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t - iJb wEATHER. Horth and South Car (jna: probabiy rain to ,m and Sunday. t t EUUL LESEIWIRE SERVICE .... - r I i XXIV. No. 39. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAKOLINAt SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1918. PRICE FIVE CEfTS I - - Vol. POVER BOMBARDED IS MORNING BY GERMAN U-BOAT Attack Was Made Shortly Af ter Midnight Lasting a Few Minutes ONE CHILD KILLED, SEVEN rbKui9 nuni j DisaDDeared Attacx U i Vas Responded to by- Shore Batteries ...Ann. Feb. 16. A submarine boto- VZaA Dover early this morning, it (Tofficially announced. The submarine P h nn from the shore and ceas- thp bombardment after some 30 Lids bad been fired' There were leg than a dozen casualties and only Mt damage. - - : - -The official statement reads: rtp was opened upon Dover by an aeinr submarine about 12:10 o'clock jte morningf the firing continuing iree of four minutes. The shore Jiat es replied and thf enemy ceased Sre after dischargind -about 30 rounds. Tiie casualties were: Killed, one iiild- injured, three men, one woman ud 'three children. Slight damage ras caused house property." Cases have not been infrequent of lerman submarines bobbing up off the oast and shelling shone points. Yar mouth, for instance was thusbom iarded on January 14. It is not often, iowever, that the U-boats have cared o take chances with such a well de ended town as is Dover, the most oportant port in Southeastern Eng md, opposite Calais, on the straits if Dover, across which flows a con fant stream of war traffic - between igland and France. It was only yesterday that a power ul squadron of German destroyers aade a sudden raid in. the, straits of )over and sank eight British smal) raft out on a submarine chase. NA0NTO PRESENT" DATA TO IRIGOYEN Buenos Aires, Feb. 16. Dr. Romulo , Naon, ambassador to the United States, will be receiveLby President rigoyen next Tuesday and will pre- ent to the executive data on inter national affairs affecting Argentina Mich he received in Washington. Dr. Naon said today he probably tarald return to Washington early in aarch, but his friends declare this Fill not be settled definfiitely until titer the conference with the Presi dent, who still holds the ambassador's esignation. It is generally believed lie ambassador's return to Washing- 00 depends solely on whether this pntry will follow the United States to the war or at least break diplo ic relations with Germany, the imbassador being said to be deter- ea not to continue to represent ffgentina as a neutral. GERMAN DESTROYERS ESCAPED INJURY Berlin, Feb. 16. Via London. The ralty today made the following paouncement: ' - On the night of February 14 our PPedo boats under command jot Cap- Zineck made a surDrisrf attack cril o v1 in n V a TTNnerT toll inel between Calais and Dover, on "onn, and Cape Gris-Nez and Fol ae on the South. A laree euard wmerous armed fishing steam- i3 and Several motnr voaecla wota feed to give battle, the largest part wn Demg destroyed. "ur torpedo boats suffered no los- w damage. All returned." statem W:J yesterday said seven drifters ;7 er had hen sunk by Ger ru destroyers which returned to the 5ed "-i"'c mey coma De en- OARD CLERKS GRANTED A RAISE Sav; jnnah Ga., Feb. 16. R. L. Pat- Nn, oard a- cierK ior tne en iw lLine railway, who has r?r ngton for several days Btft; I ng hls local section of 'fed iv ,UUU1 oi nauway uierKs, l"e chief nf , i i 'nt had k ew wr&ing agree Uroark een made by which the that a new working agree- oadi agree to give the clerks Per lr,t lncrease in pay and to lefe arc wuhute a working day. m- affected by the order, u ravor of Orlea Referendum. ew VTri eb- 16. Directors of ii C ltoda? fey had vot- ticte'i k ie reierenaum being bof thlyT he. Camber of Com- V sh.., . wess interests nf Vi?a rKn &,;MUU'a car . ,xa """" eroiajni' after the; war. war RADICAL l OF S0G1AUST: PARTY The Little Group Who Split Off From Regulars Get ' Many Recruits -- , , . GENERAL SHIFTING Regular Socialists Drop to Sec ond Place in Power, and ' The Radicals Climb to Third Position New York, Feb. 16 The radical SocialisFmovement in Germany, ... the growing strength of which was" shown by the , persistency of the political strike in January and February, is aiao gaining aeciaea grouna among the political leaders of German Social Democracy. The little group of rad ical Socialists in the Reichstag under the leadership of Haase, Ledebour and Bernstein, who split off from the caucus organization of the regular or Scheidemann Socialists, on the Issue of voting funds for "the war, and form ed an independent organization, has now, grown by continued defections from the moderate wing to a strength entitling it