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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
Chinese Reds Accept
Marshall AS Mediator

CHUNGKING, Jan. 3-P)-Chi-
nese Communists accepted today
Chang Kai-shek's plan to use Gen.
George c. Marshall as mediator
but charged the .Generalissimo had
unleashed a large-scale invasion Of
strategic Jehol province even as
he had talked of peace.
They said government troops had
burst as much as 80 miles into the
northern province from western
Manchuria at two points on a rs.
mile front, Selling the railway
cities of Fusin and Chaoyang.
The government which previous.
ly had announced capture of both
cities, asserted it's troops simply
were taking over the province, ly.
ing between Manchuria and strong
Communist positions in Inner Mon.
golia, and that the Communists had
no strength in the whole area.
A Communist spokesman at Yen.
an headquarters claimed, however,
that Communist arms had liberat-
ed both Fusin and Chaoyang from
the Japanese; styled the govern
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
PLANNING BOARD
TO HOLD HEARING

John Weinberg presented his plan
to build commercial center on
the Market Street Road to the City
Planning Board at its meeting at
o'clock last night.
Wenberg's plan for the COM
mercial center, which is proposed
for the north side of Market street
west Of -Kenwood ave-, was aban-
doned several weeks ago when
protest was registered by residents
of Brookwood, but has been re-
vived again since the area became
part of the city proper.
At last nights meeting the board,
decided to hold a hearing to de-
eide whether Weinberg is to be
allowed to proceed with his plans
for the commercial center. The
matter will be taken up at a meet
ing next Tuesday night.
Among other matters taken up
by the planning board was a dis.
cussion of preliminary zoning map
and ordinances of the city of Will
mington.
Suggested changes and, recon-
mendations were made by mem
bers of the planning board which
will be worked out with planning
consultant. George w. Simons Jr.,
before being presented for neigh.
borhood discussions,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
POSTAL RECEIPTS
DROP $86,253.36
HERE DURING 1916

Confirming an earlier estimate
by Postmaster Wilbur R. Dosher,
Wilmington postal receipts for 1915
showed a decline of $86, 253 .36, OF
slightly over 16 per cent from the
1914 figure, it was announced yes
terday.
The figures 1924, 34o.o1 for 1914
and $438, 086.65 are significant as a
business barometer in the face OF
estimates from representative
merchants of an average drop OF
approximately IS per cent in trade
volume. It has been authorita'
lively estimated that approximate
ly 30 per cent of the people living
in the Wilmington trading area IN
1914 have moved away.
Postmaster Dosher said thai
cancellations had dropped only
about 1893 per cent in comparison
with the 16 per cent drop in re-
ceipts.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
MCDONALD ON AIR
FOR STAR PROGRAM

A wider spread of interest has
developed in the twice daily news
broadcasts sponsored by the Will
mington Star-News with the ap-
pearance of Ben j. Mcdonald,
widely known announcer, as news
caster. The programs appear daily
over WMFD at 1:25 p. m. and 6:25
p. m.
Mcdonald is well known in the
area. He has just returned to
CIVILIAN life after three years in
me Army Air Forces Special Serv-
ices division. With the airforce he
announced, wrote, and produced
AAF radio shows over WMFD and
other stations in the Wilmington
area. Mcdonald is married to the
former Ruth Davis of Wilmington.
Inc McDonalds have a daughter,
Mary Anita, who was one-year old
yesterday.
With the appearance of Nc
Donald on the Star-News program,
me news staffs of the two news
papers have worked out a new set
up IN the gathering of local news
So that listeners are assured OF
me latest news developments in
wilmington and southeastern North
carolina at each broadcast.
Any calls pertaining to the
oroadcasts will be handled through
me switchboard in the Star-News
Juice d The telephone number is
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
POLICE HERE AID
SEARCH FOR GIRL

