TRAVELER’S AID
IN CHEST DRIVE
Agency Plays Important Part
In Assisting .Visitors To
Wilmington
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The Traveler’s Aid Society, an
organization which for many years
has been a friend to anyone in
distress, is one of the local agen
cies which will benefit from the
United Community and War Chest.
As very few persons are believed
to have a definite idea of all the
problems which the agency is ask
ed t° help solve, the following
points are brought out in a story
of the problems faced by the local
branch of this powerful interna
tional society.
"Ann’s mother was ill and it
was impossible to get any help
in the home on account of war
conditions. The parents, anxious
about sending Ann off alone to so
distant a place, came to us and
asked our helP- Arrangements
were made to have this child met
at each change point, and to se
cure food at each point when she
changed trains at meal time.
"Ann missed her train in a
northern city. Our workers there
saw that she was cared for and
placed on the train. Wires were
sent both to the Traveler’s Aid
Society in the destination city and
to the relatives she was going to
visit. This little girl fell in love
with the workers, and said, ‘They
are the nicest kind of people.’ Ann
was only eight years old.
“Sixty-two of these children trav
eling alone were safeguarded en
route to relatives during this year.
Our railroad does not sell tickets
at this time to children traveling
alone unless we safeguard them.
They feel it is dangerous for them
to be alone, with conditions so
crowded and so many late trains
missing connections.
“A call came from the bus sta
tion about 1 a.m. one night asking
us if we would come to the sta
tion. They had a little boy very
sick from a hemorrhage, en route
to Wilmington. We dressed and
went to. the station, and found this
child had a convulsion and not
a hemorrhage. We did what we
could for him but there was no
place to take care of him over
night. They kindly consented to
do this, and we secured a cab
and took this child to the hospital
where he received medical care.
"Next morning we wired his rel
atives. and they said he had run
away from home and they were
anxious about him, but had no mon
ey to pay for his transportation
back home. They also said he had
these attacks often. He was sent
back to his home city, we paying
for his ticket as his relatives had
no funds. When returned home,
an organization in the city was
contacted and asked to try to help,
if there was trouble in the home
or if the child needed a big broth
er or sister. Sometimes it is not
the child's fault he or shQ leaves
New River Marine’s Poem Wins
Note From President Roosevelt
i^v» mv.Eirt, J\xv. 14—Private
Pasquale Frederico Mucciolo, Jr.,
would-be poet of Headquarters and
Service company, 23rd Marines, is
proudly displaying these days a,
letter from the White House in
Washington to prove that his la
test attempt at verse writing won
presidential attention.
P^te Mucciolo wrote what he
thought was a pretty good poem
about fighting Marines, so he
passed it on to the White House.
It wasn’t long before he received
a reply—a letter conveying to
him the President’s best wishes
and stating politely that it wasn’t
White House policy to comment
on the literary merit of material
prepared for publication. Mucciolo
opines as to how the White House
letter is adequate compensation
for his verse writing.
Here’s the poem Private Muc
ciolo submitted to the White House
with typical Marine daring:
From North to South and East to
West
We lighting Marines are the best,
We fight our battles anywhere
Because we’re tough and we don’t
care.
Give us the planes, tanks and guns,
Wish these on hand we’ll score
the runs.
If we stand together side by side
We’ll crush the Axis far and wide.
Keep the faith we have in you
Buy a bond to see us through,
For we are a faithful nation,
The very best in all creation.
home, but conditions in that home.
“Then come our Army, Marines,
and Navy men and also our de
fense workers. And, with them
come many problems. Of course,
that wife, mother, or sweetheart
wants to see that man in the serv
ice—they miss him at home. But,
we are a small city and have
more people coming to the city
than we are able to care for. A
total of 2,605 rooms have been se
cured for them in the past nine
months, many times it taking
over two hours to locate a room
for one person. Our trains are
all late, sometimes 11 p.m. and
again maybe after 12 when they
arrive.
