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ga;yxqa llUmtwjfmt llIotHtttuj V°L. 81.—NO. 71._ WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1947 ' ~ ESTABLISHED 18flt British Stand Hits Growers Old Belt Tobacco Farmers Express Shock, Surprise At Plan Failure GREENSBORO, Nov. 11. — ___ “Shock and surprise” mark tl1? reaction of many Old Belt tobacco farmers to Britain’s ~o narent refusal to accept the CCC purchase plan to bolster flue-cured leaf prices, R. Flake ghav: of Greensboro, North Carolina Farm bureau fed tion head, declared here today. Questioned following th e De partment of Agriculture’s Tues day announcement that Britain has not accepted the plan, maw added that the current market situation is far from encoura ging. “The average market price is perceptibly on the decline and an increasing amount of tobac co is going to the flue-cured stabilization corporation,” Shaw /aid. “Farmers will find it difficult to understand how Britain can expect the United States to pass Marshall plan after British re fusal to pledge first considera tion in future buying to tobacco itored- under the CCC pro gram,” he stated. The federation official again itressed the impo'-tance' of re leasing immediately the tobac co quotas for 1948. Reluctance of the British to go along with the proposed buying program | will in all likelihood necessitate a cut in next year’s quotas, he explained. Department Reports Failure In Leaf Plan WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. — i — The Agriculture Department I today reported failure so far in j its efforts to buy British-style; tobacco and keep it off the market until Britain is ready to buy tobacco again. The chief reason, the depart ment explained, is that neither the British concer nor their buyers here will accept a basic condition. This is that they buy the Agriculture Department’s supply first when they resume purchase of American tobacco for export. The type bought here by the British is known as “fleu cured.” The department set up the program in an effort to stabi lize the market here by keeping flue-cured tobacco off the market until the dollar-s h o rt British are ready to resume purchases Britain recently stopped all tobacco imports to save dollars. NEWSPRINTPRICE BOOST PREDICTED Industry Spokesmen Hint At $8 To $10 Ton Jump About Jan. 1 MONTREAL, Nov. 11 — W— The price of newsprint may be increased by $8 to $10 a ton about the first of the year as a result of rising costs of production, it was predicted today in news print circles. Canadian newsprint manufac turers, who normally supply about 80 per cent of Unit :d States publisher’s requirements, have coir plained for some months that the present contract price of $90 a ton delivered in New York, does not allow a sufficient margin on the basis of the present upward trend of mill, labor, wood and other costs. The price of newsprint last was increased in March this year from $84 to $90 a ton and Robert M. Fowler, president of Newsprint Association of Canada, told a United States Congression al committee and Canadian news print officials early in October that the cost of mill labor and wood undoubtedly would be high er in the future than in the past. He pointed out that when news print was at its lowest price of MO a ton in New York in 1935, half of the Canadian newsprint industry was in bankruptcy. And he argued that “in terms of their principal costs, wood and mill labor, the net position of produc See NEWSPRINT On Page Two The Weather FORECAST: South Carolina and North Carolina— Charing and colder Wednesday, fair and colder Wednesday night and Thursday witn frost in interior Wednesday night. Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEMPERATURES 1:30 a. m. 63; 1:30 a. m. 63; 1:30 p. m. *4; 7:30 p. m. 63; Maximum 68; Mini nium 61, Mean 64; Normal 65. HUMIDITY 1;M a. m. 70; 7:30 a. m. 95; 1:30 p. m. 7:J0 p. m. 100. FRECIPITATION Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p »■ 2 28 niches. Total since the first of the month i24 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY 'Prom the Tide Tables published by S. Coast and Geod"tic Survey). ... HIGH LOW Wilmington _„ 9.29 a.m. 3:53 a.m. ,. 9:41 p.m. 4:26 p.m. Mason’ooro Inlet . :13 a.m 12:50 a.m. 7.24 pm. 1:26 p.m. Sunrise 6:42; Sunset 5:10; Moonrise *■**. Moonset 5;10p. ***N WEATHER Or Page Two Germany Described A s Key To Recovery -—.