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FORECAST: ^ Served By Leased Wires Wilmington and vicinity: Fair and 44 4/4 4*4/4 tS!^T44,44 associated press lightly cooler today; Wednesday part- ■■■ ■ ■■■■■■ / | XI I and the >y"and mild LA 111 II 111 V-1/ Idl UNITED PRESS With Complete Coverage - ■■— —— 1 ■ State and National News VOLJKK—NO. 222.------WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1947 -ESTABLISHED 1867 Phone Workers Here Will Continue Strike SFTW Members Vote Unanimously Against Return To Work; Service Remains Sub-Normal In State Cities The Wilmington local of the Southern Federation of Telephone Workers voted unanimously last night to continue the month long strike. Last night’s unanimous vote was the second in as many days, with the union having taken similar ac •ion at a two hour session Sun day. The conference, held in the New Hanover county court room, was barred to all but union m ambers nd lasted one hour. The announce mPnt of union action was made by officials of the local following the end of the session. E C. Drinkard, SFTW head here, gaid that a general discussion of the whole situation was held, with Thursday night being set as the date for another meeting of union members. The session will-be held In the court house at 7 o’clock, he Ten Return It was ported out that of the 170 members of the local, 10 had re turned to work with the telephone company. Union officers said this did not indicate by any means that there would be a general back-to work movement by the remainder of the members. SERVICE IN STATE REMAINS SUB-NORMAL RALEIGH, May 5 - OP)— Tele phone service in North Carolina remained sub-normal tonight and Gov. R. Gregg Cherry said he planned no immediate action. Today was the deadline set by the governor for the resumption of normal telephone service. The Southern Bell Telephone company reported that about ?,2bJ of its 4, 700 employes had returned to work. The governor told the company Friday that if striking employes did not return to work by today, new employes should be hired. Atlanta headquarters of Southern Bell replied Saturday that it would do its best to have a sufficient (Continued on Page Five; Col. 5) Voters To Elect New City Council Today deputy sheriffs SOON TO BE NAMED Civil Service Commission Approves Applicants For Position Appointments to fill the two va cancies in the office of Sheriff Porter Davis probably will be made in the very near future as the New Hanover Civil Service Commission placed their stamp of approval on applicants for the deputie’s postions yesterday af ternoon. Seven applicants were examin ed by the commission, and, as is the custom, two applicants for each position were approved ac cording to Frederick Willetts, Sr , commission chairman. Official appointment rests with the county commissioners, and. according to Willetts, they should make the appointments within the next few days. Those appearing before the commission yesterday were: B. W. White, 1911 Ann st.; James A. Phillips, 2643 Adams st.; James M Rav, 628 Caldwell ave.; A. W. Best, Jr., 204 Calhoun drive; George L. Highsmith, 2678 Jeffer son st.; F. A. Tatum, Jr., and J. M. Shinn, Jr. ACL EMPLOYES URGE REPEAL OF CROSSER RETIREMENT MEASURE Morning Star Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, May 5 — Repre senting employes of the At-antic Coast Line railroad, a delegation from Wilmington today called up on Senators Clyde R. Hoey and William B. Umstead to register disapproval of the Crosser amend ment to the Railroad Retirement act which requires both employe and employer to pay an additional retirement levy. Senator Hoey said the group presented petitions signed by 2,000 railroad workers in the area serv ed by the Coast Line urging that the Crosser amendment be re pealed. M. V. Barnhills, Jr„ of Rocky Mount and Wilmington was spokes man for the group. Other mem bers of the committee were 'V. H. Henderson, Jr., Charles D. White, C. M. Appleberry, A. D. Curtis and Mercedes Catherwood, all of Wilmington. OPERATION RESUMED ROCKINGHAM, May 5 — (.