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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
WOMEN AWARDED
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as failure to exercise ordinary
care and specified that in this
cas- the negligence would have
TO be in some respect that caused
the accident, if damages were to
be awarded.
Approximately four hours was
taken Friday by the arguments
to the jury by the five attorneys,
and more than an hour by Judge
Carr IN charging the jury in the
legal complications of the verdict
on the three suits which had been
combined for trial.
Plea Successful
Attacking the testimony of the
bus driver and several passengers
on the bus who corroborated his
statement that there was no car
stalled in the center of the inter
section, that the Ford owned by
Mrs. Harper and driven by T. B.
Williams crashed the red light
and drove directly in front OF
the bus, and that Williams admit
ted the accident was his fault, the
attorneys for the plaintiffs argued
successfully to the jury that the
version of Williams and the three
ladies was the true story of the
accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
CHARLIE FLOWERS WARD

WHITEVILLE, Oct. IT, Char
lie Flowers Ward, So, retired
farmer of Nakina, died hurs-
day night at 11:40 o'clock fol-
lowing a succession of heart at
tacks. He suffered the first at
tack four hours earlier.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted Sunday at 2 PIN. from
Policy Bridge Baptist church
by the Rev. Bob Carter of Con-
way, S. C. Interment will wollow
in the McKeithan family ceme-
terry.
Surviving are Mr.. Wards wife,
the former Orrie Ellen Ward;
six sons, Willie F. Of Rocky
Mount; Tom Teddy of Longwood;
Ernest G. of Nakina; Edgar Mace
of Elizabethtown; C. Howard of
Nakina and Joe of Whiteville;
three daughters, Mrs. Ora Nc
Keithan, Mrs. Annie Sasser, and
Mrs. Ruth Lee, all of Nakina;
two brothers, J. A. Ward of
Ash and Major Ward of Lumber
ton; four sisters, Mrs. Dorcas N.
Stanley and Mrs. Sis HARRISON,
both of Clarendon, and Mrs. EN-
ma White, and Mrs. Frances Pat
terson, both of Whiteville,; Is
grandchildren and ono great
grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Obituaries
MRS. IDA H. GOODING

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida
H. Gooding, widow of the late
F. J. Gooding, who died last night
at 9 o'clock at the no e of her
sister, Mrs. Julia Wannar laker,
I'LL Orange street, will be held
this afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the Chapel of Yopp's + neral
Home. The Rev. j. A. Russo" of
the Grace Methodist church win
officiate and internment | fol-
low in the Oakdale cemetery.
Mrs. Gooding is survived by
her sister, two neices, Mrs. R.
H. Shew and Mrs. Nathan Skip
per.
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HARRINGTON SETS
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ty employees, S $4,000, Oct. 80:
public employees. $1,000, Oct.
80; downtown employees, Sc, 900,
Nov. 4; residential, $4,000, Nov.
4.
Harrington said shat the Pub
lie Employees division is SUBJ
divided into six dividions with
various goals. They are CITY en-
employees, $1,000; federal en-
ployees, $1,000 schools, So, 500;
housing authority, $500; and
agencies, 81,
The advance gifts division held
their kickoff meeting October IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
FUEL OIL DEARTH
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sion from headquarters to sell
the oil to any but its regular
customers.
Meanwhile the ships dy-
namoes have been shut down
for lack of oil and the only
lights aboard the vessel are two
lanterns. Through the Peruvian
consular-general, the agents of
the vessel Friday tried to pro-
cure enough oil to take the ship.
to Charleston, S c., or Jack
sonville, Fla, where additional
heavy fuel oil can be secured.
Captain E. Hanke, master of
the Peruvian steamer which is
destined for inter-island and
coastal trade, put into port here
on October 5, for repairs to
leaking steam lines in the en-
CINE room and a damaged
pump. Battling heavy winds.
the ship had used up most of
her fuel or the trip fro MINOR
folk where she was purchased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING

From November 20 until New
Years day, Wilmington will dis
play the largest array of Christ
mas lights in its history, the
local Merchants association di-
rectors decided at a special called
meeting here Friday morning
The group decided to purchase
additional lighting to add TO thai
used last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
ADDRESSES
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dent Henry Belk of Goldsboro,
who presided.
The crying need of newspapers
in Eastern North Carolina is print
ers, a discussion of a survey to
determine whether this section
needs more trained journalists re-
vealed. As Fury, who headed a
committee to study the need for
training of young people in jour-
nalism, presented results of a
QUESTIONABLE sent to publishers,
he remarked that the outstanding
need - printers - had not been
covered.
This precipitated a discussion
in which several of the association
members declared that they felt
that if more printers could be
trained, the news and editorial
situation in Eastern North Caro-
lima would take care of itself.
Results of the QUESTIONABLE,
which was only partially COM
plete, indicated that the majority
of the publishers in this section
would like to have news and adj
vertising men trained in schools
of journalism. The survey show
ed that some IS news men, &c
advertising workers and nine
photographers are needed by
Eastern Carolina papers over a
period Of four years.
Mayor E. L. White greeted the
association members and paid
high tribute to the newspapers
of the state.
In their general session at the
Cape Fear hotel beginning this
morning at 9 o'clock the associa-
ton members will hear Robert C.
Anderson of the Institute for Re-
search in Social Science at the
University of North Carolina ex-
plain a survey conducted in 10
North Carolina counties to de-
termine the power of the Press in
molding opinion. The association
will also elect officers. at this
meeting.
At the / o'clock luncheon at
the Cape Fear club today, at
which the Star-NeWs will be host,
Governor ]. Melville
Broughton, counsel for the State
Ports authority, will discuss plans
of that group for the future. His
speech was arranged by Star
News Publisher R. B. Page, chair
man of the authority.
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FARMERS DECLARE
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future in the way Of a federal
agricultural program.
eve have prospered under
this (present) program" Pear
sail said: "We want it con-
tinued."
Controls Necessary
p. F. Weaver of Emporia,
Va told the committee: "here
this morning you might doubt
we are farmers with these good
clothes on, but if you had seen
Nc before this program came in
to effect you would have known
we were farmers" Afterward
he added: 81 don't like controls.
Nobody likes controls. But l
think they are necessary"
The crowd of 500 farmers ap-
n1auded when a Negro farmer,
J. L. Tally of Person county,
N. c., said:
"1'm saying for the Negroes
Of North Carolina, our lot IS 50
much better than it used to be,
we feel like shouting and giving
nraise to you all for this ex-
cellent program. We appreciate
the way you have looked out
for us. I was a sharecropper,
and under this plan I have been
able to buy my farm"
Carl T. Hicks of Waltonburg,
N. c., told the committeeman
eve want the farm laws we
now have. Under no circum-
stances should these safeguards
be removed Hicks said the
1882 tobacco crop sold for $107,-
900, 900 and that in l945 1t
brought 1851, 600, 900.
Appreciates Program
From Raymond Joyner, a
Nash county, N. c., sharecrop-
per came the assertion: l
want to express appreciation
for a program that has let us
make a decent living" and A..
R. Edwards Of Hookertown, N.
c., testified: Nothing less than
price support at 80 per cent OF
parity can be justified. Labor
has it's minimum wage. Indus
try has it's advantages from
government. We want a fair ex-
change between what we sell
and what we buy"
Henry Vaughn of Elm City,
N. c., put it this way:
"We get 81 cents for cotton
to make a $3.50 shirt. The mer-
chant gets $1.35 to hand me that
shirt over the counter. l think
same adjustments could be
made there"
20 Per Cent
J. V. Whitfield of Burgaw, N.
c., who is a member of the
national committee of the
American Farm Bureau, said
farm families composed % per
cent of the population land they
get less than ten per cent of
the nations income. He doesn't
get his share of the national
income. Cheap food and fibre
and high wages do not 60 to-
gether."
Harvey Dinkens, farm editor
of the Winston-Salem Journal
and Sentinel, presented the
committee a resolution adopted
by the Winston-Salem Chamber
of Commerce directors calling
for compulsory conservation
if necessary. The resolution did
not say what means of COM
pulsion might be used.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
MRS. DELLA B

