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FORECAST . ♦ M -4? ^ ^ > Served By Leased Wires umttutfmt ntttttm ^twc ---— State and National News \ ( 11 ,^79.—NO. 210_____WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1946 ’ ESTABLISHED 186'?’ INSURORS INSTALL 1946-47 OFFICERS Murray Leads Group At Wrightsville Beach Convention Ti installation of new officers and ’he presentation fo “awards f0r outstanding service’’ to past presidents spotlighted the annual convention banquet of the North Can boa Association of Mutual In surance Agents at the Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrightsville Beach, last night. The new officers are Murray Wiiae, High Point, president; Ed. I Beam, Charlotte, first vice pre.ndent; and Edgar Towe, Wil son. second vice-president. Perry On Board R. A. Perry, Wilson, retiring president, and W. C. Cates, Hen derson, were elected to the board oi directors. A new secretary and treasurer rviu be selected at today’s session. The 'awards for outstanding service.” presented by the new president, went to the following past presidents: Cliff Westbrook, Charlotte; Floyd Hugh Craft, Greensboro; Hugh H. Murray, Raleigh: P. P. Phillips, Durham; Harry Latimer, Wilmington; J. M. Zachary. Charlotte; C. C. Fox, Statesville; George Jones, Char lotte; and Perry. Fire Marker Award After Perry gave the welcoming speech to the 200 delegates at the banquet, a singular award was made to Past President Jones by Bill Baldwin, executive secretary of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Agents. Jones was given the traditional “fire-marker” award—a duplicate of the "fire-markers” once nailed to insured houses—for his out standing? fire insurance work for the past year. The first day of the insurors’ two-day conference opened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning with President Perry calling the dele gates to order in the convention hall. Discussion Series After official greetings were extended by Wofford Humphries, chief dsputy commissioner of the North Carolina Insurance depart ment, a series of fire insurance discussions was held. First on the agenda was John F. Fletcher, manager of the North Carolina Automobile Rate Ad ministrative office, explaining the recent changes in automobile rates and classifications. Hie next topic, modern fire protection, was discussed by Sher wood Brockwell, state fire mar shall. Landon Hill, fire insurance manager of the North Carolina Rating bureau, spoke next on the recent merehantile rate reduc tions. See IN'SPRORS on Page Two ‘CUT-OFF’ DATE JUNE 20 IN SALE Bids Must Be In On Float ing Drydock, WAA Says „ Special to The Star WASHINGTON, June 14. — The War Assets administration Friday announced a “cut-off” date for bids °n the Wilmington floating drydock, no being ottered for sale or lease. The WAA said that no bids or proposals will be accepted after June 20. "’hen no acceptable proposal is ibmitted for an industrial facil W. thr Office of Real Property Disposal reserves the right to re kct ail bids and set a new “cut ^ date, the WAA stated._ “UHBONE’S MEDITATIONS By Alley —-___________ DAT MAN WANTER sell, me a mattress FUH ripfo QO U UAHS \ Law ! e,p x wuz %o SLEEP on OAT THING I D 6iT A IN-JESTIC£ Wtu. M t^croni:— i ba y— (Released by The Bell 9fV i/s *«te. lae.) Trade Mark » P/«r IT. R P*» PRESIDENT TRIED TO STOP JACKSON Truman Reveals Attempt To Have Black Charges Withheld By Justice WASHINGTON, June 14.—«P»— President Truman revealed Friday that he tried to stop Supreme Court Justice Jackson from issuing his sensational blast at Justice Black but Jackson went ahead -anyway. Jackson sent the president an ad vance copy of his statement de scribing his “feud” with Black and assailing the latter’s partici pation in Supreme court decisions in which his former law partner was interested. It reached the White House on Sunday, the day be fore Jackson released it at a news conference in Nuernberg and cabl ed it to the Judiciary committees of Congress. No Discussion Mr. Truman shot a message to Jackson suggesting that the jus tice not release it until the two of them had a chance to talk it over. Asked whether Jackson then dis cussed it with him by telephone, the chief executive said he did not. The president's disclosure to his news conference of these activities behind the