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Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Knight Wise
Back From
Overseas Service

Wearing a good conduct medal
and a European-African Middle
Eastern campaign ribbon, Corporal
Joseph Knight Wise, son of Former
Mayor and Mrs. j. E. Wise, got
home Monday night from Ft. Slo-
cum, NY, where he received an
honorable discharge from the Army
March End. He was discharged be-
cause of being over age.
Of two years he was in the armed
forces he was overseas one and one
half years He arrived in England
first after going overseas and stayed
there about a month, then took part
in the invasion landing at Oran,
Nov 8, 1912.
He served as an airplane armorer
in the North African, Tunisian and
Sandman campaigns. In the in
vasion of Oran, where there was
stiff resistance by the French, some
of the gunners he served with, were
lost.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
July II Primary
Date
Appears Certain

1.-The legislature will set Tuesday,
July II, for the 1914 primary cleo
ton!
That appeared definite Wednes-
day when Sen. Pres. Paul C. Keefe,
who had proposed July 18 as the
date, declared the 18th was accept
able to him.
After the house enacted the Ros-
enbaum military personnel vote
bill, setting July II for the primary,
it was said the senate would accept
most or all of the house. version,
believing that it, perhaps, is better
bill in context.
Should the senate take such a
step-and there are excellent reas-
Cns to believe that it will-the ne
cessity of having conference com
mittee settle any differences on the
measure would be obviated. Col.
Bill Turnbow in Phoenix Evening
Gazette)
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Letter Tells OF
Death OF
1t. Fortner

Details of how End 1t. Ray C.
Fortner of the Army Air Forces met
his death during a routine practice
flight in England on January 4 were
received Monday by his wife, Jose
phine Deliman F'ortner, in a letter
from England dated February 5.
It said 1t. Fortner was the newest
member of his squadron and was on
his first flight since joining the
squadron Dec. 29 He was flying
with one of the better pilots who
claims they were doing very nicely
approaching a cloud formation
which they both intended to fly
over.
Whether it was unavoidable or
not, we do not know, but your hus-
band entered into the clouds and
shortly thereafter went into a spin,
causing his death While he was
in the clouds the other pilot tried
to communicate with 1t. Fortner
by radio, but received no response,
nevertheless, he had no reason TO
believe there was anything wrong, :"
the letter said.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Write to a Friend
in the Service
Marty's
Letter
BY MARTY
LOUGHMAN

Sam Dysart, 1t CEC v (S USNC
Somewhere in the South Pacific
Armando Yslas, Corp. us. Marines
Also Somewhere in S. Pacific
Dear Sam and Armando:
Received your V-mail self-drawn
picture, Sam, and your airmail
letter, Arlmando. They both made
very good time.
Sam, that picture you drew is a
pip. I'll say this for you, you've got
memory like an elephant to draw
that beautiful Hollywood doll. I
know you don't have real model
there. OF course the other babies"
that you drew probably posed es-
pecially for you--the chocolate drops
with the chocolate droops.
Thanks also for giving me the
exclusive agency for distributing
your crop of coconuts-at least they
won't get over-ripe in transit. From
what hear, the only thing that
happens to them is the whiSkers
get longer in transit.
And your letter, Leatherneck Ar
mando, was enjoyed by all your old
working pals in the telegraph office
as well as by me- No, didn't know
that you had become proud papa
Il take it for granted you mean
here). I know, as you say, you
can't write telling just where you
are, but when you say there are no
fresh tomatoes there you surprise
me. I thought that some of those
little sons of Greeks like Jimmy
Macris would have planted them by
now.
If you see any of that gang
Jimmy, or the three Kersons, or the
Panas boys-ten them I'll try to
make a deal with the government
to send Nick Macris, Nick GotsiS,
George Chaprales, and a few more
of those old tough so-and-sos to
take their places and let the kids
come back here and run the tomato
business.
One thing sure, if these old guys
can dish it out to the Japs like they
can to us poor buyers they'd have
those Japs committing hari-kari to
get away from it all.
Write again. Thanks.
Best regards,
MARTY.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Loughman Names
Fiesta
Committees

