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LABOR election is ORDERED FOR PHONE EMPLOYES | wAsHINGTON, April 10.— m — I National Labor Relations | opard today ordered collective jLnaining elections held tyithin 45 L* among the non - supervisory Lployes of the Southern Bell Tel -hone and Telegraph company on PPsystem-wide basis and declined ,a "give a place on the ballot to tie AFL electrical workers. The mployes will choose between the Southern Federation of Telephone Workers (independent) and no union This is the largest unit which ,he board ever has found appro priate for bargaining purposes. The Unit embraces about 30,000 em jloyes working about 1,000 ex •hanges scattered over 400,000 inuare miles in nine states. The (tjtes are Alabama, Florida, Geor ,;a. Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis sippi. North Carolina, South Caro lina and Tennessee. The AFL electrical workers had asked that the elections be con tacted in smaller units than the •vttrm-wide one. allies battling I TO HOLD KOH1MA (Continued from Page One) |ast Fnday by Japanese forces that invaded from the Burma bor der. 30 miles eastward. The invaders were closing stead ! ;iy on Imphal from both east and s south. Japanese pressure from the s„uth was increasing. There was : an indication that the Japanese, reported west of the Tiddam-Im phal road for the first time, were making an effort to sweep around Imphal defenses from the south west. If the Japanese figure on con solidating their position within In dia they must take Kohima and Imphal before the monsoons de luge the region about five weeks hence. British and Indian troops, in fixed defense positions outside Im phal. at the edge of the rich Im phal plain, are said to be all set to meet the Japanese with ample mound power and overwhelming ; air superiority. “We plan to set up schedules whereby passengers may fly from Charlotte to Greensboro, or Char lotte to Wilmington, or to any oth er city within a 200-mile flying dis tance, and back in the same day,” he added. State Airlines is one of several carriers with applications before the CAB to serve the Carolinas and Virginia, with connections tc other sections. Routes requested would extend trunk lines from Pittsburg to Jacksonville, Louis ville to Wilmington, Detroit to Wil mington, Detroit to Jacksonville Cincinnati to Charleston and New Bern to Columbus, Ga. North Car olina cities to which service is pro posed include Greensboro, Ashe ville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Golds boro, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville Burlington, Salisbury and Southern Pines. Gilbert seeks scheduled routes for both mail feeder and stop service. Undaunted by a White House re versal of a CAB decision which would have granted a passenger mail-express extension from New York, along the Atlantic Coast, to Nassau, in the British Bahamas, with service to Norfolk, Elizabeth City, New Bern, Wilmington, Georgetown, Myrtle Beach, Charleston and other coastal cities, Colonial Airlines has asked the board to reconsider the decision granting a line to National Airlines from Jacksonville to New York over the same route. (National Air Lines of Jackson ville, Fla., has been granted ap proval by the CAB for a Miami New York service, which would in clude a stop at Wilmington. NAL has said the only thing holding it up is lack of equipment and that as soon as planes are made avail able, service will be started.) A group of Carolinas and Vir ginia congressmen recently called at the White House in support oi Colonial’s application. The result may be that both National and Colonial will be given routes through the Carolinas. Other applications to serve Car olina cities have been filed with the board as follows: Eastern Airlines—A New York Jacksonville coastal route that would include, Elizabeth City, New Bern and Wilmington, with possi ble diversion through Wilmington oi a daily round trip flight be tween Raleigh and Charleston; a Louisville - Knoxville - Savannah route that would serve Asheville; establish of new intermediate points on the Washington-Florida flights that would include greens boro and Charlotte, and a new De Wilmington ms Good Location For Many Post-War Air Linef (Continued from Page One) to cities “passed up” by the trans continental carriers. America must not be short-cir cuited in the mad rush to circle the globe by air,’’ Gilbert declared while attending final arguments be fore the Civil Aeronautics Board on the applications of carriers, small and large, for feeder line certificates. The job of rendering service tc those cities which the big airlines have passed up rightfully belongs to the smaller lines which have been beating the bushes, such as State Airlines.” He pointed out that, before trav el priorities eliminated pleasure trips, Washington residents flew tc New