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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1946-03-22
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WpTIu W6l II veterans
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wOmen's services obtain medicab
aid from the Veterans Administers
ton in pregnancy cases? 4
A. The Veterans Administration
has ruled that pregnancy is not o
disease or a disability and there
fore is not a responsibility of the;
government.
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my discharge, yet have not re-
Ceived the back pay due to mo-
Where shall l write about this?
A. Army inquiries should be adj
dressed to the finance officer Of
the camp from which you were dis
charged. Navy, Marine Corps and
Cast Guard inquiries should be,
addressed to the Claims Division,
General Accounting Office, WASH
ington 25, d. c. Be sure to print
full name and serial or service nunni
Der, giving rank and organization
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disabled veteran tc obtain recaId
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hospitals are autboriGed 10 fut: -
information about r4ro~6s -: pa,
tients to practLc,ng peysie@.. -
when requested ny thor tcr usa "a
treatment of suy yeteran.
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VETERANS FRIEND
O. Where Ia le pOssIbso for q vet
sRan % obtain o review Of his dis
charge from World War III service?

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sRan % obtain review OF his dis
charge from World War III service
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has its own review board to handle
the review of discharges. For com-
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quests for review of military dis
charge?
A. If you feel that your military
service justified a more favorable
discharge or dismissal you have is
years after discharge to ask for
rec :nsideration.
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discharge: from the Army can he
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

months of walking these streets,
the dual operation was over in
a matter of minutes.
Almost before we realized il. we
we're walking out. of the barber
shop. our. haircut was already
swept from the floor, and another
customer, was seated in the still
warm chair we had vacated, get
ting the same swift treatment we
had just undergone.
AS We said before, it was nice,
in a way in a speedy, thorough
sort. of way. It's. fine, to have
the boys take the hair off our
head and the dirt off our shoes so
rapidly.
But, somehow, we object to their
talking our breath away at the
same time. .,..
LEIsURELY DAYS - We're.-e.
membering those. leisurely DAYS
before the advent of the electric
clipper, the jitterbug shoeshine
boy, and the Jealous manicurist.
1t took a long time to get your
locks shorn then. The barber
See CAPE FEAR ON Page Tws
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
BIG LOSS SHOWN
In ACL REPORT
Net Operation Loss For
May Figured AT
$937,667

Atlantic Coast Line railroad yes
terday reported a net loss Of
1913, 667 for operations during May.
Accumulated totals for the first
five months of 1916 show a deficit
of 1856, 931, with figures generally
indicating a decided downward
trend from last years first five
months total of 81, 739, 527.
The statement came shortly after
an announcement by C. Med.
Davis, ACL president, that "cur-
tailment of forces, and a general
deferment of the roads multi
million dollar rehabilitation pro-
gram" would result from an In
terstate Commerce Commission
ruling that railroads be allowed on
ly six per. cent hike in rail freight
rates.
Operating revenues for the month
Just passed were SO, $50, 908, as
compared with those during May,
l945, when the company realized
$l3, 222, 637.
Net railway operating income
total for May stood at 1913, 667,
while for the same month last year
the total shows that $685., 710 was
realized above expenses.
Operating expenses for May
amounted to SO, 778, APT, showing
an increase over the same month
See LOSS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
JONES ELECTED =
TO ELKS' OFFICE
Annual Two-Day Conven-
ton Of BPOE Comes
To Close

c. David Jones, sheriff Of New
Hanover county, was elected vice
president-at-large of the State As.
ISOLATION of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks yester.
day as the groups two-day annual
convention drew to a close in the
Wilmington Elks Temple.
The Tar Heel delegates also
awarded the 1947 annual conven
ton to Charlotte and the annual
fall quarterly meeting to Winston.
Salem. The convention will be
held on June ct, and the quarterly
meeting will take place in Septem-
Der or October.
Other Officers
Elected to serve with Jones for
the coming year are:
Boyce A. Whitmire, Henderson
vile, president; John Glover,
Greenville, vice-president of the
See JONES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
DEMANDS
REDS SHOWDOWN
Secretary To Insist Peace
Decision AT Meet
Today

