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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.”