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FORECAST: Served By Leased Wires of the Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy ASSOCIATED PRESS and continued warm today with widely and the scattered afternoon thunderstorms. ! UNITED PRESS I With Complete Coverage of — ~ " State \nd National Newi YOU 8C-N03.-----~ WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, ANGUST 25, 1947 ~ ESTABLISHED 1867 jj.S. Fighting Hard Rattle Vandenberg Working To Protect UN Charter At Inter-American Meet PET.ROPOLIS, Brazil, Aug. 24 _CU.fi)—Th* United States fought a dramatic behind-the-scenes battle in* the Inter-American conference tonight to keep the hemispheric defense treaty from becoming a relied anti-Communist pact and to Insure that it is fully in accord _jtVi the United Nations charter. The fight is going on, at the moment, in a six-nation sub-com mittee with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, R„ Mich., represent ing the United States. United States delegates are gravely worried over the present situation and the entire delegation met for nearly four hours tonight working out plans for the critical v,-eek which starts tomorrow'. United States informants said after the meeting that the talk was devoted almost entirely to making “very sure” that nothing is written into the defense treaty which would tend to undermine the UN charter. Backing UN The sense of the meeting, if was made known, was that the United States is working on the belief that the UN is indispensable and must be supported to the utmost despite current difficulties. The delegation went over in de tail the work being done by Van denberg in conference sub-com mittees, especially regarding the desire of Argentina that a distinc tion should be drawn between an attack on an American nation by a non-American nation and an at tack on one American nation by another. United States delegates fear that to draw such a distinction would be one entering wedge for a charge that the defense treaty actually is aimed against Commu nism—Russia. In examining a new proposal for defining in detail a hemi spheric "security zone”—violation of which would bring the treaty into ac.ion—the concensus of the United States delegates was that Canada would be included in such a delegation. Such inclusion might be effect ad whether or not Canada ad hered later to the defense treaty. The United States is sponsoring here an article which would per mit Canada to do so. I EDISON’S WIDOW DIES IN NEW YORK Daughter Of Temperance Family, She Was Act tive In Dry Cause NEW YORK. Aug. 24. —(A5)— Mrs. Mina Miller Edison, 82, widow of inventor Thomas A. Edi son, died tonight. Mrs. Edison, who was the in ventor’s second wife, and mother of Charles A. Edison, former gov ernor of New Jersey, died at Hark ness Pavilion of tlyr Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center where *he had been a patient since July 16. She had fallen into a coma late today. M"s. Edison was born ot Akron, Ohio, July 16, 1865, and was a leader in national fights for temp erance and juvenile recreation fa cilities. Her father was Lewis Miller, co founder with Bishop John H. Vin cent of the Chautauqua Institute. Her mother was an associate of Frances E. Willard in the early fi&ht for temperance. Years lat er ihe often related that she had »e*n her mother come home with her clothes soaked with water thrown at her by sale a-keepers. She became Edison’s second wife »t 21 when she was hailed by artists as one of America’s most beautiful women. The inventor, then 39, was in the midst of his "'ork as the “Wizard of Menlo Park” Early this year, in connection *ith the centennial of Edison’s hlrth, Mrs, Edison wrote an article far the Associated Press in which jh* said of their marriage that ■there were no trials; there were »o tribulations in being the wife such a man.” 1 can look back on those won itfful years and see nothing in Mem but compensation,” she wrote, “We have always felt that *:iy inconveniences there may have been were as nothing, such >• the irregularity of his working hours which required constant re adjusting of the plans in the home, "hat we were doing was for a man accomplishing great things in the korld,” She gave of her time to the Se* EDISON’S On Page Two The Weather „ FORECAST: 'VJrtn Carolina — Partly cloudy and fitinued warm widely scattered after thundershowers. tr~?uUl Carolina — Partly cloudy and *»tt*d warTn Monday and Tuesday, tsred afternoon thundershowers. J,, orolo8ical data for the 24 hours “J‘rig 7:30 p. m. yesterday. , TEMPERATURES ft! ™ «• m. 75; 7:30 a. m. 75; 1:30 p. m. 30 P- m. 78; Maximum 87; Mini Um 74- Mean 80; Normal 77. , HUMIDITY I, a m- 95; 7:30 a. m. »3; 1:30 p. m. ' 7;» p. m. 89. » PRECIPITATION 24 h0urs ending 7:30 p' m the first of the montl ~ TIDES FOR TODAY 0 , M the Tide Tables published b; ■ Coast and Geodetic Survey). HIGH LOW ”nMgton -4:36 a.m. 11:49 a.m Ma 5:18 p.m. — pm !w'ooro Inltt. __ 2:24 a.m. 8:43 a.m . 