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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
CONTROVERSY

CONTROVERSY CODGER-After
a long and welcome absence, the
old codger Controversy" has rear
ed his impish head along the Cape
Fear again.
As before, he's sticking his tongue
out straight at us, and the only diff
|ferences between his attitude OF
the past and his attitude now are
Cd that his tongue is considerably
longer than it used to be and (2)
that he is now wired for electricity.
M. W. w. Storm is, Of course, the
man responsible for bringing old
codger Controversy" out of re-
tirement. On Tuesday we printed
a letter from Mr. Storm in which
he related the story of Whining
TONS first electric light and power
system.
Forgiving M. Storm for this re-
vival of the ancient controversial
character, we now plunge into bat
Tie with the old guy "Contro-
versy," not Mr.. Storm.
WRONG RECALL?-Mr. Storm
said the first electric plant was
located ito the east of the X-De-
pa-tment store and p~aralelling the
alley which runs from Second to
Front street."
LAS I recall" Mr.. Storm con-
tinued. 1.-THE plant was finally NOV
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
OVER 1000 SEE
HARVEST FESTIVAL
.Round- The World Pageant
Presented By Recrea-
ton Department

The City Recreation depart
ment's third annual Harvest Festi-
val, written and directed by Mrs
Josephine Render Gallagher, last
night enchanted more than 1000,
spectators as it unfolded a round
the-world pageant of song and
dance at Pembroke Jones park.
The pageant tapestry wove its
first threads in Italy with songs
and dances by SCarolyn Ozment,
Calvin Bullard, Irene Emory, Betty
Emory, Beth Bond, Paulette Stein,
Jean Buchanan, Patsy Marlborough,
Betty Hall, and Charlotte Jones.
The next scene was laid in
the exotic splendor of a Turkish,
harem, complete with a sultan,
harem girls, and dagger dancers
played by Beverly Sumner, Phyllis
Sommersette, Sylvia Stocks,
Dorothy Mills, Raymond Bishop,
Barbara Freeman, Barbara Shear
in, Maxine George, June Melvin,
Rita Hodges, Jerry Shipman,
Dorothy Mills, Raymond Bhisop,
Gladys Conahay, Martina Wild
wark, Lille Pearl Jordan, 10 Ann
See FESTIVAL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
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Priic VXH
Sugars, Rice
D~ouble-Barreled Order AT.
fects Every Person In
Entire Country
BREAD, FLOUR OFF
Expert Economists Decline
To Estimate Added Cost
Ia Consumer Bills

Oct. 23.-
(UP)-In a double-barreled
order affecting every person
in the country, OPA Wednes-
day took price ceilings off all
food and drink sold in restau-
rants and lifted controls from
nearly all foods and beverages
except sugar and rice.
The order, effective at midnight,
leaves less than three percent OF
the nations food under price con
troll. Between 20 and Is per cent
Of all foods were under ceiling
prior to the orders.
The sweeping decontrol action
takes all price ceilings off flour,
bread. bakery products, candy
bananas, oranges, canned toma-
toes and tomato products, canned
See PRICE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
Twelve Injured

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, Oct. 2;
-RATwelve persons were injured
at least two seriously, Wednesday
when a johnson City fire truck
crashed into a Queen City Trail
ways bus at a street intersection
The seriously injured were:
G. M. Denny, driver OF the bus
johnson City.
Mrs. lilo Frances, Al, Of johnson
City, Route 2.
Others injured and taken to the
hospital for treatment included San
Griffin, SO, H%untsdale, N. c.
The accident occurred when thu
fire truck, making a run at IL!
p. M, crashed into the bus, which
was en-oute from Erwin to thu
! johnson City terminal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
HOSIERY PLANT
HIRING WORKERS
Training School For Opera
tors To Get Underway
Here Immediately

