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Plmuutfmt iHurnitm 3§£" — r ^ w ^ r -v With Complete Coverage of State and National Newi ESTABLISHED 1867 ~ Southeastern North Carolina Bankers Gather 'Jn City ~ -— ■ ■ —— ■— ■ — ■ «VW' Ck _' It was a “bank holiday’’ for 200 officers and employes, and their guests, of Southeastern North Carolina banks here last night. Above are shown men from most of the counties represent ed. They are, left to right, John Russ, cashier, First Citizens Bank and Trust, Burgaw; C. R. Jordan, Jr., cashier, Bank of Elizabethtown; Prince O’Brien, cashier, Waccamaw Bank and Trust, Southport; W. L. Bozeman, cashier, Wilmington Savings and Trust and chairman of the Sixth District Bankers’ associa tion; Claude Harrill, cashier, State Bank, Maxton; Paul Stewart, cashier, First Citizens Bank and Trust, Fayetteville; and B. L. Nesmith, cashier, Waccamaw Bank and Trust, Tabor City.—STAR STAFF PHOTO BY BOB HODGKIN. ’BERRY CEILING REMOVAL OKED Bowles Expected To Act Immediately To End Control On Fruit Strawberry growers and ware housemen were last night awaiting final action by Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles on the removal of price ceilings on the fruit with many growers contending they can not sell at auction under the pres ent celling price. OPA Approves According to a special dispatch received by the Star last night, the OPA and Department of Agricul ture yesterday approved removal of the price ceilings but opposition from the strawberry preserving nnmtoviioc ic nretrentlncf final V by Bowles, Representative J. Bay ard Clark, of the seventh North Carolina district, has said. Congressmen Clark and Graham A. Barden, third district, are press ing Bowles’ office for action of the matter. Marketing Starts Both Chadbourn and Wallace, the slate's largest strawberry centers, are beginning to move strawberries to the market under a ceiling price of S10.56 a crate with ceilings slated to drop Anril 15 to S3.88 and on May 2, to $7.80. The Congressmen contend that the berries are a luxury and not an essential food item and so con sider ceilings unnecessary. They also stale that the preserving com panies wish to keep price controls on so that the crop may be bought at the lowest possible prices. Many telegrams protesting the delay have been received by the Congressmen. Action Expected Meanwhile, another dispatch from Washington quoted Senator Clvrip T? T-Tr> «vnai*+?ntf "f Vl t Bowles would act to remove the ceilings not later than tomorrow. According to O. O. Phillips, in Wallace, the fruit is coming to the market at an accelerated pace w"h 255 crates being sold the first three days of the week. All offer ings brought the top ceiling price °i $10.56, he said. Jt'-e STRAWBERRY on Page Two mbonfs meditations By Alley heap a foj^vas vmhut's R&EKJN'vVtD (MMRPEMO. iS SMEA.UN' OP W'i THIN& v/lD £OMfcElTU vH (Be&aeed by The Bell 8m dteete, toe.) Trade Harm Beg. U. a Pat Office) “BANK HOLIDAY” 200 Attend Group Convention Here Bankers And Employes From Southeastern North Carolina Hold Annual Meeting; Association Secretary Speaks It was “bank holiday” at the Plantation club last night as the Sixth District North Carolina Bankers association convened for its annual convention. Prominent bankers, their employes, and guests—about 200 strong—from New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, Colum jus, xvoDeson, uumDeriana, ana Bladen counties attended the «#la nformal affair. Banquet Opens Meet The evening’s festivities opened vith a banquet, during which Warren Johnson, president of the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust :ompany and second viee-president if the North Carolina Bankers as ;ociation, introduced the guests. Speaker of the evening was Fred Green, secretary of the North Caro lna Bankers association, Raleigh. Community Development Green gave a short but informa ;ive talk on “banking and com nunity development.” He stressed he importance of banking in re ation to the well-being of the in lividual community and urged that ill bankers cooperate more closely han ever not only with one an other but with the rest of the pub ic in order to develop a strong iconomic system in local com nunities as well as throughout he entire nation. Bozeman Host W. L. Bozeman, chairman of the issociation and cashier of the Wil nington Savings and Trust com iany, was host to the delegation. See BANK on Page Two EHRINGHAUS TURNS DOWN OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT JAPS Raleigh, April 10. — m — J. C. B. Ehringhaus, former governor of North Carolina, said Wednesday that he had de clined an offer of the War de partment to serve as chief American defense counsel for Japanese war crime trials. He said that he had sent the War department a telegram in which he said that although he “deeply appreciated the honor” the pressure of other business forced him to decline the offer. The Weather FORECAST North Carolina: — Thursday, partly cloudy and slightly warmer with scat tered showers in the coastal area. South Carolina: — Thursday, partly cloudy and slightly warmer, scattered showers in south and east portions. (Eastern Standard Time) (U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hcurs ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. 