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Evening star., 1946-04-16

being sent to Manchuria, were faced
with very serious handicaps. They man.
aged to get into Mukden but found
themselves blocked when they wanted
to move farther north. The Russian
forces blew up bridges and destroyed
railroads. as soon as they completed the
evacuation of locality.
While Chungking's request to Moscow
that the central government divisions
be allowed to use the port of Dairen to
move into Manchuria, in accordance
with the Sino-Soviet agreement of 1945
was turned down, the Communist forces
were moved through Dairen and by the
South Manchurian railways to Man
churia's capital of Changchun and
thence to Harbin.
The Chungking leaders suspect that
the U. S. S. r. wishes to establish a
Communist controlled government In
Northern Manchuria close to the Soviet
borders. The plan, as it appears to po-
ltlcal observers now, is to allow the
Central Government to establish itself
IN Southern Manchuria while an open
door between Russia and the Chinese
Communists should be maintained per-
manently in the north
The Soviet policy in Manchuria ap-
pears to follow the Iranian pattern.
The Russians give the impression that
they are living up to the treaties they
have signed while in fact they are
preparing puppet governments or are
leaving behind well-armed stooges to
further their political plans.
A similar situation apparently is
planned for Manchuria There is every
indication that the U. S. S. r. will do
its utmost to help the Yenan Commu-
nists maintain themselves in Chang
chun and Harbin in the hope that
direct contact between Russia and Com
munist China will be preserved. The
Red armies are prepared to finish the
evacuation of Manchuria by May /. The
blown-up bridges and destroyed railway
lines will make it very difficult for
Chiangs forces to replace them. The
troops OF Communist leader Gen. Mao
are expected to fill the vacuum in the
meantime.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Jopon's Election Results

~ @'SSNlVu NCSuItS
Almost complete returns from
Japan's first general election under
the new dispensation, with an elec-
torate doubled by woman suffrage
and aggregating nearly 10000, 900,
bear out prediction predictions
that the new Parliament would be
controlled by the conservative and
moderate parties. The score is as
follows: Liberals, 141; Progressives,
So; Social Democrats, 90; Co-opera-
tlves, IA; Communists, S; Independ-
ents, 8, and minor parties, 80.
For the outsider these party labels
need interpreting. Realistically
translated, we find that the So
called Progressives are doctrinally
the most conservative of all the
parties represented in the coming
Parliament-the former militarist
and lingo nationalist organizations
having been screened out by the
Allied high command and debarred
from participation in the elections.
Somewhat less conservative are the
Liberals, who head the poll. Taken
together, these two parties, with so
much in common, fall just short of
a majority in the coming Parlia-
ment and will thus form the back
bone of any cabinet. The large
block of Independents are ideologi-
cally not far from the two leading
groups and might be the third men,
Der of government fairly agreed in
general outlook and on basic policies.
The chief surprise of the elections
was the Unexpectedly strong show
ing made by the Social Democrats.
Though not nearly as radical as
their name suggests, the Social Dem
ocrats stand considerably to the left
OF the parties just mentioned in
their economic and social outlook.
Politically, their outstanding differ
ence from the conservatives and
moderates is their belief that the
status of the imperial house should
be modified, with the Emperor be-
coming a symbol, as in Britain,
standing above politics and with no
direct participation therein. Their
social progressivism can be judged
by the decisive victory won by one
of their woman candidates, Mrs.
Shizue Kato, long known as the
Margaret Sanger OF Japan" her
advocacy of birth control having
brought down upon her official per-
secution in prewar days. The Com
muniSts, open advocates of a social
revolution and the abolition of the
throne, got nowhere, with only five
seats in the coming Parliament,
despite the noise and tumult they
made during the campaign.
Setting at rest fears of many Jap
anese that victory of the conserva-
tive and moderate groups might
cause the Allied control to set aside
the elections, General MacArthur's
headquarters has indicated that the
results were satisfactory" thereby
turning down objections voiced be-
fore the Far Eastern Commission,
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Army Ground Forces

