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- - -- - iimtttgtn tt "" VOL. 81—NO. 84.__ WILMIN^q r, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1947 patients To Benefit Under Nurses’ Plan Care Of Sick Is Concern Of Staff; Improved Working Conditions Would Enable Hospital To Hire More Help -Y GEORGE KNUDSON Star Staff Writer MVe nurses believe that ih e .Hents at James Walker Me morial hosital will be the prin beneficaries of a new un jfrstanding bringing about bet workng conditions at the ' ‘ ital nurses on the staif at fhehospital told a reporter last nl^e are not satisfied with the ,.re patients ’here are receiv L now-we are so short of 1 I'd ^ helPhPV said the hospital super niendent. John W. Rankin, has advised them that the hospitals tryng to hire additional trained nurses, but that no new nurses have been hired. They believe that with improved working con ditions in effect the hospital will be able to hire some additional qualified professional help. Salaries are a large item in the grievances of the nurses here. One nurse said that sala ries now average $20 a month below the minimum urged by the North Carolina Nurses As sociation and that untl +he as socation started its nurses’ se curitv program the local salaries See PATIENTS On Page Three Thanksgiving Services To Highlight Day Here NORTH CAROLINA SET FOR HOLIDAY Church Services, Hunt ing, Football Games On Thanksgiving Program r^leigh. Nov. 26—<£“>—North Carolina’s 3.500.000 citizens to day were looking forward to a Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow and the traditional feasting in gratitude for a bountiful har vest. The state’s first family. Gov ernor and Mrs. Cherry, planned to spend the holiday Quietly at the executive mansion here, and cooks at the mansion were pre paring the Thanksgiving menu which included turkey and the time-honored trimmings. The governor yesterday issued a proclamation calling on North Carolina’s citizenry to observe Thanksgiving by offer ing “thanks to God tor the bounties vouchsafed us.’’ Churches throughout the state prepared for special Thanksgiv- ^ ing services tomorrow morning. Full Holiday State and federal employes and thousands of workers in stores and factories were given a holiday for Thanksgiving. Other thousands of Tar Heels prepared to observe the holiday with the traditiona. Thanksgiv ing hunting, which usually finds more hunters in the fields and woods than any other day of the See N. G. 0 \ Page Three SEN. AIKEN ASKS REECE TO QUIT Other Top-Ranking Re publicans Demand Chair man’s Resignation WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—(U.R) Sen, George D. Aiken, R., Vt., today demanded the resignation of Republican National Chair man Carroll Reece on the ground that he has “failed mis erably to win the confidence of the voting public.” ■ w-as a mistake to put Mr. Rece in the job, and it’s a mis take to keep him there,” Aiken told newsmen amid signs of a growing liberal-conservative rift K GOP ranks. •At the same time, Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R., N. H>, railed on Reece to issue a “maiv *esto” promptly, assuring the ountry that Republicans in Con gress “are Americans before JeJ are party members,” and at they stand ready to cooper e with the Democrats in vital o^n and domestic policies. He accused Reece of “dis counting the plain people,” and with <1® ^OP policy statements ' sarcasm and inthendo in stead of common sense ” Tt S?Ce. )vas away for the . ,ar,ksgiving holiday, and could he reached for comment. The Weather Sou‘h r SI B FORECAST ar.d rolina —Clear to partly cloudy dav JMinaed cool Thursday and Fri Pwt'ion or hear freezing North day night ' irost South portion Thurs t»nMh-Ssrolina-Partly cloudy and con aorre lLe, C0l<i Thursday and Friday, triday. 5n’ sn°w Hurries in mountains Jleteorai ■ FORECAST ehdir„ - lJ,?lcal data for the 24 hours 1 ■■><) p.m. yesterday. 1:30 . „ temperatures il; 7">n? 45; 7:3(> a-m. 41; 1:30 p.m. j' p.m. 4a. Homfaf’jJ' 52; Minimum 41; Mean 46; l:?n „ HUMIDITY 7:3o'p.m83;79,:3n a-m- «S; 1:50 p.m. Total PRECIPITATION ,J inches. f ,he 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. 88 inches”06 tlle first th,e month 5. trom FOR TODAY ' S. CrrS, 71 ne Tables published by a> t and Geodetic Survey. til’n>ngtun HIGH LOW v £:52 a.m. 3:21 a..m ‘^'onborn * 9:04 pm- 4:05 P*m. ro Inlet . 