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FORECAST 4 4 ^ ^ , Served By Leased Wires gpn== umtmpmt flwnnmuj snar WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1945 ' ESTABLISHED 1867^ JEWS ATTACK GUARD BASE IN HOLY CITY JERUSALEM, Nov. 25-(/P) - ■c-h Airborne troops surrounded Br!‘“ r„wish settlements and or *3 a curfew along a large sec oer the Palestinian coast to fc® 'after a "party of armed tlglt" had attacked two Coast Guard stations and wounded 14 PThCe6'disorders were believed to t "Lected with the capture yes be, ‘ 0f the Greek motor schoon brought 200 “egal Jewish immigrants to the Palestine coast. . Troops or the Sixth Airborne Di ridon were thrown around the Tpw’Sh settlements of Givath H im Rishbon and Shefayin. A representative of the local council. Givath Haim threatened to re sist any attempt to search the set ‘’jnvisii sources at Shefayin re ported their leaders were m con ference with the British seeking ;‘prevent a search of that colony. •We have nothing to do with last night’s attacks and we will resist any military or police searches ml our settlement,))the Jewish spokes man at Givath Haim told the Brit ish commander. The Coast Guard stations at Givat Olga and Sidna were badly wrecked in the attacks, a British communique said. An unexplodod bomb was found in the Sidna build ing after the raid. There were indications that the attackers suffered heavy casual ties. They left behind widespread traces of blood and a number of bloodstained band ages. The wounded police included six Brit ish members of the Palestinian police force and eight Palestinians. (An Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Cairo said that “riots broke out in Palestine this after noon. The dispatch quoted in formation telephoned from Tel Aviv to the effect that clashes had occurred there “between police and Jews.”) The curfew was ordered by Maj. Gen. A. L. Bols, British military commander of the civil district of (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) Auto Workers, Wives Set For Long Strike Siege __M '_ PRESIDENT PAYS VISIT TO MOTHER Chief Executive Flies To Missouri Home, Back On Sunday GRANDVIEW, Mo., Nov. 25.—(TP) _ Quietly slipping away from the White House today, Harry S. Tru man, a Missouri farm boy who grew up to be President of the United States, flew more than a thousand miles to wish his 93-year old mother “Happy Birthday” in person. The chief executive boarded the Presidential plane, “The Sacred Cow" at 828 a.m. (EST) this morn ning in Washington for a quick surpirse trip to Grandview, where he spent two hours with his mo ther on her birthday anniversary. rr. _a — £1 Veil IV11£>. ixuuiau auu President's sister, Miss Mary Jane T.uman, didn't learn of the intend ed visit until after the huge C-54 left the Washington airport. Washington didn’t learn of the President’s departure until Char les G. Ross, press secretary, short ly before 5 p.m. (EST) in response to a query based on an Associat ed Press bulletin, announced that the President was already on his "ay back to the capital. Veteran WTiite House correspon dents couldn't recall when a Presi dent had traveled so far from the capital without some sort of advance press arrangements. Serenely unaware of the un precedented action of her famous son, "Mother" Truman rejoiced in having her "Harry" home for the Quiet anniversary celebration. Miss Mary prepared lunch, Mr. Truman read several birth hay greetings from friends to his mother and chatted about homey affairs. President Truman commented •More his plane left the Grand view airport at 3:15 p.m. (CST) flat his mother was “tickled to With by his surprise visit, add 1D“ aker a pause that he was too. Mi Truman explained that the ■eather was fine when he woke !n Washington this morning r "e decided it would be ? good day to fly home. Yesterday in Grandview Mrs. hoD(Haio,had told reP°rters she , P d,‘hat. busy son would on h tirne :for a telephone call Cn ‘tor birthday. Crahn°I!ly b,efore the President left lewk for Washington he (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) WEATHER (E'lar"". stan*!nrd Time) Meteorologica5’, ^at^r Bur'a“> Hiding 7."ns‘cal uata 'or the 24 hours P.m yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 P.mm'of: 7:30 ajn- 38> 1:30 p.m. 53; 60; Mil,imuni 35; Mean 42; Humidity ,;M 7'30 s'm 83: 1:30 p.m. 32; Total for Pr":ipitation ® inchc.