Marty Loughman, who was ap-
pointed chairman to name various
committees for the annual Tomatero
Fiesta at the Montezuma Ballroom
April Is, has made the following
selections:
Executive committee: Manuel
Martinez, chairman; Homer Ryan,
William A Scatena, Mike Levy and
Marty Loughman.
Ladies committee: Mesdames E.
L. Oliver, Mary Grove, Rose Parks,
M. j. Martinez, Walter Holm, Mike
Levy, Harry Wolf, and Miss Katie
Macris.
A banquet and dance will high
light the celebration.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Many Guests
At
Rancho Grande

Guests at Rancho Grande this
week were Mrs. Isabel Allen Bangs
and daughter Marjorie, Olean, N
Y; Mrs. Fred S. Anheuser, St.
Louis; Mr.. and Mrs. S. Borshell,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs.
H. L. Beyer, Bryn Mawr Pa: Mrs.
A. Adamson and sister, Mrs. Charles
E. Bracker and their children Of
Port Chester, NY; Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack M. Dreyfus, Chicago.
William L. English of the English
Butane Corp. of Tucson, and friend
w. T. Joplin of the same company
of Phoenix; Mr.. and Mrs. Myron
Fink of Lawrence, L. I. New York,
and daughter, Mrs. Phillip Haas;
Capt N. F. Hunnewell and party,
Phoenix Miss Lillian NJ Hill Park
Ridge, Ill; Mrs George Hodges,
Ashtabula, Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs.
Boris Hagelin and their two
daughters, Margreta and Ingrid, of
Greenwich, Conn, formerly of
Stockholm, Sweden; Capt. and
Mrs. J. c. Koppen, Phoenix
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. j. Heneghan
and daughter, Mary Margaret,
Ketchekan, Alaska; Mr.. John D.
Jackson, Weston Springs, ILL.,; Mr..
M. p Kerr, customs official, of
Phoenix; Mrs B. Kurlan. Chicago;
Mr. Henry Klarreich. New York
City; Mr., and Mrs. Myer Liberman,
New York City, Mrs. Lyman Mall
one, Detroit; Miss Faye Nicholson.
Evanston, ILL.,; Miss Glenda Nc
Hugh, New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Giovanelli of
the Petri Wine Co. of Milwaukee,
Wise, and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Paradise. George Peterson and
daughter Evelyn, Oak Park, III.
Mrs. H. Roe, Oak Park. ILL.,; MIR.
and Mrs. H. M. Ruben, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs. L. Schoenbrod,
Chicago; Mr.. j. R. Scholle, Blythe.
Calf; Mr.. and Mrs. Lester B. Shat
ton and sons, Bob and Danny,
Glencoe, I'LL; Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Sommers, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. Louis P. Smith, Cleveland,
Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Smith
and son, Jimmy, Los Angeles; Mr..
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Nogales international., 1944-03-10
NOGALES APACHES TAKING
PART in STATE BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT AT PHOENIX
Nogales' First Game With Kingman High School
Douglas Meets TOlleson In Opener; Tucson
Winner OF District Tournament

for Phoenix to take part in the
annual three day state tourna-
ment which opened yesterday
noon.
The first game for Nogales was
scheduled with Kingman High
School for 7 o'clock last night
Members of the Nogales squad
making the trip to Phoenix were
Ralph Cruz, Ramon Baldenegro,
Earl Pottinger, Ernest Valencia,
Eddie Stoller, Joe Lopez, Ralph
Lopez, Bernie Harrison, Jesus Espi-
nosa and Robert Ramirez. They
were accompanied by Coach John
Herrera and Manager Archie Scriv-
ner.
Last weeks tournament at Tucson
wound up with the defeat of Nogales
by Tucson High School, one of the
leading teams of the state.
The tournament at Phoenix got
under way at noon yesterday when
Douglas played Tolleson. After that
game, Wickenburg met Miami, Jer-
ONE played Thatcher, and the fol-
lowing other games in addition to
the Nogales- s-Kingman, were on the
schedule for the initial day:
Mesa vs. Tucson, Stafford VS.. Glen
dale, Florence VS. Snowflake and
Phoenix VS. Coolidge.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10

