The Wilmington morning star. [volume], September 13, 1944, FINAL EDITION, Page 7, Image 7

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I FATHER and son
I killed jn wreck
I whiteville, n. c. 12. _ 1
1 l- collision a mile and a hal
9 :r^ cl whifeville on highway 8i
9 e*S]i-i5 a m- today took the live;
9 *; ,’0 white men and resulted ii
I Incus injuries to 2 Negroes.
9 ^ ddad are C. W. Baits, 47, o:
9 . ,Cad in Pender County, anc
9 hZ. year - old father, B. W.
9 « The older man was killed
9 Pi'ntly.' while his son died short
9 f^ier the collision.
9 The injured, both patients at the
Irimbus County hospital, arc
I rfde Munn, 25, and Chester Car
9 U 37 both of near Acme.
9 Sergeant J. B. Pridgen of t h e
I . highway patrol said that
I liL was driving a 1938 truck in
9 ’• direction of Wilmington when
I f collided head - on with a 19-JO
■ c e i truck driven by the young
I PBa„s. The Batts truck was laden
I tobacco. Investigation showed
I !‘t the collision occurred on the
I outh side of the center of the
I !“a(i phdgen said.
■ Carter claimed that he was
i leCp at the time of the accident
d jufm was unable to explain
“ Pridgen anything about the cir
^ sill i r» 1
;g0Mi trucks were demolished.
• ■ yunn's injuries consisted of cuts
r% face and probably a broken
c-"!e: Carter sustained a broken
il ;,,w arm, cuts on the left ear
and head cuts.
Coroner Paul Avant has not set
■ j date for the inquest.
^B funeral services lor both of the
^B Bjtts, will be held at 4 o’clock
B -ijs afternoon at the Hampstead
B Method:sf church. The Rev. J. C.
■ itMedbee. assisted by the Rev. C.
■ j, Myres. will officiate.
M Winford Batts is survived by his
.1 widow. Mrs. Opal Batts; three
B tons Chancy, Blaney and Clarence
B Batts and one daughter, Jacklyn
B Satis.
fl B. W. Batts is survived by his
■ vidow, one son, Dewey Batts; five
I daughters. Mrs. Willie Mobley,
Mrs. Arthur Langley. Mrs. Annie
Aman, Mrs. Francis Foy and Mrs.
Roy Goiey; 19 g/andchildren and
one greatgrandchild.
Active pallbearers will be Atwood
Saunders, L. W. Howard, Frances
Foy. Jr.. Roy Riggs, J. H. Ganison,
Lester Hansley, Jed Saunders, Ray
mond Hughes, Amond Shingleton,
H. Hansley, Howard Simmons,
Paul Simmons and C. T. Howard.
Honorary pallbearers will be J.
F. Howard, James Howard, Sr.,
Rodrick Sidbury, J. W. Saunders,
John Howard. D. A. Howard and
Jheriff Brown.
ROTARIANS HEAR
NAVY MAN SPEAK
Construction and operation of dry
docks was discussed by Command
er H. B. Buse, in charge of naval
operations at the dry docks here
when he spoke to the Rotary club
at its weekly meeting yesterday.
The club voted to send entries to
1 the civic club tennis tournament to
febe held September 18.
I Six visitors present at the lunrb
eon were: Dr. L. J. Yelton and
Dr. R. 0. Glenn, both of Moun
tain City. Tenn.; Lt. C. J. Shannon
IV, U.S.N.: Paul Reynolds of Ens
ley. Ala.: Tracy Walker of Clinton:
and Allen Jones of Columbus, Ga
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Commission Vacancy
| Filled By Governor
RALEIGH. Sept. 12 —— Gover
nor Broughton today announced the
appointment of Mrs. W. T. Bost,
tr.T.c state welfare commissioner,
as a member of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission for a
term expiring July 1, 1945.
The appointment fills a vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mrs.
Ethel H. Fuller, of Durham.
