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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
COL. R0SSER ASKS
CAREFUL DRIVING
Motor Vehicles Commis-
sioner Points Out Danger
AT Yule Season

RALEIGH, Dec. %. - R -
Col. L. C. Rosser, commissioner
of motor vehicles, today called
on all North Carolina motorists
to exercise special care in their
holiday driving.
He said that in November 78
persons were killed in IS fatal
traffic accidents, as compared
with 80 killed in "a fatal acci-
dents during November, 1916.
Col. Rosser added that the
Christmas New Year holiday
season is the most hazardous
single period of the year. He
said that ''heavier travel and
the festive spirit of the season
increase the normal winter haz-
ards, such as bad weather, slip
perry roads, and more hours of
darkness.
During December of last year.
103 persons lost their lives in
traffic accidents in North Caro-
lima. Sixteen of these occurred
from Dec. 1925, and II persons
met their deaths in traffic ac-
cidents on Christmas Day alone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
Frontiers Eacing Palestine Are Virtually
Close - Arab Nations 'Gird' For War;
COP May Introduce Own Marshall Plan
Peoples Army
| Being Recruited
Consulates In Jerusalem
Refuse Travel Visas To
All Americans

JERUSALEM, Dec. 22-R-
Frontiers facing Palestinc vir-
tually were closed tonight to all
non-Arabs as Middle East ma
tions adjacent to the Holy Land
intensified their preparations for
war against Zionism.
Inside Palestine, where Chris
tians face the prospect of 4
Christmas celebration in troub-
led land, fighting broke out south
of Java.
Transportation between the
countries of the Middle Eas.. was
hampered not only by the anti
partition fervor of the Arabs 1t
also by the threat of a cholera
epidemic in Syria. Syrian sources
said three deaths alread. had
been reported out of seven chol-
era cases in their count. y.
Consulates in Jerusalem fatty
refused visas to Americans sec =
ing to travel in the Middle East
outside Palestine except on direct
appeal to the various capitals
of the Arab countries.
All of these capitals reported
that recruiting was continuing
for the Arab peoples army" to
fight in Palestine. In Cairo po-
lice hunted for Zionist radio"
station which was broadcasting
Jewish views apparent. from
mobile transmitter.
Gun Battle RACES
In the Jaffa sector on the Pales-
tine coast Hagana defenders of
Bat Yam engaged in a gu,, bat
tie with Arabs in the village of
Yahelia. Jewish sources sai1 the
Arabs killed one Jew and wound
ed two others before Haeana's
warriors repelled the attack.
Arab informants said one Arab
was killed and three were
wounded in the engagement
which began near Yazur on the
highway connecting Jerusalem
with Jaffa and Tel Aviv.
An official statement confirm
ed only the death of the Jew
and said another Jew and an
Arab were wounded.
Since the United Nations de-
cided on Nov. 20 to partition
Palestine 301 persons haN been
killed in communal strife in the
Holy Land, an unofficial tabula-
See PEOPLES on Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
CLOSED SHOP MAY
Be ''LECALlzED'
COP Committee Chairman
Says Group Will Con-
slider Recommendation

CHICAGO Dec. % - W.3 -
Rep. Charles J. Kersten, r., Wis,
said today after the first session
of Congressional hearing into
the Chicago newspaper strike
that information gathered at the
session may result in legalizing o1
the closed shop, now banned by
the Taft-Hartley law.
Kersten made the statement
after he and other members Of
house fact finding committee
heard testimony of publishers
and union representatives, includ-
ing Woodruff Randolph, presi-
dent of the AFL international
Typographical Union.
The information, Kersten said
may result in modification o1
the union shop provisions of the
Taft-Hartley lay or perhaps legal
"aft-Hartley law or perhaps le-
galizing the close shop.
His statement was one of the
highlights today in newspaper
strike developments which in
cluded:
l. The ITU defied the Nat
ional Labor Relations board al
Washington hearing and refused
SEE SHOP ON PAGE TWO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
HOUSE OF SAVOY
REICNS NO MORE
Assembly Approves Con-
stitution For Republic
Of Italy 453 To 62

