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Rouse Republicans
Railroad Two Bills
KERMON SAYS LAW
change pending
Explains Resignation Of
Commission Members
No Influence
Representative Robert M. Ker
p• ;d last night that the resig
of four members of the
service commission would
^effect proposed changes in the
“resent law which are under con
“ueExplained that as yet he had
reived no information concern
r't the reported comprdmise be
™en fire and police department
representatives and the governing
nf the city relative to the
guested' changes. Until the bill
containing the new amendments
^reed upon is presented to him,
! .aid no action would be taken
[ward 'introducing the measure
jn the legislature
"We have ample time to offer
,u ne.v bill when it is agreed
'“on and no effort will be made
,c introduce any legislation rela
te 10 the matter until full con
^deration has been given to all
concerned.” he asserted.
Captain 0. V. Thompson, acting
chief of the nolice force, mean
,;,ile declined to name a date
opon which the department’s rep
resentative will be named to suc
ceed Col. Royce McClelland.
McClelland, along with Dr. Da
Murchinson, the Rev. H. J.
filson and Norwood S. Westbrook,
'sired to be relieved of member
ihip on the commission Monday
ci«ht due to what was termed
“present conditions” facing the
board.
Fire Chief J. Ludie Croom said
when asked whether any action
had been taken toward naming a
man to replace Westbrook on the
board, replied that no step had
been taken as yet and pointed out
that the resignations do not be
t0me effective until March 17 and
(or that reason no action toward
ippointing a successor would be
made until after that time._
The medical society and the
ministerial association both are
•xpeded to follow a similar
course and defer action on ap
pointees until after the resigna
tions become effective.
Nathan S. Haskett, representa
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lOBTHRETORNED
10 REFORM SCHOOL
Superior Court Continues
Here With Several
Cases Tried
The decisions Superior Court
judges sometimes are called upon
to make require the wisdom Solo
mon was said to have had.
Such an instance occurred yes
terday afternoon in New Hanover
county Superior Court when a 16
year-old boy was brought before
Judge Clawson L. Williams charg
ed with larceny.
The 'boy, Eugene Grice, who
laid he lived at Middle Sound, al
ready was under a 12-month road
icr.tence for larceny and was free
on probation. He had been con
victed earlier in the year of
breaking into a house and taking
> boat. That sentence was given
him in January by Judge Paul
Frizzelle.
Yesterday he admitted taking
»n automobile in Brunswick coun
ty and driving it to Goldsboro and
back. He had kept the car over
Bight.
Grice told the court that he had
•pent two years and four months
» a reform school and had been
discharged only last August.
Judge Williams gave the boy’s
predicament considerable thought.
He was alone in court. He had no
attorney. Before court adjourned
tor the afternoon, Judge Williams
directed that he be returned to re
form school.
Under the laws of North Oaro
bra, a person over 16 years d
>ge must be tried in open court,
•nd are subject to road or peni
tentiary sentences when convicted
e‘ a felony.
I'.’, another case of probation vi
nation. Rursel Sykes, was order
0 se‘Ve a two year road ,sei»
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HAMBONE’S meditations
By Alley
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OPA Death Sentence, Cut
In Treasury Funds
Pass By 387 - 0
WASHINGTON, March 11 —(IP)
— Two big appropriation bills' —
one killing off OPA next June 30
and the other making a contro
versial $800,000,000 cut in Treasury
funds — were rammed through the
House and sent to the Senate today
after Democrats made futile at
tempts to change them.
The bill containing the OPA
death sentence is a $179,645,668 de
ficiency bill, supplying funds for
various agencies.
The other provides $12,388,029,971
for the Treasury and Post Office
departments.
Roundly defeated in attempts
at the amendments, the Democrats
gave up and voted with solid Re
publican ranks for the Treasury
Post Office bill. The final tally was
387 to 0.
In the fight over this' bill, Rep.
Gore <D-Tenn.) spearheaded a
Democratic move to retain a stand
ard indefinite sum for the payment
of tax refunds. The Republican
controlled Appropriations commit
tee had tossed this out in favor of
a definite $1,231,000,000 fund, $800,
000,000 below Budget bureau esti
mates.