^rs' Bost resigned early
....
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THE ONE-TIME LUXURY LINER REX, pride of the Italian tourist trade fleet, is-shown here burning near Trieste
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COUNTY SCHOOLS
TO OPEN MONDAY
New Hanover county schools will
open at 8:45 o’clock Monday morn
ing, with a teaching staff of 405,
■and an anticipated enrollment
equal to or more than the 14,700
pupils enrolled last year, H. M.
Roland, superintendent of schools
announced yesterday.
The entire school system staff
will contain a personnel of 623, in
cluding cafeteria assistants, office
help, day nursery supervisors,
truck drivers, and others. Roland
said.
The county this year will have 21
more teachers, allotted by the
state on the basis of the increased
enrollment. There are approxi
mately six vacancies yet to be fill
ed on the teaching staffs of ele
mentary white schools, he explain
ed.
Indications are, according to
Roland, that there will be a larger
first grade than ever before; the
reason being that New Hanover’s
birth rate within the past six to
eight years has mounted in un
precedented fashion. Roland is of
the opinion that the high number
of first pupils in the first year
class will continue for several
years to come.
j-fuc mi,ipciiiiy uj uic idsc in uic
number of first grade pupils, prac.
tically all rooms in the new build
ings constructed here since the de
fense period began will have to
be utilized, Roland commented.
Two new schools in Maffitt Vil
lage will be put into operation this
fall. One, that for Negro pupils,
was briefly occupied at the close
of last year, but the building for
white youths will be opened for
the first time.
The Board of Education has
completed its building program, an
expansion made necessary by the
unusual climb in school enrollment,
Roland declared. Each of the new
structures has been equipped in a
manner equal to or better than
the set state qualifications for ele
mentary schools, even though the
work was done under wartime han
dicaps.
A meeting of white principals
was held yesterday morning and a
meeting of Negro principals yes
terday afternoon.
A county-wide meeting for white
teachers will be held Friday after
noon at 3 o’clock in the New Kan
over High school auditorium. H;gh
school teachers will gather F'nday
morning at 8:30 o’clock.
Freshman Day is set for Friday
at 9:30 a.m., when newcomers to
New Hanover High will be orient
ed.
Negro teachers have been canea
for a session at Williston Industrial
High school Friday at 12 noon.
New Hanover’s school board is
comprised of Dr. John T. Hoggard
chairman. L. T. Landen. J. C. Roe,
Mrs. C. L. Meister, E. A. Laney,
and Cyrus D. Hogue, attorney.
Administrative personnel in
cludes Mr. Roland, J. W. Grise,
assistant superintendent, 1. T.
Hamilton, assistant superintend
ent, secondary schools, Mr. Pen
der Durham, supervisor of text
books and reports, Wallace West,
supervisor buildings, grounds and
transportation, and lone Pinner,
secretary.
Heading the ROTC units this
year will be Lieut. Seymour Odens,
with Lieut. Eugene Lacock direct
ing the band and Richard Dobson
directing the Junior High' band.
A complete list of school person
nel and announcement of the trans.
portation arrangements will be re
leased soon.
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One spot in the Papta Desert of
Peru has not had a drop of rain
in more than 45 years.
this year as head of the Welfare
department and was succeeded by
Dr. Ellen D. Winston, formerly of
Meredith college.
City Briefs
TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets to the Benno Rabin
off concert on October 18 are
now on sale at Kingoff’s and
(iurr’s jewelry stores. The
concert will be sponsored by tbe
New Hanover High school or
chestra.
ENLIST IN NAVY
The local Navy Recruiting
station announced yesterday
that it has enlisted four 17
year-old boys so far this week.
The boys are: Robert Stewart
Thomas and David Leslie May
nard, both of Maxton; Wil
liam Wade McArthur of Lau
rinburg and Coy Jackson
Moore, of Atkinson.
