FORECAST:
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WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Partly
cloudy today and Sunday with not much
change in temperature.
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Greek Rebels
Attack Towns
Ar t i 11 e l y-Supported
Gutrrilas Engage 4Th
Government Army
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 26—
yB—Thirty-five hundred Guer
rillas- supported by artillery and
at one Plane of “foreign
nationality” launched heavy
Christmas Day attacks against
, v.-ns in Northern and Western
Greece, the Athens Press said
today
Two thousand Guerrillas re
ten ■ engaged the Fourth
Leeh Army brigade in a bitter,
aUnignt battle at Xonitsa, im
oortant road junction near the
Athanian border—possibly in an
St to seize a “capital” for
the new Leftist “government”
in North Greece.
The brigade commander and
Wo majors were reported woun
ded in the fighting.
In Western Greece, a column
{ 1500 Guerrillas reportedly
struck from the rebel-controlled
area around Xarpenisien in an
effort to capture the town of
Aermion, 35 miles northwest of
,he Gulf of Patras.
Sixty-five Guerrillas were re
ported killed, 40 wounded and 20
raptured by the troops who
drove them off.
To Probe Situation
War Minister George Stratos
left by air for Jannina today to
launch a personal investigation
into the situation on the North
west frontier. Before leaving, he
assured the press that “ade
quate measures” were being ta
ken to deal with the situation.
The War Ministry issued a
bulletin late today saying that
the Onitsa battle was launched
by a Guerrilla force consisting
of two brigades and two battal
ions, which struck at 5:20 p. m
yesterday and continued to at
tack fiercely until 3 A M. today.
Press reports said that the st
ackers came from within Com
munist-dominated Albania, and
retreated across the Albanian
border after they had been
thrown back by defending
forces.
The afternoon newspaper Es
tia said that the attackers struck
from the North, South and West
sides of the city, apparently hepr
ing to encircle it. Reports to
the War Ministry estimated that
250 shells had been hurled into
Ckor.itsa by Guerrilla artillery.
SHOTGUN VICTIM
GAINS STRENGTH
_ ;
ensboro Woman Still
a Critical List After
Shooting Spree
GREENSBORO. Dec. 26 — W>
-Mrs. David R, Martin, one of
the victims of a Christmas Eve
shooting rampage which cost
four lives and left three persons
wounded, gained strength in a
hospital here today although
her condition was still regarded
as critical.
The 45-year-old woman was
felled by a shotgun charge in
her home on the outskirts of the
city at the same time her hus
band and their daughter-in-law,
Madelia Martin,"'21, were shot
to death.
Police Chief L. L. Jarvis said
the slayings were admitted by
Joe Desantis, burly 190-pound
automobile body worker who
had been served with an eviu- j
bon notice by Martin, his land-1
lord.
Desantis died early Christmas
Jay of a revolver bullet wound
ln the head, self-inflicted in
Central Fire station after he
•fad wished the firemen a
‘Merry Christmas.”
Victim Buried
W B. Seawell, 50, oil com
pany mechanic, also killed by
Desam.s, was buried this after
noon. Seawell was shot several
times after he refused Desantis’
request that he be driven to the
Po ice station. Witnesses said
Seav/eh agreed to do as asked
Desantis would drop the re-,
v°'Ver and shotgun he was car-j
Ding but the latter declined, and
|"e : j men started tussling for
“e guns.
Mi- Evelyn Williams, one of
see SHOTGUN bn Page Eight
1 he Weather
FORECAST
', -• - and South Carolina — Fair
Dwarmer Saturday, Sunday
'Udy and not much change in
““Pci.uies.
•’ 1 Carolina — Partly cloudy Sat
. d '■ Sunday, not much change in
S'"- “'ure
e ‘'' ' gical data for the 24 hours
7:30 pm yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
sm 34. 7:30 am 35, 1:30 pm 46,
1 43. Maximum 50. Minimum 33.
