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FORECAST ^ ^ j ^ . Served By Leased Wires umtitninti imtutn 0tar jgs* _ ——————State and National News VOL. 79--NO;_314--WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1867 Lolos Bombardier-navigator Lt. Vin ffmt Casazza wore the heavy beard you see here when he re turned to his base near Sichang, China, after 29 days as a prisoner 0/ the savage Polos. He was one of a party of U. S. airmen made rapt!ve when their Superfort came down in the little known country. An American “xpedition is at tempting to learn the fate of five fdher Yank fliers who are reported to be in the hands of the Lolos. (International Photo from Skyways Magazine) WORK SCHEDULED ON PARKING LOT Plot To Accommodate 83 Autos To Be Construct ed At Storage Basin Work will start this week on construction of the 83-car parking lot which will serve the “opera tions" anchorage basin of the L. 5. Maritime commission's Bruns wick river ship storage basin, the office of the Wilmington district V. S. Army Engineers disclosed yesterday. The dredging of the anchorage basin, which will harbor the opera tions tugs, barges, quarterboat, and other craft of the storage basin, was completed late last week by the dredge Pennslyvania, the engi neers' office said. The Pennsylvania is now back to work on dredging the storage basin proper. With some 4,000,000 See PARKING *01 on Page Two COURT WILL HEAR RATE ARGUMENTS Supreme Justices Agree To Listen To Legal Conten tion On Freight Tariffs WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. — (JP)— Ire Supreme court agreed Monday •° hear arguments in the battle between Southern and Northern stater over railroad freight rates. Acting on some 400 petitions and Motions accumulated during its simmer recess, the High tribunal sa d it would review challenges of Interstate Commerce commission orders reducing class freight rates 19 per cent in the South and in creasing them 10 per cent in the East and North. Eighting the orders, nine north ern states and the governors of ■'•x New England states had ask 'd the court for a hearing. They "e’e joined by 33 railroads. * special three-judge court at Uica, N. Y., last May upheld the orders which a group of Southern states won from the ICC with the contention that the present freight rate structures gives an unfair competitive advantage to manu iar'urers in Northern states. A date for the Supreme court l^rtng will be set later. •WNBONE’S MEDITATIONS By Alley folks is ap' to USe bad JEP6MINT ^ DEN CALL IT 8Ad Uocyty \ \ (Heleaeed by Tbe Bell Byn fflctle, Inc.) Trade Mark *e». u. S. Pat. Office) r DOVE OF PEACE Dutch Sign Truce With Indo nesians Agreement Calls For End To 14 Months War In Java, Nearby Islands; British Commissioner Gets Credit BATAVIA, Oct, 14.—(JP)—The Netherlands government and the Republic of Indonesia Mon day signed a truce agreement calling for an end to 14 months of bloody warfare in Java and nearby islands. It was hoped the truce would establish peaceful conditions for continuing political negotiations on Indonesian demands for in dependence. A third party to the trace was Britain’s special commis sioner for Southeast Asia, Lord Killearn, generally credited here with bringing the warring sides together. No “cease fire” order has been issued, and informed sources said there was a possi bility that some local Indone sian commands, particularly on the Island of Sumatra, might refuse to obey orders from the The Weather South Carolina and North Carolina— Tuesday partly cloudy, not much change in temperature. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEMPERATURE 1:30 a. m. 52: 7:30 a. m. 49: 1:30 p- m. 68; 7:30 p. m. 62; Maximum 70; Mimium 49; Mean 55; Normal 66. HUMIDITY 1:30 a. m. 76; 7:30 a. m. 78; 1:0 p. m. 52; 7:30 p. m.. PRECIPTIETION Total for 24 hours ending 7:50 p. m. 0 inches. Total since the first of the month 2:31 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY High Low Wilmington _12:49 a.m. 7:51 a m. 1:25 p.m. 8:49 p.m. Masonboro Inlet_11:10 a m. 4:41 a.m. 11:38 p.m. 5:32 p.m. Sunrise 6:17; Sunset 5:38; Moonrise 9:36 a. m.; Moonset 11:37 a. m. Hiver stage at Fayetteville. N. C., at 8 a.m. Monday 13.9 feet. Sunday 11.6 feet. naziswilThang EARLY TOMORROW Army Prison Officials Re fuse To Divulge Execu tion Time Or Place NUERNBERG, Germany, Oct. 14 — (/P) — Prison officials responsible for the 11 condemned German war leaders said Monday the hangings would take place Wednesday morn ing, but beyond that refused to confirm or deny that the execu tions would be in Nuernberg jail. The condemned men, prison of ficials said, did not yet know the time of their death. They have been officially informed that their ap peals for clemency have been de nied by the Allied Control coun