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Construction Group May Be Formed Here TO CHECK PERMITS Chamber Of Directors May Appoint Committee At Meeting Friday A proposal to create in Wilming ton a District Contraction com mittee to review building applica tions affected by terms of the Civilian Production administra tion program to channel supplies into homes for veterans will be high on the agenda of the di rectors of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, meeting here Friday. Organization of a District Con struction committee is authorized, John H. Farrell, Chamber of Com merce secretary said yesterday, under regulations of the CPA. Sole function of the committee would be to review and recommend to district CPA headquarters, ap proval or rejection of non-housing building or repair projects over which the CPA has control. Its recommendations would not be a final determining factor insofar as any application is concerned, Far rell said. "We have felt for some time that the situation in Wilmington insofar as housing is concerned that CPA regulations are not wholly applicable in this county. The need here is for industrial plants— commercial building — and not housing, at least at the present,” Farrell said today in revealing his plan to place before the Chamber’s directors, the proposal for crea tion of a Construction committee. "Through such a committee it may be possible to make this point clearer to the CPA offices in Greensboro.’’ the secretary added. Membership of the committee, Farrell said, would be composed °f men intimately familiar with the city and county building need's. No limit on its membership, from a standpoint of size, is imposed by the CPA, Farrell said. EIGHT ARE INJURED AS AUTOS COLLIDE Week - End Visitors To Carolina Beach Hos pitalized After Crash Eight week-end visitors to Caro "’a Beach were injured last night, °ne seriously, in a head-on colli S1°n shortly before 11 o’clock on ♦ siaie highway between the re ?v and the Inland waterway bridge. The cars were driven by Dave Uark, of Mt. Airy, and Wayne ffe Yokley, 915 W. Bank street, Winston-Salem. According to State Highway Patrolmen who investigated the accMent, Yokley was driving to wards the beach when his car was struck by the car operated by p:k- as the Mt. Airy driver, travelling toward Wilmington at tmpted to pass another vehicle. Miss Fay Hall of Columbia, S. C’ occupant of Clark’s car, was ne most seriously injured of the Sroup, accord .ng to attendants at ames Walker Memorial hospital "nere they were taken. She was ueated for a possible concussion ind severe lacerations and abra sions C'ark. was admitted to the hos P'tal after receiving emergency raatment for severe lacerations 'continued on Page Four; Col. 1) LONDON SLEUTHS TRAIL MURDERER Housekeeper Found Dead In House Of King George Of Greece LONDON, June 15—(U.R)—Agents from Scotland Yard arrested a married man at Brighton today and hauled him back to their headquarters for questioning about the murder of Elizabeth McLindon, a shapely, middle-aged housekeep er who was killed at No. 45 Ches ter Square, a house belonging to King George II of Greece. The married man was Arthur Boyce, thought to be the foreman of a house-painting gang. Although he already had a wife, he was re ported to have been engaged to Miss McLindon and had planned to marry her soon. As Scotland yard’s investigation of the case progressed, it became clear that the motive was one basic emotion. When fire bodv was first discovered, the yard's special branch — charged with investigat ing the crimes of foreigners—was called in. That indicated a political motive was suspected. But the special ; breach withdrew and the investi- i gation was taken over by the crim inal investigation division. A CIO officer said he hoped to crack the case within a few hours. Even without a political motive, the murder at No. 45 Chester Square had all the earmarks of a Sherlock Holmes thriller. Neighbors last saw her alive Saturday, a week ago. She was going • out, “quite agitated,” they said, in a blue dress—instead of the customary black — with sheer silk stockings and blue snake skin shroes. A few minutes after she left a man called. That was the last report of Miss McLindon until police broke into her house yesterday at the behest of the neighbors, who had become alarmed at the growing pile of bot tles of milk and newspapers on her front step. They found her stiff and cold in : a chair by her telephone in a lock ed study. There was a blood-tain ed hole in the back of her head, put there by a caliber . 