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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
CITY EXPECTING
ACCEPTABLE BIDS
City Manager Readys Re.
port On Work Now
Underway

City Manager ]. R. Benson will
be ready next Wednesday to lay
before the City Council a report
shows that costs of laying
the Chestnut Street Waterman
with city forces are substantially
IpWer than any bid SO far offered
for similar work by private con-
tractors, he said last night.
The Chestnut < ct report is
important because it will give
the council a yardstick by which
to measure the bids of private
contractors on some $525, 900 OF
work on various phases of the city
extension, slated for opening
Wednesday,.
The city's proven success in
carrying out installation of the
water pipe at what Benson termed
"a very material saving on origi-
nal bids" last night gave the
city officials good cause for hope
that reasonable bids will be
forthcoming Wednesday.
So far, the Water and Sewer
Department has laid 5000 feet Of
pipe. TWelve-inch mains have been
installed out Williams Street to
Market, and eight-inch lines from
Chestnut to Princess Road.
City work crews will continue
installation of the water line until
a private contractor takes over the
job, Benson indicated.
Commitments by private con-
tractors so far give promise that
there will be competitive bidding
on all five sections of the half
millioh-dollar contract when offers
are opened Wednesday morning.
The sections, with city cost es-
Inmates, follow:
Street paving, So, 200; i~nstalla-
ton of water lines, 500, 600; in
stallation of sanitary sewers, 500,
900; erection of a million-gallon
water storage tank with a separate
contract for its concrete base,
$125, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
The Weather

FORECAST
South hi North Carolina-Cloudy and
rather windy with occasional showers
Friday; showers ending over west por-
ton Friday forenoon; colder west por-
tons Friday and east portions by late
Afternoon.
(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. 80; 7:30 am. g.; 1880 pm. u;
1880 pm. g..
Maximum u; Minimum 50; Mean IS;
Normal so.
Humidity
1880 am. 80; 1880 am. 81; l 80 pm. II;
1880 p.m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm. =
'0.09 inches.
Total since the first of the month
0.10 inches. IA
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ---- It's I'm. 8:18 am
1:46 pm. s:01 pm
Masonboro Inlet 1885 am. sos am
pm. $3.50 pm,
Sunrise 7:o9; Sunset 5:04; Moonrise
10:40 pm; Moonset IL "A am.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C.. at {
am. Thursday, 1917 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
NO COMMITMENT
MADE ON COURT
New Hanover Legislators
Attend Community
Council Meet

New Hanover county's two state
legislators-elect last night withheld
formal commitment to back estab.
lishment of a combined domestic
relations and juvenile court here
while announcing their support in
principle for the court and four
other social welfare projects.
Senator-elect Alton A. Lennon,
and Assemblyman-elect R.. M. Ker.
mon conferred last night on the
Community Council program with
J. r. Hollis, county Welfare off
Ger, and Mrs. Herbert Bluethenthal
and H. Carl Moultrie, council rep.
resentatives.
Lennon and Hollis agreed that
they would not introduce a bill
which would allow local govern
ment agencies to set up the domes-
tic court until they had more as
surance that the City Council and
County Board would put their en-
abling act into effect.
Kermo nand Lennon both express
sed belief that the court would be a
good thing for the county.
With another warning that their
minds might change with further
investigation, the county legisla-
tive teammates accepted in prin-
ciple these other measures advo-
Gated by the Community Council:
Cd State appropriations Tor di-
rect welfare assistance to be made
not contingent on federal aid and
to carry increases in categories OF
assistance.
ca Legislation % increase teach
ers salaries on a 12-month basis.
90 Improvements in facilities at
Caswell Training school at Colds
boro.
a. Revision Of adoption, and
guardianship laws and assignment
of responsibility for truancy to
school officials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
Writers Safe

ATHENS, Greece, Dec .12-U.D
The Chief of Police at Trikaha
announced Thursday that missing
correspondents Robert Vermillion
of the United Press and John
Phillips of Time and Life maya
zines had returned safely to Tri-
kalla from the mountains where
they had been interviewing band
it's"
The government had feared for
the lives of Vermillion and Phillips
and sent two detachments Of
troops into the bandit country
Of Calambaco province after their
jeep- was found abandoned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
RIGGS TO HEAD
POLICEATREAlH
Other Public Offic iaIs
Named AT Wrightsville
Council Session

