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Served By Leased Wire Of The . .... associated press - Dedicaled To The Pr03ia!! 01 With Complete Coverage oi 4 ^ WILMIMGTON State and National News . . , And Southeastern North __* Carolina J9l-' —N°‘ —----WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1941_FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867 WILL EMPLOY ABOUT 4,000 MEN AT PEAK SHIPS WILL BE BUILT IN 24 MONTHS Newport News Shipbuilding And Drydock Company Forms North Carolina Corpora tion To Carry Out Large Program NEGOTIATIONS FOR SITE UNDER WAY Firm Awarded Contract By U. S. Maritime Commission; Six To Eight Ways And At Least Two Fitting Piers Planned The erection of shipyards to build 24 ships at a total cost of approximately $42,000,000 during the next 24 months will be started in Wilmington “right promptly,” the New port News Shipbuilding and Drydock company, of Newport News, Va., informed the Star-News yesterday. The ships, which are to cost approximately $1,750 000 each, are to be built by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Newport News company in this state, the subsidiary to be known as the North Carolina Shipbuilding company. Will Employ 4,000 At the peak of production the number of men to be employed will be 4,000 or more, Capt. Eoger Williams, vice president of the Newport News firm, said. A site for the shipyards has not yet been selected, but 1 officials of the company said that negotiations for a site 1 are now under way. There will be six or ei&ht ways erected, depending on the building schedule which is adopted. In addition there will be at least two fitting piers and shops, the size and number of the latter depending on the schedule of building to be followed. rrn i n __ _1_ " " " "XX f* X g* XXX XXX XXX roughton Outlines Legislative Program *T-* New Governoi Upholds F. R Foreign Plant Raleigh Man Takes Oath 0 Office Before 4,000 In Memorial Auditorium LARGE PARADE STAGED Inaugural Speech Is Opti mistic Regarding State’s Financial Status RALEIGH, Jan. 9.— W—In flag bedecked Raleigh, dotted with the somber khaki of armed forces v.r.ich have been mustered in the nal preparedness program Joseph Melville Broughton became governor of North Carolina today. The new chief executive, a red carnation in the buttonhole of his morning coat, took his oath of of fice before more than 4,000 persons who filled every available inch oi lloor space in Raleigh’s Memorial auditorium. Upholds Roosevelt’s Plans Then, in deliberate, careful terms, he outlined a legisiauve pro gram for his four-year administra tion. pledging his support to Presi dent Roosevelt’s social program and urging the legislature to adopl a resolution praising Mr. Roose velt's stand on aid to Britain and for national defense. Broughton's address was broad cast and was loud-speakered tc thousands of persons who gathered in front of the auditorium but could not gain admittance. The 52 year old attorney, first Raleigh native to become gover nor, took over the leadership ol the state at 1:04 p. m., when he answered “I do” to an oath ad ministered by Chief Justice Waltei P. Stacy. Immediately following the cere mony, the new governor and his party left the auditorium with a 19-gun salute booming and he took his place on a reviewing stand tc review the inaugural parade. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) WORK ON TRADE BODY IS PUSHED Harris Newman Says Evtry Effort Being Made To Revitalize Agency Every effort is being made tc bring the formation of the Greater chamber of Commerce in Wil mington to the point where it will he effective in its work of aiding lry the building of a greater Wil mington on a permanent basis, rriss Sewman, in charge of the , :'ganization of the chamber oi commerce, said last night. ;ie said it is his idea that the Greater Chamber of Commerce anould seek to develop not only W-lmington, but Wrightsville Continued on Page Eight; Col. 6) f This Was Last Ship Built In Wilmington The San Lamberto, a tanker, was the last ship built at Wilmington shipyards back in the World war period, but it will not hold the honor long for the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company expects to start work soon on erecting yards for the building of 24 ships here. During | the days of the old Carolina shipyards approximately 3,000 men were em-ployed with a monthly payroll of about §120,000 to §140,000. The new [company' expects to employ 4,000 men or more at the peak of production. The first eight ships built at the old yards heTe were cargo ships and the last two were tankers. (Photo courtesy of Spurgeon Baxley)___ MORE CARPENTERS NEEDED AT CAMP Qualified Men Urged To Report To The Nearest NCSES Office At Once HOLLYRIDGE, Jan. 9—A cell for more carpenters went out to day as the tempo of construction work on