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Those City ‘JukeBoxes’ Bring In More Than Coins Bv MARION FRINK Staff Writer There’s music to face if you nONfT put a nickle in Mr Mixon s Join machines—music to the tune ofT°hee melody - composed four ag0 by the City council and Ced on a courteous scale by the polce department-runs something U*Tm sorry, lady, but that’ll be a Hollar penalty, please.” Before you squander any needless thought pondering over this pecu variety of juke box, let me ex plain that Mr. Mixon is official y g,wn as J. J- Mixon, city park tag meter technician, and his ma tLs aren’t music boxes at all, but those hungry little meters scat tered all over the downtown busi "eSurelvayou’ve seen Mr. Mixon, me tall slender man perpetually making the rounds in the shopping ® a, slightly stooped by the heavy .atchels of coins he carries. Those same satchels have held approximately $175,000 since the pieters were first installed on Dec. 2i* yfeilding a maximum o ab°“‘ ?4'000 and a minimum o $3,500 in monthly revenue, accord ing to figures from the City fin ance department. The meters have more than paic for themselves, statistics show They represent an initial invest ment of slightly more than $30,001 for installation and an additiona $4,000 or $5,000 yearly for servic ing. They’re Efficient-Plus! However often you may havi been tempted to berate the little machines you can’t criticize thei] efficiency. Since the day of theii installation, not one of the 504 met ers has been replaced or returnee to the factory. They just keep on ticking. And car owners keep on visiting police headquarters. Some arc slightly sheepish, others apologetic and many frankly outraged. Bu the dollar penalty still holds. The silent little meters have tattled or an overtime parker or absent-mind ed person who forgot to drop £ coin in the slot. Not all of the coins dropped intc the slot are what they’re suppose! to be, Mixon sighs, relating a storj about the trails and tribulations connected with just one meter one day. It seems he was passing a Fron street meter one day and discover ed that a Japanese coin was hang ing up the machine. Considering disocery of the odd coin just par of the day’ work, Mixon removec it from the meter and proceedec around the block. Returning to the meter in a few moments, he founc it had been sabotaged again. Thi time by a German coin. More Annoyance The meter man says the foreigi coins are a source of annoyance rather than trouble. But to the irate parker who storms into police head quarters, waving a red ticket an< shouting that he’s been robbed the hung up meter spells t-r-o-u b-l-e. Oftimes the odd pieces of mone; ALL-TIME TOBACCO RECORD EXPECTED RALEIGH, Jan. 5.—Tobaccc ; production in the United States probably will reach 2,042,000,00( pounds as a result of last year’s crop, setting a new all-time record, ! the State Department of Agricul ture predicted today. Total’production would compare i with 1,956,000,000 pounds in 1944. A 1,175,000,000 pound flue-curec crop was forecast for 1945, or ap proximately 57 per cent of total production, and comparing with 1, i 090,000,000 pounds produced in 1944. i The 1945 crop would be slightly • larger than the record 1939 crop ol 1 1,171,000,000 pounds. The Department said acreage was increased in almost all states which grow tobacco, but that wea ther difficulties cut down heavily on acreage yields in some sections. A burley crop of 603,000,00( pounds was forecast. At the 'same time, Departmem spokesmen said the distribution oi production among the tobaccc classes would provide relatively more to be for cigarette markets than for other manufacturers, anc sizable qpantities will be available for export trade. are accidently inserted in the met er and cause the loser great con cern. *One man was so upset over the loss of his lucky piece that he ap pealed to Mixon to help him re ; cover it. The meter technician ob . ligingly removed the coin case: l from all of the several meters : where the man had been parked l looked through the money unti : he located the lucky piece and re turned it to its grateful owner. The meters work long hours bu i they are not indefatigable. The: ; must be collected and wound ever: « thrjee days. Even with such splendie ■ individual attention an average o I about five daily are guilty off func tioning improperly. Mixon acts ai ■ doctor at such times and the police officers endeavor to soothe the ■ complaining public. Here’s An Honest Man; Holds Tire For Owner B. Cashwell, propietor of a garage, Slhiypard boulevard and Carolina Beach road, re ported to police last night that he had a Goodyear tire and wheel which fell from a passing beer truck, and that he will re turn it to the owner if the owner will call for it. Serial number of the tire is D33T9751, Cash well said. Negro Goes To Jail Following Shooting; Victim Wounded Twice