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1 “■ ” 1 1 ■ -— XT„ TI --- --- VOI,_81^0. 56.___ _WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1947 ESTABLISHElTliSfr Home Owners Organize, Too Chapter Of National Home V And Property Organ ization Formed Here Declaring that “Everybody else organized, why shouldn’t the 1 roperty owners be organized?” j F L. Wade, local realior, open j an organization meeting here f t night, in the courthouse, of the National Home and Property Q.vners' foundation, which saw tie election of officers for the “up of approximately 60 per sons present. Col Royce McClelland was fleeted president. Other officers follow: William M. Hill, vice president; George Brinson, treasurer; and Miss Bernadine Foyles, secretary. Named with McClelland, Hill, ”nd Brinson on the board of di rectors were: J. O. Powers, Tom Wright. Jr-, Mrs. John Snyder, \\ G. Broadfoot, John Nuckton, and Dallas Orrell. j E L. Wade, local realtor, presided in the absence of Col. McClelland at the organization meeting- Associated with the foundation for some time, Wade ;s the vice president of district five in the national organization of the foundation. He explained that the founda tion is a citizen-o'vner organiza tion whose purpose is to maintain constant vigilance for the preser vation of free institutions and the right to own and enjoy private property. “Everybody else is organized, whv shouldn't the property own ers be organized?” Wade asked. “Statistics show there are 30 mil lion property owners in the na tion eligible to join the founda tion. If even half of them join, the foundation will do well.” The foundation opposed the Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill and was instrumental in getting the bill shelved for the 80th session of Congress, Donald J. Carter, state field director of the foundation, told the gathering. “The WET bill calls for spend ing seven billion dollars of the taxpayers money for the con struction of barracks-like struc tures which will not pay their normal share of the taxes to the local communities,” Carter said. “The bill was originally intro duced to get the veterans’ vote.” He said a poll of foundation members revealed 97 per cent of them against the bill so the foundation had opposed it. The members were opposed to the government getting into the housing business in competition with free enterprise, he explain ed. The American Legion’s locgl post was not officially represent ed at the meeting Tuesday night, Charles H. Foard, commander of Wilmington Post No. 10, told the Star after the meeting. No effort was made to contact the post, he added. He said that Col. McClelland is a' member of the post of long standing but was not acting as a representative of the Legion. Neither was the V. F. W. con tacted nor was it represented at the organization meeting of the foundation, according to Ken Noble, chairman of the VFW national housing committee. The National Encampment ot the VFW endorsed the Taft-El lender-Wagner bill with reserva tions which took the socialism out of it,” Noble explained, “Recognizing that the present acute national housing shortage could be alleviated by a move ment which needed the aid of government impetus, the VFW '■vent along part v&ay with the bill.” The VFW made it clear, how ever, that it would not support the measure unless it was amend ed to provide for the sale of any government-built housing units back to private interests not later than 15 years after they are built, Noble said. He denied that government housing buildings fail to pay their fair share of local govern mental support. Although the federally owned buildings are not taxed, they pay sums equal to 'he real estate tax “in lieu of taxes, he explained. For ex ample, the 584 units of the VHI ;n Hake Forest paid approximate tv $28,000 to the city and county during the current fiscal year m lieu of taxes,” Noble point ed out The Weather FORECAST: Carolina—Fair and continued iWednesday and Thursday. • Carolina—Clear t<? partly cloudy •rVn ( '" nued warm Wednesday and ;r-a-. with slightly higher tempera Wednesday night; some chance fioon °W€rs in mountains Thursday after ■’fteorological data for the 24 Jtours ~ 30 p. rn. yesterday. . temperatures -J ,.f to. 61; 7:30 a. m. 56; 1:30 p. m. ,, J-f P- tn. 69; Maximum 80; Mini •W‘m 5 " Mean 67; Normal 54. ..... HUMIDITY 3i. - J* m 93. 