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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
HONOR
ELLIOTT 0'NEAI
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An address by George Chandler,
Winston-Salem, state Jaycee secre-
tary, was feature of the banquet.
Following the banquet, members
and their wives and other guests
were entertained by Miss Tommy
McNair, vocalist, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Emory, pianist. Miss McNair
sang three songs; I'm Always
Chasing Rainbows,' TT Might AS
Well Be Spring and 'St. Louis
Blues"
Guests were then presented by
toast master Hal Love, who then
presented Bob Howard, president
of the club.
President Howard gave a brief
review Of activities of the Junior
Chamber members during the fis-
cal year, which included their work
with the Boy Scouts of America,
fire department aid, Americanism
aid, small business solicitation dur
ing the war fund drives, the Tuber-
So4Oo1o oCd1 So1CS dIlQ IllC dILAf4L1Co
of the Christmas committee.
He attributed their success dur
ing 1915 to other civic clubs, city
officials and members of the press
and radio who he said have given
of their time and money to aid pro-
jects undertaken by the 'Jaycees.
Mayor w. Ronald Lane read a
proclamation for the city, declaring
the week Of Jan. IA to 81 officially
Junior Chamber of Commerce
week..
Chandler, in his address to the
meeting, gave brief review of
the activities of the organization
since its founding in 1915 by Henry
Giessenbier, st. Louis.
He said the founder conceived
the idea of the club as a means
by which the young citizens could
express their opinions and take
part in problems of civic con-
Germ.
The popularity of the clubs has
spread rapidly, according to
Chandler, who said there were 81
clubs organized throughout Mis-
souri, by early 1916. Today there
are over 300 clubs throughout the
nation.
'The Junior Chamber of Com.
merce is synonymous with youth
and has the cardinals faith, vision.
courage to act and enthusiasm they
need to get things done,' he said
in explaining the policies of the
organization.
Among advantages offered young
men by the club are the chance to
channel their activities into lead
ership, train them in civic matters
and teach them to participate in
any action which is constructive.
members of the club have a
chance for expansion of thought
and action, which serve as ladder
for civic leadership" the secre.
tary said.
Active membership in the club
imbues the young men with a sense
of responsibility and permits them
to see democracy at work and to
be a part of it.
During his address, Chandler
wove an interesting story of the
Importance of young men in the
everyday affairs of the world. re.
ferring to Washington, Lincoln
Jefferson and Hamilton as young
men of the past who made name
for themselves during the years
when they were the age of men
in the club.
They told members of the ap.
probation felt for young men dur
ing the late war and the necessity
OF their services after the war.
He ended on high note of hope
for the future of the organization,
pointing out a few of the many
ways by which young men of the
group may distinguish themselves
by lending a helping hand to all
worthy civic matters which will
arise.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
Ship Movements

Ahh1t Ell
Tankers
ESQ Roanoke, cargo petroleum
products for Standard Oil company
Freighters
S. S, Nathan Clifford, Liberty
to load general cargo for England
C. D. Maffitt company, agents.
IN PORT
Tankers
W. W. Mills, at Cape Fear Ter
minal, with cargo for Purol Rein
ing company.
Freighters
Cape Lopez, at Cape Fear ter
minal from Chile, cargo nitrate
of soda, c. D. Maffitt company
agents.
INWARD BOUND
Freighters
Fem Victory, from West Coas
via Charleston, general cargo, Viii
mington Shipping company agents
Tankers
Cherry Valley, from Houston
Texas, cargo, $4,000 barrels gaso
line for Shell Oil company.
Monmouth, from Houston, Tex.
cargo, fuel oil, kerosene and desc
fuel for Shell Oil company.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
Teacher Merit Pay Basis
To Get Airing Today

RALEIGH, Jan. 11-lR-A seven
member commission authorized by
the 1915 legislature to study the
question of paying school teachers
on the basis of merit, will hold a
public hearing here tomorrow.
Rep. John w. Umstead Of Chapel
Hill, chairman of the commission,
said arguments by groups and in
dividuals for and against the pro.
posal, would be heard beginning
at II a. M, after the commission
holds a preliminary meeting.
The commission was scheduled
to meet tonight for further organ
rational work.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
Football Schedule For
Vanderbilt Announced:

