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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
BURGAW

BURGAW, May g. Mrs. Lena
Ramsey is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Scott c. Meissner at Ell Cam
pc. Texas.
Pvt. Willie George, Jr., has been
transferred from Fl. Bragg to
Camp Plauce, New Orleans, La.
Miss Sue Watkins has returned
to her home in Oxford for the
summer vacation,
Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Watts of
Raleigh, were guests of Mrs. FL
lis R. Dees this week.
Mrs. D. J. Farrior, Mrs. Alder
Wells, Mrs. Callie Bordeaux, and
G.. F. Davis attended the May Day
exercises at Flora Mcdonald col
lege Red Springs on Tuesday
Miss Juliette Davis daughter of
Mr.. c. F. Davis, was an attendant
to the Queen in the May Day fec-
tivities.
Friends of Miss Emily Stanton,
former teacher in tn e Burgaw
school, will be interested to know
that she has been promoted to the
rank Of captain at her post at Fl.
Mcclellan, Ala.
Misses jamie Bowen and Edith
Futch wer e weekend guests of
Mesdames Carol Hamilton and
Willie Wick at Atkinson.
Mrs. Harry Futch and son of
Wilmington, visited Mrs. Futch's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Mich
olson Sunday.
Miss Laura Biberstein of Peace
college, was at home for week
end visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. V. Biberstein.
Mrs. J. L. Sox and daughter,
Rosa Irene of Raleigh, and Mr..
and Mrs. T. C. Humphrey and son
of Wilmington, were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Williams.
Mrs. Rodney B. Groom and son
of Wilmington, spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. J. L. Harrell.
Mics Ruth Farrior is spending
this week in Pennsylvania, a guest
at the home Of 1t. Robert w. Vo-
gelsinger in Philadelphia n d
Scranton. 1t. Vogelsinger is sta
toned at Camp Stewart, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Redfern Williams
and son, of Blacksburg, Va, were
Sunday guests of Mrs. Williams
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Belts.
Mrs. Williams and her son are
still here.
Friends of Allen .Farrior will be
glad to learn that he was COM
naissioned a second lieutenant at
Miami Beach, Fla, last Saturday.
Previously he held the rank OF
sergeant.
DR.. and Mrs. N. c. Wolfe were
called to Mt. Olive Sunday be-
cause of illness in the family. of
relatives. :,
Mrs T. T. Murphy returned
Sunday from James Walker hos
pital in Wilmington, where she re-
Gently underwent an operation
She is recovering nicely.
Mrs. w. H. Young and daughter
have returned from James Walker
hospital.
1t. E. ]. (Gogue) Johnson, son
of Mrs. Myrtle E. johnson has
been promoted to the rank Of Cap
tain. He is stationed at Keesler
Field, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. johnson and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
7, Johnson of Raleigh, spent the
week end with Mrs. Myrtle E.
Johnson.
1t L. M. Brown, 1t. Randall,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
NURSING CLASSES
BEING 0RANlzED

New classes in Nurses Aides
have been organized in response
to the urgent appeal of the board
Of managers of the James Walker
hospital for volunteers to assist in
manning their under-staffed or
ganization.
Glasses taught by Miss Augusta
Futch, will begin regularly every
seven weeks, starting May Is, in
Guiding both day and night classes,
Mrs. D. r. McEa chern, chairman
of the American Red Cross volun-
teer Nurses Aides, has announced
The course will consist of 80 hours
training. At its completion, each
individual must agree to contribute
$50 hours of service to the hos
pital annually.
All persons interested in joining
the classes, in answer to the call
of hospital officials, are asked to
meet at the hospital Thursday at
8 pm. For further information in
regard to the class call Miss Futch
at 9611, extension IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
Prime Minister Curtains
Niece WEEDS New Bern Boy

