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City Briefs
teachers meeting
New Hanover county class
room teachers will convene to
the high school library at 3:30
p.m. today at a special meeting
called by Mrs. Robert Fennel.
All teachers are urged *’
attend.
EXAMINATION
An examination was held at
the City Health department
Tuesday to check the condition
of men whose draft status is
4-F. About fifty examinees
were present.
Conditions influencing the
draft board’s rejection of these
men were re-examined. Their
draft status will be determined
later upon review of the ex
amination’s findings.
LOSES BILLFOLD
N. E. Watson, 114 North
Eighth street, reported to the
police Tuesday that he had lost
his billfold. It contained $25,
naval identification papers,
and leave papers.
MEET THURSDAY
The King’s Daughters Sew
ing Circle will meet on Thurs
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. L. W.
Davis, Sunset Prak.
MORE ABOUT
JAYCEES
from page one
In his speech Chairman Page
told the group of the creation of
the Port Authority, the appoint
ment of board members from five
eastern counties.
He told the Jaycees of the object
in the creation of the States Ports
Authority; to develop and improve
harbors at Wilmington, Morehead,
Southport and such other places
as they deem "feasible for the
more expeditious, and efficient
handling of waterborne com
merce.”
Accomplishments
He gave the group a bird’s eye
View of what has been accom
plished by the commission, and
announced that he expects an ap
propriation or loan from the legis
lature in 1947 to outfit and finance
operations of the port, following an
engineering survey to determine
size and need of terminal facili
ties of the state’s ports.
Chariman Page told the group
of the activities of other state
ports mentioning Charleston, Mo
bile, Brunswick, New Orleans and
Boston. He explained what they
contribute to the support of their
authorities,- and bills that have
been passed and that are pending
in other states.
Meet Next Week
He announced that the state
dommittee will meet next week
with the state engineers, to com
plete contracts, now being drawn
up, and said that afterwards the
engineers will get busy on surveys
of state ports.
He said that the northern end
of the shipyard is being sought as
part of the terminal facilities for
the Wilmington port, and that sopie
yard officials have expressed the
opinion that the space may not be
needed after the completion of
present shipbuilding contracts.
He told Jaycee enthusiasts that
the port would probably be financ
ed by self-liquidating bonds, and
worked on a plan similiar to that
used by the Georgia state ports
authority.
The Georgia ports are financed
by bonds, backed by the state leg
islature.
Revenue Survey
He said that a revenue survey
by engineers is expected within
the next six months.
He told questioners also that
the state authority is considering
the effect and benefit the port im
provement will have cn other types
of transportation. “All types of
transportation are being taken into
consideration by the commission,”
he said.
Among visitors to last night’s
meeting were: John H. Farrell, In
dustrial agent, George Chadwick,
James N. Henry, Alton Lennon,
Bradley Roebuck and James Wat
ters.
The five new members welcom
ed into the club last night were:
Aubrey Thompson, Walford Thomp
son, Tommy Rhodes, George Phil
lips, and Wallace Moses.
A film on the telephone com
pany’s Sunday hour, was shown
by Carroll Tinsley, through the
courtesy of Southern Bell Tele
! phone company.
MORE ABOUT
TANKS
FROM PAGE ONE
session of the Turkish provinces of
Kars and Ardahan and for special
rights in control of the Dardanelles.
The official statement given out
on the situation said:
“The Department of State has
received reports to the effect that
during the last week additional
Soviet armed forces and heavy
military combat equipment have
been moving southward from the
direction of the Soviet frontier
through Tabriz toward Tehran and
toward the western border of Iran.
This government has inquired of
the Soviet government whether
such movements have taken place
and if so the reasons therefore.”
Several Days Ago
The note asking the reasons was
sent several days ago, evidently
when the first reports of troop
movements were received.
Tabriz is a major Iranian com
munication center in the northern
part of the country between Tehran
and the Russian frontier.
Tehran itself for several days
has been the scene of political dis
turbances as the result of which
the Leftist Tudah party is reported
to have compelled the dissolution
of the present parliament by pre
venting it from getting a quorum
of members in time to vote itself
an extension of its power to re
main in office.
This presents the Iranian govern
ment of Premier Ahmed Qavames
Sultaneh with a first class political
crisis since it is the government’s
view that elections cannot be held
so long as foreign troops remain
in the country.
MORE ABOUT
ALONG THE CAPE TEAR
FROM PAGE ONE
dog to sleep with them and giv*
them its body heat
But we didn’t see any kites.
We even tried to buy one in the
stores, but the Chinese merchants
shook their heads.
