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Evening star., 1947-04-08
Denmark S King Is Ordered
Ito Rest After Heart Attack
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

COPENHAGEN, April 8.-King
Christian x suffered a heart attack
Sunday, and a Royal Palace COM
munique said today that the To-
year-old monarch had been ordered
to "rest for considerable period"
The communique, issued at noon,
said the King had recovered from
the attack.
A source close to the court said
the attack was severe and had
caused respirational difficulties.
The informant said the Kings
physicians were summoned to Anal
ienborg Castle Sunday morning, and
that Crown Prince Frederick, who
had been spending the Easter holi-
days in Sweden, was notified of his
fathers condition. The crown prince
made immediate arrangements to
return home and arrived here yes
terday morning.
Evening star., 1947-04-08

illuminating 90. of Detroit that be
began Ia 1893 experimental Work on
3 self propelled vehicle.
The flrst car, 4 two-Cylinder.
belt-driven vehicle with bicycle
wheels. was assembled IN : brick
shed at the rear Of Mr.. Fords first
Detroit home on Bagley avenue.
Complete, il was too large to go
through the door and some OF the
bricks had to be removed to get It
|out.
AT the turn OF the century Mr..
Ford built number Of racing cars
and raced them. In his first race
he defeated Alexander Winton, q
future motor magnate. Mr.. Fords
most famous racer was the 1885" !"
in which he drove q mile In IS Sec
|onds and which Barney Oldfeld
used for years on the dirt tracks.
BattIed with Labor.
Despite his high wage philosophy,
Mr.. Ford long was an unrelenting
opponent Of labor unions. He re-
versed himself suddenly IN 1s41 after
q strike Of major proportions had
tied up his factories. The contract
not only accorded recognition to the
United Automobile Workers, CIO,
but provided for the check-off COL
lection of dues.
Among his most cherished friends
were Thomas A. Edison, the in
ventor; John Burroughs. the natu-
ralist, and the elder Harvey Fire
stone, tire manufacturer. For many
years the four made annual gypsy
expeditions to out of -the-way places,
+. The surviving members Of the
family, in addition to the widow, are
Mrs. Edsel B. (Eleanor) Ford and
her children, Henry II. Benson,
William and Josephine Ford.
Many Pay Tribute.
Tribute to Mr.. Ford came from
many of his fellow motorcar build
ers today.
B. E. Hutchinson, vice president
of Chrysler Corp, said:
Henry Ford conceived and dra-
matized to his country and the
world the possibility of the mass
production of material goods for the
benefit of all people. It was a
great vision faithfully adhered to.
His memory will live throughout
history as one of the great men OF
this great age"
George Romney, general manager
of the Automobile Manufacturers
Association:
1.-THE greatness Of the American
automobile industry is largely the
results Of others applying his
methods and ideals. Human beings
everywhere will mourn the passing
of this great man"
In New York, Charles Edison, son
of Thomas A. Edison, said he was
"grieved and shocked to hear OF the
death Of Henry Ford. !.
"My father was devoted to him
and admired him enormously" he
said. "His contributions to civiliza-
ton have been beyond measure. He
was my friend and no one ever had
a better one"
In Washington, Mr.. Ford's career
was described by Senator Vanden-
burg, Republican. of Michigan, as
"the vivid epitome of what a man
can do for himself and for his fellow
men under our system OF American
freedom"
Evening star., 1947-04-08

