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yOL. 79.—NO. 168.__ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1946 ~ ESTABLISHED 186?
buildings on the move
P ART OF DAVIS STRUCTURES
SLATED TO BE SHIFTED SOO^/
The Federal Public Housing
authority “plans to remove
about two-thirds of the bulld
ogs at Camp Davis shortly,"
tr: authoritative source dis
posed to The Star last night.
The buildings will be “dis
mantled and shipped to Wash
ington. D. C., to relieve the
acute housing shortage there.”
iWo-thirds «f Camp
According to the source, the
plans include the removal of
,11 buildings from First street
to 18th street and from 27th
street to the north end of the
camp, “about two-thirds of the
entire camp.”
The remaining middle section
of buildings from 18th street
to 27th street will be “retained
by the Navy for its ordnance
experimental station.”
Heart of Camp
This section, the heart of the
camp, cortains the headquar
ters buildings, hospital build
ings, many barracks, and other
installations.
John P. Broom, Federal Pub
lie Housing authority (
in Atlanta, Ga„ was u
t reveal the full plans last
“because they are all at my
fice and they are too complex
for me to remember without
direct referral to them.”
Move to Washington
He indicated, however, that
the buildings will be shipped to
Washington to ease the housing
shortage there and will not be
sold to private bidders as were
the surplus houses at Fort
Fisher.
UNANIMOUS ACTION
Wake Forest Trustees
Accept Reynolds Gift
Decision To Move College To Winston-Salem
Now Up To State Baptist Con
vention In September
WAKE FOREST, April 11.—(AP)—The board of
trustees of Wake Forest college unanimously recommend
ed to the Baptist State convention Thursday that a condi
tional gift of income from the $10,750,000 Z. Smith
Reynolds foundation be accepted and that the college be
movea to wiiisiun-oaiem.
However, the board made the
recommendation conditional under
eight provisions, including one
which would prevent the college
being moved until a complete
plant has been erected on the new
site.
Later, both the general board of
the Baptist State convention and
the convention’s Educational Coun
cil concurred unanimously in the
recommendation. The three groups
met jointly to consider the ques
tion, but took separate action.
Final Vote in November
The final vote on the recom
mendation will be taken at the
annua! Baptist convention sched
uled to be held in Asheville in No
vember.
The sub-committee recommenda
tion. offered by former Governor
1. M. Broughton, who served as
chairman, read:
“Tire board of trustees of Wake
Forest college recommends to the
Baptist State convention the ac
ceptance of the proposal of the Z.
Smith Reynolds foundation to allot
and assign perpetually the Income
from this foundation up to $350,
000 a year upon the condition that
the college move to Winston-Salem,
where the medical school and hos
pital of.the school are already lo
cated.
"However, we recommend the
acceptance of such proposal on the
following conditions:
“1. That an adequate site, suit
able to the board of trustees, shall
be provided in Winston-Salem or
its vicinity without cost to the
college.
I “2. That the name of the college
not be changed.
Control Unaltered
“2. That the control of the in
stitution shall continue unaltered
and undiminished, in the board of
trustees of Wake Forest college as
appointed by the convention and
subject to the control and authori
ty of the convention.
"4. That no part of the principal
of the present endowment of the
college shall be used as a building
fund for the institution in its new
location
"5. That the college shall not in
tur any substantial debt or finan
tial obligation in connection with
the proposed removal of the insti
tution.
"«■ That the Baptist State con
vention shall continue its whole
tee WAKE FOREST on Page Five
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The Weather
FORECAST
North and South Carolinas: Cloudy,
possibly rain, during forenoon; clearing
in afternoon. Not so cool.
(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. 48; 1:30 p.m.
58; 7:30 p.m. 56.
Maximum 60; Minimum 47; Mean 54;
Normal 61.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 80; 7:30 a.m. 78; 1:30 p.m.
50; 7:30 p.m. 73.
