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FORECAST Served By Leased Wires of the -- UNITED PRESS Wilmington and vicinity; Little chance and the !Kuned?rPshoawerres. SatUrday WHh scatt«“* ASSOCIATED PRESS _ With Complete Coverage of ____—State and National News VOL. 79—NO. 228. _ ESTABLISHED 1867 Reds Delay Calling Of Feace Meet Friday’s Session Of For eign Ministers In Deadlock CHINA PROBLEM POSED Soviets Would Bar Chinese Nation As “Inviting” Power By JOSEPH DYNAN PARIS, July 5.— (AP) — Russia raised obstacles to the formal calling of a European peace conference on July 29 and Friday’s session of the four-power foreign ministers ended in a deadlock after al most four hours of discussion, Senator Vandenburg CR.-Mich.) Sl,id Friday night. Soviet Foreign Minister V M. Molotov argued that China should not be one of the inviting powers along with the “Big Four.” and in sisted that rules of procedure should be drafted and approved by the ministers before formal invita tions were issued for the 21-nation conference. Vanden >urg said. Byrnes Willing A deadlock arose on both ques tions. although U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes indicated his willingness to capitulate to Russian arguments barring China as an inviting power if the invita tions were issued immediately, one American informant explain ed. China is one of the members of the five-power foreign ministers council set up at Potsdam last August, and which met in London last fall. The present meeting is confined to the foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, France, and Britain. The ministers scheduled their next meeting Saturday afternoon when their deputies are to report on the question of rules of proce dure. See PEACE on Page Two SMALL BOY’S UE' SETS OFF POGROM 40 Persons Killed In Anti Jewish Riots In Poland KIELCE, Poland, July 5—CU.R1— A tow-headed, fat-faced boy of 11 shrugged and grinned unconcerned ly Friday night when told that the lie he had been coached to tell had set off a bloody anti-Jewish pogrom in which 40 persons were killed and 60 wounded. In a bare room of the city jail, little Henryk Blasczyk repeated the lie authorities blamed for the tragedy—the lie that he had been kidnapped by Jews, held captive for three days, and had seen the bodies of 15 Christian boys killed by them. Just Runaway The youngster admitted he had just run away from home on Mon day. instead of being kidnaped, and that he had been coached to tel! the lie by a farmer who gave him shelter. Authorities believed the farmer actually was a member of the underground, purposely plot ting a pogrom. The boy returned home Wednes day and told the story to his father, "'ho immediately took him into the Police. The rumor already was spreading — another indication of a plot, according to authorities — and the bloody pogrom got under way. Battered Bodies As a result, the battered bodies °f 36 Jews lay in rows in the muni c'Pal hospital. They included nine "omen and one prematurely born girl. A Polish army second lieutenant, a member of the secret police and f"o non-Jewish Poles also were See POGROM on Page Two The Weather TORECAST ~orth and South Carolina: — Con. ■r cloudiness with little change hmporature Saturday except slight er. warmer in the interior, scattered , '^ers near coast and light drizzles ‘ne interior. (Eastern Standard Time) 'By L1 S. Weather Bureau) * ' - urological data for the 24 hours 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures ;,”0a 76; 7:30a 75; 1:30p 77; 7:30p 75. ’’iimum 80; Minimum 71; Mean 75; formal 79. , Humidity i.3°a 96- 7:30a 94; l:30p 87; 7:30p 96. ^ Precipitation i ota! for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. inch. Tides for Today from the Tide Tables published by r,. * Coast and Geodttic Survey). Wilmington _ 3:18a 10:38a 4:00p ll:04p Masonboro Inlet _- 1:17a 7:32a 2:01p 8:02p Sunrise 5:06a; Sunset 7:27p: Moonrise 14 46 p; Monset 12:12p. DEATH RIDES THE HIGHWAY Holiday Death Toll , In Nation Reaches 2C/t By The Associates Press The nation’s violent death toll rose to i!05 yesterday as the half-way mark neared in the long Independence day week end. The fatalities—well below ad vance forecasts of the National Safety Council—indicated most vacationists were mixing cau tio nwith pleasure. Council Forecast Te council estimated the four day holiday period would result in 1,300 violent deaths, 450 of them in traffic accidents. Of the total, the council said, 800 probably would be killed out right, including 275 traffic ac cident victims. ____ From 6 p.m. (loca1 ^ Wednesday to late Fr £ £ £ persons were killed accidents. 