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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Air-Board Would
Bar Commercial Aircraft
From Non-Fireproof Ports
LEAF VOLUME,
PRICES LOWER
.SC~ Hours OF Sale Es-
: tablished In Border
Belt
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volume was extremely light and
prices for most grades were lower
on tobacco markets of the border
belt last week, the Federal and
State Department Of Agriculture
reported yesterday.
Most grades were down from 81
and 81 per hundred pounds below
opening week figures and a few
grades lost as much as 81 and
S..
Several grades fought against
trend and showed rises of
from $50 to SO, but volume for
these grades was very small.
Gross sales for the week total
is, 452, 645 pounds at an average of
$46.24 per hundred. This average
was $1.91 below last weeks. Sales
for the season now total %, $40, 100
pounds at an average of $46.90.
In the same period last season
49, 522, 507 pounds had been mar
keted for an average of $3.50.
The low volume was attributed
to the late harvest and strict adj
herence to a sales limitation OF
1000 pounds per day set of buy
erS.
Effective Monday, the flue-
cured marketing committee has
extended ho-e Of sales on the
border markets from four to five
hours and increased the limit to
1000 baskets per day per set Ct
buyers.
A large percentage of the Dor
der tobacco, the agriculture agen-
cies reported, is selling below the
government support price, and it
Continued on Page Three, Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
ABANDONED
FOR ENTOMBED
BRITISH MINERS

WHITEHAVEN, Eng, Aug. IS
R-Rescue crews abandoned hope
this afternoon for Ill men en-
tombed behind tons OF fallen rock
by an explosion in an undersea
coal pit of the goverment-owned
William mine.
The bodies of 81 of the victims
Of yesterdays tremendous blaSf
had been found. Sixteen OF them
were brought to the surface from
the clear end Of the blastd pas
age and others were discovered
by rscue workers who broke
through $50 yards Of rock falls
Wives of the miners, some cry
ing and others too stunned 1or
tears, watched silently, cllnslns
to any slim hope for their men,
while rescuers in oxygen masks
toiled for more than IL hours to
reach the pit, two miles out under
the Irish sea. Its tunnels extend
four miles undersea at a depth Of
800 to 1000 feet.
"God speed the rescuers'' one
woman cried out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
SLAIN WOMAN'S
SEWING MACHINE
KEPT OPERATING

CHICAGO, Aug. 16- R MISS
Leda Duty, so year old proprietor
Of a dress shop, was found myste-
riouslv bludgeoned and stabbed TO
death today in. the rear part OF
her locked store in the North side
Edgewater district.
Miss Duty apparently was slam
shortly before midnight. She mad
been seen with customers IN the
front of the shop at about III
O'Clock last night. She sometimes
worked late i'm her apartment
where her sewing machines nc
tor was still operating when her
body was found. ,,.....
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
PROPOSAL


WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-RH
President Humans Air Safety
board proposed today that conn
mercial planes be barred from air
ports lacking adequate fire-fight-
ing equipment or plans to provide
it.
It also suggested in its firth
report to the president.
A prompt hearing and decision
by the Civil Aeronautics board ON
whether a flight engineer OF other
extra member should be added to
the crew of a four-engine plane.
Should harnesses be required fer
pilots and co-pilots, by next July
l, to protect them in crashes.
An Intensive study" of facing
seats toward the rear. The board
said that ION the surface it seems
much can be said for such seats"
An investigation by the Civil
Aeronautics administration of tho
entire problem of design of emex-
gency and other exists.
Headed by James M. Lands, the
board was created by President
Truman after a series of air dis
asters this spring. Many of til
recommendations for improved air
safety were technical; others were
of a general nature.
Efforts to induce cities to pro-
vide equipment have not been very
successful, the board said, and
more direct action seems re-
CURED"
Hence the recommendation that
the Civil Aeronautics board au-
thorize the Civil Aeronautics' adj
ministrator to forbid the landing
or take-off of all commercial planes
at airports lacking adequate fire
fighting equipment or not having a
program for getting it on file with
the administrator for approval.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
S0AP-B0X DERBY
RACES ON TODAY
First Event Scheduled AT
Two With Final Ex-
pected At Four

