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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
BRIGGS employees
VOTE T0STRIKE
Twenty = Thousand Body
Builders May Walkout
Thursday Over Wages

DETROIT, June 1 - (1 -
Strike action by more than 20, 900
Briggs Manufacturing 60. work
ers was given final union approval
today a S 300 Ford Motor co.
:oremen who walked off their jobs
May 81 voted to stay out.
A walkout at Briggs would close
the company's eight plants in De-
troit and one at Evansville, Ind,
All but one of the Detroit plants
produce automobile bodies for
Chrysler corp. and Packard Motor
co. and a shutdown would have
ar almost immediate effect on
those two producers.
Two Briggs locals of the CLIO
United Auto Workers voted almost
unanimously here today to sup
port a strike, subject to call by
union officers. Similar action was
taken by the Evansville local sew
eral days ago.
Farley To Resume
UAW-CIO officials said a walk
out would not be ordered before
Thursday, when a 30-day "cool-
Ing off" period expires. Negotia-
tons on a contract dispute will
be resumed Monday and a -om-
pany spokesman appeared opti-
mistic about heading off a strike.
The union accused Briggs of re-
fusing to bargain in good faith.
The company denied the charge
and said it's offer of a II -
cent hourly wage increase, six
paid holidays and other conces-
sions followed the pattern of set
Elements with other firms in the
industry.
The Ford chapter of the Fore
mems Association of America I'm
dependent) called its membership
meeting after Ford officials said
they would not resume negotia-
lions until the foremen go back
to work.
Coupled with the ultimatum was
See BRIGGS on Page Two
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T.. 5. May Act
h Talk
c.rernment Intervention
Vpo,,ible As Means OF Re-
wing Coal Farley

LEXINGTON, June l.-A)C
Nooen+ Intervention to revive
G0V srnEen down wage negotiations
tie John L. Lewis and the
0e'Ns 4y of the soft coal operators
HhaIo.-d likely today in view OF
mounting threat OF a new
SILK. ~ same time Senator Young
,1 a, predicted the prospect OF
NtND. walkout will enable spon-
m'[ nt the labor legislation which
sors is to pass finally this
C0Asit - override a veto if Presi-
week ,,st Truman n ! refuses to sign it.
as This puts the President in more
IaiS ,a p if he vetoes the labor
Ii sill' Young told a rep9 mamoora+;c
oen snd member of the labor
vnI Inoi fns who voted against the
co.. eGr'' commented that the collapse
Dill ~ ooal negotiations will make
:; o. more mo difficult for the President ddt
" veto the bill, but I still THINK
W. will veto it.
ne New Agency
measure, as approved by
i eHena+e.House conference COM
.+ee would enable the govern
NUE. 70 obtain an injunction
ns.inst a strike like a nationwide
ssr. walkout. 1t also would set
lllli,s now mediation agency to deal
up labor-management disputes,
W., rb breakup Of the coal nego-
cations would be the first matter
sar tbe new mediation agency to
s !" n if the bill is enacted and
.be deadlock continues beyond
June 30. o,xn
mont still operating the mines it
.sized in a strike last year, the
,.st of reviving the negotiations
rrIl be in the hands of Capt. N.
y COLLISION of the Navy, Federal
nal mines administrator.
y was COLLISION who brought
sUis and the operators together
FUN weeks ago. Some persons in
See U. S. on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
CITIZENS HUNTING
ATTACK SUSPECT
Feeling Runs High AT Rich
Square Over Second
Assault Attempt

