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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORE ABOUT
BORDER
FROM PAGE ONE

cent, and that after Friday,
September 10, the number Of
piles per day On South Caro-
Iina-Border Bek markets then
open will be reduced by 40 per
cent.
MARKETING
Size of piles will not exceed
$50 pounds in weight; the rate
of sales will be 400 piles per
hour; the sales day will be
from $3.50 a. M, to $3.50 p. m,
with an hour out for lunch; and
boards Of trade ef each mar
ket will provide tabulators TO
count behind each basket and
every sale Is to be counsed.
Each belt In the flue-cured
area has agreed TO employ a
supervisor to check sales AID
procedures on the various mar
kets, and the Bright Leaf
Warehouse association will
hire an overall full-time su-
pervisor.
In the event congestion should
occur on markets, q joint mar
keting committee Of five each
from buying interests, ware
housemen and growers - would
study marketing conditions In
advance and, In the event OF
need for holidays In market
ing at any time would be pre-
pared to arrange the holiday.
In the event Of q sales stop
page, markets which had nsG
opened would be deferred the
extent Of the holiday.
The committee, or a small
er subcommittee, would also
be empowered to curtail SELL
ing time on the various mar
kets to stop congestion.
Both organizations pledged
themselves 10 prevent private
selling Of tobacco. and to do
away with such practices rs
nesting, mixing" etc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORT ABOUT
OPA
FROM PAGE ONE

acted, Bowles expressed the hone
that Congress would yet provide
the legislation which Is essentia,
If we r to maintain a stable
economy"
4. Mr.. Truman replied that
Bowles' resignation was "emphatic
answer to the fantastic charge of
spokesman for selfish interests
that you sought extension Of the
price control bill in order to per-
petuate yourself in office" Mr..
Truman said I'VE shall continue
the battle against initiation with
every weapon at Jul disposal"
but did not state whether he
would sign or veto the bill.
R0senman Present
At the White House during the
evening were Justice Samuel /.
Rosenman, who often helps the
President with speeches, and J.
Leonard Reinsch, the Presidents
radio advisor. There was no an
nouncement Immediately, however,
Of any plan for a presidential
broadcast.
The letter from the Wage
Sterilization board was signed by
all its members. representing
public, labor and industry. It
urged Mr.. Truman to call in
spokesman for industry, labor and
agriculture to discuss the OPA
bills effects before taking action
on it.
The letter said:
Deeply Concerned
"The National Wage sterilization
board is deeply concerned about
the prospect of uncontrolled infla-
ton which, we as industry, labor
and public members Of that board,
believe Is the inevitable conse-
quence Of the proposed legislation
the sterilization act and
the emergency price control act.
1T is our unanimous judgment
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORE O
BYRNES
FROM PAGE ONE

Foreign Minister Georges Bidau1t
asked for additional time to study
the entire question Of the 1talo-
Yugoslav frontier.
Council Deadlocked
The council was deadlocked also
On the question of an interim ad-
ministration or Italian colonies,
provision for arbitration tribunals,
and compensation for allied nation.
ais property losses in former en-
envy states.
When Byrnes suggested bring
ing up the question of the Euro
pean conference, Molotov first
gave his approval. on the condi-
tion that the council first complete
It's discussion or remaining items
Of disagreement in the projected
treaties.
Byrnes replied that he assumed
Molotov referred to the Finnish
treaty and the question of free
navigation on the Danube. Molotov
replied that he meant these ques-
tons and also those which had
been postponed.
Too Many Delays
Byrnes reported that there were
too many Of these, and that if the
council continued to pass over
questions there might be nc time
Saturday to discuss the calling OF
the peace conference.
Moiotov then suggested that the
council discuss the conference
question at a special meeting on
Sunday .
Byrnes. referring to n Of his
private conversations with Molo-
tov. said that when they had talk
ed the question over a few days
ago Molotov had mentioned he
might agree to discuss the con-
ference issue Friday.
Molotov countered with the as
sertion that Byrnes violated the
agreement by not raising The ques-
ton in Fridays session and Byrnes
said he was doing just that right
now.
Byrnes added that the only rea-
son he was willing to defer the
discussion vas that 1t was very
late and therefore he was serving
pofir. that hn u,a,,YS jr-ie$ ->~
bringing the question up Satur-
day after the council considers the
projected treaty with Finland and
the Danube issue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
RECRUITERS HERE
PROCESS IS MEN
100. Men Accepted BY
Wilmington Station
In June

