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Evening star., 1947-11-29
Nine in French Army
And Air Force Died in
lie C|erc Plane Crash
BY me Assoeiotsd Press

PARIS. Nov. 2e.-French author
tiles said today nine French Army
and air force personnel were killed
with Gen. lie Clerc, French World
War II hero, when their plane
crashed In a sandstorm near Co.
omb-Bechar in the Sahara Desert.
Gen. Le Cierc, who died on his
45th birthday, first gained fame
during the recent war when he led
a Free French force on a 2,0O0-mile
march from Fort Lamay In the Lake
Chad region of French Equatorial
Africa to Tripoh and made contact
on January 23, 1913. with Field
Marshal Lord Montgomery's British
9Th Army.
In 1914 Gen. LIE Clerc went into
action alongside American troops In
Normandy and led the victorious
march into Paris, where he accepted
the surrender of the German COM
mander, Gen. Dietrich Won Choltitz.
The general was member of an
aristocratic French family. His real
name was Count Philippe de Haute-
clocque. During the war he as
sumed the name lie Clerc to shield
his wife and six children In Ger
man occupied France from reprisals.
Gen. lie Clerc was returning from
. review Of the Oran Division at
Arzew In his capacity as inspector
general of French North African
forces when he met his death.
A sandstorm forced his pilot to
fly low for visibility and the plane
crashed against a slope, bursting
into flames.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
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damaged by the boys playing in the
building.
The other official to be investi-
gated by the committee is Town
Manager James T. Gobbel. He is
charged with mismanagement OF the
towns finances by paying salaries
in excess Of amounts authorized by
the municipal budget. No testimony
has been taken on these charges,
however.
Another suspended policeman,
John Belten, told the investigating
committee substantially the same
story as Dodge.
Former Mayor George F. Bauer
testified that at the time Of the
fatal fire, an automobile drove up
to the fire house and he saw man
rush in and drive truck into the
street. The man sounded the siren
to summon fighters. Mr.. Bauer said.
In defense of Chief Panagoulis,
Sergt. Albert Attick, a policeman,
said all auxiliary and special police
had been informed that the alarm
system was disconnected and were
instructed as to procedure in the
event Of fire. These special police
had been appointed for emergency
duty during the war.
More than $50 persons attended
the committee hearing at the Center
9ohool QUAR- which Mavor Thomas
j. Canning presided. The tnvestiga-
tors are considering only those COM
plants which were submitted with
signatures prior, to . deadline on
October 10. Fourteen complaints
were filed against Panasoulis by
Dodge, but only two Of them were
discussed today.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Koppers Executive Kills
Himself in His Office
by the kssociotsd Press

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29.-Robert
C. Wickersham, So, an executive OF
the Koppers Co., was found dead
of head wound in his office yes
terday, A 80 caliber automatic
clutched in his right hand, Police
1t. Peter A. Connors reported
The body was found by a secretary
who entered the Office to obtain
some papers, 1t. Connors said.
The victim, a native of Steelton
and a graduate of Lehigh University.
was vice president and assistant
general manager Of Koppers Tar
Products Division. j. w. Forker,
vice president and general manager
of the Tar Products division, said
Mr.. Wickersham had been in i'll
health for some time.
Mr.. Wickersham is survived by
his widow and three children. He
was a member Of various clubs,
the Union League Club
of New York.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
$500, 900 Loss Caused
By Fire in Louisville
By the Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. "a
spectacular fire ragged for hours
during the night in the three-story
brick Boston Building in the heart
of downtown Louisville before being
brought under control early today
A dozen f1remen were injured or
overcome by billowing smoke which
spread for blocks in the business
section. Hundreds of spectators
packed police lines strung about the
fire scene, only a few doors north of
the busy intersection of Fourth and
Walnut streets.
The property loss was expected to
amount to at least $500,0O0. Oper-
ators of damaged business estab-
lishments reported additional sur
veys would be needed to arrive at a
final figure. They also glumily
viewed the loss of Christmas busi-
ness. Residents of apartments In
the building were led to safety.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Earl Gordon Bill, 63,
OF Dartmouth Kills Self
By the kssoclofed Press