cil. As was the case with newsmen picked to accompany Allied inva sions during the war, the eight correspondents selected to repre sent the press of the four occupy ing powers in pooled news cover age of the event were told to be ready to disappear into seclusion some time Tuesday, perhaps in the evening. They were given no hint as to where they would be taken. Once en route they will not be allowed to contact the outer world until all the eleven condemned are dead. They will be shown the scene of the hangings before they take place, but must await the last death before filing their stories. In Same Cells Capt. Samuel Binder, spokesman for the United States Security guard said that all the condemned are still in the same cells at Nuern. berg jail they have occupied since they were brought here nearly a year ago for trial. The only photographer at the execution will be a United States See NAZIS On Page Two MEGACYCLE MIXUP WackyRadio WavesPlay Havoc With Police Cars WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—(£>)— The Federal Communications com mission admitted Monday flings are sure loused up in the short wave radio world. Take that Charlotte, N. C., cop, in Car 39. Over his radio came the command: Go to the fire, No 39. But the address seemed phoney, and the cop rechecked. Good thing he did, too, for he couldn t have reached the fire by next Friday The instructions came from po lice headquarters all right—Taco ma, Wash., headquarters This mixup works both ways. Seattle cops complain about South ern drawls. Their radios pick up government of Premier Sutan Sjahrir. Sjahrir had taken the precau tion to call in his top military leaders and make them party to the truce, but one element considered dubious was the leftwing “people’s Army,’’ which maintains only tenuous links with the government. A tri-partite commission of Indonesian, Dutch and British members will be c’ argtd with truce enforcement. The British will withdraw the last of their 20,000 occupation troops from Indonesia by Nov. 30. They said last month that the withdrawal would be made regardless of the status of Dutch-Indonesian negotiations. The truce agreement was con sidered to be In force as from today. SERVICES PLANNED FOR E.H. MUNSON Prominent Organist Dies In Hospital Following 10 Day Illness Funeral services for Edward H. Munson, prominent Wilmington organist, who died at James Walk er Memorial hospital Monday morning at 11 o’clock, after a ten day illness, will be held Wednes day morning at 11 o’clock. The services will be conducted in the First Presbyterian church by the Rev. William Crowe, pastor of the church. Internment will follow in the Oakdale cemetary. Mr. Munson, active in local and state musical circles, retired about three years ago after serv ing as ofganist for the First Pres byterian church for 37 years. He was a member of the Presby terian church, the Wilmington Ro tary club and was affiliated with St. John’s Masonic lodge, A.F. and A. M. Surviving are his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Elton Bates, of Long Island, N. .; one brother H. P. Munson, of Wilmington and a granddaughter. GERMAN, JAP BAUBLES TO ADORN CHRISTMAS TREES ONCE AGAIN WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. — (JP)— With Uncle Sam’s help, German and Japanese Christmas tree baubles will be back in the stores again this season after a wartime absence. The U. S. Commercial company, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance corporation, announced Monday that toys and Christmas ornaments from Germany and art goods and Christmas tree bulbs from Japan will be among the first products imported by the company from the former enemy countries. They will be exhibited at a dis play room to be opened soon in New York city. Heads War Dads L. C. Robertson was elected president of the Wilmington chap ter of the War Dads of America at a meeting in the American Le gion hut here last night. Other officers elected by the War Dads group last night were: Ernest Peschai* vice president, and C. L. Meyers and Harry Wet tig, secretary and treasurer. Prior to the election, Robertson was named chairman of a commit tee to investigate whether local veterans are being forced to accept jobs for which they are ill-fitted. The committee’s personnel will be named today. Charlotte and St. Petersburg, Fla. Puzzled police in Michigan re ceive instructions from Alabama. New Yorkers hear from Michigan. The local Capital Transit company, which uses radio to keep its emergency trucks informed, keeps getting unhelpful hints from Cali fornia cops. Who’s to blame? The villian is “skip interference,” says the FCC. Under certain atmospheric con ditions, radio waves become wacky. They wander upstairs, where they are reflected at a long, low