7:30 a. m. 94; 1:30 p. m. 1 ‘"il) P- m. 83. T PRECIPITATION «ai for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. ' u «nches. 3-84°t?nchci?CC the *irs* °* morvth ■ p. tides for today • s Tide Tables published by '“oa'- and Geodetic Survey). W a, 4 HIGH LOW ! ..... 3:25 a.m .10:39 a.m. 'la... 3:58 p.m. 11-22 p m. 1 ;et . 1:04 a m. 7:14 a.m. Su,,r, 1:45 p.m. 8:14 p.m. i;0ir" -'tt: Sunset 5:30: Moonrise I ‘y A*uonset-. *r* Weather On rag* lira RABBI PIZER W. JACOBS . . . America, dear to my heart. 18 NEW CITIZENS HEAR FINE TALK Rabbi Jacobs Reminds Class Of Privilege Of U. S. Residence Eighteen new American citizens yesterday were reminded by Rab bi Pizer W. Jacobs that to live in this country is a special privilege — a privilege close to his own heart. Rabbi Jacobs, of Temple Israel, addressed the new citizens at naturalization ceremonies in the U. S. Court chambers in the custom house here at the invita tion of . Mrs. James M. James, of the Daughters of the American Revolution. U. S. Court Judge Don Gilliam of Tarboro, presid ed. Using for his subject, “Ameri canism,” Rabbi Jacobs declared that his subject was very dear to him because of the spirit that “founded this great land of ours and the lofty ideals upon which it was established.” He said, that the “spirit of America is best illustrated by the story of former Secretary of State Cordeil Hull’s visit to South America with reference to the Good Neighbor policy.” Establish Ideal Rabbi Jacobs quoted a question of thv. president of Brazil to Mr. Hull thusly: “ ‘Do you know why our country has far out-stripped Brazil in its development and progress? I’ll tell you.’ said the Brazilian president. ‘We came over for conquest and land pos sessions, while your ancestors same over to America to establish an ideal.’ ” “Now my friends,” asked Rabbi Jacobs, “what was that ideal? It is best expressed by the pledge to the American flag — ‘One na tion, with liberty and justice for all.’ ” He declared that this meant “Not liberty and justice to a privileged few — to only those of social position or of certain birth — but liberty and justice to all human beings.” He quoted to the new Ameri cans that portion of the constitu tion which guarantees “Life, Lib See CITIZENS On Pa^e Five AIRBORNE TROOPS COMING TO CITY Composite Company Of 82nd Division To Be In Armistice Ceremonies A composite company of the 82nd Airborne division and four jeeps have been authorized to participate in Wilmington’s Armistice day ceremonies, ac cording to information received here yesterday by Captain Ar chie B. Johnston, C. A. instruc tor, from Third Army head quarters in Atlanta, Ga. The paratroopers will be rep resentative of all branches of the service belonging to an air borne division. It is expected that the latest types of arma ment will be carried on the jeeps, Captain Johnston said. .Same Type . The vehicles will be the same type used by airborne troops in all their parachute operations. The troops will be part of the Armistice day parade scheduled at 10 o’clock on Nov. 11. It will end at the parade grounds near Williston school, where a re view will be held. Any civic or ganization wishing to partici pate in the parade has been urged to contact Captain John ston in the postoffice building. Woman Sues Wire Firm For Bet She Didn’t Make ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 21. —W _An Albany woman sued West ern Union today for $209. <3, claiming late delivery of a tele gram containing a tip on a horse that won. Mrs. Virginia McMenamy, a de partment store fitter, alleged in a city court action that a Mary land tipster service to which she subscribed wired her to be on “Isolationist” at Washington Park -acetrack in Chicago. She said the telegram was sent I at 11:36 a. m. on August 2. The I horse won that day and paid $5,80 on the pari-mutuel board, but, according to Mrs. McMenamy, the telegram was delivered after the race had been run. She claims she had planned to bet $100 “on the nose.” Western Union entered a gen eral denial and asked for a bill of particulars. The case was ad journed until next Tuesday. According to Mrs. McMenamy’s figures, she would have won $190 on the bet. To this she added a claim of $19 she said was charg ed for the information on the race and 73 cents for the telegram. United Nations Assembly Creates 11-Man Commission To Exercise Balkans Watch; ;5pil Firms Charged With Huge War Profits C* . ^ I ' ----■ -— - companies Retain Over $59,850,000 RFC Officer Presents Story Of Operations During 1943-45 WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.