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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
CHURCH ASKING
WORLD CONGRESS
Episcopalians Back Plea
From Roberts That UN
Be Replaced

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. is. - ZAP
- An elected legislative body
should be established to replace the
present United Nations, the house
OF deputies of the Protestant Epis.
copal declared today at the
church's 55th triennial convention.
A resolution urging such interna.
tional action was adopted after the
presiding officer, former Supreme
Court Justice Owen j. Roberts, re.
linquished his post temporarily tc
plead with the delegates that the
United Nations offers no security
against war.
1.-THE United Nations is good only
as long as the great triple alliance
agrees" Roberts said in an i'm
FASHIONED address.
Meanwhile the house Of bishops
Of the church, meeting in closed
session, nominated candidates tc
succeed the retiring presiding bis
hop, the Rt. Rev. Henry st. George
Tucker.
Names of the nominees remain
ed, under church canons, a closely
guarded secret. The bishops NEE
tomorrow morning after commun
ion services to select the new pre-
siding bishop. His name then viii
be sent by messenger to the house
of deputies for concurrence.
In another development, thu
women's auxiliary asked the trien
NAL convention to give womer
equal rights with men undel
church law by officially changing
the Interpretation of '1ayman" tt
Include members of both sexes
The house of deputies refused las
week to make such a change bu
is scheduled to reconsider its &C
ton before the convention ends.
John Milton Potter, president o
Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y, ane
chairman of the house joint com
mittee on international relation:
submitted the resolution endorsing
the Baruch plan for control o.
atomic energy and urging extern
sion of the principles Of world gov
eminent to other fields OF interna-
tional relations. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
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CITY-COUNTY
FROM PAGE N

occasions has flown weekend va
cationists here from indianapolis
Ind.
Further, other airlines such a
Delta and Pennsylvania Central
have approached the authority with
..feelers" for the possible estab
lishment OF routes through vii
mington.
To handle this heavy and impor-
tant air traffic in a manner which
will do credit" 10 Wilmington and
New Hanover county as well as to
the airport itself, the improvement
program is "of utmost necessity"
the authority said.
The program will center on the
officers club building built by the
Army during the war and on a
plane-loading apron situated be.
tween the building and one OF the
fields 7~,0OO-toot runways.
The club will be revamped into
a modern administration building
complete with dining room, bar.
waiting room, lounges, and airline
offices.
The apron will be constructed
n accommodate a minimum Of three
planes at once. The present tenn
nor,rv snron can handle only one
plane at a time.
In all, the present facilities
would be Exceedingly made
ouate" to take care Of the airport's
anticipated business expansion, the
authority declared.
During a recent visit here. John
Morris, special assistant to G. T.
Baker, president OF National Air
lines, told the authority that the
building and apron plans, i carried
out as proposed, would give the air
port lone of the best and most
attractive airport facilities any
where between New York and
Miami" the authority said.
Although the beard Of county
commissioners turned down a re-
quest recently for funds for the
program, Addison Hewlett. board
chairman has indicated that coun-
ty money may be furnished i the
city government agrees to share
the cost" since the airport is "as
much a city as a county asset"
Meanwhile, the program will re-
main on paper until funds are
forthcoming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
AMERICAN TRIO
RAPS AMBASSADOR
OVER HANDLING

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -PC-
Three American army sergeahtS
who were kept in protective cus-
todv at the American embassy IN
BELGRADE for seven months TO-DAY
criticized Amba ssador Richard Z.
patterson and army officers for
the way their case was handed,
The three Master Sergeant
Theodore Nelson, Park Falls, WIS.,
Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Schussel'
San Francisco; and Staff Sgt.
Chester B. Scott of Ma shville'
Tenn. arrived yesterday in Wash
ington by army plane from Paris.
They were unanimous in telling
reporters they had had no part IN
the shooting and killing of a Rus
sian soldier during al alteration
on a Belgrade street, which led
to their being held at the embassy
to prevent their arrest by Yugo-
;lavian authorities.
Schussel, spokesman for the trio.
said they were held in order to
protect the man who actually did
the shooting, while he was gotten
out of Yugoslavia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
MORE ABOUT
TOBACCO
FROM PAGE ONE

