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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-15
ARMY CAPTAIN
GETS 30 YEARS

SANTA ANA. Calf. June a.
R-Convicted by Army general
court martial on specifications al
leeing statutory rape, three other
morals offenses, bigamy and lar
ceny, Capt. Morrison J. Wilkin-
son, Jr. today had this to say to
newsmen of his sentence to 80
years Imprisonment at hard la
Dor:
pretty severe. I think, for a
slight indiscretion."
Wilkinson also was ordered dis
missed from the service. He was
acquitted on four other morals
counts by the court panel of 10
superior officers which reached its
verdict last night after deliberat-
ing an hour and IS minutes.
s. The 28-year-old former China
war theater flier is confined to a
Jail at this air base pending re-
view of the seven-day trials evil
dence by regional and Washington
military authorities and by the
president. expected to require sew
eral weeks.
Conviction on either Of two for
chile rap> charges automatically
would have carried the death pen
atty or life imprisonment. under
military law. Wilkinson during two
days on the witness stand repeat
eddy maintained he at no time
used force against any of the five
women who accused him. Names
of two of these compliments were
withheld at the courts request.
Wilkinson was arrested April "a
after the mother Of Caprice Cap
ron, 17-year-old nightclub dancer,
preferred a charge of statutory
rape.
Maj. Jesse c. Duvall, chief de-
tense counsel, argued that Wiki
inson had been prosecuted on the
''himsiest kind of evidence, some
Of it given very reluctantly"
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notified by the City Clerk Of this
resolution and the obhgalon upon
said owners to cause said side
walks to be paved in the manner
and under the supervision as here
in directed. and that each owner
be notified of the obligation to
nave as herein directed, along
and across the front OF the owner
ship of such owner.
a. That if any owner Ct prop
erty fronting upon the streets
wherein the sidewalks are requir-
ed to be paved as directed by this
Resolution after notice as afo7e-
said shall fail so to do, within 30
DAYS. in such event said sidewalk
may be paved by the City Of Will
nington under the direction Of the
CITY Manager and supervision OF
the City Engineer, and the entire
costs shall be charged to the re-
spective owners in accordance
with frontage upon said streets.
In the event the City of Whining
ton paves or causes to be paved
said sidewalk or any part thereon,
as aforesaid, the costage incurred
shall be and become lien upon
the premises from and after the
date of completion Of such paving,
which such costs shall be paid in
monthly installnents over period
not exceeding two years after the
completion of such paving and
such costs shall bear interest at
the rate of 6 per cent per anaum.
S. That all persons owning prop
erty fronting upon said streets and
who are herein required to pave
the sidewalks, before undertaking
said work, shall apply for and OBJ
tain permit so to do.
Also approved by the council was
the following ordinance:
WHEREAS, heretofore various
persons have been using the pub
lie streets within the fire district
and within the business districts
of the City of Wilmington for the
purpose of selling at wholesale
fruits, vegetables, meats, produce
and various farm products; and
WHEREAS, as a result of such
sales and the indiscriminate park
ing of vehicles upon the public
streets, frequently in disregard OF
and to the exclusion of the rea-
sonable use of the streets by other
vehicles and traffic, public haz-
ards have been created, now exist
and the public safety has been
endangered and undue congestion
of the streets so used has occurred
and exists; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the
City of Wilmington, recognizing
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the situation aforesaid and being
DESTROYS of providing safe place
and suitable facilities for the sale
and distribution of such produce
and products at wholesale, has
constructed and provided a suit
able location and wholesale mar
ket for the sale and disposition OF
such products.
NOW, THEREFORE, T H E
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WILL
MINGTON DOTH ORDAIN:
Section 1. From and after the
10Th day of June, 1914, it shall
be unlawful for any person to sell
or offer for sale, on or upon the
public streets, ways, alleys and
plazas within any business district
of the City and/or within the fire
district, as the same is now out
lined and defined by ordinances,
any fruits, vegetables, meats, pro-
duce and farm products; Provid-
ed, however, this ordinance shall
not be construed to prohibit the
sale of such products at retail from
house to house.
Section 2. Any ordinance or part
OF ordinance heretofore adopted
in conflict is hereby repealed.
Section 8. Any person violating
this ordinance, Or any provision
thereof, shall be subject to Pen
atty of Twenty-Five ($25) Dollars,
and any sale or offer of sale of
any of the products as prohibited
herein shall be considered a sep
arate offense OF violation.
4. Section 4. This ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption.
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Maffitt Village Boys
To Organize Cub Pack

