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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-10-01
First in War First in Peace. i.

a matter too recent to need retell-
ing At the very Threshold OF
Palestine, Hitler turned to Russia
in a way that good Jew woulo
have said was a miraculous res
cue. At any rate, it was at the
time of this turn into Russia when
at the very door of Palestine that
the collapse of the Nazis began.
Subsequently, Rommel made an
other effort in the direction OF
Palestine but thanks to the forces
of General Eisenhower and Mont
gomery, the army of the modern
Pharaoh was annihilated.
So. through the clearing of
North Africa, peace came to Pal
estine. The danger of any FUR
Their invasion of the Near East
was eliminated. The Mediterran-
can was open again.
AS war had come first to Pales-
tine and the Near East so too
peace had come first.
Peace too has its problems, and
the clearing of the Mediterranean
presented to Palestine, first, the
problem which all nations in the
transition from a war time econ
omy to a peace time economy
must face.
| On July IS, it was reported that
a Jewish delegation appearing be-
fore the High Commissioner of
Palestine pointed out that the op-
ening of the Mediterranean, per-
hitting transportation of supplies
from England, had resulted in less
army orders for Palestine indus
try and threatened the Jews in
Palestine with economic depres-
sion and unemployment.
The delegation, representing the
Palestine Industrial Association,
asked the Palestine government
to take steps to open new markets
in neighboring countries for Pal
estine goods.
The perils attending the shift
from war to peace had, of course,
been partially forseen in Pales-
tine as they have in other coun-
tries. The High Commissioner some
time ago announced a plan of
postwar reconstruction, which
was designed in part to take care
of this expected lag in employ
ment. The Jews, however, have
not been very happy over the
High Commissioners plan. The
Small Zionist Actions Committee
at meeting in July adopted a
resolution, by virtually a unani-
nous vote, announcing their in
tention to refuse to participate ir
the High Commissioners post.
war reconstruction plan.
1.-THE Actions Committee" sale
the resolution, "reasserts that the
Jewish people and the Jews Of
Palestine will not participate ir
the reconstruction plan announced
by the High Commissioner o.
Palestine as well as any other flu
ture schemes based on the White
paper. They will fight all sucl
schemes"
The crux of the opposition Of
the Jews to this postwar plar
lies, therefore, in the fact that il
takes as its fundamental premise
the White Paper by which the i'm
migration of the Jews into Pales.
tine is to be completely stopped
next year.
The White Paper is the un
known x in the determination Of
just what normalcy will be fol
Palestine when full peace comes
If the White Paper is upheld
and Jewish immigration is stop
ped, virtually the finish of the
chapter of Jewish development o.
Palestine will have been written
One year ago, any discussion O.
the subject would have taken {
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-10-01

It was Miss Henrietta Sold, 81
wear old leader of Youth Aliyah,
whom Wendell Willkie went to
interview on his visit to Palestine
during his world round trip this
year.
6. perhaps she in her ma
ture, selfIess WISDOM" he wrote
of her and the Palestine scene,
"might know more than all
the ambitious politicians"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17

Playmakers at the University of
North Carolina and has been in
terested in developing the art of
monologue drama since his under
graduate days at Chio Wesleyan
university. Thirty-five years ago
at the frontier university on the
prairie of North Carolina, as a
young English instructor he men
toned at the dinner table that he
had reread this famous story and
recommended that everyone do so.
The idea appealed to his friends
and he was asked t. read to them.
He read the story so effectively
that the next year he was asked
to read 1t again before a larger
crowd. In 1907 he read it three
times in various North Dakota
towns. By 1885 ne had read this
story 125 times, by 1888 more than
$50 times, ana when the 1899 sea-
son closed he had ISL readings to
his credit
Behind the small table with the
single candle in an old-fashioned
brass candlestick, which he h S
used now for more than Is years,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
Roosevelt Is Back
In This Country

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-(R -
President Roosevelt, completing a
precedent shattering and historic
wartime journey, has arrived back
in the United States from the Al
lied military, and political confer
ences in Cairo and Teheran.
Happily, I can tell you now he
has returned and is safely back
in the United States,' Stephen
Early, White House secretary, Z
nounced to reporters late today.
II have not been advised when he
will reach Washington"
At the capitol, meantime, Con-
gress was laying plans to take a
Christmas recess beginning next
week - meaning that any report
to the legislator on the Allied con-
ferences probably will be delayed
until after the first of the new
year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
PRIESTS PRESENT
Last Rites Are Administer
ed 10 Dying Along Side
ACL Wreckage
NO NOISE IS HEARD
Soldiers And Sailors Are
Highly Praised For
Rescue Work
NO NOISE IS HEARD