TABOR CITY, Oct. INNS.
Della RADON, 81, of Rs Conway
S. c., died at her home last night.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the Mt. Herman
Baptist church at 8 o'clock with
the Rev. Ralph johnson official
ing. Interment followed in the
Mt. Herman cemetery.
Mrs. RADON is survived by her
husband, and four daughters,
Mrs. Letha Graham, Mrs. Edna
Nichols, Mrs. Thelma Edwards
and Mrs. Ida Edwards, all of Rs,
Conway, S. c., three sons, Viii
bur and Jerry, Jr., of R-3, Con-
way, and Sherwood of Richmond,
Va, two sisters, Mrs. Nellie
Todd, and Mrs. Emma Barfield
of R-3, Conway, S. G.
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FL0RIDIANS KEEP
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short distance North Of Tur.,
Island tonight. The adyjso.,
placed the storm 215 miles Fs,.
Southeast of the islands, or ns,,
latitude 2l.2 longitude 68. AMI
pursuing a North Northwest ~
Northwest course.
The first of the four storm,.
two of which were hurricanes
hit the Florida coast in the ylcj,,
ity of West Palm Besm
a month ago today, swept acros
the state into the Gulf of Mexu
and gathering force moved I'M,
Mississippi and LouiSianna. 4
second minor storm followed and
the third, a hurricane, hit Ian
Saturday on the West cosy.
moved across the state into f,
Atlantic and reentered the cour.
try at Savannah, Ga, Wednss,
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
PRICE AVERAGES
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ing advances in prices on Thurs.
day, turned downward yester.
day, with the crops ranging from
81 to So for a majority of grades.
However, fair and low orange
Tugs dropped 81 and SO, respec.
lively. Sales continued heavy in
volume, and a slight improve
ment in quality was noted.
. Prices continued irregular as
the Old Belt concluded it's fourth
week of sales, with the changes
mostly from ST to 81. Good lem
on primings dropped 81, and
common orange smoking leaf fell
$40 for the greatest losses by
grades. As on Thursday, inferior
qualities showed the greatest
variations.
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She TO SPEND

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mean that some of the msjn
improvements on primary roads
will be delayed. For the mex.
biennium, he pointed out. Til.
Highway Commission has Sll7t'
600, 900 to spend for all pull
poses, including maintenance 10
completely modernize North Ca
rolina's highway system would
cost a minimum of 5000, 900, 900,
he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
CARNIE WILLIAMS MOORE

Carrie Williams Moore, 81,
prominent merchant and farmer
of the Wells Chapel community
near Wallace, died Thursday
night in the James Walker hos
pital after having been in fail
ing health for sometime. Fun
eral will be held at the Wells
Chapel church, Saturday after
noon at 8 o'clock by the Rev. ].
E. Allard, pastor, assisted by the
Rev. A. L. Benton of the Sloan
Baptist church. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Carrie M. Tatum OF
White Oak; one son, T. W. Will
|liams Of the home; two grand
children, and a number of nieces
and nephews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

The California woodpecker en-
cages in a community enterprise.
Numbers of the birds store
acorns in the bark of a tree to-
gether and all help themselves
when hungry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
SLEEPY TOWN

MELROSE, N. NJ, Oct. II. -
~ This really was a sleepy lit
tie town today. A railroad loco
motlVe whistle stuck at 9 p. m.
last night and kept on blowing
until the engine was towed away
at midnight to the roundhouse al
Clovis.
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SOUTHERN KRAFT
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ton in that area as we find prof
table at this time"
He denied making any state
ment that the firm was concen-
trating on the Wilmington area
and said that employment of
added personnel to the nearly
800 men recently engaged in the
industry in Brunswick county to-
gether with the purchase of more
supplies here" was not in the
planning stage as had been re-
ported,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
JERRY M.

Jerry M. Hewlett, So, OF
Wrightsville Beach, died yes
terday at l o'clock after a sudden
illness.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Helen Hewlett; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. AL Brousuard; VIC sis
tiers, Mrs. Alma Flake of Gin
ton and Mrs. George Ba1tzegor.
Funeral services will be an
nounced later by Yopp's Funeral
Home,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
The Weather

Weather bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending D
o, M, in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
City Briefs

