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' WEATHER TrUC J£ iSSPPmBl 1.1 B?IJUFB? “:i „ so.™ | nr ; alAK-Ntmia Continued cloudy tenigM. eoci With ram ■ ■ ■ ■■■ _ *_ PUBLISHES IN r~ U | | ^bIHM w[ W WEB ZZ.—-- ^TtHHi ^©ffiT ©OW ©IP (?(3?@@®ggg E>ILfgA8MEHf -^t-^NO. 47. WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1947 SECTION A—PRICE TEN C^NTife Arabs Insist Jews Battle Challenge Jews To Open Battle In Grove Of Trees Following Slaying Of Arab Girl And Killing Of Others JERUSALEM, Nov. 22—(IP)—An Arab was killed and on(j Was wounded in Haifa tonight shortly after the Vndestine Arab organization Hariyeh (Freedom) chal i <red the Jewish underground Stern Gang to a battle. A -ab sources termed the challenge a “declaration of civil •f two Arabs in Haifa were irk bv automatic weapon Z from' a passing taxi in Al t' street in the downtown ecton of the city. Earlier one frab was killed and one was funded in separate shootings bv"1* unknown persons” in Haifa. The bodv of an unidentified Arab girl, who had been shot fn the head, also was found near 1 banks of the Kishon river. Har;veh-recalling that five Arabs’were slain two days ago "n an orange grove near Raana na—called on Stern Gang mem bers to meet an Arab force _ in the groves there next week. The challenge, contained in posters appearing in Jerusalem, said in pa,'.QUr code of honor does not permit us to massacre unpro tected Jewish settlers of the Ne geb (an area of southern Pales tine) We oppose Zionism and Parhtion but we cannot murder neighbors, most of whom w» be lieve are strongly opposed to the terrorists who murdered our friends and relatives at Ha anana. “Our men will be waiting in the orange groves near Raanana next week. We will protect our people and we will welcome an attack by the cowardly band in order that we may revenge our brothers.” Police pulled down the posters and dispersed crowds which had gatnerea. Meanwhile, two members of the Arab higher executive, Shiek Hassan Abous Saud and Raffik Tamimi, met with Arab club groups in Jaffa, the largest all Arab city in Palestine. Four (Continued on Page 2; Col. 5) reds7chinese IN NEW BATTLE Long Awaited Paoting Fighting Starts, Report NANKING, Nov. 22— W —A Chinese press dispatch said to day the long expected battle for Paoting was on with communist attackers penetrating govern ment defenses north of that capi tal of Hopeh province. The newspaper Yi Sbih Pao reported 3.000 communist troops here battling the government garrison at points only seven miles southeast of the city while a second thrust was made from the north. Three communist regiments were in the attack from the north, the newspaper added. These troops, under Gen. Nieh Jung-Chien, were said to have broken into government positions along the railroad. The government has been strengthening its Paoting posi tion ever since it lost its big base at Shihkiachwang, 80 miles to the southwest. An attack has been predicted for a week. Paoting is the lower angle of a strategic triangle in Hopeh province, with Peiping at the northwest angle and Tientsin at the northeast. Paoting is about 80 miles from both cities. The Weather Meteorological data for the 24 hours 7:30 a.m. today. TEMPERATURES . 1;30 a.m. 51; 7:30 a.m. 50; 1:30 p.m. 92; ’:30 p.m. 65. Maximum 65; Minimum 49; Mean 57; normal 54. HUMIDITY }:30 a.m. 82; 7:30 a.m. 95. 1:30 p.m. 96; 7:J0 p.m. 97. PRECIPITATION Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. *0 61 inches. Total since the First of the month — C ol inches. tides for today (From the Tide Tables published by • 8 Coast and Geodetic Survey). . High Low wunungton - 5:30 a.m. 12:21 a.m. Vq 5:52 p.m. 12:43 p.m. *wasonboro Inlet - 3:08 a.m. 9:33 a.m. 3:32 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 2■'>: unr7Se 6:533; Sunset 5:05; Moonrise p. P*m.; Moonset 1:47 a.m. 8 lvei' stage at Fayetteville N. C. at a,rn> Saturday, 19.9 feet. RALEIGH, Nov. 22.—(/P)—The tempera s * €ndinS 6 p.m. Saturday. &GXOK L»JT PreC A^ena, - 43 39 0.39 -aeviUe - 48 S8 0.04 Blants - 46 42 0.06 p,ufaflo _ r- 35 Charlotte ~ £ 4q jwag0 - 48 36 0.63 36° £ 0.02 -s 5 033 ^y“wPtity - 33 24 019 llemlln8eles-— 60 46 0.04 lfehls- 58 53 0.02 llin?' -- 82 75 0.31 aZ vrleans - 64 60 °-01 £&%==% % 0,3 £^'-!^=Z== 46 37 >0.02 pntrj«io _ 61 52 0.16 Sav- ranci£co- 56 36 Sea*i]!‘ah — — _ 54 50 0.08 TarrJ - 45 31 Vickr - 85 67 ^shhuig-58 55 °-54 Jhingtoa___ 49 39 <j.Q2 U. S. APPEALS FOR PARTITION Urges United Nations To Vote Large Majority As Possible Lake Success, Nov. 22.