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Smyrna times., 1941-04-10
CHURCHES PLAN
EASTER MUSIC
Churches of Smyrna Arrange
Special Easter Pageant,
Music and Concert
LIST OF SERVICES

Inc ASDuIy m6CQOOQSI, 81. ret
er's Episcopal, and the Presbyter-
ian Churches have all planned
special Easter programs this week,
with special music pageants and
concerts.
Pageant at Presbyterian Church
A pageant, From Gethsemane
to The Tomb" will be presented at
the Presbyterian Church Easter
night, with the Rev. Samuel j.
Thackaberry as narrator. The cast
includes Wilma Blendt, Robert
Lower, George Blendt, George
Hutchinson, Billy Broadway, Jim
mic Sudler, Lloyd Johnson, Carlton
Blendt, Harry Lower, Roland Web
er, Herman and Eddie Tucker,
Audrey Westfall, Yvonne Senger,
Marie Blendt, Mrs. Harper Jones
and Mrs. S. J. Thackaberry. The
music is in charge of the organist,
Mrs. Mary Westfall, assisted by the
following choir: Mrs. Edwin Hutch
ison, Mrs. Millaway Broadway Mrs.
Ruth Weber, Mrs. Kitty Still, Mrs
Ellery ]. Ward, Mrs. Will Blendt
and Mrs. George Blendt. Services
on Sunday morning at II a. m. :;
Sunday School at 10 a. m. Mid
week meeting at 7.30 p. m, Wed
nesday.
Asbury Easter Concert
The services at Asbury Method
ist Church next Sunday, April 10,
will be as follows: the Church
School will convene promptly at 10
o'clock with Mr.. n. @. Jones, SUI
perintendent, in charge; the morn
ing worship service and sermon
with special Easter music by all
three choirs at IL; the Epworth
League service at $50 p. m, at 7.30
the Senior Choir will render their
Easter Concert. Holy Week ser
vices are being held at Asbury
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings of this week. The Holy
Communion will be administered in
the service this Thursday evening.
The public is invited. The Fourth
Quarterly Conference will be held
Friday evening of next week, April
18th, beginning at 7.30. Prayer ser
vice Wednesday evening at 7.30.
The Easter concert to be rendered
by the Senior Choir follows:
Jerusalem Parker
Ride On, Ride On in Majesty. Scott
There is a Green Hill Far Away" Gounod
| Scripture reading-Easter message.
! las it Began to Dawn .-.... Martin
THE Lord is Risen. Composer unknown
when it Was Yet Dark" 1890. Maskell
Scripture reading Easter message.
Resurrection" SHUTS
Triumphant Strains Arise" Chapman
Benedction.
| Soloists-Mrs. William Wroten. Mrs. George
i Fleming, Mrs. Grant CARTS. Mrs. George
r. Miller, Mr.. Lewis Price, Mr.. Henry En-
mis-.
! Special Services at st. Peters
St. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor, makes the following announce
i ments: Today, Holy Thursday, 7.3O
a. M, celebration of the Holy Com
munion; 73O p. M, choir practice;
Good-Friday, p. m. to p. m, ser
vice and meditations on the Seven
Words" of our Lord from the
Cross; yesterday, 7.3O a. M, cele-
hra+;oyo of the HoIv Communion
10 a. M, Church School with pre-
sentation of the Missionary Box
Offering; II a. m., second celebra-
ton of the Holy Communion and
sermon upon the Resurrection of
Christ. Monday, 8 p. M, Parish
meeting for the election of Vestry-
men and receiving reports from all
departments of the Church.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-10

O, rs'x On the new dam at Lake
sdIDy WI u start next Tuesday, ac-
b ~ a. ~ iown Council. Plans
aRsr,aa rn' submitted to the State
am department. .s were approx
sa l. tnis week. Construction
sepDs 'ompieted in time for the
atainp D p. me Smyrna Municipal
y T,r, Seach at the beginning of
'ling ~ az swimming season.
sssks W., \. ene lake will start in two
ss tvna = y was announced. A
d tup po y dam, using large pipes
edss and and eliminating both
gates, will be construct
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
WATERWAY Line
HAS BIG INCREASE
Traffic Up Under Normal
Conditions; Defense Expect
ed To Cause Record

