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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-27
tn SHOW MODEL HOUSE
Masonry Units At Maffitt
Village Being Renovated
For Ex-Servicemen

In view of the fact that in recent
weeks arrivals of war veterans
have begun to outnumber the de-
srable housing vacancies here tne
Wilmington Housing authority yes.
terday announced a program OF
renovation and reuse OF vacant
masonry units at Maffitt Village
To show the Inability Of the re-
conditioned housing, the authority
will open a demonstration unit at
sOs.B Vance street next Wednes-
dav. 1t will be completely furnish
ed, and applicants who wish to
examine the housing will be vel
coined by hostess during daytime
hours and up until 9 p. m. daily.
The units being reconditioned lie
Immediately along the Maffitt VII
lage bus line, which has a 70
minute schedule to the city. They
are within two blocks Of the Vance
shopping center and community
building.
Applications for the housing may
be filed at the Housing authority
office at Lake Forest, at the Vance
building in Maffitt Village, or at
the demonstration unit at 303-B
Vance street.
Recent Problem
According to a statement from
the Authority yesterday-the prob
lem of housing the returning war
veteran has not, up until the past
few weeks, been serious one for
Wilmington. Vacancies in desir-
able housing were becoming avail
able about as rapidly as needed.
The problem is still by no means
as serious as in other cities, but
in recent weeks the arrivals have
begun to outnumber the desirable
vacancies.
The statement continued:
"All Of the vacancies in private
E-oWned housing in the. community
have been filled. There have been
no vacancies at any time in any
OF the better government-owned
war housing. There exist nearly
z,OOO vacancies in government
owned Maffitt Village units which
are not of the best design, but it
mad been hoped that these could
remain vacant for early demolition
and removal as scheduled, since
tney were built as temporary units
lof wartime use only.
The demand for better housing
units has now become more serious
man 1t was at any time during
me war. There are nearly 200
on the waiting list at Lake Forest,
more than 100 at the Vance Sec
non' and nearly 100 at Hillcrest.
lAe Housing authority finds 1T i'm
possible to offer any hope of early
tCOntinuod ~, Dono E.,,.s ~ A.
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DOWNTOWN STORES
P0LLED ON HOURS
Majority Favor Wednesday
Afternoon And 6 P. M.
Closing Schedule

Two questions-shall the stores
close on Wednesday afternoon and
at what hour on Saturday nights?-
may be answered at the next meet
ing of the Merchants board Of the
Chamber of Commerce following
issuance of a questionable to down
town retailers.
C. L. Harris, manager of Wool
worth's -and-Ten store, con-
tacted IS merchants with the
questionable pertinent to the
Wednesday afternoon and Satur-
day night situation in addition to
holiday closing.
The completed survey discloses
that 81 merchants jim favor of clos
ing Wednesday afternoon; IL
against, and failed to answer.
On the question of the Saturday
night closing hour, 43 favor clos
ing at 6 p. M; at $50; IA at Z;
/ at 7:30; 2 at with 3 being in
favor of "a later hour"
Forty merchants agreed to ABIDE
by the findings of the majority )
two did not agree to that ruling
and 49, failed to answer. r. w;
Carr, chairman of the board SAID
the results of the survey would be
discussed at the next meeting, ana
a decision reached.
q Complete figures on the holiday
situation were not available oul
IS merchants agreed to close on
the Fourth of July. and 81 on
Labor DAY.
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|HARNETT SCHOOL
FARLEY PLANNED
State Official Coming Fol
Study OF Institution With
Low Attendance

A state board Of education rep.
resentative is expected to arrive
In Wilmington this week for con-
ferences with H. M. Roland, New
Hanover superintendent Of schools,
IN an effort to continue operation
Of Cornelius Harnett school,.
When advised that C. W. Blanch
ard, director of the division OF
operation of plants, state board OF
education, had written Roland to
set meeting date, DR.. ]. T. Hog
gard, chairman of the New Han
over board, said he would call a
school board meeting for consulta-
ton with the representative.
Blanchard is scheduled to make
a study of the Cornelius Harnett
school plant, in relation to state
funds which will be. required for its
continued operation.
Attendance at the Wilmington
school became so low last Fall
that the school board removed
some teachers from the school.
When approached by city council
men, acting In behalf Of residents
OF that area, with a plea that the
school remain open, the board
granted 60-day test period to see
If attendance could be raised. That
period expred in .mid-December,
but the school board has not con-
vened since then.
Raleigh Conference
A Wilmington-New Hanover dele
cation. conferred with Comptroller
Paul Reid, state board of educa-
ton, in Raleigh on Jan. IS, to as
certain the status OF Cornelius Har-
nett under recent order removing
teachers from schools with an in
sufficient attendance. =
According to DR.. Hoggard at that
time, there were only about 40
pupils attending the school and
three teachers were employed
tneTe. lie estimated that annual
operation of the school was costing
the county $1,000.
Blanchard's- proposed visit is a
result of the Raleigh conference.
In telephone conversation from
yesterday, Reid said,
We'll do all we can and I'm sure
the folks down there will do all
possible to get the Cornelius Har-
nett attendance built up to justify
it's cont 'nued operation
The Jan. Is New Hanover dele
cation was comprised of Mayor
Ronald Lane, Addison Hewlett,
of the board of county
commissioners, Holland, and ]. c.
Roe, board of education member.
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|lA,o0o WORKERS
WILL GET RAISES
Not Expected To Affect
Prices; GIN Officials
Silent On Settlement

