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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
SOLICITORS BODY FOUND

Clayton. Ala. Dee. $.-A searching
party continued 10 drag thc CooSa
river near Lay Dam for two bodies;
today after rccOvCrIn" the body of
Arthur Green. county solicitor of BcS-
SCmcr. Ala. this morning.
Tho three men were on u fishing
party yesterday. when their small
boat overturned y fourth member
Of the party swan ashore and noti-
lied officials who organized the
search.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
midas Leaders Arrive In London
For Conferences On independence

after arrival of the plane that carried
him. Nndt Nchru of the India
Congress party. NuhammCd Ali Jinnc
of the N1nslcrn League. and Sardai
Baldcb Sing. Of ;hc SikhS. from INDIA
To England I'll,
Tho British leaders were seeking
70 rcrsuadc the Indian leaders that
their factions should cooperate iuiiF
in the first meeting OF the c"nS'i'ch-
chi assembly scheduled to open ~
Nov Delhi December q. because
Nchru has AttiCc's promise that nc
will be given faCilitics iJr leluIn &c
India this Hecl- -..... ..--.-.--
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03

New York, Dee. -tH',-Sccrcta;'y
OF State Byrn"s. s5ointly announcing
with Foreign Mi,hster Bevin 4 Brit
lSh-AmcrlCan economic merger in
Germany, declared today that he
would ask the big four foreign
ministers To discuss peace plans TO-
austria as well as Germany before
ending their New York session.
ByrnCS ana BeVin said in Il stale
mcnt that the zone economic merger
would become effective january -,
That 1t should make i0.OOG.00O Ger
mans Scif-SufiiClCnt in three years.
and that they hoped il would lead -
discussions with Russia and France
Tor the economic unificaiiOn of all
Germany.
ByrncS discussed the radical new
agreement. which diplomats consider
tho most important DEVELOPMENT in
Allied policy on Germany since the
occupation started, al u news con-
ference. II was his first meeting
with reporters since the foreign min
iStcrS council opened here month
ago.
He made these major disclosures:
]. The foreign ministers council,
III his opinion. may. wind ID this
week ia, pCIch trcGliCs for Italy
Romania, Bulgaria. Hun"arl and
Finland and proceed AT once tu 4
discussion of In" German question
,. On Germany. ByImcS intends 10
insist. as he had previously said ne
would, ON Il discussion Uf GcImduv's
western fr"ntCrS-chiCr'y whether
France should get the Saar and have
the Rlihr mirrnalIOualI2Cd.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
TAX CUTS OPPOSED

Washington. Dec :i.-Chairman
cannon democrat. Missouri. al the
House Appropriations Committee to-
day criticized proposals tor tax cuts
and said the war debt should be paid
OF at the rate of five billion dollars
- year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
PETITION STARTED

WILLIAMSON. Dec. "a movement
has started To build living memorial
I" Martin COuuty'S war dead when
members of the Reviewers Book
Club. Il department OF WillmStOn' 5
Club. recently adopted resolution
l" sponsor Il petition To the War Nc
mortal Committee requesting cOnSid-
Grafton % countrywide library and
youth center.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
MORE TEACHERS STRIKE

Shamokin. Pa. Dec. 3-tI',-Ninc-
ty-iOur school teachers in nearby
Coal Township went on strike today
for higher pay.
joe Manglc. president of local 691.
ClD-Unitcd Public Workers. said the
strike will continue until the inStruc-
tors receive Il blanket $500 bonus and
yearly incrcmCntS 10 maximum sal
aries in various CldSSiiicatl0nS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
Lewis Is Guilty Of Contempt
Byrnes To Seek Discussions
On Austria At This Session
Agree With Beyin
On Plan Of Unity
In Germon Zones