&) — Operations were resumed today at the Safie Cotton Mill, which has been closed by a strike for sev eral weeks. From 200 to 300 workers crossed Picket lines to return to work, and there was no disorder or inter ference from union members who are under a court order to. re frain from mass picketing. The Weather FORECAST South Carolina—Fair and mild Tues ** Wednesday partly cloudy and •lightly warmer. North Carolina — Fair and slightly Cooler Tuesday. Wednesday partly cloudy and mild. ■By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7;3o p.m. yesterday. TEMPERATURES 1;30 a. m. 66; 7:30 a. m. 67: 1:30 p. J1 72; Maximum 80; Minimum 63; Mean 71; Normal 6?. HUMIDITY -30 a. m. 70; 7 ;30 a. m. 78; 1:30 p. m. ’ :30 p. m 79. FKEUmAllU^ Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m inches. Total since the first of the month ® 96 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY (From the Tide Tables published by S. Coast and 'Geodetic Survey*. HIGH LOW Wilmington _ 10.41 a.m. 5:34 a.m. 10:07 p.m. 5:38 D.m. Wasonboro Inlet __ 8:19 a.m. 2:26 a.m. 8 48 p m. 2 :23 p.m. Sunrise 5:18; Sunset 6:59; Moonrise *:33P; Moor^fet 6:11a River stage at Fayetteville N. C.p at • a- m. Monday 11.3 feet. (More weather on Page Two) Possibility Of Heavy ‘Write-Ins’ Angle Make Outcome Interesting Five men are scheduled to be named to the Wilmington city coun cil today, with the possibility of a write-in vote for persons other than those nominated in the April 21 primary being voiced yester day by election board chairman ,T. G. Carney. Chosen from the 14 man slate in the April primary as nominees were Richard L. Burnett, W. Ronald Lane, James E. L. Wade, E. L. White and W. E. Yopp. A clear majority was scored by each of the five and a second primary was deemed unecessary after an official canvass of the vote was made by election board officials. Carney pointed out yesterday that voters ‘should not think to day’s voting was useless because if they don’t vote they may find that some unknown candidate— one not previously nominated—is elected.” That the nominees were also aware of this point was voiced by one who said, in response to a question concerning the selec tion of a mayor, "hadn’t you bet ter wait until after tomorrow be fore you as that question?” A total of 7,793 city residents are eligible to vote in todaj’s election. A vote of 2,8647 was re corded during the primary but a smaller figure has been forecast for today’s balloting. The organization of the new coun cil is slateed to take place May 31, with the mayor and the mayor pro tern, the budget committee and a representative to the board of managers of Community hos pital to be selected at that time. COMMERCE OFFICE LOCATED IN CITY John H. Farrell Appointed To Fill Position Of Secretary A cooperative office of the U.S. Department of Commerce has been located in Wilmington, with John H. Farrell , City Industrial agent, acting in the capacity of secretary. The office will maintain files on business information, render busi ness service to manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and foreign traders an^ offer other services in marketing goods. In addition, according to Fax rell, up-to-date and detailed re ports on trades and businesses will be kept for reference. r->rre'l w511 hand'e the post of secretary cf the commerce office xn conjunction wit., o." po of industrial agent. He took the oath of office on April 25 and wilx serve in the ca pacity of a dollar-a-year-man for th° ''omme’"'”' department. The appeintment was made by the oixxce of Secretary of Corn merce W. Averill Harriman in Washington^____ Glass Suits For Men Coming, Designer Says BY KAE CLANCY United Press Staff Correspondent BOSTON, May 5 —(U.R)—It wont be more than five years before showoffs will be sitting in pud dles, scrunching cigarettes on their Tuxeao lapels and tossing their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes in the family washing machine, a prominent fashion designer said tonight. It will all be done with glass. (Guy Marino Jr. said—waterproof, fireproof washable glass, woven into coats, suits and sportswear. Marino, a free - lance designer associated since 1917 with some of the worlds best-known clothing manufacturers, says the finished product isn’t available yet, except in experimental laboratories, but, he added, it wont be long. “Mens clothing will be made of glass fibers less than 500.000ths of an inch in circumference, he said. “The finished product will be foolproof; it wont stain, it wont burn, it will hold a razor crease and you wont fancy soaps to launder it. it wont tickle, either, he said. “ Woven glass will be warmer (Continue^ on Page Five; Col. 3) Wilmington Leads Entire United States In Approved Non - Residential Projects; Sg&M* Vote “Riddles” Agency Budgets v V & /<£? KaS> / -ft • </3ilion Slash Passes Labor Department, Federal Security Fund Require ments Lowered WASHINGTON, May 5 — (£>)— With an economy coalition ;n con trol, the Senate