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Experts Unite To Clear New Norfolk Base Area NORFOLK, June . 11— —Sev eral weeks ago Edwin Glad, a high-rigger in an Oregon lumber jack camp, was dvnamiting the tops off 185-foot trees . . . William Atcheson, a gold miner, was blast ing glaciers and bedrock in the Yukon . . John Randle was dyna miting in Texas oil fields. Today the three men are pool ing their knowledge of explosives to oren ditches and remove tree stumps in ground-clearing opera tions at Allen, one of two bases in the Norfolk area for the training of the Navy’s new construction battalions. The other base,^ for advanced training, is Bradford, near Little Creek. Any day now, Boatswain s Mate Glad and Carpenter’s Mates Atche son and Randle, together with hun dreds of other men skilled in var ious trades, will embark iOr far flung destinations outside the con tinental United States to construct, repair and maintain bases required to support the fighting fleets of the United Nations. They’re husky and busy, these Seabees, many of whom gave up lucrative occupations to enlist in the Navy’s newest arm. Take John Randle: besides working ini the oil fields, he operated a 1,240-acre ranch near Coppell, Texas where he raised white-faced cattle and yaAllen, where the Seabees receive the first half of their seven-week training course to teach them Navy ways and use of Navy equip ment, is already at full strength. Here the welders build their own school . . . others learn to camou flage Quonset huts with strips 0 vari-colored cloth hung on steel wires . . still others learn to operate giant bulldozers, graders and other road-building equipment here another group erects a huge oil storage tank as you watch. Leaving Allen, you ride down the coast a bit, turn into an " grove of towering pmes, and before you stretches a crazy-quilt pattern of hundreds of Quonset huts. Thu Work On Fifth Street To Be Completed Soon Completion is expected within 30 davs of the extension of linn street two blocks southward to pro vide another “access street for the five war housing projects ol the local Housing authority, City Manager James G. Wallace said Thursday. . Due to the scanty of paving ma terials because of the war, the city will be able to lay only a rough macadam surface on the two block stretch into Greenfield street, the city manager said. South Third street and South Front street have been the main arteries of travel between the fown town areas of the city and the five housing projects, totalling 1,275 units, now practically 100 percent occupied. The original plans had called for making the extension the same width of the street, but on motion of Councilman Edgar L. Yow in city council meeting yesterday, Ma yor Hargrove Bellamy requested members of the council to investi gate the feasibility of widening the extension. “Since the city is growing, I see no sense in continuing to keep our streets at 'the same old width Councilman Yow said. The South Fifth street plaza, separating the two lanes of traffic on the street will be continued through the extension, City Mana ger Wallace said. -V Cheese Shortage Over Due To Farmers’ Help WASHINGTON, June 11.— Iff) — A year ago Secretary of Agricul ture Wickard asked Americans to eat less cheese so that ample sup plies might be available for ship ment to Great Britain. Today, the secretary notified consumers that there was plenty t>f cheese for everyone — in fact enough for “two slices on your piece of pie instead of one.’’ Wickard said this was due to “the remarkable response of dairy men and the industry.’’ I I T* Face Savers American soldiers cover up against four-motored mosquitos as they train for bush warfare some where in the Caribbean area. (Signal Corps Piloto) is Bradford, covering more than 1,000 acres. There are thousands of men in camp now. Ultimately there will be many thousands more. A number of barracks buildings are under construction but at present all the men live in huts Each hut houses 10 men. On the doors of many are home-made signs such as “Stay Out Inn.’’ On the door of the hut housing the disbursing office is a sign lettered: “Rue de la Paix.” Bradford, where the Seabees re ceive their final training before leaving this country to build big ger and better bases in many for eign lands, was selected as the site for advanced training because the varied terrain offers many dif ficulties the Seabees will encoun ter abroad. Adjoining and within Bradford are brackish swamps, tidal estuar ies, a 100-foot fringed beach and a fresh-water lake. To make sand roads passable for vehicles, thin mats of steel mesh have been laid Distilling units take care of th« drinking water supply. A refrig erating unit not only makes ice. but shaves it. The same equip ment will go into the field with every Seabee contingent. Mobile medical and dental units operate at the camp just as they will in the field. Keeping an ever watchful eye over the twin hives of humming Seabee activity is the commanding officer of both camps, Captair James G. Ware, U. S. N. HE'S A “SELF-STARTER” PAN AMERICAN’S JOE WULLER is chief of the "Beaching Craw" Blit takes over the big, ocean-flying South American Clippers as they land. His job calls for skill and alertness at all times. He says: "You’ve got to keep your eyes open when you're beaching or launching one of our big Clippers. I've found that the ‘Self-Starter Breakfast'* helps keep me in there pitching. It’s a great favorite here »t the employees’ cafeteria, too.” ~ . ■ r* wSElF-ST4RTCRk! 1 THE dEI,ri7,ACT” m \ BREAKFAST | 1 Ato6bWfofKo«oaf*Corn^s,rt | I tome fruit and tots of m* • g l / VITMMMS I i bttifi \*'*lvAi | /\r»^'\nxiUH« a | fOOO ' Ml C1 >uqd of Keilotf* plus the famous FUAVOK « m iln.wft.oaiBSHS1 , 'LA Corn M ..r^TkMvouvrtnt to eat. VISION STANDARD LOWERED BY NAVY Men Can Qualify With 15-20 Binocular Rating; Officers Not Affected WASHINGTON, June 11— (tf) — The Navy Department announced today a relaxation of physical re quirements for enlistment in the Naval Reserve Corps affecting teeth, vision, heighth and weight. It said it thus expected to “bring about the enlistment of 1 a r ge numbers of applicants who could not qualify for service under for mer requirements.” Volunteers for enlistment now must have “sufficient teeth or suit able replacements to supply sat isfactory biting and masticatory function. Natural teeth must be serviceable and the gums and sup porting structures must be free from disease.” A binocular rating of 15-20 vi sion with not less than a 6-20 i?_ the worse eye will be accepted, providing no organic defects are present. There has been no change in the physica. requirements for ap pointment to commissioned rank in the Naval Reserve. -V Major Hatt Is Named Billeting Officer Here With the naming of Major Ken drick A. Hatt, CAC, Billeting of ficer at the Homes Registration office here Thursday. Captain S D. Frederick was relieved of the duties and resumed his post as As sistant Provost Marshal at Camp Davis. For the past year. Major Hatt has been Camp Police and Prison officer and Camp Range officer at Camp Davis. Major Hatt, his wife, and four children reside at Greenville Sound. In assuming his new duties Ma jor Hatt asked for the full co operation of Wilmingtonians in listing their vacant apartments and houses with the Homes Reg istration office. Captain Frederick lauded the cooperation he has received from the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce: George W. Jeffrey, area rent director; H. R. Emory, executive director of the Housing Authority of the city of Wilming ton, and all other federal agencies, realtors and *he press. -V Town Has Three Churches But No One For Pulpits MOUNT OLIVE, June 11.