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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07

Before an enthusiastic audience
the Star and the News presented
. radio sa1ute to New Hanove-
county on the Sunday Star-news-
reel. from the stage OF New Han
over high school auditorium over
WMFD, at 1:3O p. m. yesterday;
The program was a ma
broadcast in a series OF salutes
honoring the counties in south
eastern North Carolina served by
the Star and the News. Next sun,
dav the Star and the News Will
nresent the initial radio broad
cast in a series, dramatlzlng IN,
teresting d m a r Ioulla
throughout Southeastern Nor'h
Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
Leaves Coat
To Pay For Eats

The question Of just how honest
is a thief-or an apparent one
was in the minds of local police
officers last night.
The whole thing camp up when
they were called to investigate a
breakin at the Ida Diner, 1915
South Third st.
Sure enough, upon arrival at the
address they found that some I'm
known person had entered the
establishment by way of the roof.
1t seems that whoever was re-
sponsible, after getting atop the
building, Travelled the rest of the
way through a ventilator.
Upon entering the building po-
lice found very Ntte 1iael~A -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
SEVEN MEN CITED
IN LABOR PROBE
House Committee Accuses
Unionists OF Dominat-
ing Market

WASHINGTON. April e-P-A
House committee accused a seven
man labor union Hierarchy" to-
day Of dominating the Philadel-
phia produce market through "vio-
lenve. intimidation and exortion."
The misunderstanding subcom-
mittee of the House Expenditures
committee levelled its accusations
against local 929 of the Interna-
tional Transfers union AFL).
In a report submitted to Rep.
Clare E. Hoffman (R-Mich) chair
man of both the subc committee and
the full committee, the union 'hier-
archy" was identified as:
Abraham Goldberg, president;
George Swift, vice president; Har-
ry Daniels, financial secretary;
Anthony Grisiuo, recording score
tary; and Louis Brody, Albert Di
Giovanni and Reece Mccullough,
trustees.
In Philadelphia, Edward Davis,
an attorney for the union, said it
would have no coment on the COM
statements until 1t has
had full opportunity to study the
whole report.
Calling the locals activities "de-
family arrant and unprincipled
chants, commission agents and
ba nditry," with farmers, mer-
their employees among those who
suffered, the committee added:
80 complete was the rule and
reign OF these persons that Phila-
produce market was per-
vaded by a purposefully generated
and carefully nutured atmosphere
of intimidation and coercion,
equally oppressive to labor and
management alike, and 50 power
full as to cause commerce to halt
Or flow at the arbitrary whhn and
Of those who eXerted that
authority"
Dominated Street
The unions domination Of the
Dock street market area, through
some 5000 carloads Of pro-
duce and fruit normally move
monthly, began in 1911, the conn
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
Enthusiasm Marks
Salute To County

Yesterdays program, high
lighted the voices of the New Han
over High School Glee club I'm
der the direction of Mary Henri
Wolf and featuring w. o. Page,
Jr., as soloist, was written and
directed by Ben Mcdonald, Star
News round-the-town-reporter. Del
MCGOWAN, instrumentalist ac-
companied by Miss Wolf, render
ed q special arrangement OF
Rock of Ages"
The program, narrated by Nc
Donald, stated:
The wisdom and far-reaching
vision that started New Hanover
(Continued On Page Five, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07

they did find a note, and written
thereupon was a brief explanation
of just why the diner was reided.
The note read: II hadn't eaten
for quite a while and I had to eat
something. I'll leave my coat in
payment for what 1 ate. I ate as
follows: two pieces Of ham, hot
dogs, bottle of DR.. Pepper, three
packages of Camels and drank
some milk"
True to his word, the man left
his coat.
Police are still investigating. 1t
is only natural to assume. even
though they gave no hint of it, that
perhaps they have no special de-
49, - sntah ~ 49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
Jaycees Enter
HomeHearing
Commerce Representative
To Attend Meeting To-
day In Courthouse
By GEORGE HASLAM
Star Staff Writer

