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PUBLISHER, WIFE AWARDED DEGREES CHATTANOGA, Sept. 20j—Wl In a ceremony rare in America] education, Arthur Hays Sulzbei ger, publisher of the New Yorl Times, and his wife, Mrs. Iphigen> Ochs Sulzberger, wcrp granted hon orary degrees by the Universit; of Chattanooga here tonight fo: their respective accomplishment: in the fields of journalism, busi ness and public service. Similarly honored was Wilej Blount Rutledge, associated justici of the United States, who deliver ed the commencement address be fo e the summer graduating class The University conferred degrees of Doctor of Law on Mrs. Sulz berger and the jurist and that ol Doctor of Literature on the New York publisher. or. uavici uocKmixiei, president of the University, said that while other husbands and wives had received degrees from American institutions, it was believed the joint ceremony honoring the Sulz bergers was unique. Mrs. Sulzberger, a daughter of the late Adolph S. Ochs, for many years pobulisher of both the New York Times and the Chattanooga Times and an honorary alumnus of the University, was granted the degree ‘In recognition of your per sonal attainments and services nad because of the close association Which exists between this commu nity and institution and your fa tly.” The citation of Mrs. Sulzberger recognized her as a ‘graduate of Barnard College and a rtustee of that institution, a sponsor and mem ber of the committee which pro duced the monumental dictionary of American biography,” a work of twenty volumes upon which the ripest historical scholarship was employed, inspirer of the New York Times survey on the study of Amer ican history in schools and colleges which won for that paper the Pul itzer prize in journalism for 1943, president of the park association of New York City, active worker in behalf of the Girl Scouts, the New York State Charities associa tion, and other public and philan thropic agencies, organizer and di rector of the Times Hall forum on postwar problems, director of the New York Times Company and of the Chattanooga Times which cel ebrates its seventy-fifth anniver sary this year, devoted wife and mother, and a gracious lady who has brought honor to Chattanooga anH tn Amprinan mnthprhnnH” Sulzberger was described as a ‘distinguished son of New York, a graduate of Columbia University, . . u *n officer in the United States Army during World War 1, pub lisher of the New York Times, director of the Times Printing Com pany, trustee of the Baron De Hir sch, New York, and Rockefeller Foundations, incorporator and member .of the executive commit tee of the American Nation? Red Cross, member of the executive committee of the Welfare Council of New York, director of the Amer ican Arbitration Association, trus tee of the Emanu-El congrega tion, member of the executive com mittee of the Union of American Hebrew congregations, public ser vant, international ambassador of good will and exemplar of the high est type of journalism.” Mr. Justice Rutledge’s citation said he had 'rendered invaluab’e services to the republic through laws and improved standards of legal education,” and that ‘‘as a jurist, his decisions have been char acterized by impartiality, common §ense, true scholarship and fidelity to Amercan ideals of justice.” Dr. Lockmiller in conferring the de gree said it was granted because of the 'distinction you have attain ed as teacher, college administra tor and guardian of our rights ar.d privileges under the federal cons titution.” -V Two Oak Leaf Clusters Go To Whiteville Flier WHITEVILLE, Sept. 20—Award ef two Oak Leaf Clusters of the Air Medal to S. Sgt. Prince E. Strickland, son of Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Strickland of Whiteville, for "meritorious achievement while participating in bombard ment missions over enemy terri tory’’ has been announced by Maj Gen. William E. Kepner, com manding general of a Liberator bomb division of an Eighth Air Force Liberator Station. Sergeant Strickland has been flying as a nose gunner on the Liberator "Queenie”. Prior to Joining the service he was em ployed by his father on the farm. He has been on 21 combat mis sions. On a recent attack on