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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20
CAPITAL News Notebook
BY PETER EDISON

man in 1948," the reporter be-
gan. Then came the personal
question: care you a candidate
and if the nomination were of.
fered you, would you accept
it?"
Secretary Forrestal flushed a
little and ducked the punch.
Then he smiled and shot back
with: II suppose you want an
answer as d efinite as Sher.
man's.' He referred to Sher-
mans famous line that he
would not run if nominated and
would not serve if elected. The
reporter indicated that was
what he wanted.
"Well," said Forrestal, "next
time we. meet, I'll try to have
a historic answer for you.'
Wit at the recent Democratic
National Com m ttee meeting
here in Washington set an all
time record for something or
other. One story, from the Hon.
Marion Rushton of Alabama.
was typical:
1t began with a long oratori-
cal and political build-up about
how the south had always been
Democratic, and always would
be Democratic. Then came this
story, intended to prove it.
There was a young southern
soldier who went overseas in
the war and got wounded. They
put him in a hospital, and there
was fine flower of woman
hood in the hospital as Red
Cross nurse. She happened to be
from up nawth, but she was a
good Democrat just the same
She saved the southern bows
life and nursed him b ack tn
health, and out of gratitude and
because she was such a good
Democrat, even if she did come
from up n a W tn, the young
southern boy thought he ought
to marry her.
But he was bothered by one
thing. So he decided to talk if
over with his buddy, who was
good southerner and a Demo-
crat like himself
my father an mother are
both in the poorhouse now" the
boy said. my brother shot =.
man and he's IN the penitentia-
ry at Atlanta. Both of nv sis
ters was born deaf and dumb
l got two other brothers who are
in the insane asylum. One of
my uncles has fits and the other
one is a moonshiner who has
delirium trernens.
"1've told my nurse all that
But l just wonder if l ought
to tell her that I got two cousins
who are Republicans"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20
BY JOSEPH ALSOP

den Linden, took him to M. V.
D. headquarters at Kupfergrab-
en-, and there charged him with
espionage. Kunze is a puzzled
little man, like the hero of the
pre-war novel, "Little Man
What Now" He had no notion
that the Soviets regard the
mere accident of having peen
a prisoner of the Western Allies
as a deeply suspicious fact, for
which it is estimated that tens
of thousands have been arrest
ed. Bewildered and terrified,
Kunze denies the charge.
After three interrogations, the
M. v. D. agents lost patience.
Kunze was thrown to the floor
of the Interrogation chamber
and beaten with truncheons and
empty beer bottles, while a
radio blared to drown his
screams. He persisted in his de-
nial of espionage and was in
terrogated in this fashion every
night for 10 nights.
Between int rogations, he
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20
United Nations Day


What the Freedom Train is do
ing in communities it visits 10
bring renewed appreciation cf the
meaning of United States citizen
ship, the observance of Nations
Day throughout all member ma
tlons can do to re-emphasize each
year the meaning of UN mem
bership.
Frank B. Frederick, Boston
attorney, and the Committee for
Peace Day in the United Ma
tlons, which he has led to at
talnment of its objective in
designation of October "a as
United Nations Day by the UN
Assembly, have done much
more than propose a new holi-
day.
They have laid before UN end
State Department officials a
complete, detailed plan for
making the day a dramatic eli
mat each year to contests in
many fields of yorld-unifying in
terest - a day of awards for
school boys and girls, athletes,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20
State Press On Truman
Message

