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VOL- 80-NO. 242 -----WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947 " --
ESTABLISHED 1867
ACL TO Seek
Service Cut
Thirty-Eight Small Towns
Would Be Affected By
Schedule Slash
Thirty-eight small communities
located from Wilmington to Ports
mouth, Virginia are threatened
with the discontinuance of the At
lantic Coast Line railroad trains
which furnish them almost all their
mail- express and passenger serv
jve it was learned last night.
Notices have been posted along
the 241 miles of Atlantic Coast Line
railroad from Wilmington to Ports
mouth, Va., advising- that appli
cation will be made on June 5 to
»be Utilities commission for per
mission to discontinue all day
time train service at 38 of its sta
tions along that route.
The railroad company proposes
to discontinue trains number 48
and 49. the only two trains giving
bay-light service at 38 of the 42
itaations along this 241 miles of
railroad.
Losing Money
Atlantic Coast Line officials last
night said that the reason for elim
inating the service was that the
trains were “losing money,” and
added that that is usually ihe mo
tive behind discontinuing any train
service. "When the trains are mak
ing money, or even breaking even,
they are kept in operation.” The
small amount of traffic along the
route does not warrant the con
tinuance of the service, it was said
The railroad operates trains num
ber 45 and 46 along most of this
route, but these trains stop at
only four points and are of no
service to the 38 smaller towns
along the route, it was learned.
Trains 41 and 42 operate late at
night and are of little service to
the smaller towns for mail, ex
press or passengers, but the trains
the railroad proposes to dicontinue
furnish practically all of that serv
ice to the 38 smaller communities
of this route.
Residents Protest
According to residents along the
route, who would be affected by the
action, comparatively little incon
venience or interruption in service
would be felt if the four other
trains, 45, 46, which stops at only
four points, or 41 and 42, which
operates at night, were discontin
ued. But the discontinuance ol
trains 48 and 49 will be keenly felt
along the route, it was pointed out
If the trains are discontinued, the
imaller towns’ mail will be delay
ed a full day, even to communities
close by.
INVALIDS BREAK
STATIC BUGABOO
Baltimore Brothers Pro
duce Radio Set Which
Noise Don’t Bother
BALTIMORE, May 28 — (/P) -
Two invalid brothers who hav6
been repairing radios tor a living
said today they had perfected a
receiving set which eliminated the
biggest bug of modern broadcast
ing-static.
C. Baker and Robert L. Story
developed the receiver in their re
pair shop, with Baker doing most
of the "inventing”. He has been
working with radios for 22 years
“W > regard this as^ the most im
portant development in radio
since 1925. when the superhetero
dyne was introduced,” Baker said
today.
If their set can do all the broth
ers claim, it might conceivably
revolutionize the radio market.
Their receiver is for amplitude
modulation broadcasts, the pre
vailing type at present. If practic
able, it would match the principal
advantage of the developing fre
quency modulation system — ab
sence of static — while retaining
long-range reception.
Baker said his new set picks up
AM broadcasts which sound bet
ter than FM.
Both Invalids
The Storys have been battling
against nature for the last seven
years to produce their new type
•et. Both are invalids.
Their receiver is in a "patent
pending” status with the govern
ment and the brothers are ready
to negotiate for its production. Un
til they are protected with patents,
they decline to discuss ‘.echn’cal
Aspects of their development.
The Storys demonstrated recent
See INVALIDS On page Two
The Weather
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
North Carolina—Considerable cloudi
and warm with scattered thunder
•torms Thursday, followed by clearing
*nd cooler West portion Thursday night.
Friday partly cloudy and cooler, except
thundersnowers and continued warm
coastal area.
South Carolina—Considerable cloudi
and warm with scattered thunder
storms Thursday, followed by clearing
*nd cooler Northwest portion Thursday
^ghy Fridjy partly cloudy and cooler,
except showers and continued warm
coasts ?~*>as.
Metec logical data for the 24 hours
dlng 7:30 p m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
J:3° rn. 71; 7:30 a. m. 75; 1:30 p. m.
7-20 p m. 77; Maximum 85; Mini
mum 70; Mean 77; Normal 74.
HUMIDITY
J:30 a m. 99; 7:30 a. m. 92; 1:30 p. m.