The Wilmington Junior Cham
Der Of Commerce, which for sew
eral years has taken an i've in
terset in the affaifUo0 New
Hanover Ilnns co;1usu9s VAS u be
nj, a*'' sss
ing aolNS xcvNcom
miss q rnouse.
Las .NlsSesse B. Sellers
presto II the civic club, sale
he would call upon the organiza.
tons special investigating com
mittee to attend the commission.
ers' meeting to throw light upon
the matter which has been under
probe by tie board most of last
week.
About three months ago, ac-
cording to Sellers, the Jaycees'
committee headed by Bob Dan
nenbaum and including Wallace
West and Lloyd Dunn made a
thorough probe Of the county in
stitution.
Definite improvement in the
appearance and operation of the
home vas included in the civic
clubs report, both Sellers and
the committee chairman reveal.
ed.
Commissioner Trask's star wit
ness at today's session will be
a former superintendent of the
institution and a former nurse.
The former superintendent is S
e. Long, who now is serving as
superintendent of the homes
farm, while the ex-employe is
Mrs. D. O. Covington, whom
fGnnffnrvnI - nn-> Tu,o. raI oN
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
COMMUNIST BAND
FLEES TO NORTH
Red Detail Which
Killed Five, Wounded
Is Marines Escapes

TIENTSIN, China, April 6.-(P-
The Chinese Communists who kill
ed five U. S. marines and wound
ed 16 in a raid on an ammunition
dump Saturday were believed to-
day to have made good their
escape, although a Chinese gov
eminent army battalion was in
pursuit.
There was no word of any Ma
rine pursuit since a Marine OBJ
servation plane reported sighting
the fleeing Communist column sew
eral miles north of the Hsinho
depot at midday Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
FLIGHT HALTED

NEW YORK, April s-WY-
Milton Reynolds, millionaire
pen manufa cturer, postponed
his round-the-world flight again
today when trouble developed
in hi planes radio.
The Reynolds Bombshell, a
converted tWin-engined A-26
bomber, was transferred to the
Newark Airport today for a
take-of tomorrow if repairs are
completed on the radio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
Along The Cape Fear

MORE HORRORS After a
quiet weekend that included at
tending one Of the spectacular
sunrise ceremonies near the banks
of the Cape Fear, we felt sure
that the horrors in store for us
as a result of the new chain let
ter fed would vanish from our
memories.
But 10 and behold, upon our
arrival at the office Sunday after
noon what should greet us but
another warning from our kind
friends. .
You may recall that Saturday
morning we told how our friend
cautioned that Along The Cape
Fear may be doomed to suffoca-
ton under an avalanche Of let
tiers.
FURTHER STUDY - Further
study shows this chain letter men
ace worse than originally feared"
is the not so cherry start of the
new warning to us.
"The figures prove that if only
two persons, out of each five who
receive these we1l-wishing letters,
carry on this April foolishness,
that on that dread and terrible
day six months hence, the letters
coming into North Carolina post
offices would cover the entire state
to a depth of around 500, 900 sex
| tillion les.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
The Weather

FORECAST:
Worth Carolina-Fair and not so WARM
senday, slightly warmer Tuesday.
South Carolina-Fair and contlhueo
warm Monday and Tuesday.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By u. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a houfs
~oin8 1880 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
l!S0 a. m. 81; 7:30 a. N. 81; l:yO p. m
VI 7:D p. m. So; Maximum 80; MINI
atNlsn s6; Mean 70; Normal SO.
HUMIDITY
l:U a. m. 90; 7:30 a. m. 85; 1:So p. m.
W; 1880 p. m. SO.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
~ inches.
Hotal since the first Of the month o.04
aasaass.
TIDES FOR TODAY
from the Tide Tables published by Y.
~ Coast and Geodetic SURVEY.
HIGH Low
Warrington lila 5:57a
1882 6:08r
M~asonboro s:52a 2:50a
9:18p 2:56r
&nnrise Ssh; Sunset 1887; Moonr1
mEp. Moonset 7:07a. ,
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at q
a m. 0 feet.
More Weather On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07

Nf
estimated $4,000 persons were
homeless or stranded in their
homes today as spring floods
ravaged large areas of the Mid
west and East.
Storms, floods and tornados.
which have battered the Midwest
since early Saturday, had killed
at least II persons. Four died in
an Oklahoma tornado, three youths
drowned in Kansas when their
boat capsized in a gale. Two per
sons died in Indiana, one in ILL
nois and n in Michigan.
The worst flood in years Grip
pied parts of Southern Michigan.
Approximately half of the 1900
residents of Mt. Clemens, Mich,
were marooned in their homes.
Flood waters swirled through Sec
tons of at least Is other Michigan
towns and communities.
Easter Sunday parades were
spoiled in most sections of the
country by dismal weather. Ex-
ceptions were New York city,
where skies were sunny and tenn
peratures in the 70's: California
and Florida, and sections of the
Southwestern plains and lower
Mississippi valley. .Chicago's
Michigan boulevard, whipped by
high winds, was deserted through
out the morning.
Rain-sWollen rivers and creeks
had overflown their banks in
areas of Iowa, Nebraska, North
ern Illionis, Western New York
and Pennsylvania. Illinois, Michi-
gan and Pennsylvania were hit
hardest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07
Tornado Hits
Western City
Michigan, Illinois, Penn.
sylvania Suffer Heavy
Damage; IL Killed
BULLETIN

