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paralysis cases INCREASED TO 582 RALEIGH, Aug. 22—(API—Dr, Car ,r Reynolds, state health officer today reported 11 new cases of In fantile paralysis in North Cardins bringing the total to 52-. since June 1 and the number of counties at footed in 60. Twenty-three death have been listed. * Guilford county reported fou: v cases, bringing its total to 28 Uillf Yadkin reported three, in -ceasing its total to D. Duplin Durham. Gaston and Hendersot counties reported one new casi each. , , . p,. Reynolds released this re vised tabulation of polio reports bj counties, including those reportec ,0 Alamance 6. Alleghany 7, Alex ander 12. Anson 2. Ashe 37, Averj r Beaufort 1. Bertie 1, Buncombt ,, Rurke 42, Cabarrus 9, Colum n's 4, Cumberland 3. ' Davidson 5, Davie 1, Duplin 2 Durham 6. Edgecombe 1, Forsyth 21 Gaston 32, Granville 2. Guil ford ''3 Harnett 5. Haywood 6, Hen. derson 2. Hoke 1. Hyde 1. Iredell 9. Lee 2. Lincoln 16, Mc Dowell in. Mecklenburg 24, Mont -omen- 1. Moore 1. New Hanovei 5 Onslow 1. Orange 2, Pender 1, Person 2. Pitt 2. Polk 2. Randolph 6. Robeson 5. Rocking ham 4 Rowan 18, Rutherford 8, Sampson 3. Scotland 1, Stanly 8. Stokes 1. Surry 13, Union 2, Vance . Wilkes 35, Wake 3. Watauga 14, IVavne 2. Wilson 1, Yadkin 11, and V'ancev 1. _-V — Women s Corps Needs Dental Technicians Women who have completed high school and have had training as dental laboratory technicians, den tal chair assistants, and dental hy aienists are needed to fill these positions in the Women’s Army Corps. The Wilmington Army Recruit lna station announced yesterday that qualified women will be as signed to their respective positions directly upon completion of the six weeks of basic training given to all members of the Corps. Applicants interested in the fields but who have not had training for such in civilian life rrjay be rec ommended for the three-month course at the Army's dental tech nicians school. Graduation from the intensive course will lead di rectly to an assignment as dental technician. --V War Bond Sales Begun At Tobacco Warehouses WHITEVILLE. Aug. 22—Sale of war bonds at booths located in Whiteville's six tobacco warehouses began yesterday as a part of the North Carolina war bond program being sponsored in ail North Caro lina towns having tobacco markets. Highlight of the first week of sale will be the appearance here Thursday of Clyde R. Hoey, who will deliver an address from the Atlantic Coast Line plaza at 11 a.m. Tobacco sales for the day will be geared to the address so that all farmers and towns people will be able to hear Hoey's address. --V GOP Leader Says Labor ‘Resentful’ NEW YORK, Aug. 22—tffl—Her bert Brownell. Jr., Republican na tional chairman, said today that labor unions throughout the coun try are becoming “resentful” of what he termed the “high-handed tactics of the Hillman - Browder faction of the New Deal.” Brownell told a press conference the recent resignation of the mem bers of two Utah CIO locals from Sidney Hillman’s CIO Political Action Committee “is symptomatic a nationwide resentment.” —-V back from invasion CHARLESTON. S. C., Aug. 25 L -North Carolinians among Patients brought home rrom the invasion on the U. S- hospital shif Bagworid. now stationed at Stari general hospital in Charleston. 8re: Cpl. Russell P. King, l*t. . Charlotte: Pvt. Hugh U. Hem [‘1. Cycle. Pfc. John P. Todd, dRt. *■ Alagnolia; Sgt. Vernon W. War Ien- Rt- 1. Roper; Pvt. Robert 1 Garrison. Sylva. . THE APPLAUSE THAT REFRESHES P'n admit we’re perked up by your hearty applause 1 °r fhe regular appearance of Carstairs White Seal "'hiskey again everywhere. We thank you. We further admit we sort of think we deserve your enthusiasm - because we did maintain pre-war quality in the Perfectly Balanced Blend even when the whiskey shortage was at its shortest. But now everybody CAB get Carstairs White Seal without hunting —and w can get rid of that hunted look! the MAN WHO CARES SAYS: CARSTAIRS BLENDED WHISKEY 86.? Proof, 60% Grain Neutral Spirits. Carstairs Bros. Distilling Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. ‘ ‘Maid Of Orleans’ Greets Liberators i %.