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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
WHITNEY CALLS
PRESIDENT MAD
Brotherhood Leader Plan
Clio Or AFL
Affiliation

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, June 81
U.H-President A. F. Whitney, OF
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, still bitter over results Of the
recent railroad crisis, said Thurs
day, Mr.. Truman is a mad presi-
dent who will "surely not" get
labor support in 1913.
Whitney projected Secretary Of
Commerce Henry Wallace, Sena-
tor Claude Pepper, 3D., Fla.), and
Senator Wayne Morse, (R.. O-e.)
as possible presidential candidates
who could count on labor support.
But he acknowledged none Of the
three had widespread national
popularity.
Plans AffiIiation
Whitney revealed on arrival here
to make plans for the eightweek
brotherhood convention beginning
16 that the brotherhood's
270, 900 members will affiliate with
the American Federation of Labor
or the Congress of Industrial or
CARNATIONS this fall. He refused
See WHITNEY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
cape Fear
See EDUCATION on Page Two

SKATE-MOBIlE-Now that the
the Wilmington Soap Box Derby
racers are under construction in
Easements. sheds, garages, and
we wouldn't be surprised-living
rooms throughout the city, we find
ourselves asking a poignant ques-
ton:
What has become of the skate
mobile?
If you're an old-timer racing
enthusiast ike us, you know what
a skate-mooile is. It's just possible,
however that this column has a
few young-timer racing-enthusiast
readers who have never heard of
a skate-moEile.
If they will lay down their Derby
racer tools and materials FOR just
as long as it takes to pick UP the
newspaper and read this column,
we will explain the skate mobile
business as only an expert like
ourselves can explain it.
You old-t!mers may listen in,
if you like, erd shed a few tears
over the skate-mobile's passing.
GRANDDADDY-The skate-mo-
bile was the grarddaddy of all
home-built racers.
Like its offspring, the soap-box
racer, it 100 had a soap box as
its principal item of construction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
LABOR SHORTAGE
HITS HARVESTING
Columbus And Bla d e n
Counties May Lose H.
000 Acres Tobacco

Two thousand acres of an esti-
mated 5000 acres of tobacco is
gravely threatened by burning in
the fields unles, immediate help
is secured. according to farm ag-
ent representatives in Columbus
and Bladen counties.
Combining the out-of-season ear
ly ripening Of the weed with the
shortage of labor to harvest the
crop, Charles D. Raper, Colum-
bus farm agent, gave the two
chief reasons for the anticipated
losses.
Need 1000 Workers
To harvest an estimated Is, 900
acres planted by Columbus farm
ers alone, will require at least
1000 additional workers to save
the crop. he said.
Labor is demanding a minimum
of 81 per Gay, and other labor, at
prices planters can afford to pay.
is not available. The agent est
mated that S. would be top price
the growers can pay.
Meanwhile, available men. wo-
men and children are working
from 10 to 20 hours per day in an
attempt to save this years crop.
the agent said.
Spending all time off from gath
ering the crop to sleep, some of
the workers are just taking time
out 10 eat. ceten not even washing
their hands.
No Homework
The agent cited the case of n
family. The woman, who with her
husband and children, has spent
the last two weeks in the tobacco
fields, not taking time out to do
the family laundry or cook, the
latter chore being done by one of
the smaller children.
AS reasons for the labor shor.
tages. he gave these: The veterans
and unemployed persons who are
drawing $40 per week compensa-
ton and are refusing to work;
nigh wages paid labor at other
jobs, and the absence of transient
labor wN'"'' normally is plentiful.
- No Foreign Labor
Attempts to hire foreign labor
which is filtering into the area,
fails because they are not willing
See LABOR on Page Two
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.FLUE-CURED BELT
DATES SET TODAY
Committee To Work For
Increasing Foreign
Markets

