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FORECAST .+ ^ ^ > Served By Leased Wires umttmfrm >yt£ur ____ ^^y state and National New* TOL. 79.—NO. 183. ~ ~~ WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY,~MAY 15, 1946 " ESTABLISHED 1867 Hoover Reports To President Former President Herbert Hoover (right) reports to Presi dent Truman in the White House on returning from his tour of Europe and Asia, where he investigated famine conditions. Stat ing he believed voluntary conservation is best in fighting hunger in foreign lands, Mr. Hoover declared he saw no reason for re suming wartime rationing in the United States. The White House announced he would undertake a food investigation in Latin America. (International Soundphoto. divorce mill lThree Charlotteans Indicted By Jurors At Least Eight South Carolina Residents Are Said To Have Obtained Degrees Issued By Lawyer, Others CHARLOTTE, May 14.—(UP)—Somewhere in South Carolina there are at least eight persons who think they are legally married after being divorced by an alleged Charlotte, N. C., divorce mill, it was revealed here Tuesday night in a grand jury action against three local residents. Judge Felix Alley, of the Mecklenburg county Superior court, Tuesday issued capiases for the three persons after BRITAIN AGAINST CEDING OF BASES Bevin Tells Byrnes That He Will Not Consider Any Move Now LONDON, May 14.—(U.R)—Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has told Secretary of State James F. Byrnes that Britain will not consider ced ing any of its Pacific island bases to the United States at this time, informed sources said Tuesday. British diplomatic and political correspondents were told that Be vin had made this “quite clear’’ to Byrnes during extensive talks in Paris Full Access The British viewpoint was au thoritatively reported to be that the United States should have full access to Pacific bases under a regional plan for South Pacific de fense, in which the United King dom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand should jointly share. The joint commonwealth attitude, as reported here, was that this defense scheme has priority over Hie question of sovereignty and is entirely separate from it. At Capital The next step in the Pacific base question, it was understood, will be discussions in Washington be tween United States State depart ment representatives and Austral ian and New Zealand officials. See BRITAIN on Page Two HAMBOKE’S meditations By Alley Misti s' 6ittin'A new SUlT-SHE sav she Know whut if <&Wine Kook laK-UH-Muh! - but do she KNOW WKUT SHE 6WINE ^OOK UAK If* IT?1. IJUleiwd by 1 Cifatf. inr^ ..... ..... R'x a «, (Met) VI 5-/S-& ' a grana jury naa reiurnea uue bills of indictment. Capiases Issued The capiases were issued for Ward M. Blanton, a law clerk, his secretary, Vivian Baird and W. T. Shore, Charlotte attorney. Blant- i and his secretary have not been apprehended, while Shore is at liberty under $1,000 bond. Judge Alley set bond at $4,000 for Blanton and $3,000 for Miss Baird. Three Indicted The grand jury had indicted all three on charges of subornation of perjury, and added charges of ob taining money under false pre tenses, practicing law without a license and barratry against Blan ton. On the subornation of prejury indictment charge, the defendants See CHARLOTTEANS on Page 2 MANCHURIA BREAK HINTED IN CHINA Government Office-Holders Reported Ordered To Disputed Area NANKING, May 14. — (tP) — A break in deadlocked negotiations over Manchuria was hinted Tues day in a Peiping report that Chi nese government office-holders had been ordered to proceed to the area Since stiff Communist resistance at Szepingkai, south of Manchuri a’s capital of Changchun, has balk ed all government efforts to move in by force, speculation arose that a truce was near. No Confirmation There was no official confirma tion here, where political discus sions between the government and the Communists continued with out letup. See MANCHURIA on Page Two PRESIDENT SIGNS DRAFT EXTENSION BILL; RAILROADS, UNIONS TO RESUME WAGE TALKS; CJ/f/fWINS COMPLETE VICTORY A T HEARING - * Judgv / ler Denies Plea To Gamewell Injunction Also Refused To Two Residents Of Sun set Park Area CONTRACT IS LEGAL Court Finds Council Not Guilty Of Fraud In Alarm Box Contract The City of Wilmington won * complete victory in defense if its contract for 111 Horni fire-alarm boxes when Superior court Judge Hunt Parker denied both the Gamewell company and two Sunset Park citizens an injuction to stop the contract in the closing session of the heavy, two-day case yes terday afternoon. In bringing the ceven-month-old controversy to an a apt end in favor of the city, Judge Parker said: “Not G’lilty” “I find that the city council of Wilmington in awarding the con tract to he low bidder (Wilming ton Electric Supply company) is not guilty of fraud, unfairness, bad faith, or abuse of discretion. The contract is therefore legal, and hence the plaintiffs’ pleas for inj notion are denied.” George Rountree, Jr., attorney fo- Rich.