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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
House Probers
 Pick HeodIiner

Washington, June 3-(UP)-The House Committee on Un-American Activities is negotiating with lone of the real headline names of America" to head it's administra- tive staff, 1t was learned today.
 Rep. Kari D. Mundt, (R.-N.D.), head of subcommittee on commit tee reorganization would not dis- close the identity Of the prospec- tive chief of staff except to say he was a nationally -known lawyer not now connected with the Gov- ernment.
 Mundt,s subcommittee has already agreed on a reorganization plan which h. said would enable the Un-American Activities Committee to do g much broader. more ef- fectiye job"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
Boston Wives Queue Outside Food Stores

Boston, June B. (UP) M-.Asa- chusetts authorities moved today for relief from a fast-growing bread shortage which it was feared might last well into July.
 Police already had been called to restore order in a bread line in East Boston. Housewives continued to queue up outside bakeries and food shops.
 Malcolm McCabe, executive sec retary of the Massachusetts Retail Grocers' Association, estimated the bread supply ct about 75 percent of normal.
 Boston Heath Commissioner Frederick J. Bailey advocated the rationing 0f bread.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
Mariners Appeal to WF.T.U.
1 Father of TUins |At H IS Killed

Boston, June @(UP)-Just two weeks after he became the father of twins at the age of "A, Arthur N. Payne of BrOOkline, retired railroad executive, was killed by g taxicab in the Back Bay last night.
 Payne, former manager of the Boston 6 Maine Railroads in. dustriaI and agricultural bureau, was enrOute home from a hos pital where he had visited his 29-year-OId wife at the time of the accident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03

holler, Hatfield d-McCoy feud that broke out into the open at the party's state convention, two years ago in Hartford-in the midst of which McMahon, then a nominee for his current term, found himself caught up in the fury. It was the time when the party leadership and power of the late U. S. Senator Francis T. Maloney of Meriden was broken.
 That power and control was snap ped when McMahon proved to be one of the weight-carriers of the party faction that swung the nonl- nations for himself, former Gov ernor Robert Hurley, Lieutenant Governor Wilbert Snow and others. Hurley was the only nominee de- feated in the subsequent election. It was reported at the time that a compromise was offered by the Me- Mahon faction but rejected. The Senator now has little or nothing to say, as to past history but added ! d l <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
Col. F. C. Reincke
 To Command 160th

Hartford, June 3 -- (Up) -- Col. Frederick c. Reincke, Wethersfield will become commander of the l60th Infantry when 1t is reactlvated as part of the 4Sd Division, Brig. Gen. Reginald B. Delacour, adjutant gen. eral of the State Guard, announced today.
 Colonel Reincle had nearly five years of active service with the Army, including action with the i6eth in the Solomon Island and New Georgia. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for outstanding leadership of the regiments Sd Bat taiion in the Munda Airport battle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
Rep. Clare Luce
 To Welcome Bor

Hartford, June 3 - CUP) = Rep. Clare Boothe Luce today accepted appointment as chairman of the honorary committee for the visit of General Bor, Polish resistance leader, who will visit here Wednes- day.
 General Dor is touring the United States seeking funds for Polish hospitals in England and France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
ASPHYxIATED

Putnam, June 3-(UP)--The med- ical examiner today gave Q verdict of accidental asphyxiation in the death of Lucien Giard, b1, who was found dead in the kitchen of the Foresters Club Sunday. Two jets ok the gas range were open.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
CUDWoRTH LEADS CHURCH

Boston, June 3--(UP)-Appoint- ment of Luther Phillips Cudworth of Boston as president of the Mo- ther church, the Firsh Church of Christ, Scientict, in Boston was afi- ilOunced today by the beard of di- reCtors. Cudworth succeeds Mrs Myrtle Smith of BEookline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
'BOBO' LEAVES As

Philadelphia, June 3-(UP)- Pitcher Bobo Newson was granted his unconditional release from the Philadelphia Athletics today. Con- nie Mack, Athletics manager, said the big right t-hander was won three and lost i've games this season was let go because he asked to be re- leased"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03

TEae Summer School Bulletin. write. Phone Or Gall at our Ofice. Russ 5f. OnllahA aA Central Ave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
McMahon's Washington
 Duties Doubly Weighty
By JAMES M. MOORE