tonight passed a Labor department-Federal Securi ty agency appropriation totalling $1,676,198,080 — or about $100,000 00r less than President Truman asked. The bill, which is $8,388,000 less than the House voted, now goes to a Senate-House Conference committee where differences will be ironed out. The funds are to finance the two agencies for the fiscal year starting July 1. The Senate action was on a voice vote. A little earlier in the day, the House Appropriations committee whacked $162,893,515, or 23 per cent, off the President's budget for the State, Commerce and Jus tice departments and the federal courts. Senate approval of the other measure came after a combina - tion of Republicans and Southern Democrats had slapped down a series of amendments to increase funds for Labor department agen cies. More than 90 per cent of the total in this bill is made up of be..efit payments and grants to the states for such purposes as i railroad retirement, old age as-I sistance, aid to children and the blind, unemployment compensa tion and vocational rehabilitation. The Senate approved appropri ation of $79,862,900 for the depart ment of labor. This is a cut of $10,001,300 under the amount au thorized by the House and is $23, 817,391 less than was requested in the President’s budget. In approving the bill, the Senate struck out a House-approved pro vision which would have denied further pay to Director Edgar L. Warren of the Labor department conciliation service. In the Senate’s first major test oi the year on the issue of slash ing expenditures, the chamber de (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) STRIKE CURTAILS MILK IN CHICAGO Ninety Per Cent Of Daily Supply Cut Off When Dairymen Walk Out CHICAGO, May 5. — {JP) — A strike of some 900 “inside work ers at two Chicago dairies re sulted today in curtailment of al most 90 percent of the citys milk supply, as 73 other member dairies closed on instructions of their collective bargaining repre sentative. The Associated Milk dealers, representing 75 dairies in this area said that although th estrike was called against only two of the large dairies, Bowman and Dean, it was considered “a strike against the entire industry. Thomas B. Gilmore, attorney for the dealers, said “were not operating any of the 73 other plants for that reason. Not Far Apart After a meeting of officials of the dairies and of the AFL Dairy Workers union in the office of Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, the mayor said he thought the two sides were not very far apart and that some progress had been made. The walkout, which began at midnight last night, was in support of demands for a 40-hour week’ at $60.16, the same pay the workers now receive for 48 hours; a $2 weekly increase for workers in country plants; pay for six holidays; and three weeks va cation after 10 years employment. Arrangements were agreed upon by the union and the dairies to maintain deliveries to hospitals, orphanages and some other insti tutions. ELECTED YESTERDAY—New officers of the Wilmington Junior Chamber of Commerce who were named yesterday from the newly elected bo ard of directors are pictured above. Standing, Jeorge Chadwick, treasurer; EdWard, secretary; W aodrow Fountain, corresponding secretary. Seated are: Ed Gilmore, first vice-president; Hal Love, president; and Ed Godwin, second vice-president. _ (Photo By Hugh Morton) JUSTICE EXCUSES HIGH OFFICIALS Secretary Marshall Will Testify Later For De Defense In May Trial WASHINGTON, May 5 -(in justice Henry A. Schweinhaut to day temporarily excused Secre tary of State George C. Marshall from appearing as a witness in the war fraud trial . of former Rep. Andrew J. May. The defense had subpoenaed Marshall , but the judge pointed out that it may be several weeks before the defense actually starts its case. In “ these times, the judge said, high officials cannot be expected to come to court and sit around wasting time. They can be called when it is time to testi fy, he indicated. The judge disclosed that Mar - shalls office had telephoned him about the summons this morning. The same no-time-wasting rule will apply to high officials called as witnesses for the prosecution, Schweinhaut made plain, Secre tary of War Patterson and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower are ex pected to be called by the govern ment. Three Others Besides May, 72-year-old form er chairman of the House Mili - tary committee, three others are on trial charged with conspiring to pay him more