We have been watching the reaction of
North Carolina newspaper editors to Presi-
dent Trunan's message to Congress on Tues
day. On the whole this reaction has been
favorable. But the editors have not hesitat-
ed to comment on flaws they discover in his
argument Thus, the Charlotte Observer
finds Mr.. Truman devoting more attention to
the effects of initiation than the cause. Says
the Observer:
I. 1T has been generally recognized by
all who have kept in close touch with the
economic situation that, great as are the re-
sources and productive capacity of this coun-
try, it was very unlikely that, without some
comprehensive controls, we should never be
able to supply the needs of the European
Recovery Program without expanding our
own initiation to the point at which it would
get out of hand
High prices are the most obvious mani
festation of initiation, because they touch all
OF us. We may not be conscious of the over
supply of money and bank credit, we may
not even know about such elements as the
unbalance of our foreign trade or the re-
latoinship between our physical production
and the supply of money and credit; but
we do know when we have to pay dollar
pound for meat because that touches our
own pocketbooks.
"But high prices are .onlv the effect of
imitation. They are not the cause. Thew are
the last evidence of it. When prices rise be-
yond normal level, the basic causes of in
flatlon have already been at work for
months or years. 1t is only by attacking
those causes that we can release the gas
from the inflationary balloon and allow
prices to settle back as the balloon that holds
them up becomes debated.
1.-THE President, it is true, recommend
ed measures to deal with the basic cause
when he called for action to relieve None
tary pressures and to restrain inflationarv
bank credit; but he mentioned these basic
remedies so casually and laid so much stress
on prices that he gave the impression of
over-emphaSizing the effect and ,1nder-an.
phasizing the cause"
But the Observer also finds.
"The President has told us plainly that
we shall have to make sacrifices and insti-
tute drastic measures if we are to exercise
the 'great responsibilities" that 60 with great
power. Many may differ with him as to de.
tails, but on his general purpose there is
evidence Of surprising unanimity'
The News and Observer of Raleigh de.
clares: president Truman gave the coun
trv the wise leadership which is greatly
needed in this critical hour" But it also
considers that two of the Presidents ter
recommendations need bit of explain
ing. Declaring the first eight involve only
extending or strengthening controls which
lre already in effect, or which were in ef
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20

WASHINGTON - A man 60
ing by the 18th Street side en-
trance of the Treasury building
the other evening about dusk,
was surprised to see a police
patrol pull up. Out of the Treas
ury door came several uni
formed Treasury guards, with a
young couple between them.
The couple was hustled into the
paddy wagon and away it went.
Curious, the passer-by sidled
up to one of the guards and
asked what went on.
"Oh, we make a check-up of
the building every night about
this time" said the guard. "It's
just to make sure everybody's
gone home and there's no one
left who shouldn't be here. In
one of the rooms we found this
pair making hot love, so we
pinched 'em."
"What will happen to them
now?', the guard was asked.
81 suppose they'll fire EN-"
the guard said, eff they find
out they were Communists
That Acme newspicture of
Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine
smilingly inspecting the tele-
photos of the Howard Hughes
eight engined flying boat gave
the millionaire a big laugh. But
when Brewster was asked to
autograph copy of the photo
for Hughes, the senator refused.
His explanation was, Homer
won't let me-"
The Homer" he referred to
was Sen. Homer Ferguson of
Michigan. Brewster is chair
man of the full Senate War In
vsstigating Committee, but Fer
guson is chairman of the SUBJ
committee that ran the Hughes
probe.
"Homer bawled me out for
posing with that picture" said
Brewster. "That's why I didn't
attend any of the later hear
ings. I wouldn't dare autograph
it now"
After reporters had cleaned
up all the heavy business at De-
fense Secretary James V. For
restals press conference on the
progress of armed service uni
fication, one of tn e newsmen
wanted to know if the secretary
would answer a personal ques-
ton.
"It depends on how personal
it is" said Forrestal. go
ahead and ask it and I'll see."
"There's been a lot of talk
around here about the possibiH-
ty of your becoming the Demo-
cratic vice pr sidential candi-
date to run with President Tru-
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writer's, artists, conlpo''-If ,it.
inventors. Striking use 0l Il, q o.
craft and radio would 'te '55loss
servances Sc rz; all around the & g-on o,,
with a central celebra'loN -
United Nations country ,s Daf,
In such a United Nations to5l III ts
member nations have d a;onsrs;;
cultivate popular conscl05I'' s5 u
of UN membership Ssll,n.iasri sl,u
arouse and maintain entna'-I.a sa3
for the wider freedoms DOM. BIT
81, greater ter security it atf05a' I'd o51r.
II ing - Of { itself. iHas It must be U'''
and used vigorously, - mi, u;e
by by saniys eariy cso1ln1grsssion3l s1l1 ,ojds 1is5
making the day a lesald snd setting
in the United States, dilS, am 10 CO.
up an official comilllSSitt mi. It's word.
operate in organizing .bs Unite'
wide observance nnortunlt[,
States has a good l23oopperity q
to demonstrate the slnU' au' world
it's position in the
community.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20
A,
Alcoholism
Is Disease
BY WILLIAM A. O'pp1r

