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VOL. 81.—NO. 65._ ' WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1947. '
Milk Control
Laws Lauded
Public Health Association
Speakers Cite Protection
To Consumer
CHARLOTTE, Nov. 4 —UP)—
ThP control of milk for the pro
jection of the health of the
Le>s consuming public occupied
L attention of the North Caro
' pubhc Health Association at
today’s sessions of the 36th an
nual convention being held here.
An eight-man panel discussing
,he new milk control program
which became effective Septem
ber i generally agreed that the1
"minimum standards” being en
forced jointly by local health de
partments and the State Depart
ment of Agriculture will protect
lhe public from “doctored” and
unsanitary milk if education and
control are applied together
properly on the local level.
But one of the biggest prob
lems, it was pointed out, is the
proper control of the more than,
65,000,000 pounds of milk im- j
ported into the state annually, j
Dr. E. W. Constable, state |
chemist with the Department of!
Agriculture, said the $15,000
which the Genral Assembly ap-j
preprinted for enforcing milk;
regulations from the state level
each year of the current bienni
um "does not seem a particularly
imposing coverage” when spread
over the 100 counties.
Small Operators
C. W. Pegram, chief of the
dairy division of the agriculture
department, said that eight hear
ings have been held since Sept.
1 with producers whose milk
samples indicated watering. They
were “mostly small operators,”
he said.
Pegram pointed to the need
of “more adequate supervision of
the finished milk product” — ice
cream and milk drinks which he
said are often kept in refrigerat
ed water which in effect consti
tutes a “bacteria broth.”
Though the General Assembly
killed the State Health depart
ment’s bill to control milk state
wide, Robert L. Caviness, the
Doard’s sanitary engineer, told
the convention “we will get
what we desired in that bill
See MILK On Page Two
ROTARIANS HEAR
CIGARETTE STORY
Ralph Hanson Gives Facts,
Figures On Growing Part
Of Leaf Industry
Consumption of cigarettes in
the United States doubled dur
ing the war years and a pre
dicted postwar decline has not
yet been noted, Ralph Hanson,
representative of the Philip
Morris research department
from New York City, told local
Rotarians at their luncheon
meeting yesterday.
According to Hanson, 181 bil
lion cigarettes were consumed
in this country in 1940, and that
number had increased to 324
billion by 1945. Last year Unit
ed States smokers consumed
35 lbillion cigarettes.
“In that shortage year when
you wid remember that there
were long lines and we all stood
in them to get cigarettes,’’ he
said, “there were actually 30
billion more cigarettes con
sumed in the United States than
in the year before.”
Pointing to the cigarette as
the junior member of the enor
mous tobacco industry in the
size of unit. Hanson declared that
it is junior in size of unit only
having “reached a position of
dominance in the tobacco family
after being originated as late
as 1850.
Hanson traced briefly the
processes of tobacco raising,
harvesting and curing, bringing
in both flue cured and air cured
tobaccos and including also
Turkish blending tobaccos,
which he explained are cured
m the rafters of the homes of
Syrians by smoke from the
cooking and household fires.
Until the advent of the last
war, he said the United States
was dependent on a French
monopoly for all cigarette paper
This, he said, was overcome on
the day the war started, Sep
Sec ROTARIANS on Page Two
The Weather
FORECAST:
South Carolina and North Carolina —
Increasing cloudiness and mild Wednes
n ■ night. Scattered showers Wednes
night beginning in Western section
‘Wednesday afternoon. Thursday c.earing
and slightly cooler.
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
„ I‘30 a. m. 58. 7:30 a. m. 54; 1:30 P- m.
'"MO p. m. 63; Maximum 71; Mini
murn 53; Mean 62; Normal 60.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p m.
5 inches.
Total since the first of the month
^ 1 * 0 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
Tro mthe Tide Tables published by
S Coast and Geodetic Survey).
HIGH LOW
WHmington _% 2:33 a.m. 9:51a.m.
3:17 p m. 10:42 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet _ 12:34 a.m. 6:40 a.m.
1:07 p.m. 7:36 p.m.
Sunrise 6:36; Sunset 5:16; Moonrise
‘]-22P: Moonset l:27p.
Hiver stage at Fayetteville, N. C , at 8
6 m. Tuesday 18.7 feet.
Here WEATHER On Page Iwi
ORCHESTRA LEADER Eddy Duchin smiles at his son, Peter
Oelrichs Duchin, 10, kisses his new stepmother, the former Mrs.
