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r--/ _ FORECASTi ( ^ ' ASSOCIATED PRESS Wilmington and vicinity—Partly cloudy , ua and continued rather hot Friday. Widely i TTXTTTPTi PPPCC scattered afternoon thundershowers. lll'lll EiU rftM3 With Complete Corente of ___ i .I..-. .. - -- . State and National Now* V OL. 80.—NO. 314._ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1831 Reds Protest U. S. Industrial Move Objects To Enlisting British, French Support In Reviving Germany’s Industry In Western Occupation Zones * ASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — (U.R) — R.,ssi3 today protested the United vales' new move to enlist British French support in reviving German heavy industry in the ntstern occupation zones. Slate department spokesmen in Hi'ated that the Soviet note would be ,ejected unequivocally and an Anglo ■ French-American confer German industry would 0Den n schedule in Uondon to morrow. A* the same time, the depart ment disclosed that the United r ates has made a second sharp protest to the Soviets against the continued delay in reopening the North China port of Dairen to American trade. and it voiced public dissatisfac tion' at Russia’s failure to answer ten American notes dispatched ,3t week urging action on the Japanese peace treaty and on Kor ean unification. The Soviets’ latest protest on Germany apparently was inspired bv reports that the French, after balking repeatedly at any major industrial revival in Germany, vere yielding to the American and British argument that more German production is needed for the economic reconstruction of Europe. Russia claimed the plan would be in violation of the Pots dam agreement. The French were said to be will ing to permit German steel out put to be raised from its present level of 5,800,000 tons annually to 10,000,000 tons—a figure near that proposed by Britain and the Unit ed States. Germany’s pre-war steel produc tion amounted to about 11,00,000 tons a year, and since the end of the war it has been limited, by agreement of the four major pow ers, to about half that rate. The Soviet note, which the State department declined to make pub lic immediately, was understood to have contended that any in crease in German production lev els should be approved by Russia as well as the other powers. An official source said an Amer ican reply was under considera tion. He made it clear that it would reject the Soviet note on the grounds that Russia consis tently has refused to join the west ern powers in treating Germany as an economic unit, as provided by the Potsdam agreement. In view of that Russian stand, this informant said, the United States believes that the western powers are justified in taking See REDS PROTEST on Page 8 Senator Bilbo Succumbs In New Orleans Hospital Stormy Petrel Of Southern Politics Fails To Real ize His Dreams K .1 ARLES D. NETHAWAY I ,ii Press Staff Correspondent NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 21—<U.R>— tier. Theodore G. Bilbo, D., Miss., itonmy petrel of southern politics for four decades, died today at Foundation hospital without reali zing his dream of returning to1 Washington and winning his seat in the hostile 80th Congress. The wiry little Bilbo, one of the most controversial political fig ures since the late IT ley P. Long, died at 1.05 p.m., CST after a long and steadily losing fight against cancer ar.d complications. Doctors said Bilbo failed to te corar from a pulmonary embo lism, or blood clot, which appear ed last Sunday in a vein serving his lungs. His death was attribut ed ultimately to progressive heart failure. Col. Theodore G. Bilbo. Jr., said arrangements were being made to hold final rites for his father at J p.m., CST, next Saturday, Aug. 23. at Poplarville, Miss. Other de tails of the funeral will be iM ncimced later, he said. BY UNITED PRESS Few students of Mississippi pol itics would deny that Theodore Gilmore Bilbo was the state’s most bombastic public figure. His political life ran the gamut of discord, but the bald little man with flashing eyes learned the irick of putting criticism and abuse to his own use. He made them win elections, including three terms in the U. S. Senate. Only once was Bilbo beaten down without bouncing back up again. That was on Jan. 3, 1947, when the Senate blocked him from taking the oath of office on charges that he was unfit for pub lic service. They granted him a two-month armistice and Bilbo, suffering from cancer of the mouth and in desperate need of an operation, accepted it grudgingly. He stomp ed out of the capitol swearing that he would return and ‘fight till hell freezes over’ for the right to serve out his third Senate term. But his fight from then on was in hospitals against disease. The gray-faced little man with his famous red necktie and dia mond stickpin started his political career in 1908 when he was elect ed to the state Senate. From 1912 to 1916 he served as lieutenant-governor of Mississippi, and was governor from 1916 to 1920 and again from 1928 to 