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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09

cember. through the cooperation
OF the press and radio of North
Carolina. the Department OF Motor
Vehicles will keep the public, and
particularly the motorists, advised
about various phases of the law
up to the hour enforcement begins.
Commissioner Scheidt's address
Will originate through the facilities
OF Station WPTF in Raleigh. and
will be heard over other stations
throughout the state. It will be
entitled Safety and Security On
our Highways" In view of earlier
commitments, all stations may not
be able to broadcast it simultane-
ously and it was suggested that
those desiring to hear it consult
the daily radio programs in their
local newspapers on Tuesday
morning and afternoon.
The new law, which was enact
ed by the last session of the legis-
iature. requires the automatic sus-
pension OF a drivers license if he
Is involved in a traffic accident
and fails to furnish satisfactory
proof of his ability to meet dam
age claims up to 1000. Com
missioner Scheidt will explain the
conditions and circumstances I'M
der which this can happen and
also information as to how it can
be avoided.
Forty-three other states have
enacted the same type of law.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09
Two Local Men
Hold YamV Variety
Demonstration

Four Sweet Potato Variety Dem
onstrations were conducted this
year with Mr.. Joe Edmunds, Ri
2, Chadbourn; Mr.. w. B. Buffkin
Ri. 4, Whiteville: Mr.. Ralph Spiv-
ey. Rt. 1, Tabor City; and Mr.. A.
L. Wright. Rt. 1, Tabor City. These
demonstrations were conducted in
cooperation with Mr.. Dan Pope
of the North Carolina Experiment
Station. Seven varieties were test
ed along with several seedlings
The following is a report on the
variety tests:
Kandee, 1892 BIS. U. S. No. /,
1874 bs. culls, Jumbos and Etc,
Total Yield 1895 BIS.
GoldruSh, 247.9 BIS. U. S. No. |,
1872 BIS. culls, Jumbos and Etc,
Total Yield 1851.
Sunnysidc, 1921 BIS. U. S. No. l,
1867 bS. culls Jumbos and Etc.
Total Yield 1908 BIS.
All Gold, 1853 BIS. U. S. No. l..
208.4 BIS. cullS, Jumbos and Etc.
Total Yield 3843 BIS.
Early Port, 1866 bs. U. S. No. |
1881 bs. culls, JumboS and Etc.
Total Yield 294.7 BIS.
Porto Rico, 1897 BIS. U. S. No. |
1894 BIS. culls, JumboS and Etc.
Total Yield 1871 BIS.
Virginian, 1873 BIS. u. 5. No. l
1927 BIS. cullS, JumboS and Etc.
Total Yield 220.0.
The Kandee. SunnySide. Early
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09
Dinner Party
GiUen Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Collin w. Hucks
entertained with a dinner party
at their home here Saturday eve
ming.
Fall flowers were used in the
decorations for the occasion.
The table was overland with a
white linen cloth and conferred
with an arrangement of fruit in
the Thanksgiving motif.
Covers were laid for Mr.. and
Mrs. Hucks, Mrs. Ruth Stevens
and son, Lloyd, and Mr.. and Mrs,
David Mobiles and son Pat, all OF
Conway.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09

Miss Martha HARRISON left
Thursday for Lexington, Ky.
where she will be associated with
the tobacco market. She has been
on the Danville, Va. market since
the local market closed.
Audrey Jolly who is associated
with the Mcbane tobacco market
spent the holidays here with his
family
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Coleman and
family are returning to Boone this
week for the tobacco season after
spending the Holidays here.
Mrs. Fred Townsend and son.
Freddy, and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Ellis of Wyoming, Della. spent the
holidays here in the home Of Mrs
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09
By-Weekly Club
Entertained Here

Mrs. w. Horace Carter enter
tanned the By-Weekly Bridge Club
at her home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. James Brice and Mrs. Wayne
Baxte~ received the high and
travelling awards respectively.
Mrs. Carter served fruit cake
and coffee during the evening to
Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs.
Fred M. Jernigan, Mrs. Ebert
Shelley, Mrs. Leon Fonvielle, Mrs.
T. M. Cannon, and Mrs. Harry
Bryant.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09

farmers for feed items declined
slightly during the month ended
October IS.
In the North Carolina noun
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09

Prices paid by North Carolina
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09

talns, debris burners. smokers in cause SO per
cendiarists, hunters and campers fires
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09

