The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina • Page 1

Weather Noon temperature here xxlay was 61 degrees. High yesterday, 68. 24 hours to 8 A. Forecast- -'f Sunny and mild Jh)s Cloudy, foggy und warmer night. Warmer tomorrow.

-1 VOL. XC--NO. 31 HTABLI1HID 1I7O COUNTHV aeo AND TDUTM LljMBERTON, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1959 PUtLISHIO DAILY cxccrr SATURDAY AND IIGHT PACES--PRICE FIVE CENTS Scuttles US Everybody's Mad Except Morehead City SC Ports Authority Joins 'Preferential Rate' Howl CHARLESTON.

S.C.'(AP)-The State Ports Authority is lodging a protest against freight rate schedules by the Southern Railway. FIRST ENTRANTS in The Robesonian Golf Tournament, which will begin with qualify-' ing rounds April 12, are Dr. J. A. Martin, left, and L.

J. Huntley, center, who give their entry fees to Clyde chairman of the tournament committee. Entry fees will be accepted until match play begins April 27. (Bill Norment Photo). Qualifying Play Opens April 12 Golfers Begin Limbering Up For Annual Robesonian Tilt Robeson County golfers and Lumberton Golf Club members better sharpen up on their putting during the next two weeks, because the Sixth Annual Robe- sonian Golf Tournament will get underway here April 12 when qualifying rounds commence.

Linksmen can begin their entrance fee immediately. The tournament, holes of qualifying will be played over the 18-hole Lumberton Golf Course. Match play will start April 27 after qualification play has been Rail At Mayor's Austerity Program NYC Workers Forego Pay For City Hall Protests NEW Mff) Hundreds of city workers converged on City Hall a pay protest today, but police barricades restricted their, picketing to the outer edges of Ciry Hall Park- They began gathering about 7:30 a.m.. despite drizzling rain and the prospect of a payless day in instances where they left their jobs without authorization to join in the demonstration. Traffic Deaths Register Climb CHICAGO (AP) The National Safety Council says it is disturbed at the upward trend 'in traffic deaths on the nation's highways in the first two months this year.

council said today the death toll of 5,290 for January and February was 3 per cent more than the 5,130 reported in the same last year. Last month's total was 2,410, an increase of 2 per cent. Disabling injuries in January and February were estimated by the council at 200,000. No traffic deaths were reported in February by 524 cities. The three largest were Norfolk, Richmond, and Wichita, Kan.

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes called its members on the city payroll to demonstrate outside City Hall. Police and fire departments and other vital sen-ices will not be affected by the stoppage, union leaders said. The school system is not involved. Mayor Robert F. Wagner, arriving home Monday night from a vacation in Bermuda, said city employes taking time off today would do so at their own expense.

The work stoppage and city hall demonstration were planned as a protest against the mayor's austerity program. completed. This year's tourney will follow the same rules as the 1958 including the requirement-that an entrant which is not a member of the Lumberton Golf Club-will be required to pay a green fee of $2.00 each day that he-qualifies or plays, This rule applies-to the-person who does-not. pay a regular green fee on a monthly, semi-annual, or annual basis'. Entry fee for all golfers will be $2.00, and it will entitle club members to a free green fee, and 36 holes of qualifying golf.

In addition there will ty of an additional 72 holes to; be played in the tournament, a- 'chance for a medalist' trophy, championship trophy for" each (Continued on Page 5, Col. 1) Smokers Set New Records WASHINGTON (AP) Americans stoked up a new record last year by smoking cigarettes at the rate of 185 packs for every person 15 years of age and older. The Agriculture Dspartment said: The South Carolina port said a Monday last year's cigarette out- number of other railroads also put was 470 billioa up 6 per ere objecting, cent from the 1957 record. Last year's cost to smokers: Federal, state and local tax net: $2,440,000,000. The port announced at Charleston it is joining Southeastern ports in the protest against rates it says favor the port at Morehead City.

C. The objections are being made in petitions to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ICC is being asked to suspend Southern's Morehead City rates. Norfolk, and Wilmington, N.C., are among ports objecting to rate structure. Charleston port officials say Southern is trying build up the Morehead City port at the expense of other Southeastern ports.

