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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Monnett B. Davis
Likely Successor
Officials Say Ambassador
Not Being Made Lease
apego

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Up
- 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 IA 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 sue
cessor.
Hines signed the lease agree
ment which the Panama Ma
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
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
President Davis Says Pro.
gress Being Made To-
ward Service Here

Thomas H. 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 long
distance telephone conversation,
that his company was making
satisfactory progress toward in
stituting air service from Cincin
natl into Wilmington, and that
plans were already underway to
purchase additional planes for
the service.
II have been assured by the
Tariff Commission" he said
"that we won't have to wait the
usual 80 days to have our tariffs
approved. We are also working
with the post office department,
and We are making satisfactory
progress"
He said, however, that
because the holidays fell right
in the midst of preparations for
beginning service, this fact nee
essarily had delayed several
days actual flight operations
See PIEDMONT On Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
new TRADER LIST
SHEDS NO LICHT 7
Anderson Releases Names
OF l,24O Operators In
Wheat Futures

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-N9-
A list of 1,240 traders in wheat
was made public by the Agrlcul-
ture Department tonight but it
threw no immediate light on the
hot question of whether govern
ment officials used INSIDE infor-
nation" to reap speculative pro-
fits.
Named on the list were persons
who were active in the wheat fu-
lures market on the Chicago
Board of Trade on April 80, 1946.
The department did not iden-
tify any of the names as to oc-
cupation and Administrator 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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
SHOTGUN VICTIM
GAINS STRENGTH
ensboro Woman Still
Il Critical List After
Shooting Spree

GREENSBORO. Dec. 26 -R
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
ner home on the outskirts of the
city at the same time her hus-
pand and their daughter -in-law,
Madella Martins q, were shot
to death.
Police Chief L. L. Jarvis said
the slayings were admitted by
Joe Desantis, burly 190-pound
automobile body worker who
mad been served with an evi:-
tlon notice by Martin, his land
lord.
Desantis died early Christmas
gay Of a revolver bullet wound
IN the head, self-inflicted in
central Fire station after he
aad wished the firemen a
Merry Christmas"
Victim Buried
W. B. seawell, so, oil COM
ppany mechanic, also killed by
Desantls, was buried this after
noon. seawell was shot several
umeS after he refused Desantis'
request that he be driven to the
ponce station. Witnesses S a d
aeaWell :: agreed to do as asked
L Desantis would drop the re-
'olFer and shotgun he was car
rtylng but the latter declined, and
Ae TWO men started tussling for
the guns.
Mrs. Evelyn Williams, one of
Bee SHOTGUN On Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Typh00n Sinks Shin!.,s =
So Persons Mis- - :
Manila Suffers Heavy Damage AS 5O-Mile
Winds Cut Path Of Havoc Across Many
Towns In Central Philippines

MANILA, Dec. 26-(P- A
tardy December typhoo: wrecked
and sank the Danish passenger
liner Kina with up to So persons
missing, heavily damaged Man.
lila and cut path of havoc across
the Central Philippines today.
Three of the missing were Amer
lean women.
At least seven other vessels
experienced storm damage, the
business district of war-ravaged
Tacloban was reported 70 per
cent burned by 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
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Nosey Police Find Nose
Nipped Off Mans Noggin

des, told them to 60 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 "take."
The doctor said they'd know
in couple of days. Meantime,
the police are poking their noses
cautiously into 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-
pom. Maybe mayhem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27

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-
ton 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 rum
meth not to the contrary, there
stood on Point Peter tall,
brick chimney like a lone senti-
mel 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, we'll within the
memory of the writer, was op.
Grated by Messrs. Norwood
Giles and Pembroke Jones, both
members of old, Cape Fear
families, 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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
North Carolina Membership
Now Totals Well
Over $4,000

RALEIGH, Dec. 26-R-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 1916 we have had
substantial gains in church
membership, baptisms, total and
per capita gifts, cooperating
churches, Sunday schools. vaca-
ton 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 Al 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
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. -W'D
- Otis Brown gave his brother
Russell a new look for Christ
mas. Now the police are look
ing for Otis to give him free
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.
Police took Russell to the ac-
cident ward at Casualty hospital,
and asked the doctor could he fix
Browns 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.
The doctor, Herbert G. Bran
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27

