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\QL. 81—NO. 25.____ ^^MINGTON, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1947 ~~ ESTABLISHED life
Sen. Flanders
Hits Industry
Vermont Manufacturer
Warns Of Wage, Price
Control Return
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 —(U.R)
warning of restored wage
Vui price controls if inflation
continues was sounded by Sen
ptor Flanders (R-Vt) today at
.jie Fconomic Institute of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce
Flanders jarred several hun
dred businessmen and econom
ic bv denouncing what he
iVled the “appeasement” of
,ohn L. Lewis by the steel and
ial industries, which was fol
lowed by price boosts in steel,
au,os and other goods.
The Republican legislator and
manufacturer said that if other
v-ase settlements follow such a
course, Congress will be forced
t0 “reintroduce governmental
controls of wages, prices and
profits."
Leveling criticism particular
ly at the United States Steel
Corporation and the Northern
mine operators, Flanders de
clared the industry “might
have fought vigorously for less
extreme terms” from the Unit
ed Mine Workers’ chief.
Better yet, he said, the prob
lem “might have been brought
before the bar of public
opinion.”
Hasten Depression
“Runaway prices will not
only hasten the comi lg of a
depression but also greatly in
crease its severity,” he assert
ed.
While avowing a hesitancy to
criticize U. S. Steel’s pricing
policy, the Senator said the cor
poration’s profits in the first
half of 1947 were “nearly
triple” those of a year earlier
while the costs per ton for ma
terial, labor and services de
clined.
“At the same time, a policy
of high depreciation was insti
tuted, supposedly to reflect the
present high replacement
costs,” he said. “Yet in July
of this year, the price of steel
was raised on the average $5
i ton.”
The Vermonter, who heads
one of the three Congressional
barnstorming committees in
vestigating price problems over
the country, called for “states
manlike” moderation by indus
try and labor in wage cases,
and for a “restrained pricing
policy” by business leaders.
Serious Disorders
Economist J. Kenneth Gal
braith, onetime deputy OPA ad
ministrator and now an editor
of Fortune Magazine, said price
See SENATOR On Page Four
A
SUCTION OF JET
PLANE KILLS MAN
Aircraft Engineer Dragged
Four Feet Into Nose
Of New Ship
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Sept. 18
—'U.R!— The first case of a man
hang killed by being sucked in
to the intake of a jet plane
Kas disclosed here today by
Cm oner Norman C. Houze.
The victim was Maurice G.
Br.cka, 37, Inglewood, Cal., and
as death disclosed the existence
cf a new Army jet craft, the
which was blamed for the
accident.
Because of secrecy attached to
,:'e development of the new plane
A'1 North American Aviation, the
accident was not confirmed un
. *ts announcement in Washi
ngton by the Air Corps.
Bricka, general superintendent
’ ep-gineering for the aircraft
c°mpany, was killed Tuesday
‘hen the powerful suction of the
let engine dragged him four feet
across the ground and into the
a°se of the plane.
he accident occurred at Mur
oc Army Air base where the
!ew iet plane is undergoing tests.
“°roner Houze said his informa
10n " as that Bricka, a 200-pound
®an was standing in front of
fhane at what he thought was
1 safe distance when the jet en
me was turned on.
Instantly he was drawn into
.‘e( n°se of the plane and died
,jji0re the engine could be shut
he Weather
FORECAST:
Carolina — Partly cloudV and
. ir- Warmer, occasional light rains
0rt;°n Friday. Saturday, partly
w. *Jth moderate temperatures.
Carolina — Partly cloudy and
. farmer Friday. Saturday, fair
\Wr. dfratfc temperatures,
i. ;_2 '.^ogical data for the 24 hours
1 p. m. yesterday.
temperatures
; . to. 73; 7:30 a. m. 74; 1:30 p. m.
.p, rn. 77; Maximum 83; Mini
van 77: Normal 73.
humidity
93. 7:30 a. m. 94; 1:30 p. m.
i • m. 87.
"KECIPITATION
r<r 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.
the first of the month
r tides "or today
Tables published by
: ^nd Geodefic Survey*.
high low
1 - -12:45 a.m. 7:52 a.m.
1:20 p.m. 8:29 p.m.
1 !,'t 11:05 a.m. 4:36 a.m.!
11:12 p.m. 5:13 p.m.
■ -3: Sunset 6:14; Moonrijo
9:14p.
