CITIZENS HEED
TELEPHONE PLEA
Wilmingtonians Cooperate
Generally With Com
pany’s Request
A plea by the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph company ir
asking Wilmingtonians not to make
unnecessary calls over the Christ
mas holidays, was generally heed
ed, according to William B. Bryan,
local manager of the company.
A total of 3,261 calls were placed
on Christmas, an increase of 511
calls over the number for' an
average business day.
“Even though these figures in
dicate an exceptional Christmas
rush on the long distance wires,
they also are direct evidence of
the public’s cooperation in not
making unnecessary greeting
calls, because without this help
the amount of offered business
would have been much greater,”
Bryan commented. “We of the
telephone company are grateful
for the cooperation,” he added.
Bryan expressed the hope that
patrons would continue to . oid
making unnecessary calls, espe
cially over the approaching holi
day week-end.
“Servicemen and women will
want to call home on New Year’s,
and we want to- do everything
possible to get their calls
through,” Bryan declared.
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General Wheeler Featured
In December 25 Edition
Of Saturday Evening Post
Major General Raymond A.
Wheeler, former Wilmington Dis
trict engineer, was quite an en-j
gineer, according to the Decern-'
ber 25 issue of the Saturday Eve
ning Post, which told of some of
his accomplishments while serv
ing over-seas.
General Wheeler served as Wil
mington District engineer from Oc
tober 16, 1930 to September 20,
1933. The citation of his achieve
ments appears in the magazine
article, “Wheeler’s Roads to To
kyo,” written by Edgar Snow.
As the article points out, the
former engineer here served with
Goethals, immortalized as the
builder of the Panama Canal, and
now has a good chance of being
remembered in the Hall of Fame
himself as the man who tackled
the stupendous task of maintain
ing the longest bridge of supply
in military history — the famous
Ledo Road of Assam,
This road known to Army en
gineers as the “Tokyo Road” will
ultimately link India and China for
the first time in the memory of
man.
The magazine article tells how
the tactful, hard-working engineer
officer manages to enlist the co
operation of the many races found
in the Orient, and how he accom
plishes his difficult engineering
assignments, while, keeping their
respect and friendship.
In a memorandum to all em
ployes of the Wilmington District
Engineer office, Lieut. Col. J. T.
lo Believe Itching
Due To Scabies
Relief from itch, or that condi
tion known as scabies, scratches,
camp itch or 7-year itch, is quick
ly had with “David's Sanative
Wash,” a liquid sulphur solution
which destroys those itch germs
which it contacts, thus easing that
fiery, tormenting itching. 60c at
any druggist or postpaid direct.
Money back if not relieved. Owens
& Minor. Richmond. Va. (Adv.).
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Interstate Commerce,
Railroad Officials
Finish Wreck Hearing
Three Interstate Commerce com
mission representatives and rail
road officials have completed a
two-day formal hearing, conduct
ed at Rocky Mount, of the causes
of the Atlantic Coast Line wreck,
which occured near Buie on De
cember 16, according to C. G. Sib
ley, general manager of the rail
road company.
Seventy-two persons lost theii
lives in the accident.
Sibley, who returned to Wil
mington Wednesday morning, said
the investigation will continue.
The report of the investigation
will come from the ICC headquar
ters in Washington. The hearing,
concluded in the Rocky Mount Y.
M. C. A., was closed to the public
and press.
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DANCES ARE SET
FOR THE WEEKEND
Affairs For Servicemen
Will Be Held At 2nd
And Orange USO
Two large dances are scheduled
for service men and women this
week-end by the Second and
Orange USO club, according to an
announcement by Mr. Bishop, as
sistant director.
The formal dance being held Fri
day evening will bo extended be
yond midnight to allow the guests
to celebrate the New Year. The
Third Army Ground Forces Band
will play for this dance.
Instead of the usual formal
dance Saturday evening, an infor
mal dance will be held to accom
modate service wives wives who
are urged to attend. The same
band will play for this party also.
This change from formal to in
formal for Saturday night is only
temporary and formal dances will
be resumed Jan. 8.
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City To Experiment
With New Scotchlite
Material For Signs
The City of Wilmington is plan
ning to experiment with a new
type of road sign that will guar-i
antee 24-hour visibility, in order to
further its interest in eliminating
traffic difficulties it was announc i
ed Wednesday by city officials.
Within approximately six weeks,'
the new signs are scheduled to be
posted in various sections of the
town.
The signs will be made of j
“scotchlite,” a reflective mater-j
ial that guarantees that the road;
markings may be read more easi
ly when the glare of headlights
is thrown upon them.
