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FORECAST:| Wilmington and vicinity: Generally fair today with increasing cloudiness at night: Saturday cloudy with rain in afternoon and night and little change in temperature.__ - _ __ ^ _ - VOL. 81.—NO. 103? ~ - Senate Authorizes Speculators List House May Act On Resolution Empowering Anderson To Divulge Names Today If Time Permits; Truman Cites Law WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. —</P) T ip Senate voted tonight to iUthi,;-ize Secretary of Agricul ! Anderson to make public a ; ,,f big speculators in com p , jitics. after Anderson had balke-d at giving it to a Senate P„. * ■ re on its terms and Presi (1,. • Truman backed him up. A voice vote in the Senate the authorization resolution 't0 |',.r House on the eve of the j.iS- . , ■ of the special session, gptti. Martin (R.-Mass.) said t'r:fi j!,,use will consider it tomor , , . tf we can.” In r unusual sort of contest brtv. ■ *. n a cabinet officer and a Congressional group, Anderson t0](l the Senate Appropriations C(lp mittee he would not go along ivitii us suggestion that he sup ply we list on a confidential bas is, pending authorization by Con gress of full disclosure. President Truman thereupon issued a statement saying that Anderson had “properly reject ed’’ the request and that, while there should be full publicity on the speculators, Congress had no right to get the list “in secret.” Truman Position The President took the position that existing lawT forbids dis closure of the names of traders, and that Congress should pass legislation to permit the dis closure. Anderson's department super vises the commodity markets, and the Senate committee subpoenaed him and his records in its hunt for any government “insiders” See SENATE on Page Five Brotherhoods, Carriers Settle Rules Squabble PRESIDENT HITS INCOME TAX CUTS Truman Issues Statement After Knutson Intro duces Slash Bill WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. —tfP) _ President Truman spoke out today against any immediate cut in taxes shortly after Rep. Knut son H!.-Minn.) introduced what he described as a “veto proof” bill to scale down the individual income tax burden by $5,600, 000. The President took his stand at o new: conference when a report er called to his attention recur rent reports that the federal bud ge! will develop a $7,000,000,000 surplus in the current fiscal year, half again as much as Mr. Tru man's latest estimate. What ef fect would such a surplus have on bis tax views, the reporter in quired. The President said he does not believe such a surplus would justify a tax reduction. He declined, however, to say Set1 PRESIDENT on Page Five EXPRESS GUARDS FIGHT, SAVE CASH Bandits Fiee As Hand-To Hand Gun Battle Be comes Too Hot CHICAGO Dec. 18 — (U.R)—'Two ''•e-aged express company guards fought a gun battle at dose range with five masked bandits today and saved two ney bags containing a $30, 000 payroll. The bandits fled in their auto 1 "oik and later two of them fought a running gun battle with a police squad car. The two ban dits got away after damaging the radiator of the police car. One bandit was believed to uve been wounded in the fight ">th the guards. He dropped the money bags as he fled toward h-s car. The two guards, Don dfi Whallon. 40, and H. J. Kueh see EXPRESS on rage Five The Weather SIB FORECAST Carolina and North Carolina—j hit Friday. Increasing cloudi-! ^ ,;ight and Saturday follow-j Saturday afternoon or night. : the Interior Friday and Fri .a 4 ‘ Little change in tempera ,;e Saturday. "father forecast -cal data for the 24 hours 7 "0 p m. yesterday. temperatures ; n 40, 7:30 a. m. 36; 1:30 p. m.' '1;:i " m 52 " 55. minimum 35, mean 45, ! 40. HUMIDITY 77, 7:30 a. m. 80, 1:30 p. m. ii 78 PRECIPITATION ! ^inches. the 24 hours ending 7:30 the first of the month— TIDES FOR TODAY Tide Tables published by t and Geodetic Survey* High Low 2:13 a.m 9:22 a.m. 2:37 p.m. 10:03 p.m. ! ,, T 12:05 a.m. 5’51 a.m. - p.m. 6 :37 p.m. ; Sunset 5:06 Moonrise ‘ at Fayetteville, N. C., at i --.‘t ll:34p. : "day 0.00 feet. ' * \TI1ER on Page Three Major Changes Will Be Ironed Out With In dividual Roads CHICAGO, Dec. 18—W— Two railroad brotherhoods and the nation’s carriers today reached an agreement on mi nor changes in working rules and disposed of their dispute with management. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors had agreed to negotiate on the rules changes in accepting on Nov. 14 of an hourly wage increase of 15 1-2 cents an hour. Today these unions, with a membership of about 200,000, agreed with the carriers that re sults of most of the proposed changes would become so com plicated that they could not be applied on a national scale. They decided that the changes sought would have to be worked out with individual employing railroad companies. Three other unions of operat ing employes, the. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and En g'inemen, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Switchmen’s Union of North America, today adjourned until after the holidays their mediation of demands for a wage increase of 30 per cent with a $3 daily minimum in crease, and working rules changes. These groups have a member ship of about 125,000 and did not join with the trainmen and con ductors in the Nov. 14 agree ment which produced a wage See “Brotherhood” on Page Three UNION WILL FILE COERCION CHARGE WU Employes To Cite Strike Information Be fore NLRB Today WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—W— Attorney Frank Bloom of the Commercial Telegraphers Union (AFL) said today the union, threatening a nation-wide strike next Tuesday in Western Union offices, w'ould file charges of un fair labor practices against the company alleging coercion of workers in connection with the prospective walk-out. Bloom said the charges would be filed in the Baltimore re gional office of the National La bor Relations Board tomorrow. He said they grew out of infor mation from the field that the company was attempting to learn from employes whether they were going to strike next Tuesday and telling them they would be violating their con tract if they did. The development came as the union, together with the AFL Telegraph Employes Union of Atlanta and Telegraph Workers Union of Dallas. Texas, were preparing to attend a concili ation meeting with company representatives here tomorrow. The conference was called by ^ See UNION oil Page Five James Walker Nurses Majority Vote Withdrawing EXPLOSIONS END ARAB-JEW TRUCE Blast In Store Touches Off Heavy Gunfire Ex change Near Jaffa JERUSALEM, Palestine, Dec. 18. — (U.R) — Two explosions blasted, an Arab store in Jaffa tonight, touching off a 25-minute heavy exchange of gunfire across the no man’s land between Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Tension was so high that with in moments after the first ex plosion both sides sent barrages of rifle and automatic ..capons fire across the deserted border line between the twin cities. Tel Aviv hospital reported no casualties. There was np report from Jaffa. British troops and police rush ed to the scene in armored cars and brought the situation under control. star shells lighted the sky. grenade explosions rent the air and fires broke out,-ending ab-; ruptly an unofficial Arab-Jew-' ish truce. Jewish farmers in the Negev beat off a Bedouin attack early today. Two Jews were injured. The bullet-riddled body of Emanuel Winer, 38. reportedly a member of Haganah, was found on the hill outside Jerusalem at virtually the same spot the body of American Israel Cohen Shreiber, 76, was found yester I See EXPLOSION on Page 3 Statement On Decision Mailed To Hospital Hoard Chairman Staff nurses of the James] Walker Memorial hospital faced with a show down in their con-1 troversey with the hospital board of managers tonight cast a ma jority vote in favor of withdraw ing their resignations. Present when the action was ■ taken were Mrs. Marie B. Noell, executive secretary of the North Carolina State Nurses associa tion, and William C. Lassiter, at torney for the association, both of Raleigh. Gail Barker, concilia tor of the State Department of Labor, also conferred with the. group. The following statement was mailed to Dan Penton, chairman of the hospital board of managers, signed by Mrs. Noell and Mrs. Althea Snipes, chairman of the James Walker nurses: “Confronted with the humani tarian aspects of the situation, the nurses employed at James Walker Memorial hospital met this afternoon and a majority voted to withdraw their resigna tions. “While we admit that some of, our proposals have not been! achieved, including a written agreement on a group basis, a majority of the group voted to accept the salary gains and im proved working conditions of fered by the hospital on Decem ber 8, following the resignations. They do not agree to sign indi vidual contracts. “The nurses realize that a per manent solution of the basic See NURSES on Page Three j i Driver Who Transported Liquor Seeks Jail Cell PRESIDENT WILL NOT LEAVE U. S. Truman