WEATHER On Page Two
DEPUTY Foreign Commissar
of the Soviet Union, Andrei
Vish nsky, casts his ballot dur
ing v <te for president of the
U. N. General Assembly at
*.us„..g .aeauows, N. Y. Dr.
Oswaklo Aranha of Brazil was
elected president.
ARNOLD B MOANS
WEAK / R FORCE
Former AAF Commander
Says Alaska Vulnerable
To Sneak Attack
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—(U.R)—
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, war-time
commander of the Army Air
Forces, said today that the air
forces are not properly equipped
to defend Alaska—our first line
of Polar defense.
In an editorial in Flying Mag
azine, he warned that any sur
prise attack on the United States
will come by air via the Arctic
circle.
Alaska is ours, to arm as we
please,” he said. “We could
make it the next thing to one
solid air base if we wanted to...
in view of the fact that we al
ready know that our greatest
danger lies over the Arctic...why
aren’t we doing it?”
“To outward appearances,
Alaska’s tremendous importance
in the air world is known to
almost every thinking group of
people except, perhaps, a few
in Washington.”
Arnold said the U.S. airforces
are so meager that they could
barely defend isolated sections
of the American frontier—let
alone the vast regions of Alaska.
Compares Figures
“Our present Army air forces
all together could hardly defend
the Northeast Atlantic coast,”
he said. “First live combat
planes of the Army and Navy
together total just 2,900 today.
Russia is supposed to have 14,
000.”
He said bluntly that, because
of the condition of the air forces,
“we are as vulnerable to
modern warfare today as we
were on Dec. 7, 1941.”
“It is quite possible that we
are even more vulnerable than
we realize,” he said. “The de
velopment of guided missiles
and rockets in other countries
See ARNOLD On Page Four
U. S, BURMA WILL
' EXCHANGE ENVOYS
Two Nations Reach Diplo
matic Accord For First
Time In History
WASHINGTON, Sept,- 18. —VP)
— The United States and Burma
established formal diplomatic re
lations today for the first time
in the history of the two coun
tries.
Their governments announced
simultaneously here and in Ran
goon that they have agreed to
exchange ambassadors.
Britain, which formerly ruled
Burma as a colony, has granted
her the right of self-government.
The American ambassador to
Burma has not yet been chosen.
He must be named by President
Truman and confirmed by the
Senate.
Until that is done, the State
Department said, E. L. Packer,
present consul general at'Ran
goon, will serve as charge d’ af
faires.
Burma has selected U So Nyun
as its ambassador to the United
States. He will leave for Wash
ington next month._
Russia 5$t?down'
NeedCu, Eaton Says
New Jersey Republican Scores Government
At Moscow As Communism Incarnate;
Cites U. S. Peace Determination
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—UP)—,
Rep. Eaton (R-NJ), chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs com
mittee, said tonight “we must,
have a showdown with Russia.”
Eaton spoke over CBS shortly
after Andrei Y. Vishinsky, So
viet deputy foreign minister, de
nounced him as a “war monger”
in a speech before the United
Nations Assembly. Eaton, how
ever, apparently was unaware
of this attack at the time he
spoke.
The Congressman described
the Russian government as “the
militant instrument of an ideol
ogy whose avowed objective is
world conquest by means of
world revolution, and whose mo
tives and methods are as im
moral or unmoral as those of a
hungry tiger.”
“Communism is anti-Christ in
concept, objective in method,”
he said. “Sooner or later we
must stand up to the Russian
government, which is Commun
ism incarnate, and find out
whether it is possible for us to
exist together in this modern
world.”
Whatever form the “coming
showdown with Russia may as
sume,” he said, the American
people are determined to live in
freedom, to assist other peoples
in doing so, and to work in the
United Nations toward “ a new
world civilization” based upon
“freedom, friendship and peace
•rather than upon communistic
slavery, hate and violence.”
Brotherhoods Demand
30 Per Cent Wage Raise
STYLE-HUNGRY
BREMERHAVEN, Germany,
Sept, 18. —(A")— Wives of U.
S. occupation soldiers here
have been clamoring for passes
to the docks when passenger
ships arrived from home, of
fering all kinds of reasons.
Officials said today they now
knew why:
The wives are style-hungry,
and want to see how long
skirts look on women just ar
riving from the United States.
TOBACCO PRICES
SHOW ADVANCES
Eastern Belt Demands
Stronger For Majority
Of Weed Grades
Price averages on all flue
cured tobacco belts yesterday
showed general advances, The
Federal - State Departments of
Agriculture reported.
