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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
BIG FOUR COUNCIL
SETS PEACE DATE
July 70 Announced For
Opening OF l-Nation
European Meeting

PARIS, July 4. -(P)- The For
eign Ministers council fixed July
20 as the date for the opening OF
the 21-nation European peace con-
ference, British sources said, and
then continued in session Thursday
night wrestling with the tough
question of Italian r~eparations.
The council agreed to award Rus
STA 500, 600, 900 in Preparations from
Italy but clashed repeatedly on the
sources from which to obtain these
payments, informants reported.
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault proposed the July % date
following a recess of an hour and
a half in which the four ministers
conferred in Bidault's office. Only
interpreters were with the minis
tiers, British sources said.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin, Soviet Foreign Minister V:
M. Molotov and U. S. Secretary OF
State James F. Byrnes approved
the motion in that order.
The council then instructed the
deputy ministers to draft by Fri
day the text of the invitations which
are to be sent out to the other
Allied nations as soon as possible.
Taking up the Italian PREPARATIONS
issue, Byrnes made one concession
to Soviet claims in agreeing to al
low the Russians to draw some OF
See BIG FOUR On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
AlongThe CapeFear

Cape Fear-I'm going to tell
Editor Jim Rogers of the News
Reporter in Whiteville to come
down and bite you. Columbus coun-
ty, through aforesaid Grade A Cit
zen Rogers, is not going to fol-
low Sampson county in publishing.
TT is leading Sampson county
so far out in front that perhaps
you have lost sight. Our recent
book - Columbus County has
elected praise from all over North
Carolina, west as we'll as east.
seriously, if you do not have a
copy I will remedy that detect.
Sincerely, E. Evans Ulrlch,
Box 66, Lake Waccamaw, N. Z"
NARY A CHIRP - That's the first
Here's the second:
"Along the Cape Fear-Weeks
ago we sent The Star a copy OF
Columbus County, North Carolina
but nary a chirp did we hear. Now
comes Along the Cape Fear
wondering if any other Southeast
ern North Carolina county has
anything comparable to
Mrs. Taft Bass admirable book
about Sampson county.
"Since the copy I sent you prob
ably found a place in the waste
See CAPE FEAR on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
FILIPIN0S SHOUT
"KAYALAN" CRIES
Islands Formally Observe
independence Granted
By U. S.

MANILA, July 4 -P)-Cries of
"Kalayan' (freedom) rang from
Barrio to Barrio, from island to
island. throughout the Philippines
Thursday night as Filipinos cele-
brated their newly gained indie
pendence.
The festivities, some of which
will continue for several days, were
topped by the official ball at Mala-
canan palace.
81 Nations Represented
There, President and Mrs. Man.
uel A. Roxas received the rep
r%esentatives of 27 nations, inc'ud-
ing scores from the United States
whose solemn independence cove
nant with the Philippines was full
filled earlier at colorful ceremonies
at Luenta Plaza bordering Manila
Bay.
From Washington came word that
President Truman had formally
proclaimed the independence of the
islands. His proclamation was read
at the headquarters of the termi-
mated commonwealth government.
1t recognized the new republic and
officially surrendered on behalf Of
the United States "all rights of pos
session, supervision, jurisdiction,
control or sovereignty over the
archipelago.
Among those welcomed at Mala-
canaan was Paul V. McNutt, who
earlier had presented his creden-
tails as the first American ambas-
sador, and General of the Army
Douglas Macarthur, on his first
visit to Manila since leaving last
August for the surrender of Japan.
In receiving the new ambassador
during the afternoon President Rox-
as said:
'Our two countries will be united
by the unbreakable bonds of mu-
tual respect and affection - bonds
forged in the common struggle in
peace and war for the greater hap
piness and welfare of our two peo-
ples."
The United States congressional
delegation tentatively planned to
leave Friday, but some members
were uncertain whether they would
continue their world tour via Asia
and Europe.
Delegates of other nations plan
ned to leave over the weekend.
A full round of events on Man
ila's social calendar will celebrate
tae occasion through Saturday
night.
AS Filipinos commemorated the
day anticipated for years since
breaking the Spanish rue mary
a thought turned to their former
great champion of freedom, Manuel
Quezon. He died in the United
States during the war before see
ing his cherished ideal fulfilled.
His body is being returned on
the U. S. Aircraft Carrier Prince
ton for burial in the soil he work.
ed so hard to free.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
RESEARCHERS
SHOW HUMAN SHOCK
ABSORBER TO ANA

