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SCOUT COMM) E TALKS 1941 NS Executive Group Of Cape Fear Area Council Holds Meet At Clarkton CLARKTON, Dec. 5.—The execu tive committee o£ the Cape Fear area Council of Boy Scouts of America met. here tonight for its quarterly session and discussed plans for the 1941 program. The budget of $6,468.50 for 1941 was adopted, with this amount to in clude the employment of an assistant scout executive who will begin work on or about January i. At the invitation of the Wilming ton district, the council board agreed to hold its annual meeting in Wil mington in January, g jj, Foley, chairman, James H. Clark W R. Southerland, Robert Strange and Robert McIntyre were named to a nominating committee for 1941 officers. A Silver Beaver committee, composed of J. C. Roe. chairman, R. C. Mercer and Dr. W. T. Raney, was also named. Robert Strange was appointed chairman of the committee in chaige of arrangements for the annual meeting, with H. C, Calder and J. C. Roe as assistants. The court of honor report cover ing the first 11 months of the year was presented and showed 230 second class awards, 159 first class, 109 star rank, 51 life rank, 24 Eagle, 23 bronze palm, three gold palm, one silver palm and 1,760 merit badge awards. The organization committee re ported that seven new troops were formed in the area this year, with six others in t.he process of organ ization. J. A. Maultsby, president of the council, presided over the meeting. Other members present were: Robert Strange, A. J. Krahnke, H. C. Calder, J. S. Mann, Penn Gray, R. C. Mer cer, R. N. Johnson, James H. Clark, W. H. Hasty, W. R. Southerland. R. L. Sholar, E. O. Rhem, E. H. Foley, Dr. W. T. Raney and David L. Liles. PEACE MOVE BEATEN IN COMMONS, 341-4 (Continued from Page One) Kirkwood, Independent labor, a longtime Clydeside trades union leader, and William Gallacher, the only Communist member of the house. J. McGovern, Independent labor, and Campbell Stephen, Indepen dent labor, were named tellers and could not vote. "No opportunity should be lost to end the war, if necessary, 'in a spirit of compromise,” declared . McGovern. rears If the war lasts until next Febru ary, he argued, “I expect that there will be intensive bombing from this country and if that is so, the large reserves of planes and ammunition which Germany has been piling up will be utilized for the purpose of subjecting every industrial city in this country to a Coventry raid.” McGovern’s only cheers came when he explained that his group backed appeasement because it be lieved anything was better than war and that the late Neville Chamberlain, the author of ap peasement, “will have a much big ger place in history than he has at the moment.” "Dont let us be misled by state ments about fighting for freedom, for democracy,” cried McGovern. He expressed confidence that a peace appeal from Britain would evoke a response from the German people; ‘‘over the heads of their politicians.” Stephen proposed a two-fold ba sis for a peace conference: “Ac ceptance by the contending parties of the restoration of freedom in all countries; both parties to put all their material resources which they are willing to devote to the war into a common pool to bring about a new civilization in the world.” ■iius is me time lor a peace move, he said, because the mili tary situation of Britain and Ger many is “fairly evenly balanced.” Maxton echoed • is views. Support Move Two regular laborites, James Griffiths and *Samuel Silverman, and the liberal leader, Sir Percy Harris, supported the move for a statement of war aims, but Grif fiths declared: “The choice is not peace or war but capitulation or survival.” The conservative Henry Brooke bitterly declared that McGovern “would advocate for the whole Western world surrender to slavery and devils,” and said: "The war must go on to victory.” Cheers rolled through the house as Attlee, speaking in Prime Min ister Churchill’s absence, de nounced “the fundamental fallacy” of the idea that “on the one side is this terrible war and on the other side, all the beaulit»j peace.” “George Lansbury, an apostle of peace if ever there was one, went around to see and plead with Hitler and Mussolini. He got noth ing from them. . . .It is no good being blind to the mentality of the people with whom you are dealing.” 5 COFFMAN SOLD ATLANTA, Dec. 5.