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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
HERS Urges Jaycees
To Push Port PROGRAM
Port Commission Agent Re
views Possible Future
Development

Junior Chamber of Commerce
aid in securing a general survey OF
steamship passenger possibilities
for the Port of Wilmington was
urged last night by d. T. HERS, ex-
ecutive agent of the Wilmington
Port Commission during an ad-
dress before the Jaycees at their
regular meeting at the Friendly
Cafeteria. Stressing the importance
of such survey, the speaker
pointed out that as Wilmington is
the logical point of arrival and
departure for ship passengers resi-
dent in border belts of the two
Carolinas, members of the Jaycees
in cities and towns of both states
could help in a big way by secur-
ing. such survey.
HERS was introduced to members
by Earl Biggs, chairman O. the
Port Committee of the Chamber
and his address proved interesting
and Informative thought.
At the outset of his talk, HERS
presented resume Of tonnage
business through the port of Will
mington to date showing that bust
ness here which totaled 1900, 00O
tons in 1885 had jumped to $780,
900 tons by 1871, the year which
witnessed American entry into
World War No. 2. Wartime traffic
by water in and out of Wilmington
dropped to a low of 100000 tons.
This freight business was handled
by 80 ships and represented rough
ly, 100000 in revenue to Whining
ton waterfront interests. This the
speaker said, is but small drop in
the bucket in comparison to posi-
bic business through this port in
years to come.
Looking to the future, Hers told
the Jaycees of efforts that have
and are being made toward obtain
ing new terminal facilities for the
city and steamship service for the
local trade area. Personal surveys
he said, had brought forth pledges
by shippers of the Old North State
for a total of 26O,O tons of new
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21

moving events which began
earlier today when General Mot
ors said it would reply on or be-
fore Friday to a union demand that
wage issues be submitted to arbi-
tration.
The JAW had set pm. EST
today as a deadline for company
reply to the proposal.
The 200 delegates to the GIN
Council of the JAW termed the
Company reply "a stall pure and
simple" and spent little time in
voting unanimously in favor of .
strike.
Their recommendation was
passed on to the unions six-man
strike strategy committee, includ-
ing Thomas and other top JAW
officials.
They conferred briefly in a
closed session before Thomas
emerged to announce the strike
call.
Company officials said they had
| OC0ul doVlSCu ullOdi S1d11y VI
the JAWS action, but said they
would have no comment until Of
fetal notification from the union.
The Company, in saying it would
reply to the union demand for
arbitration, did not give any indi-
cation whether the proposal had
been received favorably or I'M
favorably.
The unions proposals, however.
contained two stipulations previ-
ously rejected by the corporation
that proposed board of arbi-
tration have access to the comvl-
ny's books and that any wage
increase that might result should
not be tied in with increased pric-
es for General Motors products.
General Motors Corp. plants in
20 states were affected by today'!s
strike order of the CLOS United
Automobile Workers Union.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
.SUPERF0RT SETS
new WORLD MARK

/. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-P-
The United States Army Air Forces
took a seven-year old record from
Britain today when a BIG landed
here after an 8,198 mile nonstop
flight from Guam.
The Superfortress, stripped of
armament and some battle instru-
ments, flew the long haul In IS
hours and five minutes. 1t passed
through seven storm areas and one
of it's four engines was Intentional
ly stopped to conserve fuel on the
run across the United States.
The British record of 7,158 miles
had remained intact since two
English planes flew from Egypt
to Australia nonstop in 1888.
The flight ending today, third
nonstop trip by superfostresses
from far Pacific areas, had two
purposes, said the AAF: To demon
strate the range and capabilities
of American military aircraft; 70
"show the vulnerability of our
country to enemy attack from vast
distances"
Despite head winds in the hours
Immediately after take-off and TIE
seven weather fronts that built
up high-piling clouds with tur-
bulence and ice, the Superfortress
had 300 gallons of fuel left when
it landed. That would have been
enough to have kept it in the air
for another hour and half with
the same favoring tail winds which
sped the last hours of the flight.
The crew husbanded their lilo
gallons of gasoline from the mo-
ment of take-off. The big bomber
never climbed above so feet for the
first five hours in order to conserve
the fuel required to Lift the al ,0OO
pounds of plane and gasoline to
higher attitudes. Although the
flight plan had contemplated alti-
tudes above $4,000 feet, the BIS
never went above $4,000 even com.
ing across the Rocky Mountains.
A short time before sighting Cape
F1attery, northwest of Seattle, the
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
MANY NEW FABRICS
TOBE USED IN HOME
DECORATION SCHEMES