The Chadbourn Mills, Inc, Of
Charlotte, are now ready to en-
ploy 100 workers in their new hosi.
cry plant at the Raleigh Commu-
nifty Building, Maffitt Village, W
W. Sharp, Jr., vice president, an
nounced yesterday.
The new mill will set up a train
ing school for inexperienced op-
orators, Sharp declared.
Chadhourn is prepared to turn
out some $1,000 pairs of seamless
nylon stockings per week at peak
production with a labor force Of
close to 400, Sharp said. At leas'
Is per cent of it's work force will
be male, he declared.
Except for instructors, the plant
entire labor force will be drawn
from local sources, Sharp said.
See PLANT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
AlongThe Cape Fear

ed to the corner of Water anc
Orange Streets"
You recalled wrong, Mr.. Storm
according to the postcard we re
ceived yesterday, Here's what il
said:
First real power plant was own
ed by the Electric Street Railway
when they took over the Horse
Drawn Street Railway around 1900.
and their plant was located al
corner Orange and Water streets.
Wilmington prior to that time
was a gas-lighted city"
BITTER EXPERIENCE-We're
not saying yau're wrong, Mr..
Storm. We merely want to point out
that the anonymous postcard send
er tends to refute your story that
the first electric plant was located
where you said it was. To make it
more complicated, the sender says
the original location was the loca-
ton you picked as location num-
Der two.
We also feel constrained to point
out that the postcard sender seems
to know two things you didn't-the
name Of the company and the date
the electric plart started putting out
the juice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
UN Delegates
Hear Plea To
Speed Peace
President Warns Against
Permitting Differences
To Split "Unity"
POLICY REITERATED
Chief Executive Urges
Formation o. Armed
Forces, Atomic Control

NEW YORK., Oct. 23.-R
President Truman called on
the United Nations assembly
Wednesday to reject "talk Of
war" and speed the organiza-
ton of peace e, including
formation of United Nations
forces and atomic con-
troll machinery.
At the same time he warn
ed against permitting allied
differences though he did
not name Russia and the
Western powers-to split the
United Nations into "irreconcilable
parts" because that would bring
disaster to the world"
The President spoke before the
first session Of the assembly IN it's
bright new American home at
Flushino Meadows, Long Island,
the 1889 World Fair site. Standing
in front Of an enormous blue and
gold mural Of the world, and lac
ing the delegations Of 81 nations,
including Russian Foreign Minister
Molotov, Mr.. Truman pledged for
the United States:
The heart Of our foreign policy
is a sincere desire for peace. This
nation will work patiently for
peace by every means consistent
with self respect-and security"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
Work Starts
0nWaterwav
Army Engineers Announce
Project To Remove Davis
Creek Shoals
TRAFFIC OBSTACLE
Shipping Interests
Hail Program As Boost
To Ports Growth

Work will begin at. once on
removing treacherous shoals
from the Inland Waterway at
the mouth of Davis creek and
near Lockwood's Folly inlet,
about 30 miles south of
Southport, the Wilmington
district U. S. Army Engi-
reers announced yesterday.
The project, scheduled to be
completed in about three
weeks, is considered well
timed" by Wilmington ship
ping interests in view of the new
Inland Waterway shipping service
slated to get underway on Novem-
Der Is.
The shipping service, provided by
the Norfolk. Baltimore, and Caro-
lima Line, of Norfolk, is designed
to link Wilmington with Norfolk,
Baltimore, Charleston, and other
industrial cities via the Inland
Waterway and connecting rail and
truck routes.
The Job of removing the danger
Gus shoals from the water high
way will be done by the Steam
Contracting corporation, of Norfolk.
The company will employ one
dredge for the task, a pipeline out
fit named the Marion"
Approximately "a, 1000 cubic yards
of material will be dredged in re-
moving the hazardous obstacles.
At the conclusion of the Lock
wood Folly job the engineers will
move north up the waterway to re-
move other shoals which endanger
shipping.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
PIGS is PIGS

CHICAGO, Oct. %. -UH- Mrs.
Louis F. Swift, Jr., a member oil
the prominent meat-packing fam
lily, was called down today by a
Humane society officer who charg-
ed she had endangered the life OF
a pig.
Mrs. Swift replied that it was
"really preposterous" that she
should be accused of placing a pigs
life in jeopardy.
She jumped to the defense of
pigs and asserted her fondness Of
animals after Allen Glisch, %,
Humane officer for Chicago's Ami
NAL Welfare league, charged that
a registered Berkshire pig, valued
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
Fishing Rodeo Ups
Awards To $4,000
1t. Governor BalIen t G
Gives Star-News Cup
To 1916 Winner

