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MAJOR MARSHALL CALLS FROM ROME Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Marshall, 1601 Princess street, had a rare experience in store for them early last night when the telephoned jangled. “Mrs. Marshall?” the operator’s voice queried, “Home is calling. Rome, Italy.” It was the Marshall’s son, Major John Marshall, calling his parents from the Eternal City where he is now stationed with the Army Air Forces. Business manager for the county school board at the time he entered the Army in 1942, Major Marshall has been overseas for approximate ly two years, stationed with the Air Service Command in the Medi teranean and in Europe. He had been recently promoted to his pres ent rank, he informed his parents. Ha is a brother of Alan A. Marshal, city juvenile judge and himself a recently discharged naval lieutenant commander. An other brother, B. H., Jr., is comp troller of the Wilmington Housing authority. Alleged Punch Board Operators Arrested Two alleged operators of what police termed $25-a-punch boards were arrested by city officers last night. The alleged operators, according to police records, were S. F. Per sell, owner of a beer parlor near the shipyard, and J. S. Clark, proprietor of an oil service sta tion at 10 Carolina Beach road. They were arrested by City Detectives J. T. Rich, E. B. Her ring, and H. A. Avant. Bond for each was fixed at $300 pending their appearance in Recorder’s court tomorrow morn ing. The U. S. has the highest per capita rates of consumption of : matches among adults in the world, about 14 per day, and the lowest per capita cost for matches, six mills a week. City Briefs TO INSTALL OFFICERS An open meeting will be held by the Woodmen of the World tomorrow night at 8 o’clock in the WOW hall Third and Prin cess streets at which time new officers will be installed and certificates of recognition given to its World War II veterans. VISITING IN BOSTON Lt. William B. Morris, who in on terminal leave after two years service in the European theater, is visiting friends in Boston, Mass. SCOUT RADIO SHOW Boy Scouts who desire to take part in a radio dramatization have been requested to meet in the scout office, Trust build ing, Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 30 at 3:45 p. m. for try-outs. HIT-AND-RUN REPORTED George M. Hawkins, Hender son, rejorted to police yester day that while driving east on Grace street near the 1500 block early yesterday morning his car was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Damage to Hawkins’ car was slight according to the police report. TRASH FIRE Firemen were called to 2202 Park road at Princess place yesterday afternoon to exting uish a trash fire. The call, which was received at 12:30 p. m., resulted in no damage. NEW CLASS A class in “Preparation for Marriage” will be held at the YWCA Thursday night at 8 o’clock. Miss Virginia Ward, coordinator of the Family Life Institute program in Wilming ont, will be in charge of secur ing speakers for the series of talks on aspects of success in marriage. Girls wishing to en roll in this class may phone 8566, the “Y” office. Originally a brogue was a light, shoe formed of one piece of half tanned leather gathered around the ankle. XJ (RUSSIA PROMISED JAPANESE ISLANDS LONDON, Jan. 26.— (ff) —The Moscow radio said tonight that the United tSates and Great Britain had promised Russia the Gurile islands of northern Japan under terms of the Yalta agreement. The broadcast noted U. S. Under secretary of State Dean Acheson s recent statement that he believed no definite commitments were made at Yalta, and said Tass, offi cial Soviet news agency, had been “officially authorized” to disclose that Russia would get the Kuriles, southern Sakhalin and adjacent islands. “On the quqestion of the Kurile Island, Mr. Acheson is definitely wrong,” the Tass statement was quoted as saying. “At the Yalta agreement of the Three powers, signed on the 11th of February, 1945 (which was then not published for very understandable reasons), it was clearly set out that after victory over Japan the Kurile islands would be handed over to the U. S. S. R. In addition, southern Sakhalin and the adjace ment islands would return to the U. S. S. R.” agreement reached WASHINGTON, Jan. 26._(^P)_ Acting * Secretary