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DRIVERS CHARGED WITH HIT-AND-Rlft ^Warsaw Man Released Un der Bond For Apear ance In Court Today l - Edward Brooks, of Burgaw, was released under bond of $25C by local police last night on a charge of hit-and-run with in jury after an accident at Fourth and Bed Cross streets in which four-year-old Patricia Carole El lis suffered abrasions of the head. The injured child was riding with her father, Ralph Hamilton Ellis, S10 D Williamson drive, when their car was hit by the Brooks vehicle, which police said fetiled to stop. Police Officer C. E. Merritt, who happened by the scene of file accident in his own personal car, saw the wreck and pursued Brocks down Fourth street, final ity overtaking him and forcing him to stop at the intersection of Fourth and Brunswick, accord ing to Merritt’s report of the ac cident. Brooks is slated to be tried in Recorder’s court before Judge Winfield Smith this morning. Police today were still seeking the driver of a hit-and-run car, thought to be a 1939 Dodge, which damaged the automobile of Mrs. W. A. Wilson, 209 Northern boulevard yesterday. The Wilson car was hit around 3:30 p. m. at file intersection of Carolina Beach yoad and Central boulevard, po lice reported. WEATHER BUREAU (Continued From Page One) on the winter playground area along Florida’s swank lower iast Coast. Latest weather bureau advices said the center of the storm which blew up in the Atlantic several days ago was expected to cross the coast near or slightly South of Palm Beach. Miami, the fabulous metropolis South of Palm Beach, also was menaced. The hurricane warnings were ordered displayed South ward to Include the Greater Miami area. Likewise included wai the Lake Okeechobee region where a disastrou* storm blew lake wa ters over farming communities 19 years ago today and drowned nearly 1,500 persons. , Heartburn Relieved in S minuter or double your money beck When excess stomach acid causes painful. suflocat ^5^1 Boy stomach and heartburn, doctors usually medicines known for th mptomatlcrelief—med’clnesllke those In Bell-ana “ AVANS for Acid Indigestion 25p We Offer Yon ilie Best in Lubrication Service Hughes Bros., Inc. Ilih and Market Sis. Phone 2-3341 RED CROSS (Continued From Page One) physicians and nurses if they are needed. The Safe Way Transit Co. buses operating between Wil mington and WrightsviUe Beach, the Queen City Bus Co. and the Seashore Transporta tion Co., operating between Wil mington and Carolina Beach, will supply extra buses for evacuation in the event of an emergency. Pending arrival of an emergency the bus lines will maintain their regular daily schedule. Radio Cooperation Wilmington’s two radio sta tions, WMFD and WGNI, began yesterday to broadcast official Red Cross and weather bureau bulletins every hour on the hour. If an emergency is de clared the stations will stay on the air around the clock, inter rupting all programs for offi cial announcements and bulle tins. Both stations are equipped to operate on emergency power should a power failure ensue. The public was advised that should electric power fail dur ing an emergency, battery ra dioes, particularly automobile radioes, will be available to re ceive the storm bulletins. Arrangements have been made with licensed local ama teur radio operators to main tain contact between the Red Cross and the outside world should telephone and the tele graph communication be temp orarily disrupted. All Red Cross announcements during the period of the alert have been coordinated through Ken Noble, local public rela tions man, who is acting as in formation director for the Red Cross disaster committee. Experienced disaster workers advise some rules of conduct to follow in case of an emergency, Noble said: Bring Food Supply Should it become necessary to