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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27
WILLETTS HEADS
CIVIL SERVICE

Frederick Willetts, Wilmington
realtor, was named chairman of
the New Hanover County Civil
Service commission Wednesday at
reorganizational meeting of the
group.
Mr.. Willetts succeeds Leonard
Mills who has served as chairman
of the organization since it was
fromed four years ago. c. B. Kor-
negay, also a member of the COM
mission was not present at We'd
nesday's meeting. All three mem
bers of the board were recently
named to succeed themselves for
second four year term. Thomas
K. Woody is clerk of the commits
sion. All members give their TINS
as a public service and receive
no remuneration.
In addition to recognizing, the
board met to consider applications
for the position of typist-clerk in
the tax collectors office. Two out
of four applicants for the position
were certified with the highest rat
ing going to Mrs. Ruth Lewis, 203
Central Blvd. and second to Miss
Florence Grimes of Carolina
Beach.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27
Governor Broughton
Protests Prices Set
For N. c. Berries

RALEIGH, April 26.-tR-Gover-
nor Broughton wired Administrator
Chester Bowles of the Office of
Price Administration (OPA) in
Washington today asking that the
ceiling to become effective on
strawberries tomorrow be I'M
mediately reviewed.
Strawberry growers of North
Carolina earnestly protest the cell
ing that has been imposed on
strawberries, the governor said,
''for the reason, first, that no cell
ing was imposed on strawberries
sold earlier during the season in
Florida and Louisiana and that the
growers of this area are, therefore,
subjected to discrimination.
And second they object, be-
cause the margin allowed brokers
and buyers is fixed at Is cents per
crate and buyers intimate that
they will not be able to operate
on this basis and will retire from
the market, thus leaving the farm
ers to grave Disadvantage"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27
Call For EvaluatiOn OF
Health Office Advanced
At Meet Of City Council

Gals in the interest of promoting
better habitation and living condi-
tons disclosed certain insanitary
conditions. particularly W t h re-
spect to sewage overflow, garbage
collection, garbage disposal. and
an excess accumulation of refuse
material: and
Whereas. since matters relating
to the public health are vested in
the Consolidated Board of Health
of New Hanover County and the
conditions herein recited have
come to the attention of the mem
bers of the Council of the City of
wilmington. the Council deems it
in the public interest to memori-
alize the Board of Health to use
its best efforts to improve the con-
ditions referred to and diligently
exercise itself in the better en-
forcement of health regulations and
in the improvement of sanitary
conditions within the City.
Nov. therefore. be it resolved,
by the Council of the City of Will
mington. in meeting assembled on
this 26th day of April, 1914, as
follows:
l. That the conditions, matters
and things hereinbefore referred to
and recited be brought to the at
tention of the members of the Con-
solidated Board of Health diligent-
ly use its best efforts to eliminate
said conditions. and that more ad-
equate sanitary inspections be pro-
vided within the City of Whining
ton, and also that all of the rules,
regulations and laws respecting the
public health be strictly enforced.
including the enforcement of the
existing regulations with respect to
the cleaning up of lots, buildings,
and premises and causing to be
removed therefrom tn e rubbish,
growth, vegetation and all filth and
refuse.
2. That copies of this resolution
be certified to t h Consolidated
Board of Health of New Hanover
County as evidence of the interest
of the Council of the City of Will
mington in matters relating to ad-
equate enforcement of the laws re-
specting public health, and to
bring specifically to the attention
of said Board of Health the con-
ditions referred to herein as ascer-
tanned by the Council of the City
of Wilmington.
The foregoing resolution was
unanimously adopted, this 26th day
of April, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27
Five Persons Given
Prison Terms For
Robbing ABC Store

GREENVILLE, N. c., April 26
-RAC1arence Salter, New B n
white man, and four Negroes were
found guilty in Pitt County su-
perior Court today of completely
in the robbing of an ABC store at
Bethel and were sentenced by
Judge Clawson Williams to from
three to five years in the state
prison.
John Morris, Johnny Jones,
SANTANA Hill, Robert Lee Workman
and Leroy Lewis, all Negroes OF
New Bern, were convicted OF the
actual theft of quantity of liquor
from the Bethel store. Salter was
charged with receiving the
whiskey.
c.. T. Midyette, white, also of
New Bern, was found not guilty
on charges of receiving. {
The state charged the six were
members of a liquor theft ring
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27

