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Served By Leased Wire Of The . >|A --7 mSS- ■ umtngtittt funnttttij #fcur 1S1 “ WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1941 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867 Major General Is Transferred To Camp Davis JO RELIEVE CRAWFORD Maj.-Gen. Frederick Smithy Seventh Corps Chief, Is Due Here August 1 Maj, Gen. Frederick H. Smith, commander of the Seventh army forps at Birmingham, Ala., was ,.dered transferred to command ,he anti.aireraft center at Camp Davis in a major shuffling of of tors announced by the War De partment in Washington yesterday. The announcement, received here through the Associated Press, made 110 mention cf Brig.-Gen. James B. Crawford, now commanding Camp Davis, and officials at that post when informed of the War depart ment's orders by a representative of the Star last night, said that they had no previous information oVthe changes and had received „fl orders relative to them. General Smith is scheduled to loe relieved of his present command on August 1, and presumably will assume the Camp Davis assign nent immediately thereafter. Important Changes Twelve important changes m command are involved in the shake-up. gaj. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, row commander of the Caribbean air defense command, was desig nated bead ri the entire Caribbean defense command and the Canal Zone, including both land and air forces, on September 10. General Andrews will succeed Lieut. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis, who will command the 5th crps area, with headquarters at Colum bus, Ohio. Devers Replaces Chaffer Another major shift was in the issignment of Major General Ja cob L. Devers, now commanding the 9th division at Fort Bragg, to command the rapidly expanding armored force. He will replace Maj._ Gen. Adna E. Chaffee, who has commanded the armored force since its incep tion, but has been ill for some time. General Chaffee has been granted sick leave, effective Au gust 1. Maj. Gen, Robert C. Richard s®, Jr„ now in charge of the War department bureau of public relations, was transferred to com mand the 7th army corps, replac ing General Smith. The sweeping shakeup was re vived in some army quarters as evidence of Chief of Staff George v. Marshall’s determination to vi jalize the command of the land fees, the program he recently announced. aj> Gen. Sanderford Jarman, coast defense and anti aircraft com lander in the Caribbean defense command, was ordered to take com ttaiJd.of Camp Stewart, Ga. ■ Gen. William E. Shedd, now commander of the First Army Corps olumbia, g. c„ takes over the .J35'; and anti-aircraft defenses of “e Caribbean. liurgin To Hawaii ■ ai Gen Henry T. Burgin, eur ent.' commanding the coast de eoeto of the Pacific slope from l,Set Sound to San Diego, was di o ed to take command of coast de Jf and anti-aircraft for the Ha ^ai|an department, effective August o He will replace Maj. Gen. Fulton _ "• Gardner, who will take com of the camp Haan, Calif., anti trcraft center. ^■turned on Page Twelve; Col. 2) FDR Asks Tax Bill Revision House Committee To Re consider Rejection Of Ex cess Profit Measure WASHINGTON, July 16.—UP)—A direct request from President Roose velt that the House Ways and Means committee revise its $3,500,000,000 tax bill to conform to the Treasury department’s invested capital plan of computing corporation excess profits taxes is expected to be laid before the committee tomorrow. Informed sources said that the president had informed congressional leaders that he was opposed to the formula placed in the tentative draft of the big' bill to permit cor porations to use either the invested capital or average earnings method. Once Rejected Although the committee weeks ago voted 20 to 4 against the treasury’s proposal, then voted for the alterna tive plans, it was learned that the President’s views would be submitted to the committee tomorrow for re consideration. The President’s attitude was ex pressed to Chairman Doughton (D NC) of the committee and Represen tative Cooper (D-Tenn), a member, at a White House conference yester day. There was no discussion, how ever, of changing either the total of the bill or the $1,202,000,000 in new revenue the committee plans to ob tain from corporations through the excess profits levy. Under the committee’s proposal, a corporation would be allowed an un usable excess profit equal to either (1) 8 per cent of the first $5,000,000 of its invested capital plus 