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I - 1 fpedicaled To The Progress Of I ^ - .. . " ' I W1LNIDCTO* Jtffl 4 4 Served by Leased Wire of the And Southeastern North dlljff ftt'ttt tYrt ASSOCIATED CHESS Carolina ISfftlM I I I HII Z^f illl Wiih Complete Coverage oi m WW W **♦♦♦*£ ▼VD’* State and National Hews [Ok ‘ ------- WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1940 , T " ESTABLISHED 1867 1278 Are Save d When Liner Grounds i PI Strikes Rock Near Prince Rupert, B. C. Passengers Spend Night On Cold Beach After Seattle Bound Ship Crashes HITS AT FULL SPEED North Star, Arriving Five Hours After SOS, Takes People To Nearby Port PRINCE RUPERT. B. C., Oct. j; _ "Canadian Press) — Half dressed and shivering from a tight of exposure. 278 passengers t: the grounded coastal liner Alas ka were landed safely from a res cue ship here tonight. The b i g Seattle-bound ship crashed on the rocky shore of Elliott Bay at 12:30 a. m. (PST). Wreck victims were brought to this small Hecate strait port by the Northland Steamship com pany's liner North Coast, which like the Alaska was en route from Ketchikan. Alaska, to Seattle. The Alaska struck at full speed in the pitch blackness of a north ern autumn night and shoved her bow almost into the trees fringing the shore 20 miles south of here. Tr.e ship immediately listed to port, and Capt O. C. Anderson or dered passengers ashore for fear the vessel might slide into deep water. Tumbling from their bunks or rushing from the salon, the pas sengers jumped for lifeboats while oil from the Alaska’s tanks spread over the water. Several fell into the icy water, and most were smeared with oil, but no one was injured seriously. The North Coast, answering an SOS, arrived five hours later. The passengers, who had been sitting around campfires singing through the night, were rowed 300 yards to the rescue ship. To Return Passengers The Alaska Steamship company, owner of the $1,000,000 wrecked Alaska, announced that the steam er Yukon would arrive here at midnight to return the passengers to Ketchikan, where arrangements ' . be made for continuing their '■ip to Seattle. Meanwhile, unable to find beds, the passengers slept [Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) W1LLKIE ATTACKS HOUSING PROGRAM | - _ 1 favors Clum Clearance But : Says New Deal’s Plans Have ‘Bogged Down’ | ABOARD WILLKIE TRAIN EN- i ^OITE TO RENSSELAER, Ind., : October 27.—'TPi—Wendell L. Will- i .le contended today that “the New .ea housing program has bogged ■ own’ because of faulty admin- i ^ration and failure to admit the ' llSits^^H' s^um clearance sub- i , a statement issued from his ! j , ”?1 train, the Republican pres ‘ la' nominee declared that 13 : 1 ernment building agencies < on Page Three; Col. 6) I *w -- Navy Officials Say Fleet Most Powerful In World Th ' The Associated Press its h5 ,nation heard from three of that st navy officials yesterday the Jhe United States fleet was but „st Powerful in the world, trv ,,,as toId' to°, that this coun froTi as vulnerable to attack ,.a Coaiition of enemies. cussion§ part in a broadcast dis the n-n °* American sea power on nm.eteenth annual Nayy Day> iiar,i,; earetary Knox; Admiral opera? stark, chief of naval assiJoas; and Lewis Compton, s ant secretary of the navy, ton ^Peaking from Washing ,CBtti a nation-wide broadcast, p0Ssj, said “We must consider the in °f simultaneous attacks Per or both oceans.” Knox spoke on the same program from Chicago and counselled that “We must not ignore this well-remem bered warning: It is later than you think.” Knox also spoke again on another netwokr (NBC). Reporting on the progress of na val expansion, Compton said in a broadcast (MBS) from Orange, N. J„ that the goal of a two-ocean navy, for which congress author ized an outlay of $4,000,000,000, was well ahead of schedule. Knox termed the navy’s expan sion the greatest ever undertaken by any nation. “The new American navy which is being laid down and which will (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) __PREPARING DRAFT LOTTERY Under supervision of Lt. Col. >1. V. O’Kellilier (left) and Maj. Irwin Hart, girls stuff draft numbers into the capsules from which first conscription troops will be chosen in lottery in Washington October 29.