than $50,000 for favors he allegedly obtained from the War department for the $78, 000,000 Garsson munitions com bine. The other defendants are Hem? and Murray Garsson, and Joseph F. Freeman, Washington agem for the Garsson brothers. Edward Glazier, secretary-trea surer of the Batavia Meta] Pro ducts company, a Garsson firm, testified today that Henry Gars son personally ordered Batavia’s books altered to indicate it was receiving lumber from the Cum berland Lumber company of Ken tucky, in which May was interest ed. The government contends the Garssons paid $50,000 to this com pany but never got any lumber. Glazier said Henry Garssons secretary, Beulah Tietelbaum, showed him some blank Cumber land company invoices. The pros ecution contends the Garssons wrote up the invoices to represent genuine bills for lumber deli - veries. Two witnesses said May inter ceded on several occasions with (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) Along The Cape Fear | WILMINGTON’S BIG FIRE—On February 25, 1877, the city was visited by one of its greatest catastrophes — a fire which did an estimated $1,000,000 damage. The fire was started when the steamer “Bladen” caught firee on the Cape Fear river. The records say that the captain made a des perate effort to reach the docks at Wilmington. He succeeded in doing so, and those aboard the ship were saved. But the flames spread from the boat to the docks anj warehouses and soon a large part of the water front was ablaze. The warehouses and a large number of business houses and residences were de stroyed. * * * ANOTHER FIRE — A second disastrous fire occurred in Febru ary of 1864. It was reported that 1,025 bales of cotton were con sumed in the blaze, entailing a less of approximately $700,000. * * * TODAY'S ELECTION — In con nection with today’s election, the city observed the convention way of primaries back in the 80’s. The Star said at that time that the convention system was out-of-date and inefficient and called at tention to Virginia’s modern pri mary election Jaw. » • * SLANG — Old records reveal the oft - quoted expression that “There’s Nothing New Under The Sun’’ is right. Many of the slang expressions that seem to have originality are of the 80’s vintage. The files of The Morning Star reveal that the expression “Dizzy Blondes” had an origin as early as 1877._ LAD FLEES HOME SOUTHERN PINES, May 5— 0P)-Police Chief Ed Newton said that Bryan Poe went to Charles ton, S. C. after receiving a let ter today postmarked from there written by his 14-year-old son Gene, who ran away from home after accidentally shoot ing through the abdomen his friend, George Straka, 14. George, not seriously wound ed, wrote the following mes sage from his hospital bed to day: “Please tell Gene not to wor ry. Tell him to come home. Everybody knows it was just an accident.” The police chief gave this story of the accident. Gene and Georgge were playing alone in the Poe home Saturday night with a pistol that had been in the elder Poe’s drawer for 10 years. Ger.e accidentally shot George, immediately called a doctor who advised him to phone for an ambulance. By the time the ambulance arrived. Gene had left home. He said the gist of the letter Poe received today was that Gene, his only child, was not coming home. LABOR MAJORITY PASSES MEASURE Attlee Government Seeks To Take Over British Transportation LONDON, May 5 — (IP)—'The La bor majority in the House of Commons adopted tonight a bill to bring under government own ership all forms of Britains in land transportation, including railroads and bus and truck lines, despite a threat that the Conserv atives would repeal the measure if they ever regained power. The House passed the bill with out a record vote after defeating, 308 to 194, a motion by Conserva tive and Liberal members to re ject the $4,260,000,000 program - most bitterly fought of all the La bor governments nationalization measures. The bill then was sent to the House of Lords where, the gov ernment has announced, it plans to push it for final approval by mid-summer. If approved by the House of Lords, the government (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) HAL LOVE NAMED TO HEAD JAYCEES Local Bus Line Executive Succeeds Jesse Sellers As President Hal Love was yesterday after noon named president of the Wil mington Junior Chamber of Com merce by the newly elected mem bers of the board of directors of that organization. Incumbent recording secretary and extention chairman of the local club, Love succeeds Jesse