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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-05

81, and winning their thirteenth
conference tilt.
Forwards Henry Johnson and
Veteran Riley Williams were the
big guns for the Braves, netting Is
and IS points respectively. Johnson,
the Braves ace in the hole, enjoyed
the hottest night of his career, con-
meeting with 8 of Is shots for a
phenomenal scoring average.
Philander Smiths E. White led
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-05

ALCORN, Miss-(SpeciaD - The
Alcorn a. & M. College Braves
moved to the No. / spot in the
SEA Conference by defeating q
strong Philander Smith Quintet g.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-05
Jordan Goes
Water Route;
Mgr. Forgets
VANCOUVER, British Columbia

Louis Jordan and his band fin
ally reached she Palomar Supper
Club here e fo open' their
TWO wee ont only
after a rip aa ae carr
marks &c adventure
him coMpiase wien -sa,sing OK
periences.
Playing their first engagement
outside of the states in two years,
the men arrived fifteen minutes
before the show went on after a
hectic an dgruelling 32-hour motor
trip from Los Angeles. Running in
10 binding snow storm after they
had crossed the border at Sumas,
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-05

their scoring attack with Is points
to take second top offensive honors.
All Conference William Price.
Riley Williams and Captain John
H. Jefferson held the defensive spot
light for the Braves. J. White and
J. Adams were standouts for thu
visitors.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-05
Grabbing Ck5Eps
EDGE hf0nH r1r0

AECCN THE
Cra is the
mos. Free s here Tues
dav Aleorn Col
lege Braves $50 n 4 very heated
contest
Levern Joe Baby Kennedy, Al
corn's high scoring forward, paced
the Braves scoring attack with Is
points to win too scoring honor of
the evening. i. Turner paced Gram
bIng's offense with II points.
The Arizona post., 1949-08-19

A hard-working com m i t t e e
headed by Mrs. Maurice Margolis
as general chairman had response
bility for it's success at which more
than $3.50 was cleared for benefit
of their Child Rescue Fund. (The
group now boasts SIS members. In
the five months it has been organ
lied it has raised over $1,000
Entertainment chairman was Mrs.
E. w. Leib, co-chairmen, Mrs.
Herbert Feig and Miss Bea Sand
Ter; Food chairman, Mrs. Eugene
Spiegel.
The Arizona post., 1949-08-19

Hostesses were: Mines. David j.
Ginsberg, Henrietta Gudis, Joseph
Hirsch, Thomas w. Howard, Ben
Kessler, Nathan Nemiroff, Natalie
Oates, Henry Rogers, Margaret
Schusterman, Leon Splitter, Louis
Zunin and Miss Pauline Rosen-
blatt. Mrs. Sol Gruchik'was pub
licity chairman and Mrs. Abe Pine
ex-officio.
Herman Moll set the show at
fast pace. and every act of the
variety show was enjoyed. In
Rag Doll dance directed by Bever-
The Arizona post., 1949-08-19

Sally Malinsky also danced, Dolly
Rather sang and played the ac-
Gordon; her mother, Mrs. Morris
Rather sang.
Aaron Leitner did two skits
sharing honors with Mrs. Rose
Moll and with Herman Moll.
Aaron Wander and John Gibson
demonstrated weight-lifting, Mol
lie Sohn did one of her charac-
teristic pantomines and Jack Wal
tuck lots of magician tricks.
The Arizona post., 1949-08-19

ly Howard and in which she did
a solo were Phyllis Berman, Ar
lene Brooks, Day Ann Dobry,
Teddy FiShman, Marcia Kosta
and Frieda Schusterman. Piano
soloists and accompanies were
Florence Bridges, Joan Tobias and
Harold Kimmel.
The 'Ludicrous Four" were
Mines. Sol Gruchik, Louis Leeson,
L. w. Leib and Miss Bea Sander.
Arthur Goldberg played the saxa-
phone; Sheila Levy tap-danced,
The Arizona post., 1949-08-19
u of A Asked For
Hebrew Glass

Both regular and extension
classes may be given this semes-
ter at the University if sufficient
persons indicate their interest in
enrolling, according to Avrum
Hirsch. Persons interested in such
a course are asked to contact him
Immediately at 5-6420.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Truman in Key West
For ; Weeks Rest
By the Associated pres.

