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Masaharu Homma, held accountable for Bataan’s ter rible "death march.” Jose Laurel, puppet president of the Philippines, his son and Benig no Aquino, head of the puppet Fili pino assembly, were arrested by U. S. Army authc-ities at the health resort of Nara near Osaka and taken to Yokohama. Take Over Activities iDomei in a homeland broadcast said a committee of the Japanese house of representatives had taken over ‘‘political investigation” acti vities of the rightist, militaristic "Great Japan Political Society,” which was disbanded Friday (On the committee, however, was speaker Toshio Shimada, himself a member of that totalitarian so ciety, the only political party in war-time Japan. The Moscow radio Saturday called it a mask for the black dragon society of ' rrorists. (While the Domei broadcast was , for home consumption, it was ■ heard in San Francisco by the Fed | oral Communications Commission. The Japanese frequently use for home broadcasts transmitters so powerful that they can be heard in the United States.) Meanwhile, most strategic cen ters of all four home islands were marked for occupation by October in a stepped-up schedule testify ing to the smooth spread of U. S. military power across the fallen nation. Shows Steel Fist MacArthur showed the Japanese the steel fist in his policy o' occu pation yesterday when the nation’s news leaders were assembled to be told that 100 percent censorship was effective at once. ‘‘General MacArthur desires it to be understood that the Allied pow ers do not regard Japan as an equal in any way,” Col. Donald Hooves’ chief of censorship, told the Japanese newsmen. "The tone of the colored news you have been presenting to the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) WEATHER FORECAST North and South Carolina — Partly cloudy to cloudy with moderate tem preatures Sunday and Monday. Showers over coastal section Sunday with mod erate to heavy rains and squalls Sunday night and Monday over coastal sections end obut 100 miles inland. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours •bding 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperature 1:30 a.m. 82.0; 7:30 a.m. 72.8: 1:30 p.m. 847; 7:30 p.m. 73. Maximum 86;! Minimum 72; Mean 79; Normal 78. Humidity 1:30 a.m. 88; 7:30 am. 97; 1:30 p.m. 73: 7:30 p.m, 92. Preceplirtion Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m.— 0-55 inches. Total since the first of the month— inches. Tides For Today High Low "lunington _ 4:40 a.m. 0.00 a,m. 5:28 p.m. 12.03 p.m. Masonboro Inlet „ 2:19 a.m. 8:39 a.m. 3:07 p.m. 9:40 p.m. Sunrise 5:56; Sunset 6:18; Moonrise 3:57 p.m.; Moonset 12:17 a.m. River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 * m. Saturday, 9.3 feet. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Construction Of Harbor Terminals To Be Talked A special session of the Wilming ton Port commission has been call ed for next Thurday morning to discuss with local officials the con struction of terminal facilities and tobacco storage warehouses, it was Announced yesterday. in order that coordinated action rnay be taken on these matters, the Port commission has invited Addison Hewlett, chairman of the ®oai'd of County Commissioners, t-ity Manager A. C. Nichols, May °r W. Ronald Lane and E. L. White, chairman of the Committee °n Economic Development, to be 5resent at the session. announcing . meeting. J T. Hiers, General Agent of the Wilmington Port commission, said yesterday that with all ports now at the starting line in the race for commercial shipping to and from their respective hinterlands and their common territory, that the port of Wilmington needs to bestir itself if it ever expects to get a reasonably fair recognition by the shippers and recievert In the handling of their waterborne com merce. Recent surveys and commit ments by users and potential users of the port indicate that the need ^Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE AMERICA | Things like hot dogs and soft drinks are the pleasures that a man dreams about during lonely years in prison. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain wright takes a hearty bite into the all-American sandwich and" holds a soft drink as a chaser during game between the Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians. UAW Threatens Walkout Against General Motors DEMANDS RAISE Union Sets Aside $4,000, 000 To Finance Indus try-Wide Campaign DETROIT, Sept. 15.—(41—The United Automobile Workers (CIO) threatened today to strike all Gen eral Motors’ factories to support its demands for a 30 per cent wage increase. To spark an industry-wide drive for the increase, the union set aside $4,000,000. General Motors was selected for the start of the campaign with the others of the automobile industry’s big. three — Chrysler and Ford — to follow. The turbulent reconversion scene in the vast automotive industry shaped up thus: 1 The UAW announced it would petition for the strike vote in 135 General Motors plants if the cor poration does rot meet the wage demand. Stich a walkout would affect more than 300,000 workers. 