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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-02
WATER RATE hike
VERDICT EXPECTED
in ABOUT z WEEKS

10 A motion and counter-motiol
on deferment OF the proposed in
crease in water-rates were Offered
at the City council meeting
Wednesday morning, the resulting
action being that the controversial
matter will come up for discus
sion and final vote within the mex
two weeks.
Councilman w. Ronald L n
broke the ice on the water-rates
issue by calling f cr temporary
postponement of the increase. His
motion received support from only
one member, Garland S. Curtin
Robert R. Romeo's substitute
motion, asking for deferment OF
voting until a sinplified state.
nent of the financial condition OF
the water and sewer department
could be prepared for study and
public release, was backed by
Mayor B. B. Cameron and Robert
S. LeGWin and thus became ef-
fective.
Lanes motion read: II move
that beginning as of April l the
water department be operated as
a separate unit and that all re-
ceipts and expenditures be kept
separately and that the present
rate be kept in effect until the
Improvements now in progress are
completed and all users are me-
tered so that a fair rate might
be determined, for. the following
reasons: u that over 700 use-s
are now on minimum rate because
of no meter, some of which are
among largest users; q that the
City now collects approximately
$42, 1000 from Maffitt Village, Lake
Forest, etc., which is added rev.
enue received over the past two
years, in addition to the enormous
increase of revenue collected by
reason of increased population,
none of which increased cost Of
water"
In the discussion that ensued,
hese points were developed sep
aration of the water and sewer
department from other depart
ments and its ultimate operation
as a separate utility was author
lzed by the council several months
ago, but complete segregation can
aot become effective until the end
If this fiscal year and the setting
Up of next years budget; cost of
adding meter service to t h o S e
places now without it would be
approximately $4,000, and would
amount to more than new reve-
nue. from this source; meters of
the type needed are unobtainable
now; the Kings Bluff pipeline will
not result in a decrease in over
head expense t. the department.
but will rather result in drastic
improvement in water and water
service: to the contrary, the new
line and it's operation will consti.
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Firms ARE TOLD
ARMISTICE TERMS
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Moscow to Finland, terms de-
scribed by one informed govern
ment source as moderate"
There was no positive clue here
to Finland's reaction, but the at
mosphere generally was optimistic
despite apprehelslons expressed
in dispatches from Stockholm.
Some speculation developed on the
possibility that Finland might Of
fer counter-terms and that she
might ask for British American
guarantees.
A Finnish legation source in
Stockholm said that Finland was
planning to send an armistice
commission to Moscow headed by
former Foreign Minister Julio Pa
asikivi, who recently made a trip
to Stockholm in connection with
peace overtures.
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tute greater overhead; ualess the
raise in rates is effected soon, the
city faces a deficit in tie water
department this year.
eff We end up with a deficit OF
$50, 900 to $4,000 next year or In
the years after, where is sle mon
ey coming from?" Mayor Came
ron asked.
.If we can't make the water
department self-sustaining oow, IN
good times, how are we going to
make it operate several ye S
from now when money is not SO
plentiful, City Clerk J. R. Ben
son queried.
Councilman Currin commended:
Il think we ought to check TO find
lust where we are losing II the
department and then seek rem
edy."
A financial statement circulated
showed that operations and over
head of the water and sewer de-
partments are expected to c o t
S277, 1877 in 1884; that revenue
will be $275, O00-a deficit of So, 1877.
In the next fiscal year, the expen-
ditures are expected to reach
1888, 989, and the revenues $685.
O80-representing a deficit of at
least $35, 9O9 if the present rates
are allowed to continue. The loss
would continue for years unless
legislation hats it, the statement
indicated.
Water pumped by the depart
ment has increased from 941, no.
900 in 1904 to 1,o46, $4,000 in
192-43, another statement showed.
Opening, the meeting, Council
man Romeo of the juvenile COM
mittee declared that 1.-The city has
gone as far as it can in helping
in the handling Of juvenile cases"
He added that Edgar L. Vow,
Judge of the juvenile court, had
compiled a list of definite duties
for the probation officers, and that
new records on cases handled
have been set up.
A new system for maintenance
of records in the Back-Tax depart
ment was authorized by the coun-
Gil.
r A loading zone at the northwest
corner of Fourth and Red Cross
streets was approved.
Action last week denying Royal
Bakery building permit for
shed was retracted, following a
report of investigation.
The Rev. Earl L. Bradley of
Calvary Baptist church pronounc-
ed the invocation.
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ENGINEERS HEAR
CHARLIE G. PRICE

