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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
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UNC

alumni, all residents OF North
Carolina, will compete for the job
of drawing plans for the alumni
memorial building. Plans must ba
submitted prior to September s.,
he said. He will announce the
successful entry tn following day,
Beam said.
He listed as competing tor the
assignment these a r C h i t e C t s.:
George F. Hackney of Durham;
A. j. Maxwell, Jr., Of Goldsboro;
F. Carter Williams of Raleigh;
Mann and McLawhorn Of Green's
boro; Leslie N. Boney, Jr,, Of Will
mington, and Charles W. Connolly
Of Charlotte.
This committee representing the
State College Foundation, Inc, and
the Alumni association will work
with other State architects in
awarding the contract. Its men,
bers r David Clark of Char
1otte; H. w. Taylor of Raleigh;
Raymond Maxwell OF New Bern,
W. z. Belts of Raleigh, W. H. Sui
Ivan Of Greensboro, and Robert
o. Beam of Raleigh.
The alumni building would con
tain 80 rooms in addition to o.
fices. Its completion would bring
to 81 the number of buildings on
the N. c. State college campus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19

when farmers damned Midwest
ern stockyards with record ship
ments in a race to sell at boom
prices.
The price break caught farmers
with heavy shipments of cattle
and hogs at the yards. A high
number of deaths among animals
from extreme heat was reported
at some markets.
AT Sioux City, Ia, fire depart
ment and stockyard workers
sprayed water on a mile-long car
AVIAN Of hog-filled trucks to keep
cool the animals. Many deaths
occurred in trucks.
Hog prices were 81 to $3.50 low
er per hundredweight at many
markets and cattle dropped about
so cents to 81.
- Retailers Resist Increases
The dip in livestock prices came
as retailers in three states joinee
labor, veteran and civic groups il
resisting price increases.
= At the same time, Dun & Brad
street, Inc, reported its dali.
weighted price index of 80 basil
commodities dipped slightly TO
the second day, down st point
from 228.96 yesterday to 228.2
Thursday. This compared will
the 1916 high of 229. 81, set July 16
and $75.95 a year ago today.
Department of agriculture off
Gals described the livestock mar
ket break as major and said i
was accompanied by a RECORD
Thur sday movement of livestock
to market.
1t was attributed to several fac.
tors.
Record Supplies
The Department of Agriculture
said Eastern meat markets were
well supplied with beef and pork
New York City reported recort
supplies of beef and pork OF
hand.
Yards were crowded with hold
overs which were left in market
Wednesday when major packer
instructed their commission me
to hold off purchases at higl
prices.
In addition, many animals sol
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
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SHIPYARD
FROM PAGE ONE

m%endation from it's real estate d.
rector in a few days on the SPAS
proposal to acquire the yard on
a no-fee basis in return for build
ing and operating a drydock and
warehouses for government as well
as commercial vessels.
At any rate, the congressman
said, the commission has dispel]ed
all rumors that the yard will be
placed in mothballs" o, a pas.
slve caretaker status.
In the event that the commission
does award the huge installation
to the SPA, Congressman Clark sale
Page have already asked the com.
mission to lay down specific term;
for the operation of the yard prop
er in conjunction with the port.
THE SPA could then work GU.
the full details of the arrangement
to the commissions satisfaction
Congressman Clark said.
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present Army recruiting policies as
follows:
l. Dependency allotments and the
CT Bill of Rights remain in ef-
feet.
2. In order to be guaranteed re-
enlistment in grade discharged
with and a reenlistment furlough,
reenlistment must be accomplished
within 20 days from the date OF
discharge.
3. Qualified Army veterans may
be able to reenlist in grade regar.
less OF how long discharged.
4. Enlistment periods are 10
months, two years, and three years.
Captain Cottle emphasizes that
the regulation, which authorizes re-
enlistment in grade of those who
have been discharged longer than
~ days, is subject to change with
out notice, and that interested vet
Grams should apply at once.
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and Joanna Rose, all Of Onset, and
William English Of Fall River.
One woman remained unidenti-
fled.
Many Of the injured were man.
gled, one woman losing her right
leg in the blast and another hav-
ing her arm blown off.
John E. Bassett of Dorchester
was walking along the street with
his brother when the explosion &C.
CURED.
I'VE saw people walking along,
covered with blood" he said.
Many of them were too dazed
to realize how severely they were
hurt. One girls clothing was torn
OFT and when I saw her she had
huge gashes in her legs and arms.
Gruesome Sight
Another woman was sitting on
the sidewalk and her leg had been
sliced open as if by a surgeons
knife. I helped her to a first aid
station and on the way I saw IS or
20 others who had been slashed
by flying glass. 1t was a gruesome
sight"
State guardsmen were modified
from several Cape Cod towns to
patrol the stricken area and to
sid the rescue parties.
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Nor can it say now how much pay
raise it wants, for the same rea-
son, he added.
The shipbuilding delay was
urged on the Maritime Commls-
sion in connection with proposals
to build two big liners for the
South American trade at a cost
Of $34, 800, 600.
John R. Steelman,, recover
sion director, wrote the commits
sion that the President wanted
the prophet put off "at least a
year" He said the big reason lis
the possibility that the Congress
will fail to extend effective price
controls"
In Congress, meantime, chair
man Spence O-Ky) OF the House
Banking committee reported that
1.-THE propsects are dark for the
restoration of any effective price
controls"
Spence, chairman of the house
%conferees, talked to reporters
after the senate's agents. by a
to 3 vote, had turned down the
house plan on ceilings for major
food items.
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BORDER BELL
FROM PAGE ONE

