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rORECAST Wilmington and vicinity: Monday fair and little change in temperature. VOL-1:'—_____WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1946._ ESTABLISHED 1867 o* ey Want To Be Long-Gone When It Smacks | I These Bikini atoll natives don’t want to be around when the atomic bomb tests are made a lew weeks hence by the Navy so they’re talking above with Comdr. H. W. Grieve, Lieutenant Frey, and Lieutenant Commander Meyer, all left foreground, about clearing out. That’s Juda, local Alap chief, at right. Army Task Force Photo. i_ MATH TO A VILLAGE Navy Sets Up Ringside Seats For Bomb. Tests BIKINI, Marshall Islands, Monday, Feb. 25—(IP)—This is a wonderful ringside seat for the atom bomb test against 11 ships which will anchor a few hundred yards offshore—but nobody wants the seat. No qne knows exactly what is going to happen. So the only spectators will be recording robots. Seabees will move here soon to set up concrete towers with lead-lined compartments in which cameras and scientific in struments will be placed. Lovely Island ; Bikkini is a lovely little island. Water in shades from indigo to tur quoise to pale green and capped by pearl white surf, breaks over the coral. The island is about two and a half miles long and a half mile wide at the eastern end. It tapers off in an arc to the west, and, from the air, has the appearance of a long green scythe splashing water. How the natives have managed to retain their robust health is a mystery. There is nothing on the island except coconut palms, a few breadfruit trees, taro plants and pandanas trees. A few natives have chickens. Coral Streets 1 The village .consists of 60 thatch ed huts, including “government house” and a church. The church is at the tip of a single coral-bor dered street. Chief King Juda (one of the sub kings under King Jeimata Kubwa, who rules all islands of the atoll) walks to the beach and gravely greets visitors with handshakes. His people are friendly and good natured. They have broad, intel ligent faces. Missionaries long ago taught them the virtues of clothes, which they wear with local im provements. But children run about unabashedly naked. Some of the younger men wear only a breech cloth. Didn’t Like Japs Until a few months ago, there were Japanese on the island. Some native children look suspiciously Japanese, but our interpreter said Bikinians never were overly fond °f the invaders. In the cool shadows, old women See Navy SETS UP on Page Two I Am Not Perfect. . . Sometimes I may neglect to have your copy of The Morn ■ng Star, if i do, please phone 2'331i Star-News Circulation Department b f e o r e NINE 0 clock and they will send you a copy. Thanks. ^0llr Corning Star Carrier. HESS TELLS WEATHER OUTLOOK; JUST WETS FINGER—RAIN STOPS Paul Hess, head of the V. S. Weather Bureau here, Is better than a crystal ball. X esterday afternoon when that big black cloud scudded out of the northwest and dump ed buckets of rainwater over the city, the Star staff rushed to the phone and put in an em ergency call to Hess. “Are we going to have a big storm?" they shouted into the mouthpiece. The calm voice of Hess stilt ed the rough rainwaters. "Just a ‘clearing-off shower,” he said serenely. “It’ll be over in a little while and the weath er will be a bit colder.” See WEATHERMAN On Page Six 3,ooo,ooocTst ARGENTINE VOTE Results Not To Be Known For “Several Days”; Balloting Quiet BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 24.—(U.P.)— A record vote of possibly 3,000,000 ballots was cast in Sunday’s pres idential election, Argentine’s first in nine years. Order and quiet prevailed throughout the voting as Federal troops maintained a strict watch at the polls. Five soldiers were killed, how ever in accidents linked indirect ly with the election. The office of Gen. Diege I. Mason, electoral commander for Buenos Aires, also announced that two policemen were arrested for distributing propaganda in favor of Col. Juan D. Pern, present ruling dictator, and favored to win the presidency. Candidates Vote Peron’s opponent was Dr. Jose Tamborini, Democraic presidential candidate. Both candidates voted early and each was cheered by crowds at the polls. It was believed that a large per centage of the 5,000,000 registered See ARGENTINE on Page Two COIN’ FISHIN7 ^eac/i To Count Noses J[o Find Party Boats The