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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
New Hanover County
Has No Polio Cases

The North Carolina Health de-
partment has reported that to-
tai of 30 polio cases have been re-
ported in North Carolina during the
first six months of 1915, as COM
pared to a total of 1877 reported
during the same period last year,
119 of them in June.
No cases have been reported this
month as against the 1914 July to-
tai of 296. ...
DR.. A. H. Elliott, County Board
of Health director, said yesterday
that no cases of the disease have
been reported in New Hanover SO
far this year. -.
He said that the western part Of
the state should be relatively free
for the next several years follow
ing last. summers epidemic and
that this section, although more
lightly struck and at later date,
it should hive attained some degree
of immunization. ..t 81
Simple precautions for avoiding
the disease in event it should de-
velope are:
l. Keep children out Of crowds.
2. Avoid swimming pools.
3. Avoid over-exertion in work
or play. rs.
4. Don't have tonsils removed ex-
,,n+ in urgent caSeS
5. Get rid of flies.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
TOPS IN TWIRLS
By GEORGE E. SISLER
ZAP Newsfeatures)

BALTIMORE. - The girl who
wirled and prirouetted her way
from a hospital bed to major in
majoretting at boys high school
has been nominated by steel work.
ers at a war plant to lead their
Victory Parade when final peace
comes on VI Day.
Five years ago Charlotte Will
kins emerged from the either fol-
lowing serious operation in a
Baltimore hospital and asked for
q pair of drum majors batons.
Three months of beds and wheel
chairs ensued, but day in and day
out she twirled and spun the
heavy majorette's maces inces-
sanity until she had acquired ex-
traocdinary skill. Her doctors ad-
vised a long period of quiet con-
valescence. But the girl who be-
gan with two batons instead OF the
customary one was different-she
began incorporating dance steps
and routines into her endless
practicing with the batons.
Today, 18-year old Charlotte
Wilkins is an expert and highly
acclaimed artist fresh from four
years as head drum-majorette at
Baltimore City college, school for
boys. She began working with that
high schools musical organizations
in 1941, and it's boy students readily
claim her as their own alumna.
Self-instructed, she went into
the majorette business profes'
sionally and began instructing
classes of both boys and girls in
the fine points of the twirling
game. With two of her students she
formed trio and began accepting
a few of the many engagements
coming her way, but the act broke
up when the boy went into the
Air Force and the girl partner
became co-starred in one-act
church drama.
Miss Wilkins has gone to work
in war plant, but she keeps he-
hands full of whirling batons-
and the steel workers morales up
by leading War Bond and pro.
duction rallies. The steel men
think she's tops and they have
unanimously nominated her as
Miss Victory Parader to lead their
triumphal march when Japan is
knocked out.
When her pilot-pupil comes home
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12

In letters addressed to the OPA
district office at Raleigh and to
Secretary of Agriculture Clinic
P. Anderson, Wilmington Attorney
CLAYTON c. Holmes recently mace
further appeals for increased meat
rations in the local area.
The Raleigh OPA office recently,
on the basis of figures supplied
by City Manager A. c. Nichols
ruled that no action could be taken
toward relieving the local meat
shortage for supplies should be
sufficient for each family to OBJ
tain one and three quarters pounds
per week, which the OPA considers
adequate.
In the belief that the figures
cited by Mr.. Nichols were mis-
leading, and not truly representa-
tive of the local situation, Mr.
Holmes writes:
"In the first place. you state in
YOUR letter that Mr.. Nichols found
that $4,000 pounds of dressed meat
were shipped into Wilmington dur
ing the week beginning June 10
by certain packers and that on an
estimate of the amount made
available by Swift and Armour
every person in New Hanover
county would have approximately
liz pounds of dressed meat fo1
that week. Unless you had figures
on the amount of such meat placed
in the retail stores and markets
in Wilmington during that week
you could not possibly make such
calculation because Wilmington
is a distributing point for these
packers, and they have customers
in many of the surrounding coun
ties.
Then, too, the cafes and other
public eating places seem to be
getting the meat when it is avail
able, certainly the choice cuts ano
this is due, I und ,rstand, to the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
There Are Towns Where It's
Still A Crime To Be Married

