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BUSH INTERVIEWEE
BY NEWSPAPERMEN
Negro Aroused From
Prison Bed To Tell
Of Escape
RALEIGH, May 29—(U.PJ—God
win (Buddy) Bush, 22-year-old
Northampton county Negro who is
charged with attempted assault of
a Rich Square white woman, was
brought from his cell near mid
night tonight for an interview with
newspapermen.
Buddy sat nervously interlocking
his hands, which be said he in
jured five years ago while rabbit
hunting, and told of his escape
from a group of five men who took
him from the Northampton county
jail at Jackson early last Friday
morning.
"They came and woke me up,”
he said. "There were three white
men, all wearing masks of red
and-white handkerchiefs. They told
me to put on my clothes and come
along.”
H« said that he recognized one
ef the men. Bush said that he
did not recognize any other mem
bers of the group in the jail but
Joe Cunningham, an assistant
theater manager at Rich Square.
Asked how many men were out
jide. Bush said, "I only saw two
outside. There were three who
came into the jail.”
He said that at least two of the
men had pistols, and he was
ordered to get in the rear seat
of a four-door, 1936, Chevrolet
which had a "spotlight on the left
hand side.”
'They put me in the back seat,
but I got right out on the other
side of the car. T fell getting out
of the ear, but I got up and ran,
but I fell again.”
Asked if the groups fired upon
him. Bush said that he heard one
pistol shot, and added, ‘1 don’t
know how close it came, and 1
never looked back.”
I didn t know where 1 was run
ning, or what I ran into.” (offi
cers later said he ran into a
chicken wire) “I climbed t,wo or
three fences (there are three
fences about eight feet high)
around a chick yard and I kept
on running until I got lost about
light in some woods.”
Asked if they were pine woods,
Bush who is a lumberman’s help
er replied, "No, Sir, I know pines
—they were mixed woods, there
were lot of vines in those woods,
too.”
He sraid he was lost all day Fri
day. He said that he didn’t know
that area since he had lived
around Rich Square most of his
life. He said that he had nothing
to eat or drink all Friday and Sat
urday.
Bush said that he spent most of
Saturday on the edge of a field. He
said that he didn’t see again any
of the men who took him from the
jail. Asked if he was afraid, he
answered candidly, “Yes, sir, I
was just scared to come out.”
“About light Sunday morning I
found my way,” he recalled. “I
knew the man (a negro), and he
put me in his front room after he
gave me breakfast.”
Bush said the man contacted
Buddy’s father who later brought
a Negro minister to the house.
The minister urged Buddy to give
himself up to the authorities.
Buddy said the authorities came
for him during Sunday afternoon
and questioned Llm. He refused to
*ay where the questioning ocur
red or for how long. But admit
ter, “after that they brought me
here to the prison.”
Bush also refused to discuss any
of the details connected with the
alleged attempt to assault the Rich
Square white woman.
He did say: "I never saw her be
fore — not to know who I was
looking at.”
He denied that anybody chased
him after the woman is alleged to
have screamed for help. Bush said
he later took his sister, Willie, to
the movies.
Asked if he would like to leave
the prison on payment of his bond
— this had to be explained as Bush
has only a first-grade education —
he replied. “I guess I would like
to get out, but reckon I’ll stay here
until my trial.”
Bush was asked if planned to
return to the Rich Square com
munity to live, and he replied,
'SSo, Sir, I’m not going back there.
L just want to go anywhere that
people are square.—No, Sir, any
where but Rich Square.”
— He said that officers have not
brought any of the men who took
Him from the jail here for identi
iication. “They ain’t brought any
body up here for me to look at.”
As the interviewing closed, one
reporter asked him about his ap
petite. Bush said, “I’ve got caught
up in my eating.”
BOARD ACTION QUESTIONED
RALEIGH, May ?0.—(£>)—Acti
vities of the Board of Awards of
the division of Purchase and Con
tract in purchasing heavy road
building equipment was the sub
ject of discussion by tne State
Highway Commission at a meeting
here yesterday! Commissioners T.
Max Wtason of Spindale and Be.n
E. Douglas of Charlotte question
ed Director W. Z. Betts why an or
der for 20 tractors was split even
ly between the E. F. Craven Com
pany of Greensboro and the N. C.
Equipment Company of Raleigh.
Nitrogen mustard war gases
were tested recently as possible
remedies for some kinds of can
cer-like diseases. Patients with
a Hodgkin’s disease temporary im
proved after treatment.
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1 North Carolina Acquires
First Drastic^ Milk Bill
I RALEIGH, May 29. —(IP)— Nortl
Carolina today acquired its firsl
state-wide minimum milk regula
tions as the State Board of Agri
culture adopted recommendations
offered by a special committee.