Plans are underway for organi-
cation Of a Boy Scout club pack
in the Raleigh community of Maj
fit Village.
Carroll Tinsley, assistant Scout
executive for the Cape Fear area,
met with representatives of the
unit last night to formulate plans
for the organization meeting, to be
held Thursday night of next week
at o'clock.
Cub Scouts includes boys in the
ages of nine, ten and II years.
Parents of future Scouts are IN
vited to attend the meeting at the
Raligh community house.
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of ordinance in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance to the
extent of such conflict shall be
hereby repealed.
Section 4. Any person violating
this ordinance or any part there
of shall be subject to a penalty
of Fifty Dollars ($5O, and any
sale of any article at public auc-
ton contrary to the provisions
hereof shall be considered and con-
stitute a separate offense and vio-
lation.
This ordinance is adopted in the
interest of the public welfare and
public safety, and is declared to
be in force from and after its
adoption.
Adopted this 18th day of June,
1914.
Also approved was the law d.
recting a sidewalk paving pro-
gram, as follows:
WHEREAS, the streets and/or
streets hereinafter mentioned and
designated have been graded,
drained, guttered, and curbed,
and it is desirable to have the
sidewalks upon and along said
streets and portions of streets
hereinafter mentioned paved; and
WHEREAS, said streets are fire.
quently used by many pedestrians,
and it is in the interest of facuitat-
ing pedestrian traffic and the pub
lie safety that said sidewalks be
paved as directed by this resolu-
ton.
NOW. THEREFORE, BE RE-
SOLVED, by the Council Of the
City of Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, in regular meeting assembled.
on this 18th day of June, 1914, the
following:
l. That the sidewalks within all
Of that territory within the City
hereinafter described, except
where now paved with suitable and
satisfactory concrete sidewalks,
be paved with .1-2-4 Monolithic
concrete material of the depth or
thickness Of not less than 4 inches,
and that the driveways and en-
frances from the curb to and
upon private property be paved
with 1-2-4 Monolithic concrete
material of a depth or thickness
of not less than inches. The
territory above referred to is de-
scribed as follows:
Market Street from Water to
and including Thirteenth Street;
Princess Street from Water
Street to and including Thirteenth
Street;
Chestnut Street from Water
Street to and including Thirteenth
Street.;
Grace Street from Water Street
to and including Thirteenth Street;
Walnut Street from Water Street
to and including Thirteenth Street:
Red Cross Street from Water
Street to Rankin Street;
Rankin Street to Thirteenth
Street;
Water Street and Mutt Street
from the south side Of Market
Street to and including Campbell
Street;
Front Street from the South
side of Market Street to and in
GLIDING Red Cross Street;
Second Street from the South
side of Market Street to and In
Guiding Red Cross Street;
Third Street from the South side
of Market Street to and including
Campbell Street;
Fourth Street from the South
side Of Market Street to and in
Guiding Campbell Street;
Fifth Street from the South side
Of Market Street to and including
Campbell Street;
Sixth Street from the South side
of Market Street to and including
Msszs@aA >>au.
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BREWSTER TRANSFERRED