evacuate to a public shelter, citizens are advised to bring with them at least a 48-hour supply of food for infants or in valids—such as diabetics — who require a special diet. Evacuees are urged to bring at least one but preferably two woolen blan kets. They emphatically re quest evacuees not to bring pets to the emergency shelters. Ken Noble said Greer’s on,y advice to the public during the alert period is to listen to the radio for hour by hour develop ments. During the alert and for the balance of the present situation Red Cross headquarters, at 411 Front street, will be cpen 24 hours a day, Noble said. High seas were reported Tun ning on the beaches in thin area. Observers estimate that a dis turbance of the magnitude of the present storm can inundate the local beaches even though the center of the hurricane is 400 miles away. Normally, winds of hurricane velocity, extend for a radius of 75 miles from the dead calm in the center of the storm. Winds of gale velocity—higher than 600 miles per hour—are apt to ex Colemon OIL FLOOR FURNACE Take it easy—stop fire tending drudgery—yet have a better-heated house. Cole man Oil Floor Furnace sits in the floor, is easy to install quickly. Bums low cost oil. No fuel to carry, no ashes to mess up the house. We have a size to give YOUR home, too, real “warm-floor” heat at low cost. Listed by Underw/iters’ Laboratories. See usl t i*oieman OIL Floor Furnace low w «%, 0«*wHG tffa*w»*w nw*5‘ Gregg Bros. 110 Market Street Dial 9655 tend over 20C miles from the center of the storm. Warning Issued Officials here warned against going out should a calm sudden ly fall in the midst of a severe storm here. When the calm cen ter of a hurricane passes the wind suddenly returns with equal or even greater fury from the opposite direction, they pointed out. High tides already have been registered in the Wilmington area and some wind and rain is expected today. Whether winds today will reach gale propor tions or not depends on the proximity of the storm center. At midnight Tuesday the storm center was estimated to be approximately 480 miles from Wilmington headed toward the coast well south of here un less an expected swing to the north develops The storm is not likely to reach Wilmington before midaft ernoon today and not before noon even should it turn directly in this direction and proceed un der the most favorable circum stances for a quick arrival, in creasing its rate of travel from five miles per hour to 20 miles per hour. Indications Tuesday night were that the storm was taking a westerly course from the Ba hamas toward West Palm Beach, Florida, and might pos sibly cross Flqrida into the Gulf of Mexico. As it slowed in its onward progress the storm whipped up its intensity and spread out over an area of more than 500 miles in diameter. FEW RESIDENTS LEAVE NEARBY BEACHES HOMES A few scattered residents be gan leaving Carolina Beach last night after receiving hurricane warnings from Beach police. At both Carolina and Wrights irille many small boats had been pulled up on the ground and se curely tied down in anticipation cf high winds which could hit this area in the next 24 hours, according to weather observers. Most of the small boat ownens at Wrightsville had moved their craft inland to Snow’s cut and ip the Cape Fear, according to police reports there. Residents at Wrightsville pre pared for the blow by battening lown windows with closing shut ;ers. Windows of the Carolina Sfacht club were completely noarded up. Wrightsville of ficials said that no actual evacu ation had begun as yet and add ed “We are cooperating with the American Red Cross on that.” Should warnings be received, t was said, warnings would be ssued and evacuation started mmediately. At Carolina all boats on the sea side were pulled up on the shore and secured. Those on the sound