—(NEA Telephoto). Mexico Decides To Lift Embargo On Jap Exports ECONOMY THREATENED Suspension Of Ban On War Materials And Foods stuffs Scheduled MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27— CP) — Highly placed government and diplomatic officials reported to night that President Cardenas’ ad ministration had decided to lift the short-lived unofficial embargo on exports destined for Japan be cause the ban threatened to upset the nation’s economy at this time. Suspension of the embargo on war materials and foodstuffs which secret agents from the federal at torney general’s office enforced last week was scheduled to take effect tomorrow., . Fear Misunderstanding The principal fear of the sources disclosing this decision was that it would be misunderstood in the United States. Mexico originally placed restric tions on shipments to Japan as a gesture of solidarity with the United States because of Japanese American tension in the Pacific and one government Spokesman emphasized: “The end of these restrictions does not imply any change in Mex ico’s foreign policy of friendship and collaboration with the United States. “Shopld the international situa tion make it necessary. I am con fident that Mexico would cooperate with the United States and the other American republics by offi cially proclaiming such an em bargo against Japan.” The spokesman said that scrap iron and certain petroleum pro ducts, which are practically gov (Continued on Page Three: Col. 3) r Dubord Avers Lewis* Stand Will Help F. R. WATERVILLE, Me., Oct. 27. (AP)—F. Harold Dubord, dem ocratic national committeeman from Maine, declared today that “nothing that, has occurred during the campaign vtill bring President Roosevelt more votes than CIO Leader John L. Lewis’ endorsement of Wendell Willkie.” In an address prepared for delivery at the annual conven tion of the young democrats of Maine, Dubord asserted “the men and women who make up the ranks of labor will repudi ate this false leader, and, thousands of independent voters throughout the country will support President Roosevelt because John L. Lewis is against him.” First Christian Church Selects New Officers At their annual business meeting yesterday morning, the members of the First Christian church elected the following officers to serve for the year November 1, 1940 to Octo ber 31, 1941. Elders: H. C. Byrd, D. H. Cren shaw, J. P. Garrott, Geo. B. Canady, E. F. Bryant and Spurgeon Baxley. Deacons: Sam Daniels, Kenneth Johnson, W. P. Sanders, Joe Taylor, Ben White, R. C. Shackleford, Harry Griffin, Earl Huband, Paul T. Marshburn, P. A. Marshburn, J. M. Overman, W. J. Hogan, J. P. New-, born and John L. Sutton. Paul T. Marshburn was elected to the office of trustee. WEATHER By U. S. Weather Bureau FORECAST North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida: Generally fair Mon day and Tuesday, not much change in temperature. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 67; 7:30 a. m. 59; 1:30 p. m. 78; 7:30 p. m. 67; maximum 79; minimum 58; mean 68: normal 62. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 92; 7:30 a. m. 85; 1:30 p. m. 65; 7:30 p. m. 88. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., nnoe: total since first ot the month, 0.17 inches. Tides For Today High Low Wilmington _ 7:17a 2:05a 7:41p 2:30p Masonboro Inlet_ 5:07a 11:23a 5:24p 11:42p Sunrise 6:28a; suniet 5:24p; moon rise 3:42a; moonset 3:58p. Cape Fear river stgae at Fay etteville, at 8 a. m., October 24, 8.8 feet. [Continued on Page Three; Col. 7) I SLATED TONIGHT Will Motor Through New Jersey, New York En Route To Madison Garden BY MAX BOYD WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.— UR — President Roosevelt will motor through many miles of Northern New Jersey and metropolitan New York tomorrow on his way to Madison Square Garden for a ma jor political speech. Before leaving the capital by special train on the first leg of his journey, the chief executive worked in the seclusion of the White House on the speeches which he will deliver in New York, Boston, Brooklyn, Cleveland and elsewhere during the final inten sive phase of his re-election cam paign. The democratic national com mittee has retained NBC’s red and blue networks from 10 to 11 p. m., Eastern Standard Time, tomorrow night for the Madison Square Gar den address. It will give the Pres ident his firs tplatform opportun ity to reply to John L. Lewis, the CIO chieftain who came out last week for Wendell Willkie, but whether he intends to discuss la bor matters has not been disclosed. Mr. Roosevelt will leave his train tomorrow morning at Ne wark, N. J., where he will greet the mayors of Northern New Jer sey municipalities. Motoring to nearby