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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
YDC PICKS FRINK
FOR HIGH OFFICE
Southport Woman Named
National Committee
woman AT Asheville

North Carolina Young Demo
Gratis yesterday named Miss Marion
Frink, of Southport and Whining
ton, national committee woman
during the business session of a
tWo-day convention in Asheville, &C.
cording to an Associated Press
dispatch.
Basil Whitener, of Gastonia, was
elected president of the orgaai-
cation.
Senator Clyde R. Koey, of Shell
by, delivered the closing address at
the final session tonight, declaring
that 'the Democratic party will
continue to attract to its standard
the forward-looking youth of the
State and Nation. 1t has been and
will continue to be the party Of
progress and vision and the de-
pendable servant of the whole peo-
pie.
1.-THE Democratic party" he said,
has had charge OF the government
for the past IA years. 1t is response
BILE for that record. It has no
desire to avoid an accounting.
During this period a Nation has
been literally transformed. Com
ing into power in the midst of the
greatest depression the Nation ever
has ever known we ar today enjoy
has ever known we r today enjoy
ing the greatest prosperity we have
experience in our entire history.
More people have more money than
at any time since this Republic
came into being. More people have
employment and r receiving
higher wages than at any other
time. The farmer has a ready sale
for all farm products and at prices
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TO VOTE
ON CONSTITUTION
Approval Is Predicted Mon
day Despite De Gaulle's
Opposition

PARIS, Oct. 12.-LP)-The interl-
or ministry predicted today that
20, 900, 900 French voters will ap-
prove the new constitution by a 80
per cent Eyes" vote in tomorrow's
referendum, depsite Gen. De Gaul-
les appeal to the people to reject
the charter on the grounds it would
imperil the future of France.
But a last-minute atmosphere OF
caution was apparent at the minis
try, and leaders of the Communist,
Socialist and M R P parties, who
drafted and supported the docu-
ment. were less confident than they
were a week ago.
The ministry's forecast jibed with
agreement among most neutral
observers that the proposed new
basic law for the fourth republic
the second to be drafted this year
would be accepted. It was re
called, however, that the interior
ministry which made today's pre-
diction made a similar prediction
last May when the voters rejected
a. proposed constitution by a ma
jority of more than a million votes
This time, however, Preside t
Georges Bidault's MRP, which op-
posed the constitution last May
supposedly is in the Eyes" camp
The three major parties which are
pumping for the new constitution
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Starts Nation Wide Drive
On Builders Who Violate LQws
Autoist Hurt In TWA
Constellation Crash

NEW CASTLE, Del, Oct. IL
-U.H-The giant TWA Con-
stellation airliner "Star of
Geneva" just returned from a
Paris run, overshot a landing
field here tonight, Careened
across a highway, cutting an
automobile in TWO, and burst
into flames on a farm 2 half
mile away.
The crew of seven, including
a hostess, scrambled from the
plane before it caught fire.
There were no passengers
aboard.
The plane sheared the auto
mobile of Charles A. Sylvester,
81, Deepwater, N. j. He was
admitted to Delaware hospital
for treatment of shock and
abrasions of the head, chin,
back and left hand.
Sylvester told physicians at
the hospital he didn't know
what hit' him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
Eure Orders Halt To
N. C. Oil Promotion

RALEIGH, Oct. 12-U.H-A
Texas and Oklahoma firm pro-
noting an coil adventure club"
in wildcat North Carolina oil
surveys was issued a cease and
desist order today by Secretary
of State Thad Eure.
Eure said W. w. Cornell, Inc,
purporting to be an Oklahoma
corporation, was mailing sales
material to North Carolinians
from a Fort Worth, Tex, adj
dress. The firm, he said, offer
ed to sell $4,000 of SIS share
stocks carrying a bonus of an
acre of land in supposed oil
bearing property in THIS state.
The securities are not regis
tered and not qualified under
North Carolina law, the Secre-
tary of State said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
PURSE SNATCHINC
WAVE HITS CITY
Police Department Also In
vestigating Several At
tempted Robberies

