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COUNCILMEN SEND FOR RIOT SQUAD City Fathers Of Cleveland Showered With Wad ded Paper CLEVELAND, June 24.—(A>)—City Councilmen were bombarded with wadded newspapers and magazines today as they discussed the bar ring of Gerald L. K. Smith, chair man o fthe committee of 1,000,000. from appearing in a public hal here. Councilmen sent out a riot call. A score of police responded and escorted from council chambers nearly 100 women they identified as members of the United Mothers of America. The paper-wad barrage followed women’s booing at the mention of President Roosevelt and cherring for Smith, who appeared unexpect edly at a council legislative com mittee's public hearing, council men said. Chief target for the missiles was Councilman Joseph Krisek, who in troduced a motion commending Mayor Frank J. Lausche for his recent action prohibiting Smith from speaking in public hall. The motion was tabled. 3 -_V SIGNS RATIFICATION LONDON. June 24.— UP) —King George signed the ratification of the British - Russian Mutual Assis tance Pact late today. 3 Tin-re's a Bargain in BEBSPRINGS and MATTRESSES For You at Thrif-T-Sfores. Inc. _Ti So. Front St. VOTERS Of Brunswick, Co lumbus, New Han over and Pender * Counties I am most grateful for your vote and support in the First Primary, which gave me a substantial lead in the race for District Solicitor. I look forward with confi dence to June 27th, next Saturday, when you will make your final choice. I ask for your vote and as sistance on that day. If I am elected District Solicitor, I shall consider it a great honor and a sacred trust. I promise that I shall serve every part of the District impartially, will be ready at all times to answer the call of duty, will cooperate with all law enforcement offi cers, the judges, the court officials and the public, to the end that justice will be done, so far as it lies within my power. The duties of this office are important to our war effort, and I shall ■be alert to every opportu nity to serve my country in this capacity, and in every other manner possible. Won't you let me serve you? Listen in over station WMFD Friday Night at 10:00 P.M., when Clifton L. Moore will speak in behalf of his can didacy for Solicitor. Clifton L. MOORE Seamen From Sunken Ship Saved By Sub Chaser mm; Sim i Floating on life belts and ganged around an oil drum, these eight crewmen (top) of a sunken collier appeal for help as a rescue vessel draws near a few minutes after their craft was blasted by an under-water explosion off the Atlantic coast of the United States. The collier had struck a mine. Bottom: A sailor, one of 44 rescued from the collier, wipes oil from his face after being hauled aboard a U. S. sub chaser. Capt. Eric Nyborg, master of the ill-fated collier, stands at the left. “X” RATION CARDS BEGIN FINAL FLING N. Y. OPA Officials Make Names Of About 70,000 Holders Public NEW YORK, June 24—1The gasoline rationing X-card, soon to by extinct by Office of Price Ad ministration order but still posses sed by some 70,000 New Yorkers began a final fling in regional OPA headquarters here today. Hooted at and booted about, both desired and damned, the X card signifies “X-crutiating” bore dom for several office of civilian defense volunteer workers and a dozen New York newspaper re porters in the last days of its har ried existence. It’s the result of an idea cooked up by regional OPA officials here who must follow out the govern ment order that the names of X card holders be made public. To type out the lists of names would have cost between $600 and $700, OPA officials said. So they called in a few office workers, a relief corpes of volunteers and the reporters—who will argue with you whether the OPA has a clever idea. At 9:30 o’clock this morning the workers began reading the list of names of those possessing the once-treasured cards. They began with the A’s in the borough of Manhattan, setting a fast pace of about 1,000 names per hour. The reporters smoked, yawned, looked at the ceiling and ocasion ally took down the name of some one who sounded interesting. Toward noon a reporter figured out that he could be sitting there for nearly 10 days if the names continued to be read at the rate of 1.000 an hour, eight hours a day. So the pace was speeded up. By 4:30 o’clock an optimist fig ured that approximately 12,000 names would have been read aloud by quitting time at 5 o’clok. But the readers were still in the I’s of Manhattan, and the boroughs of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond had still to be heard from. Estimates on how long it will take to read the whole list vary. It seems to be a matter of how long the reporters are willing to sit there. -V United Nation’s Forces May Bring Articles Into U. S. Free Of