Brunswick, the plane was badly shot up by flak, forcing the pilot to crash land. Yes! We Carry These Qualify Items In Our Gift Shop • HAVILAND CHINA • DUNCAN-MILLER CRYSTAL • SILVERWARE • LUGGAGE • ROSEVILLE POTTERY And Many Others! (jewel (Box jJiftShop Wilmington’s Only Downstairs Store 109 N. FRONT ST. AmpHcans Welcomed Germans At Aachen -.. . . - - - — A large German family, living near the key city of Aachen, seems pleased by arrival of Tanks. They gather around an American jeep, manned by soldiers of General Bradleys First Army. These troops are part of the first column to enter Germany. (Radiophoto from NEA Telephoto). Middle Belt Opens Warehouses Today RALEIGH, Sept. 20 — W— Nine markets comprising the Middle flue-cured tobacco belt will begin auction sales tomorrow on a limit ed scale, with full-scale activities scheduled to begin Monday, the War Food Administration and the State Department of Agriculture said today. As a compromise to settle a con troversy which arose over a tobac. co association of the United States order postponing opening dates one week, all markets will be limited to two sets of buyers or less for Thursday and Friday, and a re duced number of selling hours. Durham, the largest market in the belt, will operate on a 10 1-2 hour sales scheduled this week, with two sets of buyers. Oxford. Henderson and Fuquay - Varina markets will observe a seven-hour sales schedule with one set of buyers each. All other markets will operate three and one-half hours, with one set. Normal sales sched ules will begin on all markets Mon day. Meanwhile, market experts pre dicted the 1944 Middle Belt crop would exceed all others in money value. While no figures were avaiL able on the expected total produc tion in the Middle Belt, a Sept. 1 ! forecast of the U. S. Crop Reporting ; Service indicated 253,000,000 pounds would be harvested in the combin ed middle and old belts. Old Belt markets will open on a similarly reduced sale next Thursday. State department of Agriculture experts said that the near-recrod production which has been fore ! cast, coupled with increased ceil ing prices, should result in a return of approximately 10 per cent over the 1943 crop. The Middle Belt sold 96,581,700 pounds of leaf last year for an average of $40.17 per hundred | pounds, compared with 99,939.210 ! pounds which averaged $42.44 in 1942. Middle Belt markets operated under a 41 cent ceiling last year. The 1944 ceiling is 43 1-2 cents. September 1 crop forecasts point ed to a yield of 1,000 pounds an I acre, the highest yield on record. 1 At the same time market experts i said the quality of the weed pro duced in the middle belt would be above that of 1943 and equal to that sqid thus far in eastern belts. Middle Belt markets, operating I 48 warehouses, are located at Ab ! erdeen, Carthage, Durham, Fu ’ quay-Varina. Henderson, Louisburg i Oxford, Sanford and Warrenton. Army Air Experiment Almost Proves Fatal 1 NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 20. —UP)—Two Army airmen, ditching a B-24 Liberator bomber in the James river as an experiment de signed to provide improved safe ty for fliers in emergency water landings by land-based aircraft, had a close brush with death today when their plane broke almost in two as it struck the water. The fliers, who escaped with a severe shaking up, are Major Ju lian A. Harvey, of the proving ground command, the pilot, and Col. Carl F. Greene, liaison officer at Langley Field between the army air forces and the national advisory committee for aeronau tics, co-pilot. More than 100 observers, includ ing representatives of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and British Royal Air Force, watched from the decks of a half dozen surface craft lined up parallel to the James river bridge as the big bomber, carrying several structural modi fications, came in sight and began fuse aunuuc. The Liberator skimmed lower and touched the water at a speed of approximately 100 miles per hour, porpoised (bounced) once, and struck again tail first. The front of the plane came down hard and sent a big spray of white water into the air, obscuring the entire plane for a moment. As the foam subsided the bomber’s nose plunged beneath the