«n r. Normal 48.
HUMIDITY
am 96, 7:30 am 90, 1:30 pm 51,
‘■J0 Pm 58.
T PRECIPITATION
0 for the 24 hours ending 7:30
, 1 1 inches. Total since the first of
e th 5.50 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
j. ^ the Tide Tables published by
- ' oast and Geodetic Survey. I
High Low
1 ion _ 9:21 am 3:45 am
ij 9:32 pm 4:35 pm
'"iro Inlet _ 7:00 am 12:44 am
<, 7:21 pm 1:32 pm
|.,V" 0 7:16, Sunset 5:10; Moonrise
t . Moonset 7:11 am
*e* WEATHER On Page EigbS !
Typhoon Sinks Shir*J
58 Persons Mis 3*
- ^
Manila Suffers Heavy Damage As ^0-Mile
Winds Cut Path Of Havoc Across Many
Towns In Central Philippines
MANILA, Dec. 26—— A
tardy December typhoo wrecked
and sank the Danish passenger
liner Kina with up to 58 persons
missing, heavily damaged Man
ila and cut a path of havoc across
the Central Philippines today.
Three of the missing were Amer
ican women.
At least seven other vessels
experienced storm damage, the
business district of war-ravaged
Tacloban was reported 70 per
cent burned by a wind-driven
fire, and 10 persons were listed
as dead or missing in Manila and
elsewhere ashore.
President Manuel A. Roxas de
clared an emergency “holiday”
throughout the republic to work
for recovery from this fifth and
most damaging typhoon to strike
the islands in two months.
The storm, unseasonably late,
hit Manila at 6:55 A. M. It had I
wind velocities recorded up to 90
miles an hour in Manila and es
timated up to 120 knots (138 miles
an hour) elsewhere as it blew
out Northwest across the South
China Sea tonight.
Dashed On Rocks
The 9,823-ton motor vessel
Kina, with 15 passengers and a
crey variously reported at 36 to
48, was dashed onto the rocks off
little Camandag island, five miles
off Samar in the Central Philip
pines.
Its last radio message early in
the day said tho s'-ip was being
abandoned as a total loss. It had
been en route frcm Japan and
China to Europe via Manila and
Singapore.
The Norwegian motor vessel
Samuel Bakke subsequently ra
dioed to Globe wireless that it
See TYPHOON On Page Eight
Baptist Churches, Make
Marked Gains This Year
_I
DUCKS DROWN
. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.,
Dec. 26—W—Game wardens
and veteran rivermen today
reported the worst death toll
of wild ducks in 25 years, af
ter counting those that perish
ed when swept over Niagara
Falls during a dense fog
Thursday. About 500 birds
were picked up by Game War
den William (Red) Hill along
the lower Niagara river.
Some will be sent to the
Ontario Department of Lands
and Forests, while others will
be presented to this district’s
charitable institutions.
ECONOMIST SEES
GOOD YEAR AHEAD
Edwin G. Nourse Says Pro
duction To Hit New
Peak In 1948
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. —W
— Production is expected to rise
to new peaks in 1948 and there
is “a distinct possibility” that in
flation will slow down, Federal
Economist Edwin G. Nourse said
today.
“We’re not yet at a point where
we can see that we’re arriving at
a stable level of prices,” he ad
ded in an interview. “If there
should be a short crop season,
we’d really have something to
worry about.
“But aside from the weather,
I’m inclined to be optimistic.”
Nourse, formerly with the pri
vate Brookings -Institution, is
See ECONOMIST On Page Eight
NEW TRADER LIST
SHEDS NO LIGHT
Anderson Releases Names
Of 1,240 Operators In
Wheat Futures
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—W—
A list of 1,240 traders in wheat
was made public by the Agricul
ture Department tonight but it
threw no immediate light on the
hot question of whether govern
ment officials used “inside infor
mation” to reap speculative pro
fits.
