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VOL^79—NO- 84-__~ ~ WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1946 ~ ESTABLISHEIM867
In Our Own Jungle!
The caption writer wanted to write “Aren’t They Just Too
Dah-ling!”. because they are. More important for the home folks,
though, is the fact that the two lion cubs you see peeping through
the bars above are in what is practically our own jungle.
The two little kittens—who haven’t been named yet and for
whose names a contest may be started—are just 27 weeks old.
No. they weren’t born in Wilmington, but in Florida. Yet, they
have spent most of their young lives here.
They're in the winter quarters of the R. and S. Amusement
company just across the Cape Fear on the Whiteville road. One
of their owners, Eddie Lewis, just rattled a paper bag in front
of their cage and they walked right up, fearlessly, to have their
picture snapped. Sure, they’re fearless. Their papa rides a motor
cycle sidecar in a motordrome.
BOWLES ASKS COOPERATION
i Economic Stabilizer
Says “Line” To Ho Id
Former OP A Chief Assures Nation Prices
Of Three Essentials—Food, Clothing,
Shelter—Can Be Held At Levels
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. — (JP) — Chester Bowles as
sured the nation Monday that under President Truman’s
new wage-price policy the prices of the three essentials of
| life—food, shelter and clothing—can be held at about their
present levels.
But ne solemnly warned tnat co
operation of the entire nation is
necessary—that the inflation boiler
is dangerously near the explosion
point, "with our entire economic
future at stake.”
He climbed capitol hill to appeal
to Congress for a continuation of
price controls, which are due to
expire June 30.
Firm Action
"The lobbyists and the profiteers
are licking their chops,” he de
clared. "It is going to take firm
and decisive action—it is going to
take teamwork and support on
every hand—if we are to hold this
country on an even keel.”
But, appearing for the first time
in his new role as designated Eco
nomic Stabilizer, Bowles told the
House Banking committee Mr.
Truman's new wage-price policy is
“a program that will work” and
will turn back the inflation pres
sures.
No Retreat
It does not mean a retreat to a
new and higher price line, he said.
Moreover, he declared:
"To those people who ar- betting
°n inflation in the stock market,
and in the commodity markets, let
me say ’you are betting on the
''long horse. There isn't going to
he any inflation. We're going to
hold the price and rent line as
'«'ve held it since May, 1943—all
he speculators, lobbyists and pres
See BOWLES on Page Two
A WORD FROM YOUR
Morning Star Carrier
* am striving to give you
good service every morning,.
out some morning you may
not be able to find your Star.
you fail t0 get your copy
P ease phone the Circulation
department, 2-3311 before
"me o’clock and they will
end you a copy by special
messenger.
[_ THANKS.
CANADA’S MINISTER
PAYS QUICK VISIT
HERE GOING SOUTH
Canadian Ambassador and
Mrs. Lester B. Pearspn
breezed in and out of Wil
mington this week-end before
they were recognized.
Or.L. of the clerks at Cape
Fear hotel said that she didn’t
realize who they were until
they checked them out. En
route south, the Pearson’s
hotel reservations were made
directly from the British em
bassy in Washington, D. C.
Japan will woriT
IN COOPERATION
Hirohito Tells U S. Editors
Future Of Nation De
pends On U. S.
TOKYO, Feb. 18.—(/P)—Emperor
Hirohito chatted over tea cups with
three American newspaper execu
tives Monday, assuring them his
vanquished nation was “very an
xious to cooperate’’ with the Unit
ed States.
Japan’s hopes for speedy res
toration of her prewar commercial
and industrial strength,.be sairl.m
an unusual 30-minute interview, de
pend on “the cooperation of
America.”
The bespectacled monarch, wear
ing morning coat and striped trous
ers, received his guests—Robert
McLean, president of the Phila^
delphia Evening Bulletin and Oj
the Associated Press; Norman
Chandler, president and publisher
of the Los Angeles Times, and
Associate Editor Benjamin Mc
See HIROHITO on Page Two
Wow, See ’Ere, Matey!
Oos Th ’ ’Eathen Tawker?
L JNDON, Feb. 18—(ff)—So the
ton chronicle thinks American
anh is defiling the pure stream
0 the English language?
chrnIS c,orresP°ndent, with the
jr nicle's complaint of last week
,L nund, dug around for some
Jives’0^ variety. What
Americans say, briefly, they' :e
■i.1”® to bed.” In England, it’s
P be wooden hill.” Net waste:
wo words.
sim S°me one in a restaurant is
bply "awkward” because he
Lj"et* aome food, the British cal'
m a “slosh pot.” Then, if he
resents the implications and wants
to “sock somebody, the British
advise him to give the offender
“your p- ny one.”