Thirty-eight men were processeo
by the Wilmington Army Recruit
ing Station during the week enolns
% June. One hundred and Sixty
men have been accepted SO Tar
this month by the Wilmington sta
ton, according to Capt. N. &.
Cottle.
The following men were accepted
during the above period: Edward
G. Outlaw, Maffitt Village; Samuel
I. Core, Route 2; Leo F. Duncan,
Route 3; David Ray, Jr.. 707 Brooks
Alley; Albert Allen, SIS N. It'll ST.;
Carl Grantham, 7lU BROOKS Ave;
Charles E. Hunt, 903 S. 18th ST.;
William H. Williams, Maffitt VII
lage; Wesley Davis. 1?o X ns 81
Joseph Greene, o15 N. 9Th ST.;
George vereen, sls N. 9Th ST.,
Richard Pugh, 6ol Swami St;
Peter M. Willie, Taylor Homes;
James Bannister, Jr., 720 Hanover
ST.; Eugene Windham, Jr., IA
Swami St.
William r. Moore, Castle Hayne;
David L. Mcguire, Castle Hayne;
Elijah A. Leonard. Route 2; John
Watkins, 1912 Dawson ST.; Arthur
L. Ward, 217 S. 18th ST.: Herman
J. Hale, Shallotte; Walter S. Ian
ford, Shallotte; Rufus w. Sellars,
Supply; Rudolph Jones, Whiteville;
Ernest Pierce, Whiteyine.
Alfred Mobiles, Lake Waccamaw:
Lewis E. Spencer, cerro Gordo;
James Smith, Tabor City: John H.
Cavenaugh, Burgaw; Thomas E.
Wright, Rocky Point; Willie E.
jenkins, Willard; James Brown,
Jacksonville: James R. Wha!ey,
Richards; John R. Garvey. Beula-
vile; Donald c. Edwards, atlanta;
Roscoe E. Benson, Cove City;
Everette B. Cavenaugh, Washing
tn, D. c.; and William M. Rozier,
Brooklyn, N. Y: Homer Ray Ham
monds, Whiteville.
Capt. Cottle urges all veterans
interested In possibly returning 10
the Regular Army at the rank
they were discharged with to apply
before July 1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORE ABOUT
TIDE WATER
FROM PAGE ONE

pany are such that power will be
relayed so that if one station goes
down, the load can be run over
the other line and thus keep serv-
ice uninterrupted.
Further plans by Tide Water, Of
ficials said, call for a complete
revamping Of the entire downtown
power transmission system SO as
to give reliability and quality Of
service through more constant
voltage flow with less interruption.
Two S~ub-Stati0ns
Future development plans also
call for a 1880 KVA sub-station at
Winter Park and an additional
KVA station at 18th and Ann
streets.
Laying Of the foundation for the
new sub-station at Dock and Water
streets has already started, Of
ficials said, and completion will
hinge on arrival Of the Unit from
the manufacturers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORE ABOUT
JONES
FROM PAGE ONE