51 drov 4* died from miscella. es. * Sunny Elsewhere The low accident death rate was held in the face of ideal highway travel and swimming conditions as sunny moderate weather prevailed in most sec tions of the country. The coun cil said pleasant weather nor mally boosted the accident toll as more persons took part in activities exposed to risk. See DEATHS On Page Two HIGHWAY ACCIDENT FATAL TO WOMAN Two Others Seriously In jured On Carolina Beach Road One woman was dead and two men were reported in serious con dition as the result of a three-car accident on the Carolina Beach road last nite, New Hanover coun ty's first serious traffic accident of the long Fourth of July holiday. The dead woman was Miss Pat sy Ruth Roberts, 21. of Kanna polis. The men are W. L. Nance, of Kannapolis and E. K. Taylor, 101 "C” Marion Drive, Maffitt Village. George Bordeaux, Carolina Beach, was in New Hanover county jail early this morning charged with “wreckless operation of an automobile resulting in injury and death’’ as a result of the accident. He was arrested by Highway Pa trolman R. E. Sherrill a few hours after the accident. He was placed under $2,008 bond which he had failed to make early this morning. Bordeaux’ car was one of the three involved. According to Patrolman Sherrill, Bordeaux’ car rammed the auto mobile in which Miss Roberts, fiance and Taylor were riding, :ausing it to veer into the path af an approaching car driven by lames A. Phillips, Riverside apartments. Bordeaux was not in. ured. The accident occurred on the Carolina Beach road approximate y one mile south of Stacy's Tavern at 7:55 p.m. The highway at this point is straight. i/1 IV 1115 MHlUOIVlUl Hie death car, driven by Tay lor, was going toward Carolina Beach in a driving rainstorm. An other car, driven by Phillips, was leading north on the highway toward Wilmington. Near the point it the accident, Phillips said, the car driven by Taylor suddenly veered to the left hitting the front end of Phillips’ car. Both Phillips’ and Taylor’s cars were badly damaged. Miss Roberts was apparently kill led instantly when the cars collid ed. She was not thrown from the car. All three occupants of the Tay lor car were riding on the front seat. Nance was reported to be suffering severe head and internal injuries. Taylor’s head was badly bruised and his left knee was in jured. Phillips Uninjured Phillips was uninjured except for a slight cut on the knee. Taylor and Nance were taken to James Walker by a passing motorist and Nance was reported late last night in a dying condi tion. Taylor will probably recover, according to hospital attaches. The warrant was drawn for Bordeaux when highway patrolmen said that the Bordeaux car rammed the rear end of the death car causing it to veer in front of the Phillips automobile, resulting in the fatal collision. 30 Feet From Road The warrant for Bordeaux was issued to highway patrolmen “on information and belief.” After the accident Bordeaux’ car ended up See FATAL on Page Two ORDNANCE CHIEF BARES ‘PRESSURE’ Says Representative Tried To Aid Munitions Maker WASHINGTON, July 5 — (ff) — Maj. Gen. L. H. Campbell, Jr. wartime chief of Army Ordnance complained Friday that Represen tative May (D.-Ky.) put “special pressure’’ on him to help an Illi nois munition manufacturer. The general supplemented previ ous testimony that May, chairman of the House Military committee, had been active in behalf of an in dutsrial combine that reaped big profits from war contracts. He told the Senate War Investi gating committee that he “got red under the collar” over May’s in sistence. May Unfair “It was unfair to me,” said Campbell, now a vice president of the International Harvester com pany. He said that at the time he was “up to the neck” in the gigan tic job of arming the U. S. forces and didn’t have time for that sort of thing. His testimony came as the com mittee pried deeper into the affairs of 19 closely linked concerns and their officials whom Ghairman Mead 'D.-N.Y.) has accused of the “worst kind of war profiteer ing.” It produced these develop ments: 1. An assertion by Brig. Gen. T. S. Hammond that the Erie Basin Metal Products company had been given the Army-Navy “E” award for production over the objections of the Chicago ordanance office that it “didn't meet half the re quirements.” Hammond, former ordnance chief of that district, said the award didn’t amount to much after that.” Telephone Introduction 2. Testimony by Campbell that May had introduced Henry Garsson to him over the telephone and ask ed him to see Garsson. The latter has been described by Army offi cials as “the brains” behind the Illinois combine. 