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Laurel outlook., 1946-07-31
The Outlook Says:

Shirley Heck arrived last week
from Denver and is visiting her
father, Oscar Heck, and her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Heck
who reside south of Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Frank and
sons, Herman, David and Albert
Frank, have returned from a tour
of Yellowstone park. Herman and
David Frank were recently dis
charged from the service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
TURKEY DECLARES
new FRIENDSHIPS
Premier Says Nation Hopes
For Nothing But Peace
With Neighbors

ANKARA, Aug. IA. -Pe Pre-
mier Recep Poker, whose govern
ment has been confronted by Rus
sian demands for revision of the
status of the Dardanelles, sale
Wednesday that Turkey wishes
nothing but friendship with her
neighbors, but nonetheless holds
her integrity and sovereignty as ar
interchangeable point"
In his first formal message to
the National Assembly, the new
premier declared that 1--WE have
not lost faith that the present stu
alton which brings nothing but
harm may tomorrow turn into
sincere friendship"
Poker devoted part Of his re-
marks to Turkeys foreign affairs
after mentioning the fully mobiliz-
ed army prominently in this dis
cussion of budgetary problems.
To Keep Army :.
''We consider it our main duty
to keep the army ready by air.
land or any other means to defend
the honor and security Of the
state" he declared. The Turkish
state stands on duty"
The premier told the assembly
that the Soviet note was received
August 8 and that of five points
proposed, Turkey studied most
closely that which recommended
Joint Turkish-Russian control OF the
Dardanelles.
Loyal To Agreements
"When a decision is reached.
Turkey will express her viewpoint
he said. Il a say this much;
Turkey is loyal to her information
al agreements and we hold above
everything else the integrity and
sovereignty of our nation. This is
an Interchangeable point. The Turk
ish Government has made a note
of Soviet demands and is ready to
study the 1886 Montreux treaty
with interested countries.
Turkey considers the Straits
question one for international con-
sultation within the framework OF
the Montreux convention to which
she and eight other nations, lnclud-
ing Russia, are signatories. She
expressed her willingness to re-
wise the convention to present day
needs. but only through agreement
with the Montreux nations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Assaults Ailment
Ends Chicago Plans

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
Aug. IA. -(P- Robert Kleberg's
three year old champion, Assault,
will not be shipped to Chicago for
Washington Parks American Der
by of August "a and there is doubt
as to when he will race again.
The triple crown winner emerg-
ed from a workout Wednesday
morning in obvious pain from some
mysterious ailment. He ran last in
the Arlington classic on July u
and was reported to have pulled a
muscle or suffered a charley
horse" there and it is believed he
may be bothered with a recur-
renee of that injury. 1t is not a leg
ailment and may be either kidney
trouble or a mucular spasm, it
was believed after Trainer Max
Hirsch and a veterinarian inspect
ed the little champion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
DIPHTHERIA RATE
Low FOR COUNTY
DR.. Elliot Reveals Only One
Death From Disease
In 1915

There were only "a diphtheris
cases in New Hanover county ir
1915 and only one death, DR.. A. H.
Elliot, city-county health officer
reported yesterday. In comment.
ing on the phenomenal increase in
NE number Of cases of diphtheria
IN North Carolina last year.
No Serum Given
He added that none of these vic
fms had been given the anti
djphtaeria serum.
There we're 1,146 persons i'm
munized in New Hanover county
during 1915, DR.. Elliott reported.
pe pointed out that none Of these
were stricken with diphtheria.
State Regulation
The health officer explained that
North Carolina is one Of the few
oates in the nation that requires
.be immuaization of all infants and
,cbool children. He said the State
law REQUIRES that all children shall
he given the anti-diphtheria serum
NV the time they have reached the
,ee of one year, and, if they have
NOT received the serum during the
first year they must take the vac
cination before they can be admit
ted to the public schools.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Road Work Curtailed

RALEIGH, Aug. 14-P)-High-
way Commission Chairman A. H.
Graham said Wednesday that he
had received a communication
from Thomas H. Mcdonald, COM
missioner Of the U. S. Public Roads
administration, urging State
highway departments Ito keep
federal aid highway expenditures
at a minimum" in keeping with
President Truman's policy Of cur
failing federal public works ex-
p%enditures.
Although urging the highway de-
partments to keep federal aid
work at a minimum, Mcdonald
said that a directive issued by the
Office of War Mobilization and
Reconversion on Aug. 6 %curtailing
federal public works projects does
mot apply to the provisions OF
federal aid for highways when the
federal government has already
made commitments to the states
for the providing Of aid"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Rich Mans Job

