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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).”
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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.
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35. Keep
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boat
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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*