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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-25

plugs" put in a red-faced fellow with corn
cob pipe "Democracy's spark plugs, you
might say
George b. Zehmer, director of the
Extension Division, University Of Vir-
ginia, brought Jess and Jean to Char
lottesville because he thought they had
the folksy touch. Ever since 1887 he had
been plotting ways of making the light from
Charlottesville shine all over the state. He
selected Jess and Jean as his torchbearers.
lean had been director of the Bryn Mawr
School for Women in Industry, and Jess had
been at Hull House, the famous settlement
founded by Jane Adams in Chicago.
Three Virginia counties were selected as
their laboratories: Greene County in the
mountains, with its cramped farms and hill
billy traditions; Louisa County in the Pied
mont, with its larger farms and sawmills;
and Nansemond County in the Tidewater.
with its truck farming, corn and peanuts.
less and Jean moved right into Greene
County. They set up housekeeping IN log
cabin on the Blue Ridge slopes, with green
Virginia scrub and reddish-brown broom
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27

Industry witnesses, telling their
story of the senate subcommittee
Investigating the scarcity of cotton
clothes, complained bitterly about
price regulations which they called
major cause Of the present "un-
happy situation.''
Chairman John H. Bankhead, Cd,
Ala.,) opened the inquiry by saying
that he knew of no subject "of
greater importance" than the shor-
tage of cotton clothing. His COM
mittee, he said, would investigate
and report the causes to the senate.
Getting Around OPA
John E. Toomey, Mobile, Ala,
wholesaler, testified that print cloth
is going into feed sacks instead Of
dresses because that's one way of
getting around the OPA." 1t is, he
said, more profitable to make
sacks.
Exports of cotton goods also are
hurting the situation here at home,
ne said. After exporters have
bought up goods, "UNRRA comes
and then the government, and by
Inc time we get down to civilian
production there's very little left"
he said.
he discounted reports that manu-
!sclurerS are holding up clothes
plOouctlon in nope of higher prices.
Bee CLOTHES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
COUNCIL MAY LET
ALARM CONTRACT
Taxicab Question Also On
Probable Calendar For
Discussion Today

When the motion for adjournment
is made at the city councils meet
ing today, it is expected that at
least two big problems will have
been solved, or at least be on their
way to solution.
One is almost certain to be de-
cided upon-the opening of bids for
the city's much-needed fire-alarm
boxes. The representative of one
of the competing companies said
last night that he hopes, to "go
home with the firealarm contract
in his pocket"
Two fire-alarm boxes were test
ed yesterday by City Engineer j.
A. Loughlin and termed 'satisfac-
tory" They are the products of
the Horni Signal Manufacturing
corporation, New York, and the
Gamewell company, Massachu-
sets.
Bids from at least three other
companies are expected to be open
ed by City Clerk J. R. Benson to-
day, together with the two from
Horni and Gamewell.
The other problem facing the
council, and the one which may not
have such a rapid solution, is that
of the city's taxicabs. 1t is expect
ed that the councilmen will have a
field day discussing the matter.
A committee, created at the last
council meeting to study and COM
pile data on current taxicab rules,
regulations, and operations, prob.
ably will submit its findings to the
council. In the light of late taxi
cab-driver arrests for violation OF
present fare rules, the report may,
if it is made, lead to new and strin.
gent taxicab ordinances.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
CITY BOND VOTE
TO Be POSTPONED
City Attorney Campbell Ex-
plains Residence Quail
fications Necessary

Wilmington's $500, 900 bond cleo
ton, which would provide funds
10 extend the city's water, sewage,
drainage, and fire-protection serv-
ices to rev city areas, probably
will be postponed until June, City
Attorney w. B. Campbell predict
ed yesterday.
According to Campbell, the main
reason behind the proposed post
ponement is that the law requires
a person 10 have lived at least four
months within the city limits be-
fore he is permitted to register 1cr
such an election.
Must Qualify
Campbell had earlier predicted
that the registration would take
place in May, but since most OF the
residents in the city's new areas
See BOND VOTE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
Hitch May
Delay Plan
OF Increase
lndustry's Dissent May
Hold Up Actual Hike
In Wages
1S-CENT SCHEDULED
Shipbuilding c ompa a nies
May Not Be Bound To
Accept Ruling
WASHINGTON Feb. q

