ADVERTISING men
CONVENING TODAY
Qver One Hundred To At
t e n d Gathering At
Charleston
CHARLESTON, S. C., July 25.
,f_-The mid-year convention of
"Z Advertising Executives associ
M-.;i begin here Friday with
£‘' expected attendance of nearly
£„, newspaper advertising execu
p-e;'from Tennessee and the Caro
lir.as
Ofjicei's and directors will meet
j .ne mid-year business oessian
be held Friday night.
0n Saturday’s program will be
discussion panel led by adver
sr><j general managers of
•"'.■jpapers. A luncheon, at which
G "Barton of New York, president
, t'ne Advertising Federation of
America, will speak; and a brn
'Ci with the two Charleston
pjpers the Evening Post and the
f;e.Vc and Courier, as hosts.
\V':;ht Bryan, editor of the At
Isr/.a'"journal, will speak at the
banquet on the subject, “An editor
73 ss To Advertising Men. ’
Boat and sightseeing trips have
been arranged for the members,
t-e;r wives and guests.
Highwaymen Repeat
PHILADELPHIA. July 25—(U.R)—
john p. Quigley thanked the police
pV'tely Thursday wlfen they noti
'■cd him his stolen automobile was
recovered.
He drove the auto from the police
,-j ior. to the identical spot where
;• had been stolen. Two hours later,
he phoned the police.
The auto was stolen again.
The word chauffeur means
stoker, and comes from the days
of coal-burning steam automobiles.
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Mr. Lacock Swings It, As Members Rehearse
Pictured above are some
50 members of the Atlantic
Coast Line band, organized
five weeks ago, as they went
into final rehearsals for their
performance beore members
of the Wilmington Lions club
last night on Middle Sound.
The scene of their first semi
public appearance was the
estate of Wick Twining,
where members of the club
and their wives enjoyed their
annual family night. The
band was organized by George
0. Davis, and is under the
direction of Lieut. Eugene
Lacock, ROTC band direc±ot*
shown above directing the
band. There are now about
60 members, Davis said.
ACQUATIC ACTION
Wave Wrestles Water
While Wooing Oblivion
WASHINGTON, July 25.—(U.R)—
Authorities agreed Thursday night
that Bernice Ann Boner, 39-year
old Wave officer who jumped 90
feet from the Frances Scott Key
bridge to the Potomac river in
darkness, was a good swimmer
but a poor navigator.
At 3 a.m., Thursday the Wave
lieutenant commander leaned from
a moving taxicab on the bridge,
broke atvay from the taxi driver’s
grasp, climbed a five foot para
pet, and jumped.
Going Strong
When policemen in a rowboat,
aided by lights flashed from the
shore, reached her in midstream
half an hour later, they found her
swimming around in circles.
"I'm surprised that I can swim as
well as this,” she gasped to her
rescuers. “'The moment I hit the
water I instinctively started to
swim.”
But she steadfastly refused to
climb aboard the rescue boat. “Be
cause I might swamp it.” Clinging
to the stern, Comdr. Boner was
towed ashore.
Even though dripping wet and
shivering on the shore, the officer
was described by her rescuers as
‘‘tall, slender and beautiful.”
The only explanation she would
offer authorities was that she was
“dissatisfied” with her work.
Gay Divorcee
She has been a member of the
Waves for three and one-halt years.
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A native of Indianapolis, Ind., she
was divorced after 10 years oi
marriage shortly before she joined
the Navy, police said.
Shortly before the jump, Comdr.
Boner hailed the taxicab of Francis
J. Collins and directed him^to drive
her to Key bridge, about three
miles away. She was to meet some
friends there, she said, who would
be in an automobile bearing New
York license plates.
Hit Front Seat
The car never appeared, and
Collins took his fare across the
bridge to the Virginia side. On the
return trip, he heard the rear door
being opened and slammed on the
brakes so hard that Comdr. Boner
was thrown against the front seat.
