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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
TOBACCO GENIUS
DIES IN QUEBEC
George Washington Hill
Million-D Year Man,
iii Short Time

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.- WD -
George Washington Hill, n of the
first Of Americas million-dollar-a-
year business men and creator of
the love-that soap type of high pres
sure radio advertising. died today
at his fishing camp at M~atapedia,
Quebec. He was 81 years old.
Considered a genius in advertis-
ing by authorities in that field. Hill
was for years one of the highest
paid of business executives. Dur
ing his 21-year tenure as president
of the American Tobacco Compa-
ny, he was said to have spent more
than 5000, 900, 900 advertising it's
products. His advertising budget
for one year only was $40, 900, 900.
Hill particularly was effective in
the creation OF slogans such as
Reach for a lucky instead of a
sweet which made his name hate
full to the confectionery industry.
He didn't care if his slogans ir-
ritated. so long as they were re-
membered.
Persons in advertising consider
ed him the prototype of the noisy,
forceful hero Evans Evans of the
currently bests cling novel 1.-The
Hucksters," by Frederic Wake
man. In this connection Time
magazine said in its Sept. 9 issue:
Rather Coincidental
although Wakeman insis. ed that
his fantastic, domineering Evan
Evans was a fictional composite,
the resemblances to George Hill
seemed more than coincidental.
Like Evans, Mr.. Hill is fond oil
wearing his hat in the office. His
all-time hit parade :avorite is a
slam-bang version of Over There
"a tune which delighted Mr.,
Evans). Like MI Evans whose
slogan was Love that SOAP Hill
believes in irritating and ear-shat-
tering repetition. Some American
tobacco plugs: Herbert Tareyton
is back-yes, Herbert Tareyton is
oack!'; Lucky Strike green has
gone to war >; and LIS. UNFIT
Like Evans, Mr.. Hill believes in
object lessons. Once, the story goes
he commanded a new agency man
to follow him from his office,
drove wordlessly up Fifth avenue
to Tiffany's demanded that a
clerk show him a $3.50, 900 neck.
lace. Hill picked it up, shook it in
the face of tho astounded ad man
and doomed: "That's what l mean.
Give me finished copy-not rough
layouts."
Hill started with the American
tobacco company in 1904 and in
1925 he succeeded his father as
president. In 1880, he earned in sal
airy and returns from his stock an.
proximately $1.275, 900.
Target of Groups
His high earnings often made
him the target of minority stock
holders groups. He once testified
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
SIX POINT PLAN
TO WIN APPROVAL.
League OF MunicipaEti.,
| 10 Present Program
To Legislature

The North Carolina ro.
municipalities will TO-DAY VI
a six-point program for Improve approve
ton to the General Assem gb,tsenfa'
January that stresses imr, mex,
ments in the finances and n5Ip rove
ways of the urban centers, tbo 'S Ss
learned yesterday. VIC Oar
Wilmington City Counon
James E. L. Wade, as blNah
OF the leagues legislative conmit
tee, will present the program 4. ~
leagues groups 9th ANIMAL y NE
vention at Asheville. '0a'
The program:
Cd A rise in the present ma J.,
lar tax limitation for general w.. aol'
poses. p~'
() Abolition of taxes on gaso,i..
used in municipal equipment
% ALLEGATION of one cent 49,,
of each six cents gasoline tsv wi u
use OF city and county highv. "
projects. "'y
az Elimination of the Comm,
sorry discount for early tax 1ar
+! ments. F'
% Recognition of OPA e~scs1a,,,
clauses in municipal public Com.
tracts. VIII
(6) ALLEGATION of all prooo,.,
confiscated by police from SANK
ling games to the general fun5 n
their munipalities
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
MORE ABOUT
MODOC
FROM PAGE ONE

