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I" ^ mmm Umumtim iHnrmttn Star -I^SEr With Complete Covcrace «* ■- — '*’ State and National Now* YOL, 78 —NO- 283.__~ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1945 " -ESTABLISHED 1867 _ A " " ' ■ ■'! ' ■ ■ ■—■■ — —"—' ~ _ _ ~ Consecration Of Dr. Wright Set For Today High Dignataries Of Episcopal Church To Take Part In Services This Morning; Bish op-Elect Has Five - Point Program *" Outlining a five-point program for his tenure as bishop of. -hu+Dn n +f East'Carolina, Bishop-Elect Thomas H Wright, D. D., stressed last night, on the eve of his consec ration, the need for a caring diocese ... a people united in Christian consideration of other races and denominations.” Di. Wright said that he hoped that the diocese would become world-minded with particular emphasis on the missionary work of the churcfy ---:-* Another point made by the bis hop-elect was that new importance will be attached to church school education for younger persons in the diocese. Through these and other means, Dr. Wright said that it was his hope that the diocese would become a “believing” one. Stressing the responsibility of the church and its members to cierygmen returning from service with the armed forces, Dr. Wright laid strong emphaisis on a pro gram to provide churches for these men immediately on their discharge from the services. As a final, and extremely im portant phase of the diocesan pro gram, Dr. Wright said that “a praying diocese, one that makes religion personal” is his earnest hope. He said that the retiring bishop, the Right Rev. Thomas C. Darst, had long taught this princi ple and expressed the hope that he might continue this work. In the midst of preparations for his consecration, Dr. Wright an nounced a meeting of all clergy in the diocese in Kinston on Tues day for the discussion of hopes and plans for immediate recon struction of all churches thoughout the world that have been destroy ed by the tide of war with the cooperation of all denominations. Other meetings for women of the diocese are planned in Wil liamston and New Bern. Dr. Wright said that he planned, in his first sermon as new bishop which will be delivered Sunday in St. James church, to call on Episcopalians of the diocese to take an active part in a program of world regeneration and revival of Christian brotherhood. The consecreation of Dr. Wright, a native of Wilmington, as the fourth bishop of the diocese of East Carolina will take place this morning at 10 o’clock in St. James Episcopal church. Holy Communion services are being held this morning through out the city in the Episcopal churches prior to the consecra tion. Xippi UAlUia LCJ.J UUU UUL UL LUW1J guests are in Wilmington for the services according to the com mittee heated by Robert Strange numbering such notables as: Frank H. McCarthy, assistant secretary of state, and former Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. The consecration will begin with a procession, led by the crucifer, the flag bearers and the choir and including ministers of other communions, representatives -of city and state, Army, Navy and Marine representatives, high offi cials of the Episcopal church, and representatives of colleges and uni (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) HURRICANE STRIKES CARIBBEAN COASTS; HOMES DEMOLISHED GUATEMALA, Oct. 4. —CP)—A hurricane with winds reaching a velocity of 75 miles an hour was re ported tonight to have struck the Caribbean coasts of Guatemala and Honduras, causing at least one death and heavy property damage. Reports from Belize, British Honduras, said one person was killed and many injured a,t Punta Gorda, where 80 houses in the town of about 7,000 population were de molished. The storm was reported to have struck Livingston on the Guate malan coast, destroying nearly 40 houses and blowing out to sea a yacht and barges loaded with 10, 000 bags of coffee. It was feared the vessels were sunk with casual ties. __ 1 Q- Bishop-Elect ~~ The Rev. Thomas H. Wright, D. D.. (above), former rector of St. Marks church in San Antonio, Tex., who will be consecrated as bishop ol the Episcopal Diocese of East Crrehna today. He succeeds the Right Rev. Thomas Campbell Darst, D. D., who retired May 1 after filling the position for 30 