east; j. Fred Richardson, Winston
Salem, vice-president central; and
Karl c. Miller, Charlotte, vice
president west.
Ed. W. Davis, Wilson, and ].
Mack Underwood, Gastonia, were
reelected secretary and treasurer.
Thad Eure. Raleigh, retiring
president and Secretary of State Of
North Carolina, was elected a
trustee for a three-year term.
j. M. Rawlings, Greensboro, was
also elected a trustee for a one
year term.
The new officers were installed
by DR.. w. A.. Sans, Marshall,
past state president.
biggest" Convention
Acclaiming the convention "the
biggest and most successful ever
held in the state" J. H. Tillman,
exalted ruler Of the Wilmington
lodge, disclosed that 2e7 Elks,
representing Is Of the q state
lodges, attended the Wilmington
conference, "the largest number
ever to attend a state convention"
Earlier in the day yesterday the
Tar Heel Elks and their wives and
guests were treated to a closeup
view Of Wilmington's waterfront as
they toured the Cape Fear river
aboard the Lady 10 II, the yacht
Of Joe Jernigan. prominent Fay.
ettevil1e Elk and businessman.
Included In the riverside party
were David Scholtz, former cover.
nor Of Florida; John Bright Hill,
district collector Of customs; How.
ard R. Davis, Elk official from
Wi1liamsport, Pa; and a host o.
others.
The Elks brought their two-day
convention to an end last nigh,
with a dance at Lumina pavilion
on Wrightsville Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORT ABOUT
MARKETS
FROM PAGE ONE

association. The Leaf Exporters,
however, voted earlier in the week
to continue as a separate organiza-
ton at least for another year.
Gravely, In his last address as
president Of the association, said
that the Tobacco export business
this year will depend upon the
international financial situation,
but that in any case I'VE must re-
gain u foreign trade"
Cost Too Much
He said that unless there are
improvements in the monetary
status of governments abroad,
American tobacco will cost to
much for export.
Asserting that now that the war
is over the export picture "shows
definite Improvement" Gravely
said that exporters and ware
housemen must use every means
at their disposal to regain foreign
trade, which has been handled
during the wal years largely by
the commodity credit corporation.
Fred S. Register of Henderson,
president Of the Bright Belt
Warehousemen's association, told
TAUS members that during the
next few years I'VE must have
the finest degree of cooperation be-
tween the three segments Of the
tobacco industry-growers, ware
housemen and buying interests"
To maintain prices to the grow
ers and a disposal system for the
buyers and dealers, he said, these
groups must work as a team in
the interest of the industry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORT ABOUT
CONTEST
FROM PAGE ONE
Two Productions


In high school, she had major
roles in two productions: the
comedy 'Hobgoblin House,"
and the operetta, III. M. S.
Pinafore."
Achieving wide renown for
her parts in these two pro-
auctions, she scared to highest
of local drama heights, when
the Thalians chose her last
Summer to portray the part Of
Hester, in its production of
George Washington Slept Here"
You're giving me a swift send
up into the Clouds" she told re-
porters in her well-modulated
voice, with well chosen words.
Others Inspected
Many other applications for
entry in the beauty contest, are
expected to be made by noon to-
day, Junior Chamber officials
specu1ated last night.
Local winners will be AWARDED
prizes, which have not yet been
decided, however, it has been said,
the winner of the title Miss Will
mington," will, with her two It
tendants, first and second runners
up, be given a week vacation at
Carolina Beach, with all expenses
paid.
Given also a complete wardrobe,
consisting of at least three evening
gowns, the winner will be feted
to a week of resort grandeur prior
to making the trip to Wilson where
she will vie for the title Of Miss
North Carolina"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

would mean the end of all contro,.
even rental midnight Suns
when the present OPA law dias
That theory, Mr.. Truman w.
told by his capitol hill li~eutenan.s.s
just won't work. They renortS,
congress in a mood to load donsa
any temporary bill with the saw
provisions - which Bowles hae
called ''booby traps Of infIation
that are IN the bill passed dFridav
"The president just would h,y.
to decide again if he wanted
accept an unsatisfactory meas,s.
or none at all" Barley told =.
porters.
The big question about the ns,,
ure is: How much will prices =.
up?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORE ABcU@
WILMINGTON
FROM PAGE ONE
the National finals in Akron,
Ohio on August 10.
Hearn Places

