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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22
Memorial Mass Scheduled
for Utica Hero Pfc. Reiss

Texas and at Jefferson Barracks,
ST. Louis, Mo-, he was sent over
seas in September, 1914. He
gave his life for his country Dec.
"a, 1914 in Belgium. He was
attached to Co. A, 741st Bn. in
the First Army.
He is survived by his wife.
Genevieve Berlinser Reiss, his
five-year-old son, Benjamin Jr..
his mother, Mrs. Anna Pavelek:
one brother. Clarence Rciss and
four sisters, Mrs. Monica Krause,
Mrs. Agnes Firlick, Mrs. Anna
Wilkowski and Mrs. Leona
Pavelek.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Memorial services for Pfc.
Benjamin Reiss. age 33. killed
in Belgium. will be held at ST.
Lawrence Ca hol ic Church,
Utica, on Sunday morning, Feb.
Is, al 9 o'clock.
Benjamin Reiss was born in
Detroit on April 25, 1911, the
son of Anne and the late John
Rciss. The family moved from
Detroit 10 Shelby Township in
1919.
For nine years prior TO his
Induction on January II, 1914,
he was employed by the Dodge
Truck Company of Detroit.
After training at Fort Houston,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22
Romeo

ROMEO-Pvt. Jack Owen of
Westover Field. Mass, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Owen.
Mrs. George Mahaffy will be
hostess to the Merrymakers Club
Friday evening.
Mrs. M. Norris Kelley enter
tanned several couples for dinner
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. George Topley is visiting
her mother. Mrs. William
Schmidt at ThI<e Oaks for a
week.
Mrs. w. c. Owen is spending
this week with friends in Tor
onto.
Mrs. Raymond Tyler returned
today from Richmond, Va,
where she spent several days
with her husband, F nc Tyler.
F nc Tyler graduated recently
from Diesel Training school with
high honors and is now awaiting
further assignment.
The members of the Rotary
Club were dinner guests of the
Lions Club Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Lucas, Mrs.
Henry McCafferty and MIR. and
Mrs. Malcolm Chubb and daugh-
ter Sharon will be dinner guests
next Sunday OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Earle Evans at Ypsilanti.
Mrs. William r.. Mccoy Of
Princeton, Ill. and Mrs. Frank
f. Upton of Detroit visited
their brother-in-laW and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Roy Brooks the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Hosner
will spend next weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. James Let's at
Dearborn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Knight
and daughter Anne of Detroit
spent last weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Gray.
Mrs. Marseline Beatty will
entertain the .7:3O bridge club
Thursday evening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Cornine, a strong tonic said 10
possess many of the properties
of quinine, is made from the
bark of the round-leaved dog
wood.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22
Consolidation Of Schools
Discussed in Chesterfield

Of Detroit, were visitors Satur-
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn kirkum.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

DR.. c. E. Dunn and family of
Detroit, Mrs. Guy Dunn, daugh-
ter Virginia and her son John
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

The local teachers here will
attend the Rural Teachers Insti-
tute which will be held in De-
troit Saturday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

CHESTERFIELD - A large
crowd attended the meeting
which was held at the Chester
field Township Hall Friday eve-
ming to discuss the question of
consolidating the schools in the
township.
Another meeting of this type
will be held Friday evening OF
this week in the New Baltimore
School auditorium. The public is
invited to attend.
Mrs. Don Messer and daughter
Marian spent Friday afternoon
shopping in Detroit.
Mrs. Orlo Kirkum received
word this week that her brother,
Cpl. Robert Thompson left for
overseas.
Congratulations to little Don
ma Messer, who celebrated her
seventh birthday Saturday. Mrs.
Messer entertained few little
friends at a dinner party in hon
or of the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Foster
of Foster road were happy to
receive word that their son Jack
is out of the hospital.
Marie Kirkum visited her old
classmates Friday afternoon at
the New Baltimore High School
and then spent the rest of the
week end as the guest of her
brother Mark and family at New
Baltimore.
The girls Of the All Club are
busy making their dresses and
this week they started making
afghans for the Junior Red
Cross.
The local teachers here will
attend the Rural Teachers Insti-
tute which will be held in De-
troit Saturday.
DR.. c. E. Dunn and family of
Detroit, Mrs. Guy Dunn, daugh-
ter Virginia and her son John
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mrs. Orlo Kirkum received
word this week that her brother,
Cpl. Robert Thompson left for
overseas.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mrs. Marseline Beatty will
entertain the 7:30 bridge club
Thursday evening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mrs. Don Messer and daughter
Marian spent Friday afternoon
shopping in Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Knight
and daughter Anne Of Detroit
spent last weekend with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Gray.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