NEW BERN, May 8.-Announce-
.,n+ has been made Of the mar.
;aoe If Sgt. Sidney Randolph Land,
1sMC, of New Bern, to Miss Zita
curtain, daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
NJ Curtain of Melbourne. Aus
. q. and niece of Prime Minis
.or Curtain of Australia. The mar
r rig took place last May at Mel
bourne 49,
md Mrs. Thomas E. Land of New
Bern He joined the Marine Corps
three years ago, and was with the
fret Marines who landed on Quad
alcanal in August. 1912. After re-
naming on Guadalcanal for eight
months. he went to Australia for
hospital treatment for malaria.
Last November he returned to
America and was treated in a Ma
w hospital at Oakland, Cal. Re-
GENTLY he came to New Bern, and
is now on temporary duty at the
Navy section base at Morehead
City.
Mrs Land is still in Australia.
but hopes to be permitted to join
her husband here soon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
Scout Leaders, Club
Convenes At USO Hall

The Leaers' club OF the Will
mington Council of Girl Scouts will
hold its May meeting on Tuesday,
at II o'clock at the USO. 4th and
Ann streets.
Mrs. W. A. Cannon, president,
will preside and conduct the bust
ness meeting. At this business
meeting camp plans and other i'm
portant agenda will be discussed,
so all members are urged to be
present.
Following the business meeting
Mrs. H. Eckridge, leader of Troop
% will give a demonstration on
the dividing of troop into pa
trolls to simplify the work Of the
troop leader.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

1t. Henry Padin, and Sgt. James
Umstead, of Camp Davis, were
Sunday visitors at the J. T. Brown
home
Miss Luna Taylor has returned
to her home in Danbury for the
summer vacation.
r. I. Walter Of Monks Cor
ner, S. c.. spent the weekend with
his family here.
Miss Jane Walter left Sunday
for Moncks Corner, S. c., to ac-
cept a position as craftsman with
the South Carolina Public Authori-
ty Commission.
Mrs. c. E. McCullen has return
ed from visit with relatives and
friends in Washington, D. C. She
was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs: chas. Moran of Charleston,
S. c.
Miss Ethel Reinhardt, has re-
turned to her home at Maiden for
the GUNNER vacation.
Miss Elizabeth Sparkman is at
home from her teaching post at
Kenansville fov the summer va
cation.
Miss Ethel Baugh is spending
her summer vacation at her home
in Raleigh.
Miss Margaret Carlton is max
ing a vacation visit to the home
of her cister. Mrs. D. D. Spark
man at st. Pauls.
Sgt. Cass Peters. Cpl. Stanley
Godfrey and Pfc. Harry Fleet
wood, Pfc. Mike Case Of the 329th
were Sunday guests at the home
of Mrs. c. e. McCullen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
Whightsvi]le Beach
Church Women Will
Meet At Island USO

The women of the chapel at
Wrightsville Beach will meet at
the Harbor Island USO this after
noon at $50 o'clock for a meeting
and to hear DR.. William Grove
speak.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Meban T. Lea
and son, Mebane, Jr., havv been
spending several days with Mrs.
LEAFS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S.
Craig at their home on North Third
street. Lieut.. Lea is stationed with
the navy in North Africa and is
home on leave.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
Draft Leaders Report
Progress In Campaign

WASHINGTON. May 8.-P-
State draft directors gathered here
today for three days of intensive
closed conferences during which
they will report progress in the cur
rent drive to get men under 26 into
uniform.
Headquarters officials said the
meeting is not for policy determi-
nation.
The state directors will report the
reaction Of local draft boards to
recent orders from Washington, ex-
change ideas, and discuss generally
their problems.
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey
v7ill explain the background of re-
cent changes in regulations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
one-hah years of duty in the South
Pacific, told the California Medi-

one-haf years of duty in the South
Pacific, told the California Medi-
cal association yesterday:
When the circulation in a leg
is cut off by. bullet or saber
wound, the application Of heat
would merely increase metabohsm
1.-THE sum OF biologic processes)
and cut down the circulation OF
blood. By technique of freezing
the leg, however, which has al
ready been successfully used, me-
tabolism is decreased until blood
is able to circulate again, and
the leg is saved"
DR.. Alice Hamilton, professor
of industrial medicine at Harvard
university, told the annual ses-
sion's $500 delegates that war
time employment Of rare and lit
tie known metals in industry have
created new problems for phvsi-
clans, including the treatment Of
new occupation poisonings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
Limbs OF Wounded Men
Are Being Saved By
New Freezing System

