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Evening star., 1947-08-06
Hannegan Named 10 Head
Chesf's S Post Office Unit

Postmaster General Hannegan
will serve as Post Office Department
chairman of the Government unit
when the Community Chest Fed
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Gurden Tools Given Out

Under an old charity. garden tools
will be given to honest and in
dustrious laborers" of Broomfield
England.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Garn nf Thanks

express our deep appreciation 10 our re,a
tiVes, friends and neishbors for their ex-
pressions OF sympathy and many kindnesses
shown us in our recent bereavement
MRS. KATIE P. ROBINSON AND FAMILY
Evening star., 1947-08-06

the gray suits he made for Mr..
Coolidge and recalled Mr.. Taft as "a
Jolly fellow to tailor for"
Evening star., 1947-08-06

i, EUULNE d. I1IH CUIHTHuts
of Richard J. Harden Camp
No. 2, United Spanish Wal
i Veterans, will assemble al
Gawler's Chapel. 1855 Pa. ave
NV, Thursday, August r. 1947
at 10:45 am, to attend thu
funeral of our late comrade
Evening star., 1947-08-06
1n Mrntnrta1tt

FRANKLIN, JAMES LORENZO. In low
ing memory of our beloved son and broth
Ter. JAMES LORENZO FRANKLIN, who
departed this life five years ago today. Au-
gust 6, 1912.
Sunshine passes. shadows fall,
Love, remembrance outlasts all,
And though the years may be many or few,
They are filled with remembrance, dear
roviMn Jinmis; GoTuTg Of y1y. srppr.rupp AMI
SISTER, MR.. AND MRS. WALTER
DIGGS AND PORTIA.
Evening star., 1947-08-06

| RreSSlOQal cemetery.
NJ. L. sANDERsoN. Adjutant.
SISTER THOMAS AoUINAs. Q. p. On
TleSday August 8 lg4 st PFoyidence
mass viii viii be sung at the Dominican House
day, AUGUST 7. at 10. am. interment
Mount St.. Mary's on the Hudson, New
bergh. N. Y, on Saturday, August g. Please
omit flowers.
sTARks, JESSE. Departed this life on
seay 'uy JESSE lss sARks x ean oi 1sos a
Graceland St: ne. He leaves to mourn mourn a
friend, Mary Irene Hebbs. and many other
| friends. Mr.. starks remains may be seen
Wednesday after Pm Pm. a. the od Ge9rse svs b
ne. where funeral services will be held
Thursday August Z, Rev. W. A: Warren
ofhciating. Interment Payne's Cemetery.
srEAKNs' MARTIN s1 HENRX ns,cr, O. osn{es Men N
a Hasqii HRY son Of the late
Martin K. and Katherine p, stearnss Of Of
Y9Ek cSs ss,s M Ss5s'fs s. V s1e be ns held
private.
STRICKLAND, HARVEY d. On Tues
& Say HaRvrY B. hs4 & kENzasnfs aHs
Of tD Mrs. +. p. Forter, William j.. Wallace
srfana iSEd A. g. eaa aslysy
neral Home. 5l7 1th st. s:e on Thursday,
August Z, at $50 pm; Interment Cedar
Hin Cemetery. Raleigh. N. C.. papers
sTRUNK, ANNA MARIA. On Monday
SNS ASsSs' Maria bssvea VIZ y
and asafy yaees Str strunE; sister IF Ms. EllsabstS
Dsaf Ians 4od czspn at st. hR
Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church, Be.
1890 am Interment Washington National
Cemetery.
SULLIVAN, TAREsA MAYoNA. De.
parted this life on Tuesday, August s.
HE & sDxs Of aSsps soga ssvsnasS u
aethsI sns .sss 9SHfs sSily.n ;ns
snd pdmS aiehasi & Sullivan ssssT Marie
speaks; grandmother. Lucy B. Fletcher,
and host OF other. relatives and friends
may nay call at FfazieTs Funeral Home. Inc
$3.50 r. I. ave. NV, where services will be
held on Friday. AUGUST A,s 9, s at Pm IN
terment Lincoln Memorial cemetery.
Mondsg SueSs. john g THoRS
TON Of 1865 Sheridan st; NV. the be-
loved husband of Emily Thour Thornton
brother h Of Mrs. irene Mori and Mrs. Madgs
IMcCulloueh. Funeral from the w. w. Dea
Funeral Home. 4s12 Georgia ave. NV. on
Thursday, August Z, at pm. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
i TURNER. GERALDINE. Departed this
life Tuesday, August 5. 1947, Mrs GER.
ALDTNE TURNER Of 2Oo2 9th St NV. She
lis survived by a devoted husband. Mr.. Jo'
lseph Turner: three daughters; Mrs. Ada
!; lSmallwood, Mrs Kathellen Herbert ane
Miss Dorothy Dunston one grandson, Theo
dore Clark, and a host of other -elative!
and friends. The remains are resting a
the Hall Bros. Funeral Home, 62I Florids
ave. NV. Notice Of funera! later.
Evening star., 1947-08-06