—UP)—The St. Louis Browns announced today the sale for an unannounced sum of Re lief Pitcher George (Slick) Coffman to the Los Angeles club of the Paci fic Coast league. Coffman won two and lost two for the Browns in a relief role last season. ___ City Briefs TEMPLE SERVICES “Some Jewish Contributions to Civilization” will be the subject of the sermon by Rabbi M. M. Thurman at services tonight at 8 o’clock at the Temple of Israel. The public is invited to attend. Saturday morning at 11 o’clock the rabbi will continue the dis cussion of the Book of Genesis. COUNCIL TO MEET Seminole Council No. 34, De gree of Pocohontas, will meet at the Odd Fellows hall tonight at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to be present. CLUB TO MEET The Arabs club will give an oyster roast for its members and their guests at Farrow’s place on the sound tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All members are asked to attend and wear their fez. CONDITION FAIR Attaches at James Walker Memorial hospital reported last night that the condition of Bish op Edgar Blake, who was in jured in an automobile accident near here Sunday, seemed "fair.’’ Mrs. Blake was reported to be in a satisfactory condition. CHURCH SUPPER The Shiloh Methodist Sunday school, of Bolton, is sponsoring a box supper at the home of El bert Smith on Saturday night, at 7:30 p. m. The public is invited. CAPTURE STILL A. T. U. agent reported yester day that they captured a 50-gal lon wooden still and 150 gallons of mash near Merritt Creek bridge in Pender county in con junction with Deputy Sheriff Croom, of Rocky Point. Two negroes escaped. BIBLE CLASS The Josephine Hopkins Bible class will meet at the home of Mrs. C. W. Boyette, 1907 Nun street, tonight at 8 o’clock. ATTENDS MEETING S. J. HawKns. neki social work representative for the state board of public welfare, left rnursuay lor vvasningion, u. C., to attend the fifth annual Round Table Conference of the American Public Welfare asso ciation. He will return to the city after attending a state field staff meeting in Kaleigh next week. TRIAL OF LOTTERY CASES SCHEDULED Thirty-One Persons Facing Charges As Result Of Num bers Racket Drive Law enforcement officers here con tinued their drive on the numbers racket in New Hanover county yes terday, as Friday the 13th w-as set as the date for trial of the 31 per sons arrested so far on the charges. District Solicitor David Sinclair said last night that there were no further developments in the case up to now since the original arrests. Previously he had stated that “there will probably be further de velopments involving people not yet involved in the matter.” Thirty-one negroes have been ar rested by county ,ABC officers, state highway patrolmen and State Bureau of Investigation men. Bonds have been set for all arrested, with the size of the bonds of some indicating that officers consider them to be fairly high up in the ranks of the number racket organization here. From their investigation SBI offi cers have established that the “take” ;re is between $1,800 and $2,800 a week or more than $100,000 annually. RUMANIAN ARMY, IRON GUARD ARE HEADED FOR ROW (Continued from Page One) are reported being swelled by four new divisions (about 60,000 men) moving across Slovakia and Hun gary. Apparently in an effort to stem the tide of persons fleeing Ruma nia and to take precautions against disorders overflowing the border, Bulgaria tonight closed her fron tier with Rumania. Refugees reaching here told oi continuing anarchy in Rumania and declared that hundreds of per sons had fled by boats bound f«jr Turkey. Among persons reported on the Rumanian side of the frontier awaiting permission to enter Hun gary were the Peasant party lead ers and former premiers Juliu Ma niu and Alexander Vaida-Voevod. Earnest Convicted Of Killing Mrs. Atkins NORRISTOWN, >A„ Dec. 5—OPI —William J. Earnest was convict ed tonight—with the death sen tence mandatory—for the bludgeon slaying of Mrs. Ethel Angier At kins, divorced wife of a member ol the wealthy Duke tobacco family. The jury of seven men and five women deliberated five hours. The 35-year-old defendant, who had been termed a “sex-mad ma niac” by the district attorney, bow ed his head and reached for his handkerchief to wipe away tears as the jury reported the first de gree verdict—w i t h o u t a recom mendation of mercy. The defense attorney had asked for leniency— but not for acquittal. t TRUCKERS TO SEEK PARLEY WITH F. R. Move Decided Upon In Effort To Get Some Relief From The AAA Program Truck farmers of