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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

ed in the pile and showed me
a personal letter from the inven-
tor to himself. Martz's manner
was that of some master crafts
man of the Italian Renaissance,
a Cellini, a Leonardo, discussing
with weary patience the work of
an enthusiastic journeymanL mo
machine exists or can exist which
can remove ramie fiber in us
able condition by pressure. The
fiber is crushed and fragmented
by any pressure great enough
to squeeze out the gum. The gum
is extremely adhesive. That is
the problem. Otherwise your
shirt right now would be ramie,
not cotton"
MartZ saw in the beginning
that the mechanical separation
of the fiber would be the last
phase of an interlocking series
of problems. The first problem
was to develop a ramie strain
that was better suited to the
climate and soil of the United
States, which would produce a
seed of better termination quail
tiles than those of the imported
plants.
BY a series of cross-breeding
| and selection of stock, Martz
eventually produced a cultivated
! ramie strain which excelled the
import in every characteristic.
| saw a letter written by a for
mer chief of the department Of
plant experimentation in the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
which acknowledged that the
Martz strain was unquestionably
superior. 1t is the strain now
used in the great majority of
commercial efforts and expert
ments in the United States.
Then began many years of
persistent and high-grade "tink-
ering'' with machines and meth
DDS to solve the problem of de-
cortication. Martz has developed
mis- process little by little. COW
ering it at regular intervals with
a new patent. He now holds three
patents, and he is in need OF
funds at present TO 60 to Wash
ington to get his fourth.
The process he now uses
pulls the stalk of the ramie
planf.through a metal cylinder.
A number of these are arrang-
ed in a row 10 handle many
stalks at a time. A series of
knives in the cylinders neat
ly strip off fhe outer covering
CT the plant. including the
ramie fiber. and eject the max
ed stalk. The stalk has a high
celulose content and is well
suited to use as raw material
in plastic manufacturing and
other industries needing celu-
lose.
Martz will rescribe the process
from this point forward in only
general terms, for security rea-
sons. His method blows the fib-
ers apart With pure air, after
a certain heat and water treat
ment. II is not a steam explo-
sion method. Steam ruins the
fibers as. completely rs do chem
icals. Martz has one of two con-
fidants in the county, n of
them a Pascagoula merchant who
stems from the Finnish farm
ing community near Hurley
This man is a person noted for
character and common-sense. He
told me that in his work with
Martz, the old inventor has shown
him enough of the process to con-
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Evening star., 1946-03-31
This cornfield industrialist
invents gadgets to help people
enjoy life. They pay off, too

