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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
Committee Recommends
Air Link Be Kept Open
WELLS RUN DRY

ISLAND, Me-,
Aug. 14-W.H-More than 500
persons were without water
here tonight as wells and water
storage tanks ran dry in this
popular vacation resort and
local officials appealed to the
Coast Guard for assistance.
Coast Guard spokesman said
the cutter Cowslip, which now
Is towing a disabled Gloucester,
Mass, fishing vessel, would
load 10000 gallons of water at
Portland tonight and reach the
stranded vacationists, 40 miles
east Of Portland, early tomor-
row morning.
The normal wintertime popu-
lation of Monhegan about 10
families was swollen to more
than 500 by the influx of tour
lists and vacationists. Four re-
sort hotels are crowded to ca
pacity, with some persons liv-
ing in tents IN the hotel
grounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
And So To Bed

A group of friends gave .
birthday party for a 69-year-old
Lumberton resident last Sat-
urday night and while tho
party was in full swing an
expressman arrived with an
extra large package for the
honored guest.
Upon opening the package
he discovered it was a casket
and not being a humorous gen.
tleman he Immediately an
nounced it was not funny.
He called a mortician friend
of his who promptly told him
to store it away and keep It
for future use.
The next day an ad appeared
in a Lumberton newspaper.
"F0r Sale-cne slightly SCI.
ed casket."
No buyers, yet, have been
reported, he said last night.
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Labor Department Says No
End In Sight For
Lower Prices

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA -WH-
The labor department said tonight
that the cost-of-living hit an all
time peak on June IS, 10 per cent
higher than a year ago, and re-
ported that the end is not in sight.
It made public the latest con-
elusive data on retail and whole
sale prices, as President Truman
put his support behind the justice
departments much-criticized in
vestigation into conspiracies to
keep prices up. ,
Mr.. Truman doubted that the
investigation would force down
many prices but said it would
prove beneficial by exposing those
who charge unwarranted high
prices.
The labor departments bureau
Of labor statistics said the retail
price of Essential" goods rose o.
per cent from the middle Of May
to the middle Of June. This was
See LIVING COSTS On Page Is
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MARSHALL ARRIVES
FOR BRAZIL MEET
Asks American Nations
To Set Example OF
Solidarity For World

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug.
14-UD-Secretary of State George
c. Marshall today asked the Am
erican nations to give a divided
world such an example of solidari-
ty that it would lead to world
peace and security.
After receiving a tremendous
ovation from thousand gathered at
the airfield where he arrived from
the United States in President Tru-
mans own plane, Secretary Mar
shall drove to the American en-
bassy to prepare for tomorrow's
opening of the inter-American con-
ference on hemisphere peace and
security.
He was greeted by Brazilian For
eign Minister Paul Fernandez. for
mer Foreign Minister Oswaldo
Aranha and Brazil's top military
leaders.
Paying tribute to Brazil's wal
effort. Secretary Marshall describ-
ed this country as the corridor
of victory"
IT I'M confident" he said. "that
under the leadership Of President
(Gaspar) Dutra and Foreign Min
lister (Paul) Fernandez. and with
the contribution of all those as
sembled in the inter-American con-
ference for continental peace and
security, we shall be successful In
giving an example of solidarity OF
which we may all be proud"
The secretary arrived at Calico
airfield, in Rio de Janeiro bay In
s'The Sacred Cow, shortly after
pm, EDIT and then was flown IN
See MARSHALL on Page Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
United States Wipes
Out Ita1Gssz : - 22aims
Cancels Billion up s'@M Worth Of Claims
Against Italy In ycep Toward Rebuilding
Economy And Restoring Relations

