COURT OVERHAUL (Continued From Page One) iiently so that they could tak< part in pre-trial procedures or motions, demurrers, • etc., whicl take up so much time under the present set-up, Helms said thai in lieu of elimination of the ro tation system completely, divi sions of the State into four judi cial divisions instead of two with each judge spending more time in the districts assigned him would be beneficial. “North Carolina and South Carolina are the only states in the nation with rotation that I know of,” he said. In pointing out that under present conditions, in which a judge spends six months in a court in six years, the judge cpends two months becoming ac quainted with the docket, and only two months trying cases, because he is afraid to go into eases in the last two months be cause he might not finish them. Supporting Move Citing the work being done by a commission created by the State Bar association, which includes lawyers and judges and two lay men, and which is studying the system with an eye toward sug. gested revisions to be placed be fore the next General assembly, Helms said that the lawyers in the State are overwhelmingly supporting it, according to a sur vey made. Support is coming from “country lawyers” as well as from “city lawyers,” he said. Saying that “the advantages of the state-wide judicial sys tem now employed are outweigh ed by the disadvantages and ut ter inefficiency,” he stated that “in some districts lack of dili gence in prosecuting dockets is an utter disgrace.” This he laid to “easy going” solicitors. He added that judges have no •ontrol over operating receivers or estates and said that judges ehould be in charge of dockets of certain districts assigned them. An administrator for the State system suggested by the State Bar association would not be a “dictator” as some lawyers have feared, Helms said, but would be in charge of checking on the needs of cours sessions to allevi ate crowded dockets and assign ing judges and solicitors on the basis of needs, rather than on political bases as is usually now the case. Hits Exchange He also hit at the “exchange of judges, which he said now has 1 become merely a matter of con-! venienee. “Judges should be as- j signed where they are needed and should hold courts there.” A revision of the court sys- j tern, including standardizing of the inferior courts, would im prove the courts 33 1-3 per cent, or “I think 50 per cent,” he said. “If this commission and its work do not have the support of the bench and the bar of North Carolina, it will be 10 or 15 years before you get it started again,” he told the New Hanover bar members, adding that Raleigh Publisher Josephus Daniels had told the State Bar, “if you law. yers don’t do it, the public will.” In explaining the inefficiency J*he present Superior court f a ho .said that the public to Other methods that are Sent and cited the num ber ot executive brnrems: he ;rSrata»r.SSenCyh°e said of the court system, you go m , court at the begmnmg of a criminal term and see the"1 „esses and law™ r“‘U“’B “S^sSSpuhlic is .» h,ei”"„r,hia”»«1'fm r« toe days to try ”B“"ld ESyJ-SSi-W in Pte ‘rHelms°“d.“rei».roduc.d to the g,Sp by Program Chatrman ^ PresSlaH. Edmund Rogers l Wheel | 1 Aligning | \ and I 1 Balancing I I OPEN 24 HOURS 1 1 I HughesBros.lnc.' I DISTRIBUTORS | 1 China I I Dinner Sets I 1 “A Gift for The Home I I Is a Gift For All | GREGG BROS. 110 Market St. Dial 9655 I presided, and members of the association took part in a hot argument over whether the group should sponsor without support ing financially a program of edu cation in the field of taxation ' work to prepare any members 1 desiring to take such a course in tax proceedings. It was decided to appoint a committee to investi gate the situation. Judge Leo Carr was a guest of the association and a motion was passed expressing appreciation for his work here during the last six months. | NURSES REJECT (Continued From Page Oiie) itai’s employment effective De cember 18. The board’s 12-point proposal follows in full: 1. That an institutional staff or general duty nurse, which means any nurse below the rank of head nurse who does bedside nursing or is engaged in a spe cial service such as operating room, delivery room, supply room, etc., not otherwise desig nated as' a head nurse, will re ceive $140 per month with full maintenance, $152.50 per month with three meals and laundry, and $160 per month with two meals and laundry. 