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 Is passengers and a
Grey variously reported at 36 tc
48, was dashed onto the rocks of
little Camandag island, five miles
off Samar in the Central Philip
pines.
Its last radio message early in
the day said the ship was being
abandoned as a total loss. It had
been en- route from Japan and
China to Europe via Manila and
Singapore.
The. Norwegian motor vessel
Samuel Bake subsequently ra.
diced to Globe wireless that il
See TYPHOON On Pare Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
ACL FILES B REF
OVER TRAIN ORDER
Charber OF Commerce
Joins Merchants In Urg-
ing Reversal By sue

The Atlantic Coast Line rail
road has filed an exception to the
State Utilities commissions order
permitting the company to dis
continue trains now operating
between Wilmington and Rocky
Mount.
In the original request, the
ACL had asked the commissions 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 Will
mington Merchants association,
the Chamber of Commerce and
the City of Wilmington have
See BRIEF On Page Six
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
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 OF
wash water in separate mishaps.
Four of the deaths came at the
hands of Joe De Sanus, 6S.
Greensboro man who was brood
ing over an eviction notice.
The three youngsters who were
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
fell Hollifield, "a, of Emma, sue
cumbed Christmas Eve.
Auto Accidents
James Fletcher, Mcmillan, %,
Rose Hill Negro, died in a Colds
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 home
near Statesville Christmas Eve
took the life of Frank Sharpe.
80, Negro.
Amos Hensley, 30, of Savanna
noa, died Christmas Eve when a
See VIOLENCE On Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Greek Rebels
Attack Towns
A,tiller y-Supported
Cuerrilas Engage 4Th
Government Army

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 26-
p-Thirty-five hundred Guer-
,alas supported by artillery and
-. least one plane of "foreign
~o4ionality" launched heavy
rhristnias Day attacks against
,.n,ns in Northern and Western
T.nocg the Athens Press said
today
Two thousand Guerrillas re-
,ortedIy engaged the Fourth
creek r., Army brigade in a bitter,
sllnignt battle at Konitsa, inn
anrtsnt a[ road junction near the
All bs1banian border-possibly in an
na 1stort 10 seize a "capital' for
tbe new Leftist government
IN IN North Greece.
The brigade commander and
.n,o majors were reported Woun-
5od in the fighting.
IN Western Greece, a column
=, 1900 Guerrillas reportedly
struck from the rebel-ccat:olled
.rea -. around Karpenisien in an
a,for+ to capture the town OF
sorjnion, 35 miles northwest OF
tbe Gulf of Patras.
sixtv-five Guerrillas were re-
norted killed, 40 wounded and 20
rrsptured by the troops who
drove them off.
To Probe Situation
War Minister George Stratos
left bv 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-
ouate measures" were being Ia
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 cor~isting
Of two brigades and two battal-
ions, which struck at $40 p. m
Yesterday and continued to at
tack fiercelv until 3 A NJ. today.
Press reports said that the at
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 hop.
ing to encircle it. Reports to
the War Ministry estimated that
$50 shells had been hurled into
Cko1itsa by Guerrilla artillery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
ECONOMIST SEES
GOOD YEAR AHEAD
Edwin G. Nourse Says Pro-
duction To Hit New
Peak In 1948
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. -

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Up
- 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
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Piedmont WillBuV
Additional Planes
NICE FIND

PETERSBURG, Ind, Dec.
26. -(P)- In a furry of clean
ing in his newly bought store,
Shelby Stevens found:
A box containing 100 dollar
bills.
An old ledger with two S100
bills and two $50 bills between
leaves.
An envelope with $500 in
uncashed checks.
He turned it all over to the
estate of Lester Barrett, form
er owner, who died Nov. 8 in
Evansville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Record Snowfall Paralyzes
Traffic In New York City;
Hines Quits Panama Post
Fcu People Lose
Lives In Drifts
Rail, Bus, Airline Services
At Standstill; Fall
Buries Autos

