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MAID TESTIFIES IN PATON TRIAL Charges Former Employer With ‘Being In Love’ With Minister WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 23 -OP!—The late Mrs. Anna H. Pa ton, 78 year old at the time -of her death last year, was “in love” with the Rev. Dr. Henry Darling ton, 53, and “anybody could see it.” a witness declared in West chester surrogate’s court today. Annie Chalkley, a maid in the Paton household for 18 years, tes tified for three relatives of Mrs. Paton who seek to break the will by which Mrs. Paton gave 30 per cent of her 51,300,000 estate to Dr. Darlington and the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City of which he is rector. Taxes have ruced the estate to approximate S800.000. Dr. Darlington had "great in fluence’’ over Mrs. Paton, Miss Chalkley said. The contestants—Mrs. Elijah H. Siter, sister-in-law ot Mrs. Paton, and two nieces, Mrs. Mary S. Owen and Mrs. Elizabeth S. Pem berton—claim that Dr.'Darlington "unduly influenced” Mrs. Paton by carrying on a love affair with her and thus persuaded her to make him a beneficiary. Asked if Mrs. Paton ever gave Dr. Darlington money, Miss Chalk ley replied, "Yes,” and added that once when Mrs. Paton was making out a check for Dr. Darlington in her bedroom, "Dr. Darlington said ‘You should be thankful to have' It to give’ and then he turned to; me and said ‘Shouldn’t she, An nie?’ and I said Yes.’ ” Dr. Darlington lunched or dined with Mrs. Paton almost daily,! Miss Chalkey testified, and some j times he stayed overnight at Nir vana, Mrs. Paton’s country estate at Irvington-on-Hudson, sleeping in what was known as the "Darling ton room. ’ j Miss Chalkley said that Dr. Dar lington’s friendship changed Mrs. Paton's life in many ways. She suddenly became a regular at tendant at Dr. Darlington’s church the witness said, where before she had declared she was an atheist who “did not believe in church nor in God, nor the devil.” -V RADIO CLASSES BEGIN RALEIGH, June 23—(IP—Classes in radio communication for 50 men employed by the Army Signal Corps were begun at N. C. State College here today. Special Values In 3-Plece LIVING ©i|Q CA ROOM SUITS up H. BERGER & SON FURNITURE CO. 707 N. 4th St. Dial 5128 MONEY TO LOAN ON ANYTHING OF VALUE No Loan Too Large—None Too Smal' Cape Fear Loan Office Ll'GGAGE HEADQUARTERS 13 S. Front St. Dial 21858 NICE STOCK OF RADIOS, PIANOS AT PRE-WAR PRICES Buy Before Stocks Exhausted McGrath & co. 108 Market Dial 354t EYE STRAIN FREQUENTLY ' effects one’s general health. Are ' yon sure of your eyes — Come 1 iu for a careful examination. SEE US TO SEE BETTER Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted DR. W. A. KAMER Bulluck Building REGARDIESS? OF' THE PRICE \ iYOU PAY l. . 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Citizens Buy 30 $100 War Bonds At Postoffice With a total of 30 $100 War bonds being purchased yester day at the Wilmington postof fice, Postmaster Wilber R, Dosher said the sale was the second highest in June. Tuesday’s unusual sale of high value bonds was exceeded only on June 16, when 35 were bought. The purchase price of bonds and stamps yesterday was $3, 768.75, with a maturity value of $5,025. - V 14 Negroes Sent To Bragg From County Draft Board Sent to Fort Bragg for induction into the Army yesterday were 14 lo cal negro registrants of the first and second draft registrations through county board No. 2. The following were inducted: Van Wesley Dove. Jr.. 104 Mercer avenue; Roger McAllister, Castle Hayne; Norman Grady. Castle Hayne; Talmadge Harlee White, Scotts Hill; Isaiah Nixon, 16 1-2 McRae’s Alley; Benny Rudolph Rhodes, 210 1-2 Hydrangea Place; Joe Bryant, Wilmington; Frank Southerland. Oakfield, JST. Y.; James Wesley Dinkins, R.F.D. 2, Wilmington; William Greene, R.F. D. 3, Wilmington; Sammie Le e Canty, R.F.D. 1, Wilmington; James Leonard, R F.D. 2, Wil mington; and James Witherspoon, Kures Beach. John David Thomas was transferred from Thomasville. Ga. 4 of women who find welcome relief from periodic pain, headache and nervousness with CHICHESTERS PILLS. Note—contain no narcot ics or habit-forming drugs. PAe Take as directed. All good 3 V druggists carry