Camp Davis was stepped up a pace with the turning on of electee lights on the reservation last night. Flood lights on the southern end of the anti-aircraft firing center were turned on to allow work to continue on through the night and to enable workers to unload mate rials. Meanwhile, in Wilmington the North Carolina State Employment office said that it had received an urgent call for a number of skill ed carpenters who have the neces sary tools. All interested qualified carpenters were urged to report to their nearest NCSES office imme diately. The NCSES office in Wilmin^ ton is now located at 814 Mark^f street in the Cape Fear Artillery Armory and a representative will also be in Burgaw Friday to sign up workers for the camp. The employment office said that there is no call now for rough carpen ters and helpers. Work is proceeding at a rapid pace here, with men at work 24 hours a day. There is a compara tively small number at work on the last shift which begins at mid night but on the shift prior to that quite a number are employed. Most of the early night work consists of tractor work and the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Improvement Of Roads To Camp Davis Is Asked CONFERENCE IS HELD Increased Law Enforcement Measures Also Talked At Jacksonville Meet BY BOB MATTHEWS (Staff Correspondent) JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 9. — A united effort to secure highway im provements, increased law en forcement measures, and rigid control of business places which may develop as the result of the construction of Camp Davis at Holly Ridge was launched here to day at a meeting of county com missioners and sheriffs of Onslow, Pender and New Hanover coun ties. The group adopted a resolution requesting the state highway and public works commission to widen immediately highway 17 from Jacksonville to Wilmington and improve highway 55 from Jackson ville to Burgaw. Law Planned Sheriffs of the three counties most affected by the erection of the camp were asked to contact their legislators and urge immedi ate passage of a law extending the jurisdiction of sheriffs. The group discussed at length ways and means of promoting a joint effort to control business (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina: Partly cloudy and' colder, preceded by light rains on the capes Friday; Saturday generally fair and continued cold, except slowly ris ing temperature in the mountains. (By V. S. Weather Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.) Temperature 1:30 a. m. 35; 7:30 a. m. 31; 1:30 p. m. 54; 7:30 p. m. 4S; maximum 56; mini mum 30; mean 43: normal 47 Humidity 1:30 a. m. 51; 7:30 a. m. 67; 1:30 p. m. 25;"7: ‘ ‘ p. m. 42. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m, 0 00 inches. Total since first of the month 0.77 inches. Tides For Today (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Geodetic Survey.) High Low Wilmington - 7:31a 2:12a 7:50p 2:52p Masonboro Inlet 5:36p 11:46p Sunrise 7:18a; sunset 5:21p; moon rise 3:14p; moonset 32a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville on Jan. 9, at 8 a. m., 12.60 feet. (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) British Shoot Down Five Italian Planes VALLETTA, Malta, Jan. 9.— (/P)—British fighter planes shot down four of a dozen Italian planes and anti-aircraft fire bagged another in raids that prompted three alerts in this j British Mediterranean island for tress today. Five of the raiders flew low enough to deliver machine-gun attacks, causing slight damage and no casualties, the British an nounced. (These five low-flying strafers apparently were the planes shot down). BRITISH BOMBERS SMASH AT NAPLES Stage Series Of Raids Ex tending From Italy Pro per To Central Africa ROME, Jan. 9.—(ffl—Long-range British bombers smashed at the key Italian port of Naples early today, the Italian high command announced, in a series of raids that stretched from Italy proper to central Africa. The bombers swept over Naples, some one hundred miles south1 of Rome, in succesive waves shortly after midnight, the Italian com munique said. Five persons were killed and about 30 wounded. Some 15 buildings as well as a hospital ship in Naples harbor were hit, the Italians acknow (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) 1 STRIKE AT PLANE PLANT IS AVERTED Leaders Extend Deadline For Settlement Of Salary Dispute FARMINGDALE, N. Y., Jan. 9. —W)—Under pressure from Wash ington, a threatened strike at the Ranger plant of the Fairchild En gine and Airplane corporation was temporarily averted tonight as un ion leaders extended for 48 hours the deadline for settlement of a wage dispute. As the original 7:45 p. m. (EST) leadline approached and negotia tions continued, Duncan B. Cox, irice president and general mana ger of the company, said John Jwens, a