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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24
ADVERTISING MEN
SELECT OFFICERS

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 23.-tR-
R. H. Carson, advertising manager
of the Raleigh News and Observer,
today was elected president of the
Carolinas Advertising Executives
association, succeeding Roy Zeigler
of the Charleston, S. c., News and
Courier.
Election of officers was feature
of the concluding business session
of the associations two-day mid
winter meeting.
Other officers named included
C. W. Patterson, Jr., of the High
Point Enterprise, first vice-presi-
dent; Lee Richard of the Anderson,
IS. c., Internationally Mail,
second vice-president; and Rudy
Fonville of the Burlington Times
News, secretary-treasurer.
Directors elected today included
Zeigler C. E. Godfrey of Spartan
burg, S. c., Howard Cooper of
Greenwood, S. c., C. A. Eure of
New Bern, M. F. Murdaugh of
Durham, 1. w. Williams of Char.
lotte. Rex Freeman of Winston
Salem. and F. Earl Crawford of
Charlotte.
1.-THE trend in America toward
authoritarian government is I'M
mistakable, but many people are
unaware of it because most of tae
steps in that direction have been
taken in the name of emergency or
with the promise of security and a
better way of life" he said. ''They
are dangerous trends, and believe
that the force of advertising should
be used to warn the public of these
dangers. :"
Mr.. Neal addressed the banquet
session at the Carolina Inn of the
mid-winter meeting of the Carolinas
Executives association which drew
more than 100 advertising execu-
tives from North and South Caro-
lima for the two-day program.
Mr.. Neal was introduced by Rex
Freeman, advertising manager,
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentlael. DR..
George B. Cutten offered invoca-
ton. The program opened with
music by string trio from the Uni
versity Music Department.
Row zeigler, Charleston, S. C.. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24
Records Indicate Lower Bladen, Pender
Will Be Flooded 10 Times During 1916

turned they found morass where
neat fields had been.
River stage reading at Locks
No. Two, Browns landing, one
mile, east of Elizabethtown. was
49.4 feet. On Sept. 81, the reading
climbed to 522 feet, the Sept %
reading was 81 feet, and on Sept
%, the reading had gone up to S.
feet. The water came on and on
and on.
Damage Set At $500, 900
1t is still coming, still adding
to the S5O0,000 damage done in
Bladen county alone. Considerable
damage was done in Fender, too,
because the two levees constituted
the only artificial brake to the
Overlooking Cape Fear river be-
tween Kelly and the ocean.
Today the damage being done
by the river to Kelly and other
lowland farm communities along
the Cape a'ea is not being done
with the sudden, dramatic intensi-
ty OF flood. The preached levees,
unrepaired because the farmers
made no money in 1915 and hence
cannot finance the work, are spill
ing water into the land every time
the Cape Fear river stage in Fay
ettevllle reaches height of 20 to
81 feet, common happening.
A one-foot rise in the Cape Fear
causes water now standing in the
major levee breach to rise one
loot. In effect, the rivers water
level is extended two miles inland
Where it is in position to flood the
farms under the slightest impetus
of high wafer.
In 1914, the river stage readine
at Browns Landing, far below
Fayetteville, II times reached
more than 81 feet in 10 months
During the first nine months o
l94o, readings there went highe
than the 37-foot mark more thai
10 times.
Unless the preached levees ar
repaired, then, farmers in thi
community and others ranged i
the lowlands along the river fac
tine dire prospect Of watching thel
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ager Of Ivey's, Asheville, and John
Geisen, New York, director, retail
division, Bureau of Advertising,
ANPA.
Mr.. Grant emphasized the
partnership relations between ad-
vertisers and retailers, stressing
the view that the best promotion,
folloW-up, and cooperative methods
be found and used.
Mr.. Gelsen gave an optimistic
report on the ACCOMPLISHMENTS of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24
Alleged Axe Wielder
Freed Under $500 Bond

