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MEAT BOARD ENDS PUBLIC HEARINGS (Continued from Page One) George Leonard, representing the Armour company, said that for •very penny in wage increases, meat, prices would have to be ad vanced four cents a hundred pounds. Ralph Helstein, counsel for the CIO Meat Packing Workers, told the board earlier that the govern ment, in seizing the meat indus try, had assumed a “moral obliga tion” to give packing house work •rs a “fair” wage increase. Helstein, although restating the CIO demand for 25 cents an hour increase, injected the 18 to 20 cents "national pattern” into the hear ing. “There is no excuse or justifica tion for any different treatment for these workers.” The AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers union told' the panel it demanded $36 for a 40-hour week as a standard mini mum wage throughout the coun try; the National Brotherhood of Packinshouse Workers, an indp pendent union, asked a 36-houi week at $1 an hour. E. J. Greer, secretary-treasure] of the John Morrell company fifth largest in the industry, tolc the fact-finders that “it isn’t any use to recommend wage increases unless you are satisfied that the money will be available with which to pay them.” TRUMAN REJECTS FORD OPA PLANS (Continued from Page One) Mr. Truman was asked whether he planned any speedier action to break the deadlock in the steel and General Motors controversies He said the government has been taking all the action it possibly could, and as fast as it could. Settlement of the steel strike now apparently hinges on the question of increased price ceilings demand ed by the industry. Hie U. S. Steel corporation, said “greatly in excess” of $6.25 a ton Wednesday that a price increase would be necessary before it could grant the 18 1-2 cents an hour wage increase proposed by Mr. Truman. It said the government unofficially offere 1 a $4-a-ton boost, and later raised the figure to more than $4, contingent upon the industry’s ac ceptance of the Presidential wage proposal. Mr. Truman veered away from any detailed discussion of labor problems, except in his rejection of the Ford proposal—made Wed nesday in a telegram to Snyder. Dial 2331 for Newspaper Service TODAY AND SAT. HC PWH , ia R1TT£R - >m O'BRIEIt^H s* «,imibu!iutm'•» ^psfl noHTie/tm names M ^ my wme«on„^J» f*5/3IZ-3 -HIT NO. 2_ ■FROM BLONDES TO BOXING CHAPT. NO. 3 ZORROS WHIP KIDDIES SHOW Sat. 10 A. M. Free Pictures of TEX RITTER Late Show Sat. 11:30 P. M. NURSERY SHIP7 LEAVES ENGLAND FOR NEW YORK LINING THE DECKS of the grey-coated “nursery ship” Argentina are some of the 635 British brides and children of American servicemen, shown waving farewell to their relatives as the ship left Southampton, England, for the U. S. Seasickness kept all but a hardy few in their bunks as the Argentina ploughed through heavy weather, bound for New York. Doctors and nurses worked around the dock. (International Radiophoto) t---—----— Eisenhower Gets Degree From Boston University BOSTON, Jan. 31. — (U.R) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff, was presented tonight with an honorary Doctorate of Laws by Boston university in recognition of his part in leading the Allied ar mies to victory in Europe. The degree was conferred at a $100-a-plate dinner observing Dr. Daniel L. Marsh’s 20th anni versary as president of Boston uni versity. Proceeds went toward construction of new college build ings. Eisenhower was the prin cipal speaker. BRITISH FORCES GOING TO JAPAN (Continued from Page One) U.S. headquarters retaining gov ernmental controls.) The British forces will consist of a British Indian division, one Aus tralian brigade, one New Zealand brigade, squadrons of the Royal Air Force, the Australian, New Zealand and Indian Air Forces and a squadron of the British Pacific fleet. MacArthur said he took “special personal pride” in again being as sociated with the Australian forces which he commanded in the south west Pacific. British naval port parties Will begin arriving at Kure next week. The Australian units will follow la ter in February, with the Indian and New eZaland forces arriving in March. The New Zealand brig ade is being brought from Italy. Officers and enlisted men at tached to supreme Allied head quarters were placed in the “crit ical” category today by the War department. The order means that 3,000 to 4,000 men may be held in their jobs for as long as six months after they are eligible to come home for redeployment or dis charge. The order was issued because there is a lack of qualified and ex perienced men at headquarters. Most of the men affected are con nected with military government. FREEZING WEATHER HAMPERS ATTEMPTS TO FIND 21 PEOPLE (Continued from Page One) ed a routine “all’s