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t FORECAST: Wilmington and vicinity: Clear to partly cloudy and slightly wanner to day and tonight. Friday fair and warm er. VOL. 81_NO. 102. e Arab Officials Make Peace Bid To Jews jabakieh Quarter Representatives Recent Sniping On “Strangers” ^ Area; Palestine Grows Quie, JERUSALEM Palestine, Dec 17 _Arab officials of a Jaffa uburb made a peace bid to jev;S of Tel Aviv today and a g.jlji’n district commissioner nroposed a truce in the bullet scarred area between the two "fiv. officials of Jaffa’s Jab a]jeh quarter, opposite the Bat yam suburb of Tel Aviv, blamed sniping on “strangers” in Jab officials walked boldly oast armed Haganah guards to confei with the chairman of the Jewish local council and offer what was believed the first of ficial Arab peace proposal since tl;,. United Nations approved the Palestine partition plan Nov. 29. They appealed to the Jews not to return Arab fire, but to tele phone them in Jabalieh and “we will take care of the strangers ourselves.” Proposes Truth British District Commissioner J. M. Levack, meanwhile, pro posed a conference of Jewish and Arab leaders aimed at a truce in the no man’s land be tween two other twin city sub urbs—Jewish Holon and Arab Tel El Rish—where fighting has been bitter for 20 days. A truce had been agreed upon yesterday, but one trigger-happy sniper touched off a barrage of shots which killed one Jew and wounded three others. An official announcement to day said a British police ser geant was killed and another See ARAB on Page Two ABC Board Members Get $600 Salary Increases PRINCIPALS URGE SPECIAL SESSION State Association! Joins Clamor For Teacher Salary Boost A:.HIGH. Dec. 17. — UP)— Or ganized school principals of the state today joined their voices t„ the clamor of educational leaders who are seeking a spe cial session of the legislature to act on increased pay for teach ers. The* executive board of the Xorth Carolina Princpials -As-j sociation, a unit of the North j Carolina Education Association, j held a session here and voted. to ask Governor Cherry to call; a special session of the law-! makers. j The resolution said that “this; action is taken with the full] knowledge that the revenue is j avaliable and sufficient to meet' this need.” I Previously, the Association of School Superintendents, the board of directors of the North Carolina Education Association See PRINCIPALS On Page Two COMPANY, UNION MAY MEET FRIDAY Government Summons Leaders For Conference On WU Strike W AS KINGTON," Dec. 17 tU.R)— Ti , government today summon ed top officials of Western Union and three AFL unions to an em ergency conference here Friday in a last-ditch effort to head off a threatened pre-Christmas strike by 50,000 workers. Cyrus S. Ching, director of the Federal Conciliation Service, scheduled the conference for 4 P. M. EST., Friday. The three unions—The Coig lnercial Telegraphers, the Tele graph Workers and the Telegraph Employes—have threatened to walk out next Tuesday unless See COMPANY On Page Two The Weather SIB FORECAST SoVnn Carolina—Mostly cloudy over ®0tuh Portion, partly cloudy in the •'’O'th, and slightly warmer Thursday anci Thursday night Friday fair and Marnier. .\'°rth Carolina—Clear to partly cloudy, pi;v warmer Thursday and Thurs 03 rught. Friday fair and warmer. Meteorological data lor the 24 hours *n'-ln2 7:30 p. rn. yesterdav TEMPERATURES •mo a. rn. 44, 7:30 a. m. 37, 1:30 p. \ -M p. rr. 46. -'"Mjinuin 33, minimum 36, mean 44, ™> mal 49 , M' 3 79, 7:30 a. m. 79, 1:30 n. •- w. 7:30 p tn 63 PRECIPITATION ‘ for (he 24 hours ending 7:30 -o.oo inches. ' mnce t ie first of the month— • -o inches. TIDES FOR TODAY ,, ; the Tide Tables published by ■ 1 r>nst and Geodetic Survey), ungton __ 1:27 a.m. 8:32 a.m. 1:53 p. m. 9:17 p.m. "- two Inlet ..11:21a.m. 5:02 a.m. e., 11:40 p.m. 5:51 p.m. v'r 11:0 7:12 Sunset 5:05 Moonrise 11:37a nojniel 10:37p ; ver stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at 3 Wed -11:2 feet. Dirf Heather On Page Two CTsHOPPING Dftys~left*) Salary increases of $600 a year were voted for the three members of the New Hanover county Alcoholic Beverage Con trol board at a called meeting at the courthouse last night of 10 of the 16 members of the county boards of commissioners, education and health. Effective during the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, the increases set Chairman W. D. MacMillans annual salary at $4,800 and the salaries of board members Fred