Obituaries
MRS. BEATRICE M. CAMPEN
Mrs. Beatrice Melvin Campen,
48, 2633 Adams street, Riverside
apartments, died last night at the
Bullock Clinic after a short ill
ness.
Surviving are her husband,
Charles F. Campen; a son, Charles
F. Campen. Jr., U. S. Army; a
daughter, Miss Beatrice Campen
of Wilmington; a sister, Mrs. Al
bert Bryant, White Oak; and two
brothers, Broadus Melvin, Balti
more, Md., and W. O. Melvin,
Pittsburgh, Calif.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Ward Funeral
Home.
CHARLES J. RODERICK
The body of Charles J. Roderick,
918 South Second street, who died
Thursday afternoon at his home,
was forwarded to Provincetown,
Mass., Friday where interment
will be held.
Surviving are his sister, Mrs
Mary R. Jason, of Provincetown,
Mass.; five brothers, Joseph J.
Roderick, John Roderick, Anthony
Roderick, all of Provincetown,
Frank Roderick of New London
Conn., and William Roderick oi
Boston, Mass.
HAMMACK RESIGNS
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 14.—(U.R)—
Gov. Ellis Arnall announced today
that Francis R. Hammack, direc
tor of the Georgia State Depart
ment of Corrections, tendered his
resignation as of the time a new
board is appointed by the Gov
ernor under the st^te constitu
tion. _
Congress Tackles Ship,
Lottery, Other Problems
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review of the Navy’s shipbuilding
program. He wants Navy spend
ing trimmed nearly $17,000,000,000
The House Naval committee
promptly decided to consider the
size of the peacetime fleet next
week.
The Senate Military committee
will cl\eck on the rate of Navy
discharges Monday.
The Army this week assured the
same committee that soldiers will
be let out as fast as possible.
General George C. Marshall
sent Congressmen booklets telling
why it’s so hard to release men
faster.
The legislators can have all the
copies they want to send back
home, to the folks who have been
jamming the mails with letters
about releases.
Blustery Emory S. Land, Mari
time Commission chairman, asked
a Senate subcommittee for Con
gressional approval fast—to sell
merchant ships which aren’t need
ed any longer.
“We are losing our market
| every day until this bill is passed,
he said.
Another Senate subcommittee
listened to a string of witnesses
on Mr. Truman’s request for
authority to merge or abolish
government bureaus or commis
sions.
Most of them favored the idea.
One wanted the Interstate Com
merce Commission exempted.
Chairman Elmer Thomas (D
Okla.) said the Senate food in
vestigating committee had re
ceived complaints that the Com
modity Credit corporation is
“beating down farm prices.” The
committee intends to find out
about that.
The Senae approved a few
Presidential appointments, passed
a few minor bills—and one to give
permanent five star rank to top
generals and admirals—and heard
a few speeches. The five-stai
bill went to the House for action.
The House held a routine ses
sion, too. Mostly oratory.
Rep. Barry (D-NY) proposed a
national lottery, the profits to go
to disabled veterans.
EXCHANGES NAME
OFFICERS SLATE
Nominations were held for the
various offices of the Exchange
dub yesterday during the regular
tuncheon and business meeting
of the group at the Friendly Cafe
I eria.
Among the names presented foi
nominations included: President.
Dr. Guy E. Pigford and J. B
Edwards, who declined to run;
first vice president, W. Albert
Brown and John Snow; second
vice president, Conley Rogers;
secretary treasurer, Leo Sykes;
chaplain, Dr. Edwin Keever. The
following names were nominated
for the board of control: R.
Stewart. W. D. Jones, James Alle
good, R. A. Dunlea, J. B. Ed
wards, M. V. Bennett and C T.
Burke.
President R. Stewart turned the
meeting over to Sam Berger who
was in charge of the afternoon’s
program.
Berger called on the Rev. C. D.
Barclift, pastor of the Fifth Ave
nue Methodist church to present
the guest speaker. Chaplain Mor
ris L. Husted, U. S. Army Ail
Forces, who was a Methodist mini
ster before entering the service.
Chaplain Husted, a delightful en
tertainer, has appeared before
many civic clubs and other organi
zations while stationed in Wil
mington, to give a unique pro
gram of singing, piano playing
and sketchings.
His program is divided into
three parts. In the first part the
Chaplain demonstrated that nc
matter how much he was handi
capped he could still play piano
solos. This was done after he
covered the piano keys, donned a
nair of kid gloves, topped with
a pair of canvas gloves and ovet
all these, a small sugar sack,
on each hand, which was tieo
at the wrists by a member of the
club. Before demonstrating his
piano playing ability, he was
blind-folded.
