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FORECAST: Served By Leased Wires Wilmington and vicinity: Considerable * CC/tPl ArpPTI PRFQ6 cloudiness and cool with showers during ASSUhlA 1 EjU rKI/SR daylight hours, becoming partly cloudy and the and cool tonight; Thursday, fair and UNITED PRESS With Complete Coverage of —-- State tod National Newi ypL^Sl.—NO. 29. _____WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1947 ~~ ESTABLISHED 1867 CIVIC CLUB SPEAKER—Pictured above is Representative }. Bayard Clark of the Seventh North Carolina district, who spoke three times here yesterday. He spoke first to the Rotary club at its weekly meeting, at noon, and appeared before the Junior Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 p. m., and at eight o’clock met with a group of nine women in the county courthouse to deliver an other address. His remarks will be found elsewhere on this page. Pictured with Clark at right, is Hal Love, president of the jaycees. (Staff Photo by Roy Cook) Clark Sees No Call For Extra Session PROTESTS WITHER AT FOOD MEETING Congressman Clark Talks To Empty Benches Most ly Last Night Declaring that he did not know who organized a meeting of nine women and ten men, most of whom of the latter were represen tatives of the press, in the county courthouse last night, Attorney J. Q. LeGrand introduced Repre sentative J. Bayard Clark of the Seventh district, to the group. Clark told the women, who reportedly had gathered to dis cuss the high cost of living, prac tically the same thing he had pre viously told the Rotary club and the Junior Chamber of Com merce earlier in the day. His re marks will be found elsewhere on this page. LeGrand said that he was act ing only as a temporary chairman of the meeting, and he did not know who the chairman was. It has been reported that the women of the city would meet in protest of rising food prices, but not a single one of the nine present uttered a word. LeGrand asked for questions, but no one seemingly wanted to know anything. They asked no questions, and when he had fini shed speaking the meeting was “adjourned” sine die. NLRB FILES BILL AGAINST PRINTERS General Counsel Says ITU, Baltimore Local Refuses To Bargain WASHINGTON, Sept. 23-MI— In its first complaint against a union under the Taft - Hartley law, the general counsel’s office of the National Labor Relations Board today accused the Inter national Typographical Union and a local of refusing to bar gain with 22 Baltimore print shops. The complaint said the Inter national and Baltimore Local 12 have engaged in “unfair labor practices.” Instead of negotiat ing a contract, it said, they have posted notices of condi tions under which union mem ber* will work. The Taft-Hartley act prohibits for the first time, “unfair labor practices” by unions. Previous ly, under the Wagner act, only unfair practices by employers were banned. The Baltimore firms are members of the Graphic Arts League, which asked the NLRB to step in some 10 days ago. Filed By Madden The resulting complaint was filed by Ross M. Madden, NLRB regional director, on behalf of Robert N. Denham, the board’s See NLRB On Page Two The Weather FORECAST z South Carolina—Mostly cloudy, cool, ar|d windy Wednesday with showers Southeast half and squalls coastal areas; fair and warmer Thursday. Korth Carolina—Considerable cloudi M.'o and cool Wednesday with showers ovcr East portion, becovning partly cloudy and continued cool Wednesday bight; Thursday fair and warmer. Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEMPERATURES ' '30 a. m. 63; 7:30 a. m. 60; 1:30 p. m. 1:30 p. m. 60: Maximum 63; Mlni ’nurn 53; Mean 60; Normal 72. HUMIDITY 1:30 a. m. 91; 7 30 a. m. 77; 1:30 P- to. ,6; " :30 p. m. 86. „ PRECIPITATION Tola] for the 24 hours ending 7 ;30 p Ir,_, 10 inches. . Total since the first of the month ! « inches. TIDES FOR'TODAY .. ' torn, the Tide Tables published by • s- Coast and Geodetic Survey). v HIGH LOW Mlmington _ 4:55 a.m. 12:08 a.m. v 5:32 p.m. - p.m. ■'-asonboro Inlet_ 2:44 a.m. 9:01 a.m. „ 3:28 p m. 9:55 p m. bjinrise 6:02; Sunset 6:06; Moonrise •p’fl Moonset 12:22a. ,lv«r stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at 8 m- Tuesday 8.4 feet. More WEATHER On Page Two Congressman Cites Produc tion As Cure For Economic Situation Representative J. Bayard Clark told a civic club here yesterday that he did not believe Presi dent Truman would call an ex traordinary session of congress to deal With the resent econom ic situation and the increasing cost of living. Clark, who represents the Seventh congressional district, declared that he thought the solution t the situation was “for everyone