forester named
FOR FFA CONTEST
r. N. Hopkins Will Repre
sent Railroad, Accord
ing To R. J. Peeler
K N. Hoskins, industrial forester
(or the Seaboard Air Line railway
„.jU represent the line in coopera
tion with other organizations for
,hc forestry contest among the Fu
inrj farmers of America.
R j Peeler, executive secretary
ff t'he f-'A chapters in North Caro
ina said that plans are complete
(or the 1918 session of the contest.
Active In Work
Hoskins has been “very active
in forestry work in the state dur
ing the past year, especially as
regards :ts relation to FFA chap
ters," Peeler said.
The state is divided into five
districts, and a winner from each of
these wilt be chosen on the basis
, host, achievement in fores.
try undertaken on his own prop
erty, The first four winners will
receive a scholarship to the Florida
State Training camp near Lake
City this summer.
Top Prize
A top winner will also be picked,
and will receive a $25 Victory bond
and a Certificate of Merit.
Hoskins said that a large number
of contestants are expected, e.nd
that present indications point to an
improved number over last year’s.
Seaboard Air Line is one of the
sponsors for the event.
FT. FISHERlALES
TOTAL $20,000
Several Wilmington Men
Acquire Buildings In
Final Bidding
Final sales totals for all struc
tures of the Fort Fisher reserva
tion amounted to approximately
520,000, W. F. Williams, project
manager for the TJ. S. Engineers
said yesterday.
The announcement came short
ly after bids for the 110 surplus
buildings at the Fort had been con
firmed. It was learned that A. T.
Withrow, 210 N. Sixth street, was
the largest single purchaser in the
most recent bidding. Williams
said he offered bids for several
latrines, mess hails and store
houses.
Accepted Bidders
Successful bidders were; Thomas
0. Salmon, Wilmington, mess hall;
W. C. Harrell, Farmville, mess
hall, latrines and grease racks;
W. £. Love, Charlotte, two la
trines: R. N. Freeman, Greenville,
latrine; W. D. Davis, Wilmington,
two mess halls; J. E. Wilson,
Carolina Beach, the fire house and
a storehouse, and L. C. Kure,
Kure’s Beach, mess hall; Cape
Fear Realty Co., Wilmington, mess
hall.
Others were H. M. Henry, Caro
lina Beach, latrine, storehouse and
barracks: Mike Bussolis, Fayette
ville. latrine; I. W. Kinlaw, Jr.,
Carolina Beach, grease rack and
I auto repair =hou.
Other Sales
Jesse Baggett, Wilmington,
grease rack; Mrs. Cora Whitehead,!
Wilmington, hutmet; W. D. Clif
ton, Whiteville, mess hall; C. W.
Kerb, Newport News, Va., two bar
racks; W. S. Bassinger, Carolina
Beach, two mess halls; Geraldine
Ludwig, Carolina Beach, store-!
! house, and Don W. Garner, Shal
lote, storehouse.
August 15, this year is the date
line which has been set for re
moval of the buildings from their
present sites.
In the original surplus property
sale, about $150,000 was realized
from the sale of facilities and
equipment at the Fort, which was
! an anti-aircraft training site. _
I CORRECT TIME
CALL 2-3575
Correct Jewelry
VISIT
1 The JEWEL BOX
I 'Vilmington’s Most Popular
Jewelry Store
109 N. Front St.
USO PARTY HONORS
MRS. CALHOVN WITH
PICNIC, GIFT TRAY
hi,^rS‘ Bougias Calhoun and her
husband were feted at a surprise
PTePI1C. at *be Second and Orange
■ , last night, following their ar
WashingTon. fr°m thdr ^ in
r Tbe P®rty was honoring Mrs.
f oun. :flor ber “many hours work
.e 5iub as senior hostess,” Miss
said8 Marsolais’ assitant director,
to^en of the group’s esteem
for Mrs. Calhoun, she was present
ed with flowers and a silver tray,
presented by Miss Marsolais.
tv,Mrvf‘ *J' R' Benson, chairman of
the hostess group, was in charge
or arrangements, assisted by Mrs.