Lake Success, =. V, Dec. >
The United States contend
cd today that adoption of Polish
ana White Russian measures To
isolate Franco Spain would lead
to Il bloody civil strife. which
might eventually involve other
nations i'll new war.
Senator Tom Connally, Dem
ocrat. Texas, setting forth the
views Of the lnitcG S,a.eS, de-
cared that the approval of
either propose, would produce
n" positive T suits beyond cut
ting the Spanish. people off
from the rest, IF tho world. On
the negative side, hr said,
they might well lead To civil
strife, with serious international
complications"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
Slight Advance For
Cotton Near Finish

New York. Dec. 3-Or,-Cotton
futures opcnd 81 cents a bale high
or 10 10 cents lower. Noon price
we're five cents to sl.2o bale high
or than the previous close. Dcccm-
hcr 3ol5. March 3Ol0. May 2o.32.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-03
WEATHER
OR NORTH CAROLINA

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy this afternoon.
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
Continued cold tonight. with low
est temperatures % to 20 degrees.
Warmer Wednesday.
The echo., 1946-03-01
BJHLE luE5TIUn5
4ANSW-eR RED BY The
V0lCEzpR0pHECY
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE eRoAoCAsTeR

cuestion-ls heaven real, or Just
beautiful idea?
Answer-Jesus said: I'm My Fa-
Tiers house are many mansions. il it
were not SO, I would have told You.
go to prepare a place for you. And it Z
80 and prepare place for you I VIII
come again, and receive you unto N.Y.
self; that where I am, there ye may be
$50" John 1872, 8.
Q.-How much would a shekel be
worth In our money?
About sixty-four cents
Q.-Is the Bible against whisky?
A.-Whisky is not mentioned by
name in the Bible, but it has soml-
thing to say about strong drink. Wine
is a mocker, strong drink is raging:
and whatsoever is deceived thereby )
not wise" Proverbs POL (See also
Leviticus 1919; Proverbs 31:4; Isaiah
1922; 24:9; 2S:7D
Q.-Were the seven churches men.
toned in the second and third chap
tiers of Revelation real churches?
A.-These were seven actual
churches in Asia Minor, but ther9
were other churches not mentioned
here. These seven evidently were chO-
sen because of the meaning of their
names, and their history represents
the character of the Christian church
in seven periods of time-from tho
apostolic church to the second coming
OF Christ.
off an angel tells me something,
Isn't that Gods word?
A-Even if a person could be sura
that it was an angel who spoke to him,
It would still remain to be proved tina:
It was an angel of God. In Revelation
N2:e we read of Satan and his angels
~ being cast out of heaven. PsalT,
VS:49 speaks of evil angels" ans
z Peter "a of "the angels that sinned.
(See also Jude 6 and Job 4:1S)
Q.-Where is the battle of Arms
aeddon fought?
A.-Read Revelation 1G:1A16. The
name comes from Har-megldao. or --s
mountain of Megiddo with evident
reference to the battles which took
place near the town OF Megiddo in
northern Palestine. % Sisera and the
Cnaanites We're defeated at
tiers Of Megiddo Judges 5.l9. O.
Ahaziah died there. Kings 9.-I
King Josiah was slain there BY Pna-
raoh-Nechoh, of Egypt. 2 Kings 23.39.
(see also Zechariah 12:11)
Ed Note. Address YOUR questions TO no
The echo., 1946-03-01

Dear Secretary: | have just re-
ceived a letter from Brother A. J.
Barnett, Chairman of the Executive
Board, asking me if l would call
meeting of the Executive Board at
some hour during the session of the
General Board. AS General Presi-
dent, I am hereby calling the Execu-
tive Board to meet in the Office at
9 o'clock A. NJ, March for the pur-
pose of transacting matters that may
come before us in cur regular routine
of business. | am also urging the
local presidents to be on time at 10
o'clock for the opening of the General
Board. We want you to make round
reports plus. Please mail your re
ports to tn e Secretary before tn e
date of the opening Of the Board.
f. F. Young, Gen President
The echo., 1946-03-01
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This feminine softness
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Looking forward to the
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new skirt interest. The
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All these features are de-
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The echo., 1946-03-01

