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forecast , »nd vicinity: Increasing W?n n<ft during day. Highest tempera, cloudine* d“nd<* reej, jowest tonight 56. tahirdM partly cloudy, not much change in temperatnit. WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JANlRY 11, 1946___ESTABLISHED 1867 jjfNations Bold First ONOMeeting warningIssued premier"Atti7e Sounds Peace Keynote In Wel coming Address By R- H. SHACKFORD United'Pr«s Staff Correspondent tONDON, Jan. 10.—Delegates of n nations met today in momen tnus first assembly of the United Nations organization to try to lead he world toward permanent peace ,, the alternative to continued na tional rivalries which would lead the chaos of a third world war fought with atomic weapons. The 2.000 delegates, alternates ,nd spectators crowded into West minster Central Hall, near ancient Westminster Abbey and the bomb damaged houses of parliament, on the 26th anniversary of the official birth of the League of Nations. The fact seemed clear in delegates’ minds that the tragic failure of the league was a warning that this time peace-loving nations must not fail. In the opening speech Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee, wel coming the delegates to London, said that the UNO must become the overriding factor in the foreign policy of world nations. A third world war, Attlee told the delegates, might halt the pro gress of civilization for generations. Calling for the same sense of ur gency and self-sacrifice in creating permanent peace conditions as was Ihown in fighting the war, Attlee recalled how the purposes of the League of Nations were defeated by continuance of individual ambi tions and power politics. "The United Nations Organiza tion must become the overriding factor in foreign policy,” he said.” The development of powerful wea pons of destruction, operating from distant bases, has destroyed the illusion of isolationism. BLADENBORO HERO DIES BY OWN HAND BLADENBORO, Jen. 10—A 24 year-old veteran of all the major battles of the North African, Ital ian, French, and German cam paigns, with five years service in the Army, was dead here today by his own hand. He was Ernest Grimsley, Jr., whose lifeless body was found by fcis father at his home here this morning. Bladen County Coroner T. W. Young pronounced the death as suicide. A bullet from a .32 automatic through the youth’s righl temple caused the death, the coro ner said. No motive was revealed for his act. Members of the family saic young Grimsley came home early last night and that shortly after he arrived a single shot wai heard, but that no investigatior was made at the time. This morn JgS the father found the body Coroner Young said that younj Grimsley had been drinking befor< S°ing to his home last night. Grimsley was discharged Augus ' after five years in the Army. H< wore seven battle stars for service ®s a technician fifth grade. He hat been awarded the Croix de Guerre with one gold star by the Frencl government. He was in battle ii Tunisia, Sicily, Naples, Foggia Rome, Arno, southern France, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. Funeral arrangements are incom P«te. The body will remain at the Reacock Funeral Home at Eliza bethtown until Saturday when i will be brought to his home here burial will be in Hill cemetery a R airmont some time Sunday. Surviving, besides his parents Jre six sisters, Lillian, Peggy, Dot be, Bonnie, and Catherine, all o btadenboro; and Rose Lee, Tusca *°°sa, Ala. WEATHER (Eastern Standard Time) A/u+ , s* Weather Bureau) «S°7 ,°n8ical data for the 24 houi ng 7.30 p.m. yesterday. Teniperature* ,:2» P.mm'6o5; 7:30 a'm- 61; 1:30 pm NormaM®11 75’ Minimum 58: -Mean 6 ,Humidity 7:3d p.mm'89.1: 7:30 a'm' 95; 1:30 p'm' 5 Total < „ Precipitation -inches. 24 h°UrS ending 7:30 pm '~-°inchelnCe th® firSt 0f the month (Pro™ .vTide* For Today Wilmington _ n}™ M-n,oto Inlet *:79p-; «:»£ Sunrise 7 i» Q 2:01 P-m- 8:22 p.] ^oonrise 12™ •m’: Sun*€t 5:22 p.n Rivet Stool Moonset 12:« a.i * &S SmS?"- N' C' GEIGER ORDER BANS ME l BY DEVI S Honolulu, Jan. 10—(>p) _ Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, commanding general of the Pacific Fleet Marine force, issued orders today forbid ding Marines under his command to stage mass demonstrations against demobilization. The orders were received by Marine company commanders a few hours before Marines were scheduled to meet at Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, tonight. ‘‘We have issued orders against any demonstration meetings to night or any other time at which men enter their alleged griev ances,” said Brig. Gen. Mervin H. Silverthorn, chief of staff. “It isn’t necessary for the men to hold a meeting to make their grievances known. The Marines have had a standard method as long as I can remember whereby any man at any time can see his company or unit commander to discuss his troubles and receive an answer.’’ Silverthorn said letters carrying General v ^er’s orders had been sent to various commanders and they had been told to take “appro priate measures” to prevent any meetings. “We told our commanders what to do and the measures necessary to enforce the orders are up to them,” the General said. “It’s traditional with the Ma rines that men go to their com manders with their troubles whether it’s family affairs, a bellyache or anything else and we don’t feel there is any occasion for meetings, which are not a military formation that can be controlled.” WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 — (JF) — The Senate Military committee to day ordered an investigation of demobilization and acting Secre tary of War Kenneth C. Royall called on the people to end "hys teria to get the boys back home.” Royall will be a witness when a (Continued on Page Two; Col. I) Confusion Of Issues Befogs Site Hearing I-4r ■■ ■■ MILLER RENAMED CHARITIES HEAD The Rev. Alexander Miller was re-elected president, for the fourth term, at the annual board meeting »f the Associated Charities yester day afternoon at the County Court house. Other officers elected to serve during 1946 were the Rev. Morti mer Glover, vice-president; L. C. Robertson, treasurer: Mrs. Ethel Powers, recording secretary; and Mrs. L. O. Ellis, executive secre tary and case - worker. Eight board members who were re-elected to serve three years were Dr. A. H. Elliott, the Rev. Carl Fisher, the Rev. Alexander Miller, Edgar Yow, Mrs. C. F. Darden, Mrs. Richard Andrews, Mrs. Nancy Henderson, and Norwood West brook. Two new members were elected to fill vacancies and include E. L. White, and Mrs. R. S. McClel land. During the meeting the annual report of the charities for 1945 were given by the secretary in which it was stated that 1,501 fami lies were accepted for family serv ice or public assistance during the year at a cost of $24,547.30. On January 1, 1945, the charities had on hand, $985.68, and total re ceipts were $23,373.45, making the total funds for the year $24,359.13, _3 _ ^4 (lOO 1 n Tanu. ary 1, 1946. For case work serv ices and office expense a total of $6,535.72 was spent for these 1,501 families. A sum of $12,511.58 was used for food, shelter, clothing, wood, coal, medicine, milk, special hospitalization and miscellaneous expense for 937 Public Assistance cases which were paid out of tax funds of city and county. The coun ty contributed $9,961.80 and the city $6,313.58. James Walker Memorial hospi ! tal gave $275.00 towards services rendered their cases for hospitaliza tion. The charities make investi \ gations for both the James. Walk \ er and Community hospitals. A | total of $1,293.07 was given by , friends for special designated cases and the Community Chest 1 gave $5,500.00 for 564 Family Serv ice cases in financial assistance. ' Acute housing problem is caus ing the chariites deep concern. Many of their cases are living in ‘ sub-standard (shacks) homes that ! can only be called a shelter and ' not even that when it rains. 1 It is hoped by the agency that : vacant houses at Maffitt Village can be turned over as a slum clearance project and families who ’ are so crowded might be moved ' at a reasonable rental. 1 As the report was read a word of thanks was given to all who have contributed in any way to (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Councilmen Hear Many Divergent Opinions On Building By MEARES HARRISS A confusion of issues, varying from a plea for the construction of a rif.e range to a discussion of possible renovation of Thalian Hall, befogged the community cen ter location question in an open forum held last night in the Super ior court room of the New Han over Countj court house by city officials and councilmen to hear opinions of rtpresentatives of vari ous civic grotps and private citi zens. From the Hist, it Wat evident that a serious deference in Concep tion in the type of building being planned existed between officials and the approximately 75 people attending. Mayor W. Ronald Lane, opened the meeting and called upon City Manager A. C. Nichols for an ex planation of the present plans. It was revealed by Nichols that the city was contemplating plans for a combined auditorium and civic recreation center on the pro posed 18-acre Marine hospital site, which was acquired by the city In 1943 from the Federal govern ment on a basis of a lease. The projected structure would De located on 9th street, near Ann, covering a space or aoout zuu ieet by 275 feet in two sections. It would house an auditorium with a 3,500 seating capacity in one sec tion and in the other, a general purpose building which would in clude facilities, drill floors, kitch ens, dining rooms, showers and oth er community features, Nichols explained. He said that the whole area would be turned into recreational grounds with possibly a small stadium, facil ities for outside sports, night light ing, and ample parking space. At this point, a representative of the Wilmington Rifle and Pistol club and the Cape Fear Rifle club, terming their present meeting places inadequate, asked that a range be included in the building for the groups. Mr. Fennell arose then to ask property, and was told that the city Nichols the total valuation of the had purchased it from the govern ment for $25,000. Fennell then, using the example of the mislocation of the U. S. Customhouse, said “I don’t think that with the huge expenditure on the building that the location should be selected because of a $25,000 site.” Mrs. J. D. Edwards, of