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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
FERTILIZER SHORTAGE

RALEIGH, Feb. 19.-(P)-A seri-
Gus shortage of fertilizer and fer.
tilizer materials is threatened this
season.
This was the statement issued
here Tuesday by Ralph Douglass,
vice-president of the Smith Dou-
glass company of Norfolk, Va,
and a member of the executive
committee of the plant food insti-
tute of North Carolina and Vir-
ginia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20

ing stories about the atom bomb
this time next century.
By the way, about that cake.
Rev, Walton and the Ladies Auxil-
iary of the church are giving Mrs.
Turner little party today. The
general public is invited, too. A
few years ago, the Fender Furni-
ture company gave her a wing
chair for being "Wilmington's old
est mother" so if anybody does
happen to have that cake handy
it might not be bad idea to bring
it along to the party.
And oh, yes-does anybody have
1902 candles?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
SEEKS PERMISSION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - @ -
John D. Gold, Daisy H. Gold and
Elizabeth G. Swindell, doing bust
ness as the P. D. Gold Publishing
company, asked the communica-
tons commission Tuesday for au-
thority to operate a FIN rnetropoli-
tan station at Wilson.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
INCREASE WAGES

INCREASE WAGES
DAVIDSON, Feb. 10. -(R-
Davidson Cotton Mills, Inc,
has increased wages 10 cents
per hour to establish a mini
mum wage of IS cents hourly,
it was announced here Tuesday.
T. j. McNeely of Concord,
formerly superintendent Of the
Locke Cotton Mills, has sue
ceeded r. B. Hughes, as super
intendent of the Davidson
Mills. Hughes has accepted a
position at Randleman.
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MORE ABOUT
FORGERY CHARGE
DANY nNJC
handicapped when his feet wers
frozen off while on duty"
Saekinr Helm
FROM PAGE ONE

handicapped when his feet Were
frozen off while on duty"
Seeking Help
Mrs. Ammons said my husband,
who has been discharged from the
service, has received about $50
from the government, he went to-
day to Chapel Hill to try to get
help"
Officers said she did not have
any money when she was arrested,
but had another check in her
pocket for which she had been re-
fused cash by the owner of a
restaurant.
"Several Checks
Mrs. Ammons has been in Will
mington for several weeks, accord
ing to authorities, who said she
had forged several checks and
cashed them at local banks, some.
times using fictitious names, but
usually using the names of local
merchants in endorsing the checks.
On one occasion Mrs. Ammons
is charged with having negotiated
a note with a Wilmington bank,
using names of local business men,
She used this method in applying
for living quarters at Wilmington
housing projects, telling the men
who endorsed the notes they were
endorsing her application. for a
house or an apartment, the officers
said.
Signature Identified
Successful until yesterday when a
teller at the bank identified her
signature" with that OF previous
ones, Mrs. Ammons was last night
in jail in default of bond.
Bond of $3.50 on each count will
be required for her release Of
Ulcers said. She is scheduled for a
preliminary hearing this morting
in Recorders court.
Mrs. Ammons' three-year-old
daughter was placed in the care of
child welfare workers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
20 YEARS TO REBUILD

TOKYO, Feb. 10 III Premier
Kijuro Shidehara predicted Tues
day it would take 100 or 80 years"
for Japan to rebuild and added that
swift restoration of foreign trade
was essential for the crushed ma
tion's livelihood.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
NEW ORLEANS BLAST
INJURIES 20 People.
MANY MAY HAVE dir

New Orleans, Feb. ia
An explosion and fire wreCkaa
three-story brick anartn
building here Tuesday, ini,'r;l
more MOI than 1ai 20 persons and not
sibly killing several other. pOS-
ke e; could not expIo,.
all the wreckage pending pure tL
clearance of heavy beams hut tnt
Police Captain James Cri, Ol'
head of one detail. said pp -
thought the ruins contained -. 1t
eral bodies. sew
Grips added that q =, a.
80 persons listed as occun,r,.
OF the department house has
been accounted for and that ..
Of these were injured. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
EMERGENCY HOUSING

