Woodard urges merchants to back war effort at NC gathering
Wilson resident Captain Woodard delivers a forceful talk to the sixteenth annual North Carolina Merchants' association meeting at Wrightsville Beach. He says the nation must mobilize large scale support, urging unselfish giving and universal duty from child to elder to win the war.
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Calvin Woodard
Wilson
North Carolina Merchants’ Association
Seashore
Wrightsville Beach
Robert N. Page
J. Fren Morris
Winston-Salem
A. L. McClure
Washington
National War Savings Committee
E. L. Howe
National Security League
Woodard
Chicago
United States
Stars and Stripes
Agaid
Page
Mutual Insurance
Victory Home approves Wilkins as architect for shipyard housing
At 11 this morning Victory Home directors elected W. J. Wilkins of Florence as consulting and supervising architect to design and oversee hundreds of homes for shipyard workers. Wilkins and General Manager C. C. Chadbourn will travel north Thursday night to meet government officials on house plans. The project aims to begin at once with construction planned to start before fall to house incoming workers as Wilmington pledges government accommodations.
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Victory Home Company
W. J. Wilkins
Florence
S. C
Wilkins
C. C. Chadbourn
Victory Company
J. Allan Taylor
Wilmington
Heavy machinery arrives for Carolina Shipyards upgrade
The Carolina Shipbuilding company receives a 37 ton roller for shaping steel walls, part of 400000 dollars in machinery en route. A gear driven locomotive and a new administration building set for July occupancy. The hospital is complete and officials expect ship construction to begin on schedule pending no delays.
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Carolina Shipbuilding Company
New York
Barge Released From Libel by Court Ruling
Judge H G Connor files an opinion ordering release of a barge being transformed into a schooner at Wilmington Wooden Shipbuilding. Libelled months ago by Vacuum Oil against A J Hirt and Co for 13900. Motion to dismiss cited ownership by John J Turney of Philadelphia.
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H. G. Connor
Wilmington Wooden Shipbuilding Company
Vacuum Oil Company
A. J. Hirt and Company
John J.turney
Philadelphia
Connor
Shareholders Receive 26800 From Carolina Building and Loan
The Carolina Building and Loan Association at 113 Princess Street paid out 26800 dollars to its shareholders this week. The amount reflects the maturity value of the association's first series, which ran for just over six years and represented weekly savings by stockholders.
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Carolina Building and Loan Association
Princess Street
Seashore Hotel Sees Swell of Arrivals This Week
Wrightsville reports a surge of guests at the Oceanic hotel as the coming weekend nears. Arrivals include S. E. Horton and L. A. Apple of North Carolina, D. P. Reel and O. M. Dixon from Philadelphia, and several others from Charlotte Atlanta Raleigh and Rocky Mount.
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Seashore
Oceanic Hotel
S. E. Horton
North Carolina
L. A. Apple
D. P. Reel
Philadelphia
Dr. Stanly
City
C. R. Vangham
Atlanta
F. O
Foster
Chas. F. Alexander
Charlotte
F. R. Melemblock
Waynesville
B. F. Black
Norfolk
R. H. Bruce
C. F. Swinburne, Jr
C. F. Smithton
R. T. Galliger
Rocky Mount
J. W. Powell
Kinston
C. Fields
Grand Rapids
R. H. Pearson
G. M. Cooper
Raleigh
Wm. Lynch
Chapel Hill
J. N. Johnston
E. W. Tatum
Mt. Olive
E. R. Warren
Goldsboro
H. W. Cassell
Baltimore
G. A. Wilkinson
Sarah Wilkinson
Seashore Hotel
Concern
J. P. Leonard
A. W. Burch
R. L. Poston
Fred W. Sherrell
Statesville
W.A. Edgerton
Wilson
J. F. Morris
Winston-Salem
C. Woodland
M. W. Barnhill
W.A. Bullock
R. B. Pettis
J. P. Keech
Tarboro
Crissie Godwind
Lillian M. Cronenberg
Maud C. Lee
Greenville
Elizabeth Culpepper
E. H. Murray
W. A. Mebane
New Orleans
A. M. McNair
Maxton
L. J.leverson
St. Louis
S. B. Bivens
Nashville
A. G. Bowden
Hobgood
Z. V. Jinkins
Elizabeth Jinkins
Francis Jinkins
R. L. Hardy
Scotland Neck
H. T. Ledbetter
A. Rosenthal
M. V. Miller
Rockingham
Durham
A. H. Joyner
Farmville
I. L. Dowdy
Mrs. Max Payne
Geo. L. Stansbury
W. T. Kelly
Greensboro
Co. C. Brewet
Silver City
Grace Methodist church to hold quarterly conference at 8 30 PM
The second quarterly conference at Grace Methodist Church takes place this evening at Grace Church at 8 30 o clock. Presiding Elder J H Shore will preside and all church members are invited as matters of special importance will be discussed.
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Grace Methodist Church
J. H. Shore
How Germany Makes War Prussian War Practices Exposed
The Dispatch offers a free copy of an official United States government study on German war practices. Based on state department archives German proclamations and field diaries the book presents a vivid account of the Prussian war machine. Send name and address with a 2 cent stamp to The Wilmington Dispatch Information Bureau Washington D C.
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United States
State Department
Wilmington Dispatch Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Pythians Plan Reading Lounge for Visiting Brethren
At a Stonewall Claren don and Jefferson lodge meeting in Castle hall, plans for a permanent lounge for visiting Knights of Pythias are advanced. A committee includes lodge representatives and State Organizer Harry Roberts. The lounge would open in Castlehall for resting, letters, and socializing, especially for shipyard workers.
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Stonewall
Clarendon
Jefferson
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Pythians
Harry Roberts
Castlehall
Pythans
Petition Circulation Declared Futile for Draft Boards
Petition circulation is deemed a waste of time as city and county draft boards cannot consider signatures. Members warn that presenting petitions to draft officials would undermine the selective methods and defeat the act’s purpose.
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Million Dollar Housing Concern
Heavy Machinery
Carolina Shipyards
Wrightsville
Grace Church
Germany
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Copenhagen
Lumina
Uncle Sam
Claude Elam
M’cumber
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