Robesonian (Newspaper) - May 18, 1950, Lumberton, North Carolina WEATHER Mostly fair and warm tonight Friday partly cloudy and con warm Scattered showers High yesterday 83 Low this THE ROBESONIAN Served By Leased Wire Of The Associated Press VOL 366 PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY and SUNDAY LUMBERTON N CM THURSDAY MAY 18 1950 ESTABLISHED 1370 COUNTRY GOD and TRUTH TWELVE 5 Cents Road Blocks For Revenue Atlantic Pact Nations Form Permanent High Command To Repel Red Tactics JK Q t TV I Council Of Deputies Of 12 Nations Set Senate iears To plan Cold War Seek E s Chief Crucial Ballot Americans Freed By Chinese Reds Big business with the highway patrol is the weighing of trucks for load limit violations In spector J M McNeill at left notes poundage on one axle of a lumber rig as patrolman Dave stationed at Rowland assists with the scales Corporal W T Simpson weighs another wheel while Clint Cameron of St Pauls directs traffic through the road block Two portable scales weigh each axle of a truck separately A total of the load on each axle determines gross weight photos Robert Lee Howell Sentenced To Life In Prison For Bludgeon Slaying Of Raft Swamp Farmer o J O I Robert Lee Howell and old Robeson county Negro will spend the rest of his natural life in prison for the January of Rowland Da vis prosperous Raft Swamp township farmer That was the sentence imposed upon the impassive colored youth this morning by Superior Court Judge Howard Godwin after jury foreman Glenn W Bowers of Fairmont had reported the ver dict of guilty of first degree mur der Mercy The jury of 11 white men and Defense Plans No Appeal For Negro Verdict In Quickly in their report to the court They reached their verdict in just 33 minutes Of deliberation this morn ing Defense counsel indicated to Judge Godwin that no appeal would be taken Howell who remained unmov ed throughout the trial was charged with first degree murder for the death of Davis Accord down when he was surprised in the farmers barn in the act of perpetrating a crime against na ture with a mule Four confessions by the youth all admitted the crime but varied as to circumstances The jury got the case at this morning after the judge read a more than charge to the jury The charge originally scheduled to be heard last night at 8 was postponed until this morning at 9 oclock The drawing of the jury con the first dav and a half one Indian recommended the trial the boy struck Davis ing to evidence presented during j of the trial which began Monday Carlyle Reports Nearly Expenditures In Primary Race i RALEIGH May re port from Willis Smith lists con of ST169 and tures of so far in his campaign for the Democratic Sen nomination The Raleigh attorney filed his report with Secretary of State The In Brief That Eure yesterday the deadline i for preliminary reports on cam finances The early reports are due 10 days before a primary and final statements 20 days after the primary Eure said he would notify Senatorial candidates former Senator Robert E Reynolds of Asheville and Olla Ray Boyd 01 Pinetown today that reports were due from them Insurance Commissioner Waldo C Cheek reported yesterday He said he had received contributions of 51220 and had spent Congress Democratic Congressional can who reported tions listed first expenditures second were Ernest R William son of Durham sixth district Si 169 and Edward C Snead of Wilmington seventh 51750 and 3238692 Edgar T Williams of morning Jury speeches by coun sel were completed between yesterday morning and yes afternoon Judge Godwin in dismissing the jury complimented its members for a verdict well justified and your recommendation 1 cer tainly have no quarrel Howells Negro attorney Her man L Taylor of Raleigh ex pressed his appreciation to the court and court officers and to the solicitor for the fair way in which they had conducted the In his charge Judge Godwin in the jury that it could bring in one of five verdicts first degree degree with mercy second degree manslaughter or not guilty He noted that he had ruled the confession presented in testimony were voluntarily given and should be considered Side Willing Make Victory Claim Vote Called For Noon WASHINGTON May Neither side was doing much ad vance speculating today about the size of the vote on the question of getting a Fair Employment Practices FEPC before the Senate For almost two weeks the Sen ate has been carrying on a spora dic debate over the question of whether the civil rights measure should be taken up for action A petition to put a halt to the socalled cloture petition been signed by 40 Senators Republicans and 14 Demo crats To clamp a time limit on the debate will take the votes of 54 of the 96 Senators The vote is scheduled for noon EST tomorrow Senator Russell di recting strategy for the Southern forces fighting FEPC wouldnt hazard a guess on the vote except to renew His that op will fall short of the 64 they need Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois has refrained from mak ing any victory claims He said his side apparently will lose the vote of Senator Murray D Mont because of the death yesterday of Mrs Murray Even if the Southerners should lose their fight against Lucas