KEY WEST. Fla, Nov. 28.-
President Truman arrived from
Washington aboard his private
Air Force plane at 1915 pm. to-
day for three weeks rest in the
sun.
The Chief Executive and virtu-
ally the entire White House staff
deplaned at the Boca Chica Naval
Air Station with clear skies over
head and the temperature in the
mid-seventies.
Mrs. Truman and her daughter,
Margaret, also came along.
The President was greeted by
Capt. c. C. Adell, commandant
of the Key West naval base; Rep
resentative Smathers, Democrat,
OF Florida; Mayor Louis Eisner
of Key West and a number of
ranking naval officers.
Lines of white uniformed sail
ors snapped to attention as the
Presidents encourage. f1anked by
motorcycle escort, sped over the
mile route to the submarine
base and the Little White
House"
At the junction of Roosevelt
boulevard and Truman avenue
the Presidents open convertible
coupe passed beneath huge
archway reading: Welcome Mr..
President" School children at
noon recess joined in giving Mr..
Truman a welcome.
The Independence left Wash
ington at 8:3l am.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
BY The Asseeiotsd Press

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 28.-Pope
Plus XII today suggested univer-
sal observance of Americas tradi-
tional Thanksgiving Day.
He told a group OF visiting
American Congress members:
"Our heart is touched and COM
forted by this recurring evidence
and would that it were univer-
sal-of one of the very first
charges linked to the mission Of
responsible craftsmanship"
He reminded the legislators
that to be sincerely grateful for
Gods gifts commits "a public
servant to a program as well as q
proclamation"
This program. he added, must
imply sensitiveness, a delicate
and determined adjustment Of
mind and heart to the divine. as
well rs to the merely human
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Jury jiir Quickly Selected
Al Trial Of Thomas
And Ex-Secretary
So.
Six Men and Six Women
To Hear PoyroI| 'Kickbock
Cose Against Lowmoker
picture on Page A-4.)

A jury of six men and six wom-
en- was completed in District Court
this afternoon to try Representa-
tive J. Parnell Thomas and his
former secretary on charges OF
conspiracy to defraud the Gov
ernment in a payroll "kickback." ."
The 54-year-old New Jersey Re-
publican, former chairman Of the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities, also is charged with
collecting three payroll vouchers
totaling $3.50 from an employe of
the committee.
The indictment says the en-
ploye rendered no service to the
committee. The employe was
listed as Jacqueline Hill.
The jury was selected quickly
in about an hour. with Judge
Alexander Holtzoff asking only a
few general questions of the
prospective jurors. At the request
of Defense Counsel William H,
Collins, the court asked the men
and women if they had any pre-
judice against the Committee on
Tn american Activities.
GAO Employe Questioned.
One General Accounting Office
employe was asked If he would
be prejudiced by the fact that at
least one Government witness will
be a GAO agent. He replied that
he would not.
Another prospective juror was
excused as an alternate at the
suggestion Of the defense counsel
when he explained he was an
employe Of the Central Intelli-
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Death Of 1000
Reported in Red
Uranium Mine
Negligence Blamed
In Berlin Papers
Account of Fire
By the Associoted Pres.

BERLIN, Nov. 28.-The British
licensed newspaper Telegraf said
today 1000 persons perished in a
uranium mine fire in the Soviet
zone last Thursday. The paper
said it was one of the worst mine
disasters in history and charged
that it was due to negligence.
In an early edition Telegraf
said 400 German miners died in
the blaze. which occurred in a
mine in the Err Mountains, on
the Saxony-C -Czechoslovak border,
near Johanngeorgenstadt. In its
evening edition it said later re-
ports had revised the casualty list
upward to 1000. Only 300 miners
were reported rescued. The bulk
of the workers, said Telegraf, were
political prisoners.
The Americans sponsored Berlin
radio said it has received report
from a reliable source that hun
dreds of miners had burned or
suffocated in a Johanngeorgen-
stadt uranium mine fire. American
intelligence officers said they had
not heard any reports yet of such
a disaster.
Explosives Are Set OFF.
Telegraf said the fire had spread
from mine No. 35 to two nearby
workings and that an explosives
dump detonated, wrecking a mine
hoisting tower. 1t said the blaze
started when worn insulation on
mine electric cables caused short
circuit. The deaths were said to
have been caused by fire, smoke
and gas.
The paper said rescue teams
from all nearby cities in Saxony
were at tine scene. and that up to
Friday night. 968 bodies had been
recovered.
It estimated that about half
the full working force of 5000
was on the job at the time of
the tragedy and declared the res
cue teams did not arrive until IL
hours after it occurred.
800 Drown in Another Mine.
The Russian-controlled COM
pany which operates the workings
has evacuated it's Offices from
Johanngeorgenstadt, Telegraf con-
tinued, and has cordoned off the
entire area to all but rescue work.
ers and officials.
The paper also reported that
800 miners were drowned several
weeks ago when another uranium
mine was flooded. Uranium is
used in the production of atomic
energy.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Next Neighborhood Concert
Al Eastern High Dec. 10

