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LEGION ADVOCATES
YETS COMMISSION
Recommendations for the esta!>
lishment of a North Carolina Vet
erans commission, with headqua
ters in Raleigh and offices in each
county, have been passed bv ml
mington Post 10 of the American
Legion, and forwarded to New
Hanover representatives in the
legislature, Norwood S. Westbrook,
post commander, reported last
night. ,
The principle purpose of the
commission would be to aid dis
charged veterans and dapendents
in securing “all rights and bene
fits” due them under existing
laws.
The recommendations ask that
the Commission be composed of
five members to be appointed by
the governor, that they be honor
ably discharged veterans of either
World War 1. World War 2. or
both, and that both major political
parties in the state be represented
They also ask that the office in
Raleigh have a competent direc
tor and other jiersonnei whose sal
aries and expenses shall be paid
by the state and that the director
be responsible for carrying out the
instructions and orders of the com
mission, and for the supervision of
the work of the assistant directors
and county service officers
A recommendation that the
county officers be required to un
dergo a course of training so as to
qualify them to adequately take
care of the problems of the dis
charged veterans in their counties'
is also included.
A request that all laws and
clauses of laws in conflict with the
recommendations be repealed i»
included in the list.
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Best Child Knocked
Down By Auto Here
Richard Clyde Best, four-year
old son of Mrs. Mazie Best, ,906
Dock street, was knocked down by
an automobile operated by W. D.
Stokley, of Wrighlsville Beach, as
he stepped from the curb into the
path of the car on Dock street be
tween Ninth and Tenth streets
Saturday.
Stokley told police he did not run
over the child and that he took
him to James Walker Memorial
hospital where he was examined
and released after it was deter
m'ned that he was not injured. No
a "rest was made.
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5 GIFT SHOP
5 Mezzanine Floor
‘ B. GUM, Jeweler
*i 264 N. Front St.
SCOTTISH RITE
MASONIC BODIES
WILMINGTON, N. C.
The 30th Degree will be confer
red this WEDNESDAY evening,
November 22 beginning at 7:00
o’clock. All qualified brethren
are cordially invited to attend.
| Chas. B. Newcomb, Recorder.
City Briefs
RETURNS TO CAMP
Pvt. Frederick B. Sternbexg
er has returned to Camp Chaf
fee, Ark., after spending some
time at his home on Dock
street. Before entering the ar
mored division. Pvt. Sternberg
er was a student at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He
is the youngest son of the late
L!'ly B. and Julius Stembexg
er.
CARS DAMAGED
Mrs. T. O. Faircloth, of 2735
South Jefferson street, Sunset
Park, reported to police yes
terday that she was .driving a
Dodge coach north of Thir
teenth street, when she col
lided with a Ford sedan, trav
' eling east on Orange street
and Market, operated by R.
H. Lewis, 202 Castle street.
Both cars were slightly dam
aged. No arrests were made,
according to the report.
BIBLE CLASS TO MEET
The McClure Fellowship Bi
ble class will meet at the Y.
M. C. A. at 6:30 o’clock for a
fellowship supper. The mem
bers will study the Internation
al Sunday school lesson for
next Sunday with Dr. Freder*
ick W. Lewis.
COUNCIL MEETS
Cape Fear t’auncii No. 24,
Daughters of America, wil
have its regular meeting to
night at the Junior Order hall
at 8 o’clock. All members are
urged to attend.
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Negro Receives Burns
Purine Fire At Home
Bob Riggins, negro, of 821 Woos
ter street, suffered severe burns
on his face and hands, in a fire
lat his home at 9:53 p.m. yester
day. firemen reported last night.
Riggins lived with his wife, Char
| lotte. in the back bedroom of a
; house owned by Janie Smith. Ac
cording to Janie Smith. Riggins’
wife brought him home .in an auto
mobile in an intoxicated condition,
about 7 p.m, and couldn’t persuade
him to go into the house. She left
him, the negress reported, and he
later went into the house and wenl
to bed in the back bedroom, the
firemen added.
Fireman said that Riggins was
evidently smoking in bed and nc
serious damage was done.
The injured man was treated at
Community hospital
There are no railroads in Afg
hanistan: merchandise is trans
ported by camel or pony.