s51 to $50 for smoking leaf, ano
$40 to sos for Tugs.
Fair lemon and good lemon cut
tiers sold for $64, an increase Of
SIS over last year, primlngs solo
for $50, a decline of So, and best
thin nondescript sold for a $l6.'
50, a decrease of $3.50.
Eastern Belt
On the Eastern Belt the
majority of leaf grades were up
81 to S. per 100 pounds, low orange
Tugs increased 81, and lemon Tugs
ard cutters either held firm or
were up 81.
A number f medium quality
grades of leaf and orange Tugs
were off from 81 to 81.
Sales were heavy on the East
ern Belt and the general quality
of offerings was about the same
as it was last Friday.
Prices ranged from ,$31 to $50
for leaf, SOL to $66 for cutters,
$43 to SOS for Tugs. Best thin non
deScript sold for $40.
Border Belt
Prices on the Border Belt of
North and South Carolina were
irregular Monday with the number
of increases slightly larger than
the price declines.
Several leaf grades were up
from 81 to S., cutters increas-
ed 81 to 81, and Tugs gained 81 to
$11.
There was an increase in the
proportion OF fine leaf grades but
the general quality of offerings
remained about the same as it was
last Friday.
Warehouses on the Eastern and
Border Belts were open Monday
only three hours instead of the
customary five because of the
shortage Of hogshead materials
and the congested condition at
redrying plants.
Farmers on the Middle Belt
were permitted to have five hours
OF sales both Monday and Tues
day but they too will 60 on a three
hour schedule Wednesday in keep
ing with an agreement with the
flue-cured tobacco marketing COM
mlttee a group consisting of
warehousemen, growers and to-
bacco company buyers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
COURTS RULING
AIDS GAMBLERS
California Judge Says State
Helpless In Case
OF Lux

LOS ANGELES, Sept. Is. -UR-
The state of California is powerless
to prevent gambling on the high
seas, a judge ruled Monday in re
fusing to hold admiral Tony
Cornero Stralla for trial on gambl-
ing conspiracy charges.
Municipal Judge Eugene P. Fay
ruled. however, Stralla and three
associates should stand trial or
charges of taking patrons to a
place where they might gamble.
The judge said there is no ques-
ton that gambling on the high
seas is legal under federal laws
and California statutes cannot be
used to prevent it.
He felt that Stralla and his aides
had offered inducements to bring
people to the ship and there was
sufficient evidence for trial of the
four on charges of conspiracy to
commit a misdemeanor.
Judge Fay said the fact that a
parking lot adjacent to the water
taxi dock had a sign on it LUX
parking lot" was an inducement to
patrons. He also found that another
inducement was that patrons did
not have to ask to be taken to the
Lux when they boarded the water
taXis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
CI'S TRANSFERRED
TO U. S. CUSTODY
American Soldiers Held By
Polish Authorities
Moved

WASHINGTON, Sept. l6.-WD-
Two GI's who had been held by
Polish authorities on criminal
charges have been transferred to
the custody of U. S. occupation
forces in Germany under ali
agreement between the Polish and
American governments, it was an
nounced Monday.
American military authorities
will investigate the charges
against the two men, Pvts. Melvin
R. Best, Butte, Mont, and Curtis
'Dagley, Gloucester, Mass.
War department spokesman said
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Ameri.
can commander in the European
theater, will take any disciplinary
action warranted. Polish repre-
sentatives will be permitted to pre-
sent evidence against the pair.
Best has been accused of killing
a Polish soldier on Dec. II, 1915,
while he was assigned to guard
Polish nationalist being repatriat-
ed from Germany.
Dadgley was charged by the Po-
fish government with the wound
ing Of a Polish security policeman
last May 7 and with attempted
criminal assault. Another Ameri-
can soldier, whose identity was not
revealed, is reported to have ad-
mitted completely in the shooting.
The War department said that on
the basis Of all available informa-
ton it believes Dagley innocent of
both charges.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
GUAM RESIDENTS
HISS LIEUT.. TWEED
Stare D Demonstration
Against Navy Officer Who
Hid From japanese