By WILLIAM A. o'BR1ru
CHRONIC alcoholics do not =.
drinking when they 90 o1 s'''
spree until they run ON, y" I, 4
money or become ill. One sq' IT.. q
sets off the fireworks af.a. a.'9f
years. ''ioA'As Or
Chronic alcoholism is ,
ease. 1t cannot be helpsa 'S' =.
scoldlng or incarceration nv " 'g
alcoholics are svmnto. 'IoS
drinkers who find release t,a'c fr.
their feelings through iptoyi., sa
ton. '0A'0a'
The old idea that one L..
led to unlimited indulgeDa. wing
not true in the msio,;+
OF cases. Only a small peros.' s.
age of those who indulge ~ ''4' II
coholic beverages be o,s. a.,
chronic alcoholics. This tyne a.,
develop their difficulty at Nv. s
time in life. Wy
Alcoholics Anonymous MAN.
bers warn young men and WV. .,
en- who wake up feeling fl y,
the fiddle the morning after q. ~
night before, that they NAV s h'
come victims of alcoholism AZ w.
parently, such persons bor.
greater tolerance for a1cos.i r
than the average person, cr-'3- n. !.
seems to give them = rola... Ia u
from their inhibitions. ''''
Chronic alcoholics Should h
distinguished from heavy % dr;,' o'
ers. Men and women NAV dris, G.
to excess IN. connection wt. .
their social or business t.' II.
They may develop some toIs,.
ance for alcohol, but they do nm, M.
find any escape through drinl
and would stop if circumst3nc,s,, ,,
permitted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20
Night Of The Soul

BERLIN, Nov. 19.-It is diff
cult for free men even to i'm
agine the dark night of the soul,
which is the terror of the po
lice state. But for our own
sakes, in our own hard political
interests, some u n d erstand1ng
of this night of the soul is
necessary thing. There follow,
accordingly, three b aid selec-
tions from personal ma rratives
of the few fortunate ones who
have escaped the Soviet terror
in eastern Germany. These
stories come from the mass of
data, as impressive as it is hor-
rifying, collected and checked
by American officials here.
The man who will be called
Hans Kunze is a 27-year old
former American prisoner of
war who lives in Hamburg. In
the fall of 1916, he visited Ber-
lin. M. V. D. agents Immediate
ly picked him up on the Fried
richstrasse corner of the Inter
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20

one of these Kunze was 4,
signed, and somehow got av,r
The man who will be aanaI
Reinhold Schmidt is a Siles;,,
expellee. With insane presunn.
ton, he wrote a letter 10 Il.
Allied Control Council, to nm.
test Silesia's fate. He W.,
thrown into another M. v D
dungeon at Potsdam. His inter-
rogations occurred in mid-wn.
ter in a cell open to the
weather. When he refused ID
confess to espionage, ice water
was thrown over his naked BODY
and allowed to freeze. The iu
was then whipped off him with
wire cables. He survived 1S in
terrogations of this sort An
other Silesian was subjected 10
the same treatment on II Oc.
casions, and at last broke down
when he was shown his wife and
daughter being tortured with
the water and wire. After con-
fession, this man went mad and
tried to commit suicide, where.
at both Silesians were ineyot
cably released.
Finally there was the young
socialist, who will be called
Hans Schneider. He was cap
tured in big roundup u III,
brave men who still dare to re.
main independent 0 ciaHsts in
the Soviet zone. During his In
terrogations, he was beaten
with truncheons, kicked in tn.
abdomen and esticles, and
strangled with a leather strap.
This happened to him as often
as six times a day. Finally, he
was sent to a hospital with ab,
dominal injuries, inflammation q
the kidneys and infected flesh
wounds. Th en- ce he ESCAPED
When describing his eXpeFience
to American officers, he said
I was told it was worse 70
be a socialist than naA,
These are manifestations Of
the night of the soul, no more
nor less shocking than the gen
eral r- of the official data On
the subject. Moreover, tnS
ruthless and brutal terror is tfe
motive force of the whole ma,
chinerv, political, economic anI
controlling, of the Soviet zone 7"
Germany.
There are plenty of other in
superably Objectionable ie''
| lures of the Soviet zone ma,
chinery- the virtual one,paEF
system, for example and the y
gantic venture in unashanlE4
economic IN p er iallsm "ol..
are the Soviet owned GeFnl?a
industries. But since terror
the motive force of the "n.s
machine, it will not be en0ly-
merely to remove these w. W.
iectionable features. The ma ns5
chine the Soviets have erec,*.
in their zone must be og ~,
: mantled in toto before we w., yo1
/ agree with them as to the I's
man future. And since .,ttl5 tnsls ~,
not the slightest posSlolllIy ,,.i, ~
the soviets will completely Gan r.,,
their work of two years m W W.
many, it is fruitless for ~' "A
present to continue trying
seek agreement with them. M,
Copyright, 1947, New Y0''
Herald Tribune Inc.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20
GOOD MORNING