years. Dr. Wright, 40, is a native of Wilmington. PACE WILL JOIN HALSEY'S FLEET St3r-News Publisher T o Cover Armada Voyage From Panama The Atlantic stretch of hte Third fleet's triumphant return from vic tory over Japan will be covered, from the standpoint of Southeast ern North Carolina interest, for readers of the .Wilmington Star News by R. B. Page, Publisher who will join the great armada at Papama early next week and ac company it back to an eastern port. Mr. Page is one of several east ern publishers and editors who will make the trip in the role of correspondents. He will leave early this morn ing for Miami, Fla., to board one of the large planes of the Naval Air Transport command Saturday afternoon for the flight to Panama. There he will be assigned to one of the units of the fleet and is expected to return about Oct. 21. Arrangements for the trip were made through the Navy’s office of Public Relations. According to word received' here sometime ago, included among the many warcraft are six—two destroyers, a destroyer escort and three submarines—scheduled to visit here during annual obser vance of Navy day late this month If details can be arranged, then Mr. Page may return to Wilming tofi aboard one of the destroyers. The publishers and editors oc compaying the great armada will be offered facilities for filing news stories, especially as to their communities, from Panama and possibly while en route home. WEATHER (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperature H30 a.m. 60; 7:30 a.m. 55; 1:30 p.m. t», 1:30 p.m, 64. ,, Maximum 71; Minimum 53; Mean tw, formal 69. Humidity .., 130 a.m. 72; 7:30 a.m. 73.I 1:30 P-m- 61, 1:30 p.m. 69. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m— 0.OO inches. Total snice the first of the month 3-17 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published 03 S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington _ 9:13 a.m. 3:50 a.m 9:30 p.m. 4:10 p.m Masonoboro Inlet _ 7:04 a.m. 12:51 a.m 7:15 p.m. 13:09 p.m _ Sunrise 6:10; Sunset 5:51; Moonnsi 5;28 a.m.; Moonset 5:59 p.m. River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at i a m. Thursd .tcO.yaETAOIN SH a-fti. Thursday, Oct. 4, 12.6 feet. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3, Judge To Permit Laval To Return To Courtroom PARIS, Oct. 4.- Iff) -Pierre Laval, abandoned by his attorneys, was expelled in a tumult of shout ing from his own trial for his life today, but the presiding judge to night reversed his decision and de cided to permit the former Vichy Premier to return to % the cou-t room tomorrow. Guards armed with tommyguns dragged Laval from the court room in the upror climax of the 1 opening day of his trial on charges , of intelligence' with the enemy : and attacking the security of the state. ‘‘Guards! Expel that man from j the court room!” shouted Presid ing Judge Paul Mongibeaux. “This trial will continue without his presence. We will proceed to the witnesses tomorrow in his ab sence.” Tonight, however, Laval had both permission to return to the court room and assurance that his three defense attorneys would be at his side. “I will give the defendant one more chance,” Mangibeaux ex plained to The Associated Press. “Because of the importance of the trial and the fact that the prison (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 2) Detroit Comes Back To Win 2nd Game; Mac///tthur Hands Hot Order To Japs; Na // To Take Over 26 Oil Plants Today Dock Strike Hamstrings N.Y. Harbor PHONES TO CEASE Walkouts In Coal Fields Spread As Supply Dwindles By The Associated Press President Truman last night ordered the Navy to take over and operate the plants of 26 oil pro ducing and refining companies af ter attempts at arbitration of wage demands by the CIO Oil Workers Union had collapsed. In a statement Mr. Truman said it was necessary to act to maintain adequate oil reserves “for tl* needs of our armed forces.” He said some refineries and related transportation and distribution facilities had been shut down. The seizure order left the next move up to the union—a& to wheth er officials would order "heir mc%i back on the job. O. A. Knight, president, said he would call his executive committee into session to decide this point as soon as thg order left the White House. Orders for taking over properties where 43,000 oil workers are off the job had been expected to be released about noon, but issuance was delayed temporarily for an unexplained reason. Other important labor develop ments: 1. Strikes and stoppages in a wide range of industries, princi pally oil, soft coal, lumber and shipping, accounted for 525,000 per sons away from work. 2. New emergency controls were placed on the soft coal industry as the number of miners not working reached 146,000 and steel produo tion was being hit. (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 4) WILMINGTON GETS NCEA MEETING RALEIGH, Oct. 4.