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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
Phone Unions
Reject Wages
Pailey Plan
Proposal To Arbitrate Diff.
ferences From Six Bell
Companies Declined
WALKOUTS PLANNED
Beirne Says Speculation
Rife That A 7 & T Is
Sailing For Time

WASHINGTON, March 25-P-
The National Federation of Tele-
nbone workers tonight turned
down proposals by six companies
a the Bell system for local arbi-
tration of the unions wage de-
nands, saying it would create a
"crazy quilt" Of pay and working
conditions.
The NFTW, an Independent fed
Grafton, is scheduled to begin a
nationwide walkout at 6 am. April
7 in support of ten demands. in
Guiding one for a general pay
boost of $12 a week.
President Joseph A. Beirne told
4, news conference at the conclu.
sion of a meeting OF the unions
policy committee that offers to
arbitrate wages had been receiv-
ed from Bell companies in Ohio,
New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin,
New York and~ Michigan.
Beirne said that arbitration of
wages would not settle the dispute
Of 80 member unions, involving
$4,000 workers.
The union head said also that
the companies, in almost identi-
cal proposals, suggested that the
wage demand be viewed in the
light of comparable pay for COM
parable work in each community
Involved.
1t. n said there was specula-
ten in the union that the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph
company might be "stalling" in
the nope that Congress would en-
act legislation to prevent strikes
In public utilities
New Jersey mas a law dealing
with disputes in public utilities,
which strongly recommends use
Of the state mediation board be-
fore a strike, and provides for
seizure by the governor in event
Of a walkout, Beirne said.
The NFTW policy committee
at this stage of the game is op-
posed to anything less than, sys-
tem-wide bargaining" Beirne told
reporters. Negotiations company
Continued On Page Two; Col. 4,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
COLUMBUS VOTES
FOR SCHOOL BOND
Million Dollar Improve.
ment Program Wins By
Slim Margin
Special to The Star

WHITEVILLE, March 25-Witl
z out Of q precincts reported,
the million dollar school improve
ment program for Columbus coun'
" was approved by a slim ma
erity of 1873 votes.
Unofficial returns, with only one
small precinct not reported were
as follows:
For 1889
Against 1,404
Observers here tonight said the
lone precinct would have little
BEARING on the final tabulation.
The largest majority in favor
Of the expansion program was re
ported from Tabor City, where
80 votes were cast in favor Of the
measure while only % opposed.
Chadbourn voted against the pro
gram 321 against to SO for. II
Whiteville the voters favored the
expansion plan over 3 to 1. At FAN
Bluff the vote was five to one 1r
favor Of the program.
The election climaxed at least
Six months of preparation during
which time the local school com
mitteemen, board of education ane
Superintendent Of Education j. M
Rough, have made a survey OF thu
school needs.
The program, which the voter.
approved today, has been WORKED
out as follows:
Whiteville - Is classroomsi
Chadbourn-8 clasrooms and al
efations; Cerro Gordo - 6 class
Continued On Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
|%"EXPECTING" PARENT
|PENGUINS EYE EGGS
AS DEADLINE NEAR

MIAMI, Fla, March 25-P)-A
pair of Antartic Penguins eyed a
|pair of Penguin eggs today and
waited. .
They are expecting.
The six-week deadline for hatch
ing is fast approaching. If two
tiny Penguins emerge, it will be
one Of the few times for such an
occurrence outside the frigid Ant
artic.
The parents and the eggs are
under constant watch on fashion.
able Star ,Island-in the center of
Biscayne bay-where they live
amid waving palm trees and color
full tropical flora.
Two eggs laid by the mother last
wear failed to hatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
PARKER TO LEAVE
AIRPORT POSITION
Manager To Bow To Re-
quest OF County Com
missioners In April