Shortly after midnight Saturday
morning, someone cut the telephone
wire between the ammunition base
and headquarters of Col. T. Shef-
field, Toledo, Ohio, commanding
officer OF battalion Of the 1st
Marine Division at Tangku, S miles
east of here.
The attackers also cut the under
ground cable connecting g Company
OF Marines with the guard detail OF
so men at the camp. This cable
was dug up, cut, then reburied.
The first hint Of trouble came in
shots fred from the east-on the
hypotenuse side of the triangular
area-at the guards inside the fence
around the dump. Fifteen OF the
Marines were inside this fence.
Some were wounded in the first
exchanges, but they Immediately
went into action and sounded the
alarm.
Platoon Sergt. Norris j. Cole Of
Cincinnati led five Marines to the
aid of the men inside the fence.
Six Bore Brunt of the Attack.
Capt. van Joslin of c Company.
said these six men, together with
those inside the fence, bore the
brunt of the attack and were
courageous and resourceful.
During the battle, the relief convoy
was formed of two seven-ton MT
tanks, a ieep and two trucks, filled
with men. It raced safely over
buried land mines close to Hsinho,
but q few miles down the road the
lead tank touched off another mine.
One tank was disabled.
The Marines threw themselves to
the ground and As minutes of hot
fighting followed. The Communists
Withdrew shortly after additional
Marines reached the scene on foot.
Col. Sheffield and more reinforce
ments arrived after the Communist
retreat had begun.
-Four Communists were killed in
the roadside battle.
Capt. van Joslin, Is, is the son of
Mrs. Earl K. van Joslin of the Ward
man Park Hotel. He attended Will
liam and Mary College, before en-
tering the Marine Corps. He par
ticipated in the battles for the
Marshalls, the Mariannas and Two
Jima with the 4th Marine Division,
and holds the Silver Star, the
Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart
Medals.
Capt. van Joslin is native Of
Newport, r. I. His father was a
Navy doctor and on retiring from
the service practiced in Newport.
Evening star., 1947-04-08
|Fords Fortune Is Estimated
Between 200 and 500 Millions

business. It was this determination
that led to the break, in 1919, with
the minority stockholders and the
Ford purchase of all the stock held
outside the Ford family.
Couzens Took Out 30 Million.
The late Senator James Couzens
of Michigan, an early Ford partner,
put $2,500 in the company for "a
shares in 1903 and took out $50, ,000,-
900 in the sale of minority stock in
1919.
The Ford personal fortune has
been estimated by various sources
from 5000 ,OOO, 900 to $500. 900, 900.
Mr.. Ford always asserted, how
ever, that "I am not interested in
money but in the things OF which
money is merely a symbol.
The only right use for money Is
to capitalize industry. One might
give it away but giving 1t away
doesn't do any good"
Gave Heavily to Charities.
Yet Mr.. Ford, unobtrusively, con-
tributed heavily to many charities,
almost invariably with the stipula-
ton his name should not be dis
closed in connection with his gifts
He once was asked about the
frequent reference to his great
motorcar company as a billion
dollar empire -
"a billion dollar empire?" he re-
turned. Money is just part of a
practical life; it saves time in ex-
changing goods, and is no good for
anything else. All I care about is
that we have enough money to do
the work that lies ahead without
borrowing. r
When you borrow somebody else
takes over your business and no
matter what sort of9sleight-of- hand
vo,1 1lse daht is rot wealth"
Evening star., 1947-04-08

Street sent emissaries with offer
of loans. He refused them.
Here is how he paid off: He
stopped buying raw materials anc
with stocks in hand made $4,000
cars; he forced immediate delivery
OF 10000 cars on his dealers for cash
which brought in $24, TOO 900; foreign
agents were called on for $4,000, ,00(
due from them; Liberty bonds were
sold to the amount Of $1,000, 900;
by products from the River Rouge
furnaces brought $3,7o0,000 more
He paid off in April and had 81 ,000,-
900 left to keep his checking account
open.
Speeded Raw Materials.
He saw that his financial problem
had been caused in part by $780,
100000 tied up in materials. If he
could speed manufacture he could
cut that down. He reduced the time
element between raw materials and
finished cars delivered to dealers
(for CASH from the already low
figure of 20 days to II days. He
made $75,o00,000 that year, the
greatest in the history OF the COM
pany.
BY 1927 competition caught up
with him. He had made $4,000, 900
model rs Gin any color the Gus
toner wanted as long as 1t was
black" Due to his pedal gear shift,
there were millions of persons who
Evening star., 1947-04-08

