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FARMERS SEEKING
POW LABOR TO Ain
1916 CROP SEEDING
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100 men now idle at the prisor.,
OF War camp who could be usad :.
good advantage by farmers Of ~.
county in planting the 1916 en-,
but under International Law, NM
derstand, no prisoner of war labm
may be used on and after ,iv
months from the time armed hos,
tilities ceased, Schlegel said,
"While the farmers would b.
glad to have native labor for WORK
in the fields during the planting
season, no such labor is available
and may not be for several months
We feel that we are being discrim.
mated against in our pleas dDs
to the fact that use of Prisoner Of
War labor is permissible for plup.
wood cutting, sawmill and dairyng
work, but not for general farm
use.
eve are really up against it for
labor now with the 1916 planting
right upon us, and we need this
labor, which is available now, not
next summer and fall. If we get
the crop planted, we will be content
to worry about the harvesting Of
it next fall.''
Both men, leaders in farm act.
witty in the Castle Hayne section
told The Star that they hoped that
an appeal will be made to Cover
nor Cherry but official sources in
New Hanover county, urging him
to join with Governor RansOme
Williams of Ssuth Carolina in
application to the Fourth Serve
Command at Atlanta, to have the
existing Prisoner of War labor
made available to farmers at least
until the 1916 crop is in the ground
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.HOWLINC BLIZZARD
HITS BYRNES ship
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who said, 1--WE are very glad to
have you" .-4
informed that another deputy
foreign commissar, Andrea j.
vishinsky, was waiting for Byrnes
at another airport, the U. S. Sec
rotary said:
ST am sorry I have made my
friend Vishinsky wait. but am
glad to be here. We had trouble
finding Moscow, but we are not
the only ones who had trouble
getting here
The obvious reference was to
the task the Germans had in at
tempting to reach Moscow and De-
kanozov said smilingly:
''Well, alrs well that ends
we'll"
Asked to say something for a
recording to be played later over
the Moscow radio, Byrnes repeat
ed his pleasure at his arrival, then
added:
! dill COllIAOSuI. JUL 'SOA1vSA ga
tions will help draw our nations
even closer together
Foreign Commissar V. M. Molo-
TOW was not present. He was con-
ferring with French officials at
a trade. conference.
Interviewed. later at the home of
U. S. Ambassador w. Averell Har-
riman, who had been waiting with
Vishinsky at the other airport,
Byrnes said that being lost in the
blizzard was the first time I have
ever had any anxiety in the all"
Byrnes said that at one time he
said to Charles E. Bohlen, chief
of the Russian section of the State
Department, ''You know, we might
run into the side of mountain. !"
Bohlen told Byrnes not to worry
because there were no mountains
around here" and Byrnes COM
mented that's fine-but do you
know where here ISL"
Despite his experience Byrnes
showed no sign of fatigue.
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OF BEI!SEN,
TEN OTHERS HANc
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mer hair-dresser and Chief =. :.
women at the Belsen camn u IS
was followed a half hour IT, She
1rma Grese, %, the blonde .''ef By
packing "Beastess" of Be1s,Ip pistol
The third woman to die" ea'
a. m:-was Juana Bormann, iu y
cringing little dog womsn ai' II.
frequently set a huge dos 'l =. Who
threats of prisoners in The o a, The
Gin camp. 'De osgie.
Kramer, beetle-browed .,s
died at 12:11 p. M, sloa and s,
DR.. Fritz Klein, So, gra y5 WITH
graduate of the Budapest m nsssd
school whose specially was nis ais'
ing victims for the osweicin p Ss.
chambers. There was M N NJ, Sa'
nation i why those two Ieadine sA !a
clalists in human torture s,,' spe
to their deaths simultaneous oaS
others executed were:
Peter Weingartner, 30 yro..,
peasant who joined the IS 0S0saV
Franz Hoeszler, 80. S. S. ,n,,
and Kramer's principal lieutssn ua''
Karl Franzich, 80, IS gnssa'
Franz starfle, SO, IS s susrd'
Wilhelm Dorr, 80, guard T3'u'
AnSgar PHhen IS o,,omJ
mer butcher shop emnlove a,'u i0''
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COMMITTEE FINDS
COMMUNITY TREE

