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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
Along The Cape Fear

mington's population in 1880 was
2,270 as compared with 20,976 al
the turn of the century.
"since its founding in 1882 up to
1900 Wilmington had maintained
its place as the states largest city
and it's most important CONNER
cial center. While the increace in
Wilmington S population is in exact
ratio to the increase in the state,
yet other cities have grown by
leaps and bounds to outstrip the
port city," the editorial pointed
out.
FORMER GLORY - Speaking
of the Cape Fear at the time when
the Twentieth century first made
its bid here, the editorial mas this
to say:
wilmington in those years had
the largest individual cotton ex-
porting firm in America, at a
time when the 3O-foot channel was
a visionary project. The Gotten
export business has dWindled to-
ward the zero point.
"In 1900 Wilmington was already
referring to the golden age in the
past when it was the largest naval
stores market in the world. The
riverside was piled high with tar.
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
COMMUNITY CHEST
NEARS FULL QUOTA
Campaign Workers Speed
Drive To Reach Goal
By Tuesday

Wilmington Community chest
leaders yesterday primed thell
campaign machinery for the two
day drive by which they hope te
add the $l5,67O in pledges they need
to meet their $1O6, 204 goal by
Tuesday night.
Louis E. Woodbury., Jr., genera.
drive chairman, announced yester.
day that the ten-day drive hao
gathered $50, 1899 in pledges sc
far.
The Downtown Division, with
Lloyd Moore as its chairman,
yesterday became the first major
group to exceed its quota. The
division has reported So, 703.5 so in
pledges, more than $500 over its
quota.
The chest received another DO
nanza when local school students
turned in $62O.19. No specific goal
had been set for them.
Woodbury. and his associates.
studying their report sheets, had
good cause to believe that Tuesday
would see them over their goal.
The Employees Solicitation sec
ton. from which the heaviest fu.
ture pledges are still expected,
still has a total of 100 of its 1896
prospective contributing firms un-
See CHEST on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
BOMB SQUADRON
DUE HERE TODAY
Ceremony Pays Tribute To
Navy Heroes; Many
Visit Ships

Navy Bomb Squadron (which
wrote its name in flaming deeds
over Tokyo and Two Jima-Will be
mere at 3 o'clock this afternoon to
present the Navy Day air show
which the weather denied Whining
ton yesterday, 1t. Henry c. Bost,
executive officer of the city's Or
gained Navy Reserve unit, said
last night.
Reporting after a telephone con-
versation with Lt.-Commander E.
A. Conzatt, the squadron's COM
mander, 1t. Bost said that,
weather permitting, the Is Navy
Hellcats will go through their
PAGES over the city this afternoon
and repair to Bluethenthal Field
for a public inspection.
While the Hellcats were ground
ed by a low ceiling in Norfolk,
yesterday, close to $500 Whining
tonians lined the waterfront yester-
See SQUADRON On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
ORGANIZATION
MAY Be 'JUNKED'
Experts Believe
Congress VIII Shelve
Reduction Plan

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 B -
influential House members pre-
djcted Sunday that part OF the pro
gram to reorganize Congress will
he iunked next session regardless
Of which party is in control.
They foresaw refusal of the rep
resentatives to go along with the
reduction of 48 regular commit
tees 10 10. 1t is a salient point
in the plan adopted by the last
session to "streamline' law-mak-
IMP. But it is not binding on the
new Congress.
For instance, there is widespread
belief on capitol hill that the Naval
and Military committees will not
be merged into a single commit
tee on armed forces, as the plan
provides.
Should the two be merged, Rep
resentatives Andrew ]. May OF
Kentucky and Carl Vinson Of Geor-
gia. Democratic chairmen Of the
See REORGANIZATION on
Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
TB ASSOCIATION
TO START DRIVE
Service League To Make
Canvass Stressing
X-Ray Exams

The New Hanover County Health
and tuberculosis association will
launch its communicative cam
paign to publicise tie need for
periodic chest x-rays early this
week when representatives Of the
Wilmington Social Service League
begin a door-to-door canvass of
Nesbitt Courts, Miss Lucy Nash,
the associations secretary, said
yesterday.
Members of the Service League
will conduct a meeting at the Mes
bitt Court Community building at
8 o'clock Wednesday night to enc
list the services Of the projects
Woman's and Teen-Age clubs, Miss
Nash said.
The associations x-ray clinic b
the Health Department has been
set aside on Tuesday and Thurs
See DRIVE On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
CITY RATES HIGH
IN LEGION REPORT
No Serious Housing Short
age For Vets Seen
Here

