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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
EL|ZABETHTOWN

ELIZABETHTOWN, May 10 -
Mrs. Clarence Layton and r
have recently returned from Camp
Blanding, Fla, where they spent a
few weeks with the formers hus-
band who is stationed there.
Miss Evelyn Case left Wednes-
day for Oakland, Calf, to visit
Bill Corbett of the U. S. Army
who is stationed there.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Curtin, who
has been employed here for some
time left last week for Greensboro
to join her husband, Sgt. Currin
while he is located there.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. C. Farlowe and
family who have made their home
here for some time moved this
week to Lumberton.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Cole of Fay
etteville. visited Mrs. J. r. Cole
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Clark and
Mrs. Edward Clark spent Monday
night and Tuesday in Florence, S.
c., to visit 1t. Edward Clark who
has recently arrived there from
Italy where he has been in the hos
pitaI for a few months. He ex-
poets to be transferred to White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va, to re-
cuperate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Privett of
Rocky Mount, were week end
guests or Mr.. and Mrs. M. L.
Fisher.
Manley George, U. S. A., sta
toned at Rantaul, ILL.,, is visiting
Mrs. George here at this time.
Mrs. Hemingway of Starke, Fla,
is visiting Mrc. Johnnie Heming-
way.
Mrs. C. R. Jordan, Jr, is visit
ing her mother. Mrs. Frank
Moore in Graham.
Miss Anne Cromartie was host
ess on Saturday afternoon at a
lovely party honoring Miss Mar
garet Sloan of Garland, BRIDE
elect of this month.
Miss Frances Smith and Mrs.
Jas. L. Collier entertained at a
lovely party on Thursday night at
the home of their sister, Mrs. Roy
Jecsup. Bridge was played at five
tables. High score prize and trav-
ell award went to Mrs. M. L. Ia
tum. Mrs. Boyd Hammer won the
bingo prize. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
MIR. and Mrs. c. E. Sloan, Jr.,
and son, Carey, II, of Montgom-
cry, Ala. who spent last week
here with relatives, left Monday to
visit relatives in Greensboro be-
fore returning to their home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
s. s. SANTA INES
TO BE LAUNCHED

The 161st ship to be launched al
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
Company's yard here will 60 dov'r
the ways at 1915 o'clock this
morning.
She is the Santa Ines.
Mrs. James E. Manger, of New
Rochelle, N. Y, wife of the Grace
Lines vice president, will be spon'
sor.
Her maid of honor will be Miss
Evelyn Margaret Magner, also OF
New Rochelle.
The ship is the last of six built
hero to be purchased outright from
the War Shipping Administration
by the Grace Line.
The CO type vessel is named
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
Benefit Card
Party Given
By Music Club
Funds Will Be Used To Pur-
chase Musical Unit For
Camp Hospital

