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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-29
CITIES:'
Increase in Size

Los Angeles, brunt Of many
jokes for it's ever-expanding city
limits, is not the only American
city which is increasing in size.
In fact. American cities are get
ting bigger all the time, with 298
communities extending their boun-
daries in 1947 for a new all-time
record, according to the Interna-
tional City Managers association.
The rush to keep up with urban
expansion marked a IS per cent
increase over 1916, when 259 cities
annexed new territory. Most cities
seek to annex suburban land to
solve their population problems.
'Cities want outlying territory
to equalize local tax rates and to
provide uniform public services"
according to the. association.
Suburbs, however, usually resist
annexation on the grounds that it
may mean higher tax rates.
Dallas led the field of mushroom
ing cities in 1947 by adding GAIT
acres. New Braunfels, Tex, ranked
second with $500 acres. Other lead
ers included Pine Bluff. Ark, with
5000; Rapid City, S. D., 1000;
Staunton, Va. $3.50; Martinsville,
Va, 5000; Portsmouth, Va, 1888:
Greensville, S. c.. and Beckley, w.
Va, 1850 each.
The trend toward expanding city
limits has been under way since
1885.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-29
Civil Rights

After seven days of wrangling, a
platform pledging the Democratic
party more specifically than ever
before to work for basic constitu-
tional civil rights was adopted after
floor fight which proved rather
tame in view of the anticipated
knock-down, drag-out battle.
The platform calls on congress
to support guarantees Of:
The right of full and equal po-
litical participation" meaning
anti-poll tax legislation.
''The right to equal opportunity
of employment another way of
promising fair employment prac-
tees act.
''The right of security of person"
meaning federal anti-lynch
law.
1.-The right Of equal treatment in
the service and defense of our ma
tion'-meaning the end of segrega-
ton in the armed forces.
The long-heralded southern re-
volt, however, failed to develop
into the Dixie-wide proportions
predicted. Only Mississippi's %
delegates and 13 of Alabama's 26
stalked out of the convention in
protest against President Truman's
nomination and adoption of the
strong civil rights plank.
However. 1853 remaining southern
delegates registered that areas
protest by voting for the presiden-
tial nomination of Sen. Richard B.
Russell of Georgia. Size of the pro-
test vote indicated the Democratic
party still has problem on its
hands in the South.
Call to Action
In his sensational call for the
special session, Mr.. Truman ex-
planned that "my duty as Presi-
dent requires that I use every
means within my power to get the
laws the people need on such i'm
portant matters"
He laced into the 8Oth congress
with both fists for failure to pro-
vide housing, price control, ma
tional health and education aid and
other laws, which he termed ''im-
'perative.
He specifically called for action
on:
!. Measures to control imitation
and halt rising prices.
2. Measures to lower housing
prices, including the Taft Ellender-
Wagner bill, which died in the
house after senate passage.
3. Aid to education, which also
died in the last session of congress.
4. A national health program.
5. Civil rights legislation.
g. Increase of the basic minimum
wage under the wage and hour act.
z. Extension of social security
coverage and increased social Sc
curity benefits.
8. Development Of new projects
to provide public power and cheap
electricity.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-29