New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties met at the Myrtle Grove clubhouse last night and voted to seek a conference with President Roosevelt in an effort to get some relief from the AAA pro gram. The vegetable committee was ap pointed as a group to contact the congressmen from this section in an effort to secure the conference with the President. _ . i_ __Ml-+ J. uc U eiunvio " **» •••“ * tobacco and cotton farmers have the same restrictions placed on them in the growing of truck as the truck farmers have in regards to their growing cotton or tobacco. In the event the growers get no relief through the conference with the President, one of the growers will grow, cure and market tobacco and refuse to pay the quota penalty and through this way institute a test suit to contest the validity of the AAA progiam. The legislative committee of the Farmers club was reappointed to take the responsibility of taking care of any legislation that may come up in the 1941 general assembly which may affect truck growing. i Peter Braak, president of the club, appointed a committee of four, one each from the communities of Wrightsboro, Castle Hayne, St. Helena and Van Eeden, to contact some wholesale produce broker in the section with the view to working out an agreement with one to act as a go-between for the farmers and the quartermaster corps of the new army camp at Holly Ridge so that the truck growers of the section can furnish the necessary foodstuffs for the army post. MRS. ARRINGTON HEADS ART GROUP Mrs. J. Walter Williamson Elected Vice President At Society’s Meet RALEIGH, Dec. 5.—(ff)—Members of the North Carolina Art society reviewed progress in art promotion during the last year and re-elected Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arring ton as their president, at a meeting here today. Mrs. Arrington twice submitted her resignation as president, and the board of directors twice refused to accept it. Finally she consented to another term. Also elected were: vice presidents, Mrs. Harold C. Dwelle of Charlotte, Mrs. J. Walter Williamson of Wil mington, and Mrs. Julius Cone of Greensboro; secretary, W i 11 i a m Fields of Raleigh; treasurer, Mrs. James H. Cordon of Raleigh; execu tive committeemen, Dr. Clarence Poe of Raleigh, chairman, John Alicott of Chapel Hill, Mrs. Henry London of Raleigh, Dr. B. W. Wells of Ra leigh, Mrs. Isabel Bowen Henderson of Raleigh and Fields; board of di rectors, Mrs. Charles Cannon of Con cord, Miss Katherine Morris of Ra leigh, A. Donald McDonald of Duke, Mrs. London, Dr. Poe, Dr. Wells, Alicott and Gene Erwin of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Arrington announced 'hat three Tar Heel artists would give one-man shows of their work. They are Mrs. Henderson, who specializes in child studies; Miss Mabel Pugh of the Peace Institute Art depart ment; and Miss Mary Tannahill, a native of Warrenton, who now lives in New York city. Germans Inflict Little Damage On Midlands Belt BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 5 —UPl—Bombing damage to Britain’s industrial west midlands as a whole apparently has been almost negligible. The area is so vast and so teem ing with blast furnaces, factories and plants of all sorts that even if the Germans completely knocked down one of the industrial sections of Birmingham itself, the damage still would be slight. Birmingham proper has been hit —and hit hard—but except for its satellite neighbor, Coventry, 18 miles away, none of the rest of the midlands industries has even been threatened, so far as could be seen l today. Public Speaking System Placed In Church Here The new public speaking system in the First Presbyterian church was used for the first time last Sunday. The system was installed recent ly in a move to remedy acoustic defects In the building, resulting from the perpendicular English gothic style of architecture and the high vaulted roof. 1 | TOO SUCCESSFUL KANSAS CITY, Dec. 5.