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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-06-30

Prince. Billy Dorman, Claude
Boyd and Donald Prince.
Charged with securing the
chairs and tables are Richard
Gordon, Cash Carroll, J. c. Fipps,
and Joe Spivey.
Publicity details will be accom-
plished by Tom Carroll, BSby
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-06-30

set for Thursday afternoon at
o'clock at station WTAB. The pub
lie is invited to attend these exer-
cises and to get a first hand look
at the new station which is one
of the most modern. for its size,
in this section Of the Carolinas.
Dignitaries expected to attend
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-06-30
LICENSE BUREAU CLOSES

If you ase planning to purchase
license tags this week. save your
self a trip-the Auto License
Bureau in Whiteville will be
closed from June 20 through July
5th according TO information re-
cefved today from the Carolina
Motor Club Branch Operator,
Elease Sasser.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-06-30
TOMPKINs ADDED TO
PIGGLY WIGGLY STAFF

Leo r. Thompkins was re-
Gently added 10 the Pigsiy Wig
ely staff. He 10 employed In
the meat department with Zoe
d. King.
Tompkins WIS fsensriy en-
p1eyeA at Shsllsy1s Supsr
Nlaskoe
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-06-30
STORES CLOSE

Tabor City merchants will
close their stores Monday in
Observance Of July 4th weekend.
Mr.. r. p. Counts, president Of
the Merchants Association an
nounced today that all members
would observe Monday as a hoI-
iday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-06-30
S. C. MARKET OPENING

Loris tobacco markets will be
open for business August 2,
Lloyd Bell, president OF the
South Carolina Warehousemen's
Association and local warehouse
operator, said last week.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Newsmen Seized by Reds
Unheard From in Year
BY fha A,sosia,ed Pres,

HONG KONG, Mar. 20.-One
year ago this week end two
American news correspondents
on a sailing trip to Macao from
Hong Kong fell into Communist
hands and, so far as official in
formation goes. have not been
heard from since.
Richard Applegate of Medford
Ore, radio newSman and former
United Press correspondent in
Korea, and Donald Dixon of New
York, International News Serv-
ice correspondent who was vaca-
tioning here from Korea. were
aboard Mr.. Applegate's yawl
"Kert" when a Red armed junk
pounced on it, apparently just
outside Hong Kong waters. late
on Saturday afternoon, March
81.
A lookout station on British
Lantao Island saw the captives
and craft taken to the Com
munist-held island of Lapsapmei
and later towed to the main
land Also aboard were Mer-
chantman Capt. Ben Krasner OF
Brooklyn, Capt. Krasner's Chi
nese woman friend, and two
Chinese boat boys.
There have been dozens of
unofficial reports about the cap
tives, but the Communists, in the
press and on the radio. never
have sent a word about them.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
CamaIier Demands
Ruthless Attack on
D. {. SIum Conditions

Commissioner Renah F. Cana
lier last night said the police,
Department of Inspections and
the Health Department must be
ruthless in attacking slum con-
ditions that breed crime here.
You've got to be ruthless, he
declared, because you're dealing
with ruthless people who flaunt
the law and society"
The Commissioners spoke on
Report to the People" over
Radio Station WWDC.
Recalling that he attended
school on the site of the present
No. 2 precinct station, and lived
nearby, he described the down.
grading of living and housing
standards in that neighborhood
as the result of many years Of
inaction."
A progressively worse class Of
people" has moved into the area.
and similar District slums, the
Commissioner said.
People who live by devious
means are not relieved of the
obligation to try to bring them
selves up to a higher level. If
they don't do it. it's their own
fault" he said.
But the city has an obligation
to eliminate the slum conditions
to rid itself Of crime-breederS.
by bringing every pressure to
bear on the problem, Mr.. Cana
lier declared.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Business Briefs