2—The Union said Chrysler workers would ballot Sept. 23 to decide whether they also would pe tition for a strike vote later. This would involve from 80,000 to 100, 000 employes. 3_The Ford Motor Company’s big plants were almost completely closed as the corporation declar ed it could not continue work be caue of strikes against suppliers of parts. About 10,000 workers were affected directly, and 75,000 indi rectly. , , _ Strike votes would be conducted by the National Labor relations board upon petition of the Union, this procedure provides for a 30 day “cooling off’period between receipt of a petition and the actual voting. , . General Motors, employing 325, 000 persons and largest producer of- the car industry, was singled out by the Union as the most strategic spot to launch the wage drive — to be supported by a $4, 000,000 fund from the Union’s trea Still blocking the industry s ef fort to get into full production for America’s postwar car demand (Continued on Page Four; Col. 6) Gas Price Reduction Effective Tomorrow ■y-.ii ■ J In compliance' with- -a cur rent OPA regulation, local service station operators will reduce the price of gasoline by eight tenths of a cent a pallon, effective Monday, it was learn ed yesterday. Also affected by the regula tion will be the price of fuel oil, to be reduced by one and two tenths cents a gallon. Although demands have in creased considerably since the relaxation of gas rationing, local dealers have felt no short age of fuel supplies and said they believe the day of gas shortages to be past. CHEST CAMPAIGN DIVISIONS FORMED Instruction Meetings Will Be Conducted For Groups Sept. 19 Plans for the forthcoming Com munity War Chest campaign were well under way yesterday with or ganization of the Industrial, Com merical and Public Service divis ions of the drive completed, ac cording to word received by Cam paign Chairman H. A. Marks from L. A. Raney, head of the Trade and Industry division. These three groups include the solicitation of 275 of the leading firms in Wilmington and the coun ty, and embrace all business firms employing five or more persons. Instruction meetings to map plans for this year’s campaign will be held on next Wednesday, Sep tember 19 in the directors room of the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company. The Commercial division is scheduled to met’ at 11 o’clock in the morning; the Pub lic Service group at 3 o’clock in the afternoon; and the Industrail unit at 4 p.m. Kobert birarige, uiauuidn the Industrial section, will be assisted by E. L. White, J. G. Thornton, Warren S. Johnson and H. N. Hayden. Mr. White will head a group of workers comprised of Coast Line and Shipyard officials. Mr. Thornton’s list of workers in clude Barnee C. Baxter, Alex Fonvielle, S. L. Marbury, Alex Sprunt and Eugene W. Edwards. Serving in Mr. Johnson’s group are Allen C. Ewing, W. B. Beery, J. M. Gregg, Howard A. Penton, G. F. Palmer, D. C. North and Robert H. Tate. In Mr. Hayden’s group are A. C. Diehl, L. H. Vowell, James L. Duffy, W. E. Curtis, A. E. Rucker, Lionel B. Stevenson and Hal J. Love. The Commercial division, head ed by Gardner Greer, is divided into four groups, with Sam Berger, Robert Dannenbaum, H. M. Solo (Continued on Page Four; Col. 7) Big Five May Divest Italy Of Colonies Reported To Have Decided To Adopt Trusteeship Arrangement ACCEPT U. S. VIEW Turkey Suggests World Control Of Bases Lead ing To Dardenelles By JOHN A. PARRIS, JR. LONDON, Sept. 15.—(ff)-A re sponsible source said tonight that the big five council of foreign ministers has decided tentatively to divest Italy of her colonial em pire and to adopt a trusteeship ar rangement giving ultimate inde pendence to Italian colonies. The informant said the council had accepted the American view calling for an international trus teeship of the colonies ‘‘in con formity with the United Nations charter.” The official communique issued earlier said the foreign ministers had referred the Italian colonial question to the council’s deputies with instructions to make the full est possible use of the plan pro posed by the American delega tion.” Turk Make Suggestion This development on the Ital ian' peace settlement followed earlier reports that Turkey had sent the council a note suggesting international control of the bases nese islands, guardians of the tegric link between the Meditera nean and the Black Sea, and of vital interest to Russia. It was learned unofficially that the foreign ministers have no intention of naming Italy as the administrator of her former col onies. The United States delega tion was understood to be anxious to end speculation that this might be done. Under the American proposal, which presumably now will be in cluded in the draft of the Italian peace treaty, an international trusteeship council, would be set up under United Nations super vision. This council would desig nate an administrator. 