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FORECAST * ^ •* ^ ^ v Served ByfL^fed WireS -~ | tuttittpiut iUnrmttg ^tsr VOL. 79.—NO. 205.___ WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1946. ESTABLISHED 1867 plane Crash 23 PERSONS LOSE LIVES IN PANAMA PANAMA, Panama, June 9 —(IP) _ All 23 persons aboard a C-54 Army transport plane were be lieved to have been killed Sunday ,hen the plane crashed into a mountainside on Taboga island, pfl the entrance to the Panama Canal. The transport was enroute from jlorrison Field, West Palm Beach, fla,, to Albrook Field, C. Z. None Identified The Panama Canal department, j-an official statement, said none c; the victims had as yet been Identified, but that 23 persons, in ((ding one civilian and six crew men were aboard. The plane crashed about 125 feet f[0m the. summit of Taboga is land's highest promontory — about j 100 feet — during a frontal •hunderstorm when visibility and general flying conditions became limited,” the official statement ad ded. Bodies Missing An Army rescue party, headed by Lt. Gen. Willis D. Critten berger, commander of the Panama Canal department, rushed to the scene and began the task of identi fying the badly-mangled victims. The Army said not all of the bodies had been recovered. At West Palm Beach, Lt. Col. John S. Owens, deputy commander of Morrison Field, said the plane left at 4:45 a. m. (EST) and crash ed at 11:13 a. m. (EST). He said the plane exploded as it struck the mountain. The Panama Canal department said further details would be made public as they became available. CASE BILL FATE STILL IN BALANCE [lose Truman Advisors In Dark As To Presi dent’s Intentions WASHINGTON, June 9.—(UP) — President Truman Sunday night had everyone, including his top congressional leaders, guessing whether he will sign or veto the Case Strike Control bill, and the consensus was that even he did not know is vet what he would do. Mr. Truman, who passed up his usual week-end cruise on the Po ■rCTiae river to give further study to Ice bill, has until Wednesday mid. r.cht to reach a decision on the pclitically-explosive issue. If he has not acted by then, the bill be comes law without his signature. No One Knows One pro-labor congressmen, who iavors a veto and has been in strumental in circulating pro-veto petitions, said frankly that “no c>;ie knows what course the Presi. dent will take ’ He said, however, that he was confident the house would uphold a veto. But proponerts of the bill were equally confident that they could override a veto. Representative Lyle H. Boren, (D-Okla.), said he u!d announce Monday the num ber of signers he has obtained to a petition urging Mr. Truman to sign the bill. It was known that Mr. Truman submitted the bill to at least dour members of his cabinet for analy sis. It was understood that Secre tary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellen bsch. Secretary of Commerce Hen. Iry A. Wallace and Secretary oi the Interior J. A Krug beleive Mr. Truman should veto the bill. i-ar-Keachin Keprecussions Whatever decision the Presideni reaches will have far-reaching po U'.cel repercussions. He is in the peculiar position of having both Democrats and Republicans wish ing a veto. Many Democrats feel a veto is necessary to keep the administra tion in the good graces of organ ized labor for the congressional elections this fall. Republicans, however, point out that Mr. Tru sian has asked for strong labor legislation and say the public will lose faith in him if he issues a veto. Congressional supporters of the bill threatened in event of a White House veto, to attach it as a rider lo Mr. Truman s emergency strike bil. which is headed for a Senate. ™U5e compromise conference. Hhe;- are delaying action on the Presidential bill until Mr. Truman ^!s on the Case measure. UMBONE’S meditations By Alley '-' ls SEED MArt MULE? HE DONE fiOTMMED UP WID 0AVU6HT SM/IN'5 ER SUMP'n AN' '6IDED TO sat'dT oh a ^QNpat mawmin'!!! '"'I Trtd« M»r* s lid 1/S R*> u. s. pil omcei 4>-fO-'rG BREAD M ( ING EVE REMOTE Food Officials May Limit * Quantity To Dealers, However WASHINGTON, June 9.— (JP) - Food officials were optimistic Sun day that bread won’t be rationed, though the possibility was not whol ly ruled out. Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles disclosed Friday that he had talked to Ariculture depart ment officials about the possibility of rationing down to—but not in cluding—the consumer. He told re porters later that nothing had been decided definitely and that it may not be necessary. No Program Yet OPA officials said that so far as they knew no actual program had been worked out, even tentatively and subject to later decision on whether to put it into effect. However, OPA under usual pro cedure would not be in charge un less a rationing program covered the actual consumers. And some OPA officials, pointing to the agency’s restricted budget, wour. dered where it would get the mon ey to do such a job if it were as signed. One suggestion was that proces sor and dealer rationing might be accomplished by Agriculture de partment directive, but some offi cials who normally would be con cerned with operation of such a program said they knew of nothing concrete from the talks between Bowles and agriculture representa tives. INew crop 10 tieip One authoritative view on the :ood front was that the new crop nay ease the situation — an ob servation with which Bowles igreed — and that the time would )e too short for rationing to do any $ood before the harvest which al •eady is starting in some areas. Bowles told the Senate Small 3usiness committee that every niller is entitled to his fair share )f grain, the baker to his flour, and ;he retailer to his part of the bread, rhere is authority under law, he said, for such allocations. The discussion grew out of ques ions from Senators about short ages that have emptied bread shelves in many stores and baker .es, and led most stores to limit purchases to a single loaf. The aortages began with the recent 25 per cent cut in the amount of what millers may grind for domestic use. Regardless of the rationing out look, householders run up against another bread worry this week — a price increase of one cent a loaf. An official of OPA reiterated a statement of a month ago that all bread except rye (already raised) will be included. Bread-type roils will be raised proportionately. The actual order has not yet been is sued but this official said it will go in effect this week largely to compensate for the higher unit costs that come with lower produc tion. MEAT FAMINE MAY HIT NATION IN WEEK WASHINGTON, June 9.—(U.R>—A meat famine will hit the nation * See BREAD on Page Two Today and Tomorrow By WALTER LIPPMAN The Soviet Union has become like the weather; everybody talks about it and nobody does much about it. Some say that nothing can be done about it, that there is an iron cur tain which divides Germany and Europe into two parts. Others say we can penetrate the iron curtain and compel the Russians to co operate if the British and Ameri cans unite, talk toughly, round up the smaller nations, and make it known in Moscow that all these disagreements' and conflicts can lead to war. And then there are some, though they are far fewer than they used to be who still main tain that the Russians can be per suaded to co-operate by appealing to their better and higher natures. But are these in fact our only choices — namely, to resign our selves to a division of the world, to prepare for a third world war, or to rely upon sweetness and light? I do not believe it. A way is open to us and is, I submit, clearly indicated which cannot have worse results, would almost certainly have good results, and has the promise within it of an excellent result. See LIPPMANN On Page Two RETAIL MERCHANTS OF STATE TAKE OVER WRIGHTSMLLE BEACH FOR CONVENTIONS; IOWA ff/jTEL FIRE TAKES FIFTEEN LIVES _ a?- i ‘ Rescue Crews Search Ruins For 25 Others Red Cross Reports Many Guests Of Canfield Still Missing TALES OF HEROISM Thirty Make Escape From Burning Building By Bailing Out DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 9—(£>)— An early morning fire at the Can field hotel claimed the lives of 15 persons Sunday. And as searchers continued this evening combing the charred debris of the blackened hulk oi the 200-room hotel for any addi tional bodies, there were stories told of breath-taking escapes and heroic rescues; of Catholic priests in this predominantly Catholic city appearing on the scene to adminis ter last rites as victims were brought out. 25 Missing The American Red Cross re ported Sunday night that there still were 25 persons unaccounted for at 8 p. m., (Central Daylight Time.) Twenty-one were injured. The screams from flaming hotel windows of trapped inmates re mained fixed in the mind of one fireman. If I live to be a hundred. I’ll never forget the scieams of the scores of persons standing a> windows when I arrived x x x,” Fire Capt. Harold Cosgrove said. Thirty Make Jump Thirty leaped to safety into nets, but a woman died instantly when she jumped from the fourth floor and struck the pavement. Cos grove said a man struck the rim of the net with his head when he leaped from the fourth floor and died a few minutes later. Fire Chief Perry Kirch praised the rescue work of civilians. Leo Loso, Jr., 25, searching the flaming hotel for his sister, found two persons on the fourth floor, See RESCUE on Page Two TOLL OF DEATH SOARS IN STORM New England Hard Hit By Freak Hail And Lightning BOSTON, June 8.