PARIS, June %. - [1 - Score
tarv of State James F. Byrnes
served notice Friday night of a
showdown SATURDAY. with Soviet
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
on calling a general European
peace conference, following a heat
ed exchange in Fridays foreign
ministers session. American in
formants said,
At the end of a lenethv areument
with the Russian official, Byrnes
declared he would insist upon a
decision at Saturdays conference
meeting on whether to call the 81
nation parley.
Face To Face
Evrnes looked squarelv at Molo-
TOW and asserted he wanted a deci-
sion enc way or another, Ameri-
can informants said. Molotov then
conceded that any council member
could speak on any topic at any
time of the "day or night"
The exchange rounded off a re-
view of outstanding issues in the
Italian and Romanian treaties
which resulted ina shelving OF the
kew issue of Trieste when French
See BYRNES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
So To Bed

Yesterday afternoon the big
gest mix-up of the year hap
pened in an elevator In a local
bI Hiding.
AS the elevator door opened at
the ground floor a crowd Of
people damned in. From there
on the ride was chaos.
A lady who wanted to get off
at the third floor got off at the
second. The lady who wanted
to get off at the seco,d floor
debarked at the third.
The operator went down .
floor to get the lady who got
off at the second only to dis
cover that the lady had al
ready started to walk up he
stairs. And the lady who got
off at the third had likewise
started to walk down to the
second.
This sort of thing continued,
with people getting off at wrong
floors and confusing the opera
tor no end.
Finally when the elevator
reached the top floor there was
only n passenger left.
What floor did you want to
get off at?" asked the ex-
hausted operator.
The first floor, please" said
the passenger. 81 didn't want
to get in here in the first place.
l was showed in by the crowd,e
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
AlongThe Cape Fear
UNFAMILIAR SITUATION

UNFAMILIAR SITUATION -
Yesterday afternoon, needing the
threats of several friends to pur-
chase us a violin, a. dog-tag, and
a haircloth shirt, we purchased
ourself a haircut.
To get the project accomplished
we went, of course, to a-barber-
shop.
1t was all very nice, in a way
While the barber lowered busily
about our head like a bumble-bee
with an electric clipper, an ener-
getic shoeshine boy slapped and
rubbed a mir~or-finish on our foot
gear. $3.50. j.
And, if we had. let her, an eager
young. lady armed heavily with
an assortment of. scissors, nail.
files, and other surgical-looking
instruments, would have complet-
ed the unfamiliar situation of
three people fussing over us stimuli
taneous1y.
COONSKIN CAP - Despite the
fact that our head was covered
with a record growth Of hair re-
sembling a coonskin cap and our
shoes besrimed with several
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
Price Rises
Forecast By
Bills Foes
Bowles, In Resigning, Asks
Truman To Veto
Measure
BARLEY BACKS BILL
Senate Leader Says Con-
gress Will Pass
No Other

WASHINGTON, June o.
(AP) - Congress passed the
compromise OPA bill Friday
and Chester Bowles resigned
with a fervent plea to Presi-
dent Truman to veto it as
certain to lead to an infla-
tionary boom and a bust.
These events occurred within
three hectic hours:
l.. The OPA bill, extending a
measure of price control for an
other year but opening the way for
widespread price increases, passed
the senate, Al to %.
2. The White House made public
a letter from the National Wage
Sterilization board declaring the
bill would inevitably lead to "un-
controlled initiation"
Bowles Urges Veto
3. The resignation of Bowles, eff
fective July 10, was made public
at the White House. Written be-
fore the senate acted, It urged a
veto of the bill on the ground that
lit would only serve to legalize in
fation'' and bring on ultimate "col-
lapse" With all price controls
due to expire at midnight Sunday
unless an extension bill is en-
See OPA on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
PRISONER FOOLS
COUNTY JAILER
Theft Suspect Walks Scot
Free By Posing AS
Cellmate

