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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
And So To Bed

The editor of Along the
Cape Fear, being from the
frozen wastes of Wisconsin.
this morning makes a crack
about the sports editor max.
ing a picture Of the Cape Fear
river when and If 1t freezes
over.
After writing the column
and answering the telephone
for four hours telling the
residents of New Hanover
county that the temperature
this morning Is expected TO
drop to % degrees, the editor
turned to his mana. i1g edi.
tor with this remark.
"Up where / come from II
gets much colder than 2S dc.
grees, in fact it gets 2S de-
grees below freezing" A few
minutes later he was noticed
at his desk rubbing his hands
and adjusting his trousers. He
was wearing two pairs Of
pants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Volunteers Work
To Repair Dyke
Suburban Miami Homes
Threatened By On
rushing Waters

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 30-ND-
Negro convicts and volunteers
worked side by side in race
against time today in an effort
to save 5000 suburban homes
from flood waters loosed by what
police believed was wanton des-
truction of an eight-mile dyke.
A 40-foot hole was discovered
gouged out of the dyke North
west of the city, and sheriff S
deputies said they found wires
and decorating equipment near
by.
Through the gap poured mill
ions of gallons of waters from
rich, rolling farnlands to the
North. One county police offici-
al said disgruntled farmers were
under suspicion whose lands have
been flooded the past few weeks
due to heavy rains.
Huge cranes first were wheel
ed up to pack dirt and sand
against the hole in an effort to
Gee VOLUNTEEERS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Mercury Tu1nbles
Over Carolina as
Continued Cold Weaihe.
Forecast For Today
By Weather Bureau

CHARLOTTE, Nov. 3O-P)-
The U. S. Weather Bureau sta
ton in Charlotte tonight predict
ed turnbling temperatures for the
Carolinas, ranging downward to
18 degrees in the Northern and
Western sections of North Caro-
lima.
The North Carolina forecast
called for continued cold Mon
day on the heels of an 1924 de-
gree range for the Northern and
Western sections during the
night, and a 1882 temperature
range for the Southeast section.
Monday was expected to be
colder in South Carolina where
temperatures between "a and 80
degrees were predicted in the
North portion, and 80 to "a with
frost in the South portion.
At 73O P. M. tonight the
Weather Bureau listed these
temperatures for representative
North Carolina cities: Raleigh
26, Elizabeth City 80, Warrenton
26, Winston-Salem "a, Asheville
and Greensboro IS, Wilmington
80, and Charlotte 40.
Temperature reports from
South Carolina communities at
1880 P. M. ranged from AZ at
Greenville to so at Charleston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Along The Cape Fear

TASTE OF WINTER-With
the coolest wave of the season
riding in on the cold shoulder OF
a Worcester, scores of Whining
tonians telephoned the Star Sun
day evening to learn the latest
forecast.
A prediction that the mercury
would drop three degrees below
freezing last night set some peo-
pie to searching for extra blan-
kets and others to draining the
water out of automobiles not yet
winterized.
Snow which swept across the
state and down the Cape Fear
valley in a vain attempt to
reach the sea, was dissipated
by the warm blanket of air that
accompanies the Gulf stream
and protects Wilmington from
the rigors of winters icy blast.
Raleigh was covered with a
blanket of snow and even Bur-
|gaw donned the glistening attire
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Fnemen, Friends
Save Is People
Family Make Speciacu-
lar Jumps To Safely
From Burning Home

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30-U1
"A sleeping family of 16, includ-
ing II children, was trapped by
fire in their three-story row home
early today, but all were saved
in a series of spectacular leaps
from upstairs windows and dra-
matte rescues by neighbors and
firemen.
Thirteen of them, four adults
and nine children, were hospita-
lized with burns, smoke poison
ing, and injuries received in the
falls, but only a four-weeks-old
baby girl and a four-year-old boy
were reported in critical condi-
ton.
Dropped into the arms of an
unidentified milkman standing
in the street below, the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ram
dali Phillips was left lying on the
sidewalk unattended in the ex-
citement. Firemen, arriving on
the scene minutes later, said they
thought the tiny blanket-wrap-
ped bundle was doll until 1t was
seen to move.
Another Phillips child, nine.
See F1REMEN on Page TIVE
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Guns Crack, Blood Flows In Wake
Of UN Vote To Split Palestine;
Seven Die In Seattle Air Crash
DC-4 0vershoots
Airport Runway
Twenty Four Taken
To Nearby Hospi- Z
tails. Some Hurt