them. andub Very Important! Proper— WHEEL ALIGNMEHT SEE US FOR DEPENDABLE SERVICE OF ALL KINDS Baugh-McConnell Motors Dodge—Plymouth—Dodge Truck! Four U. S. Officers Finish Tough Test In Irish Hills _ BY RICE YAHNER WITH THE U. S. ARMY IN NORTHERN IRELAND, June 23. —(Wide World)—To find out what a man can do and prove it io him self—they “exhuase them and then —exhaust them again” on the “give ’em hell course.” And four young United States Army officers, selected for initia tive and adaptability, have proved to themselves—and incidentally to some of the toughest soldiers of the British army — that they can take the worst of the famed “bat tle course” and come up for more. Just since Singapore have the British devised the training meth od to “attune their men to war” and instituted it to develop peak endurance and initiative in the in dividual-then demand a bit more. The superhuman effort, the try above all that reasonably can be expected of a healthy, trained man is the little bit more that wins skirmishes, battles and campaigns, say the British officers who are directing the grueling grind to bring soldiers the atmosphere of war, the noises and “feel” of battle —in short, everything but death or serious injury. The four U. S. officers who went through the training grind for three weeks—a week longer than ever before — are Lieutenants Robert Rushton, of Red Oak, la.; Donald M. Andrews, Webster City, la.: Arnold Brandt Austin, Minn.; and Goodman G. Greller, Minneapolis. They went back to their units to give United States troops the same toughening. “That kind of stuff either puts you in shape or kills you” declar ed 26 - year - old Rushton, dripping perspiration and puffing from a walk and trot of 2 1-2 miles in 15 minutes. He obviously was speak ing for his three companions, wringing wet with sweat, dirty wa ter and mud from sloshing, slither ing and slogging over the Irish hills, streams and bogs of the seemingly interminable b attle course. “If you’d told us a week before we started this thing that we were going to run and walk 15 miles in two hours we’d told you you were crazy as hell,” chimed in Andrews, as chunky as Rushton was slim. “We’ve doubled (time) up hill, ubled down hill, done spider crawls, jumped off walls, thrown ourselves at barbed wire,” Rushton puffed. “I’ve never drunk so much water in my life and I never felt better. But look at my belt. It was tight when I started, but I could put a pillo^ in there now—if I had a pillow. One pack of cigarets lasts two days now, instead of two a day. Don’t get time to smoke anymore and if we did we’d be too tired to do anything but rest.” Only halfway through the course the four young officers were fight ing mad. The battle course is de signed to change their frame of mind as well as their physical con dition. “And, boy, if we can do it every American soldier can,” sa i d Brandt, six-foot-two, 200 pounder, said. “I don’t know how much weight I’ve lost—haven’t had time to get weighed—but I know my pants don’t fit and I have to take up my pack straps every day.” Tuned up physically the officers are griping like happy soldiers. “If we can do this much we can do anything,” said Andrews. He, like all the rest had been in non DANCING Under Proper Instruction • Dancing is highly beneficial. 1' teaches poise, self confidence and is unequaled as a body builder. Your child enrolled now under the gui dance of Helen Rene will show an improvement this summer that cannot be measured in dollars. Helen Rene Dance Studio 215 Princess Dial 2-1110 r too-exerting jobs since they have been in the Army. In civilian life all had been desk or “inside” workers, on jobs like accounting, merchandizing or administrative jobs. Then, on less than a day’s notice they were turned over to British instructors who had known the stress of battle and had lived “on the double for months. Originally there were 45 men in the class which the four United States soldiers joined. Halfway through the course there were only 30, but all the Americans were still there, dropping themselves down sheer stone walls by knotted ropes, pulling themselves up quarries hand over hand, crawling through reeds or snaking themselves over oozy ground. And