surface. Seconds later the nose reappeared and observers saw that the fuse lage was broken almost in two at the leading edge of the wing. Three crash boats, bearing doc tors and nurses and fire-fighting equipment, sped toward the plane as Major Harvey climbed out of the escape hatch, to be followed a moment later by Col. Greene. Trained rescue men leaped from the cr&sh boats to the bomber's wing, assisted the two fliers to safety, and placed pontoons under the wings to prevent the plane from sinking. The Navy salvaged from the bomber a large number of water proofed instruments which will be studied to obtain precise informa tion concerning acceleration and water pressures imposed by the landing. ANOTHER POLIO CASE DURHAM, Sept. 20.—(/P)— Jackie Edgar Tysinger, six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Tysinger became Durham’s 13th viciim of infantile paralysis. The child was admitted to Watts hospital at 11 o' clock this morning. Did Stomach Ulcer Pains Make Jack Spratt Eat No Pat? Mod*m day -Jack Spratt.” who c.t no fat bei»"»e of diitrc.i of .tom.ch or Indigestion, g.> p.lni, heartburn, burning sensation. bloat and other conditions caused by excess acid Tablets ^n^8*' Get * 28c box 01 Ud*a Tablets from your druggist. Firat dose mtist convince* or return box to us and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK. SCOl iADERS IN ACTIVITY Reorganization of troop commit tees and the revival of scouting in all areas affected by the polio ban were the main topics of discus sion at the semi-monthly staff meeting of scout officials of the Cape Fear area, held Monday and Tuesday at Scout headquarters. Attending were Courtland W. Baker, Carroll Tinsley, and Dou glas King of Wilmington, C. M. Gaskins of Fayetteville, and J. 0. Lee of Lumberton. District committees will start the meetings this month and an executive board session has been scheduled for next month. The next gathering of the staff has been set for Wilmington, Octo ber 2-3, when the discussions will feature “commissioners,” it was announced. -V Russian Offensive Gains Momentum (Continued from Page One) nique and in subsequent radio broadcasts, contended they were repulsing the Russians in the Bal tic states and had made some gains of their own in the Jelgava area below Riga, where the Rus sians said Nazi counterattacks failed. . The Germans acknowledged that Russian and Polish troops under cover of artificial fog had crossed the Vistula river into Warsaw but radio commentators said these for ces had been wiped out. The Ge^ man high command said only that they were "cut off.” ^ The Russians were silent con cerning the Polish fronts, both at Warsaw and elsewhere, except to announce capture of a handful of mountain villages in southern Po land on the border of Czechoslova kia. The Russians likewise kept their own counsel on land developments in the Balkans, telling only of continuing air raids on the Hun garian capital, Budapest, and the Hungarian - held Transylvanian town of Satu-Mare, both describ ed as highly successful. -V DIES OF WOUNDS DURHAM, Sept. 20. — (ff)—Pvt. Matthew B. Smithwick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Smithwick of Durham, died Aug. 28 from wounds received in France. Cpl. Robert L. Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Cooper of Bynum, was killed in an airplane crash at Copeland, Kan., according to a message re ceived today. / SUPREME COURT REVERSES RULE RALEIGH, Sept. 20— m —The Supreme Court today reversed a superior court ruling in Chero kee county in which Judge Felix Alley ordered the state to pay the expense of returning a fugitive to the state for trial. In a session which saw 19 cases handled, the court ruled that in the case of a felony expenses to return a fugitive to the state must be born by the state treasury, and that in all other cas*s county treasury funds must be used. Associate Justice Michael Schenck, in writing the opinion, said that the order directing the state to pay expenses was “un authorized in this case and there fore is in error. It appears in the record that no requisition was ap plied for and none issued by the governors, and that the defend ant, James Patterson, waived extradition and voluntarily re