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!^l7^NQ—---1___^?£TON, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1946 " " ESTABLISHED 1867
Government
Will Retain
Prices Hold
TRUMAN HAS HOPES
President To Confer Today
With Bowles On Current
Meat, Steel Strikes
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1—(U.PJ—Re
conversion director John W. Sny
der said tonight that the adminis
tration will keep firm control of
prices. At the same time, Presi
dent Truman indicated he expects
settlement of the steel strike with
out recommendations from his
fact-finding board.
Mr. Truman scheduled a con
ference tomorrow with Price Ad
min strator Chester Bowles on
price control and the steel and
meatpackers strikes. Informed
quarters believed an effort would
be made to resolve the question
of higher steel and meat prices.
Replying to a telegram from
Henry Ford II who urged aban
donment of price control, Synder
said that obstacles can be removed
even if price control is main
; tained. Ford had charged that
price control was blocking produc
I tion.
I “I agree that the ultimate an
swer to our inflationary pressures
is production," Synder said. “I
cannot agree, however, that we can
abandon price controls in the
meantime. The dislocations and
hardships that would result from
such action would adversely af
fect our industrial development
for years to come.”
| anyaer saiu ne icm-icu umi
current low volume of operations
and expenses of getting into pro
duction may raise manufacturer’s
costs temporarily _ higher than
price ceilings. He pointed out, how
ever, that Ford will be entitled
to an adjustment in ceiling prices
if they prove inadequate under
the Office of Price Administration
pricing formula.
“I believe strongl that at this
time we need firm control of
prices,” Snyder said. ‘‘Firm con
trol is not inconsistent with the
desire of the administration to re
move impediments to production
which are demonstrated to exist.”
Mr. Truman meanwhile asked
his steel fact-finding panel to pre
pare a written terminal on its
studies of the industry’s costs,
wages, hours and earnings.
Panel Chairman Nathan P. Fein
(Continued on Fage Two; Col. 3)
SHIPYARD GIVEN
AWARD FOR SAFETY
The Distinguished Service to
Safety Award, the highest honor
given by the National Safety coun
cil was presented yesterday to the
North Carolina Shipbuilding com
pany.
In a brief ceremony at 11 a. m->
Faber A. Bollinger, Atlanta, South
ern regional council director,
made the presentation and was
accepted on behalf of the com
pany by P. F. Halsey, vice presi
dent and general manager.
Described by Mr. Bollinger as
“the highest honor of the National
Safety council,” the award was
made in recognition of the com
pany s safety record from Septem
ber, 1944, to September, 1945, dur
ing which time no industrial fatali
ties occurred.
New Hanover High school’s
ROTC band opened the program,
held on a platform on the west
end of the machine shop, with
martial airs. As Bollinger, Halsey,
aj. icdiuuL, cumpany saieiy ui
rector, and Weaver Kirkpatrick,
company per sonnel director,
mounted the platform, the band
broke into “Anchor’s Aweigh.”
Halsey opened the program by
introducing Kirkpatrick. “You are
h tewing this award today,” Kirk
patrick told the several hundred
employes assembled for the cere
mony, “because not only have you
built C-2 ships with less man-hours
man any other shipbuilding com
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)
WEATHER
M FORECAST
and South Carolina — Saturday
P«rtly cloudy and slightly warmer.
(Eastern Standard Time)
„ <By U. S. Weather Bureau)
c/\e'f',;;iri°gic::l data for the 24 hours
ending ;:3o p.m yesterday.
Temperatures
1.1° a.m. 46; 7 :30 a.m. 37; 1:30 p.m. 48:
‘■30 p.m. 47.
Normal™^?11 52; Minimum 35; Mean 44;
. Humidity
,.H30 a-m. 76; 7:30 a.m. 68; 1:30 p.m 27;
7-30 Pm. 53.
T Precipitation
total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m.—
inches.
totai since the first of the month—
inches.
Tides For Today
TJ lroJh the Tide Tables published by
■ »■ Coast and Geodetic Survey)
. High L°W
Wilmington_10:12 a.m. 4:45 a.m.