Charlie G. Price, representative
from Westinghouse Manufacturing
Co., spoke to the Wilmington En-
gineer club Wednesday at $3.50 p.
m. at the regular monthly meeting
on "Electronics.
Price explained electronics IN
a very explicit manner. He re-
viewed the history of electronlcs
from the early Greeks to the
present day inventors. An enlight-
ening motion picture was shown IN
illustration with his speech to
prove the ability of electronlc
tubes put to work.
Electronic tubes put to work are
capable of doing six separate oper-
ations: they serve to rectify, am
plify, generate, control, transform
light into electric current, and
transform electric current into
light.
Pric e stated, "Electronic re-
search in peace time will embrace
every phase of engineering and
broaden its influence upon every
walk of life"
Wade NJ Gallont, president of
the Raleigh Engineer club, and
credited with 40 years of service
with the Westinghouse company
in eastern North Carolina, spoke
briefly on pioneering in wireless.
Mexican Maffitt read the follow
ing resolution drawn up in honor
of Carl j. Josenhans, civil engi-
neer Of Wilmington, who died jan
uary IT, y
''Whereas an all wise Provi-
dence has seen fit to remove from
CUR midst our beloved friend and
co-worker, Carl J. Josenhans; and
Whereas it is not given to the
finite mind to understand the in
finite, we can but bow our heads
in faith and reverence, and &C.
cept our grief In humility, that one
so good, and true, -. ~ and faithful,
and honest, should { be recalled
while still in his prime; and
Whereas we desire to pay our
respects to the memory of one so
beloved;
Therefore be it
Resolved, that the Wilmington
Engineers Club express it's re-
greet and sorrow at the loss of its
beloved member; and be it
Resolved further that our SYM
pathy and coincidence be given the
family in this, their time of great
sorrow; and be it
Resolved further that a COW
of these resolutions be sent to the
family and that they be inscribed
upon the minutes of the club"
c. H. McAllister presided over
the meeting. Secretary H. E.
Hicks read applications admitted
for membership to the club.
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100000 Selectees
To Be Taken Between
Now And july First

BILOXI, Miss, March 1.-tRA
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Sc
lective service chief, told the Bill
oxi Lions Club today that 1.200,-
600 additional selectees will be
taken into the armed forces be-
tween now and July, I.
OF 100000 men now deferred
from military duty, 1,62o,0o0 are
in agriculture and 100000 in in
dust-ial defense work, he said,
and Of the 1900 900 men now class
flied as ga 100000 will 60 into
la.
OF this number Hershey said
about 100000 soldiers will be Sc
cured and the balance will be
placed in IA, 2-B, &c and &C.
Hershey added that of the 1,5OO,-
600 men in la 100000 of them
will be soldiers and the balance
of the quotas will come from the
18-year-olds "of whom SOL to
10000 a month reach draft age
each month";
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TRIAL OF N0XON
STILL UNDER WAY

PITsFIELD, Mass, March I.
Torn scraps of paper, pieced
together jig-saw fashion and con-
tanning such notations would
have picked different time; would
not have told about tray; would
not have destroyed cord" in
evidence tonight in the murder
trial of John F. Noxon, Jr., At
year-old socially prominent corp
Grafton lawyer.
State Detective John F. Horgan,
testifying before Judge Abraham
E. Pinanski and jury, said he
had found the pieces of paper in
waste basket in the master
chambe: of the Noxon home five
days after the mentally defective,
six-months-old son of the defend.
ant was electrocuted last Septem.
Der.
The state charges that Noxon
deliberately caused a current Of
electricity to pass through the
child's body while Noxon was
quoted in stenographic report
of police interview as saying:
IT told you 20 times that this
thing was an accident. I couldn't
kill my own baby, and that's
true .r,,S
District Attorney Charles r. AL
berti, in reading excerpts from the
notations on the scraps of paper
which are encased III transpar
ent material, said that the com.
monwealth would have evidence
that much of the handwriting was
that of the defendant.
In the morning session, Noxon
was quoted in the stenographic re.
port of his interview with police
as agreeing that he had said he
would be damned if he would ever
have a child of his in an institu.
ton.
He was quoted also as denying
anything had been said about the
baby's death beirig an act of me-
cy but that he recalled DR.. George
P. Hunt, the family pediatriciar
as remarking:
''The future of this child was
very uncertain. This may be the
best thing"
African slaves first were import.
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conquest Of the Phn1ppines for two
purposes:
l. To furnish a base for a drive
on the China coast and the open
ing of a sea supply line to the
land armies of China.
2. To slice. Japan's empire in
half by cutting the enemy's sea
lines to Burma, Malaga, the Meth
erlands Indies, a nd Southeast
Asia.
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COP IS BACKING
PRICE CONTROL
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voted such a ban, twice. Mr..
Roosevelt vetoed it and was sus-
tanned.
Chairman Spence O.-Ky.) said
the House Banking Committee has
not decided when to start public
hearings on the OPA renewal.
There has been no Indication
whether the administration would
seek longer than a one-year con-
tinuation. The current authority
has existed since Oct. 2, 1912. ~ .
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MRS. MARY MOBILES FAULT

