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VOL- 79.—NO- 267. WILMINGTON, N. C-, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1946 ~ ~ ESTABLISHED 1867
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Britain Has
Special Goal
In Holy Land
Wants Soie Trusteeship
Over Palestine; Will
Make UN Request
ARABS NOTw FAVOR
Demand Would Start Great
Diplomatic Battle, Is
London Comment
LONDON, Aug. 20—(A31)—Britain
wiU ask the United Nations for
soie trusteeship over Palestine
a well-qualified government source
said today, and there were im
mediate indications the move
would touch off a widespread dip
lomatic battle for control of the
strategic Holy Land.
Arab sources in London said
the Arab countries around Pal
JERISALEM, Aug. 20—(JP)—
A Jewish underground radio
declared today that the Brit
ish were about to start a new
operation against Jews with a
■ regime of the guillotine and
death sentences” and asserted
“«e are prepared to meet this
regime.”
e;:.r.e would press instead for
complete independence of the tiny
c retry—and it was suggested that
Egypt would ask for trusteeship
if the independence move failed.
Diplomatic quarters said Russia
v, ch long has urged that the
Bmish get out of Palestine and
let the Jews and the Arabs settle
their own problems, could be ex
pected to oppose British trustee
ship. The United States, building
a., oil pipeline across Palestine,
could be expected to favor it, they
added.
While tne Jewish agency for
Pa.esiine made no official com
ment, a spokesman said Holy Land
Jews would not oppose United Na
tions discussions of the trustee
gee HOLY LAND on Page Two
WILMINGTON’S Y
GIVEN CITATION
Army And Navy Award In
Recognition Of Its
USO Activities
A joint Army and Navy citation
has been awarded to the Young
Ken's Christian Association, it was
« •" meed today by J. B. Hunting
ton, general secretary.
The honor, which the “Y” here
shares with other Y. M. C. A.’s
throughout the country, was con
ferred in recognition of its USO
activities.
Hailing the Y. M, C. A. for mobi
lizing its nationwide resources, in
c.rding Army and Navy Y. M. C.
A.'s to serve the spiritual, educa
tional and welfare needs of men
and women in the armed forces,
the citation states that the contri
tion of the “Y” was “ of substan
t;a' aid in the successful prosecu
tion of the war and in preserving
the basic values of American
democracy.”
... uuo titjr a.iu uuuuguv/uk
™e country aided essentially
througin its operation of 500 clubs,
*s one of the six agencies 90m
prising the USO.
He also disclosed that in addition
0 Gaining thousands of junior host
fsses for USO wor.k the “Y” as
S1?ned more than 700 trained pro
Kssional “Y” workers to key posts
'ajne aeency.
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Coach Dead
FIELDING H. YOST
FAMOUS FOOTBALL
' COACH SUCCUMBS
Fielding H. Yost, Univer
sity Of Michigan Stra
tegist Dies Tuesday
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 20.—
(A*)—Fielding Harris (Hurry Up)
Yost, who built a national reputa
tion as a football strategist during
39 years with the University of
Michigan, died Tuesday of a gall
bladder attack.
He celebrated his 75th birthday
April 30.
Although he had been in failing
health for several years, Yost’s
death came suddenly. He had walk
ed around his Ann Harbor home
Tuesday morning and was appar
ently gaining strength following a
recent illness.
His career as a football coach
began in an era of mustached play,
ers garbed in turtleneck sweaters
and ended in a day of giant stadi
ums and cheering multitudes.
Since 1940 Yost had been in vir
tual retirement, although holding
the post of athletic director emeri.
tus at the Ann Arbor institution.
His condition became serious
enough this spring to warrant his
hospitalization in Battle Creek,
Mich. However, he was released
within a few days and allowed to
return to his home in Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Yost, whom he married in
1906, was with him when he died.
They have one son, Fielding H.
Yost, Jr.
Yost also is survived by two
brothers, Ellis of Mt. Pleasant,
Mich., and Nicholas of Fairview,
W. Va., and a sister, Mrs. Charles
Barry of Morgantown, W. Va.
Renowned Tatician
Fielding Yost, renowned as a
gridiron tactician, won the first
Rose Bowl game with his Michigan
squad in 1901, developed Mich
igan's famed “point-a-minute”
team that rolled up 2,841 points to
42 for tiie opposition during the
years 1901 to 1905, and turned out
15 All-Americas during his long
tenure at Ann Arbor.
