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5t5?H=s WUmUutinit Ulnmitm sUS&iE .—- --- State and National New* VOL. ^81—N°. 42._ * WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1947 ” ESTABLisHED 1831 France Faces Tragic Time greases* Cities Pictured Unless Nation Gets Cash Quickly WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. — 0P) A high French official said Light that France is facing “a ‘. ,v tragic moment” and will 'xhaust all her dollar resources L'hir a week unless outside aid t forthcoming. grvey Alphand, France’s di ‘ r of economic affairs, [% newsmen that without help, Lance will have to discontinue /purchases of American wheat, Jsnd fats around Oct. 15. If American wheat supplies are ,jjUt off. he said, the French people as a whole will go without Lad more than two days a week. And the big cities will jaVC no bread at ali, he said. Alphand also disclosed that France tried to obtain grain from jussia six weeks ago, but the plea has met only silence from Moscow. He said the French government kas notified the State Depart ment of the crisis and hopes to get dollars from several sources K avoid a complete stoppage „f U. S. supplies. Other Developments Other key developments in the mternationai situation: I. Turkish Chief of Staff Salih Omurtak told a news conference that the $100,000,000 American aid program for Turkey might not be enough “if the strength of the opponents we may have against us is considered.” Without mentioning Russia by name, he said Turkey is still prepared "to ward off aggres lion,” j, . Britain’s request, top American and British officials be gan conferences designed to ease See FRANCE On Page Two SI E MM rs W :0ME INQUIRY Retailers Realize Prices Are Too High, Secre tary States RALEIGH, Oct. 8.—OP)—North Carolina merchants are in “hearty accord” with the objectives of an investigation of high prices by a Congressional committee and are glad that the committee is going to hold one of its hearing in this area, Willard L. Dowell, ex ecutive vice president of the State Merchants Association said tonight. The Congressional group which * probing the price situation is scheduled to hold a hearing at Greensboro on October 10. "Retailers not only realize that prices are entirely too high, but they deplore these high prices just as much as do their cus tomers and they are doing all in their power to hold prices in line,” Dowell said in a state ment. Dowell said that “the cause of the high prices does not lie with the retailer,” and asserted that “the price structure is based upon many elements which enter into the picture before the goods teach retail stores.” FBI HOLDING EX-GI’S IN THEFT OF ATOMIC ENERGY PHOTOGRAPHS WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. — m -The Federal Bureau of Investi gation today announced the ar lest of two former servicemen ® charges of theft of highly con noential photographs relating to Mornic energy development. tBI Director J. Edgar Hoover the two men are former "rmy photographers who had Wn employed at the Los Ala N. M., atomic project. Hoover gave their names as eorge Wellington Thompson, ?’ teken into custody at River j N- M., and Ernest Lawrence Sr'orello. 30, arrested at Albu Werque, N. M. The arrests bring to five the umber of persons who have sen taken into custody in con ation with the removal of docu e,nt_s relating to the atom bomb tl atomic experiments. The Weather FORECAST: Hess «„.?rolina ~ Considerable cloudi chang. 'n ?cattered showers and little dav p, in temperature Thursday. Fri northwestfartiy Cl°Udy’ S,iSMly nessr'h, „Cafr,na — Considerable cloudi tvith J.a1, a: - cha ge in temperature over Jid ereti showers Thursday and •tsarini. :r<'ast Thursday night Friday a,:'r cooler. fcr.0!n?fji7ca^'cal data for the 24 hours P m. yesterday. 1 Sfl , TEMPERATURES V. 7..a- “■ 71 ■ 1:30 a. m. 70; 1:30 p. m. mom V. 72: Maximum 78; Mini '■ M«m 72: Normal 68. 1:30 , „ HUMIDITY * 80- 7-S' !0°: 7:30 a- m- 90; 1:80 p. ' '-30 P ni. 84. Total t PRECIPITATION to .35 i°.rh(iae 24 hours ending 7:30 p. 1-12 inches'06 th® *"rsl of ttle month 'Prom ,TIUES FOR TODAY E s Coa a e Titie Tchles published by Coast and Geod-tie Survey). *>lmingt HIGH LOW n - 5:00 a.m. 12:04 a m ^ssonborn . 3:44 pm- 12:16 P-m ™ Inlet _ 2:58 a.m. 9:13 a.m. , Sunrise s 3:31 P-m. 11:03 p.m :Sf£: Mooriset 5:46; Moonrise WEATHER an Pitt, Iivi “Poultryless” Days May Be Food Fiasco --- ~r\ State Department re Report Indicates Pro- & Likely To Cause ^oi*vill Market _V\V * Instead of saving food for'1 me hungry of Europe, a poultryless Thursday would seem to cause a waste of this food, a state Department of Agriculture report indicated last night. Johns Winfield, market News man of the department, said that central North Carolina poultry growers, from whom Wilmington merchants purchase the greater part of their stocks, now had an “extremely heavy” load on hand. Winfield said that the move ment of dressed and drawn fryers to retail outlets is slowing down, and that “consumers could ren der a real service to the fryer and broiler industry by increas ing orders for chickens.” A poultry market operator here