The convention, perhaps the
most bitterly divided since 1860
and 1924, ended with a political ex-
plosion detonated by the quiet man
from Independence, Mo. The ex-
plosion startled even the regular
members of his own party who had
engineered the nomination of Mr.
Truman to the presidency.
The Democrats pinned their No.
vember election hopes on ticket
of Harry S. Truman and Alben w.
Barley. It was the 64-year-old
modest, low-voiced former senator
from Missouri, who had succeeded
to the office upon the death of
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1915, for
the presidency. And it was the TO
year-old, soft-speaking. compromis-
ing senator from Paducah, KY, for
the vice presidency.
The party had been ripped by in
fighting between northern progress
sives and southern conservatives
over the issue of equal civil rights
for Negroes. One-half of the Ala
bama delegation-13 of the 26
votes-and the entire Mississippi
delegation of q had stormed out
of the convention amid boos, cheers
and great pushing and showing.
This was the high point of the
widely-heralded southern revolt, al
though rump convention was
called to meet in Birmingham,
Ala.
Discord Flares
Discord prevailed long before
the 1896 delegates from the 48
states and territories gathered in
sitting, steaming Philadelphia for
the quadrennial convention.
Dissident factions of the party
rallied behind concerted drive to
draft Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
as the party's standard bearer.
Ike" however, removed himself
from the race with his third and
final insistence that he would not
accept the nomination"
The day after the Eisenhower
boom collapsed, the New Deal eff
forts to oppose Mr.. Truman with
Supreme Court Justice William O.
Douglas also blew up. Douglas,
whom the President had wanted
for his running mate, fatty refused
to be considered and also knocked
himself out of the vice presidential
running.
After Douglas declined to enter
the presidential race, Senator
Pepper Of Florida announced his
candidacy with the backing of the
New Deal wing, but his bid was
not considered very seriously.
The drive to nominate Barley,
veteran senator and present SEN
ate minority leader, met with little
opposition. It was spanked by his
fighting keynote speech, in which
he lashed at the Republican party
and the GOP-controlled 80th con-
gress. He said the Democratic
party's record is a series Of meas
ures to bring recovery and pros.
perity to America and ito make
democracy live and work tor the
American people"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-29
CROPS:
Record Output

Barring major crop disaster,
the nation will harvest another
bumper crop this year, with indi-
cations pointing to a general crop
production which may surpass that
of the outstanding year of 1912 and
the record set in 1916.
Acreage in crops is among the
largest in recent years and yield
prospects are good for most crops,
agriculture department spokesman
said, on the basis of July ! condi-
tons.
An all-time record corn crop Of
1898, $4,000 bushels was forecast
although corn, the largest feed
crop, still faces such hazards as a
dry, hot August or an early frost.
Previous record was 1921, 1927, 600
bushels in 1916.
The wheat crop prospect of 1,241,-
Isl, 900 bushels represents gain of
4 per cent from earlier forecasts.
If that amount is harvested, it
Will rank as the second largest
crop in history.
Rice will set new acreage rec
ord and nearly equal last years
record output. Oats and barley will
be well above average crops. Cot
ton acreage is 10 per cent larger
than in 1947.
Bumper crop prospects are not
expected to mean any immediate
increase in meat supplies or any
noticeable decrease in meat prices
but the record harvest should mean
larger meat supplies in the future.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-29
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Triumphant Truman Accepts Democratic Nomination.
Calls Special Session; Barley Named Running Mate

EDITORS NOTE - When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily OF
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-29
BY BILL SCHOENTGEN
WNU Staff Writer

IQey 1OUYlQ out on the SLSdIIl1uS
Wednesday when their political
show slammed through to smash
ing, triumphant finish.
Harry Truman told them so,
after the enterprising liberal forces
Of the party had spent all that
Wednesday in the 105-degree heat
Of convention hall proving it be-
yond any doubt.
It looked like the Democratic
party might have been completely
revitalized in IL tense hours on
that last day of the convention,
ending period during which the
Democrats morale and will to win
slowly had been ossifying.
The rehabilitation came as a re-
suit Of two potent factors which
actually could be reduced to one
President Truman's influence.
In the first place, in adopting the
strong, positive civil rights plank
in the platform the party not only
repudiated the idea and spirit of
reaction but also dealt an extremely
sharp and real slap to the hands
Of the southern wing which had
tried, at times almost savagely, to
produce cleavage within the
party.
That action, closely followed by
the nomination of President Tru-
70 fNr ~ u
nomination of Sen. Alben Barley
Of Kentucky by reclamation for the
vice-presidential spot on the ticket
added another solid timber to the
structure that the liberal elements
OF the party were fighting so hard
to build.
Those developments were, in
themselves, a complete and VIC
torious proof that the Democrats
this year intended to bring them
selves before the American public
as a responsible, cohesive party
that would be striving for nothing
less than total victory in the No
vernber election.
But it remained for President
Truman to give the whole affair
a significance that could not be
ignored.
His acceptance speech was con-
siderably more than virtually any
one had expected Of him. 1t was,
in many ways, political master
piece, sparkling with fire and light,
which embodied a measured denun-
citation Of the Republican party and
the Republican Both congress,
coupled with a historic challenge
to that congress to bear out the
promises contained in the COP
campaign platform.
With that address, and particular
ly with the announcement that he
would call congress into special
session, Mr.. Truman not only raised
the roof of convention hall but it
appeared that he might have
raised the Democratic party up
from probable defeat by it's very
bootstraps.
If the Democrats could maintain
the. torrid pace set for them at
their convention, the Republican
party would have a lot of tough,
vital competition in the political
campaign this year.
Fighting Finish
It was a far cry from a love
fest as the Democratic clans,
feuding for many months, met in
the City Of Brotherly Love for
their 30th national convention.
After three days of strife and
pickering, the conclave came to a
close as fighting President Tru-
man triunphantly accepted his
party's nomination for the presi-
dency and then rocked Democrats
and Republicans alike with an in
slant summons to the Goth congress
to return tor . special session
July 10,
Evening star., 1948-08-22