motion to bring the up for consideration they could filibuster against the itself once it came before the Sen ate The would create a fed eral commission to enforce a ban I LONDON May 18 The Western powers have agreed to set up a high command to block Communism whether it tries armed at tack or Trojan Horse conquest Continuing their meeting here the foreign ministers of the 12 At Pact nations disclosed last night antiRed defense measures would be directed and coordinated by a permanent council of their deputies probably headed by an American European He Asks Refuge Vladimir Houdek chief delegate to the United Nations has quit his job and has President Truman for refuge in the United States He said he resigned be cause his country is being Rus AP sey Bond Increased newspapers have been full of speculation about who the council had would be Those mentioned include Averell Harriman roving Am for the Marshall Plan Robert A Lovett former Dn of State Gen Omar A Bradtey chairman of the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen Dwight D Eisenhower Supreme Allied Com mander in Europe A communique announcing the new setup is scheduled to be is sued when the foreign ministers end their meeting tonight The permanent council will have two main jobs First it must work out a time schedule for the making and allocation of arms and the drawing up of final military the West can fel sure of stopping Russian aggression if it the West can feel sure of stopping Russian aggression if it comes Second it must bolster economies of the western nations that the large Communist par in countries like France and i Italy will find less discontent to exploit The 12 nations which agreed on this plan are the United States Canada Britain Franc Italy Norway Denmark Hol land Belgium Luxembourg j Portugal and Iceland Agreement was achieved after considerable Two American held by Chinese Reds for 18 months and then set free arrive at Pearl Harbor Hawaii from the Orient and are greeted by Rear Admiral John E Gingrich Master Sgt Elmer C Bender left of the Marine Corps is from Cincinnati Chief Electricians Mate William C Smith right of the Navy lives at Long Beach Calif They were cap tured by Communists October 19 1948 when their small vation plane was forced down Tsingtao China AP Wire photo via radio from CHICAGO May Ten and western railroads were threatened today with a strike Tuesday morning by 6000 only j switchmen The walkout was called last by some European members who night by the Union fear be used only as North America in a wage dis Switchmen Set To Walk Out Threat Of New Railway Strike Facing 10 Midwestern Roads of pule on discrimination in employment because of race creed or color using the word filibuster told tne Senate last night that he and Southern colleagues will on Lase set in june Judge Howard Godwin this i pendable bases in the event i Russian armed aggression j They were told the West must adopt a bold strategy of strength t T jof winning Russian respect bv a Long morning increased the bond May B on Earl D Smith alias Dempsey Monroe of 51 Pauls Solicitor Malcolm B Seawell re quested an increase to in the bond posted by Monroe on the basis of the fact that of three cases charging him with vio came less than afler mands for 48 hours pay for a work week The union one of the five operating brotherhoods was not affected by the 1949 decision by emergency boards giv ing the work week to nonoperating workers The strike action Glover said will be directed against the Chi of the crippling Great Western Chicago day strike against five jRock Island arid Pacific Daveri of the nations carriers The I Rock Mand and North threatened walkout is not directed western Denver and Rio V wfr the idea of struck i Grande Western Great is for the to and St Louis North th the fight if until last flicker of strength leaves bodies Only part way through hs speech when the Senate quit for the night Long referred to the lation of the prohibition laws bond had been required in only one FEPC as a and Godwin set the new bond as vicious socialistic It would subject millions of American to to prosecution to investigations and to every form of odious tion of their rights he said FLOOD STILL ON Man May I dents hopefully looked today for the first slow drop in the Red 10th no contributions muddy waters which have spent Archie S Daniels of driven 90000 persons from their j Draper fifth and Rep home in the last three weeks Carlyle of Lumberton i seventh no contributions and HUNT GUNMEN spent Rep C B Deane of Rockingham eighth no con no expenditures and who made oil with w Jones of Rutherford n 11th and A A McDonald of Durham JONES UNDER KNIFE j running for the Republican Con BOSTON May nomination from the gica operation today on i sixth reported contributions of great Bobby the base of and expenditures of his expected to correct a longstanding spinal ailment SMITH PAROLED caused by an accident 20 years ago May a reported from a local store Lets Dance Therell be dancing in the streets in Lumberton tomorrow night No particular Occasion for it its just the usual ting that the Recreation Com mission stages on Friday nights The square dancing on the square will be on the parking lot of Colonial