Stronger demand was mani
fest for the majority of grades
on the Eastern North Carolina
belt, with most gains running
from $2 to $2. Advances in
prices for leaf, smoking leaf,
cutters and nondescript were
general. Lugs were mostly steady
to $3 higher. Quality was almost
unchanged over Wednesday’s
sales.
An upward trend occurred in
prices for most grades of to
bacco was registered on the
Middle Belt, with the majority
of gains averaging from $1 to
$2. Most consistent gains w6re
found for lugs, cutters., and
smoking leaf. Volume of sales
was the smallest since the mar
kets opened.
Average prices for the ma
jority of grades sold on the
South Carolina and North Caro
lina Border belt were steady to
$2 per hundred higher than on
Wednesday. Only noticeable de
clines were found in nonde
script offerings. A slight im
provement in quality of most
offerings was noted.
Average prices, per hundred
See TOBACCO on Page Four
READERS OF MORNING
STAR AT BLADENBORO
GET EARLY DELIVERY
Subscribers of The Wilmington
Morning Star in Elizabethtown
Clarkton, and Bladenboro as
well as those living along the
highway between Acme, and
Bladepboro are now enjoying
early delivery of this paper as
a result of a motor route re
cently installed.
This route, operated by
George Haywood of Bladenboro,
leaves Wilmington at 2:30 a. m.
and arrives at Bladenboro at
4-30 a. m. Carrier delivery in
Elizabethtown, Clarkton, and
Bladenboro has been made pos
sible through this improved ser
vice.
For the past several years it
has been necessary to serve this
territory through a Star route
which leaves Wilmington at 4:30
a. m. and did not reach readers
until well after breakfast time.
The Morning Star is pleased to
announce this added service.
30,000 Dine ‘For Free’
On Sauerkraut, Weiners
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Staff
Correspondent
FORRESTON, 111., Sept. 18—
(U.R)—You couldn’t buy a spool of
thread or a can of beans in
this town today. Everybody
was out eating sauerkraut.
It was Forreston’s first sauer
kraut day since 1941 and Main
street closed shop and poured
out to have fun along with an
estimated 30,000 visitors at
what v/as billed as the biggest
free meal in the world.
The folks saw a parade,
vaudeville acts and attended a
free dance. Some paid a price
to bring a hoop carnival style.
Others paid a quarter to have
their palms read or to see a
herd of midget cattle, billed as
“the smallest on earth.”
But mostly the adults aijd
kids were interested in the free
meal of sauerkraut, with a side
of spare ribs or weiners. And
they ate as much as they want
ed, starting' at 10 a. m.
This Northwestern Illinois
gee *0,000 on Page Two
Five Powerful Operating
Unions Serve Notice
On Carriers
CLEVELAND, Sept. 18 —(U.R)—
The five powerful operating
brotherhood of the nation’s rail
roads today served notice on
the carriers they will demand
a 30 per cent wage raise as of
Sept. 30.
The 30 per cent wage demand
would be higher than original
demands asked by two of the
unions for 30' cents hourly pay
hikes.
A brotherhood spokesman
pointed out that under the 30
cents hourly figure the increase
would have come to only $2.49
more daily, whereas now the
unions are asking for a mini
mum of $3 per day.
“We will serve that demand
on the carriers on that date to
be effective a month later, on
Nov. 1,” an official of the
unions said, and any settlement
reached at a date later than
that will have to be retroactive
to Nov. 1.
The wage committees of the
five rail unions, meeting here
to determine joint action on in
creased wages, acted unani
mously on their 30 per cent de
mand.
See BROTHERHOODS on Page 2
STRANGER LEAVES
CASH TO AID BOY
Unknown Philanthropist
Lays $500 On Desk
For “Bine Baby”
CHICAGO, Sept 18—UP)—A re
ceptionist at the Chicago Daily
Times reported today that a
man who said “I don’t want my
name mentioned” dropped five
$100 bills on her desk and walk
ed out after telling her he
“wanted to do somthing” for
the family of a sick child.
Chicago newspapers had re
ported that Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Kwiatek needed $500 to purchase
a trailer to take their four-year
old “blue baby,” Johnny, to a
warm, dry climate as doctors
advised.
The receptionist, Lynn Ber
mont, said the unknown philan
thropist told her he had suffer
ed from an ailment similar to
the Kwiatek boy’s when he was
a child.