scenes did not make clear whether Jackson actually re ceived the presidential advice be fore he acted and thus disregard ed it. Due to the time difference! between Washington and Nuern berg, the interval between the time Jackson’s statement reached the White House and the time it was made public have been only a few hours. Truman Disapproved In any case Mr. Truman made it clear that he disapproved of Jack son’s action in dragging the dis sension within the supreme court into the open, but the president in dicated that was the end of it as far as is concerned. He said in an swer to questions that he expects no resignations to result. Asked whether Black had threatened to resign if Jackson were appointed See JACKSON an Page Two PRICEOFSUGAR TO BE INCREASED OPA Also Cuts Supply To Commercial Bakeries By 14 Percent WASHINGTON, JUne 14—(fP)— In a move to make more bread available by cutting down on cake and other pastries, the OPA Friday reduced the sugar ration of American bakeries about 14 percent. At the same time, there were these other developments' on the food front: 1. An OPA official said the re tail price °f sugar soon will be raised 1-5 of a cent a pound—one cent on a five-pound package — to offset a wage bbost for sugar refinery workers. Validate Stamp 2. The agency will validate a . second sugar stamp for home canning July 1. Spare stamp 10 in family ration books will be good for five pounds through Oct. 31. The current coupon, spare stamp 9, also is good for five pounds through Ociober. 3. The possibility arose that the retail price of coffee may be raised three to five cents a pound. Effective during the July-Sep tember quarter, bakers will re ceive only 60 percent as much sugar as they used during the corresponding quarter in 1941, OPA announced. They now are re ceiving 70 percent. Flour Limitations The ^eduction, which places bakeries on the same basis as most other industrial users of sugar, was prompted by Agri culture department limitations on flour production. At present, mills may grind only 75 percent as much flour a month as they did last year- On July 1 this goes up to 85 percent. OPA said that because of these See SUGAR on Page Two GOVERNMENT SETTLES MARITIME STRIKE BY LIBERAL WAGE INCREASE TO WORKERS; UMPFFERS TO SHARE ATOMIC SECRETS ___:_ _ Plan Set To Destroy Bomb Store List Of Safeguards Sug gested For World-Wide Ratification BARUCH GIVES PLAN Nation To Hold Monopoly Until Conditions Are Met NEW YORK, June 14.— (AP) — The United States Friday offered to destroy the store of atomic bombs and share the atomic secrets for peaceful use if the world would set up adequate safe guards to make sure this weapon never again could be used as an instrument of war. These safeguards included: 1. Surrender of the veto power by the five major nations on all matters pertaining to atomic de velopment. Abso4ute Power 2. Creation of an international atomic development authority with absolute power over atomic raw materials and production. 3. Adoption of international laws “with teeth” providing for severe punishment of violators on a basis to be determined by the United Nations. Baruck Speaks The United States position was outlined before the opening session of the U. N. Atomic Energy com mission by Bernard M. Baruch, U. S. representative on the 12-na tion Security Council agency. The white-haired 75-year-old Baruch made it clear in his his toric statement that the United States would hold a monopoly in the atomic field until the condi tions are met. Would Destroy Bombs When that time finally comes, he said', the United States would be willing to agree that the manu facture of atomic bombs shall stop, all existing bombs shall be de stroyed and the authority shall be given full information “as to the know-how for the production of atomic energy.” The delegations, seated at the crescent-shaped council table, lis tened solemnly as Baruch, pro nouncing his words slowly and dis tinctly, laid down''s proposals for outlawing the lethal atomic bomb and expressed hope that the com mission eventually would be able to ban the u: - of other terrible weapons, such as gas and bacterio logical bombs. Must Have Guarantee “Before a country is ready to relinquish any winning weapons,’ Baruch asserted, “it must have more than words to reassure it. It must have a guarantee of safety, not only against the offenders m the atomic area, but against the illegal users of other weapons bacteriological, biological, gas perhaps, why not?