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5’- l!l “ —2-°------ WILMINGTON, N. C„ SUNDAY, MAY 11. 1947 ~ SECTION A—PRICE TEN CENTS
Soldiers
Slaying
Unsolved
Army Officers Enter Case,
But Fail To Shed Light
On Crime
pales aidiTinquiry
Marine Was Guadalcanal
Veteran With Decora
tions
SHALOTTE, May 10—No arrests
tvere made up to last midnight in
connection with the murder Friday
0; Sgt. David J. Devoll, Deputy
Sheriff J. G. White told the Star
News,
Devoirs body was found in an
automobile two miles north of the
South Carolina line Friday after
noon. and Brunswick county au
thorities began investigations im
mediately.
Yesterday the crime became
shrouded in mystery as Paul T.
Smith and Robert L. Barnes, both
United States army, moved to in
vestigate.
Barnes last night declined t.o say
if the Army had made any ar
rests or if any suspects were
known. Neither would he say if
any clues had been turned over
t.-at might lead to a solution.
White, however, said no arrests
have been made to his knowledge,
h'e added that if authorities arrest
an Army man, he would probably
be turned over to Myrtle Beach
Army Aid field officials. Devoll’s
body was still in Southport last
night, pending the investigation of
Coroner G. C. Kilpatrick, White
said. The automobile was being
bald bv White, he said.
Sheriff White said there were no
signs that Devoll had struggled
with his attackers before the shoot
ing took place. "I am sure he
was shot before he was placed in
the car.'' he said. "There was
very little blood in the car, indi
cating to me the wound had bled
out before the body was placed in
the car. ’
Finger prints have reportedly
been lifted from the car by Harry
E. Fales. chief of the New' Han
over County Bureau of Investiga
tion.
The motive of robbery has been
ruled out, authorities said, because
.$92 was reportedly found in De
voirs billfold.
Devoil was a decorated Marine
veteran of the Guadalcanal cam
paign and had enlisted in the Army
soon after his discharge.
PHONE WORKERS
ORDERED TO JOBS
Union Head Gives Official
Recognition To Back
To-Work Move
ATLANTA, Ga„ M? 10.—(U.R)—
Employes of Southern Bell were
ordered to return to work in the
company’s nine - so rn state
territory tonin'*’ • officials cf the
Southern Federation of Telephone
workers.
H. F. Tweedy, union vice-presi
dent, said that the only exception
to the order was at telephone com
pany properties still picketed by
Western Electric co. employes.
The order authorized workers :n
Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Ala
bama, Kentucky, the Carolinas,
Mississippi and Louisiana to igm-.-e
mvisibV ’’ picket lines pending
settlement of negotiations between
"estern Electric and the Associa
ten of Communications Equipment
workers.
_ ’Southern Bell employes were
;r-‘d not to return to work only at
■nstallations actually being picket
ed by ACEW or NATEW workers,”
tweedy said.
*n Atlanta, meanwhile, 3FTW
onion local denounced Southern
-tl for “instigating, prolonging
;,,1d crushing" the strike which
'“dod at 8:46 p m. (EST) last
night.
WRECK KILLS TWELV^
MADRID, May 10.—(if)—’Twelve
Persons were killed and 15 injured
_^day w' ,1 two trains collided at
■ Rmpei dor sta+' ■ C‘ dad
,eal. about 90 miles south of
- adrid, provincial officials an
,aMced. The dead included i- ■
children, tw of them infarits. The
',ash occurred when a train was
'itched to an occupied track.
The Weather
Eastern Standard Time)
, t ‘By l’. s. Weather Bureau)
, ^logical data for the 24 hours
P-m yesterday.
Temperatures
on U a-rn- 39; 7:30 a.m. 54; 1:30 p.m. 73;
T P m. 77.
75: Minimum 56 *’ Mean 66;
Humidity
k'):‘ Co; 7:30 a.m. 60; 1:30 p.m. 43;
J Pm 7i.
