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r ,-'ar'™a Mtlmutgfmt flUnmutg Star VOL-J* * ___WILMD^T 'ON, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1947. ESTABLISHED 1867 Sub-Group Okays “Little Assembly” With Russia, Czechoslovakia Boycotting, 15 Nations Vote To Send Plan With Modifications To Full Assembly LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 3—(ff)— Secretary of State Marshall’s proposal to supplement the ma chinery of the United Nations Assembly by creating a year round ;‘Little Assembly” won the approval today of a 15-nation subcommittee after undergoing some modification. The vote was 9 to 0 with four nations abstaining. Russia and Czechoslovakia, appointed to the subcommittee, were not re presented in the balloting be cause they have boycotted the proceedings. The proposal now goes before the full 57-nation Political com mittee of the assembly. One of the restrictions placed on tne authority of the proposed "Little Assembly” by the subcom mittee limited the granting of world-wide powers of investigat ion. The original Marshall proposal suggested only that the “Little Assembly,” which would meet when the General Assembly was not in session, be enjpowered to conduct investigations and ap point commissions of inquiry within the scope of its duties as finally defined by the regular assembly. As modified by the subcom mittee, the granting of such powers would be limited in two ways: First, any decision to conduct an investigation would have to be approved by a two-thirds ma jority of “Little Assembly” members present and voting. Second, inquiries to be made away from U. N. headquarters could not be made “without the consent of the state or states in whose territory it is to take place.” “Yankee Interference” Overshadows Election HUNGARY EXPELS NOTED REPORTER Communist - Dominated Government Orders AP Writer To Leave LONDON, Nov. 3—(AP)—The Communist-dominated Hungarian government today ordered the expulsion from Hungary of Jack Guinn, 31, Associated Press cor respondent in that country for the last 22 months. The action against Guinn was taken a week after the arrest of his American secretary, Miss Elizabeth K. Pallos, and three days after Yugoslavia’s expulsion of Arthur M. Brandel, Belgrade correspondent for the New York Times. The Hungarian ministry of the interior said in a statement that political police had discovered “an organization for espionage” and in connection with this had detained Miss Pallos and seven other persons. “In connection with the discov ery of the organization,” the statement concluded, “ministry of the interior authorities expel led Mr. Jack Guinn, Associated Press correspondent, from Hun gary forever.” Will Leave Today Guinn earlier had been noti fied he must leave Hungary with in 24 hours or face charges of “espionage and the smuggling of criminals” out of the country. He plans to leave for Vienna tomor row by United States legation car, with his wife and children to follow by legation plane. Brandel was ousted from Yugo slavia for what the Yugoslavs called “offensive” writing. He and his wife, Mary Lester, Uni ted Press correspondent, left Belgrade by train today. In listing the names of those detained in Hungary, the minis try's communique connected most See HUNGARY on Page Two STATE CONCLUDES BUTNER PURCHASE Payment Of $1,345,500 To WAA Closes Deal For Hospital RALEIGH, Nov. 3— <#> —The State today turned over to the War Assets Administration a check for $1,345,500 and thus closed the deal for State purchase of the Camp Butner hospital and the cantonment area at the camp The $1,347,500 check and $2. >00 paid to the War Assets Ad ministration several weeks ago ■makes up the $1, 350.000 purchase Price set by the WAA for the acquisition of the cantonment and hospital areas at Butner. Outlying sections of the camp "’ere not purchased by the state. For months, the State has been 'aking use of the general hos See STATE On Page Two i he Weather FORECAST: South and North Carolina — Partly i oit jy ancj s]ight]y warmer Tuesday and ednesday; scattered showers in moun d ^ sections late Wednesday, pattered showers in mountain sections ‘a?e Wednesday. •Meteorological data for the 24 hours n^In8 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEMPERATURES *4 ,0 a- m. 69; 7:30 a. m. 65; 1:30 p. m. ";30 p. m. 64; Maximum 75; Mini ‘ Uni ®3; Mean 69 Normal 60. HUMIDITY » -30 a. m 94; 7:30 a. m. 98; 1:30 p. m. *' 7 M P- m 90. PRECIPITATION Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m_n inches. Total since the first of the month ■> inches. TIDES FOR TODAY U is £ Uie Tide Tables published by * c^et Geodetic Survey). , HIGH LOW ""Unaton _ i :3i a.m. 8:42 a.m. l;17 p.m. 9:43 p.m. ■“Somsoro . -- 5:35 a.m. „ rr^M—_ " V) p-m. 1n.i*£Lrise 6:35i Sunset 5:7?; »■—r-»se v,t Moonset 12:40p. M»re WEATHER On Face Tw» Mississippi Elects Bilbo Successor Today; Ken tucky Votes Also JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 3—(IP) —Mississippi gets down to elect ing a United States Senator to morrow to succeed the late Theodore Bilbo, and it was a toss-up whether issues were not completely obscured by Missis sippi’s peculiar preoccupation — resentment over “Yankee inter ference.” Several