Named on the list were persons
who were active in the wheat fu
tures market on the Chicago
Board of Trade on April 30, 1946.
The department did not iden
tify any of the names as to oc
cupation and Adn.instrator J. M.
Mehl of the Commodity Ex
change Administration—agency
with limited authority to regu
late the futures market—told a
news conference he did not know
whether any government officials
were on it.
“I have not check-d it to de
termine that,” he said. _
North Carolina Membership
Now Totals Well
Over 622,000
RALEIGH, Dec. 26—(A*)—North
Carolina Baptists made marked
gains in all branches of their
activities during the current year,
L. I. Morgan, statistical secretary
of the Baptist State Convention,
announced here today.
“This has been in most respects
the greatest year in our conven
tion’s history,” Morgan stated.
“Comparing our record for this
year with 1946 we have had
substantial gains in church
membership, baptisms, total and
per capita gifts, cooperating
churches, Sunday schools, vaca
tion bible schools, training unions
and women’s work.”
Statistics released by Morgan
are based on associational reports
submitted to the convention dur
ing the calendar year by the 68
associations, and two Indian as
sociations of the Baptist State
Convention. Principal paragraphs
from the report follow.
There are 2,781 Baptist church
es with a combined membership
of 622,426, a gain of 41 churches
and 25,435 members or a little
more than four per cent gain.
There are 40 Indian churches
with a membership of 5,149.
25,830 Baptized
During the year the churches
received 25,830 members by hap
See BAPTISTS On Page Eight
MIDDLE BELT HAS
EXCELLENT YEAR
Over 175 Million Pounds
Marketed At $42.16
Average Per Hundred
RALEIGH, Dec. 26.—(^—Sell
ing of the second largest crop
in the history of the Middle Belt
flue-cured tobacco markets was
completed Dec. 19, with gross
sales for the year totaling 175, -
666,530 pounds averaging $42.16
59 per hundred pounds. The
State Departments of Agricul
ture reported today.
The volume fell 13.7 million
pounds, or seven per cent, be
low last year’s record of 189,330,
018 pounds, which averaged $46.
59 per hundren pounds. The
lowest general average since 19
43 was established when a drop
of $4.43 from the previous year
took place. .
The season was marked by a
demand which was subantiaily
weaker than in 1946, and as a
result, practically every grade
showed a price decline. Averages
ranged downward from $1.00 to
$11.50 per hundred; however,
most decreases were from $3.00
to $8.00.
Green Leaf Drops
Sharpest drops were recorded
for green leaf grades on the red
side, green primings, nonde
script, and low and common
qualities of red and dark red
tobaccos. Several cutter grades,
See MIDDLE BELT On Page 8
Nosey Police Find Nose
Nipped Off Man’s Noggin
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. —(U.R)
— Otis Brown gave his brother
Russell a new look for Christ
mas. Now the police are look
jing for Otis to give him free
I lodging for the new year.
The Brown boys were celebrat
ing the Yule quietly at home,
Russell says, when Otis whipped
out a big butcher knife and slic
ed off his nose, all of it.
I Police took Russell to the ac
cident ward at Casualty hospital,
land asked the doctor could he fix
'Brown’s nose. The doctor said
sure, but where was the nose?
Brown didn’t know. Neither
did police. And Otis, who might
know wasn’t available.
I The doctor, Herbert G. Bran
des, told them to go back to the
Brown home and look some more.
On the second look-around, po
lice found Russell’s nose in a
trash pile.
Brandes brushed it off and
stitched it back where it be
longed. He said it had been done
lots of times by Army plastic
surgeons. Russell said it was the
first time for him. He hoped it
would “takei”
The doctor said they’d know
in a couple of days. Meantime,
the police are poking their noses
cautiously into a few hideouts
where they think Otis may be
holed up. When they find him,
they intend to charge him with
assault with a dangerous wea
pon, Maybe mayhem.
tjyers Kill
' Jew Official
Prominent Agency Man
Among Victims Of Arab
Sharp-Shooters
JERUSALEM, Dec. 26—W—
Snipers’ bullets killed 13 Jews,
including a prominent official of
the Jewish Agency, a three-year
old girl and a 70-year-old
woman, in unabated violence
today in the Holy Land.
