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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12
Hugh Fletcher Of
~Pascagouio BPOE
Attends Meet

Hugh Fletcher of Pascagoula
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Elks, attended the 82nd
meeting Of the Grand Lodge Of
the Order in New York City this
week.
More than 10000 members Of
the Order were expected to con
vene for the first convention Of
BPOE since the removal of war
tine travel restrictions. Z. A.
Elliott. head Of the local lodge,
pointed out that this annual SEES
sion is necessary for the election
Of officers, for planning the use
IF the ORDERS Welfare funds and
for scheduling the next years
charitable and benevolent activi-
ties. A highligat was a pageant
and parade Thursday afternoon
featuring uniformed m%archers, a
number Of bands and elaborate
floats.
Receiving special attention will
be planning of post wal activities.
One of these now being actively
carried on is the Orders partici-
patton in the current army re-
cruiting drive.
Roman soldiers received part of
EAl-.# s41.4f g.. I'll -. -
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12
Far Eastern Commission
Hush Hush Policy Hit

McCoy, who seems reluctant to
force the issue.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12

Welders No. /; highest team
game, 1913, Welders No. /: high
est team series, es2208, Welders
No. J..
Entitled to five free games.
a Bowl next weeks games free
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12
Mrs. ]. K. Peters
Gives Coffee Party
For Her Visitors

Among the social events pre-
eeding the McWilliams : Peters
nuptials was a coffee party given
by Mrs. j. K. Peters at her home,
SOC 9Th street when neighbors
and other friends were invited to
meet Mrs. D. F. McWilliams and
Miss Rhea McWilliams Of Lub-
book, Texas. Mrs. McWilliams
is mother OF the groom, Edwin
Earle McWilliams and Miss Nc
Williams is his sister.
Mrs. MeWillilams served fruit
ed gelatin, ice cream, coffee and
ard cocoanut cookies.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12
nude WASHINGTON
Reuther Thomas Struggle
Seen Damaging TO JAW
Special to Central Press

Special to Central Press
Washington-AFL leaders phi
vately welcome the current row
between Walter Reuther, president
Of the Go Automobile Work
ers' union, and r. j.. Thomas, Reu-
ther's predecessor at the unions
Steering wheel.
For a long time II has been fore.
cas-. that the ALL, through The
efforts Of John l. Lewis. would
raid the Go membership, par-
ticularly the unwieldly, loose-knit
JAW.
The AFL realizes that'if the
current feud between the Reu-
her ard Thomas forces eontin-
ues. the JAW soon viii be N such
q d~emoralized state that the pick
ngs viii be comparatively easy.
CIO officials also see the danger.
Realistic Go supporters say that
IL CIO president Philip Murray
does not step in and tell the Reu-
ther-Thomas factions 20 halt their
feud, the JAW may blow up,
Look for q lively fight soon
to develop over the hush-hush
policy pursued by the Far East
IN commission-that 1l-pnwer
organization set up by the Big
Three foreign ministers at Mos
cow 10 handle japanese policy
meters.
The issue has been pressed ne
peatedly at private commission
sessions by Sir Carl Beseadsen,
New Zealand minister to the
United States and his country's
representative on the commission.
Berendsen is a vocal propoucat
Of freedom of the press and
usually speaks freely on matters
taken up at the closed sessions.
He has argued that access should
be given the public to the discus
sions, but thus far he has been
unable TO persuade his fellow
members TO vote on the issue.
NO member thus far has been
willing to vote mo on whether
newsmen are TO be admitted to
the discussions, which take place
IN the dining salon of the palatial
former Japanese embassy.
Berendsen has staunch support
from Sir Girga Baipai, the Indian
member of the commission.
Both contend that it is an ano-
malY to have the United Nations
meetings open to the public while
keeping the Far Eastern proceed
ings secret.
The tight-up policy is supported
faithfully by the American dele
gate and chairman, Gen. Frank
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12
NICE D~IVING-MAYBE

Great Falls, Mont, APP Clar-
ence Kommers watched a woman
%nervously pacing a bridge over the
Missouri River and was ready
when she climbed to the rail for
a suicide leap.
He jumped just a bit faster
than she, caught her wrist as she
tumbled toward the turbulent
water aid held her dangling over
the railing until policemen helped
him haul her back to safety.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12

Highest Individual game, 208,
J. Harper, Standard OIL; high
est individual three game aver
age, 1873, J. Harper, Standard Oil;
highest team game, 1913, Brum-
fields; highest team series, 1850,
Kihyets.
High Five
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12

