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FBI AID ASKED IN DEVOLL CASE Brunswick Sheriff Report ed To Have Asked Agents To Assist Investigation into the mysterious laying of army Sergt. David J. rvvoH, whose body was found in parked automobile near Shallotte -early May. took a new turn last night with an official request that FBI special agents stationed here lahe a hand in the case. The request was made by Sher is John B. White of Brunswick county, whose action in this re nect gave indication that the in vestigation has produced involve mintr in the two states of North Carolina and South Carolina. Assuming this to be the case, it naturally follows that the Bruns wck sheriff would need the as sistance of an investigative body empowered to move without re straint in interstate activity. Devoil, a mess sergeant attach t(i to the Army installation at Myrtle Beach, S. C., was slump ed in the front seat of his own four-door sedan, parked on the shoulder of U. S. Highway 117 near Shallotte, when found by a farm woman who chanced to be walking or Th» automobile had been ob jcrved parked there during the jEy, but it remained for the wom pedestrian to peer into the car and make the gruesome discovery. The young non-com had been shot through the neck, a shotgun charge having taken effect. Death apparently had been instantaneous. The upper part of his white army mess uniform bore deep blood dis colorations, officers found._ Blood also appeared on both sides of the sedan at the doors. Sheriff White, in pursuing a dose investigation of the crime, has been assisted by army officers 8t the Myrtle Beach installation. The Brunswick sheriff’s probe of the case leads him to the con viction that Devoll was murdered either at or near Myrtle Beach and his body transported into Brunswick county in the slain man’s own car. Devoll some months ago married i young woman who lived in the vicinity of Shallotte. She previous ly had been married when she met Devoll, officers state. Mrs. Devoll is now employed in a Wilmington restaurant. The Brunswick sheriff is believ ed to have made considerable headway in recent steps of the investigation, and it is believed h* may have one or more suspects in mind. However, Sheriff White has yet to disclose whether he has estab lished a motive for the slaying. HOW GOOD IS YOUR MEMORY? The notion that nature gave some of us tood memories, others poor ones, is hunk—says Bruno Furst. In September Reader’s Digest he shows how the dif ference lies in the way you use your memory... and gives 3 simple exercises for improving yours. Read how easily you can train yourself to remember dates, faces and names. {Condensed from The American Magazine.) Also in Reader’s Digest Why can't you sleep? DOES eating be fore bedtime affect your sleep? SHOULD you get 8 hours a night? IS it harmful to sleep on the ieft side? Here are scientific facts about slumber that explode pet theories. Learn how to get the most out of your sleep. (Condensed from This Week Magazine.) Relief from allergy. To 10 million sufferers from hay fever, asthma, other allergies, Paul de Kruif brings news of 2 new drugs. Read how benadrvl and pyribenzamine boost the power and lessen discomfort of shots... and even work where shots sometimes fail. It eav-j to increase your word power. Does “nebulous” mean small, hazy, foolish or moist? Adding new words to your vocabulary increases your self-con fidence, your influence—even your earning power. Try this word quiz. It’s fun to do, will pay dividends. Hypnotism. We think of hypnotism as mystical, sinister. But now professional hypnotists are collaborating with dentists «nd doctors. Read how hypnotism works ... how it has cured ailments from cross tyes to stammering... and the promise It holds as a potent medical weapon. (Condensed from Collier's.) b this issue—37 articles of lasting interest, lelectedfrom leading magazines and current hooks, condensed to save your time. •IT THE SEPTEMBER Reader’s Digest NOW ON NEWSSTANDS The Weather Weather bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Precip. WILMINGTON _ 89 74 .28 Alpena - 80 70 .44 Asheville _ 91 64 _ Atlanta __ 90 68 — Atlantic City _ 72 70 .07 Birmingham_ 91 70 — Boston _ 7 2 63 _ Buffalo_ 85 72 .65 Burlington _ 80 63 — Charlotte_ 91 69 — Chattanooga _ 96 69 — Chicago _ 94 75 — Cincinnati _ 92 72 — Cleveland _ 96 72 — Dallas _ 94 — — Denver_91 — — Detroit _ 91 — — Detroit_ 90 71 .06 Duluth __.i_ 76 60 — El Paso _ 88 70 — Fort Worth _ 95 74 — Galveston_ 83 75 .46 Houston _ 82 73 .17 Jacksonville _ 89 74 — Kansas City _ 37 78 — Key West _ 88 80 .06 Knoxville _ 102 68 .16 Little Rock _ 96 74 — Los Angeles_ 78 56 — Louisville _ 93 77 — Memphis _ 96 74 — Meridian _ 93 71 — Miami _ 90 76 .03 Minn.