, 10:18 p.m. 5:20 p.m.
"tasonboro Inlet — 7:30 a.m. 1:32 a.m.
5 8:00 p.m. 2:13 p.m.
sunrise 7:08 a.m.; Sunset 5:43 p.m.;
onrise 7:43 a.m.; Moonset 6:19 p.m.
"iver stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8
a.m. Fndav. 13.0 feet.
IT’S ENOUGH TO FREEZE ANY £«j
Such a prospect of teeth as is opened by these big jaws is faced
three times a week by keepers in the reptile house at New York’s
Bronz Zoo—but respectfully, with long iron tongs that expose no fingers
or hands to be snapped off with the feast of frozen fish. The alligators
measure ten feet long and aren’t supposed to be the nest of pets. (In
ternational).
City Council Approves
Hiring Industrial Agent
Fiscal Year’s Budget Will
Provide Funds, Report
Shows
Following disclosure that the
budget for the fiscal year could
provide funds, City Council yes
terday voted to authorize the ap
pointment of an industrial agent.
The agent will represent Wil
mington by contacting prospec
tive industries.
The creation of such an office
was recommended to Council last
week by Economic Committee
representatives, E. L. White, J.
G. Thornton, and R. B. Page, who
suggested that John Farrell, new
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, be named agent and that
some lesser paid person be ap
pointed for the duties of executive
secretary.
Consultations are scheduled to
yield a recommendation as to
whom should be appointed and an
estimate of the amount of money
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 6)
HOPKINS EULOGIZED
AT SIMPLE SERVICE;
2,000 ATTEND RITES
NEW YORK, Feb. 1—OP)—Harry
Hopkins, who died Tuesday, today
was eulogized at simple funeral
services for “the honor that he
gave to his country” in his role
as confidential advisor to the late
President Roosevelt.
The Rev. George Paul T. Sar
gent conducted the 25-minute
Episcopalian service at St. Barthol
omew’s church on Park avenue.
More than 2,000 persons, includ
ing many famous Americans and
representatives of several foreign
nations, attended the services. The
church was banked with flowers.
Elliott and Franklin D. Roose
velt, Jr., sons of the late President
were among the mourners.
Honorary pallbearers included
Secretary of the Navy James V.
Forrestal; Earl Halifax, British
Ambassador to the United States
who represented former Prime
Minister Wrnston Churchill; Su
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)
DARST MAY ATTEND
“COLONY” MEETING
Bishop Yhomas C. Darst is on
the board of directors of the Roa
noke Island Historical associa
tion which will meet in Raleigh,
Feb. 26 to lay plans for reviving
“The Lost Colony,” Paul Green’s
historical pageant which was pro
duced on Roanoke island for five
successive years until it was sus
pended in 1942 because of wartime
travel restrictions.
The meeting was called by for
mer Governor J. Melville Brough
ton. Present plans, it was learned
last nigh't, are to begin production
again about July 1.
In the five years of its produc
tion from 1937 through 1941, ‘The
Lost Colony” was presented about
50 times a year, and was attended
by hundreds of thousands of per
sons.
Green, the Chapel Hill playwright
who wrote the story about'Sir Wal
ter Raleigh’s ill-fated attempt to
colonize America, has informed
Broughton that he is making some
revisions in the script and has
about- eomplc+ed this phase of the
preparations.
Green is now in Hollywood and
will be unable to attend the meet
ing this month, but Broughton said
that Sam Selden, director of “The
Lost Colony” and supervisor of
rehabilitating the theater in which
it is produced, will be present.
Also expected to attend is Albert
Q. Bell, of Manteo, who is fin
charge of the work on the theater.
Broughton has appointed I. P
Davis, of Manteo, Miles Clark, of
Elizabeth City, and Bill Sharpe,
manager of the State News Bureau
on a committee to handle publicity
in connection with the production.
Other members of the board, be
sides Bishop Darst include Gov.
