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fTZred By Leased Wire Of The ' - associated press associated press star-news circulation With Complete Coverage Of Yesterday .18,861 State and National News Same Day Last Year 14,249 Increase .4,612 ■ ' ___WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1941 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867* LEARNING to THWART ENEMY BOMBING RAIDERS — Would-be air invaders bent on bombing the Carolinas would find the going mighty rough, and a goodly share of their rough going could be attributed t o these young ladies, six of more than 200 Wilmington women volunteers learning to operate the air raid warning system in the loca postoffice. Classes of instruction in the mechanics of the warning system were begun Friday. Pictured at their stations on the telephone operations bank are, left to ^ht: Mrs J. E. Tradway, Mrs. C. W. Kohler, Mary May Richardson, Anice Burchelle, iif, E. E. McBurney and Mrs. C. W. Pow ell. '•** * * * * • • Intensive Air-Raid Warning Classes Open In Wilmington - *—---* * * 131 THAN 200 I WOMEN REPORT { v;L Whitcomb Divides Volunteers Into Three Classes of 70 Each Divided into three classes of ap proximately 70 persons each, more than 200 women Friday began an intensive two-week course of train ing in the mechanics of operating Wilmington’s complex U. S. Army air-raid warning system, located in the postoftice basement. The turnout of volunteers far ex ceeded expectations of Lieut. James L. Whitcomb, Army signal corps of ficer in charge of the raid station, and it was his decision to divide the group into smaller units for pur pose of training. Because of the huge_ turnout and the general confusion of a first day school, the lieutenant designated Mrs. Louis Orrell, Miss Alice Walk er and Mrs. Bereniece Stellings as personnel officers for the two-week school. These women assisted the group of some 30 instruction officers in every manner possible and handled ail personnel phone calls and com plaints, Lieut. Whitcomb said, in lauding their spirit and helpfulness as one of the main reasons the first day's work passed over so smooth ly. Among the initial work was the •electing of as many specialists as possible to assist the instructors, hmong the women was one thor oughly familiar with weather map reading and several who were ex (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) Four Pilots of American Fogle Squadron Reported Dead in British Service LONDON, Oct. 10.— (5>) —Four American pilots serving with the LAP were killed while flying in Britain recently, it was learned au thoritatively tonight. Those killed, off of whom were in the American Logie squadron, were: Acting Flight Lieutenant A. Manedoff, 30, Thompson, Conn. Pilot Officer Hugh Harrison McCall, 24, Minneapolis, Minn. Pilot Officer Roy Neal Stout, 25, of 3715 Olive St., Kan sas City, Mo. William Joseph White, 21, of 1501 W est 21st St., Topeka, Kan. A*'- authoritative source said that e fatalities were due to an acci ent but he declined to say how it j ^m-red or where in Britain. 6 Children, Bus Driver Killed as Train Strikes Memphis School Vehicle MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 10.—UP)— Six elementary school children and the driver were killed today when a school bus was struck by a passen ger train 20 miles east of here. Nine other children were injured, one critically. The sheriff’s office said those dead were: Charles F. Priddy, 55, veteran school bus driver; Jean Seward, 12; Guy- Anderson, Jr., 13; Hagen Austin Williams, Jr., 7; Alma Shirley, 7; Melvin Finis Richmond, 11, and one child who died later in a hospital, Murray Kenneth Bryan, 9. There were 19 on the bus, includ ing the driver. Nine-year-old Nancy Jenkins, one of the injured children, said in a hospital tonight, ”every child on the bus was screaming for the driver to stop.” BARRAGE BALLOON RECOVERED AT SEA Coast Guard Cutter Finds Drifting Bag Unharmed; Towed to Oak Island An Army barrage balloon which broke from its moorings at Camp Davis Thursday afternoon was re covered late Friday 15 miles at sea southwest of Southport by Coast Guardsmen of the Oak Is land station. Sighted Friday morning by the freighter S. Walter Jennings about 30 miles off Southport, the balloon, partially deflated and rid ing at an altitude of 200 feet, its steel cable dangling in the ocean, was located by Coast Guardsmen about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. Its lead cable was made fast to the cutter and the bag was towed to the Coast Guard station. Camp Davis officials immediate ly were notified of the balloon s recovery and a crew is expected to be dispatched to Oak Island Saturday morning. Officials Sfiid the balloon ap parently was undamaged. 