Duty Charge WASHINGTON, June 24—(®—Ar ticles imported into the U n i t ed States , its territories or posses sions by members of the armed forces of nations allied with the United States would be admitted free of duties and taxes under a resolution (H. J. Res. 327) in troduced today by Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the House Ways and Means Committee. SUnburN Cool the burn out of sunburn with the brook water cool touch of Mexican Heat Powder. No mess, no grease, great relief for chafe irritation, too. Costs little. Always demand MEXICAN!!!!! POWDER rt \j ■ 4* Navy Recruiting Officer To Interview Brunswick County Men This Week Brunswick county men interested in joining the Navy or Naval Re serve may report to Southport for an interview as a representative of Wilmington’s Navy Recruiting station will be there this week. Jesse A. Helms, First Class Pet ty Officer, will be at the South port postoffice Thursday. On Fri day and Saturday he will open a temporary station at Ash and Boli via. The Naval Reserve is offering many opportunities for men who volunteer now, and many new clas ses have been opened in the past few weeks, the recruiter said. In accordance with the service pay bill recently passed by Coo gress, all wages in the Navy have been raised considerably, he point ed out. The Recruiting office here said it particularly desirable to contact men who face the draft call m the near future. Despite the cor fused idea that has become quite general, it was explained that men who have been called for indue tion may still enlist in the Navai Reserve, even a few days before their date of induction. POLICEOFFICERS MEET HERE TODAY Approximately 200 Men To Be Addressed By FBI, Other Officials Approximately 200 officers, in cluding men from city police forces, sheriff’s offices, groups employed at defense projects and military police from the Army and Marines, from southeastern North Carolina are expected to attend a one-day quarterly police confer ence for law enforcement officers conduted by the F.B.I. here to day. Auxiliary police offiers who were recently appointed due to the national emergeny are invited to attend the conference if they have taken an oath. Conducting the conferene will be Edward Scheidt, speial agent in charge of the F. B. I. at Char lotte: Albert Coates, director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and Walter Anderson, chief of police at Winston-Salem. Subjets to be discussed during the conferene are espionage, sab otage and subversive activities with particular reference to prob lems in North Carolina, counties, cities and towns: training of po lice and pol'ce auxiliarv in duties of law enforcement officers under air raid conditions, in blackouts and in civilian protection phases of civilian defense, and ways in which law enforcement officers can cooperate with local civilian protection organizations in the re spective counties, cities and towns. Schools already has been con ducted in Charlotte, Asheville, Ra leigh and Greenville. —-——V An occasional application of tight machine oil to nickel-plated or chromoum parts will prevent rusting. TWO NEGROES DIE OF ROAD INJURIES Condition Of Three Others Reported ‘Fair’ By Hos pital Attaches When the automobile in which they were ridiag left the highway and crashed into a tree at Hamp stead at 5:30 o’clock Wednesday morning, one negro Marine Base worker was killed instantly, an other died about 15 hours later and three others were injured. George Baker, of Fayetteville, a concrete finisher at the Marine Base and driver of the automobile, was killed instantly. Before the body could be removed it was necessary to pry apart the wreck age of the demolished automobile. John Townsend, of Charleston, S. C., owner of the car, died at 9 o’clock Wednesday night at the James Walker Memorial hospital. Condition of the other three, Alex Tucker, Will Fare and Cleve Mock, all of Fayetteville, was reported “fair” last night by hospital at taches. According to witnesses, the auto mobile, traveling at a high rate of speed, left the right side of the highway some 700 yards above the scene of the impact, veered diagonally across the highway and smashed into the tree which was about five feet from the edge of the road. The automobile was traveling toward Wilmington. The only theory advanced for the cause of the accident was that Baker, who, investigating officers said, had worked all yesterday and last night at the Marine base, fell asleep at the wheel. The high way is straight at the scene of the accident. Acting Coroner A. C. Blake of Burgaw viewed the scene of the accident this morning and said that no inquest would be held. The bark on the opposite side of the tree was split by the force of the impact. Pender County Sheriff J. T. Brown of Burgaw and State High way Patrolman W. M. Whitley investigated the accident. -V ARCHITECT DIES LONDON, June 24.