-St. Paul_ 98 72 — Mobile _ 89 70 .02 Montgomery_91 71 — New Orleans_ 88 73 .03 New York_ 76 67 — Norfolk _ 81 72 .27 Philadelphia _ 73 68 .06 Pittsburgh _ 88 68 . 47 Portland, Me._71 52 — Richmond _ 85 72 — St. Louis _ 96 7 4 — San Antonio _ 88 71 .64 San Francisco _ 66 55 — Savannah _ 87 73 .01 Seattle _ 74 — — Tampa _ 90 73 . 63 Washington_81 73 — ATLANTIC COAST WEATHER WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—(U.R)— Weather Forecast: Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay—Variable winds mostly 5 to 10 MPH Friday. Cloudy in the morning becoming mostly sunny and warmer in afternoon. Maryland. Delaware and New Jersey — Cloudy Friday morning becoming sunny for a little while warrm and humid with scattered and warmer Friday afternoon. Saturday mostly sunny quite warm and humid with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Eastern Pennsylvania and Vir ginia — Considerable cloudiness and somewhat warmer Friday with scattered thundershowers in the mountains. Saturday sunny quite warm and humid with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Eastern New York — Partly cloudy and slightly warmer with scattered showers or thunder storms Friday and Saturday. Western Pennslyvania and West ern New York — Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms Fri day and Saturday. Warmer Satur day. Block Island to Cr,~>e Hatteras — Small craft warnings are dis played from South of Block Island to Cape May point. Diminishing northeast winds becoming gentle Variable Friday. Mostly coudy weather with some light fog. WAGNER MEASURE (Continued From Page One) legal restrictions on their internal organizations and public conduct. Their officers were required to file non-communist affidavits with NLRB if they seek board services. If a single top officer of the CIO fails to file, for example, every local of every CIO union will be barred from the legal protection of the board. A personnel shakeup accompan ied the changeover. Abe Murdock of Utah and J Copeland Gray of New York began official duties as new members of NLRB and Robert N. Denham of Maryland became General Coun sel. Italy (Continued From Page One) Hungarian, Bulgarian and Roman ian governments as enemies of hu man freedom and served notice that until they changed they never will get into the UN. 3. Russia struck back at the Anv*ican charges, but stuck to her claim that the three Soviet Orbit eastern European countries — and Italy and Austria also — have no right to UN membership until their peace treaties are in i force. That will be when Russia, the last big power to do so, ratifies the pacts. __ Husbands! Wives! Want new Pep and Vim? Thousands of couples are weak, worn-out, ex hausted solely because body lacks iron. For new vim, vitality, try Osrtrex Tonic Tablets today. Contain iron you, too, may need for pep; also vitamin B1. Be delighted—or money hack. At all drug stores everywner*—in Wil mington. at Saunders*. Berger's Dept. Store Clothing For The Entire Family YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD JOHNSON (Continued From Page One) a final class In law enforcement tomorrow morning, a trip to points of historic interest in the afternoon, and a fishing party in the ocean. Johnson, in his address tonight, commended the sheriffs for their activity in public life and termed them lenders of the people. He dwelt at length on schools and highways. North Carolina, he said, is the only state in the union operating a nine-month, 12-grade school term solely from state funds and maintaining and constructing all state roads. “All other states,” he said, “give some aid to both, but in no case more than 50 per cent of the cost. “Other states have fine roads and school systems where there is wealth, but in those sections where very little wealth exists, the