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FORECAST: + 4 4 4 Wilmington Cloudy I M""^ B ^^k M"”^^ ^ ^ ^ uuimuuiii yi timu vitu VOL. 81— NO. 95. " WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1947 ” ESTABLISHED 18fif "" '■■■"■ ■ ■'■ "' " . .. ■ ■ - ■■■■■■ 1 ~.r\ -» ——■—— Russia Turns France Down i Angry Mood, Moscow B r e a k s Off Trade Negotiations, Pact P\RIS, Dec. 9—(U.R)—The So ■ government, angered ly .V.fh -hostility” toward Rus .'. ,5"i.:tizens, today broke off negotiations with France nd cancelled the two-year-old "ppatriation treaty between the !v.n countries. T|,f, Soviet Embassy released , 0f a note which was hand French charge d’affaires e fp .scow, accusing France of -hostile ... to the -^irit of i„ (Franco-Soviet) Alliance’' lnd announcing that a French t arie mission had been refused permission to enter the Soviet Hpp'- ate also stated that the French" reparation mission in Russia had been ordered to get nut of the country and that the corresponding Soviet party in FranCe had been recalled s a result of France’s “arbitrary pi glings in unilaterally annulling repatriation agreement.” Vengeance move The rupture in relation was snecificailv intended to avenge features of the ecent Fr-ench erackr' Avn on Russian citizens— the military raid Nov. 14 on the Soviet repatriation camp at Beau regard and the deportation 'Tov. 05 of 19 members of the “Union of Soviet citizens in France.” Both actions were linked more; or jess directly to the French government’s campaign against the Communist-led campaign of strike violence and sabotage v.hich has -rippled Frances eco nomic system in recent weeks. Trade negotiations between Fiance and Russia began last 4iUK 24. when France asked the u S S. R. to trade 1,500,000 tons of wheat for manufactured pro ducts. Last month, Russia agreed tentatively to deliver 300,000 tons of cereal grains by July 1, 1948. The abrupt cancellation of the talks faced the government of See RUSSIA on Page Two JOHNSON FAVORS AID TO SCHOOLS —_- . i Gubernatorial Candidate Says State Should Con tribute Funds ZEBULON, Dec. 9—(A5)—State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson in ,n address to a farm bureau meeting here tonight advocated state aid to counties in the con struction of school buildings. Johnson, who is seeking the democratic nomination for gover nor. said that the school building problem “should be viewed at this time as an unpiecedented emer gency and that the state should give some aid for buildings in order to equalize the opportuni ties of the children of the state.” "In many of the rural sections school facilities are grossly in adequate and in many instances buildings are badly overcrowd ed," Johnson said. ‘‘Many of these communities are without great wealth and have a hard time financing repair and ex pansion of these school facilities, bp to now, the state has never made any contribution by way of capital outlay to the building of public schools.” The issue of state aid to the counties in the erection of school buildings was debated at length during the 1947 General Assemb ly At least two bills were intro duced providing for state appro priations to aid the counties, but both were defeated. File Weather .. S, B FORECAST rain t,,.'-aro'‘na—Cloudy and cool with nitht < n n £day ending Wednesday ed‘coolThursday.C!earinB ^ conttnu‘ „!!0r” -arolina—Cloudy and cool with f0jin„ | nesday and Wednesday night BrecnS g r’caring and cool Thursday bv rain North-East portion UISQay morning. Meteorological data for the 24 hours coding 7.30 p. m. yesterday I on TEMPERATURES 56 7 «o m 6I’ 7:30 a- in. 48, 1:30 p. m. * * »ou p jyi. 32 61, ®inimum 46, Mean 53, humidity It, m- **> 7:30 a- no- 64, 1:30 p. m. 1 P. m. 94. To i , TRECTPITATION p ‘f,° tachSl 24 h0UtS ending 7:30 1 mche'S'nCe tbe J’rs4 °6 the month 'vi‘miIlgt0„,DES F°* T0DA* 1 --- a.m. 1:50 a.m. Macnn’, r , ":40 p.m. 2:24 p.m. nboro Met 6:03 a.m. 12:21 a.m. Sunrise 7 n- e 6:14 p m 3:17 a ^ o, ’ Sunset 5:03, Moonrise River” V Moonset 3:« p.m. 8a-n' T?:aS5 at Fayetteville, N. C., at WEATHER nn £ee Two (jmppiNG DAYS LEFT') British “Seal Off” Palestine War Area Troops With “Shoot To Kill” Orders Move Into Blood-Stained Border Battle Ground Of Tel Aviv-Jaffa JERUSALEM. Dec. 9 —UP)— British troops with “shoot to kill” orders were moved into the blood-stained