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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
Miss Wilmington To Be
Presented With Many
Gifts By Local Stores

A pot Of gold" lies at the end
OF the rainbow for the girl crown
ed Miss Wilmington of 1947 in the
beauty pageant to be staged on
July 10 at Lumina.
Among the gifts which the queen
selected will be presented are: an
evening wrap from McDonalds; a
bathing suit from Beverleys; slip
from Testers; picture frame from
Farrellys; blue grass toilet water
from F'utrelles; cologne from
Saunders; pocket book from Mis-
bets; Shoes from Freemans; sin
from Wahl's; hat from LaMode
Shoppe; mirror from Sutton-C oun.
ell; radio from Mcmillan and Cam
aron; manicure set from Stanleys:
pen and pencil set from Whining.
ton Jewelry shop; pin and earring
set from Gurr's; theatre tickets to
the Bailey; floral arrangement
from Renders.
Bouquet or roses from Lucy B,
Moore; camera from Gem studios;
pearl necklace from Eatons; dia.
mond ring from Reeds; tinted port.
1ait from Gold Craft studios; cleo.
trio iron from Fender Furniture
company; watch from KingoH's
dinner ring from Hornets; evening
Efippers from Cinderella Booteria;
electric clock from Thrifty-T; lamr
from Todds; vanity set from Jewe
Box; electric heater from Hymar
Eapply; playsuit from Julia shoppe
electric record player from vii
son Appliances; cold wave from
Celannys: and an album of rec
Sads from A. H. Yopp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
STEEL ARRIVING FOR
FIFTH AVENUE BRIDGE

Steel to be used on tie Fifth
avenue bridge is being processed
at Rocky Mount and will be in
Wilmington about August 1.
Which means that repairs to the
bridge will commence about that
date, City Manager J. R. Benson
reported to the council at its week.
|ly meeting yesterday.
Following repairs to the bridge,
an asphalt spanway will be laid
along the bridge and the entire
project should be completed about
Labor Day.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
will be asked to install a safety sigr
of some sort at its 18th street cross
ing. The council took that actor
after J.. E.. l.. Wade called atten'
ton to the erection of buildings al
that site which makes observation
difficult for motorists.
Complaints of dust that are al
lowed to accumulate in the 110(
block on South Fourth street came
from residents of that locality. The
matter was turned over to City
Manager Benson.
Six on-sale beer permit were
granted. They went to Haywood
Sulers, 721 South Tenth street;
Brass Rail, 105 Market street; j,
1. Jeffreys, 701 South Sixteenth
street; Flora Dryman, 800 Orange
street; James Easter, 1108 South
Tenth street and J.. G.. Gurganous,
1923 South Fourth street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
VETS TO GIVE
AIR SHOW SUNDAY
Aerobatics, Fun Stunts.
And Delayed Parachute
Drop, On Program

Spectators at the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars air show at the Will
mington Air Park Sunday after
noon July 6, will get an earful
as well as an eyeful, show officials
announced last night.
Air Progress, Inc, which oper'
ates the park, has arranged to SCI
up a large public address system
to give the audience a complete
play-by-play commentary as the
program unfolds.
The commentators will be Local
pilots who know first-hand the in
side details of what will be going
on in the sky, and indications are
that plenty will be going on-aero'
battles by Woody Edmondson ano
Charlie Bing, fun-stunts by Car.
Dunn, a. delayed parachute jump
by Russ Sorrell, and a bomb-drp'
ping contest by nine or more
amateur sports pilots.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
Columbus C~ountySchool
Statistical Report Made
Educational Facilities For
10, 039 Students
Cost $895,90S.93
Special to The Star

