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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
HEWLETT AGAINST
PLAN OF MERGER
City-Council Consolidation
Would Not Save Money,
He Asserts

Addison Hewlett, chairman OF
the New Hanover county board
of comssioners, said yesterday
that he did not favor the consoli-
dalton of the city and county gov
eminent into a single organization
as proposed by Mayor W.. Ronald
Lane and State Representative
Robert M. Kermon.
II can see no advantages to be
gained by such a merger and l
particularly cannot see how it
would save money" Hewlett de-
.clared. "As long as the two gov
ernments continue to operate in
close cooperative harmony, l do
not believe a consolidation is neces-
sary, let alone advisable.
Turned Down Proposal
"The citizens of Wilmington and
New Hanover county turned down
the same proposal back in 1888 by
a vote of four to one," be con-
tiaued, land l think they would do
it again"
Hewlett's views came as a di-
rect rebuttal to those of Mayor
Lane and Representative Kermon,
who advocated the merger yester-
day on the grounds that it would
save the taxpayers some money
and give the city and county a
strong centralized government
necessary to city-county growth IN
the postwar world.
No Absolute Merger
Both Mayor Lane and Represent
alive Kermon qualified their state
ments, however, the former say
ing that an absolute merger could
not be made because the State
constitution calls for a county
sheriff, and the latter stating that
he would bring the matter before
the State legislature only if his
constituents desire it.
City Councilman Harrss New
man, a former member Of the
State legislature, Joined Hewlett
yesterday in viewing the propos-
ed merger as ''unfeasible." Stress
sing the point that the CONSTITUTIONS
al status of the sheriff's office make
complete consolidation impossible,
Newman indicated that the merger
should not be made unless it could
be made complete.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
10000 HOMELESS
IN QUAKE REGION
Toll OF Is Deaths Taken
By Continuing Series
OF Tremors

CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domlnl-
can Reublic, Aug. -P- WIDE
spread panic and an acute 1000
shortage were reported Friday
night in the northern provinces
of the Dominican Republic, bat.
tered by a continuing series OF
earthquakes and lashed by deva-
stating waves which have killed
at least 70 persons and left w.
900 homeless since last Sunday.
In addition to the sharper
ouakes. mild earth tremors have
been felt in most parts Of the Re
public about every five minutes
since the initial shocks on Sun
day.
In Constant Terror
The panic conferred about Bahia
Escocesa Scotch Bay in the
northern part of the island where
the inhabitants r living in con-
slant fear of a recurrence of the
violent quakes.
The coastal towns of Matanzas,
Puerto Plata, Batey, SANTANA and
Sanchez, cracked and torn by the
shocks and later crushed and
flooded by the huge tidal waves,
are virtual ''ghost towns" with
out a single inhabitant remain
ing in them.
Population Flees
Following Sundays earthquakes,
the population of those towns fled
and averted further casualties
when the deserted villages were
smashd by Thursdays second
series of violent temblors and
tidal waves.
Refugees from the destroyed
towns are living in trees and caves
in nearby hills or have reached
other villages far from the coast.
See QUAKE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
MEDICAL SCHOOL
PROGRAM OKAYED
State Commission Endorses
Term Expansion, Pro-
posed Center

RALEIGH, Aug. -W.R- The
North Carolina Medical Care COM
mission Friday night announced
that it had endorsed a recent rec
concentration to expand the two
wear medical school at the I'm
versity of North Carolina to a
four-year school and that it plan
ned to ask the 1947 state legisla-
ture for S., 29O, 900 to erect both
the school and a proposed medl-
cal center.
The commission made public
it's stand on the question il a let
ter to Gov. Gregg Cherry in &C
cordance with the bill passed by
the 1945 General Assembly estab-
fishing the group.
Is Yea Votes
DR.. Clement c. Clay, executive
secretary of the commission, SAID
that 10 members had voted for
the expansion of the medical
school and four voted against.
He added that two members OF
the majority had supported the
resolution only if the funds we're
available. Another stipulated that
funds for the medical center be
given priority over those for the
school itself.
The commission pledged its full
cooperation with the board of
trustees of the University Of North
Carolina in building the school and
medical center and in i~ntegratiag
them with the proposed hospital
and medical care program for the
state as a whole.
Commission Personnel
The commission consists OF the
following members: Rev. DR.. c.
E. Rozzelle, J.. W. Bean, Paul B.
Bissette, Mrs. Elizabeth Dlllaro
Reynolds, DR.. Clarence o
Sample B. Forbus, DR.. Paul F.
Whitaker, VIM. M. Rich, G. FREQ
Hale, MN. M. C%oppidge, Miss
Flora Wakefield, DR.. Fred c. Hub
bard, B. Everette Jordan, Frank
lin j. Blythe, Don S. Elias, DR.. W.
S. Rankin, VIM. B. Rodman, Jr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
1916 LEAF CROP
MAY SET RECORD
North Carolina Production
Now Looms Greater
Than Last Year