-.rd H. Davis apd David H. Craig—the two taxpaying in tervenors from Sunset Park— im mediately asked Judge Parker for a jury hearing. The judge denied the request on the grounds that a jury hearing in a ease of this sort would be “unpreceden ted ” Appeal Possible “You may appeal to the State Supreme court for s stay in the See PARKER on Page Two WJVtKNMLNl WILL CUT BREAD B S Normal Supplies To Be Re duced By 15 Per Cent On July 1 WASHINGTON, May 14.—(U.R)— Moving to funnel more grain to famine areas, the Department of Agriculture Tuesday announced a wheat requisition program which may reduce normal bread supplies 15 per cent beginning July 1 and put another crimp in beer and whiskey reserves. The department said it would requisition 25 per cent of all the 1946 wheat crop which farmers de liver to elevators. It also announ ced exteiision of other grain con servation measures which means that America will get less bread and beer until July of 1947, at least. Drastic Steps The drastic steps were taken to guarantee that 250,000,000 bushels of wheat—one-fourth of the estima ted 1946 crop—will go for famine relief. The program does not mean thaf wheat will be requisitioned direct ly from farmers. But when a farmer delivers wheat from this year’s crop t0 a grain elevator, 50 per cent must be sold immediate ly. The government then will take over half of that sold—or 25 per cent. Today and Tomorrow By WALTER LIPPMAN REVIVAL AND REVOLUTION Looking at Europe from the out side — from Washington, London, and Moscow—it may seem as if ;he continent must: 1, be brought inder Soviet domination—or, 2, be rescued from that fate by coming altogether under Anglo-American nfluence—or, 3, be partitioned in ;o two parts at the miiltary divid ing line. My impression is that this s a stereotype which, if not already absolete, is at least obsolescent. It .s a picture formad in man’s minds nefore and just after Europe was nvaded and liberated by the non European armies of the Big Three. At that time all effective power and authority was directed from Moscow, London, and Washing ton; the Big Three naturally saw Europe as a continent where they did things to the enemy states and for the friendly states. It was easy to forget that the continent con sists of nations which have the will to live, and cannot for long be regarded as clierts, ward, or prisoners of war. * * * If that is so, then the European nations will, as they revive, resist in all its forms the idea that they are the stakes of the diplomacy of non-European powers. Conceiv ably, thougn even that is highly improbable, the Big Three could dictate a European settlement if See LIPPMANN on Page Two A The Weather FORECAST South and North Carolina — Mostly cloudy and slightly warmer with scat tered showers. Wednesday partly cloudy and slightly warmer with scattered show ers mostly in afternoon. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 am, 65; 7:30 am, 66; 1:30 pm, 80; 7:30 pm, 72. Maxmum 80; Minimum 63; Mean 72; Normal 70. Humidity 1:30 am, 87; 7:30 am, 96; 1:30 pm, 72; 7:30 pm, 91. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 pm, 0.43 inches. Total since the first of the month, 2.36 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Wilmington_9:23a 4:14a 9:53p 4:25p Masonboro Inlet _7:08a 1:12a _ 7:35p l:13p Sunrise 5:10; Sunset 7:06; Moonrise 6:51p; Moonset 5:02a. River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C„ at 6 a.m. Tuesday—10.7 feet. SENATE MAY HALT CONTROL MEASURE Foes Of Speedy Action Spring Surprise With Counter Proposal WASHINGTON, May U.-iM— Senate opponents of swift labor control legislation brought out un expectedly Tuesday a counter pro posal for investigation of the causes of strikes and industrial disputes. After a meeting of 16 Senators, Senator Murray (D-Mont) told re porter* it was the consensus that Senate action on labor should be delayed until such an investigation is made. But he added in response to questions that he saw no pros pect that the Senate, having taken up labor legislation, would drop it without enacting some bill. Delay Seen There was strong evidence, however, of an organized move to delay for several days action on the legislation which was whirled into prominence by the coal strike . An administration lieutenant said the group appeared to be able to keep labor debate going on the floor well into next week. Murray, chairman of the labor committee, said he might call that group to meet Wednesday to ap prove a resolution by Senators Kilgore (D-W Va) and Morse iR Ore) for the investigation of the See CONTROL On Page Two J. HOLMES DAVIS IS NAMED TO COUNCIL ON TAX QUESTION (Special To The Star) NEW’ YORK, May 14.—The ap pointment of J. Holmes Davis, board chairman of Spofford Mills, Inc., Wilmington, to die Tax Coun cil of the National Association of Manufacturers was announced at NAM headquarters here Monday. Under the chairmanship of H. E. Humphreys, Jr., of New York, the Council is concerned at present with 1946 tax legislation and “development of a fundamental long-range tax program.” Along this line the Council is conducting studies on principles for a peace time tax structure and on many other specific problems of taxa tion. Its recommendations will be submitted for approval to NAM’s 14,500 member manufacturers, ulti mately determining the expression of American industrial thinking. - - _ rr Truman Takes Hand To Stop Rail Strike President Intervenes Per sonally In Effort To Avert Tie-Up threatTtill ON Meeting Separately At White House; Officials Agree To Parley WASHINGTON May 14.