WHITTV1LLE, July Q Educa-
ton is big business in Columbus
county.
Evidence Of that fact is con-
tanned in figures from the statisti-
cal report just completed by
County Superintendent of Schools
John M. Hough.
Columbus furnished education
al facilities for 1o,0SS boys and
girls last year at a total cost to
the county and state Of $685., 90e.-
SO.
OF this total. 1913, $50. n was sent
into the county by the State and
for debt service and other school
purposes, the county spent $780,
SIS. Y. This included a $40, 600 out
The statistical report contains a
lay for new buses.
wealth Of interesting facts on
the schools. For example, girls
outnunnbtr the boys by 5,141 to
1888. The enrollment record, how
ever, doesn't indicate that there
are more girl children than boys.
In this case, it simply shows that
girls are more likely to stick In
the schools longer. This fact is
proven by the elementary school
enrolment total which lists 1887
male students and ALTO girls.
Turn to the high schools, and
the situation is different. There
were 1852 high school students.
and OIL were girls against 661
boys.
Here IS how the 0,039 total en-
rollment was divided:
Negro 3,480
The total elementary enrolment,
both white and colored, was 8,407.
Getting past the eighth grade and
enrolled in the high schools were
l, 632.
!, Entering the first grade were
I, 400 boys and girls. In the eighth
grade were lib and in the twelfth
grade were 257.
Assigned for the 1947-48 school
term are sol teachers which means
that the teacher load average will
be nearly "a students.
Although this fact is not shown
in the statistical report, the total
cost for transporting, furnishing
educational facilities and instruct
ing each publ is 1902. AZ per year.
There is ample evidence to SUD-
port the statement that only
through operation on a big scale
with a high degree Of efficiency
could this average be maintained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
TIE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, VII M1NGION, n. =:

WASHINGTON. July 2-PEThe
May-Garsson war fraud case went
tonight to a federal court jury
which will start considering a YER
dict tomorrow morning. 49,,
Justice Henry A. Schweinhaut
delivered his charge to the jury OF
seven men and five women and
then directed them to report TO
tie courthouse at 8 am, Cast
ern Standard Time) tomorrow 10
begin deliberation. So.
Andrew ]. May, wartime chair
man of the House Military com
mite, and munitions manufac'
turers Henry and Murray Cars.
son have been on trial for II
weeks on bride conspiracy
charges.
The government contends thai
Nav accepted more than $4,000
in wartime brides from the Cars
sons Cor exerting his influence II
behalf of their $40, 600, 900 mum
tons combine. It is alleged thai
this defrauded the government o
! Mays services.
Defense counsel took sharp crit
icism to the courts charge to the
Jury, contending that justice
Schweinhaut had ''over-emphasiz
ed the position of the government
and understated and minimizet
the position Of the defense
Schweinhaut declared this was I'm
true. However, Charles j. Margi
otti. chic defense counsel, tool
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
BY BILL KELIAH
Star .

SHALLOTTE, July Pin an in
terview this week E. D. Bishop, SUI
perintendent of the Brunswick
REA, held out more hope for ear
ly construction of the more thar
400 miles of distribution lines thai
are to be built in Brunswick, Bla'
den and Columbus counties as E
part of the REA's added service
program.
Specifically Superintendent Bi
shop said, prospects for ma.
terial deliveries Of hard to ge'
items are now looking somewhat
brighter, but we still have to con
tend with strikes directly effect
ing producers of materials. Ever
the present coal strike, if it con
tinues, will seriously effect u.s."
The items he referred to a:
hard to get are nearly all essen
tial to constructing new lines ane
serving sections of the REA':
three counties that are now with
out electric service, these area:
already approved for lines involv
ing the more than 400 miles @.
distribution lines.
The new lines are to be cor:
structed in the order showing
where there is the greatest neee
for current, together with the or
der in which rights Of way were
obtained and the line given ap
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
FARMERS URGED
TO VOTE JULY /
Commissioner Scott Saw
Economy OF State De.
ponds On Referendum

RALEIGH, July 2-PePoin,l
out that tobacco provides 50 gs
cent of North Cardinals fam
income. agriculture Commission
W. Kerr Scott today urged flu
cured tobacco farmers to vote i
the assessment referendum on Jul
u.
In the referendums, which vi
be held in North and South Can
lima, tobacco farmers will vote 4
the question of assessing then
selves 10 cents annually per aH
of tobacco to support Tobacc
Associates, Inc, in a program i
promote the export of fue-cMe
tobacco.
Scott said that "the whole agt
cultural economy Of the staate d
ponds on maintaining a good stead
market for tobacco. Since a larI
part of the North Carolina cc
goes into the export market, any
thing we can do to maintain an
develop this export market vi
benefit not only farmers but b
state as a whole"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
ice MAY Be PUT
ON RATION LIST
Shortage Explained By
Heavy Refrigerator Car
Use In Territory

