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WEATHER ^.i i flips THE SUNI^iUilR'NEWS —-ZI^HZ_ ^tme ^©et ©aw @e ^©©isiggs amb> iPiuEAgiuiiaE^a ' \0L. 18.—NO. 47. ___WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1946. _SECTION-A Bevin Wants British Vote Of Confidence Overwhelming Majority Expected To Support Him In New York Talks URGENT DEMAND Commons Debate On Rebel labor Amendment Sched uled For Monday LONDON. Nov. 16. — ( R) — Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has demanded—and will get a vote of confidence Monday when Commons debates a rebel labor amendment providing for a recast of British foreign policy, reliable sources said today. The vote of confidence is ex pected to give Bevin an overwhelm ing majority to support him in his Kew York discussions at the .Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers and the United Nations General Assembly. Some political observers believe also it may disintegrate the 54 man rebel labor bloc before the time of voting comes, for none of the dissidents would willingly vote against the Labor government with which they were swept into power more than a year ago. Bevin’s urgent demand for a vote of confidence was made in a tele phone conversation from New York with Prime Minister Clement Att lee. in London. As a result, the government now will turn the protest of the back bench labor rebels back upon themselves by forcing them to re pudiate their segmental protest of foreign policy or vote against the labor government as a whole. The fact that the 54 back bench rebels will be in the limelight when ihe vote comes also will tend to prevent them from disappearing into the lobbies just before the vote comes. The conservatives must decide either to vote for the government to show the world that Britain is united in foreign affairs or to abstain on grounds that the rift is purely an inter-labor fight. The first alternative appeared more likely. GOLDSBORO BAND TO PARADE HERE Comedy Outfit Rounds Out List Of Five Participants In FaL Ceremonial A comedy band sponsored by the Goldsboro Shriners club will be the fifth participant in the Shrine’s Parade of Bands at Sudan Tem ple's Fall ceremonial in Wilming ton, Nov. 20-21. The Goldsboro club’s novelty at traction will be in addition to the parade and performance of the New Hanover High school band, the Sudan Shrine band, the New (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) BULLETIN BECKLEY, W. Va., Nov. 16. —CU.R)—W. A. Thornhill, Jr., defeated democratic candidate for a seat in West Virginia’s state senate, surrendered to police ton'ght and posted $2,500 bond for his appearance at a preliminary hearing on charges of breaking and entering a vault in the Raleigh county commissioner’s office and re moving ballots from six per cincts. city police reported. ONE TOO MANY BEYROUTH, Levant States, Nov. 16—(U.R)—Ahmad Zehran said today that a report that his 25 year-old wife Fatima had present ed him with quintuplets was a typographical error. Actually, he said, she gave birth to triplets vn,ch was bad enough. Elliott And Faye Arrive In Russia Son of the late president of the United States Elliott Roosevelt and his wife, Faye Emerson Roosevelt, are greeted on their ar rival in Moscow by a member of the Russian Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. The greeter, who is unidentified, presented the film actress with a bouquet of flowers. (Internation al Radiophoto) Major Chinese Drive On Red Capital Seen _ w Communists Rush Women And Children To Hills; Death Fight Looms By JOHN RODERICK YENAN, Nov. 14.— (Delayed) — WP)—Chinese Communists rushed their women and children to the hills today and vowed to defend this headquarters city to the death against a government onslaught which they predicted in 10 to 14 days. As I arrived from Peiping aboard an American Army trans port plane, air raid sirens wailed a warning against a government P-38 lightning reconnaissance craft, which methodically circled high overhead. (The Yenan radio, which trans mitted this dispatch for Roderick | said his trip from the airfield to the city was delayed more than two hours by alarms caused by government observation planes.) Government authorities in Nank ing have repeatedly denied plans to assault Yenan, but a Commun ist spokesman said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s armies were massing in great strength for an imminent four-way attack which will mark a crisis in the civil war. This spokesman, Yang Shan Kun, general secretary of the Eighth Route Army, said 100,000 to 150,000 of the best government troops were moving into position 60 to 100 miles from Yenan. The first, 27th and 90th armies under Gen. Hu Tsung-Nan already have crossed the Yellow river from Shansi in Shensi province with their vanguard at Ichwan, 67 miles southeast of Yenan, he said. Another government force is at Lochwan, 60 miles south of Yenan and another is being flown to