-. hcurs e»dmg 7:30 p.m.— *-35 inches'' tnc !irst 0 fthe month— ,.,Fr°m tj'fe F°r Today L' s- Coast andCrTa?leS Pub'ishd<i b5 ->'4 Geodetic Survey), "“mington H'3h Low 3:00 a.m. 10:06 a.m Masonboro 3:27 P-m. 10:46 p.m In,ct - ;09 a.m. 7:03 S.m 5anrise g.„, _ 1:33 p.m. 7 :43p .m ' p. : Moonset tmo"5®1 5;04; Moonris' 8Rutr Stage a, K p:m 8 *■'»■ tno^eport,3^*1110- N' C- ‘ Clintlaued o„ Page Three; Col 3 By ALLEN V, DOWLING United Press Staff Correspondent DETROIT, Nov. 25—Striking members of the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) marshaled all their forces, including their wives, tonight for a long seige against General Motors Corpora tion. As the strike went into its first week-end, there were these devel opments: 1. Leaders of the union met to discuss strike strategy and to pre pare for a meeting of the UAW executive board tomorrow and Tuesday. 2. Members of the Union’s wom en’s auxiliaries met to plan their part .in the strike. Their main job will be to operate soup kitchens for members of the picket lines. Only nominal picket lines were maintained at 93 GM plants across the country today. The pickets were expected to be out in force tomorrow to support their strike for a 30 per cent pay boost from the nation’s biggest corporation. Developments expected in the strike tomorrow are: 1. A request from the union to the company for a resumption of the wage negotiations which were broken off by the start of the strike last Wednesday. 2. .The deliverance to both com pany and union of an invitation (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) TOO MANY DRUNKS TEXAN CHARGES WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—(U.R)— Rep. Sam M. Russell, D., Tex., said tonight there are entirely too many drunks on railroad trains and he intends to do something about it “so that decent people may travel in peace and safety.” “I traveled first class from St. Louis recently and it was piti ful,” he said. About half of the men on the car were drunk—many of them young servicemen. To a decent man, it was disgusting. And these drunks are a menace to the public safety.'’ Russell has introduced a bill at the request of the Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union to make the railroads liable for in juries resulting from drinking on trains. He said he intends to push the measure and that he will ask the House Interstate Commerce committee to begin hearings on it right after the first of the year. “The WCTU has received reports that drunks on southwest trains (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) Austria Quiet On First Election Day In 15 Years VIENNA, Nov. 25. — Ufl — Th< Socialist party on the basis o early unofficial returns receivec a heavy vote in the capital cit; of Vienna today in Austria’s firs free elections in 15 years. No incidents were reported a the country voted for 165 member of the National Assembly and 40 members of provincial Assemblies Observers had said the main con test for control of the Assemblie would be between the Sociabs party and the Volkspartei, whicl is regarded as very strong in th provinces. The Socialists, led b, Premier Karl Renner, are regard ; ed as middle-of-the roaders;_ th Volkspartei, the right wing, an the Communists the left. (The Graz Radio said tonign that 80 per cent of eligible voter : in the country cast ballots, with : more than 90 per cent turning out 1 in Vienna. In rural areas Allied • occupation force trucks carried : voters tc polling centers. Election results will be announced tomor ; row, the radio added.) > Vienna voted quietly and there 1 were longer lines before movie . houses than polling places. The - streets were littered with hand > bills given out by the contending t parties in last-minute exhortations, ) The last opportunity Austrians ; had to participate in an election r was foiled by the Nazi occupation - of the country. Chancellor Kur1 i Schuschnigg on March 9, 1938 call 1 ed for a plebiscite to determine whether the country wished to re l main independent of Germany, bu s Hitler moved in two days later. r \ CHILD DIES BEFORE SANTA COULD REACH HER SAVANNAH HOME SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 25— (JP)— Christmas — even Christ mas a month in advance—was too late for little Lois Sue Car ter, three and a half years old. Today was to have been Christmas for Lois Sue—be cause the doctors were afraid she wouldn’t live unfit Dec. 25. Each day she had been grow ing more listless. The Savannah newspapers carried a story about Lois Sue—how her illness had been diagnosed as leukemia, a dis order for which medical science can do little if anything. The child, lively and happy until recently, grew progres sively worse. She didn’t seem to want to play with other child ren—not even with her two year-old brother. Several department stores and other organizations ar ranged to surprise Lois Sue with a Christmas—Santa Claus and all—today. It didn’t come off. Little Lois Sue died during the night. GOERING LAWYER SEEKS LINDBERGH Dr. Otto Stahmer Wants Him Called As Nuern berg Witness LONDON, Nov. 23—(U.R)— The Exchange Telegraph Agency re ported tonight from Nuernberg that Dr. Otto Stahmer, defense counsel for Hermann Goering, in tended to ask that Charles A. Lindbergh be called as a witness in the Nuernberg war criminals trial. The dispatch said that Stahmer did not disclose the nature of testi mony he would seek from Lind bergh. Lindbergh visited Germany as well as other European countries in 1938 and, after seeing German aircraft factories and the then growing Lutwaffe. was quoted as saying the German air fleet could defeat. the combined British, French, Czechoslovak and Rus sian air forces. Lindbergh was severely criti cized for the statement, particu larly by Soviet newspapers which charged he was a member of the so-called “Cliveden” appease ment set. While in Berlin, Lindbergh was presented with the Service Cross of the order of the German Eagle with star. The order was created to honor distinguished foreigners. He was criticized both at home and abroad for accepting the de coration. The medal was presented by Hermann Goering, then German Air Minister, at a stag dinner given by Hugh R. Wilson, U. S. Ambassador, Oct. 18, 1938. Lindbergh resigned his Colonel’s commission in the U. S. Army Air Corps reserve in April, 1941, be cause he was offended over re marks made at a press confer ence by the late President Roose velt. The President had placed Lindbergh in the category of de featists and appeasers and liken ed such people to the copperheads of the American civil war. MARGARINE MAKERS DEMAND REPEAL OF “UNAMERICAN” TAX WASHINGTON, Nov. 25—(IP) — Paul T. Truitt, president of the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers, today demanded that “UnAmerican taxes and li cense fees” imposed on the indus try, be repealed by Congress and the State legislatures. In a statement in which he said the margarine makers welcome the end of margarine rationing, Truitt added: “Today margarine seeks to serve the public, in the tradition of free competition in the food field even though it is restrained by harsh taxes—unjust license fees im posed c 1 manufacturers, whole salers and retailers—and the bur den of coloring laid on American housewives.” British Blast Main Indonesian mdio Stations; Soviet Reported ^Making New Demands On China - *•-------;_x - Communists Claim Bases Being Held FOR NATIONALISTS Observers Believe Russia Seeks Joint Manchuria Ownership BY SPENCER MOOSA Associated Press Staff Correspondent CHUNGKING, Nov. 25. — (/P) — The Chinese Communists said to day that Soviet forces were hold ing key cities in Manchuria until Chinese Nationalist* could arrive to take' control, but the Chung king press asserted that the Rus sians were making new demands as the price of such aid. The extent to which Generalis simo Chiang Kai-shek might have to accede to Russia in order to win part control over Manchuria for his Central government rather than for the Communists was occasion ing conjecture here. Some observer* expressed be over Manchuria. lief ’that it might entail virtual joint Chinese - Russian dominion Regardless of these reports, Na tionalist papers indicated that gov ernment forces were progressing steadily with their thrust* into Manchuria, announcing the capture intact of Hulutao on Thursday night, thus opening au sealine in^u the rich territory, which is a dis puted heritage of the Japanese surrender. The papers said another govern ment force had “reached” Chinhsi en, 100 miles inside Manchuria, where the Communists earlier had predicted “the first real battle” for Manchuria. Demands which the China Times alleged— v. ithout confirmation — were presented to China by Russia beyond the scope of the Chinese Russian treaty included: 1. Chinese-Russian development of the important Anshan iron and coal mines of Manchuria. 