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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
REYNOLDS STRIKE
PEACE FAR AWAY
Concilators Give No Indi-
cation OF Expecting
Immediate Settlement

WINsTON-SALEM, May 5-P)-
Conciliators returned to the scene
of the R. j. Reynolds Tobacco
company strike today, but gave
no indication of expecting an i'm
mediate settlement.
D. Yates Heather of tie U. S.
Department of Labor Cancellation
service and Frank Crane of the
State Department of lamor said
they would be In touch with the
company and local %, United To-
bacco workers, F.T.A.-C.I.O., sep
arately tomorrow.
The company and the union will
not be called into a joint confer
enc by the conciliators until it
is believed a basis for an agree
men, has been found.
Pickets resumed their posts to-
day after a weekend holiday, and
employees who a r e remaining at
work returned to their jobs. OF
approximately 10, 900 workers af-
fected by the strike, the company
has estimated about 5000 are on
strike, and the union has estimat-
ed about 5000 out.
No Prediction
Edwin K. McCrea, representa- :
tive of the Food, Tobacco and
Agricultural workers assigned to
1 ocal %, said, Il won't predict
how soon they the plants) will
close down, but they'll nave to
stol some time soon if we hold
out at this rate" He said pro-
duction had declined additionally
today.
The company had no statement
to make.
. According to the union, the
principal issue is the union s de-
mand for a 15-cent wage increase.
The union has contended that the
company has offered a five-and-
a-half cent wage increase in &C
tual money, while the company
has asserted it's offer amounts to
1911 cents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
And So To Bed

In Clinton yesterday after
noon a young farmer and his
wife we're shopping.
Darling, 1 must stop In
here and buy something for
the baby" the wife said.
"All right, you go right ahead
and 1 will step down the street
and get something for the
baby" the husband answered..
You might think there is
nothing unusual about all this,
but the story continues.
The wife went into a hard
ware store and the husband
journeyed across the street to
a feed dealers establishment.
The pair met a few mo
ments later. She was carry
ing a leather bride and he
was rolling a bale of hay on
1 hand dray.
Oh, yes, we forgot to men,
ton that "Baby" was their
new mule.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
Phone OrkersHere
illCOntinueS Strike
SFTW Members Vote Unanimously Against
Return To Work; Service Remains
Sub-NOrmal In State Cities

The Wilmington local of the
eou+hern Federation of Telephone
W,orkers voted unanimously last
n;ght to continue the month long
strike.
Last nights unanimous vote was
.be second in as many days, with
.bo union having taken similar &C.
.ion at a two hour session Sun
day.
The conference, held in the New
Hanover county court room, was
Jared to all but union msmberS
snd lasted one hour. The announce.
nent of union action was made by
oficials of the local following the
end OF the session.
= C. Drinkard, SFTW head here,
,sid that a general discussion of
mo whole situation was held, with
thursday night being set as the
date for another meeting of union
memhers. The session will be held
IN tbe court house at 7 o'clock, he
said.
It was PORTED out that of the 10
-orhers of the local, 10 had re-
.nrned to work with the telephone
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06

1,025 bales of cotton were con-
sumed in the blaze, entailing a
less of approximately $500, 900.
TODAY'S ELECTION - In con-
nection with today's election, the
city observed the convention way
of primaries back in the 80's. The
Star said at that time that the
convention system was out of-date
and inefficient and called at
tention to Virginia's modern pri'
mary election law.
SLANG - Old records reveal
the oft : quoted expression that
There's Nothing New Under the
Sun" is right.
Many of the slang expressions
that seem to have originality are
of the 80's vintage. The files Of
The Morning Star reveal that the
expression Dizzy Blondes hae
an origin as early as 1877.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
The Weather

