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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-22
NICHOLS GOBBLER,
RAISED In COUNTY,
BETTERS TRUMAN'S

When it comes to turkey
poundage for the Christmas
feast, President Truman, with
his IS pound gobbler, will have
nothing on City Manager A. c.
Nichols!
A turkey tipping the scales
at exactly AZ pounds is sched-
uled to be delivered to the city
manager today. The donor is
Jack Krug-"Chicken Jack" as
he is known to Wilmingtonians.
Mrs. G.. F. Wulff, who Oper-
ates a poultry ranch on the
Carolina Beach highway, pro-
duced the turkey which was
delivered to Krug's stall at
city market yesterday after
noon.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-22
FARLEY PROMOTED
T0FULL ADMIRAL

Confirmation of the nomination
of Rear Admiral Joseph F. Farley.
former Wilmington resident, to the
rank of full Admiral by the U. S.
Senate, was announced yesterday
from Washington.
Admiral Farley will serve four
year tour of duty as commandant
of the U. S. Coast Guard, succeed
ing Admiral Russell r. Waesche
who has been absent from the Of
flee for the past six months on
sick leave.
Rear Admiral L. T. Chalker has
been serving as acting comman.
dant.
Prior to his present appointment,
Admiral Farley was Chief Of per.
sonnet Of the Coast Guard.
Admiral Farley is well-known in
Wilmington, having served on the
Coast Guard Cutter Seminole for
two years during which period he
married the former Miss Ruth
Bridgers, of Wilmington. He later
returned to the city as command.
ing officer of the Cutter Modoc tor
another two year period.
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new coming PLAN
STUDIED BY GROUP
Preliminary Sketch Elk.
planned By Consult
ants To Board Here

H. r. Emory, chairman Of the
City Planning Board led discus
sions of the map of preliminary
zoning plans for territory of the
old city limits and the newly an
nexed areas at a meeting Of the
group yesterday afternoon.
Harold Weldon, associate to
George w. Sinons, Jr., planning
consultants, VISA present at the
meeting and presented a color
map of Wilmington which denotes
the various business, residential
and industrial areas set forth in
the preliminary zone planning.
Weldon told the planning group
that he and other members of his
company have studied and analysed
the city as whole with respect
to coming. He said that they had
determined the average size OF the
city block in various sections OF
the city and investigated other
phases of city fundamentals to de-
termine its future needs.
The consultant further explained
the legends of the map, pointing
out the finer points it concerns.
According to the preliminary zon-
ing map, there will be one fami-
ly building zone, zones in which
there will be two-family buildings,
apartment buildings or multiple
family buildings.
Areas for the business houses are
shown on the map with the whole
sale and light industry building
zones being set apart. The map
also shows the heavy business
areas of the city.
Chairman Emory pointed out
that the map is only preliminary
plan and that revisions may be ex-
pected. The map was accepted by
the group for study.
The planning group, which is
composed of H. R. Emory chair
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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Unionists, Company Have
Until Friday. For
Agreement
BY CHARLES B. HERROLD,
United Press Staff Correspondent

D1 OI1AhLES ID. dEhhOIDt
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Dec. 81 - Presi.
dent Truman's Fact-Finding board
tonight set a Dec. % deadline for
settlement of the General Motors
strike by collective bargaining. If
it is not settled by then, the panel
will resume jurisdiction.
Panel Chairman Lloyd K. Gar
rison told representatives of GMC
and the CLIO United Auto Workers
to make a fresh and determined
effort to settle their differences
by agreement and without furAer
action by the government.
Further collective bargaining
sessions were arranged both in the
GIN dispute and in the oil industry
wage dispute. The government
meanwhile granted Presidentially.
appointed fact-finding boards ex.
tensive authority to consider EN-.
ployers' ability to pay higher
wages. 1t did not, however, grant
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
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BRITISH LEADERS
CONFER ON JAVA