Letha Butler Mrs. Ellis is the for
mer Thelma Lou Townsend.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Runway Tests Prove
Gasoline 5031 Better
Than in 1925
Priced the same as it was then,
z gallons now do work Of 3

Dramatic automobile tests at New York International
Airport Idlewild prove that gallons of todays gaso-
line do the work gallons did in 1925.
Today gasoline, these show is worth SO percent
by every of automobile performance and
economy-even taking into consideration the great i'm
Provement of engines and designs To make results
even remarkable todays gasoline still costs about
the gasoline did in lo25-only taxes are higher
In the period the price of things you buy has
gone up sharply.
This increase in gasoline quality has been the direct
result of constant competition in every branch of the oil
industry Every day, omen try to win your business by
doing their iOhs bestcE, fasaer, none elirienlly
That's why you get the finest oil products at the worlds
lowest prices And this just way you benefit from
the American system of free competition where privately
managed oil companies have a chance to earn profit
while serving you-
For free booklet about the improvements in todays
gasoline, "2=3," write to the Oil Industry Informa
tion Committee, American Petroleum Institute Box 53
SO West 5oth St, New York 20, NY
Evening star., 1953-10-05

bate jobs to come to Washing
ton to work for the Govern
ment."
To Reopen School.
Mr.. Blattenberger said he plans
to reopen the GPO'S apprentice
school as soon as possible. He
announced he had found it pos
sible to reduce overhead expendi-
lures for the next year by more
than 1882, 900.
He said he has been faced
with the necessity of making de-
motions and reductions in force
with the subsequent hardships
and unpleasantness." But he ex-
planned he intends to save every
penny he possibly can in oper-
ating the agency.
Another speaker at the meet
ing was Undersecretary of Com
merce Walter Williams. He said
that there are bound to be ups
and downs in the economy. He
advised the printers not to allow
themselves to be pushed Off
base by any single facet of the
economy picture" which they
may happen to see on a par
ticular day.
Attendance at the convention
is estimated at $500.
The opening session heard an
address by John M. Wolff of
st. Louis, president of the or
ganization.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Latin Ambassadors Greet
President at Start of Tour

President Eisenhower today
told a group of Junior Ambas-
sadorS" from a number of Latin
American coutries that he hoped
they would do their part to fos-
ter the good neighbor spirit in
the Americas when they go back
home.
The youngsters, who come
from Panama, Ecuador. Colon
bia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and
Argentina, came to the White
House with John M. Cabot, As
sistant Secretary of State for
Inter-American Affairs, who
served as their interpreter.
II hope that when you go
back to your own countries, you
will feel that all American
countries are a family, one to
another. and that you will help
to promote this feeling" Gen.
Eisenhower said. THE Ameri-
cas- have got to show the rest
of the world how friends and
neighbors can act" he said.
Gets Cattle Rope.
The young visitors gave the
President a number of gifts re-
presenting the crafts of their
countries. Gen. Eisenhower
particularly was interested in
Evening star., 1953-10-05

a rope weighted with wooden
balls which the cowboys of the
Argentine use to trip cattle in
stead Of lassoing them.
The youths are guests of Pan
American-Grace Airways. which
is now celebrating its first quar-
ter century of air service.
The Junior ambassadors" ar
rived yesterday at Washington
National Airport and were greet
ed by State Department officials
and officials of their countries
Embassies.
Press Club Lunch.
Following their visit with Gen.
Eisenhower, the youths attended
a luncheon at the National Press
Club.
Tomorrow the group will go
sightseeing, attend a luncheon at
the Pentagon and be guests at a
tea dance and reception at the
Pan American Union.
Wednesday the visitors will
leave for a plane trip thai will
include stops at New York, De-
troit, Chicago, Denver, San
Francisco, Los Angeles. Dallas.
New Orleans and Miami, where
they are scheduled to land Octo-
ber 19 for a two-day visit before
returning home.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Public Printer Tells
Of Success Secret
While Under Probe

