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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
OFFICIALS WARN
OF WAGE HIKES
-Control Board Told
Prices Must Be Rolled
Back To June Level

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14-U.H-
Two administration officials in
jected themselves into the food
price row Wednesday night with a
public warning to the Decontro]
board that failure to roll back food
costs will force a complete over.
haul of the nations wage st-uc.
ture.
1t was the first open Intervention
by government spokesman since
the three-man board started its
food hearings Monday, and it came
at a bad moment for the trio.
Only a few hours earlier, the
board members heard themselves
accused by a group Of Southern
farm leaders of staging a mock
trial. on the food problem.
Must Act Soon
The harried board members have
until Aug. 20 to decide whethe.
controls are to be restored on grain,
meat, dairy products, soy bean;
and cotton, whose controls, under
the new OPA law, will go on auto.
matically Aug. 81 unless the board
rules otherwise.
The first administration pressure
came from the Wage sterilization
board which released a letter writ
ten to the three de-controllers by
WSB Chairman w. Willard Writ
and Vice Chairman Philips L. Cor
man.
Wi-tz and German, presidential
appointees, are the public men,
bers of the board which also in
cludes two representatives of labor
and two Of industry.
Warn OF Changes
Their letter recommended strong
ly that food prices be rolled back
to June 80 and warned that failure
to do so would force at least five
major changes in the wage stabili-
cation program.
They said wage and price stabili-
ty had been substantially achieved
on June 80, the day the old price
control law died, and that the same
stability must be restored now.
They listed these five changes in
the sterilization program which
they said would be necessary il
food price ceilings are not re-
stored:
i Upward revision of the stan
dard which permits a 80 per cent
wage boost to compensate fo- cost
of living increases since Jan. l,
1871.
New Wage Standards
q Establishment of a new sci
of wage standards "if as a practi-
cal matter they could be devised
and administered effectively"
8 De-control of wages in in
dustries in which food prices are
de-controlled, which would make it
See WARNING on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
No Decision

No report was received last night
on the expected decision by the CT.
william Production administration
on the application of the Robert
son Chemical corporation, Norfolk,
Va, to convert its newly acquired
War-surplus building on the North
east Cape Fear river into a mod
ern fertilizer factory.
The corporation was seeking pr
NIT to convert the structure, not
a priority to obtain materials to
do SO. The materials, company Of
flclals explained. are already on
hand. Only an official nod from
CPA was needed to allow the con-
version work to 90 ahead, the COM
pany official said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
POLITICS BOOTS
FAMED DYNASTY
Capital Stunned By Unex-
pected Defeat OF Young
Bob Lafollette

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. -UD-
The nations capital was stunned
Wednesday night by the primary
election defeat of Sen. Robert NJ.
Lafollette, Jr., which ended a 40
year senatorial dynasty and re-
moved the family name from Wis
consin politics for the first time
since 1885.
young Bob" was defeated for
denomination On the Republican
ticket by youthful Circuit Judge
Joseph R. Mccarthy, a Marine
veteran backed by the Wisconsin,
state COP.
Democratic senators remaining
in Washington, who had served
with Lafollette, deplored his de-
feat. Sen. Claude Pepper, demo-
crat of Florida, said that it proves
to the country again that the Re-
will not have a real
liberal in their ranks"
With Lafollette's defeat, the one
time powerful pre-war senate iso-
lationist bloc lost another stalWar:..
Two other leading members of that
group-Sens. Henrik Shipstead, Re-
publican of Minnesota, and Burton
K. Wheeler, democrat of Montana
were removed from the senate
in recent primary contests in their
states. A third, former Sen. Gerald
P. Nye, lost a comeback attempt
in North Dakota.
On the basis Of these various
elections, the CLIO Political Action
committee upped its claim of
scalps to "A members of the 18th
congress marked for PAC purge"
1t added Reps. Thaddeus Wasiel-
ewski, democrat of Wisconsin, and
Butler B. Hare, democrat of South
Carolina, to its 1916 ''box score"
applying to defeated incumbents
or incumbents who are not seek
ing reelection.
Major results in other contests
included:
Wisconsin: Gov. Walter S Good
land, 8~3-year-old self-styled tough
old codger," won denomination de-
spite the refusal of the state Re-
publican convention to support
him.
South Carolina: Judge ]. Strom
Thurmond and DR.. James Mcleod
led a field of II candidates for
the Democratic gubernatorial NOM
nation, an will face each other in
a run-off election September 8.
Gov. Ransome J.. Williams ran
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
BOILING UPWARDS
Coffee Price Increases
Set By OPA Sanctions

ment that prices for cotton gar.
ments made from basic grade
textiles are going up. six to
eight per cent.
Result From Hikes
Both clothing increases, to
be put into effect soon, result
from price hikes of 10 to Is
per cent on cotton textiles,
which were required by the
new price control law, OPA
said.
Housewives will pay the high
er prices on coffee and dry
beans, the agency said, as soon
as grocers make their first
purchases of these items at
higher ceilings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
County Bids
To Acquire
Land Title
Engineer To Draw
Up Report On Blue
thenthal Field
SEEK SURPLUS ACRES
County Now Owns GA Of
Fields Total OF 1,225
Acres OF Land
By r ,YIRSCH

