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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Greensboro Dealers
Cite MaIdiStributiOn

GREENSBORO, Dec. % Up
City officials delved more
deeply into the Greensboro oil
situation today and came up
with indications in several in
stances that the current oil
shortage locally goes more
deeply than need for conserva-
ton.
Reports from small oil deal
ers and individuals alleged that
maldistribution here may he
one of the causes of the short
age.
Herbert Winston, who will be
the city's oil co-ordinator if suf-
ficient fuel oil and kerosene is
obtained to form a pool, said
that conversations he had yes
terday indicated there is no
shortage among residents whose
homes have large capacity tanks.
Meanwhile, small jobbers
have asserted that their trucks
are available for short hauls, if
the necessary oil is provided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
TRUMAN PARD0NS
Continued From Page One)

Roberts, former associate JUS
tice of the u. S. Supreme Court.
The board reported that of
14,8O5 Selectice Service viola
ton cases it considered, only
626 remained IN federal con-
lfinement.
The board, appointed by MIR:
Truman Dec. %, 1946, reported
that it had reviewed each case
on it's merits with the idea OF
recommending Individual par
dons. It decided that "no group
should be granted amnesty as
such"
Data Survey
Recommendations tor pardon
were made after, a review OF
such data and family history,
school and work records, prior
criminal history, if any, religious
affiliations and practices, Selec-
tive Service history, nature ana
circumstances of offense ana
other matters.
"At least two thirds OF
the cases considered were those
of wilful violators, not baseo
on religious scruples," the board
reported.
No mnesty was granted Tor
violators with past serious crlml-
nal records which indicated they
had mo respect for the law or
the civil rights to which they
might have been restored"
Instead, the board sought prior
Instead, the board sought pr1-
marily to grant amnesty for those
violation vas due to ignorance
illiteracy, misandinging or re-
ligious scruples. :,
The report did not deal with
mental cases, most of which stu
are In mental institutions with
little or no chance of recovery.
Prior to the amnesty proclarna-
ton, Mr.. Truman had, in et-
feet, rejected proposal by Sen
William E. Jenner, R., Ind, that
he grant general amnesty as
Christmas gift for service-men
convicted of minor offenses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
CONSERVATION

voluntary ana that there Is nc
way of rationing fuel OIL in the
state except through action py
the State legislature.
The oil industry representa-,
tives told Governor Cherry that
they believed there is an ample
supply of oil available in the oil.
producing areas and that tn g
principle bottleneck is in trans
portation facilities.
They pointed out that in the
wear 1941, a total of 69,000,00l
gallons of kerosene was con.
sumed in North Carolina, and
that in only 10 months Of 1941
some l98,0O0,000 gallon sw er {
used.
Radio Speech
In a radio speech after the
meeting today, o. Y. Kirk
patrick of Charlotte, assistant
manager of the Southern di-
vision of the Pure Oil company
said that the oil shortage was
caused Gin large measure by
the fact that demand for petro-
leum products has reached rec
ord peaks much higher than
those of wartime and that the
United States alone is now using
as much oil as the entire world
used in 1885,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
RIFLEMEN RAKE
Continued From Page One)

Arab firing were for Robert Give
Stern, British-born Jewish en-
ploye of the public information
office who was shot in a Jeru-
salem street, and a Jewish major
of the Trans-Jordan frontier ser
vice who died of appendicitis
Stern formerly served in London
as an assistant correspondent fo1
the Chicago Tribune.
AS bullets sprayed the ceme-
terry, mourners crouched be.
hind walls and even flora
wreaths. Police opened up with
Bren guns and rifles against the
rabs who were deployed on the
Mount of Olives and the Sacred
Mount of Ascension.
Under this covering fire the
mourners slipped ou of the
burial ground above Jerusalem's
sealed golden gates as Arab chill
dren along the route back to the
city made throat-cutting gestures
with their fingers.
Bloody Struggle
Two Jews were killed when
Jews in Bat Yam and Arab war
riors in Jabalieh continued Their
bloody struggle. This brought to
306 the unofficial death toll since
the United Nations voted for par
tition Nov. 20.
A deputy district commission
er appealed to community lead
ers for "truce" in the Bat Yam
sector south of Jaffa where five
Jews have been killed in two
days. Arab casualties there are
unknown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
MEXICO CITY
Continued From Page One)

