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T TO LAUNCH MEMBER DRIVE Effort Will Be Launched With Dinner Session To night At Association ■I; , Young Men’s Christian as , jnn’s annual membership can v sS will open tonight following a .Unncv sesssion at 6:45 o’clock at ...e association building. All work r.rs in the canvass will attend the meeting. * W, A. AIcGirt, general chairman p , ,f, drive, has an organization of ately SO members who ' I! make an effort the first three : of next week to boost the m mbersuip of the Y. M. C. A. to llVer 3,000, The executive committee has ... ,.ed as the speaker for the p.,:. Dr. C. H. Storey, a mem „ ,. ! • board of directors, who . n in i.d'ly give a picture of the [ho Y. M. C. A. In the ,-n: iniimii.' • puing his address instruc will lie given the workers. Tpe following workers have been j secured to head up the divisions; anii team: A. C. L. Division, | j, j| .’renshaw, Colonel with ,T. L. | ijijn'-oii. L. T. C. Skipper and Frank Kelly, captains. s ip Yard division,’; S. B. Ware, Colonel Ike Grainger, assistant. Health Club division; Robert Ber man. Colonel assisted by members ,,f the Health club committee. 1st City Division—Harry L. DoS 1, er. Colonel with Rodney Breeee, Charles Stephenson and George Saleem, captains. Second City Division — Claude O’Shields, Colonel with Claude Davis, Dick Futch and James Aus tin, captains. NAVY RELIEF FUND GROWING SLOWLY (Conllnm-d from 1'ajre One) dance at Lamina. It will be held May 8. and the music will be by a Navy band from Charleston. This is expected to be the outstanding social event of next week. The emblem sale is being con ducted bv Wilmington vv o m e n, with separate groups for each day of the campaign. Today these will greet purchasers: Peoples bank, Mrs. Rincldo B. Page and Mrs. Ben Washburn; Wilmington Sav ings and Trust, Mrs. Ted Brown and Mrs. Ed Taylor; Security bank Mrs. Grace Little and Mrs. A1 Hale Morris Plan bank, Mrs. Clarence Maffitt and Mrs. B. M. Jones. -V Tjie exact cause of eye catar acts is still unknown. U. S. Troops And Ships In Far-Flung Parts Of World From the address of President Roosevelt to the nation the night of April 28: “American warships are now in com bat in the North and South Atlantic, in the Arctic, in the Mediterranean, and in the North and South Pacific. American troops have taken stations in South America,- Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles, the Near East, the Middle East, the Far East, the continent of Australia, and many islands of th e Pacific.” The symbols of ships and men on this map mark the spread of United States forces in the global war today. Vast reinforcements have arrived in Australia with much new material, Prime Minister Curtin of Australia announce d April 29. Rev. W. H. Moore Dies At Community Hospital Rev. W. HI Moore as veteran pastor of Shiloh Baptist church died in the Community Hospital Thurs day morning. Rev. Moore's life has been ac V tively interwoven in every activity of public life in this community in the past thirty years, as effected the negro race. He has served as president of the local Ministerial alliance; rebuilt the church which he pastored so many years, was president of the Northeast Cape Fear Baptist Sunday School con vention; secretary of the Middle District Baptist association; past treasurer of the Negro Masons of North Carolina; past secretary of the general Baptist convention of North Carolina; member ' of the board of trustees of the Commun ity hospital, and until the time of his last illness, was very active in civic as well as religious matters. Funeral services will be held in Shiloh Baptist church, Monday af ternoon, May 4 at 3 o’clock. SATURDAY, MAY 2ND IS STRAW HAT DAY Select Yours From Our Complete Stock We’ve a large, smart collection of straw hats, all crowns and brims correctly proportioned to different face-shapes. Enjoy their suave look and cool comfort all summer long. Pick yourself a hat wardrobe from this versatile selection . . . we’ve all head sizes. Emerson Cenuine Panama Solid Color Bands COCOANUT and SOFT STRAWS 1.65-1.98 Palm and SPLIT STRAWS Hand Made PALM COOL and LEGHORNETTES FOUR ARE HELD IN GODWIN DEATH Columbus Coroner’s Jury Holds Youths Without Bond In Fatal Shooting WHITEVILLE, April 30.