W. r. Riggs, formerly Of Will
mington and a member of the
Wrightsville Beach police force for
the past two years, was appointed
chief Of police at a meeting Of the
Wrightsville town council last
night. Riggs succeeds M. S. Fair
cloth, who resigned several days
ago.
In addition to the appointment
of Riggs, other selections for town
posts were: R. H. Order, water
and sewerage department; G. V.
Parker, chief of streets, board
walk, public docks and sanitary
department: Charles B. Mabry,
policeman; and F.. L. Benson, ex-
ecutive secretary of all town de-
partments. Benson was selected to
till this post under the town council
in addition to his other duties as
town clerk.
Plans we're also drafted to pre-
sent a strong protest to the dis
trict engineer against action in
closing up Shinn creek and chang
ing the flow Of water in Mason
boro inlet thereby causing excess
sive erosion on the south end Of
the beach. Benson announced fol-
lowing the meeting. Z
The town council, faced by the
protests Of a delegation calling
for engineer action in controlling
the erosion, also decided to ar
range for a meeting with the en-
gineers, Benson said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13

leges is Of the utmost import
ance," DR.. Conant said. bad
procedures could do a vast
( amount OF harm, indeed might
destroy the basis Of our sys,
tenn.
Federal aid. he said, would
help meet "the. crying need
TOR improving our schools in
many states and the national
scandal presented BY the pres
ent low pay Of school teach
;ers."
aThe additional money also
might be used, he suggested,
to expand general education be-
.yond the high school level to
a tWo-year Junior college. For
many students. he said, such a
course would be 1.-THE most
economical and effective form
of further schooling"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13

Frantically
For Missing.
Many Children Among 2S
Persons Unaccounted
For At Late Hour
NEW YORK DISASTER
Walls OF Fire-G Quilted Ice
Plant Slices Manhattan
House In Two Parts

NEW YORK, Dec. IL. =
(R The 18th body was
dragged from the mass
wreckage of a six-story upper
Manhattan tenement Thurs
day night hours after the
building suddenly collapsed
entombing many Of its 95
residents. Later a fireman
died Of burns.
Rescuers still dug franti-
cally in the debris, spurred
Continued On Page 4; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
SPEAKS OUT
SPEAKS OUT
Teacher Pay Call:ss
National Sea 81
President James B. Conant OF HAIRY. ID Calls
On New Congress To Provide Federal
Aid For Education In States VI

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dec. y
(WD- President James 3.
Conant of Harvard, describing
present salaries of school
teachers as a national scan
DAT, Thursday night called on
the new Congress to provide
federal aid for the nations
education.
Without federal funds the
American educational system
cannot function as it should in
the years ahead" DR.. Conant.
said in a radio address.
The noted educator stressed
that federal aid should be given
through the states essential
~ without restrictions so that
education will still be run on
the local level.
THE method by which federal
funds flow to schools and col
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
MolotovPays
Fine Tribute
ToDelegates
French, Russian
Leaders Thank United
States For Hospitality
PACTS CONCLUDED
Text OF Agreement For
Danube Conference Re-
leased To Newsmen
NEW YORK. Dec. IL.

NEW YORK, Dec. IL. -
The Big Four Foreign
ministers e d d Thursday
night, on a note of friendship,
their conference which start
ed Nov. a, after completing
work on five Axis satellite
peace treaties and prepara-
lions for the drafting of a
German treaty.
After the program for the
German treaty had been COM
pleted, Russian Foreign Minis
Continued On Page 4; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
Today And Tomorrow
By.WALTER LIPPMANN

der almost any procedure. This
debate about the procedure Of the
Big -Four rests on the assumption
that nothing happens and nothing
can be done except when they
confront each other formally -
that, for example, h views OF
Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxem-
bourg and Denmark cannot b e
heard unless the Big -Four sol
EMMY agree to rear" them, and
to listen to them, snd to consider
seriously what they have to say.
But why act as If the normal
methods Of diplomacy were denied
to Mr.. Byrnes when he is making
peace settlements? The normal
Continued on Page Four
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
Without Publicity