Wright sville Beach | jaoer of Commerce is mak- I ava ? V6y , ^>artSr boats” j ; “abie io sportsmen who >' inS,K ° ma!ie fishing excursions Jhe waters of the vicinity. I w,ie ^tate Department of Con ‘‘rva':or, and Development is i of lssm8 the sporting facilities l nart0''"' Carolina. At the de i her ' “l S recJuest’ the Cham bj *IS Ui"'n'g owners who nave | tho S f 'r hire to agister with B m’ iniormation that can be -se<l or, to visiting anglers. Questions Asked th • hvreription of the boats, ; tb!'1 1''pe’ size an<^ equipment: : i e SP c'ies of f'sh taken, the tocauons fished, are facts sought bv the Chamber’s sur vey. Also, they ask that the owners give the address of the boat’s place of mooring, the rates of hire, and the season during which they operate the craft. The information compiled will be included in the business directory that the Chamber plans for the coming season. Boon To \VaIt0n3 It is pointed out that the results of th'e survey will be to the benefit of boat and owners and to sportsmen who visit Wrightsville Beach for the ocean, sound and river fishing to be had In that locality D. S. CARDINALS ASSUME CHARGES Mooney Of Detroit, Stritch Of Chicago Take Over Churches In Rome ROME, Feb. 24.—(U.R)—Two new American Cardinals took titular possession of historic Roman churches Sunday as the Pope pre pared for tomorrow’s unprecedent ed secret audience with Cardinals ■and Vatican diplomats at which he may comment on the Catholic church’s role in world affairs. In brief, colorful ceremonies Car dinals Edward Mooney of Detroit and Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago took possession respectively of the American Church of Santa Susanna and of Santa Agnes Outside the Walls. Policy Expected Many informed Vatican sources believed that at tomorrow’s collec tive audience with members of the Sacred college and diplomats ac credited to the Holy See—virtually a fifth consistory—the Pope would discuss world affairs and outline a poltical policy for the newly-in ternationalized College of Cardi nals. Some quarters, however, suggest ed that since the meeting is to be secret, the Pontiff is not likely to take this opportunity to make policy pronouncements. The Pope will speak in answer to an address of greetings by Anton’o Pacheco, See CARDINALS on Page Two GIRL ARRIVES SAFE AT CHARLESTON BUT BOY HASN'T HEARD The Girl has arrived in Am erica. Mrs. Yvonne Glenn was one of 11 French and Spanish wives, one fiancee, and four babies ot American service men who arrived in Charles ton, S. C., yesterday from Oran, Algeria, aboard the freighter. C. Francis Jenkins, after a stormy Atlantic cross ing. Mrs- Glenn nee Slemhrives, was the subject of a recent Star story about James Glenn, ex serv.ceman, who’d come back home and then, momentarily, lost track of his bride after seeing her only four days of nearly a year of marriage. Glenn is the nephew of Mrs. E. W. Stacy, Carolina Beach road. He is now at work in Lake Wales, Florida, after leaving here last Tuesday by plane. He didn’t know when he left where his bride was. He’d last heard from her Jan. 11 and then learned she was making the Atlantic crossing. So far as the Star could learn last night, Glenn doesn’t know his bride has arrived safely in America. Mrs. Glenn is French and lived in Oran when she ir.et Glenn. The Weather forecast North and South Carolina: Maiday fsir and little change in temperatuE. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 lours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 a. xn, 54; 7:30 a. m. 48; 1:30 p. m, 56: 7:30 p. m. 44. Maximum 56; Minimum 48; Mem 57; Normal 49. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 82; 7:30 a. m. 100; l:30p. m. 50; 7:30 p. m 78. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p, in.