DETROIT, Jan. 26.-(APy
CLIO United Automobile
Workers union settled it's
wage disputes today with the
Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler
Corp. at approximately half
the originally demanded 80
per cent increase.
Close on the heels of an
agreement between Ford and
the UAW-CIO providing for an 10
cents an hour Q51 per cent? NJ
crease, Chrysler and the union an
nounced their dispute had been
settled on the basis of an IS IL
cents an hour (162 per cent? in
crease.
Approximately 10000 F d
workers participate in the increase
which brings their average wage to
S1.37 an hour; $4,000 production
and hourly-rated employees share
in the rise in Chrysler wages, which
will average $1.32 IL an hour.
Payrolls Boosted
The increases add approximately
$39, 100000 annually to the Ford
payroll and $18,0O0,000 a year to
Chrysler wages.
The increases granted by Ford
and Chrysler are not expected to
have any effect on new auto prices
recently set by the Office of Price
Administration.
A Ford spokesman said no re-
quests for upward adjustment of
auto prices would be sought, while
Chrysler officials declined formal
comment.
The new wage scale leaves Ford's
average hourly wage IL cents an
hour higher than Chrysler's, while
under the old pay levels Ford paid
five cents an hour more.
Announcement of the settlements
brought no immediate comment
from General Motors officials,
whose $4,000 production workers
have been on strike since Nov. 81.
In Washington, however, R.
Thomas and Walter P. Reuther.
UAW-CIO president and vice-presi-
dent, respectively, announced the
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
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GERMANS TO HOLD
ELECTIONS TODAY
MiddIe-of-R Parties Elk.
pected To Lead Voting
On Councils

FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan
26.-tRHPolitical observers in the
American zone said today they ex
pected middle of the road ane
slightly .right-of-center politica
parties would take the Leadership
when Germans in more than 10000
communities vote tomorrow for ru
raj councils.
Nearly 100000 persons are
eligible to vote.
Some sources expected a slightly
better showing this time by the
communists, who trailed badly in
last Sundays test of political
strength in greater Hesse. '
Today the slightly right-of-center
Christian democratic union, made
up of church and middle-class ru-
raj elements. assumed 949 of 1,07O
uncontested seats in northern Ba-
den, the left-of-center social demo-
Gratis picked up II unopposed seats
in the rural councils; the demo
cratic peoples party TO-; various
Independents 40, and communists,
none. There were no contests in
20 gemeinden Communities under
10000 population) in northern Ba-
den.
Voters in the remaining 233 nor
thern Baden gemeinden, along
with those in MISUNDERSTANDING,
Bavaria and the Greater Hesse
fowls which did not vote, last
week, will take part in .tomorrow's
election.
In last weeks voting in 1000
Greater Hesse communities, the
social democrats, with a mildly
socialistic platform. received 1885,
SOB votes of the 376, 1874 cast The
Christian democrats received &c.
SOL; the communists representing
the extreme left, polled 6,6O8, and
the extreme right liberal demos
Gratis trailed far behind with 1862.
With the second election, the
social democrats were expected
to lose some ground on the Chris
tan social democrats and the
Christian democratic union. The
democratic union and the Chris
tian social democrats in reality
are the same, although they go
by different names in different
areas. .)r.'
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LAWMAKERS SEEK
TO END LOC-JAM
Big Bottleneck Is Holding
Back Truman's LegisIa-
tive Program

