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2,436 ENROLLED FOR CD WORK Month Of April Shows An Increase Of 469 Over March A total of 2,436 volunteers for civilian defense work have been enrolled by the New Hanover De fense council through the month of April, George Stearns, secretary of the council announced Wednes day. Of this total, 2.038 were enrolled for the citizen's defense corps and 372 were enrolled in the arm\ in formation-filter center with 26 in the health services. The month of April showed an increase 469 over the month of March. The total enrollment through March was 1,967. A breakdown of the increases was given by Mrs. Stearns. During April, the total number of Air Raid Wardens was increased from 335 to 518. Auxiliary police were in creased from 165 to 200. Messen gers were increased from 94 to 2i3. Mr. Stearns pointed out that these figures represented the character istic increases through all branch es. A total of 117 citizens have com pleted their basic training course in the various' divisions and have received their arm bands. There are about 728 additional volunteers now taking the basic training courses and will complete them at an early date, Mr. Stearns revealed. “It is entirely possible that more volunteers have completed their training courses than we have on record at the defense council.” Mr. Stearns said. “But. at the present time,” he added several first aid instructors have not submitted their reports and no arm bands can be issued until the applicant pre sents his qualifications.” 3 CHINESE BRACE POSITIONS AGAINST REINFORCED JAPS (Continued From Page One) Chinese units had disrupted Jap anese communications between the Mandalay-Lashio area and Bharro and Mvitkyina to the north. However. Chungking disclosed that the Japanese had opened up a new fr,ont by advancing north ward up the Mekong river from Thailand into the Burma-Thailand French Indo-China border region and have occupied the town of Hongluk. Then they pressed on | toward Mongko where the Chinese engaged them. The communique reported also that another Japanese column was battling the Chinese at Kongkum on the Salween river, but these actions were said to have taken place late last week. The Berlin radio reported from Tokyo meantime that three Chung king divisions had been annihilated in the Burma, fighting and named them as the 58th, 80th ad 200th. The remnants still fighting in Burma were described by the Jap anese as guerillas. Tokyo claimed they were trapped by the destruc tion of a bridge over the Salween river. While Britisif land units, trying to extricate themselves from Bur ma, withdrew closer to the Assam border, a military spokesman at New Delhi discounted Japanese re ports of success in encircling Brit ish remnants. 3 D. C. HOWARD GETS SEVEN-YEAR TERM (Continued from Page One) sent Bell, moved for a dismissal which Judge C. Everett Thompson denied. Bell then took the stand in his own behalf and composedly denied ever seeing the woman until taken to her by police officers two days after the alleged assault, or having ever been in her home. “I told her that she had never seen me and I had never seen her,'’ the young negro declared in de scribing how police officers took him to the alleged victim for identi fication. He further declared that the wom an had first said that he was not her attacker and then changed her mind after talking to one of the po lice officers. Recounting how he spent the day of the alleged attack, Bell said that he spent the nig.-t at the home of his grandfather, William Harrison | at 019 North Ninth street. He said he got up around 10 a. m., ate breakfast and then went down to the waterfront to see about a job and was there at noon, the time of the alleged assault on the woman. Upon cross-examination by Solici tor Sinclair, the negro said he had served four terms on the county farm and 18 months on the roads for larceny and that he had return ed from the roads on Tuesday before he was arrested for the crime on Saturday. After taking up the whole of Tues day afternoon's session with the se lection of a jury, Solicitor Sinclair opened the case for the state by placing the urported victim of the attack on the stajid. She declared that a negro came to her home and, after knocking on