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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
PL0ESER PUSHES
FOR NAVY PROBE

WASHINGTON, Nov. z. -W.N-
Attorney General Tom c. Clark
told "a receptive audience today
that members of Congress prob
ably are the most grossly under
paid" of any group in government
service.
He testified before the Senate
Civil Service committee on a bill
to raise the salaries of government
workers, judges, congressman and
cabinet members.
Clark protested that he is 'Ios-
ing judges every day. because
their salary scale is too low.
Federal Works Administrator
Philip B. Fleming told the COM
mittee that the government pays
its employees salaries shat would
be scorned by many a village
banker or dry goods merchant"
He said he wasn't asking ''Holly-
wood wages" for top government
executives but he did think that
men With responsible positions
should be paid more than "a fairly
good major league shortstop."
Secretary Of Agriculture Clinton
P. Anderson suggested 4 $4,000
ceiling on government salaries 30
as to attract ''top-notich people,"
The bill has been approved by
President Truman II would raisa
the salaries Of Congressman from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year; cabinet
members, from $4,000 to $25, 600;
district court judges from $4,000
to $40, circuit courts Of appeals
judges, from $12,5o0 to $500; the
Chief Justice of the United States
from $20,500 to $50, 500, and Asso-
ciate Justices from $4,000 to $780,
600.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
TWO SOLDIERS LOSE
LIVES WHEN STORM
DAMAGES TRANSPORT

BOSTON, Nov. z. - M - The
bodies Of two soldiers, victims Of
a storm at sea that injured a doz-
en- other returning servicemen,
came into port today aboard the
SIS Westminster Victory which ar
rived with her flag at half-mast.
The dead were Pvt. jeremiah J.
Crane and T. Sgt. Loren A. Van
Buskirk, both Of Los Angeles.
The vessel, which brought 1,s45
veterans from Antwerp. Belgium,
was caught in a storm 500 miles
off the Atlantic Coast. Army Off
GERS said hunks collapsed and
heavy beams snapped loose as
soldiers slept in an after compart.
ment.
Army authorities said It was the
first serious accident IN the trans
portation OF 450,00O servicemen
and women home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
oPA WILL ALLOW
v PRICE INCREASES

,,op11E. Ala, Nov. 7-(P)-Rep.
NV W. Boykin DALAI an
fra'nced today that the Office of
non ,a Administration had agreed
Pf'cs increase Of from 81 to $3.50
10 a. NM board feet in the ceiling
per IL ~, nj southern pine lumber.
pt VIZ said Frank Ketcham. assis-
nc General counsel for the OPA.
tai ~ ssdyised him the new ceiling
aS S;aes would be placed in effect
ps'es sor az the order could be pre-
pared . ,,,,,,
, ~, to $3.50 per 1,ooo feet on
amber amber produced by the small 49,
l A class mills.
y +be large 10 regular class mills,
u Increase will amount to 81 per
,aoa ~ feet on all flooring, ceiling
I IsJ siding, the Congressman said.
sH a ner 1000 feet increase will be
a.p ~ to a group Of common d.
ap apnsion lumber: 81 per 1000 on
n '.rnr,on boards and 81 per 1000 on
c eoother group Of common dimen-
,ion boards.
~ p,vkin said the price hike would
..a Dy, from 100000 to $780,
nm NM oOo a year the amount that
vo o,.hern pine lumberrnen would
..sive for their products.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
U. S: CLAMPS DOWN
ON NEWS OUTLETS
IN SHANGHAI AREA

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7.-(RC
Charles Miner, Mutual Broaacas'.
ing SYSTEMS correspondent at
Shanghai, reported today that a
news blackout was clamped down
at U. S. Army Headquarters there
following the. reported seizure oy
Chinese Communists Of several
American crewnen from a Llber'
t, ship in the Chinwangtao area
Newsmen dependent on British
sources were told. Miner report
ed, that some seamen were selz'
ed by the Communists but that
some later were released.
An American Army spokesman
in Shanghai, Miner added, refus'
ed to discuss the matter and the
U. S. Consul Generals office re-
ferre ! inquiries to the Tientisln
Consulate, saying only vague
reports had been received on the
incident.
American Marines are stationed
at ChlnWangtao ana some OtheI
places in North China. Their pre-
sence has aroused considerable
resentment among Chinese Com
munists, who have charged inter-
vention in Chinese internal al
fairs.
(The Associated Press has not
so far received any dispatch from
its Shanghai bureau on the Chin
wangtao incident.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
GENERAL MOTORS
OFFER JAW BOOST
IN WAGE SCALES