would be completed in the period
ranging from August l to August
Is. Brunswick, Duplin and Robson
would have their crops harvested
by August 1; Horny and Florence
by August S; Bladen, August 10;
Hoke and Dillon by August Is.
Estimates
Estimates on the per cent Of the
normal crop that would be harvest
ed in various counties are as fol-
lows: Columbus, go per cent; Hoke,
100 per cent; Brunswick 80 per
cent; Horny, IS per cent, Florence,
80 per cent; Dillon 80 per cent;
Duplin 90-95 per cent; Robson
80 per cent; Bladen 95 per cent.
Quality of the cured crop was
reported good in all counties ex-
cept Brunswick and Columbus
which was reported fair.
Labor Situation
As to the labor situation in the
counties reporting Duplin said:
Inadequate to save fast-ripening
crop" while in Bladen county the
labor was said to be poor but will
be able to handle crop if cloudy.
1t appeared from the reports that
though labor was scarce in some
counties most of the crop would
be handled satisfactorily.
AS an indication of how rapidly
the farmers are gathering this
crop, c. w Marlowe Of Old Dock
in Columbus county with his grand
son, B. A. Marlowe had completed
harvesting about u acres by July
10.
Fear was expressed by persons
in Duplin that a little tobacco
might be lost because Of inability
to harvest, but it is believed that
in the belt as a whole most of the
tobacco would be saved and in good
condition for the opening of the
markets August / in the Border
Belt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
MORE ABOUT
STUMP
FROM PAGE ONE

became necessary he would make
several speeches in behalf Of the
Democratic party.
Declines Comment
He declined comment on Wheel
er's primary defeat. Last week, he
had defended the Montanan against
charges that he was an enemy of
Railroad labor.
Lett Erickson, former justice of
the Montana Supreme Court, won
the nomination against Wheeler.
He was endorsed by the CLOS po-
litical action committee, by CLIO
President Philip Murray, and had
the outspoken approval of James
Roosevelt, son Of the late Presi-
dent.
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HAYES
FROM PAGE ONE

