MISS SAVAGE
TEEN-AGE QUEEN
Largest Gathering In His
tory Of Club, Attends
Festival
Miss Pansy Savage was present
ed to the largest gathering of Teen
age club members in th' history
of the organization last night as
Queen of the Spring Festival’s third
annual formal beauty contest at
the Second and Orange Community
Center building.
Miss Savage, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Savage, Rt. 1.
was a representative of Hemenway
grammar school and she will reign
over and be crowned Queen at the
Si ring Festival to be held in Jones
Park on May 2T-. A picture of Miss
Savage may be seen on the society
page.
She was chosen over 11 contest
ants front representative grammar
schools and teen-age clubs through
out the city.
Miss Savage won the honor that
was formerly held by Miss Nancy
Greer.
Two runner-ups, Miss Delores
Potter of Nesbitt Court center, and
Miss Harriet Gallup of Winter
Park school, won the second and
third places. All of the contestants
will be attendants to the queen at
the festival.
Contestants from the various
centers and schools in the city
competing against Miss Savage
were :Misses Barbara Dunham,
Chestnut Height school; Winifred
Clark, Sunset Park school; '"rginia
Melton, Lake Forest school; Nad
lee Hill, Cornelius Harnett center;
Margaret Thomason, Forest Hill
, ichool; and Mona Peterson of
■ Tileston school.
* The Community Center teen-age
' club was hostess t. the local cen
. ters and elementary schools and
• furnished the band under the di
’ rection of Band Leader Bobby
Haas.
Judges for the concert were:
Miss Kay Goodman, Frank
O’Brien, Mrs. Lester Preston, Miss
- Thelma Johnson, and Herbert Sen
' na.
i OFFICER URGES
: MILITARY SERVICE
Col. McLaughlin Says Pow
er Most Potent Agent
At Peace Table
Declaring that “Military power is
the most potent agent at the peace
. table,” Col. Severne S. MacLaugh
lin, of the North Carolina Military
District, urged members of the
* Wilmington Exchange club to sup
- port the bill proposing universal
* military training. >
2 Col. MacLaughlin spoke to the :
* Exchange club members during ;
- their luncheon meeting yesterday '
* in the Friendly cafeteria and said
~ that “five million men were need
I «d in a reserve pool for immediate
- call. Universal military training
- is a plan both simple and demo
~ cratic which will produce men
Z quickly, to bring our military
- strength up to regular require
* ments.”
Z Simply stated, the plan means
* that one million trained men per
- year would go into the reserve pool,
he said. Because of age and other
“ factors, our present pool of World
- War II strength is rapidly deplet
- ing.
“ The plan for military training
. calls for youths for one year be
■- tween the ages of 18 and 20, he
" continued. All would register on
* their 17th birthday.
“There would be no exemption
- except for mental or physical dis
~ ability or foreign nationality. One
I thousand hours of thorough instruc
* tion would be equivalent to five
“ years in the National reserve.
Z These men are trainees and would
* not be sent overseas; they would
' remain as near their homes as
“ possible.
„ “Men are dead today because
- we did not have ample trainees to
* meet the crises of World War II,”
’ he declared. “We must not go to
. sleep and allow the challenger to
* catch us off guard and unprepared
’ in the next crisis which may arise.”
. Guy C. Moore, pastor of the
- Southside Baptist church, was a
* guest at the meeting.
; ARMY ENGINEERS
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* today for a look at progress being
. made on the 32-foot channel dredg
- ing project, and may view the
- work with the proposed 35-foot
l channel in mind.
Later the group will go to Ma
* gonboro inlet and there may be a
* poisibility that the inlet will be
- studied with a view of using it as
* a model for the stabilization of
" ether units along the coast.
' Later, the engineers plan to in
. gpect New River inlet and Bogue
- inlet before returning to the Engi
“ neers office here on Monday morn- j
' ing. They plan to fly back to At
- lanta early Monday afternoon.
: BAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By Alley
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SPEC' A fO-LlcEMAM !
Kin outrun A ha'nt
I CAlN* £ £ NO UEP6*
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outrun 'En\ FoFE //
STRIKE
(Continued From Page One)
as the other costs of providing
telephone service, must in the
final analysis be paid by the cus
tomers who buy our service, and
any increase in such costs must
be reflected in the rates we charge.
‘•We are now appearing before
public service commissions
l throughout the southeast seeking
i increases in service rates to pay
j for the cost of the wage increases
granted to our employes last year.
