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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
Union Leader
For Contempt
Lewis Challenges Judge In
Roaring Courtroom Scene
Al Capital
HEAVY PENALTIES
Mine Organization Asses
ed On Basis OF $250,O00
Per Strike Day

WASHINGTON, Dec. A.
(UP) - If the United Mine
Workers of America (AFL)
carries out it's plan to appeal
the $3,50O,O0 fine levied
against it, the union must
post a bond in that amount
with the chief clerk of the
U. S. District court here.
Court attaches said that if
the UNIV posts the bond by
3 p. m. (EST) Thursday
there will be an automatic
stay Of execution Of Judge T. Alan
Goldsborough's sentence which was
handed down Thursday afternoon.
Should the union decide against
posting bond, or be unable to meet
it by the deadline Thursday the
next move would be up to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
|UNC ALUMNI NAME
RlPPY AS HEAD
Chancellor Robert House
Addresses Annual
Meeting Here

Highlighting the annual meeting
of the New Hanover chapter Of
the University of North Carolina
Alumni association held last night
in St. Paul's Lutheran church par
lsh house was an address by Chan
cellor Robert B. House.
j. Fred Rippy, Jr., treasurer of
Coastal Motors and former admin
istrative assistant to the Whining
ton city manager. was named pres
ldent to head the slate Of officers
for the local chapter during 1947.
He succeeds w. A. Raney as pres
ident OF the organization. r.
Other officers named by the more
than 100 members present for the
slipper meeting we're I. B. Grazing
er, vice president, and Joe Holmes,
secretary-treasurer.
Chancellor House reviewed the
work of the university through the
war years and pointed to three
specific issues which must be met
if the great period of leadership
Of the university among the col
leges of country is to continue"
THE three great issues which
face the University of North Caro-
lima now is adequate housing for
an unprecedented number of ap-
plicants for entrance, adequate
stating for the departments, and
as expansion of the medical school
to a full four-year course" he
said.
The guest speaker said the pres
ent enrolment at the Chapel Hill
institution numbered 1902 and that
over 5000 applications for entrance
were turned down this year be-
cause of housing.
'Unless this problem is solved,
one whole generation of North Car
DINA high school seniors will 60
lacking in college training" he as
serted.
See RIPPY on Page 2; Col. 6
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
Viii GROUP HOLDS
MEETING TONIGHT
Ex-Servicemen's Coopera-
tive Will Lay Plans To
Buy Lake Forest

Their purchase Of 584 masonry
units Of Lake Forest apparently
near completion the members Of
Veterans Homes, Inc, will meet in
closed session at the county court
house at 7:3o o'clock tonight to lay
final plans for conduct of the de-
ve1opment under their direction.
In the meanwhile. Brookes A.
Broome, president Of the Lake For
est Tenants association, chief op-
ponent Of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars-sponsored cooperative in its
efforts to acquire the development,
left here last night for Washington
where he will push the protest OF
a number Of present residents y.
Lake Forest against its purchase
by the World War II veterans
group.
H. R. Emory, director Of the
Wilmington Housing Authority. also
departed tor Washington to seek
what he described as purely an
effort to learn the full scope Of the
order issued last weekend" by
former Housing Expeditor Wilson
w. Wyatt granting World War II
veterans top priority in the pur.
chase of surplus housing units.
The James A. Marley Post of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
meeting here last night, took time
out to dispatch a telegram to
Wyatt expressing regrets over his
resignation, commencing his fight
against terrific odds and selfish
interests" and expressing parti-
cular gratitude for his 'toresight-
edness" in allowing veterans prior
ity to buy surplus housing.
The vFW, in a meeting largely
devoted to celebration of its Lake
Forest victory, also passed a
formal motion commencing Ken
Noble, acting president Of VIII, and
Wesley Pearce, national housing
DIRECTOR of the VIEW, for their lead
ership in a four-months campaign
to win the right to buy the de-
ve1opment. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
PLANNING BOARD
TO MEET FRIDAY
Simons Will Arrive Here
Today To Discuss
Master Plan !

