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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Along The Cape Fear

The Morrill, came to Wilmington
in 1896 and as trim a vessel as
ever sailed the Cape Fear she was.
Mr.. Burriss served fourteen
months aboard the ship and was a
crew member when the government
ordered her into Cuban waters
during the Spanish-American con-
flict.
= LIST GROWING = If memory
serves us right that now makes a
total of six government cutters
Along The Cape Fear has spotted,
thanks to our readers, during the
past week.
All of us remember the Modoc
which should soon be berthed
back at the custonhouse dock after
her return voyage from Norfolk,
Va. where she has undergone a
general overhauling plus a new
coat of white paint.
Then there's. the Seminole, the
beloved vessel that boasts nurner-
Gus former crew members now
residents of our Port City.
= Capt. j. D. Price, retired veteran
skipper who lives at Harbor Island,
informed us of the Seward, the
Colfax, and the Algonquin.
And our latest addition is the
Continued on Page 2, Col. a,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
ACME FIRM GETS
BUILDING PERMIT
CPA Gives Acme Fertilizer
Go Ahead Signal On
S65,OOO Repairs

The Acme Fertilizer Company
has been granted a Civilian Pro
duction administration permit for
s65, 900 program of rebuilding
and rehabilitating its fire-damaged
plant some II. miles southwest OF
Wilmington, the Associated Press
reported from Greensboro last
night.
The CPA granted the permit for
Replacement of buildings destroy
ed by fire." the press agency said.
The southwest wing OF the Acme
plant was Quilted by fire last NO
vember II.
Last night Thomas +. Wright.
Acme's president, said that the
rebuilding would begin shortly al
ter January /. The Underwater
Construction company, OF Norfolk,
Va. is the contractor.
The Acme plant was one OF ~
projects having a total value OF
1914, 022 which received CPA APP
proyal this week, the APP report
o1
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Part Of City
In Flames As
Flee
French Troops Battle In
Streets With Forces OF
Wet Nam Republic
EUROPEANS SAFE
Insurgents Driven From
Annamite Section When
Morliere Takes Over

HANOI, Indochina, Dec. 20.
- (E Fighting between
French troops and forces of
the Wet Nam republic insur-
gents ragged Friday at the edge
of the Annamite section of
Hanoi, part of which was in
but the European sec
ton was held under French
control.
Ho Chi Mimi, president of
the Wet Nam republic, and
his war minister, Vonguyen
Giat, and other members of
the Wet Nam republic were re-
liably reported to have fled from
Hanoi Thursday after the wound
ing Of French Commissioner Jean
%Sainteney. at French troop head
squarters ins Tonkin.
Gen. Louis M~orliere, commander
Of the French forces in Tonkin,
assumed control of the govern
ment Friday proclaimed martial
law and a nightly curfew and pro-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21

VESSEL FOUND = Predecessors
to the U. S. Coast Guard cutter
Modoc are growing as numerous
as prospective candidates for the
Seminole Alumni club.
Last night We were mildly call
ed to task for having overlooked
a most worthy forerunner to the
Seminole and Modoc by MI. Asa
j. Burriss, Route 2, Box 100.
Mr.. Burriss, now seventy years
of age, is entitled to membership
in the Coast Guard Alumni club
by virture Of serving aboard the
Morrill,.
Yesterday you might recall we
listed three vessels assigned to
Wilmington, all of which proceed
ed the Seminole and the Modoc
here. They were the Seward. the
Colfax, and the Algonquin.
WAR SERVICE = MI. Burrlss
rightfully thought that we had
committed an injustice towards
the vessel he served aboard since
the good old ship Morrill, served her
country well in the Sranish.Ameri-
can war.
It seems that the Morrill, was
sent here to the Port City by the
government to relieve the Colfax,
which MI. Burriss recalls was a
side-Wheeler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
MILLIONS SOUGHT
BY FORD WORKERS
Union Sues Company For
100000 Back Portal
To-Portal Pay