people are left largely to their own resources to have such schools and roads as they can pro vide for themselves. “We take the position in North Carolina that just because a boy or girl lives in a rural section where there is very little wealth and where people themselves could not have good roads and schools, they should not be pena lized. “Here, the state sees to it they have equal opportunity with those who live in communities where wealth is abundant.” Praise for the financial position of the state also was given by the gubernatorial candidate. He called attention to the fact that for the first time in 100 years “we have no general fund debt, it already having been provided for.” Johnson also declared that there is enough money in the highway fund to liquidate the highway debt, but said this would not be done immediately as the money was needed to improve the pre sent highway system and build farm to market roads. TThe principal amount of the highway debt will be paid off or provided for by 1951, he added. REDS PROTEST (Continued From Page One) whatever economic measures they consider necessary in their zones. The state department said U. S. Ambassador W. Bedell Smith delivered a protest to the Soviet Foreign office on August 14, stat ing that this government saw “no reason” why Dairen should not be reopened immediately. The memorandum recalled that this government sent a similar note to Moscow last January with out results, and it asked for spe cific information on what steps Russia was prepared to take to reopen the port. The department also announced that Russia so far has ignored Secretary of State George C. Mar shall’s August 12 note asking the Soviets to agree to preliminary consideration of the Japanese peace treaty by 11 allied nations rather than by the Big Four. INTERRACIAL (Continued From Page One) an organization favoring ming ling of Negroes and whites has been asked to get out of a north eastern North Carolina county. In Columbia, Tyrrell county, several white students who had been living at the home of a Negro complied with an order of some 300 white residents to clear out. The Halifax group said it had no connection with the Columbia students. Hastings denied that the group was ordered to leave Halifax be cause it was interracial. He said he had learned they had camped earlier at the home of a Negro woman in the county. UNfflCATjON (Continued From Page One) thority as boss of all American forces begins the day after he takes the oath of office. He al ready has been confirmed by the Senate. In any case, the law provides that the merger must go into ef fect not later than Sept. 24. The President said appoint ments to a dozen or more other top jobs in the new defense set-up are under consideration. He said the appointtees for- those $10,000 to $14,000 a year posts will be announced later, DEATH NUMBER RISES CADIZ, Spain, Aug. 21—(IP)—Res cuse crews found three more bodies today in the ruins of homes and factories destroyed by Monday night’s Cadiz arsenal explosion, bringing to 153 the number of known dead. ■ i - .1 i f i 1 Blended Whisky $yO 4/5 QUART $^10 PINT The straight whiskies in this product are 4 years or more old 15% straight whisky 5 years old 20% straight whisky 4 years old 65% grain neutral spirits 86.8 proof CONTINENTAL DISTILLING CORPORATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA. HAMBONFS MEDITATIONS By Alley ( — ■' MAH Ok,E ^AR AUW R!6Ht FUR A SUNDAY RlDE,FUt EF'N I'SE IK A HlIRR^ t' Alt BACK,I TEKS DE. MULE! fKttaxed by The Bell 8yn* <Sh-*1p. Iiir.) Trade Mark Kef. U. S. Pat. Office) writ™ (Continued From Page One) week from today, as the deadline for completion of committee work. It was agreed also that Sept. 5 be set as the deadline for the completion of the defense treaty. At Marshall’s request it was agre ed that the conference be endd sooner if possible. This leaves open the date on which President Truman will come here to address the conference in its closing days. At today’s plenary session Edu ardo Zuleta Angel of Colombia warned the conference that its de fense treaty would be imperfect and incomplete unless it found some way around the UN charter to permit American nations to take “preventive action” against threats of aggression without wait ing for