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" VOL. 81—NO. 88.__ N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1947. ESTABLISHED lg&
Middle East'
Cities Seethe
Violence Flares In Five
Capitals Over Palestine
Partition
tttrUSALEM. Palestine, Dec.
' ,!jR!—Anti-United Nations,
'American and anti-Jew
f ‘demonstrations some vio
^ fiqred in five Middle East
^ Vanitals today as the power
eIf feven-nation Arab League
?J ^nred to meet in Cairo Sat
* decide on action
Jjgrt the partition of Pales
tin®, „ Czechoslovak Consulate
j Jewish buses were stoned
3 four Jew'S W'ere injured
£ Sa in ™ Aviv in spmad
Arab outbreaks.
dne Jew was wounded seri
,‘ hv gun fire from ambush
°’J v ' Jerusalem’s Damascus
re.tP A Jewish merchant was
U nderi bv a stab in the neck
v°®dhe crossed a roadh near
man’s land” between
? Arab city of Jaffa and the
A citv of Tel Aviv. Two
£fwerr wounded when Arab
J L crossed the "no man’s
to frie a pistol fusillade
5 throw a bomb into a Jewish
c3fe tonight.
Troops Dispatched
British troops were sent to pa
trol the border area in rear of
more serious trouble.
‘ TvV0 Ameican newspaper
correspondents narrowly es
raDed attack and two American
teachers were forced to barri
cade themselves in their school
at Amman, capital of TransJor
dan.
Windows were smashed in the
American Legation and the of
jices of the American-owned
Trans-Arabian Oil company in
Beirut, Lebanon.
Students in Cairo shouted for
King Farouk to lead them in
battle to “save” Palestine and
shouted anti-Jewish sl°g^s;
“From Today Jews Are The
Scum Of The Earth.”
Ir, Baghdad also, Lebanese
SeeMIDDLE on Page Two
LANES CONTACT
MISSING C-47
Faint Radio Signal Voices
Heard South, West Of
Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, Germany,
Dec, 1 —(U.R)— “Faint radio con
tact” was established by a
search plane today with the U.S.
Air Force’s C-47 transport which
has been missing since Friday
with 20 persons on board.
The plane vanished during a
routine flight from Italy to Ger
many. Of the 20 one was a wo
man.
The faint radio transmission
was picked up by a searching
C47 piloted by Lt. Charles A.
Ross of Sebring, Fla. It indicat
ed that the missing plane \*as
somewhere South and West of
Frankfurt in the direction of the
towering Swiss mountains, Air
porce officials said.
The signal was too weak and
too intermittent to permit a pin
point fix by radio locators.
Authorities at Rhein main air
port here said Ross reported
hearing a voice identify itself as
“8736”—the number of the miss
ing plane.
A B-17 flying fortress over
Koblenz in French-occupied Ger
™any reported picking up an un
identified signal from the South
east on its radio direction finder,
and a ground-based direction
finder station reported hearing
taint signals from the direction
w Bad Kreuznach, also in the
french zone.
The Weather
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nioht ?.r warm«r Tuesday and Tuesday
8 '■ Wednesday partly cloudy and mild.
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• _1 .oO p.m. 38.
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'■ formal 52.
.... HUMIDITY
3J. 77: 7:30 a.m. 77; 1:30 p.m.
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8:24 n'm ??' Sunset 5:03; Moonrise
Siver .. Moonset 11:25 a.m.
8 am Mdge. at Fayetteville N. C., at
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American Officials
Cited As Red ‘Leak’
Magazine “Plain Talk” Charges Unnamed
High-Ranking Government Men With
Supplying Secret Blue-Prints
NEW YORK. Dec. 1 — ijfi—The
[magazine “Plain Talk” said to
day that unnamed, high-ranking
American government o f f i
cials have supplied Russia with
important military and state se
crets, including blue - prints for
the new B-36 superfortress.
The magazine did not state
the source of its information.