Cherry, Attorney General Harry
McMullan, Director C. C. Critten
den of the State department of
Archives and History. Josephus
Daniels, of Raleigh; Melvin Dan
iels, of Wanchese; C. S. Meekins,
of Manteo; I. P. Davis, J. Spencer
Love, of Greensboro; Miles Clark,
Mrs. R. J. Reynolds, of Winston
(Continucd on Page Two; Col. 3)
VD Clinic Piles Up Work
On Understaffed Office
Will New Hanoverians suffer
from effects which will ultimately
result from the lack of a medical
officer who would have charge of
the city-county health department s
VD clinics?
Since the services of Dr. E. P.
Cutter were withdrawn Dec. 31,
1945 the clinics have been conduct
ed by Dr. A. H. Elliott, public
health officer, who with the ass s
tance of the public health nurses,
has performed a mountainous task
by carrying on the' work to which
Dr. Cutter had previously devoted
his entire time.
X-ray examinations, when prac
tical to use this method ot diag>
nosis.have made possible continu
ance of work which has entailed
examinations and treatment of per
sons with veneral disease and
those suspected of being associated
with the drsease in its contagious
stages, according to Doctor Elliott.
“In every case where it is possi
ble for the nurse to do so, they
have handled all pnases of the
work,” Dr. Elliott said. “This as
sistance is iiivaluable to me as it
gives me time and the opportunity
to work with.the more complicated
eafces with which the department
is faced,” hd^said.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 2)
V
ftTERAN LITERALLY
RAISES ROOF TO GET
REQUIRED APARTMENT
KANSAS CITY, Feb, 1.—(JP)—
After a fruitless search for liv
ing quarters, one enterprising
veteran raised the roof, liter
ally, to get an apartment.
Will Wyant, Jr., recently dis
charged naval officer, used his
naval training to figure
stresses and strains and then
got his father’s permission to
lift the roof of his garage to
make a second floor apartment
for young Wyant and his wife.
Now neighbors are startled to
see the two-ton composition
garage roof dangling in mid-air
from steel cables while work
men begin the job of inserting
a four-room “penthouse”
apartment beneath it.
Explained Wyant: “it may be
a little unusual as far as
methods go, but it’s a lot easier
than finding an apartment
that’s already built.”
railIngineers
OPEN STRIKE POLL
Affirmative Result Would
Cripple Railroads From
Coast To Coast
CLEVELAND, Feb. 1.—(U.R)—The
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers (Ind.) today authorized a
poll of its 78,000 members on a
strike which would cripple the na
tion’s railroads from coast to coast
if it was called.
First ballots were in the mails
tonight after the union’s general
chairman decided to conduct the
strike vote. BLE President Al
vanley Johnson said the results
would be known In “about three
weeks.”
He said it was “likely” the en
gineers would act in conjunction
with the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen (Ind.) in evenf striknc
are authorized by both unions.
Both the BRT and BLE member
ships were expected to vote over
whelmingly for a strike.
The 250,000 members of the
Trainmen’s union have already vot
ed on the question but their Presi
dent, A. F. Whitney, said the bal
lots would not all be in for count
ing intil sometime next week.
A strike by the two brother
hoods, representing 15 per cent of
railroad workers, would disrupt
rail traffic from coast to coast.
The unions are seeking a 25 per
cent wage increase and operation
al changes.
Government mediators have
made several attempts at concili
ation with the two brotherhoods
but Johnson said he had not
talked recently with them and that
no further meetings were schedul
ed.
Eighteen other railroad brother
hoods agreed last week in Chica
go to submit their disputes to ar
bitration, but the trainmen and
engineers walked out on those ne
gotiations. They insisted that 45
rule changes they sought be con
sidered along with a demand for
the wage increase.
It was uncertain whether pos
sible application of the Railway
Labor Act by President Truman
would halt the strike if approved
by members of the two’ unions.
Whitney said earlier that his inter
pretation of the act was that it
“only suggested’* a 30-dsy cooling
off period after a strike vote was
taken.
