North Carolina Newspapers

FORECAST: + Wilmington and vicinity: Cdcar to K 8 I: i 1 f 1§ 8 1 1 SSf-U-SMf. co" c°o110- 4I4 __ V' V _ --—" VOL. 81.—NO. 83. WILMINGTON. N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1947 Russia Halts Accord Pleas Western Powers, Appeal For One* Big Four Agree ment Fails At London TfA'DON, Nov. 25 —W—An L bv the Western powers *PPf least one quick Big Four i°ratm,rt to “assure the peo fL the world’’ failed tonight F “e Soviet Foreign Minis t(l v M Molotov into consent ,er (a immediate consideration * Austrian treaty. dZ opening of the conference j Vnreign Ministers in ancient, "Lie Lancaster House, as de fied to correspondents by sriefinK officers, indicated that , otoV had changed his posi S little. if any, from the meet “ last April in Moscow. The Foreign Ministers of the muted States. Britain, France Russia agreed on a six point agenda, but split in the Lai 3 to 1 fashion over wheth er Austria or Germany should ttt ton consideration. Molotov did agree to take up a' u s.—proposed four-power 40-vear 'disarmament treaty -gainst Germany — provided it pS couDled with discussion’ of what Molotov said was the "failure” of the Western powers to carry out present demilitari zation policies for the Reich. This indicated Molotov would again raise the repeatedly den'ed Soviet charges made in Moscow and in the Berlin Al lied Control Council by Marshal Sokolovsky that the United States and Britain were failing to disarm Germany. The East and West came to pips over which order should be given the items in the agenda for discussion. Agreement Near Britain, France and the Unit ed States said agreement was near on an Austrian treaty and added that if a quick final set tlement could be reached It would reassure an “anxious world.” U. S. Secretary of State Mar shall said “it is very important we agree on something quickly to assure the people of the world.” me mice western ministers repeatedly stressed that they believed Germany the more im portant of the two problems, but asserted it was imperative that some agreements be reached in view of the many previous deadlocks in addition to the long delay on the Austrian treaty. Molotov insisted that Ger many come first as the most See RUSSIA on Page Two MOVIE MAGNATES TO FIRE WRITERS Ten Men Cited For Con tempt Will Be Let Go, No Commies Hired NEW YORK, Nov. 25. - The high command of the na tion's movie industry decided to day to drop from its payrolls the 10 Hollywood figures cited for contempt of Congress and at the same time announced no known Communists would be hired in the future. The action was announced by Erie Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, after a two-day closed session attended by 50 of film dom’s top executives. None of the 10 men, Johns tons statement said, would be rehired until "he is acquitted or as purged himself of contempt and declared under oath that he is not a Communist.” he meeting of the executives s ,attended by two prominent pecial counsel for the industry; (.5les /■ Byrnes, former secre cy “ state, and Paul V. Me former high commissioner '".‘he Philippines. Winston said the members of irm"aSS?clat'on “deplore the acf rnm °f til€ 10 men cited for r«entauv€b£y ^ H°USe °f ReP' thJJe,„do.not desire to prejudge i0n. , egal r)ghts, but their act " have been a disservice to B.LempIoyers and have im industry.”eip usefulness to the The Weather ci°ud> Riursdav ?*d coil Wednesday anc hr nig^t LocaI frost again Wednes *M 'contf-r1"0'~Clear to partly clouds Vsdav^th ,c°o1. Wednesday and H temnJpl. freezing or near freer hy olght*r''ture 111 interior Wednes UrtsAr , forecast Filing 7 :.®?‘esl data for the 14 hour: _J-m- yesterday. 1.80 . m temperatures ^30 a-m- «* 1:30 P-» •ionrai"^” S7: Minimum 45; Mean 51 1;30 . „ , HUMIDITY ,:30 p'm857i7:3° a m- 74; 1:30 P'm Total . PRECIPITATON Mss. ne 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m Itches*Since the first of the month 5.8; from ,hTlDES F°R TODAY ■ s Coact TlrJ,e Tables published b: • ’ and Geodetic Survey. ‘‘^injrrnn HIGH LOW -- - 8:02 a.m. 2:38 a.m ‘SOnb»™ Inlet _ 5 ^ aPr 11° P^ imrise . .. 