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VOLJ^-*0- 56__WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1946 ESTABLISHED 186t
Chinese War
Continuing,
Group Hears
ARMYWiLLBE CUT
United States - Russians
Launch Discussions On
Korean Future
CHUNGKING, Jan. 16— (£>)—Gefl.
rhang Chun, government truce
negotiator, told China’s unity con
ference today that armed clashes
ill were reported in the north -
the Communists said in seven stra
tegic provinces.
(ir s Marine planes dumped
cease-fire leaflets over three strife
torn provinces-today as a special
commission in Peiping strove to
, .ho Mashes. Associated
Iress correspondent Olen Clements
ported.)
Chou En-lai, the Communist ne
gator, said both he and General
jang were •‘worried^by reports
: continued fighting.”
A Communist dispatch alleged
ie clashes occurred after Sun
ay's midnight deadline in Shansi,
ehol, Kiangsu, Honan, Hopeh,
uiyuan and Shantung provinces.
General Chang also announced
at a three-man committee, set
) under a Kuomintang-Commun
. agreement Oct. 10, met yester
,y to consider reorganization of
lina's army. Under the proposed
m Communist divisions would be,
me a part of the National armies
• the first time.
Representatives of the govern
ing the Communists and the
^.mocratic League all agreed that
armies should be divorced from
politics and belong to the state
instead of individual parties as
now.
Gen. Lin Wei, vice Minister of
War, said demobilization plans
called for cutting the army from
4,830,000 to 1,800,000 within six
months.
FAVORABLE RATES
WILL HELP CITY
Wilmington enjoys an excellent
position in the matter of favorable
freight rates, according to a re
port made public yesterday by H.
E. Boyd, traffic manager of the
Wilmington Port-Traffic associa
tion. The report stressed the im
portance of the talking point af
forded this port in the strongly
competitive field of merchandis
ing shipments.
The report, addressed to direc
tors of the association, detailed
activities of the organization since
Boyd’s return in November from
three and one-half years army ser
vice.
In the case of ICC-Docket. 27418,
Boyd faid, it was brought forth
that shippers of grain ar.d grain
products, from the Ohio and Miss
issippi river districts, were enjoy
ing proportional and local rates on
shipments of those commodities
into southern markets.
The ICC commission, Boyd point
ed out, rendered a decision grant
ing Wilmington shippers a rail rate
of 85 per cent of the local rate
used by those shippers on ship
ments of those commodities
brought into the local port by ship,
®nd thence by rail.
Boyd’s report showed that Wil
mington had enjoyed a good move
ment of flour through the port dur
ing the war and with the resump
tion of Pacific water service this
traffic should be renewed through
the local port from the Pacific
northwest, thence by rail to mar
kets.
ICC-Docket 29390, rates on coal,
)'as explained in the report cover
ing a formal complaint brought
•'the Carolina Coal consumers
''ith offices at Asheville, against
he Aberdeen and Rockfish rail
n°aQ and subsidiary roads num
enn2 some 200, claiming rales
°n coal from Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
. arna to North Carolina are
unjust and unreasonable.
The. Wilm’ngton Port-Traffic
onwnission, Boyd said, has in
nvened in the case and that he,
°ya, would be in attendance al
•Continued on Page Two; Col. S)
WEATHER^
(Eastern Standard Time)
vt.i ' ,Weather Bureau)
ending 7°inglCal data for the 24 houn
g (-30 p.m. yesterday.
. „ Temperatures
7:30 pamm,35°: 7:30 a>m* 35; 1:30 P-m* 31
^orniaim^n 31; Mean 36
i Humidity
:'M P.mm'937 i 7:30 a'm- 92; 1:30 p'm- 100
Total . „ Precipitation
1.2t, inches 24 h°UiS ending 7:30 P-m
238°4inch^”Ce 41le f’rst 07 month—
•From .v for Today
0. S o... Tide Tables published b;
oast ar.d Geodetic Survey)
Wilminetmi HIGH LOW
™«on -9:45 a m 4;08 am
Masonbom \ . 10:00 P-m- 4:44 P-m
0 Inlet 7:32 a.m. 1:06 a.m
Sunrise 7-1, „ 7:52 P-m. 1 :50 p.m
Moonrisc - ,7 a-m-: Sunset 5:28 p.m.
