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^VOlTsI.—NO. 74.__ WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1947 ” ESTABLISHED
Meyers Firm
Had Contract
Former Air Force Officer
Linked With $1,053,573
War Order
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 — (.«
Testimony that Maj. Gen.
scnnett E. Mejiers figured in
JL flow of $1,053,573 in war
jjme subcontracts to a firm in
iiich he once acknowledged
*art ownership—and later said
;.a5 owned by frienSs — was
|iven today before Senate in
vestiga s.
The firm concerned, the Avia
tion Electric Company of Ohio,
',as shown to have received the
lubcontracts from Bell Aircraft
company.
Lawrence D. Bell, president
0f the Bell concern, said Mey
ers who retired in 1945 after
holding high Army purchasing
post? during the war, suggested
to him that Aviation Electric
company might be interested in
accepting a subcontract ror ma
terials for British planes which
Beil had contracted to produce.
Aviation Electric company
given a subcontract, Bell
,aid, and electrical wiring
boxes it turned out was sub
sequently used for American
planes as well as British.
Bell said Meyers also recoin-;
mended other firms for subcon-■
tracts, but that a check showed
these others were too busy to;
take the work. i
Army “Anemic”
The Senate War Investigating j
committee also produced furth
er evidence to back its conten
tion that the Army was “anem
ic" about investigating Meyers
despite an anonymous tip that
be made “immense” sums out
of the war, rumors that he was
playing poker for high stakes,
and a plea by an unnamed ma
jor general that Meyers be kept
out of control of surplus prop- j
ertv.
!
Meanwhile the Justice De
partment informed reporters,
without elaboration, that it has
been “looking into” General
Meyers’ activities.
Meyers supplied one highlight
of the day’s developments. He
told reporters that he had asked
for a trial by court martial “to
prove my innocence or guilt” of
See MEYERS on Page Three 1
ROLAND TO SERVE
ON COMMISSION
i
—
New Hanover School Sup
erintendent Honored By
Governor Cherry
RALEIGH, Nov. 14—(^—Gov
ernor Cherry today announced
the names of a 21-member Sir
Walter Raleigh Day commission,
created by the 1947 General As
sembly to receive voluntary do
nations for the erection of a suit
able memorial here to the Brit
ish explorer, author and soldier.
The commission is authorized
to have the State superintendent
of public instruction set apart a
day to be celebrated in the
schools of the state as “Sir Wal
ter Raleigh Day.”
The governor is ex-officio
chairman of the commission, and
Dr. Clyde A. Edwin, state super
intendent of public instruction,
is the commission secretary.
Other Members
Other members of the commis
lion:
Dr. Clarence Poe, Raleigh; Dr.
Y. Joyner, LaGrange; State
Ken. Lee B. Weather, Shelby;
Dr. Paul Green, Chapel Hill; H.
A. Scott, Haw River; W. J. Bul
lock, Kannapolis; T. C. Rober
son. Asheville; H. M. Roland,
Wilmington; R. M. Wilson,
Rocky Mount; Curtis Russ,
Waynesville.
A. B. Gibson, Laurinburg; Joe
"ixon, Lincolnton; L. C. Clif
ford Hickory; Herbert Peele,
Elizabeth City; William T. Polk,
Greensboro; A. T. Spaulding,
Durham; Robert Lee Humber,
Greenville; Mrs. Elizabeth Dil
lard Reynolds, Winston-Salem;
Mrs E. B. Hunter, Charlotte;
Mrs. W. T. Best, Raleigh, and
Mrs. A. B. Stoney, Morganton.
The Weather
South Carolina and North Carolina —
•tam and cool Saturday with thunder
storms in extreme west portion and end
in west portion late Saturday; Sun
partly cloudy and warmer west
pprtion, with occasional rains and little
y'l5r8e in temperature East portion,
moderate to fresh winds becoming
rr°ng along coast.
