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Evening star., 1946-10-13

MUROC, Calf. Oct. 12.-Ths
sonic wall is like q challenging
mirage on the horizon for test pilots
eager to crack world speed records
Neither the new Thunderjet noi
the "souped up" Shooting Star Is
capable of breaking through the bar
rier, though both are believed fast
enough to better the British Meteor's d
GIG miles an hour.
Such q speed, it is said here, will
be surpassed If experimental SUPER
sonic models, now nearing the test
stage at several factories. can pass
the speed OF sound.
Next month Bell Aircraft's XS-1
probably will be carried to q high
altitude slung under a Superfortress
Then it viii begin glide test. as
sisted by a rocket engine. which may
develop enough thrust to shoot the
plane through the stratosphere at
l,500 miles an hour.
Even optimists feel this goal Is
two, three or four years in the fu-
ture, and almost certainly fights will
be short.
Speed Course Is Short.
The speed course, marked IN tai
here on the hard surface of Muroc's
dry lake bed, Is less than 2 miles
To make the four required runs, two
in each direction at low altitude
supersonic planes would be forced
into turns long and wide enough tc
run them out of rocket fuel.
Yet the Army Air Forces and Air
Materiel Command, backed by man
ufacturers like Lockheed and Re-
public, are determined to fight for
every mile they can force from
present Jet models to recapture the
speed record from the British.
Only q few miles and split seconds
separate the Americans from the
British. who suffered a tragic set
back q fortnight ago when their
top-ranking test pilot, Geoffry De
Haviland, was lost In flash OF
flame over the Thames salt fats. He
was testing the new jet-propelled
Swallow, In which he hoped to break
the record this week with . speed
Of about $50 miles an hour. Fellow
pilots here believe he ran up against
the sonic wall.
. Designers of aircraft believe that
Evening star., 1946-10-13

ing in the London suburb of Wat
ford, urged that the United States
and Britain adopt a new spirit
and new approach" to Russia to
allay an Imminent threat of war"
TOO often suspicious. however,
groundless at the start. harden into
facts" he said. "A positive effort
to dissipate these suspicious is re-
quired from the great powers. They
cannot be content with the day-to-
day wrangles of the Paris Peace
Conference and the Security Coun-
! Gil"
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Berger Quits Legal Post
To Enter Priyote Practice

Raoul Berger, general counsel OF
the ONCE OF Alien Property Gus
todian, resigned his post yesterday
to enter private law practice here.
Mr.. Berger joined the stan of the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion In 1888. He served as trial
examiner In several major utilities
cases and handled appeals.
After transferring to the Justice
Department, where he argued the
appeals Of prominent civil liberties
cases, he went to the once of Alien
Property Custodian as assistant gen.
eral counsel. He later became as
sociate general counsel and subse-
quertly to general counsel.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
New GIN Plant Opening
DeIuyed by Shortages
By the hssociotsd Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. l2.--
General Motors new s., 9,500,0 900 as
sembly plant here will not begin
operations before the fall Of 1947
because of shortages Of basic mate
rails, r. H. Ahlers, plant manager,
announced today.
Present sources Of materials, prin-
cipally of sheet metal, would not
sustain the anticipated rate Of in
crease in automobile production, Mr..
Ahlers said.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Jewish Veterans 10 Hear
Gen. Ferenbauqh, Mover

Brig. Gen. Claude B. Ferenbaugh,
commander of the military district
of Washington, and Barnet Mover,
columnist, will address the Dis
Evening star., 1946-10-13
ContreI, Davis to Talk
To Bethesda Women

Under the sponsorship Of the
Montgomery County League OF
Women Voters, Joseph Cantrel and
Roy Tasco Davis, rival candidates
for the State Senate, will speak at
8 pm. Wednesday in the Bethesda
Elementary School. County COM
missioner candidates also have been
asked to speak.
Evening star., 1946-10-13

VIId pGCIs -
Other officers to be installed are
Arthur M. Schiller, senior vice COM
mander, Philip Fox, junior vice COM
mander; Philip Goldstein, Judge ad-
vocate, and Morris Cohen, quarter
master.
Representatives Of the American
Veterans Committee, Veterans OF
World War II, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Disabled
American Veterans. Catholic War
Veterans and Jewish Community
Council have been invited to attend.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Churchill for New Policy
On Russia, Eden Declares
By the Assoeioted Press

