Commercial Body Holds Busy Monthly Meeting
Wilmington chamber of commerce meets at the Murchison Building with strong turnout. Campaign plans for a Christmas Red Cross drive are announced, aiming to recruit 3,000 new members and stage a monster parade after Christmas. Labor shortages are discussed. a special committee will urge authorities to place idle workers in gainful jobs and prevent port disruptions.
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Vilar
the of Commerce
Murchison
Ernoon
Thomas P. Noe
Charrwy
First Baptist
Piettnes Carels
Niv BP
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Cryptinas. T
Chathourn
Cadpourn
Wilmington
C. CC
Chadbourn
W. Koeh
W. W. Love
J. ©. Willer
Cc. J. Becker
C. J. Becker
Tote
Becker
Can Ainge
Isle
Jic
Vila Ae
J. McCormick
O Ecial
Foort
Mesars
J. S. Williams
F. A Tiemee
TD. Maffitt
R. R. Stone
Hota Tr
I. K. Wyrlie
Giovanni Hivet
Spruat
W. B. Coopiite
Selective Service Enlistment Exceptions For Aviation and Engineers
A wartime notice allows limited voluntary enlistments beyond tomorrow for skilled trades. Bricklayers, aviation qualified personnel, and colored workers for engineer and signal roles may join with exemption-board permission. The program targets aviation, Morse and wireless telegraphers, gas engine, switchboard, auto repair, and motor cycle skills. Sergeant Bradford handles applications from Lumberton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviation Department
James B. Bradford
Lumberton
John Biddle
Secretary of War
Signal Corps
Warsaw Tobacco Market Closes After Strong Season
Warsaw December 14 Special to Thewisparten The tobacco market in Warsaw has closed after a successful season with heavy sales at both warehouses and prices holding well to the end. The season was shorter due to a smaller crop and farmers rushing to market amid high prices as buyers, many traveling to distant markets, stayed on to bid for tobacco for companies such as Reynolds American, Liggett Myers, Imperial Tobacco, and Am erican Tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
O. L. Head
J. Reynolds Company
C. A. Womack
American Tobacco Company
Stanley Wall
Liggett-Myers
J. L. Payne
Imperial Tobacco Company
Ferrell
A. C. Monk & Co
William E. Waddell
J. M. Edwards & Company
Ira Satterfield
Exnort Company
J. H. Oyler
M. K. Moore Tobacco Company
Calendar for Federal Court Trial Set Tomorrow
The calendar for trial of cases in the Federal court will be set tomorrow morning as attorneys meet in the clerk's office for that purpose. Extra Specials for Saturday Last Day of Public Sale Wilmington Shoe Co Adv.
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Wilmington Shoe Co
Adv
Quaker Football Rally Tops Dartmouth Michigan Carlisle
Pennsylvania’s Quaker team staged a strong comeback by defeating Dartmouth Michigan and Carlisle in sequence. The article notes a suggestion for Barney Dreyfuss to have Pirates games at Forbes Field in winter and mentions council funding for an industrial agent for the Chamber of Commerce and praise for James H. Cowan’s three months of work in Washington with pledges from 20 city firms.
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Pennsylvania
Dartmouth
Michigan
Carlisle
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Forbes Field
Jacobi
Chamber of Commerce
James H. Cowan
Washington
Classifying Exemption Boards Begin Work on Men Registered
Chairman J Allan Taylor and Chairman A O McEachern lead local and county boards as they start classifying men registered under the selective service act. Questionnaires go to 135 men tomorrow and continue until all are reached, with penalties for noncompliance and appeals to district boards if classifications differ. Legal advisory support aids applicants in detailing occupations and potential specialized groups for future needs.
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J. Allan Taylor
A. O. McEachern
United States
Territory
District of Columbia
Winners Named in Annual Window Trimming Contest
The Chamber of Commerce announced winners from 49 contestants and 116 windows in the annual Window Trimming Contest. Judges noted high design and market value, with Bon Marche and Belk-Williams Co. tied for top in Class A, followed by J. W. H. Fuchs and A. D. Brown for second and third, and multiple honors in Classes B through E.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. L Meister
John J. Blair
H. H. Bonitz
Jacobi
Bon Marche
Belk-Williams Company
J. W. H. Fuchs
A. D. Brown
C. W. Polvogt Co
J. H. Rehder & Co
J. M. Solky & Co
Wilmington Shoe Co
I. Shrier & Sons
Shrier & Solomon
A. David Co
Boylan & Hancock
Geo. W. Huggins, Inc
C. W. Yates & Co
A. O. Schuster
J. T. Burke
S. H. Kress & Co
F. W. Woolworth
Hornet
Extra Specials for Saturday Public Sale Ady Wilmington Show
Public sale notice lists extra specials for Saturday at Wilmington Show Co Ady. Details unreadable in OCR fragment.
