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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18
E CoMEDIENNE

NEW, YORK, Dec. 17-R-M.s.
Darn ny Kaye, wife of the stage,
screen and radio comedian, Tues
dsy gave birth to a daughter at
Women's hospital. The child weigh
ed five pounds, five ounces and
was named Dena.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18

When the tirst Christmas Seal
SAFE was conducted in this country,
tuberculosis was the leading cause
Of death. Today it has dropped to
seventh place but still kills at the
rae OF one person every ten min
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18

A new poll on the issue completed
this week finds 5 out Of every 6
approving passage Of a law making
it mandatory for unions to issue
public reports On their financial
status.
This same poll finds an almost
equally high percentage approving
such a law among union members
themselves who were included
in the latest nationwide study.
The question in today's poll:
do you think labor unions
should be required by law to make
yearly public reports Of the money
thew collect and Spend?o
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18
Unde-

Although labor union leaders
have consistently opposed any
legislation which would force them
to give an accounting of their
funds, some unions follow the
practice of making reports, but
the practice is far from being uni
form.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18
Cabinet Confirmed

PARIS, Dec. II Up
French National assembly coni me
ed Premier Leon Blum's aT.son;lh'
list cabinet Tuesday to head s : tiHa
week caretaker governmsos I've
vote was $50 to is. me
The cabinet announces Il
hold its first governmental ses SGla
Tuesday, with the financial sj 4,Oa
ton as its chief concern.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18

Earlier polls On the question
have dealt with the issue in a
slightly different manner from the
poll reported today. They have
measured sentiment toward the
idea Of having the report made
to the federal government, while
today's poll is on the issue of max
ing the reports public. The trend
on the earlier question is shown
below:
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18

tuberculosis associations. sup
ported by Christmas Seal Sales, aid
in the search for unknown cases
c. early tuberculosis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18

Rest, under medical supervision,
is the only proved cure for tubereu-
losis. No drug has been found that
will cure the disease or create
immunity to it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18
Overwhelming Majority OF Public
FAVOR Law Exposing Union Incomes
BY GEORGE GALLUP

DTeCOf, Anu1UdH 1nS0L6e OF FuDnC OpmUn
PRINCETON, N. ], December 17-One proposal which crops up regularly when
new labor legislation is talked about is the ont having to 10 with amt financial
by labor unions On their income nd expenses.
The vast majority o. the American people have for long favored the idea of re-
curing the lboru unions to give a N accounting leach yM.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18

son, Marguerite B. Mscp..
Mary Barroll, all qqualityiOss and
ministrators Of the estate as ad'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-18

tuberculosis ear be cured, # :,
easiest to cure in its earlv st.u"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 24,-(AP)-
A national wage policy was urged
today by President +. +. Fairless, OF
the U. S. Steel Corporation as the
steel companies and CIO United
Steel Workers turned anew to Pres
ident Truman for a solution of their
four-day-Old strike.
Tcrming wages "a national pro
blem,' Fairless offered a proposal
which | believe might open the way
to a solution not only of the steel
strike but for the other strikes thai
now plague the country
In a nationwide radio address last
night. he asked the President to
summon Immediately leaders of in
dustry for their advice on what wage
Increase this country can endure
without the danger of an initiation
lry spiral
The l75-member USW wage com
nittee, on the other hand, asked NJ
Truman to turn over a billion dol
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
National Wage Policy Is
Proposed By Steel Chief

lars worth of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
steel plants for operation by lndl-
viduals willing to accept in the m
terest of the nation his Is IL cents
an hour pay increase suggestion.
There was nc Immediate comment
from the White House on either pro-
posals as the Walkout of 100000
steel workers threatened a paralyZ-
ing tentacle toward other industries.
Already the 90 states steel strike
had forced $4,000 coal miners into
idlcncss. ~FabricatinG plants were
curtailing hours and working forces,
Milk deliveries were ieopardizcd
in New York and on the west coast
by container shortages.
There were no new peace move
ments to contradict the forecast of
a long and bitter strife MADE by the
trade magazine Iron Age.
Go President Philip Murray told
a news conference he saw no reason
for efforts to try to bring manages
and labor together again.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
\insOn Sees
Balancing
OF Budget
But Labor Pains"
Could Upset Hopes
Of Federal Income