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. Il. -(A)-
Two British officers commanding
the ground and air forces OF the
Southeast Asia Command PAID
brief visit to Batavia on an undls-
closed mission today while nine
British planes spearheaded con-
tinuing military action against
Indonesisn forces.
1t. Gen. Sir Miles c. Dempsey
commanding ground forces IN
Southeast Asia, and Air Chief Mar
shall Keith Park, Allied air officer,
flew here for a visit lasting several
hours.
There was immediate specula-
ton that they may have discussed
with 1t. Gen. Sir Philip Christlson'
Allied commander in the Neither
lands East Indies, the Singapore
decisions by which the British re-
portedly would bring in all forces
needed to restore order in Java.
(In London, an informed source
said the project to use more arm
ed forces in Java was being re-
viewed by Prime Minister Attlee
and his cabinet. He said the Singa-
pore decisions were understood to
have been reached on a purely
military basis, without regard to
political consequences.
(Dr. Hubertus Van Hook, acting
Governor-G General of the Neither
lands East Indies, is scheduled to
confer soon with British govern
ment officials in London, and a
final decision on using more forces
may be deferred until after that
conference, he added.
(This source said that for polltl-
cal reasons, and because increas-
ed military commitments in Java
would further involve the Royal
Navy and Air force, the whole
matter was referred to Attlee.
There has been criticism at home
of British casualties in Java, last
estimst ted at nearly 1900.
q. H. A. Logemann, Minister OF
Overseas Territories, told the Dutch
parliament today that full use"
would be made of Netherlands
troops in the Netherlands Indies,
the Dutch news agency Aneta said.
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~ RICHARD A. O'REGAN
D' .p staff Correspondent

,,r11DENBERG, Germany, Dec
, HhippMWarrior Gen. George, s.
IL ..on Jr., died peacefully in a
Pa l.i+s bed tonight, his stout
ssspt Welding after a 1s-day bat
49,. .sainst paralysis and lung con-
'e Tas great, acid-tongued master
i .nrrno q warfare, leader Of the
o. ., q. Third Army's victorious
Y. ,shes from Normandy into
ssIlllaachoslovakia, was so years old.
1 y. died at $50 a. M, d1:50 a. M,
~ Standard Time.o
D' He went down fighting" said
c.n Joseph T. McNarney, COM
u v,,nder Of U. S. Forces in Europe.
n Tse four-star General died in, his
.,a a from blood clot Gem.
'e Mrs., Patton was at her hus-
p' patton died almost a year to the
NV after one of the greatest mill
. sS- feats in history-the 78-mile
. w., bv his Third Army to the
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Tire rationing II y end on Janu-
airy /, but residents of this area
along with the rest Of the country
had better cross '.get four new
tires" Off their New Years resolue
tons and substitute take care OF
my old faithfuls.' -.
Representatives Of four big tire
companies were unanimous in
agreeing that there would not be
nearly enough passenger car tires
10 satisfy demand.
Estimates varied from three to
six months on the time before the
situation would begin easing on
passenger tires but one dealer,
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New Census In City
Favored By Council

ALI members Of the Wilmington
City Council and the City Manager
are in favor of taking a census
here at this time, according to a
formal joint statement made yes
terday by Mayor W. Ronald Lane
and City Manager A. c. Nichols.
The statement was made, it was in
dicated, to clarity the position of
the city officials in the matter of
the enumeration.
In making the statement, Mavor
Lane pointed out that the council
has been forced to defer action
because Of lack of appropriations
for taking the census which would
cost approximately 10 cents per
name. He said that the council
is still securing figures for the
enumeration and that it would be
reconsidered at an "early meet
ing"
1.-The subject of taking a census
Of the City Of Wilmington is now
being widely discussed" the joint
statement declared, land some
have, the impression that the city
officials oppose the taking of a
census. This impression is not
true.
"All members of the City Coun-
ell and the City Manager are in
favor Of taking a census at this
time" the statement continued.
The City officials initiated the in
vestigation of this subject with the
U. S. Bureau OF Census. Inforrna-
ton respecting the cost was not
obtained until several months after
the present city budget was adopt
ed. A study of the information
received from the Bureau of Census
indicates that on a basis of &c.
900 population the cost would be
approximately $5500.00, and if
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
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Board Sets GIN Strike End Deadzine;
10Th Congress Closes Initial Session
TRUMAN ADDRESSES
MESSAGE TO TROOPS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-W.H-
President Truman in Christ
mas message to all the armed
forces tonight, said they had
helped bring peace to the
world and that the nations
Christmas prayer is for a true
and lasting peace.
eve shall not forget the
price you paid" he told them.
He expressed hope for an
early return Of troops still
over seas "solidifying the
peace"
"Christmas day is celebrat-
ed in honor of the Prince of
Peace" he said. "He brought
peace to the souls of men; you
have helped bring peace to the
nations of the world. Our pray
er this day is that our world
now may find true and last
ing fellowship of peace"
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A plea to a youth to return
Christmas packages he stole
from an automobile in a Front
street parking lot, Dec. 10, was
made yesterday in a letter writ
ten by Mrs. A. L.. Ives, OF Burgaw.
The packages belonged to Mrs
Ives. -.
Writing that she had a son lost
in the service and that she didn't
want to see any son break his
mothers heart, Mrs. Ives never
theless said that unless the pack
ares were returned to her she
would identify the youth to the
police. tt-
Her letter follows:
ssThis is an appeal to the nice
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-22
M acArthur
Ends Major
.Directives
LEADERS NEEDED
Headquarters Statement
Says Building OF State
Now Up To Natives
By RUSSELL BRINES
APP Staff Writer

