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Wilmington Area Has
1860 PW's Now At Work

+ Approximately .9,400 German
prisoners of war are held in base
and side camps in North Carolina
and are assigned to work in order
to relieve the manpower shortage
in agriculture, timber and indus
try under private contract or at
Army installations for maintenance
and repair, it has been announced
by Major General Edward H.
Brooks, Commanding General,
Fourth Service Command. Five
hundred and forty nine are sta
toned in Wilmington and are en-
gagged in agriculture, pulpwood and
the fertilizer industry. Camp Davis
has 81 for post maintenance while
the largest number stationed at any
one unit, is 3,136 at the Camp But
ner base camp,
Using prisoners on private con-
tract, only when civilian labor Is
unobtainable and on Army installa-
tons to release American soldiers
for. other duties, or for jobs for
which civilian workers cannot be
found, the working prisoners a-e
paid 80. cents a day in canteen
.coupons-with a sharply curtalled
list of items .obtainable, General
Brooks explained. The prisoners
are shifted under private contract
as need for labor demands and in
North Carolina they, are working
on farms at present and will later
work in harvesting various crops.
They are also working in e,lpwood
and timber.
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Negro Girl Scouts
49,. To. Enter Day Camp

The Negro Day Camp commit
tee has set the Day Camp pers'd
for Negro Girl Scouts Of Whining
ton for July: 2, 8. $ and g. The
time will be from 10 am. to- 4 p
m. The camp will be condcted or
the Stewart estate at Masonborc
Sound. e. H..
Day camping is exactly what the
name implies, camping by the
day. The campers are divided into
units and spend, six hours in out
door activities in a real camping
atmosphere. The days. program
is planned by carefully elected and
trained leaders. 90. -
The camp will be set up in units
Of twelve girls with leader and
TWO assistants in charge.
Registered Girl Scouts. and other
girls interested, may, attend the
day. camp. A registration fee OF.
81 is charged for the four day
period covering the cost Of milk,
an afternoon snack-out and craft
materials, :. - +, ~ 49,
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OIL PLANTS BURN
AFTER BOMB RAID
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railway to the Japanese base o.
Jesselton, and that the Australian!
controlled 1876 miles of the wllc
North coast from Beaufort South
west to the Miri oil field area
In taking Beaufort the Austral
JAMS met no opposition but foune
many newly-built pillboxes and
trenches-all abandoned.
The Australian force which TOOK
the Lutong refineries and Mir Oh
fields down the coast pushed North
and joined forces on the Baram
Peninsula with another Aussle
column that moved down from
Seria.
In the Philippines, Macarthur
announced continuing extensive. pa
trolls in Luzon's Cagayan Valley,
scene of the japanese collapse On
that island, and said enemy rem
nants were being further compress
ed in the mountains to the west.
On the Southeastern Philippine
Island of Mindanao.' mopping-up
operations were conducted in re-
cently-freed territory. ."
The Luzon guerrillas ambushed
one Japanese tank and killed its
crew in the mountains east q
Ieuig. and the u. S. Sixth Imam
try division advanced three-quar-
ters of, a mile towards the Jap
anese base of Kinganm and other
guerrilla units took Kayan, a; VII
lage on the slopes of the high
Cordilleras. -: .s
Still Other 2uerrihas were NOV
ing over a mountain trail IN llo'
cos province towards Bontoc, last
important japanese center in the
area. ..g -
z. U. S. 18th Air Force planes gave
support to American ground forces
in the Philippines, while Fifth All
Force Liberators ranged out te
China Tuesday night and hit the
former Texaco oil center at Shang.
hal and docks at Canton. E
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VANDENBURC ASKS
RATIFICATION
CONTINUED from Page One)