all this with machinegun and rifle bullets whopping about ten feet away from their legs, land mines exploding so close that the concussion whipped their clothes and showered them with mud. It’s all a part of the creation of the atmosphere of war, to teach men to use their initiative and act automatically no matter what might be happening. “Hell, explosions don’t worry us any more.” says Rushon. “All we want to do is get the job done and get back.” And Capt. Adrian Tanner's “damn well done” is given as a well-earned compliment to the U. S. soldiers in the school. Only 26 years old. he’s six foot four and weighs 210 pounds even after daily accompanying the men he's in structing. “They’re very keen, doing all the jobs,” he adds. Major Robert Bickersteth, 34 year-old Scot, says the Americans “put their backs into it.” A Sea forth Highlander, he’s been almost everything that is tough, even giv ing up his commission to enlist in ski troops that were to fight in Fin land. When the campaign “didn’t come off” he went back to his reg ment and was selected one of the ones to make the British soldiers the toughest in the world. “In other wars you could move soldiers into quiet sectors, then up into reserve where they could ex perience war and inure themselves to it without too great danger,” the Major explains. “The campaigns of this war have taught us that all must be done before the men are exposed to the enemy. They might find them selves in a scrap anytime wherev er they age.” And everything’s done “on the double” in battle school. Especially going to bed. 3 -v Menhaden Fishermen Becoming Hard To Get SOUTHPORT, June 23.—Captain John Eriksen reported more trou ble in getting crews for the men haden boats Monday Enough men to handle the heavy nets were simply not available While wages on the boats are considerably advanced over l»st year, the fishermen at this season of the year are falling very short of making as much as they can make at the shipyards and army camps. In addition, fishing in June, July and August is hot work. Re sults are that two or three times a week not enough men turn up to man the crafts and they have to stay in port while the officers en deavor to round up a crew for the next day. _v TO ENLIST SOUTHPORT MEN SOUTHPORT, June 23. — Navy Recruiting officers will bejiere the 25th, Thursday, for the purpose of enrolling young men in the Naval Reserves. It is stated that young men who are about to be called for the draft may still enlist in the Naval Reserves, where they will have opportunities to learn a trade and make good money. Enlist ments will be for the duration of the war onlw- 3. army families BENEFIT BY AER Relief Organization Gives Aid To Those Left At Home During the fortnight July 5 - 18 the Camp Davis section of the Army Emergency Relief will give civilians of this vicinity an oppor tunity to show their support of this relief work by becoming members at large of the Fourth Corps area branch of the organization. The council of the Camp Davis section wishes to acquaint the pub lic with the work that has been done and the vastly increased bur den ahead. The following two case nuiuira are presented as typical of many cases that have been handled. For obvious reasons real names and regimental designations are not used in the case histories. Corporal John Doe went with the YXZ33 regiment to Australia. He had been" transferred to that regi ment one week before it left and had been unable to arrange to send his wife and children to his parents. There were two children, one four years old and one two and a half months. A visitor from the Camp Davis Welfare Association found the fam ily without funds, fuel or food. The mother asked for a loan to pay a few bilks and to buy tickets to Blankville, Virginia. In Richmond a doctor chanced to look at the infant, found it very ill, and ar ranged for its admittance to a baby hospital. The mother took the other child on to her husband’s mother. The Association was advised of t hi s and telegraphed cancelling t he loan- ar.d making it a gift. Thtr Red Cross took over the care of the infant. Staff Sergeant Richard Roe went with the XYZAA regiment to Ha waii. He had a wife and three children. He put in fcr