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Evening star., 1947-08-08
U. 5. Airport to Install 'Fido'

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (P. -
"Fido," developed by the British
for breaking up fogs, is to be in
stalled at the Los Angeles Municipal
Airport. The system got its name
from fog, intensive dispersal Of"
while the English battled the Ger
man blitz. Costs of the installation,
totaling s630,000, are to be shared
by the city and Federal Govern
ments, with airlines repaying the
city's share over a five-year term.
Evening star., 1947-08-08
Hughes Probe Comment
Refused by President
BY the Associated Press

President Truman laughingly re-
fused yesterday to comment on the
Senate War Investigating Commit
tees inquiry into the Howard
Hughes plane contracts.
A reporter, recalling that Mr.
Truman headed the committee when
he was a member of the Senate
wanted to know if he had any COM
ment on what your old committee
is doing on Capitol Hill.
The President laughingly said he
had none.
Evening star., 1947-08-08
Teen-Aee Dance Slated
At Davis School TONIGHT

The second teen-age dance at
Davis School, Forty-fourth place
and H street Sc. is scheduled for
7:30 o'clock tonight.
Teen-agers of the school area
are invited to dance to an orches-
ira provided through the American
Federation of Musicians and the
District Department of Recreation
The affair is sponsored jointly by
the schools PTA and the Bradbury
Heights Citizens Association. There
is no admission charge.
Evening star., 1947-08-08
Macedonia Shelters
10000 Refugees
Greece, Leader Says
By DdnieI De Luce

Assoeioted Press Foreign Correspondent
SKOPLJE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 6 De-
layed. - Acting President Ljubco
Arsov Of Yugoslav Macedonia said
today his republic was sheltering
more than 10000 refugees from
what he termed "monarcho-fascist
terror" in Greece.
Very few of the refugees are
physically able to work" he said in
an interview. The majority are
old men, women and children The
republic helps provide them with
food and lodging.
Mr.. Arsov denounced as mon
archo-fascist lies" recent foreign
reports that an international bri-
gade was forming in Yugoslavia for
action against the Greek govern
ment and that continued civil war
in Greece had been melted from
Yugoslav Macedonia.
Couldn't Find Brigade.
(The official Greek version
laid before the United Nations
was that elements of an interna-
, tional brigade were in Southern
Albania - not Yugoslavia. A
U. N. subcommission later re-
ported it could find little first
hand evidence" of such a bri-
gade However, the U. N. Main
Border Commission which visited
the Balkans in the spring re-
turned a report holding Yugo-
slavia, Albania and Bulgaria pri-
marily responsible for the strife
along Greece's northern borderJ
Mr.. Arsov asserted that the uni
fled foreign policy of the six "peo-
pies republics" which make up the
federal Yugoslav state, of which
Macedonia, or South Serbia, is one,
was a policy of peace"
In Macedonia, the logical con-
sequence of all our present efforts
is peaceful prosperity, not war" Mr..
tirely engaged in building up our
country, we have not time to think
of quarreling with somebody else"
Mr.. Arsov was elected first vice
president of Macedonia, but heads
the government during the summer
leave of President Lazar Kolishev-
ski, who is at the Slovenian noun
tain resort of Bled with Marshal
Tito.
Formerly Bank Clerk.
Mr.. Arsov is husky former bank
clerk and is 37 He has a kindly
voice, which contrasts with his rep
utation as fiery organizer of Mace
donian resistance against Axis oc-
cupation. He was interned in 1912,
but escaped year later
He said it was impossible to give
the exact figure on the number of
Greek refugees who had found
haven in Macedonia, but asserted
that more came every day"
To-day. there are 10000" he said.
He explained that they were dis
tributed~ in towns and villages
throughout the republic and that
there were no large individual set
Elements.
Asked whether Macedonia had
ambitions to acquire Macedonian
terriotry that is now Greek, Mr.
Arsov replied:
Marshal Tito has never made
Aegean Macedonia.
He asserted that foreign repre-
sentatives in Yugoslavia had ample
opportunity to see for themselves
that allegations in Athnes against
this country were untrue.
He said there were no permanent
Greek or Bulgarian minorities in
Macedonia. but that Turkish ano
Albanian minorities existed.
Before the war they had nc
schools in their own languages; now
they have" he said.
Evening star., 1947-08-08
Persian Oil Field RISING

The Kuwait Oil Co., in Kuwait
on the Persian Gulf. which has the
petroleum concession for the entire
Shiekdom, is expected during the
next four years to become one of the
biggest crude oil producers in the
Middle East.
Evening star., 1947-08-08
LOS