K. H. Northrup. Director Charles
Robertson, had charge of the
games and welcomed the service
men at the club to join the party.
Over 30 guests were present.
CPA MANCHEf KS
BUILDING GRANTS
AH Permits Issued Since
February 1 Get Fed
eral Once-Over
A representative of the Civilian
Production administration Tues
day studied all building permits is
sued in Wilmington since February
1, it was yesterday revealed by
City Building Inspector Gilbert F.
Morton.
No information was available as
to what disposition the CPA man
might make of his findings.
The local investigation was part
of a study being conducted through
out the whole southern region. |
Building permits are to be exam-1
ined in connection with the re-1
cent CP order prohibiting the1
erection of non-residential struc
tures which did not have their
foundations poured by March 26.
Morton said he was informed j
that the CP representative had al-1
ready visited Wrightsville and
Carolina Beaches.
PULPWOOD LABOR
TO GET NEW WAGE
Industry Will Now Pay
From 55 To 65 Cents
To Employes
Opportunities for employment of
both white men and Negroes in the
pulp wood industr; -at "good
wages”, were announ d yester
day by the divisional office of U. S.
Employment Service.
Manager Harold M. Hinkle said
:he industry had joined several
other concerns locally, in raising
the price paid employes, from 55
:o 65 cents per hour. Skilled saw
operators will get 75 cents per
aour. while the unskilled labor will
oe used as “toppers and trim
mers.’’
Piece Rate Stays
This raise in the rate ol pay has
nothing to do with the piece work
plan now in effect with the indus
:ry, the manager said.
The Negro employment offices,
as well as the white offices have on
arder an unlimited number of calls
for this type help, according to
Hinkle, who said the employers
asking for the help have purchased
and are putting into use, power,
saws, to cut the trees and saw the
timber into desired lengths.
Hand Labor Out •
Using this method, it is no longer
necessary for the labor to be used
in cutting the trees, the manager
explained, as the entire procedure
is facilitated with the use of saws,
operated by the skilled operators.
This raise in pay is based on a
40-hour work week, and will net
the workers about $26 for a five
day week.
The men will be furnished trans
portation to and from the job by
the company for which they work,
the manager said.
CANDIDATE
WADESBORO, April 10 — (JP) —
Rep.-.U. B. Blalock has announc
ed he* will be a candidate for re
nomination to succeed him'.elf as
Anson county’s member of the
lower house of the general assem
bly. ___
MAFFITT VILLAGE
REDUCES CENTERS
Residents At Meetin De
cide On Formation Of
Community Club
Maffitt Village residents decided
yesterday they could manage with
just one community center. Here
tofore the community has had
three.
The decision came at a special
called meeting of residents, at
which Jesse A. Reynolds, director
of City Recreation, presided.
Reynolds explained to the resi
dents why the Hughes and Ra
leigh communities’ centers could
be closed, and told them how the
entire village could work together
at recreation, with the Vance street
center as a headquarters.
Form Club
The residents and recreation rep
resentatives formed a service club,
with representatives from all parts
of the village. It will be called the
Maffitt Village community club.
The following were elected to the
official body:
Mrs. Vertile Shoppaul, president,
Mrs. Ben McCreary, vice presi
dent, Mrs. Virginia Davis, secre
tary, Mrs. Elizabeth Yost, treasur
er, Mrs. B. R. Westbrook, assis
tant treasurer.
Other Members
Other members of the club are
T. R. Bonham and Herman Shop
paul.
Representing the “teen age
group”, are Robert Westbrook and
Miss Rowena Hall.
The 'advisory council will meet
once a month for the purpose of ad
vising and assisting the recreation
al director in finding needs for the
community, and planning recrea
tion.