the door, asked her for some pecans. She told him that the pecans were sold at an adjoining house and re turned to her kitchen where she was preparing dinner for her husband. The same negro, she said, then came into the kitchen, ignored her commands to get out, and assaulted her. Benny Padgett, a roomer in the house, then testified that the wom an told him that a negro had choked her and thrown her to the floor but said that she did not tell him that she had been assaulted at the time. The state also put City Policeman L. E. Sykes and City Detective Hu bert Hayes, the arresting officers, the husband of the victim and Dr. J. Goldstein on the stand. Dr. Goldstein testified that he could not determine if the woman had been attacked or not. -V Commander Hawes Awarded Gold Star WASHINGTON, May 13. —(1P) — The Navy announced today that a Gold Star, equivalent to a second Navy Cross, had been awarded to Lt. Commander Richard Ellington Hawes, 48. of Thomson, Ga., for heroism as commander of the minesweeper Pigeon during a heavy Japanese bombing attack on the Cavite, P. I., Naval base last December. Disclosure of the award include details of the Pigeon’s heroic ex ploits throughout the weeks that the battle for Manila Bay was go ing on and until her final destruc tion by Japanese bombs at Corre gidor. There was no personnel loss due to this last bombing and Hawes and the members of his crew are presumed to be prison ers of the Japanese. 3 TT WEATHER (Continued From Page One) WASHINGTON, May 13.—(/P)—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Asheville —..- 74 60 0.00 Atlantic City - 65 57 0.00 Boston --- 85 65 0 00 Charlotte - 73" 60 0.00 Cincinnati _ 87 58 0.00 Cleveland - 85 59 0.00 Galveston - 84 75 0.00: Kansas City_ 77 69 0.00 Little Rock _ 79 66 0.20 Miami _ 85 72 0.00 Mobile _ 80 64 0.00 Pittsburgh __ 84 57 0.00 Richmond __ 82 60 0.00 San Antonio _I_ 92 85 0.00 Washington _ 84 65 0.00 Wilmington _ 74 66 0.00 -— ■ ‘ NO ERSATZ'FOR OJD QUAKER! There is no substitute for Time ... or for the richer taste that 5 years of aging impart to Old Quaker. So... advance and be recognized! No "ersatz" can take the place of this truly magnificent whiskey! NOW . . . TASTE 5 YEAR OLD , I $>35 SPECIAL RESERVE STRAIGHT WHISKEY Q“~ ^i^ifni..>nii»iiiqnf.«iwnOf.TltllWIUiltm5STmia|».tHiOUIQmi[mo..UWHEHCEHH6.IHD. City Briefs CONVENTION SERMON The annual sermon to the state convention of the Interna tional Order of Odd Fellows will be preached at the Fifth Avenue Methodist church, Sun day night at 8 o’clock, by the pastor, the Reverend C. D. Barclift. The public is cordial ly invited to attend. DEMOCRATS TO MEET The New Hanover county Democratic party will hold its convention in the Superior courtroom at noon Friday, County Chairman Aaron Gold berg said Wednesday. _ * .JOB TESTS PLANNED Examinations for state clerical and public welfare posi tions will be held here and at It other centers throughout the state on May 16. Admission slips have been mailed to ap proximately 2,679 persons, in cluding 105 here. RE-ARRESTED Sheriff’s deputies said Eu gene Campbell, of 601 Camp bell street, who escaped from the James Walker' Memorial hospital late Tuesday evening, was re-arrested Wednesday evening and placed in jail. They said they arrested Camp bell about a week ago on a charge of begging on the streets and placed him in the hospital for treatment. INDICTED True bills were returned by the grand jury Wednesday against Walter B. Morgan, soldier charged with man slaughter in the death of Joe Allen, 10-year-old Greensboro boy, and Leford Coleman, cnarged with larceny of an automobile. ACCOUNTING POSTPONED The unavoidable absence of several members of the Navy Relief fund campaign commit tee has made it necessary to postpone the final accounting of collections until Thursday, Mayor Hargrove Bellamy has announced. FALES SPEAKS Harry E. Faies, superinten dent of New Hanover Bureau of Identification, spoke on “War-Time Identification’’ at a meeting of auxiliary police, air raid wardens and other civilian defense workers Wednesday night in KenansviUe. TOPIC ANNOUNCED Rev. James R. Lee, pastor of the Sixth Street Advent Christian church, who is con ducting a series of evangelistic services at the gospel tent at 1014 South Fourth Street, an nounced yesterday that he would speak Thursday night at 8 o’clock on the subject, “Rus sia, Germany and Italy in the Prophecies of the Last Days.’’ Mr. Lee said, “The very names of these nations are call ed in the Bible. The part they are to have in the final strug gle of the earth and its outcome are defhiitely stated.” SERVICES CONTINUE Last evening closed another successful service of the revival now in progress at The Church of God, 1121 South Fourth street. Evangelist Thea F. Jones who is conducting the revival gave an other very interesting message on “The Penitent Thief,” the text Luke 23:42-43. Salary Differentials Will Be Considered RALEIGH May 13.— <.T> —The State School Commission will meet here tomorrow to consider two salary problems which have caused considerable controversy within the last few years — differentials in pay between city and county super intendents and between white and negro teachers. Prior to the commission session, recommendations will be presented to the commission’s salary com mittee by a selected group of city and county superintendents who have conducted a study of the pay differentials. GASOLINE B CARD SHORTAGE IS FELT (Continued From P«ie One) ed more smoothly today after the first day had given registrars an opportunity to get better acquaint ed with tthe setup. They reported the confusion which developed yesterday prin cipally as a result of the fact that an estimated 50 per cent of the applicants asked X cards for un limited purchases had been eased with clarification of the status of traveling salesmen. A Washington ruling requires them to have B cards and supple ments, if needed, with the X cards limited to definite classes of other drivers. The demand for B cards was reported to have made the short age of these especially great in Nort Carolina and the vicinity of Charleston, S. C. Regional officials pointed out that the cards had been sent out by Washington on the basis of population and these areas ran short because of large numbers of non-residents there in connection with military establish ments. Elsewhere in the region the sup ply was reported short in spots, and it was feared some school reg istration centers would exhaust their supplies entirely before to morrow night. Officials said the supply of basic A cards was ad equate, however. jtigL What People 1 Think About This, That Four persons, picked at random on the streets of Wilmington, were asked this Question: “What did you do in your first blackout,” and the following were the answers. A. A. Whitley, welder — “1 was in Norfolk. When the warning signal was sounded, I went for cover with the rest of the folks. I didn’t know but what it might be the real thing. Granby street was 4he quietest it’s ever been.” W. R. Northway, photographer— “I travel a lot on advertising work. Was in Florida during my first blackout. Tried out some of the new infra-red blackout flash bulbs and got some swell pictures.” J. C. Benton, tourist now getting home before gas ra tioning begins— “I was scared , as hell. Got caught 6n the highway in a heavily wooded section. 1 expected a holdup any minute, but luckily noth ing happened. Only had about $500 on me at that time.” OO E Frady, salesman — “I didn’t do anything but sit in a hotel lobby until the blackout was over. I’ve been in darn near every one held in Eastern North Caro lina. Seems like my schedule puts me in a town just when its testing a blackout.” William Walker Will Go To Annapolis A 23-year-old Wilmingtonian, William McDonald Walker, has been ordered to report to Annapo lis on May 15 for a four-month training course at the Naval acad emy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker. 1915 Pender avenue. Mr. Walker is a graduate of Wake Forest college, having fin ished a pre-medical course there in 1941. He enrolled in the Naval Reserve, Class V-7 for officer’s training, and upon the completion of his course will be commissioned an ensign in the navy. It was also learned Wednesday that the following men had com pleted their naval recruit training at the Naval Training Station, Nor folk; Ernest Wright Habenicht, Obed Lee Malpass, Clarence Little, Wil mer Dugal Edens, and Wade Car son Skipper. These men were en listed through the Wilmington re cruiting office and their homes are in Wilmington or nearby counties. --—V Zebulon B. Vance Is Memorialized ASHEVILLE, N. C.. May 13.