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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
FATALLY INJURED

FAYETTEVILLE, Oct. 7-@-
Mrs. Mary Nell Johnson, 20, was
fatally injured Sunday afternoon
when she was struck by a Cape
Fear Railroad train near her Bon
niedoon hcme. The accident occur
red late h the afternoon and o
parently she did not see the train
approa ching.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
BLAST VICTIM BETTER

James Walker Memorial hos
pital attaches last night said
the condition of j. w. Clark, 60
year-old owner of the Handy
Repair shop, who was injured
in a blast Saturday afternoon,
was Satisfactory"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
PIT. A. SESSION

The Tiieston school Parent
teacher association will meet
at 8 p. m. Tuesday for q bust
ness session followed by a So
cial hour, at which new school
teachers will be welcomed into
the associat; on.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08

A beer license for the sale Of
beverages on the premises was
granted Monday morning by
the county commissioners to
D. w. Roper, whose establish
ment is located eight miles
from the city, on the Carolina
Beach road.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
WELFARE REPORT

The state board of welfare
reported to County Clerk T. X.
Woody that a total of $12,-,
067.14 was contributed to the
welfare work In this county
last month, as follows: For
Old age pensions, s7,805. OF;
dependent children, 50, 377. so;
administration expenses, 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
SAFETY TALK

SAFETY TALK
John Davis, retired police
captain In the traffic division
Of the Wilmington police de-
partment, will deliver an ad-
dress on safety TO Chestnut
Heights school students Tues
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08

ONR DRILL MEETING
The fifth weekly drill meet
Ing of the Wilmington division
of the U. S. Organized Naval
Reserve viii lbe held at 1880
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08

Yellow mustard stimulates ".
flow of digestive fluid and q strona
dose administered in water ~.
as an emetic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
NEGRO C0NFESSES
TO Staying HERE

Palmer Watson, 26, Negro,
Wrightsville Sound, confessed the
Staying of Pvt. Leroy M. Brown,
Camp Beal, Calf, Negro, who was
killed in cafe at Eighth and
Bladen streets last Thursday night.
City and county officers have con-
Quoted two day search since the
shooting occurred and made the
arrest yesterday morning. He was
placed in jail to await trial.
County officers S. V. Sneeden and
c. M. Carter and special Deputy
Floyd Whitman in cooperation with
city police, John R. Sellers and C.
R. H. Peterson surprised Watson
who was in bed in his room at a
residence on Ann street yesterday
morning. With him at the time he
was arrested was woman whose
name was not given, and a small
child.
Officers said that Watson at first
denied that he shot Brown, but
after questioning he admitted the
charge. He told officers that he
used four shots while shooting at
Brown and that he did not have
any left in the gun. The weapon
was surrendered to police. how
ever.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
$34, 289.25 Cost OF Thefts
In City During Past Year

951.64 was stolen during 1915.
Jewelry and precious metals
with total value of $7,88O.33 were
taken during the year just ended,
while clothing and furs worth S..
705.09 was stolen with the major
part of the latter being recovered.
The report of uniform crime
listed eight known or reported
cases of murder and non-negligent
manslaughter in the city. OF these
two were false or baseless and ali
were cleared.
While manslaughter by negli.
gence dropped from seven IN 1914
to four during 1915, the cases were
all actual and were cleared by
arrest.
Criminal assault showed sharp
incline during 1915 when 10 cases
were. reported against nine during
1914. Of the 10 reported during
the year just ended. all were &C.
tual and - were cleared by ar
rest, while the same charge in
1914 only listed nine cases re-
ported and eight actual cases
found. Of these six were cleared
by arrest.
The number Of cases of robbery
reported in the city during 1915
was slightly more than half Of
those reported during 1914. Fifty
four cases were listed for the year
just ended while during 1914 1O3
were reported. Of the former,
seven were found to be false
alarms while the latter q we're
found either false or baseless.
During 1915, 7O9 cases of ag-
gravated assault were reported
against 925 cases for 1914. Of the
cases reported or known in 1915
one was found to be false while
during 1914 ia proved false; 48s
were cleared by arrest in 1915
while during the preceding year
5S4 were cleared in this manner.
The report of burglaries show a
slight increase in the number OF
cases during 1915 when 281 were
reported against 237 reported dur.
ing 1914. Of the former five were
found to be false or baseless while
So of the latter proved false.
Larceny and theft, other thar
automobiles valued at $50 or over,
show a decrease in number of 81
during. the year just ended, how.
ever, there were 1873 actual cases
in 1915 against 1876 during 1914.
Auto thefts in the city number
less than half as many for 1915
as were stolen during 1914 when
Wilmington motorists had 21O au.
tomobiles stolen. In 1915 there
were only 104 autos reported stol.
en-.
A grand total of all type thefts
in the city shows that in 1914, g..
$40 offenses were registered while
during the year just ended there
was total of 1915.
Total warrants issued during
1915 numbered 1886 while during
1914, 1881 were issued. Sixty five
of the warrants we're not served
Arrests for 1914 numbered Is, 85s
while during the year just ended
only 1871 were recorded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28