Raleigh. Jan. 24-CAP)-Sccre-
tarv of the Treasury Fred NJ. VIM
son said today in an interview that
the nations budget can be balanced
in 1913, possibly sooner, if labor
pains" now being felt throughout the
United States do not cause an ap-
preciablc decline in the national
income.
En- route to Chapel HIN To address
the North Carolina Press Association
tonight. Ninscon said that "of Cou"sc.
the Treasury Department is affected
by all economic problems, and IN
full time production lies our man
hope of speedily balancing the bud-
get
He said that President Truman
was doing all in his power to heiP
relieve the housing shortage. "lf 1t
were possible for the administration
to remedy the conditions, so that ali
pending construction projects could
be Immediately. undertaken, the
boom in employment and production
would help us tremendously toward
getting our budget in shape he sad,
Vnson was breakfast guest this
morning with Josephus Daniels.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
Power Too
Great, Says
Truman

Washington, Jan. "a, - (AP)--
President Truman said today much
current industrial strife was a con-
test for power between management
and labor. both of which, he said,
nave too much power.
The public interest, he added, de-
manaed settlement OF the steel strike
on the basis of his Is IL cents wage
Creas proposal.
Mr.. Truman said, however, thai
he did not intend to seize the steel
industry at this time, although he
jid not rule out that future posi-
)llity. 1t was necessary for the gov
eminent. MI. Truman said to assert
he power of the people IN preeVnt-
ne strikes against the public in
crest.
The President disclosed that con-
sideration is being given TO Federal
operation of a goNernment-built
tcel plant in Utah.
The government built a plant al
Geneva, Utah. Mr.. Truman's own
views were expressed at a news
conference.
Asked about a proposal by Ben
iamin F. FairlesS, president of Unit
ed States Steel that he call an all
management conference on wages
Mr.. Truman said he Vas always
ready to talk TO business leaders
However. he added, the best thing
Fairless can do is send word that he
accepts the White House proposal
for settling the steel strike.
Mr.. Truman said he thought it was
not practical to seize the steel III
dustry at the present time. He also
said that the striking meat workers
will 60 back to work at their Ole
wages when the government SEXES
the plants Saturday. If steels are
eventually seized. the President adj
ded, the steel workers. too, will have
TO so back at current wages.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
BUYERS DOMINATE
A IN STOCKS

New York. Jan. 24.-(AP)-Buy-
ers predominated in today's stock
market, although the liVeliest spe-
rulation still was in low quoted is
sues particularly utilities, which
came out in 1000 to $4,000 share
blocks.
.Advancers during most of the pro-
ceedings included Bethlehem, Co.
iumbia Gas, Electric Power & Light,
Chrysler, Goodyear, Douglas Air
craft, Eastern Air Lines and Johns
ManVille. Occasional retreats were
made by U. S. Rubber, U. S. Steel,
Montgomery Ward and Youngstown
Sheet.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
Spaatz Is
Named Head
OfArmy Air

Washington, Jan. 24.-(AP)-
President Truman today II
nounced General Carl A. Spaatz'
appointment to be chief of the
Army Air Forces, succeeding
General Henry (Hap) Arnold.
The President told his news
conference that General Arnold
will retire upon his return from
his current South American
tour and that SpaatZ will take
over his assignment. A War De-
partment source said yesterday
the change possibly would take
place February Is.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24

Is Planned
In Marshalls
81 Vessels Will Be
Included In Fleet
To Be Bomb Target

Washington. ia. 2i.-(AP)-
The Navy raised the curtain to-
day OH its plans for testing the
atomic bomb against a great
armada of fighting ships an
experiment expected to revOlu-
tiOnize sea warfare.
A miniature fleet of 81 YES
Sc4.. ranging from carriers and
~battleships, submarines and
transports to an assortment of
smaller craft. such as landing
ships. will be the atomic targets
in the vast operations starting
in May.
The Laboratory selected is
the anchorage of Bikini atOll,
II of the northernmost of the
Marshall islands, which were
wrested from Japan by amphib-
iOus assault two years ago.
Vice Admiral Rlandy, head of the
NaVy's division on special weapons.
licked off for the Senate atomic
the epochal experiment., known by
the code word Operations cross
roads,:
l. In the target fleet will be
fifty operating ships-tWo air
craft carriers, four battlcships,
two cruisers, sixteen ~deStroyerS,
eight submarines, and fifteen
transports from y the United
States fleet. plus a Germany
navy cruiser. a JananeSc battle
ship and light cruiser, and AZ
other craft Such DIS landing
ships.
2. The undertaking lis not a COM
bined or international operation, but
rather a scientific experiment by the
United States government alone
The question Of permitting foreign
observers has not yet been decided.
3. The unnamed target ships will
be anchored and placed in a manner
calculated to give effects varying
from probable destruction to neg
ligible damage in each type
4. The first test, early in
May, calls for decorating an
atomic bomb at an altitude of
several hundred feet above the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24