TOKYO, Dec. 2i.-tRE General
Macarthur has completed the
framework of a new Japan; there
will be no more major Allied di-
receives.
Allied headquarters, announcing
today the achievement of this goal,
said that the problem Of construct
ing "a sound, acceptable state
now rests largely upon the ability
of the fallen nation to assimilate
the ordered changes.
A recent directive abolishing
state Shintoism completed the
series of basic changes in Japan,
said the statement, adding:
Further directives most probably
will be limited to those necessary
to secure full understanding and
compliance with basic premises al
ready set forth"
Observing that Japan's main OBJ
stacle is "a lack Of sufficient quail
flied leaders," the statement said
political power in the future will
be won by the party (which spon-
sors the greatest implementation
to give effect to laws and consti-
tutional changes" creating a gov
eminent envisaged by the Potsdam
declaration and Macarthur direc-
tives.
''The changes as directed are ex-
pected to be assimilated rapidly,
because it has been shown that
the average Japanese is very ar1x-
lous to be out fro munder the yoke
of militarism," headquarters said.
Directives issued thus far, the
statement continued, "effect the
removal of those restrictive laws
and regulations which study has
revealed have been major means
control and direction
the Japanese people had been form
ed into an aggressor nation"
1.-THE war criminal suspects who
have been placed in custody con-
Continued ON Page Two; Col. 81
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chinese LEADER
GREETS MARSHALL
Chang Kai-shek AT Airport
When Truman Envoy
Reaches Marking

v,NKING Dec. 21-R)-Gen.
c. .,, c, Marshall arrived here
u ''s,T Nv nlane from Shanghai and
T ~as, warmly ar greeted at the airport
s W. c ss Chang Kai-shek,
VIM y cast protocol aside to welcome
IN r-' nerson the special American
Envoy ,,, rh;,no
If, ,.' # tr once for the Generalissimo' S
s stic il residence, to begin talks
which which, may vitality influence strife,
n pr China's hopes Of internal
psace and unity.
F Thew clasped hands on Nanking's
a,,ty' windswept airfield at a
r when all China and 2
I,rsp part of The Orient watched
' srSs for signs that Marshall 5
mission ,i,St might bring an end to the
emlntry's undeclared civil war.
Chjsng's presence at the airport
n Itself was regarded as a slgnl-
iicsnt GESTURE of friendship for the
United States. According to pro-
oroI in such matters the General
i,simo would have awaited Marsh
IL At his official residence inside
he vailed city.
Tell him I am deeply honored''
Marshall said to Chiang's personal
cniet.of-staff, Gen. Shang Chen'
who was acting as Interpreter.
Chang replied simply:
Il welcome you to Marking: j.,
The two men met for the first
fine since the Cairo Conference IN
1913.
The Chiang-Marshan talks were
expected to cover a wide range OF
opics most pressing OF when
we're the question Of hating IN
ternal hostilities and the possible
fomation of a coalition govern
nsnt taking in all major political
groups.
A formal dinner in MARSHALL S
honor was scheduled for tonight.
The American Enjoys plane was
tsled out of Shanghai by a trans
port carrying more than 30 cor
lespondents and photographers.
Meanwhile, Associated Press cor
respondent Fred Iiampson report
ed from Shanghai that the con-
nued lull on the North China
military situation was regarded as
At least partly attributable to
Narshalrs arrival in the country.
The conflicting factions in the I'M
declared civil war seemed to be
marking time, he said, while walt
ing to see what the American
Envoy might accomplish.
In Chungking a Chinese Com
hunist spokesman reiterated his
lafty's demand for an immediate
cessation of fighting, and said the
communist proposal for an uncon-
uaonal armistice, with both sides
Hozen' in their present position,
Soud be officially put into writ
Inc proposal originally was an
lOuAced yesterday, simultaneous.
y with General Marshalps arrival
m Shanghai.
Inc talk in Chungking of truce
i j. wen as the hopes expressed in
suA Communist and Central gov
VII, nilaent quarters that MARSHALL
s S.sslon might result in peace, in
.'aled both sides were inclined
~ make concessions for the sake
genuine settlement.
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EZRA (POET) POUND
PRONOUNCED INSANE
BY PHYCHIATRISTS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. -RE
Ezra Pound, the poet charged with
treason, today was pronounced Gin
sane and mentally unfit for trial.
by board of four psychiatrists.
The. board, submitted its report
to District Court.
Pound, for many years an ex-
patriate, was indicted for treason
in connection with alleged propa-
ganda broadcasts from Italy, after
that nation went to war with the
United States. He was. arrested
after the occupation Of Italy was
completed and flown back here
on Nov. Is to stand trial. W.
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Ihree-Judge
Panel Finds
For States
ice RESTRAINED
Federal Government Also
Cited In Action Signed
At Utica, New York

. UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 21.-R)- A
three-judge Federal Court, tonight
enjoined the Federal government
from enforcing an Interstate Com
merce Commission order for a 10
per cent increase in freight rates
in northern and eastern states,
pending further order of the court.
The court said in granting an
interiocutory injunction that great
injury would be done to industries
shippers and receivers of freight
and to cities and communities if
the increase were permitted before
final court decision on the ICC
order. ri
The injunction filed by U. S.
District Judge Stephen w. Brennan
in the northern New York Federal
District Court, had been sought by
nine northeastern states.
The ICC order, scheduled to go
into effect January /, would require
10 per cent increase in railroad
freight rates in northern and east
ern states, and a corresponding de-
crease in the south and west.
Application for the injunction had
been filed earlier this month in
the Utica court and arguments
were heard by tho three judge
court at New York City. Decision
was reserved Dec. IA.
Signers of the injunction, in adj
dition to Brennan, were U. S. Cir
cult Court Judge Harrie B. Chase
Of Brattlebore, VT, and U. S. Dis
trict Judge John c. Knox of New
York City.
The court order enjoins the Unit
ed States and the Interstate Com
merce Commission or their agents
from taking any action to enforce
compliance with the ice order or
prosecuting any alleged violation
thereof pending further order of the
court.
The junction order declared:
"a 10 per cent increase in these
class rates would impose upon in
dustry, shippers and receivers of
freight transported within official
territory an increased cost of many
million dollars a year.
"The 10 per cent increase, if re-
quired, and permitted to be charg-
ed by the railroads for transporta-
ton within an official territory
pending final determination of this
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
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Mother Appeals To Youth
Who Stole Packages Here

looking youth who stole the pack
ages from my car Wednesday, the
18th between the hours of 4 to $50
.. m. The car was parked in a lot
between the Wilmington hotel and
the. Sutton-Comcil company. You
will read this and recognize me,
as I did you.
IT was the lady dressed in a
black suit and wearing the yellow
scarf. Do you remember me? we
looked at each other very straight
as we passed in the lane of this
parking lot.
ST recognized my packages in
your arms, at once, but l hao to
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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PRESIDENT EXTENDS
IMPATHY TO WIDOW.
W GENERAL PATTON

:, DISTINCTION, Dec. 21.-(R -
tlIEsloent Truman today sent the
: 4pp|lng message to Mrs. George
bsra atlon who was with her hus-
nv When he died in Germany:
dea mrs' Truman and l extend our
uss psSt sympathy to you in the
banai OF your distinguished hus-
bri,1 Inc entire nation, to whom his
Saw a'lit career has been a con.
gra., inspiration, has suffered a
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new COLD WAVE
DUE FROM CANADA
BY The Associated Press

