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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
MARINES REPORT
IS ENLlSTMENTS

F%orty-five young men from
Southeastern North Carolina have
been accepted as voluntary enlist
ments. for four years Of service
with the U. S. Marine Corps since
the local sub-station was opened
June 10, Sergeant George F. Fred
erickson said yesterday.
The local sub-station will be per-
manently closed Monday, Decem-
Der 80, under orders received re-
Gently from the officer in charge of
marine recruiting activities in the
southern division, with headquar-
tiers at New Orleans.
Young men from the Wilmington
section, who were enlisted through
the local sub-station, are now serv-
ing on active duty with various
foreign stations, ships OF the U. S.
fleet, navy yards, naval ammuni-
ton depots, marine barracks, and
torpedo stations.
They include: Thomas B. Pol
vogt, Jr., Ralph E. Stevenson,
Lewis B. spivey, Clarence McClus-
ky, Jr., Charlie Haas, James E.
Haney,> Robert E. L. Reaves, Sig
fried D. Polvogt, and Jesse w. Cor
man, of Wilmington.
Elmo Groom, Edward l.. Holt,
Carl R. Williams, Harvey Riven-
bark, John G.. Frazier, Willis J..
Walker, and Herman P. Walker, OF
Burgaw; Wiley T. Lynn, James B.
McLelland, Joseph A. Smith, and
Robert L. Todd, of Chadbourn.
Troy W. Rivenbark and Jasper
D. Crumpler, of Watha; Leo D.
Ward and William O. Smith, OF
Whiteville; Clarence L. Noring, OF
Winter Park; John B. Beck, of
Ash; D. J.. Woodcock, Jr., and
Herman R. Woodcock, of Akin
son; James M. Jolly, of Claren-
don; Paul G.. Hardison, of Warsaw.
Mcneil Phelps, w. J. Robinson,
and James c. Hewitt, of Supply;
Luther J. Rogers, of Loris, S. c.;
Richard T. Holland, of Turkey;
Francis L. Ludwig, Jr., and Hugh
Hinnant, Jr., of Carolina Beach;
Hosea L. Williams, of Richards.
Forest L. Martin, of Kenansville
Robert E. Lewis, Jr., of Newport;
Raymond j. Caison, of Shallotte
James P. Springfield, of Fayette-
vile; Virgil G. Ray, of Hallsboro;
John F. Suggs, of Jacksonville;
Hubert R. Letter, of Willard, and
Robert H. Freeman, of Baden
boro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
District Stewards Will
Gather At Whiteuiue

The annual meeting of the Dis
trict League of Stewards Of the
Methodist church will be held at
3 o'clock this afternoon at the
Whiteville Methodist church.
All of the Methodist churches in
the Whiteville area will be repre-
sented and the program of the
church will be presented by lead
ing laymen and ministers of the
Wilmington district.
The following will present va
rious features of the church pro-
gram: the Rev. A. S. Parker, dis
trict superintendent; the Rev. J. F.
Herbert and S. D. Hurst, of Will
mington; DR.. J. E. Koonce, of
C%hadbourn; and R. X. Andrews,
of Lumberton. w. A. McGirt, dis
trict lay leader. will preside. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
New Employment Office
Set Up In Armory

Wilmington organizations cooper
ate excellently for National De-
tense, said Maurice Moore, head of
the employment agency, as he
praised the contributions made for
the new employment office at the
Armory at 814 Market street.
Herbert Hewlett, acting for Cape
Fear Artillery, leases of the Arm
DRY, offered the building with the
sanction of city and county Off
Gals. Benches which will seat a
hundred job-seekers at n time,
were constructed by the National
Defense Training school, with lum-
Der provided by the county COM
missioners. They will be transport
ed by w. P. A. trucks.
The new set-up, said Moore, pro-
vides adequate space for more eff
ficient work by the employment
agency during the Holly R i d 6 e
emergency. Job-seekers may wait
inside instead of lining up on the
streets. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
New Workers Injured
In Jacksonville Crash