In one of the most eloquently.
moving speeches the Senate has
heard in years, the elder states
man said the United Nations stand
on the Threshold of "a great al
venture - an adventure into col
Elective security for peace.
He cautioned his colleagues
against ''precipitious haste in
considering the Charter. But he
promptly added that he ;woula
deeply regret any. needless or un
due delay"
Then, in a climactic appeal fo.
early ratification of the historic
document, he said:
"America has everything to gain
and nothing to lose by giving its
support; everything to lose anG
nothing to gain by declining this
continued fraternity with the Unit
ed Nations in behalf of the deares.
dream of humankind peace. I
commend it to Congress and the
country"
When he finished, the Senate and
packed galleries gave him stan.
ding ovation. Senators and mem
5ers OF the House of Representa-
lives, who had come over TO heal
his speech, crowded around TO
snake his hand in congratulations.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., III
formally proposed a reservation 10
the Charter defining the functions
and powers of the U. S. Delegate.
TO the United Nations Council.
But Vandenberg said no such re-
servation is necessary.
Even before Taft raised the is
sue, Vandenherg had foreseen the
possibility that such a request for
reservations would be made.
(Asserting that he knew mo bet
ter hope" for peace than the Sc
curity Charter, he warned thai
such hope certainly will be brok-
en- if you insist upon denying it a
chance, or if you cripple it at
BIRTH
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Californian Seeks Spot
Here For Hunting Lodge

The Wilmington Chamber Of
Commerce yesterday received a
letter in which request was made
in behalf of a california client
for information about the possibili.
ties of securing a tract of land in
this area on which the highest
type of hunting lodge could be de-
veloped."
The original request was for a
tract Of land 20 to Is square miles
IN size, the Letter states, but offer.
,ings Of from five to 10 square
miles are receiving some consider
alton. it added.
Interested persons may secure
more information by calling Elk
ecutive Secretary Walter Cartier
at the Chamber of Commerce.
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JOHNSON FILES
DISSENT OPINION
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as other residents of the Com
pany's territory, the company
would have had a surplus of about
$l6O, 900 which could have been
used to reduce rates for other res
idential users.
~ am unwilling he said, ito
allow residential customers, wheth-
er they live in government
apartment, rented house or one
Of their own, to buy or, use cleo
trio energy bought at a rate cheap
er than is paid by all of the resi-
dental customers served by the
company. A citizen living in a
government-own house should
have no advantage over the citi-
zen living in his own house.
If it were possible-and l think
it is-that the Tide Water Com
pany could stand a rate reduc-
ton, then I think every customer
should be treated alike and receive
the same reductions.
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Three Firms Ordered
To Suspend Shoe Sales

/ Charged with violation of Office
OF P r e Administration shoe
ratloning regulations, three Viii.
mlngton merchants have b n
ordered to suspend the sale OF
ratloned shoes, according to word
| received h e'r e yesterday from
theodore S. Johnson, Raleigh OPA
district direc or.
Daniel L. Bell, of Atlanta, chief
OPA hearing commissioner. order.
ed the suspensions, johnson said,
and most of the violations were in
short inventory accounts of shoe
coupons and shoes.
The orders ACCOMPANIED 26 other
suspensions, against some of the
largest mercantile firms in eastern
North Carolina, which ranged from
10 days to 1.-The duration.''
The local m r hants whose
rationed shoe sales were ordered
suspended are H, L. Green Co., Inc,
80 days, 81 days active; Lowen-
STEMS, 60 days, 10 days active;
Charles Finklestein and Son. 80
days, 10 days sctive.
Part of the suspension in each of
the % cases except one, which runs
for the duration, is made inactive,
thus placing the dealer on probat-
ion for the duration of rationing.
Most of the suspensions are
scheduled currently, but in a
few instances the dealer has al
ready complied with the required
active ban on Gales, it was explain
ed. During the active suspension
period the dealer cannot lawfully
sell or receive rationed shoes.
w. C. Mitchell, Of Moncure, was
stopped from Gealing in shoes for
the duration. The suspended firms
and penalties follow:
John F. McNair, Inc, Laurin-
burg, thirty days, ten days active;
Belk-Hensdale Co., Whiteville, sixty
days, ten days active; Israeps
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Store, Williamson, ninety DAYS.
! tenty-one days active; New York
Clothing Co.. kinston, ninety DAYS
twenty-one days active; Lymar
Hoskow, Whiteville, ninety davs,
fifteen days active; H. L. Greer
Co., Inc, Durham and Wilmington
stores, ninety days, twenty-one
days active.
Roth'Stewart Co., Henderson,
ninety days, fifteen days active;
Taylor's Department Store, Rocky
Mount, ninety days, fifteen days
active; Collins Department Store,
Lumberton, ninety days, fifteen
days active; The Evans Co., Muir.
freesboro, sixty days, fifteen days
active, Stein Bros, Fayetteville,
j TX ty days, ten days active;
Leggett's Department Store. Roam
oke Rapids, sixty days, ten days
active.
Badham Bros. Co.. Edenton, nine
ty days, twenty-one days active; N.
Thomas, Farmville, sixty days, ten
days active; Frances shoppe
Roanoke Rapids, sixty days, ten
days active; Capitol Department
Store, Fayetteville, ninety days, ten
days active; Fox's Department
Store, Oxford, sixty days ten days
active; William Faber, Roanoke
Rapids, sixty days, ten days active.
Sawyer ard Harris, Elizabeth
City, six months, thirty days ac-
tive; Margois Bros, Williamson,
sixty days, ten days active; The
Hub Fayetteville, ninety days, fiji
teen days active Parker's Depart
ment Store, Elizabethtown, sixty
days. ten days active; Baker,
Shoe and Clothing Store, Hender-
son. sixtys days, ten days active;
I. Blum, Rowland, sixty days, fiji
tsen days active; w. R. Lawrence,
Colerain, sixty days, ten days ac-
tive. 49,.
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Wilmington Dealer
Pays Federal Fine

