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FILM STARS SEEK FORTY-HOUR WEEK Gables, Grables, Bit Play ers Now Want Over time For Cinema Work HOLLYWOOD, April 3. — (£•)— Time and a half for overtime — even for $5,000 a week Grables and Gables — and work time credit when being interviewed (even about one’s own life, loves and laurels, are among the advantages actors want now. The actors’ overtime would start alter 40 hours. The Screen Actors’ guild 10-year contract with the studios expires May 15. The guild and its negotiat ing committee today began circu lating demands they hope will ..e put in the new contract. The 8,500 members have been called to a meeting April 9 to discuss the de mands, which also include: BH Players That bit players (they speak a line or two) be increased from $35 to $100 a day; or, if paid weekly, from $115 to $350. That contracts of actors getting lews than $1,500 weekly be limited to three years Most run up to jeven years now. That actors shall not be loaned to other studios without the play tr's consent. That contract options for a year, rather than quarterly or half year ly That beginners be paid no less t!ian $100 weekly. The rule now is $75 — or less. Some actors estimate that the increases the guild may ask, plus option could increase movie costs about $10,000,000 a year. The 8,500 bit, featured and starred players who belong to the guild earned bet ter than $39,000,000 last year. TERMITES fire year unconditionally Guaranteed Treatment. Free Inspection and Estimate Pioneer Exterminating Co. T. A. Me Inti re 4113 (Home Phone 7290) 2-3174 Absolute SAFETY —For Your— SAVINGS START AN ACCOUNT TODAY —WITH— THE INSURED PEOPLES Building & Loan Ass’n WM. M. BILL. HCl.-niAI. 113 PRINCESS ST. Port City Items Edward B. Ward, of the Foster Hiil Realty Company, left today for a trip to Florida. While in Florida Ward will make a tour of inspection of various housing developments, particularly those being built for veterans. He will also inspect a number of rental projects, getting ideas and learn in.g of new developments ana techniques in the housing field, for use in the many projects which the Foster-Hill Realty Com pany now has and expects td be gin, here in North Carolina. Students of the New Hanover County public schools were dis missed yesterday at 12:30 o’clock for Easter holidays and will re enter school Tuesday morning, it was announced by H. M. Roland, superintendent of public schools in New Hanover County. The Rev. Charles A. Maddry will preach Good Friday even ing on “The Christ, the Cross, the Crowds”, and Easter morning on “This Mortal Must Put On Im mortality”. There will be a three-hour ser vice commemorating the Cruci fixion of Christ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal church, Wrightsvihe Sound, from 12 to 3 o’clock, on Good Friday. This service will be conducted by the Rev. Richard L. Sturgis. People who come to the service can come any time dur ing these hours and may leave as they so desire. There will be a special Good Friday service at All Saint’s Car olina Beach, at 11 a. m conduct ed by the Rev. Thos. P. Noe, the service consisting of morning prayer and sermon. The public has been invited to attend the final in the series of Sunday Star-Newsreel’s program honoring New Hanover county, which is scheduled for 1:30 p. m., in the New Hanover High school auditorium. Highlighting the Sun day program, written and direct ed by Ben McDonald, will be the NHHS glee club which is directed by Mary Henry Wolfe. Two men have been sent to Ra leigh for physical examinations and if passed will be enlisted in the regular navy, the Wilmington navy recruiting station reported yesterday. They are: Frank Dobson Russ, A. S., U. S. N., of Burgaw; and Ruben Earl Rooks, A. S., U. S. N., of Kelly. A teen-age club dance will be held Friday night from 8 ’til 11 o’clock in the Community Center. Second and Orange streets. This is the beginning of a new quarter and everyone is urged to come with their dues. Refreshments will be served. An Easter Cantata entitled “The Risen Savior” will be given by the choir of the Seventh Day Ad ventist church on Sunday night at 8 o’clock. An offering will be tak | I \ For Your . \ . ConvMtoM... Two Locations 1710 DawMn-8th A Princess 24-Hour Servico On All Dry