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ffilmttujtim iHonttitij i>tar | VOL. 81.—NO. 86. WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1947 plan Quiet After Riots mains Unconfirmed OOME Nov. 28. - W - Nine ,E,?and partisans besieged the ,h0“S.!iro Milan today, throw pr6 fn barricades and establish 0 nickel lines about the govern S building in the Northern ^ ‘rial city in protest against jfgdS of the prefect, Et ilie Troilo, a Leftist. •“I-we was no violence, how and earher reports that f Arnw had taken over con ,he 'I" ail civil powers in the *} anct province remained to be clarified. Varlier, the news agency AN ca said the Army had taken Jni in the absence of civil “Sties, and a government 2£S5 ^id it had been m ormed this had been done. Tonight, the office of Premier Mod De Gasperi said there rfhpen “conflicting reports ^ i now appeared Troilo still was in charge- This source said Troilo probably would remain T post until the arrival of ^replacement. He was re Sorted still inside the prefec ture—the seat of central govern ment authority in the province uith Gen. Manlio Capizzi, corn ier of the Milan garrison. Troilo Statement Troilo. a former chief of a par tisan brigade who was appoint td to his post soon after the lib •ration, declared from Milan that military authorities had “no rea jon” to take over authority and "I am the prefect and I am still in charge.” He declared Gen. Capizzi “agreed with my opm a - » Meanwhile, a soft snow was See MILAN on Page Two 1948 LEAF CROPS CUT ONE QUARTER Anderson Announces Marketing Quotas On Four Tobacco Types WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. — (A5) -The 1948 production of the four major types of tobacco will drop about 25 percent below this year jf farmers carry out production control programs announced by Secretary of Agriculture Ander son. Because of the threat of un marketable surpluses and the I loss of important export mar kets, thp secretary has set up a total marketing quota of about 1.500.900.000 pounds for flue cured, burley, dark air - cured and fire-cured tobacco. The combined production of these types this year was about 2,000,009.000 pounds. In announcements today, An derson set next year’s burley marketing quota at 474,000,000 pounds, the fire-cured quota at 55.700.000 pounds and the dark air-cured quota at 21,800,000 pounds. He previously had fixed the flue-cured quota at 955,000, 000 pounds. Production of these types this year were 525,000,000, 97,000,000, <0,000,000 and 1,352,000,000 pounds, respectively. Agency Program Hie tobacco will be producedj ®nder an agricultural adjust-! jbent agancy program calling i kr planting allotments and mar king quotas for individual growers. f armers may grew more than ’®lr allotments and quotas, but *a es in excess of quotas are subject to penalty tax equivalent . Percent of the average price of the particular type of °bacco the previous year. She national planting allot See l.EAF on Page Two The Weather K <aB forecast harm#-' *?■'" ,South Carolina—Fair and to«!#oroblj'rU/idaJ\Sunday fair and mild. Is:ai data fOT the 24 hours * l;30 p- m- Yesterday 1-30 a w TEMPERATURES *• m- «. 1=30 p. m. j!«maim52m 57’ ™nimum «, Mean 48 13(1 , HUMIDITY '»■ 51, 7:» pBV:83. a> m' 93' 1=30. P Total PRECIPITATION f m 0 inches 24 h°UrS endin® 7:30 t£&Cce the lirst 01 the month Ttorn fr#n?!S ~0R TODAY ► “•S Cow ,^bi,es published by Ei'-mitipc^ ““ £nd Geodetic Survey non-10:28 a.m. 4:50 a.m. 1,a!»nboro I- p m' 5:45 p.m. 8:07 a.m. 1:51 a.m. Sunrise r. e 8:28 p m. 2:38 p.m. 1:16 P. m -, ' u.nset 5;03> Moonrise ^Tshopping days left) IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED by the National Petroleum coun cil that Navy oil tankers (above) tied up in the James River an chorage, off Lee Hall, Va., be pressed into service to prevent a fuel shortage on the east coast this Winter. Atlantic seaboard oil stocks are 10,000,000 barrels lower than they were at this time last year. (International) Nurses May Reject JW Wage Increase i _!_ PROVES POINT TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 28— (AP)—Police said today an unnamed woman was picked up Thanksgiving Eve on “suspicion of shoplifting” af ter she failed to pay for a box of crackers. Police Lieut. Earl Cornelison looked in her purse to cor roborate her story she “for got” to pay for the crackers used for “feeding her mice” and had $26 with her. Con vinced, he hastily snapped the purse shut and sent the wom an on her way. The 12 mice Cornelison said, were frolicking., inside the oversize purse. ALABAMA DEALERS GET CUT IN GAS Standard Oil Of Kentucky Begins Rationing; Move May Spread BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 28 —(ID—Standard Oil Company of Kentucky notfiied its some 3,000 Alabama distributors today they would be rationed on gaso line starting Monday. The announcement said deal ers would be limited to 85 per cent of their purchases during October. Spokesmen for other large oil companies here predicted their firms would follow suit, and two said they expected the program to be broadened to include the Southeast and