Abor Leader to Speak at Wilmington Academy Monday Night
Jerome Jones of Atlanta, a prominent AFL organizer and labor leader, is expected to address a large crowd at Wilmington's Academy of Music Monday night on the war question. Arrangements are still incomplete but plans foresee a packed audience and a reception second to none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ir. Jerome Jones
Atlanta
American Fedeation of Labor
Wilmington
Mr. Jones
Labor
Jones
Academy
American Federation of Labor
South
Channel Deepening Committee Sets Dredge Start Week
Special Committee orders the pipe dredge Zacon to begin work on the shoals this week. The aim is to maintain a free and uniform channel depth of 27 feet in the river, after discussions with Engineer R. C. Merritt and J. T. Rankin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drledge Bacon
Board of Commisioners of Navigation and Pilotage
James Sprunt
Messrs
Walter Smallbones
T. F. Wood
Zacon
J. T. Rankin
R. C. Merritt
Boy Lost Tooth After Motorcycle Crash in Wilmington
Frank Stone of Delcado sustained a chipped tooth and lip lip split when struck by a motorcycle driven by J Vowell of Atlantic Coast Line on Wrightsville Avenue near Manhattan. He was taken home from James Walker Memorial Hospital in James Howard's car at the request of Howell, with hospital staff deeming injuries non serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stone
Delcado
J. Vowell
Atlantic Coast Line
Wrightsville Avenue
Manhattan
James Walker Memorial Hospital
James Howard
Howell
Recruit Davis Joins Engineers. To Fort Thomas Ky
Burgaw youth Kelly M. Davis accepted by Sergeant Bradford for the engineers division and left yesterday for Fort Thomas Kentucky. Bradford declined another candidate when his mother claimed he was under age.
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Kelly M. Davis
Burgaw
Bradord
Engineers’ Division
Fort Thomas
Bradford
Ensign Woolard Leads Wilming ton Naval Reserve Unit
Ensign E. W. Woolard has served as acting section commander in Wilmington since Lt. W. M. Atkinson entered active duty. Recruits are needed across most branches including machinists carpenters shipwrights firemen seamen and hospital apprentices. Headquarters are in the Trust building.
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Ensign Woolard
E. W. Woolard
Wilmington
Naval Reserve Force
W. M. Atkinson
Trust
Hold Hog Sale Offered by Fern Court Farm Manager
Mr. Robert Bryant of Charlotte and Fern Court farm arrived yesterday from Columbia and said he will offer a number of his finest thoroughbred hogs for sale in the city within the next 30 days providing a splendid opportunity for buyers to acquire quality hogs.
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Robert Bryant
Charlotte
Fern Court Farm
Columbia
Hold Organization Meeting Tomorrow
Members of the industrial committee of the National War Savings Committee will meet at 5 tomorrow afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. J C Wagner Jr chairman urges superintendents managers and citizens to attend as the organization plan will be explained and literature distributed.
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National War Savings Committee
Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Wagner, Jr
War Savings Societies
Wagner
Wilmington
Market Street Volleyball Fest Promises Citywide Night
Tonight's game on Market Street between Front and Second features senior class players in a big league style exhibition. The event, part of a membership drive, follows the September Morn parade and a hunt for junior membership tickets set for Saturday night. Two tickets will be hidden downtown with one year of association privileges for finders.
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Market Street
Wilmington
C. Walton Johnson
Association
Down Town
Columbia
Charlotte
Durham
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
Tampa
Hold Martin as Suspect in Bolton Killing Inquiry
New Bern authorities are asked to detain William Martin a colored man who allegedly told several people he killed a white man near Bolton. Solicitor Homer L. Lyon urged the hold pending a full investigation. Martin is jailed in New Bern and reportedly used an alias for years to receive mail in the area.
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Lyon
New Bern
William Martin
Bolton
Homer L. Lyon
Martin
First Strawberry Crate Leaves Teacheys for Washington
The first crate of the season from Teacheys North Carolina was sent by express this morning. MP J J Weiss acted as the shipper and the berries were consigned to Golden & Co in Washington D C.