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license permit and registration card. Lib
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BOXER DOG, female, brown, name jim
co.: vicinity Friendship Heights. on Will
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and Buchanan. Reward. gle. 1897. -
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medium Size; lost since Sat: vicinity Oh
Mo- eo ss's4 ffn04ee revard sd sfs sA ES sS5e anu
ENGLISH. SETTER, 9 mo, old. black spot
ted. vic. Arl Forest: reward. Gil. 07S9 or
CHI. 9619 after pm.
GLASSES, mans rim1ess with ear pro-
coiored chauffeur, between 1st and Florida
ave. ne. 18th and Park rd. NV, between
12:3o-1:15, Aug. 2. Reward. MI. 957s,
GOLD RING, with small diamonds. initials
a63s. or 633 Raleieh pl. Sc. 10
PIN. lady's clip, gold Nettie Rosenstein.
RaIinese male dancer; lost between Railroad
Retirement Bldg and Chevy Chase bus,
Aug z; great sentimental attachment
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WALLET. iady's, bright red, contained
over $50, calling cards, snapshots, etc.
1ost in vic Of Bethesda-Chevy Chase area
WALLET-,Black leather; contains money,
tewsrG. Call GE. 1929. 10
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sentimental value. Reward. VI. $3.50. 5
WRIST WATCH. lady's Gruen veri-Thir
stpink gold), Monday, August 4. Reward
IRA ss43; RE. 800, Ext 3s40, $50 a m
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WRIST WATCH. lady's, diamond set, Ham.
wis. ave. Reward. OR. 0475 -
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iand vicinity; Aug 8. Reward. vi. 5170
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Evening star., 1947-08-08

High school graduates! If you de-
sire a career in the science of to-
morrow enlist today for electronics
training in the United States Navy.
Evening star., 1947-08-08
FOUND
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BALANCE OF PAY ENVELOPE, found N
tsXicab; cash bal, S6; name on envelope
rMiss Mary Burkholder." WA. 1885.
9OG, small, female. black and white: 18th
7nd @ sts. NV. Thurs. eve. Taylor 06l5.
Evening star., 1947-08-08
Drive As and See More

At so m.p.h. person sees IA PEI
cent less than he does driving at As
m.p.h.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
And So To Bed

In discussing return ell
gagements" for speakers in
his address before the as
semb]ed city and county
school superintendent here
last night, former Governor
J. Melville Broughton told
the following story on him
self.
when ! was a young man
teaching a Sunday school
class in Raleigh, followed
the custom of such teachers
in speaking at various State
institutions. After making an
address before group of
persons in the State asylum
for the insane at Dix Hill.
which was we'll received, I
had a request for a return
engagement by the superin-
tendent which pleased me
very much.
"'The inmates said,' the
superintendent then told mo.
that you seemed more like
one of them than any other
speaker we have ever had out
here"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
PALMETTO FARMER
GIVEN JAIL TERM
,rsi Court Convicts
N OF Forcing Negro
To Work

Florence. Dec. 3. -UR)- John
Ellis Wilhelm Of Hartsville, S.
C., accused Of holding a Negro
worker in virtual bondage for
almost a year. drew a year and
day federal prison sentence
ard $500 fine today for vio-
lating the field hands civil lib
ert.es.
Peonage and kidnapping char
ges against Wilhelm and his IA
the!, James Fred Wilhelm, both
prosperous farmers. " er E
dropped after the younger man
rlcaded guilty to a charge of
violating the civil liberties stat
atc.
Evidence brought out a hear
ing before U. S. District Judge
J. Waites Waring showed that
The Negro James Dewitt, quit
as a field hand on the big Will
helm farm in Darlington county
about year ago.
The younger Wilhelm had De-
witt arrested for "violation Of a
labor contract" witnesses tes-
tlfled, but the Hartsville mag
!stFate's court ruled such a pact
Illegal and Dewitt was freed.
len days later, however, il
as charged, Wilhelm accosted
See FARMER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
Services T0BeCut
At Local Hospital
Board Issues Prepared Statement After
Meeting Over Mass designations
Of 80 Registered Nurses

The board of directors of
the James Walker Memorial
hospital here last night. after
meeting in closed session
issued a prepared statement
notifying the public that the
services of James Walker
Memorial hospital will be
necessarily curtailed on Dec.
49,"
The statement followed
notification by the 33 grad
uate nurses on the staff earl
ier today that they would re-
sign in two weeks.
The statement continued
that should the situation
change in any respect, such
information will be promptly
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
White Calls On Citizens
To Participate In Pro-
gram Here