Wilmington is one of the two
major North Carolina cities not
faced with a serious shortage of
housing for veterans, j. D. Saw
Yer, Of Johnstown, Ohio, a member
Of the American Legion's National
housing committee, reported yes
terday.
Sawyer, speaking at a conference
Of North Carolina Chamber of
commerce secretaries in Green's
oofo said that Durham, Raleigh,
greensboro, Charlotte and all other
MAJOR state centers except Will
Mlhgton and Goldsboro are in des-
pefate need of housing.
shortages Of nails, latnes and
Plumbing fixtures are the major
var 10 completion of most of the
houses now being built in North
carolina, he declared.
sa|yer reported on a survey con-
osc'ed by the Legion among state
sldmners of Commerce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28

Mr.. Bevin's speech is a striking
example of how the British, with
out military or economic predofnl-
lance, are able to remain a lead
ing power in the world. BY long
tradition which is now instructive,
and also, more than most British
statesmen would willingly admit,
by conscious design, thty are mas
tiers of the art of using the bal
ance of power.
Once we had come forward to
relieve the pressure of tht Soviets
on the empire, the development OF
British foreign policy in Europe
and particularly as to Germany,
during the last six or seven months
has been n of gradual but steady
progress toward a middle position
between the Soviet Union and the
United States. Britain has now
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
Both Parties
Co~'',$$ ~ = -
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Vo
Republicans Predict Cap
ture OF House Control
AT Polls On Nov. 5
SENATE DOUBTFUL
Democrats Want To Main
tain Working Majority
In Upper Chamber

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. -
(U.P.)- Democratic and Re-
publican leaders came out
swinging Sunday night for
the final round of the fight
for control of the next Con-
gress, and impartial observ-
ers were betting on a COP
triumph.
AS the important off-year
election campaign entered it's
final week, politicians here
were saying:
1. Republicans would wiz
the 26 seats necessary to con-
troll the House of Representa-
tives.
2. Democrats would retain a mar.
row working majority in the Sen.
ate.
3. President Truman would fine
the White House a nice place mo-
to come home to for the next two
years.
Despite general predictions of g
Republican victory November 5
Democratic National Chairman
Robert E. Hannegan, who is also
Mr.. Truman's postmaster general,
issued a statement condemning the
political chrystal gazers" who
publish prediction polls and claim
ing that the voters would keep his
party in power.
1--WE have prima facie evidence
that some juggling of the figures
already has taken place to create
a more hopeful picture for the Re
p%ublicans," he said. ITO a mar
from Mars the polls would make
interesting reading until he dis
covered one thing about them -
that the people do not agree"
He added that Sin the art Of
making wrong guesses, these polit-
ical crystal gazers have been ri
vailed only by the Republican
party leaders who in the past four
national elections predicted their
own victory and four times went
down to stunning defeat"
The weekend exchange of verbal
blows between the opposing nation
al committee chairmen began when
Republican chief Carroll Reece
denounced the opposition's plans
to use the recorded voice of the
See PARTIES On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28

ONE AND ONLY - Saturdays
column pointed out several of the
professions and occupations which
claimed a lone follower here &C
cording to the special 1916 census
Now along comes a letter from
Mrs. Pearl Littleton, of 21O South
Eighth Street, contributing this in
teresting bit of information.
Mrs. Littleton is not only the
one and only woman bll!Dostsr in
Wilmington but she can lay clam
to a South-wide title.
By "billposter" do not confuse
Mrs. Littleton's duties with post
ing little items in a ledger. These
tens which greet you the first OF
each month in the form of a bill.
Mrs. Littleton is associated with
an advertising firm SO the title
billposter most probably means
exactly what it says, posting bills,
MORE FIGURES - Tit special
census recently released in Wash
ington showing that the Port City
has a population of At, 709 recalls
an editorial appearing here IL
years ago.
In 1880 Uncle Sam had just COM
pleted the usual 10-year national
census and the figures released
then caused some alarm among
the residents along the Cape Fear.
In case you've forgotten. Viii
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
TN DICNATARIES
ATTEND SERVICE
Delegates, Officials, Wives
Present AT Special
Mass In St. Patrick's