REVENUE COLLECTIONS UP
GREENSBORO, Feb. 1. — (A>) —
Last month’s Internal Revenue
collections in North Carolina were
an increase of more than $20,500,
000 over collections for January,
1945, according to report today
from office of Charles H. Robinson,
collector of internal revenue for
the District of North Carolina.
Collections last month totalled
$101,606,222.70 an increase of $20,
839,092,87 over collections of $80,
667,129.83 for January 1945,
Along The Cape Fear
NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK —
Strangers to Wilmington—and some
who aren’t such strangers—think
the Woodrow Wilson hut is a pretty
building. They often, as one did
yesterday, wonder what resident
of the city has his home there.
It seems it’s pretty hard for out
siders to tell the hut houses the
quarters of the Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce, that it isn’t a
private home at all.
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR queri
ed John Farrell, chamber secre
tary, about this. Why isn’t some
thing figured out to show people
who’d like a little informat.on
about the city where the chamber
is located?
Farrell already had figured on
this. It’s just a matter now of wlat
kind of a sign will be used, a sgn
that will not be out of place in be
pleasant surroundings of the nit.
NO, NOT THAT!—Somebody sig
gested a neon sign across the fr>nt
of the building. Somebody else, in
what seems to be justifiable hornr,
said:
“No, not that! A garish neon sgn
would make the hut look for all the
world 'like just another tourist
home, and while we want to be
nice to all tourists we’d better not
do anything that might suggest
there are overnight accommoda
tions at the hut.
LONG DETOUR — Speaking of
signs, it turns out that New Han
over county has one of the largest
and best airports in the world at
Bluethenthal. Trouble is folks from
out of town don’t know how to find
it.
A Southeastern Air Lines official
told Farrell the other day about a
man from Fayetteville who came
here and wanted to get to Bluethen
thal. He asked a few people. But
you know how difficult it is for
anybody to give and take direc
tions, even if the destination is
just around the corner.
What happens? Well, the man
from Fayetteville drove 42 miles,
by the speedometer before he fin
ally reached Bluethenthal.
Some movement may be afoot
for the county commissioners, when
they take over the field officiaUy, to
erect signs throughout the city
pointing the way to the field.
Navy Personnel Ordered
To Destroy Notes; Bradley
Fires Broadside At Stelle
- -
General Says
Site “Scrap”
Blast Start
FIGURES ARE CITED
Legion Demand For Inves
tigation Brings Free
For-All Row
WASHINGTON, Feb. l_W_Gen.
Omar N. Bradley, faced with an
American Legion demand for his
removal as Veterans Administra
tor, fired back tonight a heavy
barrage of figures to show pro
gress in his “short six months of
stewardship.”
And, answering a news confer
ence question, Bradley said a
“scrap last week over a hospital
site preceded the blast cut loose
ta him by John stelle, national
commander of the American Le
gion.
The question of a hospital site
at Decatur, 111, in Steele’s home
state, also came up in a telephone
conversation Wednesday, Bradley
said. But he added that he did not
think that this talk with stelle
had “much to do with this attack.”
Other veterans organizations and
Congressmen wer« horning in on
the free-for-all rew that broke out
when stelle demanded today that
Congress investigate what he term
ed “neglect” of veterans and, a
“tragic breakdown” in the handl
ing of their problems in the Vete
rans Administration. »' ;
Three Congressmen took a posi
tion that something is wrong in the
Veterans Administration. But other
lawmakers and various’ veterans
arganizations urged that Bradley
be given a chance to show what
he can do.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)
ROUSE WILL QUIT
FEDERAL OFFICE
RALEIGH, Feb. 1.—(IP)—Charles
F. Rouse of Kinston announced to
day that he had tendered to Presi
dent Truman his resignation as U.
S. District Attorney for the eastern
district of North Carolina in order
to accept a position on the legal
staff of the Carolina Power and
Light company here.
He was assistant district attorney
for 10 years, and last December
was made district attorney to suc
ceed J. O. Carr of Wilmington.
