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Marion progress., 1949-01-06
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In addition to the dairy cattle and
the poultry, there are six herds of
beef cattle in Mcdowell with two of
them being large breeding establish
ments from which first-clas Here
fords of the best blood strains can
be obtained.
Mcdowell county farmers are
right on the job. Hal Lawing Of
Glenwood has a flock of 1900 Par
menter Reds. That is, he did have
1900 hens until the other day. Hal
has a contract with the Valdese
Hatchery down in Burke county to
supply first-class Matching eggs. He
gets 80 cents dozen wholesale and
so he tries to keep only those hens
which produce the highest percent
age of eggs constantly throughout
the year. The other day, he decided
that not everyone of those 1900
hens were laying exactly as they
should. He therefore, went into his
laying houses and culled the 1920
down to exactly 1882 hens. The
next day, when he gathered eggs,
the 1882 hens had produced 903
eggs. In other fords, nearly one
hundred per cent of the hens were
laying. Hal says that's the only kind
of hen it pays to keep. If they don't
lay he sells them on the market.
He also milks ten or twelve cows the
year around and, what with his hens
and his cows, he and his family get
along quite we'll. They grow lots of
feed used by the cows and the hens
and so the bi-monthly pay checks are
pretty much all profit.
Marion progress., 1949-01-06
ARMED FORCES

The combined strength of the
armed forces reached a total of
1,582,411 on December 1, accord
ing to James F. Forrestal, Secretary
of Defense. Enlistments and re-
enlistments for the Army, Navy, Ma
rine Corps and Air Force totaled
64,625 during November.
Marion progress., 1949-01-06

In most cases these released acres
are being put to pastures, dairy
COWS, and poultry. Three hundred
acres of new Ladino pasture were
seeded in the county this past fall
to be added to over 200 acres plant
ed last fall. There are three milk
routes running through Mcdowell
and over 100 farm families sell
fresh fluid milk every day. Those
who have been selling the grade
&C" or "shade tree" milk for manu-
featuring purposes are fast convert
ing over to grade ga" milk for
bottling and are getting the better
price Mostly Guernsey and Jersey
cows are favored by the local farm
ers. The dairymen are turning to
alfalfa as hay crop for their cows
and quite a few small trial seedlings
of one acre and above have been
made during the last two or three
years.
odI1 w IllCcS1uC, ooo1oCeAio cSNAAo'
said that Mcdowell has one of the
best dairy calf club foundations in
the State. The local civic clubs, the
Marion Merchants association and
individual businessmen gave $4,000
to help the farm boys and girls of
the county to buy II Jerseys, IL
Guernseys, and one milking short
horn. From these Is original heif-
ers, five calves have been dropped
and four heifers will soon be given
to other boys and girls to keep the
chain growing. The Mcdowell Calf
Club Foundation paid an average OF
S129.34 each for the heifer calves
placed, and Carl says that not one
of the young people now owning
these purebred animals would have
had one had it not been for the
foundation. The calves were placec
in various parts Of the county WITH
selected individuals and each young
person given a salt was pledged te
grow a pasture and other feed sup
plies so that the animal would be
Marion progress., 1949-01-06

Total agricultural exports for the
year are expected to reach "a billion
dollars as compared with 3.9 billions
in 1947.
Marion progress., 1949-01-06
Farm Comments
On Mcdowell County
By F. H. .IETER

The folks are talking corn. mas
lures and dairy cows in the foot
hill counties of North Carolina, lust
as they are in the Piedmont. This
is quickly learned ,in a trip to Nc
Dowell county. All through the CEN
tral part of North Carolina there is
evidence of more small grain than in
many years. There is evidence also
of more newly seeded pastures. es-
tablished on well-prepared land. In
parts of central and foothill Caro-
line, the summer dry spell PLAYED
havoc with average corn yields but
not so in Mcdowell county. Sam l..
Homewood, county agent, says that
the average yield of all field demon
stration tests, last year, with hybrid
corn was 77.43 bushels as compared
with only 1894 bushels for the open
pollinated corn. This was an increase
of 17.49 bushels in favor of hybrid
strains. This season, the h br d
corn yielded 719 bushels an acre
average compared with 49.5 for the
old local varieties. This was Just
about as good as in 1947 and was
an increase of PA bushels per acre
in favor of the hybrid strains
Corn is selling in Mcdowell coun-
ty for $3.50 a bushel and thus the
net profit from the increased yields
runs right at $3.50 an acre. But
the significant thing about using
these better yielding varieties of
corn is that the corn acreage in that
county has dropped from $4,000
acres in 1925 to 5000 acres in 194S.
Back in 1925, the county produced
296,3S0 bushels total, or an aver
age of 21 bushels to the acre Final
figures for this year are not yet
available but, in 1947, the county
produced 100000 bushels total with
an average yield per acre of "a
bushels. In other words, Mcdowell
farmers have reduced their corn
acreage to less than one-half of what
it was back in 1925 but are making
equally as much corn. In the mean
time. they can use this land SO re-
leased for other crops.
Marion progress., 1949-01-06