Raymond Blattenberger, head
of the Government Printing Of
flee. said today he has been told
the secret of success for a Gov
ernment official is to learn to
carry on his own constructive
program while answering inves-
tigators' questions.
His agency has been the tar
get of at least three investiga-
tions, one of them by Chairman
Mccarthy of the Senate Govern
ment Operations Committee.
Senator Mccarthy launched an
investigation into subversives in
the GPO and then extended it
to gambling there.
Mr.. Blattenberger. who has
been Public Printer for the last
five months, addressed the
Printing Industry of America.
That organization is the trade
association of the commercial
printing business and is holding
it's convention at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Seems Like Five Years.
The Public Printer, who said
the fve-months he has been in
Office seemed more like five
years, told the printers he hao
been busy checking the back
ground of employees, searching
for Communists and other Sc
curity risks.
1.-The vast majority of Govern
ment employees are loyal, hard
working citizens who, as a group
are greatly abused. 1t is indeed
unfortunate that the great body
of our public servants must suf-
fer because of the actions of a
tiny minority" Mr.. Blatten-
berger asserted.
He said he wanted to make it
clear that he is anxious to CO.
operate with all investigations.
His respect for the Govern
ment employe, he added, has
greatly increased in the last five
months. He added:
THE Government lags far be-
hind industry in the payment OF
salaries to key supervisors and
officials. and with conditions as
they are. it will soon be vir-
tually impossible to get people in
private life to give up their pri-
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Crash Victim LOST
By Hospital Dies

A man injured in a traffic
accident disappeared from a hos
pital for II hours yesterday, then
died this morning.
The victim, James Berkley, so.
colored, of 800 Seaton place
NV, was struck by an automo-
bile at Fourteenth and v streets
NV. about $3.50 pm. Saturday.
Attendants at Freedmen's
Hospital X-rayed him and
Mr.. Berkley had suffered a rup-
tured spleen and fractured ribs.
Somehow the patient managed
to leave the hospital without
permission.
At 1920 am. yesterday he
returned complaining of his
condition. During the day his
condition worsened and at 1924
am. today he died, the Districts
5lst traffic fatality this year
compared with 40 for the same
period in 1852.
A driver, George G.. Hughes,
80, colored, of 2015 Fifteenth
street NV, was charged with
failing to give a pedestrian the
right of way and was to appear
in court today.
Evening star., 1953-10-05

National Theatre for 19 years,
said.
Among other new features, for
employees only, is the big audi
torium and large louonges.
Customer wise improvements
include spacious provision for
the loan department, where
officials may interview loan ap-
plicants in semiprivacy; a sep
arate room for the eight apprais-
ers on the staff, provision for two
vaults instead of one, on the
main floor. and the long, we'll
stated tellers' desk, designed to
minimize lines at the counter.
The remaining three floors of
the building are leased office
space.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Cornerstone Laid by Flowers, Gables, Mortar

It took more than mortar to
lay the cornerstone at the Per-
petual Building Associations new
seven-Story home at Eleventh
and E streets today.
Banks of flowers, ladies' cor
sages, foot = tangling electric
wires, television cameras, still
cameras, movie cameras, micro
phones and scurrying officials
and messengers were all part
of the scene from 10 am. until
the actual cornerstone setting at
1880 am.
1t was a big day for the 130
employees of the company as
we'll as for Perpetual President
Edward Baltz and his Board of
Directors. 1t was an even big
ger day for the associations
10000 customers as it officially
heralded the opening of a new
CA VI 4dP1A SCAb WIZ
AS described by Mr.. Baltz, the
new building, four floors of
which are now occupied by Per-
petual's personnel, will enable
us to give faster. more per-
sonalized service to our Gus
toners"
Six TeIlerS Added.
Mr.. Baltz said six tellers have
already been added to the staff
to bring the total of Is. Fur
ther additions to the associa-
tion'S personnel family are ex-
pected to push the total en-
ployed at the new building to
$50 within a year.
Standing room was at a
premium in the spacious lobby
as visitors began arriving at
10:30 o'clock for the televised
cornerstone laying. Electric
cables snaked across the floors
and the scent of multitudes Of
flowers perfumed the building.
Behind the scenes, on the Sec
ond and third floors of the build
ing, business was going on as
usual, where the mail and book
keeping departments worked
amid a holiday atmosphere.
On the fourth floor prepara-
tions for a special luncheon for
guests at the ceremony were
quietly being made by a catering
firm and Mrs. Florence Landers,
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Weird Devices to Cure Illness
Shown in Exhibit on Quockery

