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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
LONG SERVICE
Telephone Pioneers Plan
Carolina Beach Meeting

The annual summer convention
of the Wilmington and Hamlet clubs
of the Telephone Pioneers OF
America will be held Friday after
noon and evening at the Bame hotel
Carolina Beach, local officials an
nounced yesterday.
About 80 members and guests
are expected to be on hand when
registration begins at 2 p. m. From
3 to 4:30 p. m. a business meeting
will be held, followed by introduc-
ton of guests and initiation of new
members.
To qualify for membership a
person must have at least 81 con-
secutive years. of service in the
telephone industry. Fridays init
ates will be H. N. Lucas, w. H.
Griffin, and Mrs. Lee Shaw, all of
Wilmington.
From 4:30 to 6 p. m. the mem.
bers and guests will enjoy surf
bathing, sightseeing, and renew
ing old acquaintance.
The annual banquet will take
place from 6 to 7:30 p. m. in the
hotels dining room with G.. c.
Baltzegar. president of the Will
mington club, master of cere-
monies.
Among the dignitaries who will
attend are Mrs. Frances Gibson,
president of the Hamlet club; H.
B. Darrow, division traffic force
supervisor, Charlotte; E. A. Gle
ment, district manager, Raleigh;
E. B. Boovy, secretary of the J.
Epps Brown chapter Charlotte. E,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
DEMANDS WEAKER
ON BORDER BELT
Appearance Of Poorer
/ Grades Expected To
!. Pull Price Down

The demands were t'consider-
ably weaker Tuesday on the North
Carolina Border Belt tobacco mar
kets and the prices for most grades
were off from 81 to SO per hundred
pounds.
Reports from the Eastern North
Carolina tobacco belt indicated that
the price trends on the second day
of sales were about the same as
Monday, but there were indications
that a flood of poor grade tobacco
would bring down the general price
average.
= BORDER BELT
ALI warehouses on the Border
belt were filled to capacity with
some markets reporting enough
leaf on hand to last two or three
days.
A total of II, $50, 1853 pounds were
sold on the belt Tuesday at an
average price of $685. bringing
sales for the season to 112, 349, 685
pounds at an average of S56.43.
number of U. S. grades were:
The average price on a limited
Leaf: Good lemon $66. Low lem
on $38. Common Orange $31, and
Fair orange $40.
Cutters: Good lemon 1866. Fair
lemon $65 and low orange $61.
Lugs: Good lemon 1854. Low lem
on $38. Fair orange $44 and Low
orange $36.
Primings: Low lemon $25. Fair
orange SAL and Low orange $25.
Nondescript: Best thin SIG.
The largest market in the East
ern belt, Wilson, reo-ted that L.
SIT, 608 pounds were sold at an
average of $3.50 per hundred. AL
See TOBACCO on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
C0RBETT ELECTED
R0A CHAPTER HEAD
Wilmington Officers Form
New Organization Al
Court House Meet

A Wilmington chapter Of the
Army Reserve Officers association,
the fifth such chapter to be formed
in North Carolina, was created last
night at a meeting of Southeast
ern North Carolina Army ser
officers in the New Hanover county
courthouse.
The following reserve officers,
all of Wilmington, we're elected to
head the new organization: Col.
reserve, president; First Lieut..
Kenneth M. Corbett, coast artillery
Russell D. Stone, air corps re-
serve, vice-president; and Lieut..
Col. William H. Hancannon, Jr.,
coast artillery reserve, secretary
treasurer.
1t was decided to elect a second
and third vice-president at a later
date to round out the organizations
leadership.
The group is expected eventually
to be composed OF upwards of $50
reserve officers from New Han
over, Brunswick, Fender, Onslow,
and Columbus counties, with head
quarters in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
FOR PORT PROGRESS
North Shipyard Lease
To p Expected Friday