representative of the na :ional defense commission, tele phoned from Washington and talk ;d with Walter Smethurst, nation »1 director of aviation for the CIO. “As a result of the conversa tion,” Cox said, “it has been agreed between the company and the union that negotiations will pontinue and that operations in the plant will continue uninterrupted tor the 48-hour period.” This was cofirmed by Smet lurst. Cox said that Owens planned to eave Washington immediately and to participate in the negotiations to ae resumed later tonight. A two-hour meeting of company officials, representatives of the de fense commission and local 661 ot ;he United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) preceded the an nouncement. Among those at the meeting, palled after a high naval official nad said a strike of the plant’s !40 employes working on 1,000 air nlane engines for the Army and pJavy under $7,750,000 contracts, vould “seriously” interfere with he defense program, was Thomas Burns, representative of Sidney lillman, labor member and co iead of the defense commission. N. C. Pay Increase Law Is Saved By Time Bell RALEIGH, Jan. 9—(^?)—The time to'* for the scheduled inauguration fc‘ Governor J. M. Broughton 104,'6d ttle first tow passed by the R state legislature when the juse backed down today from its rA rfcal battle on the floor and 'atu ed a senate bill giving an im mediate 10 per cent salary increase 0 four elective state officers. Representatives, even those who '’Jjed tor immediate passage of the *a ary increase measure without e erral to committee, agreed the ™ probably would have been 'ought back to the house floor, 41 er it had been passed on third reading yesterday, if members had not been scheduled to appear at in auguration ceremonies at noon. Ex-Speaker Ward of Craven re minded the body as debate gather ed steam that the house should report for the inaguration of Gov ernor Broughton and other state leaders. The bill then was ratified quickly in a standing vote, 54 to 43. The house had convened at 11 a. m., presumably to adjourn in 15 minutes. However, Representative Cook of Cumberland moved that the salary bill be returned to the floor for consideration. Burt of (Continued on Page Four; Col. 4) British Motorized Force Pushing Beyond Tobruk CAIRO, Egypt. Jan. 9.—W—Brit ish motorized troops were declared today to be driving far on beyond Tobruk, apparently drawing up about that important Italian Libyan base the western arc of the same semi-circle of steel that had smash ed Bardia, and heavy Italian plane losses were reported by the Royal Air Force. Some British field units, said RAF .headquarters, had penetrated the desert west of Tobruk as far as Gazala, 40 miles away, and there seized 35 fascist warplanes^ that had been put out of action by British bombers. British general headquarters it self rounded out the gen*.-al pic ture in a single sentence: “While preparations for the re duction of Tobruk are proceeding, our mechanized forces are now operating west of the town.” These thrusts had been support ed by one of the most general aer ial offensives yet loosed in Africa. British bombs were declared to have fallen on Italian positions (Continued on Page Five; Col. '&) Arms Lending Bill Is Ready For Congress Authorizes Roosevelt To Lend War Equipment To Enemies Of The Axis INTRODUCTION SLATED Will Make F. R.’s ‘Great Arsenal’ Statement Fu ture American Policy WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Iff)—De scribed by administration support ers as a “blank check” both a: to money and power, historic legis lation authorizing President Roose velt to lend war equipment to the enemies of the Axis was read} tonight for introduction in con gress. .Late m the day, Mr. .ooseveu met with his cabinet and congress ional advisors in his circular green-walled office, and togethei they gave the measure, undei which congress would approve ai historic declaration of Americas foreign policy, a final and minut; going-over. Senator Barkley of Kentuckj and Rep. McCormack of Massa chusetts, democratic leaders of the two houses, who were among the President’s conferees, announced they would introduce the bil promptly at noon tomorrow, anc issue a statement explaining its contents. However, in advance ol its formal publication, several re liable sources said the measure took the follow form: Will Set Policy If enacted, it will, in effect, make the President’s recent state ment about converting America in to a “great arsenal” for nations now at war with the Axis powers the official and congressionally de clared policy of the United States. Under its terms he is authorizec to have instruments of war manu (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) LONDON ATTACKED BY NAZI BOMBERS Planes Seek To Repay RAF For Heavy Raids On Wil helmshaven And Emden LONDON, Jan. 10.