LOS ANGELES, May 8-lR-A
new freezing technique, says Capt.
E. Eric Larson, USN, has proved
successful in saving wounded
limbs of American servicemen.
Capt. Larson, former president
of the Los Angeles Surgical So
ciety just returned from two and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
Flower Exhibit
Planned Today
By Garden Club

The Cape Fear Garden cluo will
o+ This morning at II o'clock in
.hs Great Hall of St. James parish
house on Market street.
Members of the club have been
,Eed to bring flower arrange
a and arrangements of Vic
INV INV Garden vegetables, which will
w used in an informal exhibit,
w ,.h;ch is to take the place Of the
onn,1al flower show. The exhibit
OH onen to the general public at
- o'clock noon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

Australians populatin of about
100000 lives chiefly in the east
ern and southeastern portions of
the continent. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

For nearly three centuries. the
land which became BOLIVIA was
part of the colonial empire of the
Spaniards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

Burma consists Of parallel river
valleys, running from north to
south, separated by ranges of
mountains.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

The date palm was brought to
America by the Spanish mission
fathers in the 18th century.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

Miss Pauline Virginia Baise Of
Raleigh, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard T. Baise of Route 5, Reds
vile, whose engagement to Mar
yin Williams Nelson, Jr., son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Nelson Of
Rocky Point, is announced today
by her parents. Miss Baise is at
present member of the admins
trative staff of Meredith college.
Mr.. Nelson is employed by the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09
CLUB CLOCK

The Fidelis class Of the First
Baptist church will meet Tues
day evening at $50 o'clock
with Mrs. J. G. Freeman, at
her home in Forest Hills.
The w. H. and F. M. Society
Of the Sixth S street Advent
Christian church will meet
Tuesday at o'clock at the
home Of Mrs. Minnie Cum
mings, 705 South 18th street.
Goldenrod chapter. 142, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Thursday evening at 8:15
o'clock at the Masonic Tenn
pie.
A meeting of the v. F. W.
auxiliary will be held Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock in the
Tide Water hall.
The Sunset Park PIT. A.
will meet Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the school. New
officers will be installed and
important business will be
transacted.
The Lake Forest PIT. A. will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
in the school auditorium. Miss
Elizabeth W. May, assistant
director Of recreation, will be
the speaker Of the meeting and
will talk on Opportunities for
Recreation During Leisure
Hours.
The Mothers and Teachers
club of st. Mary's school win
meet Tuesday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock in the USO club hall.
Fourth and Ann streets. A
special program has been ar
ranged and refreshments will
be served. This will be the
final meeting of the year and
all parents and interested per-
sons are invited.
The Junior League of the
Myrtle Grove Presbyterian
chapel will meet Tuesday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock, and
meeting OF the Young People
will be held Tuesday at 8
o'clock. Choir practice will be
held Thursday evening at 8
o'clock.
The Woman's Bible Glass Of
Grace Methodist church will
meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the
church.
The Winter Park PIT. A.
will hold the final meeting OF
the season this evening at 8
o'clock. Fathers day will be
observed and the school
orchestra will be heard in con
cert. Officers for the coming
year will be installed at this
meeting.
The Junior and Juvenile
Music clubs will meet this aft
ernoon at 3:45 o'clock at the
Church of the Covenant. An in
teresting program has been
prepared and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
Wilmington Assembly, No.
IL. Order Of Rainbow for Girls,
will meet Wednesday evening
at 6 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

Natal was annexed as a British
possession in 1845.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

Wilmington Assembly, No.
IL. Order Of Rainbow for Girls,
will meet Wednesday evening
at 6 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

The Junior and Juvenile
Music clubs will meet this aft
ernoon at 3:45 o'clock at the
Church of the Covenant. An in
teresting program has been
prepared and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-09

The Wo1nan's Bible Glass of
Grace Methodist church will
meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the
church.
The union times., 1944-11-04

be prosperous if the other is de- pressed"
The union times., 1944-11-04
Average Home To Cost $5,5OO
 After The War
Price Is Exclusive Of Land Cost, And Not For
 Private Speculation