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-R)-
Administration congressional lead
ers moved today to break Con-
gressional bottleneck holding back
President Humans Legislative
program.
They want action, and hey want
it early, on many of more than
score of proposals the President
has sent to Congress in recent
months only to have them side
tracked. There is determined OPP
position to most of the items on
the list.
House Democratic leader Nc
Cormack of Massachusetts told re-
porters that committee chairmen
are being enlisted to expedite con-
sideration of a number of meas
ureS.
But he insisted that sthe heat"
is not being applied.
Half a dozen presidential propos-
ais are in a position to be disposed
of by the House in short order, but
when the Senate will get around to
them depends on how soon the
anti-FEPC filibuster ends.
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VET AID PLAN UP
TO MEDICAL GROUP
Two Wilmington Men At
tending State Society
Trustee Conference

Two Wilmingtonians-Dr. ]. F.
Robertson and Ray Galloway
are in Raleigh today to meet with
the North Carolina Medical Society
board of trustees for final ap-
prevail of the out-patient phase OF
the Wilmington-proposed Blue
Cross plan for medical aid to vet
Grams.
DR.. Robertson, who is one of 10
trustees on the board, and Gal
loway, executive director of the To-
cal American Legion Post No. 10,
have both played an active role IN
the work on the plan.
The meeting was called by Dr..
Oren Moore, Charlotte, president
of the state society to present the
plan in it's finished form, to the
board for it's final approval before
presenting it to Washington Vet
erans' Administration officials.
DR.. Moore, in a recent telephone
(Continued nm Pare IL: Col. IL
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City Housing Authority
Moves To Aid War Vets
Human Welfare Group
Honors UNC President

: DURHAM, Jan. 26-(P)-In a
reorganization Of its bylaws
and an election of officers for
1916, the southern conference
for Human Welfare today
named Frank P. Graham Of the
University of North Carolina as
its honorary president. DR..
Clark Foreman, of Atlanta, was
elected acting president.
Meeting here in an all-day ses-
sion about 200 S. C. H. w. men,
bers also named Alva w. Tay-
lor, of Nashville, treasurer, and
Tarleton Collier, associate edi-
tor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, secretary.
Vice presidents are Paul r.
Roscoe Dunjee, of Oklahoma
Christopher of Knoxville, Tenn.
City, Okla; Mrs. Virginia Fos-
ter Durr, of Alexandria, Va;
Paul B.. Kern, of Nashville,
Tenn; william Mitch, of Biz
mingham, Ala, and. Hollis v.
Reid, Of Memphis, Tenn.
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Short Denies Army Navy
Were Sleeping off Jag

Answering question by Senator
Ferguson (R-Mich), the former
Army commander in Hawaii ldentl-
fled scapegoat as: 49,, .-
Someone they saddled the blame
on in order to get it off them
selves" ..
Short finished his testimony to
a Senate-House committee investl-
eating the Dec. Z, 1941, attack
on the Pacific base. ,-
Before his dismissal at the end
OF five days in the witness chair,
he also:
Expressed belief that if the
~
Continued on Page Two: Col. 81
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Iran Tells UNO Security Group
Red Interference Can Be Proved
PRESENTS NEW NOTE
New Premier Says He Will
Seek Direct Negotia-.
tons With Russia
BY JOHN A. PARIS

LONDON, Jan. 26.-R-Iran's
delegation to the United Nations
asserted in a new note to the
security council ton ght that Soviet
interference in Trans affairs "can
be fully proved"
The new note, dated Jan. 26, was
disclosed shortly after Premier
ahmed Qavan Els Saltaneh, a long
time friend of Russia, was elected
new premier of Iran. Ahmed
Qavan announced he would seek
direct negotiations with Russia on
the dispute with the Soviet Union.
giving rise to speculation that his
government might withdraw or de-
Ter action on the complaint put
before the security council.
Reply to Russians
The new 2,000-word note, it was
understood, was delivered to the
council by the Iranian delegation
on its own initiative, in reply to a
NuSsldIl 1etter yesterday. The
Soviet letter opposed security coun-
Gil consideration of Trans COM
plant. on grounds that the Soviet
position in Iran was legal and justi-
fable under Soviet-Iranian treaty.
and favored direct negotiation of
the dispute by Russia and Iran.
An Iranian spokesman said his
delegation had not yet received
any new instructions from Tehran.
but it was reported such instruc-
tons might be sent, possibly over
the weekend. The security council
is slated to discuss the Iranian
Greek and Indonesian questions
Monday. ....-.
Foday's Iranian note declared:
THE refusal-ef the Soviet govern
ment to allow passage of Iranian
security forces through part of
lranian territory is clearly
breach Of the tripartite treaty of
alliance of 1912, and the declaration
Continued on Page Four; Col. d,
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-(P)-
Mai. Gen. Walter C. Short denied
today that Army and Navy otflcers
were sleeping off a jag when
Japan blasted Pearl Harbor. he
blamed the disaster on "l0O per
cent failure" by Warrington to get
vital information to Hawai-.
Short named Gen. George -.
Marshall, 1914 chief Of staff, 1t It.
Gen. L. T. Gerow, war plans chle1'
and Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles, M
telligence head, as the men ne naa
chiefly in mind when he tes1llieo
the War Department tried to MAKE
him the 'scapegoat" for Pearl h@i'
Dor
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Faced with a deficit OF some
81 200 members of the board o.
directors of the Associated Charl
ties are scheduled to appear oe-
fore the county board of com
missioners tomorrow with a re-
quest for funds with which TO pal
ance their books, Mrs. L. 0. Ellis,
executive director, said last
night.
AT the present time. Mrs. Ellis
explained. the agency is receiving
81 300 a month in combined funds
from the city and county. Sne
pointed out that the sum would
not be enough on which to operate
and still give needed att~~+i"n to
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CD Settles Disputes With Ford,
CZ#/yslerAtHalf OfPayDemar1ds;
onions, Raj lroads Will Arbitrate
Meat Packing Plant Strikers
Expected To Return Tomorrow