SEATTLE, NOV. ~. - VI -
Seven PERSONS, including one in
fant, wede killed and "a others in
jured, 13 critically, today when
a four-engined Alaska Airlines
DC-4 crashed and burned while
attempting a landing at the
Seattle Tacoma Bow Lake air.
port.
Four of the dead were among
the % passengers aboard tn e
transport. Three others were oc-
cupants Of an automobile struck
by the plane as it overshot the
runway, caromed over rough
terrain and plunged onto the
Des Moines-Seattle highway on
the Southeast side of the field.
Sixteen of the injured were
taken to the Renton, WASH, hos
pital where attendants said 10
were in critical condition.
Nine others were removed to
the King County Harborview
hospital at Seattle. Three of
those were in critical condition.
None of the dead was imme-
diately identified.
Pilots Injured
Three crew members, Pilot
James Ferris, Co-Pilot Richard
Whiting and Stewardess Reva
Monk were injured in the crash.
Miss Monk was in Every crit
ical condition" at the Renton,
WASH, hospital and was not ex-
pected to live. She suffered first
and second degree burns when
she stayed in the burning ship
and attempted to help passen-
gers to safety.
Passenger Richard Jones, 35,
Palmer, Alaska, who was light
ly injured, said the plane over
shot the field when it came in
for landing. He said visibility
was poor and all "felt good''
when the plane started down.
"He seemed to come in on a
steep landing and was going
FAST" Jones said. "He flew
right out over a 6O-foot embank-
ment, banked and landed on a
road near the side of the field"
''The left wing ripped off and
the outboard left engine was
torn off. Flames Immediately
broke out and sent fire from one
end of the plane to the other" ;"
Jones said the stewardess
tried to open the safety hatch
See DC4 on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Archbishop Sees
Hunger Threats
Dr.. c. F. Garbetf Tells
British Worst Is Yet
To Com"

LONDON, Nov. 3o-R-De-
claring that in Britain the
worst is not over" DR.. c. F.
Garbett, archbishop Of York,
said today that "next year we
may be threatened with actual
hunger.
The Archbishop, in his dioce-
san letter, described Britain's
imposition Of potato rationing as
a severe" but necessary blow
and added:
This step will have brought
many to realize the gravity OF
the economic situation. There
are still some who speak as if
we were passing through an -un-
expected squall which would
soon be over"
The country's anxieties over
food, he said, "must not conceal
from us the far graver position
both in Germany and elsewhere
in Central Europe. Already
there are millions who are un-
der-nourished, and the margin
between hunger and actual star
vation has become very narrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Gas Storage Blast
Kills One, Injuries
Six AT Marion, Mich

MARION, Mich, Nov. 30-R
An explosion shattered a Mich.
igan Gas Storage company
pumping station here early to.
day, killing one man, injurine
six, and threatening some 25(
Eastern Michigan communities
with an immediate gas shortage
An official of the company
which is affiliated with the Con-
sumers Power Company, esti-
mated damage at $75O,0O0 anc
said the larger cities affected
would be Lansing, Pontiac
Flint, Midland, Saginaw and Bay
City.
Consumers Power Company Of
ficials called a meeting in Jack.
son tonight to assess the dam
age. One said that the use OF
gas in the affected area might
have to be cut,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Senate Votes TODAY
On "Stop-Gap" Aid
Capital Observers Be.
lieve Republicans
Will Pass Measure

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-UD
The Senate is sheduled to vote
tomorrow on the $597, 100000 en-
ergency aid bill for France, Italy
and Austria amid indications that
Republican leaders will 60 along
on the measure and save their
fire for the long-range Marshall
recovery plan.
At the same time, Democrats on
the House Foreign Affairs COM
mittee will make an all-out ef-
fort to restore a $108,000,000 cut
tentatively from funds for the
countries by the committee ma
jority.
Before voting on the bill, the
Senate must dispose of series
of amendments by Sen. James p.
KEN, R., Mo-, designed to require
recipient countries to detail how
relief is distributed and to inform
See SEN TIE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01

usually associated with Christ
mas.
This column has it on the au-
thority of Miss Kate M. Johnson,
Brunswick county, whose uncle,
Gov. D. L. Russell, owned the
Winnebow plantation, that in
1893 the usually mild winters OF
this area were marked by a pre-
cedent setting event-Rice's S
Creek, which flows through the
plantation and is the chief tribu-
tary of Town Creek, froze over.
The freeze was more than a
one night detour of a polar
blast. The ice froze six inches
thick. Men of the plantation cut
the ice into blocks, stored it in
sawdust from the family saw
ers who asserted it to be the
ice that lasted through almost
the entire following summer. A
visitor from the North sent
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Secretary Takes ll1i'
tiatiVe For First
Time In Career