Of Commissioners; John H. Far
rell, city industrial agent; Paul
Franklin Bell, assistant secretary
Of the Wilmington Chamber OF
Commerce; Col. John Bright Hill,
collector of customs; Edward c.
Snead, commander of the local
VIEW post; Jesse Sellers, president
Of the Junior Chamber Of Com
MERGE; William K. Stewart. COM
mander Of the local American
Legion post; and F. P. O'Crowley,
local businessman.
OF the Modoc's 10 officers and
80 enlisted men, four r Whining
tonians - Warrant Officer Earl
Hoover, Chief Commissary
Steward John r. Miller, Water
tender First Class Melvin Mid
gett and Machinist's Mate First
Class John P. Arts.
Commander Playdon said last
night that the Modoc will get q
notwithstanding white pain
Job as soon as major overhauline
is out Of the way. The repair work
and paint job will take about two
weeks, after which the Modoc
will start her regular patrol duty
on the river and along the coast
he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
MORE ABOUT
CITY
FROM PAGE ONE

can route and as an alternate port
of entry for the route with Charles
ton, S. C.
Although Colonial Airlines is said
to be the leading contender for
the route, Colonel Boyd will take
no sides in giving his testimony.
Rather, he will demand that Will
mington be given the air service
regardless of which airline gets
the CAB decision.
If the CAB okays the route as
now proposed by Colonial and the
other airlines. Wilmington will be
a vital link in the air chain which
will extend south from Washing
ton through Norfolk, New Bern,
Wilmington. and Charleston and
overseas to Bermuda. Nassau, Ha-
vana, Balboa, and other Caribbean
cities. The proposed route also
connects with Mexico.
Eastern Wants 1t
Eastern Airlines is reported to
be Colonial's chief competitor.
Charlotte is expected to support
Eastern at the hearing, but a mem
Der of the Wilmington-New Han
over Airport authority opines that
"hasn't a ghost Of a
chance" to get on the route be-
cause the city is $50 far inland"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-WD-
Acting Secretary Of State William
L. Clayton indicated today thai
some parts Of. Secretary of Com.
,merce Henry A. Wallace's New
York speech on Russia ran counte.
to American foreign policy as laic
down by Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes.
He told a news conference thai
Byrnes' statements still were U. S,
foreign policy. In response to a
question, he said he had received
mo orders to change U. S. foreign
policy to conform with Wanace's
speech.
In view Of the uncertainty anc
mixed reaction to Wallace's ad'
dress both here and abroad, it ap'
peared that President Truman him
self may have to define future
u. S. policies abroad. Mr.. Truman
told his news conference yesterday
before Wallace delivered his speech
that he had approved it.
Most ~purposeful congressional re
action to the speech came from
Rep E. E. Cox, D., Ca, and Sen
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14

stocks and local manufacturer
stocks have been the main re-
lance of the industry in the zone
until now. But these reserves are
exhausted, and steep declines in
output can only be prevented if the
Soviets send into the zone steel and
other raw materials of which they
r bitterly short at home.
There is little which the un-
fortunate Soviet occupying authori-
ties (who are constantly made
miserable by unfillable demands
from Moscow can do to remedy
the difficulties in which they find
themselves. Thus If we do an even
moderately competent job in put
ting western Germany on it's feet,
we a reasonably look forward tc
a time when Germany will markedly
present, for the whole world to see,
the clearest contrast between the
fruits Of the free world of the west
and the slave world f the east.
Copyright, 1916. N. Y. Tribune, Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
THREE UNDERGOING
TREATMENT AFTER
CRASH NEAR HERE

Three persons were injured on
Wrightsville Beach road late last
night when the driver of the car
in which they yer riding swerved
to avoid a crash and they over
turned near Frog Pond, some
seven miles from Wrightsville.
L. H. Fowler, 68 Spofford Mills,
the driver, was reported by police
to be badly shaken but uninjured.
The injured, all admitted to
James Walker Memorial hospital,
are:
Leo Fowler, 6s Spofford Mills,
with severe head injuries.
Mrs. Winnie Murray, no address
given, internal injuries.
Mrs. Gene Cooper Bordeaux, nc
address given, broken left leg.
Sheriff's deputies Earnest Priest
and T. Butler investigated the ac-
cident.
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MORE
CURRAN
FROM PAGE ONE