—(UP)—The death toll from a freak hail and lightning storm mounted to six Sunday as emergency crews work ed overtime throughout New Eng. land to repair power lines and clear highways. The storm combined winds oi gale force with torrents of rain and hall that fell for nearly an hour Saturday night. Massachusetts was hardest hit. Two Electrocuted Two men were electrocuted, while a young couple lost theii lives when a tree toppled on theii auomobile. One highway fatality was reported during the storm, and a youngster drowned when his sailboat capsized. More than 28,000 telephones were put out of commission, according to the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. Almost 10,000 of these were in greater Boston which bore the brunt of the storm, See STORM on Page Two o*---— "man Receives Portrait Of Self And Mother President Harry S. Trumtfn admires the oil por trait of himself and his 93-year-old mother, the gift of Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right). Next to the President at the canvas unveiling at the White House is Grace Annette Dupre of New York and Spartanburg, S. C., who painted the portrait. An incident on Mother’s Day in 1945 prompted the painting. It was then that Mrs. Martha E. Truman, on leaving the Presidential plane, looked up at her son as lensmen gathered near and said: “Oh, fiddlesticks!’’ (International). ITALY TO MARK CHANGE IN RULE Elaborate Ceremonies To Celebrate Start Of New Republic ROME, June 9.—(UP)—Elabor ate ceremonies proclaiming the new Italian republic and dissolu. tion of the monarchy will be held at 6 p.m. Monday it was announ ced Sunday as King Humbert II spent his last full day in Italy re ceiving hundred's of followers in wel laudiences at the royal palace. Humbert will not attend the proclamation ceremony, in which the court of Cassation (supreme court) will announce official re sults of last week’s election, but will receive Premier Alcide de Gasperi immediately afterward for official receipt of the news. Humbert to Leave Humbert is then expected to take a plane within the hour for Lisbon, Portugal, to begin his vol untary exile from Italy. Lisbon dispatches said that Queen Marie Jose and her four children had arrived at the Portugese capital shortly after noon Sunday on the Cruiser Duca Degli Abruzzi on which they left Naples last Thurs day. Announcement of a definite hour for the ceremony now less than 24 hours away, served to quiet royaL ist demonstrations but there was a mounting number of protests by monarchists that the referendum was illegal. Monarchist Pressure It was believed possible, but not probable, lhat the ceremony might be further delayed as a result of monarchist pressure. Royalists are demanding that the court de vote more time to surveying elec See ITALY On Page Two Along The Cape Fear WIDE-RANGE POETRY — Al though it is not The Star’s policy to print poetry, we feel constrain ed to give you a poem we got in the mail over the week-end. But before we let you read it we also feel constrained to tell you that when we call it “poetry" we are giving the word an awfully wide range. We know a lot more about poetry—the real stuff, mind you—than a lot of people thing we .do. We have verse of Shakespeare Milton, Drayton, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Poe, Frost, Millay, et ai, constantly on the tip of our tongue just in case we should ever find ourself on a literary quiz program. Moreover, we once memdrized a rhyming dictionary, a feat more difficult, we believe, than commit ting the Encyclopedia Britannica to heart, albeit a little less informa tive. Further, we have written poetry ourself, and we know there’s a big difference between a sonnet and a triolet although we can’1 recall right off-hand what the difference is. * * * NOT DOGGEREL—Anyway, we consider ourself something of ar, authority on the subject, and that’s why we say we’re giving it such a wide range of coverage when we include the “poem” we got over th. week-end in that classification. Forsooth, the only reason we cal) it poetry is that we can’t think oi anything else to call it—anything, that is, which would get past the aditor. We could call it doggerel, but hat in turn might cause all the egitimate writers of doggerel to ;ake us severely to task. And a ;roup of irate doggerelists, let us ;ell you, carries more bite than i pack of fox-hunting hounds. Suppose we just turn the thing >ver to you folks to see whether See CAPE FEAR on Page Two > MONARCH DIES Young King Of Siam Accidentally Killed