—{&)— The United States today appeal ed for United Nations approval of the proposal to partition Pal estine into Jewish and Arab countries “by as large a major ity as possible.” It was the first time in the lengthy U.N. debate on the Holly Land that the U. S» made a di rect plea for votes for partition, Arabs and supported by the Jews, U. S. Delegate Herschel V. ohnson made the statement before the 57-nation Palestine committee, which is discussing the only issue left on the calen dar of the 1947 general assembly. “The plan of partition with economic union carries suffici ent flexibility to be made work able,” Johnson said. We hope it is adopted by as large a majori tv as possible. “With all its imperfections, the partition plan offers the most practicable solution of the Pal estine proble . Johnson thcs took issue with Sir Carl Berendsen, of New Zealand, who declared that the partition plan is deplorable because there is no provision for a police force to make ef fective the creation of the con templated Jewish and Arab countries. Dr. Mohamed Fadhil Jamali, foreign minister of Irag,_ said Johnson’s speech “baffled’' him and argued that the partition plan violated the U.N. charter. Asking that the assembly “shall not be influenced to make un just decisions,” he declared. The Jewish agency determin ed the partition plan. The Uni ted States accepts the generous gift of the Jewish agency. Meyers, A “Kiss And Tell” Witness MAJ. GEN. BENNETT E. MEYERS testifies before the Senate War Investigating Committee at Washington in relating his “kiss and tell” story of putting his married girl friend, “Mrs. Bleriot H. Lamarre, into the airplane parts business so they could be to gether in Dayton, O. He said he carried on the romance with Mrs. Lamarre for four years with the approval of her husband, Mjho was installed as president of Meyers' company, known as Avia tion Electric Co. AP Wirephoto)!_ Atty. Gen. Clark Acts On Meyers WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—</P)—1The Justice Depart ment signalled today for grand jury action against Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers after Senate investigators heard Meyers’ wartime chief, General of the Army H. H. Arnold, denounce him as a “rotten apple.” Arnold also branded as “ab-1 solute falsehoods’’ Meyers’ testi mony that he had discussed some of his wartime stock trans actions with Arnold, former head of the army air force. Then the Senate War Investi gating committee concluded its Sensational investigation cf Mey ers and turned the case over to government prosecutors to pur sue in the light of statutes against fraud, corruption, tax evasion and perjury. (Continued on Page 2; Col. 7) Restaurants Cannot Be Inspected, Elliot Dr. A. H. Elliot, city-county health officer, said yester day that proper inspections of restaurants in the city and county cannot be conducted because of an adequate budget. He said that the North Caro lina health department requires that all restaurants be inspect ed at least once every three months, but “in New Hanover county we are lucky to get around to each restaurant once a year,” he said. At present the county health department employs one man, W. C. Haas, to inspect more than 300 restaurants and meat markets in the county and city. “With one more fully qualified inspector, “Dr. Elliot oaid, “we could inspect all restaurants ev ery three months and comply with the state law.” Balking at the proposal to publicly rate all restaurants with posters according to their sanitation and equipment, Dr. Elliot said, “I don’t want to en ter the competitive and com mercial field.” He said that giving restau rants posters that rate them as “A”, “B” or “C”, borders on commercialism because of the value that a grade “A” poster would carry to a restaurant op erator. The biggest item, he said, in rating a restaurant, is its dish washing machine gets 65 or 70 points, and a cafe that serves hamburgers on paper napkins gets the same number of points because it doesn’t have any dirty dishes,” he said. Men’s RibJ* Oass May -Join With National Group A meeting of the Men’s Bible class of the First Baptist church will be held this afternoon at 3 o’clock to discuss the proposal to enter the national Federation of Men’s Bible Classes, it was announced yesterday. A national movement, at the nresent only 17 of the 48 states are not renresented in the Fed eration. Principal purpose of the organization is to increase at tendance and strengthen the ef fectiveness of the churches in their eommun:ties. It is non denominational. Otto Pridgen is teacher of the First Baptist church's class. Tobacco Sales In North Carolina Saturday Reported RALEIGH, Nov. 22.— (ff) — The United States-North Carolina Departments of Agriculture an nounced today total sales and averages prices of yestreday’s sales on the old flue-cured tobac co belt. North Carolina Pounds Average Burlington . 229,258 34.68 Madison . 165,948 30.60 Mebane . 208,616 37.09 Mt. Airy . 