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DIRECTORS OF REA jODY RE-ELECTED gep Barden Pledges Con tinued Cooperation To Jones Onslow Corporation CKSONVILLE, Nov. 14. — The A ,i0n of the boiird of directors reelEC declaration that the Jones a, Electric Membership corpo °rfP'is "just £ettinS started” fea ra!iP" ti,e first annual meeting of 'Je cooperators at Comfort school meeting was attended by ap Gjmately 750 Persons. Much - than anticipated, the throng G-ed inclement weather to attend ;ta' Representative Graham A. “ den endorse the Rural Electrifi Gion Authority, pledge his con ca, cooperation with the coopera ’jj” anJ speak briefly on national defense. The following directors were re , , ^ J3. Irwin, Richlands; E. fSmith. Marines; E. M. Philyaw, fort- T. M. Rawls, Verona; A. v^Yenters, Jacksonville; H. M. MaUard and B. C. Gray, Trenton; G Hargett, Hargett’s Store; and L Sasser, Dover. Election of of f cers bV the board will be held later, j- B. Smith, president, presided . v an(j Horace Cotton, Jackson ville cooperative superintendent, re ared that he was satisfied with the Groundwork” already laid, but that •Ge''-e just beginning to get started.” Cotton reported 707 rural Subscrib ers to REA power on approximately njj mnes of line of the cooperative R Onslow, Jones, Duplin and Lenoir counties, and a consumption of an average 40.000 kilowatt hours during the first four months of operation. He also reported that rural sub scribers. in addition to using power for Hght, are taking advantage of electricity and installing radios, wa ter pumps. stoves, refrigerators, air compressors and, in some instances, portable motors. Cotton said the Jones-Onslow co operative already is setting aside re serves to meet first paymnts on prin cipal and interest, first coming due in 1949. The obligation is the $284, 000 which the cooperative borrowed frrm the REA to finance the project. POLICE TO ENFORCE PARKING ORDINANCE Rourk Says Practice Of Parking Overnight On Streets Creates Driving Hazards The police department will rigidly enforce the city ordinance prohibit ing the parking of cars on all im proved streets after 1 o’clock in the morning and without proper park ing lights, Police Chief Joseph C. Rourk said yesterday. The practice of parking overnight and without proper parking lights hinders the street cleaner in his work and creates traffic hazards, he said. A number of complaints of viola tions of the ordinance have been received by the department and the general public is urged to cooperate in the enforcement of the law, he said, in order that the streets may be properly cared for during the night. Wins For U. S. Captain Franklin F. Wing of the U. S. army team is shown with Democrat, after taking the interna tional individual military jumping championship at the National Horse Show in New York. Six officers tied with perfect rounds in the event, and two jump-offs were necessary before Capt. Wing took the trophy. Wade Is To Preside At Chicago Meeting J- E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works, and immediate past president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, who flew to Chicago Wednesday, is scheduled to preside at today’s session of the 17th annual conference of the American Municipal association which opened at the Congress hotel in Chicago yesterday. Approximately 300 local, state and federal officials are attending the meeting at which the role American cities play in the emergency defense program is the major topic of dis cussion. The speakers include Clarence A Dykstra, selective service adminis trator and president-on-leave, Uni versity of Wisconsin; Eric Cross, min ister of public welfare and munici pal affairs, province of Ontario Canada; Daniel W. Hoan, associate director, division of state and local cooperation, advisory commission council of national defense; and Rob ert H. Hinckley, assistant secretary, U. S, department of commerce. Suit Filed In Death Of Charles H. Demeni Harry Ferrell, administrator ot the estate of Charles H. Dement has filed suit in superior court against Mrs. George W. Urwick, and husband, George W. Urwick, and the Parker Paper company, of Gas tonia, for $50,000 actual damages and $10,000 punitive damages to the plaintiff’s estate caused by the care less and negligent acts of the de fendant. The plaintiff claims that on Au gust 9, 1940 Charles H. Dement was waiting on the curb for a bus while vacationing at Myrtle Beach wher the automobile driven by Mrs. Ur wick crashed into several parked cars, hitting him and throwing him against an automobile which crushed his skull and gave him several se rious bruises, from which he died the next day. The plaintiff claims that Mrs. Urwick was drunk at the time, and that the automobile she was driving was owned by George W. Urwick and the Parker Paper company. ADVERTISEMENT MENTHOUTUM BuicMrOtch RUNNING SNIFFLU^ B8 JAPAN WITHDRAWS FROM KWANGTUNG Says Troops No Longer Need ed There Because Of Gains In Indo-China SHANGHAI, Nov. 14—UP)— Jap anese military authorities an nounced _ today their troops had been withdrawn from southwest ern Kwangtung province, as they already had been done in neigh boring Kwangsi province, strength ening the belief in foreign circles here of another impending move against French Indo-China, Just as they explained their withdrawal earlier . from Kwangsi the Japanese declared they