Jesse Parker. h was asked
by the Airport Committee Of the
New Hanover board of county
commissioners yesterday to re-
sign his position as manager of
Bluethenthal airfield, said last
night that as far as he knew his
connection with the airport would
end around April /.
He said that he had invited tn
members of the committee to
vsiit Bluethenthal today in order
that he might FULLY a~cquaint them
with situations there.
Parker explained t h a t ne had
no wish to become a figure IN
any disagreement with members
of the committee and was accept
ing their request for his res;E-
nation without argument.
He was appointed by the II.
Gently abolished Wilmington
,ew Hanover Airport authority
to operate the large field and he
endicated last night that the re-
quest by tn e airport cocnlittee
for his resignation came as n o
surprise to him.
There has been wide disagree
ment between the county commits
sioners and the now defunct air.
port authority over operation f
the field and policies to be
followed in future plans. -Four Of
the members Of the authority re-
Gently submitted their resig-
nations and a fifth member Hami-
lton Hicks, was requested to act
as an advisor to the commits
sioners in n operation Of the
airport.
So far Hicks has made no state
ment as to his intentions regard.
ing the commissioners request.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
Lou Isl lana Bayous, bitches
Run With Milk; Strike On

NEW ORLEANS, March 25.-UD
Louisiana bayous and roadside
bitches a with milk today as
irate. union dairymen, some re-
portedly armed-seized dairy tank
trucks and dumped some $4,000
gallons rather than see 1t sold for
reduced prices at the New Orleans
milkshed.
Milk dealers in this city Of half
a million, predicting an immediate
drop of so per cent of their supply
as the strike spread in Tangipahoa
and Washington parishes, urged
strict conservation during the
emergency.
On the outskirts Of Amite, 100
; miles north q New Orleans. mill
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
SOVIET TO. LEAVE
PORT OF DA!REN
Moscow Finally Agrees Ia
Turn Control OF City
Over To Chinese

WASHINGTON, March 25-P)-
A Russian promise to wind up the
Red army's 19-month control OF
the Manchurian port city Of Dair-
en- was disclosed today. This indi-
Gated a possible settlement Of one
sore issue Of Soviet-American re-
lations.
The State department an
nounced that Russia in response
to diplomatic prodding from the
United States, has advised that
she is ready to take appropriate
steps" toward turning over the
city to Chinese administration and
opening it to international com.
merce as a free port.
The transfer was agreed to by
Russia in the VI day treaty Of
Moscow. but this and other pro.
isions of the pact have never
been carried out.
Visitors Barred
Since the Russians moved into
the city at the close of the war
with Japan, American business
men and other visitors have been
barred. An American courier ship,
the Nays LC- 1890, wasforced
to leave the port in December
upon expiration OF its authorized
48-hour stay.
The Soviet promise of "appro'
pirate steps" was contained in q
reply received Feb. 81 to a note
sent by the United States to both
Moscow and Marking following
the courier ship incident. The
American note urged that Russia
ard China act to end the 'unsat'
isfactory situation at Dairen.
The substance Of China's reply
was also made public today.
said China had made earnest eft.
tcrts to reach an agreement with
Moscow and would continue to dc
ca
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
And So To Bed

There was plenty "gnashing"
Of teeth in yesterdays election.
Officials around the court
house last night were telling
the story of one election work.
err, name of Nash, who was
driving a car by the same
name.
The car stalled on Third
street, SO they said, and was
causing quite a traffic jam.
Some kindly soul rushed into
a nearby restaurant where a
mechanic was having his mid
afternoon coffee and solicited
his aid in getting the baking
car moving again.
Said the officials, "there was
plenty Of g-nashing Il tssSA
tAare Ter 4 memeas"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26

stood II inches deep in a 1000
foot ditch along the Amite-Frank-
lin highway. At Independence,
six miles from Amite, strikers
seized TOO gallons at a pasteuriza-
ton plant and dumped it into the
Tangipahoa river.
Eyewitnesses reported the strik-
ers who seized six tank trucks
and ditched their cargo near Amite
were armed with shotguns and
rifles but spokesman of the AFL
Treamsters' union, representing
the strikers, denied this. They
said the truck drivers had even
Joined the strike.
! Continued q Page 3vol 81. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
destination is Chicago, St. Louis,
San Francisco, OF Honolulu.

