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HBtlututrjtint lHiirvttttr} S>tar V0L79.-NO- 69-________WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1946__ESTABLISHED 1867 COLDHAMPERS RESCUE OF 21 CRASH VICTIMS ---- CHEYENNE, Wyo , Jan. 31.—(/P) _Cold weather tonight forced a robing party to turn back after ‘rrobing to within 300 feet of the Elk mountain where a Unit l ,p A;r Lines transport apparently : ashed early today. Members of the party reported their faces were freezing as they “aht to scale the south face of L li 125-foot peak 65 miles north “1. 0f Laramie and confirm a re by aerial searchers that the a'ane, carrying 18 passengers and three'crew members, had crashed 1 ;be northwest side of the moun ta,ji'rn Gotvdy, representative of United Air Nines, who disclosed the -eturn of the first searching tv, said another party would start up the mountain tomorrow morning, He said airline officials woujd take off in a plane in an at tempt to fly closer to the scene of the reported crash than was pos sible today because of clouds. A heavy fog still shrouded the mountain tonight and strong winds whipped into the faces of the ranch ers and sheepherders. A black streak, sighted three times through momentary breaks in the lone cloud that hovered over the mountain, convinced Capt. Frank Crimson, UAL assistant sup ervisor of flight operations in Den ver, and four other aerial search ers that the Seattle-to-New York plane crashed on the peak about 3 a.m. MST. “We definitely feel that we sight ed the wreckage,” Captain Crimson said. He saw the wreckage from about a quarter mile and for only a few seconds each time, and could give no details. Fifty soldiers were en route to the scene from Fort Warren at Cheyenne, Wyo., to assist in the search and take charge of the bodies of 12 re-deploying soldiers feared killed with six civilians and three crew members. Twenty minutes before that hour the capacity-loaded ship had radio (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) 1,000 Join Battle Here Against Polio Total Of $6,000 Raised In March Of Dimes Cam paign; Drive Extended The nation-wide fight against in fantile paralysis was joined in Wil mington last night by more than 1,000 citizens who pitched in their dimes and dollars to beat back the dread disease. Those 1,000 and more went to the Cape Fear armory to dance and be merry—and they paid their dimes and dollars so that polio sufferers, here, there, and every where, might some day again be able to dance and be merry. A late check-up at the ball, started in honor of the late Frank lin Delano Roosevelt, himself a polio victim, showed that a total of approximately $6,000 has been raised in New Hanover county dur ing the March of Dimes campagin. In announcing the total' Chair man W. K. Rhodes, Jr., of the March of Dimes committee, said the money raised here has fallen short of the $8,200 quota for the county. He said, however, that the drive has been extended until Feb. 4 ‘‘in order that New Hanover county citizens may have a further opportunity to do their part.” One of the outstanding features of last night’s March of Dimes ball was the presentation of Patsy (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) WRIGHT TO HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE A special service for returned * veterans to be held in St. John’s church will be among the Febru ary appointments of the Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, bishop of the Eastern Carolina’s Episcopal dio cese. The busy month for Bishop Wright will begin with his atten dance at the Virginia Theological Seminary, Feb. 1-3. On the fifth of the month he will attend a meeting of the Kanu ga Lake board of directors in Columbia, S. C. The following day he is scheduled to attend a meet ing of the board of the Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte. Sunday, Feb. 10, the Bishop will preach in St. Paul’s church, Clin ton, and will meet with the con gregation at 3 o’clock in the af ternoon. That night at 8 o’clock he will conduct the service for vet erans in St. John’s. His itinerary includes an ad dress at a student banquet in Chapel Hill on the night of the 16th at 7 o’clock. The next morn (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) MEAT BOARD ENDS PUBLIC HEARINGS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—(IP)—A Federal Fact-Finding Board end ed public hearings in the meat packing strike today, with indus try spokesmen demanding that the panel make recommendations for price increases when it proposes wage boosts. The board is to make its report fo Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach this week-end if possible. Company representatives de clared in closing arguments that meat price increases and wage in creases should become effective at the same time. The industry, they contended, was in a profit position so dubious that it could not absorb wage boosts and continue in business. “You hold the industry in the palm of your hand,” Frank Mad den, general