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VOL. 80^—Na 21._ WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1946 ” ESTABLISHED 1867
trusteeship
U.S. Ready To Place
Japs Islands In UN
Truman Announces That Draft Oi$Proposed
Area Pact Hus Been Prepared; Plan
Goes To Security Council Soon
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—(/P)—
{■resident Truman announced
Wednesday the United States
is ready to place under United
Nations trusteeship all Jap
anese owned and mandated is
lands now under American con
trol providing this country re
mains the administering author
ity.
Mr. Truman said in a state
ment the United States already
has completed a draft of a pro
posed “ strategic area”
trusteeship pact for the man
dated islands—the Marshalls,
Carolines, and Mariannas—and
will lay it before the U. N. se
curity council at an early date.
In the meantime, it is being
sent to the other ten members
of the council and to New Zea
land and the Philippines for
their consideration.
Presumably, the government
has not yet worked out a draft
for trusteeship of the former
Japanese islands which were
not mandated to Japan by the
League of Nations. These in
clude such groups as Marcus,
the Bonins, the Volcano islands
and the Ryukyus. Mr. Tru
man’s announcement indicated,
however, this would soon be
forthcoming.
Government officials familiar
with the United Nations chart
er singled out “stretegic area”
as the key words in the Tru
See U. S. READY On Page Two
CITY APPROVES
PAVING PROGRAM
Estimated $150,000 Street
Project Ordered At
Council Meet
The Wilmington City Council
yesterday gave its approval to a
$150,000 street paving program,
large within the city limits, an
authorized City Manager J. R.
Benson to advertise for bids on
the project.
At the same time, the council
rejected all four bids it received
last week on the installation of
new sewer lines in Sunset Park
and on Chestnut street.
Its action came on the heels of
a -eport by Benson which indi
cated that the bids were at least
25 per cent higher than estimated
costs prepared by City Engineer
J. A. Loughlin. The council con
tented itself with simple rejection
of the submitted bids and gave no
indication of its immediate plans
for issuing a new advertisement.
The council also authorized Ben
son to inquire into a suggestion
by Councilman Harriss Newman
that the city set up underground
See CITY On Page Two
DURHAM INVITES
BAND FOR VISIT
New Hanover High School
Group To Participate At
Two Games
Members of the New Hanover
High school band have accepted
the invitation extended to them by
the members of the Durham High
school band to be their guests and
participate in the Duke University
sponsored School Band Day pro
gram at the University on Satur
day.
The local students will perform
at the high school conference foot
hall game in Durham Friday night
and then remain as guests in the
homes of the Durham students
overnight in order to take part
■n the Saturday program at Duke
University.
Together with several high
school bands from throughout the
state, the New Hanover band will
P av and march on the gridiron
during the halftime program at
_ See BAND On Page Two
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NEW AIR FORCE B-36
HAS CRUISING RANGE
UP TO 10,000 MILES
WASHINGTON. Nov. . . _ (/P) -
The Army Air forces said Wednes
day night its new six-engine bomb
er ‘could carry an atomic bomb to
any inhabited region in the world
and return home without refueling
in the event of an enemy attack.”
An official statement giving de
tials of the bomber, which has been
described as the world’s largest,
said production has started at Jhe
Consolidated-Vultee plant at F-ort
Worth, Texas, after test flights
by the first of the type to be com
pleted.
The plane is designed for a nor
mal range of 10,000 miles with 10,
000 pounds of bombs without extra
fuel tanks. At an undisclosed re
duced range, the Air forces said it
could carry 36 tons, more than three
times the capacity for the same dis
tance of the B-29, from which the
atom bombs were dropped on Hiro
shima and Nagaskai.
A new type landing gear is ex
pected to distribute the bomber’s
278,000-pound weight over eight
wheels on the main landing gear,
instead of the two massive 110-inch
wheels on the initial test model.
RUSSIAN SPEAKER
ACCUSES AMERICA
Britain Also Linked In “Ob
structionist” Charge By
Co. Gen. Zhdanov
LONDON, Nov. 6. — (JP)— The
leader of Russia’s parliament ac
cused the United States and Brit
ain Wednesday of “organized ob
struction” to the Soviet program,
and told a cheering Moscow meet
ing that Russian peace aims would
prevail despite ‘‘atom blackmail
ers.”