5:58 p.m. •p.tn - Sl'nset 5:04; Moonris *>«•’ afeSl 4:53 «-m wMthE*8 n Pag* Iwa Nurse Secretary Says Wages Substandard Charges Exploitation Of Personnel; Warns Hospital Board They Are Not Dealing With “Servant Girls” " ■ ■ ■ 1 ~ 11 ■ i. — \ BY GEORGE KNUDSON Star Staff Writer The executive secretary of the North Carolina 1 Nurses association, Mrs. Marie B. Noell, said last night that employment conditions for trained nurses at James Walker Hospital here were “very substandard.” In addition, Mrs. Noell said that it is up to f nIe of Wilmington-1'^ T not they wilj/' ,.A _aX the hospital y ectors meet v-' V A, tentative of tv afS* .aployed at the . a conference on v conditions “It i .ot possible to say See NURSE on Page Five Motorists May Be Asked To Cut Pleasure Drives CAT RATTLES DENVER, Nov. 25—W—Ben Banchor was right — his auto mobie was making noises like a cat. After he drove into a filling station and voiced this com plaint, an attendant found a Persian cat huddled on a shock absorber, The attendant held on to the cat while Banchor drove off. grand” juruets MEYERS EVIDENCE Portly General Faces Pos sible Life Imprisonment If Convicted WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 — CU.R) _ The government took its case against Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers before a federal grand jury today. It asked his indict ment on the first of a series of criminal charges that could put the retired procurement officer in prison for the rest of his life. In addition, Meyers, whom Gen .Dwight D. Eisenhour strip per of his decorations and pen sions, faces court martial for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Federal justice was set in mo tion against the portly general by U. S. Attorney George M. Fay, who began parading prose cution witnesses before the grand jurors at mid-day bare ly 72 hours after the close of the sensational Senate investiga tion that started government agents on Meyers’ trail. The nature of the indictment sought was technically a secret pending final action by the grand jury. But the Justice De partment made it plain that it count bill alleging perjury and was asking initially for a two subornation of perjury. Conviction on both counts would make Meyers liable to a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and fines of $10,000. Meyers also was accused of trying to persuade two of the witnesses to lie to the subcom mittee to cover up his role in the firm’s affairs. This is known as subornation of perjury. DONALDSON NAMED j TO CABINET SPOT President Appoints Ex Postman As Successor To Robert Hannegan WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 —UP! —Postmaster General Rob ert E. Hannegan resigned today to head the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball club and President Truman named an ex-postman to take his place in the cabinet. The appointment went to 26 year old Jesse M. Donaldson, first assistant postmaster gen eral, who has had 42 years in the postal service. It was a sur prise appointment, even to Don aldson, who was called to the White House and told of his ele vation only a short time before the President’s public an nouncement. It marked the first time i President has reached into the ranks of postal “career men” tc fill the boss-job in the depart ment. Move Would Be Part Of Voluntary Fuel Con servation Program WASHINGTON, Nov. 25—(U.R) — An administration spokesman said today that motorists will be asked shortly to curtail pleasure driving as part of a voluntary fuel conservation program. At the same time he petitioned Con gress for authority to enforce ra tioning and price controls on oil and coal if voluntary measures fail to head off a threatened win ter shortage. The government’s plan for coping with the fuel crisis was revealed to the House Banking committee by Undersecretary of Interior Oscar L. Chapman. He said the department soon will announced a voluntary oil make it unnecessary to revive rationing. But he said the administra tion should be armed with man datory powers if the program should fail. He said the coal and oil situa tions are “explosive in the pres ent inflationary atmosphere” and that “a disturbance in either field could create serious supply and price problems.” Should Help “The mere authorization of stringent controls should help to deter if not to avoid such dis turbances,” he addl'd. He testified that supply and demand for coal is “just about in balance,” but that demand for oil is running ahead of supplies. He said the voluntary program now being prepared would try to fill the requirements of oil consumers in the order of their urgency, with pleasure motoring at the bottom of the list. The order of “urgency” would be as follows: 1— Armed forces and govern mental needs. 