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-R-The
body of Damon Runyon, columnist
and short story writer, was taken
Thursday to Ardsley, N. Y, and
cremated. :
His son, Damon Runyon, Jr., OF
Cincinnati, Ohio, and the sons
wife accompanied the body.
dad requested that the DISPOSE
ton of his ashes should be without
publicity" the 0 said. II am
following his every last wish to
the lette-."
Runyon died Monday night at a
New York hospital following a
long illness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
New Broadcast Set

The Star-News "Round-the-town" reporter will be
heard three times daily over WMFD beginning next Mon
day, as Ben Mcdonald takes to the airways with an added
morning broadcast. He will be heard at 8:15 a. m. and
1925 and 6:25 pm. with news from Southeastern North
Carolina giving readers Of the Star and the News coverage
of the happenings in this area. The regular Sunday 1870
afternoon program will not be changed. Tune in 400 on
your dial.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
Before the MOSCOW Meeting

Having agreed on March 10 as
the date and on Moscow as the
place FOR the German and Austrian
peace settlements, there is the us
ual disagreement about the pro
cedure. Shall there be deputies to
prepare drafts of treaties, how
shall the smaller nations be heard,
shall the foreign ministers stand
under klieg lights and carry On
their dis :ussions with microphones?
Thu excessive interest N the
mechanism Of the peace making
is a certain sign Of an insufficient
attention to the substance. For
the most perfect procedure will
not insure the goodness Of the
settlements, and on the other hand
good settlements can be made un-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
So To Bed

In case you have a more-than-
average-feeling that fate might
be set to tag you with a sneak
punch today = 1t being FRI
day the 18th - then relax .
bit.
The national safety council,
in an effort to dispell any hoax
surrounding this supposedly
unlucky day, points out that
Friday the 18th is just IN
average day in the year ~ far
as accidents are concerned. No
more, no less.
So If an accident befalls, don't
blame it on the calendar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
PASS RESOLUTION

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-REThe
United Nations assembly Thursday
night passed "a to 6, a resolution
that all members Immediately re-
call from Madrid their .ambassa-
doris and ministers 10 Franco Spain.
Evening star., 1946-01-24

WMAl. 8:30-"Can We Find Substitute for
Strikesf debated by Senators Brewster and
Morse, Dr.. Leo Wolman and Dr.. J. Raymond
Walsh.
WRC. 8:30-frank Sinatra visits Dinsh Shore.
WT0P, 9:00-Ginny Simms is quest ,oost.
Evening star., 1946-01-24

WRC, 9:0O-Frank horgsn's guest is Mar
jorie Main.
W0p. o;30-hary Boand and Expire
Fighter Mickey Walker discuss their hobbies.
WC. 9:30-chares RuesIss helps locate
missing Eve Arden.
Evening star., 1946-01-24
ON THE AIR TONIGHT.

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WT0p, 8:00-Dame May WhitfY in my
Dear Niece"
WRc, S:00-Kay kYet calls on Burns and
Allen.
Evening star., 1946-01-24

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radio programs some
times reach The Star too
Evening star., 1946-01-24

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Evening star., 1946-09-13
Greece Denies knowledge
OF Russian Concentration
By the A,socio,ed Pres.

! ATHENS, Sept. 13.-Acting For
eign Ministers Stephanos Stephano-
poulos said in an interview yesterday
that the Greek government had re-
ceived no information concerning
any concentration of Albanian
troops and two Russian regiments
along the Greek frontier, as re-
ported abroad
An authoritative source said
Greece attached no exceptional
significance to the report. Referring
to the possibility of war in the
Balkans, the source said Greece was
facing the future with confidence.
The New York Times reported
from Rome Thursday that Albania
had been steadily concentrating
large forces, including two Russian
infantry regiments, on the Greek
border for the past weeks"
The dispatch, which quoted very
good authority" said Albanian
troops were being aided by Russian
military advisers and strengthened
with Russian planes and armament.
1t added that the Albanian govern
ment lis believed to have ceded
Saseno secretly to Russia" and that
Russian field batteries were arriving
for service on it.
Saseno is an island situate near
the mouth of the Adriatic Sea.
Evening star., 1946-09-13
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Evening star., 1946-09-13
Army to Display
H,00O- O-Pound
Bread Bakery