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. = WH The
United Auto Workers (CIO) sued
the Ford Motor company for So, 00o,-
700 retroactive portal-to-portal pay
and damages Friday il the latest
Of a wave of portal pay" suits
against industry by labor unions.
Thousands of union members,
claiming uncounted millions of dol
lars, have filed or are preparing
to file suits under a U. S. Supreme
Court decision for uncollected por-
tal-toportal pay since 1888, the
Year the Wages and Hours act was
passed.
Portal pay is pay for the time
an employe spends in going to and
nom the plant gate to his place
decision concerning the Mt. Glenn
together his tools or in changing
70 and from work clothes. In a
decision c%ncerning the Mount Glenn
ems Mich Pottery company, the
Supreme court ruled last June that
such time is part Of the normal
work day.
Triple Time
The court held that if employers
old not voluntarily pay for such
ume, and the worker won a law
suit over it, the worker would be
ehutled to triple time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
HOSIERY COMPANY
OPENS new PLANT
To Get Under
way This Morning In New
Quarters Here

Production is scheduled to get
underway this morning in the new
quarters of the Port City Hosiery
company. spokesman for the firm
announced last night.
Transfer of equipment from their
temporary quarters located in the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany's employment office at Third
and Marstellar streets was COM
pleted yesterday. they said.
The new plant is locate at lis
Greenfield street where approx
mately 80 persons are employed.
Plans call for the employment OF
$50 workers when the company
reaches full production of seam
less, fine guage nylon hose within
the next year, they added.
A subsidiary of the Mould Hosiery
company of New York, the plant
here is under the direction OF
Michael c. Brown, office manager,
and A. c. Gregg, superintendent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
POST 10
LEADS in STATE
Membership c a m g n
Places Local Group Well
Ahead Of All Others

Wilmington's American Legion
Post No. 10, with better than 1,l50
members, is now the states larg-
est, William K. Stewart, Jr., post
commander, has reported.
The local, posts three-month
membership campaign has left it
safely in front Of Gastonia's 1902
membership registration, and well
ahead of such cities as Charlotte,
Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Dur
ham, Raleigh, and Asheville, all
larger than Wilmington in popula-
ton.
. Leaders in the local member
ship campaign as far, according
to Post los monthly newspaper,
are: Harry Symmes, "a; Ray
Galloway, 20; Carl Seymour, 81;
James Switzerland, 40; Charles
Foard, AZ; w. K. Stewart, 35; Mike
Leon, 49,; and Frank Blanchard, 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Hundred Tons
Of Sugar Due
In City Marts
Local Broker Announces
Shipment For Holiday
Needs OF Housewives
HALF ALREADY HERE
Efforts OF Public, Local
Dealers Finally Bring
Results, Scales Says

A shipment of 200, 900
pounds of sugar-enough to
take care of Wilmington's
holiday season sweetstuff
needs-will be completed here
nv Monday morning, Key
Scales, local sugar broker, an
nounced last night.
Sections Of this belated, but
still joyfully-received, Christ
mas gift to New Hanover
housewives began arriving
yesterday morning, Scales de-
clared.
The 200, 900 pounds were allotted
especially TO Wilmington by the
Savannah Sugar Refinino COM
pany, he said.
In announcing the shipment, one
Of the largest the city has received
at one time in recent months,
Scales assigned full credit to the
efforts Of local consumers and
business men to force an increase
in this areas sugar supplies. He
paid particular tribute to City In
d~ustrial Agent John H. Farrell.
J. C. Parker, president of the
Wilmington Retail Grocers as
ISOLATION, said that the new ship
ment would provide relief for
hundreds of people who haven't
been able to spend as many as
three or four stamps"
The local sugar situation has
been frankly terrible for the past
few weeks" Parker asserted.
This shipment couldn't have
come at a better time" he added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Zsrptance Soon Oh
} depreciation Oh
. ,5uping Plan

Congress members opposed to
the idea of federal court refer
ence argued that to reject the
Interpretation accepted by the
British government and the
league would mean revolution
in India.
The argument over interpre-
tation of the British plan has
kept the Moslem league out Of
the constituent on the grounds
that it's desires for home rule
in groups of provinces was
threatened by a Hindu MAORI
ty.
Meanwhile General agree
ment was reached in the as
sembly to postpone a vote until
January on Jawalharlal Nehr-
us resolution declaring India
an Independent sovereign re-
public. This action also was
regarded as a possible mollifi-
cation of the Moslems.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
CLUB CELEBRATES
! WITH YULE FETE
Brigade Boys Club Hold
Annual Christmas Party;
]. w. Hoge Speaks

