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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
Red Leaders Call
Off Strike Order
Thousands Of Workers
Stay On Job Breaking
Back OF Walkeut

ROME, Dec. IL -R-The
Communist dominated Cham
Der of Labor announced an end
to its general strike in the city
and province of Rome tonight
after two days in which thou
sands of Romans had gone back
to work under the protection of
ruthless club-swinging police.
The largest police force as
sembled in Rome in recent
times - numbering $1,000 men
swung their clubs throughout
the city today, driving jeering
throngs and enforcing the firm
declaration of Interior Minister
Mario Scelba that the govern
ment would "protect those who
want to work.
Despite a growing wave OF
government organ-
lied privately operated half-ton
trucks, each protected by two
carbine- armed police, carried
those who wanted to 60 to their
jobs today, and Romans crowd
ed them to the running boards.
BY nightfall, survey of some
of the principal streets in down.
twon Rome showed one out Of
three business places again
were open, and in some streets
half the establishments were
open to customers after a vir.
tual commercial paralysis yes
terday.
Then tonight a Chamber Of
Labor communique announced
the strike was over. A spokes-
man said the vote was unani-
NOUS. The comunique said ap-
preparations by the municipality
of Rome and province, added to
what the government had Offer
ed for a winter relief public
works program, satisfied the
demands of the strikers.
Observers believed, however,
that the Rome citizens growing
resentment influenced the deci-
sion.
Earlier Salvatore Rebecchini,
recently elected mayor, was re-
ported ready to put up 2,000,-
100000 lire ($3,517,0OO) of city
funds to add to the 100000
See RED on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
NLRBOrdersRefund
Of All Union Dues
SCROOGE ON SPOT

ST. LOUIS, Dec. IL. Up
j. Glennon McKenna, speak
ing for himself and eight fel-
low magistrates, announced
today they have agreed not to
sign any eviction orders un.
til after the Christmas holi-
days "by authority of Dick
ems "A Christmas Carol.'
"Nobody wants to be a
Scrooge, least of all a magist-
rate" McKenna said, So any
eviction suit judgments will
have to wait until January S
for an execution order. 600. ......
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
Big Four Re ii.:,s,ssssss :. ,',', s,s,s
n f. p-o@1@ uo1usndha 4 elas3 l.

LONDON, Dec. IL -R-A
savage Russian attack against
the United States, Britain a n d
France tonight reduced Big
-Four relations to the lowest
point since the war and threat
ened an almost immediate
breakup of the London session
OF the Foreign Ministers Confer
ence.
The most acrimonious For
eign Ministers meeting ever
held ended abruptly, official OBJ
servers said, when British For
elgn Secretary Bevin termed
Soviet Foreign Minister Molo-
TOYS attack on allied policies in
Germany ''insults and abuse"
U. S. Secretary of State Mar
shall declared the attack made
1t difficult to inspire respect
for the dignity of the Soviet Un-
ion.'
Conference co,,rooe ,o;J N6a1a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
And So To Bed

The Shipyard bus, which
left the Hutchinson Building
corner last night about 3
minutes passed eight, was
crowded beyond all the rules
of safety as is the case every
night from S to 8.
But last night something
special was added. There
was a Negro football game
at the Stadium. The bus had
its share Of Negro passen-
gers. They occupied seats all
the way to the front, with
the exception of two seats in
the middle on the right hand
side. On the long seat on the
right front sat two Negro
men. The two right hand
middle seats were occupied
by white passengers. On the
long seat across the rear OF
the bus there were two va
cant spaces.
A 1Ong-suffering white pas
senger looked up at the sign
the bus company has dis
played about the laws of the
Great State of North Caro-
lima as regards seating of
white and Negro passengers
and remarked:
"The seating arrange
ments tonight would surely
warm the cockels of Henry
Wallace's heart"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
David Dubinsky Loses Test
Battle To John L.
Lewis UNIV

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. -P)
- The National Labor Relations
Eoard, refereeing a jurisdictional
fight between John L. Lewis
and David Dubinsky, ruled today
that a West Virginia employer
must pay back all the dues de-
Quoted from employees pay
checks for Dubinsky's union since
June, 1916.
The board upheld the recon-
mendations of Robert N. Den
ham, who last Febr. .ry heard as
trial examiner the origin; ' COM
plants lodged by Lewis Con-
struction Workers against the
B]uefield, (W. Va.) garment
manufacturers. Denham now is
general counsel of the NLRB.
The NLRB found that the
company interfered with, re-
strained and coerced its employees
by:
(1) Entering into a union shop
ag:- ement with Dubinsky's AFL
International Ladies Garment
Workers Ur IN shor::-y after the
-:,::.ction workers made a
claim to represent the work.
ers; (2) Requiring their en-
ploy- to join the ILGWU un-
der terms of that g. nent
(3) C~ducting weekly dues and
initiation fees for the ILGWU
under that contract az "ontrib-
uting to the ILGWU welfare
furd; and (5) Sponsoring circu-
lation of an anti-u. ion petition.
The employer also was direct
ed to cease recognizing the 1LG-
See NLRB On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
See BANDITS On Page Two
HOLLYWOOD Personalities
Take''Drink' Raincheck