EDlTORS NOTE: This Is series of articles on political written by James M Moore news Just returned from Wasngto
 presents interview with Sen h!en Stabutzer Chester Bowles will appear The Democrat
 washinoton D C-United States Senator Brien Nc Mahon ID Conn., is an uneasy these days That much he conded to this writer while sitting across from him at luncheon table in his office in the Senate wing ot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
PRICES INDICATE
LEVELINC SIGNS
Some Figures Reach Near
Record As Buyers
Strike Spreads

CHICAGO, July II. - W.D - A
labor = sponsored buyers strike
spread Wednesday while cattle
prices hit new all-time highs and
wholesale food prices scared to
their highest level since the post
war boom of 1920.
There were indications that some
wholesale food prices may be level
ing off.
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc, report
ed that its index of 80 food commod-
tiles for the week ended July l6
reached $500, only IL per cent
below the all-time high of $3.50
reached in July, 1919. The agency
said the increase represented a
gain of 1875 per cent for the weeks
since OPA expired.
Down From Tuesday
However, the agency's daily
weighted price index of 80 basic
commodities, compiled for the
United Press, was slightly lower
at 228.96 down IL points from
the 1916 high of 229.67 set Thursday
In announcing the weekly index
the agency said that wheat, oats,
butter and potatoes had registered
declines.
But cattle prices reached new
all-time highs again Wednesday
at midWestern stockyards and hog
prices approached the records sci
in 1919.
At Chicago, choice steers went
to $26.35 per hundredweight. This
topped an early trading RECORD
of $26.25 for 1400-pound Iowa fec
steers. Tuesdays record was $25.-
IS. The bulk of medium, good anc
low-choice steers and yearlings,
including yearliag heifers, ware z
See PRICES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
AlongThe Cap Fear

zontal. lines are evidently the tracks
of the old horse-draWn ~streetcars.
"BIJOU" HOWARD - Observe,
also, the two ladies standing in
the middle of the street. There are
two notable things about their
pose; ID The ch~in-to-ankle cos
tunes and (2) The fact that if they
were to strike that pose IN the
middle of Front street today they
would be flattened by automobiles
before the cameraman va able
to say, Watch for the birdie.
The ladies, by the way, are
Cleft to right the late Effie Muir
ply and Mrs. Tom Maultsby, the
former Lillian Walker.
The gentleman sitting at his ease
on the chair in the Bijou's foyer is
the late Mr.. Howard. We don't
know his first name because every
body, it seems, called him "Bijou'
Howard.
GAYLORD's STORE The
ladies, you might be interested in
knowing, worked across the street
from the Bijou in a department
store called Gaylord's.
We have never heard of Gay
lords, but the store stood where
Belk's stands now. 1t is intriguing
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
The Weather

FORECAST
North and South Carolina: Fair Thurs
dav with moderate temperatures.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30a sc; 7:30a 81. l BOP IS; 7:3Op IS.
Maximum 81; Minimum go; Mean Y;
Normal 70.
Humidity
1:30a IS; 7:30a IA; 1:30p 43; 7:3op II.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm.
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
1887 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ------- 12:21a 1855
1852 7:31r
Masonboro Inlet --------- 10:17a 4:22a
10:40p 4:25I
Sunrise 5:13; Sunset 1928; Moonrise
10:23p; Moonset 9:1oa.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
yesterday. 10 feet.
See THE WEATHER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
ANGRY CTS SEEK
BUDDlES' KILLER
Ambushers Waylay n d
Stay U. S. Trooper, In
jure Two Others

TRIESTE, July IT, U.D Six
hundred angry American infantry
men secured the swampy Lago
del Bardo district and searched
all Yugoslav homes Wednesday
for the ambushers who waylald
and killed a United States Army
man Tuesday night. Another was
wounded and a lieutenant injured
when their jeep crashed into the
mountainside.
yellow" the soldiers NUT
tered, as they looked through the
dense brush with their rifles ready
for action.
Check All Traffic
Supported by jeep-mounted ma
chineguns and two light tanks,
they also were stopping and
checking all traffic on highways
in the Lago del Bardo area.
While the search was at its
height, the American cruiser
Fargo returned from a cruise to
Venice and dropped anchor outside
Trieste harbor. The Fargo, which
was scheduled to be in Trieste
waters five days, has been around
for two weeks.
The dead soldier vas unofficially
identified as Walter R. Kugawa.
an enlisted jeep driver. Jack B.
Kleinman, another enlisted man
was wounded, and Lieut.. William
T. Van Atten injured in the Jeep
crash.
Two Others Hurt
They were AL from Company
M. of the 351st regiment OF the
18th division. The two injured
men we're recovering in the hos
pital at Udine.
The killers hid behind ambush
and cement wall on the left side
See KILLER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18