Law officers of three states were
last night still beating the bushes
for Jack Bryant, 81, who walked
out of New Hanover county jai,
early Thursday after convincing
turkeys that he was his cell-mate
Bryant made his painless jail
break carrying a travel fund o.
5000 belonging to the man whose
name he used in securing his re.
lease.
Officers A1erted
When the break was discovered,
law enforcement agents of NORTH
and South Carolina and Georgia
were immediately alerted at the
request of the New Hanover Coun.
ty sheriff's office.
A radio message reading "hold
warrant for Jack Bryant. age 81,
five foot 10 inches tall: 152 pounds;
slender build; grey eyes; brown
hair; ruddy complexion was
broadcast to cooperating stations.
Confined to the county gall since
April 20, Bryant has on that date
been returned here from Houston,
Texas in connection with the bur-
glary of Kingoff's Jewelry store
the night Of Jan. Is.
C0nfesses Thefts
When arrested he is reported to
have confessed to the theft of
four watches, telling arresting Of
ficers he had sold three of the
timepieees for s25 apiece. He was
returned to Wilmington hv City
Detective r. Hayes and Sheriff
deputy, W. E. S~ingletary.
Bryant flew the coop sometime
See PRISONER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
Border Belt
Opens Aug. I
Sales Begin In Georgia
July "a; Regula-
.tions Set

RALEIGH, June 2s- ~
Here are regulations which
will govern operation of flue-
cured tobacco markets dur
ing the 1916 selling season.
Recommended by the Bright
Belt Warehousemen's associa-
ton, the regulations along with
opening dates, were adopted by
the Tobacco Association of the
United States here Friday.
Opening dates:
GeOrgia-Florida - Wednes-
day, July "a.
South Carolina-Nor Caro-
lima Border-Thursday, August
Eastern North Carolina -
Monday, August 10.
Middle Belt North Carolina)
Monday, September 9.
Old Belt Virginia = North
Carolina)-Monday, September
16.
Virginia Dark Fire-Cured -
Monday, December 2.
The opening dates were rec
commended on condition that
effective after sales of Fri
day, August 16, the number of
piles per day sold on all
Georgia-Florida markets then
open will be reduced by 40 per
See BORDER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
TIDE WATER WILL
| INSTALL STATION
New 5000 KVA Unit To
Be Located AT Dock,
Water Corner

Looking to the future and in
creased demand for power through
air-conditioning installations and
other industrial uses, Tide Water
Power company will place in
operation around October 1, a new
5000 KVA sub-station at the
corner of Dock and Water streets,
company officials announced yes
terday.
On order for a year now, the
new facility is expected to arrive
from the manufacturer sometime
in September. Of a unit type, it
will be equal to 5000 horsepower
scape and if necessary, could be
and will not be a blot on the land
transferred to any overloaded
zone.
Ahead For Future
In announcing the new unit-type
s%ub-station, company officials said
that although the present power
system is adequate, the added
unit will allow for an increase OF
5000 KVA owe the regular power
set-up and when ready for use, v l
put the company ahead for the
future.
The new sub-station will supply
power for all downtown Whining
ton from the Cape Fear river to
18th street and Church street
through Princess street. An II, 900
volt line will be run from the Eagle
Island station across the ri:er and
down Water street to the SUBJ
station location at Dock street. The
line will be tied in with the II, 900
volt cable which runs down Second
street and from the foot of Second
street to the railroad.
Will Relay Power
Engineering plans of the COM
See TIDE WATER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
New Overseas
Marts Sought
By Body
Tobacco Association
Stresses Need For
Foreign Sales
OFFICERS ELECTED
Export Trade Depends On
Financial Situation,
Officer Says

