BANKERS GATHER
FOR STATE MEET
RALEIGH, May 4—!ff»—Sectional
meetings were held today as a pre
liminary to the 48th annual con
rention of the North Carolina
Jankers Association, which meets
\ere tomorrow to consider prob
ems, not only of banking, but of
ost-war employment, agriculture
nd industry.
Chairman L. A. Lentz of Raleigh
resided over the industrial bank
ection, with Frank B. Graham of
Wilmington and Association Presi
ent Philip Woolcott of Asheville
cheduled to preside tonight over
inner sessions of the trust section
nd the executive committee.
C. Scott Fletcher of New York,
lirector of field development of the
•ommittee for economic develop
ment, will speak tomorrow mowi
ng on "Post-War Jobs and Pro
luction.” The afternoon session will
oe featured by agricultural aspets
if banking and by election of of
!icers.
Governor Brughton will -peak to
morrow night.
The association officers are
President Woolcott; J. N. Coburn
of Whiteville. first vice president:
G. C. Hunter of Roxboro. sceond
vice president: William H. Neal of
Winston-Salem, third vice presi
dent: R. G. Harrison of Henderson,
treasurer; Leroy Lewis of Raleigh,
secretary; and I. M. Bailey of Ra
leigh, general cousnel,
ROTC Band To Play
Program On Sunday
Lieut. Eugene J. Lacock, con
ductor of the High school R. O. T.
C. band has announced that as its
contribution ro Music Week, the
band will play a program from 4
to 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon at
'the Greenfield park band stand.
The city administration has of
fered use of the stand, will provide
chairs for the players, transport
heavy instruments from the high
school and otherwise lend its as
sistance, says Lieutenant Lacock.
The program has not been fully
decided upon but will consist of
composition* well liked by the
public. If the audience is large
enough to demonstrate public in
lerest it is considered prorbabl.v
the band will give other concerts
during the spring.
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Program Designed To
Control Jap Beetles
Will Be Started Here
RALEIGH. May 4. — f/P)— The
entomology division of the State
Department of Agriculture will be
gin at once a program designed to,
control Japanese beetle infestation
in North Carolina, C. H. Brannon,
head of the department, said today.
The project will begin in Wil
mington next week, but more than
S.000 traps will be placed through
out the state over a period of six
weeks. The work is a joint project
of the State and Federal Agricul
ture Departments.
CROP MOVEMENT
PUSHED BY ODT
Fruit And Vegetable Ad
visory Board To Be Nam
ed At Meeting Here
Producers, haulers, dealers, pro
cessors and receivers of perish
able fruits and vegetables in 19
eastern < counties in the Carolinas
have been called to meet Monday,
May 15, at 4 p. m. at the Tide
Water Power company assembly
hall, Second and Princess streets,
in Wilmington to elect a fruit and
Vegetable Transportation Advisory
committee, George T. Musselman,
district manager of the Office of
Defense Transportation, announc
ed yesterday.
This committee, when approved
by the Office of Defense Trans
portation', will advi&e and assist
the ODT in directing the move
ment of motor trucks used in the
transportation' of fruits and vege
tables from producing areas with
in the Wilmington area.
Producers, haulers, dealers, pro
cessors, and receivers, who pro
duce^ transport, deal in, handle
or receive rtnittsT and vegetables
Wlthifi~the ” area- are entitled to
elect their representatives on the
Committee.
The Wilmington district includes
Bladen, Brunswick, Buplin, New
Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Cum
berland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson,
Scotland, Carteret, Craven, James
and Pamlico counties in North
Carolina and Marion, Dillon, and |
Horry counties in South Carolina.
“It is extremely important that
a full representation of all
branches of the industry dealing in
perishable fruits and vegetables
be in attendance,’’ Mr. Musselman
pointed out, "as it desired that
all branches be fairly represent
ed in this Committee.
“The job this committee will
perform is of the utmost impor
tance, for it appears that this year
it is going to be necessary to
move a greater amount of perish
able produce with a smaller num
ber of trucks than last year. This,
sf course, will require the maxi
mum of efficient utilization of the
truck facilities remaining avail
able.’’
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Cherry Names Doughton
To Advisory Committee
RALEIGH, May 4. —(#>)— R. A.
Doughton of Sparta has been
made a member of the state advi
sory committee for R. Gregg
Cherry, candidate for governor,
William B. Umstead, state cam
paign manager for Cherry announc
ed today.
Doughton is a former lieutenant
governor, commissioner of reve
nue, and served as speaker of the
house of representatives at one
time.
In a statement released by Cher
ry headquarters, Doughton said
Cherry “is familiar with problems
of agriculture, education and fin
ance, after long and valuable serv
ice In the state legislature.”
CHURCH PLANNING
PEW DEDICATION
At the Sunday morning worship
service, Sunset Park Methodist
church will dedicate its new pews
which have been installed dur
ing the past week, it was announc
ed yesterday.
The dedicatory sermon will be
preached by R. H. Slagle, out
standing layman of the Tennessee
Conference and son of a Methodist
minister. Mrs. M. F. Mattocks
will sing a special arrangement
of “Teach Me To Pray”, accom
panied by Mrs. F. E. Beaton.
With the installation of the pews
the Sunset Park Methodist sanc
tuary is completed. Despite the
severe restrictions imposed on war
time building, the educational
building is well appointed and
conducive to worship and the pur
suits of religious education.
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Britain is devoting 10 per cent
of its entire war production to the
United Nations supply pool.
M’DONALDB. KS
STATE PLATFORM
BURLINGTON, May 4 —UR—Dr.
Ralph McDonald, democratic
candidate for governor, said here
tonight that the part platform
adopted at the annual state con
vention in Raleigh today “is a truly
forward-looking program for North
Carolina.”
\
McDonald, who attended the con
vention earlier, made a campaign
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address in the Alamance court
house.
Many principles of the platform,
he said, embody “things I have
advocated since 1935. The features
for education and public health are
assurance that the important hu
man needs of our people are re
ceiving their proper emphasis,”
he. added.
“Adoption of the proposal to off
set entirely the general fund debt
from surplus funds, together with
the provision for a reserve fund
to tide the state over any emer
gency, means that the state will
not again in our day face a crisis
such as that of 1933,” he continued.
He declared he orginally made
the proposal for retirement of <*.
state debt, “but today's acting
the convention binds the partv
take this constructive step a, tK°
n^essic * »« seneta,
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