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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
SHIPPING
FROM PAGE ONE

issue of preferential hiring of
Masters.
Settlement of the AFL dispute is
a requisite to a resumption of
shipping operators, as CLIO locals
have pledged to respect AFL picket
lines, even if they ratify their own
agreement.
NMB %Intervenes
In Washington, the National Med
ltatlon board opened parleys aim
ed at settling the wage dispute
between Trans World Airlines and
the AFL Air Lines Pilots associa-
ton. The four days strike of 1,40O
pilots has thrown an additional 49,
600 airline employees out of work.
The airline company said near
ly $4,000 of its furloughed en-
ployes offered Thursday to work
without pay until the strike was
settled, but that they had, been
turned down. President Jack Frye,
expressing gratitude for their
loyalty" said I'VE don't believe it
is fair for them to work unless we
can pay them"
President Truman told his news
conference the new soft coal dis
pute Vas in the bands of Secretary
of Interior Krug and refused to dis
cuss the subject further. John l..
Lewis has threatened to call his
400, 900 miners out unless the gov
eminent reopens negotiations on
wages and hours by Nov. l.
Other labor developments:
The Ford Motor company, re-
porting a continued critical short.
age of steel'' said virtually all its
automobiles and truck assembly
operations would be halted from
Thursday midnight until Monday.
The company said the shortage was
aggravated by a recent strike in
the Ford open hearth furnaces at
Dearborn.
With nearly a score of Pennsyl-
wanna breWeries already closed,
start of a statewide strike of ALL
Brewery workers awaited only
formal approval of union leaders.
Business agents of Sc ALL Team
ster union locals sought such &C.
ton as a step in a jurisdictional
fight with the CLIO United Brewery
workers.
A spokesman for the Coal Mines
administration at Ashland, KY, re-
ported that three Of five strike
bound Eastern Coal corporation
mines in the state had resumed
operations and that the other two
were expected to follow suit. A
transfer of employees from one mine
to another led to the strike, the
company said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
CHEST
FROM DAFT ONE

Rose Ice and Coal company 1881
per cent?; Wilmington City garage,
900 per cent?; City Building IN
spection office, GAS per cent?; City
Sanitation department Goo per
cent?; U. S. Navy 600 per cent? ;
Ingram Engineering company l102
per cent?: Hanover Iron Works 600
per cent?; U. S. District Court Goo
per cent?; DIR. Pepper Goo per
cent?; Wrightsboro School NE
gro); Castle Hayne School; Hous-
ing authority, Nesbitt Courts t12O
per cent?; Foster-Hill Realty COM
pany GAO per cent?.
The Foster-Hill employees gift,
Woodbury. reported, was accom-
panied by a firm contribution rep
resenting 500 per cent of the goal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
FLEET
FROM PAGE ONE

who is supervising the ship move.
ment.
Tentative docking arrangements
would place the destroyer Gear.
ing, the Destroyer escort Spangen.
burg, the submerine Tusk, and the
destroyer mine-sweep Gheradi in
the Champion Compress docks;
the rocket-bearing landing ship R.
SIT at the Brooks docks and the
minesweeper Requisite at the
American Molasses docks.
Captain John Nevins, commodore
of destroyer squadron 4, and the
Understanding Naval officer in the
task force, will disembark here
from the Gearing, his flagship.
1t. Eost said last night that dock
ing arrangements might be re-
vised to bring some of the naval
units closer to the customshouse
here.
AS the major local event of the
opening days celebration, members
of the Wilmington chapter o.
the Reserve Officers Of the Nava.
Service, sponsors of Navy Day,
will assemble at the Club Cabana
tonight to receive their chapter
charter and TO hear an address by
Captain Henry c. Daniel, Sixth
Naval Reserve District comman-
der.
Thurmond Chatham, Winston
Salem manufacturer and RONS ma
tional representative, will present
the local charter to w. A. Foin-
vile, Jr., president of the RONS
dinner.
Personnel of the flee units dock
ing here will be guests of the city
and county Wednesday tomorrow
nigh at dinner in the Plantation
Club.
Major General Thomas E. Wat
son, commandant of the Marine
Corps base at Camp Lejeune, is
the chief speaker. James E. L.
Wade will serve as toast master.
Climax of the three-day program
will come a two o'clock Sunday
afternoon when 10 Navy Helldiver
attack-planes - units of Bombing
Squadron 17-dip their wings over
the Cape Fear in honor of the
Nays dead in the nations wars.
A PB 5 va Catalina Patrol bonn
Der is scheduled to land on the
Cape Fear at 2:30 pm. Sunday to
pick up the cargo of flowers that
will be streWn Or the river in hon
or of the Nays fallen heroes.
After the aerial show over the
customshouse, the 18-plane He'll
diver squadron will fly to Whining
tons Bluethenthal airport, there
to go through their PAGES. After
the airport show, the planes will
land and be on display to the pub
lie. ..
The squadron's 20 pilots will be
guests of the Chamber of Com
merce's aviation committee after
their show.
Enlisted men from the Navy
ships docking today will be given
free tickets to tonight's Goldsboro-
New Hanover High School foot
ball game. The passes can be
picked up at the headquarters of
the James A. Manley post, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
STRIKE HOLDS UP
NEWSPRINT STOCK
Mauy Newspapers Facing
Crisis As Supplies Fade;
Shipments Delayed