Stores North Court Square and the manage ment of the store has offered the use of its space because the Ar mory is engaged for another af fair The paved will be lighted by the store Music will be provided by the Recreation Commission over a public ad dress system Director Bob Hartley says its a family dance like always and everybody is invited to square dance or to learn to square dance Air Force Plane Crashes 16 Dead PONTA I May DELGADA A at in each of the cases Solicitor argued that while Monroe was on hand this morning in the court the state has evidence that since posting his first bond he has continued to violate the liquor laws and that because n the extent of his bootlegging the was insuffi cient to guarantee his appearance Five Charges as swiftly possible in a bid to save western Europe from being j conquered One American to the lines Union President Arthur J Glover said in Washington the strike was set to enforce de meeting said its results have been j very satisfactory Apparently i it was a diplomatic victory for U i S Secretary of State Acheson who came to Europe with a feeling that speed and determination are necessary to save the West The permanent heart of the whole defense system will choose its own chieftain His Qualifications will include an international reputation which can command respect plus abil ity to get things dons without wasting time The ern Pacific Terminal company of Oregon St Paul Union Depot company Sioux City Terminal Railway company and Western Pacific Railroad company The strike deadline was announced as 6 a m local time A spokesman for the Associa tion of Western Railways said switch tenders yard foremen yard brakemen and helpers would be affected by the strike The un ion he asid represents about 10 per cent of the men doing this class of work on the nations carriers others some 90 Dove 000 are members of the Broth j i In Shooting Row Azores bomber Monroe is charged on one wari rant with his wife David Brewer make decisions as fast as ques about 55 of Bladenboro is in the of Railroad Trainmen li i Lm T i trf n 11 machinery under National railway Labor act command will stav T TT um in Memorial Hospital seriously almost continuously to j crashed into flames killing all 16 I persons aboard today j Unofficial reports said the U S j Air Force plane hit an parked off the field The plane caught fire immediately and burn ed in a few minutes Fourteen men were burned beyond tion The carrying a crew of and Gervis Locklear with con to violate the prohibition laws and on four other counts Two other cases charge him alone with possession David Brewer and Gervis Locklear are jointly charged on three other warrants with possession of liquor and pos session of gambling devices Bondsman for Monroe is Jim Paddle operator of Riddle Tourist of 11 and live passengers believed to j six south be military personnel was en on U S 301 from Bermuda to England j Trial of the Monroe eases was Its home was tne june term here Base at Shreveport La Capt Salvadore Pelle public tion officer at Barksdale said the by a shot gun wound in his tions arise Hulen Bryant a neighbor about has been exhausted j and the union was free to call a One of the primary questions is j 20 is under bond in Bladen how to achieve an adequate de fense without damaging economic recovery Three More In Miss Bright Leaf Beauty Contest Three more Lumberton lassies i have their bonnets in the ring to i day for the title of Miss Bright plane May 18 Leaf The contest to settle the NEW PRESIDENT HOGS MARKET BUSMEN STRIKE officers were aboard The bomber i was en oute to England as part RALEIGH May 18 jot the Air Force rotational pian to r were steady to slightly stronger provide overseas training for res Coy Smitn 33 today All Field when it developed engine RE Charlotte is trouble He said no high ranking Ithe new President of the North of Small ed to 18 months in prison from ular Air Force group Carolina Association i Loan Companies elected yester day at the groups annual meet ing at to succeed Lewis Einhorn of High Point Reynolds put the investigating officer and Betty Lou ers struck for higher wages at mid term prisoners paroled this morn night leaving this city of almost j ing by Governor Scott 400000 residents without transportation public AGAINST MILLS TARBORO May examiner for the National Labor 41 CRIMINALLY INSANE WINSTONSALEM May 18 Mrs Ency Widener Debusk a WinstonSalem mother ac Pennsylvania Primary Blow To Old Guard Progressive GOP Wing At Duff Victory c EXTEND CONTROLS WASHINGTON May The House Banking committee voted 13 to 4 today for another year of federal rent control Board has ruled against of drowning her two young the Hart cotton mills here in case jest children has been committed growing out of last years proto the state hospital for the crim strike insane GRAHAM RESTS HILLSBORO May Senator Graham rested here today at the home of his Mrs Cheshire Webb Graham was moved here yesterday from Ral eigh where he had been confined for a week in his room at the Sir Walter Hotel with a virus tion Drive Carefully DAYS Since a Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident in Robeson County Driving Will Keep This UP Fatalities This Year 9 KILLED