of State Dean Acheson said at his news confer ence this week that agreement had been reached at the Yalta meeting of the Big Three for Soviet occupa tion of the Kurile islands. Even earlier government officials told the Associated Press that the Russians were moving in troops and their families “bag and bag gage" apparently for a long stay, in the islands which stretch fan wise across the Okhotsk sea. There has, however, been no indi cation from American officials that agreement was reached at Yalta for permanent possession by Rus sia of the Kuriles, which the Japa nese used as a springboard early in the war for their assault upon the Aleutians. UNRRA has provided corn from the Dominican Republic for Yugo slavia; Peruvian beans for the Czechs; Uruguayan cheese for the Poles. ■J City Housing Authority Moves To Aid War Vets (Continued From Page One) accommodations to the additional applicants for better housing who are pouring in every day. But we have a responsibility to work out satisfactory arrangements for these applicants, particularly the war veterans. Therefore the Authority announces a program of re novation and re-use of vacant masonry units at Maffitt Village. “A large crew of men has been put to work reconditioning units in the part of the Raleigh section of Maffitt Village lying along Vance street nearest the community and shopping center. Units will be put in the best possible condition. They will be repainted inside and out. Floors will be treated. All trim will be reconditioned. Equipment will be refurnished, and where necessary replaced. Units will be rented with or without furniture, according to the needs of the ap plicant. In brief, all the resources of the Housing authority will be thrown into an effort to make these houses as livable as possible. “These houses will be offered to eligible applicants, either war vet erans or others, on a basis wmch will allow them to retain their places on the waiting list either at Lake Forest or the Vance Sec tion of Maffitt Village, where the housing is of better design. In other words, an eligible applicant does not need to sacrifice his place in the waiting list for the better housing in order to take one of the renovated units in the village. As soon as the name of the applicant is reached, he will be offered a house in Lake Forest or the Vance section, the same as if he had not moved into one of the reconditioned units. “To bring this about, the Hous ing authority is rescinding its rule against transfers from the masonry units in Maffitt to Lake Forest. The rule as to transfers from masonry units into the Vance section had been previously rescinded. The no-transfer rule was necessary dur ing the peak of war-time occupancy because it was possible to accom modate little if any of the demand for such transfers. "A program similar to this will be put into effect to place Negro applicants, both war veterans and other eligible persons, in vacant units in the Worth section of Maf fitt Village.’’ Total units unimea applications Name of development Units ..Vacant ^o^hand ^ Nesbitt Courts . 215 1 8 97 105 ; m S 8» vanceeseJuon'::::::::::::::::-'-'-«» 5 27 88o ns Hewes Apartments . 220 4 0 Raleigh Section.1.286 1,0d6 0 0 Hewes Dorms . 356 356 0 u Worth Section .- 599 _™ __ __ „ TOTAL .5.495 1.970 185 _ 421 606 NEED MATERIALS Star-News Bureau, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26 Lack of materials and “red tape are responsible for the current housing shortage confronting war veterans, the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce today reported to the United tSates Chamber of Com merce. . In a report telegraphed to Eric Johnson, president of the U. S. Chamber, the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, responding to the national trade body’s query, de clared the housing situation in the North Carolina Port City was “as bad as other cities in North Caro lina.” * J. H. Farrell, secretary of the Wilmington organization, wired Johnston: “Housing sdutation for veterans as uuici biuto - olina. Local Federal public housing authority projects have waiting list of 140 veterans for shelter. Ameri can Legion officials here contend local FPHA not giving veterans preference. President local real estate board says building con tractors reluctant to_build_homes under g' I. Bill