1:30 a.m. 58; 7:30 a.m. 62; 1:30 p.m. 58; Temperatures 7:30 p.m. 56. Maximum 67; Minimum 55; Mean 61; Normal 60 Humidity 1:30 a.m. 89; 7:30 a.m. 89; 1:30 p.m. 77; 7:30 p.m. 71. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 pm. — 0.02 inches. Total since the first of the month — 1.03 inches. Tides for Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low E.EO ~ _ m.nn _ _ 6:22 p.m. 1:03 p.m. Masonboro Inlet __3:58 a.m. 10:19 a.m. 4:34 p.m. 10:36 p.m. Sunrise 5:46; Sunset 6:40; Moonrise 2:15; Moonset 3:30. River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at 8 a.m., Wednesday, 9.7 feet. See THE WEATHER on Page Two COUNCIL MOVES FOR SAFE LAKE The recent tragic drowning in Greenfield lake resulted in speedy action by the City council yester day to preclude as far as humanly possible, a recurrence of the tragedy. Prompted by six recommenda tions 'submitted by the investigat ing committee, the council au thorized City Manager A. C. Nichols to put into immediate ef See GREENFIELD on Page Two BESS’S CLUB MEETS Independence Women Make Grandest Slam WASHINGTON, April 10 —Wi —The Tuesday Bridge club of Independence, Mo., came to order Wednesday at Bess Tru man’s home—the White House. With a new hat on every member and plenty to see around the ho -.se, the 10 ladies from Independence prepared for a red-letter seision in the club’s more than 20-year his tory. Blow In By Plane Five of the girls blew in by plane Wednesday afternoon. The other five, less spectacu lar, were supposed to arrive by car. The White House wouldn’t say whether or not they had made it yet. At National airport, the fly ing half of Mrs. Truman’s club flocked off their plane to face 12 reporters, five photograph ers, two White House cars, two chauffeurs and one secret service man. Hey, Gals, Hold It “Hey, gals,” yelled a photog rapher. “Hold it.” "Goodness,” said Mrs. Leslie Shaw, “isn’t this amazing.” See BRIDGE on Page Two CITY DEVELOPMENT PUSHED BY SOLONS Council Authorizes New Drainage Project And Opens Up Market Two steps toward Wilmington’s future as a flourishing and clean city were taken yesterday when the City council (1) threw open the city produce market to all com ers and (2) authorized a new $30,. 000 storm drainage project. The city market has long heen f, very dead duck. Under the existing ordinance, only local farmers are permitted to sell their produce there. Further, each farmer is al lowed to sell only his own produce; he cannot act as agent for his neighbor farmer and dispose of his produce for him. Wholesalers Barred Moreover, all wholesalers of farm produce are barred from the market. Under this situation, much local farm produce is being diverted to markets in Bur2aw, Whiteville, and Wallace, and local consumers here are eating, not New Hanover grown rood, tut rood imported from far sections of the country. The entire matter was brought before the council by a delegation from the agricultural committee of the Wilmington Chamber of Com merce composed of H. A. Marks, R. W. Galphin, Kyle Bannerman, and George Hutaff. Petitions Submitted The delegation submitted to the council two petitions—one signed by 47 farmers and one signed by 45 food merchants—asking that the council rescind its market ordi nance and draw up a new one al lowing not only New Hanover farm ers and wholesalers, but also farm ers and wholesalers from other counties to use the market “in open competition.” The committee members predict ed that such action by the council would create a great flow of farm produce through this city and make Wilmington “one of the big market centers of Southeastern North Carolina.” The council directed City At torney W. B. Campbell to draw up a new ordinance in line with the proposal. The new $30,000 storm drainage See DEVELOPMENT on Page Two Along The Cape Fear i PUREST INDIA RUBBER — There is no limit on how far one can stick one’s neck out, especially when one’s neck is made of the very purest India rubber — like ours. We have stuck our neck out several times lately in our muddled efforts to nose out historical tid bits along the Cape Fear—and twice or thrice we have almost lost our head. Being made of the very purest India rubber, however, our neck has so far always snapped back with the head, such as it is, still intact. What’s more, we shall continue to stick our neck out for the cause of those things dear to all of us who dwell along the Cape Fear. Just to prove how earnest we are, we want to tell you that