3:17 p m. 9:39 p m 5 ■ 40; Sunset 6:47; Moonrlsi Mb Moonset 12:17a. “"ire WEATHER On Fait Two Army-Navy Digs In To Prepare For War Denver Pr^v^ Copyright Article Says Are Being Excavated * -^Querque; No Secret Now DEN ojx, 24 —The Denver .ported last night in a cop> <t article that huge caverns are being dug under Army-Navy supervision in a moun tain range not far from Al buquerque, N.M., as super-defens es against a possible World War III.” “This is not a revelation of military secrets,” the post said in the story from Albuquerque by Robert Fenwick, “Because the general facts are known to many Albuquerque residents XXX. Its presence is known to hundreds of commercial airline pasengers who have flown over the dig sings.” The Post article continued: “Great excavations are under way beneath a mountain peak. Hundreds and reputedly thousands of men are at work there with ponderous machinery. Civilian pi lots say that planes of the most modem war types, from jet pur suits to extra-long-range bombers are standing near runways a short distance from the construc tion center.” There is a story, according to the Post, “that deep underneath the mountain range there is to be a large chamber, hewn from solid rock and then lined with concrete, asbestos and lead “there’s word also about miles of conveyor belts running out of the bowles of the earth to deliver automatic bombs to the surface.” The Post said David E. Lilien See ARMY—NAVY on Page Two Nine-Day Trip Planned Over Initial Air Highway EASTERN GROWERS EXPECT $50 TOPS Warehouses In 15 Towns Of Belt Jammed With Leaf For Opening Day By The Associated Press Long after the sun set yesterday, Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco growers continued to bring their offerings to their favorite warehouses for the openings sales today on 15 markets. As usual there was an electric current of apprehension over first day sales as the farmers and ware housemen speculated about price averages. Many older heads agreed with the Federal-State De partments of Agriculture prospec tus that averages would run about $50 per hundred, or almost the same as the Border Belt’s opening day prices of three weeks ago. The Eastern Belt warehousemen, meeting in Farmville Saturday, agreed to start sales at 9 a. m., or 30 minutes earlier than the usual beginning time. The market will operate on a four-hour sales sched ute eacn aay unuj -ne opening oi | the Middle Belt on September 15, when sales time will be slashed to 3 1-2 hours. The Eastern Belt will sell 400 baskets per hour for each set of buyers. The maximum weight of each basket has been set at 250 pounds. The Federal-State Crop Report ing service indicated that this year’s Eastern Belt crop would be about four per cent lower than the 1946 all-time record high of 454, 250,000 pounds, but predicted that the crop although somewhat light in weight would be of good quality, particularly for cigarette purposes. The per-acre yield of the crop, as of August 1, was set at 1,130 pounds — only 20 pounds off the 1946 acreage yield, the Federal State Crop Reporting Service said. Keeping pace with increased post-war cigarette consumption, the belt has 106 warehouses, nine more than last year, and through out the state re-drying facilities have been improved. One Co-op Market At least one market, Wendell, offers a warehouse o%med and operated by a co-operative of farmers, the first in the state. Ac cording to the Federal-State De partments of Agriculture figures, Wilson last year led the Belt and the entire state i nvolume or sales with 83,244,733 pounds sold — the figure does not include resales. Runner-up was Rocky Mount with 67,324,785 pounds and in third place was Greenville with 62,027,667 pounds. HENRY FORD BOOSTS CAR, TRUCK PRICES FROM $20 TO $97 DETROIT, Aug. 24. — \JP) — President Henry Ford II announc ed today that prices on "most models” of Ford Motor company passenger cars and all truck models “are being raised from :20 to :97, effective immediate; ly.” . . "This is an average increase of 4.2 per cent,” the announcement said. “This action has been dictat ed by the simple necessity of keep ing Ford Motor company on a sound economic basis.” The action followed price rises recently announced by other mem bers of the automotive "big three,” Chrysler and General Motors, and several smaller manufacturers, in cluding Hudson, Kaiser-Frazier, Nash and Packard._ Route For Civilian Planes Will Be 40-Miles Wide Ending On Coast WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. —(U.R) — A 40-mile wide transcontinen tal air highway between Los An geles and Washington will be sur veyed on a nine-day flight to start from the California city Sept. 8, it was announced tonight. Skyway, No. 1,” passing