Funeral of Mr Pittman in Fairmont
The funeral of N T Pittman who died early Tuesday morning was held at Fairmont N C and burial followed in the family lot. Pallbearers were J T Ellis W W Thigpen J P Stephens Freeman LeGwin. Pittman lived in the town in later years and was a Baptist and member of Hanover Lodge I O O F Jeff Davis Council U A M. Four sons serve in the U S Army and one son Freeman Pittman remains with his mother.
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Fairmont
N. T. Pittman
N. C
Messrs
J. T. Ellis
W.W. Thigpen
J. P. Stephens
Freeman LeGwin
Pittman
The
Baptist Church
Hanover Lodge
Jeff Davis Council
Window decoration contest winners announced in city
Judges praised vegeta ble and food displays as shops competed to attract customers. Prize list included first Davis & Hintz, second Frank M. Ross, third New Way Market, with honorable mentions for Hall & Durham Farris Bakery and Peoples Supply. I Shrier & Sons won Class B third prize for Front and Princess location.
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Davis & Hintz
Frank M. Ross
New Way Market
Hall & Durham
Farris Bakery
Peoples Supply
C. L. Meister
John J. Blair
H. E. Bonitz
Chinon
H. B. Branch
Jacobi
I. Shrier & Sons
Front
Princess Streets
Dispatch
Fashion Park
Local firm lands big order for Alabama schools
The Cement1ottuetgs Company of Wilmington has won a Mobile County Alabama school board contract to equip rural schools with the Sanisep sewerage system. The firm, which runs a branch in Atlanta and sales offices in Pittsburgh and Charleston, reports over 6,000 tanks shipped to 18 states since January, with about 150 employees. The U S Public Health Service Bulletin cites results of sewerage tests for Sanisep, highlighting its efficiency.
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Board of School Commissioners of
Mobile
County
Alabama
Atlanta
Saies
Pittsburgh
Charleston
W. Va
George E. Kidder
Wilmington
United States Public Health Service
Mothers' Boys Meeting Plans Banquet for Hornet Club
The Mothers' Boys Work Association met in YMCA rooms to discuss boys welfare. Odis B. Hinnant, Boys' Work secretary, reported on his national trip for Y M C A War Relief and his work as probation officer. A banquet for the Hornet Club is set for December 20 at the YMCA dining room with First Baptist church ladies serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornet Club
First Baptist Church
Honnet Club
George Honnet
Tuberculosis Germs Not Usually Contracted From Homes
Boston official argues most TB infection comes from direct contact and airborne droplets. He cites studies showing virulence declines quickly and that living bacilli in air and personal items are the main transmission routes, while infected homes pose little danger beyond sunlight exposure.
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Sepaire
Raleigh
N. C
Seymour Kh. Stone
Association For the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis
Boston
Stone
Son Attends Father’s Funeral as Pneumonia Claims Life
Mr. W. H. Baden received a telegram Monday night announcing his father’s dangerous illness with pneumonia in Summit Mississippi. He departed at once but died before he could reach the bedside. The funeral occurred in Summit yesterday.
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W. H. Baden
Summit
Miss
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Nautical School
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Minimcra
Wilmington Motor CO
Robert G. Barr
Chestnut Street
Dock Street
N. Jacobi Hardware Co
Wilmington Furniture Co
W. “Blake
City Electrical C
W. Monroe € Co
Queen City, Cycle Co
Wilmington Show Co
Ady
Esinol
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
North Carolina
War Savings
MR. Pittman
1Ottuetgs Company
Mothers’ Boys’ Meeting
Glendale
Devonshire Farm
Uncle Sam
Eros
Heal
Armour & Company
R. J. Campbell
Mgr. Telephone
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