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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
Public In SurueyD Decides Against
Destruction OfAtom Bombs

that Ii stripping ourselves Of
atom bombs would substantially
alter Russia's position or make
her more likely to cooperate in
setting up international atomic cor.
troll.
Whether these views on the pa-t
OF the American people are right
or wrong, they appeared to be
held with considerable tenacitv at
the time the Institute Doll was
taken during the last two weeks
of November.
A series Of surveys was cor
Quoted by the Institute among a
scientifica lly-selected cross-sectiou
OF the voting population in all the
48 states.
The first question put to the
voters was:
"Do you think the United States
should stop making atom bombs
and destroy an those we now
have?"
The vote:
Yes 21%
NO
No opinion ..--.......7
AS an experiment, a companion
survey was conducted on this same
issue with the question worked to
include one of the arguments in
fayor OF ceasing to make bombs.
This survey was conducted among
a separate but comparable cross
section and the wording was as
follows:
DO you think that the United
States should stop making atom
bombs and destroy those already
made to prove our good intentions
In asking for International control
OF atomic bombs?"
The responses to that question
showed very little change in the
yes" vote as compared to the
fother question. There was some
decline in the mo- vote, and an
increase in the number without
opinion.
Yes. 1907
Yes, qualified ("if
other countries do
likewise" etc., 5
NO .65
No opinion .......I1
The general distrust of Russia
which existed in connection with
atomic disarmament at the time
the poll was taken can be seen
from the results of two other ques-
lions in the surveys.
The first of these was as fol-
llows:
Suppose the United States stop
ped making atom bombs and des-
troyed those already made. Do you
think Russia would then agree ia
let a United Nations Committee
check to see that Russia does NOT
make akom b0mbs?"
The vote:
| Va 1o~
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
Nv GEORGE GALLUP
nirector, American Institute Of
public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. j., Dec. Is =
passian proposals that we stop
lnsking atom bombs and destroy
lhose we have on hand met with
chilly reception from the Ameri
can public. "
Il the major reasons for this
sentiment.
. = result Of the action taken
fsst week by Soviet Foreign Min
;ster V. M. Molotov. He publicly
DnJorsed international inspection
u ornaments and weapons, thus
uamoving one of the major Stun
hing blocks to agreement between
.se limited States and Russia over
international control of atomic
weapons.
In until he took this action, the
ove~age American did not fully
trust Russia's intentions concerning
Gisarmament. He did not believe
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16

There have been signs in recent
weeks that American attitudes to-
wards Russia have softened some
what.
A survey made by the Iowa
Poll among residents Of that state
found that a majority think Rus
STA has been trying to be more
friendly toward the United States
in recent weeks. The Iowa Pol
asked, During the last month OF
six weeks have you felt that Rus.
STA was trying to be more friendly
toward the United States?"
The vote showed Sc per cent
saying yes, 80 per cent no, and
IA per cent expressing no opinion.
Whether this attitude is found
general throughout the country,
future nationwide. surveys by the
Institute will determine.
The Baruch plan for atom con
troll contains a provision hat at
a stage to be determined in the
setting up Of an adequate control
system, the United States would
stop manufacturing atomic bombs
and dispose of all existing bombs.
Our temporary monopoly OF
atomic energy would then be trans
formed into a permanent monop-
oily of the international Atomic
development Authority created by
the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
Eight Lose Lives

EUGENE, Ore, Dec. 15-P)-
Eight persons, crowded in one auto.
mobile, were killed and seven per
sons in a bus were injured in a
head-on highway collision near here
late Saturday night.
Seven Of the four men and four
women in the car died almost in.
stantly and one woman died in a
hospital. The driver of the bus, a
southbound Greyhound, suffered
a broken jaw and six passengers
were injured slightly.
The impact forced the bus of
the highway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
Pact Concluded

LONDON, Dec. 15-R-The For
eign office announced Sunday that
Britain and Czechoslovakia have
concluded an agreement authoriz-
ing the Czechs to purchase $40, 600,
900 worth Of surplus goods on de-
ferred terms.
The stores will be mainly mill
ta-y, the announcement said. Al
though some machine tools and
other items may be included. Pend
ing for many months, the agree
ment was upheld when the United
States recently reduced the size
Of a loan to Cze chslovakia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
Passengers Safe

