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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
COMMISSION MAY USE YARD
HERE TO RECONYERT SHIPS
For PEACE72lME COMMERCE
Post Office Savings Deposits
Climb Past Million Mark Here

office in 1913 and 1929. 734 in
1914.
Trends Vary
Checks of figures on file in
the office of Assistant Post
master John D Doscher reveal
the interesting fact that a very
decided downward trend in to-
tai postal savings deposits oc-
Cured during the period from
1884 to 1941. With the exception
of one year, 1886, total savings
deposits dropped steadily until
1871 when the trend again
swung upward. In 1884, Will
mingtonians had on deposit at
the postoffice here, a total of
$310,56S. On December, 81,
1885 the total was $500, 006.
Total money on deposit at the
close of business on December
81, 1886 amounted to 1901, 613,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
ACL PRESIDENT
NAMED BY CHERRY
Governor Appoints Bust.
nessmen To New Fact
Finding Commission

Governor r. Gregg Cherry yes
terday announced the appointment
Of c. Med. Davis, president of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad com
pany to membership on the North
Carolina fact-finding commission
to study plans for possible future
statewide federated financing Of
national, state and local agencies
February IA in Raleigh has beer
set as the date and place for the
first meeting of the newly ere.
ated commission.
Cherry said plans are now under
way for the liquidation of the unit
ed War fund of North Carolina as
quickly as possible. He also indi-
Gated that the USO and 10 foreign
relief agencies, aside from the Red
Cross, and in addition there are 10
national social agencies and sew
eral state agencies which must
have funds for their work in 1947.
'This situation,' Cherry said,
"makes it necessary for the people
of the state to decide what to do in
the future about the campaigns
conducted by such necessary agen-
cies."
Cherry added that the executive
committee of the United War Fund,
headed by Victor S. Bryant, of
Durham, believes that the whole
matter should be studied by an i'm
partial committee which is repre-
sentative Of the best leadership
We have in the state.
Former Gov. ]. C. B. Ehringhaus
was named chairman of this new
committee. Other members, in ad-
dition to Davis, are:
Judge Junius C. Adams, Ashe-
vile; DR.. Baker, Durham; Kemp
D. Battle, Rocky Mount; Mrs.
Karl Bishopric, Spray; J. Melville
Broughton, Raleigh; Victor S.
Bryant, Raleigh; Charles A. Can
non, Concord; Herman Cone,
~ SSAAoOo1o COSCP1luo ooll1CAo, IVA
leigh; c. Med. Davis, Wilmington;
Alonzo c Edwards, Hookerton; j.
c. B. Ehringhaus, Raleigh; c. A.
Fink, Spencer; E. Hervey Evans,
Laurinburg; James Glover, Nash
vile; DR.. Frank P. Graham, Chapel
Hill; Clyde R. Greene, Boone; Fee
lix Grissetts. Raleigh; J. F. Yok-
ley, Mt. Airy; Judge Don Gillian,
Tarboro; Robert M. Hanes, Win
ston-Salem.
Also Jasper B. Hicks, Henderson;
Howard Holderness, Greensboro;
John A. Holmes, Edenton; Horace
Haworth, High Point; Quincy P.
Hood, Raleigh; DR.. 1. G. Greer,
Thomasville; George Ivey, Char
lotte; Willard F. Jones, Rocky
Mount; Sam Marks, Roanoke
Rapids; James Marshall, Lenoir;
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
PRESIDENT ORDERS
TUCB0ATS SEIZURE
ODT Takes Over Opera.
ton AT Midnight; Steel
Strike End Seen

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-tRNPresi
dent Truman late today ordered
the Office of Defense Transporta
ton ito take over and operate 81
strikebound tugboat companies ir
New York harbor beginning a
1901 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The AFL local which called the
strike, involving $500 men, how
ever, directed the men not to re
turn to work until an emergency
meeting of union officials was hello
at 10 o'clock tomorrow. The stop
page virtually paralyzed activity
in the worlds largest harbor.
Secretary Of Labor Schwellen.
bach had appealed to the unionists
and tugboat companies for an i'm
mediate end Of the strike and was
joined by Mayor William O'Dwyer
who said its continuation 'tmeans
death to so many people,
Capt. William Bradley, president
of Local 1888, of the United Marine
division of the AFL International
Longshoremen association, said
the emergency meeting was called
at the request of 1.-The govern
ments of the United States and the
City of New York"
Officials of the Office of Defense
transportation could not be reach
ed in New York City Immediately.
A high Federal official predicted
in Washington tonight that pend
ing steel price increase, reported
to be announced in day or two as
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Fleming To Review
Port Fund Request
WASHINGTON, Feb. &. :