Col. Gen. Andrei A. Zhdanov,
chairman of the Supreme Soviet of
the U. S. S. R. and frequently men
tioned as the most likely successor
of Prime Minister Stalin, spoke at
a meeting of national leaders, on
the eve of the 29th anniversary
celebration of the Bolshevist revo
lution.
The absence of Stalin, who in
previous years had delivered the
anniversary eve address, was not
explained.
Every mention of Stalin’s name
however, evoked tremendous cheers
and applause from the Russian
and Communist party officials and
high-ranking military leaders pack
ed into the Bolshoi theater.
The audience also sent greetings
to Stalin, expressing approval of
his foreign policy. The message en
dorsed Soviet “proposals concern
ing disarmament,” but added that
“we shall fight for the strengthen
ing of the might of the Soviet state,
of its armed forces.”
Zhdanov, who began his rise to
See RUSSIAN On Page Two
To Palestine 1
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Director of Weapons and De
velopment at the War Office in
London, Maj. Gen. G. H. A. Mac
Millan (above) has been named to
succeed Lt. Gen. E. Barker as
British Commander in the troubled
Palestine area. MacMillan takes
his new post about February 1.
(International)
PLEASURE SHIPS
HIT BEACH EARLY
Plans For Formal Recep
tion Cancelled After 18
Boats Arrive
The first power boat armada,
making a cruise from New York
to Florida, docked at the Wrights
ville Marina late yesterday after
noon. The original plans called
for the squadron to arrive here
this afternoon. Chet Bentley: com.
mander of the spuadron, said last
night the second group would ar
rive at Wrightsville at 4 o’clock
this afternoon.
Walter |!artier, secretary of the
Wrightsville beach chamber of
commerce said last night that
plans for the formal-reception have
been cancelled. Local civic leaders
had planned to fete the skippers
of the squadron on their arrival
here, but due to the boats reach
ing Wrightsville a day ahead of
schedule the plarft were abandon
ed.
The 17 trim craft tied up at the
Wrightsville Marina yesterday
afternoon after making a leisure
cruise down the inland waterway.
One boat of the group was left at
Belhaven and would join the
second group which will dock this i
afternoon, the skipper revealed, j
The fleet of motor boats, ranging
in size from 28 to 54 feet, hail
from almost every state on the
eastern seaboard and several
come from the Great Lakes.
Commander Bentley stated that
52 craft make up the three groups
in the cruise. Nearly 200 persons
make up the crews of the speedy
vessels.
See SHIPS On Page Two
Probe To Begin
RALEIGH, Nov. $ _ (jp) —
An Investigation into recent price
increases on milk to determine if
state laws against monopolistic
practices have been violated will
be conducted personally by Walter
F. Anderson, director of the State
Bureau of investigation.
The probe into the milk price
increases was ordered Tuesday by
Attorney General Harry McMul
lan, and Anderson said that he
would begin his investigation im
mediately.
In ordering the investigation,
McMullan pointed out that within
the past week identical price in
creases of two cents a quart have
been announced in both Raleigh
and Durham boosting the retail
price in each city to 22 cents per
quart.
MUSTY RESEARCH
Judge Invokes 1799 Law
Against “Silent Susan”
HACKENSACK, N. J. Nov. 6—
(U.PJ-Judge Irving S. Reeve applied
an almost forgotten law of 1799
Wednesday to justify the sentence
of six months in jail which he
imposed upon “Silent Susan
Bower, “The Mystery <?irl,” be
cause she wouldn’t tell her true
name. *
Reeve again found the pretty
blond guilty of “disorderly con
duct" but reduced her sentence
of six months to 40 days. Subtract
ing the 31 days she has spent in
the Bergen county jail plus five
days for good behavior, she will
be freed on Friday.
James E. Major, attonrey for
the Civil Liberties union, who in
tervened as Miss Bower’s volun
teer council, was not satisfied.
He said he would appeal as far
as the State Supreme court. His
motion to dismiss the “disorderly
conduct” charge was denied.