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.
- (P - An ingenious human
sock absorber designed to save
lives and minimize injury in
airplane crashes was introduce
ed before the American Medi-
cal association Thursday by
Navy researchers.
It is a harness which utilizes
the stretchability of nylon to
cushion impacts of approx
mately the same magnitude as
airplane occupants rece
when their plane crashes nose
first.
In tests the device protected
volunteers against impacts Of
$500 foot pound Z, which means
a force sufficient to lift that
much weight one foot off the
ground. That same impact is
See RESEARCHERS on Page 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
SUBSIDIES SAVED
CONSUMER MONEY
Government Estim
Average Grocery Bill
Less By $12 Year

WASHINGTON. July 4. - P) -
Food subsidies which expired with
the OPA made the average con-
sumer's grocery bill about $12 a
year lower than it would otherwise
have been, food officials estimated
Thursday.
The subsidies were paid by the
government which, of course, rails.
es its money through taxes on the
public and through borrowing. Cri-
tics of the SUBSIDIES stressed that
they would come out of the pub
lies pocket eventually: supporters
replied that they were a necessary
part Of a temporary control sys-
tenn designed to prevent runaway
initiation.
Billion And Half
Subsidies in effect June 80, when
they were Withdrawn pending con-
gressioinal action on re-establish-
ment of price control and continu-
ance of subsidies. were costing the
government at the rate Of about
81 ,455, 000. 600 a year.
Last fall, before subsidies on
butter. cheese and peanut butter
were ended, cost to the government
was at the rate of more than ST.
700. 00o, 900 a year.
Most of the subsidies were start
ed in 1943 under an order of the
late President Roosevelt rolling
back consumer prices of important
food items. The subsidies were in
troduced for the purpose of prev
enting a corresponding reduction
in prices to food producers-de-
creases which might have discour-
aged production at a time when
maximum output was needed for
the war.
Meats And Milk
The bulk Of the subsidy money
was being spent on meats and
milk. The annual outlay on these
foods exceeded 81. 100. 600, 0GG.
The meat subsidies included
about $535. 000, 600 a wear to slaugh-
t%erers, and about $76, 000. 900 a year
to livestock feeders. Of the latter,
one costing about $40, 900, 900 a
year and designed to encourage
feeders to fatter cattle to heavier
weights, had previously been sche-
duled to end June 30. Because of
the nations grain shortage, the
government no longer wants to
encourage production of heavy
cattle.
Officials estimate that the meat
and livestock subsidies were saw
ing consumers an average of at
least five cents a pound on their
meat bills. The saving varied by
types and cuts of meat-that is,
from 81 cents a pound for salt
pork to nine cents for steak.
Five Cent Increase
Thus in order to provide the
meat industry-farmers as well as
slaughterers AND merchandisers -
the same return as under OPA. re-
tail meat would have to go up an
average of at least five cents q
pound.
Milk payments, made to dairy
farmers. were costing at the rate
of about $685., 0oc, 900 a year. These
subsidies were inaugurated for the
purpose Of compromising dairymer
See SUBSIDIES on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
LEADING
IN MANAGER RACE
City Council May Select
Permanent Man AT To-
days Meeting

With Acting City Manager J.. -.
Benson leading the list of about a
dozen candidates, the city council
may select a permanent. city
manager in a special council ses-
sion this morning, Mayor W. Ron
aid Lane announced yesterday.
With the exception of Benson and
a few others, most of the candi-
dates are out-of-towners, the may
or said.
Well Qualified
A majority Of the applicants,
Mayor Lane continued, well
qualified for the position, but he
reiterated that ne and four Of the
councilmen are strongly In favor
of Benson.
If the seven-man board votes
unanimously for him, Benson has
said he will accept the post origi-
nally offered to him late last April.
To Review Budget
Today's special council session
will also function as the first con
ference on the 1946-47 municipal
budget.
With tentative proposals already
sending the new budget $50, 900
over last years, Benson has said
there must be several drastic cuts
made in order not to overburden
city funds.
Contract Renewal
1t is also expected that today's
meeting will bring forth a renewal
of the city's treet-lighting con
tract with the Tide Water Power
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
ARTHUR E. DIEHL
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Prominent Business Man
Was Fertilizer Com
pany Executive