. CAMP LEJEUNE, June "A. =
Brig. Gen. D. L. S. Brewster, for
mer commandant of the Marine
barracks here for two years, has
been transferred to duty with head
quarters of the Fifth Amphibious
corps, according to the Army and
Navy Register.
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corporation to sell, dispose Of or
offer for sale in the City of Will
mington at public auction, or
cause or permit to be sold, dis
posed of or offered for sale in the
City at public auction, any en-,
silver, plated ware, precious
stones, watches, clocks or jewelry.
whether the same shall be the
property of such person, firm or
corporation selling the same or
whether it shall be sold by such
person, firm or corporation as
agent or employee of another;
Provided, however, this section
shall not be construed as prohibit
ing:
(a) Judicial sales OF sales by
trustees, executors, admin
istrators or commissioners,
(b) Sales by or on behalf of Il
censed pawn brokers of I'M
redeemed pledges when sold
in the manner provided by
law,
(c) Sales of such merchandise
on hand of any person, firm
or corporation that shall for
period of one Cd year next
preceding such sale have
been continuously in bust
ness in the City as a retail
merchant of jewelry, and
provided that such sales at
public auction shall be held
on successive days. Sundays
and legal holidays excepted,
and that such sales shall
not continue for more than
thirty 800 days within the
period of one Cd year.
Section 2. That in all auction
sales as authorized by sub-sec-
ton (c) of Section l Of this Or
dinance, before any such auction
shall be held the dealer desiring
TO hold the same shall first OBJ
tain license from the City and
shall pay a license tax in the sum
If Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
$3.50. and such license shall not
be pro-rated or transferred: said
license shall state the date and
place at which the sales shall be
leld ard shall be displayed in
conspicuous place at the place OF
business during the entire period
ales are authorized. In addition
o the license above required for
lealers, any auctioneer conducting
my auction sale or sales on be-
,alf Of any dealer shall first APP
,ly for and obtain a license from
the City and pay therefor a Ii
.ense tax of Two Hundred Fifty
($250) Dollars. Such dealer shall
also, before commencing any auc-
lion sale as authorized herein, file
with the City a full and true IN
ventory of all articles to be sold
at public auction, and shall at
tach to such list an affidavit to
be made by the party desiring to
hold such sale, or if a firm or
corporation by member of such
firm or an officer or agent of
such corporation, to the effect that
said inventory contains a true
statement of all articles to be sold
at auction, and said inventory
shall be filed by the City Clerk
and kept open for inspection for
a period of sixty (6O) days. At
any auction sale held pursuant to
this ordinance no article or ar
ticles shall be sold other than
those included in said sworn in
ventory, and during the continu-
ance of such auction sale or sales
no additional goods. wares mer-
chandise of the same or similar
nature shall be sold. No auction
sale authorized herein shall be
conducted between the hogs OF
& O'Clock in the evening and 8
o'clock the following morning.
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m \ HF1RFHnA DOCTORS
UhAT HNEDT NEW
: OJSCOVERV

WACO EAR OIL, a prescription to treat
head noises. clogged-up feeling, ringing.
kissing, dizziness. roaring in the head.
Dry, scaly, itchy ears. forerunner Of
deafness. It Is wonderful to hear clearly
after obstruction is removed. Relieves
severe earache. Send 50 today for 20
applications delivered. GENERAL HEAR
ING AID CO.. Dept. 3. Raleigh. North
Carolina.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19

10 your nut
CAUGHT short with windows
~ needing washing and moth
ing 10 wash them with, you
might take a clean pair OF socks
and use them and send them TO
the laundry later. Oh, yes.
Ghere laundry service at
81 30 a month With tho same
fee. regardless of how much or
how little YOU send ] was IN
the army for II days before
getting a chance 10 send any
laundry. which Il stretching two
pairs Of long underwear A
mighty long way.
OF course, the answer is 10 do
YOUR own washing with a cake
Of toilet soap. or friends MS
significant that many PXS sell
soap flakes.
There's trick 10 sending
laundry. and. by the way no"
that I'm established here, II VIII
60 every week However, the
old-timerS' always warn you
don't send more than four hand
kerchiefs Al once II you send
four, you"ll get back four il
YOU send five. you may get five
back OF you may get four. That
is because the army issues cx-
actly four handkerchieis 70
each man and the army auto
matically assumes that You
can't possibly send more than
four 10 the laundry
The fact that handkcrChIefs
are sold an The PIX and the
war department suporNiscS the
PIX makes no difference. II you
send five handkerchiefs and get
four back. you have no recourse.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
Murder Victim
Leaves 100000

CHICAGO, Feb. 1s-The will OF
Mrs. Adele Born Williams, slain
by a mysterious gunwoman at the
Drake Hotel, Jan. 10. was filed
for probate today by Atty. w. r.
Swissler.
The will, signed on Dec 4, 1871,
with codlcil dated Nay II. 1943,
leaves her entire estate to her
daughters. Mrs. Patricia Good
body and Elizabeth Born.
Nothing is left TO her husband,
Frank Starr Williams. state de-
partment attache, but the will
declares Mrs. Williams certainty
that if her husband is ever in need
her daughters will assist him.
Although no estimate accom-
panied the will. the Northern
Trust Co. announced that the
estate consists of about 5000, 00C
in personal property and $1,000 in
real estate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
Victory Forecast
For Roosevelt