The next concert in the Neigh
borhood Series by the National
Symphony Orchestra under the
sponsorship of The Evening Star
will be held Monday, December 10,
in Eastern High School.
The concert at Wilson High
School originally scheduled for
tonight has been postponed to
April in order that Station
WMAL, The Evening Star station.
may broadcast tonight's Board Of
Trade dinner. --..
Invitations to the Eastern con-
cert will be ready for distribution
early this week.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
By kewboId Noyes, Jr.
Sfor Ssoff Correspondent

NEW YORK. Nov. 28.-Whit-
taker Chambers was questioned in
the second Alger Hiss perjury trial
today about two other former
State Department employes-des-
ignated only as "Mr. x" and "Mr.
Y"-who he says were members
of the prewar Communist appa-
ratus in Washington.
Defense Attorney Claude B.
Cross employed elaborate precau-
tions to keep secret the names of
these officials, about whom Mr..
Chambers had testified behind
closed doors in q pretrial hearing
in Baltimore early this year. He
said only that neither Of them was
Henry Julian Wadleigh Of the
Trade Agreements Section. who
has. admitted hhat he served, q
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Suction Of Speeding Train
Kills ; Women at Station
BY the Assoeiufed Press

GARY. Ind. Nov. 28.-Three
women were killed yesterday when
suction drew them against the side
of a fast passenger train as they
were standing on a station plat
form. Two men were hurt.
Mrs. Julia Rubenstein, AZ. of
Detroit. died this morning of a
skull fracture. Mrs. Rose Macy,
54. and Mrs. Ruby Green, SO,
both of Gary, died almost in
stantly.
Mrs. Nagy's husband, Joseph, IS,
was taken to a hospital with back
injuries and shock. Otis Hurley,
80, of Gary. suffered a mangled
right hand.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Bulletin
JoH Fugitives Caught

HAGERSTOWN, Md. R.-
Four men who escaped from the
Washington County Jail last
Notwithstanding David Conners,
20, Of Washington, have been
recaptured, Hagerst0wn police
said this afternoon. Conners,
who boasted to police here that
he had broken into 81 homes
in the District of Columbia, was
caught six blocks from the Jail.
Two others were caught within
q similar distance and fourth
man from Washington was cap
tured In routine traffic check
in Harrisburg, Pa.
Earlier Story on Hege B-11.)
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Atom Breeder Planned by Acc
To Seek Wider Use Of Materials
Energy to Run Ships and Planes
Reach Suburbs
Of fChungking
By the Associated Press

CHUNGKING. Nov. 28.-Com-
munist troops smashed Chinese
Nationalist defenses and pushed
within 20 miles of this doomed
city today.
Some reports placed them even
closer. Confusion amounting to
chaos followed the news. The rush
to get out of the city was so great
that roads were glutted. Traffic
moved at a snail's pace.
Excitement in the city was like
a wild fever.
Hundreds on hundreds realized
to their fearful dismay that they
were trapped.
Nationalist sources in Tai
peh, Formosa, said they were
advised by long distance tele-
phone from Chungking that
the Communist vanguard had
reached South Springs. II miles
from the city on the Yangtze
River. The Nationalist gov
ernment was reported to have
moved to Chengtu, ITO miles
northwest of Chungking.)
Events within the past IL hours
moved desperately for the Nation
aliStS.
Highway junction Seized.
First came the news the Reds
striking from the east had occu-
pied Chichiang, 40 miles to the
south, where the highways 70
Chungking from Hupeh and
Kweichow provinces meet.
Then came the news of quick
Communist stab north of here.
Tushih, Is miles away. was cap
tured.
This was followed by a quick
advance of miles which put the
Reds within 20 or less miies of
Chungking.
(The nearest the japanese
got to Chungking during the
war was about 200 miles to the
south. Chungking has been the
provisional capital of Nation
alist China for little over
five weeks.) -n+s ''N
Fall May Come by Tomorrow.
Another force sped up the high
way from Kweiyang.: capital of
KWeichow Province.
Most people thought this far
Evening star., 1949-11-28
British Meat Rotion
Raised for Holidays
By the Asseeiated Press