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. -
O.D-The United States wiped
out about a billion dollars
worth Of claims against Italy
today in a major step toward
rebuilding Italian economy and
restoring normal peacetime fl
nancial and economic relations
between the two countries.
The move also was obvious
ly aimed at b%olstering Italy's
present non-communist gov
eminent. and was interpreted
as part of the U. S. "stop
Communism" program in the
Mediterranean and near east.
Acting Secretary of State
Robert A. Lovett quickly made
it clear that Japan and Ger
many could not hope for any
thing approaching similar
treatment.
The state department an
nounced that this government
had 4lso agreed to turn over
to the Italian merchant marine
ships seized during the war
and Is surplus liberty ships.
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EXPLOSION TRAPS
SO COAL MINERS
West Frankfort Mine,
Largest In World Rocked
By Terrific Blast

WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,,
Aug. IA. - W.R - An Explo-
sion occurred tonight in the
Orient No. 2 mine here, and
81 men we're reported trapped
beneath the earth's surface.
Eighty-nine men were said
to have been underground when
the blast ripped through the
mines shaft % west, but two
got out Of the mine safely. At
tendants at the United Mine
workers hospital. said the two
were mot badly hurt"
The mine, said to be "the
largest in the world" is located
approximately one mile from
the old Ben Coal corps No. 8
mine, in which ~ miners died
in an explosion July "A.
Company officials and sher-
ifs deputies at the county seat
at Benton, ILL.,, confirmed the
blast, but we're unable to give
any immediate details.
. Spokesman at the union hos
pital said the explosion occur
red while the men were clean
ing out a shaft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
Direct Coastal Route Be.
tween Charleston And
Wilmington Urged

MYRTLE BEACH, S. c., Aug.
12-The air space subcommittee Of
the air coordinating committee in
Washington has recommended to
the full committee that the direct
coastal airway link between
Charleston and Wilmington, N. c.,
be kept open to traffic, some of
which could be routed by Myrtle
Beach and Georgetown.
Following the subcommittee
action. Colonel Dexter Martin, of
Columbia, director of the South
Carolina aeronautics commission,
said the next move will be to
get commercial airlines to agree
to stop at Myrtle Beach. This
leaves the door open, and wins
half the fight"
Martin and a Myrtle Beach
Georgetown delegation were in
Washington Monday to urge the
air space subcommittee to recon-
mend that a previous order, re-
routing the coastal airway to miss
Myrtle Beach and Georgetown, to
miss an army bombing range. be
rescinded.
Under the new Recommendation
the army bombing range activi-
ties would be moved out to sea.
leaving overland area clear for
commercial air traffic.
The earlier order would have
resulted in all air traffic being
diverted between Wilmington and
Charleston around Whiteville and
Florence. Under the new recon-
mendation air traffic desiring. to
do so may pass over Myrtle Beach.
In the group going to Washing
ton in addition to Martin were:
Myrtle Beach Chamber OF Com
merce president. H. L. Macklen,
Secretary Youmans. representing
the chamber, Sam P. Gardner rep
%resenting the city Of Myrtle Beach.
and Representative j. B. Morri.
son Of Georgetown.
This group accompanied by Sen
ator Johnston's secretary Jane.
E. Lever, of Anderson, and Rep
See COMMITTEE on Page Nine
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Canadian And American
Servicemen Vows Dis
closed AT Hearing

