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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27
0 Fashion Notes

Gowns show body sculpturing,
very definitely, and the hustle treat.
ment is still a favorite.
Lace, cobwebby woolens and silk
tissue are some of the luxury fab
RIGS which are coming into fash
ion for the spring and summer.
They are really exquisite, and the
dresses are designed to show off the
fabric at it's best.
Berthas, scarves and sashes are
In the news again as more fabric
is available for designers to play
with.
The new sleeves you have on your
clothes may, be of infinite variety.
You may push them up or blouse
them, or you may make them bark
back to history by putting billowy
ruff1es and lace on them.
One thing you'll notice about wom-
ems clothes right now, a sort of re-
action to the war, is the extreme
femininity of clothing. The more
romantic, the more glamorous the
gown, the better the women seem to
like it. The swing is clear back to-
ward the Gay '90s modes.
e
Navy blue is definitely in the
spring fashion picture. There are
coats of navy blue and sheer wool
dresses without sleeves. A COM
bination that's seen often is lovely
pastel pink teamed with the navy
wherever possible. But then, navy's
very practical shade.
With the dropping of government
restrictions on clothing, you'll be
seeing luxurious notes in clothes.
There are, for example, pleated
skirts again and larger sleeves.
All skirts for the next season are
not full, as padded hips might lead
you to believe. Some are pencil
slim. others carefully moulded to
give almost sculptured look, while
still others are tubular.
You'll be seeing variations of the
stovepipe hat in new spring MILL
merry. Naturally there are adorn-
ments, however. You can take your
choice of bows, flowers or yelling.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27
LIVESTOCK

I HAVE MORE broke gentle young mules
with good hair and quality than you will
find most anywhere. Priced to sell or ex-
change. Auction Sales. Cattle Hogs every
Friday. GUS z. LANCASTER STOCK
YARDS. 1a mi. south Rocky Mount. N. c.,
Hiway 3O1. Tel. 1443-2755, Res. 1881.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27
AIRPORT CHATTER

Wintry blasts failed to ground air
enthusiasts in the northern tier Of
states. When heavy SHOWS
blocked highways, Postman Ernest
E. Larew resorted to plane to drop
mail to six farm families on an
Iowa City, Iowa, rural route. The
small ski-equipped plane, piloted by
r. w. Cochran, made the 30-mile
trip in about Is minutes. In
far-away Massachusetts, East Coast
Aviation corporation inaugurated
weekend hops to the snow country.
The "ski plane" leaves Hanover,
Mass, and stops at Bedford before
taking off for the Macarthur air
port at Manchester, VT. A novel
aviation get-together was the ''frigid
fun flight" held at Sturgeon Bay,
Wis. A dinner drew 329 air enthu-
siasts while 1872 planes checked in at
Cherryland airport for the event.
Sturgeon Bay residents were
amazed to find one small
plane parked directly in front of
downtown hotel, tagged by the po-
lice department for overnight park
ing. Although the whole affair was
gag, the community buzzed with
the story that the fiier couldn't find
the airport late at night and landed
on the main street.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27
MtNRe,M1
NEWS OF FEIERS AND FLYING

new type certificates at any time
prior to their expiration date. No
red tape or written application is in
volved in the exchange. The pilot
merely presents his old type certifi-
cate to CAA Inspector, who issues
new type certificate. The exchange
can be made at a CAA office or
during CAA inspection trip.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27
WANTED TO BUY

WANTED-To buy old clocks of all kinds.
Prefer wood cases in any condition. Fur
niSh full description and price. Write
CALVIN 8. LOHR
ThurmOnt. Maryland.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27

Gowns show body sculpturing
very definitely, and the hustle treat
ment is still a favorite.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27

tilted Reds and White Leghorn pullets.
Write: FAIRVIEW POULTRY FARM
Paul 8. PeIlman, Owner, Richfield. Pa.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27
BOMBING SYSTEM

A revolutionary new type of air.
born radar-designated Eagle-was
employed against Japanese targets
in closing weeks of World War II,
it has been revealed by the air ma
terrell command. Used at night ana
through heavy overcast in BIG raids
on japanese fuel centers, this revo-
lutionary new equipment functioned
with deadly accuracy. Bombing
results were credited by AAF COM
handing officers in the Pacific thea
ter as being the best ever achieved
with blind bombing radars.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27