turned with the sheriff to North flarnlina.” In other action, the court upheld the Surry County Superior court in denial in a case in which Mrs. Helen H. Eldridge sought $50, 000 in damages from the; Church Oil corporation, the Gulf Oil cor poration and T. P. Mayberry for the death of her husband, A. Daniel Eldridge, at a tilling sta tion on June 27, 1942. Mrs. Eldridge had sought dam age on the gruund that a Gulf Oil truck overran and killed her husband “while the truck was be ing operated in the business of the oil company and J. P. May berry, owner of the filling station. Evidence set forth in the plain tiff’s appeal said that Eldridge and Mayberry became involved in an affray at Mayberry’s filling station, located near Elkin, at the same time a Gulf Oil truck operat ed by Cortez Lowery, was parked at the filling station. A short time later, the evidence said, Mayberry ran out of the filling station and appealed to Lowery to take him away. Lowery allowed Mayberry to enter his truck, at the same time pursued by Eldridge. The complaint charged that Eldridge was knocked off the running board of the truck and run over by the wheels of the truck. Eldridge died two days later. Associate Justice W. A. Devine, writing the opinion, ruled that the truck was not then in performance of official duties of the owner company. We must look to the essential facts set out rather than to quali fying phrases,” Devine said. “Viewed in this light, we reach the conclusion that the facts al leged fail to show that the tortious conduct of Lowery in the opera tion of the truck was within the scope of course of his employ ment or in the furtherance of the business of either defendant oil companies.” In the only capital case review ed thus far, the court dismissed the appeal of Sam Jones, convict ed in Halifax county of murder in connection with the slaying Dec. 22, 1943, of Lindsey Price- The openion automatically sets Jones’ death date for Oct. 6. Jones did not perfect his appeal to the court, which as it always does in capital cases, reviewed the record and found no error. 1,000 Trusses To Be Given Away This Month Kansas City, Mo.—A Doctor’s Invention for reducible rupture is proving so successful, an offer is now being made to give everyone Who tries it a $3.50 Truss Free. This invention has no leg straps, no elastic belts, or leather bands. It holds rupture up and in. Is com fortable and easy to wear. After using it many report entire satis faction. Any reader of this paper may try the Doctor’s Invention foi 30 days and receive the separate $3.50 Truss Free. If you are noi entirely satisfied with the inven tion-return it, but be sure tc keep the $3.50 Truss for your trouble. If you are ruptured jusi write the Physician’s Appliance Co., 4685 Koch Bldg., 2906 Main St, Kansas City, Mo., for their trial offer. ROANOKE RIVER ROARS EASTWARD RALEIGH, Sept. 20—(iB—Resi dents along the Roanoke river in northeastern North Carolina were warned today of impending rise of the river above normal flood stage. The Roanoke is expected to reach 46 feet at Weldon by Thurs day night, several feet above the flood stage. A warning was sent to Williamston residents by the U. S. weather bureau here saying that the Roanoke would be “sev eral” feet above flood stage there later in the week, because of heavy rains further up the river in Virginia. rtea;ctem.s uiong me ruwer reaches of the river were told to take every precaution and to be prepared to evacuate to higher land if necessary. The Halifax county Red Cross said it was pre pared to begin refugee work im mediately if the river at Weldon and Roanoke Rapids showed signs of threaening the two towns. In 1940 the river reached 58 feet, nearly 20 feet above normal, at Roanoke Rapids and Weldon, flooding large areas, causing ex tensive damage to property and drowning several persons. How ever, the weather bureau here said the river at these two places “would no treach anything like the 1940 flood stage.” Meanwhile, the state highway division here said it had been notified by the Virginia highway commission 4fnat floodwaters in the Dan and Roanoke rivers had receded, and the U. S. highway 29, which had been closed during te flood emergency, had been re