LONDON. Oct. 12.-Anthony Eden
said tonight that his recent speech
advocating new approach" to
Russia was delivered after consul
tation with Winston Churchill.
In a letter to the Sunday Dis
patch the former Foreign Secretary
said:
Il discussed the international
situation fully with Mr.. Churchill
before finally drafting my speech
Mr.. Churchill and I talked ovel
my speech before it was delivered.
On September % Mr.. Eden, speak.
Evening star., 1946-10-13

ulcI Department.
Of the Jewish
War Veterans of
the Uni t e d
States alta meet
Ing tomorrow
evening.
The veterans
group will gath
er at 7::30 pm.
at 727 Fifteenth
street NV.
B e n ] a m | n
Aronsohn, 1887
Quincy stree t
NV, viii take
Office as COM
mander Of the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-15
FOR TOMORROW'S HARVEST

Its planting time again! That glorious season of the year
when Nature smiles her fondest and the presence of
Spring foretells the coming Of the growing period.
Generally, we don't have to wait for a certain season.
to do our planting on the Seaboard. But in recent years
crucial shortages of materials and manpower have COM
PEELED us to postpone the fulhllment of our plans.
Today we are finding it possible to get more seed, in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-15
QUALITY WIEN
1iiLyTf COENTS

IS assured when YOU buy :. Joseph
Aspirin. UueNceileC In strength
purity andquahty Always dependable
and economical. Demand -. Joseph
Aspirin. worlds largest seller at l0t.
Save m0reuu tie 100 t4iiet bottles Soc.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-15

the form of new cars, new locomotives and other new
facilities and equipment, all of which we are planting"
as rapidly as possible. From them will come a finer and
better transportation service =. and that improved
transportation service will give impetus to the continued
economic growth of the Southeast.
That growth is a matter of deep interest to US and
as always, our best efforts will be contributed gladly tt
its nourishment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
CITY NOW FACES
|BR0WN-0UT ORDER
Street Lights May Escape
Power C~urtailment
Order

The city's street lights will prob
ably be unaffected for the time be-
ing by Mondays scheduled dim-out
of electricity, City Manager J.. R.
Benson announced.
Since the Christmas season is
customarily an occasion for petty
burglaries, the city might well feel
that dimming its street lights would
be poor economy, it's manager
pointed out.
Wilmington's Christmas lights, in
the business district will probably
be the dim-out's most CONSPICUOUS
victim. Officials of the Tide Water
Power company said yesterday that
the Christmas lights will likely be
turned off if continuation of the
coal strike necessitates the dim-out
Monday.
The Civilian Production admin
istration's nationwide restrictions
will probably mean dim-outs every
where for stores and such outdoor
electric displays as hristmas trees
and other decorations, the Associ-
sated Press reported last night.
Under terms of the order, Stores
must reduce their indoor lighting
by so percent; elevator service
will be reduced so percent where
a building has more than one ele-
vator; and there will be a 40 per-
cent cut in the use of electrical
machines in non-essential indus
tries,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
Along The Cape Fear

The prevailing winds at the
mouth of the river are from the
southwest and the incoming tide,
reinforced by the prevailing winds,
caused considerably more scour
than previously. So you see the
winds are even put to work in
maintaining a channel for the Port
City.
The winds and the tides. are not
all that comes under study by the
Engineers. Constant check is also
made on the ocean currents re-
garding beach erosion.
Structures necessary for protec-
ton of shore lines and kindred sub
jects are constantly watched by
the Engineers.
This may come as a surprise to
many of us, however, channels are
often relocated to take advantage
Eof local influences and thus reduce
shoaling and consequently later
dredging.
RIVER DIGGING-In the river
channels an entirely different type
of dredge is used from that de-
scribed here yesterday.
For the river job a type known
as a hydraulic pipeline dr. ge
fills the bill.
These are not self-propelled as
See CAPE FEAR on Page 2; Col. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
SOUTH CAROLINA-Fair and SLIGHTLY
warmer Saturday.
NORTH CAROLINA-Clear to partly
cloudy and slightly warmer Saturday.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. Al; 1880 am. IS; 1880 pm. 60:
1880 pm. so.
Maximum So; Minimum IS; Mean 40;
Normal 81.
Humidity -
1:30 am. 86; 1880 am. SO; 1880 pm. 80:
1880 pm. IA. =
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm.
600 inches.
Total since the first Of the month
Dol inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
wilmington --------8:30 am. 1853 am.
1851 pm. 3:44 pm.
Masonber Inlet --,-6:11 pm. ann.
6:29 p.m. 1887 pm.
Sunrise 7:o5; Sunset SOB; Moonrise AIT
pm; Moonset 5:38 an
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c., at
8 am. Friday ia feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
ATTENDANCE LAW
UPHELD IN COURT
Young Bride Agrees To Re.
turn To School Pending
Decision

