The Wilmington Morning Star

New Red Cross Hospital
Is Requested By County
County commissioners Monday afternoon voted unanimously to forward a resolution to representatives in Congress asking for their efforts to obtain a federal appropriation for a new Red Cross sanitorium here.
The action followed reading of a letter from F. D. Weaver, former patient at the local tuberculosis hospital, who asked that the institution be retained and "its effective work be allowed to go on."
During the course of the discussion, the commissioners explained that they felt the government owed the county certain damages, in that the property on which the present sanitorium is located has been ruined, so far as a hospital is concerned, by the presence nearby of the Army-operated airport. An airport runway, within 1500 feet of the hospital's main building, has necessitated removal of all trees on the land, leaving the spot devoid of shade, it was pointed out.
The board went on record as believing that the sanitorium issue is sufficiently important to gency; that action should be push during the present emergency; that action should be forthcoming immediately.
Sheriff C. David Jones sounded out the commissioners on the idea of raising the pay of jurymen from $2 to $3 a day, but the group indicated no interest in making the change.
Attorney David Sinclair asked the commission to consider equipping a room in the courthouse for use, as a comfortable study, for resident and visiting judges in this district. "We are the only county in North Carolina that I know of where the resident judge does not have a private office," he said. A motion by Commissioner George Trask that feasibility of equipping the office be investigated was seconded by Louis Coleman and passed by the board.
Sheriff Jones also asked for county sanction to appoint a new deputy sheriff to fill the vacancy now existing at Kure's Beach. The request was granted, but the suggestion that a relief deputy also be provided was rejected.
The commission agreed to carry the salaries of employees at the Woodrow Wilson hut here for another week, during which time a meeting with city officials will be held to discuss future pay arrangements.