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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
PRESIDENT URGES
SHORTER RATIONS
Americans Asked To Go
On Spartan-Like Diet
To Aid World

WASHINGTON, April 17-WD-
A spartan-like national diet IN
which Americans would go on
short rations two days week
was endorsed by President Tru-
man Wednesday as wonderful
way to help solve the famine
crisis abroad.
Mr.. Truman feels so deeply
about the world food shortage
that he will go on the air at 7:30
p. M, Friday and ask the people
to t'tighten their belts more" SO
more food can be sent overseas.
He will speak for three or four
minutes on aninternationa1 broad
cast in which former President
Herbert Hoover, honorary chair
man of his Famine Emergency
committee, will participate.
Hoover is now in Europe study
ing food conditions.
Desperate Need
The White House said Mr.. Tru-
man will ''nake general state
ment on the desperate need FOR
sending food abroad and saving
lives" A spokesman added that
''this is something the President
regards as very important
Meanwhile, the Department Of
Agriculture is drafting an order
to the baking industry to turn Out
bread loaves 10 per cent smaller
than now and to cut flour con-
See RATIONS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
FORRESTAL ASKS
SERVICE MERGER
Navy Secretary Has Inter-
view With Truman;
Favors Move

WASHINGTON, April 17-lR-
A White House conference on uni
fication of the armed services
broke up late Wedne sday with
Secretary of the Navy Forresta
calling some form of merger de
sirable and saying Navy officer.
now should give testimony, no
assertions" on the subject. 49,.
The conference with Presiden
Truman followed disclosure by tho
White House that the chief ex
ecutive's blast at Navy lobbying
against notification was provoked
by an interview statement of Real
Admiral A. S. Merrill, command
ant of the Eighth Naval distric1
at New Orleans.
Meeting Held
Forrestal spent an hour and 6
half with the chief executive. Also
in the huddle wece John L. Sui
Ivan, assistant Navy secretary
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
chief of naval operations, anc
Admiral William D. Leahy, per.
sonal chief of staff to the Presi
dent.
Mr.. Truman has recommended
single department of nationa.
defense. The army has been for
it and the navy against.
Asked what the prospects were
for agreement between the de-
partments on the question, For.
restal told reporters:
Merger Desirable
II think everybody is agreed
on the desirability of using the
lessons of this war to get better
mechanism-whicn means unfit
cation
But he added quickly that the
question of the form of it still
had to be worked out. Congress
sional committees are concerned
with that problem.
The Secretary described the talk
with Mr.. Truman as very salts
factory" He said the navy pre-
scented it's views and agreed with
the President on one thing:
49,. Debate Out
EFT is desirable to forego further
Set MERGER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18

areas annexed on January l of this
year.
Still Coming In
William B. Pournelle, census di-
rector, released the count to the
city council in yesterdays special
morning session. A few enumera-
tons, he said, are still trickling in.
Anyone who has not been included
in the count is urged to contact
the census office in the Woodrow
Wilson hut, Fourth and Princess
streets, Immediately.
The count of 46,882, Pournelle ex-
planned, is only semi-official. The
tabulation cards will be sent to
Washington, D. c., this weekend
for final calculation on electric
IBM machines.
Expect "Small Increase"
The official count should come
from Washington in about two or
three weeks, Pournelle said, and
will probably show "a small in
crease over the semi-official IL
gure.''
The figures on labor skills, en-
ployment, and housing, which are
more complex than the population
See POPULATION On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18

OF Ceilings
Is Forecast
OPA's Life Span Limited
To Nine Months By
Rebellious House
"COST PLUS" PROJECT
Meat Subsidies Scheduled
To End By June 30
Under Measure

