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The News and Views The Only Newspaper In The World That Gives A Whoop About Onslow County Weather Partly cloudy and I'tllc chance In temperature this afternoon; fair and cooler tonifht and Wednes- day. \OL. NO. 51 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 11, 1952 member of the associated mem prices* Down East with Billy Arfhur ^ lie subject of bears came up other day, and recalled the iory by Pete Chalfant, I think, who was with the National Forest Service. Anyway, it concerned a very vain person who frequently roam- ed the woods and lived in constant fear that he would sometime meet a bear. He knew he would be frightened almost to death. Finally he solicited the advice of his friends who told him that if he was too scared to run. then pray; and if the bear didn't go away, then fight. Not much thought was given the advice until one day the inevitable took place. There was a bear, right in the middle of the path. They espied each other simultane- ously. and the bear approached very slowly and suspiciously. Then, the fellow started think- ing what to do. But he was scared stiff, couldn't move his feet to run. He thought about praying and a bout fighting and decided quickly he'd better combine the two meth- ods. because he knew more about fighting than praying. "Now. listen. Lord,'' he started, determined to offer a prayer. '1 don't know anything about this prayin' business. I think I'd bet- ter trust to fightin'." With that he drew his Bowie knife from his pocket as the bear approached closer. "They say you is all powerful, Ix>rd. If yo is on my side help me to cut his gizzard out with the first jab. If you is on his side, make him go away. But if you is neutral. Lord, you jest sit over there on that stump, and I'm gon- na show you the darndest fight you ever saw." Especially nostaglic is Mrs. Rens Lassiter's discussion of cold cures: "What a list of cough and cold "cures" have been on the market in my lifetime. The old-fashioned remedy which my mother used to administer was a dose of castor oil with a drop or two of spirits ol turpentine. If my chest seemed tight, she would get out her piece of tallow which she always kept on hand, and after warming it be fore the fire she would rub it over my chest and on the bottom of m> feet just before she put me to bed at night. In the course of time one recovered and due credit was al ways given to the treatment. "By the time my children came along, various cold and pneumonia cures had replaced tallow, and ev- ery mother kept the salve of her choice in the medicine chest. Cas tor oil still rated high as interna! treatment, but it was as bad a dose to give as it was to take." We Lose; We Gain II a r r y Potter, well-known cksonville citizen, has joined ; staff of the News and Views « circulation manager. Potter comes to the News and Views from the Modern Furni- ture Co., where he has been em- ployed for some time. Prior to that he was associated with Quinn-McGowan Funeral Home. At the same time, the resig- nation of Mrs. Phillip Fisenman as society editor was announced today. Mrs. Fisenman has ably served in that capacity for the past two months, but has resign- ed because the duties of the job took her from her family respon- sibilities too much of the time. The News and Views regrets the loss of Mrs. Fisenman but welcomes Potter to the family. Plane Sought Near State Line DANVILLE. Va. — Sparsely populated hillside areas between Danville and Martinsville were be- ing scoured today for traces of an unidentified plane believed to have crashed during a wind-driven rain storm last night. Residents of the Cascade-Axton area in Southwestern Pittsylvania County, near the North Carolina line, reported hearing a loud crash at 9:45 last night after a plane had droned overhead for more than two hours. The storm turned back planes which tried to get to the craft and lead it to the Danville airport last night. No trace could be fdund later by searching parties. Building Permit S. V. Bowen Jr. has obtained a building permit to erect a garage and storage structure at his resi- dence. 211 Brentwood Ave. at a cost of $3,000. Batista Now Of Cuban 1 HAVANA, Cuba UP — Veteran revolutionary Fulgencio Batista was back 4n the Cuban saddle again today, pledged to clean up "thieving and gangsterism in gov- ernment." He promised elections for a new government after the cleanup. With army backing, Batista oust- i the government of President • rlos Prio Socarro before dawn iterday. Two men killed in a lef gun battle at the presidential palace were the only reported cas- ualties. HUGE RED SUPPLY BASE BURNED *********** Heavy Winds, Rain Interrupt Service Here 3 Onslowans Returning From Korean Battle Front The twin brother of a Onslow County soldier who is a prisoner of war in Korea arrived in Seattle yesterday from the Korean battle- front. He is Sgt. Robert S. Pinkston, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Pink- ston of Jacksonville, the twin brother of James L. Pinkston who the North Koreans announced late last year was a prisoner. In addition to Sgt. Pinkston. two other Onslowans returned yester- day to Seattle from the Korean front. They were Pvt. Marvin W Justice of Sneads Ferry and Cpl. Robert E. Sutherland of Richlands. All three Onslowans arrived on the Marine Phoenix. James L. Pinkston was first list- ed as missing in action and then his parents were notified that he had participated in a broadcast from a North Korean camp. Later, when prisoner lists were exchang- ed. he was included on the list. After Christmas, the Pinkstons received a Christmas card from him and last week a letter, writter in October, arrived here. The let- ter was believed to have been one written as part of the broadcast. New Hampshire Primary Today Viewed Cautiously Morris On Stand In Ship Profit Investigation WASHINGTON W — Newbold Morris, government cleanup man. ook the witness chair today in a | Senate investigation of profitable deals in war surplus ships and was j promptly asked whether the White ! House arranged for a 1947 meeting j he had with Maritime Commission I officials. | Morris said he did not recall j that the White House had any hand in the arrangements, but two sen- I ators told him that later testimony vill show it did. 1 "For your own protection" Sen. | McCarthy <R-Wis) told Morris "you should he told the original appoint- i ment was made from the White House." McCarthy and Sen. Mundt 1 R- SD> joined in a request that Mor- ris "search your memory" about the 194? meeting. Morris repeated that he recalled no White House | help. In weeks of hearing, the Senate Investigations subcommittee has developed that a group of promi- nent persons, headed by ex-Rep. i Joseph E. Casey, made 31.» million dollars from an investment of §101,000 in surplus ships. President Acts As Though He Might Seek Post KEY WEST, Fla. </P>—President