- Extra cordons of police were
rushed to the New Orleans docks
tonight and picket groups were
limited to six men after police ex-
pressed the fear of violence be-
tween rival ALL and CLIO mari
time unions.
AFL seamen and dock workers,
who today declared their strike
here over, tonight began sing
CLIO picket lines established at
noon when that union walked off
the job.
Police 1t. Fred Williams, at
the scene, said that there has
been no violence here - as yet"
And Williams knocked on a wood
en- planking for good luck.
He expressed the fear that there
would be trouble when ALL steve
dores inside the picket lines
knocked off work late tonight to
60 home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
Despite Wallace Speech
Bvrnes Defines Policies

Milton R. Young, R., N. D., both
sent kilograms to Mr.. Truman de-
nouncing the address.
1.-THE worst thing that could have
happened to the country" Cox
teleg-aphed, els that you are re
ported in the press as having ap-
proved the Wallace speech of yes
terday. 1t cuts the ground from be-
meath Secretary Byrnes and fright
ems America"
Young said Wallace's comments
reveal that he is 'fa- out of step
with the thinking of a vast MAORI
ty of the American people, He
said it was time to demand under
standing and cooperation from
chose nations we have helped SO
much during and since the wa-."
Particularly at issue was Wal
lace's statement that the United
States had no business in Eastern
Europe any more than Russia has
in Latin or South America. In adj
dition, he warned that any attempt
to "get tough with Russia would
result in the Soviets getting tough
in return.
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h a court hearing Of such a suit
hat he received Sc 500. 600 in sal

IN a court hearing Of such a suit
that he received S., 500, 900 in. sal
airy and bonuses from the compa-
ny from 1925 to 1889. Hill and other
officers were ordered in 1941 by
the New York Supreme court to
repay the corporation more than
$4,000, 900 they had received in
bonuses. The officers had errone-
ously computed their bonuses, mi
nority stockholders said, and the
court upheld them.
On July 8, 1885, as a widower
with three children, Hill married
his attractive 39-year-old secretary
Miss Mary Barnes. Mrs. Hill and
the three children, George, Jr.,
Percival, and Mary survived him.
He had been i'll only a short
time. The announcement Of his
death, issued by his office here,
did not state its cause.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
MORE ABOUT
TRAFFIC
FROM PAGE ONE

light while your feet are wet or
you are standing in water.
5-Don't play on the streets.
= Don't put your head or arm
out Of a bus window.
y Don't fly kites where there
are electrical wires as you may be
electrocuted.
8 Don't run in front of a bus
after you get off. Stand off the
street or on the road shoulder
and wait until you can see bota
ways before crossing street or road.
At the same time that Captain
Davis was %instructing the Lake
Forest school children, James N.
Myers, business manager OF the
New Hanover county board of ed
ucation and director Of the schools
bus system, and county and state
highway patrol officers were warn
ing the SYSTEMS bus operators that
speeding must STOP"
In a solumn gathering of the bus
operators at Hemenway school,
Myers and the patrolmen said they
had received several complaints
of alleged school bus speeding, par.
~ticularly between Wrightsville
Beach and Wilmington.
New Hanover county has beer
Every fortunate" in that no schoo'
bus has been involved yet in ar
accident, it was pointed out at the
meeting. But it would be an lover
whelming tragedy" if the county:
fine record were smirched in the
end by an accident taking the lives
of the school children. it was add.
ed %pointedly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
|FHA REGULATIONS
REQUIREPRI0RlTY
Group. Hears Outline
OF Federal Program
For Construction

Two key men of the Fedora
Housing authority, Greensboro,
Yesterday told a group OF 20 local
men interested in the building
trade that a tightening of FILA reg
ulations makes it impossible for
any type of building construction
to be started now without a prior
ity.
The group, composed of Will
mington r ea1tors, contractors,
builders, and veterans representa-
tives. was informed that the fail
ure of builders to use priorities
properly" has hurt the already
stricken construction situation.
The FILA men-R. G. Broaddus,
locality housing expediter, Ra-
leigh, and W. G. Jerome, chief I'M
derwriter of the FILA, Greensboro
said that % new items used in
construction have been added TO
the crowded priority list, making
a total of SO items subject to the
priority HH.
The list, they pointed out, takes
in every item used in the con-
struction of a house including
kitchen and heating stoves.
Effective Sept. l, the group was
told, the dealer must hold every
building item for FILA priority. g
A record must be kept OF the
first of the month inventory and
must be strictly adhered to, they
were told.
The contractor, on the other
hand. it was pointed out, must file
his request for priority in writing
giving the date delivery is ex-
pected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
VFW POST SEEKS
HOUSING PROJECT

