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SOLDIERS TO GET
ENGINEERING WORK
State College To Open
Classes In Specialized
Instruction For Army
RALEIGH, July 6.—(/P)—N. C.
State college will begin an Army
specialized training program next
month with classes in advanced
engineering for selected soldiers,
Col. Thomas W. Brown, comman
dant, and Dr. H. A. Fisher, the
college’s armed services coorch
nator, said today.
Several hundred men are ex
pected to begin courses August 9.
Officer personnel is scheduled to
arrive by mid-July to complete
plans for beginning the training.
Members of the college’s civilian
faculty will serve as instructors.
The courses will last a mini
mum of 12 weeks, followed by
terms of equal length for soldiers
qualified to take advanced engi
neering on a progressively higher
level, Col. Brown said. The pro
gram’s purpose is to provide tech
nically-trained men for the many
Army duties requiring a back
ground of engineering.
State college already is a cen
ter for classifying a constant
stream of soldiers for specialized
training assignments, and is pro
viding training for Army air crew
cadets prior to their assignment
to pre-flight centers. In addition,
the school is providing training in
Diesel engineering for Naval of
ficers.
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Three Drivers Give Up
Gas Coupons As Penalty
Gasoline ration coupons were
exacted from three local persons
as penalties for excessive speed
ing. i« violation of OPA regula
tions, when their cases were heard
before the gasoline hearings panel
of the New Hanover War Price
and Ration board Tuesday after
noon.
All persons fined surrendered
'“B” coupons. They were charg
ed with speeding 45 miles per hour
or more.
Two cases on the docket were
continued; five persons did not
appear.
The panel discv'ied a forthcom
ing meeting in wr. .h decision as
to what will be done with indivi
duals who fail to appear at the
hearings will be rendered.
SEE DR. KAMER
AND SEE BETTER
Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
DR. W. A. KAMER
Bollock Bonding
| HOLD EVERYTHING
j* KJ u r experts
' will fix your
car; align the
wheels, tune up
motor, etc.
bawgh McConnell motors
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STRAW HATS and
BATHING SUITS
GIBSON’S I
HABERDASHERY
North Front 8treet
Immediate Service
on all
Plumbing and Heating
Problems
Dial 7117
CUMBER-MOORE Co.
Plumbing > Heating
Oil Burners
17 North Second Si.
LCT Boat Disgorges Attu Supplies_
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Her nose opened up, this Navy LCT boat, which can just as easily
land tanks, guns and men for invasion in the same manner, brings
supplies to the American base on Attu island. The base was started
while fighting against the Japs still raged.
RED CROSS NURSE
VISITING CHAPTER
Consultant For Eastern
North Carolina Study
ing Local Progress
Miss Jennie McMaster. Red
Cross nursing consultant for east
ern North Carolina, is a visitor
to Red Cross headquarters for two
days, and is studying progress of
the local chapter in the fields of
nurse recruiting, volunteer nurse
aids, and the home nursing pro
gram, Mrs. Ida B. Speiden. exec
utive secretary, said Tuesday.
Miss McMaster declared that
Wilmington is the recruitment cen
ter for 13 eastern counties, and
that recruiting must be stressed
more and more. She cited the
fact tAat the government’s quota
of 3,000 new nurses a month was
not met in May, and that the need
for trained nurses increases.
“Our fighting men are entitled
to the best in nursing care; citi
zens at home can care for one
another,’’ Miss McMaster com
mented. She said that 68 per cent
of the nurses recruited for war
service had come from institu
tions while only 21 per cent have
come from private duty; public
health has furnished six per cent;
miscellaneous sources, four per
cent and industry one per cent.
The Red Cross consultant held
out a picture of growing shortages
of medical workers, and pointed
out that every constructive step
possible should be taken to allevi
ate the problem.
Mrs. Laura Carroll is the chair
man of the nurse recruitment pro
gram of the Wilmington chapter
and Mrs. Dorothea Schwendman
is secretary.
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Brake linings of large bombing
planes must be renewed after only
six landings.