Began Work on Auto.
From the Detroit machine shop
Mr.. Ford graduated as a stationary
engineer. It was while employed as
a mechanical engineer at the Edison
Evening star., 1947-04-08

the peacetime draft. The Ford
Motor Co. refused q contract to make
Rolls Royce airplane engines for the
British.
Often called the first Millionaire,
it is doubtful that he ever could
have sold out for the fantastic sum
of one thousand million dollars,
but in good years his company
earned better than a S per cent
return on that sum. In 1910 an
SEC report put the family holdings
in the company at $625, 100000
Began the Model T.
The story of his manufacturing
success began in 1909 when he de-
cided to concentrate on one model,
the famous Model T. In one year
production jumped from $4,000 to
IS 900 cars. In 1911 he made 8,440
cars; in 1912, 186,304 cars; in 1918,
248, ,307 cars.
In 1914 he announced the $5-a-
day minimum wage. The best me-
chanics from all over the country
focked to Detroit. The war ip Eu-
rope forced a change in American
economy. The IS wage soon pre-
vailed in heavy industry and in 1916
Mr.. Ford made and sold 500, 900 cars.
Although his associates thought
the market was saturated, at the
end of that year, as after every good
year, Mr.. Ford announced another
reduction in price. This time it
was $50 car. The Dodge brothers
protested and brought stockhold-
ers' suit. Be bought them out. By
1919 he had bought out all the
minority stockholders.
MIR. Ford had demonstrated he
was a production genius by World
War I. After 1t he showed he YVES
a financial wizard. He borrowed
$40 ,000, 900 In 1919 to buy out the
minority stockholders. Sales began
to fall OF in the depression of 1920.
Had to Have $3s, ,0O0, 600.
Here was his situation in January:
A $1,000 900 production bonus was
due to the workers; $4,000 900 In
income taxes was due the Govern
ment March Is; $33 ,000, 600 unpaid
on the $40, 0,o0o, 900 loan was due April
10 Che had already paid $37, 900 000) !;
the total due in the first four months
was $50 8.000, 900, and he had $40, ,00o,-
600 in the bank. How was he going
to gain $38, ,oo0, 900 in 100 days? Wall
Evening star., 1947-04-08
BY the Associofsd Press

DETROIT, April 8.-Henry Ford
himself probably never knew the
exact amount OF the fabulous for
tune he amassed in the development
Of his great motor car enterprise.
He was one Of 13 original share
holders who pooled $28, 600 to estab-
lish the Ford Motor Co. in 1908.
When the Ford Motor Co. filed Its
annual statement of assets and liza
bilities with the Massachusetts, Tax
Commission for the year ended De-
cember 81, 1945, 1t reported $71S,-
660, 1856 in assets.
This included cash, notes and ac-
counts receivable, stocks, bonds, Sc
curities and patent rights listed at
$3.50. $50, ,915; real estate at $143,-
924, ,799; machinery, equipment, fur
niture and fixtures Of 5000, SOS, 1862;
merchandise and supplies, $142, ,748,-
OFT; prepaid insurance, taxes, ETC.,
$796, ,761.
Surplus of $612,678,531.
The company reported surplus OF
$612 ,678,531.
How much of these holdings, all
within the Ford family, were wholly
in the name of his wife, Clara
Bryant Ford, in his own name and
in possession of the heirs of his son,
Edsel, has only been guessed at.
The seemingly most accurate esti-
mates were that So per cent of the
company shares were held by the
elder Ford and Mrs. Ford, while the
remainder, aside from the nom
voting stock held by the Ford
Foundation was in the possession OF
Mrs. Edsel Ford and her four chill
dren.
Mr.. Ford never spent his money
lavishly, but he did believe in placing
1t back into the development of the
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Coal
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81 Continued From First Page.)
eral Mine Safety Code. New In
spections OF all mines, however,
will require at least two months, it
was estimated. A top official said,
however, the Government had no
intention of waiting SO long be-
fore taking steps to reopen the pits.
A large part Of coal production
Evening star., 1947-04-08

yesterday came from non-union
strip operations and from the dig
ging of Progressive Miners Of Amer
lea, an independent union whose
members are employed largely In
Illinois.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
TROOPS IN ITALY
TO LEAVE SOON
Evacuation Is Two Weeks
Ahead OF Peace
Schedule