The Wilmington post OF the vet
al of Foreign Wars will soon
open direct negotiations with Fed
eral Public Housing authority Of
ficials in Atlanta for purchase OIL
the 584 masonry buildings at Lake
Forest for use as an ex-servlce'
mans housing cooperative, the
Star learned last night.
Phillip Mayer, assistant tc
Deputy Housing Administrator
Dillon Myer, said yesterday thai
he could "see no reason why the
WV and the Atlanta office
shouldn't get together, Frank
Van Ded Linden. the Stars Wash
ington correspondent reported las
night.
Mayer confirmed an earlier an
nouncement by W. B. Pearce, ma
tional VFW housing director, tina
the local vets group would be
granted the right to meet the
governments fair appraisal price
on Lake Forest before the unit:
would be placed on the market fol-
sealed competitive bidding.
The FPHA official said, how
ever, that outcome of the negoti
atoms would rest with Atlanta ant
that the Wilmington VIEW mus
meet regulations set up by hous
ing authority for selling its sur
plus properties to cooperative
, groups.
Mayer told the Stars Wash
ing office" there is no DANCE,
that competitive building will b,
opened" until the local vFW ha'
had a chance to meet the govern
ment's price and requirements.
Federal housing regulations pro
vide that before acquiring LAX
Forest the vets cooperative mus
have a membership of at least 2!
per cent of the projects presen
residents.
E. c. Snead. commander Of thu
James A. Manley post Of the VFW
said last night that his group i:
now preparing a petition which i
will present to Lake Forest ten
ants to secure the required mum
Der of applications for member.
ship in its proposed cooperative.
As the national VFW's chic.
housing representative, Pearce
conferred with Mayer yesterday
and reported that he had been as.
sured Of a green light or the loca,
posts acquisition of Lake Forest
A. R. Hanson. Atlanta director
of the FPHA's regional rea.
estate office. said last night tina
he has not received any word from
the authority's Washington offices
that would shed any new light or
the VFW bids status.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
MORE ABOUT
ATLANTIC
FROM PAGE ONE

distance West of Bermuda" Satur'
day morning.
"This is now a severe hurricane
still increasing in size and intensity
with ~accelerating forward move
ment," the advisor said.
A Navy Privateer reconnaissance
plane flew through the storm cen
ter this morning and reported 1t
encountered winds of 80 m.p.h.
The SIS ST. Cloud Victory, on the
Northern edge of the storm area,
reported being buffeted by strong
winds yesterday. It was the only
vessel known to be in the storm
region.
The hurricane is the first to come
out of the Caribbean area this sea-
son, but weather watches had been
on duty for three months, flying
daily hurricane patrols. Usually
at this time of the year, the Miami
Weather bureau has handled an
average of four storms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
DISTRICT COURT
SCHEDULES CASES
Thirteen Civil Suits Set
During October Term OF
Federal Court

Thirteen civil cases have been
docketed for the October Il term
Of U. S. District court in Whining
ton. j. Douglas Taylor, deputy
clerk of court, announced yester-
day.
The cases were put on the cal
endar Wednesday at a meeting
of the district bar Of the Whining
ton division. They will come up
for trial at the October session at
the conclusion Of the criminal
docket. Taylor said.
The cases are as follows:
United States VS.. Mrs. Naomi
Yopp, ct al, certain parcels OF lane
in New Hanover county; Paul A.
Porter, OPA administrator, VS..
Guy R. Ross; United States VS.
Arthur Wells, ct al, one Mercury
sedan; Paul A. Porter, OPA ad,
ministrator, VS.. Mr.. and Mrs. K
c. Sudbury; United States VS..
Francis M. Hollis, ct al, one Fore
coach; United States vs. Paul T
Goodwin, one Ford coupe; Dorothy
Coleman VS.. Louis H. Duval;
Lucille johnson VS.. Lille Bland;
James o. Wade VS.. Curtis Marine
company. Inc.
Four bankruptcy cases, slated
to be dismissed from court unless
the persons involved object, are
docketed for James B. Souther.
land; Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew H.
Switzerland; W. S. Jones; and
Clint Smith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
MORE ABOUT
CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

