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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
HIGHWAY DEATHS
DROP 9 PER CENT
North Carolina Has 1850
Accidents During First
Nine Months OF Year

RALEIGH, Nov. 14-(P-Dur-
ing September, 70 persons were
killed and SAG were injured in
1850 traffic accidents on North
Carolina streets and highways
bringing the total traffic count
for the first nine months of this
year to 594, Col. L. c. Rosser.
commissioner of motor vehicles,
said today.
Rosser said this was a nine per
cent decrease in fatalities and a
IL per cent increase in accidents
over September, 1916, when 81
persons were killed and 88 were
injured in 1877 traffic accidents.
The September report, how
ever, showed an increase in ia
talities over August, when 63
persons were killed and 555 were
injured in 1,046 accidents.
Rosser said that during Sep
TENDER, 26 persons were killed
in motor vehicle collisions; %
by motor vehicles running off
roadway; 10 by motor vehicles
hitting pedestrians; five by COLI
sion between motor vehicle and
bicycle; and one by a motor We
hicle colliding with train. Five
people were killed in miscel-
laneous accidents.
Seven Children
OF the total, seven were chill
dren under IA years of age.
three were stricken while riding
bicycles; two, while playing in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
the roadway; and two, pas
sengers in cars.

kll0 4Oa0
sengers in cars.
Rosser said the September ia.
talities showed a 40 per cent in
crease in motor vehicle bicycle
fatalities; and a 80 per cent de-
crease in pedestrian fatalities
over September, 1916.
In urban areas there were 1896
traffic accidents which took the
lives of IL persons - four of
whom were pedestrians - and
injured lis others - "a were
pedestrians. Urban fatalities
showed a rs per cent decrease
over September, 1916.
In rural areas, 81 persons were
and BAL were injured as. a
result Of 654 accidents. A six per
cent decrease was noted in rural
fatalities over September of last
year.
Harnett Leads
During the month, Harnett
county led in fatalities, with six
persons killed. Buncombe was
second with five; and Cumber-
land, Mecklenburg, Wake and
Wilson had four traffic deaths
each. Moore, Robson and Vance
had three each.
Ten counties reported two IA
talities each: Alexander, Cataw-
ba, Cleveland, Durham, Forsyth,
Johnston, Lee, Perquimans,
Rockingham and Yadkin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
GROWERS WARNED
ON DAMPlNC-0 OFF
DR.. Mitchell Jenkins Ad-
vises Immediate Use
OF Fermate Drench

Lettuce growers of the Cape
Fear valley were advised today
by DR.. Mitchell Jenkins, horti-
culturist in charge of the vege-
table Research laboratory here,
to use the Fermate drench for
control of damping-off in plant
beds as soon as the beds are
seeded and the plants begin to
emerge. He predicted damping-
off may be more severe than
usual this year because Of the
wet weather that has prevailed
during much of the fall seaosn.
The drench recommended by
DR.. Jenkins is made by mixing
one pound of Fermate with 100
gallons of water. The mixture
is applied at the rate of one
gallon to each two square yards
of bed area. And ordinary wa
tering can may be used to ap-
ply the drench or it may be
sprayed through a coarse spary
nozzle.
DR.. Jenkins says it should be
applied as soon as the plants
begin to come up and once each
week thereafter until the plants
are ready to set in the field.
The treatment must be started
before the disease appears, he
warns, as it is not effective aft
er damping-off has begun to kill
the plants.
Other Steps
Other steps recommended to
help in the control of damping-
off include treating the seed be-
fore planting with either sper-
gon or c%uprocide, and locating
the bed where it will be well
drained and exposed to sunlight
as much as possible. Seed
should be planted rather thinly
but evenly.
DR.. Jenkins recommends that
growers have their soil tested
for acidity and that they apply
dolomitic limesone or basic
Stag to remedy the acidic con-
dition if indicated. Application
of limestone should be well in
advance of planting time If pos
he says. i
Varieties of lettuce most
for this area are Inn
BAT and Great Lakes
varieties, according to the hor-
iculturiSt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
p THIRTY THREE