New Hanover county's bid
to acquire official title to the
GIL acres of land and surplus
buildings still owned by the
Federal government at Blue
thenthal airport will move a
step nearer realization today
and tomorrow when two Charlotte
officials of the Civil Aeronautics
administration undertake the final
formal survey of the $11, 600, 900 all
terminal.
The survey, a toothcomb inspec-
ton of the huge installations COM
plete facilities, is the forerunner
TO the ultimate transfer of the gov
ernment-owned property to the
county from War Assets admins
tration, the Federal surplus prop
erty agency in whose hands the
property now rests.
Submit To Washington
The inspectors - Joe Norwood,
CAA district airports engineer,
and B. A. Waldermaier, his as
sistant - will draw up a report and
recommendation from the findings
of their survey and submit it to
the WAA in Washington for further
action.
If the transaction develops as
expected, the county will have title
to the entire airport and all its
facilities Exclusive of military
barracks) before the end of this
year. The county now owns Ga
acres of the fields total 1925 acres
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

Both Hungary and Bulgaria
presented their cases, the third
and fourth Of Hitler's satellite
nations to appear before the
conference. Like Italy and
Romania before them, each
asked for leniency and each
protested it had not aided the
Nazi war machine to the ex-
tent the Germans had demand
ed.
Admits Crimes
Janos Gyongyosi, Hungarian
minister of foreign affairs, ad-
mitted his nation had turned
against the just cause OF all
people" in the war, but he
pleaded for PREPARATIONS penal
See GREEKS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
HOUSING PROJECT
PROSPECT BRIGHT
Local VFW Post Seeking
To Secure Lake Forest
Units For Vets Il

The chances that the proposed
Veterans H ousing cooperative
may acquire the 584 surplus
masonry units at Lake Forest for
veterans desperately in need OF
immediate housing took a turn
toward the bright side last night
in a progress report read before
the members OF the James A. Man.
ley Post No. 2573, Veterans Of
Foreign Wars.
Officials To Come Here
The report revealed that two
Federal Public Housing authority
officials will come to Wilmington
shortly to confer with Post Com
mander Edward c. Snead, Col.
John Bright Hill, VIEWS attorney,
and the VFW executive COMMITTEES
on the proposed housing purchase.
The conference will center on
priority regulations and allied mat
tiers surrounding the proposal.
May Form Cooperative
The movement to buy the sur
plus buildings was started by the
Wilmington VFW. The National
Council of the VFW, at the request
of the local post, asked the FPHA
to send the two officials 10 the
city to delve into the proposition.
If the conference and subsequent
negotiations are successful, an
independent cooperative Of local
veterans will be incorporated
which, in turn, will purchase the
Lake Forest houses.
After hearing the report last
night, the post indicted 36 new
members with Norwood S. West
See HOUSING On Pare Txvo
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
So To Bed

"A profound illustration Of the
profound difference between
male and female psychology
was brought out clearly and
strikingly last night BY the
hundreds Of telephone calls
The Star received about the re-
suits of the Wilmington-Clin-
ton baseball game in Clinton.
The men wanted to know the
final score.
The ladies also wanted To
know the final score.
But the ladies lbless 'em)
wanted to know something
else, and they all asked the
same question with the same
feeling of eager anticipation.
"Was there another fight?"
Weaker sex?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
TOBACCO PRICES
SHOW INCREASES
Average Hits $5S.32 In
North Carolina Towns
In Border Belt