to forget about the 40 hour work week and overtime and roll up his sleeves and pro duce.” In his address to the Rotary club at its weekly meeti g in the Friendly, Clark summed up the activities of the 80th congress and lauded the death of OPA, which he termed a “pretty sorry organization.” Clark also spoke to the Junior Chamber of Commerce at their evening meeting in the Friendly and later appeared before a group in the county courthouse. Clark said that he believed that if people would work and produce, they could produce enough to meet the nation’s needs and thereby solve the ris ing cost of living. $64 Question Meantime, he said that what is to be done about the rising cost of living is the $64 question “which I can’t answer.” He said the OPA got off to a bad start, and it never recover ed from that set-back. The Taft-Hartly bill, he de clared,“Is by no means what the nation will eventually have to See CLARK On Page Three SPCA CREW FIGHTS MANY HANDICAPS Poisonous Snakes Hinder Efforts To Reach Star ving Cattle NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23 — UPI—Humane Society workers and others are battling handi c a p s, including poisonous snakes, to take food and aid to starving, storm-marooned lives stock in Louisiana lowlands. As many as 4,000 cattle and horses were estimated to have perished or to have been with out food for four days in Jeffer Parish to the West. Other thou sands were likewise in distress in St. Bernard Parish to the East. A truck load of feed was sent tc St. Bernard today by the So ciety For Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals, and H. H. Treleav en of the SPCA said “we are going to save as many as we can ” Treleaven said a menace to c ttle and relief workers alike were hundreds of venomous reptiles driven from the marsh es by floods. “I’ve never seen so many snakes in my life,” he added. Every effort was being made ‘to save the suffering livestock. Some farmers brought their an imals to safety by towing them behind boats. Veterinarians gave injections to stimulate heart action of res cued cattle suffering from ex posure and hunger._ Lloyds Of London Lays Oddsi Against L^jt Lisp NEW YORK, Sept. 23 —(U.R>— Lloyds of London, which has in sured practically ever part of a performer’s anatomy except the ego, was asked today by Ameri can Pinky Lee to protect him for one year against the loss of his chief stock in trade — his Insurance Agent A1 Lloyd, surprise-proof by now in tne matters of actors’ insurance whims, placed the order for a $50,000 policy that will cost the diminutive comedian of stage, screeen and radio approximately $2,500. ‘‘I got to thinking that’I’d be dead professionally if I ever lost that lisp,” said Pinky, who avers that his family history shows list cropping up in every other generation. ‘‘I re member I woke up one morning and my tinging voice was gone.” President Urged To Suspend Farm Price 'jsSjSorts In Effort To Check Inflation; Piedmont Releases Proposed Schedules Samuels To Head Wilmington Staff President Davis Appoints Former Southeast Man As Manager President Thomas I*. Davis, of Piedmont Aviation, Inc., Winston-Salem, last night nam ed R. W. Samuels, of Wilming ton, manager for the company’s operations here and announced a proposed flight schedule for the airline on its east-west run as another step in its program to give this area air service. The company expects to exe cute service just as quickly as the Civil Aeronautics Board gives the go-ahead signal now expected momentarily from Washington. Davis said that Samuels was experienced in aviation work. He foremerly was ivith Ameri can Airlines and Curtiss-Wright cci poration. Piedmont's proposed schedule will make it possible for a Wil mington business man to leave here on the 7:20 a.m flight, ar rive in Charlotte at 9:08 am, spend the day in the Queen City and return to Wilmington at 6‘34 p.m. Since Piedmont expects to carry mail, this much-needed seivice to the west will make it possible for o letter to leave Wilmington on the 7:20 a. m. flight and arrive in Cincinnati, See PIEDMONT On Page Three ENROLLEESREADY TO TURN IN BOOK 350 Taking Part In Contest In Better Farming For Better Living The 350 enrollees in Better Farming for Better Living in 13 counties, including New Han over, are preparing to turn in completed project books before November 1 in competition for $1,200 in prizes, New Hanover County Council Chairman For rest Hall of Wilmington announc ed yesterday. New Hanover is one of six counties in one region of the 13 county area, the others being Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin and Pender. In the second district are