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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
BUSINESSMEN HEAR
PRIORITY RULING
FILA Zone Counsello
Speaks At Courthouse
On Building Laws

The Federal governments. reg
ulations on r~on-veteran honolulu
ding were set forth and explained
tersely and directly yesterday
afternoon to a large audience
in Superior courtroom by E. D.
KuykendaI, Jr.. 'eensboro, zone
counsel for the Federal Housing
authority in u states south of
Virginia.
1T is my own personal opinion"
Kuykendan said that the govern
ment does not feel that nom
veterans do netHneed housingasas
badly as do veterans. The crux Of
the matter is that there is just
so much building material avail
able. Some group therefore must
be favored.
Veterans Favored
Probably 16, 1000, geo houses are
needed in this country. Perhaps
materials for LOO, 900 houses will
be forthcoming. Maybe 100000
mex year. Obviously, all the need
cannot be net at once. Conse-
quently, since some group had to
be favored, the veterans are that
group"
K~uykendal pointed out, however.
thai is Is possible for non-veterans
to secure priorities and authori-
cation for BODYBUILDING.
Explains Rules
A priority, he explained, also
Constitute authorization. On the
other hand, authorization may be
granted with out priority as
sistance.
Briefly, these are the rules
under which a~non-veteran may
secure a priority: +
Ql If construction was begun
prior to March 26, 1916.
" If the original dwelling was
destroyed by fire, flood, or some
Similar disaster. g
Repair Need +
90 If the house has been standing
Idle for a period of six months or
more for lack of repairs.
The rules Under which a non-vet-
eran may secure an authorization
tDut which Goes not include prior
lty assistance) are:
ID If the house needs repairs
q alterations to return it to a
habltable condition. t y
Commitments
W If the builder made none
Bee PRIORITY On Page Two
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BYRNES TO START
FOR HOME TODAY
Foreign Ministers Agree To
Meet Again On June
Is In Paris

PARIS, May 15-R)-The For
eign Ministers of the four major
Allied powers agreed Wednesday
night to meet again June Is and
probably will adjourn their cur
rent deadlocked conference Thurs
day.
In deciding on the month-long
adjournment, the ministers also
accepted a proposal by u. S. Sc
cretary of State James F. Byrnes
to attempt IN the interim to work
out their present disagreements.
Byrnes Discouraged
Byrnes, reported by his associ-
ates Is very discouraged'' over
the results of this conference, lost
in his attempt to have the For
eign Ministers set a definite date
now for the European peace con-
ference and to have the Austrian
treaty included on the conference
agenda. Russia objected to both,
the American informants said.
Soviet Foreign Minister vyaches-
Law M. Molotov and the others
agreed, however, to revise the
terms of the italian armistice. This
was agreed to in principle less
than two weeks ago and Byrnes
suggested last night that the four
powers sign the revision.
Byrnes at a conference session
Wednesday morning proposed that
American, British, Russian and
French representatives begin i'm
mediately to draft terms for a
German treaty to be presented to
a peace conference on Germany
next Nov. IL, American sources
said, but no action was taken on
this Immediately.
His associates said Byrnes would
See BYRNES on Page Two
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Along The Cape Fear
sUMER IS IcUMEN IN

SUMER is ICUMEN IN II
was Omar Khayyam, the Persian
poet, who said:
Come, fill the cup, and in the
fire of spring.
Your enlargement Of repent
ance fling"
With just a Few changes in the
wording, that is exactly what the
Cape Fear folks are doing now.
They are flinging their winter
garments into the clothes-closet
and filling innu1nerable cars and
buses biund for the beach.
Because, as another poet once
said Can anonymous Old English
one): Summer is icumen in."
Which means, Summer is a
coming in"
UNUSUAL MODE SKINNER
has been icumening in for a long,
long, long time along the Cape
Fear. The BACKGROUND people in
bathing-suits are nothing new UNI
der the Cape Fear sun.
But the method Of getting to the
beach via internal combustion en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16

CINE is something new - of recent
date, that is.
Many years ago The Cape
Fearians Went to the beach (the
one called 5Carolina) via a most
unusual mode of transportation.
STEAMER AND "SHOO-FLY"-
They boarded Captain Harper's
steamer Wilmington at the Viii
mfngton dock, sailed some Is
miles down the river, disembark-
ed at a pier, boarded a tiny train
called the "Shoo-Fly", and chug-
ged on over to Carolina Beach.
After a day of frolicking on the
strands sands, they boarded the
~"Shoo-Fly" again, chugged back
to the river pier. got on the evil
mington'', and sailed IS miles
back to the city dock.
Anyway, that's what an old Cape
Fearian states,
NOTHING GRANDER There's
nothing grander than a trip on
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
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And So To Bed