In our dealings with the Soviets
it is now most necessary to
crystalize out of the general con-
flict a progra moi definite objec-
tives. It is, I believe, possible to
do that. These detectives will be
unpalatable to the Soviet govern
ment. But If they are sufficiently
concrete, there is reason to think
that they will reduce rather than
aggravate the embittered division
of mankind. To substitute specific
CONTINUED On Pare Two: Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26

y R - Between 100 to 1875 coal
miners were trapped $40 feet
underground today in a mine
explosion which killed at least
one man and injured three others
and the Red Cross said reports
from the scenes five hours later
indicated gas was forcing b a C k
rescue teams
Gas seeped from the mine as
rescue squads, protected by
heavy clothing and long = shouted
gas masks, roamed through t h e
single level mine in a search for
the trapped men They were re.
ported to have contacted three
or four" of the miners.
The report that gas was ham
pering rescue efforts came from
Robert Edison, midwestern dis.
aster relief director for the Red
Cross in st. Louis.
The explosion, believed caused
By dust, Temporarily disabled the
mine elevator and broke off tele-
phone connection with the men.
Elevator service was restored
later and rescue workers de-
scended into the shaft.
H. F. Nc Donald, president Of
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
Gas Seepages
Drive Rescue
Squads Back
Many Known Dead, Three
Injured By Blast AT Gen.
tralia, ILL.,, Mine
RED CROSS ON JOB
Many Of Victims Reported
To Be $40 Feet Under
ground, 4 Miles Back,

CENTRALIA, ILL.,, March rs.
-P-Twenty-two coal miners
were reported tonight to have
been killed in an underground
explosion in mid-afternoon, and
rescue teams were trying to
get to scores Of others trapped
$40 feet below the surface.
Twenty . four miners had
been brought out alive by 1880
p. m. (CST), leaving IS men
unaccounted for. A total Of
l31 miners were in the mine
when the explosion occurred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Fair and
continued cool but not quite SO windy
today followed by colder weather and
frost tonight. Thursday, fair and warmer
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-26

CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
Evening star., 1947-10-18

uptown" hits of New York. After
months of running in an outlying
theater in Harlem, its popularity
with both critics and the public re-
suited in its removal to Broadway
where it became a hit of two-year
proportions.
The screen version contemplated
by Columbia and Yordan Gas CO.
producers at this writing) will see
the play revert to it's original Polish
family theme.
Whatever success it enjoys as
such, it will owe to the attention it
attracted as a Broadway hit with
Miss Sims and her Negro colleagues
who made it one of the most ex-
pensive properties" Hollywood has
purchased this season.
X X X
Speaking of Forever Amber" I"
which comes to the Palace next
Thursday, Goth Century-Fox would
like you to understand that some of
the passages in the picture which
look like satire on Forever Am
ber" are intended to be satirical.
1t was not with a straight face,
for instance, that it made the re-
markable scene in which Amber,
suddenly widowed and with great
estate in her hands, is being courted
simultaneously by most of the males
who came to her late husbands
funeral.
High light OF the passage is the
effort of one suitor to press upon
the bright-eyed widow a bauble
which is undeniably attractive.
What" asks Amber who has
picked up an experts eye for gems,
lis that?"
Nothing" deprecates the ro-
mantle nobleman, "just a little trim
ket brought back from the Crusades
by one of my ancestors"
The question is whether goth
Century-Fox realized how satirical
that was before, or after, the Sc
quence was shot.
The laugh it got in the screen
ing room at the Capitol theater the
other day fairly shook the walls.
1t was less loud, however, than
Bruce Cartons reproof to the hero
inc after a mortal duel with another
lover,
We've done dishonorable thing"
AS the studio says, it won't mind
if audiences look upon sequences of
this sort as first class ironieS. That
Evening star., 1947-10-18

