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New York City To Erect
Memorial To Coast Guard
. NEW YORK, Dec. 18—A United
ftates Coast Guard memorial,
erected “in memory of the men
end women of the Coast Guard
Who have served their country in
World War II,” will be placed in
Battery Park, New York City, it
Was announced recently by Rear
Admiral Ed H. Smith, Third Naval
District Coast Guard' officer and
Captain of the Port of New York,
Rational chairman of the memorial
committee.
The statue, regarded as unusual
ill conception and execution, is be
ing erected at the request of both
the regulars and reserves of the
Coast Guard, including the wom
en’s reserve, and will be financed
through small donations by serv
ice personnel. The sculptor is
ghief Specialist Norman Thomas,
oast Guard combat artist and
Pulitzer prize award winner, and
file statue is adapted from an
original action drawing he made
CBi the beachhead at Luzon.
. The eight-foot bronze group,
Showing two Coast Guardsmen half
supporting, half dragging a
wounded soldier down the beach
toward medical aid, is believed to
be the first memorial of its kind
dedicated to World War II fight
ers. It will stand on a five-foot
granite base, and will bear th
inscription quoted above, datec
1941-1945.
The admiral pointed out tha
the location in New York has beei
selected as the nearest site avail
able to the spot, at Wall and Nas
sau streets, where Alexander Ham
ilton founded the Coast Guard ii
1790.
Chief Thomas, himself a veterai
of combat operations in both At
1 antic and Pacific areas, is a na
live of Portland, Me., and studies
at the National Academy of De
sign, New York, and'the Amen
can Academy in Rome, Italy. Hi
covered the now famous Green
land action, when Army-Navy
Coast Guard forces captured i
German weather station and pri
soners. The resulting painting!
were reproduced in Life magazim
under the tide, “Greenland a'
War.”
A later tour of duty took Thomas
aboard the attack transport Cal
laway, where he sketched the am
phibious assaults at Leyte, Luzon
and Iwo Jima, eye-witnessing therr
on the beachheads.
The memorial is expected to be
completed within a year and wil
be placed in Battery Park wher
alter itions to the noted island tif
site now under way have beer
completed.
ETHYLENE BLAMED
IN FATAL BLAST
A coroner’s investigation led by
Deputy Coroner, E. L. Strickland,
into the death of Durant V. Bald
win, Wilmington produce broker
and his Negro helper, Ernest Kelly
who were killed suddenly Sunday
in an explosion at the New Han
over Mutual Exchange warehouse
at Wrightsboro was concluded yes
terday afternoon.
The coroner’s office reported
that the men came to their death
as a result of the impact from the
explosion. Strickland stated that
no additional or detailed cause of
the blast had been found. ‘‘Wheth.
er one of the men lit a cigarette
and ignited ethylene gas used in
processing bananas at the plant,
or whether friction caused by elec
tric motors caused a flame is not
known, nor will be,” he said.
Cause of the tragedy was attri
buted to the formation of ethylene
gas in a closed freezer compart
ment, by C. David Jones, Sheriff
who had advanced a theory on the
case. The coroner’s findings cor
roborated Jones’ theory.
Baldwin and Kelly were be
lieved to have been operating com
pression equipment which sup
plied a special curing gas—ethy
lene—for bananas when the blast
CURRIE FARMERS
NOW KILLING HOGS
CURRIE, N. C., Dec. 17—1H°S
: killing is making its round m the
Kelly, Long View, Rowan, Nat
Moore, Thompson’s Cross Roads
and Colly sections as the old say
1 ing comes true that November and
December are the most favorable
months in the year for killing and
curing of home meat.
1 While the feed to some extent
has been a problem in the flooded
1 areas, however, some fine hogs
have been raised. Most of the
: farmers have been careful in feed
1 ing the hogs on the flood-damaged
corn by mixing a small amount
; at a time ‘ with commercial hog
1 rations. *'
In some cases all ^the hogs are
killed at one time,* while other
farmers butcher one at a time
and the trimmings are fully en
joyed while fresh. In small fam
ilies where there are large kill
ings some of the trimmings are
sold on local markets.