possibly other sec tions. It already is in effect in the Midwest and East. However, Louisville, Ky., See ALABAMA on Page Two TRUMAN PRAISES FREEDOM TRAIN President Says Whole World Should See U. S. Documentary Record WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—(U.PJ —President Truman comment ed after a personal visit to the Freedom Train today that it might be a good idea to show the documentary record of American democratic develop ment to the whole world. The President and a big offi cial party that included cabinet officers and members of the su preme court spent 30 minutes examining the collection of his torical documents on display in the three-car train. He stopped for a long look at the original draft of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address and Thomas Jefferson’s first rough draft of the Declaration of Independ ence. “I sincerely wish that every person in this country, and In See TRUMAN on Page Two Proposed Maintenance Scale, 48-Hour Week Called Unacceptable By GEORGE KNUDSON Star Staff Writer A concession to some of the improved working conditions re quested by nurses at the James Walker Memorial hospital here as announced yesterday by John W. Rankin, hospital superintend ent, will not prove acceptable to the local nurses of Institutional Staff Group, District Number Nine, a spokesman for the state nurses’ association at the hospi tal said last night. Following hard on the an nouncement that Dan Penton, chairman of the hospital board of directors, had written Marie B. Noell, state secretary of the association, that the directors re fused to discuss the ANA nurses’ security program with her, came a statement from Su perintendent Rankin that some increase in salaries and addition al benefits would be given James Walker nurses after December 1. His complete statement is: “1 have been authorized by the Board of Managers to in crease nursing salaries and to allow additional benefits to graduate nurses employed at James Walker Memorial hospi tal, effective December 1. These increases were contemplated and had been discussed with the Board prior to our being contact ed by the representative of the State Nurses association. “Our lowest beginning salary See NURSES on Page Two fritz"trial set FOR DECEMBER 15 Governor Assigns Judge Gwyn To Preside Over Special Term RALEIGH, Nov. 28—UP!— A special one-week term ot Super ior court to try Robert L. Fritz, Jr., of Lenoir on charges of ob taining money under false pretense while serving as super visory principal at the Hudson schools will open at Newton, December 15. The term was announced here today by Governor Cherry who said that he had assigned Judge Allen Gwyn of Reidsville to pre side over the case. Fritz, present oresident of the North Carolina Education Asso ciation, had his teaching certifi cate revoked by the State Board of Education after he admitted to irregularities amounting to over $1,600 in handling the pay rolls of his school. He said that he had over paid his non-teaching wife and mem bers of the faculty for over-time services. After his certmcate was re voked, Fritz repaid the state for the total amount of padding. Fritz was one of the outspoken champions of the South Pied mont group before the 1947 Gen eral Assembly in seeking to boost teacher salaries. British Leaders Give People ‘Big’ Yule Gifts, LONDON, Nov. 28—(U.R)—1The British government today an nounced its Christmas present to the ration-starved people—the right to buy an extra dime’s worth of meat, four ounces of candy and a pound of sugar dur ing the holiday season. Food Minister John Strachey told a press conference that adults would be permitted to buy sixpence (10 cents) worth of meat in addition to the usual ration—one shilling’s (20 cents’) worth —during the week begin ning Dec. 21. Children’s meat rations during the same period will be in creased threepence (five cents). The candy ration will be in creased from one pound to one pound, four ounces during the four weeks from Dec. 7 to Jan. 3. The sugar ration for the same four-week period will be raised from two to three pounds, and continued at two and a half : See BRITISH on Pag* Two Taft Blames Chaos On FDR GOP Leader Charges Ad ministration Policies Caused Situation WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 — W) —A charge that Roosevelt - Tru man policies bred economic chaos in Europe and led to de mands for billions in American aid was made today by Senator Taft (R-Ohio) as the $597,000,000 winter relief bill encountered a delay. Taft, while announcing that he would vote for the bill, told the Senate that the executive branch of the government let the Russians build themselves up as a strong power in Eastern Europe, and gave them the op portunity to prevent the recov ery of Western Europe. He also declared that the Morgenthau plan for reducing Germany to an agricultural state dealt a severe blow to Eu rope’s economy. With many Senators absent because of a prolonged Thanks giving Day holiday, the Senate quit for the week-end in the mid dle of the afternoon after ap proving an amendment to the $597,000,000 