[>., Precipitation
,00^- 24 hours ending 7:3C pm.—
C the ,ir&t of the tnonth —
fv-rn n<Jes For Today
1 g p.lhe Tide Tables published by
^°ast grid Geodetic Survey).
\V:|r-: High Low
9 ;20 a.rn. 4:01a.m.
Ma.r,.-1 9:45 p.m. 4:12 p.m.
1,010 2 let 7:03 a.m. 1:03 a.m
7:32 p.rn. 1:09 p.m.
12:07 L " Jii Sunset 7:03; Moonrise
m • Moon set 10:01.
>..n «*, ■if at Fayetteville, N. C., at 8
’ “'“May, (missing) feet.
So That Others May Benefit
Mrs. Sylvia H. Harris, whose husband died after being discharged from the Armed forces, by
quick action, reaped the benefits made available to her by Social Security. Pictured from left to
right are: N. A. Avera, manager of local Social Security office; Leonard Barrett, local representa
tive for the State Veterans commission; and Mrs. Harris with her two children, Harland and
Lynn. (STAFF PHOTO)
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‘LOST COLONY’
FORT IS FOUND
Park Service Finds Parts
Of Old Earthen Fort
On Site
WASHINGTON, May 10.—0J.fi)—
The National Park service has
discovered parts of an old earthen
fort that may have been built by
members of the “Lost Colony” on
Roanoke Island, N. C., during the
settlement of the island by Sir
Walter Raleigh.
The excavations were made on
the traditional site of the fort
within the Fort Raleigh National
Historic site by J. C. Harrington,
archeologist for the National Park
service.
Three exploratory trenche sre
vealed that the moat of the fort
was nearly 10 feet wide and 5.5
feet deep. Near the bottom of the
moat a large fragment of hand
made brick and a large piece of
strap iron were found in one of
the trenches. Other discoveries
thus far include a two-foot layer
of charcoal sticks and fragments
of Indian pottery.
The excavation will continue un
til the end of June, when it is
hoped that the plan of the fort
can be fully made out. Work will
be halted for the rest of the sum
mer to permit renewal of the
“Lost Colony” pageant drama at
the Fort Raleigh site in July and
August.
The jiark service said the Raleigh
colonists, who landed on Roanoke
Island in 1585, began building a
fort as soon as they landed, ac
cording to history. When the gov
ernor of the colony returned to the
fort in 1591 he found the colonists
gone and the fort wrecked.
GRIDIRON CLUB
POKESANNUALFUN
Getting Cash From Uncle
Sam For Fear Of Red
Joe Demonstrated
WASHINGTON, May 10.— (U.PJ—
The royal treasury of the Cannibal
Kingdom was about to collapse.
Then somebody remembered
that the Cannibal Kingdom, in
darkest Africa, was the only
Democracy on earth that had not
yet received anti-Communist cash
from Uncle Sam.
A quick telephone call to
Washington—collect, of course —
fixed it up, and gloom turned to
glee as the cannibals sang to fam
iliar melody:
"Soak Uncle Sam for a billion
bucks or so,
“Because we hear the siren
voice of
"Old, Red Joe.”
It all happened as the Gridiron
club, an organization of Washing
ton newspapermen, put govern
ment and political figures on its
sizzling grill of satire at the club’s
spring dinner at the Statler hotel.
President Truman and 500 oth
er guests, including members of
Congress, the Cabinet, the Su
preme Court, the diplomatic corps
and the newspaper world, wit
nessed a series of skits enacted
by club members that lampooned
Republicans and Democrats alike.
When it was all over, President
Truman spoke. Gov. Earl Warren
of California made a speech for
the Republicans, and former
President Herbert Hoover, attend
ing a Gridiron dinner for the first
time since 1932, contributed a
third speech.
Pender-Bladen County
Road Contract Awarded
A contract ftr roadway work in
Pender and Bladen counties was
awarded yesterday by the State
Highway commission as one of
' five federal aid projects.