These facts. said “Plain
Talk,” will emerge from a fed
eral grand jury investigation
now going on in New York and
is a “continuation” of the 1945
Canadian inquiry into Commu
nist espionage.
| In an article titled “Stalin’s
Spy Ring In The U. S. A.” the
magazine alleged that:
“The intricate espionage or
ganization in which more than
one hundred scientfiic and cler
ical workers were engaged
since the beginning of 1943, in
gathering secret information
about our atomic dvelopment,
eading to the transmission of
ir;#iium-235 to Russia, was un
ier the direct supervision of
avowed Communist party lead
ers.”
The magazine also charged
that “certain leading lights” in
labor circles “were deeply in
volved in espionage,” and de
clared that “a ghostwriter” for
a U. S. Senator "was an under
ground operative of the net
work.”
According to “Plain Talk,” an
FBI investigation into possible
Soviet espionage here was or
dered after Prime Minister W.
L. MacKenzie King of Canada
visited President Truman in Oc
tober, 1945 and acquainted him
with the “shocking revelations”
of the Canadian case.
The article was written by
Isaac Don Levine, editor of the
digest-sized magazine, which he
described as an “anti-totalitari
an monthly review.”
HarrimanPointsToNeed
Of Control Preparations!
DIES ON DEER
SNOW SHOE, Pa., Dec. 1.
—W— Ward H. Patrick, 70, of
East Palestine, Ohio, died of
a heart attack today after kill
ing a deer in the Allegheny
mountains near here.
The hunter fell semi-con
scious across the dead deer
just as he reached the animal
Another hunter saw him and
summoned members of the
hunting party. Patrick, how
ever, died while they were
taking him to camp.
ATOM CHEMICALS
MAY AID DOCTOR
Scientists Hear Prediction
Of Radioactive Pills As
Detectors
BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor
BOSTON, Dec. 1 —(.?)—1The
use of radioactive atoms that
may detect diseases in the hu
man body almost before the af
flicted is aware of them was
described today to the Radiolog
ical Society of North America,
by Dr. Paul C. Abersold of the
Atomic Emergy Commission,
Oak Ridge, Tenn. *
This, he predicted, will be
done by giving a person, per
haps in food or drink, a tiny
amount of chemicals produced
by atomic ovens.
One of these radioactive pills
may contain a number of dif
See ATORilC On Page Two
FREEDOM TRAIN
’ MOVING TO STATE
Three'Car Exhibition Spe
cial Due At Winston
Salem Tomorrow
WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. 1—0T)
—The Freedom Train makes its
first stop in the Carolinas here
Wednesday.
The train, painted red, white
and blue, has in its three exhi
bition cars 130 documents and
flags marking the development
of liberty in the United States.
Stops in eight cities in North
Carolina and South Carolina are
scheduled.
A South Carolina native and
graduate of Clemson* College,
Marine Lieut. Col. Robert F.
Scott of Slacksburg, commands
the Marine security honor guard
on the train. Scott is the brother
of Mrs. Harley B. Gaston, of
Belmont, wife of the Gaston
county (N.C.) attorney.
The train will stop in Char
lotte Thursday, Greensboro
Friday and Raleigh Saturday.
Other Carolinas stops: Dec 10
Wilmington; 11. Columbia; 12
Spartanburg; 16, Charleston.
Price Limit, Rationing Of
Meat Would Be First
Consideraton
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1—(U.R)—
Secretary of Commerce W.
Averell Harriman said today
that, if Congress approves, the
administration would consi
der restoring price controls and
rationing of meat “at once.”
He predicted that failure to
impose such “selective” curbs
on rising living costs might
make it necessary later to “put
on the brakes by some type of
general freeze of prices and
wages.”
Harriman appeared before the
House Banking committee to re
new the President’s campaign
i for anti-inflation legislation
[amid growing signs that most of
the program will be rejected.
Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott,
R., Mich., who reported that his
own mail is running “99 to 1”
against controls, tried to pin
Harriman down on specific ad
ministration plans to use the
emergency powers if the GOP
controlled Congress should
grant them.
In response to his persistent
questioning, Harriman said:
“Meat is the greatest difficul
ty today and would be given at
tention at once.” An anticipated
shortage next spring coulped
with high prices, “might set off
an inflationady spiral that would
be serious.”
Steel Second
He said that second priority
would be given to steel and that
an attempt would be made to
“stamp out the gray market
write allocations and price ceil
ings.”
Textiles, aluminum, building
aterials and newsprint were
mother commodities which he s
aidneed attention. In these indus
tries, he added, leaders would
would be “ualled in for ronfer
ences.”
?he said he didn’t like controls;
that they would be imposed only
if “appeals to industry and to
See HARRIMAN On Page Two
TWO MEN INJURED
IN STREET CRASH
Wilmington Woman Backs
Car Into On Coming
Automobile
Two men were injured here
last night when their car crash
ed into the automobile of a Wil
mington housewife, who backed
out into Market street from the
drive at her residence at 3101
Market street without seeing the
other car, police reported.
John Clayton Coffer, 32, 2202
Plaza» road, driver of the car,
was treated at James Walker
for an injury to his right ankle
which investigating officers said
was probably broken. W. E.
Caldwell, 44 year-old resident of
See MEN on Page Two
Little Washington Goes
Back To Grandma’s Day
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—0T)—
More than 12,000 residents of
this North Carolina coastal town
and surrounding communities
won’t have to ask grandmother
what living was like when she
was a girl.
Until Wednesday, at least,
they’ll know. But conditions will
not return to normal for several
weeks said John H. Moss, a
member of the town light and
water board.
Water from a ruptured boiler
in the municipal light and water
plant flooded the main switch
board early this .orning, cut
ting off both electric power and
water facilities, Moss reported.
Tonight, the people of Wash
ington and neighboring com
munities were reading by the
light of candles and kerosene
lamps—those, at least, who were
fortunate enough to buy before
the stores were sold out. Many
motorists were walking, too, for
the filling stations which use
electricity for operating gasoline
pumps were forced to close
down after the electric power
was cut off.
Among other communities af-,
fected were Bath, Pinetown,
Vanceboro and Aurora.
Moss said that an emergency
See WASHINGTON on Page Two
CJ^SSte Passes $597,000,000 Aid
MeasureFor France, Italy, Austria;
Merger Of German Zones Looming
“Disagreements”
Mark Big 4 Meet
France Serves Notice
Union Of Western Pow
ers May Occur
LONDON, Dec. 1. — %(JP) —
Convoking of a three-power con
ference to merge the American,
British and French zones of
Germany appeared a possibility
tonight as the Foreign Ministers
conference staggered from dis
agreement to disagreement amid
a flood of Soviet attacks against
the Western powers.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov again devoted most
of today’s two nour and 50
minute session to portraying
Russia as the only defender of
Germany against the “imperial
listic” Western countries who
want to turn the beaten nation
into a helpless “colony,” con
ference sources said.
Minor agreements were reach
ed on peace treaty procedural
matters without touching on
fundamental issues. One agree
ment provides the Big Four
Foreign Ministers will write the
treaty itself, taking into con
sideration both the two_thirds
votes and the majority votes
of all the allied nations attend
ing the peace conference. A simi
lar provision was used in pre
paring the treaties for Ger
many’s satellites.
France May Merge
Today’s session was the sixth
of the current meeting. Failure
of the four powers to agree thus
far even on fundamentals ap
peared to lend added significance
to a statement earlier today by
See MOLOTOV ON Page Two
WARMER WEATHER
COMING THIS WAY
Rising Temperatures
Forecast For Most Of
Carolinas Today
By The Associated Press
A mass of warm air moving
from the Great Lakes region to
ward the Carolinas brought pre
dictions from U. S. Weather fore
casters last night that the sea
son’s coldest spell would gradual
ly give way to rising tempera
tures this week.