FORECAST;
yteorological data for the 24 hours
• “!r>g 7p. r.i. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
a. m. 48; 7:30 a. m. 46; 1:30 p. m.
' ':30 p. m. 32; Maximum 38; Mini
murn 4.3, Mean 32; Normal 56.
, HUMIDITY
J'f a. m. 76; 7:30 a. m. 66; 1:30 p. m.
*■ '=30 p. m. 71
- PRECIPITATION
t for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.
-” 600 or less than .005 of an inch.
since the first of the month 8.89(
TIDES FOR TODAY
Jorr‘ the Tide Tables published by.
■’ Coast and Geodetic Survey),
ft HIGH LOW
1 ”slon —^ — 11:35 a.m. 6:08 a.m.
li. . . m* 11p.m. 6:47 p.m
•"••wo In’ef . 9:17 a.m. 2:49 a.m.
, '* 9:21 a.m. 3:55 a.m.
I,„uinse 6:45. sunset 5:08; Moonrlse
'p.a: Moonset 7:I2p.
. « r«.s.tage *l Fayetteville, N. C., at 8
» to Friday 3.77 feet,
' **»»• *nnn •» *»«• m
Ex-Wilmington Man
Faces Murder Count
One of three men arrested on
charges of murder and robbery
in connection with the slaying
of Clayton Hall, 55-year-old Cre
scent Beach, S, C,, business
man, at 7 a.m. last Sunday
morning and the theft of $25,000,
has confessed, Sheriff C. E. Sas
ser of Conway, S. C., told
the Star last night.
The confession implicated all
three of the prisoners, the sher
iff said.
Being held without bond for
the Horry county grand jurv
are Joe Williamson, 35, Norfr’ ^
Va., former Wilmingt'- ^
Richard Ciesillskl, 20
mond, Va., and Edisoi
24, Whiteville. All thrt.
worked here at the Wilm.
shipyard during the way ye.
Law enforcement officers if
three states worked with Sher
iff Sasser in tracking down the
men, he said last night. In Wil
mington Deputy Sheriff C. D.
Snow and Highway Patrolman
R. C. Duncan assisted with the
investigation.
Wife Aids Probe
Williamson’s wife, who lives
at Maffitt Village here and Vho
has been separated from her
husband for some time, helped
break down his alibi, according
to Sheriff Sasser, who said that
Williamson told him that he
spent Saturday night here with
his w' r> Mrs. Williamson de
nied ^)v)tnd told the officers
t> ^ been here Friday
left early Satur
g, Sheriff Sasser
rjr ifson and Ciesillski,
jf whom were employed
r taxi drivers in Richmond,
a., before the crime, were ar
rested in Norfolk Thursday
night by Sheriff Sasser, who
was assisted by city police of
of Portsmouth and Norfolk.
The sheriff said that he traced
See EX-WILMINGTON on Page 3
Aggie Agents Favor 1948
“Better Farms” Contest
FATEFUL MENU
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Nov.
14—(ff)—Police Chief George
Moyer reported fate in 10 days
dished up this menu for 33
year-old Charles Kulp:
A left hand injury forced
him to quit his foundry job.
His wife left him.
Two children were placed in
homes of friends.
His nearby Spring Mount
home burned, destroying all
his belongings and a pet dog.
He lost control of his auto
mobile, crashed into three
bungalows, wrecked the ma
chine.
Ht was arrested on drunk
driving charges and jailed for
hearing.
CHEST CAMPAIGN
BEHIND SCHEDULE
Workers Report 55 Per
Cent Of Goal Attained;
Dinner Postponed
Declaring that “our time
schedule is upset,” Community
Chest President H. A. Marks
announced yesterday that the
campaign “victory dinner”
scheduled for 8 p. m. next
Tuesday has been postponed.
Marks' statement was made
at the third report luncheon of
the current drive at the Com
munity center, at which reports
showed that $56,429.42, or only
55 per cent of the goal of $119,
996, had been collected.