7;30 p. m. 81.
precipitation
Totai for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.
inches.
5^' " since the first of the month
*'** inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
8 „rom the Tide Tables published by
- Coast and Geodetic Survey).
HIGH Low
^'ngton .— 5:25 a.m. 12:09 a.m.
u 6:03 p.m. 12:36 p m.
«*onboro Inlet 3:22 a.m. 9:43 a.m.
• . 4:05 p.m. 10:15 p.m.
j.n,nrise 5:02; Sunset 7:16; Moonrise
Moonset 2:15a.
B * r sta8e at Fayetteville, N. C. at
m. Wednesday 10.4 feet.
More WEATHER On F»(« Tw®
Miller May “Rest”
At Wife’s Old Home
jLumberton Citizens Now Voice Probability
That Victim Of “Love Shooting” Will Bp
Taken To Currin Farm i
By RANDOLPH S. HANCOCK
Staff Correspondent
LUMBERTON, May 29e— The
probability that David Miller,
young Robeson county merchant,
will be carried to the home of
his father-in-law when he is re
leased from Baker sanatorium next
wee! . as voiced here today.
Miller was shot with a .38 calibre
pistol Sunday morning. May 11,
by Fred Wiggins, young Negro
mpioyed by Allen Currin. Mil'er's
jtther-in-law, as he slept in hts
bed at home.
And with this speculation, the
case which has attracted nation-)
wide
new dt.
pretty 2‘.
Currin to xjCA - „ mothe. of two
children. is alleged to have
hired Wiggins, by givmg him
small sums of money during a
three-week period, to shoot her
husband and "make it look like
suicide.”
Dr. Stephen McIntyre, Miller’s
physician, said the young man
would be able to leave the hospital
by middle of next week if he con
See MILLER on Page Two
Thieves Steal Evidence
Of Missouri Vote Fraud
“DIFFICULTIES”
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 28
(£*)—A defense lawyer In the
murder trial of Louise Overell
and George Gollum was In
rogating prospective jurors
about home life and parent
hood.
“Do you have domestic dif
ficulties in your home?” the
attorney querist.
“Sure do,” replied a venire
man. “My mother-in-law just
had five operations.”
CITY COUNCIL SET
FOR ORGANIZATION
Rumble Of Possible Tax
Boost Already Audible
Around Hall Offices
The new city council will hold
its organization meeting Saturday.
But action on the outcome of a
new budget for the muncipa] gov
ernment will be in the air for a
few weeks.
Whether the budget will be in
creased over this year has not
been determined. But that there
is some difference of opinion al
ready is apparent.
That became evident yesterday
as council members and city of
ficials at the city hall undertook
disscussions. Mayor Ronald Lane
expressed a hope that no increase
in municipal government revenues
will be necessary.
City Manager J. R. Benson was
not so sure. Previously, at the last
council session, he had said the
city will just about squeeze
through on this year’s budget as
compared with a $67,000 general
fund surplus 12 months ago.
City Auditor D. B. Padgett was
non-committal. One city official,
who declined to be quoted, declar
ed he could see no reason why it
would not be necessary to in
crease the tax rate.
CONGRESS TO PROBE
COMMUNIST “ANGLE”
IN REYNOLDS STRIKE
WASHINGTON, May 28. —(TP)—
Charges that a strike at the R. J.
Reynolds Ttobacco company at
Winston-Salem, N. C., is Com
munist-inspired are slated for a
Congressional investigation. Chair
man J. Parnell Thomas (R.-N.J.)
said today.
No date for beginning the in
quiry was given by Thomas.
Thomas’ announcement came aft
er Rep. Bonner (D.-N.C.) pro
posed to the House Unamerican
Activities committee that a sub
committee go to North Carolina
for an inquiry. The committee ap
proved Bonner’s recommendation,
Thomas said.
MASKED BANDITS GET
$87,000 IN HOLDUP
AT COLUMBIA, S. C.
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 28. — (£>)
— Three masked men, one armed
with a rifle, staged a dawn hold
up here today that netted a re
ported $87,000 in cash from a home
in a fashionable residential sec
tion.
D. A. and S. C. Murray, brothers
who have had extensive retail liqu
or store interests, told Chief of De
tectives W. H. Rawlinson the men
broke in the rear door of their
home, beat them up and forced
them to disclose the money, buried
in the cellar.