He has 1000 pounds of excellent
lespedeza seed on hand after having
sold about 1900 pounds. This les
pedeza, by the way, was the second
crop on the land, having followed
29 acres of small grain. Mr.. Morgan
figures he will save enough of the
lespedeza seed to go over all of his
present crop of small grain and then
will sell the balance. He already has
had many inquiries because there
is a shortage of good lespedeza seed
over most of the State this year.
This farmer grows only purebred
stuff. For instance, he grows the
new Letoria oat, so we'll suited to
that section, and he sells nearly all
of his crop as seed for $3.50 a bushel.
Most of his wheat crop, not needed
for bread at home, went to milling
company for $2.40 a bushel. Mr..
Morgan grows the NC T-2O hybrid
corn and says that it averaged 97.o
bushels an acre this year while his
old corn produced only 64.16 BUSH
els an acre. He grows about 20 acres
of the hybrid and it takes from Z II
hours an acre longer in the field to
harvest the old crop than it does the
hybrid. Why 7? The old corn is
higher on the stalk and is just natur-
ally harder to gather, he says. He is
member of McDowelPs 100-bushel
corn club along with some 80 other
adult farmers and Al club men,
bers. He keeps a farm flock of poul-
trv with some extra broilers to sell.
He is member of the County
Triple-A Committee and director
in the newly established artificial
breeding association.
Nor does Mr.. Morgan shy at COM
munity work. The Methodists Of the
Glenwood section will show you with
great pride that fine new rural
church which Mr.. Morgan so greatly
helped to build. 1t is. said to be one
of the incest rural churches in that
part of North Carolina and Mr.. Nor
gan was one Of the moving spirits
in getting it constructed and fur
nished. "We needed a nice place to
Worship" he said.
Marion progress., 1949-01-06

One of the best small farmers in
that section of the State is another
resident of the Glenwood commun-
ity. He is W. E. Morgan who owns
220 acres of good Mcdowell land. l
say he is a small farmer because he
has only SO acres in cultivation but
he operates this with a tractor, a
combine, and all the other mech
naized equipment that goes with
tractor farming Mr.. Morgan grows
corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and al
falfa. The ordinary tobacco farmer
would wonder how in the world he
makes a living from such crops as
these. Well, he sells a few beef ami
mails all along during the year; he
raises and sells dairy cows and hogs,
and much of the food crops grown
are sold in this way. He owns two
fine Poland China brood sows and
there are fifteen pigs out there at
present.
He had At feeder pigs tor sale ana
quickly disposed of everyone to
those who want pig or two to-
fatten for Christmas meat. There
are lots of textile mills, furniture
factories and other small industrial
enterprises scattered over Mcdowell
county and the folks who work
full time in these plants like to
keep a hog to fatten. Mr.. Morgan
knows about this and has capitalized
on it. He has sold over $500 worth
of feedstuffs this season. He even
sold 1925 worth of oat straw that
he raked up after combining his oat
crop last June. He got 88 cents a
bale wholesale for the straw to be
used as stable bedding.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Top u. ). Chiefs Gree
Handy in Frankfurt
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept
2.-Gen. Thomas T. Handy ar
rived here today to succeed Gen
Lucius D. Clay as commander in
chief of the United States Eu-
ropean command.
In his new post, Gen. Handy
heads all the American Army
Navy and Air Force units in Eu-
rope.
This unidcation of command
was emphasized in the colorfu
military reception which greeted
him at Frankfurt's Rhein-Mair
Airport. Honor guards from al
three branches of defense services
we're lined up in smart review al
cannons doomed a 17-gun salute.
John j. McCloy. American mill
tary governor in Germany, joined
military chiefs in welcoming him
With Mr.. McCloy were the heads
of the three defense branches ir
Germany: 1t. Gen. Clarence r
Huebner. commander of the
United States Army in Europe
lit. Gen. John K. Cannon. com.
mander of the United States All
Force in Europe, and Rear Ad-
miraal John Wilkes, commander
of United State naval forces ir
Germany.
Gen. Handy said he did not ex-
pect any reduction in American
forces in Germany "in the imme-
diate future at least"
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Couple in Seogoing Jeep Sail
From Halifax on World Trip