said that while the market re mained about steady, the effect of the “Poultryless Thursday” hardly could be surmised at the present time. Winfield’s remarks indicated that instead of helping a bad situation, the banning of poultry from tables on Thursday would only aggravate it. Jury Rules In Batson’s Favor In Taxicab Suit _ CIO TAKES CUT WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—W) —The CIO took a cut at the new long-skirt mode today, calling for a boycott of “this outrageous practice.” “It’s a conspiracy against you,” the CIO’s publication, “Economic Outlook”, ad vised its feminine readers. Workers’ wives, it added, “cannot afford to throw out the excellent garments now hanging in their closets.” BOARD TO DECIDE CHARITIES ‘FATE’ Future Of Relief Organi zation Rests With Commissioners The fate of Associated Chari ties, Wilmington relief organiza tion which initiated case work to relieve needy families and has served the community for 23 years, will be at least tempo rarily in the hands of the coun ty commissioners when they meet next Monday morning. Proximity of the board’s dis cussion has precipitated a con troversy as to who is responsi ble for the poor and indigent of New Hanover county. The controversy was touched off Monday when H. A. Marks, chairman of the Community Chest, appeared before the county commissioners and asked for a statement on the responsibility for the county’s poor. County Attorney Marsden Bel lamy seconded Commissioner George Trask’s statement that “the poor are the county’s re sponsibility.” A final decision was held in abeyance until the return of two commissioners who were representing the coun ty at the Goldsboro Centennial celebration. The Community Chest refused to contribute to Associated Charities last year and directors of the Chest were quoted as be ing alarmed that Associated Charities were planning a drive for funds which might stymie the Community Chest Red See BOARD on Page Two CHERRY PRAISES GOLDSBORO CITY Governor Honored During Celebration Of 100th Anniversary GOLDSBORO, Oct. 8.— VP) — Thousands of Goldsboro resi dents heard their city praised by Governor Cherry today as they observed “Governor Day” in the week-long celebration of Golds boro’s 100th anniversary. Then the city made ready to welcome and hear a speech to morrow from its most distin guished son of the present gen eration, Army Secretary Kenneth C. Roy all. “Goldsboro is a well-balanced and happily - situated munici pality in that it is a center oi both industry and agriculture,” Governor Cherry said. “This city is in the approximate center oi North Carolina’s Bright Leal tobacco belt. Your florishing trade comes from tobacco ware houses located here and the more See CHERRY On Page Two Disabled War Veteran En titled To Possession, Panel Finds A jury in New Hanover coun ty Superior Court Wednesday iound that K. E. Batson, dis abled war veteran, is entitled to the possession of two taxi cabs which he alleged his wife sold to Woodrow Pridgen with out his consent, and that the value of the automobiles at the time they were seized by the sheriff during the dispute was $2,000. The defendant, Woodrow Pridgen, operator of the Taxi Exchange, who gave Mrs. Bat son approximately $1500 for the two cars, will be allowed to re cover only a sum of approxi mately $900 he paid to satisfy a mortgage on the vehicles when the case is settled. Although damages, for the use of the automobiles denied Batson since the cars were taken by Pridgen while the dis abled veteran was in the veter ans hospital at Fayetteville, were not granted to Batson in the present trial because of a legal technicality. Attorney W. K .Rhodes, Jr., who represent ed Batson in the suit, expressed the opinion that his client w'ill be able to recover damages for the use of the cars in another suit. Awarded Damages Alberta Ford v.Tas awarded damages totalling $2,635 from James Ratley, Wilmington taxi driver and operator of tne Blue Bird taxi, as a result of in juries allegedly sustained through the driver’s careless ness and negligence, the jury decided in its second damage suit. The plaintiff alleged that she Was thrown out of Ratley’s taxi See JURY On Page Two RAILROADS URGE INTRASTATE HIKE Utilities Commission Says Applications Are Now On File RALEIGH, Oct. 8.—(^—Rail roads, which yesterday received boosts in their interstate freight and passenger fares from the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, have applications for simi lar increases pending for intra state rates, the Utilities Commis sion reported today. The railroads, which had ask ed for freight rates increases of 28 per cent, received an emer gency increase from th ICC of 10 per cent and a promise that further increases would be stud ied. A request for an increase of 28 per cent has been on file with the Utilities Commission for sev eral weeks pending action by the ICC on interstate rates. No date for hearing on the application has been set. Southern railroads were per mitted by the ICC® to increase their coach fares from 2.2 to 2.5 cents per mile, and an appli cation has been filed with the Utilities Commission