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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
Operation OF Charities
HereHt ByLack OfFunds

WAYS to do it, he explained: either
comply with the rulings of the sur
vey or let the county carry the
load.
Commissioner Trask then empha-
sized that pressure should be put
on the Community Chest
Commissioner Harry Gardner
made a motion for the county
commissioners to authorize the
Charities to continue operations on
curtailed basis until such time
as they could have a meeting and
work out the difficulties which
have arisen.
Commissioner Trask then sug-
gested a meeting of city, county
officials with members of the
board of directors of both the As
ISOLATED Charities and the Com
munity Chest.
At this point, Commissioner
L. J. Coleman declared the people
should know what IS going on. He
pointed out that many people con-
tribute to the Chest under the i'm
preston that their money was 60
ing to the aid Of the needy Of the
county.
"It is our responsibility" he
said, ''but what is really happen
ing is double taxation of the peo-
pie if we have to furnish funds
for the Charities when people have
already contributed to the Chest.
That money should be used for in
digent people,
Coleman continued by saying,
Gail of the money of the Chest is
going to organizations and none to
INDECENT people for whom it was
contributed. In my estimation that
is misrepresentation OF funds"
Gardeners motion to allow the
Charities to operate on a curtailed
basis was passed and plans were
made to call meeting of the
parties to confer with the Com.
munity Chest in an effort to settle
the difficulties which have arisen
from the survey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
Obituaries
WILLIAM HENRY STEWART

LUMBERToN, Jan. 23-Funeral
services for William Henry Stew
art, 63, Of St. Pauls, will be con-
Quoted Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock at Cypress Presbyterian
church in Harnett county,
Mr.. Stewart died Monday morn
ing at Ills o'clock in a local
hospital where he had been a
patient since Saturday. He was
roadmaster on the V. and c. S.
railway for 20 years. He was the
son of the late Neil and Sharah
Morris Stewart and was born in
Vass, July %, 1882.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Matte Belle Billiard Stewart; one
son, Carl Stewart, Rocky Mount;
one daughter, Mrs. Ed. Mussel.
white, Lumberton; one brother, H
S. Stewart, Kenly; two sisters,
Mrs. ]. P. Blue and Mrs. Alex
McFayden, Vass; and two grand
sons.
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Accident Victim,
Condition "B.t,..

The condition of Mr., 6,
C os;'e, CO, Lake Forest s. S ne
c &c serious injuries o. b Who
IN an automobile acc; " ner bad
occurred near the nlsst n' vhicl
Mort North n, Carolina ydh shipbuihiddiip ''
night. improved Ia
According to Highway
man Duncan, Mrs. CobiI. =, rl'ts1
jured when the car in NV, W!as d
was riding, was struck b winch y
which had been strucv ~ ~, ano11
car. He said that tbrsa " til
accident. ''eo IN n
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
Private Business Does
Banner Business In 1945

WASHINGTON, Jan. o. Up -
Dividends publicity reported by
private. business in the U. S. rose
$12, 500, 600 higher in 1945 than in
1914, the Department of Commerce
said today.
The fractional advance, coming
from distribution Of 1874, 700, 900
to shareholders, compared with 49,
782, zoo, 900 in 1914, was made de-
spite fall of 72 per cent in the
final month of 1915 compared with
Dec ember. 1914.
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Deland, Fla, NAVY b.,
To Be Under Car. s'I

WASHINGTON, Jan wn
The Navy department ,sid y,
per cent plans indicate s y. " y
land, Fla, naval air statio ne
ably will be put on a cs r Es
basis approximately March b'I ~
The department said clo, !,
the Deland base is in "tha r.I
of decision, and declined t .,sE
comment to reporters.
Originally the Deland stain, :,
slated to go on caretakss 'I ~ y
May l and be declared surplu, n.y. ~
l. 'SS w
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
Five Major Powers Meet
To Discuss UNO Secretary

LONDON, Jan. 28-tR-Repre-
sentatives of five major powers
held As minute meeting in a
Mayfair hotel tonight where, &C.
cording to an official source, they
discussed possible nominees for
the priced post of UNO Secretary
General and made good progress
towards an agreement.
Norwegian Foreign Minister
Trygve Lie was reported to have
been considered as possible
nominee for the Job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
NEW OFFICERS

