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" I I _ FORECAST +4 + v + . Served By Leased Wires f IttttttrtTiiii mntmrr *«*&?**** State and National Ne^a VOL- 80—NO. 68._ WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1947 ' FSTABT ISHFT1 1Sfi7 Chief Of VFW Urges Probe Of VA Costs Louis E. Starr Charges Gov ernment With Waste In Administration Work HITS AT~EXPENSES Commander Claims Salaries And Other Items Total 11 Per Cent Of Budget WASHINGTON, Jan. 1_ (ff>)—Louis E. Starr, national commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars, charged the government with waste Wednesday in the administra tion of veterans’ affairs and called for a Congressional in vestigation. Starr’s assertions drew im mediate counter - fire from Paul Benedict, an official of Veterans administration, who de clared: “Starr’s figures are all wet.” The VFW chief said in a state ment "it is evident that overhead and administrative costs are un duly high” and declared that Veterans administration “salaries and personal expenses alone will eat up better than 11 percent of the total budget.” Benedict termed Starr’s 11 per cent estimate “nonsense,” assert ing that current administrative ex penses are only 3.4 percent. In addition, he said Starr’s fig ure of $557,287,000 for 1947 “sala ries and personal expenses” also included expenses for hospitaliza tion and rehabilitation of disabled veterans, all burial allowances, out patient treatment and other items. Above Budget “Salaries and expenses of those who handle veteran affairs for 1947 are larger than the total veteran budget for 1940,” Starr said. “Around 215,000 officials and em ployes will be paid out of the $557, 287,000 recommended for salaries and personal expenses. Printing (Continued on Page 5, Col. 3) WANTEDMANMAY HAVE ENDED UFE| I Missing Husband In Bizarre “Camera” Shooting Be lieved Drowned NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—(AP)—A young man who waded into the ocean off Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach Wednesday in his under wear, shoes and gloves was be lieved by police to be the missing husband i n Tuesday’s bizarre "camera” shooting. A police official said the descrip tion given by a witness who saw the man begin his below-freezing swim, tallied with that of Alphonse Rocco, 30, whose former wife, Mrs. Olga Rocco, 28, was in critical condition with a thigh wound at Roosevelt hospital. Pearl Lusk, 19, who pulled the trigger of a Christmas-wrapped sawed-off shotgun in a Times Square subway station and wound ed Mrs. Rocco, identified a picture of Rocco as the man who gave her the gun, told her it was a camera (Continued on Page 5, Col. 3) SAME'S MEDITATIONS By Alley *— - Vts JE5' AlNf NOTHIN' STAtf POPLAR U0N6 MOW DEY PONE QUIT talkin' 'Bout PE APAM BOMBl _(Beleaecd-by The Bell SyB * ' * Ky Blcate, Inc.) Trade Mark •* n«» u. a. Pat. Offlca> Discussing Atomic Energy Following his appointment hy President Truman as general man ager of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Carroll Louis Wilson (right), 36, Rochester, N. Y., calls on David E. Lilienthal, chairman of the commission. The conference is taking place at the War De partment in Washington. Wilson, a M.I.T. graduate, was right-hand man to Dr. Vannevar Bush, chief of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which developed the atom bomb. (International Soundphoto) Rain, Snow Blankets Dixie On New Year’s 11 NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGES TO FIGURE IN JAMES GRAY FUND WINSTON-SALEM, Jan. 1— (IP)—Establishment by James A. Gray, prominent Winston Salem tobacconist, of a $1,700, 000 endowment fund, income of which will go to 11 North Caro lina colleges, was announced Wednesday by the Wachovia Bank and Trust company. Winston-Salem colleges will be beneficiaries of nearly two thirds of the funds, the an nouncement said, with the funds going to the various institutions approximately as follows: Bow man Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest college, $900,000; Salem College and Academy $15,000; Winston-Salem Teach ers’ college $100,000, Universi ty of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $250,000; Divinity school, Duke university $100,000; Greensboro college, High Point college, Brevard college and Louisburg college $50,000 each; Davidson college and Saint Mary’s Junior college, Raleigh $25,000 each. The Wachovia Bank and Trust company will hold and administer the fund whose an nual income at current yields is estimated to be $60,000. PEOPLE OFWORLD GREET NEW YEAR London Celebration Marks Wildest Night Since V Day Victory Party By. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A world facing the manifold prob lems of postwar reconstruction greeted the New Year yesterday with expressions of hope and prayers for guidance as well as with traditional year-end revelry in lands most favored by the for tunes of war. The trumpeting of silver bugles in Wales, marking the start of government ownership of coal mines, heralded Britain’s hope for a new and better life for its peoples through socialist postwar planning. London’s New Year’s Eve was the wildest since V-E Day, with thousands packing Picadilly Circus to cheer as Big Ben, their revered old clock, tolled the midnight hour. At nome millions of United States citizens had their biggest and costliest New Year’s blowout (Continued on Page 5; Col. 3) Transportation Paralyzed In Many Sections; All EAL Planes Down By The Associated Press Freezing rains and snow blanket ed much of the South on New Year’s day, paralyzing transporta tion in many sections and making it hazardous in ethers. Airplanes generally were ground ed, leaving some persons holding tickets to the various Bowl football games and no means of last-minute transportation to the sites. At San Antonio, police ordered cancellation of the Alamo Bowl game between Hardin-Simmons and Denver because ice covered the stadium. Two days of rain and sleet also made travel to the game dangerous. Sponsors shift ed the date to Saturday. Eastern Airlines reported all its flights grounded because of weath er conditions. Low visibility caught the few cities that escaped the snow and sleet. Delta reported all flights cancelled by Wednesday afternoon except the Chicago Miami trip—and this was being flown 1,212 miles non-stop. Florida Escapes Florida was about the only Dixie state to escape the wintry blasts. Miami’s low temperature for Tues day night was 73 but the thermo meter climbed to 80 by time for the Orange Bowl game with spec tators basking in the sun. New Orleans’ weather luck ran out for the Sugar Bowl classic with the 70,000 spectators attired in overcoats to withstand the 46-de gree reading. A light mist also fell. The storm’s fury centered in Western Tennessee and Arkansas and parts of Mississippi. Fifteen Injured DIXON, Ky., Jan. 1.— (JP) —At least 15 persons were injured Wednesday when a large Grey hound bus overturned in a ditch off U. S. Highway 41 between Dixon and Poole in Webster county, Ky. Sheriff Winfred Melton of Web ster county said the bus and a car driven by Warren A. Long of Lavina, Minn., sidewiped. He re ported an undetermined number of passengers on the bus injured. Sev eral were treated at a Dixon doc tor’s office. Fred Humes of Providence, at torney representing the bus compa ny, said 53 passengers were on the bus, 12 of whom required medical assistance. Two were removed from the scene of the accident in an ambulance but were not hos pitalized, he added. He declined to identify any of the injured. “Leaks” Indicate Large Expenditures Proposal WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—<3>)— The U. S. Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday “leaks” from the White House and the Budget bu reau hint that President Truman’s budget message to Congress will propose expenditures running “about $10,000,000,000 more than business considers advisable.” „ The statement, which gave no other source, was made in a sum mary prepared by the national chamber’s department of govern mental affairs, outlining legislative prospects in the new Congress which convenes Friday. “With federal expenditures for the current (1947) fiscal year esti mated at $41,500,000,000, there is little doubt that Congress will ef fect sharp economies,” the sum mary said. ‘‘In addition to these economies, non-recurring expenses (those which automatically ended with the end of the war or for which virtual ly no need now exists) will afford an opportunity to save billions of dollars in the fiscal year beginning next July 1. ‘‘So it seems entirely possible that a budget of $30,000,000,000 for fiscal 1948 could be attained. With a little extra effort, Congress should be able to hold the federal budget to $25,000,000,000. U.S.- Britain Reach Accord f)n Equipment Nations Will Standardize Certain Items Of Military Paraphrenalia ONE FIGHTING ARM Paris Newspaper Says Canada Selected As Proving Ground LONDON, Jan. 1.