“One night on account of a de
railment, one trSin arrived in the
city at 4:25 a.m. It was neces
sary to handle several messages
from camp asking us to meet the
train and giving us the address
of rooms that had been secured
for passengers, as many of the
men had been compelled tt> go
back to the camp without meeting
the train. Others had failed to se
cure rooms, and many did not
know the crowded conditions of
our city and thought there would
hotel. The USO for men was filled,
the USO for women was able to
take two, and several other rooms
were secured.
“Our trains all are late at night
and if it were not for workers at
the station, the passengers would
be on the street with no place to
stay.
“By appointment 139 people
have been met. A business man
in another city phoned and asked
if we would locate a man coming
in whom he was supposed to meet
as he had a big business deal on.
He had had car trouble and was
unable to get here and wanted us
to tell him to wait in the station
as he would be there later. The
man was met and the information
given. A very appreciative busi
ness man came in later and said
he did not know how to thank us
for the splendid service given. He
lad heard of Traveler’s Aid many
times but only thought of it as
for helpless people. He laughed
and said, ‘Who was more help
less than I?’
“Forty-seven people were given
transportation. Among this group
were two women and a child. One
of the women was very frail and
she became sick and unable to
work. She had fainting spells, was
unable to travel alone, and her
relatives at home, from investiga
tion, were unable to pay for trans
portation. We gave them tickets
and sent them both to their home.
Her family was splendid but very
poor.
“Eighty-seven were given relief,
food, lodging and some clothes.
A man came in asking us to give
hm some clothes as his suit case
had been stolen. The clothes he
had on were dirty, he was trying
to get work, but looked so badly
he could not get any. We gave
him a clean shirt and pants, he
came back after changing his
clothes, and no one would think he
was the same man. The Y. M.
C. A. had kindly let him change
there, and later he came back
again saying he had work, was
going to work the next morning,
and had a good place to stay until
he got his first pay. He said. ‘I
know you thought I was nothing
but a bum.’ A few weeks after,
this man gave us some money to
help others. Two months later he
returned and again handed us
some money, and asked that it
be used to help some other fellow
who also had bad luck.
“In 1941 a total of 2,985 were
assisted. In the first nine months
of 1942, there were 39,638 assisted.
Among this group there were 20,
300 soldiers, marines and sailors;
8,049 industrial defense workers;
1,964 wives, mothers and friends
of our men in the service. More
than 18 times as many people have
been helped in the last nine months
of 1942 than in the year of 1941.”
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LUNCHES WITH “GIRLS
LONDON, Nov. 14.— (5>> —Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt lunched to
day with 39 “girls with whom
she attended Allenwood school in
Surrey. The women now live
in England and most of them trav
eled long distances to attend the
luncheon.
They ServeAmerim
by Keeping Our Cars
Why America's
Cars and Trucks Are
VEHICLES OF VICTORY*
• Sole transportation for
war workers in many com
munities.
• Sole transportation for
war materials in many
communities.
• Six out of every ten farms
use one car or more.
•67 per cent of all farm
car mileage is necessity
driving.
• Many war plants depend
on trucks to haul all
“Victory” freight.
•Trucks alone serve 54,000
communities not reached
by railroads.
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FOR SERVICE —f
than la any other doalor.'
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yesterday are the Victory Service Men of
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motorized transportation system which car
ries men and materials to and from America’s
war plants, America’s farms, America’s other
essential industries.... They know their job,
and they’re doing their job! . . . Help them to
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SOLONS ARRESTED
TO OBTAIN QUORUM
FOR TAX DEBATE
(Continued from Page One)
measure reverted to its status of
Friday, when Barkley originally
moved to bring it_ up. Thus it was
open to a new attack on a point
of order such as that overruled
yesterday when Senator LaFollette
(Prog-Wis>, presiding, held that it
had been properly reported by the
Judiciary committee
Another effect was to deny Bilbo
any special privilege in attempts
to obtain the floor Monday.
