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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
FIRE DESTROYS
YUlETIDE DREAM
Continued From Page One

the loss Of his kitten, well-loved by
himself, his brother, Billy, Z, and
his sisters, Johanna, S., and Mar
garet, 4.
And, yesterday, out Of the great
heart Of a city, there was coming
to the Sebrells the surprising gift
Of hope. Hope and new substance
on which to rebuild their dreams
out OF its own ashes.
The City Housing Authority came
forward with the tender of emer-
gency quarters in Lake Forests
permanent units, the Sebralls after
a night spent in his fathers home
on Wrightsville Sound, will move
into their temporary home this
morning.
Employees Of the housing au-
thority turned over some $50, their
total annual Christmas subscription
for needy families in their pro-
jects, to help the Sebrells build
again. Last night, H. r. Emory,
the authority's executive director,
reported that Harry Solomon, it's
chairman, had himself given three
new wool blankets.
Last night Ben Mcdonald, the
Star : News radio commentator,
broadcast al appeal for the burn
ed-out family.
In the wake of McDonald's plea,
there flowed in pledges of aid from
the American Legion Woman's
Auxiliary and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
City police personnel and Sc
brelrs colleagues on the fire de-
partment began collections for an
assistance fund.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Sebrell last
night enough hope had returned for
them to talk soberly about their
disaster.
She told of how little Johanna
had reported the presence of smoke
from upstairs, how she had walked
into a blazing bedroom, and turned
to carry her two girls out of their
home, turning her back on a year
of building, six days before Christ
mas.
He told of how the alarm had
come in, how through a misunder-
standing of the report, he had
thought the flaming unit was 13B;
and how at the end he had stood
and fought his own blazing home.
Before the fire had smoked out,
he reached the padlocked closet
where the Sebrells had hidden the
presents they had dreamed of lay
ing before their children's shining
eyes Christmas morning.
Out of the dust and ashes of all
he possessed, by some grace OF
the gods, William Sebrell salvaged,
smoky but intact, most of those
carefully = husbanded Christmas
toys.
Next Wednesday, those presents
will sit beneath the tree in the
Sebrell's new, if temporary home.
And, from what we know OF WI
mington, there'H be a good many
more to sit beside them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
SCROLL OF HONOR
RECEIVED BY CLUB
Lions international Sends
Citation To Group Honor
ing Leo Williams

A scroll in honor. of Leo Williams,
onlv member Of the Wilmington
Lions club to lose his life in World
War II, was presented to the civic
club at a meeting held in the Cry
stall restaurant yesterday by Lions
international.
Announcement of the citation was
made by Wallace West, secretary
of the club, who also revealed plans
for having a photostatic copy made
for the club room with the original
going to Williams family.
A report that 81 baskets for the
blind throughout New Hanover
county will be distributed Monday
by a committee was made by Mr..
Kean Maffit, chairman of the pro-
ject. The committee for the distri-
button of the gifts is L. c. Robin
son, Jr. M. Eugene Billiard and r..
S. Matthews, with the truck to be
used in issuing the baskets to be
furnished by T. D. Matthews.
Maffitt also announced club plans
for an extensive survey to find all
children suffering from poor eye
sight in the county school system.
This. survey scheduled to begin
after the first of the year.
Yesterdays meeting was opened
with an invocation by the Rev.
Charles A. Madry, pastor Of the
First Baptist church. Joe Hood
presided over the luncheon session.
Mr.. Eugene Billiard led the club in
singing Jingle Bells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
UNONlSTS
DEMAND PAY HIKE
Continued From Page One

union had made a wage COMPARE
son with 10 other industries in ar
irving at the figure.
Asked whether the unions de-
mands would cause higher tele-
phone rates. Beirne said rates are
under constant adjustment and no.
body would be foolish enough to
say that the telephone companies
won't have to ask for increases"
I'VE are hopeful that our pro-
gram will prevent a disruption of
telephone service next spring."
Beirne added.
He said 'last available figures"
show telephone worker weekly
earnings are $44. 10, compared with
$45.41 for all manufacturing, $45.1
for automobiles, $59.91 for auto
mobile tires, $6o.33 for printers and
$751; for bituminous coal mining.
"There is hardly an industry Of
importance where the workers dc
lot receive wages higher than those
in the telephone industry" Beirne
remarked.
Among the unions demands, al
so, is one asking for payment of
top wage rates to workers in five
years, instead of eight, as at pres
ent.
On Local Basis
Beirne said negotiations will be
conducted On a local basis but a
49-member union policy committee
will have to approve all settle
ments. If locals are unable to make
agreements, the policy committee
will take over by March l..
The union leader said it is up to
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company (Bell System) and
approximately 5000 other telephone
firms whether they want industry
wide bargaining. Beirne estimated
the Bell system operates 80 per-
cent of the phone business.
Last spring" Beirne declared,
"a nationwide tieup of telephone
communications was averted only
Is minutes before our strike dead
line when the A. T. and T. entered
into the dispute and made a pro-
posal which was satisfactory to
our affiliates.
1--WE hope to avoid a repetition of
that occurrence this time by giving
the industry plenty of time to reach
a settlement with u.s."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
NEW HANOVER HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS
AIDING MERCHANTS