In fact, higher mercury read
ings were seen for today over the
two-state region by the weather
observers. They noted that the
warm front already had started
pushing its way across the Blue
Ridge mountain barrier last night.
The gradual break in the se
vere cold was seen after tempera
tures had fallen below the freez
ing point throughout both states,
even tumbling to 14 degrees in
the traditionally cold Asheville
Mt. Mitchell area of North Caro
lina.
Henderson Shivers
Readings in the Piedmont and
Northeastern regions of North
Carolina were only a few degrees
higher with Greensboro and Ra
leigh reporting lows of 19, Win
ston-Salem 21, and Henderson,
where snow fell Sunday, 15. The
warming effect of the Gulfstream
was felt on the coast and Cape
Hatteras had a low of 39 to Wil
mington’s 26.
Charleston, with a low of 28,
was the warmest reporting point
in South Carolina but Florence
shivered in 23-degree weather.
Anderson, Greenville, Spartan
burg and Columbia noted low
readings ranging from 2 4 at
Spartanburg to 27 at Columbia.
A similar range was seen in
the borderline region of the Caro
linas. Charlotte’s low was 25.
BENEFACTORS — Three of the Uiiiversity of North Carolina’s greatest benefactors as they
appeared at the cornerstone laying ceremonies of the two-million dollar Morehead Planetarium
and Art Gallery at the University of North Caro lina Saturday. Left to right, John Sprunt Hill, of
Durham, donor of the Hill Hall, the Carolina Inn, and liberal contributor to the library and
other university departments; John Motley More head, of New York, donor of the Morehead build
ing and co-donor of the Morehead-Patterson bell tower, and William Rand Kenan, of New York,
donor of the Kenan stadium.
Cost Of Living Best U. S. Story,
Grace Church Fire Tops Locals
Lake Forest Unit Purchase
Rated Second Best Of
Year In City
The spectacular $200,000 fire
that destroyed the Grace Metho
dist church, Fourth and Grace
streets on Friday night, March
21, was, in the opinion of the
Morning Star editorial staff, the
biggest local story of the year.
A crowd estimated at more
than 5,000 flocked to the scene of
the fire which destroyed the his
toric church. The church had
been completely renovated only
two months before the fire.
The second biggest story was
the purchase of 584 masonary
units at Lake Forest by the Vet
erans Home, Inc. from the Fed
eral government. This was the
first such deal in the nation. The
Veterans purchased the entire
group of 584 units and have
taken over the job of renting
them to tenants.
Rated third was the appro
priation of $50,000 to the State
Ports Authority for the advance
ment of the local port facilities.
Fourth biggest story, according
to the newsmen, was the approval
of a 34-foot Cape Fear river chan
nel.
Fifth place was given to the
tenative terms for a shipyard
leased by the State Ports Author
ity.
Sixth place in the poll of staff
writers went to the resignation
of Chief of Police Charles H.
Casteen, the appointment of Sgt.
See LAKE FOREST On Page Two j
Along The Cape Fear
...MAY NAME COL. GILETTE
ON CONSERVATION BOARD—
Capitol square expects the an
nouncement soon by Governor
Cherry of the appointment of
Col. George W. Gillette to the
Board of Conservation and
Development, filling the va
cancy which has existed since
Floyd Crouse of Sparta was
moved over to the wild life re
sources commission on July 1,
acording to Lynn Nisbet, Ra
leigh correspondent.
Nisbet reports that the im
pression prevails in Raleign that
the governor has been holding
the post open for Col. Gilette to
assume, on his retirement from
the Army Engineering corps.
Recently the colonel was named
executive director of the North
Carolina State Ports authority.
Col. Gillett is expected to be
able to devote his full time to
the Ports authority after the
first of the year, Page recently
told the Civitan club in Wilm
ington.
