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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
State AirlineS Gets
Re-I1earingByCA
STEAL TO EAT

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13. -
P)- The high cost of eating
has brought on an increase in
shoplifting in Los Angeles
food stores.
Chain store statisticians dis
closed today that thefts from
food marts is up 80 1-3 per
cent over last year.
"We apprehend from four to
10 shoplifters a day in any 10
cation we pick" said Bert Eat
on, special investigator for a
chain store. Seventy five per
cent are women. The epidemic
of thefts is due to high prices"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Escape
Without Injuries
Incident Takes Place Near
Juncture OF Bulgarian
Border

ATHENS, Oct. 10 -R-Reps.
DIN E. league (D-Tex) and
Donald l.. Jackson (R-Calif.)
were fired on today by mortarx
North of Kilkis, Greece, near
the juncture with Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia, but escaped injury,
an American Embassy spokes-
man announced tonight.
league and jackson are
members of a five-member sub
committee of the U. S. House
of Representatives Foreign AZ
fairs committee touring Eu-
rope.
The Embassy spokesman,
whose information came from
Greek military sources, said
several shells were reported to
have fallen near the Congress-
men. With them was 1t. Col.
Allen C. Miller, assistant mill
tary attache and U. S. delegate
to the recently dissolved Unit
ed Nations Balkans Sub-com-
mission.
The incident was reported
shortly after Premier Themis-
tokles Sophoulis called on the
Greek people in a rdio address
to rally against the threaten
ed tyranny of minority serv-
ing foreigners" and announced
an austerity progrm to bal
ance the budget.
The greatest portion of he
new budget, which includes the
importation of all luxury items
will 90 to support the army,
now being supplied with Amer
lean funds through the Uni,ed
States mission to aid Greece.
The present American contribu-
ton Is more than $3.50, 600, 600
for the armed forces, with more
expected as they are enlarged.
The total for Greek aid rs 5000,
900, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
RECREATION CLUB
ELECTS FLOWERS
State Highway Patrolman
To Head County En-
forcement Group

State Highway Patrolman j.
L. Flowers was elected presl-
dent at an organizational meet
ing of the New Hanover law
enforcement recreation club
held in the recreation room at
the courthouse last night.
Sheriff F. Porter Davis was
chosen chairman and ABC Of
ficer E. S. Bland was named
secretary-treasurer of the organi-
cation, which includes officers
from the sheriff's office, high
way patrol and ABC board.
After adopting rules effective
Immediately which insist On mo
gambling and mo drinking,
the members of the club named
a committee to obtain needed
equipment for the recreation
room. This room was opened by
the officers in The last week. It
is located directly under
the Sher1ff office.
The officers ruled that the
room is to be used "for all visit
ing officers and enforcement Of
ficers of New Hanover county,
the state highway patrol ano
their friends"
A move to organize the re.
creation club and obtain the
room began when a committee
from the three law agencies
went to the county commission
ers on August 10 of Ibis year
They were given the room
which was used by military po'
lice as a detention cell during
the war.
Officer Bland acted as tenn
porary chairman of the group
as they cleaned up the room
(which was in a terrible mess,
painted it, put rugs on the floor.
put in beds and comfortable
chairs and a pool table.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Federation Will Conduct
Own Campaign Against
New Labor Law

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1877
President William Green to-
day slammed the door of the
American Federation of Labor
on a CLIO proposal for joint po-
litical action, and then declared
the AFL would go for "an all
out political campaign" of it's
own in 1913.
From Boston, where the CLIO
is in convention, its President
Philip Murray had messaged
Green the offer of joint politi-
cal action, saying the AFL and
CLIO should combine ranks
against "our common enemy"
Green, in declining, restated
See GREEN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
PASSFIELD
DIES AT LIPH00K
Former Cabinet Member
Was Noted For His
Works On Russia