—(Friday)— UP) —German bombers hammered at London and spread over ali Brit ain last night and early today, end ing a 3 1-2-night lull with an ap parent effort to repay the RAF for heavy raids on Wilhelmehaven and Emden throughout Wednesday night. The Nazi layoff was attributed to the recent bad weather,—though (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) War Interpretive BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON Prime Minister Churchill’s ex traordinary send-off to Lord Hali fax, new British ambassador to Washington, deserves close atten tion for two prime reasons. It put into words British fea"s that unless the American aid pledged by the Roosevelt admini stration is received the war may result in an inconclusive stale mate. It revealed, also, that Britain is sending more than a new ambas sador to replace the late Lord Lothian. She is assigning a key member of her innermost war council, a crown minister, a man who, as Churchill said, “knows ail our secrets.’’ No Precedent There is no precedent for that, and the implications are inescap able. They make crystal clear the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1), WATERWAY TO AID IN SHIPBUILDING Newport News Company Announces Designation To Construct 25 Vessels NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—!®—The Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. announced today it had been designated by the XJ. S. Mari time commission to build 25 of the 200 ships provided for in the federal government’s emergency shipping program. The company also disclosed it was negotiating for a yard site in Wilmington, N. C. and moving to established a wholly-owned subsidi ary in that state to be known as the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. The Maritime commission, the statement added, is expected to provide the facilities for this pro ject. Under the plan, the company said, the new organization “will undertake the construction of these vessels on a cost plus fixed fee basis. Not only direct rail com munication, but also protected in land waterways will facilitate transportation of materials from shops at Newport News, Va., to Wilmington.” Newport News company gave no dollar estimate of its expected share of the business which was said to call for a total outlay of $300,000,000 to $350,000,000. 3 -LXXC XXUXliUCI UX. XilCIl ClU[^U,y ed will depend on how quickly operations get under way. If the yards are opened in three months the number of men employed will be smaller than if they are opened in six months, due to the fact that the 24 ships must be complet ed within 24 months after the contracts are signed. Contract Awarded A contract with the New port News firm to build 25 ships has been awarded by the U. S. Maritime commis sion. The first vessel will be built at Newport News to iron out any difficulties which may arise from design and the others will be erected here. The yards will be operated by a corporation formed in North Carolina by the New port News Shipbuilding and Drydock company, Williams said, which will be known as the North Carolina Shipbuild ing company, a name suggest ed by the Secretary of State who ruled out the name of Carolina Shipbuilding com pany because of its similarity with the Carolina Shipbuild ing and Englineering com pany, an established firm. Construction of the shipyards will be supervised by the Maritime 'om mission as it moves to put into ef fect the plan for shipbuilding an nounced by President Roosevelt on Jan. 3. Erection of the shipyards can ba (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) Shipyards To Be Larger Than Those Here In 1919 Shipyards to be erected here by the North Carolina Shipbuilding company soon will be even larger than both the two shipyards—the Carolina and Liberty—which were in operation in Wilmington during the World War. An idea of what this new industry that will employ 4,000 men or more for the construction of 24 ships at a cost of $24,000,000, will mean to Wil mington can be gained only by past shipbuilding experience. Near the close of the World war and afterward there were two ship yards here, the Carolina Shipyards, located where the Texaco plant now stands, and the Liberty Shipyards, located where the Taylor-Colquitt Creosote company plant now oper ates. The former was much the larger, building steel ships, while the latter built concrete ships. When the Carolina yards were first constructed it was planned to build 12 cargo ships, each capable of carrying 10,000 tons but actually the yards constructed only eight cargo ships and two tankers. When the yards closed material for the other two ships was still on hand here. The Carolina yards employed 3,000 (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)
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