6. Therefore be we very courage
Gus to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of
Moses. that We turn not aside there
from to the right hand or to the left;
7. That We come not among these
nations, these til It remain among
YOU: neither m axe mention of the
name of their gods, nor cause to
swear by them, neither serve them,
nor bow down yourselves unto them;
8. But cleave unto Jehovah your
God, as We have done unto this day.
9. For Jehovah hath driven out
from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you. mo man hath
stood before you unto this day.
no. One man of you shall chase 2
thousand: for Jehovah your God. he
that fIiehteth for you as he
paEa unto you
11. Take good heed therefore unto
yourselves. that We love Jehovah your
God.
Joshua 24:14 Now therefore fear
Jehovah, and serve him i'm sincerity
and in truth; and put away the gods
which your fathers served beyond tae
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
Pulpwood Firm Asks
Permit To Build Pier
South Of Holly Ridge

The Southern Kraft division Of
the International Paper company
of Georgetown, S. c., has made
application with the u. S. Engi-
neers here for permission to con-
struct a pulpwood loading pier at
Morris landing, on the west side
of the Inland waterway it was
learned yesterday.
The pier would be located 81
miles southeast Of the town Of
Holly Ridge and about rs miles
north of Wilmington. It would
serve to facilitate pulpwood ship
ments out of InternationaIs tim
Der holdings in Fender county.
The Engineers announcement
noted that plans of the proposed
work could be seen in the postof-
fees at Holly Ridge and Folk
stone. Objections, if any, have
been requested before Feb. 10.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
Road Program Adopted
By Mecklenburg Group

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 9 - R-The
rural roads improve
ment group meeting at the court
house here today adopted an H.
point program for obtaining its OBJ
jective of improved secondary
roads throughout the county and
demanded, among other things.
that the legislative act permitting
the transfer of $2,5OO,OOO from the
highway fund to the states general
fund be repealed.
The members of the group felt
that this large sum of money
should be used for roads and not
diverted for other purposes.
A petition to secure the names
addresses, telephone numbers and
perhaps voting places of the thous-
ands of rural residents interested
in the road Improvement move
ment will be obtained.
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BOWLES IS LEADING
FIGHT TO HOLD PRICES
Continued from Page One)

suggested: ''Why should Bowles be
moved up two steps?" This re.
ferred to the Bowles-Collet-Snyder
chain Of economic authority.
To bear this out there came,
from still a third official source,
the report that Bow1es had gone
to the White House Thursday ex-
pressly to seek more positive con-
troll of sterilization questions that
he has heretofore enjoyed.
White House secretary Charles
G. Ross told his news conference
that he had no answers to ques-
tons about a shakeup in the eco
nomic high command. A few
minutes after the news conference
he came out of his office with this
statement:
''There has been no change in the
dictatorship of the office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion. No
change has been discussed and
none is contemplated"
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average thermometer reading
for the month was 57.3 degrees.
January, 1916, witnessed its
coolest day on the 28th when rs
degrees was recorded, and the
mercury climbed to its highest
point, IS degrees, on the 10th
An interesting fact is that the
average temperature ranged
around 48 degrees while IL
times during the month the
temperature was at or below
the freezing level.
If you were kicking around in
1912 you remember that in that
year 8.6 inches of snowfall fell
in Wilmington. Since July 1,
1915, only six-tenths of an inch
Of snow has fallen, and since
1871, Wilmington has complet-
ed a total of Al years without
a single flake of snow.
Last month 3.85 inches Of rain
fell on the city; greatest rain
fall on any single day was Jan.
16, when 1876 inches fell. If
a "wettest hour" has to be
chosen, it will be that one be-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
SOLDIERS WIFE.
LOVER ARE SLAIN