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dec. 16-
PA Catholic priest who was a
passenger on one of two Atlantic
Coast Line streamliners wrecked
near Lumberton, N. c., told to-
night how he and a fellow priest
administered last rites to the dy-
ing in the bitter cold of early
morning.
He was Father R. T. Rastatter
and his companion Father B.
Smith, both of st. Mary's church
in st. Petersburgh. They were
on the Southbound, Tomami Champ.
ion, which was the first wrecked.
Father Rastatter said passeng-
ers felt only the shock of a quick
stop.
eve didn't hear a thing" when
the northbound Tamiami Champ
ion plowed into the wreckage of
the southbound train, he said, ex-
planning he was on a coach which
was not derailed.
'tWe got out and went back to
see if We could be of any assis.
lance to the passengers, he ra-
lated.
eve gave about 30 their last
rites. Some of them were pinned
under the wreckage at the time.
About five of them died within
Is minutes after we administered
to them. Others were taken awav
to hospitals.
He paid high tribute to soldiers
and sailors for their rescue work
and efforts in preventing confu-
sion, particularly praising the
work OF the military police who
were assigned to the two trains.
1.-THE worst scene" he related,
s'was near the front of the north
bound train where one car was
lying on the other and all but
about eight people in the bottom
car were pinned inside. They all
appeared to be dead or seriously
injured.
Zone man and one woman had
their heads severed. Two girls
each lost leg.
The severity of the coolest night
Of the winter added to the suffer-
ing, he said, and even passengers
in cars which were not derailed
were without heat because Of the
wreck
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
TAX BILL GIVEN
SENATOR'S 0KEH
Finance Group Completes
Action-Passage Before
Jan. l Not Seen

WASHINGTON. Dec. 49, Up -
81, 284, 900, 900 tax increase bill de-
signed to swell federal income TO
more than $43, $500, 100000 annually
was approved by the Senate fl
nance committee late today, under
a situation which made its enact
ment before january admittedly
impossible.
Increased a net of $144, 900, 900
over the form II which it passed
the House, the bill will capture
slightly more than one billion dol
lars through new and higher ex-
else taxes, with the remainder of
the money coming from individu-
as, corporations and higher post
age rates. About half billion
dollars additional was voted by the
committee in individuals income
tax bills today.
The measure contains a provi-
sion freezing through 1914 the pres
ent Social Security Tax rates at
l per cent each of employers and
employees, but since the senators
believe the bill cannot be passed
before Jan. /, when these rates
were to automatically double an
effort will be made to freeze them
for go days by separate legislation.
Majority Leader Barley Cd
Ky.), member of the finance
committee, forecast that Congress
will go home for the holidays about
next Wednesday, remaining in re-
cess until January Or 4. In any
case, it was believed the bill would
be subject to lengthy discussion in
conference and there would be no
chance to send it to the White
House before New Years day.
Chairman George O.-Ga.) was
beaten II to 2 in a last-minute eff
fort to speed the collection of an
other billion dollars in revenue by
cutting from eight to five wears
the time that whisky may be kept
in bonded warehouses without ny
nent of the excise tax Of 50 a
gallon specified by the bill.
Notably absent from the meas
ure, too, was any attempt to in
augurate federal sales tax.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
Sunshine And Slight Tenn
perature Rise Helps
City Very Little

