Wlmtttgiiw ilUiHrtttttQ y0^79,_-NO. “7.____WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1946__ ESTABLISHED 1867 ggKTNG PEACE Soft Coal Leaders In No-Strike Plea r^TON, March 5-(fF)— - Nation's bituminous coal op ^rators today appealed to John L. *a -c anrf the United Mine Workers to negotiate a new contract with al!, ^pertaors, in a letter to .,1 replying to his request to b , {0r contract negotiations on Mwch 12. said that the price in iia . which would follow any pay 're“, t0 {he 400,000 bituminous i!*SrS woula penalize the industry I* competition with other fuels. ^Charles O’Neill and Edward R. Barke representing the Northern Lalachian region and Southern Producers’ gr°>->Ps. ®aid labor costs. now represented 65 per cent of the cost of an average ton of coal at ,he mines, amounting to an aver age of $2.93. Cooperative Spirit 1 ifle assure you that the op arators’ negotiating committee will enter the coming conference in a full spirit of cooperation and that it is sincerely anxious to reach a speedy, equitable agreement, with coal production going forward uninterrupted,” the letter to Lewis from the operators committee con cluded. Lewis asked for the negotiations on the general issue of wages and working conditions and mentioned that the issue of orgaization of fore men would be raised. Foremen Union A brief strike in October over the recognition of Lewis’s foremen union was ended by the UMW presi dent who said settlement on that point would be postponed until some more appropriate time—such as the reopening of his contract. The current agreement will ex pire April 1 as a result of Lewis’ invitation to the operators to nego tiate a new contract. Community C $7,000 To C PAKTYCONVENTION DATES ARE NAMED Democrats Of State To Meet May 2; County Meetings April 27 HALEIGH, March 5—(JP)—'The Stale Democratic Executive com mittee Tuesday night selected Thursday noon, May 2, for the state party convention, April 27 for the county conventions, and April 20 for the precinct conven tions. Approximately 45 persons and 51 proxies were voted out of a pos sible <44. The committee authorized State Chairman W. B. Umstead to ap point a five-man committee to study proposed changes in the plan of organization, the committee to report back in the summer. To Committee E. S. Merritt of Catawba county lubmitted a resolution to give Ca tawba county equal representation with Iredell county in the selec tion of a state senator, but the mat lee CONVENTION on Page Two FARMERS FLEECED IN EGG PURCHASES Marketing Experts Says Hucksters Doing Farm to-Farm Buying HALEIGH, March 5 — (/PJ — Hucksters throughout the state are fleecing fanners of thousands of dollars a week through farm-to larm purchases of eggs at prices considerably below the govern ment's floor price of 27 cts. a dozen, H. L. Meacham, marketing expert of the State College Extension Ser vice, said Tuesday. He added that demand for eggs on all marketing centers continues strong with rec ognized dealers paying 31 and 32 cents a dozen. Meacham said that dealers in marketing centers probably will continue to pay farmers several cents a dozen above the floor price for eggs and added that shipment can be made by the producer at an average cost of about one cent Per dozen. Husksters, telling farmers that jhe egg market is glutted, are mak. mg on-the-farm purchases as low '' 20 cents per dozen in Halifax county, 25 cents a dozen in Bruns Columbus, Harnett, Lee, Bladen and Wilson counties, Mea cham said. In mountain counties *here production is lower farm *gg prices are holding more nearly m Bne with actual market values. lE - ihe Weather - ., FORECAST 11*2, Carolina—North Carolina— Wed increasing cloudiness and warm (Eastern Standard Time) »t . (By E* S. Weather Bureau) •nHilteoIogolical data for the 24 hour: ng 7:30 p.m. yesterday. .Temperatures 7.,;w0 ain- 57; 7:30 a.m. 55; 1:30 p.m. 71 '•JJ P.m. 64. 72; Minimum 53^ Mean 62 i.«A Humidity 70n “ 61 *» 7:30 a.m. 75; 1:30 p.m. 45 P.m. 72 , Precipitation al for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. ~~ inches. otal since the first of the month -— inches. (From J.ides Fot Today S. rnaJhe T:c,-e Tables published by E ast and Geodetic Survey) __ _h"*n, 6hTa.n VS M cMn.. . 10:04 p.m. 3:54 p.n iloonrS a-m-; Sunset 8:12 p.m RivalSee?'