.cANA Guam, Sept. 10 -u'h
Nav It. George Tweed. VINO
.h;d rom the japanese on Guam
for 81 months, was booed and MS.
~ ss a "deserter" Monday os
SEQ 1T Guam residents led by
a Catholic priest.
Tweed had returned to Guam &c
rresent an automobile to the ma
t;va who sheltered him during the
Japanese occupation.
He was being introduced to tne
crowd in Agan's historic plaza De
Espano by Capt. Milton Ander,
.on. New York city, navy CIV,
adminitrator for Guam, when !ou
demonstrators carrying placaros'
marched booing and Kissing into
the square.
Father Oscar Calvo, leader OF
the group, told correspondents
that Tweed. in his book, Robin
son Crusoe, USN," said Father
.Luenas betrayed secrets Of a con-
-fes 5ion."
Tweed jumped from the band,
stand, angrily ripped to shreds and
trampled one sign which said,
What About Tweed's Desertlon
in the Face of the Enemy"
You are a bunch Of lousy rats,
Tweed shouted.
Resent Accusations
1888, 000, 900 Catholics resent your
Among the other signs were
false accusations" I'VE resent
.Tweed's presence on this island"
I'VE demand Tweed's election
from Guam" and thank your
maker Guam is safe now git.
Tweed's book, ghost written by
Blake Clark, inferred that Father
Duenas, who was m%artyred, had
revealed Tweed's hiding place to
his followers and also had yield
ed information to the japanese
under torture.
The book said that Father
Duenas left the confession booth
and told so many people where
had gone that word got to the
japanese. They tortured him unit
he broke down and told them
had gone to Juan Pangalinen. The
japanese were furious he had no'
reported this earlier and killed the
priest"
After a brief furry of shouting,
Father Calvo and his crowd
marched away in an orderly pro
ces sion.
Calvo Inspired
This demonstration you wit
messed was inspired by Calvo,"
Tweed told reporters. Il talked to
the Catholic bishop Sunday night
about this presentation. He said
the church was not concerned in
any way"
Then Tweed, the only pTe-war
survivor Of the Guam occupation,
presented a new automobile to
Antonio Artero, who fed me for
one year and nine months while I
was hiding rom the Japanese"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
FIRMS TAKE TAND
AGAINST

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 [) -
Firms whose spokesman said thew
employed 80 per cent of the city's
truck drivers Monday night
pledged a stand against adopting
wage proposals made by two other
llrms which leaders Of local 8o7.
International Brotherhood of
leamsters (AFL), had said might
cause a break in the trucking
strike.
Joseph M. Adelizzi, spokesman
Tor loo employers in a joint wage
scale committee. said in a state
ment the employers had signed a
pledge not to make any agreement
with any of the teamsters' locals
involved in the tie-up without the
1uA consent of the wage scale
committee.
The latest move dimmed
chances Of a break in the two
weeks-old strike which had SEEM
ed possible after two firms had
made offers to one of three locals
involved
Meanwhile many grocery store
shelves were empty and news
papers cut drastically the size
OF their editions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
RUSSIA RENEW.
GREEK ATTACK
U. N. Security 6uncil
Hears New Plea Ger
Albanian Issu,

LAKE. SUCCESS, N. Y.,Sept. Is.
-R)-Russia today demaied that
the United Nations secury coun-
Gil order Greece to cease'threat-
ening peace" in the Balkis.
Soviet Delegate Andrea. Gro,
myko's strong appeal for ction, Oil
the eve of his taking ovens chair
man of the council from +. Oscar
LANCE of Poland, prov ed that
Greece be required to halwhat ne
termed provocative actlG on the
Albanian border, persatlon OF
minorities and propagane against
Albania.
The Soviet resolution, t first di-
rect step taken by Russislnce the
Soviet ukraine offered is long
complaint against Gree a n d
! called on the council theep the
case on its agenda Until pc Greek
government has fulfill the re-
Communications of the { neil. !.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
Price Raise Seen

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. -WR-
Prices for milk, butter, cheese and
other dairy products will Jump
to new highs as production hits a
seasonal decline before the end OF
the year, the agriculture depart
ment predicted tonight.
It's monthly report on the dairy
outlook did not mention the forth
coming decisions of the price de-
control board on whether OPA
price ceilings should be restored
for any or all dairy products.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
DR. Dr. LEON R: MEADOW,
Az s., PAROLE BOAPpSs
FOR HEARING ON G casg

RALEIGH Sept. Is -s-e,
Mcmillan Raleigh Attorney. y W. l.
DAY asked the Paroles comni, s.oa'
for a hearing on a request ~.
parole for DR.. Leon R. Ms,s +Y' a
former president Of East cssar s''
Teachers College. 'O'laa
Paroles Commissioner v.t
Cross said the hearing w TtalaTag
heard at 10 a. m. Thursd avula De
DR.. Meadows was c~onvi..
September, 1915, on counts '.ed in
bezzlement and false prete,o u EN-
was sentenced to two years ", and
first count and one wear gr' o. On h.
second The sentences to run M he
secutively. He became alioil, '"''
parole last June under t5a Tor
missions system Of making a 'ra''
prisoner automatically eligible every st..y
serving o%ne-fourth of his sents a,,sF
With gained time, Cross said
Meadows would complete his -, H.
tence in about ore more vs.s Yen,
he is not paroled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
FLAMING SESSION
SET FOR THURSDAY
AT USES OFFICE

