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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-04-19
THURSDAY, APRIL u, 1915

Prior to the presentation Of
the badges, Scout Executive
johnson gave an impressive talk
on the Importance of putting into
practice what they had learned.
Mr.. Story made the presentation
of the badges to the following
scouts: Robert Long, Dean Eller.
Bernard Graphical. Jr.. Earl
GRAPHICAL, Jr, Tommy Diggs,
Billy Coward, and Calvin Miller.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-04-19
It the community building.

at the community building.
These scouts were from the
West Jefferson troop. Levern
Johnson presided at the Court OF
Honor and was assisted by DR..
J. K. Hunter, w. w. Terry and
James Story. The Rev. B. A..
Meeks, chairman of the Advance
ment committee, was unable to
attend the meeting, being out Of
town Tuesday night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-04-19
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many
friends in both Maryland and
North Carolina who offered their
kind assistance and sympathy in
the death of our loved one, Mrs.
Mile Lewis; also for the beauti-
full flowers.
II. B. Lewis and children.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-04-19

church and the Rev. and Mrs. E.
w. Powers. Miss Virginia Dare
league will give a report on the
Associational goals and plans, and
the program will be concluded
with the Rev. E. w. Powers dis
cussing 'The Training Union
Task in the Centennial Program. -
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-04-19
AUSTIN NAMED ON
AGRICULTURE BOARD
(continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
Kerr Scott, commissioner Of
agriculture and other members
of his department said they were
happy over the appointment of
Mr.. Austin to the board.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-04-19
SEVEN BOY SCOUTS
RECEIVE BADGES HERE

Seven Boy Scouts received
Second Class badges at the Court
of Honor, held Tuesday evening
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21

Representatives of the North
Carolina Cooperative Bulb Growers
association, meeting with Harriss
Newman yes terday morning, heart
lily endorsed the program recently
outlined by the local airport syndi-
cate, of which Newman is stock
holder, to ship flowers to northern
markets by air.
A three-man committee of Castle
Hayne bulb growers, consisting Of
John Nuckton, j. Swart and D.
Boet, agreed that in order to meet
the competition Of California bulb
growers who are shipping their pro-
duce to eastern markets, some
means of rapid transportion to
their markets is necessary. Should
the air cargo service be instituted,
local shipments could be made to
the west, perhapes as far as Den
yer, in addition to present markets
at Chicago, Boston, Buffalo, New
York, Detroit and other points.
According to present plans. the
syndicate would charter planes
from airline companies for the
transportation of air cargo between
Wilmington and the flower mar
kets. Newman reported that he had
been negotiating with several in
terested cargo companies, who
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21
Pope Warns Against
Radical Innovations
In Italian Politics

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 20-P)-
Pope Plus XII warned Italian
Catholics today against radical
Innovations in choosing their new
political institutions.
The warning was contained in
/ letter from the Pontiff to Luigi
Cardinal Lavitrano, president OF
he Cardinals committee for 1tal-
an action, on the occasion Of the
nineteenth social week of italian
-atholics' scheduled to open in
Florence Monday.
In his letter, published in the
Vatican City newspaper LOSER
gatore Romano. the Pope OBJ.
,erved that the social week dis
russions would deal with plans
Cor a new Italian constitution and
constituent assembly.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21
KAN BURNS CROSS
IN GEORGIA AGAIN
Rv PERRY MULLEN