RALEIGH. June 81. - R - A
discussion of problems facing the
tobacco industry, particularly the
need for foreign markets for the
current and succeeding crops,
highiighted sessions Thursday of
the Tobacco Association of the
United States, which controls the
tobacco auction system.
Annual Report
Opening dates for the various
fue-cured belts and other regula-
lions governing the sale of the
1916 crop will be adopted at a
general session scheduled to begin
at II am. Friday. President l..
L. Gravely Of Rocky Mount will
deliver his annual report at that
time.
A special postwar planning COM
mittee, which vas appointed at the
last convention of the group. met
Thursday and drafted resolutions
which. it will present at the gen.
eral session Friday. The resolu-
tons call for extended efforts to
recover foreign trade lost during
the war years.
Large Crop Forecast
1t was the feeling of the COM
mittee that a foreign market must
be found for the millions of pounds
of leaf disposed Of through lend
See TOBACCO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
Newest
Wrinkle
ky-Tourists To Holi-
day At Wrightsuiue
Beach

The newest wrinkle in tourist
transportation to the Whining
ton resort area will be creas-
ed realty by the practiced hand
of Col. Roscoe Turner, inter-
acknowledgement airplane pi-
lot, when he lands IA passen-
ger-tourists from Indianapolis,
Ind, on Bluethenthal airport's
1000. foot runway about six o.
clock tonight.
Leaving the Hoosier city
some time this afternoon, Col
onel Turner will fly his pas.
senger. tourists in his own two.
motored luxury plane.
BirL's Eye View
Upon arrival the plane will
circle the city, giving the rid
ers a bird's-eye view of the
celebrated Cape Fear country,
and then sit down. at the To-
cal airport.
After disembarking, the IA
tourists will be whisked to sea-
grit Wrigntsville Beach for a
See NEWEST on Page. Two =
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28

But, unlike the. racers of the to-
day, the skate mobile utilized the
soap box in a vertical, rather than
horizontal. position.
In short, the soap box was not
the body but the front end of the
skate. MOBILE. You nailed a two-by-
four board Under one of the small
ends and a straight wooden handle
bar on the top Of the other.
Then you got, a pair of roller
skates and nailed one skate in
front and done one skate in back
on the underside of the two-by-four
board.
Then you too kthe c~ontraption to
the top of the highest hill in town,
stood on it like a scooter, coasted
down the hill, and almos. broke
your darn fool neck.
WHAT HAYOC-It didn't take
much effort to build a skate-mobile
but it did take a lot of bumps.
bruises, and skinned knees to
learn to operate one successfully.
Roller skates on your two feet
are t%reacherous enough. Put them
on the bottom of a two-by-four
board en- route down a 80 degree
hill and you've got something to
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
CITIZENS INSPECT
NEW wv BUILDING
City, County, Officials,
Businessmen Guests OF
Board OF Managers

Visioning in the not too distant
future a new and modern building
to replace the original building at
James Walker Memorial hospital
and demolition of the Negro build
ing and it's replacement with mod
ern facilities, w. D. McCaig OF
the Board of Managers and chair
man of its publicity committee,
last night welcomed a group Of city
and county officials and other In
vited guests at a typical hospital
supper, served in the cafeteria OF
the fine new two-story brick Serv-
ice Building.
The new facility, recently placed
in use, is the elimination of a long
standing dream, Mr.. McCaig told
those present and the building, as
well as its equipment, is a source
of pride to the Board of Managers
and himself in particular.
Modern Kitchen
Speaking on behalf of the board
chairman, following the enjoyable
and well balanced meal, Mr.. Nc
Caig said that such a gathering.
too, had long been anticipated by
the board and he hoped everyone
had enjoyed it. 1t was prepared
in the modern kitchen of the new
facility, arranged by a graduate
dietician and supervised by a
white chef.
Calling attention to the new
facility, McCaig pointed out that II
had cost in excess of 500, 900, and
being thoroughly modern in every
respect, it compares favorably
with any such building in the
United States.
Growth Must Continue
Looking perhaps toward the fu-
ture and future plans of the board,
the speaker pointed out that a hos
pital today, to be modern and eff
ficient, must be a growing institu.
ton, because times and facilities
are ever changing-in fact, he
said, a hospital is never completed.
And this new unit, recently placed
in use, is but one of a long-term
planning program.
Declaring that he expected to
see James Walker Memorial hos
pital continue as the leading gen
eral hospital of Southeast North
Carolina for many years to come.
he said that the new Service build
ing represented a very important
progressive step.
See CITIZENS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
EDUCATION FUND
HITS new HIGH
State Board Adopts S42,-
676,129 Budget For
Coming Year