“We will reach our goal,”
Marks stated, “but our time
schedule has been upset be
cause so many of our volunteer
workers have been too busy
with other things and unable to
See CHEST On Page Three
CHRISTMAS FETE
SET FOR WALLACE
Organization Of Profes
sional Men, Farmers To
Stage Festival
WALLACE, Nov. 14—A mam
mouth Christmas celebration
here under the aegis of Wallace
Associates, newly formed busi
ness and professional men and
farmers group here is being plan
ned, John Sikes, Associates
manager anounced tonight.
The festival, set to start
around Dec. 1 and run until
Christmas will embrace com
munities and towns in all the
Wallace area.
These communities include
Faison, Calypso, Taylor’s
Bridge, Pink Hill, Warsaw, Tur
key, Rosehill, Magnolia, Ingold,
Garland, Kelly, Currie, Maple
Hill, Charity, Kenansville, Kerr
Station, Hickory Grove, Beaula
ville, Richlands, Burgaw, Atkin
s o n, Chinquapin, Harrell’s
Store, Tomahawk, Delway,
Hampstead, Rocky Point, Pen
derlea, Watha, Willard, Long
Creek, Teachey and the B. F.
Grady school community.
A committee of representa
tives from each of the commu
nities will meet in Wallace next
Tuesday to complete plans for
the festival.
Dean Schaub Speaks At
Meeting Held At Trail’s
End; Rules Talked
The agricultural agents and
the home demonstration agents
of the thirteen counties included
in the “Better Farms For Bet
ter Living” contest conducted
by the Tide Water Power Com
pany Friday voted unanimously
that the contest should be con
tinued in 1948.
The counties represented are:
New Hanover, Brunswick, Col
umbus, Bladen, Pender, Duplin,
Onslow, Lenoir, Green, Jones,
Craven, Cartaret and Pamlico;
The agents were guests Fri
day of the Tide Water Power
Company at an all-day meeting
held at Trails End Inn at
Masonboro Sound.
Dean I. O. Schaub, of the
North Carolina State. College
Extension Service, emphasized
'that Norh Carolina is confront
ed with a crisis which is the
result of an inefficient use of
farm labor and of farm acre
age. This crisis is taking the
form of a thirty per cent reduc
tion in tobacco and peanut acre
age for 1948, or a loss of
more than $100,000,000 com
pared with 1947. This loss is in
tensified by a constantly in
creasing cost of production.
Knows No Substitute
The dean stated that he knew
no substitute for 1948, there be
See AGENTS on Page Three
LOCAL CAB DRIVER
ROBBED, BEAT N
J. H. Irving, Jr., Fears Ven-j
geance Of Thugs Who I
Clubbed Him Friday
A Wilmington taxi driver, who
was treated at James Walker Me
morial hospital early Friday
morning for a gashed head, had
resigned his job here last night
and living in fear of the ven
geance of four thugs who clubbed
him shot at him, and took his
cab. Yellow Cab officials stated.
J. H. Irving, Jr., told the story
of his escape from the men who
assaulted and robbed him under
a fusillade of bullets froma pistol.
According to T. E. McCoy Jr.,
night manager of the Yellow Cab
company, Irving told him that
he picked up the four passengers
who later clubbed him at the
Cape Fear hotel at around 12.30
a. m. Friday. They asked him to
take them to a roadhouse on the
Navassa road between Highways
74 and 76 in Brunswick county,
he said.
After he had accomodated them
by looking inside the place to
see how many persons were there
and had reported “five or six,”
they told him to drive them to
another place, he said.
Irving had driven some dis
tance of some three or four city
blocks down the road when he
was struck from behind by one
of the men, he said.
They robbed him of his wallet
containing between $10 and $15,
then told him they were going to
drive him into the woods and
kill him, the taxi driver related.