before they we're picked up by q
tanker and taken to Canada.
If they make the Azores on this
trip, Mr.. Carlin and his wife plan
to churn on to North Africa. Then
they hope to drive on land all
the way to Indo-China, taking tc
water again for the Pacific cross
ing.
Mr.. Carlin, former Army major
built little cabin on the amphi-
bious jeep.
The couple equipped it with a
radio, crammed it with food and
chugged out of Halifax harbor at
dawn yesterday. The little craft
is equipped with a sail to take
advantage of any favorable winds
Towed behind are two yellow
painted aircraft gasoline tanks
which will be jettisoned as the
fuel Is used up.
Barring accidents-and this is
the hurricane season in the At
lantic-The Carlins hope to make
the Azores in about three weeks
The little craft travels at three tt
| six knots,
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Navy Club Wins Suit 10 Bar
INFRINGEMENT on Name
By the Associoted Press

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. O.
The Navy Club of the United
States of America is entitled to a
permanent injunction prohibiting
the All-Navy Club of the United
States of America from infring-
ing it's trade name, Federal Judge
John P. Hartigan decided yester-
day.
The Navy Club, with headquar-
ters in Rockford. H., and local
branches in 26 States and the Dis
trict of Columbia, charged in
fringement of copyright, infringe
ment of its trade name and unfair
competition in it's suit.
The All-Navy Club, with its
princiapl Offices in Newport. ar
gued that intentional fraud on
it's part and actual confusion OF
the two names by the public were
absent. and that the plaintiff.
therefore, was not entitled to re-
lief
Evening star., 1949-09-02
36 California Gamers
Agree on Back Pay for
1926 Fired Employees
By fhe Associoted Press

Thirty-six California canning
firms have agreed to pay $205, 900
back wages to 1926 employees In
settlement of long-pending
charges that the workers were
fired Illegally.
The National Labor Relations
Board disclosed the settlement
today in an order directing the
companies to stop encouraging
their employees to become mem
bers of the AFL Teamsters' Union
or discouraging them from join
ing the CIO Food, Tobacco and
Agricultural Workers Union.
Two Elections Set Aside.
A long fight between the rival
unions for the right to represent
approximately $4,000 workers of
the canning firms has been the
basis of the dispute. Two elec-
tions by the workers have been
set aside by the NLRB as incon-
elusive.
A new election has been Or
dered for next Tuesday, at the
height of the canning season. This
balloting will show whether the
workers want to authorize the
teamsters' union to bargain for a
union shop. It also will be an
indirect test of strength of the
AFL and CIO unions.
In today's settlement the COM
panies, without admitting any
violations of the labor law. agreed
to give discharged employees their
jobs back as we'll as making good
their lost pay.
NLRB Accuses Firms.
The discharges came in the
midst of the union rivalry. After
an election was set aside in 1916,
the NLRB ordered the companies
not to recognize either Of the two
unions as bargaining agent until
q new election could be held.
Despite this, the companies en-
tered into a closed shop contract
with the teamsters. Then followed
the discharge of the more than
1900 employees in So plants.
The NLRB charged the firms
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Home Safe Looted Of $500
While Owner Has Niqht Out

Last nights night-clubbing cost
Hulon Jones $500 plus the tabs,
he told police today.
While he and Mrs. Jones, 62l
Otis place NV, were doing some
night spots, he said, safe-crackers
entered the basement of his home,
ripped open a safe and took $500
in change and bills.
Mr.. Jones operates a laundro-
mat.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Seattle Paper Links
Boeing Bomber Move
With Wa||gren Post
by the Associoted Press

SEATTLE, Sept. 2.-The Times
said yesterday that IAN admins
tration plan to force Senate con-
firmation of Mon c. Wallgren as
chairman of the National Security
Resources Board by tying the
Boeing- bomber move into the
NsRB issue became evident to-
day"
The story came from the news
papers Washington correspondent
Alice Frein johnson.
Appointment of the former
Washington Governor and Sena-
tor to the post was blocked when
a Senate committee refused by
one-vote margin to send the con-
firmation issue to the floor. The
appointment later was withdrawn
by President Truman.
Mr.. Wallgren said in recent
interview at Everett. Wash. that
if he had been confirmed for the
board craftsmanship the issue OF
removal of bomber production
from Boeing's Seattle plant to
the Midwest never would have
been raised.
Removal to Wichita Asked.
Several weeks ago an Air Force
spokesman recommended that
bomber production and other fu-
ture weapons now in the planning
stage be moved from Vulnerable
coastal areas to Wichita, Kans.
but no official recommendations
have yet been made on the hot
issue by the armed forces.
The Times correspondent re-
ported:
"A high source disclosed that
President Truman plans to re-
nominate Wallgren for chairman
as soon as Congress goes home,
probably around October /. Such
an appointment would be an in
terim one, requiring Senate con-
firmation when the solons con-
vene again in January. There are,
however. a goodly number of de-
vices for stalling debate on con-
firmation."
Cain in Delicate Position.
One of the Resources Board's S
functions is to advise the Presi-
Evening star., 1949-09-02