3. Introduction of a War depart ment transcript of a telephone con versation which quoted Col. John Slezak as saying Garsson "uses Congressman May and Congress man May goes behind the limits of Propriety in getting things done.’’ 5. Signs of resentment among members of Congress over the practice of recording congressional calls. Speaker Rayburn (D.-Tex.) expressed displeasure and Republi can Leader Martin of Massachu setts termed it a “mean practice.” Deposition Taken 6. Disclosure that Murray Gars son, brother of Henry Garsson and a principal stockholder in the war swollen corporations, is now in Cuba suffering from ill health. Committee attaches said a deposi tion of his story had been taken. 7. A denial from Campbell that Secretary of War Patterson, as under secretary, had discussed with him a war contract for the Garssons. Meanwhile, Campbell said that he had sent a subordinate to Illi nois to investigate complaints by Henry Garsson which had been re layed to him by May over can cellation of a contract held by one of the corporations. See PRESSURE on Page Two WORLD TRUSTEESHIP International Control Asked For Atom Material NEW YORK, July 5.— (iP>— International ownership of all atomic raw materials was put forward by the United States Friday as one of the essentials of an effective atomic control plan. A lengthy memorandum sub mitted to the Atomic Energy commission by Ferdinand Eb erhardt, a member raf the U. S. delegation, recommended that the proposed atomic control authority have power to con trol the mining and processing of uranium and thorium as well as the actual production of atomic energy. “The authority, in short, must have such control of mining and concentrating operations as will assure its complete and absolute ownership of all uranium and thorium actually produced,” the document said. The memorandum set forth in detail the United States’ views on atomic control previously outlined by Bernard M. Baruch at the opening meeting of the commission. See ATOM on Page Two 45-MILE-HOUR GALE LASHES BEACHES MIT NO PROPER TYDAM A GEREPOR TED; ' BRICKBA TS HIT PROPOSED OP A BILL | Senate Balks As Proponent Sees Defects Price Administrator Says Bill Lacks Sufficient Control TAFT IN OPPOSITION No Action To Be Taken On New Measure Be fore Monday By JACK BELL, WASHINGTON, July 5.— (AP)—Brickbats hit the new OPA compromise bill from several directions Friday night, and senate action was put off until Monday, mean ing that the nation will be without price controls for another weekend, at least. Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky.) announced the delay in the face of unexpected criticism c' the measure by OPA Administrator Paul Porter and a new assault on price controls by opponents. Barkley angrily criticized Sena tor Wherry (R.-Neb.) for inviting other senators to join him in offer ing a. series of amendments to eliminate permanently controls over meat, poultry, milk, butter and other dairy products. Billy Sunday Revival When Wherry expressed the op inion that many senators migkt want to become co-authors, the Kentuckian arose to assert tha: the senate ought not to be “con verted into a Billy Sunday revival with senators hitting the sawdust trail.” Fifteen other senators, including one Democrat, Senator Carville of Nevada, immediately joined Wherry in sponsoring one of the See OPA on Page Two NAVY TO CONTROL TOPSAIL ISLAND Property Owners Must Evacuate Property At Once By LARRY HIRSCH Topsail Island, all 2,493 acres of it from New River inlet in Onslov county to Topsail inlet in Pender county, is in official possession of the United States Navy this morn ing for use in conjunction with the Navy’s super-secret development of super-powerful war missiles at Camp Davis. All residents, permanent and otherwise, will be notified to evacuate the island without delay for a period of one year effective immediately and ending June 30, 1947. Papers Filed The possession order and pre See TOPSAIL On Page Two Along The Cape Fear NICK OF TIME—With a flourish of fanfare, beating of drums, and a goodly number of huzzahs and hip-hip-hoorays, we wish to an nounce this morning the receipt o' our own special personal copy of “Columbus County, North Carolinj, 1946”, by James A. Rogers, editcr of the News Reporter, Whitevill*, N. C. It