—against war itself.” MEMORIAL COMMISSION WASHINGTON, June 15 —Of)— An Andrew Johnson Memorial commission would be established under a resolution introduced in the Senate Friday. Majority Leader Barkley (D.-Ky.) and , Senator Hoey (D.-N.C.) offered legislation to establish a commis sion to formulate plans for pre sevation of the bithplace of the 17th Pesident of the United States DADDY MUST GO A-HUNTIN’ Long And Cold Winter Prospect For Babies WASHINGTON, June 14.—(ff) —A dapper diaper man said Friday that things look better on the baby britches front this summer, but he warned: Look out for another long, cold win ter. One In Ten John K. Jones, president of the National Institute of Dia per Services, told a news con ference that he was speaking only for the one baby in 10 in this nation who wears diapers furnished by the service. Things are looking up for these kids (who live chiefly in cities of at least 100,000 pop ulation). That’s because, be said, 20 per cent of these ser vice subscribers are leaving for long summer vacations. Watiing Lists “We’ll be able to fill up our waiting lists at last,” he said. No, he didn’t know what, if anything, the kids would wear while vacationing. Jones said the diaper situa tion is rough for all the 2,600; 000 babies born in the U. S. each year. See BABIES on Page Two BUDGET HIGHER Municipal Expense Increase Foreseen Newly Annexed Area, Port Traffic-Indust rial Agency Merger May Add $106, 000 To City Costs Wilmington’s municipal budget for the fiscal year 1946-47 might exceed the present fiscal year’s budget of $1,644,842 by well over $100,000, city hall estimates re vealed yesterday. Two factors alone—the service budget for newly-an The Weather FORECAST North Carolina:— Considerable cloudi ness with scattered thundershowers and not quite so warm in north portion Saturday. South Carolina:— Partly cloudy and continued rather hot Saturday with scattered thundershowers over north por tion. (Eastern Standard Time) (By IT. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7 :30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30a 76; 7:30a 80; l:30p 86; 7:30p 73. Maximum 87; Minimum 76; Mean 76; Normal 77. Humidity 1:30a 89; 7:30a 79; l:30p 66; 7 :30p 75. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. 0.58 inch. Total since the first of the month 1:13 inches. Tides for Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington _10:17a 5:19a 10:47p 5:19p Masonboro Inlet _ 7:50a 2:07a 8:21p l:56p Sunrise 5:00a; Sunset 7:25p; Moonrise 8:28p; Moonset 5:31a. River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at 8 a.m., Friday, 9.7 feet. SINCLAIR TERMINAL PLANS ARE SLATED $750,000 Wilmington Oil Storage Plant To Start Soon Plans for the immediate con struction of a $750,000 Wilmington oil storage terminal were an nounced here yesterday by the Sinclair Oil company as it com pleted purchase of a 1,000 foot frontage on the Cape Fear river between Wooster and Wright streets. Title transfers affecting the property-site of the abandoned Bellwell Cotton mill and the origi nal Spiritine Chemical company plant were field with the Register of Deeds at 1:30 p. m. yesterday. Tax transfers stamps disclosed the sale involved $95,000 for the two parcels of land. Local Realtor The F. E. Livingston company, Wilmington realtors, handled the transfer negotiations. Demolition of the abandoned Bellwell mill, a two-story brick building, and of structures on the site of the old Spiritine Chemical plant will be started immediately, a spokesman of the Sinclair com pany said. On the grounds, as quickly as materials become avail able, will rise the largest storage terminal along the Cape Fear See SINCLAIR an Page Two nexed Sunset Park and East Wil mington and the proposed merger of the City Industrial agency with the Wilmington Port Traffic as sociation—might add at least $106,000 to the total budget. Service Costs When the new areas were a - nexed on January 1 of this year, the temporary service budget was set at $55,000 to the end of the fiscal year, June 30. At the time this figure was made, a tentative full fiscal year figure of $140,000 was estimated for 1946-47. If the full-year figure is