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 28-Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Nelson, Of 253O
Newton avenue, Astoria, Long Is
land, N. Y, were painfully in
jured before noon today when
their car skided off the wet pave
ment on U. S. II and overturned
in a ditch two miles north of here.
Taken to a New Bern hospital,
Nelson, who was driving, was said
10 have sustained a hip and pelvis
injury. as we'll as cuts and bruises,
and Mrs. Nelson, cuts and shock.
They were en- route home from
Florida when the accident oc-
,urred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Blind Lawyer; With Wife;s Aid,
Makes Good As Candidate Too

This time the newspapermen hac
walked out to the house. Mrs
Weeks offered to drive them tt
town. AS they were riding to town
one asked if Weeks was taking
the afternoon off for some front
porch campaigning or if he
planned to drive to his office later
Mrs. Weeks simply said that he'c
go to the office later. And, cas-
ually in the course of converse
ton, she mentioned further on:
Il suppose you know that my
husband is blind"
But they hadn't noticed it. Ir
fact, Weeks handles himself Sc
surely that strangers seldom dis
cover his handicap.
Weeks lost his sight 10 years
ago, and he has no chance O:
ever seeing again. Two accident.
contributed to his blindness.
The first was in 1922-he hac
just recovered from scarlet fever
and, as he says now, he wanted te
make a noisy celebration.
He placed several bullets on {
block of wood and shot at them
with an air rifle. That cost him
the sight of one eye.
Eight years later, while fixing
a water pump on an cupboard mo.
tor on the Pamlico river, he in.
jured the other eye when a piece
of the motor broke loose and hit
him in the face.
There were several operations
all unsuccessful-and then the news
that he would never see again.
But Weeks went to the univer.
sity, finished a three-year law
course in two and a half years,
and was graduated in January,
1896. w. Robert Booth, now city
attorney of Ayden, N. c., helped
him by reading law aloud. Weeks
briefed cases on a typewriter, the
same typewriter that he uses to-
day in his law practice. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
St. Andrews Pipe Organ
To Be Dedicated Friday

A pipe organ, recently installed
in the St. Andrews Presbyterian
church as a memorial to the late
William H. Sprunt, will be formally
opened and dedicated at 8 o'clock
Friday evening, January 8, the an
~niversary of the birth of MI.
Sprunt.
William G. Robertson, who will
preside at the organ, will be as
sisted by Laura Howell Norden,
violin %soloist, and the st. Andrews
choir.
The organ was built by Henry
Pitchers Sons, of Louisville, KY,
and is of the latest type, having
electro pneumatic action through
out.
David Woodall, of Atlanta, has
been in the city for the past two
weeks installing the organ, which
has 81 stops, a number of couplers
and adjustable combinations. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Old Christmas

"Old Christmas will be
celebrated by the city of Will
mjngton again this year with
a gala program Monday night.
January 6, at 8 o'clock at Penn
broke Jones Park, City Com
missioner j. e. L. Wade said
yesterday.
The New Hanover H i e h
school glee club, under the di-
rection of Albert Brown, has
been invited to take charge of
the singing. The affair l t
year was very successful, and
a large crowd attended. Wade
said he has received many
requests for the celebration
again this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Land
BattleShip
BY DREW MIDDLETON