A l5-year-old Wilmington bride
agreed yesterday to return to her
elementary school classes h e r e
Monday pending Juvenile Court
Judge ]. Hardie Ferguson's final
decision on his order that Senator
Elect Alton A. Lennon, her at
'ofney, show cause why she should
not be forced to attend school until
She is Is.
Judge Ferguson set hearings on
Ills shoW-cause order for next Fri
oay afternoon after ruling that the
srl' despite her married status,
IS truant under the Compulsory
abundance laws of this state"
1here is no provision in the
.Ohpulsory attendance law ex-
elnpung a girl who is married from
te provisions of that act, and upon
qe admissions of this girl alone,
uilnk she is truant and must so
aod'' he declared.
Lennon will be asked to show
cause Why a return to school would
mo' De to the best interests of the
lung bride or the school system
Oe.ofe Judge Ferguson hands down
a final ruling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
WINTER SERVICE
MAY ESCAPE BAN
Proposed A.C.L. Passenger
Schedule To Open De-
cember IL

The Atlantic Coast Lines winter
passenger service, scheduled to be-
gin December IL for the first time
since before the war, will operate
without curtailment as far as is
now known, a company official
said yesterday.
The fact that diesel engines are
used for the special passenger SER
vice automatically exempts t e
railroad from the government-ord-
cred embargoes which now affect
all trains using coal-burning en-
gines, the company spokesman
continued.
An indefinite strike in the coal
industry, however, might c a u S e
some changes in the winter SEIZED
ule, he said, but he asserted that
as long as conditions are such
that oil could be obtained for the
operation Of the trains, then the
schedules are expected to remain
in effect.
"We now have 113 diesel engines
in operation, the official pointed
out, land this places us in a much
more favorable position as regards
the coal strike than many other
lines not having oil-burning en-
gines."
The present schedule calls for
regular passenger service fir o m
New York to both east and west
coast Florida cities. Included are
trains from New York to Miami
and from New York to Tampa and
st. Petersburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
OFFICIALS STUDY
SUPPLY OF COAL
Federal Authorities To Re.
consider Needs OF
City

The United States Solid Fuels ad.
m;nistration has taken under new
consideration the problem of 81
phoning more coal to Wilmington
however the reaction of federal of
ficials to the local situation is mo
encouraging" Howard A.. Penton
chairman of the mayors commit
tee on the coal emergency, report
ed yesterday.
Penton, lately returned from g
three-day trip to Washington tt
seek diversion of new coal supplies
here, said that the STA had prom.
ised to "review the local situation
and see what it can do"
In the meanwhile, he said, Will
mington dealers had been promised
some five cars of coal, enough with
careful husbandry to keep 600-odd
families going for a very few days.
The new shipment, he declared,
would be closely rationed in hall
and quarter-ton lots.
At the same time, Penton praised
the city's coal consumers for what
he termed "the patience they are
showing in this situation"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07

DEEP Nj the
Cape Fear River as a water high
way is no simple task.
In addition to the actual work OF
dredging the channel here, lnten-
sive study on the part of the U. S.
Army Engineers goes on contin-
ually.
A study which resulted in re-
ducing maintenance dredging was
made by the engineers of the cur
rents as well as the prevailing
winds at the mouth of the old Cape
Fear.
This survey pointed to the fact
that the channel across the bar al
the mouth of the river, known as
the Ocean Bar channel, if dredged
in a ortheast-southwest direction,
would carry the water out to a bet
ter advantage. 1t would increase
what is known to the Engineers as
"scour', the friction of the water
on the sandy bottom, and thus re-
move naturally more of the de-
posted silt than formerly.
+ y .
MOVE CHANNEL-A few years
ago the bar channel was relocated
with this in mind, and the result
has proven that the engineers were
correct in their assumption.
Considerably less. maintenance
dredging was required in the new
channel, they report.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
LawyersRush
Briefs
Justices
Government Tears Aside
All Red Tape In Move
For Fast Decision
NO TURNING BACK
Moves To Make Pow
er, Lighting Dimout Ma
tionwide By Monday

