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40 BECKLEY Waking 'Em Up By EUGENE L. SCOTT The Toy Fund reached the firs: $500 over the weekend, just as we had hoped, and if everything goes well the remaining weeks before Christmas, this task can be completed to everybody's satis-! faction. The contributions, however, should be kept pouring in hot and! heavy this week. We'll need to hit! the $1,000 mark by the coming! weekend to keep on schedule. We're also pleased to report that the "Used Toy Roundup" program Radio Station WILS contributed to the work of Mac's Memorial Toy Fund produced some 300 good used toys-and a dozen members the Junior Chamber of Commerce, who worked this phase of the project, gathered them all up yesterday afternoon and delivered them to the City Fire Department.

Bill Barrett, who headed up this job, said his helpers collected toys from 57 homes. which was virtually 100 per cent of those who responded the call for used toys. One family was away. The Jaycees will pick up the remaining toys contributed today. We'd like to express our deep! appreciation to Bill Barrett and his entire committee of Jaycees, including Albert Tieche, president of the Junior Chamber: Joe Hall.

Basil Meador, Bill Houchins, John McCulloch, Gene Foster. James Holliday, Bob Wilson, Earl Carter, and James Kessinger. We also want to say a word of praise for Doherty, Sioux Grieg, Jack Davis, and Joe Gries, of the WJLS staff, who put aT lot of effort into the Old Toy Roundup program. also want to say thanks to Cousin Jack and Singing Sam Raborn for the kind plugs they've been giving the Toy Fund. The one thing that makes the promotion of Mac's Memorial Toy Fund so enjoyable is to see the willingness of so many people to Thelp out in any way possible.

For instance. word comes that the Beckley Civitan Club is planning a little Christmas party at its December 13 Each member of the Club will bring a toyand at the close of that meeting all will be turned over 10 the Toy Fund. W. T. "Bill" Blakely has been named chairman of this project.

Also. Hulett C. Smith, who 1s looking after the mechanical details of the Christmas parties, says the Appalachian Electric Power boys, who have been decorating the tree for the past 22 years, have already asked for this job again. So that just about lines up all the big jobs. would have to be associated with this work to believe it -but the truth is this entire project is carried out by volunteers year after year More than a dozen Toy Fund friends came through with their annual contributions over the weekend.

donation came from a "Toy Fund Friend" at the state prison for women at Pence Springs, and anolhor came from an old friend of other ycars. Bunker Hill, Charleston's street! commissioner and from Mike and David Massing, of Mount Hope. $2. Then we have these fine donations from longtime Toy Fund friends here in Beckley-Mrs. Louise B.

Wickham, $5: Miss Nancy Wickham, $5: Larry and Billy Ballard $1 each; Mrs. O. B. Kirby. Miss Mary Scott, $2 and Mrs.

W. L. Jeffries, $2: Ann Page, Ellen Page, Carol Page, William Page, and Lucille Page. and Mr. Anonymous.

$2 Those contributions pushed the Fund to $505. which will please mightily all those who have been watching it grow from day to day. One of our annual contributors, who always remains anonymous. sent word that if the Toy Fund fails to get the necessary amount he'll chip in with a second bution. We hope that won't be neccessary-but it's always good to hear that there are a lot of friends behind this project.

Just keep those donations pourin this week and next week, land we believe the T. F. will come through in good shape. However, we don't want to hit a lag at this stage of the game. As Christmas Day draws and near, everybody begins turntheir thoughts more and more to the Yuletide season, and what it means to the world.

like the way the Beckley civic club lows are pitching and helping out at the Salvation Army stand on Main Street-it really makes good to walk by and see the local business and professional men taking time off from their work to ring the little bell and ask for a Christmas contribution Cheer fund. to the Army's The crowd which thronged Beckley. Saturday gives some indication lot the busy days facing Christmas shoppers. advice is that you do your shopping early for the longer you it of the harder it will be to find just what you want. Another reminder how you may contribute to Mac's Memorial Toy -just send your donation by mail to the Post-Herald.

bring it to the newspaper office yourself, or hand it in person to the writer of this column or to Hulett Smith many thanks. Henderson Speak Henderson. veteran coach of Marshall College, has been secured as the speaker for the Marlinton High School football banquet to be held Friday, Dec. 14. Ed Rexroad, chairman of the Rotary club banquet committee, announced that Henderson had accepted the invitation to speak, The banquet is being arranged by a committec composed of Rexroad, Adolph Cooper, William Moses.

