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Army And Navy Battle Today In Game Of The Year!
SPORTS TRAIL
Bv WHITNEY MARTIN
VFW ynRK Dec. l.—UP)—We’d like to have 9-29 ears
for a few minutes tomorrow afternoon if that added wing
wead would enable us to catch the pre-game pep talks m
the locker rooms of the Army and Navy teams. .
Probably we’d be disappointed, though, as this is one
game before which the players need a pep talk about as
as they need four thumbs, and all the gabbing m the
, t _r»Pi onOP thf* Situa-^ ———————
tion one bit. The boys already are
saturated with spirit and incentive
and at the moment the bigges
thing in their lives is winning tha1
ball game.
It is a mistake to say that one
team has more incentive than the
other; that Army is more deter
mined because of a five - year
victory drought or that Navy is
needled more because of resent
ment at being made the underdog.
The boys of both teams want to
win this one equally badly, and
they know they are up against op
position that will test them to the
limit.
We've always been a little skep
tical of those “win this one for
dear old Butch’’ stories that come
to light years after a game and
of the cute tricks the coaches are
reported to have employed to get
their boys geared up.
Once the kids get out on that
field and are breathing in the
face of a hulking lineman or have
. their ribs playing xylophone solos
as a result of rousing tackles or
blocks they’re too busy to think of
dear old Butch or the fact the
coach had just read a wire from a
famous old grad of ’07 who knows
the team won’t let old Ab Normal
down.
There are occasions, naturally,
when a few well - chosen words
before a game might be needed.
This is particularly true when the
boys have been reading how good
they are and that they can take the
day’s opponent, which hasn’t won
a game since Old Main burned
down, without exerting themselves
unduly.
But we don’t think it would make
a particle of difference in how the
game will be played ti^norrow if
Gen. Eisenhower and Admiral Hal
sey should walk into the Army and
Navy dressing rooms, respective
ly, before the contest and tell the
boys to do their best for the honor
of their respective branches of serv
ice.
Those boys are going out there
and do their gol-durned best if no
body comes around to see them be
fore the game but the locker room
attendant. They know what is at
stake, and what they are facing
and must do to win. That’s all that’s
necessary.
We have an idea both Comdr.
Oscar Hagberg and Col. Earl Blaik,
the respective coaches, will just
quietly amble around, talking cas
ually to the boys and giving last
minute instructions, and that when
the knock finally is heard at the
door, they'll just say:
“All right, boys. Time to go.”
Notre Dame-Great Lakes
Runner Up To Big Game
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—<-?)—Army
and Navy dominate the football pro
gram on the last Saturday of the
1944 season but a few scattered
games, mostly in the South, form a
backdrop for the clash of the No.
1 and No. 2 elevens in Baltimore.
..While the unbeaten - untied ca
dets are attempting to clinch the
mythical National title, secondary
billing probably belongs to the
Notre Dame-Great Lakes battle
aft South Bend, Ind.
i The Irish, beaten only by Army
and Navy, and the Sailors, stopped
only by Ohio State's powerhouse
dnd tied by Illinois, won’t attract
as much attention as they did in
1943 when Great Lakes turned in
the big upset of the campaign with
a 19-14 victory. However, the South
Bend clash may cause a mild shuf
fling of the national ratings as
Notre Dame ranks ninth and the
Sailors twenlfth.
Only other members of the 10 in
the weekly Associated Press ratings
to see action is Bainbridge. Navy,
the No. 4 club, will be after its
17th straight win against the Max
well Fild (Ala.) Marauders Sun
day, the same day the Third Air
Force Gremlins meet the Ft. Pierce
Fla., Navy amphibs.
NAZIS EVACUATING
PART OF BUDAPEST
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Vest of Budapest as Marshal Feo
dore I. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukraine
*Vrmy troops veered toward the
Capital and toward the Austrian
^frontier.