Yesterday afternoon q man
rushed down a local street. He
showed people out Of his way
and didn't even bother to Of
fer excuses.
Breathing heavily, he finally
stopped at che side of his park
ed car. The time on the parking
meter had run out. He sighed
with relief as his eyes scanned
the vehicle but saw no red
parking ticket attached there
to.
Just as he was about to drop
a nickel into the meter slot,
he looked at the meter In the
empty space behind his car.
1t had As minutes of unexpired
time still ticking away.
He put the nickel back into
his pocket, got into the car,
and backed into the vacant
space.
As he walked away from the
scene of the crime his face
bore an expression no canary
eating cat could ever hope to
duplicate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
COMMUNISTS CUT
RAIL SUPPLY Line
Action, Supported By Ar
tillery, Isolates Nation
al Troops

PEIPING, May IS. -U.D-Chi.
neSe Communist forces in Man
churia have counter-attacked ane
cut the vital Nationalist railway
supply line to Mukden in two
places northeast of Shanhaikwar
on the Great Wall, nationalist mill,
tary sources said Wednesday.
The Communist counter-attack
which has isolated at least tenn
poraily Nationalist armies in Man
churia, repeatedly was launched
with from 10000 to 20, 900 troops
supported by artillery.
Towns EncircIed
The Communists e~ncircled the
railway towns of Chiensuo and
Kaoling, respectively 90 and Is
miles northeast of Shanhaikwan,
and destroyed two rail bridges be-
tween them Tuesday, the reports
said.
Other Communist troops are
driving south toward Shanhaikwan
and north toward Suichung, 81
miles northeast Of Shanhaikwan.
All traffic on the railroad has
been interrupted by the attacks,
according to reports received here.
Highway Threatened
The newspaper Sinminpao re-
ported that another Communist at
tack was threatened against the
Nationalist = controlled highway
leading from Peiping north through
the Great Wall to Chengteh, capital
of Jehol province.
The paper said Communist Gen.
Ii Yun-Chang, commander in
eastern Hopeh province, had issued
an ultimatum to Nationalist gar
risons in Shunyi, Nwaiju and Miyun
See COMMUNISTS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
DEMOCRATS LOWER
PRIMARY VOTE AGE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 15.-W.R,
The South Carolina Democratic
Executive committee Wednesday
lowered the voting age from 81 to
10 for the forthcoming Democratic
primaries.
South Carolina thus became the
second state, following Georgia,
in the south to open the ballot te
18-year-olds. .
The action was one of four dras-
tic party rule changes approved,
Another vas a measure calling fol
rigid enforcement of the literacy
requirements for voting in even
Federal courts maintained thai
Democratic primaries could not be
exclusively white.
The voting restriction, seen as
an attempt to preserve the white
primary in view of a Supreme
court ruling that Negroes coulc
vote in southern elections, was in.
troduced by State Sen. j. Car.
Kearse, of Bamberg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
South Carolina-Considerable %c1oudiness
scattered showers and Thunderstorm to-
night and Thursday. Little change in
Temperature except warmer extreme
north portion tonight.
North Carolina-Considerable cloudi-
ness. scattered showers and thunder
storms tonight and Thursday. Little
change in temperatures except warmer
in west and central portions tonight.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am, H.; 1880 am, II; 1880 pm rs;
1880 pm, IA.
Maximum rs; Minimum 90; Mean IA;
Normal II.
Humidity
1880 am, 95; 7:30 am, 81; 1880 pm, 10;
1850 pm, IS
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm,
600 inches.
Total since the first Of the month,
2.36 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wilmington ----------- 10:04a 5 :00a
Masonboro Inlet --- 7:44a 1:51a
8:10p lap
Sunrise 5:16a; Sunset 7:07p; Moonrise
7:47p; Moonset 5:34a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. G.. at
8 a.m.-11.9 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
Appreciatiue Audience
Hears Symphony Program
Debut OF Orchestra Here
Proves Fine Musical
Interpretation