215,956 37.16 Reidsville _ 257,278 37.69 Roxboro _ 220,634 41.58 Stoneville _ 153,958 35.49 Winston-Salem _ 1,159,134 36.74 GENERALS RETIRED WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—VP) —The regular army and air force have retired 462 of their generals since 1940 for physicial disability, age and similar reasons. ITALIAN LABOR AGAINST REDS General Confederation Spokesman Denies Red Threat ROME, Nov. 22— (JP) —Italy’s wave of strikes and disorders subsided today, but Pietro Nen ni, pro-communist socialist lead er, warned that a nation-wide strike might be called to protest “violence against the workers.” “Drop by drop” demonstrations should be avoided, he declared, whereas a general strike “will have weight.” A spokesman for the powerful communist-led general confed eration of labor threw cold water on the suggestion, how ever, declaring “the thought of a general strike is Nenni’s, not that of the confederation.” Meanwhile, the constituent as sembly approved new anti-fascist and anti-monarchist legislation, making the organization and di rection of armed fascist and monarchist bands an offense punishable by three to 15 years imprisonment. A band was de fined as three or more persons. Some Christian democrats had argued against the legislation, saying there already are laws on the books against fascism. No new disorders were re ported after 10 days of leftist inspired strikes and riots which reached from one end of Italy to the other and took 22 lives. Workers factories committees prepared for a national meeting in Milan tomorrow, however, and a Lombardy partisan parade cele brating the saving of Italian fac tories from retreating German armies was to be held in Milan tomorrow also. Some quarters feared the two gatherings might provoke a fresh outburst. Schuman T3amed Premier Of Troubled France; Big-4 Deputies Disagree Break Comes On The Eye Of Full Meet Session Described By Am erican As Of ‘An All Time Low’ LONDON, Nov. 22—W—The four-power foreign ministers dep uties ended their 13th session on preparations for the big four meeting in complete disagree ment tonight. It was uncertain whether they would meet agafh before the for eign ministers council assembles Tuesday. One American infor mant described the 3 1-2 hour session today as “an all-time low” in the series of preliminary] conferences which began Nov. 6. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov was expected to arrive tomorrow from Moscow for the main conference on Germany and Austria. French Foreign Minis ter Georges Bidault, assuming he survives the French political crisis, will probably come on Monday. Secretary of State George C. Marshall arrived by plane yes terday, and received an honorary doctors degree from Oxford uni versity today. In an address delivered to the colorfully robed audience, in (Continued on Page 2; Col. 5) SOARING PRICES , RECORDED BY AP Food Prices Set All-Time High On Sat urday By The Associated Press High-soaring wholesale prices of major commodities set an all time altitude record Saturday for the third straight day. Higher were cocoa, corn wheat, oats and cotton. While the prices of some commodities remained unchanged, none de clined. The Associated Press whole sale price index of 35 basic staples jumped .71 of a point to 202.26. The index uses 1926 prices zs 100. The 1947 low, set Janu ary 25, was 164.05. Cotton futures closed 40 cents a bale lower to 45 higher in New York and $1.20 a bale higher to 30 cents lower in New Or leans. On the Chicago Board of Trade, wheat for future delivery closed 1 1-4 to 1 3-4 cents a bushel higher, December $3.06 3-4-3.07. Corn was 3-4 to 2 cents higher, December $2.53 1-4 $2.52 3-4; oats were 3-4 to 1 1-8 higher, December $1.24 1-8-1-4, and soybeans were 2 1-2-3 1-2 lower, March $3.85 1-2. At the Chicago stockyards, hogs ended the week 50 cents a hundred pounds higher, steers declined 50 cents to $2, and lambs were steady to as much as $1 lower. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, meanwhile, that the cost of living index hit a new high in September of 66 to 1 per cent above August 1939 levels .Food prices in the index were listed at 203.5 per cent of the 1935-39 average and 10 per cent above the June, 1920 peak. Col. Gillette Accepts Port Authority Post To Become Effective Direc tor On The First Of January Col. George W. Gillette, of Atlanta, Division engineer of the South Atlantic division, Corps of Engineers, has acept ed the appointment of Execu tive Director of the North Carolina State Ports authori ty, R. B. Page Chairman, an nounced yesterday. Col. Gillette, who will retire from the Army next month, will begin his new duties on or about Jan. 1. He will maintain head quarters in Wilmington. He was unanimously selected sometime ago and announced his acceptance at a meeting of the authority recently. A native of North Carolina, Col. Gillette has served twice as head of the Wilmington dis trict of the Corps of Engineers. Before the actual beginning of World War II, he assisted in organizing