2— Public utilities. 3— Homes which can not use other fuel. 4— Essential agricultural pur poses. 5— Oil burning and gasoline consuming industries, and trans portation equipment. 6— Pleasure driving, which, Chapman said, “is an essential See MOTORISTS on Page Two ONE MAN KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED South Carolinian’s Car Plunges Into Rear Of Wood-Laden Truck One man was fatally injured and another was expected to die at any moment at James Walker Memorial hospital at a late hour last night after an acci dent which sad the car in which they were riding plunge into the rear of a truck loaded with cord wood. Claude Turner, 36, Route 2, Dillon, S. C„ died at 10:20 last night at James Walker of inter nal bleeding, doctors reported. He had sustained lacerations of the face and head and a crush ed chest. D. W. McQueen, 42, Route 2, Dillon, was in a critical condi tion and death was declared im minent at midnight. He was “literally scalped,” according to Highway Patrolman J. L. Flow ers, who investigated the acci dent. In addition to having his scalp laid back so that cracks in the top of his skull were visible, McQueen had his face “mangl See ONE MAN on Page Two Fair Weather Promised For Thanksgiving Day WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 — —The Weather Bureau tonight issued the following nation-wide forecast for Thanksgiving Day: “Fair weather will prevail on Thanksgiving Day in the Southern two-thirds of the Unit ed States except near the coast 1 of the Western Gulf states where occasional rain is expect ’ ed. “Mostly cloudy weather will be rather general over the ' Northern third of the country with scattered snow flurries in ! the mountains of New England and scattered light snow or snow flurries over the upper Ohio Valley, the Great Lake area, Minnesota, and the Dako tas. “A few snow flurries will oc cur in the Northern Rocky Mountains and rain is expected in sections of Oregon and Wash ington state. “It will be mild in most sec tions of the far Western and southwestern states, rather cold in the North Central and Northeastern states, and cool in the South Central and South Eastern states except warm over Flotida.” 48 Crewmen Of Army Freighter Believed Drowned In Pacific Sea; Senate May Pass Aid Bill Today - -—— -I -— New War Warning Features Debate Stop-Gap Measures Gather Snowballing Support In Chamber WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. — (U.fi)—Stop-gap aid to hard pressed Western Europe gather ed snowballing support in the Senate today and leaders of both parties hoped for an overwhelm ing approval of the $597,000,000 meassure by tomorrow night. The second day of debate on emergency relief for France, Italy and Austria brought grim warnings from both Republican and Democratic Senators that the alternative might be Com munist domination of all Europe, and possibly World War III. In the House, where debate on stop-gap aid is expected to begin next week, Rep. Christian E. Herter, R., Mass., introduced a bill to set up an independent government corporation, with a bi-partisan eight man board of directors, to administer foreign aid. The new agency, to be known as the “Emergency Foreign Re construction Corporation” .would be chartered to function until Jan. 1, 1954 and apparently is primarily intended for the long range Marshall plan rather than emergency aid, which would be nandled by existing agencies un der the Senate Bill. Taber Critical No organized opposition to the interim aid bill had appeared, out a fast-growing body of Con gressmen sharply criticized the administration for permitting continued shipments of U, S. machinery to Soviet-bloc coun ties. Chairman John Taber, R., N. Y., of the House Ap propriations committee charged in a speech prepared for floor ielivery that the State Depart ment’s “appeasement of Russia” is reflected in some clause of the aid bill. Sen. H. Alexander Smith, R., N. J„ urged speedy passage of the relief bill “to buy time until we can set up a