7 per cent of invested capital above $5,000,000; or (2) 95 per cent of its average earnings during a four year base period, 1936-1939, inclusive. The ex cess profits tax rates would range from 35 to 60 per cent. The treasury proposed a compli cated formula setting 10 per cent of (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 2) COUNTY TO SEEK EXTRA TEACHERS School Superintendent Is Heading Delegation To Raleigh With Request A delegation of New Hanover county educational leaders- headed by H. M. Roland, county school superintendent, will appear today before the North Carolina School commission in Raleigh seeking per mission to employ 25 additional teachers for the coming school year. The additional teachers, Mr. Ro land will tell the commission, are necessary because of the tremen dous increase in county school en rollment; an increase occasioned by the influx of thousands of new residents to Wilmington and New Hanover county brought here by the national defense program. RALEIGH, July 16.—A pro posed new classification for North Carolina school teachers, carrying a (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 7) (NEA Cablephoto) STRENGTH OF A NATION—The strength of Great Brit ain, man and machine, is symbolized in this striking picture of Winston Churchill’s staunch figure silhouetted against an RAF flying field “somewhere in Britain.” In the sky above is a long-range RAF Flying Fortress, American made—the type of bomber that will help fulfill Churchill’s promise that “we will mete out to the Germans . . . more than the measure that they have been meting out to us.” Knox To View Onslow Marine-Army Maneuvers JACKSONVILLE, July 16._Sec retary of the Navy Frank Knox and a retinue riding in 14 automo biles slopped through. 4(1 miles of Onslow county mud and sand in a drizzling ram today to inspect the area destined soon to become one of the largest marine corps bases in the country. The secretary is expected to be on hand tomorrow when the First division of the army and the first division of the marines begin two day practice maneuvers in land ing and resisting landing parties. Knox and Maj.Gen. Thomas Hol comb, commandant of the Marine corps, arrived in New Bern aboard a two-motored Anacostia plane at 9:52 this morning after a one-hour and-twenty-seven-minute flight from Washington. They were ac companied by Rep. Graham A. Barden of New Bern, who intro duced them to a host of city, coun ty and other public officials on hand to greet them. Alter commenting that "we are delighted to have North Carolina on the program,” and expressing appreciation of the reception ac corded the party, Knox and his party proceeded to the Marine base near here. The visitors did not stop here for welcoming ceremonies but went straight to the temporary canton ment area, a village of tents occu pied by the Leathernecks. There the party rode about over the reservation for ten or 15 min utes, then joined Col. W. T. Hill, commander of Marines stationed here, for luncheon of fried chicken and all the trimmings at the post canteen. It rained throughout. The secretary apparently had not figured on the dismal weather, for he was attired in natty blue trous Harriss To Resign Council Position; Accepts Active Service With Navy i -ii. Pli rwloclnn ^strict headquarters of the, nited States Naval Reserve in arleston, s. C., yesterday an CpU?Ced tkat David - S. Harriss, c»undhieCted. Wilmington city at cha i/n’ ls now in active duty Serum/- e as a junior grade lieu ln the reserve. 0i6ht "twmembers here saId last "'em th* ,Harris had not notified ina/ , Pe had passed his exam no ac/ f°r active duty and that been «/ on his replacement had Ha P anned miss//’. wh° has held his com ber 0f v m the reserve for a num luty in/1/ was called into active Wm.,-j and le:£t Wilmington ta Chan J?ay to take examinations ^oun erT\but 1111111 yesterday’s whether rnent 11 was not known lePted °r not he had been ac beh lsy /tlorney William B. Camp iuthoritv atSt night the council has tessot k„t°tuseIect Harriss’ suc reQuire ttlat the law does not We e]prt/m,/° replace him be Thp comes up again. '■»« Pl1 wih Probably make * " 4110 matter at DAVID S. HAKH1SS next Wednesday’s regular meeting. The only names which have ap peared on the “possibility” lists nf local political nroanostigators since Harris left for unariesion last Thursday have been those of the three candidates who were de feated for council posts May 6. They were J.E . L. Wade, former commissioner of public works, who polled 