SOUTHPORT, Feb. 23-David
Howard. Navassa Negro, today,
had been RELEASED under $500 bond
for appearance in Recorders court
here on charges of breaking and
entering and assault with a dead
" weapon, according to Rural
Policeman O. w. Perry, Bruins
wick county, who arrested the
Negro. Howard is alleged to have
broken into the home of Bertha
Kelly. Navassa Negro. Thursday,
and to have assaulted her with
Ratchet.
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rich lands disappear under muddy
water about 10 times this year.
Grain Fields Flooded

1t will not take that many over
floWings to render the area as
valueless as the worst bog in
Eastern North Carolina. Last year
some of the Kelly farmers planted
small grain crops in early Octo-
Der in an attempt to reclaim a
fraction of their crops. In early
February, the river rose to 40.5
feet at Fayetteville, and that was
enough to flood the grain. fields of
those farms not located on the
highest ground in the area.
Appeals have been made to fed
eral and state governments for
aid in the repair work. Restoration
of the levees and immediate relief
has been the theme of the pleas.
Farmers here are willing to wait,
even glad to do so, for permanent
improvements in the drainage sys-
TENS if they can get immediate
relief. But two experts, agreeing
that the levees first of all will have
to be repaired, say the entire sys-
tenn will have to be improved and
expanded in order to afford the
farmers measure of permanent
security.
H. M. Ellis, agricultural engi-
neering specialist from N. C. State
College, surveyed the levees and
estimated the amount of soil
necessary to repair the breaches
sc, 400 cubic yards-adding, "In
my opinion to rebuild them as they
were will not be sufficient
Col. George w. Gillette, district
u. S. engineer, as early as 1898
recognized the temporary nature
of the levees and undertook study
of the area. He expects immed;.
!, ately to resume that study in the
. light of recent flood conditions ir
the section.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24
Brigade Boys, Jaycees
Plan Paper Collection

The Brigade Boys club and the
Junior Chamber of Commerce will
conduct a paper scrap drive Sum
day, March 3, funds of which will
go to pay off the Bruce B. Cam
eron camp debt incurred during
the past summer.
w. A. Stewart, New Hanover
County Salvage committee chair
man, said go members. of the
Senior Fraternity and Jaycees,
will work during the day with 20
trucks in the collection, which will
get under way at l o'clock in the
afternoon.
The paper will be collected, rain
or shine, Stewart said, with the
salvage to be delivered to the Will
mington Paper Stock company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

district o. s. Engineer has scheduled meeting with the
local group known the Flood Control committee in Kelly
review damage done by the waters and formulate
plans for the temporary and permanent relief of the area
in the event the Federal government takes hand The
above panel of pictures taken by Pete Knight Star News
staff photographer illustrate the precarous position in
which the farmers find themselves today Top row. left
view of of the breaks in the Lyon evee and pool of
stagnang water-good breeding ground for malaria Top
row. center former site of twostory barn the farm of
T. g. Potter, Kely-when the levee broke at pm Sept
TO- l945 the water swept the barn away dug up pump
shaft Is feet in the ground and covered peach orchard
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Damage estimated at S5OO00O has been done to farm
lands in the Baden county district in the of the White
Oak swamp and Lyon swamp drainage districts since the
September 1885, reshe of the Cape Fear river The
extended into Fender county aso when the White Oak
and Lyon evees broke under the of the rushing
waters of the Cape Fear And the damage continues today
these pictures Illustrate when the river stage at Fayette
vile reaches 20 30 feet not unusual occurrence. The
evees have not been repaired because the farmers of the
area without 1915 crop harvest do not have the money
to do the work The maorsbreak in the Lyon swamp levee
shown in the lower left photo, above at ml-pond
of exactly the water level the nearby Cape Fear
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

president of the association, opened
the morning session and turned the
meeting over to Howard Cooper,
Greenwood, S. c., who presided. DR..
D. Kelley Barnett, Chapel Hill
minister, gave the invocation.
Mayor R. W. Madry extended
the welcome and John N. Roberts,
Fayetteville Observer, responded.
The morning session featured a
retail clinic at which the speakers
were Ralph P. Grant, general man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

