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r" WEATHER ~ ~z~~: ~r. , —__ _ _ Served By Leased Wires f0K WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: MB ■ ■ SB M ■ VI M 0| the ?'on'"and evening thundershowers and I LJ |A| ASSOCIATED PRESS warm Sunday. Not so ■ HV ■■ ■MMji Mi ■■■ VMM and the 3«i— int __ _Bitviy -ieeks U- — -__ ^flTIKie g!®l5T emfV®g’P)ia©igil3E68 flMB E>IUgA$yEie>fo l—— — N“'."“ - <^79__N0121.-----. WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1947 SECTION A—PRICE TEN CENTS Bigger Jams deported At Beaches Here Wrightsville And Carolina Report Larger Crowds Than Usual EXPECT record today Wilmington Lives Up To Name As Gateway To Summer Fun wlmington. even more than in '*ast yesterday went to the ®e p/5 the gateway to the South ern playground of North Caro vrf‘ Both Wrightsville and Caro f Beach reported that larger ds than usual had already ar °ed to begin the weekend. Police at Carolina Beach said J. the resort was entertaining an estimated 3.500 persons who en ved bathing and boardwalk ac ?;„ies The weather was sum as "the prettiest day this S' It was hoped that the would shine for the large crowd expected today. Wrightsville Beach was swamp with a multitude of cars, keep z nolice busy during yesterdays crowd. Police at the local ; “rt estimated the crowds at (.000 persons, "by far the ^largest Saturday crowd this yeai. Fishing was the major sport at W-khtsville. Piers were jammed with" out-of-town as well as local anglers. The water was reported to je a little chilly but with _the weather liiau’s prediction of 85 degrees for today, it was expected it would be warm enough even for the most timid. Reports from the beach stated that “if the weather holds Sunday like yesterday, a top crowd is exoected tomorrow. Restaurants and other beach j concessions flourished with the, large pre-weekend crowd, as they; played host to the many fun seek ers. As the weather turned from cool io warmer the downtown district of Wilmington was jammed by many Saturday afternoon shqjpers and those heading for the ocean spots. NEW HIGHWAY WORK PLANNED Three Contracts To Be Let Within Ten Days, Betts Says All money allocated to New Hanover county for highway im provement work in the fiscal year frorr July 1946-47 will be spent, and three new contracts for road paving in Winter Park and C'aro lis i Beach n•• '■*.< d t h ’ * within the next 10 days. T. T. Bf’h. (Kvi-ih a :er t the State Highway commission in eastern North Carolina told t h e Star-News last night. Betts confirmed an earlier re port by A. H. Graham. Raleigh, to the effect that New Hanover county had received “its share of toad improvement work.’’ Graham also promised to send an ‘ ;m this c nty to de teurr im- d of n?.v’o<r fork, an earlier report said, after kerning the Wilmington Board of Realtors had lent its support to taring the road paving pro Itam locally. Betts said the Carolina Beach Project, due to start shortly, was 9 S10.000 program. He did not live any figures on the Winter • ark program, but said all of the ->np pnn -a »o ** Hanover countv would be spent. Pointed out that the $50. bridge improvement work over Jiipatn- nrppi- Bw-i'wick v'or, charged to Brunswick coun " 'vas henefitting New Hanover *ounty more than the area that P?|d the money. The Weather Cnt'l 7:30 P.M.. Sunday WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: ysi warm tonight and Sunday; parj aay ,5nd tonight, warmer today; * 'W Sunday; lowest tempera 86 j. degrees, highest Sunday lv .V1^eas* gentle to moderate souther tloUj® „K0RTH CAROLINA: Partly tonight . j er today, continued warm “nd Sunday; scattered afternoon For "’ £L0.Et'y in west portion. Soudv -S0L,TH CAROLINA: Partly F’ued , sIir?<rtly warmer today, con ^/..ann tonight and Sunday, with Bostlv a‘lei'noon thundershowers, FOR TLl'*lll'W't portion. X. c THR OCEAN ZONE. HATTERAS, Gentle’ 0 JACKSONVILLE, FLA.: it;:, toni»M0derate southerly winds to *eather. 8 and Sundsy: partly cloudy ,gEa“er" standard Time) MeteomL ’ S’ "faUler Bureau) •rding ,.,°g,cal data for the 24 hours s 7-30 p.m. yesterday. 1:30 a n Temperatures '? P m. ’ 7s 7:30 a m- 65: 1:30 P ™- 84: 87; Minimum 62: Mean 74: . a.m a,. .H“midi‘y Pap ■ ‘-30 a-m- 93: 1:20 p.m. 56; , Total for ,, Er'ci|’itation j “Kites. h°Urs end'iig 7:30 p.m. — ,s* inches.1 C the first 0 ■ the month — , (From ,5nT‘4s For Today 1 Sp Co«'st anTr Ta.,hiteS pubUshed bV 51 and Geodetic Survey). ^‘‘ftingto'i High Low 7:30 a.in. 2:49 a.m. toab°F° Inlet 8-:?