GEOGRAPHIC MAP
OUTLINES INDIA
National Society Issues New
Chart Showing Com
plex Structure
Resembling a jigsaw puzzle with
i9g pieces, a new map of India is
;ued by the National Geographic
Society depicts the peninsula’s
:omplex political structure by
ihowing boundaries both of the
British portions and of the Indian
States ruled by native princes and i
lotentates.
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president
jf the society, described the map
is a unique cartographic achieve
ment that required months of re
search. It was distributed with the
\pril issue of the National Geo
graphic Magazine.
Special Chart
The 598 political divisions are
outlined on a special chart on the
back of a ten-color map of India
and Burma and adjacent regions
of Asia, which delineates natural
Eeatures, cities, and towns, and
:ransportation lines.
Difficulties of plotting this de
;ailed record are illustrated by the
fact that the tiniest subdivision—
Bilbari, one of the Dangs States—
oas an area of only 1.65 square
miles with a population of 82. At
Ehe other extreme, Hyderabad is
larger than Kansas and has a popu
lation of more than 14 million.
Indian States
The 562 Indian States form 45
per cent of the peninsula, with Bri
tish India composing the remain
der. Many names on the map are
familiar to American troops who
crosse’d the Stilwell Road or flew
across the lofty mountains of the
"Hump” with supplies for China.
Insets contain maps of Calcutta
and Bombay, India’s largest cities.
Despite remote frontiers and dif
ficult terrain, mapping of Indla
has been carried forward with out
standing results by the Surveyo
India since 1800. It was for the sur
vey’s second director, Captain
George Everest, that Mount Ever
est, the world’s highest peak in the
Himalayas, was named.
TODAY'S
VETERAN
Today’s veteran is 24 years
of age, married, and recently
returned home after spending
48 months in the U. S. Marine
corps.
The major part of his time
was spent in the Pacific theatre
of operations, and while there
he drove a heavy truck, haul
ing personnel and supplies.
In civilian life he had 16
months as driver of a heavy
truck, and four months experi
ence as carpenter’s helper.
This veteran wants a local
job that wiil use his skill to
the highest degree. Employers
have been asked to contact the
divisional office, U. S. Em
ployment Service, Graham K.
Cottingham, veterans represen
tative.
Former Warrant Officer
Accepted For Enlistment
Former Warrant Officer, Walter
Blalock, P. O. box 173, Wallace
has been accepted for reenlistment
in the regular Army with the rat
ing of Master sergeant, Lieut. N.
G. Cottle said yesterday.
For the past two years Sergeant
Blalock had served as warrant
officer, junior grade. He was in
ducted through the local recruit
ing office. He was an enlisted man
for 20 yejirs.
_ New Tide Water Control System
Illustrating the simplicity of operation of a complicated supervisory control system unit, Warren |
W. Bell, president of Tide Water Power company is shown above, pushes a button on the board which j
performs the functions of the ordinary power sub-station. The unit operates by remote control the
Eagle Island TWP sub-station. Coded electrical impulses, flashed between the panel and Eagle
Island over two copper wires, enable the operator of the panel to control the flow of power, voltage
and current of any circuit in the Wilmington area by merely flicking a switch.—Star Staff Photo._
FIRMS NOW OFFER
MORE WORK HERE
USES Plans To Refer Re
fusals Direct To UCU
CC Claims Division
As a result of the referral of 51
persons to the claims adjuster,
North Carolina Unemployment
Compensation Claims department,
the divisional office has worked
out a plan whereby nearly all such
applicants will be referred to the
adjuster.
The local office has referred that
number, white and Negro appli
cants in the past two days, with
their refusal to accept jobs, at what
the office considered “fair local
wages.”
The “fair wages” for local work
is said to be about 55 or 65 cents
per hour.
Firms Cooperate
Manager Harold M. Hinkle, U. S.
Employment Service, said this is
possible because of the stepped up
cooperation of firms of the local
area, in offering jobs through the
divisional employment office.
