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Evening star., 1940-12-08
SITUATIONS WOMEN.

APT MANAGER. settled woman, best Of
ref. compensation. two rooms and kit.
apt Phone MI. 6131.
BOOKKEEPER AND SECY.. eficient, will
ing. capable Of meeting public. RE. 0630,
Ext. 400, Miss Irene, evenings.
BOOKKEEPER-s capable
Of taking complete charge: extensive ex-
perience. Box 134-C. Star, TO-
COMPANION. hskpr,. middle-ase, expr.
capable; no children; willstrsvel; ref. Box
129-C. Star.
COOK AND HOUSEKEEPER, refined, white,
good. will keep house for elderly couple or
gentleman. Healthy, do not drink or smoke
Box 13-C. Star. 81
DRESSMAKER. experienced: dresses made
for all occasions. alterations, tailoring,
coats refined. North 2055.
GIRL - desires office work, experienced
in typing and shorthand. Atlantic 5433-W,
Sunday, ] to pm.
GIRL. colored. desires Job elevator oper-
ator. experience and license, or ofhce work.
Hobart 1889.
HOUsEKEEPER-COOK white experienced
reliable; can take complete charge; live
in; Sl2 wk. Box 136-C. Star.
HOUSEKEEPER motherless home; Cath
olic rectory work or institution or house
mother in nurses home; Jan. /: S12 wk.
Box Aba. Star.
HOUSEKEEPER. reliable. for adults:
or children. Box 116-C. Star.
LADY. yeunG, white, exp, typist and ale
clerk; references. BOZ 374'A Gar.
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GIRLS. .colored 2. wish full or part time
work OF any kind; reference Michigan
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BEAUT1CIAN (student). licensed Also part
time exp operator Refs. required. Your
Beauty Shop, 2312 Penna. ave. Sc.
BEAUTfCIAN, steady job, downtown ex-
perlence preferred, hours 9-6 502 18th
st NV
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SECRETARY

pora ton located in city of New York. Must
take stenography 115 w.pm. or better
(pen or penciD. Salary 5000 per month or
better. Write, stating age. education, pre-
eious experience, height and inclose small
snapshot OF photograph. which will not
be returned. Box 46-C. Star
CAT 1NnEY5Ar rvnrDrrNr~r~ ~
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AERO DRAFTING

quired for U. S. defense positions. Bun-
dreds of graduates in U. S. Civil Service
and private positions. Course completed In
6 to II months. Day or evening. Also
engineering and commercial art courses
Columbia School of Drafting, est 81 years
1919 st. NV. Phone or write for cata-
loRue. Register or start now.
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WHITE MEN.

WHITE MEN,
2l years OF age, with one-year residence
in D. c.. or nearby Md or va. with D. c.
operators permit to drive
DIAMOND CABS.
FREE INSTRUCTIONS.
Apply Mr.. A. L. Livsie. Rm, Ill. 1873
14th ct NV. between and 5 pm.
2 MEN
Can make real money with us selling Va
property. experience unnecessary: ONCE
cooperation and leads furnished Call
MI Mills 4Hl1 Lee hiphuaY
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| GIRL. colored wants work nights; tend
| q.30 I'M
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SITUATIONS poMEsrIc.

CLEANING APARTMENTS. part time or
days work. by colored girl: references.
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GIRLS. colored ., young: part time or
days work as mothers helper or sen.
houseWork co 1O332
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GIRL, colored neat, wishes work Of any
| kind reference. Call Hobart 1929.
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INSTRUCTION COURSES.
(Continued
WANTED AT ONCE

WANTED AT ONCE.
sTENOGRAPHERS for QUICK review
courses Of 2-S weeks for EARLY employ
ment. Have many positions available pay
ing up to $35 week. Beginners and review
courses now starting. We place 10 times
as many people In positions as any other
school in washington and usually at BET
TER SALARIES. Save time, money, work
many months earlier; enroll today at
BOYD SCHOOL,
1898 st. Est. % Yrs) Ma 2340.
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AUTOMOBILE TITLE and settlement clerk.
fully experienced, age about 20. State sal
airy willing to start with. Do not apply II
above requirements cannot be fully met.
Box 443-C Star
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HELP WOMEN.