Roman soldiers received part of
their pay in the form of salt.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12

Highest individual game, 2O7,
F. w. Bowen, Welders Nc. /;
highest rhree game average. in
dividual, *163, f. w. Bowen,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12

Sound travels through water
about five times as fast as
through the air.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12
Baseball Union No Joke

6aSebail Union NO joke
Don't be surprised if major
League baseball players actually
succeed in forming that much
discussed union one Of these days.
AL that talk in Boston about
unioaizing the horsehide knock
sfs Is ro idle threat.
Some club owners have been
pooh pooling the idea on the the
ory chat baseball PLAYERS are too
tndividualistic and salaries too
adjusted to abilities for unioni-
cation.
Boston Attorney Robert Muir
ply, instigator of the plan, IS
no stranger to labor relations. He
has been a lawyer for the Nat
ional Labor Relations. Board and
now IS @ labor consultant with
private practice.
Organized baseball has been a
tough nut for unions to crack.
But Murphy may be the n to
do it..
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12

The gall bladder IS absent from
all common members of the deer
family.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-12
LADIES LEAGUE sTANDING

Highest individual game with
out handicap, 165, P. Parsley,
Kihyets; RICHEST Individual three
game average, 1877, L. Vollmer,
Kihyets; highest team game with
out handicap, $40, Kihyets; high
est team game series without
handicap. 1885, Kihyets; highest
team game with handicap, $50,
Kihyets; highest team series with
handicap, 1886. Kihyets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
AGED SHALL0TTE
MAN FOUND DEAD
Henry T. White Located
By Searchers Near
Home

SOUTHPORT, April 19.-Follow-
ing a search since Tuesday after
noon, the body of Henry Thomas
White, 83, Shallotte, was found Fri.
day night about one-haf mile from
his home.
Finding of the body followed dis
covery of his boat tied to its usual
mooring partly filled with oysters.
Searchers said that apparently the
aged man had become exhausted
and collapsed on the way to his
home.
No Inquest
Coroner W. E. Bell deemed MO
inquest necessary, terming the
death due to natural causes and ex-
posure.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
Ann White Gore, Mrs. Belle STAN
ley and Mrs. Jane Stanley of Shall
lotte; and one. brother, Martin L.
White, Shallotte.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday, pm. from the graveside
at Chapel Hill cemetery near Shall
lotte. The Reverend Lewis, Of the
Shallotte Methodist church, will be
in charge.
Active pallbearers will include
Davie Lee Stanley, Edward Cheers,
Harold Milliken, Herbert Holmes,
R. D. White, Jr.. and Alton Mill.
ken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
SHALLOTTE PUPILS
INJURED WHEN BUS
GOES OFF HIGHWAY

SOUTHPORT, April 19.-Two stu.
dents of the Shallotte school were
treated in the hospital here Wed
nesday night and Thursday. Sew.
o. others ars said to have been
less seriously injured when the driv
- OF d school bus lost control OF
the machine on a muddy road Wed
nesday afternoon.
The driver of the bus was Miss
Virginia Roach, who is said tc
have had her seventeenth birthday
Saturday. Accounts are that her
machine and another bus were ap.
preaching each other and that Miss
Roach lost control.
Her bus left the road and crash
ed into an embankment with such
force that the engine half buried
itself in the earth, it was said. The
body of the bus telescoped the en-.
gine and hood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
LEGION REQUESTS
EQUAL PAY SCALE
Wilmington Post No. N
Sends Wire On Behalf
Of Enlisted Men

Terminal pay for enlisted no.s
on a basis of that granted otficsu'
in the armed forces, was 49,
yesterday by Post No. 10. Amsr;
can Legion.
The request by the local \,
ganization was contained in q teIs
gram sent to Congress. copies -,
which were forwarded to Ran =
Bayard Clark, and Rep. DWigbt
Rogers, sponsor of pending legi,'
lation to grant the requested snn.L
ity.
Officers Only
Only officers now receive tern,
nal leave pay when being senar.
ated from the services.
The telegram was authorized ~
regular meeting of the post
Thursday night. A second tell.
gram was authorized yesterday IA
be sent to Robert Sevey, executiy.
assistant to the Federal Housing
administrator, urging the esta6.
lishment of a branch office of tba
Federal Housing authority and tbe
Civilian Production administration
in the city.
Endorse Hospital
The Legion also:
Forecast rising unemployment
rolls in North Carolina, unless
building is stepped up.
Endorsed the campaign for funds
for the Holy Family hospital
Urged that interest rates on G1
loans be cut from four per cent,
to two and one-half per cent.
Appointed a nominating com.
mittee to nominate officers for the
corning year. The nominees are
expected to be announced May 2,
Election will be held June 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
AVIATION PROGRAM