In his opening statement on
Germany M. Molotov was not
addressing himself to Mr.. Bev1n
and Mr.. Byrnes. He was talking
over their heads to the Germans
intending to have the Germans
understand what he meant while
the British and the Americans
couldn't and probably wouldn't
believe it. This opening gamblt
was shrewdly and cunningly con-
trived, and it was Immediately sue
cessful: He put Russia forward as
the champion and protector OF
German nationalism against the
Western powers, and then-ln
order to give that idea time to
work its effect in Germany-in-
sisted on suspending negotiations.
Mr.. Bevin and Mr.. Byrnes were
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
Fish Or Cut Bait

WASHINGTON, July 17.-(P-A
senate-House conference on the
0PA bill virtually marked time
Wednesday and Senate Democratic
Leader Barley KY reported &C
ion unlikely before Friday on
notifications the administration
seeks.
With Barley himself and other
senator's absent, the house confer
eeS, who have taken a stand
against the specific ceiling exemp-
uons which the senate voted, sub
inl(ted no formal compromise pro
posals.
Senator Taft R.-Ohio) reported
.aey appeared unwilling to do sc
WIN senator's absent but Senator
looey (R.-N.H.) accused them Of
oaWoling'' and told reporters thai
al they want to do is talk"
Cor, Feelings are tense" he added.
Inc time has come to fish or
cut bait"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18

LONG AGO BIJOU - Two or
three months ago we said in this
column that the Bijou theater
once projected it's silent blood-and
thunder movies in a tent.
Now turn to Page Two for a
reminiscent look at the Bijou OF
some 40 years ago.
No. the tent doesn't show, but
we personally guarantee that there
was one behind that magnificent
wooden facade.
We guarantee it because a GER
tain Mrs. j. A. M, who loaned us
the precious photo, declares that
the tent was there.
SCENT THEATRE - No, we re.
peat. the tent doesn't show, but
this defect is greatly offset by a
lot of other historical things that
do show.
For example, take a look at thai
sign under the archway. Can you
read it? 1t says scent THEA
TIRE" How long, folks, has it been
since you could get into a theater
for five cents?
How long, for that matter, has
lit been since a theater was called
a theatre?
Take a look, too. at that cobb1e-
stone street. That's Front street,
bv the way, and those two horl-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
UNDERWEAR PLANT
TO HIRE HUNDREDS
New Division Is Planned By
Mould Hosiery Mills
For Wilmington

From 200 to 400 women WIN be
employed in the new ladies' under
wear division Of the Port City
Hosiery Mills, Inc, 1t was an
nounced yesterday by company Of
f%icials.
Both the new underwear division
and the regular hosiery division
will be housed in the sans build
ing now under construction at
Eighth and Greenfield streets, the
officials said.
Completion Date
With completion scheduled FOR
September Is, the new building
will be an ultra-modern plant
equipped with air conditioning,
new-type lighting, and the latest
kind of sewing equipment.
Novelty Wear
Among the articles which the
new factory will turn out for ma
tional distribution under the Mould
brand are slips, pajamas, gowns,
lingerie, and novelty wear.
1. w. Klein, formerly with the
M. C. Schrank company, Bridge
ton, N. j., will be production man
ager of the new underwear divis-
ion. The hosiery division will be
in charge of A. c. Gregg, with M.
C, Brown as office manager.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
Probers Plan
To Quiz
Congressman
Witness Tells OF Overhear-
ing Long Distance
Phone Calls
HINTS AT PAYMENTS
Secretary Says Kentuckian
Visited Combines
Offices
BY ALEX H.