WARRENTON, Jan. u. = The
Warren County Council of Home
Demons alton Clubs has installed
the following officers for service
during the next two years: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Bertha ]. Palmer of
Pine Grove; vice president, Mrs.
Matte J. Williams of Olive Grove;
secretary, Mrs. Ethel Jones of
Hecks Grove; assistant secretary,
Mrs. Martha Basket of Coley
Mamaduke club, and treasurer,
Mrs. Mertha Basket of Coley
Springs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
COAL IS CHEAPER

ROXBORO, Jan. 27.-Research
into production costs Of flue-cured
tobacco, recently completed by
Person County Agent H. K. San
gers, shows that coal is the cheap
est tobacco-curing heat. Sanders
1lgures on the cost of various fuels
per barn of leaf cured are: oil,
$lo.7o; wood, $3.50, and coal, $4.85.
however, it was also disclosed that
OH burners, installed, cost from
PIG to $188, as compared with
$299 for stokers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
WRITER'S OUT

PARIS, Jan. T.-P-Am.,I,
correspondents will be disace,.ss'
ed by the U. S. Army in all lS,,.
ed countries in the Errm,'.
theater Feb. 10, it was anno,r,'
today. Disaccrediting Of corr.n,
dents in France had been anna,
ced last week for the same d,,'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
DIRECTORS MEETING

Plans for the balance of the
year will be discussed by John
H. Farrell, executive secretary,
at a meeting of the board of
directors of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce this
m o n ing at 1890 o'clock
in the Woodrow Wilson hut,
North Fourth and Princess
streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
SCHOOL BREAK-IN

City detectives said last night
there have been no new devel-
Opments in the case of the
break-in at Tileston school. A
janitor reported that when he
went to work yesterday morn
ing he noticed that desk draw
ers in several rooms had been
ransacked. Officials did not
report anything missing.
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.JAYCEES TO MEET

The regular meeting OF mem.
bers of the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce will be held tonight
at the Friendly cafeteria. Reg
ular business will be taken up
at 1880 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
PHYSICIANS HELD

BERLIN, Jan. IT, up Police
announced today the arrest of two
physicians in connection with the
killing of $50 patients, more than
$50 of them children, at an asylum
in Uchtspringe, Saxony, between
1871 and 1915. Previously they had
arrested three asylum nurses, who,
the police said, admitted they fed
the patients sleeping tablets on or
ders from their superiors.
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TO ENTERTAIN CLUB

Charter members and recent
new members of the Leland
Lions club will be guests OF
Glenn Tucker at meeting to-
night at 1880 in the Carolina
Beach restaurant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
KNITTERS NEEDED

Miss Allie Morris Fechtig,
Wilmington Red Cross chapter,
announced that she has on hand
a large quantity of wool, and
the armed forces are still in
need of warm sweaters and
other knit garments. Persons
are requested to call Miss
Fetchtig at $3.50 or at her home,
1910 Princess street, and take
home something to knit.
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

The regular meeting of the
Wilmington club of Rotary In
vernational will be held at l
p. m. today in The banquet
room of the Friendly cafeteria.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
MANUFACTURER DIES

ELIZABETH. N. j., Jan. 27-R)
Edgar Benjamin Moore, 70,
who rose from an office boy to be-
come founder and president of the
Penn Worsted company, Phila-
delphia, and member of the board
of directors of Benjamin Moore
and company, paint manufactur-
ers, died here today at his home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Licenses to marry were is
sued yesterday by Register
of Deeds A. B. Rhodes to
Adolph A. AlIgier, Fayetteville
and Miss Harriet Leonard,
Fayetteville; Lloyd Allen, Jr.,
Wilmington and Miss Miriam
Wells Carr, Wallace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
AGED PRINTER DIES

FREEHOLD, N. j., Jan. 27-(R
Samuel B. Donnelly, 80, former
United States public printer and
a past president of the Information
al Photographed Union, died late
last night in Fitkin Memorial hos
pital. ...
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
MOTHERS TO HELP

Mrs. Howard L. Herren, 102
Colonial Village, chairman of
the Victory Clothing collection
committee of the Mothers club
of Colonial Village, plans a
house-to-house canvass in the
surburb, seeking donations of
old clothing. Mrs. Herren said
that the clothing may be
brought to her home Or tele-
phone her at 2-2303.
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CITY BRIEF

force until the case is dispos-
ed of, is charged with assault
ting Zachary Casteen Satur-
day night while off duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
PICKS WRONG CAR

WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 20
W'D-Arraigned in connection with
an automobile theft, Anthony
baritone OF Revere pleaded guilty
but said he m;ght have gotten
away with it if he hadn't run out
OF gasoline and tried to siphon
some from another car. The car
belonged to a policeman. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
TRIAL POSTPONED

A Recorders court trial for
G. C. Looney which was sched-
uled for yesterday morning has
been postponed. Trial was re-
set for Saturday. The officer,
under suspension from the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
LICENSE FOUND

Wilbur West, police depart
ment radio patrol announcer,
said last night that the person
who lost 1916 North Carolina
state license tag bearing No.
25S-977 may get same by ask
ing at department headquarters
or by contracting D. d. Melton
at Home Furniture Co.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
TO REPAIR BUILDING

A permit for repairs to the Re-
cords building of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad on the
southeast corner of Mutt and
he'd Cross streets was granted
the line yesterday by City
Building Inspector Gilbert F.
Morton.
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ELECTED CHAIRMAN

KINSTON, Jan. 28-R-B. Cam
eron Langston, farmer of the Con-
-tentnea section, was elected chair
man of the Lenoir County Board
of Agriculture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
LOCAL ARTISTS

Claude Howell and Charles
Higgins, two local artists, were
among North Carolina artists
represented in the Ninth annual
state exhibit which opened in
RaIeigh's State Art Society gal
lery yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
NEW FACE

NEW FACE
The interior of Beulah Meier
dress shop, 201 N. Front street
in the Murchison building, re-
Gently was redecorated and new
dressing rooms and fixtures adj
ded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29

The jonquil is considered the
flower for those born in March.
Blrthstones- are the aquamarine
and bloodstone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
ON DUTY

Mrs. ]. B. Hinnant, Red
Cross Staff assistant, was on
duty yesterday in the Customs
house.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22
MORE ABOUT
CARDINALS
FROM PAGE ONE

from all sides, the Pope was car
rled to his golden throne amid a
fanfare Of silver trumpets, follow
ed by prelates and Vatican digni-
taries clad in medieval costumes.
The Pope was dressed in an
ornate red robe heavily trimmed
with gold embroidery and on his
head he wore the tall, shovel
shaped golden mitre. Suspended
from red ribbon around his neck
was huge diamond brooch.
New Robes
The new cardinals for the first
time wore their cardinalatial robes
-ermine capes and flowing purple
and carried the small, square red
birettas which they received yes
terday.
The ceremony was run off in
much less than scheduled time to
lessen the strain on the more eld-
erly cardinals and OH the Pope
himself, who only recently recov-
cred from influenza and was re-
ported to be very tired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22

ington end his staff left for the
South being escorted out Of town
by the Light Horse Guards
Washington recorded his visit
here in the pages OF his personal
diary, setting forth items to the
effect that Wilmington had a popu.
lation of about 1000 persons and
that there were some good houses
IN the town.
Trees Scarce
The first President also noted
that although the harbor at VIII
mington had a depth of only 10
feet, some $4,000 tons of COM
merce was handled through the
port annually. He further jotted
down with his fine quill pen, the
notation that the flow of commerce
through the port consisted of naval
stores, lumber, tobacco, corn, rice
flax seed and pork.
But, according to City Parks SIM
erintendent Ralph W. Smell. IL
George Washington had visited
Wilmington in his boyhood instead
OF waiting until he became fine
flrst President of the then yo,,ns
United States, he would have had
little use for his removed hatchet
because cherry trees are few and
far between here
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22

aren't doing their best. The trouble
is that hotels product is, after
all, "a lodging for the night" and
a hotel manager can't any more
put two strangers in one bed than
he can put Siamese twins in two
beds.
Convention Moved
It all boils down to the obvious
fact that Wilmington needs another
hotel. Just recently a large mer-
chants convention, scheduled to be
held in this city, was forced to
move on to another town because
the delegates couldn't get hotel
space here.
Wilmington is striving to be-
come a modern up-to-the-minute
city. 1t has made, and will con.
tinue to make, big strides in that
direction.
But it's not a very good adver-
tisement for people to be turned
away from the hotels. First thing
you know, tourists and conven-
ton delegates will be by-passing
us.
cts nice town." they'll say,
"but who wants to sleep in the
trunk of carr"
Supposing George Washington
were reincarnated and visited us
wearing a zoot-suit and dark
glasses. If we remember correctly,
he was too large to fit in the trunk
of any car, and he'd make a
pretty big obstacle sleeping on the
floor of the lobby.
We'd probably step all over him,
and George wouldn't like that, and
it wouldn't make a good story
for Wilmington when the news
got out.
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MORE ABOUT
ANNIVERSARY
FROM PAGE ONE
with II cannot tell a lie. I did