Brilliant sunshine and rise in
temperature to a maximum of q
degrees Thursday made little i'm
preston on Wilrnington's snow
blanket.
With a low of IA degrees forecast
for Thursday night and Friday
morning, Weatherman Paul Hess
promised little relief from the cold
lest weather to envelop the city in
100 years. According to Hess, the
city has not been assailed by such
licy blasts since February 10, 1884,
This is the heaviest snow since
February Is, 1911. Luckily, it was
a dry one he added.
1t is likely that the snow, with
it's thick layer of ice underneath
will remain on the ground for sew
eral days, Mr.. Hess commented.
Surveying the damages and con-
sequences of Wednesdays 13-de-
gree temperature and the attending
snow-storm, the city found: traf.
fic virtually paralyzed; between
cities bus schedules cancelled;
business slowed; shipyard activity
drastically curbed; schools closed
until after the Christmas holidays:
water pressure low; severe
strain on the gas load; suffering
in number of sections for lack
of heating facilities.
Little travel was noted on city
streets Thursday morning as many
cars were stalled. Those that NOV.
ed did so cautiously. Most of the
travel between cities was halted
helping to isolate the community
Carolina Beach and Maffitt Vii
lage buses were not operating
Thursday morning but service was
resumed later in the day.
City buses were running, but did
not observe regular schedules, as
drivers had orders to regard the
safety of their passengers before
the element of time.
Highways leading out of Will.
nington were clogged with ice and
snow, and travelling hazardous.
Atlantic Coast Line trains were
moving as near schedule as pos.
sible.
Business was slowed to a snail's
pace. Many workers were unable
to reach their places of business.
A number of restaurants down.
town were closed.
Shipyard Affected
The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company reported that operations
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
Little Relief From Cold
Weather Seen In View
Red Cross Chapter
Needs Tree Lights
For Army Hospital

Wilmington's Red Cross chap
ter has set itself to the task
of making patients in military
hospitals in this area as COM
Portable, gay and contented
with their plight as is human
ly possible during the holidays.
Mrs. Ida M. Spieden, the
chapters executive secretary,
has issued an appeal in this
connection for Christmas tree
light bulbs in great quantities.
She points out that while the
public has been urged not to
light home Christmas trees, in
the interest of conserving cleo
tricity, hospital trees with uni
versal consent may be as bril-
liant and cherry as innumer-
able bulbs can make them.
This, she thinks, ought t"
bring forth liberal contributors
from the public, So that no
tree in any military hospital
hereabouts need be BACKED
out or Drowned out or dimmed
out, or anything, if fact, but
beautifully illuminated.
If she is correct, there will
be a steady stream of donors
bringing light bulbs to the
chapters headquarters in the
Custom House.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
Over 100000 Pounds
Of Paper Is Collected
In Local Campaign

The quota of 100000 pounds OF
scrap paper which was set by w.
A. Stewart, salvage director, was
met Monday and the amount re-
ported Thursday boosted this to
one-third over the top with a to-
tai of 2O9, 401 pounds. Due to the
unfavorable weather conditions
few collections were made Wednes.
day, and the total reports for these
three last days yere: Southern
Junk Company, 20, 100 pounds; Viii.
mington Paper Company, 1866
pounds; and Brigade Boys Club,
{, ZOO pounds-making "A, sos pounds
for this period.
The weather is making collections
slow and difficult, but if any resi-
dents still have paper they are
asked to call 6367 and it will be
picked up before the drive closes
sunday, Dec. 10.
This paper is very essential for
the packing of K rations, ammuni-
ton, food, and other supplies for
U. S. armed forces, and every
small amount has a place. 1t is
the duty of every citizen to OBJ
serve the slogan, "Save a Bundle
a Week. to Save Some Boys Life"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17

he gives the fireside reading as
intimately as he did the first time
for the informal group assembled
in a parlol DR.. Koch will read
his story at the First Presbyterian
church in Charlotte on Christmas
Eve.
A Christmas play, wings of the
Morning will pc presented by 40
people from Seymour johnson Air
Field for 500 men and women of
the Bluethenthal Air Field Decem.
Der % at the Second and Orange
USO. This original play was writ
ten by Pfc. w. NJ Stone and has
background Of Chr; stmas carols.
Following the play a dance will
be given for the 500 service people.
The Christmas program, which
will be presented from the corner
of Front and Chestnut streets dur
ing Christmas week at 7:30 pm,
is special service of the USO
to the city. The caroling groups
of each club will meet at their in
dividual clubs at Z pm. Christmas
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
TT WAS AWFUL
Two Sis ters, Returning
From College, Witness
Railroad Wreck
TRIED TO BUILD FIRE
Girls Help Suffering And
Administer First Aid
To Many Injured