FORECAST
South Carolina-Fair and mild Tues-
ga, Wednesday partly cloudy ana
slightly warmer.
North Carolina - Fair and slightly
cooler Tuesday. Wednesday partly
cloudy and mild.
by U. S. Weather Bureau
meteorological data for the "a hour
endlng 7:30 pm. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
l;50 a. m. &c; 7:3O a. m. 81: l:3O p
=. 70; Maximum 30; Minimum 65;
Mean IL; Normal Sc.
HUMIDITY
l;5O a. m. 10; 7:3G a. m. rs; 1880 p. M
10; 80 p. m 10.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m
'o5 inches.
Total since the first of the month
sS6 inches.
TIDES FOE TODAY
from the Tide Tt bles published BY
w. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
HIGH Low
Wilmington 10.41 am. 5:34 am
1907 pm. 5:38 pm
~"dSonhoro Inlet 8:19 am. 1926 am
8.48 pm. 2:23 pm
sunrise 5:18; Sunset SIS; Moonris'
s'5Sp; Moonset 6:11a.
HlVer stage at Fayetteville N. c., a
= a. m. Monday lib feet.
tMore weather on Page TWo)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
British Coffee Brewing
NotSoG Good, TheyAdmit

LONDON, May 5. ~ The
government confessed today that
the British do not know how to
make coffee for foreign p%alates.
DR.. Edith Summerskill, parlia-
mentary spokesman for the food
minister, said under a barrage Of
questions in the House OF
commons:
81 appreciate that coffee, as
prepared in this country, is no: to
the liking Of overseas visitors"
Members of parliament had ex-
pressed concern because Of the
expected influx of American tou-
rists. Laborite Tom Driberg had
asked her if she wouldn't instruct
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
CURTAILS
MILK IN CHICAGO
Ninety Per Cent OF Daily
Supply Cut Off W h e n
Dairymen Walk Out

CHICAGO, May 5. - up - A
strike of some 900 ''inside work
ers at two Chicago diaries re-
suited today in curtailment of al
most 80 percent of the citys milk
supply, as 70 other member
dairies closed on instructions OF
their collective bargaining repre-
sentative.
The Associated Milk dealers,
representing rs diaries in this
are said that although tn estrike
was called against only two of the
large diaries, Bowman and Dean,
it vas considered "a strike
against the entire industry.
Thomas B. Gilmore, attorney
for the dealers, said were not
operating any of the 70 h e r
plants for that reason.
Not Far Apart .
After a meeting of officials OF
the diaries and OF the AFL Dairy
Workers union in the office OF
Mayor Martin H. Kennedy, til e
mayor said he thought the two
sides were not very far apart and
that some progress had been
made.
The walkout, which began at
midnight last night, was in
support of demands for a 4O-hour
week at $60.16, the same pay the
workers now receive for 48 hours;
a So weekly increase for workers
in country plants; pay for 81 x
holidays; and three weeks va
cation after 10 years employment
Arrangements were agreed upor
by the union and the diaries te
maintain deliveries to hospitals
orphanages and some other insti
t11tions
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06

the nations cooks in the fine art
of brewing coffee.
The smartly-groomed DR.. Sum-
merskill referred one and all to
the ministry's widely = circulated
The ABC of Cooking" which
gives four ways Of making coffee.
One is called the warn Jug
method:
Warm the jug. Add coffee and
salt. Pour in boiling water a n d
stand in a warm place for about
Is minutes. 1t is a good plan to
stand the jug in a saucepan OF
boiling water. Stir the coffee and
let it settle again. Strain if reces-
sary. but do not boil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06

ROCKINGHAM, May s. up -
Operations were resumed TO-DAY
at the Safe Cotton Mill, which has
been closed by a strike for sew
tral weeks.
From 200 to 300 workers crossed
picket lines to return to work, anc
there was no disorder or inter
ference from union members WHIT
are under a court order to. re-
srain from mass picketing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
Glass Suits For Men
Coming, Designer Says

the worlds best-known clothing
manufacturers, says the finished
product isn't available yet, except
in experimental laboratories, but,
he added, it wont be long.
Mems clothing will be made of
glass fibers less than 500. 00Oths of
an inch in circumference, he
said. THE finished product will
be foolproof; it wont stain, it
wont burn, it will hold a razor
crease and you wont fancy soaps
to launder it.
1t wont tickle, either, he said.
Woven glass will be warmer
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
SERVICE IN STATE
REMAINS