AKRON, O., Aug. 16 -UH-A tot
al of 1875 youthful speed-demons
from all parts of the country stood
poised today for new assaults on
the all-American Soap Box Derby
speed records here Sunday.
The test runs we're over and the
judges had completed their minute
inspections of all the homemade
racing cars entered in the 10th
annual run down gravity grind"
The kids, trying everything in
the books and in their imagination
to increase the speeds of their
tiny cars, came up with a new
idea that was also ruled out be-
fore race time.
Many of them decided to coat
both themselves and their racers
with graphite to "lessen wind re-
sistance." Track officials explain
ed they had the idea that by clos
ing their pores with graphite they
would lessen the resistance OF
their bodies to the wind as they
hit speeds around 30 miles an
hour.
The first heats Of the big event
start at 2 pm, Sunday, with the
final scheduled Cor about 4:40 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
C OPINIONS

Hery E. Boyd, Jr., acting man
ager of Bluethenthal airport
which is under New Hanover juris-
diction, and Hamilton Hicks. air
port authority and engineer, last
night, when informed of the Wash
ington dispatch, agreed ample
protection, in equipment, is loca-
ted at the field.
Boyd said:
Until we get more traffic I
believe we are adequately cared
for. More traffic, exceeding that
of the anticipated Piedmont lines
to start soon, might mean we'd
need additional men and equip
ment."
Boyd said he and n other man
lived on the field, and at night
kept the fire truck between their
homes and the runways. He said 3
total of three men, excluding HIM
self, were always working at
field maintenance, and that usual
ly there are at least two others
doing special work.
The crash truck, he said, is com
plete with eight co 2 type extin-
guishers and is kept parked near
the men az work so there would
be no time lost in getting into
action should a crack-up occur.
He said the airport personnel
had been drilled in fire fighting
technique, but added that these
drills we're not ION any definite
schedule" j..
I'VE do not have a crash truck
crew." he said, pointing out that
such an arrangement would be
Every expensive"
Hamilton Hicks, chairman Oh
the aviation committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, said:
"In my opinion we have ade-
quate equipment to cope with any
fire emergency and we have
fire fighting equipment that I be-
lieve will satisfy any Investigation.
But, the only question in my mind
is the personnel problem. I think
we might be wise to add some
personnel"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Skystreak May Be
Navy's Fastest Plane

WASHINGTON, Aug. is Ma-
The experimental Douglas SKY
streak. which may be the Navy's
fastest plane, is reported creep
ing up slowly in west coast test!
II the area around the speed Of
sound.
No figures have been released on
how fast the skystreak has Town.
but it was designed to probe the
lower fringes of the sound barrlef
somewhere between 600 and 100
miles per hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
The Weather

Meteorolt yical data for the "A hours
ending 1856 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
i:% am. rs; 1880 am. rs; 1:3o pm. "a;
80 pm. 80.
Maximum 81: Minimum IS; Mean 30;
Normal 70.
Humidity
l:3o am. 81; 1880 am. 81; 100 pm. 6s;
$50 pm. rs.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm. -
900 inches.
Total since the first Of the month -
lib inches.
Tides For Today
IRON the Tide Tables published by
u ). Coast and Geodetic Survey
TO-. High Low
wilmington - 1923 am. 5:12 am
1857 p.m. 5:25 pm.
N"Sonooro Inlet 800 am. 2:l4 am
3:44 DIN 2:24 pm.
Sunrise 5:35; Sunset 6:57; Moonrise
''4S am. Moonset 8:12 pm.
hVer stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
'm' Saturday, SO feet.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16.-P)-Weather
ttInFeaI report Of temperature and rain
al Tor the "a hours ending 8 pm. in the
wLInclpal cotton growing areas and else
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
VIVIAN WHITE
WINS CONTEST
Miss Fayetteville Chosen
Miss North Carolina
AT Wrightsville

Miss Fayetteville (Miss Vivian
White) was last night chosen Miss
North Carolina at the Junior
Chamber Of Commerce beauty
contest at Wrightsville.
Second was tied between Miss
Rocky Mount patsy Parrish) and
Miss Elkin (Helen TomiIson).
Third was Miss Brevard (Caro-
lyn Kiney).
More than 1000 were preses,
at Lumina pavilion. 81
The young Fayetteville gir~ {
crowned by Lieut.. Gov. L. =: O.
lentine before an admirX q =
ence. The Miss AmeS, ~
test is slated next mEt$ & t
lantic City, N. j.
Yesterdays activ; a. with
a parade OF the 4auties
through the Wrigh S"ousiness
section. Included in 4e parade
were members of city council, fire
trucks, and police escort.
The parade, which started at II
am, had an individual automo-
bile for each contestant. At 3:3(
pm, the talent show was staged
at Lumina at Wrigrtsville. with
each of the contestants present.
ing a specially number, such as
singing or dancing.
Music for the dance and pageant
was provided by Royce Stoene1
and his orchestra, while Mrs. Han
nah Block, Wilmington pianist,
served as accompanist to the con.
testants at the pageant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Safe,
Local Leaders Say
Hamilton Hicks Thinks More Personnel May
Be Required; Henry Boyd, Acting Manager,
Believes Equipment Meets Approval