'The trusteeship would continue, it was understood, only until the colonies were able to show a read iness for self-government. Clean Decks In turning over the colonial question to their deputies, the foreign ministers cleared the decks for the consideration Mon day of the Italy-Yugoslavia border issue in which control of Trieste (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) < CORONER ALLEN STRUCK BY CAR Is Recuperating At Home After Receiving Treat ment At Hospital Coroner Asa W. Allen was re 'cuperarting at his home "yesterday afternoon following emergency treatment at James Walker Me morial hospital for injuries sustain ed when he was accidentally struck by an automobile at the corner of Third and Princess streets during the morning. The accident occurred when the coroner.walking east across Third street, shielded against the rain by an umbrella, walked into the side of a Ford truck operated by R, L. Faulk, of Bolton. Jolted by the impact, he was struck by a sec ond car, whose operator was still unidentified by police officials late yesterday afternoon, and knocked down to the pavement. When police officials arrived, (Continued on Page Five; Col. 7) Citizens City Extension Body Announced By Lane Membership of the Citizens Committee for City Limits Ex tension, a recently organized group to acquaint local voters with the facts on the proposed extension, was announced yes terday by Mayor W. Ronald Lane. Forty citizens who live in Wil mington nd New Hanover 1 county accepted their nomina tion to the committee and the minority who declined to serve, because of business or personal reasons, expressed a keen in terest in the issue, he said. The groundwork of the com mittee will begin on next Thurs day night at the City hall, when the group is scheduled to select its officers and map out a pr - gram for explaining the matte.' of the city’s extension to the whole community. The citizens chosen to serve on this committee were recom mended by a sub-committee of the City council, headed b> Mayor Lane, and approved by the City Council and City Plan ning board. In addition to the forty acceptances announced [Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) 200 Injured In Navy Base Fire Near Miami As Storm Sweeps Inland Over Keys ._w — ★ - ... FUTURE COURSE IS NOT CERTAIN Hess Says No Effects Would Be Experienced Here Until Tonight While the future course of the tropical hurricane, center ed southwest of Miami, was still undertermined last night, Weatherman Paul Hess said that no effects of its would be experienced here until late to night or Monday morning. He decl'ned to estimate the force with which it would be felt if it moved into this area. Should the storm blow through Florida and then veer out to the Atlantic again it could gather ad ditional force, and in this event, Wilmington might be hard hit. If the hurricane follows an alter nate course and goes into the Gulf, it may then approach Wil mingtrn overland and greatly di minish in intensity. In this event, there would be no winds of hurri cane velocity, though the rainfall would probably be heavy here. Mr. Hess said that it was still too early yet to determine the course of the storm, though it could not reach Wilmington until late tonight at the earliest. “HURRICANE HUNTERS” WASHINGTON, Sept. 15— (U.R) — The Navy's “hurricane hunters” are keeping track of the storm now lashing Florida. The Navy disclosed tonight that airmen specially trained to keep tabs on hurricanes have been on the trail of such storms all through the war. A squadron observing the pres ent hurricane reported it moving at a speed between 10 and 18 knots with winds over 100 knots in the center, the Navy said. It is about 225 miles in diameter. Nav„ fliers are still tracking the hurricane which is now following (Continue'" on Page Four; Col. 2) F. L. PEARSALL DIES AT BEACH Well-Known Wilmingtonian Was President Of Fer tilizer Company Frederick Leon Pearsall, presi dent of Pearsall and Company, manufacturers of fertilizer, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock at 807 South Lumina ave m»e, Wrightsville Beach. Mr. Pearsall was born in Wil mington, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pearsall, and had spe*- practically his entire life here. He was educated in the public schools, later attending Fish bourm Military Academy and the University of North Carolina. He entered business in the firm of Hall and Pearsall, wholesalers, but shortly afterwards went into the fertilizer industry when the com pany was organized by his father. He had served as president for the past 20 years. Mr. Pearsall was an elder of St. Andrews - Covenant Presbyterian church. He was also clerk of the session of the church since its or ganization until last spring, when h-> resigned. He was a member of the Cape i (Continued on Page 9, Col. 4) Storm Precautions Taken Along Banks NEW BERN, Sept. 15.