D. Poisson and Dr. J. Allen Oldham, Jr , at $4, 500 each. Following a general discussion of the ABC set-up in Wilming ton, in which Commissioner Harry Gardner questioned the “heavy overhead in New Han over with three paid board members, the motion for in creasing the salaries was made by Commissioner James M. Hall and seconded by Dr. W. Houston Moore of the board of health. The vote was split with at least two commissioners—Gard ner and Louis Coleman— voting “no. Every member of the boards present, however, prar's ed the high caliber of the mem bers of the ABC board and said that no finer type men could be found anywhere for the posi tions. Commissioner Coleman said that he was in favor of giving the board members a portion of the requested raise but felt that there should be some “arbitra tion in the matter and that “we should split tfie difference with them. He added that “no one ever gets exactly what he wants, although he usually asks for it. In discussfng the ABC set-up in New Hanover. Gardner said, “I dont see why Wilmington always has to be top heavy with overhead. . .Why arent we set See ABC On Page Two $125,009 DAMAGE SUIT FACES E A L Charleston Woman Seeks Sum For Death Of Hus band In Plane Crash NEW YORK, Dec. 17. —W— Mrs. Cortez Howard Percikow, of 23 King street, Charleston, S. C., filed suit in federal court to day against Eastern Airlines. Inc., seeking $125,000 damages for the death of her husband, Martin, in a plane crash near Port Deposit, Md., last May 30. All passengers and crew mem bers of the plane were killed. The complaint alleged the crash was “caused solely by the carelessness, fault and negli gence” of the company, and that the company “failed to provide safety devices for the protection of passengers, and to maintain adequate inspection of the plane while on the ground or in flight.” The plane was in a “danger ous and defective condition,” the complaint said. The plane was en route from Newark, N.J., to Miami, Fla. House Members Sustain $88,000,000 Cut x& Stop-Gap Aid Bill For Three Nations; Washington May Get Zone Merger Meeting First Conference Due In January Bidault Voices Agreement On Move For Three Power Parley ! _ LONDON, Dec. 17. —UP)— The United States, Great Britain and France may open formal nego tiations in Washington early in January to merge their German occupation zones, leaving the Russian zone isolated behind the Soviet iron curtain, it was made known today. The suggestion for the Wash ington negotiations was made at the dinner conference last night between Secretary of State George C. Marshall and French Foreign Minister Georges Bid ault, it was understood, and Bid ault approved the idea. Marshall was believed to have raised the question today at a conference with British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. If the talks are held as tenta tively suggested, it is expected that the participants will start on a “working” level—that is, as specially appointed deputies will go thoroughly into the “Trizonia” merger which be came necessary after the break up of the Big Four Foreign Min isters Conference. Preparations for the working phase of the merger negoti ations were already well under way 48 hours after the Big Four split. Marshall conferred with Bid ault as well as Bevin today and he had lunch with King George at Buckingham Palace. Bevin conferred with Bidault and John Foster Dulles, Repub lican foreign policy expert who is a key member of Marshall's Big Four delegation. Later Bev in reported to the king. Present at the Bev in-Dulles luncheon conference was Sir Hartley Shawcross, at torney general who was British prosecutor at the great Nuern berg war crimes trial and is See CONFERENCE On Page 2 BRITAIN RECEIVES FINANCIAL LIFT U. S. Signs, Take Over Two-Thirds Of German Occupation Costs WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 — (U.R) .