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'Served By Leased Wire 01 The I + O J I Total Net Paid Is, Wummgtfltt iflormmj mux igg-gi ypL. 74—NO. 302___■ __ , WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1941 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED i867 F. R. Hints Arming Of Aid Ships President Reveals Former Danish Registry Ships Already Equipped PINK STAR CITED American - Owned Vessels May Carry Guns Under Neutrality Act WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—(A*)— president Roosevelt said today that the country probably was heading toward the arming of its merchant ships to protect them tfom the attacks of Axis warships. At the same time, he disclosed that some American-owned ships —former Danish vessels which have been transferred to Pana manian registry — already have been equipped with guns. The btaie department received word from the American ccnsul in Reykjavik, Iceland, tonight that 23 of the 34 men in the Pink Star’s crew had arrived there in good condition. The report gave no de tails of their rescue and did not identify them. The vessel was the latest to be sunk in Iceland waters. The Pink Star could be armed because, although American owned. she flew the flag of Pan ama. The Neutrality act forbids the arming of American vessels. The President, who made his an nouncements at a press confer ence, was asked whether it was amended piecemeal or repealed in its entirety. That subject, Mr. Roosevelt re plied, was under study at the mo ment and a determination would be made some time next week as to how much repeal the adminis tration would request. Mr. Roosevelt started today’s press conference abruptly without waiting for a question, by announc (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 3) GERMANS EXECUTE 3 MORE FRENCHMEN Victims Called Communist ‘Terrorists’; Others Get Prison Terms VICHY, Sept. 23.—UR—German execution squads shot three Frenchmen today in the Lille dis trict, near the Belgian border, thus disclosing acts of sabotage in still another sector of occupied France. The three were described as "Communist terrorists” and were accused of bombings and incendi arism. In Paris, scene of 35 recent exe cutions of hostages and others, six persons were convicted by a spe cial anti - Communist court of spreading party propaganda. These latter were sentenced to prison terms. Police searching the so- called "Red Belt” in the Paris suburbs announced the arrest of 16 per sons, the seizure of a printing press, paper tracts, revolvers and three .75-caliber artillery shells. In Paris and vicinity, the Ger *ir raid precautions. Whether this mans during the day ordered strict resulted from any real information cf prospective British bombing op erations was not stated. 1 PLAYING WITH A GUN SEE thought was loaded with blank cartridges, Mrs. Andrew Tannariello (right). 21-year-old mother, shot and killed her husband in their New York apartment while their three small children watched her. Two of the youngsters, Andrew, Jr., 4, and Patricia, 2, are shown as they were removed to the home of relatives. Police indicated that they were convinced the shooting was accidental.—Central Press Photo. Encircled Reds Launch Bitter Counter-Attacks Against Nazis ----- X * * * t * * SO VIETS ADMIT PLIGHT SERIOUS Teeming Industrial Sector Increasingly Menaced by German Drives MOSCOW, Wednesday, Sept. 24. —iff)—The Russians, gravely con cerned by the growing German threat to the vital Donets basin industrial area, counter - attached against Nazi forces over hundreds of miles of the front toddy in a determined effort to relieve pres sure on Red armies in the south. From the Arctic to the Baltic, Red forces were on the offensive with accounts of successes com ing in, particularly around Lenin grad where a continuing drive was declared to have resulted in 50,000 Germans dead, wounded and cap tured. dUi, ix W9S a uaiK pittuic juu the, south, where Marshal Semeon Budyenny was making a heroic effort to extricate the bulk of his army from the area behind fallen Kiev in order to defend the vital city of Kharkov, the Black sea port of Rostov and the Donets basin. Kharkov is the center of the teeming “ Donets industrial region and Rostov is the important port on the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the River Don. The Soviet press spokesman, S. A. Lozovsky, vice-commisar of for eign affairs, frankly admitted that the loss of these cities, plus the Donets basin, not only would gravely impair Russian industrial capacity, but be the prelude to an attack on the Caucasian oil fields and the Iranian link between the (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 5) Afghanistan Requested To Expel Nazi Citizens NEW YORK. Sept. 23. —UP)—The British Broadcasting Corp., as heard by CBS, said tonight it was reported that the British govern ment formally had requested Af ghanistan to expel "German trou ble-makers.” ' ' The same sort of demand pre ceded the recent occupation of Iran. British Hint To Defend LONDON, Sept. 