MANILA, Dec. 15-R-Filipino
military police Sunday were bring.
ing to safety II passengers and
crewmen who survived the crash
Saturday of a Far East Air trans
port plane on the slope of 1000
foot Mount BanshaW, 40 miles
southeast of Manila.
The pilot of the t~wo-engined
plane, Capt. Roy Wilson Of Turkey,
Tex, liked out alone with word
of the planes location. Entering q
hospital for treatment of minor
injuries, he attributed the crash tc
bad weather.
Extent of injuries of the other two
crew members and nine passengers
was not known.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
Only Part Payment

BERLIN, Dec. 15-R)-The So
Wet Military administra tior
through its official newspaper.
told the German people Sunday
that the $40, 600, 600, 900 PREPARATIONS
which Russia demands Of Germany
in addition to equipment and pro
ducts already taken, represented
"oniy partial repayment for dam
age done the Soviet Union.
The Soviet paper said PREPARATIONS
would t'open the way to friendship
between the Soviet and German
peoples"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
FIRST PERFORMANCE

MOSCOW, Dec. 15-R-Dmitri
Shostakovich's new third quartet
will have its first public perform.
ance Monday in the Moscow con
servatory. The composers new
Ninth Symphony was criticized by
Culture and Life" recently as
showing traces of escapism anc
cvnicism.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
AMBASSADOR NAMED

WARSAW, Dec. 15-PeA For
eign office spokesman said sun
day Poland had nominated a new
ambassador to the U. S. to sue.
coed DR.. Oscar LANCE, in view OF
the fact that Lange is a Polish
delegate to the United Nations. The
name Of the nominee was not dis
closed, pending agreement by the
". S.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16
TRAINING

E. F. Penney OF Whiteville, has
been selected for training in the
Naval Reserve Officer Training
Corps at the University Of South
Carolina, Columbia. S. c., accord
ing to word received here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16

The ricksha was invented by
Jonothan Goble, who visited ia
pan in 1854 with Commodore
Perry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-16

The next survey question was:
do you believe that this (ceas.
ing to make bombs and destroy
ing those already made) would
help in bringing about an agree
ment with Russia regarding In
Iternational control Of atomic
bombs?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
ACCEPTS CALL

NEW BERN, July 21.- The
Rev. Wallace Clifford Foster,
West Point, Ca, has been ten
dered a unanimous call to the
post of pastor of the Broad
Street Christian church here.
He plans to come to this CITY
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
after attending a convention
of the church in Columbus, Ga.
ICE PLANT

ICE PLANT
SHALLOTTE. July 21.-The
fourth plant in the Bruton Ice
company, of Tabor City,
chain. began operation last
week here. The business has a
daily output of 10 tons of ice
with a storage capacity of ap-
proximately % tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
SUBCOMMITTEE
FAVOR COMPULSORY
HEALTH INSURANCE

WASHINGTON, July 21.-P-
Enactment of a national compul-
sorry health insurance plan would
be ''the most economical and eff
ficient way to assure complete
medical care to ALL" a majority
report of a Senate Education and
Labor subcommittee said Sunday.
Health insurance is often err
roneously called ~'socialized medi-
cine or state medicine" the re-
port said and added:
"As President Truman pointed
out in his health message, such a
system is one in which the doctors
are employed by the government.
We do not advocate this.
National health insurance -
which we do advocates simply a
logical extension of private group
health insurance plans to cover
all the people.
1T will guarantee free choice of
doctor or group of doctors and free
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
TWO FORT CREWS
MISSING AT SEA
Army, Navy Planes Scan
ming Pacific For Fiji
teen Crewmen