! Bituminous Production in the
week ended March 13 totaled
6.579, 900 tons compared with
8.597 900 in the like week aeyear
ago.-National Coal Association.
/ Mutual Savings Banks over
the Nation reported deposits Of
$24, ,694, ,000, 900 at the end Of
February. an increase Of $l16
million for the month. Natl.
Assn. Of Mutual Savings Banks.
Motor Vehicle Output last
week totaled 10000 cars and
22.905 truck compared with
110.592 and 22,081 in the pre-
vious week and 128, 1888 and 30,-
SOL in the like week a year ago.
Wards Automotive Reports.
Fire Losses over the Nation in
February were estimated at $78,-
928, 900 compared with $50, ,493,-
900 in January and $72,7O8, 900
In the like week a year ago.
Natl. Board of Fire Underwriters.
Retail Hard ware Sales
throughout the country during
January were 4.5% below the
levels Of January, 1953.-Natl.
Retail Hardware Assn.
Newsprint Production in Can
ada in February totaled 457, 1927
tons. up 1890 from a year ago.
Shipments were 437,7S0. up
29.170 from a year ago.-News-
print Assn. of Canada.
Southern Co. in IL months
ended February % earned $22,-
474,9l4 or $1.24 a share VS. $20,-
796.172 or $1.21 in 1853.
Hudson Motor Car Co. in year
ended December 81 had a loss of
$1O,4l1 ,060 compared with earn
ings Of So. .307 BAT in 1852.
Gen. Portland Cement in year
ended December 81 earned S.
226 500 or $500 a share VS.. $4.-
$4,000 or SAT- in 1852.
Vanadium Corp. of America in
year ended December 81 earned
$3.014.903 or $5.41 a share VS..
$2.324, 1921 or SALT in 1852.
Cutler Hammer, Inc, in year
ended December 81 earned So
753,497 or $3.50 share VS..
$3,S32, $50 or $5.81 in 1852.
Family Finance Co. in 6
months ended December 81
earned $l.653,711 or 81 cents a
share VS.. $1.627,316 or 80 cents
in 1852 period.
H. c. B0hack Co., Inc. in year
ended January 80 earned 81, $780,
900 or $2.98 a share VS.. 81 All .666
or $2.77 in 1853.
Gould National Batteries in 9
months ended January 81 earned
$1.841 1862 or $5.07 a share VS..
| $2,052.l73 or $5.75 in 1858 period.
Silk. Baer & Fuller Co. in year
ended January 81 earned 81 ,485.- :
OCT or $2.06 a share VS.. $1,612,23
or $2.25 in 1852.
NOrthrOp Aircraft in 6 months
ended January 81 earned ST.
120.440 or STA share VS.. 81
O24 1892 or $3.l6 in 1853 period.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Lloyd zuppann, Jr.,
Air Force Major

: Air Force Mai. Lloyd Zuppann,
3r., 33; former Washington resi-
dent was killed Tuesday when the
BAT he was plotting collided in
mid-air with another jet near
Wichita tKans.) Air Force Base.
Mai. zuppann was graduated
here from Woodrow Wilson High
School in 1889, where he was in
the Cadet Corps. and from West
Point. During World War II he
few more than IS missions as a
B-26 pilot based in England and
was awarded the Air Medal with
several clusters.
From 1947 to 1850 he was a
placement officer at the Penta-
gon until he went to Brussels as
a flyer for the Embassy. He was
at Montgomery. Ala, and an en-
gineer officer of a B-29 squadron
at BarkSdale eLaD Air Force Base
until he went to Wichita last
October to be a jet pilot.
He was a native of Texas.
Survivors are his widow,
Alanna; his 7-month-old daugh-
ter. Ann; his parents. retired
Army 1t. Col. and Mrs. Zup-
pam. sr., San Antonio. and a
brother, Army Capt. Charles Zap
pam, Fort Bragg. NC.
Services and burial will be held
tomorrow at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Graham and Roy Rogers
Are Biz Hits in London

LONDON, March 20.-Ameri-
can Evangelist Billy Graham
wound up the third week Of his
religious campaign in London
tonight with a children's rally
in the grounds of Harringay
Stadium.
More than 10000 children,
brought to the stadium in feet
of 800 buses, jammed the green
turf to see the new stars of the
Graham campaign-Roy Rogers,
cowboy film star, and his horse
Trigger.
While other members OF his
team talked to the children in
the stadium, Mr.. Graham him
self conducted a matinee meet
ing in the adjoining Harringay
Arena for 1000 adults.
It was Mr.. Graham'S biggest
day so far. London subway sta
tions far out in the suburbs hung
out "Harringay Full" notices to
stop people making q fruitless
trek to town to hear the Ameri-
can preacher.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
News of Music
By Homer Ulrich

Ernesto Farago. violin. and villa
Sample. piano, at Pierce Hall. Pro-
gram: La Folia. Corelli; Concerto In
D major. Paganini-Wilhelmt: Sonata
In A major, Pizetti; Nocturne, Chopin;
Bagatelle. Scarlatescu; Zephyr. Hubay.
Ernesto Farago Is a violinist
with an uneven array Of tai
ents. He has enough technical
facility to play the Paganini
concerto cleanly and brilliantly
His intonation is correct and
his tone is warm and resonant
In platform manner. he is en-
gaging and confident. And last
night at Pierce Hall. an unsus-
pecting audience mistook his
temperamental approach for
great artistry.
But Mr.. Farago seems not to
have any regard for rhythmic
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Blood Center Distributed
1879 Pints During Week