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Elected To Congress
It’s a smile of victory for Wil
liam J. Gallagher, 69, Democratic
farmer-labor candidate for con
gress from Minnesota’s third dis
trict. Discovery of a tabuh^ting er
ror in a vote recheck showed the
former street cleaner and railroad
worker defeated the incumbent
Republican Richard P. Gale.
Brunswick Man Sought
In Fatal Shooting Case
Edward Young, negro, of the
| Spring Hill section of Brunswick
county, was being sought last
night in connection with the fatal
shooting of Charles Godbolt, ne
gro of the same community, at
6:30 p. m. yesterday. 0. W. Perry,
Brunswick rural polfceman, re
ported last night.
Godbolt died in the Community
hospital last night at 9:45 o’clock.
Junior Young, brother of Ed
ward and said by an eyewitness
to have held Godbolt while Ed
ward fired the fatal shots, is be
ing held in jail at Southport with
out bond, on a charge of being an
accessory, Perry added.
With Perry at the time Young
was arrested were State Highway
Patrolmen Mitchell, Duncan and
Taylor.
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Dr. Clyde A. Erwin
- Speaks Here Tonight
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction,
will speak on the unwise use of
resources in the south and its
results on educational progress
in the past, present and future,
at a meeting of the New Hanover
county unit of the North Carolina
Education Association at the High
school auditorium at 8 o’clock
tonight.
A music prelude will be given
by Miss Elise Alles, music teach
er at the Lake Forest school, and
the invocation will be by the Rev.
Walter B. Freed, pastor of St.
Paul’s Lutheran church.
Greetings will be given by Jack
Q. LeGrand, New Hanover dele
gate to the House of Representa
tives, and Dr. Erwin will be in
troduced by H. M. Roland, super
intendent of schools here.
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SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—OP>
Ethel Barrymore, ill at her home
of influenza, continued to show im
provement today. Her physician
Dr. Louis Rene Kaufman, reiterat
ed his belief she would be able t<
resume tomorrow her role in the
cast of “Embezzled Heaven.’’
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Obituaries
CHARLES FORMY DUVAL
Charles C. Formy Duval, 65.
prominent farmer and life-long
resident of Acme, died yesterday
it 8 a. m. at his residence.
Surviving are six son, Wilbur
Formy Duval, and Rudolph Formy
Duval of Ame; Bradford Formy
Duval of Acme; Bradford Formy
my Duval, U. S. Army in France;
Marion Formy Duval, U. S. Army,
Philippines; Horace Formy Du
val of Fayetteville; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Edna 1 ee Cox and Mrs
Jeannette Long, both of Wilming
ton; Mrs. Alice E. Medlin, Acme;
and Mrs. Virginia Bu'lcck, Delco
and one sister, Mrs. W. H. Peter
son of New Bern.
Funeral services will be held
from the residence of his son. C
W. Formy Duval at Acme, tomor
row at 11 a. m., by the Rev. E
E. Ulrich, assisted by the Rev. K
S. Strickland.
Pallbearers will be J. W. Butler.
W. H. Blake, C. H. Brown. Hardin
Croom, Earl Rogers and Clay
Blake.
M. G. THOMPSON
SOUTHPORT, Nov. 12.—M. G
Thompson, 72, died in Dosher Me
morial hospital at 6:30 a. m. today
after a long illness.
He is survived by two daughters.
Miss Virginia Thompson, and Mrs
J. R. Swain of Southport; one sis
ter, Mrs. J. S.. Craig of Wilming
ton, and two brothers, R. N
Thompson of Wilmington and A. J.
Thompson of California.
Funeral services will be held on
Monday at 3:30 p. m. at Trinity
Methodist church, with the Rey. R
S. Harrison officiating. Burial will
follow in the Southport cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be from
the Masonic lodge and honorary
pallbearers from the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics
lodge.
MRS. BETTY LEWIS
WINNABOW, Nov. 12. — (A7 —
Mrs. Betty Lewis, 71, died at her
residence here at 1:30 a. m. today
after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband.