„p.’S? ,V4B m’ <* n. 11.o4 a.m. 5 u? C 0:02 p m- p.m. lUi).: \i„’ , • 118; Moon rise ,8lVer ...I onsPl 5:12 p.m. | Sata^ a^^Vme’ N’ C- atS nt'nUe,J on Page Four; Col. 2) UNC PLANS AID TO NEW HANOVER IN COLLEGE WORK CHAPEL HILL, May 17—It was learned here today from an authorative source that the University ot North Carolina will give the Nc :i Hanover County Board of Education all possible assistance in estab lishing a two-yea* junior col lege cfburse, and that t'e coun ty’s school authorities will o*' 1 ler such a course when the - school semester starts. HANNEGANlAY * BE INVESTIGATED House Committee Chairman Suspects Dual Jobs Harmful WASHINGTON, May 17—(U.R)— Chairman Edward H. Rees of the House Post Office and Civil Serv ice committee, said today he would like to find out whether Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan is interfering with the duties of Postmaster Gen eral Robert E. Hannegan. The Kansas Republican disavow ed any political motive in his curiosity. “It is.” he said, “just a ques tion of efficiency in the post of fice department.” • He emphasized that the matter of dual-responsibilities was but a minor phase of an investigation which his committee plans to make of the post office department 3s soon as the house endows it with investigatory and subpena pow ers. Legislation tto do that has been cleared for House considers-1 tion. “It is my personal feeling,” Rees I said, “that the man who is ap pointed to head an agency that employs more peop’e than any oth er single government department and one which renders such im portant service, should be one who gives his full time and thought to his job. His attention should not be diverted by other duties.” U. S. IMPORTS 350 SCIENTIST? _ i Germans To Be Paid Sal aries To Aid Develop ment Here FRANKFURT. Germany, May 17.—(VP)—The United States has imported 350 German scientists, including some of the top men be hind Germany’s war effort, for a wide variety of military and civi lian reserach projects. Disclosing many details of this long-secret “operation paperclip,” U. S. Army headquarters here said the Germans’ work has “already put the United States 10 years ahead of scredule in some fields of research and has saved mil lions of dollars in research costs.” All certified non-Nazis, the Ger mans are being employed under War Department supervision in the U. S. in such fields as guided missiles, supersonic speed aircraft, jet engines, cancer, 'photography, Meteorology, metallurgy, textiles and cereals. Some of the scientists soon will be released to American industry under sdpervision of the Depart ment of Commerce, the army said. FBI Forced To Seek Agents In State Employment Office BY BOB KLINE | Staff Writer "For the first time in its history, the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion has to resort to recruiting i agents through public employment I offices. This bit of startling infor mation was sadly admitted yester day by J. Edgar Hoover director, to the Wilmington Star-News. And the Wilmington office of the North Carolina State Employment Ser vice is trying to help “The Boss”, as Hoover is affectionately called by those who work for this dyna mic batchelor who spends much of bis leisure time at sand-lot base ball with the kids of his native Washington. ; Nationally the bureau needs several thousand more employes to cope with its newly - added duties, which include enforcement of president Truman’s loyalty pro gram for government workers and examining applicants for jobs re lated to atomic energy, the FBI told the Sunday Star-News yester day. W. H. Powell, manager of the state employment service here, told the Star-News that many local college graduate - ex - GI’s have been interviewed and referred to the Wilmington FBI office. Formerly all prospective agenjs were required to have college de gres in either law or accounting, but now, Powell said, “the limits have be° 1 lowered to allow hirin° man with degrees in any subject.” Law and accounting graduates ere still preferred, he added. Five hundred agents and 2,000 clerks are to be hired for the leyalty program, an FBI official said. At least one hundred thousand investigations will be required in checking everyone who will have access to restricted information 'bout atomic energy, FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover has estimated. From a wartime oeak of ’5 001 employes 5.000 of whom were agents, the H’BT dropped last vear to about 7,400 but will have about (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) 3. EDGAR HOOVER Spanish War Vets In Cane ‘Duel’ Over Lady SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS and residents of Soldiers’ Home in Washington, D. C„ Emilio “Count” Capeto (left), 69, and John L. Cook (right), 67, nurse their brumes and exhibit the "weap ons” with which they fought an affair of honor over Mrs. Leona Huff (centtr), Capital matron who was a witness to the fracas. The “duel” was aired in Municipal Court when Cook made a complaint that Capeto hit him on the head with his cane when Cook hinted