used, it will add $85,000 to the present budget. Proposed Merger The proposed merger of the industrial agency and the traffic association has been estimated at a yearly cost of $21,000—$12,000 for the agency and $9,000 for the as sociation. These two figures, $85,000 and $21,000, would boost the present budget $106,000. These are not the only factors to be considered in the new bud get, however. Other Factors Another prime item is the possi ble wage increases to city em ployes, particularly the firemen and policemen. These two de partments have asked l^r a flat wage hike of 15 per cent, together with revised working schedules which, if adopted, would necessi tate the addition of more men to each department. Still another large factor is the increased cost of most of the sup plies and equipment which the city must buy, such as street pav ing material, pipe, office supplies, etc. Greenfield Park Further, the proposed “beauti fication” program for Greenfield Park and the city as a whole will, if carried out, add a large sum to the heavy budget. With a budget committee expect ed to be appointed at next Wed nesday’s city council meeting, city department heads are rushing their tentative budgets to comple tion. So far, all of them show marked increases over the 1945-46 figures. WEAK STORM NEW ORLEANS, June 14.—(U.R)— The center of a weak tropical storm in che Gulf of Mexico was slated to pass near Burrwood, La., Friday night, the U. S. Weather Bureau reported. Small craft from the middle Louisiana coast to Mo bile, Ala., were warned to remain in port. The Weather Bureau said the storm was attended bv winds of about 35 miles per hour over a small area near the center. Along The Cape Fear SORROWFUL POSTURE — We have discovered the whereabouts of Germania Hall. A few days ago we did some mighty pitiful yearning for this hall, Wilmington’s 50-cent palace of food, frolic, and the light fantas tic back in the easy, inexpensive era of the “Gay 90's.” We said we wanted to find out its location so that we could make pilgrimage to it and look at it with eyes of longing for those dear, dead days beyond recall. We did this very thii\g yesterday afternoon as we stood in silent and sorrowful posture on the north west corner of Front and Dock street, gazing sadly at the second floor windows over the Pender Furniture company. * * * INVISIBLE MIST — Yes, folks, that is the place. That is the place where the Ger mania Cornet Band and the Caro lina Concert Band set brogans and button-shoes waltzing over the polished floor to the thre e-quarter - time tunes of the “Blue Danube” and the “Tales of the Vienna Woods.” That is the place where viands and victuals were served on high heaped platters by waiters with white coats and superb black mous taches. The entrance was on Dock street, and as you mounted the stairs the commingled medley of music, happy voices, and the aroma of fine food wafted down to you like a cordial, invisible mist of invita tion and welcome. All this was yours for 50 cents. * * * OLD GENTLEMAN — Our in formant on the whereabouts of Germania Hall is Mr. Wade Holder, of Woodlawn. You might be surprised, as we were at first, to learn that Mr. Holder is only 11 years old. We were, in fact, not only surprised but taken aback — a long distance back to the place of elementary logic where we figured that young Mr. Holder's knowledge of the hall’s whereabouts could not pos sibly be first-hand. For the first time in a long time, our figuring proved correct. After a long, chummy chat with' young Mr. Holder he revealed that his source of the information was “an old Cape Fear gentleman who told me all about it.” See CAPE FEAR on Page Two i HOSPITAL NAMES RANKIN MANAGER New Head At James Walk er One Of Nation’s Youngest Executives Appointment of John W. Rankin, Winston-Salem to the superintenden cy of Wilmington’s James Walker Memorial hospital was announced yesterday by James Roe, president of the hospital board of trustees. To be installed late this summer, 29-year-old Rankin is one of the natioin’s' youngest hospital execu tives. Roe, speaking of his appoint ment, said that the new superin tendent would probably initiate no immediate changes in James Walk er routine. University Graduate Currently serving as superintend ent of Tuomey hospital, S. C., Ran kin is president of the South