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SEVEN fOUR MORNING NEWSPAPER THE SHREVEPORT TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1948 AVERAGE HIKE Happy New Year to All From Coast to Coast ACCORDING TO CULBERTSON GAZA REPORTS SAY BASE IS SURROUNDED OF 5 PER CENT IS AUTHORIZED diamond, and thus, after South had ruffed the heart and taken the diamond finesse, East ruffed the diamond ace and took the rest of the tricks ith good clubs I Down three I I I 1 Jf 1 ta 1 1 I in Main Egyptian Fort Palestine Cut Off by Jews Girls Give to Blue Baby Fund x-iv (Continaed From Pace One) per cent Increase was authorized. Includes the rest of the country. The ICC estimated the Increase will amount to about $425,000,000 on an annual basis. The railroad figured the 8 per cent temporary raise they asked would have amounted to $672,500,000. The lines urged quick action oa their plea for higher rates due to.

bigger material and labor costs. They said higher oosts of material since Nov. 1, 1947. and wage increases already in effect or granted amounted to $638,000,000,000 on an annual basis. CHICAGO 71 Girl Scouts of troop 53, which has disbanded for this year, yesterday gave all the balance In their treasury to the Travis Shaw fund, through which the six-month-old "blue baby" may pet the operation which may save his life.

The girls of the troop, which were "SBi ii i i active at South Highlands school last NO REBELS ON BATAAN, SAYS South led only one trump in to-Cay i deal but that was one far too Biany! West, dealer B-xh sides vulnerable NORTH 8 7 4 7 A 10 8 6 WEST EAST A 6 2 5 VAKJ94 8 6 2 9 7 5 2 5 10 7 4 SOUTH 10 9 10 5 8 4 A 9 The bidding: rT north sornt I hrt IHihl- I'a. 1 Sdt South' response of one spade on a three-card euit not to be criticized it was the cheapest bid available and In vie of North's request tor the "other major suit" figured to hate the best resuit. It was North ho had his neck out when he raised forced response to two spades. West opened the heart king, but hen Eat played the deuce, shifted to the jack of clubs. Dummy's queen.

East king and South'a ace went on tn.a tnrk, and South then made the reiid mistake of leading the spade lack. West ducked, as did dummy, nd Eist won with the queen. East nd not make the mifeiake of trying to give his partner a club ruff then ud there he went about the far more Important business of ruffing fit Tel Aviv, Palestine, Dec. 30 (). UN observers today reported Gaza, main Egyptian base In Palestine, virtually surrounded by Jewish forces.

The observer at Gaza reported to their headquarters at Haifa that It appeared likely the Arab port eventually would be In the same position as the Faluja pocket, 30 miles southeast cf Tel Aviv, where an Egyptian force of about 3,000 has been surrounded since mid-October. The UN account thus confirmed the surmises of reporters here that the Jews hold dominating positions overlooking the road southward from Gaza but are leaving open an escape hatch for the Egyptians If they wish to take It. Meanwhile Israel's air force and navy make reinforcement of the- port by sea difficult if not lm-pobstble. The Israeli army spokesman said fighting In the Negev spread to a wider area today, but was on a less, Intense scale. UN observers, who are able to function only on the Egyptian side, said there was little military activity.

The army spokesman said two Egyptian planes of Italian make were WAINWRIGHT "I year, accumulated their treasury through collection of duei and through their annual cookie sale. Other contributions yesterday came from the Book club and from Mrs. J. S. McConathy.

of Shreveport. They brought the fund to $347. still more than f050 fchort of the amount which will be needed If an attempt to save the baby's life Is to be made. Officials at Charity hospital, where the little son of Mr. and Mrs.

Tuilos Shaw has been since Oct. 9. said (Continued From Pace One) to me and said 'General King Is going to surrender "I said, Traywlck, you tell him that I prohibit that. "Make this plain," Walnwrlght told a reporter today. "I knew that King's for the big event.

Three hours later, when New Year comes to the western seaboard, mountain folks will be about ready to call it a night, mldwesterners will be winding their way a trlfleunsteadlly homeward and the good people of the eastern seaboard will have retired we hope, we hope, we hope. New Year, 1949. will not arrive everywhere In the I'nlted States at the same time. While celebrants on 1 he eastern seaboard will be saluting the magic hour of midnight, people In the Middle West will have yet an hour to go, mountain folks will still be on their way to their year end parties and citizens of the racific coast will still he primping up shot down today by Israeli planes I last night that Travis Is sllll having an average of one attack a day. The attacks seem a little more severe while the weather Is they said, but otherw ise there Is little change In the baby's condition.