over 5,000 cities and towns of which perhaps 1,500 have airports, will be the first route of its kind, laid out expressly for private and other non-airline planes. The project may cost between $100,000 and $375,000, depending upon the price of ground markers along the route. In any event, this would not cost much more than equipping a large commercial air port with all the bad-weather land ing aids deemed necessary by federal and airline officials. After the model skyway is laid out, it is planned to establish others throughout the country. Official designation of the route and the survey flight were an nounced separately by the Civil Aeronautics Administration and by the Washington Board of Trade and Los Angeles Chambef of Com merce. Florida Irked It provoked consternation on the part of the Florida State Society. Its president, Albert G. Brick, got wind of the project earlier and de nounced it as “rank favoritism” and “bureaucratic skydoggling.” Miami was host to thousands of private fliers before Los Angeles “ever thought of giving them a break,” he complained. “Skyway No. 1” should follow Highway No. 1 to Florida. But the transcontinental route already had been designated of ficially and the best Florida ap parently can hope for is “Skyway No. 2.” All along the Los Angeles — Washington route, there will be markers which private fliers can See SURVEY On Page Two NO' ESTHREA7 C RTAIN RE\ IE Germans Living In Rus sian Zone Take Blast At Wives Of SED BERLIN, Aug. 24 — (fP) —The Neue Zeitung, official German newspaper of the American Mili tary government, said today anonymous letters were circula ting in the Russian zone of Ger many, threatening revenge for the “reign of terror and hunger” they said was being conducted there by the “Red Fascists” of the Com munist-dominated German Socia list Unity Party (SED). The newspaper, which has ex tensive German news sources in the closed Russian zone, has pre viously reported indications of restiveness among the population against the administration of the SED, which has the approximate status of “official” party under the Russians. Neue Zeitung said the letters were directed to the wives of SED members in Saxony and that they warned the women "when the reckoning comes you will be neld accountable along with your hus bands—just as the wives of the Nazis were—unless you wake up their consciences and keep your selves back from misdeeds.’ The letters, the newspaper said, charged that SED party leaders were living high while the popu lation hungered and were making no effort to alleviate the lot of the people. _ Untruthful Clock Runs Afoul Streamline World PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2*1—The huge clock on the William Penn tower atop Philadelphia’s city hall -the city’s official timepiece since New Year’s Eye 1898—is going to be modernized. . New electrical installations will replace the pneumatic system which has moved the clock’s mas sive hands since a manufacturer s representative presented the time piece to city officials 49 years ago. On that occasion city officials were told: “Gentlemen, this is the greatest clock in the world. It will run forever.’’ Half an hour later the clock stopped. Though it was quickly repaired and for years after guided Phila delphians in regulating their com ings and goings, in recent months the clock has not told the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So, like most everything else in thi* post-war world, Billy Penn’s clock if going to be atreamlined. Legion Commander Urges Sending United States Troops To Greece; New Third Party Picks Wallace Labor Unions Behind Drive Three Hundred Delegates Launch Movement At Los Angeles Sunday LOS ANGELES. Aug. 24—CU.R)— A third political party, which will back Henry A. Wallace as a Presi dential nominee, was launched here today by 300 representatives of labor, civic and minority groups. The new party was named the Independent Progressive Party of California. Chief organizer and temporary chairman of the state wide committee to promote the party is Hugh Bryson, 32, San Francisco, president of the CIO National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. Officials of AFL unions and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will serve with him on the steer ing committee. The committee will seek at least 350,000 names of qualified voters on petitions to be filed with the Secretary of State, a necessary preliminary to having the party certified. An objective of the party is to put a slate of delegates in the field pledged to Wallace as the party’s Presidential nominee, Bry son said. A state-wide slate of candidates also will be pushed. The party founders hope to quali fy it for the 1948 election. Follow FDR The party is determined to “con tinue to fight for progress in the tradition of Franklin D. Roosevelt” and “to build a new party that See LABOR on Page Two EPILEPTIC GIRL HAS ‘CAGE’ HOME State Institution Unable To Admit Hopelessly 111 Kannapolis Child KANNAPOLAS.Aug. 24—(A»)— A 14-year-old epileptic girl has lived in an open-air wooden stockade and cage-like room here for three years while her parents have sought unsuccessfully to have her admitted to a state institution. Police Chief I. T. Chapman said today. The girl is Maxine Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith. Chief Chapman said that the hopelessly-sick child roams the enclosure, alternately tearing up paper and leaves, and batter ing her head against walls and screaming. In Raleigh, Dr. R. G. Blackwel der, superintendent of the State Hospital for Epileptics, said that Maxine was one of 100 or more patients on a long waiting list for admission. He said the state institution had been unable to take new patients for several years and would be un able to admit any more until new facilities now under construction are completed. For Protection Chief Chapmen said that Max ine’s parents, built the stockade to protect the girl and themselves It is constructed of two-by-fours and is connected to a room at the back of the house. Maxine is let into the enclosure every day and at night her father a wounded veteran of World War one, leads her into the room. Chapman said that Maxine is too strong to be handled by her mother or sister, and that her fa ther is barely a match for her. Smith is a textile mill employe. He said he had worked a double shift -80 hours- last week and had often don so to meet medical expenses.__ KENNETH C. ROYALL JOHN C. SULLIVAN W. STUABT SYMINGTON PBESIDENT TRUMAN HAS NAMED THE ABOVE THREE MEN to head the nation’s armed forces nnder the overall supervision of Secretary of Natl onal Defense James V. Forrestal. They are Secre tary of the Army, Kenneth C. Rayoll, now Secretary 0f War; Secretary of the Navy, John C. Sullivan, now Navy Undersecretary; and Secretary for Air, W. Stuart Symington, presently Assistant Secretary of War for Air. (International) Athens Prepares For Violence; NudeDoukhoborsThreaten City Hundreds Of Men Milling En Masse On Outskirts Of Nelson^ B. C. NELSON, B. C., Aug. 24. Police today prepared to cope with hun dreds of nude members of the "Sons of Freedom," a radical unit of the Russian Doukhobors, who were threatening to march on this Kootenay Valley city to protest the arrest of 10 of their clansman. At last reports the naked Freed omites were milling en masse at Shore Acres, 15 miles West of here. Police Chief Robert Harshaw said the demonstration might last two or three days, and he augmented his force of officers with reinforce ments from other provincial law enforcement agencies to be ready for the mass march which he said would probably follow. The Doukhobors’ long history since their migration from Rus sia to Canada has been marked by frequent mass parades in the See HUNDREDS On Page Two VIOLENCE TAKES LIVES OF EIGHT Airplane Crashes Account For Three Deaths In State Over. Weekend By The ASSOCIATED PRESS Three persons were killed in air plane crashes and at least eight others suffered violent death in North Carolina during the week end. Rowland B. Nash of Raleigh and Jack McGee of Grosse He, Mich., were killed Friday night in the crash of Nash’s private plane dur ing a storm near Lumberton. Paul Bowen, 20, of Alexandria Mills, died Friday In a Ruther fordton hospital of injuries suffer ed Thursday when the plane in which he was riding crashed near Rutherfordton. Vernon Peeler, 19, of Jackson ville, Fla., was killed early Sat urday in Rocky Mount when scrap See VIOLENCE on Page Two Along The Cape Fear CUSHING VENTURES FORTH— The exploit of Naval Lieut. Wil liam Cushing, Union officer, oc cured on June 23, 1864, after the Confederate’s small fleet had jour neyed down the river and engaged the Federal fleet blockading the mouth of the Cape Fear river. Returning into the river, the iron-clad Confederate vessel, “The Raleigh”, became stuck upon a shoal and to' accomplish its des truction and at the same time, un dertake a reconnaisance of the South’s defense in that region. Lieutenant Cushing volunteered. Notwithstanding the warning of his superiors that he would almost certainly be captured or killed, the lieutenant persisted in his scheme. On the night of June 23,1864, he left “The USS Monticello”, to which he was assigned. He left the vessel in a cutter accompa nied by two subordinate officers and 15 men, crossed the western bar and passed the forts and town of Smithville without discovery. * * * NEARLY RUN DOWN — After passing Smithville his cutter was nearly run down in the darkness by an outward bound blockade runner, Following that narrow es cape, he proceeded up the river slowly and with oars muffled steered under the guns of Fort Anderson. As Cushing passed the