Truman appeared unconcerned to- day over what may happen to his prestige in New Hampshire's pres- idential preference primary. Yet he showed other sign.s of acting like a candidate for re-election His decision to interrupt his Flor- ida vacation for a speech in New York Saturday—his first talk away from Washington since last fal 1 — renewed speculation he may seek another term. The President is flying from Key West Friday to spend Friday night in Washington. He will fly Satur- day to New York where he will ad- dress the Columbia Scholastic- Press Association in the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel. Atfer the speech, he will fly di- rectly back to Key West to resume the vacation he began last Friday. Truman, who once described CONT. ON PAGE SEVEN In Full Control Government Batista's forces wele reported in | command of police, army and navy i stations in Cuba's five outlying" I provinces. Batista, who ruled the Caribbean I island country from 1934 until 1944 —first as a behind-the-scenes dic- tator and then as president — this time called himself "chief of the revolution." He named a 15-man cabinet of civilians, replaced top military and police officers as well as Havana's mayor and said he. himself, "might possibly become prime minister and. as such, head of the government." CONCORD. N. H. i/P>—Gen. Eisenhower held a slight lead over Sen. Robert A. Taft in the first-i n-t h e-nation Republican presidential preference primary today in the first two tiny towns to report. The towns—YVaterville Valley and Millsfield—pave Eisenhower seven votes and Taft four. The combined population of the two places is only 26. By JAMES MAR LOW WASHINGTON itfi — Even some of the professional politicians, who seldom put on a poor mouth before- hand. speak cautiously about the outcome of the New Hampshire primary today. And the politically wise Washing- ton newsmen, who invaded New- Hampshire in battalion formation, are reluctant to stick their necks out with any flat prophecies. Their stories are on the iffy side. The professionals, political and journalistic, indicate the result may be close, although that result in the long run may not be con- clusive proof of anything except how the people of New Hampshire feel right now. There are a lot of more state pri- j nraries between today and next I July, when the Republicans and j Democrats finally pick their can-1 didates at the big Chicago conven- i tions. Much can happen between | now and then. True, the New Hampshire result j may have some psychological ef-1 feet on what happens in the other primaries and, eventually, on what j happens in Chicago although even j this idea can be twisted more ways than one. Over the week end Sen. Taft was credited with edging up on Gen. Eisenhower, who had been expect- ed to make a big showing in New Hampshire where his backers were strongly organized. It has been said a bad setback today may force the general, if he1 really wants the party nomination, to come home from Europe, make a real campaign, and tell the vot- ers in person where he stands on the issues. It could also be said that a sweeping victory for Eisenhower him the Chicago nomination today might in the long run cost him the Chicago nomination in this way: A big win tonight might lull him into a feeling he can get the nom- (CONT. ON PAGE! TWO) Italian Quits As Land Forces Top Commander ROME i/P—Italian Gen. Maurizio Lazzaro De Castiglioni has resign- ed as NATO commander of land forces in Southern Europe, a high Italian source said today, in the face of Greek and Turk opposition to placing their troops under his leadership. Gen. Efisio Marras, Italian chief of staff, asked Castiglioni to recon- sider his resignation, the informant said, but Castiglioni rejected the request. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower vis- ited Greece and Turkey last week. Leaders in both countries opposed placing their troops under Italian command. Greece especially is bit- ter toward the Italian army. Eisen- hower was reported to have work- ed out plans to put the Greeks and Turks under U. S. Adm. Kobert B. Carney. Allied commander in chief for Southern Europe. Board Meeting The Jacksonville Town Board of Aldermen will meet at the City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock. Power, Phone Lines Down In Several Areas Roofs Blown Off; Windows, Signs Are Destroyed Extremely heavy winds which started before midnight and con- tinued this morning, interrupted power and telephone service here and inflicted damage at several business establishments and homes. The Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company reported three telephone poles down above Kel- lum alongside U. S. Highway 17. giant pine tree fell across the A&EC Railway between Kinston and Goldsboro. Manager Dan Clark >aid. causing the local branch of • he company to lose some out-going circuits. Carolina Power and Light Com- pany and the Jones-Onslow REA both reported interrupted service, but both concerns expected service lo be restored by nightfall. CP&L reported one pole down tnd service interruption in the Maysville-Swansboro area. Jones- i Onslow REA said that several lines were down throughout their area but that repairs had been since 61 a.m. and the eight to ten different failures would be repaired soon. j A roof was blown off the home of Prentiss Kennedy on Richlands | Ave. and some damage was done to the roof of the George Buchanan j residence here. Windows at Marine Chevrolet Co. and Richlands Motor Sales were blown out and a sign fell at the Chevrolet Co. The skies literally "fell out" be- tween 8 and 9 a.m. this morning drenching school children and per- sons en route to work. Within a 15-minute period, how- ever, the sun appeared and the skies were completely clear of any clouds. The heavy rains brought high waters to New River and White Oak River. At Pine Lodge in Jack- sonville, New River waters were over the docks and almost above the bulkhead. At Swansboro, White Oak River was reported as cover- ing private docks. By The Associated Press March winds roared into the Carolinas today slamming down j power lines and whipping rivers over their banks in mountain and coastal areas. The wind blew into guests up to 60 miles an hour in some areas. The raging wind transformed light showers into driving rainstorms last 1 night. Storm warnings went up all along the Atlantic Coast. The Cape Fear I River at Wilmington was up into j some streets along the waterfront. I However, no heavy damage was re-! ported. A gale with winds up to 40 miles an hour screamed through Wil- j mington causing somq power fail- j ures. Heavy rains throughout Western' \orth Carolina eariy today sent I some streams out of their banks j in lowlying areas. Power lines in industrial areas north of the city were knocked out and lines serving the center of the city were damaged. Wind-lashed breakers sent