Cleaning Cash ^Xr ^ Specialized And •• P.iP ftM Carry ^0)^ Laundry PREFERRED fjgjjjjjrjjjjfj Ii»mi ■m"1' QO PRO Of BLENDED WHISKEY 65* GRAIN NiUTRAl SPIRITS TNS FUEISCNMANN DISTILUHG CORPORATION L en at the service for the building fund. Albert E. Coates, professor at the Institute of Government, Uni versity of North Carolina, will speak at 8 p. m. Tuesday, April 8 in the New Hanover County court house under the sponsorship of the Progressive Citizens league, J. C. Myers said today. Coates’ subject will be ’’Citizenship and Good Government.” All citizens are invited to attend the program. Florence Fields, secretary in the Intelligence department of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, cus tomhouse, left for Raleigh yester day to visit the Rev. and Mrs. Paul Carruth. The Wilmington Naval Recruit ing office yesterday reported three enlistments. They are Homer Gib son Murray, Rowland; Raymond Rogers Inman, Rowland; and Jack Ernest Smith, former U. S. Army soldier, Route one, Wil lard. A meeting will be held today at 3 p. m. in the Chamber of Com merce building of private car riers to discuss N. C. House Bill 106 it was announced yesterday by H. E. Boyd, Traffic manager of the Wilmington Port commis sion. Over 100 carriers have been notified, he added. A special Easter service will be held at the McClure Memorial Presbyterian church at Castle Haynes, Sunday morning: E. H. Delano, assistant cash ier, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Freight Agency, of Wilmington, was awarded yesterday the com pany’s 25-year emblem for con tinuous service. Delano originally entered railroad employ March 3, 1922. Presentation was made by H. J. Jones, freight agent. April 2. Lenwood E. Rogers, motor machinist’s mate, third class, of 709 North Third street, Wilming ton, is serving aboard the USS Denver. Rogers entered the naval service Dec. 18, 1943, and r^eived his recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Bain bridge, Md. William E. Lassiter, Wilmington rabies inspector, will conduct dog vaccination clinics today accord ing to the following schedule: 8:30-10 a. m., Washington Catlett school; 10:30 - 12 Hemenway school, Fifth street side; 2:30-4 p. m., old Sunset Park school; 2:30 - 8, Cornelius Harnett school. The North Carolina Merit System Office announced yesterday that examinations will be held May 3, 1947, for positions with the State Board of Public Welfare and Coun. ty Welfare departments. More in formation concerning these jobs can be obtained from the Merit System 0"'lce, P. O. Box 2328. Durham, N. C. W. A. McGowan, 1407 Chestnut street, will celebrate his 80th birth day today (April 4th). Edwin A. Metts, No 1 North 20th street, will go to New York to at tend the 100th anniversary meet ing of the New York Lifg Insur ance Company on April 10 and 11, having been invited by the com pany, as one of its Centennial Dele gates, to be present for the occa sion. Ten members of the Wrightsboro 4-H club will present a program on “Planning a Garden” over radio station WMFD on Saturday at 2:45 p. m„ Miss Nancy Ingram, assistant home demonstration agent, said yesterday. Those tak ing part will be: Edna Yopp, Jerry Yop, , Helen Swart, Alice Murray, bobby Jordan, Arthur Johnson, Buddy Lennon, Ray John son, and Herbert Rivenbark. Veterans residing in East Coaet areas who wish to purchase small landing craft will be given an op portunity in a fixed price clear ance sale like that afforded West Coast veterans several months ago, the United States Maritime Commission announces. The Mari time Commission states that prep arations are now being made for the sale of about 2,500 small land ing craft at the U. S. Naval Am phibious Base, Little Creek, Vir ginias (ten miles east of Norfolk), it will start April 14, 1947. William H. Milton, Jr., formerly of Wilmington, has been elected a commercial vice president of the General Electric company’s Chemi cal department in New York City. Favorable action was forecast yesterday by Senate leaders in Raleigh on the $50,000 appropria tion bill for the maintenance of the North Carolina Ports authority. The bill, passed by the lower house, has been placed in the hands of the Senate. Major L. Shackleford, command ing officer of the local Salvation Army announced yesterday that the