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BUILDING trades JOBS OPEN HERE flCSES Announces Several Openings for Skilled Men; Training Stressed Officials of the North Carolina state Employment Service an nounced last night that jobs In sev era! fields related to national de fen9e activities In the Wilmington ^rca are open and that experienced men should communicate with them. The office has been requested to finlj workmen for the following posl tions: sheetmetal, welding and metal foremen, two bull-dozer operators, motor-grader operator, experienced steamfitter for high and low pres snre work and one construction foreman experienced in taking com plete charge of a crew and erecting frame dwellings from blue prints. The employment service seeks to interview young men interested in receiving vocational training, parti cularly in general construction work consisting of carpentry, brick wall and painting work. Persons inter ested in other types of vocational training were also urged to contact the employment service. Colored applicants should transact business with the office at 519 Red Cross street and white applicants at 814 Market street. COUNCIL, COUNTY DIVIDE ON FUND FOR CHARITY HERE (Continued From Page One) asking that the city take steps to end what was described “an in tolerable situation.' Mr. Goldberg stated that the members of his family and others in the vicinity were “constantly being annoyed and embarrassed' by noise he charged was created by workers in a nearby garage and taxi-cab station, as well as "loud, boistrous and lewd lan guage at all hours of the day and night." Mayor Hargrove Bellamy stated he would refer the matter to Wil liam B. Campbell, city attorney Continuance of an appropriation to the Wilmington Light Infantry "which has been made by the city for almost 50 years” war asked by George L. Cain. He said expenses of the organization had been in creased in recent months through furnishing of accomodations at the armory for members of the mill tary police from Camp Davis. He said a contract with the federal government stipulated that the Wil mington Light Infantry would re ceive $60 per month. The council .^proved a proposal by Hugh McRae company, local realtors, that a two-inch water main be increased in size to six inches, the main extending from the Burnt Mill section of Princess street, a distance of 500 feet to a residential development project of the realty company. Mr. McRae will pay costs of the extension. 2 NAZIS, FINNS CLAIM GAINS ON LENINGRAD (Continued From Page One) expected to produce sensational re sults daily. But they insisted that the high command’s almost daily phrase of “progress according to plan” means steady, satisfactory developments. In the great engagement general ly known as the battle of Smolensk, on the central front along the main highway to Moscow, most of the fighting is considerably east of the city, German dispatches said to day, Asserting that even the Ger man rear guard now had reached that battle area. German advance units were said to be in the vicinity of Vyazma, 100 miles east of Smo lensk and 130 miles from Moscow. This was the only sector given attention in today’s high command communique, which devoted three sentences to the Russian war: “Renewed attempts by the op ponent to liberate his forces en circled east of Smolensk by means °* relief attacks have been repuls ed. The enemy has suffered severe losses. "On other parts of the eastern front operations continued accord mS to plan.” Large Russian units have been out oft from Moscow in the Smo lensk sector, Germans said, and a sfeady closing in of Nazi forces hourly reduces the territory in "’mch these encircled Russians still catl move freely. senate probe attacks profits OF N. C. BUILDER (Continued From Page One) Posite way,’ 'he said, “and we duld have had a heck of a los1! ’■ McNairy testified that the ■: ini’ p.any w&s to receive a fixed fee ” $570,000 on the $37,000,000 lob T1 non *• reimbursable expenses Educing the net fee to $430,000 He told the committee that the ,?1iracting concerns profits were in 1938, about the same in ™a_and $71,000 in 1940. 1 -_advertisement -— petroleum jeuuv JjlMO R 0 LI N EroViflOtl price control MESSAGE WINS QUICK SUPPORT (Continued From Page One) causes of inflation—namely unus ual increases in the velocity of credit.” An adjustment should be made, too, he said, to establish and maintain a proper relationship between wages and prices. On the other hand, Senator Smith (D.-S.C.) said: “I/don’t believe in fixing prices. It will give one man control of the whole economic life of the country.’ Administration leaders* praised -,mes®a®e- ReP- McCormack (D.-Mass.), the majority floor lead er said "everyone realizes 'that legislation of this kind must be passed to prevent a runaway price market.” He called the President’s communication "a very powerful message of deep interest to the American people.” General Appraisal u.he message was an appraisal in general terms of the economic situation created by the vast de fense program, particularly from the point of view of the effect on prices of huge government expen ditures and augmented civilian purchases of commodities which are limited in supply. “Inflationary price rises and in creases in the cost of living are today threatening to undermine our defense effort,” Mr.