aHe human enough to take unto
themselves husbands, boards OF
education have had to wink at the
ban during these war years.
They have either had to do that
or close their schools, for so many
of their footloose single teachers
were lured away from their jobs
by work that paid better, eXacteo
less from their personal lives, ano
gave them a better chance to hunt
husbands.
But many of the school boards
that are letting married women
teach, now that they can't fill
teacher vacancies with single
women, haven't voted to do away
with the old mo married women
teachers rule. That is still on
the books, and will be unless the
citizens of such communities get
riled up over the injustice and
stupidity of that kind of sense
less discrimination.
MARRIAGE WINS OUT
Anybody would see exactly
how ridiculous such bans against
women teachers really
are if they had to explain to
little girl that in some places she
couldn't be both a wife and
school teacher. but would have to
choose between the two.
And they would undoubtedly
find out how such a rule cuts
down on the quality of teaching
personnel if they could hear q
bright little girl of even six saw
ing emphatically: Then if l can't
be both, I guess I'll just get mar
Jed"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
PORTABLE HOMES
CLEAR THIS PORT

Twenty-three carloads Of pre-
fabricated houses were loaded
aboard the S. S. Hilary A. Her
bert here this week for shipment
to Europe, according to j. T. Hires,
executive general agent of the
Wilmington Port Commission,
marking the initial movement of
the houses through the Port of
Wilmington.
The cargo is slated for Great
Britain, and is part of the United
States government program to
provide houses for the civilian war
workers in England, whose homes
were destroyed during the war.
The shipment is the result of an
agreement made by the Foreign
Economic Administration with the
British government to provide 25,-
600 prefabricated houses on lend
lease basis to further the British
war effort. The procurement ag-
emit for the FEA is the Federal
Public Housing Authority, which
has let contracts to construction
companies in the United States.
The primary contractor for the
houses now being loaded in Will
mington was the Walsh Construc'
ton Co. of New York, which sub
let contracts to Spencer, N. c. anc
Johnson City, Tenn, from where
the homes were moved here by
rail.
Also included in the Herbert
cargo are tobacco and lumber fol
use in the British Isles. Another
ship, scheduled for sailing Later
this month will carry a consider
arably heavier tonnage of houses
than the Herbert, according tt
Hires.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
Mrs. Stanley Cope,
Recent Bride, Feted

Mr.. Stanley S. Cope, who before
her recent marriage was Miss
Eleanor Coble, was honored at a
miscellaneous shower given by
Mrs. George Burton and Miss
Gladys Burton at the Wrightsboro
clubhouse.
The club was decoraged with
snapdragons and gladioli and the
brides table had center piece OF
the brides cake topped with a
miniature bride and bridegroom
The honoree was presented with a
corsage of white carnations by the
hostesses and received a number OF
gifts.
During the evening bingo was
played by the forty-five guests at.
tending.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
PERSONALS
Mrs. Aida Jordan is patient at
James Walker Memorial hospital.

Mrs. Aida Jordan is patient at
James Walker Memorial hospital.
Charles E. Wahab, MN 1-c U. S.
c. G., and wife and daughter,
Diane, have returned TO East
hampton, L. l., after visiting Mrs.
Wahab's parents at their home on
South Fourth street.
Mrs. George Snyder and three
children, who have been spending
some time at Wrightsville Beach,
returned to their home in Char
lotte this week.
Mrs. Gladstone Butler of Rich
mond, W., who has been visiting
her sister. Mrs. Charles P. Eolles
at her cottage on Wrightsville
Beach, returned to her home Tues
day.
Mrs. Manley Williams, principal
of Lake Forest School, is patient
at James Walker Memorial hospi-
tai, where she underwent an opera
ton on Monday. Mrs. Cephas Lip
pard, of Charlotte, Mrs Williams
sister, is here to be with her.
Mrs. Charles P. Bolles of
Wrightsville Beach, is ill at her
home following a heart attack.
Lieut.. Thomas Dudley Mote. who
recently returned to the states, hav-
ing been wounded in the Pacific,
is spending his leave here with his
mother at her home, 215 IL North
Fifth street.
Mrs. MAZE Ann Miller and daugh-
ter, Jude, accompanied by Mrs.
Nell Miller and Miss Alma Young
of Greensboro, are visiting Mrs
Miller's parents, Mrs. Ann Lilies
and I. A. Shepard.
MI. anu NILS. y. .. MC0OluSkey
Of Opelika, Ala, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. McCluskey and
brother, Albert McCluskey, Jr, and
Mr.. ard Mrs. j. A McClCskey and
of Ore:ika, Ala, accompanied by
turned to their homes after visit
&c, of Washington, D. c., have re-
ing Mrs. Ann Lilies and T. A.
Shepard at their homes here.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12

