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5 VSassen Lists Pauley Gains on Speculation A Oilman Accuses Presidential Candidate of Telling Falsehoods San Pedro Daily News Established 1901 San Pedro Daily Pilot Established 1909 New Series: Vol 20 No 278 Evening January 23 1948 Twelve Pages Per Month $115 Single Copy 5e Ike' Withdraws Could Not Accept Says Famed General WASHINGTON Harold Stassen said today that Edwin Pauley made 40175 on grain trades after a speech by Secre- tary Anderson pushed prices down and $56360 on lard and oil deals closely to Ag- riculture Department buying The lard trades were such as to make inescapable the conclusion that they were guided by than Stassen contended to a Senate appropriations subcommittee which is looking into commodity speculations Pauley wealthy oil man who is a special assistant to Secretary of the Army Royall sat nearby as Stassen testified Twice he leaped up shaking a finger and demanding a chance to confront Stassen to and reply to At the second outburst from Pauley Chairman Ferguson (R-Mich) pounded the table and announced the hearing was recessed for lunch He had assured Pauley after the earlier one that he would get a chance to testify Stassen told the senators that Pauley took advantage of an the talk by Anderson on Sept 19 in which Anderson said grain prices were not realistic statements which of course were not correct caused a temporary drop in grain Stassen said He made the statement only a few minutes after Pauley pointed a finger at Stassen and demanded that the Republican presidential aspirant be required to confront him here face to face on the falsehoods he has told about are going to give you an opportunity to be Chairman Ferguson said Pauley demanded are going to give you an opportunity to be Ferguson said again Since last September Pauley has been a special assistant to Secretary of the Army Royall He has acknowledged making nearly a million dollars profits by speculation on commodities in the last three years WASHINGTON (P) General Dwight Eisenhower said flatly today: am not available for and could not accept nomination to high political The army chief of statement referred to entry of his name in the New Hampshire presidential primary March 9 Kay Francis: Actress Rallies After Overdose of Sleeping Pills COLOMBUS (P) Police released Howard Graham stage manager of the play of the late today after questioning him about the illness of Kay Francis star of the show They said they had confirmed his story that the actress -took an overdose of sleeping pills detectives talked to said Assistant Detective Chief Jay Teele she said she had been nervous and sleep She had been taking these pills so she took more than she thought she was Teele said that Miss Francis told the detectives that she had called her manager and they had then called 3 doctor w'ho advised taking black coffee Teele said this explained the presence of a cup half filled with coffee in her hotel room The rest of story also was corroborated by the 43-year-old star of the show The stage manager was taken to jail protesting not doing and declaring the 43-year-old star of the stage play of the had taken an overdose of sleeping pills William Blair company manager of the production playing here described detention as ridiculous Skipper Jailed in Harbor Oil Spill SPACE FOR FOREIGN MAIL Assistant Postmaster Harry Weaver checks plans held by Custodian Arthur Dewhurst for the 67 17 balcony being added over the San Pedro Postoffice mail room floor Electrician Emerson is installing one of the flush light receptacles The S8800 improvement will permit mav-ing statistical and other office workers off the mail floor to give room to the revived and expanding foreign mail section I i i Bowron to Speak at Wilmington Mayor Fletcher Bowron will be the principal speaker tonight at an 8 general membership meeting of the Marine Trade association at the Harbor Sailmak-ers office 533 Marine ave in Wilmington President (Roy) Kuykendall said the mayor would discuss matters concerning the harbor Kuykendall said meeting marks the start of a renewed drive for membership in the association and also would serve to introduce Rpbcrt Hays newly appointed executive secretary Civic leaders service club representatives harbor department officials and commissioners here in Wilmington and Long Beach have been invited to attend Mayor Bowron has been asked by the association tc review the past activities in the harbor and to outline plans for future development of the harbor facilities and what the city plans in the way of a campaign to increase water-borne commerce through the port Wymore to Take Bar Presidency Glenn A Wymore will be installed as president of the Harbor Bar association at a dinner to be held at 7:30 pm tomorrow at the Palos Verdes Country Club