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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
JOHNSON DECLINES
CITY BOARD POST
Mayor Awaits Decision OF
Acceptance From Re-
mainder OF Group

Although Mayor w. Ronald Lane
said members of a five-man board
of adjustment appointed by city
council to act on the city zoning
ordinance had not advised him of
their acceptance, a survey yester-
day revealed at least one had re-
fused the appointment.
Warren S. Johnson, president Of
the Peoples Savings Bank and
Trust company, declined appoint
ment to the board.
The appointment had been offer
ed him earlier in a letter from
Mayor W. Ronald Lane.
William A. McGirt, insurance
agent and a former. member of the
State Highway commission, said
yesterday hat he was giving con-
sideration to the craftsmanship
which has been offered him.
N. L. Foy, of Foy-Roe and COM
pany and an official of the Security
National bank, said his notice of
appointment had been received and
that he had applied for a copy Of
the ordinance to study before max
ing a decision.
L. L. Mills, Of the Economy Dis
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
UNRRA OFFICIALS
PROTEST CHARGES
Say Inquiries Into Yugo-
slav Stocks Bring Es-
pionage Allegations

TRIESTE, Oct. s. up An
UNRRA official said today that ac-
cusations of "espionage' are made
against UNRRA investigators
whenever they attempt to check
Yugoslav Army depots to learn
whether UNRRA supplies are be
ing diverted to Marshall Tito's
armed forces.
Bernard Ford, head of the
UNRRA office in Ljubljana said
that reports of Diversion of UNRRA
supplied have not been proved thus
far but added: "It is difficult to
make certain, however. If we make
any attempt to check on the depots
for food products we r imme-
diately accused of espionage"
In Belgrade Yugoslav official dis
closed that Robert Burnup. An
American construction engineer
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Early Construction of
Sinclair Terminal Seen

construction of a $3.50, 600 gaso-
sle and oil terminal by the Sin
.islr Refining company is expect
su 70 get under way in the i'm
heolate future, it was learned
mere yesterday.
Inc terminal will be built on the
|Mtmer sites of the Bellwill Cotton
Will and tn Spiritine Chemical
sOfnpany. 1t will have a 1,000-foot
Son'age along the Cape Fear
liver, between Wooster and
right streets.
=; E. Livingston, real estate
ossler y e S d ay reported the
company had contacted him to ar
'ange for a contractor to rae the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
SHARP EXCHANGES
END FINAL TALKS
Unions Blame Operators,
And Vice Versa; Both
Blame Government

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81
(P-Ship strike negotiations
blew up tonight in an ex-
change of recriminations with
no prospect of peace over the
weekend.
The talks were called off
until Monday at 2 p. m. EST,
and there were no indications
of a quick agreement then.
Unions blamed the opera
tors, operators blamed the
unions, and both assailed the
government.
"The situation Is quite confused
at the present time" Edgar L..
Warren, federal Cancellation d.
rector, remarked.
The disputants had spent all aft
ernoon working over a government
plant which Warren said was de-
signed to "completely settle" the
walkout Of AFL deck officers and
CLIO engineroom officers on the
East and Gulf coasts. It would
have left the strike still in effect
against private operators in the
Pacific.
Warren said his proposition was
that the terms of settlement final
ly worked out by the unions and
the East and Gulf coast operators
should become effective upon
agreement by the West coast
operators or upon an order from
the maritime commission putting
them into effect on its West coast
ships.
The barrage Of statements that
concluded the session included
these:
i. By the CLIO marine engineers
beneficial association - an accusa-
ton that the commission had re-
versed a commitment to order such
terms into effect on its West coast
ships, and that the East and Gulf
coast operators had "reneged" on
an agreement to negotiate on that
basis.
2. BY the commission - an an
nouncement that 1t will authorize
it's agents to put into effect any
agreement actually reached by the
unions and operators. A commits
sion official explained this means
all the operators.
3. BY Capt. Harry Martin, presi-
dent of the AFL Masters, Mates
and Pilots associations declara-
ton that the strike on all coasts els
being prolonged because of the
dilatory actions of all the opera
tors, both East and West coasts,
and the U. S. Maritime commits
sion."
4. BY Frank J. Taylor, chair
man of the negotiating committee
for East and Gulf coast shipown-
ers-A counter declaration that the
unions 'have stymied negotiations
insofar as the East coast and Gulf
is concerned by maintaining an ar
rogant position in debating what
the terms OF an agreement shall
be-"
5. BY the Pacific American
ship owners association-A state
ment that the unions have been in
Washington ito engage in political
action" rather than collective bar
gaining.
'It is our sincere belief" this
statement said, ''that the Americtn
Merchant Marine could not survive
with a provision under which it's
officers would be selected by the
unions and subject to union domina-
ton and control.
That question Of union security"
was the big stumbling block. The
west coast operators have been
adamant against a proviso, ac-
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
ECONOMISTS NOTE
DEPRESSION SIGNS
Qualify Tentative Fore
casts By Saying Depres-
sion Will Be Mild