Twenty-Year-Old Ruler Found Dead With Bullet Wound In Forehead; American Born Brother Succeeds To Throne BANGKOK, Monday, June 10. —(fP)— King Ananda Mahidol, 20-year-old ruler of Siam, was found dead of a bullet wound Saturday in the royal palace, and 12 hours later the Siamese legislature named his Boston-born brother Prince Phumiphon Aduldet, 18, as the new king. The Siamese police director-general told an emergency session of the national legislature Saturday night that the The Weather North Carolina: Monday, warm except not quite so varm ir. North portion. South Carolina: Fat * to partly cloudy and continued warm and humid Mon day. FORECAST (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Veather Bureau) Meteorological d*ta for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30a 88; 7:30a 75; l;30p 58; 7:30p 93. Maximum 85; Minimum 66; Mean 71; Normal 75. Humidity 1:30a 8; 7:30a 73; l:20p 58; 7:30p 93. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 pjx 0.00 incji. Total since the first of the month 0.55 inch. Tides for Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington _ 6:29a 1:21a 7 :10p 1:40p Masonboro Inlet _ 4:26a 10:40a 5:06p ll:19p Sunrise 5:00a; Sunset 7:23p; Mocnrise 3:49p; Moonset 2:37a. See WEATHER on Page Two xmg s death was accidental and that the bullet went through the center of his forehead. Planned U. S. Trip The young king, whose death oc curred on the eve of a projected trip to the United States, had been indisposed for the past two days. He arose at 6 a. m. Saturday and took some medicine. Nothing was known of his actions from that time until his body was found by a ser vant in the bedroom of the Ba rompinan palace about 9 a. m. The historic night session of the legislature unanimously selected Phumiphon Aduldet as the new king, rising together to signalize his election with a changed Cha Yc Cha Yo Cha Yo — the Siamese hurrah. Born In Boston Phumiphon Aduldet was born in Boston while his father, the late Prince Mahidol of Songkhla, was studying at Harvard. He was the constant companion of his oldei brother and attended school with him in Switzerland. The legislature also appointed a three-man council of regency to guide the new king in matters of state. Pridi Phanomyong, who was reappointed premier only three days ago, told the legislature he would recommend a premier to the new regency, but legislative See KING On Page Two “I WILL REPAY” Ex-Flier Goes To Aid Of Draja Mihailovich By DON TULLSEN General Draja Mihailovich, erts while Youngoslav underground leader who has been arraigned as a German collaborationist by Mar shal Tito, recently acquired a character witness in the person of a former U. S. Army aviator now living in Wilmington. Ralph C. Volk, of 5 Jackson drive, Lake Forest, flying a B-24 over the kingdom of the Serbs, the Croats and the Slovenes in 1944 was forced to abondon his ship as the result of enemy action. Par achuting into territory swarming | with German troops, he and his crew were succored by Mihail ovich’s hairy Chetniks. Joins In Defense Therefore, the positions now be ing reversed, with Mihailovich in jeopardy, Volk several weeks ago joined forces with a group of ex servicemen who wish to contribute to the General’s defense. Writing to the National Commit tee of American Airmen to Aid Mihailovich, the Wilmingtonian made a statement which has since been reproduced in the June 10 is See EX-FLIER on Page Two •A \ Three Other Groups To Meet This Weelt Vanguard Of Association Delegates Check In Sunday For First Postwar Meeting; Governor Cherry To Speak Today By LARRY HIRSCH The spotlight points to sun-drenched, ocean-laved Wrightsville Beach this week as four North Carolina state organizations swarm to the Ocean Terrace hotel for their annual summer conventions. With the North Carolina Society of Engineers inaug urating the summer-convention season last Friday and Sat urday, the famous beach resort and its huge hostelry will SENATOR EXPECTS DRAFT CALLS END Johnson Predicts Volun teer System Will Care For Army Needs WASHINGTON, June 9—(U.P) - Senator Edwin C. Johnson, (D., Colo.) ranking majority member of the Senate Military Affairs com mittee, predicted Sunday night that draft calls will end soon, re gardless of what action Congress takes on the hot issue of inducting teen-agers. He made his forecast in the face of a prospective deadlock among Senate and House conferees in working out a compromise bill ex tending selective service. He said in an interview that Army replace ment can be obtained through a volunteer program because: Decreasing luuhs 1. Any extension bill finally agreed upon will limit top Army strength to 1,550,000 (M) men by July 1, 1946, decreasing each month by 40,000 to a level of 1, 070,000 (M) by July 1, 1947. 