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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-14
Editorial Comment
NAVAL LOSSES


Release by the Navy Department of the full
list Of our combatant losses at sea during
three years and eight months of war provides
an interesting comparison with similar list
of Japanese naval losses made public some
time ago. They are much closer, NUMERICALLY,
than most persons might imagine who had
not followed carefully the progress of the
naval war in the Pacific.
Japan lost fifteen aircraft carriers, some of
them not much larger than our escort-carrier
class, to seven for the United States. Our
enemy lost four escort carriers to five for
the United States in the Pacific. Japan lost
fourteen heavy cruisers, the United States sew
en-; twenty light cruisers to three for the Unit
ed States; perhaps 100 to ITO destroyers to
fifty-six destroyers and five destroyer escorts
in the Pacific for our side and perhaps 1o0
submarines compared to fifty-two Only in
battleships was there marked disparity. ia.
pan lost nine Of her twelve. The other three
were out of commission at wars end. The
United States lost only the Arizona and the
Oklahoma, both of which were sunk in the
sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.-New York
Ti--~~.
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COURSE SLATED

Wilmington's first training course
for Scoutmasters in two years viii
begin at the American Legion
home, Third and Dock streets
Wednesday night at 7:30 pm, &C
cording to an announcement yester
day by the Rev. Mortimer Glover
leadership training chairman.
H. w. Wrinkle is Scoutmaster Of
the course, ]. M. Thomas, senior
patrol leader, Carroll Tinsley, jun
ior assistant Scoutmaster, and Joe
Barnes, quarterma ster.
Assistant Scoutmasters ga CT
week will include C. E. Goody.
koontz, Wallace West, F. S. Pas
chall, W. S. Cheaves, Royal L.
Mercer, c. w. Baker, E. H. Kend
rick, c. L. Bethea, w. P. Jones
E. M. McEachern, r. Brookes
Peters, R. J. Divine, B. L. PRINCE,
R. B. Howard, the Rev. Kermit
Wheeler, and E. l.. Croxton
Patrol leaders will be Frank
Jones, Jack Towel, Ben Jones, l..
D. HARRISON, r. H. Mann, c. R.
Johnston, Jr., Ed Howard, and
J. B. Sellers.
Others expected to attend the
course include George Tenuta,
Jack Craig. ]. W. Permenter, John
Conway, G. Y. Warwick, E. z.
Blanton, F. D. Love, Lawrence
Bowen, Frank Mccall, r. M. Pad.
rick, Sam Houston, Claud O..
Shields, Albert Wells, John Gym.
truk, Bernard App the Rev. viii.
liam A. Pool, c. Louis Shields,
McKoy Switzerland, w. z. Cor.
bett, Earl Biggs, Ed Allard, the
Rev. John H. Long, Macon Won.
BILE, Bruce Biggs, M. w. Gore, ].
v. Stanley, J. A. Thackston, Walter
VIM and c. W. Garrett.
All Scout troops to be organized
in the Together Plan have COM
pleted step five of the eight steps
in organizing a troop, according
to the Rev. Walter B. Freed,
organization chairman.
A "Get Acquainted with Scout
ing" conference has been held at
Southside Baptist church, Wesley
Memorial church, Brigade Boys
club, Cape Fear Presbyterian
church, and St. Mary's Catholic
church, the Rev. Mr.. Freed re-
ported.
The next step is to hold a troop
meeting, and each sponsoring in
stitution plans to do that next
week. In the meanwhile, the new
leaders will begin their training
at the Scoutmasters' Trainin g
course.
The Rev. Mr.. Freed expressed
the opinion that all these troops
should be registered before the
end of the month.
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307 STRIKE VOTES
ASKED BY UNIONS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- P-
Labor unions filed record-break'
ing total of 307 requests for strike
votes in S epte m ber and this
months tally may hit 900, the Ma
tional Labor Relations board re-
ported tonight.
Some NLRB offices xre aoins
nothing but taking strike polls, the
agency said, ''to the exclusion OF
handling any reconversion ques'
tons of bargaining rights and I'M
fair labor practices.
The voting results, in the first
full month of peace, showed work.
ers supporting strikes to l.
The report, the first issued by
NLRB on strike ballots taken UNI
der the Smith-Connally act, me
one day after several congresslon.
al leaders spoke out in favor OF
repeal of that measure.
The act requires NLRB 10 take
strike vote, upon a union re-
quest, after a 30-day interval. In.
stead of being the "cooling otL
device it was intended to be. crit
les say it implies government
sanction for strikes if the workers
vote for them.
J Chairman May O-Ky), of the
house military committee, said he
favored repeal and wished to start
hearing on that question as soon
as possible.
September's total of requests
for strike votes was more than oO
per cent higher than the previous
peak, the 1876 filed in June, 1919.
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Local Man Jailed In
Assault ATTEMPT Case