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-
(UP)- The Wage Stabiliza-
ton board Tuesday night ap-
proved 18-cent hourly wage
increases for the nations
shipbuilding industry but the
decision left the prolonged
dispute still unsettled.
Industry members Of the board
dissented from the decision, which
was approved by public and la
Dor members.
The vote was taken on a proposal
submittd by E. A. Mcmillan, chair
man of the government sponsored
National Shipbuilding Wage con-
ference.
The conference had agreed on the
18 cent proposal after revising its
rules to permit action by a major
ity vote.
Industry Dissents
Government and labor delegates
to the conference had agreed but
Industry representatives dissent
ed.
WSB Vice Chairman Sylvester
Garrett told reporters that ship
building industry representatives
had contacted the board contending
See sHIPYARD On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
BRIDGE ACCIDENT
HITS HOTELS HERE
Motorists Ducking Will
mington Enroute South
Due To Mileage Increase

A A mile additional drive for
motorists using the Maine-to-
Florida coastal route, has been
added to the distance because of an
accident last Sunday which result
ed in locs of about 100 feet of the
Cooper river bridge near Charles
ton, S. C.
Motorists from the North and
South, who have made reservations
at Wilmington hotels had been cam
ceiling them rapidly yesterday, ac-
eording to hotel men here. and are
abandoning the use of the coastal
route, keeping well inland to avoid
using the coastal highway which
leads through Wilmington, to Char
lesion.
''People are getting panickfy
over the situation which we admit
is bad one," Miss Minnie Payne.
manager o. the Wilmington office
Of the Carolina Motor Club, .ald
last night after she had been con-
tacted by local hotel men and off,
cials Of the club.
Bridge Is Out
'The bridge is out, but motorists
can still use approximately all Of
the customary route, if they know
about it," Miss Payne said.
The manager said she had been
in contact with officials of the
See BRIDGE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
THE LOST COLONY
TO OPEN JUNE 80
Paul Green's Colorful
Drama Will Renew Per
formances As Agency

RALEIGH, Feb. 26. -lRAThe
Lost Colony, Paul Green's drama,
will renew its performance on
Roanoke Island Sunday, June 30,
as a state agency.
The date Of the 1916 premiere
was set by the board of trustees of
the Roanoke Island Historical as
sociation which met here Tuesday.
The board also authorized Chair
man J. M. Broughton, Director
Sam Selden. and the executive
committee to employ a manager,
and it was announced that the place
would be offered to Captain John
Walker Of Chapel Hill.
$4,000 Raised
The board heard financial reports
and Broughton announced that over
$4,000 had been raised to rebuild
Waterside theatre. Approximately
100000 will be needed to rehabili-
tate the Stage and other equipment,
according to the architect, Albert
Bell.
The 1916 season will also have a
more pronounced devotional tone.
Upon motion of Bishop Thomas
Darst, the trustees authorized the
executive committee with the Bis
hop ana local ministers to plan a
program of Sunday services which
will be conducted by nationally
known clergyman.
Provide Housing
Melvin r. Daniels OF Manteo re-
ported that Dare county had good
chance to take over barracks and
other buildings abandoned by the
Navy at the airport, and that it was
planned to use this property as a |
All camp and as quarters for
See LOST COLONY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
PERON'S OPPONENT
LEADS IN RETURNS
IN ARGENTINE RACE