Maria Teresa Winn. The pianist and Mrs. Winn were married at
the New York home of Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Har
riman. Peter’s mother died in 1937. Bride is daughter of a former
British diplomat. (International,)
Sales Tax To Stay
Johnson Predicts
WHAT? NO BULLETS
HARLAN, Ky., Nov. 4—(VP)—
Election day in Harlan coun
ty was once an occasion for
shooting and violence. The
only rumpus reported today,
however, was caused by a
goat that bucked two women
and a child, blocked the door
of the polling place in Tway
precinct and held up voting
for two hours until a deputy
sheriff corailed him and re
stored order.
TEXTILE WORKERS
READY TO STRIKE
Three Thousand At Greens
boro Will Heed Call
For Thursday
GREENSBORO, Nov. 4—UP)—
Six local unions representing
approximately 3,000 workers at
Cone mills here and in Haw
river, Gibsonville and Reids
ville have voted unanimously to
follow strike orders Thursday.
The declaration was made here
late today by Bruno Rantane of
Textile Workers Union of Amer
ica (C.I.O.).
“Any strike at the Cone mills
will be called not only on the
question of wages,” a union
spokesman added, “but will al
so involve renewal of contract.”
Once called, the strike would
not be ended here without
agreement as to contract as
well as on T.W.U.A.’s demand
for an hourly wage increase of
15 cents, Rantane, manager of
Greensboro — Burlington joint
board of T.W.U.A., stated.
The industry crisis developed
following a meeting in Danville
Sunday, at which C. I. O Textile
Union officials voted to strick
Thursday if demands for the 15
cents hourly increase had not
'then been met.
ASHEVILLE WETS
SCORE VICTORY
I ABC Forces Carry 19 Of
City’s 24 Precincts;
Outstanding Vote
ASHEVILLE, Nov. 4. — W—
The City of Asheville today
voted in favor of the establish
ment of legal whisky stores,
complete but unofficial returns
early tonight showed.
Unofficial returns from all of
the city’s 24 precincts gave 8,
852 votes for and 6,143 votes
against the stores, a majority
of 2,709 for the ABC proponents.
Election officials reported it
was the largest vote cast in the
city’s history. ABC forces car
red 19 of the city’s 24 precincts.
Asheville was the fifth West
ern North Carolina area to vote
on the ABC issue during the
past six months. Rowan and Al
leghany counties and the city
of Hickory voted dry but Meck
lenburg county favored the
stores.
In the last referendum of the
question held in 1939, voters of
the city favored the stores but
their vote was nullified by a
heavy dry vote in rural areas
of Buncombe county. The vote
today was restricted to the city
itself.
Gubernatorial Candidate
Promise To Pr o m o t e
Ports Of State
NO
Charles M. Johnson, candi
ate for governor in the 1 9 4 8;
Democratic primary and cur-'
rently State treasurer, promised
to “do all in my power” to help
promote development of the
Wilmington port and stated his
opinion that the State sales tax
“will never be repealed in
North Carolina”.
Addressing the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce at its dinner
session at the Friendly, last
night Johnson brought in his
promise to promote port devel
opment at the close of his gen
eral discussion of the State gov
ernment and State finances.
“I think the one thing that
could do more for North Caro
lina today is a port system in
Wilmington and Morehead
City,” he said. “This is not just
a Wilmington proposal as it has
got out all over the State, but
is for the whole State. I intend
to do all I can to see that it
is carried forward. It could not
help Wilmington if it did not
help the whole state.”
See SALES On Page Two
HIGH1X PMDREDS
TO GO ON STAND
Thomas Promises Holly
wood Communists Will Be
Questioned Shortly
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 —Ml—
“High salaried Communists and
fellow travelers from Holly
wood” will be subpoenaed by
the House Committee on Un
American Activities when it re
sumes its movie investigation
“in a few weeks,” Chairman
Thomas (R-NJ) announced to
night.
Recently completed hearings
held here, Thomas said in an
address prepared for an ABC
network, were “only the begin
ning.”
“We are exposing Com
munism in Hollywood,” he said.
“They would like to think that
this is the end of this hearing
and this investigation.
their activities are going to be
exposed and they are going to
be exposed for what they are.”
Thomas accused “the Com
munists, their dupes and the
high paid apologists of certain
interests in Hollywood” of seek
ing to discredit the committee
by attributing to it a desire to
censor he films.
