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Choose Your Fall Suil Now! Clothes that command Respect— Tailored With Distinction! There is no. great er asset in busi ness than clothes that command respect, clothes o f impeccable quality. Wear one of our suits and you’ll know what we mean. Get the feel of fine fab r i c, masterful tailoring and ac curate fit and you will never change. Choose one of our new fall models for your new season wardrobe. EMERSON HATS For Fall Comes Fall — time to get a new "lid” to give impetus to your fall clothes . . . and you'll find no better selection from which to choose than right here! We’ve hats that fit every head—flatter every face. Dashing new styles—snap brims and hombergs blocked from superior quality felts. Well styled with modified tapering crowns and welt edge. In all the smart fall colors. $4-95 and $6.95 See the new Fall Patterns in JAYSON SHIRTS Freshen up your ward robe without delay, as the season changes, from our new display of fall Jayson shirts. All the new est patterns to choose from. Come in and see j them now. i 2.50 and 3.00 NEW TIES Get several to match your new fall outfit. Hun I dreds to delight your fsn =y. ^.^ 97c and $1.50 OFFICERS’ JAYSON ARMY SHIRTS All Wool Pinks and Greens. Also O. D. Shirts QC for officers and enlisted men. Reduced to v • j OFFICERS’ ALL WOOL JAYSON GABARDINE SHIRTS Form Fitting Pinks and Greens A AA Fined collars. ^>1U-UU | DIES IN ACTION II S-SGT. RICHARD G. DIXON EMORY ELECTED . COMMITTEE HEAD H. R. Emory, executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington, was elected chairman of the Veterans’ Service Committee of the Community Council of Social Agencies at the meeting of the group at noon yes terday in the Chamber of Com merce. Felix A. Scroggs, manager of the U. S. Employment service, was elected first vice chairman. Other officers elected were Walter J. Cartier, executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, sec ond vice chairman and George L. Stearns, executive secretary of the Community Chest, who was elected secretary of the committee. Emory outlined the scope of the committee at yesterday’s meet ing. He said that its purpose was to coordinate the actions of local agencies providing services to re turning servicemen. it was agreed Dy me commimee that a central information office should be established, and it was decided to authorize the chairman to appoint a sub - committee to study and present a plan by which to organize the office. This com mittee will make recommenda tions as to the location of the of fice, the size of the staff, and the methods of finance. Discussion took place on the various series the representatives were prepared to give. Further data on the services is to be com piled for reference. Other members present were Fred E. Little and Tom Keith, of draft boards one and two, respec tively; Lieut S. B. Frink, of the Captain of the Port’s Office of the U. S. Coast Guard; William Farm er, representing the American Legion; Mrs. J. C. Seymour, of the American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. Emma D. Howel, of the American Red Cross; Tom Hamil ton, George West, and George Willard, of the Board of Educa tion; Mrs. Esther Emerson Sweeney, of the U.S.O. Travelers Aid; A. C. Nichols, city manager: and J. R. Hollis of the Department of Public Welfare. __— Body Of Zeb Fisher Remains Unrecovered The body of Zeb V. Fisher, 29, of 320 Chestnut street, who was drowned in Masonboro inlet late Tuesday, has not been recovered, Wrightsville Beach police report ed last night. The tragedy occurred while Fish er was swimming with a party of friends. Claude H. McCall, whose address was given as the Y. M. C. A. in Wilmington, was reported to have rescued Miss Lila May Horne, also of 320 Chestnut street, and admin istered artificial respiration. Others in the party were Miss Bonnie Brawer, Miss E d e t h Thompson, Miss Doris Jones, and Mrs. C. V. Betchellor, all of 320 Chestnut street and Ray Warren, 307 Chestnut street. -V FLOATING. ROCKS Hawaii National Park has vol canic rocks which will float on water, others which can • be heat ed and held in the hand