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I ■ " — FORECAST: Wilmington and vicinity: Clearing and rather windy this morning, colder in afternoon and tonight: Wednesday fair and rather cold. VOL. 81.—NO. 100. Republicans “Trounced” Democratic Wall Prevents House Passage Of Anti inflation Bill WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—* , Republican drive to jam Lough a “voluntary agree ments” system of fighting in flation fed 58 votes short of its mark in the House today and nrospeets were that any cost of living program must wait over until January. . pep. Halleck of Indiana, the Republican floor leader, said after his party’s defeat that it would be “impossible” now to jet any anti-inflation program before "ike end of the special session, scheduled for Friday Actually, the Repubbcans rolled up a majority for their nrog-am 202 to 188. But a t\v> tliirds majority was needed un der the procedure followed, which barred all amendments from the floor to the measure, by Rep. Wolcott (R—Mich). Democrats, who seethed over the no-amendment rule and a 40-minute limitation on debate, stood solid and not one of them vote' for the bill. Twenty ,ix Republicans came over to side with them in opposition. The no-amendment rule bar red the Democrats from getting , vole on any of President Tru man's anti-jnfiation proposals, such as the authority he asked to impose price, wage and ra tioning controls on selected sreas of the economy. Bill Provisions The Wolcott bill provided, among other things for agree ments among industries to take ateps—short of price fixing— to hold down prices for the public good. Democrats and Republicans both sought to pin the blame for no price-curbing legislation on the other side. In sticking to the G.O.P. “this or nothing now” stand, Rep. Halleck said that if Congress had opened the measure up to debate the President’s propo lals, "no action at all could have been had at the special session.’ Rep. Rayburn (D-Tex), the ' t'. - DPDTTDT TrAVC An Pnro 9 CHINESE PIRATES LOOT DUTCH SHIP Freebooters Get $500,000 Worth Of Merchandise, Passenger Cash HONG KONG, Dec. * 15 China Sea pirates with a yen for occidental hats swarmed over the Dutch passenger ship VAN Heutz, kidnapped six passengers and escaped today in com mandeered junks. A ship’s of ficer valued the pirates’ loot at i half-million U. S. dollars. Presumably the buccaneers will hold the six passengers for ransom. Identities of the cap tives were not known. Capt. Klass V. Vlick end of ficers of the 4,522-ton vessel "ere held as hostages for a time and were forced to leave the ship in a motorboat and a row boat. Later they were released and allowed to row back to the Van Heutz. A, H. Elston, director of cri minal investigation, said the band of about 25 pirates con trolled the vessel for 15 hours After gaining command of the radio room the freebooters ga thered money, Jewelry and PIRATES on Page Two. The Weather TORTH CAROLINA—Clearing and JJtntr windy Tuesday. Not much *toperatur< change except cooler on ast in. afternoon. Showers In North st portion early Tuesday morning. Fair •Q colder Tuesday night. Wednesday rather cold. ra»h TH CAROLINA — Clearing and t«!pCr Wmdy Tuesday. Not much cJJer?tur*2 change except cooler *n •kJJ. ’n afternoon. Fair and colder sday night. Wednesday fair and v r co°l Meteorological data for the 24 hours ^ nt> 7:30 p. m. yesterday. .... Temperatures ,7 ?• Jn. 37; 7:30 a. m. 40; 1:30 m. 36; 7 ;30 Pi m 67 681 Mlnimum 36; Mean 53: .... Humidity , * 1 »• «5; 7:30 a. m. 76. 1:30 P m* 7:30 p. m. 95 Tn> - Precipitation waj for the 24 hours ending 7:30 -82 inches. 3 00 the first of the month (pr. Tides For Today V. t rrr- *he Tide Tables published by uoast and Geodetic Survey.) High Low —12:00 a. m. 7:04 a. m. RtMn), „ , 12:29 p. m. 7:47 p. m. Ilbr'-o Inlet 12:04 a. m. 3:39 a. m. Sunr,r - 10:12 P- m- 4:28 P- m IC'M. 7:11; Sunset 5:05: Moonrise -C^yoonset 8:43 p. m. Cl SHOPPING DAYslfFt) Foreign Ministers Conference Fails Marshall Moves For Adjournment Of Big Four Meeting When ov Fails To Cooperate; East-T^*^> Iry Hot LONDON, Dec. 151#" v: Big Four Foreign Mini*- * ed their conference 4 ter failing completely on Germany’s future ai Europe partitioned betwee. the East and West from the Adriati to the Baltic. The United States, Britain and France blame dthe Soviet Union for the breakdown—the second by the Foreign Ministers