The regulations, effective next
September 1, will serve as a floor
to the state's milk supply. How
ever, any county or municipality
which wants more stringent re
quirements is at liberty to make
them.
The board also passed a regula
tion which will require vendors us
ing a milk-shake base in making
milk shakes and similar milk
drinks to post in a conspicuous
place this sign: “We use milk-shake
base in making of milk shakes.”
The milk shake regulation also
bans the use of artificial coloring
in the base, and requires the shakes
to contain not less than two per
cent butter fat.
George S. Coble of Lexington,
president of Coble Dairy Products
and one of the largest distributors
in the South, told the committee
that adoption of the minimum regu
lations “will be the most serious
blow (that) agriculture has ever
suffered.”
After four weeks of serious study
and deep deliberation, these gentle
men have done a wonderful job —
a job that could have been done by
any stenographer in three hours,”
Coble said.
I submit to you a copy of the
standard ordinance and code —
designed, revised and recommend
ed by the U. S. Public Health Serv
ice — which they (the committee
members) recommend and which
any stenographer could have copied
in'three hours,” he charged.
The recommendations were
drawn, and presented to the public
in six public hearings held in dif
ferent towns throughout the state;
The committee was composed of
D. S. Coltrane, assistant commis
Sionei O'. agntuiiuic, umumon,
Dr. K. S. Dorton. State fair di
rector; Dr. William Moore, state
veterinarian; Dr. E. S. Constable,
state chemist, and C. W. Pegcam;
director of the State Dairy labora
tory.
Ralph Scott of Burlington, presi
dent of the North Carolina Dairy
products association, appealed to
the group to stop "throat-cutting”
and "get back, to the dairy indust
ry-”
Denies Charges
Dr. Carl Reynolds, state health
officer, denied any throat-cutting,
and expressed pleasure at the adop
tion of the state-wide minimum
milk regulations.
The U. S. milk code now is in a
process of revision, E. D. Mitchell
of the Biltmore Dairies in Ashe
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the Eastern seaboard. Forecasters
said the unseasonable cold would
extend South to the Gulf states
before moderation begins.
However, a warming trend al
ready was evident in the plains
states, and a return to normal
temperatures was predicted for
the Midwest by wekend.
Dry Weather Needed
Agriculture spokesmen said
warm, dry weather was needed at
once if farmers were to finish
their corn planting in time to ob
viate the danger of early fall
frosts. Soy bean planting also has
been delayed.
Corn planting in the major pro
ducing state of Iowa was reported
7B per cent completed witn Kan
sas and Nebraska reporting 70 per
cent; Illinois, 33 per cent; Wiscon
sin, 25 per cent; Indiana, 10 per
cent and Michigan. 7 per cent.
Frost was predicted for the
Southern Great Lakes region and
farmers expected losses of several
hundred thousand dollars to their
early garden corps. One major
soup company said it expected a
tomato crop valued at $180,000
would be lost in Northern Illinois,
Southern Wisconsin and Ohio.
Some Freezing
Some frezmg was reported in
Kansas but crop analysts said
they did not believe damage was
important.
Forecasters said the weather on
Memorial Day would be warm
and humid in the South East and
cooler in the North West.
MINISTER
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Richmond and the charge to the
assembly was made by W. E. Price
of Charlotte.
Price asked the assembly com
missioners (delegates) to meet
now a request by Dr. McGregor
for $200,000 to complete building
plans at Montreat.
Dr. Cunningham succeeds Dr. J.
B. Green as moderator. In his re
tiring sermon tonight, Dr. Green
issued a sharp rebuke to present
day critics of the church.
Answering those “who prophesy
evil of the church, saying that it
has had its day, and is on the
way out,” Dr. Green, retired pro
fessor of theology at Columbia
Seminary, Decatur. Ga„ referred
unbeliever." to the scriptures,
warning them that the “oath of
the all-faithful is against you.”
“You who msiread the signs of
the times need to re-read and read
aright the word of Him who said
of his chosen servant: ‘He will not
fail nor be discouraged, till he
have set justice in the earth,” he
said.
Dr. Green’s sermon, delivered
before 380 commissioners (d e 1 e
gates) from 16 Southern states,
and the election of a new modera
tor were principal matters for the
brief opening program tonight.
On Business Agenda
Tomorrow the Assembly w’ill
proceed with business matters and
overtures from Presbyteries,
among them proposals to effect
reunion with the Presbyterian
church in the USA (Northern) and
one to withdraw from the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America. Reports from various
church committees also will be
heard.
Dr. Green spoke on the subject,
“God Hath Sworn.”