LEGHORN, Italy, Nov. 15-P
Complete evacuation OF the
Mediterranean theater of opera
tons will be accomplished in
the next IS days, two weeks
ahead of the 80 days allowed by
the Italian peace treaty, Maj.
Gen. Lawrence C. Jaynes, U. S.
theater commander, said today.
Jaynes said that the theater's
"five-year history was one of
success Troops of the theater,
known originally as the North
African theater of operations,
were the first to cause an I'M
conditional surrender Of enemy
forces, the general said.
The $500 American officers
and enlisted men still in the
theater will be evacuated to
Germany OR returned to the
United States. The last train
leaves for Germany Nov. "A,
and the last ship, the Admiral
Sims, sails from Leghorn for
the United States on Dec. 3 with
the last elements of the
theater's staff.
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WALLACE PLANS
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Now add to these pertinent
figures the fact that Wallace
has the worlds largest straw
berry market, which will get
underway within the next few
months, a ready buying center
for roast'n ear corn, squash
beans, blueberries, and a flock
of other groceries and you
won't wonder either why some
$4,000 people who live in this
trading area look to Wallace as
their center.
I don't have the exact figures
in my little black book, but I'll
venture the opinion that this
year will be the biggest of all
years in Wallace's commercial
marts, barring none. I could
mention the millions that will
have been paid out to farmers
of the area by the end of the
year, but you'd only think I was
exagerating and l shouldn't like
you to think that. If I'd say
close on to $40, 600, 900 1 wouldn't
be very far off, though.
But do you think the business
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continued from rage One)
Hughes that all evidence in the
committees files will get a pub
lie airing next week.
Hughes declared that he and
his company officials had
"been forced" by Ferguson to
testify about what they describ-
ed as attempts of Maj.-Gen.
Gennett E. Meyers, retired air
forces purchasing official to get
jobs and borrow thousands of
dollars from Hughes during
plane contract negotiations.
Asserting that his testimony
twas Numerically opposed" to
that of Meyers who said
Hughes offered loans and a job
Hughes charged at the hear
ing that Ferguson had kept the
public "in the dark as to the
truth.
cat the very time when Cen
eral Meyers and 1 were testify
ing here, you had locked up
in your files downstairs all sorts
of evidence which would have
shown very clearly who was
telling the truth" Hughes said,
and then continued:
"You had ample evidence
concerning General Meyers re-
lations with other aircraft COM
panies which would have made
it clear that 1 was telling the
truth when / described his re-
lations with me.
81 see no reason why the pub
lie was kept in the dark. I feel
that you should have disclosed
all of the evidence"
Ferguson, speaking slowly
and looking directly at Hughes
across the large committee
table, assured him that all facts
involving Meyers relations with
other wartime aircraft contrac-
tors will be presented in addi-
tional hearing scheduled for
next week.
"All of the facts will be pre-
sented," Ferguson continued,
you can rest assured of that"
Hughes paused and then re-
marked:
Yes senator, I accept your
explanation"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
BY .IARIE DAERR
Special CORRESPONDENT