spray flying over i front beach houses. The wind slackened later in the aay, and rain stopped in most sec-1 tions of the Carolinas. Clearing; skies and cooler weather are fore- ; cast for tonight and tomorrow. Ridgway Hits Red Charges Of Germ Warfare By UN MUSAN. Korea lift — Gen Mat- thew B. Ridgway declared today that Red falsehoods are upsetting Korean truce talks. The U. N. commander said ar- mistice negotiations have reached a point where it's impossible to tell what is going to happen. He blamed Communist negotiators "who resort to intemperate lan- guage and deliberately employ known falsehoods." Ridgway branded Red stories that Allies arc using germ war- fare as "completely, absolutely and categorically false." He speculated Communist accu- sations were either 1. an attempt to cover up their inability to pre vent epidemics and to control them after they do occur" or 2. an in- dication they plan "to employ such methods" as germ warfare them- selves. Ridgway said he was not accus- ing the Reds of plotting to initiate bacteriological warfare, "but it is conceivable." And. he said, he wasn't absolutely certain that epi- demics are sweeping Red Korea but evidence indicates bubonic plague is rampant. Red radios have been pouring out the germ warfare stories for al- most three weeks. They have not been mentioned in truce talks. In the armistice talks themselves j Rear Adm. R. E. Libby told the | Communists: "We are getting fed up with your attempts to make things appear as facts that are not facts." Libby's blunt statement came in answer to accusations from North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Che that the Allies raised extensive I fabrications to further delay" ne- gotiations. Lec referred to Allied demands for an accounting ol missing Allied troops, including 50,000 South Koreans, as "dexter- ous delaying tactics." Set Flue-Cured Tobacco Loan Rate At 50.6 Cents Army Takes Rail Strike Battle Into Court CLEVELAND — The govern- ment today asked Federal Court to order three rail unions to end their strike against two rail lines 'immediately." Judge Emerich B. Freed was ex- pected to consider the govern- ment's request for an injunction arder without delay. Justice Department attorneys filed the action for the Army, which has controlled the railroads since Aug. 27, 1950. Their petition also asked the court to ke«r> engineers, firemen and conductors From spreading the waikoui io om E?r railroads. Since the surprise strike started Sunday morning, onlv the New York Central lines west of Buffalo and the St. Louis Terminal have been targets of the three rail oper- ating brotherhoods. About 6,000 men are on strike, and an addi- tional 25,000 New York Central em- ployes have been laid off. Failure to end the strike or its extension would put heads of three unions in contempt of court and make them liable to fines and im- prisonment. The injunction request came aft- er heads of the three unions meet ing here took no action on an Army demand they end the walk out or face "appropriate action.' The Army said the defense effort could not permit an interruption in transportation. The strike has slowed dowti freight shipments, caused some in- dustrial layoffs and forced about 20,000 daily NYC passengers to find other rides. Industrial lay-off* would mount rapidly if the strike is prolonged. Storm Warnings WASHINGTON (TP)—'The Wea- ther Bureau today ordered storm warnings along the Atlantic Coast from Block Island to Cape Hat- teras. The advisory, effective at 4 a.m. forecast for the area "35-50 miles-an-hour southerly winds today in connection with deep storm center moving north north- eastward over the Great aLkes." Russia Proposes Big Four Conference On Germany MOSCOW lip — The Soviet Union proposed today an immediate Big Pour conference to reunite divided Germany and prepare for a peace treaty barring the Germans from alliances aimed at any of their World War II enemies. Western observers in Moscow predicted the United States. Britain [and France would turn down the proposal, which included a detailed outline of principles that the Soviet said would be the basis of the I peace treaty. The Russians said, however, they would discuss other projects also. West Germany is one of six gov- ernments negotiating to form a Eu- ropean army linked to the Atlantic Alliance against Communism — an alliance which Russia has insisted is aggressively directed againsi her. Deputy Foreign Minister Andre Gromyko handed the plan to Bif Three diplomats in Moscow lasi night. It was made public almost immediately, in early morning So viet broadcasts and the morning editions of Pravda and other pa pers. In Washington, the State Depart ment's press officer, Michael Mc Dermott, said early today the tex1 of the note had not been receivec and there would be no U. S. com ment until State Department offi cials have a chance to study it. The Russians said they wantec Big Four talks on German unifica tioa and on the treaty to begir "without delay" and asked Westerr answers to their notes "in tht shortest possible time." ► WASHINGTON t/pi—The Agricul-* lure Department today announced a minimum price support loan level of 50.6 cents per pound for flue- cured tobacco grown during the 1952 crop season. This support level might be raised somewhat by the level com- puted at the beginning of the mar- keting year—July 1—but it will be no lower. The 50.6-cenls minimum loan fig- ure was only one-tenth of a cent under the 1951 loan level of 50.7 cents per pound for flue-cured, j The 1952 minimum loan level on ! Burley war set at 49.5 cents—like- wise slightly below the 1951 level of 49.8 cents per pound. Loans on both flue-cured and burley will be available at 90 per t cent of parity. These same general trends pre- j vailed for fire-cured, with the 1952 I | minimum set at 37.1 cents as com-' | pared with 37.4 last year; and dark ; ?iir-cured and Virginia sun-cured ! both being set at 33 cents per pound as compared with 33.2 cents j in 1951. Loans of fire-cured tobacco will be at 75 per cent of the burley rate, and on dark air-cured and Virginia sun-cured at 66 2/3 per cent of the burley rate. At the end of 1951. tobacco pledged to the Commodity Credit j Corporation from the 1946-51 crops1 I totaled about 371 million pounds on a packed weight basis. Of ihis. 189 mi'.lion was flue-cured and 88 I million burley. These support rates are designed ! to reflect 90 per cent of parity as j of July 1 for flue-cured and Octo- j her I for burley. Should the parity prices be higher on those dates than at present the support rates j would be increased accordingly. Parity is a standard for measur- I tng farm prices. It is declared by i law to be equally fair to farmers i ind those who buy their products. I The minimum rates announced | today are slightly below those in j fleet last year because the current parity price is slightly lower. VA Sets Mailing Dates For Dividends I WASHINGTON UP—'The Veter- ans Administration plans to start j .nailing 1952 dividends on National Service Life insurance to veterans I md servicemen later this month j instead of this week. The new date was announced yes- I terday. | Five million policyholders will | livide about 200 million dollars. ! Individual dividends will in most j cases average $60. The VA will I send cash only to the policy holder •vho requests it. Otherwise, the money can be left with the VA to ,iay future premiums or to draw interest. 