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TRUMAN ASKS MC
POWER EXTENSION
President Taking No
Chances Of Shipping
Service Breakdown
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1
To “prevent a breakdown of vi
tal shipping services,” Presi
dent Truman today asked Con
gress to extend the Maritime ,
Commission’s authority to oper
ate. sell and charter govern
ment-owned vessels built during
the war.
Unless extended, the Commis
sion’s authority will expire Feb.
] 9 1948. Mr. Truman recom
mended an extension until June
80. 1949.
More than 1.200 drv-cargo
vessels are now chartered to
American shipping concerns1
which operate them as general
agents of the Commission.
The bulk of this fleet. Mr.
Truman told Congress, is en
gaged in carrying vital relief
cargo, chiefly coal and grain ex- j
ports.
DISAGREEMENTS
(Continued From Page One) j
French Foreign Minister George
Bidault. If this conference fails.
Bidault declared. France ma\ .
merge her zone with the
economically United American
and British occupation areas.
Both the American and British
delegations have stated re
peatedly that no definite plans
exist for establishment of a
Western German government.
Conference observers, however,
considered it a strong possibility
that immediate steps would be
taken by the United States,
Britain and France to work out'
a Western zone merger if this
Big Four meeting fails.
During today’s session the
United States, Britain and Rus
sia agreed a German govern
ment should sign a peace treaty,
and France reserved her posi
tion on this question, briefing
officials told newsmen.
Molotov Repeats
A subsequent clause proposed
by the United States touched off j
a new blast by Molotov against
the Western countries along the
lines he has been following for
the past week, the informants
said.
U. S. Secretary of State George
C. Marshall proposed that the
German constitution contain a
clause recognizing treaty obliga
tions as the law of the land and
that the German people ratify
this along with the constitution
He explained that the Ameri-!
can constitution provides that!
treaties are the law and said he
wanted to avoid the argument
which led to the overthrow of
the Weimar Republic
This argument, used by Hitler,
was that the German govern
ment had signed the Versaille
treaty ending World War 1
against the wishes of the Ger
man people The informants
quoted Marshall as saying that
in the present case the German
people would have to ratify the
peace treaty ultimately pre
sented to them.
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SEA-LEVEL CANAL
Congress Gets Plan To
Convert “Big Ditch
As Defense Move
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 —(U.R>—
pians to convert the Panama^
Canal into a sea-level waterway
that survive atomic bombs were
presented to Congress today —
along with a $2.483.000.000 price
tag. ^ T
Proposed by Brig. Gen. Jo
seph C. Mehaffey. and approved
bv the joint chiefs of staff, the
plans were referred without'
comment to the House and Sen
ate by President Truman.
Mehaffey estimated the con
version job would require 10
vears and he put the price at
five times the canal’s original
cost.
Asserting that the present ca
nal is “totally lacking in securi
tv to meet future needs of na
tional defense,” he said that one
atomic bomb hit on one of its
locks would put the “big ditch”
out of operation for several
vears. perhaps permanently.
A sea-level canal with the
present locks eliminated, he
said, would have a far better
chance of resuming normal op
erations. Even with a direct
bomb hit into the canal, he said,
traffic could be restored within
a few weeks “with full allow
ance for difficulties involved in
removing radioactive debris.”
“In no sense could a sea level
canal be destroyed as could a
lock canal.” he wrote. “The
larjest conventional weapons
would not be a significant threat
to security ...”
TWO MEN INJURED
(Continued From Page One)
No. 1 East Henderson street,
Wrightsville Beach, was treated
[or lacerations of the head and
left leg.
Backs Out
Mrs. Annie Strickland Tripp
said that she had backed out of
her drive with the rear end of
her car in the street and was
waiting for her husband to come
out of the house and that she
did not see the other car before
the collision, the officers said.
Coffer stated that he was driv
ing west on Market and his car
struck Mrs. Tripp's when she
backed out in front of him, po
lice said. Coffer told the officers
that he did not see Mrs. Tripp’s
car in time to stop.
