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Evening star., 1947-06-29
Top Oil Executives
To Discuss Shortage
BY the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS, June %. - Top
officials of virtually every major
oil company in the United States
will gather here Monday and Tues
day for meeting expected to pro-
vide answers to some of the puz-
cling questions about the gasoline
and fuel oil supply situation.
The meeting will be that of the
marketing division of the American
Petroleum Institute
Scheduled to speak at the open
ing business session at 2 pm. Mon
day are Eugene Holman, president
Of the Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey. and Walter S. Hallanan,
president of the Plymouth Oil Co.
The National Petroleum Council,
of which Mr.. Hallanan is chair
man. has scheduled an open meet
ing for 10 am Tuesday.
Bernard J. Majewski of Chicago
vice president Of the Deeprock Oil
Co., is chairman of the marketing
division.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Navy Planes 10 Use
New Radar Device
By the Associated Press

The Navy announced last night II
is equipping all its four-engine
transport planes with a new anti
collision device that permits an air.
plane pilot to See distractions as
far as 100 miles ahead.
It is new development of war
time radaI, used to spot enemy
craft. The announcement said the
Navy and American Airlines have
reduced the weight of the instru-
ment to $50 pounds, which will not
seriously lessen the .payload" OF
transport planes.
When the new instrument is in
stalled in the nose of a plane it
gives the pilot a radar map" of the
course ahead. Installed in the fuse
lage, it shows map" of the whole
area around the plane.
If there is any obstruction ahead
such as a mountain, the pilot is
warned This warning Is produced
by a beam sent out from the plane
and reflected back by objects ahead
that it strikes.
THE new airhorne radar set will
provide pilots with positive safety
and navigational checks when flying
blind over hazardous terrain" the
Navy announcement said.
The Navy said the new device is
available to commercial airlines.
Howard Hughes, aircraft developer,
also has offered a 15-pound warning
device to commercial lines at cost.
The Navy has let a contract for
approximately S1,000,000 to the
Houston Corp. of Los Angeles, Calf.
for the first 100 sets. Deliveries will
begin early in 1948.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Jewish Council 10 Hold
honsky Memorial Rites

The Jewish Community Council
will sponsor a memorial service for
Henry Monsky, late president of
B'nai Birth and the American jew
ish Conference, at BIS pm. tomor-
row at the Jewish Community Cen
ter. 1929 Sixteenth street NV.
The principal speakers will be
Louis Lipsky, chairman of the EX-
ecutlve Committee of the American
Jewish Conference, and Edward
Grusd editor Of the National Jew
ish Monthly, B'nai Birth.
Joseph A. Wilmer. Rabbi Ephraim
Greenberg, Rabbi Ira Sud, Cantor
Jacob Barkin. Cantor Simon Weiss
and Mrs. Henry Gichner also will
participate Hymen Goldman, presi-
dent of the Jewish Community
Council, will serve as chairman.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
| Bus Christening
Ends Trolley Era
| In Manhattan
By the Asseeioted Press

NEW YORK. June 28.-Joan Les
lie of Hollywood broke a bottle of
ginger ale over the bumper of a
new diesel bus today and officially
ended the trolley era in Manhattan.
Borough President Hugo Rogers
stood by to pose with the actress
for photographers. An old trolley
stood behind the bus, and back of
the trolley was an antique 1877
horse car Twelve hundred specta-
tors looked on.
The horse car drivers false mus
tache, taped on, fell off and had
to be put back for the pictures. The
horses got. eXcited-they had never
drawn a horse car before. Other
wise the era ended peacefully.
Actually, the last trolleys on the
last two Manhattan lines will stop
running at 2 am. tomorrow,
Evening star., 1947-06-29

that Republican leaders will try to
rush a simple extension Of the
program as it now stands through
Congress. and ignore the committee
approved bill.
Meanwhile, the Veterans Admin
istration announced that all its
veterans claims Offices will remain
open all day today and until mid
night tomorrow to handle last
minute applications for the cars.
In the Washington area, 1853 dis
abled veterans already have received
their cars, according to the regional
office here.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Shriners Will Sponsor
Annual Cruise July 7

The Almas Temple Shriners will
hold their annual moonlight cruise
aboard the Mount Vernon July z,
Potentate Ralph M. Wolfe said yes
terday. The steamer will leave the
Seventh street wharf at $50 pm.
Music will be furnished by the
AlmaS Temple Band which will give
g half-hour concert beginning at 8
Y m
Evening star., 1947-06-29

Eleven new hotels for tourists are
being constructed in Mexico City.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Porude and Dance Planned