—The United States gave Great [Britain another financial lift to day by agreeing formally to , shoulder three-quarters of the [ occupation costs in the merged [Anglo-American zone of West jern Germany. i The agreement, which has [been under negotiation for sev eral months, was signed for the [United States by Acting Secre tary of State Robert A. Lovett and for Britain by Sir William Strong, political adviser to the British commander - in - chief in Germany. The joint occupation cost an estimated $800,000,000 this year, and the United States and Brit ain shared it on a 50-50-basis. The American share next year would be $600,000,000 if the costs remained at the current level. State Department officials made public a summary of the agreement, but the complete text was withheld pending its submission to the British parlia ment tomorrow. It does not re quire ratification by the U. S. Senate. Diplomatic sources said the agreement gives the United States a bigger voice in admin istering the joint Anglo-Amer ican zone, in proportion to its increased financial responsi bility. The accord replaces one signed on Dec. 2, 1946, which Britain insisted must be revised because of her critical dollar shortage. ER To Make Christians Of Yule Tree Salesmen POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Dec. 17 — (U.R) —Elliott Roosevelt said today he intends to “make Christians out of Christmas tree dealers. He announced that he would open his own tree market here tomorrow and would sell an y tree up to 1 2 feet in height for $1. The son of the late President, who started the now famous Val-Kill Christmas Tree Farm back in 1930 as a reforestation project, said he was, going into business himself to combat any tendency Hudson valley dealers might have toward price goug ing. He said that in New York city yesterday he saw some 12-foot trees from the Roosevelt farm being sold for as much as $35 each and eight-foot trees going for $20. Prices here ranged from $2 to $6. Workers from the Roosevelt estate will help him supply “all the fresh-cut trees that people can buy, “Elliott added. He also said about 50,000 white and Norway spruce trees See CHRISTIANS On Page Two Senate Votes To Restore Wartime Curbs On Installment Buying; GOP Bill Halted WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—(U.R) —The Senate voted today to re store wartime curbs on install ment buying, but Democrats blocked an immediate decision on the Republican “quickie” anti-inflation program. “I don’t think they’re going to let us pass it,” Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., told newsmen sev eral hours after he put the stop gap plan before the Senate on a take-it-or-leave-it-basis. Taft said that President Tru man would have to prove the need to combat high prices with wider powers than the GOP program provides. The Senate recessed shortly be fore 6 p. m. EST with no agree ment in sight. Taft said another attempt to get a vote will be made tomorrow. But he had come to the conclusion that the opposition “has decided to block i it.” Angry Democrats, trying to get action on major points in President Truman’s anti-inflation program, tried to rewrite the GOP plan with a series of amendments, including one by Sen. Claude Pepper, of Florida, to freeze wages and prices un til Feb. 20. Another highly controversal Democratic proposal would scrap the Republican-sponsored volun tary allocation plan and substi tute a rigid system of controls on scarce industrial materials. Tar't said he was “considerably disappointed” by these tactics, ■and predicted the various amend ments would be rejected when they are put to a vote. The installment chedit bill, which revives controls on retail long-term purchases of such goods as automobiles, refriger ators, washing machines, and radios, was approved by voice vote after less than 90 minutes’ debate. It still must be acted on by the House. Taft also demanded a speedy vote on the anti-inflation plan, so that the House could have time to consider it before Con gress adjourns this weekend un til its regular session in January. Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky, called his force into a series of policy hud dles. He said they would try to salvage as much as possible from Mr. Truman’s original drastic 10-point program, but would not insist on taking up the adminis tration’s hotly-disputed requests for emergency price and wage controls. The Republican plan wiuld do more than set up a voluntary See SENATE On Page Two ANDERSON READY TO SEE PROBERS Secretary Undecided How ever, About Taking Mar ket Records Along WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—CU.F9 Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said tonight he will comply with a subpena direct ing him to appear before the Senate Appropriations c ommit tee tomorrow morning, but that he has not yet decided whether to take along the confidential records on commodity market trading which the committee de manded. Two hours after the commit tee’s subpena was served on him at the Agriculture Department, Anderson called in reporters and said: “All I know is that I am going up there (to the capitol) tomor row morning at 9:30 a.m. What I will say I don’t know.” He indicated that he was con cerned about the consequence's of directly defying the subpena. He had insisted earlier that he could not divulge the names of big-time market speculators without a special act of Con gress releasing him from the secrecy restrictions of the Com modity Exchance Act. “In Contempt” He said that if he did not com ply with the subpena he would be “in contempt of the Senate committee.” But he added after a moment’s reflection that “I may not take the records with me.” Sen. Homer Ferguson, R., Mich., a committee member, said Anderson should be cited for contempt of Congress if he refused to comply with the sum mons. The subpena was issued on a See ANDERSON On Page Two Prosecution Nears End Of Fritz Case Testimony HE'S NO PARROT CLEVELAND, Dec. 17—W A parrot which eats ice cream,, kisses girls and doesn’t use profanity was the object of a court injunction today. Common Pleas Judge Frank S. Day enjoined the bird’s owners, Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Paul of suburban Cleveland Heights, from selling the par rot to anyone but Mrs. Mar guerite Hudson. The action followed Mrs. Hudson's peti tion saying she paid $25 down for the parrot, but the Pauls’ refused to sell when she offer ed the $35 balance. Asked for comment, the bird was mum. PEOPLE MAY CALL FOR OIL CONTROL Rep. Doughton Says Con gress Will Grant De mand If Made WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 —(&) —Rep. Doughton (D-NC) said tonight he expects "the people to call for government control of the oil industry unless the in dustry does something about the critical situation” on the East coast. "And if the people want con trols, Congress will authorize them,” he told reporters. . A conference of oil dealers with North Carolina members of Congress and government offi cials today brought the asser tion “the entire state is suffer ing for lack of fuel oils from See PEOPLE on Page Two Rocky Point Farm Wife Critically WoundsHubby Ed Craven, 37-year-old Rocky Point farmer, was in a “critical” condition at James Walker Mem orial hospital, where he was be ing treated last night for a pis tol wound in the stomach alleged ly inflicted by his wife, Beulah, Sheriff Jack Brown of Pender county revealed. Attaches at the hospital said that Craven’s condition was “cri tical,” and Sheriff Brown said that the attending doctor inform ed him last night that Craven had a “fair chance of recovering.” Mrs. Craven, who Brown said told him that she shot her hus band with a .32-.20 calibre pistol after she “flew Into a heat of passion” during the course of an argument at their home yester day morning, was being held in jail at Burgaw withont bond, pending the ontcome of her hus band’s injuries. The technical charge made against her was assault with a deadly weapon with serious in jury done, Sheriff Brown said. Shot at around 9:30 a. m., See ROCKY POINT On Page 2 Along The Cape Fear rHE GOOD SHIP WACCAMAW —The Cape Fear river, famed' many a year for its sailing ships, aad one back in the year of 1872 that not only performed the duty veil for what it was intended, but it so pleased a party of passen gers on a voyage from Baltimore to Wilmington that the guests felt moved to pass a resolution to that effect. According to an old handwrit ten paper, that has come into the hands of the column’s editor, the boat was originally intended for towing duty. The writer of the old resolu tion points this fact out in his praise of the Waccamaw, when he takes noie of the fact that she “has no superior on the Atlantic coast.” Heading the paper “Return of The Waccamaw,” the resolution says that “At a meeting of the passengers of the Steamer Wac camaw, held in the cabin on Thursday, the 22nd of August 1872,, it was unanimously re solved, that the thanks of the un dersigned invited guests of said steamer on her return trip from Baltimore to Wilmington, be and they are hereby tendered to Cap tain W. J. Potter for his courtesy and unremitting attention during the whole passage. “And the undersigned avail themselves of the occasion to ex press their admiration of the superior seamanship evinced by Captain Potter under the various circumstances of the trip—it be ing manifest that he is possessed in a high degree of whatever knowledge and skill that are de manded for the management of his important trust. “They would also testify to the