WASHINGTON, April II.
= (AP) - In an uproarious
night session, the House
pushed toward final passage
Wednesday night an OPA
bill so loaded with restrictions
that Price Administrator Paul
Porter termed it repeal of price
control"
One m n d m t, whooped
through on a rollcan vote of $50
to 1877, would require OPA to make
a drastic overhaul of It's price cell
ings. 1t provides that they must
reflect cost plus a reasonable
profit to producers and distri-
butors.
Meat Bill Defeated
An amendment to drop all price
controls ON meat, however, was
defeated, 172 to 22S, on a roltcall
after the House earlier had ap-
proved it on tentative ballot. 1876
to 1872. ~
Toward the end OF the hectic day,
OPA Chief Paul Porter issued an
anguished statement declaring:
1.-THE action of the House
amounts to the repeal Of price con-
troll"
With Republicans and a group Of
Southern Democrats in the saddle,
the chamber also voted I'll to IA
to limit OPA's new life span to nine
instead of the year re-
quested by Mr.. Truman.
Quick Work
In quick succession the chamber
put these administration-opposed
in the bill:
See OPA On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
The w Gather
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Cardinal Fair and warmer
Thursday and Thursday night. FRIDAY
partly cloudy and continued warm.
South Cardinal Fair and warmer
Thursday ard Friday.
eastern Standard Time)
By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 80 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1 80 am. so; 1880 am. At; / 80 pm. Al;
1870 pm. At. ~,
Maximum 40; Minimum As; Mean AZ;
Normal 81
Humidity
1 80 am. 80; 1880 am. 90; 1870 pm. W;
1880 pm. a.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm.
2.15 inches.
Total since the first of the month
8 80 inches.
TIDES for Today
from the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
t0e High Low
Wilmington ------ 11:14 am. 6:08 am.
11:41 pm. $40 pm.
Masonboro Inlet -. 80 am. :53 am.
) 9:12 pm. 2:54 pm
Sunrise 5:37 am; Sunset 6:45 p.m.;
Moonrise 1853 PIN; Moonset 700 am.
River Stage at Fayetteville, S. c., at
8 am, Wednesday, lib feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
HOUSE PUSHES OPA MEASURE
TO REPEAL PRICE CONTROL;
BUILDING STOPPAGEE EXPECTED
NICHOLS TO LEAVE
BENSON OFFERED
MANAGERS POST

A. c. Nichols, city manager
+ Wilmington since Auguss,
1912, subr tilted his resigna-
ton to the city council yester-
day and the council accepted
it effective April 30.
City Clerk J. R. Benson was
Immediately offered the va
Gated post and is expected to
announce his decision of ac-
ceptance or non-acceptance at
next Wednesdays regular
council meeting.
Accepts $4,000 Post
Nichols leaves the $1,000 a
year Wilmington job to take
over the $4,000 a year manage
rial position at Daytona Beach,
Fla, on June l.
His resignation, as formally
submitted to the council, is as
follows:
GAS you and the public now
know, I have had an enticing
offer to become the City Man.
ager of Daytona Beach, Fla.
have weighted this rather
carefully, and I think thorough
ly. One cannot disrupt way Of
life in a congenial community
without giving real considera-
ton to all factors involved in
See NICHOLS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
NATIONALS LOSE
MANCHU CAPITAL
Chinese Communist Forces
Reported In Charge OF
Most OF City

CHUNGKING, Thursday, April
17-(P)-An official Central News
dispatch from Chungking early
Thursday said Chinese communist
forces had seized the greater part
of the Manchurian capital city
after IL hours of severe fighting
with the nationalist garrison.
Government forces were short
of ammunition the dispatch added,
but they were receiving constant
air support.
This was the first mention OF the
governments use of aircraft in
the Manchurian fighting. Earlier
dispatches had reported loss OF
Changchun's airfields to the COM
munists early in the battle for the
city.
The dispatch estimated the COM
munist force attacking Changchun
as 10 times that of the nationalist
garrison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
ResortHonles
Main Objects
In CPA Order
Forty Structures Expected
To Be Affected In
Carolina Beach
CITY COUNCIL ACTS.
Local Body Seeks To Have
Order Rescinded A
gainst Buildings

Work on an indefinite num-
Der of non-residential build
ings now under construction
at Wrightsville and Carolina
beaches is expected to be stop
ped sometime today by orders
from the regional offices of
the Civilian Production administra-
ton in Atlanta, it was learned last
night from Regional Compliance
Manager John Peckham.
Recommendations to stop work
on beach homes and business
structures now building were is
sued in Greensboro Tuesday by E.
T. Driscoll, district compliance Of
ficer of the federal agency.
Deadline Set
All the constructions scheduled
to receive stoppage orders are said
to have been started after March
&c, the deadline date for construc-
ton not approved by the cPA as
essential housing.
DriscolIs recommendations, SUBJ
mitted in Greensboro, were i'm
mediately transmitted to Atlanta
for action.
They affect some 40 structures
located in the area of Carolina
Beach: 20 are at Wrightsville
Beach. The majority, said Dris-
coll. are resort dwellings,.
Halt Business Building
Pre-dating by "a hours this latest
move of the CPA to channel scarce
See BUILDING on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
And So To Bed