He was then driven to a location
near the Atlantic Coast Line
crossing and signal light on the
Aromour road, where the man
forced him out of the cab and said
See DRIVER on Page Three
Fayetteville Man Turns
Himself In-He Stays, Too
FAYETTEVILLE, Nov. 14—CU.R)
_A 59-year-old man who turned
himself in for setting his step
son’s house on fire and was sur
prised to find no record of the
blaze was held under $1,01''' bond
today on arson charges.
Jailer Norman Butler said Ir
win Parker walked into the jail
yesterday and gave himself up,
thinking he was being hunted.
Polict found no warrant against
Parker but held him for investi
gation.
Butler said Parker told him of
setting fire to the home of Roy
Williams near Fayetteville by ig
niting oil and paper at a corner
of the house.
Police found that neighbors had
quickly put out the fire and never
reported it.
Parker waived a preliminary
hearing and will be held for
, grand jurjr action.__
UN Assembly Approves U. S. Plan
For Korean Independence Group;
GOP Gives Aid Program Top Spot
i -
Taft Agrees Help
For Europe Acute
Republican Policy Com
mitte Non-Committal On
Amount Needed
Washington, Nov. 14 — W
—The Senate’s powerful Repub
lican policy committee gave top
priority late today to legislation
granting emergency aid to Eu
rope at the special session of
Congress beginning next Mon
day.
Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) said
he agreed with President .Tru
mdn that multi-billion dollar
foreign spending must be paid
for out of current taxes but de
clared that this does not nec
essarily rule out a 1948 income
tax cut.
Taft, a candidate for the Re
publican Presidential nomina
tion, said the 12-member com
mittee agreed that help to Eu
rope must be provided quickly.
But he said there was no deci
sion on how much aid the Re
publicans will approve.
Some members of both the
Senate and the House Foreign
Policy committees are seeking
to reduce the amounts proposed
by Secretary of State Marshall
—$597,000,000 to France, Italy
See TAFT on Page Three
YOUNG GIRL DIES
FROM AUTO CRASH
Rosalie Pearsall, 14, Fatal
ly Injured In Front Of
Her Home
Fourteen - year - old Rosalie
Pearsall, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Pearsall, was fatal
ly injured when hit by an auto
mobile operated by Pvt. Odell
Dewey Shipman Jr., 18-year-old
Camp Lejeune Marine, in front
of her home a half mile from
Wilmington on Market Street at
6:50 o’clock last night.
Highway Patrolman J. L.
Flowers, who investigated along
with sheriff’s officers, reported
that Miss Pearsall was declared
dead on arrival at James Walk
er hospital at 7:10 p.m. after be
ing rushed there from th' scene
of the accident.
Shipman, who told officers
that the young girl ran across
See YOUNG on Page Three
FRIENDSHIP TRAIN
GATHERING GOODS
Cedar Rapids Folk Add
Seven Cars Of Rolled
Oats To Que
CHICAGO, Nov. 14. — (U.R) —
The Friendship Train headed in
to Chicago tonight pulling more
than 80 carloads of food for
needy Europeans.
Now running into two sec
tions, it was growing so fast
sponsors were having a hard
time keeping inventory.
It started from Los Angeles
last Sunday with 12 cars. It
crossed the muddy Mississippi
river this morning from Iowa
whose residents contributed
$100,000 worth of food.
See FRIENDSHIP On Pare 3
A NATIONAL DAT OF PRATER, Remembrance Day Is observed by the British Royal Fami
ly during memorial services at the Cenotaph in London. Princess Elizabeth (arrow) is shown as
she placed her wreath at the base of the monument. The king also placed a wreath in memory
of the heroic dead. (International)
Mayor Pays Tribute To Scouts
At Encampment Opening Here
COOL-HEADED BUS DRIVER BACSS
VEHICLE DOWN HILL TO SAFETY
POTTSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 14—WP)—“I was lucky,” Driver
Samuel Hanna explained modestly after he backed his way
ward bus two blocks downhill through Pottstown’s busiest
intersection, looped it into a driveway and delivered 12 passen
gers to safety.