RICH SQUARE, June - R -
Another attempted criminal as
sault Of a white girl by a Negro
man was reported today near
Rich Square - scene of a similar
incident ten days ago which led
10 the arrest of Goodwin Buddy
Bush, c~1-year-old Negro, who later
escaped from a masked mob.
Upwards of a hundred men,
many armed, famed out over
the countryside after the girl, a
recent high school graduate and
bride Of two weeks, reported the
alleged attack.
Two Negroes found within two
miles Of her home were taken
into custody and promptly rushed
t, an uneisclosed Jail for safe
keeping.
Sheriff J. c. Stevenson said the
two were arrested on suspicion
Of having helped the alleged as
'ailant in escaping the posse.
Public feeling, he declared, was
running high" as the search for
the wanted man continued.
No Mob Spirit"
Solicitor Ernest R. Tyler said
he personally took part in the
chase, and declared he saw no
evidence of mob spirit" among
the pursuers.
They were just determined to
appreherd them" he said.
Tyler quoted the girl as saying
a Negro came to her nome at
Lasker about II pm, knocked on
me door, and when She opened
~ grabbed her and pulled her
part way out. He fled when she
%leamed and tainted, the solicit
tor said.
BUSH, now held in state prison
IA raleigh for safekeeping
arrested a1ter an alleged at
'1cA on a white stenographer. He
Tas lodged in the county Jail at
JACKSON II miles distant. About
.ayoreak a masked and armed
uand forced the jailer to admit
them,
Escapes Mob
fhey hustled Bush out and put
nm in the back seat of an auto
m.olle' Before the car could pull
.u' lie opened the door, jumped
w.t. me fled into the darkness.
H. uA' shot was fired but it missed.
MD out for two days, then
ave himself up. Seven white
msa OF the town have been ar
,'leo IN connection with his ab-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
DR.. Robert A. Lapsley Calls
On Church Members To
Boost Religion

MONTREAL, June 1 - up - A
call to church members of all de-
nominations to cast aside the spirit
Of defeatism and to put the church
first was sounded here today by
DR.. Robert A. Lapsley of Roanoke,
Va, delivering the principal Ser
mon before the 87th General as
sembly of the Presbyterian church
in the United States.
1.-THE trouble with the average
church today is the average church
MEMBERS" DR.. Lapsley said, add
ing "the church will be what God
wants it to be when its members
give the church its rightful place
in their lives"
He spoke on what God Wants
His Church To Be-" telling his list
ener that "the greatest need of
our day is the need of Cod"
God" he said, wants his
church to be beautiful. He wants
the building to be beautiful but
even more does he want the church
itself, the congregation to be beau
tiful.
Something Different
"a congregation of Christian
people should be attractive, mag
netic, a place where people love
to go, when they love to fellow
ship, and where they love to stay.
There should be something about
a church different from a circus,
OF a country club, or a convention.
or a senate. There should be In
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
TWO RALEIGH FLYERS
LOSE LIVES DURING
STUNT AT AIRPORT

RALEIGH, June 1-P-Whlle
attempting to do a precision
SPIN as part of the air show to
dedicate Raleigh's new Civilian
Air Patrol field, two men were
instantly killed here today when
their light plane crashed.
The two were listed as Walter
B. Bruce, %, and H. L. Bobbltt'
both of Raleigh. Bobbitt was an
instructor at the airfield.
The crash occurred in full view
of the 5000 spectators at the air
show. Flying with two other planes
in the demonstration OF a pre-
cision spin, the plane went into
spin and never came out.
Bobbitt was plotting the plane
and Bruce had accompanied him
as a passenger.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
PASSENGERS INJURED
STONES HURTLE
INTO TRAIN WINDOWS

PHILADELPHIA, June 1-(PC
Three persons we're slightly in
jured today when stones smashed
two windows on THE Colonial"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. train, while
it was travelling through Baltimore,
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad officials
said here today.
A Pennsy spokesman said he did
not know if the stones were thrown
by someone or if they had been
hurled against the windows by
train wheels.
The injured, taken from the
train at Wilmington, Del, suffered
slight cuts, the Pennsy spokesman
said. They are: Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond E. Berdick, Hastings
House, Hastings-On The Hudson,
N. Y, and Frank Clement, Apt.
1B, North Ottawa street, Atlantic
City, N. J. They were treated, at
Delaware hospital in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
Mounts THROUGH
out Nation On Eve OF
Important Conference