AGENTS and organiZatons-See our large
display OF Christmas card box assortments;
personal cards and cheerful wrappinRs:
2ofo commission. Earrs, Inc. Az New
jersey ave NV
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EXCESSIVE WEIGHT safely reduce
wonderful French method used DR.. De
Ledendecker :bO25 o st. NV Michigan ! /:
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SITUATIONS DoMEsTIc.

' er or seneral housevorf; viii stay nish..
104 Mass. ave. NV. DI. 1891.
GIRL colored, North Carolina. wants
part-time morning work AD s5s5.
GIRL, colored. neat reliable. wants s.h.v.;
or chambermaid city ref. Phone DU. 507s.
GIRL, colored. wants housework, full or
part time; reference. Hobart 1892.
GIRL from. Virginia, wants part-tims
work Of any kind; good laundress; no Sun
days; ref North gO32
GIRL colored. college training. wants job
as nursemaid. waitress or maid in once.
Gg5ber G1R s0lesfs ss. VaR5S Ho Ps!tme gs work or
GIRL, colored wishes g.h.w.; references.
Republic 1859.
GIRL. colored. wants work OF any kind;
with references. Metropolitan 020a.
GIRL wants job as mothers helper or
nursemaid; stay nights; no Saturday. DE.
195O-W
GIRL coiored, Virginian. wants general
housework. plain cooking. Michigan 5693.
GIRL. colored, wishes part-time afternoon.
work; good cook neat, clean; city refer
ence. Adams 3742.
GIRL, colored, neat. desires part-time
or mothers helper. Dupont 1883
GIRL, neat. colored desires chambermsid,
nurse. part time or general housework.
Dupont 1899
GIRL. colored. wants part-time work; ref.
GIRL, colored, prefers Job housework' good
cook; city references. Hobart 9577
GIRLS. colored, ., young; part time or
Say. DAYS work as as mother'S ot1s helper or gen.
to baby or cleaning once. Ho 5O15. Gail
$40 IN.
GIRLS, .colored 2, wish full or part time
work OF any kind; reference. Michigan
GIRL, colored neat. wishes work Of any
kind reference. Call Hobart 1929.
| HIGH SCHOOL GIRL. colored wants part
| time work from to - apartment pre-
ferred. Adams 1857.
| JANITOR colored, wants apt take care,
license operates switchboard good city
MAID colored. wants morning work or
for employed lady. Call Decatur O27a.
NURSEMAID or part-time work: neat and
| lantic 2O45-R
SCHOOL GIRL wants lob caring for chill
dren or housework after IL am. Ii.
| 9562
/ wANTED-By respectable colored woman,
| place part time. 10 get dinner. Phone
| NE. 529l
WOMAN, colored, wishes part-tme work
with Sundays free: can furnish ref. Phone
! Ii 0T5-J So
| WOMAN, colored neat wants gh.w.; plain
cooking; stay nights; references. 1925 3rd
ST. NV. Fanny Jackson.
| WOMAN. white. reliable: general work in
| small family; plain cooking: stay NIGHTS;
| refs. Box Sic. Star o.
! WOMAN colored desires ehw plain
| cooking: in citv: no Sunday go homo
! nights Phone Hobart 1850.
WOMAN, colored neat wishes Job good
plain cook; sleep in; ref Call MI 5l23.
WOMAN. colored. wants part-time or
| days work Michigan 4432.
WOMAN wants part-tine work. mornings
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BEAUTY OPERATOR part time: at least
3 years experience. Phone Woodley 1913
BEAUTY OPERATOR, Dec. a6th; perma-
nent position Box 324-C Star
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ASPHALT DRIVEWAYS.
REPAIRS & SERVICE.