Since the Ports authority is an
auxiliary state agency, fear was
expressed that this position
might disqualifly the colonell for
the C & D post, Nisbet pointed
out. But Attorney General Harry
McMullen said Saturday that he
had written the Governor in re
sponse to an inquiry from the ex
ecutive offices that Col. Gillette
is eligible for the C & D posi
tion on the grounds that his
Ports authority position is not
a public office such as would
come under the constitutional
ban against dual office-holding,
Nisbet explained. i
“Not only is the colonel eligi
ble under the statutes, but the
opinion is general that he is one
of the best qualified men by rea
son of training and experience
to serve on the conservation and
development board,” Nisbet
writes.
“There is no east-west geogra
phic balance involved. Of the
fourteen current members J. L.
Horne of Rocky Mount, Roy
Hampton of Plymouth, Clyde
Council of Wananish. Wilbur
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
PICKETS BOOKIES
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Dec.
1, —(JP)— Pete De Blaio, 30,
formed a one-man picket line
in front of a cigar store to
day.
He carried a sign, mounted
on a broom, which bore the
names of three men and stat
ed:
"They are running a horse
betting place. Close them.”
Friends said De Blaio lost
$2,700 recently.
CITIZENS WARNED
OF CAR THEIVES
Captain Coy Etheridge
Points Out Danger Of
Unlocked Cars
Taking into cognizance the in
creasing number of purse
snatchings, burglaries and rob
beries reported locally as the
Christmas season progresses,
police officials last night
warned Wilmingtonians to lock
their cars while they are parked
to avoid automobile thefts and
burglaries.
‘Stolen cars are used in most
major crimes today,” Captain
Coy Etheridge said. “Lock your
car doors to prevent the theft
of packages while you are gone,
especially during the holidays
when crime is more prevalent.”
Police had another burglary
report last night when Nicolas
Saleeby reported that his store
at Fifth and Greenfield streets
was entered and 60 cartons of
cigarettes, 20 pounds of marga
See CITIZENS on Page Two
United Press Rates Told
War’ Ahead Of Texas
City Disaster
NEW YORK, Dec. 1. —(U.R)—'The
high ‘cost of living was the big
gest news story of 1947 in the
United States in the opinion of
United Press editors who an
nounced today their annual list
of the 10 outstanding news events
of the year.
The UP pointed out that 1947
47 was a year marked by “con
tinuing news stories” as contras
ted to other years when big un
expected breaks dominated the
country’s front pages. Under the
high cost of living, for instance,
would be included inflation, the
removal of many war-time price
controls, the efforts of Republi
cans in Congress to reduce taxes,
the housing shortage and the at
tempts of manufacturers to meet
the heavy demands for consumer
goods.
was a year marked by “con
list also was a “continuing” one
—the United States versus Rus
sia, inside and outside the United
Nations. It was listed as “The
Cold War.”
Ten Best
The U. P. list from the view
point of American newspaper
display:
1. The high cost of living.
2. The cold war.
3. Passage of the Taft-Hartley
law and subsequent litigation.
4. The Hughes-Meyers investi
gation.
5. Texas Tex., disaster.
6. Princess Elizabeth’s roman
ce.
7. Partition of India.
8. Series of airplane disasters.
9. Arab - Jewish controversy
over Palestine, and the United
See UNITED on Page Two
Tasty Tailored Truman
Ties Tie True To Trade
BY ARTHUR EDSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINTON, Dec. 1—(^P)—
Some clothiers who have suc
ceeded dropped around to the
White House today to give an
invitation to a men’s wear man
who failed.
And President Truman—who
once went broke in a Kansas
City haberdashery—said, if he
could spare the time, he would
like to address the National As
sociation of Retail Clothiers and
Furnishers in Chicago Feb. 24.
It was a jolly occasion, accord
ing to reports of the clothiers.
Bob Hamilton of Richmond,
Va., gave the President a hand
painted tie showing a Missouri
mule leading a camel on which
are perched the Wise Men of
the East.
