ij[!F ding jumps
ahead in south
Construction Contracts For
H Months Soar 62 Per
Cent Over 1945
BALTIMORE, Dec. 9 — (.JP) —The
Manufacturers’ record reported
j,,- southern construction con
es'totaled $1,663,051,000 in the
first n months of this year, a 62
‘ cent increase over the $1,026,
L oOO in the corresponding period
{JaSt year. There were increases
? au maior categories except in
dustrial construction
The Record said “restrictions
combined with shortages” cut
‘ the total value of industrial
“instruction contracts, but they
ti‘n outranked all other classifica
Ls Awards through November
re $434,479,000. In the corres
ponding period of 1945 they totaled
1440 547.000.
November contracts totaled $150,
933 000, with industrial contracts
leading at $67,745,000. The Novem
figure showed a seven per
cent decrease from the October to
la] but ranked fifth highest month
this year.
Private building contracts, which
total $383,741,000 for 11 months
ranked next to industrial con
duction in value and compared
fith $9,496,000 for the same per
iod of 1945.
Highway contracts total $338,
720 000 so far this year, or over
three times the 1945 11-month total.
Texas leads the Southern states
in this held, with contracts total
ing $85,631,000. Nearest contenders
were North and South Carolina,
vith $26,784,000 and $26,333,000 res
pectively. _
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THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW is needed to quell a near riot at the Air
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TEXTILE WORKERS
SEEK PAY BOOST
Union Plans To Ask Opera
tors For 15 Cents Per
Hour Increase
ATLANTA, Dec. 8—(£>)—The Tex
tile Workers Union of America
(CIO) will demand a general wage
increase of 15 cents an hour for
100,000 cotton textile workers in
the South, Union President Emil
Rieve announced Sunday.
The announcement came shortly
after 400 delegates from 150 local
unions approved the demand unani
mously at a Southern meeting. The
mills affected are in Virginia,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Texas and the Caro
linas.
Rieve told the conference:
“In spite of the tremendous
economic strides that the American
textile worker has made since our
union was organized in 1939, tex
tile workers are still among the
lowest paid industrial workers in
the country and their wages are
not sufficient to maintain an Amer
ican standard of living under pres
ent conditions.
Gains Wiped Out
“Past wage gains won for tex
tile workers by TWUA-CIO are
rapidly being wiped out by the
skyrocketing cost of living.”
The union plans to notify all its
contract employers immediately of
its demand for the 15-cent increase
and request collective bargaining
conference at an early date.
The wage demand is the fourth
to be made by the TWUA. A 15
cent general increase has been de
manded in Northern cotton mills,
where negotiations are under way.
An 18-cent general increase has
been asked in the synthetic yarn
industry and 20 cents in the woolen
and worsted industry.
The union says present hourly
earnings in Southern textile mills
average 85 cents an hour.
SAFEWAY COMPANY •
ENTERTAINS TODAY
FOR ENTIRE STAFF
A Christmas parly honoring 250
employes of the Safeway Transit
company and their wives will be
held today and tonight in the
Famous Grill, it was announced
last night by T. J. Eaird, company
superintendent of operation.
The celebration will be divided
into two parts, with the first meal
set for one o’clock in the after
noon. The evening part of the pro
gram will begin at 7:00 p. m.
Honeymoon Waits
CAMDEN, N. J„ Dec. 8—(£>)—
Mrs. Hazel Stanley didn’t let an
automobile accident, involving hei
fiance, keep her waiting at the
church.
Declining to posipone her mar
riage Saturday night, Mrs. Stan
ley took the wedding party and a
pastor to West Persey hospital
where she became the bride ol
Robert Rathbone, 33-year-old Army
veteran.
Rathbone suffered a possible con
cussion of the brain and spinal in
juries when his car collided with
another automobile en route to
Mrs. Stanley’s home where he was
to be married.
The bride, who had been a wi
dow, said the honeymoon would
have to wait.
ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 8—(>P)—
Pianist Arthur Rubinstein said Sat
urday night he would'Reave here by
plane early Sunday in an indeavor
to beat the stork at Los Angeles.
Members of the family of the
wife of the 60-year-old musician
said at Los Angeles last night that
Mrs. Rubinstein expected to enter
cedars of Lebanon hospital “any
day now” for the birth of the
cobple’s fourth child.
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Revised List Of Dead, Injured
In Winecoff Hotel Disaster
DEATH LIST
Adams, Evelyrte, Thomaston, Ga.
•Aldridge, Miss Sarah M., Univer
sity of Alabama student froiii FSlk
ville, Ala. .
Baggett, Mrs. Florence, Glaxton,
Ga.
Baker, Walter L., 75 Vermont
Ave.f West Asheville, N. C.
Bates, Clarence B., Bainbridge,
Ga
Beck, Walter W., Jacksonville,
Fla.
Broome, Sue Dorothy, Bain
bridge, Ga.
Brown, Mrs. J. E., Cornelia, Ga.
Brown, Lamar, Rome, Ga.
Bryson, Bill, Asheville N. C.
Buck, Eloise, New York City.
Burns, A. J., Ossining, N. Y.
Cobb, Martha Harriet, University
of Alabama student from Fayette,
Ala.
Constangey, Mrs. Freda, Atlanta.
Constangey, Jo, Atlanta.
Constangey, M- T., Atlanta.
Cox, Dr. Robert H., Murphy,
N. C.
Cox, Mrs. Robert H. (Billie),
Murphy, N. C.
David, Phillip D., Savannah, Ga.
Davis, Mary Alice, Bainbridge,
Ga.
Dekle, Mrs. Robert, Tampa, Fla.
Dickerson, Will D., Douglas. Ga.
Dickerson, Mrs. Will D., Doug
las, Ga.
Dickerson, Bill, 7, Douglas, Ga.
Dickerson, Mary Melinda, 6,
Douglas, Ga.
Ellicott, Eric Hayworth, Jackson
ville, Fla
Fluker, Robert, Thomson, Ga.
Gonzett, Lt. Comdr., Nas, Nor
folk, Va.
Goodson, Joseph, Clay City, 111.
Goodson, Mrs. J. A. (Gladys),
Clay City, 111.
Goodson, Joseph, Jr., 4, Clay
City, 111.
Goodson, Barbara, 2, Clay City
111.
Gregg Karl Carr, Bainonage, ua.
Griffin,, Patsy, Bainhridge, Ga.
Hale, Frank B., Jr. Nashville,
Tenn.
Harris, Lena, Copperhill, Tenn.
Henry, Mrs. J- W., Maryville,
Tenn.
Henson,\ Christine, Thomaston,
Ga.
Jenkins, Jerry, Donaldsonville,
Ga.
Jones, William, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Justice, Irene, Hapeville, Ga.
Keith, Charles, Rome, Ga.
Knox, Peter S., Sr., Thomson,
Ga.
Knox, Mrs. Peter S., Sr., Thom
son, Ga.
Lain, Paul, 3603 Cliff Road, Bir
mingham.
Lain, Mrs. Paul, 3603 Cliff Road,
Birmingham, Ala.
Little Lt. James R , Charlotte,
N. C
Mason, Eloise. Atlanta and Ashe
ville, N. C.
Mauss, Jacob M., Philadelphia,
Pa.
MCDONALD, J. L., 7-A6 Hooper
Drive, Wilmington, N. C.
Mennix, P. R. Jr., Columbus, Ga.
Metcalf, Hedy, Columbus, Ga.
Minor, Mrs. Mary, Thomason,
Ga.
Miller, Mrs- Sarah, Gordon, Ga.
Moody, Sam, Arlington, Ga.
Moody, J. R., Arlington Ga.
Morrison . Capt. Dewitt Lane,
i rsrunswicx, yia.
Moye, Robbie Jean, Donaldson,
Ga.
Murphy, Mary Louise, Bain
bridge, Ga.