32 pistol fired at close range. There was no sign that a mur dered had ofrced his v/ay into the house, and no trace of the murder gun or a used, shell. Scot land yard fingerprints experts were confounded by the marks of dec (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) Seamen Plan $2,000,000 Strike F -" ^ Unions Prer & o r Worldwif7 ^ ^^.gs Before ^ jer CALM AILS Conciliators Say General Labor Picture Brightest In Months WASHINGTON, June 15 —UP)— Tbe CIO-supported committee for Maritime unity, with one doci strike' just averted, announced tonight plans for a $2,000,000 “strike fund’’ and for world-wide meetings in preparation for new contract negotiations Sept. 30. The CMU, headed by Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran as co chairrhen, disclosed plans for “joint conferences with the mari. time unions of other nations’’ dur ing the summer preparatory to a new maritime crisis next fall. This indication of future labor front difficulties came as peace was just returning to the nation’s waterfronts. The Labor department was viewing the strike outlook, with last night’s maritime dis pute settlement as background as the best in months. Louis Goldbiatt, CML secretary, announced that the CMU execu tive committee had voted — on the heels of the settlement — to. build a $1,000,000 strike fund. CMU’s seven component unions with more than 200,000 seamen and dock worker members, he said, w’ill raise $5 each for this fund. “An additional $l,000j,000 will also be raised for the strike fund,” he added. CMU sources said the additional $1,000,000 would be raised from CMU unionists beyond their $5 apiece. “The world federation of trade unions will be approached on this matter and conferences arranged as soon as possible for both the Atlantic and Pacific areas,” Gold blatt said. Before the CMU made its omi nous announcement of future plans the capital had looked at the labor situation with fresh optimism. “It looks better now than it has for some time — very much better,” said Howard T- Colvin, associate director of the U. S. conciliation service. “There are not over a dozen strikes in the entire country of sufficient na tional importance to cause any excitement at all.” This relative calm gave the na tion its best post-war opportunity to turn full steam ahead on a reconversion program crippled in (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) RATIONING RETURN COUNTED UNLIKELY Agriculture Secretary Avers War Measures Now Unnecessary WASHINGTON, June 15.—(/P)— Secretary of Agriculture Anderson declared tonight he does not believe •a return to consumer rationing will be necessary to save peoples in other lands from starvation in the year ahead. He said the United States no longer has the machinery for en forcing rationing and he doubts “congress will wish to set it up again, at this point.” The government is developing, the secretary said, “a simpler form of rationing nearer the source rationing of wheat and other short supplies to processors and distri butors.” As an example he cited an agriculture department order requiring millers to cut their dis tribution of flour for domestic con. (Continued on Page Four; Col. 3) On Trial gen. mihailovic AIRMEN RULED OUT IN CHETNIK TRIAL — Mihailovic Agrees ‘ ‘ I n Principle” With Court’s Decision BELGRADE, June 15.— (JP) — A defense request that American aviators be permitted to testify for Gen. Draja Mihailovic was refused by the military court today after the bearded Chetnik leader himself declared he did not agree “in principle” with such a move. Mihailovic also repudiated his testimony yesterday admitting col laboration, telling the court today “X never collaborated with the en emy. That means agreement with the enemy. That was never.” He said he was exhausted when he an swered “yes” to questions put to him by the prosecutor the day be fore. In an oral decision denying the request to summon the American witnesses, the president of the court trying Mihailovic on charges of treason and collaboration said: We have many documents and witnesses from our country and witnesses are not needed from for eign lands.” The court president asserted that men who were in Yugoslavia only a short time would not be as valuable witnesses as those who knew the situation thoroughly. The decision was not a surprise, since the Yugoslav government (Continued on Page Four; Coi. 2) YEGGS LOOT TWO GROCERY STORES $3,000 In Cash Reported Stolen From Market Street Food Center Reported break-in of two upper Market street grocery stores late Friday night or early yesterday, and the alleged theft of $3,000 in cash from one, was being inves tigated by city detectives yester day. Robbed, according to city police reports, were the Food Center, 2439 Market street, and the Broad Circle Grocery, Market at Ken wood avenue. The $3,000 loss was reported from the Food Center by its own er, J. G. Carney. Entry was gain ed to the Food Center, Carney told police, ostensibly with a pass key through the front door, after a screen door had been cut with a knife to gain access to the lock. Four cash