23. — </P) — Certain London quarters spec ulated tonight on the possibil ity that a British land expedi tion might fight alongside the Russians to defend the oil riches of the Caucasus. Officials were silent. The Germans still are more than 500 miles from the Cau CATHOLIC CENTER OPENING TONIGHT Recreation Quarters Will Be Open to Relatives, Wives of Soldiers Formal opening of the new rec reation and service center at 124 South Fifth ave., by the woman’s division, National Catholic Com munity service, will be held Wednesday night, beginning at 7:30. The Most Rev. Eugene J. Mc Guinness, Bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh, will make an address at the ceremony in St. Mary’s church. Following, the group will move in a procession to the house on the northwest corner of Fifth and Orange sts. Some ’of the more prominent Catholic leaders who have been invited are: The Right Rev. Abbott Vincent Taylor, OSD, Belmont Abbey; The Rt. Rev. Dennis Lynch, Raleigh; The Rt. Rev. A. R. Freeman, Kin ston; The Rt. Rev. Michael Ir win, New Bern; The Rt. Rev. Wil liam O’Brien, Durham; The Rev. Father John Walker; Miss Frances Engall, national field supervisor, NCCS; Miss Margaret Gaynor, of Durham, and others. The purpose of the service cen ter has been definied as the fur nishing of an opportunity for nor mal home life for wives and rela tives of soldiers and defense work ers who are in Wilmington. 1 WORLD WAR VETERAN DIES ASHEVILLE, Sept. 23. — (A*) — Cleve H. Qumby, 51, World war vet eran of Charleston, S'. C., died today in a hospital here afteL a long ill ness. Nicholas Schenck Denies Five Major Film Companies In Plot For Control ■ I ‘Can’t Happen/ Producer Assures Senate Group Probing Movies j _ ' Washington, sept, as.—ub— Nicholas Schenck, president of Loew’s, Inc., told a Senate com mittee today that he would cbh *‘der it ‘‘the worst kind of a crime” for a group of companies m "get together” to prevent an cther company from doing busi ness, adding that he did not be *leve that such a situation could “rise in the moving-picture indus Jhe film executive made this insertion when he was questioned Y "hairntan Clark (D.-Idaho) of jht Senate Interstate Commerce j committee considering charges propaganda” and “monopoly” 18 /he industry. p,"1 adyance of his questions, u,Hark said he wished to ascertain film er five °* the e*ght major “ m-producing companies did not ®aI y control the other three,” er ?r*imS that the three which op u ed no theaters were “more or c at. the mercy” of the five tmi> jmes which owned or con shm, , a tot*i of 2.800 first-run snow houses. Iiv.ark asked Schenck whether the companies could not/,prevent ERROLL FLYNN . . . He Slapped Jimmy Fldler For Senate Movie Probe Testimony the success of any picture by re. fusing to show it in their theaters. “We five could never get to gether.” Schenck, declared, “to do that would be absolutely a crime and something that we have no right to do.” Observing that each Packed Gallery Applauds, Hisses During Exchange With Senator Tobey of the companies had thousands of employes, he asked: “How could you keep a secret of that kind—combining and con spiring to injure some one?” The chairman said he was not implying that the companies would do it, but was contending that they could take such action. “You could conspire to kill a person; you could conspire to blow up a building,” Schenck observed, “but,that, isn’t saying you wouldn’t be punished for it.” Schenck expressed the opinion that a picture could succeed with out being exhibited in the houses of the five companies if it was “a very good picture and the cost was reasonable.” On the other hand, he continued, if the price of the picture was high and “if a lot of people got to gether and tried to stop them from doing business—which I consider the worst kind of a crime—no doubt .they would be hurt.” During questioning of Schenck, Senator Tobey tR.-N.H.) expressed “wonderment” because the witness said he could not recall the names (Continued on PageyFive; Coi. 2) Expedition Caucasus Oil ■k casus, which supplies nine tenths of the USSR’s ordinary oil needs from a crude produc tion of some 30,000,000 tons a year. However, a continued powerful assault by the Ger man armies., of the Ukraine would put them in a position to menace the Black sea port of Batum, where they would ob tain both oil and a gateway to India. Speculation concerning an Anglo-Soviet front was height ened as the result of neutral reports that such action was contemplated and by the re mark in a British Broadcasting corporation address over the week-end to the effect that “if the Germans reach the Cau casus, they will once more come up against the British.’’ At present, Iran appears to be the best avenue for British and American supplies to reach Russia via a combined road and rail route. STANDARD TIME 2 A. M. SUNDAY Gov. Broughton Reveals Official Change From Daylight Saving RALEIGH. Sept. 23.