A meeting of leaders of the vari-
as patriotic and civic clubs to
trmulate plans for the city's partl-
tpation in National Employ The
physically Handicapped Week is
cheduled for Thursday morning.
The session will be held at the
United States Employment Service
ffice, according to Liston King,
feterans' employment representa-
i've, who is making plans for the
Meeting.
The nationwide observance OF
ne week is planned for October
III, he added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
MORE ABOUT
LOCKS
FROM PAGE N

houses in this huge port, food and
freight piled up. Outside the piers
the MU pickets paced, men tenn
porarily without jobs and without
salary.
More unemployment was in sight
from the trucking strike. The Com
merce and Industry association
estimated that stores and factor
les, idle for lack of incoming ma
terials, might have 10000 -
roughly a sixth Of the city's pop
ulation-laid off by the end of the
week.
Nearly 1000 chain grocery stores
were shut tight. Many others had
bare shelves. Some stores limited
customers to one pack of cigaret-
ties. Fresh meat was a rarity. Can
ned goods stocks dWindIed fast.
Newspapers were hard hit.
Usually the biggest in America,
they were turning out puny sheets
OF 16 and even 8 pages. None OF
them carried any advertising. New
Workers, used to spending Sundays
and part Of the rest of the week
reading the m~ulti-section Sunday
newspapers, finished the funny
sneets and the skinny news sec
lions in IS minutes.
Hotels Quiet
The dining rooms of the big
hotels, usually alive with the music
Ct the nations name bands, were
silent az a musicians strike con
tinued Business was off 40 to 81
per cent.
The musicians, VIGOROUSLY long
haired, had plenty Of time for hair
cuts. But $500 BARRIERS in mid
town. Manhattan went on strike.
They took $50 manicurists GU.
with them.
Texas has 4 post office name,
Hps..k
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
MORE ABOUT
PRESIDENT
FROM PAGE ONE

such as oil, metals and other
8. Energy resources. such
as atomic energy, and, 4, Joint
conservation and utilization.
Inc presidents letter of instruct.
ions. which Winant also passed on
TO the council, cited the .cheavv
-toll' OF natural resources caused
Oy the war and pointed out that
d world program Of conservation
and utilization OF natural resources
n energy can become a major
basis Of peace"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
TRUMAN CONFERS :
WITH HANNECAN
Wallace Attitude Believed
Discussed AT White
House

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-W.D-
President Truman and democratic
national chairman Robert E. Han
negan conferred late today on thu
cabinet split over foreign polio.
a fter Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace announced hi
would continue a public speaking
campaign against the administra
tons "get-rough-with-R Russia" pro
gram.
The chief executive held a long
conference with flanagan over the
spectacular split between Wallac,
and Secretary of State James F
Byrnes-a split bubbling over witt
political Importance to the demo
cratic party In the approaching
November congressional election
contests. -
flanagan told White House re
porters he was confident the breal|
would not injure the Democrat
ticket, and predicted confident
that the party would retain contolI
of the Senate and House.
The national chairman. who $50
is postmaster general in the Prsi-l
dents cabinet, would not admit nat
the Byrnes-Wallace schism had
brought up. during his long con-
%versation at the executive ofces.
He said he discussed only goeral
political matters with Mr.. Trrnan.
From other sources, howeer, it
was learned that the Presidet and
his top political chieftain disussed
the Byrnes-Wallace controvfsy at
length.
Asked if he had any ide what
Wallace intended to say in he fu-
ture about foreign policy-anatter
customarily reserved to 3yrnes
department - flanagan replied
that he did not. but that lie was
confident no servere cabin break
would result.
PARIS, Sept. 16.-P-Sretary
of State Byrnes' headquar RS said
tonight it had mo commit to
make on reports of Secrary OF
Commerce Wallace's statoent in
Washington today that e was
standing on his New Yorl speech
of last week.
Wallace's New York speech was
interpreted as being critic of the
foreign policy followed ~by3yrnes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
Cooked A Fine Dinner;
Then Threw 1t To Dor