A lone Arab and two British
civilians also were killed, rais
ing to 363 the unofficial death
toll in Palestine since the
United Nations voted for parti
tion nearly a month ago. For the
entire Middle East the total was
484. There was no sign ot a lull
in the bloodletting.
.Hagana, the Jewish defense
army, laid the increase in
snipers’ activities to the arrival
in the Holy Land of 200 Syrian
trained volunteers led by five
former German officers. The
bulk of the attackers’ fire was
directed against motor convys.
Snipers hidden on the top of
rocky hills near Jerusalem
along the road to Tel Aviv killed
Hans Beith, acting director of
the Jewish youth organization
Aliyah which supervises the
bringing of refugee children in
to Palestine.
In Motor Convoy
Beith was in a motor convoy.
A Hebrew university student
and a Jewish workman in
the same convoy also met death.
Beith was the ass'stant of the
late Henrietta S?old, American
benefactress of Zionism.
Mrs. Golda Meyerson, acting
head of the Jewisn Agency’s po
litical department, and Isaac
Gruenbaum, another agency of
ficial, were in the convoy but
escaped injury.
At Imara in Southern Pales
tine Arabs attacked 25 armed
Jews and killed one. The body
o. an unindentified Jew with
four bullet wounds in his head
was found in the Arab quarter
of Jaffa.
Private informants said Arabs
ambushed a Jewish bus between
Jerusalem and Hartruf and kill
ed four Jews. Seven were
wounded.
Two British civilians were
found shot to death and three
Jews and an Arab weie report
ed killed in a snipers battle that
raged through the port city of
Haifa. One of the BrHons was
. i
See SNIPERS On Page Eight
WAYNE COY NAMED
CHAIRMAN OF FCC
Washington Newspaper
men Gets Post; Ewell
K. Jett To Step Down
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. — OT
— President Truman today ap
pointed Wayne Coy, radio di
rector of the Washington Post,
as chairman of the Federal Com
munications Commission, ef
fective immediately.
Coy succeeds Charles R. Den
ny, who resigned October 31 to
become a vice president of the
National Broadcasting company.
Almost simultaneously the
president accepted the resigna
tion from the commission of
Ewell K. Jett, effective Decem
ber 3i, and named George E.
Sterling of Portland, Me., to the
commission in place of Jett.
Jett told reporters that after
19 years with government com
munications agencies, he is re
turning to his own city of Balti
more to become vice president of
the Sunpapers and director of
the papers’ radio interests.
These interests include tele
vision station WMAR-TV, which
is already on the air; WMAR
FM, which will begin broadcast
ing within a week; and standard
radio station WMAR, which is
under construction.
Coy has had alternate careers
in newspapering and public ser
vice.
Born in Shelby County, Ind.,
44 years ago, he served as report
er, editor and publisher of papers
in Franklin and Delphi, Ind.
Along The Cape Fear
RICE GROWING CONTIN
UED — The subject of growing
rice along the Cape Fear is con
tinued today by Mr. C. C. Chad
bourn, who needs no introduc
tion to the readers of this col
umn.
Mr. Chadbourn writes and we
quote his letter in full:
“For generations and so far
back in the history of the Cape
Fear that the mind of man run
neth not to the contrary, there
stood on Point Peter a tall,
brick chimney like a lone senti
nel watching over the destiny of
the two rivers that flow togeth
er just below.
“This was the remains of a
rice mill considerably antedat
ing the one to which Mr. Merritt
referred in his letter to you.
