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FORECAST ^ umingtnn turning vtor yOL. 79. NO. 185.__••_ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1867 Draft Of Men 20 To 29 Now “Authorized” President Act* To Save Part Of Selective Serv ice Wreckage MEASURE CONDEMNED Truman Tell* Pre** He Hopes Congress Will Ex tend Law Full Year WASHINGTON, May 16. —(&)— Drafting of childless men who are j6 through 29 years of age was authorized Thursday by President Truman to “save what we can from the near wreckage of the Selective Service system.” Conscription of men in that age group was stopped by the President shortly after the fall of Japan. Mr. Truman announced in a news conference statement that he was authorizing the War and Navy secretaries to call upon Selective Service for the induction of such men. The President repeated his criti cism, made Tuesday night when he signed the 45-day extension law which stopped the induction of teen-age boys and fathers, that it was “bad legislation.” Under the Draft Extension act and Mr. Tru man's authorization Thursday all men except fathers, between 20 and 30 years of age are subject to induction call. “It is to be hoped,” he said, “that before July first, when the present extension expires, the Con gress will extend Selective Service for a year in a form that will meet the nation’s requirements. To illustrate his assertion that the extension law was ‘‘loosely drawn,” the President said it pro vided that men up to 35 years, seven months of age could be drafted, although ‘‘seemingly it was the intent of Congress to in clude only those now under 30.” He said there also was nothing in the law to prevent the re-induction of men already discharged. The War department does not want men over 30 years of age, he said, and men over that age will not be reclassifiea Mr. Truman said Selective Ser vice Director Hershey had reported that 80,000 acceptable 18 and 19 year old high school students were “lost to the armed forces” be cause of Congress’ action. The ex See DRAFT On Page Two GRACE METHODIST IS MISSION HOST Meeting Is One Of Series Being Held In North Carolina This Week Approximately 250 delegates and visitors from the district attended the one-day conference of the Methodist Board of Missions held yesterday at the Grace Methodist church. Three featured speakers were heard at the meeting, which the Rev. A. S. Parker, Grace minister termed as having an “unusually good program.” One of Series The meeting was one of a series being held in the state this week. The speal^rs had addressed crowds in Durham, Goldsboro, and Eliza beth City. After the meeting here, they were scheduled to go to Fay ettpville where similar meetings jiee METHODISTS on Page Two liAIME’S MEDITATIONS By Alley CITY CHILIANS <&OT A House FuUU o' DESE EPJERCAtflN' TOYS But Hit DON' L/ARN 'em nothin' 'BOUT BUMBLE BF.ES AH' PIZ1EN OMA C i ton. Ik.) Treie B»* i /7-y^ Bet U. #. B»fc 0O»> ‘ In Runoff Cand!',-<“ for the Democratic nomination for governor of Alabama, James E. “Big Jim” Folsom, who is six foot, 8 inches tall, is shown in his Cullman, Ala., office. Folsom finished first over four oppon ents in the recent Democratic primary but failed to receive the required majority. He and Lt. Gov. Handy Ellis will have a runoff election on June 4. (International) ACTION DELAYED ON CITY ZONING Failure Of Quorum Of City Council To Appear Causes Postponement What was supposed to have been the final official public hearing on the city’s proposed zoning ordi nance was voided last night when a quorum of the city council failed to appear at the meeting. Under state law, a quorum of the city council (in Wilmington’s case, at least four of the seven council members) must be present at the final zoning hearing before the council can enact the proposal into an ordinance, according to city officials. Only One Present Mayor W. Ronald Lane was the only council member present at the hearing in city hall last night. “1 regret,” he told the audience, "that only one member of the coun cil showed up tonight. We shall have to schedule another final hear ing in about two or three weeks.” Mayor Lane nevertheless threw the meeting open to public discus sion. A number of citizens questioned See ZONING on Page Two WALLACE BERRIES GROSS $1,000,000 ON MARKET SO FAR RALEIGH, May, 16 — Straw berry sales on the Wallace auction market in 1946 exceeded $1,000,000, according to a state Department ol Agriculture report released Thursday. As of May 14, a total of 88,926 twenty-four quart crates of the berries had been sold for $1,010, 344.96 for an average of $11.36 per crate. The Massey variety of strawber ry, main type offered on the Wal lace market, thus far this year has brought premium prices which were higher than prices paid for strawberries from other producing areas in North Carolina and else where. Sales on the Wallace mar ket will continue for two more weeks. _ The Weather | FORECAST South Carolina and North Carolina— Considerable cloudiness, scattered showers and thunderstorms and not much change in temperature Friday. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 am, 7H 7:30 am, 74; 1:30 pm, 80; 7:30 pm, 75. Maximum 82; Minimum 70; Mean -; Normal 71. Humidity 1:30 am, 05; 7:30 am, 91; 1:30 pni, 66; 7:30 pm, 86. uoficiidpa-iJ Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 pm, 0.61 inches. Total since the first of the month, 2.97 inches. Tides For Today (From The Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Wilmington _10:45a 5:44a 11:13p 5:49p Masonboro Inlet_8:19a 2:30a 8:45p 2:23p Sunrise, 5:09a; Sunset, 7:07p; Moonrise 8:44p; Moonset 6:09a. River stage at Fayeteville, N. €.* at 8 a.m., Thursday—11.9 feet. GUERRILLAS TAKE HUGE I TOLL Nearly 7,000 Persons Kill ed In Poland During Month of April LONDON, May 16.— (U.R) —Dis patches reaching London from Central Europe said Thursday that nearly 7,000 persons were killed in Guerrilla fighting in Poland dur ing April The Communist-dominated War saw government of national unity, these reports said, is making an increased effort to link the non Communist Polish Peasant party with terrorist activities in the country. Named By Allies The Peasant party is headed by Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, who was named Vice Premier in the pre dominantly Communist Warsaw government at the insistence of Britain and the U. S. The Warsaw correspondent oi the Times quoted Polish Public Security Ministry statement as charging that ''leading members of the party have cooperated with terrorists and abused their demo cratic rights in secret armed or ganizations. It is believed that about two divisions are hiding in the forest and mountains.” Branches Suppressed Two regional branches of the party have been suppressed, ac cording to Warsaw radio, and dis patches Wednesday reported the government as announcing that some party leaders are "in hiding from the authorities.” British Foreign Office sources have made thinly veiled sugges tions that Security police measures against Mikolajczyk’s party were designed to cripple it before the expected Polish elections are held this fall. Fifty Per Cent A source very close to the War saw government recently conceded here that under conditions of a free election. Mikolajczyk’s party at present would receive as high as 50 per cent of the votes cast. The See GUERRILLAS on Page Tffo This Man Must Join Union To Paint His Own House DETROIT, .day 16—OT—Pro testing that “this isn’t a demo cracy any more,” the owner of a four-unit building—half residential, half commercial—carried his com plaint of illegal picketing to police headquarters Thursday. Alfred McEnhill, 65, told officers that members of the AFL Painters and Decorators union demonstrated in front of his building yesterday as he was painting window sashes. They notified him, he said, that he would have to join the union if he wanted to finish the job. Unionists contended the struc ture was an office building since it houses a beauty parlor and an insurance office in addition to two apartments, in one of which Mc Enhill lives. “I don’t want to start any trou ble,” McEnhill asid, “but a man should be able to paint his own house, union or no union.” Inspector Joseph V. Krug of the Special Investigation squad made an inquiry and turned the matter over to Assistant Prosecutor Jo seph Bannigan, who said he would decide Monday whether the picket ing was legal. | REORGANIZATION Truman ^Merges Welfar r/^'^v ities — ■/ — President To ^ ^ ^p&s Soon To Make Federal Securit. jncy Regular De partment Of t ederal Set - Up WASHINGTON, May 16. — (IP) — President Truman Thursday merged the government’s far-flung welfare activities under the Fed eral Security agency and announc ed he will ask Congress soon to make it a regular department headed by a cabinet secretary. The agency, now headed by Wat son B. Miller as administrator, already has more employes and spends more money than “several” of the