Yearly Police Department Activities Report
Police Chief Nathan Williams presents the annual summary to city council noting 1221 arrests, 398 white and 873 colored, including 115 Black individuals jailed for gambling. The report shows a year over year decline from 1579 and 3000 in earlier years, calls for increased force size, a light auto wagon, repainting the patrol wagon, higher plainclothes pay, and a detention space for young arrestees as essential for efficiency. The chief urges action on staffing, vehicles, and facility improvements to keep Wilmington orderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Department
Alice Oe
Nathan Willams
Councilmen Hall
Public Safety City Council
Jose
Aew
Wil‘gton
Guinn
Gore's Suspension Remains Unlifted by City Council
Former Patrolman J. G. Gore admitted guilt in Thursday Eagle Island party involving monkey rum and asked for a chance to rehabilitate his record. Council deferred action to police leadership, with Chief Williams and the public safety commissioner to handle the case.
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J. G. Gore
Woodus Kellum
Eagle Island
Gore
Williams
Commissioner of Public Safety
Kellum
Bradshaw
Council
Mr. Gore
Shepard
McCaig
Hall
Kellum d
Haskett
Hackett
May report of the Baby Milk Station highlights infant deaths linked to impure milk
Health Commissioner Copeland cites a rise in infant deaths in New York due to impure milk and poor nourishment, noting Wilmington’s Baby Milk Station provides free pure milk to ill infants. The station reports April and May milk bills, total expenses, feedings, and donors including Mrs Bluethenthalal and Mrs Emerson.
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Copeland
New York City
Wilmington
Uncle Sam
Marion Sprunt Memorial Hospital
H. Bluethenthal
W. P. Emerson
Louis Einstein
Louis Goodman
Sidney Greenburg
P. R. Albright
Wrightsville Beach cottage advertised for summer comfort
Newly painted cottage near Wrightsville Beach offered by Wrights Realty and Insurance Agency. Advert says it is price furnished and ready for hot months, promising comfort and lower doctor bills.
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Wrightsville Beach
Wright’s Realty and Insurance Agency
Claude Elam to Direct Music at Lumina on the Beach
Claude Elam popular cornet player will direct the music at Lumina on the beach this season. Manager Elam is remembered for coming to the beach years ago with Kneisel when he directed music at the Seashore hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr. Elam
Kneisel
Seashore Hotel
Block City Property Changed Hands In Realty Deal
A realty transaction totaling 12000 dollars was completed today. Charles E. Burnett and wife sold block eight of the official city plan to James S. King. The lot lies between Sixth and Seventh streets and Meares and Mars Tellar streets, near Sunset Park between the city and two shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8. Burnett
James S. King
Meares
Marstellar
Sunset Park
Additional Men Called to the Colors in June Draft
Twenty two white men are called to the colors for June five day draft entrainment to Camp Jackson. Nineteen men from the city and three from New Hanover County will depart. names listed with order numbers 365 to 2058 include Isaac Goldberg Adolf Roseman Archie Burnett James Thomas Barker and others. New Hanover County selections are Harry L. McCabe Rhoda Farrow Sidney S. Stokeley.
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Camp Jackson
Isaac Goldberg
Adolf Roseman
Archie Burnett
James Thomas Barker
James Eugene Sloan
Bertram Robeson Love
Elijah Nicholas Jones
Miles Alexandra Noton
Robert Jackson Orr
Cleveland van Buren Reaves
George Chadbourne Jackson
Marvin Murphy
James Carson English
William Thomas Cumber
James
Farley Reynolds
Nathan Jacob Silverman
Ernest Clyd
Edmonson
Edgar Alexander Moore
Shirley E. Breen
Frank LaFayette Mills, Jr
Connor H. Smith
Frank Boykin
James Henry Cox
William Albert Brown
Joseph Thomas Brown
Olin Harley Rhodes
Archie Ballard King
Francis Daniel
Earl Hotson Willard
Victory Home stockholders to meet Friday to organize
The Victory Home incorporators call a stockholders meeting Friday at 11 in the chamber of commerce rooms to organize the corporation. Directors will be elected officers chosen and bylaws adopted as charter approval from the Washington capital issues committee is reported. The group aims to start construction of the needed houses promptly.