A total of 103 New Hanover High
School students are working in
some 48 Wilmington business estab-
lishments this week, Wallace West,
director of a diversified occupa-
tons at MINIS. said yesterday.
The group, split about half and
half between boys and girls, was
let out a week early from their
regular school classes because OF
high scholastic averages West
said.
In addition. there are Is students
regularly employed by city firms
under the diversified occupations
program, West said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
RESERVE FLEET
NOW TOTALS Sc.
Eighteen Vessels Arrive AT
Brunswick River Basin
Since Dec. |

The addition of Is ships since
December 1 has brought the total
number of craft stored in the
Brunswick river basin to 66, &C
cording to an announcement from
Maritime commission headquar-
tiers in Washington yesterday.
This brings to a new all-time
high the number of reserve fleet
units brought to the local basin for
preservation in case of an emer-
gency. Only those craft which can
be readied for service in a short
time are stored in the local yard,
with average, damaged and worn
out ships being sent to Brunswick,
Ca, the Maritime report said.
Very few withdrawals have
with the withdrawals being limited
taken place from the local basin,
so far to ships offered for pur-
chase.
A Maritime commission spokes-
man pointed out that a great num-
Der Of units could have been as
signed to the local basin were it
not for the fact that all ships
brought here have, according to
plan, been in very good condition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
Along The Cape Fear

From across the Cape Fear came
this candidate:
G. c. McKeithan, Of Route !,
Leland, served aboard the Seminole
from 1917 until 1922. When he left
the vessel, he had the rank OF
Pharmacist Mate, First Class. AT
present, Mr.. McKeithan is engaged
in the sheet metal industry.
Another candidate for the club is
Mr.. Ed Edwards, whom we were
told lives on North Carolina
Avenue. 4
We can only hope that ou- read
ers continue to aid us in locating
as many as possible logical selec'
tons for the Alumni Club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
DELAY EXPECTED
ON BARGE RULING
ice Not Expected To Re.
veal Decision On Line
Until Next Spring

An Interstate Commerce Com
,oission decision on the application
~ Norfolk, Baltimore, and Caro-
Steamship lines application
.t'I establish barge service on the
;~,and waterway can hardly be
nxencted befor late spring. Henry
= Povd, Manager of the Whining
IN Port Traffic Association said
yesterday
povd made his observation short
" after L. G. Hogshire, the N. B.
ND C's president, had said here
.hst the future distribution of
r.a+sr-borne commodities through
.,a mort of Wilmington depended
n . con ,iderable extent on the
ices decision on his company's
barge application.
The Port Traffic Association
,oader pointed out that ICC exami-
rers have yet to file their final
rsrort on preliminary hearings
hold last month. Even after the
ay.miners' report il filed, the 1CC
nav still hear oral argument,
Hogshire spent yesterday in Will
roinoton where he visited the
hranch agency which now handles
SHIPMENTS on his cQmpay's steam
nropelled vessels.
The N. B. and c. seek permits
chm to establish barge service
,;nl;Ino Baltimore and Charleston
with Wilmington as a stop-off
point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
PRESIDENT NAMES
CIVILIAN. GROUP
Continued From Page One