ten regular departments, Mr. Truman noted. He added that “the importance of its functions clearly call for departmental sta tus and a permanent place in the president’s cabinet.” Wartime Power* The president acted under the re organization law which congress passed last year at his request. At the same time he established the National Housing agency, original ly created in wartime, on a per manent basis and ordered numer ous other changes, most of which are in effect now by virtue of tem porary wartime powers. Congres may veto any of the changes if it sees fit. But if* it See MERGES on Page Ten1 OFFICIAL CENSUS FOR CITY 47,483 Results Received Yester day; 14,076 More Than 1940 Enumeration Wilmington’s official population count is 47,483, exactly 14,076 more than the 33,407 count recorded in the census of 1940. The official figure, received yes terday by Acting City Manager J. R. Benson from J. C. Capt, Bureau of Census director in Washington, D. C., is 601 mere than the unoffi cial total released by William B. Pournelle, director of the city’s special interim census, immediate ly after the census was completed in the second week of April. Additional Reports Pournelle’s figure, hand-counted was swelled by census forms sent to Washington by persons who were missed by the enumerators during the actual taking of the census. The final Washington count was tabulated on errorless electrical calculating machines. The figures on housing, labor skills, and the city’s general eco nomic make-up are still being tabu lated by the Washington office. First Of Kind When these figures are complet ed, they will be the first Of their kind ever compiled by the U. S. Bureau of Census. The Bureau plans to take sample censuses of See CENSUS on Page Two JAMES W. PERRIN DIES IN HOSPITAL Veteran Coast Line Of ficial Succumbs After Long Illness Funeral services for James W. Perrin, 1615 Market street, who died yesterday afternoon following a long illness, will be held Satur day afternoon at 4 o’clock from the home. The Rev. Alexander Miller, minis ter of St. Pauls Episcopal church will officiate. Burial will be in Oak dale cemetery . Educated At The Citadel Born in Abbeville, S. C., March 22, 1869 Mr. Perrin was educated at Toe Citadel, Charleston, S. C., graduate of the class of 1891. He entered railroading Dec. 1, 1891, with the Charleston, Sumter and See DIES on Page Two Deadlock May Force Action By President White HousT™ Act Be fore Strike Deadline Sat urday Afternoon STEELMAN IN TOUCH Union Offers Slightly Modi fied Wage Demands; Operators Firm WASHINGTON, May 16 — VP) — President Truman plans to seize the nation’s railroads if no agree ment is reached in time to keep them running after the Saturday strike deadline, he told his news conference Thursday. He stated his intentions amid in dications that the ^administration will keep up unrelenting pressure to head off such a need. May Ask Parley Mr. Truman himself said he hop ed seizure would not be necessary and a White House official said later that the President may ask carrier and union representatives to confer with him Friday in an effort to break the wage deadlock ahead of the 4 p. m., Saturday deadline. Representatives of the carriers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Engineers reported to the White House earlier in the day their inability to agree on a See DEADLOCK on age Two tojoToses last ESCAPE LOOPHOLE _ Tribunal Dismisses AH De fense Motions On Juris diction Points TOKYO, Friday, May 17. —</P>— The legal fight by ex-Premier Hi deki Tojo and 27 other former lead ers of Japan to escape trial as ac cused war criminals failed com pletely Thursday. In a five-minute session, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East dismissed all defense motions attacking jurisdiction of the court and seeking dismissal of the indictment accusing prisoners of promoting war. Chief Justice Sir William Webb announced that “all motions are dismissed for reasons to be discus sed later,” then adjourned proceed ings. The trial is scheduled to start June 3. It was reported that Dr. Shumei Okawa, who slapped Tojo on the head at an earlier session, had been found to be suffering from brain disease and that former Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka was “dangerously ill.” Both have been absent from the courtroom for medical examination. They may not be tried. INDEPENDENCE India Offered Union Form Of Government British Cabinet Delegation Outlines