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Marion progress., 1947-02-13
E. MARION JUNIOR WOMEN
AND MARION MFG. COMPANY
TO HAVE FASHION SHOWS

The East Marion Junior Woman s
club in cooperation with the Mari
on Manufacturing company will
sponsor a fashion show at the Car
roll Baldwin Hall on the evenings
of February 13, IA and Is, accord
ing to announcement Monday
The dresses to be modelled will be
made of materials manufactured by
the Marion Manufacturing company
and finished in the north. Each de-
partment of the mill has selected
models from among it's workers or
the workers children.
The fashion show Thursday even
ing will be for members Of the East
Marion Junior Woman's club ex-
clusively, but the events will be
open to the general public on Fri
day and Saturday evenings. The
doors will open at seven o'clock and
the fashion shows will begin at
o wv. HC1O Will NC IO c1u1IllSSlO1l
charge; however, children must be
accompanied by their parents.
Models who will take part are
Marjorie Biggerstaff, Georgia Brun-
er, Betty Huffman, Elizabeth Bal
ley, Lillian Burgin, Sara Frances
Casey, Peggy Laughlin, Linda Bur-
gin, Myrtle Huffman, Jolene Moore,
Dorothy Neighbors, Ruth Twiggs.
Doris Lawing, Beva Lusk, Be-
atrice Williams, Linda Faye Dun
can, Imogene Elliott, Joan Fisher,
Patsy Jones, Doris Millwood, June
Poteat, Wynettia Brooks, Patsy
Duncan, Lucille Huffman and Hazel
Price.
The dresses will be given the
models by the Marion Manufacture
ing company.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
Mill Has
Annual Meeting
Of Stockholders
R. w. Twitty Elected Presi-
dent; Other Officers And
Directors Elected.

R. w. Twitty was reelected pres
ident and treasurer of the Marion
Manufacturing company at the an.
nual meeting of the stockholders
here last Thursday.
Other officers elected were Ter
ry A. Moore, vice president and as
sistant treasurer; J. F. Parker, Sec
retary, and S. M. Hamill, chairman
of the board of directors.
Members Of the board of direc-
tors were elected as follows: Mrs.
Mary Hamill Lambert, Wilfred An
drews, W. ]. Gallon, S. M. Hamill,
R. T. Stevens, all of New York
S. NJ. Beattie and J. E. Shrine, of
Greenville, S. c.; R. W. Twitty and
c. A. Workman, of Marion.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
Welfare Survey
Of County Set
For Next Month
Committee Named To Assist
Welfare Superintendent In
Work March LIS.

The Mcdowell County Welfare
Department will cooperate with the
North Carolina Department Of Pub
lie Welfare in a statewide survey
to determine the number of indi-
viduals soliciting aims for a liveli-
hood, according to announcement
by Mrs. D. N. Ionon, county well
fare superintendent.
Mrs. Lonon has named the fol-
lowing committee to assist in the
survey: I. L. Caplan, chairman of
the Mcdowell County Board of
Commissioners; J. w. Streetman,
Jr., Mayor of Marion; Harvey Rock
EFT, Mayor of Old Fort; D. w.
Smith, Marion chief of police, and
all members of the police force;
Allen, Old Fort chief of police;
Sheriff Clarence Pool; M. w. Cor
don, Jr., representative of the Nc
Dowell county welfare board.
The survey will begin March 1
and continue through March Is.
The purpose has been explained by
the State Department as follows:
"This survey will not only reveal
the number of persons in the state
who depend upon begging as
means of livelihood, but it viii also
enable social agencies to assist
these individuals to plan construc-
lively for their own welfare in
using the local and state resources
provided for them. 1t will also pro-
the community may become aware
of the statute and the protection
which it affords both the community
and the individual"
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
Court Adjourns .
After 2-Day Session;
List of Judgment

