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House Unit Approves
D. T.. SIum Bill With
McGehee Rent Limit
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family incomes in the District of
Columbia as such maximum net
family income shall have been de-
termined. or from time to time re-
determined after public hearing by
the District Commissioners"
Ten-year Redevelopment Program.
Another amendment by Repre-
sentative Dirksen was inserted to
provide that at the end of year
after enactment of the bill the def
milton of low-rent housing should
be re-eXamined by the Commis-
sionerS and a public hearing held
to determine whether changes were
desirable
On the conclusion of such a hear
ing the amendment provides the
Commissioners would recommend
to Congress whether said defini-
tion should be modified, and if so
to what extent"
The bill provides for a $4,000
600 l0-year slum redevelopment
program. Action by the committee
was taken in the absence of Rep
resentative McGehee, Democrat,
of Mississippi, who had strongly
supported the revised definition of
loW-rent housing. This definition
was the most controversial issue in
the measure. Mr.. McGehee recent
ly issued a threat TO fight the slum
bill unless it contained the public
low-rent housing definition his sub
committee had sponsored
Issue to Go to House Floor.
A similar provision specifying low
rent housing had been included in
the McCarran bill as it went to
the Senate, but it had been replaced
by the broader and simpler defini-
ton finally adopted by the Senate
when some Senators served notice
they could not accept the earlier
definition
Representative Randolph predicted
that the issue over this definition
.of loW-rent housing would be thor
oughly considered on the floor of
the House.
The committee had before 1t
some other pending bills on which
action, however, was postponed
Among these was the so-called
1ydings bill. already passed by the
Senate, proposing Federal aid for
development of modern hospital
center of about | 500 beds.
This bill, Mr. Mcmillan said. the
committee agreed to take up at
another meeting, TO be held either
Friday or Monday.
Another District Day Likely.
Today was scheduled as District
day In the House, but there will
be another later on, it was pre-
dlcted, as one committee member
estimated that Congress would be
in session probably for another 80
days
The committee also decided to
consider later bill to prevent the
erection of an apartment house on
the southwest corner of Sixteenth
and Shepherd streets NV Mr.,
Dlrksen explained to c. V. Maudlin
OF the Crestwood Citizens Associa-
tlon. who appeared briefly for the
Dill, that the committee wanted to
walt to learn what action the Sen
ate might take on an identical bill
pending in a subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee.
Mr.. Maudlin was followed bv the
citizens association counsel H
Wlnshlp Wheatley, who urged the
committee to consider urgency of
the measure. Appearing briefly for
the ollls opponents. Mrs. Burma
shelton Matthews, attorney, asked
that In any future hearing that op-
portuntly be given for the opposi-
ton. She represents Harry Poret-
SKY, who proposes to build the
apartment house on the site.
Evening star., 1946-07-08

SILVER BRACELET and watch, ? sapphire
sets in bracelet. Reward. Phone WO.
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Huqhes
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the KILL, designed for reconnais-
sance photography. plunged onto a
rooftop, bounded onto another roof
smashed garage and struck an
other house, setting all afire, before
burying itself in a vacant
lot. Its fuel tanks exploded and
flames licked the plane. which cost
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
oulld, to a blackened skeleton.
Inc last house into which the
plane crashed was owned by 1t. Col.
Charles Myers, chief interpreter at
the Nuremberg war trials in Ger
many. 1t was destroyed.
One of the witnesses to the crash
was Actor Dennis OKeefe. who said
the plane was flying very low, max
ing a terrific noise. just before it
plummeted onto a house.
In addition to Mr.. OKeefe. the
crash was witnessed by j. A. Harri-
son. a telephone company emplove
who said he was in the teIephone
building at Beverly Hills. when he
iiealu tHe plane go by.
Noise Was Weird.
1T sounded very close and the
noise was weird" he said. so I
rushed to the window and saw what
appeared to be mammoth P-38
moving very slowly in a northwest
diection. Then it crashed"
The weird sound probably came
from the new-type propellers. but
Mr. OKeefe said the sound in
dlcated to him that Mr.. Hughes had
wound up his engines to the
maximum in an effort to climb.
Property damage in the crash was
estimated by firemen at 100000. No
one except Mr.. Hughes was injured
however.
Mr.. Hughes made series Of short
taxl-runs on the airport runway in
Culver City before taking off. A
mechanic was at the controls with
him until shortly before he streaked
away, alone, at the controls of the
plane he designed and built in
conjunction with Air Materiel Com
mand engineers for the Army Air
Forces.
Eight Bladed Propellers.
The KILL was IS feet S inches
long, powered by two 3,0OO-hofse-
power radial engines with eight
bladed contra-rotating propellers.
The planes speed was rated better
than 400 m.p.h. and it's ceiling more
than 10000 feet.
1t was the second plane to be
rolled out of the hangers at the
Hughes plant in the last month.
Two weeks ago Mr. Hughes 500
100000 flying boat, largest aircraft
in the world. was moved from Culver
City to the harbor for final assem-
bly, 1t is scheduled for test flight
late this summer.
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ponement of the proposed peace
conference
The Soviet news agency TaSs.
meanwhile. injected a new note of
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Eight Bla ded Propellers.