Total damage to the two cars,
each of which was badly wreck
ed, amounted to SI, 100, the in
vestigating officers estimated.
ATOM CHEMICALS
(Continued From Page One)
ferent ‘hot” atoms, that, when
traced through the body, w i 11
show exactly what is going
wrong at the point where a dis
ease is still secretly developing.
Dr. Abersold said there will
be surface applicators so small
that one can be inserted into a
bad spot in an eye. Such an ap
plicator would contain a tiny bit
of stuff radiating very short
length rays, that would reach
only the bad spot and not do
damage to healhy eye issues.
Will Emit Rays
ine atomic ovens also will
make liquids that emit rays and
can be put in body cavities.
These liquids, Dr. Abersold
said, will emit the special kinds
of rays the doctor wants.
If liquids are unsafe, because
they might leak, the piles can
make liqid gold and other me
tals and solids (colloids in scien
tific language; which can be put
into a cavity without leaking.
There may be also a radioac
tive “shot in the arm.” This,
Dr. Abersold said might be the
new instrument which forces a
shot through the skin, without
making a puncture. This radio
active shot could be a colloid,
or liquid.
Dr. Abersold predicted there
may be cobalt needles, finer
than anything known in radium
needles. These hair-like needles
would be less painful to insert
into cancers, but their rays
might be even more powerful
than those from radium.
Cobalt Rays
Cobalt rays are so strong, Dr.
Abersold said, that the British
are planning to substitute pieces
of radioactive cobalt for
radium, to give gamma rays to
persons at some distance from
the metal.
He said that dozens of Ameri
can institutions are now using
the Oak Ridge man-made atoms
to study cancer. He said also
that because the rays of such
atoms can both cure cancer acid
also cause it, if given in excess,
this is a promising lead to the
discovery of how cancer starts.
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(Continued From Page One)
power unit was installed for the
Taylor hospital and that one was
being set up for Fowele hospital.
He added that water service
would be restored later tonight,
and that the town would have
water tomorrow.
Home owners, merchants and
businessmen, however, can ex
pect no lights, Moss said, before
Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Western Union
office here was transmitting
messages by telephone to near
by Greenville for relay to other
points.
Moss said the city of Green
ville was lending its spare equip
ment to this community to help
restore utlities servce.
HOUSE GROUP CUTS
(Continued From Page One)
Idaho) to authorize the full
amount, $597,000,000, but to chan
nel distribution of relief through
the United Nations.
Chairman Vandenberb (R.
Mich.) of the Foreign Relations
committee contended Taylor’s
plan would "destroy the entire
substance” of the measure.
Voice Approved
A voice vote approved an
amendment by Senator Wherry
(R.-Neb.) which stipulates that!
nothing in the bill shall De in
terpreted as giving the President!
price control or allocation powers
to achieve the purposes of the re
lief measure.
Wherry told his colleagues this
limitation probably already was
in the bill, but that he wanted to
make sure of it.
The measure merely fixes a top
limitation upon aid through next
March. Even when the Senate and
House reach agreement upon the
limits of aid, the amount of actual
funds must be determined by lat
er action.
TASTY TAILORED
(Continued From Page One)
ton neatly sidestepping the ques
tion. And them he added; “Make
that $15, boys. Things are going
up, you know.”
Mr. Truman said he liked the
tie fine, and might wear it to
the national Democratic conven
tion.
Here Grosner explained why
the men’s wear people have a
special fondness for the Presi
dent. It isn't ju3t that he used
to be one of them.
“No,” said Grosner, “It's more
than that. It’s that he is su h
an excellent dresser himself.
Nothing flashy, always in good
taste. I’d put Mr. Truman on
any list of the nation’s best
dressed men.
“You see, when a person looks
at you, he shouldn’t be con
scious of your clothes. He should
be conscious of you.
“The President has that knack.
No matter where is, he dresses
for the occasion.”
“What we call a clean dresser,”
chimed in Paul Gilbert of South
Bend, Ind. “Never overdressed.”