RALEIGH, June 27-(P- The
State Board Of Education Thurs
day adopted a $42, 676, 1923 budget
for the nine-months public school
system for the next fiscal year
an all-time high for State participa-
ton in education.
The budget, which is 81, 800, 900
higher than last years record ap-
preparation, was increased to take
care of 602 additional teachers, in
creased transportation costs, high
er costs of plant operation, and to
purchase coal usually bought out
of the previous years funds but
which couldn't be purchased this
spring because of the coal short
age.
No Salary Increases
It does not provide for salary
increases for school personnel.
The 1946-47 budgets estimated
expenditures exceed the appropria-
ton made for the fiscal year by
the 1945 General Assembly by $685.
391, but Controller Paul Reid said
the deficiency has been taken
care of by carrying over 1919, 391
from the unexpended balance in
the current years budget.
Reid said the education fund had
an unexpended balance of $1,218,-
802.27 at the end of the last school
year, brought about by a shortage
in the number of teachers al
located, certificates of teachers,
which were lower than expected;
and because no funds were needed
to make 18th grade readjustments.
Emergency Salaries
In addition to the $40, 676, 129 to
be spent next year for school OPP
erations, the States general fund
will be called on to pay around
So, 1853, 1920 in emergency salaries to
school personnel. The emergency
salaries, paid on the basis of $120
a year to all teachers and state
employees, were provided by the
last legislature.
According to Reid, the principal
See EDUCATION on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
And So To Bed

An old, bent, and not-too-
bright looking man hobbled
down Market street last night
and turned into the Cape Fear
armory where the EIks were
having their annual convention
banquet.
He approached an Elk, took
him aside, and whispered some
thing in his ear.
The Elk whispered something
in return, and the old man
suddenly Strengthened up and
sped out of the armory with an
alacrity which belied his years.
Another Elk, observing the
situation, asked the first Elk
what it was the old man had
wanted to know.
He wanted to know" said
the first Elk, eff this was the
Moose convention"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28

The British loan, which has al
ready been approved by the senate,
will be before the House in the
next few days. There would be
little doubt of its approval there
if, during the long months since
the loan was negotiated and ex-
planned, so many among us had
not forgotten the reasons for it.
The result is now in doubt because
a critical number of congressman
and a large Number of voters have
come to think that to approve the
loan is to approve and to under
write the whole foreign and the
whole imperial policy OF Great
Britain.
They are, Of course confirmed
in this view by the very consider
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
GOOD OIL SUMMERTIME
Campk Dream Come True
For Brigade Boys Club

of the buildings, grounds and
waterfront of the camp. He
would stop at various points to
tell me some of the history be-
hind the building of this fine
camp.
The camp is located on the
sound and inland waterway at
Porter's Neck, just south of
SCOTS Hill. Situated on a high
cliff overlooking the water, the
camp is an ideal spot, every
thing is neatly arranged and a
we'll organized program of in
terest to all boys has been work
ed out.
See CAMP on Page Ten
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28