Onslow, Jones, Le noir, Greene, Craven, Carteret and Pamlico counties. Two regional awards of $75 each and one $100 sweepstakes award for the entire area will be offered to winners in the con test emphasizing farm diversifi cation, living at home, home im provements, community partici pation and better relations be tween business and agriculture. Provides Awards Tide Water Power company, one of the co-sponsors of the con test designed to aid in develop ment of Southeastern North Car olina, is providing the regional awards arid the area prize, along with $25 in each county. Tide Water Agricultural Agent See ENROLLEES On Page Two 45,000,000 TO GET EXTRA HOUR SLEEP NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—W— About 45,000,000 Americans will be entitled to an extra hour of sleep next Sunday, the end of day-light saving time, to make up for the hour they lost 22 weeks ago. Most residents of the nation’s Northeast sector, where daylight saving is almost universal, must remember to set their clocks back one hour before retiring Saturday night. "Summer Time” ends officially at 2 A. M. Sun day. All or nearly all communities in 10 states observed daylight saving this year and, in six oth ers, a large share of the cities did so. Few communities in Southern and Western states adopted it.__ . ' ROUTES OF PIEDMONT AIRLINES PIEDMONT AIRLINES’ FLIGHT ROUTE—Pictured a bove is Piedmont Aviation, Inc., East-West routes, service over which is expected to be inaugurated in the near future. Last night President Thomas H. Davis, of Winston-Salem, released proposed flight schedules from Wilmington to Cincinnati, O., two of the lines main terminal points. The pro posed flight time-table will be found in a story elsewhere on this page. OLD BELT PRICES LOWER THAN 1946 Opening Day Averages Ex pected To Show $42 To $44 Figure By The Associated Press Opening day prices on mar kets of the North Carolin and Virginia Old Belt yesterday were from $2 to $12 below open ing day figures for last year, but improved quality of the of ferings led the Federal and State Departments of Agricul ture to predict that the opening day average would be about $42 to $44 per hundred pounds. On opening day last year, a total of 7,876,872 pounds were sold on the 19 Old Belt marts and brought an average price of $49.46 per hundred pounds. However, during all of last season, the eight North Carolina markets sold 159,214,931 pounds at an average of $41.88 and the 11 Virginia markets sold 175, 686,052 pounds at an average of $44.71. Prices yesterday ranged from $2 per 100 pounds for poorest thin nondescript to $62 for line lemon cutters, but the bulk of the leaf sold between $41 to $58. The practical top, paid for good and fair lemon cutlers was $58. On last year’s opening the range was from $5 for poorest nondescript to $67 for good lem on cutters. Quality Better Quality of the offerings was better than on last year’s open ing with more good to choice qualities and less common to fair and nondescript. The sales consisted mostly of fair to fine lugs, low and fair leaf, cutters and primings with lugs predom See OLD BELT On Page Two Judge Burgwyn Sets Miller Trial Date _ ___I ■ — , MODERN P. REVERE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 23. —m— Willie Gil more, 57-year-old Negro, was jailed “for safekeeping” early today after reportedly racing through the streets yelling: “Big Storm Coming . . . 175 Mile-An-Hour Winds.” Negroes poured into the streets in all types of sleeping attire from a half-dozen blocks before police caught up with prankster Gilmore. His vic tims went back to bed mumbl ing threats of vengence, and police took Gilmore to a safe cell for a while. West Palm Beach was hit last week by 110-mile winds. CHARLESTON MAY GET BLOW TODAY Weather Bureau Places Center 30 Miles From Jacksonville, Fla. MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 23 —— The second tropical disturbance to cut across the Florida penin sula in less than a week was 30 miles West of Jacksonville at 10:15 p. m. tonight after hitting the mainland with 60 mile an hour winds in the Tampa area on the West coast. The storm, which had wallowed about in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa most of the day, suddenly entered the mainland tonight and See CHARLESTON On Page 3 Along The Cape Fear ADVENTURE IN KING’S BLOOD ROYAL—Life was just a bowl of cherries to Lady Sus anna Carolina Matilda, introduc ed to society in the Colony of Virginia as the sister of King George the III of England dur ing the summer of 1771. Her queenly bearing, her unimpeach able courtly manners, her ob viously English gowns, and her ready wit and