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l\ew Officers Of Home Security DOUGLAS P. MORRIS K. B. ROBERTSON The announcement was made yesterday of the election of two now vice Preslde“ts of Home Security Life Insurance com natty. which has its home office in Durham and a district office hi Wilmington. Douglas P. Morris, left, wiU serve as vice president and act wry. and K B. Robertson, right, will serve as vice president and agency director. They assumed their new duties on Sept. 1. Both men are native Canadians and prior to joining the North Carolina company s staff were associated with the London Life insurance company, London, Canada. local VFWHousing Idea Firs t In Un ited States -- 1 National Convention Dele gates Showed Keen In terest In Project He veterans’ cooperative cor poration. originated and sponsor ed here by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, for the purchase of war housing units for veterans, is the jrSt such plan of its kind in the nation. E. C. Snead, commander cf He James A. Manley VFW post said yesterday upon his return from "the national convention of VFW held in Boston. Mass. When the plan was introduced asd explained to the national hous jng committee. Snead said, that group expressed amazement at He "simplicity and fundamental soundness of the idea.” A resolu tion will be presented by the com mittee to the Federal Public Hous ing administration urging .that the FPHA give favorable consideration to purchase of surplus war hous ing by such veterans' cooperatives, he said. Representatives of other posts throughout the nation expressed a desire to utilize the plan for pur chase of housing in their own com munities. 1 and were assured by Snead of the cooperation of the VFW post here in furnishing news of the progress of the plan and in supplying the necessarw informa tion to setup the plan in other cities. James M. Hayes. Jr., youthful commander of the VFW depart j men: in North Carolina, who was chairman of the national resolu tions committee, made a most fa- ; vorable impression on delegates at tending the convention, Snead said. The youngest department comman der in the country. Hayes was the major voice for veterans of World "aril at the convention, who were referred to as “the younger vet erans. Hayes presented the na lional resolutions to the assembled nay io Relieve Iichy Pimples When your skin is irritated with pimples, red blotches and other Ssm blemishes, and you're crazy *’ith itching torture, here’s quick tenet. Get a 35c box of Peterson's mtment at your druggist and ap W this delightful soothing balm, cmng relieved promptly. Smart soothed. Your skin looks better, better. Also wonderful for I , n| °f feet, cracks between j toes. Try it. 1 ARE YOU MISSING The best things in life by being DEAF? Start now to enjoy life as you were meant to enjoy it— with all your heart; WITH ALL YOUR HEARING . . . through the miracle placed within your reach by the new one-unit BELTONE HEARING AID COMPANY. A BETTER HEARING CLINIC is scheduled for your convenience in "ilmington, N. C_Cape Fear Hotel—Friday, Sept. 13 Bring your hearing problems to an expert. Walter T. Bee competent hearing aid technician, will be there to Bfelp you, with no obligation on your part. Sponsored by RALEIGH HEARING AID CO. 0(Jd Fellows Bldg. Raleigh, N. C. Better Living through Better Hearing NEW CITY TRUCKS’ DELIVERY SLATED Drivers Leave Today To Obtain Four Vehicles, Bought For $19,000 Four city truck drivers will leave Wilmington this morning for Detroit to drive four Gar Wood load pack er machines to this city for use by the street cleaning department, P. R. Benson, city manager, an nounced yesterday afternoon. These four load packers trucks, which cost the city $19,000, are un derstood to be the latest word in street cleaning equipment, in that they can pack far heavier loads of trash and garbage than the old equipment now in use. The bodies for these new gar bage trucks were built by Gar Wood company and they have just been mounted on Dodge motor trucks. J. E. Gilmore. Jr., service ma nager for the city garage, and three other men are going to Detroit to drive the new machines to this city, and they are expected to reach Wilmington some time Thursday. The new trash trucks are equip ped so that they may be loaded directly from the rear, where a trash and garbage packing device takes up the trash and pushes it forward in a compact manner, thus making the truck's capacity double that of the city’s present garbage trucks. City Manager Berson said that these new trucks would greatly increase the efficiency of the street cleaning department. The triangular tract of land that often forms at the mouth of a river is called a delta because in outline it resembles the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. delegates from the floor in open session after their approval by the committee he headed. Meanwhile, Joe J. Ray. assistant service officer and business man ager of the post, announced that in 18 working days, an average of 140 applications for terminal leave pay had been processed daily for a total of 2.520 claims. Ray added this would be about half of all eligible veterans in New Hanover county. No payments have been, reported so far, he said.__• | MODOC TO ARRIVE HERE WEDNESDAY Cutter Now Standing By Disabled Steamer In Chesapeake Bay The United States Coast Guard cutter Modoc will take a station at Wilmington on Wednesday, Capt. I. E. Eskridge, chief of staff of the Fifth Naval district, Coast Guard, Norfolk, disclosed yester day afternoon in a long distance telephone conversation from Vir ginia Beach with the Star-News. The cutter was still standing by the disabled steamer Monomony in Chesapeake Bay, Capt. Eskridge reported, but he added that the cutter would finish this duty Mon day and then sail immediatelv for Wilmington. The Modoc, which is commanded by Lt.-Comdr. George Playdon, will remain in port here for several weeks, it was stated, in order that the members of the staff and crew may again get acquainted with the town. While here the boilers and other parts of the machinery will be given a thorough cleaning. Capt Eskridge said. FAVOR CIO HENDERSON, Sept. 7—UPI—Em ployes of the J.P. Taylor Tobacco company voted 51.3 to 16 in favor of the CIO as their bargaining agent ir. a National Labor Rela tions board election held here yes terday. Gospel Tabernacle To Hear Missionary The Rev. F. W. Schelander is scheduled to speak at two services today in the Wilmington Gospel tabernacle, corner .of Sixth and Orange streets, with the first ser vice at 11 o'clock this morning and again at the evening service at 8 o’clock tonight. Born in India of missionary parents, the Rev. Mr. Schelander spent much of his boyhood in the East, with periodic visits to this Country for schooling. He return ed to India as a missionary in 1925 and has since served in the Marathi language area, one of the largest districts of the alliance in that country. Twenty Juvenile Cases Handled During August Twenty juvenile cases were handled by the City Juvenile court in August, according to the month ly report received yesterday by City Manager J. R. Benson from Mrs. J. C. Layton, clerk of the court. There were three white delin quents and two neglected juveniles appearing before the court dur ing the month. One white boy was committed to the training school, one was placed on proba tion. and eye was given a sus pended sentence, while still an other case was ordered continued. Of the 14 Negro juveniles handled by the court in August, ten were put on probation. • The most perfect fashions are always in black'. Beautifully dressed women always prefer it. Each season there are a certain number of perfect jewels developed in jet black—in gabardine suits, in casually clever coats, in exquisitely draped dresses. Our blacks this year have an enchanting elegance ... sometimes subdued ... sometimes un restrained and glittering. We invite you to see the new collection tomorrow. 214^ N. FRONT ST. DIAL 9567 or 21823 ♦
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