NEW JET BOMBER First Of
fetal view of the XB-46, experiment.
al four-jet bomber being built for
army air forces by Consolidated
Vultee. Powered by four turbojet
engines located in two low-slung
nacelles, the XB-46 has a length of
los feet 9 inches and a wingspan
of 113 feet.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27

Fashion sh0wings in New York re-
Gently brought out something new
in sleeves. This picturesque note
for spring has the Lady Winder-
mere" influence.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-27
HOME FROM THE SKIES

The home that 1t. Joseph c. Will
liams Of Austin, Tex, had been hunt
ing came to him from the skies like
mama - but with a lot more noise
and excitement
It looked just like an army air
forces CAT Skytrain transport plane
until it landed fiat on its belly at
Bergstrom field, Austin. Then for
a while it looked very much like. a
pile of junk.
Now, thanks to Williams pretty
blonde wife, Glynn, it looks just like
trailer home, complete with Lit
tie Joe," six months old.
Mrs. Williams bought the fuselage
after AAF had stripped it of all sal
vageable parts. Williams, with the
occasional help of friends, cut away
useless parts and modified the in
terror. Mrs. williams made venetian
blinds of aluminium, designed the
rear porch and two folding love
seats for it, helped line the interior
with fiber board and contributed
generally to converting some pilot S
mistake into a home.
EXCHANGE CERTIFICATES
All pilot certificates issued prior
to July l, 1945, will expire on July
/, T. P. Wright, administrator Of
civil aeronautics, announces. The
certificates may be exchanged for
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with It's resources TO IN
clude public terminals. tobacco storage
warehouses;, ship repair facilities, near
by sites for heavy Industry and oo-1oot
Cape Fear river charnel.
City auditorium large enough TO meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern NOT"
Carolina agricultural and industrial -.
sources through better markets and 1000
processing, pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement Of resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and primary
roads. with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more IN
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluet1entha1 air
port for expanding air service.
De, elopment Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities. especially In
counties lacking hospitals. and includ'
ing a Negro Health center.
announcement OF the growth Of COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Wanted New Type Human

hood. When someone starts hand
ing the new human a line, he
should be made to stick out hts
tongue, like litmus paper, to test
it. If the tongue turns blue the
ultra-moderniZed man would know
that what he was saying or hear
ing Or reading wasn't SO. That
would be that.
Then there's air conditioning.
The old model T mans cooling
system of automatic pores to open
and exude sweat is pretty obsolete
and messy. Trying to air-condition
houses and offices-changing h e
environment to fit outmoded man
instead of vice versus no help.
What mankind neds is a new
built : in reerigerating and heating
system, circulating icewater in
summer and steam in winter,
through an auxiliary system of
veins and arteries. If it takes an
extra heart on the other side,
okay. What mankind needs above
everything else is a decided
change of heart.
With a new heart maybe human
beings could get rid of some OF
their. hereditary s~elfishness. ag-
gressiveness, pugnacity, deceit.
stupidity, laziness and general all
around low down o%rneryness.
And while. the doctor is fixing
these things up he can also make
humankind proof against germs,
hangnails. dandruff, arthritis, bad
eyesight, cancer. and the common
cold. A little adjustment on the
timer and intake manifold of the
sense of humor, too, please.
Anything else? Oh yes. There's
that atom bomb that is %cluttering
up the environment. Heretofore in
history mankind has had to COM
bat only Misunderstanding the per-
versities of human nature. B u t
now, as DR.. Chisholm points out,
man faces extinction by the
weapons he has created"
Well. the only way to keep out
etomic rays is to get behind six
feet of earth, two feet of concrete
and six inches of lead. 1t will be
up to the psych;atrists to cross
breed thick-skinned and thick-skuI-
LED man to develop a hybrid with
a protective edpidermis of this
nature. L it could be done-in a
couple years. a couple generations
or a couple centuries-any resem-
blance which hum ankind might
then bear to a corpse-dead and
buried n a lead cssket in a con-
crete vault under six feet of earth
would be purely coincidental.
Doc. it looks hopeless. You can't
change human nature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Tax On AutOist