WASHlNGTON, Feb. 5. -
Especial to the Starr - Major
Fleming, Federal Works ad-
ministrator, will personally re-
view the North Carolina Ports
Authority's application for an
advance of $4,000 to cover
costs of a survey of potential
Tar Heel port expansion, he as
sured two officials of the Au-
thority who appealed to him to-
day-the chairman, r. B. Page,
Wilmington newspaper publish
er, and former Governor J. M.
Broughton of Raleigh, attorney.
Mr.. Page reported that they
had received very cordial re-
ception but that the administra-
tor gave no Indication of
whether or not his decision
would be favorable, or when it
would be made.
Senators Bailey and Hoey are
scheduled to contact General
Fleming later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
DAVIS DECISION
EXPECTED SOON
War Department Planning
Board To Begin Review
OF Facilities Today

The War department: Planning
board is expected to begin review
this morning on the postwar re-
quirements of physical properties
including that of Camp Davis, it
was learned yesterday through
special dispatches from Washington
to the Star. Decision on the $685.
100000 Davis installation, 80 miles
northeast of Wilmington, may be
reached before the day is out as
it is known that the Davis facility
will be among the questions placed
upon the table for consideration.
A complete inventory of Camp
Davis, where more than 100000
American and Dutch troops were
trained during its five years of
active existence, has been made,
the Star-NeWs bureau in Washing
ton was informed yesterday, and
on the basis of this inventory, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
CITY SETS BOND
ELECTION DATE
PIsbiscite On 100000
For Utilities Extension
VIII Be Held In May

Residents of East Wilmington
and Sunset Park, newly-annexeo
areas 10 Wilmington proper will
receive utilities and sewerage
facilities after a bond election is
held in May, it was indicated yes.
terday by City attorney w. B.
Campbell. The attorney said that
Hay is a favorable month for the
election because new residents
coming into the city are required
10 reside in the city at least four
months before they are eligible to
vote in bond election.
Campbell has been correspond
Ing with Masslich and Mitchell,
New York bond attorneys, relative
TO the issuance of bonds and hold
ing Of the election, since the Nov.
6 extension victory.
In announcing preliminary ne
gotiations in mid-December, Camp
bell predicted that II think the
bond election, when it is held, will
be carried by big majority"
Even people who voted against
extension of the city limits will
vote for the bond issue in order
10 receive the services they will
be paying for anyway" he con-
tinued.
Of the 100000, most Of which
will be spent in the newly-annexed
Continued on Page Two; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
IUN0 ARGUMENT
CLOSE TO END
Security Council Adjourns
Without Solution To
Tangle

LONDON, Feb. 5 - up - The
United Nations Security Council.
adjourned suddenly tonight after
failing to settle the dispute be.
tween Russia and Britain over
Greece, but French Foreign Min.
lister Georges Bidault said later
1--WE are very close" to a solution.
The 11-member council adjourn.
ed until 9 pm, a pm, EST, TO-
morrow after representatives OF
the United States, France, Russia,
Britain and China, in two-hour
secret session, were unable to re-
solve in a manner agreeable to
both Britain and Russia a Soviet
charge that British troops in
Greece were menacing world
peace.
N. J. o. Maxim of Australia,
Council president, who sat in on
the Big Five conference, proposed
the adjournment. He gave no ex-
PLANTATION for the move which was
approved without ObJectlon.
After the meeting of the five
large powers broke up some dele
gates, familiar with the delibera-
tons, suggested that Vice Commits
sar Andrei Vishinsky, spokesman
for Russia, would ask Moscow for
new instructions.
Maxim at the opening of the
council meeting tonight warned the
members of the vital importance
of trying to get mutual agree
ment' and said that it was his
opinion that ''the very future of
the relations of all the world might
be influenced" by the mannF in
which the council handled the Rus
sian-British dispute.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
AIR Line MEET
SET FOR TODAY