- « Secretary Marshall Tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee Aid Plan May Fail Unless Germans Get Ecor Blood _ sar & WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. — (U.R) — Secretary of State George C. Marshall today described G many as the key to Europe, recovery and said his multi billion dollar long-range aid plan might fail unless the Germans receive new economic blood without delay. He made that statement to the Senate Foreign Relations com mittee after disclosing that the administration will ask about $300,000,000 in new aid for be leagured China over a 15-month period beginning next spring. Generalissimo Chiang Kia Shek’s government would get $60,000,000 of the money by next Jir .4R,resent fiscal .A, Estimated all foreign aSpTlairements for the re ^cjprer of this fiscal year at <^57,000,000 Submitting to questioning on his and President Truman’s emergency and long-range aid program for Europe, the secre tary testified that there was “no question that Germany is the heart of Europe, particularly in its economic life.” And he warned that the Ameri can taxpayer might be forced to foot Europe’s recovery bills for many years unless prompt steps are taken to make Ger many self-supporting. Myers Accuses Hughest With “Truth Disregard” ‘TIPEDREAM” WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. — i WP)— Major General Leslie R. ! Groves, the Army’s foremost atom bomb authority, said to day a report that the Rus sians had exploded a small, sample size atom bomb in a test “sounds like somebody is having a pipedream. Groves, who directed the first atom bomb project, com mented that the report carried by a Paris newspaper “just seems amusing to me. 1 wonder what story will come up next?’’ BROUGHTON LAUDS STATE VETERANS Former Governor Ad dresses Thousands At Warsaw Ceremonies WARSAW, Nov. 11 — Former Governor J. Melville Broughton paid high tribute to the veter ans as 'the guardians of the American ideals and traditions, and for their marvelous adiust abiltiy to civilian life today at Warsaw before the thousands gathered for the annual Armis tic Day celebration. The former governor pointed out that the United States is the last citadel in all the world of the great freedoms, and that under the provisions of the GI Bill of Rights, veterans are in high schools, colleges, and uni versities training themselves to be leaders to run the farms, to head the businesses, to go to the legislatures, and to be the stalwart guardians of all this nation holds dear. The speaker emphasized that the salvation of this nation rests in the hands and minds and See BROUGHTON On ge 2 DC-6 LANDS SAFE WITH FIRE RAGING Pilot Sets American Air lines Plane Down At Gallup, N. M. GALLUP, N. M„ Nov. 11—(U.R) —An American Airlines DC-6 passenger plane, belching smoke, landed safely here today and Fire Chief Dan Brentari said its “flames were extinguished in 15 minutes.” None of the 21 passengers or four crew members was injured. American Airlines in New York said there was no fire in the plane, but the Gallup Fire department disagreed. Brentari said the flames ap parently broke out in the fuse lage, between the baggage com partments, and the fire could be seen issuing from a “hole in the belly of the ship” as it swooped in for a landing. Capt. Evan W. Chatfield, pi loting the plane which was American Airlines’ Flight 10 from San Francisco to Tulsa, said his passengers “behaved wonder fully, they were calm all the way down.” _ Retired General Gives Lie To Testimony About $200,000 Loan WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.— — Shouting heatedly, reti red Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers today accused Howard Hughes of “a total disregard for the truth” in his testimony about Meyers to Senate War investiga tors. Meyers stepped to the witness stand after the millionare plane designer had asserted that Meyers tried to borrow $200,000 from him at a time when the general was a procurement of ficer on plane contracts. In a voice that echoed far down the Senatorial corridors, the bald, mustached Meyers also declared it is “a damnable lie’> that he tried to get Hughes to promise him a job. The explosive Meyers’ state ments climaxed a rapid-fire pa rade of developments in the in quiry into $40,000,000 in wartime plane contracts awarded Hughes. They included: 1. An assertion by Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles, retired deputy commander of the Army Ai r Forces, that any civilian or of ficer who