No provision was made in our pe
titions to these commissions for
the wage increases which have
just been granted. Therefore, it
will be necessary to seek addition
al rate increases to cover the cost
of these latest increases in wage
rates.”
Mr. Dumas, m his formal state
ment, said “the company is glad
that the strike is over and that
Southern Bell men and women are
going back to their job of pro
viding the public with unrestrict
ed telephone service.
“We deeply appreciate the
friendly spirit of patience and co
operation which the public showed
during the strike, and we regret
the inconvenience the strike has
caused. We shall do everything
we can to get back to regular day
to-day operations just as promptly
as possible.
“The company appreciates the
work of the thousands of telephone
men and women whose efforts
made it possible for us to provide
service during the. strike emer
gency.”
Bain Happy
The local telephone workers re
turned to their jobs Wednesday
morning, O. G. Bain, said last
night. “We are happy to be able
to resume service for our cus
tomers,” he said
The local employes are apparent
ly satisfied with the agreements
reached with the company. He
said all of the Wilmington and
Wrightsville exchange employes
have returned to work and things
are beginning to operate on a
normal basis again.
The strike began here on April
7 and ended May 7, he said.
HUNDRED TO RETURN
AT CHARLOTTE OFFICE
CHARLOTTE, May 9.—CP)—J. R.
Burnie, chairman of the Charlotte
local of the Southern Federation
of Telephone workers said tonight
that only about 100 of approxi
mately 500 employes of South a
Bell Telephone and Telegraph com
pany would report to work tomor
row.
Burnie said that although the
strike against the Southern Bell
company had been settled, the
Association of Communications
workers were still on strike and
would continue to picket the com
pany’s main exchange here.
These workers are employed by
the Western Electric company, a
subsidiary of American Telephone
and Telegraph, parent company of
the Bell system.
Burnie said the union members
here would continue to respect the
picket ’:nes of the A. C. E. W.
The SFTW strike was settled
tonight with normal service sched
uled to resume at 6 A. M. tomor
row.
—
ANIMALS MUST
BE BANISHED
_
Health Department Says
Owners Must Move
Hogs From City
City cows and hogs have got to
go back to the farm, or at least
be removed from within the city
limits, and the hogpens must be
cleared within 30 days from the
time the owners receive notice
from the Board of Health.
The cows are allowed six months
to find a new home.
Dr. A. H. Elliott, city-county
health officer was preparing yester
day to issue notices to all resi
dents having hogs and cows in the
city that they must be moved out
side the city limits.
The New Hanover County Board
of Health has decreed that the hog
pens must be cleared out and Dr.
Elliott said this action was taken
because of several complaints re
ceived in his offices from resi
dents about the odor arising from
hogpens and cowstalls in the out
lying areas just inside the city
limits.
The issue has been debated for
sometime by the board of health
and has been discussed by the city
council.
Dr. Elliott said most of the hog
pens and cowstalls were located in
the area which was included when
the city limits were extended in
January, 1946. He said he would
mail the notices within the next
few days to all persons who own!
hogs and cows in the city.
STASSEN
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future policies but I do have a
reasoned measure of confidence
that they can and will be over
come without the outbreak of
another tragic world-wide war,”
he said.
“I hope that Baptists will vig
orously uphold individual freedom.
ar.d social, economic, political and
religious freedom, and that they
recognize and support the need of
strength without worshipping that
strength.
“We must find the page in the
book and the step on the ladder
that lead the way to development
of individual respect for one
another which with a strongre
ligious faith is the foundation for
a lasting peace.”
.. Asks Support...r —
He asked the convention to give
‘steadfast support to the social,
economic and cultural objectives
of the United Nations.”
The convention chose Memphis
as its 1948 convention city over
Oakland, Calif., and Dr. W R.
Pettigrew, pastor of tne Walnut
Stret Baptist Church at Louis
ville, Ky., to deliver the sermon
Convention dates will be May 19
23.
The automobile industry con
sumes 18 per cent of the Ameri
can steel output, or more than the
nation’s railroads use.
POST OFFICE CLERK’S BANQUET—Seated at the speaker’s table last night during the second annual postcffice banquet for
'clerical employees are: Mrs. \V. M. Stanley, W. M. Stanley, postal Inspector; WUbur Dosher, postmaster; Mrs J E. Council; J. E. Council,
toastmaster; the Rev. Walter B. Freed, speaker; Sirs. John Doscher; John Doscher, recently retired assistant postmaster, and V. D.
