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FORECAST ^ ^ 4 Slftt ^ i Served Bv Leased Wires —-. umuumut iiinntttin mar - State and National News VOL. 79.-NO. 122. WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1946 “ “ ESTABLISHED 1867 - " ' i "" ------—-___ •••.The Blue. The Fresh. The Eve^ Free! ~ ------- scf:'Y ' oS & Mammatmkgmtmmmms^mssasiisissssemessfA The time of the year Is here when poets go lyrical and plain folks go swimming. Above, is a picture of Wrightsville Beach, where a few brave souls who aren’t afraid of the cold water, al ready have started the 1946 season off swimmingly.—STAB STAFF PHOTO BY PETE KNIGHT. GROUP APPROVES HOUSE PROGRAM Banking Committee Backs Plan For Building 12, 500,000 New Homes WASHINGTON, April 4— W — The Senate Banking committee ynanimously approved Thursday a long-range housing program in tended to get 12,500,000 new dwell ing units constructed during the next 10 years. It is tailored to the theory that private enterprise will build most ol them if given easier govern ment loans and mortgage guaran tees. To that end, the Federal financing would be extended in present fields and broadened to reach new ones. Long Payment Term One provision would open the way for purchase of an FHA financed low-cost home with a 5 per cent down payment and 32 years to pay off the mortgage. The omnibus measure provides, too, for continued federal aid for public low-rent housing develop ments, a farm home construc tion program, and federal aid to cities desiring to redevelop run down areas. Chairman Wagner (D.-N. Y.) said he hopes to get the bill be fore the Senate immediately after emergency housing legislation which is due to come up next week. Bipartisan Support With Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) joining Wagner and Senator El lender ((D.-Laj as sponsors, the bill has a wide bipartisan support in the Senate. Only two major points of con troversy developed in the com mittee, one was over a clause, demanded by the CIO and the AFL, requiring that “the wages or fees prevailing in the locality” must be paid on any construction done with aid of government loans. A 7 to 4 vote removed individual homes from this provision. It *'as left applicable to public con duction and large apartment developments. A similar vote rejected a pro _ See HOUSING on Page Seven VIOLENCE FLARES! Mediators Struggle With Coal Miners Meanwhile, Non-Striking Worker Is Beaten Up By UMW Pickets In Kentucky; Lewis Threatens To ‘Take Walk’ WASHINGTON, April 4.—(UP)—Violence flared in the strike-bound Kentucky soft coal fields Thursday as gov ernment mediators struggled to keep UMW President John L. Lewis and the mine operators from walking out of their bogged-down negotiations. Tempers on both sides appeared to be fraying as the strike passed through its fourth day with an in creasingly grave effect on the na tion’s reconversion program. Protest Stops “Walk” Oily a strong protest from Gov ernment Mediator Paul W. Fuller prevented Lewis and the operators from “taking a walk” after a 4 1-2 hour meeting failed to produce a single point. Lewis already had asked an ad journment to report complete dis agreement to the full union-man agement wage conference, which would open the way to public dis cussion of the issues. , . . The operators, who balked at that proposal, suggested instead a cooling-off recess until next Mon day. Finally, it was agreed to meet again Friday. The first violence reported in the nation-wide strike came in Hopkins See VIOLENCE on Page Seven BAILEY CARRIED OUT FROM SENATE ROOM AFTER ‘GAS PAINS’ WASHINGTON, April 4. — (/P) — The condition of Senator Bailey (D.-N.C.), stricken after eating lunch Thursday, was “very serious” Thursday night, his physician, Dr. Walter A. Bloedorn, reported. Several physiciars attended the North Carolinian during the afternoon but made no an nouncement concerning their , diagnosis except to say Bailey apparently suffered a "diges tive upset.” Friends said he became ill while eating in the Senate din ing room and a short time lat er suffered a spell of weakness. See BAILEY On Page Seven The Weather FORECAST: North Carolina: Not ao warm Friday, - fair. South Carolina: Friday partly cloudy and not so warm. (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. 64; 7:30 a. m. 62; 1:80 p. m. 83; 7:30 p. m. 73. Maximum 85; Minimum 61; Mean 73; Normal 58. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 87; 7:30 a. m. 93; 1:30 p. m. 46; 7:30 p. m. 69. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.