The Germans said the Russians
had reached Szekszard, a road
junction 77 miles south of Buda
pest, and Moscow announced the
capture of Magocs and other points
*16 miles southwest of the capital
ind 38 miles from Lake Balaton,
j The Soviet bulletin said the Rus
sians and Yugoslav troops which
forced the Danube In southern
Hungary and northern Yugoslavia
Had captured 5,150 Germans and
Hungarians up to November 30.
Strategic gains also were report
ed in Czechoslovakia where 3,000
prisoners were taken.
O’Brien Defeats Lee;
j Beaver, Middlekauff
Win Tag Team Match
. *•
s Jack O'Brien defeated Daffy Don
flee last night in the Thalian Hall
#reana in one of the toughest
|craps before local mat fans.
« Both wrestlers went into the ring
fin a winner-take-all basis with no
disqualifications, and O’Brien forc
ed the Daffy Don out of business in
ftie second two falls, after losing
the first fall in 20 minutes, because
Of Lee's Indian leg lock.
*•* Chief Little Beaver and Wild Bill
Middlekauff won the tag team
Bout, defeating Johnny Long and
Jack De Vault.
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City Briefs
A. S. GRIST IMPROVING
A. S. Grist, president of the
Rotary club and manager of
the Bailey theater here, is re
ported to be improving at Duke
hospital, at Durham, where he
has been a patient since No
vember 21.
LIBRARY SEEKS MAGAZINES
The Wilmington public libra
ry would apprecia'.c the dona
tion of a March, 1944, edition of
House Beautiful, a May 1944,
edition of Good Housekeeping.
NAVY RADIO MEN WANTED
Volunteers for radio techni
cal training, a §5,000 Naval
course In radar, can apply at
the local Navy recruiting sta
tion, located in the postoffice
building, where they will be
given the Eddy test to deter
mine their qualifications, it
was announced yesterday by
Yeoman John Eckerle, local
Navy recruiter.
TRANSFER TAGS
Inspector MacNeil of the De
partment of Motor Vehicles
will be at the Carolina Motor
club every Friday to arrange
for transfer tags and to sell
1945 service and for hire state
license tags.
LADIES’ NIGHT
The annual ladies’ night of
the Civitan club will be held at
7:30 o’clock tonight at the Blue
Top lodge on U. S. Highway 17
north of Wilmington, it was an
nounced last night by Ray
mond Crow, chairman of the
publicity committee. All mem
bers and their wives are ex
pected to attend.
Paul B. Ganey of Raleigh,
formerly of Leland, announced
last night that he was not the
Paul H. Ganey arrested this
week in connection with the
theft of OPA ration coupons
from Central Prison.
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labor grout to meet
RALEIGH, Dec. l.—CP)—Mem
bers of the committee on unem
ployment compensation disqualifi
cations of the Interstate Confer
ence of Employment Security
Agencies opened a three-day meet
ing here today to draft its final re
port concerning benefit payments
and proposed changes in all of the
48 states.
GIVE “KEM”
plastic playing bridge
CARDS
FOR CHRISTMAS
PR KARRS
209 Market St. Dlai Z-nZi
285 COMPLAINTS
METJYSHERIFF
A total of 285 calls were received
by the sheriff’s office during the
month of November, a decrease of
143 call from the 428 received dur
ing October, but 206 arrests were
made in November, compared with
or.ly 178 in October.
Fifty-seven arrests for speeding
led the list, followed by 22 for
drunkenness. There were 21 ar
rests for driving drunk, 15 for traf
fic violation, nine for reckless op
eration, and two for hit and run
driving.
There were six for simple as
sault, seven for assault on female,
nine for assault with deadly weapon
and one for assault on a minor.
Two arrests were made for af
fray, three for abandonment and
ron - support, two for auto thefts,
one for burglary, seven for larceny
and receiving, two for housebreak
ing, and one for highway robbery.
One arrest was made for man
slaughter, two for carrying con
cealed weapon one for forgery,
three for damage to property, four
for disorderly conduct and three
for vagrancy.