—(lP)_ A government official con firmed Wednesday that the United States and Britain had agreed to standardize “certain items of military equipment,” and British newspapers said the armies of both nations would be trained so that they could swing into action under one supreme commander. Simultaneously, the Paris Socialist newspaper Aurore declared that British and American armies would soon be forced into a single fighting arm, extending from the North Pole to the Rio Grande, from Asia Minor tn Jaoan. Expanding a previous account in which it said that Britain and the United States would sign a secret accord March 15 to fight together in the event either was attacked, Aurore said that equipment and training of all English-speaking armies would become uniform. The eventual unification of Brit ish and probably dominion troops will begin in the United States, Aurore said, where methods of West Point will be used as a model for training future British officers. Canada has been selected as the first proving ground of future British-American unity, the Paris newspaper asserted, adding that artic regions would play a vital role in any future conflict. Front Page Accounts British newspapers front-page ac« counts from New York that Britain and the U. S. were rapidly com pleting plans for air, sea and land cooperation in the event of another war. The reports pointed out that standardization of equipment and training would enable British and American troops to operate effi ciently under one command. The British government official, who declined use of his name, con firmed for the first time that mili tary experts of the two nations are discussing the standardization of small arms to fixed U. S. sizes and pattern*. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 8) COUNCIL SESSION SCHEDU1 TODAY Discussion 0 f Historical Exhibit And City’s Par ticipation Seen A discussion of whether or not application should be made for the inclusion of the city’s copy of the London Chronicle reporting colonial opposition to the British Stamp Act on a special train scheduled to tour the nation is scheduled for today’s meeting of the council. The train is slated to include 43 cars, one for each state in the union and will be under the spon sorship of the U. S. Attorney Gene ral’s office. Also scheduled at today’s session is approval of the sale of city bonds valued at over a million dollars The (Continued on Page 5, Col. 2) SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINE TROUBLE HINTED AT LONDON; US. OFFICER CANED IN CHINA Student Mobs Molest Press Photographer Lieutenant Receives Blows On Head In Attack On Shanghai Street GIRL MISTREATED Incident Occurs During Demonstration Against Marine Occupation SHANGHAI, Jan. 1_(/P) —An American Army officer was beaten on the head with bamboo canes, an attempt was made to disrobe his girl com panion and an Associated Press photographer seeking to film the incident was given a black eye by Chinese stu dents Wednesday in a con tinuation of anti-U. S. dem onstrations. (The girl’s nationality was not given but the area where the attack took place is popular with the Russians, French and other Europeans.) The officer, a lieutenant, and the girl were walking along Avenue Joffre in the former French con cession when set upon by some of the 1,000 Chinese students who staged a parade in protest against the retention of American military forces in China. While the demonstrators, shout ing obscene words at the pair, struck the officer on the head and grabbed the girl’s clothing, the photographer was given a black eye and forcibly prevented from taking a picture of the incident. Attack Ceases The lieutenant, grabbing the girl by the hand, began forcing his way through the cane-wielding crowd which abruptly ceased the attack. The photographer swung his camera at his assailants and reached safety. Louis F. Roth, American man ager of an import firm but a resi dent of this country for so long that he considers China his home, was grabbed by the neck and shaken up. The demonstrators carried signs reading “China Is Not an Amer ican Colony” and others warning “Get Out or We'll Throw You Out; Get Out, You Beasts.” The violence here was in con trast with the orderly if noisy demonstrations earlier in the week by thousands of students at Peip ing. Peiping Incident It was at Peiping on Christmas eve that a Chinese girl reported to police that two U. S. marines criminally assaulted her. Wednes day a Marine board investigating the incident made its report to Col. Julian Frisbe. Marine command ant at Peiping. Contents of the report were not disclosed but it was learned from Marine sources that Colonel Frisbe will order a courtmartial on a basis of its findings. Sources said that failure of Chinese police to of fer their evidence weakened the case. Along The Cape Fear BIRD LORE — After a pleasant