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GIRL, 15, SHOT BY BOYFRIEND ■ fi-year-old boy who shot his , ..-.nlri girl friend with a rif'e, loading it with what he Ilf an empty shell, was ®c. - bv City police yesterday on W^hrVal charge of vagrancy, ‘J m Jail HeU °f $1,00° b°"de boV. Lester Dawkins, of 1014 -Thirteenth street, told police *>v, he ? ;d Arline Yopp, of 1005 Twelfth street were playing So:'’ v house, and that he picked up ^ «calibre rifle, pointed it at her 1 h mkingly told her he was going ,nC ;,J nor. when the gun went “ pawkins admitted to police bp loaded the gun, but thought [f. ",he scatter shot shell was tr.8 - unpty Ti-wk;n- carried the girl to the ji^es Walker hospital, police re J,:s stated, where X-rays showed Mroximatcly 75 shots had lodged flesh'- part of her neck. Ac ting to Dr. Watts Farthing, the fids cond-.t on was not serious, un its'“complications set in.” The wounded girl corroborated Daw ki„e statement by saying that ,,''v were piaying, and that he V| believe he intended to shoot ‘ ’ Her brother. Henry, also said thV the couple were playing, ac cording to police reports. Question jd by police, Dawkins said that therP had not been any trouble be twet! he and the^Yopp girl. NOTED ACTOR DIES LONDON, Jan. 31.— (JPI —The death of Louis Goodrich, noted ac tor. author and playwright, at his Hampshire home was announced here today.__ _ William Ross, Local Youth, Has Entered Maritime Sea School William deR. Ross, 18 son of Mrs. Frank M. Ross, of 8 Country Club boulevard, has been appointed a Cadet-Midshipman in the United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, according to Lt. Commander A. E. Champeau, USNR, district Cadet-Midshipman supervisor, New Orleans, Lap. Ross was assigned to preliminary training at the Cadet Basic School Pass Christian, Miss. He was ap pointed for engine officer training, upon completion of which he will be licensed as a Third Assistant Engineer of merchant vessels, and in addition will be eligible for a commission in the U. S. Maritime Service as Ensign, it was stated. -V Tide Water Bus Struck By Front Street Train A Tide Water Power company bus, operated by George Parker, was badly damaged at 11:20 o’clock last night when it rammed into an Atlantic Coast Line train on South Front street, near Kid der street, where police officers said no light signal is displayed, it was reported yesterday. Investigating officers quoted the bus driver as saying he did not see the train until about 30 or 35 feet from it, that he pulled the bus to the right side of the street to avoid hitting the locomotive but struck the left front side anyway, damaging the bus very badly. The sole bus passenger, John Thomas Brown of 308 Brunswick street, who was not hurt in the collision, reported that the driver, operating between 20 and 25 miles per hour, appeared to have 'diffi culty with the bus brakes. Train Flagman C. M. Benson, of 1002 Market street, said he was on the south side of the train at the time ot the collision and did not see the crash. -V BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS ~A - - (i* lift I si. jonn a tavern 1 J Orange St. Dial 2-8083 f ijl DELICIOUS food ,r '-j 1 Chicken In The j v ,1 Rough — Friday -- - ... " T . .'1 ■ T* 1 ■ I J.. -- «’ Today —-— Only! All you’ve ever longer for l| ... in rhythm, romance and fun! I\ "STEP LIVELY” > With Frank Sinatra George Murphy Gloria DeHaven _ I Today Only! LThe Khaki-Go-Whackiest Musical of them all! Ann Miller Joe Besser in HEY, ROOKIE” iVith Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra! •special | BUSINESS MEN'S Lunch 43c 11:30 io 2:30 Daily i 1 Except Sunday G & J. CAFE 118 Market St. A Good Place io Eat! - MANOR “ 2 BIG FEATURES! SIOP. LOOK»LISTEN PARKING BIG - OPENING [ ARKING ij Hanover Theatre THIS AFTERNOON 5 P. M. WITH Dorothy Lamour — Dick Powell I in ooiiimiiMimii RIDING HIGH" PiiSiS'iSIliSili Ij (Techni Color) ALSO CARTOON AND SHORT Located — Carolina Beach Road — Maffitt Village |llllllllll"!iiii!iiiiiiiiTiimiimiiiiiimimiimiMiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii follow the crowds to JO's CLUB BANCE TO THE MUSIC OF GIB GILBERT EVERY NITE EXCEPT SUNDAY Specializing In Choice Steaks “Chicken In The Rough” ’s CLUB Located 4 Miles On Carolina Beach Highway (formerly Capt. Ben’s Place) -OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK ^ This Funny World r' 11 ■ . I *• _MeNaught Syndicate, Inc.