Benjamin Huffman, 47-year-old
ship caulker, SGT South Front
street, was arrested by city police
yesterday on charges of . assault
with intent to commit criminal as
sault on a seven-year-old girl.
Failing to furnish $500 bond,
Huffman was lodged in the New
Hanover county Jail. He is sched-
uled to appear before Judge H.
Winfield Smith IN Recorders court
for a preliminary hearing at 10
o clock tomorrow morning.
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Strikes Cripple Production
In Coal, Oil, Steel, Lum-
Der Industries
BY STERLING F. GREEN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-tRE
Two months after the peace, Wash
ington's warm optimism over re
conversion has chilled in many Of
fetal quarters because of strikes
and work stoppages in basic in
dustries.
Objective of the first month fol
lowing Japanese surrender was
civilian production starting and
squirting ahead of schedule.
Keynote of the second month
which ends tomorroW-was produc,
ton crippled in big segments Of
the coal, oil, steel and lumber in.
dustries, and threats of stoppages
in autos, trucking, shipping and
others.
Reconversion progress still was
considered good, in terms Of get
ting war debris out Of factor es
and setting them up for output Of
things that boost the nations liv-
ing standard.
But today the government re-
ported that requests for strike
votes from unions would soar to
about 600 in October, nearly
double September's record-break-
ing tally of 307.
Meanwhile the administration
had failed in its first big test of
persuasion to settle strike cases.
1t resorted to the wartime expedi-
ent of selling 50-odd refineries in
is states to get oil and gas flow
ing.
And government officials discus
sed, but did not act upon, pro-
posed revision of its wage-price
policy to cope with labor's nation
wide outcry for 80 per cent higher
wages to offset loss of war time
earnings.
Business leaders still spoke with
optimism of expansion and COM
ing high employment. In one big
survey only ten large cities saw
no change of rehiring all their
laid-off war workers.
Government went ahead, too,
with what it calls "de-control'
or knocking the wartime shackles
off the economy. On Monday these
curbs go out the window:
1. The ban on construction Of
new homes, stores, office and
hotel buildings, and public works;
also, the price lid on new dwell
ings.
2. All remaining priorities on
airplane passenger travel.
Yet the new mood of caution was
reflected in most Of these develop
ments of the second peacetime
month.
Rations: The government NOV
ed warily.
Meat rationing probably will
continue after Nov. 1; shoes will
60 off the list then only if produc-
ton jumps as it failed to do in
September; sugar outlook unchang-
ed.
Prices: The government held the
line.
OPA chung to its policy of
bringing new washers, ironers
and other long-sought gadgets back
at 1912 prices. Radios. 500, 900
of them by Christmas-will reach
the consumer at that price level.
Wages: The government stood
pat. .
President Truman reaffirmed his
policy of allowing general wage
boosts only where no price increase
results.
But aides of reconversion direct
or John W. Snyder pressed him
to declare for a 10 to IS per cent
Increase. Thew say it would push
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WILL HEAD BOND DRIVE

NCW 0CNN, Oct. I3.-JO Ohm G.
Dunn, .Jr., assistant secretary
treasurer of the New Bern Morris
Plan company and the New Bern
Building and Loan association, will
serve as Craven county's campaign
chairman during the Victory Loan
drive which will open October 20
Throughout the nation, it has been
announced by Leo H. Harvey, of
k1nston, regional chairman of the
state finance committee.
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AaioW WHAT tney 1aCe.-Ine E1ltoTs
To the Editor:
My story is very short. Some
people will agree with me and
others disagree.
I was discharged under the point
system. / got out of the Army
August 10. took a tWo-week va
cation and started to look for work.
The best I vas offered was $35 a
week. With wife and child, that's
not too good.
My best offer was the Whining
ton Police department. l was
treated like a man by Chief Cas-
teen and the ieutenants and SER
geants Of the force. / thank them
FOR their kindness and good treat
ment. Unfortunately there were no
openings till the first of the year,
but I was pretty sure Of getting
on a very good police force.
But I needed a job till there
would be a vacancy. So I went
out to the North Carolina Ship
building company. I was told that
I would have to start at the low
est wages. I worked on the guard
force under Chief Kennel. thought
l. would try it. l worked one
month. I was getting "a cents an
hour.
I say that a man who has been
fighting for his country should be
able to get the same wages on an
unskilled job as the man who has
been working on the same Job for
three years. Yet l talked with one
shipyard common laborer who was
getting 90 cents an hour.
I don't know whether it matters,
but we men who went over can't
help that we had to leave jobs at
home; but we sure did think while
we were over there that we could
rate the same wages as the man
who stayed behind doing his part
over here.
M/SGT. HEINZ GROHMAN
Wilmington, N. c.
October 10, 1945.
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TOP o. THE MORNING