See YOST on Page Two
The Weather
FORECAST
For North Carolina: Partly cloudy
Wednesday, scattered thunderstorms in
extreme eastern section Wednesday aft
ernoon; not quite so hot in western sec
tion, otherwise little change in temper
ature.
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bnreau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:3,0 a.m. 78; 7:30 a.m. 79; 1:30 p.m. 69;
7:30 p.m. 76.
Maximum 81; Minimum 69; Mean 77;
Normal 77.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 91. 7:30 a.m. 85; 1:30 p.m. 99;
7:30 p.m. 96.
Precipitation
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m.—
2.53 inches.
Total since the first of the month__
6.80 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey).
High Low
Wilmington-4:19 a.m. 11:34 a.m.
5:05 p.m. -p.m.
Masonboron Inlet 2:09 a.m. 8:26 a.m.
2:54 p.m. 9:23 p.m.
Sunrise 5:38: Sunset 6:52; Moonrise
-; Moonset 2:45 p.m.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8
a m. uesda.v, 9.4 feet.
Tito Denies
Plane
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Yugoslav K .iier Ignores
Claim U. S. Transport
Was Shot Down
ANOTHER NOTE SENT
American Troops Parade
In Plain Sight On
Morgan Line Edge
LONDON, Wednesday, Aug. 21.—
(jp) _ Marshal Tito, premier ot
Yugoslavia, denied today in a
statement broadcast by the Bel
grade radio that an American
tra^port forced down in Yugo
slavia on Aug. 9 had been lost in
the clouds.
Tito declared that Yugoslavia de
sires peace, “but not at any
price.”
The broadcast said that Tito was
an eyewitness to the forcing down
of the American plane on Aug. 9,
explaining that he was vacationing
in Slovenia in the region “where
the American plane landed.”
The broadcast statement, issued
in London by the Yugoslav news
agency, made clear that Tito’s re
marks applied only to the plane
forced down on Aug. 9 and not to
a second plane reportedly shot
down by Yugoslav fighter planes
on Monday.
ANOTHER NOTE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—VP)—
An outraged State department shot
a third stiff note to Yugoslavia to
day, this time over an attack on an
American transport plane forced to
a crash landing.
Word came from the Navy, at
the same time, that Adm. Marc A.
Mitscher, acting commander-in
chief of the Atlantic fleet, and Vice
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, deputy
chief of naval operations, are en
route to “troubled areas in Eu
rope.” Details of their mission
were not disclosed.
The official American view that
the Yugoslav attack on an Ameri
can plane is an ‘ outrageous per
formance” was expressed by un
dersecretary of State Dean Ache
son, who is in charge of the State
See TITO On Page 2
PRESIDENT HEARS
FROM SEC. BYRNES
Truman Turns Southward
After News Of Yugo
slav Situation
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN
THE ATLANTIC, Aug. 20 — (A3) —
Secretary of State Byrnes gave
President Truman a full account
of all developments in the Yugo
slavian situation tonight with a
transatlantic telephone call from
Paris to the yacht Williamsburg.
Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross disclosed this shortly after
informing reporters that the presi
dential yacht is headed now to a
berth Thursday afternoon at Ber
muda.
The President, Ross said, “has
no statement to make at this time.”
He added that “whether he will
have a statement depends on de
velopments in Europe.”
The situation involves attacks
upon American transport planes
and fighting in the Trieste area.
Ross radio-telephoned newsmen
aboard the Navy ship Weiss a few
minutes after Byrnes and the
President concluded their talk.
Ross said he had had a call from
the Boston Record which had a
report that the President had tele
phoned Byrnes presumably to give
him instructions.
“The facte are Mr. Byrnes called
the President from Paris about
See TRUMAN on Page Two
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Matter Of Fact
By STEWART ALSOP
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Strange Revolution—I.
(While Joseph Alsop has been writ
ing his series on England, Stewart
Alsop has been on an extended trip
throughout most of the Southern
states. This is the first of a short
series of articles by Stewart Alsop
on the political situation kn the
South.)