registers, Carney said, were looted of about $3,000—most of yesterday’s receipts, the own er reported. Broad Circle Entered The Broad Circle store, owned by C. A. Olmstead, was broken into and a small quantity srf gro ceries taken. Olmsteaa said no (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Navy Reveals More Details Of New Missile Due For Camp Davis Tests By KEN R. NOBLE Star-News Staff Writer A strange looking gadget whose odd appearance has already earn ed missiles the Navy departmen. pipe” will be among the new guid ed missies the Navy department will test at Camp Davis beginning sometime this summer. Powered by an engine that weighs a mere 70 pounds an en gine technically known as ‘‘ram jet”—the “flying stovepipe” was unveiled by the Navy’s Ordnance bureau last week in Silver Springs, Md. The Maryland tests the de partment made quite clear to as-l sembled members of the press, are strictly in the laboratory stage. More elaborate tests will be un dertaken at Camp Davis, accord ing to Navy department sources in Washington. Developed for the Navy by Wash ington scientists and engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics laboratory, Silver Springs, the ram jet engine has shot through the air at speeds up to 1500 m. p. h_— double the speed of sound. It de rives its nickname frpm the fact that its appearance resembles noth ling more than an ordinary every-; ' day variety of a stovepipe. IhJ fact, the initial ram-jet missiles: were made from the exhaust tubes of Army P-47' fighter planes. Thus far in its experimental i stage the ram-jet engine has been : used ’ exclusively in propelling \ small missiles—missiles which, by the way, may be guided by radio much as pilotless aircraft are guid ed. The Navy and its scientists, however make no particular secret of the possibilities that the ram (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) TRUMAN SENDS TO CONGRESS ARMED FORCES MERGER PLAN; ARMY GAINS MAJOR VICTORY Cordiality Pervades Conference Of Big Four Ministers In Paris By EDWIN W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, June 15.—(U.R)—The Big Four Foreign Ministers to day reassembled in what was described as an atmosphere of “great cordiality” and agreed upon a four-point aAgenda, in cluding a peace treaty for Aus tria. The inclusion of Austria as a spbject for discussion repre sented a victory for Secretary of State James F. Byrnes who argued at length during the previous Paris Big Four meet ing for a discussion of Austrian peace terms. The Austrian discussion at that time was blocked by For eign Minister V. M. Molotov. Molotov today, however, with drew his opposition and the question was placed on the agenda. At the same time—at Molo tov.’s request — the Big Four agreed to discuss the Italian political siutation. Molotov charged that Italian Monarch ists and pro - Fascists were trying to upset the results of the referendum disesctabilish ing tile Monarchy and setting up a Republic. Molotov backed up his re quest for a discussion of the situation in Italy with a state ment that “a state of civil war” is threatened by the activity of the Monarchists and Fascist sympathizers. When his colleagues agreed to the Molotov proposal the'So viet Foreign Minister quidkly reciprocated by approving' the addition of Austria to the sched ule as Byrnes suggested. The four point agenda adopt ed was as follows: 1— Peace treaties with Italy and the former Axis satellites. 2— Questions regarding Ger many. 3— Questions about Austria and the Austrian treaty. 4— The Italian political situa tion. The chief sensation of the meeting was Molotov's Italian demand. Molotov noted that there had been bloodshed in Naples and Taranto and charg ed that certain groups were trying to use violence to over turn the referendum results. He said the Allies could not re main indifferent to the threat (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Eastern Carolina May Get More Sugar Shortly, Clark Telegraphs DRAFT AGE LIMIT BALKS LAWMAKERS Indications Point To Early Settlement Of Current Differences WASHINGTON. June 15.—(U.R)— Senate-House conference on draft extension tonight faced a deadlock on the politically explosive issue of inducting teen-agers. But there were indications that a compromise may be reached soon. Rep. Overlon Brooks. D., La., said he was considering a move to permit calling up 19-year-olds as a “starting point,” in bridging the wide split between the senate and house on selective service exten sion. The house version would ban drafting teen-agers declare a draft holiday until Oct. 15 and extend the draft nine months. The senate bill would permit drafting teen-agers. The present law expires June 30. Brooks said that .although most house conferees were standing firm against drafting any 18 and 19-year olds, he expected that agreement would be reached “on some reason able compromise.’’ He said in an interview that he may offer his proposal when the conferees meet again Monday. Brooks said his move merely was a “first step’’ aimed at ironing out differences between the two houses. He added that if it was accepted members then could consider call (Continued on Page Four; Col. 1) W0MENT0 ATTEND DISTRICT MEETING New Hanover Demonstra-j tion Clubs To Go To Southport Wednesday Sixty or more New Hanover county women affiliated with the Home Demonstration clubs will travel to Southport by bus Wednes day to attend the 11th District' meeting in the Brunswick county courthouse. Two special chartered buses will provide the transportation, it was announced yesterday by Miss Ann Mason home demonstration agent Buses will leave the customshouse at 9 a.m. Mrs. Carl S. Ward, president of the 11th district federation will preside over the Southport meet ing. Meyer To apeaK The principal address of the day will be from Dr. Harold D. Meyer, director of the North Caro lina Recreation committee. An other address, “Setting O u r Stakes,” will be given by Miss Ruth Current, state home demon stration agent. The day’s program will open with a brief devotional by Mrs. F. A. Jordan of New Hanover county. Delegates will be extended welcome by Mrs. O. C. Burton of Brunswick county, and Mrs. B. Van Balel, also of Brunswick, will give the response. Mrs. A. W. Pierce, state federa (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) STOCKS DEPLETED Hope Of Supplies To Be Cheery News For Many Housewives Officials of the Department of Agriculture and other interested de partments are hopeful the sugar situation in southeastern North Carolina will ease up considerably early next week Representative J. Bayard Clark wired J. T. Hiers, ex ecutive general agent of the Wil mington Port commission yester day. These are cheering words for the worried domestic and commercial users of sugar in this area, for some of whom the outlook has been dark, according to Hiers. The telegram, in response to a letter from Hiers, ended with word ! that Clark was urging special ship ments be allocated to the area. Stockpiles Low Hiers wrote to Clark after con- j ferring with local sugar brokers \ and some commercial users who laid before him information indi cating that stockpiles were rapid-! ly dwindling and refiners were no! longer shipping sugar into North Carolina, presumabfy, according to some sources, upon orders of the War Shipping administration. Facts later disclosed indicate that as the government has requisition ed such large amounts of the re finer's output there is none left with which to satisfy domestic re quirements. Wilmington wholesalers contacted yesterday were completely out and saw no shipments in sight for 20 to 60 days, by most estimates. Fu ture shipments as a whole appear most uncertain, the majority de clared. Shipments Stop Since the start of the war the largest single shipper of sugar to the Wilmington area has been a Savannah, Ga. refiner, who now has stopped shipping altogether. Other refiners and importers of so called ‘Off-shore’ sugar report they are in no position to provide relief until some government controls are either lifted or otherwise modified. The word from Representative Clark is most encouraging and re sults may be soon expected, ac cording to Hiers. CASE BILL BACKERS WILL DEFER ACTION Will Work Instead For Modified Emergency Strike Laws WASHINGTON, June 15— (ff) — Backers of the vetoed Case labor disputes bill reported today they have called off their fight to re vive the controversial measure un til probably next year. They said they will work in stead for passage of a modified version of President Truman’s emergency strike control legisla tion, which would give him power to take over essential strike bound industries. Added to the presidential pro posal, they said, will be only such sections of the Case plan as the chief executive indicates he will accept. At present they have no assurance he will agree to any such addition. Opponents of the far-reaching Case measure held the decision of its sponsors to withhold their fight for a while as “a smashing victory” in congress for Mr. Tru man in his fight over the hotly debated bill. This interpretation of the move, which came from Rep. Biemiller (D-Wis) and others who fought i the Case legislation, was prompt ly disputed by its backers. “We are not surrendering to the president in any sense,” Rep. Case *(RSD) author of the measure, told reporters. “But there is no sense in the president and congress making faces at one another. “We are seeking a constructive result and we could not achieve it now by sending him another bill he would veto. “The issues still exist however, and sooner or later we will have to meet them with legislation such as ours.” Rep. Cox (D-Ga) asserted