Marine who enlisted as a buck
private, fought with the First
Marine division on Guadal-
canal and returned to inactive
status in the rank Of major,
Hayes told E. C. Snead, COM
mander of Wilmington's James
Manley VIEW post 2573 yester-
day by telephone that he pro-
posed to review the major points
of the VFW national, State and
local programs and their applica.
ton to the average veteran.
1t is presumed by local VIEW
officials that the department COM
mander's 7 p. m. radio address
over WHIT tomorrow night will
also deal with the VFW program.
The Cape Fear club reception
will find the commander and Mrs.
Hayes being welcomed to Whining
ton and New Hanover county by
Mayor W. Ronald Lane and Addi-
son Hewlett, ST., chairman of the
board of county commissioners.
Representative Group
Others invited to the reception
include the commanders of several
Southeastern North Carolina VFW
posts, the commanding generals OF
Fl. Bragg and Camp Lejeune and
Lieut.. Henry Bost, USNR. ranking
Navy officer in the Wilmington
area. A representative group of
Wilmington civic leaders have
been extended invitations, also,
Snead disclosed last night.
The commanders Customshouse
address will be for all members OF
Manley post and other overseas
veterans interested in learning the
VFW program. The program will
take about one hour, after which
the VFW clubrooms, 121 IL Prin-
cess street, will be opened for an
informal buffet supper in honor OF
visiting officials and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayes.
Rise Phenomenal
Hayes rise in the ranks OF
North Carolina veterans affairs
has been phenomenal. Relatively
unknown at the time of the depart
ment's 1916 convention last month,
Hayes gained overnight national
prominence by his successful fight
to force the organizations top
drawer offices open to veterans Of
World War II. He took office at
the convention, together with vir-
tually a new slate of other depart.
ment officers, and promptly pledg-
ed his administration to trebling
the organizations $4,000 member
ship in North Carolina.
A graduate of Wake Forest law
school in 1910, Hayes enlisted in
the Marine corps in 1941, trained
at Quantico, was commissioned in
1912, and went overseas into the
bloody Guadalcanal campaign with
the famed First division. After
more than a year in the Pacific
theater he was assigned to Camp
Lejeune as a training officer and
later became legal officer to Gen.
eral Vandegrift, then commander
Of Lejeune.
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STALEMATE
FROM PAGE ONE

Index prices for hogs, steers,
corr and butter declined, while
cotton rose a cent a pound.
At the same time the BIS week
ly index for 900 commodity whole
sale prices, also announced Thurs
Gay, showed a three percent in
crease during the weekended July
l3. This figure stood at 1907 per-
cent of the 1926 average, up seven
percent for July and IA percent
since the end of the war in Aug
ust, 1945.
Claim rs Per Cent Rise
The CLIO, in a statement from
its executive board complained of
what it called a Is per cent rise
in essential living costs in the
two weeks since OPA 1apsed, and
40 percent in the two months since
congressional debate ove the
agency's continued life heated up.
1t asserted that those figures
''clearly" show failure to keep a
"'pledge and assurance" that the
price line would be held.
1t said such a promise was part
of the deal for current labor con-
tracts and added that the last
two weeks increases wipe out
the pay raises won by labor this
year.
The statement called on Con-
gress to "enact a price control
bill which will give firm promise
Of keeping the cost of living
down."
1t urged President Truman to
veto ANY bill which would be a
fraud on the American people"
1t called or consumers "to
mobilize for defensive action to
refrain where Observation-Disclosures
ly and in organized fashion -
from avoidable purchases to de-
monstrate x x x their opposition
to profiteering."
1t demanded immediate in
creases in pensions and other fix
ed incomes.
Increases Demanded
1t concluded with a call to the
President to summon labor and in
dustry representatives to a meet
ing Ito the end that the de-
mand and need for immediate
wage increases may be given full
and official recognition and to the
end that the crisis created by the
drive to cripple and destroy price
control may be met quickly
through adequate guarantees for
a stabilized national economy"
The CLIO attributed the drive
against OPA to "a reckless group
in Congress led by such indivi-
duals as Senator Taft of Ohio"
whom it called "spokesmen for
the monepolists and profiteers."
Philip Murray, CLIO president,
told a news conference later that
the labor group had little hope
for an effective price control
measure, or that OPA WOULD be
able to administer effectively
whatever may become law.
Would Discuss Pledge
The CLIO chief said the union
organization would be willing to
discuss a no-strike pledge as part
of the proposed sterilization talks,
but said that under existing con-
ditions the CLIO was mot prepared
to give a no-strike commitment"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
MORE ABOUT
EXTENSION
FROM PAGE ONE