WASHINGTON, August 20—For
some time it has been fashionable
to point out that a political revolu
tion is in progress in the South. If
this iff so, it is surely an odd and
confusing revolution, which is pro
ceeding rapidly in several different
directions at the same time.
Consider the record. The state
of Alabama is now dominated by a
liberal triumvirate, which includes
at least two men of real stature..
On either side of Alabama, in
Georgia and Mississippi, the black
est sort of political reaction has
i taken hold. In Georgia, to the ap
plause of the North, the Negroes
voted in really important numbers
for the first time; and Eugene Tal
madge, the most furious Negro
baiter in the country, will snap his
red galluses in the State House next
November. To confuse the issue
still further, in Alabama, the liber
al oasis, an amendment to the
state constitution may well be pas
sed. It is frankly designed to disen
franchise the Negroes, and one dis
tinguished Alabama jurist calls it
the most reactionary provision ever
proposed in any state.
This record of political contra
diction could be extended indefin
itely, and in many sectors. In
Louisiana, the back of the corrupt
Long-Maestri political machine ap
pears permanently broken. Yet in
Tennessee, the redoubtable boss
E. H. Chump rides higher than
ever. In Kentucky, the pepublicans
See MATTER OF FACT On Page 2
President And Tycoon Visit City — 37 Years Ago
If you happen to have your, magnifying glass right handy you might possibly recognize the two gentlemen sitting in the back seat
of that mafnificent automobile (the front one) in the above picture. They are a famous former President of the United States and an equal
ly famous millionaire. The scene is Third and Market streets back in the year of 1909. The rest of the peoplo-in the picture are, of course,
Wilmintonians who turned out to greet the president and his distinguished »uest. For the story behind thfelpicture read ALONG THE
CAPE FEAR at the bottom of this page.—PHOTO THROUGH THE COURTESY OF MRS. PAUL FOWLER.
FOUNDATION LAID
AT VENEER PLANT
North Carolina Lumber
Plant To Rebuild At
Whiteville
WHITEVILLE, Aug. 20—Newly
laid foundations mark the initial
work in the reconstruction of the
North Carolina Lumber Company’s
veneer plant, which was destroyed
by fire last June, the damage was
estimated at that time to be over
$200,000.
Leon Bradley, general manager
of the lumber company( acc^ims
the plant now under construction
is “among the finest in the state.”
The actual construction of the
buildings is expected to begin this
week with operations to be resum
ed in about 60 days. Even more
modern than its predecessor, which
was comparatively new at the time
of the disaster, the new factory
will be prepared to double the
capacity and will employ approvi
mately one hundred more workers,
bringing the total of veneer em
ployes up to around 175.
The equipment, which is to be
housed in two buildings that will
provide 39,000 square feet .of floor
space, will be new and up-to-date
in every respect, the general man
ager said.
The new plant will occupy a
site just west of the burned build
ing, Bradley disclosed.
Along The Cape Fear
CELEBRATED GENTLEMEN —
It was 37 years ago in the lost year
of 1909 when the President of the
United States and a famous million
aire came for a visit along the
Cape Fear.
But an on-the-spot photographic
record of the big event was no;
lost, as fou can see by the picture
at the top of the page. It is also
likely that the memory of the gala
occasion has not lost itself from
the minds of many Wilmingtonians
who witnessed it.
For those of you who do not re
member and for those of you who
were born after 1909, we now iden
tify the two celebrated gentlemen
as President William Howard Taft
and Col. John Jacob Astor.
OLD GLORY WAVED—The per
son to whom we are indebted for
not losing this historic photo of
yesteryear is Mrs. Paul Fowler, of
215 Red Cross street. According to
Mrs. Fowler, this is the story be
hind the picture:
The President, accompanied by
the Colonel, came here for an offi.
cial visit in 1909. As you can ob
serve irr the picture, practically
the whole town turned out to have
a look-see at the corner of Third
and Market streets. The children
LONG SERVICE
Telephone Pioneers Plan
Carolina Beach Meeting
The annual summer convention
of the Wilmington and Hamlet clubs
of the Telephone Pioneers of
Arperica will be held Friday after,
noon and evening at the Bame hotel
Carolina Beach, local officials an
nounced yesterday.