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. IA. -RH
Walter T. Gambler, Jr., 38-year-
old grandson of the founder of the
Coca Cola empire, was discover
ed here Wednesday holding down
a job as carpenters helper at 90
cents an hour.
Il have asthma, you see," said
the soft drink scion, hopping the
sweat from his face, land this kind
of work is good for me-"
Chandler said that he came to
Miami last winter, he had worked
in a railroad freight house, on the
construction of a new theater and
now a employed as carpenters
helper on construction of an adj
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Business Gift

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. H.
u.e)-Ray A. Thomas came to Work
Wednesda y and found the hard
ware store where he had clerKe
and mana led faithfully for IL
years was his.
Owner C, N. Drescher, Michigan
City, Ind, declared I've mac
enough of the hardware business
and turned the store-one OF the
largest and most prosperous in the
city-over to Thomas.
"My wife and I have all the
money we need" Drescher ex'
planned. Ray has made me plen'
ty of money, he was wroked faith
fully and hard and he is the one
to whom the business should 60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
kilograms Go Astray

Walter Cartier, of the Wrights-
vile Beach chamber of commerce,
has trouble on his hands, almost
every day he receives kilograms
addressed to visitors at the resort.
But, he has no way to contact the
visitors.
In order 10 remedy this situation
he suggests that the owners of rent
al property call the chamber Of
fees and list the names Of their
guests. Even weekend visitors
should be listed" he said.
The office will be open for
registration from 10 a. m. until
$50 p. m. daily. The phone num-
Der is 8744.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
AMERICA FIRSTERS
CAUSE NEAR RIOTS
Gerald Smith And Follow.
ers Thwarted In At
tempts AT Meetings

CHICAGO. Aug. 14-W.D- An at
tempt by America Firster Gerald
L. K. Smith to hold a meeting I'M
der the ~subterfuge of the Republi-
can party banner resulted in minor
riots in the Hobbies of two down.
town hotels Wednesday night.
All available police squads in
the downtown area raced first to
the Stevens hotel and then to the
Morrison hotel, where the last
attempt at a meeting was held.
Vets Picket Meetings
Jeers, boos, and several fist
fights took place, as groups of
veterans sought to picket any
meeting, where Smith might ad-
dress his followers.
During the melee one of Smiths
followers engaged in a fist fight
with the head of a local Ameri-
can Legion post. Both repeatedly
suffered minor bruises about the
eye.
Smiths rally had been booked
for the Stevens hotel in the name
Of the independent Republicans
of the Midwest"
Hotel Cancels
The Stevens management can
celled the meeting, when it learn
ed that it was not a COP rally. A
spokesman said the hotel wished
to avoid any damage from a pos
sible riot.
Persons who came to attend the
meeting were sent back to the lob
by by a special detail Of 80 uni
formed police.
One of Smiths followers, Mrs.
Elizabeth billing. noticed veterans
in the lobby who had come to picket
the meeting.
"You weren't invited here!" she
shouted at a Jewish war veteran,
you've got a synagogue to sit in
go sit in it."
Exchange Wild Swings
Her former husband, Albert Dill
ling, also a Smith follower, ex-
changed wild swings with a mem
Der of the picketing group. A po-
lice guard hustled the billings to
a taxicab.
The Smith followers then head
ed for the Morrison hotel, apparent
ly in an attempt to hold the meet
ing there.
Police and pickets followed.
At the Morrison, billing engaged
in fisticuffs with Victor A. Hirsch,
commander of a Chicago Ameri-
can Legion post. Both were bruis-
ed about the eyes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
FARM LAND VALUES
CLIMB 4 PER CENT
A griculture D apartment
Reports Increase Since
March |

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-WD-
The Agriculture Department re-
ported Wednesday night that farm
land values climbed another four
per cent during the four months
ended July /, bringing them within
IA per cent of the 1920 inflationary
peak.
The farm real estate index on
July / stood at 147 per cent OF the
1924 base. This was an increase
of 10 per cent since July 1945 and
exceeded the 1859 average OF
about n per cent.
The department added, however,
that the rise was only about halt
as large as the sharp increase re-
ported between November, 1945,
and March, 1916, normally the
most active period in the farm
land market.
Large Volume
1.-THE volume of voluntary sales
during the II months ended last
T-.arch vas up about seven per
cent from the previous y-ar," it
said, "and except for the year
ended March 1914 wal the highest
on record
During the four month period,
average farm land prices rose five
per cent in the North Atlantic and
Pacific States, four per cent in the
South Atlantic, West North Central,
and Mountain States and three per
cent in most other areas. In New
England, the increase was only one
nov oApt
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Income REFUNDS
SET new RECORD
1,4OO,O0O,0O0 Has Been
Paid Through
July 4