NEW YORK, Oct. 27-R-Two
hundred United Nations assembly
delegates and officials and their
wives, including a five-member
Russian group headed by Deputy
Foreign Minister Andrei J. Wish
insky and Ambassador Nicolai V.
Novikov, attended a solemn Ponti-
fical mass Sunday in the Roman
Catholic St. Patrick's cathedral on
Fifth avenue.
The mass was said "to invoke
divine guidance upon the delibera-
tons of the General assembly" be-
fore a polyglot congregation repre-
senting many creeds gathered from
over the world for the U. N. ses-
sions in Flushing Meadow park
and at nearby Lake Success.
The Russians occupied a pew up
near the altar directly in front of
the American delegation headed
by Former Senator Warren R.
Austin who was accompanied by
Mrs. Austin.
Vishinsky smilingly shook hands
with the Most Rev. J. Francis A.
MacIntire, ccadJutor bishop of New
York, who was in the sanctuary
while the mass was offered by the
Most Rev. Joseph P. Donahue,
auxiliary bishop of New York.
Delegates Introduced
After the mass the pontificating
bishop, officers of the mass and
attendants faced the congregation
as the choir sang the Star Spangled
Banner. Then the three bishops
who had attended the mass and
several monsignori had each OF
the U. N. representatives intro
duced to them by Capt. Jehan De
Noue, chief of protocol and liaison
FOR the United Nations.
Greetings were exchanged at
the door by about $500 persons
who attended the mass.
Mingled with the St. Patrick's
Pensioners in reserved pews were
U. N. representatives, from Argen-
See DIGNATARIES On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
BritishAgree
To Withdraw
Informed Sources Say
Draft Comedies Sudan
For Egypt
WILL RECALL PASHA
Document Says All English
Soldiers Will Be Gone
In Il Months

CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 81. -
(U.P.)- Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin of Britain has
initiated a new treaty draft
with Egypt to replace the An.
glo-Egyptian treaty of 1886,
Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha
said Sunday.
Informed sources said the
new draft recognizes the prin-
ciple of Egypt's right to the
Sudan and calls for complete
withdrawal of British troops
from Egypt within q months.
Il made more progress in six
days when l was in direct touch
with Bevin in London than I made
in six months in Cairo and Alex
andria dealing with notes and
memoranda" said Sidky, who re-
turned over the weekend from CON
ferences in London.
81 was told that certain circles
in London are pessimistic regard.
ing the outcome of negotiations, 81
Sidky said in an informal discus
sion of his talks.
LET them be pessimistic or optf.
mistic. That is their business. ]
know that Bevin has initialled the
new draft treaty" !,
To Submit Draft
The premier announced In a
communique that the new draft
will be submitted November 2.
Because of the Importance of the
meeting, the head of the Egyptian
delegation to the United Nations.
Liberal party leader Mohammed
Hussein Heikal Pasha, will be
recalled from New York. The dele
cation is expected to approve the
new draft.
See BRITISH On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
D and
Bv WALTER LIPPMANN

reached that middle position in
Mr.. Bevin's statement that the
British policy in Germany is So
%cialist. AS against the Communists
they will stand for free institutions
and political democracy, but they
will stand also for public owner
ship of the basic industries rather
than for the restoration of free
capitalism.
This is a line of policy which
corresponds more accurately than
does that of Moscow or u own to
the sentiments of Europe and TO
the practical conditions Of the
Continent, and it will undoubtedly
enhance enormously the influence
of Britain in the reconstruction
of Europe.
See LIPPMANN On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
WINTER PARK MAN
INJURED IN WRECK
Three Others Suffer Hurts
In Auto Crash On
Loop Road

Four persons we're injured, one
seriously, in an automobile acct
dent on the Masonboro loop road
at 7:15 o'clock last night, accord
ing to State Highway patrolmen.
W. E. Clemmons Of Winter Park,
is in James Walker Memorial hos
pital in q ~"serious' condition. He
is suffering from a severed jugu-
lar vein. Duncan Murray, age 7,
is also confined to the hospital
with a broken left leg. George G..
Outlaw, of Colonial Village and
William B. Cole, were treated for
decorations and released.
Highway patrolmen said the auto
mobile operated by Hobert c. Ham
monds, of Colonial Village, collid-
ed with the right hand side of the
pickup truck operated by Will
liam B. Cole as Cole turned into
the driveway at his home. The i'm
pact caused the truck to overturn.
Cole was alone at the time of
the collision. No charges had been
preferred late last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28

and Western areas with edu-
Gated and trained workers.
The bureau said that war
time industrialization of the
South had lifted ner capita in
come, narrowed differentials
In wage rates and cost of living
compared to other sections.
The regions industry is in a
new era of union organizing
activity as a result of the cam
palgns and growth of the
American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Industrial
Organization, BIS said.
Most of the 13 states have
enacted constructive legisla-
ton on child labor, maximum
hours laws for women and
minors. and wOrkmen's COM
pensation. Others have passed
union regulatory laws.
See SOUTH On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
And So To Bed
"Missie" is missing.