Among 10 eastern North Carolina
concerns which have paid tota.
Of S1,586.21 to the Treasurer Of
the United States because Of re
cent OPA charges that the firms
overcharged on women's clothing
was one Wilmington store, accord
ing to an announcement made yes
terday by OPA District Director
Theodore S. johnson, Of Raleigh.
The local dealer was Winthrop s
Five Cents to Dollar store at us
North Fourth street.. which paid
s25. ~
A check for $3.50. paid by the
Jones Department store, Of Siler
City, was the largest penalty,
Johnson stated. This represented
three times the amount Of alleged
cvercharges. ~ Z,
Other penalties were:
Proctor's Department store
Roanoke Rapids. s2s5.:51; Wi
lams-Breedlove Co., Oxford, sl0o,
J. G. Barbour and Sons, Inc,
Clayton, SIS; W. C. .Allsbrook,
Roanoke Rapids, SIS: Brody's De-
pEartment store, Kinston, $50; Col
ms Clothing store, Goldsboro, $50 !,
Moods Shoppe, Siler City, $50;
aela's, Inc, Raleigh, $33.75, Gay
clothing store, Mount Olive,
s5lS5; Hamilton and Hamilton
Angler, $25; and P. R. Taylor Co.
Ayden, $25.
Johnson pointed out that the gov
erhments wartime clothing pro-
sfam-which begins with ceiling
prices by the manufacturer and
nen on down the line-is designed
70 Keep down the cost of clothing.
hl1orcement action is being taken
II all cases where stores fail to
.9fFectly price and sell clothing
10 the public.
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New Hanover Students
Attend Brevard College


BREVARD,. June 29-Th-ee stu
dents from New Hanover county
are enrolled in the summer ses.
sion at Brevard junior college. il
was. announced today. All three Of
the Students are, in the pre-eo1.
lege gsoup. 80 4
They are Miss Margaret Britt.
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. M F.
Britt Of 222-D Williamson Dr., Viii
mington; Frederic Retchin. son
OF NJ and MS. Raymond. Retchim
sof 1l03. Chestnut St. Wilmington:
and Mrs. Virginia McIver McNutt
of 1901 Ann St. ,.gsss.es.+ i
sBrevard has "a capacity enroll.
fnent, in all of the classes this sum-
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LOCKER SERVICE
READY BY FALL