About 80 members and guests
are expected to be on hand when
registration begins at 2 p. m. From
3 to 4:30 p. m. a business meeting
will be held, followed by introduc
tion of guests and initiation of new
members.
To qualify for membership a
person must have at least 21 con
secutive years of service in the
telephone industry. Friday’s initi
ates will be H. N. Lucas, W. H.
Griffin, and Mrs. Lee Shaw, all of
Wilmington.
From 4:30 to 6 p. m. the mem
bers and guests will enjoy surf
bathing, sight-seeing, and renew
ing old acquaintances.
The annual banquet will take
place from 6 to 7:30 p. m. in the
hotel’s dining room with G. C.
Bay^egar, president of the Wil
mington club, master of cere
monies.
Among the dignitaries who will
attend are Mrs. Frances Gibson,
president of the Hamlet club; H.
B. Darrow, division traffic force
supervisor, Charlotte; E. A. Cle
ment, district manager, Raleigh;
E. B. Boovy, secretary of the J.
Epps Brown chapter, Charlotte; E.
dressed in red (black, in the pic
ture) and white symbolize the Flag
of the United States, and knowing
how restless children are when
they are supposed to stand still
we’ll wager] Old Glory really wav
ed for President Taft.
m
ANTIQUE VEHICLE — Continu
ing Mrs. Fowler’s commentary,
the President and the Colonel are
enthroned in the back seat of that
antique but magnificent vehicle —
the front one. We don’t knew who
occupied the other one. And we
wonder how the horses in the pic
ture could stand so much at ease
at the sight of those gaudy, sput
tering machines.
"»In the background of the photo
EKre the old Carolina apartments
lid the temple. The Colonial Inn
sign marks the spot where the
Colonial apartments stand now.
Standing on the center plaza be
hind the Old Glory kids is Mr. John
F. Mclnnis, the original owner of
the old photo.
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TOP CEILING PRICE—So ends
Mrs. Fowler’s story, but she wants
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
f
W. Olschner, president of the
Brown chapter and vice-president
and chief engineer of the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph company,
Tarboro; L. W. Hill, president of
the Carolina company, Tarboro;
Fred H. Davis, president of the
Tarboro council; W. L, Lane, presi
: dent of the Blue Ridge council,
Gaffney, S. C. and L. T. Wadsworth,
president of the Raleigh council.
ITALY REQUESTS
PREAMBLE ANGE
Wants It To Give Her Bet
ter War Record; Lacks
Approval
^PARIS, Aug. 20.—(JP)—Italy ap
pealed today for a re-wording of
Italian treaty preamble tc give I
her credit for a better war record,
but the Italian political and terri
i torial commission of the Peace
Conference failed to endorse her
memorandum.
The door was left open for possi
ble preamble modifications, how
ever, since the delegation of any
member nation of the conference
may present any of the ideas em
bodied in the Italian proposals as
its own, to be voted upon formal
ly
In addition to the document dis
cussed by the commission during
the day, members of the Italiah
delegation released tonight memo-;
See ITALY on Page 2
FOR PORT PROGRESS
North Shipyard Lease
Xo SPA Expected[Friday^ i
Wilmington Morning Star
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—How
ard J. Harsden, director of the U.
S. Maritime commission’s term
inals and real estate division will
recommend to the commission this
coming Friday that the entire north
yard of the North Carolina Ship
building company in Wilmington be
leased to the North Carolina State
Ports authority for develo&ment
into a modern seaport terminals,
a commission official informed
this bureau Tuesday.
The recommendation, drawn up
from the findings of Marsden’s re
cent survey of the shipyard, is now
being passed among various gov
ernment agencies for required sig.
natures, the official said.
Barring any unforseen difficul
DEMANDS WEAKER
ON BORDER BET
SLppearance Of Poorer
| Grades Expected To
Pull Price Down
The demands were “consider
ably” weaker Tuesday on the North
Carolina Border Belt tobacco mar
kets and the prices for most grades
were off from $1 to $9 per hundred
pounds.
Reports from the Eastern North
Carolina tobacco belt indicated that
the price trends on the second day
of sales were about the same as
Monday, but there were indications
that a flood of poor grade tobacco
would bring down the general price
average.
r: BORDER BELT
All * warehouses on the Border
belt were filled to capacity with
some markets reporting enough
leaf on hand to last two or three
days.