The girls Of the All Club are
busy making their dresses and
this week they started making
afghans for the Junior Red
Cross.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. George Foster
of Foster road were happy to
receive word that their son Jack
is out of the hospital.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mrs. w. c. Owen is spending
this week with friends in Tor
onto.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mrs. George Topley is visiting
her mother. Mrs. William
Schmidt at ThI<e Oaks for
week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mrs. M. Norris Kelley enter
tanned several couples for dinner
Tuesday evening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

ROMEO-Pvt. Jack Owen of
Westover Field. Mass, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Owen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Hosner
will spend next weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. James Let's at
Dearborn.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-22

Mrs. George Mahaffy will be
hostess to the Merrymakers Club
Friday evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02

MARCOS MESA
WRITES Home
SAYS WAR WILL SOON BE
OVER OVER HERE"
SENDS RELICS

Mr.. and Mrs. Marcos A. Mesa
has received from their son, Serg-
cant Marcos A. Mesa, Jr., who is
fighting with the, first division OF
the, FIRST American. Army, under
COMMAND of General Hodges a
helmetsa gold watch a gold ring,
with the stone missing silver
medal, a l9l4rl9l8 iron cross and
folder containing more than
1000 stamps of various, nations,
including many of those issued
in the United States.
Sergeant Mesa SAID that the
articles had been found on a
German lieutenant who had been
captured and he was permitted
by American military authorities
to mail the articles to his parents.
1--WE are headed for Berlin at
a fast clip" Sergeant Mesa said,
land the war will soon be over
over here. expect to be back in
Key West by June"
Sergeant Mesa said that the
Allied armies, except in few
locations, were meeting with
only light resistance, and that the
German armies we're disintegrat-
ing fast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
INHABITANTS OF FRENCH TOWN
- RESIST ENTRANCE OF AMERICANS
tBy Associated rressl

PARIS, April 2.-Women, old
and young, and even children
were reported to be resisting vio-
lently the entrance of, American
Seventh Army troops into an un-
disclosed town.
Advices from the front said
that women were sniping from
houses and from ruins, and that
children, as young as IL years,
were dropping hand grenadeS
from windows in upper stories.
A girl, whose age was judged
to be about 10, was found dead
with her right forefinger on the
trigger of a bazooka, which she
had been firing at American
tanks.
Prisoners captured in this town
said that there was nothing to
stop Allied armies from proceed
ing at a fast pace toward Berlin,
and explained that Hitler had
ordered that the bulk of his
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02

Postal savings in the Key West
Post Office increased more than
half a million dollars from March
81 of last year to March 81 of
1945, Postmaster Hollon r. Ber-
valdi announced today.
On the former date, the savings
amounted to 81, 445, 1922, and when
the office closed for business on
Saturday, the total had mounted
to $1,994,318, lacking only $500
of being two million dollars,
Receipts from the sale of postal
stamp stock still continues to in
crease without having missed a
month since the beginning of war
that the income was not greater
than for the similar month in the
preceding year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
two AIRFIELDS
ON OKINAWA ARE
SEIZED BY U. S.
JAPANESE CIVILIANS ARE
NOT so PRONE TO COM
NIT SUICIDE AS FOR
MERLY
.n.tny A.seeIatea . Pres.l