measure forbid ding foreign countries to use any of the money to buy arms. Vandenberg Huffed Chairman Vandenberg (R Mich) of the Foreign Relations committee was obviously dis pleased that he could not dispose of all amendments today to clear the way for a final deci sion on the bill Monday. Pending was a series of amendments by Senator Kem (R-Mo), which the Missourian insisted he didn’t want brought to a vote because of the skimpy attendance. On the House side, three See TAFT on Page Two FRENCH WAR HERO KILLED IN CRASH Famed General LeClerc Victim 01 Plane Ac cident In Algeria PARIS, Nov. 28 — (U.R) —Gen Jacques Leclerc, who led Free French troops in 1943 on a 1,700 mile march across the Sahara desert from Lake Chad to Libya and then defeated an Italian garrison, was killed with seven other Frenchmen today when his B-26 bomber crashed in flames in Algeria. The Air Ministry announce ment of the 44-year-old general’s death said that the crash occur red at 12:30 p.m., 23 miles from Calamb-Bechar, on the edge of the Sahara desert. Leclerc, commander of French forces in North Africa, was on an inspec tion tour with several of his staff and had taken off from Oran this morning. The exact cause of the crash was not known but it was be lieved due to a sand storm. The news agency AFP report ed from Algeria that the two engined bomber crashed into a hill while “hedge-hopping” near Colomb-Bechar — possibly in an effort to duck stinging clouds of sand. Identified By , Meaai A rescue column of troops from Colomb-Bechar found the bodies of eight victims in the charred wreckage, which was scattered for more than 100 yards along a railroad line. Only the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor—scorched and twisted, but still recognizable — served to identify Gen. Leclerc. Born Jacques De Haute Cloque to aristocratic parents, the general fought the Vichy French, Italians and Germans from Equatorial Africa to Ger many under the alias Leclerc— a protection to his family still in France. The name Leclerc became a French synonym for extraordi nary courage and he became second only to Gen. Charles De Gaulle as a national hero. He was made a general and put in charge of the French Sec ond Armoned Division which ich went in with the first British See FRENCH on Page Two Surprise Move By France Stalls Vote On Palestine; West May “Shelve” Russia B:vii Cites Need Of Saving Europe British Foreign Secretary Warns Molotov On De laying Tactics LONDON, Nov. 28. — (VP) — British Foreign Secretary Er nest Bevin warned Russia to night that the Western powers possibly would act o ntheir own to save Germany and Europe from “chaos” if the Big Four failed to agree on Germany’s future. The warning came during a session of the Foreign Ministers conference marked mainly by confusion and disagreements, in formants said. Bevin, the sources added, looked straight at im passive Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov and saked: “Are we going to leave Eu rope in chaos? Is chaos our ob jective? If it is we had better know now. If a settlement is to be blocked every time we try, I say we cannot go on foreever with chaos in Europe as it is now.” Bevin asked the questions after Molotov blocked agreement on setting up a border commission to examine territorial claims on Germany and a proposal to allow economic integration of the Sarr with France. Molotov then charged tnat even before the conference started Britain had a plan to set up a Western German gov ernment. He then asked that the four powers condemn the setting up of any “segment” German government in place of the cen tral administration desired by the Soviet Union. Bevin denied Molotov’s charge but added; “While the British govern ment has come to no conclusion and indeed has even refused to come to a conclusion or even to assume this conference will break down, I am not in a posi tion to commit either the govern ment or the people as to what might have to be done in the event of Big Four failure to agree. “If in the end peace is denied, then surely you cannot at this See BEVIN on Page Two FINNSCAUT OFF PROTEST STRIKE Civil Servants’ Leader Sends Men Back To Their Tasks HELSINKI. Finland, Nov. 28— UP!— More than 40,000 Finnish government employes called oil their strike today after Premier Mauno Pekkala’s cabinet report edly made plans to conscript the strikers into the army. Konsti Jarnefel, chairman oi the Civil Servants’ Organization, announced the decision to end the walkout which had tied up communications, railroads, planes and ships and had closed schools for two days. He said in a radio broadcast: “During the two days the strike lasted the organiza tion has found out what disas trous consequences a continued strike may have for the coun try.” Jarnefelt said the government had promised not to take any reprisals against the civil serv ants. The strike began as a pro test against parliament’s pro posal for $6-a-month salary in creases which the government employes condidered too low. Pekkala, whose left wing So cialist Union party has merged with the Communists, had de clared that the walkout con stituted direct action against the governmen.