Rhyming Slang
Then there is the rhyming slang,
heard throughout the Empire from
London to Australia. An Ameri
can merely “holds an umbrella
over his sister,” but the Briton
“holds a gamp over his skin and
blister.” ,,
“Godfearkids” are "children,^
because of the rhyme with kids.
“Hampstead Heath” becomes
“one’s teeth” (some saving here,)
biUt a cup of tea is expanded into
'“Rosy Lee.”
Citizens Ask
A 1
Adequ^*
Fack tiere
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Wilmington Leaders Im
press Need For Service
On Commissioners
STATE STUDY PLANNED
“Fact-Finding” Group To
Study Service In North
Carolina Cities
Wilmington’s Bluethenthal
airfield, all $11,000,000 worth
of it, may soon come under
the authority of,a legal, per
manent, and energetic airport
commission, and the city’s
rightful place in the air-age
will be assured.
In a dramatic meeting yesterday
morning in the County Courthouse,
a group of about 20 persons, among
them prominent members of the
Chamber of Commerce’s aviation
committee, city councilmen, and
local businessmen, asked outright
that the Board of County Commis
sioners create a separate airport
commission which would have full
power to develop and manage the
airfield and to refer back to the
county board any suggestions for
improvement of the field’s facili
ties.
Best In Carolinas
Stressing the fact that the field
is far and away the largest and
best equipped field in the Caroli
nas, the delegates emphasized the
urgency for the creation of the
commission, lest ‘ we find our
selves outstripped by smaller air
fields in other cities.”
In direct and positive answer to
the proposal, the county board vot
ed to send its members, together
with members of the Chamber and
delegates from the Wilmington
Aero-Club, on a “fact-finding” mis
sion to airfields, in Winston-Salem,
Durham, Raleigh, Greensboro, and
High Point. The fact-finding com
mittee, tentatively scheduled to
leave the end of this week, will
compile the information necessary'
to the organization of the airport
commission.
Legal Difficulties
County Attorney Marsden Bella
my pointed out that legal difficul
ties stand in the way of the hn
mediate creation of the commis
sion. According to Supreme Court
rulings in the past, the airport
commission cannot be financed by
taxation except by a vote of the
people, and the matter will have
See AIR FACILITY on Page Two
APPROPRIATIONS
NOW PERMISSA6LE
President Lifts Bar To
Rivers, Harbors Measure
By Signing New Bill
WASHING ON, Feb. 18—(IP)—
President Truman signed todav
legislation permitting appropria
tions for rivers and harbors con
struction authorized by Congress
in March, 1945.
The legislation repeals a section
of the authorization prohibiting ap
propriations until six months after 1
the official end of war.
Navigation, irrigation and hy
droelAtric power works estimated
to cost $500,000,000 are listed in
the 1945 act. Only those impor
tant to national security could be
undertaken until the President
signed the measure lifting the six
month restriction.
All now are eligible for ap
propriations, subject to recom
mendations of the Army Engi
neers, the Budget Bureau and ac
tion by Congress.
Among the larger projects and
the estimated first costs are Ala
bama Coosa river $60,000,000;
Mississippi river between Ohio and
Missouri rivers, $10,290,000.
The Weather
FORECAST
North and South Carolina: Tuesday
rain and a little colder.
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30 a.m. 48; 7:30 a.m. 44; 1:30 p.m. 60;
7:30 p.m. 44.
Maximum 60; Minimum 43; Mean 52;
Normal 48.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 93; 7:30 a.m. 71; 1:30 p.m. 39;
7:30 p.m 71.
Precipitation
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 .pm.—
_____* inches.
Total since the first of the month—
1.21 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)
High l,ow
Wilmington - a.m. 7:00 a.m.
12:17 p.m. 7:26 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet _ 9:57 a.m. 3:44 a.m.
10:21 p.m. 4:04 p.m.
Sunrise 6:52; Sunset 6:00; Moonrtse
9:^1 p.m.; Moonset 9:04 a.m.
River Stage at Fayetteville. N. C. at 8
a.m., Monday, (no report) feet
(Continued on Pajre Two)
*
In I ekes* Shoes
Naturally, nobody’ll ever be
able to fill the self-styled “Old
Curmudgeon’s” shoes In the De
partment of Interior. But, un
til Truman can pick the “right
man”, Oscar L. Chapman,
shown here, will run the de
partment so hastily and re
cently vacated by Harold L.