Installing officer will be Superior Judge Leslie Still Other officers to be installed are John Real vice president Marilyn Lazar secretary-treasurer and William McWhinrie jr historian The new directors are Milo Smith Michael Yelovich Allan Lind and John Karmelich Retiring president is Royal Riddle San Pedro California Friday Churchill Says: Western Europe Must Demand Russ Showdown By TOM WILLIAMS LONDON (P) Winston Churchill declared today western Europe must unite quickly and demand a showdown with Moscow before the Russians develop atomic weapons possibly in a year or so Even an early showdown not guarantee that war would not Churchill said but: believe it would give the best chance of preventing it and if it came we would have the best chance of coming out of it alive believe the best chance of preventing war is to bring matters to a head and come to a settlement with the Soviet government before it is too Churchill told the house of commons may be sure the present situation cannot last There are very grave dangers in letting everything run on and pile up until something happens and the matter passes all of a sudden out of your The conservative party leader endorsed the labor proposal for unification of western Europe as a barrier to the spread of communism But he appealed to his political opponents to rise above party in fostering the plan: trying to make a united socialist Europe you are on the same level as trying to make a united communist Chances for reaching an agreement with Russia are better now than we waited until the Soviet government had got their atomic weapons he said Churchill recalled that when the present parliament convened he predicted Russia would have the atom bomb in or four Now years have already elapsed" Churchjl appeared fully recovered from his receqt illness He spoke 45 minutes in a firm clear voice and his sallies kept the house alert In urging a common approach to Russia Churchill said the western democracies should seek unity among themselves the earliest possible then take the initiative in seeking a settlement on Churchill read portions of a speech he made 15 months ago in which he said everybody was worried whether there would be another war and in which he no Since then situation has deteriorated and especially in the last six he said In a move for national unity behind Foreign Secretary Ernest plan for western European consolidation Churchill announced: give all our support to this policy think the British people as a whole will recognize the foreign secretary as representing an important element in their decent way of life and also as one who possesses strong and brave qualities above personal interest or factional San Francisco Prays for Rain SAN FRANCISCO Special prayers for rain were being offered at all masses in churches of the San Francisco archdiocese today on direction of Archbishop John Mitty Capt Richard Moberg 57 skipper of the maritime commission tanker SS River Raisin was jailed today following an oil spill from bis vessel at the Time Oil docks Berth 120 He was placed under arrest and escorted to the booking office at the San Pedro jail by Rear Adm Frank Higbee USCG -(ret) port warden for the harbor department Adm Higbee said Capt Moberg was in violation of a city ordinance which makes it a misdemeanor for failure of proper authorities aboard a vessel to take precautions while loading Adm Higbee said that the vessel did not have its scuppers closed and combustible oil poured into west basin consequential quantity of oil was spread over west Adm Higbee said Fire Department Called The fire department which ordered wooden booms to enclose the spill said the oil covered more than 300 yards The oil flowed near the Todd shipyard and work was halted on a portion of the floating drydock for fear that welding sparks would ignite the spill It was the first time in the memory of many ship agents in the harbor that an officer with the rank of cauun was summarily pianists varied their first group jailed as a result of an oil spill In making the arrest Adm Higbee called the skipper to the dock 700 Applaud Piano Concert at High School Two pianos on the stage of the high school auditorium last night poured out a cascade of melody produced by the artistry of Ethel 'Bartlett and Rae Robertson The audience of 700 Philharmonic Artists Association members applauded the artistry and four encores were graciously presented Opening with a calm but precise interpretation of in and the aria May Safely the with from Bavaria Paralyzed by Mass Labor Walkout MUNICH Germany (P) Most of Bavaria was paralyzed today by a general strike of up to 1000000 workers They were called out by union leaders to protest food shortages The strike started at midnight and was to last 24 hours Indications in many areas were that it would continue