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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
By GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, Oct. H. When
the Mayor of New York with
its millions to feed can't solve
the riddle of spiraling food
prices, how can you expect a
young midwest housewife to
get the answers?
Wanda McConville of Lake
view, Mich, the representative
American housewife brought to
New York by NEA and her
town P-TA on a visit of inquiry,
was stunned by the conflicting
answers to her point : blank
questions. She began with May
or William O'Dwyer.
Wanda, thinking of her two
sons, her 200-pound husband,
and their family income of $500
a month, asked the Mayor when
prices would stop going up.
81 don't know" he answered
reluctantly. eff they come down
even a little that will help. Too
many people are blaming
prices on the farmer He has a
right to economic parity with
the city worker. No one ques-
tons that. But all along the line,
from the moment the food
leaves the farmer, everyone
who handles it is adding more
than he should. So when it gets
to the housewife, she h as to
carry the whole BURDEN"
Wanda knew what he was
talking about. That's the way it
seems to her, too.
Leaving City Hall, Wanda
confided that she felt the Mayor
as much up a tree as she.
She wss thinking of what she
would tell the Lakeview Par
nts-Teachers Association, who
sponsored the trip arranged by
NEA Service, when she got
back,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAM
By virtue of the owe and authority
contained in a decree of sale made in a
certain action pending in the Superior
Court of New Hanover County. wherein
the City of Wilmington, ct al are plain
tiffs, and James J.. King, jeremiah ].
King, ct al, are defendants, the under
signed will, on Monday, November 10th,
1947, at IL o'clock Noon, at ne court
house door of New Hanover County, sell
at public auction, for cash, to the high
est bidder, all that certain lot of land
lying and being in the City OF Whining
ton, County of New Hanover, ard
State of North Carolina, described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the western
line of Thirteenth st which point is
222 #. north of the intersection of west
ern line of Thirteenth st. with the north
ern line of Savage Street, running
thence ~northwardly along western line
of Thirteenth St. u feet, thence in a
southwesterly direction 27G #. thence in
a s%outherly direction AS # to a point
80 #. more or less from the northern
line of Savage St, and thence IN a
northeasterly direction, a direct line, to
the point of beginning, same beng a
part of Block 1874, according to official
plan of the City of Wilmington, N. c.
Subject to all taxes for years 1916 and
1947, and all street and sidewalk assess
ments.
Successful bidder required to deposit
10 per cent of amount bid with under
signed
Dated and posted this 4th. day of Oc-
tober, 1947.
G. C.. MCINTYRE,
~,-o;-r,o,a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