opened to traffic. Highway No. 14, over the Roa noke river at Clarksville, Va., still was open, chairman Charles Ross of the North Carolina com mission, said. He said advices from Virginia indicated the river would not rise sufficiently to block traffic over this route. U. S. highway 1 'over the Roa noke river between South Hill, Va., and North Carolina Points, lacked 12 inches of being inundat ed at a late hour today. The riv er was rising at the rate of an inch an hour and the road prob ably wiU be closed to traffic early tomorrow, the state officials _: j The state division said that U. S. highway 301 at Weldon prob ably would not be closed because of high water. A flood crest of i 50 feet would be necessary to nundate the highway, and the current flood stage is not expect ed to reach more than 46 feet. Meanwhile, officials of the south, ern’railway here said their trains were still out between Greens boro and Charlottesville, and That they were operating on detour routes. Southbound trains from New York and Washington, now being routed througiv'Richmond, were arriving at Greensboro and other points 12 and 15 hours late. -V VISIT SHELTER OSWEGO, N. Y„ Sept. 20—UP)— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., paid an inspection trip today to the Fort Ontario emergency refugee shelter, home of 982 Europeans for the remainder of the war. -V GET’S MAJOR’S RANK CAMP LEJEUNE, Sept. 20.— Capt. Dorothy Mott, MCWR, who is commanding officer of the wo men’s reserve schools here, has been promoted to major. Before joining the Marines, she was a teacher at Goucher and other wo AREA RENT OFFICE GETS EXTRA HELP NEW BERN, Sept. 20.—Because of the increase in business at the New Bern Area Rent office, which has charge of rent control for the OPA in Craven and Carteret coun ties, two new assistants have been assigned to duty here, it has been learned from W. A. Davis, rent ap praiser, who will remain in charge of the local office. R. N. Scott has been added to the staff as examiner-inspector, and U. A. Wilson, as inspector. Mr. Scott has moved to New Bern from Burnsville where he resided for some years. He was previously cashier for the former Citizens Bank here. Until July 1943, New Bern had a separate rent conrol office, but it was then converted into a branch of the Wilmington office and is still being operated in that capaci ty. Increasing activities through out this two-county war boom area however, made the duties too strenuous for one man to handle; hence, decision of district authori ties at Raleigh and regional au thorities at Atlanta to increase the one-man staff *o three. -V PRICES BETTER ON BRIGHT BELT WILSON, Sept. 20— UPl —Prices by grades strengthened on eastern North Carolina tobacco markets to day, but extremely heavy sales continued on all markets and many warehouses were filled to capacity. The War Food Administration and the State Department of Ag riculture said increases from one to two cents a pound were regained in some lower quality leaf grades, lugs arid nondescript, while losses reported yesterday were regained in a number of instances. The general quality of tobacco was lower as the percentage of common to fair leaf and nonde script increased, WFA said. These grades made up the bulk of sales. There alio was an increase in the amount of damaged tobacco and offerings in an unsound condition. Gross sales on Tuesday amount ed to 7.000,000 pounds, averaging 41.86 cffnts a pound, bringing the season total to date to 19,816,806 pounds at an average of 41.59. Border belt sales yesterday to taled 7,035,446 pounds at an aver age of 42.82, bringing the season total in North and South Carolina to 199,942,061 pounds at an average of 43.31 cents a pound. WFA said the border crop was now about 88 per cent marketed. Average prices per pound on a limited number of representative U. S. grades on the eastern belt markets, with comparative prices vesterdav: Leaf: Good lemon, -.47, unchang ed; fair lemon, .46, unchanged; : fair orange, .45, unchanged; low orange, .44, unchanged; common orange, .43, up one; low red, .42,, up one; common green (orange: side), .38, up two. Cutters: Fair lemon, .46, low lemon, .46, low orange, .45, all un changed. Lugs: Good