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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-25
PALESTINE TERROR
(C0ntiRued)


supporters as it became neces-
sary to change the name every
two years.
THUS 1.-THE Committee for a
Jewish Army of Stateless and
Palestinian Jews" (194D, 'eThe
Emergency Committee to Save
the Jewish People Of Europe"
(1943) and 1.-THE American
League for a Free Palestine at
present.
The organization of these
groups was the direct outcome
of a trip to the U. S. in the
summer of 1899 of representa-
dves of the terrorist Organiza-
lions in Palestine, who came
for the express purpose of set
ting up an American front"
On the one hand, certain large
U. S. interests sensing an oppor-
tunity of wrestling control of
Palestine and the near east from
Great Britain were only too
eager to help.
ON THE other hand MANY
American liberals, outraged bv
the treatment of European Jew
ry, fell easy victims to the clever
propaganda and hypocritical
"anti-imperialist" slogans of these
self-appointed savior of Jewry.
ThIs explains the remarkably
diverse character of the
Leagues support; ranging from
such reactiOnaries as former
congressman Guy Nj. Gillette.
Louis BromfieId, VIM. B. Ziff
and the Hearst Press to such
sincere liberals as Louis Ada
mic, LangstOn Hughes, etc.
Thus in May, 1914 we see the
establishment of the Hebrew
Committee of National Liberia
ton" another government in ex-
lie" in Washington, which pur-
ports to be spokesman for the
Hebrew nation.
SINCE THIS is the parent
group , of all other terrorist
front" organizations and under
the craftsmanship of Peter H.
Bergson, they are commonly
termed the "Bergson groups"
Having briefly traced the de-
velOpnent of the so called
"BergsOn groups" as the direct
representatives of the terrorist
organizations in Palestine, we
must now examine the real pro-
gram of the Irgun and Stern
gang.
r. Offshoots of the extreme right
wing of the Zionist Revisionists,
they have little or no support |
within the Jewish community.
Ben Gurion, head of the Histad-l
ruth, in an interview in Paris
with the newspaper France-Soir
went so far as to state that the
Irgun was tied up with the Brit
ish Police.
ON DEC. 2, 1914, Gerold Frank
wrote of the Irgun and the Stern
Gang:
These two organizations, a
bizarre conglomeration of young
sters in their teens and veteran
terrorists, combining the tech
nique of Chicago gangsters with
the posturings of a comic opera. |
have precipitated a crisis andl
dealt Zionism a damaging blow.
They prey not only on the
British but also on the Jewish
!: community, using extortion.
bIackmail and kidnapping to
L N
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-25

TWO WEST VIRGINIA Noun
taineers and a st. Francis Ter
rier jam up in a tangle of fail
ing arms and legs in a recent
basketball game at Madison
Square Gardens, New York.
Playing are Tom Laverto Q7)
West Virginia; Tony Agoglia, st.
Francis; Bob Carroll (9), West
Virginia. Game ended ~ to AZ,
West Virginia.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-25
By ED HUGHES

records Hown on indoor marks Outdoor dirt is NOR
index TO spiked shoe speed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
DALER ANNOUNCES
CORPS OFFICERS
Bradford Wiggins Named
Cadet Lieutenant-Colo
OF ROTC Unit

Cadet officers for New Han
over High Schools Reserve OF
ficers Training Corps were an
nounced yesterday by Col. Ray
mond Daler, professor of mill
tary science and tactics OF thu
ROTC unit, the only Junior
ROTC in North and South Caro-
lima.
The new officers were ap
pointed by Col. Daler and Prin
cipal T. T. Hamilton for th'
school term of 1947-48. The ca
diets were graded on scholastic
grades, military knowledge, ane
discipline for the past two years
in the ROTC.
The boys are not only active
in ROTC but also participate il
school sports, club activities
and other political organization:
throughout the school.
Hamilton Speaks
The appointments were an
nounced by Col. Daler yester
day after Hamilton gave a 'brie1
resume concerning standards
See DALER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
EASTERN TOBACCO
PRICES UNCHANGED
Middle Markets Report h
ereases, Border Prices
Remain Steady