RALEIGH, Feb. 10. -P)-
Goveror Cherry today directed
attention of North Carolina
towns and cities to the avail
ability Of additional emergen-
cy housing facilities to local
government groups. and tax
supported for non-profit edu-
cational institutions.
He urged that communities
that have not done so, make
immediate application for such
portions of this emergency
housing as is needed locally.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
SIDESWIPE PAY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-(B
Nicholas T. Stepp, Hender-
snoville, will receive S2,100
from the government because
an Army truck sideswiped his
truck in 1941.
A bill authorizing the pay
ment to Stepp for his injuries
was passed by the House Tues
day and sent to the Senate. 1t
was among the last introduced
by the late Rep. Joe w. Erwin
(D-NC).
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
MORE ABOUT
TRUMAN LIFTS
FROM PAGE ONE

Beach. The Intracoastal waterway
from Beaufort to the Cape Fear
would be modified to provide for
construction of six mooring basins.
First cost of this project was es-
timated at $4,000, while $1,000 of
first costs was appropriated for
work on the Intracoastal waterway
from the Cape Fear to Winyah bay,
South Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
CHARGED WITH MURDER

LENOIR, Feb. 10. - Up - Wal
ter L. Cannon, 80, of Valmead, is
being held in Caldwell county Jail
pending preliminary hearing be-
fore the grand jury here next week,
on charges of numbering his wife.
Tina L. Cannon, 80, Sheriff Felix
Parlier said Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
ISENHOUR EXONERATED

CONCORD, Feb. 10. - Up -
Roy L. Isenhour of West Concord
was exonerated Tuesday by a cor
oner's jury investigating the death
of Richard Vann Auten, S, who
was fatally injured Monday when
struck by Isenhour's car.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
ASK APPROPRIATION

RALEIGH, Feb. 19.--P)- The
Raleigh-Durham airport authority
plans to ask the Federal govern
ment to appropriate 100000 for
use at the Raleigh-Durham airport.
according to John Swain, chairman
of the authority.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
Tar Heel
NEWS BRIEFS.

rites for loans will be considered
by the State Banking commission
at special meeting to be held
here Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY

MoRGANToN, Feb. 1s-Y.-c
Lee Horton of Morganton has Ar
nounced his candidacy in h
temperate l primary of Nav ?;
for the Burke county seat in t5
State House of Representatives
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
BUY U. s. BONDS

RALEIGH, Feb. 10. -(P)-
The council of state Tuesday
approved action of the State
Board of Agriculture in invest
ing $15o,000 Of the agriculture
fund in U. S. bonds. The agri-
culture board took its action on
January 3.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
The Weather

WASHINGTON, Feb. ls.-(P)-Weathcr
Bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending pm. in the
principal cotton growing areas and else
| VIII
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MORE ABOUT
BOWLES BLASTS
-nna nAHE nNT
FROM PAGE ONE

pressure artists who claim to rep
resent them"
II call on the membership OF the
National Association Of ManufactW
ers to repudiate their irresponsible
leadership" he said. Il cali upon
them to denounce his propaganda
effort to bring imitation to this
country"
AssaiJs Advertisements
He :ssailed as lone Of the most
irresponsible arguments that has
ever been attempted the advertise
ment's claim that price controls
in peacetime hamper production
and force business to operate at .
loss.
1.-THE outlook for business has
never been better than it is right
now" he said. Elm the last three
months of 1915 dividends were
as high as at any time in our his
tory. Corporations are looking tor.
ward to an excellent year in 1946. :"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-20
SALE FORBIDDEN

SALE Forbidden
CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 19.-R-
H. c. McAllister, secretary-treas-
urer of the State Board of Phar-
macy, Tuesday advised North
Carolina pharmacists to adhere
strictly to regulations covering
the sale of barbiturates, popularlv
known as sleeping tablets" M.
Allister, speaking before the semi
mar on modern pharmaceutical
practice conducted here by the the
State Association, said that the
Federal, Food and Cosmetic art srt
prohibits the sale of barbit,,rs+ az
sulfa drugs and thyroid tah1e+s ~,
cept on physicians prescrintio M
INSURANCE REGULATION
RALEIGH, Feb. 10. - R A
proposed regulation to govern ~
'lse OF insurance policies as secu-
Evening star., 1946-12-08