Those who have practiced
quackery in the field of medicine
have shown imagination, if
nothing else.
On exhibit at the annual as
sembly of the District Medical
Society, opening today at the
Statler Hotel, is a collection of
willy devices and gimmicks
which people actually have re-
sorted to in search of a cure for
ailments. The exhibit was ar
ranged by the American Medical
Association.
Versatility Built In.
One machine, which resem-
bleS an old-time radio, was
guaranteed to:
l. Fertilize farm fields 30 miles
away.
2. Regrow amputated fingers
and toes.
8. Cure all diseases, as we'll as
aid in financial troubles.
The persons who sought these
things had only to lick a piece
of paper and drop it in a slot
on the machine. The operator
would turn a couple of dials
and a Christmas tree light bulb
would flash on.
Another quack came up with
a hair restorer" which consisted
of a metal helmet and, once
again, a Christmas tree light
bulb which lighted up.
The Post Office Department
found that hopeful bald heads
were paying $13 by mail for the
device.
Magnet to Draw Out Illness.
Other gadgets in the exhibit
include a magnetized automobile
headlight to draw illness out of
the body when turned on"
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Best Bomb Shelters
Seen in Scandinavia
BY the Associated Press


Val Peterson, Federal Civil De-
fense chief, told President Eisen-
hover today he inspected bomb
shelters in Norway and Sweden
which mo bomb in the world
could disturb"
Mr.. Peterson reported to the
President at the White House On
his recent 30-day tour of Euro
pean civil defense operations.
He visited Denmark. Germany
Belgium and England in addi-
ton to Norway and Sweden.
Mr.. Peterson was asked by
newsmen whether he and Gen.
Eisenhower discussed the hydro
gen bomb in relation to civil de-
fense. He replied they talked
about everything pertinent to
civil defense"
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Boy, ;, in Mishap Again
As Mixer Breaks Finqer

In the three and one-half years
since he was born, Michael Lo-
ber, Of Route /, Fairfax, has en-
countered his share of mishaps.
A recent fall on gravel resulted
in q stitch cut. Two more
stitches were required to sew him
up after a tangle with a bicycle.
Yesterday at about 1890 pm,
Michael got mixed up with his
fathers home cement mixer. He
suffered a broken finger on the
right hand. The Lobers are put
ting the finishing touches on the
basement of the home they built.
The boys father, John w. Lo-
ber, a timer, drove Michael to
Arlington Hospital, where he was
treated and released.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Dulles Calls
Chest Example
Of Democracy
Opens Fund Drive
At State Department
As Key to Freedom

Secretary of State Dulles
today kicked off the Community
Chest fund drive in his depart
ment, declaring:
'If we fall down on this job,
lot of our diplomatic work will
not ring true"
1--WE must provide an example
of how democracy works. he
said, pointing out that the diff
ference between democracy and
totalitarianism is that freedom
depends on individuals to do
freely some of the things that
have to be done.
Can't Let Others Do 1t.
eff we sit back and let Gov
ernment do this job, that's the
way we lose our freedom"
The consequences of the Com
munity Chest drive thus go far
beyond the community here, MIR.
Dulles warned. This is the
kind of thing that must be done
by individuals if our society is to
survive and if what we say about
it to others is to ring true" he
emphasized.
The Secretary spoke to a rally
of key workers which overflowed
the State Department audito-
rum. He announced the goal of
the department as $56;620.
Last years goal for State was
over $4,000. The decrease was
caused by some agencies having
been shifted out of the depart
ment and by cuts in personnel,
Mr.. Dulles said.
Asks Quick Campaign.
Thruston Morton, Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Re-
lations, and vice chairman of
the State Department campaign
under Mr.. Dulles, also spoke.
He called for a hard-hitting,
quick campaign, adding: Don't
let it drag on so we all get sick
and tired of it."
AS a guage for individual con-
tributionS, Mr.. Morton suggested
one days net pay-less taxes
and retirement deductions-for
those making less than $4,000
and one days gross pay for those
making more.
This ratio ceases to work for
those earning above $4,000 or
so per year, Mr.. Morton said.
He urged that these special cases
give more.
More Volunteers Asked.
Additional volunteers are
needed to work in the 1854 Com
munity Chest Federation United
Defense Fund (USO) Campaign
opening a week from today.
General Campaign Chairman
Aaron Goldman said there were
many gaps to be filled with ex-
perienced volunteers.
Mr.. Goldman invited new
Washington residents "who have
brought their hometown spirit
to Washington" and who worked
in the campaigns in their home
cities.
A goal of 81 million "plus" is
being sought for the more than
100 Red Feather agencies in
Washington, Alexandria and Ar
lington, Fairfax, Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties.
Scheduled today is a kickoff
meeting of the Business Unit at
4::30 pm. in the Washington
Hotel,
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Arson Charged TO Boy, 8.
In 7 Alexandra Fires

