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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
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MADE BY

While officials of the southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company make a move to arbitrate
wage demands of the Southern
Federation of Telephone ana Tele-
graph Workers Union, officials Of
the Union are continuing their
plans to strike on April Z unless
an agreement is reached prior to
that date.
O. G.. Balm, Wilmington Tele-
phone Company manager, said
yesterday that in a step to prevent
the threatened strike, his company
had transmitted to the Union an
offer to arbitrate wage demands.
The union is asking for an over
all pay hike of $12 per week for its
1876, 600 members, and nine other
major provisions.
At the same time, o. c. Lee,
state director of the Southern Fed.
Grafton OF Telephone and Tele-
graph Workers dashed out at COM
pany officials, saying that 'the
company's information to the
public is distorted, aimed at mis-.
leading the public into believing
the company is pressed for funds"
Under the arbitration offer
made by Southern Bell, the COM
pany and the union would agree
to the basic wage rates establish
ed by a board of arbitration, COM
posed of a panel of citizens repre-
senting the public interest along
with representatives of the COM
pany and the union. for a period
Of one year. The wage rates would
be arbitrated on the basis Of COM
pairing telephone wage rates with
the wages paid by other employers
in local communities for work re-
quiring similar skill and equiva-
lent training, Balm said.
Attacks Statement
In attacking that statement. Lee
asked how the comparison with
StAASA employees oo1ol1CS WUulQ VIC
made. Would their wages be
figured on a level with those Of
ordinary store clerks and bus
boys?"
The union official gave an an
swer to most of the company's
statements by asking another ques-
ton:
Southern Bell has said that pres
ent demands by the union viii nike
the rate of the average local sub
scriber $3.50 per month. These
demands would increase telephone
wages well above the level of
wages paid and received by our
customers, who pay us the money
we pay out in wages, the COM
pany declared.
Lee, however, believes that the
company has the money to pay the
increase without raising subscrib-
er's cost as he asks, What do
they Ghe company do with
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
COMMITTEE 0KAYS
GREEK LOAN PLAN
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council to halt the U. S. project.
(Security Council decisions on
matters of substance require TN
animity among the big powers.
But V~andenberg said this in~er-
probation was not correct. He ex-
planned to a reporter that under
the amendment the United States
would waive any exercise of The
veto by any member of the big
five if seven of the II members
of the Security Council voted to
order this nation to halt the aid
program
1--WE are saying in effect that we
would regard a vote of a seven
member majority of the council as
binding on US, even if some. other
nation attempted to exercise its
Veto" the Michigan Senator said.
Cites Phrase
He called attention to the phrase
In the amendment reading: with
respect to which finding the Unit
cd States valves the exercise of
the veto." He said inclusion of
the word tthe" before veto"
made the commitment sweeping
il its nature.
In the General assembly, a two
thirds majority would be required
to halt the program, since the U.
N. charter requires such a ma
jority on ''important questions.
Vandenberg told reporters that
the revised amendment is zen
tirely satisfactory to me and I
think I a say the State depart
ment has no objection. to it,
Another amendment, adopted
yesterday, provides that the Presl-
cents nomination OF a director or
directors of the aid program must
be confirmed by the Senate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

revenue from these long distance
calls.
1T is generally known that less
than one-half of the company's
revenue is derived from local SUBJ
scrlptlons, and that over $500, 900
per year in revenue is realized by
the company from advertisements
in its quarterly directories publish
ed in the Carolinas alone" he said.
The company statement said
that their policy is to pay wages
that compare favorably with those
paid by other concerns in the COM
munity for work requiring similar
skill and equivalent training.
Balm Statement
I'VE believe that the wages of
Southern Bell employees, paid by
our customers, should be settled
through negotiations right here in
the South and not on a National
basis as suggested by the union
0llfce telephone service rates
r regulated by State Public Serv-
ice Commissions, this policy is
certainly fair and just to all con-
cerned," Balm said.
Current studies show that tele-
phone wage rates, which already
have been increased rs per cent
since January 1941, are good, and
that our contract with the union
is liberal, but since the union has
refused to consider our offer based
on present wage rates, we are now
offering to arbitrate to avoid a
strike with it's inevitable harm to
everyone" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
Along The Cape Fear
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heartless individual or parties I'm
known had made off with the en-
tire lot.
ut was a cold night and some
Of us scarcely had the price of a
new one," Mr.. Russell confides
about that night - years ago.
FIRST OFFICE - The first
office Of the North Carolina Society
was Mr.. Russell's, law office in
New York and there it remained
for a quarter of a century.
Mr.. Russell was named the first
president of the organization.
Other North Carolinians who
have served as head of the
society include George G d o n
Battle, w. w. Fuller, Junius Par
ker, John S. Primrose, the Rev.
Clair Hester and others.
Coming in for no small amount
of praise was Miss Estelle M.
Baker, a Brooklinite, who served
as secretary and gave the society
a continuity Of management.
"She is more responsible for its
longevity than any other person
and knows more North Carolini'
ans in New York tn a n anyone
else," the first president Of the
club said.
ANOTHER FIRST - 1t was the
first society in New York to
admit ladies to it's banquets and
that in itself is, another first for
the Port City to boast of.
An earlier club in New York
City, the Southern Society, W a s
losing members rapidly, Mr.. Rus
sell recalls. So. as chairman OF
h e Southern Society committee,
he urged the admission Of ladies.
"An appeal to Southern
chivalry did not open the doors
to the dinner, so a second dinner
was inauguarated called the Dix
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
GROWERS OPPOSE
CHANGE OF TIM
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for Better Living and then in
trCduced the following officers of
the County Farm Council: Forrest
Hall, chairman; E. S. Switzerland
and Mrs. Fred Jordan,
James Conner, extension etc.
mologist of the North Carolina
Extension service, State College,
addressed the group later on the
subject of insects and insect con-
troll and took occasion to explain
briefly, the many new insecticides
now on the market. He stressed
that DOT was the most successful
insecticide for control of house
hold insects.
The argument on behalf of dis
approval of the daylight saving
program was led by Albert G.. Seit-
ter, farm club president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
EMBASSY CLERK
FOUND MURDERED
Disappeared From Home
After Two Nights OF
"Bad Dreams"