RENO, New, Aug. 14.-U.D-The
strange pact o. eight Canadian
and American soldiers who VOW
ed to commit self-destruction if
the postwar world failed to JUST
fy the horrors they experienced
in a Japanese prison camp was
disclosed today by Cornelius Van
derbilt, Jr.
Vanderbilt, millionaire playboy
and grandson of the famed Com
modore Vanderbilt, told the tale
to a c%oroner's jury inquiring into
the death Of his personal secre-
tary, Canadian = born Melvin c.
Roberts, II.
Six Of the eight men who were
the only survivors Of japanese
guinea pig" medical experiments
that wiped out rs per cent of Rob-
ert's regiment now have fulfilled
their pledge, Vanderbilt said.
Roberts, a staff sergeant sta
toned with a Canadian outfit in
Hong Kong at the outbreak Of the
war, was one of them.
But the identities of the other
five dead and the two still living
remained a mystery because Van
derbilt said he forgot the names
told him by Roberts while the
latter brooded over his prison
camp treatment and the state OF
the world today.
The jury, in a verdict returned
yesterday, ruled Roberts death
last Saturday by his own hands.
But after hearing Vanderbilt re-
count the story of Roberts tour
years of torture and torment it
appended a qualification:
actually" the verdict read,
this death should be considered
as an honorable war casualty"
Vanderbilt repeated the tale Of
the vow taken during the darkest
years of interment from 1941 to
1915.
"Roberts told me they took a
vow to kill themselves If lie back
home after their release from pris-
on proved unhappy" Vanderbilt
said.
Roberts told me the names OF
two or three of the men, but I've
forgotten them. When you're talk
ing over war experiences you men
ton names, events and places but
you can never remember them
later"
He said he had "never seen any
one 50 bitter about the war;" as
Roberts.
The story Of the pact came out,
he said, after Roberts heard a
See STRANGE PACT on PAGE 8
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Flags Raised
InCeremonies
Dominions OF India (Hin.
dustan) And (Pakistan)
Born At Midnight

NEW DELHI, India, Friday.
Aug. Is -WH-The proud British
Empire of India died last night
as the clocks struck midnight.
Two independent nations were
born at the moment Of its death
the dominions of India (Hindustan)
and Pakistan.
Adm. Viscount Mountbatten,
great-grandson of Queen Victoria
in whose name India was made
an empire 70 years ago, ceased
to be Viceroy and became Cover.
nor General OF India or Hindus-
tan.
Mohammed Ali Jannah became
Governor General OF Pakistan.
The new nations are to retain
the status OF British Dominions
until June. Meantime they are to
decide whether to remain in tn
British Commonwealth or 60 their
own way.
Burning-Looting
As the new nations were born.
hate-maddened mobs of Hindus,
Sikhs and Moslems in the Punjab
were killing, burning and looting.
But in great cities, in towns and
villages all over this teeming sub
continent, joyous millions were
flying the new flags Of Hindustan
and Pakistan. Bells were ringing.
Great crowds of men, women and
children were surging through
such cities as Calcutta and Bonn
bay, cheering in the widest cele-
brations in contemporary history.
The celebrations started yester-
day, worked up toward their cli-
max during the evening hours,
and promised to continue untiring
far into today.
Mountbatten turned over power
to Pakistan at Karachi, its capi-
tai, this morning.
Returning to New Delhi by
plane, he at once promulgated 4
formal Indian independence proc
lamation under which the domin-
ion of India Or Hindustan took
over all the International agree
ments which had been held in the
name of United India.
Membership in all international
organizations like the United M
lions went to Hindustan by previ.
GUS agreement: Pakistan will not
seek memberships for itself.
The Old New Delhi constituent
assembly at its last meeting yes
See FLAG RAISED on Page Nina
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TWO MEN KILLED
TWO HOURS APART
BY SAME TRAIN

WHITEV1LLE, Aug. IA. -U.D-
Two persons were killed by the
same train in separate accidents
today, coroner Hugh Nance report
ed.
Nance ordered an inquest into
the death Of Henry Pope of Halls
boro. The coroner said Pope was
apparently asleep on the tracks
about 3 a. m. when he was struck
by the train.
At about the same time Edmund
Weeks, Negro, died at Bolton at
ter being struck by the same train
two hours earlier. Nance said he
thought Weeks was asleep by the
tracks and raised his head when
he heard the approaching train.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
Plane Crash
Probed Here
pun,ors Thick That Craft
Crashed Into Ocean Off
Carolina Beach

