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LABOR to pick NEWOFFICERS GREENSBORO, Aug. 15. —(/Ph rjection and installation of of i: ers. committee reports and other ■'C ,;ers 0f business are scheduled 1113 the 38tth annual convention ol SI North Carolina Federation oi t bor here tomorrow,'starting, at q M a.m. as the conclusion of th« three-da} meeting. Speakers at today’s session in luded Dr. Ralph McDonald, honor v member of the state federation; r'j Haury, Washington, interna Uonal representative of operating 1 afpeers: Mrs. Bess Proctor, Lit (le°Rock. Ark., regional represen ts of the Brewing Industry Foundation and formerly director , .,omen>s and children’s division Vtbe Arkansas Department of Tabor A- F- Valente, president of united Textile Workers of America; ,nseph V. Tobin, representing the Teamsters Union; and C. E. Earn hardt international vice president tt the United Textile Workers of America- . Other ‘ er Atlanta, international repre sentative of Journeymen Barbers International Union. Paul Askeu, representing operating engineers, and T A. Wilson, raleigh, chair man of the North Carolina Indus trial commission, During the morning several re solutions were adopted, including one for appointment of a commit tee to go to Washington to taka; liP with proper officials and au thorities. including the building and construction trades department of the American Federation of Labor and with the American Federation of Labor itself, the question of rank discrimination against workers of North Carolina in the matter of pre-determined wage rates.’” Members appointed to serve on this committee include C. A. Fink. Spencer, president of the state Federation: R. D. Apple, pre sident of the Greensboro Central Labor union: P. M. Taylor, Dur ham. president of the state build ing trades council, A. N. Hutchins, Durham, and J. L. Dew, Wilming ton. representing building trades committee. Other resolutions included one for participation of unions and union officials in the work of “each and every government board, bureau or agency chose activity as bearing on welfare of the working people of the state.” The various speakers mainly em phasized the need for organizing labor and for promoting coopera tion among elements of the organi zation. I Dr. McDonald reminded the con vention that full employment at good wages is one of the fuda mental needs of this state in furth ering the interests of labor. -_V BALLOT RULING GIVEN BY BOARD RALEIGH. Aug. 15 — W — The state board of elections has an nounced regulations whereby North Carolinians serving in the armed forces may apply at any time prior to November 7, 1944, for absentee ballots for the general election. Here are the regulations: 1. On a written form signed by the applicant and addressed to the chairman of the board of elec lions of the applicants home coun ty. 2. By an informal letter, card, or other writing signed by the ap plicant and addressed to the chair man of the board of elections of the county in which the applicant resides. 3. By an application for a bal lot made pursuant to the federal absentee ballot act through the of fice of the secretary of state, or by application for a ballot made to the chairman of the county board of elections of the applicant'* borne county. | w Je,n ®enys F I 4 invented I | A Human Blood 5 | ' Transfusion § ® *o1 Pat«"t»d tht Hollow yfe O'ound Blodo for coolor, I® “FoathorToych"shaving | I --I Palisade^ark Razed In N. Y. Area’s Third Disaster . . land blIareinpaCl,uaeH1Lapertdi^StwrOUS f,r“ a* the Hoboken. N. J., pier and the Luna Park, Coney Is some 100 fniured acrn^tnk’*N' J was alJ b“‘ wiped ont as a Sunday crowd made its escape with Sa^atSn frL t^mT/d.l0«farly r®P°rt?- The fboye photo> showing firemen, futilely fighting the conflagration from the middle of a swimming pool, was -taken at the peak of the fire. (International) « MUMP aa — ___ ” ' “-----: ATTORNEY IRKED . AT TAXI STAND Describing alleged noise and disorder at the Yellow Cab taxi stand, Thira and Grace streets, as constituting “an in tolerable situation,” Attorney Aaron Goldberg, appearing for the state in the case against Luke Mohn, Yellow Cab driver charged with shooting firearms in the city, told Recorder’s court yesterday that he in tended to pursue a course that would result in eliminating the menace. Meanwhile, Mohn, found guil ty pf violating Section 217 of the'city ordinances, and order ed to pay $10 in fines and the cost of court, declared his in tention of seeking a 10 days' stay in the matter. “I admii to shooting,” Mohn said. “But C contend ‘hat I had to shoot in self defense.” Policeman