LONDON, Nov. 80 O-W.R,-Rus-
sian Foreign Minister Viache-
slav Molotov has turned down
an invitation to a luncheon con.
ference tomorrow with Secre.
tary of State George c. Mar
shall, it was made known to-
night.
American Ambassador Lewis
W. Douglas issued the invitation
to Molotov Friday, asking him
to lunch at the American En-.
bassy with Marshall as a fellow
guest.
It was the first time in his
career as Secretary of State
that Marshall had even. indirect
ly taken the initiative to get q
private talk with Molotov.
Molotov, however, declined
the invitation, pleading previous
engagements.
American quarters had hoped
the luncheon talk might offer ar
important opportunity for a con-
fidential get-together of the two
foreign ministers on German
and Austrian treaty questions
and problems generally con-
corning the United States anc
Russia.
Marshall spent the week end
See MOLOTOV on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Arabs Now Down
Jew Bus Driver,
IS Killed, II Wounded
In Riots; Holy Land
Celebrates

JERUSALEM, Palestine, Nov.
30-fU.D-At least Is Arabs and
Jews were killed and II wound
ed today in shootings and riots
that flared in the Middle East
in the wake of the United Ma
tions decision to partition Pale
stine.
The crack of guns and the
flow of blood came amid the
widest celebration the Holy
Land has seen in 80 years, with
Jews dancing in the streets and
lighting the countryside with
victory bonfires on hilltops. In
Jerusalem the blue and white
flag of Zion flew from the
Jewish Agency building.
Seven of the victims were
Jews killed in Palestine, five OF
them in a single bus which was
ambushed and sprayed with bull
lets by three Arab gunner in
an orange grove on the highway
between Petah Tikva and VIII
helma.
Another Jewish woman was
killed in Wilhelma, a man was
slain in the Salamah quarter on
the Jaffa-Tel Aviv border and
a Jewish boy was killed in Tel
Aviv when he leaped from the
top of a bus.
Seven Arabs Killed
Seven Arabs were killed in
Syria when rioting student mob
attacked Syrian Communist par
ty headquarters in Damascus af-
ter stoning the United States and
French Legations for approving
partition.
Three of the Arabs were kill
ed by burst of gunfire from the
building. The mob then set fire
to the headquarters and four
Arab Communists were burned
to death. In the attack on the
U. S. Legation, the American
flag was torn down.
Pitched fighting also broke out
between Jewish and Arab pris-
oners in Acre prison and several
Arabs were wounded when pris-
on authorities broke up the battle
with tear gas and gunfire. An
official announcement did not
mention any deaths.
The Acre fighting was set off
See ARABS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
TWO PARTIES HONOR
WINSTON CHURCHILL
ON HIS ANNIVERSARY

LONDON, Nov. 30. - R -
Winston Churchill was 70 today
and celebrated with two birth
day patries.
He was the honor guest at a
luncheon given by Mrs. Church
hill at the Savoy Hotel for mem
bers of their immediate family
Lord Moran, his physician and
Lord Portal, marshall OF the
Raj.
Tonight Churchill himself Ell
tertained at his London resi-
dence. His colset friends - in
cluding Brendan Bracken, for.
mer minister of information, and
Lord Cherwell, his cabinet aide
during the early days OF the
war-were there in addition to
members of his family.
Forsaking a custom OF former
years, Churchill decided against
a bithday message to his well.
wishers. But they remembered
him and hundreds OF cables
and scores of presents from all
parts of the world arrived at his
home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Three Play Poker
To Siraighien Out
Unsolveable Tangle

PARIS, Nov. 30-U.H-Dr.
Emile Huriaux, sitting across
a table at Laon, dealt him
self and his mistress, Yvonne
Zemara, a hand of poker
while his wife looked on,
dispatches said today. DR..
.Huriaux won and left the
room with his wife. There
was a shot and when police
arrived Mile. Zemara was
dead. DIR. Huriaux was quot
ed as saying after his release
on bail:
"Suicide was the stake.
With all three Of us alive
life was an unsolvable
tangle."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Governor Places Phoenix Area
Under Martial Law Over Strike
Osborn National Guradsmen As Violence Flares
Anew In Strike Of 1000 Union Lettuce ncendry
Fire Does 100000 Dana ges To Stanley Plant