York for cocktails and were “back home for dinner.” Eases the Pain i Soothes the Nerves Distracting neuralgic pain, and nerves ruffled by minor pains of this type, yield promptly to the quick-acting effectiveness of “BC’\ “BC" also relieves headaches, mus cular aches and functional periodic pains. Handy 10c and 25c sizes. Use only as directed. Consult a physi cian when pains persist. Tron-euiumbia route mat woulc serve Greensboro, Winston - Salen and Charlotte. American Airlines—A new De troit-Miami line that would servi Winston-Salem and Charlotte. Chicago and Southern Airlines A new Memphis-Greensboro-Wash ington extension. Delta Airlines — Would includi new stops at Charlotte and Ashe ville on C o 1 u m b i a-.Knoxvill< flights; a new Columbia-Roanoki route, with stops at Charlotte anc Winston-Salem, and an entry inti New York from Roanoke, througl Washington. National Airlines—To inaugurati service on Jacksonville-New Yorl coastal route including Wilming ton; new Jacksonville - Detroit Tampa-Chicago and Richmond Cin cinnatti extensions that woulc serve Greensboro, Winston - Salerr and Charlotte. Seaboard Airways—New Boston New York-Florida and Boston-New Orleans routes that would blankei the East, Southeast and Dee* South, with service to Charlotte Raleigh and Wilminaton. Seaboard Air Transport—a new Wilmington - Knoxville route tha would serve Lumberton, Rocking ham, Charlotte and Asheville. Carolina Scenic Coaches — Pro poses several routes, with south ern terminal at Columbus, Ga. northern terminal at Asheville serving Wilmington, Charlotte ant Asheville, and extending into Ten nessee, South Carolina and Geor gia. Greyhound Corporation — (pro posing both feeder and stop serv ice, blanketing the nation) Tole do-Savannah, Winchester-Charles ton, Knoxville-Augusta, Raleigh Waycross, Raleigh-Augusta *nt Norfolk - Bristol extensions tha would serve Greensboro, Moun Airy, Winston-Salem, Statesville Concord, Asheville, Asheboro, Lex ington, Fayetteville, Goldsboro ant Wilmington. Southeast Airlines — New Knox ville-Wilmington route, with stop; at Asheville, Charlotte. Greens boro, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Golds boro and New Bern. Virginia Central Airlines—(botl feeder and stop service) from Nev York and Cincinnatti, througl Southeast, to Atlanta, servinf Greensboro. Roxboro, Henderson Roanoke Rapids. Rocky Mount Tarboro, Greenville, Washington New Bern, Kinston, Goldsboro iviuoiuu, iiaxci^ii, JJUl lington, Dunn. Fayetteville, Laur inburg, Lumberton, High Point Asheboro, Sanford, Hamlet, Salis bury,, Kannapolis. Concord, Char tain. Shelby and Monroe. Union Airways — Service t( Pennsylvania, Maryland, Distric of Columbia, Virginia and Nortl Carolina Hagerston - Raleigl route, with stops at Winston-Salem Greensboro, Burlington and Dur ham. Angeline Harris— (Feeder) — Rutherfordton - Union City, Tenn. through Chimney Rock, Hender sonville, Brevard and Murphy Rutherfordton - Raleigh, througl Shelby. Kings Mountain, severa South Carolina towns, Fayettevilh and Goldsboro; Rutherfordton cir cle, through Lincolnton. Kannapo lis, Salisbury, High Point, Burling ton, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Ra leigh, Tarboro, Windsor, Edenton Elizabeth City, several Virginia towns, Winston-Salem, Wilkesboro Lenoir and Morgantown. Hawthorne Airways — (feeder) Greensboro - Richmond, through Reidsville and into Virginia; Rich mond-Rocky Mount, through sev eral Virginia cities and Elizabeth City, Hartford, Edenton, Windspr, ilIAMOND RING . FREE 1 IT WILL BE GIVEN I TONIGHT I —AT THE— I PUBLIC I AUCTION SALE —Of The— I BURNS JEWELRY STORE 105 Market St. — Corner Market St. 1 QUITTING BUSINESS 1 DIAMONDS-WATCHES-SILYERWARE I AND MANY OTHER ITEMS | I TO BE BOUGHT AT A PRICE I 2-SALES DAILY-2 1 1 IP. HAND 7:38 P.M. I f UNTIL STOCK IS SOLD I I Attend the Auctions — Buy At Your Own Price I ' I CG AUXILIARY IS COMMENDED The new training program for members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, who are members of | the Temporary Reserve while on , active duty, is now well under | way in the Sixth Naval district ! with the auxiliarists (TR) carry | ing out their duties on a high plane of efficiency, Lieut. Louis Hanson, USCGR, of Charleston, di rector of the auxiliary for the dis ; trict, said here Monday. Lieut. Hanson said he had just completed an inspection of units of the organization at Jacksonville, Fla., Savannah, Ga., Brunswick, Ga., and Wilmington. He commend er the officers and men of each unit for their good work and the Ocr>Om'alL. 1_1 J1. _ *-j ‘“b11 miiwcok uic» aic taking in the program. Under the plan now being fol lowed, the auxiliarists (TR) are doing tours of duty on various regular Coast Guard craft. In addi tion to receiving valuable train ■ ing, they are also relieving regu lar members of the service for overseas assignments. ‘ This is