side were either secured or moved inland, according to police reports. Phone Calls Mount Meanwhile, local citizens were showing grave concern about the great South Atlantic storm as the weather bureau here re ported last night that it was re ceiving calls “every minute on the minute.” The weather bureau said that its latest report last night placed the hurricane with its 140 to 100 mile - an - hour winds 175 miles Bast of Palm Beach, Florida. The report said that the storm bad changed course and was moving directly westward to ward the Florida city at a rate ot five to seven miles and was sxpected to strike that area late last night or early today, pro dded it did not suddenly veer northward or seaward. Commander G. H. Bowerman, master of the Coast Guard Cut ter Mendota, said here yester day that his ship — fully provi sioned with food and fuel—has been placed on a two-hour call Eor active duty should the storm change course and head this way. He said the ship had been made secure against any pos RADIO WMFD 1400 On Your Dial —TODAY— 6:30—Daybreak in the Barnyard 7:30—Zeke Manners 7 :45—Musical Clock 7:55—North Carolina Highlights 8:00—News with Martin Agronsky 8:15—Star-News Commentator 8 :20—Musical Clock 8:40—NBC Musical Reveille 8 :55—UP News 9:00—The Breakfast Club with Don Mc Neil 10:00—My True Story 10:25—Betty Crocker's Magazine of the Air 10 :45—The Listening Post 11:00—Breakfast in Hollywood — Tom Brer.cman 11:30—Galen Drake 11:45—Ted Malone 12:00—Noon Day Musical 12:30—Tom Tom Tunes 1:00—Baukhage Talking 1:15—Musical Interlude 1:25—’WMFD Conceit of the Air 1:55—Star-News Commentator 2:00—Walter Kiernan—News 2:15—Ethel and Albert 2:30—Bride ar.d Groom 3:00—Ladies Be Seated 3:30—Paul Whiteman Club 4:15—St. Mary’s Hour 4:30—Eddie Duchin 4:45—Dick Tracy 5:00—Let’s Dance 5:15—Terry and the Pirates 5:30—*Lone Ranger 6:00—Organ Serenade 6:15—Star-News Commentator 6:20—Sports 6:25—North Carolina Highlights 6:30—Security Nat’l. 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Last minute pre gram changes cannot be Included. —TODAY— 5:00—News Report. 15 Mins.—nbc Newscast Every day—ebs Network Silent (1 hr.)—mbs-east Kiddies Hour—(repeated hour later)— mbs-west 5:15—Sports: America Serenade—nbc Guest Talks Time—ebs 5:30—Red Barber and Sports—ebs 5:45—Lowell Thomas Newscast—nbc World News & Commentary—cbe 6:00—Radio Supper Club—nbc-basic Mystery of Week—ebs Fulton Lewis, Jr. (repeat hour later)— mbs 6:15—News and Comment—nbc Jack Smith and Song—ebs Dane#* Music—mbs-basic 6:30—The House Party—nbc Bob Crosby Show—ebs Leland Stowe (r’pt at 10)—mbs 6:45—Kaltenborn Comment—nbc Robert Trout and News—ebs Sports (repeat 30 m. later)—mbs 7 :00—Dennis Day Comedy—nbc American Melody Time—ebs Crime Book Drama—mbs-baslc 7:30—Great Gildersleeve—nbc Jean Hersholt, Dr. Christian—ebs Quiet Please. Drama—mbs 7:56—Five Minutes News—ebs 8:00—Tex and Jinx Show—nbc Rhapsody in Rhythm—ebs Gabriel Heatter Comment—mbs 8:15—Real Life Drama—mbs 8:30—District Attorney Drama—nbc Meredith Willson Music—ebs Name of That Song Quiz—mbs 9:00—The Big Story Drama—nbc Whistler, Mystery Drama—cbt Shadows of the Mind—mbs 9:30—Pat O’Brien Theater—nbc Doorway to Life—ebs Latin-American Serenade—mbs 10:00—News & Variety 2 hrs.—nbc News, Variety Dance 3 hrs.—ebs News. Dance Band, 2 hrs.—mbs ABC PROGRAMS — Times fit eithei Eastern Daylight or Eastern Standard. 6:00—Network Silent—1 Hour east Kiddies Serial Hr.