The Washington Regional
Blood Center distributed l,57s
pints of blood last week in the
District. Maryland. Virginia and
West Virginia A total Of 746
pints was shipped to the Depart
ment of Defense.
The bloodmobiles are scheduled
to make the following visits this
week. Each starts at 10 am. un-
less otherwise noted:
Tomorrow: Prince Georges County
Andrews Air Force Base Building T-3-7g
Texas and Nevada aves.,- Washingtor
County--American Legion Home. Hagers'
tuesday: b. c. chapter-Msin Navy
Constitution avenue. Room 254l: from
$50 am to 800 pm: Prince GEORGES
road Ma rSm
1870 am, to 4:30 pin; Winchester and
Frederick--Ioudoun street Presbyterian
Church. Winchester. Va.
Room 4A-75o: Arlington County-Ross.
olebe road: Berkeley ,county-Presby-
Thursday .: c. Chapter-Pentagon
Room iA:!50: Fairfax county-Fort Bel
voir. Building EN-34 from 9:30 am ia
$50 pm: Clarke County-community
Building. Berryville. Va: D. c. Chapter
Commerce Department. Room 1853. Main
Building on Fourteenth street
paP Friday; p; G CnaptermPentason
Hills Farm Station. Warrenton. Va,
from am. to. ) pm: Rappahannoek
County-Reynolds Memorial Baptist
Church. sperrsville. Va. from noon tc
4 pm.
Saturday: Fairfax County-OCS Head
quarters building. eighteenth street and
BelSoir drive. South Post, Fort Belvoir
3 am.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
| Business


Representative O'Hara. Re-
publican, of Minnesota. will ad-
dress dinner meeting Of the
Central Business Association at
$50 pm. Wednesday in the
Hamilton Hotel.
Joseph Schneider, attorney,
and C. A. Wharton, Of the Dis
trict Unemployment Compensa-
ton Board, will address the
Southwest Business Mems Asso-
citation at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the American Security and Trust
Co., branch at Seventh and E
streets S.W.
The Northeast Businessmen's
Association will hold a luncheon
at 1890 pm. Thursday in the
Carlyle Hotel. A talk will be
given on Proposed Trafflc De-
velopments in Northeast Wash
ington."
The Electric Motor Service As
sociation will hold a dinner
meeting at $50 pm. tomorrow
In the Burlington Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
news or MUSIC
Forogo Plays Brilliant Violin;
HoIts Recital to Tune Piano

sweep or for continuity Of tempo.
Each section of the concerto was
done at a different speed. ac-
cording to the nature Of the
technical device being exploited.
Not that he slowed down when
the going got rough: quite the
contrary. He hurried the most
difficult passages and fingered
over the lyric bits with an ex-
cess of sentimentality.
The program opened with a
romantic. cloying performance
Of Corelli's La Folia." Almost
without exception, every change
Of register was approached by
sliding rather than shifting. The
result was unfortunate, particu-
lar so since Farago achieved a
real eloquence in many phrases.
Villa Sample provided a sub
dued and diffldent accompani-
ment that served less to support
than to disturb the soloist. Ham,
pered by a piano that was badly
out Of tune and that had a
sounding board that must have
been covered with wet blotting
paper, Miss Sample worked un-
der difficulties.
Mr.. Farago himself took note
Of the pianos bad condition.
After the Corelli. he reached into
his pocket for what seemed to be
a tuners hammer. and operated
on the pianos bass strings. But
to no avail: the instrument was
no better for the belated care it
received. and the violinist
shrugged it off easily.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Dali Wax Whutsis,
.Gorbo at the Helm
Warmly Welcomed

VALENCIA, Spain, Mar. 90
Surrealist Salvador Dali scored
a hit at folk festival here in
a new art fieid-wax statues.
But the popularity of his work
didn't keep the townspeople
from burning it UP.
Dali's statue, created for an
annual festival honoring st.
Joseph, showed a bull ring with
a helicopter, piloted by Greta
Carlo. taking off with a dead
bull. A wax matador stands be-
side the aircraft and on the
ground lies a wax head half
of whose features are those OF
Pablo PicasSo and half those
of Dali himself.
The statues supposedly repre-
sent the gripes of the people
of Valencia, but Dali's gave lit
tie indication Of what he's
angry about. At the close of
the festival they are tradition
ally burned.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
7 Nova Scotia Miners Die
In Undersea Shaft Fire