1 The project consists of grading,
surfacing and structures of 4.5
miles from a point 16 miles west
ot Burs'aw to a point three miles
east of Kelly. The contract went
to E. W. Grannis Construction
| company.
Vets Widow, Children First
To Receive Security Benefits
JEWS TO SEEK
$50,000 JUNE 3
Sam Berger Named Chair
man, Ben Kingoff,
Honorary*Chairman
Sam Berger, Wilmington mer
chant, is chairman of the local
United Jewish appeal drive for
$50,000 which begins June 3.
With a 12-point program aimed
at re-construction of Europe’s
Jews, the nationwide campaign
has a goal of $170,000,000.
Ben Kingoff has been named
honorary chairman of the local
drive. Other officials were select
ed as follows:
Herbert Blueihenthal anri Harry
Solomon, vice chairman; Marcus
Goldstein, secretary - treasurer;
Mrs. Sam Warshauei and Mrs.
Herbert Biuethenthal, chairmen of
Woman’s division; B. D Schwartz
and Aaron Goldberg, advance gift
committee; Rabbi S. A. Friedman
and Martin-Friedman, publicity.
The broad 12 - point program
aimed at the reconstruction of
Europe’s 1,500,000 Jewish survi
vors through large scale relief, re
habilitation and resettlement as
sistance was presented yesterday
by Berger as American Jewry’s
primary responsibility in 1047,
NATIONAL GUARD
TO BE INSPECTED
Col. David Hardee To Make
Survey Leading To
Federal Status
Colonel David L. Hardee,
Raleigh, executive officer to the
senior instructor of North Carolina
National Guard, and chairman of
the ROTC committee for the North
Carolina Department of the Ameri
can Legion will visit Wilmington,
Tuesday, May 13, to inspect the
Wilmington unit.
In a letter to Col. W. L. Blan
chard, Colonel Hardee said he
\ ould inspect Company I, 119th
Infantry regiment, North Carolina
National Guard for Federal re
cognition.
The local unit, now at 40-man
st.engtb, is still recruiting.
Enlistments will be taken Mon
day night, May 12, in the Armory,
(old Marine hospital) and each
Tuesday night between the hours
of 12; of 8-9 p. m.
Colonel Hardee said the Ameri
ca., Legion is 100 per cent behind
the ROTC movement. The Wil
mington unit will hold dress parade
before him Tuesday afternoon at
2:45 o’clock. Members of local
veteran group will set in Ihe re
viewing stand.
The Raleigh official is bring
ing officers of the state guard
and American Legion, officials
with him.
The Colonel is expected to check
records of the local unit early
in the afternoon and be guests at
a barbecue in the Armory that
night. . ^
Quick action in filing a Social
Security claim in the Wilmington
office yesterday will mean total
benefits of nearly $12,000 for the
next 17 years to Mrs. Sylvia H.
Harris, whose husband died Aug.
28, 1946, after being discharged
from the armed forces.
Harris died 15 months after his
service release. He had returned
to civilian life as a student at the
University of Wisconsin and
worked in employment covered
by the Social Security Act. but
when Mrs. Harris checked the So
cial Security administration . she
found nothing was payable on the
basis of wages earned before the
war. Neither could she collect
anything from the Veterans Ad -
ministration since her husband
had died after his discharge, and
not as a result of a service con
nected disability, she was told.
According to N. D. Avera, man
ager of the local field office, and
Leonard Barrett, Wilmington rep
resentative for the State Veterans
commission, Mrs. Harris is the
only Wilmington widow who has
received benefits under the 1946
amendment to the Social Security
act. They said others$may be eli
gible for the benefits. The act
provide^ for payments to families
like the Harris family. For vet
erans’ who died on or after Au
guest 10, 1946 or survivor., who
file their claims after February
10, 1947, payments are retroactive
for three months. Because the
claim for herself and two child
ren was filed within six months
after passage of the amendments,
checks totaling more than $345.06
in retroactive benefits were sent
to Mrs. Harris, covering pay -
ments beginning with the month
of her husband’s death. She will
also received mothly benefits to
taling $57.51 until the children are
18 years of age.