NEGRO NEGUGENT
JURORS DECLARE
Truck Driver To Face Man
slaughter Charge In
Highway Death
A coroner’s jury in the New
Hanover Superior court room
Tuesday night found that Joseph
Mathis, Jr., came to his death as
a result of driving his automo
bile into the rear of a truck driv
en by Pleas Alexander, Negro,
and stalled on highway 17 some
six miles north of Wilmington
early Sunday morning, Nov. 2,
and found Alexander guilty of
See NEGRO On Page Two
Hat-Loving Harry Hep
To Higher Heraldries
BY ARTHUR EDSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. -
Yes, sir, Harry Truman has
come quite a way since he was
known as the lad who could
plow one of the straightest fur
rows in Jackson county, Mo.
For instance, he’s not hep to
heraldry. And that takes consi
derable hepping.
An executive order, setting up
a seal for the Department of
the Air Force, just flew in. It
says, among other things:
“Shield: per fess nebuly
Etbased azure and argent, in
chief a thunderbolt or inflamed
proper.
“Crest: On a wreath argent
and azure an American bald
eagle, wings displayed and par
tially elevated proper in front
of a cloud argent.”
This was signed, “Harry S.
Truman.”
Well, it turns out this isn’t
really doubletalk at all. People
interested in heraldry talk like
that, all the time.
Hughes Plane
Orphan Child
Huge Flying Boat May Go
To Surplus As Services
Don’t Want It
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4
Howard Hughes’ $25,000,000
wooden flying boat, target of a
Senate war contract investiga
tion which resumes here tomor
row, may have to be sold as
government surplus because the
Army, Navy and Air Forces ap
parently do not want the huge
ship, it was disclosed tonight.
A spokesman for the Recon
struction Finance Corporation,
which spent $18,000,000 on the
experimental, eight - engine
flying boat and holds title to it,
said that none of the armed
services has shown any interest
in taking it off RFC’s hands.
Unless they come forward
with an offer by the time tests
have been completed on the
plane, the spokesman said, it
probably will have to be turned
over to the War Assets Admin
istration and disposed of as sur
plus property.
Hughes, millionaire movie
producer and plane-builder |
demonstrated Sunday that the
200-ton plane could fly, but the
military services had no official
observers on hand for the tests
and they indicated that as far
as they were concerned RFC
could keep it.
Navy Department spokesmen
said they have “no professional
interest” in the Hughes plane.
Keeping Tabs
The Air Forces said they had
never had any connection with
the flying boat contract and had
opposed it from the beginning.
They said they were interested
in the tests only to the extent
that they keep tabs on all air
craft developments.
Hughes originally went into
the project with industrialist
Henry K. Kaiser with the an
nounced intention of mass-pro
ducing plywood flying boats as
cargo or troop carriers. Kaiser
withdrew later, however, when
the government cut back the or
der to a single experimental
plane.
Hughes testified at the initial
Senate hearings last summer
that he never had guaranteed
that the plane would fly.
Hughes, who claims he
poured $7,000,000 of his own
money into the design and con
struction of the aerial boat, has
been recalled to Washington for
the second round of the Senate
inquiry into his wartime air
plane contracts.
Chairman Homer Ferguson,
See HUGHES on Page Two
VA GROUP MOVES
TO SOUTHPORT
Inspection Board Views
Three Sites Here For
1,000 Bed Hospital
Having seen three more pos
sible sites in Wilmington for the
proposed 1,000 bed neuropsychi
atric hospital, the Veterans Ad
ministration’s inspection board
moved on to Southport at lunch
time yesterday, where they in
spected government property at
Fort Caswell and other possible
sites.
The four Va representatives
saw a total of six sites in and
around Wilmington. They had
the cooperation while here of a
Wilmington hospital committee
composed of Chamber of Com
merce Secretary John Farrell;
City Manager James Benson;
County Commissioners Chairman
Addison Hewlett; City Engineer
M. Von Oesen; Commander
Charles Foard and Larry Sch
neider of the American Legion;
VFW Commander Ken Noble;
realtor Hugh Morton; Star -
News Publisher R. B. P a g e
See VA GROUPS on Page Two
Truman Will Get Marshall
Plan In Detail By Friday;
Democrats Take Kentucky
Stennis Has Lead
For Bilbo Mantle
Republicans Reelect Phila
delphia Mayor: Labor
Loses Seats
BULLETIN
....JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 4. —
(U.R) — Circuit Judge John C.