We have been accused OF
running twice the same story
about a newspaperman who
made a long distance TELEPHONE
call and found an old friend
ON the other end Of the line.
True, we have run the same
story twice-the same that Is,
except that the two endings
are different. !
One of them ends thusly:
The reporter hangs up The
phone and says, "Now who In
the heck is that guy ] was
talking to-"
The other: snow what was
it I wanted to ask that guy?"
Both stories are true. Both
happened in The Stars news
room.
If you worked for q news
paper you too would find that
q newsroom is very often .
Confuse" room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
WASHINGTON. April u.

WASHINGTON, April II.
R)-It's all up in the air. No
body-literally nobody-hnoWs
what Mrs. Truman will wear
Sunday.
The first lady, it seems, will
take a quick gander at the
weather, rummage in the closet
and emerge to lead tn nations
fashion parade = j n any old
things that catch her eye.
Nothing New
They won't b new = nat
dress nor coat. That's definite.
The same applies to daughter
Margaret.
Thus is answered the number
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
YOUTH WILL SERVE
MINIS Students Nominate
For City Government Jobs

and for various officers in the
senior, junior, sophmore, and
freshman classes, will continue
until $3.50 p. m. today when
polls will close.
Interest Intense
Interest in the ''City council
men, primary was intense
throughout the day and all of
the So candidates who offered
their names in nomination, con-
Quoted spirited campaign
among fellow students for votes.
When the primary polls closed
at $3.50 p. M, there was still
See STUDENTS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
THE ETERNAL QUESTION
Bess III WearAnyOldRags
In Easter Parade Sunday

one question-since about mid
February - { White House
feminine news conferences.
Breathless fashion writer's be-
gan early to inquire in hushed
tones of Mrs. James Helm,
social secretary:
Just Don't Know
seAnd what will Mrs. Tru-
man and Margaret wear or
Easter"
After many persistent tries,
the answer finally came: The
first lady and her daughter
don't know themselves.
See CLOTHES On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18

Students of New Hanover
High school went to the polls
yesterday and in a spirited
primary election, nominated
four girls and six boys for
five places on the administra-
ton ticket which will take over
the Wilmington city govern
ment on May 9 under the spon-
sorship of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Voting Continues
Voting, which started early
in the day by the 1900 students,
to select a new student body
president and vice-president
from a list of four candidates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-18
MORE PEOPLE HERE
Population Of City
Shows Neat Increase
Semi Official Count Gives Wilmington Popu-
lation OF 1852 With Enumera-
tons Still Coming In
See Table On Page Twelve

Wilmingons serni-officia population count is 1882
This is total increase of about 40 per cent the
1910 figure of 33, 407
Of the 46882 persons residing in Wilmington,
1902 dwell within the old city limits and $3.50 in the
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

he real work of the Coolidge Chamber of Commerce
is just beginning and its the biggest and most important
job there is We everyone know that Coolidge
the most progressive and fastest growing town In the
Vaey-that the opportunities for everyone with an eye
to the future lie right here in this town-our town.
With all of us helping actively, the Chamber of Com
will do this and will all benefit and grow with
Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

and married Miss Helen Lassiter
OF Coolidge Monday afternoon. The
ceremony was performed in the
home OF the groom's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. William Shipley. by the
Reverend J. y. Campbell. pastor
OF the First Baptist Church of Coo
hdge only members of the family
and close friends were present.
The bride is the daughter OF Mrs.
Esther Lassiter and has made her
home in Coolidge for number OF
years. She attended Kenilworth
school and has been employed in
Los Angeles for the past year.
Shipley entered service in De
cember OF 1914 and went overseas
in June OF the following year. He
has been awarded the Asiatic-
Pacific ribbon. the American Thea
ter ribbon. and the Good Conduct
medal. He was employed at the
local branch OF Standard oil Com
pany OF California before entering
service and will return TO his old
position
Mr.. and Mrs. Shipley Will make
their home IN Coolidge
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19
Family Gathering
At VIM. Ray Home