conversation with Mrs. Cecil Apple berry, president of the local bird club, Along The Cape Fear feels that it has sadly neglected one of the Port City’s major tourist at tractions. The Cape Fear area is literally an ornithologist’s paradise. You may recall that in December 1945 when the first Christmas count of birds in this area was made a total of 61 species was reported. That count was large enough to place Wilmington third in the en tire state. But after this past Christmas when the local bird fanciers spot ted 97 species and 3,402 individual birds, Along The Cape Fear cross ed its fingers to await a final tabu lation from other bird clubs in the state. We are hoping that the North Carolina title will come to rest in the Port City. Mrs. Appleberry pointed out that the record count in the Old North State is about 75 hence the local club’s chances of being the grand champions for 1946 appear bright indeed. * * * FOUND HERE — Officials of the local bird club were kind enough to turn over to us an official tabu lation of the 1946 Christmas cen sus. So for those who are anxious to learn what species of birds they can expect to find in the Cape Fear area, here’s the list: Loon, common; red-throated loon, horned grebe, pied-bill grebe, greater shearwater, gannet, double crested cormorant, great blue heron, Ward’s heron, American egret, snowy egret, Louisiana Heron, little blue heron, green heron, black crowned night heron, mallard, wood duck. Ring-necked duck, lesser scaup duck, bufflehead, red-breated mer ganser, turkey vulture, sharp-shin ned hawk, Coopers’ hawk, red (Continued on Page 5, Col. 7' Named To Key Senate Posts j At a pre-session conference in Washington, the new Senate Repub lican majority unanimously chose Senators Arthur H. Vandenberg (left), of Michigan, Senate presiding officer; Kenneth S. Wherry (center) of Nebraska, party whip, and Wallace H. White, Jr., of Maine, majority floor leader. Their election will be a formality when the Eightieth Congress convenes on January 8. (International Soundphoto) Georgia Wins 20-10 Over Carolina Team -1 The Weather FORECAST North and South Carolina—Cloudy and occasional light rain or drizzle Thursday and Thursday night, continued rather -old, becoming slightly warmer Thurs day afternoon and night. Friday, con siderable cloudiness and warmer with scattered light showers. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data fort he 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 a.m. 44; 7:30 a.m. 40; 1:30 p.m. 45; 1:30 p.m. 44. Maximum 46; Minimum 38; Mean —; Normal 47. Humidity 1:30 a.m. 94; 7:30 a.m. 94; 1:30 p.m. 92; 1:30 p.m. 98. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. — 1.33 inches. Total since the first of the month — ).33 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington - 5:09 a.m. 12:30 a.m. 5:28 p.m. - p.m. Masonboro Inlet _ 2:44 a.m. 9:16 a.m. 3:04 p.m. 9:32 p.m. Sunrise 7:18: Sunset 5:15; Moonrise 1:28 p.m.; Moonset 3:13 a.m. POLICE EXPECTING CROSS CASE BREAK Sheriff’s Office Indicates Action Coming Today; Note Released New Hanover county deputy sheriffs last night expressed the be lief that a break in the case in volving the burning of a cross near the home of a Negro in the Green ville Sound a.rea on Monday night would come today. Occupants of the house were Henrietta and Lon nie Dudley. Deputies have been investigating the case since its occurance but no definite clues as to the person or persons responsible have been re leased. Opinion has been that the act was the work of pranksters in stead of an organization, even though the K.K.K. symbol was smeared on the highway near the site of the effigy burning. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4) 73,000 Fans Witness An nual Sugar Bowl Contest At New Orleans By WILLIAM TUCKER United Tress Sports W'riter NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1.—(IJ.FD— The Georgia Bulldogs broke loose for two breathless long distance plays Wednesday and came from behind to win the Sugar Bowl game from North Carolina 20 to 10 in a terrific battle of flying cleats and flying fists before 73,000 wild-eyed fans. A minor cold wave, a by-pro duct of the northwest storm, hit New Orleans just before game time but the shivering customers warm ed up with the tempers of the players—and their tempers were torrid. The two Charleys, Trippi and Justice, lived up to all their advance billing and their duel be (Continued on Page 7; Col. 1) Bowl Results Cotton Bowl — Arkansas 0, Louisiana State 0. Cigar Bowl — Delaware 21, Rollins 7. Orange Bowl — Rice 8, Ten nessee 0. Gator Bowl — Oklahoma 34, North Carolina