There were no kites, and no
happy children, in Shanghai.
* » *
KIDS ARE KIDS — We read
not long ago, that kites will be
flying soon in China again. And
we hope that’s right. *
It gives us an old childhood thrill
to see the kites flying along the
Cape Fear. We’re thinking of go
ing to the five-and-dime tomorrow
and buying us a big kite complete
with 10-foot tail and several miles
of twine.
It’d be great to feel the tug of the
wind on our arm again, and to
send a paper “message” up the
string to the kite way up there
in the wild blue yonder.
But we can’t help thinking of
those Chinese kids in the dirty
doorways of Shanghai who have no
home, no regular source of food
and warmth, and—no kites.
If we do buy that kite tomorrow,
we are going to send up a “mes
sage” sure enough, with this writ
ten on it:
“Dear Lord. Kids are kids,
wherever they are. Please see to
it that the kids along the Whang
poo get everything they need, in
cluding the biggest kites in the
world.”
PROTEST COTTON PRICE
WASHINGTON, March 12.—«P)_
A protest against “reported plans
to fix cotton prices at 27 cents a
pound” was made to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, by
J. E. McDonald, Texas commis
sioner of agriculture.
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MORE ABOUT
HOOVER
FROM PAGE ONE
back of his head thoughtfully.
A moment of humor lightened
the news conference when pho
tographers asked him to “say
something” for a picture.
'I could repeat the alphabet,”
he offered helpfully, ‘‘or the
dialogue or something. But I
don’t want to stand up. That
would lead me into an oration
—and I don’t like orations.”
He went back to the subject.
“If we could only remember,” he
said, “that, in saving food to feed
other people, we are fighting in a
moral cause, the cause of Christi
anity.”
Human Life
A reporter wondered if Hoover
thought Germans and Japanese
should come at the bottom of the
food list.
"I am looking at this job from
the principle of human life,” was
the answer. “That is the only fixed
principle on which the American
people can proceed.”
The newsmen couldn’t decide
low to address him. Some said
“Mr. President.” Others, “Presi
dent Hoover.” Finally they settled
Dn plain Mr. Hoover. A watchful
aide in the corner called him
“Chief.”
His statistics finished, Hoover
looked around the room. He sighed.
“I guess that’s all I have on my
mind.”
Many People
“Chief,” said the aide, ‘‘we’d
better be getting along. You’re due
with the Secretary of State in five
minutes.”
Going down in the elevator with
women reporters, Hoover took off
his familiar, crumpled hat. A bulky
figure in his brown tweed overcoat,
he hurried off by a side door.
He looked like a man with many
people on his mind.
MORE ABOUT
FIRE BOX
FROM PAGE ONE
Gamewell company box and the
Homi-Signal Manufacturing eor
poration box.
Gamewell’s bid is $13,597.50 with
a delivery date of 120 dayi after
contract award.
The Horni bid, submitted through
the Wilmington Electric Supply
company, is $10,822.50, with a de
livery date of only 90 days after
award.
Both Boxes Used
Although Wilmington’s fire-alarm
boxes now in service are Gamewell
products, it has been pointed out by
city officials that New York, one of
the largest cities in the world and
one of the nation’s cities with the
lowest per capita fire-loss, uses the
Homi box,
5 .3|5 . ft - ; .
At today’s council meeting it is
also possible that a, council-citizeils
committee will report its findings
on Councilman J. E. L. Wade’s
proposal (that the old Bellamy
home, Fifth and Market streets,
be bought by the city and convert
ed into a public library.
The Sunday store-closing ordi
nance, said to be still under study
by City Attorney W. B. Campbell,
may not be ready for council ac
tion at today’s meeting.
MORE ABOUT
PAVED
FROM PAGE ONE
marked the detour plainly with six
teen signs, and six more are sched
uled to go up today.
The association has also informed
all motor clubs, chambers of com
merce, and hotels, both north and
south of Charleston of the new de
tour.
Aids Business Here
E. B. Bugg, manager of the Wil
mington hotel here, was more than
happy to hear the news.
“All the hotels, as well as the
service stations and merchants
here, have been fairly hard hit by
the bridge disaster,” Bugg said.
“Tourists have been by-passing
Wilmington and going farther in
land to do their north-and-south
traveling.
“The paved, plainly-marked de
tour, should bring tourists back to
this section, especially since it adds
only 38 miles to the distance from
here to Charleston.”