— 0 inches. Total since the first of the month— 0 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Wilmington _12:04 a.m. 7:25 a. »n. 12:31p.m. 7:25 p.m. Masonboro Inlet_10:18 a.m. 4:09 a.m. 10:45 p.m. 4:20 p.m. Sunrise 5:54 a. m.; Sunset 6:26 p. m.; Moonrise 8:27 a. m.; Moonset 20:52 p. m. River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at 8 a. m. Thursday, 9.6 feet. See THE WEATHER On Page Seven EDITORS TO MEET IN JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE, N. C.. April 4. —(ff>)—Seventy - five newspaper editors are expected here Friday for the opening of the two-day con vention of the Eastern North Caro lina Press association. The meeting will open with a sup per business session Friday night. Saturday’s program includes an inspection tour of Camp Lejeune, with luncheon in the camp mess hall and an afternoon business meeting in the camp school. The Saturday night session will be held at the Federal USO building. See EDITORS On Page Seven GROUP ARRIVING FOR CONVENTION Society Of The Cincinnati To Hold Two-Day Meet ing In City Members of the Society of the Cincinnati, composed of.“first son” descendants of Gen. George Wash ington's officers of the Continental Army, were arriving in Wilmington last night for their annual eonven tion. | Bartlett Johnston, New York, president of the society, and the rest of the member* are expected to arrive today. Annual Banquet The atanding eommittee of the North Carolina society will meet today, and tonight it will hold its annual banquet at the Cape Fear club. The general meeting of all mem ber* will be held at Orton planta tion on Saturday, with Lawrence Sprunt as host. The convention will be devoted to renewing old friendships among the members, election of officers for the coming year, and routine business. About 40 members are expected to partake in the festivi ties. Started By Washington The original Society of the Cin cinnati was founded by General Washington in 1783, and he served as its first president from 1783 to 1799. The society was split into 13 divisions, representing the 13 col onies. Only General Washington’s best officers were admitted to membership. Since then, the society has carried on the tradition. Only first sons of the first sons, etc., of the original members may belong to the organi zation. The original 13 societies are still in existence and represent the 13 states which grew out of the 13 colonies. VMI Gridders Asked To Play Game Here New Hanover Wildcats Meet Raleigh Caps Tonight . . . Gil mer Placed In 1A . . . Favorites Trail In Master’s Tourney . . . N. C. State Nine Beats Ohio U . . .DiMaggio Hits 16th Homer . . .For Complete Details see Sports on Page Nine. “ONE WORLD OR NONE” International Control Of Atomic Energy BY WALTER LIPPMANN_ Editor’s Note: This is the final of nine articles from the book, “One World or None,” contributed by Mr. Lippmann. His “Today And Tomorrow” will be resumed in The Star as soon as he returns from a European trip. The project of the world state is now such an idea. It was not always such an idea, though for some two thousand years in the Western world, at least since the Stoic philosophers were teaching, men have been able to transcend their tribal inheritance and to im agine the ideal of the universal state. But for long ages they were able to imagine also many other things they could not achieve—that, for example, men could fly and that no human person should be a chat tel slave. Much had to happen, much had to be experienced and discovered, before the abolition of slavery or the art of flying could become realizable ideas. So it has been with the ideal of the union of mankind under universal law.Much has had to happen, much exper ienced, discovered, and learned, See LIPPMANN On Page Eight HAMBONE’S meditations By Alley r~-~— — 1 *1 OLE 'OtfAK CxCfX HER PiTcHUH TUK - AM' NOW SHE. MAD £A'SE Hit LOOK JES' He* \\\ r */-iV/T 4icate. Inc.) Trade Mark * * n€m Bat U. & Fat. Ofilca> Along The Cape Fear HORNET’S NEST—Some people never learn from experience, and that includes us. Long years ago when we were kids, our curiosity persuaded us to probe into the mysteries of a large pear-shaped object suspend ed from a tree in our backyard. It was, of course, a hornet’s nest, and in retaliation to our probing the hornets probed us. We got covered with bumps—but they were anything but bumps of wisdom. The bumps have long since disappeared; ard if a phrenologist were to run his fertile fingers over our head now he would find it just as smooth and stupid as it was before we stuck our nose into that hornet’s nest so many years ago. « * * OUR ACHING BACK!—It may be, however, that before the week is out our head will again be swollen—with stupidity. Because we have stirred up another hornet’s nest in comparison with which the nest of our boyhood days shrinks to the size of a thimble. In last Saturday’s CAPE FEAR we put the Old Rock Spring on Chestnut street. In Monday’s CAPE FEAR we put the Old Bear Winery also on Chestnut street. “Here, now,’’ said Mr. C. C. Chadboum, an old Cape Fearian, “that’s wrong. The spring and the winery were on Mulberry street, now' known as Grace street.” So in Wednesday’s CAPE FEAR we did a quick turn-about and moved the spring and the winery over to Mulberry. Oh, as the Army boys say, our aching back! • * * MORE THAN MOHAMMED—No sooner did we get the spring and the winery moved over to Mulberry (it was a big engineering job, let us tell you) than a lot of other old Cape Fearians hopped on their telephones and told us to move them back! We haven’t been asked to do any thing like that since the days we worked on the WPA and moved sandhills back and forth more See CAPE FEAR on Page Seven ■ \ I UNO HURDLES MAJOR OBSTA CLE BY ‘SETTLEMENT’ OF IRAN CASE; M’ARTHUR SEEKS PUCE RULE - I,-j General Asks End Of Right To Wage War -_ i Famous Professional Sol diers Speaks To Allied Council For Japan OFFERS COOPERATION Points To Proposed New Jap Constitution As Ex ample To All Nations WASHINGTON, April 4.