developed in the east.
Industry spokesman claimed a
Wide-open blacket market had di-
verted all poultry supplies to New
York, by-passing other eastern
metropolitan areas. Shortages were
reported in Philadelphia, Boston,
Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
Professors Close
Twelve large professors closed
their plants on Pennsylvania
Delmarva peninsula, the largest
poultry producing area in the East.
In Baltimore, $500 persons were
laid off at meat processing plants.
With butcher shops bare of beef,
pork and lamb, items such as
luncheon meat and sausage were
disappearing too. Several areas
also reported shortages of fresh
water fish.
The big meat packing companies
predicted that the meat supply
would continue very thin for a
week or longer. Administration o.
ficials continued to look for i'm
provement after Monday when the
price control issue will have been
decided.
Holding Stocks
Cattle receipts at the Chicago
stockyards were only $500 Thurs
day. compared to 5000 to 5000 in
normal times. Trade sources esti-
mated that more than 100, 900
hogs and $4,000 to rs, 1000 cattle
we're being held on farms in the
Midwest while farmers waited to
see what happens to meat con-
troll.
A Denver buyer reported he had
searched for beef, and finally found
125 beef calcasses stored in a
wholesalers refrigerator. But he
couldn't buy them, he said, be-
cause he couldn't offer enough
under the price ceiling.
In Wisconsin,, a turkey growing
center, poultry wholesalers at Ma
olson reported that they were I'M
able to buy more than a Few tur-
See MEAT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
The w leather

FORECAST
North and South Carolina: Widely
scattered thundershowers Friday after
noon; moderately warm.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday
Temperatures
1870 a. M. IS; 7:30 a. m. IA; 1870 p. m.
IS; 1880 p. M. rs; Maximum 80; Minimum
r.; Mean 70; Normal 70.
Humidity
1:30 a. m. 86; 7:30 a. M. 30; 1:3o p.
m. II; 7:30 p. m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p m.
300 inches.
Total since the first of the month
AIS inches.
Tides For Today
from the tide tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington $500 1853 am. 800 m
9:25 p.m. 1856 pm.
Masonboro Inlet 6:42 am. 12:4s am.
TIT pm. ~ so pm.
Sunrise SOB; Sunset 1927; Moonrise 4:lsa'
Moonset 7:17 p.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at
8 a. m. Thursday 1914 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
EURE LEADS
ELKS' FETE HERE
500 Jam Cape Fear Armory
For Annual Banquet
OF BPOE
See Picture On Page 5


A crowd of more than 600 per
sons jammed the Cape Fear arm
Dry last night to attend the annual
convention banquet of the North
Carolina Benevolent and Pro
iective Order of Elks.
Led by President .Thad Eure,
Secretary of State of North Caro-
ina, the Tar Heel Elks, their
wives, and guests assembled at
he banquet tables under the star
aad-spangle armory decorations to
dine, enew old acquaintance, and
hear short speeches by Eure;
David Scholtz. New York, past
grand exalted ruler; Howard R
Cavis, Williamsport, Pa. past
g:and esteemed leading knight;
and other prominent Elks.
Burney POSTMASTER
Judge John J. Burney was toast
master to the festive gathering, as
sisted by C. David Jones, past dis
trict deputy grand exalted ruler,
and B. A. Whitmire, Henderson
vile, also a past district deputy
grand exalted ruler.
After the banquet the tables were
cleared away and the entire dele
cation joined in a dance to the
music of Pat Mann and his orches-
ira.
The Elks' two-day annual con-
vention officially opened at 2:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
Elks Home, 400 S. Front street,
with Mayor W. Ronald Lane giving
he address of welcome.
Speech of Welcame
J. H. Tillman, exalted ruler of
The Wilmington lodge, also made
a speech of welcome, after which
DR.. w. A. Sans, Marshall, past
state president, delivered the ad-
dress of response for the delega-
lion.
Following the appointment of
convention committees the con-
vention adjourned until the 7:30
p. m. banquet.
A ladies' social get-together was
aeld in the Elks Home from $3.50
to $50 p. m. proceeding the ban
quet ceremonies.
The Elks will continue their two
day convention today with election
Of officers and a MONDAY luncheon
In the Home.
Close Tonight
Tonight the delegates will end
the festivities with a dance at
Wrightsville Beach from 9 p. m. to
a. m.
The Wilmington committee in
charge Of convention arrangements
Is composed of A. B. Blake, L. A.
Raney, c.. E. Blanton, L. H. Tru-
love, j. R. Robinson, H. N. Hay
den, R. ]. Johnson, w. J. Cartier,
Z, R. Wilson, r. A. Dunlea, Odell
Bridgers, W. r. Lutes, j. c.
Keith, j. I. Jeffreys, and I. W.
Solomon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
Today and Tomorrow
By WALTER