WASHINGTON, Dec. g.
(B-Tearing aside all legal
red tape, the government
rushed the coal case up to the
court Friday and
asked it to suspend it's rules
in view of "irreparable in
being done by the strike.
If it does-in view of the
and the growing
economic paralysis-it could
announce by Monday noon
whether it will act. Arguments
could be heard next week, and a
final decision delivered a week
from Monday-if the matter were
rushed to the utmost.
The dramatic moves by which
the Justice department snatched
at John L. Lewis appeal and ran
with it fro m the Federal District
court through the Circuit Court Of
Appeals and up to the highest
tribunal in the land in a space Of
a few hours climaxed a day which
brought these other developments:
"No Turning Back
1. President Truman conferred
for an hour with his cabinet in
preparation for his Sunday broad
cast to the people. A cabinet
member reported that 'there will
be no turning back in this fight.
2. Phillip Murray, president Of
the CLIO, called for the formation
of a united front by the AFL and
the railroad br~otherhoods with his
organization against the ferocious
attack now being made upon
them" It
3. With the bituminous strike
past its 10Th day and no end sight
ed, the government imposed new
restrictions on utility coal stocks
and moved to make the power
and lighting dimout almost nation
wide on Monday.
The drama of the appeal to the
Supreme court, literally a foot
race, started shortly before noon
when Federal Judge T. Alan
Goldsborough. in an unusual action
in the interest Of speed, permitted
the record of the case to be taken
physically from his court to the
Federal Circuit Court Of appeals,
eliminating the delay that would
be required for making copies.
Record Delivered
A deputy clerk, Harry Hull, de-
See COAL on Page 2; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
Bicycle Cavalcade Through
Downtown Area to Pre-
coed Demonstration

After. several weeks of intensive
preparation, the Kiwanis club Jun.
Tor Traffic Safety program-with
more than 500 youthful Whining.
ton cyclists participating-will gel
underway in Legion stadium al
10:30 o'clock this morning.
Designed to acquaint school chill.
dren with safe methods Of bicycle
operation in traffic, the program
will be initiated with a bicycle
cavalcade moving through the
downtown district en- route to the
stadium at 10 am.
The program has attracted con-
siderable attention already and will
be photographed for national distri-
button by M. D. Cooke, Fox Movie.
tone Newsreel cameraman, now in
Wilmington for that purpose.
Children living in outlying dis.
tricts of the city will assemble at
Chestnut Heights, Tileston and
Sunset Park schools at 9 am,
where they will receive police es-
corts to Hemenway. Youngsters
who attend more centrally located
schools will go directly to Hemen-
way, where the bicycle calvacade
will be formed.
After receiving lapel ribbons, the
cyclists will ride from Hemenway
on Fifth venue to Red Cross st.
from Red Cross to Front, Front to
See SAFETY on Page 2; Col. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
SUGAR ALLOTMENT
INCREASE LOOMS
Anderson Predicts Five
Pounds More Per Capita
Possible By April

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-R-
Secretary Of Agriculture Anderson
announced Friday that ba--ing-"un
practicable disasters" the domestic
annual sugar ration will be in.
creased five pounds per person by
April l. This years allotment was
Is pounds, including allowances
for canning.
Anderson said the extra suga.
will be made available through
issuance of one five-pound ration
stamp.
The secretary said also that
quotas of industrial ser will be
increased by 10 per cent of the
quantity they used in 1941.
Still further increases may be
made later in 1947, Anderson added,
but it is too early to specify
amounts.
Confirms Forecast
This announcement confirmed a
forecast made recently by James
A. Marshall, head of the depart
ment's sugar branch, that in
creases in consumer supplies would
be available in 1947.
Anderson expressed hope that the
government will be able to get out
Of the sugar business afte- the 1947
crops. It now is buying most OF
the imports and releasing them
through regular trade channels.
Continuation of controls through
out the entire year will probably
be necessary, he said.
This was taken to mean that the
government will seek extension OF
authority to ration and control the
price of sugar beyond June 80,
when the present authority is due
to expire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
Cr1ppled War Veterans
BuyP Pipes, Shoes, Dresses

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-@ While
Christmas shopping crowds throng-
ed Chicago's loop Friday more than
LOCO seriously crippled war vet
Grams had n of the worlds largest
bargain sales all to themselves.
They came in wheel chairs. on
crutches, and on litters with vet
Grams hospital attendants to a pre-
view session of a So, 900, 600 retail
sale of surplus war goods.
Fridays sale was restricted by
the War Assets Administration to
seriously wounded ex-servicemen
prior to Saturdays official opening
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
Coal Strike,
Embargo Hits
$4,000 Workers
Over Nation AS
Major Plants Close
STEEL MILLS DOWN
Ford Company Expects
Eventually To Lay Off
$1,000 Employees