The children are Harland J,
Harris, II, less than a year old,
and Lynn M. Harris, three year
old daughter.
The Social Security checks have
enabled the family to stay togeth
er in their home in Wilmington.
The mother agreed to the pub -
licizing of her own case history
in an effort to reach other fami
lies who may be eligible for simi
lar benefits. In order for a vet
erans’s survivors to qualify, the
following conditions must be met:
1. The veteran musi nave serv
ed in the active military or naval
service on or after Septemder 16,
1940.
2. The veteran must have been
released from the service under
conditions other than dishonor -
able.
3. The veteran must have had
at least SO nays of active service.
4. The veteran’s death must
have occurred within three years
after the date of his discharge.
5. The survivors must no1 be
eligible to receive pension or com
pensation from the Veterans Ad
ministration.
Receipt of payments under the
National Service Insurance Policy
would not bar benefits under this
law.
MISS TRUMAN’S AID
KANSAS CITY, May : 0.—(A5)—
Mrs. Frederick Shaw of Kansas
City will be Miss Margaret Tru
man’s accompanist on Miss Tru
man first concert t -ur beginning
May 20 at Pittsburgh.
North Carolina Hospital Week Is Expected To Disclose
ImprovementPlansOfJamesWalkerMemorialHospital
Observance of North Carolina
Hospital week here from Mon
day through Saturday is ex
pected to be marked by an
nouncement of a long-range
program of improvement for
James Walker Memorial hos
pital, it was learned yester
day as officials of the com
munity’s four hospitals disclos
ed tfieir plans for the sp cial
period.
The week, planned to coincide
with National Hospital Day to
morrow, is sponsored by the
North Carolina Hospital as
sociation’s Public Education
council.
During the period, Wilming
tonians are invited to visit
their hospitals—James Walker
Memorial, Bolluck Hospital
clinic and Community, in the
city, and Babies’ at Wrights
ville • Sound—to become better
acquainted with the facilities
and staffs.
Scheduled to speak at the
weekly meeting of the Rotary
club Tuesday, John W. Ran
kin, superintendent of James
Walker Memorial, is expected
to deal with its future plans
in his discussion of the topic
“The Hospital in the Com
munity—James Walker Me
morial Expansion Program.’’
Rankin to expected to enlarge
on a long-range program for
the 46-year-old institution dis
closed last June by W. D. Mc
Caig, member of the board of
managers'.
At that time McCaig said
the construction of a skyscraper
institution between the present
northern unit and the Marion
Sprunt annex was included in
the plans.
Rankin, although evasive last
night on the content of his
speech, did indicate his talk
would bring forth plans for ex
tensive repairs to the institu
tion on which more than one
million dollars has been spent
since 1938.
McCaig’s statement of a year
b
ago came following the dedica
tion of a new service building
at James Walker which had
been opened early in June,
1946.
The skyscraper would be
constructed with an ‘eye’ to the
needs of the community 20
years hence, McCaig said at
that time.
Sources close to the board of
managers has indicated the
building will be of seven or
eight stories.
Rankin has declared it would
cost in excess of $3,000,000 to
replace the present structure.
(Continued on Page 14; Col. 1)
PLAN TO ADD $1,500,000
TO FARMERS, SAVE PUBLIC
$73,000 TOLD BY EDWARDS
Milk Would Drop One Cent A Quart By Elimination
Of Import Skipping Charges, County Bacteriologist
Claims In Citing Program To Add Wealth To County
^ port Cut Of 33 Per Cent
^ia Agriculture Department
WASHINGTON, May 10— C/P) —A
cut of at least 33 1-3 per cent in
the Agriculture Department budg
et was reported in the making
today in the House Appropriations
committee.