Whether or not Bluethenthal airport comes within ne
bounds of the new federal proposal announced last night to
bar commercial aircraft of all kinds from airports not hav-
ing suitable fire-fighting equipment and personnel could
not be learned at a late hour.
The Washington report did not mention any airport.
In Wilmington, authoritive sources thought it would, but
that added personnel may be required. Should Bluethen-
thai not be considered within bounds it was indicated the
county would have to spend extra funds to buy equipment
to correct the deficiency if the proposal becomes an out
right order.
The Washington dispatch and Wilmington opinionss
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17

Negro here last May 23.
The sheriff served a bench war
rant issued earlier in the day by
Superior court Judge J. Paul Friz
zelle of Snow Hill which charged
the seven with conspiring to break
and enter a jail and with intent
to kill and injure a prisoner.
The arrests took place in the
office of Buck Weaver of R i /
Square, one Of three attorneys for
the seven defendants. All sever
were Immediately released under
81, 500 bond each.
The seven defendants are: Rob
ert Vann, Russell Bryant, Linwood
and Gilbert Bryant, brothers,
Glenn Collier, Joel Cunningham,
and w. c. Cooper all of Rich
Square.
Earlier today at Raleigh Cover.
nor Cherry announced that he had
issued a commission to Judge
Frizzelle to sit as a committing
magistrate in the case.
The charges grew out OF the re-
moval of Goodwin Buddy) Bush,
22-year-old Negro from the jail
here by a band of armed, masked
white men here early in the morn
ing Of last May %. Bush. how
ever, made a dash for freedom
and fled in the darkness as a bull
let whizzed over his head.
A Northampton county jury last
week refused to return true bills
against the seven men and it also
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
WHITE EXPECTS
MILK TO GO UP
Says New Law, Distance OF
Supply, Containers,
Cause

Milk prices in Wilmington will
be boosted n cent per quart in
the near future, as a result OF
measures taken to comply with a
new state dairy law effective
Sept. l that requires greater pur-
ity in pre-pasteurized milk, E. l..
White, owner Of the White Ice
Cream company, announced yes
terday.
Whites present price Is 81 cents
per quart.
The law will require that all
bottled milk have a bacteria count
of less than 200, 900 per cubic cen
timeter before pasteurization, he
said.
Before. North Carolina law
(Continued on Pare Three, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Ala., Senator To Address
Methodist Group

LAKE JUANLUSKA, N. c.,
Aug. 16-P)-Sen. Jhon Sparkman
DALAI tomorrow will address
the opening session of a southwide
laymen's conference at this sum
mer assembly ground OF the
Southern Methodist church.
Most of the 5000 congregations
In the southeastern jurisdiction
will send delegates to the meeting,
which continues through Wednes-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Ramadier Accuses Reds
OF Alien Urge

LYON, France, Aug. 10 ~
Premier Paul Ramadlec TO-DAY ac,
cused the French Communist
party of acting under foreign
influence and declared the Social
lists could not bring the Commun-
lists back into the coalition govern
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Sally Rand In Court
Again Monday

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 16-
CP-Fan Dancer Sally Rand and
Strip-teaser Georgia Sothern are
billed to appear here Monday II
police court.
Sally was summoned today te
answer a disorderly conduct
charge brought by Georgia, who
alleged that Sally and Sally's man
ager-Georgia's husband-were to
sether in a Springfield hotel room
last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
NOTED DOCTORS
TO MEET HERE
Medical Symposium A
WrightsviIle Beach
Friday

DR.. Hobart A. Reimann, Magee
Professor of the Principals and
Practice Of Medicine, Jefferson
Medical college, Philadelphia, will
be one of the PRINCIPAL speakers
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
STATE WOMAN ELECTED

DURHAM, Aug. 16-R - Miss
Mary C.. Singleton Of the Duke
hospital division Of physical thera.
py has been elected chairman Of
the house Of delegates Of the Amsf.
lean Physical Thearapy assoeiA'
tion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17