2. Russian navigation rights on the Sungari rivet- of northern (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) GEN. PATCH BURIED WITH FULL HONORS WEST POINT, N. Y„ Nov. 25. — (JP) —Funeral services for Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Jr., Fourth Army commander, were held today at the old cadet chapel at the United States Military Academy. Chaplain John B. Walthour con ducted the services. Burial was in the West Point cemetery with a firing squad and color guard from the infantry detachment at the Acadamy participating. Secretary of War Robert P. Pat terson, General Jacob L. Devers, commander of the Army ground forces, and 13 of Patch’s classmates in the West Point class of 1913 attended the services. Among the personal party which arr'ved today by plane from San Antonio, Texas, were the General’s widow, Mrs. A. M. Patch, Jr., Capt. and Mrs. C. M. Drummond, his son-in-law and daughter; Maj. Gen. Joseph U. Patch, of Washington, D. C., his brother, and Mrs. A. M. Patch, 3rd, widow of the General’s son, who was killed in France last year. The ashes of the late General were flown here yesterday from San Antonio, where he died Wed nesday night of pneumonia. Active pallbearers at the funeral included six enlisted men who served under Patch with the Seventh Army in Eqrope and now are stationed at the Academy. loci SHOPPING i IHBhUMSUIiHIIIUUBHbm | Ancient Automobiles Race Again In Chicago Timer Patrick Buttram and Starter Joseph Kelly prepare to start the "race” of these ancient automobiles at Chicago in commemoration of the nation’s first motor car race 50 years ago. Miss Barbara Lohr, driving a 1910 model Sears c^r, carried off the' honors. She was first to*complete the 54-mile course at speeds ranging between 11 and 16 miles per hour. (AP Wirephoto). Leaders Fear Stiff Anti-Labor Laws; Shidehara Prepares “Beveridge Plan ” - *• Social Insurance Law De signed To Appease Jap Veterans By MILES W. VAUGHN United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Nov. 25—The Japanese cabinet is hurriedly preparing a widespread social insurance plan— a Japanese “Beveridge Plan”—de signed t° prevent possible disturb ances by war veterans when Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s directive terminating payment of discharge allowances or service pensions be comes effective Feb. 1, it was learned tonight. Halting annual payment of bil lions of Yen to military men of all ranks was one of the points in MacArthur’s sweeping financial reforms directive issued yesterday to convince the Japanese that “war does not pay.” Under it, the government is directed to re capture by heavy taxation war profits extending back to 1930 and cease payment of war indemnities in another move to help distribute the wealth more equitably. It was learned that ' Premier Baron Kijuro Shidehara visited MacArthur on Saturday and ex plained at great length the gov ernment’s fear that the gravest unrest and the spread of Com munism would result from the can cellation of the pension without compensating factors. Under the directive all pensions and dis charge payments cease for all ex cept those men with physical dis abilities that would limit their ability to work. After the meeting, MacArthur was reported to have agreed to postpone the pension cancellation until February 1. ->■, During the interim Shidehara will attempt to formulate a gen eral national social insurance pro gram which would guarantee needy veterans and other persons against want. Meanwhile, observers noted that MacArthur times a number of otri er announcements for release with the pension cancellation, all Of which will tend to minimize the shock of the cancellations and con (Continued on Pate Three: Col. 5) DR. ELLIOTT RENEWS APPEAL FOR RETURN OF FOUR PARAKEETS Dr. A. H. Elliot, city-county health officer, last night re peated an urgent request th't the owners of the remaining two pairs of parakeets, part of a shipment suspected of being infected with psittacosis, bring the birds to the city-county health office or McLellan’s store. The birds, of which two have been recovered, were sold by the loal store early in Novem ber, and may be infected by the dread parrot feve_ which can be contracted by humans. Dr. Elliot said that the man ager of McLellan’s here had , advised that the purchase price of the birds would be refund ed by the store. Expert Electrician Stops Bulb Snatching WAYNESBORO, Nov. 25.