Prices for the third daV Of
sales on Middle Belt TOBACCO
markets were steady to slishaH
higher yesterday, the TsdsaAl
and State Departments Of AgM-
culture reported.
Fair and good lemon pSiznanoq
led the advances with sais1S Of
81 and S. per hundred pouQdx
respectively. Nondescript was
off from $50 to $2.75 and oaaer
grades were firm. The qualify
of the offerings was not ss good
as on the first two days Of s2l1s.
The agriculture agencies ye-
ported that on Tuesday q toeal
of 3,346,723 pounds brought an
average price of $43.78 per hun
dred, a drop Of $2.38 from ne
opening day.
Meanwhile, on the Eastern
North Carolina Belt, prices were
unchanged to lower with de-
clines ranging from $50 TO $500.
Sales were heavy but the Qusd-
ity Of offering was low with tne
bulk consisting of common
to good leaf and nondescript.
The price average Tuesday fell
to a new low for the season with
10,723,823 pounds bringing an
average Of $37.79, a drop Of rs
from Monday. The decrease was
attributed mainly TO the larger
proportion Of low quality of1er-
ings."
On The Border Belt prizes
See EASTERN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
Along The Cape Fear

FROM A CANNON BALL TO
BASE BALL - 1t is a far cry
from the cannonading of an un.
friendly vessel at the mouth o1
the Cape Fear river to the
Shaughnessy play-offs in the To
bacco state league just at theil
climax for 1947, but every team
in this years play-offs was
from the Cape Fear river val
ley, with the home field Of none
more than 16 miles from the
river.
The Wilmington Pirates ex
tended the Sanford Spinners te
the limit in their seven game
series in the semi-finals this
year. Sanford is the farthest uI
stream of the four contenders
and the farthest from the river
some 16 miles from the cape
Fear.
Meanwhile, the Dunn-Erwir
Twins, whose home park al
Dunn is five miles from the
river. while Erwin is practically
on the Cape Fear, were drop
ping their semi-final series 4 to
/ to the Lumberton Cubs.
The Cubs, a new team Iii the
Tobacco State league, are sit
uated like Sanford, approx
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
COLLECE MAKING
EXCELLENT START
Dean Dale Spencer Reviews
Courses At Kiwanis
Meeting

That Wilmington College is al
ready off to a flying start in the
field of education was the i'm
preston gained by members o1
the Kiwanis club yesterday aft
er they had listened to a most
interesting and factual address
by Dale K. Spencer, dean Of the
college.
stressing the point that Will,
mington College in the years to
come will offer vast opportunl'
ties to the youth of Wilmington
and nearby counties, Spencer
outlined briefly, some Of the
things that are being done to Of
fer young men and women ed
ucational facilities Of an ad-
vanced nature after they have
completed their high school
work.
The new institution, Spencer
said, has a curricula which Of
fer four types of courses to stu
dents, namely:
I. University parallel when
embraces two years of study IN
law, engineering, liberal arts
home economies, science or
commerce. At present, 95 stu
dents are enrolled for these
courses.
z, Terminal courses, e,nbrac-
ing merchandising, home eco
nomics, business adrninistra alton
and accounting, secreterial. Six
ty-five students are presently
enrolled for this group OF
studies.
SHORT COURSES
3. Short courses: This field
embraces group of subjects
which will allow a student to
complete work already started
and is not intended as a full
Mo-year course of study. Cours.
es in traffic management ano
Zee COLLEGE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18