the Yulin area 110 miles north of Yen an, the spokesman said. Russians Turn Dairen Over To Chinese Reds PEIPING, China, Nov. 16—(U.R)— Russian Troops have evacuated the main Manchurian port of Dairen and has turned all facilities over to the Chinese communists, an authoritative Soviet source re ported today. This source said the Soviet troops had been transferred to Port' Arthur, on the tip of the Kwan tung peninsula 30 miles southwest, and not one Soviet soldier or of ficial remains in Dairen. Partisan Remnants Are Fleeing Greece -* SALONIKA, Nov. 16 — (A*) — A Third Army intelligence officer said remnants of a partisan force of 1,000 which attacked Skra were Peeing toward the Yugoslav bor der today to join their comrades who escaped into that country aft- ^ er a bloody attack on the moun tain village only six miles from the frontier._____. ■—Top Football Scoves ' Georgia 41, Auburn £>. North Carolina 26, Wake Forest 14. North Carolina State 27, Virginia 7. ”oke 39, South Carolina 0. 34, Penn 7. “'inessee 13, Boston Col lege 13 Jenn State 12. Navv 7. ^tre Dame 27, North Western 0. Georgia Tech 35, Tulane 7. H'inois 16, Ohio State 7. Clemson 20, Furman 6. Cornell 21, Dartmouth 7. William and Mary 20, George Washington 0. Michigan State 20, Mar quette 0. Alabama 12, Vanderbilt 7. Texas Christian 14, Texas 0. Oklahoma 27, Missouri 6. Rice 27, Texas A & M 10. Columbia 46, Lafayette 0. Michigan 28, Wisconsin 6. ( Continued-'on Page Nine; Col. 6) Scrap Paper Drive Will Be Held Today The Senior fraternity of the Brigade Boys’ club will collect scrap paper from Wilmington residents today with a goal of 100,000 pounds set by the or ganization. Funds realized from the campaign w'ill be usejd for the purchase of additional kitchen equipment and a new piano for the club. N. J. Kelly, president of the Senior fraternity, yesterday appealed to the public to place bundles of papers and old magazines in front of their homes by 9 a.m. for collection. He said Wilmington, Wriglits ville, and Harbor Island all were routed in the drive. WATERWAY LINE PLANS SERVICE Norfolk, Baltimore And Carolina Steamship Line To Resume Shipping Resumption of Norfolk, Balti more and Carolina Steamship lines inland waterway service will begin Nov. 19 into Wilmington, when the first ship of that line passes through this city enroute to Charleston, H. E. Boyd, executive agent of the Wilmington Port-Traf fic association, said last night. The ship, which will carry a load of general cargo, left Baltimore at 12:01 a.m. yesterday, Boyd report ed. A 23 per cent decrease over rail road rates was forecast by Boyd with the resumption of water serv ices. He said the lessened rates would apply on a port to port basis. “Cooperating with truck lines in (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) Higher Teacher Pay Increase Is Favored CHARLOTTE,’ Nov. 16.—OR)—A salary schedule for state teachers higher than the twenty per cent minimum plan recommended by the North Carolina Education as sociation was favored by delegates to the South Piedmont district here today. About 125 teachers were present. Tl*e meeting appointed a com mittee, headed by R. L. Fritz, Jr., of Hudson, to contact Claude Grigg, NCEA vice president and legislative committee chairman, relative to the higher-level pay schedule. The group also suggested that a statewide meeting be called to consider its recommendations. Big Five Plan Private^ alk On WM* Briti of Af Attack K o^/^tJse Of • » * / wers PARLEY MONDAY Strong Nations Stand Firm Against Move To Change U. N. Charter LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov. 16. —(JP)—Great Britain today leveled a strong attack against Russia’s use of the veto as preparations went ahead for a meeting of the Big Five powers called to try for a private agreement on modifica tion of the much-debated voting power. In assailing the Soviet tactics, the British stood firm with the other four major powers against chang ing the charter as demanded by small nations but welcomed a chance to get the issue temporarily out of the hands of the general as sembly. Philip Noel-BaKer, British dele gate, said Russia’s position re minded him of the mother who said “everybody is out of step but my Johnny,” and then added sharply: “There could have been unani mity on nearly every occasion if our Soviet colleague had desired unanimity.” He then asked: “What is unani mity—is it really the right of one to stop all action by anyone with whom he does not agree?” The British delegate spoke before the United Nations Assembly’s 51 nation political committee after France moved to suspend the de bate pending the Big Five meet ing. British sources reiterated that the session would be held on Mon day in New York regardless of ac tion on the French plan and de clared assurances to attend had been received from all principals, including Soviet Foreign Minister V.' M. Molotov. These sources said British For eign