— (/P) A resourceful electrician had stopped the theft of elec tric light bulbs from the cross over-looking the Lake Juna luska Methodist assembly grounds. After 32 bulbs were stolen one night from the cross, the electrician rigged up a device to stop the thefts. Several nights after the device was fit ted on the cross, a night watch man reported that a man drove up in a car and climbed the cement foundation. As soon as he attempted to remove one of the bulbs, he was knocked to the ground. There have been no more thefts. POLICEMAN FINDS BODY IN DRIVEWAY NEW -YORK, Nov. 25—®— The body of New York’s latest murder victim was found today in the driveway of a. policeman’s home, apparently dragged there by the slayers after they had strangled the victim with his own necktie and stabbed him in the neck. Patrolman Jacob Berberich dis covered the body as he walked from his Bronx house to hjs gar. age shortly after 9 a. m. The unidentified victim was the 68th person to- die a violent death in the city in the last 76' days. It was the: major crime in a 24-hour period that included' the beating of a policeman by a man he was .ar resting, the stabbing of a sailor during an altercation on a street car and at least, three holdups; '" Police said' they believed the body had been dragged to the driveway about three hours, be fore it was discovered. The Ber (Continued pn Page Three; Col. 6) (■ - Vote On Two Measures To Regulate Unions Due Next Week WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. — (A5)— House leaders expressed lear to day that Congress will pass stifi anti-labor legislation if major strikes continue. They said they have blocked for at least a week a vote on two far-reaching . bills to regulate unions, but that they doubt if ac tion can be delayed much longer. “We have succeeded in postpon ing > a .vote, but only until next week,” Chairman Sabath (D-Ill.) of the Rules committee told a re po ' r. e ought to wait longer, so we can legislate wisely and sensibly. With emotions running so high harmful and dangerous laws may be passed.” Likewise, House Democratic Leader McCormcjk, (Mass.) said in an interview that “there is dan ger Congress will pass vicious anti labor legislation if strife and unrest remains .acute.” The two measures awaiting action were approved last Wednesday by the Rules group, despite protests oi Sabath and other administrator spokesmen that they would “stab labor in the back.” Supporters of the legislation—in cluding such key figures as Chair man May (D-Ky) of the Military committee and Minority party wh'p Arends (R-Ill)— argued, how ever, that the time has come for Congress to “crack down” on irres ponsible elements. They said labor and unions, generally, would not be harmed by the action. One bill, approved previously by the Military committee,.would: ; L Take away for a year the col lective bargaining rights of any union striking in violation of no strike agreements. 2. Make unions liable for civil damages. 3. Ban un'oijs from assessing members for political contributions ! iri a national primary, election or (Continued on Page Three; CoJ. 5) Mysterious Gold Hoard May Furnish Murder Clue HY E. V. w; JONES Associate^ Press Staff; Correspondent NASSAU, Bahama*; Nov. 25—W —A mysterious hoard of gold' found in a cave on a Bahamian island has been: investigated a* a clue in the murder of Sir . Harry Oakes, Col. F. G. Lancaster, com missioner of colonial- police, re ported today. . . ; . The investigation of the murder is being ‘‘pursued whenever a clue arises,” he added. It is not a dead case.” Sir Harry Oakes’ burned arid beaten body was found in bed at Westbourne, his home which ad joined the Nassau. Country Club, the morning of July 8, 1943. Oakes’ son-in-law, Alfred De Marignfy, was tried and