CHADBOURN, March Flu
neral services for Mrs. Mary No
bles Fault, 86, who died at her
home at China Grove Tuesday at
12:40 p. NJ, were held at the
China Grove Baptist church We'd
nesday at II a. m. by the Rev.
A. T. Peacock.
Mrs. Fault is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Emry Powers of
Chadbourn; three sons, John Fault
of Chadbourn, H. B. Fault Of Shall
lotte, and W. Fault of Chadbourn;
one sister, Mrs. Martha Mobiles.
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FULTON LEWIS SIR,

WASHINGTON, March 1lRA
Fulton Lewis, ST., "A, Washington
attorney and farther of Radio
Commentator Fulton Lewis. Jr..
died today after an extended ILL
ness. Born in Frederick County,
Md, he had practiced law in
washington for nearly so years.
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WEATHER
eastern Standard Time)
(By u. s. Wa,th.. u.

IasteIn standard Time)
tby U. S. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hour,
CHUNG Eoo p. M, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
I:3O am, 40, 7:30 am, 36. 1:30 nm. 40
1880 pm, A. ''''' TO-
Maximum 50, Minimum IS. Mean AZ
Normal so. 1''
1;3o am, IS, 1880 am, Sc, 1880 pm, SO.
1870 pm, 83. T'' wv
PRECIPITATION
Total for the "a hours ending 1890 nm,
600 inches. ~A'
Total since the first of the month,
600 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
from the Tide Tables published nv
i. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
,,,:, High Low
Wilmington ------------- s:45a 11:o4s
Masonboro Inlet ---------- l:44a 8:osa
Sunrise, 6:3s am, Sunset, 500 nm'
Moonrjse, 1902 pm, Moonset, 1927 am
Cape Fear River stage At Fayette.
vile, 1890 feet.
WASHINGTON, March L. R -Wea-
Their bureau report of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending pm.
III the principal cotton growing areas
and elsewhere:
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"a. that rorergn governn.,-
including the United States t vias,f.s'
olsapprovingly the manoe rs"ed
which Farrell had ACQUIRED ,t'e ~. u
dental authority. ~ pfesi.
The second inaugural addro.
1874 words. N-'ieo only
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FARRELL'S REGIME
.WEATHERS CRISIS
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w remained unaware of the at
tempted coup. In the capital it.
self. troops maintained vigil, and
a heavy manchine-gun was mount
ed opposite the war ministry.
Ramirez remained at his presi-
dental estate, studying with salts
faction. it was said, reports from
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MRS SPHINX

MRS. SPHINX
ST. LOUIS, March 1.-REMrs
Marie Taylor Sphinx, rs, vice-presi.
dent of Charles C. Sphinx and son,
publishers of the Sporting News,
died today.
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Obituaries
MRS. EMMA CAMPBELL

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma
Campbell, 405 North Third street,
who died Tuesday at 5:45 p. m.
at James Walker Memorial hos
pital after a lengthy illness, will
be held from the Chapel of An
drews Mortuary by the Rev. AL
fred K. Dudley, pastor of Winter
Park Presbyterian church, Thurs
day at $3.50 p. m.
Mrs. Campbell is survived by
two daughters, Miss Mary S.
Campbell of Wilmington, and Mrs.
Frances Travis of Corning, N. Y.
Active pallbearers will be Lloyd
Hall, John McDougall, R. F. Beas-
ley, o. H. Shoemaker, Ed Dudley
and T. A. Lawther, Jr.
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African slaves first were import
ed into Haiti in 1910.
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MRS. J. H. REGISTER

