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twelve__ AUTHORITIES HINT AT NEW EVIDENCE Officers Decline Nature Oi Finding In Bordeaux Knifing Affray Investigation into the death of Mrs. E. F. Bordeaux, 30, mother of three children who was slain Sunday afternoon in a public play ground, Riverside apartments reached new heights last night ac cording to police. Although officers would not dis close the nature of their new find ings, sufficient evidence for a coroners inquest is expected to be ready Thursday night, date set for the hearing, they said. Acting Coroner E. L. Strickland who previously said the case of fered unusual difficulties said last. < night there were still no new devel-1 opments which would be of use at ■ a coroners hearing. Meanwhile the grier-stricken hus band of the slain woman contacted at the home of a relative here, told reporters he was overwhelmed t with sorrow at the loss of his wife, j He declined further comment on ^ the matter, other than to say that ^ his only knowledge of the tragedy ( is that he heard her scream after , she had been stabbed and that he rushed out, picked her up and placed her on a cot in their living . room. He said that the three children, one an infant, were being cared j for by relatives and friends and they were getting along well. A Recorders court hearing has ' been set for Friday when the im- 1 mediate fate of Mrs. Corcne Gra- ; ham Collins, accused slayer of • Mrs. Bordeaux will be decided. Mrs. Collins who told reporters 1 she stabbed her neighbor in “sell : defense” after she had “swung” at her with a pair of metal knucks,” and who said later she was “sorry and if the incident could be re-lived —it would never happen,” remain-1 ed in jail pending the outcome ofj Friday’s hearing. WINE AND WOMEN AND MONEY STAND CANDIDATE TAKEb JACKSON, Ga., Feb. 18—(U.R) j —J. Darden Watkins, 71, an nounced today that he would run for governor of Georgia ; on a platform of “Women, Wine and Money” provided it did not cost more than S25. “As governor,” said the aged veteran of the Spanish-Ameri- i can and first World War, “I | will promise to do nothing and will see to it that no one else will do anything. “I’ll give Georgia four years of quiet, old-fashioned govern ment and let any man who ; wants to go to hades in his own way. “If I run, I’ll be elected,” | Watkins predicted. Dial 2-3311 for Newspaper Service — ITS STILL WINTER SO DEPUTY JAILOR WANTS FEDORA BACK N. J. Calder, one of the New Hanover county jailers, whose hat was misplaced the other day as he listed his taxes, is looking for a head that fits his hat. So, if you’re the person who took the wrong hat or stole Calder’s hat, and if you’re wearing the hat and happen to drop around to the local bas tion, you are liable for a tong siege of hard luck, and pos sible prosecution. As Calder started to list his taxes, being a gentleman in the presence of ladies in the hal lowed halls of the court house, he removed his headdress, and and when he looked for it, it was gone. ‘MEMO FOR JOE” ON DISPLAY HERE ‘‘A Memo lor Joe,” a compila ion of service names prepared by he Wilmington chapter of the American Red Cross, is on display his week in the window of City )ptical company, 218 North Front :treet. For the first time in Wilmington, he memory book was created dm ng the 1945 Red Cross fund rais ng campaign. Each donor who lave $7.00, which provided Red Iross services for ONE second in he battlefields, was given a spe ial certificate award and the op >ortunity to present the name of i serviceman to appear in ‘‘A Memo for Joe.” Mrs. E. B. Snipes, 1805 Chest mt street and principal of Chest lut street school was appointed 3y the Red Cross to write the lames in the book. She has been working on the book since last March and recently completed it. Mrs. Ida Speiden, local Red Jross secretary, said yesterday, hat the book later may be sent to the City library as its perma ient home. NURSERY SCHOOLS MAY CLOSE SOON H. M. Roland, Superintendent oi New Hanover county public schools said yesterday that unless some arrangement is made for some re sponsible organization to take over the sponsorship of the county’s four nursery schools, they will be closed within two weeks. Their future remained in doubt last night with the announcement that Federal aid for the two white and two Negro nursery school: will be discontinued after Feb. 28 and the statement by Roland tha to date no organization has ex pressed its wiTlingess to assuimi sponsorship of the schools. The weekly fee per ‘child ha: been set at $5. Arrangements a to hours may be made with Mis Mary Elizabeth Groverman, hea< of the High school nursery unit. Preference will be given ti mothers of children whose hus bands were lost in service, and to children of widows who are lef without means of supporting thei children, Roland continued. GIRLS WANT BATHS WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—<A>i—Th< Civilian Production administratioi today was asked to help make i easier for some South Carolin; girls to take baths. Robert Laffie, of Columbia, S. C asked the CPA please to allot som 84 bathtubs to Columbia college He said only one tub is availabl for all students. Laffie said tonight he believe the college is going to get mor bathtubs. AliJJ T T i x vyi 1 *.