of Italians today are his potential followers.
This does not mean that Italians do not want
democracy. Most of them do. and are labor
ing to make it work; but Italy's new demo-
cratic government. faced with huge problems
and bewildered by dissension, is failing them.
With chaos threatening and stern winter
coming, Italians are clamoring for quick relief.
In Florence. heard shopkeeper say: For
my wife and five children get three pounds of
bread day just four small, crusty loaves
- and once a week two pounds of spaghetti.
For the rest, we must 60 to the Black Market.
Our only salvation" he finished, smacking
his fist on the counter, is go-getter who
will give US something to eat"
Maia Problem Il Feed
rooD is at the heart of Italy's entire prob
lem of rehabilitation To get food, her indus
tries must turn out farm machinery for use
at home and manufactured goods for sale
abroad. To start her factories humming, how
ever. she must have coal. But even the
10000 tons of coal Italy is capable of pro-
ducing each month cannot be mined because
miners have had to stop work and scrounge
for food for their families.
Since then. the bread ration has been cut
nearly in half. Italians get fewer than 1000
caiories day if they eat on their ration cards
- fewer than any other people in Europe.
American soldiers get $500.
Already. before left Rome, the huge fiocks
OF pigeons that once delighted tourists in St.
Feters Square had nearly disappeared.
Contisaed on next bage
Evening star., 1946-12-08
He Hates Desaaocxacy

But who elected the anti-Fas-
cist party leaders?"
As an orator, Giannini is elo-
quent. He bristles with energy
and his voice rasps with excite
ment. More than anything else,
he hates democracy. He and his
followers would prefer swift,
sure - If necessary, harsh -
action by strong leader.
So far. he has not tried strong
Evening star., 1946-12-08

Who are Italy's new Fascists? There are
numerous groups of them throughout the
country. but Guglielmo Giannini's party is
the most important. With many of Musso-
lini's Fascists in its ranks it numbers some
100000 people. Professor Ferruccio Parri,
a Partisan leader who served as Premier in
l945, describes them as mot a political party
but mob. They are disorganized mass
of malcontents who may well be the instiga-
tors of another totalitarian regime"
Their rallying point is Giannini's weekly
newspaper. "L'Uomo Quaiunque" - The
Common Man" Published in Rome, it has an
average circulation of 10000 and at times
has reached 10000 - the highest in Italy
1t is a libelous, scandal-mongering sheet whose
four pages are crammed each week with
vicious attacks on the government, the Allies
and Communism. 1t asserts that today,
instead Of one Fascist Party, there are six
new parties - lust six times as bad" Many
Italians. disguised with the bitter fights
among Italys political factions, have adopted
precisely this view of democracy at work.
He Hates Dsunocxacy
GIAnlNINu himself edits The Common
Man." At first merely wide-open 'gripe" ses-
sions, his editorials now outline a positive
program as well. He wants an ''administra-
tive" state to be directed by the common
man" - not by politicians. !" Nobody elect
ed Mussolini and his henchmen," !" he argues.
Evening star., 1946-12-08


to grab power in Rome. Will
he shake the peace of Europe?
In ITALY today. fat, sandy-haired former
Il Fascist with fair for invective is preparing
for the day when he hopes his own party will
take over the government He is Guglelmo
Giannini, editor and self-styled critic. Nattily
dressed in satin shirt and loud sports jacket
he fourishes riding crop with the swagger
of German major and keeps an automatic
in hip holster.
When met him in Rome night club, he
cooked an eye behind his monocle; stretched
hand across the table and said. smiling:
well! am always glad to meet one of our
Gberators." But he could not conceal sneer
as he added: Tell me. when do you Ameri-
cans expect to leave Italy?"
A short time later, in an interview with
United Press correspondent. he charged that
President Roosevelt was the man responsible
for the Second World War. And when another
correspondent asked him about the threats
Evening star., 1946-12-08

Coming at the moment c0rabinieri police
in Rome had pounced on stacks. of Commu-
mist rifles and machine guns, Signor Alvaro's
concern puzzled me. But recent events have
proved him correct. Today, new Fascism
is on the upswing in Italy - and may shortly
make strong bid for power.
They WoGk in the Open
ONE night last April, four men broke into
a grave near Milan and stole Mussolini's
body. They left letter. The Duce is among
us again, it read The time will come when
the Duce in his coffin viii parade through the
streets of Italy. :" The letter was signed.
Democratic Fascist Party"
Now the thieves are in Jail: but in Gorizia
recently, mobs shouting "Ducer' tried to
break up an anti-Fascist demonstration. The
new Fascism does not work underground -
it operates openly.
Italy's Communists are far from beaten.
But when Stain hacked Tito's claims to
Trieste, which Italians passi0nately want
to keep, he knocked the props from un-
der them. Their prestige wrecked. the Com
munists polled only 4.2S7. 600 votes out of
total of q. .O00. 600 in the election of the new
Republican Constituent Assembly-less than
20 per cent. The Socialists alone collected
$4,000 more. But the biggest surprise of all
was Giannini's eo-Fascist party, the Com
mon Man Front. which amassed the surpris-
ing total of l. 1873 600 votes and 30 seats in the
new Constituent Assembly - only five fewer
than Mussolini won in the last election before
the march on Rome in 1922.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