pensive new car for his personal
appearances with showings of THE
Long Night" but he doesn't know
where to put it. Vic's garage has
been converted into an apartment
for an excl and his wife!
Donald Crisp on the set of Hills
OF Home" tells me that the movie
is a remake of Beside the Bonnie
Bush" that Donald made in 1920
in London. That's a rare one
playing in two fllmings of the same
story q years apart.
X X
Deborah Kerr and Tony BARLEY
have as house guest ex-ace British
flier Michael Graham, who was in
the plane that crashed awhile back
in the Persian Gulf with IA killed
several injured. He was among the
six who were then flown on to New
York. His photograph appeared in
the newspapers, talent scout saw
1t. and young Mr.. Graham is now
being tested for a long-term con-
tract by David Selznick.
Loretta Young had her two small
sons with her on the set of Rachel
recently and, while watching to
see that they didn't break up the
studio, told me that she won't make
any more movies until next Febru-
airy. Il do two year and I've al
ready done two this wear with THE
Bishops Wife," she declared. Lor-
eta is in the 100000 picture
bracket, and this sum is based on
10 weeks per picture. If it runs
over, she is paid on a day-by-day
basis. "The Bishops Wife" lasted
Evening star., 1947-10-18

five months. So it looks as though
Loretta corralled 100000 for that
one movie alone.
X X X
Wait till you see Frank Sinatra in
The kissing Bandit" Frank leaps
of 10-foot walls-he says-and in
one scene hangs upside down and
is dragged by coach. Thank
heaven for doubles, eh, frankie?
Irving Rapper is back at Warmers
after his suspension for refusing to
direct christopher Blake" Irving
gets a kind of impish delight in re-
fusing to make pictures he doesn't
like. But he says it isn't true that
he didn't want Eleanor Parker for
the lead in THE Voice of The Tur-
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Hollywood:
Bogart's Deal
Assures aCut
On Big Films
By SheiIoh Grohom

Humphrey Bogart is a very smart
boy. In his deal with Mark Helm
ger, Bogey gets a percentage of all
the pictures Mark makes for David
Selznick release. This means that
if Mark uses Jennifer Jones and Jo-
seph Gotten in one of his movies
and he can according to his contract
Mr.. Bogart receives percentage
of the picture, too. That's very
sweet deal.
Bob Hope, your troubles are over!
There's a five-year-o girl, working
as Gary Cooper's daughter in Coed
Sam" who is the nearest thing to
Shirley Temple at that age that
I've ever seen. Her name is Lora-
Lee Michel She is one of six
children abandoned by their parents
and adopted by a local lady. She's
blond, she can sing and dance, and
what personality! Just the gal for
"Sorrowful Jones'"
Roz Russell tells me that she
didn't sleep for two weeks before she
started THE Velvet Touch" She
wasn't worried for herself, but for
her husband, Freddie Brisson. He's
been preparing the movie for year
and a half for their independent
artists" He didn't sleep either, but
after the movie started, Roz said to
him, now you can relax" "Oh, no"
said Freddie. ''It isn't finished yeti"
The movie has a 6l-day shooting
schedule and Roz works every day
except two!
Jane Greer gets two months off
after finishing Stations West. ;"
Then she and her husband Edward
Lasker are off to New York for two
weeks. After that, they may go to
Europe or to South America.
RKO gave Victor Mature an ex-
Evening star., 1947-10-18