LONDON-(NEA)-If I'd had
any desire to stick my finger
into the frosting of one of Prin.
cess Elizabeth's wedding cakes,
I should have had my mind
changed-quickly.
I had a closeup of one of
the cakes at a secret spot, miles
from London and swarming with
mountan-tall guards who had a
discouraging habit of plucking
my sleeve and saying, "Come,
now, lady, not THAT near"
whenever, I advanced a step.
The cake 1 saw is one of II
baked for the royal wedding by
various firms. The public saw
it later - through a glass case.
Here's what the bakers STIR
red up to make the II cakes:
Almost a ton C920 pounds) of
almond paste.
More than a ton (2280 pounds)
of mixed fruits.
Almost half a ton (960 pounds)
of eggs.
More than a quarter of a ton
(600 pounds) of flour.
SO pounds of sugar.
(Which one will have
the place of honor, only the
Princess knows, at present." I
was told, in a whisper.
It will take a mighty knife and
a delicate touch to cut the first
slice from the cake I saw - a
four = tier production, six feet
high, mounted on a foot high
chromium pedestal. It has
a dark fruit cake interior and
an exterior that reminded me of
the tower on a railroad termin-
al.
There are six sides to each
tier of the cake. On the six sides
are pictures of scenes ranging
from Elizabeth taking the sa-
lutte as colonel-in-chief, Grena-
der Guards, to a race at Ascot
with the leading horse wearing
the Kings colors.
The cakes basic frosting is
dazzling white. Some of the
scenes are of colored sugar
icing. Others are of edible
paints.
Between each pair of tiers are
delicate white pillars. Six china
cupids, per tier, and a large
white satin rosette and further
embellishments. Atop everything
is a white vase holding a bou-
quet of artificial flowers.
When the cake is to be moved,
it must be torn down. Each
tier is packed carefully in a box
and the boxes are tied firmly
down in the truck which moves
them. When the cake reaches
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much is known: It will include
all the many communities here
abouts which have helped Wei
lace to grow.
Representatives of these COM
munities will meet in Wallace
Tuesday afternoon to sit down
with members of Wallace Asso.
clates to determine just what
can be done to make this festi-
val one of the outstanding ever
attempted in any American
town, large or small.
A list of the communities and
their representatives chosen
l thus far reads like a census.
taking of the section. Some Of
the com m ittee members
haven't yet been chosen, but
they will be before Tuesday and
most of them will be there.
The communities and repre-
%sentatives chosen so far are:
Charity, Mrs. Albert Lanier,
Mrs. Dickson Wood, Mrs. LIE.
land Teachey, and Mrs. Rae.
ford Murphy; Beulaville, Mrs.
Walter Rhodes, Mrs. Ash Mil
Ter, and Mrs. Herman Miller
Pink Hill, Mrs. T. J. Turner
and Mrs. L. G. Williams.
B. F. Grady School Commu.
nifty: Mrs. w. T, Byrd. Mrs,
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and professional men and far
mers of the place are satified
with all this seething business?
And do you think they're willing
to sit complacently down now
and say they've had a good
year and they might as well
knock off for a spell?
They are not and they will
not. In fact, they have not.
Even before the tobacco mar.
ket finished establishing itself g
brand new record, the Wallace
leaders get together and formed
themselves into a group to see
if they not only could keep the
ball rolling but to build up q
bigger ball.
They formed Wallace Associ.
ates to sponsor the further and
continued development of the
town.
First pop out of the box Wal
lace Associates, which is what
the name implies, an association
of leaders to maintain Wallace's
leadership, is planning a man.
moth several-weeks-lon Christ
mas Festival.
The details of this festival
have not yet been embroidered
into a whole fabric, but this
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