Precipitation
Total for 34 hours ending 7:30 p.rn.
0.00 inch.
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
Wilmington-6:48 a.m. 1:23 a.m.
7:18 p.m. 1:54 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet _ 4:36 a.m. 11:10 a.m.
5:25 p.m. 11:29 p.m.
Sunrise 5:45 a.m.; Sunset 6:41 p.m.;
Moonrise 3:16 p.m.: Moonret 4:06 a.m.
Hiver Stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at
6 a.m., Thursday—9.70 feet.
8*ee THE WEATHER on Page Two
GERMAN CAPTIVES
LEAVE FOR HOME
Fight Lost To Keep POW’s
Here As Farm Labor
Grows Scarce
'Wilmington’s 149 German prison
ers-of-war are en route to their
native land today. They go first
to Camp Butner and then to an
east coast port of embarkation for
the long trip home.
Behind them they leave a spring
crop of vegetables — a crop two
weeks ahead of the normal season
al schedule — which they helped
to bring to fruition but which they
will never help to harvest.
Clark Telegram
Congressman J. Bayard Clark
disclosed the news to R. W. Gal
phin, county farm agent, in a tele
gram yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon Capt, R. H.
Hazel, commander of the local
prison camp, confirmed it.
Farmers Hit
The prisoners’ departure strikes
three sad blows — one to the farm
ers, one to the community, and one
to the prisoners themselves.
The farmers have found the
prisoners almost indispensable in
helping them plant and tend the
spring crops. Local and transient
labor has been more than scarce.
Labor Scarce
Although the Castle Hayne tran
sient labor camp at Prince George
creek has been open since April
See POW’S On Page FWe
THALIAN DRAMA
PLEASES CROWD
Three-Act Show To Be
Presented To Audience
Again Tonight
By JOHN SLADE
Thalian Hall will probably be
crowded tonight as the talk gets
around about “Through the Night”,
the comedy-melodrama which
opened there last evening.
The three-act play is a presen
tation by the Workshop Group of
the Thalian Association. This group
is—by intent—a training group for
the Association’s neophytes, and
for folks a little too shy for full
dress play acting.
Polish and Pace
But more than one hardened
play-goer was agreeably surpris
ed to see a production that had a
polish, pace, and professional air
about it that demands the respect
of any producing group. The neo
phytes have graduated, and the
old hands had better look sharp,
it would be more accurate to say
that the association has a second
full-fledged theatrical company in
its ranks.
Tha play was directed by Hester
C. Donnelly and Elizabeth Hard
wicke. ' And while Miss Donnelly
gave an eye to technical matters,
Miss Hardwicke took one of those
Billie Burke-type parts in the
show and played it beautifully.
Billy Land, well known to Thalian
audiences, added further lustre to
his reputation by a portrayal of a
rustic constable. Andrew Johnson,
too, kept up his batting average in
one of these impetur ble-butler
parts. /
Cynical Bridesmaid
Aldyth Carrell and Verge Beall
added grace and beauty to the
scene and turned in workmanlike
characterizations as cynical brides
maid and doubt-torn bride, while
George Lynch, Jr., as the sports
mad! groom did well in an unpleas
ant part.
Two of the mainspring roles of
the piece were carried by Ben M.
Tones, Jr., and Jack Cowie. Mr.
Jones developed his part with con
siderable sensitivity, while Mr.
Cowie made an altogether convinc
ng financial adviser turned crim
nal.
Indefinable Quality
The stage presence of Everett
E. Erb and James C. King is re
markable. It is an indefinable
quality, but Charles Coburn and
See THALIAN On Page Five
STRAWBERRY PRICE
CONTROL REMOVED,
EFFECTIVE FRIDAY
WASHINGTON, April 11.
(Special)—An order remov
ing ceiling prices on fresh
strawberries effective Friday,
was signed by Economic Sta
bilizer Chester Bowles late
Thursday.
