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rEN__ NTRA-PA ' ROW TO BE A1 )SOOf Democrats Will Hold Part] Caucus On Complaints Next Wednesday WASHINGTON, April 14—(AO House leaders took virtually un precedented action to give a ful airing to an intra-party row over administration of Democratic Na tional headquarters. An official party caucus on the complaints will be held next. Wed nesday behind closed doors in the House chamber. The party leader ship was required to call the meet ing when more than 50 members signed a petition for it. The petition signers are aroused by what they term recent “bon ers” and “inefficiency” at Nation al headquarters. Most of them want some type of “house-clean ing there. A few are even after the scalp of Democratic chairman Robert E. Hannegan himself. Rep. Cox (D.-Ga.) told a reporter the caucus may ask President Truman to “dismiss” Hannegan. Finis E. Scott, House postmaster and caucus secretary, said he did not recall any time on record when a caucus was called to act on i similar matter involving indivi duals and political policy. Usually, he told a reporter, i caucus considers election of Hous committee members, occasional! one is called to decide the party : stand on pending legislative issues Sr.ott said the last one he recallei was in 1933 on repeal of prohibition but added that some probably havi been held since then. Scott expressed belief that an; decisions at Wednesday’s sessioi probably will not be binding oi members, because of the nature o the issue. When a legislative ques tion is discussed any decisioi reached is binding, unless a mem ber reserves in advance his righ ' to disagree. _, National Maritime Day Proclaimed By Truma WASHINGTON, April 14—tfP) In separate proclamations, Pres r dent Truman designated May 1 * Child Health Day and May 22 e National Maritime day. Child health day was proclaime “in recognition that thf health < American children, like their edi cation, should be accepted as definite public responsibility.” The first successful crossing c the ocean by a steam propelle vessel began on May 22, 1819, s Savannah, Ga. The Maritime da; proclamation noted that merchar seamen displayed “splendid here ism” in World War II and that th Merchant Marine makes “a vits contribution to the welfare of th nation” in peace no less than I war. ___ Mass Murder Ur European Jews | Denied By Ernst Kaltenbrunner | NUERNBERG, April 14—(U.R)— I Ernst Kaltenborn, confronted with documents rushed by air from Vienna today imp\:-ating him in the mass murder of aestern Euro pean Jews, denied having taken any part and irritably charged that the prosecution was trying to frame him with airc.umstantial evidence. "I’m never allowed to tell my feelings here,” the former Nazi intelligence chief protested angrily to the War Crimes court. Col. John H. Amen of the U. S. prosecution staff introduced letters which arrived here today from Vienna by plane and were taken from the personal files of Baldur Von Schirach, former Nazi youth leader. The letters, reporting on the mass extermination of Jews in the eastern territories, bore Kaltenbrunner’s name on the dis tribution list but the defendant disclaimed any knowledge of them. .“That such crimes were com mitted cannot any longer be doubt ed,” Kaltenbrurmer said. “But what you have to prove, Mr. Prose cutor, is that I had any influence on them through intellectual, legis lative or juridical means, and that I definitely and emphatically deny.” Leo N. Smirnov, an assistant Russian prosecutor, read the court excerpts from the diary of Hans Frank, governor general of Ger man-occupied Poland and another defendant in the war crimes trial. The diary described a confer 1 nisi am?. t ence in Warsaw on May 19, 1943, at which the nead of the SS (elite guard) and secret police in Po land begged Kalter.brunner to in tervene with Adolf Hitler to pre vent the extermination of skilled Jewish workers needed in war in dustries. Asked if this didn’t prove that the SS official regarded Kalten brunner as his ehief, the defendant replied: “No, it proves something quite different. 1 was only used as an intermediary .... I strongly op posed what I had just discovered. Actually that was the reason for this, the first and only meeting of mine with the government gen eral (of Poland).” iim min n i nwm nllLM j lurtjltn PLAN SUCCEEDED Enlarged German Popula tion, Reduced Birth-Rate Of Other Countries LONDON, Aperfi H-m-AdoM Hitler was "entirely successful” In bis master plan for enlarging the German population, liquidating Eu ropean Jewry, and reducing the birthrate in non-German countries. The first comprehensive acoount ol the results of the war disclosed to night. In a 14-page report based on of ficial Allied documents and captur ed German files, the international committee for the study of Euro pean questions said that while Hit ler was successful in his