ATT ANITA, Oct. 20.-REThe .Ku
vlnx Khan, claiming a member
him hin of more than 10000 in Geor-
30 "a is burning its fiery cross again
End stirring up new argument over
the order born in reconstruction
days.
huge cross which khan leaders
.oid was visible 60 miles away,
sS lighted atop historic Stone
nm9ountain, a few nights ago. It
vas the first cross-burning since
tbe start of World War Two.
Cross burning was halted by the
Georgia khan during the war, DR..
Samuel Green, the grand dragon
aid because it was necessary
that all factions unite to win the
war"
The Macon News, "dlsmayed''
at the report, said editorially that
renewed khan activity brought a
feeling of hopelessness, of fulfill
~ Of fighting against an unseen
enemy of law and order"
The khan is no longer active on
rational basis but functions I'M
der voluntary state set-up,
Green said. The Atlanta Journal
reported more than a year ago
hat national headquarters here
had been closed after suspension
had been decided upon by leaders
in a secret meeting.
tn Journal quoted James A.
rolescott, imperial wizard, as say
ing the reason for the action was
moi regarded as a subject for dis
rnssion "outside the klan." The
newspaper said at that time that
the federal government was plan
ming to call upon the khan for pay
ment of some $500, 900 in corporate
taxes.
Dr. Green did not like the tenor
Of the Macon News editorial.
The khan has as much right to
exist as the masons, rotarians or
anv other organization he said
in an interview. The order, he de-
clared, is law-abiding as a group
and if individual klansmen should
violate the law, ''the khan would
he the first to prosecute.'
Green was asked about plans of
the khan after rumors circulated
that it planned a parade through
downtown A a a. No further
demonstrations are planned imme-
diately. He said the xxx had new
er ceased functioning in Georgia,
and would continue its advocacy
of four cardinal principles.
He listed the four main princi-
pies as character development, :"
"clannishness'' -mixing with those
who have the same ideas; pro-
lection of the home and chastity
Of white womanhood' and 'exem-
obligation of a pure patriotism to
he U. S., its constitution and its
lag"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21
WAR BOND QUOTA
ASSIGNED COUNTY

The seven counties OF the Sixth
area for the Victory Loan, of which
Richard Rogers, local banker, is
chairman, have been assigned a
total quota of $7,998, 900 for the
drive which opens Monday, Oct.
20 and continues through Dec. 81.
New Hanover county has been
given a quota Of $3,772, 900, Of which
81, 487, 900 is due to be obtained
from the sale of "E'' bonds, Chair
man Rogers announced yesterday.
Attending an area meeting in
Lumberton recently were several
Wilmingtonians, including Rogers,
Mrs. Lester Preston, chairman OF
the Women's division; and J. L.
Allegood, newspaper publicity
chairman for New Hanover.
At that time c. T. Leinback,
State Victory Bond chairman. pre-
sided and assigned the following
goals:
Bladen, "E" bonds, $4,000;
total quota, $285 ZOO.
Brunswick, "E'' bonds, $27,000;
total quota, sos, 1000.
Columbus, 'E" bonds, $41S,0
total quota, $799, 900.
Cumberland, "E' bonds, $685.
600: total quota, $1.61S.ooo.
New Hanover, 'E'' bonds, ST.
49,, 900; total quota, $3,772, 900. :
Fender, 'E'' bonds, $102, ZOO;
total quota, $4,000.
Robson, "E" bonds, $685., 1000;
total quota, $1,305,000
Total, "E" bonds, 1860, 900;
total quota. 81. 998. 600.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21
Fzower Shipments By Air
Endorsed By State Group

agreed to put planes at the dispos-
al OF the syndicate.
However, the beginning Of opera
tons depends upon the release of
Buethenthal Air field by the Army,
and the granting of a long-term
lease by the board of county COM
missioners to the syndicate.
The shipping season for flowers
ranges from mid-December to mid
July. Local growers expressed the
hope that daily air cargo service
might be instituted by February.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21
RECORD TRY DELAYED

LONDON, Oct. 20-(P)-The Min
istry of Aircraft Production today
announced the British attempt to
set a new aircraft speed record of
more than 800 miles per hour had
been postponed, but probably
would be held late next week. The
test had been scheduled tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21

About 100000 barrels Of the
crude oil produced daily in the
United States during the wa r
came from fields discovered since
U. S. entry in the war.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21
TO RESUME SCHEDULE

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 19.-U.H-Pan
American Always tonight was to
resume its regular service between
Miami and La Guira, Venezuela,
after a 24-hour suspension forced
by the revolution in the South
American country.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-21