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. -U.H-
Secretary of the Treasury John w.
Snyder disclosed Wednesday night
that 80, 200, 900 income tax refunds
totalling 81, 400, 600, 900 were paid
through July 4 to clean up all 1915
overpayments.
He told a news conference that
the payments were the largest
made in Internal Revenue Bureau
history.
Despite the gigantic job involved,
he said, only 3-h months were re-
quired to complete the refunds.
compared with seven months last
year and II months in 1943. The
bureau, he added paid only 81
900, 600 in interest on the refunds,
this years compared with ST., OOO.-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Wife Wanted

COLUMBUS, Ga, Aug. IA. up
- The U. S. employment service
entered a new field Wednesday -
finding wives for lonely bachelors.
A middle-aged man walked into
the local office here and said,
could you all find a man a wife?'''
Someone in the office laughed
and he quickly turned and walked
out.
IT'S a little out of our line, but
we'd be glad to help him if he
would come back" said F. R.
Hammock of nearby Phenix City,
Ala.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
Wrong Information

NEW YORK, Aug. 14-(P)-A
Coast Guard hearing on the col
lision of American Farmer and
the cattle boat William H. Riddle
was adjourned Wednesday after
two witnesses had testified that
the Farmer had radioed an in
correct position after the acct
dent.
The crew of the Farmer aban-
doned ship after the collision of
the English coast July 80 and ar
international dispute regarding
salvage rights is in progress. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

dition to the Miami Herald build
ing.
Don't get me wrong" Chandler
said. Il need the money. The
Chandler family owns only the
minority stock of the company now.
Dad owns a lot of it and there'u be
a lot of us to split it up among
when he dies"
Chandler said the only time he
ever worked for the firm was ir
his youth when he occasionally
drove a truck in his home town Of
Atlanta.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
O SHOWS UP

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-UD-The
3e-foot slocp Akawi, missing since
Monday on a one-day voyage from
Ocean City, N. j., to Block Island.
tied up Wednesday night at the
Coast Guard station at Fire Island
after it ran low on fuel and was
caught in rough seas with only a
sail for power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
600 in 1914 and $22, 900, 900 tm) in

600 in 1914 and $22, 900, 900 tn) in
1943.
The 1914 refunds aggregated ST.
900, 600, 900; those Of 1943, $587, 000,-
900.
The larger number of Individual
refunds was attributed to recon-
version and other economic up
sets which caused more people to
remain unemployed for short pc
RODS or to change jobs numerous
times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
AIR MAIL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-W.D-
President Truman Wednesday ap-
proved legislation reducing air
mail postage to five cents an ounce
on Oct. l, thus saving letter writer's
in a hurry from n to 65 cents a
letter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
IRAN CURFEW

TEHRAN, Iran, Aug. 14.-P)-
The semi-official newspaper Etc
laat said Wednesday night that
martial law and a curfew were
announced in the nearby small
towns of Shahriar and Saoujboo-
lagh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

first ship to place tow line q
the Farmer was the British ves-
sci Elizabete but a crew from the
American Trader later threw or
the tow line and got the Farmer
to port under its own power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15

Tomato juice becomes more
tasty when it's allowed to stand
for several hours with some
chopped onion, celery, basil and
tsrragon. Before serving. strain it
and then serve it cold with lemon
mr. lime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
e EA1


II hot weather makes you burn with heat
rash, or if other minor skin irritations
feel worse IS temperature rises, sprinkle
on Mexsana. This cooling, medicsted
powder quickly relieves itching irrita-
ton. Mexsana has q special base which
helps absorb excess moisture, often .
AUS Of heat rash. Forms coat Of med
icated protection which guards ir1itated
skin against chafe. Mexsana ssees
baby's diaper rash and used after every
change helps preventit. An all-the-family
favorite for over 40 years. Costs little.
Save mostin larger sizes. Always demand
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-15
GIRLS
WINTER
E 0AT
$40 To l4.75
SOOTHING INDICATED W