The first week of the civil term
OF Superior court was brought to
close Tuesday afternoon with the
granting of two divorce suits, COM
promise judgments in several cases
and others continued. Judge j. Will
Pless presided.
Divorces were granted Oliver C.
Harrill VS.. Callie V. Harrill and
Hessie B. Francis VS.. Ben Francis.
In four cases, Turner, Burgi n,
Carver and Mary E. Carver VS.. the
Great Southern Trucking company
a compromise judgment was secured
by the plaintiffs in the sum of $5,-
375.
Ercel Barlowe VS.. Joseph Esteppe
and Queen City Coach company
judgment for plaintiff for $50. Mrs
Omar Barlowe VS.. Joseph E. Esteppe
and Queen City Coach company
judgment for plaintiff for $3.50.
Ernest L. Lawing VS.. Joseph
Esteppe and Queen City Coach com
pany judgment for plaintiff for
$500.
Mrs. Willis Wade Turner VS..
Great Southern Trucking company,
Bane S. Bonham and Mrs. Willie
Mae Grindstaff judgment for plain
tiff for 1915.
Mrs. Mary Frances Carver VS..
Great Southern Trucking company,
Bane S. Bonham and Mrs. Willie
Mae Grindstaff judgment for plain
tiff for $500.
Mrs. Ercel Marlowe VS.. Joseph E.
Esteppe and Queen City Coach com
pany judgment for plaintiff for
5000.
Omar Barlowe VS.. Joseph Esteppe
and Queen City Coach company
judgment for plaintiff for $3.50.
Mrs. Adeline Terry Carver VS..
Great Southern Trucking company
Bane S. Bonham and Mrs. Willie
Mae Grindstaff compromise judg-
ment for plaintiff for $2,375 and
the plaintiff also recovered $125
from Mrs. Willie Mae Grindstaf.
The second week of court will
convene next Monday with Judge
William G. Pittman presiding.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
GUY CRAWFORD DIES IN
HOSPITAL IN ASHEVILLE
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

Guy Crawford, 62, of Asheville,
train dispatcher on the Murphy
line Of the Southern Railway sys-
TEN, died early Thursday morning
in a hospital in Asheville following
a short illness.
Mr.. Crawford, former resident of
Old Fort, who had been connected
with the railway since Oct 1, 1898,
served as a telegraph operator until
June /, 1907, when he was pro-
moted to dispatcher. A member Of
the Train Dispatchers' association,
NE was eligible for retirement in
1wo years.
Funeral services were conducted
at Bergman funeral home in Ashe-
vile Saturday afternoon at 3
O'Clock with Rev. W. Perry Crouch
officiating. Interment was in Lewis
Memorial Park.
Survivors include the widow; two
sons, Carroll and Guy, Jr., and two
daughters, Mrs. Harlow Williams
and Mrs. Glen Bell, all of Ashe-
vile; six sisters, Mrs. C. C. Wyche
of Spartanburg,> Mrs. J. w. Smith
of Manchester, Ca, Mrs. P. l..
Jones of New Orleans, and Miss
Elizabeth Crawford, Mrs. Blanche
Roch and Mrs. Joe Giles, all of
Old Fort; and three brothers, Joe
of Old Fort, R. E. of Tampa, and
Lloyd Of Asheville.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
MARION HAS FIVE FIRES
SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY

The Marion Fire Department was
called to the home of Mrs. J. E.
Neal, Sr. on North Garden street
Wednesday afternoon of last week.
The fire was believed to have
started in a fue in the basement
and spread to bedroom above the
basement. The loss was estimated
at approximately $500.
The alarm sounded Saturday even
ing when the chimney of the old
home on the Morgan stretch known
as "the Morgan place." caught fire.
The blaze was confined to the
chimney, however, and was extin-
guished quickly.
The alarm sounded again Monday
afternoon of this week when a
blaze started in a section Of wood
lands bordering State street. near
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Mccall. The fire was extinguished
soon after the trucks arrived and
little damage was reported.
Tuesday morning about 1880
O'Clock a caboose on siding at the
Southern Railway freight depot
caught fire, but little damage was
reported.
A truck in the Marion Motor
company caught fire about 4:3O
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
fire was extinguished soon after
members of the fire department ar
rived.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
Seen
Likely In Cost
OfSchool Lunch
Federal Funds Dwindline {;
State Appropriation May Be
Exhausted Soon.