1932. By this time, Bilbo was master of the camp meeting oratory so be loved by the people of his state and in 1934 he branched out into national politics. He won the democratic nomina See SENATOR BILBO On Page 3 Unification Of Armed Forces Slated Sept. 15 N. C. WEED PRICE AVERAGES $45.81 Pricts Weakened On All Grades Of E]ue-Cured Sold Ye&itjday •'’rices weakened on all grades of tlue-cured tobacco sold yester day on the North Carolina and South Carolina markets, the Fed rral-State Departments of Agricul hite reported. In most instances, price gains of Wednesday were wiped out. With declines ranging from 50 to $4, but losses for the majority of offerings running from $1 V> S2. As before, lower Vialiti-g showed biggest price set backs. Although sustaining losses in Prices, the quality of offerings sh°w«d some improvement over "ednesday, with a large percent of good to choice qualities on the floors and with less common 'c fair. Volume of leafs and lugs femained about constant. Most markets expected heavy *ales today. Deliveries to the flue-cured sta bilization corporation so. far this See N. C WEEN oa Page Three The Weather v FORECAST: m? , ‘ ^aroiina —Partly cloudy Fride.,, : -V wa finer, with widely scattered j£.V.::on<, ‘hundershowers. j. - 1 1 C&volina—Clear i* -cloudy \i,,(COr,'; -U€d ^ther hot Friday e-H „Q;oj°?«ca! data for the 24 hours 0 Rf <:30 p. hi. yesterday. .. TEMPERATURES U> - * m 76: 7 :30 a. m. 77; 1:30 p. m. n p, m* 76; Maximum 99; Mini Mean 82; Normal 77. , humidity 5e - i m- 93; 7:30 a. m. 91; 1:30 p. m. p. m o:; Total f PRECIPITATION C or ^ hours ending 7:30 put j nifties. 122° fpches*06 first of the month Prow .TII,ES F0H TODAY t % r *hj; Tid« Tables published by ast and Geodetic Survey). Wu»in*to» n HIGH LOW g n - 2:03 a.m. 9:34 a.m. ^so. rK>,_ . , 2;39 P-Tn. 9:50 p.m. 0 lnl« 11:52 p.m. 6:02 a.m. :36 p m. 6 :40 p.m. Moonrise Kenneth C. Royall Named Secretary Of Army In New Setup WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 —<U.R) President Truman announced to day that formal unification of the nation’s fighting forces under Sec retary of Defense James Forres tal will be effected on or about Sept. 15. At the same time, the President disclosed to his news conference the line-up of sub-cabinet officers who will direct the three military arms under his and Forrestal’s overall command. He named Kenneth C. Royall, present secretary of war, as sec retary of the army in the new military establishment. John L. Sullivan, now undersecretary of the navy, was appointed secretary of the navy, and the post of sec retary of the air forces went to W. Stuart Symington, now assist ant secretary of war for air. All three will'receive cabinet of ficer’s pay of $15,000 a year, as will Forrestal, but only Forrestal will hold cabinet rank. Mr. Truman said Forrestal, now secretary of the navy, will take the oath of office as the country’s first defense chief about Sept. 15. Under the unification law which vests unified direction of the three armed services in a single secre tary of defense, Forrestal’s au See UNIFICATION On Page 3 CHARLES M. JOHNSON JOHNSON PRAISES STATE JHERIFFS Gubernatorial Candidate Advocates Development Of Wilmington Port CAROLINA BEACH, Aug. 21 Development of the port of Wil mington for the benefit of all the people of North Carolina was ad vocated here tonight by Charles M. Johnson, state treasurer and gubernatorial candidate, in an ad dress before the North Carolina Sheriffs association in annual con vention. Johnson also dwelt on the state’s record in highway and school development and spoke of the financial condition of the state. He praised the work done by the North Carolina State Porte Authority but said the work was statewide in scope and pro mised to see that its progress wae given impetus. Johnson’s address tonight wae the highlight of the three-day con vention, which will be brought to a close tomorrow. C. J. McDonald of Moore coun ty was elevated to the presidency of the association at a businees session this afternoon. The former vice president suc ceeded Ray Pitts, sheriff of Catawba county. Hoyle Efird of Gaston county, former second vice president, moved up to fee first vice presidency. A uew man, Sheriff Paul Garri son of Wayne county, was named to Efird’s place. John Morris of Wilmington was re-elected as sec retary. A class in law enforcement was held this morning. A boat ride and bathing beauty contest were on the program this afternoon in addition to the business session with the banquet following to night. The convention will close with See jOHNSON on Page Three OVERTON LAUDS SENAM BILBO Louisiana Democrat Says Bilbo “Defender Of White Supremacy” ALEXANDRIA, La., Aug. 21— (U.P.)—Sen. John H. Overton, D., La., tonight described Sen. Theo dore G. Bilbo, D.. Miss., who died today as “one of the ablest and most fearless defenders of white si^premacy and pure Caucasian ism.’’ In a telegram to the United Press, Louisiana's senior Senator said: “The death of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo removes from American political life one of the ablest and most fearless defenders of white supremacy and pure Caucasianism. “It was his relentless battle in this cause that threatened uncon stitutionally to remove him from his seat as a senator after he had been unquestionably elected and possesed all the qualification oi age, residence and citizenship prescribed by the United States constitution. “His passing will be regretted by all advocates of white politica’ supremacy and will remain un mounted by adl who depend upor the Negro vote fo-r political recog nition ot election to office.’’ Star-News Program On WMFD Is Changed To 1:55 p. m. Daily Effective this afternoon the Star-News radio broadcast reg ularly heard over station WMFD at i:25 p.m. will be presented at 1:55 p.m. daily. In addition the Star-News will continue presentation of its 8:15 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. broadcasts each weekday except Saturday when the 1:55 p.m. newscast will be the only one aired. Cousins Elude Coppers In Cat And Mouse Game BALTIMORE, Aug. 21—(JP)—'Two young cousins strolled out of Bal timore city court, past the arms of police waiting to arrest them and sped away in a car while the frustrated cops looked on, all with the blessing of a judge. Judge Michael J. Manley kept the cops, from Maryland and Pennsylvania, at bay with an order that the cousins, William H. Millei, 18, and George R. Miller, 20, of Westninsler, Md., be given a 15 minute head start. The judge explained the head start was to avoid a possible auto mobile c^ase through downtown Baltimore. He instructed assistant State’s Attorney Alan H. Murrelt to see that the order was enforced, The Millers left in a hurry in a big gray sedan and several hours later police admitted they were still at liberty. The "cat and mouse” game started earlier today when Penn sylvania police asked for the ex tradition of the Millers and Robert W. Green of Reisterstown on charges of stealing airplane parts from Raymond Devener’s airport in Hanover, Pa. See COUSIN* m Page Three Nations Urge Economic Parley; Five Countries Barred F rom UN; Taft-Ilartley Law Now In Effect _ I • -- i >■ . ■ ---- Wagner Measure Quietly Shelved Specific Changes Mark Transfer Of Federal Labor Policy WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—OJ.R)— The government tonight quietly shelved the Wagner Act, under which it has dealt with labor and management for 12 years, and opened lor business under the Taft Hartley law. No ceremonies or demonstra tions marked the historic passage from one bitterly controverted statute to the other. Although the Taft-Hartley law was enacted over President Tru man’s veto cn June 23rd. it did not become fully effective until mid night tonight. Mr. Truman declined to com ment on the transition at his news conference. He told reporters that he already had said all he could about the bill, before and after it was passed. A number of specific changes marked the sharpest transition in federal labor policy since the ear ly days of the New Deal: 1. The National Labor Rela tions Board was enlarged from three to five men and became “a labor court.” Many of its func tions — including investigation and prosecution of complaints — were transferred to a new “general counsel.” 2. The Federal Conciliation Ser vice was made independent of the labor department and prohibit ed from intervening in intrastate labor disputes and strikes with minor effects on interstate com merce. 3. The Labor Department was established as headquarters for registration of financial informa tion by unions seeking to use NLRB. 4. Unions became subject to tight See WAGNER BILL on Page Three FRANCE INVITES JEWISH REFUGEES Those Refusing Invitation Will Be Sent To Dis placed Person Camp LONDON, Aug. 21 —(U.R)— The British Foreign office announced today that 4,460 intercepted Jewis refugees aboard three British transports in the French Medi terranean harbor of Port de Bouc would be sent to displaced persons camps in Hamburg, Germany, if they do not land in France volun tarily by 6 p m. tomorrow. The refugees have had 24 days to accept a French invitation to land in France, whence they em barked for Jerusalem on the for mer American excursion steamer President Warfield, a foreign of fice spokesman said. Most of the refugees have refused because of “persistent Zionist threats,” the spokesman said. “None of them is obliged to pro ceed to Germany unless of then own choice they decline the French offer,” the spokesman said. “Hamburg is the only territory under British jurisdiction, out side Cyprus, where such a large number of persons can be ade quately housed and fed at short notice.” The President Warfield was in tercepted off Palestine on July 18 and seized in a fight in which three persons were killed. The 4, 554 refugees were returned to Port de Bouc on ‘ three British trans ports and invited to go ashore. At last reports only 130 had See FRANCE on Page Three COTTON CONFERENCE SPEAKER—John Temple Graves, (above), of