U. J. Wolfe told the court that he answered a call at 12:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 2, to, pri.geed to "the taxi company. He said Mohn reported that two men allegedly had been attempting to rob his passenger. The passenger, according to Wolfe, denied when confronted , with Mohn’s story that robbery had been attempted. He said the two had hit him in an af fray at Charlie Hattem’s place in Brunswick county. The Brunswick county men were picked up for questioning by police, but all parties involved were released. A warrant against Mohn for shooting arms unnecessarily was sworn out four days later. As the case unfolded in court this morning, three residents of the area explained that curs ing. loud talking, crying and screaming on the part of wom en attended the affair in front of the cab office. The complain ants were Mrs. H. L. Gano, Mrs. E. P. Walker and Mrs. Mary B. Jacobs. All the witnesses declared that the noise woke them up, and that shooting had occur red several other times near uie cau omce, wnere, mey showed, disturbance is fre quently in progress at night. •Said Mrs. Walker: “We had been asleep. We were awaken ed by two people quarreling. There was whooping, cavorting and cursing. Then there was this pistol shot.” Judge Winfield Smith declar ed that he had previously de clared the case against Mohn a mistrial and nol prossed it, but that motion was entered to reopen it because “I found a greater offense had been com mitted, and that the matter de served investigation.” -V TRENTON MAN CAPTURED TRENTON, Aug. 15—Lt. Walter Wade Mallard, Jr.', of the Army Air Forces, is a prisoner of war in Germany, the Red Cross has notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mallard of Trenton. Lieuten ant Mallard was reported missing in action May 19 following a bomb er mission over enemy-held terri tory in Europe. I • ~ straight bourbon WHISKEY BOTTLED IN BOND 300 PROOF r^'—^. Cary Grant Separated From Barbara Hutton HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 15 —(AP)— Cary Grant packed his luggage and departed today from the big Brent wood mansion where he has lived with Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton since their marriage two years ago. Incompatibility, nothing more or less, their mutual friends agreed, was responsible for the breaching of their marital relations. The slim, blonde Barbara said they had decided to try a ‘‘friend ly separation.’’ and although she added that there was no thought of a divorce immediately, a re conciliation seemed unlikely. “Yes, I regreat to say that all this is true,” Grant admitted. “You can quite understand why I have no inclination to make an extend ed statement.” Barbara, the “poor little rich girl,” who inherited a rigidly se cluded existence and $25,000, 000 with the death of her mother, Mrs. Franklyn Laws Hutton, in 1917, has been married three times. Grant, wealthy in his own right, and one of the most successful actors in Hollywood, separated from Barbara a few weeks ago but recently • returned home. The couple’s marital differences appar ently have been progressing for several months. Obituaries CONRAD L. MEISTER Last rites for Conrad L. Meister, 68, of 1915 Market street, mechanical engineer of the Atlan tic Coast Line railroad, who died at James Walker Memorial hos pital early yesterday following an illness of several weeks, were held yesterday at the residence, with Dr. J. Harry Whitmore offi cShting. Interment followed in Oakdale cemetery. Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Mrs. B. H. Cobb of Wil mington; and two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Meister and Mrs. Lottie Bats ford of Glendale, Cal.; and two grandchildren. MRS. AVA E. HOLDEN Last rites for Mrs. Ava Edwards Holden, 59, of Bolivia, who died at Bulluck’s clinic Sun day after a short illness, were held at Bolivia Baptist church yes terday by the Rev. Walter Phelps, assisted by the Rev. H. F. Brinson and Dr. W. Hersey Davis. Interment followed in Concord Methodist church qemetery at Supply. NOAH J. MORSE Funeral services for Noah James Morse, who died suddenly of a heart attack at 1 p.m. Saturday, were held from the residence in L e 1 a n d yesterday with the Rev. S. L. Mintz and the Rev. Jeth row Benton officiating. Burial was in Nelson cemetery near Lelaqd. JOHN EDWARD RIDDICK, SR. John Edward Riddick, Sr., 61, of 3 North Washington street, Sunset Park, who dropped dead Sunday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Riddick, in Gates vine wnom ne was visiting over the week-end were held yester day at the Gatesville Metho dist church. The