The action, previously favor
ed by the OPA and the De
partment of Agriculture, was
hailed with great satisfaction
by Senator Hoey and Congress
men Clark, Barden and Bonner,
all of whom hav^ been urging
Bowles to approve the action.
It was reported that straw
berry preserving interests had
opposed removal of the ceil
ings fearing that they would
have to pay more for the ber
ries.
FRANCO threa tens french security
Danish leader tells' uno council;
' TRUMAN REBUKES NA VY OVER MERGER
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Disciplinary
Move Hinted
By President
rhreat, However, Does Not
Imply Shakeup In Civil
ian Offices
EXECUTIVE STERN
Representative Says Does
Not See How Truman
Can Apply Muzzle
WASHINGTON, April 11.
— (AP)— President Truman
?ave the Navy a severe dress
ing down Thursday for lobby
ing against merger of armed
forces into a single depart
ment of defense.
Stern in the word, tone and ap
pearance, the Chief Executive
told a news conference the Navy
was not justified in fighting uni
fication with the Army after he
had endorsed it and set a policy.
And, he said he would attend to
the matter a little later if the
admirals keep on fighting. But tha1
was not necessarily a threat tc
shake up the civilian and service
heads of the Navy department ii
the battle rolls on, the President
disclosed. He said he thought the
matter would work itself out.
Accepts Bet
“Bet you two to one,” a report*,
challenged.
Mr. Truman said he would take
the bet.
There was no immediate com
ment from Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal or other Navy leaders.
However, Representative Vinson,
(D-Ga.) chairman of the House
Naval committee, said he doesn’t
see “how the President can keep
he Army and Navy from talking.”
“If congressional committees
-all admirals and others before
hem for questioning, they have a
See TRUMAN on Page Five
REALTORS WOULD
LIKE CPA OFFICE
Board At Special Meeting
Authorizes Letter To
Mayor Lane
A panel or office of the Civilian
Production Administrative is be
ing sought for Wilmington, and
ocal realtors say it may solve the
jobless situation here, to some ex
lent.
The Wilmington Board of Real
;ors initiated the action at a spe
lial meeting yesterday in an ef
Eort to “increase the building, re
modeling and repairing program in
ihe vicinity.”
Heretofore the local citizen has
lad to consult officials of the
Creensboro office for building
plans, that being the nearest CPA
affice.
Frederick Willets, president of
the Board said this would be a
“definite remedy to the local un
smployment program.”
See REAL.ATORS On Page Five
MEAT SHORTAGES
CAUSED BY PRICE
President Of Wilmington
Grocers Blames Black
Market
“The people, customers of the
food industry, must be awakened
to the situation existing in the
packing-house industry,” J. C.
Parker, president of the Wilming
ton Retail Grocers Association,”
said last night.
Parker’s statement came shortly
after his arrival here from an 800
mile tour of this state and Virginia,
where he sought to find the trouble
surrounding the ever-increasing
meat shortage in the area.
Black Market
“We want to bring pressure to
bear on our congressmen, to cause
an investigation of black market
operations, causing the present
meat shortage,” the president said.
“In order that this may be ac
hieved, the people must wake up
and act,” Parker said.
Sky-High Prices
The local official, cautious as to
his statements for the local organi
zation, said that beef on the hoof
is bringing “sky-high prices”,
making it impossible for the small
slaughtering houses to buy the
cattle, and process the beef at a
price reasonable to the consumer.
“Give local small slaughterers a
chance,” was another theme cham
pioned by Parker, who said “they
have been the sole source of our
meat supply for some years, and
we have been unable to get any
‘considerable amount’ recently.”
Propaganda
He said that the cry that “beef
is going overseas”, is mostly "pro
paganda”, and the livestock grow
er does not know the conditions
under which his cattle are being
marketed.
The farmer, he said, does not
expect the high prices being paid
by some slaughtering houses, and
they naturally “take all they can
get for their livestock.”
