Army Mart To Be Opened
In Wilmington On May 1
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Plans for Operation of Agency
Explained by Lieuten
ant E. W. Cake
Noted Playwright
Plans for operation of the Army
produce marketing center at 315 1-2
North Front street were explained
here yesterday by the officer in
charge, E. W. Cake, first lieutenant,
infantry, and the associate market
ing specialist, D. M. Oliver.
The program of the center will of
' ficially begin May 1, under the su
pervision of John A. Martin, of Chi
cago, chief of the perishable foods
section of the subsistence and supply
branch, division of purchases, office
of production management.
Cake and Oliver explained the cen
ter here will carry out the buying of
fresh fruits and vegetables for Fort
Bragg, Camp Davis, and the Marine
■ Ease in Onslow county.
All army posts of 2,500 or less will
- continue to buy their own supplies
as in the past and will not be served
by the marketing centers being es
tablished.
Under the new plan, the entire
program will be put into effect on
May 1 for all marketing centers and
on that date ail purchases of fruits
and vegetables for the army will be
made by these offices.
The administrative personnel in
each market center consists of a
commissioned officer from the quar
termaster corps and an experienced
civilian produce buyer carrying the
title of a "marketing specialist.”
Certain marketing centers such as
the one in Wilmington will have ad
ditional civilian personnel known as
"Associate Marketing Specialists”
.who will be stationed here to carry
on the necessary inspection work and
assist in the purchase of home
grown or locally produced commodi
ties.
The Wilmington marketing center
will be responsible for purchasing
the total fresh fruit and vegetable
requirements of each of the posts
under its jurisdiction. Such supplies
will be purchased through competi
tive bidding for definite quantities
on the basis of delivered sales or as
the army terms it "f. o. b. destina
tion.” which means delivered to the
camp.
Purchase will be made according
to local requirements, which will be
from day to day, week to week or
monthly, as conditions warrant.
The army specifications will con
tinue to be based on federal grades.
However, such specifications will be
made sufficiently flexible to meet the
general growing and marketing con
ditions. They will be announced in
the advance of each purchase, so
that all interested parties may be
fully posted.
Inspection and acceptance will be
made at point of delivery, except on
less than carload purchases made
Paul Green, author and director of
“The Lost Colony,” who is in the
city this week-end to attend the
Thalian production this evening at
Thaiian Hall. While in the city Mr.
Green is the guest of Henry Jay
MacMillan.
from local jobbers and commission
merchants. In such instances,
wherever possible, inspection for
quality will be made at point of pur
chase, although final inspection and
acceptance for count and condition
will be made at point of delivery.
Purchases will be made both in
carload lots and in less than car
load lots, depending on the needs of
each post, as ascertained by the
Marketing Specialist at each market
center.
All reliable jobbers, commission
merchants, shippers and growers,
will have an opportunity to shrre in
this army business. The lowest re
sponsible bidder all conditions being
equal, will receive the award.
Payments will be made as prompt
ly as possible, in keeping with gener
al commercial practices. However, to
insure prompt payment, the seller
must adhere explicity to instructions
and fulfill his obligations properly.
Full consideration will be given to
the purchase of home-grown commo
dities direct from growers and co
operative organizations. Such pur
chases will be given preference, pro
viding the bids are in line and that
growers can meet the army specifi
cations as to pack, quality, and con
dition, and are in a position to de
liver the required quantities.
Growers, who are interested in ob
taining such army business should
contact the market center. T I e y
should become acquainted with the
personnel in charge and familiarize
themselves with the army specifica
tions as to grade, type of package,
and condition.
The marketing specialist in each
market center will wish to know in
advance the tonnage of homegrown
commodities that will be available, so
that he will be in a position to ar
range his buying program accord
ingly.
Therefore, growers should advise
the marketing center here two weeks
or more in advance of the marketing
period as to the quantity and kind of
produce that will be available.
It was explained that this new
setup is quite a departure from the
old system whereby each army post
purchased, these commodities f >r it
self, whereas the new one will cen
tralize the buying of fresh fruits
and vegetables through these pur
chasing offices.
On May 1 when this entire plan
roes into effect the army will
change from what is known a- the
garrison ration” to the ‘‘field ra
i on” system. Under the ‘‘garrison
ration” the army camp buys these
supplies on a money allowance basis,
while under the "field ration" it is
on a commodity allowance basis.
The quartermaster, in charge of
an army post, under the “garrison
ration” is furnished a definite sum
of money to feed his men over a
given period and he must feed them
within that limit and it is up to him
to select the line of food that is to
be furnished.
Therefore under the “garrison ra
tion” each unit’s own mess sergeant
had to work out its own ration. This
will all be changed when the army
operates on the “field ration.” Under
the “field ration” every unit or mess
at a given army post will get rhe
same menu on the same day, the
menu being made out by the quarter
master in charge of the post.
Menus will be prescribed by Corps
area commanders to all of these
post commanders. Each quartermas
ter will be guided by these menus
when he makes his requisitions for
fresh fruits and vegetables on one
of these marketing centers.