— (A*)— General Douglas Mac Arthur called Wednesday for all nations to renounce their sovereign right to wage war. Unless they do, he asserted, the United Nations must fait in its aim for peace and its inter national police force will be “at best but a temporary expedient.” This appeal from one of history’s most renowned professional sol diers was delivered before the Al lied council for Japan at its initial session in Tokyo. The War depart ment released MacArthur’s address here. ( Council Established The Council, with representatives of Russia, Britain, China and the United States, was established.' as the result of an agreement made by Secretary of State Byrnes with the other foreign ministers at Mos cow last December. Some con cern was voiced in congressional and other quarters at the time lest it hamper MacArthur’s author ity as supreme allied commander. While pledging full cooperation with the Council, MacArthur made See MacARTHUR on Page Seven Titus Explains Hospital Plan_j Col. Cliff Titus, who is here working with the drive for the proposed Catholic hospital, is shown above as he spoke to the ivitan club last night. Right, Tom Lawter, president of the club. —STAR STAFF PHOTO BY BOB HODGKIN SOLONS TO STUDY PROPERTIES HERE City Council To Hold Spe cial Meeting Today To Discuss Purchases The City council meets in spe cial session this morning to dis cuss the city’s possible purchase of surplus government property for the use of new industries. According to city hall reports, the city has tentative plans to pur chase the surplus property and then lease it to new industries here until the industries are able to build their own plants. Rate Conference Another possible matter for dis cussion at today’s session is next Monday’s journey to Raleigh when City Manager A. C. Nichols, City Attorney W. B. Campbell, and at least two councilmen go into con ference with N. C. State Utilities commission officials about Tide Water’s recent power-rate reduc tions. The matter of the Sunset com pany’s offer of $70,000 for pur chase of the company by the city will probably not come up for See SOLONS on Page Seven ECUADORIAN HERE FOR CENSUS STUDY Enumeration Expected Tg Be Completed In City By April 11 Oswaldo Castro, Director oi Statistics in Ecuador, South Amer ica, left for Washington, D. C., last night after a visit in Wilmington where he got a “first-hand” view of the city’s census in action. In Washington, Castro will attend a meeting of the Inter-American Statistical Institute, of which he is a member. He will also remain in Washington until the final figures on Wilmington's census are tabu lated and compiled there. To Direct Census Castro has been, and will con tinue, studying census and vital statistic methods and records in cities and states throughout the nation with a view toward directing Ecuador’s first census when he re turns home. The Ecuadorian census will be patterned after the Wilmington cen sus, which is the first of its kind ever to be taken in either of the Americas. Pan-American Congress In Decemoer of this year the Pan-American Statistical Congress, composed of expert statisticians like Castro Iron, every nation in the western hemisphere, '‘will con vene in Bogota, Colombia, to set up rules for a uniform census ten tatively scheduled to be taken in 1950, and every tenth year there after, in all New World nations. Although it has been in operation only four days, Wilmington's special census is about “60 per cent complete” already, William B. Pournelle, census director, dis closed yesterday. “If we continue at the pace we’ve set in the first four days — and there’s no apparent reason why we shouldn’t—the census should be fin ished about next Thursday, April 11,” Pournelle said. See ECUADORIAN on Page Seven POPE ASKS UNITED FIGHT ON FAMINE Pius Calls On Nations For Aid “Lest Hunger Sorely Threaten Peace” VATICAN CITY, April 4—WP)— i Pope Plus XII called upon nations Thursday to unite in feeding the famished lest hunger threaten the “sorely needed peace,” and sug gested limited rationing “in the better stocked countries” as one means of battling starvation. Declaring in a world broadcast that one-fourth of the world's popu lation faces “the sinister menace of hunger,” the Pope urged the im” porting of food to Europe until the next