Secretary Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, China’s Wellington Koo and French Delegate Alexander Parodi were expected to attend the meet ing along with Molotov. A vote on the French proposal, which drew no apparent opposition j in the debate, was put off until 1 Monday when three speakers re mained on the list at the end of today’s committee meeting. Temporary closing of the discus (Continued on Page Five; Col. 5) 11 Victims Located In California Crash BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 16— (JP) —All of the 11 persons aboard a Western Airlines plane which crash ed Wednesday against the peak of White mountain are dead, a radio message from the rescue party said tonight. Seven of nine searchers who reached the wreckage late today returned to camp at the base of the mountain and radioed the sheriff’s office: “Reached Scene. All bodies burned. Death instantaneous.” The other two members of the searching party made camp and prepared to spend the night at the scene, near the snow-covered top of the 6,000 foot peak. The rescuers reported they were unable to carry the bodies down tonight because of the rugged ter rain. PERJURY CHARGES SOUGHT WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - UP) — Two former Nazi diplomats are to appear before a Federal grand jury here Tuesday. The Justice de partment announced tonight, in proceedings in which the govern or e n t seeks perjury indictments against two witnesses in the 1944 mass sedition case. SOFT COAL SUPPLY FROZEN, LEWIS SILENT GN CHALLENGE; ANTI- LABOR WAR STIRS CIO FURTHER SPLIT 1 RECOGNIZED Murray Discloses Group Working For Harmony With Organization ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 17. —(/P)—The CIO, acting on an as sumption that big business has “declared war’’ on it, was making a determined effort today to get its own house in order. Existence of a division between the CIO’s “right wing’’ and “left wing’’ was recognized more bluntly than ever before by the CIO leader ship as they prepared for the CIO convention which opens Monday. President Philip Murray, regard ed as virtually certain to accept re-election, acknowledged today in a “brief news conference the ex istence of a special CIO committee which is working on harmony. Other leaders have disclosed that it has six members, equally divided between the right and left wings. It was learned that Murray told the executive board yesterday in emphatic terms that CIO unions will meet strong resistance this winter in their fight for a second post-war round of wage increases. Other present at the meeting said Murray referred specifically to re cent utterances of Alfred P. Sloan, board chairman of General Motors and that Murray interpreted such utterances as a “declaration of war.” Sloan’s most recent speech was November 13 in Chicago when he told the 26th annual American petro leum institute convention that: “Collective bargaining must be permitted to follow the full course without interference from any outside influence and irrespective of the economic consequences of the contending parties. “When the public interests are (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) WHITEVILLE YOUTH SCALDED TO DEATH Three - Year - Old Lad Dies After Falling Into Vat Of Boiling Water WHITEVILLE, Nov. 16. — Wel don Reginal White, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. White, Jr., died last night at 9 o’clock, of burns sustained after he ac cidentally ‘fell into a vat of boil ing water, it was learned here. The child was entered in Co lumbus county hospital at 3 o’clock, and the scalding proved fatal six hours later, the report said. The boiling water was in the backyard of the White’s residence here, and was used f°r scalding hogs. It had been heated for that purpose just before the accident occurred, it was learned. Funeral services will be con ducted from the home of the child’s g r a n d p arents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. White, on Route 1, Whiteville, at 3 p.m. today with the Rev. Mr. A. D. Frazier, pas tor of the Western Prong Baptist church, officiating. Burial will fol low in Pine Crest cemetery in Bladenboro. Surviving are the child’s par ents, a brother, William O. White, III, his paternal grandparents, and maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hester, of Bladen boro. Foreign Ministers Solve Trieste Snag NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—(JF)— The Council of Foreign Minis ters made progress today to ward reaching a solution on the thorny issue of control of Trieste, but ran into a new snag on the problem of a dead line for removal of occupation troops. A three-hour session ended with a decision to turn over to deputy Foreign Minister Couve de Murville of France the prob lem of drafting an agreement on the issue of who should con trol Trieste police—a point which Secretary of State James F. Byrnes had termed essential to a solution on administration