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 26-(P)
Unofficial returns from two
provinces in Argentina's presi-
dental election gave Jose Tam
borini, d e m cr tic Union
candidate, 1903 votes to 806
for Juan d. Peron, Labor Party
leader.
The votes were from 10 boxes
in the western province of San
Luis and seven boxes in San
Juan province. San Luis pro-
vince was generally regard
ed in prediction forecasts as
strongly favoring Tamborini.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
OBSOLETE VESSELS
BRING BIG PRICE
Trade In Allowance Aver
ages Over Half Original
Cost OF Merchant Ships
Wilmington Star
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Nine
obsolete merchant vessels averag-
ing 33 years old brought SO, 3,417,-
939. .79-over half their original
construction cost - in allowances
when the United Fruit Steamship
corporation recently turned them
in as credit on nine new ships.
Representative Herbert Bonner of
North Carolina told the. House
Rep. Bonner and Rep. Carl T.
Durham of North Carolina voted
against the conference report on
a bill setting prices for the sale
of $4,000, 100000 worth of war
built merchant ships.
House Accepts
The House accepted the report
233 to lis, with seven North Car
olinians-Bulwinkle, Burgin, Clark,
Cooley, Doughton, Erwin and Fol
ger-voting "aye" and three 9th,
ers unrecorded-Barden, Kerr and
Weaver.
Rep. Bonner charged the Dill IS
intended to relieve the Maritime
Commission of responsibility to1
the sale of the surplus merchant
men. He said the commission
wants to blame Congress II the
bottom drops out of the market.
Lists Vessels
Rep. Bonner listed the nine Unit.
ed Fruit ships which, he said,
had been built between 1908 and
1920 at cost of $6,557,341 and
turned in at a credit of more than
so per cent for $3,417, ,939.79, while
their value based on "just COM
pensation" last October 70 was
81, ,686, ,901 .90-a difference OF $751;
D37.89. Their scrap value, ne salo'
Sea SHIPS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
And So To Bed,

Sgt. L. B. Rourk, local gend-
arme, isn't the only man who
catches fish using an oil tank
er as bait.
In response to our recent And
So To Bed about Rourk's
fish(y) story, Harold H. Jones.
Holly Ridge, wrote us that the
same thing happened to him
when he was steward aboard
the S. S. Benjamin Brewster.
Standard Oil tanker.
Jones says the tanker rolled,
a large wave dipped over the
rail, and seven buckets of
smelts were left high and dry
on the decks, (Which was
plenty for all 40 men aboard"
He also says it happened on
Friday.
We give up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
FRANCE TO BOYCOTT
SPAIN; ASKS u. S.
TO BREAK OFF TIES

PARIS, Feb. 90 U.H The
French government unanimous
ly voted an economic boycott
of Spain Tuesday and ordered
the Franco Spanish frontier
closed to all traffic beginning
Friday at midnight. The action
was taken at a turbulent four
and one-half hour cabinet ses-
sios.
The Spanish situation will be
referred to the United Nations
Security Council, the Cabinet
decided and pressure will be re-
newed on the United States and
Great Britain to join France in
breaking all diplomatic rela-
tions with the regime of Gen.
eralissimO Francisco Franco.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
The w Gather

FORECAST
North and South Carolina: Mostly
cloudy and mild with scattered showers
Wednesday, except partly cloudy and
cooler west and central portions in
afternoon.
eastern Standard Time)
(By L. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 20 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
80 am. Al 1880 am. 81; 80 pm. Ct;
80 pm. 81.
Maximum 81; Minimum As; Mean S.:
Normal 49.
Humidity
1870 am. 70 7:30 am. rs; 1:50 pm, 26:
7:3O pm. Ga.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 p.m.-
- inches.
Total since the first of the month
200 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low .
Wilmington --- e:32 am. Iii am.
6:48 pm. 1:46 pm.
Masonboro Inlet 4:20 am. 10:47 am.
4:32 pm. so pm.
Sunrise SAB am; Sunset sos pm.
Moonrise 900 am: Moonset 200 pm.
River Stage at Fayetteville. N C. 1T
am Tuesday. 9.7 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
TODAY and TOMORROW
by WALTER LIPPMANN