"a group varies from 18 heavy
bombers to rs fighters.) 1t will add
eight bomber and three fighter
groups by next July. Doing that
will require II new airbases and
perhaps three new training bases.
At least one new bomber group
will be composed of B-36s and at
least one will be made up of B-50s
In making up new groups, veteran
squadrons now in groups will be
mixed with the newcomers.
The picture on the industry side
is like this:
Aircraft plants reached their
lowest point since VI Day with a
total of 10000 employees in May.
The upswing started in June, when
employment reached 100000 or
about 10 per cent of the wartime
peak.
Engine plants reached their post
war low in February with $4,000
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Air Power Revival
Gets Under Way, but
Results Will Be Slow
By jones J. Strebiq
A..oeiosed Press Aviotion Reporter


The air power revival program is
rolling on the runway, but it will
be some time before the public can
see it in fight.
The reason is that such a vast
endeavor as expansion of military
aviation is complicated and slow
moving process.
What has happened thus far was
planned long before Congress voted
approximately $1,000 ,000,0 900 in May
for Air Force and Navy planes. 1t
is based almost entirely on the funds
that were voted for the fiscal year
which ended June 80.
The planes which will be bought
with the money appropriated in May
will not begin rolling out of factories
until next year. And they will be
hammering rfvets into some of them
three years hence.
Here are few important facts
on air power rebirth:
Congress did not enact 70-group
Air Force bill. It did not enact a
bill for long-range aircraft purchase
planning. 1t did not enact q bill
intended to help develop new mill
tary transport planes. All three
bills died in the rush to adjourn.
About all it did with respect to a
70-group air force was enact a So
1873, 100000 appropriation bill to buy
planes.
However, a lot of steps related to
the expansion of military air power
have taken place, although at the
moment the Air Force is limited
by available funds to the 66-group
phase of the 70-group program.
Here is what has happened in
recent months:
The Air Force has reactivated four
air bases-at Sherman, Tex; To-
peka, Kans.; Waco, Tex, and Enid,
Okla. 1t also has withdrawn three
from surplus which means they
will be reactivated soon. These are
at Phoenix, Ariz.; Greenville, Miss,
and Wichita Falls, Tex.
Air Force personnel totaled about
100000 when the big money bill was
adopted. 1t now has reached 400;-
600, and by next July l should be
at 444, 500. A 70-group Air Force
would call for 502, 1000 men.
The Air Force has not increased
its total of aircraft owned in recent
months, but has gradually raised
the number in service by Withdraw
ing a few from storage each week.
The Air Force now has IS groups.
Evening star., 1948-08-22

employees. BY June they had climbed
to 34.700 workers.
The industry produced 1,l06 mill
tary planes in the first six months,
compared with $50 in the same
period Of 1947. June was the high
month, with 227. July production
fell of, but figures are not available.
Estimate for the year Is around
2,l0D planes. That compares with a
peak Of 5000 warplanes in 1874.
The rising tempo which will be
translated into higher plane pro-
duction next year, coupled with a
Government policy of dispensing
military plants when. possible, Is
shown in several recent moves.
Chance Vought division of United
Aircraft is moving from Stratford,
Conn, to a plant near Dallas, Tex,
used by North American Aviation
Corp. during the war. Chance
Vought builds Navy fighters.
North American Aviation, with
contracts for jet bombers and
fighters and a training plane, is TAX
ing over the plant at Long Beach,
Calf, where Douglas built military
transports, and the Consolidated
Vultee plant at Downing, Calif. :,
where trainers were built.
Nortrop Aircraft, Inc, will move
production of its jet-powered flying
wing B-49 to Fort Worth, Tex, as
soon as Consolidated Vultee COM
pletes its contract for B-36s.
Boeing is reopening much of its
huge plant at Wichita, Kans., for
the modification of B-29 and B-50
bombers.
Emerson Electric is reopening its
Evening star., 1948-08-22