the Engineer Train ing center at Fort Bel voir, Va., in 1940 and later became its Executive Officer, from there he went to Boston, Mass., where he was Division engineer for the New England division dur ing the military construction pe riod. He later commanded the Engineer Training center at Fort Lewis, Washington, and re turned to Wilmington as District engineer on Dec. 15, 1945. Here he served until going to Atlanta to become division chief on Aug. 1, 1946. He is a member of the Amer ican Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Elec trical Engineers and the Ameri can Society of Military Engi neers. (Continued on Page 3; Col. 3) Appointed COL. G. W. GILLETTE GEORGE STEARNS RESIGNS CHEST Effective January 1; Plans Private Business Here The resignation of George L. Stearns as executive secretary of the Community Chest organi zation in Wilmington was an nounced last night. The resigna tion, in a letter to H. A. Marks, chest president, is effective Jan. 1, 1948. Steams will enter private busi ness in Wilmington. He has not (Continued on Page 2; Col. 3) Uncle Dave’s Rites Set Monday At Three RALEIGH, Nov. 22—(A5)—The state he served for 54 years will pay final respects Monday to “Uncle Dave” Haywood, friend and butler of 14 governors. Pvt. Roscoe Long To Be Intered Here Tuesday Afternoon The remains of Pvt. Roscoe S. Long, 23, formerly of Wil mington and Supply, will be laid to rest in National Ceme tery of Wilmington at three o’clock Tuesday. Pvt. Long was killed in Germany. The Ameican Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will officiate with full military hon ors. The remains will remain at Harrell-Coble Funeral Home until the funeral hour. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Hanna Long, and sis ters, Mrs. Retha Padgett, Mrs. Lillie Pridgen, all of Wilming ton; Mrs. Florence Hamm, Lit tle Rock, Ark.; Barbara Jean and Virginia Long, Supply; brothers, Guy, Curtis and Juni us, Supply; Carl and Jenkins, Summerville, S. C., and the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Long, Supply.__ Soviet Marshal Sokolovsky Blasts U. S.; CIO European Labor Meeting Demands ‘Aid’ BERLIN, Nov, 22—W—Soviet Marshal Vassily D. SSkolovsky denounced the western Allies’ oc cupation policies in Germany in a 10,000-word attack published today, and charged United State and British authorities with pro moting “intensive propaganda for a new war.” Promptly Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the American commander, de scribed the charges of Russia’s chief in Germany as a misrep resentation of known facts.” The bitter Soviet blast almost on the eve of the foreign min isters conference in London ap parently foreshadowed, in the opinion of many observers, an other fruitless four . power wrangle over the fate of Ger many. Sokolovsky’s a c c u s a tions, made formally before the Allied Control council yesterday, par (Continued on Page 2; Col. 1) PUBLISHER’S ANNOUNCEMENT Due to the continued increase in labor costs, newsprint, inks, distribution; in fact, all supplies and services that go into the manufacturing and maintenance of a newspaper being now beyond the control of Newspaper Management, it is necessary that the FOLLOWING CIRCULATION RATES for CARRIER DELIVERED CIRCULATION in Wil mington and Southeastern North Carolina be made EFFEC TIVE DECEMBER 1, 1947, payable weekly or in advance. Time Star News Combi nation 1 Week.35 . 30 60 1 Month. 1.50 . 1.30 2.40 3 Months .... 4.50 . 3.90 7.20 6 Months .... 9.00 . 7.80 14-40 1 Year . 18.00 15.60 28.80 Above rates entitle subscriber to the Sunday Star-News. R. B. PAGE. PUBLISHER PARIS, Nov. 22 — m— U. S. and pro-Communist representa tives in the World Federation of Trade Unions debated Ameri can aid to Europe today but re fused to disclose details of their discussions. James B. Carey, secretary general of the Congress of In dustrial Organizations (C.I.O.) and an observer at the meeting of the W. F. T. U. executive bureau, said he had been “talk ing all day.” It was said that those present at the meeting were pledged to secrecy. Before the bureau convened Wednesday, it had been widely reported that Carey had threat ened to take the C. I. O. out of the Federation unless it ap proved a resolution supporting American aid. The C. I. O. has been under fire in the U. S. far (Continued on Page 3; Col. 1) Funeral services for the white haired and sprightly Negro, who in his life time became one of Raleigh’s best known figures, will be conducted by the Rev. T. P. Duhart, his pastor, at St. Paul’s AME church at 3 o’clock. He’ll be buried as Uncle Dave said he wanted to be buried, in the dark green uniform with 14 stripes for the governor he saw come and go, the uniform he wore to Washington last summer for his first and only visit at the White House. Only Uncle Dave knew his exact age, and he