Ickes. He’s been assistant sec
retary for 13 years — same
length of time Ickes was secre
tary — and he’s 49, a native of
Virginia. —International
SENATE PASSES
ALLEN FOR JOB
Question Of Pauley’s Nomi
naiotn Still Under
Solon’s Fire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—(#)—
The Senate confirmed George E,
Allen and a couple of other Presi
dential appointees Monday while
its committees quizzed Commodore
James K. Vardaman and delved
further into Edwin W. Pauley’s
background. 7 7
Before acting on Allen, the Senate
passed an appropriation bill from
which funds for a White House ad
dition wanted by President Tru
man were stricken. The bill car
ries $4,000,000,000 for veterans bene,
fits and money for various federal
agencies. It goes back To the House
for consideration of minor Senate
changes.
Blasts Ickes
The House, passing several minor
bills, heard a speech by Rep. Gib
son (D.-Ga.) blasting Harold L.
Ickes as "an opportunist v/ithout
regard to principle or scruple.”
Gibson said that the resigned In
terior Secretary’s actions in the
Pauley matter "should be a les
son to our party.” The Georgian
added that "for many years now
our party has dragged in anything
that could swing a few votes re
gardless of the detriment of the
nation.”
The Senate Naval committee, re
suming hearings on Pauley's nomi
nation for Undersecretary of the
See SENATE PASSES on Page 2
HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
NEAR SANFORD TAKES
LIVES OF TWO MEN
SANFORD. Feb. 18. —(IP)—Two
men were killed and four others
injured Monday m a two-car colli,
sion on U. S. Highway Nq. 1, two
miles north of Sanford, according
to Lee county Sheriff A. G. Buchan
an.
He listed the dead as Wesley
Thompson, 33, of Sanford Route 4.
and Herbert Mack Crump, 21, of
Greensboro.
The injured, Buchanan said, wore
Raymond Thomas of Sanford, Her
man Dowdy of Sanford Route 4,
Marvin Phillips of Pittsboro, and
Silas Williams, also of ; Sanford
Route 4.
The condition of Dowdy, a patient
at the Duke hospital in Durham, is
listed as “very critical,” the
sheriff reported. The others, all
patients in the Lee county hos
pital, are in “fair” condition, h«
added. _
250,000 TELEPHONE WORKERS
SET FOR STRIKE VOTE TODAY;
GM-UAW NEGOTIATIONS FAIL
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Peace Move
Deadlocked
Over Issues
Wages Now Considered
Secondary As Conferees
dispute On Principles
NEW FUSSES ARISE
Local Issues Now Creep In
to “Reasons” For Extend
ing Long Stoppage
DETROIT, Feb. 18.—(#)—
General Motors corporation
and the CIO United Auto
Workers’ union renewed their
strike settlement parleys
Monday with little outward
indication of an early agree
ment.
The disputants apparently were
still as far apart as ever in the
issues of union security and pro
motions as Federal Mediator
James F. Dewey brought them to
gether again.
Although no statements were is
sued, it appeared wages had be
come a secondary issue to the dis
pute ovar other contract clauses.
The corporation has offered 18 1-2
cents 06.5 per cent) an hour in
crease and the union has demand
ed 19 1-2 cents (17.4 per cent).
Parley Deadlocked
Parleys between delegations
headed bv GM President C. E.
Wilson and UAW President R. J.
Thomas now have- become- dead
locked. According to Dewey, on
the questions of whether the con
tract shall contain clauses provid
ing for maintenance of union mem
bership and for promotions and
transfers largely on a seniority
basis.
The management has refused to
agree to these stipulations.
Meanwlrle in Flint, Mich., which
See PEACE MOVE on Page Two
SHIPYARDS PAY
BOOST IS VOTED
Hike Of 18 Cents Must Be
Approved By Wage Sta
bilization Board
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. — (JP) —
The Shipbuilding Wage Stabiliza
tion conference, by a majority vote,
overruled industry representatives
Monday and voted an 18-cents
hourly-wage increase for shipbuild
ing workers.
However, the conference indi
cated it was uncertain whether the
wage boost would be approved by
the National Wage Stabilization
board.
Under the board’s regulations, it
cannot consider a wage dispute. It
was not immediately made clear
whether the conference action was
to be regarded as an agreement or
whether the Wage Stabilization
boardistill would consider manage
ment’? refusal to accept the recom
mendation.
In the event the wage board fails
to approve the increase this wage
review shall be deemed not to have
been completed and the conference
shall be reconvened for the pur
pose of acting further on this wage
review.