Specialists say that the baby stand a good chance for survival If a heart operation Is performed. The operation will be performed free by one of the over Israeli territory. Razor Slash Accident, They Say FOUR MONROE "I sw CHILDREN DIE IN HOUSE FIRE country foremost specialists, but hospltallf-atlon expenses for approximately 30 days will have to be paid by the family. 1 I rr I 1 1 14 the dummy down by returning a heart. Declarer could scarcely refuse to ruff this trick In dummy, and he then led a low club toward his nine.

East put up the ten and led his last heart, once more shortening dummy In trumps. South now discarded his cne last heurt on the good eight of clubs, but this did him no con- icuo'is pood! West ruffed the trick with the stMtde nix, cashed the spade v. drawing dummy's and South 's next-to-last trump, then continued with East got rid of a position was hopeless but I had positive orders from General Douglas MacArthur, then in Australia, in which General MacArthur had radioed, and theee were hia exact words: 'There must be no thought of surrender. You will attack." "I transmitted these orders to General King, well knowing he could not attack. But Colonel Traywlck came back to me and said 'it Is too late.

General King has already sent aa officer forward with the white flag. "General King had eent the officer with the white flag before he got direct orders from me to hold Bataan. He absolutely did not disobey me. want to see no aspersion cast upon General King. He is a gallant soldier, a brave and courageous man and a fine gentleman.

It makes me very angry to hear any criticism of him, "My action haa been approved by the President of the United State and the public and I was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for It. I am not going to do anything about this matter aside from keeping the record straight. I don't Intend to make any other statements unless Morton makes another tate-ment." At Sea Island, General King, also now retired, agreed with Waia-wrlght's account. (Continued From Tae One) with his parents when the blaze was discovered but could not be saved. Dr.

French said that both the father and mother were burned about the face and arms in an attempt to rescue their children. They were not hospitalized. The surviving child was saved when There was no indication that Iraqis had made good the threat of Premier Muzahlm Amin Al Pachachi of Iraq to resume fighting In central Palestine. (Egyptian officials In Cairo said they also knew nothing about Iraqi participation in Palestine fighting. Iraqi diplomats in Cairo said the Iraqi order lor renewal of fighting had been Issued.) Al Pachachi told a crowd of student demonstrators In Baghdad yesterday Iraq's "victorious armies are continuously engaged" and "I believe war is the only means to save Palestine." He also told the demonstrators he had asked U.

S. Brig. Gen. William E. Riley, chief of the UN truce staff, to leave Iraq immediately when Riley visited Baghdad and asked the premier to negotiate a permanent armistice.

In Haifa today, Riley flatly denied he had been requested to leave Baghdad. He said he made the trip to Baghdad according to plan and left on schedule. He said truce observers still were in Baghdad. The Israeli government remained non-committal concerning its reac Burglary Charges Filed Againt 2 Texarkanans Texarkana. Dec.

30 (Special) Sheriff Tom Jester of Little River county (Ark.) said Thursday that bond is expected to be fixed for two Texarkana. Texas, men being held on charges of burglary and grand larceny. Sheriff Jester said he anticipated bond of 5.O0O each to be set for Dod Teague. 34. and Vernon D.

Jackson 28, both of Texarkana. being held in Little River county Jail in connection with the burglary early Tuesday of the Capps grocery store in Foreman. Ark. kher father awakened, snatched her up and ran outside followed by the wife, Beatrice. Firemen said the blaze was discovered by an employe of a wholesale grocery company who saw the fire a moment after he arrived at work.

The small hut was petitioned with cardboard, firemen said, and lasted only a few minutes after the blaze started. The children's bodies were taken to Oak Grove where funeral services will be held tomorrow. ORDER Your New Year's Corsage Early! Begbie, Florist 614 Market Mreet 1 A Foreman night marshal. James Darley. surprised the men as they were loading a cash register In their car.

The pair were captured at a road 4 -1 tion to the UN security council order for another cease-fire In the Negev. block not far away. CONTEST COUPON'S VIOLATE LOTTERY STATUTE SAYS P. O. Haywood County, North Carolina The official order had not yet been received.

rhone contains 72 mountain peaks more than 5,000 feet hih. Government officials take the attitude, however, that Israel cannot obey a UN order to withdraw from all 4766 positions won In the Negev since Oct SOLONS MAY SLASH RULES GROUP POWER i 14. These circles take the view that the security council's order of Nov 4 for the withdrawal and the order of Nov. 16 for negotiations on an armls- Klllott Roosevelt and his actress wife, ave Emerson, smile together In their New York City apartment after Insisting that a razor blade slash on her wrist was accidental. They said her wrist struck the razor blade as she reached Into a drawer for some aspirin.

Nevertheless, lMstrict Attorney W. Vincent tiradj; summoned Roosevelt to Poughkeepsle, X. to testify about the episode. (A. P.