'Crashed Plane' Is Wild Chase Military and civilian officers en- gaged in a three-hour "wild goose" hunt last night as result of a re- port by an alert commercial air- line pilot that a plane was down in Hofmann Forest. Sheriff's officers, city police, high- way patrol and provost marshal officers engaged in the hunt—only to find that it was an old wreck, about two or three years old. The wreck, which should have I been marked with orange paint to signify it was an old wreck, was I not so designated. An airlines pilot, | evidently new on the run, seeing I the unmarked wreck, immediately i reported it. Senate Debate On Bureau Bill Opens Tomorrow WASHINGTON </P)—The Senate will begin debate tomorrow or i'lt.-icUint Truman's plan to reor- ganize the Internal Revenue Bu reau—called by one of the bu- reau's severest critics "a crisis in the fight for good government." The description came from Rep Cecil R. King. D-Calif., a backei of the plan, in an unusual bid foi public support last night. The pro- posal. approved overwhelming^ by the House, has met resistance in the Senate. Unless turned down by midnight Friday, it automatically goes intc effect. Offered by the President ir the wake of tax scandals, it woulc reduce the number of tax collec tors, now politically-appointed, anc give them civil service status. Opponents contend the plai would neither prevent corruptior nor increase efficiency. Civil Ser vice, they say. is no guarantee a gainst dishonest employes. The} also express fear of legal loophole; and possible jeopardy to rights o: taxpayers. Kins, chairman of a House sub committee investigating federal taj scandals, predicted an "uphill bat tie" in the Senate. He told listen ers reform is needed but may no come "unless you demand it." Arguing for the Civil Servict provision. King said a tax collect ing job must "no longer be made reward for political loyalty o a stepping stone to some higl political appointment or means of enhancing private profes sional and business interests." WELCOME TARAWA TERRACE M Sgt. Clifford D. Whynaught 918 E. Pelulu: S Sgt. Ellis H. Da vis. 968 E. Pelilu; Capt. William K Byrd. 1038 E. Pelilu: William F Fort Jr.. 1050 E. Pelilu: Capl Leonard Waxier, 1054 E. Pelilu: LI Ray Funderburk, 1060 E Pelilu. JACKSONVILLE M Sgt. M. Coledanchise. 41 Johnson Blvd.. Lt. Thomas L Young. 236 New River; Maggi Hewitt. RFD 2.: Maj. Milligan G Hereford. 1691 Robinson Dr. U. S. Jet Pilots Hit Camouflaged Depot With Gas Three MIGs Hit, Bringing Two Ddy Total To Nineteen By SAM SUMMERLIN SEOUL, Korea (ifV—American jet pilots turned a huge camouflaged Red supply base into blazing ruins today in the most intense attack of the Korean War with flaming jellied gasoline. Flames spread over a four- square-mile area of the supply de- pot. Swarms of Red jets streaked down from Manchuria to try to pro- tect the base near Sinmak. 30 miles northwest of the truce village. Pan- munjom. U. S. Sabre jet pilots shQt down three MIGs in air battles, prob- ably destroyed another and dam- aged five. That boosted Red planes KO'd | to 19 in two days. The Air Force i reported seven MIGs downed and three damaged yesterday. U. S. losses, if any, are reported only weekly. F-80 Shooting Stars attacked the Western supply depot, camoufl^^ so it looked like an innocent farming village." Pilots said they could see it was a fake. Then they ! let loose. They poured 33,300 gallons of searing napalm jellied gasoline on ; the area, blasted it with 300,000 pounds of explosives, and raked ; it with 45,000 machinegun bullets. They at? iked through a curtain of antiaircraft fire. The Shooting Stars unloaded their bombs, roared ! back to base and came back with new loads. Pilots said they demolished at ! least 32 Red antiaircraft positions but lost count of the number of in- 1 stallations and Red troops destroy ! ed. When the jets first flew over the base, they saw "stacks of boxes covered with straw roofs," said Capt. Van J. Kreft of Altadena, Calif. "They had no sides and the supplies were plainly visible as we went in." CP&L To Build Power Plant Near Wilmington WILMINGTON, N. C. (^P)-An electric power plant will be built in New Hanover County to supply at least 110,000 kilowatts to the Wilmington area. That was the announcement made here yesterday by Louis V. Sutton, president of the Carolina Power and Light Co. Sutton told a luncheon meeting of business and civic leaders that the C P & L has not decided where the plant will be erected in the county, but he said that the firm expected to have the facility in operation by 1954. A kilowatt is equivalent to one and one-third horsepower. The erection of the New Hanover plant is part of a program to in- crease power in Southeastern N*rth Carolina. Two large units which will generate at least 75.000 kilo- I watts each at Goldsboro and Lum- berton will be brought itno service this year, Sutton said. i The total load in Wilmington is now 20,000 kilowatts, Sutton ex- plained, and in the entire Tide Water area the load is about 60,000 kilowatts. More Death Threats Given In Willie Sutton Case NEW YORK —Death threats to a mourning family and to a garageman involved in the arrest of bank robber Willie Sutton today spurred New York City's grimmest killer-hunt in a dozen years. For 19,000 policemen the No. 1 job was to trap the slayer who in gangland-style Saturday night shot down pants salesman Arnold Schuster. 24. It was his tip that ! led to Sutton's arrest. The scope ot the manhunt was j emphasized last night when Mayor I Vincent R Impellitteri said he I would ask the city board to vote a $25,000 reword "for the capture of the murderer." Even as Schuster was buried yesterday, the reports of new death threats extended the shadow of terror over Brooklyn. A report said that just two hours before the funeral, Schuster's fam- ily received this warning: "One death isn't enough, there will be others." It was not clear whether the message was mailed or phoned. While the Schusters were at the funeral, a threat was directed at I Jack Peene, a garageman who was helping Sutton with a stalled I car shortly before his capture Feb. 11H. i
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The News and Views The Only Newspaper In The World That Gives A Whoop About Onslow County
Weather Partly cloudy and I'tllc chance In temperature this afternoon; fair and cooler tonifht and Wednes- day.