Arthur c. Diehl, go, prominent
Wilmington businessman, died last
night at $40 in James Walker
Memorial hospital following a
brief illness.
At the time of his death he was
vice president of the Naco Ferti-
lizer Company, a subsidiary of the
W. R. Grace company, with which
he had served for the past 81 years.
He came to Wilmington from the
company's San Juan, Porto Rico,
offices in 1923.
Surviving are his wife, the form
er Miss Victoria Lynch, native OF
New York City, whom he married
Jan. 81, 1921; one son A. C. Diehl,
Jr., of Wilmington and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Jackson Balch, Hunts
vile, Ala, and Mrs. Robert W.
Blake, Canton, Ohio.
Born in New York city, Dec. 27,
1885, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Diehl, he attended New
York University, after which he
went to work for the Grace COM
.,any, serving as manager OF its
New Orleans, La, and Houston
Texas offices, in addition to the
San Juan office.
See DIEHL On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MARINE OFFICER
HELD IN THEFTS
FBI- Probing Diversion Oh
100000 Worth OF
Government Bonds

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.-(R)-
Channels through which $1,000, 600
worth of government property in
GLIDING 200, 900 cases of beer, dis
appeared ere checked by the FBl
Thursday night in an investlga-
ton which already has resulted in
the detention of a Marine corps
officer at Camp Pendleton, near
Oceanside, Calf.
The Navy, in confirming the
broad outlines of the case, said in
quiry is being made into the &C
tiv1ties of several San Francisco,
and Los Angeles firms as possible
outlets for the suspected diversion.
The government goods also in
Guided 1000 wrist watches, textiles
and leather goods.
Turn Offer Down
Two San Francisco men, SUBJ
poenaed as witnesses at a federal
grand jury session unexpectedly
cancelled Wednesday, were report
ed to have made statements to
the FBI that they turned down an
offer for the sale of beer to civilian
outlets in return for $4,000 cash.
The FBI's only comment was that
the investigation is continuing.
Suggesting the case may involve
See MARINE Oh Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

nam and the Arkansas cities
OF Little Rock, Fort Smith, Tex
arkana and Hot Springs.
Elsewhere, an Associated
Press survey showed the cost
OF basic commodities generally
was up.
Individual Cities
New York-Meat and butter
up, the latter increase ranging
from ID to II cents a pound.
Wholesale food price index of
81 commodities was $4.54, the
highest since July 20, 1920,
when it was $4.57.
Los Angeles-Meat up so per-
cent, butter steady, bread up
nine percent, clothing up as
high as five percent, milk up
See PRICES on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
COST OF LIVING
COST OF LIVING
Spot Check Shows Nation
Pays Increasing Prices

Americans, marking the
roth birthday of the United
States. we're asked higher rents
and we're paying bigger prices
for meat, butter and milk
Than they did a week ago und-
or OPA regulated prices, a
spot check of some Of the ma
tion's Leading cities and small
er towns disclosed.
A Few Gases
There we're some GASES still
more or less untouched by the
rising price trend begun Mon
dav, first day of free markets
since early in the war.
Prices of meat, butter, bread,
milk, restaurant meals, cloth
ino and rent we're described as
generally steady in such cities
Is Chicago, Shreveport, La,
columbus, Atlanta, Birming-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
PUTS CRIMP
IN CELEBRATIONS
Crowds Flock To Beach,
Though, Despite Bad
Weather

It was Independence Day yester-
day, and the weather set a wonder
full example as it celebrated the
occasion like d true rugged indi-
vidual.
The day dawned and died under
a sky as dark and wet as a drench-
ed wool blanket.
It was too damp for fire crack
ers, and there were no fire-crack-
ers to be had anyway.
Sun Comes Out
But somewhere in the days mid
die age, somewhere around two
o'clock in the afternoon, the timid
sun suddenly became as aggres-
sive as a troop Of Minute-Men.
And at that moment the citizens
of Wilmington declared their indie
pendence against the drab Tory
weather slipped quickly into their
holiday clothes, and lit the wet
streets with the radiance of their
own rugged iadividualism.
by lllC ulOQodliOS, III outOliiCOilCS
of vintages &c to as, they stormed
the beach bastions. And they held
their position from then till dusk
like the soldiers of Bunker Hill.
Thousands At Beaches
There are no turnstiles at
Wrightsville Beach or Carolina
Beach. 1t wa simpossible to count
the number CT legs, clothed and
bare, and divide by two.
But that there were thousands
is beyond dispute.
They lined the sound side of
Wrightsville Beach like a solid
wall of humanity as they watched
the sailboat regatta and the mo-
torboat races.
They jammed the bowling alleys
like oversize 10-pins. and they
bobbed in the surf like corks from
a thousand fishing poles.
At Carolina Beach it was the
same picture with only a sligh.:'1
different background. They were
the same people here as at
Wrightsville, as at Atlantic City,
New York, Chicago, Denver, Los
Angeles and Podunk Hollow.
Weather No Match
They were All awtully free peo-
pie having an awfully good time
on the 17oth anniversary of an
awfully important day.
And they couldn't have celebrat
ed it better than the way they did.
The weather, like a number of
past enemies, was no match for
Them
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
NEW. ONE YEAR PRICE CONTROL MEASURE
SECT TO SENATE BY BANKING COMMITTEE:
9MCATON FLYING SER VICE GETS BOOST
INTERNATIONAL BIRTHDAY PARTY
World Citizens Join United States
In Celebration Of Ind ependence Day