MORE ABOUT
MINERS
FROM PAGE ONE
tion of daily and weekly working
hours, affecting all classifications
of inside and outside employes. The
oituminous miners now receive
$63.50 for a six day, 54-hour week.
Tile basic 1941 wage agreement
now in force calls for $1 an hour
and a 35-hour week. The bargain
ing area on this demand apparent
ly would be bounded by these two
extremes.
Supervisory Adjustments
3- Adjustment of the controversy
affecting supervisory, technical
and clerical employes. The Nation
al Labor Relations board last week
listed certain supervisory occupa
tions which could be included in
Lewis’ supervisory branch of Unit
ed Mine workers. The decision may
be headed for the. Supreme Court,
but it contained the elements of a
compromise on this issue, over
which Lewis struck last October.
4. Adjustment of vacation, holi
day and severance compensation.
Last year the miners receivers $75
in lieu of vacation time-off. Tbe
current, contract provides for five
holida' ' io severence pay.
The Weather
WASHINGTON. March 12.— UP> -
Weather Bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the 24 hours sending 8
p.m. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
Station High Low Prec.
WILMINGTON _,64 40 O.OO
Asheville -_ 54 30 0.00
Atlanta _ 68 38 0.00
Atlantic City_ 46 33 0.00
Birmingham_ 70 36 0.00
Boston -47 24 o.OO
Buffalo - 61 22 0.00
Burlington- .41 17 . o.OO
ChCarlotte --—;_ 67 34 0.00
Chattanooga - 69 28 0.00
Chicago - 67 40 0.00
Cincinnati - 68 26 0 00
Cleveland - 65 30 0.00
DWallas-63 — 0.57
Denver - 46 34 o.OO
Detroit - 66 30 0.00
Duluth-1- 48 31 0.00
El Paso--- 65 50 0.00
Galveston - 64 62 0.18
Fort Worth- 63 54 0.42
Jacksonville _ 72 46 0.00
Kansas City- 68 54 o’25
Key West- 78 68 0.00
Knoxville - 70 29 0.00
Little Hock- 66 35 0.00
Los Angeles- 69 47 0.00
Louisville - 68 33 0.00
Memphis - 70 45 0 00
Meridian _ 71 33 o.OO
Mobile - 68 43 0.00
Montgomery_ 72 37 0.00
New Orleans _ 67 48 0.00
New York- 45 28 0.00
Norfolk - 61 33 0.00
Phildadelphia _ 54 25 0.00
Phoenix _ 76 42 0.00
Pittsburgh _ 64 26 0.00
Portland. Me. _ 38 15 0.00
Rcihmond _ 64 33 0.00
St. Louis _ 69 47 0.00
San Antonio_ 71 56 0.86
San Franicsco_ 58 47 0.00
Savannah___ 68 43 0.00
Seattle- 55 44 0.11
Tampa - 78 53 0.00
Vicksburg _ 66 31 0.00
Washington _ 60 30 0.00
MORE ABOUT
FARMERS
from page one
comodate about 200 transient
laborers right now, and I can
see no reason why it can’t be
expanded to accomodate a good
many more.
“Once we get the camp open, the
farmers’ worrying over the har
vesting of his spring crops will be
at an end.”
Shortly after his conference In
Raleigh, Galphin added, a meeting
of the county labor committee will
be held to complete arrangements
for the opening and expansion of
the Castle Hayne camp.
MORE ABOUT
PARADE
FROM PAGE ONE
able to us now and much too
valuable to1 the next generation
for us to risk a break-down in their
character building. They must be
helped now and not after the horse
has been stolen. . .
Strong Organization
“The Girl Scouts organization is
a good, strong, and sensible means
of training girls, and in our work
for it we must show them that we
will give them freely and plentiful
ly of our’service, our substenande,
and our support.”
The committee in charge ot ar
rangements for the parade were:
Mrs. Lucille Goldberg, Mrs. Reed
Hinnant, Mrs. W. S. Pullen, and
Mrs. J. W. Clark.
Leaders in the parade were
Margie Vander Schalie and Mary
Ann Glod; Troop No. 25, who car
ried the American and World Flags,
and Margaret Lee Formy Duval
and Betty P gg, Troop No. 13 and
16 respectively, who were color
guards.
Mrs J. S. Webb, First Deputy
Commissioner, led the scouts in the
pledge of allegiance and the scout
promises.
The “Star Spangled Banner,”
sung by .-.11 present, and “Taps”
closed the afternoon’s celebration.
MORE ABOUT
NAVY
FROM page one
"The Navy has been planning ex.
pansion of the U. S. Naval Re
serve for some time,” Commander
Collison said, ‘‘and the tentative
plans include a modern destroyer
and a ready reserve division of
about 13 officers and 200 men for
Wilmington.