mately 16 miles from the river.
Owned by the Chicago Cubs
farm system and skippered by
Red Lucas, former big league
pitcher who was twice elected
the most able manager in the
circuit this year, the Cubs work.
ed their way up from the league
cellar to second place.
BASEBALL PAID OFF Night
baseball was successful this
year beyond the hopes Of some
of tn, most ardent fans in the
Cape Fear valley. At Lumber
ton, where experts shook their
heads ominously, predicting the
city was no baseball town, the
Cubs played before more than
$4,000 paid admissions during
the regular season in spite of
an unusually large number of
games being rained out. Ap-
proximately 10000 fans crowded
into the armory field at Lun-
berton for the six games the
Cubs played at home during the
play-offs.
The record attendance in the
Weed circuit was registered at
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
JAW WILL FIGHT
HIGH FOOD COSTS
CIO Affiliate To Open
Warehouses, Sell Neces-
sites At Cost

DETROIT, Sept. IT, WD -
The CIO United Auto Workers
union in a fight against soaring
prices tonight announced plans
to open warehouses in Detroit
to handle carlot purchases OF
food and other commodities for
sale to members at cost.
President Walter P. Reuther
said presidents of 40 UAW locals
in Detroit and outstate approved
a plan to finance the warehouses
at a meeting here today.
He said the 40 union leaders
will ask the membership of their
locals to authorize loans OF 81
per member for acquiring ware
house facilities and for working
capital.
The UAW chief said ware
houses also will be established
in Flint, Pontiac and Lansing,
Mich, and other cities.
Reuther also announced ap-
pointment of a 10-man purchas-
ing commission which will pool
requirements and arrange Tor
combined orders of groceries and
other supplies. .,,
The international union will
give orgamzational assistance to
locals in other areas throughout
See JJAW On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
DISASTER GROUP
STAYS ON ALERT
Red Cross Committee Still
On Duty Although Dang
er Here Past

Satisfied that all danger of the
Florida hurricane visiting these
parts is past, the New Hanover
Red Cross disaster committee
today nevertheless remains on
the alert just in case the storm
should take a turn in this di-
rection before it expires, Off
cials announced last night.
"Weatherman Paul Hess says
there is absolutely no reason tc
worry" the Red Cross official
assured.
In a statement issued earlier
from the office of Ken Noble
Chairman Gardner Greer thank
ed the press, radio, weather bu.
reau, and all others who coop.
Grated in the preparations tc
organize against possible storm
damage here.
"Should the worst have devel-
oped," Greer's statement said,
"such cooperation would have
insured minimum of confusion
ant, property loss"
Alarm here began to subside
when the hurricane hit the coast
of the lower Florida peninsula,
centering between Fort Lauder
dale and West Palm Beach. As
See DISASTER On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
IT, TROOPS AID
IN RESCUE WORK
japanese Refugees Take
Off In Assault Boats,,
Deaths Mount

TOKYO, Thursday, Sept. IS.
|-Re U. S. troops In assault
boats were rescuing thousands o1
japanese from the flooded Kanto
plain East of Tokyo today as
landslides to the North reported
|1y pushed casualty estimates in
the typhoon disaster past the
$500 mark.
Flood waters from the North,
bearing bodies Of victims on their
crests, burst through levees and
bore down on Tokyo's suburbs
and the plain to the East, where
refugees were trapped on house
tops and dikes.
The First Cavalry Division sent
the first and second brigades and
the First Division artillery to
locate stranded families and vii
layers while the Eighth Engineer
Squadron and the 302nd Recon
naissance troop (armored) left
for two big gaps in the shattered
levees.
The newspaper Yomiuri re-
ported, meanwhile, that land
slides from Mount Akeegi, in
Gumma prefecture North of To-
kyo, all but buried a town and
two villages, killing 1872 and in
juring 1875.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
And So To Bed