—(£>)—In an effor: to avert a tie-up of the nation’s railroads scheduled to be gin Saturday. President Truman Tuesday intervened personally and got both sides to resume negotia tions. The action did not mean that 250,000 trainmen and engineers had abandonee their plans to walk out this week-end but it did revive of ficials’ hopes that a settlement would be reached before then. With Concern The government viewed the strike threat with great concern coming as it does after a coal strike from which the nation’s economy is still staggering. The President held three separate conferences cn the subject. First to see him were A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Alvanley Johnston, head of the Brotherhood of Locomtive Engineers. Other Unionists Next came representatives of the switchmen firemen and conduct ors. These unions also have dis putes over wages and other condi tions. Then followed a talk with President J. J. Pelley and other officials cf the Association of Amer ican Railroads. See TRUMAN on Page Two DEVERS BELIEVES IN ATOM DEFENSE Army Ground Force Chief Says Some Type Pro tection Coming GASTONIA, May 14—(>P)— Gen. Jacob L. Devers, chief of the Army ground forces, predicted Tuesday night that some type of protec tion would be devised against the atomic bomb. He contended that although "the age of rocKets and atomic power will completely revolutionize our concepts of modern warfare,’’ the ground soidier again would be in disDensable in any future con flict. Many Survived Devers, in an address prepared for the Junior and Senior Chamb ers of Commerce of Gastonia, not ed that many individuals surviv ed the atom bomb blasts at Hiro shima and Nagasaki, and added: “Perhaps in the future under ground shelters will not protect people from the ravages of an atomic blast. But we do know that this protection did save many in the Japanese bombings. See DEVERS on Page Two Along The Cape Fear ■-— SNAKE-RAIL FENCE—Yester day afternoon as we were pasting our stoi^r about the passing of the postman’s whistle into our scrap book, an old Cape Fear codger dressed in denim and hob-nailed shoes and smoking a corncob stuff ed with Bull Durham ambled into our inner sanctum and said laconi cally: “You left something out.” “We left som«'.hing out of what?” we asked. “Your story about Time March ing on and leaving lots of nice things behind, like the brick street, the horse-drawn ice-wagon, the wrought-iron fence, the wooden sidewalk, and the postman’s whistle.” “Well, what is it we omitted, sir?” “The snake-rail fence.” * * * middlewest meadows — I Even as he spoke the words, a , mist of nostalgia clouded our vis ion, but in our mind’s eye—the ! Dnly true-seeing eye—we saw, in the words of the poem: *' , . . and hire and there an aid brown snake-rail fence, Twisting, turning through a meadow dense With wigwam shocks of dry and yellow corn . . But then, as our mind’s eye Eocused more sharply on the scene, sve saw those snake-rail fences ;wistmg and turning not through neadows along the Cape Fear but hrough meadows in Illinois, In iiana, and Ohio. * * * STUMBLE-PROOF SHOES—As ve came out of the trance we wisted and turned ourself to the >ld Cape Fear codger and said: “Look here. We don’t remember iver having seen a snake-rail fence ilong the Cape Fear. We thought hey were native only to -the mid llewest. Are you perhaps a Hoosier in a hitch-hiking holiday south of he Mason-Dixie?’’ See CAPE FEAR on Page Two MacArthur Meets Eisenhower 1 i----i On his arrival at the Toyko airport, while making an in spection tour of United States installations in the Japanese area, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U. S. Army Chief of Staff (left) is greeted by General Douglas MacArthur, who was once his commanding general in the Philippines. This was their first meet . ing since before World War II. U. S. Signal Corps Radiophoto. (International Soundphoto). I NO CONTRACT Lewis Demands Fund Okay Before Signing UMW Leader Vows He Will Negotiate No New Wage Agreements Unless Welfare Clause Is Included; Union Supervision BULLETIN WASHINGTON, May 14.—(/Pi—Soft coal operators tonight re affirmed their opposition t0 the principle of the seven percent payroll levy for a miners’ welfare fund demanded by John L. Lewis, shattering any hope of immediate settlement of the coal controversy. WASHINGTON, May 14.