—</P)— Tills club was so successful It lost all its members. It’s the 40 Plus club—formed two years ago by W. Dean Stringer In help find work for unemployed executives over 40 years old and who once earned 54,000 a year or more. Stringer said the club faced extinction because all of its 100 members were at work. ‘NEUTRAL’ OYSTER BALTIMORE, Dec. 5—(/P)— Gov. Herbert R. O’Connor act ed today to keep the oyster a “neutral” in war. Oysters, and other seafood, were among “luxury imports” banned Monday by the Ca nadian government from the United States and other non sterling countries to save need ed foreign exchange. The oyster, O’Connor said in a telegram to the Canadian finance ministry, is a "basic food,” not a “luxury.” Some Maryland oyster pack ers estimated the ban would cut their sales 50 per cent. Others put their Canadian busi ness at 10 per cent. O’Connor declared the ban would have “serious effects” on this tidewater state’s oyster in dustry, and added he also had asked Secretary of State Hull to “make a formal, plea to the Canadian government.” ACL COMPLETES ITS TESTIMONY Railroad Seeks Right To Discontinue Eight Pas senger Trains RALEIGH, Dec. 5.—UPI—1The At lantic Coast Line railroad com pleted presentation of testimony to day at the utilities commission hearing on its application to dis continue eight passenger trains in the eastern part of the state. Tomorrow witnesses for the protestants, towns and counties in the affected areas, will tell their side, and indications were the hearing would run through Satur day or into next week. One after another officials of the railroad company testified to details of cost of operation and the revenues received by the company from four trains between Rocky Mount and Kinston and four be tween Plymouth and Parmelee. The railroad contends it is los ing money operating the four trains and that it is losing money on its entire system and cannot afford to continue operation of the branch lines at a loss. Witnesses today were C. J. Chen worth, assistant to t h e general manager; Lewis F. Ormand, as sistant comptroller; C. J. Oldenbut tel, chief clerk to the general superintendent of motive power; Lowell White general superinten dent of telegraph and mail traf fic; E. C. Garrabrant, manager of express traffic; and P. M. Set tle, chief clerk to the superinten dent of motive power at Rocky Mount. Dies Says Communists Have Agents In South NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5.—UP) —The South is fre'r of subversive activities than any other section of the country, but the communist party has paid agents attempting to “stir up trouble and racial hat red” in every Southern state, Rep. Martin Dies (D-Tex.) declared to day. Here for an address, the chair man of the house committee in vestigating unAmerican activities told newsmen that committee in vestigators had found little evi dence of "ism” acivity in the South outside the negro race. “The communists have confined their activities in the South mostly among negroes with paid agents who are attempting to stir up trouble and racial hatred,” the Texan declared. Goldberg Wins Twice In Forensic Tourney ROCK HILL, S. C., Dec. 5.—<•£>)— The first results in the Dixie foren sic tournament, now in progress at Winthrop college here with some 200 students from 27 colleges par ticipating, were announced tonight. They follow: First round, radio announcing— men, Bob Goldberg, Wake Forest college; women, Miss Betty Swiden sky, Virginia Intermont. Second round, radio announcing— men, Walter Blackstock, University of Georgia; women, Miss Betty Svvi densky. Response to occasion — men, Bob Goldberg; women, Miss Shirley Kil gore, Virginia Intermont. Presidential after dinner response —men, Weston Hatfield, Wake For est; women, Miss Shirley Kilgore. Slightly Colder Weather Forecast For City Today Slightly colder weather today was forecast by weather bureau officials last night, who predicted a low temperature of 40 degrees for early this morning. Temperatures yesterday climbed back near to normal, with the high being 60 and the low 37 degrees. The mean was three below the 51 degree normal. Possible fresh moderate south* westerly winds will shift later to day to the northwest. U. S. May Give Financial Help To Argentina Soon WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 — (TP) — High officials intimated today that the United States would shortly ex tend about $100,000,000 of credit to help Argentina adjust its war-dis located exchange and revive its ex port trade , SUNKEN FREIGHTER MAY BE FLOAT D Workers Are Making Steady Progress In Repairing The Severance Here Providing that weather condi tions along with other details are favorable, it is possible that the Severance, 3,653 ton freighter which sunk in the Cape Fear river on November 23, will be floated the early part of next week, C. D. Maffitt, agent for the vessel, said last night. Workers with the Merritt, Chap man and Scott Wrecking company, of New York, are making steady progress in repairing