7-Seas Dominance Shrinks To Frog Pond Proportions WASHINGTON (API-- A civilian' Marine Lines, a steamship com-1 The had Sunken Battleship Ensnares Traffic WASHINGTON (AP)-The Navy hopes the old USS Texas has snagged its last ship from its underwater grave. The old battlewagon was intentionally sunk in shallow water of Chesapeake Bay in 1911. Since then she has snared seven other ships in her superstructure- Navy men worked most of last winter and used more than 7,000 pounds of TNT to blow the top off the once-proud battleship. They wanted to make sure even- section of the iwre'ck is at least 20 feet below the surface. important one, because federal courts have ruled the.

government'was! ats'fairit in Hussein Gets Aid survey team contends the U.S. is not in an acceptable state of readiness and that drastic action is needed to 'reverse 1 ths mounting deterioration now in progress." In a censored version of its report to the secretary of the Navy, the survey team said: "The primary cause of this situation is an ever widening gap between the responsibilities assigned to the Navy and the financial resources allocated to it." The group urged a substantial increase in funds for both new- ship construction and maintenance during the next fiscal year. The censored report didn't spell out how much additional money pany; and R. E. Gibson, director to examine the 'fleet with em- of the Johns Hopkins University phasis on maintenance and oper- Applied Science Laboratory.

ating problems. Biggest Atlantic Liners Take Beating From Storm is needed. But the Washington Post said a Navy source reported that a four-year improvement program costing more than one billion dollars has been. prepared. NEW YORK (AP) A violent spring storm raged unabated over a vast area of the Atlantic today, pummeling even the-biggest liners afloat.

Sailing schedules were drastically slowed- The tempest was marked by gigantic waves and winds as high work was damaged in about 70 per cent of the vessel's public areas. Four of the 99 passengers were injured, although none" seriously; and nearly all were seasick. Capt. Jose -Maria Dodero said that at one paint his vessel rolled 60 degrees--just a few less than as 100 miles an hour. Seas were on such a rampage the capsizing point.

along the American Eastern sea-1 From across the Atlantic, the board that an Argentine liner, the British liner Queen Mary reported Anv extra funds would "have to Rio Tunuyan, had to return to upon docking at Southampton that New York Mondav after having i she had been hit by one wave of AMMAN, Jordan (AP) King I be approved by Congress. Hussein has succeeded in arrang-j The fleet survey made by sailed Friday on. a voyage to ing. Cqr American economic aid j.W. E.

Blewett president of I South America, amounting to 35 million dollars a the Newport News, Shipbuilding I A passenger said.it was "a hor- iyear in addition to military aid, and Drydock L. H. Quacken-j rible 48 hours," before the vessel I a Jordan newspaper said today. bush, vice president of the State; turned back. Furniture and wood- Again In Air Defense Artillery Pentomic National Guard Brings 252nd Back Home By HADLEY WILLIAMSON Robesonian Staff Writer The.old 252nd is 'back in Lumberton.

At least, it will become official tomorrow-- and no April Fool--when the reorganization of several sinkings at the the North Carolina National Tangier Island across the bay from tie mouth of the Potomac River. Reorganization Of Guard Brings Command Changes RALEIGH. (AP) Effective The change was Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Edward F.

Griffin of Louisburg will succeed Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers of Warrenton as a 6 North Carolina's 30th Infantry National Division. US Arms Philippines MANILA (AP)--The Foreign Office says Ambassador Charles E.

Bohlen has assured the Philippines the United States will de- liv.er more arms, including jet planes, this year. Henderson Strike Principals Again Huddle With Governor (AP) Union and the two mills. They include as- management leaders huddle again sault, damage to' property and with Gov. Hodges today in an disorderly conduct. attempt to settle the long Harriet- Henderson Cotton Mills strike.

Negotiators had a chance over the weekend to study and counter proposals made at the last session on Friday. At Henderson, 'meanwhile, upwards of 30 cases involving charges growing out of strike violence are to be tried at a one- week term of Vance County Recorder's Court which opened today. Most of charges grew out of rock throwing incidents and other disorders on me picket lines at Police said' activity at the strike scene Monday was confined to the usual catcalls and jeering- by strikers as workers entered and left the plant. No violence was reported. The question of arbitration and seniority rights are major issues to be resolved.

The mills have been operating on a limited basis since- Feb. 16, but the' strike 'began last Nov. '17, after management insisted thait a arbitration clause' be dropped from a new contract. announced today by Gov: Hodges, who said'Bowers will retire after 28 years of continuous military sendee. Griffin, now stationed in Raleigh as state director of civil defense, will be promoted to major general.

Hodges said Bowers' retiremeni leads to of assignmenl for other general officers in the National Guard. Brig. West! H. Willis of Jacksonville, who has been com mander of IV Corps Artillery, will take command of the field artillery component of the division. He succeeds Griffin.