___ Along The Cape Fear SHIPPING FOR SHOPPERS— Yesterday one side of the lobby of the building at Fourth and Princess streets, housing the Chamber of Commerce was piled high with boxes, papers and other paraphernalia neeessary to the opening of the free mailing service next Monday. This free mailing service for persons who do their Christmas shopping in Wilmington provides everything from the packages and address stickers to a sub postoffice right in the building. Shoppers who buy presents for out-of-town friends or relatives are urged to drop in and let the Chamber’s special employees take care of your mailing headaches for you. The service is being re peated because of the success it enjoyed last year. LIGHTS—Hundreds of people expressed their pleasure at the Sight of the holiday lights turn ed on for the first time in Wil mington’s business section last night. Meanwhile, thousands are waiting to see the lights turned on to illuminate the world’s larg est living Christmas tree in Hil ton park. _ CLOTHING LEADERS SCHOOL —The New Hanover county Clothing Leaders school will meet at 10 a. m. on December 5, at the home demonstration office in the Custom House, Miss Anne Mason, New Hanover county Home Demonstration agent has announced . Miss Julia Mclver, an exten sion clothing specialist of State college, will give a demonstra tion on purchasing good mater ials. Any Christmas clothing sug gestions will be appreciated by the club members, Miss Mason said. Clothing leaders who are unable to attend are asked to have a representative from his ox hoi organization PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, Themistocles Sophoulis, 85, is shown shaking hands with members of the crew of the destroyer Pindos after he had boarded the ship at Athens for a trip to Salon ica. The aged Premier is now making a tour of northern Greece to inspect Greek Army units fighting in operational zones against the guerrillas.(International) CAA Man Blasts Airport Facilities ELECTION HOLIDAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. — . (£“) — Legislation to provide that Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years shall be a le gal holiday known as National Election Day was proposed to day by Senator Magnuson (D Wash). Magnuson said he believed more voters would go to the polls if election days were a legal holiday. FREAK TROPICAL BLOW HITS KEYS 85-Mile Wind Fells Trees, Smashes Boats At Island Outpost KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 28—OJ.R) —A freak tropical storm whip ped without warning across the Florida Straits today and hurri cane gusts of 85-miles an hour felled trees and smashed boats at this island outpost of the na tion. The Miami Weather Bureau ordered Northeast storm warn ings hoisted around the South tip of Florida as the storm, com ing a month after the tropical hurricane season’s end, headed East for the mainland. Small craft were warned to remain in port on the West or Gulf coast along a 75-mi.le strip from the tip of Florida North ward tc Naples. The Weather Bureau here said the brief but furious blow de scended suddenly. There was no warning drop in the barometer until the winds were roaring down streets and boosting small craft onto the beach. Damage to trees, boats and other property was estimated at $10,000. In Miami, heavy rains through the day caused postponement until tomorrow ngiht of the foot ball game between the Univers ities of Alabama and Miami. At Sombrero Key, between here and Miami, the lighthouse keeper clocked a constant wind of 65 miles Der hour during the height of the storm. He said gusts went as high as 88 miles per hour, which is full hurricane velocity. The Miami Weather Bureau urged precautions by all inter ests in the storm path for the next twelve hours. Communication Chief Says County Building Inade - quate, Crude In announcing that the CAA communications station and ac companying airways weather station being set up at Blethen thal field here will start func tioning on Monday, Communica tions Chief C. W. Hall denounced the facilities provided at the air port by the county as inadequate and a “crude affair.” Hall, who came to Wilmington a week ago after having served at the Charlotte and Raleigh Durham airports and as com munications chief at the Birm ingham, Ala., airport, has been been the Civil Aeronautics au thority for approximately nine years. “Unless some changes in plans are made,” he said last night, “we will go into operation on Monday. Unless the telephone company is unable to get our lines in and connected—and I be lieve that they won’t have any trouble—we will be ready to start,” The communications chief re ported that absolutely no toilet See CAA on Page Two STOWAWAY BRIDE TO BE DEPORTED Immigration Officials Hold French Girl At Ellis Island PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 23 — (U.R)—Pretty French bride Maria Louise Hicks, 23, who spent 16 days crammed into a ship’s rope locker to reach America, was ordered deported today by Immigration officials. The petite