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Mass. ave. NV. between 18th and 18th
Reward. Days, Ma. 1880, Ext. 1866 MI
6446, Ext. 313 S
WRIST WATCH, lady's, Elgin, marked e
J. s., near Dupont Circle. Reward 1850
Porter ST. NV. Telephone OR. 0736
$50 REWARD for return of black patent
leather purse and contents. left in taxi
saturday night. Or keep all cash. MRS,
w. L. WOOD. Statler Hotel 10.
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accommodations. All facilities for
the carrying of passengers embody
the latest combined ideas of the
United States Maritime commits
sion, the Grace Line, and our
architects, Gibbs and Cox.
cat this time, it cannot be esti-
mated as to the probable employ
ment for carrying on the work OF
preparing and maintaining the Re-
serve fleet vessels, which will be
stored here in the Brunswick river.
The Maritime commission is now
engaged in extensive tests in con-
nection with the decentralization
of vessels which will be laid up.
Until the specifications for this
and other phases of the lay-up joh
are completed by the commission,
not much of an idea can be OBJ.
tanned of the extent of the work
which will be involved.
Dredging of the basin in the
Brunswick river is proceeding sat
iSfactorily.
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TRAVELLERS SEARCHED
FOR ARMS ON HIGHWAY
FROM HAlFA, TEL AVlV

JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 = P -
Police halted travellers between
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa to-
day in a search for hidden arms
used in recent terroristic outbreaks
between Arabs and Jews.
In Tel Aviv leaflets posted on
walls of buildings during the nlsn'
and signed by the Jewish terror
ist organization, 1rgun zvai Leum NJ,
proclaimed that the organization
was responsible for the Wreckln g
of railroad train and the tne1'
of a $4,000 payroll last Saturday
near Hadera.
Police and soldiers seeking I'm
licensed weapons stopped buses
travelling between Jerusalem 'ano
Tel AVN and between Tel Aviy and
Haifa. Baggage was searched and
the passengers identity papers
were examined.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
And So To Bed

This then is the Sunny South!
Recently-during the balmy
weather of the first IL days OF
January Wilmington ex-ser-
yiceman brought his bride to
Wilmington. She is from Ohio.
The Wilmingtonian had fixed
up a nice little apartment here.
In the furnishings he had includ.
ed a stove.
"Why, the very idea, having
a stove here in the Sunny
SOUTH"
Her husband explained the
weather some times gets a bit
brisk here and that they'd need
the stove.
But the bride persisted, said
she knew about the Sunny
South and wasn't going to have
her living room messed up with
an ugly old stove.
So, the ex-serviceman had to
give in. He took the steve down.
Wednesday, as you no doubt
know, the South became any.
thing but sunny. The ex-service-
man fastened to the store room
for the stove to put it back up.
What happened? The stove
was dropped in the moving.
And the CRATE was broken.
The ex-serviceman had to buy
another stove.
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Authorized Dice Tables
Returning $1,000 Weekly

HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 16. -
WR-Stars and Stripes charged to-
day that Is enlisted men were
making an estimated $1,000 weekly
profit from authorized dice tables
at an Army personnel center on
Oahu for GPs being proeessed for
shipment home.
Col. William F. Saffarrans, COM
manding officer, said authorized
tables prevented gambling IN the
barracks and latrines where sol
diers assertedly were damaging
property and running like nell
whenever they saw an MP, &C
cording to Stars and Stripes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
D0SHER TO HEAD
CLOTHING DRIVE