well” report from over Sinclair, Wyo., 35 miles to the west. The twin-engined Dou glas transport made its last reg ular stop at Boise, Ida., where it picked up Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bender, en route to their home in Sheffield, 111., two days after their wedding at Twin Falls, Ida. The plane carrying 12 soldiers, six civilians and three crew mem bers was due in Denver at 4:20 a.m. Beside the Benders, the civilian passengers were listed by UAL as: H. R. Glover, Vancouver, Wash., bound from Portland to New York. Mrs. E. H. Blake, Richland, Wash., bound from Pendleton, Ore., to Denver. R. S. Pirie, New York, Seattle to Chicago. William A. Petracek, c-o Ameri can overseas, La Guardia Field, New York, Seattle to New York. Names of service personnel, most of whom were being deployed from Pacific service eastward for dis charge in their home areas were withheld pending notification of the next of kin. Arthritis Pains Curbed Easy Way Fight Pains of Swollen Joints, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Sciatica Thousands of sufferers from the pains and aches of Arthritis, Rheumatism, Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sciatica and Neuritis have been delighted to discover that the Doctor's formula called Romind starts circulating through the blood almost immediately after the first dose, usually helping nature remove poisonous wastes and excess acids that often cause pains and soreness, and at the same time promptly combating the pain and dis comfort. 1 8-Day Trial Offer: To prow what Romind can do to help you feel improved and how fast It works, get Romind from your drug gist and take exactly as directed. See the re sults for yourself. You be the judge. Unless surprised and delighted, simply return the empty package and your money back is guaranteed. Don’t suffer another hour with out trying Romind. Insist on Romind—if your druggist is out, ask him to get it from his wholesaler. GM-AUTO WORKERS TO CONTINUE TALKS (Continued from Page One) The promotion clause, along with a demand for a 30 per cent wage increase, was one of the is sues submitted by the union to GM workers on a strike ballot in mid-November. Since then, the union said it would “negotiate” with GM on the basis of a 17.4 per cent raise. Neither side made a statement today, though a union spokesman explained its position on the promotion clause to reporters. He said the union had demanded that promotions be made on the basis of seniority. The company contended they should be made on a straight merit system. “If seniority puts a man Into line for promotion and he is able to handle the job, he should have it,” the union spokesman said. Dewey said negotiations would be continued tomorrow under his guidance. With UAW agreements with Ford Motor company and Chrysler cor poration reached and talks with General Motors again under way, Norman Matthews, UAW regional co-director, turned to negotiations with Hudson Motor Car company. THREE WHITE BOYS HELD ON CHARGES OF THEFTS HERE Three white boys, all of whom told police their age was 16, were arrested last night by detectives L. A. Teague and N. J. Wolfe who had conducted a week’s In vestigation of a store break-in at 317 Red Cross street which occured on the night of January 24. A large amount of merchandise was reported stolen. The boys, Burris Stevens, Manly Smith, and George Autrey, were charged with store breaking, lar ceny and receiving. Arrested with the three youths was another boy about 13 whose name was not disclosed. He was turned over to probation authorities who said he will be given a hearing Friday at Juvenile court. The other three boys will be given preliminary hearings this morning in recorders court. The three older boys were placed under bonds ranging from $500 to $1,100. Smith and Autrey bonds were set at $500 each while the Stevens boy, who was also charged with damaging city property, namely, destruction of three park ing meters, was charged on three separate warrants which require $200 bond each. His total bond for release was $1,100. WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—(£V-Weather bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. in Jie principal cotton growing areas an2 elsewhere: ®‘at,on High Low Prec. Alpena-_- 21 19 0.28 Asheville - 46 41 0.45 Atlanta - 51 44 c.31 Atlantic City - 54 41 0.2g Birmingham - 49 43 0.85 Boston - 25 17 023 Buffalo - 35 29 0 01 Burhngton - 40 18 0.06 Charlotte - 60 44 0 00 Chattanooga__ 51 45 0 1? Chicago - 16 u 0;03 Cincinnati - 33 28 0M Cleveland - 32 25 0.00 Dallas - 54 30 0 00 Denver - 40 19 0 00 Detroit - 29 21 0.00 Duluth - 7 2 025 JLl i^aso_ 45 23 o 00 Fort AWorth- 52 29 0.00 Galveston - 56 49 0.04 Jacksonville - 79 59 0.01 Kansas City- 40 14 o.OO Key West- 82 70 o.OO Knoxville -43 41 0.21 Little Rock _ 48 32 o.OO Los Angeles_ 0.00 Louisville - 36 28 0.00 Memphis _ 46 34 0.00 Meridian _ 67 44 0.02 Miami - 76 71 0.00 Minn.