Nichols, Margaret, Atlanta.
Parker, Margaret, Montgomery,
Ala.
Perry, Mrs. Tona, Tampa, Fla.
Pettijohn, Edward L., Mountain
Brook, Ala.
Powell, Miss Ruth, Bainbridge,
Ga.
Pruett, Jean, Fort Payne, Ala.,
and:'Atlanta.
Rasmussen, • Dr. Carl E., Des
Moines, Iowa.
Reiman, Gloria, Gulfport, Miss
Riley, Jeannette, Donaldsonville,
Ga.'
Rochelle, W. L., Marietta, Ga.
Scherk, Marianne, Albany, Ga.
Sheriff, J. B., Atlanta.
Sims, Miss Nell, Barnesville, Ga.
Sisk, Cleveland Dillard, Buck
ingham Court, Asheville, N. C.
Slatton, James, Rome, Ga.
Smith, Dotsy, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Smith, Emma Ann, Valdosta, Ga.
Smith, Fred S., Fitzgerald, Ga.
Smith, Mrs. John Edward, Fitz
Gerald, Ga.
Smith, Mary, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Sollenberger, Robert L., Barnes
ville, Ga
Sorrells, Harry W., Asheville,
N. C.
Steinspring, Mrs. C. T., Cornelia,
Ga.
Stewart, Ethel, Ralph, Ala.
Strickland, Harriet, Donaldson
ville.
Sullivan, Elaine, 925 13th St.,
Tuscaloosa, Aia.
Swanson, H. E., Chicago.
Thomas, Eda, Asheville, N. C.
Thomas, E. O., Asheville, N. C.
Thurn, C- H., Columbus, Ga.
Todd, William B., Jr., Colum
bia, S. C.
Tallbett, Irene, Copperhill, Tenn.'
Tyner, Dot, Columbus, Ga.
Uphold, Patsy, Thomaston, Ga.
Walden, George William, Rome,
Ga.
Walker, Ann, Albany, Ga.
Weatherly, SE. B., Cochran, Ga.
Williams, Mrs. John, Cordele, Ga.
Williams, Ens. R. C., NAS, Nor
folk, Va.
Willis, Maxine, Bainbridge, Ga.
Wilson, Miss Irene Maude, Knox
ville, Tenn.
Winecoff, W- F., Atlanta.
Winecoff, Mrs. W. F., Atlanta.
• The unidentified:
One child.
A 45-60 year old woman, un
identified.
One body, no clothes, unrecog
nizable.
A girl, approximately 19, sandy
brown hair, light green gaberdine
dress, class ring “FLP 1S.43,” small
diamond engagement ring, Lenoir
City, N. C.
Female burnt beyond recogni
tion. No hands, feet, and part of
legs gone.
Female burnt beyond recognition,
no * clothing.
Female, unrecognizable, no
hands, feet. .
Female, body charred, blonde
hair, gold ring inscribed inside,
“39.” Rome key No. 1230 on her
clothing.
INJURED LIST
Allison, Dr. Gordon O., Atlanta,
condition reported good.
Babb, Andrew (address' un
known) , condition good.
Baker, William F., Chattanooga,
Tenn., condition not critical.
Bault, Robert S., Murphy, N. C.,
condition good.
Bault, Mrs. Robert S., Murphy,
N. C., condition good.
Baxley, Bob, Duluth, Minn., dis
missed from hospital after treat
ment.
Boschung, Charles, P. M., Cull
man, Ala., condition good.
Bowen, Fred, Atlanta, condition
good.
Brown, A. P., Atlanta, condition
good.
Burch, Mrs. George, Chattano
oga, Tenn., condition critical.
Burnham, Andrew J., Atlanta,
critical.
Chambers, Delilah, Murphy, N.
C., treated at hospital ainf dismiss
ed.
Chambers, Josephine, Murphy,
N. C., treated at hospital and dis
missed.
Cochran, L. W., Miami, Fla.,
condition very critical.