DETROIT, April . - Mon
day)-R-Tw0 large Michigan
cities - Flint and Lansing -
were placed in a state of emer-
gency last night as they bore
the brunt of wind-whipped
flood waters rampaging over
much of the lower peninsula.
Three deaths were attributed
to the high water and winds up
to 60 miles an hour. Thou
sands were homeless, travel
and communications we're dis
rupted and numerous indus
tries were periled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-07

CONTINUED On Page Two; Col. },
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
Tiny Radio Tube Is New
Tom Thumb Of Industry

When quill toothpick, remem-
ber them, looks large by compari-
son with radio tube, that's news
in the national bureau of standards
book.
The bureau has announced devel-
opment of such radio tube. small
er than the eraser of a new lead
pencil and only slightly larger than
a grain of wheat. The bureau be-
lieves the tube is the smallest ever
developed by any nation, and they
call the new tube the microtube.
But while the bureau~is happy to
report the invention, they are rath-
er reticent about uses for the micro
tube. They explain that it has va
SriouS military applications. 1t is be-
lieved the tube also will aid police
work. 1t was developed in connec.
ton with research on proximity
fuses, military development of
World War II.
The proximity fuse is in effect a
radio set small enough to 60 in the
nose Of shell. 1t has the effect of
radar control of the missile. When
the shell is near a metal object,
such as an airplane. it will explode
even though it has not made direct
contact. The new tube may be used
in bullets fred from planes at long
distance detectives.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
Gray Squirrel Nests

The California gray squirrel
builds two kinds of nests; those
made in tree holes and those called
drays which are built out among the
branches of the trees. Tree hole
nests are generally made by
woodpecker or flicker, but may re-
suit from decay following the break
ing off of limb. They are most
likely to be found in oaks, cotton
woods and sycamores. Before occu.
patton they are provided with a soft
inner nest made of fibrouS shredded
bark from redwoods, cedar or pines.
Usually the pieces of bark are gath
cred on the ground. The bark is
held in the mouth while the claws
are combed through it to make it
soft and pliable. The outside of the
dray is made of sticks about the
diameter of pencil. Such nests are
two to three feet in, diameter and
may or may not be covered over.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04

Daisy Turner spent the week
end at the Eldon Beck home IN
Springfield.
Ada Shirk left Monday on a
two weeks visit with her son,
Thomas, and family, in Kentucky.
Callers at the Blaine Carpent-
er home last week were Miss
William Lockwood and daughter,
Marysville; Mr.. an d Mrs. Carl
Wood, of Perrys burg; Mrs.
George Welch and daughter, Mrs.
William lockwood and daughter,
Mrs. Pete Clark and daughter.
Jean Liggett, of Ostrander.
spent the weekend with John
H milton, Sara and Mildred
Hamilton, of Columbus, were al
so guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Montgom-
cry, with their son, Charles and
wife, were dinner guests last
Sunday at the Guy hodge nome
of Lunda.
Sunday dinner guests of the
Dick Jusner family were Van
Jackson and family, of Lunda.
Afternoon callers were Joe jack
son, of Marion and Mr.. and Mrs.
uarIouy DaWolf
Callers of Gertrude DeGood
last week were Mr.. and Mrs. E.
j. Gordon, of near Marysville,
Martha Berry, Bette Jolliff and
friend, Edwin Jolliff and wife,
of near Raymond
Jim Blue and family sp n t
Thursday with Mary and Charles
Blue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Carpenter
spent Sunday afternoon in Della
ware.
Floyd Shirk and a mily, OF
Marysville, were Sunday dinner
guests of his parents, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Don Shirk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Clark and
daughter, Levon, entertained the
William Lockwood a mily on
Thanksgiving day.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
Everyone Profits From
DEVELOPMENT of New Drugs