*w*.* ■ V. | NAVY TUGS EASE HARBOR TIE-UP rWO OF THE FORTY-FIVE Army and Navy tugs operating in New York Harbor to alleviate the tie-up caused by striking tugboat workers, head downstream in the North River to pick up fuel barges. The entire har oor, paralyzed by the strike, is almost devoid of movement. Mayor William O’Dwyer has issued emergency orders rationing all fuel for homeowners and businessmen until the crisis is over. (International) Fire-Fighting Equipment Approved By Underwriters _ m>TT Hinirvi n u^.,«ua e aV»^ * 1 V X 1I1U ¥ ¥ *»• | Is Wilmington’s fire fighting i equipment and total facilities sufh : cient to meet and successfully com ; bat potential fire disaster? The question has arisen among the public with recent indications that additional equipment may be purchased. Some city officials indi cate that the present facilities and those to be purchased soon will be adequate for Wilmington’s needs, | while others say that the facilities are meager should a^fire with 1 major potentialities get started in i the city. Five Hill Station* I Serving the city now are five hill ! stations with a total ol five triple ] combination engines, with pumping ' capacity of 750 gallons each. In ad I ditlon there is one 600 gallon ca pacity engine with triple combina tion. Of the 750 gallon units, four are I of the American La France type I and one is the Seagvave type which j has a quadruple combination. The 1600 gallon capacity pumping unit is a Mack model with triple com bination. Triple Units The triple combination units car ry hose, pumpers and boosters. The quadruple model has in addi | tion to these facilities, the ladder. One of these was purchased by the department in 1917, another in . 1927, one in 1928, one in 1935. and ! the Seagrave quadruple combina | tion unit in 1939. One of the Ameri can LaFrance models was deliv t ered in 1943. The aerial truck which carries ( ladders for use in case of fires ^ which threaten the taller build „ ings, is an American La Francs model. It was purchased by ths city in 1916 and has been in con tinuous service since. The truck was remodeled com pletely in 1939 when a new tractoi , was bought and put into use and £ i j new bed and new ladders ivers also installed. Bigger Hull The fire boat Atlantic will, 1 present plans materialize, get £ 3 new and bigger hull and othei ' vital new parts to equip her wit! j sufficient properties to battle fire: which occur in shipping and thos< E convenient to the waterfront. ; The boat a 50-footer, 14 feet wids with a five foot draft now has £ : 15o kermath propelling mo I tor. Although her hull was re paired in December 1945 and ths . engine and. equipment completelj I checked witii any needed repairs . being made at that time, officials I say that a larger and faster boal < would prove more satisfactory and ^ Suaranfpp T-nnrp efficient service ir ! j case of need. ! New Trend The purchase of a new fire boat, v.-hich is being negotiated now is a move which is indicative of the '.rend in the department. The idea ■ seems to be that the department i should have sufficient facilities un der any circumstances, not neces ; sarily that equipment on hand is ; not in good shape, or that a sur I plus must be purchased. Fire Chief J. Ludie Croom said the two Dodge auxiliary engines which the department bought from the Army in 1944 were bought in anticipation of annexation of terri tory to Wilmington proper through the city limits extension plan, which plan was then in its em bryoic stages. “We anticipated the additional service we would be called upon to render, and pre pared for them,” he said. Civilian Skip Pump The trucks which are auxiliary units with a 500-gallon pumpinp capacity have a civilian skip pump mounted on each chassis and carry 1,000 feet of two-inch hose each These units are triple combination one carrying 235 gallons of fire fighting fluid while the other car ries 225 gallons. In addition to these there is ar amaliary International truck whict carries 150 gallons of water and £ pumping unit with a 30-gallor capacity, plus a 12-foot roof lad der. This unit is used for minoi fires, Chier Croom explained. Bought From Army Another auxiliary unit is a hosi wagon which Is mounted on < Army also. A foam truck used in combatting oil fires is another facility of the hill stations. The truck carries a ton of Foamite, a powder, which when mixed with chemicals and pressure and applied, produces z smothering blanket, which fire men say is efficient in combatting oil fires. These facilities are mounted or a Ford chassis which affords foui type 17 foam generators and foui foam nozzles. Sub-stations ha\*e been re-en forced by added facilities and ad ditional men since the new area: have been added, Chief Croorr said. Meet Approval City Manager A. C. Nichols saic the five hill stations are so placec that they meet the Board of Fir< Underwriters specifications