City and county school superin-
tendents have received copies of a
letter issued by Clyde A. Erwin,
state superintendent of public in
struction, explaining that North
Cardinals school lunch program is
facing critical situation due to
increased participation and an in
sufficient amount of federal funds
to carry on the program as usual.
The letter explained that at the
beginning of the 1945-46 school
year North Carolina was allocated
$1,868,64 Of federal funds. A f.
nancial Situation similar to the
present one existed in January,
1916, but the Federal government
was able to allocate $947,860 to
this state from appropriated funds
which other states had not used,
enabling the program to continue
for the remainder of the year: At
that time there were 1,O15 schools
with pupil participation of 211,-
500 and the year ended with $2,-
S07,772 Federal funds being used.
Total funds that can be antici-
pated for food reimbursement this
year is 1858, 3,O22.32 The total
pupil participation is 289,520.
In addition the letter read: "be-
cause of the inadequate federal
funds available and the faint hope
of getting any additional appro-
priation, we are asking the schools
to assume the responsibility Of
making up the deficit caused by the
exhaustion Of federal funds for re-
endorsement in order TO operate
Che remainder of the school yea" !"
Erwin made three suggestions
relative to the situation, namely, to
increase the charge per pupil, to
reduce free meals to a minimum
and check operating costs in order
TO reduce waste to a minimum.
In commenting on the situation
N. F. Steppe, county superinten-
dent of schools said: eve will have
to be governed by this regulation,
but we hope to find ways and means
to continue these lunch rooms and
we consider them necessity"
H. F. Beam, superintendent of
Marion city schools said: eve have
spent considerable time and effort
along with some money raised by
local sources on our lunch rooms.
We hope to be able to continue the
operation Of these lunch rooms as
we feel that they meet a vital need
and we will make every effort to
continue operating them.'
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
SUGAR STAMP TO BE
VALID FOR 10 POUNDS

To avoid the substantial expense
of printing and distributing new
sugar ration books, all sugar stamps
made valid on or after April I,
1947, will be good for 10 pounds
Of sugar, A. D. Simpson, Jr., OPA
Regional Sugar Executive, said to-
day in Atlanta.
Spare Stamp No. SO, now valid
for five pounds of sugar, will ex-
pire for consumer use at midnight
on March 81 and a new stamp,
good for 10 pounds of sugar, will
be validated on April l to cover
both home canning and regular
home use, Simpson stated. He add
ed that the number of the next
valid stamp will be announced at
later date.
It is necessary, Simpson said, to
terminate Stamp No. So month
earlier than originally announced
in order to avoid the serious trade
problem of handling both five and
10 pound stamps at the same time.
The change is being announced
now to give all consumers adequate
opportunity to leash" Stamp No.
So before it expires.
Previously, Simpson explained,
stamps have been validated for five
pounds of sugar-some for regular
home use and some for home cann-
I ing purposes. No special stamps
for home canning sugar will be
validated in the future and the
stamps made valid during the rest
of 1947 will provide sugar for both
purposes, he said. Additional 10
pound stamps will be made valid
periodically as the sugar supply
permits.
'Tt is important" Simpson en-
phasized, "that housewives plan the
use of the sugar they get from
these 1O-pound stamps so as to
cover both their household and
| nome canning needs.
| "Although it seems fairly certain
that sugar supplies will increase
during 1947, the exact amount of
the increase is not known, 1t is
impossible therefore to state the
total amount of the sugar ration
for 1947 or the dates on which ad-
ditional stamps will be validated
later in the year."
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
PLEASED
WITH PARK PROSPECTS

State Senator w. w. Neal, chair
man of the State Park Commission,
accompanied delegation which
conferred in Washington last Fri
day with Secretary of the Interior
Julius A. Krug on Great Smoky
Mountains National Park and Blue
Ridge Parkway development pros
poets.
Members of the delegation ex-
pressed satisfaction with results of
the conference and foresaw that it
would lead ultimately to the i'm
provements requested.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
BURGIN HATCHERY
TO HAVE HEN CONTEST

The Burgin Hatchery has an
nounced plans to cooperate with the
Poultry and Egg National and Hol-
lywood producers in sponsoring a
contest publicizing the movie "The
Egg and II which is now being
filmed in Hollywood.
Poultry raisers in the county who
wish to enter the contest must
bring a picture of a hen and her
owner to- the Burgin Hatchery by
March 1. Further details of the
contest and the prizes are contain
ed in ad in this issue of The Ma
rion Progress.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
LEDFORD JAILED
FOR ATTEMPT TO RAPE

Jack Ledford is being held in the
Mcdowell County Jail under bond
of $4,000 on a charge of "attempt
to rape," according to statement
by Sheriff C. NJ Poole.
The incident occurred near Stump
town last Friday night. Ledford is
employed by a local lumber mill.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
18 MILLION VETERANS

Washington, Feb. 10.-The num-
Der of war veterans in the United
States has reached an all-time high
of 18,277,000, the Veterans ad-
ministration announced today.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13
SURPLUS SALES

Sale of war surplus property, up
to the end of 1946, netted the U. S.
1859, $4,000. slightly less than
one-fourth Of the cost of this ma
terial, according to the State be
partment.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13

There are approximately 10000
rural mail carriers in the United
States.
Marion progress., 1947-02-13

The first census in the United
States was taken in 1890.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16