— .13 inches. Total since the first of the month— 1.85 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published tv U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). Hiffh Low Wilmington _4:47 a. m. _a. m. 5:01p.m. 12:04 p.m. Masonboro --2 :20 a. m. 8:48 a. m. 2:33 p.m. 8:53 p.m, Sunrise 6:16 a. m.; Sunset 6:05 p. m.i Moonrise 2:11 a. m.; Moonset 12:19 p. m. River stage at Fayetteville, N C. at 8 a. m. Sundry, no report. Settlement Of GM Strike Still Cloudy Four New Major Walkouts Threaten Nation While Negotiators Recess IDLE LIST GROWING Transport Workers Set To Tie Up All New York Transportation Tuesday STRIKES AT A GLANCE By The Associated Press Four new major strikes in the making—nation wide tieup of telephone service, power shutdown in Pittsburgh, transit strike m New York, a utilities shutdown in Houston, Tex. Milk drivers at Clevelad vote to walk oat. Idle in labor dis putes continue at 970.000 work ers. Major developments: Automobile — prospects for Quick settlement of General Motors strike darkened when negotiators recessed until Mon day with wages, seniority and vacation jay still in dispute. Houston Threatened Municipal—striking workers at Houston, Tex., threatened shutdown of cities utilities af ter withdrawing similar threat last Friday, Communications — National Federation cf Telephone Work ers go ahead with plans for possible coast-to-coast tele phone strike March 7. GOVERNMENT PLANS EDUCATION PROGRAM WASHINGTON, Feb. 2i.—UP)~ The government set out Sunday to educate the laaor leaders of to morrow in a long-range program to hold down future strikes. Secretary Schwellenbach and his top labor department officials, who since V J Day have been going through an unprecelented series of See STRIKES on Page Two NEW GRAPEVINES DEV )PED IN N. C. Dr. Claries Dearing An nounces Fruit Of 41 Years Experimentation BURGAW, Feb. 24—Dr. Charles T. Dearing, assistant directcr in charge of the Coastal Plain Test farm at Willard, has introduced 15 new muscadine grape varieties to fruit growers and nurserymen as a result of breeding work con ducted by the Bureau of Plant In dustry in cooperation with (he North Carolina State Department of Agriculture, under his direetbn at the farm at Willard. These 15 new muscadine varieties are tie first introductions resulting from Dr. Dearing’s breeding investigs tions started in 1905. The selections are named Cape Fear, Wallace, Pender, Burgaw, Tarheel, Duplin, Topsail, Orton, New River, Morrison, Onslow, Stanford, Kilgore, and Creswell. New Types Six of the introductions are oF a new type which was non-existent at the time the breeding investiga tions started, the State Bureau of Plant Industry announces. These are known as flowered and self fertile and capable of pollinating pistillate (female) varieties like scuppernong which set fruit only when pollinated by insects bringing fertile pollen from male vines or hermaphroites. The introduction of this type of muscadine grape permits use of the hermaphrodites in lieu of male vines in vineyards which, on the basis of 1 to 8, would amount to See GRAPE VINES on Page Two MASS STRIKE FA CES EGYPT IN WIDESPREAD REVOLTING; SHIP RAMS CHARLESTON SPAN Demolishes Long Length In Structure 10 it) Yards Of Cooper River Bridge Torn Away In Sunday Crash REPORT AUTO LOST No Casualties Listed When 10,000-Ton Freighter Rams High Bridge ON CHARLESTON BRIDGE Mr. and and Mrs. Gordan Doran, Columbia avenue, re turning yesterday to Wilming ton from Charleston, were crossing the Cooper River bridge in their car when the tiae-caught Liberty ship crash ed into the No. 2 span. Doran’s car led a group of five cars that were last to cross the bridge before the collision. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 24—(/P)—A 100-yard section of the eastern approach to the two-mile-long Cooper River bridge was demolished Sun day afternoon when a 10,000 ton freighter, dragging its anchor, rammed the supports of the span. The steamer, the Nicaragua Vic See BRIDGE On Page Two -^_ CONGRESS TO ACT ON HOUSING BILL House To Begin Debate On Emergency Measure To Ease Shortages WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. — UP) — Congress gave a number one spot Sunday to legislation aimed at easing the nation’s acute housing shortage. The House begins debate Monday on an emergency measure giving the Federal government broad See HOUSING on Page Two MAD PIANIST PLAYS CHOPIN, BEETHOVEN; MAKES QUIET EXIT DETROIT, Feb. 24—(fP)— A mad pianist, assisted by guards, kept 300 of the na tion’s top musicians enthralled here Saturday with a weird and beautiful concert. His face expressionless, the artist, an inmate of the Wayne County General hospital’s psy chiatric ward, bowed silently and left the stage apparently unmoved by the thunderous applause that followed his ren dition of intricate masterpieces by Chopin, Mozart and Beeth oven. His appearance was arranged by Dr. Ira M. Altschuler, hos pital psychiatrist, to demon strate to a conference of the Music Teachers