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -P)-
Tobacco production prospects i'm
proved during the past month, the
Agriculture department said Fri
day with Aug. l indications point
ing to a record crop of 2,163, 600
pounds - eight per cent greater
than in 1945, the best previous
year.
Slightly less than 1000, o0o
pounds was produced in 194o.
Above 1945 Crop
In North Carolina, despite heavy
July rains in the Eastern area,
production of flue-cured tobacco
was c t at 1926, 000, 600
pounds - well above 1855 J.
174, 900, 900 pounds.
All of the more important hurley
production states indicated greater
productions than was the case
last month. A 1916 hurley yield Of
$50, 900, 900 pounds was forecast.
slightly less than the 578, O0o, oot
pounds harvested in 1945.
Conditions Favorable
The department, in its monthly
crop report. said growing condi-
tons have been generally favor
able in all burley-producing sec
tons.
The indicated hurley yield by
states with 1915 figures in par
entheses);
Ohio, Is, 200, 900 pounds 18, $780,
000); Indiana, u, 900. 900 $780,
Ooo); Missouri, 100000 (6,Soo,-
00o); Kansas, 300, 900 600, 000)
Virginia, 20, o1o,o 900 az, 1876, ooo)
West Virginia, $500 0 3,729,-
OO0); North Carolina, 1875, O0C
GO, 300, 000); Kentucky, 1888, 900,
900 1885, 200, OoO); Tennessee, 10o,'
$50, 900 Q08, 600, 0O0) and Alabama
0 1000 $50, 000).
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
REBUKES
SOVIET TACTICS
Secretary Denounces Rus
slams "Loose and Wick
ed" Farley Talks

PARIS. Aug. 9-W.D-Peace con-
ference delegates Friday rejected
by IS to 6 the Soviet demand for
a two-thirds voting rule after u.
S. Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes denounced 'loose and wick
ed" Russian talk about an Anglo
Saxon bloc preparing for a third
world war.
Byrnes warned Soviet Foreign
Minister Viacheslav M. Molotov
that the United States was not
going to dictate the peace to our
Allies and certainly would not let
them dictate the peace to US
Gear Machinery
With the voting issue settled,
the peace conference geared its
machinery to hear the pleas of Ger
man satellites for better peace
terms - starting with Italy - Sat
urday.
The Russians, overwhelmingly
defeated in the morning session
returned to the attack in the after
noon when Andrei Y. Vishinski
accused France of so poorly or
ganizing the conference secre-
tariat that it was impossible to
60 on.
Sharpest Rebuke
The highlight of the day was
Byrnes' speech, his second and
sharpest rebuke to Russian tao
tics delivered before the con-
ference.
"Whence comes this talk of
blocs?" he demanded. "By what
right do those Who vote ballot
after ballot with the Soviet Union
call those of us do not always
agree with the Soviet Union a
bloc?"
"We do not intend to make all
the concessions. We have not
fought for a free world in order
to dictate the peace to u Allies
or to let them dictate the peace
to us.
Shoe On Other Foot
when the New Zealand propos-
al to have all recommendations
made by a simple majority vote
was defeated in the commission
by a bare II to 9 votes, no one
complained that the proposal had
been rejected by a Soviet Bloc.
But when the Soviet propose
on voting procedure is defeated
by one overwhelming vote of Il
to 6 here in this conference. the
charge is made that the defeat
was brought about by an Anglo
Saxon bloc. What loose and Wick.
ed talk this is"
Byrnes insisted that all ma.
tons who fought the war should
have the right to present their
views even though they might
not obtain a two-thirds majority.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Nation Tops
60,o0O,000
Jobs Goals
Civilian Employment Rises
To Record High OF
5S,13O,OOO
2.64o,OOO MILITARY
Definite Trend Noted
Toward Manpower
Shortages