—(A*)—Sir Ed win Cooper, 69, who designed more important buildings in London than any other architect since Sir Chris topher Wren, died today in his of fice of a heart attack. 3 -y Motrists and other users con sumed 11 per cent more gasoline in 1941 than in 1940. BLEACH FAIRER BEAUTY 5 skin improvements begin in a few days— lighten, brighten, soften, clear off dull skin, fade freckles. 10*, 25*, 50* sizes everywhere. There’s a Bargain in Kitchen Cabinets For You at Thrif-T-Stores, Inc. 25 So. Front St. BELLAMY ASSURES RAISE FOR POLICE Shackelford Says Low Sal aries Is Reason For The Lack Of Applications Assurance that provisions for pay raises for members of the city po lice department would be included in the city budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was given C. W. Shackelford, police depart ment representative of the city civil service commission, by Mayor Hargrove Bellamy at Wednesday’s session. “When the time comes to con sider the new budget, I feel con fident that the civil service com mission ai?d the police department will approve our actions,” Mayor Bellamy said. “Every member of the council has been giving consideration to police department salaries for the past few months and we feel as you do, that the increasing costs of living here and other factors warrant overall salary increases.” Mr. Shackelford told the coun cil that the department was 11 men under its normal comple ment. “In three weeks of advertising for applicants for the force, we have received only 12 application forms. The civil service commis sion feels that the salaries now paid the police department, in comparison with salaries offered elsewhere, is the reason for this,” Mr. Shackelford said. In an hour-long session, the mem bers of the council also voted to purchase a new police patrol car to replace the patrol car which was wrecked several weeks ago while pursuing a speeder when it crashed into a tree on the Caro lina Beach road, to avoid hitting an Army jeep which pulled out into the highway. City Attorney W. B. Campbell was authorized to submit a con tract for connecting the Oleander development sewerage disposal plant to the city sewers to the Hugh MacRae company, owners of the Oleander development, ten tatively approved by the council on the condition that the realty company sign the contract by the next council meeting. The terms of the contract were withheld pending the realty com pany’s action. Charles S. Lowrimore, Wilming ton certified public accountant, was awarded the contract for the annual audit of the city’s books, on a per diem basis with a total cost not to exceed $1,500. Members of the Wilmington Port Traffic association, headed by Horace Pearsall, president, ap peared before the council to re quest that an appropriation for the association’s expenses be in cluded in the new budget. “With rapidly changing condi tions and transportation difficuE ties, there is more need for the services of the traffic association than ever before,” Mr. Pearsall said. H. E. Boyd, traffic manager of the association, told members of the council of several cases in which the association had apr, ed before the state utilities com mission to prevent discrimination against shippers here by trucking concerns. “We are sympathetic with the fine work you’re doing,” the may or said. A request for a beer license for Tom’s grill, located in the Brook lyn section of the city which had been previously denied by the po lice department after citizens of the section had protested that the grill was a public nuisance, was referred for further study by the mayor as was a request that the “no parking” limitations on North Fourth street in front of Saffo’s restaurant be lifted. All members of the council were present for the meeting. City Man ager James G. Wallace was ab sent. -V Soldier Buys Bonds With Money He Saved Up Vo Get Automobile William N. Gardner, r e g u lar army reservist and private first class in the military police de tachment at Camp Davis, won't be owning an auto as he had plan ned, but there’s consolation in knowing that he’s loaned Uncle Sam enough money to buy a couple of military vehicles. For two years Private Gardner saved his money. He didn’t want to buy a used car; what he want ed was a deluxe coupe, right out of the factory. He skimped here and there to salt away money. Re cently he checked his bank book and found that there was enough cash to buy the car — $1,500 to be exact. Plenty of dough, all right, but things were happening to the car market. Gardner figured the army needed transportation worse than he, so he shelved his car notions for the duration. Instead of laying the money on the line for a shiny new auto, the soldier invested every penny of it in war bonds. He put in $1,500 and in ten years he’ll get a return of $2,000. He gets a kick out of think ing what kind of a car two thou sand bucks will buy. -V 15 FRENCHMEN KILLED VICHY, June 24.