RALEIGH, June 28.-(AP)
The need for extended eff
forts to reclaim foreign mar
kets for American tobacco
was stressed Friday as the
Tobacco Association of the
United States closed it's three
day convention with the setting Of
opening dates for the six flue-
cured belts and election of new
officers.
Clyde B. Austin of Greenville,
Tenn, was elected president to
succeed Lee L. Gravely of Rocky
Mount who served two years.
Others named were N. M. Schaum
of Wilson, Herbert Jackson of
Richmond, and J. E. Bohanan of
Bowling Green, KY, vice presi-
dents.
G. Amshelton and J. E. Coving-
ton, both of Richmond, were elect
ed as members of the board
of governors. All other members
of the board were reelected.
Dual Job For Lanier
j. Con Lanier, Greenville at
torrey and tobacconist, who has
served for five years as executive
secretary and general counsel for
the Leaf Tobacco Exporters as
ISOLATION, was named to a similar
post with the TAUS, a new office
created Friday.
AT a general meeting, the TAUS
endorsed a proposal to merge with
the Leaf Exporters association, the
Virginia Dark Fire-Cured associa-
ton, and the Burley Leaf Tobacco
See MARKETS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
FIRST CANDIDATE
Miss Johnson Signs
For Jaycee Contest

An employe of the City of
Wilmington Finance Depart
ment who could be crowned
Miss America" yesterday
filed application to enter the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beauty pageant.
Miss Judith Johnston, 49,
year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. N. Johnston, Gordon
Road, told reporters she will
sing" in an attempt to cop the
gilded crown of the nations
queen, coveted prize of every
young girl.
Singing is just one of Miss
Johnston accomplishments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
FIVE WORKMEN DIE
IN BRIDGE SMASH
AT. PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, June 28-P)-
laundering collapse of a 150-foot
double-deck pier Friday apparent
" hurtled five workmen to death
in freight cars which plunged into
the Delaware river.
Twelve workers were on the pier
as it split apart without warning
and dropped them into 20 feet OF
water amid two tumbling cranes,
Railroad box cars and tons OF
splintered timber and twisting
steel.
Trapped In Cars
Seven fought taeir way out de-
spite injuries requiring hospital
treatment. Acting Deputy Fire
Chief George Hink said the others
were believed carried to the bot
tom and trapped in the cars in
which they we're working.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
HOSPITAL PLANS
SKYSCRAPER UNIT
James Walker "Looking To
Future" With Proposed
Project

A ~skyscraper unit, CONSTRUCTED
with a view toward Wilmington's
future hospital needs" is among
the many building improvements
planned for James Walker Me
mortal hospital, it was disclosed
yesterday by W. D. McCaig, mem
Der of the board OF managers.
In Paper Stage
Still in the paper stage, the new
unit will, when erected, more than
double the hospitals present pa.
tent capacity, he said.
The plans, he continued, call for
the demolition of the original hos
pital unit now situated between
the northern unit and Marion
Sprunt annex.
The sky5craper unit will be
constructed with a view toward
Wilmington's I u t hospital
needs" McCaig declared, land
that means we're looking forward
at least 20 years"
The new service building, open
ed about two weeks ago, is the
first item on the list of improve
ments, he said.
The wing adjacent to Marion
Sprunt annex, built during the war.
is not a part of the improvement
program, he added. He pointed out
that many of the materials of the
wing are mot of the best"
Final disposition of the wing is
still uncertain. There has been
some discussion, he said, to use
IL as a community cenfer. b.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

The blonde-haired, brown
eyed lass who graduated from
New Hanover high school, class
of 1915, sang in the glee club,
and on many occasion was
highly applauded for her per-
formances. She is also some
thing of { master of drama,
her former instructors say.
Acting is an old line with
Miss Johnston, who will enter
her five-foot-six and one quar-
ter inch, 126 pounds in the
contest to be held at Lumina,
Wrightsville Beach, July 10.
See CONTEST on Psge Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