BLACK TOP ROADS CO
Builders of asphalt drivewayS, tennis courts
Free estimates Time payments. MA 0464
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RADIO AND WASHING Ma
CHINE SERVICE MEN. AP-
PLY HECHT CO., SERVICE
BLDG, REAR 1401 N. Y.
AVE. NE.
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GIRL, neat, colored. desires chambermsid
nurse. part time or general housevork.
Dupont 333q
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I COOK. plain. good, wants position in
small family; IA years last place; home
| uiRhfs MI Hlo2
Evening star., 1940-12-08
COPY CHIEF

PACKERS EXPERIENCED
in house furnishings, glass
and toilet goods. The Hecht
Co., see Mr.. Stanley, Wrap
ning Division.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
On STAGE
and
SCREEN

Hollywood, Cal, Sept 13-UP-
Betty Rowland, burlesque beauty
has crashed the movies here. the
first strip-tease artist to do so since
Gypsy Rose Lee tried it with only
moderate success.
She will play the part of a chorus
girl in RKO Radios "Malvina
Swings It," a feature length com
edy with Kent Taylor and Elisa
beth Risdon.
Miss Rowland recently quit a
downtown burlesque theater TO
dance in a night club and has made
a few 16-mm. slot machine movies.
The greater part of the Ralph
Like international Studios here
have been leased by Monogram
Pictures, it was announced here,
and the company will move its
headquarters there from New York.
New office space will be provided
for more than so clerks of the
home office who will come here.
Several leading producers will film
pictures at the enlarged studios.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13

day supper guests of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Miller and
daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Bell, and Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Delat. Wyandotte,
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Smith and family.
Mr.. and Mrs John Dysinger Wis
tied Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Simons
and mother. Mrs. Maggie Kraft
chick. Azalia. Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. =. S. Swaninger
entertained their son and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Swaninger
and family, Lansing, for the week
end
Mrs. Mae Harder, Frazier. visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. George Essenberg
and son Dale, Mondag afternoon.
Mrs. William Essenberg who has
been spending two weeks with Mrs.
Harder, returned to her home with
her.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Schrader
and daughter, Carol Ann, Saline,
and mother, Mrs Mamie Schrader,
Ann Arbor, were Sunday evening
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Dy-
singer and family and mother, Mrs.
Henrietta Schrader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Boyer, Gar
den City, were visitors Sunday af-
ternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Book and family.
Everett Heath, Toledo, spent
Sunday night and Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Hammond and
daughter, Mrs. Gerald Prince and
daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Dicks and
daughter, Lorna. spent the week
end with Mrs. Lillian Dicks, Ypsi-
lanti.
Otto Neumann and family spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13

Mrs. Dwight Wagner and family,
Pinckney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Worley,
Sheldon, visited, Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid Stuart and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Stuart. Sunday after
noon. Evening visitors at the
Stuart home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Bond. Milan.
Mrs. Pearly Saltz visited her
daughter, Mrs. Carl Huston. Cherry
Hill, who is patient at the Boyer
Hospital in Ypsilanti, Sunday after
noon.
Miss Florence Waggott, Detroit,
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. Shirley Hannah.
Paul Cranson and son. Everett
and daughter. Miss Kathleen, spent
the week end with Mrs. Cranson
and children at Lewiston. Everett
and Miss Kathleen remained with
their mother.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
Two Couples Plan to
Reside in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor. Mich, Sept Is -
Following their wedding trips, two
local couples plan to reside in Ann
Arbor.
Miss Helen Bernadine Gregory
daughter OF Mrs. Clara Gregory,
became the bride OF Lawrence Ed
ward Dieterle. son of Edward ].
Dieterle, Dexter. in a ceremony
Tuesday afternoon in the First
Methodist Church. Rev. Charles
W. Brashares officiated
Assisting the couple were the
brides sister and brother-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Blashill,
Detroit.
Following a reception. the cod-
pie left on trip to Niagara Falls
and the eastern states.
Miss Virginia Finkbeiner. daugh-
ter OF Mr. and Mrs. William Fink
beiner. spoke her VOWS Tuesday
evening to Henry Ford Walter, in
the parish hall OF the Bethlehem
Evangelical Church. Rev. Theo-
-aeFe- Sehmaie- efaeiated.-
Miss Blanche Walter. sister OF
the groom. and Neil w. Finkbeiner,
brother OF the bride, were the at
tendants.
The couple left after the recep-
ton at the home OF the bride for
a trip through northern Michigan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
Stony Creek