With the British Royal Armoreo
Corps, Somewhere in England
Correspondence of the Associated
Press)-By preference, I'll take a
destroyer in a gale; but you have
to have tanks in a war.
Ever ride in one?
You squeeze through the tank S
coming tower into a chamber that
makes a submarine seem roomy.
|. an inch from your face is a
telescope Celebrated for fire by the
tanks two-pounder and besa ma.
chlne-gun your right shoulder
rests on a brace by which you
elevate or defect the guns by
moving a shoulder -.
The commanders voice crackles
through your earphones.
Here we go!" He hollers, and
the cruiser tank swings into &C.
ton with a terrific grinding noise.
It's like the engine room of a
ship. Every available inch is filled
with machinery, levers, dials and
ammunition.
The steady clack-clack Of the
tracks and the pounding roar OF
the motors deafen you. The con-
tinuous lurching and dipping mo-
ton makes you long for the com.
parative steadiness of that afore.
mentioned destroyer in a gale.
Curiously, the e doesn't seem
to mind. They move as steadily
and efficiently as machines. They
never bump painfully into appa.
ratus, al you do, and they seem
unaffected by the racket or mo.
ton.
In the gunner's telescope, trees
and brush suddenly loom. They're
so close, you auckland bang your
hear on a lever. Then you see the
trees suddenly whip down as the
tank grinds Though them, and
there's a crashing-crackling noise
and the tank grunts like a huge
animal. The tank roars on.
The driver turns swiftly and the
tank tips down a 40-degree hill.
The earth of the valley floor lies
far below you, and it feels ex-
actly like a roller-coaster dropping
on the down curve
You think the speed must be
close to go m.p.h., but the COM
mander says no, only about 80.
They fire the tanks two-pounder
On the range, and the recoil whips
past the gunner's ears. There's the
pang of the semi-automatic breech
opening. The chamber fills with
smoke and the acrid smell of cor
dite. Then another shell bangs, and
another, and far off across the val
ley you see your shells smack into
a steel tank silhouette.
Next the Besa gun fires at full
speed. The noise of its report is
deafening. Bullets pierce the shell
of the target like cheese and crash
into a brick wall behind.
After it's all over, you talk to
the driver, who was a school tea
cher before the
He says the firing doesn't dis
turb him because he's got too
much to do.
when you're in action, you new
er notice explosions Or recol,"
he said nonchalantly. "Once I left
the hatch open and the blast from
the two-pounder burned my hair
off. But that was extraordinary.
"This," he insisted, 'is just an
ordinary job" 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
BY FRANK b. GILBRETH

TARBORO, Dec. 28.-R-Around
Tarboro they say that a youth
disappearing couple named Weeks
will 60 places politically.
Cameron S. Weeks, the male
half Of the partnership, is 80 years
old and has just been elected to
his first term in the State House
of Representatives. He's a grad.
uate Of the University of North
Carolina, an attorney, a Kiwan-
ian, a Presbyterian, and the vice
recorder of Edgecombe county
court.
He met his wife, Glennes Dodge
Weeks, while both we're students
at Carolina. They we're married
in 1885, even before he passed his
bar examination. Mrs. Weeks, e
is his secretary, his campaign man.
ager, his legislative assistant. She
is formerly of Boston, Mass, and
Southern Pines, N. c.
MI. and Mrs. Weeks received
their first publicity last spring,
when two newspapermen who hap
pened to be passing through Edge.
combe county stopped by the side
OF a road near here to make a
picture when they spotted two WON.
en- who were busy mailing a po-
litical placard to a telephone post.
The placard, it turned out, ad-
vocated the election of Weeks to
the legislature, and the women
were his wife and his mother. A
few days later, the same news
papermen passed through h e r e
again, and they stopped to show
the women how the pictures turned
out.
The newspapermen were intro
duced to Cameron Weeks, a n d
stayed to dinner. Weeks carved
the meat at the table and, when
dinner was over, showed them
around the house.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
cuARDSMEN WILL
RETURN JAN. z
,s2nd Coast Artillery Will Be
Moved To Fort Screven
Shortly