and school teacher.
In many of the small towns and
cities where there has been a tradi-
tional ban against hiring married
teachers and policy of kicking
women out Of their jobs when they
Drowned slices in bottom Of cas-
serole. Beat the eggs well, add to
them the cheese and parsley and
salt and pepper to taste. Pour
cheese mixture over eggplant,
cover with crumbs and set under
boiler flame to brown. Serve i'm
mediately.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
ITALIAN Workshop
Executive Group
To Meet Tonight

Although the general meeting OF
the ITALIAN Workshop for tonglht
has been called off, all members
of the Workshop interested in play
reading, are invited to meet with
the groups executive committee to-
night at 8 o'clock in Thahan Hall
Ben Jones, chairman OF the ex-
ecutive committee, has announced
that the committee. with the as
sistance of all other interested
members, plans to review several
plays and select one for the forth
coming Workshop production.
According. to present plans OF
the Workshop, next weeks regular
meeting of the group will be devot-
ed to casting the play selected to-
night.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
Demand For Phones
Here Exceeds Supply

o. G. Balm, new manager OF the
Southern Bell Telephone company
here, revealed yesterday that in
spite of release of telephones, the
company is having trouble sup
plying those holding "A' priorities.
Mr.. Balm explained that the
priorities run from "a" to CO.. with
the "A'' priorities only for those
persons holding positions of re.
sponsibility for public health and
safety such as doctors and nurses
and other essential personnel hold
ing positions of authority or COM
mand. The &c" classification if for
service wives living alone with
children under Is years of age.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
by Alice Brooks
BY ALICE BROOKS

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and design-are these all
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A collection of embroidery mo-
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clothing and hankies. Pattern 7148
has 10 motifs l IL 2 1-2 to 4x6
inches.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins
for this pattern to Wilmin gton
Star-News Household Arts Dept,
10y w. l4th St. New York II, N. Y.
PRINT plainly NAME, ADDRESS
and PATTERN.
Just out! Send fifteen cents moro
for our NEW 1915 Need1ework
Book-e4 illustrations of DESIGNS:
crocheting, knitting, embroidery
dolls, other toys, home decoration
Free Pattern for two crocheted
handbags printed right in the book
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
new YORK WOMAN
SPONSORS VESSEL

Under the sponsorship of Miss
Helen Ravenel, of New York, the
S. S. Red Jacket, a CO type ship
being built at the yard of the
North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
for the United States Lines, was
launched yesterday afternoon.
Miss Ravenel is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. Ravenel.
He is vice president Of the United
States Lines.
Her maid of honor was Miss
John Woodwork, also Of New
York.
The ship is the 221st to near
completion at the local yard.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
THURSDAY, JULY p ,o,.

use its authority granted f..
% quofa for Hf 'S Ssw to Increase the n s
In MS letter to the secretr,,y
Mr.. Holmes requ ted aaII,u.eeTSoa
for the unlimited slaughterIinoSF
local beef cattle, to be nl,s Of
the Wilmington market n .e; Oh
the shortage. fetev.
A recent bill BY Conoro.
vested in the Secretary S ~ III
culture authority to ISSUE p a s'
permits, provided the sIsrusslc a
in{ is done under sanitarv s sa,e'
tons. eonot
Mr.. Holmes, in furnisbiru
Secretary of Agriculture WIZ M
formation regarding the vi In. 10,
shortage, suggested that il tucal
slaugnsering authority is qr.S Suea
the County Agricultural > d dan.sa
ment, of which Mr.. R. " I cs'
phin is the County Farm Ar os'
could assume the responsibility Svs
for the slaughtering under nrnI
conditions. p'Vpe'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
One Wilmington Man
Reported Missing