—(IP)— Storm precautions were being taken along North Carolina’s coastal outer banks tonight be cause of a tropical hurricane now centered in Florida. Aycock Brown, Coastal newspaperman, said the Cape Lookout weather station re ported a wind velicity there at 5 p. m. of 15 miles per hour, and a barometer reading of 30.5. The barometer was fall ing slowly, he said. The coast guard air-sea unit was busy warning small boats of the pending storm. It’s planese were partrolling off shore dropping storm warn ings to small boats which do not have radio contact with the shore stations. All military and naval camps along the inland coast were taking the necessary pre cautions, Brown said. PLANES MOVE INLAND Charlotte, Sept. 15.— (A5) — Douglas airport here reported today it had been advised that military planes seeking safety inland had landed in large numbers at Army air bases at Raleigh, Durham, Greens boro and Spartanburg. Some planes from Cherry Point stopped off at Douglas field on their way to fields in Tennessee. I Congress May Get Tough In Move To Stop Draft __ w MAY EXTEND PROBE Many Lawmakers Not Con vinced Army Trying To Speed Up Discharges BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—W)— Congress talked today of' getting tough about service discharges and the draft—and of extending its Pearl Harbor investigation to the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur “may” be asked to tell why Am erica took a drubbing in the Phil ippines at the start of the war. And a lot of legislators still aren’t convinced the army is do ing ail it can, and as fast as it can, to let men o ’• They may do something about it. Congressmen also had their say on: * 1. Whether Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late President, is “broke”. 2. Pay for people out of work. Senate and House took Saturday off. So there was more talk than action. But House Republicans, count ing on some Democratic help, got set to pry out of the military com mittee, ‘ and onto the House floor for a vote, a bill to: Stop the draft—right now. Let out of the army on request anyone who has been a war pris oner or spent two years in uni form. It isn’t certain that the Senate House committee which will look into the success of Japan’s stab at Pearl Harbor also will expand its inquiry into the Philippines. But Senator Brewster (R-Me.), a member, says it may. Democrats have hinted at such a move. If the committee takes that course, Brewster wants MacAr thur to have a chance to tell what happened. Senate Republicans did their (Continued on Page 9, Col. 3) ARGENTINA BACK ON CENSORSHIP AP Dispatch Held Up De spite Recent Decree Lifting The Ban BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 15.— (TP) —Argentina reimposed censorship ir. at least one instance On outgo ing news dispatches today, despite a government decree issued Aug. 17 lifting the censorship ban. A dispatch filed early today by the Associated Press, telling of dif ferences between Rear Admiral Hector Vernengo Lima, Chief of the Argentina Naval staff, and Colina. Secretary of Aeronautica. was rejected by the communica tions office on “superior authority.’ After the dispatch had been chang ed in part, the office accepted it. In another field of government rffairs Ramon J. Carcano, often referred to as “the elder states man,” confirmed that his son, Miguel Angel Carcano, had resign ed as Ambassador to London. The aged leader, who himself re signed the chairmanship of the Na tional Institute of social welfare, (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) Stork Takes Day Off Because Of Hurricane MIAMI, Fla., rjspt. 15.—(U.R) —Expectant mothers in care of the Army tonight appeared to be less excited than any one else over the storm. Army hospitals, where the wives of servicemen were ask ed to go in order to be near doctors, reported that not a single “Hurricane Baby” has been born. “Even those who should be having babies now are wait ing for a while, it seems,” said one official. “All’s quite on the nursery front.” TRUMAN PROMISES STUDY OF STRIKES Expected To Announce Major Changes In Gov ernment Next Week KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 15— (U.R)—With a presidential study of the Detroit Labor situation promis ed and major changes in govern ment in prospect for next week, President Iruman tonight relaxed with his family in the old home place in Independence. He gave those pressing matters little thought tonight. He was home and relaxation in the rambling summer white house for a few hours was good. The chief executive met with re porters