New Proposals To Newsmen; Gandhi Ad vises People To Study Plan Wisely NEW DELHI, May 16—(JP)--The British cabinet delegation Thurs day night proposed a union form of government for India as the best method for starting that country on the path toward independence. The proposition hardly had been described to a large body of news men in the General Assembly building before comments from Moslem League quarters indicated it would not find widespread ac ceptance among Moslems. Interim Government In addition to calling for a con stitutional convention, the plan advised immediate formation of an interim central government. A study of the plan, and com parison of it with Congress and Moslem League viewpoints as out lined during the past six weeks of conferences, indicated the cabinet delegation tended to accept the Congress’ views more than the Moslem league’s. Plan Consideration Congress spokesmen declined comment on the plan but said a working committee would consider it tomorrow. Mohandas K. Gandhi, Congress party leader, advised the people to study it with care. “Whether people like the announcement or not,” he said, “it is going to be a most momentous one in the his tory of India.” Conference Called Throughout the late afternoon representatives of the Moslem League, . Congress and princely See INDIA on Page Two LEWIS, OPERATORS TURN DOWN PROPOSAL FOR ARBITRA TION; TRUMAN TO SEIZE RAILROADS ■ i Unionists Leave White House Following a meeting with President Truman, at which an attempt was made to half the rail strike set for Saturday, rail road Union officials leave the White House. . They are (1. to r.); H. F. Frazier, president of the Order of Railway Conductors of America; T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmens Union of North America; and C. J. Coff, assistant to the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The Chief Executive won an agreement between rail executives and labor chiefs to continue conferences in an effort to settle their differences. (International SoUndphoto) I FRESH SEAFOOD Air Fish Shipment Scheduled Weekly Regular Cargo Service Slated For Inland Section Of State; Expanded Markets Seen For Local Fishermen Wilmington’s newest industry—ocean-fresh fish via the sky—will be extended next week to include Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, and Durham, Eld ridge Fergus, of R. C. Fergus and Sons, local fish whole salers and retailers, announced yesterday. The Fergus company instituted the new airplane marketing last week when it sent 2,500 pounds of newly caught trout, flounder, and mullet to Atlantic and Pacific DIVISION CHIEFS TOUR CAPE FEAR General Newman Impress ed By Wilmington Port Facilities Summing up his inspection of Wilmington’s waterfront Thursday, Brig. Gen. James B. Newman, Jr., division engineer of the South At lantic division of U. S. Engineers, declared himself impressed with the city’s potentialities as a port and foresaw great possibilities for local expansion of petroleum fa cili ies and other industrial develop ments. In company with R. W. Stuck, chief engineer South Atlantic divi sion, Col. George Gillette, district engineer, T. J. Hewitt, disirict en gineering chief, and P. M, Snell, engineer in charge of operations of the Wilmington district, General Newman yesterday inspected the Cape‘Fear river from Wilmington to Sou4h Port inclusive of the Brunswick river. First Installment Yesterday’s inspection was the first installment of a three day tour, which commencing at Little River, S. C., will be concluded when the inspection party arrives at Great Bridge, Va., Saturday. See RIVER On Page Two Tea company stores in Charlotte. Yesterday afternoon a similar shipmen* was flown aboard a giant Douglas South East Airlines plane from Bluethenthal airport to Char lottle again. Regular Trips “We ai going to have a regu lar Thursday schedule,” Fergus said. “Next week’s shipment will be about 5,00C pounds of fish, and it will go no; only to Charlotte but to Raleign, Greensboro, Winston See FISF on Page Two NEW HANOVER ROTC TO RECEIVE HONORS IN CEREMONY TODAY New Hanover High school’s ROTC unit, today, will hold presentation exercises in the school auditorium at 8:45 a. m. when 62 members of the senior class will receive military science and tactics certilicates, it was an nounced yesterday by Capt. R. S. Andrews, ROTC commanding offi cer. Capt. Andrews will also award certificates for successful comple tion of military hygiene and sani