— —The Senate War Investigating committee heard testimony to c.ay that 20 of the nation’s largest oil companies rolled up exces sive profits of $59,856,000 on war time projects. The testimony was presented by C. Roland Larrabee, chief administrative officer of the Re construction Finance Corpora tion’s price adj’ 'ment board. It came as the committee del ved into the renegotiation of war contracts, a procedure set up by Congres to cut war production costs where the government can show that original contracts re sulted in extraordinary profits. Larrabee told the committee that between 1943 and 1945, twenty oil companies were able to retain $59,856,000 in excessive profits by taking advantage of a government-authorized pro gram which lowered their taxes. Tax Cuts Permitted Under the program, Larrabee said, the government encouraged investment of private capital m war plant expansion, for ex ample, by permitting tax reduc tions which returned the invest ments at the rate of 20 per cent a year over a five year period. He said this was done because in See COMPANIES on '’age Two HOSPITAL BOARD TO VIEW SITES VA Group Will Be Shown Acreage Here Over Nov. 7 Weekend Members of the Veterans Ad ministration site board, which is authorized to select a location in North Carolina for the pro posed 1,000 bed neurop sychiatric hospital, were “held up somewhere’’ and could not visit Wilmington over last week end as had been expected. Chamber of Commerce Secre tary John H. Farrell, in making the announcement of the delay, said the board would be in this city on the week-end of Novem ber 7. He pointed out that the board, which ordinarily has been spending only one day in the municipalities visited, will be in Wilmington over the week-end, which fact could indicate that this city might be held in the most favorable light for the hos pital to date. Three sites will be shown the board, all within a 15-minute au tomobile or bus ride from down town Wilmington on paved streets. It has been decided not to make the locations of the sites public as yet, Farrell re ported. Large Site Needed The visiting board is reported to have told other North Caro lina cities visited that they are interested in a site of between 200 and 300 acres, 50 of which must be compparatively level and the remainder suitable for farming. The site should be located away from airports and indus tries, but within range of city water, sewerage and transpor tation facilities, it was stated. The local sites proposed are all on sandy and clay soil with pine trees and rolling terrain, ac cording to Farrell, who says they are well-drained and equipped with the required city facilities. Since other VA hospitals in the State are located in the west, it is expected that this one will be placed in the east. At present Wilmington, with a number of medical facilities al ready on hand and available for such a hospital Wilson, Rocky Mount and Goldsboro, are con sidered leading candidates. France and Italy—western nations where Communist threat is strongest—get in creased grain allocations. France got 5.1 % of July-August-September shipments but will get 13% of October-November total. Italy got only 3.8% of the mid-summer shipments, but will ger 11.5% of the 74,000,000 bushels to be exported during October und November. I S ^Shipped Juty-August-September ^.Allocated for Odober-November (All figures in long tons of approxi mately 38 bushels each) Sfegfl “Cash-paying”countries llllll On U. S. foreign relief program Trieste international zone re ceives about 8000 tons of U. S. |grain per month China, although on U. S. re lief program, gets virtually no U. S grain. MAP ABOVE, with Europe magnified, shows progress of the U. S. program for exporting grain to the world’s hungry natoins. now more than a third completed. Whether the goal of sending 570,000,000 bushels abroad by next June 30 is to be achieved depends largely on whether U. S. farmers conserve or feed it to livestock as a substitute for high-price corn and on the 1949 crop outlook next spring. The 10 areas for which figures are shown get 75 per cent of all U. S. grain exports. PRESIDENT CALLS LEADERS TO MEET Administration Sources Say Special Session May Be Talked WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 —(tf)— President Truman sent a hur ried call today for a meeting with Congress leaders Thursday on European winter aid, and well- placed administration sources predicted a special ses sion will be discussed. The President wishes to ex plore further the possibility of an agreement on the desirabil ity for an early meeting of the lawmakers, two high ranking White House aides said. Mr. Truman last week spoke of the possibility of such a step. It would be aimed at providing emergency funds for food and fuel. These aides said the Presi dent will bring the Congress men up to date on the outlook See PRESIDENT On Page Five BONNER MAY URGE CONTROL SURVEY Col. Gillette Returns From Inspection Of Three County Damage The possibility that Rep. Her bert C. Bonner, of the First North Carolina district, will in troduce a resolution calling for a flood control survey and rec lamation project for Hyde, Tyr rell and Washington counties was revealed here today by Col. George W. Gillette, division en gineer of the South Atlantic di vision, Corps of Engineers, fol lowing an inspection of the area. Col. Gillette returned to Wil mington today en route to his office in Atlanta after a week end visit to the three counties. Col. Gillette said he was in formed that there has been con siderable dajnage to rich tim ber and farmlands in the large section by the possible intru See BONNER On Page Five Along The Cape Fear PEEK INTO THE PAST—Al most 88 years ago, on Decem ber 24, 1859, the citizens of Wil mington were readin g THE DAILY JOURNAL. The news paper was four pages of hand set type, with little news and no headlines in the present-day manner. The few news items were on the inside page on what has now become generally known as the editorial page. The limited reading material other than advertising was dominated by editorial com ment. A glance into the yel lowed pages of this old news paper reveals such items as these: “We had the pleasure this morning of meeting R. Harper Whitaker, Esq., the very clever editor of the Raleigh PRESS, and were further pleased to find him in excellent health and spirits. He talks cheerfullv of the prospects of the PRESS, and will start that dailv paper with the beginning of the year ‘certain sure.’ We don’t see any reason why a daily paper should not succeed in Raleigh, nor why Mr. Whitaker should not be the man to make it suc ceed. “Beware of too much egg nogg. It is intoxicating after the eighth tumbler,—then if perse vered in you will be metamor phosed into a tumbler yourself, and besides will have a great big head the next day. • • “Fat” “Mr. T. Johnson, butcher, ex hibited in the market this morn ing some of the fattest beef we ever saw. The ‘beef’ was raised and fatted in Wayne county by Mr. John Cox, and although not weighing over seven hundred pounds, the fat on the back thereof was some two inches and a half thick. It went off rapidly at 15 cts. per lb.” The Daily Journal wrs edited by James Fulton, and the asso ciate editor was A. L. Price. 'Hie paper was delivered da’lv for six dollars per year and also published a weekly which See CAPE FEAR On Page Five Dapper Adolphe Menjou Blasts Communism As Serious Menace THIS PRISONER WAS SO HARD - HE LIVED ON HARDWARE DIET LANSING, Kas., Oct. 21.—W—An operation in which 3 1-2 pounds of metal objects—nails, screws and safety razors— were removed from the stomach of a Kansas State prison in mate was disclosed today. Warden Robert H. Hudspeth said the convict’s stomach yielded: 401 nails of assorted sizes, two complete safety razors with out blades, five metal washers, a three-inch screw, two stove bolts about two inches long, a two-inch nut, a large bra'ss washer, 11 thumb tacks, a quarter-inch screw, and 60 small metal objects ranging from paper clips to safety pins. The convict, identified as James S. Payne, gave no reason for consuming the metal pieces over a period of about a month, officials said. The prisoner’s condition was described as satisfactory. NAVY DAY PLANS SET UP BY RONS Tentative Program Calls For Dinners, Dances, Open House By Vets Tenative plans for the obser vance of Navy Day here were made last night, at a meeting of the Wilmington RONS at the customhouse, Lt. - Com. George A. Garey announced. Friday night the American Le gion home and the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall will hold open house for the enlisted men of the visting ship or ships. Members of the organized reserve will serve as hosts. The officers of the ships will attend the RONS banquet at the Plantation club Friday night. Capt. C. G. Richardson, USN, chief of staff of the sixth naval district of Charleston, will be the principal speaker. Dinner Dance Saturday night a dinner dance has been planned for the enlisted men at the Community Center and the Navy Day banquet of officers of the visiting ships will be given at the Cape Fear club. Admiral Ernest W. Litch, USN, will be the principal speaker. Sunday afternoon open house See NAVY on Page Five CHURCH GREETED ON ANNIVERSARY % Mrs. W. H. Kung, Daughter Of Charlie Soong Remem bers! Fifth Methodist The Reverend J. R. Edwards, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church, has received a 3 tter of greetings and congratula tions on behalf of Mrs. H. H. Kung, sister of Madame Chiang Kai Shek, wife of the generalissi mo and premier of China, on the occasion of the church’s 100th anniversary. The letter for the wife of Dr. Kung, one-time minister of finance and vice-premier of the government of China, was written by Mrs. K. Y. T. Lew, a friend in New York City, where Mrs. Kung is being treated for a seri ous illness. Charlie Jones Soong, father of Mesdames Kung and Chiang, was converted to the Christian faith at the Fifth avenue Methodist church, which is observing its centennial celebration during this week, October 19-26. “She. . .wishes me to convey to you and through you to the Church, which is dear to her, be cause of the association of her father with the institution,” Mrs. Lew writes, “her sincere greet ings and hearty congratulations on this auspicious occasion, the one hundredth anniversary. She hopes that the Church will con tinue to be a powerful lighthouse sending out rays of light and truth and hope to the countless (num bers) who have entered her por tals and those of the future gene ration for many, many years to come.” The Reverend H. K. King, a native son of the Fifth Avenue church, will preach tonight at 7:30 as the fourth guest preacher of the week. The Rev. Mr. King is now pastor of the Methodist j church in Smithfield. Like Coyottes, Bounties May Go On Cockroaches COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 21. — m — A state official said today a bounty on cockroaches might be put into effect in the 13-story state office building, an impres sive almost-new granite structure. George B. Sowers, public works director whose duties include sup ervision of the building, reported a “serious cockroach problem on all floors” that even applications of D-D-T failed to solve. Many employes bring food to their desks from the basement lunch room, he said, causing the problem. “You Know,” he said, “the City of Cleveland 30 years ago paid a dollar a quart for dead Blue Bottle flies. We might try that. People still remember Cleveland all over the world for the way it got rid of Blue Bottle flies.” He said he had no idea of the amount of the bounty — if one was tried. Film Star Testifies As To “Dangerous Actors” In Hollywood WASHINGTON, Oct. 21—UD — In an uproarious hearing, Adolphe Menjou called Commu nism “an incredibly serious menace” today and declared there are in Hollywood “many, many dangerous directors and actors.” And John Charles Moffitt, Los Angeles critic - writer, asserted that Broadway is “practically’ dominated’’ by Reds. Still another witness, Rupert Hughes, author, complained that Hollywood movie producers have been “unjustifiably lax” in paying big salaries to men “they know to be Communists.” One lawyer was thrown out of the hearing and another threat ened with ejection as the House Committee on Un-American Ac tivities pursued its investigation of what it terms subversive ele ments in the movies. Menjou, dapper actor, got top billing today. He carried to the stand the same suave, man of the world air that is his movie trademark. But as he warmed up, there were only flashes of the light manner characteristic of most of his roles. Snorts Smoke Literally snorting cigarette smoke, Menjou told the com mittee : Joseph Stalin is a follower of the methods of A1 Capone and enslaves even his highest offi cials. Communists are active in Hollywood but the movie center is awakening and has been do ing all it can to purge itself of Reds. It is “juvenile” to