the Thurs day Morning Music club, asked il the location had already been de cided up. She said that if a com bined “recreation center and audi torium is planned, I think a bettei location would be 17th and Daw son streets.” (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3] It’s All Okay, Mr. Rogers, It WasJustA BigMistake * By MABEL ROGERS Call of the police, Mr. Rogers. *’ Your car isn’t stolen. It seems Mrs. Evelyn McDonald, " veterans’ contact representative of - American Legion, with headquar ters at the Legion Home, 100 South v Third street, was in such a hurry yesterday that instead of getting „ into Ray Galloway’s car, which £ she uses for her work by mistake “• she hopped into Richard S. gers’ car. , , . . n Both cars were parked in front at of Legion Home and both cars were Chevrolets. With Galloway’s car keys, Mrs McDonald got into Rogers’ car turned the lock o er and off sh< went to the Tide Water powe: company building at 9th and C ange streets. After completing her busines there, Mrs. McDonald returned ti the car and was having great dif ficulty in getting the key to tun over the lock. Exhausted, Mrs. Me Donald called Rainey Chevrole (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4 Fact-Fimers Recommend Raise Of 191-1 Cents For GM Workers; National Phone Tie-Up Looms Unions Will Picket All Exchanges OPERATORS IDLE Walkout At Washington To Continue After Con ference Fails WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—(IP) - The prospect of a country-wide halt in telephone service grew to night. President Joseph A. Beime oi the National Federation of Tele phone Workers said he expected the organization’s 263,000 members to honor picket lines scheduled to be established tomorrow by tele phone installation workers already on strike. Beime made this statement to reporters as he emerged' from a four-hour session held by the TTnifStates flonciliatinn Service over a separate strike of the Washington operators. The local operators walked out at 10 a. m., today. They complained of a "speed up” which they said had been ordered by the local company, and of what they called too close supervision by company officials. A company spokesman said "no new duties had been added” and asserted that the walkout came when the company insisted that supervisors perform the duties for which they were employed. There was a one-hour stoppage last Friday over the same com plaint. The strike here affected the capital's manually operated switch boards, dial phones were not af fected. The telephone installation work ers went out on strike Wednesday for more wages in 44 states. Beime said he was informec the installation workers intend tc establish pickets around telephone exchanges tomorrow morning. "I am sure our people are unioi conscious enough to recognize th< badge of labor, Beirne said in dis closing that he was recommendinj that operators stay away also. The installation workers art represented by the Association d Communication Equipment Work ers, an affiliate of Bierne’s federa tion. The negotiations intended tc bring about resumption of lont distance service in and out o! Washington ended in failure. SHIDEHARA WILL STAY IN OFFICE TOKYO, Jan. 10.—(/P)—Premier Kijirro Shidehara has decided to stay in office and merely reor ganize his cabinet rather than re sign with his entire government, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported today. The cabinet crisis was brought on by General MacArthur’s orders to purge ultra-Nationalists from all levels of the government. _ Kyodo said the general elections, scheduled tentatively for this month, would be delayed, possibly for. two more months, in order tc eliminate candidates affected by the purge orders. The agency said Shidehars might try to hold on as premiei until after the election. . Meanwhile the Allies’ new Fai East Commission to determine oc cupation nolicy met in Japan foi the first time. After a luncheon with Genera Mac Arthur, the 11-member com mission consulted on undisclosei topics with Mac Arthur’s.economy and' scientific chief, May. Gen. W F. Marquat. The chairman. May. Gen. Fran! R. McCoy, said the commissio: would tour Honshu, main Japanes island, and hoped to visit atom bombed Hiroshima bpforp startin back to Washington Jan. 31. t [ A spokesman for Mac Arthur * headquarters cautioned _ the Jay anese press against “being misle by certain of their news source which were obviously uncredi ‘ able.” ’ The spokesman said newspape ' reports of a crime wave in Japa 1 were “not merely untruthful bt • in the present state of social flu t in Japan today, very dangerous. Actually, he said, crime was 50 pe I cent lower than in 1944. INBAD BLOWS INTO TOWN As fabulous as his legendary Arabian namesake, Sinbad the dog s monarch of all he surveys as he perches in a bass horn on his arrival in New York following an 8-year sea duty_ tour aboard the Coast Guard cutter Campbell. In his 1,000,000 miles of travel, he (managed to pick up six campaign ribbons studded with five battle stars. Seaman 1-C Stefano Condatore is at the other end of the ^International) 1946 Weed Crop Set At 128,207,875 Lbs. GRAHAM TO STUDY CAMP CONDITIONS North Carolina State Highway Commission^ will visit