section point, will become an ex-
tension Of Front street and will be
called by that name to the city
limits line just north OF Maffltt
Village. From Maffitt Village on
it will retain the name OF Caro-
lima Beach road.
That part of Front street run
ming beyond the intersection poln'
and along the shipyard will con
tinue to be called Burnett boule'
ward.
Burnett Boulevard
The short section of Third stree
running along the lake between
the intersection point and Willard
street will also be called Burnett
boulevard.
Thus. Third street will officially
end at Willard street.
The project will necessitate cut
ting through a short section OF
Greenfield park just north Of the
ESQ service station. Once the
| streets are joined, four electrical
stoplights will be erected, one
at each corner of the intersection.
The intersection will end, once
and for all, Benson pointed out,
the hazard which the present situa-
ton presents. The two streets, COM
ing together at the proposed inter-
section point, have confused sever
al motorists in the past into think
ing that the two streets actually
were joined.
Traffic Hazard
On several occasions, motorists
driving north on Carolina Beach
road failed to make the sharp turn
to the right at the intersection
point and plowed On through the
trees and bushes separating the
two streets. These accidents hap
pened At night when the lights Of
cars coming south on Front street
fooled the north bound drivers on
Carolina Beach road into assum'
ing that an intersection was al
ready established.
The city planted many trees anc
shrubs to screen off the lights Of
the s%outh-bound cars and destroy
the intersection illusion, but the
sharp turn in the Carolina Beach
road has continued to be a hazard
to motorists.
The new intersection and the four
stoplights should definitely end this
hazard, Benson said.
Through Truck Lane
The matter of a through truck
lane skirting the city, another high.
way problem of long standing, will
be taken up at once by the highwa,'
commission, Benson said.
Highway engineers will undertake
a complete survey of the situation
and map out a truck route to suit
the city's needs, Benson said the
| officials informed him.
The officials who conferred with
the city manager at the special
conference yesterday are A. H
Graham, Raleigh, commission
chairman; Vance Baise, Raleigh,
chief engineers; T. T. Belts, Fay
etteville, district engineer; and ].
A. Bridger, Bladenboro, commits
Sioner.
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BLAST
FROM PAGE N
Cellar Pipe Breaks

Cellar Pipe Breaks
The gas first began seeping from
a feeder line when a workman,
Cecil Barrett, accidentally broke
a cellar pipe with his pick. Gas
company workers and firemen
were summoned Immediately and
the downtown area was roped
off.
Sc me time later when the dam
ger was believed passed, the ropes
were removed and curious shop
pers rushed into the area to see
what had happened. Within min
utes the blast roared out and the
buildings crumbled.
An Onset housewife, who was
shopping at the time, reported
that "there was a terrible blast
and the buildings were blown to
bits"
Barrett himself was killed.
Victims Identified
Other victims were identified by
state police as: Guy Rizutto,
George Gibbs. Mrs. George Head
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19

Wednesday were left in yards be-
cause of a shortage of boxcars. AL
though sold, they had to await ship
me1t to slaughter houses.
Agriculture department officials
attributed the record shipments to
the desire of many farmers to mar
ket stock before prices dropped
and a fear that OPA ceilings might
be restored.
At Chicago's Union stockyards,
largest in the world, hog prices
were 81. so to $3.50 lower than Wed
nesday on all weights and sows.
Early sales on good and choice
25O-pound hogs were down to SIG. 50
from Wednesdays peak of $21. so.
Good and choice steers and year
lings yer so cents to ST lower.
Choice steers sold at $25. IS, COM
pared to an all-time high of $26. Is
yesterday.
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WAA
FROM PAGE ONE

The reason for setting up the
branch offices is to facilitate the
transactions by which veteran
may acquire the surplus goods,
he explained. Formerly, veterans
could obtain the articles only
through personal application to the
Charlotte office.
From two to four people will be
employed to take care of the Will
mington office, he said, depending
upon the amount of veterans ap-
plications for surplus goods sub
mitted here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
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ATOMS
FROM PAGE ONE

The effect Of that parliamentary
maneuver, had it succeeded, would
have been to kill the bill. 1t lost
by a standing vote of 131 to 1902
after Chairman May CD.-Ky.) of
the Military committee pleaded
with the house not to go hay
wire"
Second Offensive
The second offensive against the
measure was launched by Repre-
sentative Short (R.-Mo.), who ask
ed that it be returned to the mill.
tary committee for further study.
That motion, which lost by a
standing count of 107 to so, would
have shelved the bill probably I'M
til next year had the house ap-
proved it.
Still uncertain was the fate Of
Military committee amendments tc
require that at least one and mo-
more than two, Of the five mem.
bers of the proposed Atomic
Energy commission, and the di-
rector Of the division of military
application, be representatives oil
the military branch of the govern
ment.
The third ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
committee amendment would au
thorize the President . direct the
commission to permit the military
to manufacture atomic bombs OF
atom weapons.
The senate, which unanimously
passed the bill, voted for a five.
man civilian control commission
and a civilian director of the mill.
tary application division.
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LEADERS
FROM PAGE ONE

from a secretary whose husband
was employed by the combine.
The announcement of the hear
ing Friday followed disclosure
that the committee had unearthed
new evidence" in its inquiry.
There was no indication, however,
that this development was linked
in any way with the voluntary
action by Mccormack SABBATH
and Dickstein.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
MORE ABOUT
TALMADGE
FROM PAGE ONE