border area be tween Tel Aviv and Jaffa to night in a move to end aggres sion on the battlefield where Arabs and Jews have waged their fiercest fighting in 10 days of Palestine communal warfare. Acting desperately to stamp out the disorders that have claimed 112 lives, injured approx imately 600 persons and des troyed property with an estimated worth of $10,000,000, British authorities placed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa “no Man’s land” and sealed it off with British troops. Palestine police were being used for patrols inside the area, where four Jews were kil’^d to day, and soldiers formed lines along the border. The order put 20,000 Jews and Arabs under house arrest from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice. The curfew order said persons found violating the curfew were “liable to be fired upon by se curity forces.” The nightly curfew continued in the mixed areas of Haifa, where a British soldier, three Jews and three Arabs were kill ed today, and in the riot-wrecked sections of Jerusalem. British troops also will line trouble spots along the Je rusalem-Jaffa highway and the road will be opened to all traf fic. Counting at least 124 killed in Aden and four in Syria, the As sociated Press tally of dead throughout the Middle East since the United Nations deci sion to partition Palestine mounted to 240. Charlotte Cracks Down On “Small-Fry” ’Leggers NURSE’S MEETING A meeting of graduate nurses of James Walker Memorial hospital with Daniel H. Penton, president of the board of managers of the in stitution, was called yesterday afternoon for this morning at 10 o’clock to discuss salaries and working conditions. In announcing the session, Penton issued the following statement: “I request that the gradu ate nurses employed in this institution meet with me at 10 a. m., Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the Staff room. This meet ing is for the purpose of dis cussing salaries and working conditions, COMMITTEE GETS PRICES PROGRAM Administration Places Tru man Plans Into Con crete Proposals WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. —UP.) — The administration put Presi dent Truman’s anti-inflation pro gram into concrete legislative proposals for the first time to day and laid before Congress a bill which would give the gov ernment broad powers to ration food and fuel. The measure also would au thorize the government to allo cate iron and steel to the “most essential users;” to control in ventories of scarce materials, and to continue export control until March 31, 1950. Under questioning by a Senate subcommittee, a Commerce De partment spokesman said the terms were broad enough to permit the government to buy up entire farm crops at fixed prices. Sen. Robert A. Taft, R„ O., an nounced meanwhile that Senate See COMMITTEE On Page Two COURT MAY RULE ON CLOSED SHOP Decision On Constitution ality Of State Law Ex pected Today RALEIGH, Dec. 9 —Ufl—A de cision on constitutionality of the state’s law banning the closed shop may be handed down by the State Supreme Court tomor row. The court heard oral argu ments several weeks ago in two Buncombe county cases which were brought to test validity of the anti-closed shop statute en acted by the 1947 legislature. In one case, Thomas Pinck ney Bishop, an employer, is charged with requiring a work er to belong to a labor union as a condiiton of employment. In this case, the court is to de cide whether violation of the anti-closed shop law constitutes See COURT On Page Two City, County, ABC Of ficers Arrest 56 Per sons In Raids CHARLOTTE, Dec. 9 — — Fifty-six persons were arrested today by Alcoholic Beveral Con trol officers in what they de scribed a- probably the biggest concentrated liquor raid ever staged in North Carolina. Chairman Frank K. Sims, Jr., of the Mecklenburg ABC board said that more than 135 warrants had been signed against the alleg ed law violators. Working with the ABC staff were city and county police and special investigators of the State ABC headquarters. The raids were made, Sims said, on undercover evidence gathered by special investigator® since the legal liquor stores were opened in Mecklenburg county in Sep tember. “The people of Charlotte in vot ing for liquor control gave us a mandate to stamp out illict liquor activities,” Sims