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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
FOUR-ALARM FIRE

FOUR-ALARM FIRE - Last
week we wrote a story about the
old fire engine house on the south
west corner of Fourth and Prln-
cess streets.
The particular thing about the old
fire station which interested us
was not that it was a fire station
but that it housed in its upper
story a dancing school operated
by a Mr.. Augustini.
We expected to find out a whole
lot of intriguing things about Mr..
Augustini and his pupils-whether,
for example, they all rushed out
when the fire-alarm sounded or
whether, with terpsichorean seren-
ity, they paused not one step in
their govottes, minuets, and polk
as, despite the fact that a four
alarm fire might be raging III the
next block.
SPILLED BEANS - Well, in
tvnical Along the Cape Fear fash
ion. we didn't find out n Jot
about MIR. Augustini or his students
IN there over the volunteer fire
department.
What we did find out is that there
was not one, but two volunteer fire
departments in the city back In
those old days.
The other one, an old cape rear
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
COAST LINE POST
APPOINTMENT SET
E. F. Taliaferro Named
Chief Claim Agent; Re-
places St. Armand

C. F. Taliaferro has been APP
pointed Grief claim agent of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad with
headquarters in Wilmington, T. w.
Davis, General Solicitor of the
company, announced today.
The new appointee will assume
the duties formerly performed by
&c. E. Saint-Amand, Chief Claims
Attorney, who retired from active
service June l.
Office Abolished
At the same time, General Solicit
tor Davis announced the abolish
ment of the office of chief claims
attorney and assistant chief claims
attorney and the redesignation OF
all special attorneys and law agents
on the system as claim agents.
Taliaferro, assistant chief claims
attorney for the Coast Line since
March 1 this year, was prior to
that time General Claim Agent OF
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
Railroad, Atlanta, Ca, which road
was absorbed into the Coast Line
system January l this year.
Beginning his railroad career on
the Southern Railway in 1906, the
new Chief Claim Agent Joined the
A., B, and C January, 1910. He was
appointed General Claim Agent OF
the same road in December, 1923.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
POLIO PRECAUTIONS
Board To Quarantine
Disease Blighted Area

said that the action was taken
Gin view of the fact that cpl
denies of poliomyelitis are
now known to exist in Florida
and Texas, states from which
visitors frequently travel to
North Carolina resorts"
Emergency Regulation
The emergency quarantine
regulation follows:
"All persons under 16 years
of age who come into this state
from a poliomyelitis epidemic
area shall be quarantined on
their premises for IA days.
"All camps where children
have already arrived from such
epidemic areas shall be inn
See POLIO on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
Along The Cape Fear

ian tells us, was located on Fourth
street between Market and. Dock
streets.
We must admit that we had no
notion whatsoever that there was
more than one of the outfits. But
now that the old Cape Fearian has
spilled the beans and really,
folks, you never saw such beans
in your life-we might as well go
ahead and respill them.
KEEN RIVALRY - These two
volunteer fire departments did not,
as you might suspect they would,
work together. Cooperation was
not listed in their instruction book
lets as a necessary adjunct to
fighting fires.
Far from it. They actually were
in keen rivalry with each other
when a fire broke out. that is.
For some reason of honor Or
distinction or something no longer
held dear by the fire departments
of ~today-thank heavens they
tried to beat each other to the
fire. 1t seems that the company
which could play the first stream
of water on the fire became, auto
matically, the fire-fighting cham
See CAPE FEAR ON Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
BERRY FESTIVAL
MONEY TANGLED
Wallace Event Ends With
Deficit; Queens Trip
Threatened

