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FORECAST: Wilmington and vicinity: Clearing and cold today followed by fair weather and colder tonight; Wednesday, Increasing cloudiness and colder. " VOL. 81_NO. 94. WILMINGTON, N. C„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1947 Soviet A-Bomb Plan Called World Fraud Warren Austin Says It May Take Years To Bring Together U. S., Russia On Atomic, Other Issues RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 8. —(&) AV , -. er R. Austin, chief Amer ,,an delegate to the United Na ;':on« tonight called Russia’s plan tlT enntrol of the atomic bomb “a on the peoples of the en ■;,Te v;orld.” He said it might take ,.ears to bring together the U. S. ?nr; the Soviet Union on atomic and other world issues. “Disappointment awaits him n.hr, thinks the causes of Soviet obstruction can be easily or ouicl" 1v removed,” Austin said in , speech prepared for delivery ?e!ll,f. t;.p Richmond Council On Adult Education. “Years of de termined and patient effort may be required, he added. “Debate alone will not do it. Deeds alone can have the proba tive force to convince the Rus sian people that c strength and the strength of the other members of the United Nations is not a threat to their national existei.ee and welfare. “We believe that collective ac tion is the best guarantee of se curity and progress. As we trans late that belief into proof, the foundations on which present So viet policy is based should disap pear.” Austin said that all members of the 12-nation U. N. Atomic Ener gy Commission except Russia and Poland believe that the Soviet See SOVIET On Page Five Molotov Demands Repeal Of U. S.-British Merger ----1 MOSLEM NATIONS TO FIGHT SPLIT Egypt, Lebanon Request Security Council Hearing On Palestine 1 AKE SUCCESS, Dec. 8—<JF)— Two Arab nations gave notice tonight that they planned to carry the Moslem world’s fight against partition of Palestine in to the United Nations Security Council, starting tomorrow. Egypt and Lebanon, both embers of the Arab League and leaders in the bitter fight against the U.N. Assembly’s Nov. 29 decision to split up the Holy Land, submitted simultane ous'requests to Secretary-Gener al Trygve Lie for the right to participate in tomorow’s 3 P.M EST) council meeting on the Palestine question. This step appaently was the diplomatic move here in the ategy of the seven - nation Arab League, which announced almost simultaneously in Cairo that it was taking “immediate measures" for military and other action to prevent creation of a Jewish nation in Palestine. The two Arab nation requests See MOSLEM On Page Two UK RIDGE STRIKE OFF INDEFINITELY nion Bows To Govern ment Request For Walk out Delay WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—W—A strike at part of the Oak Ridge, Ten!, atomic energy plant sche duled for midnight Tuesday was postponed indefinitely to night. The CIO union involved agreed to a government request lor an indefinite contract ex tension. The CIO United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union here announced they had ac cepted the request made by Cyrus S. Ching director of fhe federal mediation and concilia tion service. The union had set a strike for Tuesday midnight, when its See OAK On Page Five The Weather B FORCAST out;: Carolina—Clearing and colder uesday ai.d Tuesday night. Wednesday creasing cloudiness and continued o°i, probably followed by rain Wed nesday night. Carolina—Clearing and cold : Wednesday increasing • i. c-A a:-.j continued cold, meteorological data for the 24 hours end:. ,; 7 ;3o p. m. yesterday temperatures f a' m. 59, 7:30 a. m. 64, 1:30 p. m. p. m. 64. '-• Minimum 58, Mean 66, humidity -JO a n 83, 7:30 a. m. 79, 1:30 p. - *• •••30 : m. 84. T . PRECIPITATION " ■ the 24 hours ending 7:30 inches. I inches ' "'Ce the Firit o£ £he ®o»th if,.- , Tli)ES FOR TODAY Tide Tables published by U. oa> and Geodetic Survey) Wilnanr * High Low ‘ f-7:25 a.m. 1:50 a.m. Mafo j , ... . , 7:40 p.m. 2-24 p.m. Lilei „_5:20 a.m. 11:34 a.m. •unn.e „ 5:29 P-m- 11:41 p.m. 4:15 a - Sunset 5:03, Moonrise I. "onset 3:10 p.m. r' wt ATHER On Page Two Jj shopping days left, - - - -™ j Soviet Minister Also Calls For Four-Power Ruhr Control LONDON, Dec. 8.