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FOREC AST: 4> ^ 4 ^ ^ 4.X "4 umuutfmt iintut^ s^ttu* VOL- 81.—NO. 97^ “ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947 ESTABLISHED 186? Pauley Faces Grain Probe Royal! Assistant Summoned To Explain Market Transactions WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 , ; w. Pauley, special as Ed :'t to the secretary ot war s! , mer Democratic party ar/J \r was summoned today jfexplain Ins grain market Sr-' moved to investigate lea , i fc- stassen’s charges government “insiders” ** profited in food specula te Senate Appropriations mniittee arranged to question Slev' tomorrow after hearing t,rv Of The Army Roy all that Pauley had certain mmoditv holdings when he c0T'd the Army department i°«t September and that he has E„SSllin u them at a heavy Rovall added that Pauley has not had access to any m SUtion about Army grain Bng that might be used in were these simul taneous developments: 1 House Republican Leader Unitpch of Indiana promised an investigation of the charges " He bv Stassen, candidate for jje Republican Presidential R(f Rep°Mac Kinnon (R-Minn) introducde a resolution author ise, the House Banking ccm mlttee to investigate officials eonected with food purchases that might have affected prices. He said it was aimed at any who jnjuht have profited on specula tion using inside information. T Senator McCarthy (R-Ws.) wrote Secretary Rovall asking him to supply names of anyone in his department connected with a sugar buying program "who was also dealing in sugar futures.” He asked that the in formation be turned over to the Senate Expenditures commit tee. McCarthy did not explain his reference to those dealing in sugar futures. Halleck announced the inten tion to make an inquiry in a letter to Stassen. Halleck said See PAULEY On Page Three WEATHER HAMPERS GOOSE BAY CREWS Rescuers Appeal For Help In Bringing Out Plane Survivors. Dead bulletin WESTOVER FIELD, Mass., Dec. 11 — fZp)—Three of the six survivors of an ATC transport plane crash which claimed the lives of 23 others at midnight Tuesday were evacuated by helicopter to night from icy Labrador west lands to Goose Bay, New foundland. WESTOVER FIELD, Mass., Dec. 11—(U.R)—Rescures attempt ing to remove six survivors and the bodies of 23 victims from the scene of the goose Bay, Labrador, C—54 plane crash, to night appealed for ssistance and a transport carrying a sec ond helicopter was dispatched from here. The Westover Field public re lations office said the appeal for help came in a fragmentary ra dio message and that it ws not apparent whether any of the Sec WEATHER On Pa. e Two The Weather ■ CAROLINA—Cloudy and con ' i with light rain or drizzle .■bowed oy rain and continued light and Saturday. CAROLINA—Cloudy and cool • in. • rain or drizzle Friday and r:V."'C ■ Probably mixed with freezing > Mn>: central portion Friday and Friday night. FORECAST 1■- ^ical data for the 24 hours - > 30 p m. Yesterday. temperatures it a- m- 41 7:30 a. m 40 1:30 p. m. v , 3° r, rri. 44 v,";T' ■!.,,n ^ Minimum 40 Mean 43 H mal I. HUMIDITY »■ m 100 7:30 a. m. 97 1:30 p. ' • :30 o. m. 100. precipitation the 24 hours ending 7:30 p inches. ir.che*'J ' e lile Flrst of the month 1.00 ,r. ri°ES FOR TODAY r ' • Tide Tables Published by 1 " i and Geodetic Survey ) HIGH LOW lr‘?*on-9:47 a. m. 4:12a. m. 9:57 p. m. 4:50 p m. 7 :38 p. m. 1:48 p m. s;,v;:nr0,.ln,et- 7:33 a- m- 1:04 a- m , • -/ Sunset 5:04 Moonrlse 7:20a J tiuna! WEATHER on Page Ten 1' SHOPPING DAYS LEFT France Hurls Grave Charge At Russians Stiff Note To Moscow Alleges Beauregard Repatriation Camp Was Underground Railway Terminus To Capital PARIS, Dec. 11—(U.R)—The gov ernment, in a stiff note to Mos cow, charged tonight that the Russian repatriation camp near Paris recently raided by French troops actually was the terminus of an underground railway that spirited persons to Moscow without this country’s know ledge. .Rejecting Soviet protests against the French raid on the camp at Beauregard Nov. 14, the note said that persons had been moved from the camp to Russia withhout the permission of France. It said that some 60 French meri and women had gone to Russia by this route and, as soon as they reached there, nad applied for repatriation to France. The implication was that they were brought to Rus sia against their will. The note was the latest of a series of sharp diplomatic ex changes between the two coun tries and was delivered to the Soviet Embassy in Paris An other note was due to