He told the commissioners tha1
the divine oath was delivered to
Noah who was promised that the
earth should be uniform and regu
lar in its seasons;* to Abraham,
ville, said, and urged that the
group wait until the revised code
was finished next month. Will Rog
ers of Varina, representative of the
State Farm Bureau offered the
same opinion.
However, George Watts Hill, Dur
ham producer and distributor, said,
“It’s time to call a spade, a
spade; I personally can see no rea
son for holding up ten weeks, six
months, or ten years. I don’t think
the people of North Carolina will
stand for a policy of putting off
and waiting. The premium on the
bad practices of both distributors
and producers ought to be remov
ed.”
The new state-wide regulations
define milk and fluid milk prod
ucts; establish grades; detail the
sanitary conditions under which the
various grades may be produced
and processed; require that recon
stituted, reconstructed, or recom
bined milk shall be labeled, “re
combined Grade C. Pasteurized
milk,” prohibits the sale of Grade
C raw milk in urban areas and per
mit its sale in villages or rural
areas only when there is not an
adequate supply of milk, and then
only under six-month permits; and
provides for the proper labeling of
milk and milk products.
Milk is defined as a product con
taining not less than 8.5 per cen1
milk solids not-fat, and 3.25 pei
cent of butterfat.
The sanitary rules for milk pro
duction and processing are pattern
ed closely after the standard milk
ordinance recommended by the U.
S. Public Health Service.
A system of checking out-of-state
milk and dairy products which are
imported will be set up and all
purchasers, processors, and distrib
utors will be required to make a
monthly report of all receipts and
sales.
Chocolate milk is defined as a
product made of “whole milk,”
containing not less than 3.25 per
cent butterfat, the label to show
the grade of milk used.
A definition of “creamed but
termilk,” requested by the North
Carolina Dairy Products Associa
tion is included in the regulations.
The association requested two per
cent butterfat content: However,
was changed to 3.25 per cent: or
that required for whole milk.
Enforcement of the new regula
tions will remain where it has al
ways been, with the local health of
ficers. However, a working agree
ment for enforcement has been
drawn by the Department of Agri
culture, the State Board of Health,
and the local health officers. Both
the state and local health officers
have pledged their utmost coopera
tion. _
that he should become the father
of many nations; to David, that
his son under the double title of
King-Priest, Priest-King, should
redeem and rule the world for
ever.
“Not one of these oaths has fail
ed; they are in process of ful
filment now,” Dr. Green declared.
“Have you considered,” he ask
ed. “that foreigh missions has the
backing of God’s oath? Will the
missionary enterprise ever fail? It
is as certain to succeed as God s
oath is of fulfilment.
“Goa Hath Sworn”
“God hath sworn—let the nations
hear it and let the church rem
member it. God hath sworn to
give the blessings of the gospel to
all the families of the earth. And
despite the indifference and oppo
sition of men in any given genera
tion, his zeal will perform this.”
Concluding. Dr. Green addressed
this charge to church members.
“Let us go forward with this
business of preaching the gospel,
of extending the borders of the
kingdom of righteousness and
peace, ever co-working with Him
of whom it is written, that He will
not fail nor be discouraged til He
have set justice in the earth. Un
til God is defeated or discouraged,
we need not be.
“ ‘Be strong and of good courage
for Jehovah thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest’
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of the high school band and glee
club presented the class program,
“Look to the South” and each
gave a description of some fact
on the Latin Republics o' the
South, their mountains, valleys,
cities, broad plains, wandering
shepherds, street serenaders, and
above all, their music which tells
the story of their lives and emo
tions.
T. T. Hamilton, Jr., principal of
the high school, presented the di
plomas to the graduates as they
marched by and returned to their
original positions In the form of a
semi-circle, where the seniors were
placed.
Bill Quinlivin and Thomaa Hall
called the roll as Hamilton issued
the diplomas.
The class and congregation
stood near the end of the pro
gram and sang “Auld Lang Syne.
The commencement exercise was
the third exercise that the seniors
have participated in this year
as an annual senior event.
The Rev. Charles A. Maddrv,
pastor of the first Baptist church,
delivered the baccalaureate ser
man. “Man’s Malady. God’s Grace
and You,” to the seniors Sunday
afternoon at 4:45 o’clock at the
First Baptist church.
Class Night was observed Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock in ihe
high school auditorium with the
students wearing their caps and
gowns for the second time.
Two plays were given by mem
bers of the senior and junior class,
and the 1947 superlatives were rec
ognized by Miss Shirley Berger
and Miss Jeannine Stanley.