Carmichael was leading in six
counties with "a unit votes.
The returns came from 1889 Of
the states 1,746 precincts.
AS returns showed conclusiyely
the result of the torrid primary,
there came no comment from Ar.
nall, who is prohibited by the state
constitution from succeeding him.
self.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
ARMY RECRUITING
METHODS CHANGED
New Change Authorizes
Army Veterans To Re-
enlist With Old Rank

Anew change in Army recruiting
ooulatIons which provides for the
enlistment in the grade held at
10 -ime of discharge of Army vet
-rons ~honorably discharged on or
,t+er NAY II, 1945, who held GER
,a;n NJ. 0. S. numbers for six
months or longer. has been an
1ounced.
,ers. according to Capt. N. G.
Prior 10 receipt of this change,
no,erans who did not enlist by
TSne 3Oth. were required to reen-
Is. within 90 days from the date of
siscbarge to become eligible for
trade under this regulation.
'raptain Cottle summarizes the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
The Weather

WASHINGTON, July 18.-tRNWeather
bureau report of temperature and rainfall
for the "a hours ending 8 pm. in the
principal cotton growing areas and else
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-19
MORE ABOUT
SUPPLIES
FROM PAGE ONE

Increased Poultry
Poultry, once predicted to re-
main short until the price and
supply of feed became stabilized,
is showing an increase in supply
daily, although price hikes have
sent this item tout of the price
range of the average purchaser"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-25

TT had been drizzling all evening, Il but now the rain came down SO hard on the sl1ylight that it drown ed out the radio. I stretched out my arm, turned the volume up @ little, and once again the exciting tones of Strauss's Don Quixote filled the room.
 The divan I was lying on was directly beneath the skylight and I kept staring at the pattern made by the streams running down the panes. I'd thought about this kind of weather when Mickey had rent ed the place, and now our divergent theories were being put to the test I'd declared that the whole works would leak at the first sign of rain, and shed maintained that 1t would be perfectly all right. Wed argued the point and I'd finally asked her what she needed to live in an artists studio apartment for if she wasn't an artist. Pointing to some of the paintings that the previous tenant had left in lieu of rent she'd replied that he wasn't an artist either. And that had settled the point. For all her demure looks, Mickey was quick on the trigger.
 So far the rain hadn't come through the skylighb ana my mo- ment of triumph was slow in ma terializing. After 8 while I got tired of the sagging divan and stretched out on the rug before the fire. As the last strains of the tone poem died down, could hear the chatter of dishes in the kitchen.
 Mickey" I called, why don't you quit making that racket and come and entertain Papa?"
 She came over 0 the fireplace still drying her hands, and knelt down on the rug beside me.
 Because the dishes won't do themselves" she said softly, "and besides Papa is such good company for himself that he doesn't need entertaining"
 "A fine way to talk to a guestl"
 Guest my eye! You've practt- cally become a boarder."
 She was right. was beginning to take thees home cooked dinners for granted. So what? She enjoyed them as much as I did.
 You should feel flattered," l said, that I make some pretenSe at relishing those unholy messes you concoct."
 For a moment this got her really mad. Then she saw the grin on my face and picked up the cue. She assumed the expression of a mar tyr.
 Gosh she exclaimed. What have I done to deserve this2 Work ing my fingers to the bone! Bend ing over 6 hot stove all dayl"
 It was fun, lying there and kid- ding back and forth. She was the frs. girl I'd ever known that l could really talk to. Who could take 1t and also dish 1t out.
 As the rain beat down with renewed intensity, we both glanced at the skylght.
 Sorry to disappoint you, Leo. It seems awfully dry in here"
 "Okay, you win, Smartypants! ! But don't look so smug'
 WYE were toasting marshmallows w half an hour later, when the phone rang. I grabbed her arm as she rose to answer.