Stony Creek. Mich, Sept. 10
James and Richard Mack and
l friend. Robert Zimmerman, Detroit,
have returned home from a ten
day trip through the mountains In
New York. The last few days OF
their trip they spent with Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Bouton and family at
Warsaw. New York.
Mrs. Hetta Thompson and daugh-
ter. Miss Susie, accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Seleska, Ypsilanti,
on a $50 mile motor trip Sunday.
They visited South Haven, Benton
Harbor. Battle Creek and other
interesting cities on the way.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Avery and
family. York. and Mrs. Ida Avery
and daughter Eleanor. Pittsfield.
have moved into the home belong
ing to Mrs. Harriet Collins on the
corner of Stony Creek and Willis
Rds.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barnard
and family moved from Ypsilanti
into the house owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Hammond on Stony
Creek Rd Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond
are now living on the farm known
as the Charles Knaggs farm in
London Township.
A. l.. Parsons, Clinton. visited
Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Parsons. Mrs. Addie
Halliday returned home with him
after having spent several weeks
at the F. Parsons home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Stillman,
Ann Arbor. were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Setter and son. Henry,
Jr. Sunday afternoon. In the eve
ming they all attended a concert
By a German band at German Park
OIL Pontiac Rd., near Ann Arbor.
Robert Exelby is having two
weeks vacation from the Ypsfiantt
State Hospital, where he is EN-
ployed. He plans to paint his
house during his vacation.
Mr.. and Mps. Russell Rattray
and family spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Smith and
family, Palmyra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Wheatley and
daughter, Alice. Lapeer. were Sun
day evening supper guests OF Mr.
adm Mrs. Ernest Schroen and
daughter and Mrs. Minnie Schroen
and daughter. Miss Florence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Parsons en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. George
Strachan and granddaughter. Mary
Ellen and Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Bondy, Detroit, for Sunday supper
Mr.. and Mrs Guy Splitter and
daughter, Rosina visited Mr.. and
Mrs.-Bert Wilson and family. Ypsi-
lanti, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Underwood,
Ypsilanti. were guests Sunday eve
ming or Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Setter
and son. Henry. Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. L. d. Morton and
daughters. Misses Virginia and
Patricia visited at the homes OF
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Silas
Morton and Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Blackman, Hudson, Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Rowe, Ypsi-
lanti, were Sunday afternoon and
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blame Powell and daughter, Miss
Thelma and Mr. and Mrs. Rae Pow
ell and daughter. Kay j" '.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Ganong spen
Sunday evening at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Curtis. Ypsilant
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Bushrow
family. S. w. Augusta, were Sun
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
Board of Education in
Ann Arbor ApproprlateS
Funds For Locker House

Ann Arbor, Mich, Sept. l3-Ann
Arbor Board OF Education has ap-
propriated funds not to exceed
100000 for construction OF a new
locker house on Wines Field.
School voters in the election Mon
day approved the proposition but
did not give an accompanying pro-
position TO increase the tax limit
the necessary two thirds majority.
In giving the matter unanimous
approval. the Board voted to take
the funds from the schools unap-
propriated surplus.
Committee members who viii
study the proposition and make
recommendations in preliminary
construction work includes Prof.
Emeritus Edwin c. Goddard. Ray
mond +. Hutzel Louis Ayers and
Courtney A. Maulbetsch.
At the reorganization session,
Victor Z. Van Ameringen was re-
elected president; Mr. Maulbetsch,
secretary. and c. c. Crawford, re-
cording secretary and treasurer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
Rites Conducted Today For
InfantiIe Paralysis Victim

