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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
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AS Governor
Lieutenant : Governor An
nounces He Will Be
Acting Governor
RAPS TALMADGE
Thompson Says He Will
Confront Talmadge In
Office On Monday
RAPS TALMADGE
Ry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA, Ca. Jan. 18-P)-
Lieut.. Gov. M. E. Thompson an
nounced today he had taken over
as acting governor of Georgia
following resignation of Ellis
Arnall, and would demand that
Herman Talmadge surrender the
governors office and executive
mansion.
Talmadge. elected by the legis-
lature in tle early hours of Wed
nesday morning after a tumultuous
16-hour session, took physical pos
session of the capitol and mansion
Thursday after oustidg Arnall. The
retiring governor! who rejected
Talrnadge as sthat pretender anc
accused him of Selling the govern
ment with storm troopers, thugs
and rufffans," later set UP temper,
ary executive offices in a down
town office building.
Thompson, former educator ano
doctor of philosophy, took his oath
of office at 1880 a, M. in the al
most deserted Senate chamber.
Immediately afterward. Arnall an
nounced that his conditional reslg-
nation, filed previously with the
Secretary of State, had become
effective.
Thompson said he would con-
front Talmadge Monday In the
executive office and demand that
he surrender the governorshlp. Ii
1 do not see him then" continued
Thompson monday is Robert E.
Lees birthday and a legal holi-
day in Georgia) "I will see him
Tuesday. and if not then, then at
the earliest possible opportunity"
Asked at a press conference if
he could evict the rival governor,
Thompson replied: Just yet
don't have a strong military at
my back. but l shall follow up my
demand"
Thompson said until he was
granted access to the executive
offices, he would occl,'y offices
of the Senate President, just off
the Senate chamber, there was no
indication if Talmadge would at
tempt to eject Thompson.
Thompson said his first act was
to direct the attorney general to
continue suit to enjoin Talmadge
from exercising authority of gov
ernor. The litigation was filed origi-
nally in the name of Arnall, as
governor.
AT the same time Thompson an
nounced appointment of Arnan's
Continued on Page 4, Column y
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DlSCORD HINTED
ON TREATY WORK
Big -Four Good Will APP.
pears To Be Threaten
ed AT London Farley

LONDON. Jan. 18-P)-Big -Four
good will that grew in the latter
stages of the New York foreign
ministers meeting appeared to-
night to be threatened by wide dis
agreement over problems of Ger
many.
The disagreement was pointed
up as the ministers deputies met
here this week to begin shaping up
the peace treaties for Germany
and Austria.
The deputies primary assign,
ment is to examine disputes and
report on agreements, enabling the
ministers to get directly to the hub
of. the issues when they meet In
Moscow in March.
u. S. State Department officials
said they had heard "rumors" that
Russia might propose the immedi-
ate withdrawal of all four occupa.
ton forces in Germany. The re.
ports were entirely without con
firmation. but were not discounted
by American diplomats, who said
lthey had, unverified reports from
Germany that Russia might spring
the evacuation proposal as sur
prise during the deputies confer.
ence.a
The officials said if the sugges-
ton is made. they presumed ii
would have the affect of boosting
Russian prestige among the Ger
mans, but that the other occupation
powers were not likely to adopt the
idea.
A Soviet Embassy official said
he had never heard of any such
proposal.
The question of the German-Po-
lish border was a danger spot. Inc
communist newspaper Pravda in
Moscow vigorously supported today
American-epposed Polish claims to
40, 900 square miles of rich terri
tory reaching to thesOder-Neisse
on Poland's western frontier.
The United states was reported
ready to- fight hard to have the
region, or part of it, recognized as
German again. Some western
sources agreed, however, that U. S.
objections to the Polish claims had
been kept quiet too long to carry
heavy weight in a council argu-
ment and that if the United States
had wanted to keep the area away
from Poland it should have started
1T Potsdam.
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FRENCH ACCORD
Z $780,
BELIEVED NEAR
PREMIER designate P a u
Rsmsdier Optimistic Over
Developments