One Of the most amazing
Of the countless storm storiSs
related here during the hurri-
cane alert was told by Ken
Noble Of the publicity firm
here which bears his name.
Noble recalls that his
brother was on duty on Z
destroyer in the Pacific dur
ing a tremendous typhooins
Velocity instruments on the
staggering little ship record
ed their limit wind velocity
-170 miles per hour. Caught
with two companions by q
mountainous wave, Noble
was washed overheard. AL
most before he could realize
the desperateness of his
plight, Noble was lifted on
the crest of the wave on to
the deck OF an airplane car
rier some 600 yards from the
destroyer.
Noble managed to cling ts
a gasoline hose ON the deck
until the carrier rolled clear
of the deluge, then he
scrambled to safety. His un-
fortunate companions were
dashed against the steel hull
of the carrier and disappears
ed from view. Ken Noble fes
CARDS his brothers safe land
ing on the deck of the carrier
as little short of a miracle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
Storm Lashes Fort Myers, Gulf Coast;
Marshall Blasts Russia In u. N. Speech;
u. S. Cuts Grain Tonnage For Europ>
Southern Florida
Beats Hurricane
Miami, Palm Beach Escape
Major Damage; Citrus /
Belt Hard Hit , :

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. II --@-~
The heaviest hurricane Of a dsr
cade roared savagely across
Southern Florida today, devas-
tating a wide belt of citrus
groves and vegetable farms but
doing no major property da-
mage.
Winds up to 120 miles an hour
ripped into the rich and dense
ly-populated resort area of the
East coast, between Miami and
Palm Beach. But although one
man was electocuted at Palm
Beach and nine persons were
missing, casualties were few.
One man was shot to death
in Miami and six others were
arrested in what police termed
widespread looting" of storm
battered stores.
At 7:30 pm. (E.S.T.)-eight
hours after it slammed inland
from the Atlantic ocean-the
hurricane howled over Fort
Myers and out into the Gulf OF
Mexico. State police reports
from Wauchula, 80 miles to the
North, said 1O0-mile winds
whipped Fort Myers and were
continuing at $3.50 pm.
Two vessels were believed In
distress off the Florida Gulf
coast. Seven crewmen of the 40
foot schooner Pillar were bailina
by hand after all pumps and
engines failed, and the little ves-
sci was shipping water in heavy
seas. An unidentified vessel
was rushing to her aid.
A 1O6-ton banana boat, Rita,
was irnping toward Cuba on
one engine, but radioed she
See FLORIDA On Pare Two I
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
TrunanTakes
Quick Action
directs Forrestal To Take
Oath As First Defense
Secretary
icHINGTON, Sept.

wasHINGTON, Sept. II. -
,y lanes V. Forrestal took the
10Th today as the nations first
.ooro4arv oa of defense without
'v waiting President Truman's re-
s,rn to Washington - and Mr.
Tr,,n,an Ts explained that he hao
iirected Forrestal to do so be-
~ '.use of the international situ-
alton.
The President, enroute home
.rom South America on the Bat.
.1sship .1 Missouri, did not elabo-
,..+a s on this remark but aides
auicklv explained that he die
MI have anything particular in
mind, just the general ;nterna-
tional situation.
Bv taking the oath, Foresta
,,c,,med direction of the Army
Nsvv and separate air force
., nrovided in law passed d
the last session of Congress.
Whether the decision to take
.be oath now is intended tt
strengthen the hand of Secretary
of State Marshall in t1e Unit
sd Nations Assembly was no
stated. Marshall, in speech
studded with criticism of Rus
,ia today urged U. N. to max
:, supreme effort" to solve tn
worlds deepening political ant
economic crisis" and save Greco
from the attacks" of its Balkan
Communist neighbors.
It had been expected that For
restal would be sworn in afte,
Mr. Truman's return Saturda,
from the Inter-American Defens'
Conference at Rio De Janeiro.
Directed BY Radio
A dispatch from Ernest B
vaccaro, Associated Press cor
respondent with Mr.. Truman
aboard the Missouri, said MIR
Truman told reporters simpl.
that in view of the internationa
situation, he thought the natior
should have a defense secretary
The President said he had sen
radio message directing For
restal to take the oath.
Pressed for elaboration, Presi
Dental Press Secretary Charlie!
G. Ross told the newsmen tha
Mr.. Truman hadn't anything par
See TRUMAN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
LOSE
GOVERNMENT JOBS
President Announces Ci-
gantic Payroll Cut Since
W Day