LUMBERTOE, Dec. 16.-RETw,
sisters who got off the derailee
southbound Tamianli West Coas
Champion to build a warning fire
witnessed from hill-bank thu
head-on crash cf the Tamiami Eas
Coast Champion near here early
today.
Scores Of persons were killed
and mary injured.
The girls, Marie Griffin, 20, anc
Eleanor Griffin, 10. of Savannah
Ga, were homeward bound from
Notre Dame college at Baltimore
They said that Marie had awak
ened after the derailment and in
sisted that they both dress ano
leave the train for fear of a col
lision by northbound train. Ma.
RE told her sister I'D ra the1
freeze than get killed"
Marie suggested others on the
car get off, too, but the cold dis.
couraged them.
Outside they decided to build
a fire in front of the train and
Eleanor hurried back inside and
collected hatboxes and other ma.
terial.
An Army captain helped them
lay the fire, but before they could
light it, the northbound train was
near and they hao to run up a
bank to safety. They witnessed the
crash from that point. "It was
awful they Sid.
The girls. who had taken Rec
Cross first aid training at college
Immediately began relief work
among the injured.
Many Of those hurt screamed;
the girls said they heard many
cries of 20, my God, get me out. -
1t was hard to reach them, though
Two of the dead the girls saw
was young soldier to whom they
had been talking and the porter
of their car.
The girls are the daughters Of
a Savannah alderman and oil com.
pany distributor.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
KILL DEVIL HILL
CELEBRATION SET
Snow And Cold Fail To
Halt Fete At Site OF
First Plane Flight

MANTEO, Dec. 16. - up -
The celebration at Kill Devil Hill
tomorrow of the 10th anniversary
Of the Wright brothers first air.
plane flight will 60 on as SEIZED.
uled despite the worst snow-storm
to strike this section since the
winter of 1918, celebration Off
Gals said here tonight.
Kill Devil Hill, scene of the first
flight, was completely cut off
from the rest of the world until
late this afternoon, and even then
the only contact was a single tele.
graph line, Bill Sharpe, publicity
director for the celebration, said.
Sharpe said the highway from
Elizabeth City to the outer banks
and the island was covered with a
six-foot snow drift. Bus and auto.
mobile transportation was virtual.
ly impossible. ne said.
Civil Air Patrol authorities
grounded all planes scheduled tc
come into the area bringing Off.
Gals and visitors to the scene oil
the celebration. The Navy air base
here was covered with ice and
four inches of snow, making use Of
the landing field impossible.
Representatives of Governor
Broughton's Kitty Hawk Day com.
mittee arrived here early yester.
day, before the fury of the snow
storm reached it's height. Tonight
they cancelled duck dinner SEIZED.
uled for 1880 p. m. and fish fry
scheduled for tomorrow. Sharpe
commented that ''the ducks and
people supposed to eat them will
not be-
A plane scheduled to bring Rep.
Herbert Bonner, chairman OF the
governors committee, from Wash.
ington this afternoon was grounded
by officials there. Other lanes
scheduled to bring members of the
press and radio from points north
were also grounded.
In Raleigh, Governor Broughton
said he would attend the celebra.
ton eff the weather permits my
getting there" The Governor has
been confined to his room for sew.
eral days because of head cold.
Sharpe said he had not been in.
formed as yet whether the schedul
ed appearance of Maj. Gen. Tho
mas J. Hanley, Jr., commanding
general of the Southeast Air For.
ces, at Maxwell Field, Ala, who is
to make the principal address ir
place of Gen. Henry H. Arnold
would be cancelled because Of
weather conditions. An Army plane
was to bring Gen. Hanley from
Maxwell Field tomorrow.
A nationwide radio broadcast OIL
Continued on Page Five; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
VlNSON FIGHTS
RAIL PAY BOOST
Urges House Committee To
Kill Wage Increase
Resolution
Dec