GLACE BAY, N. S., Mar. 90
Flames spread through a coal
mine tunnel 1000 feet under the
Atlantic off Glace Bay today.
A Roman Catholic priest gave
the last rites to one of the two
victims against background Of
flame and smoke.
Colliery firemen poured hum
dreds of tons of water into the
horizontal tunnel in a desperate
bid to quell the blaze which
started from a planned "shot
firing" last night.
The dead men were identified
as Donald MacLillan. about so,
an award-winning rescuer in q
disaster nearly two years ago.
and Malcie O'Handley, about 20.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Hospital Volunteers
Will Attend Three
Training Sessions

Mrs. Paul H. Byers. former
director of volunteers at District
General Hospital, will conduct
the first of three training sessions
for hospital volunteers tomor-
row.
Identical sessions will be held
at 1880 pm. and $3.50 pm. at
United Community Services
Headquarters. 1101 M street
NV. to take care of volunteers
wishing to work daytime or eve
ming hours.
Churches Aid Program.
The training sessions were an
nounced by Mrs. John w. STEM
house, chairman Of the UCS
Volunteer Services Department.
Co-sponsored by UCS and the
Federation Of Churches, the
training program has been
organized because of need for
ward secretaries described by
District hospitals.
Ward secretaries will be sta
toned at desks in patient areas.
operating rooms, emergency
rooms, psychiatry and obstetric
departments.
Volunteers will be assigned to
the cooperating hospital which
is most conveniently located.
Hospitals cooperating in the
project are District General.
George Washington University.
Freedmen's. Suburban, National
Institutes of Health, Garfield
and Providence.
Topics Announced.
During tomorrow's sessions,
Miss Josephine Albrecht, secre-
tary of the UCS Health Section,
will discuss Health and Hospital
Needs in the City" Mrs. Byers
will discuss professional Ethics" :"
The second session. Practical
Orientation to Specific Duties" :"
is scheduled March 20 at the
Federation of Churches Building.
1751 N street NV. The con-
cluding session will be conducted
hospital tours the week of April S.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
VIEW Post in Lurny
Elects New Officers

LURAY, Va, Mar. 20.-The
Come Jones Post WV has elec-
ted the following new of1icers:
Commander. Lloyd G.. Kibler;
senior vice commander. Elberi
G. Lohr; junior vice commander,
Burnam w. Campbell; quarter
master. Richard KoontE; chap
lain. j. l.. Keeton. and three
year trustee, Cecil Campbell.
Officers of the athletic asso-
citation are the same as last year
J. Kenneth Campbell. president;
Ebert G. Lohr, vice president
and Dilman Mayes.. secretary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
four-fifths Of Needy Aged
Are 10 Years Old Or Over
By the Assoeioted Press

:; Four-fifths of the 2.6 million
needy aged persons receiving
public assistance are 70 years Of
age or older. A fourth are 80
or older, and more than 1000 are
over 100 years old. the Social Sc
eurity Administration reported
yesterday.
Commissioner John w. Tram
burg said the figures are based
on a statistical sample Of the
persons over IS being served by
the State-Federal old age assist
arce programs.
He said that In spite Of the
extreme age of many Of the
needy persons, 80 per cent are
able to care for themselves and
less than 4 per cent are bed
ridden.
Fifty-four per cent have been
dependent on public assistance
for less than five years and only
5 per cent has received it for Is
or more years.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
DR.. Wright, 63, Dies;
U. 5. Public Health
Executive Is Years

DR.. William Thomas Wright.
jr., So, the first dental officer
to be appointed assistant sur
geon general Of the Public
Health Service, died yesterday at
the United States Marine Hos
pital in Baltimore. He lived at
4704 Locust Hill Circle, Chevy
Chase. Md.
DR.. Wright was made assistant
surgeon general in 194l. In that
capacity he was chief dental Of
ficer in charge of all dental ac-
tivitieS in the Public Health
Service, Coast Guard. Maritime
Training Service, Indian Affairs
and Federal correctional Nand
penal institutions.
Born in Virginia.
He was instrumental in per-
fecting treatment for trench
mouth.
DR.. Wright was born in Rue,
Va, and was graduated in den-
tistry from the University of
Maryland. He was a dentist in
Baltimore and was dental Of
ficer with the 18th Field Artil-
lery in World War. I. He was
in five major engagements over
seas. He was also in World War
II!
: In 1920 he began his Public
Health career in Baltimore when
he was commissioned a dental
officer. He was in Stapleton,
N. Y. before he came to Wash
ington in 1888.
Services Tuesday.
He was member of st. Johns
Episcopal Church in Bethesda,
Xxi Psi Phi dental fraternity, an
honorary member of Omicron
Kappa Epsilon and a SD de-
gree Mason.
Survivors are his widow, the
former Jean Boteler of Balti-
more; a daughter, Mrs. Gordon
Williamson, 1901 Parkwood
drive, Bethesda; a son. John B..
and a sister. Mrs. William Eggers,
both of the home address.
Services will be held at 10
am. Tuesday at st. Johns in
Bethesda. Burial will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Sarah Musson, 70, Taught
In Capital for AZ Years