— (JF) — The board of directors of the North Carolina Education association, meeting here today, set dates and places for six district conventions and reviewed programs planned for each meeting. Mrs. Annie Laurie McDonald, NCEA President, of Hickory, pre sided. Mrs. McDonald arid Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Superinten dent of Public Instruction, will ap pear on all district programs, and a different speaker has been ob tained to headline discussions at each. First of the meetings will be held in the northwestern district on Oc tober 12. Meeting at High Boint, the convention speaker is Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Mills Home Orphanage at Thomasville. A. B. Routh, of the Senior high school, Greensboro, is president of the district, and will preside. The western district convention will be held at Asheville on Oc tober 19. An address will be given by D. Biden Ramsey, publisher of the Asheville Citizen. I. B. Hud son, of the Andrews City schools, is president of the district. Lawrence Derthick, superinten dent of Chattanooga, Tenn., city schools, will be the main speaker at the South Piedmont District convention at Charlotte, October 31. W. Lee Harris of Concord is president Fortner Governor J. M. Brough (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) Government Must Remove S. S. Police YAMAZAKI OUSTED Occupation Headquarters To Hold Leaders Responsible TOKYO, Oct. 4.—(/P)—The Jap anese government got AmericEi orders today to remove their frigid hand of “thought police” from the nation and grant full speech and religious freedom—steps so *• - lu tionary that one occupation official said they might produce violence, General MacArthur ordered the Imperial government to release al] political prisoners, numbering about 3,000, by Oct. 10; abolish ail legislation hamstringing personal freedoms; disband the brutal polit ical police, and fire Home Minis ter Iwao Yamazaki from office. The order for the sweeping so cial reforms, striking at the root of Japanese feudal traditions which were held responsible for the Paci fic war, was delivered through the central liaison office, communica tions channel between the Japanese government and MacArthur’s head quarters. MacArthur’s five-page directive concluded with the blunt state ment that all officials of the Im perial government affected by the order “will be held personally re sponsible and strictly accountable for compliance with and adherence to the spirit and letter” of the de gree. They must report on steps taken toward compliance by Oct. 15. Prediction that sudden freedom of [speech, thought and action—never before enjoyed by the Japanese, might release intense political and perhaps physical violence, were made by Col. Ken R. Dykes, chief of the Occupation Command’s civil information and education service. “We must be realistic and recog nize that people repressed so long are bound to react strongly,” Dyke said. “At least there prob ably will be strong clashes of political opinion under this new freedom. But this is part of the rev olutionary process which all De mocratic peoples elsewhere have undergone during centuries of (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 1) WIFE OF DOCTOR HELD FOR MURDER __ SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.—(A?)