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—----- ^ Served by Leased Wire of the 1 ==? THE SUHi^£»STAR-NEWS S~ L- - J_^itdoe g>©OT <g«Ty®rg>iB®«iBEaa amis igiLiCaillE^ VgbJ~T~N'Q. 24~ ---WILMINGTON, N. C.. SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS Conservation Board Named By Broughton gruce Cameron, Wilming ton, And Clyde Council, Wananish, Appointed ETHERIDGE RENAMED James Scheduled To Be come Commissioner Of Division Of Fisheries RALEIGH, April 26—(JP)—Cover nor Broughton today reappointed K. Bruce Etheridge, of Manteo, a vet eran of eight years, as director of lhe department of conservation and development but placed li newcom ers on the 15-man conservation board. At tlie same time the governor indicated that former Congressman Hinton James of Scotland county would become the new commissioner of the department’s division of game and inland fisheries, succeeding John D Chalk of Rockingham, who has resigned At the board’s organization meet ing on May 8, Broughton said, Eth eridge would recommend James’ ap pointment “with the full approval of the governor.” Martin Favored Broughton is chairman ex officic of the conservation board and ht said that lie would ask the board to elect Santforcl Martin, Winston Salem editor and senior member of the board, vice-chairman. Etheridge was appointed conserva tion director in 1933 by former Gov ernor J. C* B. Eliringhaus and was reappointed by Governor Hoey. He represented Dare county in‘the gen eral assembly five times and the Second district in the state senate one time. The conservation board, one of many state agencies reorganized by the 1941 legislature at Broughton’s behest, was enlarged from 12 to 1* members, and the new law says that the governor in appointing board members "is directed to take into consideration the functions and ac tivities”of the conservation depart ment. Members of Board Members of the new board, listed according: to the interests they will represent, follow: Commercial fisheries—Bruce Cam eron of Wilmington and Roy Hamp ton of Plymouth. Game and inland fisheries—J. Hor ten Doughton of Statesville, William (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) JEFFREYEXPLAINS HOUSING SITUATION Points To Great Need Of Rooms, Housing By Offi cers, Defense Workers In order that the people of Wil mington may understand the pur pose of the women who will can vass the city Tuesday and Wednesday, under the direction of Mrs. T. j. Gause and Mrs. C. D. Maffitt, in an effort to make a cen sus of all available living quarters, a statement regarding the housing situation was made yesterday by George W. Jeffrey, chairman of the Wilmington Housing com mittee. According to the best information available there will be approxi mately 400 married officers with families who will be attached to Camp Davis when the full com plement of officers has arrived. „ In addition, the North Carolina Shipbuilding company will employ many skilled workers in the con struction of the 36 ten-thousand ton ships which are to be built tare, it is anticipated that ap •Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) Lest We Forget—Salt Water -■—•— „r , ... (An Editorial) . Water, like the bad penny, keeps bobbing And like the bad penny, it gets no better Particularly .when nothing is done aboi’^p'^ <S,‘ And as the comfort, welfare and healt- W- ^ ing community are at stake, the fact thr- 'c'[: done to improve the water supply is a sZ? of the city administration. The time for high tides and diminishiib.' ,'V : tfl is not far, distant. This combination puts salt wateiT^Wilming ton’s mains. It has done so repeatedly. Last year it did it excessively. And what a stir it made in official quarters! Surveys were ordered and like President Roosevelt’s last fireside chat, the call went forth for speed, speed, speed and more speed. This must not happen again. It must be determined what source will afford the largest and purest supply and steps taken to introduce good water into the homes of Wilmington all the year. For a time it really looked as though this might be done and there was general re joicing. Well, after some months the surveys were completed, reports filed and discussed and again the spirits of the people, which flagged during the survey period, rose. But that is as far as the water project ever got. And now there is occasionally an odd taste to the water. It is not salt, to be sure, but it is the harbinger of worse to come. High tides and decreasing rains looms ahead. Some $6,460.43 of the taxpayers’ money was spent and $4,745 remain to be spent for exhaustive surveys of water sources. Thus far, but only thus far, the city administra tion functioned with credit. From that point on it has failed utterly to carry on for pure and sufficient water. The re ports are pigeonholed. The population increases daily. The supply of water is not only unstable but is rapidly growing inadequate. Yet water mains have been extended into certain of the suburbs, whose residents share none of the financial burden of the municipality