Two family reunions took place
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. VIII
liam Ray within a few hours Of
each other this week Mr. Rays
three brothers. Marion of Mesa,
Joseph OF Dixie. Utah. and Ward OF
Benson. visited at the Ray home
Sunday. A short time after their
departure the following day Mrs.
Rays brother and sisters began
TO arrive. The latter family group
OF six had not been together in "a
years. They were Mr. and Mrs
owen Stewart and family OF OAK
land California, Mrs. Edith Gray
OF Tempe. Mrs. Walter Hackle-
man of Patagonia. Mrs. A. {.
Woods Of Buckeye. and Mrs. X. X.
Palmer OF Casa Grande.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

YOUNG A. (Red) VEAzEY has
been promoted from seaman first
class TO ships cook third class ana
likes his job fine, according 10
word received from Pearl Harbor
this week. Red is the son OF MT
and Mrs. Young Veazey and has
been in the navy for nine months
he plans TO attend a rodeo In Hon
olulu soon. but doesn't expect II
will be as good as those at home.
he writes.
EZRA HILL OF Coolidge has re-
enlisted in the army after having
received an honorable discharge
from the service in February tie
will leave today to report for duty.
nm is the son OF Mr. and Mrs
Richard HIN. who have made their
home here for the past two years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19
FOOD CONSUMPTION UP

Civilian per capita food consump-
tion in the United States in 1876
Is expected 20 be al least as large
and may even exceed that Of any
previous year. the USDA forecasts.
This is in sharp contrast with con
ditiors abroad Per capita world
supplies Of food are Il per cent
below pre-war levels
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19
Special Services At
Community Church
Friday And Easter

Special Good Friday services vii
De held az Community Presbyter-
tan Church Friday evening at 80
p m Included r. the. service vii
De- the celebration Of Holy Com.
muuion
During the Faster services there
will b. reception Of new members
A special Easter Day message
entitled Death Gould Not Hold
Him" will b. delivered by The
Reverend Joseph Kamphuis.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19
Bus Line Changes
Name For Easy
Public Identification

Stockholders of All American
Bus Lines. Inc. at their annual
stockholders meeting in the Chi
cago offices voted TO change the
name OF the corporation to "Ameri-
can Buslines," l. b. James, presi-
dent of the company announced to-
dav.
Explaining the reason for and
the significance of the name
change. President James said :
THE stockholders voted to change
the name Of the corporation to
American Buslines" for purposes
OF simplication and easy public
Identification. We shall aim to
make the new name synonymous
with the highest in quality ground
transportation. A comprehensive
program of expansion and improve
ment contemplates the addition OF
revolutionary new equipment. at
tractiye Inn-Type restaurants and
rest stops, and the last word in
modern and convenient terminals
throughout all operations"
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

ter in grade school in Phoenix, one
step-daughter attending Arizo a
State College at Tempe. and two
daughters by former marriage i'll
high school at Escondido, Cali
fornia
He is a member of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, BPOE.
FOE and FAM and was formerly a
precinct committeeman in Yuma
county.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

Edwin r Williams. Jr.. Arizona
railroad man. has announced his
candidacy for state treasurer, sub
ject to the. Democratic primary
July Is. Born in Douglas, Williams
received his education in that city
and at the University of Arizona.
He has been employed by RI Paso
and Southwestern and Southern
Pacific railroads since 1923. hold
ing positions with SP such as cash
Ter. accountant stationmaster and
chief clerk
Prior 20 working for the railroad
he was employed as mail carrier IN
Douglas and in the Calumet and
Arizona and Copper Queen smelters
AS converter puncher
He is married and has one daugh-
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

ORussell Merce underwent a major
operation at Florence Hospital
Sunday. lie is reported 10 be doing
well
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19
Shipley Discharged,
Home, Married, All
In Less Than Week

Things happened in a hurry when
George Shipley. fireman first class,
returned TO the states after 10
months service In the Pacific thea
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

0Mrs. Cecil Horlacher had her
tonsils removed at Coolidge Hos
pital Tuesday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-04-19

ter. He received an honorable dis
charge from the service last Wed
nesday. returned home Saturday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
WSCS Executive
Committee Meeting
With Mrs. Epfing

The home of Mrs. J. M. Epting
on River Road, was the meeting
place for the executive commit
tee of the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the First
Methodist church of Pascagoula
on the afternoon of June Is, the
session being marked by a good
attendance.
The devotional was led by Mrs.
J. F. Campbell after which an ex-
cellen. report was heard from the
treasurer, Mrs. r. V. Bardwell.
A visiting campaign vas plan
ned as a means of WSCS MEM
bers becoming better acquaint-
ed and to induce them regularly
70 attend the circle meetings.
The president asked all mem
bers to register, pay their poll
tax and vote for the uplift of the
city, the state and the nation.
After a round-table discussion
on the foregoing, the hostess was
assisted bv her sister, Mrs. Don
Yingling of Butler, Pa, her young
son, Jimmie Epting, and Mrs. J.
F. Carver in serving a refresh
ment course
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
Family Reunion AT
Home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Epting. July Fourth