POENIx, Ariz., Nov. 3O-UH)
Gov. Sidney P. Osborn tonight
proclaimed martial law in Phoe-
nix because of the violence-mark-
ed lettuce packers strike and
ordered National Guardsmen to
be on duty at Z a. M, tomorrow
when "a struck lettuce sheds
open after Sunday shutdown.
The governor issued the call
for the troops after Sheriff Cal
Boies warned that he would dep
utize 800 men unless Guards
men were on duty tomorrow to
keep order in the 12-day strike.
All-day conferences of the gov
ernor with operators and union
representatives failed to pro-
duce an agreement in the walk
out, Osborn said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
See MERCURY on Page Two

ALBANY, NY, Nov. 30-W.@
The pad and pencil gals, who
were spanked" last spring in
a nationwide poll of what bosses
don't like about secretaries, re-
turned the compliment today and
condemned the Johnny Come
Lately" type as their biggest an
noyance.
He's the type of boss who has
a last-minute brainstorm-usu-
ally a little contract he for
got to have typed-just as his
secretary is fixing her face to
60 home, according to an OPT
inon poll of 1000 female gradu-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
PhoneRings, DoorsSwing
When George Cuts Prices

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30-R
Butcher George Rookstool's
plan to sell meat at wholesale
prices and save customers Is per
cent monthly is paying off-for
both buyer and seller.
Rookstool promised to sell
choice T-Bone steaks for as little
as so cents pound. Other cuts
are even cheaper. All he wanted
he said, was 300 customers will
ing to pay him $1.25 weekly as
a service fee.
This way, the 32-year-old North
Philadelphia butcher explained
it, the normal IS per cent profit
markup is eliminated, the Gus
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Schun1an Gets
Program Over
v.t;onal Ass e m b ly
A,thoriZeS Mobili-
zatior, Of $4,000

PARIS, Nov. 3o-@-The ma
ra1 ra Assembly tonight autho-
hOna' the government to call up
.i1emo ~ eoo 't1 troops to maintain order
@'JGr rance. but delayed until to-
.rrow IN W. further consideration Of
nia- l.o.+ic strike control legislation.
dfS5i; Tbis action brought to ap-
,rooximately 100000 the e, number
. '~ recr,lits added to the army
Spring IL the past two weeks
" rarlier, Premier Robert Schu-
u s,e followers beat down a 25-
al',, a.nr communist effort to emas-
aon aoiate the measure which pro-
'adss sule,' strict penalties for anyone
voTs vnoIesting non-strikers or for
menting strikes
'Dt scbuman has demanded the
conditional surrender of the
inrces anI which have paralyzed
1V.s Trsnce with strikes involving
.,ora than 100000 workers.
M vaccinations between the gov
ornnent nrs and the Communist
ddominated General Confeder-
stjon Of Labor (CGT) appeared II,
Completely CONT deadlocked' The
Communist national strike com
mittee announced it had rejected
.he governments terms for end
;no The strike. The committee
threatened S to continue the walk
out indefinitely.
To Stand Firm
The premier's friends said
schuman was determined not to
sive the CGT any chance to
claim a victory.
Approval of the boost IN the
strength of the military force
came near the end of a 35 IL
hour session of the Assembly
inst a half hour short of the re-
cord sitting established in 1926.
The weary lawmakers began
their session Saturday afternoon
See FANCE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Bolton Resident
Killed In Crash
Willie Kirksey Loses
Life When Car Turns
Over AT Holly Ridge

One man was killed almost in
stantly and a second was slight
ly injured when a tire blew out
and caused their 1896 Ford
coach to roll over once five
miles south of Holly Ridge at
$50 o'clock yesterday after
noon, State Highway patrolmen
reported here last night.
Willie Kirksey, 33-year-old
Bolton resident, died instantly
Rosie Freeman, 24year-old
cousin of Kirksey, also of Boil
ton, sustained bruises on the
side of the head and a back in
jury in the wreck, according to
the investigating officers.
Kirksey was the driver OF the
car, the patrolmen said, and at
the time the tire blew out
was attempting to hold up the
front seat upon which he was
riding while Freeman replaced
bracing block which had fall
en- out of place. The car was
pulled across the road and
turned over completely one time,,
the officers said.
No Inquest
Coroner H. E. Blake Of PEN
der county was summoned to
the scene of the wreck and ruled
that it was an unavoidable aci-
dent and that no inquest would
be necessary.
The body of Kirksey was re-
moved to Jones Funeral home
in Jacksonville.
Meanwhile, Catherine Cher
poce, 324 Calhoun drive, was
taken to James Walker Memori-
al hospital last night for treat
ment of abraisions Of both legs
after being struck by an auto
mobilte allegedly operated by
Carl H. Royal, 206 Ann street,
police reported.
The victim was crossing
Castle street at Sixth when
struck by the car and was
rushed to the hospital by Royal,
according to police, who did not
hold ROYAL responsible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01

toner gets a savings and II make
a living"
It sounded good-so good that
more than $50 signed up with the
end not yet in sight.
"When people heard about
Georges plan his phone started
ringing. the doors started swing
ing, and George started signing
them up," Rookstool's uncle re-
ported. TT got 50 bad he had to
disconnect his phone and now
he's looking for another butcher
to help him and his two men" "
Business may even reach $4,-
900 weekly, the uncle added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01