be deliver ed to Russian Ambassador Alexandre Bogomolov tomorrow answering Russian protests against the arrest and expulsion of 19 Soviet citizens from France three weeks ago. France charged the 19 with fomenting labor strife and with engaging in subversive ac tivities. Spirited Out Today’s note said that the 60 French citizens sent to Russia See FRANCE On Page Three Police Jeep Squadrons Disperse Mobs In Rome Thousands Report For Work Despite Com munist Strike Order ROME, Dec. 11 —(U.R)—Police jeep squadrons roared down Rome’s ancient streets today to disperse mobs of yelling strik ers while heavily armed troops guarded strategic intersec tions in e» show of strength aimed at breaking the. day-old Communist-led general strike. Communist Giuseppe Di Vit torio, Italy’s supreme labor boss, ordered 500,000 workers in Rome and its environs to con tinue the strike tomorrow and threatened nation-wide unrest to combat a government crack down on labor agitation. Premier Alcide De Gasperi’s government, following the pat tern set in neighboring France, \ called thousands of soldiers and sailors, armed with carbines, tear gas bombs and hand gre nades, to guarantee the “right to work.” Interior Minister Mario Scel ba, in charge of the police, was manhandled in the National As sembly by Communist deputies shouting “murderer,” but guards and other deputies inter vened to protect him. Club - swinging police clashed with 1,000 demonstrators in front of a row of buildings hous ing Christian Democratic party headquarters and Rightist newspaper offices. Two strikers were injured critically and many were bruised and cut. the Interior Ministry announced. One hundred Communist la bor lieutenants wearing arm bands marked “civil police” were arrested on charges of in timidating workers, inciting strikers and resisting police, the ministry said. 200 Arrested An estimated 200 other strik ers were taken into custody in dozens of scuffles with police and troops. Speedy police action See POLICE On Page Five BOTTLE BOBS UP OTTUMWA, la., Dec. 11— UP)—A bottle containing a $20 bill and a key to a safe deposit box was washed away from the William Fry home here last June in the Des Moines river flood. The bottle had been concealed in a hollow in the basement wall. It was found three months later by a farm wife four miles South of town, floating in a river backwater. But it took the farmwife, Mrs. Fred Mc Elroy until December 4—six months— to locate the own er. BIG FOUR REACH MAJOR AGREEMENT Foreign Ministers Decide To Lift Limit On German Steel Output LONDON, Dec 11 —(U.R)— The Big Four Foreign Ministers in in their first major agreement since they met here Nov 25 de cided today to raise the limit of German steel production ca pacity from 7,500,000 to 11,500, j 000 tons a year. French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault made the I agreement possible by consent ing after opposing such a de cision for more than one year for fear of reviving Germany’s wjar potential and strengthening her at the expense of other countries. The Foreign Ministers also agreed to give the Allied Con trol council in Berlin authority to make sure that German coal is distributed fairly between Germany and other European countries. They approved a plan to draw up a final list of German plants to be removed as reparations by next March 31 and to com See BIG FOUR On Page Three wireHenselect STRIKE LEADERS National Committee Will Announce Walk-Out Date Next Week ATLANTA, Ga„ Dec. 11—(U.R)— Western Union employes today set up a national strike com mittee and it immediately an nounced that a strike by 50.000 employes of the telegraphic agency w ould be called “in all probability before Christmas.” The strike would almost cer tainly paralyze commercial tele graphic communication across the country. Hal R. Swann, general presi dent of the Telegraphic Em ployes Union and a member of the strike committee, said that the exact date for the strike See WIRE MEN On Page Five MADGE MEREDITH ADJUDGED GUILTY Movie Starlet Convicted By Jury On Kidnaping Charges LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 —UP) — Pretty starlet Madge Mere dith was found guilty today of kidnaping and assaulting her mentor in movie matters, Nick Gianaclis, by a jury which took the case almost 24 hours ago. The formic Marjorie Massow, 24, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, also was convicted of conspiricy Gianaclis charged that he and his bodyguard, Verne Davis, were lured into the Hollywood