opposition has come in the past,
to set up a commission to review
the whole question. He called the
group to meet with him Friday to
lay the groundwork for a study Of
various plans for creating a train
ed citizens reserve. -
Group responsibility
He charged his civilian group
with responsibility Of:
/. Studying "the basic need as
well as various plans for univer-
sal military training in relation to
overall planning for the national
security"
2. Submitting recommendations
to the President.
The commission:
Joseph E. Davies, former am
bassador to Moscow.
DR.. Daniel Polling, Boston, editor
of 1.-THE Christian Herald"
The Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, vice
president of Georgetown university
Washington.
DR.. Harold W. Dodds, president
of Princeton university.
Samuel l. Rosenman, New York
lawyer and former special counsel
to President Roosevelt and Tru-
man.
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, New York
public and industrial relations con-
cultant.
Charles E. Wilson, president Of
the General Electric company and
former WPB vice chairman.
Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Chicago
lawyer and former civilian aide tc
the secretary Of war.
Weak Protection
On Oct. %, 1915, the President
asked Congress for universal train
ing legislation as part Of a long
range program of national military
security. He said at the time ''the
latent strength of our unframed
citizenery is no longer sufficient
protection"
The program, under which
youths of 10 to 20 would be given a
years training but retain their
status as civilians, failed to make
substantial progress in Congress
last year. Opposition was voiced
by church, educational and other
groups.
An official high in Mr.. Truman's
confidence said the President n pes
the group set up to review the
situation may be able to clarity
the atmosphere and pave the way
for an acceptable plan should they
agree with him on the need for
universal training.
Their backing, the White House
apparently believes, might help in
winning Congressional support.
Draft Extension
The Presidents action supported
speculation that pressure Cor uni
versal training might be delayed if
the department finds it necessary
to seek extension of the draft.
The draft act will expire March
81 unless extended. The services
are trying to recruit in sufficient
quantities to avoid the necessity Of
another battle over draft extension.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
OUTLINE
SAFETY PROGRAM
]. Luddie Groom And c. 5.
Billiard Attend Salisbury
Planning Conference

Fire Chief J. Luddie Groom and
City Fire Inspector c. S. Billiard
returned last night from an emer-
gency conference in Salisbury at
which North Carolina fire chiefs
adopted a seven-point legislative
program designed to tighten fire
safety regulation in hotels and 9TH
er public establishments.
Chief Hendrix Palmer, Of Char
lotte, president Of the State Asso-
citation of Fire Chiefs, said that a
nine-man committee representing
his group would confer with At
torney-General Harry McMullan
before submitting the program to
the General Assembly. 70 RI
The proposed program would:
Require automatic sprinkler pro-
lection in hotels and apartment
houses over two stories in height.
Limit the height of so.called
''fire-proof" hotels and sleeping
places.
revive the precious law W1lcn
required outside fire escapes on
certain hotel structures.
Extend condemnation authority
Of fire chiefs and building inspec'
tors to cover hotels, similar build
ings and schools in county areas
Require fire alarms in hotels,
large apartments and schools.
Require Waterman service on z
patrol basis in hotels and similar
buildings.
Require laundries, drug store
and other establishments operated
as adjunct units In hotels to be sep
arated from the main structure b,
fire walls and outside openings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
Today And Tomorrow

has thus far worked. Until now
the Republicans, in the person of
Mr.. Vandenberg, has supported
Mr.. Byrnes actively in the field
where they worked together, and
have refrained from critical oppo-
sition elsewhere. This arrangement
will not continue, and Mr.. Van
denberg has served notice to that
effect.
Therefore, if Mr.. Byrnes wants
a united policy in the Far East,
the Middle East. Latin America,
and for Germany, he will have to
spend much more of his time and
energy making the policy that can
unite the parties. No one else can
do that. For the President does
not now conduct our foreign rela-
tons.
Some way needs to be found,
therefore, which will be ineligible
and acceptable to Mr.. Bevin and
M. Molotov, by which Mr.. Byrnes
can be the Secretary of State, and
not in effect his own ambassador
plenipotentiary.
1t was a gr%evious mistake when
Wilson became his own negotiator,
and yet Wilson was President and
could at least give orders to the
heads of departments. But Mr..
Byrnes cannot do that. He is only
the head of n department, by
no means the only n concerned
with foreign relations.
He alone can unity Administra-
ton policy within itself and with
Congress. But he cannot do that
by remote control and in the in
tervals of exhausting negotiation.
Copyright, Dec. 10, 1916, New
York Tribune, Inc. All rights re-
served.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
OPERATORS
RANKS SPLIT UP
Continued From Page One

to open negotiations for a new con-
tract. The mine are now being op-
Grated by the government, as a re-
suit of last springs strike. The
government has a contract with
Lewis but has long desired to see
the operators and Lewis get to-
gether so it could relinquish con-
troll.
The National Bituminous Coal
Negotiating committee, the opera.
tors organization, was adjourned
Thursday night sine die-not to be
reconvened except by unanimous
votes Of its five geographical
groups.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
COUNCIL MEETING
SCHEDULED TODAY
Continued From Page One