Stennis, the most conservative
candidate in a field of five Demo
crats, was apparently winning
the late Sen. Theodore G. Bil
bo’s place in the Senate tonight
and Rep. John E. Rankin was
running fifth.
By The Associated Press
Circuit Judge John C. Stennis,
who soft pedalled the race issue
in his campaign, pulled into a
narrow lead yesterday for the
Senate seat of the late Theodore
G. Bilbo of Mississippi.
And in the Border state of
Kentucky, the Democrat trying
for the Republican-occupied
governor’s chair pushed ahead
in early returns.
The Mississippi Senate and
Kentucky gubernatorial races
rated top national interest in
scattered off-year elections.
In New York, a smattering of
early returns gave the expected
support for a $400,000,000 bonus
for veterans. And in New York
City, first tabulations raised an
8 to 5 edge against keeping the
present method of choosing city
councilmen.
Rain held down the balloting
in some parts of the East and
Northeast.
With the help of votes from ms
home county, Judge SteAnis led
I five other candidates in the bat
j tie for the Bilbo Senate seat.
Trailing him were U. S. Rep
resentative William M. Colmer,
Paul B. Johnson, Jr., Forrest
Jackson, U S. Representative
John E. Rankin, and the only
Republican, L. R. Collins.
Clements Takes Lead
The Kentucky gubernatorial
scrap saw U. S. Rep. Earle C.
Clements, shove into an early
lead over Republican Eldon S.
Dummit. The present Republican
governor, Simeon, S. Willis, is
ineligible for a second term in
a row.
Clements increased his mar
gin as the returns came in from
Jefferson county (Louisville),
which the GOP had claimed in
advance. And he even led Dum
mif in the latter’s own county,
Fayette. .
Kentucky’s Republican Nation
al Committeeman Jouett Ross
See STENNIS on Page Two
GROWERSMSCUSS
1948 CROP TODAY
Flue-Cured Acreage SiZe
Cut Will Be Main Meet
ing Topic
RALEIGH, Nov. 4. UP>—'Tobac*
co growers, confronted with a
drastic reduction in their
foreign markets, will assemble
here tomorrow to present their
views on how much flue-cured
tobacco they should raise next
year.
The public hearing was call
ed by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture to study the ques
tion of tobacco acreage quotas
for next year, and will be at
tended by farm organization
leaders, representatives of to
bacco warehousemen, and state
and federal agricultural officials
in addition to the growers.
Along The Cape Fear
DR. ALVIN WILEY — During
the decade of 1850 to I860, edu
cational developments in Wil
mington centered around the ac
tivity and character of one man,
Dr. Calvin H. Wiley. He inaugu
rated many needed reforms and
made provisions for preparing
teachers for their work and giv
ing them some guarantee of se
curity. The culmination of his
efforts was the emergence of a
new school system which gave
some promise of stability and ac
complishment.
In addition to the Wilmington
schools at that time, New Han
over county boasted such schools
as New Hanover Academy found
ed in 1833, Rock Fish academy,
1834, Black Creek Female insti
tution, 1846, and Topsail, Union,
and Rocky Point schools at Rocky
Point.
A free school was opened in
the old Union school house on
South Sixth street between Nun
and Church streets during the
winter of 1865-66, supported by
the Soldiers’ Memorial society,
of Boston
Under the auspices of the
American Unitarian association
and the Soldiers’ Memorial so
ciety, Miss Amy M. Bradley came
to Wilmington in December of
1866.
On January 9, 1867, she em
barked in the Union school house
upon educational work which
was within a few years to develop
into the Tileston normal school.
After the Civil war George W.
Jewett re-opened his school in
Wilmington again, and a classical
school was opened here by Ham
ilton McMillan in 1866.
An aggressive opposition to the
promotion of public schools de
veloped during the decade. Op
position became so determined
that in Raleigh a law was passed
forbidding the teaching of high
school subjects in public schools.
In spite of this opposition Ra
leigh academy eventually gave
way to a public high school and
the principal of the academy ac
tually became the principal of
the high school.
Soon after the schools were set
up in the Hemenway and Union
school buildings in Wilmington,
high school subjects were added
to enrich the course of study as
the idea of a public high school
education found favor with the
superintendent of schools.