She jumped out, with Collins
after her. He grabbed her arm, but
the Wave broke away, leaped to the
parapet and was gone. Collins
drove quickly to the nearest police
station and reported.
The policemen in the rowboat ex
pected to find nothing when they
reached mid-stream. But there was
Comdr. Boner, swimming like mad
but getting nowhere in her circular
cruise.
City Briefs
M ET EIGHT BANQUET
Members of the Wilmington
voiture 40 et Eight, will en
joy a banquet meeting at a
local night club, taking the
place of their regular meet
ing, Friday night at eight
o’clock, it has been announ
ced by Roy Fennell, corres
pondent of voiture 245.
TYPHUS SHOTS
Families of servicemen sta
tioned in foreign countries who
have received orders from the
government to join them may
receive typhus shots by con
tacting the Wilmington Chapter
of the American Red Cross.
The organization makes two
trips every other week to Camp
Lejeune. Persons desiring these
shots should contact the Red
Cross before tonight. Phones
are 2-2683 and 2-0321.
ST. JAMES REPAIRED
Workmen yesterday were
making minor repairs to the
bell tower of St. James Epiv
copal church, replacing worn
‘'brick with new ones. The
church was founded in 1729.
JUSTICE DISCHARGED
Jack Justice former car
penters mate in the U. S.
Navy, arrived here yesterday
after receiving his discharge
from service. He spent over
two years in the Navy, a part
of which time was spent in
the Pacific theatre. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Justice, Hampstead.
PLACES NEW BUSES
Safeway Transit company,
Wilmington, yesterday had
placed seven new Ford buses
on various routes in the city,
T. J. Baird, superintendent of
transportation for the company,
said. Expected “very shortly”
are three additional units.
PERMIT FOR PAVING
Hugh MacRae Realty com
pany yesterday had been is
sued a permit for paving
streets and sidewalks at Prin
cess Place. The permit was
issued by Gilbert F. Morton,
city building inspector.
STEP UP FOR VETS
Stepped up service for con
tract and rehabilitation for
veterans of the area, on a sub
regional level is expected
since the Veterans Adminis
tration has acquired 2,000
feet of floor space in the
customhouse, and is negotiat
ing for additional space in the
Trust building.
U. S. national foresters furnish
forage for 11,000,000 domestic ani
mals and their young.
WAGE HIKES I
Carolinas Textile Mills
Announce Pay Increases
CHARLOTTE, JuI725 — (JP) -
A general upward movement in
wages for textile workers in the
Carolinas was indicated Thursday
as numerous mills announced pay
boosts for their thousands of em
ployees.
Most of the announcements said
the increase would average eight
cents an hour and establish a 73
cents minimum as compared with
the present widespread mimimum
of 65 cents. Some of the mills,
however, gave no figures but
merely said they would put ad
vances into effect beginning Mon
day.
Ratification Needed
In mills under contract with
unions, it was pointed out, the
proposed new scales must be ac
cepted by the unions before be
coming effective.
Meantime, spoKesmen tor DOtn
CIO and AFL textile unions de
clared they were going qjiead with
plans to demand from mills with
which they have contracts increas
ed minimums and other conses
sions.
New Wage Goal*
The textile Workers Union ol
America (CIO) recently announc
ed a campaign to obtain a 12
cents-per hour increase and a
mimimum of 77 cents an hour.
The United Textile Workers of
America (AFL) set its goal at 15
cents an hour increase.
Earlier in the week Roy Law
ence, southern director for the
TWUA, had called the mills’ plan
to offer an eight cents an hour in
crease an effort to forestall his
union’s drive for the 12 cents ad
ditional pay.
Eight-Cent Raise
The huge Cannon mills, with
20,000 employees at its plants in
Concord, Kannapolis, and else
where Thursday announced its
adoption of a 73 cents mimimum,
representing an average increase
of eight cent an hour.