organization is opening a small recreation auditorium in the SA building on South Front street, where pingpong, reading, check er playing, writing, and other rec reational facilities may be enjoy ed. The hall is reserved for school children on week days after school until 7 p. m. Veterans of World War II may use G. I. loans under certain con ditions to refinance delinquent in debtedness on homes, farms, and businesses, according to Robert S- Matthews, Jr., contact represen tative of the local Veterans Ad ministration oifice, 125 Custom house. I _ The air coordinating committee representing half a dozen govern ment agencies will act within two weeks to settle the conflict over the Very High, Frequency radio range for the Norfolk to Charles ton air route via Wilmington, which is bein delayed because it crosses a Navy bombing range in Albemarle Sound, it was learned here yesterday. ' Applications for the examina tions for aeronautical reserve scientist positions with the nation al advisory committee for aero nautics may be obtained from G. W. Martin, local secretary of the Obituaries DAN W. GARRETT Funeral services for Dan W. Garrett, 54, 916 S. Second street were held from the Sixth street Advent Christian church Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m. with the Rev. George W. Saunders officiating. WILLIAM B. MARTIN FAISON, April 3.—William Bry ant Martin, 63, died last night at his home in Faison after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the -residence with the Rev. Murphy Smith, pastor of the Faison Presbyterian church in charge. Burial was in the Faison cemetery. Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. A. V. Crouch of Faison, Mrs. F. D. Casteen, Miami, Mrs. Henry Davis of Jacksonville, Fla and Rachel Martin of Faison. Three sons; W. R. Martin of Wilmington, Frank T. Martin and Eugene C. Martin both of Faison. Sisters; Mrs. Eliza Alexander of California, Mrs. C. H. Allen of Florida, Mrs W. H. Randolph of Florida, Mrs. J. D. Cameron of Calypso, Mrs. J. J. Crawford and J. L. Ward low of Panama and five grand children. EDDIE KIVETT LUMBERTON, April 3 — Ed die Kivett, 41, died at his home in East Lumberton this morn ing about 7 o’clock after an ill ness of several months. Funeral services will be conducted from the Free Will Baptist Church Sat urday at 3 p. m. by the pastor, the Rev. Bailey C. Lewis. Inter ment will be in New Hollywood cemetery. Surviving are his wife; Mrs. Carrie Lashley Kivett; one daugh ter, Elizabeth, aged seven; two brothers, Harwood and James Kivett of Fayetteville and one sister; Mrs. C. E. Humphrey ot East Lumberton. MRS. MAGGIE HOLMES WARD TABOR CITY, April 3.—Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Holmes Ward, of this city, who died Wed nesday afternoon will be held Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at the Zion Methodist church. Rev. Joseph Coble will officiate and in terment will follow in the family cemetery. The body will remain at the Jessup Inman funeral home until 30 minutes prior of services when she will lie in state at the church. She is survived by her husband, Berlin Ward, of route one, Tabor City. MRS. FLORETTA WALTERS LUMBERTON , April 3 — Mrs. Floretta Surles Walters, 75, of Proctorville died Wednesday af ternoon in a local hospital, where she had been a patient for six weeks. Funeral services will be conducted from Proctorville Bap tist church, Friday at 3:30 p.m. by her pastor, The Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth. Interment will be in Graham cemetery in Proctorville. The family requests that no flowers be sent. Mrs. Walters was a daughter of the late Robert and Zilphia Jane Williamson Surles oi Robeson county. She spent most of her life in the Bloomingdale community, where she was a charter member of Bloomingdale Baptist church and helped to build the church. About 16 years ago she moved to Proctorville. Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. J. H. Humphery, one sister, Mrs. Pettie Elnore Byrd of Orrum, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. HOMER L. LYON WHITEVILLE, April 3—Funeral services for Homer LeGrande Lyon, 40, prominent lawyer of Whiteville, who died suddenly at his home Thursday morning at 11:30 o'clock, will be held Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The Rev. L. D. Hayman will have charge of the services, which will be held at the McKenzie Chapel. Interment will follow in the Whiteville cemetery. He is survived by his wife. Two daughters; Misses Nancy and Catherine Lyon of the home. His parents; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lyon of Whiteville. Two sisters; Mrs. Vance Brand of Uranta, Ohio. Mrs. Jack May of Burlington. PETE GLISSON Funeral services for Pete Glis son, 53, whose body was found in the Cape Fear River yesterday, will be held this afternoon at 4:30 at the graveside in Atkinson ceme tery in Atkinson. He is survived by four sons, Bynum R., B. L., and L. C. Glis son, all of Savannah, Georgia, and Anton Glisson, Charleston, S. C.; four daughters, Mrs. J. B. Bird song, Wilmington; Mrs. Matthews Griffith, Philadelphia, Penn.; Mrs. Herman Camp of Washington, D. C.; and Miss Angeline Glisson, Charleston; three brothers, Fred, of Atkinson; Charlie, of Hawkins ville, Georgia; and Harris Glissan, of Virginia; and two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Knowles of Atkinson; and Mrs. Anton Anderson of Virginia. The funeral cortege is scheduled to leave the Harrell-Coble funeral home at three o’clock. Civil Service Commission, in the post office. The 10 room home of J. T. Canady, Greenville Sound, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. No estimate of the total loss has been made. Mrs. Canady said, but all second floor furnishings were burned and the fui'niture saved was damaged by rain. The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Mendota is expected to return here at least one month earlier than scheduled according to Lt. (j.g.) Phil Hildebrandt, ship officer. Due to ice patrol duty in the North Atlantic, the ship may return earlier due to the lack of ice in that area. Special Good Friday services will be held tonight at 8 o’clock at the Church of the Good Shep herd, Sixth and Queen streets, it was announced last night by the Rev. Harvey W. Glazier, rector of the church. The public is invited to attend. rozen single strength citrus juice is a relatively new product. Thi» i* marketed in retail pack ages like other frozen ft*«*» National Guard Asked In Louisana Milk War NEW ORLEANS, April 3. —(U.R) — East Baton Rouge parish Sher iff Newman H. Debretton tonight asked Col. Frank Speiss, senior of ficer in charge o' the Louisiana Na tional Guard to call out the guard to prevent further violence in the 10-day old milk strike Debretton filed his demand in a telegram to Col. Speiss tonight And Sheriff C. H. Martin of West Feliciana parish, where most of the violence has occurred, follow ed with a brief message to Speiss advising “if immediate danger is to be averted you should act at once." The telegrams were dispatched shortly after it was reported milk st okers in the Florida parishe_ had agreed to a temporary truce. The strong blockade choking off high ways leading from the Florida parishes into New Orleans report edly was relaxed to permit all strikers to attend a mass meeting at Amite, La., tonight. Meanwhile, A. O. Ott, who rep resented the non-striking dairy farmers’ cooperative at ai arbitra te board hearing in New Orleans Monday, _.,ced at Kentwood tonight that regular milk shipments to New Orleans distributors would be resumed tomorrow — with West Feliciana parish authorities pro viding med escorts. Earlier today the non-strikers charged that Gov. Jimmie Davis had “failed the law-abiding Citi zens of Louisiana” and asked him to keep hands-off the d:spute. The non-strikers were reported to have appealed for protection to th.; Tangipahoa parish sheriff, dis trict attorney and District Judge Robert Jones, to aid them in run ning the milk trucks into New Orleans through the strikers’ road blocks. The governor, who was believed to t in New Orleans, could not be reached for comment about the lat Erwin Reveals Program For Battling Disease STIFF WIND MARS GREENSBORO MEET Vic Seixas Of Varolina Not Present For Opening Festivities GREENSBORO, April 3—Battling the stiff breeze as well as their opponents, the participants in the invitational tennis tournament, being held at Sedgefield, opened play today. The men’s singles favorite, Vic Seixas of Carolina, was not present for the opening festivities as his