State 13. Alamo Bowl — Hardin Sim mons vs. Denver, postponed, inclement weather. Oil Bowl — Georgia Tech 41, St. Mary’s 19. Tangerine Bowl — Catawba 31, Maryville, Tenn. 6. Flower Bowl — Delaware State 7, Florida Normal 6. Sugar Bowl — Georgia 20, North Carolina 10. Vulcan Bowl — Tennessee State 32, Louisville Municipal 0. Will Rogers Bowl — Pepper dine 38, Nebraska Wesleyan 13. Sun Bowl — Cincinnati 18, Virginia Poly 6. Raisin Bowl — San Jose St. 20, Utah St. 0. Rose Bowl — Illinois 45, UCLA 14. Shrine Game — West 13, East 9. Harbor Bowl — Montana State 13, New Mexico 13. Wilmingtonian Seeking Office In New Congress By FRANK VAN PER LINDEN Morning Star Washington Bureau WASHNGTON, Jan. 1 — Marion Shuffler of Wilmington, N. C. will be nominated for doorkeeper of the House when the Democratic representatives caucus Thursday. Representative J. Bayard Clark of the Seventh North Carolina dis trict will present the name of Mr. Shuffler, who is his secretary. Mr. Clark came back to Washing ton from his Fayetteville home a day in advance of the caucus so that he could assist in his secre tary’s campaign. Mr. Shuffler, former chief page of the House, became assistan doorkeeper. Now Mr. Roberts is a candidate to succeed the late South Trimble as clerk of the House, and Mr. Clark is asking his colleagues to promote Mr. Shuffler. Although the Republicans, being in the majority, will fill most House staff posts in the new Con gress, several minority positions are open to Democrats. The House will elect the officers when the eightieth Congress for mally convenes Friday. Asked his views on labor and (Continued on Page 5; Col. 3) •a Jewish- Arab States Looms As Solution British Government Report ed Ready To Consider Dividing Holy Land SOME JEWS AGREE Official Source Says Pro posals Must First Come From Disputants LONDON, Jan. 1_(/P)_ First indications of a possible settlement for troubled Pales tine came Wednesday when a British official source promis ed “full and serious considera tion” of proposals to divide the Holy Land into independ ent Jewish and Arab states. The source implied, how ever, that Britain would not offer such a plan herself. He said the plan would be studied if Jews or Arabs offered such a proposal at the scheduled Jan. 21 resumption of the London confer, ence on Palestine. Other indications of an approach ing effort to solve the problems were announcements that the Brit ish cabinet will concern itself al most solely with the problem at a meeting next week, and that Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, Palestine high commissioner, was flying to London for conferences. Reports from Jerusalem said Gen. Sir Eve lyn Barker, commanding general in Palestine, would accompany the commissioner. Government quarters said Cun ningham’s mission was to give Colonial Minister Arthur Creech Jones a complete up-to-the-minute report on Palestine conditions. Leaders Enroute Also due before the weekend was Moshe Shertok, head of the Jewish Agency’s political department. Dr. (Continued on Page 5, Col. S) STORAGEBASIN AREA RESTRICTED Major-General Witsell Is sues Order Covering Brunswick River An order classifying ihe Bruns wick river storage basin as a re stricted area was issued yesterday by the adjutant general of the army, the Star’s Washington bur eau reported last night from the nation’s capital. The order, signed by Major General Edward S. Witsell, formal ly recognized the establishment of the basin as a storage point for vessels of the maritime commis sion. The war department official out lined the storage area as ‘‘*11 of that portion of the Brunswick river, a tributary of the Cape Fear river west and southwest of Wilmington from its mouth northward to the North Carolina state highway and public works commission bridge on U. S. route No. 74, a distance of about 2.75 nautical miles.” The directive further specified that “all vessels and other water craft, except such as are authorized by the United States maritime commission, shall keep clear of the above-described anchorage ground at all times.” And So To Bed The destruction of an auto mobile by fire during the New Year eve’s celebration here was cited last night by Fire Chief J. Luddie Croom as a strong argument for the ban ning of fireworks in Wilming ton. Chief Croom pointed out that the fire resulted from the ex plosion of a firecracker under the gasoline tank of the car while it was parked in the downtown area. The law should deal heavily with anyone who is so careless with anything as dangerous as fireworks, the chief opined 4
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