—A cor oner’s jury here tonight held four youths, including two Fort Bragg soldiers, for the Columbus county grand jury without bond in the April 4 robbery-slaying of Ira L. Godwin, 51-year-old Brunswick merchant. Those charged in the fatal shoot ing are: Pvt. F. C. Bonner, 19. of DeKalb, Texas; Pvt. Lonnie M. Todd. 28. of Nichols. S. C.; Ollin Fowler. Jr.,i 18. of Dufort, S. C.; and Joe McDaniel of Nichols. Several hundred persons crowd ed the county courtroom to hear the. two and one-half hours of testimony. County Coroner Joe D. Sikes and District Solicitor David Sinclair of Wilmington were in charge. Sinclair declared, after the jury’s deliberation of 21 minutes, that he will insist the four be tried in the May term of court, 'which convenes here cn May 4. The state, he'said, will seek the death penalty for Bonner and Fow ler, who have confessed to the shooting, and Todd, who ^rove a car for the four and kept its motor running while Godwin was being robbed and murdered. Sinclair will investigate the case further before deciding upon the penalty he will ask for McDaniel. Mrs. Ira Godwin, widow of the victim, told the five-man coroner’s jury of leaving her late husband in his filling station at 11 o’clock on the night of April 4 and of re turning 30 minutes later to find him dying. He clutched a $10 bill in his hand, she testified, but his billfold was missing. Sheriff H. D. Stanley, Deputy Seriff Horace L. Shaw and High way Patrolman W. W. Calloway told of investigation leading to the arrest of the youths and their con fessing. Dr. J. P. Quinerley, acting cor oner at the time of the crime, and Dr. W. A. Greene of Whiteville testified that upon being called to the scene they found Godwin dead with six bullets in his body. Jurymen were: E. L. Spivey, Ben Powell, D. V. Jones, LeRoy Stevens and J. F. Barkley. VITAL BURMA ROAD CUT BY JAPANESE (Continued from Page One) use of that part of the Burma road northeast of Lashio to the Chinese frontier. Far below the main battle area about Lashio, a small Chinese force was attacking to the east from the region of Taunggyi against the enemy’s rear commun ications but it was pointed out by a Chinese spokesman that so fluid was the situation and so powerful were the enemy forces that this thrust could not be depended upon to make any material change. Another Chinese force was en gaging rearward Japanese forces about Pyawbwe, 85 miles south of Mandalay. The Chinese spokesman said the Chinese would be forced to aban don positional warfare but would resort to mobile war “to carry out their mission in Burma.” “I wish solemnly to state that whatever are the developments un til the enemy is driven out Chinese groups will remain in Burma and continue their resistance,” he said. “This not only is the determina tion of the high command but of every Chinese officer and man now fighting in Burma.” “Whether the Japanese rapid thrust towards Lashio and Hsipaw is a brilliant military move or be comes a dismal failure will be known in two days’ time,” the sokesman said. City Briefs CLASS TO MEET The Women’s Bible class of Temple Baptist church will hold its regular business meet ing at the home of Mrs. J. T. Best, 218 North Seventeenth street, at 8 o’clock Friday night. FIRST AID CLASS C. F. Wctherington will be instructor of the First Aid class to be conducted at the Salvation Army Citadel, 215 South Front street, Friday night, from 7 until 9 o'clock. This class is open to ail per sons from 18 years up. MEETING All women who have completed standard Red Cross Home Nurs ing courses, whether they have received certificates or not, are urged to attend a meeting at the nurses’ home at Janies Walker Memorial hospital Friday night at 8 o’clock. Dr. Donald B. lvoonce will conduct the session. NEW LIBRARY HOURS Beginning May 1, the