And committee members from
farm states' who reported the pros
pective slash said they will make
no all-out fight in the house to
restore the funds in which they
are interested, relying instead
upo- the senate to do so.
President Truman’s budget calls
for approximately $944,000,000 tor
the Agriculture Department for
the fiscal year starting July 1. The
appropriations committee is re
ported set to chop this by $315,
000,000 or more. Most of tne ex
pected cut would be in benefit
payments.
“We are not going to do any
thing about it in the house because
the cards are stacked against us
there,” one committee member of
th farm group told reporters.
“We will center our fire in the
Senate and we have reason to be
liev many of the reductions will
be restored there and retained in
a later conference.”
The same strategy is expected
to be followed by advocates of
larger appropriations for the
State, Commerce and Justice De
partments. The omnibus supply
bill for these departments comes
up in the house on Tuesday.
BRITISH ROYAL
FAMILY RETURNS
Huge Welcome Planned
For King By Dignataries
Of State
LONDON. May 10. — (JP) — King
George and the royal family will
return to England and a royal
welcome tomorrow after a three
months tour of South Africa.
Britain’s newest battleship, H.
M. S. Vanguard, will dock at
Portsmouth tomorrow with the
royal family on board, but the
king, queen and princesses will
not disembark until 10 A. M. Mon
day for the official homecoming
ceremonies.
Portsmouth already was jam
med with visitors and more than
500,000 persons were expected to
pack the beaches for the disem
barkation Monday.
Queen Mary, accompanied by a
party including the princess royal
and the Earl of Harewood, the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Duch
ess of Kent, Lady Patricia Ram
say and Admiral Sir Alexander
Ramsay, and the Earl of Athlone
and his countess, Princess Alice,
will greet the returning travellers
at Buckingham Palace.
A* she turns into the harbor to
morrow evening the vanguard will
be greeted by royal salutes.
Monday morning the royal party
will leave the vanguard for a cer
emonial procession through Ports
mouth whre the king will inspect
a royal guard of honor before en
training for London.
The Duke of Wellington, Prime
Minister Attlee and other govern*
ment officials will greet the king,
queen and princesses upon their
arrival in London where they will
travel in a carriage procession to
Buckingham Palace.
SOUTH TO LOSE
ITS DRAWL SAYS
WESTERN PROF.
EVANSTON 111., May 10—(A5)—
The Southern drawl and the
“down east’’ accent may be head
ed th eway of the dodo.
Jchn Webster Spargo, professor
of English ai Northwestern Uni
versity, believes all U. S. resi
dents eventually will sound just
like midwesterners.
The reason, he said, today is
that the rest of the country is out
numbered by midwesterners, who
move around in large numbers.
School Speaker
L. Arnold Taylor, executive
secretary of Wilmington Pres
bytery, will be the bascalau
reate speaker at Clarkton high
school, Sunday morning, May
18.
FROST DAMAGE
MISSES CITY
Weather Chief Reports
Lowest Temperature
Was 49 Friday
The half-million dollar frost that
seared western North Carolina’s
gardens and apple crops Friday
and Saturday did not affect the
Wilmington area, Paul Hess,
Weather Bureau chief said last
night.
Hess said tne thermometer
dropped to 49 in Wilmington Fri
day night, the lowest recorded this
month. The temperature has been
as low as 43 in May, he said.
Last night’s low was expected to
be 54 degrees.
The cold did no apparent dam
age to local crops, according to
George Trask, local truck farmer.
“The temperature drop may
have slowed the cucumber and
beans A little” he said.
It would take a frost to kill the
strawberries, a Wallace resident
informed the Star-News.
“While the cold may have hin
dered the growth of the berry
crop, the worse enemy at present
is the dry weather,” he said.
EVALYN M’LEAN
ESTATE $919,000
Hope Diamond’s Value Not
Stipulated In Probate
Petition
WASHINGTON, May 10— (JP) —
The estate of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
McLean, prominent Washington
hostess and owner of the Hope
diamond, was estimated at $919,
550 in a petition filed today for
probate of her will.