LIPHOOK, Eng, Oct. 13-fP)-
Lord Passfield (Sidney Webb
British economist and interna-
tionally known writer on Soviet
Russia, died today. He was o.
A cabinet member in the Mac
Donald Labor government OF
1929, Webb was known as the
ssgrand old man" of the FABIAN
Society, an organization OF Brl-
fish Socialist intellectuals to
which Prime Minister Attlee and
other members of the present
government belong.
He was best known abroad as
co-author, with his wife, Bea-
trice, of many SOCIOLOGICAL
works including several studies
of Russia since the revolution.
Webb, son of an accountant
and a hairdresser was once de-
scribed by George Bernard Shaw
as "the ablest man IN Ing
Hand"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
D. 5. CONSULATE
BOMBED BY ARABS
Two Employees, One An
American Injured In
Blast At Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Oct. 13-(P)-A
bomb was tossed at the United
States Consulate today and an
Arab informant said tonight the
attack was by a member of an
Arab group constituting the
Striking force" of the Exiled
Mutt of Jerusalem.
The informant said that Ameri-
cans had been warned by tele-
phone to quit the Consulate be-
fore the bomb was thrown and
advised to leave Palestine" A
Consular official denied the state
ment, saying that no telephone
Or any other warning was re-
eeived."
Two women employees of the
consulate - one an American
citizen -- were injured IN the
blast.
Authorities said earlier that
aley believed the bomb tosser
was a woman who walked into
q guarded dead end street, threw
the bomb into a Consulate gar
Gen, and got away. They did not
attempt to identify her further.
Tension Mounts
The explosion came amid
nounting tension in the Holy
Land over unconfirmed reports OF
syrian and Lebanese troops
hlaSsed on the Northern frontier.
1t was the third attack in re-
cent weeks on Consulates of ma
uons favoring partition of Pales-
Ine' and the Arab informant de-
cared the French and Czecho-
5lovakian Consulates were next
On the list for warning bombs"
he named the attacker as from
See CONSULATE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
PAPER SHORTAGE
MAY END BY 1850
Req. Brown Indie a
Newsprint Dearth Will
Continue That Long

CHICAGO, Oct. 10 -R-Rep.
Brown, (R-O), chairman of the
House committee on newsprint,
predicted today that the short
age of newsprint will continue
until 1850, and added that there
are "indications of a further
price increase"
Addressing the Inland Daily
Press Association, Brown SAID
the current newsprint supply is
235, 900 tons short of demand.
New production facilities in the
United States Southern areas
and in Canada and Newfound-
land, he said, will make up the
deficiency by 1850 eff consump-
ton continues at its current
rate"
He continued: t'there is, how
Sec PAPER, On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
RUSSIANS BEATEN
ON THREEC0UNTS
UN Political Group Refuses
Withdrawal OF Troops
In Greece

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 13-P)
An overwhelming majority in
the United Nations Assembly's
57-member Political committee
today defeated Russia's demand
for withdrawal of all British and
American troops and military
personnel from Greece.
The Soviet Union also was
beaten on a determined appeal
for United Nations supervision
over economic aid to Greece
under the Truman program.
To complete the string of major
Soviet defeats on the Balkan
question the committee refused
to lay the blame for Greek-Balk-
an hostilities upon the United
States, Britain and Greece as
Russia had demanded.
The final vote on the whole
See RUSSIANS On Page Two
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Russia Lines
Up With u. S.
soviet UN Delegation
Backs Proposal For Pal
estine Partition

lake SUCCESS, Oct. 10 Up,
russia lined UP with the Unit
a states today behind a pro-
oosal to partition Palestine into
psnsrste Jewish and Arab coun-
tries.
This rare instance of agree
wert between the two big pow
w.. brought an immediate state
.ent from the United States del
asstion expressing "gratifica-
son" over the Soviet declara-
eon.
a spokesman for the Jewish
.oencv. official voice of Pales-
inc Jews, welcomed the Soviet
statement as a step which might
noo far to ensure a construc-
I'VE solution" of the Palestine
problem.
Russia's declaration came as
CONSERVATIVES of the six Arab
countries in the United Nations
called a caucus for tonight to
discuss 'Fnew instructions" re-
ceiyed from their governments
mn the basis of the US. declara-
tion last Saturday in favor OF
partition.
The Arab countries apparent
" had hoped until the last that
Russia would support a plan for
a tederalized bi-national country.
This plan would be less OBJ
iectionab1e to the Arabs than the
partition project.
Russia's Palestine policy dec
laration was made by Semen K
Tsarapkin, who said the plan
for a bi-national government, rec
commended by a minority of the
U.N. special committee on Pal
estine (UNSCOP), has cts adj
vantages" but cannot be "put
into practice" because of pres
ent Arab-Jewish tension.
Tsarapkin said that in view of
these difficulties the United Ma
lions must turn to the majority
recommendations for parti-
lion "as this plan is under the
present circumstances the one
which could be better put into
practice"
Like the United States, how
ever, Russia indicated she would
seek modification of the parti-
ton plan in some respects, par
ticularly in connection with
boundaries between the two pro
posed new countries and with
regard to the majority proposal
See RUSSIA on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
WALSH TWINS UNITED
WHEN LATEST QUOTAS
REACH BOSTON HOME