counsel of the Cudahy company, told the panel. Madden denied an earlier CIO contention that the board should be guided in wage recommenda tions by what union spokesmen called the "national pattern” of wage settlements and recommend ed increases. These settlements have run around 18 to 20 cents an hour. “Other settlements have nothing to do with this case,” Madden de clared. (Continued on Fage Two; Col. 1) N. C. SYMPHONY TO PLAY CONCERT HERE IN SPRING When the North Carolina Sym phony orchestra begins its state wide tour embracing 105 perform ances, Wilmington will be among the 50 towns scheduled on the tour. Mrs, Eric Norden, Wilmingtor chairman of the Symphony com mittee, announced last night tha1 the current expansion program the Symphony which will be brought to a close throughout the state March 1, was recently clos ed here and membership card: mailed to the members. “However, anyone still wanting membership cards for the Sym phony,” Mrs. Norden said, “may Procure them by enclosing $1 tc 1111, Chapel Hill, or $5 foi any concert in the State during mis season which is sponered bj “e committee.” Mrs. Norden said the exact date “r the Symphony to appear ir Wilmington has not been receivec here but that it would be some “me after March 1. WEATHER WEATHER (Eastern Standard Tim*) w . 'By U. S. Weather Bureau) rological data for the 24 hour °ln2 7:30 p.m. yesterday. , Temperatures *•3° a.m. 65; 7:30 a.m. 62; 1:30 p.m. 68 '•“J P.m. 50. ^ormaim 471 70; Mean 5S i.of, Humidity a-ro- 90; 7:30 a.m. 84; 1:30 p.m. 61 '•30 P.m. 100. ep . , Precipitation mai f°r 24 hours ending 7.30 pm. v-*o inches. !-*20tinchesCC Ule *'rst °* the month Tides for Tjday y °m (he Tide Tables published b • Coast and Geodetic Survey) Wiw HIGH LOW ■limngton -9:28 a.m. 4:01 a.n 9:36 p.m. 4:36 p.n - sor.borc inlet _ 7.12 a m. 12;50 a n . _ 7:17 p.m. 1:30 p.n lw"iilse T:09 a.m.; Sunset 5:42 p.m P rise 6:59 a.m.; Moonset 5:15 p.n a „ -.Stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at • Tnursday 10.8 feet. ‘Continued on Page Two; Col. 3 \ UNO Sfc^etary | .Norwegian f oreign minister nr. Trygve Halvoan Lie (above) was nominated unanimously by the UNO Security Council in London for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization. All that is needed now is formal approval by the General Assembly. The important post is reported to pay $40,000 a year. (International) (International). BRITISH FORCES GOING TO JAPAN MacArthur Says Units Will Speed Homecoming Of American Troops TOKYO, Jan. 31. — (U.P) — British Empire forces moving into Japan within a week to assist in the oc cupation will speed the home-com ing of American troops, General Douglas MacArthur said today. China and Russia also were in vited to share the occupation of Japan. But China said she was unable to send forces and Russia declined. MacArthur in a statement ex tended the “heartiest possible wel come” to the British troops from the United Kingdom, Australia, New ^Zealand and India. “Their presence will materially broaden the base along internation al lines of a burden which up to this time has, of necessity, been carried to a large extent unilateral ly by the United State forces, and cannot fail to be of overall ben eficial effect,” MacArthur *aid. “It will enable a diminution in our own strength and will thereby bring welcome relief to many in dividuals,” MacArthur added. The British commonwealth occu pation force was assigned “initial ly” to occupy Hiroshima prefec ture, including the cities of Kure and Fukuyama. One battalion will be stationed in the Tokyo prefec ture. Lieut. Gen. John Northcott of Australia, will be commander in chief of the B.C.O.F., with Air Commodore F. M. Bladen of the Royal Australian Air Force as his chief of staff. (In Washington, the State depart ment said the British forces would exercise only military control, with (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) GFS ELECTROCUTED WHEN RADIO ANTENNA FALLS ON HOT WIRE SHREVEPORT, La., Jan. 31—(fP) —Two Barksdale Field soldiers were electrocuted and another es caped serious injury today when a radio antenna aerial being dis mantled from a hangar fell across a high tension wire. Names of the two killed were withheld pending notification of next of kin. Sgt. Robert T. Stubar was treated in the base hospital for electrical shock. Witnesses said a master ser geant was dismantling the aerial when it slipped from .his grasp and fell across the high tension wire. He was killed instantly. A corporal nearby rushed tc help and was severely burned. He died shortly afterward. Stubar was shocked when he grabbed a pair of pliers and at tempted to cut the wire. Men Should Take A Rest Lady Astor Tells Scribes ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — G>! — Sharp-tongued Lady Astor snapped : at critics of England and the pend ing $3,750,000,000 Anglo-American : loan today, suggesting that they had “better get down on their - knees and thank God there was - a Britain. “It is not th* English way to f hit a man when h* l*d®wn, she said. “Nor America s. In an hour long news conference at the British Embassy, Lady '• Astor covered a broad range o subjects. At the outset, a British i. Embassy official emphasized that 8 she spoke for herself—not the Lon don government. ) “Hear, hear,' cried Lady Astor, and in reply to questions made these comments: The Labor government in London will not alter the House of Lords —“too many people want to gel in there.” “If I had my way I would send a Salvation Army to (occupied) Europe with Bibles translated in all the languages.” “One East End woman in London with her adenoids and all, has more guts than all the German women.’ “Why this outburst of criticism (about the British loan)? Iam sure it is not the people. Is it the politicians trying to muscle in?’ 'Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) Case Strike Control Bill Wins House Test Vote; GM-UAWWill Continue Contract Negotiations - * Conferees To Iron Out Minor Points THOMAS WITHDRAWS Explosive Wage Section To Be Considered At Later Meetings DETROIT, Jan. 31—(U.R)—Gen eral Motors corporation and the CIO-United Auto Workers decided tonight to settle minor contractual differences before tackling their explosure wage dispute, which brought about the 72-day strike of 175,000 UAW members. James F. Dewey, veteran Fed eral labor mediator, announced the new basis for negotiations, after a second meeting, the first broke up yesterday in a flurry of charges and' counter-charges. Dewey, who arranged for the resumption of negotiations, de scribed today’s conferences as “very pleasant, unusually so,’’ He said the two sides, led by Harry W. Anderson, GM vice president, and R. J. Thomas, UAWr interna tional president, had agreed on procedure. Thomas announced after the meeting that he would not par ticipate further until .‘‘there is some indication that General Motors wants to settle the strike.” “We are going to try to elimi nate other major problems arid then talk wages,” Dewey said. “Tomorrow, the union will bring in a proposal for a promotion clause to be included in the new contract.” (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) TRUMAN REJECTS FORD OPA PLANS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—(U.FO— President Truman said today that Federal seizure of the strike bound steel industry is not now under contemplation and declined to say whether he saw any possi bility of a break in the stalemated controversy. He bluntly rejected a suggestion by Henry Ford II that price con trols be dropped immediately on all products related to the pro duction of automobiles and parts, saying this could not be done with out a wild inflation. He did not elaborate on his press conference statement on steel seiz ure. Previously informed sources had said the administration was aiming for settlement of the dispute by Feb. 10 before resorting to sei zure. Feb. 10 is the date fixed by Mr. Truman as the deadline for recommendations from a special fact-finding panel for settlement of the dispute. Earlier, CIO President Philip Murray left settlement of the steel strike squarely up to Mr. Truman. He said his steel workers union had done all it can and that "it is now up to the Prsident." (Continued on Page Two; Col. If _____* FRENCH PRESIDENT AND HIS TRI-PARTY CABINET _ President of the French Provisional governm ent Felix Gouin (arrow) is shown as he posed with some members of his tri-party cabinet in Paris, F ranee. Besides Gouin, the group includes the fol lowing members of the cabinet; Marius Moutet, C olonies, Socialist; Jules Moch, Public Works and Transport, Socialist; Francisque Gay, minister w ithout portfolio, Republican; Maurice Thorez, Vice President and minister without portfolio, Commun ist; Pierre Henri Tietgen, Justice, MRP; Andre le Trocquer, Interior, Communist; Georges Bidault, Foreign Secretary, Republican; Charles Tillon, Armaments, Communist; Marcel Paul, Industri al Production, Communist; Andre Philip; Edmond Michelet, Armies, MRP; Pierre Tanguy-Pridgent, Agriculture, Socialist; Ambrose Criozat, Lat?or, Communist; and Robert Prigent, Public Health, M RP. (International) Two New Councilmen May Swing Fire Alarm Box Deal City Body May Take Ac-' tion Today On Funds For Industrial Agent Speculation has been advanced that the votes of two new council men, Ray Pollock and Harriss Newman, may determine the type specification of 111 fire alarm boxes to be purchased by the city soon. Much controversy has been experienced in City Council meet ings recently regarding the matter. The • two new cruncilmen are ex pected to be present this morn ing and vote on the matter. Although there are several mat ters of importance to be brought up at a meeting soon, City mana ger A. C. Nichols said late yester day afternoon that he had not pre pared his agenda for the meeting this morning. However, the fire alarm box question is expected to be discussed. According to Nichols there will be an alternate of specifications for the boxes to be presented at a meeting of City Council. How ever, he did not disclose the nature of specifications to be presented. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) CONGRESSMEN I ' ARMY VOYAGE PI N WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—M-Ob jections on grounds of “discrimina tion” were raised in both Senate and House today to the Army plan for sending families of officers and certain non-coms to overseas the aters at government expense. The War department, announcing the plan yesterday, said travel at government expense was authoriz ed by law for dependents of of ficers, three top ranks of non com missioned officers arid certain civ ilian employes of the W‘ar depart ment. Families of other enlisted men would have to pay their own way. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) ---* Ample Boat Line Space Here, Officials Declare _A_ There is ample terminal space already in Wilmington to handle storage of the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina line, and similar lines, H. E. Boyd, traffic manager, Wilmington Port-Traffic associa tion, said last night. Boyd’s statement was prompted by a letter he received from L. G. Hogshire, president of the N. B. and C. company, in which Hogshire said his company is planning a resumption of their shipping serv ice around June 30. “The Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina line operates only through the Inland Waterway,” Boyd ex plained, “and all Hogshire wants here is a comparatively small warehouse space to store goods his boats carry. He isn’t interested in the terminal facilities such as are used by the ocean-going traffic making port here.” (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) LURAY VICTORY CREW RESCUED IN BAD SEAS OFF ENGLISH C0AS1 LONDON, Jan. 31—(£>)—All 49 crew members of the American cargo ship Luray Victory were res cued in raging seas tonight after the 9,000-ton freighter, aground since yesterday on Goodwin sands off southeast England, broke her back and began cracking apart. The “abandon ship” order was given by Capt. G. W. McCormick, of Jacksonville, Fla.,. as a lifeboat from nearby Walmer approached to take off the crew. “It was touch and go,” said Fred Upton, lifeboat coxswain. “The lifeboat was pitching all over the place and was terrible to handle. Ropes between us and the ship broke, but somehow the' crew slid down the ropes and ladders into our boat. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) DOORS NOW OPEN TO ALL VETERANS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—(U.R)— President Truman has rejected a Veterans Administration sugges tion that hospital admissions be restricted to service-disabled cases, it was revealed tonight. VA therefore will continue to accept all veterans for treatment of all ailments, within the limits of bed capacity. One high VA official, who plug ged for the restriction said the result may be a guarantee of life hospitalization, free, for 20,000,000 veterans. Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley, VA medical director, said the policy will be followed until such time as the Veterans Administration is instructed differently. He de clined to discuss its merits or possible results. Implementing the open door policy, VA announced that an agreement has been reached with the Michigan Hospital association to put service connected Michi gan cases in private hospitals. VA officials said the effect of the Presidential decree is to free more bed space in veterans hos pitals for non-service connected cases, which by law, are to be (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) Along The Cape Fear KYPHOPYXA CHRISTARENI — No, that isn’t a typographical error. It is one of two fossils the like of which is usually found when there is oil below the surface of the earth. The other is “Brysoz”. What brought them up a tthis point is that specimens of the two have been found, according to reports, in Dare county where the prospects of finding oil is creating more com motion than when Sir Walter Ra leigh’s colonists first set foot on what is now Roanoke island. Oil prospecting in Dare is really tne biggest thing that has happened in the watery county since they quit producing “The Lost Colony ’ each summer. NO PROSPECTS YET — ALONG THE CAPE FEAR, taking cogni zance of all the oil efforts in ®®re* has wondered all along if there mightn’t be some kyphopyxa chris tareni or brysoz underneatn -he good earth of New Hanover, Bruns wick, Columbus, Pender, Bladen, Duplin, Onslow, or one or more others of southeastern North Caro lina. We’ve checked with Regis ter of Deeds A. B. Rhodes here and he tells hs nobody has shown any interest in oil leases around here. He doesn’t know, of course, wheth er anybody might be interested. All he knows is nobody has taken out any papers with him. MAYBE SHARK’S TEETH—Nat urally, oil, like gold, is Where you find it. There may be some around here and then again there may not be. It is interesting to note, however, that some 36 years ago—and there may have been later instances of the same thing—according to our investigators, when excavations were made for the Cape Fear Facking company, an organization of that date, huge teeth were found. These were believed then to have been sharks teeth. Maybe they could have been kyphopyxa chris tareni teeth. Anyway, they were unearthed. Meanwhile, they haven’t struck oil in Dare yet. Just those fossils. Until something is struck besides those fossils there’s no particular reason why anybody should get ex cited about oil being around here, or even in Dare county. New Brazilian President Promises People’s Law RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 31.