to a. second member on the principal ' Reichstag committee. The additional representation is, gain ed at the expense of ; the regular So cialist organization which at the be ginning, of the war was the largest party in the Reichstag, but which has now fallen' to second rank behind the Catholic centre. Pour Socialist mem bers of the Reichstag, Brandes, Dr. Erdmann, Huettmanri and Jaeckel, went over to the radicals at the be ginning of the year- ' . Recent elections" at Leipzic brought 18 , radical Socialists into , the city council. The regular Socialists se cured only, six places. ; The ' Radical Socialists who thus formed the third strongest party in the .: council de- but the non-Socialist aldermen to .whom the Radical Socialists are ana thema united with the -Regular So cialists to give this bff ice to One of six - moderate Social Democrats, whereupon the Radical Socialists re fused to participate in the organiza tion of the council. Leipzic is one of the strongholds of the radical Socialists, their prin cipal newspaper organ, The eLipzig Yolks Zeitung, being published there. Th'e radicals have been badly off so far as press is concerned, the Vor waerts and other important Socialist organs having been retained by the regular party organization. Editors of the radical school have been discharged wholesale from the party organs. The government of Dr. Michaelis was largely responsible for .the boom of the radical Socialist organi zation. The charges against Haase, Dittmann and Vogtherr, of the radical Socialist group in the .Reichstag , of inspiring and abetting the alleged mutiny in the navy last summer, launched in the Reichstag in the au umn by Chancellor Michaelis in an effort to save his administration, did not complete the discredit of the radical group as expected. They really helped the radicals among the non-Socialist parties and the public at large since it was known , that the government had early informed the party leaders in the Reichstag that there were no grounds -for a prosecu tion. The transparent attempt of Mich aelis to rally support in the Reichstag on a jingo issue resulted in the ddwn fall of Michaelis and in securing for the radical Socialists the standing of a serious political party, which their methods had earlier shaken. They are opposed to all votes of credit for the war and for an immediate stop page of fighting, and have, unlike the regular Socialists, persisted in -r the original Socialist attitude, of opposi tion to the monarchial system. MANY LEAVE CANIP LEE WITHOUT CONSENT " Hi. Petersburg. Va.. Feb. 16, One hun dred and fifteen soldiers from thiS State were absent without leave or in desertion from -Camp Lee on Febru-. ary 1, according- a statement given out today b brigadier General Lloyd M. "Brett, iu' eonimand of the canton ment, who purges: all State and Fed eral officers "tQVdP all they can in be half of havhg'rfhe men return. General BrettC says the government has heretdfe-been very tolerant in its treatment of the men who have violated their duty to their country in the present crisis by absenting iamDaiva from their commands. , He has been informed that relatives and friends have; caused some soiaiers ui remain away from camp. "Desertion in time of war is punish able by death," General BreH asserts, "and although capital punishment has not yet been-inflicted upon, any sol dier, it most assuredly .will be in .the course of time' when the discipline of ourarmiesbpeomes moreBtrjer. ixieir Quma oi xne Dresmins ameers. J DESTROYERS EASY TIME Under Cover- of Darkness " Tney Gdt Among Trawl- ers and Wrought Havoc Dover,. Feb. 16. The weather was thick .and, the nighty was -very, dark when the German destroyers dashed upon .British, patrol vessels in the Strait of Dover early Friday morning .nd sank eight of them. The patrol vessels, being equipped only fith light armament for anti-submarine work idld not have a chance once the Ger mans got among them. The risk .thus, taken is shared by great numbers of trawlers and drift ers, operating, in all weither and at all hours. . Yet the proportion of Joss es has been remarkably small. - n latest occasion, the crews bore themselves with the same cool ness and courage that drifter men have shown in innumerable instances. In one noteworthy incident, a drifter was shelled at close quarters by two German destroyers whose 30 pound shells ktlled all of the crew except two Und set the drifter afire. The two survivoit- seeing their craft ablaze ani Believing it would sink launched a. boat. They had not rowed far when they saw the vessel was still afloat and the, enemy retiring. They returned, put out the fire and brought the drifter to port GERMAN COMMISSION IGNORED BY RUSSIANS . Amsterdam, Feb. 16. Complaint is made in a , semi-official note received here from ' Berlin that the German commission in Petrograd is experienc ing constantly increasing . dffiCulties. Conversation of members of the com mission: with the Russian leaders is impossible, it is said, because the Rus? ian authorities, especally Premer Inine4and Foreign Minister Trotzky, declare they are pre-occupied with other urgent business and; make num erous excuses to retard the discus sions. '' "AftecT the graye incidents of the last few days,' thenotSeadds "tbje Russian government has- abrogated the recentv decision regarding, inill- tary and civilian prisoners of war, jforhe German t cctmmissipn to remain In Petrograd." Clearing House Condition. I New York, Feb. 16. The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week (five days! shows that they hold $29,251,200 reserve 4n excess of legal require ments, his is a decrease of $60,054,-080- from last week. NO BIG MOVEMENT OF PARADE TROOPS -Washington, Feb. 16. Railway freight congestion on Eastern lines, and the necessity of moving the last contingent of 'the National Army, will prevent any extensive movement of soldiers to cities for parades on Washington's birthday. Director Gen eral McAdoo explained today. Thousands of passenger cars and locomotives will be required for the Sovemenlr'' of the last contingent of e National Army to training camps, beginning February 23, and these now are being assembled in all parts of the country. In some localities where congestion is not serious tpop move ments for parade purposes will be possible, particularly when camps are located only a few miles from cities The director general is eager to pro vide for such movements wherever possible and will instruct regional directors to make every effort to transport the troops unless the move ment of more vital supplies would be hampered. GENERAL KALEDINES IS REPORTED DEAD Washington. Feb. 16 The Ameir- can consul at Tiflis today transmit ted an unconfirmed report that Gen eral Kaledines, the Cossack leader In the Ukraine, who resisted tne ambi tions of the Bolsheviki had suddenly dropped out of sight and now is said to be dead. A NAVAL BATTLE? London, Feb. 16 Belief that a naval engagement has occurred is expressed in a dispatch received in Stockholm from Gothenburg and forwarded bythe correspondent of the Morning Post- The .dispatch reports the recovery of a large number of bodies of German sail ors who apparently belonged to a warship. Bothernburg is on the Western coast of Sweden and is near the Skagerrak, one of the bodies of waters connecting the North and Baltic seas and one neaerst the North Sea. Tho North Sea in the vicinity of the Skaggerrak has been the sceto, of previous naval ngagements, the great battle of Jutland' having been fought there. GERMAN British aJFgrich' More GerWsShip. Building Along the At erally Jii gaged Than for . Serel Days GAS BOMBS SHOWER ON AMEmCAN SECTOR For Three Hpurs. a Cloud of & - Poisonousas Hovered Over Sarhmies, Pro ducing feo Deaths Except on the American sector east of . St. Mihiel-vtgere has- been- mueh fighting activity on the Western front. Ajmerican positipjis have been subject ed to a hombardntent oL. gas;. shells which lasted twohours and the Amer ican and enemy iLrtillery and airmen have be,en more active. - Th6 poisonous i imes from the Ger man shells remained over the Amer ican trenches f,tKjee hours, but, there were ho casualties. Large numbers of enemy rmeisotight to crosa; the America lines bttt could make no progress agalnsthe aerial and ar tillery defenses. American . gunners have bombarded t the German rear lines and communications with good effect. v.- With the BrisBt; and French arm ies, Friday, the day the Germans ad vertised' they, would attack in" force, passed .more quietly than . previous days. On the northern, end the pa trolling, activity, Jjtras light, but the German artillery ;.was more active than usual in th0:Ajrras-Cambrai sec tor. French artillery, checked two enemy raids ,i against Chaume 4 wood, northeast of Verdun, and in the Woevre and thev. Yosges mountains the. opposing batteries were -busy. Fighting a4ilme::itjafiBi5ftwit remains ; ligh .k. ' z&a&Z-2; That part ,MsdkidmtnAtedbv the ,;BfcftTifcfM:te ances- and nas little fear of a German inva sion. The all-Russian central execu tive committee of Workmen's and Soldiers' Councils has approved the action of the Russian, representatives at Brest-Litovsk. Members 6f the committee said the masses of Ger many and Austria would not permit a further offensive against Russia by their governments. No news dis patches from Petrograd have been're ceived in London for a week and it is believed there that the Bolshevik