National as sociation the value of music in aiding the mentally ill. Students Hit British Rule In Protests Indian Air Force Mutinous In Brooding Quiet Hang ing Over Bombay JEWS HOLD TEL AVIV 50,000 Attend Fcneral Of Four Raiders Killed By British Soldiers CAIRO, Feb. 24—(UP) — Egyptian students have called a nation-wide general strikt for Monday to commemorate 13 Egyptians killed in Thurs day’s rioting and authorities immediately adopted specia. security measures to avoid mor« bloodshed. The Students’ Executive commit tee urged all Egyptions to tak« part so that “imperialists will tee! the peoples’ condemnation of theii shameful challenge on unarmed demonstrators.’’ Strikes Presage Trouble Two previous general strips, Balfour Declaration Day last No vember and Evacuation Day on Thursday, ended in violence and death. Thirteen were killed and more than 100 injured in Thurs day’s disorders after British troopi opened fire on demonstrators. Student delegations called on cabinet members exhorting ths government to join In the strike but the ministers, following 1he lead of Premier Ismail Sidkj Pasha, were non-committal. Premier Sidky broadcast an ap peal to Egyptions to maintain business as usual Monday. H« iciiiiuiueu punae ana troops to safeguard lives and prop erty of shopkeepers, transport em ployees and the public in general. Students Massing Saturday, 10,000 students massinj at Fuad university campus pro See STUDENTS on Page Two PROPOSALSMADE TO CHARTER SHIPS Commerce Department Suggests Leasing U. S. Bottoms WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—OP) The Commerce department Sun day night suggested chartering of U. S. ships to other countries. It said that taking a “substantial volume” of U. S. merchant ship ping out of operation now would result in "a scarcity of world ton nage and higher freight rates.” Because of record ship construc tion from 1939 through July, 1945, the department said, this country now has 40 per cent of the world’s merchant tonnage, without taking into account 8,000,000 tons op erated by the Army and Navy. The department, in an article orepared for its Foreign Com merce weekly, suggested charter ing U. S. vessels for operation in trade among other countries, ai well as in trade with this country. “A liberal supply of tonnage, rea sonably low freight rates and di versified service will result in a larger volume of Internationa, trade and wider employment both within bnd outside of the shipping industry,” it said. ■-_ . Tough Talk Ousts Kid Gloves It would seem the diplomatic gentleman, so used to talking in honeyed tones, now is going to resort to tough talk. As if he posed for the new trend, General Walter Bedell Smith, right, who was Eisenhower’s right-hand man in the Battle of Europe and who is now U. S. 9mbassador to Russia, looks like he’s getting down to brass tacks with Maj. Ilia Sarayev of the Russian Embassy in Washington. International Photo. CABBIES TRAPPED! Police Nab 16 Drivers On Overcharge Counts Sailors, Returning To Local Department, Gather Evidence On Taximen On Rides Around Wilmington. Sixteen Wilmington taxi drivers were arrested and charged with overcharging fares and failure to display properly their operator’s license, Saturday night and Sun day morning. The offenders were caught, with the help of two World .War II veterans, who will soon re CONDUCT OF GI’S IN GERMANY CALLED *VERY DEPLORABLE'* NUERNBERG, Ger m a n v. Feb. 21.—(JP)—Capt. Frederick B. Eutsler, chaplain of the 487th U. S. Porth Battalion, de clared Sunday in a letter to the newspaper Stars and Stripes that the public behavior of Am erican troops in Germany has become “deplorable.’’ He urged that the newspaper “launch a crusade against this disgraceful conduct which is earning a bad name for our army."’ “Drunkenness and vulgarity in public places, even in Red Gross and other military clubs, Is increasing,” he said. HOUNDS HUNTING SLAYING SUSPECT State Prison Dogs On Trail Of Gause Landing Ne gro; Farmer Slain Special to The Star SHALLOTTE, Feb. 24.