aAS AAboAS AA AA S4At
Ohio on August 10.
Hearn Places
Drew Hesrn, sponsored by
the McKianon Tire company
Of his home city and runner-up
to Smith, will be given a trip
to the Akron race via airplane
by his sponsors in order that he
may witness the big All-Ameri-
can Derby race.
The Charlotte course OF 100
feet about the same distance
as the Rankin street course
over which the Wilmington
"a will be run on July 81.
has been the scene OF many thrill
ing Derby races prior to the war
and the renewal Thursday at
tracted an unusually large
crowd OF spectators. 1t was the
first Derby race in America since
1941.
Runs Fast Race
In winning the Charlotte Derby,
Tommy Smith covered the course
in rs seconds and he built his car
at a cost Of $3.50.
Prizes donated for the race here
by National Soap Box Derby head
quarters reached Wilmingto this
week along with a large supply of
racing helmets. They will be view
ed on Monday bv members of the
Advisory committee at a meeting
to be held at 2:30 pm. at the
Star-News office and will likely
be placed on display in a down.
town show window next weekend.
All boys are urged TO watch for an
announcement of this showing and
IN the meantime to fill ont an entry
blink and got in the big race.
Three more business firms Of
the city this week announced spon.
sorsaip Of a toy for the race here
and more sre expected TO ioin the
movement early next week. An.
Choir Hardware compaav. H. T..
Green company and Little Joe's
Shoe Repair shop. the latter stat
Ing that he wanted some bow IN
enjoy some Of the things Of life
that he had missed in his day,
Joined I'D
ANY business firm in the cit~
who will get ir the Swim" and
sponsor a boy for the race. is urg.
ed to call the Ranev Chevrolet
company or Star-News and thew
will be put in touch with a real
American lad who would like to
enter the rcce. All snoreoreI c-re
will carry tire firm name of the
sponsor in the race here on Derby
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

that the proposed legislation pre-
sents no possibility Of wage stabi
lization or of the achievement o:
the balance between wages anc
prices which is essential to econo
mic stability"
With the entire price contro.
structure due to collapse at mid
night Sunday unless extension
legislation is enacted, no n pro
fessed to know what the Presi
dents decision would be .
Veto "Probable"
One prominent Cnogress mem.
Der, who cannot be named, sale
he considered a veto very prob
able" However, Democratic Lead.
er Barley Of the senate and othe,
congressional chieftains urged Mr.
Truman to sign the measure as the
best that could be obtained.
There were reports that MI. Tru.
man was preparing a communica.
ton, perhaps a message to con-
gress, but whether it would be q
veto message. or an explanation
that he felt compelled to sign, was
not known.
This is the best bill we a get
out Of congress now and 1t is eth
er take that or nothing" Demo-
cratic Leader Barley (Ky) said
he told the president. Even if it
had nothing in it but rent controls,
1t would be worth signing.''
Urge Approval
Barley and other congressional
leaders visited the White House
during the forenoon to urge Mr..
Truman to sign the measure. They
reported, however, that TIE p.es!-
dent gave &c s;gc o. lis intentions.
Tie BIZ requires thousands .. price
ceilings to be revised to cove: cost
increases, bars interference with
dealers normal profit margins.
limits food subsidy, sets up a board
to remove controls from certain
items, and eliminates a regula.
ton compelling clothing manufac-
turers to turn out a percentage Of
garments. Much Of the
OPA's authority over food prices
is shifted to the Agriculture depart
nent. The price control law itself
is extended tor a full year and rent
controls are unchanged.
Last-Ditch Arguments
Last-ditch arguments by sena-
tors who favored junking the meas
ure and permitting price control
to die at midnight Sunday delayed
final senate action. Each speaker
was limited to one hour, however,
as a result Of ar agreement obtain
ed by Barley early this morning
at the end Of an eight. hour fill.
by Senator O'Daniel 3D.
Senator Elmer Thomas Cd
told his colleagues that the
bill makes farmers the Economic
OF the government. 1t helps
business men, he said, but still
keeps farmers under control.
Senator Bushfield DIR. SD took
caustic notice of the various raj
lies and save OPA" mass meet.
lngs. He said they were inspired by
propaganda, financed with
the treasury funds"
Veto Would End II
Barley reported that he and 9TH
er congressional leaders told the
president that If he vetoes the bill.
congress would refuse to do any.
thing about price controls. That
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
MORE ABOUT
PROSPERITY
FROM PAGE N