WASHINGTON, Oct. s. up -
Economists here noted signs to-
night which they said could. point
to a depression for late 1947 or ear
ly 1913. But a mild and brief one.
Everett Hagen, chief economist
of the National Planning a%ssocia-
ton, a non-governmental research
organization, told a reporter that
''there are forces which could
bring a softening of demand in the
first half of the year" and possibly
increase today's phenomentally
low unemployment by 1000, 900 or
3, 1000, 900 persons.
Louis Paradise, Commerce De
partment Economist, saw consum-
err demand strong enough to car
ry the high level of business actl-
witty we'll into next year and Per
haps into 1913 but commented that
''the situation is likely to be vulner-
able next year"
Another government economist
whose name may not be used re-
lported certain danger SIGNALS
which should be watched because
of somt similarities to '.pre-bust'
days of 1920.
But he noted that business might
grow ever more vigorous if prices
are held under control and that
businessmen are more cautious
and ''more aware of instability
than in 1920; they are all becoming
Economists now. Whether their eau
ton will hasten a recession or
CONTINUED on Page 6, Column s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Asserts Issue Today Facing
Nation Is Steak o.
Sterilization

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-PH
Price Administrator Paul Porter
told the meat-hungry nation today
the issue is steak or sterilization.
Defending his price ceilings, he
served new notice that 1--WE shall
maintain legal controls in the
areas where shortages would p-o-
duce runaway prices so long as We
have the legal power to do so."
Porter also said, however, that
he is "as upset as anyone" by the
meat shortage "and I can assure
you we are working on It,"
At the White House, too, Charles
G. Ross, the Presidents press
secretary, told reporters the whole
matter was discussed at a cabinet
meeting yesterday but "all I can
say is that no angle has been over
booked"
Neither Porter nor Ross mention
ed any steps that might be taken.
Porter, in his weekly broadcast,
reported in connection with the
meat shortage "a dangerous pub
lie psychology that could result
In multiplying all the gains that have
been made" in the battle against
initiation.
He said he sees signs Of such
reaction among the people and
that there has been on crisis In
the past five years of our fight
for sterilization in which the dan
ger Of losing the battle against
initiation was more serious"
Calling attention to Favorable
economic factors" such as mount
Ing production and prospects OF
dropping unit costs, Porter said
that he never had been more con-
tdent since the new OPA law was
passed that the sterilization fight
can be won.
He described impotence with
price controls as understand
able" but called on the people
not to let "petty irritations or
group selfishness" undermine
policies which he said are leading
toward a record high living STAN
da.d.
"Whethe- we have steaks next
week or the week thereafter" he
! declared, sit seems to me our
main objective still is stabiliza-
uon-and sterilization for the en-
ufe economy. It's the same prob
!en' in many important respects,
mat America has been struggling
with for nearly five years"
Ross indicated that a telegram
Eom Mayor William O'Dwyer OF
view York, urging a meat shortage
"A IL,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Slavs Force
Raj Courier
Plane Down
Craft En- Route F:
Bucharest To Bari
On Greek Slav B
CANCEL FLIGHTS.
Plane Ordered To Make
Landing Or Signal From
Yugo Combat Plarc