on his life he was supposed to
have received. Giannini simply
stroked his pistol and remarked,
81 am never alone"
Before | left Naples last win
ter. Corrado Alvaro, Italy's pro-
foundest political writer, told
me: Despite everyone's fears of
Russia. there is little chance that
Communism soon will gain con-
troll in Italy. Our real danger
today is a new form of Eascism. .
Evening star., 1946-12-08
.|TALY'S new DUCE?

Once again, a loud-mouthed,
staggering journalist is out
to grab power in Rome. Will
he shake the peace of Europe?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31
Alexandria Seap|ane
Base Before Virginia

Palmer c. Scarnecchia, airWays
traffic controller at the National
Airport, will 60 before the Virginia
Corporation Commission in Rich
mond August % on an application
to establish a seaplane base on the
Potomac River, south of Alexandria.
Mr.. Scarnecchia. who lives at 5409
Glenwood road, Bethesda, said his
brother -in-law, Capt. J. A. Friday,
about to leave the Army's Air Trans
port Command, will have principal
interest in the project.
He also said he has been trying
for the past three months to obtain
permission to establish a similar
base in Georgetown. The bases
would be primarily for small sea-
planes for sightseeing purposes.
Mr.. Scarnecchia proposes to oper-
ate between Jones Point on the
Virginia side and Roster Bluff on
the Maryland bank, the Associated
Press reported from Richmond. The
float for the base would be located
at the base of Duke street in Alex
andria.
A hearing was called for August
20 on an application of Charles D.
Shank for authority to operate Elk
ton Airport on the northwest side
of route 636, three miles north of
Elkton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31
Report Hits Maryland
Mental Hospitals
BY The Associated Press

Marylands five State mental in
situations, which in 1914 had an
average daily total of 6,926 patients
had no psychologists in any of the
hospitals that year, and altogether
only 80 doctors and superintendent
and Il graduate nurses. the United
States Census Bureau reported yes
terday.
The State had TOO employees in
mental hospitals or a ratio of 10l. !
per 1000 patients, the Census Bu-
reau said in report which stated
that the national ratio of employees
TO patients was "the lowest in the
entire period between 1885 and
1914"
Maryland spent 1888 SO per patient
in 1914, or a total of S2,0O1,l37 for
salaries, wages, provisions, fuel anC
other maintenance.
The five hospitals were overcrowd-
ed by daily average of SAL patients
or 6.3 per cent in excess of capacity
RICHMOND, Va, July 81 (P.-
The State Department of Education
has approved four State mental hos
pitfalls for on-the-job training of wal
veterans as institutional attendants.
Approval was announced yester.
day for training programs at Eastern
State, Williamsburg: Southwestern
State, Marion; Western State
Staunton, and Central State Hos
pital for colored, Petersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31
0PA Hears Tomatoes
Sold Above CEILINGS
BY the ks,oeioied Press

BALTIMORE, July 3l.-Reports
that canned tomatoes are being sold
BY some Eastern Shore packers at
over-ceiling prices have been re-
ceived by the Maryland OPA, Direc-
tor Leo M. Mccormick said today
During the 25-day price holiday
Mr.. Mccormick said, professors
were legally entitled to any price
they could get for their canned to-
matoes, Now they must return to
price ceilings.
I'VE have received reports that
some packers are selling their canned
tomatoes at prices which are far
over the legal ceilings. These alleged
illegal sales must be stopped or i'm
mediate steps will be taken to en-
force the maximum prices"
Louis B. Lapedus, chief of the food
price division at the State OPA
Office, said prices for tomatoes were
reported to be ranging as high as
50 to s2.lo per case of "a No. 2 cans.
Those Eastern Shore professors
whose 1916 ceiling price has been
established must sell at the maxi
mum price, he said, and those who
have not yet filed for 1916 ceilings
must either wait for such ceiling to
be set or sell at the ceiling price for
the 1945 pack, which ranged from
SO cents to S10l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31
Fairfax 10 Buy Site
For New Incinerator

