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ALASKA HIGHWAY ALREADY IN USE Reports Made That Trucks Using New Road In Northwest EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 28. —IJ!)—Trucks have travelled over all sections of the Alaska highway, it was reported here today. A man who returned from White horse, Yukon territory said he had seen in that town trucks which came over the highway route from Fairbanks, Alaska, northern end of the highway, and from Fort St. John, B. C., southern end of the new road construction. The man, who asked that his name not be used, said he saw trucks in Whitehorse from Fair banks two weeks ago and from Fort St. John one week ago. Although the southern terminus of the road is Dawson Creek, Brit ish Columbia, there was a peace time road from Dawson Creek to Fort St. John. Last Thursday Secretary of War Stimson announced in Washington that the Alaska highway would be ready for use about December 1, and that traffic was expected to move steadily over its 1.600 miles until spring thaws make it impass able in April and May. 1 -V Police Investigating Shooting In Columbus WHITEVILLE. Sept. 28 — State county police today are investigat ing the ambush shooting of two Or rum youths in the Cherry Grove section of this county about 11:15 Saturday night. Neither of the young men, Lin wood Nye. 18, or Robert Edmund. 19, was hit, but the buckshot fired from a shotgun pierced the right front fender of the car in which they were riding. They told au thorities that their assailant was hidden behind a pile of straw. Last night, Ernest Coleman, 22 year old Cherry Grove youth, was taken in custody, charged with secret assault with a deadly wea pon with intent to kill. The Orrum youths had been to see some girls in the Cherry Grove section, had attended the show in Fair Bluff, and after leaving the girls at their respective homes, were en route back to Orrum at the time of the ambush shooting. -V BREAK SILENCE VICHY, Unoccupied France, Sept. 28—(A5)—Two powerful pro vrncial French dailies broke tlr ir silence on the delicate subject of Alsace-Lorraine today and by al lusion let careful readers know that Marshal Petain’s government still regards these territories as F rench. For the first time it was made known that the government recent ly has protested against the act oi German occupation authorities in mobilizing inhabitants of these eastern territories which were re gained by the French in the first World War. -V ‘‘“Slap a Jap with your scrap” EXPERT WATCH, JEWELRY REPAIRING Quick Service STANLEY’S f,.£„ LIBERAL TRADE-IN ALLOWANCES On Your Old Furniture Greater Savings at Our Modernistic Store H. BERGER & SON 707 N. 4th Street Dial 5128 RADIOS EASY TERMS' TAUBMAN'S 16 S. Front INSULATE £S Free Estimates 36 Months To Pay Standard Insulation Co. Dial 2-2285 moving? EFFICIENT Is The Word For Oar MOVING SERVICE ^ PlilCES REASONABLE' farrar Transfer & Storage Warehouse DIAL 5317 Circus Comes To Town * THREE HERDS OF POUNDING, PONDEROUS PACHYDERMS COMING All circus fans like elephants. In fact, nearly everyone is attracted to the ponderous, plodding crea tures because of their huge bulk, their patience to obey even the slightest command of their train ers and perhaps, chiefly, it is real fun to feed the elephants pea nuts. When the Wallace Brothers Cir cus comes to Wilmington for aft ernoon and evening performances on Tuesday. Oct. 6th, one will see what is considered to be the finest groups of performing elephants ex tant, with children and grown-ups. too, gathered around the elephant herds the first thing on the morn ing of their arrival. No inhabitant of the vast circus land holds a more prominent place in the heart of the circus fan, or member of the circus than the elephant. Many of the tuskers have been trouping with the circus for 30 or 40 years and although it is seemingly a hard life, the ele phant enjoys circus life. In their native haunts elephants prowl about and play around at night. They sleep during the day. Like boys and girls, they enjoy their own swimming hole; and they like to roll in a pool of mud, but at the first sight of dawn the accepted leader of the herd— usually a cow elephant—will trum pet a call to her charges and soon the herd will follow to the near est jungle woods where they squat on all fours on a soft bed of black loam. Then, after almost cover ing their huge bodies with cool earth and leaves they will rest quietly until dusk falls. Circus men will tell you that as long as an elephant is well fed little or no trouble is experienced with them. But should they be come real hungry their voracious appetite is appeased only by for aging for themselves and that means that the elephant is no re specter of persons in his quest for food. With the Wallace Circus is thirty tons of elephant flesh and Capt. McDonald adds they consume four bales of hay a day per elephant as well as an average of fifty gallons of water daily to quench their thirst. They must have their huge toe-nails manicured regular ly, also their thick skin must be massaged wtih heavy oil to pre vent cracking, is but a few of the many delicate details of