MONEY TO LOAN
ON ANYTHING OF VALUE
No Loan Too Large—None Too Small
Cape Fear Loan Office
LUGGAGE HEADQUARTERS
12 S. Front St. Dtal 2-1*58
Gorgeous New Cotton
DRESSES
Bargain Priced At
2f°rS5 .98
Reg. $4.98 and $5.98 each
Any two colors Any two styles
Any two sizes
NO MONEY DOWN
Ladies’ Bags.$1.98
Ladies’ Slips . $1.98
SPECIAL! MEN’S 5-PIECE
combination outfit
Men’s Slack Suit.S8.95
Men’s Shoes - — _
Men’s Undershirt - 59c ^ H H J A
Men’s Shorts . 59c All • •
Pr. Mens Socks.-39c lor
A Regular S17.47 value
CLARK!
Credit Clothiers
219 North Front St.
COMFORTABLE WAR
One of the nation’s allies in
the global conflict has been
known to criticize the United
States for seeking to wage “a
comfortable war.”
The New Hanover War Price
and Ration board has evidence
to support the critic-nation’s
claim.
Far in the majority the
board said Tuesday, are ap
plications for next fall’s sup
ply of fuel oil which say, in
effect, “We want more oil; we
did not have enough for com
fort last year.”
Ration board officials ex
tolled the thoughtful minority
who have applied for their
proportionate share. They
were sure that there will be
less and less comfort as the
war progresses.
PRAISEIS 1IVEN
CAMP DAVIS UNIT
Local Attorney Lauds Ap
pearance 01 430th
Battalion In City
CAMP DAVIS, July 6. — High
praise for the appearance of the
430th AAA Battalion, which parad
ed in uptown Wilmington last
Thursday morning, inaugurating
the war bond drive of the city’s
retail merchants, has been trans
mitted to Col. Adam E. Potts,
Camp Davis camp commander, in
a letter from Cyrus D. Hogue,
Wilmington attorney.
Mr. Hogue declared that his
communication was the result of
“spontaneous reaction from the
thrill which I, and others, got from
yesterday’s parade.”
Answering Mr. Hogue, Col. Potts
told of forwarding the letter of
praise to Lieut. Col. Julius Mer
candine, commander of the 430ili
now stationed at Fort Fisher, add
ing “this gratuitous praise makes
us all feel good.”
“V7e Americans are a sentimen
tal folk,” Mr. Hogue wrote the
Colonel, “and it is my profound
conviction that if the civilian pop
ulation can hear and see, even
semi-occasionally, a band and men
of such soldierly bearing, with
their grim war equipment, as were
on the streets of Wilmington yes
terday, it would be the most ef
fective method on earth of bring
ing us to the sober realization that
we are in a great and stern war.
“Would it, be possible, even
ROTARY INSTALLS
INCOMING HEADS
Address On Milk Situation
Features Program Of
Civic Chib
Installation of new officers and
an address by Elvie L. White,
proprietor of the White Ice Cream
and Milk company, featured the
luncheon meeting of the Rotary
club Tuesday.
Richard S. Rogers, vice-presi
dent of the Wilmington Savings
and Trust company, who assum
ed the club presidency, succeeding
W. Eugene Ed\v*rds, wholesale
dealer, explained that a new se
nes of “Know Wilmington” pro
grams will be carried out during
his administration. His pointed to
the challenging responsibility of
guiding the club in the ensuing
months.
“The Wilmington Rotary club
recognizes that we have a new
Wilmington, and that the new city
will exact larger vision from its
inhabitants. In dealing with post
war plans, it is necessary that we
have full knowledge of Wilming
ton today before we can study its
future possibilities,” Mr. Rogers
commented in announcing the new
series of informative discussions
to follow.
The president’s pin was award
ed by John Colucci to Mr. Ed
wards, who cited briefly club ac
tivities in the past year.
Mr. White drew for the Rotari
ans a graphic picture of the milk
situation in the city, explaining
that 10,000 gallons of milk are
consumed in the area daily, where
as pre-war consumption was 2,000
gallons. He stressed the serious
ness of the labor shortage, and
drclared that insufficient labor,
rather than an insufficient supply
of milk, was responsible for im
proper distribution.