General Jacob L. Devers' Report
OF Activities of the Army Ground
Forces. World War II" is the story
OF the foot soldier. told in terms of
facts and figures that need no en-
belliShment to emphasize the vital
part he played in the winning of the
greatest war of history. The story
goes back to March 9, 1912, when the
Army Ground Forces first came into
being as an entity, under command
of the late Lieutenant General Les
ley j. McNair General McNair sue
cinctly described the mission of the
new organization as "to Create
ground force units and train them
so that they are flt to fight" He
meant fit to fight against enemies
which at that moment menaced
Moscow, Sevastopol and Egypt and
which, on the other side of the world,
had captured Guam, Wake, most
of the Philippines, Singapore, the
Dutch East Indies and Burma.
The task was to organize and train
cadres and regiments and divisions
which in a remarkably short time
were to mushroom into far-ranging,
formidable armies of co-ordinated
units OF infantrymen, artillerymen,
cavalrymen. tank destroyers and
armored forces. The ground forces
started In March, 1912, with % poorly
equipped divisions Of regulars and
National Guardsmen. BY VI Day
they had multiplied to SO overseas
divisions with an unexcelled record
Of heroic achievements from Nor
mandy and Anzio to Guadalcanal
and Okinawa.
The bitterness of their struggle is
attested by the fact that they suf-
fered 81 per cent of total casualties
OF the Army during the war, with
122,562 men killed in action. OF the
276 men who have received the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor, it is no
accident that AGF members gar
nered 239 and that most OF these
awards for bravery in combat "above
and beyond the call of duty" went
to infantrymen. The Army-and
America-are justly proud of the rec
ord of the trudging, always tired,
occasionally gripping but magnifl-
ciently courageous fighting men who
made up the unbeatable AGF team.
Evening star., 1946-04-16

especially by Soviet Russia, that the
elections should have been post
poned until the Japanese were more
politically conscious" Macarthur
Is known to feel that delay would
probably have resulted in a more,
rather than less, conservative Par
lament, as Japan's growing diff
culties might increase popular feel
ings of disillusionment, Illustration
and discomfort at bleak future.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Businesses Hundicupped

From the New Orleans Times Pcayune
Reno reports desperate" housing
shortage. 1t seems that unless more
room for transients can be provided
the city may not be able to reach its
new goal Of 10000 divorces this year, nor
carry out a normal expansion OF its big
gest single industry, which is lesalized
gambling.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
CertuinIy Not, Sab!
Prom the Kansas City Times.

fIVHt tIie hdHSHS City Times.
Enraged at the order of Chester
Bowles restricting the trading in cotton,
Southern Senators declare it's the work
of dictatorship. And these good Dem
ocrats. we presume, had nothing to do
with making anything Of that kind DOS.
nhle IN Washin9ton.
Evening star., 1946-04-16

Easter Seals are a penny each, a
dollar for sheet of one hundred.
A phone call to Executive 7450 will
bring to any inquirer any number
desired. The Office of the society is
at 1922 New Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1946-04-16

People who think of themselves
as atheists must have a terrible
time trying to account for the fact
that 1t was a mild winter in Europe
and spring has come early.
Evening star., 1946-04-16

The old woman who lived in the
shoe at least had the shoe to live
In. Lots Of people have nothing but
promises Of chance on a waiting
1iSt
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Washington Runaround

dSHlHStOn NunarOund
To the Editor of The Star:
In starting to deal with a grave
civic need, some public official must
hrst give 1t heed. He measures the
scope, and the cost he attests before it
appears in his budget requests.
The Board of Commissioners then look
1t Ger to see how and where they can
cut down the score. They pare off
hunk, and the rest (tho' they grudge
it, is relayed along to the Bureau Of
Budget.
That agency lowers the ante some
more and sends on to Congress the less
enlng core. The Senate votes, AYE"
but the House disagrees- the item
Is shunted to six conferees.
They argue while-but with fences
unmended and matters at home that
just must be attended-(and knowing
that folks in the District can't fight
'em they gently but firmly delete the
whole item
so now we are back again Just where
we started; the need has grown grayer-
1T hasn't departed! But Congress will
ask-tho' they've seen fit to fout it.
Why hasn't somebody done something
about it?' RAY H. EVERETT.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Our Armed FOrces-IV.
By George FieIdinq Eliot

ihs the fourth and last OF te. articles
United
national
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Opposes Daylight Deceit