Long prominent in civic affairs
in Kinston, Rouse is a member of
the American Bar and the N. C.
Bar, and was president of the sixth
district bar in 1943-45. He is a
graduate of the University of North
Carolina and of the University Law
School, and also studied at the
Harvard Law school. He was ad
mitted to the bar in Lenoir county,
and after an association with the
trust department of a New York
bank he entered law practice in
Kinston with his father, the late N.
J. Rou?e.
He plans to join the legal staff of
the power company as soon as his
resignation is accepted formally by
the President._
MARGARET WINS ANOTHER ADMIRER ||
,BS Vf a HHHVPH
Forgetting their publics for the moment, President Truman and
little Margaret O’Brien of the movies chat cozily at the White House,
where a luncheon honored movie stars who entertained at Roosevelt t
birthday ball celebrations. Proceeds of the balls went into the funds of
the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. (International Sound
photo).
Commercial Buildings
Escape “Freeze ” Order
Houses Only Affected In
Movement Aimed To
Aid Veterans
Although the decision of the Fed
eral government 7 to freeze dis
position of public housing in Wil
mington in an effort to ease the
housing situation for war veter
ans, it was learned yesterday that
the order does not affect toe va
rious commercial buildings located
in the housing projects vicinity.
The joint City-County committee
on Disposition of Public War hous
ing made public the decision yes
terday following receipt of a let
ter from John P. Broome, regional
Public Housing authority, Atlanta.
Broome’s letter said the freeze
order, originating at policy-making
levels in Washington, D. C., would
apply only to dwellings and would
not affect other structures in fed
eral housing projects, including
community centers, commercial
centers and incidental buildings.
Applied to Wilmington, the or
der means that all of Lake Forest,
Hillcrest and Maffitt Village, a
total of 3,762 units, cannot be sold
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 7)
TEST PILOT SIGHTS
WRECKAGE OF PLANE;
21 BELIEVED DEAD
ELK MOUNTA’N, Wyo.. Feb. 1.
—(U.R)—The 21 persons aboard a
United Air Lines plane which
crashed on Elk mountain early yes
terday “are undoubtedly dead,” a
test pilot who sighted the wreck
age from the air reported tonight.
Announcement that, the plane
wreckage had been sighted on the
blizzard-swept mountain was made
by Carl B. Hempel, United Air|
Lines station manager in Cheyen
ne. He said the wreckage was spot
ted by a United Air Lines pilot :
named Mclver.
ALL DEPENDENTS
MAY GO 0\ RSEAS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—(U.R)—'The
privilege of- joining soldiers over
seas will be extended to wives and
other dependents of all GIs regard
less of rank, it was revealed to
day at the War department.
The Army earlier stated that
free transportation would be pro
vided only for dependents of Of
ficers and three grades of sergeant.
This aroused immediate congres
sional demands that wives of
privates and other low-grade en
listed men. also be given free
rides.
A pre-war laWprovides that free
transportation overseas may be
provided only for dependents of
officers and the top grades of
sergeant: The Army, however, has
decided that dependents of all GIs
may join their soldier kin over
seas provided that:
1. Living facilities are available.
2. The soldiers agree to remain
at least a year after their kin
arrive.
Under existing law, dependents
of low-grade enlisted men may be
carried overseas on army trans
ports. They-, may not, however,
be transported at government ex
pense—as provided for wives of
officers and others.
It was the practice before the
war to .carry dependents of low
grade enlisted men with no charge
for transportation and ■ only a
nominal charge for subsistence.
They were, however, required to
pay railroad fare to the ports—al
though this Was provided for de
pendents of higher ranks.
Now, the army wishes to do as
much for dependents of soldiers in
the lower grades as. for any other
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 2)
Departments
Had 72-Hour
WarWarning
DIRECT CHARGE MADE
Captain L. F. Safford Says
Officers Knew “Wind*”
Meant Business
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.——A
naval officer testified today that
orders went through the Navy de
partment after Pearl Harbor for
all personnel to destroy any person
al notes concerning events preced
ing the attack.