Says He Would Be Glad To Meet Stalin In Washington WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. — W —. President Truman said today he has no intention of leaving the United States for another “Big Three” meeting, but would be glad to see Premier Stalin, if the Russian leader wants to come to Washington. The President told a news con ference he has not been in direct contact with Stalin recently. Asked how he felt about pro spects for continued world peace I in view of the failure of the London conference, Mr. Truman said he is not downhearted and thinks eventually we will have world peace. When a reporter asked wheth [ er there is any other place he ! would meet with Stalin and Prime Minister Attlee of Great Britain, Mr. Truman repeated I’d be glad to see him (Stalin) in Washington. And, Mr. Truman added the word—period—to emphasize his insistence on not leaving the country. DISTRESSED SHIP RIDES OUT STORM Liberty Vessel Heads For Honolulu After Dump ing Rice Cargo ADAK, ALASKA, Dec. 18. — (U.R) _ The 7,000-ton Liberty ship Simon Benson in danger of break ing in half, rode out heavy North Pacific seas into calmer waters last night and today and began dumping a swelling cargo of soaked rice that threatened to burst her hull. The Benson, with 38 crewmen aboard, was the third distressed vessel in three days in the North Pacific sea lanes South of the Aleutians. The trio carried a total of 100 men. Commanded by Capt. Vernon McFadden, Portland, Ore,, she flashed a distress signal last night 600 miles out of Dutch See DISTRESSED on Page Three White House Has Appeal, Josephus Daniels Allows WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 - Josephus Daniels, world war one secretary of the Navy, said tonight the late President Roose velt may have been a fifth term candidate had he lived. The elder statesman, who has held some form of government post under every Democratic president since Governor Cleve land, made the observation while addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club. ‘Let me say that out of long experience and study of the careers of national leaders, it is my mature conviction that no man since Andrew Jackson ever willingly left the White House,” Daniels said in reminiscing on his career. ‘‘Theodore Roosevelt was not the only ’willing Barkis’ who died hoping to be given a new lease on residence in the execu tive mansion. ‘‘I am not sure Franklin Roosevelt would not have re sponded to a fifth encore and there is not room to doubt that Herbert Hoover liked it better as a residence than salubrious See WHITE HOUSE „a Page 3 Sheriff Unfolds Details Of Unusual Rum-Run ning Episode NEWTON, Dec. 18.— (/P) — Sheriff Ray Pitts told today how a Newton truck driver asked him to come to his home and take him to jail on charges of; transportation and possession of; 110 cases of bott’cd-in-bond liquor. These are the details, as re-1 lated by the sheriff: Farrell Jenkins, a driver who; hauls long distance loads, was | contacted in Washington byj liquor dealers, who asked him 1 to bring 110 cases of liquor con-; signed to Tennessee as far as; Greensboro where another truck would pick it up. Jenkins agreed to the proposi tion but came straight through Greensboro to Hickory where he sold the liquor for $3,500. Now, says the sheriff, the liquor dealers want their liquor, their money or Jenkins. Jenkins called Pitts to his home, turned over $2,800 of the money to the sheriff and said he had spent the remainder on a down pay ment on an automobile. He ask ed to be taken t<4 jail. Sheriff Pitts said two of the dealers had contacted him re garding' the case and that he had told them he had taken care of his duty as far as the law was concerned in this county, so the financial loss was their headache. Meanwhile, Jenkins remains ir, jail pending' a hearing Tues day. LANDSLIDE SPLITS BEACON HILL HOUSE DURING RAIN STORM SEATTLE, Dec. 18 —UP)—A Beacon Hill house was split in two by a landslide early today during the second wind and rain storm to hit Seattle in five days. The wind reached gale force of 40 miles an hour in gusts. The slide occurred about 3:50 A.M. behind the home of Steve Sholdra, 60-year-old unemoloyed boilermaker. The three occu pants, Sholdra, his son Arthur, 18, and his daughter. Caroline, 15. escaped unharmed The house, a total loss, was shoved nearly 30 feet down the West slope of Beacon Hill. Senate Republicans Pass Taft Anti-Inflation Bill; Bevin Blasts Soviet Acts Neighbor Nations Barred From Plan British Foreign Secretary Minces No Words In His Report LONDON, De . 