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Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28

on, when a ball hit to shortstoI
was tossed to second where De.
France was out on a close play
Then Earnest was doubled at the
plate, trying to score on the play.
One of the largest crowds of the
season watched the game, altho the
weather was plenty cool.
Immediately after the game, tro-
phys were awarded by Palmer of
the V. F. w. post to the champion
B. R. C. of A. team and to Shorty
DeFrance of Humans, leading hit
ter of the league with ASP for the
season.
The V. F. w. wishes to thank the
people of Laurel, the players and
sponsors of the different teams for
their splendid cooperation during
the season. Z
Tubman Food Mart 0 2 2
B. r. C. of A. 1 8 2
Batteries: Tubman's-C. Herbert
and DeFrance. B. R. C. of A
Fuerbacher and Pewitt.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28

Mrs. G. M. Geiger was hostess
Thursday at a social afternoon for
members of the Best Ever club, and
served lunch. Mrs. Esther Kircheis
of Billings was a guest of the club.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28

The Laurel public schools will
open Tuesday, Sept. 8, for a term
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28
Greatest Back
To School MoUe
NoW Beginning

The biggest back-to-school rush
that authorities have ever seen is
getting under way. Reports from
colleges and UNIVERSITIES in the
United States and Canada are to
the effect that capacities and facil-
tiles will be taxed, for it appears
that all America will be going to
school this fall.
From the army and navy hun
dreds of thousands of young men
and women will be pouring into the
institutions of higher learning,
while other hundreds of thousands
will be going back to finish high
school. Professional schools, trade
schools and school of business will
be crowded, and the big crop of
youngsters born in 1910 and al
will be ready to start kindergarten
and first grade.
There has never been anything
quite like it. Teachers are at a
premium. Millions of new text
books are flowing from presses as
fast as they can be printed. Nearly
every U. S. family will have some
n in a classroom, and in many
instances there will be families rep
resented by three or more students
attending college or university.
The bulk of the personnel in the
armed forces was drawn largely
from graduating classes of high
school and from college. The first
were young people who would have
made up college freshman classes,
and the latter were those with one
or more years of college work.
Now, with a time lag in their lives
of three to five years, many serv-
ice men and women propose to re- J
sumo where they left off after
Pearl Harbor. Quite a number who
had not completed high school will
attempt to finish in that depart
ment.
In addition to the flood from the
services there is the usual number
from grammar school who will be
entering high school and the normal
number from high school who will
be going to college. The higher
5han-usual birthrate of 1910 and
Al will begin to be felt in the
beginning grades this fall. This
is expected to continue
each succeeding year of
elementary, grammar and high
In addition to the accumulated
md now released demand for the
of schools, a knotty prob
EN- for authorities is the securing
# an adequate staff of teachers.
war depleted faculties as we'll
IS other professions and occupa-
ions, and there has not been the
replacement.
The apparent policy in the higher
Institutions of the States as well
S in the Canadian provinces is to
i've first consideration to residents
efore opening their door to nom
esidents. Some are quite candid in
his while others put up barrier in
he form of high requirements.
The clothing trade has had to
ace the problem of supplying
.othes for adults as well as child
en- of all ages who are now school
ard bound. Housing is another
which colleges have par
ally solved by using t%railers and
uts in village-like clusters on or
the campuses. J
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28
GAME No. IS BAD
FOR FARMERS UNION
Roundup Miners Are Giant
Killers For Laurel Refinery
men Wednesday Night

Roundup Miners played the roll OF
giant killers" Wednesday night il
downing the Farmers Union team
of Laurel, 4 to o., behind the
steady pitching of Cebuhar, Round
up chucker. The Laurel team, rid
ing along on a ~ game winning
streak, found 13 very unlucky.
George Rocki and Belinak led
the Roundup hitting attack with
2 hits each.
The largest crowd of the season
watched the contest, played under
the lights in the Billings athletic
park.
Hoffman, Laurel slab artist,
struck out ~ men and allowed
only 5 hits, but Laurel didn't hit
behind him, and also they made
three bad errors in the field.
r H E
Roundup A 5 1
Laurel O 3 3
Batteries: Roundup, Cebuhar and
Getcho. Laurel, Hoffman and
Burns.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Clark of
Monterey, Calf, parents of Mrs.
Charles ]. Shively, have returned to
their home after a visit with Mrs.
Bertha Shively and family.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
Nickel Now Nickel