— Police booked Mrs. Annie Mans feldt, wife of a prominent physi cian, on a murder charge today after she had brought the body of an attractive nurse to Centra] Emergency Hospital. The 45-year-old mother of three children was quoted by police in spector A1 Corassa as saying she shot Mrs. Vada Martin, 36, and then struck her in the face with the gun. She asserted she had learned that her husband, Dr. John H. Mans feldt, had been attentive to the nurse. Emergency hospital attendants said the body of Mrs. Martin was still warm when brought to the hospital by Mrs. Mansfeldt in an automobile. The nurse had been shot through the left breast. Dr. Mansfeldt, summoned to the hospital, identified his wife and then left in a few minutes with out commenting on the tragedy. The couple’s three children are Carrier, 12; John, 14 and Irene 15. Assistant District Attorney Hard ing McGuire said papers found in Mrs. Martin’s apartment indicated her husband, W. L. Martin, was a Navy warrant officer overseas. Louis Cambou, steward at the Emergency hospital, said Mrs. Mansfeldt was calm when she arrived, dropped a pistol on his desk and said: “There’s a dying woman1 in my car outside. Later- she collapsed and then be came hysterical McGuire said the doctor’s wife told him that last Thursday night she went looking for her husband and Mrs. Martin, nurse at the hos pital where the physician had many patients. "I found them together in my (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) FormerNavy Man Pitches Great Game GREENBERG HOM E R S Result Of Contest Leaves Bengals Still hi Fight By GAYLE TALBOT DETROIT, Oct. 4—(£>)—Big Hank Greenberg crashed a towering home run into the left field stands with two teammates on base in the fifth inning of today’s second World Series game to defeat the Chicago Cub, 4 to 1, and bring the Detroit Tigers back snarling into thick of the fight for the championship. Hank’s pay-off clout, the second such vital smash he had made in five days, pulled out a brilliant pitching victory for Virgil Trucks, who just returned from the Navy in time to hurl for the Tigers in the classic. The stocky righthander kept seven Chicago hits scattered in all but one inning and struck out four. The score had just been tied at 1-1 in the fifth and Eddie Mayo and Roger Cramer were on base by virtue of a walk and a single when Greenberg picked out one of Hank Wyse’s high, inside curves that he liked and sent it screaming into the lower deck of the left cen terfield stands at about the 380-foot mark. With that lead to work on. Truck bore down furiously with his fast ball and Sharp-breaking curve to limit the National League champi ions to a single hit in the last four innings, and they never had a chance of getting back into the ball game. As a result of the Bengals’ clean ly-won triumph on fine pitching and heavy hitting in the clutches, the entire World Series picture had changed abruptly tonight. Where the speedy Cubs looked to be over poweringly superior in their open ing 9 to 0 victory yesterday in which they knocked Hal Ncwhous er from the hilt; the Tigers at least promised to make a stern battle of it on the strength of today’s showing. A paid attendance of 53,636 sit ting in Briggs Stadium in cool but comfortable weather nearly raised ihe roof right off the stands when Greenberg connected with his game winner. It was the big outfielder’s fourth World Series home run. He hit others in the 1934, 1935, and 1940 j series, before he went into the Ar my. His first hit for the Tigers after he returned to the line-up last July was a homer, and his last hit of che past season was a terrific belt with oases loaded that defeated tna St. Louis Browns last Sunday and clinched the American League pen* nant ior the Tigers. His rhighty clout today spoiled what up to that time had been a fine pitching performance by Hank Wyse, the righthander who won 22 games for the Cubs in the regular season. Up to the big fifth he had limited the Tigers to a pair of scat tered singles and looked like he might breeze through to such a shutout as Hank Borowy registered in the first game. The Cubs had given him a one run lead to work on in the fourth frame. Phil Cavarretta opened the rally by looping a short ball into right center field and stretching it into a double when Cramer and Roy Cullenbine couldn’t decide which would field it. Bill Nichol son scored him with a single to center. Two were out when the Tigers suddenly launched their big fifth inning. Skeeter Webb, the son-in (Continued on Page Nine, Col. 7) . BROADCAST ON II DETROIT, Oct. 4.