Teresa was sitting at the
dressing table brushing her
golden hair. She wore a green
house gown with gold thread
shot through it. Her eyes,
startled somewhat, followed
Alison from the door to the cen
ter of the room.
"Teresa, is Suzy Sans
child?"
Teresa's hand came down
slowly from her hair. She laid
the brush down and turned it
over. Her hand went to her hair
again to pull it in place. Then
she began to move the things
on the dressing table-the bot
ties of perfume, the nail file,
the mirror, the deep, crystal
ash tray. All the while her
shoulders were rigid; her face,
shining from the cream, told
nothing. Then her shoulders
squared and she brought her
hands together, rubbing them.
Then she sat perfectly still, her
hands folded.
"You don't dare tell Sam
that" she said.
"But is she? Is she his
child?"
s'Nicola. I always knew when
she came back sorrow would
come to roost."
"She's told only me. No one
else"
Teresa looked at her through
the mirror. "And you're not 60
ing to tell anyone, Alison. Do
you hear? You're not going to
tell anyone. It wouldn't do any
good to tell. You'd only put
doubts in Sans mind. Would
you do that to him? In the first
place he would not believe you
and in the second he would de-
spise you for being a foolish,
jealous girl. You'd only succeed
in m aking a ridiculous
spectacle of yourself. Anyone
can make a statement like that,
you know. How do I know
you're Walter Van Dykes
daughter"
"1t's wrong, Teresa. It's so
wrong it's Infamous of you cheat
Sam again. And you would not
look so frightened and your
mind would not be so busy
working on self defense if it
were not true. Do you know
what mother would have done
If anyone had suggested I was
not my fathers child? She'd
have laughed and thought it the
best joke she ever heard.
You're not laughing, Teresa.
Why don't you laugh at me? If
I were you I'd have to get it
out so I could start all over
again. Because it will come out.
There are three of us who know.
Even if I don't tell, it will come
out. Years from now it'll be too
late to start all over again. Sup
pose you and Sam are middle
aged when it's known. You
can't start all over again then.
And Suzy! What will she think
of you? You can't leave her out
of it. You've got to tell Sam
the truth while Suzy is too
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

lions of individual little worlds.
She was hungry. She went il
to a restaurant and ordered
soup and coffee. Then she light
ed a cigaret and looked at the
clock on the wall. Her chest felt
congested. If she went back now
she would only have to stick
her head briefly into the living
room and say, "Hello. I'm go.
ing right up. Hello, Sam. Good
night" and climb the stairs to
her room. Was the living room
filled with throbbing music to-
night? You set a good stage, Te-
resa. Food and wine and mu-
sic. Did you buy a new dress
today to wear for Sam tonight?
You set an alluring trap, Tere-
sa, and bait it with another
mans child.
The street on which Teresa
lived was shadowy and still.
Yes, there was Sans car, still
loyal, still muddy. The yellow
silk curtains were drawn. Suzy
slept and Sam and Teresa were
in the living room.
She lifted the knocker and
dropped it. She felt as unwel-
come as a beggar and a little
sick.
Sam opened the door. It was
true what she had been think
ing. His near-black eyes were
full of life and his thoughts and
feelings. They searched her
face, no, examined it so gladly
that she thought there was no
secret she could ever keep from
him. He was glad to see her.
The warm excitement in his
eyes told her so.
(T0 Be Continued)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
REV. EDWARDS TO BID
FAREWELL SUNDAY to-
FIFTH AVENUE CHURCH.

The Rev. J. r. Edwards, only
local Methodist minister to be
moved by the. recent Confer
ence meeting assignments, will
preach his final sermons at the
Fifth Avenue Methodist church
here Sunday morning and eve
ming.
Pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Methodist church for the past
two years, the Rev. Edwards
came here from Clinton where
he was pastor of the Clinton
Methodist church, and goes to
Roanoke Rapids where he has
been appointed pastor of the
First Methodist church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

was little ttt demand for 0''s e
ei so5 5oF nickel nick plating. ' tss ~ =
mai make :: articles ice ' for '5 d5Se, 'tly 'S' :
ware Since that I'll tim sellyess;plat.s
e eddiy;os since 1921, hun Sha e'p.,
t f0vered forth for this metal len ,,t 'i'.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

several weeks, James Penning-
ton, New Hanover county field
base operator revealed yester-
day.
He said tina Schlachter will
use an Aerospor plane, which
is being rebuilt and having a
"souped-up" engine installed by
Pennington. Schlachter hopes to
eclipse the present re ord of
26, 404 feet by ascending to a
height of %, 900 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
AIR FORCES VETERAN
PILOT WILL ATTEMPT
NEW ALTITUDE MARK

Raymond Schlachter, Lexing-
ton, KY, pilo, and Air Forces
veteran, will attempt to break
the worlds altitude record for
his type plane in a flight from
Bluethenthal field in the next
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-06-19