a maxi mum allotment for them out of his pay. He applied for this the day the regiment was notified to prepare for departure. He left expecting „the allotment to start the following pay day. There was delay in Washington and it was seven weeks before the first payment came. The landlord postponed rental payment but food vendors wished cash as did the coal dealers. When the case was reported to the Welfare Association by a neigh bor, fuel was exhausted and the family was eating one very meager meal a day. A loan was made and a telegram sent to the Finance Department in Washington to ex pedite payment of the allotment. These are two types of cases They happened before any troops got into combat. Now we have the cases of dead and missing soldiers whose dependents must wait until authoritative determination of fact of death is made. Immediate re lief in the interim is necessary. Major Gen. F. H. Smith, who gave these case histories, closed his account with an appeal: “Join the AER and help prepare to meet this call. An annual mem bership costs $1.00. A life mem bership is $100.00. Contributions may be of any size. No one will come to dun you. We ask tnose so inclined to look up one of our col lectors during the period from July 5 to July 18.” x r Bottling Company Presents Games To Camp Davis Approximately 1,000 games of various kinds were received by the Special Serivces Officer at Camp Davis Tuesday. These games, which will be dis tributed to all units in the anti aircraft training center, were do nated by the Coca Cola Bottling Co., of Atlanta. The games, sim ilar to those donated last fall by the same company, were delivered to Camp Davis under the super vision of W. L. Sheffield, manager of the Wilmington Coca Cola Co. The contribution includes such games as table tennis, d arts, checkers, an d various marble games. ... - ■ ‘ii —ggeamg PARK & 'IILFORD KENTUCKY BRED KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY $135 $055 '/'6otttUt ■ PINT '“QUART /nU 5\earsOW | Phone By dialing this number in emergency you will help avoid delay in restoring service. Calling any other number than the one listed here interferes with the prompt dispatch in correcting the trouble. Remember, Call Only (Ailer 11 P. M. Call Emergency Number 7451} TIDE WATER POWER CO. Mrs. Frederic H. Smith Urges Meeting Attendance Wives and daughters of officers and civilian personnel at nearby Army posts were requested Tues day to attend a meeting Friday morning at 10 o’clock at the Sec ond and Orange street USO hut, by Mrs. Frederic H. Smith, wife of the commanding general at Camp Davis. Mrs. Smith said tnat defense wcrk of an important nature will be discussed. -V 15 Persons Convicted On Traffic Violations Eight persons were fined in Re corder’s court yesterday on charges of making illegal left turns and seven for violation of the stop law. Fined one third of the costs for violation of the stop law were Thomas D. Beckham, James 1. Thomas D. Beckham, James L. Bennett, Ivey A. Carney. Carl R. Edward M. Usher. J. C. Freeman was fined two thirds of the set cost on the charge. Stephen Hawkins, A. E. Hinson, Donald E. Pauli. Richard Powers, G. H. Purvis, Wilson Rogers, Paul Thompson and Mrs. A. E. Wilson were fined one third the set cost on charges of making illegal left turns. Robert Henry Cherry was taxed one third the set cost on a charge of double parking and B. W. Dick inson was taxed one third the set cost on a charge of crashing a red light. C. A. Triplett was taxed one third the set cost on a charge of parking in a bus zone. Charged with escaping from the county farm, J. W. Macon was sen tenced to 30 days in jail to be as signed to the county farm. The sen tence was ordered to begin at the expiration of the present term. Henry Williams wavied prelim inary examination on a charge of crime against nature and was bound over to Superior court under $500 bond. 3 Snow’s Cut Designated On Geographical List A resolution requesting that Snow’s Cut be designated as the name of a land division, which connects Myrtle Grove Sound with the east side of the Cape Fear river on the inland waterway, to be used on government maps was passed by the county commission Monday. Action on the matter