This year’s class is the first
graduating class of the local high
school to present plays for a class
night program. The usual observ
ance is the presentation of class
superlatives, reading of the class
prophecy and the last will and
testament.
Taking part in the ceremonies
we re Miss Marilyn Goodman,
Frank Bradley, Miss Edna Mat
this, Miss Mary Ann Hamilton,
Miss Nancy Winningham. Miss Ali
ta Bryant, John Nuckton, Miss
Sarah Kay Jordan, Miss Clara
June Ward. Billy McEachem.
Albert Beall. Jimmy Kraus and
Richard Galphin.
CAROLINA
(Continued from Page One)
American Legion, will officiate.
Meanwhile, the Marine band will
play for a dance in th$e, streets
surrounding the ballroom.
Sandwiched between the beauty
contest and the ball are two
events — the Auxiliary’s executive
board banquet in the Ocean Plaza
at 6 p.m., and the joint Legicn
Auxiliary memorial service in
Carolina Beach Baptist church at
8 p.m. The Department chaplain
and the Rev. Ben B. Ussery,
church pastor, will be in charge
of the memorial rites.
Monday, June 16, will also be
packed with major events. At
noon the Auxiliary will hold a
luncheon at the Ocean Plaza in
honor of Mrs. N. S. Williams of
Yakoo, Miss., southern vice-presi
dent of the national organization.
Military Invasion
Two hours later, before a crowd
expected to reach the 100.000
mark, the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps will team up to make
the biggest mock invasion the
South has seen since the training
days of the war. At 2 p.m. sharp,
five ships of Navy Transport Di
vision 121 will arrive offshroe be
tween Wilmington Beach and
Kure’s Beach, drop anchor, and
launch three waves of landing
craft into the face of the crowd.
As the barges streak to shore,
Navy bombers and fighters will
strike “enemy” installations from
the air. Then, as the barges hit
the beaoh, Leathernecks of the
Second Marine Division will do the
mopping up with guns, bazookas
and flame-throwers.
The final realistic touch will be
made by Army Air Rescue Squad
ron “A” of Pope Field, which will
parachute “ emergency ” supplies
from a C-47 and set a helicopter
and an L-5 down on the beach to
res me “survivors.”
me spectacle is scneouied r0
last two hours, after which the
crowd will move back to conven
tion headquarters in the public
square to watch the drum and
bugle corps contest.
Go-Getters Banquet
At 7:30 p.m., the Go-Getters will
have their banquet at the Ocean
Plaza, followed at 9:30 p.rn., by
a formal dance and street con
certs.
Monday’s climax will come at
11:30 p.m., when $1,500 worth of
fireworks are exploded high in the
night sky from boats anchored a
short distance offshore.
At 9 a.m., Tuesday, June 17,
last day of the convention, the
Auxiliary will meet at the Ocean
Plaza for a breakfast honoring
past presidents of the state group.
At noon the Auxiliary will elect
its new officers at the Ocean
Plaza. At the same time, in city
hall, the Legion will name its of
ficers.
To cap the four-day celebration
with a fitting finale, the Legion
and Auxiliary will join for the iast
time at 1:30 p.m., on the beach
to eat 10,000 fish dinners. Legion
officials are predicting it will be
the "largest fish dinner in his
tory.’’ i
WARREN
(Continued from Page One)
throughout the state are attending
the convention, which will adjourn
at noon tomorrow.
Highlights of the first general
session today were addresses by
Walter Fuller, president of the
Curtis Publishing company, Phila
delphia. and Neal, who made the
president's annual report.
Fuller told delegates that the
greatest common yearning and de
sire of all people is for prosperity,
peace and security, asserting that
‘true prosperity stands on three
legs. . .Full employment, high unit
production, and high national in
come.”
Neal said that despite the with
drawal in 1946 of $121,000,000 in
United States government deposits
from the state, banks increased
total resources from $1,913,000,000
to $1,964,000,000, a gain of nearly
$51,000,600. The state was one of
ly three in the South and of only
a very few in the entire nation to
record a gain, ne said, adding mai
“I am confident that the long
range outlook for business in North
Carolina is good.”
Final Program
Dr. Harold Sonier, of New York,
executive manager of the Ameri
can Bankers’ association, address
ed delegates at the annual banquet
of the association tonight. Speak
ers at tomorrow’s concluding ses
sions will include Dr. Earl L.
Buiz, agricultural economist of
Purdue University; Maple T. Harl,
chairman of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Washing
ton. D. C.; and C. W. Green, di
rector of Public relations of the
ABA.
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five - room cottage discovered the
bodies of Mrs. Jennie Murcko, 45,
John Murcko, Jr., 19, Jennie Mur
cko, 23, and John Murcko, Sr., 45.