The Thursday Morning Musi.
club entertained at the Sorosi.
clubhouse on Thursday afternoon
at one of the prettiest parties o.
the spring season. The rooms were
decorated with arrangements Of
spring flowers and during the
afternoon refreshments of iced tea
dainty sandwiches and homemade
cookies were served.
Proceeds from the party will be
used by the clubs war fund to
purchase a musical unit for a
camp hospital.
Attractive priced were awarded
for high scorers to the following:
Mrs. W. B. Berry, Mrs. W. A.
Raney, Mrs. Woodward, M S.
David jacob, Mrs. Robert Way,
Mrs. K. w. Price, Mrs J. D.
Doscher, Mrs. Paul Hess, Mrs.
Richard Rogers, Mrs. A. r. Willis,
Mrs. Horace Pearsall, Mrs. Claude
Howell, Mrs. Howard Handy, Mrs.
Louis Merritt, Mrs. B. H. Thoma-
son, Mrs. ]. B. Sudbury, Mrs. H.
A. Higgins, Mrs. I. J. Sutton, Mrs.
Roger Greenleaf, Mrs. Robert
Way was awarded the door prize.
The following were among those
playing: Mrs. I. ]. Sutton, Mrs.
Gene Hicks, Mrs. F. S. Burr, Mrs.
B. r. Morrison, Mrs. H. A. Hug
gins, Mrs. B. S. Whaley, Mrs. c.
H. Pratt, Mrs. w. L. Berry, Mrs.
J. B. Sudbury, Mrs. ]. M. Fields,
Mrs. E. R. Toms, Mrs. B. K.
Myers, Mrs. c. E. White, Mrs.
Louis Hanson, Mrs. c. S. Lowri
more, Mrs. B. H. Thomson, Mrs.
H. T. Newland, Mrs. Quincy
Satchwell, Mrs. Louis Merritt,
Mrs. I. NJ. Craig, Mrs. H. E. Long
ley, Mrs. Howard Handy, M S.
Herbert Kendall. Mrs. Jere Free
MAJ. Mrs. Claude Howell, Mrs. E.
H. Munson, Mrs. Heide T-ask,
Mrs. ]. x. Bell, Mrs. Horace Pear
sail, Mrs. R. M. Sheppard, Mrs.
E. K. Britt. Miss Florence
Pearsall;
Mrs. Emsley A. Laney,
Mrs. Guerard Simkins, Mrs. Rex
ford Willis, Mrs. George N. Har-
riss, Mrs. R. S. Rogers, Mrs. D.
Cooper, Mrs. Walter Bond, Mrs. D.
G. Gaskins, Mrs. Paul Hess, Mrs.
H. L. Mcpherson, Mrs. Eliza
Schulken, Mrs. Addison Hewlett,
Jr., Mrs. ]. D. Doscher, Mrs. w.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
by Alice Brooks

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This pattern, together with a
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Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins
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more 100 illustrations of de-
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quilts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20

in front of hlm-She steps IN as
second the minute she hears about
the fight.
you did exactly right, honey
to tell him of" she says. And
then adds. He doesn't half ap.
preciate how smart you are and
hard you work, and it's time you
told him a thing or two."
BOOSTS HIS EGO
And when he gets in an a~gu-
ment with anybody she is right
there ready to needle him into get
ting even madde-. The idea OF
his saying that to YOU" she says.
What in the world does he think
he knows about it?"
Every time her husband runs
into a good fight his little woman
is egging him on patching up his
battered ego and quieting in him
any doubts that he might posi-
bly, have been in the wrong.
Any wife worth her salt is he
husbands ever ready second -
ready to pitch in at moment S
notice and make him think there
is nobody and nothing in the world
that can lick him.
And if, in spite Of his wife S
faith, he does get licked she is
there like a good second ready to
help him On his feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
Public Invited To Visit
Beautiful Gardens Today

The iris gardens at the home OF
Miss Ruth Loman on Audubon
Boulevard will be open to the pub
lie this afternoon from 4 until
o'clock, at which time a silver tea
sponsored by the Business wom-
ans circle of the Winter Park
Presbyterian church will be held.
There will be signs at each end
of the boulevard in Audubon d.
recting visitors to the gardens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
st. Hilda's Auxiliary
Will Entertain With
Silver Tea On Monday

St. Hilda's auxiliary of St.
Johns Episcopal church will give
silver tea ON Monday evening
from until 10 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. Howard Keeper, 405
North Third street.
The auxiliary will have on dis
play a collection of souvenirs sent
home from the various war fronts
by service men.
The public is invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
SENTRY DOG DISAppD,

The disappearance Of Pm r5nHs
army army Sentry police dog, on1y a a.
Gently mustered out of The '': n.y. IL
services because of age, has aimed
revealed by his master, Pete etc. 5 7sa'
ahos. Rex, disappeared ' on ]oa'
night OF May Is from his no S4 !, ~
OF OF the Boston cafe, Where his n p','
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20