Louis B. Orrell, president of the
South Eastern North Carolina
Beach Association, announced last
night at the first annual fisher
mans banquet, sponsored by the
SENCBA, that a prize list of $15,.
900 has been set up for the 1947
rodeo.
The 1947 fall fishing rodeo, with
the $4,000 prize list, will be the
largest cash purse ever offered for
sports fishing along the east coast.
The plans were disclosed by
Orrell at the banquet at the Ocean
Plaza Club, Carolina Beach, which
was attended by over $50 persons,
including Lieut.. Gov. L. Y. BaIlen-
tine, who delivered the principal
address and presented the three
major awards to the winners.
Major prizes in the 1947 event
will include a 5 5000 cash prize for
the best of catch taken from a
SENCBA-registered party boat;
5 l 1000 cash to the skipper of the
boat bringing in the prize-winning
catch; $1,000 to the angler making
the best catch from a pier; and l.
900 for the best catch from surf or
sound.
One hundred dollar cash prizes
also will be awarded for the largest
fish entered in each of approx
mately a score of varieties OF salt
water fish found in this area. In
addition, weekly prizes will be
posted, as well as several thousand
dollars in merchandise prizes.
Next years rodeo, Orrell dis
closed, will open on Sept. Is and
close on Oct. 81.
In making the announcement OF
the second Rodeo, Orrell said,
1.-THE South Eastern North Carolina
Beach Association is not an organi-
cation created for the sole pur-
pose of promoting the fishing
rodeo. We undertook the Rodeo
this year for a two-fold purpose;
first, as a means Of helping the
beaches of Brunswick and New
Hanover counties to extend their
normal summer season; a n d
secondly, to focus evidence OF the
fishing fraternity upon a fact which
many of us have known but kept
too much of a secret for many
years that the coastal waters Of
Southeastern North Carolina are
perhaps the finest game fishing
grounds in America"
H. A. "Pat" Pattrill, served a:
master of ceremonies at the ban
quet. The Rev. Ben B. Ussery
pastor of the Carolina Beach Bap
fist church gave the invocation.
Jack Cowie, director OF the fish
ing vent, and the man responsible
for originating the -odeo, was intro
duced and presented the awards Il
the winners, with the exception O.
See RODEO On Page Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
CHEST DONATIONS
REACH $72,371
Dinner Meeting For Friday
Night Is Cancelled
By Chairman

With its campaigns closing
time 48 hours away, the Whining
ton Community Chest last night
needed $33,372 to meet its $1o6, 2o4
goal.
One hundred drive workes met
at their second report dinner last
night to hear the campaign leaders
record a total of $72, 371.49 pledged
so far and to applaud a plea from
Lt.-Gov. L. Y. Ballentine for sup
port of the chest as a community
responsibility.
Louie E. Woodbury., Jr., genera.
campaign chairman, announced at
the close of the dinner that drive
managers had cancelled tomorrow
nights final report meeting in Or
der to avoid conflict with the New
Hanover High School = Goldsboro
football game.
Nevertheless, Woodbury. declar'
ed, reports will be assembled and
a final accounting of the campaign
rendered late tomorrow.
The Chests Golfers have beer
filling at a rate close to $5oo-an.
hour in the last two days, with q
total SIS, 1866 recorded between
noon Tuesday and Z o'clock last
night.
In his speech to chest workers
last night, Ballentine laid stress
upon support of the United Service
Organizations, one of the agencies
included in this years campaign.
"There are SO, 1000 North Carolina
See CHEST on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
SHIPPING PEACE
HOPES FADE FAST
Rumblings Of New Labor
Unrest Grows Louder
On Industrial Front
By The Associated Press

