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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
PEOPLE PROTEST
RAISE in RENTS
kilograms, Letters Con
tinue To Pour Into
Office OF Governor

RALEIGH, July 3. Up Tele-
grams and letters continued We'd
nesday to reach the desk of Gov
ernor R. Gregg Cherry in protest
of the lack of ceilings on rents in
the state.
Webb Williams of Elizabeth City,
a former member of the State
House of Representatives, report
ed an 300 per cent boost.
my landlady, accompanied by
two witnesses, informed me this
morning that she was advancing
my rent from forty dollars per
month to five hundred dollars per
month, effective Wednesday," the
Williams telegram said.
II will gladly pay thirty to fifth
per cent increase, but what she
insists on is obviously impossible"
Williams declared. "This is an
extreme case, to be sure, but what
are the thousands stranded with
out homes going to do about it."
Other unusual rental jumps
were reported by W. T. Barber of
High Point, reporting an i'm
mediate boost from $45 to $125,
and by Mrs. D. H. Holland of Dur
ham, reporting an increase from
$50 to $500, effective August 1.
From Asheville came this wire:
Sixteen veterans families here
in one building facing eviction and
no housing with possible rent in
crease Monday morning. Will you
S S emergency proclamation
freezing evictions and rent as OF
June 80, 1916, to protect all ten
ants in North Carolina?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
R0XAS DECLARES :
new ORIENT ERA
First President OF Philip
pine Republic Addresses
People Today ",

MANILA, Thursday, July 4-R
Manuel A. Roxas, after taking
the oath as first president Of the
new republic of the Philippines,
told his people today that "a new
era has come to the orient"
"An historic drama has just been
unfolded before Jul eyes," he said
in his prepared address.
Flags Lowered
american flags have been low
cred from flagstaffs in this land
not in defeat, not in surrender not
by compulsiol, but by voluntary
act of the sovereign American ma
ton.
THE flag which was first raised
in conquest here has been hauled
down with even greater glory. The
Stars and Stripes will no longer fly
over this. land but il the hearts Of
5000, 900 Filipinos, and in the eyes
of many millions more in this part
of the world the American flag
flies more triumphantly today than
ever before in history"
Roxas acknowledged I'VE lack
the authority of power" and must
depend on the worlds conscience
for our protection" but said the
friendship and devotion of Ameri-
ca raises us far above the level
of our intrinsic power and pres
tige."
He noted that in both Asia and
Europe small nations ARE pawns
in insidious politics of power .ano
that freedom, eff it ever existed
in many of those lands. has been
erased"
Then he added:
ANY doubts which may still,
{ linger in some quarters of the earth
as to the benign intentions OF
America should be resolved by
what she SO nobly and unselfishly
accomplished here. We are a stag.
ing area for democracy in this
part Of the world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
BY BILL KEZIAH

SOUTHPORT, July 3-Press dis
patches that mentioned all sections
of the bright leaf tobacco belt, ex-
cept Brunswick, have been painting
the 1916 tobacco crop as being off
in both poundage and quality.
Apparently things just did not
click this year in most Of the to.
bacco growing sections Of the belt.
Too much dry weather has been
assigned as n trouble and too
much wet as another. Now comes
general claims from throughout the
belt of a serious labor shortage
that may prevent the taking care
of the crop.
Again Brunswick county is not
mentioned with regard to the labor
shortage. But, no Brunswick grow
er of the weed is feeling neglected
or sighted.
Brunswick Crop Good
The Brunswick tobacco crop. ir
fact all kinds of Brunswick crops
are good. Here and there is a field
that is not turning out so well: On
the whole, the tobacco crop and
some other crops are the best in
many years.
Waccamaw township is the Iarg.
est tobacco producing section oil
the county. Both there and also
in Shallotte and LockWoods Folly
townships the tobacco is especially
good.
Jack Babson, merchant, rura.
mail carrier and farmer at Free.
land stated this week that the crop
was the best in ten years. County
Agent Dodson and Soil Conserva.
zionist Leroy Mintz are making
like claims.
Covered the County
The Star-News representative
spent three full days in Brunswick
county this week, covering every
township. Having been raised as {
farmer and only quitting that voca
ton when his father found GU
that he had not sense enough tt
make a good farmer he still know
enough of other farmers crops tt
feel pleased at what he saw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
CROPS LOOK GOOD
Star Correspondent Finds
Brunswick In Fine Shape