ROME, Oct. s. W.D Allied
Force headquarters tonight can
celled all regular Royal Air Force
flights over Yugoslavia after re-
porting that the Raj courier plane
from Bucharest to Bari had been
forced to land near Nish, close to
the Yugoslav-Gree border, at the
signals of Yugoslav combat air.
craft.
The Raj plane was ordered to
make the landing yesterday. Raj
personnel said the plane was the
regular Friday courier plane from
Bucharest to Bari, a CAT, with a
four or five man crew.
The flight of the plane had been
cleared under normal routine with
Yugoslav air authorities before it
took off on its regular route which
normally passes over Nish.
Investigation of the incident was
initiated through Yugoslav liaison
officers at Caserta. Neither the
British embassy nor the Yugoslav
delegation in Rome had been in
formed officially of the affair.
Nish is in southeast Yugoslavia.
1t was the site of an emergency
air base during the war, manned
by the U. S. Troop Carrier wing
to supply Yugoslav partisans.
Greek sources have claimed the
area from Nish south to Skoplje
is a military zone where Yugoslav
Army exercises under Russian per-
sonnet are being carried out.
Raj flights ordered cancelled
were round-trip runs scheduled on
Tuesday and Saturday to Belgrade,
on Monday to Sofia, and on We'd
nesday and Friday to Bucharest.
The. courier flights to Bucharest
were established more than a year
ago and always follow the same
route.
An AFHQ announcement said
that there we're believed to be no
casualties in the landing. The
plane was not shot down.
The announcement said a report
had been received from Belgrade
that the British plane was forced
to land near Nish, close to the
Yugoslav-Greek border, yesterday
afternoon.
1t was understood that the plane
landed voluntarily after Yugoslav
planes signalled it to come down.
The plane was believed to be a
British courier plane making a
flight from Bucharest to Bari,
Italy.
Immediate inquiries were made
through official channels for more
details on the incident.
The announcement of the forced
landing came less than 48 hours
after an announcement by AFHQ
that CAT transport planes had re-
sumed the I'll between Vienna and
Udine. The transport flights were
suspended after two American
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06

test the strike of $500 members
of the Duquesne Light Co. in
dependent union.
Federal Cancellation efforts
still failed today to bring the
union and the company to-
gether. The company has in
sisted on arbitration to settle
the wage dispute. This, the
union flatly refuses. o
Meanwhile, the strike drag
ged on in the 817-square mile
area served by Desquene light.
In most sections, residents had
electricity in their homes, but
streets were pitch black and
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENS TOMORROW
Judge John J. Burney Will
Preside Over Two-Week
Civil Term

Judge John J. Burney. of Viii
mington, will preside over a two
weeks civil term of New Hanover
Superior court, beginning tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock, A.. L.
Meyland, clerk of court, an.
nounced yesterday. He said that
Judge Walter j. Bone, Of Nash
vile, who had been scheduled to
hold this court, had been ordered
to preside over the Wake county
term in Raleigh in place of Judge
Burney.
Judge Henry L. Stevens, Jr., OF
Warsaw, is scheduled to conduct
a two weeks mixed term of
Superior court here, opening with a
criminal session on Oct. %, Clerk
Meyland said.
There are So divorce suits on
the calendar for the civil session
beginning tomorrow, and Al other
civil actions.
The uncontested divorce actions,
set for trial before Judge Burney
MONDAY, follow:
Cora P. Brown VS.. Richard A.
Brown; Margaret L. Ditmer VS..
James P. Ditmer; Hazel P. VOL
over VS.. Samuel M. Wolover;
Racel W. Wall VS.. Edward Wall;
Winnie K. Shores VS.. Edward e.
Shores; H. E. Murphy VS.. Dire
wotha Murphy; Blanch H. Ram
sey VS.. c. Albert Ramsey; D. C..
Stalvey VS.. Marie Stalvey; Lemu-
Ell A. Sasser VS.. Genie B. Sasser;
w. H. Peterson VS.. Beulah Peter
son, by guardian, ad Item; Archie
Williams VS.. Pearl DuRant Will
liams; Quincy Singleton VS.. Annie
Mae Singleton; Mamie B. Bennett
VS.. John O. Bennett; Samuel o.
Floyd VS.. Frances Crib Floyd;
and .
Ruth H. Pickett VS.. Charles A.
Pickett; LAME Shepard Vann VS..
James Vann; Robert A. Williams,
Jr., VS.. Olga J. Williams; Mary
Alice Murray VS.. James Murray;
Gladys B. Borden VS.. William A.
Borden; Clayton A. Mahon VS..
Lillibelle Buckley Mahon; Richard
Holmes Moore VS.. Winifred Wood
roof Moore; Anne Irene Fitzmeyer
We. Arthur J. Joseph Fitzmeyer;
George H. Daniels VS.. Augusta
Bryant Daniels; Jimmie. M. Ken
needy, Jr., VS.. Florence L. Kenne-
dy; Blanche Gregg Jackson VS..
Continued on Page 2, Column s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
STATE UDC MEET
SCHEDULED HERE
200 Members OF Organize.
ton Are Expected On
Oct. 8, 9, 10