While the City Council yesterday
passed unanimously a resolution
recommending to the Consoli
dated Board of Health mat more
adequate sanitary inspections be
nrovided within the City Of Will
1nington and that all the rules. reg
ulations. and laws respecting the
public health be strictly enforced. y
Dr. A H. Elliot, city-county health
officer reported that "a letter has
gone forward to the United. States
Public Health Service, Washington.
from DR.. Carl v. Reynolds, State
health officer, requesting a survey
at the local setup "at the earliest
pessible time" -,
DR.. Elliot declared that DR.. w.
K. Sharpe, Jr., director OF tn e
United States Public Health Serv-
ice work in this district, is a VS.
itor to the city on another mat
ter and that in his. opinion no
one. but a group of authorities Tor
various phases of the health pro-
gram will be sent here to eyaluate
the work of the local Board OF
Health and to make specific rec
concentrations for its improve
ment.
DR.. Sharpe was unable to esti-
mate when the representatives
from Washington would be sent.
A copy of the following letter OF
DR.. Reynolds to the United States
Public Health Service in Washing
ton was sent DR.. Elliot. 1t. is ad-
dressed to Dr.. Sharpe as the rep
resentative for this district.
81. DIR. A. H. Elliot, health officer
for the Consolidated B r d OF
Health and the City of Wilmington,
has requested through this office
that the United States Public
Health Service make survey of
the Health department there as to
its administrative ans service prac'
tees, and to make Recommended
lions as to the improvement of the
services
1T is desired that this survey
be made at the earliest possible
time that it is convenient for the
Service to send someone to do this
work"
:, The text of the City council S
resolution follows: -
"Whereas. the population of the
City has greatly increased during
the past two years, resulting in
congestion and over-croWded con-
ditions within the City and the oc-
cupancy in excess of normal of
many of the buildings and struc-
lures in the City and the occu-
pancy of "a number of sub stand
ard structures, which conditions
have created additional hazards to
the public health and require dill
gent enforcement of all of the pub
lie health laws and regulations and
more adequate sanitary inspection
coverage of the City as well as
the elimination of rubbish, growth,
vegetation. filth and refuse mate
rial: and
Whereas. recent inspections of
portions of the City by City Off
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27
Lemon Juice Recipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

If you suffer from rheumatic ap-
-hritis or neuritis pain. try this simple
.ncxp. nsive home recipe that thousands
ave using Get a package of Ru-Ex Com
pound. 3 two-week supply today Mix
il with quart OF water. add the
Juice OF lemons. It's easy No trouble
at all and pleasant. You need only 3
tablespoonfllls two times day. Often
within 48 hours sometime. overnight
splendid .es:'lts are obtained. II the
pains do not quickly leave and if you
do not feel better return the empty
package and Ru-Ex will cost you nothing
to try as il is sold by your druggist un-
der an absolute money-back guarantee.
ttu-Ex Compound is for sale and re-
commended by Saunders Drug Store
and drug stores everywhere.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27
Negro Man Is Arrested
In Connection With Two
Murders Last March Is

HENDERSON April 26 In
Police Chief j. E. Parks said to-
day that A. B. Tuck, Jr., 18-year-
old Negro of near Clarksville, Va,
was arrested in Hartford county
and taken to Boydton, Va, to
answer a charge OF murder in con-
nection with the killing of Allen
P. Johnson, 81, and his sister,
in-law, Miss Laura Dutro, IS, at
their farm home last March IS.
Tuck denied any knowledge Of
the Sayings.
The bodies of johnson and Miss
Dutro were found stuffed into a
Closet. Mrs. Johnson, returning
from visit to Newport News,
made the discovery. Johnson had
been bludgeoned and his hands
tied behind him. Miss Dutro had
been shot and a cord drawn tight
ly about her neck.
The Santa Fe trail, between
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27

which robbed seven liquor stores
in eastern North Carolina IN
three months period. Liquor carry
ing a wholesale value of more than
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27
Kill the Itch { scab1es)
With SiiHicide

This liquid preparation kills in 80
minutes those itch mites with which
1t comes in contact. Buy SITICIDE
from your druggist, or send Coo to
siticide Co.. Commerce. Ga. (Adv.s
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27

The Santa Fe trail, between
Missouri and New Mexico, was
opened in 1925.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-27

$4,000 was taken in the robberies,
officers said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
War Builds Study Habit