—W —Memorial services commemorat ing the 112th anniversary of the birth of Zebulon Baird Vance, one of North Carolina’s outstanding public figures, were conducted at noon today before the granite mon ument that stands in his honor on Pack Square. Representatives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Asheville chapter of B’nai B’rith and Kiffin Rockwell post of the American Legion participated in the service which was climaxed with the placing of a wreath at the foot of the monument. 3 _\r _ HOUSE VOTES MEN $50 MONTH, BUT CUT SEEN (Continued From Page One) these rates to $42. It also provides increases for all grades of enlisted men. With the same increases for equivalent naval grades, first class privates now receiving $36 would be raised to $48 by the Senate bill and $54 by the House bill, corpor als now receiving $54 would be paid $66 under both measures. Sergeants and petty officers now paid $60, $72, $84 and $126, depend ing upon their grade, would be paid $78, $96, and $114 and $138. Second Lieutenants and ensigns would be raised from 125 to $150 with simultaneous increases in their rental and food allowances. Rep. Brooks (D.-La.) inserted in the Congressional record figures showing that under the bill, the American soldier and Blue-Jacket, would be the second best paid in the world. Australian rates, alone, are higher, he said. 3 SECOND SHIP SUNK IN ST. LAWRENCE (Continued From Page One) down with its two torpedoes but that the other, struck by only one, sank in six minutes. Most of the missing men were asleep when their ship was attack ed. Twenty-nine of their ship mates managed to cling to rafts until picked up by the rescue ves sel. The one who died of exposure was buried today with merchant marine honors in which most of the survivors engaged. I_ Output Of Stoves By Large Producers Will Halt July 31 WASHINGTON, May 13— UP) — The British principle of “concen tration of production” was employ ed by the War Production Board for the first time today in an order halting output of cooking and heat ing stoves by large producers after July 31 but permitting continued production by a group of small manufacturers. Another innovation in the stop order designated 3r “labor short age areas” in 15 states and pro hibited large or small stove com panies in those areas from con tinuing production after July 31. Electric stoves were not affected. Concentration of production — that is, requiring the bulk of an industry to convert to war work while concentrating the industry’s permitted civilian output in a few firms—is a long-debated technique which has been used in GQ R E A T Britain for some time and which officials her prdict may be ex tended to other United States in dustries. One official described today’s or der as “something of a trial bal loon—we want to see how it works” -V 100 Bombs Dropped In Sinking Three British Destroyers ALEXANDRIA. May 13.— UP) — Nazi high-level bombers dropped more than 100 bombs in two sep arate attacks to sink the modern British destroyers Lively, Jackal and Kipling off the Libyan coast' Monday, British naval officers said today. The Admiralty announced the loss of the warships yesterday. They went down under direct hits with their guns flinging one of the heaviest barrages seen for weeks in the Mediterranean as the Nazis attacked in waves of from five to ten aircraft. A fourth destroyer, H. M. S. Jer vis, picked up over 500 survivors after the bombings ceased at nightfall. 3 rHIRD SHIP IS SUNK IN GULF OF MEXICO (Continued From Page One) if we had not built those rafts.” Mrs. Ruby C'ompte, gathering shells on the beach, saw the at tack and ran to the oceanfront home of a neighbor, Mrs. Pat En. right, wife of the Miami Herald’s Cartoonist. They reported the loss by telephone, then went back to the beach. “By the time we got back,” said Mrs. Compte, “the front part of the ship was going under. iWe couldn’t see any signs of survivors from where we were.” 3 _\r_ Scouts May Be Used In Harvesting Crops RALEIGH, May 13.