WEATHER
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hour*
ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday.
Temperature
1:30 am, 37; 7:30 am, 31t 1:30 pm, 48;
7:30 pm, 41. ...
Maximum 50; Minimum 30; Mean 40,
Normal 52.
Humidity
1:30 am, 53; 7:30 am, 78; 1:30 pm, 31.
7:30 pm, 50.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hotira eliding 7:30 pm,
0.00 Inches. . ..
To‘«l since the first of the rmn.lv
2.03 Inches.
Tides r»r Today
(From tha Tlda Tables publ shed by
U. 8. Coast an Geodetic Survey^ L#w
Wilmington - JjJJJ
Masonboro Inlet - 3:34$
Sunrise, 7:00 a.m.; Sunset 5:03 p.nw
Moonrise, 7:42 p.m.; Moonset, 9.26
NAZIS MAY END
WARFARE RULEi.
(Continued from Page One)
of the international rules for wa:
are that prisoners of war must bi
humanely treated and that armie
must not employ poison gas; mus
not kill an enemy who has sur
rendered; must not make impro
per use of the flag of truce; am
must not pillage.
Following le Clerc’s proclama
tion. Supreme Allied Headquarter
in Paris announced that the A1
lied Expeditionary Force is oper
ating in conformity with the Gene
va Convention of 1929. particular
ly as it respects prohibition of re
prisals against prisoners of war
The German statement, as quot
ed in the broadcat. said:
• "According to an American mes
sage dateline Strasbourg, Novem
ber 30, Gen. le Clefc has orderet
bills to be posted over Strasbourj
announcing that for every Frencl
soldier killed by a franc tireur
five German hostages would b<
executed.
"These hostages, if necessary
would be taken from the ranks o:
German soldiers 'taken prisoner o:
war by Gen. le Clerc’s division,
“The German Headquarters has
now issued this declaration:
“ ‘Many hundreds of thousands
of French prisoners of war and
other persons of French nationali
ty are in Germany at present. I)
Gen. le Clerc and his command
er. Gen. de Gaulle, mean to in
troduce a system of reprisals in
defiance of international law, and
make German nationals and Ger
man prisoners of war its victims,
then these tw8 generals should
know that the matter will not rest
there, but that Germany will re
sort to the most energetic counter
reprisals and that the victims of
these counter-reprisals will be the
Frenchmen in Germany.” —
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U. S. steel output totaled 325
million tons in the past four years,
double the rest of the world’s pro
duction in any two years before
the war began.
War Bond Buyers, Vets
And Notables In Crowd
Cadets Arrive In Baltimore
For Final Workout
Before Game
By FRITZ HOWELL
BALTIMORE, Dec. 1.—(fP)
—The gridiron game of the
year—tomorrow’s 45th meet
ing of Army and Navy —
loomed today as a colorful
conglomeration of punts, pas
ses, pomp and pageantry.
Unbeaten point - a - minute
Army, which makes its final
bid for the national laurels in
municipal stadium, arrived
today for a short workout on
the newly-sodded field, and
the football fever which has
gripped the town for more
than a week hit a new high.
Navy arrives tomorrow, just be
fore the 2 p. m. kickoff, hoping
to run its victory string over the
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is slated to be the most disting
uished crowd in the game’s illus
trious history.
Sandwiched in the throng of 70,
000 will be some 25,000 War Bond
buyers, at least three members
of President Roosevelt’s cabinet,
a host of high-ranking Army and
Navy officials, and a group of
GI Joes, sailors and Coast Guards
men who lost arms or legs in the
combot zones of World War II.
The war-wounded men will be
guests of the Naval and Military
Academies, and will come from
service hospitals in the Eastern
area. Also on hand will be the
full regiment of blue-bedecked
Middies and the gray-garbed Cadet
corps.