NEW DELHI, June 1-R-The
high commands of midas rival
political parties held final strategy
meetings tonight on the v of
their meeting with Viceroy Lord
Mountbatten to receive the Brit
ish governments plan for trans
.ferring power to the Indians.
Hopes for avoiding bloody civil
strife in this subcontinent of AGO..
600, 900 hung on the decisions that
will be taken in the next few days.
Amid mounting tension guns be-
came a precious commodity as
many citizens openly sought
means Of protecting themselves
and their families.
While working committees from
the Moslem league and the pre-
dominantly Hindu all-India con-
gress met with top party leaders,
authorities in a number of sec
tons Of India announced steps to
put down with a strong hand any
tide of disorder.
Lord Mountbatten announced he
would meet at 10 a. m. tomorrow
G1:30 p. NJ, Sunday Eastern
Standard Time) with seven Indian
leaders.
These leaders are:
Moslem league-M. A. Jinnah,
president; Liaquat Ali Khan, fl
nance minister in the interim gov
eminent; Sardad Abdur Rab Nish-
tar, communications minister.
Congress party-J. B. Kripalani,
See GUNS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
SERVICES REQUIRE
MEN FOR TRAINING
Proposed Universal Mill
tary Program Needs
Set At 100000

WASHINGTON, Jun 1-UH-The
Army, Navy and Marine corps
believe they will require. $50, 0oo
officers and men to carry out the
proposed compulsory universal
training of an estimated 900, 600
youths of 10 each year.
The Presidents advisory COM
mission on universal training re-
ported tonight that the army will
require 100, 900 service personnel
and AZ 1000 civilians to keep the
program rolling.
The Navy and Marine corps estl-
mate that their share Of the train
ing operations can be met with
SIS, 900 service and $500 civilians.
Heavy Cost
Commission Chairman Karl T.
Compton said the cost of training
the teen-agers will be somewhere
between 81, $50, 900, 900 and $2,0O0,-
900, 900 a year.
1t is estimated that each year
between now and 1856 an average
of LOO, 900 boys will become 10
each year. After that time the
number will increase as a result
of wartime marriages and births.
Since 200, 900 of the boys who
reach 10 each year will be physi-
cally or mentally unfit for train
ing, the number actually serving
as t~rainees will range from 1900 600
TO 900. 600 at any one time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
WET, COOL SPRING
RETARDINC CROPS
Department Of Agriculture
Fears Heavy Foreign
Buying May Result

WASHINGTON, June 1.-RH A
wet, cool spring has seriously
hampered the sowing of such vital
grains as corn, oats and barley,
officials reported today and de-
layed the planting of soybeans. an
important SURGE of scarce food
fats.
The result, they contend. is to
emphasize President Truman's re-
quests that Congress continue for
another year the governments au-
thority to control the export of
scarce foods, now scheduled to ex-
psre June 80.
Otherwise, officials say, The
United States might see its sup
plies raised by foreign buyers,
causing new shortages and higher
prices.
Under existing controls, the
Agriculture department allocates
supplies OF scarce foods among
foreign areas. The latter can ship
out of this country no more than
is allotted them. The ALLEGATION
plan reserves for this country sup
plies deemed by the department
to be adequate.
But should Congress fail to ex-
See WET on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
VETERAN FACING
TREASON TRIAL
Douglas Chandler, World
War | Navy Man, Goes
Before His Peers Today