tried to borrow $200, 000 from a war contractor be fore completion of the contract should be jailed. But Giles ex pressed confidence that Meyers never had tried to do so. Charges “Needling” 2. An accusation by Hughes See MYERS On Page Two TORNADOS INJURE 21 IN TWO AREAS Wind Storms Level Bar racks At Elgin Field, Houses At Erbo Florida ELGIN FIELD, Fla., Nov. 11— (AP)—Two widely separated tornadoes injured 21 persons and caused severe property damage in Northwest Florida today. At the Army’s big proving ground here, 13 soldiers were in jured, two seriously, when two temporary wood and tar paper barracks collapsed in one of the storms. Eight other persons were hurt and a dozen houses leveled in Ebro, a villiage 40 miles to the east, in another gust. Commanding General Carl Brandt of Elgin Field said the tornado here cut a half mile path, blowing trees down across 30 to 40 vehicles in the motor pool area, slightly damaging three C 47 transport planes and damag ing numerous buildings. Squalls across a wide area broke windows and ripped off roofs at Fort Walton and damag ed and destroyed homes at Sun nyside Beach about 20 miles from Pensacola, causing property loss estimated at $20,000. Tides Are High High tides along the Gulf coast washed out the highway near Port St. Joe and storm winds damaged homes and property at Niceville, five miles from here. Eleven Elgin Field soldiers were treated for minor bruises and cuts and released while two others remained hospitalized with graver injuries. Pfc. D. M. Hayles See TORNADOES On Page 2 Living To 65 Loses Bet For Man; He Pays, Dies BOSTON, Nov. 11. — UP) — Being alive today on his 65th birthday meant that Allen Sharpe of Boston had lost a $10 bet — a wegc-r he was very pleased to have lost. Ten years ago he learned he was suffering from heart disease. The doctor told Sharpe he need ed rest — a lot of rest. But Sharpe also needed his job — he told the doctor he would go on working until he reached retire ment age. “Of course, I’ll never live that long,” he said. “I’d have to live until I was 65 to retire and I’ll never make it I’ll bet you $10 I’m dead before I’m 65.” The doctor tried to encourage him: “I have a hunch you’ll be all right,” he told Sharpe. “I’ll take that bet.” So, today Sharpe was up early. It was a great day. It marked the See LIVING on Fage Two Truman Leads In Tributes Speakers Urge Prepared ness In Armistice Day Speeches To Nation By The Associated Press Somber realities of a strife torn world more than two years after the end of World War II were the dominant themes in Armistice Day talks throughout the nation yesterday Military leaders, the principal speakers at most of the solemn observances, warned that American military strength must be maintained to guard the nation’s security Some de clared ways must be found to preserve the peace lest the trust of men who died in two world wars be betrayed Heavy rain fell at the coun try’s most hallowed Armistice Day service, held at the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier at Ar lington cemetery near Washing ton. Despite the downpour, Presi dent Truman stood bareheaded with others as the National .n them was played at this serv ice. The traditional one minute of silence then was observed at 11 a.m., the hour at which World War I ended 29 years ago. Wreath Of Mums The President placed a huge wreath of yellow chrysanthe mums at the tomb. Gen. Mark Clark, wartime Fifth Army commanner speak ing at San- Francisco, coupled his plea for preparedness with an assertion Communists “are making the greatest efforts of all time to enslave the peoples of the world.’’ BRITISH NOBLES FACE REAL WORK Government Tighten* La bor Decrees To Include Titled Peers, Ladies LONDON, Nov. 11—(^—Min ister of Labor George Isaacs an nounced in the House of Com mons tonight a return to virtual wartime control of labor. The government tightened its direction of labor decrees by going after titled peers and other men and women “not gainfully employed” to direct them into essential work. The action followed by a month a “control of engage ments” order which required all the unemployed, with certain ex ceptions, seeking jobs to register at government labor exchanges for asignment to essential work. The new order will go into ef fect Dec. 12. Under it, all per sons “not gainfully employed” and between the ages of 18 and 50 for men and 18 and 40 for women must register at labor of fices. Isaacs, who