The Army squad of 34, coached
by Col. Earl (Red) Blaik, retired
to Gilman country school in sub
urban Baltimore for the night af
ter running through a short warm
up session at the stadium, where
an Army team hasn’t appeared
since 1924 when Capt. Ed Garbisch
kicked four field goals to beat
Navy 12 to 0.
The game, despite the 14-point
edge conceded Army by the bet
ting boys, was expected to be a
tough, rugged scrap. Navy’s
stone wall line has forced three
opponents into the minus-yardage
division this year, and the Army’s
fleet backs were slated for trou
ble against that first line of de
ARMY MIGHT PLAY
LATE GRID GAMES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1— (ffl —
Things look rather favorable for
Army football teams to receive
permission to play post-season
games, the War Department said
today.
The "proposition is still in the
mill,” a spokesman said, and an
announcement is "about ready to
be made.”
Both the Navy and Army have
been flooded with requests for
additional games by such outstand
ing service teams as Army’s Ran
dolph Field in Texas, and Navy’s
Bainbridge. Md., training eleven.
While the Army has indicated all
along that it probably will grant
permission to play such games, the
Navy says its regulations prohi
biting further play will stand.
Navy’s position apparently pre
cludes a widely-sought meeting oi
Randolph Field ana »ainonage,
both undefeated, for the service
forces championship.
But a favorable decision by the
War Department would enable
Randolph Field, March Field in
California, Second A i r Force in
Colorado, Third Air Force in North
Carolina and other strong Army
teams to play post-season and
bowl games.
LES HORVATHWlNS
HE1SMAN TROPHY AS
BEST 1944 GRIPPER
NEW YORK, Dec. 1— W —Les
Horvath, quarterback who sparked
the Ohio State football team to an
unbeaten season, is the country’s
top collegiate player of 1944 in the
opinion of the newspapermen and
broadcasters who participated ir
the Heisman Trophy ballotting.
The Buckeye dental student will
receive the award at a banquel
in his honor at the Down town
Athletic Club Tuesday night.
Horvath, often called the paly
ing assistant coach of the Ohioans,
counted 72 points during the sea'
son as the team stormed to its
first unbeaten, untied campaign in
more than two decades. He em
gineered a touchdown drive in the
final minutes of the Michigan
game for the 18 to 14 triumph thal
meant the big ten title.
lense. r ..— ■ - ■ .
Pos. Name Home Age Ht. Wt. Yrs,
LE—Richard Pitzer, Connellsville, Pa. ._19 5-11 195 2
LT—Arch V. Arnold, Fort Lewis, Wash.22 6-3 195 3
LG—John F. Green, Shelbyville. Ky., .21 5-8 190 2
C—Robt. J. Stonge, Forest Hilte, N. Y...21 5-11 180 3
RG—Joseph J. Stanowicz, Hack?>ttstown, N. J. .-23 6-1 215 3
RT—Albert N. Nemetz, Prince George. Va._22 6-0 191 2
RE—Edumund.A. Rafalko, Stoughton, Mass._20 6-2 185 3
QB—Edward D. Kenna, Jackson, Miss._^.20 5-11 180 3
LH—Dale S. Hall, Parsons, Kan.. 20 5-11 185 3.
RH—John Max Minor, Tahoka, Tex. _22 5-10 180 5
FB—Felix Blanchard, Bishopville, S. C._20 6-0 205 1
NAVY
LE—Leon Bramlett, Jr„ Clarksdale, Miss. __19 6-1 182 2
LT—Don B. Whitmire, Decatur, Ala._22 5-11 215 2
LG—James H. Carrington, Riverside, Conn._20 6-1 190 1
C—Jack Martin, Toledo, O. _22 6-3 205 2
RG—Capt. Ben S. Chase, San Diego, Calif._20 6-1 195 3
RT—Gail H. Gilliam, Eastland, Tex. .20 5-11 198 3
RE—Ben S. Martin, Prospect Park, Pa._23 6-1 187 2
QB—H. Richard Duden, Jr., Englewood, N. J. ..19 6-2 195 2
LH—Robert T. Jenkins, Talladega, Ala._20 6-1 195 2
RH—William H. Barron, Lewisburg. Tenn._20 5-8 160 2
FB—Clyde L. Scott, Smackover, Ark. _19 5-10 175 1
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SNEAD AND NELSON
SHARE EVEN SCORE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.—W—
Playing through almost steady rain,
Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Va., and
Bvron Nelson, Toledo, O. co-favor
tes, turned in par 72 scores today
to share a six-way tie for the first
round of the 72-hole San Francisco
cpen golf tournament.
