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VOL. 81. NO. 87. _ WILMINGTON, N. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1947 Sckuman Gets Program Over jiationarAssembly Authorizes Mobili zation Of 80,000 PARIS Nov. 30—Iff)—The na Z\ Assembly tonight autho ti0 ^ the Government to call up i troops to maintain order 80’? aS! but delayed until to in„:roW further consideration of f :ti, smke control legislation. drThis 'action brought to ap r " mateh' 300,000 the number pcruits added to the army during the past two weeks. Farlier Premier Robert Schu followers beat down a 25 S Communist effort to emas ” the measure which pro cu!® strict penalties for anyone Molesting non-strikers or for ^Schuman has demanded the unconditional surrender of the rces which have paralyzed Lnce with strikes involving ^ore than 2,000,000 workers. Negotiations between the gov ernment and the Communist dominated General Confeder ation of Labor iCGT) appeared completely deadlocked. The Communist national strike com mittee announced it had rejected the government’s terms for end ing the strike. The committee threatened to continue the walk out indefinitely. To Stand Firm The premier’s friends said Schuman was determined not to give the CGT any chance to claim a victory. Approval of the boost in the strength of the military force came near the end of a 35 1-2 hour session of the Assembly— just a half hour short of the re cord sitting established in 1926. The weary lawmakers began their session Saturday afternoon See FANCE on Page Two Motorists Take Final Joy Ride Driving For Pleasure Now Jail Offense In Great Britain LONDON, Nov. 30—(^—Hun dreds of thousands of British motorists poured their last few pints of gasoline into the tanks of automobiles today and took what may be their last drives into the country for the dura tion of the economic crisis. After midnight tonight, any one found driving for pleasure in Britain will be subject to pri son sentences ranging up to two years and fines that may go as high as $2,000. The government abolished the gasoline ration to save dollars and only motorists isolated from public transport, or those who needs their cars for business, will be permitted to drive after midnight tonight. Gas Sale Banned Garages and filling stations were forbidden to sell gasoline after Oct. 31, but motorists have been permitted to use any gaso line stored in tanks or cans. The Automobile Associa tion estimated that 800,000 out of Britain’s 1,859,000 motorists would be forced off the road, along with 100,000 of some 469, 000 motorcyclists. Beginning tomorrow, police and the Fuel Ministry’s 90 en forcement officers will stop any motorists suspected of using gasoline illegally. Occasional foad blocks will be set up and raids will be made on parking “®* motorists on Page Two The Weather SUB FORECAST <iv r„C?rollna~Clear and eoId Mon night t?, Tu*d rather cold Monday l~ esday partly cloudy and v/sran 40tnL?r°Una-Fair and continued (» and Monday night. Tues • psrt.y cloudy and warmer. . FORECAST «tUijB070?'riB1Cal data *or the 24 hours "* 7-30 p.m yesterday. Inn TEMPERATURES ^TSO pm.li.7'30 4°: 1:30 p'm KormaUj"1 57 ’ Mtoimum 34l Mean 46; t.w HUMIDITY *>:'*30 pmm.^ 7:30 »•">• «*; 2:30 p.m. Total , PRECIPITATION 4 lnche£f°r t lC 24 hours endil>g 7:30 pm. inchet,1 since ,he iirst of the month 0.00 From tnr,~ES F0R TODAY * Coast Table.! published by U. ^'mington4 Geodat‘c1 Survey. n-12:12 a.m. 6:32 a.m. ^"boro l„!et . 9:54 — 7;30P;m; !*»!Pm • m00' Sun»etP“o3. Moonrise (I^WPING DAYS Lffh INCOMING POSTMASTER GENERAL Jesse M. Donaldson (left) bids goodbye to his predecessor Robert Hannegan as the latter pays a final visit to his office in Washington. Hannegan is leaving the Cabinet post to take over control of the St. Louis Cardinals._ (International Soundphoto) Senate Votes Today On “Stop-Gap" Aid Three Play Poker To Straighten Out Unsolveable Tangle PARIS, Nov. 30—(U.R)_Dr. Emile Huriaux, sitting across a table at Laon, dealt him self and his mistress, Yvonne Zemara, a hand of poker while his wife looked on, dispatches said today. Dr. .Huriaux won and left the room with his wife. There was a shot and when police arrived Mile. Zemara was dead. Dr. Huriaux was quot ed as saying after his release on bail: “Suicide was the stake. With all three of us alive life was an unsolvable tangle.” Mercury Tumbles Over Carolinas Continued Cold Weather Forecast For Today By Weather Bureau CHARLOTTE, Nov. 30—W— The U. S. Weather Bureau sta tion in Charlotte tonight predict ed tumbling temperatures for the Carolinas, ranging downward to 18 degrees in the Northern and Western sections of North Caro lina. The North Carolina forecast called for continued cold Mon day on the heels of an 18-24 de gree range for the Northern and Western sections during the night, and a 26-32 temperature range for the Southeast section. Monday was expected to be colder in South Carolina where temperatures between 24 and 32 degrees were predicted in the North portion, and 32 to 34 with frost