PAIRS. Jan. l8.-R-Premier-
designate Paul Ramadier evolved
a plan tonight for giving the COM
muaists the National Defense
Ministry that Brought him close to
success in his efforts to form a
French cabinet.
He awaited only word from
Former Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault's Popular Republican
movement (MRP) that it would
enter his government to climax his
efforts.
i Radical-socialist sources said that
Ramadier, a socialist, would name
a Communist national defense
minister, but create special proto-
col whereby all highly important
decisions for example, the APP
|pointnent of generals-would re-
Equire the signature Of the premier.
In addition, the radical-socialists
said, the ministries of the Army,
Navy and Air would be distributed
among the socialist, MRP and
radicaI-socialist. ministers as an
additional check. Under the con-
stitution the premier, in any case.
na~A ro1,,,,r c(
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MONEY SAVING
REPORT ASKED
Republicans VIII Demand
Army, Navy To Show
Savings In Merger

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, up =
Republicans bent on whiting
down President Humans S37, $780,
000.0 90 budget disclosed today they
will call upon the Army and Navy
for a showing of money savings in
the plan for %unification of the arm
ed forces.
Brushing aside arguments by
some republicans and democrats
that the $11, 587, 000, 900 outlay for
national defense in fiscal 1948
should not be touched, Chairman
Taber (R-N. Y.) of the House APP
preparations Committee declared to
reporters:
There is going to be a thorough
overhauling of Army and Navy
spending estimates. We are going
to ask what for and why on each
item.
"There is no question but spend
ing should be trimmed under the
merger plan, unless its just. an
other new deal reorganization just
superimposing an extra overhead.
They are going to show us where
we can save. If they don't WE will
show them"
Army and Navy officers who dis
cussed the unification plan with re-
'porters at the White House yester-
day said there had been no esti-
mates on possible savings. Nor did
President Humans budget esti-
mate take into account such a re-
suit.
Mr.. Truman wrote House ,anG
Senate leaders today that he will
submit ~unification legislation soon;
it will be drafted by representa-
(Cnntinued IN Pape 9 CoIur,o 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19
The Weather

FORECAST
North and South Caroina-Clooo anu
cooler with light rain or drizzle and con-
siderable fog Sunday.
Meteorological data for the "a nouls
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1870 am, a.; 7:20 am. AZ; l;30 pm 4o'
7:30 pm. At.
MAXIMUM AZ; Minimum AZ; Mean "A;
Normal IS.
1870 am. "a; 7:3o am. 100; $50 pm
90; 7:3O pm. SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm
GOO inches.
2.61 inches.
TIDES For Today
(From the TIDE Tables published ny
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington 1857 am. 3:06 am.
S:48 pm. 3:45 pm.
Masonboro Inlet 6:28 am. 1902 am.
6.32 pm. 12:48 pm.
Sunrise 7:16; Sunset 5:36; Moonrise 6:12
am. Moonset 3:59 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville. N. c. at q
am. January 10, 1947, mo report feet.
Continued on Page A., Column 81
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f0QSHne
Sixhuadred ory p1nfe SURVIVORS
brought to Shanghai and joined bs
relatives Of victims. angriiy be
sisged the Chinese,ship operators
office and threatened to tear i
apart before hastily summoned
police quieted them. 4
The steamer Was the Chekiang
bound up river to Nantung will
about 1000 passengers. 81
OF Woospng, where the Whang
poo from Shanghai joins thu
|Yangtze estuary, the ship collidet
with of two steel lighters being
by a tug and went down al
most immediately.
Survivors charged that the Che
|kiang was badly overloaded ant
that the tug ignored signals to altel
course.
A police launch from Woosunl
made many trips. rescuing large
numbers Of persons in the water
IN the confusion; estimates of tbs
dead ranged from 400 to 100
tPassengerlis lists ordinarily are no
kept for such short river trips, sc
that exact casualties may never
be known.o
In violent mood, the ,drenched
survivors marched on the Tuns
Chi Steamship Company offices,
demanding redress for lost belong
r.-G~ pS~. Cniunnw 4
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The laWmaker pointed out that
Wilmington has one OF the finest
police forces in the state but that
in all fairness to present members
an investigation should be made.
Men walking their beats today
are being eyed" by the public,
Kermon continued, and their good
names should be cleared.
The commission, he added, has
the right to use the facilities of the
State Bureau of Identification and
the New Hanover Bureau of Identi-
flcation in making such an investi-
cation.
Call members of those units in
and let them check the applica-
%tions,'' he said.
When questioned regarding the
Grand Jury's recommendations in
which that body said the attorney
general should rule as to whether
the commission or the police chief
should investigate the applications
OF men who will be put on the force
IN the future Kermon said, the
chief has the same right to use the
SBI and the county Identification
bureau as has the commission.
TT is the duty of the Civil Serv-
Ice Commission to go back over
all applications of the men who
have been placed on the force and
TO ascertain that the applications
were truthful. If any discrepancies
are found they would be strictly
within their rights to recommend
to the police department a dismiss
sal of the person whom they had
previously approved.
1T is unfair to the police officers
now serving on the force to be con-
demned for the shortcomings of
one or two in the department.
"You will always find one or two
spoiled potatoes in the basket
which will spoil some of the rest
if allowed to remain.
I'm my opinion we have one of
the best sets of police officers in
the state of North Carolina and
they should not have to bear the
brunt Of irresponsible, incompetent
and dishonest men being selected
to the department to associate with
them" he concluded.
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Felled Tree Hits $500 Volt Wire
AS Forest Hills Chopper Gets Sharp
(see Picture On Page Two,