Gore insisted that the govern
ment must pay whatever refunds
are due, regardless of the amount,
and accused the Republicans of
trying to take credit for a “phony”
$800,000,000 reduction.
The vote on the $179,645,668 de
ficiency bill, a compromise be
tween two different bills previous
ly passed by Senate and House,
was 341 to 49. Opponents includ
ed 47 Democrats, one American
Laborite and a lone Republican,
Rep. Javits of New York.
This bill provides, among other
things, for cancellation of $699,
461,151 in appropriations made
previously to federal agencies. The
President had recommended the
cancellations.
In addition it cancels $2,000,
000 of current OPA appropriations
and provides $7,051,752 in new
funds for the payment of terminal
leave to released employes while
OPA closes up shop.
THREAT SEEN TO
RADIO AIR LANE
Navy Bombing Range Cited
As Drawback To Coast
al VHF Range
Morning Star Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 11. — A
radio air lane intended to link
Norfolk, Va., and Charleston, S. C.
via Wilmington, New Bern and
Elizabeth City, N. C., and Myrtle
Beach, S. C., may have to be mov
ed inland nearly fifty miles, cut
ting the area off authorized air
ways, unless some way be found
to remove its interference with the
Navy’s bombihg range in Albe
marie sound, a delegation from the
coastel region was advised today.
Civil Aeronautics administration
officials told the delegation that
the very high frequency radio
range equipment installed at the
four air ports between Norfolk and
Charleston had been delayed in
operation because of the conflict
with the Navy’s training ground —
not primarily because of reduction
in CAA funds, as had been pre
viously reported.
An air coordinating committee
consisting of assistant secretarys
of war, navy, and commerce is
studying the problem and is ex
pected to make a decision within
about ten days. It can ask the
Navy to move its bombing range
down the sound about five miles,
out of the way of the radio beam,
or it can order the beam re-routed
— in which case it would by-pass
the four cities leaving them with
only "shuttle service” instead of |
main-line air transport.
National Airlines plane already
flying the coastal route are “de
touring,” via Edenton to skirt the
Navy’s range now. Also close to
the radio beam are the Marine in
stallations at Cherry Point and
New River and the Navy’s new
guided missiles testing ground at
Camp Davis, but the chief point of
conflict appears to be in the Albe
marle sound, not far from Eliza
beth Citty.
Members of congress from both
the Carolinas and leaders in the
comunities threatened with the
loss of the air lane are expected to
make strong appeals to the air
coordinating committee, urging
consideration of civilian aviation
needs in he coastal area.
Attending the conrerence were
John H. Farrell, and Hamilton
Hicks of Wilmington; T. W. Fryer
of New Bern; J. E. Blades, Eliza
beth City, and D. S. Crouse. Myrtle
Beach, S. C.
The delegation explained that
the stations, at New Bern, Wil
mington, Rocky Mount and Eliza
beth City, and at Myrtle Beach. S.
C.. were built by the government
at a cost of approximately $25,
fContinued On Page Two; Col. 4)
Channel Project Work
To Be Completed Soon
The maintenance dredging on
the Cape Fear ocean bar channel,
restoring the project depth of 30
feet and width of 400 feet, is ex
oected to be completed by Satur
day, officials of the Wilmington
District Corps of Engineers said
yesterday.
The Engineers' hopper d edge
j Toffman, which ha= been engaged
I in that portion of the Care Fear
river project, is expected t to be
'put to work on the Morehead City
30-foot project early next week, of
ficials said.
The controlling depth of ' the
Beaufort Inlet channel at present
is 26 feet, and it is expected that
tire Hoffman will be put to work
restoring the project depth of 30
feet. The operations on the Beau
fort channel and the outer portion
of the 30 foot channel leading to
the Marina terminal at Morehead
City, will take approximately 60
days, engineers said.