John L. Morris, assistant to the
president of the National Airlines,
WI was scheduled to meet with
city, county and civic leaders yes
terday afternoon, will meet with
the group today, instead.
The meeting will be held at 2:3O
O. clock in Woodrow Wilson hut, &C
cording to Chamber of Commerce
officials.
Purpose of the meeting is to dis
cuss revision of NAL flight % to
include Richmond, Washington
and Baltimore on its schedule
north from Miami to New York,
via, among other cities, Whining
ton
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Weather Table
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina-W Wednesday cloudy and
mild, scattered showers west and central
portions; higher afternoon temperatures
east and central portions.
South Carolina - Wednesday mostly
cloudy and mild, scattered showers in
northwest portion.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1870 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1870 am. Al; 7:30 am. As; l 80 pm. 40;
7:30 pm. 48.
Maximum so; Minimum 43; Mean At;
Normal At. =
Humidity
1870 am. St: 1880 am. 70; 1870 pm, 80;
7: 80 pm. 90.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:3O p,m.-
--- inches.
Total since the first of the month
- inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by U,
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington 49, 1924 am. ESQ am.
ITO pm. 8:13 pm.
Masonboro Inlet 20:46 am ABB am.
II :13 pm. :03 pm.
Sunrise 7:O5 am; Sunset 5:47p.m.;
Moonrise 10:40 am; Moonse1 10:40 pm.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
am. Tuesday, 1913 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
NCSCPicked
To Continue
Operations
5 100000 Installation
Here Recommended For
Permanent Status
PLANS NOT REVEALED
Local Shipbuilding Com
pany Now Working On
Vessels For Grace Line
Wilmington Star
Bureau, Washington. d. C..

Bureau, Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb.
5.-Representative J. Bayard
Clark of Fayetteville an
nounced here today that he
had been informed that the
Maritime commission will
likely" utilize the commits
sion's $20,0O0,0OO shipbuild-
ing installation at Whining
ton for reconverting certain
classes of ships not to be de-
clared surplus.
But there was no indica-
!tion, Representative C lark
said, that any new ship build
ing is to be undertaken at
Wilmington, or any of the
other yards the commission
may retain under it's peace
time program. q.
Earlier in the day it was
learned that the Maritime
commission plans submitted
to congress through the Sur
plus Property administration,
recommended that the Will
mington facility be retained
as a permanent shipbuilding
and repair yard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Special To The Star


r, WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-North
Mama n,@ Attorney General Harry
d d.. , vigorously defended to-
~ NY MS states 16O-year old claim
nor we submerged areas along the
its man four hundred miles of
eoastllne and waterways.
,1t;s.uIylng before the Senate
roa S'IIafy committee in favor of a
n 9u. yn which quits state titles
Submerged and reclaimed lands,
padaolan said the effort of the
IA ueIaL government to gain title
djro such lands in California is a
esn wv action against every state, "
ses -o.9lly those bordering on the
1t cited Wilmington and More.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
AND so TO BED. il.

1t really isn't so surprising
how a slogan can catch on.
Ben Mcdonald, in his Round
the Town radio broadcasts,
uses the slogan, "Join the ma
jority and read the STAR"
Yesterday morning a news
ooy in front Of the Post Office
seemed to have difficulty dis
posing of his papers. He was
yelling the headlines at the top
Of his voice, but few takers.
Finally in desperation, he
yelled:
ooh, for heavens sake! You
people join the majority and
read the Start"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
BY JACK LUNAN

Savings deposits at the Will
mington postoffice crossed the
$1,O00,0O0 mark for the first
time in history in December,
1915, according to an announce
nent made yesterday from the
office of Postmaster Wilbur. R.
Dosher. Total deposits as of
December 81 amounted to ST.
O27,3O6, and were still climb
ing at the close of business on
January 81, 1916. Total deposits
on that date were $1,035, 900.
From a low OF $3.50, loo in de-
posts as of December 81, 1910,
steady increase has been
achieved each year with heav-
lest occurring in the war years
of 1943 and 1914 when residents
Of the Wilmington area placed
$685. 24 on deposit at the post
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
BUILDING PERMITS
TOTAL $25S,lO7

Building permits totaling $685.
107 were issued last month by
Gilbert F. Morton, City building
inspector. This figure represents
the estimated cost of planned con-
struction in the city during the
month just passed and indicates
an upsurge of building.
OF that amount, $193,350 repre-
scented new construction, while the
remainder was for alterations and
repairs.
Morton pointed out that last
months figure shows "about 100
per cent increase over the 1929, liz
total for. January, 1915"
The largest single item last
month was permit to Industrial
Properties, Inc, to erect a $780,
900 building at Eighth and Green
field streets to house the Port City
hosiery mills, while the major
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