THE ONLY WOMAN “SPELUNKER” in Pittsburgh is at
tractive Mrs. Norma Lee Fisher who is getting a bit of hat-fitting
aid from her two-year-old son, Freddy. Her husband is Robert
Fisher, head of the recently organized Grotto of the Speleological
Society, which majors in cave hunting and exploring. The chapeau
she is trying on is fashioned for a forthcoming expedition of the
group. (International Soundphoto)
Laymen Start Move
To Unite Classes
SOME WOMAN
DES MOINES, Nov. 4—OT
—A woman who police said
admitted shoplifting such ar
ticles as a ..wardrobe., trunk,
combination radio-phonograph,
delicate dishware and wear
ing apparel was charged with
larceny today.
Dective Chief Paul Cast
elline said Ann B. Baity, 27,
five and a half feet tall and
weighing 126 pounds, signed
a statement telling ..how., she
carried the radio-phonograph,
and later the trunk, down., a
flight of stairs, out of the store
and then hailing a cab.
CHEST CAMPAIGN .
DRIVE UNDERWAY
Leaders Address Final
Kickoff Group Meeting;
$119,996 Needed
The Red Feather campaign of
the 1947 Community Chest to
solicit $119,996 before November
18, officially began yesterday
after the joint kickoff meeting of
the Residential and County and
the Men’s Downtown divisions.
The three divisions completed
the 10 meetings of the pre-cam
paign which were held separate
ly because of the size of the
campaign.
The Rev. Walter B. Freed,
pastor of St. Paul’s Luthern
church, addressed the members
of the Women’s Residential and
County division joint kick off
meeting at 11 o’clock yesterday
mrning in. the Luthern church.
Their goal was $6,000 and $3,
000 respectively.
Charles M. Harrington, gen
eral campaign chairman, gave
the members a brief resume of
the Community Chest work.
Chairmans Mrs. Berenece Stell
ing and Mrs. Harry M. Wellott
presided.
Marks Speaks
H. A. Marks, chest president,
spoke to the Men’s division
members yesterday in the Tide
Water assembly hall. Marks
was introduced by chairman
Gardner Greer and their goal is
$6,000.
Harrington stressed the im
portance of closing the cam
paign on time this year and add
ed that the past two campaigns,
although successful, did not
close on the scheduled date.
“Because of the needs of vari
ous organizations affiliated with
the Community Chest, we must
go over the goal and we plead
for help and increases from the
people who gave money last
year,” Harrington said.
He added that unless the busi
nessmen contribute freely, that
it will be necessary to call on
See CHEST On Page Two
Spot Has Taken His Last
Engine Ride-He Missed
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 4
-Spot, a little five-year-old
mongrel, has ridden^his last
switch engine.
The shaggy dog was owned
by the Sloss-Sheffield Steel &
Iron Co., but he belonged to
everybody.
His main delight was in rid
ing switch engines on the for
ward foot-board at terminal
station here. Few railroad men
passed through here without
getting to know him.
Yesterday, Spot was dashing
I
Federation Of Men’s Bible
Study Groups May Be
Launched Here
A meeting of Christian laymen,
for the purpose of organizing a
Federation of Men’s Bible classes,
will be held here in the First
Baptist church, November 23, ac
cording to an announcement last
night by Otto Pridgen, associate
teacher of Dr. Smith’s class.
The Federation of Mens’ Bible
classes, Pridgen said is a national
interdenominational organization
of Christian men.
“The plan and purpose of the
organization,” Pridgen said, “is
to create and promote mutual
understanding, good will, Christ
ian friendship and fellowship be
tween men of our established
, churches, assisting each other in
proving ways and means for en
couraging and enlarging the
teaching and studying of the Holy
Bible.”
Monthly Meetings
Pridgen said that the program
would include “monthly meet
ings which have proven in other
cities to be great instrumentali
ties for community worship and
Christian brotherhood.”
He stressed the fact that “this
is strictly a layman’s movement
and we are looking forward to
the whole-hearted cooperation of
Men’s Bible classes throughont
the city.”
See LAYMEN on Page Two
U.S. CITIES OFFER
A-BOMB TAR !TS
Census Bureau Warns Of
Vulnerableness Of Metro
politan Areas
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 —l/FI—
The United States is increasing
ly vulnerable to atomic bomb
warfare because of the growing
concentration of its population
into large cities, the Census Bu
reau warned tonight.