.rort. that a plane crashed into
ps.n off Carolina Beach short
~ ,ttsr 9 p. m, last night could
hs verified early today al
no. rumors reached local air
invr and authorities in large num-
p.l, throughout the evening.
0e5 ~. report was that a small
W.. likely a cub trainer. de-
plsn ood motor trouble over the
Velvp1 and plunged into the sea
sssry one and possible two
persons a
.sawed that no planes were miss
,ns from the bases. Police at
rssroIjna Beach and Wrightsville
Roach said they were unable to
,,certsin if g plane had fallen.
Coast guardsmen at the Oak
r,1,nd station said they had no
r.nort Of any plane crash. Coast
a',.rdsnen aboard the USS Men
sots IN port at Wilmington would
neitber deny nor confirm the
rumor.
officials at airports here said
@.v had received several tele-
nbore inquiries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15

NEW YORK, Aug. 14-WD- A
pretty 1e-year-old British girl
walked off the pier here today with
a man on each arm. One was her
wartime CT sweetheart, the other
his best friend who had wooed
her by mail.
Carl Wesch, groundkeeper for
the Brooklyn Dodgers, met Sheila
Hynes in her home town, Web
mouth, England, during the war.
He wrote to her when he return
ed home and urged his best friend
Harold D. Conley to write her
too.
Conley turned out to be quite a
pen-pal. The two exchanged let
tiers and photographs and a few
weeks ago Conley wrote Sheila
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
CHEMICAL COMBINE
HEADS ARRAICNED
Twenty One Officials Ap.
pear Before u. S. Mill
tary Tribunal

NUREMBERG, Germany, Aug.
l+UR-Twenty-one officials Of /.
G. Farbenindustrie, once the
worlds greatest chemical COM
bine, Were arraigned today before
. U. S. military tribunal in a
history-making effort to punish the
nen who arm a nation for agrees
sive war. All pleaded not guilty.
Twenty-four members of I. G..
Tarbenindustrie's board of direc-
tors were indicted, but three could
not appear today. Max Brugge-
mann, secretary OF the board, is
Ill in a hospital in the British zone.
Karl Wurstsr is sick in the French
zone. Carl Lautenschlaeger was
excused from immediate arraign-
ment because his son died last
night.
The opening OF their trial was
set for August II. The presiding
Judge will be Curtiss G. Shake of
Viscennes, Ind. Associate judges
will be Paul M. Herbert Of Baton
R3&ge, La, and James Morris OF
~A..smarck, N. D. Clarence B.
Merren of Indianapolis, Ind, will
be an alternate judge.
Sitting in the dock Of the court
h the Palace Of Justice where the
late Hermann Goering and his
henchmen were tried, the defen-
dants looked like any group of
sffluent businessmen. All were
emphatic when they pleaded not
guilty. Several even said: "Not
guilty under any circumstances"
But despite their facade Of re-
spectability, the Indictment under
See CHEMICAL on Page Nine
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Vulgar Love
Notes Read AT Trial

cause juveniles were in the court
room.
Description Of torrid love scenes.
pledges Of endless fidelity, threats
against each other for unfaithful-'
ness, a vague reference to setting
Sin motions the wheels for our
release" and expressions of con-
fidence that they would be acquit-
ted in the IS m%issives, running to
some 10000 words.
THAI Of the pair on charges of
bludgeoning to death the girls
p%arenst, Financier and Mrs. Wal
ter E. Overell, is in its 18th week.
See TENDER on Page II
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SANTA ANA, Calf, Aug. AZ

SANTA ANA, Calf, Aug. 14-N
Intimate love notes OF two col
lege sweethearts sometimes
tender. sometimes vulgar ex-
changed as they waited in jail for
their trial on murder charges were
submitted today to a jury OF SIX
men and six women.
Louise Overdell, Chubby, IT,
year-old heiress to $500, 900, and
her big, blonde boy friend, George
Gollum, 81, sat stolidly in court
as the jurors scanned the letters
after Superior Judge Kenneth ~:
Morrison ruled that they might not
be read aloud from the stand De-
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English Lass Arrives
To Meet S~weetheart(s)

