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Evening star., 1948-12-17
More Than 800 Known v /
Dead in Brazil Flood;
Hundreds Are Missino
Thousands in Two Stotes
Are Made Homeless by
TorrentiuI Ruins
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec
l7.-More than 800 are known
dead, hundreds are missing and
thousands are homeless in two
states of Brazil today in the
wake of heavy rains which sent
torrential floods over wide areas
The rains beat down with deadly
monotony for Is days on the states
Of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais
They were topped off by a cloud
burst two days ago. Authorities OF
both states said hundreds were in
jured.
Communications and transport
still were disrupted today and of.
flcials of the two states were unable
to assess the full toll of damage
and casualties.
Medicines, Food Asked.
The state authorities asked the
federal government to rush military
planes to the worst-hit areas, to
parachute medicines and foodstuffs
for the many persons who evacuated
flooded towns and sought refuge in
the hills.
In many villages of the low-flying
areas the entire population fled.
The Brazilian Red Cross rushed
help.
Procopio SALES. the mayor OF
Padua in Rio de Janeiro state, said
more than ITO bodies have been re-
covered in the area surrounding his
city, and hundreds still are missing
From Leopoldina, the hardest-hit
region Of Minas Gerais, came q re-
port that 140 bodies have been re-
covered and hundreds are missing
Rescue crews were badly hampered
by wrecked bridges and roads In
their attempts to reach the stricken
areas. Much of the low country still
is under water. Railroad traffic in
the sections was paralyzed and high
ways were impossible.
Plane Crashes Into Bomber.
Damage and casualties extended
to an area of about 1900 square
miles in the southeast part of Minas
Gerais and the northern part of
Rio de Janeiro state.
A Brazilian military plane crashed
into a bomber at a base near Sac
Paulo Airport as 1t tried to come in
for a landing In the heavy rain.
Two were killed. Lightning struck
building at the haSe at almost the
same time, injuring a number of
people.
River waters in the important
sugar growing center near Campos
were reported rising and the in
habitants were said to be in panic.
Heavy rains were reported in the
states of Bahia and Sac Paulo.
The rains came after q dry period
which had lasted eight months.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Sunday Reading

The high cost of living and
a defense alliance between the
United States, Canada and
Western Europe are two mat
ters Of great Importance that
will be high on the agenda Of
the new Congress. Both Of
these timely topics are dis
cussed In Sundays Editorial
Section.
Also of interest is a person.
ality story on Mao Tse-Tung,
chairman of China's Commu-
mist Party, who Is pictured az
a modern-day conqueror In
shabby clothes who has an
enormous hold on millions Of
Chinese.
These and many other spe-
cial features, including the
colorful Pictorial Magazine and
pages and columns on the new
books, amusements, sports,
society, ETC., supplement the
usual thorough and accurate
news content of
Uhr sunhay Star
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Council Rejects
Israel Bid for
Place in j. n.
5 Nations Vote for
Admission, 5 Abstain,
One Is Opposed
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Dec. 17.-Israels bid
for membership in the United
Nations failed to win Security
Council approval today.
Five nations voted to admit Israel
Five abstained and one voted
against the new state. An affirm
ative vote of seven is needed for
approval by the 11-nation council.
Syria, one of the Arab nations at
war with Israel, voted against the
application.
Voting for Israel were the United
States, Russia, the Soviet Ukraine,
Argentina and Colombia.
Abstaining were Britain, China,
France, Canada and Belgium.
Complaint Sidetracked.
Earlier the Council sidetracked
for the day an Egyptian protest
that Israelis attacked trapped Egyp-
tian forces yesterday at Faluja in
the Negeb desert of Southern Pal
estine. Only Belgium voted with
Syria on the Syrian motion. All
the Others ahstained.
Just before reaching the vote on
Israels application. the Council had
put of two delaying motions, one
by the British and one by the
French. and the action may have
raised Israeli hopes.
However, the little nation was
unable by two votes to muster the
strength necessary to carry her into
the world peace organization, which
would have been a great boost to
her prestige.
Only six Council members voted
for French proposal TO delay the
vote for month. Only four voted
for Britain's plea to delay action
indefinitely. Without the neces-
sary seven votes, both proposals
failed.
Canada Urged Delay.
Canada had Joined with France
in seeking the months delay.
r. @. Riddell, Canadian delegate,
told the Council it should consider
the formation of the Arab state
enviSioned in the 1947 partition
plainly force. if necessary. He said
it should also study how to put into
effect the economic union Of Jewish
and Arab Palestine provided for in
the 1947 Partition decision.
Jacob Malik, Soviet delegate,
chided Britain and Syria for doubt
ing the existence of the Jewish state
in Palestine. He said Russia saw no
reason for postponing the voting on
the application.
China said she would vote for in
definite delay because a vote on the
application would complicate the
work of the new three-nation Pales-
tine commission set up by the Gen.
eral Assembly before it adjourned
here Sunday.
A Syrian resolution to call on the
International Court of Justice to
rule on the status Of Israel among
nations OF the world got only two
votes. Belgium voted with Syria,
the others abstained. and the mo-
ton was lest, precisely as the Faluja
protest motion was.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Hoover Unit May Ask
Grouping Of Service,
Other U. 5. Hospitals
PIon Would Coordinate
Army, Navy, VA, Public
Health, Indian Care