The second part of the program
was very humorous as the Chap
lain explained to the members he
v/ould sing a song, first, the na
tural way, second, as it would
sound over the radio by a hill
billy, and last, he would then
sing it as any woman in the
neighborhood might sing it.
The last part of his program
was given over to sketching, and
as the Chaplain’s nimble fingers
drew pictures of various thoughts,
he told the story behind each
Ihemg.
About 40 members attended the
meeting and among the guests
present were the Rev. Fred W.
Paschall, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist church; R. S. Red
mayne, and Lt. Allen McGee, who
has just returned from Germany
The members welcomed home Dr.
Edwin Keever, who has been visit
ing in Pennsylvania.
J. BAYARD CLARK
ON PROBE GROUP
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Thus far only one name has
been publicly proposed for the
post. House minority leader Mar
tin of Massachusetts suggested
Charles Evans Hughes, retired
chief Justice of the United States.
There is a possibility that Sena
tor George may decline to serve
on the committee. He told report
ers he was consulted only 10 min
utes before Senate President Mc
Kellar (DTenn) announced his ap
pointment. George is chairman of
the finance committee which is
busy with the jobless pay bill and
other measures.
BELGIUMTOKEEP
U. S. HELP GOING
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This contribution to the common
war. effort we have provided en
thusiastically and have no inten
tion of interrupting abruptly, if
the American government so de
sires.”
Romano used a system of short
hand aEjfar back as 63 B. C.
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MORRIS PLAN BANK
OFFICIAL RESIGNS;
GOES TO RALEIGH
Emsley A. Laney, president oi
the Morris Plan Bank, of Wil
mington announced yesterday that
the resignation of Robert M. Fin
ley, vice president of the institu
tion, had been accepted with re
gret by the board of directors.
Mr. Finley has accepted an ex
ecutive position with the First Cit
izens Bank an d Trust company,
one of the largest banks in the
state, and will be located at its
Raleigh office.
Mr. Laney expressed keen re
gret of the board and all the as
sociates of Mr. Finley over his
leaving the city.
During his stay here and in con
nection with the Morris Plan bank
as vice president, Mr. Finley has
made many friends, Mr. Laney
said. He will assume his new
duties on Sept. 17.
USES WILL MAKE
SURVEY OF LABOR
In order to compile a permanen!
index of all available local em
ployment, a labor market survej
is being planned by the local U
S. Employment Service office, R
T. McKeithan, manager, announc
ed yesterday.
Starting with a list of approxi
mately 150 firms in the area em
bracing Columbus, Pender, Bruns
wick and New Hanover counties,
the employment office has worked
out a program for visiting these
offices regularly in order to main
tain a current picture of all jobs
available in the four counties.
During the war, Mr. McKeithan,
explained, with WMC regulations
o.i manpower ceilings and priority
referrals, the USES was able to
keep its finger on the local em
ployment situation. In order to
satisfactorily locate veterans and
displaced war workers, the need
still persists for complete records
of openings in the community,
through regularly scheduled con
tacts, he said.
Of the 150 firms to be included
in this continuing survey, about
ninety plants—the larger organiza
tions with a h'gher turnover—will
be visited every thirty days to de
termine the employment oppor
tunities they afford.
The second group, comprising
about 40 smaller businesses, will
t~ visited every 60 days, and the
remainder, very small employers
with few job possibilities, will be
surveyed every ninety days.
Through these periodic surveys,
the local USES hopes to maintain
a current file of where the local
jobs are, which will work to the
advantage of the employer as well
as to the job hunter.
Thirteen of the larger industries
in this area already file regular
labor market reports with the
USES, in which they cover their
current activities and list the po
sitions available at their plants.
macarthurIhuts
UP DOMEI AGENCY
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and said this was “an erroneous
concept of what is occurring.”
MacArthur declared the first
phase of the occupation — which
some critics have called “soft”—
was based on military considera
tions of “safety and security”
while occupation troops were be
ing deployed and war prisoners and
internees were being liberated.
He said “over half of the en
emy’s force in Japan proper is
now demobilized” and disarming
of the 3,000,000 or more soldiers in
the empire’s home army would
be nearly complete by mid-Octo
ber.