On one Of these trips a check
was made of the number of to-
bacco barns that could be seen
from the car. Adding up the tally
after the return to Southport it
was found that 278 barns had been
seen. Probably rs or 100 more
were along the same route and
could not be seen because of fields
OF tall corn and tobacco.
This trip was from Southport to
Supply, from Supply to Makotoka,
from Makotoka to Freeland, from
Freeland to Ash, from Ash to Long
wood, from Longwood to Hick-
mans Cross Roads, from Hick-
mans to Thomasboro, from Thorn
ashore to Grissettown, from Girls.
settoWn to Shallotte and, from
Shallotte to Supply.
Additional Trips
Another of the trips was from
Southport to Winnabow, thence tt
Leland over the Leland-Lanvale
road, from there to Phoenix ane
back to Leland, WOODBURY., Navas.
sa, the Brunswick River bridge
to Bolivia to Supply and home.
Hardly before getting home, an
other trip was in order the mex
day. This time to Supply and all
down through lower Lockwoods
Folly, ending uo at Shallotte be-
fore heading homewards. Humid
reds of farmers and business PEG.
pie were seen during the three
days and crops were always ar
outstanding subject for discussion
No kicks were heard regarding
either crops or labor conditions
It was gathered from what wa!
seen and what was said that thu
Brunswick tobacco growers, and il
fact all Brunswick farmers. Wer'
very pleased with the general con
ditions.
A little bit of recapitulation i
that Brunswick county Tobacco,
growers will deliver. more Tobacco
to the markets than they have de
livered in previous years and tina
the quality will be as good as it ha
ever been. That is saying a goo
deal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
NAVY ~SUB.STATION ]
CLOSE TODAY ON
ACCOUNT OF PICNIC

The Navy recruiting sub-station
will be closed all day today, when
the staff members 60 to Raleigh
to be guests at a barbecue dinner,
to which all state recruiting per-
sonnet has been invited.
Members from the local station
who plan to attend The party at
the invitation Of state r~ecruiter,
Lieut.. R. M. Poole, are: Cos J..
G. Paradise, CWT ]. F. Gaskill
and CMM David E. Boycs. The
state group will meet at the Tar
Heel Inn in Raleigh where 4 dance
will be in progress tonight.
The local station also shipped
81 men of a total quota Of rs, DUR
ing the month just ended, Para
disc said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Berry Sworn In

Sworn In
NEW BERN, July 3-Charles
B. Berry. democratic nominee
for sheriff in the next general
election, was sworn into the
sheriff's office Monday by the
board of county commissioners.
He will fill the unexpired term
of the late Sheriff R. B. Lane.
Frank Holton, defeated in the
primary for the office, resigned
the office to which he had been
temporarily appointed by the
commissioners, under a gener-
al agreement among the candi-
dates for the office. He was
commended for his conduct OF
the office in a resolution passed
by the commission.
H. C. Pittman was named
jailer by Sheriff Berry. Con-
stable ]. B. Pitts will continue
to work with the sheriff's Of
flee in the capacity of deputy
sheriff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
ASKS DIET

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-P)-
Rising food costs and s%carcities
caused by shipments to starving
countries need not reduce the
quality value of the American diet
if people watch the nutritional
worth of the food they buy, DR..
David Cayer of Bowman Gray COL
lege, Winston-Salem, N. c., told
the American Medical association
Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
HICKS DISCUSSES
AIRP0RT'S PLANS
K;wanians Hear Authority
Member At Weekly
Luncheon