Skeptics were plentiful about the
value of the inland waterway when
it was built, but anyone who has
watched the growth of the North
Carolina line and other inland Wa
terway traffic in and out of VII
mington must surely be convinced
now that this waterway, aside from
it's national defense value, is a
worthwhile project.
During the last year traffic or
the inland waterway from Beau
fort to the Cape Fear river in
creased from the 243, 789 tons o
1889 to 1882 tons and traffic OF
the inland waterway from the Cap
Fear river to Winyah bay in
creased approximately Is per cent
according to government reports
In this increase the North Caro-
lima line shared and PARTICULAR.
did it increase its business be
tween Wilmington and Charleston
A service along this route was in
stituted by the line in 1889 but l
became an appreciate business
only in 1910.
And straws in the wind point K
a record year for inland water
way lines in 1941. The North Car
| Dina Shipbuilding company, which
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
H. |. GREEN STORE
ENLARGED IN 1910
Modern Front, More Space Is
Afforded In MOderniZa-
ton Program

Front street between Chestnut
and Grace streets, like other sec
tons Of the city's business district,
underwent a rebuilding and mod
ernization program in 1910 exceed
ing anything done in that section
in many years previously.
One Of the outstanding jobs in
1910 was the renovation and re-
modelling Of the building occupied
by H. l.. Green and company.
Here the front of the building
vas trimmed down one story and
covered with processed limestone
which makes 1t fit perfectly with
the modern type Of buildings now
being erected in the city.
A new floor was built through
out the expanded interior Of the
building. Selling space in the build
ing was heightened from $50 to
200 feet, making the store now Is
percent larger than heretofore.
New fixtures have been installed
in the building from front to rear
and overhead new lighting fixtures
give ample illumination to allow
customers to examine closely the
merchandise which they plan to
purchase.
The store is the first fully air.
conditioned establishment of it
type in the city, giving customers
clean air throughout the year, with
winter and summer temperatures
being kept in the comfort zone.
The work on the building was
done by W. A. Simon company,
Of Wilmington, being completed in
time for a gala opening of the
store o. Sept. %.
A big increase in business has
been noted at the store since the
remodeling and modernization, &C.
cording to the management, and
the establishment of Camp Davis
has also made itself felt in in
creased sales. Much Of this latter
business has been brought about
indirectly by the camp, with peo-
pie throughout the city purchasing
odd furniture, window shades, bed
clothing and the like in the prep
aration of rooms for roomers and
boarders. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
STOP LIGHTS, SPEED LAWS
NEEDED BY ANTELOPE

sPEARFIsH, S. D. RNsouth Da-
kota game wardens are wondering
if it wouldn't be a good idea to
install traffic lights out whera the
deer and the antelope play.
Aviator Clyde Ice is responsible
for their speculation, reporting he
observed a terrific collision be-
tween two herds of antelopes while
counting them from the air.
I'VE spotted two bands, one with
about go and the other with about
70 head" he said. 'They were
running toward each other in the
form of a wedge. We knew there
must be a ridge between, for nei-
ther band was aware of the other.
Their collision was like a train
wreck. We thought there would
be many dead, for they were piled
like football players. But tn
jumped up, stood for a minute,
looked around and then shot away
again. If there were any cripples
we did not spot fem"
Ice believes the animals run 60
or 70 miles an hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

retail value of less than 5000. II
the value is more the excise on
the portion of the purchase price
above 5000 is 40 per cent and any
portion of the cost above $1,000
bears an impost of 80 per cent.
Many other items are subject to
a flat excise levy of Is percent
under the new regulations, which
were announced in December. The
success of this measure in making
labor, materials, and plant faci!i-
ties now producing automobiles
available for defense production
will be closely watched in this
country. Another method Of dis
couraging production of nominees
sites, of course, is that of raising
income tax levies in the lower
brackets, and compulsory pur-
chases Of government bonds ac-
cording to ability Of the Individual
as measured by annual income
and total liquid assets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
NORTH FOURTH ST.
IS MUCH IMPROVED
City Paves Street, Merchants
Make Trade Area More
Attractive

North Fourth street, long a bust
ness district in the city in its own
right. underwent widespread
changes during 1910 and h a S
emerged in 1914 as a more mod
ern, up-to-date and progressive
trade district.
The biggest change in the street
during 1910 was in the street prop
er, when the city, as a part Of its
street building program, removed
the old street car tracks, laid con-
crete cutters and curbings, and
paved the street with an asphalt
surface over concrete.
Then the street itself took on
new life. Store fronts were mod
ernized and merchants along the
street put on a cleanup CAM
paign, Kidding the street of an
cient and unattractive signs and
making North Fourth street a
much more attractive p a e to
trade.
One of the biggest advancements
of the year on North Fourth street
was the erection of the Ritz the
atre, one of a chain of so theatres
operated by the Bijou Amusement
company, of Nashville, Tenn, for
negroes only.
The theatre has met with tre-
mendous popularity and is draw
ing larger crowds each week. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