Leslic E. Montgomery, a and Harold Pryor. BECKLEY, W. MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1951 OLD CONTRIBUTOR TO THE DOWNFALL OF NATIONS PELIGIOUS DISUNITY I CORRUPTIONS HATRED CONFUSION StAND DOUBT neura behind the nears By RAY TUCKER Truman Administration. The G.O.

NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Although President Truman's inauguration of a mild set of fair employment standards for minority groups of employes. had produced angry growls from what -Franklin D.

Roosevelt used to call the South's "unreconstructed rebels" it marks the first step in a carefully devised strategy to appease the rank-and-file voters by bypassing the Byrd-Byrnes-Talmadge leadership in the South. Once the sting is removed from the Negro issue below the Mason and Dixon Line, Mr. Truman's advisers believe that the economic advancement in that area under twenty years of Democratic administrations will prevent any southern state. from casting its ballot for a Republican President. even though the candidate be the popular Eisenhower.

'The new fair employment proposal is so weak, since the administrative board would have only advisory authority, that it has provoked protests from colored leaders. and from Senator Herbert Humphrey of Minnesota. He insists on strong-arm enforcement of equality-of-labor laws after their enactment by Congress. APPROACH--But this dilution of President's original Civil Rights charter is expected to be only the beginning. It is believed that he will now agree to waive demands for anti-poll tax and anti-lynching legislation, or else ask Congress in his January message to make only a pious and meaningless declara.

tion on these problems. The same sort of watered-down plank in the Democrats' 1952 platform might soften up even the Byrd-Byrnes rebellion: This more considerate approach to the South is attributed to the in. fluence of the new Democratic National Chairman, Frank E. McKinney of Indianapolis. He does not share the brusque and belligerent philosophy of his predecessor.

William M. that "We can win in Boyle. without the electoral vote of a single southern state." SLOGAN--Mr. McKinney has hadtime and opportunity to take few political bearings since he assumed the chairmanship only a few days before the November 6 elections. He has studied the antiDemocratic returns on that day, which brought bad news to headquarters from both North and South.

He saw startling upsets in New York and Philadelphia because of the voters' indignation over corruption in government at local and na. tional levels. His own city of Indianapolis truned out a tic Mayor in a campaign based liberately on issues involving the slogan in this contest was: "Elect Clark your Mayor and stop Trumanism now!" PREMONITORY-A more preman cry event. perhaps. was the sled.

on of a Mayor Little Rock, for the first time in seventy years. The outcome here warned Mr. McKinney. as well as Mr. Truman, that toric Democrats in the South, might be getting ready and willing to vote under the once hated emblem of the G.O.P.

The Democratic chairman has! also noted that his political oppo-1 site. Guy George Gabrielson, as well as Senator Robert A. Taft. been making speeches in several southern cities on the express invitation of non-political organizations. CAUTION Another shrewd Democratic mind aware of these developments has been Chief tice Fred Vinson of Kentucky.

who spent Thanksgiving with Mr. Truman at Key West. As one who may have a definite stake in the result of next year's Presidential election, assuming that he is tapped for the top spot on the ticket, Mr. Vinson's inclination would probably be to counsel caution. The importance of the TrumanMcKinney shift may be measured by the fact that only a few weeks ago, in a fighting.

challenging statement, the President declared that he would resubmit his original and provocative Civil Rights program to the January session. STRATEGY--The political strategy in Dixie contemplates a campaign based on economic rather than social or racial issues. It will emphasize the almost miraculous transformation which has come over that region during the regimes as they existed when Republicans sat in the White House. Democratic orators and literature will highlight advantages as these: Improved roads, rural electrification, TVA's magnetic attraction to industrial emigrants from other sections, higher wages, boom prices for such products as tobacco, cotton, rice, peanuts, oil, nattral gas Social Security benefits, lower freight rates for import of raw materials and export of manufactured articles, the H-bomb plant in South Carloina etc. With the Negro issue played down to vanishing point, and in view of the fact that southern legislators generally support the Administration's foreign policies on Capitol Hill, Messrs.