An { i m e d $1,000 million
quarts of milk were produced in
the United States in 1945
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

with white sand Potter never has found trace of his barn.
Top row, right, R. K. Henry, farmer rural mail carrier
for 30 years. and member of the Flood Control committee
reached electric light pole in front of his house
Kelly Lower row. left is the widest breach in the Lyon
swamp evee-120 feet-at the site of the mpond Lower
row, CENTER Kelly residents Earl Bradshaw CENTER and
Pvt. Eugene Ovens right stand with StarNews Reporter
Jay Jenkins on the edge of the Lyon swamp evee the
point the evee broke The evees made entirely of dirt are
constructed on ridge of high ground approximately
1eet IN height and width Lower row. right is the flooded
farm of j. B. Ovens
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

Thus of two feet in the river is reflected in
corresponding rise in the mpond, which overflows and
sends water into the farm section around Kelly Two weeks
ago the river stage reading at Fayetteville was 405 feet
The picture the lower hand shows the result
80 of and soybeans the farm of j. B. Owens
were flooded The farmers of the affected have sent
delegation to Washington to tell congressman that unless
immediate relief is given the chances for 1916 crops
faint Another delegation has requested audience with
Gov R. Gregg Cherry to seek State aid in rebuilding the
levees Built in 19051906 and in 911912 by the farmers
themselves the two levees broke in 1923. Farmers with
State help, repaired the breaks. COL George W. Gillette
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

the ANPA's bureau Of advertising
and outlined future plans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

More than 200 new types ~
radio tubes were developed dr.
ing the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24
GO SOUTH, YOUNG
MAN co SOUTH

ATLANTA-P)-In Georgia the
accent seems to be on youth.
Three years ago the state elected
Ellis Arnall governor, who was
then 35, the youngest in the nation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-24

Dial 2-s311 For Newspaper Service
Evening star., 1946-03-07
By Lewis r. Atchison

Army can have its Doc Blanchard
and Glenn Davis. its husky line and
bazooka to boot, but the score OF
newspapermen and radiomen who
dropped in at Annapolis yesterday
for saucer of tea with Capt. Tom
Hamilton almost to man will take
Navy in the annual service classic
Hamilton. home from the war for
second tour of coaching duty at
Crabtown, didn't speak long. but
when he sat down you had feeling
that a Navy team of AT pygmies
will chase Blanchard and his
playmates back to West Point If
they catch 'em off the reservation.
The man fairly eXudes confidence.
With a choice OF words that made
Winston Churchill sound like a
Brooklyn urchin, Hamilton coined
a football battle phrase to guide his
men when he said football games
are decided on heart and hunger
and We'll have plenty Of that next
season" He left his audience with
the definite impression that Navy
win be bad company and that 1t
will win some football games.
Hamilton admitted he was no
optimist and gave sound reasons
for not being one. He expects
civilian colleges to be loaded" and
pointing for Navy. On top of that
Is of last years first 80 players
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Navy Seen as Gridiron urtor
After Listening to Hamilton

have departed from Annapolis, in
Guiding eight of the first two lines
and two-thirds of the backfleld
Those are the facts, but we're not
dismayed by them" he said.
Rear Admiral S. H. Ingersoll. COM
mandant of midshipmen, summed
up Navy's high regard for its new
coach when he declared. Tom is
the best man in the entire Navy fol
this job and even if he lost every
game we'd still feel that he is a
great fellow"
Hamilton. who will launch an in
tensive five-week spring training
practice Monday, will build his of
fense around the T-formation. he
number of variations. He saw the
last Army-Navy game and feels the
Midshipmen have the T down pretty
we'll after three years with it, but
will tailor his plans to suit the ma
terial
Capt. Charles o. Humphreys
winding up -" of duty as di-
rector of athlc It Navy, intro
duced Hamil leW assistants
Comdr. Lou b t. Comdr. Eddie
ErceletZ and n Ben Martin
Old standbys, such as Rip Miller
Johnny Wilson, Ray Schwartz and
Frank Foster also attended, but Bob
McNeish, Hamilton's newest assist
ant. has not yet reported at the
academy.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
.CoIored IAACage Play
Starts al Turner'S