“There would still be plenty of
meat in the country, if the live
stock went through the proper
marketing channels,” the president
said.
“Under present conditions, the
black market seems to be getting
the majority of the beef,’ Parker
said.
LEAVING WILMINGTON
DR,. BLANTON ACCEPTS CALL
FROM WAKE FOREST SCHOOL
The acceptance by Dr. San
key Lee Blanton, pastor of
First Baptist church here, of
the deanship of Wake Forest
college’s School of Religion "is
the happiest thing that ever
happened to me, personally,”
Dr. Thurman Kitchen, Wake
Forest president, told The Star
last night.
“I consider Sankey Blanton
one of the outstanding men in
tile Baptist church,” Dr. Kitch
en said. "While I know you
people in Wilmington will hate
very much to lose him, I want
you all to realize that he is
going into a field in which his
opportunities are limitless and,
knowing him, I know he will
take full advantage of all these
opportunities.
Great Influence
"With him as Dean, he will
be a great and good influence
in all our Baptist churches for
many years to come,” Dr.
Kitchen added.
Dr. Blanton told his congre
gation at a prayer meeting
Wednesday, he had accepted
the Wake Forest offer, and
would file a formal letter of
resignation, probably today.
Begins Next Fall
He will assume his new
duties as dean of the School
of Religion, with the beginning
of next fall’s term.
The college board of trustees
meeting in Wake Forest recent
ly, offered the post to Dr. Blan
ton, after the decision to create
the new post had been made.
Predecessor
Dr. 0. T. Binkley, Dr. Blan
ton’s predecessor as head of
the Department of Religion,
now is professor of Religion
in the Southeastern Baptist
Theological seminary, Louis
ville, Ky.
As Dean of Religion, Dr.
Blanton will also be dean of
the Wake Forest chapel, under
terms of the offer made him
by the trustees.
Dr. Blanton was graduated
from Wake Forest college in
1925. He holds graduate de
grees from the Southern Bap
tist Theological seminary, and
the Andover Newton Theolog
ical seminary. He also did
graduate work at Harvard uni
versity.
He was for five years, min
ister of the Baptist church on
the Yale university campus,
before accepting the pastorate
of the First Br.ptist church
here, in 1936.
CASH TO MAKjE FIELD GO
$5,000 Fund Set Up
ToRunBluethenthal
Additional $2,000 Expected To Come In For
Rest Of Fiscal Year From Rentals;
Manager Applications Received
A budget of $5,000 for the operation and maintenance
of Bluethenthal airfield for the remainder of the fiscal
year was set up by the New Hanover County Board of Com
missioners in session with the Wilmington-New Hanover
HOUSING PROGRAM
URGED IN SENATE
Bill Would Provide 15,
000,000 Homes Within
Next Ten Years
WASHINGTON, April 11. —(ff)—
An ambitious program to provide
15,000,000 homes in this country
during the next 10 years won sup
port in the Senate Thursday from
an unusual combination of mem
oers.
Senator Taft (R. Ohio), frequent
.y a leader among the more tradi
tional Republicans, Senator Ellen
der (D.-La.), a member of the
southern Democratic bloc, and Sen
ator Wagner (D.-N. Y.), veteran
sponsor of much New Deal legisla
See HOUSING On Page Five
CHANNEL DECISION
SLATED SATURDAY
OFFICERS REVEAL
The long-awaited decision on
the fate of the $1,465,000 Cape
Fear channel project is ex
pected to be made this Satur
day, officials in Washington,
D. C., disclosed yesterday.
The appropriation for the
project, which calls for widen
ing and deepening of the Cape
Fear channel, is slated to come
before a Senate-House tribunal
for final approval or disappro
val “no later than Saturday.”
Representative John Kerr of
North Carolina is head of the
joint tribunal. He has already
committed himself as being
"strongly in favor of having
the appropriation approved.”
Airport authority yesterday.