The Program Committee of the
Junior Peace Mobilizers of Wash
ington will meet at 7 o'clock tonight
at the home of Miss Cloteen Hor-
ton. 308 F street NE. secretary of
the group, to plan vi day parade
and dance The organization is
for children between the ages of 7
and II.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Netherlands Government
Appreciates u. S. Note

THE HAGUE, June % LP).-An
authoritative source reported to-
night that the United States note
to the Republic of Indonesia urging
agreement to Dutch terms for an
interim government in the East
Indies was much appreciated" by
the Netherlands government.
There was no official comment on
the American note, which also
pledged consideration of financial
aid to the Indies, but the informant
said a special all-night cabinet
meeting was held after contents of
the note were made known here.
Another cabinet session was held
this afternoon for discussion of the
Indonesian situation
Evening star., 1947-06-29

AFGHAN HOUND, female. brown with
NV. Reward DE. o9S5. Il
BAR PIN. diamond and onyx, Tuesday.
June 81, VICINITY WeStchester Apartments,
INth and K Garfinc6eIs or woodward q
ok. l2l -
BRACELET narrow band. rhinestones, one
stone missing: SentimentsI value. Liberal
reward Cali North ,395 SO
CHANGE PURSE, red lizard; lost in Dia-
mond cab Fri, bet. Hecht store and Co.
lumbla Medical bids. containing over $50.
Reward. Gail Herndon 239J.
GLASSES. pink shell; VIC. L9th st, NV.
near NJ, Reward, Falls Church 1853,
GLASSES. mans. gold framed in back
case. on l4th St NV. wednesday. Return
10 las Gwen pl ne. Apt. 3. Reward.
COAT lett in lady's car. who lives on
SedsewiCl, st. NV, Tues. eve. Please eall
COCKER, black, 70 mos. old, limping;
los Wednesday. Kensington- Nd Gail
poG; lge, hght brown female. police shep-
herd, in Anne Arundel County named
Smoky" EN-. 6l79, 81, 5s49. i
FOUNTAIN PEN. gold cap, sheaffer, tni-
tisi$ ,o w, {" u u or, on eIips sentimental
KNITTING BAG. yellow; aim, Reward
LovEBIRD. light blue tame answers to
name OF smoky ', vicinity OF 400 Canal
st. sw. Phone LII. 405S.
PUPPIES t2), I BLACK / red part shep-
herd: vicinity Silver Spring. Call 81
h3n1 80
RING, mans ruby ring, at Cosmopolitan
Rs5e RsRard in cs sno UT sss sW Friday nc. neon
WALLET, brown, containing Identification
papers and money; Saturday morning. Re
ward. bU. 1873
WALLET. tan pigsktn; vicinity Shupp's s
Bakery or Sears Roebuck. WI. 1864,
WILL LADY who picked up fountain pen
tShaefferl without top. Thurs, in front Of
DGS store, Sl4 18th st. NV. kindly call
DI. 4499, or HO T41I Reward -29
WRIST WATCH. mans Fairfax; vicinity
North CAPITOL and or Todd pi ne
Reward. AT. 5000.
WRIST WATCH, lady's, Longlne. white
gold. black band; in Ksnn's Dept. Store or
between store and parking lot on 9th and
D SITS. nv. Reward. Phone NE. 4lS4.
lost SATURDAY NIGHT in vicinity May
flower Hotel. mans gold Identification
bracelet bearing name. PAUL CRAIG,
Finder call OR. 3024. Reward. %
FOUND
KITTEN; beautiful, affectionate. gray NAL
tese; healthy; vic. Burlington ave, Silver
Spring, 10 days ago. SH. 1903
SERVICE PACK. mans, found at 18Th
and K Ets, NV, on street. Call WA. 22fo.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Camps

Continued From First PageD
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Historical Society Elects
Seven New Members

Seven new members have been
elected to the Columbia Historical
Society following meeting of the
board of managers, President F.
Regis Noel announced yesterday.
They are DR.. Walter A. Wells,
John j. DAILY, James Cunningham
Rogers, Milton S. Kronheim, Mrs.
Franklin G. Sartwell, Col Walter P.
ORourke and Mrs. Dora A. Padgett.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
1t Takes 500 Workers, Strange Machines
And Six Years To Produce Hybrid Seeds