2. That a head nurse, one who is responsible for the nursing service in a ward, unit, or divi sion, will receive $170 per month with full maintenance, $182.50 per month with three meals and laundry, and $190 per month with two meals and laundry. 3. That a supervisor, one who is responsible for the nursing service in two or more units, wards, or divisions, will receive $190 per month with full main tenance, $202.50 per month with three meals and laundry, and $210 per month with two meals and laundry. 4 All groups of nurses will re ceive $10.00 per month increase at the end of each year for a minimum of three years, with an nual increases based on the date of employment. 5. $10.00 additional salary per month for permanent posts on the shifts from 3 p. m. to 11 p. m. and from 11 p. m. to 7 a. m. will be paid. 6. All graduate nurses will be granted an equivalent of two working days per month as vaca tion or twenty-four working days per year during the first year of service, to be taken at any time after the first six months but within the current year. 7. After the first year of serv ice each graduate nurse will be granted 2 1-2 working days per month as vacation or 30 working days per year. 8. One day sick leave will be allowed for each month of em ployment, accumulative to 90 days. 9. The following days will be observed as holidays: New Year’s Easter Monday, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Lhristmas. 10. A special neaitn program j will be inaugurated, including a! physical examination before em ployment, charge to be paid by the hospital, and an annual X ray of chest charge to be paid by the hospital. Any graduate nurse is to have complete labora tory service on request at any time without charge. 11. Upon termination of em ployment, the nurse is required to give 30 days notice of intended resignation and the hospital agrees to give 30 days notice of dismissal or 30 days salary in lieu of the dismissal notice. 12. A 44 hour working week will be put into effect as soon as adequate staff can be obtained, but in no case shall the work week be more than 44 hours after February 1, 1948. CAPE FEAR (Continued From Page One) ing chair admirals like to tell about. Yes, they recall the stories about how in 1857 when General Alex MacRae was com modore, that the Princess made her appearance on the sound. Something of a darkhorse, she was owned by Mr. Brad ley. In 1858, they say, Bradley was elected commodore and during his regime his craft held her supremacy. * * * CAROLINA IS BUILT — Yes, sir, the Princess was a sailing craft in the club and the Caro that there was a cry for some type of boat that would be able to outdistance her. It was in 1859 that Sol Moore, of Wilmington, built the Caro lina, a boat that was destined to defeat the Princess. It was a craft after the rocking chair admirals’ collective hearts. And, as was the hopes of the yachtsmen, she beat" the Prin cess. It was on the Fourth of July and it was a race that still warms the cockles of the old timers hearts when they relate the stories told them by their fathers. -the Carolina won by a mere bowsprit in a race that was really a race. But, the admirals sigh, before the competition could be renewed the Fr:ncess was retired and the Hiawatha was substituted for her. At the same time the Hia watha appeared, the Minnehaha came tot the sound. But they were too long to race the other craft in the club and the Caro lina took the championship and held it until 1860. Tomorrow, Along the Cape Fear will bring you the story of the Carolina Yacht club dur ing the war. COURT ACT TODAY RALEIGH, Dec., 10. — (JP) — The State Supreme court will hand down opinions late today and a ruling on constitutionali y of the state’s law prohibiting e closed shop may be includ HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS By Alley _ BOSS SAi PE MONE'i HE HOPIN' OUT ON ME IS PRAWIN' INTKUS BOt WHOT INTRU5' ME ISPRMIM'PAT M0NE1\! r«i leaned by The Bell 8k» inr.) Trade Mark Reg. y. s. Pat. Office! |MH#7 U. S. WARNS (Continued From Page One) brought the conference near to the crisis stage. It was made known before to day’s meeting that Marshall and British Foreign Secretary Er lest Bevin believe no major agree ments on Germany wir be pos sible until Russia lifts the cur tain. Molotov a previous meetings has said that Russia would not insist on getting the Big Four to concede her claim to $10,,000,00^, 000 in reparations fom Gen my before the question of economic unity is discussed. But his formal written proposals have all indi cated that .vhen the time comes he will insist on it. Rejects Demand Marshall today rejected un qualifiedly any Russian demand that she be permitted to continue taking reparations from Germany in the form of current produc tion as her price for agreeing on economic unity. “I have already staL that the United States government con siders that questions of repara tions were finally settled at Potsdam,” Marshall said. “We will not agree to the pro gram of reparations from current production, which under existing conditions could only be met in r>ne of two ways. “The first would be that the United States would pay for such reparations. This the United States will .ot do. “The only other method of at taining reparations from Ger many at the pres' t: c an., for the foreseeable future would be to depress the German stan dard of living to such a point that Germs . could beeorr not only a center of unrest in the leart of Europe but that this would indefinitely if not perman ently retard the rehabilitation of Herman peace time economj and lence the recovery of Europe. “I wish it to be clearly under stood that the Unitel States is | aot prepared to agree to any pro gram of reparations from cur rent production as a price for the unification of Germany.” LITTLE ASSEMBLY (Continued From Page One) of the next full-scale Assembly meeting in Europe next fall. Lie said he had urged mem bers to name their representa tives to the Little Assembly. New Official American officials said the United States had not yet de cided who would fill the new post, but that it definitely would not go to a present member of the American UN delegation. It was believed however that Great Britain would assign its permanent UN delegate, Sir Alexander Cadogan, to the job, and Lie said that other UN countries were likely to do the same. The Secretary-General said he would preside at the first meeting of the Little Assembly to help it get rolling, adding that it probably would meet twice a week for a while. Lie said he had not yet de cided definitely whether to ac company the UN secretariat staff and the 5 nation UN com mission to Palestine to lend a hand in the initial stages of their work. He said he still hoped that the five nations appointed to the commission as overseers of partition would “get their men here as soon as possible” so the group could start figuring out how to tackle its many difficult problems. THOUSANDS VIEW (Continued From Page One) rigedor. There also was the pa per carrying the signature of Jodi, surrendering for the Ger man high command. There were innumerable flags —Old Glory—which saw service in the Far East and the European theatre. The display was complete in every respect to tell the history of this Land of Freedom from the time of Columbus to the present day. City police announced last night that Leo Elies Abolojia and his son, Robert, were arrested for selling photographs of the Free dom Train on the shipyard park ing lot. The two men, both from New York, were booked for selling pictures without a permit or li cense. They will appear in Re corder’s court this morning. HELICOPTER AIDS (Continued From Page One) ed at Westovcr and relayed from an unidentified Canadian plane, reported sighting a distress flare, but this was not substantiated. The Canadian pilots reported the wreckage of the plane to be strewn over a wide area on an ice flat accessible only to ground units