in the South portion. At 730 P. M. tonight the Weather Bureau listed these temperatures for representative North Carolina cities: Raleigh 26, Elizabeth City 32, Warrenton 26, Winston-Salem 34, Asheville and Greensboro 35, Wilmington 39, and Charlotte 40. Temperature reports from South Carolina communities at 7:30 P. M. ranged from 42 at Greenville to 50 at Charleston. MERCURY TUMBLES TO ZERO IN FAR WEST CHICAGO, Nov. 30—(U.R)—1The mercury tumbled to zero or low er early today in the Dokatas, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and upper Michigan. The coldest spot in the nation was at McChesney airport, North of Rockford, 111., where the mer cury skidded to 21 degrees be low zero, an all-time low for the area for Nov. 30. The tempera ture in Rockford, seven miles See MERCURY on Page Two Capital Observers Be lieve Republicans Will Pass Measure WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—(U.R) —The Senate is sheduled to vote tomorrow on the $597,000,000 em ergency aid bill for France, Italy and Austria amid indications that Republican leaders will go along on the measure and save their fire for the long-range Marshall recovery plan. At the same time, Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs com mittee will make an all-out ef fort to restore a $108,000,000 cut tentatively from funds for the countries by the committee ma jority. Before voting on the bill, the Senate must dispose of a series of amendments by Sen. James P. Kem, R., Mo., designed to require recipient countries to detail how relief is distributed and to inform See SEN TE on Page Two Citizens Warned Of Pickpockets A Whileville Man Re ports Losing $45 Af ter Being Beaten Burglars and robbers were active in and about the city over the week-end and police last night again warned the citizens to be on their guard against pick pockets, purse snatchers and burglars during the remaining weeks of the Christmas season. Haymes E. Cumber, Route 4, See CITIZENS on Page Two TWO PARTIES HONOR WINSTON CHURCHILL ON HIS ANNIVERSARY LONDON, Nov. 30. — VP) — Winston Churchill was 73 today and cleberated with two birth day patries. He was the honor guest at a luncheon given by Mrs. Church hill at the Savoy Hotel for mem bers of their immediate family, Lord Moran, his physician and Lord Portal, marshall of the RAF. Tonight Churchill himself en tertained at his ■ London resi dence. His colset friends — in eluding Brendan Bracken, for mer minister of information, and Lord Cherwell, his cabinet aide during the early days of the war—were there in addition to members of his family. Forsaking a custom of former years. Churchill decided against a bithday messeage to his well wishers. But they remembered him and hundreds of cables and scores of presents from all parts of the world arived at his home. Pad, Pencil Pushers Pan “Johnny Come-Latelys ’ ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 30—<U.R> The pad and pencil gals, who were “spanked” last spring in a nationwide poll of what bosses don’t like about secretaries, re turned the compliment today and condemned the “Johnny Come Lately” type as their biggest an noyance. He’s the type of boss who has a last-minute brainstorm—usu ally- a “little contract he for got to have typed—just a*, his secretary is fixing her face to go home, according to an opi inon poll of 1,000 female gradu ates of the Albany Business Col lege. Next among the secre taries’ major “pet peeves” is “mumbler”— the “ah and ahem” type who phlubbs his dic tation and constantly re peats certain phrases. Then there’s the “Srrokey Joe,” who never fails to light up a strong cigar as he logins to warble that important letter. The girls said they don’ tmind going “beyond the call of duty,” but the “shopping shirker,” who I See PENCIL on Page Two Guns Crack, Blood Flows In Wake Of UN Vote To Split Palestine; Seven Die In Seattle Air Crash DC-4 Overshoots Airport Runway Twenty Four Taken To Nearby Hospi-: tals, Some Hurt SEATTLE, Nov. 29. — (JP) — Seven persoins, including one in fant, wede killed and 24 others in jured, 13 critically, today when a four-engined Alaska Airlines DC-4 crashed and burned while attempting a landing at the Seattle - Tacoma Bow Lake air port. Four of the dead were among the 28 passengers aboard the transport. Three others were oc cupants of an automobile struck by the plane as it overshot the runway, caromed over rough terrain and plunged onto the Des Moines-Seattle highway on the Southeast side of the field. Sixteen of the injured were taken to the Renton, Wash., hos pital where attendants said 10 were in critical condition. Nine others were removed to the King County Harborview hospital at Seattle. Three of those were in critical condition. None of the dead was imme diately identified. Pilots Injured Three crew members, Pilot James Ferris, Co-Pilot Richard Whiting and Stewardess Reva Monk were injured in the crash. Miss Monk was in “very crit ical condition” at the Renton, Wash., hospital and was not ex pected to live. She suffered