Truman and McKinney believe that these bread andbutter considerations will counter successfully the Republicans' determined effort to Solid South, as happened in 1928 and 1948.. Editor's Mail Box Editor's Note: Opinions expressed in not necessarily. the opinions of The AS oden forum for the expression Editor, Post-Herald: God Save Us From Our Own Destruction The influence in government leadership, GOOD OR BAD, is wonderful. Immorality in all it's phases in government has become staggering. VOTE THE RASCALS OUT.

is the only way to reform our government. For 13 years I have tiptoed with voice and pen, trying to convince the thinking people, that the only way to beat the evil government, was for Jeffersonian Democrats and Lincoln Republicans, to unite under a Democrat-Republican Party, and make the general welfare of the people paramount to any groups or cliques. Republicans have tried for years and years to attract enough Democrats to their side to win, but have tailed. I have wondered it they will continue this vascilating policy, and lose again. Many from both parties drifted into the isms, and the only remedy is tor: 100 per cent Americans to shoulder arms against everything that is against personal liberty the FOUR Beckley Post-Herald A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER FOR 51 YEARS PUBLISHED EVERY BUSINESS DAY BY RECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION Entered in the post office at Beckley, W.

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Let's have more like it." One man, William E. Davis, a salesman from Greensboro. N. who happened to read the editorial, took the trouble to come to the officc and say he had not seen so graphic a portrait of conditions existing in this country. We.

mention these comments to emphasize a point: The American people, we believe. are becoming concerned as thev have not. been concerned for many years. And the only reason they are not more concerned is because they do not fully understand just what is happening in America. The extent to which some people are concerned, if nol genuinely alarmed, over conditions existing in this country is perhaps best reflected in a statement coming from Dave Rahal.

We had gone into Mr. Rahal's place of business here and he began talking about Friday's editorial. "We need more of the same," he said. "We need something to wake the people up." Then Mr. Rahal said something that dramatized the point he was making.

He said, in effect: "The. American people do not realize their country is being destroyed. from inside it. They do not seem to realize that the greatest country in the world is being destroyed." Mr. Rahal spoke with such earnestness that his voice quivered and there was a nole of desperation in his tone when he said: "It is unbelievable what is happening! It is like termites! You know how termites bore into wood and weaken il and finally destroy it I am a forcigner.

you sec, I know. I have been in this country 40 years, and I an an American cilizen same as you -but I have scen these other countries, I know belter than you what makes this country great. This country is built on faith. To see it destroyed as il is being destroyed today makes you sick! It makes you sick!" We came away from Mr. Rahal's place thinking of what another man from the old countries had said six years age.

during the dark days of World War II. Pele Simon, the Czechoslovakian, in the last vear of his life, sometimes came to our office late al night when our work was done and talked of many things. He came mostly because he was pretty much alone in the world! and "I get lonesome when I no can slcep," he would say. His had been a hard life, and the fact that he was not a polished man, nor a highly educated one, in no way detracted from the keen understanding he seemed to have of life in general and of conditions that existed at that lime. One of the last times we saw him.

not long before he was found dead in his automobile somewhere in Ohio, he had talked about "the things I see happening in this country. When I sec these things happen, it makes me sick here." he had said. tapping his left breast with his forefingers. We distinctly recall that his conversation went something like this: "Wait. vou see what happen to this country.

People. they go mad: they go mad after money. They stop at nothing to get money. You see great country destroy itself when you see this happen, when people go mad after money and stop at nothing." During the week-end we read two interesting and penetrating editorials on the American scene. One was in Life Magazine, the other in the Princeton Observer.

In discussing President Truman's prospects of being re-elected next year, Life summed up the President's major assets in this paragraph: "Assuming he does run. just how strong is Mr. Truman? Since 1918 no politician, let alone an editor, is likely to underrate him again. Mr. Truman has three polifical assets all his own.

He is the most average of average men. He has courage. 'He is a cunning master of that crafty trade politics." Life concludes its editorial with this comment: "Harry S. Truman. the average, courageous.

shrewd professional politician. disposes of a quantity of tangible power that is without precedent in America. That is his greatest political asset. until the people recognize it as their greatest political danger. That is the underlying issue in '52." In an editorial entitled "Integrity in Public Life," the Princeton Observer enumerates the qualities and character of President Truman, then remarks: "The public in general knows all these things, fact that they continue to vole for them would indicale that the voters have about the same code as Mr.