1t seems important to announce
at once, because of what is to fol
low, that the members of the
North Carolina Symphony Orches-
ira are not in the strict sense
professional artists. Music is not
the prime source of their liveli-
hood. They are essentially anna
teurs VINO assemble at stated
periods to rehearse programs, and
save for their journeys about the
state for concerts devote their
time to other activities. Notwith-
standing which, they make up as
fine an orchestra for its size as
America boasts. DR.. Benjamin
Swain, the conductor, has woven
them into a pattern of highest
achievement.
The orchestra made It's Whining
ton debut at the high school audi
torium last night before an ap-
preciative audience that filled the
house. The concert was more than
musical entertainment of extra
ordinary worth. 1t was also a
community cultural adventure, a
forward step in the development
of sound and discriminating must
cal understanding.
Individual Asset
Although a state organization, no
one who heard it and noted the
precision and assurance with
which it performed, could fail to
See ORCHESTRA on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
LESS MILK
LEOS MILK
HBldnes OPA
For Drying Up Dairy ows

WASHINGTON, May is u
W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina State
Commissioner Of Agriculture, told
the Senate Agriculture Committee
Wednesday that OPA had turned
more cows dry than any organiza-
ton in history Of man."
Scott, dairy farmer from Raleigh,
Joined other dairymen in asking
the committee to end government
price controls and subsidies for
dairy products.
Cites Black Market
Many farmers believe that some
of those urging extension of OPA
"are benefitting from black mar
ket operations" Scott declared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16

"The only way to get more
milk production is to turn the
farmer loose" he said. "OPA is
drying up cows faster in North
Carolina now than come fresh. If
the money and effort spent for OPA
subsidies and for propaganda
through the press and radio were
spent to stimulate production,
there would be enough dairy pro-
duction for all"
Other Income
Scott said he had been able to
continue his dairy operations only
because he had "other income"
See SCOTT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16

final committee action by the fol-
lowing Friday and call the bill UP
in the Senate May 27.
Not all members are convinced
that Wagner's schedule can be
met, in view of the wide differ
ences of opinion on vital elements
of the legislation.
Rowles Opposed
The present price control law
expires June 80. The house voted
for an extension of only nine
months, until March 81, 1947, and
amended the bill in such a way
that Economic Stabilizer Chester
Bowles called it hardly more than
a chart for "a joyride toward
economic disaster" Price Ad-
ministrator Paul Porter declared
it amounts to repeal of price con-
troll"
Before approving the years ex-
tension, the Senate committee e.
Jected 10 to Z, a motion by Sena-
tor Butler (R-Neb) to hold the ex-
tension to nine months.
Changes Discussed
While the extension vote was the
only one taken by the committee,
numerous proposed changes came
under discussion. One of these
involved the best way to assure
the lifting OF controls ON items as
they come into ample supply.
The House formula calls for "de-
control" of commodities when 1t is
See RECESS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16

/, DENVER, May IS. -P9- The
dignity of the state capitol district
was iolted Wednesday when eight
pilots of the Flying Tigers Air
Circus, operated by Maj. Arthur
w. Wermuth, Bataan hero, did a
weeks washing and hung it out
side the front of the Argonaut
hotel.
Crowds gathered. Employees OF
the state house hung out the win.
dows and stared. A pair OF REQ
and white striped pajamas- flying
bannerWise in the breeze attracted
| considerable comment.
! Argonaut Manager Henry Sen
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
PARK PLEA
Citizen Group Asks
Greenfield Support
Delegation Urges City Council To Provide
For Two-Year Identification Program:
Raleigh Man To Draw Plans

For the first time in about two
months a full seven man city
c~ou4cil, with Richard L. Burnett Of
sun7et Park as the new seventh
man SAT down a the council table
yesterday. ~.
The chief matters of the meeting
were % a Plea. from a large citi-
zens' delegation for the develop
ment of Greenfield Park into one
Of the choice garden spots'' of the
South ard (2> the authorization Of a
contract for the drawing up of plans
tol the city's proposed 81, 3Oo, 1000
sewage disposal plant.
Two-Year Program
The Greenfield Park delegation,
headed o. DR.. w. Houston Moore.
chairman of the Greenfield Drive
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
METHODlSTS Will
MEET HERE TODAY
=
I've Hundred Delegates
Four Counties
To Hear Speakers

Approximately 500 members Of
the Methodist church, delegates
from four counties, r scheduled
to convene here this morning for
a one day meeting during which
time they will hear several dis
tinguished speakers.
Among the featured speakers
at the Grace Methodist church,
are such personages as Bishop
Shot Mondol, Indian, who holds
the distinction of being the first
of his nativity to be elevated to
the Episcopacy Of the Methodist
church: Miss Sallie Lou Mac
Kinnon, secretary of the mission
work of the Methodist Women's
Society of Christian Service in Eu-
rope and Africa, and Bishop Ralph
-Fal -n-I
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16