arrived, like the hero of a horse-opera, just in the nick *f time. Mr. Rogers and his fellov Columbusite, Mr. E. Evans Ul rich, you may remember, had -s pinned against the wall yesterogy with a Columbus county fence rail for chiding other Southeastern North Carolina counties for net publishing year books like Mri. Taft Bass’s “Sampson County Year Book.” Mr. Ulrich said our head shout! be bitten off for overlooking ths Columbus publication, and M>. Rogers declared he believed we had thrown it (the book) into tie waste basket, whereas we actualy had not known there was any such book in existence. • * * BEST SOURCE — Well, we r< ceived *our special copy in last night’s mail, and it is with a good deal of relief that we leave the wall the two Columbus county gentlemen had us pinned against, and collapse into our chaise longue to leaf through the pages of the new tome. We do this not only with relief but also with a large amount of pleasure, because, seriously, the book really is a fine publication. It’s sub-title, “A review of Col umbus County from an historical, agricultural, commercial, indust rial, municipal and photographic standpoint,” is, like the Sampson book’s sub-title, in the nature of an understatement. If anyone should care to know anything about Columbus county, and we should imagine a lot of folks would, Mr. Rogers’ book is the best source one could possibly resort to. * * * INSIDE THE CRATE—As a mat ter of fact, the book has done something to us which we thought couldn’t possibly happen, anchored as firmly as we are to the Cape Fear region. The book makes us feel that maybe we might want to move See CAPE FEAR on Page Two JUST INCHING ALONG Essential Food Prices Continue Upward Move By the Associated Press The cost of many essential food items continued to inch upward yesterday as the nation neared the end of its first post war week free of government Price controls. Wholesale prices of meat, butter, and eggs increased slightly in New York City while in Chicago the livestock market tapered off. Stock Exchange Slow The New York Stock Ex change had one of its slowest days in months with stocks quiet. And, as the consumer paid a little more for the necessities of life, OPA Administrator Paul Porter asked Congress to re vise the OPA extender bill further to conform with Presi dent Truman's recommenda tions. No Commitments General Mills, Inc., said in Chicago it was selling flour and cereal products “for im mediate shipment only.” The firm said it was not commut ing itself to any set price until a new OPA bill “is either pas sed or not passed.” Several other companies are doing like wise, a spokesman said. A threat of a buyers’ strike came from Louisville, Ky., where the Jefferson County Citizens Polit'cal Action com mittee said persons who raise rents or prices may be picket ed. See FOOD on Page Two DOCTORS REPORT DRAMATIC GAINS AMA Hears Hopeful Im provement In Disease Treatment SAN FRANCISCO, July 5 —(JP)— More hopeful prospects for vic tims of liver cirrhosis and stomach ulcer, two of the most serious and stubborn diseases of the vital or gans, were reported Friday in clos ing meetings of the American Medi cal Association convention. A group of patients with the liv er disease made dramatic improve ment when treated with a combina tion of protein and vitamin sub stances and liver extract, said Dr. Lester M. Morrison of Los Angeles. Patients Improve Many of the patients left their beds and returned to work. This was a reversal of the usual pro cess, in which the victims gradu ally become worse over a long peri od and eventually die. Dr. Morrison said the treatment not only eliminated the disability stage but also sharply reduced the death rate. The substances used in the treat ment were choline, one of the B vitamins; methionine, an amino acid; and foods of high protein con tent. Dr. Morrison did not say the patients were cured, but contended that they fared much better than persons treated with older methods. Ulcer Treatment An operation in whicn two nerves controlling some of the stomach and esophagus functions are sever ed was described by Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo clinic as “a big advance” in the treatment of gastric ulcers. Dr. Alvarez had nothing directly to do with these operations, which have been performed experiment ally by numerous surgeons, par ticularly at the Massachusetts Gen eral hospital, Boston, in the last three years. Plain Disappears Commenting formally on the merits of the surgical treatment. Dr. Alvarez said that while it had a few disadvantages, the disap pearance of pain and other signs of the disease was noteworthy. See DOCTORS on Page Two BRITISH EXPLAIN JEWISH PROBLEMS U. S. Troops May Be Necessary To Immigra tion To Palestine LONDON, July 5.