The finding of a suitable commu-
nifty Christmas tree solves the wor.
ries of the program committee
ever since it was decided that IN
ia Claus, who is scheduled to ar.
rive here next Tuesday afternoon,
would find a tree ready for light
ing.
Yesterday morning the crew
found a fine 25-foot cedar at Mas
onboro Sound and secured per-
mission to fell it for the connu1-
nifty celebration.
Sometime late yesterday the tree
was to be erected on the Front
street lawn Of the Postoffice, and
between now and Tuesday a COM
mittee of volunteers and city cleo
tricians will light and decorate it.
Formal lighting of the tree is
schedule for about S p. m. Tues
day-and by no less parsonage than
Old st. Nick himself. Santa is
scheduled to arrive at the Atlantic
Coast Line passenger station on .
special train at p. M, there to
be met by the High school ROTC
band and the city's largest fire.
truck. In the truck, Santa, preced-
cd by the band, will parade down
Front street to Market; east OF
Market to Third, and north on
Third to Chestnut and thence west
10 the Postoffice.
Special traffic precautions will
make Front street in front of the
Postoffice building safe for young
xters when Santa throws the switch
to illuminate the tree in all its
Yule-time glory. Committeeman
working on the holiday community
program estimate that the switch
touching will come about o'clock.
The. tree will be lighted every
evening until Christmas, and
throughout the day and evenings
it will serve as backdrop for
Christmas caroling and special re-
corded Christmas season music.
Decorating of the tree will be
supervised by committee in
charge of Mrs. Katharine Malone
of the Fifth and Orange street USO
club. Wiring, bulbs and work IN
cidental to the lighting will be
performed by the city electricians
office.
Jesse Reynolds, City Recrea-
ton department director, is chair
man of the arrangements commit
tee. Councilman James E. l..
Wade is head of the general Com
munity Christmas program.
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PATTON CONDITION
TERMED EXCELLENT
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determined. Squirting said the col
umn was definitely broken but 1t
was too early to determine how
serious the injury was. Patton, ne
said, will be kept in skeleton
traction to mold the fracture.
Squirting said Patton would be
moved to the U. S. as soon as pos.
sible-probably within the next
four to six weeks-but it had not
yet been decided whether to trans:
fer him to Walter Reed Hospital
in Washington of Cushing General
Hospital, Boston.
Mrs. Patton will fly home with
her husband.
1.-THE realignment Of the verte'
brae is nearly perfect and the
skeletal traction is exceedingly
successful" Squirting said. Dam.
age to the spinal column is not IT.
reparable.''
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CUPID BUSY

License to marry were issued
by assistants of A. B. Rhodes,
Register of Deeds for New
Hanover County to Harold b.
Hyslop, Sacramento, Calf, and
Miss Norma Kyle, St. Peters,
burg, Fla; Gustav A. Miller,
Long Island, N. Y, and Miss
Sarah Patrick Darden, Whining
ton; Raymond Patrick. Will
mington and Miss Allaria ARD.
Wilmington; Charlie S. Thomp-
son and Miss Catherine Carter
both of Wilmington.
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NAL TO INACCURATE
SERVICE HERE TODAY;
AIRPORT APPROVED
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14-passenger Lockheed Lodestars
now used by the company and
make possible the serving of inter-
mediate points with more seats
available on the planes.
Personnel at the Wilmington sta
ton will at first be composed OF
experienced NAL men transferred
from other points, Roberts said,
pointing out that it was impracti-
cable to begin operations with
''green" men. However, he added
that all requirements of transfer
red men and all new personnel for
contemplated expansion of opera
tons here would be drawn from
local residents. He said that the
line did not consider it fair poll
cy to hire outside persons when po-
sitions could be filled from resi-
dents of the city being served.
The local reception committee is
composed of Hewlett as chairman,
John Morris, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce and other
prominent citizens.
Mcdonald Bryan, director of pub
lie information for National, will
arrive on the plane bringing greet
ings from the mayors of Miami,
Jacksonville, N e W Orleans,
Charleston and New York to Mayor
w. Ronald Lane.
Mayor Lane said last night that
1--WE are very proud to get this
service-Wilmington has been iso-
lated long enough. Our sincere ap-
probation is extended to National
Air Lines and other powers who
made this service possible.
Schedule for the inaugural flight
is as follows:
Leave Miami at 1925 am, leave
St. Petersburg at 9:58 am, leave
Charleston at 1888 pm, and ar
rive in Wilmington at 1853 pm.
The flight is scheduled to leave
Wilmington at 2:08 pm, leave
Norfolk at 1886 pm, and arrive
in New York at 5:25 pm.
The return flight leaves New
York at 1910 am, leaving Phila-
delphia at 11:03 am, leave Nor
folk 1926 p. M, arriving in VIII
lmington at 1:49. pm.
The flight will leave Wilmington
at 200 PM, leave Charleston at
3:17 pm, Jacksonville 4:45 pm,
Tampa 6:10 pm, Miami 8 pm,
arriving at Key West at $3.50 pm.
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WILLIAM DAVID CAMPBELL