HANOVER, N. H., Nov. 29-Earl
Gordon Bill, So, dean emeritus Of
Dartmouth College, took his life yes
terday-pronounced a suicide by
gunshot" by Medical Referee Will
liam p. Putn.ssc.
DR.. Bill, first dean of the faculty,
suffered "a nervous breakdown In
1916 and had been inactive in college
affairs since then, Dartmouth Off
cials said. He was Canadian draft
official in World War I.
Coming to Dartmouth as a mathe-
matics professor after serving as an
instructor at Yale and Purdue, DR..
BilltSas named faculty dean in 1888
and organized and directed Dart
mouths program of requirements
for admission.
Funeral services will be held today
at the college chapel.
He Is survived by his widow, a
daughter, Mrs. Margaret A. Lewis
of Westfield, N. j., and two sons.
Andrew p, mathematics teacher at
Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass,
and John G., q graduate student at
the University of Rochester.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
u. N.
Continued From First Page)

tition being approved at this As
sembly session, which has been run
ming since September 16.
Delegates generally agreed that
the Colombian proposal would re-
suit in a procedural wrangle as to
whether this new measure should
get voting priority over the parti-
ton plan.
A member of the United States
delegation and some U. N. officials
said the partition scheme should
be voted on 'irst, but DR.. Lopez dis
agreed. He said he would press for
an immediate vote on his proposal
at the outset of today's meeting.
Arabs Back Colombia.
As the delegates assembled for
this afternoons session, this was the
situation:
l. The Arab countries, in q huddle
after yesterdays meeting, had
agreed to support the Colombian
proposal.
2. Informed quarters reported
Iran and Afghanistan, two of the
anti-partitionist countries support
ing the Arab position, had asked the
Arab country delegations to turn to
a federalized government for Pal
estine as possible compromise.
This plan was recommended last
summer by an Indian-Yugoslav-
Iranian minority on the 11-member
United Nations Special Committee
on Palestine, but was dropped with
out test.
8. Some countries which had re-
luctantly committed themselves to
support the partition plan were re-
ported to be ready to support the
Colombian proposal as q possible
out"
Cancellation Discounted.
Most delegates had discounted In
advance the chances Of any success
full conciliation efforts in the r.
hour period voted by the Assembly
French Delegate Alexandra Parodi
who proposed the postponement, said
! he had offered his motion merely X
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Livestock Show Opens
AT Chicago Today
BY the Associotsd Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-The 48th
International Livestock Exposition
showing the finest of North
Americas agricultural wealth, for
mally opened its gates today.
More than 1880 head Of cattle
horses, sheep and swine and 5000
nearly perfect samples of grain and
hay were on display for the live
stock exposition and the 1nterna-
tional Grain and Hay Show.
Farm boys and girls. the food pro-
ducers of tomorrow, dominated the
competition in the first day of the
eight-day show which sponsors ex-
pect will attract 100000 visitors.
Besides judging in the Junior live
stock feeding contest, other activ-
tiles today included the collegiate
livestock judging contest.
Entries for the exposition have
come from 80 States and Cana
dian provinces. A total of 686 farm
youths are entered in the compe-
tition.
The 26th national All Club Con-
gress is being held In conjunction
with the exposition. An estimated
| 400 boys and girls from the United
States, Hawaii, Canada, Brazil
Bolivia, Panama, Uruguay, Ecuador
China, England and Poland are at
tending the sessions.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Six Hurt Jumping From Fire
In Baltimore Apartments
By the Asso<iotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 29.-Six per-
sons were injured early today when
they jumped from second and third
story windows Of burning apart
ment building in Northeast Balti-
more, police reported.
Sergt. August Santoni said the
occupants were aroused by a neigh
Dor, who then turned in an alarm
William Sutton, %, and Catherine
Chester, q, we're treated at St
Joseph's Hospital for shock and
contusions, and William Jones, "a
for possible fracture of the back.
Donald Green, 20, Mrs. Ida May
Green, 38, and Clarence Stroud, 27
were treated at Johns Hopkins Hos
pital for minor injuries and re-
leased. All six are colored.
Witnesses said flames swept the
front stairway of the building
blocking escape of its residents.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Philippines to Abstain
From Palestine Vote