Caro lina Hospital association, a 1939 graduate of the University of North Carolina, and for approxi mately 16 months during 1942-43 served as administrative specialist of the United States Public Health service assigned to the Fourth Re gioinal office of Civilian Defense as regional officer in charge of hos pitals in seven southeastern states. Determining the date of his as sumption of duties, Rankin said yesterday, is the appointment of his successor at Tuomey hospital in Sumter. Rankin made public yesterday in Sumter his resignation and requested the managers of Tuomey to secure his successor not later than August 1. He is to succeed Mrs. Byrd Holmes, acting superintendent of James Walker Memorial hospital since the resignation two months ago for reasons of health of George Darden. At Dake Hospital The son of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Rankin of Winston-Salem, the superintendent-select received his See HOSPITAL on Page Two GENERAL ADMITS NAZI CONTACTS Mihailovic Tells Of Saving Lives Of American Fliers BELGRADE, June 14—WP)—Gen. Draja Mihailovic admitted wearily Friday under questioning by the prosecution that he had collabor ated personally with the enemy while commanding his Chetnik troops in Yugoslavia. Earlier he had testified that he had been promised United States support exclusively for his move ment by the head of the Americaif mission to his Chetnik headquar ters. Calls It “Intrigue” The bearded Chetnik leader, on trial before a Yugoslav military court on charges of both colla boration and treason, was con fronted with a handwritten letter in which he had said “the Italians helped us well.” He admitted the letter was genuine. It instructed Chetnik units to receive arms from the Italians. “What do you call this?” de manded the prosecutor after read ing the letter. “Intrigue,” replied Mihailovic. “Is that collaboration?” the prosecutor asked. "Yes.” was the reply. “Is that your collaboration?” the prosecutor pressed further. “Yes,” Mihailovic answered. General Tired Obviously tired from his contin ual appearance on the stand since See MIHAILOVIC on Page Two Temporary Work Stoppage To Tie Up Ocean Commerce 200,000 Workers May Take Up To 24 Hours Off To Ratify New Contract; $17.50 Per Month Hike CHARLESTON, S. C., June 14.—(U.R)—Anthony Lueio, head of the local CIO Maritime union, Friday night announced that his 600 members had voted to walk out at midnight "regardless” and that no ratification meeting on the strike settlement would be held until Saturday. Lucio said that picket lines would be set up. Eleven ships In the harbor are affected, but the CIO has agreed to complete un loading of two ammunition ships. WASHINGTON, June 14.— (AP)—The maritime labor dispute was settled Friday night at almost the very mom ent when a great nationwide shipping strike was to begin. Granville Conway, War Shipping administrator, told reporters the agreement “had been signed and sealed.” Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran, co-chairmen of the committee for maritime unity, a few minutes before had CONGRESS FACING TOUGH OPA TASK Must Retreat From Ceil ings Stand Or Confront Possible Veto WASHINGTON, June 14—UP)— Amid administration admonitions against skyrocketing prices, Com gess confronted a choice Friday between retreating from its bat tering attack on OPA or risking a head-on collision with a Presi dential veto. . President Truman left open the question of veto, when inquiry was made at his morning news conference, but Economic Stabiliz er Chester Bowles has said he will urge such action if legislation to continue OPA lands at th* White House in its present weak ened form. Bowles May Resign Reports were heard at the capitol that both Bowles and Paul Porter, OPA administrator, would resign rather than try to administ er such a law. Porter added to that speculation Friday with a See CONGRESS on Page Two WHITEVILLE MAN KILLED IN WRECK Harry K. Garrell Dies In Hospital After Head-On Collision One motorist was dead and an other seriously injured yesterday following a head-on collision in the vicinity of Ihe Cape Fear River bridge. Crushed in the wreckage of his automobile, Harry K. Garrell, 26, of Whiteville, died at the James Walker Memorial hospital shortly after the accident. Ray Pursley, Lake Forest, rush ed to the operating