WASHINGTON, July IT,
(AP)-Mrs. Eleanor Hall, a
former secretary for a mum
tons sales agent, testified
Wednesday that she had over
heard a long distance tele-
phone talk about $1,000 for
"Yankel' a yiddish nickname
which she said her bosses fire.
quently used for Representative
May D.-Ky.).
The account of ne conversation
was laid before the Senate War In
vestigating committee in the midst
of a series of sensational state
ments under oath linking Mays
name to the Washington influence
of the munitions combine.
Tells OF Visits
She told the committee that May,
chairman of the House Military
committee, had himself thrice
visited the combines Washington
office, and on one occasion caution
ed the employees to guard theis
telephone conversations because
the wires may be tapped"
With the close of her testimony,
the committee suspended-at least
temporarily-their public hearing
and decided to 60 into a huddle be-
hind closed doors Thursday to dis
cuss legal processes for hailing
May before it for a worn expla-
nation of his activities.
Into her testimony, Mrs. Hall
sprinkled liberal references to ex-
pensive presents to high-ranking
Army officers and their wives, and
to the business transactions which
occurred during her employ and
which she described as very
shady"
Ends In Turmoil
Her testimony ended in turmoil
at days end. AS she stepped from
the witness table, a husky-swarthy
complexioned woman plunged to-
ward the committee, sobbing and
screaming denunciations of Mrs.
Halls character and testimony
and demanding an opportunity TO
be heard.
Led by police from the commit
tee chamber, she identified her
self as Vanetha Sarelas Doukes,
elder sister of Louis Sarelas, SILL
000-a-year office manager of the
munitions establishment at the
See MUNITIONS m Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
McClelland
Reports Unit
Favored Here
Bulk OF Personnel Would
Be Recruited In
Wilmington y
AVAILABLE
M en- From Surrounding
Counties Eligible
To Join 81.
Bv r HIRSCH

A national Guard Anti-Air
craft battalion with a maxi
mum strength Of 600 men is
almost definitely assured
for Wilmington, Col. Royce S.
McC lelland, top officer of the
Wilmington district, disclosed
yesterday after returning here
from a military meeting in Raleigh
with Adj. Gen. j. Van B. Nets Of
North Carolina and about 80 other
~high-ranking state officers.
eve made u request for an
anti-aircraft battalion, and General
Nets and the other officers ex-
pressed high favor for the plan,"
Colonel McClelland said.
Still In Making
"Although no final commit
ments were made, since the en-
tire National Guard reorganiza-
ton Is still In the making, it
seems almost definitely assured
that Wilmington will get an anti
aircraft unit with a maximum
strength Of about coo men," he
continued.
A unit Of this type, he declar-
ed, is the most logical" unit to
fill this city's needs.
"These needs" the so1onel ex.
planned, "are based on the OBJ.
vious fact that Wilmington, with
its highly concentrated oil term
inals, railroad yards, port facili-
ties, shipyards, chemical and fer
tilizer factories. and other in
dustries, is a highly attractive and
vulnerable target for enemy air
craft.
See GUARD on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18

"a four year college scholarship.
And of course, the winner OF the
race here. to be co-sponsored by
the Wilmington Star-News and
Raney Chevrolet company, will not
only receive the trip to Akron as
the representative of The Star
News, but his parents will 60 along
too as guests of the Raney Chew
rolet company. In addition, he will
receive the beautiful M. E. Coyle
trophy and a Bulova wrist watch
to be awarded to him at the ban
quet of champions to be held at
the Mayflower hotel in Akron on
August 10.
First Car Complete
One of the first cars to be COM
pleted for the race here on July 81,
The Pickard Special, designed
and built by Barry August, attract
ed the attention of scores of boys
On Market street yesterday morn
ing when Barry and his car were
photographed by a otar-lVeWs
photographer. Sponsored by Pick
ards Sporting Goods, Barry told
The Star yesterday that his car
had averaged better than rs miles
per hour in test runs. His car will
go on display on Friday with the
prizes for the race here at a 10
cation to be announced tomorrow
morning.
And speaking of prizes, besides
the M. E. Coyle trophy which viii
60 to the Wilmington champion
there will be a top prize for the
winners of the two divisions, gold
silver, and bronze medals for the
first, second, and third places ir
each division and a gold pen ano
See DERBY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
Today and Tomorrow
Nv L T

unprepared to deal with this bold
maneuver. Instead of challenging
his thesis, and stating their own,
they allowed it to stand-arguing,
weakly and defensively, that they
are not so bad as M. Molotov had
painted them. They even allowed
him to get away uncontradicted
with the demogogic falsehood that
to federalize Germany is to dis
member Germany.
The grand purpose of M. Molo-
TOYS statement is to shape the
future of Europe: In what 1t
affirms and in what it rejects. in
what it says and in what it leaves
unsaid. it is carefully designed to
See LIPPMAN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
BUSY
City Councilmen Alter
Wilmington Zone Plan