A new cold wave with tempera-
lures as low as 48 below zero start
ed moving toward the midwest
from west central Canada last
night bringing the prospect of con-
tinued cold for much of the coun-
try. = 80,
The Weather Bureau said the
mercury dropped to 10 at Keg
River, Alberta, and that tempera-
lures from 20 to 30 below zero
were likely for Minnesota and the
Dakotas by Sunday as. the cold
wave moves in. '.'
Sub-zero weather already .ex-
tended from Montana to northern
Illinois, but the new cold air mass
fConfinued nm PAGE Two. COI. AZ
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Taps Sound
F0rGen. Patton

rehef Of the battered men of Bas.
togne' IN last winters Battle Oh
the Bulge"
Patton's neck was broken Sun.
Gay, Dec. 9, and he suffered
paralysis from the shoulders down.
ne was injured in collision be-
tween truck and the motor car
IN which he was going pheasant
hunting.
This is a hell of way to die"
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Patton Art On Page J

Patton said then as he was lifted
into an ambulance,
But his condition steadily i'm
proved, and last Wednesday he sat
up in bed. Then, 48 hours ago,
bronchial secretions brought on
congestion Of the lungs and today
his heart became affected.
Col. r. Glen Squirting, War De-
partment medical specialist, said
the blood clot which caused death
occurred when Patton was well on
his way to recovery from partial
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
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wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
and slightly warmer today, increasing
cloudiness during night and possibly
light rains Sunday. Colder Sunday night.
Highest temperature today 50 degrees.
Lowest temperature tonight about 81
degrees.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-31
ON BRIDGE
BY Chic Young
~ PAUL ROBINSON

why ne douDled tnat.
The double was not made in
spite of his weakness. but because
he was so weak. East realized that
the beating of the grand slam de-
pended entirely on whether or not
West could take a trick. Since
West had passed the bid. East
knew his double would make it
seem all the more likely that East
held any threatening card.
West opened the heart X, which
South ruffed. Right after the
trumps went South. He led the
spade 7 to the X and then the s..
Here was the crisis. East put on
the 4. having played the 3 the first
time. West had played the 5 on
the first round. The only other
trumps out now were the ] and 8.
If West had either of these. high
trumps would drop them. But if
East had both. the 10 must be
fnessed. South decided that the
double vas based on the spade
J-8-4-3, so finessed the 10. Down
he went, as the ] took the trick.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-31

have to like this room, old a for
Carlotta believes in secrecy. No one
IS let out. No one sees other stu
dents. You're not a name but a
number from now on-Numbcr 7.
It's on the outside of your door"
"Okay,' Bill replied as he hung
hrs %overeoat in the closet. "a
notable number. The Fuehrcr has
it in The Party ever since the
Munich beer hall days"
"Quite right! Well your meals are
served here; your instructor comes
here for your lessons said Baalan.
"What do | do for ~cxcrcisc?"
Each one is taken out after dark
for a brisk walk"
Bills relief was great. For a
moment it had looked as if his plan
to get the reports to G-2 was
stymied. He asked lightly, 80 I'm
to see only my instructor, Car
lotta?"
"See her, you asked? Not for a
while. She lets others do the proba-
tional teaching. You may never see
her if Herr Friedrich reports that
YOU T slow on the uptakc. So,
study hard. and get promoted"
"I'm cozy enough here, fireplace,
bath. -. The meals are good sup
pose?"
you won't complain. She's d
woman for detail, | told YOU
Raalah walked owe and pulled the
curtains closer together. "Mustn't
show any light. Splendid for us,
this isolated place off the beaten
track. Near some key spots.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-31

tons of this Nazi spy school within
a few days.
Herr Friedrich, humorlcss ant
grim, was a Prussian disciplinarian
and when his pupil stumbled ir
Identifying harbors, Notifications
types of war vessels. submarines
airplancs, tanks, artillery or other
weapons Of warfare, his r~cproofs
were caustic.
New photographs Of recent fortif-
cations in the Canal Zone, the east
coast, the west coast, were brought
in almost daily to supplement those
on hand. A gigantic network of
trcachery was spread before him
that chilled his blood. 1t had grown
unchecked so long that the task of
extirpation seemed almost impos-
siblc.
Directing this part of the sinister
mine, with secret tunnels leading to
nests of other tcrmites, was Car
lotta, the demon of a woman" Her
Unseen presence pervaded an eff
clent and evil organization. The
Tower of Learning, they called her
spy school. The Temple of Black
Magic, q better name. A poisonous
mist was in the air he brcathcd!
Suddenly Il mutflod revolver shot
shattered the silence and MS grim
thoughts, Then another.
Steubcn stilToned. Some poor
devil who hadn't made the right