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R. & S. SHOWS TO OPEN MONDAY Spring is almost here. A true harbinger of the season is the opening of the R. and S. Amusements, Wilmington's own tented amusement enterprise, which leaves its winter quarters, located on the Leland highway near the junction of Routes No. 74 and 17, today and moves to Southport where on Monday night the 1945 tour will be inaugurated. The shows’ season will continue, according to the present schedule, for a total of 32 weeks ending November 11. Showfolks have been mobilizing for the past ten days at the winter base, anxious for the season to open and awaiting the “call of the open road ’ and there will be ap proximately 300 people connected With the organization. Since the beginning of the new year, a force of workmen has been busily engaged at winter quarters, rehabiliatibg the shows equipment, painting the motor vehicles and riding devices, and greatly enlarg ing every department so that the midway will present a beautiful appearance, spic and span, and one of the best on the road today. The R. and S. Amusements is owned and managed by James M. Raftery, who was born in New York City, was brought to Wil mington when he was six months old by his parents and W’ho has lived here ever since, except when traveling with various road shows. He was a former ne\Vs carrier of the Star, and later went into show business, having been an actor, a minstrel man, and theatre manag rtacf fwpntv flVP VPfll’S he has beer a prominent outdooi showman, and general manager ci various circuses and carnivals. Three years ago he started hi: own show here. Today it has sever big rides, two miniature rides, sev eral shews and free Sets. The lighting of the midway is generat ed by two huge Diesel light plants After the Southport engagement, which is for the benefit of the local Fire department there to raise funds to purchase a new fire truck, the Shows will continue its tour. It will return to Wilmington to play a special week’s engagement May 14 through 19 for the benefit of the Athletic fund of the Wil mington Fire department and later in October, will present another “Thrill Circus’’ engagement at the Legion stadium for the benefit of Wilmington Post No. 10 of t h e American Legion. “Jimmy” Raftery has a great number of friends here and throughout North Carolina and many are expected to be on hand tomorrow night to wish him and his associates goodluck and a prosperous season’s tour. Raftery is optimistic regarding the coming season’s tour. Carni vals are classified as an essential industry and contributes thousands of dollars in amuement taxes. Re garding the “help” problem, Raf tery thinks he will be able to han dle the situation as most of the troupers, and help are middle ag ed folks, many of whom have been with him on this and other shows for many years. -V BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Ugly Eczema No Joke The itching torment of eczema is enough to make anyone wretch ed and anxious for relief. If you suffer from the itching of eczema. * pimples, angry red blotches and other irritating blemishes, get Peterson’s Ointment, 35c all drug gists. If one application does not delight you, money refunded. Peterson’s Ointment also wonder ful for itching feet, cracks be tween toes. Rafetry And Employes Of R. And S. Amusements Shown above are Jimmy Raftery, owner and general manager; Mrs. Carrie Raftery, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Lera Hedgecock; cafeteria ma nager; Percy Sink, master of transportation: P. G. Hedgecock, chief electrician; Leonard Garrett, sup erintendent of rides; John Haddad, superintendent, and others of the various departments of the sho ws which starts its 1945 tour tomorrow night at Southport. It will play Wilmington twice during this coming season. - - . ■ ■■ .- — ———— i They’ll Do It Every Time + By Jimmy Hatlo | ------.- - ^ 0LTHOUC5H DILLDOCK’ ALWAYS /VEH-VEh\ WORE HIS BADSE TO WORK [ MIND AT THE WAR PLANT, THE SUARD VmoVi /A AT THE GATE NEVER LOOKED .at,t"^ , <fc, yy 0UT TODAY HE FORGOT ^ IT AND, FOR THE FIRST % TIME IN TWO YEARS,THE /< GUARD STOPPED HIM ' ' ' - ' "s / / /> X / . I w A 1 DON’T CARE WHERE YOU IT! YOU KNOW THE ' RULES! NO BADOE - NO >' ADMITTANCE! AN' ‘ ^THATS FINAL' _ 'T'&nvtf'ib' »y, ' STANLEY HALZFELD, §jjj / NEWVORK.N.V Northern Transylvania Is Restored To Romania By lUDI GILMORE MOSCOW. March 10.