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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25

PIRATES FIRST-Our hopes of
reviving the Feast of the Pirates
here this summer have received
a severe jolt.
No, don't get us wrong, 1t was
nothing in the immediate vicinity
that caused us such alarm.
It was merely a story we read
concerning historical pageant in
New Jersey.
At Trenton, forty college fra
ternity pledges, reenacted Wash
ington's famous Crossing Of the
Delaware. The gentlemen got a
much more realistic battle than
they had bargained for.
Now you will recall that when
the last Feast of the Pirates was
held on the Cape Fear one of the
major characters portrayed here
was none other than Honest
George, hence we became even
more alarmed over the Delaware
episode.
BATTLE ROYAL-Back to our
young college friends Crossing the
Delaware.
Well, when the first group was
busily engaged in doing right by
the Father of Our Country, two
rival fraternity groups met them
with land, sea and air attacks and
Ia barrage of tomatoes thrown in
for good measure
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Capone Fighting

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. "a.
= [P) -Scarface Al Capone was
fighting for his life tonight and
his attending physician said the
former Chicago gang leader was
definitely worse"
Dr.. Kenneth Phillips, physician
who has been attending the ex-
Chicago gangster since ne suffer
ed a stroke of apoplex early
Tuesday, said that Capone has
pneumonia and that his condition
had worsened
DR.. Phillips returned to the %
room Capone Villa shortly before
8 pm. (EST), accompanied by DR..
Arthur J. Logic, chest special
ist, who is acting as consultant
in the case. DR.. Phillips said Ca
pone was being administered oxy-
gen. but did not elaborate
Two priests maze ten minute
visit to the home but departed be-
fore the physicians arrived.
DR.. Phillips made hurried
visit to the Palm Island home OF
the former gang leader this after
noon and spent an hour with the
pudgy patient who had steadily
improved for "a hours prior to the
relapse today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
CLERGYMAN HITS
HOSPITAL DEATHS
60 New England Patients
Die In Institutions;
Called 'Frightful'

BOSTON. Jan. "a - (A9 - Sixty
patients in Massachusetts and
Rhode Island mental hospitals
have died recently of the effects
of Intestinal influenza and diar-
rhea, officials reported today.
The reports of conditions. term
ed "frightful' by Protestant
chaplain, came amid growing de-
mands for more funds to provide
adequate care in the institutions.
Doctors and state health authori-
ties agreed that an acute shortage
of workers contributed to the diff
ficulty.
DR.. Clifton T. Perkins, Massa-
chusetts director of mental health,
reported the deaths of 40 patients
at Massachusetts hospitals in can
epidemic of diarrhea.'
Twelve persons all between
the ages of 81 and 81 died in the
state mental hospital in Boston.
At Cambridge City hospital. Of
ficials said, eight of is babies
stricken with diarrfea, died dur
ing short period.
DR.. Perkins did not list other
mental hospitals where the diar-'
rhea deaths took place.
At Providence. R. l., Dr. John
F. Regan, superintendent, said all
outbreak of intestinal influenza
claimed the lives of 20 women pa
tients at the state hospital for
mental diseases at Cranston. He
said the outbreak had been check
ed.
Rev. L. Louis Aber, Protestant
chaplain of all Rhode Island state
institutions, described the situa-
ton as ''frightful." He told the
inter church commission for social
action that the deaths were large
ly due to lack of sufficient en-
ployeS and funds to provide ade-
quate care.
DR. Perkins said that in Massa-
chusetts, patients often had to do
for themselves what persons who
are i'll shouldn't have to do, be-
cause of the lack of attendants and
nurses
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Since They Lack Culture
<!Discourtesies Excused

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24-(R)
The U. S. immigration service
is mot supposed to be cultured"
and therefore may be excused for
asserted .discourtesies to the
daughters of two prominent Chinese
families, Chinese Consul General
T. K. Chang said today.
Chang protested to Washington
for the detention aboard ship OF
Lin Yu Hau, 10, daughter OF Dr..
Lin Yutang, Chinese novelist and
philosopher, and Rose Kingman'
"a, daughter of DR.. Frank w. Lee,
Chinese diplomatic official in the
United States on a special mission
as advisor to the ministry OF
foreign affairs
The consul general, volubly irate,
was forced to post $500 bond fol
the young women after the inn
migration service kept then
aboard ship despite letter from
the Chinese ambassador to Wash
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
GEORGE REQUESTS
CUT IN BUDGET
President Truman's 'Esti-
mate To Congress
Called Too High