— (/P)—This town boasts three churches—Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian—all supplied by regular pastors. But this week none of the flocks has a shepherd unto whom to turn. All of the preachers are away attending a school for pastors. Boy Shoots Father; Waits For Officers To Arrive _ COLUMBUS, O., June 11.—W— An Ohio State University chemical engineer, Dr. Charles R. Owens, 37, was shot to death ip his class room today by his poetry-reading 16 year-old stepson, campus officer William North reported. Judge Clayton Rose to the juve nile court said the boy was booked there as Stedman Thompson. Students and instructors in near. by classrooms, hearing the shot, rushed to the laboratory. Officer North said they found the youth calmly waiting in the room. North said “the boy told me his father had been aggravating his mother and this seemed to him 'to be the best way to end the trou ble.” 3 -V It gets hotter in Berlin than it does in Pernambuco, Brazil, which is only eight degrees from the equator. Construction Workers' Committee Dissolved On Orders From CIO WASHINGTON, June 11— Iff1 — The CIO today dissolved its United construction workers organizing committee in a move to counter efforts to take the union into John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers. A. D. Lewis, brother of John L., has been chairman of the com mittee. He announced earlier this week that the union’s policy boar had voted to put the union under District 50 of the UMW. Today, James B. Carey, CIO secretary, made public a letter to Lewis saying the construction workers organizing committee had been dissolved and asking return of the certificate of affiliation is sued to it by the CIO.” “The Congress of Industrial Or ganizations has of course a distinct obligation to, and responsibility for the membership of the local un'ons which have been formerly affiliat ed with the United Constructions 1 Workers Organizing Committee,’ Carey added. "T h Ps„ will be afforded their to decide in a democratic for themselves their contim,^ filiation with the Congress' i* dustrial Organizations.- ' ■ S Q P A S H YeHow .4 lbs. 10c CUCUMBERS . GHZn 2 £ 9c i BUTTER BEANS . 2 £ 25c |ORANGES California . . .doz. 3fe ^TOMATOES 3lbs.for25c GUARANTEED MEATS "YOU MUST BE PLEASED OR YOUR MONEY BACK" FRESH DRESSED MILK-FED FRYING CHICKENS lb. 33c BEEF BRISKETS is lb. 15c HE A I CWTLETS.Ib. 49c W £ || B° SHOULDER RUMP ROAST lb. 33c SMOKED PICNICS.lb. 29c CUT FROM WESTERN STEERS POT ROAST lb. 29c TOP ROUND CUT FROM WESTERN STEERS CUBE STEAK. .lb. 45c CHEESE SPREADkSpST*0.35c ASSORTED COLD CUTS FOR SANDWICHES Pickle & Pimiento or Macaroni and Cheese Loaf 0*7 Lb.J / C Long Island O £ _ Ducks, lb.uOC Luxury Loaf or QA Cooked Salami, lb.Jt/C Fresh Dressed A A Fat Hens, lb.LU C LEMONS doi. 19c ^ ******* Duke Vegetable Shortening 3f- ■ '~J ( ^ Snowdrift »£• 23c ^ 45e * Pg| + Red Cross Paper Towels 2 RoUs 17c * S * Laundry Bleach . Fleecy White 13c Laundry Bluing Little Boy Blue 3 ^ 25c Nabisco Ritz Crackers y£ 21 c Dr. Phillips Grapefruit Juice 46c°z- 21 c Southern Manor Sweet Peas 2 Nt> 2 27e Cans “ * w Colonial Brand Tomato Catsup “ t£ f Oc VEGETOLE — JEWEL — FLUFFO Vegetable Shortening C».bo»l8e 69c j BIG STAB HAS THE VALUES! TRIANGLE^ CREAMERY ~ BUTTER vrou’ 42cj fi'LAIN SELF RISING Mk HIGH NARK ^ FLOUR U Lp 87cjf PEACHES.3 50c 1 HONEY HUT. 2 ~ 33c SALMON.. ^ S'2k IVORY SOAP 3 “Sir lie IVORY SOAP •,« 2 9c IVORY SNOW ... .2 SI' 19c “» 23c IVORY SNOW .. .2 S“ *9c ^g* 23e Rlue Label Dethcl ... 8c 2"c>" 19c SPNRR1TE CLEANSER_can 5c P & G NAPTHA SOAP 2 cakes Sc Chipso ..Med^ 9c Large pkg.__23c CriSC#.Can 67C 6-Ih. can _$1.33 APPLESAUCE.SC 3^ 25c TOMATOES ..52iS.;i WESSON OIL ...... S 25c QS7 47c; OXYDOL.9c LPage 23e ^ 61c CAMAY SOAP 3 cakeslilt PILLSBURY'S. D U Z.Xum 9c Pakrgge 23c p“ 63c
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