“My family had to leave town
and take me to another part of
the country,” Miss Bermont
said the man told her. “It was
only because of the kindness of
strangers that this was possible.
Today I am in a position to
help this little boy.”
Then, she said, he dropped the
bills on her desk and wa-ked
out.___
Vishinsky Flays Americans
In Bitter Assembly Speech;
New Orleans In Storm Path
- I-, *- "IBE
Panicky Refugees
Quit Shore Towns
Weather Bureau Expects
Hurricane To Hit Louisi
ana Today
MOBILE, Ala., Sept 18
A raging tropical hurri
cane churned slowly across the
Gulf 'of Mexico tonight and the
Weather Bureau said it proba
bly would hit the Southeast Lou
isiana coast tomorrow morning.
As the gigantic storm hovered
about 180 miles South of Valpa
raiso, Fla., and 200 miles away
from the Louisiana shore at 9:15
p. m. (Eastern Standard Time),
panicky refugees either fled
from coastal danger spots or
boarded up in sheltered homes
or buildings.
The storm, which swept
across lower Florida yesterday
killing at least four persons and
causing millions of dollars in
damage, still contained winds of
80 to 100 miles an hour within
50 miles of its center. Hurricane
warnings flew on the Gulf
coast from Morgan City, La.,
Eastward to Cedar Keys, Fla.
Along the Mississippi and
East Louisiana coasts, boats put
in to snug harbors, aircraft were
stored or flown out of the area,
schools were ordered closed, and
general alarm spread. Some 60
ships tied up or anchored in the
Mississippi river at New
Orleans, one of the world's busi
est ports.
Danger Cited
Weather Forecaster W. R. Ste
vens reported “definite danger”
of 75 mile hurricane winds in
New Orleans, and pounding up
to 100-MPH was expected where
the main blow strikes.
At 5 p.m. (EST) the weather
See PANICKY On Page Four
CORDON RECITAL
WELL RECEIVED
Appeared Before Enthus
iastic Audience At New
Hanover High School
In his recital last night, in
the New Hanover High school
auditorium, Norman Cordon gave
a finer exhibition of his powers
than many of his auditors who
were familiar only, with his re
cordings previously realized.
This reporter has felt that he
among all the top flight bass
baritones in recent years more
nearly matches the full, rich dia
pason tones that distinguished
Chaliapin in his heyday.
Cordon’s performance last
night confirmed this estimate;
nor is it wholly fair to him to
measure his attainment only by
comparison with the great Rus
sian singer, for in addition to his
musicianship he has a sense of
proportion, a discretion ip inter
pretation, and a talent for friend
liness with his hearers that
Chaliapin lacked.
Cordon thanked the South
Eastern North Carolina Beach
Association and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce for mak
ing his Wilmington visit possible,
which really was in reverse Eng
lish, for the Jaycees and the
SENCBA were, and still are,
under deep obligation to him
for coming and giving a recital
without compensation so that the
entire revenue might help defray
the expenses of the fishing rodeo.
His program was designed
primarily to satisfy the musical
See CORDON On Page Two
Along The Cape Fear
CHANNEL FOB COTTON—
Cotton has been an important
item in the export trade from
Wilmington from the beginning
of harbor development here,
and the Cape Fear river in the
19th century was an importatnt
channel through which the fiber
was tunneled into the port.
Back in January. 1884, Rob-,
ert T. Lincoln, secretary of
,war, and a party of United
States engineers expressed
themselves as pleased with the
harbor developments their in
vestigation disclosed.
They proceeded to formulate
plans for increasing the depth
of water materially in the har
bor to make way for large for
eign steamers to enter the har
bor for export cotton.
Andrew J. Howell in The
Book Of Wilmington,” relates
that October of 1883 Wilming
ton had boasted of a steamer
leaving port with 5,030 bales of
cotton, and drawing 14.9 feet of
water. ,oon ,
During the season of 138-, ne
writes, total receipts of cotton
in Wilmington amounted to 128 -
460 hales, an export business of
which the city was admittedly
proud.
Tris volume was duo to quad
ruple to more than naif a mil
lion bales fmnuallv as the cot
ton export business in Wilming
ton grew in stature.
• *
ORIGIN OF ALEXANDER
SPRUNT & SON—At thetime
two cotton compresses were op
erating in Wilmington. George
W. Williams was president of
the Wilmington, and E. J. Pen
nypacker, headed the Cham
pion firm. These two prepared
the cotton cf the port for ex
port.