cam# after Chairman Addison Hewlett read a letter from the U. S. Board on Geographical Names, Department ol Interior, asking that the county ■ advise it concerning the name used most often in referring to the cut by local residents. Snow’s Cut is the name of the canal about one and three fourths miles long which connects Myrtle Point and Sugar Loaf Hill, form Cape Fear river between Doctor’s Point and Sugar LOAF Hill, form ing part of the inland waterway between Beaufort and the Cape Fear river. The cut wTas completed about ten years ago and since has been known as Snow’s Cut in honor of the late Col. W. A. Snow under whose direction it was constructed. _v_ Body of J. B. Coursey Shipped To Fayetteville SOUTHPORT. June 23. — The body of Jack B. Coursey. 32. of Fayetteville, general manager of the Cape Fear railroad, was ship ped to his home Monday morning, after Coroner John G. Caison had investigated his death and deemed an inquest unnecessary. Mr. Coursey was attempting to crank an outboard motor boat at Howell’s Point, 9 miles below Southport, Sunday night. He be came overheated and drank a quantity of ice water, death re sulting a short time thereafter. The burial permit gave the cause of his death as heart failure. -V FIRST COTTON BLOOM SOUTHPOJtT, June 23. — Bruns wick’s first cotton bloom of the season was reported on June 18th by N. A. Morrison of Southport. He brought two more blooms to town Monday morning. 3 BULLITT NOW AIDE TO COLONEL KNOX Former Russian Ambassa dor Sworn In As Assistant To Navy Secretary WASHINGTON, June 23.— UP) — William C. Bullitt, a former am bassador to Russia and France and more recently a personal represen tative of the President, was sworn in today as a special assistant to Secretary of the Navy Knox. The Navy issued this announce ment: “Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announces that the Honorable William C. Bullitt has agreed to accept an appointment as special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy and was sworn into office this afternoon. “The duties of Mr. Bullitt’s of fice are for such special assign ments as the Secretary of the Navy may make. “Mr. Bullitt, personal represen tative of the President of the Unit ed States with the rank of ambas sador, resigned that office effec tive today." 3 Bring Us Your Home-Financing Problems Years of experience in handling home loans has qualified us to render practical aid in solving your difficulties. Ample fund? to lend on acceptable security. Courteous, friendly service. BUY A WAR BOND FROM THE CAROLINA TODAY! TWO THE / MILLION DOLLAR Carolina Building and Loan Ass'n “Member Federal Home Loan Bank" C, M. BUTLER. Free. W. A. FONV1ELLE, W. D. JONES, Ser.-Treas. Aist. Sec.-Treu ROGER MOORE. T-Prea. J. 0. CARR. Att>. NOTICE Trucks, Drays and Public Vehicles New license plaies are due June 1st. 1942, for all lrucks, drays and public vehicles. Cost $1.00 per truck per year. Period: June 1st, 1942 to May 31, 1943. C. R. NORSE, Tax Collector NOTICE-DOG OWNERS Dog badges are now due and all dogs musl wear badges on collar, badges $2.00 per annum. Due June 1st, 1942. C. R. NORSE, Tax Collector NOTICE ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS IN THE EVENT OF SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS * Building Collapse lnmesJ_S 4t ftjjft HIGH POINT. N. c„ j -At least 15 women emi were injured, some serious? '65 the collapse of a second fkJ 'n of the Melrose hosiery mill ‘°°l today. ' hefe No one was killed. All those injured were Wot,. in the looping department. ^ E. K. Ingram, fire chief building inspector, said his tigation led him to believe J the side walls of the recently ° ovated structure had spread ing the roof to fall. Ingram said the structure M recently was brick-veneerea r ;f;y,hvee.ro°'w" As All ambulances and all avails, fire and police department per!„„ nel hastened to the plant on E? lish street and rendered aid The four more seriously iniUPB.. Mrs. Lela Key, fracture? ? other head injuries, shock bruises. ““ Catherine Shoemaker. compoW fracure of the right le® Mrs. Esther Bryant, back in. juri®g. ““ Mrs. Leila French, shock aM possibly other injuries.
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