which are placed over a and
tassel in the first year hand pol
lination. Part of the silk is cut
off the top of an ear and a bag
placed over the ear to prevent any
pollen from being blown on it
from another stalk. The bags are
LETT on "a hours. When the bags
are removed the silk has grown
about 1 IL inches. A second tas-
sci bag on the same stalk cap
lures pollen, which is poured onto
the silk. The a is bagged again.
to fend off other pollen. This bag
covers the a until it IS picked
in the fall. For five years it is
replanted and cross-pollinated I'M
til the proper strain has de-
veloped.
Pfister's activities provide an
annual payroll of something more
than $500, 900 a year for this town
of about 1900 persons. But it real
ly is a community project, srequir-
ing the cooperation Of farmers
and farmhands a n d women and
girls from the surrounding coun-
tryside.
Farmers within a radius Of five
miles supply the land and tend
the crops, but when it comes time
to plant, de-tassel, spray OR pick.
Pfister's own forces 60 into &C.
ton. With a trained crew of super
visors, help from farmers and
seasonal labor brought in from
IChicago and Peoria, the j o b is
done quickly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31

most important de-tasseling ma
chine.
He's operating 40 Of these ma
chimes now. Each carries IL per-
sons in standing position. AS it
moves slowly along the rows
workers snatch heads of the corr
talks.
The first year the stalks Of corr
are hand-pollinated. This inbred.
ing process stresses the best quail.
lite of the selected corn. For the
next five years it must be per-
mitted to cross-pollinate.
And here's where the girls come
in.
When the pollen-carrying tasse]
is removed the stalk becomes a
female" The tassels must be re.
moved during a three-week peri.
cd each year, in time to prevent
the pollen from dropping into the
silk and the stalk from pollinat::ns
itself.
IL Girls, IL Rows
A dozen girls on a Pfister rig
can work II rows at a time. The
tractor pulling it moves one-hal1
mile. an hour while the girls re,
move each taesel in a row. The
seed from these rows is re?plant.
ed for five years until the desired
product is achieved.
The next four rows are allowed
to remain as males" 50 that
they can pollinate the silks in the
detasseled rows. Corn from these
rows is used as feed.
Pfister uses small paper bags
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
-four CONVENTIONS
IN PROGRESS HERE
Beaches And City Attract
Many For Annual
Conclaves

-Four state conventions spot
lighted the Labor Day holiday
program in the Wilmington area
this weekend as the convention
season prepared to draw to a
close after three other state meet
lngs within the next 10 days.
Carolina Beach was host to the
annual conclave of public employ
ment office executives and office
workers of the eastern district of
the North Carolina chapter of the
International Association of a
Public Employment Service Fri
day and yesterday.
The 10Th annual convention of
the Associated Master BARRIERS of
North Carolina begins a FULL two
day program there tomorrow.
The North Carolina Hairdress-
ers and Cosmetoligists association
opens a three-day session in Will
mington with a hair dressing con-
test at Wrightsville Beach this aft
ernoon and a fashion revenue
there tonight. Balance of the con-
vention will be held here.
Opening last night at Wrights-
vile, the Saleeby Relief associa-
ton began its 31st annual gather
ing of the clan to last through
tomorrow night. The Young Salee-
by club will hold its third annual
convention in conjunction h
the association.
The North Carolina Feed Man.
ufacturers association opens a
three-day convention at Wrights-
Vile Thursday, with the North
Carolina Institute of Scrap Iron
and Steel also in session there at
the same time Friday and Satur-
day.
Next Sunday marks the opening
of the annual convention of the
State Association of Superintend-
ents of Public Welfare. This will
continue through Monday ano
Tuesday at Wrightsville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
Young Democrats
To Hear Hooey;
Folsom Is Slated

RALEIGH, Aug. 80 - R)-Win,
field Blackwell, 32-year-old Wins
lon-Salem attorney and former
Sta,e representative from Forsyth
county, will make the keynote
ADDRESS here Sept. 10 at the open
ing OF the convention of the North
Carolina Young Democrats.
KEEP. W. j. Bryan Dorm, South
Carolina Democrat, of Greenwood,
Will make the banquet address
mat evening. Sen. Clyde Hoey,
NORTH Carolina Demrcrat, will
speak at the business session Sat-
urday afternoon, Sept. 20, and
GOV. James E. big jim" Folsom
OF Alamaba will address the con-
cludlng Saturday banquet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
What Manufacture Means To
North Carolina Is Told
. By State Security Group