Besides taxes levied on a new auto
mobile, which will range from 500 to
5000 according to the capital invest
ment, an irate motorist of Wilmington
says he must pay $51.86 a year merely
to operate his car. And he uses it only
in the city with an occasional trip to
the beach.
He breaks down this figure thus:
State license, $1,000.
City license, $1.OO
City-County tax, $500.
Gasline, $30.22.
Oil (federaD, $500.
Oil (State), 81 cents.
He says he averages seven and one
half gallons of gasoline a week, or 800
gallons a year. On this the state COL
lects $24.37 taxes and the federal gov
eminent $685.. He changes the oil
monthly. The crank case holds five
quarts. The total is sixty quarts a year.
The federal government collects 6 cents
a quart or $3.50; the state takes the
customary 8 per cent sales tax, or 50
cents.
The tax on drivers who make greater
mileage is higher. And when a motorist
puts his car in a shop for repairs-and
all cars require mechanical requirements
periodically-he must pay the 3 per cent
sales tax on any material used.
The situation in Wilmington is not
materially different than in other cities
throughout the land. Some places i'm.
pose higher, others lower, taxes on mo-
tor car wners. But everywhere, Their
tax burden is out Of reason.
1t would be difficult probably i'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

probably will establish a UNI c
the American Contract brlos'
League in that territory.
Mrs. Anderson says that every
rubber bridge player should play
tournament bridge in order Il
learn how to eliminate careIeS'
mistakes. AS an example she cav
today's hand, which was MADE y
a rubber bridge game because y
careless defense.
South ruffed the opening cp'
lead, led a spade to dummy az
and trumped another clvo'
small spade was rutfed in DUNN
and the third club ruffed BY Of
clarer with the king OF neSI.'
Now the nine OF hearts was ~ e
and overtaken iii dummy WIN .,
t%en-spot. The fourth club was Iut
ed with declarer's last trump III
ace of hearts.
A diamond was led next, an
West carelessly played me MI
instead Of the king. South wv ".
in dummy with the ace o. u.
monds, cashed the queen oil hs'ai
and discarded a diamond from Il,
thf0h
own hand. Then West was LNOm
in the lead with a diamond q.
found himself end-played he No
to lead into declarers HlHsS
of spades. allowing him 10 .a
what looked like an lmpo'
contract
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
The Doctor Says |
ALUMINIUM DeEsu,,
CAUSE POISOnNl|
BY WILLIAM A. O'BPrFN =

BY WILLIAM A. o'BRIEN y
False iceas in regard 0
poisoning persist as a ,.. 100,
propaganda by persons VIZ. A 0
no standing in the comm nn' nav'
profe ssional FIELDS. The rno,, o.
sistent hokum is that :I'US' Per-
causes poisoning. ''allun.
Aluminium cooking nto.,
alum powder have been , a]
many tests and experimenIn'F a NJ
absolutely free of dane" y ID
true that aluminium veS,.. II i
affected by acid foods w. ~
aluminium which is taken W. ~, t.|
body in this way is not ~. n' al
in appreciable amounts '|'Sc''st|
mum occurs in many foods : S. .
natural state, which ara =. asr|
mended for human consc ,''oa'|
by the same persons VIVA 'loa
against aluminium p~oisopjno Ssa|
Cancer is not caused Nv
mum nor can any storna., ''af'
festival disturbances be tr,. " H.
its use, In the past. u,siS 'e %
against granite ware conn ,.0l's
ties. tin cans, and Other Ae'
was equally strong. "''a1'
Illness from poison in .,,
a possibility. Fruits or yso .S,t IS
sprayed with arsenic ni sy,a'ls'
dangerous if theE are NJ. p,.. '.
OR reeled before use. CareIaas..eta
in mixing cockroach povis. 'S'
food has resulted in death lt,.l "a
rooms may contain deadly no % .
and some persons have been 's ,.'.
i'll by eating shellfish cont,iri r.0'
poison which came from n,r.,..'
on mussels and CLANS.
Leaving foods in an open i, -,
is not harmful il the food
in . refrigerator in which tbs , s,s
perature is low enough 10 nr.r,.,
spelling. The food should h. ,sn,
covered to prevent furtbe, my
tamination.
Ordinary cooking utensl, nav
be used without fear of posonin,
of any Kind. Lead-solderei c,o,
which were not meant for coO,ic,
should not be used as a mild I'm,
poisoning may result. Galvan7,i
iron can also cause difficulty
QUESTION: | have recovered
from a severe case Of acne nv
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
BY PETER S

