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THE TAMPA DAILY TIMKS, THIKSDAV, AIGIST 15, 1940 Tune In On WDAE, 1220 ffc, ,000 Watt Night and Dag low-income families, which were Lakeland Schoolmates Meet Again In the Movies Citrus Leaders Confer at Meeting FLOODS RECEDE IN SOUTHEAST WITH 16 DEAD said to offer a tremendous market for "good edible fruit regardless of external appearance provided extravagant and unnecessary processing and handling charges were not permitted to raise prices beyond their ability to pay." From E. G. Todd, Avon Park member of the Florida Citrus Commission, the growers heard a report on the work of the Commission's better fruit committee, -f A 3 Hundreds Are Homeless After Torrents Inundate Large Areas of which Mr. Todd is chairman Mr. Todd said no final decision had been made regarding the Augustine Firm Low on Road Job Tallahassee, Aug.

15 (). The H. E. Wolfe Construction Co. of St.

Augustine today entered an apparent low bid of $217,620.44 for relocating State Road three to skirt property of the new Southeastern Naval Air Base in Clay and Duval counties. The road will run 4.601 miles from Orange Park to the Timu-quana road and will have a lime rock base and surface treated pavement Coggin and Deermont of Chip-ley placed an apparent low bid, of $51,810.50 for construction of six steel and concrete bridges on road 134 between Bunnell and the Volusia County line. C. C. Moore Construction Company of Panama City apparently was low with a $45,846.98 bid for paving 1.563 miles on road 152 in Walton County between the intersection with road 115 and Choctawhatchee Bay.

Bids will be received here August 27 for paving 11.999 miles of road 35 in Taylor County between Perry and Shady Grove. coloring room and color added Asheville, N. Aug. 15 (IP). Southeastern mountain streams which killed 16 and wrecked mil regulations to be recommended as a "protection against the green lions in property in two days of I fruit evil." He said, however, that he be lieved a "ceiling" would be recom mended on the temperature to be Hash floods were receding today while the belt of heavy rains moved North and East.

Rains of near cloudburst proportions swept across the Pied allowed in color added processing tt-'- and that stoves would be banned mp Apiipl and proper air circulation re quired in the coloring rooms. Doyle E. Carlton, president of the Hillsborough County Citrus Producers host organization at the meeting, urged the growers in a welcoming address to keep George I. Fullerton (left). Oak Hill citrus grower and president of Florida Citrus Growers presided at a meeting of State and County directors of the organization at Thonoto-sassa today.

He is shown here conferring with Doyle E. Carlton, president of the Hillsborough County Citrus producers the organization at the all-day session. Staff Photo by Walter Davis. "pounding away" at their prob lems until they have been solved. C.

W. Callouettee, ThonotosaS' Want ad results at LOWEST cost. Times want ad rates now 3c a word. sa, was in charge of arrangements for the meeting and A. M.

Thomas, vice president of the Thonoto- GROWERS ASKED TO SUPPORT FEE FOR RESEARCH sassa Board of Trade, also welcomed the visitors. Women of the community served luncheon at noon and the discussions were to III! be resumed later in the day. Dis mont sections and into the coastal plains of the Carolinas and Virginia today. While there were no immediate reports of floods in the lowlands, riverside dwellers kept close check on the rise of streams already carrying a heavy load of mountain water to the ocean. Heavy Rainfall.

Rainfall totals for the ,24 hours ended at 7:30 A. M. included Florence, S. 6.05 inches; Raleigh, N. 4.12; Rpanoke, Richmond, 3.34, and Wilmington, N.

2.28. Western North Carolina reported two drownings and four deaths in landslides. Three drowned at Galax, where 700 to 800 persons were driven from their homes by the flooded New River. The Watauga and Holston Rivers in upper East Tennessee surged from their banks, drowning three near Elizabethton, Tenn. Rescue workers expressed belief other bodies would be found.

Un-estimated damage was wrought to Industries, transportation and communication facilities. Three near Augusta, and a Negro woman near there died of a heart attack when she learned flood waters were approaching her home. 500 Homeless. SUMMER HAT SALE SAILORS "I nnt iPRICE PANAMAS 2 13 Off on Soft Straws Adams City Hatters 620 Tampa St. Phone i928 cussion of the proposed amend ment to the AAA to cover citrus was expected to be a highlight.

(Continued From Page 1) it felt the proposed financing plan, which would have to be approved by the Legislature, would cost individual growers "so little that they would scarcely notice it." The plan, it was estimated, would raise between $200,000 and $250,000 a year which could be Land, and J. F. Palmer, Davenport, as members of the educational committee which will pass on worthwhile information to members. Appointment of Frank Laird, Groveland, as the educational committee's research expert also was announced. Another highlight of the morning session of the all-day get-together was the report of the special marketing committee, of which Wilbur King is chairman.

