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COUNTY AWAITING NEW BOND QUOTA Plans Are Being Held Up Pending Notification Of County 3. G. Thornton, of the War Fin ance committee, said Tuesday thai preparations are being held up foi the Fourth War Bond Drive to be conducted in New Hanover county Jan. 18-Feb. 15, pending assign ment of this county’s quota. Usually plans are made here weeks before a bond campaign actually starts, in order to insure the solicitation machinery work ing at its best. Although the quota has not been assigned, Thornton added that “we will get to work on plans after January 1.” Local bond leaders expressed the opinion that during the Fourth War Bond Drive New Hanover citizens will be asked to subscribe about the same amount as during the Third drive, when this county had an assignment of $6,053,000, and a total of $6,994,848.50 was Invested in bonds. The national goal has been set at $14,000,000,000. Five and one half billion dollars of this amount is to be raised directly from in dividuals. The major emphasis throughout the entire period of the drive will be placed on the quota of $5,500, 000,000 for individuals, officials said. During the period from Jan ' uary 18 to February 1 only sales to individuals will be reported by the Treasury. The reporting of sales to individuals will be sup plemented, starting February 1, with reports of sales to other non banking investors, the quota for which is $8,500,000,000. This will not preclude the acceptance of subscriptions from other non-bank ing investors at any time during the drive. The securities to be sold under the direction of the War Finance committee will consist of: Series E savings bonds, Series F and G savings bonds, Series C savings notes, 2 1-2 per cent bonds of 1965-70, 2 1-4 per cent bonds of 1956-59, and 7-8 per cent certifi cate of indebtedness. _\7_ Tar Landing Church Building Now In Use TAR LANDING, Dec. 28.—The new Episcopal church building b<>re is now in regular use, following its completion. The Rev. Walter R. Noe, of Wilmington, executive secretary of the diocese, serves the parish, as he also does St. Ann’s new church at Jacksonville. Miss Jettie Odell is a parish as sistant. Capt. Harry Moore, a local lay man, gave the lot for the edifice. People of the community provided some of the money used for build ing and furnishing the church. The balance of the cost came from the laymen’s thank offering commit tee of the diocese, through W. G. Gaither, chairman and Robert Strange, treasurer: the Anne Shep ard Graham building fund: the fund raised by the late Mrs. T. S. Bender of Pollocksville: the American Church Building Fund Commission; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hawkes of Winton; Mrs. Henry Peschau. of Wilmington; Mrs. W. B. Gaither, of Hertford: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Noe: and offer ings at Camp Leach, Jacksonville and elsewhere. _ -misseii u 11 way Dellinger, son of Mrs. Ni na M. Dellinger of North Miami, Fla., and hus band of Mrs. R. C. Dellinger of Wilmington, has been promoted from the rank of second lieuten ant to that of Dellinger first lieutenant with the 13th Army Air Forces, Headquarters in the south Pacific theatre. Lieutenant Dellinger, pilot of a heavy bomber, has been overseas since September, 1943 and has ten bombing missions against Jap shore installations, airdromes and shipping in the Solomon Islands Area. He attended New Hanover High school and later began pilot training with the South West AAF Flying Training Command. He was commissioned as second lieu tenant in February, 1943. VISITING HERE PFC. Bill Skinner, who is station ed at Camp Atterbury, Ind., is spending a fifteen-day furlough with his wife, Mrs. Myra Breen Skinner, 107 South Seventh street, and his parents. OFFICER CANDIDATE James E. Ciemmons, husband of Mrs. Margaret Clemmons of 155 Pine Crest Parkway, has just en rolled as an officer candidate at the U. S. Maritime Service Offi cers school. Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn. He is taking an intensive course in engineering subjects which he expects will qualify him to take an examina tion in February for his merchant marine license as third assistant engineer. COMMISIONED Aviation Cadet William Andrew Spencer, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Spencer of 805 North Fifth street, was commissioned Decem ber 24 as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces after completing bombardier training at the Carls bad, New Mexico, Army Air Field. He is a former student of the University of North Carolina. ENROLLED IN CLASS Aviation Cadet Norman E. Da vis, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Nor man E. Davis, Sr., 1705 Ann street, is enrolled in the class of cadets currently taking basic flight in struction at the Independence Ar my Air Field. Kansas. After nine weeks there, he will move on to an advanced training school. -V W. A. WYLIE, U. S. OFFICIAL, DIES Funeral Services For Com missioner Will Be Held ! Thursday William A. Wylie, 50, of Audubon. United States