The Murrays’ invalid mother, 90,
and her nurse, who was bound and
gagged,, were unable to give an
alarm. _' \
Steel Doors In Vault Of
Board Of Elections
Office Rifled
KANSAS CITY, May 28 - «P) _
Evidence upon which a state
grand jury returned vote fraud
indictments was stolen today.
Thieves broke down two steel
doors in the vault of the Kansas
City Board of Election Commis
sioners and rifled the contents of
three metal poll boxes, containing
ballots, poll books and tally
sheets.
This was evidence used by the
grand jury during a two months
investigation of alleged vote jug
gling in the August Democratc
primary election, which attained
national prominence when Pres
ident Truman urged defeat of
Rep. Roger C. Slaughter, Demo
cratic Congressman from the
Fifth Missouri district. Slaughter
was running in a district adjacent
to Truman’s home district.
The theft took place less than
12 hours after the grand jury had
completed its statutory term with
a report expressing belief that
Slaughter had been deprived of
the nomination through a mis
counting of the ballots, thus giving
victory to the President’s se
lection, Enos Axtell. Axtell was
defeated in the general election by
Republican Albert L. Reeves, Jr.
Theft Reported
Report of the theft reached the
U. S. Senate Judiciary committee
shortly after it opened a hearing
ofi a request that the body con
sider a full scale investigation in
to the alleged “failure” of U.S.
Attorney Tom C. Clark to act in
connection with the Kansas City
primary.
Clark, who was at the hearing,
immediately directed the FBI to
“check into’’ the theft.
Original probe of the alleged
vote fraud was undertaken by the
Kansas City Star. In a three
months period a staff of investi
gators employed by The Star un
covered what they termed whole
sale juggling of the count, vote
buying and coercion.
Later The Star’s file was turned
over to County Prosecutor James
Kimbrell and a grand Jury called.
Most of the 71 persons named
in the 81 indictments were accus
ed o' making false returns from
an election or aiding in mak’ing
false returns.
Hugh C. Moore, foreman of the
jury, declared the theft “might
mean the result of eight week’s
work by the jury is destroyed. ’
“To me,” he added, “the theft
looks like a brazen admission of
guilt on the nart of someone.
Ciies Machine
At Jefferson City, Grover C.
Dalton, Republican state chair
See THIEVES Steal
CAB TO REVIEW
AIRLINE AWARD
South East Airlines Pro
testing Board Decision
On Local Certificate
MORNING STAR Washington
Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 28—Pe
titions for reconsideration of
the Southeastern States Case
decision are under “active re
view” by the Civil Aeronautics
Board, Senator Olin D. Johns
ton of South Carolina was in
formed today by the CAB.
State Airlines of Charlotte is
rotesting the CAB’S action in
awarding Piedmont Aviation of
WinstonSalem, N. C-, a “feed
er” route linking Louisville,
Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, with
Wilmington, N. C., via Char
lotte.
Odor Of Mothballs Hangs
Over Royal Garden Party
ft ■■ ■ ■
LONDON, May 28 — IJP)—King
George and Queen Elizabeth had
some folks — in fact some 5,000
folks—over for a cup of tea and
a piece of cake in the backyard
at Buckingham Palace today. The
food was delicious.
There was creamy frosting on
the cake and little sandwiches
with watercress squiggling out the
edges. To top it off there was ice
cream and if you didn’t like tea
there was orange or lemon drink.
The sun shone brightly and two
bands, played. The women were
wearing picture hats anj the men
their gray toppers. All in all, tt
was by far the brightest aocial
event England has known since
before the war.
It was what they call a pre
sentation party. Girls who have
just “come out” were “presented”
at court. The affair used to be
vastly more formal, held indoors
and at night, in the prewar days.
But old hands said the girls' knees
shook as much as before.
King George wore an admiral’s
uniform as he made his way
through the crowds and made
little jokes for the girls. The
Queen was in pale blue with
matching parasol, Princess Eliza
6c ODOE on Page Two
Senate Slashes $4,000,000,000
Yearly From Income Tax Bracket;
CIO-UAW Turn Down Ford Bid
Union Scorns
15 Cent Hike
Company Goes Ahead.With
Plans To Raise Salaried
Employes Monday
DETROIT, May 28—(IP)—The
CIO United Auto Workers today
rejected an offer from the Ford
Motor Co. of the equivalent of a
lt> cent an hour wage increase for
130.000 production employes be
cause it did not include an old
|age retirement plan.