-St. Paul_ 9 -4 0.01 Mobile_ 55 47 0.14 Mont., Ala. _ 55 48 0.21 New Orleans _ 48 47 0.12 New York _ 53 33 0.16 Norfolk _ 67 59 0.38 Philadelphia _ 53 39 0.25 Phoenix _ 62 24 0.00 Pittsburgh _ 45 35 0.00 Portland, Me. _ 17 9 0.52 Raleigh _ 61 42 0.30 Richmond _ 58 14 0.54 St. Louis _ 34 18 0.00 San Francisco_ 57 32 0.00 Savannah _ 77 57 0.03 Seattle _ 46 34 0.01 Tampa _ 75 61 0.00 Vicksburg_ 49 42 0.0t Washington _ 53 38 J* Wilmington_70 58 °*18 / Negro Boy Missing From Home In City The unexplained absence of Roosevelt Gregg, nine-year-old son of George Gregg, Negro, 307 S. 15th street, last night led police on a search for some trace of the missing youth. The boy, a student at the Willis ton school, left home yesterday morning to go to school and at 11 o’clock last night he was still missing. When last seen he was wearing brown trousers and a red sweater. There was no speculation as to the whereabouts of the boy. THOUSAND JOIN FIGHT ON POLIO (Continued from Page One) Davenport, daughter of Mrs. A. W. Davenport, Wilmington, as “Queen of the Ball.” Patsy, herself a victim of infan tile paralysis, was presented by Chairman Rhodes. “We are proud to do honor to Patsy as a symbol of those all over the country who have been victim ized by infantile paralysis,’’ Chair man Rhodes said in presenting Pat sy. “Though she is young in years she has suffered the rigors of this dread scourge and we are privi leged to do honor to her and to praise her courage and' fortitude in bearing up under her afflica tion.” Rhode* again asked all persons throughout the county to whom blank infantile paralysis checks have been mailed to sign them at once and return them to March of Dimes headquarters. The committee in charge of last night’s dance are: Harry Dosher, chairman, Bob Kooser, Roy Fen nell, Jr., Clarence Myers, Sergeant Eugene Carr, and Ben McDonald. The festivities were broadcast by remote control over station WMFD by Ben McDonald, Star News Round-the-Town reporter. SPEAKERS NAMED BY BAPTIST GROUP Wilmington Baptist association will meet for a monthly session Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the First Baptist church with an address from L. I. Morgan, Ra leigh, secretary of the State Bap tist Sunday school board, and an associate, the Rev. G. Woodrow Bullard, a Wilmingtonian, now residing in Raleigh. The speakers will be here in the interest of the forthcoming Sunday school enlargement campaign scheduled for Baptist churches the week of March 2-8. According to E. C. Chamblee, associational missionary, it is the practice of Baptists to conduct a religious census in each church community; to tabulate that in formation discovered and leave it in the hands of local workers; to study some approved Sunday school book; all under the guid ance of a specially trained volun tary Sunday school worker. Such action will be taken, he ex plained, during the first week of March, in approximately 35 churches in the association, with all Wilmington Baptist churches participating. Wilmington’s religious census will be conducted by all Protestant churches in cooperation with the Baptist movement. The city-wide census will be conducted Sunday afternoon, March 3. The city will be divided into zones and each participating church will be as- 1 signed a certain territory. FIRES DESTROyTaRT COLLECTION VALUED AT MILLION DOLLARS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—CU R> _ Fire swept through the 45-room mansion of Col. Robert M Guv genheim today and destroyed mm. than $1,000,000 worth of art obTects including two Titan naintinvc valued at $200,000. P mtlngs The stone mansion, built 25 1 IT, «tVU Sg,« < ST1- ! SUPPER TO BEGIN USO CELEBRATION The high-lights of a three-day lebration in the Second and Or -ge USO honoring the fifth an versary of the National Service rganizations, will be a buffet sup ,er and awards of service and rec gnition pins tonight. The supper will start at 7 o’clock u the club’s auditorium, followed y the presentation of awards to ome 200 workers by Lt. Col. Ed .vard A. Clark, special service of 'icer, Camp Lejeune. The affair, which win take on a /alentine Day motif, will be for nal. Theme of the birthday party will be “Hearts for Humanity.” A birthday ball will be held on Saturday night as the second phase of the celebration. The Navy band from the Naval hospital, Camp Le jeune will furnish music for the af fair which will be formal. Open house will be held Sunday 2 to 5 p. m. as the three-day birth day celebration ends. The regular Sunday afternoon program, spon sored by the Tabernacle Baptist church, known