Birmingham, Ala., speaking before some 230 agricul tural, industrial and governmental leaders at a cotton mechanization comerence at Stoneville, Miss., said mechanization of cotton will bring a revolution to the South which may have some disastrous effects, but it must be adopted— and speedily—or southern cotton will lose its market. “Sooner or later,” he said, “cotton is going to have to stand on its own feet. It can’t go on forever looking to God and the government.” (AP Photo). SMALL CORf ROP IN ’47 FO CAST Officials Warn Housewives To Expect Hike In Meat Prices WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—(U.R)— Agriculture Department officials today forecast the smallest corn crop since 1936 and warned house wives to expect further sharp rises in retail meat prices next spring and summer. The gloomy crop outlook also threatened to upset this country’s export program to hungry nations. The department’s official crop report based on Aug. 15, growing conditions, said the 1947 corn yield probably will not top 2,437,000.000 bushels. Hot, dry weather in the corn See SMALL CORN on Page Three LEGION MEMBERS HOLD ELECTION Called Session Reelects Charles Foard As Com mander, Report Says Charles Foard once again may be commander of the American Legion post No. 10. In dramatic suddeness, Foard, who served for about two weeks a mon^h ago and then resigned, last night at a meeting of the post at the American Legion quarters was renamed to the post. Those facts were learned from highly reliable sources. Jack New man, a member of the post, said Foard rvas re-elected. Members of the post reached by telephone, -who asked that their names be withheld, affirmed that Foard was elected. Foard at his home said hf knew nothing of the election. James Craig, serving as temporary pres ident, could not. be reached at an early hour this morning. However, members of the post at the Legion quarters said that about 150 members were asked to attend a special meeting to con sider the choice of a commander. Along The Cape Fear STORM HITS INLET — C. C. Chadbourn, continues his descrip tion of the new inlet near the mouth of the Cape Fear river. After telling of the hotel and the small settlement where the work was progressing, Chadbourn goes on to relate how persons had a fear of storms that might hit that area. He tells us that “to timid per sons there was always the latent dread of what might happen in case of an equinoctial storm sim ilar to that which opened the inlet in the 18th century.” Then the author goes on to re late that a storm did come “in all its fury.” Chadbourn, who had lived with many of the workmen as they constructed the dam at the north end of the inlet known as the “The Rocks”, tells how the wind blew harder, the waves broke higher until the storm reach ed its peak. The hotel operated by Mrs. E. W. Mayo of Wilming ton at the site was threatened by the waves. * * * GUESTS LEAVE—Guests at the hotel at that time, left the es tablishment. They braved the storm and took refuge in a “little cottage at the foot of the mound." Chadbourn relates in detail the storm, the fear of the persons and 'hew some even eried. But after . V it all was over not a life was lost. “It so happened,” Chadbourn writes, “that my wife and her mother together with several oth ers, spent that night in one of the cottages. That was many years ago. There is little left now to mark the site of the hotel or the cottages and the mound and all that was on it have totally dis?.p peared.” Then the writer remarks that “the Rock will stand until the end of time and the project has far surpassed the fondest expectation of those who first conceived the idea of bridling the action of the waves.” * * * LINCOLN MEMORIAL — Chad bourn points out that few persons in Wilmington realize the great ness of Harry Bacon, the young er son of Henry Bacon. It was Henry Bacon, the engineer who was in charge of construction of the dam at the Rock in the Cape Fear river. The_ son. Harry, was the one with whom Chadbourn as sociated and came to know well while he still was a young man and long before any conception of the Linclon Memorial had been even thought of. It was many years before Henry Bacon designed the nationally known construction at Washington. Italy And Austria Blocked By Russia Western Powers Oppose Entry Of Hungary, Ro mania And Bulgaria LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ Aug. 21. —(U.R)— Two Russian vetoes block ed Italy and Austria from United Nations membership today and the Western Powers blocked the applications of Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. A third Soviet veto was avert ed only when the United States, which had been accused of trying to provoke a whole string of Soviet vetoes for propaganda purposes, withdrew its surprise proposal to toss the bitter membership stale mate to the UN General Assembly. This move came after Poland’s Juliusz Katz-Suchy declared that the United States was trying to “cause another veto and make big headlines in the. press . . .” The Polish charge, delivered on the heels of Russia’s 17th and 18th vetoes, brought a quick denial. The East-West battle reduced the prestige and power of the Security Council to the lowest level of its two-year career and assured that only two of the 12 nations seeking membership this year will get the consideration — and certain ap proval — of the 55-nation assemb ly They are the tiny Arab state of Yemen and the new Moslem state of Pakistan. But the UN’s door was closed for another year to the four former Nazi satellites and Austria, Port ugal, Trans-Jordan. Ireland, Al bania and outer Mongolia. The last hope of a happier solu tion was wiped out in the smoky three-hour council session today which pronounced these results: 1. Soviet Delegate Andrei Gro myko stretched his string of vetoes to seven for this week when he killed a majority-backed proposal to let the General Assembly decide when to admit Italy and Austria. 2. The United States and Great Britain denounced the present See ITALY On Page Three 100 PERSONS HURT AS CEILING FALLS Plaster, Lathe And Steel Falls In Crowded Meadville Theater MEADVILLE, Pa., Aug. 21. — (U.R)— A 40-foot square of the ceil ing of the park theatre here fell 80 feet with a thunderous roar to night onto the heads of a capacity audience, injuring close to 100 persons. 24 so seriously they were hospitalized. Most seriously injured was Joseph Maggio. 21. of Meadville, who was not expected to live. He suffered a fractured skull, fractured back and internal injuries. The big section of plaster, lathe and steel ripped loose and fell at 7:40 p. m., while the feature picture was showing. There was no panic. Theater personnel took to the stage and calmed the audi ence and directed the uninjured to exits. About 70 persons were given first aid treatment at the scene and those more seriously injured were taken in ambulances to the Spencer and Meadville hospitals. The theater seats 1,550 persons. Members of the audience said that the falling ceiling “sounded like thunder in a heavy rain storm.” Art Mooney and his orchestra, appearing at the theater, had been scheduled to appear in about 10 minutes when the accident oc curred. A crowd estimated at 10,000 per sons gathered in the theater area from a nearby county fair, hamp ering the efforts of police and am bulances to remove the injured. REGRETS WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—(U.R) —President Truman expressed his regrets at the death of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, D., Miss’., today and said his condolences were being sent to members of the family. He recalled at his news con ference that he and Bilbo served together in the Senate for 10 years and that Bilbo used to sit right behind him. WINS CHAIRMANSHIP — Rep. Ralph Gamble (R-NY), looks up from reading minutes of a meet ing Id Washington at which he was elected chairman of a Senate House committee to investigate housing. Selection of Gamble cli maxed a bitter battle for the post between Senators Joseph McCar thy (R-Wls.), and Charles W. Tobey (R-NH). (AP W'irephoto). PRICE-FIXING CHARGES FILED Justice Department Indicts 20 Firms, 53 Officials For Conspiracy NEW YORK, Aug. 21— (U.R)—The Justice department today broaden ed its war against monopoly and runaway prices by indicting 20 friction materials manufacturing companies, 53 officials and the trade association to which they be long on charges of conspiracy to fix prices of replacement brake linings and clutch facings. Thii was the fourth such in dictment in five days. Attorney General Tom C. Clark personally announced the indict ment, which was handed up by the federal grand jury in the sou thern New York district. Clark launched his drive against price piracies Aug. 12 when he irdered federal anti-trust attorneys to investigate food, clothing and housing prices to seek violations of anti-monopoly laws. President Truman officially approved this new “get-tough” policy two days later and the justice department went into action. During the past five days al See PRICEFIXIG on Page Three Written Proposal Asks 1948 Meeting Thirteen Of 20 American Republics Favor Trade Conference PETROPOLIS, Brazil, Aug *1 —(U.R1—1Thirteen of the twenty Am erican Republics represented in the Inter-American defense con ference submitted a written pro posal today for a Pan-American economic conference to be held in the second three months of next year. Argentina. Bolivia, Chile, Co lombia. Cost Rica. Dominica. Ecu ador. Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Uruguay made the proposal. They asked the defense confer ence to approve a resolution for an economic conference, to b* held during the second quarter of 1948-the exact date to be fixed by the 9th Inter-American .confer ence at Bogota. Columbia, next January. The action was taken despit* United States opposition to bring ing economics into this conference. Secretary of State George C. Marshall had urged that this con ference stick to its program writing a strong defense trea ty--and leave economics to the Bo gota meeting. Marshall spent most of today also in fighting a Cuban demand that the defense treaty be aimed against economic as well as mili tary aggression. Such a claus* would prevent one American coun try from taking economic re prisals against another even if it* trade was discriminated against. In begalf of the U.S. Delegation, Marshall made public the revis ed version of its draft of a pro posed defense treaty. This draft prescribes that all collective action short of the us* of armed force against an aggres sor would be binding on all Am erican Republics if approved by a two-thirds vote. The United States in supporting its draft will insist that any hemispheric defense treaty adopt ed must conform to the spirit as well as the letter of the United Nations charter even if it mean* that Russia-or another of the big five powers-,might veto action ex cept in case of an actual military attack on an American Republic. Marshall went into a meeting of the steering committee, consist ing of the chief delegates of th* 20 republics, to seek a show down against the injection of ec onomic aggression. However, the steering commit tee did decide to set Aug. 28, on* See WRITTEN On Page Three Inter-Racial Members Depart From Halifax Thirty Travelling Mission aries, White And Negro, Agree To Leave HALIFAX. Aug. 21 — W — A group of 30 travelling mission aries, Negro and White, today moved out of Halifax county in compliance with a health depart ment ruling that their camping grounds was not sanitary. Sheriff Harry House of this northeastern North Carolina coun ty said he understood the group had gone to Florence. S. C„ where he said he was told they main tain a church. The sheriff said they had left without disturbance. A white spokesman for the group said it was affiliated with the in teracial “Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith.” He sail! headquarters were in New Jersey. E. A. Hastings, sanitarian of Halifax county, said yesterday he had ordered the group to move elsewhere because there was not a camping site in the county which could comply with regulations gov erning rest room facilities, ade quate fresh water supply and gar bage disposal. Both men and wom en were in the group. They trav elled in a bus. truck and some private cars. It was the second time within a tew days that representatives of See INTERRACIAL on Page Three Husband Cuts Initials On Pretty Wife’s Thigh JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 21. —(U.R)—A former air force gunner last night bound his estranged wife to a bed, carved his initials on her thigh, made her cut her initials on his body and capped his sadistic fortune by carving croses on her breasts. Mrs. Jewel Lewis, 25, a bride of three months, escaped the hotel room of horrors by picking up a knife with her toes and cutting her bonds after her husband pass ed out on the blood-stained bed. Police found Robert Eugene Lewis still .in drunken slumber and arrested him on charges of sad ism and assault with intent to murder. “Everything my wife tells you about last night is the truth,” he said. Mrs. Lewis’ body bore ample corroboration of her story, police said. County Solicitot1 Wayne Rip ley said her body was a “mass of wTelts” from the cord that bound her and the belt that Rogers used as a lash in his frenzy. The initials “REL” were cut deeply into her thigh and her breasts were mutilated with crosses. Mrs. Lewis said she left her See ■USBAND on Page Three PROBERS CHARGE DISCRIMINATION Major Oil Distributors And Producers Blamed By Committee CHICAGO. Aug. 21.—(U.R)—The chairman o 1 a Senate sub-commit tee investigating the Midwestern oil shortage said today that some major oil companies "obviously” were discriminating against small independent producers and distri butors. Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, R., Neb., said after hearing five wit nesses that his committee had "heard enough to believe a full and thorough investigation of prac tices by the oil companies is justi fied.” Charges made against the ma jor distributors and producers in cluded: J. A witness said an agent of a subsidiary of Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana had advised him not to appear at the hearing. 2. Several witnesses "said major producers were trying to ke$p them from dealing iri the most profitable grade of oil. 3. Major producers get prefer ential freight rates while independ ents must continue to pay higher shipping costs. Wherry said that if these and other charges are substantiated in See PROBERS on Page Three And So To Bed Richard Anderson, 19, a sol dier, came ia f°r sentence yes terday in Superior court before Judge Leo Carr. The youth had been convict ed of receiving stolen proper ty. Solicitor Clifton Moore ste^ ped forward. “I understand that this lad has made 19 parachute jumps,” the solicitor told the court. "This is adverse to my ma ture.” But, he smilingly added, "that looks like punishment enough. I’d have to be pushed before making a jump.”