2 CHURCHILL VO REPORT LONDON, Oct. 10.— ta>> —Prime Minister Churchill is expected to make a statement on the war situa tion in Russia at the next sitting of Commons, probably Tuesday. —-■--" House Speeds 6 Billion [ Aid Measure To Senate Washington, Oct. 10.—iav 119 a<iministration forces in full !°™n}and> the House approved and the Senate unchanged to fnr 1 Presidenl Roosevelt’s request nm 3- S5'985'000,000 lend-lease ap ,i„Priati°n to continue aid to na if/ re:'*st*nS aggression. Sa ne roll-call vote on final pas sh°®.,Was announced as 328 to 67, ed ^ after the members defeat bv’ a voice vote, an attempt eL■ Lambertson (R.-Kan.) to ihe lnate the lend-lease fund from °™bus bill in which it was teJ ,lned- Also beaten was an at tt,n„„ t° f°rbid using any of the j,ey t°r Russia. e measure "ordained a total of $6,159,552,799 and virtually all of it was directly related either to the lend-lease or national defense programs. . , Amid repeated warnmgs that speedy action was necessary to continue the flow of the lend-lease supplies, the House rolled up im pressive votes against attempts to reduce the appropriation for that purpose. Then, by the one-sided margin of 162 to 21, the House turned down an amendment by Rep. Rich CR.-Pa.) which would have denied to Russia any benefits. First Republican amendment, by Rep. Case of South Dakota, pro (Continued on Page Six; Col. 4) U. S. MAY ‘ENLIST’ WOMEN ‘SOLDIERS’ War Department Will U' ge Congress to Approve Uniformed Group NEW YORlt, Oct. 10.—MV-The Army Air corps disclosed today that it intended to summon—if Con gress approved—a uniformed con tingent of 25,000 to 40,000 American women volunteers to handle highly technical and secret work in the corps air-raid interceptor com mand. Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commanding general of the Air Force Combat command, Bolling Field, Washington, D. C., said the War department already had pro posed congressional authorization of enlistments. He added that he hoped Congress would “put wom en in uniform” during the current session. Most of the Air Corps women, he said, would be “buck privates,” but there would be women offi cers also. They would serve largely at information and filter centers for the aircraft warning service. Women would not be enlisted, he said, unless war was declared or until “the emergency is such that it will be desirable.” “But, I can safely say that this war is getting closer to us all (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) ACTORS GIVE UP HALL TO BOXERS Army Thanks the Shelton Amos Players for Allow ing Show to Go On The Shelton-Amos Pla>*rs, cur rently presenting a series of the atrical productions at Thalian Hall, have relinquished use of the au ditorium Monday night in order .that the Camp Davis boxing show may be presented as scheduled. Announcement of the thespians’ decision followed a conference Thursday, at which time it was agreed to postpone next week’s opening night until Tuesday. Congratulating the players on the spirit of patriotism which prompt ed the action, army officials said they were most grateful to the group for making this concession, which they said was an unselfish act of consideration and courtesy. Only next week’s opening per formance will be given Tuesday, it was said. Thereafter openings will be on Monday nights. 2 Two American Soldiers Die in Iceland Crashes REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 10. —(ff)—Accidental deaths of two United States soldiers, Privates Timothy J. Nolan, 23, of Cincinna ti, and J. B. Hanley of Commerce, Ga., were announced here today. Both were killed when trucks they were driving overturned. Nolan died Oct. 7 and Hanley died Oct. 3. The bodies will be re turned to the United States. 2 5 NAZIS SHOT DOWN LONDON, Saturday, Oct. 11.—liP) —The Moscow radio said early today that five German planes had been shot down in the approaches to Mos cow Friday. Football Seores On Page Two Reds Fall BackUpon New Lines ————— General Position Improved As Counter-Attackers Stall Nazi March TROOPS ESCAPE TRAP General German Advances Admitted, But Death Toll Claimed High MOSCOW, Oct. 10.