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. H.
ef'IVanderbilt university's 1916
Football schedule lacks only one
game OF being complete and adds
one more Southeastern conference
zoe, Auburn, to the 1915 list.
The Nashville Banner reported
IN dispatch from st. Louis that
LII. Comdr. H. R. (ReO Sanders,
Vandy coach who leaves the navy
soon, had announced Auburn would
play the Commpdores in Mont
gomery Nov. 2. =
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
Officers Recover
Stolen Automobile

An automobile stolen from John
B. Barr, Ga Carolina Ave, Caro-
lima Beach, Dec. %, 1945, was
found last night at Holly Ridge.
Chief of Police Porter Ward, in
cooperation with the state highway
patrol and members of the sheriff S
office, found the car near Camp
Davis.
It has been abandoned by Marine
Pvt. Gilbert Case, who admitted
the theft. Case was placed in jail
in default of $500 bond.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
Athletics Twirler Gets
Discharge From Service

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Jan. 11.-LR
L. Gum) Harris, ace
right-hand pitcher of the Philadel-
phia Athletics, was discharged yes
terday from the navy.
After going to Philadelphia for
a conference with the AS man.
agement, Harris was scheduled to
proceed to his home at Birming-
ham, Ala.
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PRESIDENT ACTS
in STRIKE CRISIS
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some local telephone communica-
tons were crippled by a growing
paralysis.
2. C1O President Philip Murray
announced failure of negotiations
to avert a strike of 100000 steel
workers Monday
8: General Motors corporation
announced rejection Of 4 Presi-
dental fact-finding boards recon-
mendation for II IL per cent
wage increase to 175,000 striking
CLIO United Auto Workers.
Generally only emergency calls
were accepted on long distance
lines and through some manually-
operated local exchanges as most
| telephone workers refused to cross
picket lines thrown around key
long distance exchanges by 5000
striking installation workers early
yesterday.
| Labor Secretary Schwellenbach
summoned representatives of the
striking Association of Communi-
cations Equipment Workers Qnd)
and their employer, the Western
Electric company, to conference
and Labor department spokes-
man who declined to permit use
of his name said government seiz-
ure might be recommended to
President Truman if the tieup be-
came nationwide.
Murray made his statement the
strike was on as scheduled at 1901
a. m. (EST) Monday after a three
hour conference with Benjamin F.
Fairless, president of the U. S.
Steel Corp. Murray disclosed the
union had whitfield it's wage in
crease demands from 25 cents ar
hour down to 20 cents. He said
the corporation had offered Il
cents, but this offer he termed
wholly Inadequate.
He added conferences with Fair.
less and "Big SteeF' representa-
tives were "breaking up with nc
reasonable hope for settlement ir
the offing"
In Detroit, the announcement re.
jecting the GIN fact-finding recon-.
mendation said the report was un'
acceptable "in whole or in part
as basis for settling the JAW.
CLIO strike of General Motors
plants"
The announcement, signed by
C. E. Wilson, company president,
said the corporation rejected the
unsound principle that specific
company should be forced to pay
higher than competitive wages be.
cause of its financial ability"
Walter Reuther, union vice pres.
ident, said General Motors still
is in defiance of its public respon.
siblity and continues to refuse to
meet its obligations to the men
and women who work for it."
Wilson said the company's last
offer of IS 1-3 cents an hour in
crease made after the strike start.
ed 81 days ago "stin stands"
He said the fact-finding board
recommendation for an additional
six cents an hour wage sis based
on certain assumption by then
which in the opinion of Genera
Motors are unsound." He said the
board based its recommendation
on assumed ability of General
Motors to pay this excess wage"
Administration labor officials il
Washington had expressed the be
lief, previously, that both company
and union would accept the 1cc.
ommendation.
The steel workers also slashec
their wage increase demands tt
20 cents an hour in an offer to the
Thinker Roller Bearing company
which employs $4,000.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
AID BELGIAN PEOPLE