OF war necessities in this country.
England has gone a step farther,
requiring sale of specified holdings
OF foreign securities to the govern
ment at market prices of an arbi-
trary date. But English industry
is still f~unctioning without govern
ment control.
In France, now neither at war
or at peace, the situation is far
different. That country has swung
with incredible speed through all
the disorganization that normally
takes years of warfare, and the
Vlchy government is now taking
command of one industry after an
other. Coal and steel were first,
then textiles; other necessities of
life will follow.
Take Up Slack First
II war necessity dictates that
government control shall be exer-
cised over any economic activity,
there is no doubt that the govern
ment will be ready with the plans.
The chances Of such a move in
the United States, however, even
should war be declared, are re-
mote.
The essentials Of a huge indus
trial program are at hand. Labor,
raw materials, present or poten-
tial plant capacity, and the capital
to finance new ventures r all
present in such abundant quaint
ties that a considerable period
would be consumed in taking up
the slack. Our close approach to
self-sufficiency and our huge gold
reserve reduce to insigniticance
the problem of commercial rela-
tons with other nations in war
time.
Tax Powerful Implement
On the other hand, there is a
very good possibility that an early
attempt would be made to release
productive facilities now engaged
in the production Of non-necessi-
ties, through penalty taxes. In
Canada, the way has been pointed
out by the application Of a 20 per
cent excise tax on domestically
manufactured automobiles with a
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
new RESTAURANT
TO OPEN IN MARCH
Need For Greater Facilities
Accented By Hordes Of
Workers Here

The influx of hordes Of people
to Wilmington to work at Camp
Davis and the shipyards being
erected for the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company has Great
ed a crying need in Wilmington
for more establishments to feed
the hungry public.
In answer to this need Pretlow
and Pretlov:', Inc, which for years
has operated the Friendly Cafe
terra on Chestnut street between
Front and Second streets, is taking
steps to open an attractive and
up-to-date restaurant just west of
the cafeteria site in the building
formerly occupied by the business
offices of the Star-News.
Here an oval room will seat 100
patrons simultaneously. Around
the curved sides of the room will
be s>ttees, to which patrons may
draw tables. Between the ends OF
the settees will be a few booths
and several twosome tables.
Overhead an oval ceiling will be
featured with novel lighting ef-
fects, with the indirect lighting so
arranged that it can be adjusted
to the moods Of the patrons.
From this oval ceiling will also
come the conditioned air, at the
proper temperature and humidity
to assure the greatest comfort to
the patrons.
And down the center of the floor
OF the oval room will be tables
OF the pedestal type finished in
chrome steel and black glass. The
front of the building, in keeping
with tn front of the Friendly Cafe
terra, will be of black building
glass.
The walls Of the interior of the
building will be antique in appear
ance, with mirrow pillasters rum
ming from the floor to the oval
ceiling. Plans for the decoration
OF the building are in the hands of
Henry Jay Macmillan, well-known
artist and decorator of Wilmington.
Lynch and Foard are architects
FOR the work, which is expected to
cost approximately SIS, 600. Pres
ent plans call for the new estab-
lishment to open about the middle
of next month. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

plans to build "a ships in Whining.
ton in "a months, has announced
it plans to move much of the pre-.
fabricated steel which will 60 1nto
these ships via inland waterway
With waterway traffic on the in
crease from normal business, sucn
an impetus from the national de-
tense program is expected to make
it possible for the lines to set new
marks in 1871.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
WEDDINGS IN FRANCE
NEED OKAY

VICHY, France R-"Family"
has become the middle name Of
the new French state with its slo-
gan Work, Family, County," but
the government wants quality as
well as quantity in its families.
Future brides and bridegrooms
will be subject to medical exam
nation. Newlyweds will get health
cards from the state on which
their state of health will be
checked. Children will be kept un-
der medical supervision until they
are six years old.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
R[1SINESS POWDERS
ABOUT U.S.. IN WAR
Canadian Experience Sug.
aosts Initial Control Will
Be l1ild
~ cambridge Associates