BERG, KARL J. Oficers and Members
Of Columbia Lodge, No. 126.
I <kSESA Loyal Order of Moose: You
~SH are notified of the. death of
EH SA Brother KARL J. BERG OF
III SO Bryant ST. NV. Services
~ will be held at the S. H. Hines
Co. Funeral Home. 2901 14th
st. NV, on Wednesday. Au-
gust 6. 1947, at 8 pm. Funeral Thurs
day, August z, at 2 pm. 1nterment at
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14
DULAH NEW5

The Rev. O. E. Hardwick Of
Longs, S. c.. filled his regular
appointment here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Stocks of
Nakina were visiting in this sec
ton Tuesday.
Leroy Cox was the Saturday
night guest of Miss Lois Ward OF
Nakina.
Clyde Ward was visiting in
the home of his sister, Mrs. Don
aid Gore Sunday.
=
Marshall Ward and Gould
Ward made business trip to
Wilmington Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Stocks Of
Sanford spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. J: D; Stocks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Loopcr OF
Mollie were visiting Mrs. Loop
er's mother, Mrs. Nina Stock,
Saturday night:
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Holmes Of
Sanford spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stocks.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14
Two County Men
Enlist. In Army

Wilmington, N. c., Feb. 10
Twelve applicants, eight @ 1
whom were veterans, We're ac-
ceptca for enlistment bv the
Wilmington Army Recruiting
Station during the week endine
February 8, 1t. Charles J. Mar
kus, commanding officer amour
ccd today.
One veteran. Leo E. Crcech of
Whitcville, was accepted from
the Columbus county area. He
vas accepted in the grade of
i'ecin!vian Fourth Grade Tor as
,ignment with the Army Air
Sgt. and Mrs. Vernon Jacobs
pcnt the week end with Sgt.
Jacobs parents, Mi. and Mrs.
dillon Jacobs.
Greedy Long of Pireway and
more recently OF. New York, was
ne Saturday evening guest Of
Miss Nellie Monroe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Smith visi-
led Mrs. Smiths Parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Monroe Sun
day.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14

People no longer blow out the
gas, but some turn on good
deal Of it in their speaking and
writing.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14

Forces.
One non-Vctcran was also ac-
copied from this area. He was
William M. Strickland of Ccrro
Gordo, who was accepted fol. as
T,gnment with the Army Al!
Forces.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14
HAS OPERATION

Mrs. Jack Strickland has re-
turned to her home after under
going an operation at the James
Walker Memorial hospital in
Wilmington.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14
FOWLER AT MEET

FOWLER AT MEET
John Fowler, employee of the
DicuS-FoWler FireStone Store
here, attended a budget plan
district meeting of Firestone in
Lumberton Friday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14

Some people, it is said, shut
up their mouths like CLAIMS. But
we never heard of any clam that
quarreled with his wife because
of indiScreet remark.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14

Health advisors tell people 10
stand up straight. At least the
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14

hair of many stands up fairly
straight at things going ON now.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-02-14