Grosner, by the way, gives the
President full credit for one cloth
ing trend.
“He wears a bow tie a lot,”
said Grosner. “And since Mr.
Truman has been in office, the
bow tie business has been good.”
ROYALL BOWS OUT
OF GOVERNOR SHIP
Secretary Of Army Will
Not Be Candidate, He
Tell* Friends
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 — (»—
Secretary of the Army Kenneth
C. Rovall today issued a state
ment removing himself from
next year’s race for Governor
of North Carolina.
The Goldsboro native said in
a memorandum to the press he
can not “retire from my pres
ent position in time to become
a candidate for governor.”
Rovall’s bowing out left four
announced candidates for the
Democratic gubernatorial nom
ination, and Lieut. Gov. L. Y.
“Stag” Ballentine said a week
ago “I will decide in two weeks”
whether to run.
Royall’s memorandum noted
that he had written to friends
who had urged his candidacy:
“It now seems so apparent
that I can not with good con
science retire from my present
position in time to become a
candidate for govenor that I am
writing you and a number of my
good friends in order that they
may feel no embarrassment in
making such other commitments
in the governorship race as they
may think possible.”
Announced candidates in the
Democratic primary are State
Treasurer Charles M. Johnson
of Burgaw, Mayne Albright of
Raleigh, Oscar Barker of Dur
ham and Olla Ray Boyd of Pine
town.
CAPE FEAR
(Continued From Page One)
Bunn of Raleigh, Oscar Breece
of Scotland Neck, and Charles
Allen of Durham, are counted
as easterners. Walter Damtoft
of Asheville, Percy Ferebee of
Andrews, A. H. Guion of Char
lotte, Miles Smith of Salisbury,
R. W. Proctor of Marion, A. K.
Winget of Albemarle, and D. M.
Stafford of Greensboro are on
sidered from the west.” Nisbet
says.
harrImmToints
consumers” failed to correct
"price abuses ”
Wolcott inti • ted that he had
never heard ' .-uch vague testi
mony” during nis 14 years as a
nember of the Banking commit
tee. He said that he would have
‘ no idea” how to draw up a bill
to fit the administration pro
gram on the basis of testimony
thus far.
Elsewhere on the anti-inflation
front:
1. The joint Senate-House eco
nomic committee cancelled to
day’s hearing because of the ill
ness of Secretary Of the Interior
J. A. Krug who had been sche
duled to testify on the adminis
tration’s plans for combatting a
prospective shortage of gasoline
and oil. Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach who
had been scheduled to testify
before the House committee on
wage controls, will not appear
until tomorrow.
MIDDLE EAST
(Continued From Page One)
Premier Riadh Al-Sulh who is
on a visit there announced he
had called a meeting in Cairo
Saturday of the powerful svn
nation Arab Lague to consider
action.
Member states are Egypt,
Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia.
Syria, Transjordan and Yemen.
Usually reliable sources pre
dicted that the first anti-Ameri
can retaliation by Arabs might
be taken by the Syrian parlia
ment — refusal to ratify a gov
ernment agreement to permit
an American oil pipe line
to cross the country.
Members of the Arab High
Committee said every effort
was being made to induce King
Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia to
throw out the Arabian-Ameri
can Oil company there and to
get King Abdullah of Transjor
dan to take similar action.
Violence here was sporadic
today. Students shouting “down
with Czechoslovakia” pelted the
Czech Consulate with stones and
one parade of 500 students in
the old city demanded the re
turn of the Grand Mufti, Haj
Amin El Husseini to lead them
in setting up an Arab state.