hills by the girl last June, set upon by three men, beaten and taken to an isolated canyon from which they later escaped. One of the three men, James Hatfield, was convicted of pos sessing a blackjack; Albert Tucker of kidnaping, assault with a deadly weapon and con spiracy; Damon Klinkenburg, assault, possession of a black jack and conspiracy._ Stratemey er Wams V Tar May Be Resumed Shortly NEW YORK, Dec. 11. —(U.R)— Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, commanding general of the Air Defense Command, said today that war may be “resumed at ant time.” and the United States is “not blind as to whom the opposition may be.” Stratemeyer. speaking at s luncheon at Hotel St. George, said the United States continues to “hope and nray” that world peace ultimately will be insured by the United Nations. He said, however, that until UN can insure peace, there would be only an armistice in the “deadly game of war.” “Because of the fact that play may be resumed at any time we must keep our winning team strong and intact—ready to take the field at a moment’s notice,” he said. “We are not blind as to whom the opposition may be, and we shouldn’t be blind as to the price we will have to pay if we should lose.” Stratemeyer said the atone has given a “false sence of se curity” to too manv people. The nation which uses the bomb, he said, must control the skies to carry the bomb to its destination, ion. Passes $590,000,000 Bill “For Foreign Aid By Voice Vote; Jews-Arabs Stage Bloody Battle Hospital Disputants Agree To Concilatory Service Aid Nurses Follow Board With Statement Welcoming State Labor Department Investigation Of Current Dispute; Penton Sharply Criticizes “Exploited” Charge By Staff Foes Of Program Halted By Martin Suprise Floor Maneuver Finds Opposition “Asleep At Switch” Moslems To Ring Area With Steel Twenty-Four Killed In Day As Holy War Fury Mounts JERUSALEM, Dec. 11—W— Jews and Arabs shot it out to day in the winding streets of Jerusalem’s old walled city within sight of the Holy Sepul cher and battled each other in bloody engagements in Haifa and along the roads of Pales tine. Twenty-four persons were killed in the fighting in Jerusa lem and elsewhere in Palestine. This was the highest single day’s toll since the United Na tions decision to partition the Holy Land touched off the fight ing Nov. 29. In the 12 days strife has raged 155 persons have been killed in Palestine and a total of 271 have been killed in the whole Middle East, an Associated Press count showed. Accounts from the capitals of neighboring Arab nations said the welding of a ring of steel around Palestine had begun in earnest. Arab desert fighters who call the rifles the “Broth ers Of Allah” were reported moving up to Palestine’s bor ders and also assuming posi tions for the attempted encircle ment of Jewish communities in the Holy Land. Throughout the Arab world other than Palestine a sem blance of normalcy prevailed. But it was a normalcy that caused outnumbered Jews in Arab cities like Damascus Baghdad and Cairm to bar their doors and hastily affirm their Arab state passports and their hatred of partition. Fighting in the ancient sacred section of Jerusalem swirled not only near the Holy Sepulcher but also close to the Wailing Wall and the mosque of Omar. At east four Arabs were killed and several Jews and Arabs i were wounded. The shooting began after a See MOSLEMS On Page Five JOSEPH H. MORAN R URNS SAFELY WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.— (U.P> The bitterly-contested $590,000, 000 emergency foreign relief bill was rammed through the House without even the formality of a roll call vote today by a sur prise maneuver that caught foes of the aid program asleep at the switch. Republican Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachu setts brought the six-day debate to an abrupt end with a rap of his gavel, while members the militant farm bloc, who had fbught the bill every step of the way, looked on in amazement. Martin banged peremptorily on his table and called for a voice vote on the measure. A chorus of “ayes” rang from both sides of the House aisle, followed by a weak scattering of no’s. ‘The bill is passed,” he an nounced, and whooping sup porters of the aid program stampeded for the exits. The whole thing was over be fore the opposition could de mand a roll call vote to force the legislation. The bill now goes to a joint a record of House sentiment on House-Se. ate conference to re concile wide differences 1 be passed