Although 1241 names of Santa
Cruz County service men and
women appear on the Honor Roll
Plaque in the city plaza, 486 of
the number were not inducted into
service through the local selective
service board, according to
statistical report of inductiOns for
the entire state up to January 81
received here Tuesday.
Up to that date, 755 cases had
been handled through the local
board, including inductions and en-
listments of men registered with the
county board
The 755 does not include the 125
members of the National Guard
who left here three years ago last
September before selective service
was in operation. These figures
make a total of $50, which means
that the remaining 361 men and
women of the 1241 have enlisted or
were drafted elsewhere and claimed
this county as their residence.
There has been 60.4O percent of
non-dads inducted or enlisted in
Santa Cruz County up to January
81 and five fathers inducted and
eleven fathers enlisted.
OF the 755 total, 16 were Negroes.
James v. Robins, chairman of the
local board, learned while in attend
Nogales international., 1944-03-10

All organizations gave generously.
The Elks started the campaign with
their generous donation of $4,000,
quickly followed by the Knights of
Pythias, Rotary Club, Tomateros,
Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, La
Polilla, Business and Professional
Women's Club, Nogales Women's
Club and Lions Club. Added to
this, the city and county schools
with the March of Dimes swelled
the fund materially. Prayers were
said in churches, and special COL
lections conducted It is of special
interest to note that not one organ
ization nor one business house failed
to give and give generously to the
drive.
In 1943, Santa Cruz County was
outstanding in the United States,
donating $.11 per capita. From
records at hand, this placed Santa
Cruz County among the top dozen
counties in the country. As the
1914 drive netted nearly double last
years, this should place our county
at the top of the list this year in the
United States with approximately
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2ND LIT. DON ROBERT UN-
DERWOOD. FL, son of Mrs. Ellen
Underwood and the late Irve
Underwood, is graduating at the
advanced flying field at Douglas,
Arizona, Sunday as a pilot. He
was born at NOgaIes August s,
1923, and inducted into the Army
Air Forces Feb. s, 1913. He
graduated from Nogales High
School and was employed by the
telephone company at Tucson at
the time of induction. He is a
brother of William, John, Allan,
and Gerald Underwood.
SEAMAN 2ND CLASS TED
CITIZEN, JR., 20-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Citizen, Sr., of
Nogales, Sonora, was inducted
June 1943 and is now with the
Navy Seabees at San Diego. He
was born here Dec. 10, 1923, and
is a brother of Lucy, Eugenio and
Elvia Citizen. He was recently
home on a furlough.
FIREMAN 3RD CLASS CHAS.
DELAWARE THRAPP, 18, son of
Mrs. Myra Thrapp, was inducted
Feb. Is, 1943, and is now with the
Navy somewhere in the Pacific.
He was born at Patagonia July IL,
1925, and is a brother of Eva,
Sam, Elena, Mary, Virginia, Lee,
and Lily Thrapp. He was induct-
ed in Los Angeles.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Collector Host
TOC Customs
Men At Banquet

So that employees of Customs
District No &c, which includes all
Arizona border ports, could get
better acquainted, Collector of Gus
toms Writ G. Bowman was host to
33 persons at a banquet at the Mon
tezuma Dining Room Monday even
ing.
A similar affair for other customs
employees, since all could not be
away from their duties at the same
time, will be held at the Montezuma
Dining Room next Monday evening.
At this weeks banquet, which was
the second such affair Mr.. Bowman
has given since he became collector
last July l, he highly praised the
customs men for using good judg-
ment at the various ports of entry.
"I appreciate everything you have
done and your hundred percent CO.
operation, and am grateful to the
people who have come into my Of
flee and told me how nicely they
have been treated at border ports
in this district, and that is all a
result of your efforts" the collector
said.
He added that he has received
letters from Washington compli-
menting the work of District 26 and
that seniority will be a big factor in
promotions in this district.
Assistant Collector of Customs
Herbert R. Chatham expressed his
appreciation to the customs men in
their efforts to carry out Mr.. Bow
mans policies and declared there
has been big improvement in pub
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Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Twenty Leaving
For Preinduction