All officers of Reserve Naval
services, whether members of the
Reserve Officers Naval Service
or not, are invited to the RONS
Ladies night celebration Friday.
October "a, at the Plantation club
when Navy Day ceremonies in
Wilmington will be started. Of
ficers of the USS Stribling, new
American destroyer which will
visit Wilmington during the three
day celebration will be guests at
the October "a event.
Harry E. Fales, head of the city
county bureau of Identification,
announced yesterday the quarter
ly meeting of the state unit of the
international Association for
Identification which will be held
at the Bame hotel, Carolina Beach
October 10 and 20. He said ap-
proximately 40 will attend. No
special program has been plan
ned.
The Reserve Officers associa-
ton will meet Monday night at 8
o'clock in the Woodrow Wilson
hut, it was announced yesterday
by Francis Malloy, secretary.
Announcement was made by
church officials last night to the
effect that the visit of the Mills
Home band, scheduled for tonight
at Southside Baptist church has
been postponed indefinitely. Ill
ness of a relative of the band
leader made cancellation of to-
nights program imperative, the
spokesman said.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Stocks Are Irregular
On One Of Howest
Markets in a Month
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-stocks to-
day generally slept through one of
the slowest market sessions of the
past month or so with fractional ir-
regularity prevailing throughout.
Wall Street found little bullish
inspiration in Prime Minister Att
lees parliamentary discourse which
stressed the British economic crisis.
A little buying and short covering
propped individual favorites. Ac-
counts were trimmed in numerous
cases because of doubts regarding
the foreign situation and the long
term business outlook at home. Good
dividends and earnings virtually
were ignored. III
The ticker tape was frequently at
a standstill after moderately active
opening and the direction somewhat
murky near the fourth hour.
Occasional modest advances were
shown for United States Steel.
Chrysler, General Motors, Packard
Motors, Sears Roebuck, Glenn Mar
tin, Boeing, Public Service of New
Jersey, Anaconda, General Electric,
Du Pont, J. C.sPenney, Great North
ern Railway, Chesapeake & Ohio,
Nickel Plate preferred, American
Woolen, West Indies Sugar and
American Sugar Refining.
Intermittent stumblers included
Bethlehem, Youngstown Sheet
montgomery Ward, Woolworth,
American Telephone. Kennecott
American Can, Allied Chemical.
Frisco Railroad, Southern Pacific
Texas Co., United Fruit, Paramount
Pictures, Twentieth Century-Fox
and Warner Bros.
Bonds were narrow.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Vepco Rate Cut Data
Offered 10 Group
BY the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Aug. 6-Tbe State
Corporation Commission has Of
fered to turn over to the Utilities
Committee Of the League of Virginia
Municipalities the records on which
1t based its decision last week to
lower service rates of the Virginia
Electric & Power Co.
The offer was contained in q
letter yesterday from Chairman H
Lester Hooker to Austin Brocken-
brough, jr., Richmond director of
public utilities and chairman of the
Utilities Committee.
AT the same time Judge Hooker
also said he had received from
MIR. Brockenbrough a copy of the
committees resolution asking that
the records Of the SCC-Vepco ne
got1ations be submitted to the CONF
mlttee before new rates were estab-
lished by official decree.
The resolution was adopted last
Thursday, but before it could be
transmitted to the sec, rate re-
auctions amounting to 81 ,400, 900 for
the year beginning September had
been ordered.
Mr.. Brockenbrough told the sec
chairman in his letter that he was
aware of the rate order, that the
leagues interest had not ended, and
stated that "since the committee
passed this resolution before your
action was made public, we are for
Warding a copy Of the resolution for
your information"
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Aug. 9 -lP, (usDN.-salable
nogs, 5000; total, 5000; market fairly a C.
tive and uneven, 25-27 cents higher: most
ADVANCE on butchers weighing 25O-3OO
POUNDS d & ana on sows; top. 1926: bulk good
snd sna S5 choice 170-24o pounds, s7.5O-2s. 90;
pounds, s5.Sb-ses5; around $50 $50 IsSuogo poGnds'
choice sows under $50 pounds, 22 1924 90;
sows, 35O-.40O pounds, 81. .OO-23. 90; 40.
2OO pounds, 1S.00-19.75; heavier weights
down to 1900 and less.
able eaIHes eate s tts @ tSta IL 1osoo SAL
yea51ings strong 70 a5 cents higher; active tive
topped late at $3.50; seven loads. S3.95:
medium and good grade steers and year.
lings, weak to- so cents lower; mostly
2O.OO-26. so; choice heifers steady to
strons; best, 30.50; medium and good
srades shared comparable grade steer de-
S9 st. sSs9 asn Sn.f e @ sss sas
cows, 12;50-15.50; cutters, IL 90 down;
only specialty beef cows above l9 90; light
pulls. 25 cents lower; heavy bulls steady
to 1880, vealers steady at 24.OO down;
lignt stock cattle dull at 1s.5O-22 90.
Salable sheep, 1900; total, 1,7OO; few
scattered sestsn lots slaughter lambs around
% cents lower: fairly active at decline;
spring lambs, 1900; few. III 25: most COM
mon to medium spring lambs, 15.OO-19. so;
other classes scarce. steady; deck medium
to good clipped lambs and yearlings, mixed,
1885. few choice light-weisht slaughter
ewes. 90: most good to choice lots 90
and cheiee and years old breeding
Evening star., 1947-08-06
London Stocks RoIIy
After EorIy Seh-Off
By The Asseeiated Pros.