WASHINGTON, July 2s-RHIf
Raat this country's been needing is
d good pre-War five cents piece,
It's got it.
They're putting nickel in the
nickel again, the mint reported
Monday-keeping its mouth shut
sO0ut the buying power of the
tonnage of the nickel-less war
udle nickel lit consisted of IS per
cent silver, SIS per cent copper and
l!ae per cent manganese) has been
discontinued, said the Mint Di-
'srtor' Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross.
Now she said, the minis are
a1alng out the strictly pre-war
eucle-25 per cent nickel and rs
yer cent copper.
Inc nlckel-content nickel doesn't
axe on that yellowish look that
NE silver alloy nickel does, but
Vulslde of that there isn't any
a0aceable difference. They work
NE same in a slot.
me reason for the wartime
al0uel was a shortage of nickel
.ad copper metal needed urgently
t0F war production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
PENSION INCREASE
VOTED BY SENATE
Veterans Would Get 70 Per
Cent Hike Under Terms
OF Measure

WASHINGTON, July 20. - R-
Legislation granting a 20 per cent
increase in pension and compensa
ton payments to veterans of both
World wars and their dependents,
was approved Monday by tho
Senate and sent to the House fol
concurrence in amendments.
Senator Johnson (D.-Colo.) told
the Senate the increased payment,
are needed to help the veteran,
and their dependnts met the ris.
ing cost of living" He estimated
the measure would raise compen-
sation and pension payments by
about $500, 900, 90 during 1947.
Retirement Pay
The measure also authorizes full
compensation, pension or retire
ment pay for six months for vet
Grams without dependents who are
being furnished hospital treatment
or institutional or domiciliary care
through the Veterans administra-
ton. Present law limits such pay
ments to a maximum Of $40 per
months.
The Senate also passed and sent
to the White House two other bills
upping veterans pension payments.
See PENsIOs On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
STATES
IN PRIMARY SPOT
Alabama, Arkansas, Ken
lucky, Tennessee To
Vote This Week
By The Associated Press

Primary election interest swings
to the South this week with Ala
bama and Arkansas voting Tues
day, Tennessee deciding a holly
contested Senatorial nomination
Thursday, and Kentucky selecting
party candidates Saturday.
Alabama's b~alloting today centers
on a contest for the Democratic
nomination for Senator.
Five In Race
Five men, including Rep. John
Democratic whip in the
House, and Rep. Frank Boykin,
are in the race. Sparkman has the
backing Of the CIO-PAC, United
Mine Workers and ALL. Others
in the race are State Senator James
A. Simpson of Birmingham, Ted
Allen, textile mill worker. and
R. Maxwell. Senator
Swift CD, who was appointed to
succeed the late Senator john H.
Bankhead, is not a candidate for
the remaining two years Of the
In Arkansas Democrats will NOM
mate a candidate for governor in
primary separated from the re-
cent Congressional primary under
a state law designed to bar Negroes
from voting for state offices. Gov.
Ben Laney is opposed for. renom-
nation by former Judge James
Malone of Lonoke and Virgil Green
of Blytheville.
Voting High Spot
Tennessee's senatorial primary
Thursday provides the weeks vot-
ing high spot.
There the voters decide between
Senator Kenneth D. Mcclellan, n,
and Edward MacCarmack.
McKelar, as presiding officer of
the Senate, has been held in Wash
ington because of the continuing
See SOUTHERN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
TODAY and TOMORROW

rise, at least in the judgement Of
astute politicians, in direct ratio
with the rise in the cost-of-living
index.
That at least is the opinion of
Senator Brien Mcmahon and Of his
friends in the portion of the Con-
necticut Democratic political ma
chine which Mcmahon controls.
Mcmahon apparently holds the
key to Bowles' immediate future.
The Connecticut Senator is a re-
markable figure. He is a tough,
hard-headed, likable politician, APP
parently in the precise tradition
of the Irish-American machine
boss, who has at the same time
won the fervent admiration OF
scientists and liberals for his
understanding of the problems OF
atomic energy, and for his handl-
See ALSOP on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
MAYOR
NAMED IN ACTION
Suit For $500 Brought
Against Harrell And
Promoter By Troupe

A suit for 3d. 500 has been filed
against Mayor Aubrey Harrell, of
Wallace, and Jose E. Baxter,
Greensboro promoter, by Trudy
Russell, head of the broadway on
Parade" theatrical troupe which
entertained at the recent Wallace
Strawberry Festival, it was reveal
ed yesterday by Miss Russell's at
torney, a prominent Wilmington
lawyer.
The revelation was made after
R. v. Wells, clerk of Superior court
in Kenansville, Duplin county, dis
closed yesterday that the Duplin
county grand jury has returned
true bills of Indictment against
Mayor Harrell and Baxter on the
charge that the pair gave Miss
Russell a worthless check for ST.
900 in return for her services at
the festival.
See HARRELL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
COLLEGE, CENTERS
SLATED FOR CITY
Wilmington Is Second In
White Registration In
North Carolina