To the Editor Of The Star:
was very much surprised and disap-
pointed to see your editorial advocatinp
setting the clocks an hour fast again
suppose there always will be some
people willing to resort to this trickerv
10 justify closing their Offices an hour
earlier but I thought you had more
honesty and more intelligence.
What Is the real effect of this deceit7
We are robbed Of an hour in the earIv
morning when we could eniov our
homes, our gardens, our children or our
dogs and cats, and sent home in the
middle OF the afternoon to start an al
ready long summer evening an hour
earlier. AS usual any benefits gained
by deceit prove to be hollow mockeries
Instead OF favoring legislation to au-
thorize the Commissioners to tamper
with the clocks of the District, it would
be better to advocate a law making it
illegal to use anything but standard
tlme. E. T. CEDERGREN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE ABOUT
OPA
FROM PAGE ONE

ion that, the way the Senate is
going, its bill in the end may pro-
vide for less price control than
the measure President Truman We
toed. He told reporters an effort
may be made to substitute that
bill when the Senate's legislation
reached the House, and send it
back to Mr.. Truman.
Additional decontrol amendments
are expected covering tobacco and
wood pulp. Barley told newsmen,
however, that a scrap over tobac-
co controls may be avoided be-
cause 1--WE r trying to get the
agriculture department to announce
there will be no ceilings" on tobac-
co products in any event. The Sec
rotary of Agriculture, instead of the
OPA, would have the final say on
agricultural price ceilings, as the
bill stands now.
Several other amendments are
pending in addition to the specific
decontrol provisions. They include
the controversial proposal by Sen
ator Taft (R.-Ohio) to give manu-
facturers and professors prices
which will cover cost increases, and
one by Senator Hawkes. (R.-N.J.)
to authorize Is per cent rent in
creases by next March 81,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11

sprinklered, unless plans for tear
ing if down r soon underway.
North Wing
I'VE found the northern wing
completely fireproof, and also feel
that the remainder of exits and
egresses throughout the hospital
property are sufficient for emer-
gency evacuation" Groom write.
Other public buildings dealt
with in the fire chiefs annual re-
port, show the following; 1.-THE
building occupied by Reeds, 20S
North Front street and the Cannon
Shoe company have bad fire es-
capes. They are rusted out and in
dangerous condition and should be
replaced" The building is owned
by john Rulfs.
Downtown Buildings
"The building occupied by City
Optical company and owned by the
Shrier estate, has fire escapes
which are rusted out and are I'm.
o04C, 4Col W4llOOWo are Od11CO dllC
the escapes cannot be reached from
the inside"
Fire escapes on the European
hotel, 104 South Front street, arr
in need of repair, and can be saw
ed if they are repaired immediate
ly."
1.-THE fire escapes on the Orto,
hotel are not large enough for
hotel of this size and should b.
replaced with more suitable ones
also the escape landings shouls
be changed"
looming House
"The building at 5R Princes
street is used as a rooming nous,
Or apartments. There is one fir
escape ladder which is tied up an,
cannot be used. This buildin,
should have proper escapes.
There are several fire escape
that are in good condition in tn,
fire district, which do not compl,
with the building code, as the,
do not give access to the ROOM"
A separate report was made t,
George L.. Stearns concernin,
buildings controlled by Communit,
Chest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
FIRM GETS
PAVING CONTRACT
Towles-Cline Construction
| Company Low Bidders
On Job

rbe Towles-Cline Construction
company Of Wilmington has been
awarded a contract to resurface
Sc miles of U. S. Highway Al IN
Pender county by the State Hisa-
way commission, according to an
Associated Press dispatch recelV-
ed here yesterday.
The award was made on a 10"
bid of $38, 117.60.
Other Contract
The highway commission also
awarded a contract for ~surfaclng
|3.S miles Of road in Bladen ana
Columbus counties to the Zelgler-
Cline Construction company o.
Fayetteville for SIG, 664.90.
Bids Rejected
For the second time, the com
mission rejected bids for the clean.
ing and painting of structural stee
and machinery on draw spans ovel
Newport river and Beaufort chan
mel on U. S. Highway 70 between
Morehead City and Beaufort.
AS on. the first advertisement
for the contract, the bids we're to-
high.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE ABOUT
BEAUTY
FROM PAGE ONE