A Christmas party complete with
Santa Claus and gift packages for
all was held in honor of the Bri-
gade Boys club in the groups club
house last night with ITO club MEM
bers in attendance.
The meeting got underway at
7:30 when all members of the
club and their guests assembled
in the banquet hall for the singing
of Christmas carols.
Club director James w. Cope
land, who presided at the party,
introduced guests of the club,
among which were L. A.. Raney,
member of the board of directors
of the club, Wilbur R. Dosher, Will
mington postmaster, and j.. W.
Hoge, associated with the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad company, who
was the principal speaker of the
evening.
In his address Hoge compared
Christmas as celebrated, by chill
dren of the United States with the
way in which children of other
countries throughout the world OBJ
served the Yuletide.
Following Hoge's address special
gift packages were distributed to
each member Of the club by Santa
Claus.
A movie in the club building
brought the celebration to a close.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
BURNT MILL AREA
TO Be INSPECTED
National Housing Authority
Representative Coming
Here For Survey

A National Housing Authority
representative will come here Dec
ember 80 to inspect the city's
Burnt Mill creek area preparatory
to issuance of the priority the
city needs to purchase a new drag
line from the War Assets admins
tration, City Manager J. R. Ben
o said last night.
The city's need for the drag-line
to complete crucial drainage work
was highlighted yesterday by the
effects of a one-inch rain which
saw Burnt Mill creek back up to
an extent where one of its tributary
bitches overlooked halfway across
Market Street road. AS another re-
suit of the minor furry, Benson re-
ported a road washout ear Green
field Park.
These effects, combined with a
small but significant number of
complaints from residents of homes
adjoining the creek, have added
to the conviction Of city authorities
that widening and deepening Burnt
Mill creek has one of the highest
priorities among their present pro-
"Of course, 1t would take a lot
Of rain to create a serious situa-
tion," Benson said, "B that was
a lot Of water for a one-inch rain
Last fall, the city's present drag
imprved the creeks mouth
to a 30-foot width and a seven-foot
depth.
At the same time, improved
drainage facilities in Winter Park
have so increased the volume OF
water flowing into the creek that
city officials feel that only ex-
tensive drag-line work can alleviate
the situation.
The National Housing authority
now controls issuance of permits
to purchase War-Assets-administra-
tion-held equipment.
In preparation for the MIA rep
resentative's inspection of this
area, Benson yesterday ordered
photographs taken of the effects OF
the morning rains.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
7-Foot Tidal
Waves Smash
Shore Homes
Army Estimates
Place Death List At
Less Than Sixty
COVERS LARGE AREA
Eastern Shikoku, Garrison
ed By British Troops In
Center OF Devastation

TOKYO, Saturday, Dec. 81.
-(P-Thousands of persons
were feared "killed, injured
or drowned" Kyodo news
agency said today when a
violent earthquake rocked $50
miles of Southern Japan. kick
ing up seven-foot tidal waves
and smashing coastal homes
by the hundreds.
The only specific early re-
ports by the U. S. Army listed
80 Japanese killed and 40 injured.
There "a a tendency among oc-
cupation authorities to discount
higher Japanese casualty esti-
mates.
The shock itself was felt from
Tokyo $50 miles Southwestward to
Fukuoka, on the southermost Japa-
nese home island Of Kyushu.
The tidal wave centered about
100 miles Southwest of the great
city of Osaka along the Eastern
shores of the Southern island of
Shioku. Japanese feared much Of
this coastal plain was inundated.
The shock of the quake and the
major force of the tidal wave APP
parently were concentrated on the
Northern and Eastern sections Of
Shikoku, which Is garrisoned by
British occupation troops, and on
the Southern side Of nearby Waka-
yam peninsula South of Osaka.
Continued on Page 2, COL. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
OF PILOTS
FOUND NEAR PLANE
MISSING ONE WEEK

MYRTLE BEACH, s. G..
Dec. 2o.-(P-The bodies Of
two pilots and the partially
burned w~reckage of their
single-engine training plane
have been found in a denselv
wooded area IA miles north of
Myrtle Beach, the Myrtle
Beach Army airfield announced
Friday night.
The dead pilots were identi-
fled as First 1t. John R. Mat
news of Okarche, Okla, and
First 1t. Richard K. Holcombe
of Trenton, N. J..
The Public Relations office
said the wreckage was sighted
by a search plane late Thurs
day. The trainer had. been
missing since last Friday on a
nonstop flight from Myrtle
Beach to Fit. Bragg and Camp
Lejeune, N. c., and return.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Wilmington Opens Heart
To Family Hit By Fire
Contributions Arriving tt
Help Sebrells Replace
Loss OF Home