Peace, vice-president of the local 145 of the National Federation of P ost Office Clerks. Not shown In the picture, but also seated at tiie
table was R. T. Rivenbark, president of the local onion. (STAFF PHOTO).__ _
FAITH HEALER
GETS RESULTS
Frail Woman Says Prayers
Of Iranian Will
Cure Here
PALM SPRINGS, Cal., May 9—
(U.R)—■ A frail 58-yeair-old woman,
paralyzed for more than three
.years, said today she was certain
the prayers of an ascetic young
Iranian faith healer would make
her healthy again in only a few
weeks.
Ten minutes alone with Avak,
20-year-old self-acclaimed “minis
ter of God,” already has enabled
Mrs. Zena Nersesian to speak
more clearly than at any time
since a stroke paralyzed her right
side and affected her vocal cords
three and a half years ago, her
family said.
"Avak will cure me,” she said
with tears in her eyes. "I saw it
in a dream. I will be well soon.
He has helped me already. He will
make me well again”.
Her husband, Frank Nersesian,
a date grower, said these were his
wife's first coherent sentences
since she became ill. He said she
spoke only in monosyllables until
Avak came to see her two days
ago, stroked her aifflicted limbs
and prayed briefly. She kissed his
hand and fell into a deep sleep
“That’s when I dreamed he
make me well,” she said.
Today Mrs. Nersescian smiled
and showed interest in her sur
roundings for the first time in
many months, the family reported.
SENATOR BRIDGES
GETS IRRITATED
New Hampshire Republican
Suggests Jailing Talka
tive Postmasters
WASHINGTON, May 9 —(/Pt—Ir
ritated at criticism of Congres
sional economies. Senator Bridges
fR-NHi suggested today that post
masters at Boston, Mass., Hol
land. Mich., and other points be
fired or put in prison unless post
office heads here can control
them.
“You have got to control ’em,
fire ’em , put ’em in prison or
we’ve got to do something about
it up here.” Bridges, chairman of
the Senate Appropriations com
mittee, told Jesse M. Donaldson,
first assistant postmaster general,
at a committee hearing.
Bridges and two other Repub -
lican members of the Appropria
tions group. Senator Young of
North Dakota and Ferguson of
Michigan, joined in complaints
that postmasters were spending
more money than allowed by law
and then blaming Congress for
curtailed local services.
“We’ve taken steps to see that
this won’t happen again.” the first
assistant postmaster general re
plied. He promised that postal in
spectors would conduct special in
vestigations a t Boston. Holland
and other points where postmas
ters are reported to have blamed
Congress for service cutbacks.
Denies Suggestions
At the same time Donaldson
vigorously denied suggestions
by Bridges that “brazen propa
ganda” against Congressional
slashes in appropriations was “in
spired” by Post Office depart
ment officials in Washington.
“I am as embarrassed as any
of you Senators about these state
ments, Donaldson said. He added
that the present Congress is not
to blame because certain post
masters spent more money than
the department here allotted
them.
Bridges said public officials can
be put in jail for spending more
government funds than voted by
Congress and told Donaldson:
“We’ve got to look to you to
clean this situation up or we’ve
got to have some way of getting
at these postmasters directly.’
“We are Hooded witn wires oi
protests Bridges continued.
“These men have been deliberate
ly violating the law. overspending
their allotments, and making false
statements about the Congress.’’
Much of Bridges’ criticism cen
tered upon Postmaster Patrick J.
Connelly ol Boston, who furlough
ed some 1.000 temporary postal
clerks and said this was neces
sary because Congress refused
funds.
Bridges said that after the Bos
ton postmaster was called to
Washington “for reprimand” he
returned to Boston this week and
announced:
“I brought home 'he bacon.”
PM Reprimanded
Bridges said this was a “smart
aleck statement” adding that the
Boston postmaster is “over age”
and should be retired.
‘I don’t know what bacon he
brought home,” Donaldson said.
He said Connelly had been direct
ed to restore service he had cur
tailed and get along with $430,000
less money in the April-June
quarter.
“I took him (Connelly) 'o task,”
the assistant postmaster general
said.
When the United States was cut
off from its rubber sources in
[ 1942, it had on hand more than
, 100-million good tire* on etrg and
I trucks.