You may have to take that coke
without ice. And your beer may
be slightly tepid, according to
a survey yesterday which indicat
ed most of the ice houses in vii
mington and other sections OF
Southeastern North Carolina are
not producing enough to meet de-
mands.
None of the four ice plants ir
Wilmington had any reserve ice Of
hand yesterday and there was
possibility that rationing would
have to be resorted to. Increased
icing of refrigerator cars was
given as the reason for the short
age.
One of the local plants, the Nc
Kee Ice and Coal company, elimi
mated all retail platform sales ir
order that commercial account:
such as fish and poultry dealer:
could be Accommodated.
Meantime, the Boyle Ice com
pany, a nonretail firm, which hal
contracted to ice the Fruit Grow
ers Exchange refrigerator cars
has cut off the supply of ice the,
have been selling to retail plant!
in Wilmington.
The survey showed yesterday
that none Of the four retail plant!
in the Port City had any reserve
ice on hand. All storage supplies
were exhausted and NO relief il
sight.
The Independent Ice company
with a storage space Of 1000 tons
capacity, had none on hand. Tit
Plate Ice company and the Rose
Ice and Coal company, were run
ming at full capacity and reported
no curtailments.
Elsewhere in this region ice wal
short too. Jacksonville, Lumber
ton, Wallace, Chadbourn and
Whiteville ice plants all reported
a shortage. They reported they hac
called on Wilmington dealers TO,
ice they could not supply.
Warmer weather this year
caused the increased icing Of the
refrigerator cars, it was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
MCMILLAN RULES
ON LAW POINTS
Municipalities Prohibited
From Reducing Taxes
OF New Concerns

RALEIGH, July 2 up - 1t
is unlawful for North Carolina mu-
inequalities to remit or reduce the
taxes of new enterprises or to
offer them special concession In
water and light charges, attorney
general Harry Mcmillan sal in a
series of rulinsg released today.
municipalities have no au-
thority to exempt from taxation
the property of any person, firm or
corporation, except such property
as is specifically exempt by law"
the attorney general said.
Other rulings were:
Although the cost of water and
sewer systems are necessary mu
Cured without a vote of the peo-
nicipal expenses which may be in
pie, the state constitution limits
the amount of debt which may be
incurred by a municipality to two
LulIuS Ol L16 aAA1Oo1lt IAC OAS9SdAA0
ing debt of such further increase
be approved" in an election.
State law makes no provision
for an appeal from the judgment
of a Superior Court clerk in COM
hitting an inebriate to the state
hospital for treatment.
Juvenile courts have Jurisdiction
of persons under 16 years of age
and a juvenile court would not
have authority to try a patient
over 16 on a charge of neglecting
children.
The issuance of trading stamps il
not prohibited by law, but eff such
stamps are used in the drawing OF
awarding or prizes in connec
ton with a lottery, then their
Manufacture, storage, use or pos
session is Illegal"
Property stored in public ware
hauses must be listed for ad val
orem taxes in the county in which
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
Bus Driver Exonerated
In Death Of Aged Man
By Coronor's Jury Here

L. E. Rawles, Safeway Transit
company bus driver, was exonerat-
ed by a coronor's jury.last night in
the death of Thomas Bryant Long,
8O-year-old resident Of 1905 Market
street, who died from injuries sus-
tanned when he was struck by a bus
at the corner Of second and Prin-
cess street, June rs.
The jury found that Long came
to his death from injuries suffered
when he was struck by a Safeway
Transit bus, operated by L. E.
Rawles. The jury ruled the acct
dent was unavoidable after at
least a dozen witnesses testified
that Long was crossing the street
10 feet outside the pedestrian lanes
and that the bus was being operat-
ed between 5 and 10 miles per hour
by Rawles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
BAPTIST LEAGUE :
OPENS MEETIM
Micro Free Will Church /
New Bern To Be Sca,.'
OF Gathering
Especial To The Star,