The eventful ten years of medi-
cine just past are only beginning to
be understood in regard to the rev.
olutionary changes they have
brought into the practice of medi-
cine. Entirely apart from the now
well-known and widely used anti
biotics .and sulfonamides, there has
come into the medical horizon a
large group of natural and synthetic
chemicals affecting the hormonal,
enzymic, and synthesizing mecha-
nisms of the living body in health
and in disease. Among them are:
vitamin X, caffeine, fuorescein
sodium. benadryl, mecholyl chic
ride, metrazol. placental extract
dicoumarol, curare, histamine, pyr-
ibenzamine, neostigmine, pitressin
and gonadotropin. Also bismuth
paste, barium sulfate, and numer-
Gus other chemicals are used in
x-ray work. These named drugs are
but few samples which are replac.
ing the old in the modern doctors s
arsenal.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
Narrowing Has Progressed

The farmer of ancient and medi-
eval times narrowed or pulverized
the clods of earth stirred up by his
plow by drawing bundles of tree
branches over the field, thus smooth
ing the seed bed before planting.
Later the branches were supplant-
ed by ox-drawn triangular wooden
frames through which extended
rows of pegs. Modern harrows are
scientifically designed implements
which break up the clods by means
of steel teeth or by rows of steel
discs. They accomplish in. an hour
the equivalent of days of Hand har-
rowing. Under primitive cultivation
methods, man with hoe labored
long to remove weeds and stir the
soil around his crops. The first
horse drawn cultivator, invented
over 100 years ago. permitted the
farmer to cultivate two acres in a
day. With the modern tractor-drawn
cultivator he can easily work from
30 to 65 acres of his land in nor
NAL working day.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
BUICK CAR BURNS

The motor of l941 Buick Sc
dan burned completely out at 5
p. m, Sunday, for an undiScover-
ed reason. The car was being
driven by Kenneth c. Strawn, of
Hammond, Ind, when the engine
suddenly stopped when he was
about 2 miles out of Marysville,
on the Bellefontaine d. Mr..
Strawn and his wife stated that
the engine suddenly stopped and
wouldn't start when they tried
it, and suddenly started to burn.
The car was hauled in to the
H. l. Huffman Garage by tn e
Huffman Wrecker.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
: PEORIA
Mrs. BLANCHE LoNGsHoRE

Mr.. and Mrs. John S. LEVEL,
of Marion, spent the weekend
with their parents here.
Parents and teacher plan their
monthly meeting at the school
house Friday evening. The coun-
ty agent will address the group
Mr.. C. NJ. Boord will h Ve a
surprise number on the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Montgom-
cry spent Friday night and Sat
urday with Sara Kerns and chill
dren, of near West Mansfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Shirk en-
tertained with a family dinner,
Thanksgiving. Barbara Shirk was
a weekend guest of her grand
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Richardson
and son spent one day last week
with his sister, of Middleburg.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
Gone With the Soil

The greatest disaster of all over
took the Holy Land in the 9th CEN
tury, A. D., says the soil conserva-
tion service, when the Saracen
hordes overran Asia Minor and
much of southern Europe. The no.
madic people, fired with fanatical
zeal to displace Christianity with
the Moslem faith, had no love for
the land. Their herds of goats,
sheep, horses and camels devoured
all green vegetation. Without this
natural protection, the fertile soil
washed away. The beautiful Jordan
became clogged with clay. All visi-
tors to Palestine come back with
the same gloomy picture of barren,
rocky hills and scanty vegetation.
The soil, which produced the wealth
to build the temple and Solomon,s
palace, no longer clothes the Jul
dean hills. The fate that befell
, Canaan has been repeated over and
over by many civilizations of the
past. Babylon, Carthage, Syria and
, Rome neglected to protect their nat
, ural inheritance of fertile soil. II
can be stated as an axiom that nc
great civilization can be created or
maintained without a good fertile
soil to support it.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
ADVISORY COUNCIL /