Committee Named. The committee was appointed to study the marketing problems of small acreage growers and recommended that the growers of each community "bind themselves together for collective "or group Dan White and Frances Langford were schoolmates and it was during an amateur show he staged at Lakeland that she first sang in public. Though White, who is- widely known as a stage actor, has been in Hollywood three years it was not until he and Miss Langford were assigned to "Too Many Girls," George Abbott's production of his own Broadway musical hit for RKO Radio, that they met again professionally. Tampans to Attend V. F.

W. Convention A. S. Douglas, Tampa, senior vice commander of the State Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be in devoted entirely to research, pro viding sufficient funds to operate charge of the Florida delegation a central research stttion and four or five field stations. The committee proposed that a special grower committee be set up to determine the most necessary problems so that these problems could be attacked first.

If at the national convention of the V. F. W. to be held at Los Angeles, beginning Aug. 24.

Mr. Douglas will attend the convention in the place of A. W. action, depending on the interest and the needs and desires of the Simpson, Miami, commander of Mr. Barnett's committee also particular 'community." "This group," the committee re suggested that efforts be made to ported, "could take the form of seek "improved fruit inspection, simply a bargaining group or could asserting that there is "no jus reason why early fruit should have to bear the full burden of be carried to a point where a cor poration could be formed and i State charter obtained." the State department, who will stay in the State to organize three new posts.

Mr. Douglas will be accompanied by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kay. About 60 representatives from Florida are expected to attend the convention.

Mr. Douglas' party will leave Tampa Saturday. special, purchase! EXTRAORDINARY SAVINGS! actual 2-98 values! the cost of inspection as it usual ly does." Should Pay Share. The committee urged such groups, if formed, to bargain with "Mid-season and late fruit canners, cash buyers and coopera tive associations, to obtain wash North Wilkesboro, N. a mountain town of 4,000, was one of the hardest hit communities.

The broad Yadkin River rose to record heights, left at least 500 homeless and caused an estimated damage of $2,000,000 in the town. Fourteen industrial plants were damaged. The a r-encircled plant of the Home Chair Company and a building housing the International Shoe Company burned. Estimates of damage to Wilkes County as a whole ran as high as $10,000,000. Water had receded to the river's channel last night.

Families were forced to flee their homes for the first time in 30 years in the Elizabethton and Kingsport, lowlands. Res ing equipment for handling truck business if the volume of citrus available is sufficient and to seek Negro Who Scared Housewives Nabbed A Negro man who frightened lower production costs through the collective purchasing of materials. The importance of the citrus should pay its share also," the committee declared. "If this were done, the inspection fee per box probably could be lowered. At the same time a permanent inspection force could be built up which in the Summer could be employed in making an.

estimate of the crop and for other work." The committee expressed the belief that this inspection system would make for "far more uni Palma Ceia housewives by walk ing the streets with a gun tied to his waist was arrested today by Deputy Monroe Cowart and dock canning industry "justifies a study of the Florida Citrus Canners Cooperative and the requirements for affiliating with them," the eted on a charge of lunacy. The deputy said that for six committee said. form and accurate inspection. months Palma Ceia residents have complained about the man. They While the committee's report was officially accepted, it was were afraid, he said, that he might shoot somebody.

But Cowart found the gun was harmless, being mi nus a magazine. "i girls' ...1. l.iSS He was docketed at the County Jail as Mag Washington, 27. Regarding the truck shipping business, the committee asserted that legislative restrictions requiring inspection, packaging or individual stamping of fruit; had resulted in a loss of truck sales direct from the grove and cited a trend toward domination of this business by wash sheds and packing houses in the northern counties, which are nearer the marketing centers. Another Potential Mart.

The committee also cited the possibility of taking advantage of a large potential market among TAMPAN INJURED. Mrs. Sara Took, 804 Idlewood cue workers evacuated them by automobile and boat. Clinchf ield railroad officials said service between Erwin, and Spartanburg, S. probably would be interrupted for 10 days because of landslides.

The power plants of the North American Rayon and the American Bemberg rayon plants Elizabethton, were inundated. Operations were halted until recession of the flood. W. I. Jones, field representative, said 250 families were being cared for by the Red Cross in east Tennessee.

Washington Red Cross officials announced that 63 disaster workers were supervising relief in the hurricane and Drive, was injured Sunday morn considered likely that the organization's legislative committee will give further consideration to the proposal to increase the inspection fee to provide research funds. George I. Fullerton, Oak Hill, president of the State groweiJ group who presided at the session, announced during the meeting that James J. Banks, Orlando, would serve as chairman of the legislative committee. Quality Wanted.

Mr. Banks said careful consideration would be given to membership of the committee and declared attention would be given ing in an automobile accident at Yemasee, S. but her condition now is described as much improved. She' was taken to a hos pital at Florence, S. C.

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