of^Rights and*Fed eral Housing authority regulations. Too much red tape. The prefer building for industrial and comrfuh cial expansion. Local reliable source says 85 per cent returned veterans want to build and 15 per cent for renting. Lack of materials and government red tape are other drawbacks. Apparently financial institutions, builders and realtors desirous to aid veterans for home building when materials available and red tape cut to minimum. IRAN CLAIMS IT CAN PROVE INTERFERENCE (Continued From Page One) of Tehran, by which the allied powers undertook to respect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Iran.” MISQUOTED The Iranians said the Soviet dele gation had mistranslated or mis quoted the Iranian note of Dec. 1 so that “the sense has been so al tered it is exactly the opposite of what was said in the note.” The Iranians said Russia quoted Teh ran as denying Soviet interference, while the opposite was the truth. The new note called attention to American and British repre sentatives to Russia over the situa tion in Azerbaijan province. Expressing agreement with a United States letter to the Soviet government last Nov. 24, which declared there no longer was any reason for the presence of foreign troops in Iran, the delegates’ note said, “it is desirable that all foreign troops leave Iranian terri tory immediately.” It asserted that the Soviet Iranian treaty of 1921—which Rus sia cited in partial defense of her stand—“is not relevant” because it “is only meant to apply to a case where Iran is occupied by a hostile power and by reason of this fact Iranian territory becomes a base of aggression against the USSR” which the Iranian government could not eliminate “by its own action.” METHODIST RALLY TO BE HELD HERE RALEIGH, Jan. 26.—UP>—Young people of the North Carolina Con ference of the Methodist church will hold district rallies next month in connection with the Methodist crusade for Christ and the year of evangelism. The project is directed by the conference board of education, headed by Dr. A. J. Hobbs of Raleigh. Bill Wells of Wilson and Duke University, president of the Conference Youth Fellowship, will attend the rallies or send a per sonal representative. The schedule: Durham district—February 4 in Trinity church, Durham. Raleigh district—February 5 in Edenton Street Methodist church, Raleigh. Rock Mount district—February 7 in First Methodist church, Rocky Mount. Elizabeth City district—February 8 in Edenton. Wilmington district—February 21 in Trinity church, Wilmington. Fayetteville district—February 22 in Aberdeen. Other rallies will be held in the Wilmington district at Clinton on February 20 and Whiteville on Feb ruary 22. Nearly 7,000 gallons of paste are used daily at one Georgia plant in the high-speed sealing of side seams and bottoms of paper bags. rWOMAN IS HURT IN AUTO WRECK Apprehended by city police while hiding in a backyard shack about 100 yards from the scene of an automobile accident which result: ed in serious injuries to a young Wilmington woman, Robert T. Poi son, 25, 212 S. Second street, was held in $1,500 bond late last night on a charge of reckless operation and hit-and-run driving. Polston was arrested by City of ficers W. N. Leitch and1 L E. Lui breth following his Right from his damaged automobile immediately north of the Fifth avenuerailroad bridge where, it is alleged, PoLon crashed another vehicle, injured one of two women passenger in his car, and then assertedly fled into hiding. Injured was Arleen Sneeden, 25, 613 Swann street. She was taken to James Walker Memorial hospital where preliminary examination in dicated skull fracture and possible internal injuries. Unscathed in the accident, although riding with Poi son and Miss Sneeden, was Heler Watts, 23, 819 Princess street, Poi son suffered head injuries, which were treated at James Walker prioi to his formal arrest. Poison, according to arrested of ficers, crashed into an automobile driven by Robert Cornitcher, at the north end of the bridge. He is al leged to have run from the accidenl scene, leaving the two women pas sengers alone. He was apprehended in an out building, some 30 minutes later, by Leitch and Culbreth. Texas is rapidly gaining on Flori da in grapefruit production; i-: the coming season Florida’s croj is estimated at 32 million boxes, Texas 