Music : minded youngsters
from Wilmington public and
high schools packed the audi
torium of New Hanover High
school yesterday afternoon to
hear the North Carolina SYM
phony orchestra program rem
dered exclusively for children.
Top photograph shows a por-
ton Of the more than 1000
children who attended and
thoroughly enjoyed, the excel
lent music. Below, left, is 49,
year-old Bobby Morris Of At
lantic, who was the featured
piano soloist with the orchestra.
Facing Bobby is Benjamin
Swain, famed director of the
orchestra. (Star Photo by Bob
Hodgin, Jr.(.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
LAUNDRY DOES IT
@Flying Tigers" RufHe
DIGNITY OF Staid Denver

walbe pleaded with the men tc
haul in the laundry, then called
police.
Wermuth explained to Officer
R. C. Phillips that the men could
MT get their laundry done and
needed to look nice in public.
Unable to think of a city ordin-
ance covering the situation, Phil
lips took the Flying Tigers to
headquarters. Sgt. William Preuitt
urged the men to take the laundry
in. s
well, all right" said ex-Capt.
Tommie Walker. Its dry by
See TIGERS en- Page Two
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association, appealed to the council
TO- support in a planned two-year
program for the disqualification"
of the famous lake site.
Greenfield Park is Wilmington's
second greatest asset" DR.. Moore
said, "the port being its first.
Garden Expansion
Included in the plans are the ex-
paasion of the already extensive
azalea gardens and the revival
of the city's former Feast of the
Pirates
Co speaker with DR.. Moore was
H. A. Marks representative of the
Wilmington Rotary club. Both pre-
dictad that the full development
See GREENFIELD on Page CvO
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
SENA TIE BANKING COMMITTEE VOTES YEAR
EXTENSION FOR OPA; PRESIDENT LISTENS
TO MO%pPOGRESS" REPORT FROM LEWIS
In Recess
To Study Measures
Chairman Wagner Hopes To Call Bill Up
Before Upper Chamber On May II;
Nine-Month Term Rejected

WASHINGTON, May 15-AP)-The Senate Banking
committee voted II to 5 Wednesday for a years extension
of OPA then took a four-day recess to enable members to
prepare amendments to the extension bill.
Chairman Wagner D-NY) expressed hope that all the
amendments will be presented by Monday, the next meeting
dav. 50 they can be voted upon Tuesday. He hopes to get
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16
FORECAST

Wilmington and Vicinity: Partly CLOUDY
Thursday and Thursday night with scat
tered afternoon and evening thunder
storms. Friday considerable ~cloudiness
with mowers and thunderstorms. Warmer
Thursday, not much change in tempers-
ture Thursday night and Friday. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-16

See NEGOTIATIONS on Page Two
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See METHoDIsTs On Page Tw'
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Farmers Are Warned
To Order Fertilizers

Virginia farmers were urged last
week by State agronomists to order
fertilizer now for next years crops
especially mixed fertilizers and nj
trogen for top and side dressing.
This year, agronomists said, there
is greater demand and the supply
is smaller. The plant food budget
for Virginia's soils Is not yet bal
anced, and farmers, through educa-
ton and experience are learning the
value Of fertilizer.
That It's use has increased during
the past 10 years is shown plainly
in the following figures: In 1882,
about $50, 900 tons of fertilizer were
sold In Virginia. In 1912, about
42I, 600, and the increase has been
steady since then.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
arm and Garden
Decorations From the Garden
How to Make Wreaths for Christmas;
Centerpieces Simple or Complex
By Wilbur H. Younamon

The home gardener can do much
toward providing decorations for
the holidays by looking around the
garden. 1t is surprising how much
useful material exists in the average
yard. BY trimming eyergreens, twigs
for wreaths, sprays and festoons are
obtained in quantity. The f1rethorns,
holly, hemlock, laurel and rhododen-
dron furnish much that is very use
full while tips Of the conifers make
effective backgrounds. Not only do
we obtain useful material from our
eyergreens at this season but the
pruning helps to keep the trees
themselves compact and attractive.
The American holly is the ideal
Christmas decoration, but few gar
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Festoons may be made IN several
ways. Probably the easiest is TO
take soft piece Of cord or rope as
a base and to tie the pieces OF ever
green to it with string or wire In
much the same way as in making a
wreath. It is oftentimes desirable
to make the festoon ropelike-ma-
terial all the way around. This will
depend upon the use to be made OF
the festoon. If against a wall or
other background 1t can be made
relatively fiat. Bushy twigs are the
most effective for making the fes-
toon.
Centerpieces will vary great deal
in height and width, depending upon
the size of the table, etc. They may
be as simple as a couple Of sprays OF
holly, or they may be as elaborate as
q "gumdrop" tree" growing in
blanket Of moss edged with par
fridge berries. The ingenious ex-
perimenter viii take a bundle Of ma
terial from the yard and work out a
clever arrangement. Perhaps he
will need some supplemental mate
rails. II the arrangement Is to last
through the holidays, it will need to
be constructed in fiat pan which
will hold the moisture.
Attractive centerpieces may be
made by arranging sprays Of holly
about a candlestick placed on fat
mirror. Sprays Of hemlock make a
useful base for a few cut flowers
from the florist shop.
A plant with pot hidden by ever
green twigs is another simple but
attractive arrangement. A small
stick Il to IL inches in diameter)
with one side flattened and with
holes bored in the upper side to hold
candles and placed among evergreen
twigs, makes an interesting, simple
arrangement for the dinner table
or mantel.
Our yards may not hold all of the
desired Christmas decorations, but
1t Is quite likely that q substantial
portion may be obtained rather
easily with the aid Of pruning shears.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Jewish War Veterans