RALEIGH, May 5 : P- Tele-
phone service in North Carolina
remained sub-normal tonight and
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry said he
planned no Immediate action.
Today was the deadline set by
the governor for the resumption
of normal telephone service. The
Southern Bell Telephone company
reported that about 300 of it's A.
700 employees had returned to work.
The governor told the company
Friday that if striking employees
did not return to work by today,
new employees should be hired.
Atlanta headquarters of Southern
Bell replied Saturday that it would
do its best to have a sufficient
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
DRY CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE, May s. (PE
1t was mighty dry for several
hours tonight in Charlotte.
A bulldozer ripped a hole in
a 20-inch water main about
5:15 p. M, and Water Superln-
tendent w. M. Franklin report
ed several million gallons OF
water escaped before the break
could be isolated.
Pipes in most Of the city
ran completely dry, he said,
and three hours after the break
pressure was still so low that
no water was running to upper
floors of multi-storied buildings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
BY KAE CLANCY
,ited Press Staff Correspondent

1nited Pres SCdII cSPOnuCHS
BOSTON, May 5 -U.D-1t wont
be more than five years before
showoffs will be sitting in pud-
dies. scrunching cigarettes on
their Tuxedo lapels and tossing
their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
in the family washing machine. a
prominent fashion designer said
tonight.
It will all be done with glass
Guy Marine Jr. said-waterproo1'
fireproof washable glass. woven
into coats, suits and sportsWear.
Marine, a free : lance designer
associated since 1917 with some Oh
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
Wilmington Leads Entire United States
In Approved Non Residential Projects;
$685. e Vote Riddles" Agency Budgets
Per Cent Of All
Applications Okayed
Business Firms Of City Receive Favorable
Action On 81 Construction Jobs; List
Does Not Include Riegel Plant
BY RANDOLPH S. HANCOCK

The fact that Wilmington has received favorable action
on 76 per cent of the applications submitted to the office
of the housing expediter in Greensboro, reveals that this
city has been in the favorable position of carrying out
more of it's projects than any other city in the state, or
nation.
These facts were revealed here last night by Chester
o. Ensign, district manager, of Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06

company. Union officers said this
did not indicate by any means that
there would be a general back-to-
work movement by the remainder
of the members.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
By HOWARD FAST

DIED today, and there is no
one to remember, to bear my
pail, to weep over me, to press
down the earth on my grave.
1 speak for myself and for my
comrades, because who else will
speak? 1t is a bitter thing to be
anonymous, to have said of you
only this:
"That the 1900 ton Greek ship,
Himara, went down after strik-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
Time to mention workers
basic right to a better life

Because we have never got
anywhere near an adequate
standard of living, II is dan
gerous to tie wage demands to
cost Of living only, which AS
sumes that once upon q time
we got enough and now all we
need is enough to make up for
the rise in prices.
According to latest union re-
search figures, family of four
reeds around SIS a week to main.
tain a minimum standard of
health and decency. This est.
mate, based on University of
California Heller Committee bud
get studies and revised according
to cost-of-living increases, makes
no allowance for savings, no al
lowance for anything but cheap
cuts of meat and only a miserly
allowance for clothing.
Using us. Bureau Of Labor
Statistics figures on the aver
age American wage, we find
that it would take about an $500
increase in take-home pay to
bring all American workers up
to the Heller budget minimum!
So e
THE TIME has come for fun.
damental denomination of the
relationship of the forces of our
society, business and labor. While
profits boom to their highest
peak since 1920, wages, in terms
of what they can buy, are lower
than before the war.
And, all the while, the business
economists predict Corrective
dip" for 1947 or 1913 in which
number of smaller American
businesses will be corrected" out
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01


less, angry death for a man with
warm blood and the love OF life,
a man who could remember IN
that moment the women he had
loved, the children he had father
ed, the fresh white bread he had
eaten and the strong wine he had
tasted.
HAVE no name; l have no
face; will have no name until
that time in the long future
when they make a name for me
and for my comrades; but in or.
der that they may have some of
the facts, know what we were
and why we did what we did, /
will put down here my own story,
directly, and in as few words as
possible. ~
1t is such q common, simple
story that 1t will serve for my
comrades as well; but Is it not
true that the simplest motives
are those most easily forgot
ten?
I was born thirty years ago In
the hills of Macedon, where the
sky is bluer than anywhere else
in the world, where the wind
blows warmer. I had four broth
ers and three sisters, for big fam
lilies were the way in that land.
My father. was a carpenter, and
when I was old enough to handle
a plane and hammer, I learned
his trade.
WHAT else is there tn say? I.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01