Purchase of 10 acres of land on
Cameron Run, Mount Vernon dis
trict, for an incinerator site at q
cost of $4,000 was authorized yes
terday by the Fairfax County Board
OF Supervisors.
The board decided to buy the tract
after the owners rejected the board S
offer of $3.50 an acre but agreed to
sell for 81 900 an acre. Specifications
Tor the incinerator are now being
prepared by County Executive Secre-
tary r. M. Loughborough, and will
be submitted to several firms for
estimates.
Mr., Loughborough said yesterday
that the proposed plant is expected
to cost approximately $4,000. Rev.
enues from use of the plant are ex-
pected to pay the cost of the project
over period of years.
When the plant is completed 1t
will answer the countys problem OF
providing suitable facilities for trash
and garbage disposal in the heavily
populated Falls Church, Mount Yer
non and Providence districts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31
Alexandria Records
First Case Of Polio

AleXandria's first case of polio
myelitis, 6-year-old girl, was re-
ported yesterday by DR.. w. Lewis
Schafer, city health officer, who or
dered 14-day quarantine for chill
dren at the Rotary Club Day Nur-
sery, All Prince street, which shs
attends
The child was transferred from
the Alexandria Hospital to Chill
drens Hospital in Washington after
diagnosis of the case. Nine children
are affected by the quarantine, in
Guiding one who lives in Fairfax
County.
The health department nursing
staff, which checked on the children
who had been in contact with the
case, has informed DR.. Schafer that
one of the children is en- route to
Florida with his parents.
Another out-of-town polio case
was reported today by the District
Health Department. a 15-year-old
boy from the TOO block of North
Danville street, Arlington, who was
admitted to Gallinger Hospital yes
terday.
The total out-of- town victims
since January l are %, with two
local cases. Last year at this time
q out of town cases were reported
and Is local cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31
Current Whisky Back
On Semirationed Basis
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va. July 31.-Ten
brands of current" whisky return
to the semirationed, bottle-a- day
basis during August under the ABC
Boards rationing quotas for the new
month, announced by the board
yesterday.
Otherwise there will be no change
from the allotments prevailing
during July, board spokesman said
In purchasing one of the cur
rent" brands, the customer will be
required to exhibit his ration book
just as was done in purchasing gin
on the same basis during July. Gin
remains on the bottle-a-day basis
as do other potables which have
been sold at that rate.
All strictly rationed items, in
Guiding the older and better brands
of whistles, carry over at the old
rate of bottle per customer, re-
gardless of bottle size.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31

en- with rawhide strap.
A plea of innocence was entered
by Twitty to the assault charges.
Because of her consistent refusal
to remain at home, the father told
the court, he had mo choice" be-
tween Furnishing the girl or turning
her over to authorities.
Chain and Strap Shown.
A 13-foot length of chain, with
paddock, and a two thonged strap
were introduced as evidence at the
trial.
His bond renewed, Twitty left the
court to await hissca1isfor sentence
Replying to question by Defense
Counsel George Woelfel, the girl
testified calmly, MY father whipped
me because I didn't obey my
parents"
Doris Joann told the court her
father struck her half dozen
times"
Appearing as a prosecution wit
ness, the girls mother, Mrs. Martha
"AecJ eSooiiy hA6 bildt WHY IldQ
repeatedly warned Doris Joann
about leaving home to go to Annap-
oils or nearby beach and that the
girl had "sassed' her father.
Doris Joann said that she had
been chained and beaten about a
month before the July 20 incident.
Had Warned Girl.
TWitty testified that in the interim
between the two punishments he
had repeatedly warned the girl not
to go into town. He objected to the
absences, he said, because the
daughter went out with boys in
automobiles.
He denied under questioning by
States Attorney Marvin I. Anderson,
that he had told Sergt. Brooke Mead
of the Annapolis police he intended
to keep Doris Joann chained for a
month.
Twitty reported that on Sunday
morning, July 81, he asked Mrs.
Twitty to go down and release the
girl, but in the meantime Doris
Joann had freed herself and gone to
notify police.
Sergt. Mead testified that a photo
graph taken July 81 showed numer-
GUS bruises on the girls back.