candidates who began with dignified discussion of farm programs, veterans’ legislation, labor relations, and world af fairs, concluded on a shrill note of sectionalism. One contender was consistent to the end. Rep. John E. Ran kin of Tupelo — respectfully called “Old Mr. John” by op ponents — began and ended his campaign with cries against “Ne gro Communists . . . anti-South ern legislation . . . and that lazy gang of loafers in Europe.” Rep. William M. Colmer of Pascagoula, Marine veteran Paul Burney Johnson, Jr., of Hatties burg, and Bilbo-associate Forrest Jackson of Jackson warmed up progressively to their theme that Mississippi must protect herself from outsiders who would de stroy “white supremacy”. See YANKEE On Page Two TOBACCO PRICES REPORTED STEADY Buyers For One Big Export Firm Remain Off Ware house Floors By The Associated Prss Although buyers for one of the principal export firms were not on the markets yesterday as selling of flue-cured tobacco was resumed after a sales holi day, the federal and state de partments of agriculture report ed that prices held compara tively steady. Slightly stronger demand for most grades was reported from the Old Belt, but the Eastern and Middle Belts reported that price gains and losses were about evenly divided. It was the first sales day for the markets since last Tuesday when they were closed so that action could be taken to remedy the situation created by an nouncement of the British gov ernment that it was banning im ports of American tobacco. While the markets were closed, a plan was arranged un der which British buying firms would continue buying tobacco with their purchases going to the Federal Commodity Credit corporation. However, Fred S. Royster of Henderson, chairman of the flue-cured marketing com mittee, said that he understood that buyers for the Imperial tobacco company were not on the markets yesterday. Plan Unapproved Royster said that the . emer gency plan for handling export See TOBACCO On Page Two New Foreign Policy Declaration Heaps Blame On Soviet Russia Tactics; Broughton Announces Senate Candidacy Former Governor Pays Filing Fee Issues Statement Saying He Will Campaign Active ly In Spring Former Governor J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh, who poll ed one of the highest, if not the [highest votes ever cast in a i gubernatorial election in North j Carolina, yesterday formally an nounced his candidacy for the United States Senate subject to the Democratic primary next May. Broughton will be seeking the seat now held by William B. Umstead, of Durham, who was appointed by Gov. R. Gregg Cherry, to fill out the unexpired term of Sen. Josiah Bailey, who died late last year. While the announcement came as no surprise to political ob servers of the state, it will be generally applauded by the thousands who had anticipated such action during the past yer. Broughton issued the state ment from Raleigh, shortly after he had appeared at the State Board of Elections and paid a filing fee of $250. His statement said that while “It is still more than six months before the primary ... I do not contemplate beginning at this time an intensive campaign." The statement did say, how ever, that beginning next spring he expected “to visit every sec tion of the state and will discuss the problems of greatest concern to the people of the state and na tion.” Statement Text I he full text of the statement follows: “I will be a candidate for the United Sttes Senate in the Democratic primary next May. Notice of my candidacy has today See FORMER On Page Two LEGIONENDORSES HOLLYWOOD PROBE National Commander O'Neil Says Veterans Favor Outlawing Reds MANCHESTER, N. H., Nov. 3 —Iff)—James F. O’Neil, nation al commander of the American Legion, said tonight the Legion favors outlawing the Commu nist party in this country and stands “resolutely” behind the recent Congressional investiga tion of Reds in Hollywood. O’Neil said in a speech pre pared for broadcast over ABC that efforts are being made to abolish the House committee on Un-American Activities on t h e ground that it is doing “a dis graceful job.” But he declared the Legion not only endorses the House group’s procedures but “will battle to the limit any endeavor aimed at dissolving this instru ment of and agent for the American people.” “As the only Congressional body devoted to combatting subservise elements, we believe the country can ill afford to lose its services,” he said. No Half-Way Measure Asserting that the Communist party “bears allegiance to a foreign power and is dedicated to deceit and violence to attain its ends,” O’Neil continued: “The American Legion does not believe there are any half way measures in dealing with Communism. Communists have captured eight governments in Europe — without the popular consent of those hapless states— and are reaching out for two more. “It is the hope of the Ameri can Legion that those earnest but misguided critics of the (House) committee who argue for privileges for Communists will champion with equal ener gies the rights of Americans to protect themselves from a for eign threat.’