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Evening star., 1946-12-26
Americans Set Spending Record
With Outlay of 127 Billions

food, clothing, tobacco, gasoline
and the amounted to SIT ,000,-
600 900 in 1916, or more than $12,-
000, ,000, 900 above the 1945 total.
The outlay for durable goods
furniture, household appliances,
automobiles, jewelry and the like
was estimated at $4,000. .000, 900, 80
per cent up from a year ago and SO
per cent more than in 1941.
Furthermore spending on durables
would have gone $4,000, ,000, ,000
higher if automobiles had been
turned out in quantity the depart
ment estimated. AS it was, however,
81, 500, ,000, 900 more went into auto
purchases than in 1915.
Spending for services such as
housing, medical care and recreation
increased more than 10 per cent
over 1945 to total of $37 SOC, ,000,-
900.
Services except for domestic help
took up more than To- per cent
more money this year than last.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Nisei Grocers Here Robbed
Fourth Time in Two Weeks

An armed colored man held up
Japanese American grocer today for
the second time in two weeks and
police believe he is the bandit who
robbed another Nisei storekeeper
yesterday for the second time this
Harry Kasamatsu, 80, who worked
in a war plant during the war, was
robbed at gun point shortly after
10 am, today by the bandit who
robbed him at knife point on De-
cember IL. Both robberies occurred
in a grocery at Sixth and L streets
NE, owned by Mr.. Kasamatsu's
brother-in-law, former A r m y
T/Sergt. M. Ushiro. Total loot In
both holdups was about 500.
A man answering the bandits
description yesterday held up an
other Nisei shopkeeper, Thorn Yanna-
moto, in his store at 210 v street
NV, for the second time in two
weeks. The bandit got $50 each time.
The holdup man is described as
light skinned, about rs years old,
S feet Z inches tall and weighing
about 160 pounds.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
ArmyMoy Ban Cigarette Import
In War on Reich Black Market

is 200 cigarettes per week per adult.
It also recommended that cigar
cites be eliminated as an item Of
exchange in any barter shop spon-
sored by the Army or military gov
ernment
Some members of the investigating
committee, which was composed of
military government officials, ques-
toned whether prohibition against
cigarette importations could be
enacted. However, military gov
ernment legal officer said he knew
of no Federal statute that would
prevent it.
Presumably ban on imports
would include packages sent by pri-
vate individuals in America to ad-
dresses here, as well as shipments
from commercial firms. Thousands
of Americans in Germany have been
receiving cigarette shipments from
mail order firms.
Cigarettes sell in the German
black market at 1900 marks ($120
at the military rate of exchange)
and up per carton of 200. BY barter
ing cigarettes some American fami-
lsee CIGARETTES, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Thomas Says BiIbo
Is Probing Dealings
OF Other Senators
Mississippion Preparing
Embarrassing Questions
OkIohomon Declares
BY the Associated Press

Senator Bilbo, Democrat, OF
Mississippi, an associate said to-
day, is prepared to raise some
embarrassing" questions If his
colleagues seek to make an issue
of his dealings with war con-
tractors.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Oklahoma told reporters that Sena-
tor Bilbo has had "a bunch Of peo-
pie" investigating other Senators
connections with contractors, and Is
prepared to parry questions directed
against him with "a record OF what
other people have done"
The Senate War Investigating
Committee is weighing a subcom-
mittee's report on Senator Bilbo's
relations with a group of Mis-
sissippi contractors in the early
days of the Nations defense pro-
gram. While the report has not
been made public, the public hear
ing went into stories of favors done
for the Mississippi Senator by men
he aided in obtaining multi-million
dollar airfleld contracts.
Senator Denies Wrong Doing.
Senator Bilbo himself has denied
any wrong doing. He contends that
all the committee proved is that he
got a Cadillac car and a few pieces
of furniture as Christmas presents
and that he still owes lot OF
money.
The committees report is ex-
pected to be major factor in a
Republican fight to bar Senator
Bilbo from his seat, to which he
was elected for third time last
summer.
There win be long debate If
they try to make him stand aside
the day Congress convenes," Senator
Thomas declared.
"It may be an embarrassing issue
for some, but it won't be for me,
because I made it a campaign issue
in my own State. I left nothing un-
done for Oklahoma contractors that
I could do
For example, Senator Thomas
said, he exerted the utmost pressure
he possessed as Senator IN order
Evening star., 1946-12-26
U. S. Asks French to Explain
Reports of Reich Plant Moves
Big Electrical Parts Fuctoy Declared
To Have Been Transferred Into Soar