with entering into a closed shop
contract with the teamsters while
question of representation rights
was pending, then discharging
nonmembers of the teamsters'
union and otherwise helping the
AFL organization in the union
scrap.
Evening star., 1949-09-02

dent on strategic location of in
dustries.
The correspondent noted that
Senator Cain, Mr.. Wallgren's
Washington State Republican foe
might be on a delicate spot if the
reappointment was made while the
Boeing situation hung in the bal
ance.
It said: "In such an event Cain
would be placed in the embarrass-
ing position of fighting against
Seattle's interest if he attempted
a second time to block Wallgren' S
confirmation by the Senate"
Meanwhile, in Washington De-
fense Secretary Johnson told Sen
ator Cain that the Air Forces
never intended BAT airplane pro-
duction be handled in Seattle S
Boeing plant.
Secretary johnson said in a
signed statement that Boeing at
first advocated Seattle but later
agreed the work should be under
taken in Wichita.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Two D. {. Area Men Held
In Baltimore Burglary
BY the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.-William
BenowitZ. 43, of Washington and
his brother. Samuel of Silver
Spring, yesterday were held in
bail for the grand jury on charges
involving a s1.776 burglary.
Magistrate Julius A. Romano
held them in $4,000 bail each.
The two are accused of stealing
73 suits and other clothing from
William w. Danenberg.
1t. Frank Schmidt said William
Benowitz is on six years proba-
ton from the Pennsylvania State
penitentiary.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Parliament Opening Quiet

HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 2 (F)
The opening of Parliament's fall
session was quiet yesterday, but
Communists demonstrated in the
streets of Helsinki against what
they called police terror" at
Kemi, where two persons died
after police striker clashes Au-
gust 18.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Two Destroyer Escorts
Collide in Muneuvers
By the Associoted Press

KEY WEST, Fla, Sept. 2.-Twc
Navy destroyer escorts collided
about Is miles at sea late Wed
nesday while on training maneu-
vers, it was announced injured.
The vessels were the Willie and
the Robinson. The Robinson has
large cash in the bow.
Both vessels returned to the
Key West naval station for re-
pairs.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Pastor Accepts Norfolk Call

ORANGE, Va, Sept. 2 (P.-
The Rev. Stuart Grizzard, pastor
of Orange Baptist Church. sub
mitted his resignation at a con-
gregational meeting to accept a
call to the First Baptist Church
of Norfolk, effective October 16.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
By the Assoeioted Press

HALIFAX, N. S., Sept. "A
little seagoing jeep bobbed off into
the foggy Atlantic yesterday car
rying a young couple who want
to cruise around the world the
hard way.
First goal for Ben Carlin, 81
year old Australian exsoldier, and
his pretty Boston born wife was
the Azores-2,000 miles, and at
least three weeks away.
They are the captain and crew
of the 24-foot amphibious jeep
they bought from war surplus
stocks. The Carlins dubbed the
little amphibian "The Half-Safe'
and friends think they were
overly optimistic in picking the
name.
The Carlins first set out to
cross the Atlantic in THE Half
Safe" last summer. But seven
days out of New York an engine
bearing broke and they drifted in
the tossing waves for 10 days
Evening star., 1949-09-02

A baby elephant weighs from
$50 to 200 pounds at birth, max
ing it the worlds biggest blessed
event.
Evening star., 1949-12-05

skins, with Sammy Baugh at the
throttle after Harry Gilmer was
injured, swept 81, 81 and 46 yards
for touchdowns. and added three
field goals by Dick Poillon, with
welcome display of deception
and precision. Two additional
scoring chances came to grief on
the Is and 7 yard stripes.
Sandifer Sets Up Tally.
Dan Sandifer's 41-yard punt
return to the Packer 81 set up
the Redskins first touchdown
which was almost wholly Baugh-
Ed Quirk production. Quirk bulled
over from the one-foot line at the
start of the second period after
taking a 16-yard pass from Baugh
to get within range.
Baugh, himself, scampered eight
yards for the second early in the
third period after finding no pass
receiver open. The third six
pointer followed Al Demao's inter-
ception of jug Girard's pass on
the Packer 46 and was made on
one-foot line buck by John
Henry Hollar.
Poillon, meanwhile. had booted
a 29-yard field goal and another
from the 81-yArd mark in the
second quarter to give the Skins
a 1870 lead at the half. His final
three pointer. . 21-yard job, fol-
lowed Rob Goodies pass inter-
ception late In the third period.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Caps Battling Stags
Following Defeat
AT Fort Wayne
Spseiol Dispatch 10 The Star

