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Served By Leased Wire Of The Dedicated To The Progress Of ASSOCIATED PRESS WILMINGTON With Complete Coverage of And Southeastern North State and National News Carolina VOL. 74—NO. 178___ WILMINGTON, N. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1941 _FINAL EDITION_ESTABLISHED 1867 FarmLand Is Sought In Onslow Seven Hundred Families Must Be Relocated Be cause of Marine Base SURVEYS ARE BEGUN County, State and Federal Agencies Cooperate in Seeking New Sites By KEN NOBLE JACKSONVILLE March 27.— With county, state and federal farm agencies cooperating, surveys were wun today to locate possible farm cites throughout Onslow county to which between 600 and 700 fami lies can be moved when, a few weeks hence, the Marine corps starts taking possession of its train ing base south of here. An exodus without precedence in eastern North Carolina history, the mass-movement must be accom plished. Marine officials have noti fied local authorities, befo* sum mer's end. It will begin with the early eva cuation of approximately 200 farm families from land south of here jn the vicinity of the state prison Highway camp. The surveys started today were participated in by officials of the Onslo wcounty farm agent s office, the state department of agricul ture and the Federal Farm Se curity administration. Actually, the study is being conducted on a dou ble front: Search for suitable farm acreage beyond the boundaries of the Marine base, which itself will cover 107,000 acres; and interviews with families to be moved to as certain their requirements. Problem Grows As the survey started, the mag nitude of the problem of moving several hundred families grew by leaps and bounds. An air of excited uncertainty pre vailed throughout the entire area. First, only a very few persons have been officially advised that they must move. Secondly, others who feel certain they will be eva cuated. but are not certain about it. hesitate to start spring plant ing. And their problem is a deli cate one; If they fail to get in (Continued on Page Four; Col. 6) WEATHER DELAYS N. C. WEED CROP Weeks Says Color Of Leaf Very Poor And Crop Is Latest Since 1937 RALEIGH, March 27—(iP)—Unfa vorable weather has made this year’s tobacco crop the latest since 1937, L. T. Weeks, N. C. State college extension specialist, said today. “The color of the tobacco plants is very poor,” Weeks said, “ana the stand of plants is far below normal. However, if the plants that are on hand now can be taken care of, I do not think there will le any shortage. “Nevertheles, growers should use every precaution to protect the plants from insects and blue mold disease.” WHITEVILLE, March 27.—Wl— Prolongco cold weather has de kyed the tobacco and strawberry crops in Columbus county at least tour weeks. County Farm Agent s' C. Oliver said today. 5 Army Girl Sweetheart of U. S. Military Academy at West Point is Barbara' Barton, student at Christian college, Columbia, Mo. Cadets elected Win netka, 111., beauty overwhelmingly during voting on pictures of their girl friends. THOMPSON MAKES REPORT ON WATER Supports Proposal To Tap Cape Fear River At King’s Bluff Dam The detailed findings of an ex haustive U. S. government survey of possible shallow well sources from which the city of Wilmington might derive its principal water supply were received yesterday by the city department of public works. The findings, compiled by David G. Thompson, chief of the geologi cal survey of the Department of Interior, augment in detail a sum mary of the survey contained in a water research report submitted to the city two weeks ago by a Raleigh consulting engineer. In the summary of his findings Thompson concluded that while shallow wells could be used as a principal source of the municipal ity’s water supply, it would be more feasible and less expensive to tap the Cape Fear river at King’s Bluff dam. In (his respect, Thompson’s sur vey agreed with the recommenda tions of the private consulting en gineer, W. C. Olsen, and with an earlier survey conducted by James E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works. Thompson’s detailed findings dis closed the thoroughness of the gov ernment’s survey made at the city’s request. It covered minute analyses of 43 existing wells in Pender, Columbus, Brunswick Onslow and New Hanover counties. Of the 43 wells surveyed, their waters analyzed and histories com piled 14 were in the city of Wil mington. They were as follows: Municipal pumping station at Hilton park; the Boyle Ice com pany, North 10th street; a well at Fifth and Bladen streets, owner unknown; the Independent Ice company, between Sixth and Sev enth on Brunswick street; the Wil mington Cold Storage company, Second and Campbell streets; the Hotel Cape Fear, Second and Chestnut streets; a municipal well at Fourth and Princess streets; the Carolina apartments, Fifth and Market streets; the Coca Cola Bot tling company, 10th and Princess streets; the Rose Ice company, 12th and Market streets; a private well on the J. D. Bellamy, Jr., property at Third and.Nun streets; (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) Large British Aid Fund Is Signed By Roosevelt WASHINGTON, March 27.