nence when the French last week
end sent 1900 customs officers into
the Saar to set up the customs from
tier between the resources-rich ter
ritory and the remainder OF Ger
many.
Gen. Clay protested that operation
as an entirely unilateral action
which was not presented to the AL
lied Control Council for consider
alton"
Although the French asserted the
customs action was anti-black mar
ket measure to safeguard the Saar's
food supply and shield its fiscal
economy. German political parties
here charged that it was; in effect,
a change of the frontiers and "am-
putation of the Saar from the Ger
man economy"
German political spokesmen said
it was step by the French toward
annexation of the Saar and they
expressed the hope that the Foreign
Ministers Council at it's Moscow
meeting in March would rescue the
Saar for Germany"
The Americans first asked the
French about the Bosch plant
(See SAAR, Page A-4,)
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Jews MiIitory Group
Executes Spy Member
.Ry fhe Assoeiated Press

JERUSALEM, Dec. 26. - Irgun
Zvai Leumi, Jewish national mill
tary organization, announced in
posters today that it had tried, con-
victed and executed .one of its
members Christmas eve because
he was found to be police spy"
Police, investigating this report
and also the killing of Emir Mo-
manned Zeinati by Arabs in Haifa,
said their inquiry was difficult be-
cause both killings appeared to be
OF purge" nature. Arab sources
said they had information zeinati
was slain because he was believed
to have sold land to Jews and to
have espoused Jew-Arab unity" He
died Christmas Day.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Hotel Fire Destroys
Playhouse at Resort
By the Associated Press

KIAMESHA LAKE, N. Y, Dec,
26.-Fire of undetermined origin to-
day destroyed the playhouse of the
Concord Hotel, causing damage esti-
mated at 100000.
The fire necessitated the evacua-
tion of approximately 100 guests liv-
ing in a building near the play
house. None of the hotels 900
guests was injured.
Evening star., 1946-12-26

ABOARD THE U. S. S. MOUNT
OLYMPUS, Dec. 26.-The Girdle
of Aphrodite, a 500-mile-broad
belt of unbroken water believed
by seamen to encircle the earth,
became a virtual certainty today
as Navy ships of the Antarctic
expedition searched in vain for a
group of legendary islands on
the edge Of the Antarctic.
The phantom Nimrod Archipelago
has perplexed geographers for a
century, during which it has led
a half dozen explorers of the Far
South on wild goose chases. It's
significance, if it existed, is that
it would have been the only land
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Macarthur Invites
Byrnes to Visit japan
By the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, Dec. '26.-Gen. Mac
Arthur today invited Secretary of
State Byrnes to visit Japan "to en-
phasize the Importance of America S
inherent interest in the future of
the Pacific"
His invitation was in reply to Mr..
Byrnes' message congrathlating Gen.
Macarthur ION the great job you
have done in Japan"
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Truman Is Expected
To Read Report on
Nation 10 Congress
President Is Undecided
On Regular Meetings
With Congress Leaders
BY the Associated Press

President Truman repeatedly
has decided to take to Capitol
Hill personally his state of the
Union message, which he has
told congressional friends will
deal with labor-management
problems in vigorous language
Those who talked with Mr.. Tru-
man shortly before his Christmas
trip home SAID the Chief Execu-
tive had not yet completed draft
ing the labor portion of his report
to Congress, which will be given to
a Joint session January 6.
The White House said today that
Mr.. Truman's present plan is to
follow this message with second
one transmitting his economic
councils report on January 8, and
his budget message on January TO-
However, this is subject to change,
Half Hour Reading Time.
Presidential Secretary Charles G
Ross repeated that the legislative
document will be considerably
shorter than its counterpart of last
January. He said his guess now
is that the message will run 80 or
40 minutes reading time, whereas
last January's combined legislative
and budget proposals took close to
two hours.
Mr.. Ross told neWsmen the Pres
ident has not worked out plans for
holding regular meetings with legis-
lative leaders as he did when the
Democrats were in control. He
added if such conferences are held
with the majority chieftains-who
will be Republicans in the new Con-
gress-that the Democratic leaders
undoubtedly will be included.
The best guess of close friends of
the President-and they emphasized
that it is only guests that Mr..
Truman will take a middle-of- the
road approach and urge that Con-
gress establish equal responsibility
under the law for both labor and
management.
They told reporter they expect
only relatively brief mention of the
Wagner Labor Relations Act, which
Republicans have been saying must
be changed . to eliminate some OF
the inequalities" they read in it
Brief Mention of Wagner Act.
When he vetoed the. Case labor
disputes bill last June II, Mr.. Tru-
man told Congress it was the Gov
ernment's job to try to eliminate
the economic maladjustments he
said were the cause of most strikes
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Baltimore Hotel Aide
Checks BIuze in Room
BY the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 26.-A night
manager was credited by fire de-
partment officials with having
averted a possible Baltimore hotel
tragedy early today when he
checked a blaze that forced go
guests from their rooms.
Officials said Arnold j. Omen
sounded an alarm which warned
guests in the four-story Waldorf
Hotel of the danger and then con-
fined a fire to the one room in
which it started.
The night manager directed
guests in forming a line with pals
of water to fight the blaze.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
IS Killed, Hurt
In ; Shanghai
P|aneCrashes
63 Lose Lives, 10
More Are Missing on
Fourth Transport
By lie A.ssoeiotsd Press

