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FORECAST: 8err#d By Ltiitd Wirt* Wilmington and vicinity: Considerable Of the clondines with intermittent rain today ASSOCIATED PRESS and tonight and little change in tempera- . ture. Thursday partly cloudy and __ slightly warmer. | j UNITED PRESS | With Complete Coverage at --—^— - State tod National News VOL. 81—NO. 41. ---- J-—--- ESTABLISHED 18f| NLkB Takes “Heat” Off Union Quarrels Ruling Frees AFL-CIO Leaders Of Disav^' ing Communism In Order To Give Affi ^ liated Unions Access To Board Powers gAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7. — The National Labor Rela tion* Board took most of the heat off quarrelling AFL leaders tonight by ruling that they don’t ,iave to disavow Communism in order to give affiliated unions ac cess to the board. Vice-president John L. Lewis refused to sign an affidavit dis claiming Communist connections, touching off a repidly-growing rift among the top AFL officers wanted to sign and make their member unions eligible to USe protective facilities of the XLRB when necessary. The executive council of 15 including President William Green, Secretary - Treasurer George Meany and 13 vice-presi | dents — had delayed a show down on the controversy until Thursday. They anticipated that the NLRB would overrule the in terpretation of the Taft-Hartley act by the board’s general coun sel, Robert N. Denham The agency did just that, and Denham bowed to the four to one decision of the board members. The board said its ruling applied only to collective bargaining elections, because Denham has the final say on what complaints are handled. The council had inter preted the act to mean that all AFL and CIO officers should swear they are not Communists before any affiliated unions could use the act’s machinery for settling disputes with other unions or employers. Verdict In Civil Suit May Hinge On Forgery Angle body of farmer MANGLED BY AUTO nn H. McFayden Carver’s Creek Kill 1 By Hit-Run Driver ELIZABETHTOWN, Oct. 7. — The mangled body of John Hines McFayden, well-known Carver’s Creek township farm ,r. was found lying by the Wil mington highway near Carver’s Creek at around 6 o’clock this morning and police began a search for a hit-and-run driver. McFayden reportedly had left his home about 4:30 o’clock to take an early bus to Wilming ton and had walked to the high way before being hit by a mo torist who did not stop. Investi gating officers said that his body was mangled beyond rec ognition, but identification was mad* from papers found in his pocket. Highway Patrolman F. R. Bell, Sheriff John B. Allen, Dep uty Archie Sutton and Eliza bethtown Policeman G. C. John son. conducted an investigation at the scene of the accident. They said that the finding of McFavden s body was reported by a passerby. In the absence pf Coroner Walter Melvin, Officer Johnson as appointed as special coro ier for the investigation. He tied that McFayden came to See BODY On Page Two ARMY ROBOT SHIP “SCORES” AGAIN Mechanical Brain” Flies Plane On Westward Trip Across Ocean WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—— The Air Force’s robot plane flew itself back across the Atlantic today from England, its crew riding as passengers with nothing to do until they were ready to land in Newfoundland. The “mechanical brain” C-54 transport, “homing” on a radio signal with automatic instru ments keeping the airplane in level flight and its engines properly adjusted, flew from an RAF field at Lyneham, England, k Harmon Field at Stephens vtlle, Newfoundland, in 14 hours aad 11 minutes. The take-off from England, w‘th a 3.500 gallon fuel load, *'ss automatic. The push of a button set the whole complicat 'd machinery into operation. ■ be big 4-engine transport sped dwn the runway, was airborne, r'traeted her flaps and landing *eai. and headed westward at ®°out 7,500 feet altitude without further attention from anyone. The westward crossing, the frew reported to Washington, was uneventful. The Weather FORECAST: *-aro**na — Considerable cloudi ];I^' powers on the coast, occasions’ J • rain in the interior. Little change ba-^lT‘'?€rature Wednesday; Thursday V \w0Udy anc* warmer. , * . Carolina—Considerable cloudi , with intermittent rain; little change da- T'Pvrature Wednesday and Wednes Thursday partly cloudy and *n ‘y warmer. «*.diVp°'?'0gical data for th€ 14 hours g <;30 p- m. yesterday. 1 TEMPERATURES 71: "5“,?■ m- 7:30 a. m. 70; 1:30 p. m. MUm p m 73: Maximum 74; Mini Mean 71: Normal 68. i J. humidity .J rn- 88; 7:30 a. m. 96: 1:30 p. m. ‘•'*' P- m. 95. Tot*! t PRECIPITATION $0 inche/ the 24 hours ®n<*ing 7 :&0 p. m. ^"°inchesinCe HtbX o{ the month 'From PDES FOR TODAY V $ r T* Tide Tabies published by '•st and Geodetic Survey. Wil^j , HIGH LOW - 3:50 a.m. 11:13 a.m. Mav;>->., , . 