able number who favor the loan,
not because 1t is a necessary meas
ure TO restore the economic life of
the world in which the United
States lives and works, but because
they imagine it is a way of show
ing their disspproval of the Rus
SLAMS.
Those who hold these views are
in fact saying that we have a pot
of gold worth 81. 900, 900, 900, and
that like some lunatic millionaire
we can bury it in the grounds, or
dig it up and give it away, de-
pending upon whether we prefer
to rebuke Mr.. Revin or to spite Mr..
See LIPPMANN on Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
BY o COOK
See Pictures on Page IL

Last year when I visited the
Bruce B. Cameron Boys camp,
William A. Stewart, executive
director of the club described
the camp by saying, 'Its a
dream come true for the Bri-
gade Boys club" Yesterday l
again visited the camp and Mr..
Stewart remarked, cts better
than ever this year"
Tour Of Camp
So proud of his camp, named
in honor of Wilmington's late
mayor, Bruce B. Cameron, Mr..
Stewart escorted me on a tour
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
City Boosted
As Location
Of Battalion
War Department Allocates
1905 Men To North
Carolina
STUDIES CITY'S NEEDS
Adjutant General Says Unit
OF 300 To 500 Men
May Be Formed

wilmington h S always
been an excellent military
community, and I'm looking
forward to the establishment
of a good unit Of the new Ma
tional Guard there" Adj.
Gen. ] Van B. Nets of North
Carolina said yesterday as he in
formed The Star from Raleigh that
he will arrive here today to confer
with Col. Royce McClelland and
other local military figures on Will
mington's position in the postwar
reorganization of the National
Guard.
Wilmington's unit, he said, will
probably be a battalion of coast
artillery or infantry, Since they
approximate the type of unit the
city has had in the past"
Department ALLEGATION
The generals visit here today
and tomorrow stems from the War
department ALLEGATION on Wednes-
day of 1905 men to the North
Carolina National Guard.
THE ALLEGATION has been ap-
proved by Governor Cherry"
General Nets said, land I shall
start a tour of all state cities i'm
mediately to determine how the
10, 035 men will be distributed.
my visit to Wilmington will be
the starting point"
See GUARD on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
RIVER DEVELOPS
Wilmington Prosperity
Linked With Cape Fear
See Text OF Speech on Page 8

see 1cAt vi speech on Page 5
Wilmington was founded
where it is today because of
the Cape Fear river, and it's
prosperity has and will con-
tinue to depend on the use
m d of this navigable
stream, Col. George w. Gill
lette, chief of the district U.
S. Army Engineers, told the
members of the Wilmington
Lions club at their luncheon
meeting yesterday afternoon.
Introduced to the gathering
by j. R. Benson, acting city
manager, Colonel Gillette
traced the development of the
Cape Fear river fir, l 1929,
when it was seven feet deep,
to 1916, when its present 30-foot
depth will be dredged another
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
two feet starting in September.
IS Foot Channel