—west repeat 7:0O—News and Commentary 7:15—Daily Commentary 7:30—The Lone Ranger Drama 8-00—Lum and Abner Comedy 8:15—Honey Dreamers Song 8:30—Paul Whiteman Music 9:00—Music from Adlam 9:30—Eddie Albert Show 10:00—Phil Silvers Comedy 10:30—Henry Morgan Comedy 11:00—News & Dance Band Hour 12:00—Dance Band Hour—west only sible excessive high tide caused by the storm. Schools to Operate Declaring that New Hanover schools will continue normal op eration unless new reports indi cate a change in the storm’s path, Superintendent H. M. Ro land said yesterday that “all children in the county can be returned to their homes within one hour” and “we will not take any chances on keeping the chil dren if there is a possibility of any danger.” daiCy crossword ACROSS 1. Of the blood 6. Church of a monastery 11. Solitary 12. English author 13. Suspends 14. Volume of maps 15. Poker stake 16. Doctrine 17. Southern state 21. Forbid 23. Painful area 24. Type measure 4. Heavenly spirit 5. Mari’s nickname 6. Constella tion 7. Soon 8. Very light wood 9. Kind of cheese 10. Affirmative reply 18. Roman pound 10. Board of Ordnance (abbr.) 20. Land measure 21. Sack 22. Affirmative vote 24. Evening (poet.) 25. Gull (Eur.) 27. Pagan 29. Moderately slow (mus.) 32. Jewish month 33. Therefore 34. Erbium (sym.) 36. Game of chance 37. The choice set »-l» Yesterday'* Answer 38. Kind of tree 40. Mend, as a bone 1 41. Every one 42. Top 43. Bitter vetch 44. Caress to. rvurse (India) 28. Keep 30. Earth as a goddess 31. Comfort 35. Fresh 36. Worked 38. Kettle 39. Body of water 42. A tenth, as a ta\ 44. A wing (zool.) 45. Bury 46. Garret 47. Workers (Mex.) 48. Gear* wheel projections DOWN 1. Sunk-fence 2. Ardor 3. Western state 7 1/ CRYPTOQUOTE—A cryptogram quotation PJOF WOLZUQW FIFLUTH Z U IPF PKCTU WLFTWI—OJOF. Yesterday’s Cryptoquotet THEY LEARN IN SUFFERING WHAT THEY TEACH IN SONQ—*HELLEY. M TOBACCO PRICES (Continued From Page One) opening day average was $2.82 below the $48.98 opening aver age of last year and the pound age was about 1,000,000 below last year's opening. Opening day averages for the nine Middle Belt markets rang ed from a low of $44.12 to a high of $49.54. Average prices for a limited number of grades on the Middle Belt follow: Leaf — Good orange $47, down $1; fair orange $42, up $1; low orange $34, up $3; common or ange $28, up $4.50. Smoking leaf — Fine orange $53, down $1; good orange $53, up 1; fair orange $46, down $2. Cutters — Fair lemon $57, un changed; low lemon $56, up $1. Lugs — Choice lemon $58, up $1; fine lemon $57, unchanged; good orange $51, down $2; fair orange $44, unchanged. Primings — Fair lemon $41, down $2; fair orange $35, down $2. Nondescript — Best thin $13, up $1.75. Border Averages Leaf — Good lemon $53, down $2; fair lemon $47, down $2; good orange $47, down $5; fair orange $40, down $4; low or ange $33, down $2; low green $24, down $3. Smoking leaf — Good lemon $55, down $2; fair lemon $51, down $4; good orange $53, down $3; fair orange $46, down $5; low orange $40, down $3. Cutters—Fair lemon $58, down $1; fair orange $58, unchanged; low orange $54, down $3. Lugs — Good orange $54, un changed; fair orange $40, down $4; low orange $30, down $5. Nondescript — Best thin $13, down $2.50; best crude $12.50, down $4.50. Eastern Belt Averages Leaf — Good lemon $52, un changed ; fair lemon $48, un changed ; good orange $48, up $1; fair orange $43, up $3; low or ange $35, up $1; common orange $27, up $4.50; common red $18, up $1.50; common green $19, up $1. Cutters — Fair lemon $58, un changed; low lemon $56, up $3; low orange $53, unchanged. Lugs — Choice lemon $57, down $1; fine lemon $57, unchanged; good lemon $52, down $1; fair lemon $46, up $2; good orange $48, unchanged; fair orange $41, up $1. Nondescript — Best heavy $12. 