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Victory Home Company
Chamber of Commerce
Capital Issues Committee of
Washington
Funeral for Mrs. May Blalock Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs. May Blalock wife of W D Blalock were held yesterday afternoon at 5 from her mother Mrs Mary E Bonitz 322 South Fifth Street in the home with Rev Dr J M Wells in charge. Interment followed at Oakdale with pallbearers Thomas K Woody Sidney Glover Fletcher Whitaker John P Quelch Henry Haar Anson Alligood.
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May Blalock
W. D. Blalock
Mary E. Bonitz
South Fifth Street
J. M. Wells
Oakdale
Thomas K. Woody
Sidney Glover
Fletcher Whitaker
John P. Quelch
Henry Haar
Anson Alligood
Gertrude Gerald Heads Maine Information Bureau
After years in the adjutant-general office in Maine Miss Gertrude Gerald has been made head of the newly created information bureau within the adjutant general's department.
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Adjutant-General of
Maine
Gertrude Gerald
Adjutant-General’s Department
Miller Proves Solid Fielder But Struggles With Hitting
The Cleveland first baseman Miller is praised for defensive skill but has not progressed in hitting, with limited success at the plate to date.
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Miller
Cleveland
Church notices due by Friday 6 PM for weekend papers
Ministers must submit notices to the city editor by Friday evening at 6 o'clock to guarantee publication in the Saturday and Sunday church columns. Notices received on time will appear in both issues or only in the minister's chosen papers.
Sub Appears Off Coast Near Wrightsville In Uncertain Sighting
Eyewitness Herbert Jordan reports a drifting craft four miles offshore that at first looked like seaweed but later resembled a fishing dory. He suspects a German submarine near Frying Pan Shoals lights, with witnesses noting possible periscope or unusual craft, though no certainty exists.
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Masonboro Inlet
Herbert Jordan
Frying Pan Shoals
Wrightsville
Mr. Jordan
Jordan
Sarbine
Wrightsville Beach
Southport
Beloved Woman Mrs Mary Merritt Dies After Illness
Mrs Mary Merritt widow of L L Merritt died yesterday at 6 30 p m at 514 Chestnut street after a long illness. She was 74 and funeral services will be held at 4 30 p m at the residence with Rev Jeter Hurt officiating. Interment in Oakdale cemetery. pallbearers are her six sons. Survived by eight children and six sons among them R C Merritt B A Merritt H H Merritt W E Merritt R H Merritt Louis L Merritt and daughters Mrs George Darden and Mrs John S McEachern. Classified ad follows for Wrights Realty and Insurance Agency.
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Mary Merritt
L. L. Merritt
Chestnut Street
Merritt
Jno. Jeter Hurt
First Baptist Church
Oakdale Cemetery
R. C. Merritt
B. A. Merritt
H. H. Merritt
W. E. Merritt
Wilmington
R. H. Merritt
Raleigh
Louis L. Merritt
Charleston
S. C
George Darden
John S. McEachern
Wilmington's Owners Buy Additional Boats
Captain L. D. Potter and R. R. Stone, owners of the river steamer Wilmington, purchase the tug Navassa and the freight boat Luray for river work. Navassa to undergo overhaul at Wilmington Iron Works. Luray to run freight between Wilmington and Southport to ease cargo burdens. Wilmington steamer hauled for repaint and refit, then launched. Wilmington to run two Sunday trips to Fort Caswell and Southport, with intermediate stops, returning by 8 PM.
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L. D. Potter
R. R. Stone
Wilmington
Navassa
Navassa Guano Company
Messrs. Potter and Stone
Luray
Fort Caswell
Southport
Sunday School Lesson Lecture At Bladen Street Church
Rev. E. C. Sell of Bladen Street Methodist church lectures this evening at 8 o clock on the Sunday school lesson. The subject is described as interesting and important and all teachers are urged to attend. Others are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Sell
Bladen Street Methodist Church
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Arceny Ecklegs Ovine
Teeesmuea
Claude Elam
Block City
Mrs. Blalock
Wright's Realty and Insurance Agency
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Duluth
Kenny’s
G. D. Kenny Co
Vadentine, & Company
ENSI
Valentine
J. E. Lewis & Son
Princess
Nearth
Money’s Worth
Punjab
Zen.krehidev& Co
the Pofuwlar Department Store
North 4Th Street
Safety and Service
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
United States
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
North Carolina Savings. Bank
Princess Street
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