charge the House committee with trying to “smear” Hollywood or exercise “thought control” through its investigation. And Menjou himself is “a witch hunter if the witches are Communists.” The actor’s testimony today supplemented and pointed up testimony taken by the commit tee in secret last June on the West coast, in which Menjou asserted: “I believe that Hollywood is one of the main centers of Com munist activities in America, due to the fact that our great est medium for propaganda, the motion picture, is located there and that it is the desire of the masters of Moscow to use this medium for their purposes, which is for the overthrow of the Amercan government.” The June testimony was made public by the committee as Menjou took the stand. See MENJOU on Page Five Western Powers Gain Victories Russia, Poland Serves No tice They Will Not Ac cept Membership NEW YORK, Oct. 21—An overwhelming majority of the United Nations Assembly backed the United States and Britain against Russia today and created an 11-member U. N. commission to watch over the Balkans. The vote was 40 to 6. Eleven nations abstained. The Russians served notice for the second time in this Assembly that although elected to mem bership on the Balkan watch they would have nothing to do with this new U. N. body. This added another to a string of U. N. organizations which the Soviet Union has declined to join. The Western powers scored two other smashing victories: 1—The Assembly rejected a Polish resolution demanding im mediate recal of all foreign mili tary personnel and missions in Greece. This was aimed directly at the United States and Britain. The vote was 34 to 7. Rejects Resolution 2—The Assembly rejected a Soviet resolution calling for with drawal of foreign troops from Greece and for establishing a commission to supervise econom ic aid — such as provided under the Truman program — to that country. The vote was 41 to 6. The Russian bloc voted alone on two roll calls. Egypt joined it on the Polish resolution. Dele gates recalled that Egypt has a demand pending in the Security Council for the immediate with drawal of British troops from her territory. The Assembly directed that the commission be made up of the five great powers — the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Chins — plus Australia, Brazil, Mexico, The Netherlands, Pakistan and Poland. * Poland Boycotts Poland announced she would not serve on the commission but the Assembly specifically re served seats for both Russia and Poland. The series of showdown votes wound up the Balkans case in the Assembly, where it has been one of the most bitterly discussed topics since the delegates first convened on Sept. 16. The dele gates will go back to Lake Suc cess tomorrow for another round of committee debate. HEISER DISCOUNTS EUROPEAN HUNGER Noted Author Says Tour ist Get Only “Head quarters” Reports NEW YORK, Oct, 21 —(U.R)— Dr. Victor Heiser, author of “An American Doctor’s Od yssey,” returned from a four months trip to France and Italy today and said he saw no starv ing people or even anybody who looked underfed. But, Heiser added, on his ar rival aboard the Italian Liner Vulcania, he believes the Mar shal Plan is still “very neces sary” to encourage Europeans to further help themselves. Heiser said touring Congress men who reported Europe’s food situation as critical based their comments on “official re ports.” “I spoke to the people on farms, in their homes, along the roadside,” Heiser said. “I talked with their priests.” Heiser, now a health and safe ty advisor to the National Asso c i a t i o n v of Manufacturers, warned that Communists were engaged in a violently anti-Unit ed States propaganda campaign in Europe and said the United States “should blow is own horn more” to offset it. And So To Bed A sobbing lady phoned the Morning Star last night to re port that her dog had just been killed by a speeding motorist, driving a station wagon. No one could get the num ber and the motorist sped on his way. The lady said it was not a valuable dog but “A little brown dog we though a lot of.” She wondered if the driver could sleep last night. It could have been a child, she said. “Children always play near the cornor and cars do drive so fast,” she sobbed. “Why don’t the motorist* drive more carefully? My dog could have been some one’s child.”
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