Gov. Sidney P. Osborn threat
ened to call out the National
Guard to halt violence that
broke out Friday.
Burning of the Stanle, Pack
ing plant near suburban Tolle-
son caused 100000 damage, the
owner, Dean Stanley, estimated.
He said the "blaze was of in
bcdiary origin. Gasoline OF
some other highly inflammable
substance was used"
He said the fire was proof Of
the insincerity of the strikers
who seek a l IL cent az hour
wage increase and other bene-
fits don't keep their promise to
cease mass picketing and end
violence"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
M0lOtOv Declines MarshoIl Meeting
AS y. S. Delegation Splits On Ruhr
NEW NETWORK

NEW YORK, Nov. 30-W.D
"A television network will
link New York and Chicago
possibly by the end of 1948,
Frank +. Mullen, executive
vice president of the National
Broadcasting System said to-
day.
Mullen, in a radio interview,
said that the two cities would
be joined by the network by
that time with a few months
leeway on either side"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01

Maj. Gen. A. M. Tuthill, Ari-
zona adjustant general, inmedi.
dtely began mobilizing Guards.
men for duty at the lettuce sheds
located in the suburbs of Phoe.
nj: in the Sal River valley.
Violence broke out in the
strike last Friday. Last night a
lettuce packing shed was burned
and the owner charged that
members of the 1000 striking
lettuce packers had set the blaze
in violation of non-violence
pledge.
Members of the Fresh Fruit
and Vegetable Workers Local
(CIO), striking against the en-
tire lettuce packing industry
here, voted last night to conduct
only peaceful picketing after
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Brunette Beauty
Called By Jury
Alleged "Girl Friend
In Meyers Case To
Testify Against Gen.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. -
WD - Three key witnesses
against Maj. Gen. Bennett E.
Meyers, including the brunette
beauty he claimed was his war
time "girl FRIEND" are scheduled
to testify tomorrow before the
federal grand jury investigating
perjury charges against the re-
tired Air Force deputy procure
ment officer.
Bleriot H. Lamarre, youthful
Dayton o., boc-1keeper, who
swore before Senate War In
vestigating subcommittee that
Meyers secretly owned a SUBJ
contracting firm and cleared
See BEAUTY on Para wo
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Pad. Pencil PusherS Pan
''Johnny Come-Latelys'

ates of the Albany Business Col
lege.
Next among the secre-
taries' major "pet peeves" is
"mumbler"- the "ah and
ahem" type who phlubbs his die
tation and constantly re-
peats certain phrases.
Then there's the Smokey
Joe," who never fails to light up
a strong cigar as he begins to
warble that important letter.
The girls said they dom tmind
going "beyond the call of DUTY, u
but the shopping shirker," who
See PENCIL on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Motorists Take
Final Joy Ride
Driving For Pleasure
Now Jail 0ffense In
Great Britain
-

LONDON, Nov. 3O-lP-Hun-
dreds of thousands of British
motorists poured their last few
pints of gasoline into the tanks
Of automobiles today and took
what may be their last drives
into the country for the dura-
ton of the economic crisis.
After midnight tonight, any,
one found driving for pleasure
in Britain will be subject to pri-
son sentences ranging up to two
years and fines that may 60 as
high as $1,000.
The government abolished the
gasoline ration to save dollars
and only motorists isolated from
public transport, or those who
needs their cars for business,
will be permitted to drive after
midnight tonight.
Gas Sale Banned
Garages and filling stations
were forbidden to sell gasoline
alter Oct. 81, but motorists have
been permitted to use any gaso-
line stored in tanks or cans.
The Automobile Associa-
oon estimated that 300, 900 out
Of Britain's 1,859,OOO motorists
would be forced off the road,
along with 100000 of some 469,-
VOO motorcyclists.
Beginning tomorrow, police
ana the Fuel Ministry's 80 en-
lorcement officers will stop any
motorists suspected Of using
gasoline Illegally. Occasional
foad blocks will be set up and
RAIDS will be made On parking