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-UD-Gen-
eral Motors Corp. offered today to
raise workers pay to match cost
of-iving increases. At the same
time Ford Motor Co. employees
voted under a National Labor Re-
lations board supervision to de.
termine it they would strike.
As the delegates sought a solu-
lion to the differences between
unions and their employers, the
total OF workers made idle by
strikes rose to 2s4, 900.
The General Motors counter-pro-
posal fell far short Of the United
Automobile Workers (c1O) demand
tor flat 80 per cent pay boost.
However, it was substantial mod
ification Of GINS previous, flat re-
fusal to consider the JAW wage
demands.
JAW rejected the counterpropos.
al which it said would amount to
an eight to 10 per cent increase
for the majority Of workers. Wal.
ter P. Reuther, JAW vice-pres'
dent, said the main reason the
fer was turned down was that
would '1imit sales and product
Of new cars and pave the way fo
quick depression"
The first constitution Of Chile
,.,os - 1oon
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
JAPS TO LEAVE

BEDFORD, Pa, Nov. 7.-R-
A State Department special agent
said today that Hiroshi Oshima,
Japanese Ambassador TO Ger
many, and 1874 other Japanese in
ternees quartered at once-luxuri-
Gus Bedford Springs Hotel will
soon be repatriated. The agent
said the Japanese diplomats, their
Stats and families probably will
leave here the first OF next week.
Latest glamour addition for that
"dress-up'' suit is a sheer organ
dy dickey in dark colors, bright
ened with sequins spattered n gay
designs at the throat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
FINDS DEANNA ALIVE

HOLLYWOOD -W.D-Gen. Cliff.
ford Bleuel, captured at Bataan,
returned to the States recently to
discover the Japs had been lying
when they said Deanna Durbin was
dead. ''You can pinch me and
see." said Miss Durbin. The Gen.
eral did-on the hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
SAVES MARRIAGE FEE

poXBURY, N. H.-U.D- Town
.Iprk Harvey M. Bailey saved So
whom he married Mrs. Gorgia
ADAMS Of Kansas. Bailey simply
;.sued himself a marriage license
Al no charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08

tNSs MOMENT PICTURED during the Jap Gen. Tonoy,
IN Manila as Sister Anna De Jesus College
one too OF seeing the bodies
ABOUT tne dining Japs
gone On killing rampage Signal Radiophoto nteyaono
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01
1t. DeFrance Leaves
For California Hospital

First Lieut.. and Mrs. j. E. De-
France left recently for Tacoma,
Wash, to be the guests of Nh. and
Mrs. H. O.. Peasley, former Laurel
residents.
Following their visit in Tacoma,
Lieutenant DeFrance will report at
Dibble General hospital at Menlo
Park, Calf, for further plastic sur
gerry. He was shot down v e Ger
many Dec. "a, 1914, while on his
fifty-sixth mission. A fire while
descending in his parachute, he
suffered severe burns.
He has been awarded the air
medal with 10 oak-leaf clusters, the
distinguished flying cross, the pres
idential unit citation, the purple
heart and the European theater of
operations ribbon with five major
battle stars.
After being released from the
hospital, Lieutenant DeFrance ex-
poets to report to Santa Monica,
Calf, for reassignment. Mrs. De-
France will accompany him.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01
Navy Builds Vast
Fleet to Hit Japs
Plan Total of I27,268 Ships
OF AU Types.

WASHINGTON. - The United
States navy, which now boasts the
greatest fleet in world history, has
another 10, 1882 warships under con-
s~truction for the war against Japan,
a survey of naval power has dis
closed.
Their completion will give the
navy the staggering total OF l2f,Zoo
ships of all types - from battle
ships and giant aircraft carriers to
tiny patrol boats and landing
barges. Included in the new pro-
gram are 271 frontline fighting
ships which will swell to slightly
more than 1,400 the fleets compile
ment of combat craft.
The navy revealed that it has 107,-
1856 ships, aggregating some l5,oOo,-
900 tons, operating in all waters:
Of these, 100, 900 joined the fleet
since Pearl Harbor, including l,l50
combat craft.
There were only 1913 combat YES
sells before the Jap's sneak attack
and most of the announced naval
losses oUU VESSELS Ho'S HS
in this category.
Ships now under construction In
clude 2 battleships, IS aircraft car
riers, 80 carrier escorts, AZ cruisers,
104 ~destroyers, 6 destroyer escorts,
% fast transports, and 45 subma-
rineS.
These vessels will be added to a
navy which already boasts % battle
ships, 81 cruisers, 26 carriers, % es-
cort carriers, 1856 d~estroyers, and
1858 destroyer escorts.
At least 200 of the combat ships
now being built will be completed
before the end of the year.
The navy's program of smaller
type, non-combatant vessels for
numerous amphibious operations
calls for 16, 9 landing craft.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01
Corn Bread

Steaming hot corn bread served
with some of your homemade prune
and tomato jam, together with cold
sliced turkey and a salad, makes a
wonderful Sunday night supper. It's
a grand quickie, should unexpected
guests descend upon you.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01
Washing Wicker

When washing wicker furniture
add n tablespoonful of household
ammonia to M quart warm water.
Apply with a brush, rinse with a
cloth wrung out of clear lukewarm
water.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01
Water Makes Milk Richer

Cows with water constantly before
them drank IS per cent more and
produced 3.5 per cent more milk and
1917 more butterfat than did cows
watered at an outdoor tank morn
ing and night, the Iowa experiment
station found.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01
To Open Gas Station
Near Laurel Refinery

Fred Hoffer of Dickinson, N. D.,
announced this week that he had
taken over the management of the
gas station opposite the refinery on
highway No. 80, and will open for
business Friday.
The station will be known as the
Laurel Coop association.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01
Poisonous Plant

The cocklebur plant is poisonous
to hogs, cattle and sheep and espe-
cially dangerous in the spring while
plants are young and tender.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01

Never allow a knife blade to be
heated in a flame. This will de-
stroy the temper of the steel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-14

aa
afford to forego some OF the taxes
now collected from individuals in
business and from individuals
supporting themselves and their
families.
. We do not mind asserting our
belief in the justice of the excess
profits tax. While occasionally an
injustice may be done to a few
corporate organizations, the great
bulk of the corporations of this
country, are reaping considerable
Profits out of the economic activ-
ity resulting from war-spending.
The swollen profits come from
the war itself and the Government
should collect a heavy tax upon
these profits After all, corpora
tons do not shoulder. rifles to
fight for a country, despite the
protection they receive from those
who fight. The only contribution
that corporation can make to
the defense of the nation is
through the payment of taxes.
Granting that they are making
unusual profits, the conclusion is
unacceptable that they should pay
unusual taxes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-14
4-G> LGGzzHNG
El!s!:k,a VA 1zxNGrCgG


for tax relief for corporations.
We will again hear about the vir-
tues of balanced budget the
necessity of collecting every pos
sible cent through taxation and
the danger that hovers over the
nation unless it approaches a bal
anced budget.
The reader should understand
that we do not attempt to out
line Federal taxing procedure.
We object to the decision to re-
1ieve corporations from paying ex-
cess profits taxes out of war
swollen incomes without adequate
consideration and comparable re-
lief to individual taxpayers. If
the nation can afford to forego
$4,000, 1000, 900, which the corpora
tons can afford to pay, it can
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-14
EXCESS PROFITS TAX CUT
BUT DEFICIT rs as BILLIONS

A little more than ten years
ago. when the first Roosevelt
Administration was operating at
, deficit in order to give relief
a. millions Of suffering Americans.
the experts Of business, industry
end finance were warning the
subtle. IN no uncertain voices.
thai deiicit-spending was the way
o. national disaster.
notwithstanding that the Fed
eFal Government operated at a
dfiiclt for many years, the people
~ the nation were advised, by
Some q these same experts, when
Japan attacked the United States
and 4 became necessary to spend
huge sums in the defense of this
country. that the purchase of a.
MAR bond represented the safest
inseslment in the world.
d should be noted that during
ne present fiscal year, the United
states IS collecting less than fifty
per cent Of what it will spend
and that the deficit contemplated
b. June 30th, next. will probably
D. around $4,000 100000.
Some financial experts have
suggested that the nation should
incfease lis taxation in order to
Tuy a larger share of the cost of
the war. The argument was that
eccnonic prosperity, prevailing as
q result OF war-inspired activity,
enables the people and corpora
lions 90 stand heavier taxation.
TINS would eliminate some of the
tmorwing, curtail the amount of
money available for spending and
generally safeguard the nation
against an inflationary cycle.
Remembering what the finan-
riai experts said when Mr.. Roose-
Feli vas spending a few billion
collars IN excess of national in
come IN the early Thirties, one
would naturally expect that the
ieaders Of business, industry and
finance would resolutely demand
heavier taxation and a closer APP
preach 20 a balanced budget. This
might be what one would expect,
in view of what the big business
boys said ten years ago, but the
facts are otherwise.
Despite the contemplated $46,-
600 100000 deficit, the enormous
profits that many corporations are
making and the widely distributed
prosperity due to war spending,
kTessure has been successfully
49, bed 20. Congress for tax de-
ductions Little is said about Civ
ing the average American any re-
lirt bat much is proclaimed
about the imperative necessity of
relieving corporations. 1t is not
surprising that Congress passed
bah 90 meet the demands of the
biR business group.
With this looming $4,000, 000,-
0o0-deficit the Budget Director
predicts a decrease of $500, 000,-
coo ~ governmental receipts for
the present fiscal year. We do not
think that all of this will go to
the corporations of the nation but
% Is estimated that $4,000, 000,0 900
val remain in their treasures an
nuaiiy as a result of recent tax
legislation.
We call attention to this matter
because we are quite sure that
when Congress gets around to the
average American and considers
she possibility of relieving the tax
burden that is borne by the heads
Of families. the air will be filled
with expert advice from the
same group which now clamors
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-09
On Vacation Here.