CHICAGO, Jan. &c. up -
Union action today gave
promise that labor force of
248, 900 AL. and CLIO workers
on strike in the meat packing
industry since Jan. 16 would be
back on the OBJ Monday, work.
ing for Uncle Sam.
Twelve hours after the gov
eminent took possession of
strikebound plants the Go
United Packinghouse Workers
union leadership urged its 1873,
900 members to return to work
Monday, reversing it's decision
yesterday not to go back. How
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Faced With 81, 2OODefcit,
Charities ToAsk More Aid

the more than 200 cases which are
being cared for by the organiza-
ton.
Demands on the Charities have
increased in recent weeks due to
the termination of many wage
earners from their war time Jobs,
she said. The need for fuel, hous-
ing and medical attention has also
increased she explained.
The budget of the Community
Chest, which has been a contribut-
ing factor to the upkeep of the or
ganization, does not provide for
contributions to the Charities for
1916. This assistance was ternl-
CONTINUED On Page 5. Column u
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ever, the CLIO did not call off
Its strike but ordered pickets
withdrawn at 5 p. m. today.
Prior to the seizure the ALL
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen's union d.
rected its $1,000 striking men,
bers to go to work for the gov
eminent and today Patrick E.
German, secretary treasurer
said they had returned or were
ready to return.
Management of the seized
properties pledged cooperation
to Gayle G. Armstrong, govern
ment representative of Presi-
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Family Life Institute
Opens In City Today

Family Lives It's Religion, VIII
be the theme Of DR.. Morgan's dis
cussions.
Miss Catherine T. Dennis, state
supervisor of home economies
state department Of public educa-
ton, will assist in the lnstltute
which continues through Weones-
day.
Miss Dennis is a graduate OF
William and Mary college, VII
liamsburg, Va, and received hel
Masters degree from Ieacher 5
college, Columbia university. , Sne
came to Woman's college In 1875
Continued on Page 3, Column y
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Or. Franklin McNutt, Woman S
cCoAege of University of North
Ccafolina, will open the Cooperative
afhlly Life Institute here this
sa a. with an address in New
hanover High school auditorium
a. AZ o'clock. He has taken for his
enefne "A Home Climate for Per-
sonallty Growth"
IN, me second phase of today's pro-
sam 81 will be held in Trinity
INurch tonight with DR.. Mildred
t :, morgan, family life coordina-
WI Asheville, in charge. She will
oli to the young people at
e. cIock followed by an address for
7'llly groups at 8 o'clock. The
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dent Truman and Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson.
After the CLIO action Arm
strong said: "With the coopera-
ton of both labor and manage
ment now assured, we can get
meat back into the markets
within a matter of days"
He met with Lewis j. Clark,
president of the CLIO union, and
executive committeeman, dis
cussing operational plans, and
planned later meeting WITH
Patrick E. German, secretary
treasurer of the AFL union.
Continued On Page 5, Column 2
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TWO PERSONS KILLED

ASHEVILLE, Jan. 26.@REThe
death toll in a train-truck crash at
grade crossing in Andrews yes
terday increased to two today when
Mack Plemmons, So. died att a
Murphy hospital. ..-7
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WEATHER
FORECAST