Truman. "IVe heard Rev. C. H. Patterson, D.D., Bluefield pastor, explain about Chinese thought.

Some critics of the National government in China were saving that the Chinese government is full of graft. Dr. Patterson remarked: 'Graft is part of the Chinese way of Ile meant to say that the Chinese in general go in for graft. "The same can just about be said for these United Stalcs-Graft is the American Way of Life just now." Those two comments, we believe, explain pretty well what is happening in America. Many people are not concerned about graft and corruption in government because it has become the! accepted way of life in America.

That explains why it has been possible for men of Mr. Truman's calibre to gain the highest office in the land. It explains why the whole foundation of our national government is heing rocked by scandal after scandal. But no nation ever embraced evil completely without suffering the conscquences. A DREW PEARSON ON The WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND WASHINGTON It's a poor example of the good-neighbor policy, but Canada is deliberately withholding precious aluminum from the United States.

This has already pinched the aluminum supply for home construction and other civilian uses. But far more serious the Air Force is not getting all the aluminum it needs to build jet fighters. Furthermore, part, of the aluminum Canad: is withholding from us was financed by American RFC loans during World War II. What Canada has done is divert aluminum from the American to the British market. It won't be admitted, but reason for this diversion is to force this country to swap steel for aluminum.

For example, Canadian aluminum shipments to the United States dropped from pounds per month last March and April to a meager 5,300,000 pounds 85 per cent. same period, per month today--a a decrease of Canadian shipments to Britain have shot up from 21,100.000 pounds to 39,700,000 per monthan increase of 88 cent. As proof that this is a squeeze-play, Canada has doubled its aluminum shipments to Australia, Brazil, Uruguay and even Argentina at the same time it strangled the aluminum flow to country. In fact, the United States is the only major market that received less Canadian metal this year than last. As a result.

the United States is the only North Atlantic pact country that has been forced to clamp civilian controls on aluminum. Canada Wins Meanwhile, the Canadian squeeze has accomplished its purpose and forced the United States to swap American steel for British aluminum. Hard up for overflowing with aluminum. Britain has agreed to divert 000,000 pounds of aluminum to American purchasers during the next five months. In return, Britain will be allocated 25,000 tons of fabricated American steel, 000 tons steel ingots and another 28,500 tons and steel sof scrap from the American zone of Germany.

The joker this deal is that the United States must return the aluminum after its own plants are expanded to make up the shortage, though Britain is allowed to keep the steel with no strings attached. Another ironic fact is that Britain's contribution of 22,000,000 pounds of aluminum won't come from. Britain at all, but will be shipped directly to us from, Canada. In other words, same aluminum that normally would have been shipped to the U. S.

market anyway, but was withheld in order to force this country to kick in precious steel. Ickes Predicted It But here is the final ironic of. During recent war, Jesse Jones, then czar of the RFC, advanced $68.500.000 without interest to the Aluminum Company of Canada (affiliated with the Aluminum Company of America) to build the Shipshaw Aluminum Plant on the Saguenay river. Jones also extended another 240,000 at 3 per cent interest, gave the Canadian plant an order for all its aluminum, and provided that if the order was canceled before 1945. it would not be necessary for Canada to pay back the $68,500,000.

Harold Ickes, then Secretary of the Interior, vigorously protested. He that the U. S. not control Canadian aluminum, and that equipping a Canadian power project with vital turbines, set back American power projects Shasta Dam, of Colorado- Grand Big Thompson, paris Coulee, and others. However, Jesse Jones had his way.

Now Canada, withholding aluminum from us, is fulfilling Ickes' prediction. End Of Penny Postcard There will be some nostalgic sighs at the Post Office Department when the latest casualty of inflation, the penny postcard, bows out on January 1. For a about 80 years, during which helicopters have replaced 500-fold horses and which increase in the cost of government, Uncle Sam has been toting the popular, green-stamped postcard all parts. of the countryeven to our troops one penny. Government subsidies helped, of course, but it is still a tribute to American rugged individualism that the penny could survive so long.