Members OF the wilmington XII
wants club at their regular weekly
,,ncheon meeting at the Friendly
-esterday got a clear-cut word pic
3Ire of future possibilities for Blue
.hon+hal Airport from Hamilton 2.
u;rks secretary, Wilmington-New
uaroyer County Aviation Authority
during the course of his interesting
tark on the development Of that
great public facility.
Two New Flights
After pointing out that a very
1arge part of the $50, 900, which has
heen asked for in the city-county
budget for maintenance of the air
nort here, should come back in the
nav of revenues from rentals and
resale Of gasoline, etc, the speak
er said that National Airlines has
already promised that two more
fights will be added to their sche-
duIA here, giving the city three
fight schedules each day to New
York on the north and Miami, Key
West and New Orleans on the south
with connections for all points of
the nation and foreign countries.
In addition, States Airlines, which
has been recommended by a CAA
examiner for air service, would
link Wilmington with Louisville,
Kv.. and other southwestern points,
while every effort is being made
Hicks said, to have Colonial Air
lines make regular stops here and
Delta or some other line secured
10 link this city with Atlanta, thus
affording businessmen with enlarg-
ed and better air mail service in
the not too distant future.
BIuethenthal History
After discussing briefly the
early history of Bluethenthal Air
port, the speaker declared that to-
day, there is not an airfield on the
Atlantic seaboard between LaGuar.
ola Field at New York and Miami,
Fla. that can equal this as far as
facilities r concerned.
Regarding operation of the air.
port, Hicks told KiWanians that the
Wilmington-NeW Hanover airport
Authority is presently operating on
an interim permit but that it is
hoped that the government will
shortly relinquish all claims to the
property.
Stressing that the airport contains
some 10 miles of 35-foot paved run
ways and roads and underground
gasoline storage system with a
capacity of $50, 900 gallons; an ade-
Quate railroad siding and two ware
houses full of maintenance equip
ment, the speaker said that in the
airport, the people of Wilmington
have a multi-nillion dollar PROPOSE
ton and that it must be kept up
and that can only be done through
service of the first order.
Size Of Field
Using a map for illustration. the
speaker called attention to the size
Of Bluethenthal Field which COM
pares f~avorably with a large per-
centage of the downtown area of
the city.
The speaker was introduced by
chairman Rex Willis.
Prior to the opening of the meet
ing, the board of directors met
and voted to accept al invitation
to a joint meeting of all service
clubs of the city on July Is, at
WAlch time the New Hanover Wild
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
South East Ia Train
Tar Heel Hostesses

, For the first time native North
portunity of becoming full-fledged
flight stewardesses in their home
state, it was announced today by
Douglas Blythe, general traffic
manager of South East Airlines in
Charlotte.
Candidates for South East Air
lines ~stewardess positions will be
schooled by Mrs. Earle league,
formerly with American Airlines,
and the successful applicants will
be assigned to South East Airline:
routes throughout North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
New Head Lion

New Head Lion
WHITEVILLE, July s. S.
P. Hatley will preside over the
Whiteville Lions club during
the coming year. He succeeds
retiring president DR.. S. A.
Smith.
DR.. Smith was presente dwith
a gold "past-president" pin at
the meeting which saw the in
stallation of new officers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Capture Still

WHITEVILLE, July s.-De-
putty Sheriff Lawrence Bos-
well of Ransom township has
reported the capture of a 60
gallon capacity blockade liquor
still near the town of Acme.
Along with the plant several
barrels of beer and mash we're
destroyed. He was assisted in
the raid by J. D. (Judge) My
ers,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
TRIPLETS BORN

WILLOW SPRINGS, July 3-U.H
Two boys and a girl were born
to a farm family here Tuesday,
Flora R. Wakefield, Wake county
nurse supervisor announced Wed
nesday.
The triplets were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Price, Rt. One.
Willow Springs.
The babies weighed nearly five
pounds each at birth, Miss Wake.
field said, and r perfect speci
mems. She added that the mother
and triplets "were doing fine"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Croft Detached

Croft Detached
CHERRY POINT, July s.
Col. Frank c. Croft has been
detached from staff duty at
the Marine air station here
and assigned to duty with Ma
rine Air Group II at this base.
For some time he has been
chief of staff for Maj. Gen.
Ralph J. Mitchell, commanding
general of the Marine air bases
command.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Breakfasts to Start

WHITEVILLE, July Bill
Holm, manager of Whiteville's
Radio Station WENC, has an
nounced that regular broad
casts will begin Friday. The
station will be on the air I'M
interruptedly from 7 am.
through II pm. On Sundays,
broadcasts will begin at 8
am. The stations kilocycle
number is 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
ARMY ENLISTEES
BENEFITS LISTED
Full Benefits Under GI Bill
Assured For
Volunteers