Commissioner and clerk of Wilmington division of Federal court, died suddenly Mon day night in James Walker Me morial hospital. Mr. Wylie was commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars here, and second vice commander of American Legion. Wilmington Post No. 10. He was a deacon in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sadie McCallum Wylie: one daugh ter, Mrs. William Rullman of Long Branch, N. J.; and his mother, Mrs. J. K. Wylie of Wil mington. Funeral services will be con ducted at 11 a. m. Thursday from the chapel of Andrews mortuary by Dr. F. W. Lewis, acting pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church. Interment will follow in Oakdale cemetery. __ Davis Mess Officers Are Using ‘Leftovers’ CAMP DAVIS, Dec. 28.—Dress ing up left-overs to be as popular with the GI appetite as the day’s new rations is a challenge to mess sergeants and cooks now especially stressed during ‘Improved Use of Leftovers Week”, Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. instituted on this post by Maj. Joseph L. O’Brien, camp food su pervisor. The weekly drive is the second in a series planned by the Food Service Section, subsistence branch, Office of the Quartermas ter General. With the policy that the best way to handle the problem is not to have any left-overs, the weekly drive will emphasize as a overs is impossible, the weekly the amounts of food that will be consumed. Since absolute reduction of left first step the procuring of oMy drive follows up with pointers on proper preparation of food, com plete instructions to cooks on use of left-overs to prevent spoilage, and checks by mess sergeants on which waste food go into the gar bage can. Mess sergeants, here is your chance to overcome the headache of how to use left-overs by exer cising your own originality in mak ng your own receipts. MANY LOANS MADE AT LOCAL CAMP $4,000 In Loans In One Day Set New Record At Davis CAMP DAVIS.—Working steadily from 3 until 8, the Fort Fisher Office of the American Red Cross hit a new high with more than $4,000 in loans in one day accord ing to the monthly report just re leased by Alex C. Proven, Field Director here. 499 new cases, the highest in many months were opened by the local office during the month and a total of $11,970 in loans were made. In addition, 12 personal problems were handled by the force of three assistants and four women workers, one of whom is stationed at the Combat Team Area in Carolina Beach. 186 emergency telegrams were received and 204 transmitted from the local office during the month. According to Mr. Proven a re markably small percentage of re quests for emergency furloughs are rejected because almost invariably a genuine emergency does exist. One of the most frequent calls for assistance is for medical treat ment of wives and children of mil itary personnel, a number of such cases being cared for during the past month. Plans are now being made for more spacious quarters to be lo cated centrally. NEW BIRTH RECORD IS SET BY COUNTY Over 2,000 Babies Born In New Hanover So Far This Year With December’s figures still tc add. New Hanover county has al ready set a new record in number of births, Dr. A. H. Elliot, city county health officer revealed Tuesday. According to Board of Health statistics, 2,608 babies were borr in the county in the first 11 months of 1943—402 more than were re ported for the entire record year of 1942. Dr. Elliot further disclosed thal the number of deaths among babies of less than one year ol age has dropped appreciably, th« same being true of Children less than a month old. To date, there have been lit deaths among babies of less than a year, 79 of less than a month, and 78 stillbirths. Last year, there were 169 deaths of less than s year. 128 of less than a month, and 61 stillbirths. Deaths among persons of al ages totaled 793 thus far in 1943. a figure running almost parallel ot that of the previous year, wher 845 deaths occurred. The monthly birth average has been approximately 240. New Hanover's higher birth rate is said to follow the state-wide trend, as figures recently released by the State Board of Health es timated that on the basis of a ten months’ showing last year’s record would be exceeded. SCHOOLS PLANNED NEW RIVER, Dec. 28. — The Federal Works Agency is plan ning to build two new elementary schools in Onslow county for the children of military personnel and civilian workers at Camp Davis and Camp Lejeune. Both struc tures will be of cinder-block and frame construction. Plans were drawn by Allen J. Maxwell, Jr., Goldsboro architect. A Federal al lotment of $50,400 for the purpose has been approved. One school will consist of' a four-classroom building at Holly Ridge for white pupils, and the other will he a two classroom school for Negro pupils at Midway Park, a Federal hous ing community near Camp Le jeune. NewRatControlProgram | T o Start HereN ext W eek Barring unforeseen interfer ences, the rat control program should get under way here next week, Dr. A. H. Elliot, city-county health officer declared