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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
BARbARY COAST
PICTURE IS BILL,
CAPITOL THEATRE

The Flame of Barbara Coast
opens tonight at the Capitol Thea
tire and in story, acting and set
ting, the film is said 10 be ii led
with traditional San Francisco
gayety and stiring suspense.
The time is 1906 when the Bar
bara Coast was at it height.
john Wayne, tall and handsome,
is a Montana cattleman wi hon
est eyes ard accurate aim from
the hip. An Dvorak is THE
Flame" Joseph Schilkraut, dis
tinguished on stage and screen, is
the polished gambler of an era in
which the better dice, roulette and
card men, had a high gloss. Some
of them still have, but it comes
from extensive travel just ahead
of the police.
The Schildkraut character has
things all his own way unit! Wayne
drifts in from Montana to drop a
few dollars on the wrong numbers
He also casts an eye on Miss Dvorak
and from that moment, hi; gamble
is love and to employ a shopWorn
phrase, hearts are trumps, Wayne
loses money, but wins the girl. 1t
results in war between him and
Sch. ldkraut and his luck holds
cut again The earthquake and
fire roar in to demolish the Bar
Larry Coast and Wayne saves Miss
Dvorak not only from that catas-
trophe, but from the gambler
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
EIfiFl Cove
News Notes

Especial Correspondence
ELFIN COVE, Alaska, Aug. III
Skipper Hancock and wife we're
in today for supplies on their boat
Freedom, 65-foot seine-bcat
The Hancocks have just come
from Cordova and report the fish
ing there was very slack. They are
on their way to Seattle after Wis
iting the Ibachs on 'Lemesurisr
Island. The tip across the Gulf
of Alaska was made with the fin
est weather they have encounter
ed on their many trips north.
The Roy Elliots are giving their
home a coat of paint, the color
scheme being grey with dark
blue trim.
The packer Council D was in
for fuel oil and gas.
Paul Paulson, formerly of Sc
curity Bay, has taken the Jens
Hansen place, and is going to
build a home this fall.
Skipper Mckay and wife of the
hoat Argosy are in for supplies
as we'll as getting out of the bad
weather. They have been fishing
at Lituya, hut live in Seattle, and
will be going South when the sea-
son closes here.
School starts September 2. Mrs.
Aral Brown is the teacher.
Billye johnson. who has been
here this summer helping his uncle
Ernest Swanson, will return to his
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
MARTHA SOCIETY IS
TO MEET ON FRIDAY

The Martha Society of the North
ern Light Presbyterian Church will
meet in the church parlors Friday
afternoon.
The dessert luncheon will be serv-
ed at 1880 o'clock with Mrs. It. A.
Morgs>l and Mrs. Carl Hardin as
hostesses.
Mrs Paul Prouty will conduct the
devotional services.
All ladies of the church are in
vited.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

to overrule the orders of the sister
llocd, he said.
cat Portland, DR.. Gordon C. Ed
reported Mother Superior Stanislaus.
Kenosha, Wis, head of the religious
order, told him her medical advisers
recommended the polio patients not
be moved into the hospital)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
LUTHERAN AID TO
Meet TOMORROW

The first fall meeting of the
Ladies Lutheran Aid Society will
be held Thursday, September 4. at
8 p. m. in the church parlors.
Mrs. Edward Dick and Mrs. John
Lowell will be hostesses for the eve
ming. All members are requested TO
attend.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
PIONEER EDITOR
OF OREGON dies

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 3-tR-
Oregon is mourning the death of
State Senator Merle r. Chessman.
editor and publisher Of the Astorian
Budget.
Chessman died here Monday, fol-
lowing a brain operation Aug. rs.
He never regained consciousness. q
Gcv. Earl Smell described Chess
man as a man of keen intellect,
unusual ability, and tireless energy"
Chessman was born in Alsea, Ore,
in 1886, and graduated from the Uni
versity of Oregon in 1909. He became
city editor on the Pendleton East
Oregonian, and married Daphne Ev-
erly LeaSure, daughter of pioneer
Pendleton couple in 1911.
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BABY BOY IS BORN TO
VERh HODGES IN CALF.