NEW BERN, July 2. III.
nual convention of the North ~
lima Free Will Baptist League y
meet Thursday and Friday ~
Micro Free Will Baptist cbv.a
it was announced here todas
Robert Cooley, of this city, M. !
dent. Ivy
Mrs. l.. E. Ballard, of New b..
educational director of St. N.Y..
Free Will Baptist church, will y.
the Friday afternoon deyotios'
Mrs. William Gaskins, Of this MY
is recording secretary OF the NY
vention. Wy
Registration will begin Thurs,.
afternoon. The nights program ~
be given by the Micro Free w.
Baptist league on the thsm,,
youths Recreation in Oa.
Church."
Miss Zalene Lloyd, who has bs.
doing Christian education work /,
the denomination, will speak n
day morning on youths devotjn
al Service in the Denominatjn,'
The convention message will /
brought by the Rev. Burkett Ram,
a college graduate who has sns,
much time at the Free Will Bant,
orphanage at Middlesex and is mn
doing campaign work in behalf
that institution. His subject will h,
Responsibility to Our Denomis,
tion."
Business will be transacted n
day afternoon, with a round-taU
discussion on making Our St,,
Convention More Helpful and Into
esting," led by the Rev. F.
Rivenbark, of Wilson. Installato
of officers will bring the session
a close Friday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
SPEAKS ON
TURKEY, GREECE
err Wilmingtonian
Describes Conditions
In Those Countries

Predicting that the United States
government plan to aid Greece
and Turkey will prove successful,
Franklin w. Bell, former member
and we;l-known Wilmingtonian,
told members OF the Kiwanis club
yesterday that the vast sum Of
money that the nation has voted
for the fight against Communism
will not be thrown away.
Long a resident Of Turkey, Bell
spoke with authority when he said
that the Turkish government was
learning democracy quickly and
making excellent progress after
yesars as an Ottoman empire.
Regarding the situation in
Greece, which he recently visited,
the speaker said that conditions
there are chaotic. and that there
is much suffering, especially a.
mong women of the poorer class
IS. He pointed out that American
aid will vastly improve the econo-
mic and industrial situation in
that country.
Bell then described briefly, a
trip from Turkey to England with
a close up view on Mount Blanc.
He witnessed, he said, at first
hand, remnants of the destruc-
ton leveled by the Nazis on Lon
don and said that the world owes
to Britain, a debt of gratitude for
the way they held off the German
war hordes until the United States
could get ready
Vice president George Conant,
who presided, called attention to
next weeks meeting which will
be held at $50 pm, at the Bruce
B. Cameron camp at Porter's
Neck. Members will gather at
Macmillan Cameron for the trip
to the camp.
Visiting the club for luncheon
was the Rev. Ralph ]. Epps OF
Sumter, S. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
PLANS COMPLETED

RALEIGH, July 2 ~ Final
plans are being made for opening
In September, Of the Morehead
City technical institute by N. c.
State college, Director Edward W.
Ruggles of the college extension
GTvioe announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
SUPERIOR U TRIAL

NASHVILLE, July 2--ReNick
DENIAL, Nash county farmer
charged with murder in connection
with the fatal shooting last April
% Of Charlie A.. johnson, another
farmer, took the stand to testify
he shot in self defense as his
trial carried into a night session
n superior court here tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03

it is stored rather than the home
county of the wner.
Any poll tax which a veteran
was required to list prior to In
duction into the armed forces and
wrich has not been paid, is can
celled under state law.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03

Among his other inventions,
Leonardo da Vinci devised a ma
chine for sharpening fish hooks. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03

In 1886. there we're only II Ia
tons Of aluminium produced in the
world and it cost SO a pound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
REIMBURSEMENT ALLOWANCES

RALEIGH, July 2 -P1- Funds
for paying servicemen's readjust.
ment allowances for the fiscal year
beginning July / will not be avail
able until an appropriation has
been made by Congress, Chair.
man Henry E. Kendall of the
state employment security com
mission reported today.
It once was customary to mai
a cat underneath the floor Of each
rev house in France, Cor good
luck.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
ANOTHER INTERESTING
ITEM

A few years ago a rather IN
teresting true dog story ema-
mated from Liverpool, England.
A man living a few miles out
side of Liverpool sold his pack
of foxhounds to a friend in Ire
land. The dogs arrived in Ire
land and were soon kenneled in
their new home Evidently one
of the hounds yearned for his
old master and home in England
for one day he appeared at the
port where he had arrived from
England. A ship was leaving for
Liverpool, and unnoticed in the
crowd he slipped aboard it.
On the ships arrival in Liver
pool, those about tn e docks
noticed hungry looking dog
saunter down the gangplank and
lose himself in the crowd on the
dock. A few days later his old
master was greatly surprised to
find him happily wagging his
tail at the door.
Hundreds of times dogs have
travelled overland many miles to
return to former homes, but
this, to my knowledge, is the
only incident where a dog took
a boat to cover part of the dis
tance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
For Christmas give..