—UP)— "he $7,000,000,000 appropriation to nations battling the Axis was hgned by President Roosevelt to My on his yacht in Florida wa lers, while in Washington there ",ere indications that the delivery American airplanes to England has been accelerated in recent Veeks. Secretary of War Stimson told .Sorters that production of planes ,as shown a “very satisfactory” jjcrease and this led to the belief ~at deliveries to Britain have been !lePPed up. t*le same time, Senator Glass ,. '}r'd-) bluntly called for the use American naval vessels as con ^ <-ierman submarines im !cdeh the delivery of defense ma ,!als to Great Britain, f they interfere with us,” he out ’"We 0USbt to shoot the hell q of them. 1 am for convoys if many sinks our ships.” Ijjjj e 57.000,000,000 appropriation tl, ’ Passed by congress to finance ,,‘ease-lend policy, was flown tsv i Vacationing President by a saviator and signed at 10:50 hp. EST. From the President, meanwhile, congress received a message transmitting copies of the signed agreements under which air and naval base sites, running from Newfoundland to South America, have been transferred to the Unit ed States by England. "These bases are for American defense against attack and their construction is consistent with such defense,"’ Mr. Roosevelt said. “In ternational developments since my message to the Congress of Sep tember third last have emphasized the value to the Western hemi sphere of these outposts of se curity." Stimson’s statement was evoked by a press conference question whether airplane production had remained approximately stationary in the last several months. The reply was that February had shown' a “very satisfactory in crease" and that the situation re garding “tactical craft” was much improved. His undersecretary, Robert P. Patterson, put in that “in combat aircraft February was (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) Cheren Is Oc<j«jied B#i ’ Harar, Second A Ethiopia, is "*^piso Announced LAST RAMPARTS FALL Italian Casualties In Siege Of Cheren Total From 3,000 To 4,000 CAIRO, Egypt, March 27.—(iP)— The British announced tonight they had stormed and occupied Cheren, East Africa’s major stronghold of Italian resistance, and captured Har ar, second city of Ethiopia. Thus crumbled what may prove to be the last real ramparts of Italy’s African empire. Cheren, mountain key to Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, 45 miles to the southeast, had been defended for seven weeks by 35,000 crack Fascist troops under the command of the Duke of Aosta. Heavy Fighting Italian troops were streaking to ward Asmara under a heavy barrage of British shells and air bombs, but the British warned against too san guine hopes that the capture of As mara would follow soon. The Italians are expected to re form their lines either before or at that town, which has been the point to which Italian families removed from Cheren have been taken. This may prompt the Italians to declare it an open city, the British said. Cheren fell to British and Indian troops after two weeks of desperate fighting on tortuous terrain in a treacherous climate. For ten days, the Italians launch ed a series of counterattacks against positions wrested from them by the British, but these, the British de clared were thrown back w'ith heavi est losses. In the face of heavy fire, the British not only stormed deep slopes but carried their water, food and ammunition up them. Harar, ancient walled Mohamme dan city of some 40,000 population lies athwart the British drive to ward the Jibuti-Addis Ababa rail way, which they seek to cut at Dire dawa, 35 miles distant. Cheren, which military observers (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) RIVERS-HARBORS BILL ADVANCED Measure Passed By House Includes $200,000 For Port Maintenance P 1 RIVERS-HARBORS 2 The rivers and harbors bill pass ed yesterday by the house of repre sentatives included $200,000 for maintenance of the Cape Fear at and below Wilmington, according to an announcement received last night from the office of Represen tative J. Bayard Clark. Army Engineers' had previously recommended the $200,000 for maintenance of the Port of Wi ■ mington as a. part of a $750,000 project to maintain waterway proj ects in North Carolina during the fiscal year of 1941-42. In addition to the appropriation for the upkeep of the river at and below the city, a total of $60,000 for maintenance of other water ways in this section was included. This sum was divided as follows: For maintenance of tn® 9fPe Fear above Wilmington, $28,000; Northeast river, $3,000; Smiths creek. $3,000; Black river, $3,000, Lockwood’s Folly river, $7,000 and general surveys and contingencies for the Wilmington district, $io, 000. WEATHER forecast nrth Carolina: Partly cloudy, slight ly warmer in interior Friday; Saturday cenerally fair and' colder, genera y ^ g We8ther Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.) Temperature 1:30 a. m. 50; 7:30 a. m. 49; 1:30 p.. m. 60; 7:30 p. m. 59; maximum 07; mini mum 37; mean 57; normal 06. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 79; 7:30 a. m. 88; 1:30 p. m. 47- 7:30 p. m. 74. ' Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7.30 n m 012 inches. Total since the first oi the month 2.27 inches. Tides For Today (From Tide Tables published by U. b. Coast and Geodetic SurreyO^ Low Wilmington-“ Masonboro Inlet- 8:0|a 1:57a Sunrise 6:05a; sunset 6:30p; moon rise 6:32a; moonse* 7:24p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette viUe on March 27, at 8 a. m., 11.15 feet. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) 1 ■ Yugoslavia Rushes Troops To Battle Posts After Ousting Pro-Nazi Rule; Germans Threaten March On Country; U. S. Promises New Leaders Real Aid APPROVES REVOLT Acting Secretary of State Dispatches Encouraging ~ Message to Belgrade LANE INSTRUCTED New Cabinet Described by Envoy to U. S. as Repre sentative of Nation By J. C. STARK WASHINGTON, March 27.—(ffl— The United States, acting swiftly to bolster courage and Axis de fiance in Yugoslavia, today prom ised to give that country’s new leaders effective material aid in fighting off any aggression. Approving enthusiastically the overthrow of leaders who had aligned their country with the Axis, the government here rushed as surances of American sympathy and support to the new cabinet install^ in power under young King Peter II. Sends Message Even as the new government of anti-German complexion organized and moved to restore order and unity in the torn kingdom, Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, dispatched an encouraging mes sage to Belgrade. He instructed Arthur Bliss Lane, American minister in Belgrade, to tell the new government that: 1. The change of power was widely welcomed in the United States as a matter for self-con gratulation to every liberty-loving man and woman. 2. President Roosevelt, in ac cordance with the terms of the lease-lend act, is able in the in terests of national defense of the United States to render effective material assistance to nations seeking to preserve their independ ence and integrity against aggres sion. Signing Adds Force Giving force to the American as surances was the signing today by President Roosevelt of the $7,000, 000,000 appropriation bill to finance the lease-lend program of aid to Britain and other nations battling the Axis. The new Yugoslav cabinet .was described by Constantin Fotitch, Yugoslav minister to the United States, as truly representative of the nation as a whole and he de clared his “fullest sympathy” with its policies. Talking to newsmen after a con ference with Welles, Fotitch inter preted the policy of the new gov ernment as the “preservation of peace and the complete sovereign ty, independence and national in tegrity” of Yugoslavia. He declared the new leaders had the support of all political and military groups in the nation and that of Yugoslavs in America and other parts of the world. It was indicated that as soon as the new government was firmly entrenched and the political situ ation was clarified, the United States would release more than $50,000,00G of Yugoslav assets in this country which were frozen Tuesday immediately a f t er the former regime signed the Axis pact. Government q u ar te r s here echoed the words of British Prime Minister Churchill that Yugoslavia (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 3) NAZIS GIVE VIEWS Renunciation of Pact Is Termed Signal for Drive Against Country PAINT DARK FUTURE Berlin May Insist on Lib eration of Cvetkovic and Cincar-Markovic BERLIN, March 28. (Friday)—UP) —Unofficial German political cir cles opined today that Yugoslavia knows perfectly well that for her now to renounce the Axis pact would be tantamount to giving the “go sign” to Germany to march in to compel her to live up to it. It was understood by these cir cles that the German government, which last-night demanded an ex plantation of Yugoslavia, left no doubt that the new government must come through with an un equivocal statement of its position on the pact. Insufficient Mere phrases like “bringing Yu goslav neutrality into line with the pact” were considered insufficient. That the new Yugoslav govern ment cannot do otherwise than stick to the Axis was regarded as self-evident by German political circles. Refusal to regard the pact as binding, it was intimated, might lead directly to dissolution of Yu goslavia much in the manner of Czechoslovakia. Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, Italy and Germany might all claim slices of the kingdom if it declined to “play ball” it was said. (An informed source in Sofia, capital of German - occupied Bul garia, said Nazi troops w^re rush ing toward the Yugoslav frontier, reversing the southward movement of the past four weeks.) Political circles expressed confi dence, however, that the Belgrade shakeup did not affect the Yugo slav realm as far as relations with (Continued on Page Four; Col. 4) BETHLEHEM STRIKE MEET IS DELAYED Union and Federal Concili ator Discuss Company’s Counter Proposals BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 27.