what seem to be the errors, and
argue about them.
No one in HI senses would as
sert that any board will find the
true facts in a complicated case
the first time it examines them.
But no one ought to assert that
the true facts can never be found.
or that it is useless or dangerous
to keep on trying to find them. Mr..
Fairless certainly does not take
that defeatist view. He believes
that experienced executives from
representative companies do
know the true facts, and that in a
frank discuss on they can prove it.
Therefore, the facts can be ascer-
tanned, and the whole contention
of those who have been arguing
against fact-finding collapses.
There collapses also under the
impact Of the Fairless proposal the
whole contention that the govern
ment, representing the national III
terest, must be excluded from the
determination of wages and prices.
Mr.. Fairless recognizes that this
is a national problem, as indeed
it is, since the well-being OF every
person in the country will be at
fected by the strikes and by the
level at which prices and wages
are fixed in the postwar period.
Far from maintaining that wages
and prices shall be settled solely
bv management and labor, each
exerting its bargaining power
through nationwide combinations
Mr. Fairless takes the view thai
both management and labor mus,
bow to the national interest-which
is to resume production and to
keep reasonably stable the general
level of prices. @
That being the position of the au-
thorized spokesman of the lead
ing industry, the President cannot
afford to stand pat on his obviously
uniformed and unconsidered re-
lection of the proposal. Mr.. Muir,
ray has no ground for continuing
to charge that the industry for
which Mr.. Fairless speaks is con,
spring to wreck the labor unions.
And the more intransigent observ.
ers and commentators, when they
have absorbed the import of the
Fairless proposal, might we'll ask
themselves whether they must &C
on being Nnore royalist than the
king.-Copyright, 1915, New York
Tribune, Inc,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
N. AL. TRAFFIC
SHOWS INCREASE

A TAOS per cent increase in
revenue passenger miles flown
during 1945 over the 1914 figure
was reported yesterday by H. c.
Dobbs, National Airlines, Inc.
vice president in charge of traffic.
NAL flew 70,210,637 revenue pas
senger miles in 1915, 40,337, 1897 be-
ing the 1914 total, according to the
Wilmington office.
Revenue miles flown over the
entire system totaled 5,S34,75 in
1915, as compared to 1858, 1894 in
1914, an increase of 70, AS per cent.
There was a PATS per cent in
crease in 1945 over 1914 in revenue
passengers carried over the num-
Der carried in 1914. 1945 load
factor was $40 per cent.
National added additional Lock-
heed Lodestars to its fleet during
1945 and one DC-4 with 46 pas
senger capacity was added for
training purposes. Delivery of an
other 46-pasSenger DC-4 has now
been promised for around Febru.
airy 1O,' according to Dobbs. Four
more DC-4's are expected to join
the NAL fleet in March. National
will have minimum of % planes
and total of 1856 seats by Janu-
airy, l947.
1naugurations during 1945 were
service into Philadelphia, Norfolk.
Wilmington, N. c., Charleston, S.
c., and service into st. Peters
burg, Fla, was resumed. Addi-
tional flights giving added service
between Miami and New York city
and New Orleans and New York
city, and nonstop service directly
down the coast between Jackson.
vile and Miami were added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
ARRAYS DISTURB
SABBATH PEACE