AS prospects dimmed for the
Hollywood trip promised three
Wallace Strawberry F estiva
queens o June 8, Mayor Aubrey
Harrell, and a body of festival
officials Tuesday sought to settle
financial turmoil left in the wake
Of the much publicized Duplln
county event.
Harrell said the festival had
ended with a deficit of some 81
900 in unpaid bills, in addition to
the trip for the Queens, which
would require an estimated ad-
ditional $4,000.
Queen and Maids
Crowned Strawberry Queen,
Miss Charlotte Russ, New Hanover
High school graduate, and her
maids-in waiting, Miss Maude
Stuart, Wallace ,and Miss Helen
West, Warsaw, were promised The
western trip.
The Wallace mayor had devoted
several months of planning and
work for the affair with Joseph
Baxter, Greensboro, promoter -
outside shows, he said.
End Reached
He added that he was doing his
best and was paying off Whit
bills he was able with his own
resources but has reached the
end" until additional funds were
made available.
Miss Russ said Tuesday the last
she heard Of the proposed trip
was about the middle of May when
o. o. Phillips, former editor of a
weekly paper in Wallace. told her
the trip would probably be made
on June 8.
Tries To Reach Officials
Miss Russ said she had tried
to get in touch with officials Of
the event in recent days but had
been unable to reach either Mayor
Harrell or Baxter. The promoter.
Miss Russ said, told her two days
See FESTIVAL on Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05

afternoon.
Acting promptly on a recommen-
dalton by Track Director c. H
Casteen that Rankin street was ar
ideal spot from a safety stand
point, and offering an excellent
gradual down grade of slightly
more than 900 feet ending with a
slight rise, the committee voted
unanimously in favor of the recon-
mendation for the Derby site.
Three Racing Lanes
The race site, which is a full 30
feet in width, will allow for three
racing lanes of almost 10 feet each
in width and with both outside
lanes thanked by curling which
will act as safeguards against
Derby cars jumping the course
Preliminary plans call for the
finish line for the race to be set
at 18th street and there will be
ample space for the judges to
observe the finishes of all heats
without having to step on the race
course itself. Emergency service
pits will also be provided right of
the racing lanes and the overall
set-up will permit the Advisory
committee ard race officials tc
stage the Wilmington preliminary
to the Greatest Amateur Racing
Event in the World" with a greater
degree of safety for drivers and
spectators than would be possible
on a more traffic congested street.
Nominations Report
Chairman David S. Harriss of the
Committee on Nominations for race
officials, submitted the following
report, which was unanimously ap-
proved by the Advisory committee
and all principals will be contacted
Immediately and urged to serve in
the various capacities:
See DERBY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
BOYD TO TESTIFY
IN RATE HEARING
Wilmington Representative
Takes Stand Today
In Asheville

Maj. Henry E. Boyd, traffic man
ager of the Wilmington Port Traf
fic association, takes the stand to-
day before the Interstate Com
merce commission in Asheville te
testify that coal freight rates II
Wilmington and Eastern NORTH
Carolina are too high, according
to a dispatch received from Ashe'
vile last night.
Major Boyd, representing Will
mington and New Hanover county
in the huge coal case, will attempt
to show that any increase in the
coal freight rates, as proposed
by several railroad companies
would result in the railroads los
ing, rather than gaining, money
Would Reduce Trade
The advanced coal rates, he viii
testify, would greatly reduce the
coal trade, and fuel oil trade woule
then be in the ascendancy.
Major Boyd will seek to have
the coal rates to Wilmington GU
Is cents per ton in order to at
See HEARING On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05