—(U.R)—Britain may insist on the presence of Am erican troops in Palestine before she will agree to the immigration of 100,000 Jews into the Holy Land, British quarters said Friday in a review of the whole question for American correspondents. Want U. S. Troops It was stressed that the financial assistance promised by President Truman would not be enough to persuade Britain to let down the immigration bars. The British also want the United States to sliare the military responsibility for any Arab disorders which might result from a sudden mass immigration. American newsmen were called in by British sources to clear up what they called "misconceptions” in the American press about Bri tain's attitude toward the Pale stine problem. While the inform ants cannot be named, they are in a position to give an authoritative view of the British stand. Misconceptions” Among the “misconceptions” they sought to correct were these: 1. That the Balfour declaration promised establishment of a Jew ish state. (It did not, the British said.) 2. That British imperialism ig nores the rights of the Jews in Palestine. (“There are twice as many Arabs as Jews in Palestine and British policy must take the wishes of the Arab majority into account,” the British told news men.) Complex Problem 3. That the Anglo - American Palestine commission made only one important recommendation— namely, the immediate admission of 100.000 Jew's to Palestine. (The British insisted the commission of fered this recommendation as only part of the solution of the complex Jewish problem, and that Anglo American negotiations must cover the entire report, not that point alone.) The British stressed that they feared the advent of 100,000 Jews in Palestine would stir the Arabs to open revolt. “The Arabs in Palestine are in a mood for violent action,” the Bri tish informant said. “There is a strong chance of another Arab re bellion, • and while the fighting probably would be confined to Palestine, tnere is no doubt the See JEWISH on Page Two JOHNNY GETCHA CAMERA Here’s Chance To Snap Miss America---Maybe ___—-- ! Candid camera fans, get your cameras ready! Sunday afternoon, at Wrights ville Beacn amateur candid camera Ians will be afforded the opportunity of a lifetime when all entrants in the Wil mington Junior Chamber of Commerce beauty pageant, will pose for informal beach shots. Six Tile Entries Arrangements for the ama teur photographers to “shoot” the bathing lovelies were com pleted last night by the spon soring organization’s pageant committee. The announcement said the girls—as of last night, six of Wilmington’s most beau tiful and talented young wo men had filed their entry blanks—would be on hand for the candid cameramen between the hours of four and five o’ clock on the beach directly in front of I.umina ballroom. Be tween three and four o’clock Sunday afternoon the girls will be posing for official Miss Am erica contest photographs by professional cameramen. See CAMERA On Page Two Storm Covers Small Area With Center Hitting Here Weather Bureau Here Figures Worst Of Gale Strikes Around Six A. M.; Only Point Reported Hit Gale-like winds that, in sudden gusts, hit as high as 60-miles-per-hour lashed the beaches from the mouth of the Cape Fear to Topsail inlet last night, causing hundreds of summer residents of Wrightsville and Carolina Beaches to plan evacuation. At an early hour this morning Paul Hess, ch;ef of the United States Weather Bureau here, said wind velocity in ENTHUSIASM RIFE AT DERBY CUNIC Some 35 Boys Attend Meet Held At Y.M.C.A. Gymnasium While the inclement weather which prevailed last night undoub tedly kepy many boys at home, some 35 enthusiastic lads turned up at the Y. M. C. A., for the first of a short series of pre-Wilming ton All-American Soap Box Derby clinics and if the many and varied assortment of questions asked is any indication, some great racing cars are going to face the official starter here on July 31. Following a swim in the "Y” pool as guests of Physical Director Adam Smith and member of the Soap Box Derby Advisory commit tee, the boys assembled in the gymnasium and for over an hour, plied those in charge, with an avalanche of questions on many subjects pertaining to car con struction and racing rules. Raney Men Present L. E. Turner and J. M. Joyner of the Raney Chevrolet company, co-sponsors with The Wilmington Star-News in promotion of the big event here for boys of 11 to 15 years of age, were on hand and took charge of the instructional part oi the clinic after brief preliminary remarks by Adam Smith and Jack C. Lunan. a .