Whether the score would stand
as the lowest of the round was
problematical. Less than half the
field of 148 starters had completed
their round at the time.
Snead, winner of the Portland
Open last week, blew a chance to
hold the undisputed lead when he
chalked up bogies on the last two
holes. He missed a three - foot putt
on the 17th and an eight-footer on
the final hole, costing him a sub
par 70. The Virginian was scramb
ling during the round. Carding five
birdies and as many bogies.
navy (jets nod (Jn Army
According To Claassen
By HAROLD CLAASSEN
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Navy
will defeat Army in tomorrow’s
football game in Baltimore sta
dium.
Army is credited with the more
versatile backs, Navy the more ex
perienced line — a situation which
could provide for any kind of a
game and any kind of a score. But
the forecast that the Miadies will
win is based on the belief that Don
Whitmire, Navy’s 215 - pound left
tackle, will be the outstanding man
on the field.
Closing the season in a hurry
(record to date; 244 wins, 58 de
feats for .808)
Georgia Tech over Georgia: the
rivalry will be every bit as intense
as in the service clash with the En
gineers, Orange - Bowl bound, win
ning after a rugged battle.
Notre Dame over Great Lakes:
the final 10 seconds of last year’s
unexpected Irish defeat has been a
year-long nightmare at South Bend.
Oklahoma over Nebraska: The
Sooners clinched their second
straight big six crown.
Texas Christian over Southern
Methodist: the TCU revival to car
ry one for another game at least.
Tulane over Louisiana State: com
parative scores indicate the game
is a toss up.
Virginia over North Carolina:
Ed Duda and Jim Fahey make the
difference.
Bice over Southwestern: the Owls
to close a spotty season with a tri
umph.
Sunday’s games: Bainbridge over
Maxwell Field; Fort Pierce over
Third Air Force.
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Civil Service Bill Repeal Planned
(Continued from Page One)
the changes from the provisions
of the 1941 act.
The bills are being published at
this time, he said, “in order to
permit interested persons and
those affected to study them and
have an opportunity to express
their views.”
Following is the Civil Service
Commission bill:
Section 1. That there is hereby
created a Civil Service Commission
for the Fire and Police Depart
ments of the City of Wilmington,
North Carolina, to consist of three
members: who shall serve for a
period of two years from and after
the ratification of this act. At the
expiration of their two years serv
ice the governing body of the City
cf Wilmington shall name a mem
ber, the officers and employees of
the Police and Fire Departments
by ballot shall name a member,
ard the third member shall tye ap
pointed by the resident Judge oi
the Suptrior Court of the Eighth
Judicial District. Each membei
shall serve for a period of two
years after qualification. If there
is a vacancy during the first two
years after qualificaton. If there
is a vacancy during the first two
years alter me rsuiicauon oi tins
act, such vacancy shall be filled
by the governing body of the City
of Wilmington: if two vacancies oc
cur during said period the second
vacancy shall be filled by ballot oi
the officers and employees of the
aforesaid; and if three vacancies
i Police and Fire Departments as
occur during said period the third
vacancy shall be filled by appoint
ment by the resident Judge of the
Superior Court aforesaid. All mem
bers chosen or elected to said Com
mission shall bo residents of the
City of Wilmington and possess the
general qualifications now or here
after required of officers of the
municipality, and shall take an
oath Cor affirmation) of office.