Fiver c3 38 P-m ; Moonset 7:25 a.m
atn 8e Et Fayetteville. N. C. at
Wednesday 10.4 feet
“GOOD SAMARITAN”
ASSAULTED, ROBBED
BY UNGRATEFUL MAN
Continue your good deeds,
but watch hitch-hikers.
Charles M. Rising, Wilming
ton told police yesterday that
he picked up an unknown man
and started to take him home
last night. Instead he fell
among thieves.
Rising said they had travel
ed a short distance from their
starting point when the man,
who was later identified as
James Stocks, hit him over
the head with an iron pipe
causing painful injuries.
From Rising’s pocket, Stocks
is said to have taken $22, from
his wrist he removed and car
ried away a wrist watch valu
ed at $100 and from the floor
of the car he took a machine
hammer.
Stocks was later arrested by
police after having been iden
tified by another of his “philan
thropists” who had loaned him
$2.
COMMISSION MAY
GET PRISON CAMP
Fireproofing Of Buildings,
Remodeling Now Under
Consideration
The State Highway commission
probably will take over the prison
ers’ camp near Wrightsboro and
fireproof the buildings and oth
erwise remodel the camp to accom
modate 75 to 100 prisoners some
time soon, Addison Hewlett, Sr.,
chairman of the New Hanover
Board of Commissioners, indicated
yesterday.
State Highway Chairman A. H.
Graham was in Wilmington yes' --
day for a conference with the com
missioners about the camp. He
indicated the highway commission
would like to begin work remodel
ing the buildings at an early date,
but that he did not feel the State
could undertake the work unless it
had title to the property.
The property, belonging to New
Hanover county, has been leased
to the State since the State took
over the highway system about
1931. Prisoners held in the camp
have been used to work roads in
the county. Last July housing fa
cilities at the camp reached such
a bad state of repair that most
prisoners were removed to the
camp in Pender county. At pres
ent only a few honor prisoners are
kept in the Wrightsboro camp.
Hewlett said the commissioners
will probably study possible dis
posal of the camp property to the
State at the regular meeting next
Monday. He indicated the com
rmssioners will be disposed iavor
ably toward such a transfer be
cause the prisoners kept in the
camp would be used to work the
roads in the county. At present,
prisoners are hauled back and
forth from the Pender camp to
work on the roads here. This
daily transportation causes a loss
of time and therefore cuts the
amount of work the prisoners can
do on the road system in the coun
ty.
If the State acquires title to the
property, Hewlett indicated, all
camp buildings will be fully fire
proofed. This would include in
stallation of concrete floors and
new roofs and other improvements
to existing buildings.
Authorized Dice Tables
Returning $7,000 Weekly
HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 16. —
CU.R)—Stars and Stripes charged to
day that 15 enlisted men were
making an estimated $7,000 weekly
profit from authorized dice tables
at an Army personnel center on
Oahu for GI’s being processed for
shipment home.
Col. William F. Saffarrans, com
manding officer, said authorized
tables prevented gambling in the
barracks and latrines where sol
diers assertedly were damaging
property and “running like hell
whenever they saw an MP,” ac
cording to Stars and Stripes.
TRAVELERS SEARCHED
FOR ARMS ON HIGHWAY
FROM HAIFA, TEL AVIV
JERUSALEM, Jar,. 16 — <Jf) —
Police halted travelers between
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa to
day in a search for hidden arms
used in recent terroristic outbreaks
between Arabs and Jews.
In Tel Aviv leaflets posted on
walls of buildings during the night
and signed by the Jewish terror
ist organization, Irgun Zvai Leurni,
proclaimed that the organization
was responsible for the wrecking
of a railroad train and the theft
of a $140,000 payroll last Saturday
near Hadera. .
Police and soldiers seeking un
. licensed weapons stopped buses
traveling between Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv and between Tel Aviv an^
; Haifa. Baggage was searched and
: the passengers’ identity papers
were examined.