COFFEYVILLE, Kans.. Feb. s
-WD-The nude bodies of a prett
young wife of a soldier and he
illicit lover were found today i
bloodspattered tourist cabin, an
police said tonight they had bee
beaten to death by a maniacs
killer.
The victims were 22-year-ol
Mrs. Opal Scott, mother of thre
young children, and Carl Bennins
also %. Mrs. Scott husband is
soldier, now serving overseas
Benning was discharged from tn
army about -four or five month
ago." Police Capt. Arthur Gam
BILE said.
Gamble said police were que.
tioning a ''hot suspect" who ha
rented cabin in the Camp Tt
night court where the Staying
occurred last night or early te
day.
Police picked him up at hi
home in Caney, Kans., when the
learned that he did not spend las
might in his cabin.
The killer had rained serie
OF blows upon the heads Of hi
victims, Gamble said.
1T looks like he might hav
used hammer" the officer ado
ed, but we haven't found a wes
pom yet"
The bodies were discovered b
camp attendant who investigate,
at Woodworking when no one ar
peared to be stirring around tn
cabin.
Mrs. SCOTS body was crumplei
on the floor of the tiny, one-room
whatsoever cabin. Benning'
body was sprawled across a bed
The walls and floors were spotte'
with blood, Gamble said.
Ponce were puzzled by an az
parent lack of motive for the kill
ings.
I'VE just don't have any idea,
said Gamble. That's what we'r
working on now"
He said Benning and Mrs. Scot
had been seeing each other pref
ty often since he got out of tn
army" but Gamble did not know
if the pair were friends of lon,
standing. Both lived in Coffeyvill
with their parents.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
CRISIS AT TAIAN
TALKED AT MEET

cHUNGK1NG, Feb. O. WD -
presidential envoy to China Gen.
George C. Marshall conferred to-
dsv with Communist and National
let leaders in an effort to end the
erisis at Taian in Shantung prov
ince. where cease-fire orders have
been ignored.
End Of the conflict hinged on re-
,toration of communications, since
communists demand the opening
If all railroads Immediately.
The Nationalist garrison at Taian,
.+rategically astride the Peiping-
Tientsin railway, is completely sur
founded by Communist troops. Re-
naated skirmishes have been re-
ported despite urgent cease-fire
orders from executive headquarters
~ After the conference. Marshall
.nnounced he would return to Peip-
ing tomorrow, indicating he may
have settled the thorny problem.
with Marshall was Brig. Gen.
Henry A. Byroade, military at
+ache to China. The Communists
nere represented by Gen. Chou En-
Tai and the Nationalist by Gen.
chang Chih-Chung.
communist spokesman Wang
bingham said the Communists
don't want Taian but would not re-
.reat land we won't change our
Minds regardless of the American
~ Kounintang Mationalist) view
point" .,.. -,.,,,s
v;thdraw willingly after the Jap
anese and puppet Chinese troops IN
Ta;an were disarmed. but would
aot hermit those troops to be NOV
sas' through Communicated terri
torv while they retained their arms.
II would be practical for the
Communists to disarm them, since
+hev have Taian surrounded, Wang
nointed out, but the Communists
would be willing to participate in an
Observation-Disclosures Communist
disarrning and occupation OF the
city.
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the year.
Food fats and oils-Civilian sup
plies in 1915 were the smallest
in more than 20 years. Some
what larger" for 1916.
Canned vegetables - plentiful.
Consumption expected to set a
record.
Canned fruits-supplies about as
large as pre-war.
Potatoes-abundant, but distri-
button hampered by transportation
difficulties. Consumption expect
ed to equal pre-war rate, with TO-
000,0 bushels for export.
Wheat-the 1915 crop set a rec
ord of 1,123,O 100000 bushels. But
exports for relief were high and
stocks are low. Supplies "are suf-
ficient to fill domestic food needs
with recent extraction rates."
(The President ordered more OF
the wheat kernel extracted for
flour to increase the amount of
grain available for export. Cen
eral Mills, Inc, one of the nations
major grinders, announced here
that a Minneapolis milers delega-
ton will meet secretary of agricul-
ture Anderson Monday to plan
cooperation with the program)
Sugar-little Improvement is ex-
pected in 1916.
AS for conditions abroad, the
department said cuts in rations
over large areas "are imperative
if serious food crises are to be
avoided between now and the new
harVeSto
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
Confidential Note To Florida, Eft Al:
WHATS This Stuff About The Weather?