n.
Hundreds Of 'Wilmingtonians in
the Forest Hills, Princess Place,
and Market street road sections
ate their Saturday night supper
by candlelight last night, because
L. F. Duvall, 126 Forest Hills
drive, cut down his old sweet gum
tree. /,
Duvall pulled his George Wash
ington escapade at $50 o'clock,
and as the trees limbs struck Z
O. 00-volt wire, darkness enveloped
eastern Wilmington until Tide
Water Power company mai,te-
nance men repaired the damage at
2 o'clock.
The embarrassed DuviH decIar-
ed the tree did not sever the wire
but being wet, caused a perfect
ground conductor, and the live
electrical member burned in two,
Meanwhile shoppers shopped by
~candlelight, diners ate with can.
dies, sleepy people went to bed
early, as all means of substitute
Illumination were sought by &a1e
darkened areas multitudss. Even
the moon refused to shine.
Four trucks from TWPC played
searchlights on the telephone pole
at the intersection of Nets avenue
and Forest Hills drive, as S. w.
Rogers and Alexander Armstrong.
Maintenance men, hurriedlyS work
ed to "let there be light
Lights came on at oscIock and
Wilmingtonians in the area affect
ed, rubbed their eyes. blew OUT
the candles, and turned on their
radios. with normalcy returned.
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GERMANS, JAPS
FIGHTING FRENCH
Foreign Legion Offic e I
Cites The Need For
100000 Troops

SAIGON, Jan. 49, R by
courier to neural transmitting sta
ton to escape French control
scrutiny)-A Foreign Legion cap
tain told of fighting Viet-Minh guer-
rillas supported by japanese and
Germans today and declared the
French would need 500, 900 troops
to subdue elusive resistance in
Indo-China.
His picture of fighting in South
ern Indo-C China which gradually has
spread from the north since Dec.
10, was supplemented by a Wet
Mini guerrilla captain and a young
girl courier who were interviewed
separately in a small cafe in Sal
CONS native quarter.
The Viet-Minh captain said the
.guerrillas were waging a destruc-
ton campaign on direct orders
from Ho Chi-Minh. leader of the
Viet-Minn party and president Of
fCOntinued on Page 2, Column 81
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Aged Woman Perishes
In Knickerbocker Fire

CLEVELAND, Jan. 10. ar =
An aged woman died in tn e,
roaring flames of a rooming house
fire on the East Side today as the
Knickerbocker Manor. once a
famous Euclid Avenue mansion,
was demolished. A sharp explosion
preceded the flash fire. !;
A dozen persons were given hos
pital treatment, and one was in only
fair condition. Police had account
ed for % regular tenants and two
known visitors. :
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BULLETIN

NORTH WILKEsBoRo, N. C.,
Jan. 18.-R-Ralph Vernon Litz
teral of Winston-Salem and Marvin
Claude Bell of Roaring River were
convicted late today of charges Of
raping a 15-year-old Elkin girl and
were sentenced to die in the states
gas chamber March Is.
The jury deliberated only Is
minutes. 4
Both defendants remained calm
upon hearing the verdict.
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Representative Cites
Officers Applications
Lawmaker Says City's Force Is Among Fin
est, But Seeks Probe In Fairness
To Present Members