charm made a profound impression on the best of Virginia society of that period. Wined, dined, and feted without stint, Lady Susanna traveled a high, wide, and handsome path through the drawing rooms of the manor houses until she met and captivated even the governor of the colony. Hostesses so fortunate as to be permitted to entertain the King’s charming sister were the envy of all lesser social lights. Men of substance were attracted to the beautiful lady and lavished hos pitality generously upon her ladyship. Not to be outdone in generosity, Lady Susanna prom ised all manner of favors to the gentlemen so fortunate as to enter the select circle of her friends. She received lavish gifts with a royal nonchalance and at the same time conveyed the impres sion that such offerings were never unwelcome but would be repaid many times over. To men of an adventurous turn of mind she offered high positions in the army or navy. To the less imaginative, the solid and thrifty type, she offered prospects of government positions and even hinted that she would impart to her very dearest friends and benefactors the “Open Sesmae’’ to His Majesty's treasury. * « * TO WILMINGTON IN POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE -Knowl edge of her ladyship’s impending arrival preceded her to Wilming ton and a royal welcome awaited her when her coach of four drew up to the principal hostelry of the village at the corner of Front and Dock streets on a November afternoon. As befitted her an nounced station in life and her See CAPE FEAR On Page Three Pretty Rowland Housewife To Face Jury At Lumber ton Tomorrow LUMBERTON, Sept. 24 — At the request of Solicitor F. Ertel Carlyle, Judge W. H. S. Bur gwyn yesterday set for Thurs day afternoon the trial of Mrs. David Miller, 24, charged with secret felonious assault in the attempted murder of her hus band, operator of a rural gen eral store near Rowland. Solicitor Carlyle informed the court that he was advised that Mrs. Miller would be able to appear in court Thursday. De fense Attorney H. E. Stacy said the defendant would be able to leave Appalachian Hall, swanky Asheville sanatorium where she has been recuperating from ill ness which prevented her ap pearance in court on Aug. 13. In the August term a special venire of 75 jurors was sum moned only to spend a clay wait ing for a trial that never tran spired. Mrs. David Miller had collapsed at home on the morn ing of the trial and her father brought her to court unconscious in the back seat of the family automobile. Informed of the situation, Judge Chester Morris consulted See JUDGE on Page Two REGULAR ARMY WILL GET 6,000 RESERVE OFFICERS SHORTLY WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—(VP) —The Army and Air Force said today that about 6,000 men now in service as reserve officers or others outside the regular army organization will be transferred to the regular army rolls about October 10. This third increment for the current year will bring the total of officers who have transferred to the regular army since the program started in ,une, 1946, to almost 28,00. Of the new group, about 4,000 will be air, 1,500 technical and administrative officers and 500 ground force officers. AMERICA SCORES CLEAN UN SWEEP Heavy Majorities Steam Roller Russian Opposi tion In Assembly NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—(A*)— Heavy United Nations majorities steam-rolled Russian opposition today and approved American proposals to deal with the Greek and Korean crises and consider creation of a new veto-free se curity agency. Over the persistent objection Soviet Deputy Foreign Mini ster Andrei Vishinsky, the 55 nation Assembly also approved an American-supported Argen tine proposal that it debate and suggest revision of the new Ita lian peace treaty. This issue brought a split among the West ern powers as well as between them and Russia. The six votes of the Slav bloc held solid in the minority See AMERICA On Page Two RAILROADS SEEK NEW RATE RAISE Eastern Carriers Ask ICC For Boost On Smajl Freight Shipments WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—tU.R) —Eastern railroads today asked the Interstate Commerce Com mission to authorize rate in creases ranging from 1.5 to 95 per cent on freight shipments of less than a full carload. The proposed hikes would come on top of the average 27 per cent boost in basic freight rates which the ICC already has under considerat'on. The higher rates on first class freight shipped in quantities smaller than a carload lot would apply on all movements East of the Mississippi river and North of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, West