Tobacco sales on the floors OF
warehouses in five North Carolina
Border Belt tobacco markets re-
ported a slight increase in the
average per hundred pounds Tor
sales Wednesday as compared 10
Tuesdays sales.
The tobacco brought an average
of S58.32 per hundred pounds yes
terday for the 2,342,8 0 reported
sold on the five marts. Tuesday
sales were reported to be over
1000, 900 pounds at an average OF
$3.50.
Fair Bluff
The Fair Bluff markets report
ed a total sales of 1872, 524 pounds
for an average of $59.98. C.. B.
Townsend, supervisor of sales,
said that 199.447.89 was paid to
growers.
Tabor City
Willard C. Cole reported the
Tabor City marts had sold 331,l84
pounds of the weed at an official
average of $500 per hundred. The
prices we're holding steady on the
market and only a small amount
of tobacco was covered by the
sterilization program which went
into effect Tuesday.
WhitevilIe
The daily average continues 10
rise on the Whiteville market, Walt
-er' H. 'Pararaore, supervisor OF
sales, reported 1,078, 1878 pounds
were sold for an average of $s8.6a.
He said that 1898 ,081.53 was paid
to the farmers yesterday.
Fayetteville
Additional buyers were joining
the market at Fayetteville as the
prices were steadily increasing.
All floors were cleared yesterday
with 264, 10 pounds sold for an
average of 5000.
Chadbourn
Hugh Nance, supervisor OF sales
at the Chadbourn market reported
1886, 908 pounds had been cleared
bringing an average of $56.67 per
hundred pounds.
Other Markets
Official figures were not avail
able from the Clarkton, Fairmont
and Lumberton markets. Unot-
fetal sources report that the sales
were brisk at these places and
the farmers seemed to be we'll
pleased with the prices offered
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
PEACE, IT'S WONDERFUL!
Greeks Brand Bulgaria
As terminal Nation"

PARIS, Aug. n R Bull
oarja appealed to the 81 nation
noace conference Wednesday
{or the return Of Western
Thrace from Greece, and drew
singing reply from the
creeks branding her as a
,rimipal nation for whom the
oroposed treaty draft already
vas TOO lenient.
Soviet Backing
The Uk-ainian Soviet Repub-
liz Immediately supported
~Bulgaria's claim to the terri
.ory coded to Greece after
World War I, and charged that
Creek policy was "instigated
trom abroad" Poland's dele
pste declared Bulgaria de-
serves an "indulgent peace"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
The Weather

FORECAST
North and South Carolina: Partly
cloudy with little change in temperature
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30a 70; 7:30a II: 1:30p "a; 7:3op 10.
Maximum IS; Minimum So; Mean "a;
Normal 10.
Humidity
1:30a 81; 7:30a "a; 1:3op 4e; 7:3op 70.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 p.m..
300 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
4.23 inches.
Tides For Today
from the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ---------- IL :2sa 6:23a
11:56p 6:32r
Masonboro Inlet -------- sofa 3:12a
s:32p 3:21r
Sunrise s:33; Sunset $50; Moonrise
9:0lp; Moonset 8 :O6a.
Wednesday-S.4 feet.
River stage at Fayetteville at 8 am,
See THE WEATHER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
KEY INDUSTRIES
HIT BY STRIKES.
Ssamen Walk Out In II
Major Ports Along
Great Lakes

CLEVELAND, O., Thursday,
Aug. l5.-UR-A seamen's strike
that threatened a general tie-up of
Great Lakes shipping, upon which
many of Americas key industries
depend, began early today when
crews walked off their ships in II
lake ports.
Begun Earlier
actually, the strikes had begun
several hours earlier in at least
slSnt ports-Cleveland Chicago,
Duluth, Detroit, Erie, Milwaukee,
Toledo and Buffalo-where sea-
men ignored the midnight strike
deadline.
Inc strikers, members Of the
Nalonal Maritime Union (CIO),
were seeking chiefly a reduction
y the work week from Sc to 40
lOurs and preferential hiring OF
Union members.
threatens Shipments
Iue strike, which threatened to
palalyze shipments through the
u.esl Lakes Of iron ore, and other
.s| materials Of American indus
w. began without further word
L..a Washington, where NMU
S sauers' headed by National Presi.
f sn' Joseph Curran, met in con-
o. .l; session with federal con-
MAJORS and representatives Of Is
Nv caalrman John Rogan of the
~'O' strike strategy COMMITTEES
zee SEAMEN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

kindly porter. The name of his
car intrigued him more than
a little and, he jotted down
the name for future reference.
And as fellow passengers
smiled and expressed good
wishes for his success at Ak
ron, he grinned and acknowl-
edge to all that train riding is
something else"
Bubbling Over
And like all 12-year-old boys,
Tommy bubbles over with
questions some Of which would
stump even a veteran rail-
roader let alone his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. R. William
son who are making the trip
See DERBY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
THE RUSSIANS AGAIN
Friction Develops
In Austrian Occupation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14-U.D
= Serious friction between
American and Russian occupa-
ton commanders in Austria
was revealed Wednesday in a
formal u. S. Army report
charging that the Soviets are
hampering Austria's political
and economic recovery and
have refused to cooperate with
the other occupying powers.
Long Complaint List
The report, issued by Gen.
Mark w. Clark, American COM
mander in Austria, was high
lighted by a long list of COM
plants against the unilateral
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