Scotchlite is a fabricated sub
stance, over which the markings
will be painted by men in the
city’s shops.
Should the experiment prove con
vincing, it is believed that more
of the reflectorized signs will be
utilized.
In trying th» new-type sign,
the city is following the lead of
nn.ny metropolitan cities that have
found the method helpful in re
ducing traffic hazards.
The material is obtainable in,
and is being bought by the city,
in three colors—white, yellow, and
silver for the various types of
markers needed.
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Schools In New Hanover
Will Reopen On Monday
Superintendent H. M. Roland
announced Wednesday that the
county schools would re-open next
Monday morning, at the regular
hour.
Schools were forced to close on
the afternoon of December 15,
when snow blanketed the county
two days earlier than the antici
pated closing time.
Mr. Roland said minor repairs
have been made on the school
buildings. Some of the w'ork has
involved patching pipes damaged
during the cold weather.
Few changes have been made
in the school personnel, Roland
reported.
Knight, Jr., district engineer,
points out that this story should
be an inspiring one to every man
and woman now serving under
the Turret and Castle insignia of
the Corps of Engineers.
ISt. John’s Tavern
114 Orange St
Dial 2-8089
DELICIOUS FOOD;
MANOR day
ROBERT
PRESTON milllll
EVA GABOR open
IN 10:45 A. M
Dally
“PACIFIC ; milllll
BLACKOUT”
Also COMEDY
LATE SHOW SAT. NITE
“ATLANTIC CONVOY”
OLD HIP FLASKS
COME FROM ATTIC
Shortage Of Liquor Forc
ing New Yorkers To
Carry Their Own
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—W—Hip
flasks, gathering dust since the
death of prohiaition, came out of
the attic today for Use in helping
New Yorkers ring in 1944 Friday
night with a gaiety and gusto
heightened by predictions of Allied
victory during the coming year.
There is plenty of money and
the town is crowded with visitors
in holiday mood, ready to needle
a routine New Year’s Eve cele
bration into the noisiest revelry
since war came to America.
But the liquor shortage threat
ened to put a crimp in some of
the celebrating. Several restau
rants and hotels with dwindling
stocks have urged customers
through advertisements to bring
their own cheer. Thus the return
of the tlasks.
Most of the larger hotels and
night clubs, however, said they
were prepared io handle all liquor
orders.
The Society of Restaurateurs an
announced that half its member
ship—more than 100 eating places
—would close lor the night at 10
p.m. to conserve their bottled
goods. The other places must close
by 4 a.m. Saturday.
Although the OPA has ordered
basis pr'ees to those of last year,
the size of the check* will depend
on thirst and capacity, for the
drinks are not included in the ini
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OFFICERS NOMINATED
NEW BERN Dec. 29 —Of inter
est through this arc# are Presi
dent Roosevelt’s nominations of
three Marine Corps colonels long
stationed in this section to be pro
moted to the rank of brigadier
general.
Col. W. P. T. Hill, who served
as liaison officer between the Ma
rine Corps and the construction of
ficials for more than two years
during the primary building pro
grams at New River, was nomin
ated for brigadier general for a
period of four years from Feb. 1,
1944.
President Roosevelt^ also nomi
nated Co'.onel Kill for’ the impor
tant post of Quartermaster of the
Marine Corps, beginning February
1. succeeding Maj. Gen. Seth Wil
liams. The first Marine officer to
arrive in this section for regular
duty at New River, coming first
during May, 1941, Colonel Hill su
pervised all tne initial construc
tion at Camp Lejeune.
Col. Thomas J. Cushman, who
for two years v/as commanding of
ficer of the Marine Corps Air Sta
tion at Cherry Point, was nomi-!
nated by the President for promo
tion to brigadier-general, for tem
porary service from December 7.
He first arrived here in August,
1941, and superintended a 11 the
first construction at Cherry Point
until last September when he was
iransierrea eisewnere 10 an undis
closed post.
The nomination of Col. Merritt
A. Edson to the grade of brigadier
general was confirmed by the Sen
ate prior to its Christmas recess,
at the same time that Lt. Gen. A.