by the two chambers, tween the separate legislation Hits Communists In its final form, the House measure authorizes a $590,000, 000 emergency aid program for France, Italy, Austria and China, and specifically forbids 01 ganizations in thosG countries. The bill passed by the Senate last week provides for a $597, 000,000 program, in which China was not included, and does not contain the House’s anti-Com* munist provision. Both bills are merely authori zaitons, and the two Houses See FOES On Page Three There’s one point upon which the staff nurses of Janies Walker Memorial hospital and the hos pital’s board of managers are agreed upon: They both will welcome the state labor department’s concil iatory service. Both the nurses and the hos pital board issued statement’s to this effect last night. The nurses said that “we will be happy to have the state con cilatory service investigate the dispute between the nurses and the management at any time and in anyway. “We are thankful for the gov ernor’s interest in trying to bring this dispute to a close.” The hospital said that the “in. stitution’s management would ‘welcome’ services of a concila tory body.” The hospital’s statement fol lows: “The board, meeting in special session yesterday afternoon, tele graphed Gov. Cherry that ser vices of the State Labor depart ment as a conciliatory agency would be welcome/ The Governor, ill in the ex ecutive mansion, did not receive the telegram, but it was learned here last night that the message had been forwarded to Forrest Shufford, state labor commission er. Such action, it was under stood, automatically injected the State into the dispute which threatens to leave South East ern North Carolina’s largest hos pital sorely crippled should its nursing staff carry out its an nounced intention of resigning en mass next week. “Another key development in the dispute between hospital management and the nurses was a sharp rebuttal issued through Board President Dan H. Penton in reply to a nurses’ statement of Wednesday night rejecting the Board’s offer of substantial sal ary increases, liberalized vaca tions, sick leave and generally improved working conditions. “Citing that the nurses, through their Raleigh spokesman, Mrs. Marie B. Noell, secretary of the See HOSPITAL On Page Ten AMY C-47 PLANE FALLS; 20 KILLED Transport Crashes Near Memphis Airport, Burns Immediately MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 11—VP) —An Army C-47 plane with 20 persons reported aboard crash ed on a wooded hillside near here early tonight, and first re ports indicated that all its oc cupants had perished. Lt. Frank E. Sass, chief of Army Crash Rescue squads at the Memphis Airport, said short ly after the crash that 13 bodies had been taken from the wreck age at that time. A few mi Aes later, the Commercial Appeal said that its reporters had count ed 18. All available ambulances were rushed to the scene immediate ly after reports of the crash were radioed to Memphis by the crew of a Memphis Light, Oas and Water truck in the area—near Whitehaven, Tenn. Robert Hall, who said he lives two and one-half miles south of the airport, said he saw a “flash in the sky” while standing in his front yard. He said the “skies lit up” and then he saw the plane crash through treetops on the hillside, setting them on fire. The crash occurred about two miles directly south of the Memphis Airport. Observers said the plane may have struck the See ARMY On Page Five REYNOLDS BASTS STATE ASSEMBLY Charges Legislature Would Not Appropriate “Thin Dime” For Health RALEIGH, Dec. 11—W — Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health of ficer, declared in a radio broad cast here tonight that North Carolina’s appropriations for pub lic health are “pi+ful” and infin itesimal” when compared with those for roads and schools. Dr. Reynolds said that the state provided only $558,434 of the $5. 