tiles, the commission is expected to
adopt Marsden's plan immediate
ly at the Friday meeting. Later.
the commission will give Marsden
a directive about the remuneration
to be asked from the SPA for the
lease.
The lease will cover only the
north yard, an are of about 800,-
900 square feet. The main yard,
which contains the shipways, could
not be leased to the SPA or any
other group except by act of Con-
gress, it was explained. Whether
the commission will operate this
main yard or keep it in moth
balls" has not yet been disclosed.
Through construction of new
facilities on the north yards water
front about 16 vessels could be
berthed simultaneously, it was
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
ANOTHER NOTE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o.-P-
An outraged State department Shot
a third stiff note to Yugoslavia to.
day, this time over an attack on ar
American transport plane forced te
a crash landing.
Word came from the Navy, al
the same time, that Adm. Marc A.
Mitscher, acting commandments
chief of the Atlantic fleet, and Vice
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, deputy
chief of naval operations, are en-
route to troubled areas in Eu-
rope" Details Of their mission
were not disclosed.
The official American view that
the Yugoslav attack on an Ameri-
can plane is an outrageous per-
Torrance" was expressed by un-
dersecretary of State Dean Ache
son, who is in charge of the State
See TITO On Page
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
Wilmington Morning Star
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-How-
ard J. Harsden, director of the U.
S. Maritime commissions term
inals and real estate division will
recommend to the commission this
coming Friday that the entire north
yard OF the North Carolina Ship
building company in Wilmington be
leased to the North Carolina State
Ports authority for development
into a modern seaport terminals,
a commission official informed
this bureau Tuesday.
The recommendation, drawn up
from the findings of Marsden's re-
cent survey of the shipyard, is now
being passed among various gov
eminent agencies for required sig
natures, the official said.
Barring any unforeseen difficult
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
BY ALSOP

Strange Revolution.

Strange Revolution-I.
while Joseph Alsop has been writ
ing his series on England, Stewart
Alsop has been on an extended Tip
throughout most Of the Soutnern
states. This is the. first OF . snort
series of articles by Stewart Aisop
on the political situation IN inc
South.)
WASHINGTON, August 2o-Fo
some time it has been fashlonaple
to point out that a political revola,
ton is in progress in the South II
this is so, it is surely an odd ana
confusing revolution, which is pro,
ceeding rapidly in several dl1feren'
directions at the same time.
Consider the record. The state
of Alabama is now dominated by a
liberal triumvirate, which includes
at least two men of real stature
On either side of Alabama, il
Georgia and Mississippi. he black
est sort of political reaction has
taken hold. In Georgia, to the ap'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
AlongThe Cape Fear

dressed in red (black, in the pic
ture) and white symbolic the Flag
of the United States, and knowing
how restless children r when
they are supposed to stand still
We'll wager, Old Glory really wav-
ed for President Taft.
ANTIQUE VEHICLE - Continu-
ing Mrs. Fowler's commentary,
the President and the Colonel are
enthroned in the back seat OF that
antique but magnificent vehicle -
the front one We don't knew who
occupied the other one. And we
wonder how the horses in the pic
ture could stand so much at ease
at the sight of those gaUdy, sput-
tering machines.
b In the background of the photo
RE the old Carolina apartments
'Nhd the temple. The Colonial Inn
sign marks the spot where the
Colonial apartments stand now.
Standing on the center plaza be-
hind the Old Glory kids is Mr.. John
F. McInnis, the original owner OF
the old photo.
TOP CEILING PRICE-So ends
Mrs. Fowler's story, but she wants
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21

remain free of ceilings but 1t re-
stored price controls on soy beans
and cottonseed products.
OPA and the agriculture de-
partment will determine the cell
ings on the recontrolled items and
put them i~nto.eeffect Friday,
The board also authorized revival
Of June 20 subsidy payments on
meats and livestock. y
Restoration of subsidies on
meat means we can reestablish
ceilings at or close to June 80
levels" Porter told a newsman.
This will be the case on beef.
pork and veal. We have not decid-
ed yet about lamb"
Porter declined further comment
at present, explaining that this is
the boards night"
Representative Gossett D.-Tex.-,
one of the first Congressman to
comment, told a reporter that res
See MEAT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21

es.ine would press instead for
complete independence of the tiny
cguntry-and it was suggested that
Egypt would ask for trusteeship
if the independence move failed.
Diplomatic quarters said Russia
which long has urged that the
British get out of Palestine and
le. the Jews and the Arabs settle
their own problems, could be ex-
pected to oppose British trustee
ship. The United States, building
an oil pipeline across Palestine,
could be expected to favor it, they
added.
While the Jewish agency for
Palestine made no official COM
ment, a spokesman said Holy Land
Jews would not oppose United Ma
tons discussions of the trustee
See HOLY LAND on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
So To Bed