participated in the birth of the
Philippine nation which receiv-
ed its independence after 43
years. under the American flag.
President Truman in Wash
ington formally proclaimed in
dependence of the islands, act
ing under the Independence Act
of March "a, 1884. In the islands
themselves hundreds of thou
sands of Filipinos and repre-
sentatives of so nations saw
the American flag lowered and
the banner of the new republic
raised.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
HOLIDAY DEATHS
May REACH 800
"a Fatalities Reported On
First Of Four-D Jay
vacation"
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AAAL Ed NGES
Deaths from accidents mounted
slowly yesterday as the nation
started four day holiday which
me National Safety council fore
eaSt would produce 300 immediate
deaths.
Fatalities reported from traffic,
uSo"nlhg and miscellaneous causes
totaled "a.
Mostly Traffic
MoSt Of the deaths resulted from
sslllc accidents as the sunny,
wv. w weather attracted throngs of
Nv oWellers to celebrate Indepen.
.slce Day with drives into the
..pl'fy or to lake and seashore re-
Traffic deaths totaled "a, drown
~Ss [ and miscellaneous 8.
Necord toll over the July 4th holi-
was in 1941, when deaths
~ nq " to 628. The Fourth fell
ys, SIloay that year. The high wal
|so " was 1914, when the toll was
mat year the Fourth was or
esn n.S years four-day holiday vii.
aM I'5oO violent deaths, 'abour
VI Which will be immediate
'ee Holiday on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
And So To Bed

This letter from Ben r. Clay
ton is SO good that we pass 1t
on to you unedited:
"a few mornings ago two Of
my friends and 1 drove to
Wrightsville Beach for a swim
and parked just south of the
fishing pier at Lumina. Upon
e.r return to the car we found
a folded piece of paper under
the windshield wiper. When we
opened it up a dime dropped
out and the following message
was written on the crumpled
piece of paper:
Dear Sir: Just to be honest
we borrowed a valve cap off
of your front right tire. Here is
10 cents in payment. 1t was an
emergency, sir. We had to
have it. (Signed) A Friend"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

ABOARD THE U.S.S. AP-
PALACHIAN, Friday, July s.
R-The Unseen forces of the
atomic bomb - blast and lethal
rays portrayed it today as a
fleet killer even though ships
came through its uaearth.y fire.
Capt. George Lyon, 4 radio
logical safety officer, declar-
ed that the entire fleet OF Is
ships would have been left help
less by Mondays atomic ex-
plosion had it been fully man
ned.
MANY not killed by the blast
would have been unable to
carry on their duties because
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

The other day a distinguished
Russian writer, Mr.. Ilya Ehren-
burg, who had been touring TINS
country, said farewell il an article
in which he talked back at those
who criticize his own country. He
touched neatly and deity on some
of the more obviously embarras-
sing aspects of u civilization -
on Bilboism, for example. which
certainly impairs u title to be
regarded as the champions among
mankind of human rights and OF
free elections and of law and order
and of government with the coll
sent of the governed.
Yet in spite of this Mr.. Ehren-
burg says fat he found much to
admire and much that he liked:
1.-THE most beautiful hing l have
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
Today and Tomorrow
Rv WALTER LIPPMANN

SEEM" he said, "are the spiritual
possibilities of the American peo-
pie This people -. has many
high qualities: it is Straightforward
and daring, industrious ano ener-
getic." This is not exactly u own
unqualified estimate of ourselves,
and when Nh. Ehrenburg has
visited us oftener he will under
stand tae one most important thing
about the spiritual possibilities of
the American people that he over
looked. 1t is that they regard the
exposure of their vices and their
failings not s'nly al a right to be
guarded jealousls but as a duty
which, as they perform it, proves
their manhood.
See LIPPMANN on Page Ten
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
Flight
Gets Inquiry
In Midwest
Kalamazoo, Chicago Resi-
dents Want To Make
Trips
STARTED BY TURNER
Plans For Shuttle Service
Here Given New
Impetus
BY LARRY HIRSCH