through Saturday and Sunday It was the largest mass labor walkout in Germany Midsummer and (Weber-Kovacs) Soft lighting enhanced the dramatic effect of the program and the artists changed pianos between each group to vary their presentation Robertson suffering from a cold explained that lack of rehearsal time prevented the announced presentation of two of the three movements of Substituted were (Lecuona) and (Greig) The Latin-American syncopation of the and the of the Milhaud suite contrasted charmingly with the more severe works The rousing Rhapsody No (Liszt) closed the formal program but the audience requested four encores The artists responded with (Benjamin) (Arensky) and concluded with Joy of (Bach) Members of the Wilmington committee welcomed the audience to the auditorium They were Mrs Joseph Denni chairman Mrs Margaret Walling and Mrs Sweet Roy Cootes Elmer Higgs Ragner Kraabel and Robert Carson served as the mem-' bership committee Following the concert association committeemen were guests at a reception in the home of Mr and Mrs Elmer Higgs of 1559 Ninth st Mrs Robert Carson association president announced that an operatic company would present of Feb 18 in place of the Caprino Sisters wrho were unable to fill their Feb 11 engagement here wrote Leonard Finder publisher of the Manchester Union-Leader for two reasons he had heretofore from making the bald stafement that I would not accept The first Eisenhower said was that such an expression would of A second and deeper reason the general added was a doubt that I could phrase a flat refusal without appearing to violate that concept of duty to country which calls upon every good citizen to place no limitations upon his readiness to serve in any designated In this connection Eisenhower said it is his conviction that an individual feels some inner compulsion and special qualifications to enter the political arena which I do a refusal to do so involves no violation of the highest standards of devotion to He continued: was only the possible misinterpretation of my attitude that caused me concern and so long as I could believe that mere denial of political ambition would prevent serious misunderstanding and misdirected effort I was reluctant to say would seem almost superfluous for me to add that as long as I live I shall hold myself in instant readiness to respond to any call by the government to military Eisenhower is scheduled to go on terminal leave from the army around Feb 15 and in June wiil become president of Columbia university His name not only has been entered through a delegate slate in the first presidential primary of the year in New Hampshire but republican supporters also planned to enter his name in the Oregon primary in May Only yesterday some of his supporters announced they would make an effort to put him in the California primary also scheduled for May 1 Eisenhower has been regarded as a leading for the 1948 republican nomination for many months Only this week members of the republican national committee meeting here had many huddles over the so-called Eisenhower threat In another political development the CIO split politically over Henry third party bid for the presidency The executive board of the labor organization which gave solid support to help elect late President Roosevelt to a fourth term in 1944 voted 33 to 11 to reject entry into the 1948 campaign as Loop to Be 'Evicted' Again' The tough old Loop is being again The 794-ton hulk last November was raised from the bottom of Watchorn basin where rested for several years and towed out to what was to have been her final resting place Through a mishap however she settled prematurely in water about 80 feet deep southwest of the breakwater light Diver Jake Jacobs for the past nine days has been putting pontoons on her readying her for another lift and removal to what is hoped will be her final resting place in deeper waters Rushes Into Only about a half dozen persor were on the station platform when the train arrived Anne 26 was hatless Her blonde hair was ruffled by the winter wind She smiled happily Mihai wore his ski costume of dark trousers tucked into boots tan jacket and cap Piled on the station platform were 10 pieces of luggage brought by Anne and her mother There were also two pairs of skis These recalled the remark of her father Prince Rene in St Moritz recently that he knew nothing of the immediate plans but he had received a bill for two pairs of skis engaged all Prince Rene had said Mihai himself told reporters there would be no immediate announcement of his engagement He said he and Anne plan first to go to the winter Olympics at St Moritz They plan tj stay here two or three weeks GEN DWIGHT EISENHOWER Not Available Severe Cold Wave Whips Country THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A severe