Mrs. J. H. Register, IS, of Bur-
gaw, died suddenly Tuesday night
at her home in Burgaw.
She is survived by her husband
and tiaree children Mrs. c. c.
Eaki1s of Atkinson; Bruce and
Archie Register of Burgaw;
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the home on Thurs
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The
Rev. E. w. Pate will officiate at
the funeral. Burial will be in the
family plot.
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with colorful non-fading "Sta-
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add useless weight. Underwrit-
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

Reinius, dismissed; Elizabeth
Forester VS. Frank H. Forester,
divorce granted; Lonnie Page VS.
Marie Page, divorce granted;
Mabel Claude Williams VS. john
ME Williams, divorce granted;
Junius E. Thornton VS. Emmaline
w. Thornton, divorce granted.
Alma Wildblood Thiel VS. Theo
P. Thiel, divorce granted; Mrs.
Ethel w. Evans VS. Joe Doyl Ev-
ans, divorce granted; Samuel A.
Borden VS. Ollie Mae H. Borden,
divorce granted; Eleanor L. c.
Lynn VS. John Travis Lynn, di-
vorce granted; Hazel Hines
Yawn VS. Emmett Yawn, divorce
granted; Howard Berry VS. Julia
p. Berry, divorce denied; Will
liam Borden VS. Arvella Borden,
granted.
L. B. Mcintosh VS. Mary Ellen
Mcintosh, divorce granted; Mrs.
Alma C. Snow VS. Clyde f. Snow,
divorce granted; Arlie M. Lam
bertus, divorce granted; Geo. c.
Cummins, Jr., VS. Marion Jones
Cummins, divorce and custody
of children granted complain
ant; c.. o. Nelson VS. Donna c.
Nelson, divorce granted; Bas
Smith VS. Ethel B. Smith, divorce
granted; Celia Pinkney VS. Willie
Pinkney, divorce granted and
defendant paid 500 support
money; Beauregard Hanshaw VS.
Roberta H. Hanshaw, divorce
granted; Thelma May Brizen-
dine VS. Calvin M. Brazendine
divorce granted.
Horral c. King VS. Mrs. Ina
King, divorce granted; Mrs. Eva
Bryant Walker VS. Will o. Wal
ker, divorce granted; Mrs. Mabel
D. Muir VS. M. r. Muir, divorce
and custody of children grant
ed complainant; Louise L. Kelley
VS. Thomas w. Kelley, divorce
granted; Vernon L. Hudgins VS.
Ruby Lee Hudgins, divorce and
custody of children granted COM
plainant; Leopolia Freeman VS.
Daisy w. Freeman, divorce
granted; Valerie Mcleod VS. S
M. Mcleod, divorce and custody
of children granted complain
ant; John S. Bridgewater VS. Bes-
sic Bridgewater, divorce grant
ed and $4,000 alimony allowed;
Robert Hopkins VS. Matte Hop
kins, divorce granted.
Neggy B. Pierce VS. Wilson
Pierce, divorce granted; Louise
Allday Clark VS. Geo. Carl Clark
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divorce and custody of children
granted complainant; Claiborn
Carroll VS. Rose T. Carroll, di-
vorce and custody of children
granted complainant; Edith A. X.
Jordan VS. Walter B. Jordan, di-
vorce granted; Floyd Williams
VS. Madeline Williams, continued
to January term, l945i Unem-
ployment Compensation Com
mission VS. w. M. Jackson ct al,
judgment against defendant for
$399.74, interest and costs; ]. F.
King VS. Mrs. Jennie H. King,
divorce granted; guardianship
Nancy Pearl Roberts, sale OF
minors interest in land to j. Guy
Krebs at $4,000 approved; Maui
bred Lee Coleman VS. Lawrence
F. Coleman, divorce granted.
more more more more more m
Grace Annice S. Edwards VS..
Willie Edward, divorce granted;
Rosie r. Bardwell VS.. Willard
Bardwell, divorce granted; Irene
Massey VS.. Sam Massey, divorce
granted; Mary l.. Graham VS..
John HALEY Graham, divorce
granted; Mary F. c. Wren VS.. Joe
Wren, divorce granted; Beatrice
r. w. Snyder VS.. Albert M. Sny-
der, divorce granted; lila Brigham
Parker VS. Talley D. Parker, dis
missed; Dweitt Terry VS.. Villa L.
Terry, divorce granted; Leon
Montgomery VS.. Almeda T. Mont
gomery, divorce granted.
Mrs. Effie B. Miller VS.. Thomas
". Miller, divorce granted; Bob
bic j. Sanders VS.. Willow G. H.
Sanders, divorce granted. Father
Norwood Curry VS.. Jaffie w. Cur
ry, divorce and custody of chill
dren granted complainant, defen-
dant to pay $500 per week sup
port money; Final liquidation of
Old Merchants and Marine Bank,
closed and surety on bond of Ii
quidator released; Al. Staples VS..
w. S. Scott ct al, title to ER OF
Sec. rs, Twp. S, r. 6, confirmed
in complainant; j. B. Delmas ct al,
VS.. Joyce Delmas, ct al, minors
1920 int. in land sale to Mrs. A.
r. Beckham at $4,000, approved;
Jody Joseph VS.. Florence J.. JOS
eph, divorce granted; Benjamin ].
Mayo VS.. Virginia C. Mayo, di-
vorce granted.
j. E. Lockard VS.. F. F. Parsons
ct al, title to SEA of SWA, Sec.
4, TT, r. 8, confirmed in COM
plainant; Ruth Depree Greedy VS..
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Muyor GuIleY To Act
As Recruiting Aide
In WAC Campaign

