The Gastonia Gazette from Gastonia, North Carolina • Page 8

VOL. LXXII. THE GASTONIA GAZETTE PUBLISHED IN THE "CITY OF GROWING BEAUTY" GASTON COUNTY, THE FINE COMBED COTTON YARN CENTER OF AMERICA TALKS DEADLOCKED ON POUCING Truman Considers House-Cleaning Move ffesfa CIOIUSSTIts Bugler Tells How Japs Hit Pearl Harbor HAL dU, blow a bugle at Pearl Harbor ten years ago arid wake up America? One of the sidelights on tha catastrophe Is the odd fact that a least one Midler blew' four bugle calls of that 1 torle day. What was I call blew Just I before the Jap I anese struck In I the greatest sur- I prise American j-arms ever suffer i ed7 It was summons to re. llglous service.

''I had just finished blow) church call a sergeant ian in Ihe rivate then. He recau's his bugle- blowing as only an episode that P- et dangerous than laier jronllme service He got the Job only -because, tired 3 5 CarS te re Army colonel passed aroun some free bugles among the kids i neighborhood and he tested on until he could blow'the calls we i As a bugler of the HawaU i a blew taps before, then napped with, running- the tmd become be volunteered for it becaus inere were too many men ther Kilhout enough equipment and got tired of knocking off the toi Tax Probe Rests While President Studies Measure WASHINGTON, Dec. 8-W-Weary House tax in- weeke plunging to unsnar) a tan e'e charges about own attimmt tu unsnaii a an ajleged tax shakedown attempt. TnR iffmnnrarv So as Bill pU it, he warmed uj DB lips again on the bugle. On this December morning of in ternational destiny it was the end half of his second day on bugle guard.

Bil) wote' from his nap and was lucky to breakfast on two fried "They.were cold then," he said Some guys got up" and ate them and went back to bed. blew the four-note call for attention San boomed, the flag went up 'It was a beautiful sight. If (here ever was a fort run right-that was it. it was a wonderful morning fair and clear, and in Hawaii It Is usual ly raining. It is fantastic now-when I think of that morning." After blowing reveille, his second lip Job, OBrien had nothing to do unlil 1 m.

Then he blew.church call, and. lhe silver notes said to the soldiers: "Go to church if you care, "Do the rlghtlf you dare. "Some folks go to church to sing pray to "Many for they were'raised Ilia way, "Go, all are wlecome there." Then O'Brien, waiting to sound a church call, went into i building of his own Coast Guard ar tillery outfit, whose weapons were 60 caliber machine guns. He was witting a letter lo a schoolmate and the building started to vibrate He wrote, "Something funny Is happening here." He remembers: "I went outside. Guys came out With shaving cream on their faces, See BOILE, P-9 hear the preacher's ujiMikvwu Wll til The temporary halt in Ihe hear- ngs coincided 'with a published i that President Truman is co Idering a dramatic move to brln lent' h( us cleani In gover The Wa.hliurlon Post uld Mr Truman hopes (o announce such a more before the new year al Ihouth (he sfory added he no decided on.

a definite plan of at lion. Aaonf (he things Mr. Tru man "his been lurninj over In hi mind," The. Post are: Assignment of j. Edgar Hoove irector of the Federal Bureau nvestigatlon, to seek out corruptfo the government service.

Appoinlment- of a team of big ame lawyers, one a Republican an ic other a lop rosecui uiy government officials chargec ith wrong-doing. There was no Immediate commen om the While House. The House probers, In their ses on yesterday, were seeking answer questions raised by the- earlie stimony of Abraham Teitelbaum ealthy Chicago lawyer. Teltelbaur Id the probers two men Halmln connect ions with high Washing Dn officials had threatened him tax troubles unless he paid of to the tune of 1500000 -HeUauiB fold a Houe Wayi Menu Hbcommittee one al to a gmmment waa UUphanL wh. nsltnei Wfjiwday chief cotuuel of the tnlernat Reienue Bureau an denial of the charge.