The Armour Fertilizer company,
and companies of the pulp wood
industry, are two of the largest cus
tomers of the local office, who have
recentlv olaced orders for large
number of workers, the office dis
closed.
More Can Help
“If more employers seeking help,
both white and Negroes, would take
this step, the USES would have
enough orders to make possible the
referral of some 2,500 now on
NCUCC rolls, or have them take
the jobs offered them,” Hinkle
said.
The local offices are receiving or
ders, numbering one or two per
sonnel every day, in addition to the
two major industries listing with
the USES, but”, says Hinkle, “we
must have more of the big ordering
companies, in order to render to
the community the type service—
to provide suitable workers for the
jobs—which we are here to ren
der.”
65-Cents Wage
“It is interesting to note that
every day it is becoming more and
more evident, that about 65 cents
per hour is the popular wage to
be paid labor in the section,” he
said.
EXAMINATIONS
Examinees were applying for
last night given fourteen appli
cants for the license of Class
Two electrical contractor.
The written test, conducted in
the recreation room of police
headquarters, was supervised
by D. S. Nichols, member of
the State Electrical Examina
tion board.
Examiners were applying for
licenses in Robeson, Columbus,
Watauga, Onslow, Brunswick,
Pender and New Hanover comi
ties.
The test papers will _ go to
the Electrical Examination
board in Raleigh.
RECORDER LENIENT
ON YOUTH CHARGED
WITH HITTING AUTOS
_i
Charged with reckless operation,
iamage to property, and driving
without an operator’s license, 18
/ear old H. J. Tabor was yester
day given a six month's suspend
ed sentence when he appeared in
Recorder’s court.
The youth, a Maffitt Village resi
dent, was arrested following his
collision with two parked automo
biles and a truck on Vance street.
All three vehicles were damaged.
Owner of the car, Doster E.
Parker, Wilmington, was arrested
with Tabor and fined $10 and costs
on charges of allowing an un
licensed driver to operate his auto
mobile.
The damaged vehicles were own
ed by George Motte, 402-A Vance
street; James W. Small, 402-C
Vance street: and Dewitt S. Dul
lard, 402-D Vance street.
Judge H. Winfield Smith explain
ed that he was giving Tabor a
minimum sentence as he was with
out funds and leaving for the
United States Army on Saturday oi
this week.
Music and Hula dancing are fea
tures of the opening of the Hawai
ian legislature. _
SNEAD INDUCTED
AS VFW LEADER
Deputy Customs Collector
Takes Over Post As
New Commander
Edward C Snead, a World War
II veteran and Deputy collector of
Customs here, was sworn in as
new commander Wilmington post
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
last night.
Senior Vice Commander Albert
Brunjes; Junior Vice Commander
Hugh Reece, Chaplain W. E. King;
Quartermaster H. W. Sass and
Judge Advocate W. L. Farmer were
sworn in at the same time.
O. C. Crawford, R. C.Payne and
W. F. Mcllwain were given of
fice as trustees of the post.
Outgoing officers were; A. B.
Sandland, William Finley, Paul B.
White, W. J. Canady and Hampton
Sutton.
Other business taken up includ
ed the matter of the obligation
of new members and the ballot
ing on prospective VFW members
to determine their eligibility for
membership.
CITY BRIEFS
FOLDERS OUT AT
WRIGHTSVILLE
Folders welcoming the weary
traveler, and vacationist to
“Come to Beautiful Wrights
ville Beach,” are to be deliver
ed to the Wrightsville Beach
Chamber of Commerce this
afternoon, Walter J. Cartier,
secretary, said. The booklets, j
the first to t-e published by the
resort in four years, are to
be mailed immedlatey “all
over the country, and Wil
mington has asked for a large
number. First printing was 10,
000.
SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the
Second and Orange USO Ope
rating Committee will be held
this afternoon at 5:30, Miss
Doris Marsolais said yester
day. The meeting has been call
ed by Davis Howes, chairman,
and plans for U. S. Marines
Hospitality Day celebration,
Easter will be discussed. The
club plans a party and pic
nic to be held at Greenfield
lake, Miss Marsolias said.