A Federal hospital system,
grouping Army and Navy general
hospitals and hospitals of the
Veterans Administration, the
Public Health Service and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in one
organization, may be recon-
mended by the Hoover commits
sion.
1t was learned today that a rec
ommendation for such a hospital
system has been made by the
Hoover Commissions Committee on
Medical Services. But whether this
recommendation will be in the
committees final report Is not
known.
Meanwhile. 1t became apparent
that the Hoover Commission's final
recommendations on changing the
Nations military establishment will
get a quick and careful congress
sional study.
The recommendations were fore
shadowed in the report Of the COM
missions Committee ON the National
Security Organization. headed by
Ferdinand Eberstadt, issued yester-
day.
Tydings Promises Action.
Senator Tydings, Democrat. of
Maryland, who is slated to become
the next chairman of the Senate
Armed Services Committee, said:
Without doubt, there is room for
increased efficiency, economy, CO.
ordination and unification. Any
Hoover Commission proposal that
At into these categories will be
pushed"
On the question Of hospitals. the
Eberstadt Committee recommended
that Army and Navy general his
pitals be placed in the overall hos
hospital system with the exception
Of one such hospital for each Of
the three armed services. Also it
would level hospitals below the gen.
eral hospital level to the respective
services.
Whether the medical committee's
recommendation sets level in the
other hospital groups which con-
solidation would not go could not be
learned. If the general hospitals
of the armed services and all the
hospitals OF the other three agencies
were thrown together in one organi-
zation, it would mean a system OF
more than 300 institutions.
To Be Made Public Soon.
The Veterans Administration now
operates 126 hospitals. but its hos
pital program, scheduled for COM
pletion by late 1858, calls for 1911
hospitals.
The Army and Navy have Al gen.
eral hospitals.
The Public Health Service oper-
ates 26 hospitals. Of these, % are
marine hospitals. situated mostly on
the coasts to serve members of the
Merchant Marine and the Coast
Guard.
The service also operates the
leprosarium at Carville, La, and
mental hospitals for drug addicts
at Lexington, KY, and Fort Worth,
Tex.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has
10 hospitals, eight of which are in
Alaska.
The Hoover Commission is ex-
pected to make the report of its
Medical Services Committee public
soon. The group Is headed by Tracy
S. voorhees,, a special assistant to
the Secretary Of the Army.
The Eberstadt commissino de-
clared that defense costs were too
high and that the establishment it
self, created by the so-called Uni
fication Act Of 1s47, was cumber-
some.
President Truman, asked about
the task force findings at his news
conference yesterday, replied that
the report, meaning the commits
Evening star., 1948-12-17
26 SmuIIhoIders Out
In Hungarian Red Purge
BY the Assoeio.ed Press