Word has hesn received of the
birth of a son, weighing eight
pounds, IL ounces, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Vern Hodges in Hemet, Calf on
September /. Mr.. and Mrs. Hodges
were residents of Juneau and
Douglas for many years and Mrs.
Hodges is the former Stephanie
Africh and was born and reared
in Douglas. Mr.. and Mrs. Hodges
left Juneau several years ago and
were first in the Aleutians and
later in Brazil Mr.. Hodges now
owns a business in Hemet.
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home in Juneau on the reXt trip
the Elfin II gees to Juneau to
begin his Junior year i'll the Ju-
neau High School
ELFIN CCVE. Angus. 81 The
ioats that let today for Lituya
Bay are the Roamer, Sandy K,
Argosy. Helen T., Success and the
Mes Perse. Many old shippers here
shys that fishing at Lituya Bay
this time of year, a person must
watch the weather conditions very
close.
The Don Fosters have come in
from the fishing grounds. The
Fosters have moved from Their
boat to their home to start their
two boys Vern and Donnie to
school. Foster will continue to
tool until the season closss.
The weather conditions around
here has kept some 200 toa.s fair
ly close to the harbor the past
four days.
The packer Lawco that has pack
ed fish for Gearge Williams has
Quit due to illness. The boat
Stampson, which packed for
George last year, is on the job
again. The Sampson has been
fishing Hecate Strait and Lituya
Bay up to now.
Skipper Winner on the boat DON
Del, who went south to fish tuna,
arrived there and reports from
Port Angeles he and the Eoat Argo
will troll salmon at Cape Flattery
until the west and northwesterly
winds calm down 1t seems the
tuna won't bite on these winds.
Winner wrote the larger tuna boats
are laying in. Winner installed a
Photo Electric Pilot and an Inter
vox direction finder in Seattle be-
fore leaving for Port Angeles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

GRAVES now have on sale short
green slickers for boys and girls.
Extra small, small, medium and
large size. $50 tt
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03
rAKU LODGE

Call Mary Joy21 at the Baranof
for reservations and transportation
arrangements adv. 604-tf
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

When you pay sor QUALITY Why
not get the FINEST-Buy FLOR
SHEIM SHOES at Graves. adv.
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TIDE TABLE

, SEPTEMBER 4 Z
, High tide :. 8 40 am, 1871 feet Z
} Low tide =. 9:58 am, OF feet Z
, High tide 16:05 pm, 1863 feet Z
, Low tide -.22:27 pm, 0.3 feet Z
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

Mattresses and Fountain Girls
wanted at Percy's Cafe. 665 IT,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

because we
carefully check your re-
quirements so that you
get adequate Insurance.;
help you get prompt
payment of your loss;
represent only strong
companies with proven
ability to pay all losses.
Call or phone.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

home in Juneau on the reXt trip
the Elfin II gees to Juneau to
begin his Junior year i'll the Ju-
neau High School.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
LIVESTOCK