Play in the Colored intercollegiate
Athletic Association championship
basket ball tournament was sched-
uled to get under way today in Tur-
ner Arena with an afternoon twin
bill at 3 o'clock and an evening
double header at s.
Afterpoon action pitted North
Carolina College of Durham against
West Virginia State and johnson C
Smith of Charlotte, N c., against
Morgan State, while Union Uni
versity of Richmond meets Virginia
State and Lincoln University faces
Winston-S Salem Teachers College in
the night games.
Winners U the opening round
meet tomorrow night in the semi
finals and the survivors battle fol-
the championship on Saturday aft.
ernoOn.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Prince Georges Court
Semis Are Reached

Semifnals of the Prince Georges
County basket ball tournament are
on tap tomorrow night in the Uni
versity of Marylands Ritchie Coli
scum with a four-game card getting
under way at $50
In the opener Maryland Park girls
meet Laurel and an hour later
Hyattsville tangles with Bladens-
burg in a boys game. Gwynn Park
girls meet the Hyattsville lassies at
$50 and Maryland Park boys face
Greenbelt at $50. Winners meet
Saturday night for the title.
Last nights action at College Park
saw Greenbelt boys defeat Surratts-
vile, 1879, to climb into the semi
final, and Gwynn Park girls advance
by beating Greenbelt, BOLT. Mary
land Park boys gained the semis by
upsetting Mount Rainier, 1920, and
Hyattsville girls climbed into to-
morrow nights play by edging
Mount Rainier. 1912.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Boys Club Ring Meel
To Start Tomorrow

Preliminaries in the Boys Club o1
Washington annual Junior Golden
Gloves boxing championships gel
under way tomorrow night at the
Merrick Club with 19 novice bouts
and eight open scraps listed. Pair
ings:
50-pound claSs-Rornie Guice tMPBC)
VS.. Charlie Thomas tBCW).
60-pound class-Frank Coleman tMPBCj
VS.. Billy CLARK ,ABCl.
Terapinsl VS.. John Ramsey IABC).
.0-pound class-Russell Payne tMPBCl
VS.. Paul spangler tMPBCl. Tony Prencipt
s s4afh Nfns Hekeeve4
VS.. David Watts Liberty Acl.
psesI sesP012d pddv elaswPaul sRcw Croft 'MPBc VS.
S5-pound class..Don Rose (MPBC) VS.
Bruce Ksueh tMPBCl.
so-poupd elasTMEarl To;s BEL, Bel tJr. Terra
vs. iGDaan2 Iester seost edasB 1ABc5 Hubsss Benns5
!ABcl VS.. Everett German lBcWCa Jaei
Mfi5sss 1sc9 IS SfIFS cofe afffy
Charles woodridse Pr. Geo Be-.
,MPBc1 S1'1iu VS.. Gene Lewis lMPBci. Bill,
skinner fMPBc' VS.. Thomas Payne
>N I30-pound I class-James Moran 1Bcw
VS.. Billy Sellers (MPBCl, Don Rasmus tPr
Geo Be- VS. Dick Clayden tMPBCl. Jane:
Parker fBCW) VS.. Joe Jennings ,MPBCl.
NOVICE.
10-pounoh class - Arthur Lindbers
lMPBC) VS.. Rod Quayle (Alex. BC). Jane!
Wise tMPBC) VS.. Ronnie Bauman Libert,
AC). Pat Kelliher tBCW) VS.. James Wright
tMPBC,. Robert Hermann (MPBC, VS.
Archie Crawford tAlex. BC).
S0-pound class-Jim Hanbury liberty
AC) VS.. Ned Spangler CMPBC).
9O-pound class-Dale Larsen tBCWl VS.
Jerry Colin tMPBCl, Richard Rawleti
tABC) VS.. Babby Poindexter tMPBCi
Richard Starkey tABC) VS.. Bunky Frazier
(MPBCl
Evening star., 1946-03-07
6. u. Quint Tops Here;
Defeats {. u, N-31