—W—'The It third World Series bhseball \ game will be on the air as usual Friday, even if telephone operators proceed with their planned four-hour service In- i terruption, Mrs. Frances Smith, president of the Michigan Fed eration of Telephone Workers, a said today. She added that press associations which trans mit news over telephone wires also will not be affected dur ing the scheduled 2 to 6 p. m. (Eastern Standard Time) stop page. ' - I Presides Today RT. REV. H. S. G. TUCKER, D.D. presiding bishop of the Episcopal church who will preside over the consecration of Dr. Thomas H. Wright as Bishop of the Djocc'pe of East Carolina at St. James’Epis copal church this morning. GLOBESTER ENDS HISTORIC FLIGHT By PAUL MILLER Associated Press Staff Writer NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASH INGTON, Oct. 4.— W —The first flight in the first regular around the-world air service was com pleted tonight by the United States Army Air Transport Command. A C-54 (Douglas Skymaster), sixth .used on the six and one quarter day flight, landed here at 9:42 p. m. Eastern Standard time. It flew the 2,500-mile last hop from San Francisco in 13 hours. The global flight started from here at 3:58 p. m„ EST, Sept. 28. Lieut. Gen. Harold L. George, commanding general of ATC, termed it “the fastest world flight ever made at near the earth’s greatest circumference.” It cov ered 23,279 miles in 149 hours and 44 minutes, including ground time of 33 hours and 21 minutes. The inaugural “Globster” flight took off on the 21st anniversary of the army’s first round-the-world flight which took 175 days over a shorter route. The time record for the globe circuit, but over a route of only 14,824 miles was set by Howard Hughes and a crew of four in 1938 at three days, 19 hours, eight min utes 10 seconds. Seven men and women were pas sengers on the first trip of ATC’s new schedule, known as the “Globster.” Planes will depart every Fri day over the same route—across the Atlantic to North Africa; thence around the globe by way of such stops as Cairo, Calcutta, Kunming, Manilla, Honolulu and San Francisco. Besides the eight who went all the way, approximately 100 pas sengers embarked and debarked enroute. Thirteen different ATC crews flew various stages. There was one mishap. Motor trouble developed over the Paci fic between Guam and Kwajelein. The plane returned to Guam on three engines. Passengers chang ed to another C-54 and resumed. ATC’s original announcement of the flight said it was to be made in 151 hours, terminatiing at mid night Oct. 4. INDONESIANS SEIZE TWO JAVA CITIES IN FIGHT AGAINST DUTCH BATAVIA, Java, Oct. 4 — OT — Indonesian nationalists seeking in dependence from Dutch colonial rule are reported by an Allied military spokesman to have seized control of the important Java cities of Soerabaja and Bandoeng. An Aneta dispatch today said the Netherlands government had ordered transfer of 6,500 Nether lands troops now in Great Britain to the Netherlands East Indies. British occupation forces in Batavia were brought to brigade strength with arrival of two ad ditional E-itish Indian regiments. More detachments were reported on the way. The Indonesians were reported by Aneta to have seized the air field at Soerabaja, principal naval base in the Netherlands Indies. A sailor and press photographers re turning from Bandoepg shid the Indonesians had gained possession of Japanese weapons and armored cars. World Series Box Score DETROIT, Oct. 4.—(IP)—Official box score of today’s second game in the 1945 World Series: CHICAGO (NL) Ab R H O A H Jck, Sb.. 3 0 3 0 2 Jf hnson, 2b _ 3 0 0 2 * L iwrey. If . 4 0 2 3 0 Cavarretta, lb _ 4 118 0 Pafko, cf .. 4 0 0 4 0 Nicholson, rf _ 3 0 12 0 Gillespie, c .. 4 0 0 3 0 Hughes, ss .. 3 0 0 2 2 Wyse, p __ .2 0 0 0 0 xSecory _ 1 0 0 0 0 Erickson, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 yBecker_ 1 0 0 0 0 Totals __ 32 1 7 24 8 xBatted for Wyse in 7th. • yBatted for Erickson in 9th. DETROIT (AL) Ab R H O A Webb, ss_ 4 12 0 4 Mayo, 2b .. 3 10 3 3 Cramer, cf_ 4 13 2 0 Greenberg, If ... 3 112 1 Cullenbine, rf___.... 2 0 0 2 0 York, lb .. 4 0 0 11 1 Outlaw, 3b _....__4 0 110 Richards, c __ 4 0 0 5 0 Trucks, p __ 3 0 0 1 1 Score by innings: CHICAGO (NL) . 000 100 000—1 DETROIT (AL) ... 000 040 OOx—4 Totals .. 