Wilmington was assured two col
lpse centers for the 1946-47 school
term. by vote of a special steering
committee of the University of
North Carolina in Raleigh yes
terday. when II of such centers
we're approved for the entire state.
Wilmington placed second in
North Carolina with 1877 regis
uants making application for en-
try to the white center, and 81
registered fer entrance at the
Negro center.
According to an Associated Press
Dispatch 1904 whites and lis
Negroes filed tentative applications
at various centers throughout the
stale, during a tWo-day voting pc.
Rod last week.
Tuition Set
The committee also voted to set
tuition rates at $50 per quarter, of
$50 for an entire school term of
three quarters. 1t was also decided
that the University of North Caro-
Ina shall handle administration
Of all c%enters except in cases where
local sentiment favors i being
handled by some other Institution.
The centers in Wilmington will be
located in public school buildings,
according to H. M. Roland, super
lntendent of public schools, and
teachers will be drawn from fac
ultles Of public schools, college
instructors and other persons who
nave the requisite master of arts
degree.
Taught Locally
turing the afternoons and nights.
Locals applicants who did not
Zee COLLEGE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
AlongThe Cape Fear

AUTOMATIC MONEY - Now
that we have settled the question
of who owns the oldest piece of
U. S. paper money along the Cape
Fear, it is only natural that a
similar question on U. S. coin
money should be raised.
The question was not raised by
us - not directly, that is. 1t pop
ped up by itself, automatically, so
to speak, the minute we publiciz-
ed Mr.. Francis old 500 bill. There
are few things, it seems. which
interest people so much as money
does, and when we say people"
we include ourself.
We wish we could claim owner
ship of the oldest piece of money,
paper or coin, but unfortunately
we r not the type of person to
whom money clings. Money just
doesn't get a chance to grow old
during the brief time it rests in
our possession.
TWO BIT REST CURE So,
as in the case of the Oldest piece
of paper money, the ownership OF
the oldest piece of coin money is
claimed by persons with a talent
attached to same much better
than ours.
For a while we thought Mr.. H.
R. Furchess, manager Of the local
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
Cats Scratch Back

CHICAGO, July 20 -P- A 81
year-old lion tanner was back in
the sawdust ring Monday with 80
stitches in his left arm, a memento
of bad timing in last nights per-
Torrance.
Richard Clemens was putting
his five lions and two tigers
through their PAGES at St. Salon
.ea's church carnival Sunday night
when the accident occurred. AS a
finale. Clemens had trained the
last lion in the ring to wheel about
ana claw him. Ordinarily, an at
tendant whisks a small door open
and Clemens slips out just in
time.
Last night the door didn't open
fast enough. The lions claw rip
ped Clemens left shoulder open.
Then at 2 a. M. after doctors
had finished dressing the wound,
Clemens went back to his ring and
put the big cats through their
PAGES again, with two police Of
flcers as a audience.
Il had to show those cats I'm
not afraid" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
CAB TURNS DOWN
SOUTH EAST Line
Service Had Requested
Permission To Enter
New Evidence

William c. Teague, president OF
South East Airlines, Charlotte, ex-
pressed confidence last night that
the Civil Aeronautics board would
grant SEA the interstate routes it
has applied for, despite the fact
that the CAB yesterday denied SEA
permission to enter new evidence
in support of it's applications.
The new evidence SEA tried to
enter in the so-called southeastern
states case-a huge cast in which
upwards of a dozen airlines are
seeking new interstate routes in
the Carolinas. Virginia, Tennessee
and Georgia-Was a complete list
of SEAS record of operations from
August, 1915 to the present.
Feeder Service
SEA, the only feeder service air
line now operating on a regular
daily schedule at Bluethenthal air
port, connects Wilmington with
every major city and many minor
cities in North Carolina. It's appli-
cations, if approved by the CAB,
would further link the Port City
with cities in South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Virginia and Tennessee. CAB
approval would also give SEA the
right to haul the United States
See AIRLINE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30