SHANGHAI, Dec. 26.-Tnree
Chinese airliners, loaded with
more than 100 persons anticipat-
ing gay Christmas parties here,
cracked up in the fog-blanketed
Shanghai area last night, killing
or injuring IS persons. One
American pilot was killed and
another injured.
A fourth transport was missing
and feared lost with at least 10
persons aboard.
Yesterday was the blackest in
China's civilian aviation history.
The Anerican-owned Shanghai
Evening Post and Mercury reported
So passengers and crewmen were
killed and 10 were injured, some SO
critically they may not survive.
A Chinese woman was killed and
her three children were injured
when one of the transports crashed
into her farm home near WooSung.
rs Earlier Reported Dead.
Shanghai papers earlier had re-
ported 76 were killed aboard the
three planes, but revised their fig
ures downward.
The Post and Mercury said two
of the victims were Americans
Capt. j. M. Greenwood, who was
killed. and r. B. Preus, injured seri-
ously. Their home addresses were
not given.
Capt. Greenwood and Mr.. Preus
were plotting two of the crashed
planes, both owned by the Chinese
National Aviation Corp, the coun-
try's leading airline. It employs
many Americans as pilots. The third
plane was owned by the Central Air
Transport Corp, also Chinese
company.
Another American, william H.
Byrne, wing flight surgeon of the
United Air Transport Commands S
Tokyo headquarters, nearly lost his
life in hero's role. He went into
the burning fuselage of one of the
planes in search of survivors. Over
come by fumes, he was pulled to
safety by another American officer,
who was not identified Mr.. Byrne
is from Cookville, Tenn.
All From Chungking.
All three of the crashed planes were
from Chungking, loaded with pas
sengers planning Christmas night
in Shanghai.
Because of the heavy fog, only one
of the 13 commercial planes that
arrived over Shanghai yesterday and
last night was able to land. Fran
els J. Michiels, an American pilot,
safely brought down a CNAC trans
port with the aid of radar at the
United States Arny's Kiangwan
Airfield on the northern outskirts of
Shanghai.
{ Eight of the other II were turned
back. The three that crashed had
circled until their gasoline was vir-
tually exhausted, then we're forced
to try to land.
Striek Probe Demanded.
The press, shocked by the triple
disaster, demapded a strict official
investigation and blamed the
crashes on:
/. Poor Judgment in permitting
the planes to fly to Shanghai when
the weather was below minimum
flying requirements, and
2. Antiquated facilities at Lun-
ghwa airdrome, Shanghai's only
commercial airfield, where the COM
munications system is Is years old
and there are no marker beacons on
the airstrip.
Capt. Greenwood's death was
particularly tragic. His wife and
child are en- route to Shanghai from
the United States. If they learn of
his death, it will be from the ships
radio.
Continued bad weather forced
cancellation of all commercial air
departures from Shanghai today.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Armed Services Ask ICC.
TO Keep FurIough Rates
BY the Associated Press

The Secretaries of War and Navy
and the commandant of the Coast
Guard asked the Interstate Com
merce Commission today to keep re-
duced furlough rates for service per-
sonnel in effect beyond January 80,
1947.
In brief, they asked the ICC to
maintain the mile rate
until such time as the carriers
have, after hearing, justified the in
crease in rates proposed"
Evening star., 1946-12-26
ByrdTs FIotIIo Hunts in Vain
For Islands on Antarctic Edge
50o-MIe Legendary 'GirdIe Of Aphrodite
Around World Found to Be VirtuuI Certointy
By Thomas r. Henry
Stor Sfaff Correxpondenf