that three made a crowd in escort ing Mrs. Huff home. (International). President Braves Near-To mado Weather To Fly To Suddenly Strick en Aged Mother -- » TRUMAN TO SIGN AID BILL LATER Matter Must Await His Return; Has Ten Days WASHINGTON, May 17. — (fPi — President Truman’s absence from Washington at the bedside of his mother in Grandview, Mo., will de lay his signing of tne $400,000,000 Greek-Turkish assistance bill. Eben Ayers. Presidential aide, told reporters today that Mr. Tru man had planned to sign the measure Monday or Tuesday. He said the ceremony will be post poned pending the outcome of Mrs. Martha Truman’s illness. The presi dent flew to Grandview today to be with her. Congress gave final approval to the measure Thursday and Mr. Tru man has 10 days to affix his signa ture and make it law. Meanwhile, he is seeking a director tor the aid program, whose nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. GERMAN BLACK MARKET CHIEF IS ARRESTED BERLIN. May 17. —(/P)—Agents of U. S. military government have smashed one of Berlin’s biggest black maiket rings and arrested the leader a 50-vear-old German named Karl Jahn. Officials said Jahn began his operations in Hol land during the German occupa tion there and then switched to the lush profits available in Ber lin under the Allied occupation. Jahn, described as “A very clever guy” bv American agents, was sent to Holland in 1942 with 100,000.000 marks to make pur chases for the German army. One of his fraudulent operat ions, American officials said, was to purchase a large consignment of “cocoa for the Wehrmacht, which turned out to be brick dust w'hen the German quartermasters re ceived it.” Called From White House At Three A. M. BULLETIN GRANDVIEW, Mo., May 17 —;7P,i—President Truman said tonight (10 p.m. EST) that his 94-year-cld mother, Mrs. Martha E. Truman, is making a terrific uphill fight in her battle for life. BY ROY CALVIN GRANDVIEW, Mo., May 17. — (U.R) — President Truman braved the kind of weather that hatches tornadoes today to reach the bedside of his criti cally ill mother, who early this morning suffered two heart at tacks. He landed a few minutes aft er the Kansas weather bureau issued a formal tornado warn ing, based on a report from the Olathe Naval air station 25 miles to the west. The wind nad become strong from the South and rain sheeted across the runways. Later, the weather bureau withdrew its tornado warning as 'a false one. Neither at the bureau nor at the Olathe tqwer wculd anyone discuss it but it -was un derstood an observer had mistaken a column of smoke for a funnel. Th\e weather was extremely bad. Mr. Truman found his mother in full possession of her faculties. Charlie G. Ross, his press secre tary, said Mrs. Martha E. Tru man was very happy to see him ar.d that they ehatted a few min utes. He brought her a box of red roses and snapdragons. Brig. Gen., Wallace Graham, the President’s personal physician, said mother1 Truman’s heart began to grow weaker yesterday. “It’s just a case of a fine old machine wearing out.” he said. Graham said Mother Truman suffered two heart attacks during (Continued on Page 15; Col. 1) HOSPITAL WEEK TO CLOSE TODAY Ceremony At Community Hospital To End Ob servance Here National Hospital Week, which has been observed by local hos pitals and doctors during the past week, will close with a program on the lawn of the Community hos pital this afternoon at 5 o’clock, according to Miss M. E. Greene, superintendent. The week began Monday with open house for the public being observed at the local hospital. The program is scheduled to be short, but interesting with mem bers of the New Hanover county commissioners and school system being present. “The public is cordially invited to attend and open house will be observed in the hospital between four and six o’clock,” Miss Greene said. Honored LOUIS B. ORRELL yester day was offered and accept ed Governor Cherry’s commis sion as official representative for North Carolina at the na tional convention of the Ameri can Shore and Beach Preser vation association to convene in Asbury Park, N. J. May 27.. SENCRA TO MEET 0. K. APPOINTMENT Appointment Recognizes Importance Of Beach Group Louis B. Orrell, chairman of the South Eastern North Carolina Beach Association has been in vited by Governor Cherry to act as representative of the state at a meeting of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Associa tion, convening in Asbury Park, N. J. May 27-28. Upon Orrell’s acceptance of the post, he will be commissioned by Governor Cherry as the s t a t e’s official representative. Meanwhile SENCBA has sched uled a meeting for tomorrow afternoon to take care of the for mality of approving the appoint ment, it was announced yesterday. SENCBA is primarily concerned with preservation of the nation’s beaches and the protection of its shores against erosion, and local officials view the appointment of Orrell as a boon to future work ir North Carolina. Orrell has said that he will ac cept the appointment, subject to approval of SENCBA, according to sources close to him. Attending the New Jersey meet ing will be national and state dig nitaries including the chief of the U. S. Army engineers, a major Wheeler. BUBBLE GUM SORES CHARLOTTE, May 17.