This last mill, well within the
memory of the writer, was op
erated by Messrs. Norwood
Giles and Pembroke Jones, both
members of old, Cape Fear
familes, both cultured gentle
men of the old school. Mr. Jones
was a gracious and generous
host to local society and to
many friends from the North.
h.
He entertained lavishly both at
his beautiful Airlee residence,
the Bungalow, a marvellous
home just North of Summer
Rest, in a setting of original
growth of Long Leaf Pine, and
for a time at the old Governor
Dudley home which he owned
and occupied.
“On the site of the old rice
mill across the river was sub
sequently operated an excelsior
factory by Wright Meares and
Ernest Baltzer. This was a' pio
neer attempt to make a product
of something that normally was
a by product and it was not suc
cessful.
“In thinking of rice planta
tions, history takes us back to
Sir John Yeamans, King Roger
Moore, the Hills and their de
scendants of Colonial days.
Memory recalls the plantations
of Orton, Clarendon, Lilliput
and Kendall and the individual
names of McRee, Watters, Mc
Ilhenny and Kidder, Mr. Fred
Kidder, a courtly and well loved
citizen, owner of Lilliput and
See CAPS FEAR On Page Eight
Record Snowfall Paralyzes
Traffic In New York City;
Hines Quits Panama Post
Monnett B. Davis
Likely Successor
Officials Say Ambassador
Not Being Made Lease
Scapegoat
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. —(ff)
— Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
ambassador to Panama, was re
ported headed for early retire
ment today in the wake of Pan
ama’s refusal to lease 14 defense
bases to the United States.
Responsible diplomatic officials
said that his resignation already
has been submitted to President
Truman and that a veteran ca
reer diplomat, Monnett B. Davis,
is under consideration as his suc
cessor.
Hines signed the lease agree
ment which the Panama Na
tional Assembly later rejected
unanimously, and his departure
thus might facilitate new negotia
tions. The State Department, un
der Secretary Lovett said this
week, is ready to resume discus
sions with the Panama Republic
even though United States troops
already are quitting the bases
occupied under a wartime agree
ment.
Stressing that the ambassador
is not being made a scrapegoat
See MONNETT On Page Eight
FLIERS RESCUED
OFF FROZEN LAKE
Canadian Pilots Fly Nine
Men To Goose Bay, Lab
rador Late Friday
HALIFAX, Dec. 26. — m~
Nine fliers who had been ma
rooned on a frozen Labrador
lak^ since their Flying Fortress
crash-landed Christmas Eve are
safe at. Goase Bay, Labrador,
after being flown to the base in
a rescue plane the RCAF
Search and Rescue Division re
ported tonight.
The lumbering rescue plane,
equipped with skis and carrying
portable jet-propulsion appar
atus to assist in the take-off
from the small frozen lake,
picked up the seven crew mem
bers and two passengers late
this afternoon and flew them to
Goose Bay.
Jato, jet-propelled take-off as
sistance apparatus, was neces
sary to lift the big rescue ship
and her load from the heavy
snow blanketing Lake Astray
where the Flying Fortress lan
ded after running out of fuel.
The plane was carrying Christ
mas presents to isolated outposts
and settlements along the bleak
Labrador coast.
None of the fliers was injured.
CHARLOTTE FAILS
TO BUY FUEL OIL
Major Companies Decline
To Bid On 100,000
Gallon Allotment
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 26. — W—
The City of Charlotte reported
tonight that its efforts to buy
fuel oil in 100,000 gallon lots to
relieve the present shortage had
been a complete failure.
Eight major refiners had been
requested to submit bids by noon
today. Only three of them re
plied, all sending regrets that
they could not make a bid.
Meanwhile, Mayor H. H. Bax
ter said that he had succeeded in
See CHARLOTTE Page 8
FLEET ADMIRAL Chester W. Nimitz, who recently retired
from active duty, helps his grnadson, Jimmy Lay, Jr., pick an
orange from the tree in the backyard of Jimmy’s home in San
Diego, California. Nimitz was relieved recently as Chief of Naval
Operations. (International)
Piedmont Will Buy
Additional Planes
_
NICE FIND
PETERSBURG, Ind., Dec.