for weeks has said he intended to put what he call ed the “spivs and drones” to work, said those employed in gambling and betting establish ments would be required to regis ter for essential work. His order included employes of the big British football pools, night clubs and street traders. Hits Titled Men Newspapers quickly 'pointed out that many British lords and ladies would be subject to the la bor decrees. The Star headlined: “Wartime sign-on ordered, even for peers.” Women living with their hus bands or caring for small children and students were exempted from the new labor control. The de cree was issued under wartime defense powers still in operation. Violators were subject to penal ties of up to three months in jail and $2,000 fines. Asked in parliament if he in tended to imprison violators, Isaacs said: “There is no desire to do that, but in these days everyone who wants to eat and live should at least perform some service. Should it be necessary to take other steps, we shall not hesitate to do so.” U. S. Lays Atomic Control Accord Delay To Russians; AAA Blasts Road Fund Use Official Protests local Route Trend Russell Singer Scores Spending Of Motor Ve hicle Revenues Thusly CHICAGO, Nov. 11—«P)—Rus sell E. Singer, executive vice president of the American Auto mobile Association,p rotested in a speech before the American Petroleum Institute’s annual meeting today against what he called “a growing trend toward spending motor vehicle revenues on purely local routes rather than concentrating them on high ways of general traffic use.” He said that while tax contri butions by highway users have continued to increase over the years, total highway expendi tures have diminished rather than gained because local property owners are failing to pay “their just share” of local road and street costs. “Some 20 years ago,” Singer said, “highway users through their special taxes, paid about 27 per cent of all road and street costs. About 65 per cent was paid through county, local and urban taxes, generally in the form of property taxes. “Today that picture is almost exactly reversed. The highway users are paying some 63 per cent of total road costs, while the county, local and urban con tribution is only about 26 per cent.” _ . . . , , Singer declared present ieuerai highway aid policies were en couraging a trend toward greater dispersion of motorists; tax money. “Under current federal legisla tion, more money is appropriated for local feeder and farm-to market roads than was appropri ated for the major state highway systems in normal prewar years. This money must be matched dollar-for-dollar,” singer remark ed. “As a result, local communities are clamouring either for a greater share in the state high way fund or are seeking the right to impose their own taxes on motor vehicle owners. “Last August the public Roads Administration designated the routes to be incorporated in the 40,000-mile national system of in terstate highways. “This system embodies a dream long held by the motorist—A dream of a highway system fully geared to the needs of modern transportation and one that would cut free-flowing pathways through the congestion now strangling America’s urban areas. “Realization of this dream will be impossible—or will be post poned indefinitely—so long as motor vehicle revenues are dis sipated over unlimited mileages of local roads of purely local sig nificance.” NAVY MAY RESUME AT DAVIS LAT R Further Tests On Guided Missiles Possible Within Next 24 Months WILMINGTON STAR Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 11—Two reasons were given today for the Navy’s plan to abandon its east coast testing range for guided missiles at Camp Davis, N. C., and at the same time it was re vealed that the camp may be re occupied sometime later for fur ther tests. It was disclosed that while economy, which has been pre viously listed as the reason for abandoning the base, is one cause for the decision, there is another See NAVY On Page Two Along The Cape Fear j OLD DICKINSON HOME— At the corner of Front and Chest nut streets, on the site of the pre sent Acme building, in 1850 P. K. Dickinson built an imposing three story brick colonial home. Con structed of brick brought from Philadelphia and said to have been made in Engdand, the beautiful home was noteworthy for its fence and veranda of wrought iron. The entire grounds stood approximately seven feet above street level inside the brick and iron