of the ancient Adriatic port, and to the prestige of the United Nations. Persons present at today’s deliberations viewed the de velopments with guarded opti mism. However, they cautioned that a decision would depend upon the exact wording of <he ques tion of police control. Foreign Minister V. M. Molo tov of Russia once again raised (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) Chest Establishes Big Building Fund FINAL REPORT MADE i $20,000 Fund Made Possi ble By Large Contribu tion From Shipyard Establishment of a building fund, made possible Dy $20,000 of the $35,000 contributed by the North Carolina Shipbuilding company during the recent financial cam paign, by the Community Chest was announced yesterday by Ran ald Stewart, president of the or ganization. The money is the first to be re ceived for the fund, which will be used to improve or build now quarters for the various Red Feather services. Simultaneous with the announce ment, Louie E. Woodbury, chair man, and Richard S. Rogers, co chairman, issued their final re port on the campaign, which show ed a total of $124,937.09 raised to give it a percentage of 117.6 in comparison with its goal of $106, 204. The percentage of ever-sub scription was the second largest in the state Greensboro led with about 120, Chest officials said. “Since it will not be possible for us to get around and thank each of you personally, pleased accept this as a token of appreciation for your splendid cooperation,” Wood bury and Rogers said in thanking (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) ANGLO-U.S. NOTES PROD ROMANIANS Fourth Communication Since May Seeks Free, Untrammeled Election BUCHAREST, Nov. 16—(A5)—The British and American governments presented notes to the Romanian government today protesting anew the conduct of next Tuesday’s Ro maninan elections in which Teohari Tatarescu, communist interior min ister, predicted there will be brok en heads but no major incidents. The notes were understood to express dissatisfaction with Ro mania’s reply to previous British and American notes regarding the elections. (The State Department said the United States note was delivered to the government of Premier Pe < Continued on Page 2; Column 4) Oklahoma Governor Favored If Hannegan Quits; Public Hearing Voted On Charges Against Bilbo W -u-—----- X. ___ North-South Battle Among Democrats Seen Over Minority Leadership WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. — (IP) — Democratic leaders, including President Truman, were reported today to have settled on Governor. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma to take over the top party post if National Chairman Robert E. Han negan quits in January as ex pected. The choice was reported amid these other developments affecting top political spots. Senator Taft of Ohio, saying he never had sought the job for him (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) Politics At A Glance Gov. Ker orf Oklahoma reported favored by Tru man and party leaders to succeed Hahnegan if Demo cratic chairman quit in January as expected. Senate Campaign Investigating committee votes hearings in Mississippi on complaints Bilbo tried to keep Negroes from polls. Taft backs White for Senate Republican leader. Dirksen announces for House Republican leader ship, creating four-way contest. Reports Rankin may seek House Democratic lead ership raise possibility of North-South battle with Mc Cormack. Full Scale Inquiry Slated On Anti-Negro Stand Of Southern Leader WASHINGTON. Nov. 16—(^P)— The republican drive to bar Sena tor Bilbo (D-Miss) from his seat gained some democratic aid today as the Senate campaign investigat ing committee voted a full scale inquiry into his anti-Negro stand. The vote was unanimous on the part of the three democratic as well as the two republican com mittee members. Public hearings will be held in (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Cripple, 8, Drowned By Teen-Age Blonde KANSAS CITY, Nov. 16.—(JF) —A blonde 17-year-old girl re iterated to police today that she drowned Ross Key, Jr., a crippled 8-year-old boy neigh bor because the lad teased her. Police Lt. Charles Welch said the girl, Frances Waa strett, is being held for investi gation as firemen drag the Blue river for the body of the boy, missing since November 4. “I took him (Ross) down to the river and led him in and hit him hard with my fist,” Welch said the girl told him. “He screamed the second time he came up and I was scared. I got two sunflower stems and held them out to him. He grab bed and missed and went down. He never came up any more after that.” OVERSEAS SAILING DECISION DELAYED Hiers Says Commission Will Not Act On Appeals Under Next Year United States Maritime commis sion decisions on appeals from South Atlantic ports to approve twice -a -month sailings from Wil mington and other coastal ports to continental Europe, will not be handed down until after the