In connection with the release
yesterday of the official pro-
gram for the week of rededica-
ton prior to the arrival of the
Freedom Train here Dec. 10,
Mayor E. L. White issued a
proclamation urging all citizens
of the city to participate in the
ceremonies and events constitu-
ting Wilmington Rededication
week.
The mayors proclamation fol-
lows:
WFsereas, the system Of gov
ernnA Ant which we enjoy as
Americans is beng tested by the
historic events of this critical
period of world history; and
whereas, these times call for
loyalty to American traditions
and faith in their enduring
character; and whereas, a ma
tional program of "Rededi-
cation" to American ideals and
principles is being Conducted by
a non-partisan citizens nj v e.
n,ent known as The American
Heritage Foundation, sponsored
by the Attorney General of the
United States and endorsed by
the President of the United
States; and
Whereas, said program was
designed to create a greater
awareness of the unique bless
ings of the American heritage
and to raise the level of citi-
zenship through more active
participation by individuals in
the affairs of their government;
and whereas. said program in
cludes the tour of the Freedom
Train, carrying the most signifl-
cant exhibit of original Ameri-
can documents, and provides for
Rehabilitation" programs by
each community visited by the
Freedom Train; Now, therefore,
I, E. L. White, Mayor
of Wilmington, do hereby pro-
claim a week of rededication to
American ideals and principles
for the City of Wilmington to be-
gin on December 4 and end on
December 10 and to be known
as Wilmington rededication
week, and I do hereby urge all
citizens and organizations in the
City of Wilmington to participate
in the ceremonies and events
constituting Wilmington rededi-
See REDEDICATION on Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
PRESIDENT FLIES
TO FLORIDA CITY
Chic { Executive Starts
Five-Day Vacation AT
Key West

KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. s.
President Truman began a trop-
ical vacation in a setting OF palm
trees and warmth today.
The bright hot sun that greet
ed him was in sharp contrast
to the cold, murky weather he
left behind in Washington this
morning.
The President arrived here at
! PM. EST after flight OF four
hours 48 minutes in his old C-54
airplane, The Sacred Cow.
He landed by Boca Chica Ma
val Air base about 10 miles from
the city of Key West, and motor
ed to the submarine base nearby
where he will make his home
for the next five days.
Mr.. Truman drove from the
airfield in slick, black convert
ible with the top down. With him
were Fleet Admiral William D.
Leahy, chief Of staff to the Presi-
dent, and Capt. c. c. Adell,
commandant of the Boca Chica
base.
Driving through the city,
many of the Presidents old
friends - he has made two
previous trips here-lined the
streets with flags and cheered.
School children were out en-
See PRESIDENT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
Former Governor Tells
School Men State Can
Handle Situation

Taking slap at the recent re-
port of the Presidents civil lib
critics committee, former Gov. J.
Melville Broughton, a candidate
for United States senator in the
l948 primary, said here last night
that the state does not want "out-
|side agitators'' to upset it's race
relationship.
"Race relationship in North
Carolina is better than in any
other state in the United States,
and we're going to solve our race
problems here, if outside agita-
tors will only let us alone,
Broughton told an assembly OF
$50 city and county superinten-
dents and their guests at a ban
'quet at the New Hanover high
school last night.
Discussing possible federal aid
to education, which he said that
all thinking people of North Car
olina want, Broughton said, IF
federal aid has come with the
conditions of this recent report
(of the civil rights commission,
which recommended no aid If
segregation of races is continued
in the schools), then North Caro-
lima does not want it,"
In enlarging on his topic, "Edu-
cation in New Day." Broughton
said that North Carolina cannot
do the job that's got to be done
with its present facilities. For
virtually eight years there has
See BROUGHTON On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
BOMBER CRASHES
NEAR RICHMOND
Four Men ] um p Out
OF Plane To Safety;
One Found

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 3
Army BIS bomber
crashed 20 miles from here to-
day after all four men aboard
jumped by parachute but only
one man was found Immediately
the Richmond Army Air base an
nounced tonight.
Capt. E. M. Branch. public re-
lat:ons officer. said the co-pilot
whose name was withheld, was
picked up by a motorist and driv-
en- to nearby Providence Forge
Branch quoted the co-pilot as
saying he bailed out with the pill
OF and two crewmen minutes
before the Mitchell bomber
crashed in densely wooded
area.
An air search for the three
missing airmen was stopped by
darkness soon after planes took
off from the field here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
CAFE BLAST ENDS
LIFE OF One MAN
Two Others Injured In Ex-
plosion At Charlotte's
Rendezvous