fort,, the moon came out from be hind the clouds and sentries on shore spotted the cutter and open ed fire. The fort was aroused and gunners attempted to use bigger guns on the boat. But Cushing and his party pul led for the opposite shore and were able to disappear along its banks. His first stopping place was up a creek where the patty poled its boat until reaching the military road leading from Wilm ington to Fort Fisher. * * # COURIER CAPTURED — Here the party went ashore and cut tele graph wires and were able to cap ture a courier who was on his way with a message to the comman der at Fort Fisher. Cushing then put one of his own men in the uni form of the captured Confederate trooper and dispatched him to Wilmingtn for supplies. By that time it was daylight. Ihe soldier, Howorth by name, returned a few hours later with a supply of chickens, eggs and but ter which he had ben able to pur chase in Wilmington without at tracting suspicion. HE LIKES ’EM COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 24— (A*)—South Carolina’s bachelor governor, J. Strom Thurmond, said today "I’m against’’ long er skirts for women’s dresses. Asked why, Thurmond re plied, "I think that should be obvious, don’t you?” HEAVY SKYTRUCK ON VIEW TODAY Huge Post-War Cargo Plane Can Carry 16 Tons At High Speed COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 24. —(A1) — Military and commercial air line officials tomorrow will witness pre-view demonstrations of a post war skytruck, capable of carrying 16 tons of freight at 300 miles an hour, at the Columbus plant of the Curtiss-Wright corp. A full-scale wood mock-up of an air giant designed to carry larg er air cargoes than any airplane yet introduced, including the 31,000 pound 155 MM “Long Tom” field gun, was shown as being capable of carrying any commercial car go that would fit into a box car. The entire tail section is hinged, and may be raised by a hydraulic system, permitting a 7 1-2 ton truck to be driven aboard. A single unit 48 feet long, 9 feet wide and 7 feet high, weighing 32, 000 pounds, can be accommodated. Four Cents Mile Engineers have determined the direct operating costs at approxi See HEAVY on Page Two NATIONAL AIRLINES MOVES OPERATION OF “FLIGHT CONTROL” National Airlines, which serves Wilmington, is moving its flight control section from Jacksonville to Miami, it was announced today. Officials said the move is in co| nection with a general “speed up” program featuring faster sche dules and instant confirmation of requests for reservations. Flight control governs opera tions of National Airlines planes throughout 10 states and Cuba. The section will be housed in the newly completed addition to the NAL maintenance and operations base at Miami International Air port. L.W. Dymond of Miami will be assistant operations manager in charge of flight control. Police, Gendarmes Alerted As Tsaldaris Fails To Form Government ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 24. — (U.R)— Police, gendarmes and army troops were alerted today against possible violence as Foreign Min ister Constantin Tsaldaris announc ed he had failed to persuade The mistocles Sophoulis to bring his unrepresented “rebel” faction of the Liberal Republican party into a new Greek government. Tsaldaris, former premier and leader of the Populist (Royalist) party, said he offered Sophoulis “equal terms” with his Populist in the course of a 45-minute con ference. Tsaldaris did not explain Sophoulis’ rejection of a ministry, and still maintained he will be able to swear in a full cabinet by Mon day night. Americans, here to administer a $300,000,000 reconstruction loan, had hoped any new government would contain all Greek political parties, including the Sophoulis Liberals, who had no post in the last cabinet. There was no com ment from American quarters on Tsaldaris’ failure. After his talk with Sophoulis, Tsaldaris conferred with Interior Canellopoulos, National Unionist (Republican), and Defense Minis ter Sophocles Venizelos, leader of Liberal Republicans represented in the cabinet. Observers believed Public Order See POLICE On Page Two FOOD POISONING HITS GUARDSMEN Thirty-One Men Rushed From Trains To Hospi tal At Tinker Field OKLAHOMA, CITY, Aug. 24. — (fl>)— Thirty-one members of the Oklahoma National Guard who have been in camp at Fort Sill were taken off two trains here to day suffering with food poisoning. They were immediately rushed to the Army Air Force hospital at Tinker Field near Oklahoma City. Lt. Col. W. H. McCarroll, base surgeon at the field, reported that the majority were not in a serious condition. Source of the poisoning was not immediately determined. Division officers said however that each man had been supplied with a box oi sandwiches when he boarded the train at Fort Sill. A close check is being made on other trains carrying guardsmen