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SIX HOME CLUBS WILL SELL WAR BONDS SPRAY, March 31.—A goal of $200,000 in E bonds for the 40,000 members of Home Demonstratio clubs throughout North Carolina has been set by the state executive board of the organization at a meeting held with Mrs. Edison Da venport, of Mackeys, state presi dent, and Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, of Raleigh, state advisor. This goal for the seventh War loan campaign will follow the new “7 by 7” plan whereby seven days’ hospital care will be provided for wounded service men by ea c h woman who adopts the idea and buys a $50 bond during the period of the drive. Mrs. Karl Bishopric, of Spray, Chairman of th estate women’s di vision of the War finance commit tee, announced today that a num ber of other statewide organizations are accepting the "7 by 7” idea for april, May and June. Assisting in the promotional plans is Mrs. J. S. Miichener, of Raleigh, state vice chairman, who directs organi zational cooperation. Mrs. W. B. Logan of Gastonia, war service chairman of the Credit Women's breakfast club, has writ ten letters urging members to adopt the scheme for the Seventh War loan campaign. Mrs. Robert T. Cecil, of Asheville, statepresi dent of the North Carolina Garden club, is urging every Garden club member to buy an extra $50 bon by June .1. The Junior clubwomen of the North Carolina State Federation of Women's clubs, under the leader* ship of Miss Dorothy Forbes, of Wilmington, junior president, are stressing 90 per cent participation of all Junior members in bond buy ing, so what they may qualify for the Minute Man flag of the Treas ury department for presentation May 29 at their annual state con vention in Charlotte. -V MINCE PIE SYMBOLIC Originally mince pie was sym bolic of Christmas. The pie was baked in oblong shape to represent the manger, while the pie crust represented the gold, and the spicy ingredients represented the frank incense and myrrh brought by the Three Wise Men. Smashing On Germany’s Western Front By Allies Marks The Week’s War News _ . , i .--3 „ „ -J OO _ 1_ By united press The Allies smashed Germany’s Western front this week and surged into the Reich from north to south, sweeping the melting Nazi Armies before them. Prisoners were taken by the tens of thousands as the fight went out of all but the most seasoned of he remaining troops. The blackened ruins of the in dustrial Ruhr and its surviving defenders were being encircled in a great two-way sweep by Amer ican and British tank forces. The path into the heart of the Reich lay almost wide open. In the closing days of the war, Allied air might struck with un diminished fury at rail, oil and other targets inside Germany, in cluding the submarine bases in the north. The Russians opened a power drive against Vienna and the southeastern approaches to Ger many on a wide front from Czech oslovakia to Yugoslavia. The Aus trian frontier was crossed and Vi enna was imminently threatened. In the north, Danzig and Gydnia fell in the rapid cleanup of the remaining Nazi nests along the Baltic. In the Pacific. American and British warships and planes pounded all week at the Ryukyu chain southwest of Japan in what Tokyo said was preparatory to in vasion of the islands. Japan it self was struck repeatedly by Su perfortresses. The campaign to clean up the Philippines gained momentum. All the major islands have now been reoccupied or in vaded by the Americans except Boholm. On Sunday. American Third Army columns pushed across the river main, 32 miles beyond the Rhine. The First Army gained an other six miles out of its Remagen bridgehead The Seventh Army cleaned out the final pockets of resistance west of the Rhine in the Palatinate. Allied , bombers blasted railway and oil storage targets over a wide area of Ger many. Brunswick. Hamburg, Hannove:. Osnabrueck and Muen ster were hit. The Second Ukraini an Army gained 28 miles.and cap tured more than 200 places in a —■ new drive soum or me vanuut toward Vienna. Tokyo reported American forces were attempting ; a landing in the Ryukyu islands. American carrier planes sank eight Japanese ships off the Ryu kyus. On Monday, the Third Army was reported threatening Wuerz burg on the main, some 80 miles by road from the Rhine. Field dis patches placed the British Second Army 15 miles beyond the Rhine, the American Ninth 12 miles and the American First 19 miles. The Seventh Army crossed the Rhine in the Mannheimakarlsruhe area. More than 750 American heavy bombers and fighters attacked rail and oil targets in the Reich and American planes from Italy