ROME, Dec. 22-R-The Con-
stituent Assembly approved to-
night a constitution for the Re-
public of Italy, thus formally
ending the reign of the House
OF Savoy.
The vote, which marked the
conclusion of II months of work
on the charter, was 453 to
62, with most of the monarchists
and nationahsts casting mega
tive ballots.
Enrico De Nicola, who under
the constitution becomes the
first president of the Republic,
told the deputies in a message
that they had completed an
Historic document" upon which
"the judgment of history would
be SERENE" De Nicola has been
serving as provisional presi'
dent.
Italy actually was proclaimed
a republic on June 9, 1916 after
plebiscite on the issue went
against the monarchy. The last
king, Umberto II, subsequent
ly went into exile in Portugal.
Orlando Speaks
Today's action was carried
out solemnly and with emotion.
The deputies cheered when Wit
torio Emanuele Orlando, Italian
premier in World War I and the
last surviving member of the
Big Four of the Versailles
treaty, spoke of the work the
Assembly had done and ended
with the words: "God Save
Italy"
Two other elder statesmen,
'Ivanoe Bonomi and Francesca
Saverio Nitti, also were present,
See SAVOY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
ACL DISCONTINUES
TRAINS ON JAN. 5
Passenger Runs By No. As
is North, South Will
Be Cut Off Soon

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
trains as and 46, operating be-
tween Rocky Mount and Will
will be discontinued
pursuant to authority of North
Carolina Utilities Commission
with last trips Sunday, January
4. according to statement issued
here today by James B. Sharp
ton, passenger traffic manager.
Coast Line several months
ago applied to North Carolina
Utilities Commission for per-
mission to discontinue trains ~
and 40, now operating between
Wilmington and Rocky Mount,
because of the heavy financial
losses sustained by the c t
Line in the operation Of those
trains. The Commission denied
that application and, instead,
authorized withdrawal of trains
As and 46 pursuant to under
standing had with the Commls-
sion at the wartime period when
the trains were inaugurated.
Trans 4S and 40 are local
trains, handling coach passen.
gers between Wilmington a n d
Rocky Mount, and to and from
intermediate stations. with no
direct connection with through
train service at Rocky Mount.
Pullman Off, Too
Trains As and As at present
connect at Rocky Mount with
the Coast Lines Havana
Special, trains 1915, and pro-
vide northbound service leaving
Wilmington 400 pm, and arri-
wing New York the next morn
ing 700 am. and southbound
service leaving New York 9:5O
pm. and arriving Wilmington L.
IS pm.. the next day. Through
See ACL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
GEN. MYERS PUTS
UP $1,000 BOND
Former Air Forces Buyer
To Stand Trial. For Per-
jury January I

NEW YORK, Dec. "a. -R-
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers,
51-year-old wartime Air Forces
purchasing officer, put up bond
today to assure his appearance
before a federal court in Wash
ington Jan. Z on charges of per-
jury and inducing others to
swear to falsehoods.
Meyers, calm and smiling,
waived hearing before Federal
Commissioner Martin c. Epstein
in Brooklyn federal court and
posted a $4,000 bond.
Meanwhile, in Dayton, O.,
Bleriot H. Lamarre, 80, posted
$1,000 bond in U. S. District
court for his appearance in
See MEYERS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
COURT HANDS NEE
SLAYER IS YEARS
Patricia (Satira) Schmidt
Collapses On Enter
ing Prison