One Wilmington serviceman has
been reported missing in action
and two others wounded in the
latest Office OF w r Information
bulletins. In all cases next OF KIN
have been notified.
They were:
DIN Hughes White, Y SC,
USNR, son of Mrs. Catherine Will
liams White, 1920 Carolina Ave-,
missing in action.
Pfc. Stacy Pollard D r,
USMCR, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaiah T. Dexter, w l m n 6 n
wounded in action.
Capt. Howard E. Pound, U. S.
Army, husband of Mrs. Howard p.
Pound 1902 Perry Ave-, wounded
in action in the Pacific theater.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12

S e If a school
teacher. But you
save me a man
to marry"
But unless
we C h a n G e
things during
the next fifteen
years that little
girl may find
out the bitter
truth that
there are many
places in this
country where
a woman can't
he both a wife
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
Victory Menus
By CHARLOTTE ADAMS

BY CHARLOTTE ADAMS
Delicious Homemade Soup
Sorrel Soup
Cheese and Egg Plant
Drowned Rice
Breadsticks
Lemon Meringue Pie
(Recipes Serve Four)
SORREL SOUP
IL pound sorrel.
1 quart chicken consomme.
IL pint sour cream.
2 egg yolks.
2 tablespoons cream.
Salt and pepper.
Clean sorrel and chop into fine
pieces. Cook ten minutes in
chicken consomme. Mix egg yolks
and cream, and add slowly to soup.
beating constantly with a wire
whisk. Season to taste with salt
and pepper. Cool and then chill in
refrigerator. Just before serving.
beat in the sour cream. This soup
may also be served hot.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12

One of the many advantages ,
the famous Liberty ships, wsi' "
are built to standard snec;t H..a
tons, is, that the men who v0. :,
on one ship can transfer to aroS Sa
in the dark and find their vsr ,
around without losing time get"r,
acquainted with new surround;nas
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12

Shortly after World War I, the
Chemical Warfare Service began
experimenting with the then
revolutionary British ssnooth-bar-
relied four-inch mortar for use IN
laying a gas blanket or smoke
screen
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
Eggplant And Cheese

l mediums eggplant.
tablespoons butter or marga-
rine.
2 eggs.
3-4 cup grated cheese.
/ tablespoon minced parsley.
Salt and pepper.
IL cup bread crumbs.
Wash, pare and slice eggplant.
Saute eggplant slices in butter or
margarine until they are nicely
Drowned on both sides. Arrange
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
Rebekah Lodge
Meets Tonight

Letitia Rebekah Lodge, No. 3,
IOOF, will meet this evening at
8 o'clock at the Junior Order Hall.
Officers will be installed during
the business session followed by a
social hour.
Visitors in the city members of
the degree are invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
BY RUTH MILLETT

A six-year-old girl entering into
a grown-up discussion about jobs
thoughtfully announced: Mother,
I'm going to college and make my
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-12

The French inundated territory
of the Cameroons, Africa, covers
425, 900 square kilometers of West
Africa.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
b the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. TO-, Emil
Schran,, president Of the New York
Stock Exchange, has been given q
three-year contract ct 800 ,OO0 a
year, 1t was announced today by
John A. Coleman, chairman Of the
Board of Governors Of the Ex-
change. Mr.. Schram has been re-
ceiying $4,000 annually since as
suming the presidency In July. 1941.
His new contract will run until De-
cen1ber 81, 1948.
Mr.. Schram came to the Stock
Exchange from the Craftsmanship
of the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
and succeeded William cChesney
Martin, jr., when the latter was in
Quoted into the Army. Mr.. Martin
also received $4,000 q year and was
the first paid president in the his
tory of the Exchange.
On expiration Of his first contract
in 1914, the Board OF Governors Of
fered Mr.. Schram a new three-year
working agreement calling for $65,- :
900 annually, but the Treasury De-
partment.s salary stabilization unit
disallowed the application for a
read djustment and Mr.. Schram
agreed to continue on at the $48 900
figure.
Tall, solemn looking and baldish
for his 50 years, Mr.. Schram was a
complete stranger to Wall Street
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Mon Held for 'TrioI ]
In Hotel Theft. Case