*^ a m- Moonset 9:37 p.m. am n?taRe rt Fayetteville. N. ,C. at Tuesday, 9.5 feet nest Awards harity Group The Community Chest yesterday appropriated $7,000 to the Associa ted charities to carry on their work during the current year. L. D. Latta reported at the com munity Chest Board of Directors meeting yesterday afternoon that representatives of the Community Chest and the Associated charities had agreed to recommend that the Community Chest appropriate $7, 000 from its trust fund with the Community Welfare foundation to be paid in equal quarterly install ments during the fiscal year 1946 to the Associated charities. Family Service It was also recommended that the Community Chest request the Community Council to j^ssume the responsibility of organizing a fami ly Service society with the funds appropriated to the Associated charities for that purpose during the last campaign. Latta told the board members that he had been advised by the Rev. Alexander Miller, president of the Associated Charities, that TYitva>rf.or« had act ed favorably on this proposal at a recent meeting. Latta Motion A motion was made by Latta, that an appropriation of $7,000 be made to the Associated Charities for the fiscal year 1946, and was seconded by Stewart. Latta then moved that the Com munity Council be requested to as sume the responsibility of organiz ing a Family Service society along See CHEST On Page Two ACL EXPECTING NEW CRANES SOON New Machinery Be Largest Of Type Ever Used On System, Official Says Three cranes, largest ever used on Atlantic Coast Line’s tracks are scheduled to arrive soon. The cranes are 250 ton wrecking crane models, and will be self propelled, ACL officials said. They are being held up because of labor disputes now going on in the Bay City, Michigan plants. The first crane to arrive will be assigned to the Rocky Mount plant. The latter two cranes will be assigned to the Waycross, Georgia and Florence, S. C. plants. Reassignment of _i_11

— The CIO United Aiito Workers tonight repeated its rejection of a Genera] Motors proposal for a return-to work vote by the 175,000 strikers. Company representatives report ed the union's rejection upon leav ing an hour’s negotiation session with UAW-CIO officials. “We are standing pat on 18 1-2 cents,” said Vice-President Harry W. Anderson. “We have no other proposals to make and none was of fered by the union.” General Motors had proposed a return to work vote on the basis See AUTO WORKERS on Page 2 GIRL UVES AFTER 11-STORY TUMBLE Fifteen-Year-Old Tells At tendants To Watch Her Last Nylon Hose NEW YORK, March 5.—>— ^ 15-year-old girl fell 11 stories to night—and lived, telling hospita attendants to be careful about he] nylon stockings. f Police identified thf girl as Rena ta Chapiro, and said she was fullj conscious when she crashe< through the fabric top of an auto mobile at the end of her fall. Taken to a hospital, the girl’: condition was listed as critical Her injuries were reported as in cluding multiple fractures of botl legs, a compound fracture of the right arm, shock and possible in temal injuries. But she told attendants removini her stockings: “Be careful. They’re nylons.” Along The Cape Fear COMPETITION — Variety, they ay, is the spice of life. And com eti'don, we say, is the cinnamon of ampaigns. Yesterday we started a campaign ) bring whistles out from under le shadow of notoriety which Ben 'ranklin placed over them. The mature of our campaign is the for ration of the BLEW (Blow Loud, Imancipated Whistles) society, .nd our candidate for the presi ency of that society was, as of esterday, the Old ACL Whistle in Wilmington. * * * THE CHALLENGER — N o W, re’re not so sure. Cinnamon has een sprinkled on our candidate. Right after Ben McDonald gave is radio pre-view of yesterday s dong the Cape Fear, an old resi ent-who asked us to withhold his ame—called up to challenge the >ld ACL Whistle’s right to the andidacy He, you see, knows about a whistle that goes all the way back to 1889. * * * ■WHAT A WHISTLE — In that year, he told us Spofford Mills was built, and, like all mills, it had to have a whistle to tell the folks when to come to work, when to eat lunch, when to finish lunch, and when to go home. There was just one trouble with the whistle, he said. It blew so loud that it could be heard clear over, to Burgaw and Rocky Point. And, until they got used to it, the Burgaw belles and the Rocky Point petites would turn around on the street to see who was flirting with them. . • * It HORRORS — Then one day Ben Franklin’s whistle-curse took over. Forest Hills was built—and the in sufferable happened. See CAPE FEAR on Page Two Nation-Wide Walkout Set By Unionists Waiting Period Of 30 To 60 Days Usually Fol lows Strike Orders ACL AFFECTED TOO Official Lists