first of the year, J. T. Hiers, executive general agent of the Wilmington Port commission, declared last night. Hiers returned yesterday morn ing from Washington, where he ap pealed on behalf of Wilmington, with four other delegates from At lantic port cities, for authorization of the South Atlantic Steamship company’s proposal to inaugurate sei'vices to Europe. “The briefs are due Jan. 2, and no decision can be reached until after that date,” Hiers pointed out, adding that prospects for approval are good. Representatives from Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, and Jack sonville, were also present with ar guments favoring the services. Hiers said one of the strongest arguments proving the need for foreign shipments to be made from Wilmington, was the comment of W. G. White, of Winston-Salem, a (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) MEAGER STOCKS TO BE RATIONED Krug Considers Radio Ap peal To Miners In Effort To Halt Walkout WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—tfPl—A drastic government order froze the Nation’s meager soft coal sup plies and placed them under rationing today as John L. Lewis stonily stood pat on the challenge which threatens a strike at mid night Wednesday. Going far beyond the freeze order issued at the time of the bituminous strike last spring, the government seized control not only of future coal production but also of all stocks now in transit and in dealers’ yards. It will be doled out only to utilities, railroads, ships, hospitals, laundries, food plants and hou :eholders having less than ten days’ supply on hand. “Issuance of these orders in an essential precaution in view of the unwillingness of the president of the United Mine workers to accede with the President’s re quest to reconsider the govern ment’s proposal looking toward a settlement of the coal contro versy,’’ Secretary of the Interior Krug told the worried public in a statement. As the government thus prepar ed for the worst, Lewis ignored the administration’s second appeal for a 60-day truce and its pointed warning that he has no legal grounds for terminating the miners’ present contract. Members of the operators’ ne gotiating committee, who had agreed to the administration pro posal for negotiations with Lewis over his new wage demands, took Lewis’ refusal at its face and scattered to their homes. And the impass continued with out signs of a break. A high gov ernment official reported privately that the administraiton has not decided what furthur steps to take'. Charles G. Ros, White House press secretary, accompanying Mr. Tru man to the Navy-Penn State foot ball game at Annapolis, told re porters that ‘there have been abso lutely no developements over night.” The freeze of the coal supplies, effective as of noon today, was in three orders. One covered coal in transit and that which may be produced hereafter, estimated to come to 8,500,000 tons by midnight Wednesday with normal product ion. Another covered all coal in shipment on the Great Lakes or other waterways, including tide water shipments not affected by i earlier freeze orders. The third covered all coal in retail yards. None of this coal may be distri buted to consumers from now on except up permission of the Solid Fuels Administration. This agency authorized its area and regional ^Continued on Page 2; Column S) Cold Wave Nearing Atlantic Seaboard BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The forward edge of a mass of cold air bom in Alaska and the Yukon was scheduled to sweep out over the Atlantic ocean Sunday night leaving in its wake ther mometer readings varying from 5 to 10 degrees In Northern Min nesota to the low 30’s in Northern Georgia. Federal Forecaster H. S. Kenny said in Chicago that the fore part of the cold mass passed Chicago late Saturday afternoon and would reach Ohio by Sunday morning and the Eastern Seaboard later in the day it extends as far south as Texas. New Water Storage Tank Plans Nearly Complete Specifications for the city water department’s new 1,000,000- gallon capacity water storage tank are almost complete and bids for its erection are expected to be ad vertised within two weeks, Chv Manager J. R. Benson said yes^ terday. The overhead storage tank which, among other purposes is' expected to serve as a pressure equalizer, as well as for other pur poses, for the city’s north and south supply lines, was approved by council several weeks ago, at which time the superintendent of the water works was directed to draft suitable specifications for its construction and erection. The specifications, when approved by city engineers, will be ready for inspection by bidders. Benson said it is hoped that the storage tank bids can be adver tised at- the same time as^The city’s paving project which also is slated to get early action by the council. The storage tank will not be an emergency addition to the city’# (Continued on Page Five; CoL 1)