Section 2. The Civil Service Com
mission shall have full charge oi
passing upon the qualifications and
certifying the eligibility of persons
to be appointed as members or em
ployees cf the Fire Department and
Police Department of the munici
pality. The said Civil Service Com
mission shall make all necessary
rules and regulations in said De
partments, as well as establish
rules and regulations for the con
duct of all such examinations and
, certifications. Such rules and reg
) ulations shall be prepared and
made available for public inspec
tion and to all persons seeking ex
aminations. All administrative and
• supervisory powers and authority
, not specifically in this act dele
' gated to said Commission shall be
’’ retained and exercised by the gov
t erning body of the City of Wilming
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Section 3. That all applicants foi
I positions in the Fire Department
and Police Department of said Citj
- shall be subjected to written ex
i amination by the Civil Service
. Commission, which shall be com
. petitive and free to all persons pos
. sessing the right of suffrage anc
. who shall meet the requirements
. prescribed by said Commission un
der the authority herein granted
. subject to reasonable limitations as
to residence, age, health and mo
ral character; said examinatior
’ shall be practical in character anc
i snail relate to matters tending fair
, ly to test the capacity and qualifi
[ cations of applicants to discharge
ihe duties of the positions in which
, they seek employment, and shall
include examinations as to physical
and mental qualifications and gen
. eral fitness. Nc such applicant
; shall be examined concerning po
litical and religious opinions or af
filiations. The Civil Service Com
mission shall establish proper rules
and regulations relating to moral
worth and character of all appli
cants for positions in each of said
Departments to the end that all
persons certified as eligible for em
ployment shall be persons of good
character who possess the neces
sary mental and physical qualifi
cations. The Civil Service Com
mission shall provide in its system
of grading applicants that all ap
plicants who have served continu
ously for three or more years in
the Fire or Police Departments of
any North Carolina city having a
population of twenty thousand or
more or those who have actively
served three or more years in any
branch of the military services of
the United States shall be allowed
or given a credit of five per centum
upon the mental and intelligence
examination, if such applicant or
applicants were honorably dis
charged from such former employ
ment or service; Provided, no per
son shall be appointed to the Fire
Department in said City who Is
under the age of twenty-one years
or whose age exceeds thirty-five
years; and no person shall be ap
pointed to the Police Department
who is under the age of twenty-one
years and whose age exceeds forty
years; except, in cases of former
employees of either of said Depart
ments who prior to the ratification
of this act served continuously for
three or more years and who had
good records in said Departments
and were not dismissed therefrom
for cause, the Commission may in
its discretion waive the aforesaid
age limits of said former em
ployees; provided further, that no
such former employee shall be re
employed in the Fire Department
who is over forty years of age or
in the Police Department who is
over forty-five years of age.
Section 4. That notice of the time
and place of every examination
shall be given by the Civil Service
Commission; and shall be given by
publication once a week for two
weeks immediately preceding such
examination in a newspaper circu
lated in the City of Wilmington,
and such notice shall be posted in
a conspicuous place on the bulletin
board of the City Hall for at least
two weeks preceding such exami
nation.
Section 5. Tnat said Commission
shall prepare and keep as a per
manent record a register of all per
sons successfully passing such ex
amination, which record shall ac
curately reflect all grades made by
such applicants. Appointments to
positions in the Folice and Fire De
partments shall be made from the
list of successful applicants as cer
tified by the Commissoin, except
as herinafter provided for tempo
rary service. Whenever any ap
pointment is to be made to either
of said Departments the Commis
sion shall certify from the regis
tered list of successful applicants
three names for each appointment
to be made, if an many as three
names are available for such ap
pointment. In the event less than
three names are certified for such
appointment the City Manager of
the City of Wilmington may in his
discretion fill the vacancy from the
number certified by the Commis
sion.