security council decision. Jose Vicente Trujillo of Ecua dor urged that the American na tions provide machinery by which treaties could be revised, on appeal to an international body if they were outdated. Zuleta Angel’s warning concern ed directly the revised American defense treaty draft. FRANCOWTES (Continued From Page One) agreed to land in France. Mean while 36 babies were born on the ships, making the total number of refugees now 4,460. Most of those who landed did so because of ill ness. The firmly worded British state ment was released simultaneously in London, Marseille, Paris and Jerusalem. It said that if the Jew ish agency “really have the inter ests of these illegal immigrants at heart, they should be prepared to send a representative ... to "Port de Bouc in order to make a last appeal” to the immigrants to land. nTc weed (Continued From Page One) week were estimated at about 11 per cent. Total gross sales so far this sea son total 5,023,904 pounds at ar average of. $46.25. South Carolina reports a gross sale of 2,928,07C pounds for an average of $46.55; North Carolina, 2,095,834 pounds for an average of $45.81. Average prices per hundred pounds on a limited number oi grades yesterday: Leaf—Fair lemon $50, down $2; low lemon $43, down $4; fair orange $44, down $2; common orange $24.50, down $1.50; low green $21.50, down $3.50. Smoking leaf—Fair orange $51, down $1; low orange $43, down $3. Cutters—Good lemon $59, down $1; fair orange $55, down $2; low orange $54, down $2. Lugs — Choice lemon $8, un changed; low lemon $35, down $4; good orange $50, down $2; fair orange $42, unchanged. Primings — Fair lemon $39, down $2; low orange $21, down $4. Nondescript — Best thin $13.50, down .50 cents. W. S. Edmunds, Chadbourn to bacco sales supervisor, reported last night that Chadbourn marke had the largest sales of the 1947 season with 200,000 pounds bring ing an average price of $45.91. Medium and better grades were from one to four dollars higher than the first of the week. He predicted heavy sales for next week. PROBERS (Continued From Page One) a thorough investigation, the com mittee is prepared to recommend corrective action to the Depart ment of Justice, or call for cor rective federal legislation. PRICE-FIXING (Continued From Page One) most every major steel industry in the country, eight of the nation’s largest tire companies and two technicolor concerns and the East man Kodak Company were in dicted on charges of violating anti trust laws. HUSBAND (Continued From Page One) husband three weeks ago because of his habitual drunkenness. She left Cleveland, Tenn., where they had been living and came to her former home here. Lewis follow ed her and last night induced her io meet him In his hotel room. SENATOR BILBO (Continued From Page One) tion to the United States Senate, equivalent to election in Mississi ppi, despite the opposition of the l2te Pat Harrison, then senior senator of his state. From then on, it was clear sailing for the man from Poplarville until Jan. 3, 1947, when his past and the Republican majority in the Sen ate rose up to haunt him. Bilbo never appeared to be con cerned over what his Senate col leagues or newspapers outside of Mississippi thought of him and his doctrine of white supremacy and state’s rights. Washington corre spondents once voted him the title of “worst man in the Sen age.” Bilbo was one of eight children, born in a little farmhouse in Pearl River county Oct. 13, 1877, near the site of the imposing three story mansion, “the dream house,” which he later built. Odd ly enough, he once held the digni fied post of a Latin and mathema tics teacher. But it was not long before he got the urge to enter politics. Bilbo loved public life and was never happier than when embroil ed in a fight or a filibuster. He was good at both. During the 1946 session of Con gress he filibustered against the Fair Employment Practices Con trol bill and then rushed home to tell Mississippi- voters he had saved them from being forced to give Negroes equal privileges with whites. Ironically, Bilbo, whose tirades against Negroes probably won him more enemies than any o< his other outspoken views, died with a gesture toward reconcilia tion with the race he had so often denounced. In his last