Wilmington police are Investigate
ing a series of purse snatchings in
the city, Detective H. Hayes said
yesterday.
Included in the complaints filed
at headquarters is that of Mrs.
Anne M. Barnwell, 1908 Market
street, who reported al unidenti-
fled man knocked her down and
grabbed her pocketbook early Fri
day night as she was walking in
the 100 block on Market street.
Mrs. Barnwell advised the in
vestigating officers, that the man,
was wearing a cap. She described
him as being five feet, eight or nine
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u. S. Duns
Russia For
LendLease
Note Reported Sent To
Reds Asking Settlement
OF All Claims
HEAVY BILL
Want Delegation Sent To
America To Discuss II
Billion Account
By JOHN sCALI

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12-P-
The United States has asked Rus
STA to begin negotiations designed
to settle up the Soviet's Sill coo, OO0,-
600 wartime lend lease account,
informed diplomatic officials dis
closed tonight.
These officials said the American
government had sent a note to
Moscow several weeks ago sug-
costing this step but had not YET
received a reply.
Russia pre- sumably will be asked
during the conversations to pay
the United States a percentage
of the cost of the guns, tanks,
warplanes and other material fur.
nished her under the wartime
agreement.
In previous similar p%ost-lend-
lease negotiations with other coun-
tries, however, the United States
has not sought full-scale compen-
sation. Factors like war losses.
and casualties are taken into con,
sideration before arriving at a
figure and writing closed" tc
the account.
The American note asked a Sow
let financial mission to come to
Washington to begin the discus
sions as soon as convenient.
The United States furnished Rus
STA $11, al, 600, 900 in lend-lease as
of Dec. 81, 1915. Russias reverse
lend-lease contributions for the
same period totaled $2,213, 600.
The American note to Moscow
divorces the lend-lease discussions
from the suggested negotiations for
a s. 1000, 900, 900 loan to Russia. This
change of procedure reflects the
American governments growing
belief that the Soviet would not
accept the conditions for the credit
laid down by the United States.
Russia requested the loan nearly
a year ago but has not agreed to
American suggestions for an agen-
da which would include exami-
nation of economic conditions in
eastern Europe.
Further negotiations are stalled
because of Soviet failure to ans
wei a third American note on
the subject sent about three months
ago.
The American officials who dis
closed the lend-lease note said the
decision was reached because OF
the desire to speed settlement of
such accounts as requested by
Congress. These informants can
not be quoted but are thoroughly
familiar with economic policy.
Britain and France, the only
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FBI Investigates Damage
To Last Ship Built Here

81, 600, the damage was slight in
comparison to the value of the new
ship.
The investigation is routine, Hal
sey said. He added that the FBI
had been called in because the ship
is government property.
The CO type passenger-cargo
vessel is the 243rd to be turned out
by the company.
She is the sixth of a group OF
special vessels consigned for de-
livery to the Grace line to be
placed into service on the COM
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Two NAVY VESSELS
WILL VISIT CITY
Scheduled To Aid In Oh.
servance OF Navy Day
October. II

Two vessels of the Atlantic fleet
will visit the Port of Wilmington
Tor the observance of Navy Day,
Oct. q, it was announced yester-
DAY by the Navy department in
Washington.
Scheduled to visit the local port
are the USS Requisite, a mine
layer, and Minesweeper 395. Mine
sweeper 274 will go to Elizabeth
tlly, 1t was announced.
The vessels will be in port for
public inspection Oct. 1928, the de-
paftnent announced.
Special flower memorial serv-
ives to honor the men of this COM
llunlty who lost their lives at sea
~ defense Of their country during
world War I and II will be con
aucted in connection with observ-
'nee of the day.
0efnard Solomon, secretary OF
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Young Clerk Now Facing
$725, 900 Forgery Count

,eHlCAGo, Oct. P young
s!efk who police said came to Chi
saso with S725, 600 in embezzled
currency and negotiable money
moers In hopes of patching up a
MMohen romance, awaited return to
ss 4aml' Fla. today on forgery
30 II young man, Elmer S. Hurt,
was seized by detectives on a
nlean avenue street corner late
es'esoay as he handed an orchid
husage box to the girl he came
ne raised his hat and said:
L9ng time no see."
0e'ectlves slipped out of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
May Use Mine Detectors
In Death Weapon Search