Careful Driving Will Keep This DOWN WASHINGTON May of electing a progressive Republican as President in 1952 grow louder today among GOP Senators who like that label for themselves The talk came from the smashing Pennsylvania lican primary victory that gave Governor James M Duff the nomination as Senator and a strong hold on one of the most powerful parts of the national GOP machinery Republicans of all political shades agreed that Duff had dealt a stunning blow to what some the Old Guard among Republicans And most Republicans pointed to the heavy GOP primary totals in Pennsylvania as evidence that they can recapture control of Congress fall Pew and the Pennsylvania Old Duffs victory over John C Kunkel was a defeat for the vet eran and long powerful Joseph R Grundy former U S Senator who has been a reading figure in state and na tional GOP affairs Jt was this angle that brought smiles for Republican Senators who enjoy being called progres sives such as Lodge and Salton stall of Massachusetts Ives of New York and Aiken of Ver mont No Nominations Another of the same category who would not permit use of his name explained it this way In recent years no one has been able to get the Republican presidential nomination without the support of Joe Grundy Joe Guard But with that support all of them have been defeated by the Democrats Now a progressive Republi can can get the nomination and aiso be elected All of this of course rests up on Governor Duff defeating Democratic Senator Francis Myers in the November election in Pennsylvania Myers now deputy Democra tic Senate leader discounted all Republican claims He even suggested that some Republicans stayed away from the primary in order to vole Democratic this fall Senator Aiken said their is no doubt that this was a hard blow for the Old Guard because Duff was the symbol of progres sive local winner will be held on the stage of the Carolina theatre Tues day night Patsy sponsored by Rotary Helen by the VFW i Rhodes backed by the American Legion f todays new entries in the affair which will pick the citys entrant in the statewide Miss Bright Leaf beauty contest to be held in Raleigh May in conjunction with the world pre miere of the new Warner Brothers film Bright a story of the Carolina tobacco industry No Entrants Sponsors who have not yet pick ed their entrant in the local con test include the Minute Men club and the Lumberton Auctioneers Tobacco Board of Trade super visor Torrey McLean said today The Board is sponsoring the local eliminations Besides todays announcements the following Misses are already included in the Tuesday contest Sally Harrison Recreation Jerry Hooks Ki Lizzie Mae Britl Jane Carter Mary Lou McRainey Merchants associa Marilyn Fairfax Business and Professional Mary Elizabeth Beta Sigma Frances Hall Womans county on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon The at about in the Crossroads section about 5 miles north of Bladenboro last night A dis pute over a jointly owned well is given as the cause of the at tack Bryant is skid to have ordered Dove away from the well Walter Bryant father of the man charged with the shooting However a presidential fact finding board in a report io President Truman on April 19 had suggested the case would be passed upon af ter cases by two other the Trainmen and the Order of Kailway Conductors The board has been holding hearings here for two months and its report is due June 1 The switchmen contended its case took his son to Elizabethtown and i served a separate board turned him over to officers The wound ranged downward from the hip almost to ankle and powder burns indicate We refuse to wait Glover said in announcing the strike ac tion We have waited long eno ugh We followed the law and we that the shot was fired at close range j expect to be treated as law abid Deputy Sheriff G B McKeithan j ing citizens and as a law abiding i union Rate Increases Expected Southern Bell CWA Settle Row ATLANTA more than four months negotiators have agreed on a new contract between Southern Bell Tele phone company and the CIO Communication Workers of Am erica It may mean an increase in phone bills in the southeast The more than 43000 non supervisory workers affected in nine southeastern states do not get a general increase which the union had been de They do get a revis ion in wage scales to allow a worker to reach top scale in six and a half years instead of eight years In addition Southern Bell agreed to reclassify employes in 27 cities and towns to put them in higher wage schedules In announcing the agreement yesterday the company it will have to have additional rate increases to pay for the new contract The company said it has not yet determined how much the contract will cost bui added that in the past 10 years wagres have gone up faster than rates and the new agreement will further widen the gap The agreement will become effective upon approval by top national union officials and ratification by the member ship The union had been fight ing since January for a an hour wage increase a 35 hour work week Instead of 40 wage scale revision and reclas Southern Bell serves Ala bama Georgia Florida Louis iana Mississippi Kentucky North Carolina South and