Oliphant had been scheduled testify had asked fo prompt he begged of it the last minute. His appearance was deferred until next Wednes Subsequently, an Inlernal Revcnui Bureau lawyer testified that OH mant halted a move' that would have delayed criminal fraud prosecution of Teitelbaum's income tax at about the time Teitelbaum alleged he refused to be shaken down. Shortly after Oliphant failed to make his scheduled appearance thi "Bt located a missing witness link fl by the testimony with Ollpham the Teitelbaum case. The witness ienry Grunewald, was found In a Washington hospital under a doc- or's order not to see or talk will nyone. In anolher development, a form- Justice Department lawyer lestf- led Rep.

James E. Morrison (D-La) ecommended against criminal pros cution In a tnx case involving twi Washington Morrison had no Immediate comment, but his office said he planned lo Issue, statement later. When the subcommittee resumes heirinjrs Monday, It flint In recall former Assistant Attorney General lamar Caudle, the ousted Jujfice Itt, parlmenfi chief tai whose previous teitimony has been defied by references (o minkcoate, free fishing and a commission on an airplane sale Yesterday, Richard G. Schwartz, Internal Revenue Bureau attor- ey, testified that Otiphant dlsplay- "an unusual interest" in Teitel- jm's case. IMPROVBS NEW YORK, Dec.

Gary Cooper, a patient at oosevelt Hospital, was described as "satisfactory condition" today. Jailed Reds May Go Free SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Eleven California Communist party leaders in Los Angeies county Jail since July may be free ori bail this weekend. They were armed with a hew fiLLiJcu vmui a nci court order today, substantially reducing the amount of ball they must raise to gain their liberty, and a defense attorney sold lie was almost certain they will be able lo raise It lulckly. The Ninth U.

S. Court of Appeals yesterday reversed a lower court refusal to cut bail from todiooo each. Five of the accused Reds won reductions to and six others to 110,000. The government had asked the ligh bail to discourage the defendants from fleeing the count ry. N.UTAplOT WILL BE PROBED Stu'dents Demonstrate In Protest Agaihst The Way Being The Coliseum Operated.

KALE1GH, Dec. North Carolina Stale Collect officials planned a foil Investigation today into a mass demonstration staged last night by some 306 students. Stones were thrown, traffic was CHORUS STARS WITH CONCERT BEFORE THRONG Barbershop Singers Give Program To Benefit School Lunch Fund Another Concert Tonight. -BV LYuTEDWARDS- The unluckiesfc folks in Gastonia are the ones stayed away from laM, night'E sparkling songfest offered by the Gastonia Barbershop Chorus. And stating It reverse, the luckiest are those who had a seat the auditorium at Oastonla High School, enchanted by (ho songs of the 30-coice chorus, thrilled by the sweet voice of the soloist, and thoroughly entertained by the antics of snarled near William Neal Reynolds Coliseum and tempers flared during he near-riot.

Police finally cjuelled he studenb Kiln tear gas. Appar- ntly no one was Injured. Four arrests were made. Chancellor J. w.

Harrelson said planned to meet with a number students and aciministra'tive of- clals lo discuss the disturbance. He stated that one report reaching Im was that Ihe students staged ic demoastratlon In protest against ie way the coliseum is being op- rated. Several students claimed hey were not being allowed the nvileges they felt they were en- tled. A similar incident occurred Thursay Last night's demonstration came a crowd of 10,000 began to leave le coliseum after witnessing an Ice apades show. Many persons found ic tfres on their cars hod been alcd.

A traffic tie-up followed. All available Raleigh policemen ere called to the scene. The jeering udcnts overlurned a wagon near coliseum. Later, they moved up street from the coliseum and dried rocks, police reported. Tear some ot the quartets.