COMMERCIAL LINES - An
other chapter in the five years OF
North Carolina shipbuilding was
the entrance into the picture OF
three commercial ship line COM
panies. They were Lykes Brothers
Steamship company, United
States Lines and the Grace Line.
Vessels were built for those
firms at the Wilmington yards.
Those companies entered the field
after the navy ceased its calls for
ships and arranged with the Mari
time Commission to purchase all
remaining crafts that the North
Carolina company was construct
ing.
Lykes Broth acquired
II crafts, the U. S. Lines took 10
and the Grace Line six. Because
the vessels were being purchased,
some chages to suit the owners
needs were allowed.
The Grace Line vessels were a
radically different design except
for the hull and propulsion ma
chinery. -Four between decks were
insulated to provide refrigerated
cargo space and Accommodations
for So passengers were installed.
VESSEL FEATURES - Added
features were a swimming pool.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
STANDARD OIL SHIPS
TO VISIT AIRPORT ON
GOOD WILL MISSION

One and possibly two Stan
dard Oil company of New Jer-
sey planes will land at Blue
thenthal airport at 1880 am.
today as part of a good will
visit to most airfields in North
Carolina, it has been amour
ced.
On the planes will be r.
Oertel, manager of the avia-
ton department of the oil
company and his assistant.
Other Standard Oil officials
making the flight are E. H.
Collins, regional manager for
the southern division, and Bob
Gray, in charge of all STAN
dard Oil promotional activi-
ties.
j. l.. Wright, division man.
ager for North Carolina, will
meet the group at the local
airport, and will fly with them
to Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
Soviets Reject Protest
By British Government
Molotov Says Note "New
Attempt AT Interference"
In Hungary

MOSCOW, June IS. -U.H- The
Soviet government has rejected
te British protest on Hungary
and dismissed it as "a new at
trevt at interference" in Hungar-
ian affairs by the British, the in
formation bureau of the Soviet
Ministry of Foreign affairs an
nounced today in a communique.
The announcement said that the
Soviet aswer was made by For
elm Minister Viacheslav M. Molo,
tov to British Ambassador Sir
Maurice Peterson when Peterson
called 10 present the British pro-
test on June 8.
Molotoy also turned down a Brit
ish request for Information on con-
siracy crarges against Bella Ko-
yacs, former secretary of the
Stockholders party arrested by the
Communist-dominated government
Of Hungary the announcement
Iaid.
The Russian foreign minister
told Peterson that an open trial
vas going on IN Budapest "about
which British authorities had and
have the possibility of receiving
full information"
The Soviet communique indi-
Gated that the tenor of the British
statement placed responsibility for
the Hungarian crisis on Russia
and expressed doubts about the
real Soviet aims.
It said the British believed that
Russia had decided 10 nullify par
li%amentary elections and eliminate
the opposition Stockholders party
in order TO place a minority group
In power.
He pointed out also that the
hidden methods ascribed by the
ambassador to Soviet organs in
Hungary perhaps are peculiar to
British organs out are entirely
allen 10 Soviet organs the an
hollncement said.
Molotov said that Ferenc Macy,
former premier who fled Hungary,
ilFst to Switzerland and then to
the United States, had resigned
his office Of his own volition and
had been replaced by a member
Of the same party according to
constitutional procedure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
HORTON INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Former Lieutenant Cover
nor In Serious Condition
AT Durham Hospital

DURHAM, June 15-P)-Wl-
kins P. Horton, former lieutenant
governor of North Carolina and
recently elected chairman of the
North Carolina democratic execu-
tive committee, was brought to a
Durham hospital about 10 O'Clock
in what officers reported was
a serious condition.
Horton and his secretary, whose
lame was not Immediately o W
name was not Immediately learn
ed, we're injured about 9:45 pm
in a three-way automobile crash
on the Chapel Hill-Pittsboro road.
Chapel Hill police officers said
that Horton and his secretary
were returning to Pittsboro when
their car was in head-on collision
with an automobile containing five
Negroes which had been sideswlpeo
by a third vehicle.
The officers said Horton appar'
emily suffered internal injuries
while his secretary was badly cut
about the face and was uncon-
scious when brought to the hos
pital.
Two Negroes were brought to
another Durham hospital.
Details of the accident, nor the
exact extent of injuries of any OF
those brought here, were not i'm
mediately available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
PALESTINE PROBE
TO START TODAY
United Nations Inquiry
Commission Will Hunt
Underlying Causes

