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FACTION STRIKE OUTLAW IS ASKED VFW Convention Asks Presi dent to Crack Whip on Violators PHILADELPHIA, Aug 27.—MV The Veterans of Foreign Wars urged President Roosevelt today to outlaw jurisdictional strikes in na tional defense industries and rec ommended that draft-age workers who participate in such strikes lose their deferment and be called into military service. Delegates to the 42nd national encampment took the action in unanimously adopting a resolution after Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, veterans administrator, de clared “every means must be em ployed’’ to stop delays in defense production caused by strikes and walkouts. The resolution, introduced by L. G. Taggart of California, chairman of the V. F. W. committee on na tional defense, recommended: . Thar the President utilize existing authority for the settle ment of differences between em ployers and employes in such man ner as will protect their rights and prevent stoppage of work di rectly or indirectly affecting de fense production; that during the period of emergency, all jurisdic tional strikes sh? 1 be considered unAmerican and outlawed; and that any porwh onseah snbee ET granted occupational deferment from military service and who shall participate in a strike . . . affect ing defense production shall lose his deferpient and immediately be called into military service.” Declaring that strikes on defense projects must be “the result of bad advice,” Hines told the dele gates “even in times of emergency I do not believe that any of us want to deprive workmen in de fense plants of what normally would be their rights. “But they do not have—and nev er have had—in time of national emergency the right to strike against their government.” Brig.-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di rector of selective service, said “something must be done” about the number of men rejected by tne army for physical defects. “Either they will have to be in ducted into the army regardless of physical condition and be rehabil itated there, or the states will have to make some arrangement for do ing it,” he said. 1 Public Library Books Sent to Camp Davis The Wilmington public library re cently sent 100 volumes to the Patients’ library at Camp Davis hospital. Miss Emma Woodward, librarian, has received a letter from the Rev. John J. Carey, chaplain at the hospital, thanking the library for the donation. The main tastes of the soldiers are running to such authors as Zane Grey, J. Oliver Curwood, Irving S. Cobb, and Jack London. Out of this group of books, the men have a large and varied choice possible. Producers of MILK * FED BROODER - RAISED FRYERS LAKE VIEW POULTRY FARMS 510 Marlin St. DIAL 5341 We Can’t Sell You Gasoline After 7:00 P. M. BUT Let Us Lubricate Your Car While You Enjoy the Movies. MacMillan & Cameron SrdTind Chestnut SEVEN DIE IN FLAMING CRASH—Six persons were burned to death and a seventh died on the way to the hospital when this Albany-New York bus crashed into three cars at Saddle River, N. J., and burst into flames. Thirty-three passengers on the bus escaped, but six persons, including a mother and her baby, were trapped in one of the burning cars. The seventh person died of injuries sustained when he was hurled from his ma chine by the impact. The cars were stopped at a traffic light. Flivver Planes Winning Their Spurs In American Army Military Maneuvers (Editor’s note: The flivver or “grasshopper” plane is making an appearance in the Texas, Louisiana and Tennes see army maneuvers—running errands, carrying umpires and landing in any available open open space. (William T. Piper, known as aircraft’s Henry Ford, tells for the Star Special News Service of the uses tb which the little machines could be put in war time.) By WILLIAM T. PIPER LOCK HAVEN, Pa., Aug. 27.— Special News Service)—The other day something happened to bolster my contention that small, light air planes—known popularly as flivver planes — are an almost untapped means of quick transportation. A young mother, visiting Lock Haven’s airport, suddenly remem bered that it was her baby’s feed ing time. The baby was 22 miles away, 40 minutes by automobile along a winding mountain road. “I’ve got it!” said one of our pilots. "I’ll fly you over.” In eight minutes as the crow flies, hopping over the intervening mountain ridges, the young woman had been landed in the front yard of the summer resort cabin where the baby had been left in care of a maid. In 15 minutes more the feeding was completed and the baby was asleep. The mother was back at the airport in less total elapsed time than it would have taken her to reach the cabin by road. First Military Use Because small airplanes in the $1,000 to $2,000 class are a ready means of transportation, they are being used for the first time in the history of the United States Army in maneuvers. They are easy to fly, they land practically anywhere and they es tablished quickly lines of communi cation. During the Texas maneuvers this summer one