- .. American soldiers, part of the Allied forces liberating France, pause in their jeeps in Orleans, France, to look up at the statue of another liberator “Maid of Orleans,” Joan of Arc. Parts of the base of the statue have been damaged by shell fire. (AP wirephoto from Signal Corps radiophoto). JOB APPLICANTS WAIT ON BOARD Fifteen applicants who took civil service examinations for police andi firemen positions August 15 are! awaiting correction of test papers,! to be made some time this week. C. W. Shackelford, secretary of the city civil service commission, reported yesterday that nine men took the examinations for police men and six for firemen. There were no women applying. At the latest count, he said, there was a shortage of seven officers in the police department. No short age was revealed in the Fire de partment by Chief J. L. Croom. Shackelford said there were five firemen needed a while ago, but evidentally the list was filled from the reserve list of eligibles. At the meeting scheduled for this week, the civil service commis sion, in addition to discussing rou tine business, will correct exam naton paper of the 15 and will place the ones who passed on the eligible list. Members of the commission are E. M. Berry, chairman; Dr. J. E. Evans, representing the medical as sociation; the Rev. Earl L. Brad i ley, representing the ministerial conference: Norwood S. Westbrook, ! firemen representative; and Schakelford. secretary and also representative of the policemen. -V Col. Paul Younts Returning To State Col. Paul R. Ycunts of Charlotte, former state commander and past national vice commander ox the American Legion, who is well known here and throughout the state, is now enroute home after many months of foreign combat service. Judge Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw who is presiding at the current term of civil court here reported this morning. Col. Younts has been stationed in the Pacific as deputy chief of staff of thel3th AAF. He has been deco.ated with the Legion of Merit and the Air Medal in the present war. -V Home Making Talks To Be Started Today The first of a series of talks and demonstrations on “Hume Making” will be given at the Fifth and Orange USO this morning at 11 o’clock. The instructor will be Miss Mary Elizabeth Groverman. home econ mics teacher at New Hanover high school. She will speak on “Food and Nutrition.” The course is un er the direction of Miss Ann Ma son, county home demonstration agent. The instruction is open to wives of servicemen and residents of the cemmunity. _ 29 Divorces Given In Superior Court Twenty-nine suits for divorce were granted in the first two days of this week’s civil term of Superior Courth, with Judge Henry L. Stev ens, Jr., of Warsaw, presiding. A mistrial was ordered in two cases, those of Alice C. Tart vs. Herbert F. Tart, and Mozelle Pen ny Dupree vs David Edward Du pree, because of withdrawal of jurors. Two of the divorces were grant ed on grounds of adultery of the defendant. The cases were Rhudor E. Bowers vs. Nordica L. Bowers, and W. L. Pederson vs*, Frances Ann Pederson. Cases completed yesterday inclu ded: Matthew A. Foreman vs. Mary Dixon Foreman; Jessie H. Casteen vs. Walter Casteen; Laur ence Wellington Carroll vs. Kattie Elizabeth Raynor Carroll; and James H. Brown, Jr., vs. Charity Bell Brown. Brown was ordered to pay $16 a week for support of his four children, ages 