a definite opportunity ' for the auxiliarists (TR) to free men for the war fronts,” he said, “and they are doing it well.” He pointed out that during the past week, 342 members of the auxiliary have performed 3,875 man-hours of duty in the district. Of this, 574 man-hours were serv ed in the Wilmington area and this figure is expected to be increased weekly. The program, termed the best training opportunity ever offered the auxiliary, was started in Jack sonville on March 8 and got under way here on April 1. Here two craft are now being operated on harbor patrol and another in the inland waterway. The Cape Fear division of the auxiliary is commanded by Lieut. Tom Murrell. Vice commander is Lieut. Earl Godwin and junior com mander is Lieut. Albert Perry. The Wrightsville flotilla is headed by Ensign dubrutz Poisson, vice commander now acting as com mander. Warrant Officer J. Knight Davis is junior commander, now acting as vice commander. Ensign J. K. Taylor, Jr., was commander of this flotilla but was recently called into active service. The Wil mington flotilla’s commander is Ensign Robert Williams, Ensign J. Walter Webb is vice commander and Warrant Officer Garland Pal mer is junio- commander. AUSTRALIAN ARMY CUT IS DEFENDED (Continued from Page One) ernment which i» that Australia shall do its utmost on the fighting front and in every other way she can.” A sympathetic expression for Australia’s manpower plight came from Senator Thomas (D.-Utah) acting chairman of the Senate Mil itary committee. He said the Unit ed States has also “made adjust ments in our armed forces”—cut ting the Army objective by 500,000 and releasing 200,000 over-age sol diers and 80,000 limited service men. Colonel Lewis Sanders, the com mittee’s consultant, estimated the Australian reduction would amount only to the release of 20,000 to 30,000 limited service men needed in war production. Williamston, Robersonville, Bethel and Tarboro; Greensboro-Rocky Mount, through Gibsonville, Bur lington, Chapel Hill, Durham. Ga ry, Raleigh, Clayton, Selma, Golds boro, La Grange, Kinston, New Bern, Vanceboro, Washington. Greenville, Farmville, Wilson and Elm City; Greensboro - Columbia, High Point, Randleman, Asheboro, Hemp, Carthage, Pinehurst, Fay etteville, Hope Mills, Red Springs, and Maxton; Greensboro-Spartan burg, through Kennersville, Wins ton-Salem, Thomasville, Lexington, Salisbury, China Grove, Kanna polis, Concord. Davidson, Moores ville, Statesville, Concord, Hicko ry, Newton, Maiden, Lincolnton, Stanley, Mount Holly, Cramerton, Gastonia, Kings Mountain, Shelby, Spindale and Clifford; Charlotte Spartanburg, through Pineville, and several South Carolina towns; also proposes auto pickup from about 50 towns near routes. Arthur W. Glose—(freight) Non scheduled freight service from New England, through Southeast, into South. Automobile Air Freight Corpor ation — Would blanket continental U. S. B. M. Stuart and Sons—)freight and express) Would blanket entire country, with one route from Ashe ville to Montgomery, Ala. Freight Flight, Inc — (freight) Boston to New Orleans, through Charlotte and Raleigh. P. & B. Transfer and Storage Company — (freight) would blan ket country. Producers Airlines—(freight and express) would blanket country. Southeastern Air Express—! ex press and freight) Proposes a Sa vannah circle route that would in clude Charlotte, Concord, Salis bury, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Fayetteville, Lumberton and sev eral South Carolina and Georgia cities. Thalheimer Brothers — (feeder) (freight and express) Richmond Charlotte and Richmond-Beaufort routes that would serve Oxford, Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, Winston-Sa lem, Statesville, Henderson, Fay etteville, Southern Pines, Laurin burg, Lumberton, Weldon, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro, New Bern, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Wil liamston and Washington. Regards, Slim Suttle. i • ODESSA CAPTURED BY SOVIET ARMIES (Continued From Page One) ed up 35 miles since Saturday, said the Moscow bulletin. Its up per wing was within 35 miles of Hungarian-held Transylvania with the capture of Solca, 19 miles northwest of Suceava, whose fall also was reported. These troops were striking west ward on both sides of the Darma nesti-Budapest railway leading to Campulung and over the Carpa thian mountains into Hungary. Ra dauti, another of Bucovina’s largest cities, also was among the 150 seized on a 50-mile front between Radauti and Liteni, which is 12 miles southeast of Suceava. Konev’s lower group, which has half-encircled the Romanian rail city of Iasi, overran 30 more lo calities, including Targu-Frumos, a station 27 miles west of Iasi and 16 miles from Pacsani, where the line meets the Cernauti-Bucharest trunk railway. 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