WALLACE, Dec. IA - Funeral
services for William David Camp
bell, rs, of Wallace, who died at
his home Friday morning, will be
conducted from the residence Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock with
the Rev. J. M. Murray, pastor OF
Wallace Presbyterian church, Off
ciating. Interment will be held in
Rockfish cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, jamie
Murphy Campbell; three daughters,
Miss Lena M. Campbell, New York
City, Mrs. Rufus A. Hunter and
Miss jamie Virginia Campbell, Raj
eigh; two sons, Major Francis w.
Campbell, U. S. Army Air Corps,
and James David Campbell, Wal
lace.
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TO BANQUET SQUAD

Members of the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce will play host
to members of the New Han
over High football squad and
their coaches at a banquet to
be held at the Famous Grill
next Tuesday night Dec. Is.
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SENIORS SELECT
EXAM CANDIDATES
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riod for partially defraying ex-
pense of books and board and
room. Also an allowance. is made
for travelling expenses of three
cents per mile for one round trip
home annually from school.
The scholarships are awarded
to. students to be graduated in
1916, who. are in good standing,
regardless Of race, color or creed,
who have been voted by their class
mates as being among the five
per cent allotted to each school, as
being most likely to succeed.
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Interment was in Mount Horeb
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were. Hal Kelly, Will
bur Callihan, Eugene Kelly, Livy
Kelly, Walter Mercer and Harry
Mercer, Jr.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
Mary M Kelly, Bladenboro, N. c.;
three brothers, c. o. Mercer, Bla-
denboro, J. B. Mercer, Hamlet, N.
c., and H. A. Mercer of Whining
ton.
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BUSINESS DROPS

I Transfers of real estate in
New Hanover county have ex-
perienced a. considerable drop
during the last few days 1t was
announced yesterday. The slow
down in realty transfers was
attributed to the nearness of
Christmas holidays.
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Coast Line Purchase
OF ABR C.. Approved

Continued on Page Eight; Col. 81
generally through the operation of
the two railroads as one sys-
tenn. X Xxx
Transportation service will. be
improved and in some cases rates
will be reduced slightly as the re-
suit of the application Of single-line
rates instead of joint rates on ship
ments moving over the two lines"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-15
PRE-HOLIDAY DANCE

All veterans ana service
men are invited to attend
Pre-Holiday dance Saturday
night at 8 pm. at the Ameri-
can Legion home, Third and
Dock streets. Members of the
Legion auxiliary and the
nurses from James Walker
Memorial hospital have been
invited to attend. The COM
mittee urges all veterans to
attend,
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DANIEL DEWEY MERCER

Funeral services for Daniel Dew
ey Mercer, AZ, who died Tuesday
afternoon at the home of his sister
after a lengthy illness, were con-
Quoted Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock from Gilead church with the
Rev. Lineherry, officiating, assist
ed by the Rev. Wilbur Edwards.
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GUEST PREACHER

Rev. J. S. Crowley will be
guest preacher Sunday MORN
Ing at 1880 o'clock at Wood
burn Presbyterian Church.
He will also preach again at
the evening services, accord
ing to an announcement by
church officials.
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YULE PARTY

This morn ng at 1890 o'clock
the members of all All clubs
In New Hanover county will
attend a Christmas party to
be held in County Demonstration
offices in the CustOmhouse.
Miss Anne Mason, Home DEM
onstration agent, will be in
charge.
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BOTTLING PLANT