Trumari May Make Steel Wage Proposal;
lnt<<0:ational Dispute Faces Council;
City Escapes Serious Damage By Storm
- ¥.---—+ - 4_ _-.
Lettuce Crop
In District
ThoughtSafe
COLD TO CONTINUE
—
School Schedules Not Ex
pected To Be Disrupted
By Adverse Weather
Jack Frost put the finger on
Wilmington and vicinity yester
day with more freezing expected
last night. Aside from the break
ing of some overburdened limbs,
the temporary suspension of power
service in several sections of the
city, and a few minor accidents,
the city and county apparently suf
fered very little.
No damage was expected from
the freezing weather and ice to the
Castle Haynes farmers, according
Castle Hayne farmers, according
to R. W. Galphin, county agent.
With freezing temperatures pre
dicted for last night, Weatherman
Paul Hess forecast that tempera
tures would remain in the 30’s to
day, setting the probable high at
38 degrees. “Continued cold to
night’’ was the rest of Meteorolo
gist Hess’ verdict.
However, showers were predicted
for the eastern section of North
Carolina during the day, with some
sleet, by the state bureau. Con
ditions were expected to modify
somewhat in this section during
the day with gradually improving
ceilings.
School schedules are not expected
to be disrupted, according to of
ficials, who last night said that un
less the area experiences weather
severe enough to make transporta
tion dangerous or to cause other
facilities to fail to function, classes
will continue today.
In Brunswick county it was a
different story. Leland High school
opened its doors for two hours yes
terday, Principal Glenn H. Tucker
said, and closed for the remainder
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CONGRESS RESENTS
DELAYS BY TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 —UP)— A
Congress accused by President Tru.
man of being “distressingly slow”
heard mutterings today that he is
delaying legislation now.
Mr. Truman has postponed from
Thursday to Monday his message
on the “state of the union” in
order to combine it with his budget.
Democratic leaders have pointed
to a custom of waiting for the
message before doing business at
a new session.
So, said Hep. Clarence J. Brown
(R-Ohio) in a House speech, the
President is responsible for delay
ing action on administration legis
lation. And here a couple of weeks
ago, he said, Mr. Truman “criti
cized Congress and its commit
tees” for delay on measures the
President has proposed — “parti
cularly labor legislation.”
The Senate labor committee
heard Dr William Leiserson dis
cuss Mr. Truman’s plan for hand
ling labor disputes through fact
finding boards. Leiserson, former
government labor mediator who
now is a Johns Hopkins University
professor, said it was inadequate.
The committee asked him to
draft a bill that would be adequate.
Tlie House Military committee
decided to give the House Labor
committee a “reasonable time”
to act on the fact-finding measure
j (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)
Starting Gun In March Of Dimes
As bystanders look on In amusement, little Donald Anderson, 6, j
model on the March of Dimes campaign poster who recovered com
pletely from an attack of infantile paralysis, “holds up” Mayor Bill
O’Rwyer at New York’s City Hall. The mayor’s contribution launched
the paralysis fund drive in the metropolitan area. (International)
Last Of Six Grace Ships*
Delivery Set For Summer
The last of the six vessels the
North Carolina Shipbuilding com
pany is building for the Grace
Line is scheduled to be delivered
this summer, officials of the com
pany announced yesterday.
In view of the many recent ru
mors concerning the future of the
shipyard, officials issued the fol
lowing requested statement:
“The last three vessels being
built for the United States Lines
have been launched and are now
in the outfitting stage, the last
one being scheduled for delivery
in February.
“The first of six vessels being
built for the Grace Line will be
launched January 24. These are
of the C2 type, about 10,000 dead
weight tons, but they have been
almost completely redesigned for
carrying 52 passengers and provid
ing refrigerated cargo space. The
deck house has been enlarged to
provide room for the passenger
accommodations. All facilities for
the carrying of passengers embody
the latest combined ideas of the
United States Maritime commis
sion, the Grace Line, and our
architects, Gibbs and Cox.
“At this time, it cannot be esti
mated as to the probable employ
ment for carrying on the work of
preparing and maintaining the Re
serve fleet vessels, which will be
stored here in the Brunswick river.