ment that German spies and
saboteurs operated from there.
Collenberg told Kempner also
that the spies had healthy re-
spect for the American Federal
Bureau of Investigation and that
they almost shuddered at men
ton of the name Of j. Edgar
Hoover, its chief.
Collenberg told Kempner that
at least IL master spies and sab
teurs went to the Embassy in
oturs went to the Embassy n
Mexico City to direct operations
in the United States.
Operated Two Years
"Agents were coming and 60
ing in the Embassy all the time
during the years 1910 and 1941, y
Collenberg said.
81 would receive orders to
keep the United States neutral
and then in the next breath
these agents would start
coming in, always wanting mon
ey."
The agents were cleared by
the foreign office in Berlin, Col
lenberg said, and after arriving
in Mexico used to enter the
United States by ship, plane and
train to direct rings of spies and
saboteurs which operated all
over the country. After return
ing to Mexico City the master
operatives would report to the
foreign organization of the Ger
man NaZi party.
Kempner said that Collenberg
told him German agents broke
an oil pipe line leading out OF
Texas City sometime in 1910 or
194]. The line, he said, supplied
oil to the Eastern seaboard. COL
lenberg also knew vaguely OF
sabotage in synthetic rubber
plant in the East.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
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U. S. DELAYS CAN
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nepaTtmsnt i,'risd1aa;l of Justice H.,
yatasu1e!lon nassad n because Of ,sd ,
year, which providaS ea'i'er sla
federal, state nor loco1 ned nejts
oas.sE ties shall impede transit Sai'39a' ~ h.
headquarters. '0 ron uN
At the immigration
kyriazidis' KY attorney ,'~ co1tsaial nss'al
the the . correspondent was s'l,entst lite
by "ch!icanery and GSs trasks11s. aEssHs 8
An, An immigration investis,, ests,.
under Questioning by tbs eSs 5J. ssto'
attorney, said he VIC .as oslsHs
registered ri1;n letter to 'spf NJ I
zlais zlar and, and the newspaos,ggss5' Ags''
was was arrested outside a postssaa rprptsaa
rha o ior the letter
,otl The investigator depiss s'' ,
letter was "a trick" but brl,eo sea b, 4
purpose !M in sending # Ssla ssl tn
nave I4 the individual call sss fos !, " =
Peoples Age in PoneL PlI for ii,
al Communist party ,'Jrs, nsx.ss otds'
In India, said at a news s"spape oaa
ence eI today after his rels.' eois'''
s9' 600 bail that his detentiaan' 1tsa's h
a ar result of my political I4 bs1sl Sa
and because I represent 0S4't' e.'
munlst newspapers" 00n'
on Student Visa
immigration authorize,
tended that Hasan was ,'s \. Co..
able because he entered J'ssi, y,
country on students viz, al
no longer was a student ''
Hasan said, however, h.
still a student because he w. ~
not completed a thesis y y. H''
masters degree at Col,n,' ,vs
University. Nll0'
- Hasan said he would try n u,
Secretary-General Lie as ws,i W.
the Indian ambassador conc.,s y. ~
ing his case. 'S''n'
Lie has asked Warren Au,.,
chief American delegate "a ,,,, 81,
y. N, for prompt considor, r'
tom of the question of wbst5s, :.
the newspapermen's arrest vin
lated the U.N. headousrts,,
agreement.
The agreement provides ,S,.
no correspondent accredited =,
U.N. shall be compelled to low.
the country until the secrptsv
general has been consulted i.
said he had not been told Of a,
impending proceedings agaim
Kyriazidis and Hasan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
RELIGIOUS HATE
Continued From Page One)

Guard in the same place last
week, A bullet from Bed
ouin rifle caught him in the
chest at midnight. The same
thing may happen to the man
who took his place.
On the rocky slopes Of the
Mount of Olives, bathed in the
frosty light, are six new graves.
Two in the Moslem cemetery on
the Eastern slope hold the
bodies of two old Arabs killed
by a Jewish bomb at Damascus
Gate.
The same afternoon they were
buried, the Jews inferred on the
far slope the bodies OF four OF
their people. Their convoy was
ambushed and their truck burn
ed near Solomon's Pool, few
miles below Bethlehem.
The brothers of the dead
swore to avenge them while
the rocks were piled upon the
mounds of fresh earth.
British soldiers and police
stamp their feet and whack their
arms against their sides in the
shadows of the old walled city
of Jerusalem. Roman guards
stood there the night Mary and
Joseph stopped in Jerusalem on
their way to Bethlehem.
The soldiers and police curse
the "eathens what's got no res
pect for Christmas"
Occasionally a bright orange
light, like the one that guided
President Truman today gran
basis of a report by his amnnees-
the Wise Men to Bethlehem,
lights up the skyline. These
lights are made by the very
pistols Of police investigating
some suspicious movement in
Jerusalem's maze of alleys and
passageways. They burh bril-
liantly for few moments and
then leave the sky to the moon
and stars.
The men of Haganah, the Jew
ish "Defense army" are on
guard within the walls of the
old city too. Their rifles are be-
side them, their grenades ready
in rooftop nests to repel any
Arab attack near the Wailing
Wall, the last mains of the
second temple where Mary and
Joseph presented Jesus to God.
Close by, Arabs huddle on the
rooftops with their rifles and
grenades, ready to die defending
the Mosque of Omar.
The paved road from Jerusa-
lem looks like a piece of silvery
tinsel winding between the hills
and among the olive groves along
this road, Joseph and Mary, she
great with child" travelled the
five miles to Bethleham
1,947 years ago.
The road is under a curfew
tonight and the pilgrims on it
are mostly soldiers. They 'ravel
in conveys, protected by shiny
green armored cars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