The throats of the first three had
been slashed. Alongside the elder
Murcko’s burned body, police
said, was an axe and a pair of
scissors.
The police reported Murcko’s
body also bore slashes but. State
Police Captain William Schatz
man said, an autopsy performed
by Medical Examiner Stanton
Smith showed that this was in
correct and that suffocation
caused his death.
The state police captain said
there were “a lot of other things”
to be investigated and “certain
analyses” to be made, but that it
was “pretty definite” Murcko had
siain his family and fired the
cottage.
Police could not tell ivhat
caused the tragedy, they said.
The victims lay unidentified for
an hour until the P,ev. Stephan
Bitka of Holy Cross church, their
pastor, viewed the bodies
Murcko, employed by the Gen
eral Electric company at Bridee
pot, had no other family. His
Stratford. 3 3nd ’ister in
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Great was Olympias, consort of
Philip king of Macedon. Alexan-,
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that his father was the god Zeus
Obituaries
MBS. MARY M. BERGEN
Requiem high mass was sung
foi Mrs. Mary Madden Bergen,
who died at her residence, 1619
Princess street, at 9:15 o’clock
Tuesday morning, yesterday morn
ing at St. Mary’s Catholic church
at 10 o’clock by the Monsignor C.
E. Murphy. Interment followed in
Oakdale cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were
Di. Joseph W. Hooper, J. J. Allen,
Alex Sprunt, T. J. Beard, J. H.
Sweeney, J. H. Niggel, R. G. Stok
ley, W. G. Farmer and Frank G.
Gordon.
Active pallbearers were John
P. Allen, John H. Fox, Martin
Fiannagan, William H. King, Al
len Westerman and Paul J. Bas
chon.
C. J. WILLIAMSON
SOUTHPORT, May 29.—C. J.
Williamson, 52, retired Southport
merchant and farmer, died at
his home today after a brief ill
ness.
Funeral rites will be conducted
at 3 p. m., Saturday at the home
of a brother, T. W. Williamson,
at Chadbourn, with the Rev. Her
bert Baker, Southport Baptist
church, officiating. Interment will
be in the Chadbourn cemetery. In
charge of arrangements is the
Kilpatrick mortuary.
Mr. Williamson was a veteran of
World War I. Surviving, in ad
dition to his brother, is his widow',
Lucille; one son, Curtis; one
daughter, Betty, all of Southport;
and four sisters, Lois and Lucy,
Chadbourn; Mrs. C. H. McLamb,
Clinton, and Mrs. Paul Bailey,
Everetts.
ARCHIBALD STALLINGS
WHITEVILLE, May 29. — Arch
ibald Stallings, 66, died at the Co
lumbus county hospital Thursday
at 5 a. m. after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon at three o’clock from
the Mishop Springs Baptist church.
The Rev. L. D. Hayman will of
ficiate and interment will follow
in the Chadbourn cemetery.
He is survived by one brother;
F. R. Stallings of Fayetteville, and
two sisters: Mrs. Estella S. Wil
liams, Durham and Miss Mattie
Stallings of Whiteville.
J. J. WOOD
ROXBORO, May 29 — OJA) — Fu
neral arrangements were being
completed today for James Jen
nings (Cick) Woody, 46, funeral di
rector and president of the Rox
boro Chamber of Commerce.
Woody died of a cerebral hemor
rhage after* being ill several
months.
R. R. GALLIMORE
THOMASVILLE, May 29—CU.R)—
Funeral services were scheduled
today for a 16-year-old boy who
died of a heart attack, Coroner
Dermot Lohr reported.
Richard Ray Gallimore was
found dead in bed less than a week
after he took office as vice-presi
dent of his high school student
council. He was the son of Numa
R. Gallimore, furniture factory
foreman.
\ MRS. VERONICA STEGORIE
X ST. HELENA, May 29 — Funeral
services for Mrs. Veronica Stego
rie, 75, of St. Helena, who died at
her home Wednesday at li o’clock
after a short illness, will be held
Saturday at 11 a.m. from the St.
Helena Catholic church. Father
Roland Cross will be in charge
and interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by her husband;
Julius Stegorie, of St. Helena.
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!y lacerated and he suffered burns
about the neck.
At least 50 students took part in
the rescue work.
It was not known immediately
how the six persons escaped death.
The figures, along with those for
the total of crew and passengers,
were reported by police.
The plane took off at 7:07 P. M.
(EST), and crashed a few mo
ments later near Grand Central
Parkway, a trunk highway from
Manhattan across Lo .g Island
which skirts La Guardia field.
Police cars, ambulances and fire
fighting vehicles quickly raced to
the scene.