The milk dealer described meth
ods of importing milk to supple
ment the area’s present inadequate
supply, and explained why it is
not advisable for this locale to
concentrate on the building up of a
dairy industry that will provide a
supply in excess of normal de
mands.
The new officers inducted Tues
day include:
Mr. Rogers, Allen C. Ewing,
vice-president; Charles B. New
comb, secretary-treasurer; Morti
mer Glover, sergeant-at-arms; as
sistant sergeant-at-arms, W. Eu
gene Edwards. Directors, Rich
ard S. Rogers, William B. Beery,
Henry A. Marks, W. Eugene Ed
wards, Allen C. Ewing, Howard A.
Penton, Paul A. Wilson, and Morti
mer Glover.
SELF-SEALING CLOTH
BRITISH DISCOVERY
MANCHESTER, England—*®—
Discovery of a method of water
proofing cloth without the use of
rubber or other materials was an
nounced here, and the self-seal
ing fabric now is being extensive
ly supplied to the government for
war purposes. It has not yet
reached the civilian market, but
a big future is predicted for it.
The method was evolved by Dr.
F. T. Price of the British Cotton
Industry Research Association’s
Shirley Institute. The self-sealing
cloth resulted from the realization
that if the fibre of cotton could
seal with moisture, it would block
up the interstices and make fabric
water-holding without waterproof
ing.
though we had no bond sales, at
well spaced intervals to have a
unit or units show to the civil
population the splendid results of
what goes on at Camp Davis?”
Col. Potts indicated in his reply
that Brig. Gen. James R. Town
send, commanding the Anti-Air
craft Artillery Training Center
‘ was quite receptive to your sug
gestion for periodic parades of
combat units with their equip
ment, both as a means of taking
the community into partnership as
well as for the men’s own mo
rale.”
Meat Survey Questionnaire
Name _
Address.Telephone
How many persons were you feeding two years ago?
How many now?_How much meat were you buying
two years ago? -
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How much are you able to buy now? -
What kinds of meat are you able to get now? ...
How often can you get it? -----
Are you a newcomer to Wilmington since 1940? _
Clip this questionnaire, fill it out, and mail it or bring it to the
GREATER WILMINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 312
North Front street.
Wilmington Youths
Damage Pender Jail
BURGAW, July 6.—Elwood and
Floyd Rivenbark, two 17-year-old
Wilmington youths who recently
escaped from the Pender county
jail 'at Burgaw by assaulting
Sheriff J. T. Brown, have been
moved to the Duplin county jail
at Kenansville, the sheriff said
Tuesday.
He said the two youths, recap
tured after an intensive manhunt,
had torn up the plumbing in their
cell and damaged it so badly that
it was necessary to move them.
The two Rivenbarks are sched
uled to go on trial in Pender
superior court this month on
charge* of stealing several hun
dred dollars from a Burgaw
woman, escape and assault on the
sheriff.
coca-colapIans
PUBLICITY DRIVE
Nationally Famous Bever
age Firm To Feature
Intensive Campaign
Bottlers of Coca-Cola are using
a total of 1,612 newspapers in 1,379
cities for a new advertising cam
paign launched this week, accord
ing to W. L. Sheffield, manager of
Wilmington Coca Cola Bottling
Works, Inc.
Mr. Sheffield emphasized the
universal coverage that is provid
ed by newspapers and stated that
more than 900 Coca-Cola bottling
plants throughout the country are
represented in this nation-wide use
of this medium of advertising.
“The part played by Coca-Cola
in the daily life of American sol
diers and sailors around the world
and the fact that ‘Coke’ is the
recognized abbreviation only for
Coca-Cola, form the theme of this
new program,’’ said Mr. Sheffield.
“Our aimed forces have found
Coca-Cola being bottled at many
points tnroughout the Allied na
tions. They look upon ‘Coke’ as
one of those little things that re
mind them of home.”
In pointing out that the new ad
vertising features “Coke”, the
friendly abbreviation of Coca-Cola,
Mr. Sheffield recalled the famous
decision written by the late Jus
tice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the
United States Supreme Court, to
the effect that “Coke” means
Coca-Cola.