6:27 a.m. 12:19 a.m. , ^'inricp p.._ ^6’46 P-m- 1:00 p.m. p.m . Sunset 5:03; Moonrise Oh*, *•„ Moon-ot 0:02 a.m.. Fin tv?? V Fayetteville N. C.. at 'lit. t.4”1 102 feet. " LATHER on Pajre Two Retail Stores, Government Offices Will Close; Foot ball Tonight All local government offices and most stores and business es tablishments will be closed here today in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, as the Wil mington churches open their I doors to those desiring tc hear | Thanksgiving sermons and re ligious musical programs. Employe^ at the city hall, court house, post office, c .'•toms build ing. banks, grocery stores and store members of the Merchant association, will have the day as a holiday. For those seeking holiday en tertainment the greatest special evenji planned for Thanksgiving is the football game tonight be tween New Hanovei high and Tech high of Charlotte in a post season game at Legion Stadium. A number of hunters are ex pected to take advantage of the fact that the bird season opens officially today. Joint Services Trinity Methodist and St. An drews Covenant have planned a joint Thanksgiving service to be held at 10 o’clock this morning at St. Andrews with the Rev. E. B. S^sher, pastor at Trinity, de livering the sermon. The two choirs of the churches will join to render holiday music. At 7 o’clock this morn ing Rev. W. J. Stephenson, pas tor of the Temple Baptist church will deliver a Thanksgiving Day message. The Calvary Baptist church will also have special music and sermons at 7 a. m. At the same hour, St. Mary’s Catholic church will begin serv ices which will continue through 8:30, the regular morning mass hour. Song services have been ar ranged at the St. Matthews Lutheran church at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. K. Y. Huddle preaching. The First Baptist church will hold services at 8 a.m., with Rev. C. A. Maddry in the pul pit.- John MacDougall, Wilming ton baritone will offer a solo. At Barlow’s Chapel Baptist a special services will be conduc ted at nine with Rev. W. C. Oden, Clinton- minister, the guest preacher. Salem Baptist church plans Thanksgiving Day services also, See THANKSGIVING on Page 2 FOUR SURVIVORS TAKEN OFF SHIP Coast Guard Also Removes Three Bodies From Clarks dale Victory KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 26 —(U.R)—Four survivors and three bodies from among the original 51 crewmen were taken off the bow section of the wrecked Clarksdale Victory today. The remaining 44 were be lieved to have perished. The fore-peak, still above the surface because it was wedged tightly on a reef, yielded tl j sur vivors and bodies to a Coast Guard crew that braved contin uing high seas to swing aboard the remnants of the 7,000-ton Army freighter that smashed on See SURVIVORS On Page Three Bitter Over Size Of European Aid Forces Postponement Of Vote In Senate; Arabs Win Delay Of Palestine Decision Haiti, Greece Will Vote No On Split Surprise Announcements Alarm Supporters Of Partition Plan UNITED NATIONS HALL, •'LUSHING, N.Y., Nov. 26—(U.R)— Proposals to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states ran into fresh opposition in the Unit ed Nations General Assembly tonight, ana in desperation the backers of partition persuaded the Assembly to postpone a final vote until Friday. Delegates supporting partition became alarmed when Haiti, Greece and the Philippines made surprise announce ments that they would vote against the plan. This was offset partly by an ,ouncements that Belgium, Netherlands and New Zealand would back partition. The situation changed almost hourly during the day, but after furious corridor intrigue by both sides partition did not have the two-thirds majority required to win. So far, 28 countries have said they will support paitition, and 15 have said they will vote “no.” Need 30 Voles Partitionists would need 30 “yes” votes to win, because the General Assembly can act only by a two-thirds majority on ma jor matters. Partitionists were stunned by the announcement that Haiti, Greece and the Philippines would vote “no.” Because of the two-thirds rule, partitionists need two “yes” votes for every “no” vote, thus they had to pick up six votes to offset this new opposition. But the partion ists won only three new votes today. The large bloc of nations still not committed, however, could swing the fateful decision, which may determine whether the Middle East is plunged into a religious war between Jews and Arabs. All of the six nations which took definite stands today ab stained when a UN committee voted on the partition plan yes terday. Oposing sides on the Pales tine problem subjected these ab stainers to terrific pressure throughout the day, and little See HAITI On Pag. Three DIRECTORRESIGNS Gl , SCOUT POST Miss Dorothy Wells To Take Similar Job At Jacksonville, Fla. The resignation of Miss Doro thy