plans for internal Germany, the Allied vic tory defeated his intention to estab lish surplus Germans in occupied territory. The report disclosed that under Hitler’s "breed for the fatherland” campaign, Germany’s population increased 1,566,000 during the first seven years of his regime. It added that Hitler, in seeking to reduce the birthrate in non-Ger man countries, was able to keep 11,000,000 to 12,000,000 men and wo men separated from normal mar riage relations for five years, and was "successful to a large extent” in lowering the population in coun tries neighboring Germany. More than 6,000,000 Jews, the re port said, were liquidated by the Germans so that "the greater part of the Jewish population in Europe has been wiped out since 1939.” Dr. Robert Borel, of France, secretary-general of the committee founded 18 months ago by interest ed scientists, diplomats and educa tors to study European questions, said information gathered from Al lied government officials and per sonal surveys disclosed that ap proximately 15,000,000 persons were killed in Europe and Russia during the war. lUn JL AH VU AUV McConnellsburg, Pa.— <u.r> —Mrs. Louisa Spriggs, negress “matriarch” of Little Scrubbe Ridge came to McConnellsburg 80 years ago. Believed' to have been Fulton county’s oldest resident, she died at her Ridge home a half mile from here, at 109. Survivors said the woman who “reigned” over the Ridge’s 75 in habitants never had failing hear ing or eyesight and was active un ;il her death. Mrs. Spriggs had 11 children. I ORNING STAR, WILMIMUim REPUBLICANSRAP TRUMAN’SRECORD, Describe His First Year In j White House As One Of Wide Confusion { --- i WASHINGTON, April Jr The Republican Natrona-Coni mittee Sunday described Trumans flSfjSTi/uK -s; one of “confusion m all flelds, ( “It is a natural reflection of the man who didn’t wish to' be Presi dent,” the Committee said in a ^ 3,50o' review, adding: 1 “The record of Mr. Truman s year as President is a record of ] confusion—confusion in interna tional relations, confusion m na tional affairs, and confusion throughout the administration. The Committee said when Mri Truman got the news that he had become President “he felt, he t said, ‘as though the moon and the , stars and all the planets’ had fall- j en on him. During his year as | President, Mr. Truman has shown , that he never recovered from this catastrophe.” The Committee said the iru man administration "is at war with Congress.” and continued: _ “Mr. Truman began his admini stration with unusual advantages. He had the pledges of both parties in Congress toward winning the war and establishing peace and security at home and abroad. Re publican Senators offered Mr Tru. man a specific plan ‘to avoid ir reconcilable differences’ by con sultation with Republican leaders before any conflict developed over controversial legislation. “But Mr. Truman failed to use his opportunities. He speedily end ed his honeymoon with Congress, preferring to tread the leftward path of radical experimentation.” “Do Nothing” Policy WASHINGTON, April 14—(JP) — Democratic chairman Robert E. Hannegan asserted that Repub lican Chairman Carroll Reece s reply to his demands that the GOP state its position on major issues showed the Republican party pro poses to do nothing at all.” The committee made public N, I'*. lannegan’s open letter to Reece, he third in an exchange the Demo ■ratic chairman began April 2. On that date Hannegan said ’resident Truman s post-war pro ;ram had been set forth “clearly' n messages to Congress. He ad ied that through Republican >arty pronouncements to date 'the people know only what it pro* loses not to do.” He expressed he hope Reece would “offer a ong-overdue clarification” of his arty’s policies. Reece replied April 10 ^calling ttention to the statement Of P«n iples adopted by Republicans ■ Congress last December which the rational Committee later end0F ‘ d and augmented. He als°d®‘ nanded to know when the admmis ration will “begin to *eU .W ruth” on foreign and domes,ic ffairs. BAD DAY TO MEET JUDGE BOSTON —(U.PJ— Justice can be ■ery cold, according to pedestrians n Boston’s Washington St., who witnessed Municipal Judge Elias n, shamon walking, coatless, h'rough the shopping district re :ently. A sneak thief, who had slipped into the judge’s office and made' off with his coat, was responsible for the cold arm—and other frigid areas—of the Law. ___^I THE DAILY CROSSWORD n ACROSS 1. Light bedstead 4. Beard of s .rye s Dwelling 8. Bucket 10. Arabian “ chieftain d 11. Nuclei of i- starch a grain 12. Entranced f 13. Quiet d 15 Epoch t 16 Wet earth t 17. Perform d 18 Body of water * 20 Receptacle for flowers } 22 Attempt 1 23. Trouble 24 Projecting end of a 1 church 26. Leaves from flower axis i 29 Therefore - 30 Drone r 31. Part of 1 "to be” 32 Hoax * 35. Heavenly ' body , 36. King-. Shake, spearian play i 3L Not any 1 * (colloq.) ' 38. Relate 39. Girl's name 1 (poss.) 40. Underworld god 41. National cap | (Turk.) DOWN 1. Marks out into parts 2. Leave out 3. 