BRUSSELS, Jan. 11.-(Py-The
Belgian War Relief Society Of the
United States announced today
that during the war Americans had
donated more than $100,000,OOO in
currency and goods to the Belgian
people.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
MILLIONS CHOICE
FOR 3 REASONS

Millions always ask for it by name St
Joseph Aspirin because ~ It's asp pure
as money can buy ~ Speed unsuT'
passed in field of aspirin ~ Real econ
omy in all sizes. Demand st. Joseph
Aspirin, worlds largest seller at loo.
Save more on 100 tablets for 35c as
you get nearly 3 tablets for only lc
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12
WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-(P)-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending pm. in the
principal cotton growing areas and else
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SHIPPERS FORECAST

Shippers Forecast: Lowest tempera-
tire until 7:3o pm. today within 400
miles Of Wilmington; North, IS degrees.
West. As degrees, Southwest, so degrees
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-12

. Eighty-nine per cent Of the 1ot "a,
volume of an iceberg lies oehea'h
the surface of the sea.
Evening star., 1946-05-02
Rail Brotherhoods
Quit Wage Par|eys
By the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, May 2.-Representa-
tives OF the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen and Railroad Engi-
ners today walked out of negotia-
ton conferences with the carriers
A. F. Whitney, president of the
trainmen, said the unions left the
conferences, which began Monday
in an effort to avert a Nationwide
strike set for pm. May 18, because
the operators offered us nothing
substantial"
~We walked out after Is minutes, .
Mr.. Whitney said. 1--WE are golna
back to the hotel and discuss the
matter with the Wage Committee,
and we will not meet them again
unless they have something sub
stantial to offer"
Mr.. Whitney said the railroads
offered the unions nothing but
what the Presidents fact-finding
panel recommended" and added
We've already turned that down. -
The panel recommended 16-cent
hourly wage increase for the work
erS and made some recommends
tions on various changes in working
rules proposed by each side. The
unions have asked a $3.50 daily
wage increase, plus more than 40
rules changes. The railroad pro-
posed other rules changes.
Evening star., 1946-05-02
Surprised OPA Probes Report
New Ruling Boosts Suit Prices

1t was on these increases that
suit manufacturers based their de-
mands for a modification of OPAs
controversial maximum average
price order. They claimed that as
it stood the industry would have to
curtail suit deliveries sharply.
To prevent this, OPA is giving
manufacturers another 80 days to
meet requirements of the average
price order. Previously the dead
line had been yesterday.
The extension means that by May
80 manufacturers must balance their
production of high-priced suits with
the same proportion of low-priced
garments they turned out during a
base period, usually 1943.
OPA said manufacturers them
selves had assured the agency in
March that the ceiling adjustments
authorized then would cause no gen.
eral increase in suit prices.
Obviously miffed that prices ap-
parently have risen, OPA said 1t
was granting the 30rday extension
solely to avoid delays" in the ship
ment Of suits to retail stores.
Evening star., 1946-05-02
District Dimout
Seen if Miners
Stay on Strike
Pepco PIons , Appeal
For Emergency Supply
or Soft Coal
GAS COMPANY officials confer
with D. C. heads in regard to
threatened strike. Page B-l

Potomac Electric Power Co.
officials went into conference
with the Public Utilities Com
mission today amid indications
that wartime "brownout" regu-
lations would be invoked with
in two weeks unless the soft coal
strike is settled.
Drastic cuts of electric power al
ready ordered for 1900 communities
in Illinois. including Chicago, in
order to safeguard public health and
safety and there seemed no inn
mediate prospect of settling the
month -old strike of 100000 soft coal
miners.
The Illinois order clamped a a.
hour-a-week ration on industrial
users in Chicago and Northern and
Central Illinois, the Associated Press
reported. It leaves those users COM
pletely without power on Sundays.
while during the week they may use
electricity only between 2 and pm.
New York Situation Grave.
In New York, the situation was
called very grave" by Acting Health
Commissioner Israel Weinstein and
Evening star., 1946-05-02
By the Associoied Press