Color is the keynote in coats
for your young miss. Bright
red, green, brown and plaids
are p~acemakers in such
wool favorites as the Ches-
terrified, fly front reversi-
bles, or more dressy fash
ions. See string ticket for
wool content.) Some belted.
some not; all have pockets
"a few even feature soft
velvet trimming. Sizes rs
to 14's.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10

of the greatest mystic he ever &C.
counted during his twenty-one
years in the Far East. He wants
everyone to experience the greater
health and the Power, which there
came to him.
Within ten years, he was able
to retire to- this country with q
fortune. He had been honored by
fellowships in the Worlds leading
geographical societies, for his work
as geographer. And today, 80
years later. he is still so athletic.
capable of so much work, so young
in appearance, it is hard to De
lieve he has lived so long.
AS first step in their progress
toward the Power that knowledge
gives, Mr.. Dingle wants to send
to, readers Of this paper 5000
word treatise. He says the time
has come for it to be released to
the Western World, and offers to
send it, free Of cost or obligation,
to sincere readers of this notice.
For your free copy, address The
Institute of metaphysics, 213
South Hobart Blvd, Dept. X-161,
Los Angeles 4, Calf. Readers are
urged to write promptly, as only
limited number of the free books
have been printed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
CHINESE LECIONS
FACE STARVATION
URRA Survey Reveals
100000 People May
Die In China

SHANGHAI, April O. WD An
UNRRA survey reported Tuesday
reported that about 100000 Chi
nese face death by starvation I'M
less immediate action is taken to
save them.
The survey reported that 100000
900 Chinese already are down to
the starvation level, including sew
eral million in Human province,
once the rice-bowl of China.
The report said that famine con-
ditions of almost unprecedented
severity" prevail due to the war
and adverse crop conditions, 'un-
less the world food deficit is i'm
proved overnight" the report said
millions of Chinese would die,
In Human already several mil
lion ople are existing only on
grassroots, tree-bark and clay. the
report said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
Is Wronq
Prayer Fails?

Thirty years ago. in Forbidden
Tibet, behind the highest noun
tains in the world, a young Eng
lishman named Edwin j. Dingle
found the answer to this question.
A great mystic opened his eyes.
A great change came over him.
He realized the strange Power
that knowledge gives. q
That Power, he says, can trans
form the life of anyone. Questions,
whatever they are, can be answer
ed. The problems of health, death,
poverty and wrong, can be solved
In his own case, he was brought
back to splendid health. He ac-
CURED wealth, too, as well as
worldwide professional recogni-
ton. Thirty years ago, he was
sick as man could be and live.
Once his coffin was bought. Years
of almost continuous tropical
fevers, broken bones, near blind
ness, privation and danger had
made human wreck of him, ply
sically and mentally.
He was about to be sent back to
England to die, when a strange
message came" They are waiting
for you in Tibet He wants to
tell the whole world what ne
learned there, under the guidance
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
INCREASES
In BERRY MART
$4,000 In Fruit Sold In
First Two Days Of This
Week; Sales Climb

CHADBOURN, April with the
pace increasing daily, Chadhourn S
strawberry market moved over ST.
900 worth of Strawberries Monday
and Tuesday, Mayor Norman Peale
told a Star representative Tues
cay night.
The berries were all Of the klon-
more variety which usually mature
before the Klondyke and MISSION
airy typs. which are expected TO
begin appearing in the next lew
days, Mayor Peale SAID.
Ceiling Price
Early sales have all brought the
ceiling price of $1o.5e, he dlsclos-
ed, adding that it was expected
that the big activity in the Chad
bourn market would get underway
earlv next week. Ninety mine
crates at fruit were sold Monday
with over 100 going to buyers
Describing the Klondyke berry,
for whicf. Chadbourn is said to be
the largest market in the world,
the Mayor said that it was regard
or as one of the most delicious
strawberries grown. While not
particularly large, the Klondyke is
roted for its tart flavor.
Growers believe the quantity OF
berries offered this year will be
less than in 1915 but with high
quality. Prospects for 1947 are
bright, Mayor Peale said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
AIR MEDAL GIVEN
TO NEW BERNIAN
Posthumous Award Made
Under Auspices Of
Donerson-Hawkins Post