1.-THE people hereabouts can do
without moving pictures and news
papers and automobiles, if they
have to-" Galphin said, but they
can't do without food, no more
than a car can run without gaso-
line
In confirmation of Galpin's
ominous view, G. w. Trask, New
Hanover county Commissioner and
well-known Castle Hayne road
farmer, and his son. C. Heide
Trask, said that the Castle Hayne
farmers are in desperate straits
for labor right now and that "un-
less the prisoners Of war are kept
on the farms instead of being sent
into the pulpwood industry. farm
Continued on Page Two: Col a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
SOLOMON WILL HEAD
ANNUAL RED CROSS
DRIVE DURING MARCH

Harry M. Solomon was APP
pointed cha ran of the March
1916 Red Cross Fund Raising
campaign with F. p. O'CroW-
ley as CO hartman.
According to ]. Henry
Gerdes, chairman of Whining
ton chapter, American Red
Cross the appointments were
made vest rday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

The Ports Authority repre-
sentatives called on General
Fleming following a conference
with North Carolina senators
and went to the meeting with
the administrator armed with
the backing of the full North
Carolina Congressional delega-
ton which endorsed the prof.
ect as essential to the CONNER
cial future of the state.
First Disapproved
Although Governor r. Gregg
Cherry previously had recon-
mended approval of the adj
vance application for the same
reason, the Ports Authority's
request for q $780, 900 advance
for survey purposes, was dis.
approved recently by Federal
Works Authority officials on
the ground that it would not
provide employment immedi-
I-s,<sr,~NJ d.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Mcmillan Defends States
Right To Submerged Land

head City as Tar Heel cities OF
ocean commerce whose wharveS
and docks might be affected by
the title conflict; and he listed Ne"
Bern, Elizabeth City, Washington
Beaufort, Edenton, Manteo, BEL
haven, Plymouth, and Williams
ton as ports of inland commerce
concerned in the case.
While no oil or gas has oeeh
found in any North Carolina SUD-
merged lands yet, the inland
sounds have supplied millions OF
dollars worth of oysters, shrimp
and fish in areas which the states
might have to forfeit to Federal
Control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

or a slight increase over the
previous year, but for the next
four years, declines were con-
sistently steady. In 1887, the
total was 1924, 473; 1888, $751;
1853; 1899. $3.50, 848; 1910, $780,
900.
Swing Upward Again
Then swinging upward again,
deposits in 1941 totaled $685.
176 ard once again crossed the
100000 mark the following
year when an increase of close
to 100000 occurred, the total
being $390,411. Another nice
gain was made in 1943 when
deposits crossed the half-mil-
lion dollar mark for the first
time, the total that year being
1888, 1874.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
INJURED VETERAN
TAKES OWN LIFE
Elizabethtown Man Hangs
Self With Clothes Line
In Barn Near Home
ELIZABETHTOWN.

EL1ZABETHTOWN, F e b. 5.
Especial to The Starr - William
Allen Cain, IS, veteran Of World
War II took his life by hanging
himself in a COW stall this morn
ing, according to Coroner T..
Young and Sheriff H. M. Clark of
Bladen county who were called to
the scene. No inquest was deem
ed necessary by the coroner who
said it was a plain case of suicide.
Cain left his home Monday
afternoon, according to the offic-
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Swing Upward Again

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
FORECAST

wilmington and. vicinity: Wendesdav
cloudy and mild with scattered shower
and rising temperatures in the after
noon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

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The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26
NOME HARBOR
 ENGINEERS REPORT

The 1946 operations on reconstruction of revet- ments protecting Nome Harbor will be completed the end of this month, Col. Hewitt said. Delayed by lack of sheet piling, the project has utilized surplus from the military con- struction at Shemya Island in the Aleutians and will be completed next June in the 1947 Nome construction season.
 Destroyed by sev ere last October, 200 feet of the north revetment and 130 feet of the south revetment are being rebuilt with steel replacing wood pill ing. Begun last May while it was necessary to
The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26
THE NOME NUGGET

