VOL. 81.—NO. 110. ~ WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1947 _—--- —----- --— -- — — . . ■ — former King I Of Italy Dies Emanuele, II Victim Of Pneumonia; Had Lived In Exile ALEANDRIA, Egypt' Dec 28 Vittorio Emanuele III, the r^ot 3 king who played yes-man ?, Benito Mussolini for 20 years nd saw Italy crumble in the r8uinf 0f war, died in exile today 0f pneumonia. The 78-year-old former mon arch had'lived in Egypt since fqifi when he abdicated the throne he had held since 1900. His death came at 2:20 p. m. (7:20 m Eastern Standard Time) at n Alexandria hospital where he had been treated several days. His wife, the former Queen Elina, was at the bedside. Their on ' Umberto, who succeeded his father as king for one month, until the Italian people voted down the monarchy, was sum moned from Lisbon to help plan the funeral. There was no indication the v,dy would be returned to Italy to lie in the Pantheon niche once assigned it, for the Constituent Assembly there last March fore hade both him and Umberto to return to Italian soil and order ed their property confiscated. Beloved Leader Coin-collecting Vittorio Ema anuele was a beloved leader to Italians in the first world war, when he journeyed to the front lines facing the Germans. The second world war brought the Italians to complete repudia tion of the House of Savoy after Mussolini, glowing with his Ethiopian conquests, overreach ed himself. The destruction of the house began in 1922' when Mussolini marched on Rome and the king summoned him to form a cabi net During their association Mussolini completely over shadowed the king. With ap parent meekness Vittorio Ema nuele signed a long series of Fas cist decrees which Mussolini put before him. Among them was a decree giving the Fascist Grand Council the right to pass on the succession to the throne. The kiing summoned Mussolini to power under the menace of the theatrical march of the Blackshirts on Rome. At the time Marshal Pietro Badoglio v;as reported to have asked the. See KING On Page Two BRITAIN TO FREE BURMA JANUARY 4 Constitution Governing 14,500,000 Goes Into Ettect At 5 A. M. __ RANGOON, Burma, Dec. 28.— !.fj— The constitution which will govern more than 14,500 000 cit izens of free Burma will go into effect at 5 a.m., Burma time, on Jan. 4 — the Burmese “In dependence Day.” This was an nounced officially today. This land of pagodas, jewels and rice terraces will receive full independence from the Brit ish, who are withdrawing all their military forces save a few officers who will remain to com plete turning military tasks over to the. regular Burmese army. Today's announcement said that the Burmese Constituent Assembly will meet immediate ly after the Burmese flag re places the Union Jack over gov ernment house at daybreak. The Assembly will be dissolved at h30 a.m., then meet five hours later as the professional parlia ment of a free Burma. At its first session the parlia ment will debate the terms of a treaty under which the British gain the right to maintain mili ary training missions in Burma. The treaty provides also for the transfer of 37 small naval ves sels to Burma and the cancel ing of $60,000,000 in Burmese debts to Britain. The Burmese agreed to negotiate a trade pact "'ith the British. Saw Shwe Thaik. provisional President of the Burmese Re public, will read the formal Proclamation to the Assembly making the constitution opera tive, The Weather SUB FORECAST SOUTH CAROLINA—Gsnerally fair , slightly cooler Monday. Tuesday onsiderable cloudiness and slightly Warmer. North CAROLINA—Fair and rather ™a Monday and Monday night. Tues ■' considerable cloudiness and slightly warmer. u WEATHER Forecast: *hM^eorological data for the 24 hours 7:30 p. m. Yesterday. , TEMPERATURES ft/;30 a. m. 44 7:30 a. m. 41 1:30 p. m. 64J:3° P m. 58. ^laxrnmm 66 Minimum 40 Mean 53 a°hhal 47. . HUMIDITY . W* “■ ni. 4ti 7:30 a. m. 58 1:30 p. m. ' 1:33 P- m. 34 » , PRECIPITATION ,10,85 for the 24 hours ending 7:30 Tm ,p' m'-0.00 inches. Since the First of the month *~-5'50 inches. ... TIDES FOR TODAY pi'rom the Tide Tables published by ' *• Coast and Geodetic Survey). , HIGH LOW lml»ton-li :o6 a. m. 5:27 a. m. 11:17 p.m. 6 T8 p. m. s°nboro Inlet 8:49 a. m. 2.28a. m. e. . 