Cochran, Mrs. L. W., Miami,
Fla., condition serious.
Cox, Bobby, 3 years old, Mur
phy, N. C., condition fair.
Dansbury, Annie Bess, Colum
bus, Ga., condition good.
Dewsberry, Evelyn, Atlanta, con
dition not critical.
Dickerson, Roy, Conley, Ga.,
treated and dismissed.
Duke, L. R., Atlanta, condition
good.
Duncan. Samuel, 294 South Lump
kin Street, Athens, Ga>, condition
fair.
Edmonds, Alice, Atlanta, no re
port on condition.
Fain, Capt. Al, Atlanta City Fire
man, treated at hospital and dis
missed.
Gilbert, Mrs. Alice Ann, Port
land, Ore., condition serious, has
developed pneumonia.
Green, Freda, Hattiesburg, Miss.,
condition good.
Hamill, Carlos, 3 Lookout Circle,
Rome, Ga., condition good.
Hamill, Carlos, Jr., 3 Lookout
Circle, Rome, Ga., condition good.
Harris, John L., Sr., 1325 Ever
hardt Avenue, Columbus, Ga., con
dition good.
Harris, Mrs. Ruth, 1325 Ever
hardt avenue, Columbus, Ga., con
dition fair.
Harvey, Rose, Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
condition good.
Henry, J. W., Maryville, Term.,
condition good.
Holt, W. T., Atlanta, condition
good.
Horme, J., Cordele, Ga„ treat
ed at hospital and dismissed.
Johnson, Mildred, Atlanta, very
critical.
Kassal, Mrs. Ida, 133 E. Fifteenth
street, Savannah, Ga., condi tior
good.
Ledbetter, Mrs. T. E., 423 Clair
mont avenue, Atlanta, conditior
good. /.
Lemmons, Henry, Dallas, Texas,
condition good.
Lipsutz, W. E., Winecoff Hotel
condition good.
Lipsutz, Mrs. W. E., Winecol
Hotel, no report on condition.
Macauley, John, Chester, S. C.
condition good.
McCumber, Daisy, Atlanta, con
dition fair.
Meyer, Mrs. Carrie B., Knox
ville, Tenn., condition critical.
Meyer, Eva, Knoxville, Tenn.,
condition fair.
Mitchell, Gladys, Maryville.
Tenn., condition good.
Moen, Dorothy, route 2, Colum
bus, Ga., condition serious.
Munns, Robert Edward, Augusta,
Ga., condition good.
Murrow, Ethel B., 467 Hancock
avenue, Athens, Ga., treated al
hospital and dismissed.
Olgivia, Rudolph, Barnesville,
Ga., condition good. ,
Parker, Mrs. Charles, Montgome
ry, Ala., condition critical.
Phillips, James B.', Lithonia, Ga.,
condition good.
Rasmussen, Frances, Winecofi
Hotel, condition serious.
Robinson, Willie F., Mrs., Mem
phis,-Tenn., condition good.
Smith, Mrs. Frank, Valdosta,
Ga., condition critical, r
Spurlin, L. R., Jr., Atlanta, con
dition good.
Steed, Mrs. Martha, Atlanta, con
dition critical.
Tarver, Mrs. Elizabeth, 501 N.
Jackson street, Albanq, Ga.. treat
ed at hospital and dismissed.
Thrash, Langdon, Shreveport,
La., condition good.
Tribble, Mrs. W. E., Poole Hotel,
Rockford, 111., condition fair.
Twiball, Frank W., Newark, N.
J., condition goo*.
Wallace, Mrs. Bryan, Holly
Springs, Miss., condition good.
White, Ernest, Atlanta, condition
good.
Williams, Ed, 315 Thirteenth
street, Cordele, Ga., treated at hos
pital and dismissed.
Wolf, Basil M., Toronto, Canada,
treated at hospital and dismissed.
BIG BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(£>)—
Americans touring by automobile
are buying souvenirs, gifts, camp
ing supplies and miscellaneous
items at the rate of $1,500,000,000,
the Commerce department report
ed Sunday, a $250,000,000 a year
increase over prewar buying.