LONDON, Nov. 28.-Britons got
the happy news today that their
meat ration will be increased
from one shilling and four pence
Slightly over 18 cents) week to
one shilling and six pence (21
cents.
The present ration averages
slightly more than one pound a
week a person.
Food Minister John Strachey
told the House Of Common the
increase. effective December 4,
will last well over the Christmas
and New Year period. :.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Chambers Says Two Other Reds
Worked in State Department
Hiss Attorney Keeps Names Secret by
Resorting to Designations Of X and ~

one of Mr.. Chambers sources of
information when the latter was
a Communist agent ferreting out
Government secrets for the Rus
slams in the 1930s.
Mr.. Chambers. who later be-
came senior editor of Time
magazine, accuses Mr.. Hiss Of
being one of his State Department
sources.
Mr.. Hiss. who resigned last
spring from the 20,000-a-year
presidency of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace,
is charged with falsely denying
to a Federal grand jury last
December Is that this was so. His
first trial ended with a hung jury
last July 8.
Under questioning by Mr.. Cross,
Mr.. Chambers agreed today that
g IC.> JTCC pooo A-cl
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Pope Suggests World Observe
Americas Thanksgiving Day

rights and interests that press for
recognition and protection :.
especially during these critical
days Of reconstruction in the sec
tor Of international economy and
finance
Thanks be, then, first and last
to God" the Pope declared.
The Pope called on the Congress
members to revere His most holy
will in your fulfilling Of a sacred
duty to your people" He invoked
Gods "ever more generous boon
Of light and strength" to the end
that "you and all legislators may
heed this call Of q right conscience
with courage and with constancy
80
Referring to Americas annual
celebration Of Thanksgiving last
Thursday, the pontin said "the
legislative and executive halls Of
(see POPE. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Chapman to Toke Oath
As Secretary Thursday

Oscar L. Chapman will be in
Quoted into Office as Secretary of
the Interior Thursday at II am.
The former undersecretary. who
was given a recess appointment
to succeed Secretary Krug on re-
tirement, will take the oath be-
fore officials and friends in the
Interior Department auditorium.
Mr.. Krug is expected to be present.
Evening star., 1949-11-28

STOCKHOLM, Nov. % R.-
The 3,881-ton British freighter
Britkon ran aground near the
Island of Oeland last night.
Thirty-eight passengers and crew.
men, including three women, were
rescued by Coast Guardsmen after
taking to life boats. The freight
er, loaded with wooden pitprops,
was heading into Oskarshaamn
when it was wrecked on . & aoal.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Shoh's Visit to U. S.
Criticized by Provdu
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW, Nov. 28.-The COM
munist Party newspaper Pravda
today criticized the visit of the
Shah Of Iran to the United States.
The paper said the Shah's talk
of desire for peace was designed
merely to cover up the "agres-
sive substance" of talks with Pres
ident Truman and Gen. Bradley.
American newspaper reports
were quoted to back up the papers
claim that the Shah was pri-
marily interested in getting
American aid for building up his
army on Russia's southern border.
Evening star., 1949-11-28
New Custer Order Raises
Hope Ward Ston Can Leave
Ry the Assoeioted Press

A new Communist deportation
order for an American group in
China raised State Department
hopes today that Consul General
Angus Ward and his entire staff
may soon start home from Muk-
den.
Mr.. Ward and four of his aides
were ordered deported last week
after a Chinese Communist "peo-
Piles court" found them guilty Of
beating a Chinese employe.
A second deportation order
covering the other members of
the consulate staff - was an
nounced yesterday. It came at the
end of a trial in which 10 Asiatics
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Probe Of CoffeeP Prices
Pledged by Gillette;
Bread Cost |nquiN0n
Cont Find Why Loaf.
Quotations Haven't
Dropped, Senator Says
By ]. A. O'IeaN