9:14 p. m. 3:15p. m. J^inrise 7:17 Sunset f.:12 Moonrise ■" **■ Alaoaset ili 4. Army Rushing Help 1 To B-29 Survivors Medical Rescue Team Parachutes Down To Crash Scene On Snowy Slopes Of Rugged Serpentine Mountain NOME, Alaska, Dec. 28. —(U.R) — A medical rescue team has been parachuted to aid surviving crewmen of a wrecked B-29, ma rooned six days in sub-zero weather by an Arctic storm, and an Air Force flider was dispatch ed today to pick up the four un known survivors of the eight man crew. The Air Force anounced that two paratroopers and a medical officer were dropped at the crash scene, 100 miles North of Nome, in a dangerous rescue operation last night! A C-47 Skytrain, towing a glid er, was expected to reach the wrecked superfortress sometime today for a hazardous rescue at tempt in a 30-mile-an-hour wind. Ground rescue parties and native dog teams also were pushing slowly through the storm toward the wreckage of the four-engined bombed, which disappeared Tuesday on a long-range train ing flight over the North Pole. Four Men Sighted Air Force search planes found the wreckage yesterday on the frozen slopes of Serpentine Moun tain, and bush pilots reported “at least” four of the crewmen still were alive, and possibly a fifth survived the crash. Army officers confirmed there were survivors, but did not know how many. Temperatures of 25-degree be low zero and a dense snow fog hampered rescue operations. As a ground crew in an Army “weasel, ”a special tractor-type snow vehicle, edged toward the scene, native dog teams from Deering, 40 miles from the wreck age, slashed their way through the Arctic blasts. At Nome, 100 troops, part of See ARMY On Page Two New York City Digs Out After Crippling Storm 23 KILLED NEW DELHI, Dec, 28. — (JP) — Four crew members and 19 passengers were killed last night when an Indian transport plane en route to Bombay crashed shortly aft er taking off from Karachi. The names of the victims have not yet been released, but officials said an investi gation into the cause of the crash was underway. * _ HOLY LAND’S WAR TAKES NEW TOLL Hagna Squads Lash Out At Arab Enemies During Funeral Rites JERUSALEM, Dec. 28. —UPl— The Holy Land’s war of hate and and reprisals took an additional 17 lives today—nine Arabs, sev en Jews and one British soldier. The death toll since the Nov. 29 decision by the United Nations to partition Palestine mounted to 401 in the Holy Land and 522 for the entire Middle East. Hagana sources saia me Jew ish defense army planned one re prisal attack each day aga nst the Arabs. Today grenade and tommygun squads from Hagana attacked Arabs in the Jerusalem suburb of Romema, and eight Arabs and two Jews died in the resultant battle. The Hagana squads lashed out as thousands of Jews attended funeral services for Hans Beith, Jewish Agency youth leader, and seven other Jews killed by Arab snipers. Sounds of gunfire and explo sions punctuated the graveside services for Bieth and the other Jewish dead on the Mount of See WAR on Page Two PLANES BRING GI BRIDES, FIANCES Nearly Two Score Italian, Greek Girls Arrive In Washington WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — m — Nearly two score Italian and Greek girls, vanguard of an aerial invasion of GI war brides and finances, flew into Wash ington today aboard Trans World Airline planes. TWA officials said other large grouns are expected before mid night Wednesday when the law providing free entry for war brides expires. Planes from Athens and Rome were rerouted to National Air port here because of the record snowstorm which buried New York’s La Guardia field. The youngest in the group which reached here today is Lu ciana Parri, who flew from Italy to marry First Lt. Ralph Bassett, Jr., of 64 West 84th street, New York city. She is only 14. The See PLANES On Page Two_ Nineteen Thousand Men Start Clearing 99 Million Tons Of Snow NEW YORK, Dec. 28 —(U.R)—A new snow storm swept into New York today and for a time drift weary residents thought it was a repeat performance of the rec ord-breaking storm of Friday which choked up the metropolis under 99,000,000 tons of snow. But the snowfall ended in half an hour, the sun broke into dear blue sky and an army of 19,000 men, armed with everthing from