QUINCY, Mass, Oct. 13.-F)
The three sets of Walsh twins
born over a period Of two years
finally got together today.
Mrs. John Walsh, 26 year old
former SPAR, brought home
Kathleen and Kelvin, born Oct.
3 at South Shore hospital, to
1oin their brothers and sisters,
Michael and Maureen, born Oct.
16, 1916, and Joseph, Jr., and
William Edward, who arrived
Oct. 10, 1915.
Mayor Charles A.. Ross led
about $50 residents of Quicy to
the Walsh residence for the
homecoming.
Walsh, %, is a $40 a week
clerk in the Veterans Administxa-
ton in Boston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
ENGLISH WOMEN
BLAST AT "OBEY''
Suffragette Fellowship
Hopes Princess Will
Not Give In

LONDON, Oct. IS -tR- Prin-
cess Elizabeth's decision to use
the word "obey" when she and
1t. Philip Mountbatten are mar
ried Nov. 20 created a stir to-
night at the annual dinner OF
the Suffragette Fellowship.
Fellowship members, all vete-
rams of Britain's votes-for-wom-
en- campaign early in the cen
fury, a%pplauded when Suffra-
gette Marian Reeves said:
"The press has published an
announcement that the Princess
will promise to obey. 1t is alb
solutely appalling that in this
day we have an heir to the
British throne called on to pro-
mise to obey one individual per-
son who will ultimately be her
subject.
Everyone says it doesn't
mean anything, and that she
won't obey him. hope
she won't"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
WHISKY INDUSTRY
TO CLOSE OCT. Is
Luckman Announces Date
Of 60-Day Closing To
Aid Grain Saving

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. - @
- Chairman Charles Luckman
of the Citizens Food committee
announced today that virtually
the whole distilling industry will
close down for so days at mid
night Oct. rs, to conserve grain
for the shipment to Western
Europe.
Luckman told reporters after
a three-hour session with in
dustry Spokesman that So of the
80 distiilery companies had
agreed to close down. The other
three, he said, were small plants
with special hardship prob
lens"
The decision was made despite
a plea of the ALL Distillery
Workers Union for a ten-day
delay before ordering action.
The union called for an effort
to find a conservation measure
which would not make workers
jobless.
Luckman told reporters that
the industry executives estimated
the unemployment in the shut
down at $500 to $500 workers, as
against union estimates ranging
from IN nm tn 100 000
Bottling Goes On
Bottling, shipping, selling,
maintenance and other distlllery
will continue, Luck
man explained, and some of the
distillers already have discussed
with the food committee the pos
sibility of reassigning the laid-off
employees to other jobs.
81 am very hopeful that an
equitable solution for this prob
lem can be worked out, and l
shall do everything that may be
within my power to assist IN
See WHISKY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Commissioners Accept Re
sponsibility For Care
OF Poor In County

Action of the New Hanover
county board of commissioners
yesterday to accept full legal
responsibility for care of the
poor and INDECENT of the county
although private gifts to char
table organizations were in no
way precluded--is taken by the
directors of the Community
Chest as an endorsement of
their refusal to grant Chest
funds to Associated Charities,
H. A. Marks, president of the
Community Chest, said last
night.
The question arose, Marks ex-
planned, when representatives
of Associated Charities asked
for $1,000 from the Community
sea COMMUNITY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
GREECE TO HAVE
PRICE CONTROLS
Members OF American Aid
Mission Will Super
wise New Set-Up

ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 13-W.H
Premier Themistocles Sof-
oulis announced tonight that the
government will impose strict
price controls which American
experts will help to administer
as a measure to help Greek re-
covery and combat Com
munism.
In a nationwide broadcast
outlining a new financial d
economic program drawn up
with American advice, Sofoul1s
attacked the Communist rebel
lion'' which, he said, "is direct
ed from outside Greece and
serves non-Greek aims"
Sofoulis said his guerilla am
nesty order had "confused"
Communist leaders and w a S
"daily lessening the intensity of
guerilla war" He promised that
the government was determined
to put down rebellion with all
available means"
The first stop, he said, was
for the Greek people to work
hard toward economic recov-
cry.
Lauds Roosevelt
"Let us find inspiration" he
said, "in the historic example
of the American people who in
1888 under the leadership of the
great Roosevelt met successful
" and with self-sacrifice a cri-
sis which was immensely great
er than ours"
He said the government, aid
ed by Dwight Griswold's Unit
ed States Aid mission, had
drawn up a program designed
to prevent initiation and revive
Greek exports. It calls for:
l. Government control OF i'm
ports and exports. Imports OF
luxuries and non-essential goods
are to be banned.
2. Strict price control. Tw o
special committees on living
costs, with American experts
See GREECE On Poge Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
COMMUNIST-CALLED
STRIKE TO PARALYZE
PARIS BUS TRAFFIC