struck in Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia on behalf of the Red Army. Soviet forces drove to within less than 35 miles of the Austrian border. American car rier planes and warships bom barded Okinawa island in the Ryukyus. Tokyo reported Ameri i can landings on Cebu in the Phil I ippines. On Tuesday, the German front east of the Rhine began caving in and Gen. Eisenhower declared the enemy is a “whipped army.” The British Second Army broke into the Westphalian plain leading to Berlin and the American Ninth into the northern fringe of the Ruhr. The American First Army exploded from its Remagen ! bridgehead to more than 50 miles ! beyond the Rhine. Russian forces fought through the streets of Gdy nia and Danzig in the north, and in the south closed to within less than 30 miles of the Austrian bor der. Argentina declared war on the Axis. American carrier planes and warships continued their at acks on the Ryukyus. The Amer icans pushed deep inland after their surprise landing on Cebu. On Wednesday, tank columns of seven Allied armies broke loose inside Germany, plunging any where lrom 20 to 90 miles be yond the Rhine through great holes in the German lines. The American First Army captured the Nazi supply center of Giessen and drove ahead almost Without opposition. American heavy bomb ers smashed at targets in Berlin and Hannover. The Russians cap tured Gdynia and in the south crossed the Raba river in the drive on Vienna. It was announced that at least 17 Japanese ships WCIC uai'iu6'-« stroyed in the fleet's attacks on the Ryokus, which were still go ing on. The Amercians captured Cebu, capital of that island. On Thursday, the American First Army wheeled north in a thrust of more than 50 miles that threatened to cut off the Ruhr basin. The British Second Army advanced 20 miles from its last reported positions to the Muenster area. Weather interfered with Al lied air operations. The Russians reached the Austrian frontier. The German pocket southwest of Ko enigsberg in East Prussia was eliminated, with total German casualties of 80,000 killed and 50, 000 prisoners. A British task force, including the battleship King George V., joined in the attack on the Ryukyus. The Americans occupied Mactan and Cauit is lands in the Philippines. On Friday, more than 3,000 American and British tanks closed in on the Ruhr from north and south. The American Third Army sped 33 miles into the Reich to within. 11 miles of Kassel and 181 miles of Berlin. American heavy bombers and fighters smashed at submarine bases and port facilities at Bre men. Harrriburg and Wilhelmshaf en. The Russians crossed the Aus trian frontier and struck out along the highways leading to Vienna. The Baltic port of rPanzig was captured and the Polish flag raised ever it by Soviet forces. The navr.l-air bombardment of the Ryukyu islands continued for the eighth day. American forces land ed on Negros island in the Philip pines. On Saturday, the American and British armored forces had almost closed their ring around the Ruhr. The envelopment of Kassel also appeared imminent. At least 2,500 American a nd British planes struck at railway yards and oil plants in Germany, as well as for a second time at the submarine yards around Hamburg. The Rus sians were rapidly approaching Vienna from the south and were reported by Berlin to have en tered Ratibor and Glogau in Si lesia. As the bombardment of the Ryukyus continue# it was an nounced that 47 Japanese ships and 87 planes had been destroyed or damaged in the attacks of March 28 and 29. Many Super fortresses bombed the home is land of Kyushu. NAZIS USING ALL AVAILABLE MEN MAREURG, Germany, March 31 -The Nazi command, in fran tic attempts to stabilize its chaotic western front, has been throwing in piecemeal every type of soldier available regardless of whether they have combat training or even weapons. Germans are running desperately short of small arms. Many men de stroyed their weapons before sur rendering, prisoners said, and hun dreds. were sent into action unarm ed with crisp orders to “look for gi on the battlefield.” .stioning of mo r e than 1,000 prisoners has given no evidence to substantiate a iirst belief that Ger man troops we r e turning their arms over to civilians to provide weapons for subversive activities and an ‘•underground” arm. German rear echelon troops form a substantial portion of prisoners of war now being taken—men in signal battalions, ordnance com panies, supply outfits, and head quarters personnel. Few of them have guns because there were none to distribute. The most critical item is th e machine pistol — a weapon upon