McKoy Leads Wildcats To State Title
Johnny McKoy (25) is shown recovering the ball from the Greensboro backboard in the third
period of the state championship game at Hiw Hanover High school gymnasium last night. Larr»
Dempsey (15), Earl Keister (19) and Don Lanford (4), Greensboro players try to stop the relav t«
Billy Mason New Hanover won the game 42 to38.(Photo by Hugh Morton). • "
NHHS Captures State Title
With 42 To 38 Victory Here
Senate Committee Okays
Anti-Closed Shop Bill
The Weather
FORECAST:
South and North Carolina — Increas- '
mg cloudiness and slightly warmer |
Wednesday. Thursday, occasional rain, ■
beginning in West portion Wednesday :
night. Not much change in temperature.
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
1:30 a. m. 44; 7:30 a. m. 40: 1:30 p.
m. 53; 7:30 p. m. 49; Maximum 53. Mini
mum 38; Mean 46; Normal 52.
HUMIDITY
1:30 a. m. 68; 7:30 a. m. 66: 1:30 p. m.
27; 7:30 p. m. 63.
PRECIPITATION
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.
0 inch.
Total since the first of the month 2.16
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey):
HIGH LOW
Wilmington 1:35a 8:47a
1:52p 8:00p
Masonboro 11:27a 5:29a
-p 5:35p
Sunrise 6:27: Sunset 6:17; Moonrise
-; Moonset 9:42 a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. at
8 a. m. Tuesday 20.5 feet.
LOS ANGELES HIT
BY NEW MURDERS
Nearly Nude Bodies Of
Two Women Found In
City Lot, Suburb
LOS ANGELES, March 11—(JP)—
Nearly nude bodies of two wom
en, both victims of violent deaths,
were found today, bringing to four
the number of unsolved feminine
slayings here since Jan. 15.
One was identified by police as
Evelyn Winters, 42, divorced wife
of Sidney Justin, head of a film
studio’s legal department, where
she was formerly employed.
The other was unidentified.
Miss Winters’ body was found
by a railroad track near city hall.
A preliminary examination by an
autopsy surgeon indicated she
died from head blows.
Her dress had been drawn
around her neck and parts of her
wearing apparel were nearby. 'Po
lice said scratches on her back
indicated she had been dragged
to the spot and that automobile
tire tracks were plainly visible.
A railroad worker who gave his
name as George Franklin Wicklif
fee. 28, of Joplin, Mo., found the
body and asked a gas con-many
fireman employed nearby to call
police. He was booked on suspi
cion of murder but police ex
pressed belief that he had no con
nection with Miss Winters’ death.
“He had lipstick on his lips but
said in explanation that he had
knelt and kissed the woman be
fore giving notice that he had
found the body,” said Police Lt.
Charles King.
The body of today’s other vic
tim, who had been strangled with
electric wire, was found by Japa
nese field workers on a river bank
in nearby Norwalk. A blue and
white quilted dressing gown, was
twisted about her neck.
Tire prints, a pillow, pillow-slip
and undergarments were found
nearby. The red-haired woman’s
face was cut and badly sw-ollen.
Officers found signs of a struggle.
Efforts To Block Measure
Fail As Bill Goes
To FI o o r
RALEIGH, March 11 —(JP) Ef
forts of unionized labor to keep
an anti-ciosed shop bill off the
Senate floor were thwarted today
when the Senate committee on
Manufacture, Labor and com
merce voted 12 to six to give the
measure a favorable report.
A 100-percent attendance was
present for the executive session.
Reporters were admitted, but
were instructed to record only fi
nal action of the committee.
A bloc of six Senators persis,
tently offered amendments to soft
en what they termed “a blow at
labor that deserves no chastise
ment.”
The opposition rallied forces to
pass one amendment which would
permit maintenance of member
ship wThereby employes who join
a union and do not withdraw with
in a 15-day withdrawal period are
required to remain members un
til a contract expires.
Action Rescinded
Vote was 10 to nine in its favor,
but following the offering of a sec
ond amendment permitting the
check-off system, one voter
changed his stand on the first
measure. Action was rescinded,
and the maintenance of member
ship amendment was defeated.
The only amendment adopted
would permit voluntary check-off
of union dues whereby employers,
upon receipt of authorization from
employe, can withhold union dues
from wages.