2. The bill will specifically ban the drafting of anyone unless the Army’s volunteer drive actually falls short of requirements. 3. Increased pay scales for privates, corporals and sergeants —certain to be approved as part of the bill—will make the Army and Navy relatively attractive. Enlistments to Mount 4. Volunteer enlistments will mount well above 30,000 weekly if the “implied threat’’ of the draft is maintained. These factors, the Senator said, will soon make Army-Navy man power requirements an “academic subject.” The Senate-House conference is scheduled to start Wednesday. Four of the seven House conferees are promising a stout fight to re tain their chamber’s ban on all in ductions until next Oct. 15 and barring service for teen-agers. The Senate agents have indicated they will stand equally firm for the drafting of 18-19 year-olds. The conferees must agree by July 1, when the present stop-gap extension bill dies, or the selective service act will expire. Sees Compromise Chairman Elbert D, Thomas. (D, Utah,) of Senate Military Affairs, said he believes they will com promise “without undue trouble.” On the other hand, Senator Lis ter Hill, (D.. Ala.) a conferee, said that failure to accept the Senate version would be “tragic” and endanger the nation's post war international commitments. But Hill also thinks that "within a reasonable time,” the Army can be made entirely a volunteer ser vice, with the draft discarded. Senator Styles Bridges, <R.. N. H.,) also a member of the con ference committee, said Senate members “would stand pat inso See DRAFT on Page Two pray nusi uus weex 10 uie lunow ing state groups: The North Carolina Retail Mer chants association and the North Carolina Credit Women’s Break fast clubs, today and Tuesday; the North Carolina Association of Taxi Operators, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; and the North Car olina Mutual Insurance Agents, Friday and Saturday. Merchants Arrive With between 500 and 600 people expected to attend the two-day ses sion of the merchants’ association and the women’s clubs, scores ol delegates were registering at the hotel yesterday in advance of to day’s meeting. Among the early arrivals were Governor R. Gregg Cherry, Ra leigh, and W. G. Clark, Tarboro, state senator for 20 years. Cherry To Speak Governor Cherry will be prin c palsapeker at shrdluu etaoin ET cipal speaker at the merchant! meeting this morning, with “Mon ey and Its Purchasing Power’’ as his topic. After addressing today’s audience, the governor will journey to Chapel Hill to present diplomas to the graduates of the University of North Carolina. For Clark, the convention will also mark a reunion with his three Wilmington sisters, Mrs. Mar-sden Bellamy, Mrs. Horton James, and Mrs. J. Douglas Taylor. Welcome By Mayor The merchants’ meeting will open at 10:30 a. m., today as See MERCHANTS on Page Two PEPPER TO URGE REPORT BY RADIO Plans BUI For Broadcast Of All Senate, House Floor Sessions WASHINGTON, June 9. —fU.R) Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Fla., Is determined to put Congress on the air so the people can keep tabs on what their law-makers are doing, but he won’t press the issue until the Senate disposes of the Con gressional reorganization bill. The fiery Floridian had planned to offer his broadcasting bill as a rider to the reorganization meas ure, but he said Sunday night that he does not want to "en danger” the latter. May Submit Bill "After that legislation is dis posed of,’’ he said, "I may submit rny bill to the special committee on reorganization for action. 1 will wait and see.” Pepper proposes to establish short wave stations on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to broadcast Senate and House proceedings. People Would Approve “Congress represents the people, See PEPPER on Page Two And So To Bed Since newspaper people are notorious for the names they call one another, nobody even turned his head last night when a cry of “Snake, snake!” sounded on the stairs leading from the newsroom to the com posing room. It wasn’t until a composing room boy burst out of the stair way door into the newsroom that the editors and reporters lifted their eyes from their work. Then their eyes popped, be cause the boy was struggling— like the people in the ancient Roman statue—with a three foot-long chicken-snake. The only logical reason for the snake’s appearance in The Star’s office is that it must have thought (here were chick ens in the vicinity—a delusion inspired, no doubt, from the fact that “And So To Bed” lays so many eggs.
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