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more about beaches from page one '"^^tatives unanimously voted :t?‘1n, an association to link the rces of the beaches along the ^eastern coast of North Carn S°’J {or establishing solidarity of [its efforts. fais group—two representatives ‘ each of the New Hanover ariisvick beaches—will meet next sday night to perfect a perma V organization. :‘ji‘ the only formal speech of the j.jog las* night Mr. White sug s ,jd that all the beaches in this !,.a mlght cooperate to the end , the area would become the ca for tourists from all parts J the country. And this theme appeared to .sva;; as leaders from the various Caches decided to work together , the entire southeastern area. Committee Named ^ overall committee was nam ,',0 carry out the sense of last *-gVt's meeting. This was compos • ‘0f the following: ffrightsville: Harris Ligon and Water Cartier; Carolina, S. M. -Vby and David F. Blackburn; ■•"-Vs: L, E. Weinburg and L. E. jore; Ft. Fisher: E. N. Page and ,*5 Orrell; Wilmington: G. E. jms ar.d B B. Harrington; Long Beach: E. F. Middleton and Bill Keziah; Holden: Luther and Her. I,tr! Holden; Wilmington: Ken KVole and Paul Bell. John H. Farrell, secretary of ..f Wilmington Chamber of Com r(rCe. was mastbr of ceremonies jj the meeting. Among those he, vi Mr. White called on at the meeting, were H. B. McElfresh, representative of the New York Jr::: Addison Hewlett, Sr., chair ~an of the New Hanover Board of County Commissioners; S. Bunn Frink, Southport; Louis Weinberg. Knres Beach; Louis Or rell, Ft. Fisher; W. G. Fountain, Carolina Beach; G. Earl Russ, Wilmington Beach; Harris Ligon, Wriphtsville, and Walter Cartier, Wrightsville. I: was the consensus of these meakers that steps would be taken -mediately to coordinate the ef i of ail the beaches in bring ir.j year-round business here. ■ MORE ABOUT TRUMAN FROM PAGE ONE ernative but to call the Congress jack in special session to strength 'll the price control laws and to enact such fiscal and monetary legislation as we need to save us from the threat of economic dis aster.” Possible Tax Rise The President clearly had a pos sible tax rise in mind in this con lection. Discussing the measures necessary to fight inflation, he nentioned “further reduction of Itching Skin? Stop Scratching! Here Is Quick Ease and Comfort Xcw that stainless, powerful, penetrating Moone’s Emerald Oil is available at drug stores thousands have found helpful relief from the distressing itching and torture of rashes, eczema, poison ivy and oth er externally caused skin troubles. Not only does the intense itching, burning or stinging quickly sub side, but healing is more quickly promoted. Get an original bottle of Emerald Oil — Greaseless — Stainless. Money efunded, if not satisfied. i'»„cue’s Pharmacy, Brooklyn Pharmacy and Lane Drug Store. federal expenditures” and then went on: If, despite such measures, !n flation still threatens, consideration must be given to the formulation of a more rigorous tax policy. Such a tax program would, I realize, be unpalatable at a time when we are doing our utmost to increase pro duction, but if it is the only alterna tive to the ravages of inflation, we would have no choice. ’ Evils Remedied The reading of the presidential message in the Senate evoked clear ly audible snorts from the Republi can side at those portions where Mr. Truman explained h' view that the measure was an improve ment over the one he vetoed June 9. Much of the mess” voted to the presidential view that the evils which he saw in amend ments by Senators Taft (R.-Ohio) and Wherry (R.-Neb.) have now been remedied. . ® President reiterated his op position, however, to the provision retained in the final act which gives the Secretary of Agriculture in st*ad of the OPA the final say on agricultural prices. On the provision for a decontrol board, the chief executive said he had not been opposed to the creation of such an agency. He promised to appoint “men in whose judgement and fairness the Con gress and the country will have complete confidence.” He had told a news conference earlier that he would choose them from outside the OPA in order not to have a packed jury. MORE ABOUT BUYERS’ FROM PAGE ONE paid for this." proudly replied. “Our fathers and mothers will be getting paid for it if we can help bring prices down.” The demonstration along a nine block front was planned by the Dexter committee against high prices, set up at a mass meeting of 1.000 neighborhood