V
The Weather
Weather bureau report of tempera
ture and rainfall for the 24 hour* ending
8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
Station High Low Precip.
WILMINGTON _ 70 49 —
Alpena _ 47 25 —
Asheville _ 62 35 —
Atlanta _ 70 45 —
Atlantic City_ 53 36 —
Birmingham _ 70 53 —
Boston _50 37 —
Buffalo _ 44 29 —
Burlington _ 46 3tV —
Chattanooga _ 66 37 —
Chicago _ 47 31 —
Cincinnati _ 54 30 —
Cleveland _ 45 34 —
Dallas _ 73 58 —
Denver _ 77 40 .16
Detroit _ 50 31 —
Duluth _ 58 25 -
El Paso _ 73 58 .18
Fort Worth _ 69 56 .01
Galveston _ 80 70 —
Jacksonville _ 77 60 —
Kansas City_ 66 41 —
Key West_ 80 69 .65
Knoxville _ 63 36 —
Little Rock_ 69 56 —
Los Angeles_81 52 —
Louisville _ 57 33 —
Memphis _ 69 52 —
Meridian _ 74 50 —
Miami _ 77 73 .07
Minn. :St. Paul_ 62 86 —
Mobile _ 74 56 —
Montgomery _ 74 50 —
New Orleans_ 77 62 —
New York_ 50 37 —
Norfolk _ 58 46 —
Philadelphia_51 33 —
Phoenix _ 90 64 -
Pittsburgh_42 32 —
Portland, Me. _ 52 34 —
Raleigh - 68 48 —
Richmond _ 64 32 —
St. Louis_ 59 38 —
San Antonio _ 86 70 —
San Francisco_ 62 50 —
Savannah _ 71 53 —
Seattle _ 61 47 .36
Tampa _ 81 63 —
Vicksburg _ 73 54 .04
Washington _ 54 34 —
CARGO
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poration, with the H. H. Pike com
pany, Inc. of New York, acting
as distributing agent. The local
broker for the commodity if H. F.
White and company.
The ship carrying the sugar is
operated by A. Garcia and com
pany of New York and the Wil
mington Shipping company is the
local agent.
Since the war, the only sugar
that has been stored here for dis
tribution has been domestic sugar
from American refiners, and that
has been in comparatively small
quantities, it was said.
NEXT SUGAR STAMP MAY BE
... ... -GOOD SON.
WASHINGTN. May 9. — UP, —
The next sugar ration stamp may
become good earlier than July 1,
the originally scheduled date.
Cuban sugar is piling up in
Eastern seaboard refining centers
and the government may change
the effective date of the 10-pound
stamp to expedite buying of the
commodity.
Agriculture department officials
said that if more sugar does ;iot
move into inland areas and into
consumer pantries during the next
few weks, the nation may witness
"a sugar famine in the midst of
plenty” .later in the summer.
They explained that a shortage
of freight cars may make it ditfi
cult to move sugar from (he East
after the new wheat crop starts
moving to market in June and
July. Large numbers of freight
cart will be needed to move the
new grain crop to ports for ship
ments abroad.
Thus, officials said, areas and
consumers which put off redeem
ing their sugar ration stamps and
stocking up now might be unable
to get supplies then.
The piling up of sugar in the
East was said to reflect heavy im
ports from a Cuban crop which is
considerably larger than last year
and to a “changed consumer psy
chology” for sugar.
No Consumer Kosb
Officials said consumers are not
rushing to stores to buy their al
lotments as quickly as they did
during the war. They said many
are putting off purchase of the
present ten pound allotment, part
of which is designed to cover
home canning needs, until they
get fruits to put up.
Likewise, many distributors are
said to be carrying smaller inven
tories than during the war.
Officials said it is too early to
say whether it will be possible to
increase rations for the full year
over those already announced.
Consumers have been promised 35
pounds compared with 25 last
year.
Meanwhile, the department an
nounced that sugar for home can
ning will be made available to in
stitutional users and household
users who intend to sell their
products.
Institutional users include hos
pitals. camps, prisons, hotels, and
restaurants.
Not Home Canning
Today’s action does hot include
sugar for regular home canning,
for home consumption, supplies
for which are included in the ten
pound ration stamp made effect
ive April 1, or for industrial users
who obtain sugar through regular
industrial allotment channels.