Sellers in the presidency. Other officers named from the board of directors are: Ed Gil more, first vice - president; Ed Godwin, second vice-president; Ed Ward, secretary; Woodrow Fountain, corresponding secretary; and George Chadwick, Jr. treas urer. Members of the board of di rectors, who were elected by club members, other than the above, are: Dan Cameron, Hugh Morton, Wallace West, L. N. LeGwin, W. M. Echols, Claude O’Shields*,and Jesse Sellers. Installation ceremonies for the new officers will be held during the June 1 meeting of the club. RAIL PRESIDENT LOST FROM BOAT Intensive Search Now Underway For Henry A. Page Of Aberdeen JACKSONVILLE, N. C. May 5 —(JP)—An intensive search was un derway tonight for Henry A. Page of Aberdeen, president of the Cape Fear Railroad company and prominent business man who fell overboard from his houseboat near Sneads Ferry last night. Page and his wife and another couple were spending the week - end on the boat when Page ac cidentally fell overboard, Lee Page, the missing mans brother who came to the scene today, told newsmen. A bench and a life preserve were thrown to Page, the brother said, but the boat went ashore on a sandbar before he could be res cued. Capt. Mart Folger, the boat pi lot, put in to shore and organized a search party in small boats, and today the Coast Guard was called in to assist in the search. The bench, to which Page was (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) British Coffee Brewing Not So Good, They Admit LONDON, May 5. — (A1)— The government confessed today that the British do not know how to make coffee for foreign palates. Dr. Edith Summerskill, parlia mentary spokesman for the food minister, said under a barrage of questions in the House of commons: “I appreciate that coffee, as prepared in this country, is no: to the liking of overseas visitors.” Members of parliament had ex pressed concern because of the expected influx of American tou rists. Laborite Tom Driberg had asked her if she wouldn’t instruct the nation’s cooks in the fine art of brewing coffee. > The smartly-groomed Dr. Sum merskill referred one and all to the ministry’s widely - circulated ‘The ABC of Cooking,” which gives four ways of making coffee. One is called the “warm Jug” method: “Warm the jug. Add coffee and salt. Pour in boiling water and stand in a warm place for about 15 minutes. It is a good plan to stand the jug in a saucepan of boiling water. Stir the coffee and let it settle again. Strain if neces sary, but do not boil. 76 Per Cent Of All Applications Okayed Business Firms Of City Receive Favorable Action On 54 Construction Jobs; List Does Not Include Riegel Plant BY RANDOLPH S. HANCOCK The fact that Wilmington has received favorable action on 76 per cent of the applications submitted to the office of the housing expediter in Greensboro, reveals that this city has been in the favorable position of carrying out more of its projects than any other city in the state, or nation. These facts were revealed here last night by Chester 0. Ensign, district manager, of Greensboro. DRY CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE, May 5 — t/P)— It was mighty dry for several hours tonight in Charlotte. A. bulldozer ripped a hole in a 20-inch water main about 5:15 p. m., and Water Superin tendent W. M. Franklin report ed several million gallons of water escaped before the break could be isolated. Pipes in most of the city ran completely dry, he said, and three hours after the break pressure was still so low that no water was running to upper floors of multi-storied buildings. HOSIERY WORKERS PLAN “FAD” END Day Of Bare-Legged Women Seen About Over, Delegates Predict DURHAM, May 5, — (#) — II the American Federation of Hosi ery workers (C. I. O.), which opened its 35th annual convention in Durham today has its way, there will be no more bare leg ged women. At their opening day’s session delegates approved a resolution which authorized the union to co operate with manufacturers in completely eliminating the tend enc. that developed during the war of women going without hose. They admitted the bare leg fad had cut into consumption of ladies full-fashioned hose and a number of delegates pointed out that the ‘glamour given by hosiery was lost and that women, if reminded, would never think of going with out stockings.” Approximately 200 delegates from all sections of the country were present for the opening ses sion at which Mayor VV. F. Carr delivered the address of welcome. Professor Speaks Outstanding