Tuesday. Dr. Elliot’s prediction that work would start is based on a com munication from E. L. Hinton, sanitary engineer for typhus con trol with the State Board of Health, in which it was mentioned that typhus control experts would be dispatched to the city, probably around January 6. According to Mr. Hinton, As sistant Engineer William C. Turn age, and Sanitarian Joseph W. Hunt of the United States Public Health Service will come to Wil mington to initiate the program. It is expected that the staff will be augmented by local workers. “Our truck is fully equipped with tools and is ready to proceed to Wilmington,’’ Hinton added. The control measures will be conducted under the supervision of the United States Public Health Service. They will involve the en tire business district of the city, and will aim to rid the uptown area of typhus-bearing rats. Dr. Elliot said Tuesday that the control project was timely, in view of the fact that wartime con ditions have heightened the spread of disease. Typhus is said to be raging at the present time in Italy and other foreign countries. The program will ultimately be financed by owners of the build ings in the business district which are affected. For the present, however, the city and county are putting up the funds necessary to get the rat-ridding plan started. -V Pork production in la43 was about 25 per cent larger than in 1942. Men, Women! Old or Young! Need Pep? Want New Vim and Vitality? Thousands of 30, 40, 60, 60 feel weak, worn-out; exhausted, rundown, old; lacking In pep, vim, vi tality; solely because body Is deficient in iron. If that, s your trouble try Ostrex Tonic Tablets. See why thousands of Iron-poor men, women are amazed to feel peppier, years younger, with new vitality. Supplies real medicinal doses of Iron, 23 TIMES minimum daily nutritional requirement! Also vita min Bi, TWICE minimum daily nutritional re quirement; plus minimum supplement calcium. Good newal 36c. Introductory size Ostrex only 29cl At all drug stores everywnere—in Wil imington, at Saunders.1 I SPEEDOMETER 1 SERVICE 1 Repairs on all popular makes | Attention Bed Men Annual Meeting Dec. 30th 8 P. M. Be sure to attend. J. S. Canfield, Sachem. NOTICE In observing the holidays, our freight stations in Wilmington will be closed Saturday, Janu ary 1, 1944. With best wishes for a joyous holiday season and prosperous New Year with SAFETY FIRST. A. J. MOORE. Jr., General Agent, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. B. S. WHALEY, Agent, Sea board Air Line Railway. NOTICE! All Home Service Stores will remain open all day today, Dec. 29, and will be closed all day New Year's Day. WILMINGTON RETAIL GROCERS’ ASSOCIATION No. 1 of A Series Recalling the Battle Cries of Famous American Heroes Jet%//eu# ¥cuZi6 Rail splitter, storekeeper, lawyer, orator, President... and above all, a man of strong moral fiber. For Abra ham Lincoln RIGHT, not MIGHT, de cided every issue. In these troubled times dictators rely on might to impose their chains on free men. Now, as in those dark days of 1860, we need the calm faith of Lin coln, and . .. “in that faith, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” HAVE FAITH — WORK FOR VIC TORY : BUY U. S. WAR BONDS EV ERY PAY DAY. MAKE EVERY WEEK SAVINGS WEEK. PEOPLES BUILDING & LOAN -ASSOCIATIOH 112 Princess St. Offices: Foster-Hill Realty Co. Established 1906 *■' " I. 1 1 ■ * r GIFT SHOP AT CHRISTMAS Gibson's Haberdashery North Front Street SEE DR. KAMER :• AND SEE BETTER g ;•* Eyes Examined g Glasses Fitted jjjj DR. W. A. KAMER | 6 Bullock Bolldtn* MONEY TO LOAN ON ANYTHING OF VALU* •Jo Loan Too Lar*o—Nono Too Small Cape Fear Loan Office luggage headquarters U S. Front 8t Dial !-lut Immediate Service on all Plumbing and Heating Problems Dial 7117 CUMBER-MOORE Co. Plumbing — Heating Oil Burners s 17 North Second st. ^—ammm^^m^mw^mHmm^Mwm^m^___ I THESE AHE TINES when you should think carefully before financing vour home. The plan you choose must be low in cost'and satisfactory. You are borrowing for years, not iim . day. The CAROLINA is equipped to serve “BUY WAR BONDS!” Three The / Million Dollar Carolina Building and Loan Assn “Member Federal Home Loan Bank” "* C. M. Butler, W. A. Fonvielle, W n r Pres. Sec.Treas. Asst. Roger Moore. V.-Pres. J. o. Carr, A tty. | ® Q“rr- {Jeweler j ►1 JEWELRY AND GIFTS OF DISTINCTION !• $ BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS ' J NOTICE 1943 City & County taxes are past due. Pay your personal property tax now, and save garnishment of wages starting Jan. 1st, 1944. C. R. MORSE, City & County Tax Collector. —RED STAR-NEWS CLASSIFIED ADSk Why Sutter wnn PSORIASIS Over 30 Days? Tonic and Salve $5.00 for Both We Pay Postage Sold on Monev-Back Guarantee Big Chief Medicine Co. 102 1-2 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, N. C. AT FIRST ^ 0^666 TABfcCTS. SAkVE. NOSE PROFS _ Especially this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Remember, there are no holidays for war —or the telephone. W. B. BRYAN, Manager SOUTHERI) BELLTELEPHOIIE ADD TELEGRAPH COAIPAlir INCORPORATE.