BAGUIO, p. T., Nov. 20 R.-A
government spokesman said today
the Philippine government has in
structed its delegate at Lake Sue
cess to abstain from the final show
down vote on the partition Of Pal
estine.
In debate, Chief Delegate Carlos
P. Romulo spoke against partition
However, the spokesman said 1t was
the attitude of President Manuel
Roxas and Vice President Elipidic
Quirino. Secretary Of Foreign AZ
fairs, that the Palestine issue does
not directly affect the Philippines
and that the delegation should alb
stain from an expression for o.
against the partition plan.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Tobin Tells Teomsters
To Distribute Papers

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. % P.-
Daniel J. Tobin, president OF the In
ternational Brotherhood of Team
sters. AFL, yesterday, instructed
members of the Teamsters' Union
who distribute newspapers in Chi
cago to "observe the contract with
their employers and under no cir
cumstance engage in any kind OF
stoppage of work. :. ="
The instructions were contained
In letter to Herbert r. Phelps
secretary-treasurer of Local 706 in
Chicago, and made public by the
unions international headquarters
here.
More than 1900 printers employed
by Ch!cago's six leading daily news
papers walked out last Monday.
II am ordering and instructing
members Of 706 to observe the con-
tract with their employers and un-
der no circumstances engage in any
kind Of stoppage Of work, or become
involved in anything that would
violate the spirit and intent, as well
as the written word, Of the agree
ment between ourselves and the
newspaper publishers of Chicago,
Tobin wrote.
For 80 years, there has not been
any stoppage of work or any seri-
GUS disagreement between the
Brotherhood of Teamsters and the
newspapers of Chicago and the
vicinity. 1t is my instruction that
this condition of observing contracts
not only in Chicago but elsewhere
shall be maintained and continued
Evening star., 1947-11-29
France.
CONTINUED From First Page. :,

Schuman also said it would be nee
essary to take measures Of mobili-
zation," but he did not explain what
he had In mind. Earlier some sources
said the cabinet wanted power to
requisition or conscript workers.
Communist Labor Chief Benoit
Franchon published in the Commu-
mist newspaper L 'Humanite today an
appeal to "the whole of the non
striking population" to come to the
aid Of those who are fighting" There
were broad hints from other sources
of plans for an all-out general strike
for Monday.
Reports of plans for joint national
general strikes In France and Italy
for Monday were recalled. The key
Light and Power Federation sought
to try and stop all electrified indus
try.
And while police and the armed
forces moved against strikers hold
ing seized premises and against
reported sabotage, labor foes Of the
Communist leadership In the Gen
sral Confederation of Labor took
steps to set up a rival national
federation Of trade unions pledged
TO a back work" drive
At st. Etienne. six truckloads of
Republican Security companies ma
tional Guard moved in on the
railroad depot and cleared the sta
ton and platform of strikers. The
strikers retreated but some were
reported holding out in the round
house.
In Paris, police cleared all the
capitals seven main railway ter
ninals except the Lyon station,
where strikers remained. Previously,
in some cases, passengers had to be
carried by bus to out-of town sta
tions to board the few trains still
running.
Some scattered sabotage was re-
ported. At La villete, Cambrai and
Avesnes runaway" locomotives
roared down the tracks with
tfrottles open, telescoping two
freight cars In one case. At Nanterre
and vanves, overhead high tension
cables were short circuited.
At Lyon, a locomotive derailment
crushed 10 freight cars Just before
an express was due to pass and at
Brest an express from Paris was
saved when rails were discovered
ripped loose.
At Brives, national police drove
strikers from the station and re-
established traffic on the Paris
Toulouse line. In the Montrouge
district of Paris police took over a
machine plant from strikers, who
were thrown out,
In Nancy, Republican Security
companies came to the aid Of po-
lice whose lines broke before an
attack Of 1900 strikers on the still
working Chier plants. The security
forces drove out several hundred
strikers who had entered the plants
At Rouen, police cordons were
thrown around stations and, factories
to protect them from group OF
5000 demonstrators.
The principal focal points of the
many strikes now appeared to be in
Lyon n-St. Etienne, Marseille- Toulon
and Lille.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Two Jops From Irkutsk
Doubt Soviet A-Bomb
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, Nov. 29-Two Japanese
who said they were nearby when
the Russians were rumored to have
detonated q test atomic bomb at
Irkutsk, Siberia. last June Is told
the newspaper Yomiuri today that
they doubted there was such test.
(The report never was conflrmed)
. The paper said Maruo Tachiyama
and Tsugio Tani were in the 'Ir-
kutsk concentration camp" at the
time, and that they reported no.
ticing neither detonation nor flash
nor repercussions, nor any rumor"
of an atomic bomb test.
Evening star., 1947-11-29