at a impromptu press con ference during the morning in his Federal building office here. He said he would go into the troubled automotive industry labor situation, focalized around Detroit, when he gets back to the White House but thus far ha dgiven the matter no thought. Asked about possible changes in the Supreme court, the post of sec retary of War and the Federal Security agency, the President re plied merely that he would hold a news conference at 4 p.m. (EWT) Tuesday in Washington. A reporter addressed a point blank question concerning a pos sible early change in the Secretary of War. To that Mr. Truman re pliec. he could give a better answer when he gets back to Washington. He said he had not yet found an appointee for the Supreme Court vacancy. He was still hunting for (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) 50,000 PERSONS ' SEEKING SHELTER Storm, Losing Force, 60 Miles Southwest Of Ft. Myers At Midnight MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 15. — (AP)—Over 200 persons were reported injured tonight in a fire at the Richmond Navy Blimp Base as a violent tro pical hurricane that reached a peak velocity of 143 M. P. H. swept inland across the Flori da keys. Hurricane warnings were ordered hoisted over all of peninsula Florida, 50,0r0 persons were driven to seek emergency shelter in south Florida alone, and at least one death was reported. Flames whipped by the great winds. _ threatened to destroy the giant navy blimp hangars at Rich mond, 30 miles from Miami, which were described by the navy as the world’s largest single-arch wooden constructed hangars. The weather bureau at midnight reported that the big blow, lo cated 60 miles southwest of Fort Myers, was losing force in pass ing over land, but added that in terests on the Georgia coasts should be on the alert Sunday for possible development of the storm at it curves to thenortheast. The Navy said no deaths result ing from the blaze had been re ported up to 11:15 p. m. (EWT), but all available ambulances, doc tors and medical personnel were being rushed through the storm to the base. name names Three hundred enlisted men from Opelica Naval Air Station Mi ami, were dispatched to help combat the flames. The cause of the fire was not immediately de termined. Another fire sprang up on the northwest fringe of downtown Miami, destroying a furniture fac tory and a tile - manufacturing plant and casting a great red glow up against the rain-whipped skies. Relief workers went into the Florida Keys as the core of the storm raged over the Everglades in a curving northward movement. Hundreds of homes were reported damaged in the Keys, where the hurricane reached an officially re corded velocity of 143 M. P. H. at Carysport Light, 40 miles south of Miami. Winds of 99 M. P. H. roared over Miami itself but damage was held to a minimum by the tightly board ed up city. An unconfirmed report said $7, 000,000 worth of Navy and private planes, shifted from the Miami area to the hurricane-proof Rich mond blimp base, were endangered by the fire there. Extend Warnings An advisory issued by the Weath er Bureau at 9 p. m. (EWT) said: “Extend hurricane warnings 9 p. m. of Florida peninsula to in clude Jacksonville and St. Marks. “The severe hurricane is central over the Florida Everglades 60 miles west of Miami, attended by winds of full hurricane force. “Highest wind reported at Mi—nj was 99 M. P. b. “It is apparently moving north westward at 12 to 16 M. P. H. with a tendency toward a slow north ward curve which will probably terminate in a definite northeast ward movement while still over Florida interior close to the gulf coast or after emerging a short (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) Gen. Roosevelt Borrowed $600,000 On Radio Chain' WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Wl Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt’s own story of the financial dealings that brought him and some of his back ers under Congressional scrutiny was pieced together tonight for the first time. The account related that the late President’s second son: 1. Borrowed more than $600,000 to finance a 'rexas radio network. 2. Was referred by his late uncle, Hall Roosevelt, to John Hart ford, president of the Great At lantic and Pacific tea company, from whom he borrowed $200,000. 3. Never got any help from his s father in arranging the loans be yond assurance to a lender that Elliott was independent in business and a loan vould not embarrass the President. 4. Got from the elder Roosevelt a suggestion that he seek settle ment advice from Jesse Jones, then secretary of commerce. g. Didn’t know until he read it in the newspaper that Jones had settled the Hartford loan for $4,000 though Elliott’s attorney tried to find out what Jones had done. 6. Left members of the House (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)