ARLINGTON, April 3 - WD -
The body of a pretty Philippines
Embassy secretary who disap-
peared last Sunday after two
nights of bad dreams" was
found face down in a shallow
creek bed today and a coroner's
report indicated she was murder
ed by undetermined means.
A 26-year-old former sutton of
the woman - 25-year-old Wynona
Harvey of Alta Vista, Va. - was
taken into custody in Charlottes-
vile, Va, and returned to Airing
ton for questioning. Nc charges
have been made against him.
According to Miss Harvey's
roommates in her modest Wash
ington boarding house, she was
upset by her impending break
up with the young man. They
told police she was also troubled
by a bad dream" last Friday
and Saturday nights.
They said Miss Harvey did not
disclose the nature of the dream.
1t So upset her however, after
the Saturday nightmare, she dash
ed to the home of her minister at
lis a. m. Sunday morning to dis
cuss the matter with him.
He quoted her as saying she
had a Horrible dream and said
they discussed her relations with
the Charlottesville youth.
He said that after a IS minute
Interview, she left his home
"Quite relieved" He saw her at
church the next day Seemingly
bright and gay" It was after
this service that Miss Harvey
disappeared.
In an effort to determine the
cause of death, police have order
ed the %coroner's office to conduct
laboratory tests for poison. There
no signs of violence on the
body and no conclusive proof that
she had met her death by drown
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
EASTER PROGRAM
TO BE CONDUCTED
AT SPOFFORD MILLS

A special Easter program 10 be
held on the lawn Of the Spofford
Mills has been arranged for 7 a.
m. Sunday, it was announced last
night.
The Rev. c. c. Myers will offer
a prayer, then the scripture les
son will be given by the Rev. j..
H. Long.
The Rev. c. E. Brisson will de-
liver the Easter message and the
benediction will be offered by the
Rev. Mr.. Long.
Several hymns will be sung dur
ing the special program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
Council Dissatisfied

Comment on the new civil
service bill by members of the
city administration yesterday was
limited to an expression of dis
satisfaction by Councilman w. E.
Yopp.
Yopp said that he did not think
anyone was satisfied with the COM
promise measure, pointing out that
Senator Alton A. Lennon and Rep
resentative Robert M. Kermon
tried to please both sides in the
controversary, the city council and
the police department.
The House ratified the bill Tues
day following Senate action last
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
EASTER SERVICES
PLANNED SUNDAY
AT SPOFFORD MILL

The sixth annual Easter Sunrise
Union will be held Sunday morning
on the lawn of the Spofford Mill
at Z o'clock, it was announced last
night.
The Rev. c. c. Myers, pastor
of the Delgado Presbyterian church
will be in charge Of the service.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. c. c. Brisson, pastor of
the Gibson Avenue Baptist church.
The public is invited to attend
the services.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
ALL CHRISTEND0M
WILL PRAY TODAY
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Of the Holy Sepulchre, built over
the presumed site of Calvary.
Oldest festival of all celebrated
tomorrow is the Jewish Passover,
conmemorating the incident men
toned in the Book of Exodus
when the Jews in Egypt were
spared as the angel OF death pass
ed yer because they had smeared
a sign on the doors in the bloc
of the lamb.
The traditional Passover feast
begins in most Jewish homes in
the early evening since the eight
day passover starts at sunset.
Matzoth, unleavened bread. is
eaten to recall that Moses and his
band did not have tine in flight
to bake leavened bread, but had
to roll thin sheets of un"aised
dough and bake them in the sun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