G. T. Lewis; one daughter, Mrs.
Harry Simmons and two sons,
Dewey and Romeo Lewis, all of
Winnabow; and three brothers.
Jesse Harrelson of Delco, Albert
Harrelson of Tabor City, and
Charles Harrelson of South Caroli
na.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 2 p. m. at Mill Creek
Baptist church, with the Rev. A. L.
Brown officiating.
Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
ARTHUR M. TURBYVILLE j
Arthur M. Turbyville, of Vir- :
ginia Beach, died Saturday night
at his home there after a long
illness.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Miss Willie Mae Medlin of
Northwest, in Brunswick county,
and two sons and one daughter,
of Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 3 p. m. from All Souls
church in Northwest, with the Rev.
Thomas P. Noe, of Wilmington, as
sisted by the Rev. Walter R. Noe,
of Wilmington, officiating.
Burial will be in the Medlin fam
ily cemetery at Northwest.
THOMAS H. NELSON
Funeral services for Thomas H.
Nelson, 70, of Wilmington, who
died November 11 at Greenville,
will be held today in Robersonville.
Burial will follow in Roberson
ville cemetery.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. N. A. Ainsworth and Mrs. J.
D Wells, both of Wilmington; two
sons, John T. and C. A. Nelson, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; one sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Roebuck, and two broth
ers, W. A. Nelson and J. E. Jen
kins.
W. L. JOHNSON
W. L. Johnson, of Blackstone,
Va., father of Mrs. George C.
Jackson, of Brookwood, died sud
denly Saturday.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow at 4 p. m. in Blackstone.
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BAPTIST CHURCH
NOTES BIRTHDAY
(Continued from page One
H. Caison, chairman of the deacon
board, presented a red rose to
each.
Preaching on the subject “The
Mission of the Church of Jesus
Christ,” the Rev. Mr. Walton point
ed out that the church has one
great foundation — Jesus Christ—
and its great resources are the
Holy Spirit. Through its redeemed
membership of Christians it is ful
filling a world-wide mission of “Go
ye therefore into all the world.”
At the close of the sermon, the
pastor gave an opportunity for
people to offer themselves for re
dedication and approximately 300
responded.
The Rev. Mr. Walton started his
seventh year with the church yes
terday.
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OVERSUBSCRIBED
OTTAWA, Nov. 12. — (JP)— Cana
da’s Seventh victory loan, on the
basis of preliminary returns, was
oversubscribed by more than $102,
956,000 at the close Saturday of a
three-week campaign for $1,300,
000,000, the largest amount ever
sought through public borrowing
in the nation’s history, war fin
ance committee officials announc
ed tonight.
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Except for the 16th century
when Transylvania was an inde
pendent principality, the country
has been an appendage of empire.
tiegro Is Charged With
Parse Snatching Here
Susie Gore, Negro, 420 North
^inth street, reported to police
yesterday that a Negro named Er
iest Davis, ahas Bore Cate, 32
snatched her pocketbook at a^J
a o’clock Saturday night at Fifth
,„d Red Cross streets. Later, po
lice reported, Officer N. J. Wolfe
arrested the alleged thief and
placed him in county jail on char
ges of robbery. Bond was set at
$1,000.
Value of the' pocketbook and
contents, including $3.50 in cash,
four $25 war bonds, four ration
books, and keys to the Bijou the
atre, where she worked, was esti
mated to be $108.50. According to
police reports it has not been re
covered.
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Art Exhibit To Close
AT U.S.O. Club Today
The art exhibit at the U.S.O.
club at Fifth and Orange streets
will close today, and a class in the
making of shell jewelry will be
gin tomorrow night.
Handicraft of North Carolina,
including a splendid exhibit of
pottery, is also on display.
The class in jewelry-making
will be the first of many handi
craft' classes the club is planning
to hold and will be open to ser
vicemen, servicewomen, their
families, and ladies of the com
munity. Mrs. Doris Donaldson
is the volunteer worker who will
give instructions.
GERMANS BELIEVED
EVACUATING METZ
(Continued from Page One)
involve 5.000,000 men will flare
up any hour in the west now.” It
asserted Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower had completed all prepara
tions.