angle. And they light a long way off from their correct destination. Community EARLY REPORTS Louie E. Woodbury, Jr., Campaign Chairman, Says Enthusiasm High Key workers in the city’s Com munity Chest campaign will put their $106,204 fund’s machineiy in to motion tonight when they gather for a kickoff banquet at St. Paul’s Lutheran church parish house at 6:30 o’clock. Even though the drive will get formally under way tonight, cam paign leaders had yesterday begun preliminary solicitation in the ten day campaign. Louie E. Woodbury, Jr., cam paign chairman, last night an nounced that Red Feather awavds were already on the way to em ployees of two local firms for ex ceeding their campaign goals. "McMillan and Cameron report ed collections yesterday that were twice as large as their contribu tion last year, and represented 130 per cent of their goal. T. W. Wood and Sons has already reported in with 104 per cent of its goal pledged’’, Woodbury said. Edmund H. Harding, Washington, N. C., humorist, will be the chief speaker at tonight’s opening cam paign dinner. In a radio interview with Ben McDonald, Star-News commenta tor, Woodbury reported yesterday that campaign teams are "all fired up and ready to go.” Woodbury outlined campaign or ganizatioh and described the chest’s technique of setting its budget. His broadcast was one of seven by campaign leader* that are scheduled during the next ten days. LOCAL RESERVISTS WILL MAN VESSEL Crew Going To Charleston To Bring Patrol Craft Here Five Wilmington Naval shipkeep ers are scheduled to journey to Charleston, S. C., this week to board the PC (Patrol Craft) boat destined for permanent duty with the local division of the U. S. organized Naval Reserve, a spokes man for the Wilmington district ONR reported yesterday. Two of the men have already received their orders for the journey from Sixth Naval district headquarters and the other three are expected to receivie theirs today from Lieut. Her.ry Bost, district ONR representative, when he returns from Charleston. Lieutenant Bost and Bernard S. Solomon, members of the local RONS (Reserve Officers of the Naval Services) chapter went to Charleston Sunday afternoon to complete plans for the Port City’s Oct. 25-26-27 celebration of Navy Day. They were slated to return late last night or early this morn ing. The PC boat, on which the local OND unit will get its “sea” train ing, is now in the Charleston Navy yard undergoing a thorough over hauling. The five Wilmington ship See REVERVISTS On Page Two Along The Cape Fear BY LARRY HIRSCH PLAY-BY-PLAY—All things come to him who wait. That’s what the proverb says. And it’s true. Several months ago we wrote some stories about Captain Harp er’s steamer Wilmington which sailed down "the Cape Fear river and discharged its passengers on the east shore where they boarded a small chemin de ter, called either the Shoo-Fly or the Sand Fiddler (we’ve never found out which), that carried them over to Carolina Beach for a holiday on the strand. Well, all you folks sent in lots of good material for those stories, but nobody gave us what we want ed most—a play-by-play report of the venture. Nobody, that is, until yesterday, when the postman de posited the following epistle in our basket: * * * REAL NICE DAY—“Along that there Cape Fear—you bin tryin ter tell somehin erbout peepil ridin on steamboats down ter Carolina Beach, but you never tole enuff. “Erbout 1899 I got hens and rasied 75 frying chickens. Long erbout July first that year I kitch MEAT TO BE CONTROL FREE THIS MORNING, TRUMAN SAYS; PEACE CONFERENCE ENDS JOB - I,---.! -— Molotov Hits U. S. Attitude As Dominant Soviet Foreign Minister Claims Portions Of Pacts Unsatisfactory TREATIES WRITTEN Russians Want Big Four Reconsideration Of Parts Of Satellite Pacts PARIS, Oct. 14.—(/P)—The Paris conference completed Monday night its task of writ ing peace treaties for five former Nazi satellite nations after Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov assailed por tions of the pacts as “un satisfactory.” Molotov accused the United States of attempting to domi nate the conference, and said he would insist that the Big Four Foreign ministers, who will meet in New York Nov. 4, recon sider parts of the treaties, with Italy, Finland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The ministers also will take up the treaty with Ger many. Meeting in executive session Monday night, the ministers de cided oh the Nov. 4 date for the opening of the New York meeting and “coordinated their time tables.” A French spokesman said the four would devote two weeks to completing work on the satellite treaties, then would start conside ration of the German pact. He added that the fundamental aspects of the German problem would not be tackled in