AKRON. O. Nov. U.R-Wall
covering materials n may last
for the life of building have been
forecast as a possibility within the
nexe five years.
Other types Of products to be
placed on the market within the
next several years may include an
upholstering material made OF fab
rio impregnated with synthetlcs
that will retain its flexibility 7ndef-
init initely without cracking. pe .s OF
chipping and which will Withstand
cleaning with common cleaning
material.
FRANKLIN Z. Lamb, chemical
products division OF the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co., predicted the
new materials in an address before
regional conference of the Ma
tional Assn. of Building Owners
and MANAGERS,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
WITNESS DENIES
FEC SERVICE BAD

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Nov.
N-UR-A s2l, 0OO,o0O jump in the
gross business Of the Florida East
Coast Railroad, from 1871 to 1e43,
was cited today by witness op-
posing a merger with the Atlantic
Coast Line.
Scott M. Loftin, trustee of the
FEC, declared that the jump was
,tom Sll 100000 in 1941 to S32, OO8,.
VV In 1913, years when ship serv
ice was almost non-existent anc
military railroad traffic was vastly
expanded.
L0l(ln, at an Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing, denied
u.sS'lmony by witnesses favorine
als merger on grounds that the line
az an independent had given I'm
ssau,Slactory service. He declared
, ms. me railroads bankruptcy II
was III part due to citrus Ship
NJ nel's by truck and boat instead
Oh rail.
cd nslerrlng to testimony by C. c
SS.oiln5milander, manager of the Flori
h a Dl'fus Exchange, he said TIA
os. .%eeh 1881 and 1941 the Elk
o. ssallse was giving the boat line!
u'ol pef cent Of its business and w,
"e a1sg getting seven per cent"
Mo-. II 5 hard TO understand how w,
ics : giving unsatisfactory serv
liz recounted vain efforts to ge
'A''iuea on Page Two; Col. S,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
RADIO CHAINS" SEEK
PURCHASE OF RADAR
SURPLUS AT DAYTON

WEST HARTFORD, Conn, Nov.
20. --P- Secretary Kenneth B.
Warner of the American Radio Re
lay League, national organization
lot Hams" (Amateur Radio Mem ,
said today it would be "only the act
of gracious nation to give equip
ment to amateurs who gave sc
much to the war. That's the Least
that could be done with il"
Informed by newspapermen thai
Hams" were complaining because
they were not allowed to purchas Sc
Air Forces radio and radar equip
ment stored in the open neal
Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio
Warner said he had not heard Of
the situation, but added:
Ppm not surprised to learn
there's a million dollars worth Of
stuff going to rot out there in Day.
ton. The whole surplus disposal
problem is a national headache,
and the whole policy is one OF
frightful, unavoidable waste"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
REDS LEAD RACE
FOR RICH SP0lLS
Four Thousand Communist
Troops Enter Man.
churian Capital

CHUNGKING, Nov. 20. -AR'-
Chinese Communists and Nation
alist forces raced today for strate-
gic positions within Manchuria,
said press reports which indicated
the Reds were in the lead OF the
contest with entry into Changchun,
capital of the huge territory.
Unofficial reports said General
issimo Chang Kai-shek's govern.
ment and Soviet officials would
soon open a new conference III
Moscow or Chungking on the crit
ical situation in Manchurla.
Four thousand Chinese Commu-
mist troops have entered Chang
chun, the, China Times said. The
newspaper made no mention as to
whether Russian forces had evacu-
ated the city. Unconfirmed reports
earlier had said the Chinese Reds
had seized airfields at Changchun
and other Manchurian cities.
National troops, exploiting last
weeks break through the Great
Wall at Shanhaikwan, drove 2;
miles through faint opposition te
occupy suichung, on the Tientsin'
Mukden railroad, 1870 miles south
west of Mukden, the China Times
reported.
But at Suichung, the Nationalist
still were nearly 400 miles from
Changchun, and had IS miles more
to 60 to the rail junction city o!
Chinsien, where Communists have
predicted the first big battle fol
the control of Manchuria will be
fought.
The Communists have declared
that Nationalist troops making the
drive into Manchuria were Ameri
can-armed and equipped, but Tient
sin reports said the fighters were
handicapped with warm weather
clothing while fighting in coun'
try already turned bitterly cold.
The unconfirmed reports of the
pending Nationalist-Russian con
ference said the Soviet had ad
vanced 20 conditions which
Chiang's government must NEE
before the Russians would permit
Nationalist troops to be flown into
Manchuria, removing the neces
sity for an overland drive.
Supplementing its demands fol
withdrawal of American Army anc
Marine forces in China, the New
China Daily News, Communist pub
LEGATION, charged that the United
States is converting the country
into an American colony"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
FDR Proposed Patrol,
Line, Richardson Says
l. ate President Voiced
Concern On British
Burma Road Plan :,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 = up -
Admiral ]. o. Richardson testifis ed
today the late Secretary Of Navy
quoted President Roosevelt in
October, 1910, as proposing the
ablishment of a patrol line te
Asia to shut japanese merchant
shipping off from the Americas.
The former Pacifci fleet com
mander also told a Senate-House
committee investigating the Jap.
anese attack on Pearl Harbor thai
in the same month State Depart
ment adviser was exercising q
greater influence over the DISPOSE.
ton of the fleet than I was"
Richardson recounted for the
committee a conference he said he
held with Knox on October TO-
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
R0TARIANS HEAR
SECURITY STORY