with Il cannot tell lie. did
it with my little Ratchet"
Then of course almost everyone
is familiar with the events that
lead up to Washington crossing the
Delaware and his feat in tossing a
silver dollar across the Rappahan-
mock river.
Many Plays
Several plays and playlets have
been written and staged with Wash
ington as the chief character. Per-
haps the latest of these was the
farce entitled George Washing
ton Slept Here" a comedy which
led noted writer to suggest re-
Gently that George Washington
would have had to be regular
Rip Van Wrinkle to have slept in all
the beds which have been claimed
providing the general with rest.
But Washington did sleep here
in Wilmington-on the night of
April "A, 1871, in a bed at the
home of Mrs. John Ounce, which
was then located at the southeast
corner of Front and Dock streets.
Met BY Guards
Early Wilmington history records
that Washington arrived here that
day in a carriage drawn by span
of spirited horses after road trip
from New Bern. A few miles north
of the town, he was met by the
Light Horse Guards, Wilmington's
military company, and escorted the
rest of the way here.
Salvos from four guns doomed
forth noisy and smoky greeting
to the President and practically
the entire population turned out to
welcome him to town.
On the following day, April Is, a
lengthy procession was held in his
honor, pIetentious dinner served
at noon and in the evening, the
the ky was lighted for
miles by many bonfires. The great
day in early Wilmington history
came to close with a brilliant ball
in the evening at which the bellies
Of the town and dashing young
blades danced the minuet and
polka for the entertainment Of
the distinguished visitor.
Early the next morning, Wash
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22

one industrious farmer was trying
to get his oxen team to pull the
heavy plows. From 500 feet the soil
looked dry.
In some of the low places near
Kelly, corn could be seen living
down and useless, in between the
rows water was standing, but the
land was not completely covered
with water. The damage had been
done and the waters have receded
back into the banks of the river.
Children Throwing Rocks
AS we flew over the Kelly school
house we dipped low for a picture
Of this big building. Carefree chill
dren were playing in the Yards
and school buses were loading in
the back of the building. One
small puddle of water was OBJ
served in the school yard and the
peaceful children were throwing
rocks into this to watch the rip
pies on the surface. Last time
saw this school building the water
was above the windows.
We could not help but note the
many new buildings being erected
along the highways near Kelly. We
counted at least 10 new structures
being constructed. Barns, homes
and outbuildings were being re-
placed.
Bank In River
The waters were back in the
banks OF the river, but the damage
lad been done. Mud could be seen
,llnging to the sides of houses and
he hlghwater mark could easily
De seen on the trees from the air.
Some of the many farmhouses
nat dot the area appeared to be
abane oned. We could not see any
signs OF life around many of these
buildings. Several boats were seen
tied up to trees which the
farmers had used to paddle their
way across their fields when the
water was at its highest.
Old Kelly Postoffice
We spotted the old Kelly post
office, now the residence of JOHNNY
Pridgen. It was free from the mud
dy waters this time, but last wear
the water was four feet deep at this
spot. The two story home of Char.
lie Mitchell was also clear and
clean, quite a different picture
from the last time I saw it. Traf-
TIC was looming along Highway So
as II nothing had happened. Last
year Marine "duck" was plough.
ing its way up the highway pulling
several boat loads of Refugees"
Ferry In Operation
Winging along the river to FL
wells ferry, just north of Kelly,
we noticed that the ferry was in
operation as several persons STOP
ped to look at our new shiny plane
as we circled. Then off to Kings
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22

NARY PEARL-Those were the
days. Those were the days before
atom bonbs-and newspaper head
lines. How we wish those days
would return!
The letter ends like this, and
this is what really popped us up
for a while: Given today, if you
dig in the plaza along Third street
you will find remains of oyster
shells thrown there when the curb
stones were placed"
Sorry to disappoint you, folks
We got the letter, you see, and we
rushed right over to Third street
with our pick, shovel, and clothes
pins, but nary pearl did we find.
THE REAL McKoY-The letter
is signed, very truly, Katherine
Bacon McKoy."
We hope she won't mind when
we pun-because we really mean
it-that she is the real McKoy."
That goes for all you other folks,
too. We're still busy on the mater
ial you've sent us, and We'll print
some more as we get it sorted out
If we don't drop dead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22
MORE ABOUT
TELEPHONE
FROM PAGE ONE