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a - Up
Senator George (D-Ga) called on
Congress today to trim President
Truman's budget by at least ST.
800 900, 600, pay $1,000. 900, 900 on
the debt and put off cutting taxes
until it is sure income will exceed
outgo by at least $4,000, 100000.
George, a member of the new
congressional budget committee
and former chairman of the SEN
ate financing committee told a re-
porter he thinks breathing
space" must be left in the budget
TO take care of any possible slump
in business that would cut reve-
nues in the next year.
The Presidents budget for the
fiscal year beginning next July
/. called for spending $37, 500, ,000,- :
000 but George said:
Il am sure the budget can be
levelled off at $35, 1000, 100000 and
l hope it can. be cut below that
point.
We ought to arrange to pay
not less than $1,000, ,000,0 on the
national debt and to leave a
breathing space of another ST.
600, 900, 900 for possible shrinkage
of revenues"
For practical purposes, George
said, any such system would limit
tax reductions largely to any
amounts congress might save by
cutting the budget under the $685.
900, 900, 900 figure he suggested.
A number of Republicans have
advocated cutting the budget and
taxes deeper than the figures
George mentioned.
George, who usually reflects the
viewpoint of number of his
Democratic colleagues on financial
matters, said he thinks the prime
consideration" of congress at this
time fought to be to assure the
American people that the budget
is going to be balanced, will stay
balanced and that there will be no
further deficit spending"
Second in importance. he said,
was a substantial payment on
Continued on Page 2; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25

ington requesting diplomatic court
estes.
. Both women were released yes
terday, and will depart for Wash
ington and New York in few
days, Chang said.
Everything is smoothed over
now," he added.
immigration Commissioner l. F.
.Wixon commented that the two
young women were 40 different
from "about 400 Chinese on that
ship all screaming to get in
The Chinese immigration quota
has been exhausted for years to
come. If we permit people to come
in here under visitors visas, we
might as well discontinue the
laws
The state department in Wash
ing today said simply it had re-
ceived no protest as yet. Chang
indicated it will
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Senate Bill
WouldLinnit
WagnerA.ct
Mccarthy Of Wisconsin
Says Measure Would
Eliminate Closed Shop
CLAIMS DISPUTED
;,mnloyer Would Be Grant
ed More Equal Powers
Under New Law

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-LP)--
c.nator Mccarthy (R-Wis) today
;n.roduced a bill which he said
,,,ould , eliminate the closed shop
i.sue as a source of strikes" and
' 1restore" TO employers complete
treedom Of speech.
His statement said complete
,raodom of speech had been lost
nnder the Wagner Labor Relations
~ spokesman for the National
.hor Relations board, which ad-
ministers the act, disputed this
mhen l asked for comment. He
ruoted a speech by Chairman Paul
n Herzog last September as fol-
lows.
"It is the present opinion of the
hoard as reflected in repeated de-
cisions that it certainly was not
Tho intent of congress that the
l,bor act forbid an employer from
sypressing opinions as to labor
Unions. so long as his expressions
do NOT constitute acts, or threats
If discrimination or intimidation
or denial of his employees unin-
h;bited exercises of their right to
organize free from employer inter
ference.
McCarthy's bill would allow an
.mployer to make ANY statement
Of views or arguments" concerning
,ny labor question whatever, if the
statement contains no threat of
force or violence.
II also would outlaw the closed
shop or union shop unless two
thirds of the employees of plant
voted for il by secret ballot. But
the employer would be compelled
to accept it if two-thirds voted for
It.
In a closed shop. only union
members may be hired. Under a
union shop. non-union workers may
be hired but then they must join
the union.
Mccarthy would limit both OF
these devices, and the still nilder
Continued OH Page 2; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
CITY PURCHASING
TERRA GOTTA PIPE
Order For Nearly 100000
Feet Placed During
Council Meet

Contracts calling for the delivery
of nearly $50, 1000 feet of terra cot
ia pipe to be used in the city's
sanitary program were awarded
to the Pomona Terra Gotta Com
pany Of Greensboro at a special
meeting of the City Council yester-
day.
Costing the city $50, 1854, the
pipe will be delivered at the rate
of 40 tons. per week until the con-
tract is, filled, according to Ray
Switzerland, representative of the
Greensboro firm who was present
at the session. He explained that
the 40 tons weekly would mean
approximately 1000 feet Of eight
inch pipe or 400 feet of 1S-inch
pipe.
City Manager J. r. Benson sug-
gested that the contract stipulate
that the city have the right to
cancel the agreement for the pur-
chase of the material should the
price be raised above an ordinary
figure
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Along The Cape Fear