were moving out of southwestern Kwangtung because their, troops were no longer needed there as a result of newly-gained bases in French Indo-China. Contradicting the Japanese ex planation, Chinese said they were driving the Japanese out at bayo net point. Furthermore the Chi nese declared the capture of Yam chow, port through which the Jap anese are leaving, is imminent. It was through Yamchow that the Japanese drove last Novem ber into Kwangsi to capture its Movie Revues “COLORADO” IS FEATURED AT THE BIJOU THEATRE “Colorado,” Republic film which is currently thrilling Bijou theatre audiences, presents Roy Rogers, cowboy favorite, in another fast action western drama with songs and music aplenty for good meas ure. The Republic film, makes ef ective use of the highly dramatic situation of two brothers, widely separated as the poles in tempera ment and moral code, and pitted against each other to the death. Rogers portrays the young intel ligence officer in the Union army, sent to Denver to investigate vari ous Indian uprisings and internal troubles which threaten the success of the Northern cause against the Secessionists. Arriving at Denver, he is op posed by two serious complica tions. One is the fact that the very man behind the trouble he is bound by duty to quell is his blood brother. The other complica tion is a pretty girl who loves Roy but has, in turn, given her heart to the worthless brother. George “Gabby” Hayes enacts the role of Roy’s pal and partner in adventure, going with him to the western outpost, braving any and all dangers, including the pos capital, Nanning, only to aban don it recently. ■sibilities that an amiable widow with a flair for cooking may en mesh him in matrimony. Maude Eburne, a popular veteran of both stage and screen, makes the role of Etta Mae, the widow, believable and loveable. On this program will also be chapter three of “The Green Hor net Strikes Again” and “Molly Cures a Cowboy” a Ray Whitley comedy. 3 “GIRLS OF THE ROAD" IS FEATURED AT ROYAL They’re “on the road” and it’s all down-grade. . . .homeless girls: . . . .hunted. . . .jailed. . .murder ed driven from state to state hitch-hiking their way to disaster . . . . their paths unknown . . . their futures uncertain. . .their story un forgettable ... in the sheer shock of its nerve-lashing power. . . . America’s unwanted women in a drama that must be seen!. . .“Girls of the Road.” Ann Dvorak, Helen Mack, Lola Lane head the cast of Columbia’s “Girls of the Road” which opens today at the Royal Theatre with its dramatic, dynamic story rival ing the true facts of one Of Ameri ca’s most pressing social prob lems. Little Tough Guys and Dead End Kids are there too in another of their sensational G-Man pictures. And with “Our Gang” doing their stuff in one of their inimitable skits, there is only one answer as to whether or not this is a sweilj week-end show. 3 “MOON OVER BURMA” IS OFFERED AT CAROLINA Take a good-looking gal from Brooklyn and put her to singing in a cafe in Rangoon, and a couple of likely American lads who are in the teak .logging business up in the Burmese hills, and let ’em meet at the cafe. Mix well with good dialogue, snappy situations, new songs, fine direction and you have: “Moon Over Burma,” the Paramount comedy-romance un corked last night at the Carolina Theatre with Dorothy Lamour as the girl, and Robert Preston and Preston Foster as the lads. The lads (don’t confuse ’em, be cause both have Preston in then names) start things moving nicely at the cafe when they both fall in love with Miss Lamour, new short hair-do and all, after hearing he." sing. Eventually she winds up at the compound where they operate their teak business. Further development of the story hinges on the fact that the boys went down to Rangoon to borrow enough money to keep their business going. The man from whom they borrowed the money wants their business, too; and he sets an operative to work to slow down the output of teak. But the real fun and romance comes in because the money lend er’s daughter, played by Doris Nolan, loves Foster. He loves La mour and she loves him. Miss Nolan, jealous, tells Robert Prest on, who also loves Lamour. That makes for lots of fun before it is determined who will win who. On top of all that there are a log jam and forest fire for excitement. The Carolina’s short subject pro gram feature* the latest March of Time, presenting "Britain’s Royal Air Force” and showing the great part it is playing in the defense of England. A Donald Duck cartoon and News of the Day complete the program. 3 Secretary Stimson Not Planning To Quit Post WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — UP) — Secretary Stimson said in response to a press conference inquiry today that he had no plan to quit the cabi net. ‘‘So far as I know, nobody has thought of making me resign,” the war secretary added. When a COLD#® /friKB back with THE INTEBHAU-«-»«l^MD,'^ 25l fgr common colds 154 St. George Renamed Auditor In Brunswick RALEIGH, Nov. 14.—(^—Gov ernor Hoey announced reappoint ment today of R. C. St. George of Southport as county accountant of Brunswick county for a four year term starting December 1. The governor appoints the Brunswick accountant under a special legislative act from a list of competent and qualified per sons supplied him by the local government commission. 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