“Keep cool! Keep seated!” Hanna instructed his passengers
when the gears on his bus locked in neutral last night and the
brakes failed.
Peering back through the 22-foot-long bus, Hanna steered
the vehicle down the hill 10 miles an hour to the intersection.
The red light was against him. Traffic was heavy and pe
destrians cluttered the intersection. Round the corner rolled the
bus pear first. At a railroad driveway Hanna .swung, the wheel
hard. A pedestrian jumped to safety and the bus rolled to a
stop.
PETERSON TO HEAD
NEW CIVITAN CLUB
0 g d e n-M i d d 1 e Sound
Group Organized At
Meeting Last Night
The Ogden-Middle Sound Civi
tan club was organized Friday
night by Lieutenant Governor
John A. Courtney, Jr., of White
ville, who was assisted by Paul
Woodall, past lieutenant gover
nor, Ralph Beason, secretary of
the Whiteville Civitan club, and
Eugene Porter, member of the
Whiteville club.
The officers of the new club
are: J. J. Peterson,, president;
J. W. Parmenter, vice-president;
E. W. Johnson, secretary; George
Dusenbury, treasurer; P. R. Ma
son, Eb Hurd, Paul Stanley,
Clyde Harrelson, J. W. Covil, di
rectors.
The club will hold its Charter
Night Tuesday, December 11,
at 8:00 o’clock. Its regular meet
ings will be held on the second
and fourth Tuesday nights in
each month at 7:30 o’clock.
The charter members of the
Ogden-Middle Sound Civitan club
are: W. F. Joyner, E. W. John
son, K. J. J. Peterson, L. P.
Stanley;' G. C. Gorman, Sr., J.
W. Covil, M. B. Register, K. C.
Sidking, J. W. Thompson, Jesse
Matthews, G. W. Koonce, Clyde
See PETERSON On Page 3
Along The Cape Fear
ST. JAMES SENIOR WARD
ENS — Following the construc
tion of the present St. James
church building, Dr. Armand
John deRosset, Sr., distinguish
ed physician and citizen of Wil
mington, was for the entire du
ration of his long and useful life
an ardent worker and benefac
tor of, the church. He
was Senior Warden, and was
succeeded in that office by his
son, Dr. Armand John deRos
set, Jr., who, in turn was suc
ceeded by his son, Col. William
L. deRosset. Succeeding Sen
ior Wardens were Clayton
Giles, Thomas Davis Meares,
and John Victor Grainger, who
was holding the office when the
Rev. Mortimer Glover, rector
of St. James parish, wrote an
historical sketch of the parish
for William Lord deRosset’s
history of Wilmington and New
Hanover county, published in
1938.
Behind the present church is
the historical St. James grave
yard which yearly attracts hun
dreds of visitors to see such his
toric and hallowed graves as
those of Cornelius Harnett, Rev
olutionary patriot and •igner
the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and of Thomas God
frey, author of the first drama
ever written by a native Ameri
can and produced upon the pro
fessional stage in the United
States.
The church, itself, contains
many objects of artistic and his
torical, as well as religious in
terest. Among these, the Rev.
Glover mentioned the massive
carved reredos and altar de
signed and executed by Silas
McBee, the tombs of Bishop At
kinson and Bishop Strange un
der the Chancel of the church,
marked by brass Maltese
Crosses, the memorial tablets
to the Rev. Dr. Empie, the Rev.
Dr. Drane, and members of the
deRosset family, and the pic
ture of Christ, Ecce Homo, cap
tured from one of the pirate
vessels th-at attacked the colony
in 1748, and presented to St.
James church by the Governor,
Council, and Assembly of the
colony.
history of Wilmington from the
founding of the city to the pres
ent day St. James church is
one of the most interesting land
mark* and afar in®* ot the eitjr.