for an in crease in interstate coach fares from 1.65 to 2.2 cents per mile. Utilities Commission officials said they expected the applica tion to be amended to ask for the interstate figure of 2.5 cents per mile. Hearing on the passenger rates probably will be set within a few days, commission officials said. First Woman Juror Wins Praise From Bench, Bar JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 8— Judge John J. Burney, of Wil mington, thinks Mrs. Robert McCoy is a pretty good juror. And the judge didn’t hesitate to day to commend her officially. Mrs. McCoy is the first wom an in the history of Onslow county to serve on a Superior Court jury and her splendid service during the three day session here brought forth prais es from lawyers and fellow jur ors, as well as from the judge. Mrs. McCoy especially was outstanding on the divorce cases. Fellow jurymen declared she showed cooperative intelli gence throughout. Judge Burney spoke before the entire court in praising Mrs. McCoy as a fine example for all jurors, men and women alike. Lawyers followed the judge’s lead and spoke their praise before the court. . Truman Calls On AFL Unionists For Greater Production Effort; UN Approves Balkan WatcK Soviet Bloc Gets Sound Spanking Vote On United States De mand Ends 34 To 6; Nine Abstain LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 8. —UP) — The political committee of the United Nations Assembly over rode bitter Russian objections late today and approved a Unit ed States demand for a special U. N. Balkan Border Watch com mittee. ’:V'~ The vote on the special com mittee was 34 to 6. The Russian bloc voted solidly against it. Nine nations, including the Arab" group and Sweden, Norway and Den mark, abstained. The delegates put off tempo rarily a decision on the hottest part of the U. S. resolution — a section finding Yugoslavia, Al bania and Bulgaria responsible for helping Greek guerrillas. Just before the political com mittee adjourned at 6:17 p. m., ,E. S. T.), the United States pro posed that the Balkan committee be made up of Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland,' Aus tralia, Pakistan and the five great powers. That will be discussed tomorrow when the political com mittee resumes debate on the res olution. Approval Seen All committee action is subject to final approval by the full as sembly. Assembly approval was considered a foregone conclusion, however, because the 57 member nations are all represented in both the plenary meetings and the committee sessions. The committee also approved a U. S. proposal that the Assemb ly call on Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania to coop erate with the special commit tee. The vote on this section was 39 to 6, with 8 abstentions. The balloting climaxed com mittee debate on the Greek-Balk See SOVIET On Page Two EIGHT KIWANIANS TO ATTEND MEET President George Conant To Head Delegation To Convention Eight members of the local Kiwanis club will attend the 41st annual Carolinas district Kiwanis convention which opens at Charleston, S. C., today. The first large scale convention since the war, the meeting which continues through Saturday is expected to attract more than 600 civic leaders. Headed by President George Conant, the Wilmington delega tion includes Atty. Jack Le Grand, Wilbur Dosher, Jack Thompson, Donald King, Wil liam Wendt, Harry Solomon, and I. W. Solomon. LeGrand is a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor of the seventh division of the Caro linas district. Principal speakers at the convention will be Charles S. Donley, Pittsburgh, a past president of Kiwanis Internation al, Thomas L. Husselton, Atlantic City, N. J., trustee of Kiwanis International, and Charles P. Summerrall, president of the Citadel/ Among the guests will be Charles W. Armstrong, Salis bury, N. C., present Internalion al president. General chairman of the convention program is W. T. Smith, former district lieutenant governor. WITH A WAR BONNET ON HIS HEAD, Governor R. Gregg Cherry sits in the midst of dan cing Cherokee Indians at ceremonies in which he became a member of the tribe during his visit to the annual Indian Fair on the reservation at Cherokee, N. C. The Indians dubbed him “Chief Climbing Bear.” Bottom: The governor, who left Raleigh to get a rest from politics, discovers he can’t get away from it even in the Cherokee Nation. He discusses wih tribal leaders the recent election on the reservation. Beside him at right is the retiring chief, Jarrett Blythe. Next to him at left is Chief-elect Henry Bradley. Standing behind him is Mrs. Mollie Arneach, first “squaw” ever elected as a member of the tribal council. Others in the picture are new council members. 