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Front St. j ; 111 : .. •• NOTICE .'^ BEER & WINE DEALERS CITY AND COUNTY LICENSE EXPIRE APRIL 39?h, 1948 Before new license can be issued it is necessary to file an application to sell beer or wine with the ander signed. Any person, firm or corporation selling v ithout a license is liable to indictment for violating said or. dinance. C. R. MORSE, City & County Tax Collector "DIAL 2-3311 FOR NEWSPAPERSERfKj Notice Of Special Bond Election and New Registration In The City of Wilmington, North Carolina A special election will be ft eld between 6:30 A. M. and 6: jo P. M., Eastern Standard Time, on Wednesday, May 29,1946, at which there will be submitted to the'qualified voters of the City of Wilmington the following questions: 1. Shall an ordinance passed March 27, 194 6, authorizing not exceeding $325,000 bopds of the City of Wilmington for extending the waterworks system of said City,‘in cluding the installation of additional water mains and hydrants, and a tax for said | bonds, be approved ? 2. Shall an ordinance passed March 27, 1946, authorizing not exceeding $300,000 bonds of the City of Wilmington for extending the sanitary sewer system of said City, including the installation of sewer mains and manholes, and a tax for said bonds, be approved? 3. Shall an ordinance passed March 27, 194 6, authorizing not exceeding $300,000 bonds i of the City of Wilmington for constructing or reconstructing the surface of streets in said City, including the contemporaneous construction or reconstruction of side walks, curbs, gutters or drains, and including grading, and a tax for said bonds, be approved? 4. Shall an ordinance passed March 27, 194 6, authorizing not exceeding $35,000 bonds ? of the City of Wilmington for extending the storm draining system of said City, and a tax for said bonds, be approved ? 5. Shall an ordinance passed March 27, 1946, authorizing not exceeding 123,000 bonds | of the City of Wilmington for extending the fire alarm system of said City, and ’ a tax for said bonds, be approved ? 6. Shall an ordinance passed March 27, 1946, authorizing not exceeding $20,000 bonds of the City of Wilmington for acquiring fire fighting equipment, and a tax for said bonds, be approved ? Each of the six questions hereinabove set forth contains a statement of the purpose for which the bonds are authorized by the ordinance referred to in such question. If said bonds are issued a tax will be levied f or the payment of the principal and inter est thereof on all taxable property in the C ity of Wilmington. A new registration has been ordered and no one will be permitted to vote unless registered anew. The books for such new registration shall remain open in each pre cinct from 9 A. M. until sunset on each day, except Sundays and holidays, beginning Saturday, April 27, 1946, and closing Saturday, May 18, 1946. On each Saturday dur ing said registration period said books shall remain open at the polling places. Sat urday, May 25, 1946, shall be Challenge Day. The polling places and the names of the election officers, subject to change as pto* vided by law, are as follows: ’recinct 'IRST WARD IECOND WARD st Precinct IECOND WARD nd Precinct ’HIRD WARD st Precinct HIRD WARD nd Precinct 'OURTH WARD 'IFTH WARD st Precinct ’IFTH WARD nd Precinct IXTH WARD EVENTH WARD EVENTH WARD id Precinct IGHTH WARD it Precinct IGHTH WARD id Precinct POLLING PLACES Fire Station, 4th and Campbell Streets Hemenway School, 210 North 5th Street New Hanover Court House 3rd and Princess Streets O'Crowley’s Cleaners, 8th and Princess Streets Isaac Bear School, 1210 Market Streets Tileston School, 5th and Ann Streets Fire Station, 5th and Castle Streets William Hooper School, 410 Meares Street Old Sunset Park School, Carolina Beach Road NH County High School 1306 Princess Street Fire Station, 17th and Dock Streets Chestnut Street School 2150 Chestnut Street Forest Hills School, Forest Hills Drive REGISTRAR A. B. Grimsley R. G. Davis H. L. O’Neill B. E. Hollis Mrs. J. B. Williamson L. C. LeGwin Mrs. H. E. Watters H. S. King F. D. Steljes M. E. Hearn » J. H. Womble J. E. Rose Howard L. Herren JUDGES Wade M. Jenkins W. P. Smith R. L. Fryer G, H. Brinson H. T. Carroll Louis Goodman G. A. Hardwick G. H. Cannon Mrs. Geo. R. McXarzi* Douglas Barclay, Jr. P. W. Bethea F. L. Mills, Jr, W. E. Keen T. A. Rivenbark W. J. Mallard E. N. Small W. G, Hatoh, 9r, W. J. Moore P. J, Baschon Thos. W. Keith E. V. Hunt, Jr, Henry Habenicht Leo Sykes C. J. Piastre L. E. Usserr 6. L. Sewell BY ORDER of the City Council of the City of Wilmington. J. R. BENSON, City Clerk BY ORDER of the Chairman of the City Board of Elections. H. G. CARNEY. Chairman of the City Board of Election*