I,;ress must consider possibili-
Du IN the United States present
tles of assistance and CO.
pfo oggstion with the British cause
o. oe the seeds which might con-
lie .ah1v grow into open and de-
esd hostilities against another
e srar1d power. If so, the effect on
"oi scan business would be far
Alaehine. It is not possible at this
Isss TO even imagine the social
l lharses which would grow out of
c lsh participation after the cessa-
s.n # hostilities, but in past his
.ary and the present business con-
W.. St;ons in countries already direct
-. Elected, some clues to the more
Immediate effects may be un-
lowered "
.,l,ection of business men of the
Ward war is the communicating
the railroads by the govern
u,or+ Will we have more, or less,
II s,lch direct control? Snap judy
,aent would lead one to. say more,
/. the basis of the obvious trend
award Capitalization in recent
vssTs But sober second thought
|night change the verdict.
Problems Anticipated
Never before in history has there
|beer 50 much knowledge Of the
|rrob1ems Of war to guide and di-
|rect the policies of our govern
Fr,en+ In the first place, the num-
ber Of survivors of the World war
beriod who had an active hand in
HE administration Of its various
Functions is large.
In the second place, general
of the economic aspect
Il war is far greater than ever
and no opportunities are
heing lost II familiarize experts
kvith the causes and effects of gov
regulations on business in
Countries at war. And finally, our
|eovernmen- has developed a tech
6ioue Of regulation and restriction
bv commissions which under any
but the most disorganized state of
business could probably accom-
more than direct comman-
War inevitably causes disrup-
items in the normal course of
trade. Sometimes these are tempo
rary, caused by the shift from con-
sumers' goods to war necessities
in the early stages Of hostilities.
As shortages OF materials develop,
abnormal use or restricted
facilities, further disloca-
tons result. So far as has been
this point has not been
reached by any of the warning
nations as yet, but it will come.
there are acute labor diff
and the Reorganization of
industry which appear in the final
of warfare and usually
weigh as a large factor in the
eventual capitulation OF the coun-
try where they have advanced
most rapidly.
"War First" Inevitable
The advance Of government con-
trol Of business generally progress
Ses no faster than the need. Cana
da has as yet made few moves
except elementary restrictions on
foreign exchange and embargos on
certain imports (such as automo-
olles, radios, furniture) in order
10 conserve balances for purchases
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
A BACK SEAT
MAYRE

PUEBL. o, Colo. R-The jury &C
quilted the automobile driver of
the drunken driving charge but
convicted the fellow riding in the
back seat. Since he wal the owner
Of the car, a juror explained, he
could better afford to pay the fine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
ALBINISM VS..

Mechanism is the opposite of al
binism. It is a high degree OF de-
velopment of dark pigment in the
skin, while albinos have a def
cheney of pigment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
SPREAD WINGS

SHEFFIELD, England R-Hom-
ing pegeon fanciers of Sheffield
have sent $445 to Lord Beaver
brook for purchase of more mod
ern birds defensive aircraft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

Natives Of Jubaland, in Africa,
sometimes brand themselves with
the same design used for their
cattle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

The United States has about 8,
500 furniture manufacturing estab-
lishments. 4
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Government Building
Cafeterias 10 Raise
Prices Of Food
Agreement to Increase
Workers Wages Given
As Reason

Federal workers can expect to pay
more for food in Government build
ing cafeterias, Arthur j. Williams,
president of the Welfare and Recrea-
ton Association, which operates the
establishments. said today after
reaching wage agreement with the
United Cafeteria Employees Local All.
He predicted the price increases
would be found necessary in about
a month, to meet wage raises among
cafeteria employees which he said
amount to about 10 per cent, He
said he hoped the prices would not
rise that much.
The wage concessions apparently
ended the threat of strike by 1850
Government food workers. Negotia-
tionS were concluded at l:30 am.
today after night session IN a
Labor Department conference room.
Jack Mink, business agent for the
C. I. o. union, said demands were
for raises of 5 to 10 cents an hour
over present rates of a. to 81 cents
per hour. and that most of the de-
mand was obtained. He said his
union will quickly ratify the agree
ment tonight.
Evening star., 1941-10-31
France Still Fighting,
Col. Britton Declares