Mother Father Sister, Brother anyone on your FIST wouu
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YOURSELF 1t gives warmth without weight no other
needed Fall winter spring you sleep in constant warmth
under this one automatically controlled bedcoverng Never too
war never too cold just the warmth like best the whole
night through Made of ush quilted rayon satn IN heavenly
shades of rose blue or green Matching undesde of spun
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warming sheet laundered Fits double twin beds Meets
safety requirements of the Underwriters Inc
See these Electric Cooers and other members OF this famous
family of appliances at your Westinghouse retailers now
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
By Ham Fisher

CLOSE FIREPLACE
When not in use, all vents in
fireplaces should be closed to
keep heat from escaping up the
chimney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
CANINE HEART TROUBLE

A reader asks if dogs ever suf-
fer from heart trouble and, if
so, the kind of treatment that
ought to be administered. Heart
disease is sometimes discovered
in your dogs, but nearly always
it is disease peculiar only to
old dogs. The symptoms are pal
pitation, rapid breathing and
paroxysms of coughing; the dog
tires easily when climbinb up
stairs or refuses to climb them
at all.
A dog suffering with cardiac
trouble should be under the care
and direction of veterinarian.
While the animal cannot be COM
pletely cured, if you follow au-
thorized medical instructions
you will find that he will i'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
BLADEN CAPITOL
REVISES LAWS
Mayor Fussell Says Ordi-
ances Cover All Phases
Of Government

BLADENBORO, Dec. g.
The town commissioners OF
Bladenboro have adopted an or
dinance revising, consolidating,
elabor ating, and adding to the
ordinances. The new ordinances
cover every phase Of city gov
ernment including fire protec-
tion. and building regulations.
These were urgently needed to
decrease the high insurance
rate, Mayor W. G. Fussell said.
Passing these ordinances is part
of the program started some
time ago to bring the insurance
rates down. With the securing
of the new fire truck and the
passing of these ordinances the
town is now ready for the in
spection of the state Insurance
rating bureau to determine
whether or not the town gets a
better classification. All the. re-
ouirements have been met and
a better classification is expect
ed. Mayor Fussll said.
The town ordinances had not
been revised since 1913. Many
old ordinances which were
needed at that time are COM
plete1y out of date now. By
passing the new ordinances, all
old ones were repealed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
Dog Stowawqy Returns Home
Sets Precedent In Sailing
CHECK DOGS PAWS

If you ever ran barefoot dur
ing Summertime when you were
a child you will remember the
sharp pain of walking over a
field of fresh stubble, or of step
ping on sharp stone or piece
of glass. Your dog goes bare
foot all the time. 1t is true that
Nature provides him with pads,
but still he doesn't have thick
leather soles, as we do, to pro-
tect him from pointed stones
and glass.
Every few days examine your
pets four paws. Generally, you
will find them in good condition
but you may note occasionally
that there is a crack in one pad
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
DOG ASTROLOGER

Do you know the exact date
and hour of your dogs birth?
1t isn't very important unless
you chance to visit an astrolo-
ger who lives in White Plains,
New York. For the sum of 81
you can obtain from this man
horoscope for your pet. 1t is
reported that his business of
forecasting canine fortunes is
flourishing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07

caused by having stepped on
glass or some other piercing
surface. There might be thorn
or even tack in the pad. Check
the calloused cushions and also
inspect between the toes. 1t is
surprising how easily a little
pebble can become wedged be-
tween a dogs toes, causing in
flammation and possibly in
fection if not removed. At first
the animal may not show any
sign of lameness from a pebble
or thorn, and that is why it is
advisable to look at tn e con-
dition of his feet regularly in or
der to prevent infection from de-
veloping due to a cut or piece
of foreign matter that might be
lodged in one of the pads or be-
tween the toes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
Automatic Blinker
Light Investigation
Being Continued

Study of proposed automatic
blinker lights at several addi-
tional grade crossings of the At
lantic Coast Line belt line in the
city are continuing, with no def
mite decision reached yet, City
Manager James R. Benson said
yesterday.
A conference between ACL Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07

arguments as to which is the
best type of collar for dog-a
wide or narrow one. Which do
YOU favor?-R. L. N.
Answer: A narrow collar is
better.
Question:: How long does it
take for food to pass through the
digestive system of a dog?-
J. B.
Answer: Approximately, sew
enteen hours in an adult dog.
In puppies the length of time is
less.
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