Advisory Council l, at its meet
ing Dec. l, held in the home of
Dale Staley, northwest of Ray
mond, was host to K. T. Chao, OF
Suchow, China. Mr.. Chao, who
was a house guest of Mr.. and Mrs
S. l.. Cullman, is in this country
to make a study of Farm Bureau,
Co-operatives, soil conservation
and County Agriculture Exten-
sion Service.
Back home, Mr.. Chao is direc-
tor Of Mass Education Institute
at SuchoW. He carries on his
work through the medium of the
radio. He operates a small broad
casting station and has battery
radio receiving sets placed in
buildings throughout an area
about. the size of four of our
counties, where the farmers may
gather and listen to the programs
he broadcasts.
He will leave Ohio Dec. 5 for
Ottowa, Canada, where he will
spend 30 days and then he will
proceed to Los Angeles, where he
will make additional research be-
fore returning to China in March
COUNCILS PLAN PARTY
Advisory Councils 8 and 80
will meet at 7 p. M, Thursday
Dec. IL, at the Farm Bureau Hal
for a pot-luck supper and Christ,
mas party.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
Development Of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico has some traditional
old industries, largely based on
agriculture and including produc-
ton of sugar. molasses, rum and
commercial alcohol. There is also
the Puerto Rican fine-needlework
industry, which ranks among the
best in the world. Although the
available labor is largely unskilled
in industrial operations, the estab-
lished industries have shown that
Puerto RicanS can be trained to a
high degree of mechanical and
manual skill. Various aids in train
ing labor are available, among
them "a new vocational school for
5000 students. Wages, though high
er than elsewhere in the Caribbean
because of both federal and insular
established minimum wage rates.
are considerably lower than in the
States. Because Puerto Rico is in
side the u. S. tariff wall, the Island
can compete in u. S. trade with the
sometime lower wages Of foreign
producers.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
UsabIe Forms Cheaper
Cost OF Septic Tank

Putting water in homes by many
farm families has created the need
for building septic tanks. A good
tank can be built at low cost and a
minimum of labor by using remov-
able forms, says University Of Mis-
souri,.
Demonstrations on putting in
these tanks have been held. Remov-
able or reusable concrete forms
were used each time. The forms
usually are owned by some local
farm organization and can be built
for about $50. A small rental charge
is made for their use.
Forms are practical and usually
pay for themselves in any county
where number of people are inter-
,ested In building septic tank. With
many more families putting water
in their homes by pressure systems
and farm ponds, more tanks are ex-
pected to be built in the coming
years. A blueprint for these forms
is available from University of Mis-
souri,.
Average cost of putting in a tank
is about $35 including rental of
forms. Farmers in counties which
have no forms for rent will have the
additional cost of lumber for con-
crete forms. To these costs must be
added the cost of soil and outlet
pipes. This will vary with each in
stallation but usually the cost is
about $50.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton,
Marion, Jim Smallwood and fam
lily, of Unionville; Gene Small
wood and family were Thanks
giving guests at the John Small
wood home.
Ervel Flick and f a m ly, of
Hume, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Burnside.
Wednesday dinner guests OF
Frank Woods family were Lee
Richardson and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Mathys, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Welch and
little son, Mickey, were Saturday
evening callers of Howard Long
shore and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Clark, Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Lockwood were
callers of Mrs. Joe Clark, of Mar
ion, one day last week.
Alice Mae Jolliff, of Columbus,
is spending this week with her
grandfather Burnside.
Callers of Ines Smallwood last
week were Grace a nd Levon
Clark, Ora Jackson, Stella Glass
borne and Ada Shirk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Lockwood
spent Sunday afternoon with
Hazel Gray and f a mily, near
Broadway,
Noble Hopkins, of Lima, Wal
ter Sanderson, of Pharisburg,
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. John Smallwood. They
were evening callers at the Gene
Smallwood home.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
RAYMOND NEWS

and son, Datton, entertained in
their home on Thanksgiving the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willie Burroughs, of near Ray
mond, and Miss Phyllis Jett, of
Marysville.
Mr.. Randall Cornelius is nome
fr ON the Veterans hospital in
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-04
Prehistoric Rock
Solves Oil Supply

Farmers who in the past have
used rocks for walls and wells can
now bless one of the family, Colo
RADIO shale, as a security reserve
source of an estimated 80 billion
barrels of oil. enough to run farm
machinery for many generations.
Since thus far science has failed
to squeeze blood frcln a turnip, IT
has discovered a way to cook pc
troleum out of rock shale. For each
ton Of shale laid down in Colorado
lake bottoms go million years ago,
there is now being extracted, at the
Rife demonstration plant of the
u. S. bureau Of mines, an average
Of 20 gallons of oil.
The little-known two million dol
lar pilot plant at Rife, according to
Henry F. Dever, of Minneapolis
Honeywell Regulator company. is
the first step in the department OF
interiors 80 million dollar program
for research into and development
of synthetic liquid fuels. 1t is to
show private industry how to un-
lock this extra supply of oil and to
supplement QUIZ limited natural re-
serves.
The Rife demonstration plant will
serve as blueprint to obtain all
possible know-how on mining and
processing techniques. To do this, a
highly precise instrumentized con-
troll system designed for the bureau
by Brown instruments is recording
important data which will deter
mine effective and economical
methods of producing oil from shale
on commercial basis.