whici call for property protected by an; station to be located within om and onehalf miles of the station. Although he did not say addi tional sub-stations will be built he advanced the information tha funds to purchase some new fir fighting equipment have been se up in capital expenditures. H said that when bonds are issued equipment which may include net trucks and additional pumpin units will be bought. ROTARIANS ENJOY SCOUTING SLIDE! “Be Prepared-’ motto of the Bo Scouts of America, was the them of yesterday’s Rotary club meetin in the Friendly Cafeteria. Carroll Tinsley, assistant scot executive of the Cape Fear Cour cil, presented a descriptive resum of ’ the scouting movement wit slide films. _ . Tinsley traced the beginning c ! scouting in this country from 191 when the movement was foundec Scouting, he pointed out, was de veloped during the Boer war whe many English soldiers were lo: due to their inability to survive 1 the wilderness. Guests included Stanley KatkE veck, Hartford, Conn.; Raymon Carney, Oneida; Dan Cameror Wilmington; H. L. Hunt, Dixi Hill- George L. Stearns. Wilminf ton;’ J. Oattley Lee, Fayetteville assistant scout executive. Beach Boy Scouts Win Advancement By Cour Advancements to a number o Scouts marked the Court of Hono held in conjunction with a parent’ night program on Monday night a the Community church, Oarolin; Beach, under auspices of Troop No 21 Boy Scouts of America. Ove 150 persons were in attendance The following Scouts receivei advancement in rank Tenderfoot air scout candidates Jason Brown, Billy Siler, Richar, Rhodes; star scouts, Jason Brow: and Phil Harroll; merit badge: Jason Brown, public health, booh binding, safety, woodcarving Benny Shumate, public healtt pathfinding, safety, persona health; Jimmy Thomas, woodcarv ing, pioneering; Wallace Anjon pathfinding; Donald Williams, firs aid; Clarence Borrell, first aid Phil Harrell,, personal health. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Gardner Pies RALEIGH, Feb. 12.— (iP) —Th State Supreme court today agree to hear the appeal of Dr. G. I Gardner, Asheville physician unde a 3-10-year sentence for mac slaughter in connection with an i legal operation, during the week c April 9. Gardner’s appeal file was due tc day but action of the court extent ed his time. It was granted on writ of certiorari. He was sei : fenced on January 31. i RMOslaugh-dencedtETAOIN NTO, I LETTER BOX (Continued from Page Four) year to care for the needs of this group, and it is obvious that only a limited group can be cared for under the $1,500 per annum bud get. So far it has been impossible to find a director to head this or ganization, so it has never been set up. The Community Chest has main tained that the care of the per manently sick and disabled' and those requiring considerable cash outlay for food, shelter, and med ical care is a proper charge for the county and city governments and therefore no funds from the Community Chest could be used to feed, house or otherwise care for this group. This thinking on the part of the Community Chest has the backing of a committee sent here by the State Board of Public Welfare to make a survey of the local situation, but the directors of the Associated Charities have maintained that feeding the hun gry, clothing the naked is of para mount importance and should take precedence over anything else and that those contributors who make the Community Chest possible are willing and anxious that some of their funds be used to feed the hungry and to care for those un able to care for themselves. The two agencies have not been able to reconcile their differences and the Associated Charities has appealed to the county govern ment for assistance so that the hungry may be provided with food. Here the matter now stands and something must be done at once if people in our community are not to suffer. As things have reached an im passe, it seems that the public who are rightfully concerned should have full information from both sides and the public should de cide. It is true that under the Con stitution of North Carolina the county government is charged with the care of the indigent and that tax funds should be provided' for this purpose. This law is still in effect but there is another law governing this matter, a law much older than our Constitution and also still in effect. I refer to the laws of religion which is so ably defined in both the old and the new Testaments. The religious law intended that the churches should care for those in need but the churches have stopped doing that and this has made it necessary for the char itable organizations to come into 1 being and do the things that the chui'ch was supposed to do. Let me say in advance I am ■ quoting from memory and am not claiming that these quotations are verbatim but they are close ’ enough so that they can be recog 1 nized. “On the first doy of ; the week, let everyone lay by in 1 store as God has prospered you.” 5 They were not admonished to lay ’ by in store to pay taxes, but tc * feed the poor and care for the = other church duties. AU of you