Twenty selective service men are
leaving here today for preinduction
at Phoenix.
In the group are Guillermo Pa
dilla, Carlos Trujillo, Henry Adal-
berto Arens, Simon Serrano, Jose
Leguna, Manuel Morales, Jorge
CSanez Foster, Isidoro Romero Cor
rales. Jose Maria Gotta Vasquez
Enrique Borquez Teyechea.
Gi!bert Mendivil McAlpln, Jose
L,tis Rosas, zellie Capin, Andres
Aranjo Torres, Guillermo L. Robin
On. Jr.. Gilberto zubieta Villa
.ulalio Martinez Pereyra, Lauro O
Velasquez, Alfredo Fernandez Ma
tiella and Henry Martinez.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
DR.. Towne Gets
Silver Beaver
Award In Scouting

DR.. Carlton E. Towne of Tucson,
formerly of Nogales, was awarded
the Silver Beaver award for 10 years
Of meritorious service in scouting at
the annual meeting of the Catalina
council of Boy Scouts in Tucson
Wednesday.
Nogalians attending the meeting
included Chet RAIDER, Ralph Con
zalez, E. x Cumming, and Scouts
Francisco Rios and Manuel Lopez
CT Troop No. "a.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Mary Kay Titcomb
Bitten By Dog

Miss Mary Kay Titcomb, daughter
of Mrs. Dorothy Titcomb, clerk of
the superior court, was bitten on
the nose by a dog belonging to her
aunt, Mrs. Polly Titcomb Lee, in
Tucson Monday
Mrs. Titcomb on Tuesday took
her daughter to Los Angeles for
plastic surgery
Miss Titcomb just recently return
ed from New York where she com
pleted an American Airlines' course
of instruction.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
l24l In Armed
Forces
rom This County

Twenty four more names of SER
vice men were added Monday to
the Honor Roll Plaque in the city
plaza.
This makes total of 1,241 names
on the big board which contains a
list of men and women from Santa
Cruz County entering the armed
forces since the start of World War
II, or in service prior to the war.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Medlen Buys
Home
And Apartments

Through deals consummated the
past week, Herman Medlen of the
H. G. Medlen Agency purchased the
Ann Wright home, SAL Crawford
street, formerly belonging to w. j.
Phillips; and the C. C. Cheshire
Apartments, formerly known as the
Field Apartments, 347 Walnut
street.
Mr. Medlen and family will move
the latter part of the month from
352 Walnut street to their new home
on Crawford. Medlen has sold his
home at 352 Walnut to George
Chaprales.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
Famous Chicago
Newspaper
Folks Visitors

Andy Pavlon. ace photographer of
the Chicago Tribune, and Eleanor
Naugle who writes a column headed
Looking Through The Looking
Glass in The Tribune, were guests
at The Little Outfit Ranch week
ago last night and motored to No
gales Saturday.
They are getting material for
youths On The Campus" a Sun
dav feature in The Tribune.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
$1S75 Raised In
Infantile
Paralysis Drive

AS of March 9Th, with funds still
coming in, the Santa Cruz County
Infantile Paralysis Campaign Drive
reports a total of $1928.89 to date
This sum includes one-half of the
local theater receipts allotted this
county of $92.18. However, as there
are expenses to come out of this, it
is felt rough total of $187500 may
be counted upon as the net contri-
button
AS space does not permit an item
lied account of the contributions
Nogalians may be interested in a
hrief report as follows:
Nogales international., 1944-03-10