The filling of two city hall
rosts. the alteration of the pro-
posed city zoning ordinance.
md the announcement of a con-
ference with the State High
wav commission were the out
sanding business of a heavy
council meeting in city hall
yesterday,
Acting on the recommended
ions of new City Manager j.
r Benson, the council appoint
ID Mrs. Mary B. Switzerland
IN the post of city clerk and
n B. Padgett to the position of
citv auditor in charge of the
finance department, thus fill
ing two of the jobs left vacant
Nv Benson's promotion to city
manager,
Purchasing Agent
The council then directed
BENSON to employ a new man
IN take the third of his former
Jobs city purchasing agent.
Shortly after the meeting
BENSON said the agents post
will be filled as soon as
thorough study of the appli-
carts is made. Five applications
all from local people, have al
ready been filed for considera-
tion. Benson said.
Mrs. Southerland's promo
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
YARD NEGOTIATION
PROGRESS IS SEEN
State Ports Authority Seek
Acquisition OF Will
mington Plant
Wilmington Morning Star Wash
ington Bureau

WASHINGTON, July II - The
North Carolina State Ports au-
thority's efforts to acquire the Will
mington shipyard from the U. S.
Maritime commission for develop
ment into a modern seaport termi-
nal are expected to 60 a big stride
forward Thursday when R. B. Page.
SPA chairman, goes into confer
ence with top Maritime commits
sion officials to emphasize the adj
vantages which the government
would gain from the transfer.
Drydock
These advantages center on a
proposed drydock and warehouses
which, Page has said, would be con-
structed by the SPA for govern
ment as well as commercial use.
Further, according to Page, the
SPA would employ upwards OF g.
900 persons in active jobs through
sub-contracts for ship repairing and
maintenance at the yard, II con-
trast to about 300 or 400 govern
ment employees who would serve
chiefly as passive "watcnmen."
No Competition
Page has expressed determina-
ton to oppose any suggestion for
government maintenance of the
surplus ships "in competition with
private business"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
TAKES
LEAD IN GEORGIA
Unit System Giving Former
Governor Victory
In Race
Bv The Associated Press

Although trailing in popular
votes. red-suspendered Eugene Tai
madge claimed victory last night
in his bid for a fourth term as
governor of Georgia in a primary
election which broke all voting rec
ords for that state.
Talmadge led in SO of Georgia's
l59 counties. Under the Georgia
electoral system-something like
t1e National Electoral college -
that gave him an indicated 206 unit
Or electoral votes, enough to win
il he held his margin.
Carmichael Leads Voting
James v. Carmichael, 36-year-
Old protege of the present COVER
nor, Ellis Arnall, had "a, TAI popu-
lar votes to only 1854 for Tai
made. but he led in only 40 coun-
ties with 122 unit votes.
The bite Talmadge Car
mi"haeI fight, waged in part on
the white supremacy issue,
plus the fact that Negroes - an
estimated 100, 90 of them voted
tr the first time in a Georgia
primary had shifted the nation S
political spotlight to Georgia from
Montana where Senator Burton X.
Wheeler conceded defeat in Tues
days primary.
Run Far Behind
Another former Georgia gov
ernor, E. D. Rivers, and Hoke o.
Kelley, veteran of two World
See GENRGIA on Pare TWO
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
General Dies At Dawn

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, July
17-PHGen. Draja Mikhailovitch,
a hero in the fight against Naz1sm
in the eyes of the Western Allies,
died a traitors death before a
firing squad at dawn Wednesday
in his native country. He was So.
A few hours before Mikhailo-
vitch's body was riddled by bullets
of crack riflemen, $4,000 Yugoslavs
massed in front of the American,
British and French embassies in
Belgrade, waving communist
flags, clenching fists and shout
ing, Down With Reactionarles.
Down With Imperialism"
Eight prominent Yugoslavs were
executed with Mikhailovitcsh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
RAILROAD RATES
Traffic League Seeks
Hearing Postponement

August 8 be delayed at least
a month so that shippers may
have more time for preparing
statistics to support their fight
against the higher rates.
Ask Regular Reports
The league also asks that
the hearing embrace interterri-
torial rates from and to
Southern territory and that
the carriers be required to
give the ICC monthly reports
upon the revenue effect OF
rate increases granted July l.
Combating the carriers
See RATES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-18
HOUSING WORKERS
TO GET PAY HIKE
Annual Boost OF $120
Granted To Employees
OF Local Authority

All employees of the Wilmington
Housing authority whose current
annual salaries are less than So, 40C
will receive a $120 per year in
crease effective August /, H. R.
Emory, executive director, an
nounced yesterday.
100 Affected
The wage hike will effect about
100 of the authority's 125 regular
employees, Emory said.
The 40 temporary employees now
engaged in special improvement
projects at Nesbitt Courts and
Maffitt Village will not get the ad-
ditional pay, Emory added.
See RAISE On Page Two