CHICAGO, Feb. 6-P)-(USDA)
-Salable hogs $500, total 10, 500;
most hogs sold on steady to strong
basis but general market closing
very active and fully Is cents high
er with spots so cents up; several
lots of good and choice 230-240
pounds late Is. 50-25.75; top 25.75;
bulk good and choice 18O-25O
pounds 25.00-25.25; comparable
grade 250-30O pounds "a. 50-25. 90;
3OO-350 pound weights "a. O0-24. So;
sows strong to Is cents higher:
bulk good and choice sows 21.00
81 .25.
Salable cattle 5000, total 5000:
salable calves 800, total 300; fed
steers and yearlings $3.50 cents.
mostly so cents, lower; fed heif-
ers % cents down; steers and heif-
ers predominated in receipts grad
ing high medium to average good;
early top steers 1925; some held
above $500; best heife-s $500:
most high medium to strictly good
steers and yearlings 10. 50-24.5 So;
lows steady; Gamers and cutters
s. ISL 90; active; beef COWS slow
at II. 50-14.0 90; beef bulls weak to
Is cents lower at 1880 down; saus-
age bulls firm, UP to 1878; vealers
firm at 1900 down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 Np -
Closing foreign exchange rates
follow Great Britain in dollars,
others in cents:
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 8 34 per cent dis
count of 96.75 U. S. cents, up 1916
of a cent;
EUROPE: Great Britain $4.02
1916, unchanged France CFranc)
"a IA, Unchanged; S W e d e n
(Krona) 27.85, unchanged; Switzer-
land !(Franc) Comb 23.40, I'M
changed;
LATIN AMERICA: Argentina
Free 24.48, up .03 Of a cent; Brazil
Free $50, unchanged; Mexico 20
"a unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
COTTON
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (P -
Cotton futures finished irregular
today following a rally in late
dealings on a furry of mill buy
ing in nearby deliveries and GOV,
ering by sellers which me- a scar
city of offerings. Final prices were
Is cents a bale higher to 81 low
er.
At one time the market declin-
ed almost $500 a bale. The down
ward movement was attributed tc
technical reasons, following the
recent sustained advance with
commission houses and New
Orleans dealers selling in early
trading.
Spot cotton markets were quiet
but firm. Some merchants expect,
ed mills to enter the spot market
soon to cover late second and early
third quarter raw cotton needs.
Prospects for some further slim
illus to larger cotton paintings ane
better yields were seen in Wash
ington reports that the Army vii
release it's entire current produc
ton of fertilizer for domestic use
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
BONDS IRREGULAR
IN. EARLY REPORT
Some Issues Turn Down
ward During Late Session
AT New York

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-P-The
hond market turned downward late
TODAY after following an irregular
course through most of the session.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois IN
rome SIS of 81 at one time touched
q new 1946-47 low of IS So following
word that the 1916 net income OF
the ROAD was not sufficient for pay
ment of general mortgage income
bond interest, but later moVeo
ahead slightly and closed off z IL
at 81. Other rails declining lnclud-
ed Chicago, Indianapolis q LOUIS
vile 4 IFS off 4 IL, Rocky Island
As of '88 of l IA, Lehigh Valley IS
of 2OO3 stamped down 2 1-8 and
St. Paul income 4 LIS off l 3-4.
Among scattered issues showing
Improvement were Erie 4 lis up l
1-8, Illinois Central As of 50 up l
3-S, Liggett & Myers IS up l 3-0,
Peoria and Eastern As up 2 and
Northern Pacific 4 LIS of 2047 up l
1-8.
American Telephone issues were
off fractionally to more than a
point coincident with reports that
two investment banking groups are
preparing to enter bids for any new
financing the company might I'M
dertake in the near future.
Today's bond sales totaled 81
500, 900 compared with $4,220, 600
Wednesday.
=. Foreign government obligations
generally were higher.
Medium and long-term U. S. gov
ernments were unchanged to oil
2-32 in over-the counter dealings.
The victory loan 2 LIS of Dec. st.
u were unchanged at 1920 bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07