said. “This is an answer to that mandate. We intend to fight fire with fire. By that I mean we will combat bootlegging with every means at our disposal.” Small-Time Operators Authorities described the sus pects as “small-time” operators, who sold after ABC stores had closed for the night, and on Sun days. Most of the liquor originally came from ABC stores, Chief Henry C. Severs of the ABC staff said, although some had been found from South Carolina stores and from Maryland. With the exception of three arrests made late Sunday, the raids started about 6 o’clock this morning. The raiding parties See CHARLOTTE c i Page Two INDIA, PARKISTAN REACH AGREEMENT Solution Of Remaining Problems Near At Hand, Patel Says NEW DELHI, Dec. 9—1®—De puty Prime Minister Sardar Val labhai Patel told the Indian Con stituent Assembly today that In dia and Pakistan had reached agreement on all outstanding is sues resulting from partition of India into two independent do minions. He indicated also that other sore points which developed be tween the dominions after par tition were being eliminated, in cluding the dispute over the in vasion of Kashmir state by Mos lem tribes from Pakistan’s Northwest frontier province. Patel said the major issues on which settlement was reached included division of cash balan ces as of Aug. 14, 1947; ratio for division of excess of liabilities over assets before partition; manner in which Pakistan is to discharge its share of In dia’s public debt: division of sterling balances from England, and division of military stores and ordnance plants. Bandits Stage Holdup As Lone Cop Watches WAVERLY, N. Y., Dec. 9. — (U.R) — Two bandits with drawn revolvers robbed a bank employe of $22,000 today in the downtown business district while an un armed policeman watched the operation from across the street, Wilson Coward of the Citizens National Bank said two bandits ordered him to hand over the money which he was carrying in a cloth bag. He was taking the money to the Waverly post office for shipment to a federal reserve bank in New York city Coward told police he did not see the men approach because he was walking with his head against the wind. The bandits escaped in an au tomobile driven by a third man. The car headed Elmira, 20 miles away. Witnesses told police the license plate number started with “2-W.” State police sent out a tele type alarm. ___ Schui ,,5'S^reaks Strike In France As Nation Hovers Near Disaster; House Vote Puts Truman On Spot President Must Ease Price Rise Members Hear Approval Of Amendment To Stop Gap Aid Bill WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—(jW— The House voted with a roar of approval tonight to niase Presi dent Truma- responsible for easing the impact of foreign aid on U.S. prices and supplies. The House action came as government o?ficials told a re porter that $1,700,000,000 has been trimmed from previous ad ministration estimates of the cost of financing European re covery over a four-year period. To its $590,000,000 bill autho rizing stop-gap aid until ' the four-year “Marshall Plan” can start working, the House added an amendment directing the President to make the regula tions governing foreign re lief buying, so as to: 1— Reduce the drain on com modities scarce in this country; and 2— Cushion the effect of the foreign purchases to prevent U. S. prices from being forced up. Officials connected with the “Marshall Plan” which is expected to be presented to Con gress this week, said meanwhile that the latest estimate cf its cost is between $15,700,000,000 and $18,300,000,000 for the four years. Secretary of State Marshall put the range at $16,000,000 to $20,000,000,000 less than a month ago. The officials said the cut was decided upon by a top rank inter-departmental com mittee after intensive checking of Europe’s requirements and available aid in the U. S. and elsewhere. In the House, foreign aid sup porters beat back by a 145 to 107 standing vote a move to ban See PRESIDENT on Page Two ROTARIANS HEAR GOVERNOR GIBSON District Official Calls On Club To Meet Dilinquen cy Challenge District Governor Leon Gib son, of Fayetteville, yesterday told local Rotarians of the chal lenges facing the local cub and the 188th district during the coming year. Pointing out that “the great challenge to you is for your service, your deeds, not