admirable condition of the Waccamaw. Under the personal and active direction of the ener getic agent, Mr. Thos. D. Mears, the steamer has been entirely rebuilt, remodeled and brought to her present high state of effic See CAPE FEAR On Page Two Witnesses Declare Mrs. Fritz Did Not Teach At Time Specified LENOIR, Dec. 17 —(£■)—'The prosecution, after spending the day in an exhaustive inquiry in to alleged payroll irregularities at the Hudson school, neared the conclusion of its testimony against R. L. Fritz, Jr., the school’s former principal, late today. Pressing vigorously for a con viction on charges of obtaining money under false pretense against the president of the North Carolina Education Asso ciation, prosecution attorneys throughout the day maintained a steady parade of witnesses in producing testimony to this ef fect: 1— Fritz’s wife, who the state charges received $621 for work ing at the school, spent much of her time during a seven-week period working in support of Fritz’s efforts to increase teach ers’ salaries and in support of his race for the NCSA presi dency. 2— Fritz was absent from the school during the same period in making frequent trips to Ra leigli to appear before legisla tors, seeking their backing for the South Piedmont teacher’s salary schedule. Joint Bank Account 3 — A joint banking account maintained by Mr. and Mrs. Fritz was overdrawn at one time while check for $123.75, dated Dec. 4, 1946 but not de posited until June 25, 1947, was being held out of circulation. Previous testimony regarding the check, referred to by prose cution attorneys as a refund See PROSECUTION On Page 2 MEN BURN SHOES FOR SIGNAL FIRE Two Georgia Hunters Found After Plane Spots Their Hav?a MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga„ Dec. 17. —I/P)—Two duck hunters, who built a signal fire with their shoes to attract aerial search ers, were found in the vast Oco nee swamp today after they had virtually been given up for dead and were rescued tonight by an amphibious expedition. William A. Brown, Milledge ville coal dealer, and Donald Hembre, of Atlanta, emerged from their ordeal tattered and shaken but able to tell the story of their battle for survival against the terrors of the flooded swampland. Deluging rains swept the area shortly after the two men^en See MEN BURN On Page Two NEW SHOE FACTORY: TO LOCATE HERE $100,000 Annual Payroll Announced For First Operations Year With a payroll expected to reach $100,000 in its first year and as high as $200,000 in the second year, a high-grade shoe factory will be opened in Wil mington shoftly after the first of the year, Christy Reggie, New York and Waynesville resi dent and president of Reggie, Inc., announced yesterday. The factory is scheduled to be located on a temporary basis in a building at 1122 South Third street, which was formerly the shipyard employment offices and was the building first used by the Garber Manufacturing company. This building is a one story structure covering 6,193 square feet. It will be used un til completion of a new factory, expected to be erected within the next year. To be financed through a new ly organized stock company made up of Reggie and a num ber of leading Wilmington busi nessmen, the company is slated to be incorporated during the next few days, at which time a board of directors will be elected at a stockholders meet ing. Local labor, both men and See NEW SHOE on Page Two JOHNSON SUFFERS ANOTHER ATTACK UN Deputy Delegate Re ported In Serious Con dition At New York NEW YORK, Dec. 17 —W— Herschel V. Johnson, United States chief deputy delegate to the United Nations, was re ported in a serious condition at Lenox Hill hospital today after suffering a second attack of pain from a heart condition. A bulletin from Dr. William Coda Martin said: “Mr. John son suffered a second attack of pain this morning. His condition is considered serious, but the prognosis appears to be good.” He suffered the first attack Mon day. An oxygen tent was placed over him yesterday to ease his breathing, a physician said. Two cardiac specialists, Dr. Law rence Whittemore and Dr. C. E. La Chappelle, have been called to his bedside. Associates from the U. S. delegation, after a visit with Johnson today, said he was alert and appeared to be in good spirits. His mother and s^ter, Mrs. A. E. Terrell of Charlotte, N. C., \ arrived in New York this morn-: ing._J I House Members Applaud But Hold On To Mileage WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—(U.R) Members