\OL. NO. 51 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 11, 1952 member of the associated mem prices*
Down East with
Billy Arfhur ^ lie subject of bears came up
other day, and recalled the iory by Pete Chalfant, I think,
who was with the National Forest Service.
Anyway, it concerned a very vain person who frequently roam- ed the woods and lived in constant fear that he would sometime meet a bear. He knew he would be frightened almost to death. Finally he solicited the advice of his friends who told him that if he was too scared to run. then pray; and if the bear didn't go away, then fight.
Not much thought was given the advice until one day the inevitable took place. There was a bear, right in the middle of the path. They espied each other simultane- ously. and the bear approached very slowly and suspiciously.
Then, the fellow started think- ing what to do. But he was scared stiff, couldn't move his feet to run. He thought about praying and a
bout fighting and decided quickly he'd better combine the two meth- ods. because he knew more about fighting than praying.
"Now. listen. Lord,'' he started, determined to offer a prayer. '1 don't know anything about this prayin' business. I think I'd bet- ter trust to fightin'."
With that he drew his Bowie knife from his pocket as the bear approached closer.
"They say you is all powerful, Ix>rd. If yo is on my side help me to cut his gizzard out with the first jab. If you is on his side, make him go away. But if you is neutral. Lord, you jest sit over there on that stump, and I'm gon- na show you the darndest fight you ever saw."
Especially nostaglic is Mrs. Rens Lassiter's discussion of cold cures:
"What a list of cough and cold "cures" have been on the market in my lifetime. The old-fashioned remedy which my mother used to administer was a dose of castor oil with a drop or two of spirits ol turpentine. If my chest seemed tight, she would get out her piece of tallow which she always kept on hand, and after warming it be fore the fire she would rub it over my chest and on the bottom of m> feet just before she put me to bed at night. In the course of time one recovered and due credit was al ways given to the treatment.
"By the time my children came along, various cold and pneumonia cures had replaced tallow, and ev- ery mother kept the salve of her choice in the medicine chest. Cas tor oil still rated high as interna! treatment, but it was as bad a dose to give as it was to take."
We Lose; We Gain
II a r r y Potter, well-known cksonville citizen, has joined ; staff of the News and Views
« circulation manager. Potter comes to the News and
Views from the Modern Furni- ture Co., where he has been em- ployed for some time. Prior to that he was associated with Quinn-McGowan Funeral Home.
At the same time, the resig- nation of Mrs. Phillip Fisenman as society editor was announced today. Mrs. Fisenman has ably served in that capacity for the past two months, but has resign- ed because the duties of the job took her from her family respon- sibilities too much of the time.
The News and Views regrets the loss of Mrs. Fisenman but welcomes Potter to the family.
Plane Sought Near State Line DANVILLE. Va. — Sparsely
populated hillside areas between Danville and Martinsville were be- ing scoured today for traces of an unidentified plane believed to have crashed during a wind-driven rain storm last night.
Residents of the Cascade-Axton area in Southwestern Pittsylvania County, near the North Carolina line, reported hearing a loud crash at 9:45 last night after a plane had droned overhead for more than two hours.
The storm turned back planes which tried to get to the craft and lead it to the Danville airport last night. No trace could be fdund later by searching parties.
Building Permit S. V. Bowen Jr. has obtained a
building permit to erect a garage and storage structure at his resi- dence. 211 Brentwood Ave. at a cost of $3,000.
Batista Now Of Cuban 1
HAVANA, Cuba UP — Veteran revolutionary Fulgencio Batista was back 4n the Cuban saddle
again today, pledged to clean up "thieving and gangsterism in gov- ernment." He promised elections for a new government after the cleanup.
With army backing, Batista oust- i the government of President
• rlos Prio Socarro before dawn iterday. Two men killed in a lef gun battle at the presidential
palace were the only reported cas- ualties.
HUGE RED SUPPLY BASE BURNED ***********
Heavy Winds, Rain Interrupt Service Here 3 Onslowans Returning From Korean Battle Front
The twin brother of a Onslow County soldier who is a prisoner of war in Korea arrived in Seattle yesterday from the Korean battle- front.
He is Sgt. Robert S. Pinkston, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Pink- ston of Jacksonville, the twin brother of James L. Pinkston who the North Koreans announced late last year was a prisoner.
In addition to Sgt. Pinkston. two other Onslowans returned yester- day to Seattle from the Korean front. They were Pvt. Marvin W Justice of Sneads Ferry and Cpl.
Robert E. Sutherland of Richlands. All three Onslowans arrived on the Marine Phoenix.
James L. Pinkston was first list- ed as missing in action and then his parents were notified that he had participated in a broadcast from a North Korean camp. Later, when prisoner lists were exchang- ed. he was included on the list.
After Christmas, the Pinkstons received a Christmas card from him and last week a letter, writter in October, arrived here. The let- ter was believed to have been one written as part of the broadcast.
New Hampshire Primary Today Viewed Cautiously
Morris On Stand In Ship Profit Investigation
WASHINGTON W — Newbold Morris, government cleanup man. ook the witness chair today in a
| Senate investigation of profitable deals in war surplus ships and was
j promptly asked whether the White ! House arranged for a 1947 meeting j he had with Maritime Commission I officials. | Morris said he did not recall j that the White House had any hand in the arrangements, but two sen-
I ators told him that later testimony vill show it did.
1 "For your own protection" Sen. | McCarthy <R-Wis) told Morris "you should he told the original appoint-
i ment was made from the White House."
McCarthy and Sen. Mundt 1 R- SD> joined in a request that Mor- ris "search your memory" about the 194? meeting. Morris repeated that he recalled no White House
| help. In weeks of hearing, the Senate
Investigations subcommittee has developed that a group of promi- nent persons, headed by ex-Rep.
i Joseph E. Casey, made 31.» million dollars from an investment of §101,000 in surplus ships.