Mayor Gulley has been APP
pointed Recruiting Aide TO as
sist the District Medical Tech
nician's team TO secure q large
number Of qualified women citi+
zens for duty in the nations
Army hospital.
The SIS General hospitals in
the United States have sent out
an emergency call for $4,000 woA
men who are qualified for as
signments, or to be trained In
special techniques. This latter
training win be given at Camp
Atterbury. Ind, where the Army
Service Forces train women TO
become laboratory, dental, X
ray, surgical, or medical techni-
clans.
According TO Mayor Guilry
the need is pressing and women
Of Jackson county are urged TO
enlist today and give merciful
assistance to the wounded men
who are returning in ever-in-
creasing numbers.
Prospective applicants should
write to the U. S. Recruiting sta
ton. 1875 Federal building, Mo-
bile 2, Ala.
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End 1t. Leo E. Davis has been
awarded the coveted Army Air
Medal, according TO an announce
ment just received from Fifteenth
AAF headquarters in Italy where
he is serving as a pilot with a
B-24 Liberator heavy bomber
group.
1t. Davis has participated in
several successful combat mis-
sions over some of the most heav-
lily defended German held targets
in Southern Europe and has seen
action over Italy. Germany, Aus
tria, Hungary, Rumania, Poland
and Yugoslavia.
The young airman entered the
service Feb. |, i943, and trained
at San Antonio, Texas. Pine
Bluff, Ark, and Independence
and Liberal, Kansas.
His wife, the former Miss Oar.
line Hults, and their daughter
Margaret Ann, are making then
home with Mr.. and Mrs. H. L
Grant, $50 Joe street, Pascagoula
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ear
S. Davis, reside on Ri. /, Ocean
Springs.
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lists"
The enrolment in the Pasca-
goula schools has increased from
928 children in the l939-40
school term to 4.240 students at
present.
Local funds have grown from
less than $4,000 to more than
$l25, 900 during that period but
this is not nearly enough to main
tain the schools under the extra
strain imposed by the sudden in
crease in enrolment" he said.
In a resolution drawn up at the
meeting the pressing problems
We're enumerated as the acquisi-
ton of sufficient funds to meet
the school needs caused by the
impact of war industries for the
school year l944~45, and the ex-
tension of Lanham act funds to
cover the needs of these schools
for the school year l944-45.
Adopts Resolution
The group resolved TO contact
congressman and senators TO en-
list their influence to see that
the balance of the Lanham Act
funds appropriated by Congress
for l944-45 be made available
where need has been or may be
proved; that the incoming con-
gressmen be informed of the inn
portance of the continuance OF
this fund and that this should al
so be emphasized in each COM
munity as part of the public re-
lations program; that the State
Department of Education be
asked to take proper action on
behalf of all communities affect
ed by the war effort; that Off
GERS Of state and national educa-
ton associations be inormed as
and assured that this group will
nd assured that this group will
insist that its action will in M
way interfere with the progress:
of the Federal Aid Bill; that the
president and secretary Of the
new association act as clearing
house with the state education de
partments on this subject; tina
the officers of the group be EN-,
powered to act as a committe,
to devise ways of raising funds Il
promote the case; and, that tn,
resolution be sent to chief schoo
officers and the executive off
GERS of all school districts af
fected.