Wells, as field director of the Girl Scouts in nine South eastern North Carolina counties in the Cape Fear Area council to become effective Dec. 15, was announced yesterday by Mrs. Helen Jones, Scout execu tive. Miss Wells resigned her job to work with a similar position with the Girl Scouts in Jackson ville, Fla., where she plans to establish camping. Affiliated with the local Scouts for three years, Miss Wells was responsible for the leadership training, supervision of troops, troop camping, troop develop ment, program development, and other functions of the Girl Scouts in the Cape Fear Area council. “The progress of Girl Scout ing in New Hanover county will always be of interest to me,” said the field director,” and I shall watch their accomplish ments with interest and pride.” Besides working with Scouts, Miss Wells is a member of the Business and Professional Wom en’s club, American Camping association, North Carolina Rec reation society, and the National Association of Girl Scout execu tives. Mild Little Man Guilty Of Killing “Picture” Lady BALTIMORE, Nov 26—W— A mild little man who admitted he married the tattooed lady in the circus, “because she asked me to,” was convicted of man slaughter today. Lawrence Riemer, 33, meek appearing and apologetic before the court, was accused of strangling his 53-year-old bride of four months. During the trial in criminal court here, Reimer heard him self described by a psychiatrist as an “amazing example of how a very passive, completely non aggressive individual’’ can be goaded into violence. Riemer was accused of using his belt to strangle his wife in their bedroom apartment last summer after they had celebrat ed the fourth month of their marriage at a waterfront tav ern. The psychiatrist, Dr. Manfred See MILD On Page Three p '1 9 r' «" * shored their food with Indians on first Hilll Wd&wFA IH WSM m rags 11^4.11 ly | IICI yj l i.WiSfm Thanksgiving. Today, the Friendship train gathers '' *. \ ' it'gl - „ , _ ' x*t , , , share of our Thanksgiving harvest for hungry Europe. ; #1 FREED ADDRESSES KIWANIS MEETING Regular Luncheon Takes On Thanksgiving Theme; New Member Inducted It was Thanksgiving time around the luncheon table at the Friendly yesterday when Wilm ington Kiwanians gathered' for their regular weekly meeting and although the traditional tur key was not a part of the menu, members enjoyed a repast of baked ham and a program high lighted by an inspiring message from club secretary, Rev. Wal ter B. Freed. Explaining at the outset that he was more or less pinchhitting for Bishop Thomas B. Darst, Ki wanian Freed traced the bigin ing of the Thanksgiving idea which was born during the first week of December 1621 when the Pilgrim fathers met to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. The real beginning of Thanks giving, however, the speaker said, came a year earlier with the signing of the Mayflower compact which embodied the thanks of the Pilgrims to God for the opportunity to seek a new life in a new land. Thanks For Future After dwelling briefly on the fact that we have had much to be thankful for in the past thankful for being spared the ravages of war-thankful for a bountiful harvest, without which the whole world would now be suffering. Rev. Mr. Freed said See FREED Dn P ge Three Shipyard Agreement Looming, Page Says i - CAUTION ASKED RALEIGH, Nov. 26—OT—L. C. Rosser, motor vehicles com missioner, today cautioned motorists to exercise special care in driving during the Thanksgiving holidays and ap proaching Christmas season. Rosser said that travel on the highways was expected to be high during the entire Thanksgiving weekend and es pecially so on Thanksgiving Day “with so many people going home for a feast with the j family.” LIGHTS TO GLOW ON FRIDAY NIGHT Christmas Season To Be Ushered In With Turning Of Lighting Switch The Christmas lights will not be turned on on downtown streets tonight as previously planned to hejrald the approach of the Yule season because in clement weather has delayed completion of the lighting c i r cuits, John Farrell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, an nounced last night. However, they will glow in all See LIGHTS On age Three Two More Dog Bite Cases Reported To City Police Two more Wilmington citizens reported having been bitten by dogs ti loci police late yesterda”, for a total of 33 in the past month, and the city’s dog owners stood warn ed that any dog which bites a person on public property “may be killed.” Miss Nancy Kelly, 1506 South Third street, reported to police that she was bitten on the left leg by a dog be longing to