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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-03
For Rent Real Estate
80 Wanted To Rent

BUSINESS COUPLE - Desire rent or lease of 4-6 room house or apartment. Western section. Phone 3-9505.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01
Spectacular Handbags
IrrguI
IrreguIarS

Big bags = little bags plain bags, fancy bags -
tailored types, dressy types All kinds, all styles for
all people at all times! And all at one low price,
Genuine capeskins, simulated patents, and Simulated
alligator grain. Top handles, underarms Black,
brown, turf tan, red green, and sparkling, snowy
white. They have slight mperfcctons, 50 slight in
fact you can hardly notice them! They're all new
bags. Only six of the many we have to offer are
sketched above. There many other styles to suit
everyones taste.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01
FALsEHooD CHARGED

Nothing could be further
from the TRUTH Bratton do
clarcd
Claiming that construction OF
IN airport AT Wyoming would
StaGnate the greatest present and
future residential area OF metro
poltan Detroit. Bratton dubbed
the proposal as the 'blindoSt and
saost asiHfne scheme attempted n
The history Nf the clN
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01
TAN COST CITED

Detroit taxpayers nov pay So
per cent of the cost and support
of the Wayne County Airport.
Bratton asserted. and, should an
additional airport be constructed.
they would have To shoulder 100
per cent of the cost, with a total
taxation burden of $50 per cent.
Describing the Wayne County
Airport as one Of the finest in the
world. Bratton cited the 5000
600 investment in II by the county.
plus $3,00e,000 expended by the
federal government on nov run
ways and buildings.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01
Airport Fund
Drive Blasted
Wayne Site Backed;
Tax Boost Cited

L. {. Bratton Jr- counsel for
The Wayne-Oakland Give Asso-
Citations. Inc Saturday termed
rhe Board ut Commerce plan 20
raise funds for The proposed NNo-
minC,EiCht Mile aTpo- as a
'piufully weak SuhtcrtuEc 20 side
track the conflict of city and
county politics
In a second open letter 10 Har-
yey Campbell or the Board of
Commerce, Braiton accused the
board of soliciting donations for
the Wyoming site on the grounds
that there was no opposition
among the homo owners IN thc
affected area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND

Paul M. Van Camp
Consulting Engineer
Southern Pines, N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
ROTC TO STAGE
FIELD PROGRAM

The ROTC Of New Hanover high
school, working with the physical
training department, will stage a
Field Day Friday.
The day will begin with two soft
ball games at 1890 a. m. At 1890
the other events will start. The
play-off in softball will be held
at 3 p. m. All activities will be at
the High school athletic field.
Each of the ROTC companies
and team from the physical train
ing department will enter the fol.
lowing events: softball, track CSC
and 100 yards), relay, cross coun-
try, discus throw, shot put, sack
race, egg race. piggyback race,
standing broad jump running
broad jump. horseshoe, and base.
ball throw.
The contests will be graded on
the point system and the winning
company will be awarded a stream.
er to be carried on the company
guidon next year.
Spectators are cordially invited
and there will be no adrnittance
charge.
Judges will be chosen from,
among the cadet officers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
BEACH ELECTION
DEADLINE IS SET

With the closing of the period
of legal registration today at
Wrightsville Beach, ballots for the
general election will be mailed out
to all freeholders and qualified
legal residents, according to Town
Clerk r. L. Benson.
The ballots are returnable on o.
before June to H. G. Carney.
chairman Of the County Board Of
Elections.
The canvass of votes will be
held at the Wrightsville town hall
at noon June 4. The candidate
receiving the greatest number OF
votes will be recommended for
the mayorship to Gov. R. Gregg
Cherry, and aldermen will be the
next four with the highest votes.
The eight who have filed for
seats on the resorts Board OF
Aldermen include three incum-
bents. The filing deadline is sum
down today.
Candidates are DR.. Sidney v.
Allen, freeholder; w. B. Greasy.
freeholder; Alderman Robert N.
Drain, freeholder and legal resi-
dent; Alderman Fred B. Graham,
freeholder; R. F. Meier, freeholder
and legal resident; J. Relmon
Robinson, freeholder and legal
resident; Mrs. Undine j. Snyder.
freenolder; and Mayor ]. Russell
Wood, freeholder and legal resi-
dent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15