OPA, embarrassed and sur
prised at industry reports that
prices for mems suits are rising,
set out today to learn whether
it's true.
The agency launched an investi-
cation of prices after removing a
restriction which clothing producers
claim was blocking delivery to retail
stores of from rs to 80 per cent of
suits being made
"We are astounded," OPA said in
a statement last night, "by trade
reports that the new pricing order
is causing increases of from S to Is
per cent in prices of mems suits"
This was a reference to a price
adjustment OPA made in March. At
that time the agency said there
would be no general increase in
mems suit prices. 1t expected higher
prices for some manufacturers, but
it said these would be offset by re-
ductionS for others.
Thus far there have been few II
any reductions, but plenty of in
creases, according to OPA's industry
reports.
Evening star., 1946-05-02
Rations for U. 5. Troops
In Reich 10 Be Reduced
By the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, May 2.-Rations
for American occupation troops ir
Europe will be reduced by 300 cal.
ories a day beginning May 5, United
States Army headquarters has an
nounced. Unofficial estimates placed
the present soldiers ration at $500
calories daily.
The reduction means a daily
caloric cut equivalent to two milk
chocolate bars, it was said. Tt
make the reduction, mess halls
will serve less sugar, bread, flour
cereals, noodles, lard and bacon
The present ration for displaced
personnel in the theater is 2,OO(
calories daily. For German civil
ians the ration is 2,275.
In line with his new policy oil
tightening discipline for American
troops, Gen. Joseph T. McNarney's
Office has banned the possession ot
souvenir firearms. All such weapons
as well as knives and brass knuckles
will be kept under lock and soldiers
disobeying the order will be SUBJ
lect to disciplinary action.
Evening star., 1946-05-02
Truman May Announce
Stone Successor TODAY

President Truman will hold a news
conference at 4 pm. today, Press
Secretary Charles G. Ross an
nounced this morning. Mr.. Ross
was noncommittal when asked if it
was possible the President would
have an announcement on filing
the Supreme Court vacancy.
Former Supreme Court Justice
Owen j. Roberts conferred for about
20 minutes with the President to-
day. but had nothing to tell re-
porters about mis- visit.
Asked if it was his personal
opinion" that a Chief Justice should
be appointed from without the
court, the jurist responded with a
laugh, II express no personal opin-
ion."
The President talked over the
court vacancy with former Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes Mon
day.
Evening star., 1946-05-02
Truman Requests
Extension Of RFC Life
AS Major Agency
Report to Congress Lists
Assets of "a Federal
Corporations as l6 Billion
BY Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today asked
Congress to continue the life
of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, which otherwise would go
out of business next January %,
declaring that the agency had
proved so useful during the de-
preston and the war that it has
become one of the major instru-
mentalities for conducting the
postwar business activities of the
Federal Government"
The President did not suggest how
far the tenure of the RFC should be
extended.
His recommendation was incor-
porated in a message in which he
transmitted to Congress the budget
programs of all wholly owned Gov
ernment corporations 1t is the first
time Congress has received the cor
poration budget, a procedure pro-
vided in the Government Corpora
ton Control Act of 1945.
16 Billion in Assets.
Mr.. Truman's message said the
assets of "a corporations will be
SIG, ,l00, 100000 at the close of the
fiscal year 1947, which will represent
IA decline of more than 100000, 600
during the year which starts July
l next.
He said also that for the corpora
tons as whole net loss of $4,000
100000 is anticipated in the next
fiscal year. Subsidy payments ano
losses on sales of surplus property
war housing and other assets &C
count for an estimated loss of $3.400
600, 900. The remainder, Mr.. Truman
added, is due to expenditures from
appropriations to convert temporary
war housing and losses on programs
for agricultural price support ano
for procurement of strategic sup
plies and materials.
Expanded lending operations
power operations, and many other
activities will show profits the
President said.
The President said the chief
source of loss by Government cor
porations during war years has
been the payment of production
ICoo DEC n,ro AcN
Evening star., 1946-05-02
General Strike Reported
Called in North TyroI
By the Associated Press