Construction of a new DR..
Pepper Betting works at 1907
% Dawson street, at an esti-
mated cost of $50, 900, is sched-
uled to start Monday, Gilbert
F. Morton, city building in
spector, announced yesterday.
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APPROVE SHELBY STATION

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA up -
The Communication Commission
today authorized the Western
Carolina Radio corporation of Shell
by, N. c., to construct new radio
station to operate on 730 kilocycles,
$50 watts power, daytime hours.
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BRYANT M. POTTER

NEW BERN, Dec. 14.-Bryant
M. Potter, SIS, local civil engineer
and former city alderman, died
early Wednesday morning in Duke
hospital at Durham, following i'll
health and three opera tons which
covered a period Of more than a
year and a half. The body arrived
here Wednesday night for funeral
and interment.
"A native of Southport, where he
was born Oct. 16, 1890, Mr.. Potter
was a gradus tie of State College,
Raleigh. He had been living here
as a civil engineer and surveyor
for 80 years. Some years ago he
supervised drainage work at Malta
muskeet Lake. Recently he he d
completed a new official map Of
New Bern. with all houses renum'
bered under a modern plan.
For Is years he had been scout.
master of Boy Scout Troop 10,
which produced 81 Eagle Scouts,
believed to be a worlds record.
Mr.. Potter was chairman Of the
board OF stewards Of Centenary
Methodist church, and for years
has taught the Young Peoples Sun
day School class. He was a mem
Der Of the evangelistic committee
of the North Carolina Methodist
conference, and associate lay lead
err of the New Bern Methodist
district.
During the six years he served
as a city alderman, he was chair
man of the school committee, then
became a member Of the city
school board. He was curator. Of
the New Bern Historical commits
sion. Throughout World War II he
was chairman Of the preparedness
and disaster committee of the
raven county chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. He was a member
of the Woodmen of the World.
7 Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Eloise Davenport Potter, of New
Bern; a sister at Southport; and
a brother in Florida.
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MARSHALL LEAVES TODAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. a. @-
General of the Army George c.
Marshall will leave by plane at
800 am. EST today, weather per-
uniting, for his special diplomatic
assignment in China.
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MARRIED MEN RELEASED

With certified Information,
married men under rs years
of age and with three childrsn
will be given ga classified
ton and will not be subject to
call into the army, an official
Of Selective Service announ-
ced here yesterday afternoon.
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SHORTEST OF ITS KIND

The Cherry Point railroad !I.a y IL h
shortest standard-gauge ralli ;ua III
the the world sSs Serving the Marine s ii, 4
base in North Carolina 'D'
road is III miles long
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Dis
Agree agree No Op.
NATIONAL. - $3.50 1870 300
Men --- rs ~ So Fl
Women 80 43. 10
eff the party whose candidate
you most often support nominated
a woman for President of the Unit.
ed States, would you vote for her
if she seemed best qualified for
the job?"
Yes No No OPP.
NATIONAL --.-- 1870 $50 1870
Men. .------ 20 So Is
Women------- 81 81 IL
'Would you approve or disap-
prove of having a capable woman
in the Presidents cabinet?"
Disap-
Approve prove No OPP.
NATIONAL--- $3.50 1870 14%
Men - 80 81 Is
Women - 43 43 IA
''Would you approve or disap-
prove OF having capable woman
on the United States Supreme
Court?"
Disap-
Approve prove No OPP
NATIONAL 47% 40% 1870
Men, - AZ As IL
Women 81 IS 10
eff the party whose candidate
you most often supported nominal.
ed a woman for governor. of this
state, would you vote for her il
she seemed best qualified for the
job?"
Yes No No Op
NATIONAL. .----- 500 $3.50 9%
Men ----- 81 40 8
Women ---..-- So 30 10
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WANT VET HOSPITALS

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA H =
The Senate Appropriations commit
tee today gave impetus to huge
veterans hospital construction pro-
gram. The committee, in it's re-
port on a deficiency appropria-
ton bill, agreed to the expenditure
OF $158, 800, 900 for hospitals, as ap-
proved by the House on Nov. 20.
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GALLUP POLL SAYS:
GALLUP POLL SAYS:
Voters Are Skeptical
About Women In National
Politics, Poll Indicates
Small Majority, However, Would Support
Feminine Gubernatorial Candidates,
Membership On Supreme Court
By GEORGE GALLUP