A total of 11,250,158 pounds were
sold on the belt Tuesday at an
average price of $56.63, bringing
sales for the season to 112,349,685
pounds at an average of $56.43.
number of U. S. grades were:
Ttie average price on a limited
Leaf: Good lemon $66. Low lem
on $38. Common Orange $31, and
Fair orange $49.
Cutters: Good lemon'$66. Fair
lemon $65 and low orange $61.
Lugs: Good lemon $64. Low lem
on $38. Fair orange $44 and Low
orange $36.
Primings: Low lemon $25. Fair
orange $41 and Low orange $25.
Nondescript: Best thin $19.
The largest market in the East
ern belt, Wilson, reorted that 1,
577,608 pounds were sold at an
average of $53.90 per hundred. Al
See TOBACCO on Page Two
ties, the commission is expected to
adopt Marsden’s plan immediate
ly at the Friday meeting. Later,
the commission will give Marsden
a directive about the remuneration
to be asked from the SPA for the
lease.
The lease will cover only the
north yard, an area of about 800,
000 sqdare feet. The main yard,
which contains the shipways, could
not be leased to the SPA or any
other group except by act of Con
gress, it was explained. Whether
the commission will operate this
main yard or keep it in “moth
balls’’ has not yet been disclosed.
Through construction of new
facilities on the north yard’s water
front about 16 vessels could be
berthed simultaneously, it was
said. .,t.
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Porter Says
June Prices
To Prevail
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Subsidies From Steaks To
Livestock Part Of
Board’s Order
EFFECTIVE ON FRIDAY
Opponents Of Decision
Claim Meat Will Go
Into Black Market
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. —(AO—
The price decontrol board tonight
ordered ceilings restored on all
meat and OPA Administrator Paul
Porter said they will be “at or
close to June 30 levels.”
The board ruled that dairy prod
ucts and nearly all grains should
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—ffl
—The Price Decontrol board
warned the dairy industry to
night that it will clamp price
control back on milk and dairy
products as it did on meat, if
prices go up.
remain free of ceiling* but it re
stored price controls on »oy beans
and cottonseed products.
OPA and the agriculture de
partment will determine the ceil
ings on the recontrolled items and
put them into effect Friday,
The board also authorized revival
of June 29 subsidy payment* on
meats and livestock. *
“Restoration of subsidies on
meat mean* we ean reestablish
ceilings at or close to June 30
levels,” Porter told a newsman.
"This will be the ease on beef,
pork and veal. We have not decid
ed yet about lamb.”
Porter declined further comment
at present, explaining that "this is
the board’s night.”
Representative Gossett (D.-Tex.-,
one of the first Congressmen to
comment, told a reporter that res
See MEAT On Page Two
CORBETT ELEC TED
ROA CHAPTER HEAD
Wilmington Officers Form
New Organization At
Court House Meet
A Wilmington chapter of th®
Army Reserve Officers association,
the fifth such chapter to be formed
in North Carolina, was created last
night at a meeting of Southeast
ern North Carolina Army reserve
officers in the New Hanover county
courthouse.
The following reserve officers,
all of Wilmington, were elected to
head the new organization: Col.
reserve, president; First Lieut.
Kenneth M. Corbett, coast artillery
Russell D. Stone, air corps re
serve, vice-president; and Lieut.
Col. William H. Hancannon, Jr.,
coast artillery reserve, secretery
treasurer.
It was decided to elect a second
and third vice-president at a later
date to round out the organization’s •
leadership.
The group is expected eventually
to be composed of upwards of 250
reserve officers from New Han
over, Brunswick, Pender, Onslow,
and Columbus counties, with head
quarters in Wilmington.
And So To Bed
j
Two local ladies greatly em
barrassed each other yester
day.
The first lady went to visit
the second lady at the second’s
office, and as she went in she
spied her friend holding a
brown cylinderical object be
tween her fingers.
She tried hard not to notice
the object, but her un-noticing
attitude was observed only too
keenly by the second.
“Whatever are you staring
at my hand for?” asked the
second lady.
“My dear,” answered the
first lady, coming straight to
the point, “I didn't know you
smoked cigars.”
“Heavens,” said the second
lady, blushing in spite of her
self, "this is brown crayon;”
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