The merger of these two into
the export business gave rise
to *he firm of Alexander Sprunt
And Son, which was destined to
become the largest single cot
ton export firm in the nation.
This was the beginning of a
thriving export industry from
Wilmington. Scores of foreign
freighters of largo tonnage car
ried local exports to all the
great ports of Europe. Until the
rise oi the flue cured tobacco
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
DURING THE OPENING SESSION of the U. N. General As
sembly at Flushing Meadows, N. Y., Secretary of State Geo.
Marshall (right) and Warren Austin, chairman of the U. Sfc
delegation, confer. (International)
Inmate Kills Self
In County Jail Cell
“WHO WHO”
SALISBURY, Md., Sept. 18.
—(£*)— Gardner Harris already
had caught a couple of good
sized pike in the Salisbury
Municipal park pond when his
line became fouled in a tree.
He tugged and tugged and
pulled in a 3-foot, 10-inch hoot
owl. To doubters, Harris said:
“If you don’t believe it,
come over and see the owl.”
UNEMPLOYED FACE
JAIL IN BRITAIN
1
New Government Directive
Compels “Direction”
To Industry
LONDON, Sept. 18 —(U.R)—Bri
tain today published details of
a stringent labor “direction”
program placing virtually all
workers seeking jobs under the
control of government labor ex
changes.
The program, designed to
press 400,000 workers a month
into essential jobs and to ease
Britain’s economic plight, calls
for fines up to $400 and-or three
months in jail for persons who
refuse to be “directed” into in
dustry.
The program, called the
“Control Of Engagements Or
der,” is to become effective
Tlct. 6. Labor Minister George
Isaacs said it would apply only
to persons seeking jobs. It ex
empted those employed in man
agerial, professional, admin
istrative or executive capacity.
Outlining the program at a
press conference, Isaacs said
the order:
1. Forbids employers to hire
workers except through a gov
ernment labor exchange.
Will Guide Workers
2. Directs that workers seek
ing employment must apply
through these exchanges which,
in turn, will “guide” the work
ers into essential jobs.
3. Gives workers a choice of
essential jobs available. If they
refuse all positions offered, they
will be “directed” to a job. If
they fail to go to work, they
will be liable to fine and im
prisonment.
4. Applies to men between the
ages of 18 and 50 and women
between 18 and 40. Women with
See UNEMPLOYED On Page Two
H. D. Parrish Plunges Knife
Into Heart; Feared
Farm Sentence
By ROY COOK
Star Staff Writer
*1 had rather die than serve
time on the county farm,” H. D.
Parrish, 44-year-old automobile
mechanic of route one, told in
mates of the New Hanover coun
ty jail yesterday afternoon about
3:15 o’clock.
Fifteen minutes later he stab
bed himself in the heart with a
small pocket knife. He was pro
nounced dead shortly after he had
been taken to the James Walker
hospital by sheriff’s office at
taches.
The father of five children had
been arrested and lodged in jail
Monday afternoon on a charge of
temporary larceny of an auto
mobile. He was tried in recorders
court Tuesday morning and sen
tenced by Judge H. Winfield
Smith to six months on the coun
ty farm in default of $12.65 court
costs and restitution of $90.
J. M. Ganey, an inmate of the
jail, told Coroner Gordan Doran
See INMATE on Page Two
TOKYO IN DANGER
AS RIVER RISES
U. S. First Cavalry On Alert
As Flood Waters Creep
Into City
TOKYO, Sept. 18. — (P) —
Flood waters spread into the
Northeast edge of Tokyo late
today in the wake of a typhoon
estimated to have taken the lives
of 1,140 persons.
Kyodo news agency, which
compiled the death list, said 2,
184 persons were missing and 240
were injured, making a casuall
ty total of 3,564.
Tokyo troops in the U. S. First
Cavalry division were on the
emergency alert as the swift ris
ing Tone river spilled across the
border of Saitama and Tokyo
prefectures in the afternoon. This
was only ten miles from the
heart of the city. Extensive in
undation was feared.
The First Cavalry already had
rescued thousands of Japanese
from rooftops and broken levees
in suburban and rural districts.
i
Grand'Jury Orders End
To Convicts Night Out
LANCASTER, S.C., Sept. 18—]
(U.R)—A grand jury today ordered
that county convicts can no
longer have a night off now an$
then to “do the town” and must
stop flogging their fellows at
“kangaroo courts.”