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. %. Up
Patricia (Satira) Schmidt was
sentenced today to Is years in
prison for the yacht Staying of
her lover, John Lester Nee of
Chicago, and then, her warden
said, was taken to the infirmary
Of Guanabacoa prison in a state
Of collapse.
The Audiencia Court tribunal,
whose Judgment described the o.
year-old night club dancer as
"Nymph, also ordered her to pay
$4,000 indemnity to the heirs Of
the Chicago attorney and poet.
Warden Carmelina Guanche of
the women's prison said Patricia
broke down" when informed of
her sentence. Earlier she was re-
ported to have sent word to her
lather that she was prepared to
accept a prison term.
The first visitors to see her af-
'er the sentencing were repre-
sentatives of the United States
Embassy in Havana who refused
70 comment on the case.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
? stern Allies Stav
In Berlin, Clay States
American, British Military
Governments Will Not
Withdraw

BERLIN, Dec. %. -P)- The
U. S. and British military gover-
nors of Germany declared today
the Western allies had no inten-
ton of withdrawing from Berlin
and that they hoped for contin-
uance of the four power allied
control council for Germany.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the
American governor, and Gen.
Sir Brian Robertson, the British
commander, made their views
known at separate news confer
ences.
Clay said American and Brit
ish authorities planned immedi-
ate steps to strengthen the &C.
onomic unification of their
zones, but that any political un-
ification would wait upon ap-
proval from the German people.
The Soviet newspaper Taegli-
che Rundschau here carried an
editorial last week to the effect
formation of a separate govern
ment in Western Germany might
lead to a request that the West
ern allies leave Berlin, which IS
surrounded by the Russian zone.
Takes No Notice
Asked about the editorial, the
British general said:
"If it is threat l can only
say that l take no notice of it.
I'm certainly not going t. allow
myself to be ratified by such
statements.
He added that he did not be-
ieve any ally would be so un-
wise" as to seek the breakup of
the four power administration in
Berlin. He said he regarded Ber-
lin and the allied organization
as "a most important bridge
spanning the differences which
unfortunately still exist between
the allies, and a bridge between
Eastern and Western Germany. !"
Clay said the United States
would consider it "a very seri-
GUS step if one power seeks to
withdraw from agreements
which brought us to Berlin" He
added Il do not, at the present
See WESTERN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
CANADIAN CHRISTMAS
KISSES WILL HAVE NO
MISTLETOE BLESS in G

OTTAWA, Dec. ~. Up
- - Canadian KISSES this
Christmas will be without the
benefit of mist1etoe. =
Not a sprig of the tradi-
tional yuletide plant is on
sale in the capital today.
Supplies are generally
flown in from Florida, Texas,
Mexico and California but
new restrictions to conserve
U. S. dollar exchange prevent
such imports. The meager
amount of mistletoe grown
in British Columbia is not
nearly enough for demand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
Vandenberg Hints
At Senate Action
Foreign Relations Chair.
man Says Overall Aid
To Be Studied

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. -W.g
- Senate President Arthur H.
Vandenburg, chief Republican
foreign policy spokesman, hinted
today that the COP may come
up with its own Marshall Plan"
in the next session of Congress.
He told a news conference that
he was "emphatically commit
ted'' to the general objectives -
but not to the details - of Presi-
dent Truman's four-year, $17,0OO,-
100000 program for aiding Eu-
ropean economic recovery.
He added that his Senate Fo-
reign Relations committee would
make a "most complete" study
of the plan. And he made it plain
that he personally was "open
minded" about how much should
be spent, how the program should
be administered, and whether it
should be for four years or less.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O.,
chairman of the Senate COP
Policy committee, has criticized
Mr.. Truman's figures as "too
high" and has come out in IA
vor of putting the plan on a
year-to-year basis.
Vandenburg called newsmen to
his office to clear up his views a
short time before the Citizens
Committee On European Re-
covery issued an appeal to Con-
gress to grant aid promptly, to
d. it on a basis of mutual re-
spect and honor" and to avoid
burdening war-snattered coun-
tries with "a hopeless load of
debt"
Patterson Chairman
This organization, known Of
ficially as the Committee For
The Marshall Plan To Aid Eu-
ropean recovery, is headed by
former Secretary of War Robert
P. Patterson and former Under
secretary of State Dean Acheson.
Patterson published the appeal
in New York, and Acheson un-
folded it to a news conference
here.
Acheson, calling his group "a
See VANDENBERG On Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
Along The Cape Fear