—tJf)—North ern Transylvania, Hungary’s share of Hitler’s Balkan loot, has been restored to Romania. Marshal Stalin informed Premier Petru Groza of Romania in a let ter made public Today that under terms of the Sept. 12 armistice the 17,400 square-mile territory was be ing returned. The m a r s h al informed Ro mania’s new premier that it was his government's responsibility to keep order, protect minorities, and to s^ that war front needs im posed upon Transylvania were met. Soviet newspapers, hailing the transfer as Soviet faith in Groza’s new regime, declared that sabo tage and terrorism in the province under the recent government of Premier Nicolae Radescu had made it impossible to restore the province earlier. Groza and Foreign Minister Gheorge Tatarescu wrote Stalin that “it has been the ardent desire of the Romanian people to see themselves once againn within the limits of Transylvania, part of which was unjustly tom away from them.” “This province,” their petition continued, "was liberated, thanks to the heroism of the Red army, in close co-operation with the Ro manian army, and the Romanian people in northern Transylvania await impatiently the day of their return within the borders of Ro mania.” Groza pledged his government to ‘‘look alter the rights of nation alities living there, being guided by the principles of democracy, equality and justice for the entire population’1 and promised to main tain order. ^ In reply, Stalin said: ‘‘Taking into consideration the fact that the new Romanian gov ernment, which has assumed the direction of the country, takes up on itself the responsibility for nec essary order in the territory of Transylvania and guarantees the right of the nationalities and the porper functioning of all local in stitutions serving the needs of the front, the Soviet government has decided to satisfy the petition cf the Romanian government and, in accordance with the armistice agreement of Sept. 12, 1944, to agree to the establishment of an administration of the Romanian government in Transylvania.” -V New Incendiary Bomb Used In Tokyo Raid SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.—UP) —Why flames spread so fast and leaped so high in Tokyo Saturday was made clear today when the Army’s chemical warfare service released a limited description of the M-69 incendiary bomb, design ed especially for use in Japan. Col. J. W. Lyon, commanding of ficer of the chemical warfare pro curement district, said the bomb is made up of a 500-pound aimable cluster, which looks much like any ordinary demolition bdmb. At about 5,000 feet the cluster opens, releas ing individual 6-pound bombs filled with jellied gasoline. Each small bomb spreads burning gasoline for some 30 yards around upon explod ing. . -V PRISONERS RELEASED ROME, March 10.— «P) —The Italian government disclosed to day that 30,000 Italian troops held in American and British prisoner of war camps in the southern .part of the peninsula had been releas ed and absorbed into the new Italian army, some units of which were fighting alongside the Allies against the Germans. -V-__ BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Two Stills Destroyed In Brunswick County Two 180 gallon steam stills and 800 gallons of mash were destroy ed in a raid in Northwest town ship, Brunswick county, Friday when two Negroes were arrested by Rural Policeman O. W. Perry and Alcohol Tax Unit Agents Charles Gray and John Winslow, Officer Perry reported yesterday. At a preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner J. B. Swails, the defendants, Clardy Neal and George Boyd, charged with pos sessing and concealing non-tax paid whiskey, were bound over to the spring term of Federal court. Officer Perry said the Negroes were apprehended as they were bringing whiskey out of a wooded area. Mr Perry said the officers "backtracked the men to a whisky cache where we found and de stroyed 45 one-half gallon jars of non tax-paid whiskey.” -V BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS NEXT FEW WEEKS SET WAR’S LENGTH ' t EDITOR’S NOTE: The fol lowing dispatch is written by a United Press War Corres pondent recently returned to London after spending four months along the western and Italian front, at supreme head quarters, and Army Air Force advanced headquarters. * * * By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press War Correspondent LONDON, March 10.— iff) —The next three weeks probably will tell whether Germany will col lapse this spring or hold out un til early summer, military au thorities have informed the Unit ed Press. These forecasts are based on the following factors: First, the ability of the Rus sians, despite long lines of com munications and Polish mud, to mount and keep rolling the all out offensives. , Second, whether tne Allies can extend the bridgehead or bridge heads on the eastern banks of the Rhine into large areas enabling them to keep a free flow of men and material, especially ammu nition, tanks, self-propelled guns and gasoline, moving toward Ber lin. rnira, me weamer aim wnemer it is the kind which permits the full use of the greatly superior Anglo-American air forces. Fourth, the ability of the Ger mans to rally for a last stand on tight interior defensive lines, mak ing the Allied and Russian ad vances either slow or over-clost ly in casualties. Two weeks ago the general opin ion was that the most likely date for the end of the war in Europe was sometime between July 15 and August 15. Now, following the sensational advances by the Amercian First and Third armies and valuable gains by the Canadian First army in the lace of heavy fighting, coupled with the amazing Russian victories, some military authori ties believe the present situation may enable the final blow to be struck before