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. IL -W.D
Six famed Hollywood personal
tiles took a raincheck today on
the plea of Actors Agent Walter
Kane that they get together
and "have a drink on me-" fol-
Lowing his death.
Kane, former husband OF
Screen Star Lynn Bari, was re-
gaining consciousness after hav-
ing taken an overdose of Sleep
ing tablets and writing fare
well note to his friends.
The agent, one of the best
known representatives of stars
in Hollywood, had invited How
zer and Jonah Jones to drink to
his memory.
Kane's physician, DR.. Lee
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
If They Ever Put Eniac
OnNews, We eAreSunk

ABERDEEN, Nd, Dec. H.
R-The electronic mathemati-
cal brain, ENIAC, still held the
curiosity today of 200 delegates
winding up a two-day meeting
Of the Eastern Association For
Computing.
The amazing ability of the
machine to solve complicated
problems was explained further
by Col. Leslie E. Simon, di-
rector of the ballistics research
laboratory here, and DR.. F. L.
Alt of he Proving Ground staff.
Col Simon disclosed that first
priority on the machine has
been given to research problems
whose solution might produce
the weapons and defense de-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
CONFEREES AGREE
ON FIRST FUNDS
sl5O,OOO,OOO OF U. S. Aid
May Go 10 Three Ma
tions Next Week

WASHINGTON, Dec. -. -W.p)
Senate House negotiators
reached agreement on several
provisions in the emergency
European aid bill today, one of
which may release the first $780,
100000 of U, S. aid to France,
Italy and Austria by the end of
next week.
But the conferees deadlocked
over House provisions allowing
S6OOOO0O0 in aid to China and
requiring that a reserve of 150,-
UOOOOO bushels of wheat be kept
IN this country.
Chairman Charles A. Eaton of
lne House Foreign Affairs COM
mttee, emerging from the three
nour meeting, told reporters that
We're IN a mess"
he criticized his House col
leagues bitterly for the amend
hentS they tackled on to the bill,
asserting the measure had turn
Cd INTO "a farm bloc bill to pro-
'ect the price of farm products. -
Inc conferees will meet again
tomorrow and Senate President
Afthur II. Vandenberg predicted
compromise would be reached
by nigftfall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
PAULEY DEFENDS
MARKET DEALINGS
Royal Assistant Says He
Liquidated 80 Per Cent
of Holdings

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-R-
Edwin w. Pauley, defending his
grain market speculations as
''the good old American way"
testified today that he "did rath-
er well' in trading this year -
but not through information
gained as a government official
: Summoned to capitol hill on
the heels of charges that admin
istration "insiders" have profi-
teered in foodstuffs speculation,
Pauley asserted he has rid him
self Of nine-tenths of his holdings
in commodities since Sept. 3
when he became special as
sistant to the secretary of the
army, Royal.
Asked how much money he
had put up to acquire the hold
See PAULEY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
Along The Cape Fear

entered the yachting circle. She
wasn't very successful at first
either, the rocking chair ad-
miral says. But with the arrival
of August the Ripple had begun
to make the yachtsmen take
notice.
Yes, the old timer smiled, she
came into her own, the Ripple
did, in August Of 1875 for it was
then that she won the club
championship and held it for the
next two years.
There was other good sailing
craft in those days. Such boats
as the Foam, purchased in 1884
by W. L. Parsley and George D.
Parsley. Sailing under the name
Foam seemed to be unlucky fo1'
the craft and the rigging was
changed and also the name. The
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
Government Hands
Communists Major Defeat;
Miners Leave Federation
Rift Over Labor
Law Causes Break
John L. Lewis Notifies
Green OF Action In
Terse Note