long-range plan Eor Europe’s economic rehabili tation.” “If emergency aid is not given France, Italy and Austria, they will be engulfed by Commun ism,” he told the Senate. “Greece and Turkey will go Communist and Great Britain will be isolat ed. “The only result I could see from that situation would be World Was III.” Plea By Connally Sen. Tom Connally of Texas, ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations committee, said the United States “cannot shun the responsibilities that go with tremendous power and prestige.” See WAR on Page Two FETE FOR ROTARY-ANNS—Members of the local Rotary club entertained their ladies in a supper at the Plantation club last night in lieu of their regular Tuesday afternoon luncheon session; and District Governor Leon M. Gibson (standing) of Fayetteville, added to the entertain ment with a humorous speech. Seated next to Gibson is Mrs. H. A. Marks. Others in the picture are President John Nuckton and Mrs. Nuckton.(Staff Photo by Maynard) Fun, Frolic Features Ladies’ Night Meeting Of Rotarians JAYCEES TAKE IN 13 NEW MEMBERS Largest Class Ever In ducted Gets Welcome From Hal Love One of the largest classes ever inducted, comprising 13 new jnembers, was welcomed into membership in the Wilmington Juniory Chamber of Commerce at the dinner meeting in the Friendly last night. Ed Gilmore and Ed Godwin, vice presidents of the Jaycees, inducted the new members. They were welcomed into the club by President Hal Love. iBilly Broadfoot, chairman of the Christmas Seal drive to se cure funds for the New Hanover county Tuberculosis association, reported that the Jaycee division of the drive was doing as well as could be expected con sidering the handicap of the late start caused by the drawn out Community Chest drive. The Jaycees volunteered to supply the male characters for a 30-minute radio historical play to be produced Thursday night on Radio Station WGNI. Stanley Rehder, chairman of the scrap See JAYCEES on Page Two DARKNESS FOR HILTON Benson To Save Christmas Tree Lighting For Santa me a.uuu-oaa muiti-coior ed electric lights on Wilming ton’s and the world’s largest living Christmas tree in Hil ton Park will be turned on for the first time on Christ mas Eve, City Manager James R. Benson said last night, adding that “I have heard no discussion to the con trary. “I’ve never heard of any one having a Christmas tree for the children before Christmas Eve night,” the city manager said, in ex plaining that the community Christmas tree is “not a com mercial activity, it’s a Santa Claus idea . . . The Christ mas street lights are more of a commercial activity, he added. The question as to when the lights on the tree would be turned on for the first time was put to Benson last night following published re ports yesterday that the Chamber o f Commerce, Southeastern North Carolina Beach association and local civic groups were planning to ask city officials to light the tree early in December. Officials of these organi zations pointed out that the tree would be an excellent drawing card for thousands of visitors who would come to See BENSON On Page Two Along The Cape Fear ‘ NAVAL RESERVES—Members of the U. S. Naval Reserve corps will meet every Thursday night in their new armory on Burnette avenue, according to Lt. Henry Bost, commander of the local unit. The members will wear their uniforms to the meeting and will draw a day’s pay for the two hours of drill or other exercises to be scheduled. Veterans of World War II com prise the bulk of the reserve here but some of the reservists are not veterans. V-6 members of the reserve do not draw com pensation for their participation in the reserve meetings. In case they are called to active duty in a national emergency, members of the reserve immediately as sume duty status as though they had already been in the Navy. GREENFIELD LAKE — The thousands who know Greenfield Lake as a gem of nature when the Azaleas bloom in the spring are not all aware that in autumn the palette of colors of the turn ing leaves lend enchantment to the picturesque body of water. The stately cypresses are gar landed with Spanish moss in a regal attire that adds splendor to one of North Carolina’s best known parks. Water lillies contrive to bring the freshness of bloom usually associated with spring