compared to 4l.8 per cent for the
mountain region.
In the Coastal Plain area, manu-
featuring employment represents
55 per cent of the covered employ
ment, but according to the U. S.
Census figures of 1910 it repre-
lsents only 1877 per cent of non
agricultural employment. Here,
also the proportion of small non
| covered firms is much larger than
in the Piedmont area.
In order to get away from this
possible bias in the Coastal and
mountain areas, the map has been
charted ON a basis OF the ratio of
manufacturing employment in
1915 to the census reported non
agricultural employment in 1910,
and gives a clear idea of the m
portance of manufacture to each
county in the state. The shaded
portion of the circles indicate the
percentage of non-agricultural
employment represented by manu-
featuring employment in the
county.
Basic Industries
In addition, the two leading
types of manufacture in the county
are represented by numerals, l
for textiles, 2 for lumber and
basic timber products, 3 10: furnj-
ture, 4 for tobacco, 5 for food,
6 for paper and paper products,
6 for chemicals and fertilizer,
8 for machinery, and 9 for mis-
cellaneous manufacture.
It is pointed out that between
30 and IS thousand workers en-
ployed seasonally in stemming and
tobacco, which is now con-
side-ed a process of manufacture,
were not included in 1945 mani
featuring employment, since at
that time they we@. classified un-
der wholesale distribution.
Textiles, ore of the three basic
industries of the State, leads in
the volume Of employment in "a
of the 100 counties. Furniture.
another basic industry, leaGs in
the volume of manufacturing en-
in Z counties, lumber
and basic timber products, though
not considered as a basic indus
try, except as a feeder to the furni-
ture industry, leads in the volume
of manufacturing employment i'll
26 counties.
Tobacco manufacture, the third
basic industry of the State, is
concentrated, leads in en-
only in Durham and
Forsyth counties, coming second
in Rockingham.
What manufacture mean to
Carolina can be briefly
summed up in the statement that
than half of those who do
1oE-agricultural work in the State
earn their living in manufacture.
and one out of every three who
10 any form of work, including
household and farm, are 50 en-
Preliminary figures for the first
quarter of 1947 indicated at the
of workers in manufacture
is now even higher; for during
that quarter there were 800, 900
workers employed in North Caro-
lima manufacture, as compared
to 1852, 306 in 1915.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
APPEAL DECISION

Ar CAA DLAAoAON
MOCKSVILLE, Aug. 30-U.H-A
Cooleemee tavern operator sen
fenced to prison for the fatal
shooting of an after-hours Gus
toner announced today he would
appeal his conviction to the State
supreme court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
Ry ROY MILLER
Staff CORRESPONDENT

Ell PASO, Ill.-This is the story
of the love lie of 81, 000, 900 stalks
Of corn.
Two hundred and forty teen-age
girls from northern Illinois are
playing an important part in pro-
ducing hybrid seed from those
stalks.
Right now the girls r part of
a force of nearly 500 persons rid
ing through the corn fields near
Ell Paso, ILL.,, on 40 strange rigs,
yanking the tassels off 1923 acres
of corn. They must finish the job
in less than three weeks or there's
no hybrid seed from those acres.
1t has taken the Pfister family,
presently represented by Lester
Pfister of Ell Paso. q years to
produce his strain of seed which
is proving successful on Illinois
farms.
Pfister has invented an ingen-
ious four-row picker, special seed
ers, mammoth sprayers and a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
HAIR S7YLls7>S
CONTEST TO-DAY
Wrightsville Beach T. D.
Scene O. Hairdres,s,''''
Demonstration

A hair styling confess
Te On the sands in troc, I'VE
Lumlna at WrightsvilIe Baa ,Ja' .
afternoon will feature the I on This
OF the North Carolina opening
ers and Cosmetologist .afeSs
ton. conVen,
Beautificians from wilni,,..
will vie with one another saa ga@
honors as national newsrsa lOY TOP
eras grind out the coiff1ra &C. Gam,
beauty. N'!isdy'3
The Atomic Bomb" r.. t.,
lng-Do'' and others of he ,. o'''
styles are to be whipped NJ, nsHs.
the blondes, the ~brunettes. aT ~ =. y.
redheads as chignons, put 4so u. n,
waves are deity done nv ani
hands of experts. NE
One of the judges will be F,n,.
Greco recently judged one Of 1 n,
seven best international hairdr. s'
ers at a New York show. ''
A style and fashion revenna \.
night at Lumina will be bigbIi.g "
ed by a public wedding. Tho 81.
test winner will be named Al t w.
time. 1s
Association members will =.
down to the business agend. !.
morrow morning at the Cow j."
nifty center in Wilmington
dance and banquet has been .,
ranged for the evening O.
A trade show and open form
will be on the program Tuesd.r
with entertainment in the eyeTir.
bringing the convention 10 : clo.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31