Section 6. The Chief of the Fire
Department and the Chief of the
Police Department shall be ap
pointed by the City Manager, such
appointments to be confirmed by
the Ctiy Council. All other offi
cers, and all promotions of offi
cers, in other ranks in each of said
Departments shall be appointed
and made by the City Manager
after having received and consid
ered reports and recommendations
for such appointments and promo
tions from the respective Chiefs of
said Departments. In making all
promotions due consideration shall
be given to fitness, qualifications
for such promotion, and seniority
Section 7. No officer or employee
of said Departments -shall partici
pate in or take any part in any
election, primary or political con
test whatsoever, except to exercise
the right of a citizen to vote. Any
employee if either of said Depart
ments who shah violate any pro
vision of this section shall be dis
missed from service. The mem
bers of the said Departments shall
not. make any donation or contri
bution to a political party, candi
date for office, or any faction or
political cause. «
Section 8. No officer or employee
of the Police Department and - or
the Fire Department of said City
who is in good standing at the
time of the passage of this act or
who shall thereafter be appointed
and become a member of either of
said Departments in the manner
and under the rules and regula
tions as herein provided, shall be
permanently demoted or discharg
ed except for cause, and upon
written complaint and after having
been given a reasonable opportuni
ty for a hearing in defense of
charge causing such permanent de
motion or discharge. Any employee
of either of said Departments who
is discharged therefrom shall upon
his application therefor have the
right to appeal to the City Council
within fifteen days from such dis
charge and the Council shall give
such employee a hearing upon re
ceipt of such application.
Section 9. The discipline of the
respective Departments s h a 11 be
under the control of the City Man
ager and the respective Chiefs of
said Departments; Provided, how
ever, that no suspension shall con
tinue for a period if more than
thirty days at any one time and
no fine shall be levied and collect
ed from any member of either of
said Departments in excess of one
month’s salary at any one time.
Section 10. That the Commission
shall meet as soon as practical aft
er the ratification of this act and
elect one of its members Chair
man, and elect a Secretary, from
their membership or otherwise as
the Commission deems proper. The
Secretary shall keep the minutes
of the proceedings of the Commis
sion and be custodian of all pa
pers and records of the Commis
sion, and shall keep a record of
all examinations, and he shall per
form such duties as the Commis
sion shall prescribe, for which the
Secretary shall be paid a compen
sation in such sum as may be fixed
and determined by the governing
body of the City, in an amount
net less than $200 nor more than
$400 per year. The members of
the Civil Service Commission other
than the Secretary shall serve with
out t>av.
Section 11. The governing body of
such municipality shall provide
suitable space foi said Civil Serv
ice Commission, and shall allow
reasonable use of the public build
ings for the holding of examina
tions and hearings. The municipal
ity shall pay the actual expenses
cf the said Civil Service Commis
sion required in the performance
of the duties herein set forth; Pro
vided, no such expenses shall be
incurred unless the same shall
have been approved in advance by
the governing tody of the city.
Section 12. That nothing herein
shall be construed to deprive the
governing body of the City of its
control over the finances of the
City and the fixing and determin
ing of the salaries of all officers
and employees of both Depart
ments, and the duties to be per
formed by such officers and em
ployees.
Section 13. That all members of
both Departments of said munici
tion of this act shall be continued
pality at the time of the ratifica
in such employment without being
required to take the examinations
for the positions held by them re
spectively at the time of the rati
fication of this act, subject, how
ever, to suspensions, demotions,
promotions, removal and discharge
as in this act provided.
Section 14. That any member of
the Police Department or the Fire
Department who may be drafted
and thereby called into the mili
tary service of the United States
shall retain during the time of such
service all rights of seniority and
shall, upon honorable discharge
from such service, upon applica
tion, be re-instated to his former
position, provided that his physical
and mental condition have not been
impaired.
Section 15. Tfit City Manager of
the City of Wilmington may em
ploy, without test, persons for
membership in either of the said
Departments in the absence of a
list of eligible applicants, but such
employment may not continue for
a period of more than sixty days
after the establishment and certifi
cation by the Civil Service Com
mission of a suitable list of eligible
applicants; unless such persons so
employed by the governing body of
the City are included in the list
certified by the Civil Service Com
mission.