Miss Margaret Hight, OF Hacketts-
town, NJ Is spending her vacation
here with her mother, Mrs. j. l..
Hight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-09
A1A
PRAYER Band to Meet,

The Prayer Meeting Band will
meet Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock at the home of Mrs. f. W.
AskcW. ON Davis street, 1t was an
rCunccd today. Rev. J. w. Snecden
Will be the leader.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-09
Visit WeIdonS.

Nj. and MIS-. +. y. Stevens of Ra-
leigh and Mr.. and Ms. II. {. Wal
lace OF Johnston City, Tenn, We're
Sunday guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. 7. H.
Weldon. naA
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-09

Il. Jimmy Kelly. SGT. brunette
Kelly AMI George Gerber spent the
Weekend al Virginia Beach, VIZ
ginla.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-09
Reported Improving

James b. Harris, Of route two,
Henderson, IS reported to be getting
along nicely at his home, after hay
ng his tonslIS removed last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Labor
Continued From First Page.

per cent higher pay to offset loss of
wartime premiums.
The Governments fact-findine in.
vestigation of the oil dispute has
been recessed until January Z to
allow the union and companies to
get together in plant-by-plant ne
gotiations for settlement.
Fact-Finding Is Club.
Similarly, the board airing the
month-old General Motors Corp
strike was in recess until next Fri
day in the hope that some agree
ment might be worked out in d.
rect negotiation between the COM
pany and the CLIO United Auto
Workers. GIN and the union are to
meet in Detroit Wednesday for talks
on local plant demands which the
Government hopes will blossom into
full-fiedged bargaining on wage
differences.
The Government still was usine
fact-flnding as club which it hoped
would bring peace to the two majol
industries. officials have avoided {
showdown on company acceptance
of President Truman's ruling tina
fact-finding boards must inquire in.
to production costs and profits IL
determining whether employees ar,
entitled to higher pay.
The Labor Department said tina
from v-J Day through December q
q total of 1850 work stoppages oc
CURED. A total Of 1,450 have beel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
d. {. Officer Killed
In Highway Crash