President Charles A. Cannon, in
making the announcement at Con
cord, said the upward revision
was being made in keeping with
his company’s established policy
of paying its workers in keeping
with the condition of the textile
industry.
Not Unionized
Cannon Mills are not unionized
but the big enterprise is now an
ozjective of the CIO’s million
member southern organization
campaign, with a squad of or
ganizers actively at work in an
attempt to sign up the employees.
A similar increase was announc
ed for the 3,000 workers of Tex
tiles, Inc., at Gastonia.
Palmetto Increases
In 'South Carolina, higher pay
scales were announced by numer
ous mills of the Piedmont region.
A survey made in Greenville
showed an eight cents increase
was proposed for the Victor-Mona
ghan mills' and Dunean Mills at
Greenville, Watts Mills at Lau
rens, and at the Rock Hill and
Whitmire plants of Aragon-Bald
win.
Unannounced Amounts
Increases of unannounced
amounts were disclosed for the
Laurens Mill at Laurens and at
the following Greenville plants:
Poe, American Spinning, Brandon
Duck, Renfrew Bleacheries, Poin
sett, Judson, Camperdown, and
Union Bleachery.
No estimate was made of the
number of workers to be affect
ed but the figure will run into
the thousands.
Spartanburg reported that in
creases had been authorized for
other thousands in the following
mills: Spartan, Startex, Beau
mont, Raycord, Drayton. Pacific.
Arkwright, Saxon, Mills Mill, and
Fairforest Finishing Company.
Delay Seen
Mill spokesmen said the amounts
would depend upon adjustments in
the various classifications of the
industry, and that it might be
several days before the average
increase would be known.
The increases announced Thurs
day came shortly after three big
textile enterprises with headquar
ters in Greensboro had made
known they would offer a 73 cents
mimimum and an average in
crease of eight cents an hour to
their employees, totaling 27,000.
The Cone Mills, the Burlington
Mills with 50 cents in North Caro
lina and Virginia, and the Carter
Fabrics company were the three.
An unofficial report received
here said the Hanna'h Pickett Mills
at Rockingham had announced an
eight cents advance.
Officials of some other large
mills said they were not ready yet
to disclose their plans.
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WASHINGTON. July 25. — <£>)—
President Truman Thursday sign
ed into law a bill making heads of
executive departments and inde
pendent agencies eligible for civil
service retirement system partici
pation.
Previously, these officials had
been banned from participation.
Mr. Truman signed another bill
to retain the retirement benefit
rights for persons who leave civil
service work because of a disabil
ity.
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Conferees Bar Military
Men From Atomic Board
WASHINGTON, July 25 — (£>)
Advocates of civilian control ol
atomic energy won a victory
Thursday when a Senate-House
Conference committee agreed to
exclude military men from a
control commission.
The House had voted to put at
least one, and possibly two, mili
tary men on the five-man commis
sion which would rule over atomic
energy in the domestic field. The
Senate had voted for an all-civil
ian body.
Some Dissatisfied
Some of the House conferees ex
pressed dissatisfaction with the
decision, and indicated they would
fight when the conference report
comes up for ratification in the
House. It is subject to Senate ap
proval also.
The House won a point on an
other provision dealing with mili
tary representation. The conferees
agreed that the director of the di
vision of military application of
amomic energy be a member of
the armed forces.
Senate Defeated
The Senate had voted to put a
civilian at the head of this divi
sion, one of four that would work
under commission direction.
The conferees were still in dis
agreement over patent provisions
of the bill. The House completely
rewrote these provisions as pass
ed by the Senate.
At Loggerheads
One of the main differences is
I
a House requirement that atomi#
patents taken by the commission
from individuals must be return
ed eventually to the original
owners.
The Senate voted to give tho
government, through the commis
sion, a virtual, perpetual monopoly
on patents and Inventions in the
atomic field.
The Chicago district builds more
railroad cars titan any other area
in the world.
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