Two local ladies greatly en-
barrassed each other yester-
day.
The first lady went to visit
the second lady at the seconds
office, and as she went in she
spied her friend holding a
brown cylindrical object be-
tween her fingers.
She tried hard not to notice
the object, but her un-noticing
attitude was observed only too
keenly by the second.
whatever are you staring
at my hand for?" asked the
second lady.
"My DEAR" answered the
first lady, coming straight to
the point, 81 didn't know you
smoked cigars"
Heavens" said the second
lady, blushing in spite Of her
self, "this is brown crayon!"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21

W. Olschner, president of the
Brown chapter and vice-president
and chief engineer of the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph company,
Tarboro; l.. W. Hill, president of
the Carolina company, Tarboro;
Fred H. Davis, president of the
Tarboro council; w. L. Lane, presi-
dent of the Blue Ridge council,
Gaffney, S. c. and L. T. Wadsworth,
president of the Raleigh council.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
Porter Says
June Prices
To Prevail
Subsidies From Steaks To
Livestock Part o.
Boards Order
EFFECTIVE ON FRIDAY
Opponents OF D Decision
Claim Meat Will Go
Into Black Market

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. -P1e
The price decontrol board tonight
ordered ceilings restored on all
meat and OPA Administrator Paul
Porter said they will be "at or
close to June 80 levels"
The board ruled that dairy prod
ucts and nearly all grains should
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-(R
The Price Decontrol board
warned the dairy industry to-
night that it will clamp price
control back on milk and dairy
products as 1t did on meat, II
prices go up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21
Britain Has
Special Goal
In Holy Land
Wants Sole Trusteeship
Over Palestine; Will
Make UN Request
ARABS NOT In FAVOR
demand Would Start Great
Diplomatic Battle, Is
London Comment

LONDON, Aug. 20-(P)-Britair
n;Tl ask the United Nations fol
so1p trusteeship over Palestine
. well-qualified government source
ssid today, and there were i'm
mediate indications the move
would touch off a widespread dip
lomatic battle for control of the
s-rategic Holy Land.
Arab sources in London said
The Arab countries around Pal
JERUSALEM, Aug. 20-(P-
A Jewish underground radio
declared today that the Brit
ish were about to start a new
operation against Jews with a
"regime of the gui1lotine and
death sentences" and asserted
Eve are prepared to meet this
regime"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21

For Wilmington and vicinity-Cloudy
thunderstorms IN afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-21

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and the
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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State and National News
Evening star., 1946-09-01
General Semenoy

Whether General Gregory Sem
enov actually was the bandit and
the traitor which many persons in
this country as we'll as thousands in
Europe and Asia believed him to be
may not be subject to final decision
today. He has been executed by
order of the Military Collegium OF
the Soviet Supreme Court as an
agent of the japanese during World
War II. But the record shows that
there were occasions in the historic
past when with equal reason he
might have been charged with COL
laborating with Great Britain and
France and perhaps even with being
of use to the United States.
General Semenov's career was
checkered business. He was a Cos,
sack, and his allegiance first and
last was to the CoSsacks. The Boil
shevik revolution of 1918 made him
a freelance. He drifted to Siberia,
fighting the Reds wherever he en-
countered them, carrying on the
legend of Admiral Kolchak and Gen.
eral Kornilov in resistance to the
new Soviet ideology and practice.
During the same period there were
American forces in the East, cam
paigning against the Communists
without formal declaration of war.
The situation was confused by the
operations of other independent
bodies including Czechoslovakian
Legion and several Manchurian
companies of freebooters, all living
off the country"
In 1920 an armored train was Gen.
eral Semenov's principal. military
asset. He employed it to cruise over
the landscape in search of Bolshe-
wiki to "liquidate" and supplies to
maintain his troops in that counter
revolutionary activity. Unfortu-
nately, the train ran near enough
to the American detachments to
render clash inevitable. Some
body on the train fired into bexcar
loaded with American soldiers. Two
men we're killed. General Semenov
had the officer responsible for the
incident shot, but i'll feeling per-
sisted, and Brigadier General Will
liam S. Graves, commander of the
American expendition, declared the
White Russian leader "only a
| brigand."
But General Semenov personally
did not look the part. When he
came to New York in 1922, the New
York Times described him In the
words: Despite his military mus
tache. his mild blue eyes gave one
anything but the picture of blood
thirsty guerrilla. In civilian clothes,
! with light gray fedora hat, plain
Evening star., 1946-09-01