Georgetown's mastery over its
District college rivals was unchal-
lenged today following its 49-3l VIC
tory over Catholic University in the
latter's final game of the season.
The Hoyas close their season against
La Sale University Saturday night
at Philadelphia.
On paper it wasn't a good season
for C. u, with only four victories in
II games, but the Cards showed vast
improvement under Coach Ben
Zolas tutelage and surprised by
winning berth in the Mason Dixon
Conference play-off. The progress
augurs we'll for a decided upswing in
c. U. fortunes next season.
My Goodness" McGuineSs paced
Georgetown's attack with Is points,
trailed by Frank Aires with 10. Don
Durkin and Frank McGrane were
C. US big guns. but couldn't keep
pace with the Hoyas. who ran up a
27-13 lead in the first half.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Henry, Injured Boxer
In Critical Condition

Yancey Henry still was reported
to be ''in a critical condition" today
in Freedmen's Hospital, where the
local Negro heavyweight had been
taken in a semiconscious state early
yesterday. He is responsive, but
appears unaware of his surround
ings," hospital officials said.
Henry,s condition Is believed to be
the result of injury received wher
he was knocked out by Curtis Shep-
pard Monday night in Baltimore
He remained under hospital care in
Baltimore until his release Tuesday
afternoon when he returned tc
Washington.
He visited friends here and ap-
peared to be in good spirits before
returning to his room Tuesday night
but was discovered unconscious
there shortly after midnight ano
rushed to Freedmen's by Billy Banks
another boxer, who lives in the same
house
Evening star., 1946-03-07
FeIIer Is Made $3OO,OOOOf
For Jump to Mexican Leoque

come and scrap it cut they'll have
to put out $30000,000 l would in
vite them to come here with all ex-
penses paid, with car and chauf-
feur at their service so that they
can learn to know our organization
and our league. We are building UP
our league on long-term basis and
have the money to do it. This is not
fy-by-nlgnt league"
Pasquel said 100000 base
ball city excelling any baseball plant
in the United States" will be built
here by 1948. Plans call for it to
seat $4,000 and have cushioned seats
like in theaters"
Major leaguers who repeatedly al
ready have jumped to the Mexican
circuit include Danny Gardella and
Nap Reyes of the Giants, Luis Olmo
of the Dodgers and Pitcher Alejan-
dro Cafrasaquel of the White Sox.
Adolfo Luque. former Giant pitch
er and coach, will manage Puebla in
| the eight-team circuit.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
By Ben McAIwee

Big scores galore marked the Dis
trict Leagues pinspilling last night
but none equalled the 449 Hokie
Smith fired for his fourth straight
400-set which rocketed the Hi-Skol
team captain into a tie with Frank
(Bub) Guethler for the loops indi-
vidual lead as each boosted his
average to l27-60 for p games
The Lucky Strike southpaw tailed
395.
Bob Miciotto. King Pin pilot
jumped his average to 127-24 tC
maintain third place while Ray
Watson of Temple remained in the
running for the league champion
ship by squirting his average to
1856 with 1872.
Spanked by Smiths games of 1872
l76 and 14l and Howard Parsons
406, the pace-setting Hi-Skor out
fit swamped Silver Spring with 648
and 1874 to increase it's lead to
four games over second-place King
Pin which dropped a game to
Brookland Third-place Hyattsville
also lost ground by losing a game
to Bethesda No. l. Bill Kings 163-
444 paced King Pin to it's 2-1 victory
Fourth-place Lucky Strike was
trimmed 2-1 by GPO despite out
counting the winners by Ill pins
Evening star., 1946-03-07
By the As.ocjoted Press