aircraft gun turret pant near st.
Louis.
Westinghouse will build Its Jet
engines, developed at Philadelphia,
in former piston engine plant at
Kansas City. Mo. General Electric
will build jet engines, developed at
Lynn, Mass, and Schenectady, N. Y,
in former piston engine plant near
Cincinnati, Ohio.
There was no jet engine produc-
ton during World War II. The
bulk of production thus far has
been in the Allison plant at In
dianapolis. Since the jet is new
type, the military has an oppor-
tunity to avoid the geographic con-
centration which marked the pre-
war development Of aircraft and
engine production.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
FARM
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

Question: Give me some adj
vice on covering my tobacco
plant bed.
Answer: Cloth with about "a
x % threads per inch IS best
If the cloth is boiled Tor 81
minutes between seasons, 1t may
be used a number of times.
The bed may be covered
lightly with uniform appillca.-
ton of well-threshed wheat
straw, about Is to 20 pounds
per 100 square yards. Heavy
applications of straw are not
desired. The straw is never re-
moved from the bed and the
canvas is placed directly on
the straw and pegged to the
ground around the edges: The
straw acts as a mulch and keeps
the cloth from sticking to the
ground after rains.
If the sides are to be boxed
in with boards or poles, a good
insect tight job should be done.
Otherwise, there seems to be
little justification for the cost
of the boards and this opera
ton. The dirt can be packed
against the boards or poles to
aid in making light the sides.
The side boards should not be
higher than 6 to 8 inches.
For permanent bed locations,
growers, may prefer concrete
blocks or some other such ma
terial. Where permanent sites
are established, beds should be
wide enough and open at the
ends to permit the use Of disc
and other equipment.
Wickets or sticks made from
hardwood switches may be stuck
in the ground here and there
over the bed. Bottles or tin cans
may be inverted or capped over
stakes driven into the ground.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
INCONVENIENCE

In announcing that the Columbus County
Triple-A office no longer will be open on Satur-
days, the Triple-A committee expressed the hope
that the new hours of 8:15 a. m. to Sis p M,
Mondays through Friday, will not inconvenience
the farmers of the county.
We doubt if the hopes of the committee will
do much to alleviate the inconvenience OF the
farmer.
Saturday is the traditional day for the farm
er and working man to get to town and there
is little doubt in our mind that the farmer will
be Inconvenience by the AAA office being
closed Saturdays.
If the government is going to require farmers
to make trips to town to fill out forms and re-
ports and confer with agricultural offices, the
least it can do is to provide office hours more
convenient for the farmer.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
Letters To The
Editor

Tabor City Tribune
Tabor City, N. c.
Dear Sirs:
Please find $500 for a sub
scription to the Tribune.
am originally from Tabor
City, although l haven't lived
there for IL years. L certainly look
forward to receiving the paper
every week in order that l may
keep up with the news of our
little city.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Cecile Lyon
Salisbury, N. G.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
YOU'RE TELLING NE!
BY WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

A SEATTLE TAXI DRIVER
has just won the worlds eating
championship by downing 1872
clans in 10 minutes. What the
man at the next desk wants to
know is-how much did they
cost him?
!!
Eating champs used to do
their stuff with sirioin steaks.
But that sport became far too
expensive.
/!
The sulpins slodioters then
switched 10 ssss-frisd or hard
boiled. Bot this. too. hos become
q millionoire's posfine.
!
Then. there were milk drink
ing athletes but these lads. too.
seem to have gone into tenn
porary retirement. the tactical
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05

fluid having attained near-cham-
payne costs in many quarters.
We don't know what the cur
rent quotations on pancakes
may be but there has been a
noticeable dearth recently of
fapjack tournaments.
!
Our town once Boosted the re-
sionol douehnvi destroyer cham.
pion-but this wos back in the
days when they were q dime q
dozen.
The Seattle taxi cab drivers
ratio OF clam devourlnS. Incl
dentally. was at the rate of one
every f0ur-and-nn half seconds
That's by our tahulatl0n and
not by the cahhy's meter
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
cABBAGE.HEAD.LINER!