Martha Ann Strowd, Louisburg
Zoe Swencker, Badin Jane Thoma-
son, Roanoke Rapids; Marv
Glenn Thompson, Hamlet; Harriet
Tucker, Ahoskie; Carol Van Sickle,
Ridgewood, N. j.; Phyllis Vree-
land, Fort Bragg; Elizabeth
Wester, Franklinton; Mary Ruth
Whitener, Maiden; Nancy Willard
and Eleanor Younts, High Point
and Ruth Winterling, Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
Greensboro Woman Wins
Regional College Prize

GREENSBORO, May 80 Up
Mrs. Roger A. McDuffie, OF
Greensboro. A special art student
at Woman's college, is first prize
winner in the first annual regional
exhibition of oils and water colors
now being held at Virginia Inter-
mont college, Bristol, Va.
Entering two oil paintings,
Chickens and Eve" as a group,
Mrs. McDuffie won first award in
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
EISENHOWER ON VISIT

LONDON, May 10. - R - Su-
preme headquarters of the Allied
expedltionary force announced to-
gay that Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
mower had completed a quick visit
70 ar and ground troops in Eng
lana and northern Ireland
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20

A. Kamer, Mrs. E. A. Anderson,
Mrs. C. B. Wilson, Mrs. Vernon
Avery, Mrs. A. S. Trundle, Jr.,
Mrs. X. W. Price, Mrs. L. D.
Potter, Mrs. H. M. Roland, Mrs.
Robert Way, Mrs. T. T. Hamil-
ton, Mrs. J. M. Butt, Mrs. David
jacob, Mrs. J. Swart, Mrs. J. H.
Gerdes, Mrs. S. Vanderwal, Mrs.
Raeford Trask, Mrs. w. A. Raney
Mrs. James B. Gillespie, Mrs.
Oliver Creekmore, Mrs. W. B..
Berry, Mrs. G.. w. Bellois, Mrs.
Herman Gerdes, Mrs. George
Avant, Mrs. Roger Greenleaf, Mrs.
Martin, Mrs. Sifers, Mrs. Sleeper,
Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. DeMoisey,
Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Barkay and
others.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
PERSONALS

Mrs. Charles E. Borden and Mrs.
Andrew j. Gray of Richmond,
Va, are spending a week in the
city and are stopping at the
Governor Dudley.
M. and Mrs. Fred Holdsworth
have left for visit with Mr.. Holds
worth mother in Boston. En- route
they will visit in Washington and
New York.
Lieut.. G.gD A. F. Downum and
family are spending a few days
with Lieut.. Downum's parents, thu
Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Downum at
their home in Winter Park.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
SATURDAY, MAY 20

this division The exhibition a..
on Importance because Of t5o 's ok
nence OF the juror, Sheldon1 ne r. em..
outstanding in the field Of me oAeFg
art. VI mooecr
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20

there's nothing
really unusual
about a woman S
acting as a man
second.
That is every
Wife's job. The
husband has a
verbal fight with
the boss, and
though his wife
isn't Johnny : on
lIlG , ~ " \ w
sponge off hez
mans fevered
brow, or to wave
a cooling towel
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
Little Woman
Won't Throw
Tn The Towel
BY RUTH MILLETT

A recent issue of "Yank", the
army weekly, shows picture of
a WAC acting as second to a SOL
dier contender in a boxing tourney.
It makes an odd picture. But
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
Pauline SandersOn
Engaged To Marry
William L. Potter

LUMBERTON, May 19-Mz. and
Mrs. Solomon Devaul Sanderson OF
Lumberton, announce the engage
meat and approaching marriage
of their daughter, Pauline, to Will
liam Lester Potter Of Lumberton,
son of Mrs. j. A. Potter and the
late Mr.. Potter of Mcdonald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Crawford of
Lumberton, announce the engage
ment and apr aching marriage OF
their only daughter, Ruth Eliza
beth, to Elton Phillips, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Hezzie Phillips of Lum-
berton. Route 2. The wedding will
take place this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Layton Stephens
of Fairmont, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Hilda, to
Pfc. George C. Wilson, j.. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Wilson
of Rowland, On May II in Dillon,
S. c. The bridegroom is station
ed at Alamogordo, N. NJ, with the
Army Air Forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
SERVICE DANCE TONIGHT