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
Oct. 12.-P)-Army mine detectors
were sought today for use in the
hunt for a pistol which was used
in the double Staying of a young
couple on DANA beach early
Wednesday,.
Sheriff Walter r. Clark said if
the detectors were secured he
would search the sand along the
beach and the adjacent Atlantic
ocean for the gun which killed
Lawrence o. Hogan, "a, and his
girl friend, Miss Elaine Eldridge,
%.
Meanwhile, the FBI was asked
to check and compare the BALLS
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
Name Wallace Editor
WThe New Republic
Deposed Commerce Secre.
tary Still Plans Demo-
cratic Campaign

WASHINGTON, Oct. r. N) -
Henry A. Wallace, fired from
President Truman's cabinet for his
foreign policy views, accepted to-
day the %editorship of the New Re
public, a weekly magazine in which
he can express them as he pleases.
His appointment is effective in
December. Wallace said it will not
interfere with his plans for a
Democratic campaign tour.
The ousted Secretary of Com
merce said in a statement issued
through the Washington office OF
the magazine:
ri shall have the opportunity OF
saying exactly what I think at a
time when a bipartisan bloc
mouthing the phrase 'one world is
really driving the world into two
armed camps.
GAS editor OF the New Republic,
I shall do everything I can to
arouse the American people, the
British people, the French people,
and, in fact, the liberally-minded
people of the whole world to the
need of stopping this dangerous
armament race"
The magazine now lists four edi-
tors. One of them, Bruce Bliven,
also is president of the company
publishing the magazine. Bliven
said in New York there would be
no change in policies, that Wallace
would have the title of editor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13

An investigation is being conduct
ed by the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation to learn the identity of
the person or persons responsible
for the damage to furnishings
aboard the S. S. Santa Isabel, last
vessel to be built by the North
Carolina shipbuilding company, it
was learned last night.
According to P. F. Halsey, vice
president and general manager
the yard, the vandalism consisted
of slashing leather cushions in the
officers quarters with a sharp in
strument.
With replacement, of the cushions
expected to cost not more than
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
GENERAL STILWELL
BY DEATH
Leader OF U. S
Armies In Burma Dies
Quietly In Sleep

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-P)
General Joseph W. Stilwell, 63,
commander of the Sixth Army, af-
fectionately known as "Vinegar
Joe' by his former American and
Chinese command in Burma, died
today in his sleep of a liver all
ment believed contracted in the
jungle.
Officials of Letterman General
hospital, which General Stilwell
entered Sept. q for a check-up,
announced that death came quietly
to the veteran campaigner at 1913
p. m. (PST). At his bedside was
his Army physician, Col. Leonard
D. Heaton. One of his two sons,
Col. Joseph w., Jr., was just out
side the room.
Immediately following his death,
it was revealed that General Still
well expressed a wish that there
be no funeral services - that he
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shadows of a building doorway and
coIared him.
I'm sorry" the girl said, then
turned and departed.
Police 1t. John Murphy said 3d.
900 was found in a money belt
Hurt was wearing and $28,82O In
cash in a metal box in the $2-a-day
West Side hotel -oom he had rented
shortly before. In a locker at the
Grand Central station, Murphy SAID
police found $697, $50 in uncasheo
express money orders.
Murphy said Hurt, who quit his
$50 a week job for a Miami express
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DECONTRC. WILL
NOT Be ADVISED
Beef Con mittee's
Price Removal Request
May Be Denied
By CHILES