Connally Protests
The interim of waiting had not
been without its diversions, how
ever. After a deputy sergeant at
arms had routed Bunker out of his
office at the Senate office build
ing and accompanied him to the
chamber, Connally arose to protest
that Chesley W. Jurney, sergeant
at arms, had ordered a deputy ot
“break down the doors of sena
tors’ offices” in order to compel
their attendance.
Shouting that this was “a per
fect courage” that was “in line
with the unconstitutional, unwar
ranted and outrageous actions of
a group in this Senate,” Connally
declared:
‘If anybody broke down the door
of my office, he wouldn’t be in any
shape to break down any doors
for at least 24 hours.”
The frock-coated Jurney, perspir
ing with worry over his unaccus
tomed task, hastily assured re
porters that he had merely depu
tized John Kearney, custodian of
the office building, to unlock Sena
tors’ doors — not to break them
down.
44 Answer
At the time Barkley called for
the arrest of absentees, 44 Sena
tors had answered to their names.
During the time that intervened
before McKellar appeared, Senators
Herring (D-Iowa) and Aiken (R
Vt) walked in of their own accord.
Maybank was found at his home.
In the meantime Senator Hill of
Alabama, who as majority whip is
technically charged with obtaining
the presence of Democratic mem
bers at important sessions, issued
a statement through his ofice that
he intended ot "oppose with every
means in my power’’ the passage
of the anti-poll tax bill. Hill was
not found by deputies who had a
warrant to bring him into the Sen
ate.
"I am conscious,” Hill said, "of
the examples set by John T. Mor
gan of Alabama in the United
States Senate in his historic fight
against the Lodge force bill.”
Hill’s reference was to Senator
Morgan’s filibuster which killed
the Lodge bill in the 1890’s to
send Federal troops into the South
to supervise elections.
When Bilbo began speaking, a
count showed only 18 Senators
actually in the chamber listening
"It is kind of tantalizing for me
to speak at this hour,” he began,
"since I come from the South
where most people and negroes
don’t work on Saturday afternoon.
"Inevitably there will be a ten
dency on the part of some news
papers and some commentators to
censure us who see fit to discuss
this matter at length.
"I want to let the country know
that the responsibiliy for this pro
longed discussion does not rest with
those opposing this unreasonable
and unconstitutional legislation, be
cause its sponsors knew before it
was brought before the Senate that
it would bring about a lengthy dis
cussion.
‘•‘It was of their own choosing
that they brought about this im
passe in orderly government in
the middle of a World War.”
When Bilbo declared that 90 or
95 per cent of the people of his
state opposed the legislation, Sena
tor Pepper (D-Fla), author of the
bill, asked if they could have mis
understood its provisions.
“No, sir,” Bilbo shot back. “They
are intelligent people. They under
stand thoroughly. They know what
this bill is and if the Senator
from Florida were as intelligent
as the average citizen of Missis
sippi, he would know it too.”
AMERICAN AND JAP
WARSHIPS BATTLE
(Continued from Pace One)
ers, escorted by eight Zero fight
ers.
The aerial onslaught was inter
cepted by 28 Grumman Wildcat
fighters—presumably from the
Guadalcanal airfield since there
was no mention of American car
riers in the vicinity—and 16 enemy
bombers and five Zeros were shot
down. Another nine planes were
destroyed by ships’ anti-aircraft
fire so that only one Jap aircraft
out of the 31 which came over
escaped.
Warboats Damaged
The heavy cruiser San Francisco
and destroyer Buchannon were
damaged in this action.
On Thursday night the engage
ments between American and Jap
anese surface forces began, the
Japanese apparently having decid
ed to send in warships to do what
their planes had been unable to
accomplish—inflict heavy damage
on the American flotilla.
Beyond this immediate objective
is the aim of each side to make
the Solomons campaign so costly
to the other that the fate of the
airfield on Guadalcanal will be
largely determined by fighting at
sea.