— (AP)—John L. Lewis de manded for his United Mine Workers Tuesday the sole management of a health and welfare fund built on a seven percent payroll levy and vowed he would negotiate no con tract “now or later, that does not provide such a fund.” Thus it appeared likely that no new contract w'ould be reached by Wednesday as urged by President Truman. BYRNES PROPOSES CONFERENCE QUIT Secretary Of State Calls For Convokation Of 21 Nation Meeting PARIS, May 14—(JP)—Secretary of States James F. Byrnes pro posed Tuesday night that the four-power conference of Foreign Ministers adjourn until June 15, trying meanwhile to reconcile its differences, and that the 21-na tion peace conference be convok ed at once for July 1 or 15. The American secretary in a formal statement said the con ference should recognize frankly that divisions exist and should See RYRNES on Page Two Although operators have taken no formal stand on the seven percent proposal, one of them privately called it "ridiculous. Output Claims Lewis ridiculed as "grotesque and absurb” operators’ estimates that it would cost $70,000,000 a year. He declared this estimate was bas ed on a 600.000,000-ton production year and actual output will fall far short of that-volume. "But regardless of cost, humani ties of the miners must be taken care of,” he told reporters after a closed morning conference with operators. Foremens’ Issue As a scanty trickle of coal start ed moving from the bituminous fields under a two-week strike truce, it was learned also that Lewis had presented his offer on the vital foremen’s issue. The UMW will acknowledge that an “irreducible minimum” num See LEWIS on Page Two FATAL LOVER London Girl Collapses, Dies From Hugs, Kisses LONDON, May 14. —(A>) . Flor ence Quarrel’s fiancee hugged ar.d kissed her so ardently that she collapsed and died, a London’s coroner said Tuesday. During an inquest, Leslie Bowner told the coroner that he and the girl, who was 22, had been kissing when she collapsed in an arm chair, rolling her head and gasping for breath. She died a short time later. He lud been engaged to her seven months. A government pathologist testi fied that during an embrace Bonn er exerted pressure on a vulner able nerve center in nis sweet heart’s neck which caused im mediate paralysis of the lung and heart functions. In ruling the death accidental and freeing Bowner of responsi bility, the coroner said: “I think he is more to be sympathized with. Obviously he did not wish her death.” William Quarrel, the g i r l’s father, said she always had been a “pretty healthy girl” and that when he left for work before Flor ence(kept her date, she apparently was in perfect health, i Senate Okays House Orders On Inductions Truman Reluctantly Affixes Signature To Stap Gap Measure julyTdeadline Upper House Vote Comes After Langer Speaks For Four Hours WASHINGTON, May 14 — (JP)~ President Truman affixed a re luctant signature Tuesday night to ■a stop-gap bill extending the draft until July 1 but banning the. induc tion of fathers and youths 18 and 19 years old. Confronted with the alternatives of accepting the amendments or let ting the whole wartime selective service law expire at midnight, the President chose “the lesser of two evils,” as his secretary put it. “Bad Bill” The Secretary, Charles G. Ross, told reporters that the President regarded it as a “bad bill.” It was passed because the two houses of Congress were unable to get together in time on a longer ex tension. Less than six hours before the midnight deadline, the Senate agreed to the House restrictions on inductions, and Senate Secre tary Leslie Biff!* sped the meas ure to the White House. Truman Opposed There Secretary Ross informed newsmen: See INDUCTIONS on Pag* Two CITY COUNCIL "MAY SECURE ARCHITECT Richard L. Burnett To Take Seat At Meeting This Morning The oath-taking of Richard L. Burnett, Sunset Park resident, as the new member of the city coun cil, and the possible selection of an architect to design the city's proposed $1,000,000 sewage dispos al plant, will highlight this morn ing’s city council session. Burnett was selected by the council at its last meeting to fill the council chair left vacant by the late Ray Pollock. Olsen Has Edge W. C. Olsen, engineering expert from Raleigh who engineered the city’s present water and sewage plants and who is expected to give an estimate soon on the worth of J. G. Gholston’s Sunset com pany water facilities, is probably the most likely candidate for the architectural job on the city's i proposed sewage plant, Acting City Manager J. R. Benson said yes terday. Another matter slated to ap pear on today’s council agenda is Councilman Walter E. Y o p p ’ s proposal that the city hire a public ity agent to conduct an extensive advertising campaign to attract more tourists to Wilmington. Budget In View With June budget-time approach ing, it is also probable that the council may engage in preliminary discussion of appropriation* for the next fiscal year. Acting Manager Benson said yes terday that it is doubtful that the matter of a permanent city mana ger will come up today. And So To Bed Just how fast, furious, and sometimes farcial a business the newspaper business can be was shown yesterday. One of The Star columnists, a little behind schedule and in a great hurry to keep an ap pointment at the beach, typed out his daily column in ma chine-gun style, tore the copy from the machine, rushed out to his car, and sped off. At 9 o’clock last night he reached into his pocket for a cigarette—and nearly dropped dead. From his pocket he pulled out not a package of cigarettes, but the column he was supposed to have left on the editw’g desk. ^ *jS
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