A three-day state convention OF
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy is expected to attrac'
200 members of the organization
to Wilmington on Oct. 1910, Mrs
H. S. McGirt, convention chair
man, said yesterday.
The 1916 event will get underway
Tuesday. Oct. 8 at 1870 p. M, with
an executive board lunchton in St.
Johns Tavern, followed by a bust
ness meeting of the group.
Registrations Of delegates will
start at 3 o'clock in the Cape Fear
hotel.
A presidents dinner in the edu-
cation building of st. PauI's .Luth-
eran church. Sixth and Market
streets, at $50, will highlight the
Continued on Page 2, Column -
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06

DETROIT, Oct. S. up The
beaten and sla shed body Of Mrs.
Josephine Tracy Rose, 3S, a d.
vorcee, was found today in the
basement laundry room Of the
apartment building in which she
lived.
Her slack-clad body lay in a
pool of blood, an outstretched hand
cktching "a few short hairs that
police said may have come from
her slayer's head.
There was no immediate evil
dence of any criminal assault at
tempt, officers added.
A janitor and a number of ten
ants in the building were taken
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Ship Strike Settlement Hopes
Fade As Negotiations Blow Up
Pittsburgh Merchants To Try
To Resume Operations Monday

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5.-R-
Downtown department stores
today planned to reopen Mon
day in the first concerted move
to resume normal operations
despite the Gripping 12-day
power strike.
The Retail Merchants asso-
ciation said the stores are in
stalling emergency generators
to permit them to operate and
end the strike-made layoffs of
more than 10000 employees.
As the stores made plans to
counteract effects of the pow
er walkout, a public rally was
scheduled for tomorrow to pro-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Diuorcee' s Beaten And" "a
Slashed Body Is Found

to police headquarters for ques-
tioning but homicide squad Off
Gals said they we're not suspects.
Mrs. Roses only son, Ralph, q,
arrived from Ann Arbor where he
is a University of Michigan stu
dent to find police in the Rose
apartment. He broke down in
tears as he identified his ,ther's
battered body.
Her crushed foreh(
footprints on the J
and tufts of hair .
led officers to sp
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
'sPorterDe Defends
Price C~ontroISet-U p
OPA O o
Bv The Associated Press

By The Associated Press
Sept. 30-Secretary of -Agri-
culture Anderson orders cell
ings removed from all canned
fruits, canned corn, oat &C.
reals, fresh and frozen salmon,
retains meat on scarcity list.
Oct. 1-OPA increases manu-
facturers' ceiling prices on
chocolate, cocoa, paints. and
fabrics made from wool or
rayon mixed with cotton.
Oct. 3-Reconversion Direc-
tor Steelman says meat short
age will grow worse this win
ter.
Oct. 4-OPA allows restau-
rants to raise prices above
June 30 levels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Wilmington Man Injured
When Gas Tank Explodes

J. W. Clark, 60-year-old owner
Of the Handy Repair shop, 1912
S. Fifth street, was seriously in
jured in a blast which rocked his
shop yesterday afternoon at 2 o.,
clock.
The blast occurred when. a small
gas generating plant in the shop
exploded. T.;
Clark's condition was "satisfac-
tory" late last night, according
to attaches of James Walker Me
mortal hospital where he was taken
following the explosion. An emer-
gency operation was Immediately
performed by DR.. j. F. Robertson.
Houses were Jared and windows
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06

nocturnal travellers did well
to carry flashlights.
Street cars and buses-prin-
cipal means of transportation
for some 1000, 900 riders
were still tied up by refusal
of motormen and drivers to
cross picket lines set up by the
power strikers.
The striking Duquesne light
employees seek a 20 per cent
wage increase, making base
pay levels from $1.1S to $1.41
an hour. The company has Of
fered five per cent.
Joseph C. Gallagher, acting
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06

broken in homes near the scene
of the blast, according to iavesti-
eating officers.
According to police records,
Clark said he was engaged in re-
pairing. the plant, when the tank
turned over, pinning him under
meath. The explosion followed. and
C1ark's left leg was broken, and
half Of his left hand smashed.
Mrs R. C. Pierce, 1901 south
Fifth street, reported the explosion
shattered windows in her house,
and said she. suffered a chest in
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06

old factory and salvage the tim
Der and bricks. The bricks will be
used to form a bulkhead for the
docks.
The terminal will have a storage
capacity of 800, 900 barrels of gaso-
line, kerosene and other petroleum
products. The wharves will be
large enough to accommodate the
tankers of the company's fleet,
which. carry four and five-mllllon-
gallon cargoes.
Livingston reported he hoped a
Wilmington contractor would be
chosen to. construct h e facility
Continued on Page 3; Column y
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
WEATHER

