Grasshopper Cantata Highlights Festival For Wilmington Boys
The Business Brotherhood of the Boys’ Club hosts an at times grand program at VHGA tonight featuring the Grasshopper Cantata Burlesque Opera, Jubilee Quartette, and a poolside exhibition with eight-voice choruses and stunts. Soloists include William Powell and Wilbur King with director David Struthers. Admission 25 cents. refreshments served.
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North Carolina
William Powell
Wilbur King
Harry Tucker
Charles Favenaugh
George King
Cecil Appleberry
Calvert Hall
Houston Merritt
Gets It Relief Promises Pain Free Corn Removal
Cartoon shows two fingers peeling a corn like a banana peel while a smiling man enjoys the moment. The caption touts a painless joyful removal with the product "Gets-It" hinting at daily use as a corn cure.
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Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Ill
Urge cooperation of Chamber of Commerce for food production
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange appeals to Southern trade bodies and farmers unions to boost production of food and feedstuffs to support the war effort. It urges immediate action, noting two weeks will determine South acreage and calling for contact with Farmers Union presidents and state agriculture commissioners. A slogan, Food and Feedstuffs Full and Running Over, is proposed.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Farmers’ Union and Agricultural Commissioners
Chamber
Cotton Exchange
Wilmington
N. C
Boards of Trade
South
Farmers Unions
Agricultural Commissioners
Farmers Union
New Orleans
Washington
Augusta
Letters Mailed Over State Urge North Carolina Waterways Meet
Fayetteville booster meeting on March 27 aims to promote inland waterways to cut long freight rates. Wilmington and other cities gear up to send delegates, with invitations extending to Governor mayors and Congress members. The Greater North Carolina gathering focuses on completing the intra coastal waterway through North Carolina and improving Wilmington and Fayetteville ports.
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Fayetteville
Chamber of Commerce
Wilmington
North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce of
D. S. Hollenger
W H Southerland Rose Hill banker dies at 60
W H Southerland longtime Rose Hill bank cashier dies at home after pneumonia at about age sixty. He was a respected church member with many friends in Wilmington and the surrounding area. Funeral services were led by Rev W M P Currie at Rose Hill Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife four daughters and four sisters.
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W. H. Southerland
Rose Hill
Wilmington
W. M. P. Currie
Presbyterian Church
Graham Farmer
Chauncey G. Southerland
D. B. Herring
W. D. Herring
Hugh Johnson
Lucy Southerland
J. B. Newton
Poplarville
Miss
B. J. Symons
Savannah
Clarence Miller
Claxton
J. J. Armstrong
Rocky Point
Inspection of Wilmington Port by Interregional Committee
Chairman B. L. Mitchell of the inter regional traffic committee and two associates inspected Wilmington port facilities yesterday. They examined terminals warehouses and general port operations after meeting At lantic Coast Line officials and local business leaders at Union Station. Luncheon followed at the Cape Fear Club.
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B. L. Mitchell
McAdoo
Ahe City
Wilmington
Inter-Regional Traffic Committee
Union Station
Atlantic Coast Line
Genera
Brd
Gpe Fear Club
Derailed Freight Trains Slow Northbound Runs
Thirteen loaded freight cars derailed on the Wilmington and Wel don branch between Willard and Wallace near the 33 mile post due to a broken journal. No injuries occurred and the track was cleared by morning. Wrecking crews from Wilmington and Rocky Mount restored service. northbound trains delayed 20 to 30 minutes.
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Wilmington and Weldon
Willard
Wallace
Wilmington
Rocky Mount
Fayetteville
McAdoo May Visit Wilmington During Southern Liberty Loan Tour
The Rotary Club has been advised that Honorable W G McAdoo treasury secretary and railroads head may visit Wilmington on his south tour in support of the third Liberty Loan issue. He is set to speak in Raleigh on April 9 and may include Wilmington if itinerary allows. The third campaign opens here Monday night with Captain Leslie Vickers and other notable speakers at the Academy of Music.
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Rotary Club
Raleigh
W. G. McAdoo
College teams brace for spring season setbacks
The piece notes many college squads expect rough springs with informal defeats ahead and comments on enduring winter gear like ear-muffs as a metaphor for slowing progress.
Official canvass finds no major changes in primary results
The official canvass confirmed no material changes from the prior night’s unofficial returns. John W. Gafford was elected chairman and J. F. Mann secretary. The board noted results for several offices, with Walter Blair leading the county register of deeds race and a second primary slated for next Tuesday to decide the register of deeds winner.
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Board of Elections
Board of
John W. Gafford
J. F. Mann
C. W. Woodward
Eben Piner
J. W. Haar
Register of Deeds
Messrs
Walter Blair
B. F. King
Register
King
Winter Park
W. P. Mangum Turner
Senate
W. B. Cooper
W. D. MacMillan, Jr
L. Clayton Grant
Edgar D. Williams
Walter H. Blair
J. D. Edwards
John Haar
Henry Horne
B. F. King, Sr
C. H. White
S. P. Cowan
George C. Jackson
Brooke
G. Empie
George Harriss
E. T. Burton
J. Herbert Johnston
S. A. Matthews
W. P. McGlaughon
G. W. Bernemann
Wilmington Township
McD. Evans
J. J. Moore
George Smith
John H. Davis
Democratic Executive Committee
T. BE. Cooper
J. A. McNorton
W. B. Campbell
W. W. Sellers
J. W. Gafford
W. W. Love
E A. Kerr
Gerritt Walker
L. Larkins
G. C. MelIntire
Walter Horne
T. J. Burnett
J. C. Long
Records of killing frosts in Wilmington over 47 years
Weather observer Mr George W Felger lists dates of late killing frosts in Wilmington for 47 years. The list shows frosts most often in March with February and April events in some years, providing agricultural interest to readers.
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George W. Felger
Wilmington
Felger
Army Y M C A Hut Dedication at Fort Caswell
Dedication exercises set for Fort Caswell tomorrow night for the Army Y M C A hut. Speakers include General Secretary J B Huntington and Roger Moore with Charles B Newcomb. The 800 seating capacity building is completed debt free, funded by War Council and subscriptions, with post band and Munson Glee Club providing music.
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Army
Fort Caswell
J. B. Huntington
R. H. King
War Work Council
Southeastern Department
Atlanta
Roger Moore
Charles B. Newcomb
Board of Education
Army Y. M. C. A
Munson Glee Club
Neas
War Council
Secret Service Agent Commands Slacker Roundup
Mr. Joseph Ablem of the United States Secret Service passed through the city with three colored men arrested as slackers near New Bern Craven County en route to Camp Jackson for induction. He has been busy rounding up registrants who failed to report and delivering them to camp authorities.
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Joseph Ablem
United States Secret Service Department
New Bern
Craven County
Camp Jackson
Ablem
Bar Association Meeting Schedules Docket for County Court
The Bar Association of New Han over county will meet in the courthouse tomorrow at 10:30 AM to arrange the docket for the next criminal court session. The note mentions a spring jaunt and April mis convenes here in April. it preserves local formal tone.
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The
Bar Association of
New Hanover County
Court House
Yankees
Braves
Criminal Court
Ery
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