and the furnishing complete in place of
wrought iron gas piping. waste gas
burner, and other appurtenances.
Proposals must be sealed and marked
Proposal for Floating Covers for the
Town Of Wrightsville Beach. N. c." All
proposals must be submitted upon the
blank forms provided in the copies of
proposal, contract and specifications.
Each bid must be accompanied by
cash deposit or a certified check, drawn
on Bank or Trust Company authorized
to do business in North Carolina, for
the bid, made payable to the Town of
Wrightsville Beach, N. c. In lieu of
the five percent (59) certified check,
the bidder may offer a certified check
for two percent (29o) plus a bidders
bond in the amount Of three percent
of the bid, as guarantee that contract
will be entered into. within ten days
tract, by the bidder and that required
bond will be executed.
Plans, copies of the proposal, con-
tract and specifications, ETC., may be
obtained upon application to the En-
gineer accompanied by deposit of
five dollars $500. If bonafide bid
| is submitted, this deposit will be re.
plans and specifications are returned,
charges will be made for cost of same.
A set of plans and specifications are
on file in the office of the Mayor of
Wrightsville Beach, N. c., and the office
of Paul M. Van Camp, Consulting En-
gineer, Southern Pines, N. c., where
they may be examined by interested
parties.
The bids for this improvement will
be received at the Town Hall at the
time stated above, after which they
will be publicly opened and read.
A performance bond is required in an
amount equal to 100 percent of the con-
tract price, conditioned upon the faith
| full performance of the contract and
upon the payment in full to all persons
supplying labor and furnishing materials
| for and in connection with the con-
struction of the project.
General contractors are noticed that
IAN Act to regulate the practice Of
General Contracting ratified by the
General Assembly of North Carolina,
| on March 10. 1925, and as subsequently
amended will be observed in receiving
and awarding general contracts.
The Town of Wrightsville Beach, NC,
through its Mayor and Town Commits
| sioners, reserve the right to reject any
or all bids and to waive informalities.
The Town of Wrightsville Beach. NC,
reserves the right to increase or diminish
the quantities given in the proposal.
Also the Town reserves the right to
award contracts which appear to be
for the best interest of the Town. The
right is also reserved to hold any and
all proposals for a period not to exceed
thirty 800 days from date of opening
| thereof.
TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC.
]. RUSSELL WOOD, Mayor
Paul M. Van Camp
Consulting Engineer
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
MOVIE WILL MARK
CHAMBER MEETING

The program for the annual
meeting Of the Chamber OF Com
merce, Thursday as announced to-
day by w. ]. Cartier, executive
secretary, features a technicolor
movie on South America, selected
because Wilmington is a port and
we are interested in imports and
exports"
Cartier said the film for the
meeting, to be held at 8 p. m. in
the auditorium of the Industrial
USO on Princess street, was
secured from the Grace Lines, of
New York.
During a brief business session,
officers and the board of members
will be installed, followed by a
ocial half-hour and informal dane
ing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
STATE HIGHWAY
7. CONTRACTS LET

Two contracts, involving a total
Of $187, SAP, have been awarded by
the State Highway commission for
highway resurfacing projects in
New Hanover and Brunswick coun-
ties, it was announced yesterday
by r. A. Ashworth, resident high"
way engineer.
The construction firm Of F. D.
Cline, Of Raleigh, was awarded a
$84, 1875 contract to resurface six
mile portion of the Carolina Beach
highway, U. S. 421. from Whining
toms city limits to Spindle's place;
and to pave one and one-haf miles
Of U. S. II highway from Smiths
creek bridge to the first turmoil
to Bluethenthal airfield.
The Dickinson Construction Co..
of Monroe, with proposal OF $103,-
1856, received the contract to pave
a Emile stretch Of U. S. Highway
1T in Brunswick county. fr m
Bell Swamp to Grissettown.
Ashworth said traffic would be
maintained throughout work on
both projects.
E. B. Towles, of the Cline firm.
said work would start on the New
Hanover project Tuesday, May %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