WASHINGTON, Aug. g.
(AP)-In less than a year of
peace the United States has
topped the so-called "full en-
plovment" goal of 60,000,0 900
Jobs, the Census Bureau re-
ported Friday.
Civilian employment in July
climbed TO an unprecedented high
of So, 1870, 0OO--a gain Of 1880, OOO
iohholders in a single month
while the armed forces had $780,
MOO on the rolls.
Caution Flag
The Bureau, which seldom inter-
nrets its figures, threw out a eau
lion flag. Unemployment sank to
its 1915 low, 2,270, 900, but the peo-
pIe now out of jobs, the report
said. lin some cases are having
real difficulty finding work.
On the other hand, a definite
nend'' toward a manpower short
age of the Wartime type was re-
ported by Robert C. Goodwin, di-
rector of the U. S. Employment
Service. 1t probably is still a
considerable distance away" he
told a reporter. Other agencies
have forecast a serious shortage
by the year-end.
Still Going Up
Sixty percent of USES area Of
fees over the country show en-
ployment still going up, Goodwin
reported. Orly IT percent SHOW
labor s4fpluses. In % percent OF
the areas employment is neither
Using nor falling.
The employment service has not
yet generally shifted back to its
wartime role of finding workers
for jobs, Goodwin said, though the
trend is in that direction-We vii
shift as rapidly as there is need
President Truman took steps.
however, to help farmers get har'
vest hands. He signed a bill con.
tlnuing until next June 80 the fed
eral program of recruiting farm
laborers in areas where workers
are scarce. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Polio Strikes

CHICAGO, Aug. 9 -W.R- More
than $500 persons have been
stricken and 1874 killed since the
first of the year in a nationwide
wave of infantile paralysis which
in recent days has approached
epidemic proportions in some Mid
we stern areas, a survey showed
Friday night.
Health authorities and the Army
appealed for nurses to volunteer
for duty in emergency areas
where shortages of nurses and hos
pital space have been reported.
The Army directed its separation
centers to ask nurses being dis
charged to volunteer for Red
Gross assignments in the striker
areas.
A state-by-state survey showed
that the disease, known medically
as poliomyelitis, had striker at
least 1922, with the majority Of
victims children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
CAPE FEAR

CAPE FEAR FELLERS - Re-
sponse to yesterdays puzzling pic
ture of the Wilmington Seaside
Baseball Club of 1886 has arrived
with all the speed and zip of Wal
ter big Train Johnson's high,
hard fastball.
We said we wanted to know the
first names of the IL ball-playing
gentlemen, their batting averages,
and the number Of pennant flags
they captured. Well, we've got
pretty much information on every
thing but the batting averages,
which, in turn, gives us a pretty
high batting average in clearing
up the most pulling aspects OF
the picture so quickly.
OF course we don't really de-
serve any credit for this at all.
All the credit goes to Mrs. Boyden
Sparkes and Mr. Carl Render who,
when it comes to pitching informa-
ton, have all the mound artistry
of Bob Teller and Dizzy Dean.
MRS. SPARKES' MANAGER =
According to Mrs. Sparkes, wife
of the well-known magazine scribe,
the team manager wearing the
black suit and holding the straw
hat in the picture was Mr.. Albert
Gore, the father of Mrs. Therba
Dickinson and (you guessed it
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10

miles apdrt-dllu 1Iolll "Ae
charred ruins of the horse barn
where only minutes before the ac-
cident some Is grooms and at
tendants were readying horses for
the afternoon races. The parn
burned to the ground.
Tail Slashed OFF
The planes were flying in tight
Information When one of them sud-
denly pulled uI wards, its propeller
slashing off the tail of the plane
in front.
The tailless plane careened into
the far turn of the race track,
some two blocks west of the grand
stand, and crashed through the
wall Of the horse barn where it
exploded.
Autos Catch Fire
Gasoline = fed flames roared
through the frame structure, cons
Stunning it in a "matter of minutes
one eyewitness said. Nearby
passenger cars caught fire from
the furious heat and were reduced
to charred heaps Of junk.
As the some $1,000 spectators in
the grandstands leaped to their
feet in horror, the second plane
seemed to explode in the air anu
wobbled crafty out Of control
across the horizon to vanish with
a trail of smoke.
Five Miles Away j
Searching parties 80 minutes
later came across the still smould-
ering wreckage of the second plane
on Bootlegger Trail, five miles
north of the grandstand and
grounds.
Army officials said the planes
we're A-26 attack bombers, a war;
time plane developed for speedy
ground strafing, anti personnel
bombing and general support OF
the infantry and mechanical units.
See CRASH On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug.
3 W.H Determined vet
erans' opposition to entrenched
local political machines flar-
ed heatedly in several Arkan-
sas counties. Friday, and one
CT candidate said the Athens,
Tenn, rioting would be mild
in comparison if there are
any Irregularities" at the
polls.
Ballot Custodian
AT Malvern, William Weav-
er, veteran and candidate tor
sheriff in Hot Springs county,
charged his opponent, Ed
Deere, was custodian OF the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
And So To Bed