31 4 7 27 10 Errors: None.. Runs batted in: Nicholson, Cramer, Greenberg 3. Two base hits: Cavarretta, Hack. Home runs: Greenberg. Sacrifices: Johnson. Earned runs: Chicago (NL) 1, Detroit (AL) 4. Left on bases: Chicago (NL) 8; Detroit (AL) 7. Bases on balls—off Wyse 3 (Cullen bine 2, Mayo); off Erickson 1 (Greenberg); off Trucks 3 (Hughes, Hack, Nicholson). Strikeouts—by Wyse 1 (York); by Trucks 4 (Wyse, Johnson 2, Becker); by Erickson 1 (Trucks). Pitching^summary: Wyse, 5 hits, 4 runs in 6 innings; Erickson 2 hits, 0 runs in 2 innings. Losing pitcher: Wyse. Umpires: Jorda (NL) plate; Passarella (AL) first base; Conlan (NL) second base; Sum mers (AL) third base. Time: 1:47. Attendance: 53,636. Receipts: $220,394-__ National Air Lines Get Approval For Calls Here Service May Start In Thirty Days; Star Is Advised Planes of the National Air Lines New York to Miamai flight will be making daily stops at Wilming ton probably within the next 3C days, according to long distance telephone advice received by the Morning Star shortly before mid night last night from Marion Shuffler of Washington, acting or behalf of the City of Wilmington New Hanover county delegation which went to Washington Wednes day night. Headed by Mayor W. Ronald Lane and Addison Hewlett, the delegation held a series of confer ences with CAB and Army Air Forces officials yesterday and a1 a late hour were assured by Brig, Gen. J. D. Mclntrye of the legis lative and liason division of the War Department that the Arm> would approve an application o: National Air Lines to make Wil mington a regular port of call or their New York to Miami run. Earlier in the day, according to Mr. Shuffler, the delegation conferred with Harlee Branch, £ member of the CAB board who in formed them that National Air Lines had made application foi a stop on their schedule here or September 15. The application ir due course was forwarded on tc the Second Air Corps of the Armj and later to the Continental Air Corps headquarters for approval Late yesterday afternoon, Gen McIntyre informed the delegation, in an off the record statement ■that the Army would approve the application. Later he telephoned Mr. Shuffler to the effect that he could release a statement that the Army would approve the Na tional Airlines application. Following dinner last night with Mr. Hewlett and Harry R. Grad ner of the New Hanover Board of Commissioners, Mr. Shuffler told The Morning Star that the delega (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 2) -* Retires Today RIGHT REV. T C. DARST who retires today as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Caro lina after filling that position for 30 years. He will be suceceded by the Rev. Thomas H. Wright, D. D., at consecration services at St. James Church.__ 27,000 Drivers Quit Greyhound Buses SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.—(A3)— Twenty-seven hundred drivers and station employes of the Pacific Greyhound Line will go out on strike at midnight tonight, R. E. Hasselman, AFL union business agent, announced late today after wage negotiations with the com pany failed. Hasselman said the wage talks “didn’t even come close to getting an agreement with the company. Byrnes To Tell Details Of London Meet Ton igh t WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—UB—Sec retary of State Byrnes will report to the nation tomorrow night on the failures and accomplishments of the Foreign Ministers meeting at London. Byrnes was due back in Washington tonight. The State Department announced that about 24 hours after his sche duled arrival here the Secretary will make a broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System be ginning at 9:30 p. m. He will speak for 30 minutes. Word that Byrnes was due back in Washington tonight came from the State Department after a day of varying reports which first had him arriving this morning, and then not until tomorrow. Before going on the air Byrnes will report to President Truman on the worst rift in American Russian relations since both na tions became allies in the fight against Germany. Later, after talks with Congres sional leaders, he will tackle a bunch of new problems. These include discussions with the other allies, obviously includ ing Russia, on international con trol of the atomic bomb. Another urgent problem is policy on Ar (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) ( f
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