The officer, Capt. L. F. Safford,
also declared the War and Navy
departments got “72 hours advance
notification of the attack on Eng
land and the United States”
through interception of a Japanese
“winds” code message on Dec. 4,
1941.
“It meant war—and we knew it
meant war,” he told a Senate-House
committee investgiating the Japa
nese attack.
A slight, ■ gray-haired man of 53;
Safford told his story in halt'ng
bursts of voluatole language. He
was so obviously nervous that at
one point Seth Richardson, com
mittee counsel, asked whether he
was “scared.”
•sanora repuea mat me ugms oi
photographers bothered him. The
picture-taking then was halted.
Safford gave this story of the
“note destroying” order:
On Thursday or Fnaay after the
Sunday of Pearl Harbor, he was
called to the office of Rear Admiral
Leigh Noyes, chief of naval com
munications. Safford was head of
the intelligence unit of commu
nications.
All other section heads were there
and they were told there was a
“whispering campaign” against
Adm. Husband E. Kimmell, Pa
cific-Fleet commander, and Adm.
Claude C. Bloch, commandant of
the 14th (Hawaiian) Naval District.
They were told that the whisper
ing campaign” must be stopped,
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 3)
CARTONS NEEDED
IN CLOTHES DRIVE
One of the pressing needs. In the
Victory Clothing collecting cam
paign here will be cartons to pack
the clothes in, Wilbur R. Dosher,
chairman of the drive, said yester
day. Dosher called on merchants
in the city to supply these car
tons. He said that discarded
boxes will do and merchants hav
ing cartons for the drive are asked
to call 4323 for someone to pick
them up.
Sunday noon is scheduled for the
collection with the Wilmington
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
the Senior Fraternity of the Boys’
Brigade acting jointly in making
the collections.
Dosher disclosing that the date
of the first shipment, which goes
to High Point, has been set for
Tuesday, urged citizens to con
tribute old clothes as heavily as
possible, pointing out that citizens
of war-torn countries all over the
world are still facing the most
severe part of the winter.
“Although we have approximate
40 cartons of clothes in the post
office with more at the school*.
| fire stations and police station, th*
[ drive is lagging in the city in thi*
first peacetime collection,” ht
said.
{Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)
AND SO TO BED!
Plaudits of the crowd is music
to the ears of performer*,
radio and otherwise.
But some time some of the
crowd carry the plaudits ft
trifle too far.
At the quiet and sleepy hour
of two yesterday morning ft
telephone call came in at the
home of a local radio an
nouncer.
Sleepily, the announcer
answered the phone.
From the other end eame:
“Just wanted to call you and
tell you how much I enjoyed
your program. Goodnight.”
The announcer was Ben Mc
Donald, Star-News Roupd-the
Town reporter.
And the telephone call wa»/
ju.11—-■
Parents Seek Dog Owner
To Block Son’s Illness
' • ..
Mr. and Mrs. James Post, 108
North Seventh street, yesterday
morning began a search here for a
white dog with a brown spot on
his back. The dog is probably
an Eskimo Spitz.
It is imperative that Mr. and
Mrs. Post find the owner. Other
wise, their son, Jimmy,. 11, may
be in for a serious illness.
Jimmy was playing in the base
ment of the Hemmingway school
during the first period yesterday
morning, getting ready for band
practice. The white dog with a
brown spot on his back came
bounding into the basement and
began romping with the children.
He jumped on Jimmy and after
playing for a moment, bit '■Jimmy
on the hand. The bite made an
ugly wound.
First aid was administered to
Jimmy, but Mr. and Mrs. Post are
anxious to find out if the dog had
been inoculated against hydro
phobia.
“While there may not be any
danger,” Mrs. Post said last night,
“we want to be sure. And we are
very anxious for the owner of the
dog to get in touch with us and let
us know whether the dog has been
inoculated.”
If the dog hasn’t been inoculated
Jimmy will be given the Pasteur
treatment. The owner may con
tact Mrs. Post by telephoning
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