VIENNA, May 2.-The Austrian
government said today that gen.
eral strike had been called in the
North Tyrol.
Some rioting and clashes between
Tyrolean and Italian police have
occurred in the South Tyrol because
the Foreign Ministers meeting in
Paris have rejected the Austrian
plea. to take the South Tyrol from
Italy and incorporate it into the
Austrian republic. the announce
ment said.
The government said the North
Tyrol strike started at Z am, and
that utilities and all traffic, mail
and industry have been closed since
then. All shops except bakeries and
milk stores were closed.
"The strike was not started by
the government or municipal au-
thorities but was q spontaneous re-
action against the perpetuation of
the Nazi treason on the South
Tyrol." the statement said.
Evening star., 1946-05-02
Blasts Near VuItee Plant
Brinq Plea for State Aid
sv the Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Tex. May o.
Texas Rangers today were asked to
aid in policing the strike area at the
Consolidated -Vultee Aircraft Corp.
after a series of explosions, presum-
ably from dynamite, the last two
days.
An explosive charge placed at the
base Of a pole early today blasted
out of service 10 of the 81 telephone
circuits serving the strike troubled
corporation.
Yesterday dynamite explosions
occurred at the home of persons
who have continued to work at the
plant and another was threatened
with bombing by telephone caller.
AFL machinists have charged that
the Federation of Independent
Texas Unions is dominated by the
company and also that the company
has refused to bargain collectively.
Evening star., 1946-05-02

Two moves to implement pro-
posals in the Metropolitan
Health Council survey got under
way today, as it was learned a
hospital council for the area is
being organized and a drive was
launched to help push the Tyd-
ings bill for a new hospital CEN
ter the rest of the way through
Congress.
Robert Whitton, administrator of
Alexandria Hospital and one of the
leaders IN the formation of the
council, said meeting of the heads
of Washington and suburban hopi-
tails will be held in about 10 days
ito get the thing started"
Meantime, a meeting was held In
the Office of George A. Garrett,
president of Emergency Hospital. to
Evening star., 1946-05-02

brownout within week was held
probable. He said curtailment of
subway operations also would be
asked within the week if the strike
continues.
Pepco, with a two-week supply of
coal on hand, said it was preparing
an emergency request to the Solid
Fuels Administration for coal al
lotments. but prospects for immedi-
ate relief from that source appeared
dim.
A. G. Neal and j. H. Ferry, Pepco
president and general manager, re-
spectively, visited Brig. Gen. Cor
don R. Young, District Engineer
Commissioner and acting chairman
of the Public Utilities Commission,
to warn of the gravity of the coal
supply and to indicate that they
might shortly have to ask permis-
sion to curtail electric current out
put.
The Pepco officials told reporters
that the first to feel the effects of
curtaiiment would be commercial
users, probably in main those hav-
ing electric signs and show windows.
May Cut Vepco.
Permission also will be sought
from the Federal Power Commits
sioner to suspend servicing Virginia
Electric & Power Co. with 10000
kilowatt hours daily. This is only
a small percentage of the daily out
put here, the Pepco officials said, but
every source was being considered
with a view to providing residential
consumers and the Federal and Dis
trict government maximum of
service possible in the crisis.
Vepco, with several of its plants
down to To-day reserve level, has
received few thousand tons" al-
lotment through the Solid Fuels Ad-
ministration for its Norfolk and
Bremo Bluff plants and was burning
oil in plants convertible to that pur-
pose. Its Alexandria plant had
about two weeks supply The Alex
andria plant is not convertible to
use of oil fuel.
Vepco was casting about for hook
ups with waterpower generating
plants, but expected only a small
percentage of relief from that source.
Coal Sitting on Track.
Mr.. Ferry said Pepco had learned
that 100000 tons of coal are sitting
on a track somewhere" in this gen.
eral area.
A Pennsylvania Railroad spokes-
man said no further cut in opera
tions in the District area was con-
templated at the moment in addi-
ton to the curtailment of service
on the Pope's Creek-Bowie line an
nounced yesterday. Main lines op-
Grating out of Washington on the
Pennsylvania are electrified, it was
pointed out. Power for these comes
! from Baltimore and PENNSYLVANIA
sources and may eventually be af-
fected if the coal shortage worsens.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad off,
(See coal, page A-61