The John and Bernard Wilmer
Post, Jewish War Veterans. elected
as officers: Commander, Sigmund
Danzansky: Senior vice commander,
Carl Weinstein; janior vice COM
mander, Hyman Posner; quarter
master, Nathan Helfand; adjutant,
Melvin Lewis; Judge advocate, Hy
Chozick; officer of the day, Sam
Cohen; assistant adjutant, Stanley
Heyman; surgeon, DR.. Jack Derzavis;
chaplain, Joseph L. Mendelson;
trustees, Herbert Pilzer, Jordan No
wax, Joseph Sher; executive commit
teemen, Sidney Faber, Jacob Per-
NUT, Joseph Gichner, Frank Cor
don; delegates to department coun-
Gil, Carl Weinstein, Hy Posner, Her
bert Pilzer, Mayer Golfand, DR..
Maurice Herzmark.
Washington Ladies Auxiliary No.
So will discuss plans for the an
nual donor banquet at the meeting
at pm. Tuesday at BAT Sixteenth
ctreet NJ w
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Orchardists to Meet
3 Days in Richmond

Recent developments in fruit pro-
duction, the control Of orchard dis
eases and insects and problems rel
ative to fruit marketing will be dis
cussed at the 51st annual meeting
of the Virginia State Horticultural
Society tomorrow through Wednes-
day at Richmond.
|, Speakers will include DR., w. s.
Hough, entomologist at the Win
chester Research Laboratory; Ken
meth Robinson, Winchester, and E.
Blackburn Moore, Berryville orchar-
ist and member Of the Virginia
House of Delegates. Lester D. Ar
mold, winchester, is president of the
society.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Soil Care Pays
$1,000 or More
On Kent Farms

Soil conservation practices, such
as contour planting and land-use
adjustments, will pay dividends Of
81. 900 or more, according to recent
survey OF farms in Kent County,
Md.
Edward M. Davis. State director
of the Maryland Soil Conservation
Service, said q group Of 80 Kent
County farms with well-established
soil conservation programs had an
average gross income Of $l,273 more
in 1s45 than q comparable group
of farms with little In the way OF
conservation.
Mr.. Davis said the farms where
conservation programs were in ef-
feet had an average gross income OF
$9,642 in 1945, compared with an
average gross income Of $500 for
the nonconservation farms.
In addition, Mr.. Davis said, aver
age yields on the conservation
farms were per cent higher than
on the nonconservation farms, while
the conservation farms produced
an average Of 1860 pounds Of
milk per farm against total aver
age production Of 86.370 for the
other farms.
Mr.. Davis said the farms with the
most complete conservation pro-
grams carried an average Of four
more COWS, and that milk produc-
tom per COW ranged more than 200
pounds greater than on noncon-
servation farms. At the same time,
he said, the amount Of commercial
feed purchased was 161 pounds less
per COW on the conservation farms.
The gross income per acre was Sc
more than nonconservation farms,
while the difference In gross income
per acre Of cropland was even
greater-$18 higher on conservation
farms.
The higher income farms, Mr..
Davis said, had more contour plant
ing, strip cropping, diversion and
drainage bitches completed and
had completed more needed land
use adjustments. The amount OF
permanent pasture that had been
lined and fertnized was more than
acre per COW on conservation
farms, compared to two-tenths Of
an acre on other farms.
The two groups Of farms studied
we're selected by the Maryland Ex-
tension Service and the Soil Con-
servation Service and were matched
almost identically as to size, land
condition. management and other
factors. Methods and results Of
the survey were approved by Dr.
S. n. De Vault and A. B. Hamilton
of the agricultural economies de-
partment Of the University Of
Maryland.