cen corship has decided to suppress the activities Pf correspondents. Emperor William has summoned the heads of the German navy to Impe rial headquarters for a conference, and it is announced that Heir von Payer, the Vice Chancellor, will make an announcement shortly in the Reichstag on the government's future submarine policy. The probable na ture of the announcement is not dis closed 'by German newspapers. Evidence of a probable naval en gagement in the finding of a large number of German sailors, apparent ly from warships, Is reported from Gothenburg,. Sweden. Gothenburg is near the Skaggerak, the vicinity of which has been the scene of impor tant naval battles. - WARSAW PEOPLE SORE ON GERMANS London, Feb. 16. There is much feeling against the Centrair Powers in Warsaw, the capital oT Russian Po land, and great excitement prevails according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. The work men are said to b eplanning demon strations. The streets are being pa trolled by soldiers and policemen. Much feeling has been groused Id Russian Poland over tb Ukrainian peace terms by which the province Cholm, former contained in Poland, was ceded to the Ukraine; A Stutt gart newspaper, according to a Zurich dispatch Thursday, declared it was reported in Berlin that the Polish ministry at Warsaw had resigned in protest against the peace terms. A dispatch from Amsterdam Friday reported a Berlin newspaper as say ing that . the Polish members of the Austrian parliament weie embittered against Austria because of the peace arrangements. In addition to losing Cholm. Poland was to be stripped of Lodz and Dombrovitza and access to the sea was refused the "Poles. NO EXPLOSION ON . BATTLESHIP UTAH Washington, Feb. 16. The death of Lieutenant Comniander Robert Oj Bausch, who died in the naval hospi tal at Norfolk, Va., Thursday, from a fractured skull received from fall ing through an open hatch on the. battleship Utah, to which he was. at tached, resulted in reports that an explosion had occurred. . on the Utah. Naval officials today declared there had been no explosion on the Utah. Baush was J$3 years ' old and leaver 4 widow Pallajul Texas." V, TIE STRIKE lantic Coast Threatened " With a Tie Up MANAGERS WANT TGfc FIGHT TO A FliNISH Shipping Board Believes slhe Trouble Can Be Settled Several Thousand Workers Out GRANT WAGE INCREASE. Washington, Feb. 16. The Ship-' ping Board's wage adjustment, board today agreed on an increase in wages, definite working condi tions and overtime pay .'for" All shipyard workers in the so-called Delaware yards, comprising about 60 per cent of uiip workers on the Atlantic, coast. It does not include the striking carpenters, but is ex pected to affect their strike. '- Many of the striking carpenters, however,: despite the advice of their union officials, have signified their. intention of accepting the award. The strikers in the New York dis trict have npt done so, but it is: hoped they will. The new wage scale is not so high as the Pacific coast rate, nor as high as the New York strikers; demand, but it will be the model Xor settlement in other districts on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Washington. Feb. 16. President W11- lson is preparing to take some action to end the - strikes . in - Atlantic coast shipyards which threaten to' .tie -Up a large part of the ship 'btulftta in dustry of 'the East.-,'-' v; A direct appeal to- ?the: Resident tor Intervene ; was made 'Spday by of ficers. oDthe Brotherh5Pf Carped wew xorK district are out today de manding v immediate " assurances -of higher wages and closed shop condi ditions. Chairman Hurley of the $h pping Board took up the situation '.'again" to day in conference- with General Mginw ager Fiez of the Emergency Fleet Corporation; V. Everit Macy, chair man of the Shipbuild ng Wage Ad Mustment Board and Acting ' Secre tary Roosevelt, of ;the Navy. Managers of ship yards in the New York district and at Baltimore where the carpenters are' ton tsrike, have asked the Shipping Board to let them fight the strikes, declaring the time has come for the issue to be settled. Thus far Chairman Hurley has refus ed to permit this holding that the troubles can be .settled by other means. Shipping Board officials today said that heads of - other unions engaged in shipbuilding' had given assurance lhat the related trades would not be called out in a sympathetic strike. The other unions have agreed to leave all differences to the adjustment board. Appeal to President. - New York, Feb. 16. An appeal di rect to President Wilson to inter vene in the strike of shipyard work ers engaged on government contracts will be announced by officials of the organization here this nf lining: N