337,183 spent on all public health work in North Carolina last year, and he said that the board of health must derive funds for its “important” nutrition division from the U. S. Public Health Service and the Rockefeller Foundation because the 1947 legislature would not appropriate a “thin dime” for the work. The state has been penny wise and pound foolish in not spending more for public health work, Dr. Reynolds said, and “it has failed to put first things first, as the record will show.” Dr. Reynolds voiced strong ap-l See REYNOLDS On Page Thres, COOL RECEPTION m— ' _ WASHINGTON, Dec. 11— (IP)—Twin Polar bear cubs, bom at the zoo today, got a cold reception from their mother. — When she refused to nurse the young ones, head keeper Frank O. Lowe moved them to the warm reptile house and started making formula for a battery of baby bottles. T> e cubs weigh 15 ounzes each. PRESIDENT HITS REPUBLICAN PLAN G 0 P-Dominated Commit tee Answers Truman By Passing Economy Bill WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—<U PJ— President Truman and Republi can Congressional leaders got in to another free-swinging argu ment of his full 10-point anti-in hot high cost of living issue. The President demanded enact ment of his full 10-polint anti-in flat n program, including stand by p' i e and rationing controls. Anything less, he claimed, could not check rising prices. And he left nc doubts at a news confer ence that he was highly displeas ed with the GOP approach to the problem. Republicans promptly retorted that they would go ahead at top speed with their ' vn four-point largely-voluntary plan which takes in several non-controversial See PRESIDENT On Page Ten COUNCIL ORDERED HELD FOR DEATHS Woman Testifies That Dead Sailor Was Driv ing Fatal Car A six-man coroner’s jury af ter a five-hour session last night ordered Floyd Council, 2514 Washington street, held for the grand jury in the January 12 term of Superior court under bond of $10,000 on a manslaught er charge. They ruled that Hugh Reece, 26, of 205 Grace street, and Lewis Zoldy, 18-year-old seaman from Bridgeport, Conn., came to their death as a result of a collision be tween Council’s car, in which they were passengers, and an oil tanker at Fourth and Cowan streets early Wednesday morn ing. Miss Alma Gause, 21-year-old resident of 818 South Sixth street, only other occupant of the car than Council and the two men who were killed instantly, told the jury that she and Council were riding in the back seat at the time of the collision, and that Zoldy was driving. Miss Gause testified that they had stopped at the Chic-Chic grill a few minutes prior to the accident and that she and Coun cil had transferred to the back seat with Zoldy taking over the driving. Investigating policemen L. E. Sykes and B. A. Flowers told the jury that Miss Gause had told them after the accident that Council was driving and that she was in the front seat of the 1940 Ford coach, which has only two doors. It was said that the rear glass was up at the time of the crash, See COUNCIL On Page Five Tug, With Three Local Men Aboard, Back From Rescue Mission The tug, Joseph H. Moran, with three local men aboard, was safely back in port here last night after a 4,768 mile ti^p to rescue the S. S. Robert Neigh bors, which lost its propeller 18 00 miles east of Frying Pan Shoals on November 17. Master of the Moran Towing and Transportation company tug on its rescue trip was Cap tain John P. Biddick of Middle Sound. Other local men aboard the tug were Sidney .-Eest and Robert P. Hunter, both of Mid dle Sound. After sailing from Wilmington on Nov. 17, the Joseph H. Mor an, 2nd succeeded m getting a towing hawser aboard the dis abled ship, which had drifted 700 miles and to within 70 miles of the Azores Islands. The re turn trip to Charleston, S. C.., was completed on Wednesday of this week at 4 p. m., after which the tug returned to its berth in Wilmington. Long Voyage The distance to the disabled ship was 2,306 miles, and the return distance back to Charles ton was 2,462 miles. The return trip was termed See MORAN On Page Three BISHOP TO SPEAK ON BROTHERHOOD Rt. Rev. Thomas Wright To Occupy Temple Israel Pulpit Tonight Bishop Thomas H. Wright, of the East Carolina diocese, will occupy the pulpit of Temple Israel tonight. Fourth and Market streets, at the regular Sabbath service, Rabbi Pizer W. Jacobs, announced last night. Bishop Wright will use for his topic, “Brotherhood,” Rabbi Jacobs said. “Bishop Wright is so well known,” Rabbi Jacobs said, “that we are expecting a large atten dance to hear him.” The services will begin at 8 p. m. Following the service, Rabbi Jacobs said, there will be a re ception held in honor of Bishop Wright by the sisterhood of the Temple. During the service, the candles will be lighted on the alter in ob servance of the “Feast of Lights” holiday, Rabbi Jacobs said. He said the public is cordially in vited to this service. TEACHERS URGE SPECIAL SESSION Raleigh Classroom Group Joins Superintendents In Plea RALEIGH, Dec. 11 -4/P)— Raleigh classroom teachers in a meeting here today joined school superintendents