Complete economic paralysis
was narrowly averted by the two
week coal truce and by the abrupt
termination of the tWo-day rail-
road strike x x
"The events of May and early
June have had a SOLDERING effect
on the country.
There is now an apparent re-
spite from major strikes which
slow down total production by
Gripping basic industries.
"Such a breathing spell, if con-
tinued, may well usher in al era
of unprecedented production ana
prosperity"
Small some weeks ago urged
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29

that Congress ban strikes and
lockouts for six months to give
reconversion a breathing spell but
his suggestion was not taken UP.
Chester Bowles, sterilization di-
rector, has been contracting labor
leaders in an effort to obtain as
surances Of industrial peace for a
year. No agreement has been an
nounced.
Silk Stockings
Small reported that good gains
have been made In stimulating
production OF mems suits, now at
all-time record levels while nylon
hosiery output dropped slightly in
April from. the March peak, silk
stockings made their first appear
ance - 70 5000. pairs Of them.
Similarly, he said, building ma
terials responded in May to federal
efforts to stimulate production for
the homes-for-veterans program.
Lumber output In May topped g.
600, 900, 900 board feet for the first
time in two years, 1t was estimat-
ed.
Although the May labor strife
drove the Federal Reserve index
Of industrial production down five
points from April, Small noted that
retail trade continued to expand,
wholesale prices went on rising and
stock prices hit a new high for the
year but broke sharply in mid
June.
Higher Prices Coming
Regardless Of congressional &C.
ton on OPA, Small warned that
higher prices were coming for
manufactured goods because in
creases already granted for ma
terials have not yet shown up in
the finished products.
In the building industry the trend
Is sharply upwards" he report
ca. New private construction was
$oo3, GOO, 900 in May. Compared with
1897, 900, 900 in April, and the big
gest part Of the increase was in
home building. The new automobile
still is remote from the
citizen, Small said. Assembly lines
ran only a trifle faster than in
April. delivering 153, 900 cars as
compared with $50, 600.
The best gain was in refrigerat-
ors. which hit a new postwar high
OF $4,000 units, 81 percent above
April's production. The pre-war
average was 300. 900 a month.
Other Records
Other consumer goods showed
these records for May:
Washing machines 1874, 900,
slightly better than April and is
percent above pre-war monthly pro-
duction.
Vacuum cleaners 1856. 900,
down slightly from April but still
10, 900 more than pre-war.
Sewing machines-31, 900, up II per-
cent over April but still we'll below
the pre-war rate Of 81, 900.
ELECTRIC rangeS-l39, 900, the same
as in April; pre-war output was
Al, o
Gas r%anges-13s, 900, a drop Of
nine percent from April, but well
above tie pre-war output Of 1885,
900.
Radios-l,o7s, 600 sets, about eight
percent higher than April ship
ments and colse to the pre-war
rate; however. only 5h percent
were consoles, because of the short
age Of wood for cabinets.
Shoes-Production slipped s.
100000 pairs down to As, 900, 600 be-
cause OF materials shortages.
Tires|,s 800, 600 passenger car
and motorcycle tires were built.
a new high record which stands
IS percent above the pre-war aver
age.
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MORE ABOUT
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