The Lower Cape Fear re-
sort area, breaking into the
summer vacation spotlight
last weekend when Col. Ros-
Icoe Turner flew a party Of
Hoosiers from sweltering In
dianapolis to unconditional
Wrightsville Beach in three hours,
is we'll on its way toward becoming
one of the outstanding Atlantic
Seaboard holiday spots, according
to disclosures made by the flying
colonel himself and John H. Far
rell, secretary of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce.
Farrell revealed yesterday that
residents of Kalamazoo, Mich,
have sent "very-much-interested
inquiries about the colonel's now
famous three-hour trip.
News Spread
THE news of Colonel Turner's
flight initial week : end vacation
seems to have spread around the
country, particularly the Middle
west, in a big hurry" Farrell
said.
The people in Kalamazoo want
ed full details on the SUBJECTIVE
climate down here, the various
kinds of recreation, and, Of course,
the colonel's round-trip fare.
Il sent them everything they
asked for that I could and advised
that they get in touch with the
See SHUTTLE on Page Three
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Authority SEEKS
FUND OF $4,000
Members To Petition Coun-
" Board For That A
mount For Airport

1851 budget in the neighbour
bood Of $50, 900 for the operation
md maintenance of $11, 900, 900
BI,Iethenthal airport is expected
n bp submitted to the New Han
over County Board of Commission
prs this morning by the Whining
fon-N,ew Hanover Airport authori-
~.
The full authority, composed of
Albert F. Perry, chairman, Hamil-
lon E. Hicks, secretary. Harry
Gardner. Hargrove Bellamy, and
Lenox Cooper, and Airport Manag-
y Jesse c. Parker, Jr., are ex-
DEC ed TO present the proposal to
The board.
Revenue Expected
Although the $50, 900 figure looks
large. the authority members have
printed out that at least two-tAirds,
i not all, Oh the sum Will We Ie-
gained through revenue.
The tWo-thirds estimate is bas-
ed on revenue currently being col
lected from National Airlines,
South East Airlines, Penningtons
Flying Service, charter planes, and
the sale of gasoline.
New Lines Probable
With about a dozen other air.
lines and airplane companies seek
ig 10 establish themselves at the
airport in the coming air age, the
authority members have grounds
for hope that the airport, one of
the five largest fields in the nation
may be self-supporting by the end
Of the 1851 fiscal year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
UNSEEN FORCES LETHAL
Makes
A-Bomb Fleet Killer

of illness from the radiation"
he told a news conference.
What might have happened to
men at battle stations above or
below decks was unfolding In
the story Of the test animals
still alive after the bomb let
go in a binding flash off the
Nevada's stern.
Although go per cent Of the
animals came through alive,
many were beginning to show a
falling blood count, the deadly
after-effect of exposure to radi-
alton.
See KILLER on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

Six t h o S a n d occupation
troops paraded before Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney in Frank
furt in celebration of the day,
and then like relatives at home,
relaxed in a variety of recrea-
lions.
Bolster Patriotism
In occupied Japan, Lieut..
Gen. Robert L.. Eichelberger,
commander of the U. S. Eighth
army, asked his troops to boil
See INDEPENDENCE On Page
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

Senate floor Friday.
The bill differs in two important
respects from the measure vetoed
by President Truman last Saturday
as IAN impossible bill"
Notifications
These are notifications sponsor
ed by Barley in pricing provisions
covering manufacturers, whole
salers and retailers.
Ten Democrats and two Repub-
licans-Senators Buck of Delaware
and Capehart of Indiana-voted to
report the bill f%avorably. Five
Republicans opposed it. Two
members of the committee were
absent.
The bill would renew price and
rent control until June 80, 1947.
Bar Prosecutions
It would be retroactive to the
death of the cid price control law
as far as regulations prevailing
June 80 were concerned. However,
it contains a clause which would
bar civil or criminal prosecution
for any price rises above the June
30 ceilings during the interim be-
tween death Of the old law and
enactment of the new.
Barley reported that Price Ad-
ministrator Paul Porter, who sat
with the committee most of its
long holiday session, said the COM
mittee's revision of the pricing
provisions would be "workable and
he could administer them"
See QPA on Page Three