MEXICO CITY, Mar. Bobby
Feller, Cleveland's ace pitcher and
one of the hignest paid twirlers in
organized baseball at a reported
SAC 900 a season. has been offered
100000 to jump to the Mexican
League for a three-year period
President Jorge Pasquel disclosed
today. Feller would be paid 100000
season.
That is nothing" smiled the head
of the so-called outlaw" league
Next season he said he hopes to get
Hank Greenberg and Ted Williams
slugging outflelders for the Detroit
Tigers and Boston Red Sox, respec-
lively.
I'm getting in touch with them
right now he told the Associated
Press in an interview. He did not
say how much he plans to Offer
Greenberg and Williams. Neither
did he say if Feller had replied te
his offer.
Referring to organized baseball's
criticism of his independent circuit
PaSquel declared: I'VE are ready tt
fight with them in any way thai
may be necessary. If they want tt
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Abbott, Vet Pilot,
To Run Nat Farm

Spencer Abbott, associated with
organized baseball for many
years before the recent war, to-
day was named manager of the
Charlotte IN. c. Hornets, the
Mats farm club that will operate
in the Tri-State League this
year.
Abbott probably has operated
in more leagues than any other
official or player in baseball. He
has managed clubs in circuits
ranging from class AA to class D
and frequently held high Office in
league administrations. He was
with the Federal Government
during the war.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Noted Dogs Listed
For T errier Show

Dogs from nine States are en-
tered in the Boston Terrier
Clubs speciality show to be held
on Sunday at Labor Hall, 525 New
Jersey avenue NV. Entries
closed on Monday.
Many of the dogs who won or
showed well at the recent West
minister show are entered, along
with outstanding representatives
of Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia. Judging
will begin at l o'clock on Sunday.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Lafayette Women Roll
Into Lead in LEAGUE

Lafayette bowlers held first place
in the keen Ladies District League
flag chase today, the champion
Brookland Recreations were one
game behind in the runnerup spot
and the erstwhile leading Hi-Skor
was third, two games back of the
new pacesetter.
Winning three games last night
from Clarendon. the middle tilt by
one pin, Lafayette moved in front
when King Pin came through with
a stunning 80 victory over Hi-Skor.
Beaten in six straight games this
season by Hi-Skor, the King Pins,
led by Mary Browns 143 and 373,
won close first game. 500 to 589,
and handily annexed the final two
with 500 and 536. Substituting for
Madge Lewis. King Pin captain.
Southpaw Lorraine Rosch made an
impressive league debut with 119
and 1925 Edie Peterson fired 355 for
King Pin. Lorraine GULL posted
$40 for Hi-Skor.
Lillian Cartoons 434 was nigh as
Brookland whitewashed Red Circle.
Bethesda nicked Rosslyn. 2-1; Tenn
pie trimmed Ice Palace in the odd
game and Silver Spring beat Alex
andrla, 81.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Alexandra Baseball
Plans 10 Be Made

Players, managers, sponsors and
others interested in baseball in Alex
andria are invited to attend a big
meeting called by Alan L. He'll. city
recreation director, for o'clock to-
morrow night at the swimming poo
building. 1910 Cameron street
Purpose of the meeting is to dis
cuss plans for the use of municipal
facilities this season by baseball
players. 1t is expected that there
will be American Legion, junior
teen-age. senior and unlimited
leagues in the field which, along
with softball, horse shows and other
events, will tax the city stadium and
the diamond at jefferson School.
Montgomery Field, new addition
will relieve the pressure somewhat
but it may be necessary to use Hume
Spring facilities also.