mostly leftovers from the jap
anese occupation, or captured
from Dutch. or smuggled in. And
the Indoaesians once made a
bombing raid. A plane dropped
two bombs in a raid on the air
port at Sararang, on the north
central coast - but they killed
seven and wounded II Indone-
SLAMS.
And Indonesian ack-ack fire at
Madura downed one Of the two
Dutch planes lost.
But the weapons OF the repub-
lie have done nothing more than
slow down the Dutch advance a
bit. In the eastern area, for i'll
stance, Republicans mined roads.
blew up bridges, laid tank traps
and built road blocks by telling
trees.
A major of the Dutch stoott-
reopen, or storm troopers, report
ed he had just returned from a
patrol of the area south of Sala-
tlga, IN central Java, and had
waited while tank traps and a
road block were eliminated. With
in an hour after hearing his re-
port, l Travelled the route by jeep.
Again the road was blocked: and
one of the tank traps had been
redug.
At times it is hard to realize
that l have been with Dutch, in
stead of American forces. Ameri.
cam equipment is everywhere, and
the men wear American khaki
camouflage jungle suits, and navv
greens. Many of the shirts still,
bear the printed "USN."
The most amazing incident of
all was meeting the Dutch ma
rines. In their year or more of
training in North Carolina, thew
had acquired a southern accent.
One, though, evidently had stray
ed north. In an accent reeking of
Flatbush, his first question was:
"How r the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers doing?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
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of Wilmington, County of New Han
over, and State of North Carolina, de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at a point in the western
line of Eleventh St, 100 #. north OF the
northern line of Dawson St, running
thence ~westwardly parallel with Daw
son st. 165 #, thence
parallel with Eleventh st. 80 it., thence
estwardly parallel with Dawson ST 100
#. to the western line of Eleventh St,
thence s~outhwardly along said western
line of Eleventh S. 80 it., to the point
of beginning, same being Lot II, accord
ing to Ell. Madison Subdivision in Block
81, saiG map recorded in Map Book 2,
at page 81 of the Registry of New Han
over County, and being a part Of Lot
5, in Block 54, according to official plan
of the City of Wilmington, N. C..
Subject to all taxes for years l946 and
1947, and all street and sidewalk assess
ments. .
Successful bidder required to deposit
10 per cent of amount bid with the
undersigned.
Dated and posted this 4th. day of oc-
tober, 1947.
!. C. MCINTYRE,
Commissioner
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND
oy virtue OF the power and authority
contained IN a decree of sale made in
q CERTAIN action pending in the Super-
1or Court of New Hanover County
wherein the City of Wilmington, ct al
are plalntlfts, and W. D. SILVER and
VIZ, et al are defendants, the under
signeo VIII, on Monday, November nth
is47, at IL o'clock Noon, at the court
iouse door of New Hanover County. Sell
d. Pupllc auction, for cash, to the hiob-
est bidder, the certain lots of 1ena
wing and being in the CITY of VII
mlngton, County of New Hanover. STATE
o. North Carolina, described as follows
FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING .t . n...
m Inc western line of Bay St. Sc feet
south from its Intersection with tbe
sGuIhern line of Tanning St. and run
hlhg thence southwardly along said
western line of Bay st. sc fit. to Sea-
sloe Avenue, thence westwardlv a1ono
the northern line of Seaside Ave. aus
pdIaIiel with Tanning st. 20 it. thence
. nua nwaaaly parallel with Bay ST. 66 #
ana 1nence eastWardly parallel wit
RAINING st. 20 #. to the beginning SAM
oelng part of Lot 3, in Block 272. Ar.
cordlng to official plan of the civ ~
Wilmington, N. C. ivy VI
SECOND TRACT: BEGINNING # g
point IN the southern line Of Fanninr
-, 62 IT, west of the western line d
pay 81, running thence westwardls
along southern line of Famine ST -
# thence southwardly parallel Wiz Ra,
st: 1872 #. to the northern line of Sea
side Ave. thence eastwardly along lin,
OF said Avenue and parallel with Fan
ming st. 80 it., and thence %orthwa
ay parallel with Bay St. 1872 #. to tn,
beg!nnlng, same being part of Lots l ane
2, in Block 272, according to officia
plan of the City of Wilmington, N. c.
Subject to all taxes for the year
1916 and 1947, and all street and side
walk assessments.
Successful bidder required to deposi
10 per cent of amount bid with under
signed.
Dated and posted this 4th. day If DC
tober, 1947.
G. c. MCINTYRE,
Commissioner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Grocery Expert Tells Mrs: U. $.
Wise Buying Will Save Her 1O%
Retailer Warns Midwest Housewife
Prices Won't Drop Back to 1888
Don't Buy More Than You Can Use

Riding up Fifth Avenue to
meet the man who heads an as
ISOLATION of over $4,000 retail
grocers, she saw an alligator
handbag on a store counter. She
sighed and turned away. The
bag, every young woman's
dream, cost $50 plus tax. Wan
da figured that would pay for
about AZ meals for her family
at today's prices enough food
for four people for two weeks.
She met Pasquale D'Agostino,
president of the National Retail
Grocers Association. Robust
and courtly, he checked her
sense of hopelessness. D'Agos-
tho, an Italian-American, once
a pushcart peddler, now guides
policies for the retail group,
owns a chain Of quality super
markets, is rich.
Wanda rope ated Mayor
O'Dwyer's statement that food
professors a n handlers dump
the whole burden of rising costs
in the housewives basket.
D'Agostino said, "The Mayor
doesn't know what he's talking
about, O'Dwyer's a good fellow
but I can't swear at him the
way I could at Mayor -aGuar-
dia because he understood
Italian.
"Look at my increased labor
cost alone" he said. SIN 1889,
1 paid my butchers $50 for so
hours work; today I pay them
S75 for 48 hours. Delivery boys
get S46 a week today. In 1871
they got $40. Vegetables-every-
one tells you to eat lots of vege-
tables-well, 1 pay S65 a week
to vegetable clerks today,
where in 1889 the top salary
was S35 for a longer work
week"
Wanda, thinking of the two
cups of coffee her big-eating
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Goliath Beats David
In Indonesian Fiqhts