“In line with the Navy’s overall
program for USNR expansion, the
destroyer and the division in Wil
mington will train perhaps several
thousand men from all over North
Carolina every year.
Project To Go Through
“Of course, the plans are still
immature, but all indications are
that the project will go through,
provided that Wilmington can fur
nish the officers and men to make
up the training division.”
Lieut. H. C. Bost, Wilmington
Port Director, said last night that
Wilmington more than likely' can
furnish them.
“Prom my observation,” Lieu
tenant Bost said, "I woud say that
13 officers and 200 men should
easily be available for the pro
gram, with quite a surplus left
over.”
APD Destroyer
According to Commander Colli
son the destroyer will probably
be a modern APD (attack person,
nel destroyer) such as served in
the war as a troop transport.
When the Navy completes its
Dlans ‘perhaps within 60 days,
Congressman Clark said), the de
stroyer and the reserve division
will train North Carolina men in
actual sea duty as well as in other
Navy
Two-week cruises aboard the de
stroyer will probably highlight the
neriod of training for each unit.
P All men thus trained will be put
into the Ready Reserves - men
ready to go into action at a mo
mTbeS program runs parallel with
the Army’s reorganization plans
for the National Guard, which may
rdace a National Guard flying
■maintenance unit at Bluethen
thal aitiield.
HARGROVE HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT
Speaks Under Auspices Of
Juaior Chamber Com
merce Group
“When the 1,000 seats in the New
Hanover High school are sold for
Friday’s lecture by Marion Har
grove, tickets will go off sale im
mediately,’” Luther Hodges, chair
man of the Hargrove committee
said last night.
Hargrove’s humorous lecture, will
begin promptly at 8 o’clock Friday
night, after his arrival here at 4
p. m. Prior to his speech and 30
minute open forum period which
follows, he will be feted by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
club, which is making his appear
ance possible.
“I Should Have Been A Soldier”
is the theme of Hargrove’s speech,
which is expected to be along the
lines of his book, “See Here Private
Hargrove.”
The Junior Chamber of the Har
grove appearance committee, is
headed by Hodges, who is being
assisted by Lloyd Dunn, in charge
of ticket sales, Clarence Moore,
publicity and Kenneth Steadman,
ushers.
MORE ABOUT
RED CROSS
FROM PAGE ONE
by the leading chairmen of the
campaign, and expressed his ap
preciation for the presence of all
workers.
O’Crowley added his thanks for
the response of the volunteer work
ers in both the men’s and wo
men’s division.
On Their Own
He told the workers “You are cn
your own, and you, and you clone
can translate the posters and stick
ers which you carry, into the cash
which the Red Cross needs.”
J. Henry Gerdes, president of
the Wilmington chapter was pres
ent, and directed the workers.
“Now that you have built the
foundation, complete your pro
gram,” he said.
Miss Katherine Olsen, Red Cross
field representative, Atlanta, was
present at the meeting, and offered
any assistance she will be able
to give the local chapter.
Recounts Hardships
Barnhill told the group of being
moved, when the Russians came
too near their prison. He recounted
the hardships they endured through
the cold Russian winter, but gave
credit to the German Army, for
supplying everything possible for
their comfort.
He said that during, and after
their flight to another prison camp,
their eating was cut in half by
their own commanding officer. This
was necessary, he said, because
of rail disruption, and the impos
sibility of the enemy to get food
through to them, even that sent
by relatives and the Red Cross.
Others Fare Worse
He said that through it all he
lost only 30 pounds in weight, how
ever, there were others who fared
worse.
The ex-prisoner of war told, too,
of his final liberation, April 29,
1945, and his mixed emotions of
sailing for home, and freedom.
Workers were given their kits,
containing all necessary material
for their campaign, which will get
into full swing among the busi
ness and industrial groups this
morning.
The women’s division started
their house-to-house canvass for
funds yesterday afternoon, after
their kick-off at 11 o’clock a. m.
MORE ABOUT
RED WRITER
FROM PAGE ONE
while they still enjoy a monoply of
new weapons.”
He continued:
Might Know Secret
“Churchill strongly likes to be
lieve and convince his audience
that such amonoply still exists.
This sentence, written in paren
thesis, was taken as the latest of a
series of implications that Russia
vas working on the atom bomb
techniques and might know the
secret.