WASHINGTON, Oct. H.
(UP)-President Truman will
tel the nation Monday night
what he intends to do about
the meat crisis. Best indica-
tions are that his solution will
not be decontrol.
The White House announced to-
day that Mr.. Truman will 60 on
the air at 10 p. m. EST Monday
to discuss the sterilization pro-
gram with the people.
Shortly after this announcement,
Agriculture department
sources limited that the recent
formal petition Of the OPA beef
industry advisory committee ask
ing removal of meat and live
stock from price control would be
denied.
They said announcement Of the
decision would be delayed until
higher levels" reveal future adj
ministration policy - an apparent
reference to the decision Mr.. Tru-
man intends to announce Monday
night.
The White House announcement
said merely that the President
would discuss the sterilization por-
gram, This includes controls on
wage as well as prices. White
House Secretary Charles G.. Ross
told newsmen that, of course, the
subject includes meat.
Since Mr.. Truman planned to
speak about the whole program, it
was believed that he was prepared
to defend meat price controls as
long as any vestige of the stabiliza-
ton program remains.
Mr.. Truman apparently had de-
c.ded to stand by his guns on tie
politically-fateful issue of whether
to remove meat controls, thus adj
mitting defeat on a major anti-in-
~flation front, or keep them on and
risk the wrath of meatless voters
in the November elections.
Carroll Reece, Republican Ma
tional committee chairman, said
that while there is no reason for
opposing OF criticizing a proper
solution (of the meat crisis) if one
is forthcoming" the administra-
ton would be wise to take the
long-range viewpoint.
ITO provide a feast now at the
expense of an inevitable famine
later would be an exhibition Of
cheap politics which would newt
ably be repudiated by the Ameri-
can people," Reece said in a state.
ment.
"The American people are not
willing to sell their votes on Nov. 5
for steaks and chops if they know
they will be able to get only horse
meat to eat in January or Feb
ruary.
1T will not suffice to pull a polit-
ical rabbit out of the hat. One rab-
Dit is a rather. scanty diet for
l4o, 600, 900 people,"
Sources close to Secretary Of
Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson
said that under a strict interpreta-
ton of the price control law, the
beef industry decontrol petition
could not be granted.
The industry contends that cattle
must be decontrolled under the law
on grounds that there are sufficient
numbers of cattle on the to
meet demand. The price control
law authorizes control only over
items which Anderson deems
scarce.
The Agriculture department
sources said the number of cattle
on ranges means nothing as far as
meat supplies are concerned I'M
less they are ready for market.
Mr.. Humans Monday night
speech will be broadcast over all
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new RAIL SERVICE
URGED BY FARRELL
City Industrial Agent Says
He Has Been In Con-
tact With Seaboard

Improved service over the Sea-
board Air Line Railroad from Will
mington to Charlotte was pros
pected yesterday by John Farrell,
city industrial agent, who said he
had been in contact with J.. R.
Powell, Jr., president of the utility.
Farrell said he had been in PEI
soma, contact with the executive
and had discussed the situation as
it now exists.
The industrial agent said ia cilities
to the upstate city were not ade-
quate and that a businessman
wanting to make a trip to Char
lotte was forced to spend the
better part of 16 hours travelling
to make the round trip.
Following a personal converse
(ConfinuoH nm Do~n .. roJ,n,u ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
Truman To Give Plans
To Solve Meat Famine
Conference On
Maritime Strike Due

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12-(R)-
Secretary of Labor Schewellen-
bach received assurances today
from Atlantic and Gulf coast
ship operators they will ar
range an "early meeting" with
striking engineers in the 12-day-
old maritime tieup, the Labor
department. announced.
The Atlantic and Gulf opera
tors had walked out of the
negotiations here Thursday
night, claiming the unions posi-
tion made further discussions
futile"
Subsequently, the union, the
CIO Marine Engineers Bene-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13

tics records of bullets which killed
the young couple and five persons
in the area of the twin city Of
Texarkana.
First reports showed that a Diff
ferent pistol was used at DANA
than in the Texas-Arkansas slay-
ings, bat Clark said he wanted an
other check made by the FBI.
The bodies of Miss Eldridge,
daughter of a Chatham, Mass,
contractor, and Hogan were found
a short distance apart near Hog
ans a a few hours after both
had been shot once with a 80 cali
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ficial association, offered to
negotiate a contract az once
with the Atlantic and Gulf OPP
rasors, instead of insisting on
a nationwide agreement.
A Labor department spokes-
man told reporters Schewellen-
bach had telegraphed to Frank
j. Taylor, head of the opera
tors group, a copy of the COM
mitment offered yesterday by
the marine engineers.
"The secretary has talked
with Mr.. Taylor several times
since wiring the commitment"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
WEATHER

North carolina-Fair and continued cool
,rsst cooler east portion Sunday end
sunday night; Monday fair and slightly
warmer.
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Continued on Page 2; Column I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-12
By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent


 Washington, April 12-When you get to be 30 years old and you've spent exactly half of your life in one place, with good prospect of stay- ing longer, you're qualified to speak with some authority about that place.
 Less than a week after celebrat- ing his 80th birthday and 10th con secutive year in Congress on April 4, Rep. Adolph J. Sabath (D.-Illo {, overcame srong opposition in his home district to win the nomination in the Illinois primaries for a 2lst term in the House.
 Pausing for a moment in his busy schedule, this man who by all in- dications has enjoyed the confidence of his own people for four decades sat back and reflected that all Con- greSs deserved the confidence of all America.
 An immigrant boy from Czech- oslovakia, Sabath came to this coun- try at IS and began working in a blaming mill, studied law. then as- cended to a municipal court judge ship in Chicago and from there went to Congress. He now has the longest consecutive tenure of office i'll the history of Congress
 POWERFUL
 The silver-maned Sabath, as chairman of the powerful Rules Coplnittee of the House, is often said to have as much power as the Speaker and is one of the busiest men on Capitol Hill He maintains an eight-hour, six-day-week sched- ule. Tn addition to running the large volume of business of the committee, he spends much more time on the floor in debate than most of his colleagues. He keeps three secretaries working at tor speed.
 The Rules Committee is all-im- portant because 1t is the funne through which all proposed legisla- tion gets to the floor for considera- tion and debate by the House. The committee can move a bill up or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-12
Fought for NeSO Deal kf
 h Congress Half His Life, 80, to Stay Longer

scraps on important bills have been Waged within the committee room before the measures have even got ten to the floor for debate. In these struggles Sabath admits he has used super-human efforts of open battle, subtle chicanery, trades, deals and understandings to get favorable committee action on leg islation he favored. His importance in Congress is established by virtue of his key position on the Rules Committee.
 Tn his efforts to win a point he doesn't hesitate to beg, plead, thun- der, roar or demand. When he sees somebody doing or saying some thing he thinks is reactionary. he doesn't hesitate to lash out at the guilty person regardless of party lines. He claims that his greatest hate is bigotry and intolerance. He says he admires race horses, Wood TOW Wilson, both the Roosevelt Presidents, Wilson Wyatt, common people and the Democratic party
 He attributes his bounding energy to wor'E. He says it's work that keeps him going.
 When will I retire? They always ask me that on my birthday. I will retire when the people from my district feel that I can no longer render a public service for them in Congress
 HEALTH EXCELLENT
 Rep. Sabath's health is excellent, he claims He got "slow down order from his physician in 1887. His Chicago law firm was accused of accepting fees from company which was being investigated by one of his committees in Congress. Sab- ath faltered near the end of his hour and half defense of his firm S conduct, began weeping, and was led from the floor by two colleagues. He quickly recovered.
 Looking back on his 40 continu- ous years in Congress, Sabath says the present period the country is now passing through is probably the most turbulent, important and cru cial of any he has witnessed. He gives this advice to the American people:
 "4C is the duty of all of us, re' gardless of party, to forget oui petty differences and intolerance and pull together so that America will survive these dangerous times and win the peace"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-12
Ro0sevelt Succumbed One Year Ago Today
Leaders of Nation Join Duchess County Folk in Tribute to Lamented President

papers on the reading tables and n,ghtstands were dated last April
 Outside. in the century-old rose garden, the people will pause at the side of his grave. Spring comes late to Hyde Park and few flowers are in bloom. The bulbs are just pushing their shoots into the sun around the hugh block of unadorn- ed marble that marks the grave.
 The ceremonies follow the pattern of a latted-day funeral, postponed requiem.
 MT. Trudan and his secretariat fly down from Washington in the morning, landing at Stewart Field near West Point and motoring over to Hyde Park.
 The President will go first to the library building and see the tro- phies MT. Roosevelt collected over period of years, plus the carriages and iceboats of his forebearers.
 Truman Visits Grave
 Then he will go to the Roosevelt grave and pay his silent respects.
 Mrs. Roosevelt will meet the President in the long, cluttered, book lined room of the house and escort her husbands successor for tour of the rooms.
 The speaking begins at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Roosevelt will present the house to the Government, Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug will accept it and MT. Truman will deliver the dedicatory address.
 MT. Roosevelt, who died less than month away from realization Of his dream, the United Nations Or ganization, will be honored by the presence of the delegates to the LIN Security Council meeting in New York
 The President who died on the verge of victory also will be honor ed at his grave by most of the ranking members of the diplomatic corps in Washington. A special train from Washing ton will bring the diplomats. Secre- tary of War Robert P. Patterson, Secretary of Navy James V. For restall, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace and Acting Postmaster General Gale Sullivan.