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Purse Containing $75
Left In Phone Booth;
Owner Requests Return
A plea for the return of her
change purse containing ap
proximately $75 which was left
in a telephone booth in the
Murchison Bldg, yesterday af
ternoon was isssed last - night
by Mrs. Leroy Robert Shaw,
Who, with her hlusband, a Blue
thenthal Air Base sergeant, is
staying with Rev. and Mrs.
James Lawson at their home,
308 South Second St.
Mrs. Robert Shaw said there
were no-identification papers in
the pur?e, ^ijd the the person
who found it at first would not
know to whom to return it.
She returned to the telephone
booth 15 minutes after she left
and discovered her loss, but
the purse was gone at that
time.
FARMERS LAUDED
BYDEANJ5CHAUB
RALEIGH, Sept. 12—W— North
Carolina farmers, who started this
year 74,000 workers short, have
done an excetional war job, Direc
tor I. O. Schaub of the State Col
lege extension service, said today.
Schaub said growers began the
year with 24,000 fewer workers
than a year previous and planted
crops that would require the labor
of 50,000 more workers than in
1943.
“Farmers have worked long
er hours than ever before and have
made better use of machinery. The
work has not been finished but we
are over the hump. The job couldn't
be done but we are doing it,” he
said.
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WAC MOTHER
ESCAPES DOTING SON
ATLANTIC CITY— <A>) —When a
priva*e returns from a furlough
three days ahead of time, there
must be a reason.
Explained WAC Pfc. Brydie B.
Hyland, 47, of Boston: “My son,
Cpl. Robert Hyland, arrived home
about the same time I did. He was
so proud of his uniformed mother
that he took me to every show in
Boston and showed me off at just
about, every night club. He just
wore me out. I came back to rest
up before going back to duty.”
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The old Spanish mission at San
ta Barbara, Calif., has been in use
continuously since its founding.
PrettiestWAC
HERE'S LOVELY Pvt. Kathleen Mc
Cann, Detroit, Mich., who wa*
chosen the prettiest WAC in the
country in competition with thou
sands of other beautiful service
women at the New Jersey State
Fair, Trenton, N. J, (International)
CONTRACT AWARDED
BY HOSPITAL GROUP
RALEIGH, Sept. 12_UP> —1The
State Hospitals Board of Control
has awarded a contract to the
Rogers Construction company, of
Smithfield, and others, totaling
$18,534, fo rthe construction of an
abattoir a tthe hospital for the in
s£he at Goldsboro.
■ .R: M, Rothleb, business manager
for the board, said the general
contract calls for the expendi
ture of $10,634 for the build
ing alone. Other contracts call for
$475, tor electriciiy, $2,000 for
plumbing and heating, $3,114 for
refrigeration, and $1,500 for other
equipment.
The 'plant is being constructed
to take care of livestock slaugh
tering on the hospital’s farm. The
hospital maintains about 600 hogs
and at present has 173 beef cattle
in addition to its diary herd.
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The sun’s diameter is 109.1 times
the diameter of our earth.
- — ——*M 4AJAUAA1VIXV11) All W*
Shipyard Assured
Of Work For Year
The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company has sufficient contracts
with the U. S. Maritime commis
sion for vitally needed ships to as
sure its operation during the com
ing 12 months, officials of the com
pany announced yesterday. .
Because of the peace-time value
of the vessels being built here,
there is little or no likelihood of
any cancellation of contracts, it
was said.
Even in the event of an early
European peace, there would not
be a letup in present product'on
pressure because of t h e impor
tance of the AKA combat cargo
vessel program now underway
here. Neither would the yard’s
force be reduced to any appreci
able extent, officials added.
The statement that the yard—
largest of North Carolina’s war
born industries — faces another
busy year is in keeping with a
recent announcement by Ralph A.
Bard, Undersecretary of the Navy,
that the Navy’s production pro
gram is still increasing. The AKA
type combat cargo vessels now
being delivered have a most
important place in the Navy’s
plans for prosecution of the war
against Japan. Every effort, it
was explained, is being made to
see that all a; e delivered on sched
ule.