BALBOA. Canal Zone, July 21.-
U.H-Army and Navy planes ane
surface craft were pressed mo
search Sunday for IS MISSING crew
members of two BIZ Flying
Fortresses'' which collided ano
crashed into the sea off Coiba
island late Saturday.
Names of six Of the missing mer
we're announced and included:
Mai. Paul J. HYDE, Perth Am
boy. N. J.
First Lieut.. John r. Frye. VOL
aston, Mass.
First Lieut.. Ronald c. Morey,
New Milford. Conn.
On Rescue Mission
The wives of all resided at Santa
Clara. a summer resort near the
Rio Hato Air base from which
three Bits took off Saturday on a
search mission for survivors Of
.hree Army PAT fighter planes
.ost since Thursday.
The bodies OF i've crew men,
one officer and four enlisted men
were recovered late Saturday and
flown to Coco Solo Air base. Names
Of the enlisted men Eel withheld
pending notification of next of kin
Second Crash
This was the second major crash
in the Panama area within six
weeks-June 9 a DC4 crashed at
Taboga island, killing %.
A member of the crew of the
third BIT said the pilots OF all
three ships simultaneously sighted
what they believed to be a rubber
raft.
Both of those other planes
changed course to get a closer
look and ran smack into one anoth.
err he said. .5sM
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
Disability Claims

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Pe
One out of every four veterans
of World War II has filed a dis
ability claim and 1920, 900 are now
eligible for compensation.
A statement from the Veter-
ans administration said Sunday
8, 400, 900 claims have been MADE
but monthly totals have declined
from a peak of 425, 900 new cases
in February to about $4,000 II
June.
Payments, if approved, begin a.
of the date a veteran is separat'
ed from the armed forces, pro
vided the claim is filed within
one year from that date. Other
wise payment starts as OF the
date claim is made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
GEORGIA GROWING
POLITICAL SNARL
Populous Atlanta May Be
Left Without Congress-
man In January

ATLANTA, July 21.-R-A po-
1itical snarl outgrowth OF
Georgia's now spotlighted county
unit system-has left the populous
Atlanta area uncertain whether II
will still have a congresswoman
after January l.
The district-the Fifth-is now
represented by Helen Douglas Man
kin, Atlanta attorney who is the
first member of her sex to be
regularly elected to Congress from
Georgia.
Mrs. Mankin was elected a few
months ago to fill the unexpired
term of veteran Representative
Robert Ramspeck. who quit Con-
gress to take a more lucrative job
in the aviation industry.
Rough And Tumble
She won in a rough and tumble,
battle against 10 opponents. At
lanta's large Negro vote. plus
PAC support, swung the election.
The race was in a general election,
not a Democratic primary-the
usual election in the South.
Last week Mrs. Mankin came up
for denomination in the Democratic
primary. She won the popular vote
by a comfortable margin, but the
unit vote went to Judge James c
Davis, one of Mrs. Rankin's two
opponents.
The nomination is claimed by
both Mrs. Mankin and Davis. The
dispute may not be settled for
months. 1t may result in both
candidates running in the Novem>
Der general election as Democrats
Independent Can't Win
There a popular vote will decide.
Why doesn't Mrs. Mankin run as
an independent? The answer is
that it is traditional in the one
party South that an independent
cannot win in a general election.
So Mrs. Mankin is circulating a
petition to get her name on the
November ballot as a regular
Democrat" She will have to get
five precent of the 100, 000-odd
registered voters to sign.
She says she plans to use the
petition, however, only if she loses
her fight before the State Demo
cratic executive committee or the
State Democratic convention.
Story Of Dispute
The unusual dispute came about
in this manner:
For az dozen years or more the
popular vote prevailed in the Fifth
district. The unit vote system,
mandatory in statewide races. is
optional with the district Demo-
cratic executive committees.
The lame duck committee-Ram-
speck's commit ee - decreed that
the unit system would prevail in
last weeks primary. Mrs. Man.
kin refused to recognize this com
mittee.
She named her own committee.
which decided in favor of the popu-
lar vote. The State Democratic
committee has never ruled which
committee should be recognized.
The Fifth district is made up OF
three counties-Fulton (Atlanta),
Dekalb and Rockdale. Fulton's
population is far greater than that
of the other two counties combined.
Carried Fulton County
Yet Fulton has only six unit
votes. The other two counties
have eight-Dekalb six and Rock
dale two. Mrs. Mankin carried Full
ton but didn't carry the other two.
Georgia's county unit system,
intended to give political domi-
nance to small counties, has been
on the statute books since 1917, but
prevailed by custom long before
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22