INDIA BECAME two Independent dominions in ceremonies at
Karachi ~, capital of Pakistan and at New Delhi N, seat of the
Hindu government. Riotng continued at Lahore (S), while at Cal
cut a. Mohandas Gandhi was greeted by rock throwing demonstra-
zion. An Indian government spokesman said that most OF inc prince
Iy states have Joined with Hindu India with only a few states NWhte
areas), undecided. Kashmir,, Hyderabad, and Northwest aron1er
states r. largest of the undecided states. Others Are mdore. ,A)'
Bhopal (B), Khairpur (C).. and Bahawalpur 90; The British amor,
nation service reports that Kalat state in Baluchistan (black area
has voted to remain independent. GAP Wirephoto). ------
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Meet
Proves Solidarity

QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Aug. 16-AP)-A proposal
for Joint mediation of the Paraguayan civil war was adopt
ed unanimously today by the Donation lnter-Amerlcan con.
ference. and Argentina reaffirmed her demand for swift
economic aid and cooperation in the hemisphere.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Governor Jails
Rich Square Men

JACKSON, Aug. 16-AP)-Sheriff J. C. Stephenson
of Northampton county today re-arrested seven white men
on charges growing out Of an attempted lynching of a young
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17

for the Medical Symposium or
Recent Advances in Medicine and
Surgery, to be held at Wrights.
vile Beach, August %. He will
CONTINUED on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
WEATHER

Wilmington and Vicinity: Scattered
local thundershowers, not much change
in temperature.
North Cardinal: Partly cloudy and
not much change in temperature TODAY
and Monday. Few widely scattered after
noon thundershowers.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

mental study is prepared for the
Nursery, Primary, Juniors, Youth
and Adult Departments. Organ
lied Young Adult and Adult Bible
Glasses will meet at the same hour.
Individual class rooms for more
perfect study of the Bible have
been arranged for many of the
classes. Help your children to-day
to prepare for the to-morrows by
urging them to attend the Sunday
School. The morning worship SER
vice will begin at eleven o'clock.
Mrs. Marion Coverdale, Minister
of Music, will direct the Sanctuary
Choir in singing Gounod's Sane
tus". Albert Newcomb will be the
soloist for the morning. The vest
ed Junior Choir will sing Our
Shepherd" by Holler, directed by
Mrs. Harry Spruance assisted by
Miss Frances Pierce and Miss
Alice Jane Matthews. Mr.. Green's
sermon subject: Help From an
Uplifted Desire" The Junior High
NJ. Y. F. will meet at $50 PM.
Organ Vespers, 7.20 PM. Evening
service at 7.30 o'clock. A service
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

planned for Teen Ayers and Youth
participation. There will be vocal
and instrumental special music by
the youth of the church. The
Chancel Youth Choir will sing the
anthem: Rejoice the Lord is
King" by Keating. Guest speak
er: Mrs. Alvin Sherbine, Evanston,
Ill. Mrs. Sherbine was connected
with Youth work of the state of
Pennsylvania and is a force
full and interesting youth speak
er. The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
Wednesday, 3.45 PM, Fishermen's
Club for boys and girls, ages 5 to
II. Thursday, $50 PM, Brownies;
Thursday, PM, Youth Chancel
Choir; Friday, $3.50 PM, Junior
Choir; Friday, $50 PM, Y. A. F.
covered dish supper and business
and social; Saturday, 730 PM, As
bury Sanctuary Choir; Sunday,
May 4, 8 PM, Spring festival Of
sacred music will be given in AS
bury Church.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
ITCH

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Antiseptic Pink Tablets.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
ENLISTMENT TYPES NEEDED
Recruiting Officer Announces Jobs
Now Need Filling

Enlistments are now possible for
the Army Security Agency, it was
announced by S-Sgt. Clint o. Dol
lar, of the Dover Army Recruiting
Station. Applicants must have had
previous service in one of the fol-
lowing jobs: Teletype operator,
Teletype mechanic, Wire Chief
TIT, Message Center Cerk, Mes
sage Center Chief, Radio Operat
ors, Auto Mechanics, Truck Driv-
ers, Administrative NCO's, Clerk
Typists, and many other jobs are
available to applicants who meet
the qualifications. There will be
personnel on duty at the City Hall
in Dover each day during the week
from 500 AM till 1900 AM-ex-
cept on Thursdays-who will give
you further details on enlisting.
See your local Army Recruiting
Sergeant today!
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

saving equipment, increased pay
rates, and larger numbers of en-
ployees added to the payrolls.
Back in 1884, the weekly payroll
averaged $4,000, and now, less
than thirteen years later, exceeds
$11 100000 weekly. With an aver
age of six employees in 1884, the
company now employs over two
hundred and fifty. The average
hourly pay rate has increased just
about 200a6 over this period.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
Wilson Cabinet Co. Makes
Addition to Plant and Ware
house Near Town