Brig. Gen. Maston S. Parham of Morganton was reassigned as assistant commander of the division. Hodges said the promotion of Griffin will rot interfere with his assignment as state director of civil defense.

Bowers entered the North Carolina National Guard Feb. 18. 1921, as a private, working his way up through the He took over full command of the 30th (Old Hickory) Division on Dec. 8, 1954. Griffin also has a long military career.

Starting in 1923 as a private in the National Guard, he saw active service during World War ri with the 30th. He holds a Jronze Star with oak leaf cluster- In 1947, Griffin became execu- officer the 30th Division Artillery, was promoted to brigadier general in February, 1952, and given command of the IV Corps Artillery with headquarters Charlotte. In -June, 1953, he ransferred again to the 30th Divi- ion as division artillery commander. assistant postmaster at Jacksonville, entered the onal Guard in 1927. PART OF THE WRECKAGE of 30 cafs of a Louisville Nashville Railroad frclrrli'i Irnin which urrc derailed on a at Hr.Icin, Somp of the cars plunged into Buck Creek 20 feet below the trestle tracks.

No one was injured and service was rcsiorrd in a few hours. There were 5 0 cars in tho train. (AP Wire- Firecracker Cargo Blasts In Harbor KOBE. Japan (AP) A 60-ton boat with 40 cases of firecrackers In its hold for Okinawa blew up in Kobe harbor today. One person was killed, the cnp- of ship vn's missing and' Guard goes into effect.

Already some of the equipment of the; local tank outfit 'has been moved to Laurinburg, wjth the remainder to go shortly. Thus, Lumberton re-enters the Air Defense Artillery, while changes are being made in all Guard units of the county. It's part of new "Pen- tcmic" division. Official orders received here designate Lumberton as Battery 2nd Air Defense Artillery, 252nd Combat Arms Regiment. Headquarters will be in Whiteville, with batteries in Fair Bluff, Bladenboro and Elizabethtown, as well as in Lumberton.

Thus, the local Guard unit, for which the present armory was built, comes back after a long leave. The original battery left been Company 130th Tank Bat- here in 1940 for the Caribbean and T.yas never reorganized as Instead, the local unit has ta-lion. When the tanks are taken away from the local company, they will jba replaced by twin 40-miiUrneier self-propelled on full track, the. same type of equipment as was maintained before. However, special training is expected to include missiles.

On around the changes have also been a a Red Parkton, and Su Pauls: Although headquarters of 2nd Medium Tank Battalion (Patton tanks), 120th Combat Arms Regiment, will be at Raefordj tho Battalion Scout Platoon- and Battalion Maintenance Platoon wili.be located in Red Springs. Company B. will retained in St. Pauls, with companies also at Rockingham, 'Southern Pines, Hamlet and Laurinburg. Troop 2nd Platoon, 1st Reconnaissance a 119th Combat Arms Regiment, will still be located in Parkton.

Headquarters will continue in Fayetteville, with troops also in Sanford and Dunn. No changes in personnel are contemplated in any of the units, although it is unofficially reported that a new commander will tnke over at St. Pauls because of the probable resignation of the nresent commander. However, in the case of officer personnel, there may be changes in the fu- Enlisted personnel are more RALEIGH (AP)-A bill which in the House today by Rep. John adaptable and no changes are ex- Heroes'Halos May Get Loose If you have a hero in public life in Robeson County, just skip Wednesday's issue of The Robe- sonian.

He might be the subject of a.news.story in the April Fool edition. The-day's news will 'be published as usual. In addition there will be a number of exclusive interviews and reports labeled "April 1 They will be "special" in the sense that they could not have happened any day except April 1. Some heroes' halos may get loose just this once, but they'll be back in place, fitting neatly, the next day. Kids Would Attend Three Quarters 12-Month Use Of NC Schools Would Save On Construction tremendous Despite "nderwater stabilizing fins the huge vessel'rolled 22 degrees in one direction and then 16 the other.