of the House applaud ed politely today when one of their number suggested that Congress contribute to the world’s needy by giving up the $222,000 travel allowance the law-makers get for attending this extra session. Then they put it to a vote, and the “no’s” could be heard all the way to the cashier’s win dow. The suggestion came from Rep. James W. Wadsworthy, a well-to-do Republican from Geneseo, N.Y., who thought his v colleagues would be glad to make the “token sacrifice” in view of world conditions. “I think it would be appropri ate for Congress to give up something of this sort,” he said. He got a big hand from those members who weren’t busy mentally figuring up how much they would lose at the Congres sional travel rate of 20 cents a mile. Rep. Donald O’Toole, a Dem ocrat who is somewhat less af fluent than Wadsworthy but who See MEMBERS On Page Two China Eliminated From Needy List Representatives Shout Down Amendment To Restore 26 Million WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 — 0P) —The House sustained by voice vote today an $88,000,000 cut in the $597,000,000 emergency for eign aid program authorized un der a bill which President Tru man signed a few hours earlier. Representatives shouted down an amendment to put back $26, 000,000 of the amount sliced from the program yesterday by the House Appropriations com mittee, which also eliminated China from the list of countries to be helped. The amendment, offered by Rep. Javits (R-NY), would have restored $20,000,000 of the amount cut from France’s allo cation and $6,000,000 of the slash affecting Italy. Austria's $58, 000,000 under the bill was not cut by the committee. Today’s House action uphold ing the reductions could be re versed by a roll call vote before the special session ends on Fri day. The Senate also may move to restore the cuts and to bring China back into the stopgap aid program. Bullitt Urges Aid American backing to help Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek fight Communism was urged by William C. Bullitt, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, and Lt. Gen. Albert E. Wedemeyer, au thor of a highly secret report to Mr. Truman on Chinese condi tions. Both testified before the Sen ate Appropriations committee, See CHINA on Page Two FRIENDSHIP TRAIN FOOD AT LE HAVRE French Officials Express Thanks To People Of United States LE HAVRE, France, Dec. 17. — UPi— French officials and en thusiastic cargo handlers today welcomed the freighter Ameri can Leader with its cargo of 4, 000 tons of food donated to the Friendship Train by the people of the United States. M M E. Germaine Poinso Chapuis, the French public health minister, expressed the official thanks of the French government. In reply U.S. Am bassador Jefferson Caffery said “this gift of food is not a gov ernment gesture. It is a spon taneous act of the private citi zens of the United States.” In Paris the Communist news paper Ce Soir commented: “No one doubts the generostiy of the American people but the evidence furnished in no way justifies the massive propa ganda created about this ship ment.” The cargo includes wheat, oats, macaroni, sugar, evapo rated milk, dried beans and peas and tinned baby food. Its distribution will be under direct ion of four major American volunteer agencies — American Aid To France, the World oun cil of Churches, The American Joint Distribution Committee and the National Catholic Wel fare Conference (N. C. W.C). James J. Norris, European di. rector for the N. C. W. C., said lo cal groups experienced in dis tributing relief will assure the The first of the 10 trains will food goes to those who need it. leave Le Havre Friday. ROME, Dec. 17. — W _ The Friendship Train committee said today three and possbilv four trains will travel through Italy distributing 5,000 tons of Friendship Train food from the United States expected to arrive in Genoa about Dec. 23, And So To Bed Gentlemen of the Civitan club were discussing their program for the week at their meeting yesterday when one fellow let out with a yell. All was quiet before this earth tremor and the curiours began laughing just to keep in stride with the old fellow. Suddenly the gent under lined a phrase on the week’s program sheet. It read like this: “When a man says he’s boss in his house, be careful —he’ll lie about other things, too.” Visit ‘Holiday House’ At American Legion Home Thursday And Friday *
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