Tokyo, Jan. 24.-(AP)-Premler
Shidehara conferred with General
Macarthur today for more than an
hour on undiSClosed matters.
There was no announcements from
MacArthur's headquarters ~ 1cern-
ing the meeting with the aged mob
leman who carries out his dlrectlVeS.
However, Kyodo news agency SAD
Shidehara discussed the political SIT
uation since the recent cabinet
shake-up in compliance with Allied
orders to rid the government of men
who helped plan and wage the Fac
ific war.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
Shidehara Sees Gen. Mac:
Prostitution Is Abolished

The press also said the premier
sought MaCArthurs views on a
number of urgent measures. Among
these possibly were the forthcoming
elections, proposed importation OF
food and other basic commodities
economic reforms, and prosecution
of Japanese war criminal suspects.
Macarthur today ended a CEN
turies-old custom under which Jap
anese families sold their daughter;
into the slavery of prostitution. The
general ordered the government to
obey that section of the Potsda y
declaration which guarantees respect
for the fundamental human rights.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
Ship Trade
Is Offered
To Britain

Washington, Jan. A.-(AF)
The United States has offer
ed Britain the use of eleven
Liberty ships as a substitute Tor
the arrangement under which
American troops are ferrled
home aboard the Queen Mary
at a tentative charge OF Sl0O
each.
Government officials said the
offer has not yet been accepted.
Presumably the British arc
weighing the need for troop car
riers for their own TOmmieS and
cOlOnials against that of reach
ing a settlement which would
supplement their dollar credit
in this country.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
SGT. VIM. ROBERTS
GIVEN DISCHARGE

Kessler Field, Biloxi, Miss, Jan.
24.-Sgt. William 7. Roberts. %, so"
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Roberts, and
husband of Mrs. W. T. Roberts, route
|. Henderson. n. c., has been honor
ably DISCHARGED from the AAF afte4
more than three years in service.
Set. Roberts received his basic
training at the AAF Training Com
mand base at Keessler Field, Miss ,
where he was stationed at the time
of his DISCHARGE. He arrived at KEGS
Ter March 1915. and was also sta
toned at the GulfpOrt AAF, Miss,
while in service.
Before entering the Army All
Forces, Sgt. Roberts was engaged
in farming.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
g Is
To Put Heal
On Business
Truman Sympathy
For Movement Is
Now Being Talked

Washington, Jan. 24.-(AP)
-Congressiona efforts to put
the heat on management instead
of workers in the current strike
epidemic began to take shape
today.
The drive is being spanked by
foes Of proposals for stern reg
ulation Of industrial strikes,
and some of these laW-maktS
claimed the White House Is not
adverse to at least one turn on
the griddle for struck employ
ers.
This new task developed as soy
eral senators and representatives az
yocatcd speedy abolition or modIt1-
cation of present laws giving the
rebates to corporations whose 1916
taxes drop below pre-War levels
Sponsors of this plan, inciud-
ing n congressman with re-
ported White House backing.
disclosed a program for fire.
quent floor speeches UNFOLDING
labor and crjticizing employers
for their position in the present
strife.
Presidential support was claimed
for a House address in which Rep
resentativc Biemiller. Democrat,
: Wisconsin, asserted that the L. S.
Steel company would have "mdde
money if it had accepted the wage
compromise advanced by MI. Tru-
man.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24

ceiling prices Tor steaks ana
chops.
Secretary of Agriculture Amber
son said all meat products will con-
tinue to be sold under present meat
ceilings after his department takes
over the struck meat plants Satur-
day.
President Truman's decision
to seize the meat plants. where
26O. 900 CIO and AL workers
have been made idle by a wage
dispute, stirred speculation
whether the administration
might resort to similar action in
other major strikes. The White
House had nothing to say Oh
that subject.
Otherwise, the nations critical
labor situation showed little impOr-
tant changes. However. the effort
to resolve the wage dispute of Co.,
600 shipyard workers by means of
Il compromise proposal were being
studied. with the possibility OF d
decision during the day.
The most important question for
the Womcn who do the country 5
marketing and cook its meals Still:
was whether Federal operation of
the nations meat plants would 70
store a normal flow of meat to tie
markets. No II knew the answer
to that one.
The reason was that approx
matelv tWO-thirds of the striking
meat mcn-some $4,000 Go union
ists-Withheld any pledge to the
government that they would return
to work once the plants are in Fed
oral hands. AFL strikers, numbering
10000, have promised TO be bacN
on their Jobs Saturday as loya,
Americans"
Some CIO men were against
rcsuming work unless their
wage demands were met. or I'M
less their national leaders Or
dcred them back. One of the lat
ter said present policy dictat-
ed continuance of the strike, re-
eardIess of Federal seizure.
In the shipbuilding wage case. thC
Go cut its demands from @Origina
36 cents an hour to 90 cents an hour
This ~countercd the 13 cents an houi
proposal offered for standard me.
chanics Tuesday by government
procurement agencies.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
Atomic Board Set Up
Byrnes Proposal
Adopted By U\O;
He Is Returning
London. Jan. 2t.-(AH Sec
rotary of State James r.
Byrnes left London for Wash
inston today by plane.