"Missie" is missing.
Mrs. ]. C. Layton, city pro-
baton officer, reported to po-
lice early Sunday morning that
her female Scottie "Missie'
was missing.
The two-year-old black Scot
tie has been the constant COM
panion of the probation officer
for the past two years and was
a familiar figure around the
court house, where he was the
pet of all the county officials.
Mrs. Layton said she had
been investigating several
cases early Sunday morning
and the dog was with her.
She said she left the Scottie
at Police headquarters while
she went out for about an
hour. When she returned her
dog was missing.
"Missie" was wearing a yell
low and black harness
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
TOP AIRLINE MEN
HOLD CONFERENCE
TWA Strike No Nearer So.
luton; Ships AT Some
Ports Sail Today
By The Associated Press

The week-old strike of 1,40O
pilots of the Trans World Air line
appeared no closer to settlement
today but government c~onclliators
expressed hope that the 26-day
maritime strike. ended on the East
and Gulf coasts. lay also be lift
ed on the Pacific seaboard this
week.
Officials of the 10 airlines held
a strategy conference in Washing
ton Sunday on issues of the TWA
strike in which they all have a
stake, after David 7 Behncke.
president of the ALL Air Lines
Pilots association, refused to COM
promise previous de, ands.
Participating in the conference
in addition to TWA were American,
American Overseas, Braniff, Chi
cago and Southern, Delta, East
ern, National, Northeast, North
west, Pennsylvania Central, United
and Western Airlires.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
Steaks Bring Dough

LONDON, Oct. 27-R-Britons,
resentful at word that steaks and
other delicacies are served aboard
the liner Queen Elizabeth. got this
answer Sunday from Cunard White
Star Line: the food brings in Anne
rican dollars.
dollar earnings of the COM
pany's ships are of considerable
Importance to the country, to say
nothing of the sums spent here
by VISITORS" Cunard . said. THE
Queen Elizabeth must offer ser
vice and food comparable with
those OF her competitors, all of
whom are as anxious to obtain
American doliors as ourselves"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
QUEER huff
Dizzy Doings Disclose
Quick Normally Return

who mistook a Chattanooga gar
oage can for a mailbox and mail
ed a package in it turned out to
be Robert Sterchi, Chattanooga
postmaster City Controller
Tom Kennedy, Yonkers, N. Y, re-
fused a raise, explained that the
city just couldn't afford it.
A man in Omaha dubbed with
his wife, evicted a dog from its
kennel, moved in and fell asleep.
Fido howled until the cops came
and took the inte~loper to -oomier
quarters at the Omaha jail.
POLITICAL NOTES - Alfred
See DIZZY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
GAP REDUCED
GAP REDUCED
South Is Powerful
Employment Force
Bureau Of Labor Statistics Survey Shows
Region Will Continue To Enrich Area
To North With Trained Workers

WASHINGTON, Oct. ~ up
The Labor department said
sunday night that a prosperous
;rdusrialized south hada re-
auced the gap in economic diff
terence between it and other
.ections of the country and is a
nowerful force for the success
If full employment, high pro-
auction hopes of the North and
West.
The Bureau of Labor statis-
tics issued a comprehensive
survey on the economic de-
yelopment and future of the ID
states from Virginia to Texas
witb a population of 1854, 600.
Il is onc of a series of regional
studies.
II found the South possess
o. a Younger labor forces and
~notential growth so great that
!, will continue to "enrich"
the industrialized Northern
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
Seeks Soap Artists

CONCORD, Oct. 27-PcCome
Halloween, automobile dealer Nils
Carlson expects to have the most
soap-scrawled windows in town
but the most artistic. He's ding
to pay the kids for their handi-
work.
His plate glass show windows
already blocked off in 16-inch
squares, Carlson i. offering $40
in prizes for the best soap draw
ing by teenagers and boys and
girls under IL. Tall artists will se
assigned top squares and small
fry the spaces near the sidewalk.
MY windows are bound to be
soap-marked so why not attract
the best talent?" said Carlson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
The Weather