The majority of American fami lies expecting to build their ow1 homes to order when restrictions are relaxed on manpower, mate rials and equipment, are budget ing an outlay of $500 or more fol construction alone, exclusive O1 land cost.
 Findings to this effect based on ar analysis of authenticated reports 1T single-family dwelling construction contemplated by 18,428 families inter viewed during the last seven months by its staff in all states east of the Rocky Mountains, were announced re- gently by F. w. Dodge Corporation fact-fnding organization for the con- struction industry.
 A spokesman for the company pointed out that the greatest de. mand for homes as revealed by this survey is in the higher cost brac. kets of construction prohibited during the last three years by de. fense and war restrictions. Two thirds of the postwar demand is for homes to cost more than the War Production Boards maximum for eligible war workers, the execu. tive declared.
 The survey shows that fewer than 12 per cent interviewed expect to obtain a home built to order for $4, 800 or less, exclusive of land cost It was also made known that 16 per cent ex- pect to spend $9,500 or more for dwelling construction.
 The Dodge spokesman said that the figures apply to homes built to owners orders, and not to dwellings built by operative builders for sale or rent.
 A separate survey among 200 operative builders in several states conducted by Sweets CatalOg Ser. vice shows that IF already have prospective buyers, and 43 have contracts. now to build homes to owners orders. The 200 builders boiled said that they planned a, present to build 15,882 dwellings during the first two years materials and manpOwer become available and most maxima are unrestricted The builders said that more than half of the homes built for sale would cost $7,OOO or more.
The union times., 1944-11-04
On TheScene
 In Washington
By Travis K. Hedrick

A little cherub, rosy checked and wearing union button for a safety pin on his diaper, came whizzing into this office today to whisper that the country is safe and Frank. lin Roosevelt will win Nov. z.
 This sterling voiced prophet told me that at the outside, Dewey wasn't go- ing to carry more tha these states:
 Maine, Vermont, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Colorado, with a close vote in prospect.
 "Gosh," I replied, "that gives Bus ter only 5 electoral college votes, out of 531. What about Iowa?"
 The cherub looked disgusted at my lack of faith and said, "So give Dewey 1owa's 10 votes. That makes it 63 And throw in New Jerseys 16 votes if you want, since ex-Gov. Charles Edison has given up the state without authority from the people up there"
 We stopped at this point to sum up. The cherub's total for Dewey stood at 79 electoral college votes leaving Pres. Roosevelt with a swell--looking landslide of 452.
 After the cherub waltzed out of the office singing Solidarity" there was some more figuring to do. Supposing we got extra generous and on top of all this we gave Dewey New York Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan which have a total of 126 electoral college votes?
 Even then, the figures show Roose- welt the winner with ,326 electora votes to 205 for Dewey. And every body knows that Dewey simply can not carry all of those four major states.
 Till Nov. 7th we'll rock along with the cherub and 79 for Dewey
The union times., 1944-11-04
Union Only Real Protector Of Veterans, Br0evn Asserts
Machniss Leader Declares Selective Service Act Is Very Weak Reed to Lean On; Cites Many Loopholes

When the war veterans return home looking for work they will find unions out on the firing line fighting to see that they are placed in jobs. President Harvey w. Brown of the Machinists, declared this week.
 Unemployment provisions of the Selective Service Act, Brown pointed out, will prove very weak reed for service men to lean on. That act, he said, is as full of loopholes as a sieve, and the only real protection for vet erans lies in strong union contracts.
 There is nothing in the Selective Service Act promising veteran his job," Brown stressed in an unusually significant article he wrote for the October issue of the Machinists' Monthly Journal" just off the presses.
 "On the contrary, the employer does not have to hire veteran unless he is in good physical condition, qualified to perform the duties of the position, and applies for unemployment within 40 days after his discharge. Besides, all of that is contingent on whether or not there is a job avail able.
 ''It is only the unions which have forced industry to write into contracts provisions which would take care of the returning veterans without all of these privileges of rejection given to the employer in the law"
 Brown charged that Selective Ser vice officials are now trying to cover up the weaknesses in the law by a strained interpretation designed to pit veterans against workers.
 That interpretation, he said, has been put out by Colonel Paul H. Griffith, chief of the veterans person. nel division of the Selective Service and one-time distributor of dairy products. It provides that service men coming back to work may "burnp" out of their jobs workers with much higher seniority, even if such workers are "vets' of World War I.
 SMOKESCREEN TO HIDE ISSUE
 The Machinists' chieftain charged that this "super-seniority ruling" has been put forward by Selective Service officials as "a smokescreen to hide the real issue-the need for full en- ployment of veterans and non-veterans alike"
 Brown insisted that it is the duty of the Selective Service not only to take care of the veterans, but to see that there is harmony between soldiers and workers, and to "join with or ganized labor" in carrying through a program that will bring about high
The union times., 1944-11-04