The Kelly and Frenches’ Creek
Home Demonstration clubs are
among the two most active clubs in
Bladen .county. Mrs. Lillie Hester.
Home Demonstrator for the coun
ty, put several steam pressure can
ners in the Kelly and Colly clubs.
With the canners in use many jars
of fresh meat have been saved.
Practicajly every pantry shelf is
well supplied in meat for the year.
It is estimated that the canning
of the surplus meat raised in the
flooded areas will amount to
hundreds of dollars saved. During
Shad season in the Cae Fear river,
some families canned enough fish
to last them until another shad
season opens.
After the hog killing in this sec
tion housewives will bs busy mak
ing lye soap from the waste trim
mings with plenty of box turpen
tine. Recipes from the Home Ex
tension Service have been used
successfully. After the soap is
made and set it is cut in small
cakes and spread o/t on boards
to dry and cure. Later it is wrap
ped in individual wrappers and
stored away in a large box for
future use. Many housewives have
already made the year’s supply
of this good home-made soap.
UNCLE SAM CLAMPS
DOWN ON SALES OF
SURPLUS ALUMINUM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— (IP) —
The government today ordered re
strictions on the sale of surplus
aluminum to the Aluminum Cor
poration of America.
The surplus property administra
tion ruled that neither surplus
aluminum metal nor materials
acquired primarily for recovery of
aluminum content may be sold to
Alcoa or its subsidiaries “without
prior written approval” of SPA
Administrator W. Stuart Syming
ton.
SPA said the order was issued be
cause of the 1940 decision of a
Circuit Court of Appeals that Alcoa
‘‘had a monopoly of primary alumi
num in violation of law x x x.”
In another order, SPA ruled that
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration may not sell more than
5,000 pounds of aluminum scrap to
any individual buyer, including
subsidiaries in any one month
without the prior written approval
of Symington.
BUS ORDER
RALEIGH, Dec. 18— (PP) —The
Carolina Coach Company has been
directed to cease all charter trips
until it improves service on fran
chise routes; The order was giv
en by John T. Armstrong, super
visor of inspectors for the North
Carolina Utilities Commission.
BUY U. S. VICTORY BONDS
PRINCESS ON SECOND 'NIGHT OUT'
TWO OF A PARTY OF SIX, Princess Elizabeth of England and Cant Eod
erick McLeod of the Cameron Highlanders are shown leaving a London
theatre as the winsome 19-year-old girl who may become Queen of
England enjoyed her second outing in two weeks without parental suner
vision. The evening included dining and dancing. The Kinr and OnZn
vere waiting up for her at home. (Exclusive International Hadiophoto)
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CHECKS ON SUICIDE OF JAP PRINCE
IN THIS FIRST PICTURE from the suicide scene in Tokyo of Prince Fumi
maro Konoye, Capt. Charles E. Sewell of the 1st Cavalry Division and
Abilene, Texas, is shown examining the body of the former premier and
Imperial advisor. Ordered held as a war-crimes suspect, Konoye took
Doison. Signal Cores Radioshoto. . international Soundvhoto)
CASSINO BOASTS
TOURIST HOTEL
BT EDGAR CLARK
United Press Staff Correspondent
CASSINO, Dec. 18. —(U.R)— A
tourist hotel, complete with flower
bedecked tables, blacfk market
meals and a sidewalk cafe rises
stark and alone in what once was
no man’s land at Cassino.
Shacks and temporary structures
have sprung up from the rubble
and dust like mushrooms to snare
curious and sentimental visitors
to the battlefield which exacted
so high a toll of Allied and Ger
man lives.
Easily tne most prepossess- suu
ture is the new, four-story Albergo
Risorgimento hotel, where meals
and drinks cost twice as much as
at the best Roman “clip joint” and
the food is half as edible.