WE REALIZE that The present Abnormal dtrand for auto
mobiles will last forever; thai the will when WE
SHALL BE KNOCKING AT YOUR DC Il aaEsg for business
Therefore past conduct our
business always merit confidence and respect
Evening star., 1947-12-07

an omnium gatherum of finely
turned lyrics, intellectual abstrac-
tions and dry wit, in which this
first-rate craftsman, for all his
hopes of widening his public, con-
tinues to attract only "the exclusive
admiration of small group"
w. H. Auden, Anglo-American
stormy petrel whose disposal of
Shelley and Tennyson as minor
poets caused something of a scan
dal in British literary circles, Of
fered for our appraisal his The Age
of Anxiety" subtitled "A Baroque
Eclogue" Random House,. Essen
TALLY closet drama, brilliant in parts
and rich in irony and allusion, it is
too involved and abstruse to convey
or support central theme.
Other books of verse by writer's
whose work leaves the average
reader more or less in the dark
comprise half a dozen titles from
the enterprising New Directions:
Jean Garrigue's The Ego and the
Centaur' (this poets first inde-
pendent Offering in a beautifully
designed volume from the hand OF
Carroll Coleman; Figures for an
Apocalypse, by Thomas Merton,
who has been called with some
justice the most consequential
Catholic poet since Francis Thomp-
son; The Pisan Cantos,' by the ir-
pressible Ezra Pound; the "Ele-
gies' of the socially y-conscious Mu-
riel Rukeyser, and, more COM
,nunicative and comprehensive
than the others, the Selected
Poems" of D. H. Lawrence, who
emerges as eminent a poet as
he was novelist.
Reynal & Hitchcock, another
house that does not shy away from
poetry, favoring chiefly the van
guardists, issued Weldon KEGS
stylistic and disillusioning "The
Fall Of the Magicians";; Richard
Wilburs The Beautiful Changes"
first book, and Trial of a Poet"
embodying experiences of. his form
ative years, by Karl Shapiro, erst-
while Pulitzer Prize winner.
From Cummington Press, typo
graphic specialists, came critic R. P.
Blackmur's topical The Good
European" From Random House
Gin addition to the Auden eclogue)
the erotically -tinged Blue Hens
Evening star., 1947-12-07

Holt): "Steeple
Bush" a collec-
ton of lyrics
mainly regional
and in his IA
miliar style, and
"A Masque of
M e r cy" COM
panion volume
to his earlier
serio = comic, "A
Masque of Rea-
son." with a
m e t op O Titan
b o o k S ore as
backGrop. At the
Evening star., 1947-12-07

be impossible to devote more than
line or two to many important
titles. Others will be listed rather
than commented on. And con-
siderable number will, of necessity
and unfortunately, go unmentioned.
The veteran Robert Frost, re-
garded in many quarters as Amer
ica's foremost living poet, regaled
us with two new works Cboth from
Evening star., 1947-12-07

TN poetry during the prewar
and midwar years the mod
ernists had it pretty much
their own way. Today the swing
is to the right, away from the OBJ
scurantism, often deliberate, which
beclouded a good deal of the work
produced in that turbulent period.
While there are still a considerable
number of disciples of the Eliot
Auden-Pound coterie around, all
highly vocal in the perpetuation
of a private and esoteric speech,
they are becoming-except, of
course, in the "querulous quarter
lies"-a rapidly diminishing mi
nority.
A survey OF the poetry published
in 1947 indicates clearly that the
heydays of experimentation are
numbered, if not, indeed, over; that
rhyme and reason, punctuation and
passion, have been honorably re-
instated, and that poetry in gen.
eral no longer requires a knowl-
edge Of foreign tongues or the aid
OF a glossary to be understood and
enjoyed. AS MacNeice says, I'VE
have purged ourselves of nonsense"
We have also, happily, jettisoned
much of the stock in trade of the
rose Se-and-rapture school of verse.
In the limited space available,
and in view of the unusually large
quantity of poetry published, it will
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Poets Reaped An Unusually Rich Harvest in I947