to the officials recommendation
that at least one southern eastern
seaboard city be designated as a
port of entry for air commerce to
the Latin American area.
Chances Look Good
Congressman Clark, emerging
from the Commute White House
conference, said: I'D say the
chances look good for eventually
obtaining airline service from one
or more southern Atlantic sea-
board points-including Whining
ton-into Latin America"
Yesterdays White House parley
set the stage for today's mass meet
ing of representatives of the
Coastal Cities Air Service associa-
ton in the Mayflower hotel. Wash
ington, D. c., at which southern
cities - including Wilmington,
Charleston, S. c., and Norfolk,
Va.,-will lodge a formal protest
against the Civil Aeronautics board
for it's constant discrimination"
in denying airlines routes to the
Caribbean via southern coastal
cities.
The meeting was called i'm
mediately after CAB refused
Colonial Airlines a route which
would have linked Wilmington and
other southern cities with Bermuda,
San Juan, Nassau, Caracas, and
other resort spots in the Caribbean.
Wilmington Delegates
The five Wilmington delegates
to the meeting are Albert Perry,
Hargrove Bellamy, and Harry
Gardner, of the Wilmington-New
See CLIPPER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
HE'S THE TOPS!
But He's Mad Marshall
Atop 176-Foot Elagpole

It's no bargain - for me, any
way.
Stay At Home
Take it from me, stay home
and read about this sky-scrap-
ing retreat in the papers. It's
easier that way. The IT'S feet
up here actually measure out
to some go squeamish miles
and there is something dis
comforting about the way this
thing sways gently in the
breeze.
But about that proposed we'd
ding Mad Marshall, as the
townsfolk call him, says his
girl friend, Lonnie Cosmar, 81,
wants to be a June bride. That
complicates matters because
See FLAGPOLE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
BY MARIAN CLICK

Atop 176-Foot Flagpole, COS
HOCToN, O., June 4-OD-
Mad Marshall Jacobs told me
exclusively Tuesday as I visit
ed him at the top OF his nag
pole that he plans to be mar
RED up here this month be-
cause his girl wants to be a
June bride.
Exclusive Interview
1t was exclusive because
there are few people outside
Marshall - and myself mad
enough to climb this tower OF
terror.
Marshall is UP here trying
to establish a new tlag-poie
sitting endurance record. I'm
UP here trying to find out why
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05

RALEIGH, June 4H(P)eAll
persons under is who come in
to North Carolina from an area
where ~infantile paralysis is
present in epidemic form will
be quarantined Immediately,
the committee of the State
Board of Health announced
Tuesday.
Quarantine Camps
DR.. Carl V. Reynolds, state
health officer who announced
action of the executive COM
mittee, said that the ruling
provided that camps which
have admitted persons under
16 from areas where the di-
sease is epidemic also will
be quarantined.
The committee announcement
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
Surplus Housing Units
COLLEGES TO E.
DAVIS STRUCTURES

The work of tearing down the
buildings and preparing them
for shipment throughout the
country will begin in about a
week or two, the FPHA said,
and the project should be COM
pleted in about 80 days.
FPHA Financing
Cities and colleges involved
in the surplus housing program
will obtain the buildings with
out cost in return for providing
the sites for their re-erection.
The FPHA finances the entire
C e d e Of dismantling,
transporting, and reconstruct
ting the buildings, officials
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
The Weather

FORECAST
North Carolina: Partly cloudy and
cool in east portion Wednesday. Fair in
west portion.
South Cardinal: Fair to partly cloudy
Wednesday and slightly cooler.
eastern Standard Time
(By u. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 pm, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
1870 am "a; 7:30 am, So; 1880 pm, IA;
Z 80 pm, IS.
Maximum "a; Minimum 60; Mean "a;
Normal rs.
HUMIDITY
1870 am, 80; 7:30 am, "a; 1880 pm. 81;
1880 pn, 80.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
0.06 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
0.55 inches.
TIDES FOR TO-DAY
From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wilmington 2:OOa :28a
Masonboro Inlet 12:05a 6:25a
12:46p $685.
Sunrise 5:01a; Sunset 7:20p; Moonrlse
11:0oa; Moonset IL :08a.
River Stage at Fayetteville at 8 am
Tuesday-9.9 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05