and has brown hair and brown
eyes, In addition to being the third
ACL employee to enter the contest,
Miss Powell is also the smallest
entrant, standing a scant five feet
tall and weighing 108 pounds.
Also a native Wilmingtonian,
Miss Skipper is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Skipper who
resides on the Carolina Beach
road near the resort town. She is 5
feet 5 IL inches tan and weighs
1926 pounds, has black hair and
brown eyes. She is a business
school graduate.
Everything Ready
AS the contest closed for entries,
committees for various functions
of the pageant reported that all
was in virtual readiness for the
pageant.
Mayor W. Ronald Lane Of Will
mington will crown Miss Whining
ton" at the stroke of midnight, a
few moments after the judges have
selected from the field of IA en-.
trants the girl who will present thi.
city in the North Carolina mis-
America" contest at Wilson early
next month.
The judges decision and the
coronation will follow Immediately
after a 25-minute floor show featur
ing Glen Gray. Betty George, voca.
star with the Casa Iona band
and Bobby Hackett, trumpeter ant
star Of the Glen Gray floor show.
The girls will make their initial
appearance on the platform in
Lumina promptly at $3.50 pm, ap.
pearing in bathing suits to be judg
ed for figure and poise.
Gray to Judge
Subsequently, each contestant
will reappear on the stage in forma.
evening attire to offer her parti
cular talent for the judges deci
sion.
The judges will include Gler
Gray, Betty George, MI. and Mrs
Jake Wade Of Wrightsville Beach
and Bobby Hackett.
Other details Of the pageant pro
gram are being arranged by var
ious Jaycee committees and will
be arranged before pageant time
Meanwhile. arrangements are be
ing made to display in a downtown
store window the full list of valu
able prizes contributed for the con
test by several leading Wilmington
merchants. The display, the Jay
Gee committee said, will include
individual professional portrait,
and photographs of each girl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11

he posed to make good his escape.
Immediately after his escape the
law enforcement officers of North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia were alerted at the re-
uest of New Hanover county Of
ficers.
Story OF Break
According to the story Of the
break as learned from authoritive
sources; Bryant was being held in
a cell and Wednesda.i night, June
2e, city police officers arrested a
man on charges Of intoxication.
The arrested man had $205 on his
person when he was carried to jail.
His money was taken and kept in
a safe place by the %jailer. The
intoxicated man was locked in the
same cell with Bryant. He told
the jailer to call him in a "few
hours" and he would post a SIS
bond.
JdAAOIS ONdAlSCU
At midnight a change Of %jailors
was made. The second jailor, 8
new man, was not acquainted with
either Bryant or his cell-mate.
Word was passed between the two
%jailers as t the disposition to be
made Of the prisoner who had beer
booked on the intoxication charg
Sometime later the jailer was
called to the cell being occupied
by Bryant and the intoxicated
man. Bryant posed as the new
prisoner and said he was ready tt
be released. The jailor unlocked
the cell and Bryant came out anc
asked that the $25 bond be taker
from his $205 and the balance re.
turned to him. The jailer refund.
ed the money to Bryant and he
took leave of the Jail.
Several hours passed before thu
change of man was discovered
and meanwhile Bryant was getting
farther and farther from his eel
and the man he left behind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE @
MOLOTOV
FROM PAGE ONE

four-power inter-Allied control over
all German industries and over
the key Ruhr plants in particular.
The Ruhr now is administered ex-
clusively by the British.
Drafting of a plan to assure Ger
man reparations deliveries to the
Allies as a means of furthering the
complete military and economic
disarmament of the Reich.
Molotov's statement on the need
for German GENERALIZATION placed
him squarely at odds with Georges
Bidault, French president and for
eign minister.
At Odds With French
Bidault declared that France
would discuss GENERALIZATION of the
Reich only after Germany west
ern boundaries have been fixed.
The French have asked that the
Ruhr, Rhineland and the Saar be
separated from Germany.
Molotov declared it was ''easy
to understand that without the
Ruhr Germany cannot exist as an
independent and stable state"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE O
HILLMAN
FROM PAGE ONE