There are 80 commercial banks
in Argentina.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Herbert VreeIand Dies;
Royal typewriter Chairman
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH. Fla. Feb. 2-Her-
bert Harold Vreeland SO, who
worked his way up from track walker
to railroad executive and chairman
of the board of the Royal Type
writer Co., died Wednesday night
after heart attack. His home was
in Brewster N. Y
The son of the Rev. Abraham H.
Won Ripper Vreeland. he first went to
work filling ice carts. Later he
shoveled gravel on a night work
train for the Long Island Railroad.
Later he was employed by the
New York and Northern Railroad
working his way up to general man.
ager.
He became president and general
manager of the Houston, West ST.
and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Co. and
of the Metropolitan Street Railway
! Co.
1 For time he was associated with
( the late Thomas Fortune Ryan.
/ He was a director of the Clinch-
field Coal Co, and the Clinchfield
| Railroad
/ Services were to be held today in
i the Church of Bethesda by the Sea
| The body will be sent to New York,
where services will be held in St.
Thomas Cathedral. Burial will take
place in Keniscot Cemetery, New
York.
Evening star., 1945-02-02

off showdown and thus averted
what Mr.. Wallace's friends said
would have been a complete repudi-
alton of President Roosevelt, likely
to be misunderstood abroad, If the
Senate had turned down the former
Vice President for any job at all
With the Bailey motion disposed
of the George bill was taken up.
Senator Barkley told his COL
leagues earlier that it was only fair
to Senators, to Mr.. Wallace and to
the country to give those who were
willing to vote for Mr.. Wallace for
Commerce Secretary but not loan
chief chance to express them
selves
''As We all know" he declared
the President is on the verge of a
very important conference which
may hold the fate of our country
and the world. I'm sure no Sen
ator would want to do anything that
would be misinterpreted by the
other nations
Taft Gives Slap at Wallace.
Senator Taft retorted that he
thought the whole result had de-
monstrated lack of confidence In
Mr.. Wallace.
/. There was some Missing at this
point from the galleries, where many
Wallace supporters were among the
spectators who sat cramped through
the three and a half hour session
or stood against the walls.
The message sent by President
Roosevelt was in response to plea
made several days ago by Senator
Barkley who asked him to step into
the fight. Judge Samuel I. Resen-
man, presidential adviser. para
phrased the Presidents message
and passed it on to Mr.. Barkley
and the Congress thus:
In 1912 when 1 (Mr. RoosevelD
transferred certain functions of the
Federal Loan Agency to the Depart
ment of Commerce by executive
order, provided that they should
be returned to that agency six
months after the conclusion of the
war or sooner, If the President or
Congress should decide upon an
earlier date.
Therefore, should the Congress
return these functions to the Fed
eral Loan Agency at this time by the
George resolution, I would approve
the measure"
Evening star., 1945-02-02
BeIcher Murder Trial
Continued Until Monday

The first-degree murder trial of
Leroy Belcher, 20, colored, accused
of killing and robbing Army Pvt.
Marvin l.. Beauchamp, 81, in Febru-
airy, 1914, was recessed late yester-
day until Monday, after testimony
had been given at the fifth day of
the trial in District Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
John P. Burke, who is prosecuting
Belcher, said he expects to offer as
evidence on Monday an alleged con-
fession by Belcher which Justice
James w. Morris on Wednesday
ruled admissible.
High lights OF testimony yesterday
included statement by Agnes
Butler, colored, "a, of the HOO block
of Eighth street NV, that Belcher
had told her he was going to clip"
the soldier if he had to hit him
in the head. The next day, she said,
ne told her he had robbed Beau
champ The witness was indicted
with Belcher, but the charge
against her was nol-prossed.
Another witness yesterday was
Hubert Saunders, 27, colored, of the
200 block Of D street NV, who
stated Belcher had told him that he
had hit Beauchamp with brick.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Catholic Group Proposes
Aid for Small Countries
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Catholic Association for In
ternational Peace yesterday urged
immediate establishment of an in
terim advisory United Nations coun-
Gil to take up the problems of the
smaller countries.
The Dumb"rton Oaks machinery
the group sad. as it stands now does
not provide complete protection for
small nations.
ITO accept the plan uncondition-
ally would seem to mean the con-
secration of injustice; it would seem
to utter death sentence upon the
cause of Poland, Lithuania
Latvia and Estonia.'
Serious difficulties" however.
would be encountered in radical
rejection" of the Dumbarton plan,
the statement added.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Six Indicted as Leaders
In AtIunto Prison Revolt