on the same subject. Russia countered with the charge that the Western powers had formed a “common front” and attempted ‘‘to heap everything on the head of the soviet Union.” The most acrimonious session of the Council of Foreign Ministers since the end of the war adjourned after 17 fruitless ~~ ’> without even complet * agenda, conference brief officers said. Neither a .ime nor a place was set for another meeting. U. S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall made the proposal to adjourn. British Foreign Sec retary Ernest Bevin was quoted as expressing deep uncertainty about any future efforts of the, Big Four to make a German I settlement. The breakup probably signals the beginning of a period of more intense rivalry between Russia and the Western powers, West ern observers said, indicating that the United States, Britain and France can be expected' See MINISTERS on Page Two Administration Request Wholesale Price Control TRUMAN TURKEY WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. — (/P) — President Truman today received his Christmas tur key—a champion 47-pound Tom of the Far West. Caged in a red-white and blue crate, the big bird was presented to Mr. Truman by A. E. Matlack of Ramona, Calif., president of the Na tional Turkey Federation, and officials of the Poultry and egg National Board , At the same time, Matlack gave the President a hand made tie of blue, carrying the Presidential seal and his monogram. HUNGER STAI I PALESTINE. S Food Shortages Becoming Acute In Some Cities; Day Quiet JERUSALEM, Dec. 15. — m — Six Arabs and two Jews died from gun and bomb attacks as Palestine tonight faced the specter of hunger. Zionist leaders charged the Palestine government with con ducting a “systematic campaign to disarm” Jews and demanded the withdrawal of Trans-Jordan Arab Legion troops from the Holy Land. Arab leaders were described as building up their volunteer forces along Palestine’s borders. Private sources said Arab women and children from 1,000 families were being evacuated from Jerusalem to the Christian villages of Bethlehem and Beit Jala. The men remained behind. Larger cities in the strife-rid den Holy Land experienced See HUNGER on Page Two WU 1RKERS SET DATE FOR STRIKE Union Leaders Announce 6 A. M., December 23 For “W a I k o u t” WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—W— AFL unions in the W’estern Union Telegraph System today set 6 a.m. (EST), Tuesday, Dec. 23, as the hour for beginning a a nationwide strike if one is called. The hour would be 3 a.m. on the West coast, 4 a.m. Mountain time and 5 a.m., Central Stan dard Time, it was explained by Adolph Brunes, president of the Western Union division of the commercial Telegraphers Un ion, at a news conference. Brunes said that a nationwide strike vote, although not yet complete, was showing the 50 000 union members to be 90 per cent in favor of the strike. Despite the vote the union said its representatives would attend a conference in Philadel phia tomorrow called by Reg ional Concilitation Director H. Ross Callwell in hope of settling the wage dispute. But Brunes said, ‘we are not hopeful that anything will come of it.” Immediate Curb On Meats,' Bu t t e r, Eggs, Grain Urged Of Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—<U.R)— The administration asked Con gress today for authority to clamp immediate controls on the wholesale prices of meat, butter, eggs, grain, farm machinery, lumber, and other high priced commodities. Wherever prices are reg ulated, wages would be, too. Retail prices of scarce mater ials would be brought under con trol under the proposed pro gram only if the wholesale reg ulations failed to reduce living costs. The plan was sent to the House Banking Committee by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harri man, Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, and Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellen bach. At the same- time, the joint Congressional Economic committee gave lukewarm sup port to a half dozen of the 10 points in President Truman’s original anti-inflation program, but gnored hs requests for em emergency price control and ra tioning powers at consumer levels. In Agreement The committee reported that it was in general agreement with the need for installment buying curbs, export and trans portation controls, regulation of commodity exchange