Sugar for home canning for sale
and for canning by institutional
users will be allowed as follows:
One pound for each four quarts
of finished canned fruit or fruit
juices: one pound for each pound
of prepared fruit for making, jams,
preserves and marmalades; one
jpound for each two pounds of pre
pared fruit, or one pint of fruit
juice, used for making jelly; and
one pound for each two pounds of
prepared fruit used for making
fruit butters.
WILLIE
(Continued From Page One)
May of last year when Willie said
a “ miracle ” had saved him so
that he could have his “hell on
earth.” Prison officials sai^ that
faulty wiring had prevented
the full current from going
through Willie’s body.
Father Hannigan said that Wil
lie was in “great shape physically
and spiritually.” Willie did walk
straight as he said he would.
Penned Short Nbtes
He had many visitors during the
morning. He penned short notes to
his closest friends, and then asked
to be left alone.
Willie wanted catfish for his
last meal, “nothing but cat-fish”
he ha,j said.
In charge of the execution was
St. Martin Parish Sheriff R. L.
Reswebber, who said “this is my
first execution, though it’s my
second attempt.” Reswebber was
sheriff when the chair failed last
May 3.
Three doctors — Bernard
Demahy, Ernest Young, and How
ard Robinson — pronounced Willie
dead.
Willie’s body was turned over
to his family at the jail, and
transferred later to Journet’s Fu
neral home for burial at 5 p.m.
(CST).
Last Visitor
One of Willie’s last visitors was
Bertrand DeBlanc, his fiery attor
ney who tried vainly to save him.
goint to the U. S. Supreme court
twice and appealing on numerous
occasions to Louisiana courts and
the governor.
DeBlanc told Willie that he
thought he had another recourse
to save him, but the attorney said
that he was convinced by both
Father Hannigan and Willie that
the Negro was “satisfied” and
ready to die for his crime.
Willie's case attracted nation
wide attention when he walked
back to his prison cell the first
time after his supposed “last
walk” to t h e electric chair. He
had sat down to die. His case
was a local affair at that time.
But to his amazement he was
still alive minutes after he waited
for death. He opened his eyes to
see the jailer freeing him from
the death-dealing chair.
Since that day DeBlanc had
pleaded against “ executing ” the
same man a second time. In a 5
to 4 ruling the U. S. Supreme
Court, commenting on the defec
tive wiring said that accidents
can happen “for which no man
is to blame.”
Court Opinion
In the minority opinion. Justice
Harold H. Burton, who was joined
by Justices William O. Douglas ,
Frank Murphy and Wiley Rut
ledge said that the law demands
instantaneous electrocution, not
repeated applications of current
“at intervals of several days or
even minutes.'’
DeBlanc felt hope in the split
court verdict and made an unsuc
cessful appeal to the state pardon
board. But that too failed.
As the hours ticked away De
Blanc announced that he had un
covered new evidence to stay the
execution. He flew to Washington
yesterday to introduce in the na
tion’s highest tribunal what he
said was evidence that last year’s
abortive attempt to execute the
Negro was a “disgraceful and in
human exhibition.’’
DeBlanc and another Attorney
J. Skelly Wright said they were
prepared to introduce evidence
showing that a drunken orgy was
going on in the jail at the time
of the other execution. They said
the executioner, a former convict,
and other officials “were so drunk
it would have been impossible for
them to know what they were do
ing.” .
They charged the man at the
switch sneered at Willie after he
escaped death that he would per
sonally kill him later, if he had
to do it with a rock.
The high tribunal however turn
ed down a petition for review of
the case and a habeas corpus
wTit by a vote of six to two.
This time Willie’s executioner
was not a convict but an exper
ienced electrician. A new state
law provides that no amateurs
can ever perform such a task a
gain.
MAN
(Continued From Page One)
taken to a hospital where she was
treated for shock, "Uts, and
bruises of the face and right hip.
Her fall to the roadbed forced
some of her teeth through her up
per lip. and several stitches were
taken to close the wound.
‘‘I was standing on the platform
talking to Mr. Wolf,” she told re
porters, “and. suddenly, out of the
corner of my eye I Saw someone
approach me. Before I knew it,
I felt some power behind my
back, and the next 1 knew I was
in the pit. I saw the train coming,
and then everything went vague.”
Police said that when asked
why he threw the girl to the
tracks, Didia mumbled vaguely.
“I don't remember. I sometimes
get these spells.”
Detective Edgar Brennan said
Didia told him he had served with
the Army engineers during the
war and subsequently haj been
committed to several hospitals for
nervous disorders.