Thoughts are but dreams till their
effects be tried. Shakespeare
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-05
EPIDEMIC TAKES
TWO MORE LIVES

PHILADELPHIA, May 4 - Two
more victims of an infant-diarrhea
epidemic died at Temple Univer-
sity hospital today, bringing to
four the number Of dead among 19
children transferred from an AL
lentown, Pa, hospital.
The names of the latest dead
were not disclosed Immediately.
Eighteen-day-old Philip Anfuso
and two-week-old Paul Wood. both
of Allentown, died in an isolation
ward of the hospitals annex yes.
terday.
The remaining children were re-
ported in critical condition. All
but one was in Temple hospital.
The other was at Children's hos.
pital.
The 10 newborn babies had been
brought here by ambulance FRI
day night and yesterday from
Sacred Heart hospital, Allentown.
Outbreak of the disease forced
closing OF the hospitals maternity
section.
Visitors Barred
Sacred Heart officials revealed
that the disease, gastro-enteritis
broke out in their nurse~v last
month. The hospital immediate.
ly was closed to visitors, but H.
lmalady continued to spread.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-05
u. s. OFFERED
STANDARD FILES
Oil Company Says Its
Facilities Open For
Prosecution Germans

NEW YORK, May 4R-The
New York Times quotes a high Of
ficial of the Standard Oil Company
IN. J.) as saying the company
twill offer any of its facilities,
knowledge and files to the United
States government to aid in the
prosecution Of the "A top officials
of l. G. Farben-Industrie, who
have been indicted for fomenting
and waging aggressive war, mass
murders and plunder.'
The newspaper said Robert T.
Haslam, vice-president and direc-
tor of the oil company, made the
statement in commenting on the
Indictment in which Standard Oil
of New Jersey was one of several
U. S. companies said to have car
ted agreements with Farben by
which, according to the govern
ment charges, Farben retarded the
production of certain strategic pro-
ducts in this country before the
war.
The Times said that Haslam de-
MED the statement in the indict-
ment that cartel agreements be-
tween the two companies caused a
delay in the development and pro-
duction of buna rubber in the Unit
ed States until 1910, and quoted
him as saying there were no car
tel agreements, which restrict
prices or production, between the
two companies.
The story added that in 1929-30,
when the Weimar republic ruled in
Germany. the companies made an
agreement for exchange of patents
which, he Haslam) asserted, did
not delay the production of buna
rubber in this country. He added
that the agreement actually had
worked out to the great advantage
of the United States, giving this
country 100 octane gasoline and
toluol for TINT before the war"
Continuing. the Times quoted
Haslam as saying:
1--WE had no cartel agreements
with Farben, but we had an agree
ment to purchase a large number
of their American patents for $685.
900, 900 plus turning over to them
some of our patents.
"Those patents we purchased
gave the United States synthetic
toluol for INT and many other
processes of great value in the
war"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-05
We'll Known Man Felt
:. Like Swollen Balloon;
:, Full Of Stomach Gas

!. Recently. we'll known man stat.
ed that he used to feel like swoll
.en balloon after every meal. He
would boat full of gas and spit up
acidulous liquids for hours after
eating. Was terribly constlpated
This man is one of the hundreds 10
this vicinity who now praise in
NER-AID. He states he was amaz
ed at the results when he took THIS
medicine. Now he eats what ne
wants without gas or bloating. and
bowels are regular for the fist time
in years. He feels like new man.
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gas from stoma ach, act on sluggish
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AID. Sold by all drug stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-05
HIGHWAY DEATHS
TAKE SHARP DROP
Total Fatalities In March
One Fifth Less Than
Same Month In 1916

