The Wilmington morning star. [volume], April 19, 1946, Page 3, Image 3

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I Along...
these streets
„ „ es.-o Utica was moored at
1 foot of a vacant lot. It rose
U , yj of the weedy ground,
scaling rust on the
P'?'v0 0r three of the ship’s peo
, ' cked their way among the
U.,;C a: d turn cocks on the deck.
“'the substantial gangway
UI1 'leaned against the star
* flank stood a man in a
b:id goif hat.
crass in the lot was bleach
/ tough and lifeless. It was flat
E0 like sleep-touseled hair, or
tenea 111 -
cheap toupee.
1 * • * "
4 mixture of dead soils, sand,
. brick dust gave uneasily un
frfoot. Necessary props in a va
c- lot. corroded tin cans, neck
far,‘ bottles- fractured barrels,
^,e there in unhandsome profu
lion.
T e sun fell there as elsewhere,
heat and rich light. And it
f-r there wastefully; champagne
noured on a cinder pile; a prima
onria singing in the bathroom.
* * *
In the yards of the ACL, upland
(rom the stale tangle of the lot,
,heat drew incense from drying lum
iwL WhUe. ram of the Greal
sirlp e^n railroad posed on th«
sides of worn red box cars.
, the cavernous warehouses
“®ig,h!men’s conversation was
amplified importantly. Under thos*
nigh ceilings you read off bills o:
lading and sounded like the roll
^allmg arch angel on the Las
* * *
Gangs of workmen dribbled uj
the crumbling bank to Harnet
street. At the corner of Second :
guinea cock stalked in the dir
road. He stirred his painted wing;
and crowed thinly at the men go
mg home through the dust.
* * *
In Maffitt Village, Melvin At
kinson and Fred Holdsworth step
ped out of the sun for sodas in th<
village drug store. Standing neai
the tooth brushes they said a few
things to one another about ihe
Paper business.
Downtown Leo Sykes smiled on
friends and pushed rapidly up
Chestnut street toward his Acme
building offices. The sun was at
his back, he walked on the shins
of his shadow.
• • •
In Hobbs’ barber shop, Tom
Davis, New Hanover High’s assist
ant baseball coach, closed his eyes
and held his breath as an opera
tor shook the „ulcum brush about
his head. The operator flapped the
cloth and spilled hair on the floor.
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his wholesaler.
TODAY’S
VETERAN
Today’s veteran is 30 years
old, married and.a veteran of
nine months service in the
U. S. Navy. He attained the
rating of Seaman 2c.
Prior to his entry into the
service, he had four years
experience as a truck driver,
during which time he drove all
types of trucks.
He wants a local job. Con
tact Graham K. Cottingham,
veterans representative, Unit
ed States Employment service.
Automobile Building
Reaches 1946 Peal
WASHINGTON, April 18—(fl*) -
Automobile production in Marcl
jumped to a postwar peak of 90,
045 cars, the Civilian Productioi
administration reported Thursday
This was nearly double th<
February output and exceeded thi
total 1945 production, the agenc;
added.
VIA IMPROVING
George E. Via, chief of the
Time Study department, North
Carolina Shipbuilding company,
who suffered a cracked verte
bra in an automobile accident
Tuesday morning, is resting
comfortably at James Walker
Memorial hospital.
Tom got down from the chair and
renewed acquaintance with him
self in the mirror.
R. F. Dick Meier stood behind
a large cigar. He stood in front
of the Beulah Meier shop. He
watched George W. Lyons sprint
across Front street to the Postof
fice. The fine immaculate blue sky,
he noticed, was getting a touch oi
evening.
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Colored Easier Chicks
Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, Or
ange, Purple, etc. 20c each.
BABY DUCKLINGS—40c each.
BABY TURKEYS—85c each.
R0UDABUSHS SEED STORE
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SHALLOTTE TRADING COMPANY STEDMAN CARR HARDWARE STORE
Shallotte, N. C. Wallace, N. C.