and Earl of the First Rank, with the
Title of Suy." 1t was expected that
the vessel would reach port on this
side Of the Atlantic on August %.
A special correspondent, writing to
The Star for August az, 1896, explained:
London is dark
Differences Between at night. The
Greet Cities restaurants and
bars are closed
at 1890. The streets are silent. They
are long, dark ways that seem to lead
nowhere. The cheerful and promiscu-
Gus razzle-dazzle of Paris by gaslight
gives place to an echoless Nirvana,C
wherein blank nothingness is wrapped
around with emptiness. The time has
come to go to bed. to be up fresh and
early for your bath and kippered her.,
ring. It is for this reason that the
gilded youth have had night clubs
invented for them. Outside the night
club all is black, in heaven no single
star, on earth no track; but inside
there is light and song and cheer In
the language Of Mr.. Corbett on his
last trip over. Paris isn't In 1t with
Them"
Evening star., 1946-09-01
Greece Votes on the Kino

Today the Greek people go to the
polls on an unusual issue. A refer
endum is being held to determine, by
popular vote, whether King George
shall or shall not return to the
throne. Back of this event is stimuli
taneously long perspective OF
Greek internal politics and an acute
phase of the current diplomatic tug
of-war between Soviet Russia and
the western powers which is literally
worldwide in scope.
From the domestic aspect, today's
pleblscite is merely the latest ma
neuver in political conflict which
began more than thirty years ago,
when the then-reigning monarch,
King Constantine, clashed with the
leading Greek statesman of the
time, Eleutherios Venizelos, as to the
attitude Greece should take in
World War 1. Venizelos advocated
entry into the war on the Allied
side, whereas the King was for neu-
trallty. A sharp difference in public
opinion developed largely along sec
tlonal and class lines, and the quar-
rel became further envenomed by
Allied intervention which ousted
Constantine and backed a regime
headed by Venizelos. The prestige
of the dynasty itself was so involved
that the Venizelists tended to favor
a republic, but Alexander, the sec
ond son of Constantine, was put on
the throne as a compromise. This
action was never accepted by the
genuine RoyaliStS, and AleXander's
early death resulted in Constantine's
recall in 1920, only to be forced into
exile two years later. He was soon
followed by his eldest son, the pres
ent King George, who had succeeded
to the throne. Antidynastic feeling
was now so strong that a republic
was proclaimed and lasted until 1895,
when Royalist sentiment had again
so revived that George was over
whelmingly chosen to return by
plebiscite similar to the one now
being held. However, only a year
later fear of an antidynastic upris-
ing led to the establishment of a
virtual dictatorship by General
Metaxas, with the Kings assent.
This regime was swept out by the
Axis invasion of 1941.
1t is against this background of
embittered factional strife that the
present plebiscite should be evalu-
ated from the domestic aspect. The
new factor is, of course, the growth
of communism, supported by Moscow
and its Balkan satellites, which, in
turn, has impelled the Royalists to
lean on Britain and America. The
basic trouble in the Greek situation
is the relative absence of moderates
who could mitigate the long
standing feud between the extremist
factions.
Evening star., 1946-09-01
RuruI PIunnino

Speaking at the recent Fourteenth
Annual Summer Institute for Social
Progress at Wellesley College, Will
liam w. Biddle, Farm Security Ad-
ministration specialist, emphasized
the need for long-range rural plan
ming. He stated that one of the
major issues of the next decade was
the improvement of rural living con-
ditions. While advocating national
legislation and Federal aid, Mr..
Biddle emphasized that planning
from the bottom was as essential as
help from the top. His thesis was
that local leaders know the exact
conditions which need to be rem
edied to provide a wholesome and
satisfying rural life.
Urban citizens, whose acquaintance
with the country comes from vaca-
ton visits in the pleasant months,
may not realize the facts. Only
about IS per cent of 100000 farm
homes have the advantages of cleo
tricity; approximately 20 per cent
have running water. Telephone
service is available to about 25 per
cent; 1923 counties in the total OF
3,070 have no hospital; more than
. 1000 counties have no public health
nurse. 1t was jolt to national and
local leaders to learn that 43 pei
cent of rural youth from farms and
towns were classified as unfit fol
military service between I94l anc
1945.
1t is vital for the welfare of the
Nation that our rural areas, botf
farms and towns, remedy the condi
Gons which have discouraged abl'
Evening star., 1946-09-01
Argentina Signs Up