If you missed the show last nijht, it's not too late to chanze your luck. You'll find It splendid enlertainment, presented in a profeKional manner. When you to loninht, you'll probably see many of the folu, wno werB i lie audience last coming back to Me the show if tin. Profits from the sale of tickets so into the school lunch fund which provides cafeteria meals to hundreds ot Gastonia children who can't afford to pay for their lunches. Judge Julius Sanders, who administers the fund, has announced he will make the SPEB concert an annual alatlr.

rtars In lait nights program, which sparkled like the sky on a clear Juqe night Mem bers of the audlem on Ihelr hands lor Therese Gallwan, the soloist, who possesses a voice as precious as a rare Jewel; for the Air Tours from Donaldson Air Force Base at Green- vlHe. S. who had the crowd hysterics with their gags and comic CHURCH NEW CHRISTMAS tnirj giving Ihls Christmas. Olncy Presbyterian Church i 1 and educational gift- season. The a rnnm' Co ol books for th Vu s.

ncy Presbyterian Church i season. They are display In the Sunday school rnnm tons has been Invited to examine them order are on display up to 9 p. m. each day this week and next Want Larger Profit Margin Grocers Will Seek Rise In Food Price I want vf 7 nation's groce want permission to charge higher thp rlea primarily on increased costs Price stabilization officials an comic expressions; and for the Vagabonds from Winston-Salem, a truly great quartet in both showmanship and harmony. the Gailonla chorus See CHORUS, P-9 for some 200 or 300 boys and girls in the Belraont sec- Ucn wll, be brighter, rner.cr this OPS We4nu(hy 1 epore.

ear as was finally brought into play to spel the mob. Regulation Studied RALEIGH. of Dec. (JTJ -state gasoline prices will TWO AT WORK AS SANTA GLAUS Leonard Warren And Earl Huffstetler Repair Gifts For Unfortunate dren. Chil- they would conduct'a quick survey of conditions in the' nation's 560,000 food stores to see if "emergency" relief from present grocery store price ceilings Is needed.

But the officials, indicated overall grocery price adjustments would not come for some time. 1'our corner pocer took hij plea for a bUrjer manrin of profit to the Office of Price Stabilization (OPS) yesterday, throiurh Ihe retail food distributors industry advisory committee. The committee represents both Independent and chain grocers. Price control officials said lhe re quested Increase might add one-hal to one per cent to the country's present food bill. The advisory committee told the OPS that the grocers need to enlarge their present overall profit margin by two percentage polnli The requested Increase in across- the-counter grocery profits came atop Ihrec developments this week bearing on food prices: 1.

OPS Wednesday gave thou- tu, cu-uwners oi Earl's Boulevard Gulf Service Sla- lion, have been working night and day for the past month, lepairlne old toys, painting them, and mak- rtg them ready for the visit of Santa Claus. TOUCHED BV GIRL'S STORY The two young men, touched by a small girl's story, a girl who was destined to have Christmas the yi JtfcS me 'in the course of time." me a rman of Governor Scott's com- Itee-studying- gasoline prices prc- cletl yesterday. m.n, In an, the dresws. nR Solh, ffi, i ri JT, tri 5 volunteered rsmas agreed that they would do every thing in their power to show that little tot, and others like her, that (here is a Santa Claus. The little girl had wandered into their service station one afternoon, cold and She told them that Santa had missed her last year, and that her molher had told her (hat he again would not visit her Ihis year.

So Huffstetler and Warren, with lhe big. brown eyes of the little girl fresh in their memory, contacted the Gazette and inquired If a story asking for old toys would be printed The story was (he results were astounding. Within a couple of days, toys began to pour Into their place of business. Men and women) volunteered their Cervices. They were gladly accepted.

Huffsteder said Friday afternoon lhat, to date, approximately toys have been mended and stored for delivery at Christmas. "The only thing about it." he said, -is that we have lo ask Ihe people not to send in any more toys. We've got more now than we'll be able to handle, and alter December 10. we won't be able to accept any more toys." He stated 'that some of the toys those which lime wouldn't allow them to repair, are being turned over to the American legion In Belmont. That organizallon Is sponsoring a similar program.

The majority of the toys came from Oastonla folk, the service station operator said. Thi: be distributed through Betmont churclres and in cooperation with the American Lc gton there. nesses preparing meat, milk, butter and other foods for the retail mar- to apply for higher ceiling prices. NEW HIGH 2. On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported re- lail food prices reached a new Wgh on Nov.

15. The bureau said an eight-city survey pushed its index up to 231.2, compared to the 19351939 average of 100. That was about per cent above pre-Korea prices. 3. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said yesterday that the general wholesale price level fell of one cr nt duri ns the week ended Dec 4.