Lavina Engle, Social Security
director for region four told the
Ratary club at it's meeting yester'
day noon at the Friendly Cafeteria
that the population of the south-
eastern section of the United States
has changed in its age-group per-
centages as well as in size as q
direct result of the war.
Miss Engle, who is also connected
with several other allied govern.
ment agencies said, in 1910, nina
per cent of the population was over
IS years of age. BY 1880 she said
this figure will have leaped to
10 per cent.
Several reasons for this change
were advanced by the speaker in
Guiding the decreased numbers of
emigrants with their usually large
families; the decreased numbers
of large agricultural families, and
the longer life expectation Of the
average American.
Miss Engle traced the growth Of
government agencies which have
dwelt with various aspects of old
age and health insurance and Sc
curity.
II believe that there is a need
for some form OF insurance where
by the average American can re-
ceive better doctor and hospital
care in addition to some security
against loss of income due to sick
ness"
She defended the record OF the
government agencies during the
war years saying THAT in large
actions there are large amounts Of
waste and red tape" However
your average government agency
guards against the waste and red
tape becoming the most important
aspect of an operation"
Red tape, as it is called by
some people, is sometimes neces-
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
LUTHERANS ELECT
LUTHER G. BOLICK
BROTHERHOOD HEAD

SALISBURY, N. c., Nov. 20. -
tR-Luther G. Bolick of Hickory,
was elected president of the
Brotherhood of the Lutheran
Church in North Carolina today
at the organizations 23rd annual
convention here.
Other officers included E. W.
Wagner, Salisbury, vice president;
Fred R. Smyre, Hickory, secre-
tary; H. D. Frye, Hickory, exten.
sion secretary; Guy M. Beaver
Concord, treasurer and Arthur E.
Cress, Salisbury, statistical secre
tary.
The convention opened with ar
address by Zeb V. Trexler, Con
cord, president.
Erection of a Lutheran church a
Chapel Hill, was discussed during
the meeting as one of the major
projects. Plans provide for $50,
600 church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21

LAKELAND, Fla, Nov. 20-RE
Speculative furry today sent citrus
auction prices rocketing upward
after removal of governmental
price controls.
However, it was reported here
that the OPA is keeping a close
watch and is prepared to step back
into the picture should run
away" market develop.
So far, it is not a runaway
deal, since prices for the 10 big
auction markets as whole
Spokesman said, are still below the
former maximum under ceilings
Some individual sales of better
fruit were recorded at almos'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
Atrocities
MarkBattle
At Batavia
SOLDIERS CUT UP
British Reports Say Ex
trerr,iists Using Gas At
.Soerabaja Base
Nv KOHN BOWER