harvest, distribution of exist ing stocks, avoidance of all waste, and use of all possible means of transportation and food distribution. Food Situation Difficult Estimating that the good situation will be difficult for at least the next 16 mon*hs, he called especially upon the rich granaries of Argen tina, Brazil and other Latin Ameri can countries for aid. The Pontiff, who conferred re cently with former President Her See POPE on Page Seven 300,000 DRAFTEES ‘LOST' BY SERVICE IN 1944 CONFUSION •m WASHINGTON, April 4—OP)— A. former Selective Service of ficial related Thursday that the Army “lost track” of 300, 000 draftees in early 1944 — “They had 300,000 more men than they knew they had.” Questioning the Army’s esti mates of its manpower needs, Roscoe S. Conkling of New York, a lieutenant colonel on the Selective Service staffs of World Wars I and II, told the story to the Senate Military committee. BETTER JOB SERVICE USES Plans Improved Work For Employers A program of job develop ment and better service to em ployers, inaugurated several weeks ago by the local U. S. Employment Service, is getting a “step-lt-up” injection today. Charles C. Love, occupation* al analyst, from the Occupa tional Analysis unit, Raleigh, arrived in Wilmington yester day to make a survey of the local offices which will disclose it’a needs in solving several oi the many problems with which it is faced today. Job Development His visit here also concerns the job development program and improvement of service to employers who place orders with the local employment of fice. "Through the use of occupa tional analysis, it’s tools and techniques, we plan to place In the manager’s and inter viewer’s hands the necessary equipment with which to wage a successful campaign for jobs in Wilmington,” the analyst said. Attributing the main problem of employment in Wilmington, and the area, to the lack of See U. S. E. S. On Page Seven Reds' Pledge Accepted By Peace Group Issue May Be Opened Again May 6 If Soviets Fail To Move Troops BYRNES SPURS ISSUE Officials In Tehran Say Premier Has Scored “Great Victory" NEW YORK, April 4.—f/P) ' —The United Nations Securi ty Council, spurred by U, S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, accepted Thursday Russia’s unconditional pledge to withdraw from Iran and voted to defer consideration of the Iranian case until May 6. The Council action was taken over the vigorous objection of Lieut. Col. William Roy Hodgson, the Australian delegate, and in the absence of the Russian delegate, who walked out last week in pro test against hearing the Iranian case. Hurdles Obstacle The security body thus hurdled a major. obstacle in its develop ment as the world’s peace agency. Delegates, Thursday night, were frankly optimistic as to the fu ture effectiveness of the Council, which has in little more than a week weathered one of the worst storms on its young life. Secretary Byrnes presented the resolution by which further pro See UNO on Page Seven SLAYER IS HUNTED AROUND NEW BERN Police Guard Stationed At Home Of Former Wife For Protection NEW BERN, April 4—FBI agents. State Highway patrolmen and city police joined Thursday in a widespread search through this area for Earl McFarland, former Marine private first class, who escaped from the district jail at Washington early Wednesday while awaiting an appeal from a death sentence for the criminal assault and murder of a War De Dartment clerk during October, 1944, in a Washington park. No trace of the escaped mur derer had been found early Thurs day night in this section, it wai reported by Chief of Police Ed ward Belangia. Ex-Wife Here It was thought that perhaps Mc Farland might come to New Bern, where in May, 1942, he married Doris Marie Dudley, just prior to his leaving Camp Lejeune with th. First Marine division for Guadal canal. She divorced him last Janu ary. He did not contest the divorca suit in Superior court here, but is reported to have objected pri vately to it. At the request of Mr. and Mr*. Simmie Dudley, parents of Mrs. McFarland, city police guarded ;heir house Wedensday night and are continuing their watch there rhursday night to protect them igainst any possible trouble in the went of McFarland’s returning. And So To Bed.. Not long ago a little girl got sick. Her father, a nervous and anxious parent, wanted to see to it that she had Immediate at tention at all times. So he got a large bell and put it on her bed-table. “Now, look, Honey,” he said. “If ever you need me for any thing whatsoever you ring this bell as loud as you can.” The little girl promised. That night, as the father lay in his bed, he was suddenly brought upright from his sleep by the clanging clamor of the bell. He rushed into his daughter's room. “Oh, my darling,” he shout ed, “what’s the malter?” “Nothing, daddv,” said the little girl. “I just wanted to see whether the bell would ring or not.” f l
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