— {&) —State employment officials said today they were considering an offer from scout officials to send Boy Scout units equipped with mobile camp ing outfits to supplement under manned farm labor forces in North Carolina. E. H. Bakken, national rural scouting director and Claude Hum phreys, Raleigh scout executive, ex tended the offer as one possibility for saving the State’s bumper truck crop now threatened by a shortage of hands to harvest it. They em phasized the Scouts would not go into competition with labor, but would ask fair wages. Give Your Feet An Ice-Mint Treat Get Happy, Cooling Relief For Burning Callouses—Put Spring In Your Step Don’t groan about tired, burning feet. Don't moan about callouses. Get busy and give them an Ice-Mint treat. Feel the com forting, soothing coolness of Ice-Mint driv ing out fiery burning . . . aching tiredness. Rub Ice-Mint over those ugly hard old cal louses, as directed. See how white, cream like Ice-Mint helps soften them up—chase them away. Get foot happy today the Ice Mint. way. Your druggist has Ice-Mint. CO-OPS ARE ADAPTABLE In fitting into the wartime pro gram the co-operatives ara prov ing their flexibility. In mai . j stances they are comm™’ i changing their types of operate Some Suggestions / About Paying Your Telephone Bill You will save time when paying your telephone bill if you will keep these points in mind: When Making Payment at Business Office When paying a bill at the Company’s Business Office, be sure to bring your bill with the stub attached as this will facilitate the transaction and save you time. When Mailing Cheek tor Payment, Send Stub When mailing payment for a bill detach and in close the stub of your bill with the payment. Retain the bill for your record. Cancelled checks are generally accepted as receipts, therefore re ceipts for checks mailed to us are not issued unless requested. Cash by Mail There is considerable risk in sending cash by mail. In mailing remittances we suggest that check, money order or registered letter be used. J. L. SMITH, Manager Southerii Bell Telephone nno Telegraph [oiapaas INCORPORATED ai ■ ■■ iii i——...1.1 _ FOOD iMSMtmK ^ BOOMS W/m ) /&/ J BY ORDER ODT NO. 6 (Issued April 20, 1942) UNCLE SAM ASKS FOR SHARP R UCTIONS ICE DELIVERY-SERVICE EFFECTIVE MAY 15, 1942 NO SPECIAL DELIVERIES---NO CALL BACKS ORDER PROVIDES THAT EFFECTIVE MAY 15, NO ICE COMPANY WILL BE PERMITTED TO MAKE ANY SPECIAL DELIVERIES EXCEPT TO HOS- | PITALS, THE ARMED FORCES, AND IN EMERGENCIES IN WHICH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE IMPERILED. IT ALSO PROHIBITS ANY COMPANY FROM MAKING ANY CALL BACKS. AND FROM MAKING MORE THAN ONE DELIVERY A DAY TO ANY ONE i PERSON OR CONCERN. 1 i'HE ORDER FURTHER PROVIDES THAT AFTER JUNE 1, 1942, EVERY COMPANY MUST REDUCE THE TOTAL MONTHLY MILEAGE OF ITS RUB- I BER-TIRED VEHICLES TO 75% OF THE TOTAL MILEAGE OPERATED IN THE CORRESPONDING MONTH LAST YEAR, EXCLUSIVE OF THE MILE- - AGE ELIMINATED AS A RESULT OF DISCOL TINUING SPECIAL DE LIVERIES, CALL'BACKS AND MORE THAN ONjs DELIVERY PER DAY l TO ANY CUSTOMER. I 1 The term “SPECIAL DELIVERY" is de fined as a delivery made at the special i instance of a particular person or firm, I other than as a part of a regular sche duled delivery service. ) A “CALL BACK” is defined to mean an; I call by a vehicle at the premises of an; person or customer subsequent to the first call on any given day, regardless of what i the call is made for. ' Sec. 501.32 prohibits (among other things any “Local Carrier” (Ice company or iff dealer: I —Making more than one delivery per da; I to any one person except in cases when special deliveries are authorized; provided. J however, that when a single day’s require I ments of any customer exceed the capaeitj of a single truck, such additional trues loads as may be nececssary will be con i sidered as one trip. ICE CUSTOMERS: Your cooperation in helping us comply with the new regulations on ice delivery will be greatly appreciated. By working together we will be able to effect the advantages desired by Uncle Sam in the all-out-for victory effort; and at the same time maintain ice delivery services that will comply with your needs. BUY WAR BONDS ' AND . » $ STAMPS NOW! INDEPENDENT ICE CO. 614 Brunswick Street Dial 6678 ROSE ICE & COAL CO. 6 South 12th Street Dial 6974 PLEASE TELEPHONE YOUB ORDERS BEFORE 1:30 EACH DAY
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