RALEIGH, May - (P) Death
on North Carolina's highways dur
ing March took a full one-fiftt
drop from the figure of March
1916, Motor Vehicles Commission.
er T. Boddie Ward reported to-
day.
Ward said that IS persons lost
their lives in mishaps during
March - 81 per cent decrease
from the March, 1916, figure of 81
and SIT were injured compared
with 521.
AS to reasons for the s;zeable
drop in fatalities, Ward pointed to
the fact that around so more state
highway patrolmen were on duty
during March than was the case
in March, 1876.
He said that last January saw
4 drop of three per cent in high
way and street deaths over the
state as compared to January.
1916.
February saw FULL 30 per cent
decrease, making the overall drop
for the first three months OF the
year 18 per cent.
Traffic Increases
While the accident rate vas
down during the first three
months of the year, total motor
vehicle traffic for the period
showed an increase of eight per
cent. Revocations and suspensions
OF driving licenses almost doubled
the period, increasing from 1,73l
to 3,175.
Increased patrol activity also
was seen in the fact that convic.
tions for speeding during the first
quarter of this year totaled 4,051,
against 3,o33, Ward pointed out.
Sixty-seven OF the states coun-
ties reported no motor vehicle IA
tslities during March, the report
shows.
Halifax Leads
o. counties reporting two or
more deaths, Halifax led with six
persons killed. Wake and Meek :
lenburg reported five deaths each,
and Robson reported four. List
ing three fatalities were Craven I,
Durham, Nash, Randolph, Rowan
and Rockingham counties, while
: Buncombe, Davidson, Cumber-
L. land, Lee and Rutherford report
!. ed two each.
. OF North Carolina cities, Char
. Iotte led in the death rate with
four persons killed, Weldon came
next with three fatilities.
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PRIVATE PLANE
CONTINUED From Page OneO

Continued From Page One))
James and Beth Israel hospitals,
but only four, the pilot and three
passengers, were injured seriously
enough to be detained.
They were:
At st. James:
Capt. William J. Rooney, 27, the
pilot, of River Edge, head injuries
and leg cuts.
Betty Hall, %, or New York City,
a model, possible fracture of right
leg.
Ernest J. Marchetti, 50, West
Lebanon, Pa, possible fractured
skull.
Peter Gaffney, a, of Port Wash
ington, Long Island, N. Y, res
taurant owner, fractured right leg
and hip.
The plane, a two-engined DC-3
en- route from Lexington, KY, to
Newark after stop at Pittsburgh,
hurtled on past the edge of the air.
ports main East-West runway and
landed with a smash atop the
drainage ditch at the very edge o1
the field, with the nose crumpleo
against a concrete pillar and the
engines dug into the soft mud.
Rooney said his wheels failed
to lock despite two applications
Of the brakes.
Airport officials refused to com.
ment on the crash until completion
Of an investigation by the Civil
Aeronautics authority.
The occupants of the plane left
the wrecked craft through the reg
ular exit, the steps from which
had stopped exactly over one OF
the cross beams above the ditch.
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UNDERGROUND
CONTINUED From Page One))

The Palestine government said 80
of the escapes were members
.of the Jewish underground and
were serving sentences as terror
lists.
The raid, believed to have been
-one of the worlds great mass es-
capes of modern times, opened
when two jeep loads OF Jewish
underground fighters in military
uniforms entered Acre, which lies
ACROSS the bay from Haifa. The
city had been out Of bounds to
British troops because the water
supply was suspected of contami-
nation.
Arab sources said the Jews
warned the Arab population not
to interfere and then began a
-diversionary attack at the prison
walls by ging police in gun
fire and hurting hand grenades.
Under the screening attack, raiders
carried four bombs into the baths
and placed them against section
of the prison wall weakened by
Turkish soldiers during the Ma
.poleonic wars.
Many Escape
The uncaptured prisoners were
reported to have escaped towards
.the hills Of Galilee, 80 miles to the
east, some Of them fleeing IN
army trucks.
Palestine's North Mediterranean
coast was placed Immediately un-
der q rigid security grip as the
British began a search throughout
the Acre area.
Irgun Zvai Leumi. one of Pale
.stine's three Jewish underground
resistance organizations, prompt
1y issued a communique to Hebrew
newspapers claiming responslon-
ity for the attack on the prison
where Dow Bella Gruner and three
other Irgun members were exc
.cuted two weeks ago for terrorist
activities.
To-day at p. n 70 am, EsT)
our soldiers attacked fortress
-at Acre in order to liberate our
brethren who are languishing in
prison." the Irgun announcement
said. Further details will be an
'nounced as soon as possible"
Despite the ferocity of the pris-
on attack, overnment attaches
there escaped virtually unscathed.
The only casualty reported was a
British prison officer who suffer-
ed minor wound.
Soldiers Bombed
Another clash between the Brit
.ish and the Jewish underground
occurred at Nahariya, north Of Hal
ia, where terrorists in an army
truck threw six bombs into an
.encampment of the Second Para
chute battalion of the Sixth Brit
.ish Airborne division. The gov
.ernrnent did not disclose whether
there were any casualties.
The prison break might have
resulted in even greater casual
ties but for quick action by Brit
''ish troops rushed into the area
from Mount Carmel who rendered
harmless number of mines
planted under bridges and cul-
.verts near the prison by the ter
'roristS.