18—^— Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin charged today that Russia had “ordered” her neighboring na tions to stay out of the Marshall Plan, thus violating “their in dependence and sovereignty.” His words—strong terms in discussing the affairs of another nation—were uttered in the House of Commons where he was the first of the Foreign Ministers to deliver a formal report to the public on the breakdown of the four-pow eratifcns on Germany. He charged that Russia’s “hostile propaganda” during the three weeks conference had “made it impossible to get to grips with the fundamental principles involved.” Firmly, he denied Soviet ac cusations the Western powers are attempting to divide Ger many and Europe. “We shall do our best to try to produce out of this difficult situation,” he said,” what 1 still believe is necessary—the unity not only of Germany but the unity of Europe and the peace of world.” Marshall Takes Off Bevin spoke as Secretary of State Marshall, together wita American Ambassador to Bri tain, Lewis Douglas, took off by plane for home. Bevin had lunch with the American dip lomats. Earlier in the day, the foreign secretary reviewed the international situation with the cabinet. Douglas’ departure revived reports he may be slated for a post in administration of the Marshall Plan for European re covery. There was little to balance the shark disappointment and pessimism reflected in Bevin’s report to Commons. The single bnght spot came in his discus sion of Austria’s future. He said there was an “indication” that a new Soviet proposal on Aus tria may be advanced soon, and See NEIGHBOR on Page Three CLAY PLANS TALK WITH KEY GERMANS American Commander Re turns To Berlin; Awaits Marshall Speech FRANKFURT*, Germ any, Dec. 18 — <.7) — Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American commander in chief, arrived in Berlin late to day from London and said he might start talks with top-rank ing German officials next week on the future of Western Ger many. Cancelling a press conference he had intended to hold here to morrow, Clay said he could make no statement on plans for Germany until Secretary of State George C. Marshall ad dresses the American people to morrow night. Clay and Gen. Sir Brian Rob ertson, British commander in chief, attended the Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference in London and planned to start talks with German officials to morrow or Saturday. Before he arrived in Berlin, Anglo - American authorities here asked the German bizonal economic council to be ready ■to confer with Clay and Robert son possibly tomorrow. Postpones Talks However, Clay said on his ar rival in Berlin that he would postpone conferences with Ger man leaders, including minis See CLAY on Page Three Along The Cape Fear MYSTERY SHIP—The “Wac camaw” as pictured in Along the Cape Fear yesterday has now taken on the air of a mys tery ship. In the editor’s mail yesterday, there was a very welcome letter from our valued contributor Mr. C. C. Chad bourn, pointing out, and un doubtedly setting us straight about the “Waccamaw.” The column also had a phone call from Major V/. N. Harriss, about the same ship. Chadbourn writes that the “Waccamaw I remember, and our fellow townsman, Mr. W. N. Harriss whose father was the last owner of the Wacca maw fully agrees with me that the paper was written in a sar castic vein or else has refer ence to some other Waccamaw and neither of us has any rec ollection of any other steamer by that name.” INTERESTING — The in formation contained in Chad bour4’s letter is certainly in teresting and may help to clear up the mystery of the ship re ferred to in yesterday’s column. “The Waccamaw we remem ber,” Chadbourn continues, “was not originally intended for towing duty. She was a double ended ferry boat with a pilot house on each end brought here to carry freight and passengers from the terminus of the Wil mington and Manchester Railroad on the west side of the river to Wilmington. The W&M was changed to the Wilmington, Co lumbia and Augusta and the See CAPE FEAR on Page Five IT HAPPENED IN ROBESON COUNTY—If this story had been told in cold type, probably few persons would have believed it. But it’s a fact that five pigs on Herbert Oxendine’s farm, near Lumberton, nurse the cow pictured above daily. And it has been going on for months, says Oxendine. The other four pigs scooted for the bushes when the cameraman approached. More Oil, Kerosene DueHereThisWeek FRITZ TO TESTIFY IN OWN DEFENSE Accused