BOSTON, June l. Up - Doug
las Chandler, 58-year-old former
American newspaperman h
served his country in the Navy
in World War l., faces charges of
treason in federal court tomor-
row.
The first man ever to be tried
in New England for giving aid
and comfort" to an enemy of the
United States, Chandler is &C
cused of making recordings in
Germany during the war and
broadcast to this country under
the pseudonym, paul Revere"
The courtroom is not far from
the Old North church where liant
erns gave the real Paul Revere
the signal for his historic ride.
The indictment returned last De-
cember against Chandler lists %
alleged overt acts. 1t charges
he did "knwongly. intentionally.
wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously.
traditorously and reasonably ad-
mere 10 the enemies VI lH0 CAiIC0
States"
Complies With Law
The trial Is being held here to
comply with a law requiring de-
PENDANTS to stand trial in the
district where they first re-entered
tae country. The plane that flew
Chandler back from Germany to
face charges brought against him
in Washington in 1943, landed at
Westover Field, Mass.
Seventeen witnesses Of the At
summoned were flown from
Europe-most of them from Ger
many.
The government charges that
Chambers activities on the Ger
man radio were intended to per
suade citizens and residents OF
the United States to decline to
support the United "tates in the
See VETERANS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
MARTIN PREDICTS
TAX BILL SIGNING
Speaker OF House Sure
President Will Approve
COP Sponsored Bill

WASHINGTON, June 1 - (P -
Describing tax relief now as a
bulwark against depression and
initiation, Speaker Martin R-Mass)
today President Truman
will sign the 81, 900, 600, 900 annual
income tax cut scheduled for final
passage in Congress this week.
The bill, first legislation intro
duced when Republicans took con-
troll of the House in January, aas
been approved by a conference
committee which worked out minor
differences between provisions
adopted by the House and Senate.
1t would reduce income taxes
effective July 1 by 1915 to 80 per-
cent.
The final version will be brought
up for approval in the House to-
morrow, and then in the Senate.
1t may reach the Presidents desk
by Tuesday. Mr.. Truman will save
10 days to approve or veto it,
oltSA WIllS1A ~ WOu1A pSSoAAS O.
without his signature.
Martin said in a statement that
the tax reduction would lelp the
businessman to expand and pro-
duce more. He said they would
Ego far" to prevent a slump which
would be disastrous for the world.
Would Aid Business
The speaker said he hopes Mr..
Truman will cooperate in our pro-
gram to prevent a sharp recession
by signing it. These reductions
from the c~onfiscatory war : time
taxes will enable the American
business man, small and large, to
expand his business and produce
more vigorously.
Increased production will defeat
initiation and provide steady
Jobs at good wages. The tax re-
auctions provided in the bill will
increase the purchasing pow>r of
tle worker Through lower
prices, they will raise the value
of every dollar he spends. e.
Such increased purchasing power
See MARTIN On Page Two
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Opening Day Brings
10000 To Beaches
Carolina Official Places Crowd AS Largest
,uo9 Long Time; Wrightsville Reports
: s4ssS Throng Of 5000; Others Busy

day, and it was by far the largest
crowd to visit Carolina Beach in a
long time" an official there said.
Wrightsville police also report
ed the crowds orderly. "Only one
arrest was made all day." a police
officer said.
Thousands braved the chilly
waters for a dip, while others
basked in the sun on the strand.
Concessions stands and amuse-
ments centes reported a 'brisk
business
No serious accidents were re-
ported by State highway patrol
men or the sheriff's office. The
county police and state patrolmen
kept a constant patrol of the roads
leading to the resorts during the
n nv
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02

WASHINGTON, June l - R-
Manufacturers of clothing and tex
tile products r feeling the eff
fects. of reduced retail buying
springing from consumer resis-
lance to price rises, the Com
merce department said today.
Retailers shelves are better
stocked and manufacturers are
cutting down their operations in
some branches of the industry,
notably soft wooden goods and
women's apparel a department
analysis said.
On the other hand, it said, out
put Of some items At mems cloth
and -womens house dreSses Is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
Assembly
Hears Defeatism Scored
CUB CAPERS