—(&)—Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov — listing part of the price of se curing Russian agreement to uni fication of Germany — called to night for four-power control of the industrially-important Ruhr and repeal of the economic mer ger of the British and American zones. He also renewed Russia’s de mand for $10,000,000,000 in rep arations from Germany. However, the fact that Molo tov stopped saying “no” to say “maybe” left the three Western delegations in the Council Of Fo reign Ministers wondering wheth er a change in Russian policy on Germany was in the offing, con ference informants said. These sources explained that U. S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall—attempting to force a showdown — asked if accept ance of the Soviet reparations claim was a “prerequisite” of any agreement on establishing cent ral German agencies, removing zonal boundaries and other eco nomic principles. Statement Puzzles “The question of reparations is not a precondition for the solu tion of the question of economic unity,” Molotov said. Then, to the puzzlement of the other ques ters, he added: "the two ques tions should be considered simul taneously.” Subsequently a British inform ant said he did not know exact ly what Molotov meant. Appar ently the statement left Russia in the same bargaining position as before since, if the two issues are to be discussed simultaneous ly, Molotov would not necessarily need to agree on economic unity until agreement had been reach ed on reparations. The Russian demand for agree ment on reparations before un derstandings were reached on any other question wrecked the Big See MOLOTOV on Page Two [GROWERS W1 Ml TODAY Scott, Caldwell Urge Far mers To Vote “Yes” On Marketing Quotas RALEIGH, Dec. 8—UP) —An ap peal for North Carolina peanut growers to vote in favor of na tional marketing quotas in a ref erendum tomorrow “for their own protection” was voided to day by Commissioner of Agri culture W. Kerr Scott. Scott pointed out that although quotas probably will not be placed for the 1948 crop, that there can be no price support in effect for the 1948 peanut crop if farmers fail to vote for quotas by a twothirds majority. Also, he said, if growers ap prove quotas it will then be pos sible for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep the market ing quota machinery ready for use in 1949 or 1950 if it is needed. Caldwell Joins Harry B. Caldwell of Greens boro, master of the State Grange, joined Scott in urging the peanut growers in 44 coun ties to vote “yes” on quotas for See PEANUTS on Page Two i_——- -- FRED B. HELMS HELMS TO SPEAK AT BAR MEETING Well Known Charlotte At torney Carnes Here To morrow Night Fred B. Helms, well known Charlotte attorney and former president of the North Carolina State bar, will be the principal speaker at the meeting of the New Hanover County Bar As sociation at the Cape Fear club tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. Helms, who is widely known as a foreceful speaker, is expected to address members of the coun ty association on the subject of “Proposed Improvements To the Bar and Bench.” Educated at the university of Georgia, Helms studied law at Wake Forest college and Colum bia University law school and following admittance to the bar of his native state, he entered practice in Charlotte. From 1925 to 1927, he served as prosecuting attorney for the city of Charlot te and served as county judge in Mecklenburg from 1927 to 1931. He is immediate past presi dent of the North Carolina State Bar association, serving in that :apacity for the years 1946-7. Admitting to membership of the “Deep Water” denomination, Helms is currently chairman of the board of deacons of Myers Park Baptist church, Charlotte; is a member of the North Caro lina State bar, North Carolina Bar association and American Bar association. He will be introduced by Frank Hagler, program ch a i r man for December and the din ner meeting will be presided over by H. Edmund Rogers, president. SENATE RATIFIES DEFENSE TREATY Only One Dissenting Vote Recorded Against Inter American Pact WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. —(U.R) The Senate today ratified the inter - American defense treaty pledging all the American repub lics to common action against aggression from within or w ith out the Western Hemisphere. The vote was 75 to 1, with only Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, R., Colo., dissenting. A two - thirds majority was necessary for rati fication. The pact, signed by 19 nations at Rio De Janeiro last Septem ber, creates an American defen sive zone ranging from pole to pole and ocean to ocean extend ing Westward to United States island possessions in the far Pa cific. Senate ratification after a brief round of debate made the United States the third of the 19 signa tories to accept the treaty form ally. Mexico and the Dominican Republic were the first to ratify. Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg. R., Mich., and Sen. Tom Connally, D., Tex., as the top Senatorial spokesmen on for eign policy for their parties, shepherded the ratification re solution through on a bi-partisan basis. Treaty Hailed Vandenberg hailed the treaty, which he and Connally helped draft, as “the greatest advance” yet made toward world peace. Connally said it represented “a long step” toward guarantee ing the security of the American republics, and they both agreed that it would strengthen rather than circumvent the United Na tions charter. The treaty would require all American states to take concert ed action in the event of an at tack on continental territory off See SENATE on Page Two Bucking Plane Tosses Pilot, Goes “Awinging” TYLER, Tex., Dec. 8. —W— A runaway, pilotless plane which threw its pilot after landing and soared off into the blue was re ported crashed about 65 miles Southeast of Tyler about 1 P.M. today. The wayward craft had spent two hours and 40 minutes on its solo jaunt. Trammell Malloy, Timpson newspaperman, reported to Pounds Field here that the plane received only slight damage to the landing gear and the wings. Malloy said it had run out of gas. W. B. Myers, pilot, suffered a sprained back when he was thrown from the plane after landing. Jg,ips Rout "communists French Government Sends 10,000 Men Into North ern Coa! Fields By JOSEPH W. GRIGG, JR United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Dec. 8.—(U.R)—Ten thou sand troops supported by tanks and armored cars swept through the Northern coal fields today and routed Communist st r i k e leaders blocking a back-to-work movement. , The troops thundered out of Valenciennes at dawn in trucks and cars, fanning toward Douai and Lille, and by tonight were reported incontrol of most large pits. The Parisian Communist newspaper Ce Soir claimed 50 miners were injured in a clash with troops at Anzin. The official report said the operation wa s carried through without casual ties or serious fighting. Six thousand to 7,000 Com munist “flying command’s,” ap parently operating under a cen tra] command, had seized many pits during the past three weeks and beat up anti - Communist miners who tried to go back to work. A large force of Moroccan troops, paratroopers from Indo China and tank units moved into Saint Etinne, in the center of the coal basin, where for two days 50,000 Communist led strikers had held government buildings and vital communica tions. The town was reported quiet tonight. Operation Timed The full scale military oper ation was timed to coincide with a general return to work throughout France. Less than 1, 000,000 were on strike Monday and tens of thousands were re ported ready to go back to their jobs Tuesday morning. Communist labor leaders suf fered another sharp setback when their call for a 48-h our subway and bus tie -up in Paris and a nationwide walkout of civil servants was ignored by the workers. The Communist - dominated General Confederation of Labor (CGT) called off the strike short ly after 11 A.M., but too late to save face. Subways operated normally even before union lead ers told the men to work. Buses, except for a few instances where roads were strewn with nails and glass, ran on schedule. The government reported that not more than one per cent of its employes paid any attention to the walk-out order. Benoit Franchon, Communist secretary general of the CGT, announced tonight after a meet ing with Labor Minister Daniel Mayer that no progress had been made toward ending the month-long labor war. Commies Lose Ground It was apparent, however, the See TROOPS on Page Two WOMEN URGE BAN ON SEGREGATION Methodist Group Calls For Abolishment Of Princif pie In Church BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa., Dec. 8—(ff)—Abolishment of the prin ciple of racial segregation in the Methodist church was recom mended today by the Woman’s Division of Christian Service for the church. The division, headed by Mrs. J. D. Bragg of St. Louis, is the policy making group for 1,303,452 Methodist women. The recommendation will be placed before the church’s gen era] Congress next April in Bos ton. It strikes at the organiza tion of the Methodist church which set up a separate juris diction for Negroes when