As dusk fell yesterday from
the sky, something else fell
from the window of a local
hotel and landed in the middle
of the sidewalk.
No sooner did it hit the side
walk than several elderly ladies
gave it a wide berth - and a
shocked, oblique glance from
the corners of their eyes.
A man sitting in a nearby
parked car, his curiosity arous-
ed by the ladies' proud, dis
dainful, and Mortified behavior,
stepped from his car to see
what the awful object was
which had fallen so indiscreet-
ly from the hotel window.
A close look in the twilight
revealed a pair of mems sus-
penders, unattached to any
thing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
TENNESSEE RIOTS MILD
Arkansas CTS Threaten
Uprising On Politics

ballot boxes and warned that
what will happen here
would eclipse the Tennessee GI
political revolt.
In Yell county, near the
Oklahoma border, a crowd OF
1900 veterans prepared for a
mass meeting to draft an in
dependent ticket to oppose the
machine slate of Chancellor
John E. Chambers in general
elections in the Free State Of
Yell"
Meanwhile, at Batesville in
Independence county, citizens
See ARKANSAS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina Widely scattered
thundershowers over north and west
portions, continued warm Saturday.
South Carolina Partly cloudy and
warmer Saturday; widely scattered thun-
in mountain sections in aft
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1870 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30a 10; 7:30a IL; 1902 80; 7:30p rs.
Maximum 86; Minimum SO; Mean "a.
78.
Humidity
1:30a SO; 7:30a 95; 1:30p 50; 1902 49,
Precipitation
Total for "a our ending 1880 pm,
OH inches.
Total since the first of the month,
2.80 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
D.. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington -------------- 8:00a 3:O2a
Masonboro Inlet -------- 5:46a IL lola
Sunrise 5:2s; Sunset 7:o6; Moonrise
6:o8p; Moonset 2:09a.
River stage at Fayetteville at 8 am.
Friday-13.9 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Come and get it,

come and get 1t!
And it isn't chow-or hay,
either.
It's we'll over a million bucks
which about 5000 World War
II veterans Of Wilmington and
surrounding areas are due in
terminal leave pay.
$1,125, 900 In Area
The 81, 1875, 900 to be collected
in this vicinity by the boys
and girls who survived the
fight with the Krauts and the
Japs is not only due-it's pay
able in compliance with pro-
visions of the measure signed
by President Truman in Wash
iagton yesterday. But some
former CPS may have to wait
as long as As days to collect,
as application forms may not
be ready for all eligibles be-
fore the expiration Of that
period.
Dosher To Have Blanks
Wilbur R. Dosher, Whining
ton postmaster, said yesterday
that, unless advised to the con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. - P
- Promising the largest mar
vest of food and feed grams IN
the nations history, this years
crop production looms to ex-
coed the record 1912 harvest by
three PEI cent the Agriculture
department reported Friday.
Record Wheat Yield
Prospects on Aug. l indicated
record crops of corn, wheat, to-
bacco, peaches, plums and
truck products; near record
crops of oats, rice, peanuts,
potatoes, pears, grapes, cher
ries, and sugar cane, and w.
erage or better yields OF hay,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
COME AND GET 1T!
Over Million Dollar 50.
For Vets In s. s s

trary, b ' - Ayplica-
ton : SSIdlvldual
or g1, ~ them, as
soon a. &received by
him. It l. Slstood that the
forms will distributed from
p%ostoffices throughout the
country, as we'll as through the
following agencies, which also
will aid veterans in filling out
the forms:
American Legion service Of
f@icers.
Army and Navy recruiting
stations.
North Carolina Veterans
commission.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
service center.
Veterans Administration con-
tact offices.
Special Broadcast
A special broadcast, spon-
sored by the Army, Navy,
Marines and Coast Guard is
scheduled over station WMFD
See MILLION on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
BY PHIL WRIGHT