Major said Miss Bower, as the
stubborn 20-year-old calls herself,
will go to Florida when she is
freed. She was enroute there when
she was arrested Oct. 5 for hitch
hiking. He will appeal the case
on behalf of the Civil Liberties
See JUDGE On Page Two _
^anley Post
Hedges Aid
^or Project
VFW Members Vote Unani
mously To Participate In
Purchase Plan
RICHMOND PARLEY
American Legion To Ballot
Today On VA Hospital
Site Proposal
The James A. Manley Post
of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars last night went unani
mously on record to partici
pate in the purchase of 100
or more acres of New Han
over county land to be offered
to the United States Veterans
Administration as the site for
a 1,000-bed hospital for ex
servicemen.
Wilmington Post 10 of the Ameri
can Legion is scheduled to ballot
at its meeting tonight on a
proposal that it cooperate with
the local VFW post in making the
purchase.
Francis Malloy, a member of
the VFW-Legion committee which
has spearheaded the drive for es
tablishing the hospital here, of
fered the motion1 for VFW approval
of the project and also moved that
the post “give our pro rata share
on the purchase of any land that
might be bought as its site.’’
The Manley post, meeting last
night, also approved a motion sup
porting the county’s proposed jun
ior college.
Conference Today
Three representatives of Wil
mington’s two largest veterans or
ganizations are scheduled to con
fer this morning with Col. J. B.
Cress, administrator of VA Branch
Four at Richmond, Va., as a pre
liminary step in their effort to
bring the veterans’ hospital here.
City Industrial Agent John H.
Farrell; Ken Noble, Veterans of
Foreign Wars representative; and
Col. John Bright Hill, American
Legion representative, left here
last night for Richmond on what
See PROJECT on Page Two
WHITE APPOINTED
GROUP CHAIRMAN
Will Head Industrial Sec
tion In Christmas Seal
Sale Campaign
E. L. White has been named
chairman of the Industrial group
for the city’s anti-tubercular
Christmas Seal drive, Dr. John C.
Wessell, chairman of the cam
paign, announced last night.
Miss Virginia Ward will have
charge of the Seal sale in the
school system, Dr. Wessell said.
The Seal Sale committee of the
New Hanover County Health and
Tuberculosis association will meet
at 7:30 tonight at the association’s
offices in the Health Department to
complete plans for the campaign’s
opening November 25.
Proceeds of the Seal Sale will go
largely for support of the associa
tion’s free public chest x-ray clinic,
for its public health nurse and
anti-tubtrclar public health educa
tion.
REPUBLICANS PROMISE CUT
IN INCOME TAXES IN 1947;
TRIESTE PLAN UNDER FIRE
Yugoslavia,
Italy Attack
U.S.Proposal
Representatives Of Two
Nations Call Terms Dic
tatoral, Undemocratic
MOLOTOV IN REBUFF
Stanoje Semic Offers Con
cessions On Question Of
Boundary, Governor
NEW YORK, Nov. 6—(/P)
—Both Yugoslavia and Italy
Wednesday attacked a pro
posed Big Four settlement of
the deadlock East-West dis
pute over strategic Trieste.
Representatives of the two
involved countries told a ses
sion of the Council of Foregin
Ministers that proposed con
trols for the new international
territory would be dictatorial
and undemocratic.
This brought an immediate rebuff
from Soviet Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov, who declared that both
Yugoslav and Italian statements,
“particular^ the Italian, which
amounted dlmost to threats, have
made a bad impression on the So
viet delegation."
Whether this means a departure
of Soviet backing from the Bel
grade government on the critical is
sue blocking a peace treaty with
Italy could not be answered im
mediately.
Yugoslavia, however, offered two
minor concessions with respect to
boundary and the proposed pow
ers of a United Nations governor.
But diplomatic authorities said
See YUGOSLAVIA on Page Two
FAMILYSERVICE
LEADER RESIGNS
Rev. Mortimer Glover Is
Praised For Aid In Or
ganizing Agency
The Rev. Mortimer Glover has
resigned as president of the Wil
mington Family Service society,
Mrs. David Murchison, the so
ciety’s vice president, announced
yesterday.
Announcement of Mr. Glover’s
resignation followed a meeting of
the society’s Board of Directors
yesterday.
“Mr. Glover has been of inval
uable aid in organizing and deve
loping our new agency and we
shall miss him very much indeed,”
Mrs. Murchison said.
It is understood that Mrs. Mur
See LEADER on Page Two
Along The Cape Fear
HELP ARRIVES From all in
dications Along The Cape Fear will
encounter much less difficulty in
tracing the early history of the in
vention of one Mr. Bell, Alexander
Graham, here in the Port City than
that which confronted us with the
handiwork of one Mr. Edison,
rhomas Alva.