— (5*)—A CIO union official announced tonight a conference with Bethle hem Steel officials had been delayed temporarily to enable the union and a federal conciliator to discuss the company’s proposals for settlement of a strike at the firm’s parent plant. John V. Riffe, assistant director of the Steel Workers Organizing committee, made the announcement shortly before midnight. At the conclusion of SWOC meet ing with the mediator, Riffe raid, the union would sit down with com pany representatives later tonight “no matter what time it is.” Earlier, Riffe had said the com pany had agreed to continue the con (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) Camp Davis Staff Makes Wide Survey Of Housing A housing- survey in the principal cities and towns of eastern North Carolina where residential dwellings for Camp Davis commissioned offi cers might be lo"id is being con ducted by the headquarters staff billeting section. Under the supervision of Capt. F. T. Folk, billeting officer, the survey will extend north to and including New Bern, and west to Kinston. When completed, the survey will provide the Army with detailed in formation concerning the numb,er of available rental houses and apart ments in each city of this area, to gether with such facts as rental price, furnishings and general ac commodations. Explaining that the survey in no way indicates a disposition of the Army to remove itself from Wilming ton, Capt.^Folk last night described the survey as “functionary routine.” "Frankly,” he declared, “we don't know when we’ll come to the end of suitable accommodations present ly available in and near Wilming ton. When we do, and if we do, we will be prepared to offer incoming officers some accurate information & facilities available in other areas within driving distance of Camp Da vis.” The billeting officer said the Army would “prefer” to keep its commis sioned personnel in or near Wil mington because of the fact that this city affords a larger retail trad ing area, more diversified educa tional facilities and other induce ments attractive to officers with families. Pending proposed expansion of housing facilities in Wilmington, he said, it might be necessary to lo cate some of the officers’ families at more distant points from Camp Davis. “The Army is deeply appreciative of the manner in which Wilmington has cooperated in our search for rooms, apartments and houses. It has been splendid. However, our problem is simply to find dwellings, and if, for the time being, Wilming ton cannot supply them, we may have to turn to Qther communities for help,” Capt. Folk said. - Arrested REGENT PRINCE PAUL BRITAIN PLEDGES YUGOSLAVIA P Naval-Miiltary-Aerial Drive to Harry Nazi Flank in Balkans Seen LONDON, March 27—W— Wins ton Churchill pledged all of Brit ain's might today to “make com mon cause” with the new Yugoslav government — if that government be prepared to fight the Axis—and other informed sources at once pictured this help as a naval mili tary-aerial movement to harry the whole German right flank in the Balkans. This, they said, could be accom plished by British battle fleet sweeps in the Adriatic; by the transfer of Imperial troops through Salonika, Greece, into Yugoslavia by the action of British warplanes based in Greece. The German left flank rests now or. the Black sea in both Rumania and Bulgaria; the right flank at the moment along the Yugoslavian frontier; the whole pointed down toward the Aegean. British informants called Yugo slavia’s turn-about “the first ma jor political defeat sustained by the Germans on the continent . . . a blow in the face for Hitler in the presence of the Japanese Foreign Minister (Yosuke Matsuoka, who is now in Berlin.”) Should Yugoslavia go through with her apparent intention to re sist the Nazis, it was added, the whole course of matters in the southeast would be radically chang ed; the German high command would be put in the position of having to move with a flank un covered—a dangerous maneuver— if it moved at all. It was suggested here that Brit ish military action in aid of the Yugoslavians would be set off by a request from King Peter II of Yugoslavia and a hostile move ment by the Germans -themselves. Prime Minister Churchill’s an nouncement of the sharply changed atmosphere in Belgrade came to ward the end of a speech before the conservative party central committee in which he had review (Continued on Page Four; Col. 2) Army Orders • WASHINGTON, March 27—The War Department released the following or ders yesterday, dated March 25: COLONEL Watts, L„ Signal Corps, Panama Canal Depot, to 3d Corps Area, Baltimore, Md. LIEUTENANT COLONELS Storms, H. E., Sig. Corps, Ft. Mon mouth, N. J., to sail from New York about June 12 for Panama Canal. Waldron, A. W„ C.' A., New York, N. Y., to C. A. Replacement Center, Ft. Eustis, Va. Watson, J. T„ Jr., Sig. Corps, Wash ington. D. C., and from additional duty 3d Corps Area, to 6th Corps Area, Chicago, 111. Tighe, J. R., Q. M. C., Ft. Dix, N. J., and additional duty, Pedricktown, N. Y., upon arrival of Lt. Col. Richard son, Eng’rs., to Assistant Quartermas ter, Ft. Dix, N. J. Lougasre, C., Q. M. C., leave extended one month. Bratton, D.. Dental Corps, Edgewood, Arsenal, Md., to Ft. George G. Meade, Md. Caldwell, G. L.. Vet. Corps orders amended