trading, and encouragement of foreign lood production. Sen. Homer E. Capehart, R., Ind., came up, meantime, with a “price moratorium’’ plan un der which all prices of com modities would be frozen at last Saturday’s levels. He said that this would stop a further rise in living costs while Congress ham mered out a long-range anti-in flation program. Under the administration’s wholesale price-fixing plan, which will not be taken up in Congress until January, if then, the President would be permit ted to exercise controls until March 31, 1950. But Congress See Administration on Page Two SHD SHOP BURNS AT FAYETTEVILLE Flames Spread Swiftly Through Building; Dam age Set At $200,000 FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 15—«l —A swiftly-spreading fireswept through the State Highway De ! partments district motor vehi I cle shop at Fayetteville today, ' destroying the building along with its contents for a total esti mated loss of $200,000. Two employees, A. R. Nichols, a m echanic- ,and A. M. Arthur, another woifpsr, suffered minor burns. Thirty-five others escap ed uninjured. The flames destroyed several hundred tires, four or five ve hicles, repair tools and spare parts. They spread so rapidly that the See SHD on Page Two_ Fritz Counsel May Cite “Outside” Prosecution LENOIR, Dec. 15—W— Indi- , cations that defense counsel will charge that outside forces are as- ■ sisting in the prosecution of RJ L. Fritz, Jr., were seen today as the President of th' North Caro lina Education Association went on trial in Caldwell Superior court. An inference to that effect was posed in a motion made b> the defense during the selection of a 12-man jury to try Fritz, champ-1 ion of higher pay for teachers, on1 :harges of obtaining money The motion, which drew a vigo mder false pretense. •ous denial by the prosecution ;hat agencies other th? the dis ;rict solicitor and the states at ;orney general are involved in ;he prosecution, was made by De fense Attorney Sam .T. Ervin of Vlorganton who asked the co-.-'t ;o have District Solicitor James 2. state by whom “private coun gee FKITZ On Page Two Congress Sends $597,000,000 Aid Bill To President For Signature; Piedmont Promises Early Service First Flight May Come In 6 Weeks State Airlines President Threatens To Take Case Into Courts Wilmington, and southeastern North Carolina, last night were definitely promised air service west to Cincinnati, not later than February 1, by President Thomas H. Davis, of Piedmont Aviation, Winston-Salem. Davis made the announcement from Washington shortly after the Civil Aeronautics Board had reaffirmed its earlier decision awarding the routes to Piedmont. The CAB’s decision, a moment ous one for this section of the state, which has been without East-West air service since South east Airlines of Charlotte, can celled its service to Bluethenthal airport last February. Davis said last night that “We are going to put service into Wil mington just as quicl-ly as it is possible to clear-up a few loose ends.” One of the “loose ends,” he said, was getting tariff rates ap proved. “This normally,” he add ed, “takes about 30 days. How ever, I believe the board will wave this 30-day period, and will give us quick action. Another matter to be taken care of,” he said, “is having the flight schedule approved. This also will be disposed of quickly,” he said. Davis asked the Star to tell “the people of Wilmington and this area that they may rest as sured that service will be forth coming just as quickly as it is humqnly possible to get in here.” CAB’s action yesterday brought to a close a long drawn-out dis pute between the winning com pany and State Airlines of Char lotte, who had fought Piedmont’s application for the feeder routes to a bitter end, and now threatens See FLIGHT On Page Two TWOlCLlRAINS MAY BE CUT OFF Commission Allows Discon tinuance Of 45-46; No. 48-49 Stay On RALEIGH, Dec. 15. —(#)— The Utilities Commission has grant ed the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road p e rmission to discontinue two trains between Wilmington and Rocky Mount, but not the two trains the railroad had ask ed for permission to drop. In a n order made public to day, the commission said that the railroad could discontinue its trains number 45 and 46 upon 10 days notice published in Wilmington and Rocky Mount newspapers, but it denied the request of the railroads