had failed to set strike date, the
Federation's strike council an
nounced it had reached an agree
ment on the date. The executive
committee approved and announced
the decision.
In Every State
Picket lines will be set up in
every state, Beirne said. Extent of
service disruption will depend on
whether non-NFTW unions honor
the Federation picket lines.
A strike would virtually paralyze
long distance service throughout
the nation and would disrupt local
calls in AZ or more states. Inter.
national telephone service between
the United States and foreign
countries would be cut off since
operators on the overseas boards
in this country are long lines men,
bers.
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MORE ABOUT
TWO VICTIMS
FROM PAGE ONE

car in which they were found, were
examined this afternoon by DR.. e
L. Bowman and coroner D. w.
blggs states that no inquest will be
held.
DR.. Frank p. Ward, deems mon
oxide poisoning as the cause of
death. The car, whose ignition
switch was on when it was found.
was sent to local garage to de-
termine the condition of the exhaust
pipe.
Scout Foul Play
Though the bodies bore no mark
of violence county officers had in
vestigated the possibility OF foul
play.
The car parked beside a we'll
travelled road, was observed by
Lacy Jacobs. who lives in that vi
entity, as he started to a neighborx
this morning.
Being unable to arouse the couple
from what he thought was sleep.
he notified Rural Policeman D. J.
Jones, who in turn called Sheriff
E. c. Wade. The couple, who left
Pembroke together about $50 We'd
nesday night in the car owned by
Sanderson's father, James Sander
son, were last seen about 1880 a. m.
parked in a nearby churchyard.
When found Sanderson's body was
lying on the seat. The girl was in
a half-kneeling position. The faces
of both were mottled. Gasoline tank
Of the car was empty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22

anything was wrong with their cars
until I showed them, and they were
only too glad to go get them re-
paired. Others knew what was
wrong but they had been putting
the repairs off, and were happy
that I gave them a reason to get it
over with"
Barwyick said he hopes the in
spections will help reduce the large
accident rate all over the state and
make highways safe places to drive
on.
In Wallace Today
Barwick said he hopes the in
tons in Wallace today and in Bur-
gaw on Saturday. But he'll be back
in Wilmington on Monday, ready
to give your car his ''health check
up from then through Thursday,
and every Monday through Thurs
day from now on.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22
MORE ABOUT
HOLLANDER
FROM PAGE ONE

vile Beach, led by Mrs. E. M.
Shepard, has made a 100 per-
cent contribution.
Belk Williams department
store is large donor and J. l..
T. Burch, veteran shipping
clerk there. has given much Of
his time to wrapping the
bundles.
Thanks A Million
Kin of the Holland sea-sol-
diers who have been succored
by Wilmingtonians aren't back
ward with their thanks. Many
local people can show grateful
letters from citizens of Amster-
dam, Rotterdam, Delft, and
the Hague. Some of them are
in haWless English, some are
pretty Wooden-shoe, but they
all say, THANK YOU"
In response to one letter, sent
to Mrs. Helen Galloway, executive
secretary of the Travellers Aid
society, from Professor Lambart
who teaches in a Rotterdam high
school, seven Wilmington people
sent bundles to the Professor for
distribution among his pupils.
The nearest approach to a hub
for this activity is the office of the
Second and Orange USO where
lists of Dutch families are avail
able to civic groups and individuals
who wish to send boxes to the
Netherlands.
Last night the club supplemented
its information services with the
donation body among its own
personnel. At a junior
hostess meeting each OF the IL
groups of young ladies agreed to
send comforts to two Dutch fami-
lies.
1t may be. as Mayor W. R. Lane
says, that Wilmington will some
day outstrip Dutch tulip culture,
but right now we're doing all we
can to put Hollanders in touch
with some duds and victuals so it'll
be fair contest when the time
comes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-22

Bluff where we could not see any
damage done from the waters,
everything looked quiet and peace.
full here, a couple of men were
fishing in the river and looked
quite contented as we flew over.
After arriving back at the air
port, I came in to write this yarn
and learned that the concensus
among the farmers of the Kelly
section is. that if the dams had been
repaired after the big flood last
year the re would not even be a
drop of water in the fields that are
now soggy with the overlooked
Cape Fear. It was a nice day for
flying and am happy . report
that no lives have been lost in this
freshet, but considerable damage
has been done to crops, and the
farmers say there is no use to
plant again unless something is
done quickly about those dams.