V’rginia and a section of Northern Virginia also would be included. Eastern shippers promptly op posed the petition, on the grounds that it would result in “exorbit See RAILROADS On Page Two King’s Messenger Flies Here With Nations’ Note NEW YORK, Sept. 23 —1UR)— The signed draft of the 16 nation report on European fi nancial needs, drawn at Paris, was en route to Washington to night in care of a “King's les senger” of the British Foreign Office who flew here in a TWA Constellation. The “Star of Lisbon,’’ carry ing Walter Kirkwood of the For eign Office, arrived at La Guar dic. field at 7:30 p.m. ar.d took off for Washington ihortly after 9 o’clock. The report, calling for at least $15,300,000,000 in American help for European democracies dur ing the next four years under the Marshall plan, was sealed in a white canvas bag and car ried in the baggage compart ment. Kirkwood will deliver the doc ument tonight to the British Embassy in Washington and, probably tomorrow, it will be handed over to the State De partment. Truman Continues Parleys On Food Chief Executive May Out* line Emergency Plans To Press Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—(UW —Suspension of farm price sup ports, voluntary food rationing, and restoration of irice controis were urged upon President Tru man today as emergency meas ures to check inflation at home and hunger in Western Europe. The President, who spent most of yesterday conferring with hi* cabinet aides on the food-price crisis, held another food parley with Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson this after noon. But the secretary made no statement to the press and the president’s office refused to say whether the conference had pro duced any final decision on how to curb domestic prices and get more food into Europe. Anderson said earlier that he did not expect Mr. Truman’s de cision to be announced before Thursday or Friday. There was some speculation that the Chief Executive might call a press con ference Thursday to outline his plans. Prospects of a special session of congress to vote interim re lief for Europe in advance of Marshall plan aid appeared to be fading, although the State De partment reportedly had favored Congressional action as the best means of getting enough emer gency food into Errope to head off starvation this winter. Voluntary Rationing Best indications were that the President would try to avoid a special session, perhaps urging an all-out voluntary food ration ing program for the twin pur pose of diverting more food into See TRUMAN On Page Two PRESIDENT NAMES ROYALL ASSISTANT Gordon Gray, Winston Salem Publisher, Appoint ed To Army Post WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — Uh —Gordon Gray, newspaper and radio station operator of Wins ton-Salem, N.C.. and a member of the North Carolina State Sen ate, was appointed by President Truman today as assistant sec retary of the Army. In this posititon he will serve with another North Carolinian, Kenneth C. Royall of Goldsboro, last secretary of war and first secretary of the army in the country’s history. Gray, a veteran of active mil itary service in the European theater, is president of the Pied mont Publishing company, which publishes the Winston Salem Journal and the Twin City Sentinel, and operates Ra dio Station WSJS. He is owner of his state’s first frequency modulation station. Served In Senate Before the war, Gray served two terms as state Senator from Forsyth county. He also headed the Young Democrats of North Carolina for a term. During the 1947 legislative See PRESIDENT On Page Two And So To Bed Congressman J. Bayard Clark finished his speech on time at the Rotary club meet ing here yesterday and talk ed only briefly at the Ju nior Chamber of Commerce meeting last night after ex plaining his personal “cure” for long windedness. “Over in Bladen county where I was brought up,” he said, “I was asked to make a . speech at one of the big Fourth of July celebrations at White Lake. “I was a young man, and I decided the affair called for a worthy piece of oratory. After writing out quite a long speech, I had to read it from the manuscript. I hap pened to look at the crowd when I was half finished and noted that half of the people had disappeared. A little lat er I saw that there were only a few left. When I finally finished I looked up and saw only one man standing there, right in front of me. He seem- - ed intently interested in the long talk. “ ‘Friend,’ I said, ‘what is it about my speech that has held your interest so?” “‘Speech, Hell!’ he said, ‘You’re standing in my wagon body!”’
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