July Fourth was made partic-
ularly joyous for members of the
Delcomyn family by a reunion
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J..
M. Epting on River road that
day, several of those taking part
having come from distant cities.
Among those from Pascagoula
who were present were Mrs. A.
Delcomyn, and daughters, Mes
danes Epting, and c. P. Hum
phrey and families and Mrs. Don
Yingling formerly of this city
but now of Butler, Pa, and Mr..
and Mrs. John Delcomvn and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Delcomyn.
Others present were Mr.. and Mrs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
CHESS FANS PLAY FAIR

Richmond, Va. AP.-Chess
players rank high on the list of
good citizens so far as Thomas P.
Aver, city librarian, is concerned.
They evidently have a high
sense Of responsibility" he said,
''for IneiI books are never over-
due bat are always renewed on
time.
"They also are obviously gen.
erous since As of the library's 81
books On chess have been donated
by them"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
Miss Chatham And
Max AinsWorth Wed
AT Rose Hill Miss.

A wedding of particular interest
in Moss Point was that of Miss
Myrtle Chatham only child of
Mrs. Pelton T. Chatham or Rose
Hill, Miss, and the late Mr.. Cha
than to Max Ainsworth of Moss
Point which was soiemnized in
the Rose Hill Methodist church
on a recent date.
The double ring ceremony was
conducted by the Reverend S. E.
Summerall of Bay Springs, be-
fore an altar rail which was bank
ed with greenery and floor bas-
kets of white gladioli and by
drangeas.
The entry of the bridal party
was preceded by a nuptial solo,
Because, sung by Miss Martha
Florence Sullivan of Bay Springs,
with Mrs. H. A. Porter of Rose
Hill as accompanist.
Mrs. Porter also played the ira
ditional wedding marches and
during the ceremony softly rem
dered MacDowell's "To a Wild
Rose" at the piano. Miss Sulli-
van was in chartreuse and Mrs.
Porter in navy. Both wore access
series of white with corsages of
pink carnations.
The bride, who was given In
marriage by her uncle, A. NJ.
Merrell of Meridian. eldest
brother of Mrs. Chatham, was
lovely in a white Palm Beach
suit with matching accessories.
A corsage of white carnations
completed her costume.
Miss Georgia Ware of New Or
| leans who served as bridesmaid,
was gowned in aqua with Access
series of white with which she
wore a corsage of white carna-
| tions.
John v. Ainsworth of Laurel,
only brother of the groom, was
his best man.
Mrs. Chatham, mother of the
bride was in blue with which she
wore accessories of black and
white. Mrs. j. ". Ainsworth,
the groom's mother wore a dress
of black sheer. Their flowers
were white carnations in corsage
arrangement.
After graduating from the
Rose Hill High school the bride
attended Whitworth and Millsaps
colleges. She then attended a
business college in New Orleans,
where she was doing stenographio
work until recently. Also she
held positions in Laurel and Bay
Springs.
Following his graduation from
the Bay Springs High school the
groom studied at Mississippi col.
lege for two years. his course
being interrupted by his entry
into the United States Navy, ane
he served for four years as 8
pilot in the Air Corps, in which
he held the rank of lieutenant
Since receiving his release from
the Naval Air Corps a few
months ago he has been enrolled
at Tulane university in New Or
leans.
Among the large number of out
of-town guests attending the
wedding were MI. and Mrs. J. v.
Ainsworth of Moss Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ainsworth enjoy
ed a honeymoon trip to points in
Florida and a short visit in the
home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. v. Ainsworth in Moss
Point before going to New Or
leans where they are residing at
APO ST. Charles avenue.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05
EAGLES GATHER

Melbourne, Australia. APP
Eagles are attacking fully grown
sheep in Victoria. One sheep
owner has lost rs lambs and 20
sheep 10 eagles which have been
making their ravages in groups.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-05

j. c. Delcomyn of Gautier, Mr..
and Mrs. Emil Delcomyn of AL
exandria, La. and their children,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Delcomyn
and children of Houston. Texas.