'Too close for comfort" is the
way Moses Capers, Negro, 1413
N. Seventh street would probably
describe the razor from which he
received serious injuries yester-
day.
While he and his wife, Lucille
"played" with the, razor Moses
received decorations to his neck
which injuries were treated at
James Walker Memorial hospital
Among other cutting incidents,
Standings and stick welding af-
trays investigated by police yes
terday was that of Johnny Smith,
Negro, Route l, Wilmington, who
said that as he and his wife walked
on Swami street at Fifth, an I'm
known group of boys attacked him
and beat him up.
He told officers he did not know
who the boys were or why they
attacked him. He was treated for
deep stab on his shoulder and
bruises about his face.
Frank Patrick, Negro, 511 N.
Eighth street was treated at
James Walker Memorial hospital
for injuries which he said he re-
ceived when he was hit over the
head with a stick welded by John
Jacobs, Negro. @
Patrick told officers that Jacob
hit him during an argument over
the latter's wife, which occurred at
Jacobs house. Patrick was treated
for injuries to his forehead.
David Brown, Negro, 610 North
Eighth street, was treated al
by his wife, Betty, during an ar
gument at their home. He was
treated for decorations between the
eyes.
Derry McCony, Negro, told police
that while he was intoxicated some
one stole a quantity of cured pork
and raccoon which were hanging
to dry in his room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
CENSUS COMMITTEE
ALTERS PLAN; NOT
TO MEET TONIGHT

The city-wide religious census
steering committee will not meet
tonight, as previously was announc-
ed, according to E. c. Chamblee,
chairman.
Chairman Chamblee said last
night the committee had its initial
meeting last Monday night at the
YMCA, at which time the meeting
scheduled for tonight was anncunc-
ed. At the first meeting all neces-
sary details for planning the census
were placed into the hands OF
subcommittee. The plans will be
made known soon, he said.
The religious census is scheduled
for Sunday afternoon, March 3,
and will be held in cooperation with
the Baptist churches of the Will
mington association and will in
volve the white Protestant churches
of the city and those of nearby
communities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
TEEN-AGE CLUB Il.
NAMES OFFICERS
FOR 1916 TERM

The Hemenway Teen-Age club
met Friday night in the Princess
Street recreation center under the
dictatorship of Mrs. Mary Bes-
selliu, and elected new club Of
ficers for the year.
Serving with Garhardt Widen
who was elected president, other
officers included Billie Morrow,
vice-president; Faye King, secre-
tary and treasurer; jackie Loyd'
assistant secretary and treasurer;
Nettie Colley, Annie Lou Yates
and Catherine Post, program COM
mittee.
During the business session. Mrs.
Elizabeth w. May, assistant super
intendent of the City recreation de-
partment, gave talk to the mem
bers on advantages OF beng a
Member of the Teen-Age club.
After the meeting, refreshments
were served and dancing ana
games followed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
BY PHIL WRIGHT

Wilmingtonians and their guests
footed the bill last year to the
tune of $34, 289.25, in property
stolen which was not recovered.
This despite the efficient and I'M
firing efforts of the Wilmington
uniform and plain clothes police
department.
The above figure represents the
deficit in goods recovered as COM
puted by Earl A. Sanders and re-
leased by Police Chief Charles H.
Casteen.
A compliment to the work Of the
department is evident in the fact
that there is a considerable de-
crease in the amount of valuation
property lost to felons and crimi-
nails of less detrimental nature,
over that which was stolen in 1914.
Wilmington Police department
anticipates better fishing" this
year however, as is shown in a
statement last night by Chief c.
H. Casteen.
with the new and better work
ing conditions-the eight-hour
shifts on which the men have been
placed-and the enlarged force,
the boys will have more incentive
and will actually be in better
shape for duty than they were
on the old 'catch-as-ca tch-can'
basis
when the boys have worked
their eight hours now they can call
the balance of time theirs except
in cases when they are called for
witness duty, and when they are off
they have plenty of time for
recreation and the small personal
tasks which they wish to perform
for themselves" Chief Casteen ex-
planned.
This alone will cause the men
to keep ever on the job, to be
alert and ready to defend the ordi-
nances of the city at any and all
times" he said.
Last year drop of $77, $40. 10
in the amount Of goods stolen in
the city, is shown as compared
with 1914 when $205, 228.77 was re-
ported missing.
OF the total amount stolen in the
city in 1945, SOL, 32933 was recov-
cred, leaving deficit of $34, 1885 rs
as compared with $205, 228. II worth
OF personal property stolen in 1914,
OF which $169,659.65 was recov-
cred through arrests, investigation
and court trials. A deficit of $685.
569.l2 resulted in 1914.
currency, notes and other
negotiable and non-negotiable
properties in the amount of $36.-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28