26. —(&)— In a flurry of clean
ing in his newly bought store,
Shelby Stevens found:
A box containing 100 dollar
bills.
An old ledger with two $100
bills and two $50 bills between
leaves.
An envelope with $800 in
uncashed checks.
He turned it all over to the
estate of Lester Barrett, form
er owner, who died Nov. 8 in
Evansville.
OFFICERS SEEK
MISSING MAN
Brother Of C. D. Crump
Fears Salesman Has Met
With Foul Play
City police and state highway
patrol officers were seeking the
whereabouts late last night of C.
D. Crump, an iron lung sales
man, who was reported missing
since Monday, by his brother, V.
C. Crump.
The missing man was reported
to have nearly $4,000 in cash on
his person. His brother told of
ficers last night that he was sup
posed to meet his missing broth
er in Charleston, S. C., Tuesday,
but that he had not heard from
him since Monday about noon.
V. C. Crump said last night
that his brother had collected ap
proximately $3200 for units sold
in two other cities and had near
ly $800 of his own money on his
person Monday.
“I fear that my brother has
met with foul play,” V. C. Crump,
who resides in Buchannan, Va.,
and works for his brother, said.
“He is not in the habit of being
gone for more than one day
and he was supposed to meet me
in Charleston Tuesday,” he ad
ded.
The two brothers are agents for
the Mulliken Iron Lung. C. D.
Crump, the missing brother,, ar
ranged with Police Chief Hubert
Hayes and Fire Chief Ludie
Croom two weeks ago for the
purchase of two of the lungs for
this city.
Crump had planned to display
one of the iron lungs in Wilming
ton the week of January 5 in an
attempt to raise enough money
See OFFICERS On Page Eight
President Davis Says Pro
gress Being Made To
ward Service Here
Thomas Hi Davis, president of
Piedmont Aviation, Inc., said
last night that he had been as
sured by the Tariff Commission
of the Civil Aeronautics Board,
that his company would not have
to wait the usual 30 days for
Tariff approval.
Davis told the Star in a long
distance telephone conversation,
that his company was making
satisfactory progress toward in
stituting air service from Cincin
nati into Wilmington, and that
plans were already underway to
purchase additional planes for
the service.
“I have been assured by the
Tariff Commission,” he ss’d
“that we won’t have to wait the
usual 30 days to have our tariffs
approved. We are also working
with the post office department,
and we are making satisfactory
progress.”
H e said, however, that
because the holidays fell right
in the midst of preparations for
beginning service, this fact nec
essarily had delayed several
days actual flight operations
See PIEDMONT On Page Eight
----—
ACL FILES BRIEF
OVER TRAIN ORDER
Chamber Of Commerce
Joins Merchants In Urg
ing Reversal By SUC
The Atlantic Coast Line rail
road has filed an exception to the
State Utilities commission’s order
permitting the company to dis
continue trains now operating
between Wilmington and Rocky
Mount.
In the original request, the
ACL had asked the commission’s
permission to discontinue trains
operating between Wilmington
and Portsmouth because the rev
enue was insufficient to make
continuation of the runs profit
able, according to Peter Brown
Ruffin .secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce.
In addition to the exceptions
that were filed last Wednesday
night, Ruffin said that the Wii
mington Merchants association,
the Chamber of Commer~o n^d
the City of Wimington have
See BRIEF On Page Six
Marshall To Supervise
Stop-Gap Relief Plans
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. — (U.R)
— President Truman* today
designated Secretary of State
George C. Marshall to super
vise the $522,000,000 stop-gap re
lief program for France, Italy
and Austria .