President Acts As Though He
Might Seek Post KEY WEST, Fla. </P>—President
Truman appeared unconcerned to- day over what may happen to his prestige in New Hampshire's pres- idential preference primary. Yet he showed other sign.s of acting like a candidate for re-election
His decision to interrupt his Flor- ida vacation for a speech in New York Saturday—his first talk away from Washington since last fal 1 —
renewed speculation he may seek another term.
The President is flying from Key West Friday to spend Friday night in Washington. He will fly Satur- day to New York where he will ad- dress the Columbia Scholastic- Press Association in the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel.
Atfer the speech, he will fly di- rectly back to Key West to resume the vacation he began last Friday.
Truman, who once described CONT. ON PAGE SEVEN
In Full Control Government
Batista's forces wele reported in | command of police, army and navy i stations in Cuba's five outlying" I provinces.
Batista, who ruled the Caribbean I island country from 1934 until 1944 —first as a behind-the-scenes dic- tator and then as president — this time called himself "chief of the revolution." He named a 15-man cabinet of civilians, replaced top military and police officers as well as Havana's mayor and said he. himself, "might possibly become prime minister and. as such, head of the government."
CONCORD. N. H. i/P>—Gen. Eisenhower held a slight lead over Sen. Robert A. Taft in the first-i n-t h e-nation Republican presidential preference primary today in the first two tiny towns to report.
The towns—YVaterville Valley and Millsfield—pave Eisenhower seven votes and Taft four. The combined population of the two places is only 26.
By JAMES MAR LOW WASHINGTON itfi — Even some
of the professional politicians, who seldom put on a poor mouth before- hand. speak cautiously about the outcome of the New Hampshire primary today.
And the politically wise Washing- ton newsmen, who invaded New- Hampshire in battalion formation, are reluctant to stick their necks out with any flat prophecies. Their stories are on the iffy side.
The professionals, political and journalistic, indicate the result may be close, although that result in the long run may not be con- clusive proof of anything except how the people of New Hampshire feel right now.
There are a lot of more state pri- j nraries between today and next I July, when the Republicans and j Democrats finally pick their can-1 didates at the big Chicago conven- i tions. Much can happen between | now and then.
True, the New Hampshire result j may have some psychological ef-1 feet on what happens in the other primaries and, eventually, on what j happens in Chicago although even j this idea can be twisted more ways than one.
Over the week end Sen. Taft was credited with edging up on Gen. Eisenhower, who had been expect- ed to make a big showing in New Hampshire where his backers were strongly organized.
It has been said a bad setback today may force the general, if he1 really wants the party nomination, to come home from Europe, make a real campaign, and tell the vot- ers in person where he stands on the issues.
It could also be said that a sweeping victory for Eisenhower him the Chicago nomination today might in the long run cost him the Chicago nomination in this way:
A big win tonight might lull him into a feeling he can get the nom-
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Italian Quits As Land Forces
Top Commander ROME i/P—Italian Gen. Maurizio
Lazzaro De Castiglioni has resign- ed as NATO commander of land forces in Southern Europe, a high Italian source said today, in the face of Greek and Turk opposition to placing their troops under his leadership.
Gen. Efisio Marras, Italian chief of staff, asked Castiglioni to recon- sider his resignation, the informant said, but Castiglioni rejected the request.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower vis- ited Greece and Turkey last week. Leaders in both countries opposed placing their troops under Italian command. Greece especially is bit- ter toward the Italian army. Eisen- hower was reported to have work- ed out plans to put the Greeks and Turks under U. S. Adm. Kobert B. Carney. Allied commander in chief for Southern Europe.
Board Meeting The Jacksonville Town Board of
Aldermen will meet at the City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock.
Power, Phone Lines Down In Several Areas
Roofs Blown Off; Windows, Signs Are Destroyed
Extremely heavy winds which started before midnight and con- tinued this morning, interrupted power and telephone service here and inflicted damage at several business establishments and homes.
The Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company reported three telephone poles down above Kel- lum alongside U. S. Highway 17.
giant pine tree fell across the A&EC Railway between Kinston and Goldsboro. Manager Dan Clark >aid. causing the local branch of • he company to lose some out-going circuits.
Carolina Power and Light Com- pany and the Jones-Onslow REA both reported interrupted service, but both concerns expected service lo be restored by nightfall.
CP&L reported one pole down tnd service interruption in the Maysville-Swansboro area. Jones- i Onslow REA said that several lines were down throughout their area but that repairs had been since 61 a.m. and the eight to ten different failures would be repaired soon. j
A roof was blown off the home of Prentiss Kennedy on Richlands | Ave. and some damage was done to the roof of the George Buchanan j residence here.
Windows at Marine Chevrolet Co. and Richlands Motor Sales were blown out and a sign fell at the Chevrolet Co.
The skies literally "fell out" be- tween 8 and 9 a.m. this morning drenching school children and per- sons en route to work.
Within a 15-minute period, how- ever, the sun appeared and the skies were completely clear of any clouds.
The heavy rains brought high waters to New River and White Oak River. At Pine Lodge in Jack- sonville, New River waters were over the docks and almost above the bulkhead. At Swansboro, White Oak River was reported as cover-
ing private docks.
By The Associated Press March winds roared into the
Carolinas today slamming down j power lines and whipping rivers over their banks in mountain and coastal areas.
The wind blew into guests up to 60 miles an hour in some areas. The raging wind transformed light showers into driving rainstorms last 1
night. Storm warnings went up all along
the Atlantic Coast. The Cape Fear I River at Wilmington was up into j some streets along the waterfront. I However, no heavy damage was re-! ported.
A gale with winds up to 40 miles an hour screamed through Wil- j mington causing somq power fail- j ures.
Heavy rains throughout Western' \orth Carolina eariy today sent
I some streams out of their banks j in lowlying areas.