Enlistees in the Regular Army
will be given full dependency a.
lotments, be guaranteed re-enlist-
ment in his old grade, on 20 days
furlough, and be entitled to bene-
fits under the CT Bill of Rights,
it was announced yesterday.
Clarifying any misinterpretation
of these basic phases of benefits
to enlistees, Capt. N. G. Cottle,
yesterday released a prepared
statement on the matter.
DEPENDENCY ALLOTMENT
Dependency allotments will re
main in full force for the duration
of the emergency plus six months
for every man enlisting on or after
July l, who has dependents. Those
who enlisted before July l vert
guaranteed dependency allotment'
for the duration of their enlist
ment. 1t was pointed out that thu
dependents of any man enlistins
within the immediate future, vii
probably receive dependency al
lotment for at least the greater
part of his enlistment period.
GUARANTEED RE-ENLIST-
MENT IN GRADE
Effective July /, 1916, Army vet
Grams must be sworn in within n
days from the date of dischargt
to be guaranteed the rank helt
at time of discharge. Thus, if dis
charged on June q, he must b.
sworn in no later than midnight
July IL. Those enlisting with.
20 days will also receive d re-en
listment furlough up to 80 days, a
we'll as a re-enlistment bonus a
the rate of $4,000 for each yea
of prior continuous service.
was pointed out that re-enlistmer
furloughs are not counted agains
the normal 80 days furlough gran
ed each year.
NINETY DAYS AFTER
DISCHARGE
Those who do not re-enli5t with
the 20 day period, may be able
enlist at the rank held at tt
time of discharge, or a slight
lower rank, providing enlistmel
is accomplished within 3 month
from the date of discharge, ar
provided they have held one
more of 427 M. o. S. numbe.
for six months or longer. Thus,
discharged on May 81, he must
sworn in no later than August 8
1t was pointed out that enlistme
under this regulation will EMIT
a veteran to a re-enlistment bonu
8 but no Through, since the god;
e period would have expired. Tho
r enlisted after the 8 months peril
will be enlisted in the grade
Private.
"GI' BILL OF RIGHTS
= Any man enlisting in the Reg
; lar Army prior to October 6, 1874
!, will be entitled to the full pr
. visions of the "GI' Bill of Right
upon receiving an honorable dj
charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
New Aggie Teacher

AXRIc
NEW BERN, July 3.-Edgar
Whitford has been named as
sistant to Thomas Duboise,
agricultural teacher at the
Vanceboro Farm Life school,
for carrying on a veterans
training program. He began
work this week. A graduate Of
the school in 1885, Whitford has
had two years of college train
ing and is a veteran of the
European campaign during
World War II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Judge Lands Trout

urge LANDS Trout
FAIR BLUFF, July 3.-Judge
John j. Burney, fishing in the
Lumber river here, has landed
what local anglers describe as
a y%earling trout.
The judge, resting here after
the adjournment of court in
Whlteville, was also honor
guest at a fish fry staged by
Mayor c. A. Small and Police
Chief Brooks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
New WarehOuseman

CHADBOURN, July 3.-Luth-
er L.. Tilley Of Tilley and Tai
ley, tobacco warehousemen,
Fuquay Springs, has leased a
warehouse on Chadbourn mar
ket for the coming marketing
season.
He has leased the new ware
house and will operate under
Carriers Warehouse Number
Two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Anderson Reelected

NEW BERN, July s. Joe.
M. Anderson, local druggist,
has been reelected chairman Of
the Craven County Alcoholic
Beverage Control board. He
has been a member Of the
board since its organization in
1885, and for the past year has
been its chairman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Holiday Today

Holiday Today
NEW BERN, July 3.-Inde-
pendence Day will be observed
here as a full holiday. Many
business houses and offices
will also be closed Wednes-
day morning. Almost all will
observe the usual half-holiday
on Wednesday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Assumes Duties

Assumes Duties
NEW BERN, July s. Miss
Catherine Jones has assumed
her duties as assistant home
demonstration agent in Craven
county. Miss Jessie Trowbridge
is home demonstration agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Tabor City Paper

TABOR CITY, July 8. - The
Tabor City Tribune, a weekly
newspaper, will go to press for
the first time on Friday.
Backed by the local Mer-
chants Association, the Tri-
bune will print an initial edi-
ton of Is pages. The paper
plans to distribute about 5000
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04
Southeastern North Carolina
NEWS TIDBITS
X X K
Bladen Brunswick Columbus Craven -
Duplin - Onsow Pender - Robson - Sampson

copies for The Nrst two issues.
Editor and publisher of the
new sheet is W. Horace Carter
of Albsmarle, who recently
came here as secretary of the
Merchants association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04

To hold a stained spot tight
while trying to remove it from a
cloth, use embroidery hoops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04

Ice cream is a valuable source
of protein, fats, carbohydrates,
minerals and vitamins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-04

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-18
Firing Clock To Detonote Test Baker
 No Human Can Stop
 Blast in Final
 IS Seconds of Test