cold wave following the pattern of last icy blasts whipped across the country from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard today and crept toward the gulf coast and the Carolinas The north central region bore the brunt of the biting cold Temperatures in some parts of the frigid belt tumbled to near 40 degrees below zero The mercury failed to rise above the zero mark all day yesterday in parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas There were widespread reports of fuel shortages as the cold intensified The thermometer in that Minnesota-North Dakota region plummeted to from 30 to 40 degrees below It ranged from 20 to 30 below in the Dakotas and northeastern Nebraska and 10 to 20 below in northern Iowa and Wisconsin Below freezing weather was forecast for much of the southern region tonight with lows of below 20 above predicted in parts of Alabama 10 to 15 in Tennessee 15 to 20 in Georgia Snow flurries were forecast for Louisiana Mississippi and northern Georgia Haircuts Go Up in Santa Barbara Area SANTA BARBARA The cost of living went up another notch today in Santa Barbara Carpinteria and Goleta Barbers jumped their prices from $1 to $125 for haircuts and from 75 cents to $1 for shaves Princess Anne since the war No violence was reported by early afternoon in any major cities Munich Nuernberg Wuerzburg Augsburg Passau Coburg or Hof Strikers occasionally were rough with small stores which stayed open in two areas but generally the Bavarians used the strike as a day of rest Some 90000 Munich workers demonstrated here in Adolf old parade grounds marching with red banners demanding US military government observers said communist elements took part Banners variously declared that are Germans not a and with Bizonia Speakers were interrupted with such cries as want new and there is hunger democracy has lost its The crowd dispersed quietly Earlier hundreds of angry German commuters had stormed US military trains trying to get to work Rail authorities finally put on emergency trains Communications and industrial plants in 26 cities and scores of towns were idle The strike call had excluded workers for the military government and military establishments switchboard operators police employes and workers in hospitals Some strikes were reported in the Ruhr the industrial core of Germany which lies in the British zone Jbseph Cardinal Frings of Cologne asserted the strikes were a outburst of the He urged Allied occupation authorities to increase imports of food saying situation is desperate it cannot long Fog Forces 'Copter to Cancel Flight Clothes Sent With Mercy Milk Cargo The SS Golden Bear the goodwill miik ship was on its last lap along the California coast today its departure from this harbor delayed for several hours last night while extra clothing and canned goods cargo went aboard for French Italian and Greek children Last call was to be at San Diego to top off the mercy cargo of donated relief goods A truckload of clothing from the St Vincent de Paul society was put aboard last night consigned to Father Bernard Mascero of Turin who will take charge of the clothing at Genoa Italy for the children under his care Arrangements for loading the clothing aboard the milk ship were made by James Visceglia of Wilmington Richard Whaling manager of salvage work for the society in the harbor area and Father Louis Masoero airector of the Don Bosco school for boys of Bellflower who is a brother of the priest who will take over the cargo in Italy San Pedrans donated a total of $239051 and 44 cases of milk in the Good Will Milk ship drive sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce Slats Kraljev chairman reported today The cash individual cans and odd cases he said were the equivalent of 112 tons or 460 cases of milk Paced by a $500 contribution from the Federated Boat Owners association major donations ranging from $25 to $250 were received by the chamber from: French Sardine Co Kiwanis club Elks club the boats New Esperia New Conte DiSavoia Maria and Richness II Trani Realty Co LA Fish Oyster Co Independent Fish Co Chadwick School Fort MacArthur personnel and civilian employes Speer Southern California Fish Corp Pan Pacific Fisheries Harbor Boat Building Co Bread Santa Maria Fishing Co and A Cruciani Doubting Burglar Slugged Flees WILMINGTON Somewhere a burglar today nursed an aching jaw because he believe Ransom A Farmer of 215 Anaheim blvd a pile driver when he said have no Farmer told police he was asleep last night in his apartment when he was awakened by a burglar who said: you I want your money And you better give it to me or cut your Farmer said he told the man he had no money whereupon the burglar hit him in the face guess I got mad when he believe me and so I jumped out of bed and walloped the guy in the the pile driver