,,or,bers of the 252nd Coast Ar
.,..r will return to active dut,
) after a vacation Of nearly
two weeks
r,,s soldiers will return to their
-, at Fort Moultrie and prepare
), receive transfer orders which will
ND them to Fort Screven, Ga.
This transfer will take place as
..on as possible after Jan. 2. Suf
scient funds to move the regiment
Ill have to be obtained before final
Mans can be completed.
THE second battalion of the 252nd,
.-o,, North Carolina, will be moved
- the Georgia reservation as well
az the special units; the regimental
b.nd. and Headquarters battery,
from Wilmington, the Service bat.
+srv. Whiteville, the two firing bat.
,ories. C and D, from Greensboro,
and the medical detachment from
greensboro.
colonel R. S. McClelland, com.
handing officer, assumed command
n the post at Fort Screven Dec.
"a He succeeded Lieutenant Colonel
z s, Dubois, 10th coast artillery,
,bo was transferred to Camp Stew
art. Hinesville, Ga.
Five hundred of the 10th coast
artillery, an anti-aircraft regiment,
NOW under the command of Briga-
der General Richard L.. Cox, COM
mander of Camp Stewart, will be
transferred to the Wilmington train
inc area at Holly Ridge by the
middle of February.
The personnel of the first bat
talon and the special units of the
e59nd will be moved into barracks
Fort Screven. The remaining bat
teries will be housed in temporary
vood-frame tents, which will soon
he completed and made ready for
occupation. They will, in all proba-
bility. be ready by Jan. Is. The re-
naming units of the 252nd at Fort
Noultrie will necessarily have to be
moved by that time, as the next
National Guard induction will bring
the 263rd coast artillery from South
Carolina to be stationed as a harbor
unit of Charleston on the
reservation at Fort Moultrie.
Workmen have been busy con-
concrete sidewalks along
he front of the neat wood-frame
The 263rd regiment will plant
in the space provided in
ront of each tent. The long COM
any streets of the canvas city will
axe on a gay atmosphere in it's
lew attire by spring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Doc Dearmon, 81, Dies
At Home In Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 20. - Up -
James Writ (Doc) Dearmon, 81,
teacher, former coach and well
known athlete, died here today after
a long illness.
At the time of his death he was a
member of the faculty of Piedmont
Junior High school. Previously he
had coached in various schools of
Charlotte, Lowell, Statesville and
Kings Mountain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
DR.. Shepard To Talk
At Negro Church Here

DR.. James E. Shepard, of Dur.
ham, president of the North Caro-
lima College for Negroes, will be
the principal speaker at the Eman-
cipation Day celebration service to
be held at l o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, January l, at the First
Baptist church, colored, Fifth and
Campbell streets. The public is in
vited to attend. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
'Meanest Man

Members of WilmingtOn's
Greek-American colony came
forward yesterday with a can
didate f0r the doubtful distinc-
ton of ,'meanest man."
Half a dozen or SO down.
town restaurants reported that
some one had carried off the
counter boxes used to receive
gifts to the Greek war RELIEF
fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
LOST AT SEA

MANILA, Dec. 2S.-R-Lingoh
Wang, Sc, widely known Chinese
banker from Hongkong and former
official of the Chinese national gov
eminent, disappeared last night
from the liner President Pierce,
ships officers announced. They ex-
pressed the opinion he was lost at
sea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Seven W.P.A. Projects
Are Approved For N. C.

RALEIGH, Dec. 2S.-R-State
WPA Administrator c. C. McGinnis
today approved seven WPA projects
which will cost $132,18O and employ
313 workers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29

RALEIGH, Dec. ,28.-(P)-Oscar
Pitts, penal superintendent, report
ed today the recapture of two more
of the IL convicts who escaped
from the Alexander county prison
camp December Is. Two of the
dozen are still at large.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
WISDOM WITH U

According to statistics, younger
sons of families r better equipped
with brains than elder brothers.
Caesar and Lincoln are examples.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
S~URRENDERS