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IN TINE C6UNTY JUDGE'S COVHSs
IN AND FOR NONn00 G0UNs
TY. FLORIDA. IN p3ODA3Bs
In re the Estate at
NELLIE .iNGRAHAN. ALSO
known IS NELLIE 9: INdRA.
TO ALL wHoH II IAr Cons
Notice is hereby agiven that
Marion II. Hancock filad> her final
report as AdmlnisteRlrlx Of, NE
estate OF Nellie lnoS4A4m, slso
Known. % Nellib g, lhRxahSm. 1e-
ceased! that she filed hAr 1siitioA
for final discAante: and that che
will apply to stIl6 Honorable Ray.
mond II. Lord. County Judge. OF
18th day Of juiy. isSi; for ,sppfov-
al Of same and Tor final discharse
as Administrators OF the estate. OF
Nellie lngrahann, also known -
Nellie S. IHeraham. deceased, on
this nth day Of June, 1881.
(sd} MARION H. HANCOCK
Administrative OF. the, estate
Of Nellie lngraham. also
known % MSlhs 8. 1nGraham,
deceased.
Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr.,
Attorney for Administratrix.
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William v. Alhury. q
Attorney for PLAINTIFF. G.
Jun 6.12-ls.2S. 1917
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Seeks Dil,orcer

A petition seeking q divorce
was filed with Circuit Court
Clerk Ross c Sawyer yesterday
by Marion v. Massengill against
Mary Deliliah Messengill.
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IN TINE CIRCUyf COUIer on. TEE
ELEVENTH lVDECIAL CpnCUl1s
MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA. m
CHANCEnE.
Case Ne. ll-lH
Plaintiff.
VS. DIVORCE ACTION
ABRAM MINIS, N.

VS.. DIVORCE ACTION
ABRAM MINIS.
ORDER or fUSLICk1los
TO: Abram Minis.
Residence Unknown. ~
i You are hereby REQUIRED to ap-
pear to the Bill Of Complaint for
divorce In The above styled cause
on the seths day q June ~. eth:
therein will be taken - confessed.
This Order to be pubiishsd once
q week for four consecutive weeks
In The Key West Citfzen. q news-
paper published In Key West, Flos-
Ida.
SsEAL) ROSS G SAWYER.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
Monroe County. florida.
BY (sd) Kathleen N0ttaee.
Deputy Clerk.
THOMAS s. CARO-. 3.
Solicitor for the Plaintiff.
may 20: jun 5-12-1S, tS45
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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

dulging in propaganda.
But words, as you know, as
perhaps you are tired of hear
ing, are weapons as well as cosl-
veyors of meaning. A word can
be a mighty and terrible
thing, as I have often thought,
bordering over that curious SEN
tence which introduces The
Gospel According to John, and
which reads as follows: I'm the
beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and
the Word was Cod"
L AM not overly mystical by
nature, and those wiser in such
matters than have pointed out
that you do not take things
written in the New Testament,
or in the Old either, for that
matter, literally.
But l can't help thinking how
often in this America of ours, a
word does actually become a
God.
Take this business of pro-
paganda. If one writes an
anti-Soviet book, any old rub
Dish, whether composed i'm
English or in pig Latin, it is
sure to be greeted with veri-
table chorus of glad cries, as
an objective study, as thought
full survey, as a grave estima-
ton, as a sober viewpoint, or
as witty jape.
WELL enough; but let one
write a book that has a good
word for the Soviet Union, and
it's dismissed in one pat phrase
propaganda.
Write an anti-labor book, fact
or fiction, point out what sour
rilous brutes all workers are,
emphasize the fact that any
such thing as an honest labor
leader could not possibly exist
and the book will be well and
thoughtfully reviewed. A good
piece of praise will be yours.
But write q book and L
have, God help me - which
has any good word to say for
labor, and one word is suf.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
For Gerhort EisIer
For Gerhart Eisler

For Gerhart EiSler
Your name reaches to clutch
our anger.
The wind that haunts the
shuddering sunlight
is wet with tears.
Snowflakes flick the afternoon
in uneasy cities
shredded pages from Mein
Kampf.
Voices infect the livid air
spreading venereal disease
of the mind.
John Brown, Parsons, Debs,
Thaelmann, Dimitrov
add another to the list of
names
that beat like hammers
on the brain.
Time defends them
and vindicates the truth they
lived.
History belongs to them
the victims.
They will be remembered
who designed the frame-ups
only because they prosecuted
heroes.
Staten BRAY
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
PEPPER POT
The case Of Mr.. Li|ienthu|

without the New Deal vision
of Franklin Roosevelt, we
would not have had the atomic
bomb.
And these little men who
denounce Lilienthal don't real
ize that without the ever nor
NAL granary farm policies that
built up great stocks of cotton
and wheat and other farm
commodities, another part OF
the New Deal vision, we could
not have won the war.
AND they don't realize eth
er that if it had not been for
the New Dealer Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt, who laid tie
foundations of the United Ma
tons and really got it going,
we would not have had an In.
ternational Atomic Energy
Commission and we would not
have need Of Chairman of it.
Never mind, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt and his New Deal.
like the memory of Abraham
Lincoln, who has his own
barking critics, will be living,
vital and strong in the lives
and in the hearts OF men,
women and children all over
the world when these rock
throwers and word-hurlers
and mud-slingers are forgot
ten.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