North Carolina-Fair with little change
T., temperature Sunday. Monday partly
cloudy and slightly warmer.
Evening star., 1946-07-21

No. ] Use your Lonsburoh
Chorqe Account. The choroe
will oppeor on your October bill,
poyobIe by December 10.
Evening star., 1946-07-21
rec Lay-Away Plans

No. z Toke up to z months
to pay on our Budget Plan. Poy
. down-no further payments
need be mode until November.
lSmoll service ehoree odded.)
Evening star., 1946-07-21

No. 3 Toke up TO October I,
making monthly payments to oc-
eumulote your Is deposit, take
up to ! 2 months to pay boIonce.
tSmoll service ehoree odded.,
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-11-01
Danish Vessel To
Visit In Seattle

The famed full-rigged sailing
ship "Danmark,' which served the
United States Coast Guard Acad-
envy at New London, Conn.,, as a
training ship three and half years
during the Second World War, will
arrive in Seattle early in Deem
Der for a weeks visit.
Commanded by Capt. Knud l..
Hansen, widely known Danish
skipper, and carrying 12O Danish
cadets and II ships officers. the
Denmark will anchor in the har-
Dor. 1t will be her first visit to
this port.
The Danmark, now a training
ship for future officers of the Dan
ish merchant marine, makes a
ten-month cruise each year which
takes her far from her homeland.
The full-rigged, three-masted
steel sailing vessel with an auxil-
larry motor, was built in 1888 in
Denmark and made seven cruises
before the war. In 1889, she visit
ed New York as part of Denmark s
program of participation in the
New York Worlds Fair. She was
at anchor in the St. Johns River
at Jacksonville, Fla, when the
Germans invaded Denmark, April
9, 1910. The officers and crew of
the Danmark chose to accept vol
untary internment at Jacksonville
and were in that port at the time
of the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, December Z. 1941. The
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-11-01

The Vale of Thingvalla passes
for one OF the most beautiful in
Iceland. 1t contains some fine
meadows, which furnish the means
of support to the inhabitants of
the place, and supply the neces-
sary forage for their cattle. The
Icelander considers this small
green valley as the loveliest spot
on the face of the earth. The lit
tie hamlet is not far from the out
let of the chasm; it is situated
near the lake on the opposite side
of the river Oxer, and merely con-
sists of "a cluster of huts and a
small church. A few solitary
farm houses and cottages are
scattered about the plain.
Thingvalla was once the most
important place in Iceland; and
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-11-01

river OXer, then say a fine mea-
dow, and soon came to a small
clump of what would be called
trees in Iceland, though with us
they would be rooted up as use
less brush, as they run along the
ground and rarely rise more than
two or three feet above it. A
sapling that rears its head as high
as four feet is considered lofty
giant of the woods. The greater
part of this imaginary forest
grows among the lava that covers
the plain.
I observed the conformation of
the lava here to be somewhat diff
ferent from any I had yet seen.
1t was not in streams, large stony
masses, or rolling waves; but it
covered most of the soil with enor-
nous sheets of rock, often split to
the depth of ten or fifteen feet,
and the width of eight or ten. In
these crevices the flowers bloom
rather earlier, and the ferns grow
taller and more luxuriantly, than
in the rough world above.
The country beyond the valley
of Thingvalla is monotonous and
entirely uninhabited; we rode mile
after mile without seeing a single
cottage; each barren plain through
which we passed being clothed IN
light gray or yellowish lava, mixed
in spots with beautiful fine sand,
into which the horses sank at
every step above their hoofs. These
valleys are surrounded with low
hills, and jokul (glacier) is
rarely seen among them. The hills
have a polished appearance, their
sides being perfectly smooth and
shining; but on some of the heights
the lava blocks form magnificent
groups, resembling shattered col
umns, and the ruins of ancient
buildings project in peculiar
manner from the straight and even
walls. The hills vary in color,
some being black, some brown,
gray, or light yellow; and the
gradual shading of these tints pro-
duces a wonderfully fine effect
in the brilliant light of the sum-
From "a Journey to Iceland and
Travels in Sweden and Norway"
! by Ida Pfeiffer. t1S52)