‘Roosevelt said at the outset. "I am therefore recommending to the Congress the adoption of measures to deal with this threat.” Reporting expenditures of $30, 000,000 daily for defense, a figure which is to be increased, he said that every dollar so spent depletes an already limited supply of ma terials. Meanwhile, because manj are working and have the means to buy, civilian demand for the same materials is up. Further, he said, those with money are willing to bid for the goods. 2 “We Face Inflation” J.ne government must and win satisfy its defense needs,” he add ed. "In such a situation, price ad vances merely determine who gets the scarce materials, without, in creasing the available supply. We face inflation, unless we act de cisively and without delay.” He outlined the consequences of inflation, saw a similarity between the present situation and that which began developing in 1914, and went on .to describe recent efforts to regulate prices. These, he said, had been on a cooperative basis and although widely support ed, had not been entirely effective. "The existing authority over prices is indirect and circum scribed,” he said, “and operates through measures which are not appropriate or applicable in all circumstances. "It has further been weakened by those who purport to recognize need for price stabilization yet challenge the existence of any ef fective power. In some cases moreover there has been evasion and bootlegging; in other cases the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply has been open ly defied. "Faced now with the prospect of inflationary price advances, leg islative action can no longer pru dently be postponed.” Outlines Legislation He went on to outline what the legislation should include; “Authority to establish ceilings Playful Weatherman Gets Tricky Locally Sweltering temperatures; a 30 - mile . per - hour southwest wind; .37 inches of rain in a 22-minute period; a sudden 20 degree drop in temperature; a sprinkling of hail; those were a few of the highlights on a variety bill presented by ti e Weatherman here yesterday. Highest point reached hy the thermometer was 94, two de grees under the record 96 of Tuesday, but except during the rainstorm around noon, few, if any, noticed that it was any cooler. The wind, rain and thunder storm hit the city at 1:08 p. m. and lasted until 2:45. for prices and rents, to purchase materials and commodities when necessary, to assure price stabil ity, and to deal more extensively with excesses in the field of in stallment credit.” He asked that the legislation be flexible and adaptable to ‘‘expe ditious and workable administra tive procedures,” and suggested that the power conferred expire with the expiration of the present emergency. ‘‘The concept ot a price ceiling is already familiar to us as a re sult of our World war experience,” he said. ‘‘Prices are not fixed or frozen; an upper limit alone is set. Prices may fluctuate below this hmit, but they cannot go above it.” The country was already con fronted with rent increases, he said, a development which ‘‘must be arrested before rent profiteer ing can develop to increase the cost of living and to damage the civilian morale.” There can be no price stability, he said if labor costs “rise ab normally.” Wage adjustments must be made from time to time, in his opinion, but labor will fare best if it realizes that wages in the defense industries should not substantially exceed prevailing rates for similar work in com parable fields. “I recognize,” he said, “that the obligation not to seek an excessive profit from the defense emergency rests with equal force on labor and on industry, and that both must assume their responsibilities if we are to avoid inflation.” 1 Japanese Luxury Ship Unloads U. S. Passengers SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.—W)— The long-delayed Japanese liner Tatuta Maru docked late today, and the first passenger to disem bark exclaimed, “My goodness, I can’t wait to get off that ship even if they did treat us fine.” She was Mrs. E. A. Sommer, Berkley, Calif., young evacuee from Kobe where her husband is in the steel business. The Tatuta Maru had circled off San Francisco six days because Japanese credits had been frozen by the United States and she car ried a silk cargo worth $2.c00,000. The silk apparently was not to be unloaded here. TEACHERS’ SALARY OKEYED RALEIGH, July 30.— Iff) —The State Board of Education today ap proved a new teacher salary sche dule accounting for most of the $1,500,000 increase in the school appropriation for 1941-42. OFFICIALS HUNT JAIL ESCAPEES Two Men Break From South port Prison; Both Bur glary Suspects ' SOUTHPORT, July 30.—Two men who escaped the Southport county jail were the object of a hunt here today by Sheriff D. L. Ganey and his deputies. The escape from the jail of the men, Joe Thompson, negro alleged ly held for highway robbery, and Edgar Henderson, white, allegedly held for house breaking, was dis covered this morning. The escape, said Sheriff D. L. Ganey, was from the second story of. the jail. Bricks facing the out side of the Jail had been dislocated by the prisoners in making their escape. k Sheriff Ganey did not know what instruments might have been used by the prisoners in making their escape nor did he know how they might have come into the possession of the men. Officers throughout the area were notified of the escape. Thompson was described as being six feet in height and marked by a mole on an ear. Henderson was described as light in complexion and having fcjjond hair. CITY SELECTED AS RAID CENTER (Continued From Page One) lass called here a few days ago and discussed plans for the establish