Student Honored
Dewey Hobbs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Hobbs of the Market
street road, Wilmington senior at
Wake Forest, was elected president
of Wake Forest chapter of Omicron
Delta Kappa. He was an outstand
ing tackle on the Demon Deacon
football squad.
HOBBSSELECTED
FRATERNITY HEAD
Wilmington Students A t
Wake Forest Honored;
Behrends Named
WAKE FOREST, Dec. 8 —
Dewey Hobbs, Wilmington Senior
and an outstanding tackle on the
Demon Deacon football team for
the past four seasons, has been
elected president for the 1946-47
term' of Wake Forest chapter of
Omicron Delta Kappa, national
honorary fraternity.
Other new officers are Sam Beh
rends, vice-president and another
Wilmington senior; Dr. Henry
‘Stroupe, Wake Forest, formerly
of Alexis, faculty secretary; and
Bill McGill, Fayetteville junior
student secretary. Behrends is
algo president of the student body.
Hobbs is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Hobbs of Market Street
road. Behrends is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Behrends of 306
North Fifth Ave. Wilmington.
Plans for the coming year were
discussed following the election of
officers.
Students invited to join are chos
en on the basis of a point system,
points being arbitrarily assigned
for positions of leadership on the
campus. Other considerations for
membership in addition to the
point system are participation in
student activities, and general in
terest and knowledge of campus
life. A grade average of C is also
required scholastically.
Snakes cannot travel as fast as
some people suspect. One species
of king snake has a maximuir
speed of .72 miles an hour a bul'
snake 1.18 miles an hour and th<
red racer of California 3.60 miles
an hour.
EDWARD WOOTTEN
GETS AIR MEDAL
Wilmington Lieutenant
Wins Award For Herioc
Achievement
First Lieutenant Edward Wooten,
of 108 Wrightsville Avenue here has
been awarded the Air' Medal with
Oak Leaf cluster for heroic achieve
ment as a bomber pilot in the New
Guinea, Southern Phillippines and
Formosa campaigns in World War
II.
His citation, received here yes
terday, was ordered by General
JlscArthur and signed by Maj.-Gen.
Paul J. Mueller, his chief of staff.
According to the citation, Lt.
Wooten "exhibited outstanding
courage and flying skill in suc
cessfully completing numerous low
level bombing and strafing mis
sions involving long range flights
over water and hostile areas.
Through his superior technical
knowledge and devotion to duty,
Lt. Wooten made a noteworthy con
tribution to the striking power oi
the 389th Bombardment Squadron.’’
ROBERT ASHWORTH
GETS COMMISSION
AS ARMY OFFICER
Robert A. Ashworth, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Ashworth, of
Wrightsville Sound, has been com
missioned a second lieutenant in
the Army of the United States af
ter completion of a course at the
Infantry Officers Candidate school
at Fort Benning, Ga.
He entered the army last March
28 after graduating from New Han
ov^r High School and attending
State College.
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CHARLES NEWBOLD
COMPLETES COURSE
AT FT. BENN1NG
Private Charles Harper Newbold’
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. New
bold of 1 Church street, has com
pleted six weeks of combined para
chute and glider training at the
Infantry school, Ft. Benning, Ga.
During his training period he
made seven parachute jumps, the
last two being tactical, one at
night and the other at the break of
dawn. In the glider course, sev
eral special glider flights were
made to orient him on Glider war.
fare.
To Restore Trains
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(A>)—The
Southern Railway system announc
ed Sunday that passenger trains
taken off because of the coal
strike will be restored to service
Monday and Tuesday.
Sleeping car service on the re
stored trains will be resumed "as
soon as the Pullman company can
burnish cars and connecting lines
can handle them,” the system said
in a statement.
Southern had 34 trains cancelled
under the Office of Defense Trans
portation order to reduce coal
burning train mileage by 25 per
cent.
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