II was not what people saw IN Christ
as a healer Of mems bodies that filled
them with the deepest wonder and drew
hardest upon their hearts: it was what
they saw in Him as the Physician of Souls.
'sWho is this that even forgiveth sins?"
The world had seen healers of bodies be-
fore; but here was one who cosid go down
the depths where human hearts ache and
there perform His miracle of healing as
easily as He could heal the bodies Of men.
-Peu,
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No football contest, says Grandpappy
Jenkins is as tough as the scramble to find
the place where you parked your car before
the game.
The worker bee has 5000 to 1900 eyes, &C
cording to Photographs. Gosh, after a hard
days work the bags under 'ern must be plenty
crowded.
Biologists predict IS years Of fair weather.
The only hitch to that, points out Zadok
Dun1kopf, they didn't say when they would
start.
Now that woven wood has been made prac-
teal it's feared Mother want be satisfied with
just moving the furniture around. She'll prob
ably want to reknit 1t, too
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-14

The Bank of England is PSI
years old.
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LETTER BOX
WHY HE RE-ENLISTED

Sergt. Heinz Grohman served seven
years in the Army, partly with the
First Allied Airborne Army in Europe
and participated in five campaigns, spent
forty-eight days as civilian seeking a
job that would support himself, his wife
and his child. Unable to find one, he
has re-enlisted in the Army and writ
ten this letter, as he says, 50 that men
coming home from overseas service may
know what they face.-The Editor.
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Uruguay produces no cr'de
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-02

HHOssssS
(c) He shall keep deposit moneys such
and only in such places the Commission may deter
mine He shall report the In detail to the Clerk
(d) He powers duties prerosaives
regard collection and custody Of state county school dis
tc and conferred by law to
collection Of county, township and school district
taxes upon real and personal property.
(e) He shall perform may prescribed
by Federal this superin
tndent Of Department Of Finance.
City Attorney:
Section 7S (a) City Attorney legal
attorney and counsel for the Commission
lains official give legal opinions
the affairs of the City Of Mount Clemens
Commission the Mayor. All opinions
writing a copy filed with City cerx:
(b city cases in courts and be-
legally city party
thereto.
(c) He shall prepare or officially pass upon all contracts,
bonds other instruments in writing which the city
and shall certify before execution their legality
correctness Of form.
He shall file in the office Of the City Clerk original
all franchises granted by the city, Of all contracts
agreements entered into by in behalf Of the city and Of all
constituting part Of the proceedings in all courts
legally constituted tribunals which the city together
with the data and information concerning the
e) charged responsibility calling
Of Commission and the
. .
~ l,e iA sch ohei uu'ieS as may oe suoScrioeo
by this charter or by the Commission.
fs) Upon the Of the CITY Attorney
by the Mayor its motion the Commission
tain special legal to handle any matter to which the ctv
- ps..S VI -. winch ~. ei'S mas al 'ere ior .he purpose
may provide compensation therefor.
OeSaS C'4H ofereasofeT
section 71o The Treasurer NAV anno,nt hi. oun dentv
subject to the written confirmation Of the Commission The
NAV terminate the s.t. IF his dev a. Measure nm
an written notice 70 the sperintendent Of the Denament
Tinance Such deputv sa noers and aho
use OF Ms o1cer except as the same may be from time
~ '. ea ~ ls superior OF ny Tie superintendent oi the
Assssess
a.ct,or n, III. A....or h.u ro...., Al. ~. roers
..t.d n .rd h.u =. ch.r,.d ,th ~. ~. d,e rosod no
assessing officers by the general laws Of the state
~ II hal make and prepare Al. regular and special
nt rolls IN the manner prescribed py this charter and the gen.
(s Ne shall be deputy Clerk
fa> -. h.u ,.r,orr, ~,ch oth.- +,.. . o. =. rr.rh.d
Tor him BY state law this or by the OF the
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-02