Director american Institute Of PUBLIC OPINION.
PRINCETON NJ j. Dec Here some facts OF particular
interest o with political aspirations
the country reveal that
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Obituaries
A. S. BATSON

Funeral services for A. S. Bat.
son, 81, 1904 Castle street who died
yesterday morning in James Walk
er Memorial hospital after long
illness, will be conducted this aft
ernoon at 8 o'clock from the chapel
of Ward funeral home. The Rev.
John r. Edwards, pastor of Fifth
Avenue Methodist church will off.
ciate, assisted by the Rev. John
H. Long, pastor of Wesley Metho-
dist church. Interment will be in
Oakda1e cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Annie Petteway Batson; two sons,
Charles Batson, Portsmouth, Va,
and Louis K. Batson, c. -enville,
N. c.; one daughter, Mrs. Garland
Smith, Wilmington; two brothers,
George Batson, Wilmington and Leo
Batson, Warsaw
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HOLIDAY FOR MERCHANTS

HOLIDAY FOR MERCHANTS
Retail merchants will OBJ
serve a two-day holiday, De-
cember rs and 26, the Retail
Merchants association an
nOunced yesterday. The stores
will remain open until pm.
each night beginning the night
Of Dec. FL through Christmas
eve,
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ACTON G. COWAN

Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon in Raleigh for
Alton G. Cowan, 38, former resi-.
dent of Burgaw, who died in Ra-
leigh hospital Thursday following
a short illness. He was the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Cowan, Bur-
gaw.
A graduate of Burgaw High
school, Cowan has resided in Raj.
.eigh for a number of years and
was an employee of the state gov
eminent.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Hazel Barker; a son Alton
Carnish, Jr., of Raleigh; three
brothers, Major W. N. Cowan of
Richmond; T. B. Cowan of Burgaw
and Robert Lee Cowan Of Whining
ton; three sisters, Mrs. R. E.
Batson, Burgaw; Mrs. W. c. Hoehn
and Mrs. S. K. Jensen, both of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Several. nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at Raleigh.
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Young PEOPLES RALLY

Beginning at 7 O'clock at Lee
land Baptist church Saturday
evening there will be a young
peoples rally. The program
will be one in which a recrea-
tional feature will open the
rally, to be followed by service,
In which various men of the
church will take part, bring
ing a word of testimony about
their experiences. If the wea-
ther is such the recreational
feature cannot be given, the
services will be held just the
same. The public is cordially
invited, especially the young
people.
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City Briefs
EXPECTED HOME

Addison Hewlett, Jr., who has
been serving with the armed
forces in the South Pacific two
years has arrived in Seattle,
Washington ending the first leg
of his journey home. He is ex-
pected to arrive sometime to-
day or tomorrow, according to
his father, Addison Hewlett,
chairman, of the New Hanover
county Board Of Commissioners.
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BUY U. S. VICTORY BUZZ.
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BUY U. s. VICTORY BONDS
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Blackboards of steel with enam.
Ell surfaces are now being used in
some schools.
Evening star., 1945-03-23
Man, Is, Is Killed
In Collision Of Auto,
Truck at Silver Spring

John c. Rau, rs, of 125 Oglethorpe
street NV, was injured fatally yes
terday when his automobile and a
truck collided at the intersection of
East-West highway and Colesville
road, Silver Spring, police reported
today.
The truck driver, George E.
Jacobs, Berwyn, Md, was charged
with manslaughter. A hearing will
be held at 10 am. tomorrow in the
Silver Spring Police Court.
Police said Mr.. Rau was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at the
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park. A passenger, identified as
Mrs. Flora Lachman, 6513 Maple
avenue, Chevy Chase, was uninjured,
according to police
Shirley Starbard, IT, of 3O09
Stephenson place NV, was injured
slightly when an automobile driven
by her mother, Mrs. Mabel STAR
bard, Al, collided with Fire De-
partment automobile at Thirteenth
street and Columbia road NV. last
night.
The Fire Department vehicle was
driven by Pvt. Arthur o. Hough.
Battalion Chief H. F. Harding was
responding to an alarm for a small
fire at 1915 Belmont street NV.
The Corporation Councils Office
will hold hearing on the accident.