LIBEL SUIT - Since this col.
|umn has been having something
to say lately about ships that
piled the Cape Fear, the writer
has come across a copy of
the old Daily Journal, published
Dec. "a, 1859, in which is an
account of the libel filed against
a schooner towed into port.
According to the notice in the
Journal, The Wilmington Steam
Tug company and Capt. Jacob
A. Price, commander of the
steam tug Equator filed the IL
bel against the schooner John.
John Burton, the ships master,
and the boats cargo.
The libel was filed, and al
legged on the grounds that on the
23rd of November, 1859. Jacob
Price hitched his boat, the
Equator. to the John, towed her
over the bar so that she might
|sail for New York.
But after she had been set
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
DEALERS CHISEL
ON FRUIT SALES
Weights, Measures Men
Find Short Weights In
Small Retail Stores

RALEIGH, Dec. %. - R -
Inspectors for the division of
weights and measures of the
State Department of Agriculture
have found that some dealers in
Christmas fruits are selling
short measures, c. D. Baucom,
superintendent of the division,
announced today.
Baucom said most of the CHS
cling was limited to small re-
tailers. He added that common
practices are to remove one
orange from a bag containing
eight pounds, and two or more
oranges from 16-pound bags.
Baucom said every inspector
in his division had been in
structed to devote full time to
examining fruit bags and bas-
kets during the Christmas sea-
son. AS a further precaution, he
warned purchasers to insist that
fruits and nuts be weighed in
their presence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
FOREIGN WRITERS
HELD AS C0MMIES
Secretary Lie OF UN Files
Formal Protest Against
Arrests

NEW YORK, Dec. % -U.D-
The United States has arrested
a second foreign newspaperman
accredited to the United Nations
headquarters, it was revealed
today, while UN Secretary-Gen-
eral Trygve Lie formally pro-
tested the arrest of the first, a
Greek journalist held by Imi
grafton authorities as a "Com-
munist alien"
Syed S. Hasan, representative
Of the peoples age of Bombay,
India, arrested some time dur
ing the weekend for political
reasons and Nicolas Kyriazi-
dis, 26, the Greek, who was ar
rested Dec. II, were held at
Ellis Island for deportation
hearings.
Lie told Warren Austin, U. S.
chief delegate to the UN that he
would appreciate prompt U. S.
See FOREIGN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23

free, she was unable to proceed
(the trouble was not stated) and
the Equator again hitched on to
the John the following Friday
while the schooner was in a
helpless condition about 18 miles
at sea.
The John was towed into
Southport, the notice reads, at
the risk of great peril to the
Equator because of high winds
and its own engine not properly
working.
The two boats spent the night
at Southport and the following
morning the Equator towed the
schooner John on into Whining
ton. Because of this. the master
of the tug filed its claim upon
the schooner for salvage pur-
poses. The outcome of the suit.
of course, cannot be determined
since papers of later date are
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
CAPITAL WRITER'S
SEE COP VICTORY
ght Correspondents
ost Unanimous On
Truman Defeat

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-W.H-
Top-flight Washington CORES
uondents are almost unanimous
in the belief that President Tru-
man will be defeated oy a Re-
publican in the 1948 elections,
4 Look magazine poll said to-
day.
But tn s. writer's polled by the
magazine were sharply split
on who the victorious COP can
didate will be. Twenty picked
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York, while 13 named Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, and IL
gave the nod to Sen. Robert A
Taft of Ohio.
Only five newsmen flatly pre-
dicted the reelection of Mr.
Truman whom all the writers
regarded as certain to be the
Democratic candidate. Three OF
hers picked the President to sue
See CAPITAL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
Court Z Unanimously Denounces
''Blind Alley" Illinois Laws
REAL DOLL SHOW SENDS PROUD
MOTHERS HOME WITH RED FACES