WASHINGTON, Sept. II -WR
- President Truman reported to-
night that 100000 government
employees have been let out since
VI Day in the biggest payroll
slash in history.
He estimated that federal en-
ployment now totals roughly g.
O88, 900 persons, compared with
wartime peak of 3,77O,000.
In his only implied reference
to the "get-them-off- -the-payroll'
economy drive in Congress, Mr..
Truman said that "never before
in the history of this or any other
nation has a single employer,
within such a short period OF
See 1,680,O0O On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
ATTORNEY CLAIMS
PILOT WAS DRUNK
Queen. County Official
Orders Inquiry Into Fatal
Plane Crash

The pilot Of an American Air
lines experimental plane which
crashed Aug. s, killing him and
two others of the five crew men
aboard, was drunk when he was
permitted to take off from La.
Guardia field, a district at
torney charged today.
Queens County District Attor.
|ney Charles P. Sullivan made
the charge in announcing an in
vestigation to determine who
was responsible for allowing
Capt. Walter A. Davidson, 81
Wantaghn NY, to take the con
trolls in an intoxicated condition
Sullivan said the autopsy per
formed after the non-passenge1
DC-3 crshed into Bowery Bay
off LaGuardia Field showed
"three-plus alcohol" in David
sons brain, a content which
the city toxicologist described
as a "large amount"
"The examiners repor'
shows the pilot was drunk al
the time of the take-oh," the
district attorney said. "Hov
could this pilot take off In thu
plane without being noticed by
responsible authorities"
The official report by DR.
Alexander o. Gettlec, Sullivan
said, showed contents of one
plus in the brains Of the othe1
two killed in the crash, Co-pilo1
Walter r. Zundel, %, and Me
chanic Howard Hickey, 35, both
Of New York city. The District
attorney said Gettler described
this as a "small amount"
Survivors Summoned
Two survivors of the crash,
Chester Ball, "a, and James Till,
Is, both. of New York, and the
dispatcher on duty at LaGuar-
dia when the plane took off
shortly before the crash, were
See ATTORNEY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18

RALEIGH, Sept. IL W.g-The
North Carolina Supreme Court
today secured the marriage
knots of 2,608 "Gretna Green"
couples whose welded bliss was
threatened by a chance it might
not be legal.
The states highest court up
held validity of the marriages
in Camden county, N. c., by
dismissing a test case brought
by one worried couple to deter
mine if a wartime acting justice
of the peace was holding office
legally.
The courts opinion upheld a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
JOE CUNNINGHAM.
JAILER RELEASED
Warren County Grand Jury
Fails To Indict Rich
Square Men

WARRENTON, Sept. 17-R-
The Warren County Grand jury
today freed two white men OF
conspiracy charges growing out
of the unsuccessful attempt of
a masked mob to lynch %
year-old Negro in adjoining
Northampton county last May.
Joe Cunningham, theater en-
ploye of Rich Square, and A. w.
Edwards, 60-year-old keeper of
the Northampton Jail at Jack
son, were released after the
grand Jury reported finding
"not a true bill" on the indict-
ments against them.
The Grand jury thereby in
dorsed the action of the North
ampton county Grand jury last
month in refusing to return true
bills against Cunningham and
six other Rich Square men
charged with abducting Goodwin
(Buddy) Bush, Negro laborer,
from the Jackson jail.
';Never Closed"
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry, who
ordered the second inquiry, said
in a formal, statement that "un-
til the persons who committed
this offense are brought before
a trial jury the case can never
be closed.
Asked If he planned to have
the case presented to another
grand jury, the governor re-
piled: "There's not much use in
taking it anywhere else on the
evidence we now have"
Bush broke and ran as his
captors placed him in a wait
ing automobile, and escaped in
to the early morning darkness.
He had been accused of at
tempting to assault a young
Rich Square white woman but
was exonerated by the same
grand jury that freed his alleg-
ed abductors.
The Negro testified before the
Warren county grand jury in its
investigation. So did four FBI
See CUNNINGHAM On Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
Food Prices Up;
Causing Concern
Republicans Call On Tru.
man To Lead Conserva-
ton Move
WASHINGTON. Sept.