withou injury, and some which resemble human hair. _\r_ City Briefs BINGO PARTY * The American Legion auxili ary will sponsor a bingo party tonight at the Woodrow Wil son hut. The public is invited. BOARD TO MEET The board of directors of Itfce Chamber of Commerce Will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, September 14, at the Cape Fear Club. This is to be a dinner meeting. The time will be announced within the next few days. HOME CLUB MEET The Oak Hill Home Demon stration club will meet Fri day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Mrs. A. W. Rouse. APPREHENDED Virginia Knox, Negress, and Herman Tyson, Negro, who escaped last week from the county farm were apprehended yesterday - by sheriff’s depu ties and a member of the Po lice department, the Sheriff’s department announced. The two were caught at Nixon street and McRae’s alley. RICHARD G. DIXON KILLED IN ACTION S/Sgt. BSchard G. Dixon, who was previously reported missing, was killed in action on June 4, according to a War department message received by his mother, Mrs. Cecil M. Dixon. 302 Castle St. Sergeant Dixon, a graduate of New Hanover High school, class of 1938, was active in all athletics and was a member of the Boy’s Brigade club. Before entering the service on December 20, 1942, he was employed by the Coca-Cola Bottling company. He received basic training at Camp McCoy, Wis. Sergeant Dixon was attached to the 236'h Combat Engineers and received the rank of staff sergeant four months after entering the Army. He had been stationed over seas since November, 1943. He has two brothers in the serv ice, Aviation Cadet, Harold F. Dixon, stationed in California, and Pvt. Cecil Dixon, somewhere in France. He is also survived by his moth er, another brother, Johnnie Dixon; one sister, Mrs. W. T. Wal ker; and his grandmothers, Mrs. F.- F. Zellars and Mrs. Callie Dixon. -V Obituaries MRS. GLADYS McG. SNOW Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys Irene McGloughlin Snow, 41, who died Monday morning at her home, 405 Wrightsville avenue, were held in the chapel of Andrews mortuary yesterday morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev. J. Roy Clifford officiated. Burial took place in Hollywood cemetery, in Atlanta, Ga. Grave side services will be conducted by the Atlanta chapter of the Eastern Star, at 11 o’clock Friday morning. In addition to her husband, J^lrs. Snow is survived by one son, James D. Snow, Jr., U. S. Navy, Bainbridge, Md.; her mother, Mrs. L. McGloughlin, of Wilmington; three brothers, J. F. and W. M. McGloughlin, of Charlotte, and J. S. McGloughlin, of Miami, Fla. MRS. SABRAH SAUNDERS Funeral services for Mrs. Sabrah Saunders, who died late Tuesday afternoon, will be held at the res idence of her son, J. C. Saunders, 212 Mercer avenue, at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The services will be concluded at Livingston Chapel near Delco, with the Rev. E. Ul rich, pastor of Livingston Chapel, and the Rev. V. D. Combs, pastor of the Church of God, officiating. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. D. C. Gore of Wilming ton, and Mrs. W. M. Hufham, of Delco; four sons, W. E. Saunders, V. B. Saunders, J. C. Saunders and A. J. Saunders, all of Wilmington; one brother, Adell Saunders, Ma ple Hills; and one sister, Mrs. Et ta Autry of Beulahville. There are 24 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. CHARLES E. HATCH Charles Edward Hatch, of Maf fitt Village, died ea~ly yesterday morning at James Walker Mem orial hospital after a brief illness. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Virginia Hatch; two daughters, Helen, and Joan Hatch of Wil mington; his father, J. E. Hatch of Greensboro; and two sisters, Mrs. S. L. Schulken of Wilming ton, and Mrs. S. G. Moore of Columbia, S. C. Funeral services will be con ducted by the Rev. Walter B. Freed, at the chapel of Andrews mortuary at 5 p.m. today. Burial will , follow in Oakdale cemetery. Active pallbearers will be P. C. Davis, E. E. Edwards, H. W. Per menter, H. B. Wadsworth, Jr., L. H. Watters, Jr., and R. H. Harriss. MRS. MARY EMMA BUTLER COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 6—Fu neral services for Mrs. Mary Em ma Bennett Butler, 66, wife of J. P. Butler of Cayce, who died at her residence here at 8 o’clock this morning, will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at the State Street Baptist church in Cayce. The Rev. R. A. Thomp son will officiate. Internment will follow at Cres cent Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Butler was formerly from Wilmington, but had lived in Co lumbia for a number of years. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. S. O. Hoffman of Cayce, and one sister, Mrs. W. R. Love of Armour, N. C. -V FEAST WITH A PURPOSE The American Indian of the northwest guve potlatches, or huge feasts, to make a name for him self, to pay his debts, to outrank a marriage rival, or to announce that he felt near death, and so to divide his property. Victim Of War One of the sidelights of World j War Il is the manner in which the] children have endured terrible' hardships and came up smiling, their spirits unimpaired. A little boy Of Surbiano, Italy, puts on a winning grin as he holds the cru cifix given to him for safekeeping by his refugee parents. (Int.) j Japs Fail To Give Data On Prisoners CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 6. —(i9P)—Japan has failed to send in formation about 2,877 Australian soldiers still in Japanese hands, Army Minister Francis E. Forde said today. Japan, through Geneva, by cap ture cards and by radio, has ac counted for 20,042 Australians. The j others are officially listed as miss ing. MANY VETERANS PLACED IN JOBS - j Of the 229 World War II veterans | calling on the United States Em-1 ployment Service here during the month of August, 200 were referred to jobs and 175 were placed, Felix1 A. Scroggs, manager of the local] U. S. Employment Service office, ^ announced yesterday. ; Seventy - one veterans of World War I came into the office during the month, with 47 being referred to jobs, of which number 31 were placed. There were 7.097 personal calls to the office and 2,555 people were placed in jobs. Of this number 1, 952 were referred on priority or ders. The remaining 603 went to non - priority and 'less essential jobs. There are 3,251 priority j o b openings in the office now. German war prisoners were placed in 129 non - gricultural jobs. The figures include the activities of the outpost office in Whiteville, which was onened the first of Au gust. This office has handled 1,479 calls, placed 554 people in jobs, and at present has 1,143 pr'ority openings. Discharged servicemen are not subject to stabilzation or priority regulation during their first 60 days of employment. During this period they have the privilege of changing from one job to another without having to procure a re lease. -V_-■ TURNS OVER FUNDS RALEIGH, Sept. 6—(A5)—Monroe Redden of Hendersonville, retir ing chairman of the state Demo cratic executive committee, has turned over $10,720.25 in party funds to his successor, William B. Umstead of Durham. "One thing he wiH admit-Marlin Blades are better than theirs!" I mmmmm—mmm—mmmmamammmm—m—mmtm—mmmmi** Iruptured?! 1 THE NEW DOBBS TRUSS IS f 1 BULBLESS—BELTLESS—STRAPLESS 1 « It holds like the hand. It can be worn while bathing. It does H 1 not strut the rupture. It holds with a concave pad. Reason H HH should teach you not to place a bulb or ball in opening of rupture, thus keeping the muscles spread apart. ■ F. A. Vines, Truss Technician, Dobbs Truss Co., H ■ Birmingham, Ala., Will Be At The Cape Fear Hotel, ■ 3„’ Wilmington, N. C., Friday, September 8th, 9 a. m. L. ■ JJ to 9 p. m. and Saturday, September 9th, 9 a. m. to ■ 1 5 p. m„ Single $12.00, Double $17.00. || Lumberjack plaids have come out of the woods right out on the campus. If you'r? mad about plaid, you’ll find we have them to your heart’s content. Plaid skirts . . . and plaid shirts. Plaid vest and slacks . . . and jumpers and jackets. • And plenty of plaids in dresses . . . for on and off campus! For CLASSES: Coals and Dresses Sport Jackets Skirls Sweaters Raincoats Lesther Jackets Jumpers Blouses Undies Nighties In Juniors and Regular Sizes Too. Reasonably Priced! V M 214 North Front St.