To ne NE one certain way, it seems
tbina me- to misunderstood every
br +ilg : Is 10 become SO hypnotized
csrs ue power of Russia that the
sn6 srg6aclty ;.!y. OF Independent judgment
~ n initiative is lost.
tbat .e :. Is, to be sure, no doubt
aha 'ae russian power is formid-
The ,,3 ana little doubt, I think, that
not 1ulefS OF the Soviet Union are
intes int concentrating their effort on
sjstans1l j.rlal development but are per-
W.T. sltly extending their power out
tho u IN o Europe and Asia. Using
nar4; leverage of the Communist
co,,n' ues IN France and in other
menas' ma,i'rles' th ey are inhibiting
ern lures ~ Tor the solidarity of west.
:" Europe which are indispensable
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
Along The Cape Fear

th man of further particulars"
IS no longer among us.
Right after the broadcast pre-
ew of our first story on the
Fam Tree, local citizen called
ito break the bad news: Captain
hrper has been dead for several
yars.
He did tell us who Captain Har-
nr was, though.
MARK TWAIN'S TWIN - The
Mississippi had its Mark Twain.
nd the Cape Fear had its Captain
arper. The Captain piloted the
d steamer Wilmington from
lis city to Southport and back
gain.
According to our informant, he
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27

SONG, WITH PATHOS-There S
an old song that goes:
Where, oh, where, has my h11le
dog gone?
Where oh, where, can he be?
With his tail cut Short
And his ears cut long,
Where, oh, where, can ne pc!
We're singing this song, slightly
off.kev with a few changes in the
lyric, and with good dead OF
pathos. 80 Du,no
Tree, is still lost, strayed; ;u,lsa stolen; J.
or has been cut down ana hauleo
away to the mill.
LOST CHANCE-The one man ar
we thought could help us ulande' IN 10
eating cal our pet-captain Harper
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
CITY-ZONING PLAN
HEARING SCHEDULED
FOR SUNSET PARK

The fourth in series OF city
zoning plan hearings will be
held tonight at eight o'clock IN
the old Sunset Park school on
Carolina Beach highway.
Harold M. Weldon, associate
of George w. Simons, Jr., city
planning consultant, will pre-
sent the preliminary plans for
Sunset Park and all sections Of
the city south of the old city
limits line.
All residents of this area are
urged to attend the meeting to
acquaint themselves with the
zoning-plans and to make any
suggestions for alterations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
WHITEVILLERADI0
BUILDING STARTED
WENC Construction Sched-
uled To Be Finished
In 60 Days

WHITEVILLE, Feb. 26. - Work
was begun Tuesday morning on the
actual construction of the studio
building OF the Whiteville Brold'
casting company's radio statDn,
WENC, on the property known as
the McRacken farm, located on U.
S. highway No. 701, between Whte-
vile and South Whiteville.
The building, designed especial,
ly for radio station by R. c. A.
engineers, will be modern in W.
cry respect. including the latest
developments in soundproofing and
air-conditioring. 1t will be OF brciz
construction, cement floors and
practically fire proof.
Two Studios
1t will be 40 feet wide by 56 fet
deep, one story high, and will en-
tain two studios, an announce S
both, control room, transmiter
room, a large reception hall, work
shop, four business offices, roam
for the heating plant and air-condl-
tloning equipment, toilets and STIR
age rooms. The building Withut
the acchn;cal equipment is eAi-
mated to cost approximately Sb,-
coo.
A 2o0-foot antenna tower is 0-
pected tc be under erection within
the next 10 days or two weeks. The
stations technical equipment has
been bought and will be installed
as soon as the building is ready te
receive it. The stations. antenna is
designed to take care of addltlona
equipment to handle Frequency
Modula ;ion broadcast equipment a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
PRESIDENT NAMES KRUG TO FILL ICKES'
POST AS INTERIOR DEPARTMENT HLEAD D:
WSB APPROVES S4ZPXARD PAY BOOST
Strike Picture Clearer
NEW YORK WALKOUTA AVERTED:
TO LEAVE POSTS