Alex Porter, Negro, 502 South 10th street, was in jail last night under a $1,500 bond for allegedly shooting Robert Mock, Negro, at 1109 North 10th street yesterday evening at 7:40 o’clock. Policemen said the shooting re sulted from an argument between the two Negroes last night when Mock, Porter said, beat Porter’s sister-in-law. Mock was treated in Community hospital, South 11th street, for bullet wounds in his left arm and right hip, hospital officials said. Followng treatment he was releas ed. Polce said Porter shot Mock with a pistol. Paliceman W. M. Leitch arrested Porter, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The Aegean islands include Rhodes, Castelrosso and the Dode canese group. HECTIC WEEK ENDS FOR FLORIDA TURF MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 5.—(U.FO—Gulf stream Park today granted pay raise demands of grooms “in or der to keep peace during the last days of the meeting,” ending a hectic week featured by an alleged attempt to “fix” a race, rumors of a strike and a “f'shing holiday” by track blacksmiths. President James Donn reported after a meeting of track officials, groom representatives, and a mem ber of the state racing commission, that the grooms would receive $10 for every horse they had in a race and $20 if it wins. They had been getting $5 and $15. “I personally believe thht pay ments to grooms and trainers should be left up to horse own ers,” Donn said. “But in order to keep peace during the last days of the meeting, we will grant this request. “It is time we got Our house in order and some system of payment is worked out,” he said. “We can’t continue racing with these de mands popping up every few days.” Before the meeting, reports had been rampant that if the grooms’ demands were refused; there would be no horses led out for the races this afternoon. But Abe Po losky, representative of the grooms, denied that such was the case. Meanwhile, horse owners had won their battle to have the con troversial “no strike” rule sus pended by the racing commission. The commission voted yesterday to suspend the regulation, which provided that horsement could be barred from Florida tracks when, ■ knowing in advance the terms and conditions of the meeting, they refused to run their horses because they were dissatisfied. The rule was suspended until June 30, 1946. John Sullivan, of Philadelphia, who allegedly attempted to bribe Trainer Ralph Bohn and Jockey Walter Mann, was free under a $6,000 bond. Jockey Luis Torres was suspended by the stewards and ruled cff the grounds for al legedly acting as “middle man” in the case. HUGHSON DISCHARGED BOSTON, Jan. 5. — (U.R) — Tex Hughson, right-hander who was one of the major league’s’ leading pitchers before he went into ser vice, advised the Boston Red Sox today that he had been discharged from the Army and will report for Spring training in March. — GOLDSBORO NEXT Goldsboro High school will be the next opponents of the New Han over High school football team. Normal U. S. consumption of antimony is about 10,000 tons per year. ' * DUKE GROAN, TANK CARDS ANNOUNCED DURHAM, Jan. 5.— (U.R) —Duke University athletic officials today released the 1946 schedule for the Blue Devil wrestling and swim ming teams. The mat program included Geo rgia Tech, Jan. 11, Durham; Vir ginia, Jan. 12, Durham; Georgia Tech, Jan. 18, Atlanta; Emory lina, Feb. j, Chapel Hill; North Carolina, Feb. 12, Durham. Duke’s tankmen take on Cherry Point Marines, Jan. 9, Durham; Navy, Jan. 12, Annapolis; Georgia Tech, JaJn 18, Atlanta; Emory UNI., AAU meet, Jan. 19, Atlanta: Camp Lejeune, tentative, Jan. 23, Durham; Cherry Point Marines, Jan. 26, Cherry Point; Georgia Tech, Feb. 1, Durham; Duke Uni versity AAU meet, Feb. 2, Durham; North Carolina, tentative, Feb. 6, Chapel Hill; Georgia Tech AAU meet, Feb. 9, Atlanta; N. C. State, Feb. 16. Durham. Boys From Syracuse Get Mifnn As Coach ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 5._ (U.R)—Clarence ’ (Big) Munn, line coach at the University of Mich igan, tonight accepted a contract to become head football coach at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. Munn refused to disclose details of the contract which previously ha dbeen reported as calling for a salary of $8,000 annually for three years. The big, former University of Minnesota linesman had been on Fritz Crisler’s staff at Michigan since 1938. During the 1937 season, Munn W’as an assistant to Ossie Solem at Syracuse. Solem resigned recently i s head grid coach at Syracuse. ! \HJ.8. "iBill Stanley ; Life Insurance Counsellor ; Member—National \ Underwriters Field Club ; jr Retirement Income Contracts ^Personal Insurance ' Jr Business Insurance Jr Estate Analysis For ! Taxes ! Jr Estate Tax Insurance ! Jr Present Insurance Es- I late Analysis and ! Completed Audits | 510 Murchison Bldg. 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