25, up $1.50. SALES CONTINUE UP WALLACE, Sept. 16,—The lo cal tobacco market today sold 379,000 pounds of the weed for an average of $43.17 a hundred pounds, it was reported by John Sikes, sales supervisor. The farmers were paid a total of $163,614 for the day’s sales, Sikes added. He said the heavy volume of sales which had existed during the past 15 days continued in full swing, and farmers were asked to book space before bringing their tobacco. WHITEVILLE SELLS 21,000,000 POUNDS WHITEVILLE, Sept. 16—With full sales at all warehouses, the Whiteville tobacco market today passed 21,000,000 pounds for the season and the 1947 average held steady at $45.09 per hundaed pounds. According to official figures released this morning by Super visor of Sales Dave S. Neilson. the market fell just 10,000 pounds short of averaging a million pounds per day last week. The l *»l -1* w -n Air—Conditioned! j RIOT OF FUN! I Joan Caulfield William Holden in "DEAR RUTH" —With— BILLY DE-WOLFE SHOWS: 1:05-3:00 ★ i r NO MAN CAN DO WHAT HE DID TO A WOMAN . . . AND LIVE! "REPEAT PERFORMANCE" SHOWS: 1:00-2:40 4:40-6:45-8 :50 BAILEY > PRICES 25c Pins Tax JAMES 1 STEWART DONNA REED In "It's A Wonderful Life" ‘•iOc Pius 'fax I 3 BIG SHOWS I Johnny Mack Brown I IN I “SON OF ROARIN’ I DAN” —EXTRA LAST CHAPTER Crimson 3 Stooge Comedy HAMBONE’S MEDITATION Bv Alley r "j DAT BOT DOWN BV D£ CREEK 5AT KE DlDN' WANE NO CAU* 6lTTlN' MA'lED-UAWDl EP HE DlDN' KNOW DAT AFTliR Dt SECON' TIME, HE PON'DESERVE NO BETTOR! < Released by The Ball «yn* lnc.> Trade Mark 4*!9*4f7 Ret* U* s. Pat. OBeO final count showed total sales of 4,990,394 pounds which brought $2,185,712.33. Up to and including Friday, the nine warehouses on the local market had auctioned off 20, 064,060 pounds for $9,042,525.45. The average was $45.09. All warehouses had their quota of the leaf for today’s sales. Prices were strong and the open ing of Middle Belt markets this morning apparently had no ef fect on demand. Supervisor Neilson said the Whiteville market appeared to be headed for thirty million be fore September 26—the latest date for which five hours of sell ing time and a full complement of three sets of buyers are as sured. There was no indication today that sales were slackening and the belief was expressed that the offerings would continue at a near-record volume for several days more. CAPE FEAR (Continued From Page One) Bible, and the worKs of Shake speare. To further her purpose she established in her home city of Boston sewing schools, cooking schools,, and gymna siums, employing as teachers only men and women of recog nized ability. * “The result, as she had antic ipated, was amazing but neces sarily restricted to a few sec tions in the city of Boston and in the South. “In these days of innumer able distractions, when loose thinking seems to be prevalent, based on ideologies that are ap parently perfect but in practice unworkable, it would be a na tional boon that would be re flected to the end of time if Mrs. Hemenway’s ideals could be adopted and put into gen eral practice in this country and throughout the world.” The Weather Weather bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Precip. WILMINGTON - 83 69 0.01 Alpena - 65 43 0.03 ASheville - 81 62 — Atlanta - 83 65 — Atlantic City- 79 — — Birmingham - 85 64 — Boston - 77 70 — Buffalo - 68 50 — Burlington - — 59 0 16 Charlotte - 82 65 .10 Chattanooga —-- 84 66 — Chicago - 75 46 — Cincinnati - 74 44 — Cleveland - 73 — — Dallas _ 90 65 — Denver - 86 56 — Detroit - 70 49 — Duluth _ 59 39 — El Paso_ 93 62 — Fort Worth_ 90 64 — Galveston - 91 74 ' — Houston _ 95 72 — Jacksonville_ 91 74 — Kansas City- 84 59 — Key West _ 89 79 0.01 Knoxville _ 80 62 — Little Rock -_ 81 55 — Louisville - 77 45 — Memphis _ 83 54 — Meridian _ 87 65 — Miami _ - 80 78 0.01 Minn.-St. Paul _ 69 49 0.03 Mobile_ 86 67 — Montgomery _ 87 69 — New Orleans_ 92 72 — New York _ 75 68 0.15 Norfolk _ 79 — — Philadelphia _ 74 64 0.01 Phoenix _ 95 70 — Portland, Me._ 76 64 0.03 Raleigh _ 81 66 .01 Richmond _- 76 67 0.01 St. Louis _ 78 52 — San Antonio _ 96 68 •— San Francisco_ 67 54 — Savannah ___ 88 72 — Seattle _ 56 55 0.47 Tampa _ 92 76 0-02 Vicksburg _ 88 63 — Washington _ 73 65 — TODAY ONLY Mat. 3:15 p. m. 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