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL -P)-
John L. Lewis marched his 600,-
900 United Mine Workers out of
the AFL for the second time to-
day, in a bitter row stemming
from his refusal to sign a nom
Communist affidavit.
Lewis notified AFL President
William Green of the new split
with this roughly scrawled note:
Green, Alive disaffiliate
12-47."
He had assailed AFL leaders
as intellectually fat and state
Ily asses because they decided
to comply with the Taft-Hartley
act requiring union officers to
swear they are not Communists
They did this so their unions
could have access to the Nation.
al Labor Relations Board. with
its facilities for selecting collec-
tive bargaining agents, etc.
Lewis, though he is no Commu-
mist, would have nothing to do
with the act.
So that Lewis defiance would
not deprive AFL unions of &C.
cess to the NLRB, the fedora
ton changed its constitution in
such a way that the 15-man
executive council, of which
Lewis was a member, was re-
moved from the roster of fed
Grafton Officers" Lewis then
withdrew from the council.
Adams Releases Story
This week the 67-year-old
UNIV. president called his 30
man executive council into a
session which eliminated in to-
nights announcement.
K. C.. Adams, editor of the
UNIV. Journal, told reporters
of the decision. Lewis himself
remained in the council room
Adams also announced elec-
ton of Thomas Kennedy as
UNIV. vice president succeed
ing thee late John O'Leary Of
Pittsburgh, end Of John Owens,
Ohio district president, as t h e
new secretary treasurer.
Kennedy, so, of Hazelton, Pa,
has been secretary treasurer
since 1924. He followed William
Green in that post when the
present AFL head was chosen
to succeed Samuel Gompers as
president of the federation.
Adams assured reporters the
miners had made "no deal'' for
political collaboration with any
other labor group.
The UNIV, which had been in
See RIFT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
BANDITS SECURE
$l9,606 PAYROLL
Construction Firm En-
ployes Robbed In Broad
Daylight In Miami

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec. IL
-(R-An armed bandit and
a shadowy acccmplice seized
two payrolls totaling $19,606
from construction officials on
busy Washington Avenue during
daylight today.
Alexander Mailer, 40, and AL
bert Brosof, "a, returning to-
gether from a bank and each
carrying payroll in a paper
bag. were the victims. They said
the robbery was acted out with
such precision that thorough re-
hearsal was indicated.
Mailer and Brosof said a man
crossed the street and passed
them as they entered a
building with the construction
pavrolls. But before they reach
See BANDITS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
Assemblymen
Okay Action
Schuman Gov ernm e n t
Gains New Confidence
Vate Over Crisis

p4RIS. Dec. II -U.P)-The
rrencb National Assembly to-
niabt approved by a vote of All
IN .5,7 183 the governments firm
stand and in the current diplo-
ns+ic crisis with Russia.
Al the same time, the French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
s5ruotly rejected the second of
t5rpe g Soviet protest notes con-
aon,njng the expulsion of 19
Pnssian citizens from France.
The Assembly vote came at
.bo end of full-scale debate
W. W. Franco-Soviet relations in
which French Communists cas-
taated the governments Rus
sisn @ policy as carrying out the
Josiree of American "warmong-
ers."
French Interim Foreign Min
;s4pr Andre Marie told the As
sembly that the 10 Russians ex-
nplIed had been guilty of ''anti-
french activity" He did not
oive details saying that France
vas not obliged to explain any
emulsion OF foreigners from her
SOIL
Less than "a hours before,
France S ent a tiff note to Mos
COW charging that Russian
repatriation camp near Paris
actually was the terminus of an
underground railway that spirit
ed persons to Russia without
frances knowledge or permis-
sion.
French troops raided the
camp at Beauregard Nov. IA,
causing bitter Soviet protest.
At the end of a freuentlyq ex-
plosive debate, the Assembly
adopted an order of the day
approving the governments S
action in declaring unacceptable
the Soviet note and expressing
the Assembly's confidence in
the government for repatriation
Of French men still in Russia"
Francois Mitterand, French
minister or veterans affairs, in
iected still another factor in the
deteriorating relation between
the two countries by announc-
ing in the Assembly that $4,000
French citizens were still in
Russia, He said they presum-
ably would not be repatriated in
view Of the expulsion of the
French repatriation mission by
Sao ASSFMRI WHEN IN paoo .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13

vices in an atomic war. He said
problems to be fed into the
mechanical calculator during
the next six months would take
a human expert 81 IL lifetimes
to sove.
The m ost important group of
problems being submitted to
ENIAC, Simon reported, invol-
yes air flow, particularly in
speeds faster than travelled by
sound.
AS an example of ENIAC'S
ability in this work, Simon said
that a staff of mathematicians
took several months to work out
statistics in tests of guided mis-
siles at White Sands. N. M.
ENIAC did it in seven minutes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
Wilmington, Young, Old
OnHand TOGreetS Santa
TOUGH DE LUCK