which they require nearly 24 hours of continuous attention. The menagerie this season, greatly enlarged, will be open for inspection one hour before the cir cus starts. City Officials To Fight For Pipe Line Priority Councilmen J. N. Brand, Jr., Robert S. LeGwin and Ronald Lane and City Attorney William E. Campbell left for Washington late yesterday afternoon to carry the fight for a reversal of iast week’s War Production board rul ing deferring action on a priority rating for the SI.200.000 King’s Bluff water supply project to the WPB itself. Among the data collected over the week-end in an effort to clear the necessary priority are letters from the heads of the major water-consuming organizations and industries here, citing the imme diate need for the more adequate municipal water source, as well as statistics and reports on the present water supply and present and anticipated industrial and resi dential consumers. Up until last week, the city had been assured of a priority rating high enough to secure the release of critical materials for the con struction of the project, designed to bring salt-free water from the Cape Fear river at King’s bluff to the city’s new filter plant, now under construction at Hilton, through a 22-mile pipeline. Action Deferred Saturday city officials were in formed that the Division of Re view and Approval of the WPB had deferred further action on the priority until November, setting the anticipated completion date of the project back some three months. Bids for the project, specifying either cast iron or lock-joint con crete pipe for the 22-mile line, have already been asked and are scheduled to be opened by the council on October 14. Both Reps. J. Bayard Clark oj i> ayeltevilie, and S. U. Bland ol Newport News, Va., are working with council members to secure an appeal of the decision to defei action on the priority. “The new filter plant won't dt us much good unless we have water to pipe to it,” a city offi cial commented yesterday. Both the filter plant, which re places tne city s present inuue quate and antiquated filtration unit at Hilton, and the King’s bluli project are part of the city’s waterworks improvement pro gram, the cost of which is being borne by the Federal Works agency and the city on a (i0-4l basis. Funds to meet Hie Federal ap propriation for the water supply project are provided by a $1>00, 000 bond issue, yet to be offered tor sale, which was approved by voters here last June. The re mainder of the city’s share ol the program was provided by a previous bond issue last Decem ber. The King’s Biuff project is de signed to replace the present city intakes at Toomer’s creek. In ad dition to being subject to annual salt contamination, the Toomer’s creek supply Is estimated to be inadequate for the future develop ment of the city and has retarded industrial expansion here because of the treatment required before AKRON TIRE CO. 7 NORTH 3rd STREET WILMINGTON CUSTOM VULCANIZING and RECAPPING SPECIALTIES ( l 6.00 x 16 QUICK SERVICE — DRIVE IN J gCJQ X 17 ! the water can be used for manu facturing purposes. After considerable research, in cluding the $5,000 Piernie survey of possible water sources here. King’s bluff was selected by the council as the most logical source of city water because U. S. Lock and Dam No. 1 there would pre vent salting, because the Cape Fear river water there would re quire the least chemical treatment of any other source of w’ater in the vicinity, and because up to 22 million gallons of w'ater a day can be pumped from the river. -V Thieves In Whiteville Are Surely Persistent WHITEVILLE, Sept. 28 — The motto of thieves operating here iast night w’as: “if at first you don’t succeed, try try again.” Foiled in an effort to enter the Singletary grocery store when the ladder which they dropped down through a skylight proved too snort, they went on to Garrell Brothers grocery where they en tered through a hole in the wall after removing the tin covering. A ham, several cartons of cigarettes, and several sacks of rice were stolen. Police today have Bennie Maultsby, 17,, and Richard Page, 15, Brooklyn negroes, in custody charged with entering the store. -V Obituaries _ MRS. JULIUS C. SCHWARZ Mrs. Julius C. Schwarz, the for mer Miss Carrie Dock of Wil mington, died at her home in Savannah, Ga., at 10 o’clock Sun day night after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband; one son, Julius C. Schwarz, Jr.; one daughter, Mrs. Kai Olesen of Savannah; a sister, Miss Minna Dock; and a brother, William H. Dock 607 Dock street, Wilming ton. FLOYD JACKSON Final rites for Floyd Jackson, 37, who died Sunday night in a local hospital after a brief illness, v'ill be held at 4 o’clock this after noon at the Chapel of Andrew's mortuary with the Rev. J. O. Wal ton officiating. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. The following will serve as active pallbearers: George Cooper, Al bert S. Jones, J. Q. Russell, C. L. Harper, Rufus Benton, and John D. Wills. The honorary list in cludes Dr. J. Watts Farthing, J. C. Long, J. A. Clemmons, W. T. Cooper, G N. Ormsby, C. E. Wil son, Leo Smith and j. B. Fales. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jackson, two brothers, Raymond and Willie Jackson, and one sister, Mrs. Bes sie Zellers, all of Wilmington. -V Davidson And Rollins To Meet In Charlotte DAVIDSON, Sept. 28— (£>) — Davidson’s Wildcats came through their football game with Duke in fairly good physical condition, it developed at today’s light workout. Only Dick O’Hara, on crutches from an ankle injury, is likely tc be out for the Rollins game in Charlotte Saturday night and he may see some light service. Red Burke, Art Roach, anc Herb Rainey missed practice to day because of injuries, but the) are expected to be back beforf Saturday. -V ‘‘“Slap a Jap with your scrap” 3 CITY TAXIS ON BLACKLIST Rationing Office Finds Drivers Speeding And Beyond Zone Limits Three Wilmington taxicabs have been “blacklisted” for traveling more than 25 miles from the city and may be refused new and re capped tires, the New Hanover War Price and Rationing Board revealed yesterday. One taxicab on OPA blacklist was said to be traveling over 50 miles per hour and 25 miles from the home base. Another was go ing 30 miles an hour and operating 58 miles from Wilmington. The third was listed as operating more than 25 miles from the city. O. H. Shoemaker, chairman of rationing board, Sunday told sev eral taxi operators that trips to Camp Davis are forbidden. He pointed out that the public convey ances could not carry soldiers back to the post as the trip is more than 25 miles from Wilmington. The taxis here are governed by strict regulations from the Office of Defense Transportation in an effort to save tires, gasoline and vehicles. The order provides that no per son shall drive or operate a taxi cab: For any social or recreational purpose of the driver or operator. More than 40 miles or any speed above that prescribed by “com petent public authority. For the purpose of making com mercial deliveries of property. More than 10 miles beyond the corporate limits of the municipal ity in which the trip originated. For the purpose of picking up passengers by cruising. More than 25 miles from the point of origin to the point of desti nation. Without distinctly marking the vehicle to indicate that it is a taxi cfib. -V Landlord And Tenant May Share Expense Of Converting Oil Stove Landlords whose nousing ac commodations are heated with fuel oil may enter into an agree ment with the tenant to pay for the cost of changing the unit or installing a new type of heating, George W. Jeffrey, area rent di rector, announced yesterday. This provision is made through an amendment to the Maximum Rent regulations for housing ac commodations other than hotels and rooming houses and became effective September 25. Prior to such an agreement, how ever, the landlord must in writing report the terms to the Area Rent office. The landlord may enter into the agreement either upon its approval by the administrator or, unless the administrator has dis approved the proposed agreement within five days after the filing of the report, upon the expiration of the five-day period. -V Public Asked To Aid Marines With Library Wilmington residents are being asked to aid in the establishment ot a regimental library for the 2Xrd Marine regiment at New River by donating mystery and de tective stories. The appeal for books was re ceived by Miss Emma Woodward, librarian of the Wilmington Public Library, from Chaplain Isbel of the Marine regiment. Persons having books are asked to leave them at the library. STATE ABC GROUP ANSWERS COUNTY Label Statement Of W. D. MacMillan incorrect’ On Handling Of Liquor Statements regarding the East Carolina Warehouse Association at Wilson, and its contract with the state of North Carolina made at a meeting of the New Hanover composite board two weeks ago, by W. D. MacMillan, chairman of the New Hanover ABC board, were labelled “incorrect” by the North Carolina Association of County ABC boards at its regular meeting in Raleigh, it was revealed here last night. me cnarge oi maci:uittL7 m MacMillan’s statement was made in a resolution drafted at the meet ing, copies of which have been re ceived here by the Board of County Commissioners, the City Council, the ABC Board and the New Han over County Board of Health. The resolution declares that Mr. MacMillan’s statements are “un fair and unjust to the State Board.” The existing contract the association believes is “the most satisfactory arrangement that could possibly have been made for the distribution of liquor to the various control points during this emergency.” Mr. MacMillan at the meeting here on September 17, said that the East Carolina Warehouse com pany was receiving handling fees on all liquor coming into the state of North Caroli"-' whether or not it actually stores or handles the merchandise. Mr. MacMillan also pointed out that New Hanover county was each year paying indirectly to the Wil son firm between $2,000 and $6,000 despite the fact that very few ship ments for Wilmington are handled by the warehouse. Following the disclosure whicv has been received with consterna tion by members of the County Commissioners board here, the New Hanover