shovels to snowplows, began dig ging thrqugh the hip-deep streets to restore deliveries of food and fuel. There was a gigantic job to be done and the metropolis still was sorely inconvenienced. New Jersey City set up free bread and m;ik distribution cen ters for families which found grocery shelves empty and many apartments and homes were un heated but, in general, life in the metropolitan area. Was returning to normal. The gigantic snowstorm, worst in New York’s history and ex tremely severe throughout the Northeast, had brought real hardships and taken a heavy toll in lives. At least 59 deaths were attri buted to the storm-some of them in tires and auto accidents but mostly the result of heart at tacks suffering while shovelling snow or wading through drifts. Total Computed The total of 99,000,000 tons of snow was computed on the basis of the almost 26 inches that fell on level ground, the weight of a See NEW YORK on Page Two RUSSIA PROTESTS BORDER VIOLATION Moscow Says American Planes Flying Over Kurile Islands WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—— Russia was reported today to have protested to the. United States that American planes from Japan have violated the boundaries of the nearby Kurile islands, now under the Soviet flag. Diplomatic authorities who disclosed this said it is the latest of a series of such charges in volving American flights in the Far East to be filed by Moscow since the war’s end. They said it involved only local issues which normally could be settled by military commanders on the spot. Other protests have charged American fliers in Korea with crossing the 38th parallel of la titude which separates the Unit ed States and Soviet occupation zones. One American Army air field is close to this boundary. America^ Procedure By contrast with the Soviet procedure cf resorting to diplo matic action, the United States has followed a policy of letting military field commanders un See RUSSIA On Page Two Bronx Zoo Animals Ride Out Storm In Good Shape NEW YORK, Dec. 28. —W— The animals at the Bronx Zoo rode out the “big blow of 1947” quite nicely, thank you. Only two untoward incidents resulted from the record snow fall of Friday, William Bridges, publicity director for the New York Zoological Society, said to day. The lions missed their meal yesterday and two Himalayan pheasants escaped from their snow-damaged outdoor enclosure. The other animals were in fine fettle, however. The moose trampled a comfort able “yard” in the high drifts in which to cavort; the deer had no trouble keeping narrow trails open, and the pandas and Amer ican otter plowed tunnels under the snow surface in their en closures, punching vertical breathing and reconnaisance holes. 3®3ian Reb ukes Congress OnGOP Anti-Inflation Bill’s Weaknesses; Greek Army Launches New Drive Government Hopes To Free Konitsa Offensive Aims To Smash Guerrilla Move For Red State ATHENS, Dec. 28.—Wl—Greek Army forces, bolstered by fresh troops rushed from Western Macedonia and new heavy arms, launched an offensive to day aimed at smashing Guerril la attempts to carve, out a piece of Northwestern Greece for a separate Communist Greek state. The offensive was launched in the rain and over difficult snow covered terrain. Military in formants refused to disclose de tails or the number of troops in volved in the operations, which they said were “proceeding satisfactorily and according to plan.” Military sources here esti mated that 23 Guerrilla battal ions were thrown into the “Battle of Epirus.” Each battal ion contains from 200 to 300 men, which meant that total Guerril la forces was somewhere be tween 4,600 and 6,900 men. In addition many smaller Guerril la bands roamed through the area in the vicinity of the Al banian border. The Communist-led guerrillas were holding defense lines on two sides of a triangle hinged on and lying Southwest of be sieged Konitsa—possible capital for the Communist State pro claimed by Guerrilla Chieftain Gen. Markos Vilfiades. These lines of the triangle, which has a total area of 50 square miles, run from Konitsa Southwest to Kalpaki, then di rectly North to the strategic Bourozani bridge 11 miles west of Konitsa. Bitter Fighting The bitterest fighting occurred along the road