4:39 p.m - p.m '■ "“t ' :45 a.m. 8:02 a.m. Su ,, r... 2:23 p.m. 9:00 p m. ** • , ,:;2: Sm'cet 5:47; Moonrisc • -^oonsei 2:41p '* ®» r4< !*• . K. E. Batson Suing To Re cover $7,600 Damages, Two Cabs An attempt to recover $7,600 damages, and two taxi cabs in a civil suit in New Hanover county Super'or court here yes terday hinges on whether or not the wife of a disabled war vet eran forged her husband’s name to the title transfers of two taxi cabs before she sold them while he was in a Fayetteville veter an’s hospital. After attorneys argue the case and Judge Leo Carr charges the jury this morning, the jury will determine two is sues in the suit of K. E. Bat son, disabled World War II vet eran, against Woodrow Pridgen, operator of the “Taxi Ex change,” and another taxicab business in Wilmington. The is sues defined by Judge Carr late this afternoon are substantially: 1. Was the signature of the plaintiff (Batson) on the assign ments of title to his wife, Effie Batson, forged as alleged in the complaint. 2. What was the fair market value of the two automobiles when they were seized by the sheriff in this action (on May 6)? The legal point is, Judge Carr explained in court after the jury had retired, that a forged in strument carries no title, hence Batson would be entitled to re covery of his taxicab if the jury finds Mrs. Batson forged her See VERDICT on Page Two VETERAN DENIES KIDNAPPING CHILD Greensboro Man To Fight Any Attempt To Regain Custody Of Son GREENSBORO, Oct. 7. —— Emohatically denying that he had kidnaped his 10-month-old son from his British wife Curtis Elmer Vincent, 25 - year - old Greensboro department store clerk and ex-GI, today indicated that he will put up a fight to maintain custody of the child. While declining to comment when asked if he would resist his wife’s announced intentions of opening a court fight to regain custody of their child, he today held a lengthy conference with local attorneys regarding the mat ter. “There was no kidnaping about it,” he said. “My passport stated that I was going to England to get my wife and child and return them to this country.” The baby’s picture appeared on his passport, he declared, and his return with the baby to this coun try was entirely legal. Meanwhile local police were taking no cognizance of the case, holding that it was an affair which involved domestic difficul ties of the pair and could see where no law violation had been committed. Meanwhile, Vincent and his mother, Mrs. Clora Vincent, were keeping the baby at an undis closed point, pending outcome of the case. _ Bostoners Boost Beans For Meatless Tuesday’s BOSTON, Oct. 7— (U.R)—Meat less Tuesday is no problem to the Boston chapter of The So ciety of Amateur Chefs which advises the nation’s harried housewives to ‘‘feed e m beans.” The all-male outfit of sauce pan dilettantes, which includes Jack Dempsey, Christopher Morley and James Montgomery F’agg in its national member ship! issued the statement today through Icoa1 President Edward, Bryce Bell. Boston hotel owner. ‘‘New England has been breezing along with meatless Saturdays since some lucky pil grim first baked a bean,” Bell said. “All we have to do is shift bean-night from Saturday to Tuesday. “The rest of the nation can follow suit because beans have all the nutritional values neces sary to a well-balanced diet. And so far as being delicious— we!1, thousands of Cape Codders can’t be wrong. “If Southern and West.-rn [ gee BOSTONERS On Page Two Russia Suffers Overwhelming Defeat -%0?irst UN Test On Warmonger Charge; Shin well Ousted From Attlee Cabinet Premier Appoints 13 New Ministers Dismissal Of Top Ranking Laborites Causes Little Stir LONDON, Oct. 7. — (U.R) — Prime Minister Clement Attlee tonight dismissed 11 ministers, shifted nine, and appointed 13 new ones in a major government shakeup. Fuel Minister Emanuel Shin well, widely blamed for last winter's coal crisis, was forced out of the cabinet. Two other cabinet ministers fired were — Joseph Westwood, secretary of state for Scotland, and Lord Inman, Lord Privy Seal — along with three senior ministers of non-cabinet rank. These were War Secretary Fred erick Bellenger. Supply Minister John Wilmot and Pension Minis ter John Burns Hynd. Shinwell, vice chairman of the Labor party was demoted to war secretary. A non-cabinet post. But he retains his rank and his $20,000 a year salary without being a cabinet member; Hugh Gaitskell, 41, a lecturer in econo mics and former parliamentary undersecretary in the ministry See PREMIER On Page Two SECURITY PLANS WILL STOP LEAKS State Department Moves To Prevent Thefts Of State Secrets WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. —(/P) — The State Department an nounced today a security pro gram designed to prevent state secrets from falling into the hands of foreign spies. It calls for the dismissal of any officer or em ploye ruled to be a “security risk.” In the “risk” category, the de partment listed Communists, Nazis, or Fascists; persons who believe in those ideologies; per sons who habitually associate with members of those or similar organizations, and also persons with “basic weakness of charac ter or lack of judgment.” Hamilton Robinson, the depart ment’s security chief, described the new policy as an effort to find a reasonable middle ground between “witch hunting” and “harboring subversive elements.” Robinson told newsmen the de partment intends to get rid of all persons considered security risks or prevent their employment in the first place, but at the same time it will safeguard the civil rights of all employes. Any ac cused employe has the right of a hearing before the department’s new three-man security board. To date, he said, the department has dismissed 13 persons as se curity risks. Of those, three were permitted after hearings to “re sign voluntarily” rather than have the mark of dismissal against their records. 1910 RECORD STILL HOLDS GOOD IN CORN PER ACRE “DISPUTE” RALEIGH, Oct. 7 — State Department of Agriculture offi cials decided today that they had not looked back into the records far enough when they reported last week that the Watson Brothers’ farm in Nash county had set an all-time rec ord by growing 125 bushels of corn to the acre this year. According to the record books, the state's champ corn grower is Charles W. Parker, Jr., of Woodland who raised 235 1-2 bushels of shelled corn to the acre way back in 1910. Parker became the undisputed corn champion by surpassing the record made in 1909 by J. F. Batts of Wake county v/ho grew 226 2-3 bushels of corn on an acre. RECEPTION—Wilmington Knights of Columbus snapped with the Rev. Michael O’Keefe, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s parish here, Monsignor C. E. Murphy, pastor of St. Mary’s, pastors of neigh boring Catholic parishes at a farewell reception given Father O’Keefe at St. Mary’s Parish hall last night. “I won’t say Good-Bye, only So Long,” Father O’Keefe told his friends assembled in the hall after Paul Baschon had presented him with a purse for which he expressed his gratitude. Standing with Father O’Keefe in the front row from left to right are J. J. Allen, William Sheehan, Paul Baschon, Father T. J. Monahan, pastor of St. Paul’s parish, Father O’Keefe, Monsignor Murphy, Father T. G. Roche, pastor of St. Joseph’s parish, Carolina Beach, Coroner Gordon Doran, and Grand Knight J. D. Fox, Jr. _.___ NURSES PUT OFF WAGE^ QUESTION Ninth District Plans Action Later, Chairman McDuffy States Institutional staff nurses of the Ninth district, covering Southeastern North Carolina, did not discuss any plans for seeking better wages and short er hours at their regular ses sion at James Walker Memorial hospital here yesterday, Miss Mary McDuffy, chairman, an nounced. Miss McDuffy,. night supervi sor of nurses at James Walker, said “we haven’t gotten togeth er on wages and hours yet, but we will.” Included in the Ninth district association are institution :il See NURSES On Page Two NUCKTON DENIES FLOWERS DEARTH Prices Not Up As Quoted In Washington Report, Grower States John Nuckton, general mana ger of Carolina Flowers, Inc., wholesale florists who ship flowers to markets throughout the eastern seaboard, denied tonight that there is any severe flower shortage so far as he is aware in the extensive area to which the company ships. Commenting on an Associated Press report that chrysanthe mums are reported selling for “$2 and .2.50 a dozen, whole sale, instead of the usual price of 50 cents to $1,” in Washing ton, D. C., Nuckton said. “There is a great difference in chrysamthemums. The usual wholesale price ranges from 50 cents to $5 a dozen, not 50 cents to $1. Flowers are selling well aright now but we are getting about the same price we re ceived for them last June.” Along The Cape Fear CRADLE OF INDEPEND ENCE—Other towns may spar for historical honors in the pre revolutionary period, but the city of Wilmington is highest on the roll of honor. Her native sons first resisted British au thority and kindled the fire of insurrection that was to light the torch of independence. Inspired by the success of the Wilmington bloodless revolt against the Stamp Act, which was repealed in March, 1766, a month after the Cape Fear coup de grace, the patriots of Boston staged their historically famous Boston Tea Party. But it was seven years after the forcible resistance to the stamp act in the mouth of the Cape Fear that the Boston col onists Doured informally into the Chesapeake bay, on Decem ber 16, 1773. * * * PAYORHG • THE CAPE —. s pr.n'shmeni for the ,ea party, pari-ar.ion. enacted the Boston Port Bill which fired resentment throughout the en tire American colonies. A mass meeting was held in WIsling ton on July 21, 1774, at which the cry was raised: “The Cause of Boston it the Cause of All.” The merchants of Wilmington refused to accept any more tea. Stocks of tea were locked up and one indignant merchant threw his entire stock of tea into the Cape Fear river. In August, Parker Quince sailed into the port of Salem and on behalf of the Wilming ton townspeople unlqaded a large cargo of provisions which were hauled by wagon to Bos ton. This was the second act of defiance to British authority. But this time the Wilmington colonists were unquestionably 'working for the common cause of America. Tie inevitable is a was '■•'red in Ay:T of 1775. i the b.’