actions taken by the Russians.
Clark accused the Soviets Of
aogging all of the country's
gasoline, which is produced
exclusively in the Russian
zone, at the expense of the
American, British and French
forces which share the occupa-
ton.
Russians Take All
He said the Russians insist
ed on getting their full allot-
ment of gasoline for July, leav-
ing nothing for the other arm
les. As a result, he said. the
See FRICTION on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
PALESTINE JEWS CALLED ON TO REVOLT
IH<HMST BRITISH AND TO FORM ARMIES;
CAA OFFICIALS TO SURVEY AIRPORT HERE
OFF TO R DOWNS!
OFF TO DERBY DOWNS!
Tommy Williamson Carries City;s Hopes
For National Soap Box Honors In Akron

quest of more Soap Box
Derby honors.
Championship Medal u.
With his Wilmington cham
pionsaip gold medal dangling
from his belt, Tommy has been
agog with excitement ever
since Mayor and Mrs, Ronald
Lane bid him goodbye at the
train in Wilmington. He smil-
ed broadly when The Star
photographer Shot him as he
stood on the steps of his Pull
man car. And five minutes
later he was on a tour of dis
covery all his own.
Likes Train Riding
In no time at all he found
the cafe lounge car and the
button which summons the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
BY JACK c. LUNAN

GOLDsBORO, Aug. IA CEN
route to Akron with Tommy
williamson - The most ex-
cited passenger on the Washing
ton bound ACL train Wednes-
day night was Wilmington's
Soap Box Derby champion,
Tommy Williamson.
It just happens to be Tom
my's very first train ride and
he is getting more thrills per
mile than a seasoned auto rae
er at the indianapolis speed
way on Decoration Day.
And he is a happy boy as he
wends his way aboard the old
iron horse enroute to Akron in
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Underground Government
Sought By Organization
Five Jews Wounded In Haifa BY Police
Swinging Batons Following Funeral
Of Three Riot Victims

JERUSALEM, Aug. 14-(AP)-The secret radio Of
Irgun Zvai Leumi, illegal Jewish organization, summoned
all the Jews of Palestine Wednesday night to a general
revolt against the British and called for the formation OF
an underground Zionist government and army.
The broadcaster urged that Irgun and two similar re-
sistance movements-Haganah and the Stern gang-com-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

See BLUETHENTHAL on Page Twt
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

See r on Page Two
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See REVOLT On Page TIVE
Evening star., 1946-07-03

oath, said that it made no personal
difference to him If the Supreme
Court should find that title was in
the Federal Government. But by
February he had shifted his
ground. He swore: Il have a def
mite and personal interest to the
extent that I derive and probably
will continue to derive income from
the tidelands."
Mr.. Pauley also swore that he had
not presented his viewpoint as to
the tidelands to the then ATTORNEY
General, Francis Biddle. Later he
was equally positive that he had
made representations to Mr.. Biddle.
President Truman's charco
drawing of good public servant"
is a likeness of Edwin w. Pauley.
1t was Mr.. Pauley's defeat as Under
secretary of the Navy that he
mourns as Niobe over her children.
This is the good man" whom SEN
ator Tobey and I opposed with the
result that the President cannot in
duce others equally as good to
undertake Federal jobs!
The Presidents letter is all the
more extraordinary when it is con-
sidered that Senator Tobey has
crossed the party line more than
Evening star., 1946-07-03

are also food and indispensable food
at that.
Whom the Gods would destroy
- ="
Copyright l94B)
Evening star., 1946-07-03

reason and is eXplainable only on
the basis of popular inertia and po-
litical incompetence combination
that has brought us to the verge of
Evening star., 1946-07-03

ley nomination was sent to the SEN
ate, Laughing George E. Allen
was already in a foxhole in the
White House while stalking bigger
game.
When the Pauley nomination was
sent to the Senate, Commodore Var
daman was already naval aide with
a sight draft on the Federal Reserve
Board for a pair of shoes too big
for him. Col, and soon to be Brig.
Gen. and sooner to be Mai. Gen.
Vaughan was military aide and
Robert E. Hannegan was Postmaster
General
Gang" Not All Missourians.
"The unwarranted attacks on Mr..
Pauley," petulantly charged against
Senator Tobey and me were not re-
sponsible for the appointment of any
one of these unfit men. Nor of others,
either, as matter of fact. The
truth is that President Truman,
with few notable exceptions, has
not been able ito get good men to
fill the necessary places in til
Government because of his s.ilure
as leader and because - is totally
surrounded by the "-|lSsouri gang"
Evening star., 1946-07-03