* _ Missing Check Has State Officials In “A Dither” RALEIGH, Nov. 3—VP)—Sev eral state officials were a bit | worried today, and they had reason to be ill at ease. A check for *1,847,500 was missing. The check was to pay the War Assets Administration for the Camp Butner hospital and can tonment areas, which the state is purchasing. However, when the time came to turn the check over to F. L. AcGinnis of the WAA, John Umstead, member of the Hos pitals Board of Control, couldn’t find it. He scurried to the office of State Auditor Henry Bridges. No check. John Harden, Gover nor Cherry’s private secretary, began calling state officials over the telephone and finally located the check at the State Bureau of Investigation. R. M. Rothgeb, business manag er of the Hospitals board, had taken it to the SBI to have a photostat made. FORMER GOV. J. M. BROUGHTON Senator Qualifies Marshall Plan Okay JUDGE HOT TOWSON, Md„ Nov. &-W — Judge J. Howard Murray of Baltimore County Circuit court said “It’s a good thing I don’t have any automobile thieves before me today.” While he was conferring with Judge John T. Tucker in the Baltimore city court house, someone stole his brand new automobile which had been driven only 412 miles. POLISH REFUGEE SAFE IN LONDON S t a n i s I a w Mikolajczyk Completes Dramatic Flight From Death LONDON, Nov. 3. — W— Stan islaw Mikolajczyk reached refuge in London today after a dramatic flight from Poland that included a dash through Soviet-occupied Germany. He said he fled because the pres ent Communist-led Polish gov ernment planned to kill him and two of his associates. “I did not want to be shot and killed like a sheep,” he said. Britain had promised sanctu ary for the anti-Communist leader, and the House of Com mons rocked with cheers when Foreign Undersecre tary Christopher Mayhew made the brief announcement: “I have been informed that Mr. Mikola jczyk arrived in this country and was given leave to land.” The leader of the opposition National Peasant Party arrived in a Royal Air Force plane from British occupied Germany. He strode into a suburban house outside London, kissed the hand of the wife he left behind him See POLISH On Page Two Michigan Solon Want Frank Canvas Of Ameri can Resources _ * WASHINGTON, Nov. 3—(API Qualified endorsement of the Marshall plan by Senator Van denberg (R-Mich) heartened the administration today as lines were drawn tighter for an ex pected major clash over Europ ean aid when Congress returns Nov. 17. The Michigan Senator, presid ing officer of the Republican controlled Senate, said in a speech at Ann Arbor, Mich., that he is in agreement with Secre tary of State Marshall’s foreign aid program providing there be: 1. A frank canvass of Ameri can resources. 2. A sound administration with adequate cooperation. But, he said, he wants to know the “total bill,” and he cautioned: “We cannot indefinitely under write the world.” “The “bill” for the next year was set at from $6,000,000,000 to $7,000,000,000 this week-end by government officials. These men, withholding the use of their names, said some $3,000,000,000 of this first year’s outlay should be in the form of outright gifts. Aid 16 Nations Under the Marshall plan, 16 Western European nations would do what they could to help them selves in postwar recovery and call on the U. S. for additional aid needed. President Truman’s council of economic advisers reported to him Saturday that the United States is well able to finance its share of the proposed $22,000, 000,000 four year help program for Western Europe. But to do so, it recommended; 1. Continued high taxes. 2. Some anti-infation controls stopping short of price controls at the consumer level. 3. “Outright gifts” abroad as well as loans. The council explained the give away feature on the ground that See SENATOR On Page Tw® Along The Cape Fear PRIVATE SCHOOLS AFTER. THE WAR—A school for girls was conducted by Misses Burr and James, in Wilming ton, before the War be tween the States and was reopen ed again after the war. The wife of General Robert Ransom also conducted a finishing school for girls here after the war, while General Colston for years had charge of a military academy in Wilmington. In October of 1842, the Odd Fellows lodge opened a school under the direction of Robert McLaughlin, of Baltimore, as principal. The school flourished for many years, and McLaughlin was succeeded by Levin Megin ney, who purchased the building at Fourth and Princes streets. Me ginney conducted his own school in the building for several years, and eventually the school was occupied by the Cape Fear acad emy. Professor Washington Cat lett was principal of the academy. In 1927 the old building was torn down and the site is still vacant. Among the teachers of the period following the war were Jesse Mullock, Miss Maggie Mc Leod, Mrs. Laura Rothwell, “Aunt” Easter Coxetter, the Rev. A. Paul Repiton, the Rev. W. W. Eells, and Robert Lindsey. Not until 1839 was a bill passed in the state legislature providing for free schools in every county in the state. At that time Dr. Frederick Hill, of Orton, was a leader in the cause of public edu cation. He was one of the authors of considerable public school legislation during that period and became known as the “father of public schools” in Wilmington. In the decade following 1840 the Wilmington public school sys tem was elaborated somewhat, but back of unified administra tion under a responsible head made for chaos and ultimate fail ure of the local educational sys tem. The state furnished part oi the funds for maintenance of the school system at that time and the people of the district supplied the remainder, U. S. Offices Under Guard In Palestine MAINE FOREST FIRES COOKED BROOK TROUT IN MOUNTAIN POOLS AUGUSTA, Me., Nov. 3— Brook trout actually were “cooked” in pools of many streams heated by the Maine forest fires in York county and other areas. Evidence was presented today by Gerry Wade, hatchery superintendent of the State Fish and Game de partment, who displayed one of 14 trout taken from one pool over which a woods fire traveled “These trout actually were burned when the pool waters were made exceedingly hot by the woods flames,” Wade said. Wade said he planned a survey soon to determine the extent of the fish life lost in the fires. JOHN G. WINA ’ TAKEN BY D TH Former Ambassador To Britain Was Three Times Governor Of Home State CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 2. — (.5*) — John G. W' lant, three times governor of New Hamp shire, first head of the Social Security Board and wartime am bassador to the Court of St. James’, died tonight. He was 58. Winant’s home retused to ac cept telephone calls to confirm or deny his death but a Concord undertaker was called at 9:20 p. m. (EST). Mrs. Allen Wiren, whose hus band is employed by the Calkin and Hussey funeral directors, said that Mortician Alvin Hussey was called to the Winant home. Winant was appointed Ambas See WINANT On Page Two CHERRY DEFENDS STAND ON FOODS Conservation Program Passes Up Egg-Less Thurs days: Aids Stands RALEIGH, Nov. 3—W—Gov ernor Cherry today defended his action in approving a food con servation program which con flicts with President Truman’s program by passing up egg-less Thursdays and permitting ham burger and hotdog stands to ig nore meatless Tuesdays. The program was presented to the Governor last Saturday by the Public Food Service commit tee of the state nutrition commit tee, and the Governor said that he approved it with the under standing that alterations may be made from time to time to meet changing conditions. The governor said today that he thought the plan was “about as good as can be worked out” and that if “we can make the plan work we will be doing re markably well.” On the proposal that hamburg er and hotdog stands not be re quired to observe meatless Tues days, the governor said that “we can’t shut them down alto gether,” and that “some of them would find a way to get around it if we insisted they not serve meats.” The governor also defended the proposal to ignore eggless Thurs days, pointing out that the food committee had said: “We be lieve that it would be feasible to continue to serve eggs for breakfast on the eggless day with the understanding that all indus tries cooperate throughout the week in the conservation of eggs by substituting on their menus as many items as possible for the usual egg dishes.” Authorities Move To Pro tect Consulate As Ten sion Mounts in City JERUSALEM, Palestine, Nov. 3—(U.R)—Palestine authorities put the United St tes Consulate Gen eral inside a heavily guarded security zone today and sur rounded it with bavbed wire as a precaution against attack by groups which resent the Ameri can stand for partition. Similar precautions were tak en for the French Consulate General because of a report that France would vote in the United Nations for the partitioning of the Hold Land. These developments came as one British police agent was killed and three were wounded in a sudden outbreak of Jewish terrorist violence here and in Tel Aviv. One Jewish attacker wi killed. They came also as Arab Leader Emile Ghoury asserted that Arabs were ready to fight it out with Jews for mastery over Palestine. Tension Increases Activities which marked a sud den increase in tension started with the assasination here by gunmen, believed to be Jewish terrorist of Sgt. Shalon Gure vitz, a Jewish member of the Palestine criminal investigation department, in his home. One suspect was arrested. Masked men stood guard around Gurevitz’s house while several others entered it and, shoving his wife aside, fired three bullets into his chest. It had been reported that he re ceived letters warning him to stop his police work. See OFFICERS on Page Two SCOUTS TO MARCH ON ARMISTICE DAT Boys Vote Unanimously To Participate During Court Of Honor Boy Scouts attending the Coastal District Court of Honor held in the Superior courtroom last night voted unanimously to participate in the Armistice Day parade, Nov. 11, and to wear Scout uniforms each Saturday. The Carolina Beach troop open ed the monthly meeting at 8 o’clock and showed the members slides in technicolor of Scout ac tivities and out-of-door scenes of scouting. Field Executive J. R. Taylor recognized the new Scouts from the various troops in the city and also introduced nine Scouts who participated and assisted the Community Chest as a civic service. Scout masters of respective troops and other Scouters pre sented merit badge awards to Scouts in troops throughout Wil mington. A New Member plaque was awarded by Joe Barnes, district Scouter, to the Sunset Park Bap tist church troop. This troop had two members who have attended all Scout meet ings and courts of honor for the past three months. The First Baptist church was recognized for having two new members during August. Ray Sweazey, Scout executive, awarded the Advancement Plaque to the First Baptist church for having 11 points of advancement. Second pdace was won by Sunset Park Baptist church with nine points, while Trinity Methodist church troop won third place with five points. Wallace I. West, district chair man, issued district inspection awards to Carolina Beach Com munity church troop and the Church of God troop for having 144 and 133 inspection points re spectively. Sweazey gave a brief talk on See SCOUTS On Page Two ACL Official Says Citrus Freight Rates Must Vary CHICAGO, Nov. 3—OT—A rail road official said today that Florida railroads intended “to maintain such (freight) rates on citrus fruits as may prove neces sary to meet truck-boat competi tion x x x.” The official was R. J. Doss of Wilmington, N. C., vice president of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road. Testifying at the opening of a series of Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on the rail roads’ request for a 27 per cent average increase in freight rates, Doss said he appeared “on be half of all Class I roads in (the) Southern region.” “If experience should prove the imposibility of maintaining rates on citrus fruit from Florida to the East 20 cents per 100 pounds higher than those now in effect xxx some subsequent adjust See ACL On Page Two Non-Compromise Attitude Scored Document Prepared For Public Distribution Lists American Aims WASHINGTON, Nov. 3—«*)— A new official declaration of United States foreign policy heaped blame today on Soviet Russia for failure of the United Nations to “grasp the fruits of peace and victory.” In a document prepared for public distribution, the State de partment charged Russia with “intransigeance,” or refusal to compromise, in carrying out wartime agreements. “A basic aim of the United States,” the report declared, “is to press for the necessary treaty settlements which will permit withdrawal of occupation troops from Germany, Austria, Korea and Japan and enable all na tions of the world to return as soon as possible to a peacetime basis.” It is an overall survey of this government’s aims and stand on major . postwar international is sues and is entitled “aspects of current American foreign pol icy.” “The Soviet Union, along with the United States, is party to commitments with reference to the demilitarization, political reconstruction and economic un ification of Germany,” the r« port said. “The USSR has failed to im plement many of these commit ments, however, and has been mainly concerned with extract ing maximum reparations from Germany and insuring that a new German political regime shall be “friendly” to the Soviet union:” The United States has been concerned chiefly with econo mic rehabilitation which may render Germany self-sustaining without jeopardizing security re quirements and with democratic reconstruction on the basis of free political taction by the Ger mans themselves. “The United States desires See FOREIGN On Page Two MAYORS HU HARD AT HOUSING LACK Municipal Association De legates Favor Rent Con trol Extensions NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3.—'OI.fi) —Mayors from all corners of tho nation aimed their best munici pal punch today at the housing problem. Mayors from Los Angeles and St. Louis to Wahoo, Neb., and Ninety-Six, S. C., agreed with President Truman that the hous ing situation offered the nation one of its most serious challenges. Mr. Truman in a letter to the opening session of the five-day conference of the American Muni cipal Assr., urged the delegates representing 9,000 American cities to work for reasonably priced homes for veterans. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R.t Wis., vice-chairman of the joint Congressional fact-finding com mittee on housing recommend ed extension of rent controls be yond the Feb. 29 deadline for federal decontrol. McCarthy, here with the rest of the committee for two days of fact minding, said, he did not favor decontrol on rent from tha federal level. Rep. Ralph A. Gamble, R., N. Y., chairman of the committee, said the most serious shortage was in rental units. Mayor William O’Dwyer of New York sent a message to the conference in which he described the housing situation as “unbear* able,” not only in New York City but in all the cities in his state. And So To Bed “No, suh, I never done any gambling in my life,” declar ed a Negro witness in a gambling case being heard in Superior court here re cently. “You mean to sit there and tell this court that you’ve never played cards for mon ey, never played dice, never played any gambling game or game of chance in your life?” shot back the cross ex amining attorney. “No, suh, I never gambled in my life,” maintained the witness. “By the way,” demanded the lawyer, “what did yon tell me your nickname is?” “Bingo!” answered the wit* , ness.
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