the ship, he said. Divers have been going down each day and working on patching the hole in the side of the vessel, which caused the Severance to sink by the bow after striking a fender piling on the Cape Fear river bridge. After the hole has been patched, pumps will be placed into opera tion to pump the water out of the hold of the ship and float her. Maffitt said that water com merce going up the river to Navas sa and other points has continued without interruption since the col lision. Arrangements have been made to allow such vessels to pass the sunken Severance. The Severance was loaded with a cargo of sulphur, destined for Navassa, when the collision oc curred. 5 Schooner Captain Says He Saw Sub Refueled Near The West Indies MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 5.—^VP)—Charles Mason, who commanded the schoon er Icaros on a perilous voyage from Greece, said today he saw a sub marine being refueled in the Atlan tic ocean In the vicinity of the West Indies. He did not approach near enough to recognize any mark ings. The 87-foot vessel reaching Mi ami a few hours after Henry Clarke, United States manufac turer, completed a trip from Eng land aboard the 97-foot ketch Marie. Mason would not give the exact position where he sighted the sub marine and the tanker which was furnishing fuel, saying he would re serve the information for “the prop er authorities.” He indicated, however, that it was east of Martinique, French-owned island of the West Indies group. Applicants £ or Aviation ^.aaet Pilot Training Course Sought The local sub-station of the Car olinas district of the U. S. Naval recruiting service yesterday re ceived instructions from Washing not to solicit applicants in South eastern North Caril'na for the avi ation cadet pilot training course, R. L. Deloach, local naval recruit er, reported. Applicants who are enlisted will be transferred to the nearest nav al reserve aviation base and placed on activity duty up to the capacity of that base to handle recruits for flight training, he said. No waivers of physical or educa tional requirements will be grant ed for this class of applicants, which is known as class V-5 re serves, U. S. Navy, Deloach said. General requirements for ap pointment include: between the ages of 17 and 27; agreement to remain on active duty for four years; unmarried, no dependents; and have a minimum education of two full years of college. Deloach said accepted candidates must present the following docu ments: birth certificate, transcipt of college record, three letters of recommendation, resume of all oc cupational and military training, 1 photograph, and consent of parepts or guardian if under 21 years of age. 1 CAROLINA BEACH BUSY REBUILDING BURNED SECTION (Continued from Page'tine) which are being carried out by the WPA. Yesterday the streets of the city looked like the scene of an army that has dug in for the winter. Pipes were being lain, a sewerage disposal pit was being dug and over every foot of land workers were busy at the job of building. Chief of Police Bill Smith car ried us around the town, pointing out this and that new structure go ing up. He said that with favor able weather the sewerage system will be completed in the business district by April and he predicted that all the places of business will be open by the time the first va cationers arrive to dip into the surf. Work of building the new city hall and auditorium, that will seat 800 people, was started Wednes day. Yesterday a pile driver atop a derrick was driving in the piling for the building’s foundation. The city hall will be located at the head of Carolina Beach’s new yacht basin, which itself appeared active yesterday, with eight fish ing sloops tied up to the docks. The town hall and auditorium, ex pected to be completed in June, will represent an expenditure of something like $40,000. With such a building at hand, the town plans to extend the palm to as many conventions as will come down. There will be plenty of room. There were three blocks of busi ness houses destroyed in the fire of September and over the area wiped out, two buildings have al ready been completed and three more are now under way. The Palais Royal hotel, which will be a two-story structure, is about half-way completed. Peay’s Cafe, located on the boardwalk, | is well started and Leon Cassidy has erected the framework for a new structure on the fite of the old Carolina Pavilion. This new building will house concessions, stores, bath