The bureau said the decline resulted from lower prices for many farm commodities, listing raw wool steers, hogs, eggs, oranges and potatoes as leading the fall. The retail food distributors committee said the groccrys are having two kinds of difficulties In making a profit. On some items. It said, price ceil- ngs arc too low to allow enough profit. In view of Increased operat- ng costs.

In cliier cases, it said, grocers are' ing some Items at less than! celling prices, because of market conditions. i OR. LINEBERGER TMENJTDEATH Foster Brother Of Ex-Governor Cherry Dies Of Heart Attack Funera Sunday At 2. RALEIGH, l3ec. 8-Dr.

Henry Linebsrger, a leader in North Carolina dentistry and chairman of Ihi State Hospitals Board of Control died of a heart attack at his home here yesterday. He was SO. Dr. Llneoerger was born in Catawba, C. on December, 19, 1891, the son of the late Mr.

Mrs. Henry M. LIneberger. He later moved to North Carolina and altended Gas- Ionia High School, Duke University (then Trlnily College) and the University of Louisville at Louisville, He was a foster brother of former Governor Gregg Cherry. Cherry was raised by Lineberger's parents, in 1SH3 Govenor Cherry appointed Dr.

LIneberger to lhe hospitals board winch supervises and sc's policy for lhe state's system of mcnui insti- lullons. Dr. LIneberger was a longtime leader in slate dental circles. He was president of North Carolina Dental Society, 1925-25, and was the first president of lhe North Carolina Dental He was re-elected to the laller post only ast month. He Is survived by his two sons, a daughter, Iwo brolliers and a sister.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. at Edenton Slrect Methodist Church. Burial will be Oakwood cemelcry in Raleigh. Local Temperature ENEMY REBUFFS EFFORT TO END STALLEDJRUCE Communists Say ro To Every U.N.

Supervising Armistice Issue Seems Doomed. MUNSAN, Korea Dec United Nations negotiators today made another unsuccessful effort to break the ong deadlock over policing; a truce in Korea. The Reds rebuffed nil u. N. over- urcs and again said "no" to every Key U.

N. proposal for supervising an Armistice. After five hours of debate In which temper: on bolh sides of the conference table became frayed, the two-man appeared no nearer an arreement which would break the lhe 12-day deadlock. Nonetheless, some observers saw hope of a compromise solution soon. They believe the nejotla- llons have reached the hard bir- raininj stage which frequently tomei just before an agreement is hammered out.

The negotiators go back to Pan- munjom for another session at a. m. Sunday (9 p. m. EST.

Saturday). Maj, Gen. Howard M. Turner senior U. N.

delegate, told correspondents alter the meeting ad- vwunibLi vjainpaign Joumed Expect To Get To Goal eagerly ex- Today, peeling any big news" DISCUSS ISLANDS LEGION POST'S DRIVE SPEEDED More Than 500 Member Counted In Campaign -BY EVERETT J. JONES- IIs always a hard Job to put on any kind of and a drive ior members for the "American Lesion Is no exception. Some folks Just naturally want to hold to their dollars for reasons. But more hon 500 men and women believe in he worth of our organization and have paid fhelr dues at thb time Is very to air who are TorKing so hard to accomplish our oal lo have the splendid Turner said the subcommittees hat.we are getting-. The highlights of yesterday's drive was lhe appearance of the Kcbs "Dixieland Band" and a group Main The band and other workers road a large trailer tractor furnished Neal Hawkins Company.

The parade" stopped on Main avenue nd gave a concert while members ontacted prospects. Those playing the band were Reggie Norrts ewis Catlicy, Carl Gum, Clif nut-' nd, Bill McKee, Stuge Glenn harles Hooper, nnd Paul Ritch' harks Wetzell and Fred Rhyne Joke to the audience In behalf of he membership campaign. Our post of the American Legion as never undertaken anything It asn't finished nnd this drive is no xception. We'll have those 600 embers on schedule! We ask every egionnaire who is signing up mem- to work hard and make his nal report by Monday, 5 at cmoriai Hall, please turn in your embcrships as soon as possible status of United Nations-held Islands off North Korea and ths makeup of a proposed armlstfco comMisslon. He said they were at 'complete stalemate" on both.