80 Foot Channel
Colonel Gillette also pointed
out that the demand for - 35-
loot channel, scheduled for a
pubic hearing on July 80, may
be successful.
Should the need for IS feet
be demonstrated, and the cost
does not exceed the benefits to
be derived, I think it is fair
ly certain that the improve
ment will be recommended"
he said.
-MiMion People
"The Cape Fear river is
much more than a local
stream" the colonel said as he
enlarged on his subject. 1T
See RIVER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
NO MAIN COURSE
NO MAIN COURSE
Fresh Meat Supply
Nearing Zero Point
Poultry Joins Pork And Beef In List Of
Shortages; Black Markets Believed
Absorbing All Available

CHICAGO, June 27-(UP)-Families in some sections
faced the prospect Of weekend meals without a main
course" as the nations fresh meat supply diminished to
a near zero THURSDAY and an acute shortage of poultry
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-28
Passage
By
|Solons Today
Texan Gives Up After More
Than Eight Hours
Of Talking
ASSAILS BOWLES
lnfrequently Used Cloturs
Saves OPA From
Slow Death
WASHINGTON June "a.

WASHINGTON, June 20. -
friday. - (P) - The senate
agreed at 1910 a. m. (EST)
this morning to limit further
debate on a bill to extend price
controls to one hour to each
senator, abruptly ending a
one man filibuster by Senator
O'Daniel (D.-Tex.).
Immediately, on Majority
Leader Barkley's motion, the
senate recessed until IL a. M,
(EST) today.
The action came unexpectedly
after C'Daniel had spoken
more than eight hours against
the compromise bill, which
the house previously approved
and which administration lead
ers were attempting to speed
to the White House.
O'Daniel's agreement to the
debate Limitation apparently
assured a vote To-Day OIL the
measure with indications that
it would be given senate APP
provaI.
WASHINGTON, June 81
-(AP)-Democratic Leader
(Ky.) circulated a de.
pate limitation petition in the
senate Thursday in an effort
to break a one-man filibustel
by Senator O'Daniel (D.-Tex.,
against the price control extension
bill.
Barley began circulating tn.
petition after O'Daniel, hoarse
nearly six hours of talk, had
declined to agree that the senate
vote at midnight.
See OPA On Page Two
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-06

diva Slovenca in sicer JOSEPH
POZNIK, XII je ze mnogo let po-
liticno aktiven v 80. vardi, in
WILLIAM A. KASTELIC, tudi
bivajoc v collin. okrozju.
Velike vaznosti "a razvoj in
rast nasega mesta in okraja je
predlog "a odobritev bondov v
znesku SIS milijonov dolarjev "a
obnovo in gradnjo, XII je pociva-
la tekom vojnih let. Vse stranke
in skupine brez razlike ma poll
ticno pripadnost so Sc zedinile
ma tenn, da je odobritev teh bon
dov nujna "a razmah Cleve-
landa cato resno priporocamo
nasim drzavljanom, da gotovo
izpolnijo to glasovnico in da ma
pravijo kriz pred besedo YES"
Volilne koce bodo odprte $50
zjutraj do 6:30 zvecer, Ia vrsi-
tev vase drzavljanske dolznosti
v polnem obsegu je potrebno, da
greste jutri ma volisce!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-05-06
Krvav jetniski
f''s..l r .. /
upOr v AlcatraZu

SAN FRANCISCO, 4. maja-
Danes je bill koncno zadusen kr-
vavi upor jetnikov v zvezni JET
nisnici ma otoku Alcatraz, XII je
trajal tri dni, tekom katerih je
skupina desperatnih kaznjen-
cev drzala vecino straznikov kot
talce.
V strelskih bitkah je izgubilo
zivljenje pet oseb, trije kaz-
njenci in diva straznika, IA
straznikov pa je bilo ranjenih,
Tekom borbe je uprava jetnis-
nice morala poklicati vojastvo
ma pomoc. t-.
Ubiti jetniki, XII so Sc vsi ma
hajali v dosmrtnem zaporu, SO
bill Joseph Cretzer, Bernard
Coy in Marvin Hubbard. .