Tarle summarized Russian policy
as follows:
“We will not permit a repetition
of 1941 and will not tolerate even
the mildest preparations for an at
tack on our frontiers. It is well
kknown:
"1—That the Soviet Union is not
trying to attain world mystery, as
Churchill accuses though he him
self does not believe such nonsense.
But we also know that the Soviet
Union has firmly decided to tight
ly secure all its borders and
Will Not Be Intimidated
“2—In fulfilling this legitimate
necessary task it will not be inti
midated by any threats, any f'oxi
ness, any brandishing of new single
type or variegated weapons and
will continue to go its way straight.
!y without coveting other people’s
interests and at the same time not
compromising its own interests.’’
MORE ABOUT
LIPPMAN
FROM PAGE ONE
mount consideration here and
abroad, avowed or unavowed, in
all policy, domestic as well as
diplomatic and military, will be
in effect the preparation for war.
For we shall be on the slippery
downward slope, on which it is
increasingly difficult to stop, where
at the bottom there is world-wide
international and civil war.
* * *
It is evident that the United
States is not able alone to decide
the issue of war or peace. At the
best the United States can only
control its 0wn actions with a view
to influencing the actions of other
governments. But the chances of
peace, such as they are, now de
pend primarily upon the capacity
of the United States to exert its
power and influence at this critical
and dangerous point in interna
tional affairs. If for any of many
reasons—because of our own in
ertia and inexperience or because
of intervention from abroad—we
fail t0 manage our own participa
tion, there will remain no likeli
hood of a peaceable settlement.
There will then be no no'""*
.mong the powers, no*. ^
-ne making 0f peace ♦ 10 ^ch
n importance the
creation 0f empire. The ' Cr 'it
and stabilizing influe
only great power which i?£ ''"e
special vested interest • hss no
and in Asia will have k.Eur°S«
counted, nullified a-d ^ ^
Nothing, therefore is 1S!1i*aH
diately urgent as to rraf!
tain and manifest in »h 6 !t t?r'
of the nations, in the u n T*h
alongside of it, that thp ‘ >*|
ent judgement a id iUativ
country have net b«n£
nounced. If that is not h °r *
basis of a negotiated d°",e' ^
between the Soviet L’ri Se tierr.':i
other p0wers
successfully negotiated settuJ5’
°f the inflict between Sw?!*
Union and China, the Soviet t V!(t
and the British' Empi ‘ th ^
dependent presence of the U *'
States is indispensable If , **
Churchill has proposed !l
nounce an independent’ J *
S enter a coalition against the
Union, there will not be a . 1,1
dated settlement. There will f80,
best a truce, an armistice bef0! !i
war, which will last only a, i !
as the race of armarnl ,V 0SJ
tiie deadly political com^thf
throughout Europe and if®
which it must and will inaUguta?:
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, SUFFERERS ■
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disappointment, you ill '•
to heed a Dentist's sincere , •
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forget you are wearing false tee^
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a weak-bodied, low efficieB""
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by their manufacturers but ven
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joy of living normally
SAUNDER’S DRUG STORE 5
N. Front St. ’
Everybody wants goods.
Manufacturers want to make them
for you.
Yet months after the war’s end, you
still find it difficult to get many of the
things you want and should have.
So, isn’t this the time for all of us to
take stock ... to learn a lesson ... to
find out, if we can, what will cure the
troubles we are having and prevent
their recurrence?
Let’s look ahead and agree on a
program that will insure the full pro
duction everybody agrees is the real
answer to most of our problems.
Suppose we begin by taking a good
look at three roadblocks to prosperity...
STRIKES
Whatever their justice or injustice,
strikes paralyze production, force
people to use up their savings, and
result in losses that can never be made
up.
PRICE CEILINGS
PuL production isn’t possible when
industry suffers losses because of ris
ing costs and frozen prices. Price
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ceilings limit production — goods
just don’t get made.
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
Continued huge government spending
means continued high taxes. High
taxes discourage production, hinder
the creation of jobs, and leave you
less to spend.
ISN'T THIS THE WAY?
The people, through Congress, can
remove these roadblocks in the long*
range interests of all.;;
By establishing a labor policy that
will treat labor and management
exactly alike, and above all be fc.ir to
the public;
By removing the shackles of price
control on manufactured goods;
By cutting down on government
spending now and balancing the
Federal budget by the 1947 fiscal year
at a level of income and outgo that
taxpayers can stand.
Bo you believe this program is in
the public interest?.
Your Representatives in Congress »
are the only ones that can put it into
effect. Tell them how you feel about it.
NATIONAL association of manufacturers
FOR A BETTER tomorrow for everybody