Value of jewels left by Mrs. Mc
Lean at her death here April 26
was lumped at ‘not less than
$3r»0,000,” with no separate figure
for the Hope gem which legend
called unlucky.
The petition, filed in Federal
district court by Thurman Arnold
an executor of the estate, express
ed the view that Mrs. McLean’s
debts ran about $174,000.
Mrs. McLean's grandchildren
eventually will share the estate
aboui 20 years from now. Mean
while, the will contained provi
sions for her two sons, John R.
and Edward McLean, and gave
her son-in-law, former U. S. Sena
tor Robert R. Reynolds, use of her
mansion, Fiiendship, for life.
Urges Farmer* To Keep From Five To 10
Milk Cows Each As Benefit To
Consumer, Themselves
By BOB KLINE
Star-News Staff Writer
Milk would drop one cent a quart here with a savings
of $73,000 a year to customers and an added income of
$1,500,000 to New Hanover county farmers if they would
each add from five to 10 cows to their farming, Jennings
B. Edwards, county bacteriologist said yesterday. The
savings would result from elimination of import shipping
-w i i • i
PROPOSAL MADE
HONORING MOORE
Council To Hear Plan To
Change Name Of Com
munity Drive
Community drive which en
circles Greenfield Lake may be
renamed Houston Moore drive,
according to City Councilman W.
E. Yopp.
Yopp said the change in name
is to honor Dr. Moore, who was
instrumental in t h e development
of the park. He said the proposal
would be discussed at the next
meeting of City council if all
members are present. He declined
to introduce the matter at the
special session of council Friday,
because only five of the seven
members were in attendance, he
said.
Greenfield Lake was also the
subject for discussion by another
group during the week. A mem
ber of the Wilmington Board ol
Realtors said a movement should
be-undertaken to change the name
of the Lake to Wade Lake.
This suggested move would
honor City Councilman James E.
L. Wade who was public works
commissioner at the time that the
park was first developed.
MAN WHO SHOT
SENATOR INSANE
Young Representative, A
Veteran, Adjudged A
Paranoic By VA
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 10.—(JP)
— Admitting “I’ve just had a
lit'.:j trouble finding he spot I be
long in,” gaunt Jimmie Scott, who
returned fro m30 months ser- :ce
wit' the army in the Pacific to
become a state representative
from Holdenville, Okla., today was
judged mentally ill after shooting
of state Senator Tom Anglin on
the floor of the Oklahoma sen. te.
Three physicians found Scott
was a victim of paranoia, de
scribed as a dangerous type ot in
sanity, and county Judge C. J.
Blinn signed the commitment
order which places the veteran in
the care of the Veterans Admin
istration which will send him to
a hospital.
Scott shot Anglin, also from
Hold . >“le, on the floor of the
senate last Wednesday, and Thurs
day pleaded innocent to a charge
of assault with intent to kill.
Anglin received a flesh wound in
the hip and is recovering in a
hospital.
Dr. James H. Parker, Veterans
Administration psychiatrist, Dr.
John S. Pine and Dr. George L.
Borecky examined Scott inten
sively for 40 minutes b.fore all
there agreed, Scott was mentally
sick.
Scott, ..lthough hesitant, told of
the ever, leading up to the shoot
ing of Anglin.
“The trouble was with the sen
ator from my district (Anglin), a
life long friend. A page came in
and said the senator wanted to
see me. I went to him and he
said he hadn't sent a page. Tnen
it happened again.
"I went out to eat and came
back in the afternoon and we had
a discussion. We talked about how
long the legislature wo’-’d run,
and we had uome difference. . .
you all know about them.”