One unforeseen effect of the war is the stimulus which it has given to adult study. While attendance at public schools has dropped, war workers and fighting men have boosted the enroll mentS in trade schools and correspond ence schools. The government itself, through the several service institutes" is giving courses by mail to many thou sands of the boys in uniform.
 Everybody in contact with men in the service has noted that they are giving far more serious thought to their careers in the postwar world than their fathers did during the last war. One result is new appreciation of the importance of training and new understanding of the ways of getting it. Introduced to the fields of technology, engineering and mechanics through work in war plants or technical branches of the armed forces, hundreds of thousands Of Americans are expanding their study for use when the shooting stops. The fundamentals they learn for the manufacture or operation of a battlefield walkie- -talkie, for example, can we'll apply to the construction and maintenance of peacetlme electronlc equipment. Still more important, this experience furnishes both incentive and foundation for continued studies.
 War workers and servicemen alike have discovered that learning is con- tinuous process. It does not end with the end of school days - not for men and women who contribute much to the pros perity of the country. When thousands of adults make that discovery, it's lm- portant news. Industry has learned that on-the-job training not only makes for moe efficient production but also de- velops leadership. The combination of study with the practical work of the shop has always been the American formula for industrial progress, and men of the study habit have led the progress. Wider spread of the habit is bright lining for the clouds of war and holds a bright promise for postwar prosperity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
G. l. Joe

Probably you read that story from the Italian front the other day about an American retreat across the Rapido river, An infantry outfit crossed the stream and found themselves in hell of point blank crossfire There were Germans on three sides of them and the river at their back. Some just stayed there and fought it out till they were wounded or killed. For the others, retreat meant plunge into the icy waters. Many were swept away in the swift current. The rest made it back by swimming across under heavy fire. Perhaps, as you read the story, you thought of the unglamorouS and some times unappreciated job the infantry is doing. They don't get many headlines. In this war, the men who fly are the men of glamor. And they deserve their praise more power and glory to em. But the infantry is in there pitching, too. The infantry is made up of hundreds of thou sands of guys named G. l. Joe. G. l. Joe slogs along, like the postman, through snow and rain and heat and gloom of night - as much as 20 miles in day that also includes fighting He can't re- member when he slept in a bed. There are weeks when he hasn't had bath, or even taken his clothes off. There are days on end when he has lived on canned rationS.
 In Italy, G. l. Joe has slowly, doggedly blasted the German out of seemingly i'm pregnable positions that bomb or shell couldn't reach. He has kept fighting through binding, freezing mountain snowstorms. He has packed supplies on his back up steep mountain trails where even a mule couldn't travel. In the Pacific, he has battled heat, rain and jungle, disease and insects and every treacherous trick of barbarous warfare that the Jap could muster.
 Wherever he fights, G. I. Joe must sometimes take his rifle and bayonet and go across a patch of bullet-swept ground to drive the enemy out. He may be pushed back, but he has to go on again. That's the only way that wars are won.
 G. I. Joe can't function without air support and artillery and the vast, intri- cate system of supply. But they can't function without him either. No job iii the Army demands more endurance and quick-thinking adaptability and plain gUtS than Joe's does. So the next time we at home carp about the slownesS of the drive toward Rome, or a draWn-out campaign in the Pacific, let's remember the task that G. l. Joe has cut out for him. He's the man who some day will march into the remains of Berlin and Tokyo. But he is going to have to fight like the devil all the way there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
Boy Scout Week

We rarely prize such things as schools, library books, running water and cleo tricity. They are part of our daily lives, and we accept them automatically as we do fresh air and sunshine. But when the anniversary of their invention or dedica- tion comes around, we wonder who could do without them.
 This is Boy Scout Week, the 34th anni- yersary of the Boy Scouts of America. It makes us realize that Scouting too is one of those good things we sometimes take for granted. Yet, through two World Wars and worldwide depression, this organization has never once relaxed its efforts. It has helped make millions of boys into better, happier Americans. You can't be boy in an Axis country, or one dominated by the Axis, and have the right to be a Scout, but many former Scouts in United Nations fighting forces are now defending their country on the battlefield.
 Every boy in America has the right to be Scout - but not all of them enjoy the opportunity. There are not enough Troops, and not enough adult leaders, to gve all the boys chance to join. The best way for community to show it's appreciation to Scouting is to see that no boy who wants it has to go without Boy Scout training and adventure. The ln- yestment will be handsomely repaid. Every new Scout is an added recruit for local war services and fine citizen-ln- the-making.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
What Is False Advertising

Since time immemorial the manufac- turers of patent medicines and cosmetics have made fantastic claims in their ad- vertising. The Federal Trade Comnlls- sion has taken one of the New York con- cerns for ride, and used their bunk statements to demonstrate that false advertisements concerning the therapeu- tic, nutritional or other properties of preparations cannot be falsely represent ed For instance this particular com pany, claims that it's dope is curative for common diseases of the heart, Stom- ach ulcers, colitis, arthritis, nerve dis eases, sleeplessness, and that it will re- charge the energy system, make you healthy and robust and fix up your appe- tite. If you have a lack of iron or vita mins, mental or physical deficiency, low vitality, nerve disorders, morbid fears, nausea, chronic drowsiness, acid indiges- ton the dope will cure it all. Well, that's the official low down on low down adver- tisers. If you are screwball, you will buy the stuff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
New York's Foresight