.r.h of ti e n .v nation I was still eight long, heartbreak ling years away. Policeman Turns Other Cheek Rather Than Walk Night Beat i - " — - . 1 H - TAMPERING WITH MONTY’S TAM COSTS BRTISH CADETS 28-DAYS CB SANDHURST, England, Oct. 7.—'CU.R)—Six contrite cadets were confined to barracks at military college here today for taking Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery’s beret when he wasn’t looking. While Montgomery was dining at the school, the culprits snatched the famous tam and hung it on the statue of a lion. The Field Marshal’s worried subordinates searched for 30 minutes before they found it. Montgomery was not at all amused. He threatened that ail cadets* would be punished if the guilty ones did not own up, and when the six sheepish culprits came forward he gave them a 28-day confinement to barracks. RAIL PASSENGER FARE HIKE 0 YED Southern Operators Grant ed Right To Increases Of 6.06 Per Cent WASHINGTON, Oct. 7— <*) — The Interstate Commerce Com mission today authorized many railroads operating in the South to increase their basic passen ger fares 6.06 per cent in coach es and 13.63 per cent in sleep ing and parlor cars. The increases authorized will raise rates of those railroads asking such increases in the South to the level of Eastern railroad passenger fares which were similarly boosted earlier this year. In contrast to the unanimous action of the Eastern line in seeking higher passenger charg es, tile Southern railroads were divided on the question. Thirty-seven of the Southern roads asked for authority to in crease basic fares for sleeping and parlor car travel from 3.3 to 3.5 cents per mile. Twenty-six roads asked for in creases in the basic passenger See RAIL On Page Two GOOD OLD DAYS ARE BACK AGAIN-COFFEE FREE WITH SINKERS LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7. — m — The price of coffee took just about its last drop today. From seven cents a cup a week ago, it had slumped at one fountain chain to exactly nothing, with any purchase of* food. Two big drug chains have been the leaders in a price war which sent it first to four cents, then to one and yesterday to free wit to one and yesterday to free with doughnuts (nine cents) or coffee cake (10 cents.) Today, at the other chain, it’s free even with a nickel doughnut. The slashing hasn’t spread to the night clubs, however. There you can still pay a quarter and up. CIVIC CONGRESS URGED FOR AREA Ogden Club Will Under take Organization Of Unit On Nov. 18 The Ogden Civic club Tuesday night by unanimous vote decided to undertake the organization of a Southeastern North Carolina civic congress. The congress is to be composed of the president and the secre tary of every civic organization in the counties comprising Southeastern North Carolina. This will include the Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, Exchange, Civi SEE CIVIC On Page Two Patrolman W. M. Jordan Charges Assault By Man He Placed In Arrest A Wilmington policeman, with a cut ear and a bruise below the ear, implied last night that he would rather be beaten up with out defending himself than to walk a beat from midnight til 8 a. m. Patrolman W. M. Jordan told officers at police headquarters with a Star reporter present, that he took a blow, on the face while arresting a man at 9 p. m. last night for disorderly conduct and did not offer to return the blow or protect himself because exten sive publicity recently given an alleged police brutality case. Jordan, who had a cut on the ear and a bruise about the ear and in front of the ear as a result of the punch thrown by Charles Carey, of Houston, Texas, made the following report on the case: “While patroling my beat I re ceived a call to the Brass Rail on Market street near Front street, where I saw Charles Carey See POLICEMAN On Page Two JUNIOR CHAMBER HEARS JOHNSON Reserve Officer Explains Universial Training Program To Club Captain* Archie Johnson, local organized reserve officer, dis cussed universal military train ing and showed a movie ex plaining the need for such train ing to the Junior Chamber of Commerce at its dinner meet ing at the Friendly last night. Urging that the Jaycees pro mote military training with their congressmen, Captain