The postal was first issued in 1872 during the administration of President U. S. Grant. Later, in 1898, the same one-cent postage was authorized, the more elaborate picture card on which you place your own stamp. One reason Congress boosted the postcard to cents after January 1 was because- big business has been exploiting the penny postal for advertising purposes.

Actually only about 10 per cent of the 4,000.000,000 cards sold yearly in post offices are now used for personal correspondence. foil the advertisers Congress further provided a 10 per cent surcharge for postcards purchased in bulk lots of over 49. But the Post Office Department doesn't think the new price will seriously affect sales. Even for two cents, the government postcard is still far and away the best mail bargain anywhere in the world. -Mail a postcard today to the Pearson poll of Republican candidates for President.

Mail it to box 1952, Washington 13. D.C.. and state the candidate of ment. America needs the help every true Christian. WAKE UP.

WAKE UP. it is TOO LATE. TOO LATE. Ott Rader, Princeton, W. On Community Chest Editor Post-Herald: On behalf of the 1951 Raleigh County Community Chest Campaign Committee, I want to thank you for the support the Post Herald gave to this year's drive.

At the present time all accounts have been solicited; however, we not had a final report for all of these, and it is possible to estimate what the final results of this year's drive will be. It is certain that the current drive has been the largest and most successful ever undertaken in this vicinity. On behalf of the entire Community Chest organization, I want to thank you for your fine cooperation and assistance. Hulett C. Smith Campaign Chairman Liked Editorial Editor, Post-Herald: I have read your editorial, "An Incredible praise Decade." in Friday morning's issue of the Post Herald.

This editorial, I think, is the most outstanding article that has appeared in any newspaper for a long time. I sincerely hope and trust that it is just the he beginning of more editor-! ials which will follow. I hope and pray that it will be read by thousands of people throughout our community. C. E.

Davis Beckley, W. Va. On Parking Lot Editor, Post Herald: I feel that it is my duty as citizen of Beckley to call attention to the fact that the plans for the proposed street from Neville Street through to Prince Street being constructed in a highly and improper set manner. The plan shows an of approximately 40 feet up Neville Street from the trance from First Avenue. In other words, the proposed plan creates a situation like that existing at Johnstown Road, South Kanawha Street and Beaver Avenue, and in addition to that, the proposed street going through the property has two dog legs, one to the right and one to the left to reach Prince Street by the side of the Motor Car Supply building.

A casual look at the shows that it is perfectly plausible, and feasible run the straight line from the mouth First Avenue to the lower side of the Motor Car Supply building, and thereby having a straight street and one without a setoff, to get into it. In addition thereto, it would move another eye-sore on Neville Street in that it would require the condemnation of the other wooden buildings which are situated immediately in front of First Avenue. It is my opinion that sum of money being paid for the property for the street purposes should at least get one straight street in our City, and I think that it is high time that this matter be corrected by the Council and the Mayor. The writer is firmly for a parking lot and feels that it should be done, but do not think that it is fair. to deprive any individual citizen of their parking lot in the manner that the City is attempting to so do.

Yours very truly, A Beckley Citizen Burma-Pakistan Treaty RANGOON-(AP)-The Burmese government will shortly sign its third treaty of friendship, time with Pakistan. It signed this year two such treaties with India and Indonesia. The pro-government English newspaper "New Times of Burma" reported the new treaty will be "slightly modified to provide for particular circumstances peculair to. Burma Pakistan relations." Today's Bible Verse The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. -Matthew 9:37 of before Va.

your preference for 1952. Ike Wouldn't Be Converted An off-the-record crack by George Allen. onetime White House jester, is proving good campaign ammunition boosters who want to prove Ike is a Republican. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, leader of the "I want Ike" forces, and former Sen.

Harry Darby of Kansas are repeating remarks Allen made before the National Industrial Conference Board at the Sea View Club near Atlantic City. "I know General Eisenhower is a Republican." quipped Allen; "because, Lord knows, I've tried hard enough to convert him to be a Democrat. I didn't have a bit of luck.33 Solving Copper Shortage One of the most strategic metals in the world today is copper. All sorts of defense projects are retarded because of it. However.

when a couple of young men on defense mobilizers in Washington with a new invention by which the government could save millions of pounds of copper, all they got was advice. and the run-around. The new invention is a bimetal combination of copper and steel, whereby a steel sheet can be perfectly lined with copper, thus saving tremendous amounts of copE per, yet at the same time giving steel corrosion resistance. WING TIPS By BOB Aviation Editor in letters appearing in this column are Post-Herald. This column is conducted of the opinions of our readers land free enterprise; both of which have lost grounds, since the name Democrat party has become a misnomor, and does not mean what it says, and that is why I am against it.