MAXTON, April ia COM
plete Psi Mustang aifplane
has been delivered to
Presbyterian Junior college
to be used in instructing stu
dents in the colleges aviation
program. The plane was pur-
chased by the college from
the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, and was flown
from Marsh Field, Cal, by
First Lieut.. Fremont Stillman,
who reported an average Of
27O m. p. h. cruising speed
from California. The plane is
stationed at the Lauringburg-
Maxton Army Air Field, and
will be used for RADIO instruc-
tion, instrument instruction,
and aircraft engine demonstra-
ton. Flight instruction at Pres
byterian Junior college is con-
Quoted in light planes to les
sen the danger factor. The
next class in Aeronautics be-
gins June 10th at the regular
summer session.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
DISTRICT BAPTISTS
TO MEET TUESDAY
Election OF Moderator To
Succeed DR.. Blanton
Tops Agenda

Selection of a moderator to sue
ceed DR.. Sankey Lee Blanton, will
highlight the meeting of the Will
mington Baptist association in the
Shiloh church next Tuesday.
DR.. Blanton recently accepted the
position as head of Religion at
Wake Forest college, and will pre-
side over the associations meeting
for the last time.
800 To Attent
The conference is scheduled to
be represented by al churches,
and about 300 people are expected
to attend. New Hanover, Pc der,
B1aden, Brunswick, Duplin and
Onslow counties will be represent
ed.
The spring session will be de-
voted to the denominations pro-
gram within the association. Pro
grams outside the association will
be held this fall at the annual as
sociation at the Winter Park Bap-
tist church.
Pastors to Attend
The Rev. E. c. Chamblee, as
sociation missionary who issued
the announcement, the Rev. Paul
c. Mix, the Rev. C. w. Brisson,
the Rev. William A. Poole, the
Rev. c. E. Baker, the Rev. A. H.
Glazier, and the Rev. H. S. Strick-
land are ministers taking part in
the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
BODIES RECOVERED

CARRUE, April 19-All Of
the bodies of the colored men
who were drowned in Cape
Fear Saturday night have been
recovered it was learned Fri
day. Five men, including one
white, were out on the Cape
Fear Saturday night in a mo-
tor boat which capsized, throw
ing the entire load into the
middle of the fast running
waters of the rivers. Two
could swim and made their
way to safety. while the other
three were drowned. The acci-
dent occurred at he County
Line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
BRIGADIER HELD

OTTAWA, Ont, Apri. 19-Pe
Canadian defense headquarters
said today that Brig. J. r. Lester,
chief of staff of the Canadian
forces in the Netherlands, is be-
ing held in Amsterdam by mill.
tary authorities as result OF
the recent inquiry into the ad-
ministration of the Canadian army
in northwest Europe
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
FINAL SERMON

DR.. ii. T. Thompson will pre-
sent his inal sermon in a
preaching mission school to-
night at 8 o'clock in the First
Presbyterian church, bringing
to a close y five-day series of
services. Today at IL noon,
DIR. thompson completed the
last of five services held in
the Bailey theater.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
CHAPLIN MOVIE

HOLLYWOOD, April 1s-P)-
Charlie Chaplin donned screen
Friday for the first time
in six years for initial camera
tests for Comedy of Murders" a
Bluebeard story in humorous vein.
Charlie plays a oapper French
wife murderer. Production is
scheduled to start June 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
FIRE LOSS CUT

FIRE LOSS CUT
SOUTHPORT, April 19-The
forest fire loss in Brunswick
has been held to a low point
this spring. This is circun-
stance that is gratifying to
both land owners and county
forest Fire Warden Dorman
Mercer. Mr.. Mercer says that
there have been number OF
small blazes, held to limited
areas by hard work. For a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20

number Of years residents Of
the county have been steadily
becoming more forest fire pre-
vention minded. County agent
Dodson classes the timber as
the most valuable crop in
Brunswick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20

many Brunswick farmers to
planting Strawberries this year.
Quite number now grow
them on a small scale. T. T.
Ward, of Longwood, is said to
be the largest grower. County
Agent Dodson says Mr.. Ward
has 10 acres in the crop and
that the production is good
this wear,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
SENTENCED