Then Scott told about his long
friendship with Anglin and admit
ted he had borrowed money from
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)
SURPLUS SALE SET
AT LOCAL SHIPYARD
A surplus sale, conducted in
“sealed bid’’ form, will be held
at the Wilmington Shipyard. May
16, 1947, at 3 p.m.. on materials
offered by the United States Mari
time Commission, Surplus Prop
erty division, according to C.
Leonard Harton, disposal agent.
All materials may be inspected
daily, beginning May 12-16, from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For sale are
portable electric drills, high speed
drills, reamers, ships’ bells,
gongs, pneumatic tools, closet
bowls, lavatories, 55 gallon steel
drums, pig zinc, bar silver metals,
electrical equipment, hardware,
and wire rope fittings. I
i
‘costs, He said.
Fdwards advocates tobacco and
truck farmers having five to 10
ccws to supplement their seasonal
income.
Milk consumption in New Han
over county increased from 1,800
gallons a day in 1938 to more
than 5,000 gallons a day in 1946,
he said, adding there is a crying
need for more locally produced
milk.
“A farmer who raises tobacco,
vegetables or berries could handle
five milk cows in his spare time,
using excess roughage as red.”
he said. “The overhead cost of
the stock would be slight, and
milking could be done when tae
farmer is ordinarily idle.’’
Information on the latest
methods of raising dairy cat
tle may be obtained free by
writing the Extension Divi
sion, North Carolina State Col
lege, Dairy Division, Raleigh.
“The farmer who follows this
idea would increase his yearly in
come by at least $2,000—all from
just five cows, Edwards said.
“And that $2,000, a sideline in
come, is a good deal above th*
total average annual income of
farmer’s in North Carolina,” he
added.
Most tobacco and truck farmers
have to rely on their money com
ing in but a few months out of the
year, he pointed out. “The straw
berry crop lasts two months at
the outside; the truck garden is a
two - months proposition; and to
bacco is good for only six
months.” During the rest of the
yea., the farmer is without an in
come and usually has to get credit
to buy the necessities of life.”
“Milk, on the other hand, is a
365 days-a-year business, with a
check coming in at least every
month,” Edwards said.
Edwards realizes he said, that
because owning dairy cows is a
365 days-a-year business, many
farmers shy from it. “Cows must
be milked twice a day, every day,
but when the tobacco farmer sells
hi crop, he has a few months
during which he can sit back and
rest.
“But if the farmers realize they
could get more money from a
part - time milking business than
they’re getting from all other
crops combined, ’I’m sure they
would start looking for their five
cows.”
Not only would farmers in the
surrounding counties be giving
themselves a boost by selling
milk, Edwards said, but they
would also be helping the milk
consumers here.
He believes milk prices would
drop at least one cent per quart
ii milk could be bought lically
rather than shipped 500 to 1,000
miles. In New Hanover county this
w-ould amount to a savings of $73,
000 a year, according to Edwards.
Most of the milk bottled in Wil
mington comes from western
North Carolina—1,000 miles round
trip Also at the present much of
it is coming from New York,
Maryland, and Kentucky. During
the war milk was imported from
Wisconsin at a freight cost of 22
cents per gallon, he said.
LACK OF HELP
IS DRAWBACK
TO CALLS TODAY
NEW YORK, May 10.—VP)—The
American Telephone and Tele
graph company, saying that only
about a third of its long dist nee
workers were back on the job, to
day asked the public to "forego a
Mother’s Day call if possible” to
morrow.
AT&T said a nationwide check
up by its long lines division show
ed that only some 8,800 of the
division’s 26,700 employes were .t
work, and that they "obviously
would be unable to take care of
the traffic without long delays."
DEMOCRATIC GROUP
CONFERENCE DATES
CHANGED AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, May 10.—VP)—
The democratic national commit
tee announced today changes in
dates of three group conference?
of party leaders in Washington t*
"facilitate attendance.”
The changes included:
Meeting of North and South
Carolina leaders scheduled for
June 12 consolidated with Alabama,
Florida, Georgia and Mississippi
conference June 19.