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Feb. 2.-Six accused
ringleaders in the revolt at the At
lanta Federal Penitentiary last De-
cember were indicted yesterday by a
Federal grand jury.
Indicted on charges of mutiny
conspiracy and assaulting officers
and guards we're:
George Cecil Hollingsworth, Is
of Shawnee, Okla, serving a 6-yea1
sentence for violation of the Motor
Vehicle Act: Richard Arthur Myles
80, serving 5 years on the same
charge, and Jack Floyd Adams, %
Richmond, Va, serving a 30-year
term for transporting a kidnapped
person.
Charged with mutiny and con-
spiracy were William Henry Sand
ers, serving 10 years for violation
of the Motor Vehicle Act; James
Donald Douglass, 20, serving a FIVE
year sentence, and Myron Gerald
Kinds, serving sentence for trans
porting stolen automobile.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Monoxide Gas Victim
Remains in HOSPITAL

The condition of George TAYLOR
30, of 912 Girard street NE, who
was overcome by carbon monoxide
gas from bus exhausts yesterday
while working in a Capital Transit
Co. garage at Fourth and P streets
S.W., was described as good at
Emergency Hospital today. Ten
other men were made i'll by the
fumes but did not remain at the
hospital after treatment.
E. Cleveland Giddings, assistant to
the president of the transit COM
pany, said the garage doors were
shut to keep out the cold, and it
was believed the gas may have be-
come concentrated because hoses to
the outside through which fumes
normally are piped, may not have
been connected.
The men at first complained of
nausea and headaches, Mr.. Gid
dings said, and were Immediately
taken to company clinic in the
Farragut Medical Building and from
there to Emergency Hospital for ad-
ditional treatment.
Besides Mr.. Taylor, those treated
We're: Otto Scheyett, As, of GIT F
street NV; Warren T. Kirby, %,
R. F. D., No. 3, of Gaithersburg,
Md; James Stitt, 80, of 522 Raleigh
street Sc; Vincent Sharpe, 30, of
7103 Shepherd street, Landover
Hills, Md; Howard T. Davis, 80, of
1886 South Eighth street, Arlington,
Va; Ashby Smith. "a, of 1929 E
street Sc; Edgar Smith, A, of 6138
Thirtieth street NV; Roy Etter,
So, of II Summit avenue, Gathers
burg, Md; Harold Laonhardt, 20, of
1927 Twelfth street NE, and Ben
jamin Colandrea, %, of 1425 Owen
street NE.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Col. R. H. Fletcher Named
To Aid Red Cross Drive

Col. Robert H. Fletcher, U. S. A..
retired, has been appointed vice
chairman of the Government Di-
vision of the 1945 Red Cross War
Fund, Samuel H. Kaufman, gem
eral chairman, announced today.
Col. Fletcher will assist Charles B
Henderson, chairman of the Gov
ernment division, in a liaison capac-
ity A West Point graduate, Col
Fletcher was retired from the Army
in 1887 for physical disability. He
served through the World War with
the Air Service and with the 18th
Division and has had tours of duty
in Mexico and the Philippines. He
was returned to active status in
1910 and was again retired Septem-
ber 30. 1914.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
S1,500,539,5 500 Navy Bill
Awaiting House Action
Py the Associated Press

Ry the Associated Press.
A 81 500, ,539 500 Navy Department
authorization bill, providing nearly
a billion dollars for construction of
advance bases. is awaiting House
consideration of minor amendments.
Many of the projects were labeled
confidential. However, 1896, 900, 900
was set up for advance base con-
|struction, $3.50, ,222 900 for ship re-
pair facilities, $65, 5000 for ord
nance and lesser sums for other
facilities.
The Senate passed the bill yes
terday.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Western Front
Continued From First Page.