Wilmington next week to make an investiga tion of conditions at the state high way prison camp situated near Wrightsboro. Addison Hewlett, Sr„ chairman of the New Hanover Board of County Commissioners, said yester day the state . began using the county stockade for prisoners in 1931 or 1932, when the state as sumed charge of the roads of the county. Last July approximately 25 prisoners there were moved to the camp in Pender county. Luring the time the state has had the Wrightsboro camp the camp buildings and other facilities there have' deteriorated to such an extent that imminent repairs are imperative, if the prisoners are to be housed there. This is considered advisable since officials consider the present practice of housing the prisoners at the camp near Burgaw an# hauling them here daily for road maintenance requires too much time and los% from work. Hewlett explained that the cost of repairs on the Wrightsboro camp is excessive since deteriora tion over a period of years, with few repairs, has resulted in condi tions which will require large ex penditures to correct. However, the county commis sioners have asked that the pris oners be returned here because of ’ the additional loss incurred in transporting the prisoners -o and , from Burgaw daily. I VIRGINIA POLICE PUT OUT DRAGNET , FOR MURDER SUSPECT 1 ROANOKE, Va.,. Jail. 10—W— . A widespread police search was j pushed in the Roanoke area to 5 night for a killer believed to nave s been responsible^ for two deaths i. and robberies ip the past four i days. s The hunt was intensified altei a man identified" by police as Roj R. Rice, 50, boottifeeper and genera r auditor for a bopling concern here i was found toda^ushot to death anc t robbed in a paJRire near Lexing x ton about 50 miles from Roanoke * Rice’s automobile was located ii r Lexington this afternoon at a rail road station. Six Counties Forecast 11,129 - Acre Increase In Plantings An increase of 11,129 acres and 11,170,375 pounds in tobacco pro duction for 1946 was forecast last night by county farm agents for six of the major producing coun ties of the Border Belt. The counties are Pender, Colum bus, Robeson, Sampson, and Dup lin. The increase in these six coun-| ties was forecast after the Federal government had announced a 10 per cent general increase in the quota for the entire flu-cured to bacco region. At the same time the sizeable increase was forecast, several of the county agents polled by the Star voiced the fear that the total amount of money for the 1946 crop may be no greater that that re ceived for the 1945 crop. This opinion^ was based on the belief that the demand would- not be as great next late summer and fall as during 1945 when the price aver age was approximately 43 cents per pound in the Border Belt. The government parity price is 29 cents per pound and the government is legally bound to guarantee 90 per cent of parity. Since the government’s 10 per cent increase in quota was an nounced prices have taken a sharp dip in the burley beit and in Vir ginia. It was reported from Rich mond, Va., yesterday that a move ment was underway there to de clare a tobacco holiday until the prices steadied. In the Star’s poll, which doe! (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) City May Be ‘Guinea Pig For Trial Of Blue Cross STAR-NEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON, D. C. W A SHINGTON, Jan. 10.— (Special)—North Carolina probably will be the first state in. the union to attempt a “Blue Cross” system of providing immediate hospitali zation for veterans in their home communities, when plans discussed at the Veterans Administration [ headquarters here today are car . ried into effect. Five Tar Heel officials conferred I all day with Col. James Harding, acting director of the VA out patient service, about a proposal to assure quick medical aid to ex servicemen. They have an appoint ment for another conference Fri day on the hospitalization phase of the program, in which Wilmington has been tentatively chosen as the first “guinea pig” for the state. The North Carolina Hospital Sav ings association will administer both the medical care and hospi talization. Tar Heels in the parley are Wiley M. Pickens, director of the State Veterans Commission, Raleigh; E. (Continued on Page Two; Col, 4) TRUMAN LAUDS PANEL REPORT President’s Board Declares Corporation Can Pay Suggested Wage Increases; No Boost In Car Prices Necessary WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—UP)—President Truman’s fact-finder» tonight recommended settlement of the General Motors strike on the basis of a 19% cent hourly pay raise, and said they were satisfied the company could pay it without increasing the price of cars. TW President endorsed the panel’s voluminous report in full and w .IwnnrtliT n»nn/l +V-10+ Kn n A White House adviser, whose name cannot be used, indicated, strong optimism over the prospect of ultimate—though perhaps not immediate—acceptance of the plan. He said preliminary conversa tions with principals on both sides, in which the proposed raise per centage was discussed, produced no statement or rejection. It was emphasized, however, that there had been no agreement to accept it. This adviser said that fact that