and profit more and more from its benefits, and so an additional threat to the available supply has been created. Clearly, the situation requires correction. And as the old administration at the city hall has proved incapable of taking remedial action to avoid future peril it remains for the people to take over. It is up to the voters to choose for members of the new council only men who are known to favor prompt action to provide an adequate pure water sup ply for many years to come and are determined to take such action once they are elected. There has been too much procrastination. Remember that the high tides and the lessening rain fall that means salt water in the city mains are not far ahead. _ Rep. May Praises Camp Davis Construction Job -* GOES TO FORT BRAGG House Military Leader Ac companied By Other Of ficers And Solons Representative Andrew J- May (D-Ky), chairman of the house mili tary affairs committee, inspected Camp Davis, the $10,000,000 anti-air craft firing center at Holly Ridge, yesterday and commented that it is almost unbelievable that so much work could have been done in such a short time.” He referred to the construction of the camp, now 85 per cent complete, which was started December 19, 1910. Approximately 1,200 officers and men already are quartered there, and ad ditional men are arriving frequently. When Capt. Karl M. Pattee, con structing quartermaster, told the congressman that 360 of the 937 buildings of this project had been completed and turned over to the Army, May said, “I think you have done a most remarkable job.” Brig. Gen. James B. Crawford, commanding Camp Davis, explained the proposed setup of the post to the congressman, telling him how semi mobile anti-aircraft units would be trained and how a unit of barrage ballonists also would be quartered at the camp. Representative May went to Camp Davis from Kinston, where he spoke Friday night at the annual member ship meeting of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce. He was ac companied by Reps. Harold Cooley and Graham Barden (D-NC), State Senator John Larkin of Trenton, president of the Chamber, N. G. Bart lett, the organization’s secretary, and several members. After Captain Pattee had shown the party about the camp, May and Cooley left for a similar visit to Fort Bragg. Taxes Will Take Quarter Of U. S.IncomeNext Y ear WASHINGTON, April 26.—UB— Tax experts figured today that the tax collector will take one out of everw four dollars of the national uicome in the coming fiscal year. National income is expected to c‘imb to a record of $90,000,000, UW in ihe 12 months beginning ■text July i gut taxes also are dated to reach the unprecedented ■gure cf $22,000,000,000—counting elfcra1, ' tate and local levies. . -h‘s means that taxes will con r'drne aoout 25 per cent of all the "twiey paid out to Americans dur ln3 the period for wages, divi cnds, royalties, rents, interest, ,nJ individual business profits. Biggest share of the taxes will go into the federal treasury—ap proximately $12,700,000,000. States will collect about $4,000,000,000, and cities, schools and other local units about $5,300,000,000. Existing federal taxes are slat ed to take about $9,225,000,000 and the treasury asked this week for $3,500,000,000 in new levies. President Roosevelt is expected to discuss the necessity for levy ing this extra tax load in a radio address he has arranged for Wed nesday night. The broadcast at 9:30 p.m., EST, (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Liverpool Subjected To Heavy German Raid LIVERPOOL, England, April 27. — (Sunday). — (fP) — German raiders subjected this port city and other Merseyside boroughs early today to the heaviest raid this section has had for weeks but authorities said only a few deaths and other casualties re sulted. Anti-aircraft guns put up a heavy barrage with the help of searchlights playing about the sky. London had a brief alert but it was without incident. In tlie Liverpool raid, some of the flares dropped by the first wave of bombers to light the way for bombs from their compan ions were quickly shot out of the sky. ROOSEVELT MAKES CONVOY INQUIRIES White House Is Reported Seeking Senate’s Attitude Toward Legislation WASHINGTON, April 26— UP)—In formed quarters said tonight that the White Hoiuse h*i made cau tious inquiries as to what would be the senote’s attitude toward legis lation authorizing convoys to be eaguered Britain. As a result it was said an in formal canvass was made which indicated that 45 senators—three less than a majority of the present membership of 95 — were likely at this time to oppose such legisla tion. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) , WEATHER _ FORECAST North Carolina: Fair with rising tem peratures Sunday, Monday fair. (By TT. S. Weather Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 61; 7:30 a. in. 52; 1:30 p. m. 63; 7:30 p. m. 63; maximum 68; mini mum 50; mean 59; normaj 65. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 84 : 7:30 a. m. 70; 1:30 p. m. 41; 7 :30 p. m. 44. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month 2.65 inches. Tides' For Today (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High How Wilmington_10:28a 5:30a 10:47p 5:3op Masonboro Inlet- 8:13a 2:12a 8:25p 2:17p Sunrise 5:27a; sunset 6:52p; moonrise 6:16a; moonsct 7:58p. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) G. M. Walkout threat Lifted By CIO Union Mediators Step Into Row With Request That Pro duction Be Kept Going HEARING IS PLANNED F.R. Cancels Trip To Geor gia Because Of Shut Down In Coal Mining WASHINGTON, April 26.—(A*)— The threat of an immediate strike in 61 General Motors’ plants was removed today after the defense mediation board stepped into the situation with a request that pro duction be kept going during nego tiations. The CIO United Automobile workers, in reply, said that strike action would be “defered for a reasonable period.’’ On its part, the company promised to make any agreement ariverd at with the union retroactive to Monday April 28. ■ Hearing Planned The board set a hearing on the dispute fr Friday, May 2. Encouraged by the response, the board then asked James F. Dewey, federal labor conciliator, to con tinue efforts to obtain “at least a narrowing of the isues” before the hearing date. Dewey, representing the labor department, has been at Detroit through, much of the nego tiations between the company and union. At the same time, the White House announced that President Rocis.avelt had cancelled plans for a trip to Warm Springs, Ga., be cause of the shut down in soft coal mining. A panel of the board was at work trying to bring the dispute to an end, while coal shrot ages threatened to curtail steel production, close a number of plants and prevent full operation of the railroads. Meanwhile, at the capitol. Sena tor Norris (Ind-Neb) one of or ganized labors most steadfast sup porters, suggested that the admin istration introduce legislation em powering the President to take over the mines or other* strike bound industries. Such a move would have a “good psychological effect,” he said. Certified To Board The threatened general motors strike was certified to the media tion board last night soon after an announcement by the United Automobile workers (CIO) that local unions in 60 of the company’s 61 plants had voted for a walkout. General Motors employs some 160,000 workers and has about $700,000,000 worth of defense con tracts. Union officials said that if the strike actually developed, men en gaged in defense production would not be affected. Company spokes men said, however, that it would be impossible to segregate defense workers from the rest of its em ployes. The issues of the dispute are union demands fcr a wage in crease of ten cents an hour, a closed shop, changes in the shop steward system, and revised powers for a labor umpire. Th.s principal issue in the coal shutdown is the demand by the United Mine Workers (CIO) for a $7 a day rate in the southern mines. Such a rate had already been agreed to by northern mine owners. The southern section of the industry, accustomed to, pay ing a lower rate than the north, refused. Wages have been $5.60 daily in the south and $6 in the north. Stephen T. Early, the Presi dent’s secretary, announcing the cancellation of the Warm Springs trip, was asked if any definite gov ernment action was in prospect un less the coal strike is settled. ‘‘I haven’t heard of that being discussed yet,” he answered. “I (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Nazis Seek To Encircle Athens To Conclude Battle Of Greece; English Rush To Protect Suez _ w -A- _ LOOKS TO GIBRALTAR Britain Also Braces Itself For Extension Of London Berlin Air War NAZIS SHELL DOVER Air Ministry Reports Bomb ing Of Kiel And Other German Naval Bases LONDON, April 26— UP)—Britain, defeated in the battle of the Balkans, hurried soldiers and arms to the danger zones of Suez and Gibraltar tonight and braced herself for exten sion of the air battles of London and Berlin. The RAF carried out several day offensive patrols over the English channel and northern France with the loss of two fighter planes. One German plane was shot down off the southeast coast, where a day light bombing caused some injuries and property damage. Nazis Shell Dover The Germans fired their long-range guns. again across the choppy but cloudless Strait of Dover. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who is expected to tell the public of withdrawals in Greece in a broadcast Sunday (3 p. m., EST), inspected the bomb-ruined districts of Manches ter today. “It’s tragedy, but they’ll get it back threefold,” he commented. The air ministry told of the bomb ing of Kiel and other German naval bases and Berlin, and the ministry of home security arranged to con script firewatchers for compulsory service in London’s city, “The mi.