the Northern and Southern churches were unified in 1939. The Negro jurisdiction—designated the cen tral jurisdiction—is one of six The other five jurisdictions, how ever, are based on geographic boundaries. Thelma Stevens of Mississippi, executive secretary of the Wom an’s division, declared “the cen tra] jurisdiction embraces two thirds of the United States. This See WOMEN on Page Two Panic Grips Tel Aviv Area As Arabs Attack In Force; House Aid Bill Nears Vote - - - — -- Small Majority “Saves”Measure Defeat Of Wheeler Amend ment Clears Major Ob stacle To Passage WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — VP). — The House turned down by a vote of 136 to 109 tonight a pro posal to ban the shipment of any relief goods abroad unless the United States had more of those goods than it needed. Thus the House bill authoriz ing $590,000,000 in emergency aid to France, Italy, Austria and China cleared a major obstacle and headed toward seemingly certain passage tomorrow or Wednesday. Supporters of the foreign aid bill said the defeated amendment offered by Rep. Wheeler (D.-Ga.) and heavily backed by Republi cans including Chairman Taber (R.-N.Y.) of the Appropriations committee, would have made the entire bill meaningless. The House approved an amend ment by Rep. Francis Case (R. S.D.) which forbids the setting up of any new agency to run the stop-gap relief program. Action on these and other amendments came as Secretary of the Army Royall asked Con gress for an additional $490,000, 000 in occupation funds for Ger many and Japan. Royall told the Senate Appro priations committee that the money was needed because the British could not pay their half See MAJORITY On Page Two THALIANS PLAY IS WELL-DONE Cast Did Bang-Up Job Producing ‘My Sister Eileen’, Says Reviewer With lines picked up at ex press speed and delivered with care, and with action popping all over the stage, and with never a dull moment, “My Sister Eileen” was presented last night by the Thalian association in a highly hilarious manner. ^ The association Is to be con gratulated on having secured Helen Emmert as director. Under her driving direction, a very fine cast did a bang-up job of this comedy by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov. There were several brand new faces and fig ures in the company, with a sprinkling of seasoned Thalians to complete the whole. The story is just plain good “theatre,” and whether or not such astonishing carryings-on could have happened in a base ment apartment in Greenwich Village is neither here nor there. What does matter is the fact that t was a good show, and excel lent entertainment to boot. Harry Wellott, Jr., was the as sistant director, and the techni cal director was Hester Donnel ly. The program listed as techni cal staff, Robert Redmayne, C. J. Watts, B. M. Jones, Jr., Marion Redmayne, John Conway, Aldyth Carrell, Betty Divine, Helen Jones, and John Powell. Everett Huggins was in his customary and important place as stage manager. Publicity was most in terestingly handled by Mrs. An drew H. Harriss, Jr. Properties were taken care of, and there were lots of them to be supplied, by Mrs. Guerard Simkins, Mrs. William A. Hall, Mrs. James F. Barnes, and Mrs. Robert Little. Costumes (and did that include what the Ramblin’ Wreck wore?) were handled by Mrs. Lewis F. Ormond, Mrs. L. W. Preston, Mrs. George Caplan, and Mrs. George Lynch. The most effective and startling sound effects, without which there would have been no show in some parts of the action, were provided by Pete Herring, who did a bang-up job in every sense of the word. The make-up was done by Mrs. Almeda Stew art Edwards, Mrs. Oliver Hutaff, See THALIANS on Page Two Along The Cape Fear IREDELL’S ESSAY — Wilm-i ingtonians will have an especial interest in one of the historic documents which will be shown as a part of the Freedom Train’s exhibit here tomorrow. This document is James Ire dell’s “Essay on the Rights of the American Colonists.” A number of Iredell’s descen dants are residents today of Wilmington. A reader of Along the Cape Fear has sent in a list of some of these folk. They include according to the contri- j butors, Mrs. William Latimer, of 126 South Third street, a great-grand daughter of the famous author. Among his great-great grand children living here now are Frank J. Harriss, Charles F. Green, Mrs. W. O. Southerland, Mrs. Henry MacMillan, Miss Mary Meares and Mrs. Philip W. Delane. James Iredell came to this country in 