The offer called for an 11 1-2
cent hourly wage increase plus
six paid annual holidays, a pat
tern similar to that accepted in
other auto plants.
With a retirement plan, a spokes
man added, the wage offer might
be acceptable.
However, Ford went ahead with
plans for a 10 per cent hike for
20.000 salaried employes, to be
come effective June 1. It was an
nounced in conjunction with the
offer to the UAW-CIO.
Richard T. Leonard, UAW-CIO
vice president and national direc
tor of its Ford department, ac
cused the company of attempting
to “limit negotiations on vital is
sues” by eliminating discussion
of the pension proposal.
More at Stake
“The issues between the company
and the union involve more than
just a wage increase,” Leonard
said in a joint statement with
Thomas Thompson, head of the
union negotiating committee.
“Equally important factors are
the human needs of the workers
involving old-age retirement and
social security benefits.”
Leonard said negotiations with
Ford would resume Monday. The
union threatened a strike vote
earlier this week because of dif
ficulties in contract discussions
The UAW-CIO originally de
manded a 23 1-2 cent an hour in
crease as well as the retirement
plan.
The terms outlined by Ford to
day were the same as those ac
cepted earlier by General Motors
and Chrysler employes.
The company’s increase to
salary workers specifically exclud
ed for the time being the 3,800
members of the Foreman’s Asso
ciation of America find.) who
have been on strike since May 21.
WARREN JOHNSON
STEPS UP TODAY
Wilmingtonian Slated For
Presidency Of N. C.
Bankers Association
ASHEVILDE, May 28—f/P)—Elec
tion of officers and an address
by Walter Fuller of Philadelphia
president of the Curtiss Publish
ing company, will highlight the
first general session here tomor
row morning of the 51st annual
convention of the North Carolina
Bankers’ association.
Approximately 700 bankers from
throughout the slate are expected
to attend the convention, which
will have as its theme “the part
bankers can play in establishing
a better world economy.”
If precedent is followed, Warren
S. Johnson, first vice-president of
the Peoples Savings Bank and
Trus. company, Wilmington, will
be elevated from the first vice- I
presidency to the presidency of
the association in tomorrow’s elec
tion, and John F. McNair, evecu
tive vice president of the State
Bank, Laurinburg, will be elevat
ed fj.om the second to the first
vice-presidency. The retiring pres
ident of the associatibn is William
H Neal, senior vice-presinent of
the Wachovia Bank and Trust.
company, Winston-Salem, who will
preside at sessions here.
Convention speakers in addition
to Fuller will include Dr. Harold
Stonier of New York, executive
manager of the American Bank
(See WARREN On Page Two)
Along The Cape Fear
WATER SOFT — Wilmington’s
water supply is really soft. That
fact is disclosed by an analysis
of the water conducted by both
city and state officials.
The water delivered into the
city’s mains reveal a hardness of
only 29 parts per million, which
is considered as ranking well with
most cities in the United States.
And in addition sewer rates are
listed as “low.’ Rates, for in
stance, are 25 cents per quarter
per fixture. Fixtures named in
clude toilets, bath tubs, sinks, lav
atories, drains or any other con
trivance from which water can be
flushed or dumped into the sew
age system.
* * *
SEWAGE SYSTEM—The city’s
sewer system is considered by en
gineers “a good sanitary one.’’
The storm drainage system is not
as complete as the sanitary sys
tem but is sufficient for present
needs. Plans are completed to im
prove and install new and larger
lines as street grading and paving
progresses.
The present sanitary sewerage
comprises more than 74 miles of
mains which empty into the Cape
Fear river through 14 outfalls or
outlets, all discharged below low
tide in the river.
The sewage system has a grav
ity flow to the river and it is not
necessary to treat the sewage be
fore it is discharged into the
stream. Engineering experience
has shown that any danger of
epidemics is not present when
there is a steady and rapid flow
of a river or stream as in the
case ift Wilmington.
* * *
STORM SEWER — The storm
sewer system consists of more
than 30 miles of mains. This sys
tem is constantly being added to.