Fees and charges for pointing
out sights along highway number
six, where every building was re
duced to ruin in the bitter dead
lock of the winter and spring in
4943-44, are exorbitant.
Most of Cassino’s 7,000 inhabi
tants are steadily employed at dig
ging up and neutralizing the stag
gering quanities of mines laid
throughout the Rapido and Liri
valleys both by the Germans and
the Allies. Even now the Daily take
averages 5,000.
Less publicized but more danger
ous than the mines and tourist
traps is the severe malarial con
dition at Cassino. Drainage of the
marshy lowlands was halted by the
all malarial and unanimously re
war. The local residents are nearly
fuse atabrine—they are convinced
it will turn them yellow and cause
dysentery.
War Department Names
Lt. Gen. Joseph Collins
To Direct Information
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— (JP) —
Appointment of Lt. Gen. Joseph
Lawton Collins to be director of
information for the War Depart
ment was announced by the Army
today.
Collins, former commander of
the Seventh corps in the European
campaign, succeeds Gen. Alex
ander D. Surles who has directed
the Bureau of Public Relations
since Aug. 6, 1941. Surles has been
assigned to special duty at the of
fice of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower,
chief of staff.
As director of information, <-oi
lins is in charge of the Bureau of
Public Relations, the legislative
and liaison division and the infor
mation and education division. The
three organizations were brought
together under one director last
September.
Collins has been chief of staff of
Army ground forces since his re
turn to Washington last August. He
is a native of New Orleans and a
graduate of West Point, class of
1917.
DIET DISOLVED
TOKYO, Dec. 18— (TP)—'The Ja
panese diet dissolved late today
after 22 days of its 89th extraor
dinary session and legislators start
ed back home to prepare for the
first free election in over a decade.
YOUR G. 1, RIGHTS
By DOUGLAS LARSEN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — Here
are some typical questions from
relatives and friends of veterans
and GI’ regarding their right as
veterans:
Q. My son was an engineering
student when he was taken out of
college and put into the Navy.
He has been overseas almost a
year now. He doesn’t have enough
points for discharge. But now I
read that they aren’t drafting men
who are engineering students.
Does that mean that my son can
get out of the Navy now and go
back to school?
A. Now that your son is in the
Navy he will have tp wait until
he gets the necessary points for
discharge or until the point score
is lowered. The Selective Service
regulation regarding the drafting
of technical students has nothing
to do with Navy’s demobilizatibn
program,.
W- l am planning to make ap
plication for a loan to buy a
house. Do I have to apply through
Washington or can the Veterans
Administration regional off'ce
which is a few miles from my
town handle the whole thing?
A. The regional office is vested
with full authority to take action
on applications for benefits avail
able to veterans, including loans
and other provisions of the G1
Bill of Rights. It also can provide
medical service for physical ex
aminations and outpatient clinical
treatments.
•Q To settle an argument would
you tell me approximately how
many veterans are receiving un
employment readjustment allow
ances? \
A. According to the last report
more than 200,000 unemployed
veterans were receiving readjust
ment allowances. That is only one
veteran in about 25.
Q. I figured that my son in the
Navy had more than enough
points for discharge. Then a few
days ago I got a letter from him
saying it would be a couple of
years before he would get out
because he was “regular Navy.”
What does this mean?
A. It means he enlisted for
a specific period and can’t get out
until that period is up. f
(Questions will be answered only
in this column—not by mkil.)
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SCHOOL STUDENTS GET
15 TONS SCRAP PAPER
DURING FINAL DRIVE
Children of eight public schools
in the Wilmington area collected
more that 15 tons of scrap paper
during the latest puper drive which
ended Dec. 10, it was announced
today. Exactly 31,060 pounds were
collected.
First prize for the school collect
ing the greatest amount during the
40-day campaign went to Lake
Forest school whose children aver
aged 23 pounds per pupil for a
total of 16,350 pounds. The prize
was $25, presented today by J. F.
