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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
INTRA-CITY BUS
HISTORY RELATED

The transportation system o.
Wilmington was purchased Aprl
1. 1945 by Safeway Transit Com
pany from the Tide Water Power
company. The acquisition includ,
ed all transportation equipment
and operating rights Of Tide Water
Power company in the City OF Will
nington and from Wilmington to
Wrightsville Beach and Winter
Park and other outlying areas:
At the time Of purchase. the fleet
acquired by the new company con
sisted OF approximately sixty
buses, about thirty-five OF which
were in actual operation. The
fleet contained numerous NODES
and makes Of equipment and varl-
Gus average and obsolete coaches.
At the present time-nine months
after the acquisition-the lot once
eluttered with buses In all sorts
and stages OF disrepair is clear.
New engines, clutches, transmits.
sions paint, and body work have
transformed many OF those relics
OF April, 1945 into respectable
looking. comfortable and useful
equipment. Others have been sold
or disposed OF.
New Equipment Provided
Soon after taking over the opera
Ho, commemorative transporta-
ton survey Of transportation con-
ditions and needs in Wilmington
was made by the new company.
Forward 10 okin 6 management
promptly placed orders for new
equipment to be delivered as soon
as wartime conditions and avail
able material would permit. AS
a result of arrangements fore
sight, Wilmington now has some
units Of modern new equipment in
operation and many more new
coaches on order. Twelve new q
passenger Transit Coaches have
been received in the past few
months and are in operation on
various lines.
New Coaches Enroute
As this is being written, five new
IS passenger White Goa hes are
enroute from the factory. These
new coaches will give Wrightsville
Beach and other patrons the com.
Portable transportation for which
they have waited so long and pa
tiently. Six more White coaches
and ten additional Transit coaches
will soon be received and will as
sure Wilmington riders Of the best
equipment and service. It Is the
intention Of the company to have
by summer a complete fleet Of new
buses for service in Wilmington.
Courtesy, Safety
The company is well aware that
as important, If not more 50, than
good equipment, II the courtesy
and q Efficiency Of It's personnel. An
inteUive training course has been
instituted for old and new opera
tors alike. Old operators have
beef given a "Refresher course"
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New applicants are carefully IN
terviewed and selected. Each Is
given a thorough course Of pre-
paration, which includes work In
the garages so that the importance
OF taking care Of equipment will
be understood and so that these
two very important departments
Transportation and Maintenance
may work together with full CO.
operation. Closed area skill tests
give an operator knowledge of
clearances, brake reaction and
other operating requirements and
familarize him with the handling
Of a coach as compared with an
automobile or truck. Road tests
follow in an empty coach and an
operators ability to handle a bus
under operating conditions is
thoroughly tested.
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Safety, instruction

Safety instruction Is given and
every trainee is impressed with
the importance Of his response
bility for the comfort and security
Of his passengers. AL through the
training period emphasis is put
on the fact that being able to guide
coach through traffic with skill
does not necessarily make a good
operator, but that courtesy, level
headedness, and initiative are re-
CURED for success. A written ex-
animation is given at the complet-
ion Of the course and the trainee
may be eliminated for failing to
pass satisfactorily any one Of the
phases of his training. Excellent
results have been obtained by the
training course. Accidents have
dropped seventy-five per cent, and
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company employs approximately
40 persons in the garage, trans
portation, and office departments.
A large portion OF the employees
recently employed are veterans Of
World War II, and six old en-
ployees have recently returned
from service to their old jobs, The
company has several more en-
ployees In the service, which are
expected to return in the near fu-
ture.
Preventive Maintenance
The difficulties Of maintaining
and operating equipment properly
during the war period were hand
led by T. W. Martin, Superinten-
dent of Maintenance. His first
concern was to get the out-of-ser-
vice coaches operating and he then
turned his attention to a systema-
TIED preventive maintenance pro-
gram. Under the program now
in effect, coaches receive daily in
spections. periodic mileage in
spections, and periodic mainten-
ance inspections. The present
preventive maintenance system in
effect recognizes the Importance
of the coach operator and the
necessity for close cooperation and
coordination between operators
and maintenance personnel
Wartime Difficulties
The difficulties Of wartime oper-
alton which were aggravated by
shortages and resultant inconveni-
ences to passengers, have been
met by the people Of Wilmington
with forebearance and understand
ing. The Safeway Transit COM
pany knows that the measure Of its
success lies wholly in the salts
faction of its passengers. No ef-
fort will be spared to make bus
transportation safe, economical,
and convenient for the citizens Of
Wilmington. The Company is de-
termined to render sufficient pub
lie service in accordance with its
obligation.
Fares Unchanged
Fares within the city Of Whining
ton remain at five cents and the
company provides transfer privi-
leses IN the same direction be-
tween its different lines. During
the ten months ended, approx
mately one half million riders have
taken advantage Of this transfer
privilege.
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the goal Of the company - the
irreducibla minimum"
Comprehensive Program