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Weather bureau report ox temperature
ana lainiaii xor ure 24 nours ending
o p.ivi., in tne principal cotton grow
areas ana elsewhere:
* muU LOW Free
wgLMINGTG*- 46 Jto —
Aipena - 33 21 —
^xauevdie -— 3i —
--— 47 30 —
Atlantic City --41 23 —
xmnungirain -— aa 20 —
^.oaton - 40 2^ —
totuiaio- 32 le —
uai'uiixton-——— *2 — —
v. irar route--Pi 26 —
cnauanooga---52 20 —
emcago-—-- 3< 13 —
Cincinnati--40 i3 —
^xeveiana —-41 12 —
lianas-- 03 — —
oenver - 52 31 —
wCUUiL- 36 22 —
j-»UiUtn - 26 22 —
m i iao - bo 27 —
xort Worm-tii 43 —
craiveston- »u .>1 —
Houston--.... - 66 27 —
o ac*son vilie-ju —
ivansas City- 33 oo —
rwey West-72 60 —
xvnoxv me - 32 33 —
male itock- 54 24 —
*-os Angeiefi-—-63 52 Ji1
nouisvme - 01 ,w
menrpms - bo 22 —
merauau —-- bv> 24 —
.tixarm —____ 7 3 .>» .06
ivmm-at. i^aui_36 20 —
mobile- --bo 33 —
Montgomery_ 56 20 —
new Orleans - 63 44 —
new *oi* _ 3« 23 —
norxoi* _ 36 31 —
x-nnaufeipnia_4o 20 —
xmoenix_ <2 34 —
x'msouign -_ 4o 15 —
Fortianu, Ale._37 10 —
xtaieign _ 44 20 —
xiicnmond___43 20 —
St. Louis_— 53 25 —
San Antonio _ 70 47 —
San r'rancisco_ 57 46 —
Savannan _ 53 33 — '
Seattle- 47 42 . 46 i
Tampa___ 66 47 — !
Vicksburg _ 65 25 — !
Washington___ 41 22 —
CITIZENS WARNED
(Continued From Page One)
rine and 12 pounds of bacon—all
valued at $73.94—were stolen.
In warning about locking of
cars during the holiday season,
the police official also reminded
local citizens to be certain that
new license plates are properly
fastened on their vehicle*.
Plates Lost
“Hundreds (of license plates)
are lost in this territory each
year for this reason alone,” he
said, adding that “you should
remove your old license plate so
as not to confuse traffic officers
who might be needed else
where.”
Emphasizing the police de
partment’s holiday safety cam
paign, he said that Wilmington
ians should “remember that mo
tor vehicle laws are made to
avoid loss of life, limb or pro
perty. The highway is a battle
field if those who use it fail to
cooperate.
“Law enforcement officers
prefer your cooperation to the
payment of a penalty for viola
tion. In giving continuous atten
tion to this policy you contribute
to the saving of human life.
Failing to do so, you share a
terrible responsibility.”
Lt. J. E. Moore announced
last night also that police cars
are carrying safety slogan signs
during the Christmas season.
Beavers use their tails to slap
out signals on the water surface
a n d to steer themselves while
swimming.
UNITED PRESS
(Continued From Page One)
Nations decision to partition Pal
estine.
10. World Series.
European List
The United Press also polled
newspaper editors in other parts
of the world for their opinions
on the 10 biggest stories of the
year. Editors in 11 European capi
tals contributed to the list. Rus
sia was not included. The editors
of Izvestia and Pravda told the
U. F. they were “too busy’’ to
make a list.
The European list:
1. The Marshall plan.
2. The partition of India.
3. Formation of the Coninform.
4. Communist action against op
position leaders in Eastern Eu
rope (Petkov, Maniu, Mikola
jczyk, Pfeiffer, etc.)
5. De Gaulle’s victory in the
French election.
6. Princess Elizabeth's roman
ce.
7. The Truman Doctrine.
8. Britian’s economic crisis.
9. The Palestine controversy.
10. The struggle between East
and West inside the United Na
tions.
Japanese List
1. ine iruman Doctrine.
2. The Marshall plan.
3. Vishinsky’s speeches assail
ing “war-mongers.”
4. Signing of European peace
treaties. (Italy, Finland, Hun
gary, Bulgaria, Romania.)
5. Formation of the Cominform.
6. Reopening of foreign trade
in Japan.