There is less democracy in the world today than in the past 100 The question is, can more of the people be fooled all the time? Country loyalty is the great lissue, and not party. By war, we are trying democracies out of other nations, and we are going more socialistic all the time, which means communism end. LET OTHER NATIONS HAVE THE KIND OF GOVERNMENTS THEY WANT; and it we can show them a better way by example, will soon find it out and adopt, it. The way to stop wars is to quit the shooting, and do more attending to our own business and keep strong at home, and just to all. Our.

Christian heritage is at stake, and it is a Christian's duty to vote and work to keep what is left. The best hope is that the ministry is awakening to the great danger. We need a revival in religion and constitutional, govern- Five cities across the nation will cooperate one week from today in providing memorial flowers for the 48th anniversary observance of the Wright Brothers' flight at Kill Devil, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The flowers will grace the 65- foot granit pylon atop Kill Devil Hill, erected in memory of Orville and Wilbur Wright. The memorial observance will begin at 10 a.m.

withe the placing of two wreaths on monumentone in memory of each of the two! flyers-by representatives of the cities of Elizabeth City and Kitty Hawk, N. birthplace of the flight. A third wreath, given by the City Dayton, Ohio, birthplace of the flyers be flown to Devil by the Ohio Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, transferred upon arrival to a U. S. Coast Guard helicopter, and placed on the monument from the air, in memory of man's first powered flight.

Immediately following the placing of the wreaths, a formation of thirteen F-51 fighter planes will! appear over the monument, flying the memorial or 'lost buddy' formation. One position in side of the formation will be vacant indicating that two airmen! are missing. Tournament Of Roses The planes for these two positions will fly behind and below the formation, and will escort a Fair-! child C-119 cargo plane carrying rose petals sent by air by the City of Portland, Oregan, and the Tournament of Roses Association Pasadena, Calif. As the cargo plane passes over, its load of rose petals monumental down over monument while "taps" is sounded. The program at the monument will be climaxed by a flyover of conventional and jet fighters, bombers and transports from the U.

S. Air Force, Coast. Guard, Navy: and-' Marine Corps. The planes will demonstrate the progress made in the development of aircraft, The day-long program will be high-lighted by a memorial luncheon at the Hotel Carolinan, Nags Head, a smort distance down the highway from the monument. Major Alexander P.

de Seversky, well-known airpower advocate and writer, will be the principal speaker. High-ranking air officers from the military services will attend. This 48th anniversary program is being co-sponsored by the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Society and the Air Force Association. Kill-Devil Hill Following is what Air Force magazine has to say about "man's first conquest of the air," in its December issue: "The large dune of yellow sand on a peninsula of yellow sand seemed destined for permanent obscurity. It was named Kill Devil Hill, according to legend after a brand of rum $0 potent it could kill the devil.

Here even the seagulls were at the mercy of the devil-killing wind." "In 1900 two brothers from Dayton, O. needed just such a wind, needed it to translate into actuality their dream of flight in a mancarrying, power-driven machine. The Wright brothers sought the advice of the S. Weather Bureau and were directed to a barren little finger of land off the eastern tip of North Carolina, where, so the Bureau reported, the north wind was strong and steady. "Orville and Wilbur Wright went first to Kitty Hawk.

midway out on the wind-swept peninsula. Here in October 1900, they set up a camp and began to experiment with a machine which they flew as a kite. "The next year the Wrights moved their camp to the flat, sandy field near the big dune known as Kill Devil five miles south of Kitty Hawk. "Here for two years they tested and studied their theories of flight by launching gliders from the slopes of the hill. Next came the biplane with its pusher-type propellers and little gasoline engine.

To. test it they erected a sixtyKill feet of track laid foot monorails track up the side of on a' nine-degree slope. "After tossing a coin to see who would controls, the Wright Brothers began their tests. Then on the morning of December 17, 1903, in the face of that cold lashing wind off the Atlantic the Wrights made history-and Kill Devil Hill became the birthplace of man's conquest of the.