Kearny, N. J., the President will visit the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, which is building seven cruisers and 32 destroyers for the navy. The route of his motorcade goes then through Bayonne, N. J., to Staten Island and Brooklyn, where (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Draft Will Not Interfere With Production Of Arms WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. — (iP) — Draft headquarters laid down the broad principle today that America’s mobilization of manpower must not interfere with industrial production of arms. Almost on the eve of the gigantic “conscription lottery”—set for noon Tuesdya—which will determine the order in which 800,000 men are to be called for a year’s military train ing, Draft Director Clarence A. Dyk stra said: “It is abasic principle of selective service at this stage of the national defense preparation that material procurement is paramount. . There fore, where two requirements—mili tary manpower versus production— conflict, production should have pri critv ” Dykstra emphasized, however, that occupational deferments under the draft law would be determined on an Individual basis and that the de termination would be made by the 1 local selection boards. While national headquarters is , vitally interested in keeping key men in essential jobs, he said, it j cannot interfere with a local board’s , right to decide whether its indivi- j dual registrants should be deferred , because of civilian occupations. Estimating that questionnaires, ; the answers to which will help to de- ] termipe the classification of a regis trant, will not be sent out before November 7, Dykstra suggested that i employers withhold requests for oc- i (Continued on Paae Three; Col, 7] ( British Claim Berlin Arms Factories Hit Air Ministry Paints Picture Of Widespread Damage In The German Capital OTHER AREAS RAIDED Axis Warplanes Drop Tons Of Explosives On London In 51st Night Attack LONDON, Oct. 27.—IB—The Brit ish air ministry tonight painted a picture of widespread damage in Berlin—in some instances ap proaching scenes of devastation in key armament factories — in a lengthy report of Royal Air Force operations over the Reich’s capi tal since the beginning of Septem ber. . The ministry based part of its rej»rt on "reliable neutral sources.” Among ' lem, it cited an American oil chemist who re cently returned home because the German firm for which he worked 14 years had had all its 12 scat tered plants bombed out of exis tence by Royal Air Force marks men. Gas Works Damaged Residents of the Charlottenberg area «f Berlin, "fee- British report ed, recently went without gas for days because of well directed hits on gas works there. Earlier the ministry and its news service said that British bomb ers flying through thick clouds, dumped the heaviest calibre bombs yet carried to Berlin upon the German capital last night and oth er planes attacked at least a doz en targets in Germany and Ger man-dominated countries. Its news service elaborating on the communique, told of a large fire started in the Brandenburg airplane engine factory in the Spandau suburb of Berlin; a heavy assault on the Moabit power sta tion, one of Berlin’s main sources of electric supply; and salvos of high explosives falling on the Put litzstrasse and Lehrter railroad, yards near Berlin’s center. See White Flashes The news service quoted return ing raiders as saying they could (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) COAL UNIONS ASK LEWIS TO RESIGN Demands Made By Locals In Beckley Section Be cause Of Willkie Stand BECKLEY, W. Va., Oct. 27.—Iff) —Demands for the resignation of John L. Lewis as president of the United Mine Workers came from some union locals in the vast winding gulf coal fields today as an aftermath of Lewis’ endorse ment of Wendell L. Willkie, repub lican presidential nominee. Several of the union locals also telegraphed President Roosevelt pledging “unanimous support.” Among the letters to Lewi: laws (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) ARMED MEN APPEAR; PAMPHLETS DROPPED OVER SOUTH ALBANIA GREEKS DENY CHARGES Premier - Dictator John Metaxas Confers With His Army Chief-Of Staff CLAIMS ARE DISCUSSED Turkish Paper Says There Is No Doubt Greece Will Defend Independence BY MAX HARRELSON ATHENS, Oct. 27.