MERCHANTS MEET
SET FOR 10:30
Wilmington retail merchants will
meet at 10:30 a. m. Thursday m
the Tide Water assembly room
to hear an interpretation of a
Group 1 arera, in which Wilming
ton has been placed by the War
Manpower Commisson.
Henry I. Shepherd, WMC area •
director, who will make a check of
Wilmington employers to deter
mine whether they are in com
pliance with the employment , sta
bilization program in the hiring
of workers in their establishments
March 14-17, will be in charge of
the discussion of the 48-hour work
week, which becomes effective
here April 1. .‘
Shepherd explained .the reason
Wilmington was ploced in Group
1 by the WMC was because the
demand for employes now exceeds
the supply by about 2,000 work
ers.
Under the 48-hour work week
basis, Shepherd declared that
Wilmington employers with eight
or more employes “must have 48
hours work a week available for
each employe on the payroll, and
must offer it to them. If it is found
impractical for an employe or
group of employes to work 48
hours a week, and their working
will in no way help with the war
effort, exemption may be asked.’
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FINLAND REPLIES
TO PEACE TERMS
(Continued from Page One)
acterized as “camouflaged uncon
ditional surrender.”
A Helsinki dispatch said the
parliamentary committee on for
eign affairs heard Foreign Minis
ter Sir Henrik Ramsay outline the
situation in a short session today,
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ing old fashioned mutton suet, only
25c, double supply 35c. Get Penetro.
City Briefs
CLUB MEETING
The Service Wives Dinner
club will meet at 6:45 p.m.
Thursday, March 9. at the
Fifth and Orange USO club.
Service wives are invited to
join the club and attend the
dinner meeting. Registration
should be made in advance by
— phoning 2-1269. Mrs. Betty Ann
Sabetti is chairman of the
elub.
CLOTHING STOLEN
J. W. Council of Rocky
Mount told police that $142 in
clothing was stolen from his
car, parked on Grace street
near the Brunswick hotej Wed
nesday morning. A suit, two
, hats, and a suitcase were re
Vported taken.
LIONS TO MEET
E. T. Jones, manager of the
Wilmington branch of Armour
and Company, will speak be
fore the Wilmington Lions
Club today at 1:10 p. m. at
the Friendly restaurant ban
quet room on the general sub
ject of meat. Jones’ talk today
will continue the discussion be
gun last week. President Jim
my Lawson urges all members
to be present for this inter
esting discussion.
GILLESUIE SPEAKS
Dr. A. F. Gillespie, recent
ly returned from the Orient
after seven months in a Japa
nese prison camp, will speak
tonight at 7:30 p. m. at the
Temple Babtist Church on
the subject “Returning on the
Gripsholm.”
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LEGION SQUADRON NO. 10
Squadron No. 10 Sons of the
American Legion will meet in
the Tide Water building as
sembly room. Second and
Princess streets, Thursday at
7:30 p. m., instead of Wednes
day as previously scheduled,
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses were is
sued Wednesday by the regis
trar of deeds to Charles E.
McCartney. Springfield, Mis
souri, and Johanna Boet, of
Wilmington: Bruno Poinysz,
Roslindale, Mass., and Doris
Lord, New Bedford, Mass.;
Ha*-vey L. Hughes, Camp Liv
ingston, La., and Glada Gai
ther, of Wilmington.
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POISON GAS USE
IS NOT EXPECTED
(Continued from Page One)
against Nazi troops. He would do
this because he knows that with
his depleted air force he would be
hurt worse than the Allies in gas
warfare against civilian popula
tions. t
Secondly, from a purely military
standpoint the concentrations of
personnel necessary for invasion
would make better targets than
would occur tn any other tactical
situation.
Should Japan decide to use gas,
the odds against her would be
greater than against Germany. Gas
would be of mere use to us against
the concrete - and - steel fortifica
tions encountered on the enemy’s
island outposts than it would be
to the Japanese for defensive pur.
poses.
The gas question appears to be
one for Germany and Japan to
answer. President Roosevelt has
warned the Axis that if they use
it, the Allies are prepared to do
the same.
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BRITISH MAY BACK
DOMINATION BY U. S.
(Continued from Page One)
It is highly probable that many
of the talks will concern post-war
borders of European countries in
the light of the steady progress of
the European advisory commis
sion’s efforts to reach agreement
on German borders and kindred
matters after victory is won.
This speculation was strengthen
ed by the announcement that Stet
tinius would be accompanied by
Dr. Isaiah Bowman, president ol
Johns Hopkins University, who is
a Roosevelt adviser, one of Wash
ington’s elder statesmen and one
of the country’s top geographers.
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Spanish explorers in 1508 intro
duced American timber to Europe
believing it would sure many seri
ous diseases of mankind.
I Artillerymen Relax In Italy
.. ®
Some of the crew of a field artillery unit serving in Italy, rest
ing between rounds, are (left to right). Pvt. Charles Lark of Car
bon, Ind., Corp_ Percy Lineberry of Cedar Falls, N. C., Corp. Wil
liam M. Hampton of Moulton, Ala., Pvt. James L. Little of Atlanta,
Ga., and Corp. John Wind of Miami, Fla.