\i theater of war remains British Isles and their maritime ap proaches,” a reliable source declared, but he indicated Britain w-as rallying her strength for the immediate task of holding the eastern and western ends of the Mediterranean lifelines, as well as in the Atlantic. Not Strong Enough The battle of Greece proves that Britain is not yet strong enough to handle the bigger and better equip ped German army, this source said, “so our job for possibly another year seems to be concentration on air and sea combat until we have got tanks and weapons from United States fac tories and ours to tackle the enemy in decisive fashion on land.” The best sources were frank in saying they expected the next Ger man blow's to be dealt at the en (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) TURKEY TO BOOST TRADE WITH NAZIS Will Swap Tobacco And Olive Oil For Industrial Materials, Trucks ISTANBUL. Turkey, April 25.— (Delayed)—(IP)—This country is un derstood here to be planning to in crease its trade with Germany and German - dominated countries, swapping tobacco, fish, cottonseed, olive oil and hides for industrial material, chemicals and trucks. At the same time, foreign office circles in Ankara said today that German forces are expected soon to occupy the big Greek islands of Mytilene (Lesbos) and Khios (Chios), both off the Turkish main land. t Mytilene, known As the birthplace of the poet Sappho, is only 11 miles from the mainland and 50 miles south of the Dardanelles. Khios, 25 miles farther south, is four miles from the mainland. ^urkey’s President Ismet Inonu was reported unofficially to have left Ankara to come here on what was assumed to be an inspection of Thrace, which is under martial law’. More Than 1,200 Officers AndMen On Duty A tDavis More than 1,200 officers and men are now on duty at Camp Davis and the number will be substantial ly increased by May 1, with the ar rival of additional troops during the next few days. It was only a few months ago that a soldier, in uniform, on the streets of Wilmington caused the public to turn and stare, because this city has not seen khaki clad Army men, in numbers, since World war days when Fort Caswell was the home of a Coast Artillery reg iment. The city is rapidly assuming its role as an "army town,” and in the words of Brig. Gen. James S. Crawford, commanding general, ‘‘the continued support of the citizens is the source of genuine satisfaction to this command, and we know how very fortunate for Camp Davis this community spirit of cooperation, has aided and is going to aid us in this great program.” The assignment of different types of Coast Artillery units to Camp Davis places the camp in a position uncommon to any other Coast Ar tillery post in this country. Originally scheduled to house and train eight, , semimobile, anticraft regiments this ] has now been swelled by the addition i of a Coast Artillery regiment of 115 mm., Tractor-Drawn artillery and the (Continued on Page 10; Col. 6) : Deep-dish Hat for Doughboys More in keeping with modern mechanized warfare is the proposed new type helmet, worn by soldier at left, which is being exhaustively tested by the Army’s Infantry Board, as a possible replacement for the old type trench headgear, right. The dual purpose helmet has a fiber lining which may replace the present overseas cap. Germans Claim Pressure Is At Athen’s Threshold INCREASING HOURLY Advance Forces Sweep Through Thebes, 35 Miles Northwest Of Capital BERLIN, April 26. — German pressure is at the threshold of Athens and is increasing hourly “according to a carefully unfolding plan,” Nazi military observers an nounced tonight. The high command’s morning communique said the German ad vance forces had swept through Thebes, 35 miles northwest of the Greek capital, and were continu ing on toward the ancient cradle of civilization after trapping re maining British forces in the Ther mopylae sector. Surprise Detour The maneuver which cut off the British was achieved, the high command asserted, by a surprise detour down the island of Evvoia (Euboea) on the east and then a crossing to the mainland below Thermopylae. Nazi mountain and armored units engineering this ad vance were declared to have cap tured hundreds of imperial troops and 30 guns. Hitler’s men are “shooting and maneuvering rather than talking,” a spokesman said, and no respon (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) SHIPYARD LABOR PARLEY PLANNED Will Seek To Reach Agree ment Stabilizing Rela tions In The Industry WASHINGTON, April 26.