WOODLAND, Calf, Dec. 22-E1-There dolls and dolls
and this city abuzz today the difference.
sorority, whose membership composed of socially
prominent young of the community doll show
Saturday for the kiddes
There shouts of joy Santa Claus arrived and
passed out gifts.
Then the darkened the happy youngsters-
and their proud mOthers-sat back to enjoy movie.
Amazement suddenly gripped the women the movie
stopped and the parents gathered their youngsters
home in a hurry.
ut all mistake" explained rather lamely
1t the films had gotten mixed start,
ed to show a real doll show-a strip tease act.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
First OF Trader List
Observation-Disclosures
California Oil M IN Only us. Employe
Among Hundreds OF Big Time Market
Operators Named By Anderson

WASHINGTON, Dec. % -W,D
e.cretary of Agriculture Clinton
. D Anderson published the names
:. 4 several hundred big time
" .rsdeSs in grain, cotton and other
y, ',ommodity markets today and
W. ..rror1ised new lists identifying
o. He said Edwin w. Pauley,
,rpcial assistant to the secretary
II Il Army, was the only govern
N ment official on the Sample"
LET M which showed who had large
holdings on Oct. 81 of this year,
md on the same date last year.
A former government official,
Ralph K. Davies, was on the list.
Davies, a California Gilman like
pauley, was deputy petroleum CO.
ordinator during the war.
Anderson, Clayton & Co., Hous-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
White House Decorated
ASTruman Clan Gathers

WASHINGTON, Dec. o.
White House is oeco-
rated and the Truman clan is
gathering there for Christmas.
There are lighted trees on the
Pennsylvania avenue portico,
red poinsettias in the foyer and
holly on the mantel in the state
dining room.
Already here are the Presi-
dents sister, Miss Mary Tru.
nan of Inde~endenca Mo. .
Mrs. Truman's brother, D. F.
Wallace Of Denver and his fami-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
Rv WILLIAM d. CLARK
United Press Staff
CorreSnOndent

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Dec. o.
W.p)-If the underworld award
ed "Oscars" for the best per-
formance of 1947. the man who
stole a 2O-ton bridge at Gooding,
Ia. probably would win it.
fre just purloined the bridge
ore night, and that was the end
of it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
And So To Bed

Unusual home Christmas
decorations pop up OCCASION
ally. Last night a lady calico
the And So To Bed editor
to report one out in Oleande-
Court apartments.
She said she thought it wac
unusual that MIR. and Mrs.
w. F. Evans decorated the
back door of their apartment
as well as the front.
The idea not only Is novel
but one which might be more
widely observed since folk do
see the back doors of cur
homes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23

ton, Tex, was listed for "hedg-
ing" or non-speculative, trans
actions, in cotton. Will Clayton,
retired undersecretary of state
now heading the U. S. delegation
to the World Traders Conference
in Havana. was and presumably
still is large stockholder in the
company which is often described
as the biggest cotton firm in the
world. Clayton once told a Senate
committee that his only con-
nection with the company was a
stockholder, and that he had not
attended a stockholders meeting
since he resigned as chairman of
the board in 1910.
Delivers List
Secretary Anderson delivered
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23

ly which includes youngsters
Marion, 10, and David. 13.
Two other brothers of Mrs.
Truman, George P. Wallac, and
Frank G. Wallace, both of In
dependence, and their wives are
expected by Christmas.
Two Treams
The President and the family
plan to open gifts after break
last Christmas morning in the
upstalr West hall where the
See DECORATED On Paxa Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
Man Who Stole Bridge
Should Get 1947 Oscar