" GUAM, sAprd 2.G--Japan-
eeseIbcivilians on) 0kinawa,
!. among twhomstt thousands OF
leafiets5Awere dropped by
/ Americas flyers, 4 advising
them toaleave the areas UNI
ders attack, did not show the
disposition today to commit
suicide, as they did yester-
day, reports from that island
said, as American soldiers
and Marines continue to
broaden and deepen their
bridgehead.
The civilians took the adj
vice contained in the leaf
lets, and only two Japs, both
old men, were seen today to
commit hara-kari.
Two of the five airfields
on the island have been
seized by the Americans, and
up to late this afternoon the
opposition was reported to
be still slight, despite the es-
timated 10000 Jap troops
on Okinawa.
Though the island is with
in easy flying distance, eth
err from iJaPasl or Formosa
only comparatively few Jap
planes have attempted to at
tack the invaders. The rea-
son for that condition is re-
ported due to the fact that
during the. attack on the is
land 478 enemy planes were
destroyed in southern Japan
and in or over FOrmoSa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
RITES
THIS AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Mrs.
Maude V. Archer, Sc, who died
Saturday, will be held this after
noon at 5 o'clock at the First
Baptist Church where the body
will be placed at p. m. Rev. Ted
Jones, officiating at the services.
Burial will be in the family lot
in the City Cemetery. Lopez
Funeral Home is in charge of ar
rangementSe
Survivors are; husband, Judge
w. P. Archer; four sons, Glynn
Archer, Phil Archer, U. S. Army;
Malcolm ARCHER .apd Kenneth Ar
cher, Unitef &ldMs NaRk four
daughters, MrssA lois Ed4rH Mis-.
Mildred - AreheH, Mrs. HelGn
Maris, Miss Nell Rose Archer
and 6 grandchildren.
Pallbearers are: c. c. Brown,
Karl o. Thompson, Maitland
Adams, Thomas Kelly, James
Deland, w. F. Collins.
Mrs. Archer was member OF
the Pythian Sisters and Eastern
Star.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
Official Navy Photogrsp phi

Commander and Mrs. R. B. Strait
ton, Commander and Mrs. w. H.
Gardner, COL and Mrs. r. e.
Turley, Commander and Mrs. j.
A. Lewis, Capt. and Mrs. Tucker
Gibbs, 1t. Com. and Mrs. G.. S.
Holman, Capt. John, f. Curtin,
Com. and Mrs. Willard a. Saund-
ers, DR.. John Dewey, Mrs. Rob-
erta Grant, Gen. and Mrs. Alex
ander Barmein, Mrs. Grear Smil-
ey, Mr.. and Mrs. B. Cytter; Gen
and Mrs. Campbell King, Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Winter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burt Garrett, Mr.. and Mrs
B. M. Duncan, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
berg Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Connable, Miss Minnie
Porter Harris, Miss Ilene Will
Jams, Mrs. Mildred LETTERS, Capt.
and Mrs. Frank, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Bryant Kirke, Mr. and
Mrs. Willard M. Albury, and Mr.
and Mrs. A. Maitland Adams.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
IMM[[[%lI@
MAKE AWARDS To
CONTEST WINNERS

SILVER SPRINGS. Aprl 2
(FNSJ.-StudcntS from Lakeland
Miami and Pensacola omrfnsl
winners IN the sixth annual paI
lIamCntary procedure, public
speaking, cxtcmporanouus sptak
here last weekend
War bonus ami sDhu4 .hH
valued at more than $1,000 $500,
presented winners, Who a...
Dewey Easily, Lakeland public
speaking, Jean Turner Miami
spelling, Jack Varnadu,. pcusa
cola, cXlCmpofancuus sp,lkHa
Parliamentary pIoCcdur, va.
won by the Pensacola team
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
Two Thirds OF German
Troops In Holland
Have Had Every Road
Of Escape Cut Off

PARIS, April 2. - Field
Marshal Bernard L. Mont
gomery's Second British,
FiFst Canadian and Ameri-
can Ninth armies have pene-
trated so deeply into Ger
many and are meeting with
so little opposition, today the
black0ut of news concerning
their movements was partly
lifted.
The British Second has ad-
vanced SO far to the north
east, two-thirds of the Ger
man troops in Holland have
had every road of escape cut
off. ID is expected to encir-
Gle ell of the remaining en-
envy troops in Holland and
gradually TO liquidste them,
thus putting an end to the
use Of V-bonbs in that area
In blasting southern England.
Many V-bomb laun c hing
platforms have been de-
stEoyed by the British Sec
ond Army in the last two
weeks.
The American Third Army
Is reported to be only 155
miles from Berlin and with
in 1913 miles of making a
junction with Russian troops.
Spearheads of Genera
Bradley's army have passed
kassel and are only 95 miles
from Leipzig. which lies di-
iectly south of Berlin.
Other American Third
Army spearheads are sweep
ing toward Nuremberg, only
45 miles away when latest
advices were received this
afternoon.
American First Army
forces, under Gen. Hodges,
have made gains up to ID
miles since yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
GOOD CATCH LOST