published interview, he defended his anti-Negro voting policies as political self-preserva tion. He gave the interview to a Negro editor, Leon L. Lewis of the “Negro South”. “I am honestly against the so cial intermingling of Negroes and whites,” were Bilbo’s last words for publication—uttered last Sat urday. "Biut I hold nothing per sonal against Negroes as a race. God made them as they are and they should be proud of that God given heritage as I am proud of mine.” Within hours after he made that softening statement Bilbo was stricken with his mortal attack. He had virtually dropped from public life after he left Washing ton last January in the midst of the stormy debate over whether he should be seated in the new) Congress. The Republican majori ty had lined up almost solidly against him because of his white supremacy views and his dealings with war contractors. The nature of his illness—can cer of the mouth and lower jaw silenced to a whisper the leather lunged voice that had carried con viction from the stump in almost every Mississippi election since 1927. From Washington, Bilbo went straight to New Orleans where Dr. Alton Ochsner, world-known cancer specialist, cut away the diseased tissue and bone. Ochsner planned to restore Bilbo’s lower face by plastic surgery but Bilbo never again came out from under the bandages. His last public appearance—and the only one since his departure from Washington—was last spring at Poplarville when he dedicated the Juniper Grove Baptist church hard by his palatial “dream house” on the Pearl river. Since that appearance his exact whereabouts had been a mystery until he showed up at Foundation hospital, now operated by Ochs ner, about two weeks ago. He was feverish and in pain from neuritis when he arrived and his condi tion had grown progressively worse. After the embolism set in Sun day, a minor operation was per COUSINS (Continued From Page One) Two other youths, Donald May, 17, of Manchester, and Phillip Knatz, 21, of Greenmount, waived extradiction, but the three other accused fought removal. Assistant Attorney General Jo seph D. Buscher, appointed by Governor William Preston Lane, Jr., to decide on the extradiction order, told Judge Manley he felt the Millers should be freed. The judge agreed* remanding Green to the Pennsylvania authorities. Then Attorney Murrell stepped into the case. He informed the judge he was going to arrest the Millers. Judge Manley replied not as long as they were in his court house, and he gave the Millers sanctuary in a jury room adja cent to his rooms. They sat there for more than an hour, while police waited patiently outside the build ing. The Millers’ attorney, Wiley L. Ritchey then got from Judge Manley a technical writ of habeas corpus and the 15-minute head start. SMALL CORN (Continued From Page One) belt during the first half of August cut the prospective yield by 223, 000,000 bushels, it said. Officials reported that the short crop “unquestionably” would re sult in a tight feed situation. This would be reflected in a less than seasonal drop in meat and poultry prices this fall with the prospect of further sharp increases next spring. Some cuts in retail meat prices this fall still are likely since cat tle and hogs starting to market in late September were fattened on last year’s corn. But the anticipat ed drop probably will be temper ed by higher feed prices. On the basis of present esti mates, the corn crop would be the smallest since the critical 1936 drought year when only 1.505,000, 000 bushels were binned. It would be far below last year’s record breaking 3,287,809,000 bushel yield. Optical microscopes can magnify up to about 8,000 diameters. 