SOUTHPORT, April 10
James Smith, Wilmington
white man, was tried in Rec
orders court here this week
and given two years on the
roads for obtaining money I'M
der false pretense. He took an
appeal to Superior court and
Is being held under a $3.50
bond. In one day Smith is al
legged to have collected about
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
SOY BEANS PLANTED

SOUTHPORT, April 19-A
lot of soy beans are being sown
for hog pasture in Brunswick
this year. The leaves of these
beans have great food value
andf from the time the plants
are Is inches high an acre in
soy beans will carry 10 shoats.
Despite the grazing Of the hogs
the beans will often 60 right
on and produce a crop of seed
without the animals being re-
moved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
HAIL STORM

CURRTE, Aprn 19-An I'M
usually heavy hail storm hit
in streaks throughout the
Thompson's Cross Roads, Cane
tuck lower and Nat Moore
areas Tuesday afternoon. No
damage was done as tobacco
setting was in its early stage.
The ground was entirely COW
cred with hail stones in the
areas in which the storm pass
ed and were of medium size.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
DEMOCRATS TO MEET

SOUTHPORT, April 19-H.
Foster Mintz, OF Bolivia, chair
man of the Democratic execu-
tive committee, has called the
party convention to be held
at the Shallotte high school
building on Saturday, April n,
at two o'clock. A general in
vitation is being extended to
the public.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
CROPS PLANNED

SOUTHPORT, April 19-
Fancy prices and promises
Of better roads, over which
they can be carried to mar
ket without damage, will start
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20

$3.50 from Shallotte and South
port people, representing to
them that his house had re-
Gently burned down, destroying
all of his furniture. Officers
say that he has been making
the same plea about every
three months during the past
II years. He was arrested by
Chief of Police Otto Hickman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
TRADE SCHOOL

lhADE SCdOOL
FAIRMONT, April 19-Plans
for a comprehe nsive trade
school at the Laurinburg-Max-
ton air base have been an
nounced by E. W. Honeycutt,
field representative of the U.
S. office of education. Enroll.
ment of 1000 veterans is ex-
pected in the school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
ACQUIRE LAND

ACQUIRE LAND
FAIRMONT, April 19-The
Fairmont Board of Education
has recently acquired a tract
of land adjoining the school
athletic field, Supt. B. E. Little
field has stated. The land will
be used FOR expansion Of the
schools athletic programs or
the erection of badly needed
additional building.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20

II you are travelling west on
Sunday and cross the Internation-
al Date Line in mid-Pacific, you
Immediately jump into Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
TOBACCO SET

AVDANOO SHI
CURRIE, April &c.
A. Johnson, OF the Keith farm
In Pender county set two acres
Of tobacco this week. Mr..
johnson has been a very sue
cessful tobacco grower for
many years. His plants were
not seriously injured by blue
mold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
DISCHARGED

OISCHAhUED
FAIRMONT, April 19-Roger
w. Page, seaman first class,
of Fairmont, route one, was
discharged at Charleston on
Monday, April 8, after having
been in service since October
80, 1914. He served six months
overseas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20
PLANTING UNDERWAY

SOUTHPORT, April IS
Planting Of the 1946 tobacco
crop in Brunswick county is
now well underway. Well in
formed growers in various Sec
tions of the county say that
the transplanting from the
beds to the fields is taking
place at least five days earlier
than during previous years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-20

Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-06

C0ssidyPIeo
ForJudgment
PIons to Appear
In IBM Cose
Filed by Attorney

Corporatiin Counsel Maui
rice T. Healey charged today
that Common Pleas Court has
no Jurisdiction over the type OF
claims made by Attorney John H
Cassidy, owner Of three large pieces
Of property In the downtown Sec
ton, In the first count of his tax
revaluation complaint in the court
The counsel for the city makes
the claim in a court motion, filed
today, IN which he asks the court to
erase the first count from the dock
ct.
1T Il apparent upon the face Of
said pleadings that this court has
no jurisdiction over the same" the
motion states.
Hearing Not Set
No indication was given when the
motion would be claimed for q hear
ing.
In the first count Of the COM
plant, Atty. Cassidy attacks the
legality Of the new city assessments
in their entirety and asks the court
TO declare them void and to declare
the Grand List Of 1914 the proper
one for taxation. He also asks for
an Injunction to restrain the city
from collecting taxes on the basis
Of the new assessments.
40 answer has been given by the
fContinMed on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-06
SLeet, Rain


