Railroad Strike In Progress Conflicts Reach Officials And Unionists
Railroad officials say the strike is under control and winding down while union leaders insist it is expanding. Colvin of the Labor Department reports daily walkouts across divisions, with about fifteen hundred clerks named, merchants facing delivery difficulties, and plans to publish a list of those who signed a controversial petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nlsts
Colvin
Ilso
Erks
Moer
Nous
J. Forrester
Sus Pas Clerks Union
Washington
MleWade
Covin
Y M C A Basketball Results Show Giants Top White Sox
Two basketball games at the Y M C A last night ended with the Giants defeating the White Sox by a narrow margin and the Athletics edging the Pirates by a close score. The Giants led 12 to something, while the Athletics won 28 to a close Pirates score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giants
Athletics
Pirates
White Sox
Athle Pirates
Mrs. George Snow Dies in Florence South Carolina
Worl has been received reporting the death of Mrs. George Snow formerly of Wilmington. She was connected with the Atlantic Coast Line in the city. Survived by her husband and two small children. Officials and friends express sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Florence
S. C
Repairing Buildings Near Union Station After Collapse
The line round house and nearby stops at Union Station, damaged months ago, will be rebuilt on the same site. Rhodes and Underwood held the local contract worth about $40,000. Work to begin early next week with active efforts aimed at completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round House
Rena
Union Station
Oo Rhodes and Underwood
Iisa
Prize Awarded for Best Canned Vegetables in War Garden
Me Slarriet Bone Necklace and two women residing on Pine conservation in South Dakota received a prize of five dollars and a merit certificate from the Nenunyl Emergency Food Commission for top canned vegetables in a war garden program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Toon
Nenunyl Emergency Food Commission
Conservation Conference set for Wednesday at Corn Show
Mrs Annie Pretlow announced the Conservation Conference to be held Wednesday afternoon at the Corn Show venue. Noted guest Mrs Jane S McKimmon will address the event with opening remarks by W A McGirt. Demonstration club presidents will give three minute reports from various districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crn
Annie P. Pretlow
Ilit Tabernacle
Jane S. McKimmon
Jane S. MccKimmon
George Rountree
W. A. McGirt
Food Conservation Commission
W. B. Cooper
Grace Church
J. T. Sholar
Winter Park
W. H. Alexander
Scott’s Hill
H. A. Ray
Castle Haynes
Miss Black
Hayes
J. R. Morriss
Acorn Branch
J. N. Shepherd
Middle Sound
J. O. Brown
East Wilmington
E. I. Herring
Wrightsboro
George Grant
South Wilmington
Sam Lewis
Carolina Beach
J. T. English
Oak Hill
Henry Horne
Myrtle Grove
Liston Larkins
Seagate
G. W. Westbrook
Wrights Ville
Addison Hewlett
Masonboro
J. D. Ludwig
McRae
Sunset Park
Oliver Carter
Delgado
Ficklen
American Bank & Trust Company
Food Commission
Halloween Party At Y M C A Draws Sixty Boys
About 60 boys joined in Halloween games and fun at the Y M C A with a special concert featuring a flute solo by Edward Reiter and a piano solo by Miss Pauline Williams. A second event for younger boys and families is set for tonight from 7 45 to 10. Troop 6 Boy Scouts and Y M C A members will stage the Fort Ticonderoga capture as a highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Edward Reiter
Pauline Williams
Fort Ticonderoga
Boy Scouts
Topsail Presbyterian Sermons Planned for Sunday
Rev. J. S. Crowley will preach at Topsail Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and 7 30 in the evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsail
Representatives to Meet Here Monday for Army Y M C A Drive
Delegates from Brunswick Sampson Duplin Pender Columbus Onslow Bladen and New Hanover will gather Monday at the Y M C A for an address by Rev J H Ambrust and a campaign plan led by G C Huntington to raise funds for Army Y M C A war work. A mass meeting at the Academy of Music Sunday will preview the drive with Miss Connie Chasten providing music.