PARIS, Oct. 13-tR-A strike
parlyzing all Paris bus and
subway lines was ordered to-
night by the General Confedera-
ton of Labor.
The strike call meant that Pa
risiens would have to walk to
work tomorrow unless they own
ed automobiles or could hire
taxicabs.
The Confederation announce
ment followed a report from an
authoritative informant that the
French government had refused
to negotiate with the bus and
subway workers under the
threat of a strike,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
And So To Bed

For ten long years, the lady
hunted the highway and by
ways, cellars and attics and
bothered the patience OF
hundreds of storekeepers in
search of a ]. P. Coates spool
cabinet. Yesterday she reach
ed her rainbow - a much
wanted spool cabinet.
But her joy was short
lived. She asked the obliging
store porter to put the cab
met in her car, an ancient
model Plymouth which she
had parked across the street
from Penny's. The porter
put it in a ca. - but the
wrong one. Now Mrs. Paul
Allen, while keeping her
fingers crossed, is hoping
the owner of the other ear
will learn of her hard lock
and phone her at County
CLOS. Because she really does
want that cabinet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Chest President Sees Board
Action AS Endorsement OF AC Decision
Along The Cape Fear
E OPPOSITION

FEDERAL OPPOSITION -
In the fall of 1864 the Federal
government took notice of
blockade running activity and
began to take drastic steps to
stop the commerce in and out
of Wilmington.
The Condor was grounded
and the Lynx was beached with
a cargo of 500 bales Of cotton
a mile north of Carolina Beach.
The hull of the Lynx may be
seen approximately five feet
above water at low tide to this
day.
The AID Vance and other
blockade runners were either
captured or destroyed during
the stepped-up Federal cam
paign. Constructed of sand and
small timber, Fort Fisher was
now completed with its
GUNS mounted along a parapet
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Guerrillas, Using Mortars, Fire
On u. S. Congressman In Greece;
N. G.. Outerbanks Set For Storm
Lashing Wind May
Batter Coastline
Freak Florida Hurricane
Now Veering Toward
Hatteras Area

MANTEO, Oct. IS. -R- The
North Carolina outer banks
braced tonight for gale winds and
heavy seas as the freak Florida
hurricane veered toward the coast
from the Atlantic Ocean.
With winds estimated at &c
miles an hour in the center, the
storm was cutting northwaro
from a point 100 miles southeast
of Cape Hatteras at 1890 p. m
tonight.
Grady Norton, chief forecaste1
for the Miami Weather Bureau
said the center would come "pret-
ty close" to Cape Hatteras, but
still offshore.
However, he said, gale winds
would be felt along the coast and
200 miles in every direction from
the storms center.
The Weather Bureau at Miami
issued the following advisory al
1890 p. m. (EST):
The hurricane is centered al
1890 p. m. (EST) at latitude 33.e
and longitude 74.3 or about 13O
miles Southeast of Cape Hatteras
It is moving North Northeast
about IA miles per hour.
Strongest winds near the cen
ter are about 80 miles per hour.
Winds of SIS miles per hour cover
an ares of 100 miles radius from
the center North and East.
The highest winds reported
from coastal points SC far are
about 80 miles per hour.
The winds should continue to
increase tonight and tomorrow
See LASHING on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

20 feet high, complete with am
munition chambers. Blockade
runners ran under the protec-
ton of the guns of the fort on
their way in to port and out to
sea.
FORT FISHER ATTACKED
Like the wolf who would blow
down the house of one Of the
three Little Pigs with a huff
and a puff, the Federals, act
ing on expert advice, first blew
up a captured ship close to
shore on the theory that Fort
Fisher would collapse from a
strong repercussion. The Fort
survived the big boom without
any i'll effects.
Before Christmas Day, a Fed
eral fleet steamed in for an at
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Board To Entertain Re.
Argument Against Pied
mont Certification
BY FRANK VAN DER LINDEN
Morning Star
WaShiugfOn Rureau

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. The
Civil Aeronautics Board will
hear within the next few weeks,
a re-argument between two RI
val North Carolina Airlines for
a network of feeder routes. one
of which will link Wilmington,
N. c., with Louisville md Gin
cinnati.
Issuing a supplemental opin-
ion in the Southeastern States
case, the board granted State
Airlines, Inc, of Charlotte a re-
argument and reconsideration
of the original decision which
Piedmont Aviation, Inc. OF
Winston-Salem.
gave the disputed routes to
See STATE on Page Two
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C