to dis continue trains 48 and 49. The trains which the railroad received permission to dis. continue, 4 5 and 46, were placed in service at the request of the Utilities Commission during the war to serve army camps with the understanding that they could be discontinued without hearing after the emergency was over. However, in the hear ing on its application, the rail road contended that it planned to continue operating 45 and 46 because they “suit the needs of the public better than 48 and 49.” In its order, the commission said that if the ACL desired it could submit changed schedules for two other trains, 41 and 42, if it so desired. The tw trains, 45 and 46, See ACL on Page Two Along The Cape Fear COLD WAVE REMEMBER ED — Sometime ago Along The Cape Fear got into the subject of cold weather hereabouts, and went on to say something of rivers freezing over, as theCol umn is in a habit of doing ever so often. That column reminded one ol our r eaders at Winnabow of the time when Rice’s creek f r o z e over. In fact that particular col umn was about that same in cident. Miss Katherine MacRae John son writes that she wrote her sister, who lives in Richmond, Va., to inquire if he had any pictures of “us” standing on-the ice on Rice’s creek in 1893. Miss Johnson said that her sis. ter didn’t have the pictures, but she sept a newspaper clipping detailing the event. FREEZE OF 1893 — The story says that “one of the worst freezes in years was experi enced at this time. The Cape Fear river froze up and was a mass of ice clear across and as far down as Fort Fisher. “The ice was said to measure at least two or three inches thick and although none dared skate across, many said it could be done. “J. D. MacRae came across from his plantation beyond Brunswick river and he said it was the worst thing in his rec ollection of bad weather. Mr. MacRae, having resided there for 25 years, must have known a little about the weather, to say the least. * The ponds and lakes in and around the city froze solid and the skaters’ carnival continued at its height. Even with warm weather it was said the ice would afford skating for a week to come. “Not only pleasure came from this freeze but it was used to other advantages. The harbor was so full of drifting ice a day See CAPE FEAR On Page Two CAR LOAD OF FOOD—‘Pictured above is the car load of food, which was pulled out of here yesterday bound for the needy war victims of Europe. The food is a part of the national Catholic relief program for the hungry of the continent. This car load was made available by the Wilmington parish under the direction of Fathe r Allan Roche._(Staff Photo by Roy Cook) Wilmington Parish Ships Full Carload Of Food To Feed Needy -- “OPERATION GOBBLER” GOBBLES TURKEYS FROM BRITISH FARMS LONDON, Dec. 15.—(UP)—Black market “Commandos” have bought or stolen up to 80 per cent of the turkeys produced for the Christmas season, traders reported today _ and even chicken and rabbits may be denied the ordinary British family. Police, in what newspapers call “Operation Gobbler,” start ed to set road traps for suspicious looking vehicles in the coun try because the black marketeers, led by London’s “Spivs,” are stealing turkeys where their offers to buy them at up to $2 a pound are refused. DEATH TAKES SANDY, GOVERNOR CHERRY’S PET COCKER SPANIEL RALEIGH, Dec. 15. — IJP) — Sandy, friendly little Cocker Spaniel that was the idol of the governor’s man- j sion, is dead. He got into the basement, where he was not allowed to roam, and nibbled on some rat poison. The sandy-haired dog, who liked to pose in pictures with the governor in the mansion, frequently was seen playing on the mansion lawn with his boss. And it was on the lawn that he was buried. TANKER COLLISION TAKES LIFE TOLL Three Known Dead, 11 Missing; Celanese Plant Blast Injuries Many WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dec. 15_ (U.R) —Three persons were known dead and 11—including two women and two children— were missing today after two tankers collided in pre-d awn darkness and burst into flames off this West Indies island. The Venezuelan tanker Tucupi ta and the Argentine vessel Los Pozos collided about 4:15 a. m. The Tucupita’s cargo of highly volatile Naphtha gasoline explod ed into intense flame, igniting both vessels and making rescue work impossible for hours. Port authorities said that three bodies had been recovered, and that “various” injured persons had been rescued. The captain of the Argentine ship, with his wife and two children, and the chief engineer’s wife were among the missing. The number of injured was not immediately determined. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the See TANKER on Page Two ANDERSON DENIES OFFICIAL NAMES Agriculture Secretary Re fuses To Divulge Alleged Speculators WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—(U.R)— Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson has refused to give Congress a list of all persons, including government officials, who allegedly have speculated in the commodity markets, it was disclosed tonight. Anderson and Chairman Styles Bridges, R., N.H., of the Senate Appropriations com mittee, met behinw closed doors at the capitol for more than an hour for what Bridges’ had de scribed as a “showdown’ ’on the committee’s request for names of all persons holding more than 200,000 bushels of grain futures. Neither would comment when the meeting broke dp, but Bridges hinted that he might have something to say within 24 hours. He had told reporters, without elaboration, before the session that the committee’s in quiry might involve “a former cabinet member now urging lower prices.” Informed quarters reported that Anderson refused the com mittee demand, contending that the administration interprets See ANDERSON on Page Two.. increasedIUs FARES IN EFFECT Major Companies Of State Now Charging Two Cents Per Mile Rate RALEIGH, Dec. 15— VP) —In creased fares on North Carolina s major bus lines went into effect today. The increases were filed with the State Utilities Commission several days ago, and the Com mission permitted them to be come effective without a hearing. In general, the fares were in creased so as to bring the bus fare level up to two cents a mile, the maximum now permitted by the Utilities Commission. A Utilities Commission official explained that in the past bus See BUS on Page Two Christmas Spirit Hits Judge; He Loans Man $7 ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 15—<U.R) Defendant Leonard J. Cotton gem found out in city court to day that nothing ventured, no thing gained Judge A. W. Calla way learned the lesso nwith him at a temporary cost of $7. Hailed before Callaway on a charge of failure to pay a $6.30 taxi bill, Cottongem said “Judge, I can pay this bill—if you’ll give me half a chance.” “All right, how’re you going to do it?” Callaway said. “Judge, will you lend me the money til Saturday?’ asked the defendant. Judge Callaway reached auto matically for his wallet and ex tracted $7. Cottongem paid the complaining cabbie and told him to keep the judge’s extra half buck as a tip, then walked out of court a free man. Judge Callaway did a double take and rapped for order. Father A. E. Roche Directs Collection; Largest Donation In South A full carload o f 40,000 pounds of canned foods rolled out of Wilmington last night en route to New York on the first leg of its journey to Europe to help bring Christmas cheer to the needy victims of the recent war. Collected in the diocese of Wilmington under the direction of Father A. E. Roche of St. Mary’s church, the 1 o c al dona tion of foodstuffs i s the largest in the state and probably in the south for the Catholiic church’s nationwide Thanksgiving food collection for European war re lief at Christmas. The campaign was conducted during the Thanksgiving week, November 23-30, throughout the United States by Catholic churches. In Wilmington the canned foods were paid for through collections taken at St. Mary’s church and through d o nations b y Wilmington citizens. Mixed Food Cargo The shipment from here con tains all types of canned vege tables and fruits as well as meats and seafoods. “The Thanksgiving Food col lection is a campaign conducted among the Catholics of the Unit ed States by War Relief Ser vice—NCWC at the direction of the archbishops and bishops of the American hierarchy,” Fa ther Roche explained. “It’s purpose is to collect food, primarily nourishing foodstuffs for children, for the millions of starving, homeless peoples of war-torn areas in Europe and Asia. In the devastated lands of Europe most of these people are Catholics” he said. SCHOOLS RECEIVE FOUNDATION CASH Woman’s College, State Get $65,000 Gift From Burlington Mills RALEIGH, Dec 15—W—Gift of $50,000 to the