Local authorities are participant
ing in a two-state search for 49,
year-old Craven county girl, who,
authorities in New Bern said yes
terday afternoon, was kidnapped
by two New Bern men late We'd
nesday..
Deputy Sheriff Frank Holden, OF
New Bern. said Mr.. and Mrs.
William Jones, parents Of Bessie
Elizabeth Jones, 16, had sworn out
a warrant charging Thomas Viii.
lam Jones, "a, and Raeford Wea-
yer, 18-year-old sailor, with kid
mapping.
A radio alarm was out in North
Carolina and Virginia and state
highway patrolmen were on the
alert for the car in which the al
legged kidnappers were said to be
taking the girl out of North Car
DINA.
Holden said it was believed that
the men were headed for Norfolk,
Virginia.
The deputy stated that the young
woman's mother told officers that
she saw her daughter in a parked
automobile with the two men and
went over and told the girl to get
out OF the car. Miss Jones was
prevented from getting out of the
car by the men, her mother told
sheriff's officers and the men drove
the car away with the young wo-
man in it.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
BABY GIRL MAY AID
SAILOR-FATHER IN
FIGHT WITH POLIO

A baby girl born in James wal
ker Memorial hospital January z
the second white baby born in New
Hanover county in 1s46-may be
the means of leading her sailor
father back to the road to recovery
after long fight against infantlle
paralysis. ~ y,
White who has been paralyzed
all over his body, except IN MS
right hand and arm, Tor TOUR
months. He is now in a naval
hospital in Shoemaker, Calf. lie
has been m service for six years.
The fathers parents. MT. and
Mrs. C. A. White, Sr., of winning
ton. have been telegraphing their
son every day about his wires con-
dition. They said their son is par
ticularly anxious about his infant
daughter because his first baby
a son born on November T. 1914
lived only one hour and ne never
got to see the baby.
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in World War II had towed a de-
coy lightship to the spot usually
guarded by the Diamond Shoals
ship.
But the Germans strategy back
tired on them. Bornbardiers of the
Army Airforce A-20's used the Ger
man decoy ship as a point of navi-
gaton in their campaign against
the Nazi seawolves. Later, ac-
corolng to legend started by Hat
teras villagers and gaining strength
The Coast Guard is still reluctant
10 go cut much information about
What went on in those war days
When any coastal resident could
near off-shore explosions almost
any dark night-these bo1nbardiers
ioosed a 1,000-pound bomb and
blew the decoy German ship to
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tower So feet above the waterline.
Each mast has gallery flashing
light, beacons to guard mariners
against Frying Pan shoals.
The lightship was docked in
Charleston by the Coast Guard
shortly after the United States de-
clared war against Germany when
submarines were proving the
coastal waters.
To the north ard, off Cape Hat
teras, the Diamond Shoals light
ship, sister ship to the one on Fry
ing Pan, took up her vigil last Sat
urday.
When the Diamond Shoals light
ship returned to duty. it was re-
vealed that the Germans, when
they began their submarine cam
paign off the North Carolina coast
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
Frying Pan Shoals Lightship Resumes Lonely Vigil
To Guard Mariners Ag ainst Sea S 7reacherous Reefs

The helmsmen of ships that ply
the Atlantic co al sealanes
touched off their sirens and flashed
their blinker lights to an old off
shore friend in the wark waters off
North Cardinals coast last night.
The Frying Pan Shoals Ightship
was back on duty after four years
"at war;
She took up her lonely sea vigil
at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
replacing a whistle buoy that had
tossed the waves in her stead
when German submarines began
menacing shipping.
The l'ghtship, up from Charles
ton, is anchored 80 IL miles off
Cape Fear lighthouse in go feet
of water. She has two masts that
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
COUNTY TAXPAYERS
COMING INTO CITY
TO LIST PROPERTY

A large number of new tax pay
ers for New Hanover county have
been brought into the down town
listing places this year for the pur-
pose of listing their taxes due to
the city limits extension program.
Addison Hewlett, chairman of the
county board of commissioners
who made the statement yester-
day, said that the listing offices
at the court house have felt the
effect of the number of persons
added to their rolls this year. He
explained that the listers formerly
made their county tax declara.
lions at designated places in the
county convenient to their locali-
ties.
Heretofore the tax payers have
been served by tax accesors locat-
ed at points in areas formerly
known as East Wilmington and
Sunset Park, Oleander, Glen Arden
and Forest Hills.
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SPEAKERS AT CLUB
|PREVIEW new YEAR