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 3-R-
One person was killed and two
others were injured one Of them
critically, tonight when an ex-
plosion wrecked small down.
town cafe.
Oliver Kerr of Charlotte was
pronounced dead on arrival at
a hospital. His wife's condition
was described as critical. The
condition of Fred Aver, the third
injured person, was not immedia-
tely determined. All were from
Charlotte.
The blast knocked out Win
dows in the restaurant, known
as the Rendezvous and in
two adjoining buildings.
Cause of the explosion was
not Immediately determined.
I There was no fire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
British Use Gunfire To Break Up
ArabMob Assault On Jewish Area;
House Grol2 , Clears Aid Measure
Heavy Casualties
| Mark Two Clashes
Large Lumber Yard Fired
Endangering Shell Oil
Plant

JERUSALEM, Palestine, Dec,
3-%J.p)-F'resh rioting broke out
tonight in Haifa, the great oil
port of Palestine. Arabs and
Jews earlier fought an hour-long
engagement i the Jaffa-Tel AVlv
no mans land and British troops
broke up with gunfire an Arab
mob assault on the Jewish guar
tel of Jerusalem.
Arabs. re-emerging in Halfa
after riots earlier in the day.
set fire to a big Jewish lumber
yard not far from the Shell com
pany oil storage tanks on the
outskirts.
All available fire fighting
equipment was sent to the scene,
advices said.
Ten men - seven Arabs and
three Jews-Were reported kill
ed in the fighting in the border
area between the twin cities OF
Jaffa, which is Arab, and Tel
Aviv, which is Jewish. Thirty
two men. % Jews and eight
Arabs, were reported seriously
wounded.
Hundreds Injured
This brought the unofficial toll
of casualties in two days Of dis
order in Palestine riots over the
country's partition to % killed
and 102 wounded. Hundreds more
have suffered minor injuries.
British authorities here, after
urgent representations by leading
Jewish organizations, were under
stood to have promised tonight to
move in forcibly to end rioting.
A Jewish Agency spokesman
reported that Sir Henry Cur
ney, chief secretary Of the Pale
stine government, told Isaac Ben
wi, president of the Jewish Ma
tional Council, that the riots took
British police and army men by
surprise but that they intended
to keep the peace from now on.
The seven historic gates OF the
old city of Jerusalem were locked
fast tonight, confining 10000
Arabs and 5000 Jews inside the
See CASUALTIES On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
Troops Guard.
Assenblynlen
French Lawmakers Move
r. Give Premier Power
Over Strikes

o.P1s. Dec. 3-(P)-Debat-
hobind Gordon of steel-hel-
'.' s,ad troops and police,
W. resoces National Assembly
sn.red emergency legisla-
i'm tonight to arm the govern
.r+ against sabotage mass dem
9.easions and stinks. =,
" warned of a possible demon
ration against the government
). w t the Place De La Concord gust
IL t,.o sront Of the Assembly build
IN IN u high police official said,
ms tls' government stationed troops
Mobile [15 guards and police in a
,;le-souare gordon blocking off
Al NJ traffic while the Assembly
was in session:
Floromand BOnte, Communist ii
d,,nty denied reports that the
cct.om,,nists had planned to
~s s,.rrb on the Assembly.
When no demonstrators ap-
oesrpd, traffic was again allow
pd 70 pass through the area, but
t5s steel-helneted forces. es-
smated at several hundred, re-
named in place. Their show of
,+ranoht seemed impressive
snolIeh to meet any eventuality.
First Duty
Jules Moch. interior minister,
Md the Assembly forces had
5.-1 stationed around the build
nq to keep a certain number
a strikers from surrounding the
B5urn Palace National Assem-
bly,
~Ny first duty is to permit
the National Assembly to deli
oerate in tranquility" he said. "
The rest OF France, however,
vas not as calm.
Strong military forces were
required during the day to
wrest the Southern city Of Be-
ziers from the control Of several
thousand strikers who last night
atter several hours battle had
captured all public buildings ex-
cept the city hall and the sub
prefecture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
STAFF GENERALS
ARE CONCERNED
Spokesman Says Members
Fear Russian Attempt
To Gain Bridgehead