NEW YORK, Feb. O. up "A
number of recent stock market Ia
vorites. including motors, stumbled
over profit taking today but assert
ed rails. liquors, amusements and
special issues successfully contest
ed offerings.
Losses running to 2 or more
points after an active and fairly
steady opening were trimmed by
midday with dealings slowing.
thereafter advances began to ap-
pear in most departments. The
close, consequently was no worse
than slightly mixed. The pace
uuickened a bit in the final hour
and, for the eighth successive full
session, the days aggregate topped
the million-share level. Transfers
of lilo, 900 shares compared with
/, 1870, 900 Wednesday.
Customers still were bullish over
the labor outlook, taxes and hopes
that forecasts of a mild business
recession later in the year might
prove unfounded. Selling was attri-
buted mainly to the idea that the
lengthy upswing to new 6-months
highs for the industrials meant that
the technical health of the market
had been impaired and a correction
overdue.
The Associated Press 60-stock
composite was off 2 Of a point at
1918. The market again a the
narrowest since Jan. %. OF 976 is
sues registering, 423 fell and 34e
rose.
Norfolk &Western, A Notably
Thin blue chip, added 8 IL points
at 241 On only 1870 chares. Pleasing
dividends lifted Sheaffer Pen l 34
to 10 ga and u. S. Rubber l IL tc
81. Dow Chemical was up 2 SO al
173 3-4, Atlantic Coast Line 2 at st
ID, Schenley l SO at At So, Twen-
tieth Century-Fox l 1-8 at So 1-8 al
36 1-S and Rahio Corp, The days
most active stock, Is at 10 IL.
Improved were Bethlehem, Wool
worth, Douglas Aircraft, Aviation
Corp, Farnsworth, Anaconda, d.
Pont, United Fruit, American
Wooden, Distillers Corp, Hiram
Walker, Paramount Pictures
Philco and International paper.
American Telephone dropped
1-8 at 172 Ia as new financing plan!
were reported. Chrysler yielding
3-8 at 100 3-8, International Har
vester l IA at 70 IA, Allied Chemi
cal l at 1T and General Motors 81
at 81 7-o. On the offside were U s
Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Studebak
er, Goodrich, Sears Roebuck, Mont
gocery Ward, Kennecott, American
Can, General Electric, Union Car
bide, Philip Morris, Texas Co.
Santa Fe, N. Y. Central, Southern
Rwy and Great Northern.
Bonds were irregularly lower. A
Chicago wheat turned strong anc
ended up 2 to 3 IL c a bushel.
Corn was up SO to l and ats 10
to l Ia.
Forward curbmovers were Cubar
Atlantic sugar, Huylers, St. Law
renee corp. and Dominion Steel
Turnover here was $40, 900 share'
Tvs 450,O yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
RecentStockMartFauorit
Stumble OuerP Taking
Assorted Rails, Liquors,
Amusements, Special
Issues Successful

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
BY United Press
Stocks irregularly quiet.
Bonds ir~regulariy lower; U.
S. governments not traded.
Curb stocks irregular.
Chicago stocks irregular.
Silver unchanged in New
York at 10 "a cents a fine
ounce.
Cotton futures irregular.
Grains In Chicago; wheat,
corn. oats and barley futures
higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
NEW ORLEAN MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6 - R-
The average price of middling Is
16ths inch cotton today at ten
designated southern spot markets
was 10 cents a bale lower at 80. 60
cents a pound; average for the past
80 market days 31.85; middling
7-8ths inch average 31.30;
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
POULTRY

RALEIGH, Feb. 6 = (R MC-
DA)- Poultry and egg markets
steady to continued firm.
RALEIGH U. S. grade A,
large 48; fryers and broilers. two
to three pounds, "a to 26.
WASHINGTON - U. S. grade A,
large, A; broilers, flyers and
roasters, q to %.
To assure a good fit in a home
made dress, necessary alterations
should be made on the paper pat.
tern before cutting the material
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
N. G.. LIVESTOCK