Rev. J. M. Jal liff conducted the services. Bur. ial was in the Gatesville ceme tery. MRS. ELLEN J. DANIELS The body of Mrs. Ellen J. Dan iels, who died Monday in Balti more, will arrive here Thursday morning for burial. Mrs. Daniels, widow of C. H. Daniels of Wilmington, had made her home in Baltimore with her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Ashcraft, aft er her husband’s death. Surviving besides Mrs. Ashcraft are a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Wil liamson of Wilmington; one son, Harry L. Daniels of Washington,; two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Price of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. A ,C. Skip per of Washington. MISS LIZZIE BULLARD ROWLAND, Aug. 15.—Miss Liz zie Bullard, 83, died last night at 11 o’clock at her home near Elrod She is survived by one sister, Miss Berta Bullard, and several nieces and nephews- She was first cousin of Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, of world war 1. The funeral will be at the home at 4 o’clock to morrow afternoon. Her pastor, Rev. W. C. Wilson, will be in charge. Burial will be in Bullard ceme tery near Elrod. ---i > R0TAR1ANS HEAR TALK BY FLIER Lt. Fug*®# Johnson 11 the Arjn-y Air Corps, now stationed at Bhe thernthal Atr Field, told Rotary club members yesterday of his “rugg ed” experiences while serving with the Flying Tigers in China. Lieutenant Johnson, who holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Mfedal and Purple Heart, related experiences of the early phases of the war when the Japanese had them outnumbered 15 to 1. He stated that “in combat the Japs are not good individual fighters, but in a patrol or other organized units they are hard and steady fighters.” In speaking of the conditions existing in China, he said that it was not easy for the population to realize that they had central gov ernment because the country is so huge. He added that the Chinese people, as whole, were coopera tive and grateful for the efforts made by the Tigers to “save their skin.” The club decided to draw uo a committee to write an open letter to the press commending the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, police department, telephone company, Tide Water Power company and other organizations that helped to restore order after the tropical storm in this vicinity August 1. A. S. Grist, president, presided over the meeting. J. Frank Hack ler was program chairman. -V— SENTENCE GIVEN IN ASSAULT CASE Alex Jones alias King Jones, Ne gro, pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to 60 days in jail yesterday by Judge Winfield H. Smith in Re corder’s court. Sound was found not guilty of a charge of larceny and receiving. Johnson was charged with stealing a cedar tree. Hezekiah Rhodes. Negro, was convicted on charges of selling beer off premises and without a license and sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay a $10 fine and court costs. The sentence was sus pended on payment of the fine and costs, providing the defendent remain on good behavior for a per iod of one year. TAX COLLECTION NOT QUESTIQNED RALEIGH, Aug. 15—(#)—Commis sioner of Revenue Edwin Gill said today that U. S. Comptroller Gen eral Lindsay Warren has not ques tioned North Carolir.a’s collection! of sales and use taxes on tangible, personal property used by private contractors engaged in government construction and war work in the state. The state has collected thousands of dollars, he said, from contrac tors handling cost-plus contracts on the basis of a Supreme Court decision that buidling materials used by government contractors arc subject to the tax. NEW BEACHHEAD greatlyjwidened (Continued from Page One) more than 14,000 pilots and air crews participated in the day’s operations. This was exclusive of airborne troops and parachutists who landed in France and whose numbers were not disclosed but were described as great. One Allied pilot, acting as a naval artillery observer, said he had flown 60 miles inland without see ing any big concentration of Ger man troops. / The Germans apparently already had been forced t0 pull a large part of their troops northward to meet the threat of General Eisen hower, even though they them selves had been predicting the Me diterranean landings for more than a week. (The German-controlled Paris radio early Wednesday said there was heavy fighting between Cannes and Nice and between St. Raphael and Cap Camarat, with General Wilson personally directing the lat ter operation. An NBC reporter, however, said American Liberty ships already were being unloaded in Cannes Harbor.) Allied