Power lines in industrial areas north of the city were knocked out and lines serving the center of the city were damaged. Wind-lashed breakers sent spray flying over
i front beach houses. The wind slackened later in the
aay, and rain stopped in most sec-1 tions of the Carolinas. Clearing; skies and cooler weather are fore- ; cast for tonight and tomorrow.
Ridgway Hits Red Charges Of Germ Warfare By UN
MUSAN. Korea lift — Gen Mat- thew B. Ridgway declared today that Red falsehoods are upsetting Korean truce talks.
The U. N. commander said ar- mistice negotiations have reached a point where it's impossible to tell what is going to happen. He blamed Communist negotiators "who resort to intemperate lan- guage and deliberately employ known falsehoods."
Ridgway branded Red stories that Allies arc using germ war- fare as "completely, absolutely and categorically false."
He speculated Communist accu- sations were either 1. an attempt
to cover up their inability to pre vent epidemics and to control them after they do occur" or 2. an in- dication they plan "to employ such methods" as germ warfare them- selves.
Ridgway said he was not accus-
ing the Reds of plotting to initiate bacteriological warfare, "but it is conceivable." And. he said, he wasn't absolutely certain that epi- demics are sweeping Red Korea but evidence indicates bubonic plague is rampant.
Red radios have been pouring out the germ warfare stories for al- most three weeks. They have not
been mentioned in truce talks. In the armistice talks themselves
j Rear Adm. R. E. Libby told the
| Communists: "We are getting fed up with your
attempts to make things appear as facts that are not facts."
Libby's blunt statement came in answer to accusations from North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Che that the Allies raised extensive
I fabrications to further delay" ne-
gotiations. Lec referred to Allied demands for an accounting ol missing Allied troops, including 50,000 South Koreans, as "dexter- ous delaying tactics."
Set Flue-Cured Tobacco Loan Rate At 50.6 Cents
Army Takes Rail Strike Battle Into Court
CLEVELAND — The govern- ment today asked Federal Court to order three rail unions to end their strike against two rail lines 'immediately."
Judge Emerich B. Freed was ex-
pected to consider the govern- ment's request for an injunction arder without delay.
Justice Department attorneys filed the action for the Army, which has controlled the railroads since Aug. 27, 1950. Their petition also asked the court to ke«r> engineers, firemen and conductors From spreading the waikoui io om
E?r railroads. Since the surprise strike started
Sunday morning, onlv the New York Central lines west of Buffalo and the St. Louis Terminal have been targets of the three rail oper- ating brotherhoods. About 6,000 men are on strike, and an addi- tional 25,000 New York Central em-
ployes have been laid off. Failure to end the strike or its
extension would put heads of three unions in contempt of court and make them liable to fines and im- prisonment.
The injunction request came aft- er heads of the three unions meet ing here took no action on an
Army demand they end the walk out or face "appropriate action.' The Army said the defense effort could not permit an interruption in transportation.
The strike has slowed dowti freight shipments, caused some in- dustrial layoffs and forced about 20,000 daily NYC passengers to find other rides. Industrial lay-off* would mount rapidly if the strike is prolonged.
Storm Warnings WASHINGTON (TP)—'The Wea-
ther Bureau today ordered storm warnings along the Atlantic Coast from Block Island to Cape Hat- teras.
The advisory, effective at 4 a.m. forecast for the area "35-50 miles-an-hour southerly winds today in connection with deep storm center moving north north- eastward over the Great aLkes."
Russia Proposes Big Four
Conference On Germany MOSCOW lip — The Soviet Union
proposed today an immediate Big Pour conference to reunite divided Germany and prepare for a peace treaty barring the Germans from alliances aimed at any of their World War II enemies.
Western observers in Moscow predicted the United States. Britain
[and France would turn down the proposal, which included a detailed outline of principles that the Soviet said would be the basis of the
I peace treaty. The Russians said, however, they would discuss other projects also.
West Germany is one of six gov- ernments negotiating to form a Eu- ropean army linked to the Atlantic Alliance against Communism — an
alliance which Russia has insisted
is aggressively directed againsi her.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andre Gromyko handed the plan to Bif Three diplomats in Moscow lasi night. It was made public almost immediately, in early morning So viet broadcasts and the morning editions of Pravda and other pa pers.
In Washington, the State Depart ment's press officer, Michael Mc Dermott, said early today the tex1 of the note had not been receivec and there would be no U. S. com ment until State Department offi cials have a chance to study it.
The Russians said they wantec Big Four talks on German unifica tioa and on the treaty to begir "without delay" and asked Westerr answers to their notes "in tht shortest possible time."
► WASHINGTON t/pi—The Agricul-* lure Department today announced a minimum price support loan level of 50.6 cents per pound for flue- cured tobacco grown during the 1952 crop season.
This support level might be raised somewhat by the level com-
puted at the beginning of the mar-
keting year—July 1—but it will be no lower.
The 50.6-cenls minimum loan fig- ure was only one-tenth of a cent under the 1951 loan level of 50.7 cents per pound for flue-cured,
j The 1952 minimum loan level on
! Burley war set at 49.5 cents—like- wise slightly below the 1951 level of 49.8 cents per pound.
Loans on both flue-cured and burley will be available at 90 per
t cent of parity. These same general trends pre-
j vailed for fire-cured, with the 1952 I | minimum set at 37.1 cents as com-' | pared with 37.4 last year; and dark ; ?iir-cured and Virginia sun-cured !
both being set at 33 cents per pound as compared with 33.2 cents j in 1951.
Loans of fire-cured tobacco will be at 75 per cent of the burley rate, and on dark air-cured and Virginia sun-cured at 66 2/3 per cent of the burley rate.
At the end of 1951. tobacco pledged to the Commodity Credit j Corporation from the 1946-51 crops1
I totaled about 371 million pounds on a packed weight basis. Of ihis. 189 mi'.lion was flue-cured and 88
I million burley. These support rates are designed
! to reflect 90 per cent of parity as
j of July 1 for flue-cured and Octo-
j her I for burley. Should the parity prices be higher on those dates than at present the support rates
j would be increased accordingly. Parity is a standard for measur-
I tng farm prices. It is declared by i law to be equally fair to farmers i ind those who buy their products. I The minimum rates announced | today are slightly below those in
j fleet last year because the current parity price is slightly lower.