rememoer me ncc young man who came to Jesus and asked what he could do to inheril eternal life. You recall he had been an exemplary person anc k kept all the pommandments, bul ' the Master said. “One thing thou lackest, go, sell all thy goods f and give to the poor.” The Mastei 5 did not say, sell your goods anc , pay your taxes. Again the Mastei 3 said, “I was rungry and you gave t me no meat, I was thirsty anc you gave me no drink, I was naked ; and you clothed me not, etc.” He r was asked when these refusal: were made and He said', in a: f much as ye did iot unto the leasl 0 of these, my brethren, ye did i' not unto me.” No mention oi taxes there. Another time wher -i Jesus was questioned about paying t der unto Caesar the things thal are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.” I think this last covers the entire sub 3 ject. There is an amount thal should be paid in taxes and there » is also an amount that must be . given to the poor. There are basic functions in ’ this matter of helping the needy in which the government does have a part. I think all of us are agreed on Old Age Assistance. Aid for 1 Dependent Children and Aid for L the Blind. Only governmental functions could make these plans ' uniform and national in scope and r to set up units to dispense these 5 funds. Certainly no church could t get that much uniformity, but 1 the church has not been relieved • 0f its responsibilities and the laws : of God have not been changed, so ' it is our responsibility to give to 1 the poor now just as much as it was then and it is only through a ■ iocai organization such as the As 1 sociated Charities that we are al 1 lowed this privilege of giving and if you are a Christian giving is still a privilege. You get an indescrib -%— able feeling deep down inside of you when you give something to someone in need, but do you ever have that same feeling when you pay your taxes? Under our present setup, not one dime of Community Chest funds are being used to feed the hungry and there are those who are hungry. Inasmuch as the Community Chest is the only agency soliciting funds our people are deprived of a privilege that is rightfully theirs if they believe in the Bible and I believe most of our people do. In order to find out if our people want to follow the Biblical law I would suggest that a committee from the Community Chest and the Associated Charities P«Pare a questionnaire with a ballot «md mail to each person who is a con tributor to the Community Chest and have that person say whether or not he or she wants a part of their donation to go toward help ing our more unfortunate citizens. I think I know what the answer will be from those who believe the Biblical laws are still in effect. Such a questionnaire would not cost much and it is a democratic way of letting our people make their own decision on a mattei that is so vital to our personal re ligious life and means so much tc our community. Please let me say honestly anc sincerely that I am not taking this stand for selfish reasons anc to avoid additional work being given to the Welfare Department The Welfare Department can anc will do any job required of it a any time when it is for the best in terest of this community. My soli desire is to do the best pjob pos sible for the benefit of both oui clients and the public and to do 1 in the most democratic way pos SlblC‘ J. R. HOLLIS, Supt. Public Welfare Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 12, 1945. HOT CARS IN STATE RALEIGH, Feb. 12-M—High way Patrol Major H. J. Hatche: said today that automobile thef rings were operating in North Carolina, and that stolen license plates were being put on “hot’ cars. He said that 301 cars weri reported stolen in North Carolim in January and 205 were reporter recovered. In many instances, hi said, the stolen autos were stripper and tom down and parts transfer red to other cars to prevent identi fication. Hatcher suggested tha owners not only lock their ignitioi switches but their car doors and if possible, place their cars in i secure place. INCREASED PARKS PROGRAM STUDIES Although hampered by war-in duced shortages of labor ant equipment, major improvement; and additions to the city park; yesterday appeared likely follow ing an announcement from cit; hall that consultants have madi suggestions which are being stud ied. The announcement also sait a master plan for the city is nov being developed and will includi recommendations for an extensivi parks program. In a summary of current de velopments, Ralph W. Snell sait his department was filling in ; swamp at Burn Mill Creek De twei-i Meets avenue and Marke street road, using mat^'T' the newly-annexed areas ^ ultimate intention of 2-' J‘th ^ | land and converting u . Dtal Min r°' ^ ^_ A _ for — I CORRECT TIME a CALL 2-3575 3 — FOB — 3 Correct Jewelry 3 VISIT 3 The JEWEL BOX ffl Wilmington’s Most Popular H Jewelry Store I 109 N. Front St. [VuELOlL Dial 7774! ® Standard Oil “ESSOHEAT” (3 Sevens & A Four | Oil Burner Service The Heat Number) Harriss Fuel Co. David S. 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