BUDAPEST. Hungary. Dee. IL
Twelve Smallholder members OF
Parliament resigned and IA of the
party's officials were dismissed to-
day in q purge.
Some of the deputies we're adher-
ents of Lajos rinnyes, who resigned
as Premier last week. The Small
holders polled 81 per cent of the
vote in the last free election in
l945, but have been reduced to a
shell since the Communists seized
power,
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Barrow Gets Montgomery
Board Of Education Post
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec. 17.-Gov
Lane today appointed Wylie w. Bar
row of AIS East Raymond street
Chevy Chase, to the Montgomery
County Board of Education.
Mr.. Barrow, who practices law in
Washington. succeeds Mrs. Helen
Curtis Walker, former chairman
who has been named to the State
Board of Education,
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Truman Reported for Taft Act
Repeal, Wagner Law Repossoge
Message Expected to Ask Congress to Restore
Old Legislation Before Drafting New Bill

restrictions on unions. 1t is indi.
Gated that his suggestions will follow
closely the White House program o,
two years ago which asked a bar
on union jurisdictional strikes, sec.
ondary boycotts and machinery fol
dealing with labor disputes which
threaten the national health and
safety.
The C1O, meanwhile, invited the
AFL and independent railroad un-
ions to join it in battling for Taft
Hartley repeal and restoration OF
the Wagner Act, which controlled
labor relations from 1885 until Taft
Hartley was passed in June, 1947
The invitation left out John L.
Lewis and his United Mine Workers.
There was no immediate reply
from the AFL. But two years age
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Jap Regime Ignores
Tradition, Cuts OFF
Pay of Strikers
BY the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, Dec. 17.-Japans
government lost its temper to-
day and cut Of striking sea.
mems pay because the sailors
voted to keep on striking.
In Japan the practice Is to
keep on paying workers during
a strike. The seamen work for
the government, which has
been following the custom.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Admiral Good Reported
Named Envoy to MoniIo
BY the Assoeioted Press

MANILA, Dec. 1.-THE Manila
Times said today that the name OF
Rear Admiral Howard Harrison
Good has been submitted to Pres
ident Elpidio Quirino as the next
American Ambassador to the Phil.
ippines.
Admiral Good commands the 18th
Naval District at Seattle. He COM
manded United States naval forces
In the Philippines until his reas-
signment last May.
American Ambassador Enimet
O'Neal resigned last month.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

quoted Him on Continued China
Aid. Page AS.
BY the Asseeiofsd Press
NANKING, Dec. 17-Supreme
headquarters of Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek's East China
command today began with
drawing from threatened Pengpu
to Chuhsien, only 80 miles north
of this uneasy capital.
Pengpu, los miles northwest of
Marking, was the anchor for the
governments new Hwai River de-
fense line. 1t became Nationalist
headquarters after abandonment of
the stronghold of Suchow, 100 miles
farther north.
The withdrawal coincided with
reliable reports that the govern
ment's battered 18th Army group,
trapped by the Chinese Communists
northwest Of Pengpu for 18 days,
has been wiped out.
Official dispatches yesterday re-
ported that the 18th was making a
last stand with less than half its
original force of 10000 troops.
They were described as compressed
into an area of only 3 miles in
circumference.
CThe Chinese Communist radio
claimed yesterday that the 18th
had been wiped out)
Associated Press Correspondent
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Thompson, Eagles Owner,
Undergoes Operation
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Alexis
Thompson, young owner Of the
Philadelphia Eagles Of the National
Football League, underwent en-
emergency operation for appendi-
citis last night at the Park East
Hospital here.
A hospital bulletin at noon today
described his condition as good"
Evening star., 1948-12-17

Seymour Topping reported from
Pengpu that transports, which had
been airlifting supplies to the en-
circled 18th, no longer could be seen
Personnel and equipment of Gen
Liu Shih's East China command
headquarters began loading Thurs
day night and advance echelons
took a southbound train today.
Railway officials in Nanking were
informed that only a section of the
headquarters presently was moving
lSee CHINA pace Aol
Evening star., 1948-12-17

(See RAILS, Page A.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Chang Retreats From Pengpu,
Anchor of Markings Defenses
Headquarters Now at
Chuhsien, 30 Miles
North of: Capital

