MONDAY. DECEMBER tt. 1M7 iianrt;p0t«r l^mUk Avwhg* DfiOy OrtEhtlMi T lw Ruiunu k - lig h t anew endtag hy saity eve- afaig fallowed by partial elearlag tonights Wedaeoday fair and eou- tlanod ooM. M anehester^A City of Village Charm (FOURTEEN PAGES) PRICE POUR CENTS CHRISTMAS YOL. LXVIL, NO. 71 sa Pag* U> MANCHESTER, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23,1947 Is Drawing Near! British Tommies Church Bums at Rochester Hines Views Panama And Arabs Fight reement Possible; Near Jerusalem Buim* M e jew.| Promise Lists New Canal Is Urged ish Fnnenil ProeeMion Uiiitril Stales Ambassa­ On Sacred Mount of WiU Be Given The Aacention; Con* Panama Solans Vote dor ('erlaiii Agrccmcnl voy BlasU Hillside* O ose Study Will Be Reaehed oil Above Bab el Wad Against Agreement Military Base* to Two Congressional Com­ Protect Canal; Engel Jerusalem, Dec. 23.—(/P)— Siiggpsls Waterway British Tommies fought to­ mittees W ill Scratiniae National ^ | Aid MoV Toi) day against Arabs who at­ Com m odity Traders Unanimously Refuses. J l Be Buill Elsew here tacked highway traffic north For Any Irregularities If Stand Coiitiiinetl of Jerusalem, and Arab bul­ To Ratify lyeasing Eight Billions lets raked a Jewish funeral Bases lo United States Wnshington, Dec. 23.— (/P) Ballctin! processsion on the sacred Hrig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, tVashlagtou, Dec. **—(A)— III One Year Mount of the Ascension. A HaroM E. BUsaea today chal- Panama, Panama, Dec. 23. anibus.sador to Panama, said green-turbaned Arab in a leaged the admlaistratlo* ta — (/P) — Panama’s National after a conferenee with Pres­ green ■Ilpover xwenter led the any whether any present nnd Assembly unanimously re­ ident Truman today that he higkwny attMdcera la a wild ex­ Tuft Suy* AdtlUiuiiul fornwr officials In the "Execu­ fused last night to ratify a believes an agreement will be change of fire with a British con­ tive department of the White Oil (111 V* Muv Total $1,* voy, Army aourcea aald. The con­ signed agreement giving the rcaelicd witli Panama for th e Give Practical Gifts Henae” traded In commodltlen voy blasted hiUaldea above Bab el prior ta Mg government pnr- United States the right to 200,()00,0U0 on Top United States to have mili­ Classic lints Wad. from which attackers' bul­ ehnaan la earfy 1S<1. Stamen lease and man 14 military O f Amount Soti{(lit tary liases there. The Panama lets wounded a Swedish joumallat also asked In a statement Fl ames sweep from the roof of Grace Presbyterian church nt Rocbcater, N. In n (Ire which destroyed and air Held sites as defense Aracmbly rejected la-st night sn from H a le’s litnen Dept» and eight Jews thU morning. whether White House and the building, cnuslng dnmnge esUmnted by Fire Clilcf John Mattery at $100,000. (A P wlrcphnto). agreement for the United States ca iiu ll com jfln i (The wounded Swede was Iden­ other past aad present gav- bases for the Panama canal. Washington Dec, 23 — (iP) — to lease 14 nillllsry hoses on Pan- Gift Handkerchiefs The Assembly’s action took the tified in Stockholm as Harold ernmeat offlMala made a American aid to Europe may ex­ smsnlsn soil. /' Beautiful form of a flat rejection of the Hagg. an artist assigned to Pales­ "huge prufit at the steep climb ceed $8,000,000,000 in ohe year it Men’s Initial Handkerchiefs ..... $ 1 .2 5 tine by a news agency a week ago). pact and seemed to dose the door Its action brought sharp com­ i. at p r im which followed the President 'Truman's long-range ment from some Congress mem­ * Two Arabs were wounded In a governmental buytag.* News Tidbits Renewed Plea Made to future negotiation. Informed Ladies* Boxed Handkerchiefs .... $ 1 .0 0 gunfight with machine-gunners of aourcea ffWre expressed belief the recovery proposal la not trimmed bers. RepresentsUvs En^et IR „ Martex Towels Hagans, tha Jewish militia. In the Washington, Dec. 28—(S’)—Two Called From (/P) Wires issue might wind up in the lap of by (Tongreso, Senator Taft (R., Mich.), suggested thst the United Ohio) declared today. States construct s new AtlsaUc* Children’s Handkerchiefs ,. .... 25c ea. In Needlepoint Patterns old city of Jerusalem. Two Hagans congressional committees today the United Nations or some tnter- .. « fighters were reported arrested. Prices Be Lowered national arbitration tribunal. T rft told reporters that it the Pacific csnsl outside Panama if Arab sources said a large con­ promised oearchlng scrutiny of Santa C3aus eraabes his plane at The rejection, voted 51 to 0, President's request for $0,800,000,- thst country persists in. its pres­ Ladies* Cotton P rin t ent attitude. % **PriscUla** Pattern tingent of volunteer Arab fighters iCh list of commodity traders for Miami___ President Truman to touched off a wild celebration In 000 for the first 15 montha of the Handkerchiefs .................... 