Eleven hundred Camp Davis
surplus buildings, most Of them
barracks, will soon be housing
about 5000 war veterans Snd
their families in cities and col
leses throughout the nation,
the Federal Public Housing
authority informed The Stars
Washington, D. c., bureau yes
to-day afternoon.
Bears Out Prediction
The announcement bears out
a prediction made to The Star
several weeks ago by a we'll
informed source that the Navy
would not need about tWo-thirds
Of the camps buildings and
would turn them over to the
FPHA for veterans housing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
JAYCEES INSTALL
OFFICERS TONIGHT
Bremen To Be Principal
Speaker AT Plantation
Club Meet

Installation of officers of the
Wilmington Junior Chamber OF
Commerce for the year l946-47 will
take place at the organizations
annual installation banquet at the
Plantation club at s o'clock to-
night.
The new officers will be install
ed by Odell Lambeth, Greensboro,
president of the North Carolina
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
after R. B. Howard, retiring presi-
dent, delivers his farewell address.
New Officers
The new officers r Jesse B.
Sellers, president; Troy c. Hodges,
vice-president; Luther c. Hodges,
vice : president; Jack Atkinson,
secretary; Woodrow R. Fountain,
treasurer; and Hal J. Love, cor
responding secretary.
Following the installation, Sellers
will deliver an acceptance speech,
paying tribute to the retiring off.
Sc JAYCEES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
And So To Bed

Yesterday afternoon a
Wrightsville Beach resident
was observed limping about In
a very painful fashion.
A friend sympatheticauy
asked: "What are vol limping
for?"
"My foot got run over" was
the reply. at happened while
1 was standing on the beach
on the sound"
"You mean to say that an
automobile came right out on
the beach and ran over your
foot? Why didn't you report
it to the police?"
81 couldn't do that" was the
embarrassed answer. 81 was
launching my new boat into the
sound"
"What does that have to do
with it?"
"It was the boat that ran
over my foot"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
Pay Boosts
Also Voted
By Solons
Privates Would Skip To
SIS Per Month Under
Senate Bill
ADMINISTRATION WINS
Question OF Pay Raises Fol
Officers Passed Up
By Body

WASHINGTON, June 4.-(P
The Senate brought a teen-age
Inducing, pay-increasing draft
bill up to the brink of final &C.
ton Tuesday night only to halt
work abruptly till Wednesday
Democratic Leader Barley
Ky.) explained that several
hours might be required to dis
pose of a. substitute proposal by
Senator RevercOmb (R.-W.
Val to continue Selective Ser
vice authority until May Is,
1947 but suspend all inductions
until Congress ordered other
wise.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05

WASHINGTON, June A.
(AP)-The Senate voted pay
increases for enlisted men
Tuesday night and provided
for the drafting of teen-agers
after July l.
The pay boost, proposed by
Senators Lafollette (Prog.-Wls.)
and Johnson O-Colo.) to spun
voluntary enlistments, would apply
only 10 the lowest four grades OF
the armed services.
Pay of privates would be boosteN
from $50 a month to $75; privates
first class from $54 to $50; eorpo'
rails from $66 to 500; and sergeants
from $78 to 500. Corresponding
increases would be paid to Marines
and sailors.
See DRAFT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
Congressman
Take Issue To Truman
Delegation From South, Including Whining
ton, To Protest Recent CAB Ruling
In Washington Today
By r HIRSCH

The chances of getting airline service from Whining
ton to Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Latin America "look
good" Congressman J. Bayard Clark said yesterday after he
and other Carolina congressman held a noon conference
with President Truman.
According to a dispatch from The Stars Washington,
D. c.. bureau. President Truman reacted very favorably'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
MURRAY CAUTIONS
AGAINST STRIKE
clio President Reported Ia
Have Advised Mari
time Unions