Following the introduction of the
campaign in the nation’s press,
the theme will be featured in mag
azines, radio scripts, posters and
other media in an extensive ad
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to Headache^
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ery of exhaustion. At the first sign
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nerve6 upset by the pain. It is
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ready to act—all ready toVw
bring comfort. Use only as di- \ \
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ORIENT LODGE
NO. 395
A. F. & A. M.
Special communication will be
held this Wednesday evening
July 7th at 8 o’clock, for the
purpose of conferring the de
gree of Entered Apprentice.
Visitors welcome.
By order of the Master.
W. H. McLAIN, Secretary.
• Out where our soldiers are at
tacked by mosquitoes that “zoom
like Zeros” and flies that “buz*
like bullets”—the Army uses
thousands of gallons of FLIT and
our other insecticides.
So you can imagine how deadly
FLIT will be when you “shoot” it
on common household pests! It
slays ’em as you spray ’em!
FLIT has the AA Rating, the
highest established for household
insecticides by the U. S. Bureau
of Standards.
Buy a bottle of this
super-slayer—today!
FLIT
fepr. IMS
■toco I&corpoiuUS
NEW NEWSPRINT
CUT IS ORDERED
WPB Decrees That Drop
Will Approach 5 Per
Cent For Big Papers
WASHINGTON, July 6.—W—
The War Production Board order
ed new cuts today in newsprint
use for the present quarter, rang
ing up to five per cent for biggei
newspapers, and warned that it
would take compliance action
against any publisher failing to
abide by the new quota.
“The necessity for economy in
the use of print paper becomes
more pressing with each passing
week,” said H. M. Bitner, director
of WPB’s printing and publishing
division. The new cut, he said,
follows the pattern recommended
June 17 by the Newspaper Indus
try Advisory Committee.
Any requests for additional sup
plies of paper to relieve hardship
on a publisher must be filed by
July 15, Bitner said.
“Any usage of paper over the
quota, until an exception is grant
ed, will be at the applicant’s
risk,” he added.
PROBE IS DEMANDED
WASHINGTON, July 6.—(.?)—A
Congressional investigation into
the Western Hemisphere activities
of “Falange,” an organization
which he said is carrying on “Hit
ler’s work,” was demanded on the
House floor today by. Rep, Coffee
(D-Wash).
EIGHTH ARMY MOVE
BERN. Switzerland. July
—A Sofia dispatch quoting ...
Giomale d'ltalia said today a ,,re
portion of the British F,
Army now was concentrated
Iraq, Iran and Syria, and d 2
that Gen. Sir Bernard L v ..
gomery, it's head, was V
to be in Baghdad.
THE SUN NEVER SETS ON
AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCES
In order that they can do their best, a steady stream
of supplies must be sent them. What are you send
ing by buying War Bonds now? Get yours at the
Carolina.
NEED a LOAN? SEE US!
TWO
THE / MILLION DOLLAR
Carolina Buildinu & Loan Assn.
“Member Federal Home Loan Bank’’
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Pres. Sec.-Treas. Asst. Sec Treat
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ROCK WOOL INSULATION
• SAVES FUEL—REDUCES SUMMER HEAT
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Hanover Iron Works Dial 2-3257
Announcing
Rapid Economical
Three Day Service
On Laundry
and Dry Cleaning
Due to the demands on local commercial
laundries it has become impossible to serve all
the people and give them a complete finished
bundle.
Therefore, in order to conserve and utilize
the labor available and at the same time take
care of the maximum number of customers, we
have increased our capacity to handle 1,000
additional bundles of Thrift - T - Service with
shirts finished.
/
This means that all wearing apparel is re
turned damp, ready for ironing.
Flat work finished and returned ready for
use.
Thrif-T Service 8c lb.
Shirts Finished 15c each additional
Take Your Savings And Buy
War Bonds And Stamps
We Keep Your Bundle Only 3 Days
Mon. Pickups Delivered Thurs.
Tues. Pickups Delivered Fri.
Wed. Pickups Delivered Sat.
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