HOFFMAN SAYS REPORTS Mis-
quoted Him on Continued China
Aid. Page AS.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

(See LABOR, Page A-4. }
Evening star., 1948-12-17

(See SECURITY, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1948-12-17

See SPY INQUIRY, Page AS.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23
People Should Keep Faith In The
Group Which Fl ghts A Killer

The 1913 Christmas seals, which are now being
distributed by the Halifax County tuberculosis Asso-
ciation show young boy expectantly awaiting Santa
Claus before fireplace from which three empty
stockings hang
It is a typical night before Christmas scene in
America The boy knows that Santa Claus will come.
He always has There is no reason to doubt this year.
Yes, on Christmas morning the stockings will be
full. The boys faith will be requarded
Will the faith of the tuberculosis association In
the people of this community likewise be rewarded
when Christmas comes?
Working In cooperation with the health depart
ent the medical profession and other groups the
sociation sponsored well-panned program for the
control of tuberculosis for several years. This pro-
gram has helped bring down the tuberculosis death
rate somewhat but in spite of all the work that has
been done in the past to fight this dread killer it
is still grave health problem, taking the likes OF
more young adults than any other disease.
The association depends entirely upon proceeds
from the annual sale of Christmas Seals to support
its r k - its projects of education case-findng,
treatment support of local county sanitorium, X
other worthwhile work.
When the Christmas Seal Sale which began yes
terday closes on December 25, the association will
its activities for the coming year. to expand its serv-
ices which benefit every resident of Halifax County.
The association has keep faith with us for years.
We must keep faith with it by the generous purchase
of Christmas Seals to enable tuberculosis
know whether it will have the finances to continue
citation to continue its campaign against this deadly
disease
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23
Start OF A New Church Seen As
A Healthy Sign In Community

Members of the Rosemary Methodist Church of
Roanoke Rapids and interested friends Sunday after
witnessed high point in the life of the church.
Actually there was not much done there on the
site of the church building except the turning of
one shovel of earth but symbolically the act meant
not only great deal to those church members who
have dreamed, worked and prayer for years for a
fine edifce in which to worship but to others
in the community who are interested in the physical
and spiritual growth of the city.
There is planned on the site where the ground
breaking ceremony took place Sunday church of
classic beauty of which any city could well be proud
1t will be addition to the community in many ways.
The members of the church to be congrat-
uated on having come far as they have in their
dream of better place in which to praise God They
still have much to do, but they have already demon
straed that they do what they set out to
plish
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23
TUCKER
BY Ray Tucker


WAoHlNGI -, NOV. 23-Al-
though the relatively small SIZE
OF henry "A. WaAac' S vote IN the
presidential contest has not at
tracted the attention OF the poll
uclans, It's geographical dlstrlbu-
ton has been ahalyzed carefully
by the men IN charge of national
defense and economic equlli-
brlum for the light it throws on
present and prospective centers
of anti-American communism.
Their studies reveal the start
ling fact that Noscow's leading
spokesman IN the United States
got almost 1000, 900 of his total
100, 000-plus votes in nine
areas where plants essential to
the manufacture OF war weapons
and supplies a,e located.
Breaking their analysis down
even further, they note that
Wallace's heaviest concentration
OF supporters reside almost IN
the shadow OF these key indus
trial centers.
The sections dominated by ra-
ideals entitled to vote tlclude
those which in World War II,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23
BY Lynn Nisbet