fence, and they were noted for a garden of magnificent variety of bloom. P. K. Dickinson, the builder of the original home, was the found er of the Wilmington and Weldon railroad, parent company to the Atlantic Coast Line. Within a few years after Dickinson came to Wilmington from the North in 1830, he identified himself as a native and devoted his business talent to the promotion of the r lumber industry and the deve lopment of other industries in the Port City. In New England he became en amored of a small railway he viewed in operation, and of suf ficient vision to see the need for other means of transportation than water, he determined to build a railroad which he felt would place Wilmington in the first ranks of the southern cities. He secured a charter for a rail road from Wilmington to Raleigh, but when the Raleigh people stymied the proposed road, he ob tained a second charter to build his railroad to Weldon. The Weldon road was com pleted in 1840 and was said to be the longest railroad in the world at that time—161% miles. During his lifetime, Dickinson served as a director. James Owen was appointed president of the road on November 9, 1840. KEEPING SCORE—H. A. Marks (left), president of the Com munity Chest, and C. M. Harrington, Red Feather campaign chair man, posting the total to date on the blackboard at the first re port meeting last Monday in the Community Center. The second report luncheon is scheduled for 1 p. m. today. Baptist Convention Flays Labor, Bosses “WINDFALL” ATLANTA, Nov. 11. — OT — The Atlanta Journal, which sell? for five cents a copy, brought vendors $20 for single issues and the newsboys are puzzled. A man described as a sober, well-dressed, polite fellow, paid five vendors $20 for single copies and one $10 for Saturday’s paper. R. L. Fish er, manager of street sales for the Journal, verified the inflationary deals. BLOCK CONTINUES BEATITUDE THEME Bishop Says Secularism Has Played Part In Tragedy Altars “Secularism, which has been described as the practice of the absence of God, has played its part in the tragedy of our -de serted altars,” the Rt. Rev. Karl Block, bishop of California, said at the Episcopal Mission services at St. James church Tuesday evening. The beati tudes serve as texts for the bishop’s morning Mission ser mons at St. Paul’s parish house. Mankind has become increas ingly conscious of three funda mental approaches to the truth, See BLOCK on Page Two ROXAS MAY LOSE SENATE CONTROL Nacionalista Party Rolls Up Big Majorities In Manila Precincts MANILA, Wednesday, Nov. 12 (JP)—The Nacionalist parth roll ed up a surprisingly lead in Ma nila today and was making it close in the provinces, threaten ing President Manuel A. Roxas’ liberal party control in the Senate. Returns from yesterday’s first off-year election since independ ence showed the opposition Nacionalista candidates were ahead in Manila in races for six of eight Senate seats to be fill ed. Roundhouse Right Also Dealt Liquor Traffic In Committee Report WINSTON-SALEM, Nov. 11— (IP)—The North Carolina Baptist Convention took a left-handed swing at both labor and man agement, backhanded federal aid in education, gave liquor a full roundhouse right, and then did a tightrope walk on the race problem in its afternoon session here today. All of this was embodied in a report by the Committee on Social Service and Civic Right eousness, chairmanned by Rev. Phil Elliott of Boiling Springs. The report was adopted by the convention. Dr. F. Orion Mixon of Raleigh presided over the afternoon meeting. becrying what it termed un christian attitudes in industrial relations, the report said: “As we face the imminent possibility of industrial conflict in our area, your commission believes that the role of the See BAPTIST On Page Two WALTER REUTHER WINS REELECTION Militant CIO Leader Scores Landslide For UAW Presidency ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Nov. 11—(IP)—Walter Reuther capped a 25-year rise in the labor move ment today with a icndslide re election as president of the C. I. O. United Auto Workers, but the supreme test of his power in the big, faction-split union was yet to come. After Reuther won a second term over two opponents, little known delegates to the UAW’s 11th con vention, the meeting turned im mediately to the election of a secretary-treasurer. This roll call vote was expected to continue in to the night. The incumbent, George F. Addes, is the recognized