WASHINGTON, A Canadian psy.
biologist, DR.. G. Brock Chisholm
of Ottawa. stood upright in New
York the other day and told the
American Psychiatric Assn. t h a
they had just two years. tc
justify their existence in the eyes
of the world by becoming leaders
in the planned development of q
new kind OF human being who can
live at peace with himself and his
fellow men,"
This is the best idea yet. What
this world needs is a new type
of human human being. But gee
whiz, Doc-only two years to
make him in? 1t has taken man
king some millions of years to
emerge this far from the jellyfish
stage. 1t will take no mean mira
Gle to metamorphose man into a
new model by 1850.
But according to DR.. Chisholm
who is incidentally no quack but
executive secretary of the United
Nations World Health Organiza-
ton, or WRO-it has to be done.
Revolutionary changes in our en-
vironment during the last. two OR
three years" he says, ''have made
the past almost entirely irrelevant
to the future" That's a lot of psy-
chiatric gobbledygook. What it
means is that things amt w h a
they used to be and you amt seen
nothin' yet.
Anyway, since world environ
ment has changed, what is needed
is a new type human being. To
heck with this business OF trying
to make over the world to fit man.
Rex Tugwell tried that back in
1888 and made almost no progress.
How much simpler to make man
over to fit his world.
1t is in the spirit of wanting to
be helpful that this department
would like to drop in the suggest
ior box a few specifications for
the Chisholm Project Mankind
Modification Center. "
AS he doc says, mans environ
n1ent mas changed. What he needs,
therefore, is to grow a new
protective mechanism to shut out
the environment.
Let see. There's propaganda.
us certainly part of the new en-
V1ronment, and it's hard to tell
WHAT'S true and what's false. What
the made-over 1850 model man
neas IS a.:snap in front of the
orl!lce on his ears to permit but
tonlng down upper and lower
lobes.
or else the tongue. should be
made sensitive to truth and false
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
HUMOR WOULD HELP
PERHAPS

1t is hard enough 10 deal with
the Russians in aAy Circumstances,
because they never compromise
and never make any attempt 10
conciliate. Where their i'll will il
not openly disclosed, their &r
picion is manifest. In spite Of t1t
the United Nations must contnu.
to operate. Our country must be
as patient as firm but ht
much easier everything would be
if there were a little of the lubrl'
cant Of humor at the conference
table Richmond va News
Leader.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

carbon dioxide. Few submarines
can remain submerged safely for
more than two days.
The chief weapon of the sub
marine is the torpedo. The modern
torpedo is like a small submarine.
1t has an engine and propellers to
drive it, a steering rudder to keep
it on its course, and diving rudders
to keep it at the right depth. II
is driven by compressed air. The
front part contains the high-ex-
plosive charge, which is set Oft
when the torpedo strikes the tar
get.
The torpedo is kept in a large
tube, from which it is fired by
means of compressed air. The
depth at which it moves is regu-
lated; it generally travels about
10 feet below the surface.
Most modern submarines carry
two or more guns mounted on the
deck. Some carry anti-aircraf1
guns. Others have guns with muz-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
The Book OF KNOWLEDGE
Department: FAMILIAR
THINGS
SUBMARINES PERTSCOPE AND
OTHER EQUIPMENT