Nothing so serious has ever hap
pened during the Feast OF the
Pirates here, if the records now
available tell the whole story. A
few lost guns, minor parts of cos
tunes and time off from work
appear to be the major casualties
along the Cape Fear when the sea
robbers made merry in the Port
City.
ALL A JOKE-The Delaware
episode of AT started when five
rowboats of Rider College students
logged in full Revolutionary bat
tie regalia headed across the
river towards New Jersey in a pre-
initiation stunt of the Phi Sigma
Nu fraternity.
But Kappa Phi and Delta Sigma
Phi members joined the act. They
sent a two-seater plane looming at
the startled soldiers just off
shore. Then 100 Of the rivals let
loose with a barrage of tomatoes
from shore. and another group at
tackled whit similar missiles from
an anphibious truck.
WASHINGTON RALLIES -
'Was shington'' nevertheless rallied
his men and engaged the enemy.
Before the fracas was over New
Jersey state police swept up yelling
Continued on Page z; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Steel OUTPUT
Assured u. S.
Through April
"Big Steel" Operator and
Union Announce Exten-
sion OF Contracts
TIME NEEDED
Agreement Expected To
Extend Through Entire
Major Industry

PITTSBURGH. Jan. "a - Up, =
The U. S. Steel corporation and
the CIO United Steelworkers
agreed tonight to extend present
contracts of all big Steer' sub
sidiaries until April 80 to gain ad-
ditional time to work out a 1947
agreement for some 10000 work
ers.
News of the extension came af-
Ter both sides decided to adjourn
contract discussion until monday.
A two hour morning meeting first
to be held on new contract, end
ed with the union presenting it's
l5-point program to the steel rep
resentatives headed by John A..
Stephens, vice-president in charge
of industrial relations for U. S.
Steel of Deleware. The present con-
tract expires Feb. Is.
A year ago, the steel union had
begun a month-long strike, involv-
ing 100000 steelworkers through
out the nation to enforce demands
for $2-a-day wage increase. That
strike was settled by an 18 1-2 cent
hourly boost which was adopted by
industry generally. The steel union
now claims a membership of $780,,
900.
Philip Murray, president of both
the CIO and the United Steelwork-
ers, announced the extension. say
ing it was proposed by manage
ment. He added that similar exten-
sions with other steel companies
probably would be made early
next week.
THE union agreed to this course
of action" declared Murray, be
cause we believe that real collec-
tive bargaining requires complete
discussion of all points. During
such discussions the public should
not be kept in a state of apprehen-
sion. We likewise understand some
of the problems confronting man
agement, such as their uncertainty
as to their liability in portal-to-
portal SUITS
Benjamin F. Fairless, president
of U. S. Steel, also issued a state
ment in which he said:
The proposal was made and ac-
ceptedT~because of the desire on
the part of both parties to make
a contribution to the national well
fare. This action assures contin-
uity of our steel operations until
April 30, 1947. During the period OF
extension there may be clarified
ton of matters now constituting is
sues between the parties which
vitally affect wage and other
costs.
He cited the half-billion dollar
suit filed against the giant pro-
Queer for "alleged past portal-to-
portal liability and said: ,"had the
union not agreed to the contract ex-
tension we would have found our
selves facing an immediate de-
mand to raise wages without know
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Air Sh0w Planned Sunday
Navy Planes Coming Here
Weather Permitting, Entire
Show To Be Presented
At Airport

The weather permitting. the en-
tire program originally planned
for last Sundays Wilmington Air
Show, with the same list of events
and performers, will be presented
at Bluethenthal tomorrow after
noon. The show is scheduled to get
underway promptly at o'clock,
Jesse Parker, airport manager,
said last night.
The U. S. Navy fighter and bomb
er planes from the 9th Naval Dis
trict headquarters in Charleston
and from the Oceana. Va. Naval
Base, here last Sunday, will return
to take part in the spectacle. The
two planes fully rigged for combat
will again be on display, it was
stated.
Al Wooten. president Carolina
Aero club, said that a large num-
Der of club members are expected
even though the banquet was held
last week.
Show officials said that although
they had had opportunities to make
changes in the program for the
show, they had not done so as they
desired to stage it as advertised.
The only missing link is the Naval
ground exhibit which was ordered
Continued on Page 2; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
MAXIMOS HEADING
NEW GOVERNMENT
Greek Premier Takes Oath
OF Office; Parliament
Adjourns