George w. simons, Jr., OF
Jacksonville, Fla, city planning
consultant, will arrive here this
afternoon for a two-day visit, in the
course of which he is expected to
lay before city officials new phases
of his master plan for Wilmington's
development.
The City Planning Board will
meet with Simons in the council
chamber at City Hall tomorrow
evening, according to j. Fred Rips
Ply, its secretary.
Chief business on the planning
boards agenda will be discuss
sion of draft regulations for resi-.
dental subdivisions.
Simons is also expected to put
forward for general discussion such
~.long-range aspects Of the master
plan as the Burnt Mill Creek park
and a cultural center built around
New Hanover High School.
R. R. Emory, the planning
boards chairman, who left for
Washington last night, is expected
to return here in time for the meet
ing, /
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
Experts To Devise
Bomb Defense For Cities

hover when he commanded the
European theater.
The Navy meanwhile has ap.
pointed a Director of Atomic De.
fense," Rear Admiral William S.
parsons, physicist and technical
chief fo- the joint A-my-Navy task
force at the Bikini atomic bomb
experiments.
The studies of the Army board,
it is understood, are directed not
only at anti-atom bomb measures
but any other methods Of modern
mass destruction including bacteri-
illogical warfare. One official ex-
planned that procedure must be
perfected to prevent chaotic con-
ditions, such as occurred in Hiro-
shima, from arising out Of any
form of enemy attack. Such condi-
tons could be exploited militarily
by an attacker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
CoaiIgger
Shout Bitter
Thousands Mill In Streets
OF Pennsylvania, West
Virginia Towns
NO VIOLENCE YET
District Presidents Warn
That Anything Can Hap
pen; Hint AT Plot

PITTSBURGH, Dec. A.
|(UP)- The heavy fines i'm.
posed upon the United Mine
workers and John L. Lewis
brought hostile reactions
from soft coal miners Wednes.
day night.
Thousands of miners mill.
ed in streets and taverns OF
the dingy mining towns OF
Western Pennsylvania a n
West Virginia muttering def.
ance. But no outbreaks of vic.
lence were reported.
Hundreds poured into the coal
center of Uniontown and gathered
in taverns and other places to
listen to the radio.
When the miners heard the court
decision they became aroused
There aren't any demonstra-
tons yet" said william Hines,
president Of District 4, UNIV, "but
anything can happen now. These
men think the government is try
ing to break their union"
II don't know how the govern
ment expects to get any coal dug
with this kind Of tactics. The
See DIGGERS on Page 2; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
CUT IN SCHEDULE
REVEALED BY ACL
Government Economy Mea.
sure During Coal Strike
Forces Curtailment

C. G. Sibley. general manager,
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, an
nounced last night the reductions
in passenger train service which
will 60 into effect at midnight Sun
day as a result of the governments
economy measures being exercised
during the soft coal strike.
I'm order to comply with Gen
eral Order ODT No. GO, Amend
ment |, issued by the Office of De-
tense transportation on December
8, directing that further curtail-
ment be made in co%al-burning pas
senger locomotives mileage, the
Atlantic Coast Line finds it nee
essary 10 further curtail its pas
senger service effective 1859 p. M,
December s, asTfollows: the rail
road official said.
Trains 4S and 40 between Ports
mouth, Va, and Wilmington,
N. C., and trains SO and SO between
Sumter and Columbia, S. c., will
be discontinued.
The following will operate every
other day in each direction: SO and
50 between Waycross, Ca, and
Brunswick, Ca; 81 and So between
Savannah, Ga, and Montgomery,
Ala; 1870 and 189 between Savan-
nah and Montgomery; 3 and 4 be-
tween Atlanta, Ga, and Brunswick;
! and 2 between Atlanta and Way
cross; q and % between Manchest-
er, Ga, and Birmingham, Ala.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4E(P-The
armed forces, alarmed at the
frightful lessons learned in the
atom shattered cities of Japan and
in the Bikini tests, have set ex-
perts to work on defense plans for
american cities and fighting men.
The Army disclosed in a cryptic
announcement Wednesday creation
OF a board Of five generals, with
an advisory group of other officers.
ito study the question Of civil de-
tense for the United Stataes insofar
as it pertains to War department
participation in this essential part
of national defense planning" The
board will work with outstanding
civilian authorities.
The boards president is Maj.
Gen. Harold r. Bull, chief Of opera
tons for General Dwight D. Eisen-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
National Guard Here
Seen Doubled In Size

mitted the possibility of reactivat-
ing Company I of the 10th Infan-
try, with a full strength Oft 1873
men here.
Full realization Of this tentative
plan would give Wilmington 536 Ma
tional Guardsmen as against a pre-
war strength of 270.
AS envisioned last night by Gen.
Nets, Wilmington's National
complement would start slowly and
reach full strength within two
years.
Some so local leaders took part
in a discussion of plans with Col.
r. S. McClelland, former comman-
der of the 252nd CAA regiment, in
the chair.
General Nets will remain in Will
mington today to study with Col.
See GUARD on Page 2; Col. 6
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
SAFETY PROGRAM
TO ATTRACT MANY
More Than 500 Students
To Participate In Sat-
urday Event