No Walkout
Planned By
Group Here
Local Union Has As Yet Re
ceived No Orders To
Leave Jobs
MEET IN MEMPHIS
More Powerful Members
Of National Union Declar
ed To Favor Srike
Miss Minnie I. Boone, chair
man of the Wilmington local
of the National Federation of
Telephone Workers, told The
Star last night that she had
not been advised up to a late
hour of probable strike action
by the federation.
Miss Boone, who succeeded C. L.
Garner as chairman of the local
when he was transferred to the
Raleigh office of the Southern Bell
Telephone company, said that she
would probably be informed of
the status of the strike situation
sometime today.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 18.—(U.R)
—The greatest telephone strike in
history appeared likely Monday
night as a union-by-union survey of
National Federation of Telephone
Workers affiliates showed the
larger and more powerful members
definitely in favor of a walkout.
Majority Tavors
NFTW President Joseph A.
Beirne, emphasizing that the sur
vey did not constitute a formal
vote, said that a majority of the
50 members favored a strike by
the federation’s 250,000 telephone
workers.
“Thp larger unions definitely
tended in the direction of strike
action,” Beirne said in announcing
results of the survey in which af
See NO WALKOUT on Page Two
32 NEW CARMNALS
NAMED BY CHURCH
Largest Group Raised To
Purple In 1,900 Years
Of Catholicism
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 18—(A*) —
The Roman Catholic church Mon
day created 32 new cardinals, the
largest and most cosmopolitan
group ever raised to the purple
in 1900 years of church history.
The new cardinals, representing
19 nations and six continents, were
created at a history-making secret
consistory, the first to be con
vened since 1940 and the first to
create new princes of the church
in the seven-year reign of Pope
Pius XII.
Today’s action, which the Pon
tiff said be had "meditated for a
long time” but had not been able
to carrv out because of the war,
brought the membership of the
sacred college to 69—one short of
the maximum 70—and made the
college more universally repre
sentative than at any time in his
tory.
The new cardinals included four
from the United States, seven from
other parts of the Western hemis
phere, four from Italy, three from
Spain, three from France, three
from Germany, and one each from
Turkish Armenia, Poland, Hun
gary, China, Portugese East
Africa, England, Australia and the
Netherlands. _
100 Per Cent Census—
U.S. TO ENUMERATE
ALL CITY STATISTICS
A complete, 100 per cent
census, covering not only the
number of people in the city
but also occupational skills,
economic and social character
istics, and housing, was virtual
ly assured to Wilmington yes
terday—and at no extra cost to
the city.
A census of this type is, ac
cording to enthusiastic re
ports from civic aders, ex
actly what the city needs to
further its plans for post-war
industrial and economic de
velopment.
New Census Deal
As announced by City Man
ager A. C. Nichols at the spe
cial session of the City council
yesterday, the new deal on the
census is this:
The U. S. Bureau of Census
has received new funds to
finance the new-type census in
cities larger than Wilmington,
in line with the government’s
plans to boost the entire na
tion’s economic development.
City Is Proving Ground
However, to make “pre-tests”
of the new-type census, the
Bureau is willing to use Wil
mington as a proving-ground
and give it the census at the
original proposed cost of $4,
775 with the Bureau defraying
the costs of the extra features
of the census.
Nichols says he intends to in
form the Bureau immediately
that the city is more than
anxious to comply with the
proposal, and that he hopes to
get all details straightened
out so the census may be be
gun about April 1.
FARRELL IN DUAL ROLE
New Industrial Agent
To Keep Chamber Job
City Council Resolution Provides $4,000
Budget To Carry On Work Until June
30; Full Cooperation To Be Extended
Wilmington’s bid for “a place in the sun” in the econom
ic and industrial post-war world received a strong shot in
the arm yesterday afternoon when the City council, in
special session with the Economic Industdial committee,
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VUtCU unuiJlillvuuij »»»»» 1/ “ -- -
Farrell, secretary of the Cham
ber of Comm- rce and newly-ap
pointed industrial agent, retain his
position with the Chamber and go
full speed ahead with the agent’s
program.
The resolution provides that Far
rell assume his duties immediate
ly and that he receive full assist
ance and' cooperation of the Coun
cil, the City Manager, and all city
departments in plotting the city’s
industrial future.
Monthly Reports
It also provides that Farrell
make monthly reports of his ac
tivities to the Council and City
Manager. Further, that the bud
get of $4,000 to finance the pro
gram till the end of the fiscal year.
June 30. 1946, be approved.
In anticipation of the council s
decisive move, Farrell has already
done considerable preliminary
work on his new job. He hopes,
he said yesterday, to have his plans
See FARRELL on Page Two
RESORTPLANN! I
BUSINESS G DE
Catalogue Of Wrightsville’s
Concerns Talked By
Chamber
The compilation of a business
directory and the , location of a
Chamber of Commerce information
booth were topics that bred con
siderable discussion at last night s
meeting of the Wrightsville Beach
Chamber of Commerce.