Johnson, using hi9 film, ex plained how the program would work from the time the youth reaches the age of 17 and regis ters until his reserve training is completed. He emphasized that the boys would remain civilians and at the same time would acquire technical and scientific knowl See JUNIOR On Page Two Elegant Elephant Boy To Wed Circus Heiress HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 7 —(UR) —Mabel Rineling, heiress to the fame Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus, climbed aboard the red circus train to day and firmly repeated her in tentions to marry her elephant trainer sweetheart, Richard Du rant. The circus, completing a three-dav engagement in Hous ton, was en route to Lake Charles, La. : “Everyone thinks we will be j married in Lak“ C-aries be it’s » Louisiana, and «• got a Louisiana marriage license in Shreveport on Sept. 22,” said the attractive 23-year old girl. Mabel and Dick have caused fellow performers to play a con stant guessing game about the romance, and some circus per formers believe they’ll be Mr. and Mrs. before the show goes on in New Orleans. Mrs. John Haley, Mabel’s mother, hurried to Texas from her Montana ranch with the re ported intent of discouraging Im ELEGANT Ob Fa«e Two Committee Turns Preamble Down Soviet Move To Limit Press Freedom Beaten By 34 To 6 Vote LAKE SUCCESS, N Y„ Oct. 7. — (U.R)— Russia suffered an overwhelming defeat today in the first United Nation’s test vote on the Soviet’s warmongering charges against the United States. The UN Social committee, composed of all 57 UN member* voted 34 to 6—-with 8 abstaining against a Soviet move to limit press freedom to curb alleged warmongers. Although the ballot was on a specific issue, it indicated clear ly the lineup that can be expect" ed when delegates vote on tha broader Soviet charges that some American businessmen, politicians, government official* and newspapers are clamoring for war against Russia. The Russian move to shackle the press was made to support Soviet Vice'Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky’s general war mongering accusations. If asked specifically that next spring’s worldwide conference on press freedom define the du ties of the free press to include the exposure of warmongers. It also asked study of gevernment control to prevent alleged bribery propaganda and distortions. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt led the successful attack on the Soviet resolution. The only six nations voting for the Russian move were Egypt, Mexico, and four members of the Soviet bloc. The 34-to-6 vote came on the See COMMITTEE On Page Two FIRST MEATLESS TUESDAY “SLIPS” Effect Of Compliance Not Noticeable In Na tion’s Cafes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Americans observed their first “meatless Tuesday” yesterday but the effect wasn’t noticeable m many restaurants and hotels. A survey showed many res taurateurs said they could not ob serve the President’s request, made in a radio speech Sunday night, because meat supplies were purchased and menus planned too far ahead. Housewives were reported ob serving the “meatless” request in areas where surveys were under taken, although some of them al so said they were caught with perishable meat supplies on hand. Most restaurants, however, said they would be ready for com pliance with President Truman'* request next Tuesday, and many also promised compliance with the request for poultryless and eggless Thursday this week. Meanwhile, live meat prices slipped a little in some leading markets, and there also was good news for the consumer in falling prices of wholesale butter, flour in the New York area, and Chi cago butter and egg futures. COASTAL GEORGIANS BREATHE EASY AGAIN AS STORM BLOWS OUT BRUNSWICK, Ga„ Oct. T. — (JP) — A squall sweeping over coastal Georgia today brought heavy rainfall, but the Weather Bureau reported the storm had blown itself out. Winds up to 60 miles an hour were recorded at the Brunswick airport at the height of the storm early today. Some trees were up footed. Rainfall of four and a half inches flooded streets in the lower section of town. Cloudy weather was predicted throughout the state for tomor row with showers in scattered sections. And So To Bed Shakespeare was all “wet” about that name business, a local sports scribe, name of Frank O’Brien, informed the Morning Star last night. It seems that O’Brien, whose services recently were commandeered for a wed ding ceremony, had his name used in print in connection with the wedding story. But somewhere along the line, the “i” was dropped in Francis, and an “e” was sub stituted. The net result, of course, needs no explana tion. “I’ll never live H down,” he declared. “Please make a correction, even though the Iter did net tarry the story.”
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