wouldn’t admit to more than than 74 years. The correct figure, capital square old times contend, probably would be in the neghborhood of 80. Only recently did he agree to lighten his duties at the execu tive mansion. Formerly he was up and on the job each morning at 5:30. Illness overtook him in September just after the debu tante ball. He was up until 12:30 a.m. for the ceremonies. The next day after five hours sleep, he insisted on serving tea to the debutantes and collapsed. He never was able to go back to duty again. His last request was that he be buried in his uniform, the one wth the 14 stripes, and Governor Cherry said that was the way it should be. Surviving are the widow; a daughter, four sons, and nine grandchildren. Breaks Silent Vow And Dies 60 Years After Her Fiance JOHANNESBURG, South Af rica, Nov. 22.—<ff)—For 60 years Francesca Mary Rose, 81, spent every November 20 in retire ment because that day in 1887 tier fiance was killed in a train accident. This year she wanted to see the royal wedding celebrations and went out. Five minutes later she was killed in a motor acci ient. JIM DAVIS DEAD WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—(U.R) —James J. (Puddler Jim) Davis, former Senator and secretary of labor in three presidential cabi nets, died today. He was J74. French Fear Red Uprising Due Monday New Premier Promises To Act 'Quickly’ Against Strikes By LOUIS NEVTN PARIS, Nov. 22— (/P) —Robert Schumann, 61-year-old Lorrain* lawyer of the moderate Populai Republican party, won parlia mentary approval of his desig nation os premier tonight on | pledge to act “quickly” against a strike movement that is crip pling France. Schuman, who has been fi nance minister since 1946 and who lived in hiding among resis tance forces during the German occupation, won just two- third* of all national assembly vote* after socialist Leon Blum had failed by nine votes last night to get the green light to form a government. Needing 309 votes, he received 412 from socialists, radical-social ists, popular republicans and many rightists. Only the vote* of 184 communists opposed him. The DetGaullists either voted fo* him or were among 21 deputies who abstained. Schuman, appealing to the as sembly for support, declared ht would “defend the republic” and distinguish between the leg itimate demands of labor and “the synchronized enterprises ot sedition throughout Europe.” He said he expects to form a cabinet tonight to deal with ths labor crisis. Under guidance of ‘the som munist-dominated general con federation of labor, the numebi' of strikers passed the 750,000 mark, and truckloads of mobile guardsmen armed with tommy guns moved into the city in prep aration for any outbreak of dis order which some Frenchmen feared would come Monday. A distinct uneasiness was felt in the capital as the population read in their newspapers of ths discovery of four important clandestine arms depots in ths past two weeks, and learned that saboteurs last night had cut tele phone lines linking two forts in the outskirts of the city. A quart of concentrated tear gas was stolen from a Paris laboratory last night, police reported. Police also said that following an explosion at the strike-bound Renault automobile factory they had arrested two communist workers on charges of manufao turing bombs there. The Socialist newspaper SI Populaire declared, “in appli cation of orders received in War saw and carrying out an orches trated plan from Belgrade, ths communist party is preparing SO pass to direct action. The nation’s railroads and merchant marine were partly tied up by the growling wave of strikers which now include metallurgical and building work ers, coal miners, dock worker* in southern France and school teachers in the Paris region and flour millers. Railroad service in southeast* (Continued on Page 2; Col. A) EDUCATORS PLAN MEETING IN CITY City And County Superin tendent'; To Discuss Needs Educational needs of the state are expected to command the attention of city and county school superintendents from all parts of North Carolina next month when the winter meeting of the superintendents’ division of the North Carolina Education association is scheduled to meet in Wilmington, according to Supt. H. M. Roland. The superintendents will meet here for a three-day conference which probably will deal mainly with the current survey of edu cational requirements being made for the General As sembly, Roland said today in making the announcement of the semi-annual metting. A wide response rrom educa tors indicates good attendance at the meeting, he said. Roland declared that he did not expect the group to discuss or take any action on the sug gestion that R. L. Fritz, Jr., disposed Hudson school princi pal, resign the presidency of the NCEA.
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