VA Sets Mailing Dates For Dividends
I WASHINGTON UP—'The Veter- ans Administration plans to start
j .nailing 1952 dividends on National Service Life insurance to veterans
I md servicemen later this month
j instead of this week. The new date was announced yes-
I terday. | Five million policyholders will
| livide about 200 million dollars. ! Individual dividends will in most j cases average $60. The VA will I send cash only to the policy holder
•vho requests it. Otherwise, the money can be left with the VA to ,iay future premiums or to draw interest.
'Crashed Plane' Is Wild Chase Military and civilian officers en-
gaged in a three-hour "wild goose" hunt last night as result of a re-
port by an alert commercial air- line pilot that a plane was down in Hofmann Forest. Sheriff's officers, city police, high-
way patrol and provost marshal officers engaged in the hunt—only to find that it was an old wreck, about two or three years old.
The wreck, which should have
I been marked with orange paint to signify it was an old wreck, was
I not so designated. An airlines pilot, | evidently new on the run, seeing I the unmarked wreck, immediately i reported it.
Senate Debate On Bureau Bill
Opens Tomorrow WASHINGTON </P)—The Senate
will begin debate tomorrow or i'lt.-icUint Truman's plan to reor-
ganize the Internal Revenue Bu reau—called by one of the bu- reau's severest critics "a crisis in the fight for good government."
The description came from Rep Cecil R. King. D-Calif., a backei of the plan, in an unusual bid foi public support last night. The pro- posal. approved overwhelming^ by the House, has met resistance in the Senate.
Unless turned down by midnight Friday, it automatically goes intc effect. Offered by the President ir the wake of tax scandals, it woulc reduce the number of tax collec tors, now politically-appointed, anc
give them civil service status.
Opponents contend the plai would neither prevent corruptior nor increase efficiency. Civil Ser vice, they say. is no guarantee a
gainst dishonest employes. The} also express fear of legal loophole; and possible jeopardy to rights o:
taxpayers. Kins, chairman of a House sub
committee investigating federal taj scandals, predicted an "uphill bat tie" in the Senate. He told listen ers reform is needed but may no come "unless you demand it."
Arguing for the Civil Servict provision. King said a tax collect ing job must "no longer be made reward for political loyalty o a stepping stone to some higl political appointment or means of enhancing private profes sional and business interests."
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U. S. Jet Pilots Hit Camouflaged Depot With Gas
Three MIGs Hit, Bringing Two Ddy Total To Nineteen
By SAM SUMMERLIN SEOUL, Korea (ifV—American jet
pilots turned a huge camouflaged Red supply base into blazing ruins today in the most intense attack of the Korean War with flaming jellied gasoline.
Flames spread over a four- square-mile area of the supply de- pot.
Swarms of Red jets streaked down from Manchuria to try to pro- tect the base near Sinmak. 30 miles northwest of the truce village. Pan- munjom.
U. S. Sabre jet pilots shQt down three MIGs in air battles, prob- ably destroyed another and dam- aged five.
That boosted Red planes KO'd | to 19 in two days. The Air Force i reported seven MIGs downed and three damaged yesterday. U. S. losses, if any, are reported only weekly.
F-80 Shooting Stars attacked the Western supply depot, camoufl^^ so it looked like an innocent farming village." Pilots said they could see it was a fake. Then they
! let loose. They poured 33,300 gallons of
searing napalm jellied gasoline on ; the area, blasted it with 300,000 pounds of explosives, and raked
; it with 45,000 machinegun bullets. They at? iked through a curtain
of antiaircraft fire. The Shooting Stars unloaded their bombs, roared
! back to base and came back with new loads.
Pilots said they demolished at
! least 32 Red antiaircraft positions but lost count of the number of in-
1 stallations and Red troops destroy ! ed.
When the jets first flew over the base, they saw "stacks of boxes covered with straw roofs," said Capt. Van J. Kreft of Altadena, Calif. "They had no sides and the supplies were plainly visible as we went in."
CP&L To Build Power Plant Near Wilmington
WILMINGTON, N. C. (^P)-An electric power plant will be built in New Hanover County to supply at least 110,000 kilowatts to the Wilmington area.
That was the announcement made here yesterday by Louis V. Sutton, president of the Carolina Power and Light Co.
Sutton told a luncheon meeting of business and civic leaders that the C P & L has not decided where the plant will be erected in the county, but he said that the firm expected to have the facility in operation by 1954. A kilowatt is equivalent to one and one-third horsepower.
The erection of the New Hanover plant is part of a program to in- crease power in Southeastern N*rth Carolina. Two large units which will generate at least 75.000 kilo-
I watts each at Goldsboro and Lum- berton will be brought itno service this year, Sutton said.
i The total load in Wilmington is now 20,000 kilowatts, Sutton ex-
plained, and in the entire Tide Water area the load is about 60,000 kilowatts.
More Death Threats Given In Willie Sutton Case
NEW YORK —Death threats to a mourning family and to a
garageman involved in the arrest of bank robber Willie Sutton today spurred New York City's grimmest killer-hunt in a dozen years.
For 19,000 policemen the No. 1 job was to trap the slayer who in gangland-style Saturday night shot down pants salesman Arnold Schuster. 24. It was his tip that
! led to Sutton's arrest. The scope ot the manhunt was
j emphasized last night when Mayor I Vincent R Impellitteri said he I would ask the city board to vote
a $25,000 reword "for the capture
of the murderer." Even as Schuster was buried
yesterday, the reports of new death threats extended the shadow of terror over Brooklyn.
A report said that just two hours before the funeral, Schuster's fam- ily received this warning: "One death isn't enough, there will be others." It was not clear whether the message was mailed or phoned.
While the Schusters were at the funeral, a threat was directed at
I Jack Peene, a garageman who was helping Sutton with a stalled
I car shortly before his capture Feb. 11H.
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