NEW YORK, Oct. 24-(P-Some
newspaper publishers are consum-
ino their stocks of %newsprint at the
n "a7,.I rate despite the curtailment
" supplies caused by the maritime
o+rike. an authoritative source said
Thursday.
The publishers concerned hope
.b.4 settlement of the strike in the
noar future will release supplies
hofore their stocks are entirely ex-
bausted, it was stated.
A few newspapers on the west
coast and in Texas are already
fsce.to-face with the problem OF
oitbor cutting newsprint use to a
u,;rimum. or even suspending
nnbIication, or of finding a source
If supply, this spokesman said.
A large portion of the nations
~rowsprint is moved by water. The
maritime strike has either elimi.
mated or severely curtailed such
shipments. Most newspapers are
now relying partially or entirely
nm rail shipments.
The latest report to the Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers asso-
cation placed stocks of newsprint
i, the hands of publishers at a 81
dav supply at the end of Septem-
her. That is an average figure, il
was pointed out. and some news
napers have considerably less.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
INSPECTOR HERE
ISSUES PERMIT
New Commercial Building
Regulations Remain
In Question

City Building Inspector Gilbert
F. Morton ye sterday issued a
$1,000 building permit despite his
belief that it will conflict with
Civilian Production administration
regulations on new commercial
construction.
Morton's action carried out his
recent statement that he would not
follow U. S. Housing Expediter
Wyatt's request that municipal
building officials to deny permits
for construction they believed to
be barred by CPA.
1.-THE federal government will
have TO do its own policing of the ;e
things, he said. Il explain the
CPA regulations to every person
who comes in for a permit; after
that they can do as they choose.
His duties are confined to the
enforcement of city building laws,
Morton pointed out. Under those
circumstances he cannot assume
the additional function of Interpret
ing CPA rules.
The permit Vas issued to Nor.
wood Mcguire, Negro, of 8O5
Nixon street, for the construction
OF a one-story frame store at 81e
Nixon. Mcguire would use material
salvaged from demolition of a
residence now standing on the
property.
Morton was of the opinion tina
cost of the project would be ir
excess Of the $500 ceiling on com.
merclal construction which ma,
be undertaken without CPA per.
mission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
DEARTH
FROM PAGE N

ceeds by $4,000 any weekly load
ing handled during the war years
and the highest since the week
ended Aug. 80, 1880. The 1880 rec
ord was set, he said, when rail-
roads owned 400, 900 more cars than
they do today.
johnson said that the accrued
boxcar shortage now is greater by
one-half than that which piled UP
during the railroads "big freeze
OF February and March, 1915.
Unless production takes a
slump" he continued, 1.-The rail-
roads will be extended to their alb
solute maximum capacity for two
years or more. Our brightest pros
pect for new equipment for the
near future will amount to no more
than replacement for the cars be-
ing used up and taken out Of ser.
vice"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
SNOW
Cnn~ DaCD 0Ayr
FROM PAGE ONE

Belvoir for training. After World
War 1, he served two years in the
Philippines, returned to the United
States, and was stationed on the
Pacific coast until 1926.
Col. Snow has held positions in
the Panama Canal zone, at the
University of Alabama, and as as.
sistant District Engineer in New
York City. During the latter as,
signment, Col. Snow was a dele
gate to the International Naviga.
ton conference in Brussel, Bel
GUM.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
SPAIN
FROM PAGE ONE

valuable service by giving compre-
hensive guidance to the organs and
member state of the United Ma
tons, regarding their relationships
with the Franco regime"
Constant MistruSt
He referred 10 the resolution
adopted last winter in London by
the assembly condemning Franco
and then said:
TT seems to be clear that as
long as the Franco regime re-
mains in Spain, it will remain a
constant cause of mistrust and dis
agreement between the founders
Of the United Nations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
Condensation from
1.-THE G AND I"
in Readers Digest