TEACHERS ADOPT
SALARY MINIMUM
North Central Group Pass
Resolution Requesting
$2,400 Starting Pay
RALEIGH, Nov. 14 — (ff) —
North Central District teachers
today adopted a resoultion for a
starting teacher salary of $2,400
annually, plus 16 years of incre
ments at $100 per year.
Action of the North Central
District Teachers Association of
the North Carolina Education
Association follows closely a
patern set by the Northwestern
teachers and classroom teachers’
divisions of several other dis
tricts in the state.
Blaine Madison, principal of
the Methodist Orphanage here,
tonight was installed as president
of the association. He succeeds
Mrs. J. L. Marcom of Raleigh
See TEACHERS on Page Three
TORNADOS INJURE
FIFTEEN PERSONS
Over 100 Homes Demolish
ed In Louisiana, Texas
Oil Towns
By The Associated Press
A tornado out of the South
west cut a 60-yard path across
Deridder, in Southwest Louisi
ana yesterday, injuring at least
fifteen persons and leaving a
trail of more than 100 de
molished and damaged homes
and other buildings.
Mayor A. L. Stewart of De
ridder, who at first estimated
the damage at $200,000, raised
his figure early tonight as a
group of real estate men headed
See TORNADOES on Page Three
Over 500 Boys Register
For Three-Day Training
At Lake Forest
More than 500 Scouts from
nine Southeastern North Caro
lina counties heard Mayor E.
L. White’s address of welcome
officially opening the three-day
encampment, culminating the
Scout Round-up which began
September 1, of the Cape Fear
Area council, Boy Scouts of
America, in the Lake Forest
school area yesterday evening.
“For your idealism, your en
thusiasm, alertness, and your
sportsmanship, I want to ex
press my thanks to you, as a
group, and as individuals, and
further say that if any group
can be pointed out as the typi
cal example of what the word
Americanism means, it is you,
the Boy Scouts,” Mayor White
said.
“Watching your accomplish
ments, listening to you speak,
having had some personal asso
ciation with you, I always feel
See MAYOR on Page Three
EAST CAROLINA
' RIVERS ON RISE
Weather Bureau Sees Little
Chance Of Any Exces
sive Damage
RALEIGH, Nov. 14 — W—Fed
by heavy rains, major Eastern
North Carolina rivers were ris
ing at a number of places to
day although the possibility of
extensive damage appeared
slight.
The Roanoke was falling at
Weldon, but was rising at Scot
land Neck. It stood at 27 1-2
feet at Weldon early today —
six inches below flood level.
At Williamston, the Roanoke
was stationary at 10 9-10 feet,
almost a foot above flood stage.
High waters reportedly stopped
logging in lowlands areas.
The Neuse was falling slowly
at Smithfield, standing at
around 15 1-2 feet early today.
Flood level there is 14 feet. The
river stood at 14 8-10 feet at
Goldsboro early today, and was
rising. Flood stage there is 14
feet. A crest of 16 1-2 feet is
expected at Goldsboro early
Sunday.
The Tar river was rising slow
ly at Tarboro, and a crest of 16.5
feet is expected there tomorrow.
This is 1.5 feet above flood stage.
The Tar is expected to reach a
flood stage of !3 feet at Green
ville on Tuesday.
Chicago Cabbie Caters
Cigarets, Cigars, Coffee
CHICAGO, Nov. 14 — U)—'The
lucky passenger who hails Ed
ward Hamilton’s taxicab gets
more than a ride for his money.
Hamilton offers, his fares a
choice of Chicago newspapers,
free cigars eigarets, matches,
safety pins, cleansing tissue —
and, if they ask for it, hot cof
fee. Juvenile riders get lolli
pops.
The veteran cab driver, who
has spent 10 years “pushing a
hack,” said the idea came to
him after a man rider asked
him for a eigaxat and A woman
told him he should carry safety
pins.