In ratifying the Act of Chapultepec
and the United Nations Charter. the
Argentine Chamber of Deputies has
taken a significant step in clearing
the way for a better relationship
among the nations of the Western
Hemisphere. Still unsettled are the
problem of disposing of German in
duStries IN Argentina and the uues-
ton of what is to be done with Ger
man agents in the country, A dis
patch to the New York Times quotes
United States sources In Buenos
Aires as expecting that President
Peron will act quickly to carry out
his agreement with Ambassador
Messersmith on these points, how
ever, and if this is done it is to be
expected that the State Department
will drop the objections which it has
raised to the Peron regime. That, in
turn, should clear the way for an
early meeting of the American For
elgn Ministers and the convening of
the Pan-American Conference next
year.
The vote of the Chamber of
Deputies on the United Nations
and Chapultepec pacts-they were
approved by the Argentine Senate
several days ago-would seem to
bear out contention made recently
by President Peron.
Asserting that Argentina would
line up with the other Western Hem
iSphere countries in event of an
other war, he said that his country
during World War II was in a posi-
ton somewhat analogous to that of
the United States prior to its entry
into the First World War. Isola-
ZIONIST sentiment was predominant
during that period in this country
and, according to Peron, the same
thing was true of Argentina during
the later conflict. He implied that
one of his objectives was to reverse
this trend in Argentina, just as it
has been reversed in the United
States, and while this may be ac-
cepted or discounted in accordance
with ones own appraisal of the man,
the fact remains that the manner in
which he has brought about accept
ance of the two pacts tends to bear
| out his claim.
The favorable vote in the Senate
was forced through by his supporters
in the face of serious rioting by
opponents of the proposals. And
much the same thing was true in
the House, the Peron adherents OBJ
tanning the desired action only after
night-long battle with the opposi-
ton group. II our own State De-
partment still has misgivings, which
probably is the case, it would seem
| that Peron nevertheless is entitled
to the benefit OF such doubts as may
perlist.
Evening star., 1946-09-01

One of the universal and ever
present needs of man is a deeper
understanding of his fellowmen. The
Old Testament Prophet Ezekiel felt
this need when, about SIS BIC, he
went and sat in silence for seven days
among the captives living on the
banks of the River Chebar In Chal-
dea. 1t is written that he sat where
they sat" Before he could preach ef-
fectiyely to these exiles, he realized
that he had to dwell among them
and understand them. Sharing the
poverty and humble life of these peo-
pie of his own race far from home
required some courage on his part,
since he was Jewish priest of high
rank. But seeking to see life through
their eyes, sitting where they sat. he
soon overcame an antagonism on
their part toward him and thus be-
came better qualified to minister to
them.
In Ezekiel's five words, II sat where
they sat-" the prophet set forth the
secret of all true service to mankind.
Ii we really want to help our fellow
men, we must place ourselves along
side them or, in the words of Mrs.
Grace Overton. to plant ourselves in
the midst of them" This principle
certainly holds true in our relation
ship with individuals. How often we
make unfavorable snap judgments of
our fellowmen that later prove alto
gether unwarranted! Some time ago
this was brought home to me quite
forcibly. Having made an unfavor-
able snap Judgment of a brother
minister I was thrown into intimate
fellowship with him for several days
and my attitude of coldness soon de-
veloped into feeling of deep regard
under the warmth of his kindly spirit
all because I had opportunity to
"sit where he sat-"
~
This principle likewise applies In
our group relationships. The pres
ent generation Of youth is sadly
disillusioned one, and In order to
help our young people we must cease
taking "pot-shots" at them, and
seek to understand why they act as
they do and sympathetically to
guide them and help them to stabil-
he their lives--in other words, sit
Evening star., 1946-09-01

young people from planning a career
in the country. 1t is more than a
question of adequate farm income
for individual farmers. Social and
recreational centers need to be es
tablished; schools must be improved;
dirt roads must be hard surfaced;
meolcal facilities must be made
available. The typically conserva-
tive individualism of American farm
ers must be combined with a new
philosophy of cooperation and
rural planning. With the advan-
tages of modern science extending
TO our farms with increasing mo-
mentum, there is no reason why
rural life should not become an in
creasingly satisfying way of living in
the years ahead. :