To give an official flavor to the Department of Agri-
culture home canning week program, wives of cabinet men,
bers and officials are shown canning peaches at a Washing
ton, D. c., community food preservation center. Shown at
work q. to ~ Mrs. J. A. Krug, wife of the Interior Secre-
tary; Mrs. Robert Shields, wife of Solicitor, Agriculture
Department; Miss Drucie Snyder, daughter of Treasury
Secretary; Mrs. Charles Brannan, wife of Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture; Mrs. John R. Steelman, wife of the
Reconversion Director; and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of
the Secretary of Commerce. international Soundphoto)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
Turks Ballot

ISTANBUL, July q. -P-
Turkish voters, choosing their own
government in the first free cleo
ton of their history, balloted
quietly Sunday after prediction
clashes climaxed by the killing
of four persons Saturday
Scattered reports early Sunday
night indicated that the newborn
opposition parties had scored some
successes, but certainly not grea,
enough to upset president 1sme1
Inonu's government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
Reaches Tokyo

TOKYO, Sunday, July .21.VR
Major General Myron Kramer,
who will replace Massachusetts,
Chief Justice John P. Higgins as
the United States member of the
International Military tribunal in
the Far East, arrived Sunday by
air from the States
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
NEW TEACHERS

W~HITEvILLE. July 81. -
About 40 new teachers will be
on Columbus county payrolls
during the coming year, &C
cording to j. M. Hough. coun-
ty superintendent of schools.
The superintendent also dis
closed that Columbus is in the
market for approximately 40
new school buses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
CHAMPION BLOSSOM

CURRIE, July 81. The
largest Magnolia bloom ever to
be grown in this section was
one on the tree of Mrs. Kate
BloocsWorths'. It measured.
and not widely spread-13 inch
es across. Mrs. BloodsWorth
has the largest and most beau
t1ful magnolia anywhere
around. It blooms from early
May, June being the fullest,
on into late July. Many people
have called to see her lovely
magnolia and other flowers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
BEARS RAMPANT

CeainzFoaround. ssUTA o N M
CURRIE, July 81. Bears
are reported to be doing very
serious damage over Colly
in fields where corn is very
fine and no water to do it
harm. Some nights as much
as three long rows are tramp
led down and eaten. The peo-
pie are at a loss to know what
step to take in destroying
these pests. Crops are hard
to raise under the present con-
ditions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
NEW

JACKSONVILLE. July Il
Raising of funds for a shirt
factory building TO be erected
here is progressing satisfac-
torily, according TO B. J. Hole
man. chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce committee in
charge of the project. ]. W.
Jackson. manager of the More
head Garment company re-
ports that more than 100 en-
ployes have been signed up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
RESIGNS

LUMBERTON. July 81. -
Archie c. Walker has resigned
as Democratic nominee for the
post of solicitor of the Lum-
berton district recorders court.
Walker said that his reason
for withdrawal was to accept
a position with the Wachovia
Bank and Trust company in
Winston Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22

WITH prices so much in the news these days,
here's an interesting story. It's the petroleum
industry's record Of gasoline price and quality
since 1920. It's a story of quality going UP;
prices coming DOWN.
800 a gallon then; a little over 204 now. Even
with greatly increased taxes included, you pay
one-third less today than in 1920, after World
War l. Excluding taxes, you pay only one-half
as much today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
BIBLE CLASS

yoUTRPoRT, July 21.- A
one-week session of the Daily
Vacation Bible school was held
here recently. Headed by the
Rev. Herbert M. Baker, the
school had an enrolment of
SO students at its high point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22

choice of hospital by tho ~.
and free choice of pation pa(leas,
DOCTOR" oy Ia
The report was signed bv r,
man Pepper (D-Fla) IAait,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-22
SQUIRREL

CURRIE. July 81. - Much
complaint has been made early
in the season of squirrels
bothering corn cribs that are
close to Colly swamp. The
pesky little animals creep
through tiny cracks in the
barn ard before they can be
discovered have hulled the
corn off several cobs. And the
corn that they bother is bought
corn and has come from some
distance away. No corn was
housed here last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-08
Wage Rates Established
Continued from Page D