or a helicopter. They said the lipstick red tail assembly had been wrenched off in the crash and remained intact, but that the rest of the plane appeared “gut ted by fire.” Tunner In Charge Supervising the rescue opera tions which included dog sled teams and a unit of Army para chutists, was gray-haired' IWaj. Gen. William T. Tunner, 41, com manding officer of the Atlantic division of the A. T. C., who ar rived at Goose Bay tonight. During World War II, Gen. Tunner was widely known as the commanding officer of the A. T. C. in the China-Burma-’ndia theater where his winged 1 \ns ports made aerial history flying regular runs over the “hump” of the Himalayas. ONE KILLED, FIVE HURT IN ARMY PLANE CRASH WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—— One man was killed and five others were injurec tonight when a twin-engine Army C-47 cargo transport plane, attempting to land in foul weather at Andrews Field, crashed and burned 1500 feet short of the runway. Names of the dead and injured were withheld. Air Force officials declined to speculate on cause of the crash but said that tl plane, approach ing the field for WLf7LCTTl*S) HEII07TW(5-SW0llAA 70TOES n sucasscn n SKUNCfti® 7VWT5 wtAECASTASAIWKMAl ltOfcnM irlBSt f»7of baits law SrcMnDDWASf TmTwrmt^ nuansuntirtci itnuJ AWCE^TORSCT^nWHIH6MftW(7LEnDtSjP<6UW^Ltnpe;COUWntfflO«MCM(7»XniR^ •wWATmMCc»7ro$«AC£R(7LrmiB)ii#iM«(7LrTK5) v4o7yea*s mswt LMuma* v -a* po«tr>7 CAewtr /niwsrws -7 states secacp - hb kstgowhl M»«LSfiM«K7LEnR5) f& A FfW/n#WTC5 AFTER Jmm ^ p^y - —» >ofl The Weather Weather Bureau report of temperature and rainfall for 24 hours ending 8 p m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Wilmington- 62 41 .95 Alpena — --- 30 11 .06 Asheville- • • 22 .22 Atlanta- 42 38 i.ll Atlantic City - 36 26 .08 Birmingham- 56 42 .93 Boston - 36 23 Buffalo_ 27 21 .01 Burlington - 24 21 Charlotte- 38 35 .52 Chattanooga - 45 38 .33 Chicago - 30 25 .13 Cincinnati - 28 26 .03 Dallas _ 44 39 Cleveland- 31 25 Denver- 35 13 Detroit_ 28 22 .03 Duluth_ ■ : 9 .07 El Paco_ 52 25 Fort Worth- 43 37 Galveston- 57 53 .12 Houston - 55 50 Jacksonville_ 80 61 .26 Kansas City- 30 26 .01 Key West_ 82 75 Little Rock - 45 37 .08 Los Angeles- 61 41 Louicville _ 34 29 .04 Memphis- 41 39 .13 Meridian __ 61 47 .33 Minn-St. Paul- 8 .14 Miami_ 78 73 New York_ 37 28 Norfolk_ 44 36 Philadelphia_ 38 24 .12 Phoenix_ 56 28 Pittsburgh _ 30 20 .01 Portland, Me.- 38 22 Raleigh_ 36 34 .20 Richmond _ 36 30 .31 St. Louis_ 33 28 .13 San Antonio_ 57 50 San Francisco_ 54 36 Savannah_ 58 49 1.73 Seattle_ 40 34 .20 Tampa--- 77 67 I Vicksburg _ 47 43 .97 Washington_ 34 29 .28 MEDICAL SCHOOL (Continued From Page One) sity with the Greensboro hos pital which is to be built with a $15,000,000 trust fund created by the will of the late Mrs, Bertha L. Cone. A statement issued by the committees said: “After obtaining the advice of the University Executive com mittee, the two committees have concluded that it is im possible to work out a plan of merger which will enable both institutions to perform their re spective functions and, at the same time, comply with the lim iations and mandates imposed an them by the terms of the Cone trust on the one hand, and the fundamental policy of a state educational institution on the other.” The statement pointed out that the Cone trustees are re quired to found a hospial pri marily for the benefit of citizens of Guilford county and that a violation of the trust require ments ‘could result in forfeiture of the entire trust in favor of certain other beneficiaries.” State Position On the other hand, the state ment continued, public funds could not be used in the con struction of buildings on land not owned by the state, the training hospital of a medical school must be “under the con trol and management of the medical school,’’ and such a hospital “would be compelled necessarily to make its hospit alization facilities available to any citizens of the state.” The 1947 Generl Assembly appropriated $3,790,000 for ex panding the University’s two year medical school into a four year school and for building a teaching hospital at Chapel