The Maritime commission is now
engaged in extensive tests in con
nection with the dehumidification
of vessels which will be laid up.
Until the specifications for this
and other phases of the lay-up job
are completed by the commission,
not milch of an idea can be ob
tained of the extent of the work
which will be involved.
“Dredging of the basin in the
Brunswick river is proceeding sat
isfactorily.”
Along The Cape Fear
RIDING AT ANCHOR — The
hoary hand of Winter clutched the
wheels of Cape fear harbor craft
last night and, if weather forecasts
hold true, will clamp that icy grip
on throughout today and tonight.
Visibility here late yesterday
afternoon was less than one mile
and steadily diminished as the
night wore on.
All harbor traffic was paralyzed
because weather conditions off the
Southport bar prevented ships
from coming in.
Vessels in port were sheathed
in ice.
All day long rivermen who were
forced to be out reported hearing
sharp cracks along the Brunswick
county banks—trees breaking un
der their heavy ice loads.
IT’S N ILL WIND, ETC.—In
times of stress the innate kindness
of human beings crops out.
It was shortly after noon yester
day. A crowd had gathered at the
Carolina Beach Drug store waiting
for a bus to town. One bus already
had missed schedule because of
the icy conditions of the road. Mrs.
Stanley Sidbury, Carolina Beach,
had an appointment with the den
tist here in Wilmington and ap
pointments with dentists being
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)
Iran Asking
Protection
From Russia
POLAND TO PROTEST
British Foreign Secretary
Bevin To Address UNO
Assembly Today
LONDON, Jan. 16 — (tf>) — The
United Nations Security Council
was confronted tonight with an in
ternational dispute before it had
even taken a first step toward or
ganizing for its task of keeping
the peace.
Iran served notice it would ask
the 11-member body, which meets
for the first time tomorrow, for
protection against what it termod
“Russian interference’’ in northern
Iran, where a self-government
already has been marked by arm
ed conflict.
Simultaneously, delegates to the
six-day-old General Assembly of
the United Nations learned of two
other international problems they
might be called upon to consider.
The Hilversum radio said that
the premier of the self-proclaimed
Indonesian republic planned a di
rect appeal to the United Nations
to resolve its conflict with the
Dutch. The Netherlands Foreign
Minister Eelco N. Van Kleffens,
said however that such an appeal
“would not be considered.”
Poland threatened, through its
Foreign Minister, to bring before
the Security Council a protest
against the maintenance of a Pol
ish army in Great Britain and
Italy, unless the British response
to an earlier protest is satisfac
tory.
All three disputes came to the
fore despite pleas of Secretary of
State James F. Byrnes and other
Assembly leaders not—as one dele
gate phrased it—to “put ice skates
on the international baby before it
has learned to walk.” '
Iran’s grievance brought the
middle east nation into direct con
flict with Russia, which has de
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 2)
AIR CARGO EXPERT
COMES HERE TODAY
M. M. de Brou, traffic manager
of Air Cargo Transport corpora
tion, originally scheduled to land
at Bluethenthal airport yesterday,
was forced to cancel plans for the
flight in Richmond, Va., due to
weather conditions extending over
tfc" eastern seaboard.
Harriss Newman, prominent lo
cal attorney, with whom de Brou
plans to confer on arrangements
for a daily air cargo service to
Wilm;ngton and vicinity, advised
the Star last night that de Brou
F _nned to continue his trip by
train, arriving in Wilmington this
morning.
Negotiations have been under
way for some time by the group
which Newman represents to ob
tain quick air transportation for
flowers, fruits, special seafood and
other perishable commodities from
Wilmington t points all over the
United States, it was explained.
Newman said his conference with
de Brou would be based on char
ter service by means of air cargo
planes.