ern stars should point to war,
drop a little gold braid in the
stockings of Walter Webb and all
those other boys who may have
to stand watch again on the
river. You heard about the swell
time they had this last war.
Mr.. Laney Remembered
Ensley Laney needs a new
bank building. Do you think
you could squeeze in just a tiny
modern ten-story job for him
with a nice large office for the
directors. 1 would like him to
have this because the skipper
has been limiting for a new tub
and will need a loan if he gets
ii. Emory Switzerland needs
more room too, 50 he can hire a
few more assistants and allow
him more time to fish and hunt,
so how about tossing him a new
building, too.
And Santa, while I think about
it, Harry Solomon also could use
a new club house for his Brigade
Boys club with a piano in the
corner 30 he can practice up on
America"
Also Santa, I sure want you
to remember George Co.
nant with a new cigaret holder
Zone about IL inches long) so the
smoke won't get in his eyes and
fog up his view of trim ankles
along the course. My boy Peter
Brown Ruffin could use some
nice new shipping business and
la hundred more Chamber of
Commerce members to 60
with the very conservative tie
that the Skipper has in his sea
bag for him. It's hand-painted,
too, with the figure of a sea lion
in brilliant red against a yellow
background.
That's about all Santa except
a reminder that Warren Bell
would appreciate more power
for Christmas, oil up the Cam
eron boys so their customers
won't be cold tomorrow; hustle
television equipment down the
chimney for Dick Dunlea, new
cars for Luther Raney, Bill
Baugh and the rest of the gang
along automotive row, bottle of
water from the Fountain of
Youth for the boys at the county
home and if you drop by the
ship after your chores are done,
the Skipper and I will join you
in a little "spot" of cheer as
we wish all our friends in Wilm-
ington just a little more than
the best this Christmas.
Old Salty reached for the bot
tie again, thought better of it.,
tucked an embarrassed head be-
meath a wing and prepared for
a nap. And as the Skipper was
already away ahead of him, The
Star ankled out of the cabin, the
last of the "pinch" in a coat
rocket
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
CHARLOTTE MAY ENTER
PETROLEUM BUSINESS

CHARLOTTE, Dec. % -lR-
CITY governing heads today gave
the nations major oil producers
72 hours to accept or reject q
new customer - the Charlotte
government itself.
The action, under which the
city will seek bids by Friday
noon on kerosene or Number
fuel oil in lots up to 100000 gal
Ions is aimed at obtaining an
immediate supply of fuel for re-
sale to thousands of distressed
families in an around the city
area, it was announced here to-
day.
Charlotte councilmen, meet
ing in extraordinary session at
the call of Mayor H. H. Baxter,
declared state of emergency
existent and allocated $4,000
for initial investment in oil, If
the fuel can be found.
Meanwhile Mayor Baxter an
nounced that he has a pretty
good chance" of obtaining TO-
900 gallons of kerosene a week
from one Kentucky source
which was located with the as
sistance of former councilman
Fred Mcintyre.
Seek Navy Tankers
Looking toward long-range re-
lief, he discussed with City Man
ger Henry A. Yancey a plan to
ask high governmental officials
to arrange the release of one or
two Navy oilers which could be
assigned to the transportation OF
fuel oil from the Texas or Lou
isiana fields to Wilmington
where it would be transferred to
tank trucks for local distribu-
ton.
Yancey called in Purchasing
Agent Erskine Beatty and
asked him to wire immediate
proposals to the major supply
companies acquainting them
with the city's request for bids
on kerosene and fuel oil in lots
up to 100000 gallons. Any offer
ings received will be opened at
noon Friday in the office of Po-
lice Chief Frank N. Littlejohn.
Details of the distribution OF
any oil thus purchased were still
to be arranged. 1t was expected,
however, that the fuel would be
resold to selected dealers who
would agree to make immediate
deliveries to needy families on
the city's call list as compiled
in the emergency fuel oil office.
The price of the emergency
supply will depend upon actual
cost, including transportation,
with a minimum markup
allowed the delivering dealer.
The city will make no profit
whatever from the transactions,
nor will the dealers selected be
permitted to capitalize on the
situation to reap abnormal prof
its, the city manager said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
R0TARIANS HEAR
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(COnLlnucQ ETOu dSC OAS/
The east Texas Gil field is
now producing all the oil il
should during peace time fo1
the greatest ultimate production
of oil, according to Morris, who
added that the field could pro-
duce three times as much az
at present at anytime it Is
called upon to do 50 by a ma
tional emergency or for other
cause.
Speaks Briefly
Morris spoke briefly on his
adopted state of Texas, stress
ing its magnitude and pointing
out that it leads in production
of crude petroleum, sulphur and
other products. He was intro
duced by Charles Davis.
The Rev. Paul Nix, formerly
of the Maffitt Village Baptist
church and now locaetd at Fur
man university, retelling a por-
ton of the Christmas story, told
the Rotarians that the message
of the Angels to the shepherds
was "as much for us today as
for those men in that day .
when they said, Fear not How
we need to learn today not to
be afraid"
The Rev. Mr.. Nix said, 81
believe that all the talk of war
we hear today is because we
are afraid Freedom from
fear will not come from winning
wars or signing peace treaties
but by becoming Chris
| tians."
Names Committee
Rotary President John Muck
ton announced the appointment
of Howard Penton, Albert Seit-
ter and Charles M. Harrington
to the inter-club committee for
studying methods of develop
ment of the port, industries and
agriculture here. This inter- club
committee was begun as a re-
suit of a meteing with all the
heads of the civic organizations
with the Rotarians to discuss
ways and means of developing
the city and area.
Guests of the club were Davis
Howes, III, DR.. H. w. johnson
and C. A. Hanck, Jr., Of Chapel
Hill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
RETAIL STORES
Continued From Page One)