to break the 500-mile wide belt
around the world with the excep-
ton of TERRA del Fuego, on the
tip of South America, and the South
Shetland Islands below it, between
the 55th and 65th parallels of lati-
tude.
This ocean-belt averages more
than 2 miles deep. The South
American break is likened to the
buckle of "Aphrodite's girdle." For
many years geographers have been
quite skeptic about the Nimrod Is
lands, but a curious train of cir
cumstances has prevented absolute
disproof of their existence. They
were first reported by Dutch sailor
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Huge Aluminium PIan'
In New Jersey Faces
1ieup in Gas Strike
Stote Mediation Board
Tries to Settle Dispute
In Two Fuel Units
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEWARK, N. j., Dec. 26.-The
huge Edgewater plant of the
Aluminium Co. of America faced
an almost immediate shut
down" today as members of the
New Jersey State Mediation
Board prepared to meet in New
ark in an effort to settle the
labor dispute which curtailed
operations of two gas manufac-
turing units of the Public Service
Electric g. Gas Co.
E. H. Grotefend, works manager
of the Edgewater Alcoa plant
which employs $500 persons. said
layoffs were being scheduled, and
unless the situation changed Inn
mediately would 60 into effect later
today and tomorrow.
Immediate effect on other indus
trial firms in the area was not de-
termined, as curtailment of service
to industrial users in Hudson
County and parts Of Bergen, Union,
Middlesex and Somerset Counties
was ordered yesterday by State
Labor - Commissioner HAIRY G.
Harper.
Taken Over by State.
Mr.. Harper was directed to op-
crate the two strike-bound plants
at Jersey City and Piscataway
Township, near New Brunswick, by
Gov. Walter E. Edge, who ordered
the State to take them over shortly
after 400 members of Local 274B
Plumbers and Steamf1tters Union
(AFL), failed to report for work at
4 pm; Tuesday.
The Governors action was taken
under 1916 act outlawing strikes in
public utilities.
Mr.. Harper said the ban on serv-
ice to industrial firms would con-
tinue until further notice" in order
to conserve gas for home consump-
ton.
Absentees to Be Listed.
He ordered Labor Department in
spectors to list absentee workers and
said these would be notified individ-
ually that they were violating the
State Utility Act.
Frank de Nike, business agent for
the union, said the men went out
to enforce their demands for a 30
cents-an-hour wage increase and re-
tention of GA or Is clauses in new
contract with the company, which,
he said, Public Service wanted to
delete.
Employees are now receiving SO
cents an hour in the lower brackets
and up to $1.631a in the upper
brackets under q wage agreement
reached April 8.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
French1roops RepuIse
Violent Counterattack
ByHanoi oiIndo-Chinese
Colonial Minister Begins
On-the-Spot Probe Into
Wet Nam Situation
BY the Associoted Press

HANOI, Indo-C China, Dec. Is
Delayed French troops re-
pulsed a violent countera tack
by Wet Nam forces on the native
quarter of Hanoi last night as
large e-scale mopping-up opera
tions continued in the southern
districts.
The Vietnamese entered the
mansion of the Jean Saitenys,
French commissioner, which was
partly burned. They left their dead
behind them in the retreat.
French garrisons at Namdinh and
Phulangthoung were reported hold
ing their positions despite violent
attacks. A French column, advanc-
ing eastward from Langson, 80 miles
northeast of Hanoi, toward the Gulf
Of Tonkin, made a junction with a
column from Tienyen which had
covered 40 miles in three days, de-
spite difficult terrain and sometimes
stiff military opposition.
French official quarters comment
ed that the local populations, which
they said had been terrorized by
Annamites, Wet Mini lthe United
Revolutionary Front'D and Chinese
Communists, assisted the Tienyen
column in its advance.
There were unconfirmed reports
that a force of French armor and
infantry, dispatched from the port
of Haiphong, had reached Hidong,
IS miles from Hanoi.
PARIS, Dec. 26 (P).-Colonial Min
lister Marius Moutet today began
an on-the-spot investigation Of the
situation in Irfdo China as French
troops slowly famed out through
the Northern states of AMMAN and
Tonkin against stubborn opposition
by Wet Nam Nationalists.
Dispatches from Saigon in the
Southern State of Cochin China re-
ported Mr.. Moutet's arrival there
yesterday on special fact-finding
mission. He was greeted by Admiral
George Thierry d'Argenlieu, French
high commissioner for Indo- China,
who had arrived from Paris earlier
in the week.
Mr.. Moutet also was greeted at
the airport by delegates claiming to
represent the majority of the Anna
mite population as well as many
French, who presented him with a
petition asking replacement of Ad-
miral d'Argenlieu and most of his
regime. The delegates maintained
that dissatisfaction with Admiral
(See INDO-CHINA, Page A-180
Evening star., 1946-12-26

(See MESSAGE, Page A-l8.)
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(See BILBO, Page A-4.)
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tSee HENRY, Page A
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(See SURVIVORS, Page A-4)
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(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-4
Evening star., 1946-12-26

tSee SAAR, Page A-4D
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