TTNLEss you live out on a farm somewhere
u around Ottumwa. pleasant little tall
corn town in southern Iowa. chances are
YOU We never heard of Seth S. Barker.
But down in Melbourne not long ago when
the Australian government wanted to inau
gurate vast program of agricultural diversi-
fcation. the first thing they did was to send
a man 5000 miles to Barker's. Authorities
in Uruguay followed suit So have officials in
many states and Washington.
For Seth Barker has built world wide
reputation, a $5OOOOO small town business,
and won the affection of his home town sim
ply from figuring how to tinker up farmer
boy ideas that will help other people.
Builds Artificial Lakes
AXE Dream Lake. for instance. A few
years ago it was just big rolling tract of
wild acreage on Chicago go-bound highway 63.
Seth liked the looks of the place. bought it
for couple of thousand dollars. Then he
hired some big yellow bulldozers to scoop,
shovel and tinker him lake according to
plan he'd sketched out on an old manila
envelope Now his new home is under con-
struction on the lake shore.
He's built three other artificial lakes the
same way. None of them have any strictly
practical purpose. But lots of folks in that
part of Iowa swim in them, fish in them
(for pike Seth helped stock, shoot game
around them, and just enjoy looking at
them.
Seth simply likes lakes and thought they'd
be fun for himself and his neighbors Such, if
anyone were to define it, has been Seths
whole philosophy in life since he was boy
growing up on the rolling farmlands of his
native Iowa. That it s paid financial dividends
is pleasant, but hardly Seth's first considera-
ton. The pleasure it, given others has been
the important thing.
Idea Grew Frosn Iinlrezinq
seth had tried undertaking, drugstore clerk
ing, furniture selling and half dozen other
jobs, none too successfully. when 20 years
ago, at 81, he got his first big profitable
idea while tinkering with portable welding
set in his homemade machine shop
He'd watched farmers haul big. heavy
wooden crates of chickens into town, unload,
and then cart the bulky things back with
general-store purchases piled on top 1t was
hard work and left little time for fun.
Why not coIlapsible coops Of welded
wire, he thought. Knock 'em down, and
carry them back fiat, leaving plenty of
sDace for other things To .nafent If make
it and sell it, however, wasn't easy Seth had
little cash. No collateral bank would accept.
No manufacturing experience. But he had
the same reputation for doing things for
people he has now. He went to see the Cham
Der of Commerce in Ottumwa and told them
about bic ;doa Thou doc;dod 70,
Evening star., 1946-07-01
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DANCE.
Square dance, Thomson Center, Twelfth
and streets NV. $50 o'clock tonight.
EXHIBITS.
Photography, by K. w Gullers, in the
seefl9n of through JULY
July q: Nineteenth Century French etch-
the pSson sne OF Afas Rroush
August a: Smithsonian Institution, 8
an, to 4:30 pm. daily.
branch, PUBLIC Library. Eighth and X
streets NV. am. to 9 pm. weekdays
through July.
through August: Army Map Service over
S'5ss R's 1s1fs.1 tfss SsIs
American feminine fashions from 700
to 1900; at the Library of Congress-, 9
pm pm s. satuTdays. H and sfAq1?s 1880 am to 70 1o
pm. Sundays.
Gen. .Eisenhowers battle map. showing
the position of troops when Germany sur
of 1918; declaration of war against Ger
many, many captured German and World War u
to 5s WesSdsys ana
to 5 pm Sundays throueh July.
..p;sie Selection d Of prints from Audubon'.s !.
as depicted in Rembrandt etchings at the
National Gallery of Art, 10 am. to pm
weekdays and to 10 pm. Sundays
through July.
Displays of fresh-water fish from Fed
| eral hatcherieS and local waters Depart
| ment Of Commerce auditorium, am. to
4 80 p m. daily through July.
The Netherlands in the Changing
World, economic reconstruction exhibit
Department of Commerce lobby, through
July.
Oh paintings of contemporary American
artists, water colors and tempera by Rob-
ert F. Gates, and students art work. At
the American University Art Gallery, 2 to
5 pm daily through July.
LUNCHEONS
Civitan Club of washington. Maynower
Hotel, 1880 pm. tomorrow. Members and
guests.
Rotary Club board of directors, Willard
Hotel, noon tomorrow
Washington Chapter, Sigma Chi Frat
ernity O'Donnell's Sea Grill. 1890 pm
tomorrow. Members and guests.
MUSIC
Soldiers Home Band concert, band
! stand, 80 pm. tomorrow.
| Navy Band concert, east front Of the
CAPITOL. s o'clock tonight.
Wade N. Stephens organ recital, Church
of the Latter-Day Saints, O'Clock tonight
Marine Band concert, Marine Barracks,
8 oclock tonight
FOR SERVICEMEN
Harmony time. s o'clock, and square
dance, $50 O'Clock tonight, YMCA-USO,
1888 G street NV
Card party. Masonic Service Center,
Evening star., 1946-07-01

night, Penthouse USo. Seventeenth and K
streets NV
Dance with Air Force Band. Nccs-uso,
91S Tenth street NV, $50 o'clock to-
night.
Swim party at Glen Echo. leave lounge
USO Club, 1911 street NV
Evening star., 1946-07-01

For Omcers: Dance Ondcers Service
Club OF the United Nations, 1914 Twenty
hrst street NV. $50 o'clock tonight.
Service personnel may obtain more In
formation by calling the United Nations
Center, National 1900
Evening star., 1946-07-01

Thirteenth and H streets NV. o'clock
tonight,
Ping-rong tournament. 7:3O o'clock and
cribbage. 8 o'clock tonight, NCCS-USO,
1914 N street NV.
Bicycling party. leave lounge, pm,
and dancing on terrace, $40 O'Clock to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
TRANSPORT PLANE
AIDS AILlNC MAN.
Raj Pilot Drops Needed
Drug On Deck Of Grips
holm Off Aberdeen