Assessing the danger to tne
40 per cent or more of the na
tion’s population which is clus
tered around 140 cities of over
100,000, the bureau said:
“The physical structure of
such cities is, with few excep
tions, ideal for destructions by
A-bombs.”
The bureau’s comments were
made in a 60-page analysis of
the growth of metropolitan
areas from 1900 to 1940.—The
trend toward concentration of
population appears to be con
tinuing, the bureau said, on the
basis of a sample census sur
vey last April.
One observation on which the
bureau laid stress was that the
native white population in large
cities “is not reproducing it
self,” hence failing to do its
part in maintaining the size of
the population.
about the yards as he has done
for several years. A switch en
gine lumbered toward him and
Spot jumped for his perch on
the footboard. But this time he
missed and the engine passed
over his body.
A veterinarian built a special
casket and today Spot lay in
state in the Sloss-Sheffield lab
oratory. Five floral wreaths
were placed on the casket.
Spot will be buried tomorrow
in a grave near the main Sloss
office building,
$6,000,000,000
First Year Goal
Broad Outlines Of Euro*
pean Aid Program Al
ready Achieved
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. — <U.fi)
— Government officials disclos
ed tonight that in the last 48
hours the broad outlines and
many of the details of the Mar
shall European recovery plan
have been whipped into shape
for Congressional action.
Following an intensive day and
night schedule, experts working
on the plan said it would be pre
sented to President Truman and
his cabinet for final approval
Thursday or Friday.
The first year goal of the pro
gram has been set between $8,
100,000,000 and $7,000,000,000 —
:he amount that Congress will be
asked to appropriate for the be
ginning of the Marshall plan.
Specific estimates for 1949, 1950
and 1951 will be prepared as the
program progresses.
In answer to requests from
many Congressmen for a four
year estimate of American aid
necessary to save Western Eu
rope from chaos, the administra
tion’s tentative figure has been
set at $16,500,000,000.
Herter Plan
It was revealed, meantime,
that Rep. Christian A. Herter, R.t
Mass., is prepared to propose a
plan to create a government cor
poration to handle all foreign re
lief under close Congressional in
spection.
Herter headed a special House
committee which made an on
the-spot study of Europe’s relief
needs this summer. His group
meets tomorrow.
At the same time, Undersec
retary of State Robert A. Lovett
conferred with Senate President
See SIX BILLION On Page Two
TOBACCO PRICES
SAG ON MARKETS
Losses Are Small For Most
Part As Export Buyers
Stay Off Floors
By The Associated Press
Tobacco prices were general
ly lower on flue-cured tobacco
markets yesterday as buyers for
export companies continued to
remain off the markets.
Prices on the Eastern Belt
were steady to lower, the Fed
eral and State Agriculture De
partments reported. Declines
ranged from $.50 to $4 per hun
dreed pounds but mostly were
from $1 to $2. Losses were
heavier and more numerous in
leaf grades which made up the
bulk of export sales. Smoki n g
leaf, cutters and lugs were un
changed to $1 lower. Low orange
leaf, good orange lugs and a few
nondescripts were about $1 high
er.
A large amount of fine tobac
co was offered on the markets
but was offset by an increased
proportion of common leaf and
nondescript. Leaf and smoking
leaf made up the bulk of the
sales. On Monday the growers
sold 8,026,148 pounds for an ave
rage of $46.73 per hundred, a
gain of $4.40 over last Tuesday.
Old Belt Report
On the Old Belt prices were
irregular to slightly lower.
Changes for leaf and smoking
leaf ranged from .50 to $3 with
both gains and losses represent
ed. Cutters, primings and non
descript fluctuated $1 to $2 and
most lugs were down $1 to $2
with fair orange lugs off $4 for
the greatest loss.
uality of the offerings was
See TOBACCO On Page Two
And So To Bed
The “And So To Bed”
Editor today received a card
in the mail from a fisher
man here for the SENCBA
rodeo who signed his name
as “Offshore” Ormsby.
Offshore offers to all Nim
rods the following summary
of his experience in a life
time of fishing, claiming it
has several new “angles”
for the anglers. The experi
ence of “Offshore” was sum
med up as follows:
“When the wind is in the
North, the Southern fisher
man will not venture forth!
“When the wind is in the
East, fishing is not fit for
man nor beast.
“When the wind is in the
South, it blows the bait out
of the fish’s mouth.
“When the wind is in the
West, the fishing is the very
best!”
P.’ S. “Offshore” hails
from California.