Having finished in second place
at the southern Arizona district
tournament at Tucson last week
end, the NOgales High School
basketball team left Wednesday
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
755 ENLISTED OR INDUCTED
THROUGH COUNTY DRAFT
BOARD UP TO JANUARY 81
125 OF 1911 Names Or Honor Roll Plaque Members Of
National Guard; Is Fathers Inducted Or
Enlisted To 31st Of January

ance at meeting of county chair
man at Phoenix Sunday, that 115,-
900 boys between 18 and 81 are in
industry now and 100000 18 to 81
on farms.
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
CALLED EAST BY
ILLNESS OF MOTHER

Mrs. John Govorko, wife of the
owner of the Montezuma Buffet,
left yesterday for Lebanon, Pa,
called by the serious illness of her
mother
GA A
Nogales international., 1944-03-10
MANY HAPPY
RETURNS

Rafael A. Tadeo, Is on March g..
Juan A. Tadeo, IL on March 8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
Obituaries
MRS. MARY COOLEY

Funeral services Tor Mrs. Mary
Cooley, ST. who died Monday at
the James Walker Memorial hos
pital, will be held today at IL a.
m. at Harrels Funeral Home with
Rev. C. D. Barclift officiating. In
terment will follow at Bellevue
cemetery.
The deceased is survived by her
husband. ]. R. Cooley of Whining
ton; two brothers, ]. D. Wingo of
Asheville and c. w. Wingo of Ma
rion; three sisters, Mrs. John Mil.
Ter of Detroit, Mrs. Luther Hen
derson of Robuck, S. c., and Mrs.
R. E. Harling of Inman, S. c., and
her mother, Mrs. G.. R. Wingo of
Inman.
Active pallbearers will be Glen
co Smith, Arthur Smith, Joe Jack
son. E. A. Kerr. Jr., Charles Sim
mons and Harry Holmes. Honor
airy pallbearers will be j. R. God
ley, E. A. Kerr, Sr., R. c. Pick
EFT, D. Cramer, Robert LeGWinn,
L. L. Taylor, L. M. Hall, and Y
A. Millinor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
Local Health Boards
Summer Staff Increased

Two more workers - Mrs. Lois
C. Whitley of Yale university, and
Miss Barbara Kahn of the Unlver-
s;ty of Michigan - have been add
ed to the summer staff of the
Consolidated Board of Health to
assist in special projects in public
health underway here, it was an
rounced today by Miss Jennie
Stout, public health education con-
sultant with the local board.
The additions bring the total
number of student assistants to
four, the others being Miss Myrtle
Ousley of the University of North
Carolina and Miss Mary 10 Kraft,
UNC.
Directing the work of the four,
al of whom are engaged in the
field training which is requisite
for the M. S. degree in public
health education, is Miss Evelyn
Rham, public health consultant
with the United States P b C
Health Service, Washington, D. C.
Miss Rham has been in Wilmington
for several months.
1t is expected that the trainees
will complete their work by the
middle of August.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
SOVIET TROOPS
ROUND UP NAILS
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in the direction of Pinsk, the com
munique noted.
Associated Press Correspondent
Eddy Gilmore said in dispatch
from Moscow that For all prac
teal purposes Pinsk is lost to Hit
Ter. 1t has Russians on three sides
closing in rapidly. Tae Nazis OBJ
viously must fall back and hurried
ly to Brest-Litovsk or become en-
circled as they have so many times
in this campaign"
The first White Russian army Of
Marsha Konstantin K. Rokossov
sky, already 20 miles west of the
rail junction of Luniniec, which fell
Monday, was within ten miles oil
Pinsk and within a little more
than 100 miles of Brest-Litovsk it.
self.
Capture of Pinsk would wipe Out
tae German bulge at the edge Of
the Pripyat marshes and give the
Soviet forces an almost straight
line north to the Latvian border
The Germans continued to tel
of action around KoWel, big raj
center in Southern Poland which
the Nazis evacuated last week. The
German communique said that the
Russian rifle divisions, tank
corps and two tank brigades-a
total of perhaps 100000 men-hac
been battering at Nazi lines ir
that sector for four days. The MAJ
versions was that Gin fierce defen-
sive fighting they had inflicted
large losses on the Soviets.
Of the fighting farther north, the
Nazi communique said, "our troops
in great heat are engaged in fight
ing with strong enemy forces
which is also costly to ourselves. >
Red troops are receiving large
! scale cooperation from the Polish
underground in the Wilno, Bialy
stok and Nowogrodek regions, Pre-
mier Stanislaw Mikolajaczyk of the
Polish Government-in-exile said
"Poles are taking an active par
in the struggle for Wilno,' he de
clared in a statement issued ii
London. ''in spite of the difficult
situation arising from the fac
strong German forces still are ir
the center of the city"
Military operations by the Polish
underground army, he added, Evil
help to sweep the Germans from
Polish territory and I believe viii
go further in establishing condi
tons for Polish-Soviet understand
ing"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
SKY FLEETS
HIT MUNICH
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air and ground defenses. At least
six robots were knocked down by
ground fire.
The weather was tight over Nor.
mandy, where ceiling of less than
200 feet 'hampered air support OF
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery S
troops, but air officers held hope
for at least slight improvement
soon.
The unprecedented magnitued of
the air operations during the first
montn of the invasion was empha.
sized by Supreme Headquarters
which announced that the Allied
air forces flew $4,000 sorties over
Europe from the west from. D-Day
to July 6, shooting down 1867 Ger
man planes in combat and losing
1924.
Well over 100 other German
planes have been bagged over Nor
mandy by American anti-aircraft
crews, it was disclosed tonight
most Of these being snot down al
night by gunners working in close
cooperation with night fighters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
F.D.R. UNAFFECTED
AS REVELATION MADE