we have turned down flat a most engaging offer from a traveling circus in oeed of an India rubber man. » * * CAPE FEAR IN MANHATTAN— Today we are going to stick out our neck a long distance, all the way in fact, from Princess street c to Greenville sound. This new contortion is brought - about by the fact that we have j received a letter from no less a place than Little Old New York. Frankly, we never expected the Cape Fear to venture so far north as Manhattan. J But according to this letter, it has. Moreover, it appears that the Cape Fear is more popular to the letter writer than the old Hudson ~ river itself. Suppose we let the writer take over from here and explain the whole thing. * * * OLD PLANK ROAD — “Your articles about the Old Shell Road were good, but I wonder that no one has mentioned the Old Plank Road whieh, I think, might ante date the Shell Road. I think it went out Princess street and ended up at “Shandy Hall” on Greenville Sound, which was the original See CAPE FEAR on Page Two 2,700,000 HOMES FOR VETS PUSHED BY SENA TE ACTION; POLES BLAST FRANCO SPAIN Crack-Down I By Council Is Sought Spanish Accused Of Aid ing Germany In “De vising Warfare” IRAN CASE PENDING UNO Majority Expected To Back U. S. In Hearing Russian Dispute NEW YORK, April 10.— (AP) — Poland accused the Franco government of Spain before the United Nations Security Council Wednesday of endangering world peace, sheltering Nazis, and aiding German scientists in “devising new means of warfare.” It asked the Council to crack down on the regime with the full weight of the United Nations. me r-unsn cnarges against gen eralissimo Francisco Franco were announced by the United Nations Secretary General as the Council, In executive session, decided to meet again nex: Monday at 3 p. m. E. S. T. Iranian Case At that time the council will be confronted once more with the Russian-Iranian case. Russia is demanding that the whole affair be dropped! from the Council agenda. Iran is insisting it should be held pending until May 6 to see whether Red Army troops completely evacuate Iran. The consensus of U. N. observ ers Wednesday was that Russia See POLES on Page Two airportWget IN BOARD AGENDA Authority To Discuss Plans For Bluethenthal Field Operation - r The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners and the V* ilming- ■ ton-New Hanover Airport Authority will meet this morning in special session tc discuss the possibility of setting up a temporary budget for operation and maintenance of i Bluethenthal airfield for the re-! mainder c* the fiscal year. ■%.T_C ___ With the field already beir.g used by National Airlines, Southeast Airlines, and Pennington Flying service, and more users anticipated C soon, the need for an operations h budget has grown urgent. ^ Addison Hewlett, county board v chairman, and Hamilton Hicks, t. authority secretary, said yesterday d that they hope to get the budget matter straightened out at today’s p meeing if at all possible. h Employ Personnel Soon s The authority is planning to em- e ploy personnel for operation and maintenance of the field soon, and s hence a budget is necessary for establishment or salaries as well tJ as other matters pertaining to the 0 operation of the field. Sisters Of Mercy For The Sick Two members of the order which will be charged with the operation of the planned new Catholic hospital in Wilmington are shown above. They are, left, Mother Electa and Mother Antonilla, of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, international organization which operates Catholic hospitals throughout the world. They are in the city as the hospital drive gets underway. —STAR STAFF PHOTO. BISHOP IS GRATEFUL Waters Speaks Here On Catholic Hospital Colonel Titus, Campaign Organizer, Tells Workers Of Plans Underway For Rais ing Funds For New Institution Expressing appreciation to the people of Wilmington for their fine cooperation to date on behalf of the proposed Holy Family hospital project, the Rt. Rev. Vincent S. Waters, bishop of Raleigh, yesterday told campaign chairmen and drive leaders he had earlv seen the need of rOBACCO GROWERS SEEKING SUPPORT Warehousemen Urge Wash ington Action To Keep Prices Up DANVILLE, Va., April 10—(TP)— Growers of the South’s million dol ir tobacco crop are looking to Washington for legislation to pre ent “a drastic price drop” for le 1946 crop, warehouse officials eclared here Wednesday. Fred Royster, of Henderson, resident of the Bright Belt Ware ouse association, led the discus tons in which various leaders call d for these steps: 01)—Approval of the loan being >ught by Great Britain. (2) —Passage of parity legislation lat would incorporate the cost E farm labor. Relaxation of Embargo (3) —Relaxation of a recent Chin ;e embargo on importation of af from America. (4) —A definite announcement on :iling price plans for 1946, des See TOBACCO on Page Two more hospitalization in North Caro lina and that he was only too glad to donate the Site and assume ex penses of a campaign to place a hospital here at the earliest possi ble moment. Report On Progress Bishop Waters was introduced by Col. Cliff Titus” who, in turn, was introduced by Vice-Chairmen Ed Carr in the absence of General Chairman Harris Newman and his informal talk followed a report on progress to date by Colonel Titus who is directing the fund raising campaign. Workers who fairly well filled the auditorium of the Tide Water Pow See BISHOP on Page Two RUSSIA APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADOR IN MAJOR MOVE NEW YORK, April 10.