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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Your Cough Yields Quickly
To This Home Mixture

any druggist. put it into pint bottle
and fill up with your syrup. tn
gives you q full pint-a family sup
|ply--of very wonderful cough syrur
Its thrifty, too--about four times a.
lmuch for your money. 1t tastes nne.
This home mixture takes right hold
lof a cough in a way that's surprising.
lit loosens the phlegm, soothes the
lirritated membranes, and helps clear
the air passages. Eases the soreness,
land lets you rest at night.
Pinex is a special compound of
lproven ingredients, in concentrated
form. a most reliable agent for sooth-
ling throat and bronchial irritations.
Money refunded il it doesn't please
lyou in every way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
WineeoH Guest Testifies
Footsteps Preceded Fire !.

ATLANTA, Dec. II pa third
floor guest told a grand jury invesu-
eating the Winecon Hotel fire that
he heard running footsteps outside
his room shortly before hotel en-
ployes discovered the blaze The fire
originated on his floor. 4aSssi
Paul N. Langford, salesman 81
Birmingham, Ala, injected the nete
of mystery into the inquiry Solicitdf
E. E. Andrews said his testimony
was the first indicating activity in
the third-foor corridors for a con-
siderable length of time before the
fire was reported shortly after 1886
am. December 7.
The death toll from the fire was
reduced from III to 1l9 yesterday
The revised figure resulted from
police and Red Cross checking which
established one duplication of names
and one listed enormously.
Meanwhile, seven suits totaling
$3.50, 900 were filed against former
operators of the hotel by parents OF
six children who lost their lives in
the December Z fire and a relative
of their teacher guardian.
The seven suits raised the total to
$500, 900 asked by relatives of 10 OF
the fires 119 victims
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Legion Picks Paris
For 147 Convention

The American Legion will hold its
annual convention in Paris next
year, marking the organization
third pilgrimage to France, it was
announced today.
Paul H. Griffith, national COM
mander, said the Legion has ac-
cepted an invitation from George
Bidault, until recently President OF
the French Republic, for the visit
to the Lfgion's birthplace.
More than $4,000 Legionnaires
crossed the Atlantic in 1927 for a
convention and about 5000 mem
bers made a second journey in
1887, Mr.. Griffith said.
The commander said Phil Collins
of Chicago will head a committee to
map plans for the trip. Current
plans are that the voyage will be
made from New York, but proposals
from other ports will be considered
he added.
AS in the two other instances. 9
two or three day business session
will be held near the embarkatior
port ito take care of urgent bust
ness for those unable to make the
trip" officials said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Mrs. H. B. Spencer
Dies al Home Here

Mrs. Katharine Price Spencer. 68,
wife of Henry Benning Spencer, 2012
Massachusetts, avenue NV, died
unexpectedly today at her home.
Mrs. Spencer. native of Lebanon,
Tenn, had lived in Washington since
1904 She was married in 1902 at
Louisville. KY. to Mr.. Spencer. who
| is president of the Fruit Growers
Express Co, the Western Fruit Ex-
press Co. and the Burlington Re-
frigerator Express Co. and president
and chairman of the board of the
Tennessee Railroad Co.
She was the daughter of the late
John w. Price and Mrs. Violet B.
Price, Louisville, who survives. Also
surviving. besides her husband, are
two daughters. Mrs. Benjamin W.
Thoron of Washington and Mrs.
Roger Cortesi of New York City. a
son, Samuel Spencer of Washington.
two brothers. DIR. John w, Price and
Charles B Price Of Louisville. and
10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
noon Friday in st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Lafayette square, OF which
she wasa member. The Rev. DR..
S. Leslie Glenn, rector, will officiate.
Burial win be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Football
CONTINUED From First Page. }