first and second degree burns when she stayed in the burning ship and attempted to help passen gers to safety. Passenger Richard Jones, 35, Palmer, Alaska, who was light ly injured, said the plane over shot the field when it came in for landing. He said visibility was poor and all “felt good” when the plane started down. “He seemed to come in on a steep landing and was going fast,” Jones said. “He flew right out over a 60-foot embank ment, banked and landed on a road near the side of the field.” “The left wing ripped off and the outboard left engine was torn off. Flames immediately broke out and sent fire from one end of the plane to the other.” Jones said the stewardess tried to open the safety hatch See DC-4 on Page Two Volunteers Work To Repair Dyke Suburban Miami Homes Threatened By On rushing Waters MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 30—(U.R)— Negro convicts and volunteers worked side by side in a race against time today in an effort to save 3,000 suburban homes from flood watars loosed by what police believed was wanton des truction of an eight-mile dyke. A 40-foot hole was discovered gouged out of the dyke North west of the city, and sheriff’s deputies said they found wires and detonating equipment near by. Through the gap poured mill ions of gallons of waters from rich, rolling farmlands to the North. JDne county police offici al said disgruntled farmers were under suspicion whose lands have been flooded the past few weeks due to heavy rains. Huge cranes first were wheel ed up to pack dirt and sand against the hole in an effort to See VOLUNTEEERS on Page Two Governor Places Phoenix Area Under Martial Law Over Strike Osborn Calls Out National Guradsmen As Violence Flares Anew In Strike Of 2,000 Union Lettuce Packers; Incendiry Fire Does $100,000 Damages To Stanley Plant POENIX, Ariz., Nov. 30—(U.R) —Gov. Sidney P. Osborn tonight p-'oclaimed martial law in Phoe nix because of the violence-mark ed lettuce packers strike and ordered National Guardsmen to be on duty at 7 a. m., tomorrow when 34 struck lettuce sheds open after a Sunday shutdown. The governor issued the call for the troops after Sheriff Cal Boies warned that he would dep utize 300 men unless- Guards men were on duty tomorrow to keep order in the 12-day strike. All-day conferences of the gov ernor with operators and union representatives failed to pro duce an agreement in the walk out, Osborn said. Maj. Gen. A. M. Tuthill, Ari zona adjustant general, immedi ately began mobilizing Guards men for duty at the lettuce sheds located in the suburbs of Phoe nk in the Sal River valley. Violence broke out in the strike last Friday. Last night a lettuce packing shed was burned and the owner charged that members of the 2,000 striking lettuce packers had set the blaze in violation of a non-violence pledge. Members of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Workers Local (CIO), striking against the en tire lettuce packing industry here, voted last night to conduct only peaceful picketing after Gov. Sidney P. Osborn threat ened to call out the National Guard to halt violence that broke out Friday. 4 Burning of the Stanley Pack ing plant near suburban Tolle son caused $100,000 damage, the owner, Dean Stanley, estimated. He said the “blaze was of in bcdiary origin. Gasoline or some other highly inflammable substance was used.” He said the fire was “proof of the insincerity of the strikers' who seek a 1 1-2 cent a’- hour wage ircrease and other bene fits “don’t keep their promise to cease mass picketing and end violence.” Molotov Declines Marsh? 11 Meeting As U. S. Delegation Splits On Ruhr -,1 - --- STRIKE AVERTED SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30 —(U.R)—A threatened tie-up of some 70 tankers in Pacific, At lantic and Gulf ports was av erted late today with final a greement on a contract between the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots Association and two ma jor West coast shipping firms. Bolton Resident Killed In Crash Willie Kirksey Loses Life When Car Turns Over At Holly Ridge One man was killed almost in stantly and a second was slight ly injured when a tire blew out and caused their 1936 Ford coach to roll over once five miles south of Holly Ridge at 5:30 o’clock yesterday after noon, State Highway patrolmen reported here last night. Willie Kirksey, 33-year-old Bolton resident, died instantly Rossie Freeman, 24year-old cousin of Kirksey, also of Bol ton, sustained bruises on the side of the head and a back in jury in the wreck, according to the investigating officers. Kirksey was the driver of the car, the patrolmen said, and at the time the tire blew out i was attempting to hold up the front seat upon which he was riding while Freeman replaced , bracing block which had fall en out of place. The car was pulled across the road and turned over completely one time,, the officers said. No Inquest Coroner H. E. Blake of Pen der county was summoned to the scene of the wreck and ruled that it was an unavoidable aci dent and that no inquest would be necessary. The body of Kirksey was re moved to Jones Funeral home in Jacksonville. Meanwhile, Catherine Cher poce, 324 Calhoun drive, was taken to James Walker Memori al hospital last night for treat ment of abraisions of both legs after being struck by an auto mobilte allegedly operated by Carl H. Royal, 206 Ann street, police reported. The victim was crossing Castle street at Sixth when struck by the car and was rushed to the hospital by Royal, according to police, who did not lold Royal responsible.