The Nied river line was broken
at a number of other points north
west of Han and even closer to
Metz as the big push carried
across two of the rail lines feed
ing into Metz from the east.
No more than 11 miles separat
ed the Americans wheeling around
Metz on the southeast and other
forces pounding frontally four and
one-half miles north of the fort
ringed city as Lt. Gen. George S.
Patton’s winter offensive swung in
to its fifth day with ever-rising
momentum.
Tanks of the sixth armored divi
sion crossed the Nied river at
Sanry, 7 miles southeast of Metz,
served the vital railway to Saar
brucken there, and brought the
main highway to that Saar basin
city within artillery range. The
road is 4 1-2 miles north of Sanry.
The Germans threw in counter
attacks on both flanks of Pat
ton’s assault lines as more tanks
and infantry were sent across the
Nied river barrier over several
bridges reported captured intact.
INCREASE pressure
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE. Paris, Nov. 12. — (TP) —
U. S. Third Army tanks and in
fantry smashed forward two to
four miles along a 20-mile front
southeast of Metz today, increas
ing pressure on that German-held
fortress city despite rain and snow
which robbed the Americans of
all air support.
The greatest gains of the fifth
day of a two-way drive which
threatens to cut off the Metz de
fenders from the rear were made
by the 35th Infantry division,
which pounded ahead four miles,
clearing the Germans from the
Chateau-Salins forest and continu
ing more than a mile beyond into
the Chateau Brehain vicinity.
GUARANTEED
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We Teach Watches To Tell
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The Jewel Box
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IS OFTfW plWFUt
•
A timely trip to the
dentist will save
much misery. So
will a visit to this
agency before the
fire. We suggest
an insurance inven
tory—now.
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CREDIT MEETING
SET FOR FRIDAY
The Wilmington Production
Credit association will hold its
annual meeting of stockholders in
the office of the Home Demon
stration agent, Room 131, Custom
house, Friday,' November 17, at
11 o’clock, H. B. Rivenbark, sec
retary-treasurer, said yesterday.
This is the 11th anniversary
meeting of the association and
an interesting and instructive pro
gram has been arranged. John R.
Morris, president, will be in
charge.
A report of the financial status
of the association, as well as oth
er interesting facts concerning its
activities during the past year
will be presented by Mr. Riven
bark.
The Wilmington association,
which serves Brunswick, Pender,
and New Hanover counties, is a
cooperative credit assocication
owned and controlled by farm
er-members and makes short
term agricultural loans to finance
all types of farming.
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FIVE DIE IN FIRE
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov.
12.—W)—Five persons burned to
death here today when a fire
swept a two-story home. The dead
were Cecil Holcomb, 45, his wife,
Darlene, 37, and thr e children,
Joseph Goobeck, 16, James Goo
beck, 7, and Michael Goobeck, 6.
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Wilmington
Lodge No. 319,
A. F. & A. M.
A SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
of this Lodge will be holden
(THIS) MONDAY NOV. 13th al
8:00 P. M. for the purpose ol
conferring the DEGREE OF
FELLOWCRAFT.
All qualified Master Masons are
cordially invited.
By Order of the Master.
Louis V. Swann, P. M.,
Secretary.
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> Sign of a good housekeeperl I
£TlTRE, there’s a cobweb on that door.
^ In a moment it will be gone with a
flick of the duster. But right now, it’s
a sign of good housekeeping, for it shows
that an unused bedroom has been closed
off to save heat.
There’s going to be some shortage of
coal delivered to homes this winter. This
isn’t because less coal is being produced.
More coal is being mined this year than
last. Mine owners and miners alike are
doing a splendid job. And there are ample
, rail facilities for transporting coal.
But certain grades and sizes of coal
are needed for war production. And, in
addition, your local coal dealer is suffer
ing from a shortage of manpower, trucks
and tires. So be. patient with him and
make the coal you get go as far as possible.
Be sun your heating system is clean
and in good shape. Fire carefully. Pull
your shades and draw the drapes at
night. Close off unused bedrooms. For
other suggestions see your coal dealer.
One of the biggest jobs of the 1 &0
Lines is hauling coal from the mines
along its routes, so we’re in a position
to understand the problem and to hno^
how essential coal is these days.
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