CHARLOTTE, Dec. Is (P) -
Sheriff G. Mack Riley said today
that Marvin Pope, who escaped
from the Taylorsville prison camp
Dec. Is along with 10 other prison.
ers, gave himself up at his office
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
NAVY CONTRACT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-R-
The Navy department announced
award of contract to the American
Hardware and Equipment Co.,
Charlotte, for woodworkers chisels,
$7,153.74.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
March, Fla, March Is Up State
condemnation of 500 novels only a
few miles from Florida's %glittering
gold coast" turned public attention
today toward hundreds of itinerant
farm workers living in filth and
squalor comparable to that described
in the book Grapes OF Wrath"
The delapidated shacks, strung
along highways leading into the rich
Okeechobee truck lands, were con
demned by the state board of health
after a survey prompted by findings
of DR.. M. V. Ziegler of the U. S.
Public Health service.
John P. Ingle, Sr., of Jacksonville,
head of a state wide public health
committee, at a public meeting last
night challenged Palm Beach county
to set up a health unit to meet the
menace, and declared:
People are living out there under
the filthiest, most unsanitary condi'
lions I have ever seer. 1t is the
duty of the county commission to
do something about it. You shouldn't
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
500 Hovels Of Itinerant Farm
Workers Condemned In Florida

expect the state board of health to
police your county. but nobody else
seems to be Interested"
Fred A. Safay of the state board
issued the condemnation ord e r
against the dwellings around Belle
Glade, Pahokee and Canal Point and
warned that if the notices we're not
needed by mid-April, action will be
taken against the offenders and all
tenants will be ordered to move at
once"
DIR. Ziegler reported he found
laborers living in tents, trailers,
garages, out-buildings of various
types, and improvised shelters made
of galvanized iron, using automobiles
as one wall"
Housing conditions, with parti
cular reference to crowding anG
lighting, water supply, laundry ano
bathing facilities, were found to be
most intolerable," he added, and de
scribed a rough baracks-like, win
dowless building in which severa.
families lived.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
William Grant Rites
Will Be Held Today

Funeral services for William
Grant, 60, who died at 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at his home in
Sunset Park after a lengthy illness,
will be held at 1890 o'clock this
morning from st. Andrews Pres
byterian church.
Dr.. Charlton H. Storey, pastor,
will o~fficiate and interment will fol.
low in Oakdale cemetery.
He was born in Glasgow, Scot.
land, in 1876, the o of the late
William Grant and Christine Scott
Grant.
Survivors include: his wife, Mrs,
Margaret Thomson Grant; o G
daughter, Miss May Mcdonald
Grant, of Wilmington; two sons,
William Grant, Jr., of Houston, anc
Thomas Grant, of Staunton, Va.
two brothers, Arthur, of Glasgow
and John, of Manchester; two sis
tiers, Mrs. James MCGOWAN, of Glas
gov, and Mrs. J.. K. Smellie, Of
Glasgow; and three grandchildren
Mr.. Grant was a member of the
Society of St. Andrew and st.
George. He "a a deacon in St
Andrews church.
Active pallbearers will be: Ber-
tram Quelch, William S. Watson,
R. c. Plat, sr., R. H. vann, ]. T.
Still, D. H. McGlaughon and L. P,
Andrews.
Honorary: D. A. Lockfaw, H. B.
Moore, j. w. Wright, K. w. Price.
F. P. O'Crowley, G. C. Bordeaux,
H. L. Adams, j. K. Bannerman, S.
A. Hanes, DR.. E. S. Bullock, C. B
Core, D. ]. Black, A. B. McNair
R. A. Armstrong, Herbert Cave
naugh, J. T. Cowan, S. J. Ellis, J
p. Hearn, J.. S. r. Hinnant, F. L
King, ]. o. Powers, w. A. Weylie
and Cecil Williams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Commissioners Thanked
For Efforts To Improve
fNigger Head Highway

Appreciation to the New Hanover
county board of commissioners for
their efforts to secure improve.
ments of the Niger Head" road
leading from Wilmington toward
Moore's Creek battle-ground was ex-
pressed in a letter yesterday from
the chamber of commerce to Ad-
Olson Hewlett, ST., chairman of the
board.
Our organization considers this
project to be one of important sec.
tional value, helping the area west
of Wilmington, as well as New
Hanover county," the letter said.
Earlier this week the county com
missioners requested the state high.
way and public works commission
to give early attention to improve.
ments of the road.
The chamber of commerce stated
that it understood from past o r
respondence that the Fender coun-
.ty board of commissioners would
join in the efforts in a continual
ton of the work beyond the New
Hanover line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Dr.. Russell Denies He
Conducted Nudist Camp