from the sag in May caused by
the steel, coal and other work
stoppages, Small said in CPA's
monthly production report.
Employment climed ITO, 900 in
May, but the bulk of the new civil
ian job-holders-6s,0 900 of them
were farm workers. Strikes held
the climb in factory and COM
mercial employment to 80, 1000, the
|CPA chief reported.
Income Holds Up
Consumer income held up we'll,
however, and gains-most of them
"small''-were registered in such
wanted goods as radios, washing
machines, refrigerators, sewing
machines and automobiles.
Output in May, Small added,
would have been well above" the
postwar records set in November
and March except for a 80 percent
drop in iron and steel production.
although operations at coal
mines and steel furnaces have re-
covered rapidly, industrial activ-
ity will probably not regain the
high levels of March and Novem-
Der before midsummer because
OF localized shortages of fuel, raw
materials or parts" he said.
Paralysis Averted
The report went. n
See PROSPERITY o.. p.aa
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
New Service
Forecast By
Noted Flyer
Colonel Turner Sees Reeu-
lar Trips Here From
Midi. S.
PRAISES WRIGHTSVILLE
Steaming indianapolis Just
Memory After Fast
Flight Here
By r HIRSCH

The Lower Cape Fear re-
sort area, long hidden in semi
isolation, broke into it's right
full place in the summer
vacation SUM- late yesterday
afternoon when Col. Roscoe
Turner, world-famed airplane
pilot, landed his two-motor luxury
air liner and five middlewest
passenger-tourists at Bluethenthal
airport only two and one-half hours
after leaving "sweltering" Ind
annapolis, Ind.
Hot-Bed To Beach
"It took exactly three hours
from the time we left that swelter-
ing Hoosier hot-bed till the time
we dunked ourselves in the cool
ocean air and water of Wrights-
vile Beach," the flying colonel
said as he emerged from the comb
ers in his swimsuit.
Eve haze demonstrated some
thing the entire nation has ove--
looked" he declared as he drew
in a lungful of salt sea air. 1.-THE
unfortunate folks of the land
bound interior of the United States
need suffer through humid, torrid
summers no longer.
Just A Quick Trip
1--WE have shown that they can
be at the cool, refreshing door
step of the Atlantic coast in a mat
ter of two OF three hours, even
though they may live in the dead
center of the nation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
! h w Gather
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Cardinal Scattered thunder
showers and warm Saturday.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 I'm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30a IA; 7:30a IS; .1:50p "a; 1902 n.
Maximum IS; Minimum 70; Mean rs;
Normal rs.
Humidity
1:Soa SO; 7:3oa IS; 1:3op go; 1902 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
600 inch.
Total since the first of the month AS
inches. '
" Tides for Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ------------- s:55a 4.47a
OPP 4:48p
Masonboro Inlet -------- 7:40a 1:41a
8:10p lap
Sunrise 5:03a; Sunset 7:27p; Moonrise
5:19a; Moonset 8 :2Op.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. c., at
pm. Friday. 1912 feet. A.
See THE WEATHER on Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
RACE INTEREST
Wilmington Boys Follow
Charlotte Derby Results

ceived here, the Charlotte race,
run over the Euclid avenue
Derby Downs course attrac-
It'd a final entry list of IS
home-built racers and by II o.
4: clock Thursday morning, the
large field chad been narrowed
down to ten boys. Racing was
resumed al 2:30 in the after
noon and within an hour, 15-
year. old Tommy Smith was
Judged champion" of the
Charlotte area and will re-
present the Charlotte News at
See WILMINGTON on Page Tw
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
RACE INTEREST
BY JACK C.. N

While some two-score or
more Wilmington and Carolina
Beach boys worked on con-
struction of Soap Box racers
for the Wilmington All-Amerl-
can Derby here on July 81,
many took time out last night
to scan the pages of Charlotte
papers. for the result of the
Charlotte A'l-American Soap
Box race, which was sponsored
in that city by the Chevrolet
company and the Charlotte
News.
According to- the reports re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
BOUNCING BACK
BOUNCING BACK
Prosperity Era
Forecast In US.
Unprecedented Production Predicted In Re.
port By CPA Head Small; Employ
ment Shows Gain

WASHINGTON, June 28.-AP)-Industry's present
respite from big strikes may well usher in an era of I'M
precedented production. and prosperity" Civilian Production
Administration John D. Small predicted Friday night.
The OUTPUT of goods "hounced back quickly in Lime "
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
and warm Saturday, scattered thunder
showers in the afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

See HOLSTERS on Page Two