BY virtue of the power and authority
contained in n degree Of sale made in
certain action pending in the Superior
Court of New Hanover County, where
in the County of New Hanover, ct al.
are Plaintiffs and Herbert Nixon and
wife, Annie Nixon, ct al. are defend
ants, the undersigned will, on Monday,
May 21st, 1945, at IL o'clock Noon, at
the Court House door Of New Hanover
County, sell at public auction, for cash.
to the highest bidder, all that certain
lot or parcel of land lying and being in
Cape Fear Township, County of New
Hanover and State of North Carolina,
described as follows, to-wit:-
BEGINNING at a Black. Gum Stump
on the run of Sturgeon Creek, at the
intersection Of small Branch. Pablo
Sharpless corner, thence with Sharp
less line and Branch a northeast direc-
ton so poles to a stake. c. c. Bordeaux's
line, thence with Bordeaux's line North
6 degrees East So holes to a pine in the
Mare Bluff line, thence with said line
North so degrees East A poles to Black
Gum or Stake in the dividing line be-
tween John Casteen and c. c. Bordeaux,
thence with said dividing line North 10
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND
By virtue Of the power ana authority
contained in a decree of sale made In
certain action pending in the Superior
Cour. of New Hanover County, wherein
the City of Wilmington, ct al. are plain
tiffs and Jane Crawley Taylor, IS de-
fendant. the undersigned will, on Mon
day. on the 21st. day of May. 1915, at
IL o'clock Noon, at the courthouse door
of New Hanover County, sell at pubic
auction for cash, to the highest bidder,
all that certain lot or parcel OF Land
situate, lying and being in the City
of Wilmington, County Of New Han
over and State of North Carolina, de-
scribed as follows, to-Wit:-
BEGINNING at the corner where the
western line of Eighth street intersects
the southern line of Wrigk. Street, and
running thence soutnwardly along the
said lire of Eighth Street 80 feet, thence
westwardly and parallel with Wright
Street 60 feet, thence northwardly and
parallel with Eighth Street So feet to the
southern line Of Wright Street, thence
eastwardly along the said line OF Wright
Street 60 feet to the corner the point OF
beginning, the same being the northeast
part of Lot l, in block %, according to
the official plan of the City of Whining
ton, N. c.
(This sale is made subject to all taxes
for years 1914 and 1s45).
Dated and posted this 18th. day of
April, 1945.
n r. MCINTYRE commissioner
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
State Guard Company
No. | To Be Inspected

An invitation to the public to
view the federal inspection Of tae
First Company, N. c. State Guard,
at Legion stadium at 8 pm. We'd
nesday was extended yesterday by
Capt. Leo E. Sykes, commanding
officer.
Lieut.. Col. Douglas c. France,
of Fort Bragg, and a>staff Of Army
officers will make the review Of
the local State Guard unit.
The Army officers will inspect
the units equipment early in the
afternoon at the w. L. I. arrnory
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15

WANTED: SEVERAL WOOD CUTTERS.
Can guarantee living quarters. Trees
are on ground. but need to be moved
Immediately. You can contract By the
cord anc make $14 per day easily.
Transportation furnished. Apply IS
Newberry ST., Jacksonville. N. c.
Phone $751;
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
1s0.-Lega1.

16U.-LeX2I.
degrees West IS poles to a stake in said
line, thence South so degrees West 1928
poles to a stake in the dividing line be-
tween S. Blossom and John Casteen
thence with said line South 10 degrees
East So poles to the Holly Shelter main
road, thence with said Road North rs de-
grees East So poles to a Black Gum tree
on the run of Sturgeon Creek, Edward
Sharpless' corner, thence with the various
courses of the said Creek to the begin
ming, containing IS acres, more or less;
less about IL acre Of land conveyed to
w. r. Hansley and Jesse Casteen by deed
dated January 29th, 1916, and recorded
in Book 81, page 448, Of the Registry
Of New Hanover County.
Dated and posted this 18th day Of April,
1945.
q. c. MCINTYRE. Commissioner
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
1NDucrEE AwoL SINCE 80

FORT DEVENS, Mass, May IA.
-U.p)-Joseph C. Smith OF North
Adams reported here recently for
induction into the Army. Officials
were puzzled when he answered
eyes to a question about pre-
vious military service. But a check
proved that he had been indicted
in 1889 and had been AWOL since.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15
LIKE OLD TIMES

PORTLAND, Me-, May 14-W.D
After nine years separation,
Douglas Morrill, and his brother
Paul, and Thomas Estes, who had
lived with the Morrill, family as a
boy, all were reunited at an en-
gineer command post in Italy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-15