house and an amuse ment area. ABC Store Completed The building housing the ABC store has already been completed and they’re still doing business at the same old stand. Work of rebuilding the Bame hotel, the largest cn the beach before the fire, is expected to be commenced the first of the coming year, with the contract to be let within a few days. A new building to house the theatre, a grocery store, a five and-ten store and probably con cession space ie to be built beside the Palais Royal hotel. Work on this will be started in the next two or three weeks, we were in formed. On the property adjacent to the boardwalk yesterday mules were being used with drags to level the ashes and sand. Most of the wreck age has been cleared away and oy spring time there should be no reminders of the fire. And the town of Carolina Beach really means it when it says it will have a new town, for long before the building program was : started the town’s board of aider men met and adopted ordinances Eorbidding the use of any other thap fireproof material in build ings. Consequently all of the new ouildings will be either brick, stone jr concrete. It will be safer and it i will look better and the board of aldermen are hoping that they ■ save eliminated further worry ■ from fire. ; Comment after the fire of recent ] months was “It was the finest ] thing that could have happened to Carolina Beach.” Mayor R. C. Fergus last night said that everything should be i ready for the opening of the beach ' season in full by June 1. ( He predicted that 1941 will be ■ COAST into Christmas! % Are you determined to finish your shopping without a last-minute rush this year? Then here’s a formula that will really help you. You start your shopping in the quiet of evenings at home. Go through the advertising pages of this paper carefully. You’ll soon discover that only goods that are especially attractive, brand-newly styled, or specially priced earn their space in December advertisements. You’ll find it easy to decide what to choose from these preferred products . . . where to get it, and how much you’ll have to pay. » With THAT information each of your shopping trips becomes a PLANNED BUYING TOUR. You’ll save time, trouble and money. And you’ll COAST into a cheerier Christmas than ever before! ARMS DRIVE MAY COST 35 BILLIONS Peak Outlay Of $9,000 000 000 In 1942 Forecast '' By Farm Agency WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 _ , ?1 Agriculture department eeonomj' estimate that the national defen-, program as now projectea win rolve an expenditure of about S3"' 100.000. 000 in the next five year, w^' 1 peak outlay of JO.OOO.nno 000 ' 1942. In a report on “the impact of ,Var md the defense program on a “ culture,” the economists said .. greater expenditures might been?, necessary if there were “addition, unfavorable developments in ‘ vorld political situation.'' 1 * On the other hand, they said, night be followed by a public d nand for a return to economy s nilitary expenditures. The *35,000,000,000 estimate, of t’u possible cost of the government', prepar Iness plans is the first t0 3ome from official sources. The fi ° are is about double appropriations md authorizations already made by tongress. Drafted for the purpose of helping officials plan future agricultural a=d programs, the report said defense ex penditures were expected to be about 57.500.000. 000 in 1941. *9 000.000,two n 1942, *7.5G0.000,000 in 1943 if;, >00,000.000 in 1941, and $5,000,000,504 n 1945. SETTLEMENT SEEN MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Dec. 5 _ Possibility of an early settlement )f Jhe strike of 2.000 workers at he Firestone Tire and Rubber company plant here was seen to light following a conference of company officials and American federation of Labor leaders. the greatest season Carolina Beach has ever had.” And all signs co;nt that way. The widening of the highway eading to the beach from Wilming on will be completed in about mother month. Shoulders on the •oad have been extended and all hat is now awaiting is the pouring >f the concrete. Mayor Fergus said that with the vork of the town, the work ot videning the road and the building ictivity of individuals the entire jrogram will amount to a half nillion dollars. He is well pleased with the pro tress being made and says he vants everyone to know that Caro na Beach can take misfortune vithout finching. They have start 'd over again. And a new city vill arise from the ashes.