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Teacheys
Dispatch
N. C
Express
J. J. Weiss
Golden & Co
Hanover Building and Loan Association Opens 27th Series
The Hanover Building and Loan Association launches its 27th series this Saturday. A large number of shares have already sold, with many still available this week. The association office is under Mr H F Wijpes care at 1246 Man Street.
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Hanover Building and Loan Association
H. F. Wijpes
Beach Season Opens Soon Amid Busy Wrightsville Rail Upgrades
The Tidewater Power Company completes spring overhaul of seacoast trestles from Wrightsville sub station to the beach. New piling and cross ties replace worn parts to improve service for the June opening. Warm weather draws crowds to Lumina for oyster roasts and Sunday gatherings as conventions ramp up for a large season.
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Tidewater Power Company
Seacoast
Wrightsville
Banks Channel
Harbor Island
Lumina
Promotion chances good for Inland Waterways regiment
The Fifty seventh Engineers (Inland Waterways Regiment) will be organized at Laurel Maryland to man and operate boats on France’s rivers and canals. Trades sought include bargemen, teamsters, saddlers, sailmakers, riggers, blacksmiths, ship carpenters, steersmen, hoisting engineers, marine engineers and clerks. Enlistments at private grade with promotion potential. inquire with Colonel James F. Bell for details.
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Europe
France
Rhone
Seine
Loire
Rhine
Canale
Laurel
Fifty-seventh Engineers
Inland Waterways Regiment
Mame
James F. Bell
Engineers
N. A
Laurel, Md
Women Run Alaska Gold Mine Near Juneau For Years
At Pearl Harbor a mining camp about 40 miles from Juneau, two young women Erma and Margaret Peterson have operated a paying gold mine for four years with only their mother as sole assistant.
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Pearl Harbor
Juneau
Alaska
Erma
Margaret Peterson
Saelx
Single standard for nations and individuals urged
Dr. James I. Vance of Nashville and Dr. Roy B. Guide of New York spoke at the Academy of Music urging a universal morality. The evening featured strong rhetoric on fighting for right, loyalty to America, and using faith, ideals, and the flag to support the war effort.
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James I. Vance
Nashville
Tenn
Academy of Music
America
Roy B. Guide
New York
MacFayden
Wilmington
Captain Fallon
Vickers
John M. Wells
First Presbyterian Church
E. G. Woody
A. D. McClure
Vance
Fraudulent Move In Life Insurance Case Reversed
The Federal Appeals Court in Richmond ruled that creditors of late Jacksonville merchant Simon B. Cockfield are entitled to the proceeds of a $5,006 life policy. Cockfield had made two annual premiums before dying insolvent February 16 last year. He directed the brother be named beneficiary shortly before death, a move deemed fraudulent against creditors. Navassa Guano Company, holder of $5,693.88 claim, appealed the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon B. Cockfield
Jacksonville
Federal Appeal Court
Richmond
District Court
Charleston
S. C
Navassa Guano Company
Grand Jury Report on County Institutions Harrowed by Poor Infrastructure
The grand jury filed with Major W. N. Harriss reports on county facilities. It notes a single toilet leak, well kept jail and county home, excellent stockade conditions, and 48 prisoners. It urges repairs on Carolina Beach road drainage, Masonboro crossing ditch, Castle Hayne bridge railing and floor, raw sewerage at Dawson street, and a new wharf at the dumping ground. It thanks court officers for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Harriss
Grand Jury
W. N. Harriss
Superior Court
George S. Boylan
H. A. Mercer
Court House
Rama
Carolina Beach Road
Church
Masonboro
Third Street
Winter Park
Greenfield Street
Notable 1920s Prohibition and War Effort Facts
The passage notes Para rubber from the Amazon, Porto Ricans first to adopt prohibition, ten field hospitals in France and one large in England run by women, and five thousand women employed by the Santa Fe Railway Company.
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France
England
The
Santa Fe Railway Company
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Guide
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
Para
Amazon
South America
LN. Reddené& Co
Capitol
Washington D.C
Union Station
W. T. Knight
Soldiers’ Entertainment Committee
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