CHARLOTTE SPOT
CHARLOTTE, May 14.-R)-Spo
cotton $3.50.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23

litics OF the East OF Asia, the poll
ties OF China influence the entire
region.
Anti-foreign movements, or TO
put il the Chinese way. Chinese ma.
tionalistic movements have been
continuous for a century Begin
ming with what is generally called
the Opium War, through the Taip-
ing and Boxer Rebellions, to the
Communist Revolution In 1925,
and throughout the existence OF the
Marking national government
there has always been. either In the
open or in the background. a ma
tionalistic and anti-foreign motive.
The Chinese have, at various
times. boycotted foreign goods as
a protest against the attitude OF
foreign countries toward them.
China has at various times used
the boycott as a weapon OF diplo-
macy against the United States.
Great Britain. Japan, France and
Russia. The first modern boycott
was against the United States IN
1905 because OF the Exclusion Act
cite this merely to make the
point that nationalist China can
not and will not distinguish be.
tween "peace-loying" or "aggres'
sor" nations il either OF them
steals Chinese territory. The Chi
nese went to war with Japan in
1881 because Japan seized Man
churia and they have been at war
with the japanese. on and OF, since
then. Millions of chinese have been
killed in that war and II will con-
tinue until all Chinese territory is
returned to China.
That becomes the principal po-
litical factor in the East Asiatic re-
gion, and II applies TO all countries
that may have held Chinese terri
tory prior to this war. II applies
to the japanese in Manchuria, the
Russians in Sinkiang. Kansu, and
around the city OF Yenan; II APP
plies to the British at Hongking.
In my prolonged residence in Chi
ma no other fact made as positive
an impression as China's insistence
upon the return of its own terri
tory by whomsoever held.
There are perhaps 450,000,OOo
people in the area geographically
called China. They live on a med
ieval economy, with great wealth
among the official classes and as
tonishing poverty among the
masses. An economic middle class
has emerged in the cities, principal
ly in those cities held by foreign
ers as concessions or settlements.
Taxes have been high In compari'
son with earnings. the standard Of
living and the national income. The
Chinese masses have been more
exploited by their own officials
than by foreigners upon whom they
blame all their troubles.
Yet. that does not matter. II they
quarrel with their own officials and
amorpi. themselves that is theic
problem; when any FOREIGN conn,
try is involved, they tend to join
ranks-that is. most OF them do
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23

in opposition to the foreigners. And
the Chinese make no distinction be-
tween good and bad foreigners. so
long as Chinese territory and the
administrative integrity OF the gov
eminent is inviolate.
The position OF the United States
and Great Britain is determined
by a long series OF treaties which
guarantee China's territorial and
administrative integrity. These
treaties have often been violated:
nevertheless they stand. Russia
signed a similar treaty with China.
The difference lies in the fact that
the United States and Great Bri.
tain recognize the Chungking gog-
eminent as the legitimate govern
ment while Soviet Russia some.
times does and sometimes does not,
depending upon whether Chang
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
SideIights on The News

Henry Wallace's Department of
Commerce has been selling some
things. too, such as $4,000 gallons
OF castor oil (ugh) for s3i,360 to
the Dagman Chemical Co, of
Bridgeport, Conn, which didn't say
what it intended to do with the
stuff.
The A. d. Harris Co, OF Rock
Island, H.. an obviously optimistic
corporation. plunked down s5,20l
for 1913 butcher blocks. Wallace and
Co. also sold 1920 mattresses 10
half a dozen firms. including the
Railway supply and Manufacturing
Co. of Cincinnati.
1t is a little warm in Atlanta, Ga,
right now. but Rich's, Inc, has
bought $3.50 pairs OF flannelette
pajamas. For next winter, maybe,
The surplus property experts in
Fort Worth, Tex, want to peddle
2,62S ice boxes. De luxe models.
Guaranteed to stay freezing for ~
hours while it's 100 outside in the
shade.
The Dowden Engineering Co., of
Kirkland. Wash. paid s6,S22 for
2.7S3 pairs Of skis. Gimbel Broth
ers OF New York bought 500 hand
carts. The Weiss Motor Co. of
Baltimore, Md, took 10000 wood
en- boxes of the governments
hands.
Fred Jones OF Washington, d. c.,
who undoubtedly knows what he's
going to do with them. put up
sS.347 for 1919 battery filler jugs.
The government Of India took near
ly 5000 Diesel shovels and electric
light plants. One Mike Albert OF
Cincinnati, o.. found use for 20,
gallons of hydraulic brake fluid.
And maybe we'd better stop right
here with mention OF the Messrs.
Alexander and Barnett, local boys,
who bought almost ls.00e yards OF
e S1i s1T,Gsgx. :S3t y ~ -tySsSps'
Bfackout cloth-worth S1.1S7.
Good for portrait photographers
and funerals.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN
You want a harrage balloon?