Purchases will be made on a day
to-day or week-to-week schedule. The
system of purchasing by these mar
keting centers will vary consider
ably from the old method and here
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WILLIAMS TO TALK
AT SCIENCE MEET
High School Teacher Will Be
One of Principal Speakers
At Chapel Hill
Th North Carolina Academy ot
Science will meet at the University
of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
today and Saturday with Louis
Williams, member of the Biology
department of New Hanover Hig;h
school, as one of the principle
epeakers on the program.
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findings about the genus Codium,
a common local green sea weed,
which he has studied on the East
coast from Cape Hatteras to Key
West, Fla.
He will use especially prepared
lantern slides to show his observa
tions and experiments, which prove
that the two forms of Codium
growing here and considered to be
two species by those who have
made a special study of the algae
of this region, are growth forms
of the same species. His report
will also include something of the
lactors that control the distribu
tion of this species.
Eleven other speakers, all pro
fessors from colleges of our state,
will make up the remainder of the
program. Th selection of Mr. Wil
iams as one of the main speakers
is a signal honor as all the others
are either possessors of master’s
degrees or doctorates.
WILL EXHIBIT REPLICAS
BEAUFORT, April 24.—Plas
tic replicas of salt water fish and
reptiles will be exhibited at the
meeting of the North Carolina
Academy of' Science which be
gins at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, tomorrow.
Dr. H. F. Prytherch, director of
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife labora
tory here, said today he would
take a collection from the labora
tory to the meeting. j
The replicas were mounted by
Waldron Bailey, Jr., taxidermist,
and Leonardo Salter, an artist. j
Boy Scouts1 Camporee
To Be Held May 9,10
Due to a conflict with the closing
of schools throughout the county, the
Wilmington District Boy Scout cam
poree will be held at Greenfield lake
on May 9 and 10 and not May 30
and 31 as previously announced.
This will be the fourth in a series
of camporees being held in the Cape
Fear council, and patrols qualifying
in them are eligible for participation
in the council camporee to be held
in Wilmington on June 9 and 10. j
Patrols making a satisfactory rat
ing in the council camporee will be
eligible for participation in the
Carolina jubilee in Chapel Hill in
September. '
H. W. Winkle, Wilmington district
commissioner, will be Camporee
chief. 1
Kornegay Kills Wife,
Himself in Summerlin
MT. OLIVE, April 24.— <£*) —
Lemuel Kornegay, 28, and his wife,
Edie Summerlin Kornegay, 27, were
killed last night. Sheriff D. S. Wil
liamson said Kornegay shot his wife
and then turned the gun on him
self.
The shooting occurred in the Sum
merlin section of Duplin county.
The sheriff quoted relatives as say
ing a domestic quarrel led to the
shooting and, Williamson said, a war
rant charging Kornegay with assault
upon his wife had been served on
him earlier in the day.
Heywood Summerlin, brother of
the dead woman, and his two small
sons were witnesses to the shooting,
the sheriff said.
Coroner Ralph Jones said no in
quest would be held. ;
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK
RICHMOND, Va., April 24.—(5>)—
(USDA)—Livestock: Hogs: Market
steady with Wednesday. Top 8.35.
Good and choice 180-225 lbs. 8.15
8.35. 100-120 lbs. 6.35-6.85; 120-140
lbs. 6.85-7.35; 140-160 lbs. 7.35-7.80;
160-180 lbs. 7.80-8.15; 180-225 1ms.
8.15-8.35; 225-250 lbs. 7.65-8.15; 250
300 lbs. 7.35-7.85; over 300 lbs. 7.25
7.75. Sows under 350 lbs. 6.60-7.10;
over 350 lbs. 6.10-6.60.
Cattle: Fat dairy type cows mostly
6.00- 6.50 and canners and cutters
4.00- 5.00. Sausage bulls around 7.25.
Medium and good slaughter steers
quotable 9.00-10.00; plain kinds down
to 7.00. Vealers scarce. Market
steady to strong. Practical top on
good and choice nearbys 11.25.
will be no more 30 day indefinite
quantity contracts. Under this sys
tem everyone Will have an equal op
portunity to sell to the army, in con
trast to the old si'stem where on'y
a few of the larger firms participated
in the contracts.
It is in order at this point to ex
plain the definition of bids. Bidding
means offers. Some of the trades
seem to have the erroneous idea
that bidding is to be closed. Such is
not the case as it is an open offer
basis and the lowest offer or bid se
cures the business.
Plans for the traffic and routing
of cars are still in the formative
stage and no definite plans have
been completed. It is up to each
shipper to select his own routing so
that the <*irs will arrive at destina
tion the day they are ordered for ar
rival and that orders will be placed
sufficiently in advance so shippers
will have ample time to make the
proper routing so that the cars will
arrive on the day they are needed.
In the United States, grizzly
bears are said to be extinct in all
states except Montana and Wyom
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