-.od Press Staff cores
lnl u'1 Nov. 10 W.Ei IN
Da a.;can-made Raj Thu oft
a alt. today dropped 5Co-pound
s h5,I1s on Indonesian strongp ,eaI
e'' .hs heart of semarang as fight
% wv hatween Allied troops and In
M llso Di Nationalists flared to
a aon intensity throughout Java.
Ta.ro we're pitched battles here
i4 .ha canital and at Soerabaja.
" Tho b British officially reported
INV INV atrocities, including the dis
= m 5 of live British soldiers
ep,ntured by Javanese extremists 5:
Tso official statement also said it
I las strongly suspected that ex-
i .ron,is+ elements were using gas
aad chlorine thrown in bottles" at
s S although the report was
moi substantiated.
THE London Daily Sketch re-
n,rtpd that advancing British and
indian troops discovered stocks OF
dsss bombs, containing what ap-
Ssared TO be chlorine gas in cap
hired Indonesian strongpoints. The
bombs we're crude affairs believed
/ n be Of japanese origin.)
The British said that Indonesian
casualties were 'unbelievably
ibisbo as compared with British
casualties.
Peace negotiations set for Thurs
day were seriously compromised
BY the latest fighting. Indonesian
Nationalist leaders said the new
DEVELOPMENTS much deteriorated
tae sphere of general peace and
order"
The Raj Thunderbolts, each
carrying 50O-pound bomb, hit the
lndonesian strongpoints 90 minutes
after an Raj Beaufighter dropped
leaflets warning civilians in the
area Of the coming attack. Pilots
said the headquarters building re-
ceived direct hit and that other
bombs fell nearby. --....-
The attack was ordered after
hdonesians last night made a
surprise attack on the town and
Grove a wedge between British
forces north and south of the city,
The Dutch news service Aneta re-
ported.
An Indonesian mob yesterday at
tackled British headquarters at
Semarang and was dispersed with
mortar fire after suffering about
50 dead, 50 wounded and $50 cap
tured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
DR.. Dorton Resigns Post
AS State VINO Director

cember, 1912, when he became
VINO director for the State when
that agency was set up to supply
war workers to plants in this state
and throughout the country, and
to administer the sterilization pro-
gram.
II came with the VINO in order
to do a war job" he said in his
resignation. Nov that the war is
over, feel that my job here is
finished"
DR.. Dorton, native Of Shelby,
will continue to make his home
there but his activities will be cen
tered here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 20-(P-
DR.. j. S. Dorton, director of the
State War Manpower Commission
and the State division Of the U. S.
Employment Service, said today
he had resigned effective Novem-
Der 30.
DR.. Dorton said he would return
to his former posts as manager
of the North Carolina State Fair,
the Southern States Fair at Char
lotte, and executive secretary and
trea of the Cleveland County
Fair at Shelby.
He has been on official leave OF
absence from these jobs since en-
tering the Federal Service in De-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
Citrus Prices Soaring
With Ceilings No1u off

phenomenal figures. The Hills
borough Packing Company of Tam
pa sold tangerines in the New York
Auction market at $13 a box, in
volving choice sizes but OF U. S.
No. 2 grade. The entire lot brought
an average of $11.50 box.
A batch of Indian River seedless
grapefruit of choice quality brought
S11.13 a box in New York for the
American Fruit Growers Of Matt
land.
Oranges were correspondingly
high, and Florida shippers and
growers were watching the situa-
ton with evident relish as they
foresaw period of bumper returns
through the holidays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21

DETROIT, Nov. 2o-(AP)-The United Auto Work
CIO) tonight called general strike OF the 525ooo
EMPLOYEES of General Motors Corporation but did not
nounce the day and hour set for the wakout.
The action announced by R. ]. Thomas, International
JAW President affects General Motors plants IN 20 states
but Thomas would not say whether all would be involved
simultaneously.
eve have set the strike date but do not want to
nounce it as yet, Thomas asserted
Thomas announcement climaxed succession of rapidly
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
WEATHER
,R ,aas 81 Standard Time)

~, Eastern Standard Time>
MeteoTo,oe: s. Weather Bureau)
.ndnp p0i7o 'soscal data for the "a hours
'V pm Yesterday.
Ian Temperatures
'ao n pin ou; 1870 am. so; 1870 pm. So:
Normal 81. w. minimum so; Mean SO;
Yea n am 80; 1880 am. Is; Lao n m ~:
Tota, = Precipitation
t0o incb ,of "a hours ending 7:3o pm
"'e inches. ''e flrst of the month
from 49, Tides de- For Today
T. S, s." GINS The Tide Tables published b,
as' and Geodetic Survey.
Nilnjng,ou High Low
e'0h - 11:1o am. 5.35 am
Easonboro 1., 1870 pm. $40 pm
'' inlet $50 am. 2:28 am
zig 7:ia $50; Sunset SOS pm; N Noon o
River sl I'm; Moonset s:ol am
an Tuesds'e@ d. Fayetteville. N. C. at
N''''nued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
WALKOUT DATE
VOT YET SET
Action Follows Failure Of Corporation To
Reply On Negotiation Proposal By Dead
line; Plants In Twenty States Affected
BULLETIN