NEW BERN, April 9 - An air
medal was awarded posthumously
here Tuesday night to S-Sgt. Joe
Stallings, %, ball-turret gunner on
a B-24 bomber of the 98th Bonn
bardment group of the Army Air
Forces, who was killed April 8,
1945, while acting as an aerial
photographer on bomber In
action over the Austrian-Italian
border.
The award was accepted by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Durham H.
Stallings. 1t was presented by Col.
Younger A. Pitts, under the aus
pices of Donerson-Hawkins post OF
the American Legion in a public
ceremony at the USO clubhouse.
Capt. Tom c. Daniels, former
commander of the North Caro-
lima Department of the American
Legion, acted as escort. Post Ad-
jutant W. B. Rouse presided.
Invocation was offered by Capt,
E. V. Farmer of the Salvation
Army, and benediction by the Rev.
Robert L. Jerome, pastor of the
Centenary Methodist church. Solos
were sung by Mrs. Rufus Harris,
Jr., and Mrs. E. F. Richardson,
Jr.
Staff Sergeant Stallings was
born in New Bern. Nov. 7, 1922.
He attended the University OF
Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb. While
there he enlisted in 1910 in the Ma
tional Guard at Camp Robinson,
Ark. Later he was transferred to
the Army Air Corps and trained
at Fort Worth and San Antonio in
Texas, Lincoln, Neb.: Colorado
Springs, Col; and Ventura, Cal.
He was awarded his gunner
wings in October, 1913, at Laredo,
Tex, and went overseas in june
1914. While in England he was I'M
able to fly for a week as a result
of ear trouble. During that time his
plane was shot down over Holland
Later all crew members were
found alive. From England ne
went to Italy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
WOMAN IMPROVED
AFTER ACCIDENT
Miss Duck Odom Padgett
Critically Injured When
Struck By Car

JACKSONVILLE, April e.-The
condition of Miss Duck Odom Pad
gett, 30, who wss critically injured
early Monday morning when struck
by an automobile about IL miles
from Jacksonville was reported as
markedly improved" by DR.. Al
len A. Gleitz, chief of staff at the
Onslow County hospital Tuesday
light.
State Patrolmsn o. II. Lynch,
stationed at Jacksonville, reported
that the accident occurred as Miss
Padgett was walking on her left
side of the road facing approach
ing traffic. He said she was struck
about 5:45 am. by car driven
by Raspers Pierce, 20, which had
no brakes and no license, and hur-
led distance Of 16 yards. An en-
ploye Of. the Jacksonville Dry
Cleaners, she was on her way to
work and was walking to meet a
bus on the Sandy Run road about
eight miles northeast Of Maple Hill.
Placed Under Bond
Pierce was placed under a 5000
bond on charges of reckless opera
ton, operating an automobile with
out brakes and operating an I'm
registered vehicle. Other charges
are pending outcome of Miss Pad
gets injuries, Lynch said.
DR.. Gleitz said that she had suf-
fered a fractured pelvis and arm,
inaernal injui les and badly torn
left leg and mac required several
transfusions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
Bowel Cleaning Power
OF Inner-Aid Medicine

One man recently took INNER
AID three days and said after
ward that he never would have
believed his body contained so
much filthy substance. He says his
stomach, intestines, bowels and
whole system were so thoroughly
ceansed that his constant head
aches came to an end, several PIN
ply skin eruptions on his face dried
up overnight, and even the rheu.
matte pains in his knee disappear
ed At present he is an altogether
different man, feeling fine in
every way.
INNER-A1D contains II Great
Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie soon feel different all over. So
don't 60 on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by all Drug Stores here
in Wilmington
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
RETURNS

RETURNS
CAMP LEJEUNE, April g.
Col. L. W. Burnham, who has
just returned from duty over
seas in the Marianas, has az
sumed command Of the Serv-
ice battalion here, succeeding
Col. George Rowan, who has
been attached to headquarters
camp. Both were on duty here
in l94l-42 with the First Marine
division
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
Driving Test Schedule
Set By State Examiner

WHITEVILLE, April 9 - The
schedule for state highway license
tests in this area has been an
nounced by Kenneth Dorward,
examiner,
Whiteville> office: Monday, Tues
day and Thursday, am. to 5
p m. Saturday 9 am. to l pm.
Elizabethtown: Wednesday 9 a..
m. to pm.
Bladenboro: Friday, 9 am. to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
OES OFFICERS

WHITEVILLE, April s-New
officers Of the local chapter Of
the Order of Eastern Star were
installed here, Saturday night,
April 6. Sallie Wright iSworthy
matron to succeed Kate Gill
more, while Homer Avant was
reelected worthy patron.
Visitors were present from the
Klondyke chapter and the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-10
Ammunition Dump Blast
Takes. Lives OF Thirty

SAIGON, FRENCH INDOCHINA,
April O. up "A military spokes-
man estimated Tuesday that 80
persons died Monday in explosions
of large French ammunition
dump at the outskirts of Saigon.
The blasts continued for almost "a
hours ending in mid afternoon. The
dead were French military person
mel and civilian guards.