at a season of the year when nature cus tomarily lies dormant. The five mile shoreline of the lake is criss-crossed with paths and dot ted with tables and benches for the convenience of fall pic nickers. Trout, perch, blackfish, and other denizens of the lake invite the autumn angler to try his skill on the quiet waters. No motor boats are allowed to dis turb the fish or the fishermen. Canoeing and boating are pleas ant diversions on the warm, sun ny days of Eastern North Caro lina’! fall and winter. DEER HUNTS MAN FORT ATKINSON, Wis., Nov. 25 — (ff) — Right in the midst of Wisconsin’s deer hunt ing season it happened — a buck chased a hunter. Walter Schroeder, 17, was hunting rabbits with a single shot .22 rifle. He thought the large animal running towards him was a neighbor’s Great Dane dog — until he saw the horns. Walter ran home. The deer followed. Walter’s mother said their house dog chased the buck back into the woods. HOLY LAND SPLIT GAINS APPROVAL Committee By 25 To 13 Vote Sends Proposal To General Assembly LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov. 25 —(U.R)—A centuries-old cam paign for a Jewish homeand in Palestine won approval of a United Nations committee to day and headed for a final bal lot in the UN General Assembly tomorrow with the outcome hinging on a single vote. The UN Palestine committee, composed of all UN members, voted 25 to 13 to partition the Holy Land into Jewish and Arab states. This was one vote short See HOLY LAND on Page Five TRUMAN TO FREE MAYOR OF BOSTON President Will Sign Com mutation For James M. Curly Today WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. —(4 _ President Truman is expect ed to sign a commutation to morrow for Mayor James M. Curley of Boston, who is serving a six to 1ft months federal mail fraud sentence. High ranking Justice Depart ment. sources told a reporter the commutation is designed to re lease the mayor and former Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts in time for him to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Mr. Truman talked today with Attorney General Clark about the clemency for Curley who be gan serving his term last June in the federal correctional insti tution at Danbury, Conn. President Nuckton Almost Dispenses With Guest Speaker Gibson With all features of a regular program being dispensed with jy President John Nuckton of ;he local Rotary club at the Plantation club last night, Dis ;rict Governor Leon M. Gib ion entertained the Rotarians and Rotariannes with humorous stories. Pun and frolic was the key note of the evening as the Ro tarians entertained their ladies in a substitute for a regular meeting of the club. The regular annual formal ladies night pro gram will be held in February. Following the fried chicken dinner, President Nuckton arose to announce that the club was dispensing with the regular fea tures such as introduction of guests, vocational talks by members, etc. The president then sat down but arose im mediately to apologize for for getting Gibson, “who has been sitting here beside me and whom I’ve been talking with all evening.” Most of the remainder of the Rotarians program was taken up with group singing of songs and the playing of games by the See FUN, FROLIC on Page Five CAROLINA BEACH GETS ROJ1 CASH Government Com mission Sells $S4,000 Worth Of Bonds To Local Firm The city of Carolina Beach secured funds to proceed with their municipal improvement program of street construction, water and sewer improvements, through the sale of $84,000 worth of bonds by the government com mission at Raleigh, according to an Associated Press dispatch Tuesday. Forty-four thousand dollars of water and street bonds with an average maturity of 12.3 years, and $40,000 worth of one year street improvement bonds were purchased by Allen C. Ewing and Company. The water and sewer bonds bear interest at the rate of 3.748 per cent, and the street improvement bonds have an interest rate of 3.493 per cent. In addition to laying exten sive water mains and sewers, the Carolina Beach improvement program embraces paving the principal throughfares not al ready paved at the Beach._ Tel Avivians Celebrate Vote On Palestine Split JERUSALEM, Nov. 25 -Un People, old and young, danced in the streets of Tel Aviv, world’s largest