Announcement of the acceptance
of the general craftsmanship of the
Victory Clothing Collection drive
for the Wilmington area by w. r.
Dosher, was made late yesterday
by state campaign headquarters
and almost Immediately, Dosher
set the wheels in motion to perfect
his organization for a whirlwind
two-week drive here on behalf Of
the overseas relief needs.
In announcing his acceptance of
the general craftsmanship, Dosher
said last night that he had done
so very reluctantly, feeling that a
younger man could perhaps
achieve even better results than
those accomplished year ago
when he had charge of the drive.
"Although I do not have the time
to devote to the work necessary
to put the drive across, feel that
the fair name of Wilmington is at
stake, and therefore, I am willing
to do what I can in an effort to
again place Wilmington close to
the top of North Carolina cities
in the final tabulation of the 1946
drive" Dosher said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
COMMISSION MAY
GET PRISON CAMP
Fireproofing OF Buildings,
Remodeling Now Under
Consideration

The State Highway commission
probably will take over the prison
ers' camp near Wrightsboro and
fireproof the buildings and 9th.
erwise remodel the camp to accom-
modate IS to 100 prisoners some
time soon, Addison Hewlett, ST..
chairman of the New Hanover
Board of Commissioners, indicated
yesterday.
State Highway Chairman A. H.
Graham was in Wilmington yes =
day for a conference with the COM
missioners about the camp. He
indicated the highway commission
would like to begin work remodel
ing the buildings at an early date,
but that he did not feel the State
could undertake the work unless it
had title to the property.
The property, belonging to New
Hanover county, has been leased
to the State since the State took
over the highway system about
1881. Prisoners held in the camp
have been used to work roads in
the county. Last July housing ia
cilities at the camp reached such
a bad state of repair that most
prisoners were removed to the
camp in Fender county. At pres
ent only a few honor prisoners are
kept in the Wrightsbero camp.
Hewlett said the commissioners
will probably study possible dis
posal of the camp property to the
State at the regular meeting next
Monday. He indicated the com
missioners will be disposed favor
ably toward such a transfer be-
cause the prisoners kept in the
camp would be used to work the
roads in the county. At present,
prisoners are hauled back and
forth from the Fender camp to
work on the roads here. This
daily transportation causes a loss
of time and therefore cuts the
amount of work the prisoners can
do on the road system in the coun-
ty.
If the State acquires title to the
property, Hewlett indicated, all
camp buildings will be fully fire
PROCEED. This would include in
stallation of concrete floors ano
new roofs and other improvements
to existing buildings.
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0PA TAKES STEPS
ON BLACKMARKETS
Full Force Alerted For
Duty In View OF Nation
Wide Meat Strike

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. Up
OPA, fearing tremendous pres.
sure'' on meat price ceilings as a
result of the packing house workers
strike, today promised swift &C.
ton against any blackmarkets.
The agency strengthened its en-.
forcement staff as a retail meat
dealers spokesman warned that il
the stoppage is in effect week
or ten days it will make wartime
black markets look like Sunday
school picnic"
An OPA official who asked to re.
main anonymous said the agency
offices throughout the country hac
been alerted in advance of the
strike, and that the OPA meat
Iprice enforcement staff already
has been enlarged to cope with
any emergency.
eve estimate" the official said,
that the strike may shut of
about 30 per cent of the normal
meat supply. That means that
whatever meat is available will be
worth its weight in gold and that
many people will be willing to pay
away above ceiling prices for it.
He said that actually the strike
will only intensity" an already
acute meat price enforcement
problem.
"For the last several weeks, -
the official continued, pressure on
meat ceilings has been increasing
greatly. Live cattle, for example,
have been selling at top prices for
some time. This has made it clear
we are heading for trouble.
"Now that the strike is on, there
will be a tendency on the part Of
small slaughterers who are not at
fected to bid up prices beyond cell
ings. There will be tremendous
pressure all along the line"
OPA, the official said, has mus
tered every enforcement agent who
can be spared from other assign
ments, in order to meet this situa'
ton"
He stressed that violators of cell
ings face stiff penalties and that
OPA will not hesitate to invoke
them. .--.
The prediction that black mar
kets of the war period would look
tame if the strike goes on was
made in Chicago by George Dress
Ter, secretary of the National Re-
tail Meat Dealers association.
Dressler told a reporter that
given a week or ten days the pack
ing house tieup would "create one
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
Last OF Six Grace Ships
Delivery Set For Summer