provide an opportunity for concilia-
ton but he had no specific plan to
bring the antagonists together.
The Colombian proposal provided
that the Assemblys 57-Nation
Palestine Committee should be con-
stituted as special organ OF the
Assembly to continue work on the
Palestine problem; that 1t should
try to bring about agreement be-
tween the Jews and Arabs; that 1t
should report to the secretary
general on its work not later than
next February %. 1t provided fur
ther that the member nations, on
the basis of this report, should
advise the secretary-general not
later than next April Is whether
they wanted to call the Assembly
back in extraordinary session to act
on the Palestine problem.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Sun Oil Increases II
Price Paid for Crude.
D. n. A..oeie,sd Pros.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 70-The
price Sun Oil Co. pays for crude oil
was increased so cents barrel yes
terday.
John @. Pew, vice president Of
the company, said the action was
taken ito meet the needs OF its
customers" and ITO do its part In
supplying the constantly expanding
needs Of the armed services for
petroleum products"
Mr.. Pew explained that 1t had
been increasingly difhcult In recent
months to obtain crude oil for the
company,s refineries because Of Whist
he described as ever-increasing
premiums being paid, directly or
indirectly, by many OF the COM
pany's competitors.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 49,
Standard Oil will begin rationing Of
gasoline in at least two Southeastern
States Monday.
Standard Oil Of Kentucky notified
about 5000 Alabama distributors
yesterday they would be rationed
on gasoline starting December !.
and James r. Farley, Jacksonville
(Fla.) district manager for Stand
ard Oil Co., said distributors and
dealers in Florida would be placed
on an ALLEGATION basis beginning
the same day.
The announcement from the
Birmingham ONCE said dealers would
be limited to IS per cent Tor their
October purchases.
Mr.. Farley said the step Is con
servation measure" being taken IN
an effort to make available supplies
go around.
He said each dealer and distribu-
tor would be anocated an amount
of gasoline which I'VE hope will take
care of them for the month"
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Russians Name Zorin
Deputy Foreign Minister
by the Assoeiotsd Press

MOSCOW, Nov. 29.-The Soviet
Council OF Ministers announced to-
day the appointment Of Valerian A.
Zorin, former Minister to. Czechoslo-
vakia and now a Russian represent
ative at the United Nations. to be a
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr.. Zorin, who represented the
u. s. S. r. on the 57-nation Social
Committee Of the current U. N
Assembly In New York, thus at
tains a rank now held by only five
other men, Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Feodor T. Gousev, Andrei A. Gro.
myko, Jacob A. Malik and v. G.
Dekanozov.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
Foreign Aid
Continued From First Page.)

would help arrest imitation, but I
for one want to know just how
they propose to 60 about It,"
Senator Watkins pressed Secre-
tary Hartman for details on allo-
cation of steel when he appeared
yesterday.
"All 1 got for answer" the Utah
Senator said, was some generalized
statement about steel being needed
for box cars"
Senator Taft told Mr.. Hartman
the administration was not out
lining its proposals "in good faith. !"
He said Mr.. Hartman was pro-
posing to use ALLEGATION powers to
only a limited extent, but at the
same time was asking for 100 per
cent complete" authority which
would give the administration a
free hand to go as far as it wanted.
On another point of Mr.. Truman's
program, Senator Taft said today he
is not averse to broadening export
controls and might even support
legislation which would give the
Commerce Department the right to
deny export licenses in cases where
excessive prices are being charged
for items shipped abroad.
Sparkman Doubtful.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat, Of
Alabama, another member of the
committee, expressed doubt that
Congress should attempt to spell out
ALLEGATION powers for Government
agencies.
In his floor speech on interim-aid,
Senator Taft charged that Roose-
velt- Truman policies bred economic
chaos in Europe and paved the way
for current demands for billions in
American aid.
Although he Is going along on the
temporary $597 000. 900 authorization,
his remarks indicated the long-range
Marshall plan to extend between
SIG ,0OO, ,OO0, 900 and $40 ,OO0, 900 900 of
recovery assistance to 16 nations Is
in for a stiff battle In January.
Senator Taft expressed doubt that
all of the $597 900 900 could be spent
by next March 81. For that reason,
he argued, the total in the stop
gap bill is unimportant, because any
unspent balance can be applied to
whatever long-range program is
finally adopted.
Attacks European Parleys.
IN general attack on Democratic
foreign policy In recent years, the
Ohio Republican presidential can
didate declared:
The policy adopted at Teheran
and Yalta Of yielding to the Russian
demands that they be per-
mitted to occupy that part of Ger
many containing Berlin. and that
part of Austria containing Vienna,
enabled them to establish
themselves as tremendous power
in Eastern Europe, able to interfere
with and prevent the cure OF the
economic conditions OF Western
Europe"
The Ohioan said that the Nor
genthau plan, to reduce Germany
to a purely agricultural state, was
practically adopted" at Potsdam
The result, he said, was that this
country will have to provide about
a billion dollars this year Ito bring
Germans up to the very lowest
standard at which any people can
hope to survive"
Certainly that plan is more re-
sponsible than anything else for
the present economic condition Of
Europe, because Germany could pro-
duce many of the things which
these other countries need" he said
"It could at the same time provide
a market for many Of the products
which they could manufacture"
Evening star., 1947-11-29
| Observation-Disclosures
Using More Time 10
Teach Democracy
BY the Assoeisssd Press