Only yesterday we voiced the
suggestion of our South Fifteenth
street informant that we look into
early Phone history here.
Then a Mr. B. J., or perhaps it
is a Mrs. B. J. or even a Miss B.
J., mailed in this item.
“Wilmington’s telephone system
was installed in 1879 as was its
first alarm system. At that time the
claim was made that this city was
the second city to adopt the ‘tele
phone fire alarm system’ in the
U. S. As this was only threg years
after the invention of the telephone,
this claim seems plausible.”
* * *
GOOD LEAD — The above infor
mation, plus the clue to the first
telephone installed in Wilmington
should soon bring real results. To
claim to the first phone installed
here in the Port City.
You will recall that’our good in
formant tells us the initial tele
phone honor goes to the N. N.
Cotton Oil mills, near Hilton.
Bell — that's Bell, Alexander
Graham — like many a famous
American was not a native of this
country, being born in Edinburgh,
Scotland. The date was March 3,
1847 in case you are interested.
Educated at the University of
Edinburgh and the University of
London, she moved with his father
to Canada in 1870. The reason be
ing poor health.
Two years later Bell opened a
school for training teachers of the
deaf at Boston. His lectures and
instruction in the mechanics of
speech soon became famous and
the following year he accepted the
post as professor of vocal physi
ology at Boston university.
* * *
THAT MACHINE—In 1876 he dis
played and demonstrated his in
vention which was the result of his
long study of the human voice.
The transmission of sound by elec
tricity became a reality. And with
few minor improvements and ad
justments, this early demonstra
tion machine became our modern
telephone.
See C^VPE FEAR on Page Two
Leland School Entered
Lee Phelps, janitor of the Leland High School is shown above
pointing to the lock on the door of the school cafeteria, which
was pried open sometime Tuesday night. The office of the school
had been ransacked, but nothing was reported missing.
(STAB STAFF PHOTO BY BOB HODGKIN).
Probe Continuing
In Leland Robbery
The Weather
FORECAST
South Carolina and North Carolina —
Partly cloudy and mild Thursday, fol
lowed by showers extreme west portion
Thursday night; Friday mostly cloudy
with occasional showers, 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.
Temperatures
1:30 a m. 54; 7:30 a.m. 49; 1:30 p.m. 67;
7:30 p.m. 58.
Maximum 67; Minimum 48; Mean 54;
Normal 59.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 6A 7:30 a.m. 80. 1:30 p.m. 31;
7:30 p.m. 83.
Precipitation
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. —
0.00 inches.
Total since the first of the month —
1.22 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)
High Low
Wilmington __ 8:00 a.m. 2:40 a.m.
8:26 p.m. 3:12 p.m.
Masonboro Iniet 5:42 a.m. - a.m.
6:04 p.m. 12:05 p.m.
Sunrise 6:37; Sunset 5:14; Moonrise
4:30 p.m.; Moonset 4:13 a.m.
' River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8
a.m. Wednesday, 11.3 feet.
SEAMENTHREATEN
NEW SHIP STRIKE
By The Associated Press
The end of the TWA strike await
ed union action, the soft coal dis
pute talks were resumed, and a na
tional maritime strike threat was
raided' again Wednesday as the
Philadelphia hotel tieup continued.
A back-to-work call for some 15,
000 employes of Trans World air
lines, idle 16 days in a strike of
1,400 AFL pilots, awaited union
acceptance of a government agree
ment already accepted by the com
pany.
Eee SEAMEN On Page Two
Post Office, General Store,
School Building And
Shop Entered
For the second time in two years
the Leland post office was entered
by theives Tuesday night, and
late last night no arrests had been
reported made in the case.
In addition to the post office, it
was also learned that a general
store, a wood working plant and
the Leland High school had also
been entered during the night.
The post office robbery was dis
covered early Wednesday morning
by U. L. Rourk, owner of a gen
eral store in which the post office
is located Rourk, whose wife is
postmistress at the Leland office,
said the front door to his store
had been forced open after the
heavy lock had been pried off by
some sharp instrument.
A large safe containing stamps
and money orders was battered by
the thieves, Rourk said. He de
scribed heavy indentations as hav
ing been made on the combination.