—Blood hounds frcm the State prison sys tem were Sunday night on the trail of Leon Gause, 26, Gause Landing Negro, sought in the shotgun slay ing of H. Jim Williamson, Shal lotte farmer who died Saturday night from wounds received from a hidden assailant. Arrested in connection with the Sec BLOODHOUNDS on Page Two And So To Bed.. We don’t necessarily believe this. We just pass it on to you, the public, to make what you want of it. Once upon a time (as all fairy tales start) Sgt. L. B. Rourk, of our police, was a bo’s’n’s mate aboard an oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. One day a storm blew up, and a huge wave crashed over the ship. But the wave wasn’t all water. From stem to stern, the tanker was deluged with fish. “The fish were in the wavf because some sharks were chasing them,’’ Sergeant Rourk says. “You see, the sharks were thrown onto the decks, too. We ate fish the rest of the voyage.’’ A fine kettle of fish. turn to the police force. The veterans, dressed in their Navy uniforms acted as “decoys” in the police department’s scheme to probe recent complaints by residents and visitors, who said that taxi drivers had been “over charging” them. Numerous Complaints Chief of Police Cnarles H. Cas teen said last night that prior to Saturday’s investigation numerous complaints had been made to the department saying that local taxi drivers had been overcharging. The complaints had been vague about identification of the drivers. He said that customers in the 75-cent zones had been charged numerous rates, ranging from $1 to $1.50. He explained that fares to any point in the old city limits were placed, at 50 cents. Fares to See CABBIES on Page Two HOUSE COMMITTEE NEARS SHOWDOWN ON BONUS FOR VETERANS WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—(U.R) —The House Veterans commit tee is nearing a showdown on the plan of Chairman Kolin E. Rankin, D., Miss., to give a $1040 bonus to every veteran with more than 90 days ser vice. Tlie comm'ttee is scheduled to begin hearings Thursday on proposed changes in present veterans laws. Rankin told re porters Sunday night that the insurance system will he the first topic under discussion and that he does not plan to bring up his bonus plan right now. Along The Cape Fear WILMINGTONI A-AM ERIC AN A— A short time ago we ran a little story about the Skating-Torpedoes. To refresh your memory, which, like ours, is probably still pretty congested with oystershells, the Skating-Torpedoes are a bunch of kids who have made a skating rink out of the Woodrow Wilson Cham ber of Commerce Hut sidewalks. They’re a nice bunch of kids, typical young Wilmingtonia-Ameri cana, healthy, full of life, noisy, and not afraid of falling down ker bump on the sidewalk, which they do frequently. Like most Americans, they bounce right up, ready to go at 1 again. . ,, Also, like most Americans, they like to see their names in print So here they are, reading from left to right. INTRODUCING- Donald Morton 'leader) 2B Emerson Head. 2G fusan Walker. 3-Richard Me Dowell. 4— Richard Cox. 5—Rupert Coble. 6—John Vines. 7—Celeste LeGwin. 8—Fred Kelly, Jr. 9—L. G. Harriss. In case you’re wondering about that 2B and 2G—B stands for boy and G for girl. Emerson and Susan, who fought hard for that number two berth, found themselves in a regular deadlock, so they finally decided to split the honor. Just like Capital and Labor, only more pleasant, and a lot quicker decision. IDENTITY KNOWN — Now that we’ve got them indentified, maybe you’d like to know about the man who said they could skate on the Hut’s sidewalks. They describe him as “the man with the purple heart who got shot in the head” and “a real nice guy.” The description is correct, if not comprehensive. Like most people See CAPE FEAR On Page Six WIZARDS OF TOMORROW NHHS Trains Youngsters In Scientific Mysteries By LARRY HIRSCH This, we are all well aware, is the Age of Science. It is an axiom that in order to have science you must have scientists. And it is a universal fact that most scientists nowadays don their first real robe of learning in that modern scien tific institution — the high school. Oldtimers Handicapped Consider — if Aristotle and Lucretius and those other old timers had been able to go to a modern high school, how much quicker ‘hey could have accomplished what they final* ly did accomplish. The modern high ^chooi teaches everything of a genera! scientific nature from “A” fol Algebra to “Z” for Zoology, and it develops and stimulates in the scientific-minded young ster the urge to “go on’’ from there. Explore Universe Just how well the high school is doing the job of urging its students to “go on” is illus See WIZARDS on Page Two j
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