The budget will provide funds for
a manager's salary, the salaries of
three attendants and a stenograph
er, building repairs, and supplies.
$2,000 Revenue
In addition to the county funds,
the authority expects to take in
revenue amounting to about $2,
000 for the rest of the fiscal year.
This revenue will come from the
Pennington Flying service, which
is using the field, profits from
gasoline sales, and landing fees
and office rent from commercial
airlines.
Already partially self-supporting,
the authority hopes to have the
airfield “standing on its own two
feet’’ by the end of the year.
Applications Received
At yesterday’s meeting the
authority disclosed that it has re
ceived many applications for the
manager’s job.
“Several of the applicants seem
to have the necessary qualifica
tions for the job,” Albert Perry,
chairman, said. “We are going to
give them all another thorough
screening.
“What we want is a man with
comprehensive knowledge of all
factors of airport operation,
management, and maintenance. If
one of the local applicants fills the
bill he will certainly get the job.”
Manufacturer Interested
It was also revealed at the meet
ing that the International Aviation
corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, has
shown an interest in leasing a por
tion of the field for the manufac
ture of radio-controlled planes
which would be used in conjunc
tion with the Navy’s experimental
ordnance station at Camp Davis. 1
The corporation has indicated it
will need about 100,000 square feet
of floor space at the field.
Although no commitments have
been made, authority members
said they are “fairly optimistic”
about the project being located j
here.
Group Backs
Move To Air
Pole Charge
Spanish Republican Claims
450,000 Franco Troops
At French Line
TRUMAN SEES POLITICS
French Representative May
Bring Up Charges Next
Monday
NEW YORK. April 11 —
(AP)—A Spanish Republican
leader Thursday night tossed
into the mounting controversy
over the Franco government
a mysterious document which
he said showed that Franco
Spain was an aggressor na
tion threatening France.
The Spanish Republican, Fern
ando de Los Rios, declared at a
news conference that he hoped
this document would be laid be
fore the United Nations Security
Council when it takes up the Po
lish charges that 8pain is a threat
to world peace and that Franco is
harboring German scientists ex
perimenting on new, atomic age
weapons.
Charges political
In Washington, President Tru
man told' reporters that the charges
filed by Poland were political but
he declined to *ay exactly what
political implications he saw in the
Polish accusations.
A majority of the Security Coun
cil lined up unofficially in favor
of a complete airing of Poland’s
charges against the Franco regime
of Spain.
But what the Council would do
after hearing Poland, it was in
See FRANCO on Page Five
ESCAPEDSLAYER
CAPTURED BY FBI
Former Husband Of New
Bernian Taken In Knox
ville, Tennessee
NEW BERN, April 11.—Informed
Thursday of the capture of her
divorced husband, Earl McFar
land, condemned slayer who es
caped April 3 from the District
of Columbia prison death row,
Mrs. Doris Marie Dudley McFar
land said that she had “no com<
ment” to make. V
However, the 19-year-old woman
who married the ex-Marine when
he was stationed near here said,
"I’m certainly relieved that he is
in custody.” She referred to her
marriage with McFarland as a
“closed book.”
Some concern as to the saftey
of the young woman and her
family after the escape had led to
the placing of a police guard at
her home.
WASHINGTON, April 11—OP)—
Unarmed and flat broke, crimi
nal assault-killer Earl McFarland,
who escaped from the district of
See SLAYER on Page Five
And So To Bed
Almost scuttled with skepti
cism, we pass to you the fol
lowing story exactly as it was
passed to us:
Yesterday afternoon a man
in an unpressed suit of clothes
stopped a man in a well-press
ed suit of clothes on Front
street and asked him for a
nickel.
“Oh, no. You don’t get any
nickel out of me,” said the man
in the well-dressed suit. “I’ll
bet you're the panhandler I
read about in today’s And So
To Bed. I’m not giving you any
nickel for any cup of coffee.”