ATHENS, Jan. "a P)-King
George II tonight administered the
oath of office to a new Greek cabl-
net headed by Premier Denetrois
Maximos, 74-year-old financier and
member of the Royalist Populist
party. MaXimos requested i'm
mediately that parliament ad-
journ to permit preparation of a
new government program.
Constantin Tsaldaris, the retir-
ing premier and also a Populist,
was given the foreign ministry in
the new cabinet.
Other cabinet posts included ma
tional economy, George Papan-
dreou. Social Democrat: unblic
works, Stylianos Gonatas. National
LIBERAL; interior, Apostle Alexan-
dris, Refornist: war. Sophicles
Venizelos. Venizelist Liberal; navy
Panayotis Kanellopoulos, National
Unionist: without portfolio, Gen.
sNapelon, Zervas. Naticnalist.E
Additional posts will be announc-
ed tomorrow.
Maxirnos read this statement to
the parliament:
His majesty, the king, has been
pleased to trust me with formation
of the government. Leaders of
most of the parties addressed an
appeal to me requesting that I
should leave my retirement and
assume the premiership Of the
country.
Il am deeply moved by this re-
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
STORE BUILDING
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Oil lgnited By Stove Call
ed Cause OF Blaze By
Firemen

Considerable damage 20 the
building located at Front and
Castle streets, occupied by gro
Gerry store and a barber shop,
was caused yesterday afternoon
by a fire originating from oil
which ignited on hot stove, city
firemen reported.
Local firefighters, called to the
blaze at 1925 pm. yesterday, stat
ed that an Gilman had just com
pleted filling the tank and as he
turned away, oil from the hose
ran onto a hot stove close by, re-
sulting in a small explosion and a
fire which damaged the building,
owned by E. S. Benson No esti-
mate of the damage was avail
able.
The grocery store, operated by
E. r. McLamb, bore the brunt OF
most of the damage, firernass~saads
and the barber shop. operated by
w. L. Hilburn, was damaged only
by smoke.
An unidentified man. left the
barber shop with half a shave, it
was reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
STAIN REJECTS
BRITISH OFFER
Exchange OF Student Off
GERS May Be Misunder-
Stood, Premier Says

. LONDON. Saturday, Jan. rs Up
- The Moscow radio quoted the
Russian news agency Tass- early
today as saying that Prime Minis
ter Stain rejected a proposal by
Field Marshall Lord Montgomery
that the British and Soviet military
academies exchange t u d n t
officers because the measure might
be Interpreted as preparation for
war.
Referring to a Paris radio re-
port that Stain had turned down
the proposal, Tass said Montgom-
cry had raised the question and
that Stain replied that the ex-
change of officers was desirable,
but that the present time was '.not
quite appropriate for this
"Stalin explained that whether
the point lies in Standardization of
training and armaments of an ex-
change of officers in peacetime,
these measures might be interpret
ed as preparation for war; the
radio quoted Tass as saying:
"Upon the initiative of the great
powers, the United Nations organi-
zation adopted resolution of
armaments reduction. This pro-
duced quite different mood of
public opinion. Therefore, the ex-
change of officers at the present
time would run counter to this
mood Of public opinion.
stain noted at the same time
that various press organs denounc-
ed Britain and the United States
as preparing for war by practic-
ing an exchange of officers and a
Standardization of training and
armaments.
''The Soviet Union would not
like to become an object of denun-
citation, which would be the case
mad the Soviet Union also adopted
such a path for better or worse.
The great powers made public
opinion believe there was no reason
to prepare for war. The exchange
of officers would be out of har-
mony with these peaceable sentl-
mentS."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
To
Attend Meet
In Moscow
New Secretary Of State To
Continue Plan Follow
ed By Byrnes
GERMAN TREATY ,
Vanderberg And Connally
Expected To Accompany
Former General y

WASHINGTON, 24.-P,-Secre-
tary OF State Marshall will attend
the B.g -Four foreign ministers
meeting Oh Germany at Moscow
March 10, it was officially announ-
ced today
diplomatic informants expect he
will urge Chairman Van6enberg
'R-Mlch.) of the senate foreign
relations committee and Senator
Connally D-Tex,) to accompany
h m and that they viii agree.
Marshall thus is expected to
continue former Secretary Byrnes'
pattern Of direct personal negotia-
tion on two peace settlements
with the Russian, British and
French foreign ministers.
Byrnes was accompanied to
conferences in London. Paris and
other places by Vandenberg and
Connally. While the two senators
have indicated reluctance to make
the trip TO Moscow. it is under
stood on excellent authority that
they will go with Marshall to
present the usual solid front Of
bipartisan foreign policy.
Secretary Marshall plans to
carry out the plans for attend
ance at the Moscow conference
as made by Secretary Byrnes,"
said the state department an
nouncement.
The main purpose of the confer
ence is to begin work on a final
German peace treaty. The session
probably will last a month to six
weeks, although work on the treaty
may continue for months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
REPUBLICAN, ASKS
new DEAL AUDIT
Wyoming Scion Seeks Ten
Million Dollar Probe
OF Spending