ment of the Wilmington center with local officials. Headquarters of the Wilmington center, it was learned, will be es tablished in the basement of the postoffice. The centers are to serve s.s head quarters for the air raid warning system now being established in North Carolina. Civilians trained as airplane “spotters” will inform these centers of conditions in places for which they are responsible. Governor Broughton explained that the population of the state is being zoned and that instructions will be given to civilians in co-opera tion with the defense councils being established. The centers will have a part in the maneuvers to be held throughout the state in preparation for withstanding invasion. Governor Broughton said that while invasion of the state is something every one hopes will not happen it pays to be prepared in these fast-moving and dangerous times. Under the plan, “spotters” will see planes as they pass over their territory and will immediately give the information to the "filter” cen ter so that arrangements can be made to intercept these planes. Ex perts loaned to the government by the telephone company will have an important part in the program, he said. GREENSBORO WINS GREENSBORO, July 30.— W — Norman Brown scattered 14 hits to the Norfolk Tars tonight and left a dozen Virginians on base as Greensboro won the series finale, 5 to 4. Bill Huffstetler broke a long batting slump with three safeties, including a first inning homer that sparked a three run rally. Roosevelt Confers With Army and Navy Heads WASHINGTON, July 30.—UP) —A White House conference to day between President Roose v'4 and the men in charge of the armed forces stirred con siderable interest, but no word of the subject of the confer ence was given out. Present at the meeting were Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, and Admiral Har old R. Stark, chief of naval operations. The conference took place after the United States made representations to Japan on the bombing of the American gun boat Tutuila but there was no indication whether the troubled Far Eastern situation was dis cussed. WEATHER (Continued From Page One) WASHINGTON, July 30. — Iff) — Weather bureau records of temperature and! rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton-growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Alpena, clr_ 79 71 0.48 Asheville, cldy _ 91 69 0.00 Atlanta, p c_ 94 74 0.00 Atlantic City, cldy_ 76 68 0.00 Birmingham, clr_ 93 73 0.05 Boston, rn _ 71 65 0.11 Buffalo, rn_ 85 72 0.53 Burlington, cldy_ 84 58 0.00 Charlotte, clr_ 99 77 0.00 Chicago, cldy_ 92 74 0.00 Cincinnati, rn_ 101 77 0.00 Cleveland, cldy_ 96 75 0.26 Denver, clr_ 86 55 0.00 Detroit _ 75 0.00 Duluth, cldy_ 82 62 0.00 El Paso, cldy_ 92 65 0.00 Fort Worth, rn_ 101 76 0.00 Galveston, clr_ 91 76 0.00 Havre, clr- 89 60 0.«) Jacksonville, clr_ 100 77 0.00 Kansas City, cldy_ 95 76 0.18 Key West, clr_ 89 81 0,00 Little Rock, p c_ 97 76 0.00 Los Angeles, clr_ 82 61 0.00 Louisville, p c_ 99 75 0.00 Memphis, clc'y _ 95 1 77 0.18 Meridian, p c_ 95 74 0.00 Miami, clr _ 91 80 0.65 Minn.-St. Paul_ __ 71 0.00 Mobile, cldy_ 94 77 0.00 New Orleans, cldy_ 95 77 0.00 New York, cldy_ 81 67 0.23 Norfolk, p c _ 94 68 0.07 Pittsburgh, rn_ 93 70 0.03 Potrland, Me., cldy __ 81 55 0.00 Portland, Ore. ..._ __ 58 0.00 Richmond, cldy_ 97 70 0.00 St. Louis, cldy _ 101 78 0.00 San Antonio: clr_ 97 72 6.00 San Francisco, clr_ 65 56 O.06 Savannah, cldy _ 97 _ 0.00 Tampa, p c _ 92 80 0.00 Vicksburg, p c_ 93 74 0.00 Washington, cldy_ 87 70 0.13 Wilmington, cldy_ 94 78 0.37 AUSTRALIAN AIR DEFENSE MELBOURNE, Australia, Thurs day, July 31.—UP)—Air Minister John McEwen disclosed today that Australia has established a strong string of defense and reconnais sance air bases against possible invasion. Records show that 9,600 persons were killed by speeding cars in the United States in 1940. Direct Subway Entrance to All Points of Interest flew TJorl s [Popular HOTEL LINCOLN Our CHOICEST ROOMS from $3 Maria Kramer John L. Horgan President Gen. Mgr. ffotel Edison Same Ownership LOVING AWARDED MARINE CONTRACT Goldsboro Contractor Success ful Bidder; Project Will Cost $14,145,000 WASHINGTON, July SO—The Navy department yesterday awarded a contract valued at $14,145,000 to the T. A. Loving company, of Golds boro, and seven associates, for the construction of the Marine aviation base at Cherry Point, on the Neuse river, in Carteret county. The seven associate companies which will share in the construction contract are Central Engineering and Construction company, the Mecklen burg Construction company, A. H. Guyton, Nello L. Teer, Albemarle Plumbing and Heating company, the Thompson Electrical company, of Raleigh, and the West Construction company, Lt. Commander E. W. C. Nice, who was in charge of building the naval air station at Miami, Florida, has been transferred to New Bern as the resident officer in charge of construction. Commander C. H. Cotter of the naval operating base at Norfolk will be in charge of construction. He is also in charge of construction of the Marine base in Onslow county, with Lt. Commander Madison Nichols in charge of construction as resident officer. for a change, W 0 @um y(fujhfaft mode with JP Don Q is the light-bodied, nectar-l'ke rum that’s made on the famous Serralles estates in Puerto Rico. It’s a superb mixer... for both tall drinks and cocktails. GOLD LABEL v Code No. 511 MPR00P I sole u. s.distributors! Schieffelin & Co. 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