to come here and sent her a
trim blue suit to wear on the
voyage.
Il said I'd be willing to marry
Harold, if after personal &C
quaintance we seemed suited to
each other" Sheila said. IF
there's to be a wedding, it viii be
in about a month"
But in the meantime Shelia had
a man for each arm.
Conley's mother, reached by
telephone, refused to discuss the
triangle. That's their personal
affair."" she said, adding that
Carl and Harold still + good
friends" She said the three were
going out together tonight.
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They will replace seized and
sunken Italian vessels.
It also said the United States
will release about $50, 600. 900
worth of Italian property froz-
en- In this country.
The department disclosed
that representatives of the two
governments have been dis
cussing for the last three
months a proposed new friend
ship, commerce and naviga-
ton treaty to replace pre-war
agreements. and that further
studies will be held in Rome
this fall.
Claims wiped out by the
United States in a broad soft
ening Of the Italian peace
treaty included $523, 900. 900
Italy owed for civilian supplies
obtained from the U. S. Army,
$305, 900, 900 for u. S. occupa-
cupation costs. and about $751;
ton costs, and about SITS, 00O,-
900 covering many small Ital-
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Costs Hit Peak In june;
STRANGE Pact OF Soldiers Told
zoo POISONED

~WINSTON-SALEM, Aug. A.
R - Police tonight estimated
that between IS and zoo Negroes
attending a Baptist Women's
State convention here suffered
food poisoning this afternoon af-
ter eating salmon salad at a
midday church dinner. The
dinner was served at l p. m.
and the first of several score
became violently i'll about 3 p.
m. Ambulances, taxis and pri-
vate automobiles were pressed
into service to take the i'll to
Kate Biting Reynolds Memoir
ial hospital.
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TOBACCO PRICES
, SHOW DECLINES
Some Leaf Grades Register
Gains On Border
Belt Marts
BY The Associated Press

Prices on most grades were
slightly weaker on tobacco mar
kets of the Border Belt yesterday.
the Federal and State Departments
of Agriculture reported.
The losses ranged from $50 to
81 per hundred but most were in
the 81 to 81 range. A few grades
bucked the trend to register gains
Of from 81 to So.
The agriculture agencies report
ed that the lowest general average
Of the season was registered We'd
nesday when 1903, 730 pounds
brought an average price Of $45. "a.
This was 1924 below the high av-
erage Of $48.8 registered on open
ing day.
Quality of the offerings Thurs
day continued to decline with more
nondescript and common to good
grades and less fine to choice seen
on warehouse floors. Sales were
slightly heavier but all floors were
cleared in the allotted time.
Average prices for a limited
number Of grades Thursday fol-
low:
Leaf: good lemon $50, down ST.;
fair lemon $51, down So.
Cutters: good lemon $50, IN
changed; fair lemon $50, up ST.;
fair orange $57, up 81; low orange
$50, up 81.
Lugs: choice lemon $57. up ST.;
fair lemon $43, down 81; low lemon
$40, down 81; fair orange 500, I'M
changed; low orange $28. unchang-
ed.
Primings: fair lemon $37, down
81; fair orange $33, down 81; low
orange $22, down 81.
Nondescript: best thin $11, down
81,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
The Weather

FORECAST:
t,on1Ith and South Carolina - Partly
Frfsuay with little temperature change
1oor and Saturday; scattered after
thundershowers.
Eastern Standard Time)
NJ 'by U. S. Weather Burcau)
chronological data for the "a hours
ing 49, p. m. yesterday.
-. TEMPERATURES
az. %V a. m. "a; 7:30 a. m. Is; 1880 p. m.
nn. 'W p. m. 81; Maximum 81; Mini
~' II; Mean 70; Normal 70.
,, HUMIDITY
e.. ~ a. m. 80; 7:3O a. m. SO. 1 80 p. m.
10y p. m. IS.
"a4 tor "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
. inches.
inc tosal since the first of the month lis
TIDES FOR TODAY
Niom the Tide Tables published by U.
l. HIGH LOW
NilnnnoaSt and Geodetic Survey.
"ston ------- 8:38 am. 1892 am
Mac 9:18 pm. 3:40 pm.
''0oro Inlet - 60 am. 12:33 am,
s,,, 700 pm. 12:40 pm.
i:l2a' $3.50; Sunset 6:59; MoSnrise
""fs WEATHER On Page Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
GA.-FLA. MARKETS