Didia was booked on a felonious
assault ’ charge and sent to Belle
vue hospital for observation.
FAREWELL PARTY
FOR PO EMPLOYES
Banquet Held For War
Service Worker* At
Wrightsboro
Clerical employees of the Wil
mington postoffice and a few invit
ed guests gathered in the Wrights
boro community house last night
for the second annual banquet of
the clerical staff.
The banquet had a double signifi
cance as it also was a farewell
party for all war service employees
who are being replaced by regular
Civil Service workers, and for John
D. Doscher, recently retired as
sistant postmaster.
J. E. Council acted as toastmas
ter for the occasion and introduc
ed the Rev. Walter B. Freed, pas
tor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church,
who spoke on the part that war
service employees of the postoffice
played in the vital communication
of the war years.
Our whole society is based on
communication, he declared, and
our system of communication is
based, by remote control, on the
mail system. Postoffice employees
handle communications that per
tain to the significant and inti
mate phases of life and the very
important communications between
people and businesses, and in so
doing, played a major part in facili
tating the war effort, he continued.
Rev. Freed also spoke of the
pathos in that the postoffice work
ers, without realizing it, handled
the last communications of mem
bers of the armed forces who lost
their lives during the war.
Following his talk. Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Platt, Sr., accompanied by
Mrs. D. P. High gave a musical
program of songs of yesterday.
Guests invited to the clerk’s ban
quet were: Wilbur Dosher, post
master: A. B. Bradshaw, assistant
postmaster; R. C. Rogers, superin
tendent; W. M. Stanley, postal in
spector; and John D. Doscher, re
cently retired assistant postmaster.
Dinner was served by members
of the Wrightsboro Home Demon
stration club.
LOSING !
(Continued From Page One)
While clocks all over the capitol
show nine A. M., Senator Over
toil’s will point to eight A. M. His
office staff w#l arrive at 10 A.
M, — District Daylight Time—ana
go home at six.
Overton, remember, was the
Senator so concerned about cows,
constituents and comedians when
the Senate decided to let the dis
trict make up its own mind about
Daylight time.
He warned: (1) Milking sche
dules would be shot to pieces; (2)
Louisiana phone callers would find
him gone home at 3 P. M., their
time and (3) he would get all mix
ed up on his favorite radio co
medians.
His fight lost, Overton simply
followed an old Southern custom.
He seceded.
For the Senator’s bronchial;
trouble, his doctor advised a trip
to Arizona. The Senate gave him
permission to be absent for sev
eral weeks.
Overton is a cinch not to miss
his train. It, too, runs on Standard
time.
So — the doctor made sure—
does Arizona.
NCSSE
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law banning the sale of fireworks
and a law requiring an examina
tion and re-issuance of license for
North Carolina drivers.
The annual industrial safety
conference banquet was held to
night. This afternoon the confer
ence split into four groups tor dis
cussions of problems relaled to
separate industries.
Dorsey Honored
E. L. Dorsey Jr. of Charlotte,
safety engineer with the American
Mutual Liability Insurance com
pany, was elected president of the
Society.
Other officers elected by (he en
gineers were: C. J. Hyslup, of El
kin, safety director with Chatham
Manufacturing company, vice
president, and J. D. Brown of En
ka, safety director of the Ameri
can Enka corporation, secretary
treasurer.
E. G. Padgett, safety division
director of the North Carolina In
dustrial commission, Raleigh, is
retiring president of the society.
RESTAURANT MEN STUDYING
QUALITY OF THEIR COFFFF
CHICAGO.—(U.R)—The restaurant
industry is taking a long hard look
at the coffee it serves.
The National Restaurant Associa
tion has joined with the Pan Ameri
can Coffee Bureau and the National
Coffee Association in a survey of
coffee brewing equipment and
methods of making and serving
coffee in restaurants.
The organizations also will sur
vey customer’s preferences in cof
fee service.
Results of the search will be
used to establish minimum speci
fications for coffee-brewing equip
ment.
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SOUTHEASTERN SEARCHLIGHT!
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News Of Interest In All Neighborin
Counties Told Briefly
GOES TO ECTC
WARSAW, May 9—Dr. J. K.
Long, for several years super
• intendent of the Warsaw
schools, has been appointed
registrar and director of ad
missions at Last Carolina
Teachers College, it was an
nounced this week. Dr. Long
is a native of Seaboard.