FORECAST:
North and South Carolina - Clear TO
partly cloudy and continued mild Mon
day.
eastern Standard Time)
.tBy U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. M, yesterday:
Temperatures:
1870 a. m. So; 7:30 a. M. 81. 1870 p. m.
Sc. 1880 p. m. 66; maximum 10; minimum
60; mean 81; normal 81.
Humidity:
1870 q. m. 95: 1880 a. m. 100; 1870
p. m. 81; 1880 p. m. 100.
Precipitation:
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m,
l inch.
Total since the first of the month,
4. 40 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodeiic Survey:
Wilmington ------a.m. Sat am.
1910 pm. 7:21 pm
Masonboro Inlet 9:32 am. 3:11 am.
9:37 pm. 1852 pm.
Sunrise 6:28; sunset 5:24; moonrise
9 Ala; moonset lisp.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c., at
8 a. M. 81 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
QUEER huff

NEW YORK, Oct. q - (P) -
If this normally is a country which
tickles whales and sleeps in dog
houses, then we re getting back to
normally but quick.
The little lady who leaped in
front of a speeding train in Chica-
60 - and then changed her mind
- wins first prize for the wackiest
act of the wacky week, but the
race was close.
She sprawled flat between the
rails, let the fast express pass
owe her, got up unhurt then
helped revive her escort who
had tainted.
PUBLIC SERVANTS - A man
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28

Hope fake
Anchor CITY
Manchurian End OF Vita
Communist Sea Lane
Falls To Chang
SOVIET MAY REACT
Newly Captured Strong
hold Lies On Border
Russian Area

PEIPING, Oct. 81. -(P-
Chinese government troops
were reported fighting Com
munists in the streets of Che
foo Sunday and government
sources confidently predicted
the capture within four days
of that Shantung anchor of
the Communists vital. sea
lane to Manchuria.
The Manchurian end of the
route, Antung, fell to the gov
eminent on Friday without a
fight.
Government military leaders ex-
pressed concern lest international
complications develop, as Antung
is on the border of Soviet-occupied
northern Korea.
No incidents have been reported,
however, frontline dispatches say
ing the Russians were staying on
the South side of the Yalu river
boundary and the Chinese on the
North.
All government quarters en-
phasized the Importance of the
capture of Antung and the CO.
ordinated drive on Chefoo. They
said the Communists long had
used these two ports to shi2 arms
from Manchuria to North China
and troops from North China to
Manchuria.
Delivery Funnel
when the government drive on
Antung was first ordered Sept. %,
a government spokesman called
the city "a funnel for delivery of
foreign supplies to the Commu-
(There never has been evidence
that the Chinese Communists have
received any aid from the Rus
slams, but during the Russian with
drawal from Manchuria last win
ter, various Chinese government
sources commended that much OF
the equipment of the famous Japa-
nese Kwantung army was allow
ed to fall into Communist hands.
(If true, this left the Communists
in the position of having the bulk
of their weapons in Manchuria and
most of their troops in China
proper, with the easy 240-mile
route acros Korea bay between
Antung and Chefoo as the most
practicable transfer route).
Procurement press reports
said the governments American
equipped Sind and new Sixth
armies not only had taken Antung
but had spread out over the coun-
try-side along the Yalu river Dor
der.
Await Reaction
Observers who returned to Peip-
ing from Manchurian military
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28
Current Burns Boy

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 - up -
A 10-year-old boy playing brake
man atop a freight ca- Sunday
touched a high voltage wire and
was burned beyond recognition -
but continued to live.
The youth, Howard Crigier, still
was alive four and one-half hours
after the accident, but physicians
said they held little hope that he
would live.
The youth vas atop a freight car
in a Brooklyn yard of the Long
Island railroad, waving his hand to
initiate trainmen. His right hand
touched the wire that supplies cur
rent for the electric rail system.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-28

See NATIONALIsTS On Page Two
Evening star., 1946-07-14
MRS. Smith We'd
TO Mr.. Benedict

Mrs. Josephine M. Smith was mar
ried yesterday to Mr.. James Z. Bene-
dict III in q noon day ceremony at
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Benedict is the daughter OF
Mrs. Velma McLaurine Mosely OF
Silver Spring, and her husband is
the son of Mr.. ana Mrs. James Z.
Benedict. jr., also OF Silver Spring.
The bride wore pink lace gown
with f,nger-tip veil, and carried 4
bouquet Of sweetheart roses and ba-
bies' breath. Her sister. Miss Re-
becca Mosely, acted as bridesmaid.
Both attendants wore blue chiffon
dresses and carried Johanna Hill
roses.
Mr.. Joseph Burket Benedict,
brother OF the bridegroom, served
as best man, and the ushers were
Mr.. James r. Mcqueen, jr.. 1t. Rob-
ert ]. Murphy and Mr.. Myron e.
Huston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benedict will make
their future home In Winter Haven,
Fla,