presidency of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America when
it was founded four years later, in
1914.
Worked Tuesday
Hillman worked Tuesday in his
office at IS Union Square in New
York City and returned late in the
afternoon to the home on the south
shore of Long Island where the
family has summoned for IA years.
He arose at 1920 Wednesday
morning but complained that he
did not feel well and returned to
his bed where he lapsed into I'm
consciousness almost Immediately,
members of the family said.
At his bedside were his wife, the
former Miss Bessie Abramowitz
whom he married in 1916; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Selma Lerner, his SON
in-law, Irving Lerner, and grand.
daughter, Dorothy Lerner.
Another daughter, Mrs. Milton
Fried, is in Paris where her hus
band is attached to the American
Embassy
The body was brought to New
York City to the Riverside Memoir
ial home. The funeral will be helc
Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE ABOUT
HOSPITAL
FROM PAGE ONE

to take are of its patients in the
safest way which can be found, -
he said.
Annual Report
In his annual report to Acting
City Manager j. R. Benson, Chief
Groom disclosed that a number OF
other Wilmington public buildings
have inadequate fire escapes.
I'm my opinion, my recommends
tons should be put into effect i'm
mediately to increase the safety
of James Walker hospital" he
fire chief said.
The fire chiefs recommendation
were included in a letter address.
ed to Mrs. B. B. Holmes, superin-
tendent, and to the board of di.
rectors of the hospital.
Parmele did not say whether the
board has received the official let.
ter.
Escape Ways
sections which are not ade.
quately equipped with sufficient
egresses are the baby ward in the
Marion Sprunt annex, and the wait.
ing room in which mothers are ken
in the maternity ward" Chief
Groom wrote.
The inspectors, who included
Chief Groom, City Building In.
spector Gilbert Morton, and Sher.
wood Brockwell, State fire marshal
recommended hat stairways be
built at these two places. and fur
ther advised that the new wing be
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE ABOUT
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

Roger Smith, Gary Herring, and
Troy Barr.
WIRED FOR SOUND - Those
buildings in the background might
interest you, too. The one on the
far left is the Acme building. The
n in the middle is the Wilmington
Morning Stars first home. And
the one on the right, no longer in
existance, is evidently somebody's
residence. Anyway it stood where
the Cape Fear hotel stands now.
The grass the boys are occupying
is, of course the lawn behind the
post office.
That's about all we can tell you
about the picture. We're just sor-
ry it isn't wired for sound so that
it could speak for itself.
That sweet music would really
watt you back to the good old
days of the 1920's.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE ABOUT
TREK
FROM PAGE ONE

ficers. It was learned here last
night that the escapee gave in.
dications that he would shoot it
out with the %arresting officers in
the Texas city. However, the
Texas officers had no trouble in
placing him under arrest.
Sheriff c. Davis Jones' office
here received word from Edward
Scheidt, special agent in charge of
the Charlotte office Of the Federal
Bureau of investigation, of the ar
rest Of Bryant.
Back To Bastile
Plans are now being made to
return Bryant to Wilmington to
again be placed behind the bars
of the New Hanover county jail.
Bryant, 81, was being held in
the local jail in connection with
the breaking into Of Kingoffs
Jewelry store the night of January
Is. Bryant had been confined to
jail since April 20 on which date
he was returned to this county
from Houston, Texas.
Four-Watch Haul
At the sine Of his arrest he pur.
portedly confessed to the taking
C four watches. He told arresting
officers that he had sold three
of the watches for $25 each.
Bryant escaped from the loca.
jail after posing as a fellow cell.
mate and had on his person at the
time Of his un-sponsored departure,
$3.50 belonging to the nan for whom
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
MORE ABOUT
TOBACCO
FROM PAGE N

Of the season coming Tuesday
night, Reaper predicted that should
not weather follow this downpour,
the percentage OF loss would be
much greater.
In Ransom and Bolton counties,
located in the eastern section OF
the county where the rainfall has
been heaviest over so per cent
of the crop has been drowned,
Raper said. Farmers in those
areas will lose from 80 to 40 per-
cent of their entire crops, he added,
predicting that a baking u would
bring about the same percentage
of loss throughout the entire coun-
ty, if It should appear before the
ground has assimilated the mois-
ture.
Excessive rains have fallen al.
most daily here for the past two
weeks with Tuesday nights down.
pour the heaviest to date. Tobacco
prospects in the county had beer
the brightest in years.