all of whom, however, are not from
Missouri.
The President wants it to be
known that Mr.. Pauley is "a good
public servant" He has said that
Mr.. Pauley did good job in Russia
or in Japan. Just what did Mr..
Pauley accomplish either in Rus
sia or in Japan, President Truman?
Or do you regard as "a good public
Servant" a man who gave assur-
ances to high public officials that
he could collect money for his
party from California oil men if
they could be assured that the Fed
eral Government would not attempt
to assert legal title to the lands
rich in oil that lie off the California
coast?
The President is represented as
having taken exception to the ''tac-
tics employed in opposing Mr.. Pau
ley" Apparently the President did
not read the record of the Pauley
hearings. If he had he would ask
the district attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia or the Attorney
General why Mr.. Pauley's testimony
has not been laid before a grand
jury to determine whether an in
dictment for perjury should or
should not be brought.
Testimony at Hearings.
At the hearings on January 81,
Mr.. Pauley testified, under oath,
that he had done nothing to hasten
the tidelands legislation then pend
ing in the Congress.
On February the same Mr.. Pau
ley said that he had done all that
he could to further this legisla-
ton.
On January 81 Mr.. Pauley said
that he was personally in accord"
with letting the Supreme Court de-
eide whether it was the United
States Or the State of California
that had title to those tidelands.
On February 4 he said, MY per-
sonal feeling is that I would rather
not have the suit, of course
On January 81 Mr.. Pauley, under
Evening star., 1946-07-03
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What is the letter postage rate
to Canada Pc. Y.
A. The Post Office Department
says that the letter rate to Canada
Is the same as for this country
Three cents an ounce for regular
mail and 8 cents an ounce for air.
mail.
q. Where should I write to find
out about Government allotment
check which was mailed to my old
address and then returned to the
! Sender?-E. w.
| A. You may address a letter to
the Office of Dependency Benefits.
2I3 Washington street, Newark ..
N. j., for information on your allot-
ment check.
Q. Is person much safer from
lightning indoors than outdoors? ?
j. E.
A. Almost anywhere indoors Is
safer than outdoors during thun-
derstorm. The chance of not being
struck by lightning is approximately
365,000 to /, according to a calcula-
ton by Dr. G. D. McCann, whose
specially is lightning.
Q. What is the most valuable
piece CT land in the world?-G. AR.
A. 1t is reputed to be the four-acfe
site occupied by the Bank of Eng
land in London.
Q. In the original Italian version
OF the story of Romeo and Juliet"
how old is Jul!et?-B. E. r.
A. Eighteen. Shakespeare. be-
cause of her italian birth, creates a
Juliet of II.
/ Q. Is there place at the Capitol
where 1t was intended to bury
George and Martha Washington?
X. H.
A. Originally plans were approved
by Congress for the entombment
of the bodies of George and Martha
Washington. The space at the
Capitol intended as the tomb is
still vacant except for a catafaloue,
simple bier of boards covered
with black cloth. This was first
used to support the remains of
Lincoln. I
@. Are aliens who reside in the
United States required to pay Fed
eral income taX?-W. H.
A. The income of aliens residing
in the United States is subject to
income tax.
@. Was Irving Strobling, the
raoioman who sent the last message
from Corregidor in 1912, found alive?
C. B. G., jr.
A. The War Department says that
Irving Strobling was found alive
in Japanese prison camp. He was
first reported missing in action, then
a prisoner Of war His father was
notified on September 10, l945, that
he was being returned to the United
States.
@. What is the longest period
that any man has served in the
Navy?-L. B. T.
A. The Navy Department says
that George Sanderson, CBM, U. S.
N. retired), has 81 years of Navy
service. This is the longest period
of Navy service but it was not con-
tlnuous. Sanderson's first enlist
ment was September 7, 1882.
Evening star., 1946-07-03

anOtner prOnl-
nent Democrat
used to say:
When the Pau
ley nomination
was sent to the
Senate, John w.
Snyder, by grace
of the President,
W a S a Ire a d y
playing blind =
mans buff with
a job that was
too big for him,
W h lie casting
sleeps eyes at
the Treasury.
LII
Evening star., 1946-07-03

ger lIldn L am.
Russia S popu-
lation is 1874, :
536,286. My pop
ulation is !.
Russia covers
one-sixth of the
earth's land sur
face. I cover
only what a pair
of size 8 shoes
cover.
r u S 81 a has
riv erS a n q
mountains. ]
have no rivers
no mountains.