Undersecretary Bard appealed
to all workers in the Navy’s ship
yards and shore establishments
and private plants and shipyards
engaged on naval work, such as
the Wilmington one, to "stay on
the job” during the coming twelve
months. He called for “work and
more work” as he pointed out that
the last six months of 1944 will
show an increase in production of
approximately 10 per cent over the
first six months of the year and
the program for the first six
months of 1945 will be approxi
mately three per cent greater than
the first six months of 1944.
“We expect this production pro
gram will be carried out and it is
not expected that the ending of
the war in Europe during this pe
riod will affect this program. Our
battle of production will end only
with the defeat of Japan,” he de
clared.
In discussing the continuation of
operations here during the next 12
months, officials recalled that dur
ing Wilmington’s shipbuilding days
of World War I, the keel of the
fir6t vessel was not laid until No
vember 2, 1918—just nine days be
fore the Armistice. She was not
launched until September 1, 1919,
yet operations continued until 1921
—approximately three years after
the war was over—when the last
ship was delivered. Additional
work was also assigned after the
Armistice.
The Wilmington yard, which
launched its first ship, the S. S.
Zebulon B. Vance, a few hours be
fore the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, will send its 177th, the U.
S. S. Suffolk, down the ways
Thursday. Included in this number
are 126 Libertys, 36 C-2 type and
the AKA’s.
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McCOLL HAS FIRST
MECHANICAL PICKER
RALEIGH, Sept. 12 —(ffi— The
first mechanical cotton picker in
the Carolinas is now in operation
at McColl, S. C. The picker is
owned by J. W. Hamer of Dillon
county.
Reports last week show that the
machine picks 1,200 to 1,600 pounds
of seed cotton and hour, or eight to
10 bales per day, with a bale of
cotton per acre open in the field.
C. L. McCaslan, extension gin
specialist at N. C. State college,
said the machine picked the cotton
without damaging the plant and
unopened "bolls. There were no
more burrs in the seed cotton than
with hand picking, h€ said.
TOBACCO MARKETS
REMAIN BLOCKED
WILSON, Sept. 12.—(JP)—A ma
jority of tobacco markets in the
state’s eastern belt remained
blocked today because of increas
ingly heavy offerings, while prices
for all better quality grades were
firm compared with the previous
day’s sales, the War Food Admin
istration and the State Department
of Agriculture said.
| Prices for some lower, quality
[leaf, lug and nodescript grades
showed fluctuations, with about as
many increases as decreases,-WFA
said. Some ■ common green leaf
grades were down from' one to two
cents a pound, and best thin non
Idescript' partially regained losses
| quoted cat Monday,
v The general quality of offerings
was slightly lower as more- com
mon and nondescript grades- were
reported sold, WFA said. There al
so was a decrease in the percent
age-of fine quality lugs. Bulk of -the
sales was comprised of. common to
fair leaf, low to good lugs and non
descript.. ,
Sales yesterday totaled 6,499.916
pounds at an average of 41.74 Sea
son sales through the same date to
taled 50706,357 pounds, averaging
41.26 a pound.
Average prices per pound on a
limited number of representative
U. S. grades, compared with Mon
day's prices:
Leaf: good lemon, 47 unchanged;
fair lemon, .46 unchanged; . low
lemon. .46 up one; fair orange, .46
.unchanged; low orange, .44 un
changed; common orange, .42 un
changed; common green (lemon
side), .36 down two; common
green (orange side). .35 down one.
Cutters: fair lemon, .*7 Unchang
ed;' low lemon, .46 unchanged; low
orange, .46 unchanged.
Lugs: fine lemon, .46 unchanged;
good lemon, .45 unchanged; fair
lemon, .44 unchanged; '' good or
ange, .45 unchanged; fair orange,
44 unchanged; low orange. .40 up
one.
Nondescript: Best thin, .30 up
two; best crude, .27 down one.
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