—<A>)—A group of 25 students at the Glen wood school here has developed mouth sores and health officials say bubble gum is responsible, al though they don’t know whether it’s from something in the gum Itself or merely from too much chewing. PORT AND WATERWAY FACILITIES North Carolina State Ports Authority Plans To Make Five-Day Inspection Tour Beginning Thursday, May 22 . A five-day inspection tour of North Carolina’s port and water way facilities and potential re sources will be made by the North Carolina State Ports authority, be ginning at Fayetteville Thursday afternoon and ending at Manteo Tuesday morning, R. B. Page, chairman of the authority, an nounced yesterday. The several hundred miles trip w’ill be made aboard two survey boats of the Corps of Engineers, War department, made available by Col. George W. Gillette, of At lanta, head of the South Atlantic division of the Engineers. In announcing the extensive first-hand study of the harbors and waterways, P ge said its purpose will be three-fold. First, it will serve to better ac quaint authority members with North Carolina’s great wealth in water transportation means. This, he added, is quite important in formulating plans to establish an office of the authority, made pos sible fey an annual appropriation of $50,000 for its operation by the recent General Assembly, in the near future. “We are anxious to know exact Ij what we have and what is need ed in preparing our budget to car ry out the authority’s obligations to develop and promote the state’s waterway facilities with the view of accommodating and encourag ing their use,” Page stated. “Second.” he continued, “we be lieve it will serve to better inJTorm all North Carolinians of the fa cilities available for water com merce and encourage them to take advantage of them with a re sultant tremendous savings in freight costs. It is the intentions of the authority to give equal prominence to all ports and water ways and a tour such as this is the best and most impartial means of doing it.” “Third, a formal session of the authority will be held during the tour. During this meeting, plans are expected to be completed for a counter proposal to the U. S. Maritime commission for lease of the northern part of the now-idle shipyard here for conversion into deep - water terminals. Establish ed the proposed office of the authority will also be considered ( some discussion will be given a legislative program for 1949,” Page said. In beginning the tour at Fayette ville, authority members will in spect the municipal and oil termi nals there and probably visit Fort Bragg briefly. They will be the guests aboard the yacht of Oscar Breece, prominent Fayetteville civic leader, for cocktails and will be entertained at a banquet that night. Forming the group there will be Page, W. O. Kuske, Fay etteville wholesale hardware deal er; Henry Wilson, Morganton furniture manufacturer; A. M. Myers, Gastonia banker and tex tile industrialist, and Harry White, Winston- Salem tobacco executive, all members of the authority. Also j aboard will be Col. Gillette and Col. Beverly C. Snow. Wilmington district engineer. Cy Gibbs, More head City attorney and state legis lator, will later join the party (Continued on Page 14; Col. 6) SIXTY TAKEN ILL, BELIEVED POISONED DURING RECEPTION -- 1 NEW HANOVER LEADS NATION’S NEWS READERS New Hauove. County, North ! Carolina, leads the nation in newspaper readership accord ing to a special study in “Sales Management” magazine’s new 1947 Survey of Buying Power, published today. The Survey’s new sec n on “Media Coverage of Leading County Markets,” rated as a reliable index to local ving standards, shows that com bined daily newspaper circu lation in New Manover County amounts to 282 per cent of the total number of families in the county. This puts New Hanover County at the head of the 1,087 counties listed which are credited with 89 per cent of the nation’s retail sales in 1945. The Survey lists 17,100 fami lies in New Hanover County in 1946 and places combined daily newspaper circulation for the first half of 1946 at 48,200. MARKETSINKS TO A NEW LOW Hits Average Low For Bet ter Than Two Years; Day Active NEW YORK, May 17. — (TP) — The stock market today emerged from its heaviest losing week since last September