JERUSALEM, June 15.-P-The
United Nations Commission on
Palestine will begin its hunt for a
solution to the Holy Land prob,
lem tomorrow amid a sheduled
general strike of the Arab popula-
ton. .
The strike was expected to close
all Arab shops and cafes and Grip.
pie transportation. 1t was called
to emphasize the Arab boycott OF
the U. N. inquiry.
In Tel Av1v the Jewish under
ground defense army Hagaaa dis
played posters warning that dis
sident groups" were organizing a
provisional Hebrew government in
exile and had threatened to kill
leaders of the Jewish community
in Palestine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
IA KILLED, SCORE
HURT IN CRASHES
Army BIG Hits Mountain
In Vermont; Couple
browns

SPRINGFIELD, VT, June 15-N
"A lost Army plane-desperately
blinking its lights in a last signal
for aid-crashed into the side OF
lonely Hawks mountain in a driv-
ing rainstorm early today and an
Army spokesman said 1T now
looks as though IL were killed"
Colonel E. L. Tucker, comman-
dant at Grenier Field, N. H., said
the B-29 super fortress had Is
aboard when it left Tucson, Ariz.,
yesterday, but the passenger list
was changed when it refueled at
the greater Pittsburgh airport.
The number of persons aboard
when the plane crashed and ex-
ploded a few hundred feet from
the top of the 1900 foot mountain
was not yet known.
18th Body Found
Tonight, a little more than 20
hours after the crash, the Army
spokesman said a 18th body had
been found by the weary search
ers beating their way through up
rooted trees and burned under
brush.
The training flight was to have
taken the craft to Bedford, Mass,
but it was far off it's our and
had been out of radio contact
with Bedford for an hour and a hall
when it roared out of r%ain-laden
clouds at midnight and circled
about this Vermont village at 1000
feet-or less.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
Ship Workers
Walk Off Job
100000 Maritime Union
Members Quit Vesse's In
East, West Ports

NEW YORK, Monday, June 1e-
nations 600, 900 CLIO mari.
time workers walked off their
ships today, paralyzing shipping in
all major U. S. ports, after zero
hour negotiations faile dto break
their deadlock with shipowners.
Accusing the operators of a
lockout and of failing to bar
gain in good faith, the seamen and
dockworkers left their jobs under.
a mo contract, no work" policy
when the contracts of five CLIO un-
ions expired at midnight.
Union leaders estimated the
move would tie up 1000 ships in
East, Gulf and West Coast ports.
220 In Port
First to be hit after the mid
night deadline passed were the
teeming East coast ports, headed
by New York where maritime lead
ers claimed up to $50 ships we're
affected. The customs house,
however, said only 22o American
flag ships were in port of which
1O2 are under repair.
A tie-up of Gulf and West-Coast
shipping followed as the deadline
moved Westward across the ma
ton. West Coast unions were
conducting separate negotiations
with Pacific Coast ship owners,
but were pledged to walkout If
East Coast unions failed to win
contracts.
The Pacific American Shipown.
ers association estimated at San
Francisco that 200 of its ships
would be tied up in West coast
ports.
The National Maritime union,
0,600 strong and largest of the
five CLIO unions involved, spear
headed the East Coast 1alkout
from headquarters in the worlds
greatest port. Its members threw
up picket lines, established five
strike headquarters in New York
city, and set up soup Kitchen and
sleeping facilities for 10000 sea-
men.
Demands Rejected
The NMU walked out after ship
operators rejected it's demands for
a 20 per cent wage increase, 40
hour week, six-week paid vacations
and other benefits.
The operators offered a one
year extension of the present con-
tract, with provision for a wage
review next Dec. Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
Along The Cape Fear

wood weather decks for play, an
enclosed ve-anda and similar in
novations. The first of those new
crafts, the rs. S. Santa Barbara,
was launched January "a, 1916.
The last of those crafts, the IS.
S. Santa IsabeP' vas launched in
the fall of that year.
Reviewing the five year history
of the Wilmington yard, produc-
ton records disclose that there
has been sent to sea 1875 Liberty
crafts of the EC2 design, 81 of
the Liberty CO type slightly mod
flied, five CO party refrigerated,
80 of the navy AKA type for COM
bat cargo and q of the c. type
for conversion to navy use. Also
built were 81 of slightly varied
type of Liberty ships.
In addition there were six COM
bination passenger-cargo type,
such as we're. taken by the Grace
Lines and 16 of the type that the
U. S., sought.
TOTAL CRAFTS - There was
a grand total of 243 vessels con-
stcucted. That number represents
total gross register tonnage OF
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