York, Mich, Sept, 13-Rites for
Mrs. Peter Craig were this after.
noon in the Stevens and Bush F'u-
neral Home in Milan and were
strictly private. Relatives and
friends were allowed 10 attend the
interment at ais az Marble Park
Cemetery. Rev. w. A. Johnson,
Milan Methodist Church. ofticiated.
Mrs. Craig succumbed Friday to
lnfantile paralysis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
Services Saturday For
Garden City Resident

Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. Blast
rites will be conducted Saturday
afternoon at 1870 in the Muehlig
Chapel for Claud A. Fine, 81, Gar
den City. who passed away in Uni
versity Hospital Tuesday night.
Burial will be in Ganong Cemetery,
near Eloise.
Mr.. Fine was an engineer in the
experimental research department
Of General Motors Corporation.
Surviving are his wife. Grace Allen
Fine. a daughter, Mrs. Ray John
son, Detroit. and a son. Elwood.
Detroit, also three sisters and a
granddaughter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
Two Hit-Run Accidents
Reported, Cars Damaged

Ann Arbor. Mich, Sept. 1.-two
hit-run victims told police Thurs
day their cars had been damaged
by motorists who failed to stop
after accidents.
On Jackson Ave. a car belonging
to Harold Wilde, 1920 Henry St,
was sideswiped, and on Packard
ST. car driven by Mrs. Cecil NJ.
Weed. 1856 Kensington Dr.. was
struck on the left side by an un-
known truck driver.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
Ann Arbor Neu,3
Hobby Show Will be
on September 27, "a

Ann Arbor,' Mich. Sept. 10 -
Plans are being made for the 1910
Hobby Show which will be held in
the Masonic Temple Sept. p and
2S. The event is being sponsored
by the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club
and the Masonic Temple Associa'
ton in cooperation with the schools
in the city.
General chairman OF the show Is
Earl Riskey and assisting him are
L. II. Holloway. Paul Schlanderer,
D. f. Standish, V. o. Nelson, and
John NJ. Trytten.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
HORSE KILLED

Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept "a A
horse belonging TO Alvin Reihhart,
Route ,. Gregory wandered from
the barn Thursday evening and
was killed when hit by car drlv-
en- by Donald Reilly. p, Route 2,
Dexter. on Joslin Lake Rd. The
front OF Reilly's car was badly
damaged by the impact.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
TO CANVASS VOTE

Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. lS-Re-
turns from Wsshtenaw's voting
Tuesday were TO be officially can
vassed today by the county s
Board OF Canvassers. consisting
County Clerk 4Hella- Smith.
County Treasurer Charles K. Crit.
tenden. and Probate Judge Jay G.
Pray.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
TRIAL SEPT. 80

Hastings. Sept. 13-Calvin Wag-
ner, 81, charged with the Staying
OF Mrs. Emma Travis Miller. Kala-
mazoo widow, stood mute when ar
raigned before Circuit Judge Rus
sell r. McPeek Thursday. A plea
OF not guilty was entered and trial
was set tentatively for Sept. 30.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
NO SUNDAY HUNTING

Port Huron. Sept. ia Sun
day hunting ban in st. Clair Coun-
ty takes effect Immediately and
will prevent Sunday game hunt
ing this fall, officials said Thurs
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
DISCOVER BODY

Tawas City, Mich. sept. l3-AP
-Picnickers discovered the body
OF Howard w. Barringer, 3S. Akron,
Mich, on the Lake Huron beach
near here Thursday. Barringer
drowned Sept. l in Lake Huron at
a point two miles south of Oscoda.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
TO FACE CIRCUIT COURT

Ann Arbor. Mich. Sept. Is 49,
Howard Beeman, 33, Plat, was
bound over to circuit court by JUS
tice Harry Reading on an immor-
ality charge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
WOOL DRESS STOLEN