NEW YORK, June 1-(P)-A
two-year-old Polar bear cub,
frolicking in a Bronx zoo pool
today before several hundred
spectators, made a sharp dive
in the direction of a floating keg
and hit the target with such
force that its head pierced the
thin sheeting.
Scrambling out of the water
with the key: placed in the pool
to enliven the water antics Of
the animals, the cub clawed
blindly at the cylinder about its
head for an hour before zoo at
tendants were able to remove
it-and then, uninjured, prompt
ly plunged back into the pool
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
Killed, Scores Injured
BY Tornado In Arkansas;
Million New Homes Loom
Creedon Sets
AZ Estimate
Housing Expediter Say.
Controls However, Must
Be Kept On

WASHINGTON, June / - tR -
Housing, Expediter Frank R. Cree
don said today that 1,03S, 600 new
dwelling o be completed in 1947,
including 760, 900 permanent homes,
federal controls are kept for
few more months"
The statement was Creedon's
first estimate on this years hous-
ing efforts. However, it contained
no forecast of the number of new
homes to be started. So far,
starts have Jagged behind 1916,
while competitions have run ahead.
Tie housing expediter said $40,
900 new permanent homes have
been completed this year or are
under construction and will be fin
ished. Another 150, 900 can be
started and made ready for &C.
cupancy this year he added, and
temperament dwellings Will add
278, 900 to the total.
Meanwhile, Douglas Whitlock,
chairman of the Building Pro-
ducts Institute, opposed President
Humans reorganization plan pro-
posing an overall housing agency.
Whitlock said in a statement that
the administrator would have "un-
limited powers to interfere VITA
the private building industry"
Attacks Plan
And the National Home and
Property Owners foundation at
tackled the guaranteed markets"
plan by which the government
agrees to purchase all unsold pre-
fabricated units at 80 percent of
the market price.
"Unsold prefabricated houses
are piling up in warehouses"
Joseph H. Deckman, the founda-
tons housing chairman, declared
in a statement.
"The market guarantee plan is
being turned into a WPA for pre-
fab manufacturers who can no
longer sell their products in view
Of the Increasing buyer resistance
to the high prices and low quality
of factory built homes"
Unless the government "stops
substituting the prefab industry"
said, it soon will own
of surplus prefabs while
See CREEDON on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
And So To Bed

A certain young man about
town revived the song of a few
years ago during the week
end, to wit: Get Out OF
Town"
1t came about in this man.
ner: The young man in ques-
ton is a newcomer to the
Port City. Since arriving In
this city a month or so ago
he has acquired a girl friend.
During the weekend his "old"
girl friend was coming into
town. His new girl friend,
fortunately for him, was going
out of town for the weekend.
lie was up Saturday morning
when the first rooster crowcd
to put his girl on the bus, sing
ing all the while, Get Out OF
Town."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02

y county'S beach resorts Of
Alcially opened their 1947 season
yesterday and crowds estimated to
be over 10000 thronged the strands
despite a chilly breeze and a high
temperature reading '78 degrees.
Officials at Carolina Beach es-
timated that between 10, 900 and
$4,000 persons visited there during
the day. At Wrightsville more than
5000 were reported by police to
have visited the island resort.
Kures, Wilmington and Fort Fisher
beaches also reported large
crowds.
Beach police reported that few
arrests had been made and that
the crowds were unusually orderly
during the weekend.
1--WE had a boardwalk full all
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
Clothing Manufacturers
Feel Price Resistance

still relatively low and short OF de-
mand at current prices.
Total consumption of cotton.
wool and rayon last year was
more than two-fifths larger than
in 1899. The textile industry
operated at peak peacetime levels
throughout 1916 and the early part
of 1947. Consumption of cotton
was one third larger in 1916 than
in 1889.
Margin Widens
The 6r,,artmert said the gross
margin between the price ct a
pound of raw cotton and the price,
See CLOTHING On page Ewe
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
FRENCH, EGYPTIAN.
RELATIONS WIDEN
Paris Accuses Government
Of Encouraging Escape
OF ADD Ell Krim