Section 1914 Not later than the third Monday in May the
Commission SHALL by resolution adopt the budget for the next
fiscal and SHALL in such resolution make appropriation
the money needed municipal during the ensuing
fiscal Of the city and provide for levy OF the amount
to be raised by taxes real and personal property
for municipal which levy shall not exceed
tiers M Of O cent of the assessed valuation Of al
real and property subject to taxation the city,
Public Debt:
Section 105 Commission also appropriate and levy
such further annually not exceeding threeenths OlO
per assessed value OF oil real and personal
property in the city be necessary to provide such funds
required the interest and principal the
falling due becoming payable during
year city and which be required to
provide interest and sinking fund to all such funded debts
Of the city do not mature serially.
Capital improvements:
Section 10S The Commission Is hereby authorized to levy
not exceed mills the assessed valuation
city for period Of exceed for the purpose
atng used for acquiring extending altering
repairing public improvements plants facilities any of ts
which city may, under the provisions Of this charter the
constitution or state law acquire alter enlarge; provided,
the proposition levying such tax TO create shall b
submitted to the Of the city who are the Of
property assessed taxation and lawful husbands end
electors At regular special election held y
the city, approved 3 majority voting theaon
Continued On Next Page
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Section go Whenever the Municipal Judge h act
pending before him in the Of his
such at the time the matter before him shall
by Associate Municipal Judge who shall be elected
the Commission taken the first regular meeting May
ing each city election at which Municipal Judge elected
full term OF office The Associate Municipal Judge shall hold
flee for the term Of office the Municipal
have the qualifications required
the office Of Municipal Judge In all Of his official
court proceedings the Associate Municipal Judge shall be
mated as municipal Judge The Associate Municipal Judge shall
receive salary OF not less than dollars
more than six hundred 600 dollars salary
oe set by the Commission at the time
ncpai Judge Is SET In the event Of the
OF TO act on the part Of both the Municipal Judge
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-02

Section Commission nave power duthory
establish ordinance Traffic Violations Bureau within the
Court under the Of the court clerk for the hand
vehcar traffic other than driving while under the
Of intoxicating liquors narcotics failure to stop In
Of accident reckless driving In such bureau
who has received notice in
under the ordinances Of the city within the time
charges notice paying prescribed fine
waived the and in writing pleading
guilty charge waving hearing court and giving
attorney clerk make such plea and such
Acceptance Of the prescribed fine and the power OF
attorney shall be deemed be complete sasac-
violation and the voator shall be given receipt
creation Of bureau by the Commission
deprive OF full and I'M
partial hearing court should such person choose.
Constable:
Section Si0. The Constable shall have like and
civil and criminal nature and in relation
service Of process civil and criminal conferred by
consabes townships He shall have also to serve
issued breaches Of ordinances OF the city The
Constable shall be the statutory fees OF
office and accounting Of such fees shall be made to the
the prescribed by state law In rules which
established for the regulation Of the conduct Of the Mu-
npal by the Commission The bond Of the Constable shall
corporate surety bond required Of consabes
townships and the cost thereof shall be paid by the Constable
The Police Chief from 70 time appoint police
officers by the Municipal Judge as additional
constables or to I'LL which occur In the office
Constable The Of bond Constable appointed
paid by the city, Whenever police sall serve ~
Constable the statutory fees which he shall In such ca
paciy shah be paid into the city provided In Section
$40 Of this charter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-13
Lincoln Elementary Grades
Provide Christmas Program

Scripture relating to the Christmas
story and hymns by the NTH and
sixth grade choir. The reading ot
the Scripture was done effectively
by Phillip Jameson. Children IN
the choir were: Lois Van Hoy,
Agnes Allen, Earilyn Dexter. Elsie
Harrington, Shirley Henry, Eleanor
Kirk, John Rcfalo, Beverly Smith,
Mary Alice Ladd, Donna J. Gunther,
Yvonne Semroau, Geneyieve Pol.
Yin, Donna Williams, William Stew
art, James Harwood. Robert Arm.
strong. Phillip Richardson, Buel
Flower. Agnes Bondie, Marilyn
Gruezke, Priscilla Harrington, Ellen
Leonard, Nancy Stawe, Eulala
Waters, John Yelinek, Roy Jewell,
Leon Liberty. Jack Saren, David
Royal, Carol Burger, Joyce Ackron,
Donald Avery, Phyllis Bushrow,
Leona Karnatz. Bonnie Hines,
Daniel Gross. Shirley McFall, Char
les Orrison, Beatrice Smith, Donna
Union, Shirley Waters, Laurence
Schanz, Grant Allison, Glenn Beas-
ley. June Belmore, Irene Bunton,
anthony Meta, Claude Woods,
Pearl Wilson, Connie Clark.
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City Tries New
Housing Approach