WASHINGTON, June 4.-(R
All Coast Guard discharges
we're suspended Tuesday night
in apparent preparation for the
threatened Maritime strike,
hit government conciliators re-
ported progress in their at
tempts to avert the walkout.
The Coast Guard headquar-
tiers gave no reason for stop
ming the release of its men but
if was considered a move to
conserve manpower for operat-
ing ships if the CLIO strike oc-
curs June Is as scheduled.
The Navy is considering"
such a curb on discharges, a
department spokesman told re-
porters.
Secretary of the Navy For
res1aI called for volunteers
among discharged or inactive
naval reservists, to stand by
fer strike duty, and asked all
Naval stations to report the
number of men available with
cargo handling experience.
WASHINGTON, June 4-U.R-
Go President Philip Murray wa
reported Tuesday night to have
urged Maritime union leaders t.
settle their dispute without resort
ing 10 a strike June IS.
This was revealed as the govern
ment announced that the sever
unions which have called for
worldwide boycott of American
ships to support their walkout hae
receded further from their origin
al demands for a 40-hour weel
and 8-hour day.
Reduce Demands
Edgar L. Warren, director o
the Cancellation service, announc'
ed al conclusion of the seventh
day Of negotiations that the union:
had come down on their demand:
but that the operators are insist
ing on a thorough study.
The operators" he said "are
still maintaining that reduction o:
the work week from Sc hours pre-
sents SO many problems that /
must be subject to a thorough
study before they can agree to
change"
Hours Discussed
1t was understood that the parties
discussed limits on the total hours
OF work weekly, the number to b.
paid at overtime rates and tn
increased number of crew membe.
required to man the vessels unde.
various propositions.
Meanwhile, the threatened walk
out prompted the Coast Guard t.
delay temporarily the discharg'
Of regulars who have requeste'
taelr release before expiration o
their regular enlistments. TIL
regular rehabilitation of reserv
personnel will be continued.
Clio source revealed that Nun
ray conferred last week wit
marry Bridges, president of tn
See MURRAY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05
SOAP BOX DERBY
SOAP BOX DERBY
Race Site Selected
For Boys Big Event
"World's Greatest Amateur Race" To Be
Held On Rankin Street Between
18th And 18th July 81
Nv LACK C. N

Wilmington's An-American Soap Box Derby races will
be held on Rankin street from II to 18th streets on Wed
nesday, July 81, according to a decision of the Advisory
committee which met at The Star-News office yesterday
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
and cool Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-05

See r. on Page Two
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IS BOSTONO LVS
SUSIRINKlMO

BOSTON, Mass. - LVS So.
Bostono 15-to skyriaus susirin-
kimas ivyko Geguzes II, Lie
tuviu Pilieciu Klube. Susirin-
kimui pirmininkavo J. Kasmau-
skas ir sekretoriavo J. Baltu-
Sis. Susirinkusieji isklause val
dybos pranesimus ir Centre
Valdybos laiskus, kuriuos en-
tuziastiskai prieme.
Tarp kitu skyriaus nutarimV
pazymetini Sic:
y Ivykstanciam LVS Seimui
Detroite pasiusti sveikinima su
auka.
p Atstovu j selma isrinktas
skyriaus pirmininkas J. Kas-
mauskas. %. ."t
81 Nutarta pasiusti seimui
laiska Americas Lietuviu senai
pageidaujamos bendros veik-
los Lietuvos klausimais' reika-
lie.
~ Plesti vietos skyriaus vel
kima sulyg busimu galimybiQ
81 Rengti skyriaus vasarinl
isvaziavima artimiausioje at
eityje, ir juo rupintis pavesta
L. Stasiuliui, J. Dragasiui, K
Vileisiui ir j. Baltusiui.
Be to dar Shame susirinkime
praplesta skyriaus valdyba IL
ia sudaro Sic asmenys:
J. l.. Kasmauskas - pirm.
l.. Stasiulis - vice pirm.
J. Baltusis - protokolu ras
j. Dragasius - izdininkas,
K. Vileisis ir St. Mockus -
lido globeJal.
Bendrai INFANT, Sis susirinki-
mas praejo gan pakilusioj nuo-
taikoj ir jo nutarimai bel nu-
matymai zada ateiciai graziQ
visuomeniniu vaisiu. Dazniau
NUNS reikia tokiu susirinkimu
Korespondentas.
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BARA 'BUOZES' w
NEATIDAVIMA
SAVO GRUDU