ture was made in a quarter-m ad
vance Just after daylight
North of the 40-mile section o
the Siegfried Line under attack.
37-mile string of the fortifcation
already had been captured. Thi
part Of the line extended from
northwest of the Roer River tow
of Linnich to the Monschau secto
southeast of Aachen.
At points opposite the Ardenne
Mountains, the Sd Army had ad
vanced 4 miles into Germany
Troops neared Behalf, miles from
Prum and 3 miles inside the Reich
At the extreme northern flank O
the Sd Army, indications were tina
the Germans were pulling bacl
swiftly into the main Siegfried Lin,
forts. Many pillboxes were aban
doned. Self propelled 155-mm. can.
non shelled those which were de
Tended
All accounts reaching supreme AL
lied headquarters told of resistance
too sporadic to suggest major de.
fenSiVe stand.
Either the American assault hac
yet to butt into the Nazi hold-or.
die line west of the Rhine, or the
German Army was too thinned fol
more than delaying fight back to
the river moat.
At least six 1st Army divisions
either were probing into the dragon
teeth tank barriers or thick con-
crete pillboXes of the Siegfried Line
or were on its fringe. Gen Eisen-
hower's communique contained nc
reference to heavy fighting in the
center.
Supreme headquarters described
opposition yesterday as lighter than
the day before The heaviest fight
ing was southeast of Monschau In
the dank forest where the 9Th ano
99th Divisions were advancing. Gains
of half mile to two miles were
made lin that sector. =
Writing last night from the
American 9th Army front opposite
Duren. Associated Press Correspond
ent Wes Gallagher declared:
There are large sections OF the
front where the Germans have fed
Allied patrols have failed to con-
tact the enemy, which means there
Is considerable territory unoccupieo
by the Allies or Germans"
Dispatches from other sections OF
the western front likewise spoke OF
an amazing lack of resistance. Only
in the south were the Germans re-
ported fighting with their normal
doggedness-and there they were
struggling to escape trap the
French 1st Army has been fashion
ing in the Colmar region.
The United States 1st and 81
Armies were advancing steadily, bu
Mr.. Gallagher observed that thi.
attack engages only a fraction Of
the available Allied forces"
There is no concentrated effort
by any one, such as characterized
the Normandy breakthrough,' hs
added. Whether this is due to high
strategy Or material shortages ha.
not been disclosed"
German broadcasts for severa
days have, been predicting a new
overall Allied offensive.
Along the whole westwall con.
tact has been made with but ont
Evening star., 1945-02-02

German armored DIVISION" Mr.. Gal
lagher wrote. The rest are scratch
infantry.
"A great many German divisions
have disappeared entirely. There
are few firstclass troops to be found
on the western front, at least where
the fighting is"
Evening star., 1945-02-02

ALLIED GAINS ON WESTERN FRONT-Arrows and numbers
indicate Allied activity today the western front bokn
In the chenTrer sector Cd the American
edged forward thny Segfred defenses
the Sd Army pushing toward Prum In the (2)
had been driven from the between Srabourg
Colmar the bank of the Rhine attack
ing north of StraSbourg -AP Wrephoto
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-27
DEAC0NS, TIGERS
HOLD LIGHT DRILLS

WAKE FOREST, Nov. 26-(P -
Wake Forest worked lightly today
as the Deacons started prepare
tons for their southern confer
ence game at Clemson on Satur-
day afternoon.
The Deacs enjoyed a three-day
rest following the 1913 tie with
South Carolina on Thursday. All
of the players are in good physical
condition with the exception of Bo
Sacrinty, regular wingback who is
out with an injured leg.
The Wake Forest scouts who
saw the Tigers 21-7 victory over
Georgia Tech reported that Glenn
son has one of it's best teams and
in Marion (Butch) Butler it has
one of the best backs in the south
Todays practice session was de.
voted to setting up a defense for
the high-powered Clemson attack
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-27
HOCAN'S 68 TAKES
MONTGOMERY TITLE

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov .26-
R-Ben Hogan won the $4,000
Montgomery Invitational golf tour.
nament by beating Harold Nc
Spaden with a four -under-par 6a
in a playoff today.
Hogan, the Hershey, Pa, slug
ger, took the $4,000 first prize
money in victory bonds with q
birdie on the par five 18th hole
jug" McSpaden, of Sanford, Me-,
negotiated the hole in five strokes
to finish with SO. He won SECOND
prize of 1888 in bonds.
McSpaden led by one stroke or
the first nine, but Hogan pulled
up even with birdie three on the
10th hole. Then he took a two
stroke lead when McSpaden hit ou
of bounds and took a five on the
par three 18th hole.
On the 18th, Hogan three puttec
for a one-over-par five. Hogan
took four strokes.