1751 and settled in Edenton. He was one of the country’s outstanding citizens. He was one of the Supreme Court justices under Washington. MEANWHILE — Mayor E. L. White has asked that local citi zens with flags — particular ity merchants display them See CAPE FEAR On Page Five TESTIFYING IN WASHINGTON before the Senate Banking Committee, Marriner Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, uses a chart to illustrate a point. He said that there would be no substantial retreat from the anti-inflation measures recom mended by the Board. Eccles declared that if the Federal Reserve Board agreed to withdraw its support of Government bonds, as sought by ’’certain investment interests,” the results would be disastrous. ' (International Soundphoto) Inflation Gaining Fast, Eccles Says DEER DAMAGE SALISBURY, Dec. 8. — VP) — Mrs. Mattie Meyers of Salisbury says she can’t un derstand why Santa Claus chose reindeer for his mo tive power. According to Mrs. Meyers, she was hanging wash on the line when “Honey,” 18-month old deer owned by a neighbor, approached. Mrs. Meyers said she tried ti wave the deer away with a blanket. She is a patient at Rowan Memorial hospital where she is recovering from cuts and bruises suffered when “Honey” ’knocked her down and trampled her with its hooves. STATE SPEAKERS PRAISE PROGRAM Diversified 0 c c u p a tions Work Here Lauded At Dinner Meet Praising the excellence of the local vocational education pro gram, two state supervisors of the diversified occupations and distributive education divisions of the program traced its history and outlined plans for its future before members of the local ad visory council for cooperative training last night. In a dinner session at New Hanover high school George Cog gin, state supervisor of D. O., and T. Paul Brown, state super visor of D. E., addressed the group, including local school officials and representatives of employing businesses and in dustrial firms. Coggin traced the history of the vocational education pro gram and pointed out that Wil mington was one of the first cities in the state to install it. He attributed the success of the program here to the persever ance of Supt. H. M. Roland and NHHS Principal T. T. Hamilton. On the success of D. O., a native of the south, he said that of 5,000 school grgaduates from D. O. work, 80 per cent of them believed it was the best thing offfered by the schools. Of the parents queried 98 per cent thought the program was a good thing. And a majority of the employers endorsed it “with reservations,” which reserva tions he said have been overcome here in Wilmington. Program Grows He stressed especially the bene ficial results of “appplied guid See SPEAKER on Page Two Federal Reserve Board Chairman Urges Tighter Credit Laws WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — <U.R> Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott, R., Mich., of the House Banking committee, raised new object ions to President Truman’s wage-price control program to day, Federal Reserve Board Chaiman Marriner S, Eccles said bluntly that the nation al ready is in the “advanced stages” of inflation. Instead of the compulsory con trols asked by the President, Wolcott offered a three • point “voluntary” program and said action could be taken on it at the pesent session. He said that if it didn’t work he might be receptive to something stronger. Wolcott emphasized that he was speaking only for himself, although he is expected to ad vance his plan at the impending Senate-House Republican meet ing called to draft a “declara tion of policy” on the inflation issue. The session is expected to be held toorrow or Wednesday. Meanwhile, Chairman Robert See INFLATION on Page Two BUS LINES WILL GET FARE RAISE Utilities Commission Clears Way For Two-Cent Mile R at e RALEIGH, Dec. S-W—An order clearing the way for bus companies to seek increased fares has been issued by the State Utilities Commission, of ficials of the commission an nounced today. As a result of the order, five of the largest bus operators in the state have filed tariffs providing for increased fares which will become effective on Dec. 15 unless the commission orders them suspendd pending an invstigation. The commission tomorrow probably will study the question of allowing the proposed fares to become effective without in vestigation. Two Cents Mile Under the Paroposed sche dules, bus fares generally would be increase to a level of two a provision holding bus fares to a