for your dollars,55 Gibson said that juvenile delinquency “is a great challenge today. . . It is time for some such organizations such as Rotary to meet this chal lenge.” Gibson said that ‘as long as there is need for slum clear ance, playgrounds, help for crippled children, aid for blind persons, vocational educatoin and guidance in the schools, there's a need for a Rotary club in Wilmington. ‘We know what to do in Ro tary, gentlemen, it’s up to us to put it into action,” he added. Only two per cent of the citi zens of any community feel any responsibility to the community beyond that of paying taxes. You members of this Rotary club are of that two per cent.” Suggests Study He pointed out also that ‘one of the aims of this administra tion is to see that every Ro tarian is well informed on Ro tary — its aims and purposes.” He suggested that each new member inducted into the local See ROTARIANS On Page Two Along The Cape Fear ADMIRALS — Rocking Chair variety—Modern yachtsmen de test the term “Rocking Chair Admiral” for to them it carries the connotation of old men who sit on the veranda of the yacht club and talk of by-gone days and by-gone races. But if you are interested in reminiscences and enjoy the stories of the days when “men were iron and ships were wood” and of the races of the olden1 days at Wrightsville Beach, you will find it entertaining h. talk to the rocking chair admirals on the veranda of the Carolina Yacht club. Some of them are young, but they have heard the stories from their grandfathers and from their fathers. Sailing a sleek craft on the smooth wa ters of Banks Channel is a sport that is passed down from gen eration to generation. ONE OF OLDEST — The first thing the rocking chair boatman will get around to telling you that the Carolina Yacht club is the second oldest organization of its kind on the Atlantic coast ed States. and the third oldest in the Unit Sailing, they will remind you, was a popular sport at Wrights ville sound 10 years before the club was organized. That was, you will be told, in the days of the Abeva, owned by E. J. Ber nard, they will tell you also about the Saucy Jack, owned by Richard Bradley, Little Girl, owned and sailed over the blue waters by Capt. Gautier and the Sue, yes, you must hear about the Sue. It was the first cat boat on the sound, and she was a beautv, fast and streamlined KEEN COMPETITION — The Admirals, Rocking Chair Variety, Sec CAPE FEAR On Page Two AS CROWDS OF ARABS seek to swarm th rough a walled gateway, police-manned armored cars are shown halting them at the boundary o f the Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, Palestine, in an effort to bring an end to bloodshed and loot ing. Similar blockades were set up in other sec tions as the new curfew rules became effective th roughout the Holy City. In the background rises the historic Tower of David._ (International) Thousands Expected To View Freedom Train Exhibit Today HOW TO REACH FREEDOM TRAIN The Freedom Train will be located today at the North Carolina shipyard on the Atlantic Coast Line track extension. The hours for the public to visit the train are from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. To get to the train by bus, residents in suburban Wilming ton will take regular buses to downtown Wilmington and trans fer to the bus marked “Shipyard” at Front and Princess streets. Sight-seers can also use the Maffitt Village bus, walking a few blocks to the train. By auto, the traffic routes will be from downtown Wil mington along S. Front street to the shipyard, or by Third street, to Southern Boulevard. Adults Urged To Allow Children Right Of Way Until 5 p. m. Old Glory will be flown in Wil mington and New Hanover coun ty today as Southeastern North Carolina welcomes the Freedom Train, which will be open to in spection by the public at the shipyard spur of the Atlantic Coast Line here from 10 a.m. un til 10 p.m. Officials have estimated that 15,000 persons can see the precious historical documents aboard the train in a day’s time. A full complement and more were expected to turn out here, for the only stop in Southeastern North Carollina of the famous train. With visitors being admitted on a “first come, first served” basis, there is no admission price for seeing the papers aboard the train, but visitors may give