The Fayetteville tobacco
market will continue sales
Monday as. usual, it was an
nounced last night by F. Earl
Crawford, supervisor of sales.
Tobacco On Floor
Reports were rampant Thurs
day that the new market built
in 80 days and organized at
the petition of over 1000 Cum
berland county tobacco grow
ers would have to cease op-
erations unless tobacco. COM
pany buyers were obtained at
once. But Crawford said last
night that floors were cleared
yesterday and a large volume
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
FULL BREAD BASKET
Forecast Shows Largest
Harvest In u S. History

soy beans, dry peas, pruaeS,
apricots and sugar beets.
Few Below Average .
Only in the case of grain sor-
gums, flaxseed, buckWheat,
dry beans, sweet potatoes, pc
cans, cotton and rye are below
average crops indicated.
The department said if that
production turns up as now IN
dictated, the aggregate output
would be q per cent above the
1888 average and six per
cent above last years bumper
production.
See HARVEST on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
TO SPEAK

RALEIGH, Aug. 9-P)- Mayor
Delesseps S. Morrison, whose whirl-
wind reform campaign swept HIM
into office as chief executive Of
New Orleans, will be a principal
speaker at the annual conference
of the North Carolina League Of
municipalities in Asheville next
month, Executive Secretary Da-
vetta L. Steed announced Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
NEW TRAFFIC RECORD

RALEIGH, Aug. 9-P)- An all
time traffic volume record for
July was set last month in North
Carolina, with the figures topping a
pre-war July 1871 peak, it was an
nounced Friday by James S. Burch,
engineer of statistic and plannink
for the State Highway commission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Spectators Watch
Craft Collide Overhead
Falling Blazing Parts Set Fire To Horse
Barns Killing At Least Four OF
Crews And Four Others

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Aug. 9.-UP)-Two Army at
tack planes flying in close exhibition formation over the
crowd-packeds state fairgrounds grandstand collded IN md
air Friday and crashed, one of the:n into a morse oafn' Kill
inq eight or more persons and injuring at least 10.
The bodies of four filters and four other undermined
nersons were recovered from the wreckage of the planes
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
AlongThe Cape Fear

right, umpire) Mrs. Sparkes her
self, both of Wrightsville Beach.
The gentleman at the top left
was Mr.. Wallace Carmichael, the
father of Mrs. David Murchison.
The gentleman in the same row in
the top right was MI. Uel ROBIN
son. and the one on the right IN
the middle row was Mr.. Alfred
Waddell. For a while we suspected
Mr.. Waddell might be the famous
"Rube" Waddell, one Of the worlds
greatest pitchers.
For quieting this suspicion, and
for giving us the other information,
we are going to send Mrs. Spark
es our baseball bat signed by Babe
Ruth, if we a get it back from
the neighborhood team we loaned
it to.
MR.. KEHDER' HILL - Now,
about the things Mr.. Render told
us. The home-grounds' of the team
was located on the west side of
Oakdale cemetery between Red
Cross street and the ACL railroad
tracks. 1t boosted a grandstand for
the fans who had the 25-cent ad-
mission fee and a Is to 20 foot high
fence for those who hadn't. Men
sat on top of the fence expressly
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
EIGHT DIE WHEN ARMY PLANES CRASH
IN MIDlAIR OVER MONTANA EXHIBIT;
50 PLANES WING WAY HERE SUNDAY
BUSINESS AS USUAL
Fayetteville Market
To Continue Auctions
Of tobacco was on the floor for
Mondays sales.
Record For Market

Mondays sales.
Record For Market
The market reported sales
of 318, 900 pounds yesterday at
an average of $64 per hundred.
a record for the market both
in pounds sold and prices paid.
The market has been operat-
ing with private buyers only.
Prices Move Up
Sales on othe- Southe astern
North Carolina markets showed
an increase of one to two cents
per pound yesterday over pre-
vious days sales wien the
combined averages touched the
See TOBACCO on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10

See TOBACCO on Page Two
Evening star., 1946-11-09
HOME IMPRovEMENr COMPANIES.

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