In preparation for the institution
Of a comprehensive safety and
driver trainee program, the com
pany selected capable instructors,
who were given intensive safety
instruction courses at State COL
lege, Pennsylvania, Georgia Tech,
and Raleigh, North Carolina. The
driver training program is under
the direction of T. J. Baird, Super
intendent Of Transportation, Wal
ter L. Carter, Safety Instructor,
and Benjamin L. Buck, Safety In
spector.
Offices Of safeway Transit com
pany are located In the Tide Water
Building at 2O9 South Ninth street,
Wilmington, North Carolina. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17

The Milwaukee Railroad dining
car service has developed a nom
slop coffee cup with a flange which
causes the waves of coffee to back
wash so it will not spill from the
cup while a train is stopping,
starting or in motion.
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ness and a prosperity never before
known both as to construction and
business in general"
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The Chinese word TOR spinach
is "putsai," meaning the vetable
imported from Persia.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-29
Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein, the American writer
who spent much of her life abroad,
wrote fins to her career in a Neuilly
hospital near Paris. She was noted for
her hospitality and geniality. After
the Germans were driven out of Paris
she entertained American soldiers in
droves.
If her literary production had been
on a level with her admirable personal
traits, she would enjoy lasting fame.
But because she set herself to the
task of establishing a new school of
writing and her books were read more
from curiosity than any inherent worth
even her publisher admitted he could
not understand them-she will be re-
membered as a strange but hearty
character, not as an author.
She wrote much as a surrealist
paints or a jitterbugger dances, with.
out pattern and recognizable purpose
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telligence units, as hospital technicians,
in administrative, statistical, supply,
and training posts.
If there is reasonable complaint of
the bills as they stand it is that the
percentage may prove too small. Any
Army, in peace or war, has to perform
so many tasks outside the exacting
routine of soldering that a large part
of the personnel is employed on jobs
for which women, by training and apti-
tude, are better fitted. With more wo-
men in uniform it is foreseeable that
more men might receive more and bet
ter training for the real purpose of
their enlistment.
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Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas card authority

There will he many fine south
ern players at the revival o.
the Southern Appalachian Tour
nament in Asheville, N. c., Aug.
% to Is. The skill of the southern
players has been demonstrated in
national competition during the
last few years. In order to win
Master Points they must travel a
great deal to different tourna-
ments Nevertheless. we now have
several southern Lie Masters.
Today's hand is not a new one.
1t is one we discussed in Ashe-
vile way back in 1910. Declarer
played a lev spade from dummy
on the opening lead and won the
trick with the eight-spot. He led
a small club which East refused
to win, but he did win the second
one. A spade came back and
South put on the king, bur West
was too smart for him. He did not
take the trick with the ace, and
as a result declarer was shut out
of dummy ard vas unable to cash
all those nice club tricks.
OF course the declarer could
have made his contract. He made
his mistake on the opening lead,
which he should have won with
the king of spades. If the six
spot was a true fourth best lead,
it should mark West with the
spade ace, and what declarer
needed was an entry into dummy.
I believe that more hands are
wrecked on the play to the
first trick than at any other point
during the play. Even on obvious
hands, the entire play should be
studied carefully before playing
to the first trick.
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There Is No Peace