Mrs. O. H. Young, the bite occurring at 2521 Jefferson street. Mrs. Young was notified to confine the dog for 10 days, the police report .stated. Joseph Thomas, Negro, 700 See DOG On Page Three Along The Cape Fear WHEN TO LIGHT IT — City Manager James R. Benson has stated that personally he has no particular desire to keep the lights on Wilmington’s great community Christmas tree from burning before Christmas Eve. It’s just that the custom in the past has been to burn the lights on the tree during what he con siders the Christmas season— the week between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Perhaps the city manager sus pects that turning on the tree lights before Christmas Eve would tempt some vandals to commit.acts of vandalism which would necessitate redecorating the tree to beep it beautiful. Then he may hold that the Christmas Eve Santa Claus party under the Hilton Park Christmas tree might lose some of its suspense if the lights were turned on too soon. But if the people of Wilming: ton want the lights on the giant Christmas tree to burn a week or two before Christmas Eve, and if they communicate their desires to the city manager, Benson has indicated that the lights will be turned on. The city manager wants to follow the wishes of the majority of ‘he citizens, and those wanting the lights burning early should con tact him personalty or through their city councilmen. THANKSGIVING—One of the earliest Thanksgiving Day proc See CAPE FEAR Or. Page Three Civitan Club Hears Candid Explanation Of SPA Negotiations “The State Ports Authority will soon reach an agreement with the Maritime Commission over the Wilmington shipyard,” R. B. Page, chairman of the.State Ports Authority and publisher of the Star-News, predicted to mem bers of the Civitan club at their luncheon meeting yesterday at the Crystal cafe. “We are working out several differences with the commission, and John R. Steelman, advisor to President Truman, has promised that if we fail to reach an agree ment with the commission he will iron out the differences of opin ion.” Further progress m the develop ment of the Wilmington port hinges on the acquisition of title to the shipyard, he explained. The early offer of the Ports Au thority of $1,200,000 for the ship yards was turned down flat by the Maritime Commission, Page recalled. “Since our offer was made the port of Charleston has been given the Army l ort of Embarkation without cost,” he revealed. “Sa vannah has purchased the South eastern Shipyard for $357,172, and Norfolk has leased the Em barkation Terminals at a reason able price.” “The Todd Shipbuilding com pany has moved to Charleston, Savannah has secured a navy floating dry dock from the gov ernment, and Charleston has had 87 ships assigned to the Navy yard for overhaul. These ships were originally scheduled to be overhauled at Wilmington,” he said. Peak Of Audacity The peak of audacity was reached by the New York Port Authority, Page reported, which offered the Maritime Commis sion one dollar for the Hoboken piers, which bring an annual revenue of $350,000 to the com mission. A large number of new indus tries came to our sister ports in See SHIPYARD On Page Two AIRLINE SUSPENDS TWO FLIGHTS HERE National Again takes Off No. 50-51 On Tempora ry Basis Dec. 1 National Airlines flights 50 and 51 north and south through Wilmington, recently reinstated after a lengthy controversy be tween county officials and NAL will be temporarily canceled again effective December 1. This fact was revealed by NAL Station Manager James Holoman in letters to Wilming ton Postmaster W. R. Dosher and airport manager Henry Boyd dated November '26. Cancellation of the flights, Holomon’s letter disclosed, has been made necessary by the fact that the company’s fleet of DC 6’s,' voluntarily grounded for modifications to insure greater flight safety, will not be ready to resume schedules for some time and the two DC-4‘s on flights 50-51 will be placed tem porarily, on the New York-Mi ami schedules. National’s DC-6 fleet along See AIRLINE on Page Two BOY LOSES HAND IN GUN ACCIDENT Romulus Bass, 15-Year Old Maffitt Village Youth Victim Of Charge A 15-year-old Maffitt Villag e boy had his left hand “literally blown off” when a 12-guage shot gun held by another 15-year-old Maffitt Village lad accidentally discharged at around 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, De puty Sheriff F. A. Tatum report ed last night. Romulus Bass, 310 David drive, whose hand was “almost blown away with only the thumb and ball part of the hand re maining” and who had a “deep wound” in the left thigh, accord ing to