which the Wehrmacht placed great faith in personal combat. Shortages of this compact and deadly weap on are being reflected in a drop of morale in the enemy infantry. Recently machinegun and mortar teams have not been issued side arms and if their machinegun or mortar is knocked out, or fails to function, they are helpless. Straggl'-rs turned around and sent back to the front as replace ments to fight under these condi tions often find it more sensible to desert at the first chance and join American prisoner of war chow lines. Ninety per cent of the prisoners who declared they disposed of weapons before being captured said they broke them or tossed them av.ay when the fighting got too rough. Nazi army units are given prior ity in the issuance of small arms on the oasis of their fighting repu tation—with parachute troops first and Panzer divisions a close second. Infantry units are at the bottom of the list. In all branches non - commissioned officers ar e getting rifles instead “of machine pistols as provided by the normal table of equipment. U. S. Granted Right To Inspect Mica Records SHELBY, March 31. — UP) — Federal Judge E. Yates Webb to day granted the department of justice the right to inspect records of several mica companies prior to 1941. Judge Webb had previously au thorized the government to inspect record back to 1941. Affidavits were introduced at a hearing today, which Judge Webb said tended to show that the gov ernment had found evidence of anti-irust violations on the part of the Asheville Mica Company and the Richmond, Va., Mica Company. | Reshuffle Of Generals Announced By Japanese SAN FRANCISCO, March 31.— (IP)—Japan today announced a drastic reshuffle” of generals in “the resolute determination of the Army to transfer the homeland in to a battlefield.”' The shuffle, announced by Do mei agency in a dispatch recorded by the Federal Communications Commission, involved commands of 71 home islands regimental dis tricts and recruiting bureaus. This move, the dispatch said, was made at a moment when “enemy America is probing our Ryukyu islands and war clouds are hang ing heavily over our mainland.” --V To remove scales and skin from a fish, dip in boiling water for a second or so. R. Cator Maddrey HEARING AID CONSULTANT TO HOLD FREE PRIVATE DEMONSTRATIONS at the _ Optical Shop Located in the Jewel Box 109 N. Front St., Wilmington, N. C. Wed., April 4 and Thurs., April 5 Hours . . . 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All hard of hearing should plan to attend these Free Demonstra tions at The Optical Shop on Wed nesday and Thursday. They place you under no obligation of any kind and Mr. Maddrey will be pleased to help you with your hear ing aid problem regardless of i what make or model hearing aid : you are now wearing. “Improper- j ly fitting hearing aids are the source of most of the difficulties you find today" states Mr. Mad drey. “Rarely if ever do you find two people with the identical hear ing aid problems, practically every case has its own peculiar problems, that, is why it is so important that you get properly fitted with an instrument which will most accu rately compensate YOUR hearing loss, since we contend there are varying degrees and types of deaf ness and each should be handled by a competent hearing aid ex pert.” These demonstrations are spon sored by the Raleigh Hearing Aid Co. DAVIS PREPARES j FOR MOSQUITOES CAMP DAVIS, March 31.—Mos juitoes staging raids on Camp Da vis this year are going to find it a iot target. The “opposition” is a ;halky colored powder that acts is a toxic agent on insect pests when mixed with any suitable sol vent and applied with a spray gun. It's name is DDT. The deadly spray first attract ed wide attention when used by American army doctors in fighting the recent typhus epidemic in Ita ly. American troops were rubbing elbows with civilians already in fected and a general outbreak seemed unavoidable. But it never came for two reasons. Reason num ber one is the Cox-type vaccination that all American soldiers receive before going overseas. Reason number two is DDT. The mosquitoes that descend on Camp Davis every summer are on ly the pest variety which carry no contagious disease, but Captain Donald T. Reis from the Sanitary Corp is going to use DDT to make :he post untenable for them. ••DDT” explained Reis, “means Dichloro - aiphenyltrichloroethane. It was discovered by a Swiss Chem ist in 1874, but wasn’t developed n it’s present state until the U. 5. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine received it from th e Ceigy Chemical Co., in 1943. Since :hat time, it has worked wonders. “Here on the post, the plan is to treat all barracks and mess halls with DDT. This will include spray ing the walls, ceilings, beds, springs, and mattress. The toxic effect will last for at least t wo months. DDl can be applied as a powder, a cream, or a spray. In applying it to walls, screens, etc., it is used as a spray. In combating body lice, scabies (the mite that causes seven year itch), or crab lice, it is applied externally on the victim in the form of a cream which looks and smells very much like an almond beauty lotion. This cream is absorbed into the skin and becomes odorless in about ten minutes. After DDT is sprayed on an ob ject. it dries leaving small, oblong crystals which are visible to the eye. If a fly walks upon these crys tals, it will apparently be unaffect ed for several minutes after which its legs will gradually be c om e paralized. At this stage, the fly may be observed rubbing its legs together in a manner similar to that of a person rubbing his arms to stimulate circulation. When the toxic effects spreads into its body, the fly is afflicted with delirium tremens. Shortly after, the head becomes affected and it dies. Taken internally by rodents, DDT brings death. The question of its effect on a human being is still under study. According to an ar ticle entitled “Toxicity of DDT” .vhich was written by Maj. John C. Angley, M. C. 15th AAF, and appeared in the March, 1945, issue of the Air Surgeon’s Bulletin: “No serious effects resulting from DDT uus yet oeen reported in humans.” “This DDT program will not get rid of all mosquitoes at Camp Da vis”, explained Captain Reis. “The mosquitos abounding this area are the Salt Marsh pest variety and they have been known to bs carried as far as 50 or 60 miles in the wind.” “We won’t,” grinned the captain, “be able to prevent their arrival, but DDT will prevent their depar ture.” 0. A. Wallace Resigns Position With A. C. L. O. A. Wallace, of Oleander, su perintendent of the Car Depart ment of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., has resigned, effec tive April 1, to accept a position with the Enterprise Railway Equipment Co., of Chicago, it was disclosed yesterday. It was reported that Mr. Wallace will travel throughout the United States and possibly to other coun tries in the western hemisphere. INFORMATION Commercial information pertain, ng to 600,000 foreign businesj firms is contained in the files of the U. S. Department ot Cnm. merce. b*aLO “se666 ColdPreparations'asidirectei NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held on Tuesday, May the 1st, 1945, at the Town Hall in the Town of Carolina Beach. The polling place will be open between the hours of 6:30 A. M. and 6:30 o’clock P. M., E. W. T. on said day for the casting of ballots. Said election is to be held for the pur pose of electing a Mayor and four Aldermen to serve as officers of the said Town/ and only duly registered voters residing in said Town shall be qualified to vote in said election. Notice is also given that Mrs. Alice McDonald Strickland has been named as Registrar and Mr. Ralph Rollins and Dr. L. E. Bunch as Judges of election. The registration books of said Town will be open for the registration of all voters residing in said Town who desire to become eligible to vote in the said election, sad registration to begin Saturday, April 7th, 1945, at 9:00 o’clock A. M„ E. W. T. and said books shall be closed for registration on Saturday, April 21st, 1945, at 9:00 o’clock P. M., E. W. T. of said day. On Saturday, April the 7th. Saturday, April the 14th, and Saturday. April the 21st. the Registrar will be on duty at the Town Hall of said Town between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A. M., and 9:00 o’clock P. M., E. W. T. On Saturday. April the 21st, 1945. between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A. M. and 9:00 o’clock P. M., E. W. T., the said registra tion books shall be open for’ the inspection of voters who desire to challenge the eligibility of any person to vote in the said election. Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of Mayor or Alderman of the said Town in said election shall file with the Town Clerk, or the Acting Town Clerk, at the Town Office in the Town Hall, on or before April the 1st, 1945, a peti tion endorsed by at least five legal residents of the said Town, requesting that his or her name be placed upon the ballot to be voted on in the said election. BOARD OF ALDERMEN TOWN OF CAROLINA REACH A. P. Peay, Mayor BOARD OF ELECTIONS TOWN OF CAROLINA BEACH, D. M. Greer, chairman NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR PURPOSE QF CREATING AN ADVERTISING FUND FOR THE TOWN OF CAROLINA BEACH NOTICE is hereby given that, as required by the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to aid in the development of the Town of Carolina Beach,” duly passed by the General Assembly of North Carolina at its 1945 regular session and duly ratified on the 20th day of March, 1945, an election will be held on Tues day, May the 1st, 1945, at the Town Hall in the Town of Carolina Beach, for the purpose of enabling the duly qualified voters of the said Town to vote upon the question of permitting the gov erning body of the said Town to levy a tax, not in excess of two cents on the one hundred dollars valuation, on all real and per sonal taxable property in the said Town, to create an advertising fund to aid in the development of the said Town. The polling place in the Town Hall will be open between the hours of 6:30 A. M. and 6:30 o’clock P. M., E. W. T., on said date for the casting of ballots. Notice is also given that Mrs. Alice McDonald Strickland has been named as Registrar' and Mr. Ralph Rollins and Dr. L. E. Bunch as Judges of election. The registration "kooks of said Town will be open for the registration of ^11 voters residing in said Town who desire to become eligible to vote in the said election, sad registration to begin Saturday, April 7th, 1945, at 9:00 o’clock A. M., E. W. T., and said books shall be closed for registration on Saturday’ April 21st, 1945, at 9:00 o’clock P. M., E. W. T. of said day. On Saturday. April the 7th, Saturday. April the 14th, and Satur day, April the 21st, the Registrar will be on duty at the Town Hall of said Town beween the hours of 9:00 o'clock A. M.. and 9:00 o'clock P. M., E. W. T. On Saturday. April the 21st, 1945, between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A. M. and 9:00 o clock P. M., E. W. T., the said registra tion books shall be open for the inspection of voters who desire i to challenge the eligiblity of any person to vote in the said election. BOARD OF ALDERMEN TOWN OF CAROLINA BEACH A. P. Peay, Mayor BOARD OF ELECTIONS TOWN OF CAROLINA BEACH, D. M. Greer, Chairman ~Ljour Opportunity. FOR INDIVIDUAL ENROLLMENT in the BLUE HOSPITAL CROSS PLAN Hospital Savings Association of North Carolina, Inc. Local Office—913 Murchison Bldg. Home Office—Chapel Hill Dial 5926 HOSPITALIZATION, OBSTETRICAL and SURGICAL PROTECTION for Farmers . . . Domestics . . . nonworkers . . . Professionals . . . and all other individuals and their families not over 65 years of age. Yes, thousands of North Carolinians are now . . . for the first time . . . eligible to receive the benefits of pre-paid hospi tal care through the new Blue Cross In dividual Enrollment Plan. Complete in formation on how to join, what you gel, and what it costs is covered in the new INDIVIDUAL ENROLLMENT FOLDER. Fill out and mail the below coupon today for free information without obligation. THE CHANCES ARE ONE-TO-TEN you will go to the hospital this year. There fore the need for protection is important, just as important as against fire disaster. Hospital Saving Association is the South's largest BLUE CROSS PLAN, with 240,000 members, they can’t be wrong. ELEVEN ITEMS have been added to every sub scriber’s contract since Jan. 1943 without ADDITIONAL COST. Through increased enrollment more benefits may be added. I THE PLAN . . . sponsored organized . and approved by ■ Medical Society o£ N C. | Hospital Association o£ N. C. | And the Public of Our State | Hospital Savings Association of N. C., Inc. 913 Murchison Bldg., Wilmington, N, C. Please Forward . . . Individual Enrollment Order Name ... Street & Number .. City . THE MORRIS PLAN BANK OF WILMINGTON WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA » Statement of Condition As Of March 20, 1945 RESOURCES Cash and Due From Banks ..$ 381,953.35 Loans and Discounts. 936,086.70 U. S. Government and Municipal Bonds (Par). 2,983,030.00 Furniture and Fixtures — Net. 11,175.69 Real Estate — (New Banking Site). 34,615.95 Other Resources. 28,025.27 # ■ - - TOTAL RESOURCES.$4,374,886.96 LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL Deposits . $3,725,185.56 Deposits Assigned On Loans And Discounts. 290,500.64 Cashier’s Checks Outstanding.. 35,199.00 Reserve For Unearned Discount. 36,329.04 Other Reserves. 32,182.96 Surplus. 100,000.00 Capital Stock .. .. 100,000.00 Undivided Profits. 55,489.76 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL.$4,374,886.96 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation CHECKING —LOANS —SAVINGS
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