l. Second 1t. Guy r. Williams, jr,
q, resident manager of the Black
stone Hotel, 1915 Seventeenth street
INV, before entering the service
was one of two Army officers killed
in an automobile accident on Route
/, north of Richmond, Va, Friday
Camp Lee officials announced yes
terday.
Capt. George H. Wolford of Har-
risburg, Pa, also was killed when
their car skidded on the ice. Mill
tary authorities held up release Of
the officers names until next OF
kin had been notified.
1t. Williams wife and infant sor
were passengers in the car at thu
time. Mrs. Williams was treated at
Mcclure General Hospital, neal
Richmond, for bruises. She was re-
leased yesterday. The child wa.
unhurt.
The Williams family was return.
ing to Washington for the Christ.
mas holidays when the accident
occurred
1t. Williams was a graduate o.
Benjamin Franklin University anc
had been resident manager of TIT
Blackstone for more than a yea
before he entered the service thret
vars ago. He had planned to return
as manager after his discharge, ex.
pected in January. He was a native
of Martinsburg, w. Va, and viii
be buried there tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
Army Deserter Sought
In Highway Staying
OF Michigan Salesman
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLAND, Mich, Dec. 22.-An
Army deserter was sought today in
Gary, Ind, as a suspect in the STAY
ing of Roy Gordon Beh, 34-year- old
salesman from exclusive Crosse
-Pointe Farms, Mich.
Donald Milewski, 10, of Holland,
said he had found resemblance
.between a police picture of the SOL
.dier and the soft-spoken, courteous
youth who kidnapped him and his
'teen-age girl companion near Hol-
land Friday and forced them at
gun point to drive him to the Indi-
ana steel center.
Gary police want the soldier, a
deSerter, for questioning about a
series of robberies and thefts of
occupied cars there.
Slugged and Shot.
Michigan State Police Sergeant
Verne Dagen said he was convinced
the man who had ridden Milewski,
an Army Air Forces private on fur
Tough, was the hitch-hiking slayer
Of the aircraft equipment salesman
Mr.. Beh, a neighbor of Henry
Ford II, was found Friday morning
slugged in the head and shot in
the side with a 45-caliber bullet.
He was known to have Chicago at
2 pm. Thursday en- route to Mus
kegon, Mich.
His wife said he had been in the
habit of aiding hitchhikers, es-
pecially servicemen.
The body was found in Mr.. Beh's
gray coach, snowbound beside a
highway a short distance north of
Holland. He had been dead since
Thursday.
Pulled Gun.
Pvt. Milewski and his companion,
Rose Mccormick, 10, told police
they had picked up the man in
Grand Rapids. He Immediately
pulled a gun and forced them to
drive south.
Arriving at Gary about pm, the
kidnaper took their wallets and
forced them out of the car, assuring
them they would recover it in a
short time
The couple Immediately reported
their plight to Gary police, who
later recovered the car.
FBI Enters Case.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation entered the case when Pvt.
Milewski described the trip with
the kidnaper across State lines.
Meanwhile, Michigan authorities
continued their effort to establish
a motive for the Staying.
Police believe Mr. Beh was slain
by hitchhiker, who then drove the
car with the body beside him until
he ran off the road in binding
snowstorm.
A truck driver, his vehicle stalled
in the snow, said he had seen Mr.. |
Beh's car go off the highway on
curve on U. S. 81 early Friday night.
He said a young man had gotten
out, tagged passing car with a
fashlight, and then had ridden
north toward Grand Haven, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-23
u. 5. Aid in Moving
South China Troops
Reported Halted
Ry'the Associated Press.

Ls LAG Aosociatcu FIcss.
The Army and Navy journal said
yesterday the United States has
stopped assisting the movement of
Chinese Nationalist troops from
South China "as result" of OPEN
ing talks in the conference of Big
Three Foreign Ministers in Moscow.
State Department officials said,
however, that the decision on
American assistance in transporting
the Nationalist troops from South
to North China still rests with Gen.
George G. Marshall.
These officials, who asked not to
be identified, said the State De-
partment directive to the War De-
partment on troop movements in
China, made public Tuesday, is still
entirely valid.
This directive said 1t. Gen. AL
bert C. Wedemeyer, American Army
commander in China, may trans
port Nationalist troops into Man.
churia at his own discretion.
Instructions Reported.
1t added, however, that this
privilege holds only for Manchuria.
If Gen. Wedemeyer wishes to help
transport Chinese troops into North
China, it added, he must obtain the
approval of Gen. Marshall, Presi-
dent Truman's special envoy to
China.
The Journal, an unofficial service
publication, reported the situation
as follows:
"As result of the opening con-
versations of the Foreign Ministers
of the Big Three in Moscow, in
structionss have been received in
Washington for 1t. Gen. Albert C.
Wedemeyer, our military COM
mander in China, to cease assisting
the reinforcement of Nationalist
troops in the north by troop move
ments from the south, at least until
Gen. George C. Marshall, in his
temporary role of ambassador, can
have an opportunity to explore the
situation and then give a definite
ruling on policy. In the meantime
we may continue facilitating the
transport of Chinese Nationalist
troops from the north to Man.
churia ports.
Supported by Both.
This obviously was an initial re-
suit Of discussions James F. Byrnes,
Secretary of State. had with v. M.
Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar.
1t reveals not only that China came
early in the conversations, but that
Premier Stain, while continuing his
pledge to Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek concerning control by Chung
king of Manchuria, does not want
Chinese military operations in that
area carried out by heavily aug
mented forces.
LAS matters stand, the Nationalist
government still enjoys the support
of both the United States and the
Soviet Union. support that we
seek to implement through the pro-
posal of the Secretary of the Navy
to Congress for authority to trans
fer surplus naval ships to the
Chungking government.