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Brunswick
Sampson
Duplin
Pender
Columbus
Onslow
Bladen
New Hanover
J. H. Ambrust
Camp Greene
G. C. Huntington
Interstate Committee
Army Y. M. C. A
Archdeacon Noe
J. Allan Taylor
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Army
Academy of Music
Ambrust
Connie Chasten
First Baptist Church
Atlanta
United States
France
Belgium
Southeastern Department
Southeastern Army Department
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
C. A. Calhoun
New York
International City Association
Carolinas
C. W. Dietrich
Brooklyn Central Y. M. C. A
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
Charlotte
H. D. Fryer
Providence, R. L. Association
H. P. Coor
Boys Work
Columbia
Campairn
Superior Court Closes After Wood V Dixon Victory
Judge Devin presided on the motion docket as the court disposed of several matters. The Wood versus Dixon case occupied over two days and the jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Vs. Dixon
Superior Court
Devin
Many Signatures to Solemn Appeal
A long signature list accompanies a 4 Solemn Appeal printed in The Dispatch denouncing disloyalty and urging patriotic sacrifice. The document, circulated citywide, includes hundreds of names and affiliations from individuals, families, and local firms endorsing the message of public spirit and support for those at the front.
Calvary Rally Day Marks Sizeable Sunday School Program
Calvary Baptist Sunday school plans Rally Day with an expanded membership and aims to match last Sunday's attendance. The program includes orchestra selections, readings by R H Melvin and Mildred Robbins, five minute talks by L W Moore J W Hollis and Rev J A Sullivan, a pastor’s appreciation note, and an orphanage offering. Everyone not at another service is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Sunday School
Delgado School
Calvary
R. H. Melvin
Z. E. Murrell
L. W. Moore
Delgado Sunday School
Reading
Mildred Robbins
J. W. Hollis
Calvary Sunday School
J. A. Sullivan
A. W. Allen
Vogel's Minstrels Charm Captivates Cumberland Audience
The Cumberland Daily News reports Big John Vogel and his all white minstrel troupe entertained at the Maryland Theatre and Academy of Music. The show featured singing dancing and humor with audience applause and a concluding military skit. The reviewer notes the audience’s strong response and Cumberland’s fondness for minstrel entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Cumberland
Daily News
Academy of Music
John Vogel
John
Grover Cleveland Daily
Tom Donnelly
Ehat
Mack
Miller
Juleane Fox
Leand Foster
Nick
Chaihuahua
Louisiana women registered for active war work
Among the Louisiana women registered for active war work was Mrs. Emily Hyams of Natchitoches aged 103 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Emily Hyams
Natchitoches
Music at the Fort Sunday Service Includes City Choirs
A Sunday musical program accompanies Fort religious services featuring the Southport Methodist choir and Charlotte Greensboro quartets. Rev. T. G. Vickers of Southport preaches. Program includes Now the Day is Over Anthem and The Church in the Wildwood among others with solos by Louise Stanland Lolie Bussells and H. E. Goodwin. Congregation closes with Come Thou Almighty King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Fort
Methodist Church Choir of
Southport
Charlotte
Greensboro
T. G. Vickers
J. M. Smith
E. C. Springer
J. W
Georgia
T.Q. Vickers
Wilmington Ship Display Hoppauge Featured
A cut of the schooner Hoppauge appears in Shipping News from Wilmington Iron Works. The Manufacturers Record carries dimensions of the vessel which is being finished and due for service in a few weeks. Another schooner will be launched soon and a third ship will start on the ways as soon as space is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoppauge
Wilmington Iron Works
Women comprise one third of students at English medical colleges
The report states that one third of all students enrolled in English medical colleges are women, indicating growing female participation in medical education.