The President issued an execu
tive order implementing the aid
bill which Congress voted in the
closing days of its recent emer
gency session to tide the hard
est-pressed countries of Western
Europe- over until the spring,
when the Marshall Plan for long
range recovery would begin.
Congress also authorized $18,
000,000 to help China, but details
of this program have not beer,
worked out and these funds were
not included in the sum Mr.
Truman transferred to the State
Department for administration.
The executive order authorizes
Marshall “to perform the func
tions and exercise the au
thority vested in the President”
by the foreign aid act. He was
empowered to call on other
government agencies for help in
doing the job.
Fear People Lose
Lives In Drifts
Rail, Bus, Airline Service!
At Standstill; Fall
Buries Autos
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. — (£■)—
Turbulent wintry skies dumped
a 25.4 inch avalanche of snow
upon the great metropolitan area
today and tonight, burying it un
der the greatest downfall on rec
ord and all but paralyzing its
lifelines of travel, food and ser
vices.
The 25.4 inch depth, recorded
officially by the U. S. Weather
Bureau at 7:50 p. m. (EST), top
ped the 20.9 inches which fell
during the great and storied bliz
bard of March 11-12, 1888.
The downpour of snow continu
ed tonight but not as heavily as
during the day and early evening
when it was estimated the aver
age fall was 1.8 inches an hour.
Four persons lost their lives.
Rail and bus transportation was
hard hit and sometimes halted.
Airplanes were on the ground
— packed in snow.
The giant New York port lay
lifeless.
City transit vehicles struggled
mightily to keep going, and just
barely did. The subways, operat
ing mostly underground, saved
the day for city residents.
Commuters Stuck
Commuters living in surbur
ban communities were stuck,
howevfer. Great throngs filled
railway stations and bus termi
nals, waiting vainly for trains and
a few buses operating at a crawl
ing pace and then fighting to get
on them. One bus moved a block
in three hours.
Many a commuter gave up, and
as a result, hotels were besieged
with requests for rooms.
Business enterprises dismiss
ed employes long before normal
quitting time, to give them a
chance to get home. Acting Ma
yor Vincent Impellitteri ordered
city departments to do likewise.
Lines of stalled and snowbound
parked cars lined some streets as
well as regional highways. Some
other thoroughfares resembled
deserted snow - drifted country
lanes.
VIOLENCE TAKES
EIGHTEEN LIVES
Shootings, Auto Accidents,
Scaldings Lead State
Fatalities
By The Associated Press
The Christmas holiday ended
tragically for at least 18 persons
who lost their lives in North
Carolina.
Shootings, auto accidents, and
scaldings took the toll. Those
scalded to death were three
youngsters who fell into pans ot
wash water in separate mishaps.
Four of the deaths came at the
hands of Joe De Sanus, 69,
Greensboro man who was brood
ing over an eviction notice.
The three youngsters who w’ere
scalded to death were: Jimmy
Eugene Gregory, 18-months-old,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Greg
ory of Franklin; Mary Alice
Bishop, 3, ^daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Bishop of Gay; and
Vickie Linn Scholar, 10-months,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
P. Scholar of Wilmington. The
Gregory and Bishop children
were scalded in their homes, the
Scholar child in the home of her
grandmother in Charlotte.
Buncombe county had two au
tomobile deaths, George O. Per
kins, 49, of Haw Creek, died in a
hospital this morning. N. Gar
field Hollifield, 64, of Emma, suc
cumbed Christmas Eve.
Auto Accidents
James Fletcher, McMullan, 22,
Rose Hill Negro, died in a Golds
boro hospital Christmas night of
automobile injuries. In Wake
county, Paul Kersey, 33, was shot
to death Christmas Eve near Fu
quay Springs.
Fire which destroyed his homa
near Statesville Christmas Eve
took the life of Frank Sharpe,
80, a Negro.
Amos Hensley, 30, of Swanna
noa, died Christmas Eve when a
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