power in the anti-Reuther forces and h i s defeat almost certainly would give Reuther complete control of the union's top lead ership^ Human Obstacle Stops Delivery Of Fuel Oil LONDON, Nov. 11—(^—Ar thur Lewis, a Laborite member of parliament, prevented the de livery of fuel oil to the swank Savoy Hotel tonight by stretch ing himself out on the pavement in front of a tank truck as for mally dressed guests crossed a strikers’ picket line. Lewis, general secretary of the Catering Workers’ division of the Municipal and General Workers’ Union, which is stag ing a strike at the Savoy and three other London hotels, was joined by other strikers in the roadway, while others clung to the truck and argued with the driver. A crowd of 200 sympathizers shouted “squeeze the rich,” as they watched. They finally were dispersed by police who arrest ed one striker. About 1,000 members of the union have been on strike since last Friday at the hotel in a dispute over the dismissal of a waiter. - a Vishinsky Charges “Lobby Diplomacy” Soviet Deputy Says UH Charter Violated Re peatedly By Groups NEW YORK, Nov. 11 — WV Russia accused the United State# tonight of blocking agreement on atomic control and the United States in turn laid the blame on Russia’s doorstep. Anderi Y. Vishinsky, head of the Soviet delegation at the Unit ed Nations General Assembly, de plored the fact that the year-old UN resolution on “prohibition of the atom bomb. . .has not yet borne any fruit. He charged that the fault lay with United States foreign policy leaders who “be lieve that they hold a monopoly in this matter.” Warren Austin, permanent American delegate to the UN, de rided the recent Soviet announce ment that the atomic bomb secret has ceased to exist. He countered the claim that the United State* was holding up atomic agreement by pointing out that of 15 Na tions that have participated in the UN Atomic Enegery Comis sion, all but Russia and Poland have agreed on basic issues. The statements were made at the annual dinner of the Foreign Press Association. Basic Facts Known Austin said the statement last week by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov that the atomic secret was a thing of the past merely repeated what had been said time and again by atomic scientists in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. “The basic scientific facts are widely known,” Austin said. “The greatest secret was publi cized when the bomb was dropped at Hiroshima.” Vishinsky, stating that Russia’* foreign policy was motivated en tirely by the desire for peac*, said the Marshall plan and Tru man doctrine were prompted by “hatred and vicious animus” to ward the Soviet Union. COAL PRODUCTION IN RUHR SOARING Miners Happy For First Time Since War Under Bonus Plan ESSEN, GERMANY, Nov. 11— W—Coal production in the Ruhr has mounted to 274,000 tons a day and the sudden spurt was credited by both Allied and German of ficals today to an incentive plan giving bonuses of food and cloth ing to the men who dig coal. The present rate of output rep resents an increace of more than 44,000 tons a day over the August figure, and 54,000 ahead of the May-June-July average, two phases. First care (coopera The program was divided into tive for American remittances to Europe) packages containing 40, 000 calories each were awarded to miners whose mines matched or exceeded in a four-week period their best previous postwar out put. Every mine in the Ruhr hit that goal. Secondly ten-in-one packages containing food and clothing ma terials were offered to miners See COAL on Page Two And So To Bed A love sick young man sat at home in Lake Forest and penned a lengthy, exquisite message of endearment to his lady love. Addressing the envelope with care and scenting his billet doux, the lad locked at the clock and snapped back into this world with a start. There was only a minute to catch his bus for town. Thrusting the letter under his shirt he slapped on his hat, grabbed his rain coat, and took off on the fly to ward the bus stop. Midway to the street he leaped over a puddle. Alas! The letter dropped out of his shirt into the water. He stopped and surveyed his loss. The ink blurred as the water crept across the face of the envelope. The rain which had subsided to a drizzle, freshened into a shower as he stood there. He could not help but feel that it was fitting that all nature should burst into tears 1 with him at the pestilence of his predicament.