lounged around you with a clip
per operated by hand, and he used
1t during the infrequent intervals
when he wasn't using his hands to
explain something to you.
And he might be explaining any
Thing from his rheumatism to the
worlds Ills. either Of which would
AXE a long time for completion.
The shoeshine boy likewise was
in no hurry. And as for a mani
:urist, we don't remember that
there ever was such a person,
jealous or otherwise.
WONDERFUL PART Then,
90, there was that certain pride
you took in seeing your own spec
ial. shaving mug, bearing your
lame, sitting in shiny display on
ne shaving mug rack.
And, of course, there was that
delightful business q the barber
shop quartet. Once the glee-club
got going strong you were lucky
o get out OF the shop before SUM-
Town.
The wonderful part was that you
we're in no more Of a hurry than
he barber aru the shoeshine boy.
The sun was shining and the world
vas yours and you could very wei,
'ut off to tomorrow what you
night have thought Of doing to.
lay.
All. but those happy, dangerous
lays are ~gone-gone as irrevoe.
IDLY as the hair the speedy barber
10 swiftly shipped off only yester.
Lay afternoon.
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MORE ABOUT
HOLSTERS
FROM PAGE ONE

"And the Atlantic Coast door.
step I personally recommend to
them is Wrightsville Beach, to nv
mind one of the finest strands on
either shore OF the country"
; Colonel Turner's sensational
flight shows conclusively that the
much-heralded shape Of things to
come" in the Age of Flight has
already arrived.
The parched middlewest, its
deadening heat, its dustbowls. its
people and vegetation hanging limp
in a land-bound sun, are but three
scant hours from the revitalizing
elixir of the wind-and-water-swept
shore of the South Atlantic Coast.
indianapolis, Ind, roughly 1000
miles from Wilmington in the old
method Of reckoning distance, is
now. by the magic carpet Of the
airplane, little more than a stones
throw away.
Colonel Turner and his weekend
vacation party were met at Blue
thenthal airport by a delegation
Of city and beach officials, inelud-
ing Paul Franklin Bel, assistant
secretary Of tie Wilmington Cham.
Der Of Commerce; Waite. J. ca..
ties, secretary OF the Wrightsviue
Beach Chamber of Commerce;
Jesse c. Parker, il, airport mana.
ger; and Mrs. Ray Galloway, wife
OF the executive director of the
Wilmington American Legion Post
No. 10.
Newsmen On Trip
Whisked by automobile to
Wrightsville Beach Immediately
after disembarking from the luz
ury plane, the party was ON
posed of Alvin r. Jones, Indiana
polls automobile distribution mag
nate, and Mrs. Jones; Tere Daw-
son, associate editor of the In
dianapolis News and president Of
the Aviation Writers association:
Miss Dora Miller; Miss Idyl r.
Evans; Blue Barron. co-pilot;
James Roberts, flight engineer;
and Colonel Turner.
"Just shink," the colonel said
a short time after arriving at the
beach. Three hours ago I was
drenching n handkerchief afte:
another wiping my brow in In
dianapolis. Now I'm not only air
conditioning myself in the ocean
breeze but I've actually got a mess
of fish already.
Just One Thing
"Of course,'' he chuckled, 1.-THE
fish were given to me, but the
whole situation spells just one
thing to me:
"You have one of the greatest
airfields in the nation right next
door to one Of the greatest summer
resort areas. If I said anything
further I would be saying things
that are only too self-evident."
Colonel Turner said he plans to
make this initial weekend summer
vacation sky-ride a permanent
practice.
His Douglas B-23 plane, a con-
verted Army bomber, Is QUILTED
to carry Is passenger-tourists with
a maximum of speed and comfort.
Its two motors generate $500
horsepower.
1--WE would have arrived here
sooner if we hadn't had to circle
several bad storms en- route the
colonel said. "But the short delay
only served to enhance our ap-
probation of the splendid recep-
ton we got from the delegation
and the splendid vacation weather
when we did arrive"