tesidents last Monday. MORE ABOUT BAPTISTS FROM PAGE ONE Park at five a.m. Tuesday for Greensboro, making three stops in Wilmington; one at Temple Baptist church, one at the First Baptist church and another at Calvary Bap tist church. Scheduled is a 15-minute rest period at Sanford, with arrival in Greensboro slated for 10 a.m. The convention is expected to last one day. MRS. J. D. ELKINS CLARKTON, July 25 — Mrs. J. D. Elkins, 79, wife of J. D. Elkins died Thursday morning at the home of her son here after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at the home Friday morning at 11 a. m. Rev. R. Z. Newton, of Eliza bethtown will be in charge of the services. Burial will be in the Clarkton cemetery. Besides her husband she is sur vived hy two daughters, Mrs. T. B. Rabon and Mrs. R. L. Mercer, both of Wilmington. One son, J.W. Elkins of Clarkt'.n. Three brothers, C. W. Baldwin and D. M. Baldwin of Clarkton and Neil Baldwin of Elizabethtown. Twelve grandchild ren also survive. Bamboo is only a grass, but in Ceylon it grows to heights of 120 feet, with stalks one foot in diameter. 90 PROOF BLENDED WHISKEY 65% GRAIN NEUTRAl SPIRITS and TMS FLEI1CBMABB illTILLIBG CORPGRATIOB (ffeefa MORE ABOUT PROBERS FROM PAGE ONE son’s son for whom May went to bat in correspondence made public by the committee. May, who is scheduled to tell the committee at 9 a. m. Friday, about his acknowledged aid on behalf of the combine, wrote Eisenhower April 12, 1945, that he understood young Garsson “has come Into some difficulty” and was facing “some kind of court fnartial." Warm Personal Friend He said that Captain Garsson’s father “is one of my warm person al friends,” and “that, of course, is my interest in the matter.” He asked Eisenhower to “see that a proper and fair consideration is given to this soldier.” A reply dated April 22, and sign ed with Eisenhower’s name said he would “make an investigation.” Eisenhower, now chief of staff, told newsmen he could not remem ber having seen a letter request ing his intervention, and suggested it might have gone to the judge ad vocate general’s office. In a second letter dated May 12, May expressed hope that when Eisenhower had “all the facts you can make a final report, complete ly exonerating him of any wrongs or lack of proper military discip line and obedience to his com manding officer.” “I am confident,” May wrote “that when ^11 the facts are dis closed, you will feel more like commending him than censuring him.” He described young Gars son as “a warm personal friend” in whom he had been “personally interested for a number of years.” Routine Manner The War department reported that the letters were handled “in the routine manner” and that they did not influence disposition of the case. An Army spokesman said that young Garsson was court martial ed April 2—10 days before May’s first letter—on a charge of wil fully disobeying orders, and found guilty with the court recommend ing clemency. Eisenhower, the spokesman said, eventually accepted such a recom mendation and suspended sent ence. Garsson was relieved from active duty on Jan. 22, 1945. The charges against Garsson were based on his refusal to carry out orders to occupy an area which he felt was “tactically unsound.” Other officers testified in his de fense that they believed his judge ment was correct. Began Investigation The War department disclosed that the Army inspector-general, at the direction of Undersecretary Kenneth C. Royall, already has be gun an investigation of officers figuring in testimony before the committee. The investigation will determine whether or not to recom mend to Eisenhower that discipli nary action be taken. Chairman Mead (D.-N. Y.) had demanded “discipline” after dis closure that a half-dozen top-rank ing officers had attended—along with May—a lavish wedding party which Murray Garsson gave for his daughter in New York. Testimony has been introduced that they traveled on Army orders, entitling them to travel and sub sistence allowances, and that some of their hotel bills were paid by Garsson. Eisenhower, just back from a vacation in Wisconsin, said that “if we hear anything” about either a private or a general, an investi gation is undertaken by the in spector-general. Public Rcpor^ He said he will direct his sub ordinates to make public a report on 4.2 inch mortar shells to show the exact number of failures. “During the three years of the war and fighting in Europe, fail ures of any of these shells we>e not