COMING HERE-Esther Will
hams, M-G-Ms beauteous
swimming star, 1DiH be ap-
pearing on the Capitol stage
for one day only nert Thurs
day. Her trip to Washington
is in connection 1oith the
Capitol opening of her newest
musical film, "This Time for
Keeps" and she is expected to
make a stage appearance 10ith
each shouting of the picture. e.
may not have been the way Kath-
leen Winsor intended them, but that
is the way they look in pictures.
This department cannot make use
OF its invitation, being otherwise busy
that night, but there will be a third
Harvey" party at Sardi's in New
York on the night of Nov. /. Brock
Pemberton, producer of the play
now passing its third birthday, will
be host.
The feature of the festivities hon.
oring the invisible rabbit of Mary
Coyle Chase's enduring hit will be d
birthday cake 6 feet IA inchs tall,
which. as every one knows, Is ex-
actly as tall as Harvey.
The party will be private with
admittance by card only.
X X X X
Now that Allegro" is settled in
with a nearly 100000 advance
sale at the Majestic theater, the
Theater Guild is ready to proceed
with lighter and less exhausting
projects on its schedule.
First of these will be the new
play, This Time Tomorrow" by Jan
de Hartog, which features a cast
headed by Sam Jaffe, Ruth Ford
and John Archer. The Ethel Barry
more theater will house the De
Hartog drama, which will open
3. Paul Crabtree directed
the new production, which has set
tings by Herbert Brodkin and cos
tunes by Patricia Montgomery.
Evening star., 1947-10-18

pendent producer. who will dis
tribute the final film through the
Columbia organization
Whatever the story on given
day, Anna Lucasta" gets into it
one way or another
Basic interest in the play in the
movie capital, however, centers in
its history which is now almost Ger
tain to come full cycle wnen the
screen version Is complete.
The original play, by Philip Yor-
dan, dealt with the tragic plight of
Polish family against a back
ground of Scranton, Pa. The crig-
inal version was not a success. 1t
was retrieved from incjpient obli-
won, however, by the inspiration
of Producer John Wildberg Who
convinced Author 'Yordan that the
play might succeed if it were re-
vised slightly as a drama of Negro
life in America.
A colored cast, headed by the
brilliant Hilda Sims in the title
role, proved Wildberg correct when
Anna" became one of the great
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and lime of SHOWING

and Time Of Showing
Stage. -..
National-"The Winslow Boy;
2:30 and $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambasasdor-"Th Unsuspected";;
1, 3:05, Sis, TBS and $40 pm.
Capitol - "Undercover Maisie";;
HOS am, 1875, 4:05, $40, $40 and
11:40 pm. Stage shows: 1880,
800, 5:55, S:25 and 1885 pm.
Columbia Grapes of Wrath;
1890 am, 2:05, 5:45 and 9:25 pm.
Hippodrome Les Miserables";; !;
1913 am, 2, $50 and pm.
Keith's-"Crossf1re";; 11:15 am,
1855, 2:55, 4:35. 6:35, 8:15, 1915 pm.
and 1915 am.
Little-"Children of Paradise;
II am, lao. 4:2O. 7 and 9:25 pm.
Metropolitan Dark Passage;
10:40 am, 1880, sos, Sis, 7:30 and
9:45 pm.
Paiace-"The Foxes of Harrow;
10:45 am, 1:20, 3:55, 6:35, 9:10 and
1850 pm.
Pix-"The Open City,; l, sos, 5,
7:05, 8, HOS pm. and lis am.
Warner-"The Unsuspected";; 10:45
am, 1. $40, 5:25, TAO, $50 and IL
Dn
Evening star., 1947-10-18

tie" II spent two hours convinc-
ing Jack Warner she was right for
the part" Irving tells me. From
what I hear Of the movie, he was
right.
'Aeieased by North American Newspaper
Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1947-10-18
A Travelling Man
BY the Associoted Press
HOII,YWO,