laid off in one section could find work in another.
 One new district lodge, District 127, of Stamford, reported for the first time, and already has started a school on job evaluation for stew ards and committeeman.
 A resolution, presented by Lodge S54 of Hartford, was defeated by voice vote. The proposal was for a decrease in the per capita tax paid to the international.
 The resolutions committee for the Conference was made up of Brothers Freeman, Lodge 264; Burgess, 697 1; Hommel, 634; Clayton, District 38; and Crosby, 150.
 The next Conference will be held in Boston, under the auspices of Lodge o34, on January 12 and 13, 1945.
The union times., 1944-11-04
Labor Services Division Planned ByCo-operatives
Consumers Saved $5O,OOO,. 900 Last Year By Coop
 Purchases

More than 1000 cooperators. celebrating the Centennial Co. operative Congress in Chicago. ap. proved the setting up of a new labor services division within the Cooperative League.
 The new division will help local unions establish consumer educational programs, promote consumer co-ops and urge international unions to estab- lsih their own consumer divisions tc work with the league.
 COoperators devoted an entire day to uniOn-cO-Op relationships. Vice-Pres. Thomas l.. Slater of the Chicago Federation of Labor as. sured the conference that 100000 AFL members in the city offered a rich field for coop services. Or. lin FOlwick, public relations direc. tor for the Minnesota Federation of Labor, urged cO-ops to approach every local union in America offer. ing them aid in setting up co-ops. AFL, CIO and Railroad Brother. hood members attended the con. gress as delegates.
 The congress urged closer interna- tional ties and offered the services of the international cooperative move inent in rehabilitation of devastated countries through the Freedom Fund donated by U. s. members.
 The tremendous growth of the coop movement in recent years until it now represents 2,5OO, 1000 U. 5. consumers assures its de. velOpment into a mass movement both in cities and the countryside. Pres. Murray D. Lincoln declared. "We have defeated monopoly on the
The union times., 1944-11-04
1artord Is Host To Nev Engand ference Of achsts

economic battlefront he said. we have returned ownership of property to the common man. We have gotten more goods to more people at less cost. We have pointed the way to the end of consumer exploitation"
 COOperatOrs saved $5O,OOO,OOO last year through purchases in their societies, Lincoln estimated. eve must blanket the cities with CO., operative enterprises he added ''The farmer and he city man de- pend on each other. Neither can
The union times., 1944-11-04

employment, adequate unemployment benefits for the jobless, and higher pay rates so that workers in the post war period-veterans and civilian allke-will earn as much for a 4O- hour week as they do now for AS.
 "Only through a plan which envisiOns jobs for all can there be economic security for the returning veteran," the Machinists' leader emphasized.
 And because the veteran knows that unions are the most effective force in fighting such a plan, the at- tempts to- cut him away from the moorlngs of organized labor are bound to fail"
 DENOUNCES UNFAIR PAPERS
 Brown also denounced newspapers, particularly the Scripps-H owa chain, which have sought to prejudice soldiers against workers, in the hope of destroying unions. The fact is, he said, the millions in uniform are large ly men who have come from the ranks of workers and will return there after the war.
 The veteran returning home from the battlehelds to the union shops will find that organized labor has kept faith with him in attempting to create a better and richer economic life," he said. Tt will not take long for the veteran to discover who fought for his C. l. bill of rights, for his right to vote, for decent working conditions, unemployment insurance, military sev- erance bonus and for contracts pro- tecting his job upon his return