RALEIGH. Feb. 6-P-(NCDA)
Hog markets about steady to
steady with tops of $500 at Rocky
Mount and Richmond, and $3.50
at Smithfield.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, Fec. 6-U.H-Pro-
duce markets: Potatoes: dollars
per 100 lbs. unless otherwise IN
oicated) unsettled. Names Kata-
hdins No. Ia 2.40-.65; Kathahdins
No. /, lbs 1.30-.35 Katahdins
No. 1B Its; Green Mts. No. /,
2.40-.65; Green Mts 50 ID bags No.
l, 1885,; Long Island Green Mts.
No. l 2.40-.75; No. 1B 1.50-. IS;
Green Mts. No. l, 50 lbs ordinary
1.35-.40; Idaho Russets No. /,
3.75-4.O0; Bakers Box 3.85-4.0O No.
l, so lbs 2,0O-.25: Green. Mts. seed
2.7o-.75; Sebago Seed 2.7O-.75; Idaho
Russets 10 ID bags 1913; Floridas
so ID bags Red Bliss 2.50-3.75;
Neb Red Bliss so lbs 2.75-3.OO.
Sweet potatoes: (bushel baskets)
steady. New Jersey, Golden, No.
No. 1, 2~.25-3.25: New Jersey, Jer-
sey type No. /, 2.00-3.O 90; Jersey
type No. 1, Y bushels 1.6O; New
Jersey, Jersey type, mediums
1.0O-.25; New Jersey, Jersey type
No. 1 processed 2.74-3.OO.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6 W.H-Pro-
duce:
Poultry: 81 trucks, steady; hens
35.
Cheese: twins %39-40-1a; single
daisies 411a-42: Swiss OTTO.
Butter: 442, 092 lbs; weaker; SO
score 6812; go score So; 80 score
STU; SO score unquoted.
Eggs: 6.147 cases. finn. extras
l, Al: extras 2, 39Aa-4Oh: 3 and
4; standards l and 2, 80; 3 and 4,
81; current receipts 361a'; dirties
1881; checks 32k-33.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

FURNISHED by Allen c. Ewing & Coz
BID ASKED
American Optical 2.30a-- 40 50
ACL of Conn. 4.ooa 1885, Sc SO "a
Boston Fund 2.32b ---- 21.09 22.68
Carolina Insurance 1.40a 80 IS
DeVilbiss .00a - 20 q
GRIP Securities RR Eq .26b 4.97 SAT
McBee .4oa ---- 3-8 10
Mass. Investors TT. LOB 1857 1857
National Transit .75a - IA IA 1-s
Peoples Saw Blk g. TT 3.OOc 80 -
Red Rock Bottling - IA IA Ia
Security Natl Bank soc 26 -
Standard Stoker 3.00c $50 Is a
It'd Water Pwr Common 8 10 8 So
Wilmington Saw Il TT 2.00c 40 -
a. Indicated annual dividend rate.
b. Income and profits dividends
paid in past IL months.
C. Paid in 1916.
tThe above quotations are nominal
and are believed to be indications
of the price at which the securities
may be purchf sed or sold.)
CHICAGO BUTTER
CHICAGO, Feb. G. (P.- GUS.
DA)- Butter weak; AA SO score
68.5; A 90 - So; B 80 - CTS. Eggs
steady and unchanged.
The echo., 1947-03-01
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HIGH e
PAY {!

Soldiers in Uncle Sans new
Peacetine Regular Army are
nov receiving higher pay than
ever before. For example, a
Private's pay has been in
creased 500 And that's only
one 81 many attractive fea-
lures Of an Army career. You
may enlist If you are 18 to q
inclusive ~ with parents
cOnsent). Get all the facts
on1 ono p q Rldr
The echo., 1947-03-01

and figures about the new pay
increases for all Army grades
at your nearest u. S. Army
Recruiting Station.
The echo., 1947-03-01
TIE ECHO
rr,F rrur Roster)

p,b,,., 49,. 5 X, r. trort, at 250s 5th Meridian,
sipp. Phone 3377 OFFICIAL ORGAN Or HE II. D. A
SuAscrntocs payable in Advance)
Entered second-cass matter No
vember IT, 1923 at the Post Office IF
Meridian. Mississippi, under the act
Of i 1879.
One year $I50, Six months s-'
Three months, soc; Single
Matte z. Lar1in E5ito
lillian r Tarkr
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POI. 2O2 ?. Q. Bldg
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Id VOID Iamp l1io ny Fol an
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A. A. Ir3-tar
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Memphis Tennessee
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26
Taken From Life

stadium, and raise the money
for a new hotel must be recog-
nlZed as one of the effective
builders of greater Southeast
ern North Carolina. We could
add that the county is spending
a million dollar bond issue on
schools and contracts for new
school buildings have been let
recently. Visit Whiteville and
you get a vision of the South.
eastern North Carolina that is
to be. 1t is a progressive town
OF men and women who have
caught a vision of the town and
county they are determined
their children will enjoy. To
prove that in reality Whiteville
is a city not town right now
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and the City Police De-
partment are raising the funds
for markers for every street, and
thlrty-three attractive, metal
street markers have already
been ordered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26
DUTCH COMPANY
REQUEST SAMPLES
Carolina Printing A n d
Stamp Concern Publica-
tions To Go Overseas

