The Wilmington morning star. [volume], December 18, 1942, Page 4, Image 4

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CAB DRIVER GETS
THEFT SENTENCE
Convicted Of Larceny Of
Money From Passenger;
Given Twelve Months
L. F. Hogain. driver for the
Coastal Cab company, was sen
tenced to 1? months on the roads
by Recorder H. Winfield Smith
Wednesday morning after Hogain
had been found guilty of the theft
of $41 from a woman passenger in
the cab early last Wednesday
morning.
Hogain pleaded not guilty to the
charge and, immediately after he
was sentenced, gave notice of ap
peal to superior court. Recorder
Smith set bond at $300.
Mrs. Arthur Wilcojt of Panama
City, Fla., testified that she engag
ed Hogain to drive her to the Pines,
Brunswick county roadside estab
lishment, after she had arrived at
the bus terminal here around 3
a. m. last Wednesday. After Ho
gain had returned her to the bus
station, she said, she found that
the change purse of her pocket
book. containing S41. had been
stolen
Testifying for the state, Police
Lieutenant O. V. Thompson and W.
L>. Thompson, city detective, de
clared that Hogain had been ar
rested on Mrs. Wilcox’s complaint,
and the detective said that when
he searched Hogain, lie found $14
in his wallet and a larger sum of
money concealed in a l-.oney belt.
Hogain. the detective said, then
proffered him $41 which he said he
would give Mrs. Wilcox to drop
L11C I I 1 d LIC1 •
The taxi driver, placed on the
stand by his attorney. Alton A.
Lennon, told the court that he had
first been approached by Mrs.
Wilcox who asked hi- i if he knew
where she could buy a cup of cof
fee.
A-'-r yetting in his cab, he said.!
she asked him if he knew where!
she could purchase some whiskey ‘
and -aid that he drove her to the!
Pints. Mrs. Wilcox, he said, did1
not leave the cab and he returned!
her to the hits station after she
had taken several drinks. There
h“ said, site told him she had no
money to pay him for either the
fare or the whiskey.
lie denied taking the money from
tit" nockethook which Irs. Wilcox
previously testified had been lying
on the front seat of the taxi be
tween them.
I loyain. in reply to a question by
Attorney Lennon, said that he had
served a prison term in Texas for
forgery, tie declared that he had
nevp" been arrested since he ar
rived in Wilmington.
A Denver, Colo., bank vault,
weighing one ton, went to the
city’s drive
North Carolinian
Sends Message T o
Folks From Japan
RALEIGH, Dec. 17— ffl —
Here’s a Christmas gift for a
mother and father somewhere
in North Carolina.
The gift comes in the form
of greetings from *heir son,
Bryan Webster Berry, a pri
soner of the Japanese.
Mrs. Roy A. Mack of Seat
tle, wrote Governor Broughton
that she heard Berry talking
over the Japanese radio on De
cember 11, that he said he was
alive and well and wanted any
one hearing to relay the mes
sage to his family.
Static interfered, however,
when he gave the name of the
town in North Carolina, Mrs.
Mack said she was unable to
recognize it. But she sent the
message to the Governor any
way.
Broughton gave out the story
today and said, “I certainly
hope the parents get the mes
sage.”
-V
Former Wilmingtonians
Husband Killed In Plane
Crash In Alaskan Sector
Lieutenant William M. Hender
son. of New York City, was killed
in a plane accident in Alaska re
cently, according to an announce
ment by the Adjutant General’s
office Thursday morning.
Lieutenant Henderson was mar
ried to Miss Nancy Wallace,
daughter of the late O. T. and
Mrs. Wallace, at the Church of
the Covenant here on August 9.
He was called to active duty im
mediately afterwards, and after
spending three weeks in Seattle,
Washington, was sent to Alaska.
As a civilian, Lieutenant Hen
derson was a professor at Colum
bia university and active in wel
fare service work in New York
city.
CHILE MAY SEVER
AXISRELATIONS
Argentine Source Reveals
Information Heard
On Matter
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 17—(£>)—A
foreign office source said tonight
that the Argentine government had
received information indicating
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BERGER S DEPT. STORE
NORTH FOURTH ST.—JUST ACROSS THE BRIDGE
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that Chile was “extremely likely”
to break relations with the Axis
in the near future.
The source may not be identified
by name.
It is known that the Argentine
government has received a com
munication from its ambassador
to Santiago, Carlos Guiraldes, and
it is assumed that this dealt with
the possibility of a rupture.
A Chilean break would leave Ar
gentina the only nation in the West
ern Hemisphere maintaining rela
tions with Germany, Italy and
Japan. _
Legless Aviatar
Again Flies RAF
Fighter Aircraft
LONDON, Dec. 17.—(jP—Legless
at 22, Pilot Officer Colin G. S.
Hodgkinson was assigned tonight
to a frontline fighter squadron by
the Air Ministry.
He lost his legs three years ago
in a crash while blind flying. His
determination to fly again finally
won out and he was fitted with
special steel legs and returned to
the fleet arm. After flying with
the fleet several months, the Ad
miralty granted his request t
transfer to the RAF. He .„. r
is the first legless pilot -;n ^
RAF since Douglas B. otr .,<•
captured by the German?.
shot his plane down. 0
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and was three times champ r,,, ,
the Panbourne nautic: ! cn;ie °
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