WILSON HARDWARE E. J-COX
Whiteville, N. C. Clarkton, N. C.
TABOR HARDWARE COMPANY HUMPHREY BROTHERS
Tabor City, N. C. Bnrxaw, N. C.
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UA\ RIO ISSUES
P CY MESSAGE
Thomas, Others Make
Statement Without Con
sent Of Reuther
CHICAGO, April 18—(U.R)—Three
officials of the United Automobile
Workers union (CIO) issued a
policy statement Thursday with
out consulting the union’s new
president, Walter Reuther.
The statement was drawn up by
R. J. Thomas, UAW vice presidenl
who was defeated for the presi
dency by Reuther; Richard T.
Leonard, a vice president; and
L George F. Addes, secretary-treas
urer.
It said that profits "must not be
t the deciding factor in determin
. ing our wage demands.”
i “Ability to pay is a factor but
, not the most important factor,”
. the statement said.
IRAN TO COLLECT
TAXES ON BAHREIN
ISLAND OIL LANDS
TEHRAN, April 18—(U.R)—The
government announced Thursday
that taxes would be collected on
American-produced oil of Bahrein
island and that undesirable news
stories to foreign points would be
suppressed. First to be suppress
ed were the dispatches of a
British correspondent.
The cabinet of Premier Ahmad
Ghavam Es-sultaneh announced
that Iran considers British-protect
ed Bahrein island in the Persian
Gulf an integral part of Iran,
thereby challenging the hold which
Britain has exercised on the is
land through agreement with its
Sheikh since 1892.
League Votes Itself
Out Of Existence
GENEVA, April 18—(U.R)—1The
League of Nations voted itself
out of existence Thursday, 26
years, three months and eight
days after it embarked on its
vain project to .save the world
from wars.
The ceremony took only a few
minutes in the great assembly
hall, decorated with the gold and
black murals of the Spanish paint
er Serf, depicting the victory of
the people’s of the world over
war. Less than 500 persons were
present, though the hall can seat
2,000.
“Big Red House” Man
Gets Jail Sentence
, a
NEW YORK, April 18—UP)—
John Porter Monroe, who figured
in a Congressional investigation as
the owner of the "Big Red House
on R street” in Washington, was
sentenced to two years in prison
and fined $100,000 in Federal court
Thursday on charges of textile ceil
ing price violation.
Monroe, who changed his name
from Monroe Kaplan, was con
victed March 29 by a Federal
court jury under a 30-count in
dictment alleging conspiracy and
illegal sale of textiles.
U. S. Attorney John F. X. Mc
Gohey described the defendant as
"a man who was not in the tex
tile business but went into it de
liberately for the purpose of trad
ing on shortages in textiles.”
PROMOTION
Promotion of Corporal T. E.
Cook to the grade of sergeant was
yesterday announced by Major H.
J. Hatcher, State Highway Patrol
head.
Cook, who has been stationed
in Raleigh, will replace J. R.
Smith, recently advanced from
sergeant to lieutenant in charge
of the Fayetteville office.
MAY REINSTATE
Robert S. Matthews, Jr., eon
tant representative for the U. S.
Veterans a d ministration, an
rtounced yesterday that Southeast
ern North Carolina veterans who
have let their National service life
insurance lapse may reinstate po
licies without physical examina
tion if they submit a signed state
ment that their health has not
fallen below the standard of the
time of the lapse.
Police Probe Attempt
To Rob Beauty Parlor
A Wednesday afternoon robbery
attempt on the Bon Ton Beauty
shop was yesterday being in
vestigated by the police.
According to authorities a youth,
fged about 20, walked into the
shop, located at No. 306 Southern
building, and demanded money
from the cash register.
The owner, Mrs. Louise Robbins.
scuffled with her assailant several
minutes. He pushed her back over
a table and fled from the shop.
| The intruder, sai'd Mrs. Robbins,
fled before he had a chance to
rifle the cash register.
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