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-(P)-A
10000 900 audit of all government
accounts during the IA years of the
New Deal, the war and the re-
conversion to date while the Demo
Gratis have been in power was de-
manded today by Senator Robert
son (R-Wyo).
de introduced a resolution which
would authorize a committee of
1--WE senator's and five representa-
yves to hire certified public ac-
couhtants and conduct the audit.
reporting to the next congress.
hooertson told a reporter he
wants an audit because of the
nrnange-over in congress from
democratic to Republican control.
Inc principle is the same as it
IL IN the case of anyone taking
"ver WV a business" Robertson said.
l., lou want a thorough audit to
Allow just where you stand"
Aooertson added that congress
.ss "a oeen appropriating big sums
VI VI money all these years, and now
|ior' A"' ~ ""s so"e
ne declared congress also should
|. Whether government de.
pNartments p. are overstaffed. I
u Junk an audit will give us a good
~. Z. Whether money that has
S Sssn appropriated for particular
,"edus or divisions of a depart
," nsnt has been used for that pur-
'Vse or something else.
,,'. ", How much money has been
gams.p GNU pu''ici'y pro-
,..,', nUpeftson said he feels that
Sp5sst trsslar checks made by the
ssu ssset bureau and the controller
nj j
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
The Weather
FORECAST Is

FORECAST
South Carolina and North Carolina
Partly cloudy, not much change in
temperature Saturday and Sunday: In
termittent light rain mostly in west
portions Saturday.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending Z 80 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30 am 46; 1880 am. 43: 1870 pm. 81;
Z 30 pm. Sc.
Maximum "a; Minimum AZ; Mean 50;
Normal IS.
Humidity
80 am. 10; 7:3o am. 70; 1870 pm. 81;
7:30 pm. SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending : 80 pm. -
90 inches.
Total since the first OF the month -
8. II inches.
Tides Fer Today
(From the Tide Tables published by u
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington --- 1885 a.m 6:29 a. m,
- pm. 1907 pm
Masonboro Inlet = s:S2 am 3:19 am.
9:42 pm. 81 pm
Sunrise 7:14; Sunset 5:35; Ioonrise e:29
am; Moonset 3:49 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville, N c. at 8
am, Friday mo report, feet
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
ICEBERG DRIVES
SHIPS FROM BAY
Antartic Expedition Fleet
Forced To Flee; All
Vessels Safe

ABOARD USS MT. OLYMPUS,
Little America, Jan. 24.-(PD-A
huge iceberg floating into the mar
row necked Bay OF Whales early
today forced the Mt. Olympus and
two other ships Of the antarctic
expedition to move out of the way.
Otherwise they might have been
caught and perhaps crushed by the
mammoth berg and hundreds of ice
|floes.
The three ships, the Mt. Olym-
pus. the Merricll and the Yancey,
had been moored on the ice shores
of the bay.
The iceberg, 200 yards long and
100 feet high, moved into the 400
yard wide neck of the bay as
though it was perfectly navigated
ship. 1t had been borne by cur
rents and wind from the Ross into
the v-shaped neck of the bay,
which is only a tiny indentation
along the face of the Ross ice bar
rier.
The three ships were tied up two
miles inside the bay alongside the
edge of the ice. A wind blowing
from the north already had piled
cakes of ice against the exposed
sides OF the vessels. pinning them
in to some extent.
Since the icebreaker Northwind
was 600 miles away for a rendez-
vous with the carrier Philippine
Sea. and the mountainous berg was
closing in on the three ships, they
had to pull out. 81.
Rear Admiral Richard II. Cruz
en-, task force commander on this
antarctic expedition of the U. S.
Navy, had kept track of the ice
berg's approach with radar. q"
When he decided to cast off.
blasts on the ships whistle brought
unneeded personnel on the run
from the tent town set UP on the
ice. Sufficient supplies were left
ashore to maintain the men in the
tents.
By some neat seamanship the,
Mt. Olympus finally got clear Of
the ice floes, backing out at full
speed into open water.
1t was two hours before the
Yancey was freed and by then the
iceberg was only 600 yards away
from the edge of the ice floes, and
was still coming straight down the
middle of the bay The Merrick
slowly backed out into clear water
at 3 O.. m.
The Yancey had nearly COM
pleted its unloading Of supplies for
the tent town but the Merrick still
had most of it's cargo aboard when
they were forced to clear the bay.