Her mother taught her it's q wife's
duty to see that a husband is
happy in his work. Soft Bob
wanted to raise chickens-well, she
might be a city girl, but she could
hold up her end $50 she thoughtD
November Readers Digest brings
you a 21-page condensation from
the book that has led best-seller
lists for a year. Don't miss Betty
MacDonald's hilarious tale Of how
her husband turned her into a
farmers wife-or did he?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
DIPLOMATS
FROM PAGE ONE

soup. For THE main entree there
we're potted steak, jardinere, boil
ed Kennebec river salmon, or
roast spring chicken.
Your dinner will be more en-
joyable with d g G o d Wine" the
menu said. It was printed in both
French and English and recon,
mended a glass of wine at 80 cents
or a bottle" at SITS. Domestic, OF
course. Imported wines ran from
S425 for Burgundy to $40 for Moet
& Chandon champagne.
Cocktails started at 40 cents for
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE o
BUDGET
FROM PAGE ONE

would be attached to general hos
pitfalls.
The proposed teaching hospital
at Chapel Hill would contain 400
beds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
MORE ABOUT
CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

failed to act like a welcoming com.
mittee from the chamber of COM
merce. The Red Men babe the
Spaniards to move on and move
fast.
So the survivors pulled out, tow
ing the open boat with their COVER.
nor's body behind one of the larger
vessels.
STORM AT SEA-Their troubles
were far from ended however. On
the way back to Hispaniola, a
storm arose and the tow line part.
ed. The dead de Ayllon and the
first ship built in what is now the
United States vas swept away.
While the colonist watched, the
vessel filled with water and, says
an old Spanish historian, "sanl
into the sepulchre of the sea where
have been and shall be put other
captains and governors"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
Also in this issue

Are you a candidate for heart attack
5000, 900 Americans over rs are slated
to succumb to coronary disease, says
George Dock, Jr. He tells how such
heart attacks come about -. reveals
that what ue eat o. don't eat is a
major factor in arterial degeneration
-. and gives 8 questions you should
ask yourself for your own good.
Ten books for perfect bedtime reading.
What stories would you pick to read
or listen to for sheer delight in that
last half hour before you turn out
the light? R. L. Duffus, author and
editor, gives his ten choices . and
he tells you why they are the perfect
bedtime reading fare.
le'page condensation from 81 Chose
Freedom" Victor Kravchenko quit his
Russian post here because he couldn't
stomach Soviet aims. Here is his in
side story of life in circles close to
The Kremlin-a terror-flled life Of
spying, deception, and fanatical zeal.
"hat are we scared of? What's coming
aoepression, unemployment, another
war? j, A. Krug, Secretary Of the In
teflor, tells why he thinks we're
headed for more employment, more
production, more leisure and luxury
man ever -. and the only thing that
can prevent 1t.
ms Ssue-N articles blasting intereS,,
tsecfedf0m leading magazines and current
''0''' ana condensed 10 sd?s your time.
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Evening star., 1946-08-25
Manning the M
BY A. A. HOEHLING

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY young
men from the District. MARYLAND and
virginia are among the 1900 merchant
marine cadets learning their "three RS,
OF the sea at Kings Point, NY.
on TINS 80-acre former showplace of
li'e iate Walter P, Chrysler, future Of
hcers OF the Nations merchant marine
go through the final two years of a four
year course designed to produce AN
hapohs and West Point" men,
lhelr skills are expected to plav
tremendous part in this country's bid
FOR international ocean travel and
lreleht at time when Great Britain's
olo-time challenge already is manifest
6e1ore going to Kings Point. on Long
Island Sound within sight of Manhattan.
the -midshipmen, as they USUALLY
are called, have taste of salt air behind
them.
AS cadets-and they are given the very
same sort of Shaking down which
eaoetS OF any other school or institution
receive-they spent a year at sea. And
the year preceding they had basic train
ing elther at Pass Christian. Miss, or
oan Mateo, Calf. To get to one of these
SCHOOLS they took civil service competi-
tive examinations.
The Cadet Corps of the merchant ma
fihe was established on March IS. 1888
as result of the Merchant Marine Act
OF two years previous.
Kings Point. as the first permanent Of
hcers training school for the service
oHers courses in navigation. seamanshin
communications. cargo stowape electr-
cal and Diesel engineering, as well as
f"Vai science and tactics, economics.
and languages.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-07
Leather Hide
hdustryFaces
Federal Probe
Government Seeking
To Learn If Good
Are Being Withheld