a free-will offering to help pay the expenses of the American Heritage founda tion, which is sponsoring the train’s 33,000-mile tour of the na tion. Those waiting to board the train will enter it near the ship yard administration building en trance on Burnett boulevard, it was announced yesterday. They will stand in a line extending north towards town between the train and the main parking lot fence, it was explained. May Sign Scroll Visitors will be invited to See THOUSANDS on Page Two PEANUT GROWERS FAVOR CONTROLS Over 90 Per Cent Majori ty Recorded In North Carolina RALEIGH, Dec. 9. — UP) — North Carolina peanut growers voted overwhelmingly today in favor of a crop control program for the years 1948, 1949, and 1950, according to returns com piled here tonight. Officials of the Production and Marketing Administration who were compiling returns reported that in 30 of 44 peanut growing counties in North Carolina 12, 069 voted in favor of the control program and only 898 voted against, a percentage in favor of the program of approximately 93.1. SOUTH CAROLINA GIVES CONTROL BIG MAJORITY WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. —<W) — The first state — South Caro lina — reporting results in to day’s referendum on continuation See GROWERS On Page Two EISENHOWER PLANS TO TAKE COLUMBIA POSITION ON JUNE 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 9—(U.R) —Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower will assume his new post as president of Colum bia University on June 7, the university trustees an nounced today. Frederick Coykendall, Chairman of the trustees, said that Eisenhower plans to come to New York about May 1 and will move into the nresidewt’s house at 60 Morningside Drive at that time. Columbia has been under the direction of Acting Presi dent Dr. Frank D. Facken thal since the retirement of the late Dr. Nicholas Mur ray Butler in 1945. SEVEN THOUSAND AT BUTLER RITES Notable Mourners Include oveGrnor Dewey, Gen. Eisenhower NEW YORK, Dec. 9 —W— Seven thousand persons paid fi nal tribute today to Dr. Nicho las Murray Butler at funeral services conducted on the campus of Columbia University which he headed for 44 years. Among the 1,000 persons crowding St. Paul’s chapel, where Butler had asked that his funeral be held, were Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, presi dent-elect of the University, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Bernard M. Baruch. Another 1,000 heard the sim ple Episcopalian service in low Memorial Library, near the See SEVEN On Page Two STRIKE IN ROME YEP REDS Italian Government Ignores Latest Demands By Communists ROME, Dec. 9. — (U.R) — The gc leral strike threatening Rome at midnight tonight was avert ed temporarily today when Com munist labor leaders, faced with government rejection of their ultimatum, set back the deadline for at least 24 hours. A spokesman for the Com munist-controlled Rome Chamber of Labor said a general strike will not be called until after an execu tive session of labor chiefs at 3 p. m. (9 a. m. EST) tomorrow, even if the government continu ed its refusal to meet labor’s de mands by midnight (6 p. m. EST) toi ' ;ht. Premier Alcide De Gasperi’s government not only ignored the ultimatum, but made no attempt to meet with labor leaders. The government further reveal ed it had received a letter from the Chamber of Labor which re stated each demand, but which left the door open for negotia tions at least until tomorrow. The strike threat is a direct See STRIKE On Page Two DERAILMENT CAUSES EAST-WEST TIE-UP On SAL RAILROAD LUMBERTON, Dec. 9. — m — Eight freight cars laden with fertilizer were derailed one mile East of Lumberton before dawn today and tied up East-West traffic on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. No one was injured. Division Superintendent John White of Atlanta and trainmas ter J. B. Durham of Monroe arrived at mid-morning to direct work of re-opening the line. The derailed cars were part of freight train No. 79, coloquially known as the “Oil Train,” which ope rates between Wilmington and Hamlet. T. E. Freeman of Ham let was engineer and Henry Liles of Hamlet the fireman. Doctor Directs Rescue Squad To Save Himself CHICAGO, Dec. 9. — (JP) _ When fire department rescue squad No. 6 came to the rescue of a physician