than “this does not mean we are giv ing up, only that we will not press the matter for the time being." Cox added that his colleagues will go along with creation of a joint senate-house committee as requested by Mr. Truman, to draft permanent labor regulation legis lation. The Georgian reported some legislators want this committee to (Continued on Page Four; Col. 8) Civic Business Leaders Get Ready For Derby Day BY JACK LTJNAN Star-News Staff Writer While more than 300 civic, edu cational and industrials leaders of Akron, Ohio, are working with the Chevrolet Motor company in an effort to make the 1946 All American Soap Box Derby finals in Akron, August 16, the greatest success in the nine-year history of the race, Wilmington service clubs, business men and educa tional leaders are also combining to make the Wilmington event on July 31, one to be remembered for years to come by every youth in the district. All civic and service organiza tions of the city are represented on the advisory committee govern ing the race here which is being sponsored jointly by the Wilming ton Star-News and Raney Chevro let company. Civitan, Rotary, Ki wanis, Lions. Exchange and .the! Brigade Boys’ clubs are partici-; pating, as well as the city and county, Y. M. C. A., Boy Scouts and other organizations. Officers! and members of all groups are: banding together to make the Wilmington event the best local (Continued on Page 7, Column 3) ARMY, NAVY HEADS OKEH UNIFICATION Asks Civilian Head Of All Services, Separate Air Force • By EDWIN H. NEWMAN WASHINGTON, June 15— (UP)—President Truman to night sent congress his final plan for unifying the armed services into a single depart ment of national defense aft er personally settling the four remaining Army-Navy dis agreements in the bitter mer ger controversy. It was a clear victory for the Army. Mr. Truman, urging quick action from congress on a j comprehensive 12-point unification plan, ruled in favor of the Army on three of the four differences which had snagged the attempt of the armed services to reach agreement. Brushing aside Navy opposition, the president sent letters to chair men of the House and Senate Na val Affairs and Military Affairs committees which: 1. Firmly reiterated his earlier insistence on a single department of national defense headed by a civilian secretary who would be come a member of the president's cabinet. 2. Recommended d13* the three integral branches — Army, Navy and Air Forces — be coordinated. Each service would be directed by a secretary, but the three would not be members of the cabi net. 3. With minor exceptions, rec ommended that all Navy land based planes be placed at the disposal of the Army Air Force. This includes planes for naval re connaissance, anti-submarine war fare and protection of shipping. The Navy will retain ship, carrier and water-based aircraft essential to naval operations, ai well as marine aircraft. Sides With Navy Mr. Truman sided with the Navy on the fourth point in disagree ment between the two services— the issue of maintaining the Ma rine corps as an integral part of the Navy. He overruled the Army's contention that the Marine corps should not be used *or any sustained land operations in future combat. The president recommended that the Marines be employed for limit ed land operations essential to prosecution of naval operations (Continued on Page Two; Col- 2) STATES PLUMBERS MEET TOMORROW Wrightsville Beach Host To 259 Plumbing And Heating Contractors H. S. Ritchie, of Albemarle, will discuss OPA area prices during to morrow's afternoon session of the North Carolina Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors, Inc., which opens in the morning at Wrightsville Beach. Sessions of the two-day conven tion will be held in tne Ocean Terrace hotel, it has been announ ced by R. M. Kermon, executive secretary of the Tar Heel associa tion. An estimated 250 delegates and jnembers of the association are expected to register for the con vention according to Kermon. The convention will be called to order by L. V. O'Callaghan, presi dent. Following invocation by George A. Moore of Wilmington, Mayor W. Ronald Lane will wel come the convention visitors. He is scheduled .to be introduced by R. L. Lucas, president of the Port City Plumbing and Heating as sociation, of 'Wilmington. Response to Mayor Lane’s words of welcome will be given by V. G. Moser, of Asheville, first vice president of the state group. The afternoon session will be de voted to the talk by Ritchie and an address by E. B. Grady, &!} Concord, who v/ill explain the acti vities of the national convention. Following reports of officers and committees the group will elect their officers for the coming year. A bingo party will be held during the evening for the ladies.
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