2f4,007, jump of an even 200 per
cent. The amount of increase
easily was the highest in the coun-
try.
Several western cities took a
firm grip on the furniture indus
try in the 40 years covered by
Maxwells report. In 1900 Tar Heel
production totaled 81, $780, OBJ, rank
ing 18th in the nation and first in
the southeast. In 1899, however,
production totaied $50, 1890 to
boost the states standing to third
place nationally Exceeded only by
New York and Illinois,, and far
ahead of all other states in the
region. Output in North Carolina
was 7.3 per cent of the nations
total.
On household furniture the po-
sition was even more favorable.
In the production of other than
upholstered g C d S, the state
ranked first in 1889 with about IL
per cent of the national output.
But it was in the field of tex
tiles that the state achieved its
greatest growth during MAXWELL
survey period. Although the textile
industry was well underway IN
1900, it confined production most
ly to cotton goods and the total
output only slightly exceeded $3o,-
100000. The state was ninth In
national rank and second for the
southeastern area.
Thirty nine years later North
Carolina was first among the
states in textile production, lnclud-
ing woolens, ollcloth, carpets, Il.
nofeum and all other goods. 1t
was first in the number OF en-
ployes, value of the product, and
value added by manufacture. Inc
state production in all classes
reached $545. O85, 1874, about IA per
cent Of the national total. That
for the records, was an increase
in 80 years of LIT per cent. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
LAKE FOREST MAN
SHOT ACCIDENTLY

Wilmer sasser, 30, Court T,
Lake Forest, was treated at
James Walker Memorial hospital,
yesterday for wounds which he
told officers were inflicted when
the gun he was cleaning accident
ally discharged, the shot hitting
him under the left arm. A report
on his condition last night, dis
closed that he was resting well
after his injury, which a medical
officer described as flesh
wound"
Sasser and his wife were alone
in the house when the shooting
occurred, Officers. c. w. Wilson
and M. w. Mills said. Mrs. Sas-
ser told officers that her husband
had been discharged from his job
and that he had attempted to COM
NIT suicide.
She said that her husband had
asked her to go to bed and cover
herself. She said she went to bed
but failed to do as he suggested,
at which point Sasser pulled the
covers over her.
Sasser is then said to have gone
into the kitchen and turned the
stove down, after which he went
back into the hall and took the
gun, a double-barreled model and
shot himself.
One barrel of the gun had pre-
viously been fired according to
Mrs. Sasser who said that her
husband placed the gun under his
left arm and pulled the trigger.
The right barrel was empty and
the shot from the left barrel failed
to hit him at point to cause criti-
cal injury, doctors said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
THE FAIRLEss PROPOSAL