BIBLE STUDY
KENAN5VILLE May 9—The
Rev. Carter Morgan, of Chan
ga Heights, Westminister, S.
C. will hold a series of Bible
study services at the Kenans
ville Baptist church, beginning
Sunday, May 11 at 8 o’clock.
The services will continue
through May 18. The public
is invited to attend.
CHIEF RESIGNS
JACKSONVILLE, May 9 —
Chief of Police Paul M. Shore
of Jacksonville today announc
ed his acceptance of a job with
the State Bureau of Investiga
tion effective July 1. His
resignation will be effective
June 30.
Shore a native of Winston-Sa
lem, is a member of the In
ternational association of
Chiefs of Police, and the in
ternational association of iden
tification officers.
Mayor Askew said today that
to date no one has been an
nounced as a successor to
Shore whose assignment in the
office of the SBI was not
made known.
Meanwhile Chief Shore an
nounced the appointment of
Hugh Henderson as assistant
Chief of Police to fill the va
cancy created by the death of
R. E. Holt last Monday.
Henderson takes over his
duties immediately.
SAMPSON TOBACCO
CLINTON, May 9 — (JP)~
Transplanting tobacco has be
gun in Sampson county, T. O.
Cornwell, Jr., assstant county
agent said today.
Cornweyy, Jr., assistant county
farmers began the transplant
ing process during the past
week, and that tobacco crop
work is on an increase this
week.
Unfavorable weather delay
ed the crop in this section at
least two weeks, Cornwell
said, but indications are that
there will be plenty of plants
for tobacco growers in this
county.
The tobacco allotment for
Sampson county is 26,092.5
served this year and is at
tributed to the cool dry weath
er, Cornwell said.
ROTARY PRESIDENT
CLINTON, May 9—Croom M.
Faircloth, local attorney and
solicitor of Sampson county
Recorder’s court, has been
elected president of the Clinton
Rotary club, after serving for
several years as secretary
treasurer.
Others elected include Ever
ette L. Peterson, vice presi
dent: J. A. Stewart, Jr., sec
retary-treasurer; and W. L.
Starling, Troy M. Honeycutt
ar.d A. P. Winfrey, re-elected
to the board of directors.
LeRoy Register is retiring
president.
BERRY PRICES UP
MOUNT OLIVE, May 9—
Strawberries are selling on the
Mount Olive auction market
operated by the chamber of
commerce at from $6 to $8 per
crate. The market opened
Monday.
Herman Andrews, buyer,
.said that garden ,ieas would
probably appear on the market
around May 20.
As a whole farmers in the
Mount Olive section report
their strawberry and garden
pea crops in good condition.
One farmer claimed his garden
pea crop is the best he has
raised in several years.
PUBLICITY CHIEF
CHERRY POINT, May 9—
(U.R)—The Marine corps air sta
tion today announced the as
signment of First Lieut. J. E.
Gibbons USMC, as public re
lations officer. Gibbons suc
ceeds Capt. H. L. Jacobi, who
was transferred to Washing
ton.
ROBESON HOME AGENT
LUMBERTON, May 9—The
Robeson county Home Demon
stration department snnoun
ed today the employment of
Evelyn Caldwell, Dillion, S. C.
as agent.
Vacant since Mrs. Anne V.
Chandler resigned last Febru
ary, the post will be filled again
June 1, the Board of County
Commissioners said.
Miss Caldwell is a graduate
of East Carolina Teachers col
lege who has taught Home
Economics in various North
Carolina schools.
Mrs. Veronica B. Warner is
assistant home agent, and is
expected to remain at that
post, it was announced.
FAIR BLUFF BANK
FAIR BLUFF. May 9—The
Scottish Bank, which recently
purchased the Farmers &
Merchants Bank in Fair Bluff,
will take over operation as of
Saturday, May 10, announces
President John P. Stedman to
day. The addition *of this insti
tution brings to 7 the number
owned' by the Scottish Bank,
others in Lumberton, St. Pauls,
Pembroke, Red Springs Salem
burg and Garland.
At the same time PresioVnt
Stedman announced that the
Scottish Bank is increasing its
capital stock from $165,000 to
$225,000. its surplus from $250,
000 to $300,000.
Former officers of the Farm
ers & Merchants Bank in Fair
Bluff will remaui with the new
branch. R. C. Tucker, former
president will be branch man
ager; J. C. Rogers remain*
cashier and Mrs. Reh- r , * '
dell remains assistant casV
The board of managers
posed of Dr. G. D
L. B. Floyd, Carl j£.°£ Dr'
H. Small, Sam n ffa!es' B.
R. c.
mayor SHORN IV
LUMBERTON AT_ .