In Tokyo, general headquarter! accused the Communists of "at- lempting to pour equipment and men into North Korea" while the armistice talks are underway. Crackles Ljil Today Uecfmhtr nfnfoU to date i.i: S3 Inches. A QUESTION For (his we could (ar "Js it cold rnougli for you?" M. Hugo Black Taken By Death WASHINGTON, Dec. TS Hugo Black, wife of the associate' justice of the supreme court, died afler a bricf Illness.

She The former Josephine Foster, Mrs Black died at the family residence in nearby Alexandria. Va. The cause of death was not given. Little Chance Crew Survived 'We'd Just like to thank everyone who contributed toys nnd who help. wo ed make this project possible.

Sllre he Snoring Wife Gets $500 ST. LOUIS, Dec. An al al male Jury decided yesterday thai a woman who sued her former hus bands secretary for S100.000 In i heart-balm suit should get $500, sucd ilis claiming the secre 1 0k lhc atf Frank Demko, a physician Testifying Thursday In the circuit court. Dr. Domko conceded he hndn shared his former wife's bedroom for six years prior to their divorce in 1940.

But he said the situation was caused by his wife's morlnj-which robbed him of badly needed sleep. Debris Of Plane Found In France CUGES-LES-P1NS, France. Dec. 8 searchers found the wreckage of a s. Air Force C- 47 cargo plane on a mountain peak today but saw no sign thai any ol the 10 men aboard survived, Search planes flying fer the wreckage identified it by liiibelUi they saw scattered around the tlcbrls.

The plane had been missing since Thursday night when it disappeared sfier checking In by (llo 40 miles from Marlgnanc airfield at Marseille where It was preparing to land. had flown from U. air field at Tripoli, Libia. The wreckage was found In lhe Saint-Baume I a 1 ranee about 30 miles east of The plane's last message as it approached Marseille was that It had-come down to 3,000 feet on ts approach glide after crossing the Mediterranean at 8500 altl- luno. The twin-engined transport was attached at U.

S. Third Air Force base In England and apparently was returning from a Mediterranean cargo mission, The C-47 normally carries four crewmen. The six othcis aboard prcsumabjy were passengers, Na names were disclosed. An information bulletin labeled "not an official release" declared Ihe Reds always have conferred on subjects only when they held a military advantage and when they could apply the pressure of their war machine." At least twice during Friday's session at Panmunjom Turner Invited the Communists to offer compromise proposals for solving ths supervision deadlock. "We are the only ones to hava made any overtures and concessions lo.

get on with tlie armistice," Turner said. "What do you suggest now In order to make any headway!" A U. N. spokesman, Gen, William P. Nuckols, said the Communist delegates replied: "Accept our In a lengthy harangue, North Korean Maj.

Lee Gen. Song Cho fatly rejected five points the U. N. Allies Insist must be included any truce supervision agreement. REDS FLAN Lee said the CommunlsU would: 1.

Insist on the right to rebuild damaged airfields and construct new bases in North Korea. 2. Refuse to concede the U. N. demand for rotation of troops and" replacement of equipment duriiir on armistice.

3. Demand that Ihe O. N. Allies evacuate islands off the coast of V'orth Korea and withdraw all Naval forces from coastal waters. 4.

Insist on rear area inspection only at mutually agreed ports of entry and refuse United Nations demands for unlimited aerial- rcconnalssance and the use of communications lines by observer teams. 5. Reject the United Nations proposal for a singlr. armistice commission supervise the truce, and insist on a joint commission with a separate organization of neutral nations lo provide observer teams. Turner said after Lee finished speaking, U.

N. delegates again asked whether the Reds had an answer lo a proposal that a second subcommittee be created to begin work Immediately on the problem of exchanging prisoners of war Ue gave virtually the same ftply he had used all have delivered jour proposal our senior dtlesalc (North Korean LI. Gen. Nam II) and will deliver a fain today." SHOPPING TO CHRISTMAS.