Join the movies and see the world
says 10-year-old Dean Stockwell.
In the past year Dean has travelled
across the country twice, spent a
month in the High Sierras, and just
recently left for two months in the
Maine woods.
Evening star., 1947-10-18
B-20 THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
1s
Screen Anna LuCasta' Slated
To Revert to Original Form
By Joy Cormody

that Forever Amber has had its long publicity innings and
finally ready the public the velies title Hollywood
get into the fashion, that Rita Haywo Puete God
dard either will the
regular schedule
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28
Washington
l|I|I|'iI''AA|INEEK||. IIi'|IN =
By GEORGE A. BENSON

WASHINGTON, D. Cit is not
amiss to ask just what was in
President Truman's mind when he
asked Congress to give him power
to reinstate controls of prices and
of wages.
Was this a sincere effort to fight
imitation, or an attempt to put the
Republican Congress on an ex-
tremely hot political spot?
Let's look at the record.
i All through the latter part of
1916 and the first six months of
1947, a period when prices were
advancing. rapidly, Mr.. Truman
possessed all the powers he asked.
Yet, he did not use them. Indeed,
he abandoned them completely, de-.
spite the fact that prices were go
ing up.
On June Is, 1916, the cost of liv-
ing index was 1888. On June Is,
1947, it was 1871, rise of 23.8
in a year. Since June Is, this year,
it has gone up to 100, an increase
of 2.9.
Now, if control of prices, even
on the few basic commodities
which are in short supply, is es-
sential today, it was essential then,
for the increase was greater in that
year during which he had all the
power he demands.
On July 25, 1916, Mr.. Truman
signed the second OPA extension
bill, which continued ceilings on
rents, most commodities and
wages. Meat, poultry, grains, dairy
products, petroleum and tobacco
were exempted from price control
but the creation of Decontrol
Boards, appointed by the Presi-
dent, was provided for. These
boards were given authority to re-
store price controls of most pro-
ducts.
On August 20, 1916, the Decon-
troll Board restored price controls
on meat, cotton seed and soy beans
Meat ceilings, from stock yards tt
retail stores, became effective or
September 10. 1t was estimated
that they added 100000 yearly
to the nations food bill.
During September, the Presiden
decontrolled a large number o
prices. On October Is, he announ
ced the end of all meat price cell
ings. By October 25, he had endeC
controls of all food products ex
cept sugar, syrups, and rice. Thel
: followed, in rapid succession, ex
ecutive orders ending controls o
numerous other products.
. On November 8, the Presiden
not only ended price control of ev
erything except sugar, rice an,
I rent, but wiped out wage and sal
: ary controls.
I Early in January, prices begal
). a swift and substantial climb, ye
n the President, possessing ampl
r control powers, made no NOV
r whatsoever to exercise them.
Now, he wants them back. Thi
!. is where we came in.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28


pay damages If he can't. There is
thin theory here that the govern
ment might refuse to employ some
innocent individual merely because
someone else said he was Commu-
mist. Actually anyone so excluded
would be rejected not because Of
anything that anyone else had said
but because the government had its
own reliable information.
So far. the question has not
reached the Supreme court. II the
court were consistent, the patriotic
American citizen might feel conf
dent that, in due time, the justices
would stick to reasoning already ex-
pressed and throw the Muscovites
downstairs.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28
bitches Boost Muskrat
Crop, Department Says

WASHINGTON. - Digging bitches
in marshes - but not for drainage
to fit the land for cultivation-may
be the most profitable way of devel-
oping such wet lands, says the U. S.
department of agriculture. The lev
el bitches with no outlets make the
water deeper in some places and
shallower elsewhere. This has
proved favorable for muskrats-par-
ticularly in cold climates where
shallow water freezes solid. The
deeper water in the bitches keeps
muskrats and other marsh dweuers
safe and well fed in cold weather.
A soil conservation service analy-
sis of costs and profits of several
muskrat marshes in Wisconsin
ditched in this way by power ma
chinery showed that muskrat pro-
duction more than doubled. The soil
removed from the bitches and piled
on the banks provided good sites for
muskrat dens. Trapping was easier
and took less time.