New York, but that the ministers would try to discover whether there was enough grounds for agreement to justify the holding of a later meeting in Europe. The French spokesman said that See MOLOTOV on Page Two Modoc Standing By Wilmington's Coast Guard cutter Modoc last night was still stand ing by the Assertive, a former mine-sweeper, in a cove at Cape Hatteras, the Norfolk Coast Guard station reported. The Modoc went to the ship’s aid Sunday when it sprung a leak and its pump failed. The Modoc provided pumps and effected re pairs to the stricken vessel. Both will get underway as scon as the rough sea moderates, the Coast Guard station said. The S. S. Daniel Drake, which broke away from its towing tug enroute to the Brunswick river storage basin, is being towed into Norfolk by the Coast Guard cutter Cherokee. It will continue its journey to the Brunswick basin when the weather clears, the sta tion said. ed 50 chickins and carried em all ter town and sole em fer 14 silver dollars. ‘‘I went back home, and Sat. evenin I hitched Pa’s bugy boss to the bugy and driv 15 miles to wards town to where my gal lived. We corted till 10 o’clock, and next mornin we went ter Sundsy Skool. I still had tftem 14 silver dollars and Munday mornin me and my gal lit out fer town. "I went inter Mr. J— H—’s jewlry store and I seed a gole ring. It looked like it wayed a pound 1-2. I showe-3 it ter my gal, and she wunk at me. Mr. H—s said it was worth 11 dollars. I wanted it heavy so she couldn’t wear it out on the washboard scrubbin clothes. "We lit out frum there down to the river and got on top of a big steamboat and rid down ter the end of a railroad ter Carolina Beach. Got there 12 o’clock. We was hongry and I went in a rest erant and got 1-2 of a skinny fried chickin fer 75 cent. The price scared me but I was hongry. “We et and went and sot on a long porch. I tuck a notion ter go See CAPE FEAR On Page Seven Cleaning Up In Soap Shortage A couple of Chicago housewives, short on soap, take advantage of the results of a fire at a soip plant by scooping up foamy suds from the streets outside the factory. The sprinkler system sent mountains of precious suds flowing through the doors to the sidewalk. (Inter national) # UAL PILOT ASSUMES1 BLAME FOR WRECKING OF BIG MAINLINER CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 14. — (U.R)— Pilot-Capt. Leonard H. Smith, 42, testified Monday that he felt he was responsible for the crash of a fbur-motored United Air Lines Mainliner near Cheyenne last Tues day in which two persons were kill ed and 45 others were injured. “I know I am sticking my neck out — but I truthfully feel that this whole thing is my fault, and noth ing to do with the airplane or equipment,” Smith said. Smith’s statement was contain ed in a deposition presented to an official CAB hearing. The pilot, a veteran of 15 years flying for UAL, was taken to his home in Atherton, Calif., to recuperate from injuries suffered in the crackup. He said blame for the crash could not be placed on “any mal functioning” of the plane. He said instruments and engines were functioning properly. ENGINEERSOPEN TEST LABORATORY Materials To Undergo Rigid Examination Prior To Being Used Materials used in future con struction projects of the Wilming ton district U. S. Army Engineers will be subjected to exhaustive tests in the Engineers’ new South Atlantic division laboratory in At lanta, Ga., before being approv ed, the Wilmington district En gineers’ office announced yester day. \ The laboratory is equipped to test bituminous, concrete; and chemical materials, and additional apparatus to test metals will be added soon, the office said. Submitting all materials to the tests is not mandatory, the office pointed out. Materials will be sent to the Atlanta laboratory only when the district offict is “in doubt” about any specific material it is contemplating for use in a See LABORATORY On Page Two ACCORD REACHED France, Siam Patching Up Five- Year Border Dispute BANGKOK, Siam, Oct. 14—(£>)— A five year border dispute between France and Siam appeared settled Monday with the announcement that the Siamese cabinet had agree ed to return four disputed frontier areas to French Indochina. Premier Thamrong Nawasuwat announced the cabinet’s actiorif and said that it was backed by both political parties. A special emergency meeting of parliament was called Monday afternoon to ratify the action. In Paris, the Fhench Colonial of fice and Siam were working on an % LOCAL DEALERS HAIL DECONTROL Wilmington Retail Grocers Predict Full Supply Of Meat Soon Beef prices “lower than they are today” can be expected within two months as a result of Presi dent Truman’s removal of meat ceilings, J. C. Parker, Jr., presi dent of the local Retailers Grocers association, said