Approximately fifty per cent, of the shipyard workers in the New York district are on tsrike today, according to claims made by the brotherhood fo ficials. The strike would spread from New York to other cities along the At lantic coast, they said, unless wage demands were granted. The number of men out here was declared to b.e between 7,000 and 8,000. The appeal to the President, it was said, would suggest a compromise similar to that which was effected last October between the government and navy -yard carpenters who were. then threatening to strike. At that time the navy ynrd work ers wanted $6.60 aday, similar to (he wage which ship yard workers are receiving on the Pacific coas today. Secretary D-mieis and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt called the heads -f the carpenters' union to jcoaference at Washington, it was said, and an agreement was . reached' fixing an eight-hour day, a wage of $4.88; a five per cent, bonus under . certain condt tions and two weeks vacation anl all holidays with pay equivalent in all to $5.90 a day. Such a compromise now in favor of the shipyard ' workers would ; be ac rntahle. it - was declared. William L. Hutchesoti. president m the brotherhood said Ms' y appeal to President Wilson today would ask the President to persuade. Chairman Hur ley, of the Shipping Boards to' formu late a memorial, tb be presented to ship carpenters throughout the coun try, setting forth a -minimum wage which the government; might be will ing to pay. . Brotherhood leaders today asserted there were about ,5,0 00 carpenters, Idle hrft. owing to scarcity of material, in addition to the - strikers; and that END Indications Point to Fact that - ;v.- ' - -- JPoiht for Ship Building Article by New York Author ipl . . and Business Man Following Recent Trip " to Wilmington. By Leon Well Known Iri iJie practical dream of this mercliafiiSinarine ,and to retain world's commerce, Wilmington The international situation and this country by the war have w uic jumu skuaiuic poms. that many of these seaDorts. ages have been overlooked in. anotner. it is useless now to been. Better far to see present that is in tore for Wilmington visit to Wilmington confirmed will soon come into her own. When Director4 General McAdoo directed an investigation of the port of Wilmington with a view to ascertaining' its ' ! f as to relieve the railroad congestion, he turned the eyes of the nation to Wilmington and drove the first important pejr for U the real recognition of the port. With established linesof f j transportation to coastwise points ana rrequent sailings to European and Soufli American tlie foundation for its share of vided present opportunities are ' ' t a ttt, -11 ,' I rngtbh, Feb. 16.-Oficial Washinotor'opihidfi" of -Bolsheviki Foreign Minister : Trotzky's decision for no war and still no peace with Ger many is that Trotzky, whether know ing it or not, has placed Germany in a i military, and diplomatic predica ment. 1 Movements of German troops from the Russian' front have been stopped, and- it Is believed by military men here that no further withdrawal of forces can be made until Berlin de cided on a policy toward the Bolshe viki. Such official reports as have been received do not say clearly whether the demobilization of Russian troops has been continued, but they do indicate a reorganization of the Red Guard. Germany by repudiating the non annexation policy, officials hem' thJnir hai wMened the breach with the So cialts who rrv fn nOQo -TL I think GGrm,v will" 7naTl to the aid of the Ukrainians if the Bolsheviki attack them. NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT IN BRITISH LABOR London, - Feb. 16. Notable. ininVnvA- Vnent in the last two or thre weeks rin what he calls "the combout at- mospnere" is remarked by the labr correspondent of Th Times. Tho combing of men from protected occu pations under the Military Service bill is now in progress. Nevertheless, the correspondent Isays, the past week is the first in (many months in which there has not ,Deen a stoppage of work in any part of the country in consequence of grievances among the workers. More over, large numbers of young engi neers are coming voluntarily to the recruiting offices and are not wait ing to be summoned. The correspondent while not ad mitting that all trouble has been re moved, says that events show that re cent sweeping accusations of dis loyalty against the workers, in the engineering shops were unfounded. throughout the covmtry there were 51,000 carpenters idle who had been employ edV on cantonments and who could be turned into shipbuilding, workers with only a little train'ne: These, estimates were given out. it was -stated, to show tha there was plenty of labor available for carrying out the government's shipbuilding program if higher-swages were paid. ' unchanged in Baltimore. " Baltimore, Feb. 16. The situation at the shipyards in Baltimore and vi- YAhity where 1,000 carpenters, joiners and caulkers, are on strike, was de clared to be unchanged this morning. with the exception that the ranks of the- strikers -had been increased by the walkout of 20 carpenters at 'the' yards oT Coastwise ShipbuildfngCOm-1 pany. . These men did not report fpr wprk'under. orders of their union leaders, it. was said. Th ecaulkers wprjf out ye sterday in sympathy ' the: carpenters. ' ? 