BATAVIA, ~Java-(P-They got
1t backwards out here. Goliah has
been knocking the daylights out
Of David.
American equipment helped Co.
Hath nightly. American-trained
Dutch marines using American
amphlblan tractors, Sherman
tanks, tommy guns. automatic
rifles, mortars and machine guns
soearheaded the action in the east
ern sector. British equipment
helped other army units in the
various fighting zones. And air
support for all came from BPS
bombers, P-40 fighters, Catalina
flying boats, cub observation
planes and CAT transports.
Against the steel balonet of an
Enfield rifle is the republicans
homemade bamboo spear.
Opposing a rapid-fireing Bren
gun are homemade guns about
as effective as a child's water
pistol.
It's not all that way, of course,
for some Republicans have NOR
tars, grenades and machine guns
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Rv H. A. ~STALLINGS

The first civic club to accept
the invitation of the Ogden u
vic club to meet at Ogden Tues
dav. November Is, t. form the
Southeastern North Carolina
Civic Congress is the Southport
Lions club. Bremen Furpless,
president, reports the Southport
Lions will have two represent
atives present, preferably tn e
president and secretary. He is
Fundamentally in favor OF the
organization of this civic n
gress.
The Southport Lions club has
its own clubhouse and thereby
hangs a tale. At the end of the
war, the U.S.O. building W a s
offered for sale by the govern
ment. The Lions gave their joint
note for So, 100 and then sold
enough of the furniture to make
up the purchase price. So, as it
turned out the Lions obtained a
handsome clubhouse without
any cost to any member. 1t is
an attractive building, with a
large assembly hall and dance
floor, kitchen, library, large
porch and other conveniences.
II has a modern central heat
ing plant. The club now has 30
members. The Southport Lions
have donated a large number of
eye glasses to school children
certified by the Department of
Public Welfare as unable to buy
them. It is a constantly active
group. 1t is presently engaged
in raising its quota for the White
Cane fund to aid the blind.
Charlie Trott, of Southport,
district commander of Ameri-
can Legion posts in New Han
over, Brunswick, Bladen and
Columbus counties, is having all
the Legionnaires in the district
as his guests at a fish fry at
Long Beach October 80 at $50
pm. 1t is free and all Trott
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
COMMISSIONERS SALE OFF LAND

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND
By virtue of the power and authority
contained in a decree of sale made in
a certain action pending in the Superior
Cour of New anove County, wherein
the City of Wilmington, ct al. are plain
tlffs, and Wesley Stevenson and wife,
ct al. are defendants, the undersigned
will, on Monday Novmber 10th, at IL
O'Clock Noon, at the courthouse door of
New Hanover County, sell at public auc-
ton, for cash, to the highest bidder, all
that certain lot of land lying and being
IN the City of Wilmington, County of
New Hanover, and State Of North Caro-
lima, described as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at the northeast inter-
section of Gwyn and Wood SITS. running
thehce eastWardly along the line of
GWynn st. 1872 #, thence northwardly
parallel with Woods ST. 80 #. thence
Westwardly parallel with Gwynn st. 1872
IT. to Woods st. and thence southwark
ly along Woods st SO #. to the begin
ming, being part of Lot 5, in Block 228,
according to official plan of the City of
Wilmington, N. C.
Subject to all taxes for years 1916 and
1947, and all street and sidewalk assess
ments.
Successful bidder required to deposit
10 per cent of amount bid with under.
signed.
Dated and posted this 4th. day of o.
tober, 1947.
G. c MCINTYRE,
Commissioner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
COMMISSIONERS SALE or LAND

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND
By virtue of thee power and authority
contained in a decree of sale made in a
certain action hiding in the Superior
Court of New Hanover County, wherein
the City OF Wilmington, ct al are plain
tiffs, and Lula Hodges, ct al, are de-
PENDANTS, the undersigned will, on Mon
day, November 10th, 1947, at II O'Clock
Noon. at the courthouse door of New
Hanover County, sell at public auction,
for cash, to the highest bidder, all that
certain lot of land lying and being in
the City of Wilmington, County of New
Hanover, and State of North Carolina,
and described as follows, to-wit:-
BEGINNING at a point in the eastern
line of Eighth Street 156 #. 8 inches
north of the %norther line of Swami
Street, runs thence eastwardly parallel
with Swami St. rs feet, thence north
wardly parallel with Eighth Street SO #.
4 inches, thence westwardly parallel
with Swami Street rs feet to the east
ern line of Eighth Street, thence South
wardly along the said line OF Eighth
Street SO #. 4 inches to the beginning,
same being part of Lots ? and 3, in
Block 327, according to the official plan
of the City of Wilmington, N. C
Subject to all taxes for the years
1916 and 1947, and all street and or side
walk assessments.
Successful bidder required to deposit
10 per cent Of amour bid with under
signed.
Dated and posted this 4ta. day of &C.
tober, l947.
G c. MCINTYRE,
CoronirSiopar
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City Of Wilmington, County of New
Hanover, and State of North Carolina,
described as follows:
BEGINNING in the western line of
Twelfth Street at a point 1873 feet south
from Wooster St, and running thence
south along said western line OF
Twelfth St. 80 feet, thence west paral-
lei with Wooster st. 165 feet, thence
north parallel with Twelfth st. SO feet,
thence east parallel with Wooster st. 1865
#. to the point of ~beginnign in western
line of Twelfth St, the same being near
northeastern quarter of Lot 3, in Block
IS, according to official plan Of the City
Of Wilmington, N. c.
Subject to all taxes for the years 1916
and 1947, and all street and sidewalk as
sessments. Successful bidder required to
deposit 1oah of amount of bid with
undersigned.
Dated and posted this 4th. day of Oc-
tober, 1947.
q e Commissioner,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