DEATH WINS RACE
WITH SHIP ENROUTE
TO CHARLESTON, S. C.
CHARLESTON, March 11. —UP)
— Death today won a race with
the steamship M. E. Comerford as
it headed for Charleston in an at
tempt to save the life of an un
identified seaman reported to have
been stricken with meningitis.
U. S. Public Health officers said
the seaman died at 9:30 a. m. while
the ship was making its best speed,
between 10 and 11 knots, for this
port and medical assistance.
Cause of the man’s death had
not been definitely determined,
public health officials said. A North
Carolina Coast Guard plane was
reported to have dropped medical
supplies to the ship off the coast
last night.
Along The Cape Fear
CENTURY AGO — What sight
greeted the visitor to the Queen
City of the Cape Fear region a
hundred years ago? Well for the
best answer to that we’ll turn to
the reminiscences of one, who
came to the Port City not as a
transient but who remained here
for many years a resident.
He’s Dr. Walter Gilman Curtis
who for more .than 30 years was
state quarantine surgeon for the
Port of Wilmington.
* * *
ZENITH OF PROSPERITY—A
century ago Wilmington was in
“her zenith of prosperity as the
greatest naval - store producer in
the world.”
A traveler coming down the line
of the Wilmington & Weldon Rail
road, and having almost arrived,
could congratulate himself on nav
ing escaped the dangers of a jour
ney upon those rails which exist
ed. not only on that railroad but
nearly every other railroad in the
country. Dr. Curtis relates.
“What was the meaning ot that
dense c’ojd which hung over the
city as if escaping from the hor
rible Stygian smoke from the pit
which is bottomless?” the travel
Greensboro Falls Before
Brilliant Play Of
Wildcats
The New Hanover Wildcat bas
ketball team won the State Cham
pionship last night for the first
time since 1929 when they defeated
the scrappy Greensboro high
school quint, 42 to 38 before an
overflow crowd of 2000 at the local
gymnasium.
The Wildcats grabbed a 6-0 lead
in the opening seconds of play as
Johnny McKoy, Toddy Fennell and
W. A. Brown dropped in rapid
field goals. The fighting ’Cats were
never headed in the remainder of
the contest.
At the end of the first period
tire Wilmington team held a 10-6
advantage. The half ended with
New Hanover's margin cut to 19
14. and at the close of the third
period Wilmington was leading by
a 31-27 count.
McKoy lead the scorers with 13
[p&iULii. Earl Keister and Captain
Rick Ferrell sank nine points each
for the Western conference win
ners.
Complete play-by-play deserip
,tion of the title game can be found
on the sports page.
CHILDREN DEATHS
BLAMED ON DRUG
Manufacturers Of Analbis
Suppositories Withdraw
Market Supplies
NEW YORK,-March 11 — (U.R) —
The deaths of eight children in
four states believed to have been
caused by a drug administered by
doctor’s prescription was report
ed here today as the city health
commissioner ordered an embargo
on all supplies of the product.
The drug, Analbis suppositories,
administered rectally as medica
tion in throat ailments, has been
withdrawn from the market vol
untarily by the manufacturers
here.
Health Commissioner Dr. Israel
Weinstein in ordering the embargo
appealed to druggists who have
filled prescriptions to notify their
customers not to use the drug.
Used Three Years
The manufacturers, Specific
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., said the
Federal Food and Drug adminis
tration, which approved the drug,
recently received reports of the
medication proving fatal to young
children. The suppositories, how
ever, have been in use three years.
Three of the deaths in which the
drug is believed the cause occurred
here. Two others were reported at
Norwalk, Conn., with the victim in
each case receiving the medication
while hospitalized for tonsilecto
mies.
er was almost sure to ask as he
neared the Port City.'
Then the initiated would explain
to him that the dense smoke was
caused by the manufacture of tur
pentine into the many products
which are known collectively as
naval stores. Among those you
would find tar, pitch, rosin, and
spirits turpentine.
WARM WELCOME—Should the
visitor have no kin folks in the
Port City, he would head his way
for one of the city’s hotels, many
of which have lived in fame.