stricken with a heart attack, it carried out his orders for saving himself. Dr. Ray M. Fouts, 60, told the squad when it arrived at his office, “by my symptoms I know I have a coronary (heart) con dition. I need oxygen. I will direct your work.’” ’ Dr. Fouts informed the fire rr n he had given himself an injection when the attack atar ted. Then he lay down on his examining table and directed the squad’s work for two hours, when he said his condition was better and dismissed the fire men. Lt. Edmund J. Wall of the rescue squad said, “he held the oxygen tube to his mouth and nose himself. From the, start we took his orders. Who dosen’t when it’s a doctor? He was the most unusual, coolest man I ever met.” Reds Order Union Workers On Jobs Communist Leaders Ad mit Failure Of Month Long Walk-Out PARIS, Dec. 9. — (U.R) — The Communist - controlled General Confederation of Labor (CGT) to night orcered nearly 1,000,000 workers still on strike to return to their jobs tomorrow, apparent ly ending the mo.,th-long strike war on the government which b aught France to the brink of disaster. The order was issued less than 24 hours after Communist lead ers had called upon workers to “fight to victory” and as securi ty forces mustered to crush a new wave of sabotage and intimida tion of non-Communist workers. It strengthened immeasurably the position of Premier Robert in.an’s Centrist government. Political experts credited Schu man with bre: ing the strike wave and said he undoubtedly had postponed, perhaps for months, the return to power of Genn. Charles De Gaulle. Admit Failure The back-to-work order was contained in a bitter statement issued jointly by the CGT execu tive and the lational strike com mittee. It admitted that the strike had failed and said it wa* because union funds were run ning low. It c ngratulated workers for the “hard battle against the gov ernment, which did not hesitata before any means and ordered it* police to fire on strikers.” News of the CGT order was made public as the cabinet ro pe odly was considering requisi tioning the northern coal field* where Communist “flying com mando” squads beat up many anti-Communist miners who join ed a general movement back to the pits. Ten thousand troops, support ed by . inks, took over the mine* from Communist strikers yester day, but they reported today that thousands of miners still were being intimidated by the “Com mandos.” Secretary of State Pierre Abe lin told newsmen the govern See REDS On Page Two WAA MAN DENIES RIZLEY CHARGES Machinery Will Not Be Shipped To Russia, Official Says WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—0J.R>— Chairman Ross Rizley claimed today that his House subcommit tee had blocked a $20,000,000 shipment of war material to Rus sia, but the War Assets Adminis tration promptly denied it. The Oklahoma Republican told reporters that committee investi gators found equipment already crated and addressed to the So viet Union, in surplus property depots in New York and Chica go. He said the subcommittee, ad vised of a similar shipment at tho Chicago depot, has assigned in vestigators to a “dozen or more’* other warehouses and may hold public hearings. A War Assets spokesman said the material originally was con signed to Russia under Lend Lease and had been crated and tagged by manufacturers during the war. When the Lend-Lease agreement was ended, he said, it was turned over to War As sets for disposal and began ar riving at warehouses last August. There was no intention of ship ping it to Russia, he added. Will Be Sold He said the material will bo offered for sale in this country as soon as it can be classified and priced. When informed of this, Rizley said he was still convinced that his subcommittee “blocked the shipment of this machinery to Russia,” but whatever the case, See WAA on Page Two And So To Bed The attention which brides and grooms usually get in public places was reversed here Monday night at a local dancing club. A couple—who later turn* ed out to be mother and son —was the centei of att'ac- l tion from the dancers on the floor because of their hand* someness. The bride, who reported this incident to And So To Bed is from Rochester, New York, and while she felt not the least slighted, thought it was worthy of note. ^
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