last night Parker predicted an immediate influx of beef, but other local grocers, equally enthusiastic about the death of price control, said that it may take close to five weeks before the meat flood begins. Pork, however, can be expected in heavy quantities almost imme diately, they agreed. Pork prices will be high at the outset, because it is a scarce item, Parker said. But, said Parker, “as a group the grocers of Wilmington are pledged to keep our profit margins as low as we can. Most of us cooperated in doing that during the time ceil ings were off last July.” “Beef will jump at first, but I believe that, with the large popula tion of cattle now on the ranges, it’s shake down within sixty days to a point where it will be cheap er than it is now.” he asserted. Other results cf the Truman order predicted by Parker: See DEALERS On Page Seven ’ t Cold Justices PITTSBURGH, Oct. 14. — UP)— Three county judges dispensed justice Monday in overcoats, in stead of their traditional black robes, because of the power strike here. Another, Judge Henry Ellenbog en, brought an electric heater from his home, installed it in his cham bers, and held cou>-t there. Judge Harry H. Rowand post poned a case promising a long argument because: “My legs are cold.” At noon the temperature outside the unheated courthouse had risen only to 54. agreement for the restoration of the border areas to Indochina. The disputed territory, obtained by Siam in 1941 under a Japanese negotiated treaty with Vichy Franc has been the scene of firece fight ing betwwe Siamese and French Colonial troops. The four areas in question totah approximately 20,000 square miles, mostly jungle territory bordering the Mekong river. The areas are Battambang, Siemreap and Siso* phon, in Cambodia, and Louang Prabang in Laos. See FRANCE On Page Two | U.S. May Lift Bars Against Mexican Beef President Tells Nation By Radio, Decontrol Only Remedy Now Left WARNS OF PRICES Chief Executive Declares Any Skyrocketing Will Be Industry Fault WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.— (UP) — President Truma* Monday night announced tha{ on Tuesday all price control! on meat will be lifted. The President, after a long study of the meat situation with his top government of ficials, said in a nationwide radio address that “there is only one remedy left—that is to lift controls on meat.” “Accordingly,” Mr. Truman told his radio audience, “the secretary of agriculture and the price ad ministrator are removing all price controls on livestock, and food and feed products therefrom tomor row.” Truman Text on Page Two At the same time, Mr. Truman announced that he had ordered an investigation into the feasibility of importing cattle from Mexico. As a result of this investigation, 1. said the Mexican border “may be opened at once.” Cites Blame If the price of meat skyrockets, the President said, the blame must fall on the representatives of the livestock and meat industry. “They have made the definite promise,” he said, “that the lift ing of controls on livestock and meat would bring to market the meat which our people want at reasonable prices. “The American people will know where the responsibility rests if See U. S. MAY LIFT on Page Two THOUSANDS SPENT FOR VET STUDIES Roland Says Local Service men’s Education Runs $130,000 Yearly The New Hanover county Board of Education is supervising the ex penditure of nearly $130,000 a year on courses designed primarily for veterans, H. M. Roland, county school superintendent, said yes terday. The six special course budgets released by Roland included: $35, 000 for the local white college cen ter; $30,000 for the accelerated veterans training program at New Hanover High school; $40,000 for adult vocational training; $5,000 for Williston High school’s Negrj college center; and $2,000 for Negro High school courses. At least 85 per cent of the stu dents enrolled in the special courses are veterans, the school superintendent estimated. The 182 white veterans enrolled in New Hanover High school con stitute the largest single group in any of the special courses. There are 65 white and 47 colored veter ans taking accelerated high school courses, and 60 white and 85 Negro ex-servicemen taking vocational classes. ' - 4 -*«r And So To Bed A lady called up The Star last night and asked what she thought was the $64 question of the year. “Could you possibly help me?’’ she queried, “I’m try ing to settle an argument with a friend. Do you by any chance know how many cubic centi meters of ale it would take to fill up the Grand Canyon?” Lady, that’s not the $64 ques tion of the year. It’s this: Where are you going to get all that ale? (And what kind of friends do you have, anyway?'
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