Deputy Tatum, was re ported in a “satisfactory” con See BOY On Page Two “Heisting” Of Haggis Hamstrings Highlanders NEW YORK, Nov. 26*- (U.R) — The Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agricul ture reversed itself with aston ishing celerity tonight over a succulent air express shipment from Scotland containing seven pounds of Haggis. The shipment arrived at La Guardia field by Pan-American Clipper, consigned by Lord Lov at of Castle Beaufort, Invernes shire, to the Illinois St. An drew’s Society, Chicago. It hard ly was out of the plane when the bureau ordered it seized and “destroyed”— reason: It might bring the dread foot and mouth disease into the United States. Now Haggis, a tasty and hearty dish, is sacred to the Scots and the first Scots to bris tle were those at the field. The word was passed, growing more and more indignant, until it See HEISTING on Page Thre Coalition Blocks Vandenberg Drive Demand For Debate On Amendments Halts Ac tion Until Monday WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. —OI.R) —An unexpectedly bitter row over the size of scope of the $597,000,000 emergency relief program for France, Italy and Austria today forced postpone ment of a final Senate vote on the legislation until Monday. Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., stymied by the determined-opposition of a coalition of Democrats and freshrh e n Republican Senators, reluctantly abandoned his plan to force a vote tonight and agre ed to a Thanksgiving day recess. With many Senators preparing to leave town for a long holiday week-end and a number of amendments still to be consider ed, he conceded there was no chance of getting a vote until Monday. Passage of the aid program appeared certain at that time, but by a' considerably narrower margin than had been antici pated when the Senate debate began three days ago. And the strength of the opposition fore shadowed rough going for the multi - billion-doliar long-range European recovery plan, which will be the next major foreign policy issue before the Senate. Clears Hurdle The emergency aid bill clear ed its biggest hurdle shortly be fore adjournment when the Sen ate voted down 56 to 30, an amendment offered by eight first - term Republicans which would have trimmed the relief program to $400,000,000. The top Republican leadership split wide open on the issue, with Vandenberg and Senate GOP leader Wallace H. Whtie, Jr., of Maine, opposing the amendment, and Sens. Robert A. Taft, O., Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebr., and Eugene D. Millikin, Colo., for it. Twenty-seven Republicans and 29 Democrats combined to beat the amendment against 20 Re publicans and 10 Democrats who voted for it. With Vandenberg leading the floor fight, proponents of the aid program also beat down by voice votes other restrictive amendments which would have set definite aid figures for each of the three countries and re quired them to give the Ameri can relief supplies to their people free of charge. POWER BLACKOUT HITS MERCHANTS Scores Of Downtown Stores Are Without Lights For Hours A five hour power failure, caused by a felled tree across lines in Brunswick county, plung ed a portion of this city’s business district into semi-dark ness yesterday from 10 a.m. un til 3 p. m. Many merchants of the city said they had lost hundreds of dollars by the power' failure. Officials of the Tide Water Power Company said that two Negroes cut a tree across a 33, 000 volt line which connected with an 11,000 volt line, shorting the circuit. “The overloaded 11,000 ▼olt line,” they said, “which fed the Second street (in Wilmington) substation blew, causing the failure." Semi-Darkness The semi - darkness envelop ed most of the business district from Market street to the Atlan tic Coast Line railroad and from the Cape Fear river to Third street. The shortage caused the Wil mington News to miss its first edition, and the final, ordinarily on the street at 3 p.m., did not leave the press until 5:30 p.m. No damages were reported other than poor sales by the merchants in the affected area. And So To Bed Did you ever wonder what you would do if you were in an elevator and it was to get stuck between floors of a building? For the space of several minutes yesterday afternoon three persons were caught in that predicament when the power went o'1 ir. the elevat or of a local hotel. “What dir1 we do? Just waited until the management had the elevator hoisted te the next floor,” they said. “But we really know the meaning of the word ‘Ma rooned’,” they declared.
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