LITTLE ROCK, Dec. IL.
P)- Roy Blossoms wife is re-
covering from an operation.
(He had one in the summer.D
His five-year-old son has pneu-
monia. His eight year old
daughter suffered an attack
of food poisoning last night.
His mother had a recurrence
of a heart ailment. His sister
fell and broke her arm and
his brOther-in-law was admit
ted to a hospital today with a
stomach aiIment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
OVERHEAD PLANE
SPOTS DERELICTS
Coast Guard Pilots Locate
Floating Tug, Five LISTS
Near Hatteras

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 12-R-
A Coast Guard airplane from
Elizabeth City, N. c., this after
noon located the former Army
Tug 154-83 and five LISTS lost
yesterday afternoon by the Tugs
Dauntless No. IA and Dauntless
No. Is in the vicinity of Cape
Hatteras.
The new position of the float
ing derelicts was given as 40
miles South, Southeast of Cape
Hatteras. The Coast Guard Cut
ters Agassiz and Ingram are ex-
pected to pick them up tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
HELIC0PTER CREW
GETS SURVIVORS
Braving Snowstorm, Air.
men Complete Rescue OF
Six Soldiers

MISSIONER FIELD, Mass,
Dec. IL -lR-Braving a snow
storm, a helicopter today COM
pleted the hazardous rescue of
six American soldiers who sur
vived the crash of big military
transport in Labrador waste
lands.
All six-none seriously injured
were flown to a hospital at
Goose Bay and preparations
were being made to remove by
air the bodies Of the % other
Army men killed in the crash.
Even before completion of the
rescue, a report was received
by Investigators that a power
failure apparently sent the Air
Transport Command plane
plunging into the earth at a
g. rrrrvCnDrCD rora .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
HUBERT E. OLIVE
HEADS ELECTIONS
Former Superior Judge
Sworn In AT Office OF
Governor Cherry

RALEIGH, Dec. IL -tR-Hu-
bert E. Olive of Lexington was
sworn in today as member of
the State Board of Elections and
then was elected chairman as
the board followed the Gus
tomary procedure of acceding
to the wishes of the governor.
The ceremony took place in
Governor Cherry's office wit h
Associate Justice Wallace Win
borne of the State Supreme
Court administering the oath.
Later, during a 45-minute
session in it's own offices with
Olive presiding, the board
adopted a resolution commend
ing Colonel w. T. Joyner of Ra-
leigh, retiring chairman, for
his service. Joyner submitted
See OLIVE On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13

Siegel, found him unconscious
last night after the agent tele-
phoned him to "get over here
quick" " The doctor called fire
department inhalator squad and
deputy sheriffs.
A note found in Kane's apart
ment, addressed to Bautzer,
said:
81 am sorry to check out like
this, but there really isn't any
other course to take. You are
my sole beneficiary.
81 am very grateful to you for
your friendship.
eff the following fellows
ard Hughes, Rudy Vallee, Jack
See HOLLYWOOD on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13

tov tossed his conciliatory atti-
tude of the past few days out
the window of sedate Lancaster
House and launched an hour
long attack.
He accused the Western pow
ers of making enormous prof
its" out of Germany through
hidden reparations." He also
declared that the United States,
Britain and France were trying
to "pe-petuate the division of
Germany" as part OF a strategic
plan to employ their occupation
zones against what he de-
scrlbed as the democratic
countries of Europe"
Cold War Fodder
The sudden unexpected ver-
bal assault by Molotov came
during a conference showdown
on reparations and made it
See BIG FOUR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
YATCH CLUB YARNS

AAANA NLCD AhlNO are
continued this morning. The
Rocking Chair Admiral tells us
that he has just about told us
all he knows. Yesterdays story
told about William A. Wright
being elected commodore, in 1874.
The old inner recalls that it
was this same year when the
Rosa made an appearance at
Wrightsville. She was a fine
craft, owned by J. M. Cazaux.
She didn't do so well at first,
but the old timer said that was
because she was rigged as cat
boat, but the substitution OF a
sloop rig made her plenty fast.
THE RIPPLE The old timer
will light his pipe take a few
puffs and blow smoke into the
air. Let see, he will begin, it was
just about 1875, according
to grandfather, that the Ripple
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
Truman Price
Plan Tabled
Schwellenbach Presents S
Bill; COP Will Take No
Action This Year