—(Af>)— Sidney Hillman, associate director )f the office of production managc nent, announced today that a con ference would be held here Monday n an attempt to reach an agree nent stabilizing labor relations in ;he shipbuilding industry on the Atlantic coast. Invited to attend are representa ives of 62 shipbuilding concerns from the Canadian boundary to lorthern Florida and representa ives of the AFL and the CIO. The conference is one of a series >f zone meetings which the s'nip >uilding stabilization committee is conducting in an effort to obtain iniform agreements. The first was leld in San Francisco and another, covering the great lakes area is neeting in Chicago Italy Accuses U. S. Of Aggressive Intentions ROME, April 26. — (/P) — The Italian press and radio attrib uted aggressive intentions today to the United States, which poli tical circles already regard as an enemy. The Rome radio asserted that the United States action to place American patrols as far as 1, 000 miles out in the Atlantic was “an illegal, arbitrary and com pletely one-sided extension of its territorial waters.” “A new wave of alarmist pro paganda is sweeping the United States,” said the English-speak ing announcer. Political circles took the view that President Roosevelt was in tensifyijig an effort to get the United States into war against Italy and Germany. PEANUTMARKETING QUOTAS APPROVED Vote Is 14,895 To 1,479 In The 39 Counties Participating RALEIGH, April 26.— (fl—North Carolina’s peanut growers voted overwhelmingly in an AAA refer endum today in favor of placing marketing quotas on their crop. With complete reports from the 39 counties pi.ticipating in the re ferendum, the vote stood: in favor of quotas 14,895; against quotas (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) BATTLE AUSTRALIANS German Mechanical Units Having Difficulty In Con tinuing Advance CAPITAL STILL QUIET British Pushed Into Coun try East Of Parnassos And Delphi ATHENS, April 26—CP)—German Panzer and motorcycle troops, appar ently seeking' to conclude the Battle ot Greece speedily by encircling Athens and seizing the isthmus to the Peloponnesus, fought a grim Australian force tonight on the slopes of Mount Gheraneia, about 25 miles due west of this capital. Soldiers returning from this front on the Gulf of Corinth, where the main body of the British Imperial expedition was reported making its stand, said the German mechanical units were having difficulty in con tinuing their advance. Athens itself waited, quietly. Rear-guard Action For the first time, a semi-official announcement acknowledged that the fighting which still is going on is only a rear-guard action “whose aim is to gain time for the main (British) forces in Attica to slip away.” (Megara, which the Germans have been bombing- as a British embarka tion port, lies just east of Mount Gheraneia.) The Greek announcement: "German forces which broke through the Thermopylae line con tinue their advance southeastward, not without difficulties in view of the resistance by the rearguard of the British Imperial forces in suc cessive localities. These troops ore stopping to fight at important points from time to time. As a result the fighting, the object of which is to delay, is considered successful. How 'ever, it must be pointed out that it is a question of a delayed action of rearguards, whose aim is to gain time for the main forces in Attica to slip away; that is to say, it is a struggle with a restricted time lim it.” Pound Attica District The home security ministry said the Germans pounded several places surrounding Athens in the Attica district and points in the Pelopon nesus. A few casualties and slight damage was reported in the former (Continued on Page 10; Col. 7) FRITZ KREISLER INJURED BY CAR Is Unconscious For Hours But Condition Is Report ed ‘Satisfactory’ NEW YORK, April 26.—M1)—Fritz Kreisler, 66, the violinist, lay un conscious in Roosevelt hospital for hours today after he was struck by a truck, but his condition was reported "satisfactory” tonight. Kreisler suffered a severe head injury, which physicians believed to be a 6kull fracture, but Dr. James I. Russell, head surgeon, said the violinist’s blood pressure and pulse weer normal and his general physical state "good.” His hands were not injured. "He was bruised on the right side of his head and has a slight cut,” Dr. Russell said in a bulletin at 4:15 p. m. (EST), four hours after the accident. “He is not con scious yet, but we are not alarmed about that because his physical (Contiued on Page Three; Col. 3) Americas To Take Over Foreign Ships In Port WASHINGTON, April 26.— UP) — A committee representing the 21 American republics agreed today upon a plan for commandeering foreign vessels war-immobilized in their ports—with every prospect that a portion of the tonnage in volved would be used to ease Eng land’s shopping shortage. Idle in Central and South Ameri can harbors are 96 German and Italian ships, plus an unreported number of French and Danish reg istry.' Under the recommendations of the committee, the Latin-American governments would seize these vessels, make compensation fori them to their owners under inter-] national law and use them to “pro mote . . . the peace and security of the continent.” The general plan is that a “pool” of ships sufficient to meet the requirements of inter-Ameri can trade shall be established. Tonnage over and above what is needed for that commerce could then be sold or chartered to the British. The plan was drawn up by a sub-committee of the inter-Ameri can economic and financial advis ory committee at the suggestion of Foreign Minister Guani of Uru guay. Presented to the full com (Continued on Page Three; Col. t) i
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