Want a money saver that's full of
flavor? Line I Of. casserole with
2 cups Of shredded cabbage; add l
cup Of tomato Juice and a / lb. can
Of tasty ANN PAGE BEANS
from the A&P, and bake in a hot
oven, 40o'F., so to 80 minutes. 4
ssrvinga P.S. II you're not observ-
ing Lent. place 2 Of 5 bacon slices
over bans saf..e baking.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
RETURNS FROM
HOSPITAL.

Friends Of II. Dewey Stevens
will be pleased TO know that he
has returned from the hospital
in Mullins where he was taken
some time ago for an Observa-
ton following 4 sudden illness.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
GIVE US NOTICE

The Tabor City town board moved up the
hour of it's monthly meeting Tuesday and con-
vened Tuesday morning instead of at night as
usual.
So far as we know no one but members of the
board had advance notice of the meeting.
To our way of thinking no meeting Of such
a body should be changed or held without ade-
quate public notice.
Not that many citizens will avail themselves
of the opportunity of attending, but they'll at
least have the chance.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
RED SPRINGS
WEEK END VISITOR

Miss Trudy Clark visited
friends in Red Springs this
past week end. Miss Clark IS
a graduate Of Flora Mcdonald
College in Red Springs.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
SUNDAY GUESTS
FROM CONWAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Carroll had
as their guests Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. John S. Gore Of Conway
and Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Cooke of
Burlington.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
BUSINESS VISITOR
IN WILMINGTON

H. P. HARRISON, city water
superintendent, was a business
visitor in Wilmington Monday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
RICHARDSON'S VISIT
IN TABOR CITY

d. and Mrs. George Richard
son Of Florence were dinner
guests in the home Of Mesdames
Cricket and Letha Butler.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
MRS. WATSON RETURNS
TO HOME IN MULLINS

Mrs. G. ". Watson returned to
her home in Mullins after a visit
here with her daughter, Mrs. Doc
Bruton.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
LOVES GUESTS
OF MRS. BUTLER

Mrs. Lester Lowe and son,
Robert, of Chadbourn visited
Mrs. loves parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. Nj. Carroll ST. on Mon
day.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
GUESTS FROM
WILMINGTON

Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. McCor-
mick had as their recent week
end guests Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
VESSEL of Wilmington.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05

Chewing tobacco production in
l947 is estimated at 96 million
pounds, about II million below
1916.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
SUNDAY GUESTS
OF THE WRIGHTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Norwood Young
and daughters, Jackie and Doris,
of Aynor, were the Sunday guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Wright.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
FOWLERS HAVE
SUNDAY VISITORS

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hewitt
and children, Judith Ann, Linda,
and Rodney, of Wilmington were
Sunday visitors OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas Fowler.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
MR.. PRINCE STILL
IN HOSPITAL

w. H. Prince continues i'll at
the James Walker Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
SUNDAY VISITORS
FROM FLORENCE

DR.. and Mrs. George Rich
ardson of Florence, S. c., were
the week end guests Of Mrs.
Letha Butler.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
MISS HARDEE
cry

Miss Lorena Hardee is i'll at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Doc
Bruton, where she lives, with a
throat infection. Miss Hardee is
associated with Leona's Beauty
Shoppe.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
VISIT IN
WILMINGTON

Mrs. Rosa Garrell and Mrs.
B. A. Carroll were visitors in
Wilmington Friday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
MRS. SPIVEY
HAS OPERATION

/ Mrs. Jack Spivey is a patient
in St. Eugene hospital, Dillon,
S. c., where she underwent an
| operation Monday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
MRS. LEWIS
IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. j. l.. Lewis was admit
ted to Duke Hospital Sunday
for treatment.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05

r. CAM and 2 tbsps. margarine.
Place in IL at. casserole; cover
and bake in moderate oven, $50 F.,
about so minutes. Serves A to S.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-05
SPEND WEEK END
AT CRESCENT BEACH

Dr.. and Mrs. S. J. Potts and
family spent the week end at
their Crescent beach home.