State Representative R. M. Kermon last night declared
that the Civil Service Commission should conduct an in
vestigation into the applications of all members OF the Police
Department to ascertain if the statements made by menu
bers of the force were TRUTHFUL"
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Investigation Expands,
Witnesses Questioned
MANY Are Brought Before Two Former
Officers During Five-Hour Session
In Courthouse
BY PHIL WRIGHT
And r. B. PAGE, JR.
Sfor.Nauys Staff Wri&orS

A parade Of witnesses were questioned during a five
hour session in the county courthouse last night as police
officers continued their investigation into the arrest of two
former members Of the Wilmington police force.
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At Least 400 Chinese
Drown AS Xesse h

SHANGHAI, Jan 49,.
drowned today when 4 small
with a lighter and sank off Y
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-03-01

April 9th Detroit Senators at
Birmingham.
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over Buck Nelson's lads and had
the Virginia team trailing 23-14 at
the end of the first half.
Then exactly six minutes after
the new period started the Aggies
had steamed their way to a 1918
lead. From that point to the end
of the tilt, Hampton was never
able stem the powerful tide of
the North Carolinians.
DAVIS SETTING SCORING PACE
Anthony (Tony) Davis, fighting
Aggie sparkplug, continued his
blistering scoring pace for the
season adding 13 points to his al
ready imposing total. Davis, 5
TT. 8 in. Sophomore, is the small
est player on the A. and T. squad.
However, in spite of his lack of
size, the sharpshooting little for
ward has already accounted for
close to 200 points during the
current season.
Alfonso (Flash) Knight and Tom
Casey, Hampton grid great, led
the losers with 10 and eight
points, respectively.
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Unimpressed In
Decisioning
Sheppard

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.,-(NNPA)
- Jimmy Bivins looked anything
but a contender for Joe Louis
crown in his ten-round decision
over Hatchet Mat Curtis Shep-
pard Of Baltimore here last Mon
day night.
Bivins showed little inclination
to mix with the Hatchet Man and
was content to push him around
the ring until the ninth and
enh rounds when he opened up on
Sheppard and beIed him at will.
After cutting the Ratchet Man
over the eye in the first round
Bivins stayed in close and wore
Shepard down with body punches
until the ninth.
Despite Bivins' complete COM
mand of the situation at all times
Sheppard was game and never
stopped charging the Clevelander,
throwing lefts and rights as he
closed in. = He failed to land a
single solid blow on Bivins but
stung him with many glanc-
ing punch.
In the fifth round Sheppard had
Bivins SO confused that when the
bell rang he marched into Shep-
pard's corner, elbowing him out
of the way and sat down.
In the final round whirh was the
best of the show, Bivins and Shep-
pard both landed right uppercuts
to the chin with everything they
had and when Sheppard stag
gered back to his corner Bivins
leaped in and spun him halfway
through the ropes.
AS Sheppard righted himself
he seemed on the verge of col
lopse but gamely fought back until
the final bell.
A crowd of 7,051 paid a total of
$21 ,571.50 to see thebout.
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he suddenly went down again and
this time it was plain to all that
he could not get up. Referee JOS
eph Immediately halted the bout
and DR.. Vincent A. Nardiello of
the sTew York State Athletic
Commission, afte rome look at
Jacks left knee, said the knee
cap was broken.
A stretcher was brought in and
while Beau. was tenderly carried
from the ring writing in pain,
the crowd gave him a tremendous
ovation. He was taken to st.
Clare's hospital.
Beau had won the first round
by rushing Janiro all over the
ring. Tony, however, did a fair
job of taking Jacks blows and
showed a willingness to fight back.
In the second round Janiro I'M
leashed a smooth left hand that
gave the Georgian no end of
trouble. He ripped it to Beau's
face at long range, and to the
body and head while in close, to
pile up enough points to win the
round
In the third, which was an even
round, Beau sent home some good
left hooks while Janiro returned
a series of lefts and rights to
Beau's head.
In the fourth the two men were
| trading punches willingly and the
chowd was settling back to watch
a good close fight when Beau
went down. Despite the broker
kneecap, the game ex-champioT
was still doing all right for him
self after getting up until Janiro's
movements caused him to shift
the weight of his body.
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from the west coast by the 1st
Herman Bell, c., Jehosie Heard, p.
Nat Pollard, p, William Powell,
p, Ed Steele, RF., and John Brit
ton, 3b, will make up the Bir-
mingham party. e. o. Jackson,
Editor of the Birmingham World
will cover the spring camp activi-
ties.
Among the new faces to be seen
will be Pepper" Sharpe, pitcher
and outfielder from the Memphis
Red Sox, TOP" Avery, pitcher
from Lanett, Alabama, G. G. Moore
pitcher from st. Louis, Missouri,
Percy Howard, catcher from Mem
phis Tennessee, Norman Robin
son, outfielder from Baltimore,
Maryland, preacher" Henry, pit
cher, formerly with the Clowns,
and Joseph Scott, outfielder from
Los Angles, California.
The Black Barons will play sew
eral games while in Florida, re-
turning to Birmingham March %
to meet the Cleveland Buckeyes
in an exhibition game at Rick
wood Field.
March 10Th Huntsville Eagles,
at Huntsville, Alabama.
March Both Chicago American
Giants at Birmingham.
April 9Th easter Sunday Kan
sas City Monarchs at Little Rock,
Arkansas.
April 18th Open.
April goth Memphis Red So1
at Memphis.
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Aggiies Romp Over
i. E. Rams