—(A>)—Premier Dictator John Metaxas conferred with his army' chief of staff today as the Greek government formally denied Italian charges of responsi bility for a reported “incident” on Albanian soil. The Italian charge was described in part as “a childish claim.” ( The premier presumably discussed with his chief of staff this latest de velopment in the strained relations between the two countries, but offi cials said no new military measures were eontmeplated as the govern ment already has prepared its de fenses. Dispatches Denied “Dispatches from Tirana (Albania) transmitted from Rome by Stefan] (Italian news agency) claiming a Greek band penetrated Albanian ter ritory and attacked an Albanian out post near Korytsa (Koritsa) south of Tapestitsa Pass are without foun dation,” the government said in a communique. “No Greek band crossed the Al banian frontier at any of these points. It is known that no Greek band has been or could be formed on Greek territory since Greek mili tary and civil authorities guarantee perfect order. “News given from Rome by Stef ani that, according to information from Tirana, a bomb exploded in the office of an Italian captain of Ada (Porto Edda) and that leadership of this incident was attributed to (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) ACL WORKERS GET BACK PAY CHECKS $260,000 Sent Out From Office Here To 6,469 Em ployes Of Railroad Checks totaling $260,000 in back pay for 6,469 maintenance-of-way employes have gone out of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad com pany’s headquarters here during the past week for payment to the workers along a 5,000 mile stretch of the railroad, Pomeroy Nichols, treasurer of the company, said last night. Mr. Nichols said that all checks have been sqnt out but that he did not know whether or not they have been paid all the workers as yet. Included in the total amount, was $7,834 in back wages for sec tion workers in the Wilmington dis trict. The payments are the results of a suit brought by the wage and hour division against the Atlantic Coast Line several months ago for violation of the fair labor stan dards act. 2 War Interpretive BY EDWARD E. BOMAR Italy’s loud charges of a Greek border attack on vassal Albania sound, because of their timing, sus piciously like an overture to the ong-prepared, full 'scale Axis Irive to wrest control of the Med terranean from Great Britain. the stage for another act in the var drama has beep set speedily n the last three weeks by mailed ist diplomacy. Rumania is occu sied, the rest of the Balkans, Tur key and Russia threatened, France ioerced into collaborating on ‘means of reconstructing peace in Europe,” and Spain cajoled with iromises. Only Nod Needed Only a nod from Herr Hitler s needed for the curtain to go up in the next historic act. In the Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) '■if; r-J| Movement Of Italian War Materials Toward Greek Frontier Noted B E LG BADE, Yugoslavia, Oct. 27.—(AP)—Great activity among Italian forces in Al bania and steady movements of war materials toward the Greek frontier where Italians have reported clashes were re ported today by observers near the Yugoslav-Albanian border. Neutral military observers, piecing together information from Albania, declared ten Italian attack divisions had been positively identified along the Greek frontier. They estimated that reserve troops for these divisions, with transpor* columns and other necessary units, would swell the Italian forces in Albania past the 200,000 mark. While one of the best routes into Greece is down the Bitolj valley in southern Yugoslavia, military sources said this area was one of the most heavily fortified parts of this country and expressed doubts the Italians would attempt to use it. Meanwhile Premier Dragisa Cvetkovic declared in a speech at Cetinje that “Yugoslavia’s frontier must be defended on every, occasion.” GERMANS CONTINUE RAIDS QN BRITAIN ^ - Nazis Claim Industrial Plants In Birmingham And Coventry Bombed BERLIN, Oct. 27.