—(U.R)— Soviet Russia, in a major diplo matic move, relieved Andrei A. Gromyko of his duties as am bassador to Washington Wed nesday so that he could devote his full time to the United Na tions Security council. Fukolai V. Novikov, minister-counselor ^ under Gromyko, was named the new ambassador' in his 1 place. TOUGH ON THE LADIES It’s Nylon Situation; It’s Bad, Getting Worse WASHINGTON, April 10. — (IP)—Senators had a look at the nylon situation Wednesday and learned: (A) It’s bad, and (B) It isn’t likely to get any better for at least a year. Maicr Herbert Rose of the Civilian Production administra tion told a Senate Special Com mittee on Small Business thfht he thinks nylon will be scarce until a new plant is completed next spring. Hysterical Buying But he said he thinks women could get by easily on the hose made now if they just would stop this “hysterical ouying.” “Every woman in the coun try seems to want to get a year’s supply of nylons,” he said. Rose said 54,000,000 pairs of hose are made each month, about the same as were pro duced throughout the war. Of these, 30,000,000 are r.ylons, 20,000,000 are rayon and 4.000, 000 pairs are wool and cotton. What About Rayons? According to Rose, present See NYLON On Pare Two Big Subsidy On Material Also Passed $600,000, 000 Provision Written Into Measure By Upper House CONGRESS TO CONFER Proposal For Price Ceilings Of Buildings, Lands Turned Down WASHINGTON, April 10. — (AP)—A veterans housing bill designed to speed the construction of 2,700,000 new dwellings by the end of next year passed the Senate Wed nesday and went back to the House for consideration of nu merous amendments. The Senate provided for $600, 000,000 in subsidies on scarce build mg materials—an item denied by the House—but neither body gave its approval for the establishment of price ceilings on existing homes and building land*. Housing Ex pediter Wilson Wyatt had laid great stress on the necessity for both those provisions. Roll Call Vote Final approval came on a roll call vote of 63 to 14. Twelve Re publicans and two Democrats voted against it. While the veteran* housing mea sure headed toward a conference with the House for adjustment of differences, the Senate made a long-range housing measure its unfinished business and will get down to work on that Thursday. Although the administration lost, 33 to 41 in its attempt to apply price ceilings on existing houses, See HOMES on Page Two CITIZENS TRIPLED IN JACKSONVILLE Bureau Of Census Enum eration Shows Increase Of 223.7 Per Cent JACKSONVILLE, April. 10.— A special census compiled by the Bureau of the Census revealed Wed nesday that the total population of Jacksonville last February 28 was 2,826, which represents an in crease of 1.953, or 223.7 per cent over the 873 inhabitants on April 1 1940. The bureau said that the 1946 population was made up of 2,354 white persons and 472 Negroes. tiwccn iJJtu mi a mere was an increase of 329.6 per cent in the white population and 45.2 per cent in the Negro population. Dwellings Increase The number of occupied dwell ing units in Jacksonville increased from 214 on April 1, 1940 to 780 on February 28, 1946, representing an ncrease of 566, or 264.5 per cent. Die population per occupied dwell ng unit decreased from 4.08 in 1940 :o 3.62 in 1946. According to the bureau, there vere 51 vacant dwelling units in racksonville in 1946, whic' includes lot only units for sale or rent but ilso units held for absent house lolds and units already rented or old but not yet occupied by the lew tenants. And So To Bed Yesterday afternoon a local lady was stopped on the street by a panhandler. He gave her the old nickcl-for-a-cup-cf-cof fee patter. A somewhat generous person, she responded. As the panhandler walked on down the street she noticed her husband approaching. The pan handler stopped her husband and gave him the patter too. A somewhat generous person, he also responded. But it was too much for the lady. She came up to the pair and gave the panhandler riown the-country for soliciting two nickels from the same combine. The panhandler pulled ten dollars worth of nickels from his pocket and returned one coin to the husband. Consider that a dividend, friend.