Frozen food lockers for New Han
o,er patrons may become a reali
~ in September, as officials o
no project disclosed yesterda,
+hst il is hoped that the locker
viii be in operation by that time
+ W. Preston, head of The Will
n,ington Cold Storage Co., reveal
% Yesterday that lockers hav,
heen ordered and are expected t,
give in time for the projected
liant to open in September.
W E. Cherry, who together witr
W D. Bass, heads the newly or.
sanized Frozen Foods Lockers
Co. reported that he expect:
approval within a week or tel
davs on the firms request for pr
orities to build a 50O-locker storage
snd food processing plant here. Il
nrjorities are approved by that
time Mr.. Cherry was of the opin.
inn that the new plant could be
brult and ready for operation in
about 80 days.
Interest in additional cold star
ace facilities in Wilmington was
accused some time ago when New
Hanover county farmers, DESTROYS
of storage space. petitioned County
Farm Agent R. w. Galphin to use
b;z influence to obtain frozen food
lockers.
Three hundred farmers, anxious
to show their faith in any program.
that might be started, paid 5
years locker rent in advance to
Mr. Galphin. The $4,000 collected
in this manner now is being held
Until lockers are available. Lock
ar rents are $3.50 and Sis per
wear. according to size OF facili
ties. ...
Mr.. Galphin revealed yesterday
that the priority ordered for the
building Of the new storage plant
here had been approved by the
AAA committee of New Hanover
county and sent to Raleigh severa,
weeks ago. :
The plant contemplated by Bass
and Cherry will include, in addi-
ion to the 500 lockers and frozen
food drawers, a complete. food pro-
cassing plant equipped to process
vegetables, meats, fish, poultry
and other foods that may be frozen.
In addition to the rental of lockers
and the processing of food for
locker holders, the firm also plans
to process locally grown food prod.
ucts for commercial sale and to
sell nationally advertised brand
Of frozen foods.
A method similar to that used
by banks renting. safe deposi.
vaults will be followed. The lock
er holder will register upon en-
tering the plant and an attendant
will accompany him to his locker.
The Frozen Food Lockers plant
plans to use lockers Of two sizes,
one measuring six and a quarter
cubic feet and the drawer type,
which is seven and one-half cubic
feet
The food lockers which the Vii
mington Cold Storage plant expects
to receive measure five cubic feet
and maintain food at tempera.
ture Of from 0 to 10 degrees
Fahrenheit. The same safety de.
post type of service will be offer
ed by this firm and locker holders
may insure foods at an additional.
cost,
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DAVIS SAYS men :.
MUST WORK, FIGHT
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dispute over who is to do reconver-
sion work.
Sixteen thousand returned to the
Ford Motor Company plants and
$500 to Budd Wheel Company. At
the Packard Motor Car Company,
1000 maintenance men voted to 80
back Monday, enabling resumption
Of output by $4,000 production work
ers idled by the maintenance
mems Walkout.
The agreement between the AFL
Building trades and the, CLIO
United Automobile Workers main.
! tenance council set up procedure
for adjusting differences. The AFL
withdrew an ultimatum that its
members will refuse to construct
any building unless they do all the
work and the CIO rescinded one
prohibiting hiring of AFL trades
men until all CLIO maintenance men
were at work.
At the Motor Products Corporal
ion, where ], 100 have been out for
several days, the CLIO UAW called
a meeting to discuss return to
work. A st r1ke of 700 AFL
members at lumber yards continu-
ed.
NEW YORk-NEW JERSEY
The president OF the Independent
Western Electric Employees as,
sociation, George Duval, announced
plans for selecting the date for a
strike approved by 1894 eligible
voters in a National Labor Relat-
ions Board Election.
'Duval said $4,000 union members
in. 10 New Jersey and three New
York plants Of Western Electric
would meet July to choose the
date Only company action in the
dispute, can avert Walkout, he
said.
I The employees voted in favor OF
strike to obtain wage increases for
1000 employees. Electronic and
communications equipment for w:
use are produced at the plants.
Another big eastern dispute in
volved 8, 500 workers and shut down
plants producing automobile parts.
A dispute between the Mack
Manufac turing Company and the
CLIO JAW over seniority closed the
concerns New Brunswick, N. ) =
plant Monday. .st7
-" CONNELLSVlLLE, PA.
The WLB in Washington direct
ed an immediate termination OF a
strike of $50 AFl machinists in a
iurisdictional dispute with the ALL
Glass Bottle Blowers Union which
has kept 1000 persons idle at the
Anchor Hooking Glass Company
Connellsville, Pa. -.
Workers walked out May 10 be-
cause four members OF the Machln-
lists Union, who also were memper
Of the Blowers Union, were dis
missed. The Blowers have closed
shop agreement at the plant ana
obtained dismissal of the. four men
for belonging to dual unions.
MEMPHIS ~.
i. Tie, Dixie Greyhound Bus Service
reported all buses operating on
schedule despite a walkout OF ABOUT
$50 mechanics, members OF The
ALL Amalgamated Association OF
lStreet, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees.
frederick Smith, Pres. dent Of the
company, attributed the walkout
70 refusal Of the management to
discharge five men for activities
lunbecoming to a Union A spokes-
man for the union said the five
men were attempting to organize
CHICAGO
q, Eleven hundred .AFL printing
tradesmen at r. r.. .Donnelley and
Sons Company remained out in
dispute: with the company over its
[iinsistence to maintain. a 4O-year
open shop policy:
l - - w.
Poland signed a five-year treaty
of non-aggression with Soviet Rus
STA in 1882 that was extended to
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DON'T JUST ASK
FOR ASPIRIN