Hill. LESS POTATO (Continued From Page One) previously announced produc tion goals had been reduced. State chairman and committee men of PMA had advised him, Anderson said, the reductions were not practicable and would seriously jeopardize goal com pliance in 1948. While accepting their judgment, the secretary asked the states to take all steps to reduce potato acreage “to minimize price support op erations.” CHORUSES PLEASE (Continued From Page One) of rare talent, though often heard by local audiences, were never in better form. Emerson Head, the trum peter, played Schubert’s Ave Maria and the Habanera song from Carmen and as a first en chore gave a good reading of Beethovan’s Minuet on the pi ano. Recalled again he played “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” He was accompanied by his moth er. Mrs. Lila W. Head. For his first contribution, J. E. Rose, Jr., gave Massenet’s Meditation, which M. Massenet, not knowing that Mary Garden would come along after some opera seems to have interpolat years and glorify his mediocre ed in Thais, as one might insert a rose to relieve the monotony of a solid white bouquet. Then | he performed Schubert’s The Bee w’ith skilled dexterity and excellent bowdng. His enchore was one of Beethovan’s dances. He was accompanied by Mrs. J. D. Edwards. $1,000 In Hand Mention has been made of the packed house. H. V. Borjes, president of the male chorus, announced that though all re turns from ticket sales had not been made, up to curtain time there was more than a thousand dollars in hand. This, with oth er funds still to flow in, will go to the new buiding fund of the Catherine Kennedy Home. Quite a number of residents from the home were guests of the choruses and were introduced by Mr. Borjes. Mrs. Sam A. Troy, Jr., was the evening’s accompanist. Edwin D. Clark, music direc church, who has trained both tor of the First Presbyterian choruses and the male ensem ble, conducted with his accus tomed understanding of the scores and control of the sing ers.-J. E. H. DECISION UPHOLDS (Continued From Page One) the State Board of Barber ex aminers from granting a license to a veteran, Ralph Young. At a hearing in Wake Su perior court, Judge Henry Grady dissolved the restraining order and dismissed the case. Motley and the other plaintiffs appealed to the State Supreme court. Motley contended that the law was an “unconstitutional dis crimination” against him and other licensed barbers and that it conferred a “discriminatory privilege” on Young and other war veterans. MILITARY (Continued From Page One) The ship flew into the hilly farm country south of Susigirlik in the province of Balikeshir and was badly damaged. Two cocker spaniels came out of the crash unhurt, CowSard said. Besides Coward others aboard were Capt. A. W. McMurray of North Carolina, Sgt. Hugh Willis of Hickory, N. C., and Staff Sgt. Paul A. Barnes. (The Air orce in Washington said Barnes’ home was in Springfield, Ohio. No town was listed for Capt. Mc Murray.) CADILLAC ... OLDSMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE MOTORS INC. 1020 Market StDial 5301 CONSERVATIVE SUITS • With Plain Front Trousers HIGH ART CLOTHES Comer Front and Princess Streets Drake's Bakery DELICIOUS DOUGHNUTS THE KIND THAT GRANDMA USED TO MAKE Fourth and Castle Sta._Dial 2-0427 SURPLUS VEHICLE SALE SCHEDULED AT CAMP LEJEUNE Government surplus vehicles valued at $675,240.04 will be sold at a competitive bid location sale at Camp Lejeune begin ning today at noon and continu ing until Friday, undertthe jur isdiction of the WAA Customer's Service Center, it was an nounced yesterday by J, A. Vines, assistant manager. Bids for the used vehicles will be accepted and awards made' daily to eligible priority and non-priority purchasers, accord ing to Vines. Veterans of World War II can not purchase any of these ve hicles for their own personal' use. All WAA standard conditions of sale, except as may be modi fied in the catalogs, apply to this sale. Types of vehicles on sale are: Willys, Ford, Bantam, Chevro let, International, GMC, Nash, Kelvinator, Weiss, Ben Hur,1 Dodge, Great Dane, Reo, Mack, D 1 v c