home economics foundation of the Woman’s col lege at G eensboro and $15,000 to the engineering foundation of N. C. State college by the Burling ton foundation was announced to day by Governor Cherry. The Burlington foundation is a charitable trust created by the Burlington Mills of Greensboro, and Governor Cherry said that tl gifts announced today bring to more than $250,00'' gifts of the foundation or of the mills to the state’s consolidated university. Previously, the governor said, they had donated $100,000 to the business foundat' n of the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and $100,000 to the textile foundation at State col lege. “Spencer Love, J. C, Cowan, See SCHOOLS On Page Two Emergency Relief For Four Nations rruman Plans Message Be* fore Friday On Marshall Plan Funds WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— »l— Congress approved a $597,000,000 Jhristmas present for Franc®, Austria, Italy and China today ind sent it to President Truman or wrapping. The compromise emergency •elief bill, designed to help th« oreign countries through th* vinter and resist Communism, vas passed in the Senate by • mice vote and adopted by th® douse two hours later by a roU :all vote of 313 to 82. Mr. Truman was expected to sign the measure, officially mown as the Foreign Relief Act )f 1947, tonight or tomorrow, Sis signature will permit the first $150,000,000 authorized by the act to begin flowing immedi ately. Final Congressional action came exactly four weeks after the beginning of a special ses sion called by the President to enact the stopgap relief legisla tion. The Senate vote came after Mr. Truman told Republican and Democratic leaders of both Houses at a brief White House conference that he will send Con gress his proposals for a long term European recovery plan before Congress adjourns Fri day. This will give the legislators time to study the program, now reliably reported to envision $16,500,000,000 in U.S. expendi tures over a four - year period, during the recess ending with start of the next regular session January 6. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) presiding officer of the Senate, told reporters the President did not disclose any details of th* long-range program, often call See RELIEF on Page Two BABY GIRL DIES AFTER ACCIDENT Vanda Louise Powell, 3, Hit By Highway Truck On North Third Street Three-year old Vanda Louise Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Powell, 703 North Third street, died while being carried to the hospital at shortly before 6 o’clock last night of injuries received when she was struck in front of her home by a two-ton State highway truck, police reported. James H. Batts, 30, of 121 Morgan street, Maffitt Village, told the investigating officers that he was driving the truck south on Third street when the child ran out from between some hedges and into the trucks path. He was too close to the child to stop in time to avoid hitting her, he told the officers. Batts was not being held in connection with the accident, in* vestigation of which was con sidered incomplete last night. Rushed to James Walker Me morial Hospital by Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bergen, 104 Country Club boulevard, the child was found to be dead on arrival. She had sustained head injuries and it broken right leg, officers J. T. Rich and J. J. Padrick, re ported. Coroner Gordon Doran said last night that an inquest would probably be held in the next day or two. Surviving besides her parent*, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Powell are two brothers; Robert S. and Thomas Howard Powell both of Wilmington, two sisters; Lucy C. and Betty Jane Powell both of Wilmington,; three half-sis* ters; Mrs. M. H. Matthews, Mrs. D. F. Sandlin Jr. and Mrs. W. See GIRL On Page Two And So To Bed A Winter Park resident last night wondered ont loud to the Star what the price of huckshot was on the ammuni tion market. Questioned further, she said they were approximately 69 cent a pound on the meat market. Further questioning reveal ed that she had bought a ham during the week-end. The price was 69 cents a pound. When she cut the ham, she said, she found something less than two pounds of buckshot in the hindquarter of the procine. She alowed the price was rather high, she thought, for shot. 1
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