The last of the six vessels the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany is building for the Grace
Line is scheduled to be delivered
this summer, officials of the COM
pany announced yesterday.
In view of the many recent ru-
mors concerning the future of the
shipyard, officials issued the fol-
lowing requested statement:
"The last three vessels being
built for the United States Lines
have been launched and are now
in the outfitting stage, the last
one being scheduled for delivery
in February.
1.-THE first of six vessels being
built for the Grace Line will be
launched January "a. These are
of the CT type, about 10000 dead
weight tons, but they have been
almost completely redesigned for
carrying So passengers and provid-
ing refrigerated cargo space. The
deck house has been enlarged to
provide room for the passenger
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
RATES
WILL HELP CITY

Wilmington enjoys an excellent
position in the matter Of favorable
freight rates, according to a re-
port made public yesterday by H.
E. Boyd, traffic manager of the
Wilmington Port-Traffic associa
ton. The report stressed the i'm
rortance of the talking point af
forded this port in the strongly
competitive field of merchandis'
ing shipments.
The report, addressed to direc.
tors of the association, detailed
activities of the organization since
Boyds return in November from
three and one-half years army ser.
vice.
In the case of ICC-Docket, 27418.
Boyd said, it was brought forth
that shippers of grain ard grain
products, from the Ohio and Miss.
iSsippi river districts, were enjoy
ing proportional and local rates or
shipments of those commodities
INTO southern markets.
The ice commission, Boyd point.
ed out, rendered a decision grant
ing Wilmington shippers a rail rate
OF % per cent of the local rate
used by those shippers on ship
ments of those commodities
brought into the local port by ship
ana thence by rail.
Boyd's report showed that Viii
mlhgton had enjoyed a good move
ment Of flour through the port du-
ing the war and with the resump
uon OF Pacific water service this
Ialflc should be renewed through
IAe local port from the Pacific
northwest, thence by rail to mar
lcc-Docket 293eo, rates on coal
was explained in the report cover
ing formal complaint brought
W Vhe Carolina Coal consumers
Wlvh offices at Asheville, agains1
me Aberdeen and Rockfish rail
loao and subsidiary roads mum
oeFlhg some 200, claiming rate:
oh coal from Virginia, West Vir
sMla' Kentucky, Tennessee ane
nIaDama to North Carolina are
unjust and unreasonable.
Inc Wilmington Port-Traffit
ttou.illhlsslon, Boyd said, has IN
p ,elvehed in the case and that he
ooyo' would be in attendance a
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CONGRESS RESENTS
|DELAYSBY TRUMAN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -RE A
Congress accused by President Tru.
man of being "distressingly Slow
heard mutterings today that he is
delaying legislation now.
Mr.. Truman has postponed from
Thursday to Monday his message
on the estate of the union" in
order to combine it with his budget.
Democratic leaders have pointed
to custom of waiting for the
message before doing business at
new session.
So, said Rep. Clarence J. Brown
(R-Ohio) in a House speech, the
President is responsible for delay
ing action on administration legis-
lation. And here a couple of weeks
ago, he said, Mr.. Truman "criti.
cized Congress and its commit
tees" for delay on measures the
President has proposed - ''parti.
cularly labor legislation.
The Senate labor committee
heard DR. William Leiserson dis.
cuss Mr.. Truman's plan for hand.
ling labor disputes through fact
finding boards. Leiserson, former
government labor mediator who
now is Johns Hopkins University
professor, said it was inadequate,
The committee asked him tc
draft a bill that would be adequate
The House Military committee
decided to give the House Labor
committee a reasonable time''
to act on the fact-finding measure
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
Chinese War
Continuing,
Group Hears
ARMY WILL BE CUT
Tinted States Russians
Launch Discussions On
Korean Future