When a submarine, coming tow
err and all is under the water, the
crew would be unable to e any
thing upon the surface if it were
not for an ingenious device called
the periscope. This consists Of a
vertical tube, with a mirror at the
top end, a mirror and eyeplece
at the bottom, and several lenses
in between. Both mirrors are set
at an angle of As degrees. The
image striking the 3,Nper mirror
is reflected downward 10 the low
err one. Here the image is seer by
the observer looking through the
%eyepiece. The periscope may be
turned around so as to cover all
points on the horizon.
The upper. mirror part. when It
is in use, extends for a consider
able distance above the coming
lower. The upper part of the tube
may be drawn back into the con-
ming tower by means of electric or
hydraulic power.
Since much complicated machin-
cry must be crowded within the
comparatively small hull Of the
submarine, there is not much free
space. For that reason, small men
are preferred for submarine duty.
There is plenty of fresh air for
the crew when the boat is running
on the surface; the air is drawn
in through the ventilator system.
When the boat is submerged, the
oxygen in the air is gradually ex-
hausted and is replaced. by. an
emergency supply of oxygen.
Chemicals are also used to re-
move carbon dioxide, which is
breathed out by the lungs. In
,oite of these measures, the oxy-
gen is used up after a time and
the air is filled with poisonous
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

zles that can, be raised so that
they are effective against planes
as we'll as surface craft.
The submarine, aside from its
use in war, has also been used in
peaceful ways. The employer Sir
George H. wilkins used the sub
marine to e',olore the icy waters
of the Far North.
(Copywrigl, 1916, By The Grolier
Society, ms, based upon The
BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE)
distributed By United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.
TOMORROW: - WHICH is THE
BIGGEST NATION?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Fire Boat Need Emphasized

When Texas City was all but blown
off the map by explosions on s%hipboard
the consensus was that the United
States must have no more such disas-
tiers. Now, the victims at Texas City
are hardly cold in their graves when
Wilmington, California, experiences oil
tanker explosions that leave an I'M
determined number of dead and causes
damage conservatively estimated at
$40, 1000, 600.
The tanker Marley laden with g.
$40, 900 gallons of fuel went up, with
much of Wilmington's waterfront, in
three blasts. The resulting fire was
brought under control only after a six
hour battle. Surviving members of the
crew blame the operating company,
claiming its employees were negligent.
This, of course, can be determined
only after exhaustive investigation. It
is apparent, however, that someon
must nave Olu1QeTeu.
Even petroleum fires are not spon-
taneous.
But what concerns Wilmington,
North Carolina, is what would happen
if any of the many tankers coming into
this port, or any of the oil terminals of
this important petroleum distributing
center, took fire or blew up. How would
we fight the blaze, without a modern
fire boat and dependent on the city's
Incorporating fire department?
The City Council has been consid-
ering the p h a e of a fire boat
for a long time. 1t even sent ennis
saries to Charleston to view what turn
ed out to be little better than a wreck.
It is probable that circulars announc-
ing sales Of surplus government prop
erty have been perused in search of a
fire boat. It might seem that the city
government is waiting for some kind
angel to come along and make us a
present of one.
Surely there could be no public out
cry over whatever expenditure were
needed to buy a fire boat or have one
built if zone were available which
is hard to believe. The dollars that
would go into such a project would be
amply offset, not only by the boats
service in emergency but in the feeling
Of security the people would have in it's
presence on the river.
Wilmington, California, offers Will
mington, North Carolina, reason
enough to end the procrastination that
has marked the fire boat discussion.
Let the Council buy one if possible,
or build one if it must. But let's have
one, and with as little further delay as
possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

possible, to find any other investment
50 heavily taxed merely for operational
purposes. And there no relief in sight.
The only way car owners will ever
get a fair break is to organize so
strongly that legislatures, county gov
ernments and city councils must heed
their protests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
BY WILLIAM e.
Americas Gard Authority

Written for NEA Service
Mrs. Madeline L. Anderson. who
has been n of the real organizers
OF bridge in Milwaukee and Chi
cago, has opened a bridge studio
at the Savoy Hotel in Seattle. /
know that the bridge players of
Seattle will enjoy her pleasant
personality, and before long she
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

QUESTION: l have recovered
from a severe case Of acne nv
taking X-ray treatments and max.
ing sulphur applications. Bit my
face has many scars. Can they b,
removed by plastic surgery?
ANSWER: Probably no.. II they
are very deep. they will remain,
but the mere superficial ones will
become less prominent,