Crew Members Listed
The co-pilot aboard wag listed
as R. E. Sands of Bayside, N. Y.;
and two stewardesses as Miss Mar
jorie Oldson, Barbizon Plaza, Los
Angeles, Calif., and Miss Helena
Klein, Jackson Heights, N. Y.
Baldwin's address was listed as
Jackson Heights, N. Y.
Names of the passengers and
crew were not immediately avail
able.
The greatest loss of life hereto
fore in commercial aircraft crash
es in this country was on May 16,
1946, when 57 died in the crash of
a plane near Richmond, Va., and
on March 3, 1946, when the same
number was killed when an air
liner struck a California mountain.
Elsewhere in the world, how
ever, 53 died in each of two dif
ferent crashes—both in’ Colombia,
South America. The first was in
1938, when a plane crashed into
a crowd at Bogota, and the sec
ond was last Feb. 15 when another
craft struck a mountain— Forty
nine were killed in a Moscow ac
cident in 1935, and 43 died last
Jan. 5 in the crash of a Chinese
airliner at Tsingtao, China.
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ledge over the kitchen sink. Re
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mond in that before washing
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THE NEWS
STATE-WORLD
IN BRIEF
.........
LINEMAN DIES
DUNN, May 29 — tfP) — Lynn
Glass, 38, of Sanford, who was
seriously burned two weeks ago
while working on a power line
here, died today in the Harnett
county hospital. R. T. Arthur, 45,
of Roanoke, Va., who pulled Glass
from a broken live wire, is still
recovering in the hospital.
FOUND DEAD
UNION, May 29 — (JP) — The
body of D. M. Rickenbaker, 52
year old Union contractor, was
found in his parked automobile
about one mile from the city
limits this morning about 6 o’clock
with a bullet wound in his right
temple. Investigating authorities
stated that a pistol lay on the
front seat of the car beside the
body.
INJUNCTION DISMISSED
RALEIGH, May 29 — (JP> —
Superior Judge Henry A Grady
dismissed today a temporary in
junction granted W. E. Motley of
Raleigh prohibiting the state
barber examining board from
granting licenses to war veterans
with three years experience with
out first taking an examination.
The temporary injunction was
granted by Judge Leo Carr.
RESIGNS
GASTONIA, May 29 — (U.R) — H.
E. Hamilton, director of Gaston
county hospital for the past 18
months, has resigned to join the
North Carolina Medical Care Com
mission, the hospital directors
announced today. Hamilton will
serve as consulting hospital ad
ministrator with the commission
beginning June 1.
HOTELMEN MEET
ATLANTIC BEACH, May 29 —
(iPl — Social activities, including
yacht trjps and a dance, today
were on the program of the an
nual convention of the North Car
olina Hotelmen’s Association. Bus
iness sessions will be held tomor
row and Saturday. More than 150
delegates are expected to an
swer the call to order here tomor
row of President Haywood Duke
of Greensboro.
V. S. COURT CLERK DIES
ASHEVILLE, May 29 — OB -
J. Y. Jordan, Sr., 83. clerk of the
U. S. Court for the Western North
Carolina district the past 20 years,
died at his home here yesterday.
CANDIDATES
CHARLOTTE, May 29 — (JP) —
Mrs. Susan Leyson of Ely, Nev.,
and Mrs. Gkadys Carter of Omaha,
Neb., were nominated as candi
dates for supreme president of the
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Does, Auxiliary to tile Elks, at
today's session of the 25th annual
convention here. Delegates will
choose between them in an elec
tion tomorrow. The winner will
succeed Mrs. Ila Yule of Cody.
Wyo.
QUICK
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held the Senate in striking out a
House qualification, which would
have forced persons who receive
tax-exempt income to choose be
tween that exemption and the
special $500 allowance.
House Majority Leader Halleck
announced the conference report
will come up for action Monday.
Chairman MillikiniR-Colorl of the
Senate conferees said he will ask
for prompt Senate action the same
day.
The question then would be
posed squarely to President Tru
man, who has said repeatedly he
does not think this is the time
to cut taxes, that the national debt
should be trimmed instead.
Today’s conference was one of
the shortest on record affecting a
major tax bill. Republican - domi
nated Hose conferees appeared
resigned in advance to accepting
the July 1 date. Making the bill
effective at mid-year means less
revenue loss to the government,
and gives the Republicans a
chance to make good their argu
ment that they can reduce the na
tional debt at the same time they
are cutting taxes.
Barkley Leaves
Senate Democratic Lead
er Barkley CKY'i walked out of
the conference early and declined
to sign the conference committee’s
recommendations. He voted
against the bill in the Senate yes
terday, telling his colleagues he
believes it unwise to reduce taxes
when the national debt is so great.