A 35-year-old colored man yes
.terday wassheld for grand jury ac-
tionson a aheusebreaking charge and
granted d Municipal Court jury trial
on larceny charges involving a series
Of thefts last month and this at the
Roosevelt Hotel.
Precinct Detective Edwin Talbot
at No. l3 said the man, Percy James
Brown of the 1000 block of Third
street NV, former cook at the
hotel, was arrested Friday at his
home. Judge Ellen K. Raedy set a
jury trial for December Z after
Brown pleaded not guilty.
Brown is accused of breaking into
a locked refrigerator in the hotel
kitchen November 4 and taking
groceries and of taking quantities
of linen and silverware.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Orders Bar Yunks
From Doing KIP.
For Civilians
, the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.-Or-
ders have been issued which will
prevent future use of high-point
servicemen for kitchen police duty
aboard homebound vessels from the
Orient, Maj. Gen. Homer j. Gron-
niger, commanding general of the
San Francisco Port Of Embarkation,
said today.
In connection with charges that
high-point veterans aboard the
steamer Monterey had been required
to do KIP duty, Gen. Groninger said
orders have been issued to correct
the situation.
These orders" he said, require
that before any space is allotted for
commercial passengers on War Ship
ping Administration vessels, such as
the Monterey, the ship steward de-
partment, composed of civilian crew
members, be adequately manned to
handle the commercial passengers.
These orders had not yet reached
the theaters when the Monterey
loaded.
And, Of course, we won't carry
civilians. except under extraordinary
circumstances, as long as there are
Army and Navy personnel available
for transportation.
Gen. Groninger's statement fol-
lowed protest appearing in the
Army newspaper Stars and Stripes.
In Honolulu the newspaper charged
that 800 Navy enlisted men, home.
bound for discharge. had been re-
Iquared to do KIP duty for $500 civil
! lang aboard the Monterey, as well a
for their nfhcerS and themselves
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Stock Exchange Increases Pay
|OfSchrom to 500, ,OOOoY Year

when he was chosen for the presi-
dency Of the worlds largest security
market In 1941, but lost no time In
establishing himself as a competent
administrator and as a successful
conciliator between various groups
in the Government and the Ex-
change membership.
just before starting his work as
president, Mr.. Schram summed up
his conception Of the Exchange this
way:
aAs I visualize 1t, the Exchange is
the public square in the business
community of America. 1t is the
meeting place Of capital and indus
try. Through those companies whose
securities 1t has on its lists, 1t pre-
1sents a composite panorama OF
American business. To me this is
a thrilling and exciting picture" ]
The Stock Exchange, he said.
could be operated mot only as a
business enterprise, but in the man
ner Of a public service organization
as WELL"
Stock Exchange members are
doing the largest volume Of busi-
ness since the 1887 bull market.
Million-and-a-half shares q day
have been the rule rather than the
exception for some time and this
week volume expanded to more
than 1000, 900 on one day and
closely approached that figure on
several others.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
By the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Nov. 10.-American SOL
diers in the European theater sent
home more than half of the cash
pay they drew in September, 1t.
Gen. Walter B. Smith, chief of staff
to Gen. Eisenhower, said today.
At press conference Gen. Smith
said the troops drew $107, 900 900 and
sent home s65 900 ,00o-an amount he
described as a reasonable proper
ton"
The figures did not include a
breakdown of money sent from Ber-
lin, where some Americans are
said to have reaped fantastic profits
from the sale of watches to Russians.
The Berlin gold rush." which re-
suited in several millions of dollars
being sent to the United States, end
ed last midnight. Hereafter, a CT
will not be able to send home more
money than the pay he collects.
Gen. Smith pointed out that when
occupation marks were converted
into dollars the United States Treas
ury actually was redeeming invasion
money at the taxpayers expense.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
D. 6. Aides Work Hours
Drop Z ,0O0, 900 in Year

District government employees, ex-
elusive of Police and Fire Depart
ment personnel, worked nearly g.
000, 900 fewer man-hours during the
past fiscal year than in the previous
year, the annual report of the chief
clerk revealed yesterday.
At the same time, the report dis
closed, casualty rates showed an up
ward trend and injuries resulting
in lost time reached 1876 per million
man-hours, as compared with las
during the previous year. Increase
In "occupational disease" was given
as cause for the rise,