brought to my attention or to the attention of General Omar Bradley,” he remarked. Waitt on Monday acknowledged that defective 4.2 inch mortar shells had exploded in the muzzles of the guns, killing an undetermin ed number of American soldiers Erie Basin Metal products com pany, one of the combine under investigation, was the largest pro ducer of 4.2 shells, but there was no indication whether defective shells were produced by Erie. The committee promptly suved notice of its determination tc find out, if possible, who produced them. The committee disclosed that it as asked the Labor department for a complete file on Murray Gars son. It has an FBI report that Gars son, as a Labor department investi gator' in the Hoover administration, attempted to force the deportation of alien movie actors and directors. That angle arose Monday when Ferguson asked former Represents tive Dickstein (D. N.Y.), who was chairman of the House Immigration committee, what he knew about reports that Garsson, in that role, had attempted to “shake down” prominent aliens in Hollywood’s movie colony. Dickstein said ne had no information on it. MORE ABOUT RFC F$OM PAGE ONE In cutting the extension period, the House committee also wrote in an amendment which would per mit the RFC to purchase from bank loans made to GI’s Represen tatives Paul Brown (D.-Ga.) sup ported the amendment, explaining that many banks were loading up on such loans and that they could not take on many more unless they could be relieved of some of the risk. Faced With Task Goodloe pointed out in recom mending the longer extension, that at the conclusion of the "fighting Keep Your Composure, Gentlemen! When Miss Wilmington of 1946—Miss Mary Jar man—visited The Star she tried her hand, as you can see, with the makeup rule. This is the small plate of steel the composing room boys use to help them slide the lines of type into the forms which make your news paper. STAR STAFF PHOTO BY BOB HODGKIN. war,” RFC was faced with the task of liquidating its war properties. He emphasized, too, that the agency is making an important contribu tion to reconversion. For example, he said, RFC is ‘‘helping to assure an adequate source of credit for financing the establishment of many new busi ness enterprises in the transition of thousands of small busines con cern to new types of production.” And under the Veterans Emergency Housing act, he said, the agency at the direction of the housing ex pediter, is authorized to spend up to $400,000,000 in subsidy payments to increase the supply of building materials. MORE ABOUT BIKINI FROM PAGE ONE made a quick entrance into the lagoon’s still poisonously radio active waters about midnight Thursday night under Blandy's orders. His drone monitor ships probing the lagoon for radioactivity re ported back through broadcasting geiger counters that the waters were safe along the southeastern corner of the lagoon and that is where the fleet tooK up position. Safety surveys indicated the radioactive waters were being held in stagnant pools around the tar get vessels but because of the danger that sudden shifts in cur rents might bring the contaminated water around the observer fleet, a good head of steam was main tained in each ship. MORE ABOUT SALARY FROM PAGE ONE to 32 standing vote an amendment by Representative Poage, Demo crat of Texas, for a $5,000-a year additional clerK. The house decision on the meas ure as a whole was by a voice vote. Earlier the supporters of the measure had won a series of test votes. MORE ABOUT SHIPS FROM PAGE ONE six males, well-qualified as stenog raphers, typists and clerks, Hinkle said. It was understood that additional Maritime officers will come nere soon, to assist Captain Ford with staffing his offices and hiring peo ple to man th» MORE ABOUT DERBY FROM PAGE ONE eliminations, semi-finals and final races will be held Wednesday aft ernoon starting at 1:30 p.m. While announcement was expect ed to be made this morning as to the location of car inspection and weighing next Monday and Tues day, failure to secure a proper place will hold back such announce ment until Saturday’s issue of The Star. All cars must be officially weighed and inspected prior to the races Wednesday and all entrants are urged to waich for announce ment of time and place. Phone In Today As requested in these columns earlier in the week, all boys who have signed entry blanks or who expect to sign up by noon on Mon day, must telephone Derby head quarters today by six