Miss Sarah Musson, 10, retired
District school teacher, died
Tuesday at Emergency Hospital.
A native of Washington, she
taught here for AZ years, retiring
IN 1886 from Langdon Elemen-
tary School. She had been a
member of the First Baptist
Church since 1888 and formerly
taught in the Sunday School for
many years.
:, She is survived by her sister,
Mrs. Gertrude M. Harris, lat
Adams street NV, with whom
she lived.
!. Services were held Thursday
at Deals funeral home with
burial in Potomac, Md.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Eisenhower Sets April IA
As Pan American Day

President Eisenhower yester-
day proclaimed Wednesday. April
IA, as Pan American Day. He
called upon government and civic
groups and others to observe Il
"as a symbol of inter American
solidarity"
He said this is a day when
American peoples should renew
their faith in mutual adherence
to the principles of freedom and
democracy which have inspired
our independence as nations and
cemented our cooperation as
neighborS."
Evening star., 1954-03-21
$2,817.450 Budget
For Augusta County
By the Associated Press

STAUNTON. Va. Mar. 90
The Augusta County Board of
Supervisors tentatively has ap-
proved a $2.817. .450.01 county
budget for the 1954-55 fiscal
year.
A public hearing and final
vote on the budget will be held
April %. The new budget is an
increase of $123.212.20 over the
present county budget of $2,694, =
237.81. 1t requires no tax in
crease.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Eastern Star installation

The Arlington Chapter No. 80,
Order of the Eastern Star, will
install officers at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the Cherrydale (Va.)
Firemen's Hall.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
Polio Drive Nets $5,876

LURAY, Virginia, Mar. 20
(SpeciaD The final accounting
in the poll drive reported this
week by Fred Walker, Page Coun-
ty chairman, is $5,876.89.
Evening star., 1954-03-21
AMERICAN SUMMARY

FURNISHED By the Associated PressJ s.s
ehanSe from he nr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20

CARNATIONS linked to it.
The communique said the gov
eminent would act "in the fields
of economics, finance, credit and
entertainment, as well as within
the constitutional precepts of 10y
atty to the democratic regime on
the part of the employees of the
state"
The latter phrase apparently her
aided purge of antidemocratic
persons from state employment.
InformantS close to the govern
ment said Scelba plans to hit par
ticularly at trade organizations
he believes are fronts for the COM
muniSt party.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20
Premier Sceba Warns Italy Communist Party OF Tougher Times Ahead

The Cabinet was in full agree
ment, it said, ION the necessity
that in all sectors of the national
life, within the limits of the law.
there must be adopted meas
ures to eliminate abuses on the
part of organizations which oper
ate against the democratic re-
gime."
Sources close to Scelba said Fas.
cist Observation-Disclosures main ele-
ment of his parliamentary opposi-
tion-also would be a target of the
breakdown and that the Cabinet
wants to seize and convert to gov
eminent use all property of Mus
solini's old Fascist party or or
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20
BY JAMES M. LONG

ROME R-Premier Mario Scel-
ba promised tougher times here
for his arch foes-Italy's Commu-
mist party.
He pledged in effect to cut the
millions of dollars in financial sup
port they get from Moscow.
&s new government issued a
bluntly worded declaration of war
Thursday night after long secret
Cabinet meeting. 1t said the Cab
met had approved program to
'"defend democratic institutions
against the action of totalitarian
political forces proved to be under
the control of foreign countries"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20

The Premier was reported to
have told the Cabinet that these
organizations have pumped 80 bill
lion lire Give million dollars) into
Italy's Communist party for use in
political campaigns and propa-
ganda. In return, he repeatedly
said, the Red trade groups get
priority in trade deals with the
Soviet Union.
The communique also limited at
breakdown on cultural exchanges
with the Soviet Union.
The creatures popularity named
electric els are not real cells,
but a fish related to carp.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-04-15

If it's advertised in The Journal
Say so when you are buying,