The Carolina Printing and
Stamp company of Wilmington
has been requested by G. H.
Buhrmann's Papiergroothandel
N. ", greatest wholesale paper
company in The Netherlands. to
send copies of it's publications.
folders, booklets and direct mail
advertisements - for exhibits
throughout Holland.
The request of the local COM
pany was made by mail from
the Dutch concern after letter.
head and matching envelope
printed for the Linville company
was entered in a contest spon-
|sored by national magazine by
the printing concern.
"We note that some of your
work is discussed in the Speci-
men Review of the Inland Print
er, September 1947, and we are
sure that all your posters, fold
ers, booklets and other direct
mail advertisement would be of
greatest interest for the visitors
Of our shows" wrote
Buhrmann's. Therefore we
kindly equest you to snd US
a copy (if possible 2 copies) of
you publications and to keep
our name on your mailing list"
According to tn e letter, the
Dutch company puts on txhibi-
tions in it's showrooms in t h e
principal cities of Holland of
printed snecimens from al over
the world.
"From mid-September 10 mid
October we had a show on a
much larger scale in the
museum of Modern Arts
in Eindhoven,' they wrote.
''This exhibit has proved to be
great success ard we are now
invited to organize with our
material similar show in Bel
gium. In January 1948 it will,
therefore, be held in the Munich
pal Museum in Gent.
"We are confident that you
will support our trial to enlarge
our American collection. :"
The Carolina Printing com
panv> contest entry, which
brou ght recognition from the
great Netherlands company,
consisted of a picture of Grand
father mountain. located in
Western North Carolina, which
was printed on both envelopes
and 1etterheads, Walter Cartier,
company official said yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26
YOUNG BOY FOUND
AF TER BEING LOST
OVERNIGHT IN WOODS

Four-year-old Stephen An
drews, who lived in Maffit Viii
lage here with his parents until
a year ago, was back in his
home at Hermanville, Md, yes
terday and apparently none the
worse for the wear, after being
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

For Newspaper Service Dial 2-331l
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

lost overnight in nearby
woods.
The father of the child, who
was found with his two puppies
by a band of searching sailors
and marines at dawn, was form-
erly ar electric refrigerator me-
chanic at the shipyard here.
The child's grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. L. Allen, reside at
49 Spofford Mills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

Henry Wyche emphasized hat
in addition to markets for to-
bacco and peanuts, Whiteville is
oroviding cash markets for
sweet potatoes, grapes, pecans,
livestock wheat, cucumhars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

Under the leadership and due
n the lberality of the Mer-
chants Association Whiteville
tbis wear will have the biggest
ard oavest and the most widely
,nnreciated Christmas since
wav before the war. All day
Christmas day itself Radio sta
finn WE.NC. will give a holi-
day program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

The Pribilov or Pribilof islands
are volcanic in origin. They are
in the Bering sea and belong to
the United States. They are iso-
lated and surrounded by fog,
which is thought to'be the reason
why the otary or fur seal selects
these grounds for breeding pur-
rocac
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

Wvche stressed that the farnl-
er who is making a success of
diversification thereby makes
himself far better credit risk.
The bank can look to payment
Of credit advanced not only to
tobacco and peanuts but to other
crops being grown successfully
and profitably on the farm. The
diversified farmer is a multi
pIied credit risk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

Without the slightest eXagge-
ration Whiteville rapidly is TAX
ing rank as a pecan center In
quiries about pecans are coming
from all parts of the country.
evidencine +hat they KNOW
already about the large amount
Ct pecans marketed IN White
vile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-26

The last census gave White
vile population of 1900. A town
OF That population that can main
tam five civic organizations, a
radio station, a growing news
paper, can provide a lighted