1 formed Monday to tie off the af fected vein and Bilbo rallied sur prisingly — but only for a few nours. Each succeeding bulletin for the last 24 hours had reported him growing “weaker” and when the end came early this afternoon standing at Bilbo’s bedside were his son, Col. Theodore G. Bilbo, Jr.; his daughter, Mrs. Jesse Smith and hie closest confidante and secretary, Mrs. Mattie Fox worth. Bilbo’s sumptuous gray Cadillac —which figured in the Senate in vestigation of his dealings with war contractors—was parked out side the hospital during the Sena tor’s last illness. Bilbo rode from one end of the state to the other, warning the people that Northerners were pouring millions of dollars into the state to insure his defeat. “Take it,” he exhorted them. “Then wash the taint off it and vote like hell for Bilbo.” One grizzled old farmer said at the polls that “I don’t like this man Bilbo, but I also don’* like Yankees telling us what to do in g_ ■ Mississippi. We don’t need no out side bossing.” The barbs aimed at Bilbo dur ing his turbulent lifetime extend ed beyond attempts to hive him inpeached when he was governor and barred from the * Senate. He also had domestic troubles. His wife fought bitterly against his suit to divorce her, charging that she had been abandoned. She asked the court to deny the di vorce and give her one-third of her husband’s Senate salary. She topped things off by testi fying that Bilbo had “openly vio lated every marital obligation and had devoted his time to fast wom en.” However, Bilbo got hie divorce. It was his purported activities G U R R Jewelers Wilmington’* Fla* Jeweler ?94 N. Front 8t. Dial *-1511 with the fair sex that got Bilbo his nickname, "the man.” “If these stories about Bilbo are true,” he reportedly chortled, "you’ve got to admit, he’s a man.” GRANDPA’S FULL OF PEP Mow Ho’m Found Foot Holp From Oottlng Up Mlghtt • Here’s good news for you 'folks who have to get up at night to pats water, have backache, too, because of minor functional kidney disorders. Three generations ego, e famous doctor developed a medicine for this vaay trouble. Now millions have used iy often with emexingly fast, effective results. The medi cine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, made of 16 herbs, roots, vegetables, and bal sams — truly nature's oara way to relief. Instantly you take it, it starts to work flushing out kidneys ... increases the flow of urine, helping te relieve excess acidity ... to irritated bladder gets a good flushing out, too. Caution: Take es directed. You’ll say it’s marvelous. For free trial supply, write Dept. F, Kilrter Is Co., Inc., Box 1255, Stamford, Conn. Or — get full-tixed bottle of Swamp-Root today at your drugstore. They’re Here! Now On Display For Your Inspection The New 1948 Models... '’ass*. > . "mm*. ...A BEAUTIFUL PIANO WITH A MAGNIFICENT TONE! Music lovers of Wilmington and Eastern N. C. who have been wanting a fine piano will be thrilled at the news that w e have just received and have on display a shipment of LESTER BETSY ROSS SPINETS and LESTER GRANDS. If you want a fine quality piano and at the same time want to SAVE MONEY on the purchase dpn’t fail to see us at once. A Message From The Owner We are not sttangers in Wilmington. For the past 15 years we have been your au thorized dealers for the famous line of BALDWIN PIANOS. We have scores of satisfied patrons in Wilmington, a majority of whom purchased their Baldwin Fianos from us. Due to the inability of the strike bound Baldwin factory to deliver us any of their pianos at present, we are offering; the famous Lester Fianos. In addition to the 10-year written guarantee furnished by the manufacturer we personally guarantee any new or used piano purchased from us. We know we can save you money on any piano you purchase1 from us. Panl Harrill, Owner BUY ON EASY TEBMS 10% DOWN Balance In 2 Years ****** We Also Have For Immediate Delivery Several Fine REBUILT and REFINISHED GRANDS At Money Saving Prices We Have On Display New And Used SPINETS, GRANDS And UPRIGHTS At PRICES and TERMS That Can't Be Beaten • So, Ii You Are Interested In A Piano Of Any Description Come In And See Our Display. Phone Us Or Drop Us A Letter Or Card And We'll See Yon Promptly — Regardless Of Where You Live. WE GUARANTEE... In order to prove to you that we mean what we say when we promise to save you money on the purchase of any new or used piano, we guarantee that w® can make you a better deal and save you more money on the sme quality or even better quality pianos that you can get elsewhere in this entire section of ^orth Carolina. See us before you buy any Piano. Liberal Trade-In ALLOWANCE For Your OLD PIANO - ON A - New or Rebuilt PIANO Balance On Easy Payments! HARRILL MUSIC STORE Home Of Baldwin Pianos 301 N. Front St. Phone 5497 .__ ■_UJ
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