could not attack the validity of the
indictment while the plea OF not
guilty is in effect.
Paris was indicted on specific
charges Of attempting to bride Merle
Hapes and Frank Filchock, back
field players of the Giants. Hapes
was declared ineligible for Sum
days title game with the Chicago
Bears because he had not reported
the bride offer to officials. The
Bears won the game, "a to IA.
Filchock at that time was de.
scribed by Bert Bell, National League
commissioner, as absolutely in the
clear" Filchock said Sunday morn
ing when he was leaving the West
54th street police station that neith-
er Hapes nor Paris, whom he identi-
fled as an acquaintance, had men
toned the proposition to him."
Mr.. Monaghan has said. however
that Paris admitted calling Filchock
to his Office to make him bride
offer.
Mr.. Bell offered this explanation
Of why Filchock was permitted to
play:
During conference Saturday with
league officials, owners OF the New
York Giants and the players in
volved at Oracle Mansion, home OF
Mayor William O'Dwyer, the Mayor
took Filchock to another room and
questioned him"
HE returned after a while and
announced to us and to the detec-
tives: This boy has clean bill of
health and is completely all right. ]
think he should play tomorrow
Il don't know anything more than
that. The Mayor said he should
play, SO he played. :"
The grand jury indictment said
the brides were offered Filchock on
December IL, and Hapes On Decem-
Der 8, the day the Giants were de-
feating the washington Redskins to
clinch the Eastern half Of the league
championship and the right to meet
the Bears.
There are no police charges
against the players, who police said
rejected the bride offers Both
testified before the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Byrnes
Continued From First Page)

| in work on Axis satellite peace
treaties finally agreed on in New
York last week, as the Senator told
his news conference yesterday, but
added that he hopes he only feels
tired at the moment and will change
his mind later.
Byrnes Sees Progress.
At his first news conference since
he went to New York for the Big
-Four sessions six weeks ago, Mr.
Byrnes told reporters he shares the
expressions of Soviet Foreign Minis
ter Molotov and British Foreign
Minister Bevin of pleasure at the
progress made by the Big Four and
in the United Nations.
b He pointed out that the work xoi
preparing peace treaties for Italy
the Balkans and Finland has beer
going on since July, 1945, and said
there is reason for happiness a
having finally reached agreement.
Any one should know, however
that this does not mean all Difficult.
ties among the Big Four have beer
overcome, Mr.. Byrnes FASTENED tx
point out.
He said he expected to announce
within two or three days the deputies
who will represent him in prelim-
mary work on the German and Aus
TRAN treaties to begin at London
January IA.
Molotov Faces Problems.
Referring to a promise by Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov that news
papermen would be able to report
the Moscow sessions as freely as
they did those in New York, Mr.
Byrnes said Mr. Molotov had told
him privately that arranging this
would present some problems to him.
He mentioned radio facilities sir,
particular. Nj, Byrnes said Mr.
Molotov had told him he was not
familiar with the mechanics IN
volved, but would take the problem
up with his government promptly.
In reviewing his work at New
York, Senator Connally described
relations between this country, Brit
Eain and Russia as better than they
.have been before" and added that
8the possibility of war with the Soviet
Union has become more remote As
result of the U. N. deliberations
zas War Talk Decreases. sa3
Remarking that talk of war hac
decreased in recent months and was
seldom mentioned in the U. N. cir
Giles, Senator Connally said:
THE mere fact that you can gel
people together and talk things over
brings about more nearly spirit
of cooperation.
Il think the U. N. has made very
distinct contribution to the settle
ment of disputes in spirit of &C.
commodation and cooperation.
1.-The three great powers, if they
use the least bit of cooperation, can
do great deal to prevent war. The
relationships of the three great
powers are better than they have
been before"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Hazards
Continued From First Page,)

300 buildings were listed as having
corridor doors of wood with no fire.
resistive covering.
This condition of the doors
coupled with the existence of many
open stairs and vertical shafts, plus
the absence of stand pipes, should
not be ignored" the report said.
Stand pipes, according to the IN
spectors, eliminate the need for
hosting hose lines into upper stories
and increase the speed with which
streams of water can be applied to
a fire either within the building or
on an adjoining building.
Names of the buildings IN which
violations were found were not re-
leased.
Violations charged included 1884
stairways, 1918 doors and 984 corri-
doris not fireproof, 472 boilerrooms
not inclosed, 272 stand pipes needed,
o26 house fire alarm systems needed,
I66 boilerrooms dangerously To-
Gated. 1856 buildings with only one
stairway each, lit open elevator ana
6o omen dumb-waiter shafts, ana a
sprinkler system needed In one store.
Of the 283 Office buildings in
spected the survey said IS had one
omen stairway each and no second
means of egress. Nine OF THESE IL
was explained, are privately owned
and leased to the Federal Govern
ment.
eve deem this critical risk" the
report said.
Inadequate Exits Noted.
.rnadeouate exits were noted IL 90
restaurants.
Most of the theaters were de-
scribed as Gin good condition from
the standpoint of exits and f1re
resistive construction. However, the
report added, some of the older ones
contain considerable wood ana
other combustible facings which
NAV be considered hazard Thlr-
teen have boiler rooms Improperly
located.
The inspectors also called atten-
ton to Is outside fire escapes on
local hospitals.
sTheir value as means OF escape
is naturally limited to patients who
are physically able to make use of
them" the survey said, THE exist
ence of these fire escapes and open
interior stairs presents a critical
risk which should be eliminated"
A similar hazard was indicated at
% private schools visited.
Open Shafts Increase Draft.
Explaining their emphasis on open
stairways and vertical shafts, the
inspectors said that hot gases from
a fire tend to rise. Consequently,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17