VALDOSTA, Ca, Aug. 14-(R-
Cutters and Jugs steadied on Geor-
gia-Florida flue-cured tobacco
markets today but most leaf
grades continued to lose ground.
United States Department OF
Agriculture reports showed that
as a whole the market was lower.
as such a large proportion of the
See TOBACCO on Page Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15

CHICAGO, Aug. IA. -U.D- Resi-
oeats OF eastern states from Maine
% virginia sweltered today in their
worst heat wave Of the year.
A cool air mass moved over the
ieorched midwest but the wealth
'fnan said Atlantic coast states
would get no relief from the op-
s'ssslve heat until Friday night or
Saturday.
AZ least is heat deaths were re-
ported in New England, blanketed
Oy temperatures in the COS. There
we're six deaths in Massachusetts,
ave In Maine, two in New Hamp-
sure and three in Vermont.
n hottest spot on the Atlantic
sesooard was Boston, where the
.telcury lowered close to the 100
uegfee mark for the second straight
Zee NATION On Page Seventeen
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NATION SWELTERS
FROM HEAT WAVE
Sixteen Deaths Reported;
Storm RACES Off
Mexican Coast
BULLETIN

DALLAS, Aug. II -P- A
tropical hurricane, with a
velocity which weathermen
said might be near the rec
ord for all time, was just off
He Texas coast at midnight
tEST) tonight and was due to
strike land In Mexico Just be-
low Brownsville, Tex, about
7;4S 3. m. tomorrow.
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See BALKAN on Page Nine
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-07
Capital Comment

capitalized on her water fronts
both on the beaches and lakes.
Why not profit by tn lesson they
have taught us. 1t can be done
without great OUTLAY of money on
the part of Pascagoulians. The
purchasers OF these properties
will do the spending beautifying
TO his or her taste. Now why read
this and that editorial and just
sit down and do nothing about
it. Do what / have done, Throw
another log on the fire and let
US build up a demand for the
qualification of our coastal sec.
tion and reap out reward in he
EXPLANATIONS Of those passing
through ut the beauty and gran
deur of the scenery rs il unfolds
before their eyes.
Your for the most beautiful,
UNCLE HENRY.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-07
Letters To The
Editor

Editor of the Chronical-Star and
Advertiser:
Allow me to congratulate YOU
on your editorial of two weeks
ago. in reference to Preserving
the Beauty of Our Coastal Sec
ton The subject matter is well
worth consideration of every
beauty loving citizen. | consld-
err il a crime against nature to
litter our roadsides with adver-
tisements tackled on trees, paper
boxes and other debris scattered
along the roadside. It is very dis
turbing to see ramshackled build
ings with neon lights and to hear
the bleating of juke boxes. Too
many of our roads and streets
leading into Pascagoula have
hastily thrown up shanties that
give the stranger passing through
an impression of cheapness.
1 am wondering why we can
not form some non-profit club to
bring out the beauty that nature
has endowed us with. l would
like to see much of our water
front from here to Ocean Springs
made available to our friends of
of the northern tiers of counties
for summer homes. Much of this
that is in the wild now could be
made into places of beauty and
comfort. The state of Florida has
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-07
LITTLE BUSINESS

Warsaw-AP Seeking Ia
raise the margin Of employment
in industries not producing goods
of first necessity, the council of
ministers has ordered basic en-
terprises employing up to 100
workers per shift be excluded
from naturalization. Formerly,
industries employing so workers
we're to be nationalized.
Industries affected include
ironcasting works, mechanical re-
pair workshops. perfumes and
cosmetic factories, artistic goods
production, furniture factories
and glass works.