acquitted, but order ed off the island. Sir Harry made his fortune as a bigtime gold miner, and reports arose-persistently that a chest of gold coins disappeared from West bourne the night of his death. Soon afterward, a cache of gold coins was discovered in a cave near Georgetown, on Great Exuma is land. A hundred miles southeast *f Nas<hu. The finders turned in to the gov arnment some $2,500 which was ;aken over as a treasure trove, the oldest coins were dated 1853 ind the newest 1907, removing any possibility that they were some dead pirate’s loot. This Associated Press reporter IContinued on Page Three; Col. 2) ■ / !S . i ’ ■ Nationalist Army Starts New Attacks FIGHTING RAGES Insurrection Spreads T o Five Points Across Central Java By JOHN BOWER United Press Staff Correspondent BATAVIA, Nov. 25-Indonesian Nationalists opened an attack in Bandoeng, summer capital of Java, today and British rocket-fir ing warplanes blasted the two mam Indonesian propaganda rauiu stations in central Java. Fighting raged at five points across 425 miles of Java—Batavia, Bandoeng, Semarang, Ambarawa and Soerbaja. British military authorities were reported to have decided on a course of “strong action’’ as the re sult of atrocities committed upon British troops by Indonesian Ex tremists fighting a return of Dutch rule to the Netherlands Indies. “Thirty to forty Indonesians were killed in the opening skirm ishes in and around Bandoeng, 75 miles southeast of Batavia, dis patches reported. Armed bands of young Indonesians were reported roaming the northern half of the city. Road blocks were set up on the outskirts by the rebels. The Indonesian casualties were inflicted' whon both British and Japanese troops went into action. Eleven Japanese mere killed and four wounded in early morning skirmishes throughout the city. The Indonesian outbreaks started at midnight Saturday. At one point groups of armed In donesians attempted to attack Japanese guards and at another they looted houses, threatening civilians with death if they inter fered. After a long discussion of mili tary and political factors, British military authorities decided to <ie stroy the radio stations at Soerak arta, 50 miles southeast of embat. tied Semarang, and Jogjakarta, 55 miles south of Semarang. The de cision was made because the Brit ish learned Extremist leaders were planning to launch a new propa ganda barrage this morning calling for a general uprising against all Allied forces in Java. Two Mosquito light bombers, each carrying eight rockets, at tacked each station and then strafed the buildings with can non. An hour before the attacks, leaflets were dropped warning civ ilians to evacuate areas around the stations. The leaflets said, “these stations are being used by irresponsible persons to broadcast false news and incite the people and, therefore, are going to be de stroyed.” The Aneta News Agency quoted returning pilots as saying both sta (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) FIRE WipesF r SEEDCORN -ANT BALTIMORE, Nov. 25—m—The new seed corn plant of the »outh ern states cooperative and 50,000 bushels of farmers’ corn, soybeans, ted clover and alfalfa were de troyed in a six-alarm fire today. An official of the company who asked that his name not be used estimated the damage at between $800,000 and $1,000,000. Thirty-four engine companies, ten truck companies, two fire boats, one high pressure unit and nn/a u;ator tnuier urnro ! fight the fire. Chief Engineer Howard Travers said firemen weie forced to abandon their lines and retreat from the buildings three times as large sections of wall col lapsed. It was three and a half hours be fore the fi#re was under control. Then only a portion of one corner of the seven-story structure—built last September at a cost of $650, 000 for drying grain—was still standing. Flames, feeding on the thousands of bushels of grain, shot 250 feet above the building. Some hose lines had to be laid for distance of 2,000 to 3,000 feet. “The building was doomed by the time the first engine company reached the scene,” Chief Travers said, “and our efforts were di rected primarily to averting its spread to nearby structures.” The plant was located on Fort Avenue, in South Baltimore.
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