thaw piling holes with a steam boiler, this Nome project under way with hired labor will cost $5O,- 900.
 H a r Dor dredging at Nome will continue until the October freeze, Col. Hewitt said. The U. $. clamshell dredge Arctic, stationed for the last 13 years at Nome Harbor by the Seattle Engineer Dis trict, is at work dredging a distance of 1000 feet from Norton Sound into the Snake River.
 A total of 30,000 cubic yards of material is being removed at the rate of $50 yards a day to maintain the channel 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep. This an- nual maintenance prOiect will total about $25,OOO.
The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26
PAGE THREE

last publication of this Summons, namely, within thirty days after the 18th day of July, 1946, in case this Summons is published; or wihtin 40 days after the date of it's service upon you in case this Sum- mons is served upon you person ally, and answer the Complaint of the above named Plaintiff on file in the said Court in the above entitled action. The Plaintiff in said action prays that he be grant ed a divorce from defendant.
 And in the event you so fail to appear and answer, the plain tiff will take judgement against you for want thereof, and will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in his Complaint and as hereinabove stated.
 WITNESS the Honorable Jos eph w. Kehoe, Judge of said Court, and the Seal of said Court here unto affixed the 3rd day of July, l946.
 ALMER RYDEEN (SEAL) CLERK
 By Norvin w. Lewis
 Deputy Clerk Publish July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 1946
The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA SECOND DIVISION, HENRY H. DREIER, Sometimes written Dri- er) Plaintiff vs BERTHA DRE- FER, Defendant.
 No. 3693 Civil SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION The President of the United States of America,
 To the above named defendant,
 GREETING: You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Second Div ision, within thirty days after the
The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26

their subjects, run out of money themselves. A hun gry and angry people chas- ed Diocletian out of Rome but his evil work was done. Taxes were devastating un- til Rome was a ruin. His tory has not one price-fix- ing plan fit to copy, here or anywhere.
The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26
Investigate Alaska Shipping, Fishing
Continued from page one

of fish food if put into effect on such short notice. They main tained the problem could only be solved by congressional action.
 After the hearing the depart ment dropped its reallocation plan pending further hearings.
 The subcommittee will depart by plane July 31, reach Seattle Aug, and depart for Ketchikan by plane August 2. It will travel on Coast Guard boat from Ket- chikan to Juneau.
The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26
Governor Salaries
 To Be Increased

WASHINGTON, July 26, -(P)- Legislation to increase the salaries of the governors of Alaska, Hawaii, puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands from Sl0,000 to Sl5,O0O a year was introduced in the House yesterday by Delegate Bartlett.
The Nome nugget., 1946-07-26
INVENTIVE FISHERMAN
GRAND FORKS. N. D., -(P)-

GRAND FORKS. N. D. -(P)- The high cost of fishing rods isn't stopping some fishermen from go- ing to their favorite lake without 1proper equipment.
 They're buying auto radio aer- ials, welding three loops on one end, and a handle on the other.
 It adds up to perfectly work ing rod-and the cost is about one-fifth the price of the real rod.
Evening star., 1946-10-09
Dangerous Trend
ON the London Sunday Express.

~Ao"@ sAAs ASo1ioon ounoay AApIeaS.
The Ministry Of Agriculture tells us
that our agricultural production is today
greater than 1t has ever been. What are
the facts? Figures produced show that
the value of our agricultural production
has merely increased in terms OF money.
The actual gross output Of stock and
produce shows little or no improvement
since 1888. AL that has happened Is
that the value of our agricultural pro-
duction has increased because money
conditions have changed. There IS in
agriculture today greater deficiency Of
labour than there has ever been before.
It is worse than the labour shortage in
the mines or In house building. And it
Is infinitely more dangerous to the COM
munity. Farm labour Is being continue
ally reduced, and we are substituting
for 1t the slave labour Of German and
Italian prisoners. That position needs
to be put right. II the Government Is
incapable of freeing agriculture from
the fetters which today limit it, we may
say with certainty that the decline OF
food production in this country will con-
tinue until agriculture sinks again into
the decay Of the bad old days Of the
nineteen -thirtieS.
Evening star., 1946-10-09

other instruments Of mass destruc-
ton may yet force all nations. for
the sake Of common survival, to
abandon the things Of war forever.
In any event, regardless Of the
meaning and value of their action
outlawing an army and navy, the
Japanese have written q constitu-
ton that carries them forward a
long distance, politically and So
cially, from where they were at the
time Of defeat. No longer living in
servile fear Of an emperor-god or a
ruthless military clique, they have
aneopportunity now, with the help
of nations OF good will, to build
happy future as free and peaceful
people respected by the world.