PITTSBURGH, Dec. e.
(UP)-The combined force
Of the Today coal strike and
the railroad freight embargo
knocked out great areas of
American industry Friday
leaving $4,000 workers idle.
The operations of u. S.
Steel Corp, the worlds largest
steelmaker, were brought to a
virtual standstill in the Pitts
burgh district, and the lay
off of 10000 men over the
weekend was announced.
Thousands of other workers were
laid off by the makers of auto
mobiles, electrical equipment
aviation products, by the railroads
and by the makers of such varied
goods as mattresses. t1ermome'
tiers, pottery, furniture-and ever
jukeboxes.
The unemployment figure was
expected to soar well over 1000
900 by Monday.
Ford Motor CO. laid off 20, O0C
workers but postponed the layof1
of an additional 20, 900 which had
been scheduled Friday night. As
sembly operations will continue,
but Ford eventually expects to ally
off all its IS. 200 employees. The
whole auto industry may idle
more than 500, 900.
G & O Cuts Staff
The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
announced that 1926 workers will
be laid off.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel corp, a
subsidiary of U. S. Steel, will
operate only four blast furnaces
and II open hearths in the Pitts
See INDUSTRY on Page 2; Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
Boat Bucks Ice
Eoes To Save Hunters

which the two youths left for q
hunting trip Sunday.
Kreiser chimed in: "But we're
ready for something hot to eat ano
some cigarettes"
The hunters said they suffered
only slight exposure during the
stay on the island because they
had taken along an oil stove and a
supply Of provisions
The Middletown Air Material
area offered use of Army planes
to drop food to the stranded trap
Ipers but a low-hanging mist i'm
peded the flight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
Mayflower Award


RALEIGH, Dec. 6-U.D-Jose'
pima Niggli of Chapel Hill Friday
night received the Mayflower So
citey award-a certificate and a
check for $50-for her book, 'Mexi-
can Village, which was judged
the best written by. a resident Of
North Carolina during the year
ending August 81. Miss Niggli's
novel won over IA other books
entered in the competition.
Ralph Scott of Greensb ORC, gov
ernor of the Mayflower society in
North Carolina made the presen-
tation at the final session of the
18th annual meeting of the State
Literary and Historical associ-
alton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
STAIN ILLNESS
LIMITED BY PRESS
Two London Newspapers
Comment On Absence OF
Marshal From Moscow

LONDON, Dec. g. W.D Two
London newspapers published dis
patches Friday on the apparent
long absence of Premier Josef Sta
lin from Moscow. Both quoted re-
ports that he might be ill.
Diplomatic quarters have been
inclined to accept reports that Sta
lin was resting on the Caucasus
coast of the Black Sea-probably
at Sochi-as he did last year, when
there was similar speculation on
his absence until he turned up in
Moscow.
The Daily Telegraph quoted a
Copenhagen correspondent as writ
ing:
According to the Scandinavian
press the situation in Russia is
daily growing more mysterious. 1t
is noticed that the Kremlia is still
keeping Marshal Stalin's where
abouts secret although the press
of the world has for weeks been
discussing what happened to him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
U.S.MayHelp
Solve Arab
JewProblem
pvrues Pledges Nation Will
'aSit In" On Full, Free"
Conference
WRITES TO BEVIN
New Meeting Would Facili-
late Permanent Solution,
tate Permanent %olution,

NEW YORK., Dec. 6.-R
Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes pledged the United
States Friday night to sit in
nm q "full and free" confer
once in an attempt to solve
the Arab-Jewish Palestine
question.
Michael McDermott, Bryne' S
nress attache, making public an ex-
enange of correspondence between
York sessions of the Foreign Min
thp Anglo American diplomatic
chiefs. said that during the New
isters council, they had held sew
oral conversations on the Palestine
question.
In his statement, Byrnes &C
knowledged for the first time pub
licly that the United States had
turned down a bid to attend the
London conversations recently on
the issue.
But, at the same time. Byrnes
declared that the United States now
feels that the leaders of the Jews
and the Arabs" should attend an
other conference and added, IF
they do, the United States will
accept an invitation to have an
observer at that conference"
Solution Possible
After Investigations, he said,
"it is my opinion that a permanent
solution Of the very serious Pales-
tine problem will be greatly facili-
tated if there is free and full con-
conference between the represen-
tatives Of the British government
and the Jewish and Arab leaders"
Near the beginning of the-nresent
meeting Of the Council Of Foreign
See PALESTINE on Page 2; Col. 5