Pacific lines was set for Sat-
urday.
Meat Prices Up
A reverberation of last
months nationwide m eat
strike came with government
authorization of a 16-cents an
hour pay boost for the packing
house workers and an increase
in meat ceiling prices which
government spokesman said
would average about / IL per-
cent at the retail level.
Major Developments
l. Mayor. William O'Dwyer
OF New York announced that
threatened strike among the
city's $4,000 transit workers,
scheduled for after midnight,
had been averted when the CIO
Transport Workers union with
drew its demand for recognition
as exclusive bargaining agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
CURFEW CLAMPED
ON STRIFE-TORN
TENNESSEE CITY

COLUMBIA. TENN. Feb. rs
-UH Mayor Eldridge Dem
ham proclaimed a pm. curfew
for this riot-torn city Tuesday
night in order to prevent fur
ther clashes between negroes
and whites from whom more
than 300 weapons had been
taken during house-to-house
search.
The curfew proclamation was
issued, as racial disOrd-
ers spread to nearby Mount
Pleasant, II miles southwest of
here, where two white men and
a negro became engaged in
beer parlor brawl while discus
sing the Columbia happenings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27

if there is to be a revival of western
Europe. Their intervention in the
Middle East is not marked by any
great concern to provide an order
ly transition from the imperialism
which is antiquated to that indie
pendence for which the native pop
ulations are, with their poverty,
their illiteracy, and their primitive
social system, SO poorly prepared.
and in the Far East their attitude
can hardly be described as that OF
cordial and active partner in the
extraordinarily complex task OF
helping China to achieve unity and
independence.
! Nevertheless, it is one thing to
See LIPPMANN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
Former WPB
Boss Given
Nomination
Selection By Trum an
Comes AS Surprise In
Washington Circles
WEST DISAPPOINTED
Wisconsin New Dealer Ex-
pected To Be Confirm
ed By Senate

WASHINGTON, Feb. 90
P-Julius Albert Krug, who
ran the War Production board
through the ending of the war
and beginning of reconver.
sion, was picked by President
Truman Tuesday to be secre-
tary of the Interior.
1t was a surprise selection, an
nounced to news conference
shortly after word of the choice
already had leaked out at the sem
ate. Mr.. Truman said Krug, 3S.
year-old native of Wisconsin,, now
business consultant to private
firms, would enter the cabinet
March Is.
First there is the matter Of con-
firmation by the senate, which has
stirred up trouble for some Tru.
man nominations. It was one of
those appointments, that Of Edwin
w. Pauley to be undersecretary Of
the Navy, that led to Harold L.
1cks' resignation in a dudgeon as
secretary of the Interior.
No Opposition Hints
Some western senators, who had
wanted a westerner named to the
vacancy, expressed surprise and
measure of disappointment at
the choice Of Krug. But none step.
ped forward Immediately with any
hints that they might oppose con.
firmation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27

O'Dwyer will name. a special
committee to st,@dy wages and
owrking conditions.
"A six-day-old strike of
700 city workers in Houston,
Tex, was settled after several
thousand AFL sympathizers
declared a 'holiday,'' made a
demonstration march to the
city hall and forced a shutdown
Of some of the city's normal
functions.
Bakers Bake Again
"a two-day bakery drivers
strike ended in Detroit when
members of the AFL bakery
drivers union accepted a COM
promise wage offer for $3.50
increase in the basic weekly
wage and a $500 hike in the
guaranteed minimum, The
See STRIKES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27