|Sig Smith, and H. G. Wells; Ke-
nansville, Mrs. Louise Wells
If.Iitchell; Warsaw, Miss Mari,
Ign Alderman and Mrs. Glen
dora Brown; Franklin School,
embracing Delway, Harrell's
Store, and Tomahawk, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Herring and Mrs.
Rob Murphy; Long Creek-Cu-
RE, B. j. Brady; Atkinson-Ivan-
hoe, Mrs. j. A. Murphy and A.
B.. Herring.
Taylor's Bridge, Mrs. John T.
Peterson and Claude Moore;
Turkey, Mrs. D. B. Oliver, Mrs.
e.. E. Seay, and j. M. Hunter;
1ngold, Mrs. Alvah Tatum
Burgaw, Mrs. D. j. Farrior,
Mrs. l. ]. Murphy, Mrs. Clifton
Moore, and Mrs. Dave Mat
thews; Kelly-C anetuck, Mrs.
Maybelle Henry; Penderlea,
Mrs. Van Bavel; Harrell's Store
Road, Mrs. Colwell Smith, Mrs.
Edward Williams, and Mrs
Walter Moore; Chinquapin,
Mrs. Bertha Dewell James
Kerr Station, Mrs. Hubbard
Kerr; Garland, Miss Annaoel
Sloan and DR.. Amos Neal John.
son; Faison, Mrs. James Fai
son and Mrs. Annie Whitening
ton.
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would be a mobby success.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

In Wallace itself, the commit
tee looks like a turnout of half
the town. It comprises, Mrs.
John D. Robinson, Mary Emily
Carr, Mrs. Sam Jessup, Mrs.
Steve Mallard, Mrs. Cary Cau-
dell, Mrs. Alvin Thompson,
Mrs. A. j. Cavenaugh, Mrs.
Ralph Carlton, Mrs. Homer
Boney, Mrs. Clifton Knowles,
Mrs. William H. Farrior, Rob
ert Butler, John Diefell, E.. J..
Johnson, A. B. Bland, John
Moore, C. H. Caudell, Ralph
Carlton, Wiley Knowles, Clyde
Brown, and DR.. w. H. Hoskins.
Nell's Bells, if just the folks
who make up the committees
turn out the Christmas party
would be a mobby
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SAFE

LONDON, Nov. 15-(R-Stefan
horbawski, Polish peasant par
~ leader, arrived today after a
hight from Poland through Swe-
den. He looked up the party's
c%hleftain, Stanislaw Mikolajczyk,
who reached Britain Nov. 8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Royal Wedding Cake:
A Recipe By The Ton

its destination, it must be set
up again.
"You have quite a response
bility," I remarked to the driver
of the Huntley and Palmers van.
The driver didn't reply. He
merely rolled his eyes, express
sivley, heavenward.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Did Diamond Jim" Have
Stomach or Ulcer Pains?

1t Is hardly likely that Diamond Jim
Brady Guild have eaten so voraciously If
he suffered after-eating pains. Sufferers
who have to pay the penalty of stomach
or ulcer pains. Indigestion, gas pants.
heartburn, burning sensation, bloat and
other conditions caused by excess acid
should try Udga. Get a Csc box of Udga
Tablets from your druggist. First dose
must convince or return box to us n
get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK.
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100000 ESTATE
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tCOHtlnueQ from rage One)
instructed in the spring of last
year. It's cost, including the
land, was set at 500, 900 by
Reynolds. In addition to the
second floor ball room and third
floor apartments, the first floor
consists of a restaurant, b a t h
house, dress shop, and beer
parlor.
Reynold, who has been liv-
ing atop the Ocean Plaza, will
move into Golfers home al
Silver Lake.
Collier has purchased the old
Ogburn home on the northwest
corner of Lake Park boulevard
ans Cape Fear boulevard at
Carolina Beach, and will move
there in a few days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

COAST LINE STAFF photographer G.. HodgkinJ , won the first awardm the pictorial
class when he submitted the above photogaph, titled Dream Cottage" to the Southeastern Pho
hgrphes association Exhibition held in Asheviler recently In reality the "Dam Cottage" is an
English department conference house on the campusf Rollins college, Winter Park Fla. Hodg-
kS work received recognition Garlic this year when four of his sMs were Dawd at the
photographers aSocaton of America exhbt in Chicago
A native of Wilmington odgkin was duated from North Carolina State in 1885, SUBJ
squnhyw was employed by the u S Rubber company and the N G Shpbundhg company
later mepd commercial photography this city and was for time on the staff of the Star
News He jomd the Atlantic Coast Line Deem Der l. 1916