11- LLION BALE CROP ESTIMATED Dry Hot September Weath er Cuts Down Nation’s Cotton Production WASHINGTON, Oct. 8— Wl — The Agriculture Department re ported today that dry hot weath er in September trimmed 341, 000 bales off this year’s cotton crop which it now forecasts at 11,508,000 bales. Nevertheless, the indicated crop is nearly a third larger than last year’s unusually small one of 8,640,000 bales. Produc tion averaged 12,390.000 bales for the 10-year (1936-45) period. It is possible that the crop may not be sufficiently large to cover domestic and export re quirements until next year’s crop becomes available. Tin's year’s production will be sup plemented, however, by a carry See 11-MILLION on Page Two YOU MUST WASH YOUR FEET TO PLAY “TOE TOUCHIN” AT SCHOOL SIKESTON, Mo., Oct. 8—f/PV— “Toe Touchin” is the name of a new game which seems to be ■ nosing out old time box suppers in some sections — and you, have to know your toes to get your best girl, too. At the Lincoln school here j the girls prepared a meal, the boys put up the cash which went for benefit of the library. Then the girls took off their shoes, | covered up with a sheet and let only their bare feet stick out. The boys went by and touched the foot they wanted next to their own at the dining table. Rule No. 1 is that the feet must be well washed. Along The Cape Fear UNION STRENGTHENED RESISTANCE—The thirteen col onies united in their struggle for independence and engaged Brit ish forces sent to subdue the re volt with a spirit of stubborn re sistance. «■ But for the united effort, the colonies would have been de feated in the first year cf the conflict. Even in spits of the united resistance, the colonies would have lost the war had it not been for the timely aid of Lafayette and the soldiers of France in the last years of the revolution. Local historians have record ed that the spark of liberty was first fanned into a flams by John Ashe, Cornelius Harnette, and a host of American leaders who met in Wilmington and or ganized peaceful resistance at first and armed resistance final ly to the acts of parliament which were distasteful to the un represented colonists. Leadership, which gave birth to the movement for American independence, did not desert the American cause during the war. After the inevitable clash which came in 1775, giving birth to eight years of bitter fighting, the indomitable will of the lead er's of the Cape Fear colonists and the native sons of the Cape Fear valley wrote a brilliant chapter in the American Revo lution and by their example gave courage to the other col onists in the dark hours of the long battle for freedom. * * * BETWEEN WARS — The na tives of Wilmington and the res idents of the Cape Fear valley resumed their progressive activ ities after the war. The historic town of Wilmington was im proved as public buildings, pri vate homes, and business houses were built to satisfy the need for housing the industry and the people who managed the trade from the port city. The Cape Fear valley blos somed out into fruitful produc tion as more and more acres of soil were cultivated and the plantations for which the South was to become historically fa mous began to spring into view. See CAPE FEAR O* Page Two « POLIO RAMPANT BERLIN, Oct. 8—VP)— The Berlin Public Health office an nounced today that 14 deaths from infantile paralysis were reported in the city in the last 48 hours, bringing the toll of fatalities in the current epi demic to 145. The office said 96 new cases were reported in the same period, with the total number now standing at 1,668. STATES MAY S NEW FARM P NS Secretary Anderson Pro poses Programs Be Cen tered In Counties Too WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—VP)— Secretary of Agriculture Ander son proposed today that the nation’s future farm program be centered more in the states and counties. To do this, Anderson suggest ed that farmers elect their own county committes to develop and carry out projects. State com mittees would serve as a link between the county groups and ■he Agriculture Department. He told the Senate and House Agriculture committees, study See STATES On Page Two SISTERS JAILED AS “SCOLDERS” Jury Listens To Recording Of Fluent Cussing By Three Women PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8. —(U.R>— Three sisters were sentenced to jail today after being found guilty of being common scolds by a jury which listened to a phonograph record of their fluent cussing in the English and Polish languages. The charges were brought un der ancient common law by Fran cis Pastor and his son, Francis, Jr., 19, against their neighbors, the Znosko sisters, Helen, 29, Bet ty, 24, and Josephine, 20. The younger Pastor introduced See SISTERS On Page Two WHISKY HOLIDAY NOW PREDICTED Luckman Says Distillers Will Close Down Plants For 60 Days WASHINGTON, Oct. 8— IP) — Chairman Charles Luckman of the citizens food committee pre dicted tonight the nation’s dis tilleries will close down for 60 days within three weeks. Luckman, directing the pro gram to conserve grain to help feed Western Europe, met with top officials of the liquor indus try and announced there were no dissents to the distillery clos ing requested by the committee and President Truman. Emerging after a two and one half hour conference, Luckman told reporters that out of the 39 companies represented, 18 voted in favor of the shutdown and the other 21 asked for an opportun ity to consult their stockholders. “I think there is no question but what the directors of the See