Especial consideration was giv
en to the directory which, it is
proposed, will be an exhaustive
catalogue of Beach concerns,
housing, recreation, and amuse
ment; extremely useful to resi
dents and an indispendible hand
book for vacationers.
The Chamber is sending a form
See RESORT PLANNING Page 2^
EMBASSY OFFICIAL
GAVE FIRST TIP ON
ATOMIC SECRET LEAK
OTTAWA, Feb. 18—(U.R)—Ot
tawa police circles said Mon
day that the first "tip” to
dominion officials on the opera
tions of a vast espionage ring
came from Ivor Gosenko,
youthful attache of the Rus
sian Embassay.
The ring allegedly operated in
behalf of Russia and despite
official denials the belief per
sisted that the atomic bomb
secrets of the United States,
Great Britain,. and Canada at
least came within the scope of
its efforts.
CITY'S ZONING
MEETINGS BEGIN
Citizens To Get Preview
Of Plans At NHHS Au
ditorium Tonight
The first in a series of public
hearings on the proposed city
zoning will be held tonight, 8:00
p. m., in New Hanover high school
auditorium.
In. a pre-view of preliminary
zoning plans, George W. Simons,
Jr., city planning consultant, and
his associate, Harold Weldon, will
disclose the plans for the area
bounded by 13th street on the west,
Burnt Mill creek on the east, and
the new city limit boundaries on
the north and south.
These plans are by no means
final. The purpose of the meeting
is to elicit the approval, or sug
gestions for change, of the plans
from the citizens living in that
area.
Hearings for other sections of
the city will be announced later.
And So To Bed..
The police, veritably, are
public servants.
Yesterday Rudolph Jarrell,
the policeman on the Grace to
Chestnut beat, was passing the
entrance to the Star-News.
A lady came np and asked
him to “drop into the Star
Classified department and
place an advertisement for
me.”
The ad was one involving the
sale of her house and it would
be inconvenient for her to get
out of her car and place the ad
herself.
She gave Jarrell $10 and the
ad copy. He placed the ad and
returned her change. The lady
thanked Jarrell and went on
her way, unnamed.
Jarrell hopes she sold the
house.
Political Interest btirs
As Primary Approaches
By JACK C. LUNAN
When New Hanover county _vot
ers go to the polls on May 25, to
participate in the first peace-time
election since 1940, they will have
plenty of ballot marking to do in
registering their preference fov
candidates competing for the vari
ous offices at stake.
Covers Cong List
For although only two state-wide
offices are to be voted on, the rest
of the list is practically intact and
will cover almost every office from
State Senator on down the line to
township constables.
And with contests expected in
A
the primary for most of the offices,
a near-record vote is expected to
be cast in view of the fact that
many servicemen ar4 now out of
uniform.
At least the total vote cast at
the Democratic primary on May
30, 1942 of 5,494 is expected to be
exceeded by those political rail
birds who like to guess at pros
pective figures.
Absentee Ballots
The only absentee ballots to be
used at the forth-coming primary
will be those for men and women
still in service.
See POLITICAL on Page Two
Along The Cape F ear
OLD SHELL KOAD — Now that
the county has proposed to make
improvements on the old
road which leads from the city o
Wrightsville Beach, we’ve kind of
got interested in its history.
For example, we’ve always
heard that the old Shell Road was
the first paved road in North Caro
lina. The story, as we know it.
says that someone got the ldea
paving the road with oysters
shells, that is.
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HIGHWAY OF TUMMY-ACHES
-Just off-hand, that raises some
questions. Who ate a . ,
to empty all those shells? And aid
it give them the stomachache.
Were Shells dragged up from
j cartsVor Id
ans SimPi>:+h°i the right-of-way as
oyster roast on tne *. f fixing
they went along-s°rt of mmng
busLess with oleasure, so to speak.
TOLL GATES— We’ve been look
ing for answers to these questions
and we can’t seem to find them. We
can’t even find out—we blush to ad
mit it—when the paving began.
What we have found out, outside
of the fact that oyster shells were
used, is that once upon a time
there were two toll gates stationed
on the road after it was completed.
Dne was at 17th street and Market
(or maybe Castle) and the other
was somewhere in Winter Park.
There were regular gates lowered
across the road at these places, just
like the ones at frontiers in Eu
rope, and the man-in-charge
wouldn’t lift it and let you through
until you crossed his palm with
silver.
That’s another thing we don’t
know. What was the fee?
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two