Our great writer's all
wrote propaganda
By HOWARD FAST

The question of writing propa-
ganda has always intrigued me
not only because that is so
often put as the most God-aw-
full sin a writer can commit,
but because of the curious de-
finitions put upon the word it.
self.
According to Webster, that
ancient and reliable authority,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

propaganda Is
a scheme or
m e t h cd for
prom o t i n 6
a doctrine or a
system. Noah
Webster, by the
way, was one
of the very few
writer's in all
h i S t DRY who
p e r f ormed a
major w or k
w i t h ut In
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

The Chicago Star has
asked him to aoritc a col
un,n for our readers, and
he has consented. A small
sample of auhat you can eG-
pect is printed here.
Look for "Pepper Pot, .
a neau Star column!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

YOU COULD go down the line
on that principle. A writer to-
day who wishes to write of any
thing good, healthy, or proud
in this world will be promptly
licked off as a propaganda. A
writer who sees the sorrows
and the evils of society and
reflects them = he is a pro
pagandist.
And writer whO-as some
do, alas believes i'm social
ism. i'm the brotherhood of
man. such a writer is surely
q propaganda and no more;
or SO they say, those who write
about books and sit i'm judg-
ment upon them.
My little girl, who is very
beautiful, sanity too-when IT
pleases her - and very young,
and has not actually been in
this world long enough to lose
her last shreds of reason, would
answer: But, daddy. that is
the most outrageous nonsense.
WHICH, indeed, it is. You
see, when you come down to it,
a writer who is not propa-
gandist is not worth his salt or
the paper upon which he is &C.
casionally printed.
The writer, in the society
which we inhabit, must either
bow his head to the system and
to those who operate the sys-
tenn, or they will make of him
an outcast, and vent all of their
wrath upon him.
Those who think otherwise are
surely deluding themselves.
Those who imagine that the
writer is a free agent in any
sense are the victims of fond
Illusions.
g.
LOOK AT the content of the
bulk of our literature today. A
stink of death rises from it.
Where it is not empty, it Is
senseless and foolish, impress
sive binding around stuff that
the dime novel publishers of
yesterday would have rejected.
What passes for fiction in
the national magazines is a
farce and a disgrace, and the
bulk of what passes for re-
porting is a mockery and a
lie.
Put differently, it is most
definitely propaganda, propa-
ganda for reaction, for monop-
oily, for the world lust. the drive
to war, and the horror of atomic
suicide.
YET BECAUSE the life proc
ess is a most difficult one 10
contain, much less halt, another
propaganda is growing. Let
them call it by that name;' it
serves as well as another.
1t is an historic fact that this
land never produced a major
writer who did not serve, by his
lights, democracy and progress.
That fact is still of consequence
today.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

oped and. operated, according
to Wendell Willkie, we could
not have won the war.
These little critics of the
New Deal don't realize that
without the IVA power which
Lilienthal administered and
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

hard hitter.
Fl ! s cOur-
dgeouS a n a
often brill
ant speeches
confound has
reacti0n1 ry
enemies in
COn0reSS.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
by Sen. Claude Pepper

The reactionarieS in Con.
gress who are opposed to pub
lie power as developed in the
Tennessee Valley. who don't
really believe in democracy
and who want to keep out of
public office and public places
those who do believe in demo-
cracy, have now formed a
coalition against Mr.. David
Lilienthal, the Presidents
nominee to be Chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
The action against Lilienthal
shows the point of view OF the
opposition and what they are
willing to do. They even
brought up that his parents
are foreigners born in Czecho-
slovakia.
They try to make Mr.. Lilieil-
thai out either a communist or
a sympathizer with commu.
nism. They say-if they cannot
convict him of being a COM
munist at least he is a New
Dealer.
THESE little men who damn
Lilienthal for being a New
Dealer don't realize that with
out the New Deal Public Pow
er Projects in the great west
and in the Tennessee Valley,
which David Lilienthal devel