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29.-John W.
Studebaker, United States Commits
sioner Of Education, said last night
the Nations schools were not de-
voting enough time to prepare youth
for Democratic citizenship and de-
clared a revamping of the entire
study program schedule as well as
the curriculum is in order.
Addressing the National Council
for the Social Studies on Com
munism's challenge to American
education" Mr.. Studebaker asserted
most high schools require only one
year Of social studies and pupils on
an average elect an additional year.
whereas I'VE shall do well If neces-
sary instruction Is satisfactorily
compassed In Four years"
Frankly. do not believe that q
year of world geography can be
educated with a year of world his
tory or either of these courses with
a year Of problems OF Democracy
Can't Be Left to Chance.
Il don't believe that we can leave
it to chance whether pupils in our
schools learn about how modern
man Is Influenced by his geographic
environment, and how he in turn
shapes this environment to his
needs.
Il do not believe that we can leave
to chance whether or not pupils
learn about supply and demand, in
flation and recession, taxation and
governmental expenditures, how the
great industries of this Nation have
developed, the relation of economic
freedom to civil liberties, and what
stake each of us has in the economic
well-being of all of us"
Asserting it is imperative that
young citizens be brought up to
understand and cherish American
democracy and be well informed and
skillful in thwarting the purposes
of totalitarians, and understand
their responsibilities" Mr.. Stude-
baker said:
Il do not see how these needs can
be met In less time than four years
of required work in social studies in
grades 9-12. I am thinking OF a
requirement for all pupils, and 7
have in mind courses consisting of
five periods a week. And I would
argue that all college students also
should take a sequence OF required
social science courses
Should Mesh With College Courses.
. He said every effort should be
made to provide for articulation
between the secondary and college
levels and to insure. the develop
ment of a well-planned program
which is challenging at each level.
THE time has come when we can
take no chances on the soundness of
our methods of preparing youth for
American democratic citizenship"
The Council in a resolution yes
terday condemned compulsory mill
tary training, declaring experience
shows such training "is ineffective
and outmoded, as well as unde-
sirable on educational and social
grounds"
The Council also called on Con-
gress to enact legislation providing
for Federal aid to education "as q
necessary step toward realization
of the goal Of equal educational
opportunity for all"
Stanley E. Dimond of Detroit was
elected president of the Council,
succeeding DR.. W. Linwood Chase,
Boston. w. Francis English, Co.
lumbia, Mo-, and Erling M. Hunt,
New York, were elected first and
second vice presidents, respectively.
Evening star., 1947-11-29
France Expected to Vote
For Partition Plan

LONDON, Nov. % (P.-Informed
sources said today the French dele
gate to the United Nations had been
instructed to vote for the partition
OF Palestine If he feels that to be
the best solution of the problem.
Heretofore, the sources said, Alex
andre Parodi was under vague in
structions on how to vote, but his
Foreign ONCE felt that partition was
not the best choice unless accepted
by both Arabs and Jews.