Chickens" by novelist Vincent NC
Hugh. From Scribner: editor
Selden Rodman's diary in verse,
The Amazing Year." and antholo-
gist Oscar Williams Selected
Poems," both valiant but rather
labored attempts at celebrating
world events by the yardstick of
Evening star., 1947-12-07

ideologically screened personal eu-
perience.
From William Sloane Associates:
J. r. Minis hammered The Iron
Pastoral" From Dodd. Mead:
Dunstan Thompson's virile but
highly overcharged Lament for the
Continued on Page 81
Evening star., 1947-12-07

Gustav Davidson, B. A., M. A.,
Columbia University, ,ods at one
time book reDie,1er, music critic
and associate editor of the Ne1D
York Mirror. In 1888 he UdS
called to the Library of Congress
as research photographer. Since
1910 he has directed the Fine
Editions Press. His published
1oorks include zone Man Escapes"
and "The Great Adventure
(plays). First Editions in Amer-
ican Jupenilia" photography,
"a Halt Century OF Sonnets,"
"Mortal Hunger" and "Thirst OF
the Antelope" (poetry). Early
this year the Poetry Society OF
America conferred ON him its
Distinguished Service Medal. His
article on the poetry of 1947 1ods
,pT'itten exclusively for The Star.
Evening star., 1947-12-07

opposite pole IN content and
technique, the equally veteran WAL
lace Stevens was represented with
Transport to Summer" CKnopf),
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
DARING POLICIES
NEEDED SMITH
Director Says Play
Safe Attitude Not
Good
By ADAM SMITH
VMCA Director

In SO years it will be the year
1000 A. D. the turn OF another
century. Decisions and attitudes
of the leaders of the Whining
ton Asso. today will be reflected
in that distant year.
And 1000 A. D. is not "out OF
reach" and "a long way off,
There are boys in the member
ship of the Wilmington Asso to-
day whop we have reason to
think, will be living and serving
in that year for the ten-vear
old boy of today will be sixty
three in the year 1000 and those
boys are having influences play
ing upon them today in the as
sociation and in the community
which undoubtedly will fit them
for days ahead.
Great advances have been
made by the Wilmington YMCA
in the past and whenever an
advance was made, there was
courageous action. Great ad-
vances are still to be made and
they will only be made by cour-
ageous association leaders.
Since 1900 there have been
many evidences Of the fact that
courage and daring is a factor
which has had a large part in
carrying on the work of the Will
mington YMCA. Think of the
holiness and faith of men who
in 1912 set themselves to raise
500, 900 to erect a modern build
ing to house the YMCA. Today
the fine structure bears witness
to their faith and works. Again
i n1940 the modernization plan,
the leaders of the association
were called upon once more te
exhibit great faith, courage and
Christian daring. It took loyal
ty, .consecrated service, devoted
time and energy but their deci-
sions and actions wrote some
thing into the history of the Will
mington YMCA which strength
ened the very foundations of the
association.
An association must dare be
ever ready to go beyond the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

point where it can see clearly
what the outcome will be and
venture into that zone where
fatty is required. There comes a
time, in the life of every asso-
citation when great faith must
be exhibited. A great crowd OF
witnesses look to the associa-
ton of Wilmington today
to "carry on, not to play safe,
and one test of an association is
its readiness to venture. Here's
proof:
"A defeat may discour-
age some bous, but others are
awakened and challenged by it.
This boy we are thinking of
had swan in the sound, river
and ocean during all his boy
hood years. Surely he could de-
feat those fellows who learned
their swimming in an diversified
tub at the "Y". He would prove
it in the coming distance race
in the very waters with which
he was so familiar.
Starting with a long plunge at
the gun, he emerged to find
himself behind at the very out
set. But he knew they could not
keep up the fast pace. But some
how that space kept growing in
spite of his determined effort.
When he had passed the half
way mark in the race he was
picked up by an official boat,
He remonstr ated, but the Off.
cial told him that they could moi
wait for him inasmuch as prac'
tically all the other contestants
has finished.
Apparently those fellows had
something which he did moi
have. He would go to the "
and find out what it was. He
came with an expressed inter
est in swimming but found
a host of other activities equal
ly absorbing. The 'Y' assumed
quickly the dominate place ir
his life.
But from an absorbing avoca'
ton the 'Y' and its works be-
came a challenging vocation. He
has given his life to it. The
'Y' has been a virile and spiri.
tual experience for him. It viii
provide, through his consecrat
ed efforts, the same experience
for thousands of other boys.
The past fortifies us, today's
possibilities challenge us, the fu'
ture dares us.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