One lady recently stated that she
used to throw her own dinner Il
the dog most Of the time. It made
her sick just to look at anything u
eat. She was swollen with gas, full
of bloat, had headaches, felt ~worr
out and was badly constipated
Finally she got NNER-AID anc
says she now eats everything II
sight and digests it perfectly
Bowels are regular and normal
She is enjoying life once more ant
feels like some other woman
since taking this New Compound
INNER-AID contains II Grea
Herbs; they cleanse bowels. clea.
gas from stomach, act on sluggisl
liver and kidneys. Miserable Pee
pie soon feel different all over. S,
don't 70 on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by al drug stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
MORE ABOUT
CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

to America that l will come and
see you.
please to give my best respects
to my brother and all inquirine
friends and tell them that through
the mercy of God l am well and
enjoying good health and believe
me to be your dutiful son til
DEATH,
John Morgan"
STUCK IN STAPLETON - We
know what you are thinking. You
are thinking that this letter is
worded in a manner foreign to the
style used by the American boys
Of World War II.
Well, you are right. That letter
was written in the Stapleton
Prison, England, on Febru-
airy rs, 1872. But the writer,
John Morgan. was pure American,
and his home was in Holly Ridge,
North Carolina.
It seems that John, a merchant
mariner, thought he had a chance
Of making "a good voyage te
France" as the letter says, but
the British captured his shiE
and stuck him in S~tapleton. You
can't keep a good American.
particularly a Holly Ridgean, be.
hind bars forever, and John came
back to his mother, Mrs. Eliza.
beth Autry, as he promised. Anc
some time after his return he dus
a drainage ditch at Holly Ridge
which is still there and which i.
still called, aptly enough, Nor
! gan's Ditch"
IN THE OPEN - For this 1ette,
and story we are indebted to Mr.
Theodore Getaway, of Holly Ridge
John Morgan was the great-uncl,
Of Solomon E. Getaway. also o
Holly Ridge, who was Theodore.
grandfather.
When Solomon died at the az,
OF "a he left behind a big batcl
OF papers. In this batch Theodore
found this letter, and he prompt,
brought it in to US thinking w
might be interested in it.
We are indeed interested in il
not only because it is ~interestin,
In itself but especially becaus;
1t holsters our theory that mo,
prisoners are probably good fel
lows who deserve consideration
of course, as we said before
This all harks back to the ron
dltloning" we got from listenin,
10 the sad Nashville" song ane
we don't want to be misunder
stood to the point where folk
might think we'd like to be behinl
bars ourself..
We like 1t out here in the oper
very much, thank you, judge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
MORE ABOUT
HEALTH
FROM PAGE ONE

A. C. Pate, permanent chairman
of a Contender citizens committee
which seeks state or county action
to alleviate his areas frequent
floods, will preside over the
meeting.
Belts, as a representative of the
state highway commission, will ar
rive in Winter Park at two p. m.
for a walking tour to inspect the
area, according to James S. Hall,
leader Of the Winter Park drain
age movement. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
MORE ABOUT
SURVIVORS
FROM PAGE ONE

dition to the Is brought here were
picked up by the American tanker
Gulf Hawk and taken to Lewes,
Del. Thirteen others are still miss
ing and little hope is held for their
rescue. Coast Guard and Navy
planes have made a thorough
search of the area where the ship
went down about 148 miles Oft the
North Carolina coast.
Apparently the storm struck tn
Merit II so suddenly that she had
no time to radio an S. o. S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
,FINDLAY

RALEIGH, Sept. 16 - up -
John D. Findlay head of the State
Division of Game and Inland Fish
cries, was elected to the Seven
Member Executive Committee OF
the International Association OF
Game, Fish and Conservation
Commissioners at its annual con-
vention last week in st. Paul,
MINI. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-17
JAP TREATMENT
TOLD TO COURT

TOKYO, Tuesday, Sept. 17.-P
-Copditions under which thou
sands of European civilians were
kept prisoner by Japanese in a
Siamese road camp were "ab-
solutely disgraceful," British Col
Cyril H. D. Wild testified today in
the international war crimes trial
of q former japanese leaders.
1.-THE wife of the governor gen.
eral (of Singapore) had a minute
partition of a hut. She was dressed
in an old blouse, a skirt of sack
ing. and had bare feet" he told
the court. 49,,
Colonel Wild said that English
officers kept in touch daily with
Indian troops from whom they nae
been separated.
"We knew in surprising detail
which Indians we're loyal which
were wavering and which had gone
over to the Japanese" he explain
ed. =,
Returning to the war crimes trial
today from Nuremberg was owen
Cunningham, Des Moines, counsel
'Japan's onetime ambass-
ador to Berlin, Hiroshi Oshima. he
had interviewed German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
about collaboration between Japan
and GERMANY,
Won Ribbentrop spoke frankly. he
said, but the comments could not
be made public, under a Nuern-
berg tribunal restriction, until the
Nuremberg verdict is announced.
BROWNS BOSS?
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16 @ The
Post Dispatch. reported that Herold
muddy Ruel, assistant to Base
ball Commissioner A. B. (Happy)
Chandler, said at his office in
cincinnati Monday that he might
De named manager of the St.
Louis Browns. and that officials
the club refused to confirm or
deny the report.