Ann Arbor. Mich Sept 10 -
Local police are looking for a
shoplifter who Thursday took a
light wool dress from a campus
shop. The garment was valued at
500.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Robert G. Greashaber, "a, and
Mildred Orma Whitmer, 22. both Of
Milan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
S,7O2, 948 Distributed In County
Under Social Security Program

census figures of 1861, 800 for the
state and 47,749 for this county
were used in p~rorating the funds,
made up of federal allotments,
matched by the state and counties.
New Hanover county, central U
Ice office records show, has 2O4
resident employers subject to the
unemployment compensation law
and 1884 workers protected by it.
Liable resident employers paid
1857, 226. As into the state fund in
g 10 years, ending last June 80,
as compared with $278, 4O0.36 in
benefits drawn in 2 IL years, also
ending June 80, by resident work
ers in the county.
The records show that in 30
months of payments, unemployed
workers in the county filed 1887
initial claims-the first claims
filed after becoming unemployed
and 2,499 continued claims
claims.
Employment service records in
dicate that in the 3 IL years,
through June 80, 19,407 registra'
tons for work and 6,179 place
ments in jobs were handled in the
county. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
Several Civil Suits
Filed In Court Here

A number of civil actions were
filed yesterday in superior court.
Acme Fertilizer company entered suit
against J. L. Raynor to collect a
balance of $275.56 with interest
from November Is, allegedly due on
a promissary note for s308.30.
Mrs. Florine Armstrong Shelley
filed suit for divorce against N. A.
Shelley on grounds Of two years
separation.
The Goldsboro Killing company.
Inc, doing business as the Diamond
Feed Store sued e. A. Kerr, Jr., and
Thurston C. Davis, co-partners in
Live Oak Grocery company to COL
lect s282.S9 with interest from No.
vember IA for $543.09 worth Of mer-
c .andise. The plaintiff said certain
payments amounting to $260.70 have
been made.
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries have
filed suit against John Verzaal and
Lula B. Verzaal, %co-partners Of Win
ter Park Nurseries to collect $238.20
with interest from March 20 for
certain goods and merchandise al
legedly purchased from the plaintiff.
V. A. Stefano prays judgment
against Mrs. Elizabeth B. Boles,
and husband, H. B. Boles, to collect
s169.60 by a lien or property, lot
8. block 2 of the northern section
Of Carolina Beach, with the inter-
ests Of the defendant to be sold &C.
cording to law. The plaintiff al.
leges only $3.50 has been paid on the
s31e.60 plumbing bill of the de-
PENDANT.
Fred E. Simmons has filed suit
against Mrs. Essie Simmons, Mrs.
Lizzie Simmons, Mrs. Mary Sim
mons Brice, of New York, Jesse
Simmons, of Richmond, jamie Sim
mons, Of Baltimore, and Nathaniel
Simmons, of Richmond, for the divi-
sion of property left by Annie Sim
mons, who died January 6.
The plaintiff requests the court to
appoint three competent and disin-
terested commissioners to examine
the lands and divide them accord.
ingly, including lot /, block So, lot
2, block So and lot /, block %,
and houses thereon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
Probe Of Job-Selling
At Army Camps Started

BOSTON, Dec. 17.-R-With the
Identity of witnesses cloaked in Sc
crecy, a federal grand jury began
an investigation today of what Of
ficials described as alleged Job
selling at huge government build
ing projects at Camp Edwards and
Fort Devens.
Although officials declined to
identify any Of the persons enter.
ing the grand jury room, it was
reported that some who had sough,
jobs at the cape camp and the
fort were present.
U. S. Attorney Edmund J. Bran.
don, who declined yesterday tc
comment on the impending inves.
tgation of complaints that pros.
pective workmen had been 'helc
up for sums Of money, Joined his
associate, Assistant U. S. Attorney
William T. Mccarthy, when pres.
tntation Of evidence began. ]