Kaiser-Frazer already has signed a wage agreement with the same union for production of small cars at the former Ford bomber plant at Willow Run, together with re ported readiness of Ford to pay any amount agreed to by General Mo tors, probably will influence Gen eral Motors. General Motors spokesmen said there will be no statement from the company until officials have had a chance to digest the voluminous report. R. J. Thomas, president of the CIO-UAW whose 175,000 General Motors workers have been on strike for 50 days, also put off comment pending study. The President termed the report nf his three-man nanel. compiled n less than two weeks, a "thorough md reasoned document” capable >f ending "this most costly con lict” of the past 50 days, and clear ng the postwar “industrial skies.” The board proposed a 17 1-2 per :ent increase on the present aver ige pay of $1.13 an hour—more han half the union’s demand for SO per cent or 33.6 cents an hour. The panel said it had satisfied tself the increase would not have ‘inflationary consequences.” It said it was convinced that the company could pay "in the first 12 months after the resumption of production the recommended wage increase without increasing prices.” It assumed that 1942 prices would be maintained, that productivity would be no greater than in 1941, aggregate volume of production would equal that of 1941, but that other costs would be up since 1941. The panel, whose decision to con sider "ability to pay” prompted the company to withdraw from the fact-finding proceedings, said the corporation’s profits would exceed the OPA base period of 1941, and with new operations opening up, might top its 1941 production in 1947 by 50 per cent. SOUTHPORT MAN ' NOT TO MAKE RUN SOUTHPORT, Jan. 10—S. Bunn Frink, Southport attorney, said here tonight he would not be a candidate in 1946 for solicitor ol this district. Frink, who has just completed a tour of duty with the Coast Guard, said that prior to entering the service he had announced hu candidacy, but that he withdrew it when he was commissioned by the Coa$t Guard. At that time h« said he would be a candidate in 1946. . i “Since having the opportunity oi observing the excellent work that is being done by Clifton Moo-e, Burgaw, present solicitor, “Frink said tonight, “I have decided that I will not be a candidate. And So To Bed The “blue-shod” thief, who got that way when he trod on the deck of a boat freshly paint ed in blue at the foot of Grace street Tuesday night, called detectives last night and asked that they thank the Star re porter for tipping him off. “I’ll throw away the shoes,*• he told Detective E. B. “Fed” Murray over the telephone. “And thank the Star for tip ping me off”. The bold boy with the blue soles made off the boat with a .38 police pistol and two car tons of bullets. He is still at large. * / • — STEEL NEGOTIATORS ADJOURN AFTER LONG UNSUCCESSFUL MEET NEW YORK, Jan. 10—(JPy— Officials of the TJ. S. Steel Corp. and the CIO United Steelwork ers, meeting in last-minute ef forts to avert a shutdown in the nation’s steel industry, to day adjourned for 24 hours -without announcing what prog ress if any, was made. Neither company nor union officials commented on today’s three-hour session, other than to report that negotiations would be resumed at 2 P-m. tomorrow. Benjamin F. Fairless, corp oration president, and Philip Murray, president of the CIO and the Steel Union, headed three-man delegations to the conference seeking a settle ment to halt 700,000 steel work ers from walking off their jobs Monday. The men are demand ing a $2 a day wage boost. Indications were that a sat isfactory agreement might n.r. wav tnr settlement of other threatened strikes In volving more than 1,000,000 workers across the nation. linesofharbor TO BE EXTENDED Public Notice Of Amend ment Issued By Dis trict Engineer Public notice of the amendment of existing harbor lines in Wil mington port was issued by Col. George W. Gillette, district engi neer of the Wilmington district, U. S Engineers yesterday. The proposed amendment in cludes the extension of the exist ing harbor line along the east side] of the’ river from its present south ern terminus near the mouth of Greenfield creek, southwardly for a distance of about 2.4 miles to a point about 1,000 yards below the existing Shell Oil company wharf. It is also proposed to move the harbor line along the west side of the turning basin in the North east (Cape Fear) river below the highway bridge westward about 200 feet to roughly coincide with the present low water line. The, work which will involve considerable dredging is sched uled to get underway as soon as funds are authorized by Congress. To cost an estimated $1,500,000. the work will provide an anchor age basin approximately 10,000 feet long and from 800 to 1,200 feet Wide and a maximum width in the turning basin of 800 fet. All pro jects will be channel depth, 32 feet. The map of the project is on public view in room 308, Customs house, building, and interested parties are invited to inspect the map and make suggestions for changes. . Comments and suggestions will be received by the Engineers un til January2h___
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