President Of NCEA Will Take Wit ness Stand Today LENIOR, Dec. 13. — (&) — Defense attorneys—losing their first attempt to clear R. L. Fritz, Jr., on charges of mis handling public funds — late to day began a continuous parade of character witnesses to offer testimony in behalf of the for mer Hudson school master. Shortly after Judge Allen ?P. Gwyn of Reidsville had denied a defense motion for a judge ment of non-suit in the celebrat ed case, a defense attorney an nounced to reporters that the defendant would be called to the stand tomorrow. As'the defense began the pre sentation of its testimony, a call was sounded for all character wit nesses ot stgnd and nearly 100 arose to be sworn in enmasse. Included among their number were .prominent Caldwell county citizens and associates of Fritz in his battle last winter for high er teachers salaries. Judge Gwyn denied the motion for a non-suit after five defense attorneys, among them Sam J. Ervin and Hayden Burke, had argued for more than two and one-half hours, contending strenuously that the State had failed to establish charges against the president of the North Caro lina Education Association who is accused of abtaining $1,641.19 under false pretense. Denies Motion Judg Gwyn, however, denied the motion, explaining that the | evidence, when interpreted in the light most favorable to the State, discloses such infraction of the rules, which, if accom panied by criminal intent, would make out a case as charged by the State. As to whether there was criminal intent is a matter the court feels should be left to the jury, the judge said. The ruling came after judgej had called a key state witness.! E. W. Smith, a Lenior certified public accountant, to the stand for a review of testimony offered by him regarding an audit he made of school fiscal records. The judge, cautioning the wit ness not to give him new testi mony, inquired at length into payments made to Mrs. Fritz, which the State maintains aggre gated $621 for services listed on payroll records as a school em ployee in teaching, performing office work and in holding study halls. Jutlge Gwyn also directed his inquiry into bonus payments which the State charges Fritz made to regular teachers for per forming extra work. Cites Period The judge, calling for the re port on payments to Mrs. Fritz, asked that they be confined to the period between Jan. 7 and iFeb. 21 of this year, a period See FRITZ on Page Three Major Companies Inform Congressmen Added Supplies On Way Two major oil companies in formed North Carolina Con gressmen in Washington yester day that they expect to increase fuel oil supplies in this State im mediately with a representative of one company saying that heating oil and kerosene will be unloaded in Wilmington this week-end. (A survey conducted among local wholesale and retail fuel oil dealers yesterday revealed that oil supplies, in this city are adequate “but tight.” Wilming tonians were urged to conserve fuel oil as much as possible.) Shortages of fuel oil through out North Carolina were re vealed at a conference Con gressmen, officials of govern ment agencies and oil dealers held in Washington Wednesday. Representative Robert L. Doughton told the House that if the industry did not act fast to end the “desperate” situation, the government would have to do something. J. M. Gardiner, vice-president of the Republic Oil Refining company, Pittsburgh, Pa., tele graphed to North Carolina Con gressmen yesterday: “We are unloading cargo heat ing oil and kerosene at Wilming ton, N. C., this week-end. We expect to receive additional car go heating oil about January .3. We are doing everything we pos sibly can to supply our custo mers in North Carolina, whose business we value most highly. “We must allocate this ma terial to the best of our ability among all our customers,” the telegram continued. More In Sight “We have been working on plans to get our North Carolina distributors 1,500,000 gallons kerosene or heating oil in excess See MORE OIL on Page Three SCOTS COMPLAIN ABOUT KILT GARB They Give Up Their Whisky Cheerfully, But Miss Their Trousers LONDON, Dec. 18 —W—The Scots, with only rnild complaint, have sent most of their whisky abroad to help Britain’s recov ery. But they protested loudly today about the clothing short age which has forced many Scotsmen to don kilts. Major Guy Lloyd, M. P. for Renfrew, declared in the House of Commons that many Scots men are wearing kilts because they have no trousers, although nowadays the kilt is normally reserved for festival garb or