RABBI FRIEDMAN’S SON
HONORED
Tomorrows’ services at P’nai
Israel Synagogue will be dedi
cated in honor of Rabbi and
Mrs. S. A. Friedman’s new
born son. The rabbi will preach
on the sermon, "American
Ideals and Passover.”
WL1 TO CELEBRATE
m C! x »f VET 11
mington Light Infantry will he
held at the Blue Top Eodge
May 20 The event will he the
regular monthly meeting, when
a "large meeting Is anticipat
ed.” A committee has been ap
pointed to make arrangements
for the meeting and celebration.
MISS NASH TO ATTEND
Miss Lucy Nash, executive
secretary of the New Hanover
Tuberculosis association, will
attend the state convention of
that group in Winston-Salem,
April 15 and 16 in the Robert
E. Lee hotel. Principle speaker
will be Dr. Kendal Emerson,
managing director of the na
tional TB association. Federal
state and local TB campaign
problems will be the main
topics for discussion, Miss Nash
said.
NAMED "MAN OF WEEK”
Sergt. Morris M. Rich, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Rich,
Sixth and Dawson streets, has
been named "Soldier of the
Week.” at the Altus Army air
base. Altus, Oklahoma. The
popular soldier was recently
awarded a trophy for scoring
84 per cent in firing a pistol.
PLAN SERVICE
The Sunset Park Baptist
church is making plans for a
special service at 11:00 a.m.,
Sunday. April 14, at which time
recognition will be given to
those who have served in the
armed forces of the country.
Chaplain William W. Wright, of
Campbell college, will speak at
this service. Ail servicemen
and ex-service men and their
families who are living in the
Sunset Park area are especial
ly urged to attend the service.
BREAK INTO STORE
According to a police report,
unknown person s Tuesday
night broke into the Copeland
Electrical Sales and Service
store, 17 Market street, steal
ing merchandise valued at
over S90.
Proprietor E. E. Copeland
said thieves had made away
with an electric hot plate,-an
amplifier record player, a
three cell flashlight, flash light
batteries, electric cords and
$2.95 in cash.
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ELECTION
■The Seagate Community
club will meet in the Junior
hall Friday night at 8 o’clock
to pass on new by-laws and
elect officers for the coming
year.
RAILROAD AWARD
C. F. Taliaferro, assistant
chief claims attorney for the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad
company, this week will be
awamen me emDicm lor 43
years of continuous service
with ABC and ACL railroad
companies.
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COMMUNITY CHEST 1
The executive board of th#
Community Chest will hold a
regular meeting this morning
at 11 o’clock in the conferenc#
room of the “red feather”
service in the Tide Water
building.
ACL’S NEW BOOKLETS
New booklets describing the
many points of interest in the
South, have been published by
the Atlantic Coost Line Raii
road, and are today being sent
to customers throughout the
nation. The booklets are called
“Florida, and the Sunny
South,’’ with emphasis being
placed on vacationing facilities
in, and near Wilmington.
INTER FRATERNITY MEET
The Inter Fraternity Council
of Wilmington has called a
special meeting of its mem
bers for tonight at 7:30 o’clock,
room 33, Odd Fellows building.
Ail members have been urged
to attend.
YWCA DIRECTORS MEET
There will be a special meet
ing of the Board of Directors
of the local YWCA organiza
tion this morning at 11 o’clock,
when the charter for the
organization will be presented
the group.
Fruit pies get a lift with spice.
For apple pies use cinnamon or
nutmeg; for cherry use a little
mace; for rhubarb use nutmeg.
Special blends of spices are ob
tainable for pumpkin pies and
mince meat pies.
I Merit
Shoes
106 N. Front St.
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with everything ...
In the long model
or Turtle Twins.
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, so simple to launder!
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