from Kalpaki to the Bourozani bridge, which is in Guerrilla hands. The Guerril See GOVERNMENT On Page Two VIOLENCETAKES THIRTEEN LIVES Weekend Include Acciden tal Gassing, Shootings, Exposure By The Associated Press At least 13 persons died by violence in North Carolina dur ing the weekend after 21 had been killed Christmas Eve and Christmas. Two Negroes burned to death when fire destroyed a three room house in Greensboro Sun day. Dr. W. W. Harvey, Guilford county coroner, identified the victims as Isaac (Doc) Wilson, 75, and Mrs. Eliza McAdoo, 65. Charles Allen, 55, a Negro of Kolesville, was struck and kill ed by an ambulance near Roles ville Sunday. The driver was cleared of blame by Coroner Irv ing M. Cheek. A sixty-year-old Mecklenburg county farmer, Homer Hill Cash ion, was shot to death Saturday night after a family argument, according to Dr. W. M. Summer ville, who said the man had ter rorized his family by brandish ing and firing a pistol in the home near Croft. Two-year-old George Clinton Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Sutton of Bryson City, died Saturday at a Franklin hospital after he had fallen into a tub of hot water at his home. Three other small chil dren had died in identical acci dents during the wreek. Prospector Dies A fire which burned his home in Burke county Saturday took the life of Joseph M. Dale of Brindletown, 78-year-old farmer and gold prospector, who was apparently trapped while trying to fight the blaze. Iredell County Coroner N. D. Tomlin ruled that death came to See VIOLENCE on Page Two MISSIONARY WORKERS—Pictured above are four of the five persons soon to enter the missionary fields. The photograph was made last night at Calvary Baptist church. They are: the Rev. E. W. Pate, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, Mary Frances Page, a student at Georgetown college; Faye Nichols, a student at Meredith'college, Emory Holder, Jr., and Eugene Ensley, both Campbell college students. The fifth person is H owie Pape, also of Campbell college, who was un able to be present when the photo was made. (Staff Photo by Ben Maynard) Anderson Hits Andresen Charge; GOP Leaders Fear Party Split Secretary Calls Chairman To “Put Up Or Shut Up” On Market Trading WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—W— Secretary of Agriculture Ander son said today that he plans to issue tomorrow a list of about 100 employes of federal, state and municipal governments who, he said, had speculated in commodities since Jan. 1, 1946. He said comparatively few on the list are federal employes and that some are Army and Navy officers. At the same time, he branded as “loose talk” a Congressional charge that 200 unidentified fed eral employes in Chicago had speculated in commodity futures mar’-ets on the strength of “in side. information” on govern ment buying policies. He called upon Chairman Au gust H. Anderson (R.-Minn.) of a special House committee on commodity speculation to “p u t up or shut up” in giving ad ditional information on these charges. Andersen Letter Andresen, in a letter to Ander son, said he had been informed that the Agriculture Depart ment’s commodity exchange au thority had invesitgated alleged speculative operations by 200 See SECRETARY On Page Two NATION NOW HAS 5,850 AIRPORTS Total Number Of Planes Rises To 95,000 Dur ing Present Year WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—UP)— T. P. Wright, civil aeronautics administrator, reported today that the nation’s total of fliers, planes and airports increased greatly in 1947, a year marked also by important steps toward more safety and flyins facilities. The CAA issued 125,000 new private pilot licenses, bringing 'the total to 455.000. The number of registered civil planes rose about 15,000 to 95,000, and the number of airports increased nearly one-fourth to 5,850. The number of pilot licenses issued was double that of 1946, and 200,000 persons obtained stu dent permits. Program Underway The federal airport program authorized in 1946 got under way See NATION On Page Two Along The Cape Fear HUNTER’S PARADISE — An interesting part of Mr. Merritt’s letter a few days ago on the growing of rice along the Cape Fear, was the mention of the birds which wrought