the month ends. If this fails to materialize, then it will require late spring or early summer offensives to finish Ger many, except perhaps for isolatde guerrilla warfare. Allied officials know that some of Germany's crack troops, which were not encountered in the past fortnight, are east of the Rhine. Likewise, the Russians realize that the ace Sixth Panzer army and part of the 11th Panzer army are somewhere east or north and south of Berlin and must be met and crushed before a junction of the United Nations armies can occur somewhere in Germany. The most likely place for such a union appears to be northwes tern Germany. If the Germans can inflict heavy casualties, the Anglo-American command will likely recast plans which may result in the final de feat of Germany, even if that de feat is delayed a few weews. During this period allied troops can be rested and re-equipped and new units can be moved into po sition for the last all-out drive. 5- ■ ' "V CORRECTED SPOKANE, Wash., March 10. —(/P)—The German girl propa gandist who broadcast the news that the “old Hickory” division was on the western front had the right division but the wrong label until tl>e Yanks corrected her error. Staff Sgt. G. A. Rockhold wrote to his wife in Spokane that “Sally,” the broadcaster, had called his division “F. D. R.’s SS troops.” The idea appealed to the men in the division, Rockhold wrote, so they designed an ln s i g n i a superimposing Presi dent Roosevelt’s initials on two flashes of lightning repre senting the SS designation. -V Stettinius Explains San Francisco Choice WASHINGTON, March 10.—W— Secretary of State Stettlnius re turned from the Mexico City inter American meeting today and had this to say about why San Fran cisco was chosen for next month’s United Nations gathering: “It is symbolically appropriate that we should meet at San Fran cisco for this purpose, for our pi oneering has always been west ward and San Francisco is at the crossroads of the eastern and western world.” Stettinius went to Mexico City from the Big Three conference at Yalta. -V When a wool garment gets a rest after a day or two of wear, the wool springs back and some wrinkles drop out so less press ing is needed. Simultaneously, American and British air forces can systemati cally destroy the remaining Ger man inrustry, communications and transport—the cornerstone for any future wars. Do You Suffer From Arthritis ) And Rheumatism? You can get quick and steady relief by using D. M. C. COMPOUND NO. 49 This wonderful new medicine has brought re lief to hundreds of people—often in a week’s time—and they are unstinting in their praise of its efficiency. Try it to day; get a package of D. M. C. COM POUND NO. 49 from ’your druggist. Sold on a money-back guarantee if results are not satisfactory. Call for it at any drug store and if not available, mail $3 to Dixie Medicine Corporation, Char lotte, N. C. WAR LOAN MEETING PLANNED MONDAY A regional meeting of represen tatives of War bond committees from seven southeastern North Carolina counties will be held Monday night at 7:15 o’clock in the American Legion hall at Whiteville to make plans for the Seventh War Loan campaign. Prior u> the business session, a barbecue dinner will be given by Lee Braxton who is committee chairman of Columbus County. Expected to attend from New Hanover county are E. A. Laney and J. G. Thornton,' co-chairman of the War Bond committee; Mrs. L. W. Preston, county chairman; Paul Wilson of the North Carolina --_■“> Shipbuilding company land, county school’,,, M' R»“ Ga‘PWn. co^^ J- L. Allegood, Publicitv ' g nt! tee; Ralph Huband w COmmit. tional Bank, Henry r! !Jnty N». Plea Bank, and Richardft 'P«* area manager for tfl„ M Rc?eri campaign. " ^ar Borj The bond leaders WU1 h. u a movie during the i--,V * sho"'B sion. t)Usiness sei, newspape^AnA STOCKHOLM, March fo . P>e Danish newspaper Rory f" Avis, has been banned hvP Nazis. It printed Kipling's ljnh* Come ye back y0u Brhish aier, come ve bar'- t a- , 8°1* over a DNB Aimouncemen^'"''" British entry into Mandalay ' Metals in use are said to ■,.«. from “'fatigue." 1. ONI COAT COVIW imtt woH- 4. MIXtS WITH WATER _ ».«.-»—•«. »» 2. 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ROBERT ROBINSON WE HAVE 3 INSTRUCTORS WITH OVER 10,000 FLYING HOURS LEARN TO FLY WITH MEN OF EXPERIENCE Pennington Flying Service Carolina Beach Airport 25 Years Without Injury To Passenger Or Student 11 The Jewel Box GIFT «SHOP Wilmington’s Only Downstairs Store Headquarters For FINE GIFTS Come In and Make Your Selections! Located Downstairs THE JEWEL BOX 109 North Front St. NOTICE WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PROPERTY OWNERS The new beach sewerage system is ready for use. In a few days our force will be at the beach connecting house sewer » laterals with the new system. Call and leave your order with us to insure having your work finished when you are ready for it. Jobs will be completed in the order in I which received. IDEAL PLUMBING CO. 126-128 So. Front Street t Phone 7292
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