—(JP, —Pledging a new constitution anc a democratic regime, Gen. Euricc Gaspar Dutra, 60-year-old profes sional soldier, was inaugurated as President of Brazil today. He was elected December 2. As envoys of many foreign na tions looked on, the veteran of 40 years military service to his coun try declared he would maintain “a democratic system in accord ance with the deliberations of the national congress, without the least abridgement of public liberties in separable with a regime based upon the public will.” At a brief inauguration ceremony which followed a colorful military parade through crowd-packed streets, Dutra promised Brazilians a new constitution establishing a "basic law assuring the rights of man,’’ and the passage of laws to improve conditions of the working classei and to raise the standard of living. Dutra took the oath in the Cham ber of Deputies of Tiradentes pal ace, the national parliament, from acting Chief Justice Waldemar Fal aco, then proceeded to Catete pal ace[ where Brazilian presidents transact state business. There he received from retiring President Jose Linhares the reins of govern ment. K Leaders Now Predict Act Will Carry TWO TO ONE MARGIN Republicans Join Southern Democrats In Support Of Full Debate On Measure WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 —UFl— A strike control bill armed with formidable teeth won a House test vote today by such an empha tic margin that leaders predicted it, or some similar measure, would pass the chamber. Members voted 258 to 114 to consider the bill as a substitute for fact-finding legislation asked by President Truman. Offered by Rep. Case (R-SD) the bill would make unions liable to injunctions, outlaw violent picket ing or organized boycott. It would provide for civil suits, against either employers or workers vio lating labor contracts. It also would create a Nation al Labor-Management Meditation Board to help settle disputes which it believed affected the public interest. Strikes would be barred for 30 days, while the board sought to settle the disputes. Voting to begin debate on it forthwith were 152 Republicans and 106 Democrats, mostly southerners. Against were 97 Democrats, 15 Republicans and both minor party members. The bill was attacked by sup porters of labor unions as a "union breaking bill but praised bj its sponsors as necessary to protect the public from damage due to labor strife. House leaders told newsmen privately that they looked for House approval within a few day3 of the far-reaching bill, or one closely following its lines. In that case, its foes count on the Senate to defeat it or, as a last resort, on the possibility of a Presidential veto. About the only resemblance the case substitute bore to Mr. Tru man’s requested legislation was the 30-day cooling off provision. Mr. Truman had asked that Fact Finding Boards be set up, given (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) CHAMBER NAMES SPECIAL GROUP John H. Farrell, secretary to the Chamber of Commerce, announced yesterday the members of the Chamber who will serve as a com mittee on committees as follows: C. M. Harrington, chamber pres ident, will serve as chairman with H. A. Marks, A. E. Jones, J. G. Thornton, W. E. Curtis, E. A. Laney and L. A. Raney. According to Farrell, the men were appointed to serve as a com mittee on committees. They will be responsible for the selection of personnel of other Chamber com mittees, subject to confirmation by the board of directors. They will make a careful study of the func tions of each committee and the members, who, if named to the committee, are most likely to ac complish the desired purpose, ac cording to Farrell. They will also assign members to committees with a view only to their qualifications for carrying out the work intrusted to them. AND SO TO BED! There must be a moral In this akin to “Charity Begins at Home” or “Wash Your Own Linen Before Taking In Other Peoples’ Washing.” Something like that. Anyway, the other day The Star carried an article about the great pains a newspaper takes to get a name correct. Mention was made of three telephone calls being made to Southport to find whether a man’s middle initial was “E” or “I.” Imagine the embarrassment when, in the same edition, the name of The Star’s city circu lation manager was carried in a story incorrectly spelled. The story came out “C-o-o-k-e.” It should have been "C-o-o-k.” ) (