by n ASSOCldteu frcSS
Rumblings of new labor unrest
grew louder along the industrial
front Wednesday.
John L. Lewis implicit warning
Of a new sof. coal tieup was echo
ed by a key leader Of the United
Mine Workers; approximately 600
operating engineers threatened to
Join ALL Service employees in the
l2 day old Washington hotel strike,
and an AFL spokesman reported
things look very bad" fo- settle
ment Of the nationwide shipping
strike.
However, CLIO Western Union OPP
orators decided to postpone for a
week their strike which threatened
10 cut New York off from most
Geographic communication, and
the government made a new move
TO settle the strike OF Trans World
airline pilots.
Lewis demand that the govern
Ement reopen its contract with his
fG,OOO soft coal miners by Nov. l
Sas picked up by William Biz
gard, president of the UNIV dis
tlct embracing West Virginia.
Blizzard said the miners in the ma
loF coal producing state were get
'lng pretty not because Of griev-
snces ove- vacation pay and weigh
ahg Of coal for the unions five-cent
f0yalty on each ton for a health
and welfare fund.
There seemed to be little doubt
among government officials, how
Ever that government representa-
e'eS would meet with Lewis to
pScusS his new demands. Lewis
eoANends his current contract with
NE government could be terminal
ia within 30 days by normal p-o,
tedufe or within 10 days if the
government refuses his demand to
part negotiations. The government
pas operated the mines since last
msy' aftec selling them to end a
ttrike.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
South Carolina-Partly cloudy and con
tinued mild Thursday and Friday; light
showers in interior Friday.
North Carolina-Partly cloudy and
continued mild Thursday and Friday;
light showers west portion Friday.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. Sc; 1880 am. 50. 1880 pm. 70,
1880 I'm. 81.
Maximum II; Minimum 81; Mean 81;
Normal s..
Humidity
100 am. SO; 7:30 am. 90; 1880 pm. 81;
I 80 p m. SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 m -
0. 90 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
2.87 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington --- 9:21 am. 1854 am
s:35 pm. 4:18 pm
Masonboro Inlet ITO am. 1880 am
1920 pm. ills pm
Sunrise 6:25; Sunset 5:2s; Moonrist
5:56 am; Moonset 5:36 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at {
am. Wednesday,, 1917 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
And So To Bed

There was one Uniformed
man at last nights big Fishing
Rodeo banquet.
A non-participator IN the IA
nous Rodeo, he nevertheless
sat down to the festive board
with the same sort Of zeal
shown by the active anglers.
As the meal progressed, he
became more and more en-
thusiastic, and his face began
to show q certain amount Of
wonderment.
"You know" he said to tho
man sitting next to him, "it's
really remarkable"
"What's remarkable?"
"That the fish that won The
$500 grand prize was actually
big enough To feed al these
people," !
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
flGO lO fIGS *#
"Ham" Heiress Asserts
Fondness For P0rkers

at 81, 900, was used in hunter trials
at the Swift suburban estate, "Gal-
Looping Hills"
Glisch said the prize porker was
placed in a sly over which ap-
proximately 80 riders jumped their
horses during the trial. The
leagues shelter, he said, had re-
ceived "hundreds' Of written and
telephone complaints since the
trials
Mrs. Swift, a familiar figure at
suburban horse shows and a one
time circus queen, admitted the
pig was in the sly. She said the
See HEIRESs On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
TOWARD A MULTIPLE PEACE

Alongside the Assembly of the
United Nations the W OF
settling the war and pacifying the
world goes on. They are separate
operations and yet they are IN
s%epa-able.
Without a settlement W h c n
could be made to work because II
aoiusts the essential interests Of
the big, middle, and the pr:n,
cipal smaller powers. the Uh'tee
Nations could not become a uni
versal society; it would be torn
asunder by the conflicts OF its
members.
But without the United Nations,
the ideal ard the faith which 1t
embodies. the organs OF concllia-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
Today and Tomorrow
Ry L

ton which it provides, and the
body of universal law and custom
of which it is the guardian and
can be the creator, the best Set
t.ement conceivable would be at
the mercy of changing circum--
stances within and among the
powers.
1t is to the settlement that we
must address ourselves first and
primarily. Here there is a mo-
mentary pause between the ad-
journment at Paris and the meeting
of the four ministers who are to
Deal with the satellite treaties and
then begin to discuss Germany. 1t
See LIPPMANN on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
Canadians Poisoned

MONTREAL, Oct. % - up -
City authorities said Wednesday
that 300 members of so east-end
families were poisoned by contain
mated meat Or bread containing
poison and announced a wide
sperad investigation by health and
police officials.
Health inspectors for more than
a week have been examining sam
pies OF food from the homes of the
affected families and police were
called into the case when bread
containing traces of poison was
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
CPA CTS N
EXPECTED TODAY
Local Delegation Presents
Strong Case AT Capital
Conference
By FRANK VAN DER LINDEN
Wilmington Morning Star
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Oct. Is. - I'm
mediate approval of the Carver
Manufacturing company's request
for a permit to build a $125, 900
shirt factory at Wilmington was in
Dictated today by the Civilian Prod
uction Administrations industrial
appeals board after hearing a two
hour argument by a delegation
which cited figures to show that
Wilmington has no housing short
age but needs factories to provide
jobs for nearly eight thousand I'M
employed, including $500 veterans.
See DECISION on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
Truman Text on Page S