A steady flow of supplies to the
American force now holding the
airfield obviously depends on the
ability of the United States Pa
cific fleet to keep open the sup
ply lines from American bases to
the south. Similarly, continued op
erations by enemy ground forces
on the island depend on the ability
of their supporting naval units to
keep supplies and reinforcements
moving in to them.
RENOMINATED /
GREENSBORO, Nov. 14.—UP)—
W. A. League, of Richmond, Va.,
was today renominated for presi
dent of the Telegraph Employees
union at the closing session of this
organizations’ second annual con
vention here. This action was tant
amount to his election for no op
position will be placed on the bal
lot. Tampa. Florida, was selected
as the place for the next conven
tion.
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A census of one acre of a farm
near Washington, D. C., showed
that 59 pairs 0f birds made their
homes there.
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SHIPYARD WILL
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pennant was authorized by the
board of awards of the commis
sion on October 22.
The presentation ceremony will
be broadcast throughout the
yards. Hundreds of visitors are ex
pected to be present for the oc
casion.
Mrs. J. Laurence Sprunt, a great
great-granddaughter of Abner
Nash, a governor of the state dur
ing the Revolutionary war and a
member of the Continental con
gress, will christen the 10,000-ton
vessel.
Her matrons of honor will be
Mrs. Peter B. Ruffin of Wilming
ton, and Mrs. Pembroke Nash of
Tarboro.
Born in Prince Edward county,
Virginia, on August 8, 1716, Nash
moved to New Bern at an early
age where he practiced law with
great success.
He represented New Bern in the
first Provincial congress which
met at New Bern, August 25, 1774,
and was active in the Revolution
ary cause from the first.
He served on both the council
and committee which drafted the
state constitution in 1776.
When the first house of com
mons to be assembled in North
Carolina convened, he was elected
speaker and later served as speak
er of the senate in 1729.
Nash was elected governor of
the state in 1779 and served until
1781 when he declined to hold the
office any longer and was suc
ceeded by Thomas Burke.
In 1782, Niash was named to rep
resent the state at the Continental
congress at Philadelphia and serv
ed in the congress until his death
at Philadelphia in 1786.
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Red Raiders Subdue
Syracuse Orange 14-0
SYRACUSE, N. i'„ Nov. 14.—IIP)
—Colgate’s Red Raiders threw their
weight around in high, wide and
handsome fashion today before awed
fans in Archbold stadium, and went
home with a 14-0 conquest of Syra
cuse in the 4th renewal of their
annual gridiron tilt.
They piled up an overwhelming
yardage superiority on the Orange
striking paydirt for touchdowns
near the close of the first half, and
at the start of the final period.
Rocked back on their heels by the
hard charging Raiders, Syracuse
manufactured only one real scoring
threat.
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8000 to 10,000 words. Doctors
know 25,000 and lawyers 23,000.
Londoners smoke more than
160,000.000,000 cigarets a year, in
normal times.
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14— (>P)—1Weathei
bureau report of temperature and ’ain
faL for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m.
Station High Low Pree.
Asheville _ 30 30 0.00
Atlanta _ 61 37 0.00
Boston _ 30 25 0.28
Cnarlotte _ 56 38 0.00
Chicago _— 44 17 0.00
Cleveland _ 30 24 0.00
Detroit _ 30 20 0.00
Fcrt Worth _ 75 48 0.00
Jacksonville _ 67 46 0.00
Little Rock _ 64 38 0.00
Louisville _ 48 25 C00
Memphis _ 64 35 0.00
Miami _ 77 48 0.00
New Orleans _ 72 56 0.00
I' \ rfolk _ 42 32 0.00
f-chmond _ 42 30 0 00
St. Louis _ __ 29 0.00
Savannah _ 64 42 0.00
Washington _ 37 2C 0.00
Wilmington _ 55 30 0.00
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