Washington Auc. T.-Wr-Thc
government today ordered squad
of special investigates INTO hide
and leather producers viautS III Il
virtually unprecedented move Ia
avert :; shutdown nf PruuIctinn.
The agents, dispatched ny the CT
vili;n Production Agency. are on
the hunt for amy excessive supplies
being held back III the hope of high
or prices.
RcCGnvcrSiun Director John Il.
StCclmir directed CIN To make the
search.
He also called on the Justice De-
partmcnt Ia start a vigorous in
VcStigatiun of what he described as
4 reported industry conspiracy to
withhold all hides from the mar
kct until OPA is compelled Ia boost
or remove price ceilings on hides and
leather.
Declaring that the sale of hides had
VIRTUALLY ceased since revival OF
price controls. StcCIman said:
THE shoe industry has reported
that Il great m;ry plants will have
10 suspend operations within u week
unless they can buy moro leather"
CPA Chief John -. Siniih told a
reporter that from - tC 100 invcs-
iigatorS arc starting immediately 10
check plant inventories Of hides and
leather. III il proves necessary. We
will put as many as 400 men ur the
job" Small said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-07
LaCuardia
May Resign
UNRRAPost

Geneva. Switzerland. Aug. 7.-G'y
F. II. IaGuardiI recommended to-
day that UNNiiA should start LIQUID
alton about October and tina, he br
relieved Of his dictatorship after he
tours China.
Tho former New York mayor made
tho recommendations III his quarterly
report 1T the fourth plCnlry mCCiu.
of tho United Nations Relief and Re
habili'a,Iuu Administrator. ln o.
ganl2atIou whose billions have com"
largely from the u. s. Treasury.
He referred ia GNHRhs rctPpurc-
mcni that all home grown food and
supplies Of Receiving country b"
used ~ the economy ~ the country.
Looking al the lO-mai Russ IN
delegation. LaGuardia said H. did not
question the right Of Russian occu-
PATTON forces Ia take Austria oil
under Inc Pnisdam agreement. but #
IL docs. II is Inconsistent with the
laws and regulations of tNRRN and
the Inconsistency should be recon
Cilcd.'
He mentioned the reported diff
Guilty of getting delivery Of Austrian
oil from Russia and called attention
tothc recently concluded agreement
whereby the Russians agreed TO de-
! liver $4,000 tons of crudr oil TO
Czechslovakia.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-07
Army Teams To Test Reaction
To New Blue, Dress Uniforms

Camp Butncr Aug. 7.-Rcstoration
of pCacctimc authorization Of blue
uniforms for winter. Outpost wear
for pCrsu'ncl of the United States
Army is planned for the future. the
War Department announced today.
Authorization for the blue uniform.
hitherto for officer personnel only.
IS to be extended through the ranks
Of the Army from private to gen.
cral. This project is plarrcd To pro-
vide the United States with an Army
uniformly alfred - enc 10 be proud
of on parade and also will insure
individual soldiers a smart appear
ancc during Off-duty periods.
However. this plan will moi be
executed until such time as the pres
Cnt shortage arc erased from inc
market ;'d when Army procurement.
of In enc. csSary materials will not
come into conflict with civilian
needs nor in competition with ci-
william purchasing. After decision has
been reached as io shades Of blue
and such details us piping I'D trim.
ii is planned III some future date
the now blues will hc authorized FOR
wear by all male military personnel.
The QuartcrmHSicr Corps, charged
with tho responsibility Of carrying
cut the plan. is cnlisting the aid of
soldiers I'D the American public in
selecting the colors and combina-
tions for the rev Uniform. and while
tests Of the blue uniforms for men
are being made, a similar samplipg
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-07
Police Move
To End Case
Against Boy

Chicago. Aug. 7.-,TI--Thc state
moved today 10 wrap up lis case
against William lICirCnS by nbia' ing
an Indictment charging; The lT-ycar-
old poSscSSor Of u dual pcrDnalitv
with the murder al Mrs. Josephine
Ross. one Of the three killings he
confessed.
In unfolding q detailed story of his
incredible criminal career. nc set
forth how nc knitted Mrs. RGSS. a
I3-yCar-old widow. in her apart
mcnt in June of 1915. although he
had moi been indicted for TINS MUIR
der.
His ConicS$inE involved the fiCnd-
ish kidnapping. :iranGlluG and dis
nombcrm"ni ui Suzanne Dcrnan. Il.
on January !. and the shooting I'D
SiahDinC Of Miss Frances Brown. 30.
former WAVE. on December 10.
1915.
Within less than an hour at,er
Wilburt Crowley, first assistant
states attorney. annoITccd Witness
cS would go before the grand jury.
the jurors were reported la have
named lIcircnS III rr,Ic bill formal
ly charging him of numbering Mrs.
Ross.
Crowley said testimony included
that from police officials and Mrs.
Mary Jane Bl;,rchard. p. one of
Mrs. Ross two daughters.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-07