__ Along The Cape Fear TASTE OF WINTER—With the coldest wave of the season riding in on the cold shoulder of a Nor’easter, scores of Wilming tonians telephoned the Star Sun day evening to learn the latest forecast. A prediction that the mercury would drop three degrees below freezing last night set some peo ple to searching for extra blan kets and others to draining the water out of automobiles not yet winterized. Snow which swept across the state and down the Cape Fear valley in a vain attempt to reach the sea, was dissipated by the warm blanket of air that accompanies the Gulf stream and protects Wilmington from ithe rigors of winter’s icy blast. 'Raleigh was covered with a j blanket of snow and even Bur >gaw donned the glistening attire usually associated with Christ mas. This column has it on the au thority of Miss Kate M. Johnson, Brunswick county, whose uncle, Gov. D. L. Russell, owned the Winnebow plantation, that in 1893 the usually mild winters of this area were marked by a pre cedent setting event—Rice’s Creek, which flows through the plantation and is the chief tribu tary of Town Creek, froze over. The freeze was more than a one night detour of a polar blast. The ice froze six inches thick. Men of the plantation cut the ice into blocks, stored it in sawdust from the family saw ers who asserted it to be the ice that lasted through almost the entire following summer. A visitor from the North sent See CAPE FEAR on Page Two Secretary Takes Ini tiative For First Time In Career LONDON, Nov. 30 —<U.R>—Rus sian Foreign Minister Viache slav Molotov has turned down an invitation to a luncheon con ference tomorrow with Secre tary of State George C. Mar shall, it was made known to night. American Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas issued the invitation to Molotov Friday, asking him to lunch at the American Em bassy with Marshall as a fellow guest It was the first time in his career as Secretary of State that Marshall had even, indirect ly taken the initiative to get a private talk with Molotov. Molotov, however, declined the invitation, pleading previous engagements. American quarters had hoped the luncheon talk might offer an important opportunity for a con fidential get-together of the two foreign ministers on German and Austrian treaty questions and problems generally con cerning the United States and Russia. Marshall spent the week-end See MOLOTOV on Page Two Archbishop Sees Hunger Threats Dr. C. F. Garbeit Tells British “Worst Is Yet To Come" LONDON, Nov. 30—(^—De claring that in Britain 'the worst is not over,” Dr. C. F. Garbett, archbishop of York, said today that “next year we may be threatened with actual hunger. The Archbishop, in his dioce san letter, described Britain’s imposition of potato rationing as a ‘severe” but necessary blow and added: This step will have brought many to realize the gravity of the economic situation. There are still some who speak as if we were passing through an un expected squall which would soon be over.” The country’s anxieties over food, he said, “must not conceal from us the far graver position both in Germany and elsewhere in Central Europe. Already there are millions who are un der-nourished, and the margin between hunger and actual star vation has become very narrow. NEW NETWORK NEW YORK, Nov. 30—(U.R) —A television network will link New York and Chicago possibly by the end of 1948, Frank E. Mullen, executive vice president of the National Broadcasting System said to day. Mullen, in a radio interview, said that the two cities would be joined by the network by that time “with a few months leeway on either side.” Brunette Beauty Called By Jury Alleged "Girl Friend" In Meyers Case To Testify Againsi Gen. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — (U.R) — Three key witnesses against Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, including the brunette beauty he claimed was his war time “girl friend,” are scheduled to testify tomorrow before the federal grand jury investigating perjury charges against the re tired Air Force deputy procure ment officer. Bleriot H. Lamarre, youthful Dayton ,0., bookkeeper, who swore before a Senate War In vestigating subcommittee that Meyers secretly owned a sub contracting firm and cleared See BEAUTY on Paga wo Gas Storage Blast Kills One, Injures Six At Marion, Mich. MARION, Mich., Nov. 30— (IP, —An explosion shattered a Mich igan Gas Storage company pumping station here early to day, killing one man, injuring