Demonstrations of one of the
Army's newest developments. a
giant mobile field bakery capable of
producing 1900 pounds of bread a
day, will be held at the Army War
College at II am, l:30 pm. and
$3.50 pm today.
Maj. Gen. T. B. Larkin. Quarter
master General. was expected to be
on hand at the first demonstration
to study the new equipment in ac-
ton.
The bakery consists of five trail
ers mounted with modern baking
equipment. and is operated by a
platoon of approximately Al men.
Superceding portable field equip
ment used in World War II that
took from 6 to "a hours to set up
and an additional s hours to dis
mantle for evacuation, the new field
bakery can be put in operation in
from 2 to hours and evacuated in
IL hours.
Considerably more efficient than
the portable bakery now in use, the
new equipment is capable of produc-
ing 354 pounds of bread per man
day, as against $50 pounds with the
portable equipment.
Evening star., 1946-09-13
Parking LOT Worker Fined
500 in Attack on Officer

Barney Mcdaniel, 26, colored 400
block Of @ street NV. yesterday
was sentenced to pay a $lOO fine or
serve 80 days in Jail. Municipal
Court Judge George D. Nelson
found him guilty of assaulting a
Navy officer during an argument
over a 25-cent parking fee on a lot
at Thirteenth and E streets NV,
where Mcdaniel worked.
Comdr. John @. Friedman, 1854
Van Ness street NV, former New
York policeman, testified he refused
to pay Mcdaniel Is cents Sunday
night because he already had paid
the 35-cent parking fee. In the re-
sulting squabble, Comdr. Friedman
said his shirt was torn by Mcdaniel
Police also charged Mcdaniel with
disorderly conduct, for which he
forfeited IS collateral, after he
cursed the Navy of1icer in their
presence.
Evening star., 1946-09-13
z Held for Grand Jurv
In Seizure Of $4,000
In Counterfeit Money
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Two mem
bers of four-man group, said by
Secret Service officials to possess the
largest haul of bogus money in the
past 10 years" were arraigned YES
terday before United States Com
missioner Garrett Cotter and held
in $40 900 bail each for Federal grand
jury action.
The pair, Joseph Soroka. alias
'Mousey," 33. of New York. and
Joseph Giarruso, 80. of Bergenfield
N. j., were arrested here Wednesday
and charged with uttering and
passing $4,000 in $40 counterfeit
notes of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York.
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
and Acting Secret Service Chief
James j. Maloney said in Washing
ton that Soroka and Giarruso were
arrested after Soroka had delivered
package containing the bogus
$4,000 to an undercover Secret
Service agent at a midtown New
York hotel. The agent paid $7,7OO
for the bogus bills.
Mr.. Snyder and Mr.. Malonev said
the other two men were arrested
later. They were identified as
Joseph Paternoster, proprietor of
Newark IN. j printing plant, and
George A. Larkin, described by the
Government officials as partner of
PaternoSter in manufacture of the
counterfeit bills.
Thomas F. Murphy, chief of the
criminal division of the United
States attorneys office here, said
both Soroka and Giarruso were
former convicts. He said Soroka
was sentenced in Trenton Federal
Court in 1896 for counterfeiting and
that Giarruso was sentenced in
Brooklyn Federal Court for illegal
operation Of still in 1887.
The Secret Service said Pater-
noster and Larkin would be charged
with possession and sale of counter
felt bills.
The statement by Mr.. Snyder and
Mr.. Maloney said Soroka Dragged
to agents he had made over $780,
900 during the war in black market
activities, particularly in the sale of
counterfeit gasoline, meat and sugar
coupons"
Evening star., 1946-09-13
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