WHITE SANDS, N. Mex, Dec.
|l7.-UnIess scientists calculations
60 awry, synthetic shooting stars
will flash across southwestern skies
tonight in a display visible over a
wide area.
The man made meteorites-cre
by propelling dime-sized bits Of iron
through the atmosphere at speeds
topping 6 miles q secondwiH be
discharged in the first nighttime
launching of a German W. rocket
In this country.
With research men standing by
Army ordnance experts are to send
the rocket aloft at midnight at the
White Sands Proving Ground.
Allowing for curvature OF the
earth, 1t is estimated the fiery
spectacle may be witnessed over a
300-mile radius, and at even greater
distances through high-powered OBJ
Servatory telescopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Mrs. MurshuII in Honolulu

HONOLULU, Dec. II tP,.-Mrs.
George C. Marshall. wife of Presi-
dent Truman's special envoy to
China, arrived yesterday by Navy
transport from Guam to spend the
winter in Hawaii. She will stay in
quarters at Fort De Russy. She
expects to return to China next
spring If the general still is on duty
there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
p Killed, z Hurt as Cor
Overturns in Path of Van

LYNCHBURG. Va, Dec. 1.-TWO
we're killed and two others in party
Of five young persons were injured
early today when the automobile in
which they were riding ran up an
embankment and overturned in the
path Of a van.
The dead were Miss Charlotte
Campbell. 10, and Clarence Bryant,
a. both of RoSeland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17

ed, instructed the Jurors they must
decide whether Mr.. Ramp will
fully" withheld the information or
whether he honestly and reason
ably believed he had right to
refuse to submit the records.
Mr.. Kemp has contended that the
league is nonpolitical group and
hence beyond the jurisdiction OF
the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Munich Station Relays
u. S.-Europe Broodcusts

The United States is using radio
station at Munich, Germany, to re-
lay Voice of America programs
originating in New York to Czecho-
slovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Po-
land, France, Bulgaria and Austria
The State Department said yes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
|kamp Contempt Case Goes
Ito Jury in District Court

The case of Joseph p. Ramp
charged with contempt OF q House
committee, went to q District Court
jury at IL am. today. s.
q The 46-year-old defendant, act
ing chairman Of the Constitutional
League, Inc, refused to submit
financial records of the organiza-
ton to the committee which was
investigating 1914 election CAM
paign expenditures.
Justice Henry A. SchWeinhaut,
before whom the trial was conduct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17

difference OF temperature created
during a fire in building cause
vertical openings and shafts, not
properly inclosed' and fire protected
to act as f1ues serving to increase
the draft on the original blaze.
Records show, they said, that II
is not uncommon for fire starting
in basement or lower stories OF
a building to spread with great
rapidity to the upper stories and to
mushroom" there, causing maxi
mum loss of life and property
damage.
Meanwhile, Chief Murphy also
transmitted to the Commissioners
the report of Fire Marshal Roberts
on his personal investigation OF the
Georgia hotel fire.
Marshal Roberts told the commits
sioners loss of life might not have
occurred in this fire had self-clos-
ing doors been provided in the cor
ridors at the head of each hall
stairs and at both ends of the hall
way adjacent to the elevators"
There is no doubt that provision
of automatic sprinkler protection
for the corridors~of the hotel would
have enabled many of those who
died to live he wrote.
Marshal Roberts observed that
the loss of life in the Atlantic fire
Should be the final answer to all
builders, designers, architects and
owners who have continuously re-
sisted all attempts to make build
ings which do not comply with the
building code brought up to COM
pliance, and further still, they
should not attempt to break down
our existing code but aid and assist
in obtaining still better laws and
to protect the people of
this and other cities throughout the
country from fire. +
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17