1,418 votes; Herbert A. Lynch, who polled 1,416 votes; and Thomas E. Cooper, former mayor and commissioner of public safety, who polled 1,103 votes. Harriss was general agent here for the Atlantic Life Insurance company of Richmond with offices in the Murchison building. It is expected that someone will be sent from the home office of the com pany to take over his duties. Before entering the reserve, Har riss was commander of the United States Coast Guard auxiliary, flo tilla 12, Norfolk district, and was instrumental in forming the origi nal Coast Guard in Wilmington. The old reserve was replaced wi-h the present auxiliary. Harriss was a member of the Carolina Yacht club, Cape Fear country club, Cape Fear Men s club. Propeller club of the United States, and the newly organized surf club at Wrightsyille Beach. 2 ers, blue shirt and tie, a white coat and a straw hat. After the luncheon, the visitors went to Onslow and Hurst beaches where the Army, Navy and Marine corps will get together tomorrow for practice. The remainder of the visit was taken up in touring the huge reser vation, muph of it yet undeveloped. The distance ox the trip was esti mated at 40 miles, much of it over muddy, thus far undeveloped roads. There are now anchored off the beaches 16 ships, including de stroyers and transports, swarming with the leathernecks of the first Marine division. The maneuvers tomorrow are not war games as originally an nounced, but are strictly training maneuvers, presumably to teach the land army how to resist land ing parties and to train the Navy’s amphibian marines in the art of overcoming such resistance. CITY MANAGER SELECTION SOON " Councilman Yow Reveals First Choice Declined To Accept Position Councilman Edgar L. Yow an nounced yesterday that the city council has narrowed the field from which the city manager will be appointed to two of three men and said that the post will probably be filled within a few days. Presiding as mayor pro tern at yesterday’s council meeting in the absence of Mayor Hargrove Bel lamy, Yow said that the council’s first choice for the job had re fused the position. “We had hoped,” Mr. Yow said, “that we would be able to an nounce today the identity of the new city manager, but unforseen obstacles have made that impos sible. We thought a day or so ago that our selection had been made, (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) His Plane Virtually Wrecked Gunner Dead, Pilot Gets Home LONDON, July 16.—C3?)—A young Australian pilot flew home from bat tle today in a.bomber almost literally shot out from under him in a raid over German-held territory. His rear gunner was dead and his radio operator was injured, but he landed with: 1. Elevators shot away. 2. One rudder useless. 3. Wing bullet-riddled. 4. Gasoline tanks and oil tanks bullet-riddled. 5. Fuselage heavily gashed by shellfire. 6. Undercarriage damaged. 7. Radio useless. The air ministry news service, de scribing the exploit as “one of the most remarkable Otrinsr feats of the war,” said the bomber wag first caught by German shellfire which killed the rear gunner and sent the plane into a vertical stall because of damaged controls. Then came a 7,000 foot spin, and while the pilot was trying to get back on even keel another German fighter attacked. The bomber this time was riddled with tracer bul lets and cannon shell from nose to tail. The Australian could not get high er than 7,'000 feet, so he next had to fly through a hail of anti-aircraft fire until he was over the North sea. Upon landing the pilot found one more bit of damage. He had a flat tire. MOSCOW ADMITS NAZI TROOPS PENETRATE BEYOND SMOLENSK; LUFTWAFFE POUNDS RAILROADS —— —■ i ,.i - . M — — —■ — - + - . AIM AT LENINGRAD Communications Disrupted By Air Force, Says Ger man High Command (By The Associated Press) BERLIN, July 16.—Pressing for ward after a heavy aerial bombard ment of rail lines in the vicinity of Leningrad, German forces were re ported by the official German news agency tonight to be advancing rapidly on that big Russian indus trial port city, the old Czarist capital. The German forces pushing north eastward on the Baltic front have made such speedy progress, DNB said, that the Russians had been forced to make a stand in unfavor able positions with "considerable losses” resulting. The Germans reported running fights were taking place in this re gion, especially east of Pskov, indi cating, said DNB, that the Russians hoped that strong rear guard en counters would hold up the Germans