PRESTWICK, Scotland. Oct. 13,
-R-An Raj transport plane, fly
ing at 20 feet above the sea,
dropped a package containing a
drug needed for treatment OF a
dangerously Ill passenger aboard
the Swedish motorship Gripsholm,
100 miles from Aberdeen, Sunday.
The Gripsholm had radioed that
the passenger, c. E. Wickman, SO,
had suffered 4 heart attack.
(In Chicago, Orville S. Caesar,
president of the Greyhound cor
poration, said that c. E. Wickman,
chairman Of the board of the cor
poration, had sailed from New
York aboard the Gripsholm on
Oct. y.
The ship later reported that Wick
man showed slight Improvement
after the drug. Heparin, was ad-
ministered.
The so cubic centimeters of
Heparin had been obtained by
Swedish authorities from Edin-
burgh.
After its delivery, the captain OF
the Gripsholm radioed to Capt.
John Dobson, pilot Of the plane,
THANK you, Captain Dobson, and
your crew for a splendid job" A
second message said Wickman,
suffering from coronary thrombo-
sis, was slightly better.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
MORE ABOUT
VETERANS
FROM PAGE ONE

our service days are ended, there
are still more than two million
men in uniform and the job OF the
USO is still needed for them
Snead echoed the Legion chiefs
praise for the USO, which he said
should give this years chest IAN
extra appeal for veterans, who,
during their time in service, were
entertained and assisted by and
through the USO."
Stewart concluded his endorse
ment Of the drive by citing the
values of che st services "as neces-
sary to the public welfare, for
any community without them
would be like one without the
benefit of Christian influence.
THE future of Wilmington is
bound up in the services to our
YOUTH" he declared. 1.-THE needs
of the returned veteran, the dis
placed war worker, and the prob
lens brought about by the COM
plexities of daily living in these
unsettled times, are helped by the
agencies represented in this cam
paign."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
SERVICE
SEEN FOR CITY
Seabord Airline Pledges
Improvement In Letter
Ia Farrell

Lee R. Powell, Jr., president of
the Seaboard Airline railroad, has
pledged to improve Seaboard serv-
ice between Wilmington and Char
lotte a ssoon as it can eliminate
''the present scarcity of equip
ment," City Industrial Agent John
H. Farrell reported yesterday.
In a letter received here Satur-
day, Powell told Farrell that he
hopes to announce a plan for i'm
proved service Sin the very near
future" and that the roads traffic
experts have already taken the
matter under study.
The city industrial agent report
ed that he had discussed the pres
eat travel situation with Powell
both at the Southern Traffic Asso-
citation convention in Jacksonville,
Fla. and by letter.
Farrell pointed out that, by pres
ent schedules, a passenger must
spend close to 16 hours on the Sea-
board in the course Of a round trip
between Charlotte and Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
MORE O
COMRADES
FROM PAGE ONE

energetic general commanded.
There a 17-gun salute was fired
Saturday.
Dies In Sleep
General StilWell succumbed in
his sleep at Letterman General
hospital, where he underwent an
operation Oct. 3. Death was at
tributed by Col. Leonard D. Heat
on, Army physician, to cancer OF
the liver complicated by an amoe-
bic abscess believed contracted in
the Burma jungles.
StilWell was relieved of his
China command in 1914 as a result
of differences with Chang. After
a brief tour as commander of the
Army ground forces in the United
States, he succeeded the late 1t.
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner. Jr.,
as commander OF the Tenth army
in the Ryukyus. He finished the
fighting on Okinawa.
Besides his widow, Stilwell is
survived by two sons, three daugh-
tiers and five grandchildren. Major
Gen. George P. Hays assumed
command of the Sixth army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
MORE o
COUNCIL
FROM PAGE N

pected to discuss the Moslem nomi-
nations Monday. Sources within
the league said the New Moslem
ministers probably would be in
Quoted on Wednesday.
Lord Wavelrs most recent pro.
posals, apparently the one Jinnah
accepted, was for IA portfolios. in
the interim administration, instead
Of the present IL. He suggested six
seats for the Congress party, pre-
dominantly a Hindu organization,
five for the Moslem league, and
three for minority groups.
Four To Three
As the government is now con-
stituted, it has seven Congress par
ty members, three Moslems, who
are not members of the league, a
Sikh and a Parsi. Consequently,
there was bound to be some reShuf-
fling.
Jinnah compromised on one
point. When the interim govern
ment midas first popular gov
eminent = was installed Septem-
Der 2, the Moslem league boycott
ted it, because it was not offered
equal representation with the Con-
gress party and because it was de-
MED paxistan, or a separate Mos
lem state.
In agreeing to enter the govern
ment, Jinnah accepted one seat less
than the Congress party.
He remained adamant On the
subject of pakistan, and apparent
ly it was decided to let that sub
ject be settled later, perhaps by
the constituent assembly which will
decide whether India stays in the
British Empire or steps out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
MORE O
CITATION
FROM PAGE ONE