Dr. Curtis points out that 100
years ago it was customary for
the host at the hotel to introduce
the new-comer to all the bystand
ers in the hotel. This custom. Dr.
Curtis assures us, established for
the visitor a “record as a friend
to all man-kind especially the
southern man-kind.”
A bath to rid himself of smoke
and cinders which accompanied at
that time the traveler on rail
roads, then a good supper was the
i usual procedure.
I The visitor would “come down
| into the waiting room of the hotel,
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Johnson Warns Greek Aid
May Bring So vie t In vasion;
Marshall Wins First Test
WESTERN NATIONS
‘BLOCK’ MOLOTOV
United States, Britain,
France Vote Solid
Against Proposal
MOSCOW, March 11—ilP)—Secre
tary of State George C. Marshall
ivon his first diplomatic triumph in
the Foreign Ministers council to
night when the United States, Bri
tain and Fran ce put up a solid
front and blocked a Russian pro
posal to place the complex China
question on the agenda..
A conference official said the
three Western representatives, op
posing a suggestion by Soviet For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov, in
sisted that China must be present
if Chinese affairs were discussed
in the council, and Molotov final
ly withdrew his proposal.
The Four Foreign ministers then
split wide open when they tackled
the first and least controversial
problem of Germany, the question
of demilitarization, informants dis
closed.
Molotov hurled a broadside of
accusations that the Western na
tions had failed to demilitarize
their occupation zones, and were
keeping German troops in mili
tary formations, contrary to the
Potsdam agreement.
Repeats Accusations
repeating many accusations
which have appeared in the Rus
sian press during the last few
months, Molotov asserted that “ex
cept in obvious cases the elimina
tion of the war potential in the
West has hardly started.’’
Ernest Bevin, British foreign
secretary, answered Molotov blunt
ly that the charges were “unjusti
fied,” and said they reminded
him of “an old lady watching a
parade in which one man was out
of step and then observed they
are all out of step except John
nie.”
Bevin then let loose a diplomatic
bombshell of his own, saying that
while the ministers were on the
subject of demilitarization “it
might be useful” to know the num
ber of prisoners of war held out
side Germany,” the informant
said.
“Then we will be able to see
the situation as a whole, inside
and outside of Germany,” Bevin
was quoted as adding.
Russia never has revealed how
many prisoners of war she is hold
ing in her homeland. All previous
questions on this subject have been
rebuffed.
HOPE OF SAVING
FOUR MEN FADES
Cincinnati Water Works
Employes Buried Under
Debris Of Build’ng
CINCINNATI, March 11 —(/P) —
Hopes of saving four men still
trapped under the twisted rubble
of a collapsed five-story building
diminishe late today as firemen
burrowed deeper under the wreck
age of crumbled bricks and tim
bers, piled more than 30 feet high.
Fire Chief Barney J. Houston
said no sound had been heard
from the men after firemen car
ried Sam Ostrov, owner of the
building, and Roy Bell, a work
man, from the wreckage.
Houston expressed doubt the
trapped men, buried since 9 a.m.,
could be reached in time to save
their lives.
The building gave way this
morning, injuring seven persons
in addition to those caught in the
high-flying, heavy wreckage.
Bell told firemen one of the four
men was about 10 feet from him
under the wreckage.
Cries Cease
“I heard two others shouting
and calling for help for about an
hour,” he said, “but they stopped
a while ago an^ I didn't hear any
more.’
The men still missing are: Wal
ter Teshin, storekeeper for the
firm; A1 Rudd, 45, Covington,
Ky.; his son, Delm'ar Rudd, same
address, and Fred Elsaesser, 56,
a janitor.
Escaping gas and electric wire,
sheared in the collapse, also en
dangered rescue crews.
Several of those injured were
city water department employes
who were working in the building
and nearby repairing a water
main break, which had occurred
several hours before the collapse.
Chief Houston said the basement
of the wrecked building, occupied
by the Western Fixture and Bar
Supply Co., was flooded and the
foundation “apparently was weak
ened.”