A hurried check by Rourk and
his wife revealed the contents of
a cash drawer in the postoffice
had been taken. Rourk was unable
to divulge the exact amount, he
said.
The cash register in the general
store, operated by Rourk had been
broken into and its contents taken.
The store-keeper said that a sum
of at least $20 in change had been
taken.
Rourk said the thieves apparent
ly were in a hurry as a survey of
the post office and store revealed
that several items of value were
overlooked.
E. E. King, principal of the Le
land high school, reported the
See PROBE On Page Two
NO CHIVALRY
WomenSeem ToHaveHad
Little Political “It”
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 — (U.R) —
Women just didn’t seem to have
enough political “It” this year.
Only six of 16 feminine candi
dates for House seats had defeat
ed their male opponents in a late
count Wednesday night. Another
was leading.
The last Congress had 11 women.
As elsewhere, in other contests,
the Republican label seemed to
help. The successful women candi
dates included four Republicans,
two Democrats. A Democrat, Mrs.
Georgia Lusk, was leading in New
Mexico.
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, R.,
Mass., winning easy re-election,
moved into chairmanship of the
House committee on Veterans af
fairs. Mrs. Rogers, who helped
write veterans legislation for years,
was instrumental in the 79th Con
gress in winning approval for free
cars for amputees.
Rep. Helen Douglas Mankin, D.,
Ga., who staged an unsuccessful
write-in campaign after losing re
election, said the election was
stolen, she promised a fight against
seating of her opponent, Judge
James C. Davis.
See WOMEN On Page Two
Vote Victors
Would Slash
Nation Costs
_____________ i
Capture Of Control In Both
Houses Ordains Major
Government Changes J,
HOPES “PAY OFF” \\
Experts On Capitol Hill See
Wholesale Houseclean*
ing Due Soon
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By the Associated Press
A triumphant, revitalized
GOP wrenched control of both
House and Senate from Demo
cratic hands yesterday In an
overwhelming election victory
that ordained major changes
within the American govern
ment.
The Republicans elected at
least 28 Senators, 282 Repre
sentatives and 20 Governors.
That gave them three more
than a majority in the Sen
ate, 14 beyond a majority in
the House, and a man in most
of the statehouses of the na
tion.
The conquest brought from Dem
ocratic Senator J. William Ful
bright of Arkansas • suggestion
that President Truman name a
Republican as secretary of State
and then resign In his favor.
Mr. Truman, back in Washing
ton from Missouri, where he voted,
had no comment on the suggestion
gee VICTORS On Page Two
VOTERS APPROVE
VETERAN BONUSES
3 States Pass Fund Refer
endums Aggregating
Some $675,000,000
NEW YORK, Nov. 6—(U.PJ—Vot
ers in three states have decided to
pay their war veterans $675,000,000
in bonuses.
The decision pleased veterans
leaders who expect to present to
the 80th Congress demands for
“adjusted service pay’’ totalling
$30,000,000,000.
Gov. John O. Pastore aaid $200
payments approved by Rhode Is
land voters would be In the mall to
ex-servicemen and former mer
chant seamen before Christmas.
The Rhode Island checks will total
$20,000,000.
In Illinois a $385,000,000 bond Is
sue, to finance bonus payments
from $10 to $900, won apparent ap
proval. However officials withheld
a formal verdict pending determi
nation if the favorable vote was a
majority of all votes cast for state
legislators — an Illinois require
ment.
Michigan voters okayed bonds
totalling $270,000,000 to pay for a
b,onus up to $500.
The Illinois and Michigan plans
are similar. Both provide payments
See VOTERS on Page Two
And So To Bed
HEADLINE: Republicans
Sweep V. S.
Yesterday afternoon the tele
phone rang in the Star news
room and the conversation went
something like this.
Lady: Tell me, please, who
will be the next President, I
did not vote yesterjday and
don’t know who was running
against Mr. Truman.
Reporter: Mr. Truman will
remain president. There was
no election for president in this
year.
Lady: But, the paper says
the Republicans swept the VIS.,
now, tell me what happens to
Mr. Truman.
Reporter: He remains in of
fice until the presidential elec
tions are held.
Lady: But, that’s not fair,
him having to put up with all
those Republicans for two
whole years.