Two mysterious fires in an
Alexandria apartment house at
882 South Alfred street were set
by an 8-year-old boy, police re-
ported today.
Police have placed two charges
of arson against him. Police said
they suspect another boy was in
volved, and may be arrested.
The first fire was a week ago,
and the second one was yester-
day afternoon. Both were started
in basement trash piles, and both
were extinguished before they
caused extensive damage. Police
said the boy was picked up after
a woman resident recognized him
running from the basement about
the time the blaze was discovered
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Mystery Voice Winners
To Be Announced tonight

The National Symphony's Mys-
terry Voice ceases to be mystery
at 9 o'clock tonight, when the
prize winners will be known.
Winners of the essay contest
-25 words on why they like
music--will be called on the
phone tonight. If they know the
identity of the voice. they can
win an automobile. a mink stole,
a piano or other prizes.
The contest ending will be
broadcast from 9 to 9:30 o'clock
tonight on stations WMAL-TV,
WMAL. WGMS, VOL, WUST
and WWDC, with Conductor
Howard Mitchell and other SYM
phony officials on hand.
Evening star., 1953-10-05

manager of the associations
cafeteria, was overseeing the
preparation of a special steak
luncheon.
Monthly Fee at Cafeteria.
The cafeteria is one of the new
features added when the new
building was constructed. 1t
seats 78 at time and will be
used exclusively for Perpetual
employees on a monthly fee basis
of $3.50.
''It works out to about % cents
a meal for our people and we try
to provide a reasonable choice
with a well-balanced diet" Mrs.
Landers, who was day manager
at Ceres Restaurant near the
Evening star., 1953-10-05

Another is metal spike which
persons were to fasten to their
clothes with a safety pin in
hopes their cancer would be
cured.
A fantastic machine, as COM
plicated as a pilots dashboard,
claimed cure of just about any,
thing. Actually, it does little
more than furnish the shock one
can get from a penny arcade
machine. Yet. the exhibit points
out, about 1900 machines were
purchased at a cost of $1,000
each.
All the gadgets were obtained
by conf1scation when their in
ventors were prosecuted by the
Government.
Transformed Water.
A tube. swollen at the bottom,
was said to be a magic wand
which polarized the oxygen in
drinking water. When passed
over glass of water, the water
then was supposed to give ire
markable results in arthritis,
constipation and diabetes"
And before they got wise, some
persons were using something
like a horse collar for a number
OF Illnesses. The thick leather
belt was worn around the mid
die and the current turned on.
1t probably only tickled.
A small, square pad when
worn over certain glands of the
body was supposed to cure baggy
eyes, along with high blood
pressure.
An ANA official in charge of
the exhibit pointed out some of
the devices still are being used
not only by the unintelligent
but by intelligent persons as
well.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
1000 Attend Barbecue
Benefit for Boys Club

More than a thousand persons
attended the annual benefit bar
becue held yesterday by the
Women's Auxiliary of the Metro
politan Boys Club.
Attending the benefit, Lel6 at
the Walnut Hill estate of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph L. Arnold in
Falls Church. were top govern
ment and District officials in
cluding Commissioner Renah F..
Camalier. Police Chief Robert v.
Murray. Ralph D. Pittman, presi-
dent of the Police Boys Club,
and Mrs. Ruth Wenzel, president
Of the auxiliary.
Co-chairmen of the event were
Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Pittman and
Mrs. Max harrington.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Kane to Autograph Novel

Author Harnett T. Kane will
autograph copies of his new bio
graphical novel. The Lady of
Arlington" about Mrs. Robert E.
Lee, from 1880 to 9 pm. today at
Kann's Arlington store, and from
4 to $50 pm. tomorrow in the
Washington store.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
St. Johns to Extend
Book Seminars to D. 6.
By the Assoeio,ed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. s. st.
Johns College, the So-called
Great Books" school, is extend
ing its adult education program
to half a dozen Maryland cities
and Washington.
Director John Spangler Kief-
fer said seminars on great books
are planned for Chestertown,
Frederick. Hagerstown. Leonard
town and st. Mary'S City. as well
as Washington. In Baltimore a
seminar on world politics gets
under way October II.