Water from it flows directly into
the Cape Fear river. The storm
sewer serves a large portion of
the city and the sanitary system
is piped from every section of Wil
mington.
KIWANIS LADIES NIGHT as usual was an enjoyable affair and just before the dinner, the
[photographer snapped the above group at the speakers table. Beading right to left are the Rev Wai
ter B. Freed, club secretary and Mrs. Freed, Rex Willis, president and Mrs. Willis, Georae D
Conant, vice president and Mrs. Conant, Mrs. Ed Rawls, Greenville and Ed. Rawls, lieutenant gov
ernor of the 7th Kiwafnis district; Mrs. Collin Johnson and Cullin Johnson, after dinner speaker.
Hamilton Named President
Of Wilmington Jr. College
REGULATION OF STATE MILK
SUPPLY TO BE DECIDED TODAY
RALEIGH, May 28—(A*)—Whether the State of North Carolina
will have its milk supply regulated on a state-wide basis will be
decided tomorrow by the State Board of Agriculture.
The board’s session will be open to both the public and rep
resentatives of the dairy industry, Agriculture Commissioner W.
Kerr Scott, said.
If the proposals are adopted, they would not become effective
until September 1, since the state pure food and drug act re
guires a 90-day delay between the time the board adopts regu
lations and the date on which they may come effective.
The proposed regulations follow clbsely the model ordinance
of the U. S. Public Health Service in their sanitary requirements.
They also would require the grade labeling of milk, would regulate
milk imported into the state, and would ban the retail sale of
Grade C milk except on a temporary, emergency basis.
__
KIWANIANS HOLD 1
LADIES NIGHT
Banquet, Dance Feature
Of Spring Celebration
Of Club
Some hundred or mor& Kiwai*
ians and wives assembled at the
Famous grill last night for the
club’s spring Ladies Night Ban
quet and dance.
Ed Rawls, district lieutenant gov
ernor and Mrs. Rawls, of Green
ville, were special guests.
Between the main course and
the desert, Wilbur Dosher, with
William Robertson at the piano,
led the group in singing “Let Me
Call You Sweetheart.”
Following the banquet Cullen
Johnson of Raleigh, connected
with WRAL radio station, told
humerous ancedotes of his exper
iences as an entertainer for pa
tients at Dix Hill.
He then did an imitation of Lum
and \bner, using the names of
several of the club members as
foils for his gags and, turning
serious for a moment, delivered
the historic words of President
Rosevelt’s address before a point
session of Congress on December
8, 1941. declaring that a state of
war existed between the United
States and the Emprie of Japan.
While William Robertson play
ed a brief musical interlude, John
son arrayed himself as nearly as
man may look like a scarecrow
and sang a ditty into the mike,
after which he did an imitation of
Bing Crosby at the start of his
crooning career, and another of
Frank Sinatra, charmingly bur
lesqued.
In closing his program Johnson
grouped seven Kiwanians out in
plain sight of everybody and let
them demonstrate the truism,
“what fools these mortals be,” by
putting them through curious an
tics, even maknig one trio sing
a hopeless jumble of foolishness
with their noses pinched, another
trio perform facial contortions as
he did another Lum and Abner
stunt, and Aaron Goldberg in a
solo imitation of him greeting the
aduience, with heavy gesture.
The singing trio was Fred Little,
Reed Toms and Hooper Johnson,
decked out in peasant bandanas.
The other was I. W. Solomon, Bill
Courtney and Jack Hope.
Paul A. Allen, Bruce Cameron,
See KIWANIS on Page Two_
TEXAS CITY MAYOR
CHANGES MIND OVER
THOSE ‘DAMYANKEES’
LANSING, Mieh., May 28—(JP)—
The coiners of the term “Damyan
kees” left out a word, Mayor J.
O. Trahan of Texas City, Texas,
told the Michigan House of Repre
sentatives today.
Here to accept a fire truck as
a,., gilt from a Lansing manufac
turer, Mayor Trahan said the term
should be “Dam-Swell-Yankees.”
The fire truck was given to help
rebuild Texas City’s fire depart
ment, demolished in the explo
sions which shattered large areas
of the city several weeks ago.
Mayor Trahan made his remarks
from the House rostrum after an
introduction to the legislative as
sembly.