misunderstanding from fish
ing with 4C-pound catch of yell
low pike, Ervie o. Hill left the
fish in two brand new garbage
cans on his back porch. He awoke
the next morning just in time to
see a garbage truck driving off
and the cans significantly over
turned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
POSTAL SAVINGS AT KEY WEST !
OFFICE SHOW GREAT INCREASE

Collections in March of last
year amounted to $l9,46l.66, and
last month the sales totalcd $685.
30952, an increase of As percent.
Postmaster Bervaldi made a
summary of the sales for March
during the last four years, which
gives a good idea of the increases,
which are as follows:
Postal receipts for month of
March, 1912, $9,1O7.29: 1913, $14,-
1871; 1914, 9,46166; Postal re-
ceipts for month of March, 1945,
$28, 3O9.52.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
Three Miles From Great Messer
schmitt Airplane Assembly
Plant Near That Cit,
VINSON NAMED TO
SUCCEED BYRNES
ON w. M. BOARD
sBs A--ss,asoa P.~-.s

tWN MNN0NtUNaM NFsNM&k
"a. WASHINGTON. April a.
The White House announced
today that James r. BYrnes.
fe,fmer supreme court ilis.
tice. had resigned as head Of
the Wsr Mobilization Board
and the Reconversion Com-
mission. and that Carl vins0n
had been named to those
Positions.
The resignation was dated
March "a. ana last night haE.
Byrnes submitted 10 the
president q report Of the act
ivities of the two boards.
covering the time the feFEnaE
had held the offices.
President Roosevelt ex-
pressed his resreais over the
resignation. Byrnes said he
was confident that We Day
was not far off. and vas an
xious to retire to private hie.
He win 90 to his home In
Spartanberg. s. c. 10 rest
he said. before making sn
J. announcement Of his future
plans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
Bids To Be Opened
For Repairing Road

Bids will be opened at a meet
ing of county commissioners to-
morrow night for the repairing OF
a 2,000-foot strip of roadway in
the vicinity of the Key West Ma
val Hospital, for connecting the
county's poor house, with the sew
er main and for repairing the
bridge at No Name Key.
.ssa Rids on, theglast-named project
are for work only, as the State
Road Department has agreed to
provide material at cost.
Specifications for repairing the
roadway call for the scarifying,
rolling, grading, oiling and sand
ing of a strip Is feet wide in the
middle of the road.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
Allied Armies Move Deeply
Into Germany Meeting With
Minimum Of Enemy Fighting
DEAN ADAMS TO-
GET COURT TRIAL

Dean A. Adams. an employee in
a Photographic studio on South
ard street, who was arrested on
warrant, sent here from Miami,
charging forgery, was released this
morning on posting $500 bail for
her appearance in c.. minal court
in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
RED CROSS BALL BOOSTS TOTAL
OF RED CROSS WAR FUND DRIVE

The Red Cross Ball given UNI
der the auspices of the Key West
Hotel Association, Saturday even
ing at the Casa Marina netted
$500. for the 1945 Red Cross War
Fund, Hugh c. Hodge, president
of the association announced this
morning.
This swells the Monroe County
contributions to the war fund
fund to $22,016.50, war fund Off
calls announced.
Volunteer workers are still
Combipg the area for last minute
pledges it was announced and
war fund officials feel confident
that when all pledges are collect
ed the county. will top it's $24, 900
quota, also present states still
show them approximately $4,000
short of the goal set for the
county.
A delightful evening of enter
tainment, dancing to a Navy
band as we'll as many special fea-
lures of entertainment, by Key
West residents and navy per-
sonnet were enjoyed by those
present. More than 300 persons
enjoyed the evening and special
offers during the course of the
evening swelled the Red Cross
War Fund receipts to the $500.
Sponsors of the affair were.
Capt. and Mrs. c. E. Reordan,
Capt. and Mrs. K. B. Nickerson,
Capt. and Mrs. Jos. B. Logue,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
TODAY LAST DAY
FOR FILING ON
HOMESTEAD EXEM