New buildings and the largest
payroll in the history of the COM
pany reveal bright employment
future for this community, re-
marked a spokesman for the Will
son Cabinet Co. Inc, manufactur-
ers of exclusive designs of Farm
Milk Coolers and the first Reach-In
Farm Freezers. New buildings un-
der construction here at the Wilson
plants are nearing completion, and
will provide for considerable more
floor space for storage of raw ma
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

state who gave about 800 hours of
service in assisting the nurses in
the Boards clinics and thus
stretched their time for profess
sional work. Observance of Ma
tional Public Health Nursing Week
by the state should include recog-
milton of the fine health work be-
ing carried on by the school and in
dustrial nurses and the Visiting
Nurses Association, said DR.. Cam
eron. Miss Madeline M. Klaes is
director of the Division of Public
Health Nursing for the State
Board of Health and Miss Lillian
Riley is supervisor of nurses for
Kent County.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

terials ad finished products and
more production lines.
The addition to the plant and
warehouse on the Smyrna-Clayton
road as shown above, a steel struc-
ture, will measure approximately
100 200 feet. The original build
ing of brick has been used mainly
for the storage of Wilson finished
products before being shipped by
rail or truck to Wilson dealers and
distributors located in every state
in the union. With railroad sid
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
COUNTY MARKS
NURSING WEEK
Public Health Nurses Praised
For Long Record of
Service
RUN LOCAL CLINICS

That the State Board of Health
staff of 33 public health nurses
have made a total of 39,505 nurs
ing visits during the past year i.
announced by DR.. Edwin Cameron
executive secretary of the Board
commenting about Public Health
Nursing Week now being observed
nationally. (April goth thru the
26th). The health officer points
out that these visits are in addi-
ton to the many hours the nurses
spend in helping to run the Boards
numerous clinics, maintained thru
out the state for babies and pre-
school children, for crippled child
rem, for tuberculosis, and for ven-
ereal disease control. Nurses with
the Kent County Health Unit made
6,573 visits in the county last year
and helped to run 268 clinics.
Types of Visits
Maternity and infant care visits
comprised large part of the nurs-
ing program, while some visits
were made for pre-school children,
for crippled children and for school
children. Many more visits to
school children were numbered in
the nurses trips in the interest of
communicable disease control.
tuberculosis Care
In an effort to locate all the con-
facts of known tuberculosis patti
ents, the State Board of Health
nurses have carried on an intensive
TB" program. A portion of the
visits were made for the purpose
of showing a member of the house
hold how to care for a tuberculosis
patient to try to prevent the con-
tagion from spreading to other
members of the family. Other Wis
its were for the purpose of having
the people who lived in the same
house with the ''TB" patient to
come to the tuberculosis clinic for
examination, in order to determine
whether or not they, too, had tu-
berculosis and were in need of
treatment.
". ID. Control
Venereal disease control ranked
3rd last year in the number of
home visits made by State Board
of Health Nurses, who urged patti
ents with syphilis or gonorrhea to
return to clinic for further treat
ment, and persons who had been
contacts of venereal disease patti
ents to have tests to find out if
they, too, had contracted vener-
cal disease.
Volunteers Aid Nurses
DR.. Cameron expresses apprecia-
tion to the volunteer women in the
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

ing, engineering craftsman, and
Franklin Cole, maintenance super
visor.
Sice July 1, 1884, when the COM
pany started operating, then under
the name of Wilson Products Cor
poration, there has scarcely been a
time when some new construction
wasn't under way or plans under
consideration for expansion. The
original building on Main Street
(now a part of Plant No. u pro-
vided 9,Os6 square feet of floor
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

ing over 400 fet long running
past all shipping and receiving
platforms, the company can now
accommodate up to eight freight
cars at one time.
The new 100 90 foot steel
building on Fisher Street next to
plant No. 2 will be used for sheet
metal storage and viii also be the
starting point for all steel fabrica-
tion. Construction has all been
under the direction of James Flem-
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

space. Modern buildings now furn-
ish Company-owned floor space to-
taling 157,499 square feet. The
Company also makes use of sever
al rented buildings located in
Smyrna, Clayton and Dover, with
a total square foot surface of 29,-
323 feet.
The growth of the Wilson busi-
ness has been outstanding during
these years, as along with building
expansion has come modern labor