The Star of Bethlehem was shin.
ing much brighter last night fol-
City Fireman William B. Sebrell,
his wife, and their four children
whose every possession was wiped
out in the fire that destroyed their
Lake Forest frame cottage early
Thursday afternoon.
AS they sat down at. 1853 Lake
Forest Parkway in the temporary
quarters provided for them by the
City Housing authority, a little BIZ
of the vision of Christmas had come
back to the Scrolls.
For the people of Wilmington had
contributed . total Of $464. 90 to
wards the rebuilding of the h1dAe
they had lost.
And that mounting tide Of a city's
goodwill brought with it hope that
the Christmas season might again
be the joyous occasion dreamed o.
by Navy-veteran Serell in the bar
rem Businesses of the Aleutian is.
lands three years ago.
Great was the Sebreu's loss and
wide was the gap it had left in
their lives.
But yesterday, as contributions
for their Christmas streamed stead
lily into the Star-News and the Po-
lice and Fire departments, the pic
ture Of a burning home on a bleak
Thursday afternoon was being wip-
ed from one family's minds.
For william B. Sebrell, from his
fellow members of the Fire Depart
ment, who had fought beside him
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
LEWIS LAYS OFF
CONTRACT TALKS
Union Mine Leader Makes
No Outward Move To-
ward Coal Operators

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. -R9-
John L. Lewis made no outward
move Friday toward the majority
of the nations soft coal operators,
who had offered to talk contract
terms with him.
The operators, who broke up
their national bituminous negotiat-
ing committee in disagreement
over whether to meet with Lewis
now, scattered alter a hectic one.
day conference without any word
from the United Mine workers
president.
Lewis was reported visiting his
mother in Springfield, Ill.
AS the smoke cleared Friday, at
ter Thursdays all day session,
the Southern Coal Producers as
ISOLATION found itself virtually iso-
lated, except for the nominal sup
port of Far Western operators.
The remainder of the industry was
committed to start up negotiations
with Lewis any time that was con-
venient for him.
20 To 1 Bet
Some operators privately were
guessing it was a 20 to l bet that
Lewis would not take up their Of
fer. The Southerners, they said,
had been unwilling ever to take
that gamble, because they did not
think this was the time to reopen
contract talks directly with Lewis.
The Southern group accounts for
more than one-third of the nations
soft coal output.
The Southern operators favored,
they said, waiting until the gov
ernment's court fight with Lewis
was settled, and other "considera-
tons of major importance to the
country had jelled. Henry Ward
en-, the Southern association spokes-
man, said this includes prospec-
tive legislation coming up in the
8Oth Congress and the .labor legis-
lation picture" everywhere.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Travel lmpeded

: Fog and freezing rain impeded
air and ground travel in wide areas
of the country Friday night.
Government meteorologists fore
cast snow or freezing rain from
Chicago south to the Ohio River
valley and East to the Appalachian
mountains.
Heavy fog made air travel haz-
ardous or grounded regular plane
flights in most Southeastern states.
Temperatures in Maine and New
England remained cold but else
where in the nation readings above
normal were general.
The wide moisture area in the
Eastern half of the nation was
attributed to a series of low pres
sure areas moving East from the
Central Gulf states.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
PEACE MOVE
PEACE MOVE
All India Congress
ToAppelEzpI Soslems
Indications Poi,v,
British J
Compuls~ ;

NEW DELHI, Dec. 20. -Ht
- Strong indications appeared
Friday night that the ALL
India Congress would accept
the Interpretation of the Mos
lem league and the British on
the compulsory groupings of
Indian provinces under the
British plan for Indian indie
pendence.
Such a step would obviate
referring the question to a fede-
raj court, as suggested by the
British as a means of solving
one of the differences between
the predominantly Hindu Con-
gress and the Moslem league.
Congress members of the
Constituent assembly held a
caucus on the matter and one
assembly member said "any
reference to the federal court
is to all intents and purposes
dead now"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21

BERLIN Dec. 20 = REThe
British-licensed new ;paper Telegraf
said Friday that Soviet authorities
were shipping to Russia hundreds
if not thousands Of German Army
officers released from BRUSH
and American camps.
An American military govern
ment source said the report was
Substantially correct" and ex-
pressed belief that the Soviet action
was the result Of concern over
future political agitation in their
zone by the former officer class
as well as the need for manpo"ef
in the Russian homeland.
Official Soviet comment was not
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21

