The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-11-18

veteran of the Confederacy. His
second wife, Ella is 81, and by his
two wives he fathered 10 children.
He spent the day in new rocking
chair, attended by Is members of
his family.
= EMBEZZLED $2Oo,00O-Allison
Sanger, AZ of Springfield, Mass,
wasn't satisfied with his salary of
$25, 900 a year, so over a period
of two years he embezzled 100000.
Caught, he killed his wife, two
sons and himself.
UNC WITHOUT PRESIDENT
Trustees this week accepted the
resignation Of Gordon Gray, Win
ston-Salem man who has been
president of the University of
North Carolina for five years, in
name at least. During this time he
has spent large part of his time
away from the University on
special missions for the President
of the United States. Many have
wondered if a president is neces-
sary after all, as the University
keeps on operating as usual.
BOY AND PISTOL DANGER
OUS-A five-year-old-boy, Larry
Wallace in LAGRANGE, picked up
pistol and shot out the eye of
his uncle, Ben Arthur, Jr., 16.
Arthur, who had the real pistol,
kept it by him in case of intruders.
The day before he had given the
little boy toy pistol. Maybe the
little fellow thought it was the
toy pistol he was shooting.
UNCERTAIN ARGENTINA
Major General Eduardo Lonardi
who led the revolution which exiled
Juan Peron, the corrupt president
of Argentina in September, was
forced out of office this week and
succeeded by Major General Pedro
Aramburu, a fellow-rebel. Well,
our life seems better than living
in those turbulent countries.
NOTED LABOR LEADER DIES
Martin Durkin, former Secretary
of Labor, and ALL Union leader
died in Washington at the age of
81. He had been head of the
plumbers union for IL years. In
Indianapolis, Daniel j. Tobin SO,
president emeritus of the Team
sters Union, one of the most
powerful in the country, died Mon
day. A year ago, he was routed
out of his $4,000 year job by
Dave Beck of Seattle, but the
union gave him and Beck both a
$4,000 year salary. Gave Tobin
a 100000 home in Miami, and
bought from Beck himself, his new
$4,000 Seattle home and gave it
to him to live in free. This month
the union moved into a new $25
million building in Washington
Tobin was born in Ireland.
HONEY CAME TOO FAST
Gerald Sims "a, in Decatur, .Illi-
nois, held by police for speeding
at 60 mph in a 30-mile zone,
phoned his wife: "Honey, Pm in
trouble, come and bring some
money. Shirley was in a hurry to
get there, and she also paid 500
fine for driving too fast while on
the way.
ABANDONED CARSON the
streets of New York 5,438 unclaim-
ed cars have been sold by the city
during the year, bringing in nearly
$4,000. The sum will reach
100000 by the end of the year.
NUISANCE TAX-In Maryland,
near Washington court has
awarded an Air Force sergeant and
his wife the sum of $500 in a
judgment against neighbor whose
blaring radio was too bothersome.
The suit was won under the COM
mon-law principle that property
owners may not use their holdings
in fashion interfering with the
comfort and enjoyment of neigh
boring property owners.
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER
"A check for $146,699.31 repre-
senting $3.50 of the past years
receipts on the National Forests
in North Carolina was mailed to
the State Treasurer on November
4. The receipts were mainly from
the sale of timber stumpage, but
included minor amounts from spe-
cial use and mining permits. Dis
tribution to the counties is based
on the National Forest acreage
embraced in each. The largest pay
I ment, $19,o22.76 goes to Macon
County with Montgomery at
!. $18,60S.44 close second. A recent
study showed that these payments,
on an acreage basis, exceed the
, various county tax rates on cut
over forest land.