It would be nice to believe that the
INSTRUMENTATION peace conference
opening today in Paris will set a new
record in fellowship and actually lay
the foundation for world accord, but
such a view requires more optimism
than the facts justify.
And this is not due to British
Foreign Secretary Bevin's inability to
attend opening sessions because of ILL
ness nor the Russian demand to delay
publication of the European treaties.
"The Paris conference" says one
astute observer, lis better than no con-
ference at all-but not much" 1t will
have little latitude to influence or to
improve the. European settlements
which have emerged from ten months
Of Soviet disagreement with France,
Britain and America.
In the first place the conference is
exclusively advisory. It was summoned
"only with the advance understanding
that it could not do more than make
recommendations" Furthermore, a S
the two-thirds rule will prevail, at least
fourteen of the twenty-one nations
represented must be in agreement even
to make a recommendation to the Big
Four. Only eve votes will be required
to block any attempt at a decision on
any issue. And as it happens, seven is
an extremely small number of votes to
hold the balance of power.
The reason is given by the observer
quoted above, who reveals:
Though it has not been stated pub
licly, it is a fact that the Big Four
has committed itself to support every
compromise it has made among it's
membership and to vote against any
proposal to change any part of a pro-
posed treaty even if one or more men,
bers of the Big Four would prefer such
a change. This is called preserving Big
Four unity. What it means is that, once
having agreed, the Big Four has set
itself against accepting any new light at
Paris on the peace settlements"
In addition to this bloc are the
Ukraine, Poland and Byelorussia, which
follow Moscow as sheep the bellwether,
and close at their heels is Czechoslova-
kla. In such circumstances it is diff
cult to believe that the governments
participating in the proceedings at
Paris will harmonic their views or adj
just their differences any more sue
c~essfully than the Big Four has done
IN its separate sessions.
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Today:s Spaghetti And Meat Sauce
Isn't The Dish OF The Old 192O'S

Compare this food for the gods
with what you eat today. A few
lumpy strands of erzats spaghetti
coated thinly with an anemlc red
u the like of which has spot
ted my new white sport shirt with
measles. The dish costs you any
where from As to IS cents per
plate - and another As to So cents
to get the shirt cleaned.
Maybe, though, I shouldn't be
too harsh on today's chefs. 1t Is
entirely possible that postwar re-
adjustment, which is having such
a hard time adjusting itself, APP
plies just as much to the Italian
spaghetti and meat sauce field as
to the other commercial meadows.
It may be that the spaghetti man
ufacturers are having a difficult
time of it getting the proper IN
gradients for their product.
Further, it may be that the chefs
are faced with a severe shortage
Of the right kind of tomato sauce
and chopped beef and (stand &c
windward, please) garlic.
And it is entirely possible, too,
that the restaurant owners are
forced of necessity to charge 40
to IS cents for the poor concoc-
ton.
If all this be the true situation,
1 am willing to 60 along for q
while with things as they are until
such time as the situation gets
Strengthened out and reverts te
that of the glorious 1905.
If, on the other hand, the
spaghetti makers and the chefs
and the restaurant owners are
merely taking advantage OF me a
the expense of my pocketbook, my
temper, and my new shirt. l sol
EMMY vow that never again vii
1 60 into a restaurant and order
Italian spaghetti and meat sauce
I shall bring my own dinner
from home with me, order
glass of water, and pay the oil
with a broken vest button and az
Italian stiletto stare.
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Soap Box Derby