CAPE FEAR
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that has been worked out bet veen
the board of education and various
companies and firms whereby sut
dents may obtain a portion of
their credits by working as an
employe at one of the various
concerns. That applias only to the
senior year.
* * *
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS —
There are two parochial scnools
in Wilmington. They offer eight
years of elementary study and
four years of high school educa
tion. In addition, are one private
school offering grammar and high
school education, and three busi
ness colleges and one law school.
LOAN RATIFIED
PARIS, May 29. —(JP)— Accept
ance of the $250,000,000 loan grant
ed to France by the International
Bank was ratified unanimously to
day by the Council of the Re
public, upper house of the French
National Assembly.
“GREAT DIFFICULTY”
MONTREAL, May 29. —(JP) R.
M. Fowler, president of the Ca
nadian Pulp and Paper association,
said in a statement today that be
cause of adverse weather condi
tions this spring Canadian pulp
and paper mills, particularly news
print mills, are experiencing
“greater difficulty in maintaining
their output.”
COST HIGH
LAKE SUCCESS, May 29. _OP)
— The General Assembly’s recent
18-day special session on Palestine
cost the United Nations approxi
mately $200,000, it was learned to
day.
SHIP AFIRE
NEW YORK, May 29. —(JP)_The
Coast Guard reported tonight that
the 7.176-ton freighter Barbara
Frietchie \v#s afire at pier 16 in
South Philadelphia, but had no
other details.
MRS. GOERING ARRESTED
MUNICH, Germany, May 29. —
UP) Dr. Alfred Loritz, Bavarian
Denazification Minister, announc
ed today the arrest of Mrs. Her
mann Goering to face trial as a
Nazi party member. He said he
would demand ten years in jail for
the former actress.
.-FLAG DAT
WASHINGTON, May 29. — i7P>—
President Truman today designat
ed June 14 as Flag Day, in ac
cordance with custom. In a proc
lamation, he directed federal of
ficials, requested state and local
officials, and urged the American
people to fly the American flag
from buildings and homes on that
date.
SUGAR
WASHINGTON, May 29. — \JP)—
The Agriculture Department an
nounced today it has allotted ci
vilians enough sugar to assure con
sumer a ration of 35 pounds — and
maybe more — this year. The ra
tion last year was 25 pounds. The
department s*id that if recent im
provements in the supply continue
a “moderate increase” above 35
pounds may be authorized later.
CANAL PROTECTION
BALBAO, Canal Zone, May 29.
—(JP)— The Panama Caral soon will
be protected by P-80 “Shooting
Star” jet-propelled fighter planes,
Brig. Gen. Morris' Nelson, com
mander of the Army’s Sixth Fight
er wing, said today. The first of
the new craft are expected to ar
rive in the Canal Zone in about
three months.
CROPS DAMAGED
ROME, May 29. —UP)— Dispatch
es from Verona tonight said rain,
wind and hail storms had devastat
ed a large area of Po Valley farm
land, causing crop damage esti
mated at more than $4,000,000.
COOPERATE
LAKE SUCCESS, May 29. — (£>)—
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, sec
retary general of the Arab league,
told a news conference today he
believed the Arab countries would
cooperate with the United Nations
Palestine inquiry commission but
that final policy would be deter
jmined by the League's political
committee, meeting in Cairo next
| week.
MAY LOSE JOBS
WASHINGTON. May 29. —<>P')—
Several thousand agriculture de
partment employes in Washington
and in the field received notices to
day that they will lose their jobs
July 1 if the House-approved de
partment appropriations bill is ac
cepted by the Senate.
TOWN ATTACKED
ATHENS, May 29. — (IP)— The
Ministry of Public Order said a
large force of Greek guerrillas at
tacked the town of Fiorina, less
than eight miles from the Yugo
slav frontier, early today, killing
10 civilians and two soldiers.
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and secondary boycotts. The NLRB
is authorized to obtain injunctions
against them.
Makes unions liable to unfair
labor practices, as employers are
now, and subjects unions to suit
for breach of contract.
Otulaws uniomcontrolled health
and welfare funds created since
Jan. 1, 1946.
New Mediation Agency
Creates a new federal mediation
agency.
Denies a union collective bar
gaining rights if any of its of
ficers could “reasonably be re
gsrded as Communists.
Prohibits unions from charging
"excessive or discriminatory”
initiations fees and dues. The
NLRB would be the judge.
Guarantees employers freedom
of speech in dealing with their
workers so long as their state
ments are not coercive or theat
ening.
Duck may be barbecued like any
other poultry.
