ROOM SHORTAGE
CONTINUES HERE
Quarters For Service Men
In City On Week-Ends
Still Needed
Rooms in private homes for
service men on week-ends are
still an urgent need. Miss I. Rudd,
diector for USO Traveler’s Aid
here, declared last night.
Although ’-'t week’s appeal for
rooms eased the situation slightly,
it was still necessary last week
end for the USO to turn away more
than 150 soldiers. More than 200,
however, were furnished rooms in
private homes.
Although beds in dormitories ar.
being furnished each week-end by
the USO clubs in the city, the
Boys Brigade Club and the YMCA,
service men appreciate the ad
vantage of staying in a home.
“Time am time again,” Miss
Rudd exnm-ned, “service men
have returned to us to express
their gratitude at the privilege of
staying in a home. After a week
in the military atmosphere of
camp, it is a relief to them to be
placed in a private home,” she
said.
The USO Traveler’s Aid at the
bus station and at the USO club,
Second and Orange streets, helps
to find the men rooms for the
week-end but the list of homes
available is far too small to ac
commodate all the requests.
Wilmington residents, who have
available rooms for service men(
are asked to call 2-268S at the
bus station or 2-2617 at the USO
club.
ALLIESADVANCE
IN NEW GUINEA
(Continued from Page One)
It was believed the enemy might
make a stand on another mountain
ridge near Menari, about four miles
north of Nauro. For that reason
Allied airmen again attacked Jap'
anese supply lines yesterday at that
point..
“Fighter escort harried the enemy
lines of supply in the Menari area,”
the communique said. “Several
fires were started during the day
as. a result of strafing sweeps. All
our planes returned safely.”
This close liaison between Allied
ground and air forces also found
Australian and American pilots
pounding Buna, the main Japanese
coastal base 78 miles from Nauro,
and the intermediate trail point of
Kokoda.
The communique said heavy
bombers blasted installations at
Buna, and attacked Wairopi bridge
in the Kokoda area. “Both ap
proaches were hit with heavy de
molition bombs, leaving the bridge
sagging and badly damaged,” the
announcement said. “Supply dumps
in the area also were strafed.”
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to outside and receive in-com
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Training: Instructions given
at control room.
Enlisted to date: 205. Quota:
340.
Enlisted Yesterday
Filter Center. 3
Messengers . 3
Air Raid Warden .. 2
Control Room . 1
Auxiliary Police . 1
Total . 10
City Briefs
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The Woman’s auxiliary of St.
James’ Episcopal church will
meet in the Great Hall of the
parish house at 4 o’clock Fri
day afternoon for evening serv
ice, followed by organizational
meetings of the various branches
of the auxiliary. The first reg
ular program meeting will be
on Friday, October 9.
WILL MEET
Wilmington Post No. 10,
American Legion, will hold its
regular semi-monthly meeting
tonight at the Sorosis club
room on Third street. An
interesting program in connec
tion with the membership drive
is planned, Vice Commander
Curtis, in charge of member
ship, announced. All members
of the Legion and ex-service
men are invited to attend.
LIBRARY SCHEDULE
Wilmington Public Library
begins its winter schedule of
hours today. The library will
be open from 10 a. m. to 9
p. m.
DANCE TONIGHT
A formal dance will be held
at the Fourth and Ann USO
club tonight at 8 o’clock.
These weekly formal dances
will be held every Thursday
hereafter. Young ladies who
are members of the hostess
corps will be admitted to the
dance by membership cards
only.
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CHURCH SOCIETY'
The Dorcas society of St.
Paul’s Lutheran church will
hold the first meeting of the
fall this afternoon at four
o’clock in the parish house at
Sixth and Princess streets. A
full attendance is desired.
CHURCH MOVES
The First Christian church
will hold Sunday school and
morning church service at the
Seventh Day Adventist church.
9th and Market Sts., next Sun
day, October 4. This move is
being made because the prop
erty formerly used by the
church at 309 Ann street has
been vacated and sold, and the
new building at 3rd and Ann
streets is not ready for oecu
pany. The services next Sun
day morning will be at the reg
ular time, Sunday school 10
o’clock, morning worship 11
o’clock.
GOVERNORlSSUES
STATE WIDE ORDER
(Continued from Page One)
to collect and place in proper
channels for war purposes every
pound of available scrap metal
in our state; and
Whereas, the more than 100,
000 North Carolina young men
who are united in the armed
forces with the young men of
our sister states are looking to ,
the nation for proper supplies,
materials and equipment of
war, the production of which
is, to a large extent, dependent
upon an adequate supply of
scrap metal,
Now, therefore, I, J. Melville
Broughton, Governor of North
Carolina, in full cooperation
with this program for the col
lection of scrap metals and for
the purpose of stressing the im
portance of this campaign and
urging every citizen to make -
some contribution to its success
do proclaim the period from
October 1-21 as Statewide News
paper Salvage Campaign Weeks
and do call upon the men, wom
en and children of our state in
the cities, in the towns and in
the country to collect and de
liver to th sources designated
every available pound of scrap
metal, and do call upon the
various agencies of the state
and local governments to lend
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Don t let headache double the mis
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of pain take Capudine. It
quickly brings relief, soothes
nerves upset by the pain. It is
liquid—already dissolved—all
ready to act—all ready to
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their full cooperation in this
patriotic undertaking.