Warwick, secretary-treasurer of
the Wilmington Paper Stock com
pany, campaign sponsors.
Second award went to the
Wrightsboro school with 2,490
pounds per pupil. The award was a
check for $15.
Taking the third place prize of
$10 was the Chestnut street school
with 4,440 pounds, or an average
of 6.3 pounds per pupil.
Other schools participating, and
total poundage turned in during
the campaign, included:
Sunset Park, 2,050* Sunset Park
Annex, 1,150; Hemenway, 2,020;
Williston Industrial, 1,380; William
Hooper, 1,180.
RETURNS TO LEJE^T'
CAMP LEJEUNE n
Brig. Gen. David r x?ec- >8. _
MC, has been a* I’S
Camp Lejeune He ° du!.v at
here during the fall 0
the first part of 1941 , 941 »nd
ant-colonel on the *s a >‘euter,.
of the famed Firs! H’6 staft
sion in charge of plans and ^
ing. ^ 115 and train.
Just
Arrived!
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SHIPMENT
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| POLL FURNITURE \
1 High Chairs |
| Cradles jj
| Cribs
$ \
I Tables \
I POLLS |
Ideal Plassies $
Life Size |
Others - &
TOYS |
Holg-ate |
Teach-a-Tot I
Playskool |
Many Others $
GAMES 1
I Large Assortment f
You'll Be Pleasantly Surprised I
To See Our Fine Assortment j
j>. Corner Third & Chestnut Dial 5214 J
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You will find a large ^k
selection of H
Adams and Stephen H
L. Stetson , B
HATS I
priced at $5.00 to $7.50 S
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D'LUGIN'Sl
10 South Front Street [flj
The Following
CARS
Will Be Dismantled
TODAY
FOR PARTS
Come in for any parts you
may need.
1-1942 Plymouth
1-1941 Plymouth
1-1-941 Ford
1-1940 Ford
1-1941 De Soto
1-1940 Chrysler
FOR SALE
2-1940 Dodge 1 1-2 Ton
Trucks with Stake Body
MURRELL'S
AUTO PARTS
110 South 2nd. St.
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50. GAL. DRUMS DELIVERED
8522 Market St. — Dial 7774 — Night Phone 5343
Christmas Specials!
Double
BOILEBS.
Aluminum
SAUCE PANS ... and up
David Jacobi Supply Co.
17 South Second Street
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Craftsman Socket and Wrench Set
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$13.98
• Lightweight but strong. 17
piece Craftsman sacket set. 14
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ratchet, handle and extensions,
seven 12-point sackets 14 to 1
inch ooenings. Thin woll type
sockets fit into tight spots.
Sockets anl parts of tough heat
treated steel, polished finished.
Packed in steel bax.
11-PC.
IGNITION SET
2.89
For small ignition and electri
cal jobs, yi-inch square drive.
Eleven pieces: 9 sockets 7-32 to
7-16-inch openings, flex “T”
handle and cross bar. Heat
treated steel, polished finish.
Steel box. Not exactly as shown.
CRAFTSMAN CHISELS
1-2” SIZE
HIP ROOF BOXES
6.49
Craftsman. Easily carried. Only
191/2x6x514 inches, but mom
enough to hold complete set o'
small tools. Divided hft out tray
Full length socket wrench com
partment. Sturdy 22-auage steel.
Strong hasp, catches.
1.49
A popular type chisel in three
of the most wanted sizes.
Blades forged from tough steel.
Heat-treated and tempered to
take and hold a keen edge.
Highly mirrow polished. Hick
ory handle.
U” Size... 1.35
1” Size_ 1.75
1%” Size ..1.85
1 A” Size...1.89
Also Other Sizes
TOOL BOIES
2.98
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box of generous sut. ^° lded
5-8 inches. Electrical . ^
steel, round corners. J'1;1' trong
lift-out tray. Two latcru-.
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SPINTITE WRENCH SET.2.89