long enough for the defenders to dig in along a new line of defense. (The Rome radio, in a broadcast heard in New York by NBC Wednes day evening, said large Russian con tingents had retreated to the road from Smolensk to Moscow. Smolensk Is about 250 miles west of the Rus sian capital). Rails Disrupted DNB said the German air force now had disrupted hundreds of miles of Russia’s most vital railways, and that "as a result of this destruction large troop units cannot be moved to the rear in orderly fashion” and the Russians cannot form a new line of defense. German reconnaissance fliers re ported the Red armies, in retreat, were deteriorating into disorganized masses crowding and blocking roads to the east, DNB said. The agency added that it was indicated that Rus sian troops now "are only partially able to resist the constant German attacks.” Germans reported tonight the de struction of a large Russian artillery concentration concealed in a hide out south of Vitebsk in the gateway to Moscow between the wide Dvina and Dnepr rivers. The Russians were knocked out and several thousand of them were captured, German press dispatches (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) USO DRIVE STARTS; $2,000 COLLECTED Unfavorable Weather Hin ders Inaugural Of Cam paign Launched Here Despite extremely unfavorable weather, workers for the local United Service Organizations' funds campaign managed to col lect about $2,000 as the drive got underway yesterday. Rev. Walter B. Freed, vice-chair man of the Wilmington U. S. O., said la:i night that the campaign will continue until the $8,500 goal is reached. “Wilmingtonians certainly real ize,” he said, "the imperative need of facilities for preserving the moi rale of the men in the army and navy. They know that something must be done for the welfare of these men while they are off duty, and I know the citizens will do their part.” The U. S. O., Rev. Freed said, will return to the county many times the $8,500 it is asked to con tribute for this purpose. Anyone whc has not been solicit ed by one of the campaign workers is asked to mail his contribution (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) Germany Asks Turkey For Troop Move Permit ANKARA, TURKEY, July 16.—UP) —A German bid for the right to send troops across Turkey into the Soviet Caucasus was reported to day as a large item in military, diplomatic and economic stresses pulling this country into a new tug of-war between Germany and Great Britain. German Ambasador Franz von Papen was reported to have sound ed out Turkey on the transport of troops and supplies contingent on a decisive German victory over Russia by September. Turkish officials were said to have replied that such a question was premature. Turkey is a non-belligerent ally of Britain but signed a 10-year friendship pact with Germany cn Jure 18, four days before the Ger man-Russian war began. In addition to the transport re quest, the Germans were reported striving to double their commercial dealings with Turkey, offering sale of armaments among other things, and to be seeking at premium prices the vital Turkish chrome ore which now goes to Britain. Countering these efforts, the British were said to be plugging loop-holes in their contract to take all Turkish chrome ore production and to be telling the Turks that U. S. deliveries of war materials make it more likely that Turkey can get arms from Britain than from an industrially-extended Ger many. It was reliably reported that Britain’s contract for the entire outputx of chrome ore would be renewed with th.3 consent of the Ankara government despite heavy bidding by Germany. Japanese Cabinet Falls; Fostered Axis Alliance By the Associated Press TOKYO, Thursday, July 17.—The cabinet of Prince Fumimaro Ko noye, which allied Japan with Ger many and Italy and a few months later entered a neutrality accord with Soviet Russia, announced to day it had resigned to permit for mation of a government more ca pable of “coping with the ever changing world situation.” The premier journeyed to the imperial summer villa at Hayama, on the seacoast southwest of Tokyo, to present the en bloc res ignation to Emperor Hirohito last night. The sovereign asked him to remain in office until a succes sor could be chosen. (Tokyo dispatches give no clear indication of what direction Jap anese imperial policy may take as a result of a change in govern ment, but there has been recently a rising tide of sentiment in favor of siding with Germany against Russia