PARIS, June 1-(P-Relations
between France and Egypt were
strained today as French diplo.
matte quarters accused the Egyp-
tan government of encouraging
the onetime Moroccan rebel, Emir
Add Ell Krim, to jump ship at
Suez.
Government circles said thew
were convinced Krim left the yes.
sci. which vas bringing him to a
new exile in Southern France only
after persistent pleadings by local
authorities.
His escape accentuated the bit.
terness felt in French quarters at
Egypt's alleged attempt yesterday
to run 300 tons of wheat and rice
into Tunis aboard an Egyptian
warship for the starving Tunis.
ians."
The Foreign ministry denounc-
ed the shipment as a political
maneuver and said the cruiser
would not be allowed to dock at
Tunis.
The French ambassador to Cal
70, it was reported here, asked the
Egyptian foreign minister yester-
day for an explanation of ADD Ell
Krim's flight to Egypt. The envoy
was told the Egyptian govern
ment knew nothing" about it.
"Astonished"
French diplomats declared they
were "astonished" that nine hours
after Krim's arrival in Egypt the
foreign minister could say he
knew nothing Of the affair since
See FRENCH OH Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02

WASHINGTON, June l P-
Three House members told To-Day
of getting a fast brush-off when
thew tried to get a fast snack N
the Senate restaurant.
Even though four or five tables
were empty in the room where
Senators dine, Rep. Hoffman r.
Mich) told a reporter. he ano
Reps. Lands (R-Ind) and Barden
D-NC) were told by an employe
they would have to sit in another
room for Senate employees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
Are Precious
Commodity In India
CALKINC CATFISH

'BUCKLIN, Mo-, June 1-F-
The Bucklin water supply has
been dangerously low the past
four days because no water
came in from the city reservoir.
A temporary line was construc-
ted for the emergency.
Then Neil Cannon, water
superintendent, discovered that
the cause of the trouble was a
30 pound catfish wedged in the
inlet pipe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
The Weather

s.,, FORECAST
sun Carolina-Partly cloudy and
,o,,"s scattered showers and thunder
tr nortnwest portion Monday. Tues
t,o,s sss.iy cloudy with little change in
East .n" :. scattered thundershowers
Nh ana south portion.
se,, misunderstanding. cloudi-
NaDnaa.4 warmer, scattered showers and
Aordsr west and central portions
rot o,;t. tuesday partly cloudy and
hn,as 50 warm, thundershoWers east
.tjnr 0o,oglcal data for the "a hours
$50 pm, yesterday.
In Temperatures
d I'm a. 7:30 am, So; 100 pm,
krnslI y. IS; Minimum 81; Mean 10;
Ian Humidity
Z 1@o =; 1880 am, II; 1880 pm.
"N pm, 81.
ra., Precipitation
NJ in, LOT "a hours ending 1880 pm,
!" inches. 'ne fifst OF the month";
.f,o,r tides For Today
u. inc Tide Tables published by
and Geodetic Survey.
ttnin High Low
- 8:49a 3:37a
H'ionboro 9:21p 3:43r
Ah1et 6:31a 12:41a
,%.suarss 7:oep II :39r
'a; o:ol; Sunset 7:19; Moonrtse
"oonSet 4:1la.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
Senate Sends
Snack Seekers Sacking

So they marched 700 feet through
the capitol to the House eatery.
Hoffman and Lands said they
all took 1t pretty much as a ioke-
no hard feelings. Hoffman ex-
planned that 1--WE didn't have any
objections, but the employees sec
ton was full"
1t happened while the three were
working in a Senate conference
room, with Senators and other
representatives, on the labor bill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity: Considerable
.,.,,diness and warmer today; Tuesday
.srtlv cloudy and not so warm with
thundershowers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02

See PRESBYTERIAN on Page
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See GUNS on Page Two