Make syrup by stirring cups
of granulated sugar and one cup OF
water a few moments, until dissolved
No cooking needed. Or you can use
corn syrup or liquid honey. instead
of sugar syrup.
Then get "a ounces of Pinex from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Murfreesboro Quiet
After GunpIay Which
Killed |. Wounded 5

MURFREESBORO, Tenn, Dec
l7.-Murfreesboro was quiet today
after yesterdays outbreak Of gun
play which resulted In the death of
one policeman, the wounding OF
four other persons and the shooting
Of Negro responsible for the
trouble.
Police Chief N. W. Powers, him.
self slightly wounded, said Edmond
Haynes, 81, was removed to a Jail
at Nashville last night as a big
crowd milled around outside the
Murfreesboro jail. Haynes, former
inmate of an insane asylum, shot
patrolman and wounded four
other persons before he was himself
wounded and surrendered late yes
terday.
Chief Powers said warrants had
been signed charging Haynes with
the murder of Herbert Nice lanahan,
80, Murfreesboro patrolman, who
died last night. and with attempt to
commit murder against Fire Chief
Buck Qualls, Sheriff Earl Mcknight
and himself.
Shot During Questioning.
Haynes fatally shot Mr.. McClana-
han as the patrolman questioned him
following complaint from store
keeper that the man was acting sus-
piciously around his establishment.
Haynes family said he had been
acting crazy" recently.
After telling Mr.. McClanahan
with bullet through the head,
Haynes ran through the City Hall,
with a pistol in one hand and q
shotgun in the other. He wounded
Chief Powers, who was unarmed, in
the chest.
Haynes ran to house three blocks
away where he barricaded himself.
After exchanging fire with officers,
who poured volley after volley into
the building for nearly an hour,
Haynes came'out wounded and with
his hands raised.
Three Injured in Siege.
During the blazing siege of the
building Sheriff Mcknight, Fire
Chief Qualls and Ray Armstrong,
a truck driver, were struck by shot
gun pellets. None was hurt seri-
ously.
AS the gunbattle progressed,
crowd of between $50 and 200 joined
the embattled officers around the
house. On Haynes surrender, he
was rushed to the Rutherford County
Jail where threatening crowd of
several hundred gathered.
State Highway Patrolmen with
tommy guns, under command of
State Safety Commissioner Lynn
Bomar, one-time all-America foot
ball end at Vanderbilt, took up posi-
tons about the Jail.
BY a ruse, the State highway pa
trolmen, with help from Murfrees-
boro police, got Haynes out of a side
entrance and sped off to Nashville
with him. At Nashville General
Hospital he was under treatment
for multiple wounds.
Haynes exit from the Jail with
out incident was achieved by, a
"feint' worked by the highway pa
trolmen.
A patrol car, occupied by Highway
Patrol 1t. Clydell Castleman, for
mer pitcher for the New York
Giants, raced up to the main en-
trance where the crowd was concen-
trated and drew its attention. At
the same time other patrol cars,
drew up at side entrance, Haynes
was brought out, entered one OF
these and a moment later was en-
route to Nashville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Carols at College Park

A Christmas carol program will
be presented for residents OF Col
lege Park at 7:30 pm. Friday at the
community Christmas tree In front
of the new armory at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17
Surprisingly Quick Relief. a
No Cooking. Saves Money!

Here's a medicine for
coughs due to colds, that
you mix in your own
kitchen. It's SO easy to
prepare that q child
could do it. but once
tried. you'n never again
he without il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-17

terday that first broadcasts over the
new relay station were made
Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-27
NAME
DELEGATES TODAY
Slate OF sc To Be Elected
To Attend State Meet
Thursday

New Hanover county Demo
Gratis, meeting at the courthouse
at noon today, will name total
of sc delegates to the State
Democratic convention at Ra-
leigh next Thursday and trans
act other business of the party,
according to an announcement
made last night by Nathan Has
kett, county chairman.
Keynote Address
The keynote address of the
convention here will be delivered
by Judge John J. Burney of Will
mington. Delegates from each OF
the % precincts in the county
were selected at precinct meet
ings last Saturday and a full at
tendance has been urged by the
county chairman.
The chairman of each precinct
committee automatically becomes
q member of the county execu-
tive committee, which in turn,
selects it's own chairman, vice
chairman and secretary. Present
officers of the executive commit
tee in addition to Haskell include
Mrs. T. J. Cause, vice chairman
and Hooper johnson, secretary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-27