as the home hour, will be presented at 5 o’clock. NEW COUNCILMEN MAY SWING FIRE ALARM DEAL AT MEETING (Continued from Page One) He said that any speculation re garding the matter should be re served until the meeting this morn ing. Another important matter which is expected to be discussed at the meeting this morning is that of the Economic: Development com mittee’s recommendation that the city provide funds for the employ ment of an industrial agent to represent Wilmington in making contact with prospective industries for this area. Favorable action is expected on the Economic committee’s sug gestion that the city appropriate funds for an industrial agent for the remainder of the fiscal year. The $10,000 recommended by the committee, however, may be cut by the council. Following presentation of the Economic committee’s report by three committee spokesmen—E. L. White, R. B. Page and J. G. Thorn ton—at the council's last regular meeting, City Manager A. C. Nichols, City Clerk J. R. Benson, and City Attorney W. B. Camp bell were instructed to scan the budget for available funds. Their report is due today. While it is generally predicted that the money can be found, if the council is willing to reduce its probable yearly surplus, a possibility has been advanced that the amount might be substantially less than $10,000. The second major issue facing the city fathers —selection of speci fications on which to base bids for the 111 fire alarm boxes—may evoke verbal fireworks. A third item to be considered is the opening of bids and award ing of a contract for the purchase of a passenger car for use by the police department. Although not originally sche duled for consideration at the special session, it is understood that a respresentative of the Amer ican Legion Post No. 10 will ap pear before the council in an ef fort to speed up action on a Legion request for continuance of a city appropriation towards an existing veterans service center. Donald King, post commander, and Ray Galloway, asked the council last week to clarify its previous action in granting the Legion a $50 monthly allocation towards the salary of a veteran’s worker in the Legion.home. The county contributes $50 and the Legion spends about $150 on the monthly operation of the veter ans office, King explained. The commander said it was his understanding when the city board voted a $50 monthly grant last October that the appropriation would continue as long as needed. He then revealed that the Legion had received but one check from the city—the October allocation. Upon a motion by Councilman Harriss Newman, the council in structed the city manager to study the situation and report back. Incorporated into the motion was a provision that payments be sent the Legion for the November and December grants. Newman suggested that possibly an additional worker could be em ployed by the Red Cross which, along with the government veter ans contact office here, would sliminate the need for a Legion :enter. WRIGHT TO HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE (Continued from Page One) ng he will conduct services in the Church of the Holy Cross, in that :ity at 11 a. m. On the 19th, Bishop Wright will attend a clergy conference at Kinston. His final appointments ire for Sunday, the 24th, which ncludes a morning service in 5t. Anne's, Jacksonville, N. C., ind an evening service at St. roseph’s in Fayetteville. The morn ng service will be held at 11 )’clock. The evening service will start at 8 o’clock. BUYS EQUIPMENT CHARLOTTE, Jan. 31—(/F)— ’urchase of approximately $500, 00 worth of new equipment for ludson Hosiery company of Char itte was announced today by ■ritz Seitfart president of the firm. LURAY VICTORY CREW RESCUED IN BAD SEAS OFF ENGLISH COAST (Continued from Page One) “We had an awful trip home. We were so low in the water that ev erybody was holding on for dear life, with water swirling around their knees.” The Luray Victory, bound from Baltimore to Bremerhaven with a cargo of loose barley and oats, ran aground late last night in almost the exact spot where another American freighter, the 8,000-ton Am-Mer-Mar, out of Galveston, had been freed only half an hour earlier. ANTI-STRIKE BILL GETS HOUSE OKAY (Continued from Page One) power to subpoena records and witnesses and that strikes be ban ned for 30 days while the boards deliberated. The House Labor committee approved a diluted version of the President’s plan. It set up the boards, but denied them subpoena authority and made no provision for the cooling off periods. Heated debate continued in the House after today’s vote, and it will be at least Saturday and prob. ably next week before final action is taken. m Of. - / T"\ Tl1\ +VlO Ilian uciwaiu ' -- Rules committe led the