HIGHER Increase of about
a dollar per car in bodily in
jury insurance premiums is sup
ported by evidence tina t the
number of accidents is increas-
ing and the cost of medical treat
ment is higher These two fac
tors are said to place the insur-
ance companies in position of
having to pay out more in policy
benefits than they collect in pol
icy premiums Naturally, insur-
ance companies cannot stay in
business under such conditions.
The companies are organized for
purpose of making a profit and
1t costs them a lot to operate.
ONE-S1DED - There will un-
doubtedly he criticism of t h e
increased premiums and objec-
ton by policy holders, not be-
cause they are unwilling to pay
fair rate but because they have
not been given the data upon
which the rates are based. That
has been back Of objections to
previous increase authorized by
the State Insurance Commits
sioner is real cause of the pre-
sent squabble between the in =
surance department and state
board of education over premi-
ums charged for school house
fire insurance.
HEARINGS - Other rate-fix-
ing agencies such as the utili-
ties commission, the board of ag-
riculture and even the general
assembly's money committees
provide for public hearings be-
fore action is taken These hear
ings like all ether governmental
operations cost money, William
+. Hodges. commissioner of in
surance, said he tces not and
has not in the past had any OBJ
lection to public hearings if the
general assembly would appro-
pirate funds for the purpose. He
recalls that y bill vas offered to
that effect last session but fail
ed to pass when ALLEGATION of
funds could not be obtained. The
next assembly will be asked to
provide for pubic hearings on
insurance rates SO that policy
holders may have opportunity
not only to present their side
but to know the facts presented
by insurance companies as alled-
ed Justification for rate increas-
es.
DEFINITIONS - Contrast of
mental illness and mental health,
and distinction among the ele-
ments of prevention, dure and
custodial care with respect to
mentally handicapped or mental
ly i'll constituted gIst of the pro-
grams in memory of Dorothea
Dix. Sponsored by general agen-
cies concerned with mental hy-
giene, exercises were held FRI
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23
Pegler SAYS Eleanor Roosevelt Was Once Ready
To Toss Truman Aside With Splinter Party Group

7 cri,icizad Henry Wallace but
for ,,ra+on[j;,,g nat If never han
,,o,ed
po~h,,s should have kent the
,,oaco DOM. Ran1biican warn
"a mo 1ast wlnier mat every
,.a.o 7 drovo .au,,v ron, Wallace
7 drove to Mr. Tr,Iman's score.
7 Gidr,t l.nnu, NV own strength
i,,,t .a,s, t5,t 7 do I am less
hHrrif;ed th9n was the morning
af+ar For n nav. seems that in
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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23
NISBET
People Expected To Complain
Over Higher Car Insurance

day celebrating the one hun
dredth anniversary of the found
ing Of Dix Hill, first mental hos
pital in the state. All the speak
ers--and they represented ma
tional leadership in the field of
mental hygiene-stressed the diff
, ferent approach to mental di-
seasf now as contrasted with a
cenT;aSy ago.
PROGRESS - Governor Cher
ry stated his belief North Caro-
lima has made more progress in
this field within the past decade
than in the previous ninety
years. Others offered pfU0f thai
similar progress has been made
throughout the entire country.
More attention Is being given to
preventive measures, ca rly
training of mentally handicapped
and rehabilitation of mentally
i'll. This has been due to recogni-
ton that physical health and
mental health are directly re-
lated.
TRAINING - High spot Of the
day was the address by DR..
George Preston, commissioner
of mental hygiene tor the state
of Maryland. He said we spent
the first half of the past century
developing asylums for perma-
nent care of insane: the last fif-
ty years converting them into
hospitals, and suggested the next
step is to make them training
schools for practitioners in men,
tai health work. Ir this connec-
ton he said that school teachers
and preachers, as well as medi-
cal doctors and nurses, have op-
portunity and obligation to prac-
tice mental health in their daily
functions. With ircreased en-
phasis on health rather than ill
ness with respect to mental con-
ditions, he envisioned the time
when less rather than more hos
pital space will ne needed. North
Carolina has mace commend
able progress in that direction.
MONEY 1t isn't all a mat
ter of money. though North Caro-
lima is generous with money for
mental patients. Governor Cher
ry said he had been told that
one out of every four people in
North Carolina is in pu lie
school or some education insti--
tuition while cne out of every $50
is in mental hospital. Liberal
as are and nave been appropria-
tions for the schools, the per
capita spending for mental pa
tients is greater.
CURATIVE - Ever since pub
lie interest was aroused, or re-
vived, in the plight of mental
patients some dozen years ago
by the comprehensive study or
dered by Governor Ehringhaus,
there has been noticeable trend
toward curative rather than
merely custodial activities in the
hospitals.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-23

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