q: opinion will bc taken for the new
vcrdc-crcur To be worn by wOm-
ems componcn;s of the Army. The
however. will be confined TO design
and styling.
Whether the new blues arc 10 be
coats ;rd light trousers. and shades
of ca"h and also the styling and dc
sign OF The now womcn's uniform
will be decided after sampling the
reactions Of military personnel and
the public. During August u survey
will DC conducted in several Army
camps with demo STATIONS by six
teams each composed Of six enlisted
mon two WNCS aud supervisory per
sonnet Tho results of this survey
will determine the composition of
two ensembles of the blue uniform
for mon and one ensemble nf the
Verde Green uniform FOR wOmc,'
which will be used in public-and-
wcarcr acceptance test To Dc conduct
cd next fall.
For The public test two largo
groups nf soldiers will bc nutfiiicd
each group wearing ono Of the blue
ensembles. They will wear The uni
forms in public gatherings. on ihc
streets. and elsewhere 10 enable Cx-
ports 10 ascertain the public's re-
action as we'll us the opinions Of the
soldiers wearing them. From these
reactions the final choice of n ncw
blue uniform will he made. The
same kind OF test will be given the
new womU's uniform.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-07
British Talk
OF Blockade
f0rPulestine
Cabinet Ponders
Means Of Ending
Illegal Entrance

London, Aug. T.-ll1- \ well in
formed government source said today
Hrltam might institute Il fulI-Scalr
blockade of the PalcStiu" coaSt Ia
end Illegal immigration into the IIo-
ly Land.
The informant said the British
government WIS planning an all ou,
drive la end illegal immigration OF
European Jews into Palestine AMI
That The land and sea operation in-
rolvcd might include Il blockade of
the coast.
y special meeting of the cabinet
WAS held at No. 10 Downing Street,
Prime Minister AItlcc'S Official T.,
dGncc, Ia discuss the problem Of
Palestine, where some l.5OO Illegal
rnmIGratS-mcna and wumcn-wc< =.
still held aboard ships in Haifa har-
Dor.
They have not been permitted tn
leave ihrr crampcd quarters on the
ShipS, despite unSanilary conditions,
pending determination Of Il policy
by the British government.
y flvC-ycar, $4,000 immigration
quota outlined in British white
paper Il about exhausted. and a nov
policy is Ia b" set.
Both Foreign Secretary Ernest
BCvin. attending In" cabinet session
after an Illness which has kept him
from the Paris peace conference. and
Phillip N0cl-BakCr. minister of state,
declined 10 discuss the meeting. Tn"
meeting WIS attended by Field Maj
shall lC ~ Montgomery. chief of thu
imperial general staff. and represent
ativcS Of all three fighting services.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-07
Leaf Group
Opens Drive
TOSeuStOck

Raleigh. Aug. i.--nD--N drive To
sell common stock in the F'!uc-Curcd
Tobacco Sterilization Corporation
was launched al dinner here last
night attended by directors Uf the
corporation, county presidents OF the
Farm Bureau Federation. and mem
bcrs OF the bureaus tobacco commit
tee.
The Sterilization Cooperation is a
non-protit cooperative recently or
ganizcd 10 place floor under the
prices of fluc-curcd TOBACCO at 30
per cent # parity.
President Carl L. Hicks Of Wal
stonburg. president. said the coop
crativc is ready to operate If iGd
when il is needed. but shat the CO.
operative will secure government!
loans for leaf sold on auction mar
kcts below the sterilization price only
IL the grower is a member and holds
at least one S. of commui stock.
Kicks said the cooperative pro-
poses TO sell $4,000 in Successful
OOO in North Carolina. and $4,000
each in Virginia, South Carolina and
Georgia.
James Thigpen Of Washington,
specialist with the tobacco section
OF the U. S. Department Of Agri-
culture. predicted a high tobacco
price throughout the 1916 markctrg
season and said that unless condi-
!'ons change. prospects for high prices
IN I9a7 arc good.
Ioday's prices arc so high. il al
most looks like a Runaway mar
ket' he said. ~ see no reason why
INC crop shouldn't sell for u good
price throughout the season"