lie Dinner and in a short time it
double the membership of the
Society," he pointed out.
MORE WAYS THAN "W e
gave the dinner, costing So p
plate and made it free to II
members" Mr.. Russell told us.
"Not more than 500 members
accepted as a rule, but getting a
free dinner opened their hearts
and an average of two to three
guests were introduced. For these
guests we charged Sc.
$50 each member more than
paid for his dinner" Mr.. Russell
said with a sly chuckle. TT n
needless 10 say, he added that
the practice had been adopted by
many other ocieties.
SPREADS ABROAD The
North Carolina Society had more
than 300 members at one time, we
were told.
Then, the idea spread to tn e
nations capital and a similar
North Carolina Society was form
led in Washington.
Spanning both the American
continent and the broad Pacific
Ocean, Shanghai, China, C a n
boast of a North Carolina Society.
This we were informed was or
gained as the result of the Dur
h a m tobacco companies sending
several hundred North Carolini-
ans out to the Orient to instruct
the Chinese in h culture a nd
manufacture of the golden Leaf.
So from a small group brought
together by two Wilmingtonians
and a few other natives of the
Old North State AZ years ago, a
society that has spread practi-
ally around the world has re-
suited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

rOO-foot entrance OF the Little
Creek breakwater. If he had re.
manned in the channel all would
have been well, but Blackie slip.
ped into shallow water about zoo
yards offshore, a half-mile inside
the breakwater, and there he be-
came stranded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
PROBE CONTINUES
AT COUNTY HOME
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food, and proper attention. The
majority of the patients interview
ed were loud in their praise of
the Carriers administration of the
home.
Mrs. Grissom, who was the first
inmate visited by the board; said
that she was II years of age and
my memory is not as good now
as it was"
She denounced the Carriers by
saying that they would not allow
her to visit a frierd of hers who
lived in another ward of the in
stitution, and that they had kept
from her canned cream which was
the only food she could eat due
to her numerous physical ailments.
At that point Commissioner Cole
man pointed out that there were
twelve cam of milk displayed in
her room on top of a table.
Not diverted by this apparent
discrepancy in her testimony, Mrs.
Grissom continued her charge
against the superintendent and his
wife, the head matron.
They had denied her the use of
the telephone and also required
that a relative of hers come to
the home to accompany her dur
ing her visits to the city.
Several others of the white
women were visited by the group
and they all spoke highly of the
Carriers attention to them.
Granny Turner, the 105-year-old
inmate, was busy eating an Orange
when visited but took time out from
her afternoon snack to say IT don't
feel like talking"
The visit to the white mems ward
met with similar results as the ma
jority of the inmates were inter-
viewed and they in turn said that
they were pleased with conditions
at the home
Mrs. Katherine Smith, the head
nurse, whose dispensary is located
in the white male ward, pointed
out many of the rooms to the visit
ing board.
La IT in the afternoon, Superin-
tendent Carter revealed that Mrs.
Smith, who is a graduate of Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is
leaving her position at the home in
two weeks t. go to Chicago, III.
Mrs. Smi.l had strongly defend
ed the Carriers at Wednesday af-
ternoon's hearing.
The board then toured the WPA-
constructed wing of the building
which will be used as an infirmary
whenever a sufficient nursing staff
can be secured, according to Chair
man Hewlett.
Several rooms in the Negro
wards were next on the boards
itinerary. There both the male and
female inmates queried expressed
their satisfaction with the meals
and the care.
The kitchen and dining rooms
WcIe dlSO ulopCSlcu Ny uS SA0eP
which launched the intensive probe
of the institution after Con mission
err Trask had charged at the regu-.
lar board meeting Monday that the
inmates we're not receiving kind"
treatment under the administration
of the Carriers.
Thomas K. Woody, clerk Of the
county commissioners board,
again accompanied the members
yesterday and took voluminous
notes during the inspection tour.
These will be incorporated into the
final report which is expected to
be brought up for discussion at next
Mondays regular session OF the
board In the county courthouse.
When making your white sauce
with homogenized milk use less
flour than ordinarily. This creamy
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
TRUMAN MAY
TAKE P HOME
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& Telegraph company, today said
they were confident permanently
set UP teletype circuits would con-
tinue to function in the event a
strike of telephone workers, sche-
duled for Monday, materializes.
They expressed the belief that
leased wires serving the press,
radio, stock exchange tickers and
business concerns would continue
to operate without interruption
where circuits r set up for con-
tlnuous operation.
New York Telephone company,
officials also said that the mechan-
les of the automatic dial system
were sturdy and would go on func-
tioning for a long time with a mini
mum amount of maintenance.
These systems function without the
assistance of operators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
IILIENTHAL WINS
SENATE VICTORY
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tor Mcclellan O-Tenn), who has
been fighting Lilienthal at every
opportunity for years. Mcclellan
in another last move blocked an
effort by Senator Hickenlooper
(R-Iowa) to get an agreement to
vote on the Lilienthal nomination
at S pm. Monday.
Vandenberg said the commit
tees examination of the nominee
was the most exhaustive and
thorough he could recall in 10
years Of service and he urged his
confirmation without further in
yestigation."
He declared that ''logic, equity,
fair play and a just regard for
urgent public welfare" demand
approval of President Humans
choice at once. He said atomic
development in the United States
has been 'stagnating too many
months because of the uncer-
tainty.
He told the Senate and the
packed galleries that Lilienthal is
mo part of a Communist" and
has no sympathy for Communism
or tolerance for it. 1t is true, he
said, that there was "a tiny
group" of Communists in the
Tennessee Valley authority when
Lilienthal was TWAS chairman,
and he is sorry Lilienthal did not
root them out. But he added that
he has no doubt there are Com
munists cells in private enter
prises a fraction of the size of
IVA.
Vandenberg criticized sugges-
tions-by Taft among others-that
the atomic energy control law be
revised to turn control back to
the military.
In peace time you cannot
drives scientists into the la =
boratories with bayonets," he
said.
Senator Hickenlooper told the
Senate that the atomic committee
he heads had established that LII
lienthal and other commission
nominees are liable and capable
men, morally above reproach."
Senator Knowland R-CalfD
said that approval of Bricker's
motion would amount to "repudl-
atom OF the 8 to l favorable
vote for Lilienthal in the COM
mittee.
Taft in his turn said Lilienthal
b naive" toward Russia and mas
"misconception Of the Russian
tareat."
He said the record shows that
Lilienthal has a philosophy which
disagrees with "a tremendous
majority of the Senate.
1.-THE Senate should not confirm
ANYBODY unless he is the man the
Senate would have appointed"
Taft counseled. "And if a pre- :
~fereatial vote had been taken he
would be well below 100 ON the
Senate list"
Again criticizing the Lilienthal-
Acheson resport on control OF
atomic energy. Taft repeated that
If it had been followed atomic
plants would be built in Russia
''for them to operate and produce
atomic bombs"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
METHODIST
RESTORATION FUND
TOTALS So 3, 6 0