o'clock. From 3:30 to 10:00 and from 11:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Registrar may be contacted at 2-1037 and from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the Star-News. This phone check is made necessary in order that arrangements may be made to send trucks for those cars owned by boys who have no other way of getting their cars to in spection headquarters. negarcung this inspection haul age, boys are urged to place tags on their cars, bearing their names, street address and ages for the in formation of Chief Inspector Robert Merritt and his assistants. Efforts will be made to announce in this Sunday’s Star-News, the full list of Soap Box Derby officials, complete entry list and other facts of interest on the "Greatest Ama teur Racing Event in The World ’. MORE ABOUT MONEY FROM PAGE ONE No action was taken on either of the hospital requests. Later in the meeting City Mana ger J. R. Benson laid before the members of the joint meeting a list of 1946-47 budget requests from ether jointly-financed organiza tions. These organizations, their 1945-46 allotments, and their re quested 1946-47 allotments are as follows: Tax collector’s office—$16,225; $17,844. Juvenile court—$6,800; $8,000. Identification bureau—$3,755; $4, 375. Meter adjuster’s office—$750; $750. Health department and hospi tals—$79,968; $82,818. Charities and welfare—$7,197; $7,280. Miscellaneous, including libraries —$9,025; $9,22' The Weather WASHINGTON, July 25—(JP)- -Weather rureau report of temperature and rainfall dr the 24 hours ending 8 p m. in the irincipal cotton growing areas and else vhere: Station High Low Free. .VILMINGTON _ 92 73 0.00 Mpena _ 72 51 0.02 \sheville _ 88 65 0.00 \ 11 a n t a _ 90 74 0.02 \tlantic City _ 82 71 0.00 Birmingham _ *0 69 0.00 3oston _ 86 — 0 00 3uffalo _ 71 56 0.00 Burlington _ 76 66 0.00 Chattanooga _ 94 7 4 0.02 Chicago _ 76 60 0.03 Cincinnati _ 78 70 0.01 Cleveland _ 72 65 0.00 Dallas - 96 74 0.00 Denver _ 84 62 0.10 DetroH _ 74 6i o.OO Duluth _ 74 51 0.00 El Paso _ _ 71 o.OO Fort Worth _ 96 74 0.00 Galveston _ 88 76 0.00 Jacksonville _ 95 73 0.00 Kansas City _ 83 65 0.09 Key West _ 87 74 0.89 Knoxville _ 91 71 0.05 Minn.-St. Paul _ 79 59 0.00 Little Rock _ 96 61 0.00 Los Angeles _ 87 67 0.00 Louisville _ 81 63 0.17 Memphis __ 96 73 0.00 Meridian _ 91 72 0.00 Miami _ 86 71 0.40 Mobile _ 91 75 0.00 Montgomery _ 89 71 0.00 New Orleans _ 93 76 0.09 New York _ 81 72 0.00 Norfolk _ 93 76 0.00 Philadelphia _ 82 73 0.00 Phoenix _ 104 75 0 oo Pittsburgh _ 78 65 0.02 Portland, Me. _ 86 65 0.04 Richmond _ 93 73 0.50 St. Louis _ 79 69 0.00 San Antonio _ 98 75 0 06 San Francisco _ 68 59 0.15 Savannah _ 90 73 0.00 Seattle - — — 0.00 Tampa- 91 73 0.15 Vicksburg _ 90 68 0.06 Washington _ 87 74 0.08 jesusTpinero NAMED GOVERNOR Puerto Rican Native Will Head Island Govern ment Shortly WASHINGTON, July 25 — (£>) Jesus T. Pinero, a native Puerto Rican, was nominated Thursday by President Truman to succeed Rexford Guy Tugwell as the is land's governor. Pinero would be the first is lander selected as governor since United States troops landed in Puerto Rico in 1898 at the time of the Spanish-American war. Pre vious governors have all been residents of the U. S. mainland. lug well Resigned Tugwell resigned the governor ship to become a professor of political science at the University of Chicago. In reply to a question, President Truman told his news conference that Pinero’s appointment meant the President wants the Puerto Rican people to have a greater share in their own government. Krug Statement Secretary of the Interior Krug, under whose administration ter ritorial affairs are handled, said in a statement: “This appointment is concrete evidence of President Truman’s belief that the Puerto Rican people are fully capable of administering their own governmental responsi bilities.” Pinero is now resident commis sioner for Puerto Rico. NO NEW .JOB REFERRALS Local Selective Service head quarters was notified yesterday that referral of veterans to new jobs has been discontinued by these offices. This phase of re habilitation will hereafter be handled by the U. S. Employ ment offices, officials pointed out. Selective Service boards, can however continue to rein state veterans in their former jobs, officials said. CUBAN RUM FLOWS AS LARGEST FERRY GOES DOWN SLIPS MOBILE, Ala., July 25 —OJ.R)— Bubbling champagne and Cuban rum splashed across the prow ot the Carib Queen today as the 475 foot vessel, believed to be the