o, Crosley, Plymouth, Studebaker, Federal, Cushman, and Twdn Coach. SE VEN^ BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED i _ WHITEVILLE, Dec. 10. — Seven building permits were is sued in November by the City of Whiteville. Five were for residences and two were busi ness structures. The list follows: Howard L. Atkins, 6-room dwelling on Patterson street. George H. Batten, 50x75 ice cream plant building on Patter son street. R. J. Gorday, two-room poul try market on Madison street. H. Moskow, remodelling house on Lewis street. Henry B. Gibson, five-room dwelling on North Thompson street. Herbert Phifer, 5-room garage apartment on Calhoun street. C. R. Yoder, 4-room dwelling on West Wyche street. MAN CURES GREAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 10 —(TP)—Three shots from an auto matic pistol outside a tavern were fired, Stanley J. Take, 21, told a justice court yesterday, not to disturb the peace but to cure his wife of the hiccups. The remedy worked, he said. Take's trial was continued until today. WIRE EMPLOYES (Continued From Page One) there is the CIO Communica tions Association. The AFL unions are asking for an increase of 15 cents an hour, supplementing a 5-eent boost they won last spring. The telegraphers say their members receive an average of 96,7 cents an hour, or $1,025 cents an hour if the 9,000 messengers (who get 65 cents; are excluded. Frank Bloom, attorney for the CTU, said the vote in favor of a strike is running from nine to one to 12 to one in Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles. The union counsel predicted that as soon as the vote is complete, probably by Monday, the date for the strike will be set. He added that it undoubtedly would coincide with the height of the Christmas rush. CDURT STUDIES RELIGION ISSU! FOR RULING under advisement the C(Lt3ke» of an Illinois t t religious education in ^ schools Violates a const* • guarantee aigairm- V rs’ mentofrelig Mrs. Vashti McC. . a University of Illinois L‘! C': sor, contended that s ■ - ’ struction runs c unter t f first amendme nt . ,h ° ®e children of difierem tend separate reiigi0Us claJ. !" leads to anti-Senir Catholic views in earll Z hood. arlj Mild. me Champaign P] school district, 'which in the Illinois court; ■■ Colum's suit ' .'/•'• ligious classes outlai that the constituti forbid governmi ■ equally to all rel .. ns ' " The justices i at both s . yesterday without £:v.r.- ... dication when thev will I * down their dec si During the argument bv 1 , yers for Mrs. McCollum and th' school board, Justice Jacw 1 said the high court can cor ; only “the legal and constitum!' al question” and a : “Can a state commandeer stu dents’ time - then give them back some of that time if will study religion? Whethe there are good or bad effects from this practice we cant con sider.” John L. Franklin, represen1 ing the school district, waved s quarter as he declared that if religious teaching in the srh < is held unconstitutional “you must strike out ‘In God V,> Trust’ from millions of coins minted by the government.” He said “your honors canno' strike out of the American pec pie an interest in religion ” Jackson interrupted t- ssv that he believed it was go:n. , little far to say that “heri..^ people do not agree w - system they are irreligious ” Justice Reed commented at one point: ‘If they would just say ‘study 29 1-2 hours a week and those who want to, stay longer for re ligious education,’ it wou a lot of things.” The religious classes are not compulsory in C h ampaign, but Mrs. McCollum argued that he: 14 year old son. James Terr McCollum, was embarrassed bv being the only child in his class who did not take the instruction The classes are paid for bv the Champaign Council on re ligious education, made up of Protestants, Catholics and Jew The school system merely fur nishes the classrooms ’Cushman" “IT’S A TREAT TO EAT” MALLARD'S ICE CREAM 2623 CAROLINA BEACH RD_ »tAL ,8i>t wnHuuinUg aHfc Olft WH'**1’ "'"OUll WIVUH L Hiilf 90 PROOF BLENDED WHISK E * 65% GRAIN NEUTPAl SPI*'TS cffi&nO&Z cmdcfi/yttiec&'fy THE FIEISIEHMAWM DISTIUIRG CORPORA7'5*1 (ffl9eAa&/£.cA!ea;9/xyuf