An investigation into the coffee
situation, including prices, was
promised today by Senator Gil
letts, Democrat, of Iowa, chair
man Of a Senate Agriculture Sub
committee studying utilization Of
farm products.
While the committees authority
does not cover imported commodi-
ties, Senator Gillette said, I'VE
will give consideration to this i'm
portant item" and if necessary
ask Congress to broaden the au-
thority of the subcommittee.
AS his subcommittee resumed
hearings today into the price and
ingredients of bread, Senator Gil
lette said, "he has received liter
ally hundreds of communications
asking that the gyrations in the
price of coffee be investigated"
Bread Cost Questioned.
The Iowa Senator also an
nounced his subcommittee has
not been able to determine why
the price of bread remains at its
highest price in years although
the cost of most ingredients have
dropped in price,"
AS of now, he added. "the fin-
ger of suspicion points to the food
professor" Before drawing any
final conclusions, however, he said
the committee will hear high
Government officials and many
of the food professors.
''If 1t is found that the proc
essors are taking more than their
fair share of the consumers dollar
or if there exists trade barriers
which add to the consumers cost
of food products, the committee
will not hesitate to make known
its findings and recommend cor
rective legislation" the Senator
said;
2-Cent Spread for Pound Loaf.
Chairman Gillette said his sub
committee has found instances
where the armed services have
been able to buy bread at several
cents per pound less than the price
to the grocer. He said the spread
Of the retailer in the handling OF
bread appears to be roughly 2
cents per loaf for the pound loaf
and somewhat higher for the 20
ounce loaf"
He said these retail margins
have remained static for a long
time and that the retailer can
complain that his costs Of doing
business generally have increased.
TN our investigation" Senator
Gillette continued, certain bakers
have contendsd that their profit
margin Is one-eight Of q cent a
loaf or less and that they could
not afford to reduce prices TO the
(see COFFEE, Page A-so
Evening star., 1949-11-28
Operators and i. 5.
Mystified by Lewis
Farley in New York
UNIV Avoids Washington
With Strike DeodIine
Only II Hours Awoy
By the Associoted Press

John L. Lewis had the Gov
ernment and soft coal operators
guessing today about his next
move, with the deadline for new
mine strike less than u hours
away.
The truce which Mr.. Lewis
called on November 8 is due to
expire at midnight Wednesday
The United Mine Workers 200
man Policy Committee which au-
thorized the three-week back-to-
work order, was assembling in
New York today.
Any decision to extend the truce
another 80 days or so would be a
matter for the Policy Committee
to approve.
Why Mr.. Lewis called the group
to New York was hard for oper-
ators or Federal labor advisers
to figure out.
Has Avoided Capital.
The mine leader has been
avoiding Washington. Since last
May he has kept the negotiations
out Of the Capital-where they
had been, held in recent years
and called off his strike November
9 from a policy meeting in Chi
cago.
Last Friday Mr.. Lewis held a
hush-hush session with Federal
Cancellation Director Cyrus s.
Ching and coal operator George
H. Love at Winchester, Va.
Most observers in and out OF
the industry think Mr.. Lewis
wants to keep the Government out
of his maneuvers with the oper-
ators as long as possible, and
meeting away from the Capital
may help to accomplish that.
But If he calls on the 10000
soft coal miners east of the Missis-
sippi River to resume their strike
Thursday, the Government will
be back in the dispute again
whether Mr.. Lewis likes it or not.
President Truman has said he
Evening star., 1949-11-28
u. 5. Freighter
.Hit Z Times by
China Warship
SheIIing Off Shanghai
Is Attributed to
Nationalist Vessel
BY the Associated Press

The American merchant ship
Sir John Franklin reported today
that it was shelled off Shanghai
by Chinese Nationalist warship
which scored IL hits.
The message from the vessels
skipper was relayed to the State
Department by the American con-
sui general at Shanghai. 1t said
all aboard the Sir John Franklin
escaped injury.
The skipper said his ship was
proceeding to Woosung. below
Shanghai.
Similar to Flying Cloud Attack.
The Chinese warship preSum-
ably was inforcing the Nationalist
blockade of Shanghai and other
Communicated ports.
The United States and other
maritime nations have refused to
recognize the blockade as valid.
The Sir John Franklin is oper-
ated by the Isbrandtsen Co., New
York.
The circumstances of the Incl
dent were almost identical with
the recent attack on another
Isbrandtsen ship, the Flying
Cloud.
The Sir John Franklin sailed
Friday from Hong Kong for
Shanghai.
Not Leaking Badly.
The masters message was ra-
diced to the Isbrandtsen line agent
at Shanghai. It said the vessel was
not shipping water despite the 10
hits. The message was timed 5
p.m., Shanghai time, today. which
was early in the day Eastern
Standard Time.
The State Department an
nounced the report of the incident
without comment.
After the Flying Cloud was fred
on. a protest was made to the
Nationalist government. then at
Chungking. The protest stressed
the peril in which American citi-
zens aboard had been placed by
the shelling.
Reports from the American con-
sulate on the shelling of the Fly
ing Cloud said the ship had at
tempted to proceed. in disregard
of instructions, after being halted
t,1y ThjvAcn uy,v,taof