Then get in line no showing,
please and the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. will sell you one at
OPA ceiling prices.
What brought this up was the
RIGS announcement that ii had
sold 10 of these aerial sausages.
The question was, what goods a
barage balloon except for hitching
to your front porch as a signal to
your friends of Sunday afternoon
that you're pouring lemonade?
Don't" said the RFC, BE a
dope. A barrage balloon is a valu-
able commodity. 1t is covered with
900 square yards OF fine, double
ply. waterproof cloth. Dyed green.
Catch on?"
The 10 buyers OF barrage bal
Ions turned out TO be raincoat max
ers.
That's only the beginning Of the
governments operations as the
greatest secondhand dealer in his
tory, Take this morning down IN
Williamsburg. Va, where the Mari
time AOln hlaciOh pun Oh Soit ~NfNNN
cast-steel, bronze painted, 15-pound
including eight-inch clapper) ships
bells.
Twenty thousand bells is a mess
of noisemakers, any way you figure.
and how the navy managed TO buy
that many extras the maritime
boys don't know They said these
bells ought to make good souvenirs,
or fire engine accessories. The
price is IS each in lots OF 20 or
more. II you want some bells,
you've got to bay 500 worth.
There is a matter also OF aerial
gfders. The government already
has sold S65 OF these and more are
coming up. but not for gliding. My
man said you take one, remove the
wings GNNn Sa be tail, and what
have you got?
THE finest trailer ever built" he
said. with wheels already attach
ed. Strong. light, and serviceable."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
CHAPTER FOUR

HELEN HURRIED into the bed
room. where Aggie now was STUFF
fng a pair of overalls into a canvas
bag. Don't work too late" she
said, walking over to the dressing
table with the gardenias. you
might have a relapse"
"Confound this Upper" said Ag-
gle. Then she sneezed and said:
I'm not the relapsing kind. l take
colds. but 1 battle 'em. III have
pincers movement on this one be-
fore you know it,"
Wouldn't a clothespin be bet
teri" Helen suggested.
VERY funny" said Aggie. She
looked up and saw the gardenias.
Beautiful! My favorite fiower!
Then I'll try to keep them fresh
for YOU TO wear tomorrow"
Thanks. They'll probably be a
bit yellowish around the gills by
then. but who am 1 to complain?
You don't have any secondhand
men lying around some place, do
you?" =,
There's one in the living room"
said Helen. Had you forgotten
Aunt Minerva told us he married
an actress-and was used badly ?"
"He doesn't look secondhand to
me-" said Aggie. Nor in the least
badly used. I'd call him a bargain"
She pushed her hair from her eyes.
III you ask me, Philip Brownelfs
a swell person"
Mutual admiration society, no
less"
lis that a crack-or something :?
II 1t is, ! don't get IT,"
mo. because Philip thinks the
same thing about you. You've made
a decided impression"
Aggie watched Helen pin on the
flowers, and thought: II make i'm
pressions on them. but their gar
denias go to someone else" Aloud
she said: you like him, don't
your
Apparently he's all that Aunt
Minerva said he was" Helen re-
piled. "Only I wish he hadn't
brought gardenias.'
why"
HE said he thought they might
make me think Of home"
"And do they?"
More than that-they make me
think Of Paul. He once said that
you make me sick!" said Aggie.
"a man like Philip Brownell wait
ing to take you places, and you still
incoming over that spineless-"
Lets not go into all that again,
Helen interrupted quickly. She got
her light wrap. "Gardenias are
very fragile. aren't they" she said
thoughtfully. Maybe they weren't
meant for gals like us
What would you suggest" said