Boston, Feb. 6.-(UP)- Snow,
sleet and rain were forecast for New
England today as a two-day cold
wave ended and temperatures rose
to the mid-thirties In southern sec
tons and the nid-twenties in most
northern areas.
For Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont the Weather Bureau pre-
dicted occasional light snow begin
ming In the Afternoon and changing 70
sleet and freezing rain tonight.
Sleet and freezing rain changing TO
rain was forecast for Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Clearing weather and even warm.
eT temperatures are expected
throughout the six-state region to-
morrow,
Only beiow-zero temperatures re-
ported during the night were in
Maine. They included Presaue Isle,
20 below; Mlllinocket. IS below; Car
ibou and Houlton, IS below and Ban
gog, 3 below,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-06
Settlement
Of Big Steel
Crisis Nearer
Announcement Due
Before NightfoII
From White House

Washington, Feb. 6-(DFD
President Truman may de-
eide today whether to adopt q
big steel formula" that would re-
lax wage and price controls in an
effort to break the nations induss
trial crisis.
High officials are expecting White
House announcement before night
fall Action was said to be imnai-
nent on both a new wage-prico
sterilization policy and a steel price
increase, which probably would be
the key to early settlement Of the
nationwide steel strike.
It vas reported in informed quar-
tiers that discussion of wage-prace
policy changes had revolved around
proposals patterned after the war
time Little Steel Formula. That
formula, now defunct, permitted
straight-time hourly wage rates 70
be raised IS percent above Jan. j
1871 levels.
A big steel" formula for the re-
conversion period would fix q new
ceiling on the wage increases enc
ployers could grant in demanding
immediate price relief.
The pattern already suggested ~
Administration wage recommendae
tons has called for pay raises Of
10 to l8 percent. Such recommen~
dations, endorsed by the Presidents
and other Government officials,
have been made In cases involving
the oil, steel and shipbuilding me
dustries and the General Motors
Corporation.
Under the Administrations pnes-
ent wage-price policy, employers
can ask immediate price relief to
cover wage increases In only three
classifications: To raise Straig1t~
time hourly earnings 80 percent
above the Jan. !, 1871 levels in iin9
with the increase in the cost Of i've
ing, to eliminate inequitieS, and
TO break critical production b0ttlee
necks. Employers may grant ulls
limited wage increases II they Dc
not ask price relief for at least sig
months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-06
Big 5 Inject
Note ofAnser
In SquobbIes
British Cabinet
Russion Leaders
Foee Compromise

London, Feb. 6-(UP)-The Brit
ish Cabinet was reported unoffi-
cially to have taken the stand at
a meeting today that 1t was es-
sential for Britain to be exonerated
of Soviet charges that peace was
threatened by the presence Of Brit
ish troops in Greece.
The Cabinet met to consider an
American compromise propose
which in effect would call the An
glo-Soviet dispute over Greece a
draw, breaking the deadlock in the
UNO Security Council without full
vindication of British policy.
The London Stars political CORE
spondent said the ministers regard
ed the Russian chorges with regard
to British troops in Greece as COM
pletely unfounded, They believed
exoneration of Britain was essen
tial, the correspondent reported.
Compromise Proposed
Edward r. Stettinius Jr. Of the
United States had proposed a COM
promise formula. Under 1t the
council would dispose of the Greek
cast with a statement by Chairman
N. ]. o. Maxim Of Australia, with
no resolution and no vote. It was
understood the statement would not
mention the withdrawal of British
troops from Greece, and would
avoid the categorical exoneration
Of Britain.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
reluctantly agreed to recommend
that the Cabinet approve the COM
promise proposed by Stettinius, head
Of the American delegation.
Bevin's recommendation was in
the interests OF keeping the United
Nations together. American off,
Gals believed failure Of the pro-
Continued on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-06
Nothing Odd
In Hollywood

Hollywood, Feb. 6-(UP)-
Hollywood residents are harder to
amuse than New Workers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Grille OF
Hartford Conn. were crestfallen
today because no one paid any
attention to them when they ped
aled along the street on an "ele-
waited tandem" bicycle on which
Grille perehed high above his
wife. No one rushed forth to Of
fer them a job.
TN New York people crowded
around us but out here no one
even speaks to u.s." Grille said.
They kept pedaling and hop
ing,