SERVICE DANCE TONIGHT
The Fourth and Ann USO will
entertain this evening at the
couple dance" starting at 8
o'clock. Music will be furnished
by Camp Davis band. All service
couples are invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20
Miss Cromartie,
Is Entertained

LUMBERTON. May 19-Honor-
ing Miss Margaret Cromartie
Robson home demonstration
agent who is to be married on
May 20, members of the Robson
County Council of Home Demon
stration clubs entertained at a for
NAL reception in the agricultural
building here.
The reception followed the
spring meeting of the Council,
with Mrs. A. A. Mccormick of st.
Pauls presiding. The feature OF
this meeting was the presentation
of a handsome 5-piece silver SER
vice to Miss Cromartie, gift
from all the Home Demonstration
clubs in the county.
In the receiving line were pre-
sent officers and past presidents
of the County Council-Mmes. Nc
Cormick. Bertha Singletary, Paul
S. Oliver, W. NJ Oliver and Eugene
Humphrey and Misses Hattie
Powell, Katie Mel. Buie and Nan
ME Lewis; project leadets-Mmes.
]. N. Walker. Neill Mccormick,
W. D. Wellington, Nettie HUMPHREY,
Grady Townsend, Wilton Barden
and D. G. Britt, and the honoree.
Others receiving and serving
were Mines. Duncan McGoogan,
Watson Butler. G. B. Nye, D. M.
McLamb, W. H. Nye, D. D. Trout
man, G. S. Page, R. B. Bullatd
Hicks Barnes, M. M. Jones, w. P.
Boland, c. C. Fennell, R. H. Nc
MILAN, Jr., David McRae, G. W
Baldwin, Vernon Townsend, B. F.
Annette, Franklin Morrison and H
M. King.
DR.. Roscoe D. Mcmillan of Red
Springs, former president of the
NJ C. Medical Society was guest
speaker at the bi-monthly meeting
of District seven of the N. C,
Nurses Association held at the
nurses home of Baker Sanatorium
in Lumberton. Miss Mary Jane
Ellis of Fayetteville presided.
Hitch Your Wagon to a Star"
was the inspiration for the annual
junior-senior banquet of Lumber
ton High School at the Lorraine
Hotel and the dance at the
Serviceme1's club. Music was fur
nished by Dick Skeletons Musical
Gliders", 10-piece orchestra from
the Laurinburg- Maxton Army Air
Base. Paul Moore is president of
the junior class and Mis- Edith
Anne Johnson of the seniors. Class
sponsors are Misses Elizabeth
Brice and Evelyn Hammonds.
Two parties were given to honor
Miss Barbara Tyson, who is to be
soon to Staff Sgt. Ken
meth E. Boyd at Camp Howe,
Texas. Misses Melba Kittrell and
Doris McGill were hostesses at
bridge party and crystal shower
at the home of Miss Kittrell. High
score prize was awarded Miss Ann
Graham Bond, second high Mrs.
Joe Bracey. Miss Miriam Hartley
entertained at her home for Miss
Tyson, who was presented silver
candelabra, gift from the Mans
field Mills, where she has been
The hostess also re-
the honoree with gift.
The Long Branch and Mt. Elan
Home Demonstration clubs enter
tanned for visiting service men at
the Servicemen' club Sunday
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20

The Long Branch and Mt. Elan
Home Demonstration clubs enter
tanned for visiting service men at
the Servicemen's club Sunday
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-20