FRANKLIN REAYES

WHITEVILLE, Oct. a.
Franklin Reaves, 45-year-old
service station operator and far
mer, Of Whiteville, Route 4,
died Friday afternoon at 2:20
o'clock, following a brief illness.
He had been a patient at Colum-
bus county hospital for only
days.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday from Happy Home Bap-
fist church at 2 pm. by the Rev.
Bob Carter. Interment will follow
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Pauline Herring Reaves; a son
C. F. (Buddy) Reaves; -four
daughters, Grace NJ, Betty 10
Peggy and Patsy; A brother
Oberry Reaves; three sisters
Mrs. Nicie Butler of Whiteville,
Route 4, Mrs. Bessie Ward, o.
Clarendon, and Mrs. Matte
Taylor, of Nakina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
Police Seek Clue
To Slayer OF II
Persons In Vienna

VIENNA, Oct Is. B Police in
.,o little village of St. Peter to-
aay sought their first clue in
the Staying Of II persons who
',.ore found this morning lying
y, nooIs of blood in a modest
farmhouse near the edge of the
The dead were identified as
farmer named Matthias Es-
Jorka and his wife, their four
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

the world speed record of 650.6
miles per hour, is organizing the
Marine corps first jet fighter
squadron, Maj. Gen. Field Har-
ris, director of Marine aviation,
announced today.
This squadron is expected to
be the forerunner of several jet
interceptor units. It will be grad
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
Gre Back Ugom

It's back again !! Schraffts Delicious Chocolates the
chocolate of your choice. Satisfy your sweet taste by select
ing your favorite Schrafft package -. nuts fruits ..
creams all covered with rich delicious chocolate. Make
your selection now from this fresh, newly arrived assortment.
Peppermint Waters $10o h. Miniature Chocolates 1.5 ID.
Assorted Chocolates 100 lib. Personal Choice 49, 1.25 10.
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Trinket Chest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES / Id. $1.25-2 lbs. $2.oO
Gold Chest l Id. 1.75C2 lbs. 3.5O
Fruit And Nut Assortment .- l lb. 1862 lbs. 800
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
PHYLLIS @. ROBBINS

Chadbcurn, Oct. "a. - Phyllis
o. Robbins, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robbins,
died this morning at the home
of her parents near Whiteville.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock from the home by the
Rev. l.. D. Hayman, pastor of
the Whiteville Methodist church.
Burial will follow in the family
cemetery near the home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
Actors Should Not
Testify AT Hearing
John Rogge Declare.

NEW YORK, Oct. Is. Up -
Former assistant attorney Gen
eral, o. John Rogge declared in
an address today that Holly
wood figures should refuse to
appear before the house commit
tee on un-American activities.
Speaking at a conference on
cultural freedom and civil lib
critics sponsored by the national
arts, sciences and professions
council of the progressive citi-
zens of America, he said "my
advice to our Hollywood friends
and to all others is not to appear
at ALL"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
robson RED CROSS

LUMBERTON, Oct. Is - The
annual enrolment campaign of
the Junior Red Cross of the
Robson county Red Cross chap
ter is underway throughout
county schools this week, under
leadership of MI A. B. Holmes
of Fairmont, Junior Red Cross
chairman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

children; a shoemaker named
Mayer who lived in the same
mouse, his wife and two child
rem; and a farmland EMPLOYED
by Esderka. All had been shot
through the head.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
SALE OF
Table
Lamps
$4.95