Indications are that more than
500 Wilmington school children will
participate in the .Kiwanis club
Junior Traffic Safety program and
bicycle calvacade Saturday morn
ing, Kiwanis club officers said last
night, following conversations with
school officials.
Meanwhile, arrangements for the
program were proceeding, with an
announcement yesterday afternoon
by Adam Smith, YMCA physical
director, that 10 top flight tumblers
would perform in the tumbling ex-
hibition to be staged by the YMCA
Senior tumbling team during the
Safety program in Legion stadium
at 1890 a. m. Saturday.
If the weather remains cold, the
YMCA. athletics will give the tum-
c. 6 AEETv - Do~. .. 0ny q
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
South and North Carolina: Fair and
warmer Thursday and Thursday night,
Friday fair and continued warm.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 PM. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. Al; 1880 am. 80; 1870 pm. 81;
1880 pm. At.
Maximum S.; Minimum 81; Mean As;
Normal 81.
Humidity
1880 am. u; 7:30 am. IS; 1880 pm. 20,
1880 pm SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 pm -
Dol inches.
Total since the first of the month -
DOL inches. =
Tides For Today
FrQm the Tide Tables published bynU.
S. Cont and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington - 6:39 am. 1919 am
1904 pm. 1859 pm
Masonboro Inlet 4:23 am. 10 so I'm.
4:4 pm. 11:05. pm.
Sunrise 1903; Sunset 5 :o3; Moonrise Use
r. m; Moonset 3:15 am.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at s
a.m.-Wednesday, 11.6 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
And So To Bed

What to tip often proves .
real problem.
Take fer example this little
episode witnessed here last
night.
Two gentlemen, obviously
pleased with their meal In 3.
local restaurant and impress
ed with the service, each left .
half a dollar at their place ~
they got up to depart.
Their lady companions, eco
nomy-minded no doubt, noted
the size Of the tips. Carefully
they extracted a dime from
their purses and substituted
them for the half dollar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
Injured In Fall

E.. j. Lawler, Of Maffitt Viii
lage, young employee Of the
Brooks Electric company, was
injured at 1880 o'clock this
morning when he fell from a
ladder atop a panel truck on
north Front street, between
Chestnut and Grace Streets.
According to witnesses he
was standing on the six-foot
ladder, which was on top Of
the truck, while replacing
bulbs in the Christmas decor
ati0ns.
He was carried to the Bull
lock clinic, where the extent of
his injuries were under.er-
mined, when the Stas went to
press.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
Heaviest Fine

WASHINGTON, Dec. q Up
That 8 $500, 900 fine must look
mighty big to the united Mine
Workers, but it's small compared
to a $29, 240, 900 fine slapped on the
Standard Oil company in 1907.
In the 1907 case, the late Kene-
saw M. Lands fined the company
$40, 900 on each of 1,426 counts in
a freight rebate case.
However, Standard Oil never
had to pay it off. The Supreme
court reversed Lands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
EMBARGO, STRIKE
HITS MILLIONS
Industrial Survey Reveals
Staggering Unemploy-
ment Over Nation

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4-R-1n
dustrialists, large ard small, sur
Veyed the effect of the coal strike
on the nations life Wednesday and
came up with figures that would
SEND the number of unemployed
INTO the shakespeare within a COM
paratlvely short time.
with the freight embargo, effec-
i've sunday, striking at the heart
VI sucn key industries as the pro-
AUCTION Of automobiles, the general
pfeolctlon was that within at least
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
FORECAST

Wilmington and vicinity: Fair and
warmer today and tonight; Friday fair
and continued warm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05

See UNION on Page ,; Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-05
HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS

zee EMBARGO on Page 2; Col.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
Sixteen Dead 23 Missing
 Dubuque Fire

DUBUQUE, la, June 10, -(P)- Death toll in the tragic fire in the Garfield Hotel went to l6 as a three-prOnged investigation was started to determine the cause of the blaze which swept the 20l- room structure shortly after mid night yesterday.
 Three of the dead have been identified, 23 are still reported missing. The Red Cross has talk en 15 more to hospitals, while officers held off further search for bodies by orders of Deputy State Marshal Cook, who said the walls were dangerously sag ging."
 The Red Cross continued it's radio appeal for all persons reg istered at the hotel to report to the Red Cross.
 The blaze was fought for two and one half hours by 75 fire men. Scenes of horror and hero ism, while many inmates made their own escapes, one making his escape down a rope made of bed sheets.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
Marshall and Chou Discuss Conditions Permanent Peace