DR.. Roscoe D. Mcmillan of Red
Springs, former president of the
N. C. Medical Society was guest
speaker at the bi-monthly meeting
of District seven of the N. c.
Nurses Association held at the
nurses home of Baker Sanatorium
in Lumberton. Miss Mary Jane
Ellis of Fayetteville presided.
The union times., 1944-07-15
Nye Race Hinges
 On Soldier Vote In Split Primary
North Dakota Senator May Squeeze Through; Faces
 Hard Election

The campaign of united labor, farmers and win-the-war business men to get rid of isolationist Sen. Gerald P. Nye has made the North Dakota Republican primary race so hot that its winner will not be known until July 27, the last day for counting soldier votes.
 Unofficial tabulations issued gave Nye the narrow lead of 953 votes over former American Legion Commander Lynn U. Stambaugh, while labor's candidate, Rep. Usher L. Burdick, gaining rapidly in the farm precincts, stood only 5000 votes behind Nye. With 30 of the states 2,251 precincts to come in the count stood: Nye, 38,082; Stambaugh, 37,12o; Burdick, 34,997.
 It is still possible for any of the three to win the Republican nOmi- nation for senator since there are
The union times., 1944-07-15
Substantial Increases For
 Chicago Hotel Employees

Chicago hotel employees, paid sub standard wages, received increases as high as $15 monthly for maids in regional War Labor Board ruling. Six AFL unions won the increases.
The union times., 1944-07-15
WOrkersStriking In Reich Against Shortage of Food
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) flour made Of wood - from which many also have died. German women are forced to spend most of their time hunting and standing in line for food and the stocks are often ex- hausted before the end of the line. Gas is on for cooking only few hours day. .
 As for clothing, the refugees said people cant even mend their old things because there are no needles or thread What new clothing is avail able must be bought on the same ra- tion card as food often 1t is ques- ton of choosing between food and much needed clothing" they remarked.
 Conditions are as bad if not worse in rural areas, the uniOnist said. The men are all in the army or dead, so the women in 3OO,OOO peasant farms do all the work. They work an average of 80 hours a week.
The union times., 1944-07-15
NoFilm Monoplv
 Will Be Allowed By Justice Dept.
Anti Trust Division of US. Checking On All Inter-
 national Outlets

There will be no film cartel, the Dept. of Justice promises. Current moves of Hollywood producing companies to get under two flags are being scrutinized by the gov ernment to see that no ''exclusive jurisdiction deal is made. The reason is that any privately engi- neered restriction on motion pie lures might jeOpardize the interests of all American products.
 ''If American movies should be kept out of foreign areas" said Asst. U. s. Atty. Gen. Wendell Berge in speech on international futures, "the effect would be immediate on all kinds of American products which are adver- tised through the medium of the mo- ton picture" So the antitrust divi- sion is checking all deals to be sure they keep international outlets open for American films and do not bar the American market to foreign pictures.
 DuaI-Aag deals are developing on all sides. RKO is putting up 5O% of the coin to build MexicO's new est studio, NuevO Mundo. Columbia will be the first U. s. company to produce a picture in Australia.
 An MGM scout is combing Latin America for the voice doubles (Span- ish) of Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Greer Carson and other MGM stars. (Object: a stock company to dub special sound tracks in Spanish). Re- public will produce feature pictures in Mexico and South America As for London and Hollywood, 2-way deals are legion.
 Ho1lyWoods postwar plan is to have finger in every international pie. In fact Hollywood has fashioned plank for the peace table and delivered it to Sec. of State Cordell Hul's ante room. It bears the motto: "No bar to Hollywood movies anywhere in the world"
 There will be an ssand/ Tor Bri- tish" amendment to that plank or Parliament, will know why. The diff ficulty of getting British pictures onto U. s. screens has already been raised in Parliament. Will Hays made a speech in this country to put Parliament in its place. When films compete on the international market, Hays says, ''the only test is artistry"
 Lord Brabazon of Tara gave hor rejoinder. The Americans came to produce their 209o under the British quota, he told Parliament, "and de- liberately made the worst films ever put on the screen. In consequence English films stank everywhere" |" Hays hasn't replied.
The union times., 1944-07-15