with a fur ther nosedive to a new average low for better than two years on the broadest and most active Sat urday dealings in fifteen months. As in the Friday relapse, and preceding downward sessions, sell ing was attributed mainly to growing apprehension regarding a possible substantial business re cession later in 1947. Other liqui dating factors included skepticism over wage - price problems, labor legislation, tax relief and interna tional affairs. Good dividends and earnings virtually were ignored in the majority of cases. Today’s losses, running to 2 or more points, were shaded here and there at the close by a little short covering and bargain-buying and a handful of pivotals managed to show modest advances. Deal ings were lively throughout. Transfers of 980,000 shares com pared with 240,000 a week ago and were a top for a two-hour stretch since Feb. 16. 1946. The week’s total of 6.138 045 shares was the largest since the period concluded April 19. Last wek’s figure was 3,702,771. The Associated Press 60 - stock composite was off .8 of a point at 58.5, a low since Jan. 25, 1945. It was. the widest Saturday dip since last Jan. 11. The week’s loss of 3.6 points was the most severe since the first week in September. Ii was the broadest brief session since Feb. 8. of 899 issues regis tering, 699 fell and only 70 rose. Dragnet Spread For Negro In Second Atlanta Attack -----* CITY TRAFFIC INCREASED BY BRIDGE OPENING North and South bound traffic through Wilmington has increased already since the re-opening of the Santee river bridge and paved causeways early yesterday just south of Georgetown, S. C., it was reported last night. This section of U. S. highway 17, is now fully restored, and clears the route of all detours and delays to tourists and to those who com mute to the nearby cities. The bridge was severely dam aged several weeks ago by fire, halting all ocean highway traffic along that route, and extensive repairs were administered to the river bridge and section of road way^ ATLANTA, Ga„ May 17—(U.R)— Police spread a dragnet tonight for a “tall, very young Negro” who fled after attempting to attack an attractive housewife three miles from the fashionable Peachtree Creek section where Mrs. Paul Refoule was brutally assaulted and strangled late Wednesday. The latest incident of violence might have given police their sec ond murder in three days except for the quick thinking of Mrs. Don Quisenberry. Leaving her home to go out to the mail box, the Negro ler^ped at her and threw her to the ground in the thick shrubbery at the side of the house. But she kicked and screamed and he fled before she was harmed. Police answered the call and used bloodhounds in aa effort to track the Negro. But the dogs were unable to pick up the assail ants scent. Authorities declined definitely to link the Quisenberry attack with the Howell Mill garroting of the socially prominent wife of French-1 art instructor Paul Refoule. How-1 ever, the similiarity between the two cases was obvious. NEW FLIGHT RECORD MADE BY RICKENBACKER _ MIAMI, Fla., May 17—UP)—A Constellation airliner set a new Burbank-to-Miami transcontinental commercial speed record of 6i hours 54 minutes and 57 seconds today. The plane, a new Eastern Air liner with Capt. Eddie Rickenback er aboard and H. T. (Dick) Mer rill at the controls, sped at an aver age of 340 miles an hour over the 2,348 miles to better the record ■ set a month ago by a Pan Ameri-i can-Grace Douglas DC-6 cf 7 hours : 14 minutes. i Hospitals In Three Towns Needed To Care For Sick EASTHAMPTON, Mass., May 17.—(TP)—More than 60 persons, believed to have been poisoned, were taken to hos pitals in Northampton, Holyoke and Springfield today after attending a wedding reception dinner. ’ROUND WORLD VIA TWO POLES Captain Odom Announces Proposal For New Globe Girdling MINNEAPOLIS, May 17—CU.R)— Capt. William P. Odom, round the-world flier, said today plans were nearly complete for a new globe circling flight via the North and South Poles in either a B-29 or a converted A-26 bomber. Odom, who established a record when he recently piloted the Rey nolds Bombshell, a converted A-26, around the world, said plans for the flight will be announced in New York in about a week. He said the proposed North South Pole flight had been discus sed with government authorities as well as permission to use a B-29. One route considered in event a B-29 is used, Odom said, starts at New York, then over the North Pole to Calcutta, to Capetown, South Africa, to New Zealand, Hawaii and back to New York. For the shorter range A-26, Odom said one route studied is from New York to Fairbanks across to Europe, to New Zealand, over Little America, to Terra Del Fuego on the southern tip of South America and then up to New York. CORPS