of the commanding officers, harrassed by clogged roads, called to his aide, “Radio the fort and tell them to send me a grasshopper.” The radio was clogged, too. Mes sages were moving slowly. “What’s a grasshopper, sir?” asked the aide. “Never mind,” said his superior, “just tell them to send me one.” Presently a flivver plane landed in front of the office. Thirty minutes later a radio mes sage arrived from the fort saying the plane, dubbed a grasshopper by the army, had taken off and would report for duty presently. Flivvers, with their 65 or 75 horsepower engines, have been so much in demand during the ma neuvers that the game umpires, who use them most, have had a hard time laying hands on them. Regular army pilots, accustomed to flying engines of 1,000 horse power and more, keep coming around and borrowing them. When a flivver turns up missing, nine chances out of 10 an army pilot is out pleasure-hopping in it. Many Uses Found The flivvers are used to direct traffic, to carry messages, to check on camouflage and to spot the re sults of artillery fire. The ground arms of the army are fond of the machines. We have heard much talk of late about a separate air force. Most of us laymen are not well enough acquainted with the subject to pass judgment on it. But one thing is evident: all branches of the army need air transportation, under their own control. Even the best highways become clogged with traffic in wartime. The air provides a limitless high way. A prominent man called our fac tory the other day, asking if we could fly him from a small Penn sylvania town, hard of access by railroad and automobile, to Harris burg. He had a speaking engage ment in the town and he had to be in Washington that night. He made it. He spoke, was fer ried in a flivver to Harrisburg and there caught an airliner for the capital. I understand that flivvers are being used in coastal patrol work in England. If this country ever goes to war, it is easily seen that they would perform a like duty for us. Hard to Hit Flivvers would be hard to shoot down. If an enemy pursuit pilot hit one, it would be a freak acci dent. Regular warplanes fly too fast, flivvers too slow. Flivvers cruise along at 100 miles an hour if the pilot is in a hurry and as siow as 35 to 40 if he is not. It would be ridiculously easy to camouflage them. Paint the top of the wings a dun color, and finding them from aloft would be looking for a needle in a haystack. Just what the government is go ing to ask of us light plane manu facturers, I do not know, of course. We have made thousands of planes for use in the government’s civilian pilot training courses now in progress at more than 1,100 Dozen Sites Offered Lindbergh In Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 27.—UPI —A site accommodating 10,000 per sons was assured today for speech es of Charles A. Lindbergh and Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D-Mont), here Friday night, the America First committee announced. When the city council ordered cancellation of the municipal audi torium for Lindbergh’s speech. State Chairman Herbert K. Hyde of the committee decla.^d that the famous airman would talk here even if he had to use a cow pas ture. But offers of rally sites crowded in on the committee today, Hyde said. “We have narrowed our choice down to two out of six in the city and on the edge of town which were proffered,” Hyde added. The location will not be announced im mediately. It will be floodlighted and will have ample press and radio facilities. Lindbergh reiterated today that local protests against his appear ance had made him only the more determined to speak in Oklahoma City, said Earl C. Jeffrey, Chicago, national director of field organiza tions here to assist with prepara tions for the rally. "The colonel told me over, the long distance telephone that never before in his career had he been denied the use of a public build ing,’” Jeffrey continued. Sen. Nye (R.-N. D.) at a press conference in New York, said de nial of the municipal auditorium to Lindbergh was damnable folly. “It is but a small degree of the intolerance we’ll experience as we get nearer involvement or actually in the European war,” he added. Sen. Wheeler made known his determination to speak from the same platform with Lindbergh in an announcement in Washington in which he said the auditorium here was “built with W. P. A. funds”. “We’ll let people from Oklahoma speak in any building'in the state if they come up to' Montana,” he declared. 