a skeleton crew will be kept on
duty at the post office Christmas
day. I'VE will deliver only spec
ial delivery mail and perishable
parcels during Christmas day."
he said.
Dosher said that the post Of
flee has had banner Christina as
season this year with unusually
heavy loads of mail handled and
added that the employees ''have
worked hard and have given
good service" considering the
magnitude of their task.
Only a few restaurants were
scheduled to be open for busi-
ness tomorrow to serve those
persons who eat all of their
meals out and who will be in
! the city over Christmas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Demise OF Gorillas
Time Overtakes

CINCINNATI, o. W.D-The Gin
cinnati Zoo may have a success
sor to Susie, the gorilla who
died recently, if her admirers
have their way.
James A. Reilly, zoo president,
says that during Susie's illness
thousands of telephone calls
were received, not only from
Cincinnati, but from Lexington,
KY, and Columbus, O., and
other places.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
MOUSE TRAP TRADE BOOMS

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. -W.D-
thousands of former CTS are
interested in building better
mouse-traps. Their desire to
nave a path beaten to their doors
was revealed by Elizabeth B.
boudreau of the New England
Library Association. She said
tnat IN the past six months. L.
io' veterans have besieged IL
prary reference desks in New
England for information on
'1orelgn patents on mouse traps,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
SAVED BY SECOND
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wonder. Those we love we try
to protect.
Wouldn't that have been a
nice Christmas present to hand
your mother-a broken and bat
tered body. And how do you
think that we in the cab of that
engine would feel. We don't want
to hit you but we are helpless.
"You and your girl were one
second from eternity Sunday,
son. II were you, son, and you,
too, sis, I'd thank God for that
split second. l said a prayer
when I realized you were going
across. Perhaps that's what
saved us all. And please, for
Gods sake. don't try it again. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
EXTRA. FOOD COST CUT

BROCTON, N. Y. W.P)- The
soaring cost of living has taken
a 16 per cent nose dive at the
cafeteria at Brocton Centr al
School.
The price OF a plate lunch-a
balanced meal, including the
necessary food elements has
dropped to IS cents, three cents
lower than last year.
School authorities said state
and federal aid funds had made
it possible to lower the price.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

Gun salutes between ships n n
said to have originated IN w.
days when firing gun twice :.
half an hour was average "
Salute involved firing the gum "
assure the other ship there '0u'
be no attack for some tlre,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Problem Increased

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Ns :
While the evicted family Of ~
ward Connolly was hauSe'hun'
ing, Mrs. Connolly gave grin
triplets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

FoUR-YEAR-oLD Julie Alloro. Brook
lyn, N. Y, displays the wishbone
from the turkey which she sent to
Princess Elizabeth as q wedding
gift. In addition to the bone. the
Princess sent Julie thank-you note
on Buckingham Palace stationery.
It was signed by lady-in- waiting
Margaret Seymour. (Inteynational)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

It has been estimated that more
than half the fire fighting equip
ment in the United States was
more than Is years old n 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
The Weather

Weather bureau report Of tempera-
t,,re and rainfall for the "a hours end
ing 8 p NJ, in the principal cotton
growing areas and elsewhere:
High Low Prec.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

CHARLOTTE, Dec. % -F-
City governing heads today gave
the nations major oil producers
72 hours to accept or reject a
new customer - the Charlotte
government itself.
Evening star., 1947-09-25
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BEAGLE PUPPIES, 13 in, q wks., weaned
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