due to arrive here later today. N. C. Per Capita Income Was Only $317 In 1946 WASHINGTON, Aug 24 —(Vj— North Carolina ranked fourth among the Southeastern states in per capita income during 1946, a Commerce department report showed today. The North Carolina figure was $817 as compared to $1,200 for the country as a whole. None of the nine Southeastern states equaled the national average. Florida was tops among the nine with $1017 other 1946 figures included Virginia, $952; Tennessee $843; Georgia, $809; Louisiana, $784; ' Kentucky, $778; Tennessee $733, and South Carolina, $729. The department reported that in almost all states the total income payments to individuals in 1946 were at a record high. The report noted that in the Central, New England, Middle East and Northwest regions, in dividual incomes in 1946 were 10 to 12 per cent above 1945, while in the far West, Southeast and Southwest, where the war effort had provided the largest income expansion, the 1947 gains were of smaller proportion. By states, the per capita income for 1946 varied frcm a high of $1,703 in Nevada, to $555 in Mis sissippi. Paul Griffith Warns Nation Citing Danger Of Confla gration Abroad He Calls For “Training” NEW YORK, Aug, 24. —(U.R)— Paul H. Griffith, national com* mander of the American Legion, said today the United States should sent troops tc aid Greece if that country is invaded. He warned that the "critical sit uation” in Greece poses the threat of "world conflagration on a mo ment’s notice,” and urged Presi dent Truman to call a special ses sion of Congress to enact univer sal military training legislation to strengthen the nation's armed forces. He conceded that dispatch of U. S. troops to Greece probably would mean a shooting war, but pointed to the material support already being sent to Greece and said that "if it takes troops I believe we ought to send troops.” Griffith, here for the national Legion convention, declared that “the critical situation which has developed in Greece within the past few hours is a direct and dan gerous head-on clash of the ideologies of democracy and Com munism. It could spread into world conflagration on a moment’s notice.” urges session Griffith said that “confronted by the new European situation,” Truman should call Congress at once to enact TJMT legislation. He urged that no other matters be considered at this proposed ses sion, because our national exist ence perhaps depended on speedy Congressional action on the coun try’s defense. When asked at a press confer ence if the United States should send troops to Greece to protect that country’s interests, Griffith replied. - “We already have sent support to Greece and our Navy is now in the Mediterranean. If it take* troops I believe we ought to send troops.” Asked if the sending of troops to Greece would mean a formal declaration of war against Rus sia he said, “I don’t know what you mean by a formal declaration; See GRIFFITH On Page Two TROPICAL STORM FORCE DIMINISHES Hurricane Passes Inland Leaving Little Damage At Galveston GALVESTON. Tex., Aug 24—t'P) —The center of a tropical storm passed over Galveston at 4:45 p. m. (CST) today with winds up to 65 miles an hour. The storm headed inland in a North-Northwest direction. The Weather bureau predicted that the storm would begin to break up as it moved inland. Trees were uprooted here, si«M were blown down and other dam age of a minor nature were ob served. me iorce oi me wiuu icaumu 65 miles per hour in gusts and was blowing steady at 52 miles per hour. At 3 p.m. the barometer was 29.68, then dropped to 29.28 when the center passed over the city. It climbed back to 29.33 shortly afterward. Heavy laden skies and blinding rain blanketed the area. There was very little traffic and few pedistrians, but improved shelters teemed with refugee per sons living beyond the sea-wall. The city’s power plant was knocked out. Hundreds of persons flocked in to the city hall and municipal au ditorium. The last Weather bureau advi sory predicted at 2 p.m. that the center of the storm passed near Galveston tonight. This gulf coast resort town was littered with oleander blossoms, palm leaves, small tree limb* and other debris. And So To Bed A little boy started to retire the other night after a hard day’s playing in the yard. “Son” his mother aald, “don’t forget to take a good bath before yon go to bed.” “Yes, Mummy,” the young ster replied. An hour later hi« mother cracked the bedroom door to find the boy sound asleep on the bed, his feet covered with dirt. She immediately awakened the boy. “Didn’t I tell you to take a bath before you went to bed?” she asked. “Yes, Mummy,” the sleepy* eyed youngster replied. "But you did not wash your feet,” Mother said. “No, Mummy,” he replied. “I am not going to stand op In kO M DVu> t
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