of existence and a number of
American workers willFb "cor-
rected' out of jobs.
The handful of industrialists
who own or control our economic
society, who refuse to concede
that our living standards are too
low and who threaten to plunge
our economy into another de-
preston, must be curbed.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01

ing a mine off
the barren Is.
land of Kava-
liano. f Ort y
Greek gueriI-
las, who were
chained in the
n o | d per-
ished."
/ was one Of
the forty who
persisted, a cold
IAt LN~a
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
STATE +. |I1lll!l
No one to weep Greek
heroes perish in chains

roamed in the hills. When l had
a free day, ! lay in the grass and
talked to the shepherds, and
heard the old tales of the various
and many times when our people
fought for their freedom; for
ours is an old land and our fight
an old fight.
I fell in love with many girls,
because the blood ran strong in
my veins, but the one / married
was like a poppy from our hill
sides, her eyes as dark as the
seeds and her lips as red as the
petals.
We had two children, boy and
a girl before Mussolini ordered
his fascists into our country and
1 went to fight them.
THERE were tears but no
doubts when I went to fight the
fascists; this was not new thing
for a Greek to do. For months
we fought them, and with all
their power the fascists could not
advance a foot into our land. So
they called their allies, the deaths
head barbarians of the north, and
with their panzers. their guns,
and their dive bombers they
roared down into our beautiful
land.
They were too much for us,
and they had allies among our
own people, and when they had
occupied all of our tiny country,
they announced that they had
conquered us.
But we were not conquered as
long as brave men lived. went
home, and there we formed a
little band of men who pledged
themselves to fight for freedom
until the last fascist was dead or
driven out of our land.
WE SAID good bye to our
wives and children, and we went
into the hills and continued the
fight. And since they could not
defeat us, capture us, Or frighten
us, the fascists murdered our
wives and children and laid waste
to our homes.
Yet we fought on. We had
nothing left but freedom now,
no more to lose. The tears had
been shed and we were beyond
tears. And finally, the day of our
liberation came = or at least
what we thought of as the day
of our liberation. Germany fell
beneath the might of the United
Nations, and we shouldered our
arms and marched down to the
city of Athens.
And then we discovered that
the fascists were not dead. In
the streets of Athens, i saw
women and children moved
down by British guns. i saw
workers lined up and shot.
saw British bayonets pressing
our fifth cOlumnists back into
power. So with my comrades 1
went back to the hills to con-
tinue the fiPht.
BUT it was not so easy now.
Where the fascists and nazis had
failed, traitors from our own peo-
pie succeeded. We were led into a
trap. We were chained. We were
put into concentration camp
guarded by British troops, and
we were Systematically starved
and beaten. And then, still in our
chains, we were marched on
board the Hinara to be sent into
exile.
Remember me ! lie at the bot
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
By DON STOFLE
Federated Press

Somewhere along the line in
the discussion of labor's program
in our economy there must come
a point where we take all of the
big business economics, chuck
them out the window and start
talking about the basic right Of
the American workers to a much
better life than they have ever
had before, much better than any
thing big business has ever Of
fered.
All big business arguments as
sumo that at some time in the
past labor was getting enough
money. This is inherent in all its
theories, from the supply and
demand" argument that prices
will be right when we stop jack
ing them up by asking for more
wages, to the Increased wages
through increased productivity"
argument, which assumes that
we're making enough now and
if we want some of the extras"
of life, We'll, just have to work
harder to get them.
This is so much bunk. Labor
has never received enough to live
the sort of life that we in the
greatest industrial nation in the
world have a right to expect.
INCIDENTALLY, the last time
we increased production lin the
1920s) big business took care of
the surplus lin the 1930s) by
burning oranges in California,
dumping coffee in Brazil and
blowing crops under in the mid
west. tEI
Evening star., 1947-01-31
At The Hecht Co.
kYLONs GALORE!