Runnerup would be the thief
who stole a brick wall from in
front of Del Mar. Calf. resi-
dence, while honorable mention
undoubtedly would 60 to a less
ambitious operator who was sat-
isfied with hauling away a tele-
phone pole at Palm City, Calf.
These were among the many
odd crimes which called for a
payoff by the Travellers 1nsur-
IT, See MAN on Page Two =
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23

FORECAST
.,ai, chronological data for the "a hours
"olhg 7:3O p. m.
,,. TEMPERATURES
Nv d IN, 45 7:30 a. m. SO 80 p. m.
Mi.;, ''e p. m. so Maximum 81
''N'iilufh 36 Mean 46 Normal 48
I.,, HUMIDITY
H. "a, a, m SO 1870 a. m. SO 1870 p. m.
w $50 p. m. 81
r PRECIPITATION
-U'ei lot the "a hours ending 1880
N u II, inches. Total since the first
"'e month 4,60 inches.
tr.o TIDES FOR TODAY
/ '0si the Tide Tables published by
coast and Geodetic Survey.
W,l,,;. High Low
nslon 5:45 a. m. 1921 a. m.
Asso., 6:02 p. m. 1905 pm.
'oro Inlet 3:l9 a. m 9:52 Am.
s,na,. 3:35 p. m 1906 pm.
!:ssn ss''''se Sc 7:15 Sunset sos Moonrise
Fs Fsyet,s,'.S,n M.S0onset 2-s2a River stage at
N tteviile, N. c., at 8 a. m. Monday
- lOPe WEATHER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
The Weather

south Carolina and North Carolina
increasing cloudiness and a little
'Sr SaImer Tuesday with a few light
mowers sa over East portion late Tues
T,y TTay followed by clearing and cooler
Wuaesday night. Fair and continued cool
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23

See PEOPLES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-23
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Increasing
cloudiness and a little warmer today
with few light showers before night
fall and turning cooler at night; Wednes-
day continued fair and cool
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Chicago Livestock

eHGAGo dus July y sodsy gsPRsssn.
pared with Friday Of ,bs last week HOGS IS
80 lower. Weights above 270 lbs snn aS1
decline on the heaviest hogs and sows.
Cattle-Compared Friday of last week:
gsssrgs and shoSs nsb srapbtsd dab9
sSaa ssssdy, 'aHsS; ana common a ana nediam srsss:
range. range Good and choice heifers strong te
cors LOO lower, instances :5O.2 90 on
mostly mostly steady; @ bulls about steady. with
closing trade on weak side: vealers and
weighty SLAUGHTER calves calves 30 o9 oil on: me me-
good and choice kinds about steady. Large
ly fed and heifer rum. price dividing line
between grassy and strictly granted Ge steers
for grained steers selling at $500 upward
If light, and 700 upward when weighty
good and d fhqiss 2s1 &c m and wh Tfshy it,
eral % supply % choice offerings 29.25-29 so;
extreme top. 29,75: next highest price
ms sSo eSSt Shs s5ab steers ehoee ees @
most most good p and choice heiters "a. So 26. Is;
specially winter-fed COWS closed at Is CO.
5eef dors SUCH ous as bnous early
in week, lat esales on such kinds II % ~
1850: heavy sausage ouils closeo at lo.u5
beef bulls 1925: vealers 400, mostly
$500 down; good and choice stockers;
II OO-23,00, outside % :65; common and
medium kinds, 15 .00-1S.50:
Sheep - Compared Friday, last week:
Good and choice spring lambs and com, m
parable grade aged slaughter ewes % to 81
Steady: old crop clipped lambs and year;
lings steady to so lower: bulk GOOD and and
So >50-24'OO, top 24.OO; fat bucks dis
counted 100: medium and good spring
lambs 2OOO-22.50 including load 95 10;
Kansas early % 90; medium to choice old
crop shorn lambs and yearlings mixed
S. 0O-21 90, strictly good and choice ab-
sent: Gull to choice mature slaughter ewes
4 50-S.00, Solid-mouth native preedlng