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through the correspondence
though at one point his voice
dropped so low that a reporter
called out a request that he
speak louder.
There was no advance tip
off that anything unusually i'm
portant was coming ont and the
number of reporters attend
ing the conference was small
er than average.
BY count of the secret serv-
ice, which checks them in, the
total was SO, less than half
the number who attended
Mr.. Roosevelt's D-Day news
conference.
For one thing, the confer
ence had been moved from the
usual hour, Tues. afternoon, to
morning SO that newspapermen
friends of the late George r.
Holmes, Washington cores
pendent, could attend the aft
ernoon launching in Baltimore
of liberty ship named for
him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
SAIPAN CONQUEST
PAYS DIVIDEND
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natural defense positions held by
the enemy. He estimated the Nip
ponese lost at least four times as
many dead as the Yank invaders.
American warships never ceased
their day and night Smelling of
enemy positions, wrote James.
United States planes bombed and
st-afed from dawn until dusk and
artillery pounded day and night.
Saipan, at the crossroads Of the
Marianas, was the hottest spot the
Japanese had tried to hold.
Throughout the central and
southwest Pacific areas Allied
warplanes kept up their pace of
neutralizing raids against enemy
bases scattered over thousands of
miles of ocean. At some bases,
such as Truk and Palau in the
Carolines, Nipponese planes took
to the air to avoid destruction
on the ground. They declined to
give battle, however.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
SNAILS TEST WATER

Sanails euccunb quickly to
tainted water and, for that reason,
are sometimes carried in dr. y
countries to test widely scattered
water holes before drinking from
them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-12
AIRLINE SERVICE HERE
TO START in THE FALL
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Wilmingtonians who have wait
ed for air Service since Feb
ruary, when National Airlines
was accorded the north-south
route by the Civil Aeronautics
board. Early in the summer
President Baker was quoted as
saying the lack of planes was
responsible for failure to start
the route. Rep. j. Bayard Clark
of Fayetteville. disclosed on
June 20 plans for early release
of planes to the airline system.
When National plans were
begged down because of lack of
equipment. county board of
commerce, county board of
commissioners. and the city
council petitioned congressman
to bring pressure upon the CAB
for release of planes to start
the commercial air service.
Postmaster Wilbur r. Dosher
has predicted that the inaugu-
ration of air service for Will
mington will substantially in
crease the use of air mail.