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Snow and Cold Mostly cloudy today, tonight and tomorrow. Snow tomorrow. Low tonight 22. High tomorrow, 32. Temperatures in the 24 hours up to noon today- High, 29 at 12:30 P.M.; low, 23 at 11 p.m. Noon, 30. Sun sets, 4:37; rises tomorrow, 7:39. Easterly winds, 5 to 10 mph. Map and details, Page 2-A. ROCHESTER TIMES-UNION - Associated Press - International News Service - Gannett News Service - United Press - Acme Telephoto - VOL: XXXI NO. 244. ROCHESTER,N.Y. SATURDAY, DEC. 18 1948 18 PAGES Daily Entered as Second Class Matter, Postoffice, Rochester Final Stocks Edition --- PRICE FIVE CENTS 'Never Had Such Fun' as at Plane Rite, Says Rochester Woman, Pioneer Pilot [[image]] Mrs. Blanche Stuart Scott of Rochester finally broke the jinx that had prevented the pioneer woman flier from having her picture taken with Capt. Charles E. Yeager, first supersonic pilot. |At Washington Aero Club dinner, photo was snapped as they examined Wright Brothers' Memorial Trophy awarded to Dr. W. F. Durand, Stanford University, dean of aviation engineers. By BLANCHE STUART SCOTT Washington - Everything has gone wrong, but I've never had such fun in my life! I missed my plane out of Rochester Thursday night. I was an hour and a half late getting to Washington, so missed part of the big show at the Smithsonian, where all the biggest government and military brass were expounding over the Wright plane. They kept calling it "the greatest aeronautical treasure of all time." It's to be the cornerstone of the new National Aviation Museum. All I could think of was that picture of me that's on exhibit somewhere in the same museum- Blanche Stuart Scott, Rochesterian and first American woman to make a solo flight, attended the installation yesterday of the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk plane in the Smithsonian Institution. Her impressions of the ceremonies are given in this dispatch written especially for | [[image]] Mrs. Scott, Chief Justice Vinson (left) and Vicepresident-elect Barkley are shown with cap which is symbol of Early Birds who flew before Dec. 17, 1916. Photo was taken at yesterday's ceremonies at which Wright plane was presented to Smithsonian ---- Lower Food Prices Next Year Forecast By Nation's Grocers Chicago --(AP) -- Lower food prices in 1949 is the optimistic outlook today by the men who keep on top of the nation's food business. Retailers and their suppliers and other authorities in the food industry expressed their opinions on what the consumer can expect in the way of prices and supplies next year. They anticipate that prices will be slightly lower next year. They also look for increased food supplies and greater sales. From Varied Sources Views on the food outlook for next year were expressed by officials in all lines of food including meat, dairy, poultry, fruit and groceries, as well as by the secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce. They were in articles appearing in the annual food industry review issue of the National Grocers Bulletin, official publication of the National Association of Retail Grocers. The men who deal in food directly with the housewives -- the retailers -- told what the consumer is likely to find in 1949. In a survey by the association they said they believe prices will be more stable in the coming year and will be likely to decline slightly. 'Focal Point of Dissatisfaction' Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, in an article in the Bulletin, wrote: "The dangers of inflation are well understood by the retail food merchant. His shop is usually the focal point at which consumer dissatisfaction with high prices is most often felt. The retailer is the one who must pass on to the consumer all of the cumulative price increases that have taken place at each stage of production and distribution, reflecting the increasing costs of materials, supplies, transportation, labor and other items." Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan said that more efficient marketing technics for the abundance produced by America's farms will be the continuing objective of the department in 1949. He said the United States has "entered the door of the era of plenty" and that the "greatest agricultural problem is the marketing of the abundance produced on the farms." ---- U.S. Sees Oil A-Plenty, Unless--; All Bans May Be Lifted Soon Washington -- (AP) -- The government soon ay lift all bans against the use of oil. Unless there is a serious emergency, one official said, there should be plenty of petroleum for everybody this Winter. "Mild weather has accounted in part for the improved supply outlook," Robert E. Friedman, acting director of the Interior Department's Oil and Gas Division, said. "The shipping strike also prevented consumption of large amounts of oil. "But even without these factors there would have been enough oil to meet a normal demand." Interior Secretary Krug is known to be preparing an announcement on the industrial and home-heating outlook for oil. Associates said he probably will -- 1 -- Withdraw the general appeal he made to the public last Winter to stop converting home furnaces from coal to oil. 2 -- Revoke last Winter's order requiring all government agencies to get permission from the Bureau of Mines before installing oil-burning equipment. The department made the first move toward taking the brakes off oil consumption this week by quietly lifting its ban against letting cities change over from streetcars to buses. The District of Columbia's Public Utilities Commission was asked to hold up such an application last Winter, but this week Friedman advised the commission: "The petroleum situation has improved to an extent that makes it possible for the department to withdraw its suggestion that your decision in tis proceeding be deferred because of the petroleum supply situation." Meanwhile Walter S. Hallanan, chairman of the National Petroleum Council, announced that the West Coast oil shortage, caused by prolonged strikes in the area last Fall, is at an end. Hallanan said conditions are so much better that the regional advisory committe -- set up to prevent Wintertime supply emergencies in California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon -- has dissolved its subcommittees and probably will not meet again. ---- Jury Upholds Film Writer in Suit Over Job Los Angeles -- (AP) -- A federal court jury upheld Film Writer Lester Cole's suit for reinstatement to his $1,350-a-week job at Metro-Goldwn-Mayer Studios, but final judgment will not be made until Monday. Cole, one of "the Hollywood 10," also sued for $71,550 in back pay. He was suspended a year ago after ---- Reds Break Defense Line In Drive on Nanking By TOM LAMBERT Nanking -- (AP) -- The Hwai River lines 100 miles north of Nanking was abandoned by Nationalists' armies today and the Communists surged through it towards the Yangtze River, the last natural barrier before Nanking. Bypassing Pengpu, the line's anchor 108 miles northwest of Nanking, the Communists crossed the Hwai in strength west of that city. Earlier, they had driven a spearhead across on the easyt. Outflanked, Pengpu was abandoned as government forces retreated toward Chuhsien, 30 miles northwest of Nanking. Reds Close on Peiping Communist troops have driven within two miles of Peiping's northern walls and have four col- ---- Dutch Shape New Indo Rule, Snub Republic The Hague -- (AP) -- The Netherlands proclaimed today the establishment of an interium government in Indonesia without the Indonesian republic. The government described its ---- Ex-Red Promises Data on Spying, Asks Protection Washington -- (U.P.) -- Congressional investigators said today a former Communist has agreed to disclose "vital information" on Soviet espionage if guaranteed protection against reprisals by his ex-comrades. He will appear Monday before a closed session of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was not identified, and members said he will not be until Monday. Committee members explained that they will serve the ex-Communist with a formal subpoena. This, they said, will guarantee him FBI protection under a law that makes it a criminal offense to injure a witness who has testified before a congressional committee. The witness obviously was one interviewed in New York yesterday by Rep. McDowell (R., Pa.). McDowell, however, refused to affirm or deny the story. "I don't care to say anything now about my New York interviews," McDowell said. "I will not say anything until after I have reported to the committee." The committee originally had aranged to hear former Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre and his secretary, Anna Belle Newcomb, on Monday. But it was indicated that their testimony would be set aside in favor of the ex-Communist's. Espionage 'Established' The House spy investigators were embarked on a search to learn how the Communists slipped agents into government jobs. "We have established the fact that there was espionage in the government," said Acting Chairman Mundt (R., S. D.) of the committee, "but we still lack a clear picture of how the Communists set up their rings." Mundt said the committee plans to get "the facts" from two ex-Communists who served as "cour-