ltS tdluC W I'LL AAAA
of food for two weeks.
husband, John, drinks every
morning before riding three
to his factory job, asked
why coffee has skyrocketed.
D'Agostino's explanation: "In
1889, the U. S. Government
froze the price of Brazilian cof-
fee at the lowest level Brazil
ever received. Now, restrictions
off, the price jumps. Why? Be-
cause the Brazilian coffeework-
er, has to pay higher prices to
live, too, and demands more
money, just like my workers.
The initiation today, you see, IS
actually the rise in cost of liv-
ing, not only in the u S., but
also all over the world. There's
been an economic revolution,
young lady. Prices aren't going
to drop back to 1899 levels
again. They will stay from 90
to rs per cent over pre-War
prices. But you and millions of
other housewives like you can
cut your food costs at least 10
per cent by wise buying"
A lot of housewives in Michi-
gan want the Government to
step in and set up food rationing
again. Wanda thought it a good
idea.
D'Agostino's eyes flashed.
"God forbid. l predict that if
the Government and Congress-
men don't stop talking about
bringing back controls, grocers'
shelves will be empty in a
month.
"The Luckman committee s
plea for voluntary rationing
may work. Every grocer should
have this sign over his count
ers: p please don't purchase
more than you can USE That's
better than telling people not to
buy. They are going to buy,
anyway. Just during the past
week, with so much talk of ra-
tioning in the newspapers, NJ re
cases of food have been bought
than ever before.
Wanda's comment: "No one 1
know in Lakeview, Mich, has
enough money left to buy a case
of food these DAYS"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
COMMISSIONFR,S SaIC or I.N7I

BY virtue of the power and authority
contained IN a decree of sale made in a
certain action pending in the Superior
Court of New Hanover County, wherein
the City of Wilmington, ct al. are plain
tiffs, and ]. F. Jones, ct al. are de-
PENDANTS, the undersigned will, on Mon
day, November 10th, 1947, at y O'Clock
Noon, at the courthouse door of New
Hanover County, sell at public auction,
for cash, to the highest bidder, all that
certain lot of land lying and beng in
the City of Wilmington, County of New
Hanover, and State and North Carolina,
described as follows:
BEGINNING in the western line Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND

BY virtue of the power and authority
contained in a decree of sale made in a
certain action pending in the Superior
Court of New Hanover County, wherein
the City of Wilmington, ct al. are plain
tiffs, and Lizzie Wright Merrick, Lilly
Wright, ct al. are defendants, the I'M
dersigned will, on Monday, November
10, 1947, at IL o'clock Noon, at the court
house door of New hanover County, sell
at public auction, for cash, to the high
est bidder, all that certain lot of land,
lying and being in the City of Whining
ton, County of New Hanover, and State
OF North Carolina, described as fol-
lows, to-Wit:-
BEGINNING at the southwest inter
section of Ninth and Nixon Streets, run
ming thence westwardly with Nixon st.
$50 #. to Brooklyn ST., hence with
Brooklyn St. southwardly 100 feet,
thence eastwardly parallel with Nixon
st $50 #. to Ninth ST., and thence
n~orthwardly 120 #. to the beginning,
being part of Lots l and 2, in Block 1927,
according to official plan of the City of
Wilmington, N. C.
and 1947 and all street and sidewalk
assessments.
Successful bidder required to deposit
10 per cent of amount bid with under
signed.
Dated and posted this 4th day of oc-
tober, 1947.
G c. MCINTYRE,
Commissioned
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND

By virtue of the owe and authority
contained in a decree of sale made IN a
certain action pending in the Superior
Court of New hanover County, wherein
the City of Wilmington, ct al. are plain
tiffs, and Mrs. Mary E. Heyer Widow
Is the defendant, the undersigned will,
on Monday, November 10th, 1947, at -
o'clock Noon, at the courthouse door OF
New Hanover County, sell at public auc-
ton, for cash, to the highest bidder, all
that lot of land lying and being in the
City of Wilmington, County of New Han
over and State of North Carolina, de-
scribed as follows, to-Wit:
BEGINNING at a point in Block 50,
watch is SO fit. southWardly from the
southern line of Queen st. and 121 1-2
it. eastWardly from the eastern line OF
Front ST. the point of beginning, run
ming thence southWardly parallel with
Front St. SO #, thence eastWardly paral-
lei with Queen St. 43 1-2 feet, thence
northwardly parallel with Front St. SO
It., thence WestWardly parallel with
Queen St. 43 1-2 #. to the point of be-
ginning, same being a part Of Lots 2 and
;, in Block SO, according to the official
plan of the City of Wilmington, N. c.
Subject to all taxes for the years 1916
and 1947, and all street and sidewalk as
sessments. Successful bidder will be re-
quired to deposit 10A Of amount bid
with undersigned.
Dated and posted this 4th. day of oc-
tober, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Waters Expose
Prehistoric Bones

RICHMOND, Mo. W.R-The re-
suits of the recent summer floods
of the Missouri basin weren't all
bad.
The waters washed a hole an.
proximately rs feet deep and an
acre in extent three miles south
east of Hardin along the Crooked
River.
When the waters receded, OBJ
servers found a vein of coal ap.
proximately II inches thick and
a cache of bones, believed to be
from prehistoric animals. The lat
ter were sent to the University of
Missouri for study.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

asks is the attendance of every
Legionnaire. Following the fish
fry, there will be a masquerade
ball given by the Lions club at
the Community center.
AS is true always, James
Harper and Bill Keziah at the
office of the State Port Pilot,
the Southport newspaper, were
highly enthusiastic about South
port. They really believe in their
community and county.
The Baptist church has start
ed the construction of a Sunday
school annex, and the Presby-
terrain church is adding three
Sunday school rooms. Southport
has Baptist, Methodist, Episco-
pal, Presbyterian, Catholic and
Holiness white churches and
several colored churches.
A great part of the income OF
Southport is derived from
shrimp a n d menhaden fishing.
It has six large shrimp dealers
and several of the shrimp boats
represent an investment of from
SIS, 600 to $50, 900 each.
There are two businesses N
the city that have been in the
same family since 1912. One is
the Amuzu theater, started by
Price Furpless, who is now IS
years of age, and at present OBJ
Grated by his son, Bremen Fur
pless. The other is a general
merchandise store. Bremen has
a larger theater which he is get
ting ready for occupancy.
All Keziah wants to talk about
is a new hotel. The money is
already pledged. The exact To-
cation of the hotel is awaiting
the survey of the proposed new
highway from Southport to
Wilmington, and the paving of
four miles from Southport to
Walden creek. 1t is expected the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND

BY virtue of the power and authority
contained in a decree of sale made in a
certain action pending in the Superior
Court of New Hanove County, wherein
the City of Wilmington, ct al. are plain
tiffs, and John M. Reeder and wife, ct
al. are defendants, the undersigned will,
On Monday, November 10th, 1947, at II
pollock Noon, at the courthouse of New
Hanover County, sell at public auc'icn,
n cash, to the highest bidder, ell that
kt OF land lying and being in the City
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Seventh st. at a point 80 #. northward-
~ from the northeast intersection of
Seventh and Nixon Sts., running thence
northwardly along the western line of
Seventh st. 40 it. thence westwardly
parallel with Nixon st. $50 #. to the
eastern line of Loves Alley, thence
southWardly along eastern line of Loves
Alley 40 TT. thence eastwardly $50 #.
to the western line of Seventh ST. the
point of beginning, same being part of
eastern half of Lot 4, in Block 1877,
according to official plan of the City
of Wilmington. N. c.
Subject to all taxes for years 1916 and
1947, and all street and sidewalk assess
ments.
Successful bidder required to deposit
10 per cent of bid with undersigned.
Dated and posted this 4til day of Oc-
tobsr, 1947.
G. c. MCINTYRE.