WHISKY on Page Two BENSON SUPPORTS ORDER BY HAYES City Manager, After In vestigation, Shuts Door On Case City Manager J. R. Benson yesterday informed Police Chief Hubert Hayes that he agreed to the punishment of 10 weeks midnight to 8 am. foot patrol duty without a day off given Patrolmen G. H. Hines for using too much force to subdue a pri soner. According to the city manag er’s investigation, Hines struck one Lubie Kelly while putting him in jail on Sept. 20 after ar resting him for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. It was stated that Kelly grab bed the officer, pinched his arm and attempted to hit him to pro vocate Hines’ blow, but that the latter used too much force. The case is considered closed. Patrolman W. M. Jordan, who took a blow from a prisoner, See BENSON On Page Two Passengers Pray As A AL Plane Flips Upside Down EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 8-—(At— A big 4-motored American Air lines flagship flipped over on its back momentarily while fly ing near El Paso today, tumb ling 48 frightened passengers to the ceiling of the plane before it was righted. Baggage and passengers scrambled back into their seats after the pilot, Capt. Charles Siston, righted the craft from the unexplained maneuver. An unscheduled stop was made at El Paso where six persons were given first aid. None was hurt seriously, Bob Pfunder, local sales manager for the airline reported. Engineers and Civil Aeronautics officials were ex amining the plane The plane, bound from Dallas to Los Angeles, had just flown over El Paso at 8,000 feet, Sis ton said, when he adjusted the automatic pilot, then switched it off. The ship, a DC84, prompt ly dived 5,000 feet while Siston struggled with the manual con trols. During the descent, the gee PASSENGERS On Page Two President Warns Of Price Spiral Federation Delegates Hear Urgent Appeal For Cooperation SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8—IM —President Truman appealed in a message to the American Federation of Labor today to raise still higher America’s level of production to “meet the criti cal conditions which threaten the well-being of the entire world.” At the same time he warned of the necessity of “remedies” in the domestic economy of the na tion to cope with “unreason able” prices and “insufficient” housing. The President’s message, read to the AFL’s 66th annual con vention, called upon America’* workers to share the nation’* abundance with the less fortun ate, inasmuch as the produc tion level today is greater than ever before in peace time. Th* need for grain, Mr- Truman add ed, “in many countries in th* year ahead will be even mor* acute than in the past.” “I know, too,” he said, “that labor and industry, recognizing the seriousness of the situation abroad, will cooperate to raise See PRESIDENT on Page Two PADWAY STRICKEN AT AFL MEETING Associates Hint Union Counsel Suffers Brain Hemorrhage BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. S. —WP)— Joseph A. Padway, general counsel ol the Amerl* can Federation of Labor, died of a stroke tonight a few hours after collapsing during an address before the AFL’s international conven tion. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 Joseph A. Padway, general counsel of the American Feder ation of Labor, collapsed today while addressing the AFL inter national convention and was au thoritatively reported in “very serious” condition tonight at Stanford hospital. The English-born attorney'* family issued no statement and physicians declined to be quoted, but associates familiar with the case termed a report he had suffered a brain hemor rhage “close to correct ” A physician who examined Padway shortly after he wu See PADWAY On Page Two EINSATZ COMMANDOS SLEW MILLION JEWS NAZI MAJOR ADMITS NUERNBERG, Germany, Oct. 8—OT—Otto Ohlendorf, Nazi S. S. major general, admitted to day that his “Einsatz Comman dos” slew a million “racially in ferior” people in the East, but denied his own guilt and placed the blame on the Russians. The first of 23 defendants to take the stand in their trial be fore an American War Crime* court, Ohlendorf said the Jew* slain in the East were political ly partisan and thus “dangerous.” “Those we executed were sing ing the Internationale and hail ing Stalin as they died,” he added. And So To Bed Unfor Sportsby, close friend and protege of Roy Cook, Star sports editor, unobtrusively put in an ap pearance in the news room recently before anyone ar rived for the night shift and left a communication. According to Mir. Sports by’s message, a baby son has been born to tha Sportsbys at their Maffit Village home almost a year ago. In honor of the United Nations he was named Unra, his proud father writes. Unra Sportsby is to be raised as a true citizen of the world with preudice toward nona and a leaning toward tha South, he says. Suspected by h r parent* of being a genuis, little Unra already exhibits talent for becoming a cheer leader, ha revealed., H first original cheer as his parents record ed it for posterity is: “Unfor, three four, Who are we for? Wah! Wah! Wah!”_ To which we add; rah for Unra.”