Ann Arbor, Dec. f3-Another ap-
proach has been devised by Ann Ar
Dor in hope Of reducing the hous-
ing shortage. A door to door sur
vey will be carried ont by the Com.
L.unitv Volunteer Service. in CO.
operation with the Office OF Civilian
Defense.
Each householder will be asked
Have you any available space n
your home you are willing to remit"
Mayor William F. Brown stated
Tuesday that the measure was tenn
porary. Permanent housing IS the
only solution for a growing city,
he said
The llFtings prepared from the
results o the survey will be avail
able to those seeking housing
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to the World. Handel. by the chill
dren and guests
The characters and choirs are
Characters chosen: Pedro. James
Tackman: little brother. Jon Fally.
woman. Charlotte Smith: the
weaver. Paul Jackson. the writer.
William Martin: the king. John
Williamson. the minister. Thomas
Schill; the old man, Joseph Kelly;
his son, Thomas RUSSELL rich
woman, lngrid Johnson; sister.
Gretchen FAX; candlemaker, Bruce
Begole: nurse, Marv Anne Magee;
children. Linda Isbell and Roberta
Mitchell; and nurse, Doris Rendek.
Visible Choir members are: Jill
Richardson Kathleen Jones, Patty
McMurray, Martin Bell, Robert Ms.
sly, Joyce Salem, Donna Gilbert,
Paul Smith. Richard Blodgett, Der,
nadette Hosman, Ardith Allison,
Shirley Bond, Rene Whitmire, Lee
Curtis, Donald Taylor, Patty Hick.
man. James O'Dea, Maryetta
Baugh, Robert Lord. George Wal.
lace, Janet Chapman, Philip White,
sell. Laurie Barenow, and Beverly
LOunsberry.
Invisible Choir members are:
jeanne DeBoer. Mary Jean Spen-
Ger. Janet Streicher, Mary Jean
Shaw, Faythe Miller. Eugene Ker.
sey. and David Thomas.
The program was presented by
teachers and pupils OF elementary
grades. Miss Ashby was in charge
of the music, and Miss Florence II.
Eddy. fifth grade teacher, was gen
eral chairman.
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Why Chimes Rang Given
by Students at Roosevelt

Choir Professional. Angels from
the Realms Of Glory, Smart, o
Come Al. Ye Faithful, Latin, by
children and guests; Scripture
Reading. Thomas Schill; Response.
Holy. Holy. Holy, Gaul, by The In
visible Choir: The Music OF the
Chimes. French, by the choir;
Miss Lillian Ashby, music director.
played the chimes: Finale was Joy
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-13

The story why the Chimes
Rang" by r. VI. Alden. was pre-
scented by the pupils Of the Roose-
Welt Elementary School this morn
ing. as their gift 10 their parents
and the community.
The program was: Numbers by
the High School orchestra, under
the direction OF w. d. Fitch; Christ
pas Song, Sicilian, all the children;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-13
Cooperative Will
Hear Paul Nelson

Paul Nelson from Central States
Cooperative. Chicago. Ill.,, will
speak at the Progressive Coopera-
tive annual dinner meeting Friday
evening. Dec Il, at Brown Chapel.
4. NJ. +. Church. S. Adams and
Buffalo SITS. Music and program
will be In charge Of Mrs. Edna Kerr
sey. Other speakers will be pastor
Rev A. Knowels and Robert John
ston. A round table discussion will
conclude the evening with Alder
man Frank Seymour as master Of
ceremony.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-13

LONDON-INS-Reuter report
ed from Athens Tuesday that the
Greek ministry OF justice had drop.
ped proceedings against 10000 cit.
liens who were either in prison
awaiting prosecution or against
whom charges had been brought.
More than $4,000 members OF the
left.wing ELIAS and FAN factions
were among those affected by the
ministry decision. the report said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-13

VIENNA -AP- Urgent appeals
for food and other vital necessities
TO prevent possible starvation in
some Austrian areas have brought
from UNRRA Director General Her
bert II. Lehman a promise that his
organization will so into action as
soon as funds are made available.
The pleas were forwarded to
UNRRA by Gen. Mark W. Clark.
American commander in Austria,
and by the Allied Council.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-13

LONDON-INS - The London
Daily Mail reported londay that a
mass program is being carried out
by terrorist organization against
$4,000 Jews left alive in Poland by
the Nazis. A Berlin dispatch to the
newspaper, based on circumstantial
evidence, said the Polish govern
ment and police were unable 10
cope with the organization Of mask.
ed terrorists.