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V. M. C. A. Basketball
George Snow
Ampaigh
Army Ymca
Huntington
Annie Pretlow
Hallowe'en AT
Party
SMITH
Wilmington Motor Co., Inc
Dock Street
Fhoness
Robert G. Barr
Chestnut Street
Sampson, Duplin, Pender, Columbus
Bladend New Hanover
Atlantic Coast Line
C. H. Keen
A. N. Inman
Oscar Lawrence
Marvin J. Cowell
Thos. K. Woody
Arnold Stovall
M. D
Christie Pinner
Ruby Duncan
M. L. Cutchin
Culbert Martin
W. C. Peterson
J. F. Rulfs
J. F. Roache
R. C. Jones
W. I. Baxter
L. B. Lasser
J. H. Davis
Cape Fear Hardware Co
C. W. Polvogt Co
Elvington Pharmacy
L. Lipinsky
J. Haughton James
E. T. Wallace
W. A. Potter
T. E
S. P. Collier
J. H. Honnet
H. Bluethenthal
Clayton Giles
William Gilchrist
L. Bluethenthal
Platt W. Davis
Geo. L. Pesehau
Thomas C. Darst
William M. Peck
B. S. Alver
Charlotte Fennel
Brooke G. Empie
H. E. Bonitz
Donald MacRae
Mary E. Woolvin
B. H. Stephens
R. T. Montgomery
Elizabeth J. Westbrook
Elizabeth P. Peck
A. M. Burr
Thos
W. Davis
Lena Meade McQueen
Jennie B. Gilchrist
A. Sidney Williams
Thos H. Wright
Chas. S. Grainger
Marion §. Harriss
Lyman Delano
Margaret M. Roper
Washington Catlett
Rosa Cazaux
Carrie Cazaux
Henry B. Peschau
A. R. Newsom
T. E. Sprunt
H. F. Taylor
J. Luther Toon
Edward L. Davis
Elizabeth Bell
Geo. Catlett
J. J. Huston
W. C. Munds
Geo. Johnson
Mary Vann
Thomas F. Wood
Jos
W. Little
C. M. James
Christine Stevenson
Helen Kenly Grainger
Harry Woolcott
Lenora Cantwell
Chas. A. Mauis
Meta Rountree
Marie W. McKee
Louise King
Duralde S. Borden
E. M. Gregg
Elizabeth Craig
Marjorie B. Bryan
Sara L. Moffitt
Alice Walker
Marguerite Walker
May Beverley French
W. Grainger, Sr
Walter Smailbones
Simon Solomon
Hugh MacRae
William Struthers, Jr
Adolph Goodman
David H
I. W. Solomon
Walter L. Griffith
B. Solomon
L. B. Rankin
Cuthbert Martin
D. Smith
Andrew Harriss
B. R. Graham
S. Mendelson
Mary B. Heyer
Walter L. Parsley
R. A. Parsley
C. VanLeuven
M. L. Stover
C. C. Chadbourn
W. A. Whitney
Pauline Burney
Chas. F. Greene
John W. Robinson
C. H. Fore & Co
B. C. Love
C. W. Yates
P. L. Dawson
L. H. Shaw
A. L. Mott
C. Newkirk
W. D. Hall
W. P. McGlaughon
Geo. Phares
B. F. Hall
Paul Baker Bell
Charles Schnibben
Alonzo J. Burriss
J. L. Croom
R. C. Smith
H. W. Wright
L. H. Lewis
R. H. Moody
L. C. Matthews
Chas. A. Fos, Jr
F. T. Allen
F. C. Sweeny
R. G. Hengeveidt
L. B. Smith
Thos. J. Moore
Chas
Grainger
J. V. Grainger
W. S.johnson
J. M. McKay
W. F. Allen
J. A. Thomas
T. R. Whitehead
Ralph W. Severel
M. W. Turner
F. B. Hall
R. F. Fowler
J. V. Grainger, Jr
Jas
C. S. Southerland
J. R. Sneeden
F. M. Ross
E. S. Waddell
James Sprunt
W. A. Cannon
W. M. Southerland
Edward H. Thomas
William G. Robertson
R. Cc. Platt
Woodus Kellum
Marsham Bellamy
Goodman's
Ready To Wear
John R. Hanby
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust CompAny
Princess Street
Wilmington, N. C
Vogel’s
Sandman
Perfection
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Norfolk, Va
Richmond, Va
Charlotte, N.C
Charleston, W. Va
Charleston, S.C
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