The campaign for funds to re-
store the Grace Methodist church
IS still underway, with M. H. Lam
der, chairman of the special
Drive, reporting last night that a
total OF $00, $50 had been collected
to date.
He pointed out that several work
ers in the campaign had not as yet
contacted people assigned to them,
and requested that they do 50 as
quickly as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
ELASTIC WITHOUT RUBBER

LOS ANGELES, W.D - A new
cotton yarn twisted into the shape
of a coil spring, resulting in an
elastic material without rubber,
has been developed by the United
States Rubber Co., 1t is disable
for slipcovers, sweaters, surgical
bandages and other p r o d u c t S
where springiness is desirable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

Soon after the Reformation .
there was an inclination in Eng
land to name children after the
vernacular titles of holy days. In
1875, at Bovey Tracey, Devon,
there was a child named Passion
and another in 1712 at Hemlock.
pentecost is not an uncommon
name in old English registers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
CREPE sOLEs COMING BACK

WILMINGTON, Del, = W.H =
Crepe-soled shoes will be back this
spring. The DUPONT Co., says sew
veral leading shoe manufacturers
will feature soles composed of neo-
jorene synthetic rubber, developed
by research. The man-made crepe
rubber is said to be highly resist
ant to oil and heat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

If peeled potatoes a r allowed
to soak, they lose some of their
nutritional value. Peel them just
before cooking and keep the peel
ings thin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
STABBED

PHILADELPHIA, April 3 -U.P)
- A brutal killer stabbed 25-year-
old Mrs. Clara Matthews with a
screwdriver today, then dragged
her" into an alley and garroted her
with one of her own nylon stock
ings.
The p%re-dawn Staying just a few
yards off heavily-traveled Broad
street was observed by a sick man
from his bedroom window. But as
the witness CROPPED for a telephone
to call police, the hatless, coatless
slayer strangled his victim in the
dark alley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04
The Weather

Weather bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 9
p. m. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

During the last three months OF
1916, the average American ate
eggs at the rate of almost one a
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-04

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with homogenized milk use less
flour than ordinarily. This creamy
milk makes a thicker sauce.
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