In a series of three talks yes
terday at the meeting of the Lions
club, Mexican Maffitt, G. Dudley
Humphrey and DR.. Eugene With.
erspoon spoke on the theme, ''The
Approach to the New Year"
Maffitt, acting program chair.
man in the absence of C. L. Harris
told the members that although the
club came through the past four
years with colors flying this forth.
coming year must be more than an
average year. Pointing out that
the founders of Lions International
clubs, Melvin Jones, organized the
Lions with the ideals of fellow.
ship and making the world a better
place in which to live.
Humphreys talk included a re
view of civilization. Beginning
with China, thousands of years
ago and coming down to our own
civilization. Humphrey described
the rise and fall of powerful EN-
pires. Something happened" de
clared the speaker, where are
they today?" Humphrey conclud
ed with the idea that when mar
gets so engrossed in himself, anc
then nation that next he wants te
dominate the world. The thought
returns to us, are We getting ready
to fall? Are we forgetting Coo
and fellowman?
DR.. Witherspoon divided his ad
dress into two parts. He stressed
in the first part of his talk about
how the members who participate
in club activities come to under.
stand the meaning of better fel
lowship. In the second part. DR..
Witherspoon emphasized intelligent
thinking not only in club, but also
community, race, n d u r a
church, nation and world.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-04
CHURCHILL WILL
ARRIVE JAN. IS
Private Citizen "Winnie'
To Rest At Miami
Beach Estate

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. g.
Up - Winston Churchill, private
citizen, will arrive in the United
States aboard one of the Queen
liners Jan. Is en- route to Miami
Beach to spend six weeks vaca-
ton in South Florida.
Col. Frank Clarke, Canadian
pulp paper magnate and shipping
line owner, said today the former
British Prime Minister and Mrs.
Churchill would travel by train
from New York to Miami, arriving
here on Jan. II.
Two weeks later, their daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Oliver, will join them
as guests of Clarke at his unpreten.
tious but beautifully appointed win.
ter home.
Col. Clarke, who first met
Churchill during the British gen.
eral strike in 1926 and was his
host after the first Quebec confer
ence in 1915, said the British War
leader was coming for a 'com-
plete rest" and mot to be lioniz.
ed.'
Aside from that slender link with
officialdom, Col. Clarke said, there
will be no protocol, no stops in
Washington to see President Tru-
man and no official reception or
ChurchilIs arrival in New York
In March, if ChurchilPs health
permits, he will probably make a
public appearance in New York
before sailing back to England.
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boards for major Industrial dis
putes. Strikes would be barred
for 30 days while the boards,
equipped with power to examine
employers books, made their in.
quiry.
He also urged anew the So
called Full Employment" bill,
greater unemployment compensa-
ton, extended authority 10 impose
price controls, a permanent Fair
Employment Practices Commits
sion, and higher minimum wages.
The bill to increase payments
to people out of work will stay
locked up in the House Ways and
Means committee, he said, "un-
less the people OF the United States
insist that it be reported out and
passed."
He said he was sure the over
whelming mass of citizens favored
and wanted their Congressman to
vote for a measure to make the
Fair Employment Practices Com.
mittee permanent.
Mr.. Truman spoke up once more
for comprehensive scientific re-
search legislation, universal train
ing, a health and medical care
program, an adequate salary
scale" for government employees,
the development of river valleys
and the establishment of line
of Presidential succession.
The President said he was ask
ing only that Congressional COM
tees give the representatives of
the people a chance to vote soon
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. A.
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CAPE LOPEZ DOCKS
HERE WITH CARGO;
TANKER DUE TODAY

The Cape Lopez, with a car
go Of Chilean nitrate, crossed
the Southport bar yesterday
afternoon, to become the first
vessel from a foreign port to
enter Wilmington's harbor in
1916. - -f'~'''' n
The vessel, sailing under u.
S.. Registry, locked yesterday
afternoon at the Wilmington
Terminal Warehouse. company
to discharge her cargo.
. Ships agent is the c. D. Maj
fit company. Her port Of
origin is Topocila, Chile.
Arriving today is the C. B.
Watson, a small tanker, with a
cargo of petroleum products for
the Cape Fear Terminal.
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Strike Now
Possibility
SYMPATHY WALKOUT
Refine Calls On Nations
Operators To Authorize
Movement
nv The Associated Press