The President would do well
to reconsider his rejection of
the proposal made by Mr..
Fairless had first made the pro-
brusque remarks about it at the
VIII tie House press conference that
he has not yet considered it at all.
For Mr.. Truman talked as if Mr..
Rairless had first made the pro-
posal on the radio Wednesday
night. That seems to have been the
first time Mr.. Truman heard about
it. But as matter of fact the pro-
posal wass first made in the conf
Dental negotiations at the White
House before the strike, and if Mr..
Truman did not hear about it, it
must be because his adv sers did
not grasp its Importance, and did
not, therefore, tell him about it.
What Mr.. Fairless is proposing
is that the President "call con-
ference in Wash ngton of expert
enced executives from representa-
tive companies which are now di-
rectly involved in strikes" in order
to discuss with them what k nd
of wage increase the economy of
this country can endure without
mourning the danger OF an lnfla-
tionary spiral with constant race
between mounting wages and
mounting prices"
Fer, said Mr.. Fair1ess, this is a
national problem" tf-s is to say
the amount of the wage increases
should not at this time be deter
mined by the bargaining power of
individual corporations and par
ticular unions; it should be deter
mined by the national principle
that wages may rise to but not
beyond the poin: where goods can
be sold at fair profit at the pres
ent level Of prices.
Instead of rejecting Mr.. Fair
less's proposal for a conference
based on this formula, Mr.. Tru-
man ought to welcome it. For
what Mr. Fairless is proposing is
in principle exactly the policy the
Administration is supposed to be
standing for, and not only the
Administration but also those
younger labor leaders among
whom Mr.. Reuther is conspicuous.
Moreover, not only does Mr.. Fair
less subscribe to the policy; he ac-
cepts also the essential principle
of "fact-finding," namely that
what kind Of wage increase the
economy of this country can en-
dure' without producing an infla-
tionary spiral is quest on of fact
which "experienced'' men can dis
cuss effectively.
In my article on Thursday I
said that these big strikes had be-
come a test of power. That article
was written before 1 saw Mr.. Fair
less's radio speech of Wednesday
evening, and, of course, without
knowledge of what mad been pro-
posed privately at the White House
conference. 1t is clear now that if
Mr. Fairless is speaking for the big
employers, which presumably he is,
then a rational basis for indus
trial peace exists. For there is
agreement among the big cor
porations, the unions involved in
the big strikes, and the Admins
tration on the national policy
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
TODAY 'and TOMORROW
by WALTER LIPPMANN

which should govern the wage dis
putes.
The way is open, therefore, to
craftsmanship. 1t would not be
open if, for example, these CLIO
unions were demanding wage in
creases regardless of the effects on
prices. But they are not. Certainly
they say they are not. 1t would not
be open if the steel companies, for
whom Mr.. Fairiess speaks, were
denying that wages may be in
creased by the amount VIII, CHI in
dustry can pay ct the present price
level. If that were the position of
labor and management, the issue
could be settled only by a test of
power. But that is not their posi-
ton. The way IS open to solution
by reason because the CLIO. and
Mr.. Fairless subscribe to the same
rule for determ- ming wages. What
divides them is, therefore, differ
ent estimate of the facts, and that
is precisely the kind of issue which
can be settled by arbitrating the
d fferences and mediating a set
| tlement.
1t is often said these days that
fact-finding is no good; what we
need is "rule-finding" Mr.. John
H. McGraW, Jr. puts it this way:
'"The major fticulty in marshal
ing facts to resolve wage disputes
is that there are no agreed-upon
principles to determine the levels
at which wages should be set" Mr..
McGraW must also have written
Mr.. Fa rless said on The radio.
Mr.. Failess said on The RADIO.
For it is certainly not true now
that there are no agreed : upon
principles. There is no difference
in prime pie between what Mr..
Fairless proposes, what the Presl-
dent laid down as the national poll
cy in his address of Oct. 80, 1945,
dllu WlldL IllC Val 1SO11 law
ing board in the General Motors
dispute adopted as its guiding
rule. 1t follows that taking this
agreed-upon principle, the prob
lem is to reach agreement upon
what the facts are in the light Of
this principle.
If the companies disagree with
the findings of fact by the Presi-
dents boards, they should ask to
have the findings reviewed. They
should not denounce fact-finding.
They should ask for more fact
hiding, and no reasonable person
could reject their appeal. For if
the first finding of facts is not
correct, as it well may not be, the
| obvious ,ooI,, N ,,oip4 o,1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
FOOLED DOCTORS

LONDON, Jan. 81 P Miss
Maria Charlotte Stuck, christened
the day she was born because doc
tors feared she would not live,
King George VII sent her con-
gratulatory message.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28

The U. S. now produces more
soybeans than Manchuria, where
they have been grown Ior cen.
turtles as the Chinese stan OF
life"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28

This year U. S. soybean pro-
auction will total more than $780,
600 900 bushels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-28
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