—(#)—Continu ous all-day attacks against Brit ain by the Luftwaffe today fol owed up destructive assaults Mat night against Birmingham, Liver pool, Coventry and London, Ger man military sources said. DNB, official news agency, said Germar bombers were busy over England from early morning. Industrial plants in Birmingham and Coventry, and the harbor of Liverpool were heavily bombed on Saturday night, the German high command said. The attack on Birmingham, the communique observed, followed a daylight raid during which “es pecially heavy explosions” could be seen in a chemical plant there. The communique gave the first official version of the attack on the 42,348-ton British liner Em press of Britain, reported Saturday to have been left sinking off Ire land after bombing by German planes. , The high command communique said that the ship “received such a serious bomb hit 100 kilometers (about 62.5 miles) west of Ireland that it burst into flames” and “the crew took to boats.” Saturday’s attacks on Britain, the communique said, were car ried out by light and heavy "de stroyer plane units. ... in spite of strong defense from fighter planes and anti-aircraft.” At nifht while London, Birming ham, Coventry and the Liverpool harbor were under assault, the communique said, “weaker units of our destroyer planes bombed British airports in north Scotland in daringly executed dives and set hangars and facilities afire.” 2 IL DUCE LEAVES ROMl Believed En Route To Im portant Meet With Hitler, Others In Florence CELEBRATION OPENED Greek Students, Guided By Teachers, Stage Demon stration Near Karvia ROME, Oct. 27.— (TP) —A new series of episodes along the tense Albanian-Greek frontier, which the official Italian news agency Stefani said “deserved attention” was re ported tonight by the Tirana news paper Tomari, During the last 43 hours at six points along the frontier numerous groups of armed persons have ap peared and disappeared, Tomari said. One group was said to have en tered nearly one mile of Albanian territory, w'here the frontier guard ordered a halt. Planes Drop Pamphlets Airplanes, which the paper said presumably were English, loosed pamphlets in the Albanian language from high altitudes over southern Albania, inciting the population to revolt. These reports came as Premier Mussolini was said to have left Rome for Florence for an important meeting—possibly with Adolf Hitler, Marshal Philippe Petain, chief of state of France, and Spain’s Gen eralissimo Francisco Franco. His departure took place as Rome opened the celebration of the an niversary of the Oct, 30, 1922, fascists march into the ancient capital. Foreign observers believed that the newly-initialed Frertcli German collaboration agreement probably would be discussed. The Tirana newspaper Tomari also said that some hundred Greek stu dents guided by their schoolmasters made an anti-Italian, anti-Albanian demonstration near Karvia, waving their Greek banners and shouting insults and threats. Tomori said excitement created artificially among the populace by propagandists was based on a claim that English troops and planes were (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) - v FRENCH DEFENSE COUNCIL FORMED Announcement Of Unit To Function As ‘War Govern ment’ Made By De Gaulle LONDON, Oct. 27.—W)—Gen. Charles de Gaulle, leader of the “Free” French forces, announced today the formation of a French Empire defense council to func tion as a “war government.” De Gaulle broadcast the an nouncement from Leopoldville, Belgian Cango. The British minis ;ry of information issued the state ment in London. This was the first time the word •government” has been used in :onnection with de Gaulle’s ‘Free” French forces. De Gaulle said he, as leader of he "Free” French forces, and Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Petain Seeking To Make New AxisTie-UpPopular VICHY, France, Oct. 27.—W)— The Petain-Laval government to night began a campaign to make its new tie-up with the Axis pow ers popular with the French peo ple but government spokesmen flatly said that the “choice now has been made” and every Frenchman must accept it. No criticism of the policy of collaboration with Germany and Italy can be permitted, these spokesmen declared. An official announcement said Vice-Premier Pierre Laval would broadcast to the defeated nation tomorrow an explanation of the legotiations with Adolf Hitler but the. time and place of his address were not given._• Also, Laval is scheduled to leave Vichy for an unannounced destina tion tomorrow after a cabinet meeting and a ministers’ meet ing with Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petain. (A Rome dispatch said Premier Mussolini was reported to have left for Florence, Italy, possibly for a four-man meeting of Hitler, Marshal Petain and Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain. It wan indicated these talks might last several days.) Until Laval talks, at least, the country was left in the dark on what lies behind the brief an nouncement Saturday that Hitler (Continued on Page Three: Col. »
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