of the state in a plea to Governor Cher ry for a special session of the lgislature to increase teachers’ salaries. The Raleigh teachers, follow ing the example set at a meet ing of the school superintendents at Wilmington last week, adopt ed a resolution asking for a spe cial legislative session immedia tely. The Board of Directors of the North Carolina Education Asso ciation is scheduled to meet here Saturday, and informed sources said that the directors probably would connsider a re solution asking the Governor to call a special session. Governor Cherry said last week in answer to the superin tendents’ resolution that he was Stee TEACHERS On Page Three WALLGREN READY; TO ACCEPT POST Washington Governor Would Take Vice-Presi dential Nomination PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11 _ (fll—Governor Mon C. Wallgren of Washington said today he would accept the vice-presi dential nomination as Truman’s running mate if it were offered to him. “I have always thought the West should be represented on a presidential ticket,” said Wallgren, who has been men tioned as a vice-presidential choice. “If my party offers me the nomination I will accept. But I am not out trying to get it.” Wallgren is here to attend to day’s meeting of the Pacific Coast Board of Intergovernmen tal Relations. Along The Cape Fear EFFECTS OF WAR— Yes Sir, the Rocking Chair Admirals of the old days, like to spin yarns about th e men and their craft and the Yacht club activities. Yesterday Along the Cape Fear brought up the history of the club until 1860. The old timers will tell you that those were the days. The stories have been passed down along the generations. None of the old boys are left, but their ^ons and grandsons still like to talk about the club and the thrill ing races. It was too good to last, the present day variety of rocking chair skippers tell you they were told by the old timers. Yes. they will sigh, and with a chuckle they will tell you a yarn about the parties on the sound. All the residents would gather on the beach and swap stories about the prowess of their respective boats. CAME THE WAR—And most of the yachtsmen had to go off to war. The war put a crimp into the activities of the club, and they will tell you about all the trouble it w as for Commo dore Gardner to line up a race for July 4, 1866. Only three boats, the Carolina, Retta and the Annie entered. The Carolina won. There wasn’t much interest in racing durinv the next six years. But the big Fourth of July races were never neglected. There were a few boats added to the list in these years, but the sleek Carolina held the title and none could beat her. REORGANIZATION—It was in June 1873, the old timers recall that it w?r to the club. Too, it was decided to give the club a more liberal charter. The rocking chair ad mirals remember the ^tory as it was told to the reorganization. See CAPE FEAR On Page Three Preserved Bodies, Cheese 2,000Years Old On “Ice” ____ And So To Bed The other night the Thal ian association presented “My sister Eileen” at the Chest nut street school auditorium. One of Wilmington’s young er set was heard to say. “Why that man looks just like a policeman.” She was refer ring to the officer a typical Irish cop, in the play. Her companion smiled and said, “Maybe you have seen him on the streets—That’s Lieut Thomas B. Hughes, of the city police force.” Her face red, the young girl replied. “He sure does look like a policeman.” BY WALTER CRONKITE United Press Staff Correspondent MOSCOW, Dec. 11. —(U.R)— A Soviet archaeological party, led by S. I. Rudenko today reported the discovery of a 2000-year-old “natural icebox” tomb in South western Siberia in wh ch they found the nearly-perfectly pre served bodies of a beautiful young girl and a young man, possibly her lover. j Food, particularly cheese, which was buried with the couple for their journey to the “next world,” was so well preserved that it could be eaten by members of the excavation party, they reported. The bodies of seven horses were also found in the tomb. The scientists reported they had uncovered the tomb 25 feet beneath a burial mound n the Altai district of Southwestern Siberia, close to the Mongolian border. Thieves who broke into the tomb shortly after it was sealed 20 centuries ago did scientists an important favor by letting in Siberia’s frigid winds and thus preserving the two bodies The short Altai summer was not See PRESERVED Onn Page 3
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