—GP)—North Carolina will_ return to Eastern Standard Time next Sunday morn ing at 2 o’clock. Under an original announcement by Governor Broughton, which placed North Carolina on daylight saving time as of Aug. 1, the re turn to Standard Time was set for midnight next Sunday. He announced today, however, that the time for the shift had been advanced 22 hours, in order to avoid radio complications and to conform to actions in adjoining states. Without commenting on whether he thought Daylight Saving time had accomplished its purpose—the saving of electricity—the chief exe cutive said that if Daylight Saving Time were to be used next year, he hoped it would be used on a nation-wide, instead of a sectional basis. 2 30 Stranded on Sandbar As Freeze-Up Approaches •EDMONTON, Alta., Sept. 23.—UP) —Thirty or more persons today were reported marooned on a boat caught on a Mackenzie river sandbar in Northwest Territory and attempts were made to obtain air transport to rescue them before the expected early freeze-up imperials them further. The aerial rescue idea received a setback when it was learned all available transport planes were booked for days ahead. It will be several days before a plane can be released for the rescue attempt. Rep. Collins Leading In Mississippi Race JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 23.—(A?)— Rep. Ro3s Collins of Meridian, took an early lead over Rep. Wall Dovey of Holly Springs, in early, scattered returns in today’s special senatorial election to choose a successor for the late Senator Pat Harrison. Re turns from 295 precincts of the state’s 1,675 gave Collins 18,819 and Dbxey 13,701. CATTLE SHOW FRIDAY RALEIGH, Sept. 23.—'bP) — The Piedmont Junior Dairy cattle show, will be held at Statesville Friday. 100-Mile Wind Hits At Texas Thousands Leave Coastal Areas as Hurricane Strikes Inland NEW STORM REPORTED North Atlantic Disturbance Near Nantucket as Gale Whips Up at Barbados HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 23.—UR— A tropical hurricane hurled winds of 90 and 100 miles an hour against port to Matagorda. This 45-mile stretch on the cen tral coast bore the brunt of the storm, which raised dangerous tides for miles to the northeast and southwest. Thousands of per sons fled to safety. Death of one seaman was re ported, but there were no reports of ' talities ashore. The steamship Myriam radioed the Coast Guard that a seaman died from the effects of salt water after being washed overboard and rescued. The message did not give the victim’s name. Freeport is about 62 miles due south of Houston, Matagorda 65 miles to the southwest. In Galveston bay, damage to piers fronting fashionable bay shore homes was estimated at $200,000. High tides marooned hundreds of bayshore residents. Army officials at Camps Wal lace and Hulen, near Galveston and Palacios, respectively, said no injuries had resulted from the storm. Telephonic communication with Matagorda failed during the day after high tides reportedly spread (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 4) ARGENTINA FEARS REVOLT BY NAZIS Soldiers Rapidly Occupy All Airports in Move to Forestall Plot BULLETIN BUENO'S AIRES, Sept. 33.— <A*)—Argentine troops occupied the nation’s two most important military airdromes today and were reporting moving fast into all the air bases in the country to forestall any surprise move by Nazi conspirators. A radi cal member of congress declared dramatically that Acting Presi dent Ramon S. Castillo himself “Joined in the totalitarian plot ting.” BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 23.—(^P)— Argentina’s highest military offi cials conferred urgently here to night and troops were reported oc cupying the military airports at Parana and Cordoba, where sus pects were rounded up last month in an alleged Nazi plot to over throw the government. Upon emerging from the con ference, Col. Francisco Suarez, chief secretary of the war office, was asked whether there was any truth in rumors of subversive ac tivities in the interior and he re plied: “I am net authorized to speak, therefore, I cannot confirm or deny any report.” Earlier, Acting President Eamon S. Castillo had taken cognizance of persistent reports of unrest in a certain part of Argentina by de claring there was no truth in them. Persistent rumors have spread since last Friday to the effect that there was unrest in a certain part of Argentina. (Censorship apparently prevent ed disclosure of the exact part of Argentina where the unrest was rumored. (There since has been the action of the Argentine chamber of depu ties in censuring German Ambas (Continued on Page Five; Col. S) WEATHER FORECAST ' North Carolina: Continued clear with rather cool nights and gunny days Wednesday and Thursday. (By U. 8. Weather Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 60; 7:30 a. m. 66; 1:30 p. m 82; 7:30 p. m. 73; maximum 86; mini mum 64; mean 73; normal 72. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 80; 7:30 a. m. 86; 1:30 p. m. 54 : 7:30 p. m. 74. Precipitation Total for the 24 ncqrB ending 7:30 p. m. 