Passengers and crew alike were thrown about, receiving cuts and bruises. The Queen Mary's- sister, tlie Queen Elizabeth, was more than -12 hours behind schedule 'en route' to New York. The America of'the AmericaruExpoft Lines were slowed as much as 24 hours in westward Atlantic The Constitution. was" scheduled Monday but in Her L. Switzer, said that period Saturday he iad to reduce s'peed fro'nrthe normal 22-khcfts to 14.

j' Four-crew men of German lin'e'r'-Berlin 'were 1: swept overboard- Saturday 'while repairing a dump a.stom Jn "the Atlantic, the North German Lloyd announced tcdayat Bremen; AH four were drowned. The linfe said the; Berlin was 'orced to heave to for 24 hours '00 miles northeast of the Azores jecause of raging -seas. A spokesman 'said the ship and is 500 passengers were in no danger. The Berlin proceeded on it voyage to New York and is" expected to arrive'there on schedule next would permit local school units i Kerr of Warren. to operate their schools on a Under the bill, the school term year-round basis was introduced i oca units following the plan would be divided, into four quarters and children would have to attend three successive quarters Jury Frees Driver In Highway Death RED SPRINGS A coroner's jury here Monday night ruled that the highway accident death of Elmore (Jim Bunch) Locklear, 58, of route 1, Pembroke, was unavoidable.

The verdict, in effect, exonerated J. W. Melvin of Red Springs of any blame in the death in which he was driver of a State Highway department truck which struck'Locklear. The accident occurred March 21 on a rural paved road being to complete a year of work. Kerr explained that the plan is aimed at utilizing school buildings the entire year instead of only' three-fourths of a year.

He said some school units might be relieved of the necessity c' issuing bonds for new schooU through operation of the p'lan. Under the plan, children of a school i would be divided into four groups with one starting classes in June, a second group in September, a third in December and a fourth group in March- Their vacatiqns would come after they had completed three quarters of work. pected. For Lumberton. Capt.

Benjamin F. Lockey will continue as commander, and 2nd Lt. William H. Doares will continue as training officer. Since that will leave two vacancies in officer personnel, these are expected to be filled with local men sometime in the near future.

Complete personnel organization of the local unit is expected bo comnletnd later this week in meetings at Wilmington and in local headquarters. used as a detour from Philadel- Korr said such a could phus to highway 710? I brin a raise in teachers salaries without increased appropriations Principal witness was a young less money for boy, Earl Lowry, said was at the home of the dead It wi make the public schools man son, Berme Locklea.r, and was 100 yards away when the ac- available all year," he said. "As he saw Locklear walking along left side of the highway, fac- ng traffic, when the man was hit by the truck. Pearl Lock'lrnr, a pnssing mot orist, said she was meeting the tween June and September. No other industry in the state does a Meanwhile, the Senate passed i and enacted into law a measure approprinting $75,000 to convert a ruck but did not actually see the i strike the man.

State Ptl. J. H. Creech testified hat there Were tracks from the ruck off the highway on the portion of the McCain Tuberculosis Sanatorium into a reform school for Ncgn boys. Bull Shoals, the site of a huge shoulder, ami a i tho body was hydro-electric dam on the Arkan- Court Convicts 'Gumshoe' Cole And Sleuth Pal FLORENCE, S.C.

(AP) Former Klan leader James (Catfish) Cole, under sentence for inciting an Indian riot in North Carolina last year, has drawn a suspended sentience for posingas a private detective here. Cole, from Marion, and JameS F. Mulligan pleaded guilty to the posing charge Monday. Their 30 day jail terms and $100 fines were suspended. Mulligan was ordered to return to Norjh Carolina where he is licensed as a detective.

The two were picked up here last month after being warned, police said, "not to' around." Cole says he is appealing his two-year North Carolina sentence for inciting Lumboc Indians to riot seriously i 1 lying in center of the road- sas-Missonri border, was once a at a Klan meeting near Maxton, i cattle crossing- N.C, last SEATO To Study Tibet, Formosa WELLINGTON, New; Zealand (AP) Military' advkcrs of eight nations in. the South Treaty Organization began arriving today for a conference opening Thursday. The situations in Tibet and the Formosa Strait are slated to be reviewed by the organization set up to check the spread of communism. Eisenhowers Send Glass To Royalty TOKYO (AP)--Two large boxes of Steuben glassware from President and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived Tokyo by plane Monday night to join the growing collection ol wedding gifts for Crown Prince Akihito and Miss Michiko Shoda.

Reliable sources said the Eisen- wwers sent a crystal, bowl and an electrically illuminated vase, at $1,400. JOHN K. WILLIAMS, nssoci- ate professor of music at Flora Macdonald College and organist for Presbyterian church, will" present, an oriraii concert at Baptist church, Lumberton, tonizht at e'jrht o'clock. He at Flora Macdonald since and prior to that was at Villaw Chapel,.