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49, tR -
Sterilization Director Fred M. Vim
son, urging a house committee te
kill the resolution boosting wages
of incorporating railroad employees
by eight cents an hour, commended
today that it threatens both the
wage sterilization program and
administrative government.
If the House joins the Senate in
approving it, he told the Inter
state Commerce Committee it will
be difficult if not impossible to de.
ny wage Increases to other groups
Furthermore, ne argued that the
Legislators might bring down or
them selves snowstorm of ap'
peals for special legislation to by
pass administrative agencies.
Vinson argued that the resolu
ton sets Congress up as an adj
ministrative agency against "ev'
cry consideration OF providen1
craftsmanship, of the separation
of powers, of general legislative
policy, Of constitutional propriety
The resolution was approved by
the Senate last week with only
four votes cast against it. The pay
raise originally was recommend
ed by an emergency board which
considered demands of the 1,100,'
600 workers for 20.cent increase.
Vinson disapproved the recon-
mendatlon on the grounds it. vio-
lated wage sterilization policies,
and President Roosevelt appointed
a second emergency board which
recommended a scale OF increases
ranging from 10 cents an hour for
loWer-pald workers to 4 cents for
those in better-paid brackets. The
unions rejected this, asked con-
gress to approve the Scent recon-
mendatlon, and, meantime, took a
CONTINUED on Page Three: Col. u
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
GERMANY BLASTED
BY U. S. BOMBERS
Heavy Flying Forts And
Liberators Pound
Northwest Part

LONDON, Dec. 16- B -Ameri-
can heav bombers blasted targets
in German not northwest cor
ner in great strength today and a
Stockholm report said that Raj
planes had struck Berlin tonight
for the fifth major attack on the
German capital an less than a
month.
Heavily-escorted U. S. Flying
Fortresses and Liberators plunged
through a circular wall of flax to
reach their targets in a daylight
operation and returned to dark
ened English bases by the light OF
flares and landing lights.
Sixteen Nazi fighters of the few
which dared challenge the raiders
throughout the rough weather were
shot down by tie Fortresses and
Liberators while two more were
bagged by the fighter escort Of
Thunderbolt PATS and Lightning
P-38's for a total score of Ii. Ele'
ven U. S. bombers end one escort
plane failed to return.
This attack upon the strategic
(Contipued nm Pare Five: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
MANY Christmas Activities Planned
By The USO Clubs In This Area

The appearance of DR.. Freder-
lex H. Koch\ and his reading of
Dickens immortal ghost story, "A
christmas Carol" is only one of
the many interesting and approp-
rate activities outlined for serv-
Ice men and women at the various
USO clubs of Wilmington and sur
rounding territory for this Christ
mas season.
The movie, "a Christmas Car
OIL" based on Dickens book will
be shown at the following clubs
on these dates: Third and Grace,
Dec. 10; Carolina Beach, Dec. 81,
Fourth and Ann, Dec. %; Fifth
and Orange, Dec. %: Harbor Is
land, Dec. "a; Second and Orange,
3 pm, Dec. Is; and Southport,
8 pm, Dec. Is.
On the day following Christmas
at 5 pm, Professor F. H. Koch
OF \the University Of North Caro-
lima, will read the ghost story of
Scrooge and Marley, "a Christ
mas Carol" as he has done be-
fore for more than 200 audiences.
DR.. Koch founded the Carolina
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
Souiets Crack New Maxi
Attack, West OF Kieu'

LONDON, Friday, Dec. 17-RA
The Russians have scored defen-
sively by breaking up German
attack on a water barrier-per-
haps the Teterev river about IS
miles west of Kiev-and their own
attacks have forced the Nazis out
of several more towns in the Kiev
bulge, Moscow announced today.
Berlin, meanwhile, reported a
third Soviet drive on the now
seething White Russian front.
The Observation-Disclosures midnight
communicate, recorded by the Sow.
let monitor, said that in the Uk-
raine German infantry was dis
persed with heavy casualties in
an attempt to cross an unnamed
river in the area south Of Malin
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-17
Al LEAST SO PERSONS REPORTED KILLED
IN C0A{S>Z>4l|NE WRECK NEAR LUMbERT0N
Accident J g
Unspeakdo. s. ~
By Stcte's !. NOR

RALEIGH, Dec. 16-R-Gov-
ernor Broughton termed the
wreck of two Atlantic Coast
Line trains at Buie, in south
eastern North Carolina today,
as "this states worst TRACE
dy-an unspeakable calamity"
Scores of persons were kill
ed in the wreck and more than
100 injured.
The governor was informed
Of the wreck early today and
Immediately ordered units OF
the highway patrol into the
area to assist in moving bodies
and in patrolling the highways
SO that the injured could be
removed to hospitals.
He said he had been in direct
touch with Red Cross and Ar
my and civilian authorities at
the scene of the accident
throughout the day.