Transportation, and John ]. Policy,
president of the Association OF
American Railroads. Hugh w. Sid
dali, chairman of the Intentional
Military Committee, will act as
POSTMASTER.
M. B. Duggan, chairman, South
ern Passenger Association, will. &C
cept the certificate of appreciation
on behalf of his organization.
In addition to the railroad exc
cutives who are to accept the Navy
certificates of award, those who
will be present include former
Under Secretary Of the Navy Ralph
Bard; Vice Admiral George D.
Murray, commandant Of the Ninth
Naval District; Captain H. A. Yeag-
er, director of transportation acti-
witty of the Bureau of Naval Person
mel, and c. E. Johnston, chairman
of the Western Association of Rail
way Executives.
The presentation ceremony will
be broadcast from Chicago from
$3.50 to 3:45 p. m. Eastern Standard
Time,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
Obituaries
FRED w. SMILEY

Fred w. Smiley, 81 year-old
building contractor of Piney Woods,
died enroute to James Walker Me
mortal Hospital Sunday afternoon
at 8 o'clock.
He is survived by his wife; one
daughter; Mrs. H. w. Wilson of
Washington, N. c. Two sons: Jack
E., and Charles F., both Of Will
mington and two brothers, George
L., and James,, both of Maywoou,
III. Two grandchildren also sur
vive.
He was a secretary CT the vestry
of the Church of the Good Sheph-
erd.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday morning at II o'clock
from the Church of the Good
Shepherd. Rev. Harvey w. Glazier,
rector of the church, will ~offlclate.
--Pallbearers will be: Herbert W.
Hewlett, W. J. Hines, Walter Hatch
Jr., Claude Jewell, Harace T. King
Jennings Litgen, Charles Smith
James r. Smith, William Marine,
Frank Costin and Richard Burn.
EFT. All are members Of the vestry
of the Church of the Good Shep.
herd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
MORE ABOUT
STEAMERS
FROM PAGE ONE

flying refrigerator car. A Milwau-
kee firm uses cub planes for de-
liveries to nearby towns. An Ari.
zcna laundry has a plane to in
crease its pickup and delivery ter
ritory.
About those Guernseys - ten of
them were flown from New Jersey
to Bogota, Columbia. The trip
took "a hours, and the cows SEEM
ed to get a great moo out of it.
The avocado trees were ordered
by the Dominican republic from
Kingston, jamaica
The skeleton and the extra skull
were flown from Havana to New
York.
For the benefit of those people,
potential skeletons all. who worry
about how much their skeletons
will be worth: the shipment was
valued at 500.
OF course, since an extra skull
was included, the figure doesn't
mean much. Except to two-head-
ed people.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
MORE ABOUT
SOVIET
FROM PAGE N

face" Budenz said. Communist
leaders never see him, but they
follow his orders or suggestions
implicitly. The average American
communist never heard OF him."
He said he would be willing to
disclose the mans name to "any
official agencies" but would prefer
to do so when l can testify under
OATH"
Budenz said he decided to re-
nounce the communist party in
April, 1915, following the appear
ance of an article by the French
communist leader Jacques Du Clos
advocating a return to Marxism
and Leninism. This program, he
said, called for a rule by the pro-
letariat through world revolution.
He said it was understood that
the Kremlin had adopted the pro-
gram and that all American COM
munist leaders understood it. The
program, Budenz said, called first
for a "war Of nerves" and then.
when Russia feels itself able"
the launching of a third world war.
Budenz charged that Stain con-
firmed this policy last spring when
he blamed the U. S. and Britain
for International misunderstand-
ings.
Disillusioned
IT joined the communist party
because I hoped that more democ-
racy would come to this country
at the end of World H." Budenz
said. II was disillusioned. In my
10 years Of experience as a com
munist l found nothing superior
to what we have in America"
Budenz was accommodated
from the Catholic church in 1915
for marrying a divorce. The ex-
alton was removed on
Oct. 10, 1945, and he was baptized
and accepted back into the church
in st. Patrick's Cathedral in New
York.
During the past year, Budenz has
been an instructor in the econo-
mics department of the University
of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind,
and Fordham University, New
York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
CITY TO CONTINUE
DRIVE FOR PLANTS
Appeal Hearing On
Carver Permit Set In
Washington