Lietuvos komunistu organas
straipsnyje "Kai taikstomasi
su buozemis', sitaip raso:
Rumsiskiu valscius valsty-
bel yra dawes tik 1876 nuosim-
ciu metinio grudu paruosos
plano. o kick buoziu kurie
dar nedave nei vieno grudo ar
ba mazai galvoja apie paruo-
sas. stai Vosyliskiu kaime buo-
re J. Daunoravicius turejo pri-
statyti valstybei 1,5O0 kilogra-
mu grudu ir tick pat bulviu, o
dave tik so ky. grudu. Sis buo-
re taip pat neatsilygino ir uz
1914 metus. Toks pat ir kitu
buoziu elgesys.
GAS neturiu is ko atiduoti' ,
pareiske buoze Matakas. Pa
tikrinus pasirode kas kita. ia
WI pas j rasta pakankamai.
Labai silpni grudu pristaty-
mo tempai ir Pakuonio vals-
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-05-24
PASKIROS AUKOS
'PI,AUKIA

LVS Centro sekretorius jau
dabar gauna j centra prisiun-
ciamas LVS Seimui skiriamas
aukas, be to ka siunciama tie
siog j Detroita, Seimo rengimo
komisijai.
Kurie Dirvos skaitytojai no.
retu prisideti su auka LVS
seimui prasomi panaudoti cia
telpanti auku kupona, iskirpkit
kupona ir irase savo auka ir
savo pilna adresa pasiuskit
LVS centra. Jusu auka bus
priskaityta prie seimo auku ir
bus kartu paskelbta su kitomis
seimo aukomis.
X. S. Karpius, LVS Sekr.
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LOS ANGELES, Calf

T. LOS ANGELES, Calf.
Regis jau metal laiko suejo
kal pas mus buvo apsilanke
sveciai is rytu - Karpius, ziu-
ris, Oils ir Kumskis. Daug
dvasios maisto ir paskatinimo
dirbti jie cia paliko. Tuojau
tapo suorganizuota LVS sky
RUS. Sumanytojais bel darbo
pradetojai buvo P. zilinskas ir
Jonas Petrauskas.
Tas skyrius labai mazai gy-
vumo parode per meta. Bet
stai, paskutinemis dienomis po-
MIA Vaitek (Vaitekuniene), pa
sitarus su zilinsku ir kitais su-
kviecia burr Lietuviu savo
puosnius namus, pasitarimui
LVS reikalais.
Atvyko virs 35 kviesti as
menys. Susirinkimas buvo gy-
vas ir reikalus svarste rimtai.
Veik visi sveciai susirase j LVS
skyriu uzsimokedami buckles.
: Valdyba isrinkta sekanti:
Petras zilinskas - pirm.,
Antanas Pociunas, jaunas,
energingas vyrukas, kuris ne
senai sugryzo is karo tarny-
bos, iSrinktas sekretorium;
Ona Giliene-Pucetaite IL
dininku,
Ona Rackiene - delegate
LVS selma Detroite.
Baigiantis susirinkimui in
eina Lietuvos Garbes Konsulas
DR.. J. ]. Bielskis su pluostu
dolariniu rankoje, paklojes jas
ant stale sake, Priimkit ir ma
ne. Tuoj pastebejau ypatingai
jaukia jausmo nuotaika tarpe
dalyviu. Pirmininkas zilinskas
sake: Dabar tai dirbsime!
Delegates isleistuves
Uzsibaigus susirinkimui emu
prie seimininkes atsisveikinti
ir padekoti jai uz toki kilnQ
darba susaukime sio skyriaus
pasitarima. Tame momente