destruction in the rice fields. With the passing of the rice fields in this area, it is natural to suppose that the birds also went with the rice. Other game also passed into oblivion as the section became more populated. Old journals recall that ani mals once abounded in this sec tion which would have gladdened the present-day hunter’s heart. [There were once buffalo as plen tiful in this section as there are rabbits today. Those animals made a yearly pilgrimage from the western plains to the coastal region of the Carolinas in search of wild peavine which grew in abun eance in this area. This fact, not only is authenticated by old journals, but many of the roads in western North Carolina today follow the trail of this long-ago animal. Historians write of the abun dance of wild game, and fishes in the waters of the streams, as See CAPE FEAR on Page Two TOUGH DUMMY EVERETT, Mass., Dec. 28— VP)—Bruce McLean, 16, landed in the hospital today for tack ling a snowman. An Everett High school junior and football squad member, Bruce built the big snowman on his lawn two days ago. Unaware that it had since developed a heavy coat of ice, he hurled himself at it for the practice play. The result was a fractured collar bone. COMITTEE PLANS LITTLE MAN AID Tightening Of Anti-Trust Laws Will Be Aim Of House Group WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—OJ.R) —Strengthening of the anti-trust laws to protect the “little man’’ from unfair trade practices may be recommended by the House committee on small business. Its decision, the committee said today in a report to Congress, rests on the outcome of current efforts to improve the position of the small, independent tire deal er. Many small tire dealers, the report said, complained that five large manufacturers dominated the tire industry and that unfair trade practices, helpful to cer See COMMITTEE on Page Two GIRL DIES FROM . BULLET IN BRAIN Vivian Crowe, Baltimore, Lives 106 Days After Being Wounded BALTIMORE, Dec. 28. Viv vian Crowe, 24 died today in University Hospital, 106 days after she was shot and the bullet lodged in her brain. She had remained in a coma since the shooting, gdoctors said an operation to remove the .32 calibre slug was impossible be cause of her weakened condition. Doctors at one time, though marveling she was alive at all, had given her a fighting chance to fecover. .miss Crowe was shot while seated at a table in a West See GIRL on Page Two Senate Members Preparing To Smooth Vandenberg Taft Differences WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — (U.R) — There were indications today that Senate Republicans are ready to go all-out in averting an elec tion-year split over the Marshall European recovery plan between their two top leaders, Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg and Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Political observers say that such a split could divide the GOP on a major issue and make dif ficult the drafting of a foreign policy platform plank at the Re publican national convention next summer. Vandenberg and Taft, in a year of Republican Congressional con trol, have observed a tacit un derstanding. The Ohioan has de voted his major efforts to further ing the GOP domestic program. Vandenberg has emerged as his party’s leading foreign policy spokesman in Congress. But on the long-range, M/, 000,000,000 European recovery program, both Senators admit that domestic and foreign policy are hopelessly entwined. Taft has been critical of ad ministration foreign spending. He believes planned expenditures under the Marshall Plan ai’e out See MEMBERS On Page Two TOBACCOMAN ASKS QUOTA REVISIONS — L. V. Morrill Says Eastern Leaf Growers Are Disillusioned RALEIGH, Dec., 28. — W - Veteran tobaccoman L. V. Mor rill of Snow Hill, declaring that bright leaf growers are “de moralized and disillusioned,” ap pealed here tonight for a re consideration of the recent 27.52 per cent slash in North Caro lina’s flue-cured tobacco quotas. I In Raleigh to contact state tobacco leaders about the plight of Eastern growers, Morrill said that a 10 per cent quota cut would have been “entirely am ple,” and even a 20 per cent cut “entirely too much.” He added that the “vast majority of growers