HOUSE APPROVES
AD “MONEY” BILL
l
Appropriation Of $40,
000,000 Added To De
partment Funds
WASHINGTON, May 28 —OP)—
The House approved without a
fight tonight a $40,000,000 increase
in the 1948 agriculture department
appropriation bill after having
beaten down earlier all efforts to
make major changes.
The sum added to the big $505,
000,000 measure, intended to fi
nance the department for the fis
cal year starting July 1, represent
ed a compromise between economy
advocates and those seeking larg
er funds.
The House Appropriations com
mittee, in cutting President Tru
man’s budget request in several
places, lopped off $148,000,000 the
agriculture department had ex
pected to receive from import du
ties.
Democrats served notice they
would try to put this whole sum
back, and the Republican leader
ships offered the $40,000,000 com
promise amendment.
Earlier, the economyites best
back two attempts to make sub
stantial additions to the bill
Rejected although by close
votes, were Democratic-backed
amendments to increase soil con
servation payment funds by $134,
358,710 and to add $30,000,000 for
the federal school lunch program.
The appropriations committee
previously had chopped approxi
mately $135,000,000 from the con
servation funds and had trimmed
the school lunch budget from $75,
000,000 to $45,000,000.
In all, its recommendations for
See HOUSE on Page Two
“Battle Of The Plaque”
Now “Mystery Of Marker”
FAIRHOPE, Ala., May 28 — (Jf)
- The “Battle Of The Plaque” be
came the “Mystery Of The Missing
Marker” today — a sequel to the I
marking of a nearby Confederate
battleground.
The plaque, object of a contro
versy over its location, is gone.
Intended to commemorate the
Last-ditch stand of Confederate
troops at nearby Fort McDer
mott, it was put up April 9 by the
Fairhope Chamber of Commerce.
Its location, however, was
strictly against the wishes of a
Mobile historical leader, John
Glennon, secretary of the Mo
bile Historical society.
“They’re marking a federal
breastworks, Glennon protested.
The marker disappeared during
a rainstorm the night of May 20,
John Weinand, president of the
Fairhope Chamber, said. He re
ported the pole on which it was
placed was pulled out of the
ground, the marker unscrewed,
and taken away.
He hastened to say:
“There is not one shred of evi
dence that any MIobile historian
had anything to do with it.”
Glennon readily responded: "I
wish to disclaim any knowledge
(gee BATTLE Ob Tag* Two)
Dale Spencer To Serve As
Dean Of Institution,
Roland Announces
T. T. Hamilton, Jr., principal of
New Hanover High School for the
past 12 years, has been named
president of the Wilmington Junior
College by the New Hanover board
of education, and Dale K. Spencer,
dean of the College Center, was
elected dean of the new junior col
lege, which will open this fall.
The administration of the high
school and the junior college will
resemble that of this year with
the college center, according to
H. M. Roland, superintendent of
schools. Hamilton will remain
principal of the high school and
an assistant principal will be ap
pointed. He will have full authro
ity in both the high school and the
junior college, with the assistant
principal of te high scool and
Spencer, as dean of the college,
working under him, is was said.
The College Center was operated
for the State of North Carolina,
however, whereas the junior col
lege will be run entirely by the
county board of education, for the
county, Roland pointed out.
Equipment Authorized
The school authorities also au
thorized the purchase of equip
ment to meet the requirements for
an accredited college. Only two
major items are necessary to meet
these requirements, as set down
by the State Department of Public
Instruction. The additions will be
approximately $2,500 worth of
laboratory equipment and $3,000
of college library books.
A letter from Dr. Clyde A. Er
win, superintendent of the state
department, Dr. J. Henry High
smith, and Dr. J. H. Hillman has
already assured the New Hanover
board that the Wilmington college
will be approved when these items
are provided.
With the absolute assurance of
being a standard accredited col
lege, and with the equipment on
a par with the best Junior col
leges in the state, the Wilmington
college will open in September un
der most favorable conditions, it
was said. The operation of the Col
lege Center last year, with some
See HAMILTON on Page Two
SIXTYPATROLMEN
GUARD MILL GATES
Extra Detai'I Placed On
Duty At Rockingham
Plant After Melee
ROCKINGHAM, May 28—CP)—
Approximately 60 highway patrol
men were on duty here tonight
after the running of two railroad
cars into the siding of the strike
bound Safie textile mill resulted
In flying fists and other disorder.