WEATHER
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m., yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
1:30 a.m., 47; 7:30 a.m., 44; 1:30 p.m.,
32; 7.30 p.m., 46. Maximum 54; mini
mum 40; mean 47; normal 51.
HUMIDITY
1:30 a.m., 93; 7:30 a.m., 55; 1130 p.m.,
if; 7:30 p.m., 60
PRECIPITATION
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30
p.m., 0.00 inches. Total since the first
of the month, 3.00 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)
Wilmington _ 9:36 a.m. 4:21 a.m.
9:56 p.m. 4:48 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet_7:29 a.m. 1:15 a.m.
7:49 p.m. 1:41 p.m.
Sunrise, 6:30 a.m.; Sunset, 6:15 p.m.;
Moonrise, 6:05 p.m.; Moonset, 6:31 a.m.
WASHINGTON, March 8—(#)—'Weath
er bureau report of temperature and
rainfai:. for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m.
in the principal cotton growing areas
and elsewhere:
Station High Low Pre
Alpena _— 21 12 0.02
Asheville _ 32 22 0.00
Atlanta - 44 30 0.00
Atlantic City -__ 48 32 0.00
Birmingham _— 45 30 0.00
Boston _ 45 30 0.00
Buffalo _ 24 19 0.03
Burlington -—-- 36 19 0.00
Chicago -—-18 12 0.00
Cincinnati _•__—; 26 20 0.03
Cleveland - 25 16 0.00
Denver _ 50 24 0.00
Detroit —_ 26 17 0,03
Duluth - 15 -3 0.00
ifl1 Paso _ 58 35 0.00
Galveston - 64 49 0.00
Jacksonville- 62 42 0.00
Kansas City - 37 15 0.00
Key West _ 75 66 3.46
Little Rock _ 52 28 0.00
Louisville - 27 21 0.60
Memphis _ 44 28 0.00
Meridian - 51 32 0.00
Miami _ 67 50 0.15
Minn.-St. Paul _ 17 4 0.00
Mobile _ 53 40 0 60
New Orleans- 61 50 0.00
New York _ 41 34 0.01
Norfolk _ 50 33 0.01
Pittsburgh-24 19 0.02
Richmond _ 44 31 0.00
St. Louis _30 IB 0.00
San Antonio _ _ 65 38 0.60
Savannah _ 56 43 0.00
Seattle _64 46 0.00
Tampa _ 65 54 0.00
Vicksburg___ 54 28 0.00
vVashington _ 40 32 0.00
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CALLS MORE TROOPS
BERN, March 8.—(JP)—Bulgaria
nas called up more troops follow
ing a visit by German Balkan
commanders to Sofia and discov
ery of a large store of armaments
cached by Partisans, the Basler
Nachxichten reported today in a
Budapest dispatch.
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Thr champion divers of the
ancient Olympics made their liv
ings diving for sponges.
Lemon Juice Receipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly
If you suffer from rheumatic, arthri
tis or neuritis pain, try this simple in
expensive home recipe that thousands
are using. Get a package of Ru-Ex
Compound, a two-week supply, today.
Mix it with a quart of water, add the
iuice of 4 lemons. It’s easy. No trouble
at all and pleasant. You need only 3
tablespoonfuls ‘wo times a day. Often
within 48 hours—sometimes overnight
splendid results are obtained. If the
pains do no' quickly leave and if you
dr not feel better, return the empty
rackage and Ru-Ex will cost you noth
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and recommended by Saunders Drug
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PRICES INCREASE
CHUNGKING, March 8 — UP)—
Chang Ping-Chun, counsellor of
the executive Yuan, said today
that the wholesale price index in
China had risen 230 times above
the pre-war levei and that the
price of rice and coal increased
60 per cent since the end of 1943.
He told a press conference that
matches were 600 times the pre
war cost, cooking oil 170 and
coarse cotton homespun 340
| times.
Death Of Wells Caused
By Unknown Party, Allien
Says Following Inquest
The death of Willie Wells, Ne- |
gro ,was caused by a “party or
parties unknown to the jury,”
Coroner Asa W. Allen stated last j
night, following an inquest into
the death of the victim of a hit
and-run drive on the night of
February 18, at Eighth and Daw
son streets.
According to witnesses, Wells
was knocked about 65 feet by a
speeding automobile which failed
to stop and turned a corner be- ]
fore witnesses could get the license
number.
According to Coroner Allen,
witnesses to the accident were
Elijah Parks, Negro, 1222 South 1
Eighth street, and Carl Leaks,
Negro, Officer J. C. Long, Jr., ]
was also summonde before the j |
Coorner’s jury as a witness.
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Most of the beef and mutton for
Allied troops in England comes ii
from Urguay and Argentina. j
I discovered
an amazing way to
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