LOS ANGELES, March 2S.-LP
DR.. Bertrand Russell, whose ap
pointment to the faculty of the
City College of New York is being
contested in the courts, today join
ed his wife in a statement denying
that he eve conducted a nudist
camp or practiced nudity, or went
in" for %salacious poetry.
Il have hitherto kept an almost
unbroken silence in the controver.
sy concerning my appointment to
the City college, as 1 could not ad.
nit that my opinions were rele.
want" DR.. Russell's statement said.
But when grossly untrue state.
ments as to my actions are made
in court, I feel that ! must give
them the lie.
Il never conducted a nudist col.
ony in England. Neither my wife
nor l eve paraded nude in public.
1 never went in for salacious
poetry"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
MacPhail Denies Lands
Issued Order To Club

CLEARWATER, Fla, March %.
CP-With the exhibition game be-
tween the Brooklyn Dodgers and
the Boston Bees rained out today,
President Larry MacPhail Of the
Dodgers took the stage to an
nounce Commissioner K. M. Lands
had issued no "order stipulating the
salary to be paid Rookie Outfielder
Lindsay Deal.
MacPhail said Lands made GER
tain suggestions in the deal matter
which were satisfactory to the
Brooklyn club and these sugges-
tons were carried out
When informed Of MacPhails
statement, Lands laughed and re-
piled:
What of it? I never make any
statements about anything pertain
ing to baseball"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29

aid to the blind work: and seventh,
the establishment of workshops.
Donald l.. Sewell, president OF the
club, presided; Paul T. Marshburn,
general program chairman, led in
the group singing; the Rev. James
Lawson, pastor Of the First Christ
ian church, gave the invocation; and
W. C. Calhoun, of Raleigh, was in
troduced as the guest of Lion James
E. L. Wade.
Lion Maffitt reported that DR.. F.
O. Fay, who is conducting free
weekly clinics at James Walker
Memorial hospital, and the City
Optical company, which was fur
nishing glasses at a reduction of rs
per cent, were assisting the club in
sight conservation activities among
school children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Flush Poisons From
Kidneys and Stop
Getting Up Nights
Be Healthier, Happier
Live Longer

When you can get for IS cents a
safe, efficient and harmless slim
ulant and diuretic that should
flush from your kidneys the waste
matter. poisons and acid that are
now doing you harm, why continue
to break your restful sleep by
getting up thru the night?
Don't be an EASY MARK and
accept a substitMte-Ask for Gold
Medal HARLEM Oil CapsuIes-right
from Harlem in Holland. GET
GOLD MEDAI-the original-the
genuine. Look for the Gold Medal
on the box-35 cents.
Other symptoms of weak kidneys
and irritated bladder may be back
ache, puffy eyes. shifting pains,
burning or scanty passage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
OBITUARIES

GRANT-Funeral services for Mr..
William Grant will be held Fri
day morning at 1890 a. m. from
St. Andrews Presbyterian church
with DR.. C. H. Storey officiating.
Interment will follow in Oakdale
cemetery. Honorary pallbearers
will be: D. A. Lockfaw, H. B.
Moore, J. w. Wright, K. W.
Price, F. P. O'Crowley, G.. c.
Bordeaux, H. L. Adams, J.. K.
Bannerman, s. A. Hanes, DR.. D..
s. Bullock, c. B. Gore, D. ].
Black, A. B. McNair, r. Alex.
Armstrong, Herbert Cavenaugh,
J. II. Cowan, s. j. Ellis, j.. E.
Hearn, J. s. r. Hinnant, f. l..
King, J. o. Powers, w. A. Weylie,
Cecil williams; Active: Bertram
Quelch, William S. Watson, R.. C..
Plat, ST., r. Fl. Vann, J. r. Still,
Durham, N. c.; ID. II. McGlaugh.
on l.. =. Andrews.