CURIOSITY TOSSES
FORMER SS LEADER
IN NOOSE SHADOW
NUERNBERG, Germany, March
11. — WP)— Curiosity got the best
of Wilhelm Burgher.
So today he is a defendant in
jeopardy of the hangman's noose
instead of peddling insurance in
Nuernberg.
Burgher, a leader in the concen- :
tration camp business administra
tion, had been a free man living
under an alias until yesterday.
He read in the Nuemberger
Nachrichten that his old pal Os
wald Pohl, Himmler's hatchet man,
and 17 others were to be arraigned
before a U. S. court for crimes
against humanity.
Burgher wangled a pass to the
courtroom. And there he sat among
the spectators while the SS prison
camp organization was excoriat
ed.
Two of the defendants gazing
over the courtroom recognized
Burgher. They told lawyers they
would not speak while he was
there free.
Burgher scurried from the court
but was traced through his pass
and arrested.
NAVIGATOR DIES
IN WIERD MISHAP
TWA Employe Sucked
From Plane When Astro
dome Breaks Over Sea
NEW YORK, March 11— (JP\ —
Trans-Atlantic airlines using Con
stellation planes moved swiftly to
day to prevent possible recurrence
of the tragedy which took the life
of a Trans-World Airline naviga
tor in a four-mile plunge into icy
North Atlantic waters.
TWA announced a tnree - point
program aimed at preventing sim
ilar occurrences, and American
Overseas Airline and the British
Overseas Airways corporation told
of measures they were adopting.
George Hart, of Sag Harbor,
N. Y., the navigator victim of one
of the strangest accidents in avi
ation history, was thrown from
the plane last night apparently by
combined suction of the outside
air and pressure from inside the
plane after the Astrodome broke
and tore loose from the ship.
No Hope Held
The Coast Guard sent a mes
sage to all ships neai; the scene
of the accident, 500 miles east of
Newfoundland, to be on the look
out for Hart, but virtually no hope
was held that he could have sur
vived the fall.
The navigator was sighting the
stars in the Astrodome, a plastic
bubble atop the Constellation,
when the weird accident occurred.
The astrodome is approximately
18 inches high and about 3 feet in
diameter.
The plane was flying at 19,000
feet when Hart plummeted out.
O. F. “Buddy” Hamilton, of Rich
mond, Va., the pilot, immediately
took the plane down to 10,000 feet
and returned to Gander. New
foundland.
The 21 passengers were unhurt.
Miss Marjorie Page of Washing
ton, D. C., the hostess, suffered
a slight face injury.
KICKS, PUNCHES
LIVEN ASSEMBLY
French Delegates Swap
Blows During Heat
ed Discussion
PARIS, March 11 — W—Kicks
and punches flew between Rightist
and Communist members of the
French National assembly today
at a stormy session devoted to the
discussion of the Viet-Namese re
bellion against French rule in Indo
china.
The ill feeling started when
Pierre Andre, a Rightist, accused
Communist leader Maurice Thorez
from the floor of tacitly support
ing the Viet-Nam revolt and. in
1933, of advocating German unity.
Following a recess, Andre arose
again and complained to the As
sembly that a Communist deputy
named Garcia assaulted him in a
chamber lobby "by blows and
kicks.” The Communists received
the complaints by whistling and
banging the tops of their desks.
Then, after presiding officer
Edouard Herriot dismissed nhe
chamber for the day, opposing
^deputies carried their quarrel into
the cloak-rooms and lobbies where
several small fights *brol^e out.
Love For Carolina Causes
Woman To Risk Jail Term
Mrs. Ollie B. Swett, just natur
ally loves North Carolina.
She loves her land of the Long
Leaf Pine so well that she
wouldn’t be banished — not even
under the penalty of serving a
two year prison sentence.
“You know how it is,” she told
Judge Clawson L. Williams in Su
perior Court yesterday. But Judge
! Williams didn’t allow that he
jkneiy anything about it—whatever
| “it” is.