PLANS FIRST SHOWING IN UNIFORM The premier showing in uniform of the Wilmington American Legion Post No. 10 Drum and Bugle corps has been set for Tues day night at 8 o’clock in front of the postoffice, R. T. Berman, di rector, reported last night. Shortly before the concert, the musical marchers, who are ex pected to win the |\Torth Carolina Legion crown in tWe forthcoming Carolina Beach convention, will parade from Third and Market streets to the postoffice building. Berman, who recently promised Wilmington the state crown in the Drum and Bugle corps competi tion, has asked all members of the Wilmington post to be present with the Legion caps in display. In pledging the local post would win the honors at the beach con vention. Berman asked only for “the cooperation of all members of the corps.” INVESTIGATION ORDERED WASHINGTON, May 17 — (IP) — The House Small Business com mittee today ordered an investiga tion of what it called economic concentration and monopolistic practices in the tire industry. The names of seven guests were ilaced on the danger list. Dr. Thomas F. Corriden. chief )f staff at the Cooley Dickinson icspital in Northampton, said that >5 persons were admitted there and the names of three placed on the danger list. He described the condition of the others as “serious,” although not critical. Se said all apparently were suf fering from food poisoning. The bridegroom, Donald J. Houle, who w'as married this morning to Rose A. Yagamin. was one of those in serious condition, fie added. At Mercy hospital in Springfield, the name of Mrs. Helen May Clark. 50, a guest, was placed on the danger list. The condition of two other guests w'as described as “fair”. Thre other persons were listed as on the danger list at Provi dence hospital in Holyoke. Dr. Corriden said he had direct ed police to seize samples of food served at the dinner, for purposes of analysis. The bride was not affected. She said she was so excited that she ate and drank nothing. BISHOP MCNAMARA SUCCEEDS CURLEY Pope To Name Permanent Replacement For Archbishop BALTIMORE, May 17—OP)—'The Most Rev. John M. McNamara of Washington was selected today as administrator of the archdiocese* of Baltimore and Washington while approximately 450,000 Roman Cath olics mourned their archbishop, the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, who died Friday night. Bishop McNamara, senior auxili ary in the dioceses, was selected by nine counselors to serve until the Pope appoints a successor to Archbishop Curley, who was 67 years old. The administrator is pastor of St. Gabriels church in Washington. The counselors also arranged for the burial of the archbishop, who at the time of his death was rank ing Catholic bishop in the United States as head of the Primal See in Baltimore. The body will lie in state in the Cathedral from 4 p.m. Sunday until funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. A guard of honor drawn from various church organizations will stand in the cathedral which is being draped inside and out in mourning. The Most Rev. Amleto G. Cicog nani, Apostolic delegate to the United States, wiil pontificate the solemn requiem Mass Thursday. A sermon will be delivered by Bishop McNamara. Burial will be in the crypt be neath the Cathedra] alter beside. Archbishop Curley’s preders the late James Cardinal Gibbons. GREEK CHURCH HEAD RETIRES Patriarch Maximos V Leves Istanbul For Greece ISTANBUL, May 17.—t/P}—Pa triarch Maximos V said goodbye to his Holy Synod today and >lanned to sail Monday for Greece, probab ly never again to sit upon one of the world’s mightiest religious thrones. Beset by a nervous disorder since shortly after his accession in February, 1946, the ruler of the Greek Orthodox church turned over with restricted authori' the powers of his office to Archbishop r rotheos of Princes islands. His Holiness told newsmen he hoped to return “completely re cc.-ered” from his illness, but as sociates said they had misgivings. His departure will be the first leave-taking from the patriarchate of a church ruler since Patriarch Joseph went to Moscow in 1580 to establish the Russian church. PHONE STRIKE SPREADS AGAIN FOR INSTALLERS WASHINGTON, May 17.—OP)— The National Telephone strike, which had appeared heading swift ly for a patchwork settlement, flared anew on a country-wide scale tonight with an order for reinforced picket lines of equip ment installation men. The National Associat' n of Com munications Equipment Worker® accused the Western Electric con* pany of making an “open declara tion of war and of “union busting” tactics. It directed its members to man again the picket line* that had been abandoned over * great part of the country and called for “the a'd of all legitimat* labo* unions in i,vi struggle,"