cars to weight and inspect in prep
aration for The big race tomorrow
on the Derby Downs cours on
Rankin street.
Co-sponsored by the Wilmington
Star-News and Raney Chevrolet
company, the Derby Wednesday
is expected to draw several thou
sand people including parents,
relatives and friends of the 40
odd boys who are likely to face
Chief Starter Gil Pickard starting
at 1890 a. m.
Weighing Starts
Official weighing ard inspec-
ton got underway early yester-
day morning with Barry August
and his "Pickard Special" having
the honor of being the first to
weigh in for the big event. Barry
and his a tipped the scales at
1874 pounds, we'll within the Derby
maximum weight limit for car
and driver. Emil Bordeaux, who
will be sponsored by the Sports
Center weighed in second and tip
ped the scales at 172 pounds.
Then in order, Bobby Crowley,
Ted Blake, the Cape Fear Artil-
lery entry. W. T. Bradshaw. Cam
era Shop; ALT Gunnerson the Car
DINA Beach speed king; Lawrence
Pennington, who will represent
the Pennington Flying Service in
the Derby; Jackie and Elwood
Hill, who will carry the colors OF
the H. L. Green Company; Ted
Williams. Williams Dry Cleaners;
Tommy Williams, sponsored by
Lake Forest Pharmacy; Bobby
McCumber, the O'Crowley Clean
ers %entrant; L. Mcdonald, Y. M.
C. A., and Kenneth Langston put
in an appearance and were offici-
ally weighed for the race.
Official inspection got under
See WEIGHERS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
The Weather
FORECAST

fOhESASl
South Carolina-Partly cloudy and
slightly warmer Tuesday scattered thun-
dershowers on the coast and in extreme
northwest portion Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday considerable %cloudiness and
not much change in temperature with
scattered thundershowers.
North Carolina - Partly cloudy and
slightly warmer Tuesday. Wednesday
considerable cloudiness and not much
change in temperature scattered thun-
dershowers in kest portion Wednesday
afternoon and in the mountains Tues
day afternoons.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1870 am. SO; 1870 am So; 1870 pm. 81;
1880 pm. II.
Maximum s3; Minimum "a; Mean 70;
Normal 70.
Humidity
100 am. 70; 1880 am. SO. 1870 pm. IS;
1850 pm. ST.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 pm. -
0 100 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
1851 inches.
Tides For Today
from the Tide Tables published by
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington - 11:2O am. Cos am.
II AZ pm. G:14 pm.
Masonboro Inlet $40 am. 2:59 am.
9:31 pm. 3:07 pm.
Sunrise 5:22; Sunset 7:15; Moonrise 7:2s
am; Moonset Oil PM.
River Stage at Fayetteville. N. c. at
am. Monday 81 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
Truman Gives
Probe Powers
oCommittee
{ Comptroller General
Warren Denounces
Spending Practices
LOBBYISTS FLAYED
Rep. Coffee To Explain
$500 Check When
Hearing Resumes

WASHINGTON, July o.
Senate War Profits
Investigating committee got
power Monday from President
Truman to look into federal
tax returns.
This specific authority had been
sought by Chairman Mead O-NY)
of the Senate committee, who ex-
planned that the committee wish
ed to check the returns of some
persons involved in the investiga-
ton of the Garssons munitions
combine.
The committees power to re-
view tax returns will be subject to
certain conditions.
Behind Closed Doors
Under a stipulation set forth
by the Secretary of the Treasury,
and agreed to by the President,
the committees discussion of any
individuals tax return must be
aOllG LII OACSot1VO SCSSlOIly q
Treasury. spokesman explained.
The Presidents action in grant
ing the committee access to records
of the Bureau OF Internal Revenue
came a few hours after Comptrol-
Ter General Lindsay Warren had de-
nounced the government wartime
spending practices.
Untold Millions
He cited differentiation" be-
tween Army officers and contract
ors and contract loopholes as
among the things which cost the
nation untold Millions"
From my seat, it has looked as
if everybody and his brother were
out to get the government during
the lush war years." he told the
Senate War Investigating commit
See TRUMAN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
OPTIMISTIC VIEW
OPTIMISTIC VIEW
President Thinks Blooms.
Busts Can Be Prevented

WASHINGTON, July 29-R
President Truman expressed
beIief Monday that booms and
husts can be prevented-and
onnointed an economist who
s5sres that view, Edwin Girls
mid Nourse, to head the new
economic advisory council.
"Our country is capable of
maintaining an economy free
trom the evils of both initiation
md deflation," Mr.. Truman
declared in a statement.
The council will be in a posi-
finn to present to the nation a
clparer and more comprehen-
Eve analysis than we have ever
had regarding the economic
s+ate Of the nation and all fac
tors which tend to retard pros
perity." r,:.,
~, the act passed last Febru-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
SHIRTS, PAJAMAS
WILL COST MORE
Grants Retail Price
Increase OF II Per
Cent On Items