Jury Foreman Mack Robin
son told county commissioners
the prisoners had been allowed
too long to hold mock courts
and deal out “pretty heavy”
floggings. Robinson demanded
a halt when he found black
welts on the back of one con
vict and scars on others.
E. C. Mackey, commis
sioners’ clerk, said the repor
merely sprang from a change
in county administration and
that “the grand jury is not
alarmed.”
Convict Supervisor ' Lester
Small admitted to the grand
jury he occasionally gave “the
boys” a night off in town.
When city police complained
to the grand jury that small’s
“boys” included three Negroes
serving time for murder, crim
inal assault and assault with
a deadly weapon, Small said he
would end the holidays.
. . -rmi
Russian Delegate
Cries War Monger
John Foster Dulles Single^
Out For Personal J
Attack i!<
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NEW YORK. Sept. 18 —
Andrei Y. Vishinsky. Soviet
deputy foreign minister, cri£<l
“war-monger” today at Joh^t
Foster Dulles and nearly a do*
en other leading American^
and turned down flatly the new
Marshall plan for remodelling
the United Nations.
The war-monger charge was
thrown directly at Dulles.
Dulles was sitting with tk»
U.S. delegation midway in xh%
U.N. Assembly hall as the Rus
sian chief delegate vigorously
flayed nations and personalities
in the basic Soviet policy state
ment to this session of the As
sembly.
Dulles began making quick:
notes and the audience tensed
perceptibly when it heard Vis
hinsky single out a delegate i«
the hall for part of his attack.
Vishinsky declared thati
Dulles in a speech in Chicago
on Feb. 10, 1947, urged a “tough
foreign policy against the
Soviet Union.’’
Dulles, obviously with the ap
proval of Secretary of State
Marshall, issued the following
statement after Vishinsky
spoke:
“I did not make the state
ment which Mr. Vishinsky At
tributed to me. I have repeat
edly said and I say again that
another war need not be and
must not be; and I have dedi
cated myself to that end.
! “I am confident that the As
sembly will quickly forget rh®
violent personal attacks mad®
by Mr. Vishinsky and proceed
©instructively, creatively, and
I hope, harmoniously, to deal
with its important business.’’
Vishinsky charged that «h®
See RUSSIAN Onn Page Four
WELL COLLAPSES ;
TRAPPING WORKER
Rescue Squads Drag Man
To Safety After An AH j
Night Battle
WARNER, N. H., Sept. 18—
— Dragged to safety through a
hastily-made tunnel, after being
buried up to his waist for 21
hours in a well that caved in on
him, Norman Woods, 23, tonight
was reported in “excellent con
dition at a Concord hospital.
Woods was hauled out after
an all-night battle by 300 volun
teers as his pretty young wife,
Isabel, stood close by to eheer
him on.
He was digging the well when
it collapsed and held him fast.
Virtually every man in this
town of 1,100 turned out to help
in the rescue work. Others came
from the adjourning towns of
Sutton, Contoocook and New
bury.
“I’ll never go into a well
again,” he promised his wife as
he was taken to a Concord hos
pital. Doctors reported his con
dition as “excellent.”
Dr. Edward Putnam restrain
ed the former from walking to
a waiting ambulance, forcing
him to lie on a stretcher.
To reach the entrapped man,
workers dug a 30-foot trench
around the well and then tunnel
led into the well. Woods was
dragged through the tunnel.
Woods fought with army en
gineers at Okivand at Manila.
And So To Bed
A valiant and successful ef
fort to frighten away an fci
truder was made recently
in the suburbs of Wilming
ton by a besieged housewife.
Alone in the home while
her husband was away on a
business trip, the housewife
awakened in the night hear
ing just what she had been
afraid she might hear —
unmistakable sounds of a
prowler trying to slip into the
rear of the house.
In her extremity her
thoughts turned to the Jp
calibre automatic pistol her
husband had left her for pro
tection. Suddenly It occurred
to her that she might have
been a little mistaken in fair
sisting that he leave not a
single ballet in the din.
“because a loaded gun jp
dangerous,” as she had toM
him.
Her fears mounted, h«* s
only for a moment.
“Give me that .38, hoaeyjT
riie bluffed gorgeously In p
loud voice. “I’m gonna shoot
that miserable thief 38
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