and increasing clamor against what is called “the en circlement of Japan” by the Unit ed States, Britam, China and now the Soviet Union. (The British-Russian alliance, the strengthening of British, Amer can and Dutch defenses in south eastern Asia and the possibility that United States aid might reach Russia by way of Vladivostok have been viewed with alarm in Japan.) The phrasing of the govern ment’s announcement of its fall in dicated that Konoye, who already has had two terms as premier, might receive the imperial com mand to assemble a new cabinet in which some of the retiring min isters would be omitted. The cabinet said it stepped down because it felt keenly “the neces sity of a rapid strengthening of the domestic structure as well as a drastic renovation of itself.” Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsu oka, influential in aligning Japan with the Axis in the Berlin treaty of 1940, and who personally signed the neutrality accord of April 14 at Moscow, wa absent because of illness from the emergency cabinet session which preceded the elec tion. The two pacts were hailed as the keystones of imperial foreign policy when they were negotiated. (But after Adolf Hitler sent his armies into Russia the Tokyo gov ernment’s critics charged it with involving the empire in an em barrassing contradiction of obliga tions. Matsuoka especially was criticized for obtaining the em peror’s sanction to two pacts which events seemed to make irrecon cilable. WEATHER FORECAST: North Carolina—Mostly cloudy with thundershowers Thursday; Friday partly cloudy and slightly warmer, scattered afternoon showers along the coast. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday): (By U. 8. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 74; 7:30 a. m. 72; 1:30 p. m 76; 7:30 p. m. 80; maximum 80; min imum 72; mean 76: normal 79. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 94; 7:30 a. m. 98; 1:30 p. m. 91; 7:30 p. m. 93. Precipitation: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., 1.36 inches: total since the first of the month, 5.60 inches. Tides For Today: (From Tide Tables published by u. a. Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Bow Wilmington _ 4:02a. 11:21a. 4:38p. -p. Masonboro Inlet- 1:52a. 8:07a. 2:27p. 8:43p. Sunrise 5:13a.; sunset 7:23p.; moon rise 12:18a.; moonset l:39p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 8 a. m. July 16, 22.50 feet. f (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 3) 5-Year-Old Child Hurt By Automobile Jackie Core, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Core, re ceived minor injuries yesterday when he was struck by an auto mobile in front of his home about six miles out on the Carolina Beach road. The car was driven by John Helbert Brown of Granite Quarry, N. C. Jackie, who had crossed the road with his mother, broke away from her and suddenly ran back across the highway. Brown applied his brakes, but the car skidded on the wet pavement and struck the child. HIGHWAY CRASH FATAL TO NEGRO Truck Driver Held Follow ing Spectacular Wreck South of Camp Davis William H. Jones, 19, negro, of 617 Bladen St., was killed and two negroes were slightly injured in a spectacular three-car wreck im mediately south of Camp Daw's about 5:30 yesterday afternoon. A light dump truck driven Dy Bertie A. Murray, 29, of Bailey, travelling north on U. S. 17 side swiped the car in which the three negroes were riding and then nit the car of Major K. A. Holt of Camp Davis. Bailey who got out of the truck and ran, was arrested about a half hour later and is being held for a coroner’s inquest. Walter Davis, 1110 N. Ninth street, and Thelma Corbett, 1107 Tenth street, were carried in an army ambulance to the James Walker Memorial hospital where, they were treated for minor lacer ations and bruises and released. Neither Major Holt nor Bailey was injured. Major Holt’s car was damaged only slightly. Broughton Begins Move To Adopt Daylight Time RALEIGH, July 16.—(A*)—Swift moves to enable North Carolina to cooperate solidly with President Roosevelt’s request for installation of daylight saving time were taken today by Governor Broughton. In messages to all mayors and chairmen of county commission ers, Broughton requested their co operation with particular reference to public employees. He asked the State Merchants association to communicate the proposal to its local units and ascertain their views, and in messages to the state’s congressional delegation he reported North Carolina’s willing ness to cooperate and asked for federal legislation that might help. Attorney General Harry McMul lan confirmed during the day the Governor’s belief that the execu tive does not have power to issue a binding proclamation for day light saving time throughout the state. Talks with Governors Meanwhile, Broughton conferred by telephone with the governors INDICATES REVERSES Advance Through Center Of Defenses Most Seri ous Threat Of War By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Thursday, July 17.