city library will be open from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. each day, Miss Emma Woodward, librarian, said Thursday morning. The library, located on the second floor of the city hall, will re main on the summer schedule until October 1. HARRISS HEADS PATROL Lt. David S. Harriss, former Wilmington city councilman and one of the first local naval reserves to be called for active duty, has been placed in com mand of a mv shore patrol base in the Charleston business dis trict. The base was set up by the Charleston navy yard. $500 WAR BOND A $500 war bond, in addition to $1,500 worth already pur chased has been bought by local union 1924 of the Brotherhood of Painters and Paperhangers of America, President W. B. Clemons announced Thursday. DANCE HELD Approximately 175 Camp Davis soldiers attended a dance at the Fourth and Ann USO club Thursday night. Sgts. Harry A. Hazell and Edward Mura were in charge of arrange ments. LEAD BOND DRIVE United Daughters of the Con federacy will be hi charge of war bonds sales in Wilmington on Friday, operating from their headquarters at 7 North Front street. A meeting of all workers in the campaign will be held at the. Sorosis clubhouse at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. An unduly high charging rate on the part of the generator will soon overload the battery, invari ably reducing the life of this im portant unit. THREE CONVICTED FOR TIRE THEFTS (Continued from Page One) months in jail, to be assigned to the roads, in each case. He gave notice of appeal to Superior court and is being held under $500 bond in each case. Li. H. Massingale, shipyard work er and former Raleigh resident, was given 18 months on the roads for receiving a tire, alleged to have been stolen from the Mills Motor company garage on March 28. James Wilson, Wilmington youth, received a 12 months sentence foir the theft of the tire for which Massengale testified he paid Wil son $6.50. Flans To Appeal Wilson gave notice of appeal to superior court and bond was set at $ot)0. Massingale’s attorney, Elbert Brown, requested a 10 day stay for his client and bond was set at $1,500. Both AVilson and Massingale pleaded not guilty to larceny and receiving Thursday morning. E. Y. Milton, owner of the tire, testified that it was stolen from the (Mills Motor company after it had been taken off the automobile to have a wheel straightened. Harry E. Fales, superintendent of the bureau ot identification, and De tective-Sergeant Dewey Thompson of the city police, both testified that Massingale first told them that the tire in question had been purchased from a negro in Raleigh, then that it had been purchased in Raleigh and stolen here, and finally that he had purchased ft from AA’ilson. Massingale declared on the stand that he had purchased the tire from AVilson. at the Mills Motor company for $6.50, under the impression that he was buying a second-hand tire legitimately. Under cross-examination, he said that he had been arrested for breaking into the Mills Motor com pany here four weeks ago and at tempting to steal a tire but that he had been found not guilty. His brother, Hilton Massingale, and C. P. Helms took the stand to declare that they had witnessed the sale of the tire. Wilson, who was not represented by council and who presented no witnesses on his own behalf, de clared flatly from the witness chair that he had not stolen the tire nor sold it to Massingale. waither; 1«E youlMFiu, beautiful, Exotic />LFAI«(5,T£A$WliC«INEIfWAIWCL.. COMEDIANS 80-PE0PLE'80 * ONE NIGHT ONLY! inDiE v(«ni mcsT vewTiful 1W -meilkE CHIL0RENI5^DUtTJ?f!lA!MHF«E!T Located-BELLAHY PARK One Night Only, Non., Hay 4th Attendants To Watch Your Car Free 5> your business EMBERS, OF REGRET? How could a man strive to build his business—and then fail to protect it from fire’s losses—adequately? Still, it’s too commonly so! Delay in in suring—carelessness, in right sort, and adequate amount ot insuring’. “I didn’t know! ’ says the sufferer—too late. Call us in—now!