lemon, .45, unchang ed; good orange, .45, unchanged; {fair orange, .44, up one; low orange, .41, up two. Nondescript: Best thin, .33, up two; best crude, .28, up one. -V ESTONIAN COMMISSARIATES MOSCOW, Sept. 20—UP)—The Su preme Soviet of Estonia, meeting somewhere in territory reoccupied by Russian troops, has voted to establish its own commissariats of foreign affairs and defense, it was announced today. FLOOD REACHED ON JAMES RIVER ■ RICHMOND, Va„ Sept, 20—(A# - The crest of the James river flood reached Richmond tonight, ap proximately 20 hours after an all time high of 37.3 feet was reach ed this morning at Columbia, 60 miles up river, but the city was well prepared for the high waters after city workment and 300 Negro troops from Camp Lee had labored for hours reinforcing dykes. Col. P. E. Duggins, command ing officer of McGuire’s general army hospital, said that 21 pa tients at the naval training school at south Richmond, had been transferred to the army hospital, and personnel of the Navy’s diesel school were taken to the army air base. The threat from the floods, born of the torrential rains in western sections cf the state early this week, appeared tonight to have dwindled elsewhere in Vir ginia. Roads in the vicinity of Clarks ville, in the southern part of the state, were reported damaged, where high water from the Roa noke river threatened route 1, Virginia’s main north and south highway, and routes 5001 and 15. Danville escaped danger of flood from the Dan river, which receded after reaching a 12-foot crest, but Scottsville suffered some damage when water from the James river poured into the streets from a depth of five to eight feet Monday night. The flood took the town by surprise. State highway officials said it would require five or six months to repair fully the damage esti mated bewteen $500,000 and $750, mated between $500,000 and $750. tem. Mrs. Mark W. Clark Speaksjt Rale;gfl RALEIGH, Sspt. 20—(® Mark W. Clark, wife of thT^1' mander of the Fifth armv in uj' appeared here brieflv tod»v • ^ interest of North Caro' - ‘n ^ Wake county's forthcoming ,n,i War Fund campaign. S Also appearing at a miMi was Jay Allen, returnedmr ^ spondent, wno substituted for rt Carlos Romulo, resident CoL£c1' sioner of the Philippines 4T*”' ‘S* w-sw"s,”» ^ -——v—__ There are 88 keys jn . compass keyboard of the w ^ forte. Tft* Pi»n0. A A A a * I I " ’ __ .- ~ OPENING DANCE Cape Fear ArmoiJ 814 MARKET st Featuring Virgil West and the lovely voice of BILLIE BURTON * * * Tables Admission $1.50 per person (Tax Included) Sal., Sept. 23 9 p. m. 'liU ■•i.mir f They Laughed at Death 1 I And Beat Destruction! I 1 “SILENT BARRIERS'1 1 wL with Richard Arlen J ml Lilli Palmer $ ML Barry MacKay JE Exciting Adventure with J f. The Heroes of America’s Nary I |: Robert Lowery I 1 Jean Parker I A Bill Henry in 1 m “THE NAVY WAr I with Roscoe Karnt JI St. John’s Tavern 114 Orange St. Dial 2-808a DELICIOUS FOOD Chicken In The Rough ■— Fridu MANOR _* She was Boss in a Open Your Checking Account Popular or Standard AT The Morris Plan Bank 4 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — Gadgets? I love ’em. A periscope on cars, instead of the little old mirror?... Doors that slide?... Or a sunshine top? Bring ’em on! Till then, however, my one main idea is to keep this car rolling. I need to. You can start naming motor oils or anything else that you think’s helpful. First though, I want to warn you not to let engine acids do their worst damage, when you can easily outsmart them by getting your engine’s insides oil-plated. Listen, right on a can of Conoco Nth motor oil you’ll read ■ about N«i oil’s modem synthetic. It works some thing like magnetism. That’s how it makes metal surfaces keep hold of oil-plating. Then what if the engine explosions produce deadly corrosive acids, as every expert and his brother will tell you? Those acids still wouldn t gnaw direct at fine steel that’s shielded by oil-plating—a real acid-fighter! It fights for your car. e waiting for new ones—who knows how long?—-don’t delay switching to Conoco N#A oil.' • TIRE REPAIR BRING YOUR CERTIFICATES TO US FOR FIRST GRADE U. S. TIRES ^ ' —• WENBERG BROS. _Cor. 3rd and Grace Sts. W # # S 1 _ _' Fhcne 2-3686 \ '