Looking for full Cushioned
nylons3 No : seam nylons?
Proportioned-leneth nylons?
All here now in The Hecht
Co.'S Street Floor Hosiery
Department!
Evening star., 1947-01-31


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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-26

They were seated in the spac-
ious old living room at Belle
Fleur-Lotus, Stacy, Lawrence
! and few of the FBI men.
"You see," Stacy said. my
step-father and I never preten-
ded any real affection for each
other. l think l stuck with him
because he loved my mother as
much as l did. She was the one
person I've ever seen him truly
gentle and kind with. And he
kept me around because he could
use me-"
Then you knew what was 60
ing on, Corbin?"
eyes, there's no use pretend
ing l didn't. Balch came to Dad
with this proposition from the
German officer. He'd been one
of those who escaped on an I'M
surrendered Nazi sub with Mil
lions in German gold. He wasn't
a Nazi but a anatical German
and he had the idea of softening
up the American people by MAX
ing dope fiends of them. It was
a plan to demoralize and make
them easy marks for German
propaganda and the next war"
Like the scheme the Japs
used in China" Lawrence said.
A week later Lotus AmeS sat
on the edge of the pool in Chloe
DuvaPs patio and absentmind-
eddy stroked the ears of one of
Mamselle's numerous feline COM
panions.
"Will you ever forgive me for
deceiving you, Mamselle?"
Chloe nodded understandingly.
But of course, mon ami, eet
ees your work, nom"
eyes, but we did make use of
you. Even that letter Valette Fon-
deau wrote was at the price of a
lightened Jail sentence"
A little tinkling laugh answer
ed her. Il thought eet sounded
much too friendly for Valette
You see, we quarreled last time
we met, but she has a tempest
uous nature, SO l thought she
might have forgotten eet. Non l
am not angry weeth you, rather
am l sad at losing you. You
should do something weeth that
golden voice of yours, ma cherie."
I'm afraid there won't be
many opportunities to make use
of it in this sort of work"
"Eh, bien, perhaps you weel be
using eet to seeng lullabies, then.
That young Mr.. Lawrence has a
look keen hees eyes for you"
Lotus blushed furiously. ooh,
mo- don't think he cares"
Mon Dieu, you are blind, leetle
one! Believe me, I know"
Her eyes glittered and she wav-
ed her jeweled fingers so that
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-26

A moment later, Stu Lawrence
slipped from the balcony. Sill
houetted against the white colon
nades and the starlight, he look
ed unusually tall.
my apologies for breaking up
such an inspiring love scene," he
whispered crisply. THAT was not
my intention, l assure YOU"
THAT was not love scene, >
She protested.
His teeth flashed in a cynical
grin. "You owe me no explana-
tions-Im not concerned with
your love life"
Il think you're being deliber-
ately nasty. You're not being fair
about this at all; please let me
explain"
His fists clinched and relaxed.
Il really haven't time to listen to
it now. l just came to warn you
to try to get the Carriers to go
home tomorrow. Things are about
to start popping and don't want
them here when they do"
did you find out something's"
MANY things. Among them,
that no taxidermist in New Or
leans had the job of stuffing that
snake, so it looks as though the
dope came in the boa's skin, with
the live snake as a protective de-
coy. 1t would take forever to
search this place for the stuff, so
we've got to precipitate some
thing that will make Corbin him
self reveal its hiding place-it
must be worth almost a million
dollars"
The next afternoon Lotus had
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"Of course she was mysterious
about the cane because she want
ed to protect old Mr.. Cartier. She
must have been quite a gal in her
day."
Lotus stared at her companion,
For some reason not attributable
to the drink before her, she felt
very lighthearted. Stu Lawrence
just missed being handsome, she
reflected, but there was some
quality about him even more ap-
pealing than just masculine good
looks, a sort of genuineness.
Am l going to go On calling
you Mr.. Lawrence, Mr.. Law
rence?"
Removing his cigarette, he en-
tilted good-natured laugh
"Since we're rivals and equals in
detecting, now, wish you'd call
me Stu, Lotus"
"That's the first time you've
called me that. DIDN'T think you
knew it."
'By the way, Lotus, do you live
up to your name?"
She looked up at him and his
expression was full of significance.
I'm not sure what you mean?"
81 seem to recall an old Hindu
saying: He who tastes of the
heart of Lotus must return to
taste again. His tone was half
serious, half bantering. Els it
true?"
''That's something you'll have
to find out for yourself, Stu"
''Then here's to the success Of
our next adventure"
THE END !: