FORECAST: Wilmington and vicinity: Cloudy, with . intermittent light rain and no im nrtant temperature changes today and [ought; Sunday, rain and cool. ^VOL. 81.—NO. 80. IILRB Brings Labor Charge T,;a| Examiner To Hear Comp’aint Of Unfair Practices By ITU . »TirM(lTnN. Nov. 21 — The AN FA aiiegauuna, wiiu.il _i»j tl-ia rnmnlaint. The union is also accused in the complaint of sponsoring “feather-bedding” and produc tion “slowdowns” among union members employed by newspa pers Refusal to bargain also is charged against the union. The ANPA represents 400 newspapers over the nation. Cranston Williams of New York. ANPA general manager, said at the time the ANPA charges were filed that contracts with ITU printers covering 239 daily newspapers in 185 cities either expired or will expire by Dec. 31. | Somewhat similar charges have been brought against the ITU by the Southern Newspa pers Publishers Association, the employers section of tne Print ing Industry of America, and the Graphic Arts League of Bal timore An NLRB hearing has been completed in the Baltimore case. A tr al examiner now is preparing recommendations for the board based on the hearing. Th e N L R B’s complaint against the union in the ANPA case also is directed against [ Woodruff Randolph, union presi dent; Larry Taylor, first vice president; Elmer Brown, second vice president and Don Hurd, secretary treasurer. CITIZENS TO GET TRAFFIC BREAK City Manager Issues Or ders For Careful Watch At Intersections City Manager James R. Ben son yesterday took action to in sure special handling of traffic at intersections to prevent acci fents during the Christmas rush season. He issued instructions to Po lice Chief Hubert Hayes to have traffic policemen give special attention to insuring pedestrians safe crossings by seeing to it that motorists observe theri rights at the corners. He also emphasized that walking against traffic signal lights should be prevented with pedes trians being arrested if neces sary for violations He reminded officers that | pedestrians have the right of i " ay oyer turning motorists. I The city manager also issued instructions that aU police mo tor speedometers should be decked and adjusted if neces sarl', since in two cases in local ! courts recently it was proved that the police speedometers tvere off. He declared that no tolerance Should be allowed motorists above the present speed laws UP for citie.i by the state legislature. Recorder * infield Smith has been quoted, however, as saying that some tolerance above the speed laws should be allowed. ‘he Weather FORECAST: 'n Carolina — Cloudy, occasional te,‘ rain and not much change in "•Pns.um Saturday and Saturday ' hunaay rain and cool, becoming Ooon er •ll coastal area Sunday after Tni’v!!1 (rarolina — Cloudy, some inter , ' aat rain and no important SahnviA Ure. changes Saturday and ay niSht. Sunday rain and cool. ^T?\°sical data for the 24 hours ,g ‘ P m. veslerdav. , TEMPERATTRES « if »• m 46; 7:30 a. m. 42; 1:30 p. ■ 1 :’i0 p. m. 53. ],,n HUMIDITY 61... a- m. 33; 7:30 a. m. 84; 1:30 p. m. ’ P- m. 68. T PRECIPITATION ir '?r he 24 hours ending 7:30 p. j - w inches. S.9r,°'aJ , ■'”■« the first of the month “ mches. (Frn T,DES FOR TODAY S. c‘ m, t' n' Tide Tobies published by U dh and Geodetic Survey). Wilmin_ high low ngt ii - 4:35 a m. 11.50 a.m. Masonh 5:00 P-m. - P-m. nboro Inlet _ 2:14 a.m. 8:33 a.m. SUJ1 . 2:39 p.m 9:11 p.m. *?* h:52; Sunset 5:05; Moonrise Rih Moonset T2:49a lir. t- age at Fayetteville, N. C. at 3 M Friday 22.7 feet. * r* WEATHE* On V»|* Twi Lumberton Grocery Hints Conspiracy LUMBERTON, Nov. 21 — (/P)— A. textile union cooperative gro . eery in East Lumberton which has been selling food and tobac co at wholesale prices is the vic tim of a conspiracy by local gro cers ana merchants, a union let ter to State Attorney General Harry McMullan protested to day. The co-op store, first of its kind established in North Caro lina, was opened by Local 243 CIO Textile Workers Union of America, on Oct. 31 to serve ap proximately 500 families of workers at the Mansfield mills, and does a business of $0,000 to $7,000 per week. The letter, written by Horace Phillips, business manager a joint board of the loc declared that shortly after the store was opened, grocers and merchants opposing the store held a meeting, and attempt ed to coerce wholesale grocers to refuse to sell to the union co op. As a result, Phillips letter said the co-op managers were forced to buy their goods from wholesalers outside of the Lum berton area. The letter was written today following a conference between Phillips, Bernard W. Cruse of Concord, one of three state at See LUMBEHTON On Page Two Marshall Now In London For Big Four Conference HARD WORK HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 21 — W — Stanley P. Nevers, husky New Britain resident, was asked to explain in Su perior court today why he wasn't contributing to the ^support of Ids wife and two children. He said he had a lame back and couldn't work. Pressed for an account of how he hurt his back, Nevers replied: “Changing a diaper on the baby.” Judge James C. Murphy or dered Nevers to pay his wife $20 a week. LEADERS” TO TRY FOR LEAF EXPORT Congress To Be Asked To Include Eobacco In Aid Bill Morning Star Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. — Congress will be asked to write into the European interim aid bill a general policy of letting foreign countries buy some American tobacco with loans from this government Represene ative Harold Cooley of North Carolina said today. A tobacco state Congressional committee including Tar Heel Senators Hoey and Upstead and Representative Cooley probably will present the request next Tuesday to the House Foreign Affairs committee, which is con sidering the administration’s proposal to send nearly $600 mil lion to France, Italy and Aus tria for food and fuel this win ter. Although none of this money will be spent for tobacco, Cooley said the interim aid measure “will set the pattern” for the long range European recovery program under the Marshall plan; and “unless we can get tobacco recognized as one of the commodities to be bought with American loans, we’ll be in the doghouse. European countries needing bread are naturally “reluctant to ask for tobacco,” he said, but the European market must See LEADERS On Page Two GREEN BOWLERS BANNED BY NAVY Secret Academy Society Ousted Following Probe By Admiral WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 — —Three years after a 35-year old secret Naval Academy .^so ciety the “Green Bowlers”, died a “natural death”, the Navy formally banned it today. None around the Navy Department admits knowing what has become of the “Green Bowl,” or its origin, but any how its banned. The legend is that some dash ing young midshipmen got to gether first in 1907 to try out tobacco, sing and quench their thirst at a Green Eowl. As the years went by rumor had it that to have been a member of the Green Bowlers while a studnt was a good way to get along later in the Navy. After a two months investiga al Frank J. Lowry, in coopera See GREEN on Page Two Secretary Refuses To Be Pessimistic On German Treaty Chance LONDON, Nov. 21 — (U.R) —Sec retary of State George C. Mar shall arrived today for Tues day’s meeting of the Big Four Foreign Ministers and found American delegates openly skeptical of the chances of mak ing progress on the German and Austrian treaties. Marshall arrived at Northolt airport at 12:25 p.m. from Washington in President Tru man’s former plane and said he refused to be pessimistic. He added that his plan for Euro pean recovery was progressing favorably in Congress. But his associates who had ar rived here earlier and those who accompanied him, were pre paring to meet some dramatic and distasteful Russian "sur prise” as soon as talks started on tne uerman peace treaty. They believed Russia might demand either that the Ger mans themselves—though there is no German government — be brought into the peace talks or that allied troops get out of Ger many at an early date. The Big Four deputies met for weeks here, preparing for next week’s big meeting, and failed to reach agreement on any major question. Meets Royalty With Marshall came Charles Bohlen. State Department coun selor; Karl Humetfeine, chief of the department’s secretariat, and Bromley Smith, secretary of Marshall’s office. Marshall got a belated taste of the royal wedding at the air port. Princess Regent Juliana of The Netherlands and her con sort Prince Bernhard, waiting to take off to Amsterdam after attending the wedding, delayed ♦hew departure to meet him. American Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas led Marshall to the Princess’s plane where hand shakes and greetings were ex changed. Marshall refused to discuss See MARSHALL on Page Two marinesTget HEARING MONDAY Four Suspects In Robbery, Assault Case Go To Southport Today The four Marines, and one re cently discharged Marine, being held in connection with the rob bery and assault of Wilmington Cab Driver J. H. Irving, r., November 14 were slated to be taken to Brunswick county this afternoon by Brunswick Deputy O. W. Perry. Carl E. Stinert, Gerald E. Lee and Cecil R. Hosmer, the 17 year-old youth recently given a bad conduct discharge, were be ing held in jail here last night under bonds of $5,000 each on charges of highway robbery and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. C. Ed. Wilson, wanted on the same charges, and John Rabe charged with larceny and re ceiving, were being held by mil itary authorities at Camp Le jeune, according to Highway Patrolman R. C. Duncan, who investigated and made the ar rests. Rabe, according to Dun can, sold Irving’s watch, which was stolen from him on the night of the assault. All five of the prisoners are scheduled to be given prelimi nary hearings in Brunswick Re corder’s court on Monday morn ing, Duncan said last night. I r ___ Dry Advocate Gets Wet; Judge ‘Dries’ Him Off TOLEDO, O., Nov. 21. — OT — The Rev. Howard B. Pilchard, 64, general field representative in Toledo for the Ohio District the Anti-Saloon League, to day pleaded guilty in police court here to driving while under the influence of liquor. Judge J. Parker Edwards sentenced Pilchard to three days in the workhouse fined him $50 and suspended his driver’s li cense for one year. After entering the guilty plea his attorney, Thomas Farrell, told Judge Edwards he believed Pilchard had been punished suf ficently by the arrest and the subsequent embarrassment, Pil chard was arrested. Nov. 6 after his automobile struck a parked car here. Lifted States To Face Critical "ivleat Shortage, Andersen Says; Russia Threatens Iran Over Oil _ i---—-----1 _ Hostile Action Claimed In Note Moscow Charges Govern ment With Treachery In Breaking Accord MOSCOW, NOV. 21.—OJ.R)— Russia has warned Iran that its cancellation of an oil agreement with the Soviet Union constitutes hostile action and that its gov ernment must bear responsibil ity for the consequences, it was announced today. Russian Ambassador I. V. Sad chikov delivered to the Iranian Foreign Office in Tehran yes terday an angry note which said: “The Iranian government has treacherously broken obligations which it had taken upon itself. “The Soviet government can not ignore that the decision of the Majlis (parliament) . . .In view of the preservation of a British oil concession in South ern Iran, is an act of rude dis crimination toward the Soviet Union. “On the basis of the above the Soviet government declares a resolute protest against the above-mentioned hostile actions of the Iranian government toward the Soviet Union—Incompatible with normal relations between two states—and places respon sibility for the consequences of this upon the Iranian govern ment.” There was no hint what Russ ia’s next step might be in a situation which brought the United Nations Security Coun cil its first great crisis and caused the famous walkouts of Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gro myko. Premier Ahmad Ghavam of Iran agreed on April 4, 1946, to a 50-year agreement giving Russia 50-year oil concession in Iran’s Northern Azerbaijan prov ince. The agreement called for formation of a "society” for ex ploitation. During the first 25 years Russia would have con See HOUSING On Page Two SURVEY INDICATES NEED OF COLLEGE Dr 0. T. O’Rourke Says North Carolina Can Sup port Dental School RALEIGH, Nov. 21—(IP)— A preliminary survey indicates that North Carolina needs a dental college, Dr. O. T. O’Rourke of Tufts College at Boston said to day. Dr. O’Rourke was retained to make a survey of North Caro lina’s need for a dental college by the dental college committee of the North Carolina Dental Society. He said that he expected to complete his survey in Febru ary. The dental committee, Dr. O’Rourke said, had asked him to determine whether or not the state needs a dental college, and if so, how large it should be and whether or not it should be an endowed institution or state own ed. The state now does not have a dental college, and North Caro lina students who want to be dentists must go to colleges in other states for their training. Since 1933, Dr. O’Rourke said an average of 113 North Caro linians have been enrolled in den tal colleges each year and at least 250 students should be studying each year in order to maintain the present percentage of den tists, and still more students would be needed in order to in crease the percentage. Dr. O’Rourke expressed the opinion that the per capita in come of the state is large enough to enable it to support a greater number of dentists. Royall To Head All U.S. Armed Forces, Capital Sources State By FRANK VAN DER LINDEN Morning Star Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Sec retary of the Army Kenneth Roy all, of Goldsboro, N. C., is likely to become the civilian chief of all the armed forces soon, and therefore will not run for gov ernor of North Carolina next year, an informed source told the Morning Star today. James V. Forrestal, the secre tary of defense, wishes to return to his private investment busi ness as head of Dillon, Read and company, of New York, and his post would logically fo to the tall Tar Heel, who stands high in favor with the White House, the source said. Royal], a wartime brigadier general, already has the distinc tion of being the nation’s last secretary of war and its first secretary of the Army. When he entered his Pentagon office last July he also had hopes of be coming the next governor of his native state. Friends said he would resign soon after complet ing his work in the unification of the services. As months went by however, the secretary spoke less about leaving and there were reports that he might be promoted if he stayed The source of today’s more def inite report, who also had pre dicted Royall’s appointment as secretary of war, said he would have been back in North Caro lina now, if the situation had not changed. Should Royall step into the number one spot in the defense organization another North Caro linian might move ipto his pres ent job, for Gordon Gray of See ROYALL on Page Two HEAVY SNOWS HIT MIDWEST STATES Storm Extends From Cana dian Border To New Mexi co; Mild On Gulf By The Associated Press A storm extended from the Canadian border to New Mexico Friday and heavy snows and driving winds piled up drifts and closed schools in the Dako tas. In the Oakes-Hankinsoa area of North Dakota up to 18 inches of snow was reported with a 40 mile an hour wind piling up three foot drifts. Schools were closed in Aberdeen, S. D., and the Red River area of North Dakota where secondary roads were blocked. Snow up to five inches was reported in Northern Minnesota but all main highways were open. Lighter snows fell over the remainder of the mountain and plains area but five inches was reported in Northern New Mexico. Temperatures drooped to one above zero at El Morro and it was eight above at Raton. Temperatures of below zero were general Friday in the Northern great plains and cold was expected to spread over the midwest and upper Great Lakes late Saturday and Sunday, fed eral forecasters said. Some snow flurries were ex pected over the week end in the Northern Great Lakes region but the storm was moving Northeastward into Canada, the Weather Bureau said. In the rest of the country light rains fell Friday along the Gulf of Mexico and in the Southeast ern states. Meanwhile normal temperatures and fair skies pre vailed along the Northern East coast and on the Pacific slope. TOBACCO MARKETS ENJOY GOOD DAY Middle Belt Warehouses Report Better Prices For All Grades By The Associated Press Prices for practically all grades rose yesterday on tobac co markets of the Middle Belt while on the Old Belt most leaf grades showed losses the federal and state t epartments of Agriculture reported. On the Middle Belt, most leaf grades advanced with gains running from $1 to $5 per hun dred pounds. Smoking leaf was up $2 to $4 in most cases al though a few grades lost ground. Cutters were steady, most lugs were up $1 to $4, and nondescript advanced $2 to $3. Sales volume was heavy on most markets and there was lit tle change in quality. Sales Thursday totaled 2,047,388 pounds and average $42.60, a drop of 41 cents from Wednes day. Along The Cape Fear WHO SAYS THE WAR IS OVER? — Enforecement of rent controls in the Wilmington area, embracing four counties, ap pears to be dependent on wheth er or not the late World War 11 is officially over or not. J. R. Hollis, chairman of the local rent control board, says that for the time being rent controls in the area will be enforced. The Wilmington Real Estate board has passed a resolution asking that rent controls in the area be terminated, Hollis re called, but his board has re ceived no copy of the resolution, he said. A Federal court has ruled that the act under which rent control agencies operate is invalid, because Congress has no right to enforce emergency measures in peacetime. The question, however, is whether or not this is peacetime. Mean while. until final adjudication is handed down, the rent controls are still on. MECCA FOR TOURISTS Evidence that Wilmington is be coming known throughout the nation as a Mecca for tourists is the steady string of cards and letters arriving daily at the Chamber of Commerce office here asking for information about the city and beaches. Secretary John Farrell says much of the mail is undoubtedly instigated by folders sent out from his office. Following is the message from North Dakota chosen as a typical request re ceived from prospective visitors: “Kindly send me informa tion on points of interest in your part of the state. We ex pect to be down there the last week in December. What are your main attractions that time of year? Kindly send me names of best average price cabins and eating places. I’d greatly appre ciate this information.” SAVES CHILD PETERSBURG, Ind., Nov. 21 —(JPt— Mrs. Jack Ficklin, 66, jumped into the icy waters of a strip coal mine pond near here today and rescued her two-year-old grandson, Jerry Church. Jerry had fallen into the pond after he had strolled away from the Ficklin home. Miners from a nearby coal mine revived the boy with artificial respiration. PALESTINE PLAN ACCORD R CHED Full Committee To Get Modified Version For Study This Morning LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 21 — (/P)—A modified plan of parti tioning Palestine, designed prin cipally to meet objections rais ed by Britain, was agreed upon tonight by a United Nations sub committee. The United States and Russian delegates on the subcommittee notified delegates that their gov ernments had agreed to the modifications. A British dele gate said that the new version of the partition plan would be sent to his government and that he had no comment now on its attitude. The revised plan, which still carries the essential plan for cutting Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, will go to the full 57-member Palestine com mittee of the United Nations As sembly tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. E.S.T. for debate. Meanwhile, the Assembly it self cleared up the remaining few items on its work sheet in a session at Flushing Mea dows. Its action left the Pales tine question the only issue to be settled before the 1947 session is completed. LEON BLUM FAILS TO WIN APPROVAL French Premiership Of fered To Robert Schu man, MRP Leader PARIS, Saturday, Nov. 22—0?) —Leon Blum, nominated for premier of a new French gov ernment, failed to win National Assembly approval last night, and early today it was reported that President Vincent Auriol had offered the post to Robert Schuman. Auriol, a Socialist, was said to be awaiting a reply from Schu man, who is 60, a member of the middle-of-the-road Popular Re publican Movement (MRP) and a former finance minister. He called the Luxembourg - born Lorrainer to the presidential Elysee Palace at 2:30 a. m. (8:30 p. m. Friday, Eastern Standard Time). Blum, 75-year-old Socialist, had been nominated by the president Thursday night to succeed Premier Paul Ramadier, also a Socialist, who resigned Wednesday night. | POLICE PROBING NEGRO SHOOTING Mitchell Howard Wounded At Sixth Street Billiard Parlor Local detectives were conduc ting an investigation at a late hour last night into the shooting of Mitchell Itoward, Negro, who was admitted to James Walker Memorial hospital at around 8:30 suffering from bullet wounds in the forehead, left arm and right hand. Howard was shot by another Negro at the Happy Hour billiard parlor at Sixth and Brunswick streets shortly after 8 and was picked up by two of ficers from the Sheriff’s office who happened by and rushed him to the hospital. His condi tion was listed at James Walker as “satisfactory.” City police were summoned and the detectives were called in. They reported no leads at a late hour. Witnesses said that when the .33 calibre bullet hit Howard in the forehead, above his nose, it was flattened out and deflected so that it traveled around his skull. Meanwhile, police were hold ing Charles Bellamy, 608 Camp bell street, under $1,500 bond on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and larceny. He was charged with hitting Larniece Sutton, Negro, on the head with a soft drink bottle, causing her to be admitted to Community hospital for observation of head injuries. Bellamy was arrested at headquarters by Officers W. C. Jordan and V. G. Slater. RUSSIA DETAINS CANADIAN MEN Two Military Mission Of ficers Charged With Ille gal Entry OTTAWA, Nov. 21—W— The Canadian External Affairs de partment confirmed tonight that two members of the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin were being detained by Soviet au thorities in Pravdinsk by the commander of the Kaliningrad border area. They are charged with illegal entry into Russian territory. The department identified them as J. D. M. Weld and Capt. A. W. Clabon of the Canadian Mili tary Mission and said that the commander of the Kaliningrad border area was awaiting au thorization from Moscow before allowing them to proceed. John Holmes, Canadian charge d’affaires in Moscow, has, under instructions from the Canadian government, asked that Weld and Clabon be permitted by Soviet authorities to return to Berlin. GOP CHAIRMAN ASHEVILLE, Nov. 21—W—A group of western North Caro lina Republicans announced to day they would sponsor Jamess M. Baley, of Marshall for North Carolina Republican party chair man at the 1948 convention. Message With Morning Milk Gets Apartment MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 21 —