--© Ar*osy t> Calling Car 69! Be on alert for tire thieves operating in vicinity ot Elm and Monroe!” Obituaries MRS. BERTIE L. GORE Funeral services for Mrs. Bertie L. Gore, 56, who died at her home at Winnabow yesterday, will be held at 2:30 p. m. today at the Lebanon Baptist church near Win nabow, by the Rev. Woodrow Rob bins, pastor. Survivors are her husband, Ed ward J. Gore; three brothers, G. F. Sullivan, and W. B. Sullivan, both of Winnabow, and Tom Sul livan of Conway, S. C.; and three sisters, Mrs. Tiney Chinnis, Miss Fannie Sullivan and Mrs. Blanche Gore, all of Winnabow. MRS. ELIZA K. ALDERMAN Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Keith Alderman, 88, of Atkinson, who died Tuesday morning, were held at 3 p. m. yesterday at the Atkinson Baptist church by the Rev. T. K. Woody, Jr; pastor, and the Rev. J. A. Boyd. Burial was in the Atkinson cemetery. Mrs. Alderman was the widow of J. D. Alderman of Atkinson. Surviving is one daughter, Miss Bessie Alderman, also of Atkinson. Active pallbearers were Tom W. Keith, David Kelley, Mac Kel ley, Tom Smith, Roger Smith, and Alton Keith. Honorary pallbearers were Ju lian Keith, Raymond Y. Corbett, Jr., J. S. Moore, V. A. Kelley, J. A. Murphy. Bennie Smith, W. H. Lew is, Dr. Colin Shaw, Dr. Leslie Mer edith, Dr. G. C. Beard, W. H. Kel ley, J. S. Pope, George H. High smith, and J. H. Register. MRS. NELLIE G. BRANCH Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie G. Branch, 59, of 818 Grace street, will be conducted from the late residence at 3 p. m. today. Mrs. Branch died in James Walk er Memorial hospital yesterday. She is survived by her husband, Joseph F. Branch, a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Arp, Wilmington; a son, Jo seph F. Branch, Jr., U. S. Army, overseas; one sister, Mrs. Stella Lawrence, Norfolk, Va., and a brother, H. A. Poole, of Henderson. MRS. BETTY C. BALLARD CHADBOURN, Jan. 31.—Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 4:30 p. m. for Mrs. Betty C. Bal lard, 80, who died Tuesday night at her home in Greensboro. Form erly of Cerro Gordo, she was the husband of the late Rev. W. S. Bal lard. Baptist minister of Columbus county. She is survived by four daugh ters, Mrs. E. A. Maffit, of Shelby Mrs. H. D. Williamson, Jr., Miss Fhila and Louise Ballard, all of Greensboro. MRS. CAROLINA FISHER CHADBOURN, Jan. 31.—Funer al services will be held at the Beaver Dam Baptist church at 3 p. m. tomorrow for Mrs. Carolina Fisher, 61, of Beaver Dam, who died yesterday at her home. The Rev. L. O. Sellers will officiate, and burial will be in the Hinson cemetery. She is survived by two sons, Shade and S. J. Fisher, of Chad bourn; a brother, Troy Sellers, of Chadbourn; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Duncan, of Clarendon; and four grandchildren. -V Lx-dhipyartt yuarterman Says Best Workers Were “Exchanged” For Tyros Arthur Fullwood, a senior quar terman formerly employed at the North Carolina Shipbuilding com pany, yesterday testified in the Na tional Labor Relations Board hear ing of unfair labo$-practice charges against the company that the ship yard had taken a group of his best painters from him and replaced them with unskilled "scrapers” after the former had disclosed C. I. O. affiliations. A “shortage of workers” was given as cause for each of the re ciprocal transfers, he said, in or ders which he received from K. E. Neal, paint