DETROIT Authoritative close to high
ranging Workers (CIO said tonight
General Motors Corporation emf
poyes S TO begin at IL Am. (EST) Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21
FORECAST

North Carolina - Increasing cloudiness
~. Nv not much change in temperature.
e psln wednesday night beginning west
rortion Wednesday afternoon: THURSDAY
S Gn in east portion Thursday morn
ing,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-21

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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-09-14
New York Black Yankees Will Play
Memphis Red Sox Here Monday Mite

Whenever a Negro all-star
baseball team is selected by the
experts for publication, or by the
fans for actual participation in
the annual Negro East VS.. West
all-star game, the Memphis Red
Sox team is always we'll repre-
scented. The Negro American
Leaguers will have their crack
talent on display here at Travel
ers Field against the New York
Black Yankees in a night game,
Monday, September II, starting at
8 p. m.
Pitcher Verdel Mathis and
Catcher Larry Brown, and out
fielder Neal Robinson, the latter
homerun hitting champion of his
circuit for the past several years,
are the teams usual all-star Sc
leetions.
But not far behind them on the
same club are such top perform
ers as Jim Canady, Red" Long
ley, Jim Ford, Fred McDaniels,
Holland Hyde, Fred Bankhead
and Bob Reyes.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-09-14
ARKADELPHIA

The Jr. Choir of Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church of Arkadelphia
and Mt. Friendship Baptist church
of Curtis staged a singing con-
test Friday night, September 7,
here. The JrS. of Arkadelphia
won. Miss Laura Eva Hinkle
was the winner in selling the
highest number of tickets and was
given a two weeks pass to the
Royal Theater. Mrs. Wallace
Ivory and children are spending
a few days here with Rev, Ivory's
parents. Mrs. Alma Jet Blan-
chard of Little Rock spent a day
in Arkadelphia. Her daughter,
Florida Mae, who spent several
days with her grandparents,
Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Blanchard
returned to Little Rock with her.
S. c. SIP. Moses Flowers, son of
Savannah Helm, who is here on a
30-day leave was a visitor at the
morning services of Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church. He has recently
returned from foreign service. !.
Prof. and Mrs. r. l.. Jones and
daughter, Fon Louise, are back
home after spending the summer
in Independence, Kansas. They
report having a very enjoyable
vacation and are now ready for
school work. Miss Jones left
September Is for A. M. and N.
College where she will enter as a
senior. Misses Geraldine and
Annie Laurs Hunter are home for
few days after spending the
summer on the A. M. and N.
campus. They are leaving Thurs
day, September 10, to enter A.
M. and N. College as seniors. :.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-09-14
BRADLEY
Dorothy Mae Mitchell

Dorothy Mae Mitchell
The Mission and Jr. Church had
very nice services September q
Op>,nigg lesson read by Rev.
Adams. Sermon by Rev. How
ard, subject, "A Worker for the
Lord" Mrs. Mayosie BARREL
and sister are here visiting their
mother, Mrs. Mary BARREL.
Mrs. Hattie Jones and family are
here visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Sissie
Washington died August 80 and
was buried September S. Bro.
Marshall Parrish is on the sick
list. His son, Jesse Parrish, from
Kansas City, is here to see him.
His daughter is also here. j..
Mines. Rosie Young and Willie
Mae Martin and Vinie Wolling-
ham left Sunday for Chicago.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-09-14

The Red Sox last won the
Negro American League cham
plonship in 1889, but have been
close up every since. The New
York Black Yankees always play
a "bank-up" game and will show
some of the Stars of the East.
Manager Larry Brown has the
boys on their toes, hustling hard,
The players have been together
so long that the aggregation
clicks like a well-oiled machine.
Each season finds Mathis, Keyes
and chatham at the top of the
standing among pitchers. Rob-
inson, also a whirlwind defensive
ly, is a perennial challenger for
home run and extra base honors,
Hyde, who stole 80 bases last
season, has few equals in the base
running department.
The Red Sox are one of the best
gate attractions in Negro baseball,
for they can always be depended
upon to put on a brilliant ex-
hibition.