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month 0.70 inches. Tides For Today (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington_a z 6:58a 12:17p 7:32p Masonboro Inlet_ 9:59a 3:39a 10:14p 4:17p Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 6 a. m„ 6.90 feet. (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) Million-Dollar Projects For Wilmington Awaiting Signature Of President * * * w. ___,_ MORRIS REPORTS CLINIC PROGRESS Chamber Executive Says Possibility Strong (or Local Sub-Contracts John L. Morris, executive secre tary of the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday night advised the Morning Star by telegram that “much progress” is being made at the national de fense production clinic in New York, which Mr. Morris is attend ing in the interests of potential Wilmington sub-contractors. Mr. Morris advised that he was making “valuable’ contacts during the three-day session which would be of vital importance to the en tire Wilmington area. He said many sub-contracts ac tually are being closed at the New York meeting and that “the field is open to bring the Wilmington area into this picture.” Machine shop facilities, he said, can be used to particular advantage. The chamber’s industrial com mittee currently is undertaking a survey of such facilities not now employed in government produc tion. Further conferences, Mr. Morris advised, are scheduled later in the week with defense production of ficials in Washington, Richmond, Va., and Charlotte, which, he de clared, may pave the road for a greater flow of payroll dollars into this area. He also advised that he was hoping to have the Greater Wil mington Chamber of Commerce designated as the defense. produc tion headquarters for this area and said that immediately upon his return he would call a meeting of manufacturers and conduct a local “clinic” at which he expected to reveal ‘much valuable infor mation. Windsors Reach Miami On Start of Vacation; Duke Thanks America MIAMI, Sept. 23.— </P) —The Duke of Windsor, starting a six weeks’ vacation trip with his American-born duchess, said to day he wanted to withhold opin ions about world matters until he had time to visit the United States and Canada, “I can speak for all my coun trymen,” the duke added, “when I expres* to America the heart felt thanks of Britain for all of the moral and material support yo.u are so lavishly giving to . her.” The vacation for the Windsors will include visits to Washing ton, Newr York and Baltimore, the latter the former home of the Duchess, and a s«ay at the Duke’s Canadian ranch. MAE WEST . . . She Won Her $1,000 MAE WEST BEATS HUSBAND’S SUIT Court Questions M a t e’s Good Faith in Asking Maintenance Money SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Sept. 23,—W)—Frank Wallace lost his $1,000 a month temporary sep arate maintenance suit against Mae West today in a ruling that questioned his good faith in bring ing the action against his actress wife. “There is nothing in this case that would convince me the plain tiff is not motivated by profit in filing this action,” said Superior Judge Charles L. Allison. Judge Allison said Wallace ma~ ried Miss West in 1911, separated from her one month later, and then married Raye Blakesly, with whom he lived 19 years. In all that time, the judge asserted Wal lace never tried to find out if Miss West had obtained a divorce. Wallace frequently has said he and the actress were married in Milwaukee in 1911, but, until re cently, she has contended that she and Wallace were not married. Her attorneys had contended she was in such financial straits she had to borrow insurance money for her living expenses. 2 Army Private Charged As Member of Spy Ring NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—(fl—Rene Froehlich, 30, private in the U. S. Army Medical corps at Fort Jay, Governor’s Island, was held today on a Federal espionage charge ac cusing him of being a member of an international Nazi spy ring. Froehlich was held in $25,000 bail on the same charge that resulted in the arrest several weeks ago of Kurt Frederick Ludwig, de scribed in the indictment as mas ter spy in the alleged ring’s Ameri can activities. 1 Davis C. A. Will Honor 3 Nearby Communities City, the Chamber of Commerce, civic and service club officials of Wallace, Jacksonville and Golds, boro have been extended special invitation to be the guests of the 17th Coast Artillery training group at an open-house program Thurs day afternoon, Col. George F. Humbert, commanding officer, said Tuesday. The program has been arranged ‘or the officers of the three North Carolina Communities as a token of the esteem the men of the train ing group hold the citizens and of licials for courtesies extended hem in their visits to these cities. The 17th Training Group consists >f the 93rd C. A., commanded by Lieut.-Col. Eugene Villaret, and he 94th C. A., under command of Lieut.