WASHINGTON. Feb IS CINS)
Vice President Wallace. back
from a speaking tour in the West.
predicted today that President
Roosevelt would be reelected for
is years in the White House
whether he wishes 10 run or not.
The vice president, summoning
reporters TO A conference in his
Offices, declared that sentiment
for the President. for is years in
the White House and for the New
Deal-which he said will never
die"-iS strong along the Pacific
Coast and gaining strength in the
Middle West.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19

ClO, charged today.
In a letter 10 Secretary Of La
Dor Perkins, Thomas accused the
labor department Of attempting
10 disprove a survey by the Go
and AFL showing the cost of
living was AS per cent higher
in December. 1913, compared 10
January, 1911. The labor depart
ment survey reported an increase
of 23.5 per cent.
THE officials are seeking TO
prove that ALL investigators
and I were wrong by a public
demonstration" Th o m a s de
clared
The coSt-of-living report is pre-
dominate issue in the current
union battle 10 take the lid of
the Little Steel formula
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19

I ASSUME that tho people all
Il know what PIX ls, but n
not. here's an outline It's
sort Of general store. Our
branch store IS about three
blocks from our barracks II
sells in order from left 10 night.
A. you 90 around the counter,
b beer, peanuts (Someumes) ::
sandwiches only one kind az
time-as they are made on the
assembly line method and they
don't >ssk what kind; they just
ask How many
Also: pop. milk candy bars,
cough Drops magazines. ice
cream (the least amount sold
is a pint but any infantryTnan
can handle that and many eat
a quart at one sittIng); shoe
polish. brushes, rifle bore clean
ers. shaving stuff and such;
writing material. cigarctS. no.
lions. Notions seems 10 be a
generally adopted item 10 cover
socks. towels, Goa { hangers
when they have any -- |
haven't seen one since leaving
Fort Sheridan; toenail scissors.
underwear. bobby pins and the
war department itself doeSn 1
probably know what else
Nor have I discovered what
the bobby pins are for pres
entS, maybe. They certainly
aren't for our hair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
Transport Plane Missing

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb IS
UNS)--A Pan-American trans
port plane operated for the navy
was reported missing today on an
Alaskan military flight with nine
passengers aboard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19

your foot
locker which
is a big box
that you slide
under you r
b d. is all
charted out
for you and
you get a
mimeograph-
Q d c h a T I
$ h o W i n &
W n ere you
have TO put
NOtIr so "A n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
Paternity Case Date SET

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. Is UPl
"A motion 70 dismiss Brooklyn
born Joan Barry's paternity suit
against Charlie Chaplin will be
heard Feb. %, Superior Judge
William s. Baird decided today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
Ravens Replaces Shaw

II. Carleton Havens today was
the new head of the Detroit Of
flee of Civilian Requirements.
succeeding r. ~ w Shaw, who
recently became advertising man
ager Of the Graham Paige Co.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
Thomas Accuses u. =.
I'm Living Costs Row
BY United Press

u. S Department of Labor Statsticians creating
false smokescreen" to cover up nadequaces in the
cost of living ndex r. j. Thomas president Of the JAW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
JACK
PICKERING.
ROOKIE
BY PVT. JACK PICKERING

GO Johnny's going 10 come
- marching home, a neater
boy. Well he will, but he'll also
come home loaded with short
cuts.
The army like military
schools or vice versa, sets so
much store by having inspec-
tons and insisting that every
thing be arranged Just so. Even
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19
Just One More Day
To See the
BIG w AR SHOW
his Is the Army.
Mrs. Jones"
in Hudson's 18th Floor auditorium

You'll know lot about the inside workings of the
Army after you've visited this thrilling show
1t tells you detail, by exhibit and demonstration
how the Army takes care of your boy or girl. You'll
see gums howitzer, bazooka, and a 5O-caliber
machine gun-and other equipment Army IS
using Presented by Hudson sin cooperation with
the Army Service Forces and the Coca-Cola Company.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19