six, and threatening some 25C Eastern Michigan communities with an immediate gas shortage. An official of the company, which is affiliated with the Con sumers Power Company, esti mated damage at $750,000 and said the larger cities affected would be Lansing, Pontiac, Flint, Midland, Saginaw and Bay City. Consumers Power Company of ficials called a meeting in Jack son tonight to assess the dam age. One said that the use of gas in the affected area might have to be cut. PhoneRings, DoorsSwing When George Cuts Prices -I PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30—(/P) —Butcher George Rookstool’s plan to sell meat at wholesale prices and save customers 25 per cent monthly is paying off—for both buyer and seller. Rookstool promised to sell choice T-Bone steaks for as little as 50 cents a pound. Other cuts are even cheaper. All he wanted, he said, was 300 customers will ing to pay him $1.25 weekly as a service fee. ' This way, the 32-year-old North Philadelphia butcher explained it, the normal 35 per cent profit markup is eliminated, the cus tomer gets a savings and “I make a living.” It sounded good—so good that more than 560 signed up with the end not yet in sight. “When people heard about George’s plan his phone started ringing, the doors started swing ing, and George started signing them up,” Rookstool’s uncle re ported. “It got so bad he had to disconnect his phone and now he’s looking for another butcher to help him and his two men.” Business may even reach $4, 000 weekly, the unci* added. Arabs Mow Down Jew Bus Drivers 15 Killed, 11 Wounded In Riots; Holy Land Celebrates JERUSALEM, Palestine, Nov, 30—(U.R)—At least 15 Arabs and Jews were killed and 11 wound ed today in shootings and riot* that flared in the Middle East in the wake of the United Na tions decision to partition Pale stine. The crack of guns and the flow of blood came amid th* wildest celebration the Holy Land has seen in 30 years, with Jews dancing in the streets and lighting the countryside with victory bonfires on hilltops. In Jerusalem the blue and whit* flag of Zion flew from the Jewish Agency building. Seven of the victims wer* Jews killed in Palestine, five of them in a single bus which wa* ambushed and sprayed with bul lets by three Arab gunmen in an orange grove on the highway between Petah Tikva and Wil helma. Anotlfer Jewish woman wa* killed in Wilhelma, a man wa* slain in the Salamah quarter on the Jaffa-Tel Aviv border and a Jewish boy was killed in Tel Aviv when he leaped from th* top of a bus. Seven Arabs Killed Seven Arabs were killed in Syria when a rioting student mob attacked Syrian Communist par ty headquarters in Damascus af ter stoning the United States and French Legations for approving partition. Three of the Arabs were kill ed by a burst of gunfire from th* building. The mob then set fir* to the headquarters and four Arab Communists were burned to death. In the attack on th* U. S. Legation, the American flag was tom down. Pitched fighting also broke out between Jewish and Arab pris oners in Acre prison and several Arabs were wounded when pris on authorities broke up the battl* with tear gas and gunfire. An official announcement did not mention any deaths. The Acre fighting was set off See ARABS on Page Two Firemen, Friends Save 16 People Family Make Spectacu lar Jumps To Safety From Burning Home PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30—<U.I» —A sleeping family of 16, includ ing 11 children, was trapped by fire in their three-story row home early today, but all were saved in a series of spectacular leaps from upstairs windows and dra matic rescues by neighbors and firemen. Thirteen of them, four adults and nine children, were hospita lized with burns, smoke poison ing, and injuries received in the falls, but only a four-weeks-old baby girl and a four-year-old boy were reported in critical condi tion. Dropped into the arms of an unidentified milkman standing in the street below, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ran dall Phillips was left lying on the sidewalk unattended in the ex citement. Firemen, arriving on the scene minutes later, said they thought the tiny blanket-wrap ped bundle was a doll until it was seen to move. Another Phillips child, nlne See FIREMEN on Page Two And So To Bed The editor of Along ths Cape Fear, being from ths frozen wastes of Wisconsin, this morning makes a crack about the sports editor mak ing a picture of the Cape Feaf river when and if it freezes over. After writing the column and answering the telepnons for four hours telling the residents of New Hanover county that the temperature this morning is expected to drop to 28 degrees, the editor turned to his mana^'ng edi tor with this remark. “Up where I come from il gets much colder than 28 de grees, in fact it gets 28 de grees below freezing.” A few minutes later he was noticed at his desk rubbing his hands and adjusting his trousers. He was wearing two pairs of , pants. j
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