rational shutdown of telephone
sorvice was threatened yesterday
s'ben a union president called OF
wv nation's telephone workers tt
w. '.lborize a sympathy strike.
The request, from Joseph A
peirne head of the Independent
National Federation of Telephone
workers, was made to members o.
AZ unions in the federation.
He asked them to authorize {
,.alkol1t in sympathy with a strike
which started yesterday in q
nlants of The Western Electric com
nanv in New York and northern
New Jersey, affecting $1,000 EN-
ployes.
The Federation claims about 260,
MN members and Beirne said any
strike BY them would affect $50,
GOO Bell System employees. He es
tjmated the poll would require
about 10 days.
Western Electric, a subsidiary
of the American Telephone ano
TELEGRAPH Company, manufacture
ers telephone switchboards for the
Bell Telephone System, another
subsidiary.
A Spokesman for the Western
Electric Employees Association.
whose members are demanding a
30 per cent wage increase, said
SUPPORT would be sought from 9th,
err unions in the plants on the west
coast, Hawthorne, ILL.,; Baltimore
and Haverhill, Mass.
All the unions are affiliated with
the federation.
The company, which has offered
a Is per cent increase, agreed te
consider m ediation by "any agency
of the Federal government but
Henry Mayer, union lawyer, sale
the strikers were not interested
He alleged the company was at
tempting to limit the scope Of the
unions proposal for a fact-find
ing investigation.
Major disputes besides the
threatened telephone strike include
a strike of 100000 steel workers
called for Jan. IA; strike of 2O0,-
900 meat packing industry employ
es set for Jan. 16 and strike OF
ono mn electrical workers at a date
not yet set.
Such strikes in addition to the
100000 already idle in labor dis
putes would boost the figure to
well over a million and a half.
A bright glow in the labor scene
was provided by announcement a
very good chance" existed that
proposed strike of $4,000 Western
Continued on Page Two; Col. -
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Government Has No Plan
TO Avert Electric Strike
Plant Seizure Decided As
! Final Resort In
Packers Case

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-tR- The
Labor Department announced to-
day it had no last minute plans
to avert strike of 100000 cleo
trical workers. t
It declared too that, if media
ton and fact-finding failed, gov
eminent seizure would be a last
resort in avoiding a tie-up in the
meat packing industry.
At the same time, the AFL and
CLIO rejected a government sug-
gestion of 10 per cent wage in
crease in the shipbuilding industry.
After a late afternoon confer
ence with Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach, Edgar L. Warren,
chief of the Federal Cancellation
Service told newsmen: =
1. The Chicago office of the con-
Citation service is investigating
types of procedure" which might
be used in attempting to settle the
threatened walkout of 100000 CLIO
United Packing House workers.
2. The Department had no re-
ports on the Western Electric eco.
strike which began this morning.
3. There was nothing new" in
the threatened walkout of members
of the CIO-United Electrical Work
ers who meet Saturday to arrange
strike at the General Electric
company, the Westinghouse COM
pany and the electrical division
Of General Motors corp.
Earlier, Warren had tolG report
ers that the Labor Department
would not recommend seizure Of
the meat packing plants but that
such a proposal might come from
Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
son, Anderson said yesterday the
government could not permit a
meat tie-up.
Warren explained the Labor De
partment preferred to attempt to
mediate the meat packing dispute
first, then, if necessary, appoint
a fact-finding board to investigate
it. .,a,-.'
The shipbuilding sterilization
committee, working committee for
the industry, meeting here in an
effort to break n1onth-old dead
lock over ALL and CLIO wage de-
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
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Conn m ander
Issues Two
Directives
CARRY BROAD POWER
Notorious Black Dragon
Society Among Units
To Be Broken Up
By RALPH TEATSORTH
United Press Staff Correspondent