Working with city appropriation of $11 100000 and grant of $437,000 from the state, New York City is planning a $1 0O,0O0,O0O public works program to be put into effect in the eighteen months following the war. This is in addition to the current works program, which is be- ing held down in anticipation of the post war demand for labor.
 Much has been said in recent years about the decline of New York City as a manufacturing, trading and shipping center. It lost heavily in prestige during the depression. Its officials took the lead in running to Washington for relief money to cover up their squanderings and borrowings during the flush years. Even today New York City maintains an office in Washington from which its agents operate to make raids on the handout agencies.
 But the city seems to be determined to fight for leadership on merit. The vast public works program which it has pro- jected is intended not only to improve it's facilities for doing business, but to i'm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
RAYMOND CHAPTER
(Hartford Courant)

Raymond Clapper, sixteenth American newspaper correspondent to be killed in the line of duty in this war, was far and wide esteem ed as "the newspaper mans news paper man" The most quoted of columnists by his fellow writers, as long ago as 1927 his column was voted the most significant, fair and reliable" His articles having been syndicated in 184 newspapers with a combined circulation of per- haps 10,000,000, he had by honesty, fairness and hard work most closely approXmated the average mans point of view. His balanced judg- ment and sane perspective made him one of the most trustworthy of American radio news commentators political and foreign correspondents
 His manner of writing more con- monplace than brilliant. Clapper checked and rechecked his sources and, as on this latest self-appointed assignment in the Marshall Islands, he preferred to be at the scene of action rather than to dope things out" in an armchair. He went after the facts and presented them simply yet wildly and as time went on more and more humanly, leav- ing his readers to make their own deductions. A Munich isolation iSt, thereafter he became an ar- dent supporter of declared Amer ican foreign policy, an adInirer of Cordell Hull.
 Calling himself "a 75 per cent New Dealer, he none the less viz orously opposed many measure of the Roosevelt Administration in- spired by the starry eyed When the Third Term was a national is- sue, he openly declared: If I were God, would make Cordell Hull the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party" Yet he never confused issues with men.
 Here was 8 newSpaperman such as American newsmen are continu- ally striving to be. The scenes of his foreign assignments had been: The London 193O naval conference, England in 1941 prior to Pearl Har- Dor, and thereafter. Cairo, Calcutta. Chungking, Sweden, Africa, Sicily and. lastly, the Marshalls. But at home and abroad he remained an American, and as such his loss will be mourned in the American news paper world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09

Roosevelt perked up his ears. Sabath Is one of his oldest and closest friends. Also, he has ex- erted a powerful influence for the Administration in the "unruly" Rules Committee, which is packed with anti-New Deal conservatives.
 "What are you talking about, AdOIph?" exclaimed the Presi- dent. "YOu are 8 lot more active and fit than many of your younger colleagues. Be- sides, we need you in Congress. won't think of letting you re- tire. You just send your wife to me and let me talk to her if she keeps insisting on it."
 Then the President added with 8 grin, "YOu know, some people are putting some pressure on me to remain in office also"
 He looked intently at Sabath for his reaction, and the Illi- noisan, a strong fourth-termer, was quick to take advantage of the opening.
 "Well, you are . younger man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
Views Of The Press

It has been interpreted in some quarters as a means of preventing if possible, the success of some par ticular candidate in the examina- tions. That very likely does an in- justice to the Personnel Depart ment and the State Park Commis- sion, who probably would explain that they merely desire to obtain the services of the best man avail able without regard to whether or not he lives at present in Connec- ticut.
 MT. Hawes has now explained his resignation, saying that "the pres ent Commission interprets the for estry laws of the State entirely dif- ferently from the old Commission under Lucius Robinson" and "by taking away the initiative which the law delegates to the State Forester the Commission reduces him to the status of a technician without pow er."
 While this is explanatory it is somewhat contradictory. Obviously if the law delegates authority to the Forester the Commission could not take it away. But MT. Hawes also comedies there may be difference of opinion about the law.
 His statement does indicate that he resigned because his status as an authoritative executive had been reduced.
 That does not clear up the gener- al mystery. Reference in the news to an official of the department not listed in the most recent State Manual, an administrative direc- tor," may shed some light on the matter. The Commission would do well to take the citizens of the State into: its confidence and ex- plain exactly what the situation is.