maximum of two cents per mile was retained. See BUS LINES On Page Five Student Pilot Leaves Notes, Flies Into Blue KANSAS CITY, Dec. 8—CPI— A 25year-old flying student was eight hours overdue on a train ing flight today, and sheriff’s oficers began an intensive search after they found in his parked car a farewell note to his estranged wife. William Holmes, sheriff’s dep uty, identified the youth as Grover Nickles, Humansville, Mo.,( flying student under the GI training program. He would complete the course in two weeks. Nickels took off at 9 o’clock this morning in a rented cabin monoplane for an hour’s flight. When he had not returned this afternoon officers found? two notes in his car. One, addressed See STUDENT On Page Five Jews Flee Homes la Wild Disorder Tax-Borne Volunteers Beal Off Two-Hour Drive In Streets — JERUSALEM, Dec. 8. — OT — Taxi-borne Jewish volunteer* beat off a two-hour attack by Arab machine gunners and gren adiers in Tel Aviv tonight and then took the offensive in th# i ercest battle between the two racial contenders since the Unit ed Nations voted November 29 to partition Palestine. For a time as the spearhead of Ar: fighters knifed into tha Hatikva sector of the all-Jewish city, wild panic gripped Tel Aviv and its residents fled from their houses in blind confusion. Hundreds of Jews in the city responded to the cries of motor cycle couriers who raced through the streets shouting “Hatikva ia in danger. Send help.” One cour ier ' alted a motion picture per formance with his alarm and sent hundreds of persons in the audi ence hurrying to the embattled quarter. Volunteers and fighting squada of Hagana, the Jewish defens# army, commandeered taxicabs and sped to Hatikva In time to beat off the furiously fighting Arabs, who drove a wedge into the quarter from the border zona which separates the Tel Aviv from the all-Arab city of Jaffa. Residents Flee Eyewitnesses said that as Ha tikva residents fled in wild con fusion, the Arabs began tossing bombs into houses. The battle which began in th# Tel Aviv-Jaffa “no man’s land” mounted as violence throughout the Holy Land boosted the unof ficial nine-day death toll over tha 100 mark. The fighting began November 29, the day on which the United Nations voted for par tition of the Holy Land — a mov# bitterly opposed by the Arabs. As the Tel Aviv fighting grew in intensity, many wild rumors circulated in Jerusalem concern ing the fate of the city which may become the Jewish capital of partitioned Palestine. The first See JEWS On Fage Two GOVERNMENT ACTS TO CURB BROKERS Anderson Signs Regulation To Stop “Fictitious’’ Transactions WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—<*>>— The government acted today to halt so-called “fictitious” trans actions in grain, cotton and other farm commodities which it said some futures market speculators are using for the purpose of avoiding taxes. Secretary of Agriculture And erson signed a proposed new fu tures market regulation intended to stop a trading practice which, he charged last week, 646 mar ket traders had been using to reduce, postpone or even avoid payment of income taxes. That practice is the “holding open” on the books of brokerage houses, a speculators’ offsetting long and short positions in the same futures contracts. By “hold ing open” is meant postponement of a balancing of one transaction against another to determine the results of the two. Aides of the secretary said the 646 traders were in a position to avoid taxes running into the hundreds of thousands of dollar* and perhaps into the millions. Under the proposed regulation, brokers would be prohibited from carring offsetting transaction* on their books after results had obviously been determined. And erson acted under provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, legislation which gives him po licing powers over the future* market. And So To Bed One employer member of the Advisory Council of vo cational education meeting at the high school last night af ter finishing his dinner was offered a cigarette by the man sitting next to him. The man looked at the proffered cigarette, looked puzzled for a moment, glanc ed around furtively to see what the others were doing, then accepted the offer. Then a broad grin spread across his face as he lighted up and he called to the high school principall across the way, “Mr. Hamilton, I wasn’t quite sure whether it would be all right to smoke here in the high school. I got shipped for that 22 years ago.”