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-Washing-
toms Capitols checked in here to-
day to await tomorrow nights Ma
tional Basket Ball Association
game with the Chicago Stays, fol-
lowing last nights 68-72 defeat
by the Pistons in Fort Wayne, Ind.
They move on to Minneapolis
to oppose the Lakers Wednesday
night before returning to Uline
Arena at Washington against Fort
Wayne Saturday night.
The Caps and Stays are even
after two meetings. Chicago de-
feated Washington in the opening
game of a Madison Square Gar
den double header, but lost re-
turn engagement in Washington.
The Capitols moved into a 1918
f1rst-quarter lead last night. but
were trailing at half time, 1884,
and at the end of the third period,
59-43. The Washingtonians ral-
lied in the stretch, forging to
within a 1864 score with 2 min
utes and Is seconds remaining,
but were unable to, overhaul the
Pistons. A crowd of $500 saw
the game,
Evening star., 1949-12-05

which make a profit IN a season.
Calumet is one. 1t has developed
into virtually q habit for Wright,
75-year-old master Of Calumet, to
reign as either the leading owner
or breeder, or both.
For a major turf establishment
to make money in a season these
days it requires horse earnings OF
close to half-million dollars.
Back in 1885 Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt topped all owners with
$3O3,605 thanks chiefly to his
grand horse discovery.
Asked how he made out with his
extensive racing and breeding oper-
ations for the season, Vanderbilt
replied, II just about broke even"
It costs considerably more now
to operate on a grand scale with
maintenance of q huge farm, over
head, taxes, veterinary and black
smith care, insurance, extensive
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Basket Ball
Continued From Page A-15)

Joe Della Rata at forwards, Jim
Balint at center and Bill and
Herb Sondericker, a brother COM
at guards. Della Rata
and Sondericker are freshmen.
The Cards will be comparatively
short. with sBalint at 6-31a the
tallest player on the team, but
they're going to be fast. Losty
was one of the Districts leading
scorers last year with 235 points.
Georgetown starts busy week
and a busy season. The Hoyas
meet American University Wednes-
day night at Uline Arena and on
Friday of this week play their
annual game against New York
A. c. on the New York court.
The Hoyas' principal loss from
last year was Ray Corley. who is
having a fine freshman season
with the NBA leading Syracuse
Nationals. O'Grady has Tommy
O'Keefe back, along with John
Brown, Frank Alagia, and Dick
Falvey, who were used more or
less as regulars last season. John
Mazziotta will see more action this
season and the Hoyas' only new
player Of promise is John Morris.
A. U. Coach Away Temporarily.
Making his coaching debut aft
er several seasons in the pro
league, O'Grady will be the Hoyas'
first graduate coach since Fred
Mesmer.
American U. Coach Staff Cas-
sell was called to Norristown, N. j.,
yesterday. due to the death of his
mother law, and thus the Ea-
giles will be in Assistant Coach
Dutch Schulze's hands until Cas-
sells expected return late We'd
nesday, just before the George
town game.
Tomorrow night the A. U. stu
dents have a pep rally scheduled
in front of Mary Graydon Hall
at $50.
Evening star., 1949-12-05

ability of it's owner to engage
frst-class subordinates, acquire
first-class blood stock and the
inheritance of one of the best
farms in Kuntucky Uexington). ;"
Sound judgment in the acqui-
sition and breeding of that blood
stock paid off. The right stations.
the right broodmares, the right
matings. the right farm manag-
ment, the right trainers.
It required more than luck or
money to give racing such head
line horses as Citation, only run
ner in 80 years to be compared
seriously with the immortal Man
O. War; Whirlaway. Armed. Coal
town, Powder. Twilight Tear, Be-
witch, Pensive, Sun Again, Ferv-
ent. Faultless. Nellie Flag, ct al.
Money alone cannot produce
topnotch horses. Many big stables
with the wherewithal to invest In
the best have gone years without
a standout racer. In addition to
breeding their own, these stables
spend thousands of dollars at the
yearling sales.
Eut the yearling sales books are
filed with fabulous failures; bud
ding racers with royal breeding
and beautirful conformation who
never es-neo enough to pay for
their oats.
There are enough fingers on one
hand for counting the big stables