twenty-five thousands students
and professors paraded through the
streets of Chungking, demanding
immediate withdrawal of Soviet
troops from Manchuria. Reports OF
similar demonstration came from
Hankow, Peiping, Chengtu, Nanking
and Tsingtao.
100000 Marchers
In Hankow, the number of march
ers was said to have reached 1OO,-
900, as workers, merchants and wo-
mems organizations joined stu
dents.
Chengtu students declared one
day strike Monday as a further
protest against retention of the Red
Army in the northeastern provin-
ceS.
Faculty members of five Cheng-
tu universities asked the Chinese
government to take strong diplo-
matte stand on China's sovereign
ty of the northeast"
GA dispatch from London quoted
Radio Moscow as stating Tuesday
that the greatest part" of Russian
troops already have been evacuat-
ed from Manchuria, and that with
draWals are continuing "at this
moment.'O
tsCniri%uaJ Afoy,,;o Ror,,h,S
Despite a steady rain, 10000
See CHINA on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
PAINLESS TAX PAYING .-,.-.-....
Public Gets Real Chun1n1y
Over Pay-As- You-Go Plan

on ever since-with refine
ments.
Income Tax
The particular refinement
we're thinking of right now 10,
of course, the Federal Income
Tax.
This has been, and always
will be, thorn in our side and
a strain on our pocketbooks.
But, strange as it may seem,
we apparently don't mind it
as much as we used to. IN fact,
1t looks as though we and the
See PAINLESS TAX on Page Tw'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
BY LARRY HIRSCH

It's an old maxim that there
are but two inevitable things
Death and Taxes.
Looking into history, which
includes our own past budget
books, we might be inclined
to say that, of the two newt
able things, taxes is the more
so.
1t probably all started when
the strongest cave-man levied
a tax of five pretty seashells
per annum on his weaker fel-
lows. And it has been going
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
The Morning Star

Inc Star is the only morning
newspaper circulating in South
eastern North Carolina which
tuesday morning carried the
s'OFy OF efforts being made be-
,Ofe ane Civil Aeronautics Board
iOf better plane service for this
section of the state.
Every morning The Star car
.ies' exclusively articles of in
terest ~ to Southeastern North
carolinians.
n. telephone or write The Star
CIRCULATION voe Department for
1ooR copy of The Star.
The Morning Star
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
FLAME OF STRIFE?
Thousands In China
Pr0testRed Tenancy
100000 March In Hankow Demonstrations
Five North China Cities Face Starva-
ton In Communist Siege

CHUNGKING Feb &c. (UP)-Hmdreds of thousands
of students workers. merchants and woens groups held
demonstrations Tuesday in six large Chinese
cities while Central News agency reported that five North
China cities beseged by Communists face starvation
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
WHERE YOUR CLOTHES GO
OPA, Exports Blamed
For U.S.. Sho rtages
Senate Inquiry Hears Women's Clothes
Mems Shirts And Shorts Going Abroad
And Into Feed Sacks; Suits Withheld

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-UP)-The shortage of
women cotton clothing mems shirts and shorts and other
apparel was blamed Tuesday the OPA exports to other
countries and diversion of print cloth to feed sacks instead
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
BY The Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
The nations strike picture
frightened Tuesday when a
threatened city-wide walkout
of New York transit workers
was called off and strikes of
city workers in Houston, Tex,
and bakery employees in De-
troit were settled.
At the same time, however,
a strike of Texas and Louisi-
ana trainment on the Southern
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
Strike Picture Clearer
NEW CONTRACT

DETROIT, Feb. 26. = R -
Ford company Tuesday night
announced that new contract
agreement containing a COM
pany security clause and a pre-
viously agreed-upon 18 cent
hourly pay boost has been
signed with the. CIO Auto
Workers union.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
FORECAST

Wilmington and vicinity: Mostly cloudy
and mild with scattered showers We'd
nesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27

See STRIKES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27

See KRUG on Page Two