WASHINGTON, Dec. II -R-
Secretary of Labor Schwellen-
bach today outlined to Congress
specific proposals for price cell
ings and roll backs as Repub-
licans debated whether or not to
place their own anti initiation
bill before the House Monday on
a "take it or leave it" basis.
Schwellenbach sent the pro-
posed price control legislation
to the House Banking comit-
fee with a note saying he will
submit a wage control bill
shortly.
But Chairman Wolcott (R.-
Mich) told reporters definitely
there will be no action at the
special session on the Schwel-
lenbach bill, or the one drafted
by Secretary of Commerce Har-
riman asking priority and allo-
cation authority.
Schwellenbach said price con-
trolls would be limited to those
commodities that: Basically af-
feet the cost of living or agri-
cultural and industrial produc-
ton, and those essential to eff
fectuation of the foreign policy
of the United Staes."
Short Supply Products
The labor secretary declared
a maximum price ceiling should
be applied only if the commod-
ity is found to be in short sup
ply, or it's price has risen un-
reasonably beyond that prevail
ing in June, 1947. Under his
proposals price ceilings could
not be lower than the highest
price prevailing between June
II and June 18, 1947, except in
cases where there have been de-
creased costs or market de-
clines.
Wolcott, noting that the meas
ure would authorize price cell
ings on things Gin short supply
asked:
is there anything that isn't
in short supply except toy bal
looms and table radios?"
Republicans apparently got
their signals crossed on how
their bill will be presented to
the House Monday. Rep. Allen
(R-IlD, chairman of the Rules
committee, told reporters it
would be offered on take it
or leave it" basis that would
bar any attempt to amend it to
include the adrninssr alton GRO
posals.
Adoption of the ''no amend
ments" procedure requires a
two-thirds vote to suspend the
House rules.
"Strong Arm Method"
Allen claimed the Republi-
cans had the necessary two
thirds, saying: ga lot of South
ern Democrats will vote with
us. They don't like controls and
ration stamps"
House Democratic Leader
Rayburn, of Texas, replied that
it was an 'inexcusable strong
arm method to deny the mem
bership of the House the right
to present amendments on a bill
of this Importance"
Speaker Martin (R-Mass)
said nothing has been decid-
ed" about the COP strategy and
Wolcott told newsmen it prob
See TRUMAN On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13

S@tLOdy.
''O'oiogleal data for the "a hous end
ing 1880 pm. yesterday
,,Yo TEMPERATURES
a 10y 9.os M 10, 1870 am. 80, 1880 pm.
Nor%%al1m Ng-a%lm1m sa IS, Minimum 80, Mean AZ,
La HUMIDITY
6S ~ T,qo am SO, 7:3o am. SO, 1870 pm.
ro.., PRECIPITATION
pm n, for the "a hours ending 1880
liz to'aI al, since the first of the month
rro,. TIDES FOR TODAY
'i1 me Tide Tables published by U.
Wlmi, 1, eoas' and Geodetic Survey
's'oh 10 :29 am. 1855 am.
Masonbou. 1898 pm. 5:35 pm
''io inlet -- 8:13 am. 1:44 am.
Sunriso BIT pm. 2:29 pm.
'o I'm, an, Moonset S :54 pm.
"ote WEATHER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
The Weather
SUB FORECAST

g. SUB FORECAST
conttu ~ouh carolina-Mostly cloudy and
El1da. E,'siu71 rather cool Saturday and
nortl a,tIdy' some light rain in extreme
Ttme[n Nau.[ section Saturday night.
ns,s % vi Carolina-Considerab cloudi.
day an. ana continued rather cold Satur-
Uas and Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13

See ASSEMBLYMEN ON Page {
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Consider
able cloudiness and continued rather
cold today and Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-03
DEATH LAKES NAVAL. HERO
 OF PACIFIC
Admiral Marc A. Miischer, Nemesis of Jdps,
 Dies in Sleep

NORFOLK. Va, Feb. 3.-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher-the wartime nemesis of the Japanese; possibly the one man they feared more than any other--died this morning.
 The 60-year-old Naval hero pass ei away in his sleep shortly after am. in the Norfolk, Virginia, Ma val Station Hospital
 Mitscher's death was a surprise Even the doctors did not realize now i'll he really was. Last week he entered the hospital for what a Naval official said would be a com piete and thorough check-up. A few days later, his condition was described as very good. Again, last Friday, the surgeon of the Atlantic Fleet which Mitscher commanded said that the Admirals condition was not serious. And only last night a Navy bulletin said that he was coming along satisfactorily.
 Indeed, when the special nurse on duty lowered over the Admira shortly after midnight she found him sleeping quietly But when she re-checked around one am, sht round that he had stopped breath ing The end was attributed to { Aaart attack.