former Marseilles orphan said she would appeal the decision to the U. S. Attor ney General. She was ordered Sent to Ellis Island, N. Y., pend ing the appeal. The tossing of the oil tanker Choctaw Trail during an At lantic storm forced her hus band, Lavern A. Hicks of Oakes, N. D., to reveal he was trying to smuggle his bride to Ameri ca. Hicks, an oiler aboard the ship, hid Maria in the 18-inch wide rope locker when the ves sel was at Le Havre, Nov. 1, a few days after their marriage. See BRIDE on Page Two 10-Year-Old Boy First To Beat Dread Disease CHICAGO, Nov. 28—UP)—Chil dren’s Memorial hospital autho rities said today they believe one of their patients, a 10-year old boy, is the first ever to re cover from a rare and dreaded disease in which the body turns to stone. They credit the recovery of John Crowe from Dermatvmyo sitis Ossificars largely to treat ment wtih high concentrations of vitamin “E.” This disease causes the body to become cal cified. When the Crow* youngster i first went under . treatment in July, 1942, he was able only to crawl and to sit. Now he walks with the help of braces and physicians expect him to be able to walk normally within a year. Hospital spokesmen said they believe this is the first time vit amin “E” has been used to treat this disease. The treat xent also included X-ray ther apy, physio-therapy and surgery to lengthen tendons of shortened muscles and to remove calcium dipositft. ■ —■ ' ■ !».» Parodi Asks Time To Seek Formula Motion Offered By Colom bia May Deiay Decision Further NEW YORK, Nov. 28—(&)— A surprise compromise move by France today put off for at least 24 hours a final showdown vote in the United Nations Assembly on the so-called Soviet-Ameri can plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arabic countries. The Assembly voted 25 to 15 on the simple question of ad journing for 24 hours. A motion for adjournment takes precedence over all other business, must be voted on promptly, and requires only a simple majority for adoption. Alexandre Parodi, chief French delegate, proposed the postpone ment with the avowed hope that some “good-will formula” might be found in those hours to end the Arab-Jew impasse. Arab countries are bitterly opposed to partition; Zionist Jews favor it. When the Assembly reconvenes tomorrow at 4 p. m. (EST) it must also consider a surprise move by Colombia which would in effect delay a final decision on Palestine until sometime next vear. No Demonstration There was no demonstration in the jammed Assembly hall as the president, Dr. Oswaldo Aran ha of Brazil, announced the ad journment. But many delegates smiled as they arose. Earlier, applause and laughter from the public section had prompted the U. N. Security of fice to send five guards to that section for the first time in U.N. Assembly history. The U. N. also spotted more New York polio* about the hall than usual. Parodi and Dr. Alfonzo Lopez, former president of Colombia and leader of his delegation, plead ed with the Assembly not to act now and asked rather that it try to take all possible ways toward See PARODI on Page Two MAILSEALDRiVE GETTING RESULTS Over $1,000 Received In First Three Days Miss Nash Says Opening of the first three day’s mail following the posting of approximately 7,000 letters containing TB Christmas seals on Monday revealed $1,050 in the till, Miss Lucy Nash, execu tive secretary of the New Han over County Tuberculosis and Health association, reported yes terday. This was approximately the same amount received in the first three day’s returns after the mailing of the seals last year, Miss Nash said. She ex plained that the returns have been comparatively light so far to what is expected because this is the last of the month and many persons mailed seals are paid on the first. The total goal xor me ncai Sale campaign is $10,000 for New Hanover county. Chairman W. G Broadfoot, Jr. of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce’s health committee, which is con ducting the TB bond sale, said yesterdav that his division is progressing “satisfactorily." The bond sale is especially for nersons and firms who contri buted $5 or more to the cam paign. They are given bonds equivalent to the number of one cent seals which they purchase. Street Sale The assoc’ation is also nlan ning special • sales of TB red crosses on the streets downtown December. 6, under the auspices See MAIL SEAT on Page Two And So To Bed Hundreds of multi-colored lights were turned on last night to flood the business district with Christmas cheer. A few minutes after the glow of lights pierced the early darkness cars lined the “main drag” and pedestrians walked along the sidewalks admiring the lights. Police were forced to direct the con gested traffic for over an hour as the cars drove up and down the streets. A mother with a couple of young children was seen near one of the store win dows. One of the kids turn ed to the Woman and said, “riother, you told me* that Santa Claus would not come for a long time. Look, he has done turned the lights oh.” 1,
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