NEW YORK, Dec. 26. -R-
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 200 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 az
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
nightly 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,
however. Great throngs filled
railway stations and bus termi-
nails, waiting vainly for trains and
few buses operating at a crawl
ing pace and then fighting to get
on them. One bus moved block
in three hours.
Many commuter gave up, and
as result, hotels were besieged
with requests for rooms.
Business enterprises dismiss
ed employees 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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
WAYNE COY NAMED
CHAIRMAN OF Fec
Washington Newspaper
men Gets Post; Ewell
X. Jett To Step Down

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Up
- President Truman today ap.
pointed Wayne Coy, radio di.
rector of the Washington Post
as chairman of the Federal Com
munications Commission, eff.
fective Immediately.
Coy succeeds Charles r. Den
ny, who resigned October 81 tt
become vice president of the
National Broadcasting company
Almost simultaneously the
president accepted the resigna-
ton from the commission Of
Ewell K. Jett, effective Decem'
ber 81, and named George E.
Sterling of Portland, Me-, to the
commission in place of Jet.
Jett told reporters that after
10 years with government com.
munications agencies, he is re-
turning to his own city of Balti-
more to become vice president o1
the Sunpapers and director o1
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.
A years ago, he served as report
er, editor and publisher of papers
in Franklin and Delphi, Ind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Marshall To Supervise
Stop Gap Relief Plans

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. - UD
- President Truman today
designated Secretary of State
George c. Marshall to super
wise the $522, 100000 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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27

Congress also authorized $18.-
100000 to help China, but details
of this program have not been
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-
tons and exercise the au.
thorlty vested In the President"
by the foreign aid act. He was
empowered to call on other
government agencies for help in
doing the job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
OFFICERS SEEK
MISSING M A N
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.
ID. 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. Crurnp said last night
that his brother had collected ap.
proximately $4,000 for units sold
in two other cities and had near
ly $500 of his own money on his
person Monday.
II fear that my brother has
met with foul play" V. c. Crump,
who resides in Buchanan, 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
Groom 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 Whining
ton the week Of January in an
attempt to raise enough money
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
x x s,ers XIII
1
Jew Official
Prominent Agency Man
Among Victims OF Arab
Sharp-Shooters

JERUSALEM, Dec. 26-P)-
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, rails
ing to 1863 the unofficial death
toll in Palestine since the
United Nations voted for parti-
ton nearly month ago. For the
entire Middle East the total was
484. There was no sign of a luu
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 Beth, acting director OF
the Jewish youth organization
Aliyah which supervises the
bringing of refugee children in
to Palestine.
In Motor Convoy
Beth was in a motor convoy
A Hebrew university student
and a Jewish workman in
the same convoy also met death.
Beth was the assistant of the
late Henrietta Sold, American
benefactress of Zionisrn.
Mrs. Golda Meyerson, acting
head of the Jewish 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 Is armed
Jews and killed one. The body
o. an unidentified 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 we1e report.
ed killed in a SLIPPERS battle tha,
ragged through the port city Of
Haifa. One of the Br'tons was
Soc SNTpERS I'm p.uo E;oh+
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Baptist Churches Make
Marked Gains This Year
DUCKS DROWN

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont,
Dec. 26-(P)-Game wardens
and veteran rivermen today
reported the worst death toll
of wild ducks in rs 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 districts
charitable institutions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
CHARLOTTE FAILS
To BUY FUEL OIL
Major Companies Decline
To Bid On 100000
Gallon Allotment

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 26. -P-
The City of Charlotte reported
tonight that its efforts to buy
fuel oil in 100000 gallon lots to
relieve the present shortage had
been complete failure.
Eight major refiners had been
requested to submit bids by noon
today. Only three of them re-
piled, 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
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
And So To Bed

A local grammar-grade stu
dent was really looking for
ward to the New Year re-
Gently when he turned In :
paper that had to 40 WIN
the emancipation Of sia"1 sT,,.
Wrote the youngs1e,,,,, ,,,.tion
Emancipation Procian,a''t ANA IA
said that all slaves on " New
have a holiday o
Years." odd. "We
To which we ~
hope so!"