I Mrs. Swett had been brought
into court on a capias. She hadn’t
lived up to a directed verdict of
the February term of Superior
Court that if she were found in
North Carolina during the next
five years, after March 1, she was
to serve a two year prison term
She had been convicted in Feb
ruary of larceny and receiving,
drunkenness and being a public
nuisance.
She told the court that when
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ATTACK LAUNCHED
ON TRUMAN PLANS
President Slated To Pre
sent Proposals On Mid
dle East Help Today
WASHINGTON, March 11—CU.R>—
On the eve of President Truman’*
plea to Congress for American
arms and money to bulwark the
Near East against Communism,
Sen, Edwin C. Johnson. D., colo.,
warned today that U. S. political
intervention might be followed by
a Russian military invasion of
Greece.
Johnson fired his blast at the
Turko - Greek assistance program
amid a clamor from Republican
Senators and Representatives for
a full and frank statement by the
President of all that is involved in
his porposal to take a stand
against Communism in the East
ern Mediterranean.
It was the first outright attack
on the President’s plan and was
expected to keynote the opposition
in the debate that will get under
way after Mr. Truman lays hi*
cards on the table in address to
both houses of Congress and the
nation at 1 p.m. EST., tomorrow.
To Fight Plan
Johnson denounced tire Presi
dent’s plan as an attempt to “ex
tend the Monroe Doctrine to the
Mediteranean’’ and he said that
he would fight it every inch of the
way.
Johnson said he favored send
ing American food to Greece with
American officials on hand to su
pervise its distribution. But, he
added: “Such relief should be en
tirely free from political consider
ations; otherwise, the moment we
move into Greece, Russia would
be justified to do so also.’’
He said he believed any inter
vention along the lines reportedly
favored by Mr. Truman—as a di
rect move to keep Communism
out of Greece and Turkey—would
be an invitation for Russia to start
her troops moving.
ODUS MULL BEATS
TOUGH GAG RULE
Puts Over Amendment To
Revenue Bill Banning
Sale Of Wine
RALEIGH, March 11 — —
The biennial revenue bill, contain
ing amendments to the state’s con
tinuing revenue act, was passed
on second reading by the House
today, but not until Rep. Odus
Mull of Cleveland had attached to
it an amendment to dry up sale
of wine and beer in Cleveland
county.
The revenue act is designed to
produce an estimated 1184,000,000
in general fund revenues during
the coming biennium.
In sending forward his amend
ment to provide that no licenses
to sell wine shall be issued in
Cleveland after July 1, and au
thorizing the Cleveland commis
sioners to prohibit the sale of beer
after July 1, Mull succeeded in
bringing to the floor the issue of
local prohibitions against the sale
of wine and beer, circumventing
the House’s so-called "gag rule.”
Long Walt
Mull told the House that he had
introduced a bill 63 days ago to
call a referendum in Cleveland on
the wine and beer issue, but that
his bill, along with more than a
score of others to prohibit or regu
late the sale of vine and beer in
various counties and cities, had
been held tenaciously by the House
Finance committee.
"It has never been my habit to
crawl on my belly and beg, but
I’m forced to do it today,” Mull
said in pleading for adoption of
his amendment.
WEATHERMAN SAYS
CITY WILL ENJOY
MORE FAIR SKIES
The mercury is continuing its
upward climb of Die past few day*
as the local weather bureau pre
dicts a high of 64 degrees for to
day, slightly warmer than yester
day. No rain is in the forecast for
today, but the weatherman sayi
he can’t keep on promising fair
! skies.
The rains of last week caused
the river stage at Fayetteville to
rise high above the normal 12 foot
stage, but the water did not rise
to a dangerous level.
The river reached a peak of 23.5
feet on Monday, but was down to
20.5 yesterday.
! And So To Bed
It isn’t spring yet, according
to our Gregorian calendar, but
that is no deterrent to young
love.
This fact was evident last
night to two men who were
waiting for a bus in front of
the Murchison building.
“Look,” said one, indicating
a space on the building front
I near where they were stand
ing.
“According to this, some
body’s in love.”
Written there in bold red
I crayon was this succinct state
ment for all the world to ge«t
“I love John. Margaret.’* u