— UPI —Fifteen Fiench civilians were killed and about 30 injured in a recent British RAF raid on Dunkerque, Vichy au thorities announced today. 3 There’s a Bargain in CEDAR CHESTS For You at Thrif-T-Stores, Inc. 25 So. Front St. MONEY TO LOAN ON ANYTHING OF VALUE No Loan Too Large—None Too Smal' Cape Fear Loan Office LUGGAGE HEADQUARTERS 12 S. Front St. Dial 21858 Special Values In 3-Piece LIVING C£q cn ROOM SUITS W3l3U up R. BERGER & SON FURNITURE CO. 707 N. 4th St. Dial 5128 Keep Your Car In Shape. Expert Motor Repair. CAUSEY'S Corner Market and 12th SNAKE BITE FATAL TO CARNIVAL MAN Sideshow Operator Picks Up “Wrong” Reptile; Dies Later CAMDEN, N. J„ June 24.—— Chester Lewis Ringer, making himself heard about the rattling, told a carnival crowd last night, “don’t be afraid folks” as he pick ed up the snake and wrapped it around the head of his 19-year old helper. Today, both Ringer and John Meyers, 70, owner of the carnival concession, died from bites inflict ed by the same reptile. Shuddering a little, young Robert Mayes of Defiance, O., the helper, recounted: ■“I am not afraid of snakes, but last night I was a bit uneasy. The snakes usually put their heads alongside my left ear and m , hissing sound.” ma*e a He explained the snake* had had their venom ext-ar* f,USE(i that Ringer "mistakenly” r b“t from a shipment i,,*t 0r-e from Florida a few hours «!!''Eti Police Captain William cli'f' said the management believedT" the new snakes already had ^ devenomized. J da “«n “This one,” Mayes went “stuck his face in front of ?"• and made a couple of darts at®1"' Each time it came closer then Ringer took the snake t, around my head and placed t n a table outside the tent ° 1 °n “I was starting to sell the « , ets when Ringer saw the sol?' starting to crawl off the table w' curled up, made a strike struck him on the right hand k* tween the thumb and right «„ be' “He grabbed it and took it ^the tent and threw it inio g Meyers immediately closed «, show, and in trying to m S' snakes back into their box°e* struck by the same one which bl bitten Ringer. b bo(i Bring Us Your Home-Financing Problems Years of experience in handling home loans has qualified vis render practical aid in solving your difficulties. Ample funds ,° lend on acceptable security. Courteous, friendly service. 0 BUY A WAR BOND FROM THE CAROLINA TODAY! TWO THE / MILLION DOLLAR Carolina Bnilding and Loan Ann "Member Federal Home Loan Bank” C. M. BUTLER. Prea. W. A. FONVIELLE, W. D. JONES. See.-Trea*. Aast. Sec.-Trew. ROGER MOORE, V-Prei. 0. 0. CARR, Att'j FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE FOB YOU and YOCR FAMILY W. E. (Bill) STANLEY District Manager Dial 6601 NOTICE Trucks, Drays and Public Vehicles New license plates are due June 1st. 1942, for all trucks, drays and public vehicles. Cost $1.00 per truck per year, Period: June 1st, 1942 to May 31, 1943. C. R. NORSE, Tax Collector HOTKE-DQG OWNERS Dog badges are now due and all dogs must wear badges on collar/ badges $2.00 per annum. Due June 1st, 1942. C. R. NORSE, Tax Collector WAR DAMAGE INSURANCE « Oa June 30th the Government discontinues providing free insur ance against war damage loss: and Congress has decreed that the war damage corporation make protection available under insur ance policies issued through local agents who can best give service after an air raid or other catastrophe. Every member of the Wilmington Local Board has been given fa cilities to provide this protection for you by capital stock insurance companies in co-operation with the War Damage Corporation. The Wilmington Local Board Consists of the Following Members: BOATWRIGHT INSURANCE AGENCY 242 Princess Street Dial 3186 R. C. CANTWELL, III 212 Princess Street Dial 3306 LENOX G. COOPER 109 Chestnut Street Dial 5432 FRANKLIN INS. AGENCY, INC. 112 Princess Street Dial 8371 FRANK G. HARRISS 216 Princess Stree’t Dial 7018 WALTEft M. HEWLETT 214 Princess Street Dial 7138 GLASGOW HICKS 108 Murchison Bldg. Dial 6348 LOUIS J. HINTON non Princess Street Dia, 3;34 l. r: hummell 224 Princess Street DiaI 6118 WM. CLARK JAMES No. 2 Masonic Temple Bldg. Dial 3216 „ „ E. L. MATHEWS 901 Murchison Bldg. Dial 1125 MOORE’S INSURANCE AGENCY 201 Princess Street Dial 4438 ., C. B. PARMELE & COMPANY -42 Princess Street Dial 3186 ALBERT F. PERRY ^30 Princess Street £>ial 4403 1MNHh. WALKER TAYLOR 105^North Front Street Dia! 969! ,,.pri HAROLD W. WELLS & SON 2-6 Princess Street Dial 3546 .. MISS VALERIA E. WILLIAMS No. „9 Odd Fellows Bldg. pjal 54*0 „ LOUIE E. WOODBURY, JR. 100 Murchison Bldg. ’ Dia, 5883
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