shop assistant-foreman. Top man in the group Fullwood claimed had been taken from the paint-shop and put to work in hulls’ ‘inner bottoms” in what he implied was a punitive, anti-union move was J. G. Kirby. -V In the 14th century in France complete nudity was known on the THIS IS IT, BOYS, THOSE STATE TAGS ARE NEEDED TODAY This ig it boys. The jig is up. That 1944 State license plate that looked so new and shiny this time last year is just a has-been It’s time for a change and Sgt J. R. Smith of the State Highway Patrol is out to see that you ge it today. At 12:01 a. m. today, Public En emy No. 1 to the Highway Patro became the motorist who flaunt: his old yellow and black license tag on hi* car. And, not to be outdone, Chie: of Police C. H. Casteen also open ed upon the drivers who have failed to purchase the little taj that goes so becomingly with the brown (or whatever it is) colo: of the new plates. The Chie: pointed out that life in Lake Fores is no excuse to avoid the purchase of a tag. There’s one consolation, fellows it can’t happen again until this time next year. -V Local merchants Trepan To Comply With Brownout (Continued from Page One) iod as an emergency fuel-savinj measure. It will be up to local authorise: to enforce the brownout, but th< War Production Board will havi final power to discipline violator: through fines or imprisonment un der terms of the Second Wai Powers Act. Along with his edict to maintair home and office building tempera tures at not more than 68 degrees War Mobilization Director Jame: J. Byrnes asked that the brown out be enforced as a necessary fuel conservation measure. Officials estimate that the light ing ban will save about 2.000.000( tons of coal annually and sub stantial amounts of other scarce fuels. The Nation’s utilities, how ever, will sacrifice an estimatec $60,000,000 to $80,000,0000 in gross revenue. Exemptions from the order have been granted in California, the Pacific Northwest, most of Texas part of Louisiana, New Mexico Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, and other localities where electricity is not produced by use of coal, fue: oil or other scarce fuels. W. M. HilTillamed Realty Board Leader In a special meeting of the Wil mington Realty Board, at 11 a. m yesterday in the director’s room of the Moore-Fonvielle Realty Co. W. M. Hill was elected presiden tr succeed Frank G. Harriss, presi dent for the past three years, W. A McGirt was re-elected vice presi dent, and Kenneth C. Marshall was elected secretary-treasurer. Retir ing secretary-treasurer is V«. C James. A rising vote of thanks was given to retiring officers by those mem bers present. The new officers will assume their duties today. I I | IMPORTED BY £| | BACARDI IMPORTS, INC., N.Y.|| ■ RUM • 89 PROOF I City Briefs EXCAPED CONVICT City police last night receiv ed a call from the State High way Patrol post at Elizabeth town to be on the lookout for Calvin Bell, 23, of Wilming ton, who escaped from a road gang in Pitt county near Stokes. He was described as No. 130, five feet and nine in ches in height, and wearing blue prison clothes. TAX RETURNS Raymond D. Christman, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, announced yesterday that his office, at 14 Princess street, would aid local tax pay ers in filing their current Fed eral returns from February 19 through March 15. Mr. Christman, laying emphasis oil these dates, explained that no other time could be given to making out current returns as this was the time allotted by the Collector of Internal Reve nue in Greensboro. He said, however, that his office would continue to assist in making out delinquent returns at any time. KNITTERS NEEDED The Red Cross is in need of knitters for Army and Navy sweaters. Wool may be ob tained at the Red Cross pro duction room, 321 North Front street, Monday through Fri day, from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. weekly. TAX