The President took the tie,
knotted it quickly in the manner
of clothing salesmen everywhere,
and held it up for display.
“He hadn’t forgotten a thing,”
said Hamilton happily.
“I wish my salesmen could do
as well,’’ said Gerald Grosner,
who runs a men’s clothing store
here.
“How much did the tie cost?”
asked a nosey reporter.
“It sells for $10,” said Hamil
See TASTY on Page Two
House Group Cuts
Bill, Adds China
Three Democrats Join Tri®
Oi Republicans In “No’’
Votes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — m~m
A $597,000,000 European aid bill
was passed by the Senate today.
The vote was 83 to 6.
Voting against passage were
Senators Langer (R.-N.D.), Me
Kellar (D.- Tenn.), Moore (R.
Okla.), O'Daniel (D.-Tex.). Rob
ertson (R.-Wyo), and Taylor (D.
Idaho.)
Late in the day the House For
eign Affairs committee today ap
proved legislation authorizing a
$590,000,000 emergency aid pro
gram for France, Italy, Austria
and China.
The committee hopes to bring
the bill before the House Wednes
day or Thursday.
While there is no specific
amount earmarked in the bill for
any of the four countries, mem
bers voted earlier to give China
$60,000,000 of the total.
Funds Not Asked
That would leave $530,000,000
for Austria, Italy and France, or
$67,000,000 less than the President
had requested. The administra
tion had not asked for funds for
emergency help for China at thi«
time.
Louse Speaker Martin (R.
Mass.) predicted that Congress
will send legislation to President
Truman by the end of next week.
Senate passage of the measure
came after a series of amend
ments had been added without
making any major changes in
the winter relief program for
Italy, France and Austria asked
by President Truman when he
called Congress back 10 days ago.
The Senate had refused on a 66
to 30 vote to trim tire $597,000,000
authorization to $400,000,000.
It shouted down by voice vote
a proposal by Senator Taylor (D.
See HOUSE On Page Two
STREAMLINED PIG
TAKES SHOW SPOT
Less Hoggish Porker Roots
Its Way To Attention Of
Top Breeders
CHICAGO, Dec. 1—(U.R)— The
International Livestock Show
was jammed today with prize
wnining animals of all types but
the spotlight was on a single
pig
The pig is a streamlined, 1048
model—longer, leaner and, n •
manner of speaking, less hog
gish than previous models. It’s
called Minnesota No. 1 and was
rooting around the livestock ex
position today showing off its
hams.
It took some of the attention
away from a record-breaking
total of 12,500 animals which pa
raded before judges for analy
sis and elimination in the search
for grand champions.
Minnesota No. 1 was develop
ed at the niversity of Minne
sota and doesn’t look much like
ordinary pigs. The snout looks
as though 'it had been designed
for a funnel. The body is
streamlined and gets bigger to
ward the hindquarters.
Nine-Year Task
The pig was the result of re
search by Dr. L. M. Winters of
the universtiy staff to develop
an animal giving more pork on
less feed. It took him nine
years, but he discovered that it
required only 313 pounds of feed
to add 100 pounds of pork to the
new kind of hog.
When Minnesota No. 1 was
crossed with another inbred
line, the offspring gained 100
pounds on 273 pounds of feed.
Midwestern farms and ag
ricultural % chools dominaetd
class contests in the cattle,
sheep and swine departments
See PIG on Page Two
And So To Bed
A serviceman returned
home here yesterday for a
brief visit before heading to
the West coast. He purchas
ed each of the male members
of the family a gift.
As he passed out the gifts
to his six brothers, and father,
they each eagerly opened
them as if they expected to
find a gold mine.
The younger brother open
ed his gift — it was a pair
of blue socks, size 10; the
second brother opened his
gift — it was a pair of blue
socks, size 10; the remainder
of the brothers and the fath
er opened their gifts. They
all had blue socks — size
10.