The conference will proceed on
the assumption the air cargo serv
ice can be carried on from run
ways at Bluethenthal airport witn
permission of the county commis
sioners, Newman said. As plans
develop, he said, a delegation will
go before the board officially to
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 3)
Fresh Meat Famine Threatens Nation As Union
Strike Goes Into Second Day; Meeting Called
BULLETIN
AUSTIN, MINN., Jan. 16 —
(«—Jay Hormel, President of
the Hormel Meat Packing co.,
one of the top meat packing
companies in the nation, said
tonight his company would
grant its employes an increase
of 15 cents an hour.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16 — (J) — The
nation tonight faced a fresh meat
famine within two to 10 days unless
government efforts? centering in
Washington tomorrow, succeed in
halting a widespread packinghouse
workers strike which began this
morning.
Representatives of the striking
unions, the CIO United Packing
house Workers and the AFL Amal
gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
workmen, and of the four major
packers, Armour, Cudahy, Swift
and Wilson, agreed to attend a
conference in the capital tomorrow
with Secretary of Labor Schwellen.
bach.
One of the most hopeful signs
appeared to be an announcement
♦
by AFL union officials, Earl W.
Jirnerson, president, and Patrick
E. Gorman, secretary treasurer,
that the AFL has dropped its de
mand for a wage increase, crux of
the dispute, to 15 cents an hour and
asked the CIO union to go along
with that demand.
The CIO withheld comment but
earlier in the day said it was
standing on its demand of a 17 1-2
cents boost immediately, with later
negotiations on an additional 7 1-2
=ents. The CIO originally demand
ed a 25 rents an hour hike and the
AFL the equivalent of that amount.
Both said the average hourly
straight-time rate in the industry
now was 81 1-2 cents.
A statement by Jimerson and
Gorman said the packers oiler of
10 cents an hour was “very in
adequate” but that if the packers
offered 15 cents “we shall accept
it and normal operations in all
plants where our membership is
involved will begin on Monday,
Jan. 21.” j
(Continued on Pasre Two: Col. 5) <
Victory Bond Sales
Bring Woman Honors
ATLANTA, Jan. 16. —(/F)—
Atlanta's "Woman Of The
Year” is Mrs. Mamie K. Tay
lor, who supervised the sal* of
victory bonds by 60 women’s
organizations and fought for
the passage of Georgia’s food
enrichment bill.”
She was awarded the title
over six other nominees at a
dinner tonight.
Mrs. Taylor was chairman of
the legislative committee for
the Georgia Home Economics
association. As chairman of
Victory Loan sales by womt'i’s
organizations in the sixteenth
district, Mrs. Taylor supervis
ed the sale of $1,236,925 worth
of bonds. She is a home serv
ice supervisor for the Georgia
Power company.
OPA TAKES STEPS
ON BLACKMARKETS
Full Force Alerted For
Duty In View Of Nation
Wide Meat Strike
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. — GP> —
OPA, fearing “tremendous pres
sure” on meat price ceilings as a
result of the packing house workers
strike, today promised swift ac
tion against any blackmarkets.
The agency strengthened its en
forcement staff as a retail meat
dealers’ spokesman warned that if
the stoppage is in effect a week
or ten days it will make wartime
black markets “look like a Sunday
school picnic.”
An- OPA official who asked to re
main anonymous said the agency’s
offices throughout the country had
been alerted in advance of the
strike, and that the OPA meat
price enforcement staff already
has been enlarged to cope with
any emergency.
“We estimate,” the official said,
“that the strike may shut off
about 80 per cent of the normal
meat supply. That means that
whatever meat is available will be
worth its weight in gold and that
many people will be willing to pay
away above ceiling prices for it.”
He said that actually the strike
“will only intensify” an already
acute meat price enforcement
problem.
“For the last several weeks,”
the official continued, “pressure on
meat ceilings has been increasing
greatly. Live cattle, for example,
have been selling at top prices for
some time. This has made it clear
we are heading for trouble.
“Now that the striKe is on. there
will be a tendency on the part of
small slaughterers who are not af
fected to bid up prices beyond ceil
ings. There will be tremendous
pressure all along the line.”
OPA, the official said, has ‘‘mus
tered every enforcement agent who
can be spared from other assign
ments, in order to meet this situa
tion.”
He stressed that violators of ceil
ings face stiff penalties and that
OPA will not hesitate to invoke
them.