LONDON. Oct. 81 (P).-"Col. v.
(for Victory Britton" of B. B. c. told
the subjugated nations of Europe
today that France had demonstrated
that she is a great nation, Stll IN
the war and still fighting.
The broadcast came as a prelude
to the five-minute stand-still DEM
onstration today at the call of the
Free French leader, Gen. Charles de
Gaulle.
After Col. Britton spoke in Eng
lish, his talk was transmitted in
Norwegian, Dutch, Flemish, Polish,
Czech, Greek, Serbo-Croat, German
and French.
The mystery radio speaker, self
proclaimed leader of the "V for
Victory" campaign in German
dominated Europe, declared that
Frances demonstration for her
Observation-Disclosures executed by the
occupying forces-would show the
Germans ,hat she is unConquered.
He said Britain's allies also were
remembering the martyrs" of other
countries overrun by the Nazis and
added:
I'VE think also of the many Ger
man and Austrian martyrs foully
murdered and tortured in Nazi con-
centration camps by creatures who
can no longer be called human
beings"
He said the executed dead had
reused the conscience of the world
and brought nearer the ending of
this savagery."
Evening star., 1941-10-31
D. T.. Taxi Driver
Beaten and Robbed
By Passengers
Bondits Flee in Cob
After Taking Driver
On 3-Hour Ride

A 25-year-old taXicab driver re-
ported to police early today he had
been robbed by three men who
beat him, tossed him into under
brush and fed in his cab after fore
ing him to ride for three hours on
the floor of the vehicle.
Douglas A. Bailey of Takoma
Park. Md. the driver, said the men
hailed him at Fifth and G streets
NV. about IL pm. and directed
him to drive TO Minnesota avenue and
D streets Sc. One of the men who
sat in the front seat had a gun and
one Of the pair in the back seat
held what the driver believed was a
gun at his neck.
Mr.. Bailey told police the men
ordered him to lie on the floor in
the rear of the cab with his head
covered by coat. They took about
SIS and his eyeglasses, and the long
ride began. At various times the
men tcld him they we're in Annapolis
Nd, and on the Eastern Shore, he
related, but they finally halted the
cab near New Hampshire avenue
extended. and the Colesville road
Mr.. Bailey W2s struck on the heac
twice while he was still covered
by the coat, and the bandits threw
him into clump of bushes anc
left. he said. Several stitches were
taken in wound in his head a
7 WASHINGTON Sanitarium.
Mrs Laura White. operator of 6
souvenir shop in the 100 block Of I
street NE. reported to police las
nieht that a colored youth armed
with a revolver took SO in change
from her store.
4 Roger Simpkins. colored of tht
3l00 block of Sherman avenue NV
was robbed of about 500 in change
by two colored holdup men as h
started to enter his home last night
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Appeals Court JaiIs Man
For Arrears in Support

The United States Court Of Ap-
peals today ordered a man COM
mitted to the District Jail on a
charge of failure to comply with its
decree to pay his wife temporary
maintenance. 1t is believed to be
the first time in history that the
Districts appellate tribunal has
taken such action in a divorce case.
though it is a frequent resort of
District Court jurists when a hus-
band is in arrears in payments to
his wife.
In compliance with the appellate
courts order, a deputy United States
marshal went out Immediately and
brought in George A. Brown of
Mount Rainier, Md, who is employed
as an electrician in a downtown
Washington theater. Mr.. Brown was
lodged in a cell block at District
Court.
Mr.. Brown and his wife, Mrs. Mary
Estelle Brown, were married here
october 18, 1905. Their divorce
actions have been in the courts for
several years.
Mrs. Brown on October petitioned
the Court of Appeals to commit her
husband to Jail for his alleged
failure to comply with that court S
order entered July 81 requiring him
to pay her maintenance during the
pendency of the litigation. She told
the court that Mr.. Brown has not
complied with the court order fully
which required him to pay her $500
within so days. He has paid but
Evening star., 1941-10-31
February Date Is Set
For Lindsey Execution

Overruling a motion for new
trial, Justice Jesse G. Adkins in Dis
trict Court today set February as
the execution date for Roland j.
Lindsey, 10, colored, convicted re-
Gently by a jury of criminal assault
and assault with intent to kill
On the assault with intent to kill
charge, Justice Adkins imposed a
sentence of to Is years.
Defense Counsel James G. Tyson
and Richard R. Atkinson, who were
appointed by the court to defend
Lindsey, announced they would
carry the fight to the United States
Court of Appeals to save him from
death.
Lindsey was found guilty of Grim
inal assault on an 18-year-old girl
on July 19 in Patterson Woods, near
New York avenue extended, and as
sault with intent to kill her COM
panion, Pvt. Lawrence E. McCul-
Jough, soldier.