WrightSVllle fishermen and it was
disclosed that plans were rapidly
developing for establishment of a
fish packing house on Wrightsville
Sound.
Puts Punch In Story
Clemmons put punch in his dis
closure of the negotiations by haul
ing 1900 pounds of sea trout and
Virginia mullets In his sink nets
yesterday morning. 1t was report
ed that Walter Stokley, classed by
Clemmons as one of the biggest
individual commercial fishermen
in this section, had even better
luck.
The demonstrate flight, made
by the joint efforts Of Clemmons,
South East Airlines and the Star
has had far-reaching effects in
much shorter time than antici-
pated.
Planes For Shipments
Contacted last night, W. c. Tea
que, president of South East Air
lines, said 'if the business justi-
fies it, we will put on as many
planes as necessary TO handle sea-
food shipments from Wilmington to
points in North Carolina.
with the proper banking, we
could obtain four-engined planes
with which we could deliver tons
of the fresh sea products to almost
any point in the United States"
See SEAFOOD On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-27
PUBLIC TO HEAR
coming PROPOSAL
Ordinance Submitted To
Council For Preliminary
Approval

The public hearing on the city S
proposed zoning ordinance was set
for Thursday, May is, p. M, in
Superior courtroom of the county
courthouse by the city council In
special session yesterday.
The ordinance, and its accom-
panying map, were submitted to
the council for preliminary ap-
prevail yesterday by H. R. Emory,
chairman of the city planning
board, and George Simons, Jr., its
special consultant from Jackson
vile, Fla.
Divided Into Areas
As it now stands, the plan divides
the city into the following areas:
ID Three "single-family'' resi-
dental lonesome providing 1o,,-
900 square feet of space per fam
lily, the other two 5000 square feet.
No new business or industrial &C
tivities will be permitted in these
zones.
~ Multiple-family residential
Zones, containing ap a rtment
houses, guest homes, and apart
ment-hotels.
80 Retail and wholesale bust
ness zones.
AZ Light industrial zones.
See coming on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-27
.6-Mile Gale
Blows Down
Lumber Shed
Hess Describes Freak As
Thunder Storm With
Strong Gusts"
WINDOWS BROKEN
Trees Also Uprooted Dur.
ing Is Minutes Of
Near Hurricane

A storm of tornado inten-
sity yesterday dashed Will
mington with winds reaching
a velocity of 46 miles per
hour.
Shortly before 4 p. m. a
thunder storm, accompanied
by high winds from the northwest,
broke over the city causing extern
sive damage in several quarters.
For nearly a quarter of an hour
the tempest pummeled the Will
mington sector, approaching the
fury of the coastal hurricane that
leveled a number of local beach
buildings in 1914.
Property Damage
In the wake of yesterdays storm
residents and business over a wide
area of the city were reporting
damage to property.
J. M. Bryant, whose lumber
yard is located in Hilton, said that
his dry lumber shed was entirely
demolished and that wire on his
property was blown down for sew
eral hundred yards.
The 96-foot chimneys of his plant
were not touched by the freak gust
which scattered sections of the
shed across Smith creek. Bryant
See GALE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-27
GROUPS ENDORSE
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Wrightsville Beach Ccun-
ell Wires Governor
Favoring Plan

The Wilmington Chamber of
Commences drive to get daylight
saving time adopted throughout
the state this summer is making
rapid Roadway.
1t has already, since its initia-
ton on Wednesday, been endors-
ed by the town council of Wrights-
vile Beach, the Wilmington Elks
club, the Wilmington Civilian club.
the Travellers Protective associa-
ton. the office employees Of the
Acme Fertilizer company, and
(semi-officially) the city council
of Wilmington.
Favors Plan
In all likelihood it will also get
the backing of the Wilmington
American Legion post.
Speaking for myself" Ray
Galloway, the posts executive
director, said yesterday, Il am
highly in favor of the plan. Fur
Their, l can think of no reason why
the entire post should not en-
dorse it at the next Legion meet
ing"
See TIME on Page Two