GREENSBORO, N. C. = The A.
and T. Aggies romped to an easy
victory over an outclassed five
from Winston-Salem Teachers
night, February 10, by the score
of 57-37.
HATH STARS
The A. and T. quintet was paced
by lanky George (Cool Papa)
Hath, their pivot star who tailed
16 points in the one-sided contest.
1t was an Aggie victory all the
way as the locals grabbed an
early lead over the Rams and had
forged out front to the tune OF
rs to 10 at the end of the first
period.
WRIGHT IN LIMELIGHT
Carson (Ches) Wright, brilliant
A. and T. guard from Brooklyn,
N. Y, who wore the colors of the
Tuskegee Army Air Field five
while in the service, stepped into
the limelight as he registered IL
points during the fray. Wright
has been regularly turning ex-
cellent floor games during the
season.
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Beau Jack Victim

Washington, d. G.. - (NNPA)
Beau Jack, who twice held the
lightweight crown, went down last
Friday night for the first time in
his colorful career and stayed
down, the technical knockout vic
tim of an old injury that turned up
again in the fourth round of his
scheduled ten round bout with
Tony Janiru in Madison Square
Garden.
More than $4,000 fans paid
$4,000 TO see the fight were stun
ner to see Beau go down on his
back grimacing from a half-punch
half-shove from Janiro after bat
Ting on even terms with the Ohio
Buckeye for the first three rounds.
Fully conscious, Jack lay on the
back grimacing and indicating that
his left knee had been hurt.
Referee Eddie Joseph counted
to eight and the game fighter got
up. Bracing himself on his right
foot, Jack faced the charging
Janiro. They began an exchange
of punches at wild clip with
Jack giving as much as he receiv-
ed until he was forced to move.
Then the end came.
When the Georian attempted to
shift his weight to his left leg
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The spring training roster Of
the Birmingham Black Barons
stands at 26 men with Manager
Tommie Sampson planning to add
several to this list before the de-
parture date, March 9th.
Pepper" Bassett and Jimmie
Lee Newberry are now in Calf
ornia after playing winter base
ball in Cuba and Mexico. art"
Wilson is in Hot Springs. Arkari-
sas. piper" Davis is due back
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Paper Diapers

Mothers using paper diapers soon
will be able to tear them off = roll an
conveniently as they now do paper
hand towels. Tests show that moth
ers find roll packaging more conve-
niant than fat individual wrapping.
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Sugar Syrup

A sugar syrup goes farther than
does dry sugar In sweetening bev-
erages such as iced tea or fruit
juices; 1t blends quickly with the
drink and does not settle to the bot
tam Of the glass.
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Aggies In Easy
Win Over Hampton

GREENSBORO, N. C. Get
ting revenge for an earlier set
back at the hands of the Pirates,
the A. and T.College Cagers,
paced by Edward (Bomber) Mar
tin, brilliant Freshman center,
came back fighting to win handi-
ly in 1926 contest over Hamp-
ton Institute here on Friday, Feb
ruary IA to even the Aggie-Pirate
series.
BOMBER MARTIN STARS
The elongated Martin, it. in.
Navy veteran from Allentown,
Pa, was instrumental in keeping
Coach Eldridge Williams charges
out front throughout the game as
he bombarded the nets for Ia
points while turning in an ex-
cellent performance in the re-
bound department.
The A. and t. quint got off to
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