Teday is the last day for filing
homestead exemption, and up to
mid-afternoon % taxpayers had
called at the assessors office to
make applications since the office
was opened this morning.
Assessor Claude A. Gandolfo
said that he did not know exact
~ how many owners of home
stoads in the county had failed to
comply with the Homestead Ex-
emptiOn Act, though he thought
the number was fewer than so.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02

troops be used to tight the Rus
slams on the eastern front.
Headquarters imposed a COM
plete blackout of news from the
western. front, except in general
terms. 1t : stated that all Allied
forces were. advancing swiftly,
and, that the American First
Army was II miles deeper into
Germany.
British Second Army was said
to be within artillery range OF
Leipzig, and the American Ninth
Army had gained IL miles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
As Thunder 0a kunsiam
Guns Are Heard lm
Vienna. Mayer llsxiares
State OF siege


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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
UNUSUAL NAME HELPS

Fort Lewis, Wash.-Pvt. Col
onel Underwood'S unusual name
has its advantages. In calling fol-
hotel reservations, the Private
leaves off the word private" AND
finds that when he says" This
is Colonel Underwood speaking,
it has results. tU
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02
w ANT E D

Secretary for Monroe County
Health Department. Employment
to begin April 1, 1945. Only Key
West citizens will be considered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-02

Associated Press Day Wire
Service and Alp Features
For S. Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-24

NATIONAL o2Sn REoi6rla roR A:. sz.s AZ AZ H2..z :,'... ss4,f4 ..2.s s,F NAH
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-24
NBC REPORTER SAYS
PART OF US GROUP
HAS LEFT POTSDAM

NEW YORK, July 23.-Reporter
Roy Porter of the National Broad
casting Company said in broad
cast from Berlin tonight that part
of the American delegation to the
Big Three Conference already has
left Germany and other members
are preparing to leave for "a new
and surprising destination.
1T is possible to say tonight,
Porter declared, that part OF
the American delegation already
has felt Potsdam. Who they are
and what they will do is another
one of those prohibited subjects,
prohibited this time by Security
rather than political significance.
Another section of the Ameri-
can group is getting ready 10 leave
on another leg of the trip which
will take the group from Wash
lngton into an entirely new terri
tory which will be as much Of a
surprise to you as it was to me
when l first heard about it..
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-24
FORMER RESIDENT
SOUNDS WARNING
George w. Rappleyea Says
Airport Move Should
Be Made Now

The commercial pattern of Amer
ica's "skyways of tomorrow is
beginning to take form, George w.
Rappleyea, vice president of Hig-
gins Industries, Inc, and former
Wilmington business man, said
yesterday in a communication to
the Wilmington Star-News, at whcia
time he stressed the importance
of air travel to the future of Will
mington and the New Hanover
area.
"To wait until the war is over
and the Government turns over to
Wilmington field which they now
are using is a risky proposition, -
Mr.. Rappleyea wrote. 1t was his
contention that the Government
may find it necessary to retain the
present field. He pointed out that
even if the Federal government did
turn over the original field after
the war, Wilmington would find
that an additional field built in the
meantime would be needed for pri-
vate planes and air fre,ga,ers.
Mr.. Rappleyea cited the exper-
ierences OF the City Of New Or
Leans, pointing out that that city
first airfield was constructed in
1890 on the west side of the Miss.
issippi river, and about 1885 the
airflald was found TO be too small
New Orleans built its present air.
field, and today, with a half dozen
airlines, it has outgrown it and is
building an even larger alrpor. te-
miles west of the city. He explain
ed that the present airport will be
used for private flying
Mr.. Rappleyea stressed the i'm
portance of air transportation to
eastern North Carolina, which is 6
fruit growing area. He PORTED ou
that recently. American Airline:
! inaugurated a freight service be-
tween the Pacific coast and the
East on the basis of 80 cents pei
ton per mile with pickup and de
livery service. According to Mr.
Rappleyea, 1.-The first full cargo wa:
not furs nor jewels, but spinach. u
Mr.. Rappleyea was a recen
! visitor to the Wilmington Lions
club, at which time he spoke or
the Importance of air transportation
to Wilmington and eastern NORTH
Carolina.