1 MONEY TO LOAN ON ANYTHING OF VAEIJE No Loan Too Earg;e—None Too Small Cape Fear Loan Office Wilmington’s Newest 12 8. FRONT AUTOLITE batteries Dial 9668 CAUSEYS Automotive SERVICE 12th and Market Sts. instruction centers. Yet, I suppose that, all told, the manufacturers of Aeronca, Taylorcraft, Lus combe, Culver, Interstate and Pi per Cub airplanes have a plant investment of only $5,000,000. That’s a drop in the bucket com pared with that of the big war plane manufacturers. Few people realize that of the 22,000 licensed non - military air planes in this country, more than two-thirds are flivvers. We light plane makers could turn out a minimum of 10,00 fliv vers for defense in the next six to eight months if we were asked to. Perhaps we shall be. 1 FEN YOUNG MEN CALLED TO ARMY Draft Board No. 2 Announces Names of the County’s September Quota J. N. Alexius, chairman of Wil mington draft board No. 2, yester day announced the names of 10 more local youths who have been called for service in Uncle Sam's ever-expanding army under the se lective service act. The men are scheduled to leave Wilmington Sept. 12 for Fort Bragg where they will be officially induct ed Into the army. They are: Edward P. Johnston, formerly of Wilmington; George B. King, Jr., of Carolina Beach; Robert J. Herring, Route 1, Wilmington; Harvey S. Moore, Route 1, Wilmington; Henry M. Wilson, Route 2, Wilmington; Gilbert M. Savage, Route 1, Castle Hayne; John W. Cottle, Route 3, Wilmington; Ishmael E. Murray, Route 2, Castle Hayne; Frank E. Evans, formerly of Route 2, Wil mington, transferred to Freeport, Texas; William E. Bellamy, Winter Park. S You con accumulate big sums of money just by saving a few dollars a month. See how much you can have in 5, 10 or I 5 years. Decide now I to have that money. I if STARTS AN ACCOUNT i| f • BETTER BEGIN TODAY sijl Here you save not only S; money but you save Kj: worry, os your account • :;.-i is Federally insured as. :j;; to safety up to $5,000* THE INSURED PEOPLES BUILDING & LOAN —ASSOCIATION— Established 1906 Assets Over Two Million Dollars 112 Princess Street WM. M. HILL, Sec-Treas. “Thrifty People Join the Peoples” CITY STRENGTHENS ANTI - NOISE LAWS Teeth’ Put Into Ordinance Designed to Curb Excessive Horn - Blowing Moving to put teeth in its “anti noise” ordinance, the city council yesterday approved supplemental amendments to the law bringing under its scope all Wilmington es tablishments which offer curb serv ice. The council was informed by City Manager James G. Wallace that in carrying out the orders of coun cil last week he had visited a number of such drive-in establish ments and had received assurances from operators that they would cooperate in every manner to quiet down the disturbances by their cus tomers and to see that sufficient trash receptacles are placed in their establishments to care for wastes such as napkins and paper cups. The council action tended to serve as additional warning to curb service operators and motor ists alike that the city means busi ness in its drive to curb unnec essary noises throughout the city. Motorists have been warned by that all needless ho r n blowing throughout the downtown area must cease or regular police tick ets will be issued and offenders forced to appear in court. 1 McEachern-Owned Holsteins Set New Butterfat Record BRATTLEBORO, Vt., Aug. 27.— Two registered Hc|steins owned by A. O. McEachern, Wilmington, N. C., recently completed herd-test records of more than 671 pounds butter-fat, which is more than three one-half times the country’s dairy-cow average as reported by the U. S. Department of agricul ture. The higher cow is Korndyke Pride Homestead, a seven-year old, that produced in 365 days 675.2 pounds butterfat from 19,260 pounds milk. Me Queen Home stead, a junior four-year-old, pro duced in 365 days 671.4 pounds butterfat from 19,539 pounds milk. Both animals were milked two times daily. Their productions will be recorded in the herd im provement register of the associa tion. Testing was supervised by the North Carolina State college in cooperation with the Holstein Friesian association of America, Brattleboro. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!^ Pvt. Converse Murdock was just a bit startled when he picked up the telephone receiver in his battery headquarters today and heard a thrush-like voice sing ing a song especially for him. He thought one of the boys was playing a practical joke on him. This sort of thing just didn’t happen in the army—a girl sing ing to a soldier, and such a nice voice, too. Then he got the drift. It was a singing telegram from his mother And father, Mr. and Mrs. John Murdock,* 3 Manor Hill Road, Summit, N. J., congratu lating him on his birthday, and, incidentally, the first singing telegram ever delivered on this post. Miss Nadine Epworth, teletype operator in the camp signal of fice, sang the “Happy Birthday” message. A recent order trans ferring soldiers with non-military duties back to tactical units necessitated hiring girls at the signal office. Private Converse is a member of Battery G, 96th Coast Artil lery. Minor Fires Reported To City’s Department City firemen quickly put a small blaze under control yesterday morn ing at 8 o’clock at the Eureka Dye Works, Second and Dock streets. It was reported that slight damage was done to the roof of the building. Engines stationed at fire headquar ters and station No. 2, answered the call. About 2:30 yesterday afternoon firemen were called to the vicinity of the Fifth street bridge to extin guish a minor blaze. WANTED! Retail Auto Accessories Store Salesman Previous