Japan’s governmental structure
is controlled completely by occu
pation forces and is operating only
to the extent necessary to insure
such an orderly and controlled
procedure as will prevent social
chaos, disease and starvation.”
In the next six months it is esti
mated North Africa will require
imports, exclusive of wheat, total
ing more than $100,000,000.
BUILDERS EXPECT
BIG HOME DEMAND
Home building in Wilmington,
and six other North Carolina
cities, last year decreased 50.t
per cent in volume and 83.5 per
cent in value from the preceding
year, reaching the lowest level ir
15 years, according to D. E
Ryan, of Minneapolis, vice presi
dent of Investors Syndicate.
Other North Carolina cities in
cluded in the recent survey were
Asheville, Charlotte, Durham,
Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
“A promising demand tor new
homes and considerable remodel
ing in these cities is indicated.
Only 17 per cent of the dwelling
units in them have been built
since 1930,” Mr. Ryan continued.
There were 104,459 dwelling
units in these cities on January
1, 1945, according to the state
ment. Of these, 17,777 were built
since January 1, 1930. This means
that 83 per cent of the families
in these cities are living in ac
commodations more than 15 years
old.
“These cities,” explained Mr.
Ryan, in commenting on the com
pany’s latest annual national hous
ing survey, "provided new homes
in 1944 for 204 people. This is 208
fewer, or 50.5 percent less than
the 1943 total of 412. Last year
new housing was furnished for
2,824 fewer people, or 93.3 percent
less than the 3,028 total in 1930,
which the national building indus
try considers a ‘normal’ year.
Homes put up in these cities from
1930-1944, inclusive, supplied shel
ter for 71,108 people.
City Briefs
CHURCH SERVICE
Services will be held Sun
day at Calvary Baptist church,
Fourth and Brunswick street,
as follows: Sunday school
9:45 a. m. Worship 11 a. m.
and Baptist Training Union at
7 p. m.
Ten visitors browsed around
the Historical museum at the
Court House yesterday, said
Miss Mary Lem Boykin, who
is in charge of the museum.
The museum is sponsored by
the Wilmington Woman’s club
and contains many historical
items which have been loaned
by the members of the UDC
and the DAR. Miss Boykin
said that the museum averages
about 100 visitors each month.
NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS
Seventy-five new teachers
have been added to the schools,
H. M. Roland, superintendent
of education said yesterday,
with 60 new teachers placed
in the elementary schools, 12
in New Hanover High school
and three placed in the Willis
ton Industrial school.
BICYCLE STOLEN
Bobbie Williams, 511 Castle
street reported to the police
yesterday afternoon that his
re^d bicycle which was parked
in front of th Bailey theatre
was stolen.
DRIVER HITS POLE
James Le Boo of 716 Dickin
son street was arrested yester
day morning at 4:05 o’clock
while allegedly driving under
the influence of liquor after
hitting a telephone pole in the
1000 block on Fanning street.
SHIP ARRIVES HERE
The S. S. Moysalan, of Nor
wegian registry, arrived in
port yesterday afternoon to
load approximately 1,600 tons
of fertilizer at the Armour Co.
plant for shipment to Cuba.
COUNCIL TO MEET
The County Council' of the
Home Demonstration Clubs will
meet at the home agent’s of
office in the customhouse on
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock
with Mrs. M. S. Emmart of
Myrtle Grove, presiding at the
meeting.
TREATED AT HOSPITAL
According to the police Mae
Johnson, 111 S. 5th. St., was
treated at the James Walker
Memorial Hospital after re
ceiving lacerations of the face
in an argument in a downtown
cafe.
To extract onion juice, cut the
onion in half ahd squeeze on a
reamer as for orange juice.
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Weather Experts Fill In
Blank Spaee In Forecast
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creasing the advance forecast
time is anyone’s guess. Weather
Bureau men here believe, how
ever, that new equipment, new
discoveries and added facilities
from various nations will bring
about an improvement.
• The stepped-up Soviet reports
on weather were announced by
Maj. Gen. J. Russell Deane, chief
of the American military mission
to the U. S. S. R. He disclosed
that before the Soviet Union began
exchanging weather information
the rest o fthe world lacked vital
data from one-sixth of the world’s
surface, including Siberia where
many of the weather fronts start
The taking over of the Japanese
weather set-up was announced in
Tokyo. The plfin is to take over
Japanese personnel too, and train
the Far East in western forecast
1 ing technique.