It's a repeat Of the sensa-
tional. value we offered not
too many weeks ago and
sold out in one day It's
an exceptional value!!! A
lovely china base table lamp
with dainty floral and trim
med in % K Gold. Complete
with pleated paper shade
with braid binding. You
really must see this lamp to
appreciate it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

Although U. S. farm produc-
ton increased Is per cent be-
tween 1889 and 1914 farm acre
age increased only six per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

ually converted from Marine
Corsair squadron VMF-L22 now
at Cherry Point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

Jockey Ted Atkinson rode
eight consecutive winners at the
Aqueduct track, September IS
16. 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26
Mai. Marion E. Carl
To Organize Jet
Fighter Squadron

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25-RA
Maj. Marion E. Carl, noted war
time Marine FLYER and holder of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-26

Cloves have been known and
used since before The day Of the
early Egyptians.
Evening star., 1947-12-10

ganda and the most violent appeals
to primitive reprisal. Advocates Of
moderation have been eliminated.
This, then, is the man whose mag
netic appeal to Islam cannot be
underestimated. He Is more a
power than ever and he Is fanatic
ally determined that Palestine must
remain an Arab country.
Hal Amin has soft smile but
there Is nothing soft about his
policy.
Evening star., 1947-12-10

engineered the Raschid Ali revolt
in l941 in an effort to overthrow
the moderate Iraqui government.
He fled to the japanese Embassy in
Teheran when the revolt collapsed.
Hitler gave him sanctuary in
Berlin.
After the war, Switzerland de-
ported him to France as an Axis
war criminal. Under nominal house
arrest near Paris. he shaved off his
beard, donned western clothes and
escaped to Egypt.
Never has Hal Amin been con-
cerned with the way necessary to
advance the cause of Arab nation
alism-and the expulsion of the
Jews.
He has used both subtle propa-
Evening star., 1947-12-10
kendrick and Courts
To Have Busy Time

John A. Kendrick, 81, who is ex-
pected to be sentenced in District
Court today for assault with a
dangerous weapon, also Is slated to
appear in Municipal Court on a
Evening star., 1947-12-10
charge Of being drunk and dis

charge Of being drunk and dis
orderly.
Kendrick, found guilty last week
on the assault charge arising from
a shooting, was arrested on the
drunk charge in Union Station last
February 20.
Municipal Court Judge Aubrey
Fennell yesterday refused to allow
Kendrick to plead guilty to the
charge when he appeared without
his regular attorney, James Hughes,
who was said to be i'll. Judge Fen
Evening star., 1947-12-10
Home Gets Husband

TOKYO R.-A Japanese girl un-
lucky enough to be homely can get
herself a man these days-if she's
lucky enough to have a home that
wasn't bombed out In the war.
Evening star., 1947-12-10

nell ordered him to reappear at l:3o
pm. today to enable another at
torney to prepare his defense.
Judge Fennell said later he does
not know whether his court will be
able to try Kendrick today If Dis
trlct Court Justice Edward M. Cur
ran imposes sentence first.
Sentencing in District Court also
was postponed yesterday because OF
Mr.. Hughes absence.
The tea plant Is called thea 81
nensis.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Fleming Names Committee
To Study Nitrate Storage

Federal Works Administrator
Fleming today appointed five
man committee to study all phases
in the storing of ammonium nitrate
aboard ships. An explosion of the
chemical compound several months
ago was held responsible for the
disaster at Texas City, Tex.
Gen. Fleming. general chairman
of the Presidents Conference on
Fire Prevention, was asked to form
the special committee at a meeting
of the conference here earlier this
month. The study, Gen. Fleming
said, will include the causes of COM
bustion. transport of the fertilizer
from one port to another and the
question of limiting shipments from
isolated ports
The committee includes Billings
Wilson of the American Association
of Port Authorities, New York,
chairman; Warren N. Watson of
the Manufacturing Chemists Asso-
citation, DR.. R. o. E. Davis of the
Agriculture Department and Com
modore H. C. Shepheard of the
Coast Guard all of Washington,
and Mathew M. Braidech of the
National Board of Underwriters,
New York.