are be wildered and surprised, and think they’ve been misled by their leadership.” Morrill, began his tobacco career as a buyer in 1908, term ed the almost one-third slash in SEE TOBACCOMAN on Page Z Ponape Peculiar Place; Modesty National Theme ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Dec.j -1®—There is at least one place in the world where a man runs for public office oy telling people he doesn’t amount to much. He may grow a yam nine feet long and weighing 225 pounds but he doesn’t dare brag about it. He may be the best carpenter in the community but he mustn’t admit it. He may have a fine large home but he must tell visitors that it is old and small. This peculiar place is Ponape Island, Dr. William R. Bascom, of Northwestern University, Chi cago, told the American Anthro pological Association today. Dr. Bascom, who made a cul tural survey of the little Far Eastern island taken from the this outstanding example of mod' esty and restraint is a founda tion stone of Ponapean economy The point of all the modesty is See PONAPE on Page Tw0 President Plans Signature Today Chief Executive Says In flation Confronts Every American WASHINIGTON, Dec. 28. — W — President Truman assail ed Congress today for providing him with a “pitifully inadequate weapon” against the high cost of living in the G. O. P. sponsored anti-inflation bill. Asserting he was signing the measure “with a sense of deep disappointment” that Congress has seen fit “to take such feeble steps,” the President declared in a statement: “The meager authority con tained in the bill will be utilized to the fullest extent by the government, but the public must not be misled into believing that this bill will do the job I would be shirking responsi bility if I did not protest against the obvious insufficiency of this legislation.” In language likely to figure in the 1948 political campaign, the President added: “Inflation and the high cost of living confront the American people—all the American people —with a grave danger. Uncheck ed inflation can bring on a serious depression that can cause untold hardship.” Voluntary Agreements The Republican-sponsored bill, rushed through in the closing hours of the special session of Congress, provides basically for voluntary agreements among in dustries to divide up scarce materials and commodities so as to curb rising prices. It contains none of the stand by authority Mr. Truman asked to have to impose price, wage and rationing controls as he deemed needed. Mr. Truman’s statement con tinued: “The legislative and executive branches of the government must work together if this grave peril (of inflation-caused depression) is to be conquered. “The American people look to See PRESIDENT on page Two KINA DEATH TOLL REPORTED AT 35 Five Survivors From Ship Land At Typhoon Devastated Manila Manila, Dec. 28 —(A*)—Help lessly driven by a 120-mile-an hour typhoon, the Danish motor ship Kina smashed to pieces on a rocky islet off Samar on Christmas night with loss of up to 35 of the 64 persons aboard, five survivors declared today on arrival in Manila for hospital treatment. One person is known to be dead and many others were last seen spilling out of a wrecked life boat to almost certain death in the howling sea, but five may have reached perilous refuge on a craggy island near the scene of the tragedy, the survivors said. There are 29 known survivors, including three American wom en. All are to be brought to Manila by U.S. Navy amphibian plane from the Norwegian motorship Samuel Bakke, an chored at Calbayog, Samar. Broken Limbs Those arriving today were N. E. B. Olofsen, a Dane attached to the Chinese maritime customs at Shanghai, Mrs. Olofsen, Rich ard Matti, 13, a Swiss from Hong Kong, all suffering from expo sure; Hanse Tage Madsen, ship’s cook of Fyne, Denmark, who has a broken right leg; and seaman Karl Spuur Hansen, a Dane, whose right arm was broken. The typhoon, which cut a path ; across the central Phllip See KINA On Page Two And So To Bed Two young men dropped into a local restaurant 1 a*t night for “coffee.” One of them looked at his companion with surprise when the second ordef,, .* large plate of go wUhtheooWee. Howean IT** have been through in ®us* il two days? he asked. th