A notable circumstance connected
with the Soap Box Derby, which is to
be held on Rankin street come Wednes-
day, is that whereas the business COM
munity was skeptical when the event
was first proposed many merchants
have been pleased to sponsor contest
ants who could not enter without fl
nancial help and that instead of fac
ing difficulty in getting men to serve
as judges and other official capacities
the promoters-The Star-News and
the Raney Chevrolet Company-have
had offers from many more than could
be used.
That the event has stirred public
interest far beyond expectations is
found in the attendance at the trial
heats by the younger boys last Friday
morning, when more than four hundred
persons lined the route for the better
part of the morning.
If you are planning to watch the
races on Wednesday-as we are sure
is the case-it will be we'll for you to
be on hand early if you expect to have
a good view of what goes on. The
younger group will start their heats
promptly at 1920 a. M, the older boys
at 1:30 p. m. The finale will come
when the winner of Group B races the
winner in Group A, for the right to
attend the national contest in Akron,
Ohio.
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Permanent Women's Corps

At the instigation of the War De-
partment bills have been simultaneous
ly introduced in the Senate and the
House to authorize a permanent Wo-
mems Army Corps not to exceed 2 per
cent of the Army's strength. It is
understood the measures were cleared
with President Truman, and so enjoy
his blessing. Also the Bureau of the
Budget is reported to have interposed
no objection.
With this backing, Representative
Edith Morse Rogers, of Massachusetts,,
who introduced the original bill Great
Ing the Wac organization, forecasts
speedy passage in both branches of
Congress. Says she in a Washington
interview: "The bill to continue the
Wacs is a recognition of their services.
They paved the way for all the other
women's services except the Nurse
corps. There is certain specialized work
they have done well, such as the secret
work that four hundred of them did
on the atomic bomb"
The bills provide that the regular
Wac would be headed by a colonel. The
present head is Col. Westrsy Battle
Boyce. The corps present strength is
well below that limit, only 1882 as Of
June l. The Wac peak was 100, 900 az
of July, 1916.
Members would be used in the same
sort OF jobs in which their predecessor!
were used in wartime: in clerical work
communications, secretarial work, in
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Isaac, to hallow the land W1s@''
for crops or for red not no. s5,s.
Twins" has unearthed a ss' i.
which Mrs. Birker wants NM n,,l
keep, but also he has son H.. h
which she fancies she'd 4hs s.
share: and the one will Oen n
Elsie and Jim while the o'nsi v"
not. ~ hi.
unfolding e a S y a q S from
strain; it springs natura1ly Su NJ
the people, all Of whom ,l noIr
undivided attention. NlcLs
catches you going and co as
with what his people do anu anu, VII
with what they are, and you s,ft..
be absorbed by the effectlvt MS,
in love, jealousy, fear n ,lIosodl
conniving, goodness ana W. w. ii.
ness. The scenes in which me "
refuses to love the man se
it's wrong and then, % VII. mai
has persuaded him Of it, the ID ii
refuses to love the GIRL
mirably contrived. -. sdl.
The book is full-bodleo~. ,lisgsi
earnest, as if the author Os :, vel
a novel was worth wrltlng prH.
as Just selling. It's cai'Ils iors.
ten. real rather than emu s:
and I recommend It as m
novel in months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-29
BY JOHN SKIES