told police After he was struck the burglar fled really have any the pile driver added 20-30s to Seat Staff Tomorrow San 20-30 club will install new officers headed by Kenny Thomas at a dinner-dance tomorrow night at the Villa Riviera in Long Beach Thomas will sue--ceed Jack Hurst i before placing him in custody A federal law states that a captain of a ship cannot be taken from his vessel under arrest by anyone except a government officer Guard Sees Spill The oil spill was first noticed by A Griffin a harbor guard who immediately notified Adm Higbee The vessel is onerated by Wick-ersham Co which immediately sent for its attorney to argue the case before Municipal Judge Joe Raycraft At 12:15 today the captain was still in jail Decause a complaint had not been issued by Mike Yelovich deputy city attorney Yelovich said he did not issue the complaint because he had not received a police report of the arrest up until shortly after noon Fishermen Union Dance Tomorrow Twelfth annual union entertainment and dance will start at 8 pm tomorrow at Yugoslav hall George Ivankovich president said today The program will feature Four a barbershop quartet Armando Lita a dange team and the IWO Pelagich Youth Tamburitza orchestra directed by Ivankovich Don orchestra will play for dancing to start at 9 pm i Serving on the dance committee are Mitchell Zorich John Zit-ko Pete Fiamengo John Marin-kovich Andy Fiamengo Mike Kuljis Fred Granich Anton Ses-tich Slavko Levacich and John Nizich Tickets also are available at the Club Thirteenth and Cabrillo sts The program styled for dads and their sons will include a talk by A1 Santoro sports editor of a Los Angeles paper and musical selections by the YMCA band Santoro will discuss sports highlights of recent years and tell background stories on some of the prominent athletes Also on the program are Kenneth Knights magician and Mer-wyn Dant who directs the community sings at Anderson Memorial i Members of the program committee included Carl Davenport Ivan Morris Leonard Stagnaro Frank Halstead and Willie Floyd i I Arms of Former King Mihai 300 Dads Sons Expected at Annual Dinner Tomorrow Dense fog which closed in over the harbor today forced cancellation of the morning helicopter mail flight but most ships arrived on schedule The postoffice said it was the second time a flight had been cancelled because of fog and that the afternoon call was late and may be cancelled Fog reportedly sharply cut visibility all along the coast and may delay arrival of two ships the Norwegian vessel Tamerlane due at 1 and the Coxcomb Hill due tonight the marine exchange said The fog which also covered Los Angeles reducing visibility to from zero to a quarter of a mile was no substitute for needed rain which the weatherman reports is not sighted The drouth went into its 30th day and the city recreation and park commission yesterday authorized a $10000 appropriation to pay for extra water needed for lawns flowers and shrubs usually received from winter rains I DAVOS Switzerland (P) Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma rushed into the arms of former King Mihai of Romania and kissed him today The princess arrived by train with her mother Princess Mar-garathe for her first meeting with 26-year-old Mihai since he quit the throne of Romania nearly a month ago He was waiting for her in a jeep said the mother The jeep driven by one of aides took the party to hotel a short distance from the railroad station Anne had traveled from Luxembourg by train stopping briefly at Basel Maj Jacques Vergotti aide to Mihai told reporters there would be no secret wedding here Mihai and Vergotti came secretly from Lausanne to this winter sports center last night for a skiing More than 300 San Pedro youths and their dads are expected to attend the 16th annual public YMCA Father and Son banquet tomorrow night at the Lew Williams of the sponsoring club reported Reservations will be taken by phone at the YMCA until noon tomorrow Williams said and fathers and their sons can pick up the tickets when they attend the banquet 4 WEATHER TIDES Southern California: Variable high cloudiness with coastal fog tonight' and Saturday slightly cooler in afternoon Late high tide today will be 35 feet at 8:15 according to coast and geodetic survey tables Low tides tomorrow will be 21 feet at 12:44 a end -16 foot at 2:32 and high tides will be 66 Jeet at 7 m-and 38 feet at 8:58 ATHLETE OF MONTH Harry Harper (left) vice president of the Lions Club presents the of the trophy to Tony Grich state amateur middleweight champion Grich who received the award yesterday at the weekly club luncheon in the YMCA was named the outstanding San Pedro athlete for December by a committee acting in behalf of the Lions Club Grich has won 33 of his 36 fights and will turn professional next week i i.