Wlrephoto). Perry7s Grocery 3310 LAKE SHORE DRIVE 3-8565 PHONES 3-8566 FREE DELIVERY i tlce must be carried out together. The Egyptians have made negotia WIS Hons for an armistice conditional (Continued From Pace One) Democratic members teamed with on a Jewish withdrawal. Republicans on the committee to block a measure. THE COST OF THE MARKET i (The British foreign office declined to confirm the charge made before the security council in Paris Wednes-j day by British Delegate Harold Beeley that Israeli forces had penetrated Oh beautiful basic! It's KIND to Representative Sabath veteran of 42 years in congress, who Based Upon Average United States Prices as Reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics DOLLARS DOLLARS it is slated to head the committee, said he will offer an amendment to the II "I Ir't JLiU'J I I I I I I I I I I Egyptian territory and had attacked a town six miles inside Egypt.

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Sol Mindel, lottery expert in the solicitor's office, said the department holds that the printing of such forma In newspapers and other periodical for the use of contestant is in violation of the lottery statute. The ruling has not been tested, he said. The department had not previously mads any public announcement of this position, but Mindel said suca advice has been given to local postmasters and individual publisher who made inquiries on the subject over the last several months. Mindel told a reporter the number of euch Inquiries has been greatly stimulated by the growing popularity of contests based on guessing weekend football results, basketball game, basketball tournament and other sporting events. "If a coupon is printed for the use of the contestant, or the list of game involved appears in the publication in such forms as to lend Itself to marking and clipping by the contestant," the attorney said, "we are holding that this constitutes a violation of the lottery statute." mittee's power.

British embassy In Cairo. The foreign office said it had received lnforma- Under his plan, a bill could be taken away from the rules committee and brought to the house flooor tion. 'but not from our own sources," in Cairo that the Israelis entered 1 Egypt near El Arish, a military en- campment at the border near the on a petition signed by 100 or maybe This pattern, easy to ue. simple lao fiouse members, provided the i qt. i pk Poa j5.vi-3 1 I lb.

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30 The ln mitee serving as a member of any other committee. This, it appeared, was designed to unbolt Representative Rankin from the un- Preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday. Mrs. Mary McDonald of Turriff, Scotland, sent for her birth certiclfate and learned she was 101. ternal revenue bureau is ready to Bermuda now haa 1,063 private automobiles and 2,327 motorcycles.

hand out some bad news inan cially to radio comedian Jack Benny who switched his incorporated radio American activities group, where some of his actions have displeased the Democratic leadershin. Rankin Is III 7 show from NBC to CBS at a pros pectlve $3,000,000 profit. scheduled to become chairman of the It was revealed today that on Monday the bureau will rule that You Ought to know the secret! ii Benny 84,000,000 deal is subject to 3,080,000 in personal income taxes instead of a capital gains levy of -J YABO T-H5SE 1 1 SIMPLEX FLtXIES $1,000,000. veterans committee. However, nobody out Rankin-would talk about the Rankin question after the conference with Rayburn.

The white-haired Mtssisslppian issued a statement attributing the plan to the Soviets. "The word seems to have come down from Moscow to keep me off of the committee," he said. "The same element that is pushing this proposition has attempted In every way to block the committee in exposing un-American That would leave Benny a 920,000 profit instead of $3,000,000 he stood to make. I l.AIUiF. HOI II A 1 KKtilLAK FOR 39c LUX FLAKES The ruling will not mention Benny specifically because the use of his name under the revenue act would be unlawful.

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30 (Special) 1-45 NEGKO INJURED BY CAR IN 5800 BLOCK CHOICE T-EONE STEAKS in. 89c George Harvey, about 19, who was arrested Dy state police at Strong several days ago and transferred to the Union county Jail Wednesday, OF FAIRFIELD AVE. A NEW All-Purpose TOOL! will be charged with grand larceny, forgery and uttering. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Hugh Wharton said FANCY CHUCK ROAST 63c n. here today.

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Harvey is believed to be from Detroit. He told officers he had lived at Strong since Dec. 8 when he was employed by the Johnson cafe. Another youth, Paul Kirk, about 16, of Akron, Ohio, is being held In the city Jail without charge pending investigation by the FBI. He surrendered to officers and asked to be locked up and questioned.

Willis Richardson, 39, negro of 7833 i Fairfield avenue, was In Charity hospital last night seriously Injured. He was hit by an automobile In the 5800 block of Fairfield. Richardson suffered a broken right leg, severe lacerations about the face and head. Other injuries had not been determined. Willis Ray Evans, negro, who was with the injured man when the accident occurred, told Traffic Officer D.

F. Carpenter that Richardson had been drinking heavily and that he was helping him home. They started to cross Fairfield and stopped near the center of the avenue to let the approaching car pass. As it neared where they were standing, he said Richardson broke away from him and ran into the center of the street just in time to be hit by the right front side of the automobile. The car was driven by John H.

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