I'll probably get myself INTO a
terrible ENHANCEMENT, both do
nestle and foreign, with chefs
over this subject, but this morn
ing I'm going to talk about 1tal-
ian spaghetti anyway.
Talk is really too innocuous
a word for what's going to follow
in this diatribe, considering the
condition of my mind and my new
white sport shirt. My mind, you
see, is painted from end to end
(no cracks, please, on the demen-
sion between) with a black rage.
and my new white sport shirt is
speckled from collar to tail with
red spots.
This two-tone color combination,
while it might look fine on a brand
new 1916 automobile, is anything
but becoming to a person like
myself.
Let me explain: The black rage
is caused by the red spots, and
the spots are caused by the plate
of so-called Italian spaghetti and
meat sauce 1 just had for dinner
in a local restaurant. l say so
called" because that's what the
menu, the waitress, the chef, and
the cashier called it. Myself.
would call it something which only
the Messrs. Ernest Hemingway
and James T. Farrell r permit
ted to put into print.
Since 1 can't call it that, III
Just say that it was NOT Italian
spaghetti and meat sauce not
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the kind l used to devour by the
plateful back in the 1920's.
Now those were the days, let
me tell you, when spaghetti and
meat sauce was so Italian that
when you got through eating sew
eral platters Of it you felt like
Enrico Caruso in the middle OF
the second act of II Pagliaccl."
The spaghetti itself was firm,
white, slender, and tender. And
the meat sauce ali, the meat
sauce was a veritable aria Of es-
sence of tomato and altar of gar
lie sprinkled allegro with the
grace-notes of chopped beef and
grated cheese.
The price was something worth
doing a spotlight solo about, too.
You got as much Of the dehcacy
you could hold for about Is
cents, and if you were like me you
could hold enough to necessltate
boring a new hole in your belt
right down at the very end.
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TheLiterarV
Guidepost
CBY w. G.. ROGERS)
THE FIRE OF THE LORD, by
Norman Nicholson (Dutton;

THE FIRE OF THE LORD, by
Norman Nicholson (Dutton;
$3.50.
The scene of this novel is Cd
borough, a little English vii
lage where farm gives way to
factory, with a monstrous Stag
bank, overlooking the Green, St.
Kentigern's where the people
worship, the Mungo Arms where
they drink, and Marsh Edge
Street where they buy pastries.
The time is a short five wartime
months, from Nov. 5, "Papists'
Conspiracy" to the following
March "a, Easter Sunday. The
plot is just a switching back and
forth between righteousness and
sin, loving and not loving.
But the people are the thing,
for this, as all novels should be,
is about people. First you meet
P. c. Crinkle, or Twins" as the
nagging boys call him, a police
officer who can't see anything in
a blackout and misses a lot in
broad daylight, too. Then there's
Maggie Birker, who runs a little
bakeshop; her assistant Elsie
who, contrary to Twins" under
stands more than her deafness al
lows her to hear; Jim Birker, the
young husband; and finally Benny
Fell, uneducated. godly. ~itinerant
evangelist always preaching the
need for a burnt offering, after
the example Of Abraham and
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QUOTATIONS

We would like to reach a point some day
where a British child and an American child
might learn about the Boston Tea Party in
their respective schools and have even a faint
idea that they're learning about the same thing
-Bgitisn MI Ellen Wilkinson.
We spend twice as much to educate a ralsor
of pigs in a professional school OF agriculture
as we spend to educate a teacher Of children
in a teachers college.-Dr. Ralph Mcdonald
National Education Association official.
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Editorial Comment
STOPPING HIGHWAY TOLL

With the granting o: a charter the State
committee for Traffic safety is ready to begin
in earnest it's extensive program to help stop
..murdeSs on the highways of North Carolina"
Those who heard H. J. Hatcher, executive
of the State highway patrol when he spoke lin
Durham last week, can not avoid the feeling
that too little is being done to stop the terrible
toll highway accidents are exacting.
Herald.
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TOP O. THE MORNING

Men differ in their attitudes, their put
look and their points Of view, and there are
some who, by their closed minds, are not
honestly seeking to Know the truth. Their
only mental exercise is the rearrang-
ment Of their prejudices. Truth is found
only by those who, with open mind ant
honest heart, reverently and humbly and
persistently seek it.
The "Outlook"-
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IDENTITY

Lavender said he was struck behind the ear
by one of the accused as he was walking home
in Tottenham Court road. When he remon-
strated they apologized and said they had
mistaken him for a plain clothes policeman.
London Evening Standard.