-Col. Richmond T. Gibson. The program will Degin at 3:15 o. m. Thursday, when the visitors’ :ars will be taken on a tour of in spection similar to that conducted )n Wilmington Day. Cars will be IV. Y. Fireboat Puts Out Blaze Aboard Freighter NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-UH—Fire was discovered today in a coal bunker of the 4,575-ton Greek Ereighter Odysseus as the ship, Loaded with sulphur lor the British ministry of shipping, moved down Mew York bay. The ship anchored a half-mile southeast of Bedloe’s island and asked assistance. A fireboat soon fought the fire under control. 2. I... separated into convoys and each convoy will be in charge of a com missioned officer and a non-com missioned officer. In the course of the tour, the guests will see phases of the train ing program, how the troops are ted and housed, and some of the outstanding installations. Climaxing the day’s activities will be a review of the 93.vd and 34th regiments by Maj.-Gen Fred-! eric H. Smith, post commanding general. Banking officers of thei (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 4) j FUNDS REPORTED NOW AVAILABLE Three City, County Public Works Proposals Receive Federal 'Go-Ahead’ Three Wilmington and New Han over county defense works proj ects totaling $1,282,154 were re ported reliably in official Wash ington circles Tuesday night to have received final approval and to be lying on President Roose velt’s desk, awaiting only his sig nature, before allocation of funds is made. Another $1,000,000 in various projects reportedly are awaiting only final checking of data by the Federal Works and Defense Public Works agencies before being given the go signal after an agreement reached in the capital between City Engineer J. A. Loughlin and en gineers for the Defense Public Works division of the FWA, it was said by sources close to these of fices. Mr. Loughlin left the capital Monday night for Wilmington, aft er having talked by telephone with Mayor Hargrove Bellamy on the agreement which resulted in the government financing only a por tion of the needed projects and the city assuming the responsibility for the remainder. Of the $2,300,000 total amount slated for allocation to alleviate defense - congested conditions through extension of water, sewer and fire protection facilities and (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) FREIGHTER AFIRE OFF FLORIDA CITY Coast Guard Says Vessel British; Crew Being Brought Ashore • BULLETIN ^ FLAGLER BEACH, Fid., Sept. 23.—UP)—Coast Guard di visional headquarters said to night Coast Guard boats were speeding to the rescue of 13 per sons adrift in a lifeboat after they abandoned a blazing 150 foot motorship. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 2S. —UP)—Chief Boatswain’s Mate Au brey C. Harris, commanding officer of the New Smyrna Beach Coast Guard station, reported tonight that a large ship believed to be a freight er ’was burning at sea about eight miles off the coast. He said a Coast Guard rescue crew had been dispatched to the scene, and members of the vessels’ crew were being brought to shore in a motor lifeboat. Harris described the boat as Brit ish. Deputy Sheriff J. C. Rodgers of Flagler county said the vessel, which he described as a freighter, was “some distance” at sea off Flagler Beach, coastal resort town about 20 miles above Daytona Beach. He said rockets from the vessel and from rescue boats near the scene were visible from shore. Four Prisoners Escape From N. C. Road Camps RALEIGH, Sept. 23.—W—Escape of four prisoners from three county prison camps was reported today to Prison Director Oscar Pitts. Earl Schoffstall and Clarence Pugh of the Chatham camp walked away from a road gang near Ram seur. Lewis Logner leaped from a truck coming into the Durham camp and escaped. John Bartlett escaped from the Rockingham county camp. Wallace Warns Residents To Cooperate In Cleanup City Manager James G. Wallace Tuesday, reminding residents that they had been given a full two weeks’ notice through newspaper "ads” and articles, said that he iad issued orders to the city street and police departments to start immediate prosecution of all viola tors of the city .trash collection regulations. The city manager said that he iad made a recent tour of the :ity’s residential and business sec ions, and that while he had found a great improvement over condi ions of a month ago, there still vere entirely too many persons laying no heed to sanitation laws. He pointed out that all persons wrought before the courts and ound guilty would be subject to a n --— --—— ■ . -■ p. $10 fine according to the city ordi nance that requires all residential property owners place their gar bage in proper containers on the streets between the hours of 4 and 9 a.m. and between 4 and 8 a.m. in the business section. In an effort to relieve part of the mixup in the minds of resi dents over what are regular col lection days, it was pointed out that on all streets and alleys run (Continued on Page Five; Col. 7) WAR VETERAN DIES GOLDSBORO. Sept. 23.—_W B. Crumpler 49, World war vet eran, died unexpectedly today of a heart at.^cic while painting roof of a house.
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