WASHINGTON, July % [l -
OPA Monday authorized an i'm
mediate general increase of II per
cent in retail ceiling prices for
mems shirts, short and pajamas.
The agency also granted an addi-
tional increase of up to 10 per cent
on top Of the II per cent, for mems
and boys dress shirts and boys
sport shirts in lower price brac-
.ketS.
Under Old Law
These increases were granted un-
der provisions of the old price con-
troll law which required industry
earnings be maintained at the
1869 level.
Additional clothing increases,
estimated by some OPA officials
at from Is to 20 per cent, will be
granted later under terms of the
price control revival law which be-
came effective July Is.
Effective June 80
Today's order compensates
manufacturers for increase in la
Dor and materials costs through
See SHIRTS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
Byrnes Ready
To Fight For
Secretary Will Represent
United States AT Rules
Meeting
FEAR TWO-THIRDS
Six Negative Votes May
Block Any Action By
Peace Groups

PARIS, July 20. - R -
The European peace confer.
ence was jolted before it was
an hour-old Monday with an
attack against major power
domination and a demand that
the smaller Allied nations have a
stronger voice in the final formu-
lation of world peace.
The applause for Premier
Georges Bidault of France, who
opened the historic conference at
Ala pm. French time) with a
plea for a world Of reason and
peace, had scarcely died in the
red plush chamber of ancient Lux
embourg palace when Australia's
fiery Minister Of External At
fairs, DR.. Herbert v. Evatt, was
on his feet and hammering his
fist on behalf of the small nations
Bangs Fist
THE II invited governments
have just as much right to partici-
pate in the final making of the
peace as the big four themselves
Evatt shouted, banging his fist
on the table. II don't want there
to be any mistake about that"
Evatt's outburst came during a
discussion on formation of the
rules committee. The committee
will decide how the conference is
to be conducted and what vote
will be necessary to make recon-
mendations to the Big Four on the
treaties to be offered Germany's
former satellites-Italy, Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
Fears Two-Thirds
1t was clear that Evatt, who has
championed the cause of the small
See BYRNES On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
CHANNEL HEARING
SCHEDULED TODAY
Mountain Oh Data" Slated
For Presentation By
Port Agencies

A record-size mountain of data,
compiled and correlated during the
past month by city, county, civic,
and commercial officials, both local
and upstate, will be presented in
support of the proposed 35-foot
deep Cape Fear river channel at
the U. S. Army Engineers huge
public hearing in the Customshouse
courtroom at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Success Seen
If the data proves successful, as
the officials have predicted, Col.
George w. Gillette, district en-
cheering chief who will preside at
this mornings hearing, will be rec
ommend to the South Atlantic Divi-
sion Army Engineers office, At
lanta, Ca, that the 35-foot channel
proposal be approved.
If the division office approves it.,
a nod from headquarters in Wash
ington, D. c., and a subsequent con-
g%ressional appropriation will make
the proposal a realized project.
City's Brief
The largest single piece o. data
slated for submission at today's
hearing is the voluminous 23-page
brief bearing the name of the City
of Wilmington. Prepared by John
H. Farrell, city industrial agent,
and H. E. Boyd, traffic manager
of the Wilmington Port Traffic as
ISOLATION. the manuscript bears the
signatures of Mayor W. Ronald
See CHANNEL on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30

airy which aims to promote
conditions which will provide
useful employment" for all
who want to work. The three
man board, a top government
agency. is to study the econo-
my and make reports and
recommendations to Congress
and the President.
After a long search for
qualified men who would &C
cept the SIS, 600 a year posts,
equal in pay to that of cabi-
net members, Mr.. Truman last
Thursday announced two of
them-Leon Keyserling and
John Davidson Clark. The
Senate Banking committee
Monday approved their nomi-
nations. Nourse. however, did
not accept until II a. m. pend
See NOURSE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-30
And So To Bed

The other day two elderly
local ladies' were reading the
newspaper on their front porch.
II DECLARE" said the first,
scanning a front page story,
this seems so foolish"
whats t b a t." asked the
second.
"This silly business about the
Cape Fear river,' answered
the first.
"How do you mean?"
Don't you see? They keel
talking about improving the
river. My land, it seems to
me that what was good enough
for the old steamers ought to
be good enough for the ships
they have today"