NOrLn OdGOllId MUCH SOlu0l 0dlldoS
partly cloudy west portion and cloudy
with occasional light rain east portion
lowest temperatures 18 to Is north anc
west portions and Is to IS southeast por-
ton Sunday night; Monday partly
cloudy and continued rather cold.
Meteorological data for the "a hour.
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
80 am. At; 7:30 am. 46; / 80 pm. 81
1880 pm. 81
Maximum GA; Minimum As; Mean SIS;
Normal as
Humidity
1870 am 70; 1880 am. 70; 1870 pm 40;
7:30 pm. "a.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 80 pm
- inches.
Total since the first of the month
1851 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington 80 5:25 am. 1905 am.
5:38 pm. 1896 pm.
Masonboro Inlet 3:15 am. 9:34 am.
3 rs pm. 9:43 pm.
Sunrise 7:13 am; Sunset 5:37 pm;
Moonrise 2:30 am: Moonset los pm
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. c. Sat-
urday, 11.9 feet.
Continued on Page S. Column y
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Continued on Page Two; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-17

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-(P)-Last-
minute selling creased the way 1or
a declining stock market Wednes-
day. Final prices were down trac-
tions to around 3 points and more
| although a number Of stocks re-
tanned all or part of early gains.
Fast but short-lived demand at
tha opening lifted quotations frac-
tions to around a point. From then
on the list slowly but relentlessly
lost ground.
Profit cashing sales on the heels
of Tuesdays sweeping advance Ell
fectively braked the morning -aiy
and kept shares under pressure for
the balance of the session.
Transfers for the session totaled
6, $50, 900 shares, against 1850, OOO
Tuesday.
The Associated Press 60-Stock
Average was down IS of a point at
64.2 after Tuesdays r1ark-up OF "a
points.
American Wooden shares stepped
high, wide and handsome follow
ing announcement late Tueday OF
a S12 a share common dividend
and a $3.50 disbursement on the
preferred, the later clearing all ar
rears. The preferred jumped Is
points on the opening sale, settled
back, closed at 1863 for a gain OF 10.
The common, ahead 5 at one time,
finished 2 7-8 higher at SO 7-8.
Telephone Gains
American Telephone stayed on
the plus side as stockholder ap-
proved a $351, 900, 900 financing pro-
gram, largest in American tinan-
cial history, and heard President
Walter S. Clifford tell them the
company expected to maintain the
SO annual dividend rate in the face
of issuance of additional shares.
The stock closed l 1-8 up at It's 1-0.
Retaining modest gains at the
closing were Goodrich, up IL at II
IA, Sears Roebuck, 1-8 at SO 7-8,
General Electric, 3-8 at 80 IA, J.
C. Penney, l at 40, U. S. Gypsum,
l at Ill IL, and Coca Cola, 5 IL at
146 IL.
In the minus column were U. S.
Steel, down l 1-8 at II 7-8, Bethle-
hem 2 3-4 at SO, Santa Fe 7-8 at 88
1-8, Westinghouse l 1-8 at 26 1-8,
Eastman 7 at 213, Armour 3-8 at IA
IA, Wilson "a at Is 1-8, and Phelps
Dodge 3-8 at 81 3-8.
Bonds were irregular. Cotton
broke $9.45 to $40 a bale. Wheat
closed l ga to 2 "a cents a bushel
lower, corr unchanged to l 1-8
down, and oats l to l 3-8 off.
Curb Prices Down
Lower in the Curb were Aneri-
can Cyanamid, Cities Services,
Electric Bond and Share. and N.
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BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 16-P9-USDA
-Salable hogs 5000, total $500;
early trade moderately active, gen
orally steady on all weights and
sows; bulk good and choice hogs
ITO pounds and owe 25.0O-27.OO;
top 27.5O; bulk good and choice
sows "a. 00-25. 90; market closing
slow and weaker with late sales
good and choice barrows and gifts
largely Is. Oo-26. 90; indications good
clearance.
Salable cattle $500, total $500;
salable calves 800, total 900; fed
steers and yearlings including
yearling heifers 400 higher; trade
very active; top steers and year
lings 1925, new all-time record;
newt highest price 34.00; best heif-
ers 31.25; most slaughter steers
"a. 10000 (CQ) COWS and bulls
100000 higher; strictly good COWS
21.5O; and heavy fat bulls 22.00;
vealers strong to 100 higher at 81. 90
downward; odd head 1900; largely
fed steer aand heifer run; stock
cattle steady, mostly 1900 down.