tation to members of the unit who are eligible to receive them. After the meeting is opened, the cadet executive officer, Major L. B. Williams will in troduce cadet battalion command- j er, Lt. Col. Harry M. Wellott, who will speak briefly before the awards are made. Aching Muscles Are Sign Of Grudge, Doctor Says PHILADELPHIA, May 16—(/P)— Chronic victims of pains and aches ir» the muscles and joints—without organic ailment—may be suffering from nursing a smouldering grudge against someone close to them. This was the concept advanced Thursday by Dr. Edward Weiss of Temple University medical school in discussing a condition which he said has been called “psychogenic rheumatism” by some investiga tors. He told the American College of Physicians that the term had been applied to persons who have aches and pains and often a slight fever but who disclose no organic ail ment during physical examination and laboratory studies. Asserting that the muscles serve gs a means of defense and attack and that internal tension is most easily relieved b" muscular ac tion, Weiss said: "The individual musclar aches and pains would often like to express his aggression against someone in particular but is pre vented from doing so by the affec tion or respect for that person that is mingled with his hostility.” He declared such persons usually are totally unaware that they bear a chronic resentment Mine Seizure Step Not Yet Contemplated President Cancels Missouri Trip After Principals File Answer SMALL DEMANDS LAW CPA Chief Claims UMW Head Has Stopped U. S. Economy By Actions WASHINGTON, May 16—(JP> — John L, Lewis and coal operators Thursday night rejected a presi dential proposal that they submit their dispute to binding arbitra tion. President Truman Immediately cancelled a week-end trip to Mis souri in order to seek some new method of averting another walk out of soft coal miners when the present truce expires May 25. "No Seizure’* Emerging from the President’s office later, Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach told reporters that the "only legal power the govern ment has” in the event of a com plete breakdown is seizure of the mines. But he added that 'we haven’t yet reached a point of de ciding on seizure.” Schwellenbach said that in the latest conference with the Presi dent there were indications on both sides “there might be a de sire to reopen negotiations.” Welfare Fund The operators were willing to arbitrate on wages and hours, the White House said, but they balked at arbitration on the health and welfare fund demand. John L. Lewis took the position that his union negotiating committee is not authorized to arbitrate anything, according to Charles Ross, presi dential secretary. Even before the twin rejections of arbitration were given to the President, his production adminis trator, John D. Small, speaking See MINE on Page Two ' ARMY MEN KILLED IN FORT CRACKUP Secrecy 0 f Authorities Lead To False Reports As To Plane FAIRFAX, Calif., May 18— (/P— A Flying Fortress crash, whose aft ermath was cloaked in such Army secrecy that an unconfirmed re port circulated it was an atom bomb plane, killed two Army men and injured seven others Thursday on a rid.ge in Marin county, north of San Francisco. Tonight as reports filtered In on the crash, another unconfirmed one was made public by a Navy spokesman of the western sea frontier in San Francisco that a plane may have crashed Thursday afternoon against Mt. Shasta in Northern California. A telephone caller, identifying himself as a State Highway patrolman, said he saw the crash. Nearby Hamilton Field dispatched its special air rescue group to the site. MP’s In Charge For hours after the morning crash of the B-17, military police with sidearms prevented all ac cess to the wreckage of the fort ress. The plane, flying from Mines field, Los Angeles, struck the soutn slope of a ridge near Fairfax, See FORT on Page Two And So To Bed Mrs. E. F. Smith, of Forest Hills, went to Carolina Beach yesterday to pick some violets for her flower-boxes. Her hunt was successful. She came home in the afternoon with a large paper bag full of the plants. She readied the boxes for planting and then put her hand into the bag to take out the flowers. Her fingers clutched not shy violets but a vigorous eight inch water moccasin. . How the moccasin got into the bag, Mrs. Smith could not say. All she could say was, “For goodness snake!’*
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