room by hos pital attendants, is reported to be in fair condition. Crossed To Left State Highway Patrolmen and Sheriff’s officers investigating the accident said the collision nccured at 5 p.m. when Garrell, driving a 1941 Chevrolet toward Whiteville. crossed to the left side of the road info the path of Pursley’s Wilming ton-bound Pontiac. The two cars met approximately See WRECK on Page Two YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE! Wilmington Top Basking Grounds In Eastern U.S. BY LARRY HIRSCH When A1 Jolson use,} to sing, ‘‘The sun shines east, the sun shines west, but I know where the sun shines best,” he. might well have ended the ditty with these two words: ‘‘In Wilmington.” East Of Mississippi Provided, of course, that he was limiting the scope of his song to that region of the United States east of the Miss issippi river. Because year in, year out, the Wilmington region has the greatest amount of sun shine flooded down on it that floods down anywhere in the country this side of the Miss issippi — except southern Florida. Outdoes Florida And the only time southern Florida’s sun outshines Wil mington’s is during the sea son of spring. During the other semsons —winter, summer, and au tumn — the Cape Fear orb See SUNSHINE on Page Two announced to reporters separately that their own unions had reached agreements, subject to ratification of the membership. Herbert Little, public relations director of the labor department, told reporters: “the strike is set tled.” In San Francisco, Morris Wat son, spokesman for the CMU, said he had received this information from national headquarters: "If a peace agreement is reach ed in Washington, all the estimated 200,000 members of the CMU groups will quit work at midnight to start ratification proceedings— to take from 24 to 48 hours. Murray Appeals Philip Murray, CIO president, ap pealed to the seven unions banded together in the CMU to call off their strike and continue at their jobs. Bridges and Curran issued a statement at 11:20 p.m. E. S. T. claiming for the CMU “an un precedented victory for all mari time workers and for the laboring people of America.” They declared that “the victory was made possible by the unity of the maritime workers expressed in the CMU and by the board sup port of our fight by workers here and throughout the world.” Terms Of Contract Bridges and Curran said these were the terms won by the unions allied in the CMU: 1—For seaman—40 hour week in all ports; $17.50 monthly increase, retroactive to April 1; all work per formed on Sunday at sea to be paid at the overtime rate which is raised to $1 an hour. Other collateral is sues to be negotiated in the next 30 days and if no agreement is reached, these issues will be sub mitted to arbitration. 2. For radio operators—a wage increase of $17.50 a month and arbitration of an “additional am ount to preserve historic differ entials”; overtime rate for all work performed at sea on Sunday (meaning overtime after a 48 hour week); arbitration of new over time rate and additional radio op erator on all cargo ship*. Overtime For Sunday 3. Engineers—provision for over time for Sunday at sea, and a 40 hour week in port. 4. Longshoremen — increase of 22 cents an hour as recommended by a fact-finding board, retroac tive to last October 1. All the proposals are subject to ratification of the unions involved. Stumbling Block Bridges explained that the last stumbling block over signature of the West Coast waterfront contract See MARITIME on Page Two And So To Bed A New York man, having ac cumulated a number of clothing and souvenir items during his visit in Wilmington, had his trunk shipped down to him from New' York last week. The bill for the shipment was $2.68. Yesterday he packed the trunk with his new and old belong ings and then called up a local transfer company to have it taken to the train station. The bill for the transfer from home to station—a matter of 16 blocks—was $2.50. After he paid the bill he hand ed an extra 18 cents to the transfer man. “What’s the extra 18 cents for?” asked the transfer man. “I’ve changed my mind about sending the trunk to New York by train,” said the New Yorker. “Since you’ve carried it such a long distance already you might as well carry it the rest of the way.”
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