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-Wp>-
The Army general staff was dis
closed today to be gravely con-
cerned about the possibility that
civil war in Palestine may give
Russia a chance to move the
Red Army into the Holy Land
and establish long-coveted
Soviet bridgehead on the Med
iterranean.
A high army officer, who de-
clined use of his name, predicted
bluntly that Russian troops will
occupy Palestine within few
months under the pretext Of put
ting down partition-inspired con-
flict between Jews and Arabs.
He said the general staff is CIV
ing the situation it's closest at
tention.
But Sen. Walter F. George,
D., Ga, a veteran member of
the Senate Foreign Relations
committee, took sharp issue
with such forecasts. He said it
is unfortunate to ascribe such
motives to Russia at this time. y
George told newsmen he was
confident the United Nations will
be able to handle the Palestine
situation by creating an Inter
national Security Force, and ad-
ded that the army officers
See STAFF on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
SKY-HOPPERS' JOYRIDE
ENDS WHEN COPS TAKE
THEM ON THEFT COUNT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. -
lP)-Three high school youths
who liked to fly around at
night were arrested today for
stealing an airplane.
Police said the joy-hoppers
49, aged Is, 16 and 1S - got
an airplane away from, and
back to an airport three times
before they were caught.
Their final flight was a ID
minute trip over Washington
last night.
The pilot was the 16-year
old, who made the success
full night trips although ne
had but 10 hours instruction.
The boys names were not
disclosed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
RUSSIANS START
RUN ON BANKERS
Fear OF Ruble Devaluation
Creates Feverish Buying
Sprees

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-lPy-
The State Departments Voice
of America" radio beamed over
seas in % languages tonight
report that Russians have start
ed wholesale runs on banks and
stores in Moscow and other So
Wet cities because Of fear the
ruble is losing it's value.
The report was attributed to
travellers just returned from
Russia and was not Immediately
confirmed by Moscow news dis
patches or otherwise.
Crowds anxious to exchange
the Soviet currency for any dur
able goods were besieging shops
last week to buy dry goods,
jewelry, rare books or any other
physical goods, the report said.
Many stores were reported to
have closed their doors for re
pairs or inventories" Savings
banks in MOSCOW, the radio SAID,
lave limited withdrawals to
200 rubles day.
The radio said rumors were
widespread in Russia that the
Soviet government was prepar-
ing to issue new currency, ef-
fective Dec. 5, which would wipe
out the present curre-1cy.
2O-Cent Value
This has an official exchange
rate of 20 cents in American
money but has a varying pur-
See RUSSIANS on Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
Along The Cape Fear

to man, and asked sincerely:
'Mr., will you loan me
nickel? l want to call up Santa
Claus"
Francis Church, the great ed
itor of the New York Sun, OF
course had such faith in mind
when he wrote his famous ed
itorial to "Virginia" assuring her
that there was, and always would
be, a Santa Claus for those who
believed.
That was many a year ago that
Church wrote his editorial, but
it applies today to all the Vir-
ginias and the tots such as the
one in the Coast Line depot yes
terday.
The little tots faith, of course,
would make Santa Claus happy
if he only knew about the Incl
dent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
IF SANTA KNEW

IL SANIA hNEW - 1t is not
often that this column digresses
from its more staid reporting the
happenings current and historical
in the Cape Fear valley.
However, since the Christmas
season is near at hand-and since
Santa Claus is in the heart of
everyone-it might not be amlss
to tell what happened in the
Coast Line waiting room yester-
day when little boy approached
a stranger and asked for a nickel,
The youngster was observed by
Mrs. Helen Galloway, executive
secretary of the Travellers AID
Society
Mrs. Galloway said that she
saw the three-to-four year old tot
amble over to the telephone
booth, pick up the receiver, but
got no response.
He then came out, walked up
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-04
MARSHALL SENDS
DULLES TO PARIS
Secretary OF State Alarm
ed Over Future OF Big
Four Meeting

LONDON, Dec. 8. -(uR)- Sec
retary of State George c. Mar
shall, fearing that the French
crisis may wreck the Big Four
Foreign Ministers and slow his
European recovery plan, today
instructed John Foster Dulles Of
his delegation to go to Paris and
consult high French leaders.
Dulles, Republican foreign poll
cy expert and a key member of
Marshall's delegation, leaves for
Paris tomorrow by plane if the
weather permits or otherwise by
boat and train.
He is under instructions to talk
to Premier Robert Schunan and
Gen. Charles De Gaulle, the
emerging Right-Wing anti-Rus-
sian strong man but not, it was
believed, the Communists.
De Gaulle returned urgently
to Paris tonight from his country
home in Eastern France as soon