1 This City Will be Selected as ' . ' . : , --mm If .-. M. Green, New York Author. :. r.. country to build up a great its rightful place first intKi is to play an important ToIe4, conditions brought. aboutlh' 'tH'' directed the eyes of the nation if ! I inere is no denying me lace with wonderful natural advant the past for one reason! ;pr ' go into reasbns tor what has activities and the bright- future and her sister ports. A receipt : 1 i my opinion that Wilmington J.2- ports, Wilmington already hi? world trade after the war, pro grasped. , No nation has ever been great that did not have a- merchant marine. An cient Tyre sent her bpats amonjtthe then known ports of the world to ehif' jtage. In, trade. ;Ado 4ocsJ we wer"ahead of other nations in, the M, PwnershlplpfvesselsrvvTlththe dss of this prestige, notwithstaninsf Wr :) strides In building an export business j'i we could not capture the trade of ceiv 'ft tain countries. But all this is "being! ' changed today. The, United: States is ! building a giant merchant marine Again we win taKe our place at tap head of the column. In 1917 therexwas a. jam ui a.,iii Biiiya m cpin; . Ui . B',t vessels of American ownership that '! if . vtrGTa cunt nw ilia (Tune ft 4-K4a-'j 1 1 ! tal gain 107 were seized enemy .ves f sels. There were actually taken over; t requisitioned and added to the ,mw f.bant marine a total of 1834 vessels Deducting from ih?s the 69 boatsds?; stroyed leaves a net gain of 1,765 vesi sels. The British lost 1,033 vessel; in the same neriod. --41 According to information furnished January 19 at Washington there are. 70 contractors building wooden -ships, 27 firms building steel vessels Vand. four engaged in the construction ,Pf ' composite vessels. Eighty-one -wood vessels were under contract of . date December 17, 58 composite and . 298 wood hulls. Many steel, vessels "are'in th rnnmo nf pnTustniptinn Phtu fll be necessary this year 7,500,000 (tofis Jif of shiDniner to transDort 1.500.000 . meat to France Ther ar vnrioUR ' rffetl Hi mates of the amount of tt'ihage- that can be completed this year. 'It is' es timated that there Is available 4,000,-.; J uuu tons, nence it wm pe necesary to build 3,500,000 tons more of vessels' to transport our troops to France Lloyd-George estimates that ,s.thl amount and a little more can bftcomf pleted, a big shipbuilding expert es , timates that only 3,000.000 tons can be completed while some Senate mem bers have stated, according to dis ; patches from Washington, that on the the present contracts and those to bet ! let-only 2,500.000 tons can' be complet ed during 1918. Whatever the figure . the need the immediate need-c? ; building ships, particularly steel ves eels, is urgent. ' y".' r;'-: - I am gratified to see that attention has been directed to WilmngtOn - a proper location for the building Off f Kteel ships for the government, -Mr- Hurleys . visit will no doubt ' Impress', ! him with the fact that Wilmington hai, every facility needed for a shipbuild Ing plant for the construction of steels vessels. -. r r ;..' ' ' Wilmington lias the water, -the site?, the transportation facilities, and is suf; fi.ciently large centre industrially to -solve . the labor question, and. - above everything else, Wilmington has. the ; climate. The climate is a most ini. portent factor in shipbuilding and-un doubtedly it would have been better" : had - arrangements beenf made, at the -outset of the shipbuilding program to V build more ships jn the South by rea son of the fact that the workmen. ar 5 not confronted with the set ere? cold .Ji of the Northern sections. Wilmington is second to no part of the country 4 in health,-conditions, according ib an :. official report . s "' The fact that other cities inthe State1 6r North darolina are ."puling; for Wilmington is a good signTh;V vacant lonot nVt aa ' frnm tXTilmln A1 ,' ! show that the other clUes recognize j (Continued on Page Three.) ; 1M 1 If t t t I! T'l i5! 1 f ; 'A Ik a: I l - . 3- n v i ' ' 1 Hi V4i m Ik Hi -I i : ft': tin '''A m ):-! 5 " 1 -
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