opponents of the case bill, declaring that “in stead of giving the President the aid he asked we give him this vicious legislation.” Rep. Marchantunio (Al-NY) termed the substitute “the most vicious anti-labor bill ever before the House” and predicted it “will incite industrial strife and make industry, bloated with profits, ar rogant and powerful.” He said it “will strip labor of its rights and result in government by injunc tion.” Rep. Howard Smith (D-Va) re plied, however, that “this is just another case of CIO supporters crying ‘wolf, wolf’ when they have no reason for doing so.” He de clared the case proposal is “based on the theory that Congress should prevent unions from hiding behind present laws to pursue practices against the public welfare.” He said Congress “never intended to give organized labor unfair ex emptions not accorded other citi zens.” Rep. Biemmiller (D-Wic) assail ed Case’s plan as one “sired by malice and foaled by deceit.” He asserted “this measure will make the corporations feel they are above the law XXX and make goons the order of the day again.” Rep. Halleck (R-Ind) supported the substitute, declaring: “The President told Congress that if it didn’t like his plan to set up one of its own. XXX This is it.” CONGRESSMEN T ARMY VOYAGE PI N (Continued from Page One) Senator Lucas (D-Ill) told the Senate he thought the War depart ment “ought to treat these folks alike. Instead of building up morale by the plan, this will tear it down.” Senator Hatch (D-NM) said it seemed that those who could least afford to pay were being required to pay. He suggested putting all enlisted men on the free list. In the House, Rep. Pace (D-Ga.) deplored the arrangement, contend ing that privates and corporals are less able to pay the expenses than the higher-paid non-coms. In allowing the families to go abroad, the Army put the clincher on what it has been saying about long-time occupation job. AMPLE BOAT SPACE OFFICIALS STATE (Continued from Page One) Hogshire’s letter to Boyd reads in part: “As you probably have learned, we have no direct service in Wil mington at this time. We are serv ing Wilmington by truck from Washington. With respect to the future we are planning on resum ing our old service, twice a week from Baltimore and Norfolk and should have this service in opera tion around June 30. “These plans, of course, depend on the Navy releasing our vessels which they now have in charge, and the securing of proper termin al facilities at Wilmington, the latte? of which does not look good at this time.” Prior to the war the N. B. and C. used docking facilities north of the Northeast drawbridge and had leased storage space now used by r> and ^■ Sloan company. .. R\„ Uard Cantwell, manager of the W. G. Broadfoot Iron Works laSt night he had offered the N. B. and C. agent SPa^Cu at, his terminal, formerly the(Clyde Lines. Cantwell said there 'is plnty of available and C “ere t0 Care f°r the N' B' The N. B. and C. is a freight boat service that operates only in inland waters along the Atlantic coast. Prior to the wra, the com pany ? b°ats docked at such points as Elizabeth City, Edenton, Wash ington, and Morehead City, besides Wumington, in North Carolina. Dial 2331 for Newsuauer DOORS NOW OPEN 1 TO ALL VETERANS (Continued from Page One) aospitalized only when bed space is available. The restriction was suggested by VA Administrator Gen. Omar N. Bradley as a temporary expe dient to relieve overcrowding. The 90,000-patient load is now more than two-thirds non-service con nected. Bradley was reported also to have questioned ' the whole policy of hospitals for veterans without service-connected ailments. Some of his top advisers have urged that present policies, developed over two decades, be altered dras tically. Chairman John Rankin, D., Miss, of the House committee on world war veterans legislation, said the issue was being agitated by legis lators who hoped to sabotage VA’s hospital build'ng program. He said he sees no reason for change. Affect of his directive is to keep the hospital doors wide open to virtually all veterans, since the so-called pauper’s oath, required of non-service connected cases, has become, according to VA, a fiction. By law VA cannot go be hind the veterans statement of in ability to pay. LADY ASTORBELIEVES ALL MEN SHOULD NOW TAKE LENGTHY REST (Continued from Page One) “The best way for the world to get it (peace) is for the United States and Britain to cooperate.” It is time for women to con tribute to the management of in ternational affairs—“it wasn’t the women who started these wars.” Do you see any duties left for us men to perform,” asked a re porter. “I think you should take a rest,” said Lady Astor. 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