The prediction that black mar
kets of the war period would look
tame if the strike goes on was
made in Chicago by George Dress
ier, secretary of the National Re
tail Meat Dealers association.
Dressier told a reporter that
given a week or ten days the pack
ing house tieup would ‘‘create one
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 6)
ARGENTINA SAILS
FOR ENGLAND WITH
CARGO OF DIAPERS
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. — (/P) —
Her grim guns gone end her am
munition lockers jammed with
baby rattles and diapers, the S. S.
Argentina sailed for England to
day to bring back 600 British war
brides and their babies.
In addition to specially rigged
diet kitchens, the 20,614-ton former
troopship boasted of a nurury re
plete with toys, whistles, balloons,
cribs, bassinets and stacks of pink
and blue baby blankets. Eight
stewardesses, four Red Cross
workers, seven WAC doctors and
seven Army nurses were aboard
tc care for the tiny, passengers cn
he return trip.
The Army said the Argentina
vas the first American liner spe
lially diverted and that her voy
ige was a ‘‘trial run.”
"We are going to change our
j.nnant to a three-cornered diap
>r,” said Harrv G Givnn, the
hip’s purser
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White House
Conference
Stalemated
TWO MEETINGS HELD
President Asks Murray,
Fairless To Sleep, Pray
For Settlement
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. —Ml—
President Truman tonight told CIO
President Philip Murray and Presi
dent of the U. S. Steel Corporation,
Benjamin F. Fairless, to settle
the r wage dispute by tomorrow
afternoon or he will make a pro
posal himself “in the public in
terest.”
Press Secretary Charles G Ross
told newsmen, after the principals
recessed their conversations until
2 p. m. (Eastern Standard Time)
tomorrow that the President asked
for an agreement when they return
then or within a “reasonable 'time
thereafter” during the afternoon.
Ross said, in response to ques
tions, that seizure of the vital steel
industry “has not entered into the
discussions” up to now,
Murray and Fairless, called to
the White House by Mr. Truman in
an effort to avoid a strike of 800,
000 CIO steel workers set for Mon
day, had no comment on today’s
sessions when they left the White
House.
ivir. iruman urged mem, rvi«»
said, to “sleep over it and pray
over it and do their utmost to get
together and come back at 2 o’
clock tomorrow afternoon.
Ross told a news conference that
each principal was “very strongly
of the opinion that he had the
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DOSHErrOHEAD
CLOTHING DRIVE
Announcement of the acceptance
of the general chairmanship of the
Victory Clothing Collection drive
for the Wilmington area by W. R.
Dosher, was made late yesterday
by state campaign headquarters
and almost immediately, Dosher
set the wheels in motion to perfect
his organization for a whirlwind
two-week drive here on behalf of
the overseas relief needs.
In announcing his acceptance of
the general chairmanship, Dosher
said last night that he had done
so very reluctantly, feeling that a
younger man could perhaps
achieve even better results than
those accomplished a year ago
when he had charge of the drive.
“Although I do not have the time
to devote to the work necessary
to put the drive across, I feel that
the fair name of Wilmington is at
stake, and therefore, I am willing
to do what I can in an effort to
again place Wilmington close to
the top of North Carolina cities
in the final tabulation of the 1948
drive,” Dosher said.
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And So To Bed
This then is the Sunny South!
Recently—during the balmy
weather of the first 12 days of
January—a Wilmington ex-ser
viceman brought his bride t*
Wilmington. She Is from Ohio.
The Wilmingtonian had fixed
up a nice little apartment here.
In the furnishings he had includ
ed a stove.
“Why, the very idea, having
a stove here in the Sunny
South!”
Her husband explained the
weather some times gets a bit
brisk here and that they’d need
the stove.
But the bride persisted, said
she knew about the Sunny
South and wasn’t going to have
her living room messed up with
an ugly old stove.
So, the ex-serviceman had te
give in. He took the stcve down.
Wednesday, as you no doubt
know, the South became any
thing but sunny. The ex-service
man hastened to the store room
for the stove to put it back up.
What happened? The stove
was dropped in the moving.
And the grate was broken.
Hie ex-serviceman had to buy
another stove.