headquarters said only that the landings had been made successfully “alone a considerable part of the coast between Nice and Marseille.” The German radio re ported that the focal point of the invasion was around St. Raphael, 16 miles by air west of Cannes, famous peacetime pleasure re sort, and told of another landing at Bormes, 25 miles east of Toulon. American Liberators this morn ing bombed the road leading from the beach to Frejus, near the mouth of the Argens river, two miles from St. Raphael. Marauder mediuir bombes struck heavily during the morning at beach and gun instal lations in a 30-mile sector from west of Cannes to east of Toulon, the great naval base where much of the scuttled French fleet lies rusting. Other Liberators bombed five highway bridges over the great Phone river between Valence and Avignon, along the natural pathway towards northern France. In the last coastal bombings, the planes used small bombs designed to destroy whatever German troops and guns remained. That it was not impeded was in Sicated by a field dispatch from Herbert L. Matthews of the New Vork Times, representing the com bined American press, who wrote tonight: "A flabbergasted American army numbering many thousands is well into southern France this after noon nnd going fast. It has been dews ofrtuaHy without opposition and with amazingly small casual ties. “The Jerries were caught com pletely by surprise, and what few there were waiting for us have been scattered or captured. Men, tanks, artillery and materiel of all kinds have been pouring into three separate beaches since H Hour. . . and by now we have built up such strength that it seems almost cer tain we have not only come to stay but to push on. This ought to be the decisive blow for France, and everybody is astonished that it went off so easily.” Flying over the coast where less than a fortnight ago he had seen intense antiaircraft fire, Kenneth L. Dixon, Associated Press Cor respondent, reported ne was un able to see the flash of a single German gun today. An airforce spokesman said the major pre-invasion tasks of knock ing out railroads from the beach head area northward through the enemy-held northern Italy had been accomplished and that the landing area was virtually isolat ed. Along with their hundreds of tons of small bombs the Allied planes dropped 44 tons of leaflets urging German troops to present themselves to allied lines for sur render and calling on French citi zens to do everything in their power to help the invaders. For the present, at least, the southern front remained under Wil son’s supreme command), indepen dent of General Eisenhower's in the northwest. The designation and composition of the invading armies remained military secrets. Its com mander also was not identified. A denial was issued here to Lon don newspaper reports that the American Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, deputy to Wilson, was field commander of the invading forces. Veteran American units formed the major spearheads of the on slaught. Some of them had been through the fighting in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. Alongside them were French units. An Allied communique reported that British troops also were par ticipating, but a Navy communi If hot weather torments you with heat rash, prickly heat, and other minor skin irritations, here’s good news for you. Mexsana, the soothing, medi cated powder offers you amazing new relief. For Mexsana eases the burn and smart of such miseries just as it takes the itch from mosquito bites and from peeling irritated sun burned skin. This forty year old'favor ite has been a standby of mothers to relieve heat rash and diaper rash on babies as well as help prevent it. Con tains ingredients often used by spe cialists for relief of such miseries. Yet Mexsana costs little. Even greater savings in larger sizes. Get Mexsana. ,<■ Six Lumber Operators Fined Total Of $39,000 (Continued from Page One) company, a corporation, of Hallsboro, N. C.; and the B. H. Oates Lurriber company of Montgomery. Shepard said the companies invoiced lumber from one to another “for the purpose of including and adding to the maximum price the direct mill distributor’s commission in violation of the ceiling proce. Invoiced lumber as kiln dried, when the lumber was air dried, resulting in over charg es; and sold lumber above the ceiling price.” Shephard directed the inves tigation of the Mammouth over charge case, assisted by Char les F. Rouse, U. S. Attorney of Kinston, N. C. Other investi gations of lumber sales activi ties are underway in eastern North Carolina, Shephard said. As a result of the investiga tion, Shephard said, L. L. Shertzer, of Montgomery, re cently named a' member of the national OPA yellow cypress advisory committee, had been asked to resign his post. -V WEATHER (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday. Temperature 1:30 am. 78; 7:30 am 77; 1:30 pm, 84; 7:30 pm. 80. Maxmium 86; Minimum 73; Mean 80; Normal 78. Humidity 1:30 am. 96; 7:30 am, 95; 1:30 pm 70; 7:30 pm, 87. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 pm, 0.09 inches. Total since the first of the month, 6.32 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S..Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Wilmington - 7:51a 2:43a 8:21ft 2:52p Masonboro Inlet--- 5:52a 11:51a 5:17p Sunrise, 5:34 a.m.; Sunset, 7:58 p.m.; Moonrise, 3:24 a.m; Moonset, 5:48 pm --V Chamber Postpone! Membership Drive The membership drive of the Chamber of Commerce has been postponed until early in September to avoid conflict with other activi ties, Walter Cartire, executive secretary of the chamber, said yesterday. No one yet has been appointee to fill the position of executivr secretary of the merchants’ divi sion of the chamber, a vacancy left by the recent resignation o John Sheehan, he said. que referred only to the landing c French and American troops. Thi presumably indicated that the Br tish participants were among th airborne forces only. Authoritative sources emphasis ed that the entire invasion opera tion was complementary to the ops rations in northwestern France an had been planned for many week: to dovetail with Eisenhower’s ovei all plans for the French campaign Hundreds of thousands of me: were involved in the preparation and operations. For weeks troop in rear areas were put through in tensive special training based oi the experience gained in Sicily, a Salerno and Anzio, while the flee of landing craft and warships mass ed in the Mediterranean. Some o the ships had participated in th Normandy landings of June ( while some of the air transport used had been sent in recentl; from Rurma thpatpr. MILLINDER BAND COMING TO DAVIS e— ■ Playing for the first enlisted mirn’s dance to be held at Farns worth Hall in the past three years, the nationally famous “Lucky” Millinder and his band—Blue Net work and Decca recording—is sche duled to entertain for the Antiair-1 craft Artillery school enlisted re giment and their guests Friday night. Featuring sultry vocals by curva ceous Judy Carol, and the skat singing of Wynnonie “Mr. Blues” Harris, the Millinder crew is the answer to GI pleas for a truly hot. nationally known band. The Millinder appearance. at Camp Davis was made possible through the interest of Lt. James McPherson, AA School athletic and recreation officer. Billed as the “Dynamaestro,” “Lucky,” whose given name is Lu cios, more than lives up to his no tices in Down Beat and other jazz publications, according to reports received from North Carolina and South Carolina, where he is now on tour. The Millinder band is to date the best known orchestra to make an appearance at Camp Davis, and according to AATC and AAAS Spe cial Service Offices, is the fore runner of other nationally known “names” who will play Camp Da vis in the near future. Meanwhile, other dances, featur ing the 142nd and 143rd Bands, were being scheduled for AAATC and AAAS Battalions at Farnsworth Hall .Approximately three-fourths of the 200,000 square feet gymna sium has been set aside for all bat talions on the post desiring to make re:ervation for future danc S All Special Service Officers wdre requested by Major Henry M. John son to put in their dance date re quests either “in person” or by calling the Farnsworth Hall athle tic office, phone 351. -V EX-JUDGE SYKES NEW SOLICITOR RALEIGH, Aug. 15. — UP) — Gov ernor Broughton today granted • leave of absence to William Mur dock of Durham as solicitor of the 10th Judicial district and appoint ed former Judge Robert H. Sykes of Durham to succeed him. Murdock has accepted a com mission in the U. S. Naval Reserves and is awaiting call. The leave of absence and start of Sykes’ tenure in office begin when Murdock en ters service, the governor said. The leave of absence was grant ed under a constitutional clause allowing the governor to grant leaves to office holders entering the armed forces. Swore at PILES! But Now He SMILES! YOU miy smile too. Use doctors* formula for distress of piles. Same as used adjunctively by specialists at noted clinic. Be amazed ae pain, itch, soreness get such QUICK relief I Get $1.00 tube Thornton & Minor's Rectal Ointment today. 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