I HAD A CT haircut Al Sheri-
Il dan and, four days later
down here. / was told that l
had 10 get a haircut pronto--
1t was too long.
fSome Of II was over 2 inches
long but il isn't now
The barber shop is perpetu-
ally damned and the soldier
has TO pay for his own haircutS.
After his first and only Gl hair
cut, the price is - cents.
Everybody is writing home
for coat hangers but keeping
in mind that when they arrive,
all garments must be hung. fully
buttoned, with the right shout
der toward the wall and even
the order is specified: raincoat
first. overcoat second and so on.
Some day, maybe, I'll explain
why soldiers keep ciCaret butts
in their pocket. It's part Of the
same story.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-19

shoe brush, towel cigarets,
socks and 50 on, You're sup
posed TO follow it exactly
Just TO give you an idea of
how precise you have 10 be:
When you turn your shoes IN 10
be re-soled you must lace up the
shoes through the third holes;
then tie the laces so the shoes
are % inches apart. So what
does this do 10 Johnny? Why,
it makes him into a precise lad
who can do things Just so and
look neat whenever II IS de-
handed.
II also teaches him the cuteSt
little tricks. such as hiding
things in his spare shoes when
he finds he's left something out
that has 10 be hidden when the
inspection officer is on his way
10 your hut.
Evening star., 1944-01-17

the Joint. Very simple. Anyway. I
heal easily"
"Tarawa your first campaign"
I asked.
mo, Guadalcanal," he replied.
Hand grenade wounds I got there
were much more troublesome than
this. This was painful at times but
you can hardly see the scars now"
Slowly I got the story from him.
He had just reached the waters
edge at Tarawa when burst from
Jap guns killed several around him
and hit him. He didn't know he was
hit. He thought he had stumbled
until he tried to walk. Two fellow
marines dragged him under cover of
a little sand ridge where he lay all
day after medical corpsmen dressed
the wound and made him comfort
able.
WAS Tarawa worse than Guadal-
canal?" I asked him.
Interested Only in Future,
Il would rather fight a whole
Guadal campaign than two hours
of Tarawa," he said. But he was
only slightly interested in the past.
All his interest concerned the future.
Guess my outfit will be pulling
out OF here soon. They don't stay
long around a place like this" he
continued as he looked over the
quiet. pastoral landscape, the roll
ing green hills and the distant
beach. Il don't want them to leave
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Tough Marine Shakes
Off Wounds, Eager
To Rejoin Outfit
BY MORRIS MARKEY.

HONOLULU, Jan. II (NANA) -
In my travels around the world
have met four genuinely tough
men. One was a policemans son
who ran away to sea and later flew
a plane over the Andes Mountains;
the second was Texas cowboy; the
third was a French barber who
turned soldier in 1918.
The fourth is Mr.. Rudolph H.
Rinas whom I met yesterday in the
bowling alleys of the Naval, Hospital
here.
This was probably the first time In
his life that anybody called him
mister He has yet to reach his
nineteenth birthday and is private,
first class, in the United States Ma
rines. AS we sat talking it slowly
dawned on me that here is one of
that rare little company of tough
fibered humans.
He had all the same character
istics of the three men mentioned
above-a low, unobtrusive but firm
voice; a reluctance to smile or dis
play any facial expression: a quiet
certainty of the movement of hands,
legs and body: and there was no
slang or profanity in his sparing use
of words. His gray eyes were steady
and grave and you knew he would
look at an admiral or Jap prisoner
in precisely the same way.
Wounded at Tarawa.
Knowing he had been wounded
In the Tarawa fighting, I expressed
surprise at his ability to bowl.
This one didn't get the bone"
Rinas said, pointing at his hip as
If indicating a part of some imper-
sonal mechanical apparatus. 'It
slipped through without breaking
Evening star., 1944-01-17

me behind. Can you find out for
me when they are leaving?"
Regretfully, ! told him I had to
say I couldn't.
well, guess I can make It," he
said. I'm nearly recovered now.
How do I feel about the Japs7
Never thought Of 1t much one way
or another. They are there and
you must kill them to get there
yourself. That's the order from the
captain. Japs can be hard men to
kill and they will kill you il you
are careless.
Must Have Been Careless.
81 must have been careless at
Tarawa. Should have protected my
self. I don't like things like that
to happen. Have to be more care
full next time. A dead marine is
no good to anybody"
All Pfc. Rinas' possessions were
lost at Tarawa, and I asked him II
he wanted anything from home. But
he said no, and that he had been
supplied with everything necessary.