In an atmosphere that seems
likely to make its case a test OF
the city's efforts at early indus
trial expansion, the P. E. Carver
company will carry an appeal for
permission to construct a $125,O0o
shirt factory at 18th and Kidder
streets into a special Civilian Pro-
duction Administration hearing in
Washington October %, it was
learned last night.
Mayor w. Ronald Lane and City
Attorney William B. Campbell ex-
pect to appear personally before
the CPA hearing to present a brief
attesting the city's interest early
construction of the Carver plant
and other prospective industries,
the Mayor said yesterday.
John H. Farrell, city industrial
agent, will attend the meeting as
an observer.
For Farrell, the Carver appeal
will be a preliminary to his own
dPHCdl dIlSS OCAOAC LliC NJ "A SlAO1 y
ly after November i with a brief
setting forth the view of Whining
ton civic, industrial, and veterans
groups that the city needs job
producing new enterprises more
than it does houses.
In the meantime, a Joint Ameri-
can Legion-Veterans of Foreign
Wars committee will today begin
the canvass of local ~ex-service-
men which it hopes will produce
more than 5000 signers to a pc
tition asking the CPA to relax the
restrictions that now fetter COM
mercial construction in this area.
Farrell said last night that he
expects the CT signatures to be
the strongest argument his brief
can carry. Deadline for the peti-
tions is October %.
The Farrell brief will also con-
tain material on Wilmington's en-
ployment situation provided by the
local office of the United States
Employment Service, he said last
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
CHAIRMAN REPORTS
FEW VOTERS SIGN
REGISTRATION BOOK

Saturday was a quiet day in
New Hanover County's % polling
places. with the turnout for the
first day of fall registration so
meager that H. G.. Carney, chair
man of the Board of Elections, had
no count to report last night.
"We don't keep a week-by-week
count on a registration period un-
less it's a new registration" he
said. "As it is, I doubt If 30 peo-
pie turned out"
Persons who registered last
spring are still on the boards
books, ne pointed out.
For the late comers there will
still be two more registration Sat-
urdays between now and the fall
election = October 10 and 26.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
MORE ABOUT
DECONTROL
FROM PAGE ONE

sets and others have proposed a
temporary suspension of ceilings.
Hold Hearings
The COP committee, with Rep.
Jenkins of Ohio as chairman and
Rep. Ellsworth Of Oregon as secre-
tary, held hearings October IA at
Sioux City, Kansas City and Tulsa.
Ellsworth's summary said the
hearings uncovered the alarming
fact that unless government con-
troll Of and interference with the
meat production industry is aban-
doned at once there will be even
less meat for consumers in 1947
than there is now and our future
supplies will be jeopardized for
years to come"
jenkins called for "the immedi-
ate and permanent elimination Of
all OPA controls and price regula-
tons over the livestock and meat
industry"
The OPA Beef Industry Advisory
committee filed a formal petition
for full decontrol last week, declar-
ing that livestock on the hoof are
plentiful. The petition now is in the
hands of Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson, whose action on it I'M
questionably will be tied to the
Presidents pronouncement. Denial
of the petition would lead eventual
Ily to a decision by the decontrol
board, which ordered the ceilings
restored after previous hearings.
The Presidents broadcast was
announced Saturday by his press
Secretary, Charles G.. Ross, as a
speech "onsthe sterilization pro-
gram" This phrase was taken to
indicate that the meat shortage
and resulting clamor for decontrol
is considered closely tied in with
the whole anti-inflation program.
Possible Steps
If the President concludes that
price ceilings are hampering the
movement of meat to market to
an important extent, he might deal
with the problem by an increase of
ceiling prices, a plan of govern
ment profit guarantees, or other
measures short of decontrol.
A relaxation of the ban on fresh
meat imports from Argentina has
been reported as n step under
consideration. The American Ma
tional Livestock association wrote
the President that he would be
"playing with fire" if he nullified
"the sanitary embargo" on meat
imports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
Lady Nearly Clicked
While Lying In Bed
Due To Stomach Gas

One lady said a few days ago
that she used to be afraid to 60 to
bed at night. She was swollen with
stomach gas, which always got
worse when she went to bed, and
the gas would rise up in hr throat
after she lay down and would
nearly choke her. She couldn't lie
flat. Had to prop herself up on
pillows. Recently this lady got
INNER-AID and now says gas is
gone, stomach feels fine, bowels are
regular and she can go to bed and
sleep soundly.
INNER-AID contains u 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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-14
WILLIAM H.

William Henry Harvell, 83-year.
old retired carpenter, died at his
home, 723 Chestnut street Satur.
day morning at $50 o'clock fol
lowing a long illness.
He had lived here for the past
SO years and was an active member
of Temple Baptist church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Bessie G. Harvell, and one son,
James o. Harvell: both of Whining
ton; five grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the chapel of the Harrell-
Coble Funeral home. The Rev. W.
j. Stephenson, assisted by the Rev.
Alexander Miller, will ~officiate.
.Interment will follow in Bellevue
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: B. T. Hop
kins, S. o. Guyton, G. c. Gilbert,
R. F. Coleman, D. j. Bryant and
A. c. Low.