October 7th is set aside as
State Government Day during
which day a special campaign
will be conducted in all the
State departments and institu
tions for the collection of all
scrap iron and other metals.
In witness whereof, I, J. Mel
ville Broughton, Governor of
North Carolina, have signed and
caused the Great Seal of the
State to be affixed hereto, in
the city of Raleigh, North Caro
lina, this the 29th day of Sep
tember, nineteen hundred and
forty-two and in the one hun
dred and sixty-sixth year of
American Independence.
J. Melville Broughton.
By the Governor:
Thomas A. Banks, secretary
to the Governor.
TWO U!T VESSELS
LOST IN PACIFIC
(Continued from Page One)
shore. Most of those on board were
saved.
It was considered likely that the
Gregory fought back, since she
was armed with four 4-inch guns
and one 3-inch gun, but the com
munique gave no details of the
action. The Gregory’s normal com
SHELL FOR AXIS
OFF THE GRIDDLE
(Continued from Page One)
and want other countries to
have also.”
She got quick action, parti
cularly when the company
learned the story behind the grid
dle. She was assured it would be
made quickly into steel for a 75
millimeter armor-piercing shell for
an anti-tank gun.
This was the story of the griddle
which the steel company learned:
Mrs. Dodson is the widow of Dar
ien Wadsworth Dodson, direct de
scendant of Epaphfras Wadsworth,
a Yankee who moved from Litch
field, Conn., to Huntington Valley,
near Wilkes Barre, Pa., in 1794,
set up a forge and blacksmith
shop and made the griddle.
The succeeding generations of
Wadsworths made their griddle
cakes on it until Mrs. Dodson sent
it to the steel mill.
plement was eight officers and 133
enlisted men.
These two vessels were the sixth
and seventh thus far reported lost
in Solomons operations. Previously
the Navy had announced the loss
of a cruiser, two destroyers and
two small transports which, like
the Gregory, had been converted
from destroyers for use in landing
operations. All told, American na
Scrap Drive Begins Here
UnderNewspaperBacking
(Continued from Page One)
scrap, the delay of a few days
would enable the citizens to gather
a much greater supply.
The same rules of handling the
scrap apply in the city as well as
the county, it was learned. Donors
should place their scrap in front
of their homes and it will be picked
up by the trucks on their rounds.
In the meantime, Mr. Sprunt
seid, the Brigade Boys’ club will
continue its regular collection rou
tine and persons wishing to donate
should call the club building.
Citizens of Wilmington and New
Hanover county were urged by the
salvage committee last night to
turn their homes inside out to sal
vage all the scrap metal which can
be located.
Old nails, railroad spikes, or
anything that has been gathering
rust in the garage, that old bronze
vase that sat on the front porch
ten years ago, the base to an old
table lamp that might yield a
pound or two of brass; all these
things were suggested as possible
sources of scrap.
va.1 ship losses in the Pacific now
add up to 45 sunk or demol shed
and 12 damaged, a total of 57 ves
sels of all types. 1
MILK WORKERS
TO BUY BONDS
Employes Of White Com
pany Here Pledge 13.9
Per Cent Of Salaries
Employees of White’s Ice Cream
and Milk company have pledged to
put 13.9 per cen tof their weekly
earnings in War Savings Bonds, it
was revealed last night at a steak
supper meeting held at the Famous
Grill in Sunset Park.
The supper meeting climaxed a
week’s drive in which employees
were asked to pledge as much as
possible to the purchase of War
Bonds. Prior to the drive the
company’s workers were investing
about 6 per cent weekly in bonds.
The bond drive was carried out
in various departments and all
pledged to buy over 10 per cent, it
was announced. Some depart
ments pledged as much as 15 and
20 per cen.t Seventy-five of the
company’s 140 employees attend
ed the supper meeting.
THE TIME IS NOW
TO GET IN SCRAP
(Continued from Page One)
dent Jack LeGrand, Vice president
C. David Jones presided over the
meeting.
A committee of five was appoint
ed to name the nominating officers
to be voted on at a later date. The
committee is composed of Fred
Little, chairman, Wilbur Dosher.
Ike Solomon, Dr. J. W. Hoggard
and Donald King.
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Cleanse with Black and White Skin Soap.
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as .
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