Tar Heel netters had a date with a visiting team. Only seeded player to fall in the men's singles division was Rich mond’s classy Bobby Leitch, who dropped a second round match tp dark horse Sgt. Albert Bray, the smooth-stroking Goldsboro tennis er. Bray showed up favorably in the state closed tournament here last year, losing to one of the fav orites. Dr. David Johnson, second-seed ed Washington stroker, took the measure of Presbyterian’s O. W. Kaiser in a second round match. Kaiser gave more trouble in the opening set as the Washington net ter won. Mrs. Laura Wible, fourth seeded women's singles contestant, was defeated by Diana Dent, Sweet Briar star. The Virginia entry won the opening set 8-6, lost the second 4-6 and came back strong to close the match at 6-3. The match was a quarter final one. In another woman’s quarter final go, second seeded Barbara Wilkins of New Rochelle, N. Y., easily turned back Gertrude Arch er of Greensboro 6-2, 6-0. Mills Wil kins, a late entry, is favored with Mrs. Ann Gray of Washington, who won over Edna Talton, 6-2, _ CAROLINA BEACH . ALDERMEN DRAFT BOND ISSUE PLANS All preliminary details for the $182,000 bond issue to finance an extensive improvement program at Carolina Beach were completed last night during the meeting of the resort’s board of aldermen. With Mayor T. A. Croom presid ing and all of the aldermen present as well as the town’s attorney, Emmett Bellamy, afil phases of the program were discussed. Legal advertisements for the bond issue are now being prepared and will soon be released, it was revealed. Also agreed upon by the aider men was the indefinite postpone ment of an appointment of an as sistant chief of police to serve under Chief Bruce Vailentine., NEGRO WOMAN, MAN ORDERED HELD FOR GRAND JURY ACTION A New Hanover county coroner's jury last night found that George Nelson, seven-weeks old Negro child, died of malnutrition due to the negligence of its alleged par ents, Louvina Nelson and George Porter. They will be remanded for grand jury action and the case is ex pected to be heard at the next term of Superior court here. . The child was carried to a local hospital Sunday by a sister of Lou vina. She reportedly told doctors at the institution that the mother of the infant failed to feed the baby since she was drunk most of the time. A police investigation followed and both Nelson and Louvina were lodged in the New Hanover coun ty jail in default of $1,000 bond After the end of World War II, more than 9,000,000 surplus pris oner of war packages were distrib uted to displaced persons by the Red Cross. KIDNEYS GETTING YOU UP NIGHTS? • If you get up night*—have frequent de tire to pas* your water—but have only scanty passages—yes, and havel backache due to excess acidity in the urine, be glad you*re reading this: Three generations ago Dr. Kilmer, d famous doctor, found hundreds of his patients with this trouble. Painstakingly he made a medicine of 16 herbs, roots, vegetables, balsams—N ature’s own way to relief. He called it “Swamp-Root" and millions of grateful men' and women have taken it—often with amazing results. Swamp-Root goes right to work to flush out kidneys... Increases the flow of urine, helping to relieve excess acidity... so the irritated bladder gets a good flushing out, too. Many report getting a good night’s sleep after the first few doses. Caution: take as directed. For free trial supply, send to Dept. S, Kilmer i Co., Inc., Box 1255, Stamford, Conn. Or—gt.. full-sized bottle of Swamp Root today at your drug*tart. Outlines Six - Point Plan In Speech Before Pro fessional Group GOLDSBORO, April 3—(£>>— A six-point program of health educa tion for the state's 900,000 school children in order to fortify them against infantile paralysis and other diseases was proposed here today by Dr. Clyde A. Erwin of Ra leigh, state superintendent of pub lic instruction. Dr. Erwin spoke before a group of more than 150 physicians and educators, health officers, welfare personnel, and representatives of professional and lay groups. The program, he proposed: 1. Health and safety instruction from grades one through 12. 2. Heaflthful school environment which would offer sanitation, ven tilation, light and “every-day cleanliness”. 3. 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