Sheriff Carl Holland said that a
group of strikers — estimated at
300 or more—followed a party of
Seaboard Airline railroad officials
who had operated the train that
placed two coal cars on the mill
siding and removed two empty
cars.
In the melee that followed, the
sheriff added there were several
fist fights, and L. L. Collins, Sea
board special agent was cut—not
seriously—with a knife.
The sheriff said that he planned
to swear out several warrants “the
first thing in the morning” as a
result of the incident.
Measure Goes
To House Now
Differences In Two Ver
sions Will Be Ironed Out
In Conference
WASHINGTON, May 28. —(an—
A $4,000,000,000-a-year income tax
cut was voted late today by the
Senate, 52 to 34.
The bill, which reduces the pay
ments of most taxpayers by 20 to
30 per cent, now goes back to the
House, which already has passed
tax reduction legislation of similar
nature.
There is one big difference be
tween the two bills, however. The
House voted to make the reduction
retroactive to last Jan. 1; the Sen
ate decided to make it effective
this coming July 1.
This, and other, differences, prob
ably will be ironed out in a Senate
House Conference committee. Then
President Truman will be con
fronted with the question whether
he shall sign & bill he doesn’t like.
Only today. Secretary of the
Treasury Snyder told reporters he
has no idea whether the President
will sign.
The Senate bill provides these
percentage reductions:
30 Per Cent Cut
30 per cent off for persons whose
net income, after exemptions and
deductions, is $1,000 or less.
From 30 to 20 per cent for per
sons with net incomes of $1,000 to
$1,400.
20 per cent for incomes of $1,40(1
to $79,700.
15 per cent from $79,700 to $302,
400.
10.5 per cent on all above $302,
400.
The bill also provides an addition
al $500 personal exemption for tax
payers over 65 years of age. and
for their spouses too, if they have
reached 65.
Before the final vote, the Senate
slapped down, 58 to 23 an attempt
by Senator Lucas (D-IU.) to scrap
the whole pending measure and
substitute another, featured by a
$100 increase in personal exemp
tions and a cut of two percentage
points in each surtax rate. He said
this would be fairer to those in the
low income brackets.
Before Lucas called up his sub
See MEASURE On Page Two
VOGLER TOSEEK
TREASURY OFFICE
Veteran Assemblyman An
nounces For Post Now
Held By C. M. Johnson
CHARLOTTE, May 28 - W —
Rep. James B. Vogler of Meck
lenburg county, a member ol the
general assembly and of the Joint
Finance copimittee for 10 years,
announced today he is a candi
date for state treasurer in the
general election next year.
He became the first to announce
formally for the office, which has
been held since 1932 by Charlei
M. Johnson.
Johnson recently announced for
governor.
Vogler said in a statement “I
believe that we should continue our
present established policy of levy
ing sufficient taxes to meet the
necessary expenses of state func
tions and no more.”
Active Supporter
He has been an active supporter
of these measures adopted by the
assembly in the past decade.
Free school textbooks, elimina
tion of foods for home consump
tion from state sales tax, estab
lishment of a vocational textile
school in Belmont, anti-loan shark
measure, increased teacher sal
aries and greater appropriations
for the mentally ill, blind and deaf.
Vogler was born in Charlotte 51
years ago. He is a steward and
chairman of the board of trustee*
of the Brevard Street Methodist
church. He is married and has two
sons and a daughter.
The candidate is secretary 0f the
North Carolina Food Dealer* as
sociation and vice-president of the
North Carolina Chapter of the
American V'ar Dads.
And So To Bed
Testimony was taken by tele
phone yesterday In Recorder’*
court.
It came about when Judge
Winfield Smith wanted to
know the conduct of three de
fendants after they had been
placed in the hands of deputy
sheriffs for safekeeping in the
county jail. Attorneys could
find no witnesses in court who
knew of the situation.
The court ordered the clerk
to telephone Deputy Sheriff
Theodore Butler to immedi
ately appear to testify.
“He works nights,” reported
the clerk, “and is now asleep.”
“All right,” said the judge,
adjourning court for the mo
ment. “I’ll get the testimony
over the telephone.”
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