LISTING EXTENDED Thomas J. Woody, clerk of the New Hanover County Board of C o m m i s sioners, stressed last night that the per iod for listing personal and property taxes has been ex tended several days. It was not disclosed when the books would be closed, but Woody announc ed that the final date would be published prior to closing. -V Youth Is Reported Missing From Homt City police yesterday received ; : report from Mrs. B. F. Lee, Routi 1, who stated that Marvin W. Dun can, 15, her ward had been missinj from home since Tuesday morning The boy was described as fiv' feet in height, dark brown curl: hair, grey eyes, and wearing blui pants, light green shirt, tan am green reversible sport jacket, tai shoes, and brown knit cap. Ac cording to police reports, one o the Duncan’s school mates, said h' may have gone to Charleston, S C., to join the Merchant Marine. COLOR HAIR JET BLACK! t Know the Joy of Jet Black Hair \ By Tonight”—If your hair is dull, faded, streaked, gray or discolored and is cans ing you to lose out in love, romance and succea ,.. HERE’S THRILLING NEWS 1 Now, fa . only 60c, you can get the genuine BLACK STRAND Jet Black Hair Coloring from you ■ druggist. 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Local Student Wins Westinghouse Award A New Hanover High school pupil was among 260 competitors from 39 states who were cited for honorable mention in the fourth annual Science Talent Search con ducted by Westinghouse, it was an nounced by Watson Davis, director of the Science Clubs of America, administrators of the Search. The student was Walter I. Gold berg, 17, of 112 North Fifth street, who was among 300 out of 15,000 young people who signed-up last fall in the competition for $11,000 in Westinghouse Science Scholar ships. The High school students will be brought to the attention of scholarship-awarding colleges and universities, Davis said, and stated that the average scholarshij is potentially worth $240 to each of the honorable mention students, al though not all of the girls and boys receive them. Two Wilmington Men Meet On West Front It was just like old times for two former Wilmington men, Second Lt. George S. Rehder, of 308 North Fifteenth street, and Pvt. Thomas A. Gregg, of 1703 Princess street, when they met on the Western Front for the first time in two and one half years. Rehder, assigned to an Infantry division, went into an Information and Education Center one day to look at the war maps. There he found Gregg, attached to a Military Police outfit. -V BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS VA RUT *ni tupplii ENERGY in « DELICIOUS formlj onhh» ■affiHra A New Shipment Just received a new shipment of fine pot . tery. Wide assortment of colors. Many r© items to select from. POTTERY I ALUMINUM Cooking SHEETS $129 Size Uy2 x 17 \ f • SALAD AND BOWL SETS • MIXING BOWL SETS • WATER PITCHERS • COOKIE JARS • NEST OF 3 PITCHERS • TEAPOTS • RANGE SETS Salt and Pepper Shakers .. . Dripping Pot • NEST OF 3 COVERED DISHES —For Refrigerator v • COVERED CASSEROLE fidk-itillicunt> Co, It’s great to be here...Have a Coca-Cola ... or helping a soldier feel at home When he’s back on furlough, it’s the little things a soldier left behind that he looks for. In three words, Have a Coke, much of his old life comes to mind. For Coca-Cola was part of his days after school or after work, with the gang and with his girl. A happy remembrance of carefree times. Ice-cold Coca-Cola holds a warm and friendly place in American life. And it should have a special place in your icebox at home. Wherever Americans go, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes,— has become a symbol of our friendly way of life. jj fOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY IY WILMINGTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY _ _ _ - 1 ■ -- ■ ■■ ■ ■ _re __ _
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