MARKING, June 10, -CP)-Gen. George Marshall and Communist General Chou discussed COndit- ions of a permanent peace for China while the government made new charges that Red Army for ceS violated the current truce by attacking several cities.
 General Chou reported on the weekend discussions held by par ty leaders at Yenan headquarters.
 The Yenan decisions and Chou'S conversations with General Mar shall were kept secret as we'll as all recent negotiations.
 The government controlled Cen tral News Agency charged that 200 national officers and men were killed or wounded as l2 communist brigades assaulted government positions at Lafa and Kiu, railway stations east of Yum gki.
 There is no indication when Gen. Marshall will confer again with Chiang Kai Shek, who is person ally negotiating for the govern ment.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
Senate Raises Appropriations For Alaska

WASHINGTON, June 10, -(P)- The Senate Appropriations Com mittee today announced that it op- poses the restriction adopted by the House, that Alaska put up a dollar for every three dollars the federal government expends for highways in Alaska. The com mittee voted to strike this clause from the Interior Appropriations Bill, and also voted an extra S2,- 037,500 of Interior Department funds for the Territory during the coming year, and rejected the House cuts, restoring to the bill nearly all sums asked for Alaskan purpose by the Budget Bureau for the fiscal year beginning July and included an increase of S1,- 537 500 for construction and re- pairs to roads bridges and fer ries, boosting the figure voted by the House to $3,79O, 400, and auth prizes the Alaska Railroad to spend s4OO,OOO for construction of facilities at Mt. Mckinley National Park inserted in Parks Appropriations; 25O,OO0 for inn proving Glacier Bay National Monument. Funds for Native Service were increased to $3,- 264, 400. Authorized transfer from the War and Naby Departments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs with out cost, the entire Sitka naval base on Japonski Island and the Army installations of Charcoal and Alice Islands. Funds were
 Continued on Page EighO
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
Brother Succeeds Brother as King Siamese Throne

BANKOK, Thailand, June 10,- (P)-Prince Adulet, 18, was named king of Thailand, (Siam), while the nation mourned the death of his brother, king Amanda, who >was found in the royal palace yesterday with a bullet wound between his eyes.
 The new king, who became ruler of more than two hundred thousand square miles of terri tory and some eighteen million subjects, was unanimously sell ected by an extraordinary ses- sion of the legislature in meeting f9 hours after the brothers death.
 The Siamese Police Director General told the legislature that
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
Army Underscores Arctic Route Across Pole

WASHINGTON, June 10, -(P)- The Army underscored its inter est in the arctic short route be- tween Europe and America with its announcement of a special task force to make tests in the Alaska and Aleutian winter of tactics, weapons and equipment for sub-zero weather.
 4,500 ground troops, who will begin assembling in July, will test tanks and self-propelled guns, radar. clothing and other items of military gear under all pos siAple winter combat conditions"
 The air forces disclosed earlier that a squadron of converted sup erfortresSes have been assigned to Alaska to make frequent weather flights over the arctic, which is termed by military men as the worlds most strategic stretch of SSOgraph in the age of atom bombs.
 The 10,000-mile-planes of task force "Frigid" and one of the ground force units, will operate for seven months from October 1, until April 30, from Fairbanks, where temperatures as low as 66, 'have been recorded.
 The "Williwaw" force will base at Adak, where fogs and freak ish storms blow.
 The Third task force Frost" will test equipment under more temperate climate conditions at Camp Mccoy, Wisconsin.
 xrhe "Frigid" task force will be based at Ladd Field army air base, near Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
Pres. Truman Sends Message On Case Bill

WASHINGTON, June 10, -(P)- President Truman told Congress ional leaders that he would send a message to Congress tomorrow on the Case Labor Disputes Bill, but apparently didn't say whether he would veto or sign it.
 Speaker Rayburn told reporters after the conference with Truman, that whether it would be a veto or message of approval, I don't know"
 Rayburn said, Administration leadership will try to get rule in the House to send the Presi- dents own emergency strike con- trol proposal into conference"
 The two houses this week each passed a different bill.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
M|HA|[0V|C TREASON TRIAL