DEs MONIES, Dec. 2o.-R-
The first effort of its kind in the
nation, so far as sponsors know
an intensive campaignsto rid Iowa
Of flies in 1947-began here Fri
day. One of the primary purposes
is to prevent all diseases carried
by flies. including infantile ~paraly-
sis.
Dr.. Harold Gunderson, Iowa State
college. entonologist, told nearly
100 representatives of more than
Is Iowa organizations that the
drive was believed, to be the first
Of its. kind on a statewide basis.
The organizations were asked by
the sponsors to cooperate in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
State OF Iowa Driuing
]. To Stamp Out House Fly

campaign. Sponsors are the State
departments Of health and agri-
culture, and the Iowa State College
Extension service.
Previous efforts by individuals
and municipalities have been aim
ed at reducing fly populations"
Gunderson said. Nov with new
insecticides and modern equipment
we have opportunity to rid our
selves completely Of the fly prob
lem"
The program calls for sprayin;
business houses, residences, alleys
garbage can and every breeding
place fo- flies in every city and
town in the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Byrnes Thanked

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-P)-
Russian Foreign Minister Molotov
has thanked Secretary Of State
Byrnes for the warm reception
given Soviet delegates in New
York, the State department said
Friday.
In a letter to Byrnes dated Dec.
IA, Molotov also told Byrnes:
"The great work carried out in
New York by the Council OF
Foreign ministers and the General
assembly for the Strengthening OF
peace and international cooperation
will find, I am convinced, a favor
able response from the peoples OF
the whole world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Russians Ship German
Officers To Homeland

available Immediately. DR.. Rudolf
Engel, in charge of German re-
settlement in the Soviet zone, re-
ferred questions to the Soviet Mil
itary government.
The Te1egraf said Germans had
complained that officers were be-
ing shipped from the former con-
centration camp town of Oranlen-
burg in the Soviet zone, and COM
mented:
Unfortunately the fact is that
in the past months many hundreds.
if not thousands, have been sent
from Oranienburg to Russia after
medical examination for working
ability.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
Picard To Soar

WASHINGTON, Dec. .20.-R-
Using 100 balloons, DR.. Jean Pic
card and a Navy pilot will attempt
to rise 100, 900 feet or nearly 10
miles, far higher than man ever
has flown before, the Navy an
nounced Friday night.
The ascent will be made next
June from the Naval Air station at
Ottumwa, Iowa.
The 100 balloons, each 81 feet in
diameter, will support a 400-pound
aluminium gondola, its equipment,
DR.. Picard and a Navy pilot still
to be selected, in a search for data
on the physics and chemistry of
atmosphere in the s~tratosphere.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
/. South Carolina and North Carolina -
and continued rather cold, with
rain or drizzle Saturday and
over East portions Saturday night. Cen
orally fair and slightly warmer Sunday.
Eastern Standard Time)
+, (By u. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
+; Temperatures g
1870 am. Al; 1880 am. As; / 80 pm. 46.
1880. pm. A. -a
Maximum 4s; Minimum Il; Mean A;
48. tx.
Humidity
: 1870 am. rs; 1880 am. 100; 1870 pm.
IS; 1880 pm. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm -
1.78 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
2. 10 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
u S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
High Low
Wilmington $50 8:25 am. 2:55 am
1886 pm. 1927 pm
Inlet = $50 am. - am
,6:25 pm. 1882 pm
Sunrise TIA; Sunset 5:o7; Moonrise
5:S3 am; Moonset 3:47 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c.. at
Friday report missing) feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
So To Bed

An unknown gentleman called
the Star newsroom last night
to inquire as to the weather
outlook.
A member Of the staff re-
ported the weatherman said It
was due to remain cold and
rainy for Today. He started to
hang up the receiver, only to
recall that the report added
cloudy.
Whereupon the gentleman ut
the other end Of the line re-
sponded: "If It rains there's
bound to be a few clouds, don't
you Think"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21
FIRE LOSS
PLACED AT $4,000
Origin OF Blaze AT Bruins
Wick River Storage
Basin Undetermined

Damage to a barge which was
burned in the Brunswick river
storage basin early Friday morn
ing has been estimated at $4,000 by
Dallas Orrell, owner.
The barge was being operated
by the Boney construction COM
pany of Norfolk, Virginia, in erect
ing wharf facilities at the storage
basin, it was reported
Origin of the fire which almost
completely destroyed the craft, has
not as yet been determined.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-21

WILMINGTON and vicinity: Cloudy
and continued rather cold with occasion
al rain or drizz1e today and tonight;
Sunday fair n slightly warmer.