BLUE MOUNTAIN JOE The
particular old Port City pleasure
of which Mrs. Price has forgotten
the details is the ancient tent and
circus show called blue Mountain
Joe"
All Mrs. Price can remember
about Blue Mountain Joe" is that
t stood on Front street between
Church and Castle streets some 30
% go years ago, that it exhibited
some talented dogs and other crea-
lures, that it thrilled her exceed
ingly when she was a little girl,
and that it cost something like
10 or Is cents to get inside Of the
place.
The rest of the details of blue
Mountain Joe" escape her COM
,letely, including how it got that
,utlandish name.
CURIOSITY CRAMPS - Surely
'ome Of you old-timers can come
o Mrs. Prices aid and replace
he memory fragments which have
dipped from her mind.
We're not doing all this just for
Mrs. Price, however. Ever since
The told US the little she knows
,bout "Blue Mountain joe, we
have been seized with the cramps
" curiosity.
So if those of you who recall the
hull story on the old tent circus
yhow will send it to us. We'll glad
y print it for Mrs. Price, the rest
II our readers, and ourself, but
particularly for Mrs. Price so TIA
when she goes back to Baltimore
Ehe can rest with true Cape Feal
vase. a luxury no doubt sadly lack
ing in the mad Maryland city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
FINAL T E

ABILENE, Kas., Sept. 13.-FI-
Mrs. Ida Slower Eisenhower, OF.
year-old mother Of the Army Cn.ei
Of Staff, was buried Friday IN the
family plot. Her five sons,
GLIDING Gen. Dwight D. Elsen.
hover, attended the funeral serv
ices. She died Wednesday iron
a heart attack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
Mail Bags Robbed

PARIS. Sept. l3.-W.D-Four ban
dlts aeld up mail clerks in the
crowded Montparnasse railroad
station Friday and escaped with
two mail bags stuffed with Gilt. 900
francs !$5l,4o0) in 1000 Franc
notes, police said Friday night.
All roads out Of Paris were
blocked by police in an attempt to
stop the bandit car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
NAZI LOOT APPRAISER

BERLIN, Sept. 13.-P-Amerl.
can officials estimated today that
upwards of $3.50, 900, 900" in preci.
GUS stones and metals were "a.
covered in mass raids this week
in the American and British oc.
cupation zones,
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MORE ABOUT
JUVENILE
FROM PAGE ONE

for the first half Of 1941 by II per
cent.
Hoover also said the return to
normal living was again reflected
''most markedly in the decline in
the arrests of women. He said the
number Of marriages during the
first six months of this year in
creased 1913 per cent and this "un-
doubleday is a stabilizing factor"
The report showed that the num-
Der of women arrested in the first
half Of 1916 was 25.5 per cent under
the corresponding 1915 period. But
the arrests Of men rose 21.9 per
cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
MORE ABOUT
MCCLELLAND
FROM PAGE N

ally active in efforts to secure an
Anti-Aircraft or Coast Artillery
battalion for Wilmington in the Ma
tional Guard reorganization.
While reports have been current
for some time that General Nets
would retire in the next year or
SO. The general has not yet indicat-
ed exactly when the retirement
might take place.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
MORE ABOUT
BISHOPS
FROM PAGE ONE

The deputies were debating
whether to fatty turn down a pro-
posed plan of organic union with
the Presbyterians or submit the
issue to the entire church. More
than 100 requests Of deputies to
speak put off a decision until to-
morrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14

The runoff primary system was
adopted in Texas in 1918.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14

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