experience not necessary. An excellent opportunity for a real worker. State age, ex perience and previous employment. P. 0. Box 364 CAMP DAVIS NEGRO HELD FOR PRISON Military Court Passes Five Year Sentence on Soldier Who Assaulted Officer Corporal Curtis Mosby, negro, is being held in Camp Davis guard house pending committment order from the War department in Wash ington to a federal military prison where he must serve a five year sentence on charges of insubordi nation; assault on a commissioned officer and breaking arrest, it was revealed yesterday by Capt. E. Jeff Barnette, camp public rela tions officer. The negro, believed to have been transferred to Camp Davis from Fort Bragg, was a member of Bat tery F of the 54th Coast TTT"' of the regular enlisted He is charged with havin'' saulted the officer in the 54 ag **• ment area, and to have rt! regu weapon, described as reS*1 * a hunting knife, on his su"!blwS after first having struck him Ior his fists. He did not ml"! *ui> get close enough to the orfl to ter the first blow to cut him at' the knife. n‘m w«a Tried and convicted bv a tion military court martial gU,!?‘ negro has no appeal from the tence meted out to him. Hol the case may be directed to the’ tention of the War departing ^ Scials and in this manne-Ts' tence cut as it was onlv iast sen in the case of another soldier tm * Fort Bragg. frc<t The indicated crop of 24.240 Ofla oushels of potatoes in New v», ;or 19« is ten Per cent less :or last year. m Carolina's Direct Reduction Loan Is A Preferred Loan It is acceptable to hundreds in preference to all others Our loan volume is the greatest in our history. You loo will perhaps prefer a CAROLINA loan. Investigate! Two The / Million Dollar Carolina Building and Loan Assn. “Member Federal Home Loan Bank” C. M. Butler, \V. A. Fonvielle, W. D. Jones Pres. Sec.-Treas. Asst. Sec. Treai, Roger Moore, Vice Pres. J. 0. Carr, Atty. SPIRITTINE LIVESTOCK SPRAY Will free your livestock and pets from disease bearing parasites. It’s harmless to humans; does not injure hair or hide. SPIRITTINE INSECT DESTROYER "Best by Test" Will free your home of bothersome bugs and Insects, Get some today! SPIRITTINE CHEMICAL CO. LOUIS HANSON, Pres. 117 South Front Street Dial MM 13,398 MILES ON 5-QUART FILL OF OIL ^ DEATH VALLEY DESTRUCTION TEST Revolutionary New Oil tested against 5 other big brands. 6 new cars Destroyed to prove Economy and Protection. The oil that reeled off an amazing 13,398 miles on one regular fill, in blazing Death Valley, was proved to be an oil of the N th degree—an oil of new high character... Hence its name: CONOCO MOTOR OIL This dramatic test, supervised impar tially and Officially Certified, was sim ple, yet harsh. 6 identical new cars were taken to Death Valley—where the heat hits record highs. 5 of these cars were each assigned a different widely-known, highly advertised motor oil. The sixth car used new Conoco Nth motor oil. Each car was broken-in on a brand assigned by lot. Then, one 5-quart fill of this same oil went into the crank case—kept under lock. The cars were driven 57 miles an hour until oil fail ure cracked up each engine—utterly wrecked it! All of this under impartial official scrutiny, as i£as every step in the test, right on through the dramatic finish. Here is what happened New Conoco Nth oil went 13,398.8 miles. Not another oil came within 5,683 miles of this. One outstanding oil failed 8,268.6 miles sooner than new Conoco Nth motor oil. So it out distanced the five competing oils by 74% to 161%. Why this Astounding result was possible New Conoco Nth motor oil contains a Conoco-originated synthetic (U. S. Patent 2,218,132) called Thialkene in hibitor. An inhibitor in motor oil acts pretty much as an inhibition acts on you. Inhibitions hold you back; police many actions. And so Conoco’s Thial kene inhibitor polices Conoco Nth oil ... arrests pollution that otherwise comes from normal operation. *And that’s your aid against a dirty engine with inferior lubrication. Are you an OIL-PLATING “fan"? If you are, more power to you! Don’t for a minute feel let down, for Conoco Nth also contains the famous synthetic that oil-plates engines. Oil-plating comes from the magnet-like attraction that keeps it bonded to inner engine parts, so that it can’t all quickly drain down to the crankcase—not while you’re using Conoco Nth oil. This same famed oil-plating is still yours to guard against wear. Because of oil-plating and Thial kene inhibitor, one 5-quart fill of new Conoco Nth oil went an astounding 13,398.8 miles. Of course, you’ll never Death-Test your Conoco Nth oil in sinister Death Valley, nor repeat any other proving-ground tortures. You’ll still drain and refill at the intervals recommended by qualified authorities. But how you’ll expect to stretch the distance before you ever add a quart, judging by this big fact: 5 heavily advertised oils in the Cer tified Death Valley Test were out mileaged 74% to 161% by Conoco N<h oil. Economy like that counts up into dollars! 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