FREED LISTS CHEST
CAMPAIGN SPEAKERS;
FIRST GUN TUESDAY
The Speakers Bureau program,
in behalf of the forthcoming Com
munity War Chest campaign, will
be launched next Tuesday with
an address before the Rotary club
it was announced yesterday by the
Rev. Walter B. Freed, chairman
of the committee. ,
Engagements before local civic
clubs and other organ'zations will
continue through the first week in
October.
During the second and third
weeks of October, they will ad
dress employee groups at cam
paign meetings. In order to de
vote as much time as possible to
employee groups, the scheduled
program for civic club appear
ances has begun earlier this year.
The membership of the bureay
was announced as follows:
H. R. Emory, Rabbi Samuel
Friedman, the Rev. Mortimer
Glover, Gardner D. Greer, War
ren S. Johnson, Mrs. J. C. Layton,
George MacFarlane, H. A. Marks,
Elliott O’Neal, J. Fred Rippy, Jr.,
Ranald Stewart, Mrs. James S.
Webb, Rev. R. Irving Boone, Pro
fessor C. H. MacDonald and Carl
Moultrie.
FLO DIANS SEEK
PI CE OF SAFETY
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rescue workers ready, ppblir
buildings open as shelters, emer
gency transportation and ambu
lanees on hand." He moved into
his disaster, headquarters with
other committeemen at 8 p. m
The Florida Keys were ravaged
by a terrific tropical hurricane or
Labor Day, 1935, in which up
wards of 500 persons died.
Miami’s great 1926 storm took
a toll of 327 killed, 6,327 injured
and property damage of $50,000,
000. Great advancements in
stormproof building and emer
gency sheltering have been made
since that tragic boomtime day.
Several hundred combat casual
'ies being treated at big Army
hospitals in the Miami area, in
cluding the big Biltmore hospital
at Coral Gables, waited expectant
lv as windows were boarded up,
extra mattresses placed in handy
spots, medical supplies and cases
of field rations were stored on
each floor. The building is con
sidered safe from winds of any
velocity.
Other hundreds of combat men
at redistribution stations on
Miami Beach were removed and
downtown garages and hotels filled
up as persons drove in from out
lying areas.
FORD PRODUCTION
STOPS AT PLANTS
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the situation,” Ford said. “There
can be no return to peacetime pro
duction so long as this condition
exists. Every day without a full
day’s work delays the industrial
comeback of the nation.
“We don’t Know when we can re
open our plants.
“It’s difficult to admit that a
company like Ford must be closed
because labor insists on selfish
Dolitics when everyone’s economic
future is at stake.
“But it’s true.’’
The Ford layoffs were announced
as the international executive
board of the CIO’s United Auto
mobile Workers was conducting a
“trial” of officers of Detroit Lo
cal 174 which has carried on a
strike for more than three weeks
at the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Com
pany.
This strike, which the UAW-CIO
top leadership refused to sanction,
was followed last week by the lay
off of more than 30,000 Ford work
ers. Later, however, the Ford Com
pany, which depended for certain
supplies on Kelsey-Hayes, found
other sources and returned most oi
the men to work.
A trial of the Local 174 leaders
II— .. —
was called this aftern^T^T
deadline set by the UMV-Cirv'
board for the return of 4 50n
ers passed without a resum'?'
of work. urr'Ption
Idleness in current strikes ;
eludes 10,000 in Windsor J ?
F(f:d Motor Company of Canarf *
6,500 at Hudson Motor Car r?''
pany and 3,100 at Murray r?
poration of America. Several
er^trikes have from 50 , 0 900 idf,
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BIDS WANTED
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of County
Commissioners of New Hanover County until 10:30
o’clock A. M., Monday, September 17th, 1945, for
repairing and painting the exterior wood work and re
pairing sash and replacing broken glass in new court
house, in accordance with specifications that can be
obtained at the office of the County Commissioners.
The County Commissioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY
By Addison Hewlett, Chairman.
IMPORTANT PEACETIME
NOTICE
HOSPITAL SAVING ASSOCIATION
MEMBERS
Members of Hospital Saving Association Blue Cross |
Program, who are being given job releases, can con
tinue their protection and not lose their coverage
during the readjustment period. They should get in j:
[ | touch with Mrs. Harry Farrow, Jr., 913 Murchison |
Bldg., Telephone 5926, or write directly to the Home
Office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
KEEP THIS PROTECTION—Do not let it lapse.
| REMEMBER: One out of 10 people are hospitalized
each year. You may need protection when you least
expect it and when you are in the economic position
to need it most.