always ask for it by name. Be sure,
say St. Joseph Aspirin. It's genuine
and pure. You can't buy aspirin that
can do more for you. There's none
faster, none better, none more depend
able. Get St. Joseph Aspirin, worlds
largest seller at 10c. Save even more
on large size 100 tablets cost only
35c-you get nearly 8 tablets for 1c.
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ON CHEST PROGRAM,

Miss Cordelia Foster of the
Girl Scout council was the guest
speaker last night on the "Crisis
In War Tewn" program broad
casted every Friday night over
WMFD at 6:45 o'clock under
the sponsorship Of the Com
mun;ty War Chest -
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City Briefs
CAMP DAVIS DANCE

The regular Friday dance at
Camp Davis for cenvalascent.
soldiers was. held last night.
Hostess dance groups met at
the Woodrew Wilson Hut and
were transported to the base
by the Army. A. "
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j. w. MILLER

TABOR CITY, June %. W.
Miller, prom nent farmer Of the
Aynor section of Horny county died
Friday morning at a Conway hos
pital after an illness of five days.
The body will rema n at the Jes-
sup 1nman funeral home until
Saturday when it will be taken to
the home. Funeral services will
be held at 5 p. m. Sunday from the
Pisgah Methodist church with the
Rev. o. B. Harwick, officiating
Burial will be in the church meme
terry.
Surviving are the widow, the for
mer Miss Betty Blackman; two
daughters, Mrs. George S. Johnson,
of Loris, S. c., and Mrs; M. Howle,
of Jacksonville, Fla, two sons. w.
R. Miller, at home, and Ernest
Miller. of Aynor.
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Poland signed a five-year treaty
Of n-aggression with Soviet Rus
STA in 1882 that was extended to
l1945.~
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Obituaries
ULE A. WHITE.

Funeral, services for Ule A.
White, former housing manager Of
the Lake Forest project here, who
died Thursday, will be held Sat
urday at Bloomington, Ill.
While in Wilmington, Mr.. White
was also connected with the New
Hanover Board of Education, ano
was manager of the National Youth
Association center.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs
Julia White; and son, Arthur
White, both of Bloomington.
MRS. LENA TEACHEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
Teachey, n, of Rosehill, widow OIL
the late j. D. Teachey, VINO dice
Thursday morning at the home Of
her daughter, MS. O. H. Barney
We're held at pm. Friday from
the home with the Rev. C. T. Rog.
ers> and the Rev. F. M. Balm, of.
ficiating. Burial was in Rosehill
cemetery.
Besides Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Teach.
ey is survived by another daugh.
ter, Mrs. C. L. Faircloth, ST., OF
Rosehill; sister: Miss Nellie
Teachey, of Faison; and four
grandchildren and two great grand.
children.
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BUY WAR BoNss AND STAMPS
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-06

hurler in the park. The Vice Presi-
dent is an ex-Schoolboy athlete
from st. Louis, which is more than
you can say for most of the pitchers
on Clark Griffith's staff. And once
you get past Hank Borowy and Iron
Ball Ernie Bonham, the Yanks
haven't much to offer either.
Ncte for posterity: Louis Bobo
(Call me "Showboat'D Newsom, the
well-traveled man, has signed his
1945 contract with the Philadelphia
Athletics. He says he'll win 20 this
year. IG
Although no one knows whether
baseball will be able to complete its
schedule this year, club owners are
prepared to field 16 full teams. The
American League has signed lis
rockies and the National League. 100.
Top AL grab is Peter Gray, one
armed outfielder from Memphis,
great defensive player and base
runner.
In the MI, all eyes are on a 81
year-old rookie" named James