The day’s newspapers, label
ed “Read As You Ride,’* are
suspended on a wire in his cab.
An open packet of cigarettes is
fastened to the ashtray. Cigars,
matches and safety pins are se
cured to the sun visors. In the
back seat there are cleansing
tissues, a local telephone book
for looking up addresses, and a
thermos bottle of hot coffee.
Hamilton said he doesn’t
Jtof CABBIE On Am
Russians Confirm
Boycott Of Plan
Delegates Vote 43 To 0 To
Set Up Supervising Com
mission
NEW YORK, Nov. 14—(/P>— A
United Nations Korean Inde
pendence commission, the third
and last big project put through
the U. N. by Secretary of State
Marshall, was approved finally
today by the General Assembly.
The Soviet bloc immediately
confirmed that it would boycott
this group amidst indications
that the Russians might bar the
commission from the Soviet
military occupation zone in
Northern Korea.
The Russians and their tup
porters already have said they
would boycott the two other
Marshall proposals approved by
thg Assembly — the Balkans
“watchdog’’ commission and the
year-around “Little Assembly.’’
The Assembly voted 43 to 0
for the U. S. plan for the com
mission created to supervise the
setting up of an independent
Korea.
The delegates batted down, 84.
to 7, a revived Soviet proposal
calling for withdrawal of U. S.
and Russian troops from Korea
by Jan. 1. Egypt, which has
called repeatedly on the Security
Council to order the withdrawal
of British troops now on treaty
stations on her territory, sided
Sec RUSSIANS On Page Three
TOBACCO PRICES
VARY ON MARKETS
Common, Low Leaf Show
Good Gains On Eastern
Belt Warehouses
BY The Associated Press
All lower quality grades, with
the exception of nondescript,
posted price average gains yes
terday on the Eastern North
Carolina Flue-Cured Tobacco
Belt, but prices on the Middle
Belt cancelled out Thursday’s
gains while trends were irregu
lar on the Old Belt.
Increases on the Eastern
North Carolina market were for
common and low leaf, running
from $2 to $3 per hundred
pounds. Some of the lower qual
ity of offerings gained $1 to $2.
A limited volume of the better
grades was steady to $1 cheap
er. Nondescript showed drops
of 75 cents to $1.50.
Final sales for the season
were held yesterday at Ahoskie
and Clinton. The Federal-State
Departments of Agriculture re
ported Farmville will end its
sales November 25.
Middle Belt
Most leaf declined from $1 to
$3 on the Middle Belt, although
some gains of 50 cents to $2
were found in these grades. Ma
jority of smoking leaf dropped
$1 or $2, but red smoking leaf
dropped $3.50 to $4.
Volume was fairly heavy,
with quality improving for a
larger percentage of cutters
and lugs, as a smaller portion
of leaf and nondescript was on
the floors.
Increases on the Old Beit
were from $1 to S3 over the
previous day for leaf, lugs and
smoking leaf. Drops of $1 to S3
were posted for most cutters,
primings and nondescript. Low
and common smoking leaf drop
ped $4 and $5, respectively, in
pacing the declines. Quality of
offerings was lower, with most
markets reporting heavy sales.
And So To Bed
A brave Army Veteran
who saw action in China
during the recent war was
enroute to his home in Col
onial Village the other night
when he was called by three
ladies.
“Young man, we fear that
someone is in our house.”
they pleaded for him to
search for the ’intruder. Our
hero looked at the ladies
and not being armed with
anything more powerful
than a cigarette lighter he
dashed to the next house
for aid.
When he had successful
ly obtained another man to
help him, the house was en
tered and searched from
top to bottom, but no in
truder was found.
He comforted the ladies
with the remark that a cat
had knocked over a tub in
the back yard. “Can’t ever
tell what you might find in
a house.” Our hero mused
to the gentlemen he had
gotten out of bed to aid in
Hto search.