LONDON, Aug. 6.-Prices on the
London Stock Exchange rallied at
noon today following an early ses-
sion selloff when most quotations
slipped fraetionally.
Trading was extremely quiet while
most professional dealers marked
time, waiting for Prime Minister
Attlee's speech to the House of
Commons detailing what Britain
plans to do to meet its dollar crisis.
Leading industrial shares benefit
ted most from the midday rally.
largely attributed to bargain hunt
ers again in the market after more
than a week OF falling prices. Mines
and oils also improved.
Government bonds moved over a
narrow range and finished the day
about unchanged.
To stop bear raids on the first
day OF the new account, jobbers
started the session by lowering
quotations and widening the margin
between buying and selling prices
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Business Briefs

General Electric Co. has been
awarded contracts totaling about
s35,o00,ooo for equipment for sew
erals new military and commercial
airplanes. The largest order, about
$4,000 900, is for armament and
other equipment on 100 B-36 bomb
ers.
United States Steel Corp. and five
American engineering firms were
awarded contracts amounting to
$82, 400 900 for reconstruction of
Greece's railroads and highways.
The State Department ordered pre-
fabricated steel for IA bridges at a
cost of 100000.
Electric Power Consumption in the
week ended August 2 reached 1905
100000 kilowatt hours, VS.. 4,730, ,229,-
600 the previous week The total
was 1857 higher than a year ago.
American Marietta Co., with head
quarters in Chicago, has purchased
Berry Brothers, Inc, paint manu-
facturers of Detroit and Walker
Vile, Ont.
w. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. declared
an extra dividend of 10 cents on the
common along with the regular 10
cent quarterly. payable August 25
to holders of record August IS.
Hunt Foods, Inc, declared an
initial dividend of IS cents, payable
August 81 to common of record
August 20.
National Container Corp. re-
ported for the six months ended
June 80 net profit of $5,997 1888, or
$7.04 common share, VS.. 81, TAO, ,069,
or $2.15 a share, In the first half
last year.
American Water Works e. Electric
Co. earned $4,622 1923 or $l.71, VS.. $3,-
346,36 or SLIT.
Food Machinery Corp. net was $3,-
54S, 1923 or S.. 80, VS.. s2,220, 1874 or 1882.
Edison Brothers Stores, Inc,
earned s1,452,397, or s1.56 VS.. ST.
862, 1893 or $500.
Falstaff Brewing Co. earned
$1,20a,133 or s26S VS.. $277,ls2 or
General Public Utilities earned
$7,2?2, ,645 or "a cents, VS.. $6,086,53
or 10 cents.
Square ID Co. earned 1861 ,786 or
$1.35, VS.. $775.881 or Sc cents.
American Stove Co. net was $685.
500 or $1.64, VS.. $2s3, 3,62s or 81 cents.
DWG Cigar Corp. earned $328, OILS
or 86 cents, VS.. $217,540 or 81 cents.
u. S. Truck Lines, Inc, earned
$500, 1913 or 81 cents, VS.. $438, 1877 or
IS cents.
Colorado Milling g. Elevator Co.
earned $4,016,778 or $10.96 a share
in the year ended May 81, VS.. $685.
825 or $3.50 the year before.
Kendall Co. net in the "a weeks
ended June IA was $2,934,034 or
s7.13 q share, VS.. $1,249, ,899 or $292
in the 1916 period.
Purity Bakeries Corp. income for
the 2s weeks ended July u was ST.
693,940 or $2.10, VS.. $1,626,S40 or $2.05
in the 1916 period.
w. T. Grant Co. July sales were
$l5,05o, ,6s5, a gain of 4.5%.
McCrory Stores Corp. sales were
$6,425,569 in July, up 4,1%.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Talks 10 Resume on Return
Of Boxcars From Canada
BY the Assoeio.sd prssx

OTTAWA, Aug. 6.-Canada's rail-
ways were locked in a race with
time today. They had until FRIDAY
to roll about 1000 United States
freight cars back across the border.
b. s: Liberty. Federal transport
controller, reported that his coun-
terpart In Washington had set
Friday as the deadline for reduction
to 5000 OF the adverse balance of
United States boxcars here COM
pared with the number of Canadian
cars now in that country.
Whether the Canadian lines can
meet that figure is problematical
put they already have shaved that
balance from $4,000 six weeks ago
to 9.425 July 80 and 9,o13 Saturday.