A. Vandegrift was confirmed as
commandant of the Marine Corps,
beginning January i. Colonel Ed
son’s new rank dates from tem
porary service beginning Decem
ber 1. He received the Navy Cross
and other high decoiations as lead
er of the first Marine Raider bat
talion, nelping to blast Japs from
a labyrinth of caves in the initial
landings in the Solomons. He was
a battalion commander in the Fleet
Marine Force units stationed dur
ing the winter and spring of 1941-42
at New River
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Ethiopia Buys Place
For Legation In U. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. —VP)—
Ethiopia, first invaded nation
wrested from the Axis, has bought
a legation in Washington for its
minister, Blatta Ephrem Twelede
Medhen, who presented his cred
entials Nov. 9. Located at 2134 Kal
orama Road, near the former em
bassy of France and the legation
of Thailand, it belonged to Fred
erick Sterling, former United States
Minister to Sweden.
Fifty three nations now have
fully accredited representatives to
the United States.
Drama Of North Africa
And Mediterranean Is
Enacted In Colorado
CAMP CARSON, Colo. — Pfc
Tommy Johnson of Route 1, Toma
hawk, N. C., was a member o:
the 109th Evacuation hospital
group at Camp Carson which re
cently enacted the drama of Nortt
Africa, Sicily and Italy in bivouac
in a pine dotted vailey in sight ol
the jumbled white peaks of the
Sangre de Crisco range.
The 109th rehearsed in bivouac,
inspired by its molto, “Send ’err
back alive”. They set up base
hospitals, performed operations,
and other necessary medical at
tentions as were held in the real
battles.
The skilled staff is commanded
by Col. George Prazak of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, who has had nine
years’ experience in surgery. Many
of the enlisted technicians hold col
lege degrees, in bacterology and
kindred fields.
PAY R0\ )ELAYS
SHIP UNCHING
Maritime Commission Re
fuses To Pay Wages
For Full Time
OAKLAND. Calif.. Dec. 29. —(P)
—The launching of a cargo ship
at the Moore shipyard was de
layed today after the Maritime
Commission ordered that launching
crews no longer be paid full shift
wages for work requiring only a
fraction of a day.
George San Facon, business a
gent for the AFL carpenters union,
said full shift pay for launching
had been part of the shipyard
agreement for 30 or 40 years, thai
the new order was ‘‘tantamount to
a paycut and we will refuse to fur
nish launching crews until this
is corrected.”
C. W. Eliason of the Maritime
Commission said the full-shift pay
was \ asteful and was adding un
necessarily to the vast ship con
struction bill.
Moore Co. said the crew of 59
carpenters refused to launch the
ship although christening ceremon
ies were held.
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Time Names Marshall
As ‘Man 01 The Year’
NEW YORK Dec. 29.-Gen
eral George C. Marshall, chief of
staff of the United States Army,
was selected today by Time Maga
zine as the 1943 ‘man of the year.”
The news magazine said that
Marshall, assuming on the day
Germany invaded Poland the job
of transforming “a worse-than-dis
armed U. S. into the world’s most
effective military power.” was the
man “who more than any other
could be said to have armed the
republic.”
“Before selecting General Mar
shall as the man cf the year,”
the magazine said, “Time consid
Night Coughing
DUE TO A COLD
you awake and rob you of rest. Get
Mentho-Mulsion from your druggist
and be prepared. Mentho-Mulsion
quickly helps loosen the tight phlegm,
eases the tormenting tickle and allays
the coughing so you can go back to
sleep. Follow directions on label.
FIRST LOCAL
SHOWING
4 BIG DAYS
STARTING SUNDAY
JANUARY 2nd
ered the claims of Prim* Minister
Churchill, Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek, Premier Stalin and Pres
ident Roosevelt’’
The magazine gives its designa
tion annually to the man or wo
man selected by its editors on the
, basis of nominations by readers as
i the one who had effected the most
dramatic change in the course of
history during the preceding 12
months.
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50,000 KILLED
MOSCOW, Dec. 20—MB--'The city
of Gomel, occupied by the Ger
mans for 23 months, 'announce^ to
day that the Nazis killed more
than 50,000 residents by hanging,
shooting or torture, and took 30,
000 to Germany. The chairman ot
the city soviet said 5,100 of Go
mel’s 13,000 brick and wooden
buildings were demolished.
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One Army chapel in a Pacific
jungle has mahogany furnishings
and bells fashioned from two 90
mm. shells.
COLDS EVERYWHERE
If this spreading wave of colds sweeps
your way and gets you with muscular
aches, coughing, and nasal congestion
—try Penetro, modem medication in a
base containing old-fashioned mutton
suet like grandma used. Penetro works
two ways at once to relieve these mis
eries: (1) outside, by counter-irritar
tion, (2) inside, by vaporising. Clean,
white and stainless. So pleasant to use.
25c. Double supply 35c. Get Penetro.
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