ru1rNGKING, Jan. 16-P)-GeA.
o, w. Chun government truce
. '.nantiator, told China's unity con.
. a,s today that armed clashes
I still were reported in the north :
.he COMMUNISTS said in seven stra-
Stegic provinces.
NJ s. Marine planes dumped
,e ss leaflets over three strife
4 torn nrovinces~ today as a special
,Sr in Peiping strove to
& check the clashes, Associated
\ Dress correspondent Glen Clements
8reported)
rbou En-lai, the Communist ne
4 ootiator said both he and General
4 Shang were worried by reports
8of continued fighting.
Communist dispatch alleged
&tbe clashes occurred after Sum
sday's midnight deadline in Shansi,
.1ehol, Kiangsu, Honan, Hopeh,
& suivuan and Shantung provinces.
4 General Chang also announced
stbst a three-man committee, set
I'm under a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
zist agreement Oct. 10, met yester-
( day to consider reorganization OF
/ China's army. Under the proposed
nlan Communist divisions would be,
come a part Of the National armies
for the first time.
Representatives of the govern
ment, the Communists and the
Democratic League all agreed that
armies should be divorced from
politics and belong to the state
instead of individual parties as
now.
Gen. Lin Wei, vice Minister Of
War, said rehabilitation plans
called for cutting the army from
l83O,OOO to 100000 within six
months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
TRUMAN MayMake Steel Wage Proposal;
Lntpzzational Dispute Faces Council;
C1@y Escapes Serious Damage By Storm
Victory Bond Sales
Bring Woman Honors

ATLANTA, Jan. 16. -P)-
AtIanta's woman OF The
Year" is Mrs. Mamie X. Tay-
lor, who supervised the sale of
victory bonds by 60 wOmen's
organizations and fought for
the passage of Georgia's food
enrichment bill"
She was awarded the title
over six other nominees at a
dinner tonight.
Mrs. Taylor was chairman of
the legislative committee for
the Georgia Home Economics
association. AS chairman Of
Victory Loan sales by wom.sl's
organizations in the sixteenth
district, Mrs. Taylor supervis-
ed the sale of $1,236, 1925 worth
of bonds. She is a home serv-
ice supervisor for the Georgia
Power company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
AIR CARGO EXPERT
COMES HERE TODAY

M. M. de Brou,7 traffic manager
of Air Cargo Transport corpora.
ton, originally scheduled to land
at Bluethenthal airport yesterday,
was forced to cancel plans for the
flight in Richmond, Va, due to
weather conditions extending over
TIE, eastern seaboard.
Harriss Newman, prominent 10.
cal attorney, with whom de Brou
plans to confer on arrangements
for a daily air cargo service to
Wilmington and vicinity, advised
the Star last night that de Brou
r -nned to continue his trip by
train, arriving in Wilmington this
morning.
Negotiations have been under
way for some time by the group
which Newman represents to OBJ
tain quick air transportation for
flowers, fruits, special seafood and
other perishable commodities from
Wilmington + points all over the
United States, it was explained.
Newman said his conference with
de Brou would be based on char
ter service by means of air cargo
planes. ).
The conference will proceed on
the assumption the air cargo serv-
ice can be carried on from rum
ways at Bluethenthal airport with
permission of the county commits
sioners, Newman said. AS plans
develop, he said, delegation will
60 before the board officially to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-17
ARGENTINA SAILS
FOR ENGLAND WITH
CARGO OF DIAPERS

NEW YORK, Jan. 16. - P) -
Her grim guns gone and her am
mmition lockers damned witt
baby rattles and diapers, the S. )
Argentina sailed for England to-
day to bring back 800 British wal
brides and their babies.
In addition to specially rlggeo
diet kitchens, the 20,614-ton former
troopship boosted Of a nursery re-
plete with toys, whistles, balloons
cribs, bassinets and stacks of PINK
and blue baby blankets. Eight
stewardesses, four Red Cross
workers, seven WAC doctors and
seven Army nurses were aboard
to care for the tiny: passengers en-
the return trip.
The Army said the Argentina
was. the first American liner spe-
cially diverted and that her voy-
age was trial run"
1--WE are going to change our
o. nnant to a three-cornered dap
err. said Harry G G7vnn. the
ships purser. ~
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by ALL union officials, Earl W..
Emerson, president, and Patrick
p. German, secretary treasurer
that the ALL has dropped its de.
mand for a wage increase, crux OF
the dispute, to Is cents an hour and
asked the CIO union to go along
with that demand.
The CLIO withheld comment but
earlier in the day said it was
standing on its demand of II IL
cents boost Immediately, with later
negotiations on an additional Z IL
cents. The CLIO originally demand
ed 25 cents an hour hike and the