WASHINGTON, Sept. IT,
(W.D)-Obiously concerned over
rising food prices at home, the
government today slashed the
amount of grain destined for
shipment abroad during Novem-
ber.
The amount of grain allocated
for shipment in that month was
cut IS per cent below the Octo-
Der a1ocation and 43 per cent
below the monthly average for
the July-October period.
This action, it was indicated,
was taken to give officials time
to review domestic supply pros
poets and to determine future
export policies.
Meantime President Truman,
homeward bound from South
America, was called upon by
two prominent Republicans tc
lead the nation in voluntary ac-
ton to combat high living costs
Harold E. Stassen, candidate
for the 1948 C. O. P. Presidential
nomination, said in speech in
New York that ga nationwide,
coordinated voluntary food con-
servation program "is needed at
once for which only the Presi-
dent and the government can
provide the leadership.
Senator Bridges GRIND, in
an address at Franconia, N. H.,
urged Mr.. Truman to call to-
gether leaders Of every phase
of the economy for a "frank
discussion" to find an approach
to the problem and forestall
any demand for government con-
trolls.
Commenting on Bridges de-
mand, Senator O'Mahoney Cd
See FOOD On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
YUC0SLAV TROOPS
ISSUE ULTIMATUM
American Officer With
Small Detachment, Re-
fuses To Move

TRIESTE, Sept. IT, U.D -
Yugoslav troops issued an ulti-
matum to second United States
Army outpost today in an at
tempt to grab Italian territory
West of the new frontier.
The young second lieutenant
in charge of the American out
post detachment summarily re-
iected the ultimatum. 1t expired
at noon and hours later the
Americans reinforced by three
tanks and additional infantry
men, still held their ground.
The Yugoslavs had now sought
to encroach on Italian territory
at 33 of the "a outposts held by
American and British troops on
the Italian -Yugoslav border.
So serious was the situation
that there was discussion of the
advisability Of evacuating new
ly arrived American wives and
children to safer territory.
All normal tactical iaison be-
tween the Anglo-American and
Yugoslav armies-in effect since
wartime days when the allies
first contacted and parachuted
supplies to the leftist Yugoslav
guerrillas-was now at an end.
Like Enemies
In the entire area North of
Trieste, and along the border
line dividing the free state it.
self into North and South zones,
Americans and Britons on one
side and Yugoslavs on the other
faced each other like enemies
because of the bellicose attitude
of the Yugoslav forces.
Twelve British planes made a
show of force over the Free
State this morning for the bene-
fit of any Yugoslav troops who
sought too avid]y for trouble.
In Trieste harbor, facing the
See YUGOSLAV On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18
Cherries Cheerleaders
May Miss Game Unless?

to bring yells from the students,
and when we got through, you
couldn't tell us from the football
team. But after all our efforts,
we don't have a ride to Nor
folk Friday"
Suddenly the dauntless spirit
of the cheerleader returned.
Strengthening his shoulders. he
said, "Unless, of course, some
Wilmington fan offers us a
ride!"
Anyone having space for a
few cheerleaders, are asked to
call the Star-News social desk,
2-3311 today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-18

It is sad day when cheer
leaders 60 cheerless. In fact, It's
the saddest story heard since
the long anticipated hurricane
didn't strike Wilmington.
But that's the story we heard
last night. Six of New Hanover
High schools cheerleaders don't
have a ride to Norfolk Friday,
and without a ride, there will be
no cartwheels and yelling from
the Wilmington stands: when
New Hanover plays Maury high.
Said one cheer Hader; I'VE
swan through mud last Satur-
day night, we stood n the ram