8,55O soldier ballots outstanding. POstpOnement of the final date for counting soldier votes to July 27- 10 days later than was originally announced-delays the official de- cisiOn until one month after the election itself, though the present count shows Nye the most probable winner.
 The isolationist senator, who at best will have bagged only little more than third of the votes cast in the primary, faced the toughest fight of his career in this election and faces an even tougher one in the fall if he is nominated.
 Burdick and the coalition of AFL, CIO, railroad unions and the Natl. Farmers Union which flooded city and rural precincts with 'No for Nye" this spring will throw their support to Democratic candidate John Moses in the fall if Nye wins the Reoubli- can nomination. And many of the COP businessmen who supported Stambaugh on win-the-war grounds may also back the Democratic candi- date against the isolationist senator. Moses, a Roosevelt administration man, was three times elected governor.
 The fact that this crucial primary turns out to hinge on the CI vote is underlining the resentment in North Dakota against the Republi- can legislature, which passed such a complicated soldier vote bill that many servicemen were prevented from voting. Feeling about the sol dier vote. fraud is not expected to help the COP here in November.
The union times., 1944-07-15
Orr Was Fired,
 But Didn't Quit

If campaign ribbons or medals were given union members for heroic effort over and above the line of duty, George Orr of Chicago should wear a couple.
 Orr was a member of the Int. Molders & Foundry Workers Union (AFL) in the magnesium division of the Howard Foundry Company in Chicago. In January 1943, soon after he went to work, he was made the unions shop committeeman-a job that many others had held before him only to quickly quit or be fired.
 Three months later Orr was dis charged for creating disturbances among his fellow wOrkers,' but the NLRB trial examiner found he was let out for attempting to adjust the complaints of his fellow workers.
 Testimony before the trial exami- ner developed that there was no question that Orr kept the men un- ion conscious" nor was there any doubt as to the complaints he brought up being well founded.
 The Howard Foundry Co.'S magne- slum division is a part of a war project that makes castings for planes, tanks and guns. About HOO men are employed.
 At the continued protests of Orr. speaking for the men, the company put in $1OO,000 worth of ventilating equipment to correct a bad gas situa- tion In the shop.
 Orr settled a couple of work stOppages by his prompt handling of complaints that brought them about and finally the foreman had enough of Orr and fired him for Objecting to an order forcing a crew to handle 300 pound casting by hand, carrying it over a roller cOnveyOr on which. there were steel rollers about 4 inches in diameter and about l inch apart. Because of the danger of this work, customa- rily handled by crane, Orr took it up immediately for the men and was fired on the spot.
 Alter seeking moIder's work in 2 other shops without success, Orr took a job elsewhere as a cutter-grinder to learn new trade. Since then he has advanced his pay rate over the going rate tor holders and does not desire to return to the Howard Foundry.
 Despite this, however, Orr insisted on keeping the unfair labor practice case before the NLRB as an indi- vidual and on July 6 the intermediate report of Trial Examiner R. N. Den ham was released.
 The report found the company had been engaged in unfair labor practices and recommended that it cease and desist from discOuraging membership in the International MOlders & Foundry Workers union. or interfering with or coercing its employees in their rights. It further ordered that the company pay George Orr for any loss he had sus- tained as a result of it's discrimina- tion against him and post notices in its magnesium plant that it would abide by the order.
The union times., 1944-07-15

Buying Union Label goods is a declaration of dividend on your annual income.
The union times., 1944-07-15
Pay Raise In Royal Oak

ROYAL OAK, Mich.-A 1Oc raise was granted to city truck drivers and helpers and garbage workers by the city of Royal Oak, Sec. Blake Laskie, AFL City Employees Local 39, re- ports. All other divisions got a nickel raise.
 The local, which is almost 100% organized, also won 60 days cumula- tive sick leave, two weeks paid vaca- tions and prior raises, he said