to assign to duty with staff and faculty, Cav. School, Ft. Riley. Kan. (Continued on Page Six; CoL 5) BOY KINlG PETER GIVEN PULL POWER Deposed Regent Prince Paul Is Held Under Military Arrest; Public Cheers New Re gime and Calls for War on Germany NAZIS, ITALIANS TRY TO FLEE NATION Germans in Bulgaria Reverse Southward Movement Toward Greece and Turkey And Rush Toward Yugoslav Border By ROBERT ST. JOHN BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March 28 (Friday)—(AP) Yugoslavia sped its army of 1,200,000 to battle stations today on the swift pace of an anti-Nazi, pro-British coup that overthrew the regency government for joining this kingdom to the Axis, placed the boy King Peter II in full power, and held the deposed Regent Prince Paul under mili tary arrest. The military revolt against the Axis alignment began at 2 a. m. Thursday and took control with the force of the army behind it. Calls For War The public, vigorously disapproving the Axis pact, hys terically cheered the new regime and called with increasing fervor for war against Germany. Jubilant crowds still tramped the streets early today. The stormy Belgrade populace seemed to accept as a fore gone conclusion that the new government would repudiate wholly the regency regime and one prominent Yugoslav summed it up this way: “If this government doesn’t resist, we’ll get another one that will.” The rush of men to the colors was swift, trains, automo biles and taxicabs were commandeered to take them to the frontieis; military trucks rumbled through the streets; and overhead the sky was darkened with Yugoslavia’s war planes. German and Italian nationals, gaily triumphant such a little time before, frantically tried to get out of the country. After the frontiers of the country were opened last evening all travelers carrying German passports were re fused entry. (Reports from Sofia, Bulgaria, said German troops occuping that country Had reversed their southward move ment toward the Greek and Turkish frontiers and were rushing toward the border of defiant Yugoslavia.) YUGOSLAV RULER SYMBOL OF YOUTH Is Thrust Into Leadership Of Country Six Months Ahead of Schedule BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 27. —(#)—Thrust into leadership of Yu goslavia six months ahead of schedule, slim, serious King Peter II symbolizes the fierce spirit of youthful independence which pro tested capitulation to Germany by the nation’s elder statesmen. The 17-year-old king is in the vanguard — perhaps unconscious —of a modern children’s crusade, a part of the revolutionary move ment which overthrew the Yugo slav government today. Youth set the pace. Dispatches from Belgrade have told of stu dents rioting in schools, wrecking their desks in protest against Axis demands. One story relates how boys hung a picture of Adolf Hitler on a classroom wall and pelted it with chalk. The hot-headed Serbs are bred in an atmosphere where disputes are sometimes settled with hatch ets, and they traditionally learn to (Continued on Page Four; Col. 2) Seized at Vinkovci Paul was seized by the army at Vinkovci, important rail way junction near the Hun garian border. He had been reported in flight to Hungary or Greece. A new government headed by the tough old air corps chief, Gen. Dusan Simovic, with the 17-year-old King Peter handed full sovereig gave short shrift to th plectic German jamv Viktor von Heerf Von Heeren foreign office T ing as soon as ? new, cabinet. He was give minutes to state, position—reporter be a virtual ultima When he asked new government’s . wards the Axis pact old regime signed 1 Vienna, it was repoA the new foreign ) Nomtchilo Nincic r (‘ merely: “I can’t tell you th Otherwise, the policy of\ government will be based ' ship for the Axis, Nine ported to have added. Neutral diplomats, howc this was merely an at, (Continued on Page Five; Knox And Knudsen Ret To Challenge From C (By the Associated Press) Challenged by the CIO to state their authority for calling on the strike-bound Allis-Chalmers plant at Milwaukee to resume vital de fense operations, Secretary Knox and William S. Knudsen replied last night that the strike vote was obtained by “fraudulent means” and that to continue the work stop page would be “entirely unreason able.” At the same time, they said their request had been an “appeal to the patriotism and loyalty” of men and management, not an “ulti matum.” Philip Murray, president of the CIO, had demanded to know under “what powers” the Navy secre tary and director of the Office of Production Management had is sued their “ultimatum.” Knudsen and Knox replied in a -telegtam. In speaking of the stn they evidently referred to ing by, Ihe Wisconsin emj. relations board that union had caused at least 2,200 to be marked for a stri Jan. 21 vote, and that in less than a majority of voted to strike. The board ordered ar within 15 days to determi er the employes want?' tinue on strike. Before Murray’s ext Knudsen and Knox, Chalmers managemer nounced it would corhj request from the de. tains and hoped to h operations today or Sj telegraphed its 7,800 (Continued on Page Fivv
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