Many Roads In South As Scheduled For Next Week CHICAGO, March 5 — (iP) — A nationwide strike of railroad en gineers and trainmen, which could paralyze the nation’s rail system, has been called for next Monday morning, a union official announc ed Tuesday—without confirmation or denial by national heads of the union. A “waiting period” of 30 to 60 days ordinarily follows a formal strike call, if the brotherhoods comply with the Railway Labor act’s procedure permitting Presi dent Truman to appoint an emer gency fact-finding board. No Notice Railroad officials here said they had not received any official notice of the strike. At Cleveland, hea3s of the rail See TRAINMEN on Page Two v 4 * rnnrm v% n n 1 V1T JAIlUa KtbAlW TWO OLD MEMBERS Organization Ready For Observance Of American ism Week March 12-22 The Junior Chamber of Com merce regained twb members last night as Francis Thompson and James Craig, former Jaycees, at tended their first meeting since returning from service ovfrseas. With Troy Hodges afcting as chairman the meeting reviewed a number of civic and recreational matters. A report on the Americanism committee was read and the pro gram for Americanism Week, March 12-22, discussed. Plans for an April Jaycee golf tournament were presented, and consideration was given the cham ber’s sponsorship of high school baseball teams. The election of high school stu dents for one day terms in City of fices was discussed and the pro • posal prepared for approval by the city council. JULIUS A. KRUG WINS SENATE APPROVAL AS , INTERIOR SECRETARY WASHINGTON, March |—(AP)— . Julius A. Krug easily worWSenate confirmation Tuesday as Secretary of the Interior to succeed the Vet eran Harold L. Ickes. The Senate action came with unanimous consent and without de bate a short time after approval was .recommended by the Public Lands committee. Krug, 38-year-old former chair man of the War Production Board, was nominated by President Tru man last week to succeed Ickes, who quit the cabinet post he had held nearly-13 years after a dispute with the President growing out of the nomination of Edwin B. Pauley to be undersecretary of the Navy. Alligators Ft Time; TheyD WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. — — These are tough times for alliga tors—they don’t grow up like they used to. Did you know that 14- and 15-foot alligators once were as common in Florida as Chambers of Com merce are now? Or what the out look is for the modern alligator when he grows up? A measly 12-footer at best, says the Fish and Wildlife Service gloomily, without bothering to ex plain why. Furthermore, the alligator soon may be extinct. I CHURCHILL SPEECH BRINGS UNFAVORABLE COMMENT BY SENATORS WASHINGTON, March 5.—VP) —Winston Churchill's proposal for a virtual British-American military alliance provoked gen erally unfavorable reaction among members of Congress today. The former prime minister’s call for sharing of bases and military preparations found some support, but most Sena tors said they want no formal alliance because it might arouse suspicision on the part of Russia and because it would link the United States too close ly to British foreign policies. Senator Johnson (D.-Colo.) •aid there already is “an un written alliance” between Brit ain and the United States for mutual protection, but added: “I’m very sure we are not ready now to have a military alliance that would impose on us the duty of enforcing Brit ain’s foreign policies.’’ Senator Brewster (R.-Me.) *reed that “we cannot assume s heritage 0f British colonial policy.” But Senator Robertson (R. Wyo.) said he believes that un til such time as Russia “rolls up the iron curtain,” close co operation between the United States, Britain and other mem bers of the United Nations is essential. ' ; ms Senator Pepper (D.-Fla.), who has urged a better under standing with Russia, eom mcB.Cu thai Churchill had spok en “in his best Marlborough manner for glorious imperial ism — but it is always British imperialism.” “Of course,” Pepper said, “we want Anglo-American co operation, but not fexclusively.” Senator Maybank (D-S. C.), said he agreed in the main with Churchill’s assertion that Russia seems bent on “indefi nite expansion” of its “power and doctrines” but doubted that a military alliance with Brit ain would curb this tendency. Chairman Connally (D.-Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations comm it tee and Senator See COMMENT on Page Two ROT ARY-ANNSARE FETED AT DINNER Wilmington Rotary Stages Annual Ladies’ Night . At Famous Club About 37 wives of Wilmington Rotarians were welcomed to La dies Night, by the Rev. Mortimer Glover, in the absence of Thomas B. Lilly, president of the club, at a dinner party at the Famous club last night. Approximately 115 members and their guests were present for the evening of fun and merry-making. Among the guests were the presi dents and their wives, of three oth er Wilmington civic clubs. The evening of fun was started with a welcome by the Rev. Mr. Glover, who announced that 37 Ro tarians, and 37 “Rotary Anns”, 34 visitors, and two Junior “Rotary Anns” and two Junior Rotarians, were present and made a short welcome speech to the ladies. A response to the Rev. Mr. Glov er was made by Mrs. Charles New come. During the evening, Mrs. James T. Murdock, soloist, sang “I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen,” and "The Bells of St. Mary’s”. The remainder of tne evening was taken up with debates, song singing,; and light speeches by vari ous members of the club. A short play “How Columbus Dis covered America” was given, by members of the club. icing Tough on’t Grow Up First came the hunters. Within 14 years (1880 to 1894) they killed more than 2,000,000 alligators in Florida alone. Then came the tourists. It seems that alligators do a good job in the production line (an alligator sometimes lays as many as 60 eggs), but tourists cart nany of the youngsters away to ;he north. There, says the F. & N. report, the alligators “endure a slow death by starvation.” The wildlifers think the man See ALLIGATORS on Page Two. Ex-Premier Asks-Anglo U.S. Accord British Opposition Leader Calls For Alliance Along Military Lines WARNS OF DANGERS Missourians Hear Timely Suggestion For PrAren tion Of Third War FULTON, Mo., March 5.— Winston Churchill called today foB a virtual Anglo-American military alliance with a blunt warning against what he termed Russia’s desire for "indefinite expansion” ol its ‘‘power and doctrines.” Asserting that "a shadow hqs fallen upon the scenes so lately CHURCHILL TEXT ON P. S lighted by the Allied victory,” the former British Prime Minister de* dared in an address prepared for delivery at Westminister College here: Nobody Knows "Nobody knows what Soviet Rut* sia and its Communist intemation* al organization intends to do in the immediate future, or what are the limits, if any, to their expansive and proselyting tendencies.” Britain’s wartime leader gravel? declared that prevention of an* other great war "can only be achieved by reaching now, in 1940, a good understanding on all pointi with Russia under the general au« thority of the United Nations Or* gamzatioa.” Seek War Fruits While he said he does not believe that the Soviet Union desires war, Churchill attributed to the Russians a desire for "the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines.” "From what I have seen of our Russian friends and Allies during See CHURCHILL on Page Two FRANCO DEFIANT OVER U. S. NOTE Ambassador To Washing ton Says Nation Will Re pudiate Foreign Pressure WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. — (JP) — Defiant reaction from Franciscn Franco was made public today as the United States, Britain and France Awaited results of their joint call to the Spanish people to oust the Generalissimo. Franco’s Ambassador in Wash* ington, Juan Francisco De Car denas, delivered a note at the State department Sunday—some 24 hours before the release of the American-British-French declara. tion—warning that Spain would "repudiate” any "foreign pre*. sure.” The note said the question of the Franco regime was exclusively e Spanish matter, and that any for. eign intervention would "heighten the national feelings of the Spanish people, always zealous of the In* tegrity of their sovereignty.” Spain was passing along this in. formation because of press re. ports that the three-power state ment was about to be issued, the note explained. A similar note was delivered t* London but not to Paris. And So To Bed.* A well-known Wrightsvilla Beach lady has forwarded the anti-climax to end all climaxes. When she was a child, she began to do the grocery shop ping for her mother. As she shopped through the store she would pick up a stray cracker, cookie, or grape and munch oa it, like all kids do in grocery stores. At the end of her first month’s shopping, her mother received the regular montfily bill from the grocery, with the purchases listed item by item as usual. But at the end of the bill was appended this item: “One dollar—for child’s grax insr.’