e's- education, enforcement and
engineering, -"a program which
has been conducted here for 10
years.
The l%ong-range program did not
begin to show results until after
the war.
The department Of public safety
handles the enforcement, the de-
partment of public works Mand-
les the engineering through a
trained traffic engineer, and the
schools carry on a safety educa-
ton program. The entire program
is coordinated by the Tidewater
Automobile association.
There has been little fanfare
for the program and few trick
stories from any of the groups
involved. Rather they act as a
group of individuals accepting
their responsibility and working
job, city officials said.
together in an effort to do a good
The director of public safety is
conducting a selected enforce
ment plan," under which police
concentrate on eliminating the
worst offenses. The traffic engi-
neer gives his full time to acct
dent prevention through traffic
pedestrians.
In the educational field, every
child from the first grade through
high school receives safety train
ing in the form Of specially pre-
pared lesson sheets, safety post
ers and safety patrols.
High schools receive driving
lessons in dual control automobiles
and are given text material stress
ing sportsmanlike driving.
All of these activities are CO.
ordinated through the automobile
club, headed by its president. G.
Leslie Hall, and the board OF di-
rectors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
Gastonia Bank Staff
Holds Beach Outing

Twenty-six officers and mem
bers of the operating force of the
Citizens National bank, of Gas
tonia, are the guests Of A. G..
Myers, president, at a Labor Day
weekend gathering at the Ocean
Terrace hotel, Wrightsville Beach.
Myers arrived Friday aboard
his airplane and others joined the
group yesterday. They will re-
main at the beach through Mon
day. The party is an annual GUS
tom and is usually held at one of
the North Carolina resorts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29.-U.H-
The Los Angeles police depart
ment has been fighting a losing
battle against the law of averages
in its attempt to cut the ciy's high
traffic death rate, Deputy Police
Chief Bernard R. Caldwell said
today.
Figures compiled by the Nation.
al Safety council show that Los
Angeles had 22.9 traffic deaths per
100, 900 persons during the first
half of this year. This was the
highet rate of any city of mere
than 200, 900 population.
Caldwell said that part of The
high fatality rate would be attri
buted to he fac that Los Angeles is
one of the nations most spread
out cities, with more than 5000
miles of street.
Approximately 34,001 automobile
accidents last year killed sos per
sons two thirds of them pedes
TRANS and cost the citizens an est
mated $22, 500, 900.
To parol its highways and trim
down the death rate, the city ha:
IT'S motorcycle-mounted traffic of
ficers spread lover three shifts.
"That works out to about 10
miles of beat for each officer OF
each shift, and it takes some
mathematical figuring to put them
in the right places at the RICH
time" Caldwell said.
Caldwell said he looked forward
to the time when every driver il
the nation will know it is unssf
to commit even a minor traffi
violation in Los Angeles.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 28-UD-
This seaport city has a reputatio
of being one of the safest traffic
cities in the nation because of 1t!
"cradle-to-the-grave" safety pro
gram, city officials said today
Norfolk, which has n a to-
every ga persons, as compared
with one for every 2.9 person!
in Los Angeles, which has the
highest traffic death rate per lou,
900 population, holds a record o
more than $50, 600, 900 man day
with a traffic fatality.
No pedestrian or motorlst dlet
in a traffic mishap from Nov. %
i Norfolk's record for the first Si'
months of this year was 4.3 death
per 100, 900 population, the loves
of all U. S. cities of 200, 600 per
sons or more.
City officials said this low ia
tality RATE did not Gust happen
y They attributed it to the "thre'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
Los Angeles Is Tragic
Traffic City,; Highest Toll

Editors Note: The National
Safety council reports that Los
Angeles had the highest traf-
fic death toll during the first
six months Of 1947. The follow
ing stories tell what Los An
geles is doing to improve its
record, and what Norfolk did,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
Craig Sings Today
AT Wnghtsuille
Methodist Church

Curtis Craig, graduate Of Mrs.
J. B. Finley's Conservatory OF
music here, will be featured solo,
list at services scheduled for the
Wrightsvine Methodist church to.
day.
Craig will be accompanied al
the piano by Miss Anne Andrews.
He will sing "Ninety and Nine"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
AFT FIGHT

AFL FIGHT
HIGH POINT. Aug, 80 ug-
The latest flare-up in an AFr
jurisdictional fight over boarde,
at II local hosiery mills br9u,s.
hints today of a possible stri,
by the United Construction Work.
ers (AFL).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
TO. TALK PLANS

BLOWING ROCK, Aug. 30.-(P)
How the Moses H. Cone Me
mortal hospital to be built in
Greensboro can cooperate with the
University of North Carolina medi-
cal school and teaching hospital
to. be constructed in Chapel Hill
will be discussed at a meeting
here tonight.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-08-18
M. H. M. E. CLUB PICNIC

The annual picnic of the M. H..
M. E. club will be held at 3 p. m
Thursday, at the home of Mrs
Gay Baughman on w. Fifth st.