BY RALPH TEATSORTH
United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKOYO, Friday, Jan. 4-W.H-
Gen. Douglas Macarthur today is
sued two sweeping directives de-
signed to wipe out Japan's national
list and nnilitarist organizations, in
Guiding the notorious Black Dragon
Society, and to depose from poll
teal power all those responsible
in any way for japanese aggres-
sion.
The Supreme Allied Command
er's directives were the first issued
since the Moscow conferences,
which decided that his policy de-
cisions were liable to veto by a
four-power Far Eastern Commits
sion, including Russian, British
and Chinese representatives.
The directives, in effect, told the
Japanese to purge at once and for
all the men and institutions respon-
sible for Nippon's nationalism and
aggression.
The first directive ordered the
immediate dissolution of the Black
Dragon Society KokuryukaD. the
Greater East Asia Association, the
Dark Ocean Society, the anti Com
munist League, the Ultra-N ational-
ist party (Kokusui TaisAuto), the
East Asia League and others.
The second directive ordered the
Japanese government to purge
public offices and the government
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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unsigned TO steer the naJlOn
between the dangers of in
flation and deflation toward
the goal of ''full production
and full employment"
In a "fireside chat" from
the White House, he urged
the people "to tell your public
servants your own views con-
corning the grave problems
facing the country
He emphasized that he wanted no
quarrel with Congress, but said that
if Congress doesn't like his pro.
gram, it should formulate one of
its own.
what the American people want
is action" he declared.
He led off with a demand for
legislation setting up fact-finding
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bits. ,-4
The natives along the Hatteras
banks say there are also seven
sunken German submarines of
Hatteras. These, they tell you,
were sunk by these same bonn
bardiers that blew the decoy light
ship to Kingdom Come.
But whatever the fate of the CAB
marines, legendary or true, the
war is officially over off North
Cardinals coast.
The Frying Pan shoals and the
Diamond shoals Ightships are once
again riding proudly at anchor,
guarding mariners against the
treacherous shoals off the Carolina
3Jaast.
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BOMB DESTROYED

EAsTBouRNE, Eng, Jan. s.
U'p'-RAF bomb disposal experts
blew up booby-tropped German
bomb today that HAD lain buried
in playground in this south coast
resort town for more than five
years. Touched off by remote con-
troll, the 550-pound missile explod-
ed with a SCATTERING blast that
splintered every window within a
150-yard ; radius. The explosion
ripped holes in scores of nearby
houses. ...=: '
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Truman Speech
Highlights

WASHINGTON, Jan. s-(P)-
Highlights from President Tru-
mans radio report to the ma
ton:
1916 is our year of decision.
This year we lay the founda-
ton of our economic structure
which will have to serve for
generations.
The legislative branch of our
government has done it's full
share toward carrying out its
responsibility in foreign affairs
.,.when. we turn to our do
nestle problems we don't find a
similar record of achievement
and progress in the Congress.
The return of the United
States to peacetime economy
in 1916 requires the same CO.
operation that we had during
the war years. =.
From them Congress, indus
try, labor, farm organizations
received promises of coopera-
ton and teamwork during this
reconversion period. L regret
to say that those promises
have not all been kept.
AS industrial strife has in
creased Xxx XII have been
deeply concerned about the
future. I recommended certain
fact-finding procedures which I
believe can go long way
toward meeting these prob
lens.
There is no reason why a
strike cannot be postponed for
80 days. There is no effort to
shackle labor. There is only an
effort to find the truth, and to
report it. There is nothing
harmful to management in this
proposal. No detailed informa-
ton obtained from the books
of any company is to be re.
vealed.
You have seen how the Gen
eral Motors corporation has
refused to cooperate with this
fact-finding board. There is
no way that it can be COM
PEELED to cooperate unless a
statute is passed giving the
board the power Of subpoena.
That is what is now up to the
Congress.
I am sure. that the Ameri-
can people agree with the ne
cessity for some factfinding leg
islation along the lines recon-
Continued on Page Two; Col. 3,
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NAUONFACES
SURE DISASTER
President In Fireside Chat Stresses Need
OF Strike Control Legislation, Other
Measures To Avert Economic Ills
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
AP Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-(AP)-President Truman to-
night appealed directly to 1.-The most powerful pressure
group in the world"the American peope-o put the heat
Congress for strkecontro legislation and other
ures designed to avert economic disaster
Handouts of men on strategic Congressional commit
he sad have styed action his legislative program
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WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)

IEastern Standard Time)
w. tBy U. S. Weather Bureau)
ea Sdiieteorological data for the "a hours
e-uihs 1870 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
20 ~ am. SO; 1876 am. "a; 1880 pm.. 48;
Normal A. '''-'- ''' Oh Nie'" 90
,oo Humidity
IN ~ am. 70; 7:3O am. 81; 30 pm. 3d.;
go pm. 10.
MI Precipitation
lolal for "a hours ending 7:3O p. H.
Aolal since the first of the month
IT. Tides for Today
Y VI rom the Tide Tables published by
y. D Coast and Gendatic C11r1..s.A
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Truman Text on Pages 3 and 5