ABC board resigned Erom the association. ^.ouruy ana cuy attorneys are looking over a copy of the state’s contract with the warehouse asso liation and attempting to deter mine the facts in the case in ac cordance with the law. The resolution follows: WHEREAS on or about the 17th day of September 1941, there appeared in the press bearing a Wilmington, N. C, date line an article qu'ting W. D. MacMillan. Chairman of the New Hanover County ABC Board, relative to a contract between the North Carolina Board of Alcoholic Control and the East Carolina Warehouse Association, and WHEREAS the said W. D. MacMillan appeared before a joint meeting of the New Han over Board of County Commis sioners and City Council at Wil mington and is quoted in said article as having made the statement that the East Caro lina Warehouse Association re ceived a handling fee on all liquor coming into the State of North Carolina whether or not it actually stores or han dles the merchandise and that the New Hanover County in directly pays between 5 and C thousand dollars annually to the Wilson firm despite the fact that very few hipn ents for Wilmington are even handled by it.' Mr. MacMillan is fur ther quoted as saying “we can have a car load of liquor un loadted here for about $5.00 but at the same time we must pay this Wilson company more than $100.00 for unloading it, even if it does not do the work.” The aforementioned article in the press states that a move to investigate the contract be tween the State Board and he East Carolina Warehouse As sociation has been started by the Wilmington City Council and the New Hanover County Commissioners. If this statement as carried by The News Observer and Greensboro Daily News is in correct, there has been no cor rection by Mr. MacMillan. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the North Caro lina Association of County ABC Boards in regular session as sembled at the Sir Walter Ho tel in Raleigh on the 22nd day of September, 1942, does and now wishes to go on record as expressing the view that the aforesaid statements of Mr. MacMillan to the press are in correct and without fact. BE it further resolved that this Association is of the opin ion that the existing contract is the most satisfactory ar rangement that could possibly have been made for the dis tribution of liquor to the vari ous control counties during the emergency, and in view of the many regulations issued by the Office of Defense Transporta tion. NOW be it further resolved that this Association feels that the North Carolina Board of Alcoholic Control has worked diligently to procure the best arrangement for the distribu tion of merchandise in the in terest of the control system as a whole and that the state ments of Mr. MacMillan were unfair and unjust to the State Board. It is further stated that at our meeting September 22, 1942, the following committee was appointed to confer with the official bodies of New Han over County to discuss this sub ject with the interested bodies at their pleasure, with the hope that these differences may be adjusted: F. S. Spruill, chair man, Rocky Mount; R. L. Cor bett, Macclesfield; H. S. Gibbs, Mbrehead City; J. O. Cobb, Durham; M. C. Lasitter, Snow Hill. BE it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be furnished the New Hanover County ABC Board, The Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County, the City Council of the City of Wilming ton, and the State Board of Control, Raleigh. -V—* All Civilian Defense Volunteers Will Take Posts During Blackout All civilian aefense volun teers with equipment should report to their stations upon hearing the air raid sirens to night and remain there until the “all-clear” has sounded, Commander C. David Jones an nounced last night. All incident officers are to also take their respective posts at the signal, he said. NOT LEGAL RALEIGH, Sept. 28—(A5)—Gover nor Broughton, who has been seek ing means of relieving a critical shortage of farm labor, was in formed by the state’s legal coun sel today that 't would not be legal to use state prisoners for emerg ency farm work. TO OPEN BATTLE SECOND ARMY HEADQUAR. TERS, Tennessee, Sept. 2h— yp| _ The opposing armies in the Middle Tennessee maneuver area will open battle tomorrow morning with r*. versed colors and one of the armies will have a new commander. For The Future — Invest In War Bonds! Get them at the CAROLINA. Borrow wisely through our Direct Deduction Loan plans. Unlimited funds to lend on acceptable security. TWO THE / MILLION DOLLAR Carolina Building & Loan Ass'n “Member Federal Home Loan Dank” C. M. Butler W, A. Fonvielle W. D. Jones, Pres. Sec.-Treas. Asst. Sec.-Treas, Roger Moore. Vlce-Pres. J. 0. Carr, At(y. This Newspaper is Filled With DYNAMITE Dynamite is a useful substance. It blasts out roads and tunnels, clears stumps, defends us against encroaching enemies. But misuse it at your own peril! It can blow you into kingdom-come. Your newspaper is useful, too. It brings you a daily record of what happens around you and an assortment of OPINIONS —to go with its usually accurate FACTS. 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