7. The death of Ambassador
George Atcheson.
8. Molotov’s speech saying the
secret of the atom bomb no long
er existed.
9. Failure of the four-power
conference of foreign ministers at
Moscow.
10. Princess Elizabeth’s roman
ce.
The South American List
1. The Marshall plan.
2. Formation of the Cominform.
3. Inter-American conference at
Rio De Janeiro.
4. Resurgence of De Gaulle.
5. Breaking of relations with
Russia by Chile and Brazil.
6. Partition of India.
7. Paraguayan Civil war.
8. Britian's economic crisis.
9. Texas City, Tex., disaster.
10. Molotov’s speech saying the
secret of the atom b'mb no long
er existed.
The List From India
1. Independence of India.
2. Britian’s economic crisis.
3. Assassination of the Premier
of Burma.
4. Punjab Disorders.
5. The Marshall plan.
6. Palestine, particularly Bri
ain’s decision to withdraw troops.
7. Princess Elizabeth’s roman
ce.
8. Reports that Russia has the
secret of the atom bomb.
9. Formation of the Cominform.
10. Six hundred drowned in
Bombay sea disaster.
LAKE FOREST
(Continued From Page One)
Phil Parrish and his death by his
own hand.
Seventh in the list was the
mass resignation of the Wilming
ton Port Traffic Association.
The eternal struggle for a
truck route and the city's ef
forts to arrange a satisfactory
route was rated as the eighth
best story of the year.
Ninth place was given to the
Wilmington Fire department. The
long sought fireboat has been
found and purchased and the
dispute over the Horni and Game
well fireboxes was settled with
the city installing the Horni
boxes.
Tenth place on the poll went
to the Atlantic Coast Lines agree
ment to absorb the Florida East
Coast Railroad.
Other important stories sub
mitted to a vote by the staff
members included the follow
ing:
New Hanover High School Bas
ketball team wins first State
championship in 17 years.
Three persons die in city after
eating portions of a potatoe pie.
Wilmington Policemen arrested
and convicted for storebreaking
and larceny.
Police Reorganization
The complete re-organization of
the police department.
A white baby girl found dead
in the local bus station.
Series of flying saucers re
ported seen here.
Gambling raids at Plantation
club.
Soap Box Derby races.
Dial telephones installed at
Wrightsville Beach.
Ice shortage hits city in July.
Raffles case baffles police.
Safeway Transit company wins
35-year franchise.
E. L. White, prominent busi
nessman elected mayor.
Guy Gane.v convicted of shoot
ing his daughter's sweetheart to
death at a Seagate service sta
tion.
Extensive probe of conditions
at county home and county farm.
Superintendent later convicted on
robbery charge and dismissed.
Death of Sheriff C. David
Jones and appointment of Porter
Davis to fill unexpired term.
The continuing wrangle over
Bluethenthal airport and its1
operation by the county com
missioners.
The American Legion conven
tion and the election of Ray Gal
loway cf Wilmington as State
Legion Commander.
Outside Stories
Outside of Wilmington and
New Hanover county, stories in
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eluded in the top ]lst 7^
include: 01
The David Miller shof.
conviction of his attract> •*
for hiring a Negro farm‘7 **
shoot her husband. har-<! i,
'f^le fatal shooti-r .
Noah Rhodes at the 7i °‘.
ville-Asheville airport »
watchman. ' a Ufo
The mysterious death .
iff John White 0f V'V.
county.
The main street Eiln ,
Fair Bluff in which ,u.b<i,t!l* it
police fatally shot anoth^*
The mysterious deathV'*1
Harry Devoli in B.u Swl? S&
ty. s" lc* coii|,
„ These are onlv fl fe.„
top stories of the vear ° **
by staff members of
ing Star. ,e Morj.
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James Richardson and S-„
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burn Eanker R ,_v a] ^
breeding shorthorn ’ LZ
their first entry m this ZZ
tion. The animal swept thro *
to win the championship for“f
sale of its breed.
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