Aboard U. s. s. Mt. Mckinley, at Bikini, July 17-(UP)-A dra- matic system for exploding the atomic bomb-in which no human can stop the blast in the final 15 seconds-was disclosed today.
 A firing clock will perform the task in Test Baker in the July 25 underwater detonation Ticking alive 30 seconds before the hour of 8:35 A M, the timepiece can be stopped up to 8:3445 A. M. After that nothing-barring a mechani- cal failure-can stop the shatter- ing blast beneath 75 ships and 12 small landing craft.
 Vice Admiral w. H. P. Blandy, commander of Operation Crossroads, revealed the method of firing the bomb. the revised blast time, and the final approved figures of the number of target ships.
 The man who starts the clock which starts the bomb will be a slender. youngish and scholarly Los Alamos scientist-Dr. Marshall Hol- loWay.
 Approximately two hours before detonation time on Baker Day, Rear Adm. w. s. Parsons will lead party of nine men, including Hol- loway or one of his assistants aboard the special barge from which the bomb will be suspended at an estimated 25 to 30 feet below the surface.
 Around them. in close will be the battleshipS Arkansas and Nagato, the carrier Saratoga, the submar- inc Pilotfish. the destroyer Mayrant and the transport Fallon. Nearby will be the battleship Nevada, the cruiser Salt Lake City, and a con- crete floating drydock. Farther out will be the battleships Pennsylvania and New York and the cruisers Pensacola and Prinz Eugen.
 Adm. Parsons party will throw switches aboard the barge and ac- tivate the clocking system. which functions something like time lock in a bank vault.
 Then they will get out, fast.
 To Board Separate Ships A speed boat will race them to safety beyond the lagoon's rim Parsons going aboard this flagship Holloway clambering aboard the electronics ship, the U. s. s. Cum berland Sound.
 Holloway alone holds the key tc one room filled with radio trans mitters which will broadcast the detopation beam, and to another room where power installations fol the tranSmitter are set up.
 After various buttons are pressed Holloway at "how" hour minus 3t seconds will put the lever that starts the clock. Admiral Blandy vii have 15 seconds to change his mlno ii he wants to radio the stop negative, negative" cry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-18
New Police Uniforms To De Auailable Soon Contract Awarded at Yesterdays
 Meeting of Police Board; Fire
 Department War Veterans Home

The Smith-Grand Company of TAO Broadway, N. Y, was yesterday awarded the contract for new police uniforms. The firms bid of $11,- 2162O, second lowest, was accepted unanimously by the Board of Po- lice Commissioners.
 Chairman Raymond J. Tanning explained lower bid of $10,8l8, submitted by the R. L. Birnbaum & Sons, Inc. of New Britain, was re- jected because the material used by the firm was not up to the stand ards set by the purchasing con- mittee.
 Investigation of the material, quality, workmanship, etc., of each bidder took place since the bids were opened July 10.
 Local Firms Submit
 Two other firms submitted bids: Worths, s11,749.70, and Fitzgerald & Platt, s13,338.
 Two applications for appointment to the supernumerary force were accepted by the Board yesterday in order that the interested parties may take written exams tonight at police headquarters. Forty appli- cants will be on hand to take the tests prepared by Edward A. Rle- ciuti, psychologist.
 Most of the applicants have al- ready passe dthe physical test, and those who are successful in tonight s examination will receive an oral test from the Board at later date
 It is expected that between le and 20 men will be accepted from the 40 applicants, approximately the same number chosen at a re- cent similar examination.
 Those who submitted applications yesterday were Victor Colacl, "A, o. 1O3 Long Hill Road, and Thomas F Dillane, "A, of 160 South Elm Street
 Veteran Policeman Retiring
 In a written statement to tn Board, Police Superintendent Will liam J. Roach informed them tha veteran Patrolman Thomas Grad, of 767 Baldwin Street will be eligible for the police department retire ment list July 18. The retlremen request was referred to the Retire . ment Board Officer Grady, appointed to tn force April IT, 1907, became regu lar patrolman May 6, 1908. l Said Superintendent Roach: "Of ficer Grady's record is without blemish and he has rendered tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-18

accident halted all bus service in and out of Portland, all local serv- ice at Portsmouth, N. H., and buses to Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach
 Vacationists, travellers and ship yard workers seriously were affected by the walkout which was called be- cause the company allegedly refused to pay Robert J. Davies of Bidde- ford for time lost after an accident Jan. IT.
 Davies bus was in collision with an automobile in Scarboro, Me, and three persons were killed, two in- jured and several others shaken Davies was absolved of manslaugh- ter charges.
 Company officials said they would arbitrate the dispute in accordance with the union contract. However they said, the same contract pro- vided no-strike agreement.
 The striking drivers established picket lines at the company's ter minal in Boston.