wage: @, total wages paid each pay period.
 Every employer shall supply any of the above information to the Commissioner of Labor or his agents on request. Penalty for fail- .lre to keep records or to supply in- formation to the Labor Department -$25 to $1O0 for each offense."
 "The term mercantile trade means the trade of wholesale or retail selling of commodities and any operation or service incidental thereto tspch" h"as, but not limited to, buying. delivery. rhaintainance. .e- pair, office, stock. and clerical work) but does not include (a) the bus mess of a gasoline filling station or (b) the selling of Food or drink for consumption on the premises ,whether or not the establishment. is devoted exclusively to that pur- pose.
 "In addition to receiving not less than a salary of $50 a week. an employe engaged in a bona flde ex- lecutiye capacity shall mean any employe (a) whose primary iuty consists Of the management of the establishment in which he is sm- 'ployed or of a customarily recog- nized department or subdivision thereof; and (b) who customarily
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-08

and regularly directs the work of two or more employees therein; (c) who has the authority to hire and discharge other employees or whose as to hiring or discharg1ng and as to the advancement and promo tion or any other change of status of other employees will be given par ticular weight; and (d) who eus- bomarily and regularly exercises discretionary powers; and (3) who does not spend more than 50 per cent of his working time on non- executive duties such as, but not limited to, selling. stock work, ring ing the cash register, meat cutting, etc.
 "A woman or minor whose earn ing capacity is impaired by physical Or mental disability may be paid less than the minimum wage on the issuance of a written permit by the Commissioner of Labor.
 If a full time employe voluntnr- fly works less than A hours per week, proportionate amount nay be deducted from the employees weekly wage; but if in any week a full time enTploye is required by the employer to work less than 36-44 hours week. the employe shall re- ceive the minimum part time hourly rate or his regular hourly rate. whichever is higher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-08
FBI Apprehend Army Fuqitive

John Francis Oakes of Buffalo, N. Y, an escaped Army prisoner, was arrested here yesterday after noon by two members of the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation and is being held at local police head quarters for Army authorities.
 Oakes escaped from Camp Cor don, Georgia, September 3, l945, with six other Army prisoners by crawling through a sewer pipe. He was involved along with the six other escaped Army prisoners in the theft of a car, September 4, l945, at GadSen, Alabama, and its sub- sequent transfer to Buffalo, N. Y. where it was abandoned.
 Since leaving the Army Oakes has been engaged as an iron worker in many parts of the country and had been the subject of an intensive na- tionWide search by the FBI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-08

other middle-of-the.nlght. He was
 unhurt A mother and baby died in that wreck and many per- sons were injured Mir, Lord helped other passengers give first aid He reports the porters on that ill-fated train had been told to turn in their flashlights to the railway one week before the second accident in 3 weeks on the Seaboard Airline As a result of turning in their flashlights the porters and crew were handicapped and didn't know what to do in the emergency Lord also re- ports that he did not see any crew members in rescue work Gin the badly wrecked first carl for at least one hour The passengers did 1t all in that car.
 Lucille Richard (she played Pearl in Tobacco Road'O has reconciled with her groom, F, Barry, after a battle in the headlines ,Carole Landis, the bride, Is hopeful the producers will go easy on oomphy exploitation for the Scandal in Paris" film So you want to be columnist2 Clementine Paddle ford, the oddly christened but tal- ented food paragrapher for a New York paper, gets up at every ayem to ready her copy The lyrics of the satire on the ziegfeld in Billion Dollar Baby" CA Lovely Girl Is Like a Lovely Bird'O originally read: "A Lovely Girl Is Like a Lovely Girl" which is funnier Groucho Marks i8- year old dghtr, Miriam, is a student at Bennington College, where the freshman curriculum calls for a B. month work period". Students leave the school and find job. Miriam landed one as copy-gal at Q newsmag.
 A checkup by a column contribu- tor revealed that a gold clip for $50 at Tiffany'S, swank gem shop, cost S60 and SIS in six jewelry stores on Broadway MuggingS and simi- lar banditti activities on the East Side (not Broadway have dived- the result of the new "Gangster Squad, They practically murder" them when caught |. That was dirty job two plain clothes lads per- formed on two servicemen Gin uni- form) outside a midtown joynt. Made passersby i'll The Joe Di- Maggios Dorothy Arnold, insep- arable since their divorce insist they are happier being pals and are not re-welding Ethle Norman delayed going to the Colonial Inn (MiamD because she expected top billing. The owner, a sentimentalist about Harry Richman, says no one will be billed over Richman while he's boss