all Jewish city, tonight when radios announced the U. N. committee vote on the proposed partition of Palestine. Spontaneous demonstrations started all over the city, with everyone, it seemed, joining in the Horra (national dance) and with bands of young people leading in singing the Hatkva (national song). Strangers kissed and cried and shouted. David Ben Gurion, chairman of the Jewish Agency in Pales tine, warned of difficulties to be overcome before statehood may be realized. “After 80 generations it seems we may have a Jewish state again,” he told a confer ence of Palestine leaders. “We still have no certainty that all will be well. Our decision ac tually will be taken here during the next eight or nine months.’ I Stricken Vessel Breaks In Half Clarksdale Victory Hits Rock Off Loney Island;] Three Survive KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 25. — (U.R) — The Army freighter Clarksdale Victory broke in half in 50-foot waves off the rocky coast of British Columbia today and the Coast Guard said it wal feared that all but three of th# 51 crewmen aboard had drowned. Lt. Cmdr. O. D. Weed, com manding officer of the Coast Guard Air detachment at An nette Island, flew over the dis aster scene and reported by radio to Seattle that “it appears” that three men clinging to the fore peak were the only crewmen who didn’t go “down with the ship.” “I can’t see how the rest of the crewmen could possibly have survived,” he told the Unit ed Press in a radio-phone inter view. Weed was in a Grumman am phibian plane, one of several circling low over the stricken ship that tore into underwater rocks off the Southwest beach of lonely Hippa Island 140 miles South of here during fog and mist last night. Beas VliWM omp Throughout the night and early day, huge 50-foot combers crashed into the Clarksdale Vic tory and kept one rescue vessel standing by helpless, unable to lower boats and risk the lives of other men in the treacherous, rock-studded waters even after the freighter broke in two. Weed’s plane and the surface rescue vessel Denali sighted oply the bow section of the ship. What happened to the after-section was not known. It might have been torn off its rocky roost and tossed into deep water,, the Denali radioed. The Clarksdale Victory, com manded by Capt. Gerald R. Laugesen, Oakland, Calif., went on the reef about 10 p. m. PST See VESSEL on Page Five fritTwill get AN EARLY TRIAL Caldwell County Board Moves To Secure Special Court For Case LENOIR, Nov. 25 —W— Cald well county officials moved to day to give an early trial to R. L. Fritz, Jr., former Hudson) school principal, who was for mally charged yesterday with obtaining money under false pretenses. , , _ . By a vote of 2 to 1, the Board of County Commissioners adopt ed a resolution requesting Gov ernor Cherry to order a special term of court for December IS to take up the Fritz case. Chariman Walter T. Carpen ter and Mark Goforth favored the resolution while Pink L. Poo.vey opposed it. Poovey ex plained his stand by saying an extra term would cost the coun ty additional money. Carpenter and Goforth said an extra term would probably be necessary because of the crowded docket of the current term. They added, however, that the special term could be cancelled if it turned out that the trial could be held at the regular term. Meantime at Raleigh, Gover nor Cherry authorized Attorney General Harry McMullan to en gage two private prosecutors to assist in conduct of the case. Solicitor James C. Farthing wai reported to have suggested that W. H. Strickland and B. F. Wil liams, both of Caldwell county, be named. Fritz, president of the North Carolina Education Association, was indicted yesterday for al leged padding of school pay rolls. The amount involved, $1, 600, was repaid by Fritz, who said he had probably made a mistake. Later, the State Board of Ed ucation revoked hie teaching certificate. And So To Bed A young lady had finished her mid-afternoon drink and turned to leave the counter of a downtown refreshment bar. Obviously in a hurry, she turned away from the counter, walked a couple of steps and headed into what she thought was the exit. “Oh!” she exclaimed to I friend, “I always take thl* for the doorway.” It was the nearby tele phone booth. Actually, her drink had been a Coke.