tween IL noon and l p. m. be-
cause of the 1886 inches that fell,
.52 inches fell then.
There were 1875 hours of
sunshine during the month of
January, 1916, seven clear
days, 10 partly-cloudy days and
IA downright cloudy days. Will
mington lacked a few percent
age points of hitting 500 on
the sunshine circuit, because
during the month the possible
hours the sun could have shown
was 1854.
The "average growing sea-
son" in Wilmington. is FAB days.
The longest growing season
since 1871 occurred in 1915 with
a total of 2so days and the short
est growing season was $50 days
in 1876.
Prevailing winds during jan
uarv. 1916, we're from a north
erIy direction and the peak re-
oorded velocity was 81 miles
ner-hour on the final day OF the
month,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
Truman Says That Each Week
Gets "A Little More Hectic

passed, and it's just like yester-
day newspapers. That's the way
we must face those things"
The President addressed the
group in the motion picture room
OF the White House. He spoke in
formally, and the White House
later released a transcript of his
remarks.
Explaining his recent order shift
Ing civil service back to a peace
time basis with emphasis on de-
Capitalization of personnel manage
ment, Mr.. Truman said:
This decentralization, think,
will be exceedingly helpful in Great
ing efficiency-a true merit system
in the government. 1t gives the
personnel people in the departments
"a chance to have some say in the
the selection of the people who
are to do the work"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-(H-

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-P-
President Truman observed today
that each week gets Ga little more
hectic" than the last.
The President, addressing per-
sonnet heads Of the executive de-
partments and agencies, said he
has been thinking every week that
perhaps the next week viii not
be quite so hectic as the week Just
passed, but the coming week is al
ways just little more hectic"
"This is one place." he told the
125 government officials in a dis.
cussion of the new civil service an
pointment program, where YOU
never lack for action and where
there is always crisis just around
the corner and I have to do some
thing about it.
s. But the next day that crisis is
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
BY JAY JENKINS
Staff Writer

II someone wants to mount
an ice-bursted car radiator
and make a speech, here IS the
text:
neutrality-suspicious. felt a higher
average heat during the montn
of January, this year, than dur
ing any previous January since
1882"
Authority for the text Is
found In the monthly weather
report issued by Paul Hess,
head of the local weather
prophets. Average mean tenn
nerature for January, 1916, was
4s.6 degrees; in January, 1888.
the mean temperature was 50.4
degrees. Lowest mean tenn
perature in the same seven
year period was q shivering
1873 degrees in 1910.
AS a matter Of fact, 1940's
36.9 degrees was the coolest
January since 1871. And the
grand-daddy Of all hot Jan
uary's was in 1882 when the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-10
Twenty City Policemen
Attended Oyster Roast
At Wrightsuille Beach

Twenty city policemen - all
members OF the seH-styled Eight
IN Four To Twelve" shift - at
tended an oyster roast at Docks
ON Wrightsville Beach early this
morning.
Assigned ON a shift that is dis
couraging to any normal social
activities from a standpoint Of
hours, the officers sponsored the
event themselves. In their words,
its strictly stag
Participating in the roast were:
LIT. Coy Etheridge, Sgt. L. B.
Rourk, Policemen W. West, W. N.
Leitch, L. E. Culbreth, J. W. Will
son. j. o. Flowers, R. w. Roper,
Fl. E. Williamson, E. P. Herring,
c. j. Hinson, c. E. Merritt, w. C..
Jordan, J. K. Shepherd. R. A. Jar
rel, J. W. Burris, c. L. McLucas
and W. N. Jordan. Detectives L. A.
league and N. J. Wolfe also at
tended.