dress uniform. Another complaint came from Hector Hughes, Aberdeen M. P., who read a letter from a con See SCOTS on Page Three “Evil Signs” In Sky Halt Plan To Scale Mountain _ - - i LONDON, Dec. 18. — (U.R>— An official of the Royal Geographi cal Society said today that two! ! proposed British expeditions to j iclimb 29,141-foot Mt. Everest have been postponed as a re sult of ‘evil signs” found in the. Jsky by high priests of the Dalai! Lama, 14-year-old ruler of mys terious Tibet. A member of one of the ex peditions said that not only have the priests barred all foreigners !from Tibet until 1950 but they have also directed the young i iLama to do penance to avert a potential calamity forecast in his horoscope. Bryan Donkin, secretary of the Royal Society’s Himalayan committee lent credence to re ports that the Tibetan priests fear political rather than astrol ogical developmens. “Tibetans are keenly aware of political distrubances caused by developments in China and India and by Russian foreign policy,’’ he said He pointed out that a “bac horoscope is often a convenient reason for political decisions ir Tibet.” _ __ Measure Now Goes' To Lower Chamber Moves By Democrats To Save Truman Powers Beaten Down WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.— <U.R>— Republicans rammed a “quack* it ” anti-inflation bill through the Senate today after beating down Democratic moves to give Presi* dent Truman wide powers to combat high living costs. The Senate approved the mostly voluntary, stop-gap GOP plan, 77 to 10. and sent it to th House where Republican lead” said an effort would be made to get a final vote befcfre the Christmas Congressional recess begins tomorrow. “We will probably stand by the Senate bill.” said Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Mas sachusetts. His House GOP forces suffered a thumping de feat Mondav wVYi they tried to adopt a slightly different version without giving Democrats a chance to chare it. The Senate GOP granted only one concession to Mr. Truman. The chamber accepted, by voice vote, an amendment setting up a quick plan of action in the event that specific rationing powers become necessary later. Under this proposal, the Presi dent would be reauirod to put the problem before Congress and committees would be put to work on it under orders to turn out the needed legislation within 15 days. Prices Incfense As the Senate voted, the La bor Department reported that average wholesale prices in creased 0.2 per cent last week to another new post-war record. As of last Saturday, wholesale prices for about 900 basic com modities were 61.4 per cent above the 1926 average, and less than four per cent below the all-time record set in May, 1920. Senate Republicans, led by See MEASURE on Page 22 ANCIENT TAVERN FOUND IN GREECE Archeologists Also Unearth Rostrum Used By Apostle Paul NEW YORK, Dec. IS—«J.R>— An archeologist who returned to day from Greece said an ancient tavern, complete with marble dice tables, six-sided “knuckle bone dice” and drinking cups, had been excavated in Corinth. “We found all the parapher nalia of a tavern of 200 B. C. It’s the first important find since the war,” said Prof. Oscar Broneer, acting director of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He arrived aboard the Vulcania. Broneer said the outdoor ros ]1rum from which St. Paul spoke in defense of Christianity also (had been discovered in Corinth. “It was the same rostrum on See ANCIENT on Page Three ROVING SANTA CLAUS DOES’T GIVE PRESENTS TO MERE STRANGERS DURHAM, Dec. 18—UP)—A middle-age man whose coun tenance was, tinger pink stoppeS a Durham citizen on Main street this afternoon and poked a pudgy finger into his chest. “I am not going to give you a Christmas present this year!” the first man exclaimed with an air of dignity and force fulness. “And why not?” the amused Durham man asked. ' “Just because I don’t know you!” the stranger replied as he turned his back and walked away. And So To Bed Since the new Lake Forest bus schedule has gone into effect, many residents have been quering the drivers as to the exact minutes of each stop. This applied especially to one lady who continously ask ed Forest Cook, bus driver, the time he left uptown, the time he left the end of the drive, the new routs, how long it took to go the new route, and other questions. Finally, the bus arrived at it’s destination, Second and Princess street. The lady said, “Driver, what time do you get to Pinecrest Park | way.”
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