3 fo r 50c entered the old city just after pomible irregularities— and partic­ appoint Blarh E. Andrews, Hous­ the capital. ’Thousands of persona so-called Marshall plan la granted, Hines told reporters ho is re­ I dttiric. ularly for "leaka'' of inside Infor* ton, Texas, as assistant aecretary Taft Claims marched through the streets additional outlaya of American turning to his post immediately. A t Haifa, meanwhile, British mation. of the Navy....wrre of Michigan ’Real Price Couipeti* i shouting gleefully: "It did not money In Europe may total $1,200,- He has been in the United States Embroidered Handkerchiefs .... 25c ea. Set or 3 Boxed ou s vsesUon. $ 4 .2 7 forces brought to port a two- Members of both groups aald psychiatrist held for observation pass." In the midst of the demon­ 000. 000 In the year beginning July lion’ Urged a* Rusine** 1. Even before the Psnsms Assem­ maated refugee achooner carrying they will concentrate on efforts to after her baby ia found dead .... Seen Denied strators was Former Foreign Min. Lace Ed|^ Handkerchiefs 35c to $1.00 ea. CTommentlng that he expects lit­ bly's action, he sold, he had 1 bath towel. 1 guest towel. 1 face cloth. Or buy them In­ about SM vlaaleaa Jewish Immi­ detarmlna whether Federal offi­ Amhaaeador Smith returns to Advised to Trim Profit* _ later Richardo J. Alfaro, who re­ dividually. Rose, blue, peach and yellow. grants. cials allowred confidential Informa­ Moscow.... Representatives of tle of the original recovery funds planned to leave tomorrow. signed Dec. 9 because of opposi­ to be spent before that date, the Handkerchief Cases ......... $ 1 .0 0 ea. tion about government purchasing million French workmen lino up Hines first said he preferred not Immlgnwta Sent to Cypms tion. to the pact. Ohio senator aald Congress must to co)nment on the Assembly's p^ciea to aeep out in advance. to join The Workers’ Force, anti­ W a s h in g t i^ e c . 23.--(/P) | O ’ M a lio n e y C on ten d * The British tranaport Ocean Alfaro’a successor, Florencio keep In mind the necessity of pro­ action, but then said he imagines Men’s All White Handkerchiefs . .25c ea. **Siceet Briar** Pattern The chairman of a House com­ communist offshoot of the CXJT.. — A renewed White House i R e p u m ic a ii* H a v e ^Re* Vigor sailed for Cyprus late today Aroaemena, quit yesterday, a few viding about $850,000,000 for Ger­ new plans will be mode "st the mittee investigating the matter. Bishop Richard T. Loring plans to with the vlsaleaa Immigrants from introduce in the Springfield, 111., plea for “ many” industries to j p u d ia led O h io a n ’ * B ill’ hours before the Assembl;- voted, man food. proper time" looking to s new tha intercepted refugee ahip. Sick Representative Anderson ( R- lower prices and trim profits! * because of hia .tarty's opposition He eald European countries at sgreemenL $ 4 .0 7 Set or 3 Boxed Mlnn). said he will call "certain Eplocopal diocese a program to passengers Xnd their .relatives, 26 combat divorce___ Ex-chauffeur went out to business today to-1 to the agreement. the same time will be able to draw He s(Med thst Jie feels tliat f in all, remained In Pa'lestine. traders" before his special com­ Bulletin! Reverts to Prior St«*ua roughly $350,000,000 in American eventually "we will get togsUisr.” u i w p v n mittee "to explain how their pur- who Inherited $100,000 from his gethcr with urgings W a | 1 bath towel. 1 Riieat towel, 1 face cloth. Or buy them In­ Troops of the Sixth Airborne IVusbinglon, Her. 33— The situation now apparently money from the International Hines asld he had dlscuMwd Uis ebaaea happened to occur Just be­ first Wife six years ago gets an­ Toiletries, Etc. dividually. Rose, blue, peach, division transferred the immi­ long-range policy of “ real President Truman wMI Issue reverts to the status of Sept. 1, bank. situation with Mr. Trumsn but d ^ fore the government would enter other $100,000 from hia second grants to the British vessel, for \rife..U. 8. and British military price competitiorf.” President a statement concerning' the 1946, when Panama notified the Involves Too N «eh kloney cllned to give deUlls ot thslr talk, shipment to Cypnia' detention the market.” Coty Alofuet Cologne .. .. $1.00 governors in Germany to confer Truman’s three-man council Kepubllcan-barked antl-lnlla- United States that a 1942 agree Taft, who has aald that the Pres IM Bases Tansd Booh camps. Studying List Of Traders with Oennan poUtlcsl landers of aeonomlc odyisera doctared in Uon bill, regardless of wheth­ ment authorizing the leasing of Ident's program involves too much He rrcslled thst the Unltsd Heaven Sent Cologne .