11, seven, eight and four, who were turned over to the custody of their mother. Other divorce suits granted* were: Josephine Sellers Aldridge v». James B. Aldreidge: Annie Mae Hall, a minor, vs. Louis Hall; Juanita H. Parkes vs. Robert C. Parkes; Louise Mclnnis vs. David F. Mclnnis; Isiah Simon vs. Ro vena Simon; Louise Dolan Peay vs. D. M. Peay; Julius James Bozeman vs. Ivory Bozeman; Ca rie Mae Simpson vs. Jonn Henry Simpson; Columbus Hicks vs. Sarah Jane Hicks. Cleve A. Kanupp vs. Julic-n A. Kanupp; Carrie Mae Lloyd vs. Gar rett E. Lloyd; Adrian Fountain vs. Irene Fountain; Lillian W. Pittman vs. William W. Pittman; Mary Far row Davis vs. William Allen Davis; George Xiouris vs. Ada Xiouris; Newton Green vs. Jeannette Green; Estelle Tropp Milligan vs. Albert Milligan; Aldon J. Lyons vs. Bea trice Lyons: Irene D. Smith vs. John W. Smith; John H. McIntyre vs. Lillie Bell Batson McIntyre; May L. Eagan vs. Charles Patrick Eagan; William Payton vs. Ernes tine Payton; and Mamie Wright Gaymen vs. Olden Gaymen. , -V China produces 561.160 hockey Utoclns annually in normal time*. r-r. i i»——— ' - . ■ * I . ■ » - ■ ' ■ INVEST IN FUTURE COMFORT BUY WAR BONDS NOW! A better tomorrow with peace and seaurity. A tomorrow , when most of the back-breaking work you do today will be accomplished for you through the magic medium of Electricity. A release from drudgery, a chance for more leisure. These are the plans that will be carried out in the newer, better world of peace and freedom. M % - . ’ \ \ . • . • • • .7; ;; , 1 ' i *' _ Electricity Will Lighten Your Future TIDE WATER POWER COMPANY iff' USO CLUB PLANS 4-STATE NIGHT The garden of the Fifth and Orange USO will be the meeting place tonight for the sons and daughters of four of the Middle Atlantic states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Dela ware. Civilians and military personnel from th;s area are invited to hear an official from each state bring greetings and tell of natural re sources and industrial achieve ments in the state. It will be “old home week’ for some of the guests as they are grouped together under their state banner. Walter Kelly, director of the Fourth and Ann USO, will act as master of ceremonies. He has ar ranged a state quiz that will make even a New Yorker take notice to answer the questions. Prizes will be given to one person from each state who answers the qiiiz cor rectly. Entertainment by professionals and amateurs will be included on the program. A prize for the best amateur number has been plan ned, and a door prize of a tele phone call home will be given the holder of a lucky number. Mrs. Wallace West will be host ess in charge of the reception com mittee. A letter from the respective gov ernors will be an important fea ture of the program. Exhibits from each state will be shown at the gathering, to which the entire com munity of Wilmington is invited. -V FIRST POLIO CASE KINSTON, Aug. 22 —(/P)— Kin ston’s first case of infantile para lysis was reported today. The vic tim, an 18-months-old baby girl, was taken to the emergency hos pital at Hickory. ***1 Ground Blade for cooler, | J quicker,"FoathorTouch"shaving I mum aer SHGtflDce I ^Fini^ESglSHtAZOCWeRFICTl^e ’ 'f- ■ Were Now Travel Kits______$3.95 $2.95 Step Stools _____ 3.95 3.67 4" Force Cups ______ .15 .12 Garden Carts____ 4.95 2.95 Kitchen Utility Sets __ .89 .49 Laundry Cars_1.98 1.33 Dairy Spray _ 1.19 .98 O'Cedar Mops__ 1.19 .98 Potato Mashers__ .29 .25 Place Mat Sets__...._1.29 .89 Combination Dutch Ovens___ .59 .49 Kitchen Light Fixtures___ 2.49 1.97 Vanity Mirrors __^____ . .69 .54 Slasher Mop Heads___ .49 .29 Folding Bridge Chairs_ 3.98 3.18 Card Tables __ 7.95 7.15 h j IGabardiae ^ I IcOATS ^1^1 1 u>red. To be won 5 I | BOYS... 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