London, Jan. 24.-(AP)-The
United Nations general asSem-
h'y voted UNANIMOUSLY today for
bly, voted unanimously today fOr
energy c0mm.SSlun urged by |.
S. Secretary of State James +.
world from an atomic rma
mcnt race.
The action came after little
more than an hour of discussion,
during which both Byrncs and
chief Soviet delegate Andrea
Gromyko urged prompt action.
The vote was Il to o., with fOu
nations aDStainlng.
Almost simultaneously the
world security council announc-
cd that it would meet tomorrow
to consider complaints involving
Iran. Greece, and lndoneSIa.
The complaints. providing
the basis for the first ma ior test
of the I\O's machinery to set
tie disputes, will be considered
at 10 a. m. EST.
Byrnes. who came 10 the meet
ing primarily to work on creation
of the atomic commission, planned
to leave within a matter of hours
probably today, and certainly tomor'
row. American officials said.
The commission would have n
power to compel the United State
on any other country to disclose an,
of its atomic energy production Sc
crets or disclose how the bomb
made. accordin gtO interpretation
given by Byrnes, Its responsible.
will be to work out ways Of keepIn:
atomic energy from being used de
structiVely.
II viii be composed of repreSen
tatives Of the eleven nations on tn
security council and Canada, AM
will be responsible to the counCI
for its work and policies.
shortly before the assembly
session., BNrneS tod reporters
that he had not been urging the
security council to delay con-
%sidcratiOn of the complaints
brought to it by Iran against
Russia, and by Russia against
Britain in Greece and lndOneSia.
Most of the London press has bee
reporting for two days that Byrne
was bring pressure pressure o dc
lay, that Russia was supporting nj
views, and that British Foreign Sec
rotary Ernest Bevin would try
obtain immediate action. ByrneS sal
today that he had never mentlone
the matter to any individual an
that the subject had eve come u
in any meeting OF the I've powers
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

TVN NUN II VEH1VN7T1II<FK
Mostly cloudy with OCCASION
al light rain tonight; followed
by clearing Friday. Clearing
over west portion tonight: not
so cold tonight; moderately cold
Friday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
COTTON PRICES ON
UPSIDE r | DAY

Now Vork. Ian. 2t-(An>-Cot-
tom futures opened ten to - cent
a ha'o hiohcr. Noon price, were 10
TO IN cents a halo hiah"r March 25.-
II. May 25.o7, July 24.9o.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-24
TESTS ARRANGED
Ceiling Prices Continue
In Federal Meat Seizure
Assurances Given
To All Housewives;
Clio May Hold Out

Washington. Jan. 2j.-(APl-
The government promised the
nations housewives today that
Federal seizure of ment pack
ing plants will not r,Ovc the
ceiling prices for steaks and
chops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-12

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EXPENSIVE 2-WHEEL TRAIL
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light sedan. Must be reasonable. Write
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ORDINANCE, ZONE
MAP READY SOON
City Planning Board Hopes
To Have Document In
Shape Shortly

The city planning boards master
zoning map and ordinance will in
all likelihood be ready for SUBJ
initial to the City council late this
month, j. Fred Rippy, Jr., plan
ming board secretary, announced
yesterday.
There are still five spots on
the map which have yet to be de-
cided upon,' Rippy said. THE
board plans to visit them soon and
make a decision
Homo Occupation
Rippy also said that the only
section of the ordinance which has
not yet been completed is the one
on home occupation.
City Attorney VI. B. Campbell is
at work on the section, Rippy said,
and hopes to have it completed in
time for simultaneous submittal Of
the map and ordinance to the coun-
ell.
Six Districts
When finally approved by the
council, the map and the ordinance
will divide the city into various
districts-heavy industrial, light in
dustrial, and comm ercial areas,
as well as three different residen-
tial area based on the value of the
house and property.
These divisions will govern all
future building developments In the
city