“I am not the almsman re
ferred to in today’s paper,”
answered the baggily-dressed
man, “and I do not want a cup
of coffee. I merely want on«
small live - cent coin of ths
realm to insert In the parking
meter while I go to my tailor
to have my suit pressed.”
If this story is true, we’ll of
fer to press that suit ourself
free of charge.
SO LITTLE TIME
Bess’s Bridge Club Can’t
Waste Time At Bridge
WASHINGTON, April 11—m
—Ten twittering ladies from
Independence (Missouri, o f
course) had the run of the
White House Thursday—swim
ming pool, Lincoln bedroom
and even a peek at the Presi
dent’s office.
And don’t think the members
of Mrs. Truman’s bridge club
weren’t a’flutter—from the tips
of their brand-new hats to the
toes of their nylons.
Keep It Quiet
(Better not spread it around
Independence, but Mrs. John
I Hutchison says that’s where
the nylons came from. Local
merchants, not to have their
customers outshone in Wash
ington, dived under the counter
and came up with the goods.)
What’s it like—a bridge club
meeting at the White House?
Nobody will say who has the
Lincoln bedroom. And they
haven’t seen a single ghost—
yet.
Secretaries said they didn’t
know who did pressing and
button-sewing for 10 guests—
but one member confided
S^p BRIDGE on Page Five
Along The Cape Fear
CAPE FEAR LANTERN—With
both feet firmly pressed on the
loud pedal, we were one-fingering
on our old pianoforte yesterday
morning.
After we had, with more en
thusiasm than manual ability, dis
posed of such old favorites as
“Seeing Nelly Home” and “The
Old Gray Mare” we turned the
pages of our tattered song-book
to this opus:
“By yon bonny banks
And by yon bonny braes,
Where the sun shines bright
On Loch Lomond ...”
We don’t know what candlepower
Old Sol expends to illuminate Loch
Lomond. But whatever the wat
tage, we bet it doesn’t meter up to
what Old Sol gives out with when
he turns on the lantern along the
Cape Fear.
* * *
RAY OF SUNSHINE—The sun
really shines bright today—because
we have received another letter,
one of the brightest rays of sun
shine which have ever penetrated
our glum old office walls
“Dear Along the Cape Fear—
This section being the favorite of
my favorite sections I just want
to let you know everyone isn’t
against you. In other words, a little
encouragement.
“So somebody got somebody mix
ed up. (As who doesn’t.) So what?
So now everybody is all mixed up.
So that’s good. It sharpens the edge
of curiosity and stirs up a few
memories. Who knows—maybe out
of it all you’ll find someone who
remembers something back along
the Cape Fear that everyone else
has forgotten.
“Lots of luck, Waunda.”
* * *
A HANDY GADGET—“Sharpens
the edge of curiosity and stirs up
a few memories.” We like that. It
sounds like the greatest invention
of the 20th century—a combination
grindstone and eggbeater to acti
vate the lethargic mind. A very
handy gadget indeed, especially
for us.
Well, we’re going to plug this
See CAPE FEAE On Page Five
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Great And Humble Bow
In Memory^ Of_Late FDR
See Picture on Page Two
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ April 11
—(U.R)—Friday the nation com
memorates the death of Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt.
America’s great will gather
here for a ceremony dedicat
ing as a national historic site
the home and stately Hudson
estate where the late President
was bom and spent his youth.
Across the nation, America's
humble will pause to remem
ber the day, a year ago, when
“FDR” died in his beloved
"Little White House” in Warm
Springs. Ga.
President Truman, bespec
tacled, mild-mannered heir to
the dramatic father of the New
Deal, will viist his predeces
sor’s home to lead the cere
monies, Mrs. Roosevelt will
show him the graceful old home
and the simple grave in the
nearby rose garden.
Along with Mr. Truman will
be the big names of the Roose
velt administration, most of
them out of the government
now, and their successors.
Here, too, will be the diplomats
See ROOSEVELT on Paye Five