its executive committee. Music will te furnished by tne Elizabeth City High school band. Coast Guard stations from Cape Hatteras to Virginia Beach will participate in demonstrations of the life - saving techniques they have used for many years along this dangerous stretch of the coast. Chief Midgett will be in charge. A winner of the Congressional Medal — retired Coastguardsman Tom Dough of Manteo—will dem onstrate rescue and resuscitation methods. The commanding officers and the staffs of the Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air station, District Headquarters in Norfolk, and Washington Coast Guard head quarters have been invited to be here for the day as guests of the Roanoke Island Historical associ ation. There wer ler>9.000 motor buses in the United States in 1946. More Efficiency fl I Among 40-HoUr Wei f Workers ^ WASHIXG^T^.: The postwar 40 hour ' ' \|3 is yielding better res- '' ••• | ency. Absenteeism IL18 ^ I tnan did the Ion:t! ' , 1 time, the bureau of % foes concluded 1 A survey 0f 20 ind;.v„ r I incentive plans ere in' *1 *5 ■ spur workers was article released todav “ ""' 1 bureau's expla hs ... • 9 a news conference. ‘L": 1 1 Up to a certain po;:. . vestigation showed " '! jt hours yielded hleher'i.. ' I total weekly output. But crease did not meas'ur , 1 increase in hour? ? “p : t I As a rule. 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