I he Weather
The weather b ,rc7~~~~
ture and rainfall f„ t50rt of L„
m- in ‘he Prine p, h0urs‘hfeh.
area^and elsewncreT «&£
WILMINGTON Hl<h Low „
Alpena _ - 81 :j ph;,
Asheville II.— *1 3- •’.!
Atlanta - 32 „ ii
Atlantic City ".. 82 67 *■
Birmingham" I, 88 51 •*
Boston _ 34 »j
Buffalo _22 ^
Burlington 2.. " 29 "
Charlotte _22222 *0 t"
Chattanooga _ " ^ 67
Chicago _~ ' ^ to ?
Cincinnati .22 54 33 l!
Cleveland _ "" 74
Dallas _ to
Denver_22" ~~
Detroit_22"2 66 33 2
Duluth _~~— 67 43 ;■
El Paso ' • 4' 32
Fort Worth 22212 — 87 5s
Galveston ___ _2 35 46
Jacksonville 2~ 36 77 '
Kansas City 2 34 GS 2
Key West _ * 35 \'I
Knoxville_ 87 *0
Little Rock ' 79 « 2
Los Angeles .2222 ' !I *1 ‘2
Louisville _2 , 52
Memphis _222.2 " 75 73 ]
Meridian_ " 85 54 ,2
Miami_ 86 74 s
Minn.-St. Paul I_ ?? 12 l
Mobile _ 33 35
Montgomery II ' “ 85 7« 7
New Orleans I ~ ” ’0 t
New York . _ " J' 18 ■
Norfolk _ — ‘8 62 J
Philadelphia ** 1° >0
Phoenix ' 89 *8
Pittsburgh _ ~ ~ 98 Si
Portland, Mel"" “ »! »
Raleigh _ ' 82 58
Richmond _ 911 S8
St. Louis r"ZIZ~ 2 * i
San Antonio _ ,, ^ \\
San Francisco
Savannah ~~ * R4 5!
Seattle _22 85 70 I
Tampa -1" 2 Si .«
Vicksburg_ 72
Washington _f ** :■{
VETERANS ’
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will be principal speaker
service, which will he h™j
(NBC) from 10:45 a m
(EST). t0 r-ot»i
For many Americans the rt„
also marks the beginning ot
three-day holiday and the
mty for the first real outin/K
season. 1,11
Rail air and bus lines and high,
way officials all expected throne,
at record or near-record levels f0‘
a memorial Day weekend.
100,000 Expected
Upwards of 100,000 are expect,!
to attend the 500-mile Indianapo'i.
speedway race, the day's tos
sports event. Thousands of other,
were expected to flock to baseii]
parks, race tracks, beaches id
resorts.
Memorial day observances rj
include:
Oklahoma City — Li. Gen. In
C. Eaker, chief of staff of ti,
Army Air Forces, will address n
expected crowd of 15,000.
Seattle — Navy mothers will
strew flowers on Puget Scad
from the deck of a destroyer.
Gettysburg, Pa. — Gov. Jair.es
H. Duff of Pennsylvania will
speak, substituting for President
Truman, who cancelled h:« :
appearance because of h:i
mother’s illness.
Appleton, Minn. — New signs
will be dedicated for 26 stree's
named in honor of men who dud
in the rceent war.
Hagerstown, Md. — Flowers will
be dropped from an airplane n
graves at Antietam battlefield
Davenport, la. A flower I idea
boat will be set adrift on the Miss
issippi at sunset in honor of wij
dead buried at sea.
Chambersburg, Pa. — Wartim*
Mayor Reginald J. Stranger ol
Southampton, Eng., will honor
memory of the millionth American
soldier to pass through South'
hampton — Sgi. Paul S. Shinier,
Jr. of Chambersburg. who »'»«
killed in action in Germany in
1943.
Knoxville, Tenn. — Widow of LI
Cm dr. Kyle Moore, former Km)*
ville Journal reporter and photo*
i apher, will receive hi; posthu
mous award of a Silver Star from
Rear Adm. A. S. Merrill.
Jamestown. N. Y. — "Field o!
Honor,’’ with 150 simulated graves
to honor war dead lost or buried
on foreign soil, will be dedtca'i
Orange. N. J. — Adm. Chester
A. Nimitz will speak at Seton Hi'
college. ,
New York City -■ 31.000 match
ers will take part in Rireritci
Drive parade. .
Columbus. Ohio • Flowers wth
be attached to floating anchori in
Scioto river to honor Navy **'
Marine dead. ,
Detroit - Civic official will »
annual parade. Navy deed rl‘
honored by flowers strewn on
roit river.
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speller, far better than toe
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