FORECASTS:
h., south Carolina-Clear to partly cloudy,
srg change temperature Tuesday
TTu Wednesday,, except slightly warmer
portion Tuesday.
Wa nQi'l Carolina-Clear to partly cloudy
nov, PORTION, and mostly cloudy East
tion,!.oh, with showers extreme East por-
day signify warmer Tuesday; Wednes-
h generally fair with little change
st temperature.
,n chronological data for the "A hours
$50 ?, m. yesterday.
f.u TEMPERATURES
Ga, = q N 10; 1880 a. m. Ct. 1880 p. m.
nun ~ ? m. 81; Maximum SO; Mini
- 90 Mean ST; Normal 81.
Ion HUMIDITY
a. m 80; 7:30 a. M. 81; / 80 p. m.
'''t ?, m. 80.
ro4 PRECIPITATION
10sl for the "a hours ending 1880 o.
I" % Inches.
scbaaal Since the first of the month 1859
g, TIDES FOR TODAY
the Tide Tables published by
UGH and Geodetic Survey.
Tilnicu. HIGH Low
sV"h ------ 9:49 am. 4:19 am.
Aasonb,. 10 :09 pm. 4:48 pm.
' inlet 1877 am. Liz am.
%ss}aar;s SIT; Sunset a:5s p :4o: 1;ta p;m;
Riyo M%oonset 6:08p.
q ,e[ stage at Fayetteville, N. G. at 8
Monday II. feet,
"ss WEATHER On Rass rva
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
.OSlem Followers
ForI1olyW War
over Two Hundred Egyptian Men Sign On
For Battle To Save Palestine From
Zionists; Arab Office Commands

CAIRO, Oct. 13-R-The Mos
lem Brotherhood said that bs45
tween 200 and 300 Egyptian
enlisted tonight for a "hols
to save Palestine + 1
Zionists." The Brothe
recruiting would contl
ly except Friday-the
Sabbath.
Mahmoud Labib Bey, Pa1es-
tine Arab army leader whom the
British recently ordered out of
the Holy Land, addressed the
new recruits-most of them
young but a few past 4O-in the
courtyard of the Brotherhood's
headquarters.
1--WE r going to death, but
death is paradise" he said.
I'VE are yours, fighting for
Allah" some shouted back.
death under Allah is our best
way"
In the .floodlighted throng
were students, mechanics,
tailors, shoemakers, messengers
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Green Slams Doors
On Clio Political Plan
"RED FACES"

MOULTRIE, Ga, Oct. 49,
W.H - Peace Justice Francis
Brownlee said a young couple
reused him at 2 a. m, Sunday
morning, wanting to get
married. The judge asked for
the marriage license. The
youth pulled a paper from an
envelop. It was a chattel
mortgage on a sow and eight
pigs. The couple fled red
faced. The judge hopes they
patched things up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

ld workers, some
aies. Many were in
dts and red, fez-like
S, others in gowns and
turbans.
yer the registration tables an
fabic sign read:
"Our souls for Palestine"
An associate said Labib was
an Egyptian Army officer in
World War I but broke with the
British and fled in a German
submarine to Turkey, where he
spent six years.
The Young Egypt party ap-
pealed to Egyptian youth tonight
to join the "Save PALESTINE
army.
Meanwhile Sheikh Hassan
Ell Banna, Moslem Brotherhood
leader, in a message made pub
lie here asked Abdel Rahman
Azzam Pasha, Arab League Sec
rotary general, to Recommend
that the Arab states withdra w
from the United Nations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Mostly CLOUDY
Nth showers and slightly warmer TODAY.
Wednesday generally fair with little
change in temperature.
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Graham
Continued From Page A-26)

only s40O weekly, sending back
every week the additional $3.50 to
Boss Harry Cohn!
Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson
fly to Philadelphia to M. G. the
American Jewish Congress on De-
cember IA It's a quick trip-they
leave here December 13 and fly back
here on the fifteenth.
X X
Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea and
Edmund O'Brien are the trio to star
in The Velvet Fleece" by Bill Bow
ers, excellent young writer, ,at Uni
versal- al-International Bill has script
ed eight movies this year.
Ella Raines seems to be losing her
interest in a movie career now that
her husband, Maj. Robin ,Olds, is
back again from Florida. She'll
take a movie if it's offered her, but
she doesn't go in there and fight
for it like she used to in her old am
bilious days.
Hedy Lamar discusses with me
the current revival Of ECSTASY Il
hate it, but what can I do?" Hedy
wants to know.
SBuddy De Sylvia, popular Holly
wood producer, is said to be so far
recovered in health that he can re-
turn to moviemaking fn six months
Burt Lancaster will have his life
story told in the Saturday Evening
Post. That's a good indication of