He asked for action not only on
the military and atomic problems
but also on suppressing mass wea.
See DELEGATES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-24
FORECAST

Wilmington and vicinity Partly
cloudy and continued mild today and
Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-01

When newspapers reported that June Allyson had been named by the Army and Navy Union, as "the ideal American girl of 1946," they failed to report the real heart throb of the story. At the age of nine years, Miss Allyson's legs became paral- yzed as the result of an accident. Doctors said she might never walk again. But they reckoned without June's courage. Through sheer will power, she not only walked again but became a dancing star. Thous- andS of paralytic children and grownups throughout the nation should find real encouragement in the story of June A1lyson-a hope less" cripple who became well, and became Americas ideal girl.
 
 Van JOhnSon's fans have taken to the soapbox to bring about an im- provement in the general behavior of autograph hunters. A group of 50 Los Angeles girls recently wired Johnson that they had been shock ed at seeing an autograph hunter tear off Vans St. Christopher me- dal. This was too much, the girls said, and they intend to conduct a campaign among all fan clubs, to blackball members who violate the accepted rules of good conduct. Won't it be ironic if this group of 50 girls succeeds in bringing about a reform-that the police should have effected months ago?
 Rex Harrison, the British actor who is now in Hollywood, has been criticized by at least one columnist for stating that he does not intend to apply for United States citizen ship That columnist suggested that if Harrison doesn't like this country, he should return to England. How absurd This actor came to Amer ica to make one or two motion pie ture, which is certainly no reason for him to renounce his British cit izenship. His critics forget Amer ican stars also go to England to make movies. These same critics would be the first to cry 'Traitors~ should the Americans become Brit ish subjects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-01

"Sweethearts," with Bobby Clark; Gays "The Beggars' Opera with a new score by Duke Ellington, and season by the American ReperGory Theater in which Eva Le Gallienne and Margaret Webster will both act and direct.
 The Broadway-H Hollywood shut tie seems to be functioning norm ally, with these film players, in addition to Miss Bergman, slated for appearances sooner or later: Charles Laughton Gin his own re- vision of Brecht's "Galileo'0, Claire Trevor, Philip Dorn, Basil Rath- bone, Zasu Pitts, Mischa Auer and Jean Parker. Robert Montgomery of the movies will be represented as producer, with Elliott Nugent, of "The Big Two" in which Miss Ire vor and Dorn will be seen.
 All the above, of course, may not see the light of night on Broadway And there are, in addition, at least 75 plays in various hopeful stages of development. As always, they are trying out rehearsing, being revised, seeking financial backing, or wait ing to be written. Many will die a. borning, others will die or the road, some will get to New York, and a few will stick
 It is not possible, to be sure, to predict the sort of season it will be. If it were, no producer or packer would ever lose his shirt, and the drama critics would be out of jobs. But one thing at least seems certain-getting ticket will still be trick that takes some doing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-01
POLL

Holiday in Mexico" a delightful technicolor musical, ends tonight at the Loew-Poli. It is a picture you shouldn't miss as it contains every thing - color, romance, beauty, plenty of laughs, romantic songs both new and old. The cast is headed by Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, Jane Powell, Jose Jturbi, Xavier Cugat, and Roddy McDow- all.
 On the same program will be shown High School Hero" starring June PreiSser and Freddie Stewart. It is a lively musical, full of snappy new numbers and plenty of laughs
 Monogram brings something new in motion pictures to the Poli screen tomorrow under the title of Suspense" with Belita, Barry Sul- livan, Bonita Granville, Albert Dekker and Eugene Palette in the starring roles.
 With Suspense" the King Bros, who shocked even Hollywood with their production of 'Dillinger," :" have discarded the timeworn Holly wood idea that musicals, including ice-skating films, must be hung on frothy stories which do not have a heavy dramatic content.
 Phillip Yordan, master of serious ly dramatic works such as billing er, the original screenplay of which won him writer's nomination for Academy Award, and Anna Lu- caSta," which has had a sensation al two-year run on the New York stage, was selected as being just the man to help the King Bros, violate the old motion picture code. In- stead of the standardized, unimpor-