Section 16. That all laws or claus
es of laws in conflict with the pro
visions of this act, including Chap
ter 223 of the Private Laws of 1941
in its entirety, be and the same are
hereby repealed, and the terms of
office of the members of the Civil
Service Commission established by
Chapter 223 of the Private Laws of
1941 shall cease upon the ratifica
tion of this act.
Section 17. That if a n y section,
clause or part of this act shall be
declared invalid or unconstitutional
the remainder of this act shall be
and remain in full force and effect.
Ratified this - day of _,
194-“.
Following is the bill amending
the charter relative to the salaries
of the mayor and members of the
council:
Section 1. That the Annual salary
of the Mayor of the City of Wil
mington shall be in the sum of
Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200)
and the same shall be payable in
equal monthly installments; that
the annual salary of each member
of the Council, other than the May
or, shall be in the sum of Seven
Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($720)
and the same shall be paid to each
member of the Council, other than
SHRINE BOWL SET
FOR HARD FIGHT
CHARLOTTE, I) e c 1
North Carolina’s sn'orT''"
against South Carolina’s backf!
bnlhants is the way t
annual high school Snr;re p !
football classic here shar,« 8
At ““ »
tice sessions of the r ■
dicate, but you nevei" c ^ ^ *
will happen when two te-“ *r’*:
capable, eager young *
together in a traditional d?
such as this. 1 ®Ssi?
South Carolina’s stars cn„v,
oy John VillipiguP of Ca'iuoeV'?:
be seeking the second vicC'r
their State since the series /,
der way in 1937. Although w
20-7 last season, the Palmetto ? ^
ers scored their first point t
four years. '5 111
North Carolina, with Joe p8rt.
of Rocky Mount a’ the he;./,
year, enters the contest withV',1’
ries record of four victories t
loss and two scoreless ties ’
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COUNTRY FERGUSON 1
DEFEATS HAMPILTON L
IN FOURTH fiOQM |
Country Ferguson chalked up a-. B
°the- victory here last night tig I
ing a T-K-0 decision over Early |
Hampilton in the fourth of a scr.ed.B
uled 10-round match. ■
Hampilton seemed to be having!
trouble with his right hand bull
launched several powerful upper!
cuts but Ferguson was away anil
gone before any damage could bd|
done. The coastguardsman in turrj|
hurt his opponent with smashing!
rights. X
In a five round exhibition, Bill
Johnson and Jame- J. Johnsorl
brought out most of the bruin!
tricks in the book. Biil. a pictur!
fighter, with no lost motions, set:ul
ed to hold an edge in the no-decisl
ion match. H
Buddy Best who yesterday wa!
greeted with news of the arrival
of his third son won a popular del
cision over Leroy Hooks in a spe|
cial event meeting. ■
In the evening's shortest fighl
Jimmy Swan, former Golden!
Gloves notable, kept his opponent!
Bill Haskell on the floor for abou!
a minute of the first round with a!
blow barrage. Haskell’i second!
stopped the match. !
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WFA Orders Chickens
Held For Servicemen
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-UB
The War Food Administration
today ordered virtually all chick'
ens produced and processed in a
large Eastern area set aside for
sale to the Army, effective Decor.'
ber 11. !
The WFA said black market op
erations created military short
ages. __
the Mayor, in equal monthly in
stallments.
Section 2. That the respective sal
aries provided for in Sec ion 1 here
of shall begin to accrue on thi
first day of February, 1945, a.,
the same shall thereafter become
payable and be paid monthly at-te
times other salaries are paw ™
City officials and department
heads. ...
Section 3. Thai all laws or pa-i
of laws in effect whicli conflict v-w
ths Act are hereby rePef,lc^
Section 4. This Act shall b >
force and effect from and afte. •
ratification.
Ratified this - day ot '
1945. __
\ everyoni
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