—to show you what insurance you actually re quire! (. B. PARMELE & (0. C. B. Parmele U. L. Spence, Jr. F. H. Elmore H. Elizabeth King 242 Princess Street Phone 3186 BRITISH BLAST PARIS FACTORIES (Continued from Page One) both places. The Vichy radio reported 52 per sons were killed and about 100 in jured, and the Germans admitted considerable damage to buildings. The British lost six planes in that attack and in other raids on the Ostend docks and on airdromes in the low countries. The Air Ministry’s news service said the German reprisals against Britain were comparatively inef fective, only 150 bombers having been used in the past six nights of raids on Exeter, Bath, York and Norwich, and a total of less than 225 toe of bombs having been dropped. This compared with more than 1,300 tons of British bombs dropped on Germany alone on the same nights. The Germans have lost 17 bomb ers ,to British knowledge, and | '‘probably more,” It was’ said, while the RAF has lost 40 in its i longer-range and much more ex tensive operations. ; The British commentator s a i d T A n A V AT LEADING lUi/Al THEATRES TODAY AND SAT! First RS& Hardy Hit of 1942! “THE COURTSHIP OF ANDY HARDY” With-—Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, and Ann Rutherford Shows 1 2:35 4:44 v 6:53 9:02 ^ mumzu TODAY AND SAT! liie Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys — In “TOUGH AS THEY COME” With Paul Kelly, Helen Par rish and Ann Gillis Shows 1:05 2:22 4:04 5:46 7:28 9:10 TODAY AND SAT! Gene Autry In “Heart Of The Rio Grande” Beginning- of Famous Serial “GANG BUSTERS” Shows: 11:00 12:40 2:30 4:20 6:10 8:00 9:50 1 TODAY AND SAT! Gene Autry — In “Land of the Open Range” With Tim Holt, Rav Whitley and Janet Waldo Also! “Holt of Secret Service” Shows 11 12 1:35 3:10 4:45 6:20 7:55 9:30 a that, while accepting the German; retaliaory raids, the RAF would hurl heavier and heavier ruination attacks at many more cities of the same type that have redently laid waste to ^Rostock and Luebeck. In addition, he said the British were exerting their utmost efforts to send thousands of planes and tanks to reinforce Russia, and these supplies are moving in the most heavily-guarded convoys of all time. -V Butterflies have six legs, but the front pair frequently is not used in walking. DINE — DANCE THE PLANTATION Minimum Charge Only Carolina Beach Road DIAL COUNTY 116-4603 FOB RESERVATION Rice accounts for 80 per cent o£ Thailand’s exports. .'tlfl TODAY and SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE! TEX RITTER in "RHYTHM OF THE RIO GRANDE" ALSO "Three Girls About Town" Willi Joan Blondell, Binnie Barm's, John Howard, Bold. Bomliley OPEN DAILY 11:00 A. M. ANNOUKCEM THE MANOR THEATRE wishefto.take this opportunity to apo logize to their patrons for the failure to present SMILEY BURNETTE in person on April .30th as pre viously advertised. WE ARE PRESENTING BELOW A COPY OF THE TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM SMILEY Bl’RNETTE EXPLAINING THE REASON FOR HIS FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE MANOR THEATRE ON APRIL 301 li. (A COPY OF THIS WIRE IS ON RECORD AT WEST ERN UNION) COPY 1942 Apr. 22 CFA 216 50 DL XC ELKIN NC AR 22 208P MR MEISSELMAN MANOR THEATRE WILMINGTON NCAR PRESSURE BROUGHT ABOUT BY YOUR OPPOSI TION THROUGH MY STUDIO FORCES ME IN FACE OF LAWSUIT TO CANCEL MY ENGAGE MENT FOR APRIL 30 AT MANOR THEATRE. ASSURE YOU I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE. WILL GLADLY PAY REASONABLE DAMAGES AS SPECIFIED IN CONTRACT. PLEASE NEGO TIATE WITH WAGNER. MAKE IT EASY ON ME PLEASE. SMILEY BURNETTE. THE MANAGEMENT MANOR THEATRE Nosl Everybody Trades Al The Jewel Sox 50c A Week FROM THE JEWEL BOX 75c A Week no I 50c A Week , 50c A Week I 50c Weekly Easy Terms Cost You Nothing Extra 3-DIAMOND BAND 50c A Week Engraved Band 50c A Week $49= I $1.00 A Week ‘5722 §1.25 A Week i $67= $1.50 A Week M A MONO ILLUSTRATIONS IN LA ROEO TO SHOM DETAIL BUY U. S. BONDS AND STAMPS It's Easy To Buy — It's Easy To Pay — The Jewel Box Way
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