world’s largest ferry, was christen ed and launched at the Chicka saw yards of Gulf Shipbuilding corporation. The ferry will be operated hy Atlantic Transportation company, between Key West, Fla., and Ha vana. It’s capacity is 230 auto mobiles and 900 passengers. The vessel was co-sponsored by Mrs. H. G. Williams of Jackson vile, Fla., wife of the ferry com pany’s president, and Mrs. Sera fina Deago De Gomez Freyge of Havana, whose father and grand father were Cuban presidents. Mrs. Williams smashed a bottle of champagne across the ship’s bow, and Mrs. Freyge followed with a bottle of rum. The Carib Queen is the first of a fleet which the ferry company plans to operate between Florida, Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica. BANK ROBBERS GET SETBACK; LAST ONE OF SOFTSPOTS OUT CARBON, Ind., July 25—(U.R)— Bank robbers lost their most fertile field of operation Thursday with the closing of this small town's only bank. For almost 10 years Judge B Marshall, 71, had run the bank himself. He was president and sole employe. But he also was the victim of Eive bank robberies, which earned Eor the institution the title of "most frequently robbed bank in Indiana.” After four thefts in the late 1930’s and 1940, Marshall decided to keep the doors locked during banking hours, admitting only depositors he recognized when they rapped Dn the window. But in 1944 two smart crooks rapped on the window and Mar shall opened the door. With a pistol jammed against his ribs, he watched them make off with $500. Marshall was one of the bank’s founders 41 years ago. In 1940 he bought out the other owners. Now, he said, he was ready for "the first real vacatioin I’ve ever had.” “Let them rob somebody else’s bank for awhile,” he said. OPA WORKERS GET PAY Employes of the Wilmington offices of War Price and Ration ing Board yesterday received their back pay checks which have been held up since the last week in June. Officials ex plained that the checks cover ed only the last week in June. So far no action has been taken on payrolls for July. rHREE ARMY MEN HELD BY POLICE Detention Follows Death 01 Woman Near Fayette ville Tuesday FAYETTEVILLE, July 25.— Three Fort Bragg Army sergeant* have been jailed without charge in connection with the hit-and-run death of Mrs. Clara Mae Alther, 20, of Fayetteville, near here Tues day, Rural Policeman E. W, Jack son sald Thursday. The officer said the men wer* Sergeant Arthuro Vasquez, 25, Master Sgt, James R. Wellborn, 32, and Sgt. Clifton Cromer. Their home addresses were not avail able. Offered Ride Earlier, T-4 James M. Dew, also of Fort Bragg, had told officers he was escorting Mrs. Alther horn* when an automobile bearing three men in Army uniform offered them a ride, which they declined. The car backed, struck Mrs. Alther, and then ran over her, Dew said. The woman’s husband is a pa tient at the veterans hospital here. Jackson said Vasquez was picked up Wednesday at Fort Bragg and the two others were apprehended by Fayetteville police the night be fore following a telephone tip from an uncle of Mrs, Alther, T. A. Johnson, constable-elect of Cross Creek. Remembers Ride According to Jackson, Vasquet said he remembered riding in ( car driven by Wellborn, and i» which Cromer was a passenger. Vasquez recalled, tbe officer said, that, the car was put into reverst and then turned around on tht Dunn road, a mile north of Fayet< teville, but he did not remembei hitting anyone. Dew, who is being held#as a material witness, tentatively identified the car in which Well born and Cromer were picked up Tuesday as the one which struck Mrs. Alther. Chemical tests of scrapings from the fender are ex pected to be completed Friday. Rites Held Funeral services for Mrs. Alther, who died a few hours after being j struck, were held Thursday. Ease Headaches ! Soothe Nerves The quick-act ing ingredients in the “BC” Head ache Powder formula work ex tra-fast to ease headaches and sooth nerves up set by minor pains. Get “BC” in handy 10c or 25c sizes. Use only as directed. Consult a physician when pains persist. CITY & COUNTY TAXES All unpaid 1945 Cily and County taxes will be advertis ed after August, 1st, 1946. Avoid additional penalty and advertising cost by pay ing before August, 1st. C. R. Morse, City & County Tax Collector Red TAG Included in this lot of shoes are black and tan dress shoes. The sizes are broken and the styles are as sorted, but every pair a real value. 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