— Germany's armored troops now have reached the Smolensk area 90 miles east of battle-scarred Vitebsk and 230 miles from Moscow on the road to the Soviet capital, the Soviet in formation bureau announced today. (This was the first time that tha Russians have mentioned Smolensk, and this would appear to be the most serious threat yet to Russian defenses on the central front pro tecting the capital. Smolensk is an important rail and communica tions center and already has been heavily bombed by Nazi planes.) At the same time the Soviets said a German tank battalion retreating from Rogachev on the Dnepr river to the south had been surrounded and destroyed. The Germans apparently have been hurled back from tho Dnepr 50 miles to the Bobruisk sector where heavy fighting was reported still going on. Mention of Pskov, 150 miles south of Leningrad, as another important battle area indicated Red troops still were holding up the German drive on Leningrad from the south. Still Resisting On the southern front Re'1 troops were reported still resisting the Germans at Novograd-Voiynski, 130 miles west of the Ukraine capital, Kiev. It was in this area that the Rus sians yesterday claimed the counter attacking Red army had kept Ger man infantry from catching up to support advance Nazi mechanized unit? which apparently had swept around Novograd-Voiynski in the at tempt to reach Kievf The Soviet communique said the Red air force again bombed the Rumanian oil center of Ploesti, and the Rumanian ports of Sulina and Tulcea. Successful attacks on German motorized units and Nazi planes on the ground also were reported, the Red airmen particularly concentrat ing on Nazi troop concentrations gathered to cross Russian rivers. (Should the Germans be success ful in the Smolensk area they would threaten the rear of these' Red forces fighting along the southern course of the Dnepr river in the Rogachev sector.) While official information of the progress of the Soviet defense was somewhat meager during the day there was an appearance of rising confidence among the Russians. This was based on the fact that the second German offensive, now in its fifth day, was not moving nearly so rapidly as did the first against the newly acquired Soviet buffer areas. Evacuation of women and chil dren from the capital was slack ened. Laconic Bulletin The high command’s laconic war bulletin pictured the Germans as substantially inactive, and progress ing not at all, in their offensives toward Kiev in the Ukraine and to ward Murmansk in the far north. German d-ives aimed at Lenin grad from the Fskov-Porkhov area —IS11 to 173 miles southwest of that second Russian city and old Czarist capital — and toward Moscow 300 miles to the east from the areas of Polotsk and Vitebsk were de scribed as caught in a storm of still inco nclusive fighting. ,A statement that, come what mig1 t, the Russians would go on fighting the German invaders inde finitely was made in London by the (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 6) of Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina—neighbor states—to as certain their reaction to the Presi dent’s request for daylight saving time throughout the southeast as a means of conserving electricity. Broughton said he found the oth er governors agreeable to his sug estion that the three states start the new time system on the same day, #with Aug. 1 tentatively de cided upon, and to his proposal that they request all federal agen cies, including national banks, to adopt daylight saving time. He did not call Governor Tal madge of Georgia, who said in answer to the President’s request yesterday: “I won’t do it.” In his message to the mayors, Broughton said: "It is my earnest desire to cooperate fully with the President and I would like to have as early reply from you as possi ble indicating whether the admin istration in your city would be disposed to cooperate with tft e (Continued on Page Thrgf; CoL 2)
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