< . • i.1_1_a Um.r niLcmiv c uiiuwenuMn --j ~ asked and received answers to many problems of construction, setering aparatus, brakes and wheel alignment. Using paper and crayon, Messrs. Turner and Joyner, clear ed up to the satisfaction of all, most of the important things that they wanted to know about. Safety Stressed All present, and over fifty per cent of them have already for warded signed entry blanks for the Derby, were specifically told that they must construct their cars exactly according to rules laid do\vn by National Soap Box Derby headquarters. And both Turner and Joyner stressed the necessity of making every effort to build cars that will provide the utmost in safety to themselves as well as the hundreds of people who are ex pected to watch the Derby race on the Rankin street “Derby Downs” course, Wednesday, July 31. Many of those in attendance re ported that they have their Derby cars well on the way to completion, while others stated that their pros pective racers were still on the drawing board, or only partly built. One or two voiced the infor mation that their cars are almost ready for the first actual road tests. New Entries Three new entries were received at the close of the clinic and sev See ENTHUSIASM on Page Two Wilmington was ju-mues-per-nour. He estimated that the wind at the beaehes would probably be 50 per cent higher than this, which would set the velocity at Wrightsville and Carolina Beaches at 45-miles-pcr hour. Hess said there were prob ably gusts that hit as high as 60 mile s-per-hour. Barometer Drops At 1:45 this morning the baro meter in the Weather Bureau in the Customshouse registered 29.78, a drop of .14 since midnight. Hess drew a chart at 1:45 and estimated that the center of the storm at that time was 60 miles south of Wilmington. He said he expected the worst of the storm would hit the beaches around five or six o’clock this morning. The storm was apparently of limited area in intensity. As early as six o’clock last night The Star, after receiving hundreds of tele-' phone calls asking about a rumored hurricane, telephoned the Coast Guard Ail-Sea- ^Rescue base in Charleston to gather weather re ports. This base in turn called Miami, Fla., as well as the Char leston Weather Bureau. Both Miami and Charleston reported there was no hurricane, and no indication of one, anywhere on the East coast. At that time t h e Weather Bureaus said there would be only seasonal gales of from 20 to 30 miles-per-hour along the coast and that there was no cause for alarm. Anxious Calls However, when hundreds of more anxious calls came into The Star office on past midnight calls were See STORM on Page Two CITY BUDGET MAY REACH $1,750,000 Wage Increases Included In Tentative Figures Proposed Wilmington's 1946-47 municipal j budget will probably be balanced at approximately $1,750,000, only about $100,000 more than the 1945 46 figure of $1,644,042, Acting City Manager J. R. Benson said yester day after the city council finished its first special budget session. About $85,000 of the budget boost will come from two sources—a 10 per cent wage hike for all city employes and a special allocation to the city parks department for the development of Greenfield Park, Benson said. Wage Increase The proposed wage increase will entail about $60,00 and the Green field Park appropriation about $25,000, according to his estimates. Although the councilmen will not approve the final.figure for several weeks yet pending further study and discussion, they favored both new measures upon Benson’s | recommendation. No Tax Boost The councilmen voted unani ■ mously to allow r.o increase in thd current city tax rate of $1.35 per $100 valuation after Benson showed that the $100,000 budget boost See BUDGET on Page Two And So To Bed Of all the hundreds of phone calls The Star got about the “hurricane” last night, this one was far and away the best. A small boy asked the ques tion for the upmteenth hundred time: “Are we gonna have a hur ricane?” "No hurricane,” was the an swer. “No hurricane?” “That’s what we said. No hurricane.” Then the boy made the class ic remark of the stormy eve ning: “Shucks!”
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