city's projected million-gallon wa
ter storage tank.
The Towles-Cli company. of
Wilmington, bid 1857, 460. ST on the
street-paving program. The Towles-
Cline bid, shorn of some items,
seems to have a good unofficial
chance of acceptance.
N. E. Brewer of Winston-Salem
submitted a $37, 721.78 bid on in
stallation Of Sunset Parks sani-
tary sewers This is more than
ST. 900 below the previous low bid
on the same project submitted
two months ago.
z. A.. Sneeden and Son offered to
install 0 1000 feet of waterline for
$63, $50. OF. Sneeden's bid is report
ed to average $1.N per feet of H.
inch pipe-some 80 cents below
any previous offer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
Continued From Page One

sometimes by subordinates in the
State Department, sometimes bv
the Navy or the Army.
The net of it is that while Mr..
Vandenberg's relations with Mr.
Byrnes continue to be excellent.
~ Is only on the subjects where
tney have worked intimately to.
gether, that collaboratio, is as.
sured. No united policy has beer
worked out for Asia. for the Mid.
die East, for Latin America and
In fact, though Mr.. vandenbere
ala not say so, for Germany and
Europe as a whole. It is hard to
see how it is going to be worked
u IT Mr.. Byrnes is in Moscow
while Mr.. Vandenberig is in Wash.
ington.
The dilemma is awkward be.
cause Mr.. Byrnes is so deeply com.
mitted to the idea Of being himself
the negotiator of the peace trea-
ties. He has to go to Moscow be.
cause he has promised Mr.. Bevin
and M. Molotov to go, and as
things are now arranged, he could
hardly go away from Moscow, leav.
ing deputies to negotiate for him,
without appearing to break up the
Council of Foreign Ministers.
Yet if he stays to negotiate
through the whole laborious bust
ness of the German and Austrian
treaties, he cannot really perform
the duties Of the Secretary OF
State. They can be performed only
II he is in Washington most of the
time, In close and direct c~onsulta-
ton with the State Department,
the War and Navy Departments,
the Baruch Commission, the White
House and Congress. Foreign policy
cannot be made in a hotel in New
York, much less in hotels in Paris
and Moscow.
Mr.. Vandenberg has now re.
minded him that there is as vel
no united national policy in very
large areas of the world. The policy
has still to be made. If Mr.. Byrnes
does not make policy in Wash
iagton. where Senator Vandenberg
expects to be, the policies made in
Washington will not necessarily be
the same policies at both ends OF
Pennsylvania Avenue.
The fact that the Republicans
are now the majority party in
Congress alters greatly the basis
on which bipartisan agreement
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
BALKAN TROUBLE
WILL Be SCANNED
Continued From Page One

proposal for an investigation, at
ter the Soviet Ukraine had charg.
ed that the Greek situation menac.
ed world peace.
The council will take such other
steps as are necessary in the dis
pute between Greece and her neigh
bors when it has the findings OF
the commission before it. The COM
mission is directed to proceed to
the area involved not later than
Jan. Is, 1947, and to report back
sat the earliest possible date on
Greek charges that the bordering
countries fomented the guerrilla
warfare and the neighbor
states counter-charges laying the
strife to the royalist-dominated
Greek government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
LEGION
POST INITIATES
100 NEW MEMBERS

r." 90
One hundred new members were
initiated into Wilmington post No.
10. American Legion. at a cere,
mony held in the Legion home last
night. +,
A buffet supper for all Legion
airees. members of the auxiliary,
and guests was given prior to the
initiation ceremony. Following the
supper, a special Christmas cele.
bration and dance with an estimat-
ed crowd Of 1000 in attendance
was held.
The meeting began at 7:30, with
guests by Legion officials.
by Legion officials.
Mozart gave his first concert al
II E e . y
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
'TEEN-AGE MEET

The Nesbitt Courts 'teen-age
club will not hold its regular
meeting tonight because Of re-
pairs now. under way at the pro-
ject's community building.
Mrs. Irene Waters, of the City
Recreation Department, report.
ed last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20

you that we will pass it on to you
soon as possible.
Before his sailing days ended,
Captain Price was the skipper OF
two government tugs here, the
Cynthia and the Richard CasweIl.
Before then, he was captain Of the
Alexander Jones, a vessel owned
by his uncle, James T. Harper.
NEW ALUMNI MEMBERSHIP
don't think for a moment that
we will drop u project of listing
all eligible members for the Semi.
mole Alumni Club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20

The new 4,O0O-ton cyclotron at
tbe University of California has
hurled atomic bullets 10 times
harder than any used before in
otomic bomb research.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20

OF the so worst train wrecks
in the United States since 1875,
none occurred on a Friday the
18th.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20

Mozart gave his first concert at
the age Of 6. E.
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