speaker of the ses sion was Professor Herman Gray, (Continue^ on Page Five; Col. 3) PEARSALL WILL NOT RUN FOR GOVERNOR; SUPPORTS JOHNSON __V ROCKY MOUNT, May 5. — CP)— House Speaker Thomas J. Pearsall said tonight that he would not be a candidate for gov ernor next year but that he plans to support State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson in the guber natorial race next May. Pearsall, whose name had been mentioned as a possible candidate in the 1948 gubernatorial race, issued this statement: “I am sorry personal affairs prevent my running for governor in 1948. I think Charles M. John son will make an able anj pro gressive governor. His experience in state government will prove valuable. He shares my views regarding development of North Carolina. 1 know especially of his interest in the development of a real agricultural and health pro gram in the state. “For these rea^ns, I plan to support Mr. Johns" for governor of North Carolina in 1948. . Pearsall was speaker of the House during the 1947 General as sembly. _ isnsign revealed that Wilmington business firms had had 54 applica tions approved during the past year for a total cost of construc tion of $1,096,000. This does not include a permit granted to the Riegel Paper Corporation of Acme for a $6,300,000 project. The state as a whole, he said, has a 55 per cent approval for a total cost of $38,493,000. He said that $25,688,000 worth of construc tion had been denied in the state as a whole while Wilmington had been denied only $220,000. Guided By Criteria “In making our decisions,” he said, “both the district construc tion committee and the district manager are guided by a set of ‘criteria’ which sjiell out the kinds of structures which should be ap proved and those which should be denied. “In general, these criteria call for denial of a case unless It falls into the proper groups.” He said that his office did not stop applications. Stops were made by the compliance manager in Atlanta. “In the case of eviction or con demnation,” he declareo, “the (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) REYNOLDS STRIKE PEACE FAR AWAY Concilators Give No Indi cation Of Expecting Immediate Settlement WINSTON-SALEM, May 5—(>P)— Conciliators returned to the scene ol the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company strike today , but gave no indication of expecting an im mediate settlement. D. Yates Heafner of the U. S. Department of Labor Conciliation service and Frank Crane of the State Department of lamor said they would be In touch with the company and local 22, United To bacco workers, F.T.A.-C-I.O., sep arately tomorrow. The comp*any and the union will not be called into a joint confer ence by the conciliators until it is believed a basis for an agree men, has been found. Pickets resumed their posts to day after a weekend holiday, and employes who are remaining at work returned to their jobs. Of approximately 10,000 workers af fected by the strike, the company has estimated about 5,000 are on strike, and the union has estimat ed about 8,000 out. No Prediction Edwin K. McCrea, represents - live of the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural workers assigned to I ocal 22, said, “I won’t predict hew soon they (the plants) will close down, but they’ll have to stoi. some time soon if we hold out at this rate.” He said pro duction had declined additionally today. The company had no statement to make. According to the union, the principal issue is the union s de mand for a 15-cent wage increase. The union has contended that the company has offered a five-and a-half cent wage increase in ac tual money, while the company has asserted its offer amounts to 10.7i cents. And So To Bed In Clinton yesterday after noon a young farmer and his wife were shopping. “Darling, I must stop in here and buy something for the baby,’’ the wife said. “All right, you go right ahead ind I will step down the street and get something for the baby," the husband answered. You might think there is nothing unusual about all this, but the story continues. The wife went into a hard ware store and the husband journeyed across the street to a feed dealer’s establishment. The pair met a few mo ments later. She was carry ing a leather bridle and he was rolling a bale of liay on i hand dray. Oh, yes, we forgot to men tion that “Baby’’ was their new mu’e. Be Sure To Cast Your Vote For City Counciimen Today; Polls To Open At b:oi> \. M.
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