24 million and California Arizona 8 million boxes. NOT EXCITED HUTCHINSON, Minn., Jan. (U.R)—Milburn Henke served the customers in his restaurant here today and regarded as un called for any fuss over the fact that it is the fourth anniversary of the day he stepped off the gangplank on North Ireland to become the first Yank into Eu rope. ‘This particular anniversary doesn’t excite me a bit,” he said. ‘‘It just so happened that I was the first guy in line and that’s that.” RECEIVES DISCHARGE John F. Collum, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Collum, 1007 N. Fourth street, and a nephew of Mrs. Leona T. Car roll, 1020 N. Third street, has received an honorable dis charge from the Army follow ing service overseas with the 82nd and 101st Airborne divi sions. Evansville Shipyarj Swept By Uge F;„ EVANSVILLE, j. ,, T l.^)-A spectacular t .' ^ men said was completely ' *' control was sw ville shipyards ton Authorities said the blare w, started in a warehouse contain paints and oils, was lickin» thr abandoned frame warehouse ® office buildings and threaten ^ destroy the entire . BIBLE CLASS MEETING The weekly meeting 0f it,. Men’s Bible cla . ,lf s, the drews - Covenant 1’resbvtertt church, located at Vifteentb and Market streets, will held Sunday morning at 9 -. o’clock. Dr. J. E. Evans is th, teacher. All men of the <om munity are cordially invited to attend. 10 , . 1 1 In Our GREAT BIG 1946 SPRING & SUMMER _____ Nole These llems! Alarm Clocks Lace Tablecloths Aluminum Cooking Lamps Utensils . . „ Lingeri* Auto Seat Covers „ . Memorial Tablets Baseball Equipment Nylon Yarn Bath Towels Oilcloth Bed Sheets Outdoor Furniture Bedspreads Percale Sears new Catalog for Spring and Summer 1946, a great Bjrd PiUowca5eg big book, is just bulging with hundreds of articles you have Cameras and Pressure Cookers been obliged to go without during the war years. In addi- Supplies , _ "ortable Washers tion it offers many new post-war items with improvements Carpet Sweepers I * . Rodios that put them way out in front. Chrome Furniture Sateen Yes. you’ll be thrilled with the great variety of wanted r,ltonnc Seersucker articles for yourself, family, home and car. All guaranteed curtains Material by Sears and priced at Sears famous savings. Note list at CMaate"1aiand Si"k E"sembI« I right, then come in and see this new, value-packed catalog I DDT Spray Slip ^overs I I at our Catalog Sales Dept. Door chimeg Sun-Ray Material .. , Taffeta Material _ Drapery Material | BUY ANYTHING TOTALING $10.00 OR MORE Fang Tiieboard ON SEARS EASY PAYMENTS I Farm Fence Toasters I I t._ Vacuum Cleaners CATALOG SALES DEPT. r"."" 307 No. Front St. Wilmington, N. C. Golf ciubs Watches Dial 2-2621 Water Heaters 1 Guttering , Hunter’s Guns Irons, Electric ■ ORDER CUSTOM BUILT. BEAUTIFUL VENETIAN BLINDS BY MAIL! SAVE UP TO 50% Look at these Low Prices... 2 Week Delivery Beautiful off-white Ivory Venetian blinds made of Bonderized and Galvanized steel slats. Sizes To Fit the Average Size Window 23* x 61"-$5.50 27" x 61*-$5.90 30" x 61*- $6.85 --$7.45 $9* x 61*_ $8.90 We also cut to your specific sizes wood or metal Dlinds at 55c per square foot. 12 square feet minimum. All prices F.O.B. Washington, D. C. Approximately 3 weeks delivery on made to order jobs. 25% deposit required on all jobs. SOUTHERN VENETIAN BLIND CO. "One o] the Largest in the South" t605 14th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C First civilian release of this war | famed, easy, automatic, more effective way to kill household pests. Corner Thrid Dial and Cheslnui j ■Y«Tl K*L?Jai 5214 OPEN FOR INSPECTION south' T0DA¥ Sunday OLEANDER " jan.27ih ||| ■■■•'■ . 1 , . g, I : i This New Sub-Division Has Been Inspected And Approved By Us For Construction Loans! We Wish To Congratulaie HUGH NacRAE & GO. For Their Faith In Wilmington and Eastern North Carolina By the Development oi This and Other Areas In Our City and State! LET US HELP YOU PLAN AND FINANCE YOUR NEW HOME! We invite prospective builders in this and other sub-divisions and local areas to use our many fi nancial services in plan* ning new construction and repairs. | Borrow and Save With Local Institutions ^ COOPERATIVE BUILDING & LOAN ASS'N. PEOPLES BUILDING & LOAN ASS N. CAROLINA BUILDING & LOAN ASSjj^
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