Malcolm Seawell took a # '
of office as mayor of Lu
ton last night before his fen!"'
Associate Justice \ a
well of the North C[rt
Supreme court. arollc»
L- W. Wicker, re-eltc
commissioner of ward i f
was sworn in bv m- V ,*11
Seawell
The special meeting 0. ,
city council was the second *
be ordered that dav b\ ^
retiring mayor, R. A. hJ,
peth. In the morning u f
Allen, newly-elected comm*
Stoner of ward 3. had be
sworn in by Justice o:
J. Glover.
The Supreme Court associ
ate was accompanied h...
from Raleigh by Mrs. Sea«
who also attended the ce>
mony. Other relatives prese!
were Mrs. Malcolm Seawell
and son, Buie, and her parertl
Mr. and Mrs. J. r. Pcole s;
The new mayor is 33
of age; his father, 83.
MAXTON MAYOR
MAXTON, May y _ c M
Casteven, Maxton druggist'
was elected mayor of Maxton
over incumbent F. C. Frostick
by a vote of 187 to 147 yesttr
day in the most spirited elec
tion held here in many year;
It was the first time since
1931 that there has been a cot
test for the office of mayo;
There were 9 candidates jg;
the four places on the boat!
T. O. Evans, who has send
on the board since 1937, ltj
the ticket with 234 votes, j
C. Greene, a new member, mi
next with 183 votes, R, £
Burns, also a new member
received 180 votes, and Mat
shall James, who was name!
in Mr. Frostick’s place ii
September, received 174 vetei
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT!
RALEIGH, May 9—OIP' -
The State Highway Commit
sion today awarded <;ontrac.i
for five new construction proj
ects to cost an estimated total
of $989,897.
Pender-Bladen; grading, sur
facing and structures o' 1
miles from a point 16 milei
west of Burgaw to a poiti
three miles east of Kelly Road.
Roadways let to E. Wm. Gran
nis Construction Co.. Fayetli
ville. $144,333. Structures,
Wannamaker and Wells Con
struction Company, Orange
burg. S. C., $78,277.
GERMANY MAY GE1
AMERICAN COTE!
British, United States 0
cupation 0 f f i c i als If
Discuss Plan Soon
WASHINGTON, May 9 -'#■
British and United States oca?
tion authorities are expected
meet with American cotton !
porters in Germany shortly to i
cuss the future supply o.' «r.
for German mills.
The conversations, the silt!
which has not yet been dec®
will be aimed at providing ar,»
timated 25,000 bales of Arnera
cotton monthly for German C-!
1 John C. White, attorney!
American cotton exporters, -
reporter that formation of a ■
000.000 semi-private corporator
finance, the cotton exports c '
many is dependent on the ”■
of the projected talks.
White said t h e orgamza.x
tentatively named the An#
Cotton Supply corporation.
can exporters will subscribe _
000,000 to its capital and toe
port - Import bank $19,000.
added, if the bank appro”.•
plans.
Leave Shortly
The American experts
leave for Germany
weeks and probably ":U
discussions in Bremer.
Paul Cleveland, cotton exp;;
the civil affairs department*
War department, is cxpe
head the mission. c,
Also expected to go a;eC
Koch, of the State depap ;
Ben J. Williams. of P;* ■ .
liams and co., New $
ton exporters; O. Syg*
Anderson Clayton C°tton
Houston; F. carl J ^
Dallas, Tex., cotton exPe ' ,
duled to remain m & ,
resenting the American c
porters, and represents
the agriculture and co
partments and expon ^
hank who have not ye.
lected.
PUNISHMENT FITS f
IN SNAKE HEN Cl f
COLUMBUS. ■'!""vier^
Prank Bangert will ™ fcv ,1
mowed all this sumn. ^ ^
too-willing young man ,ajr.el
Mrs. Bangert co«P*®. ,1
juvenile authorities .1
to call police to rem ?
garter snake from h * res:i^|
snake had entered ■ s]ot
via the front door
the assistance of (he rtf1!
who had been denied »
string a toy telepho11
Mrs. Bangert’s pr°Pelt.,d j
Complainant, hoy M
appeared in juvende «
agreed that the pu-11
Iust- _util
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