BELGRADE, June 10, -(P)-Ti- to's Yugoslav government opened General Draja MihailOVic's trea- son trial, as American officers sat in conference between the for mer Chetnik leader and the Ger man commander.
 The indictment was read at the opening of the trial by man left behind by former king Peters government, announced the pur- pose of Waging underground war against the germans, and also charged that MihailOvic sent word by British officers to Cairo, to liquidate the communists as soon as possible.
 l3 other CO-defendants are also accused by Tito's government of reasonable relations with the Germans, along with 10 others on trial in 'absentia'.
 The general, dressed in a plain brown uniform and heavy army shoes, came into the court with quiet dignity. He was unguided despite the fact that his near s;ghtedness has grown to near blindness in recent months.
 The government asserted that in the summer of 1914 An Ameri- can, Colonel Mcdowell, Chief of the American military mission to MihailOvic's headquarters, arriv- ed at the air field at Pranjina, and as soon as he met Mihailovic, told him, we Americans are not inter ested in your fight with Germany they must be put out of Yugo- Slavia by action of the allies"
 The indictment stated McDow- ell took part in the meeting in the village of Focsi, between Mihail- ovic's chief administrative staff and the German military com mander of Serbia, Hans Neubach- CT.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
PA Flies Butter From Missouri

LIBERTY, Mo-, June 10, -P)- The Tom C.. Anderson Dairy, of this city, today signed a contract to ship 25 pounds of butter weekly via air express to PAA's base on Annette Island, Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-10
John Snyder Is New Secretary Treasury

WASHINGTON, June 10, -(Pl- The Senate Finance Committee approved President Truman's nomination of John Snyder as Secretary of the Treasury.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-11-13
Miss Susie Greenway
WEEDS Wade Moss, Jr.

Miss Susie Lee Greenwav. d,uoh
yer OF Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen R1r.
iouSnS GreenWay, became the bride
Oh wade Hampton Moss, Jr., son NJ
Mr' ana Mrs. Wade Hampton Moss
pr, IN double ring ceremony nor
iorined Tuesday evening, November
~. at 7 o'clock at the home of tba
prides parents. Rev. r. E, 4, Moser
ceremony. a' 'tie
program of nuptial music was
rendered by Miss Barbara Wheeler
cousin of the bride.
inc bride. who was given in mar
rage by her father, wore a hand
esinoroidered copen blue wool dress
one used a pink feather half half
ana black accessories. Her only orna-
ment was her mothers pearls. Her
corSage was talisman roses.
Miss Ailene Grecnway, sister of the
orlae' attended as maid of honor. She
wore handmade grey wool dress
WIN which she used black accessor-
les ana pink carnation corsage.
Mayland Parham served as best
man for the bridegroom.
MIS-. Grccnway, mother of thc
oriae, wore dress OF cherry-wino
with black accessories and corsape
OF white carnations. Mrs. Moss. moth
er OF the bridegroom, wore a black
uress and she used black accessories
ana white carnations corsage.
Immediately following the cere-
tiohE, the parents of the bride en-
Iertained at reception at their home
Later the couple left for a Wedding
Trip 10 unannounced points. The
!, kittrell. '''1'e
WIS. MOSS is a graduate of Dabney
.iisli schooi and for the past several
I,iontns she has held position with
Roses General Office. IVA
Mr.. Moss is a graduate Of zeb
Vance high school and is n nropino
ent young farmer of the Bobbi,t com
munity. @oih-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-11-13
Honor Miss Cooper
AT Bridge Luncheon

Miss Mary Ann Cooper. whose
wedding to j. Melville Broughton
Jr., will be solemni7ed on Saturday
November 80. was honored Tuesday
afternoon when Mrs. John H. Zol-
llcCffer and Mrs. w. w. Noel en-
iertained at fridge LUNCHEON a.
Camp Indianhead.
a color scheme OF chartreuse and
yellow formed attractive decorn-
tons for the casio, Char,"-.,,.
cloths covered the tables which
were conferred with china berries,
Following the three-course lunch
con guests enjoyed several progress
sions of bridge. Miss Maria Iegp
was presented high score award and
Miss Fannie Cooper won low score
prize.
The hostesses presented Miss
Cooper, honoree, with a guest eff
The guest list included the Col
lowing: Miss Ann Cooper, Mrs ].
w: Cooper. Mesdames Robert I.
Johnson, Edward Homes, Albert
Borden, w. w. Bowers, III, R. G. s
Davis, Jr- E G. Flanagan, Jr.,
Scott Cooper, D. Morgan Cooper.
Marshall Cooper, John D. Cooper'
Wadell Gholscn, Allison Cooper. A.
A. Zollicoffer and Misses Lucille
White. Fannie Cooper. Maria Lepg,
Ruth Burton and Anne Upchursh