—(/P)— The imperiled Red armies on the Bryansk front southwest of Moscow were reported late tonight to be withdrawing to a new defense line under the cover of night counter-attacks by selected units. Here and also on the part of the central front more directly west of Moscow, the Russians conceded that immense German attack units had made new advances. (There was no indication as to how far east of Bryansk the Rus sians were withdrawing, although a Berlin spokesman hinted that the Nazis in this sector may have pushed their advanced lines as far as Tula, which is 105 miles due south of Moscow.) On the southernmost battle ground of the central front, Red army units were reported to have raided Orel, rail city abandoned to the Germans, entering it at night and finding it largely afire. North of Orel, the Russians were holding off the Germans with anti tanks guns and new, undescribed weapons in the hands of a tank destroyer corps. Generally the Russians appeared to be improving their position along their new lines of defense, even in the bloody Vyazma sector west of Moscow, and Red army dispatches insisted the defending (Continued on Page Three; Col. 7) NEUTRALITY LAW EXPONENTS IRATE Declare That Limitation on Debate Abrogates Rules of Democracy WASHINGTON, Oct. 10—(M—Re publican members voiced angry criticism after the House Foreign Affairs committee voted tonight to limit hearings on President Roose velt’s request for authority to arm merchant ships to two days and to hold them behind closed doors. “An outrageous proceeding,” stormed representative Tinkham (R.-Mass ) “a complete nullifica tion of democratic processes.” In protest against the restric tions, Representative Fish (R.-N. Y.), said the minority would not even call any opposition witnesses. Chairman Bloom (D.-N. Y.) said the hearings would start Monday with Secretary of State Hull as the first witness. The other ad ministration witnesses will be Chairman Emory S. Land of the Maritime commission; Secretary of the Navy Knox, and Ad. Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations. Bloom told reporters that he had ruled out consideration of every thing but the simple resolution to repeal Section 6 of the Neutrality act which prohibits the arming of merchantmen. 1 Argentine Cabinet Orders Municipal Council Ousted BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct. 10.—(#)—The Argentine cab inet ordered the Buenos Aires Municipal Council dissolved to night in the face of opposition char acterizing that action as dictatorial. The cabinet acted upon accusa tions that graft had been collected from owrpers of small buses. Its decree, to be signed tomor row, would replace the elective council with a committee of 21 ap pointed by the federal executive. FAN DANCER SALLY RAND is welcomed to New York by her husband-to-be, Thurkel (Turk) Greenough, as she arrives to watch him compete in the annual rodeo. The couple expect to wed after the first of the year and, when not on the road, they plan to live on his Red Lodge, Mont., ranch.—Central Press Photo. ENGLAND FORMS INVASION CORPS Picked Soldiers Comprise Highly-Trained Com bat Division LONDON, Saturday, Oct. 11.—UP) —Formation of a corps of shock troops whose rigorous and highly specialized training implies that they are meant primarily for an invasion of the continent was an nounced by the war office today. The corps is made up of picked men from every branch of the army who are trained both in am phibious warfare and to operate independently on land for long per iods without assistance of supply and maintenance. Both officers and men are de scribed as having steady sea legs for work on deep water and as being trained in handling small craft. They have had practice in rapid embarkation and disembark ation by day and night in all sorts of weather. of the small-craft training wjiS* carried- out with assault land ing craft and flat-bottomed motor boats with bullet-proof protection. Furthermore, the men have been taught to use “enemy” weapons, and “as these troops may be used on land in guerrilla operations,” the war office said, “they may have to learn to work in small parties or even as individuals.” No indication was given of the size of the corps. ' 2 U. S. RECOGNIZES NEW PANAMA RULE FDR Declares Coup de’Etat in Accordance With Na tion’s Constitution WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.— (Jl President Roosevelt announced in effect today that the new coup d’etat government of Panama had received the recognition of the United States and that diplomatic relations with that country would continue unchanged. At the same time, in response to press conference questions, he said he had received no reports which would indicate that Russia was about to capitulate before the Nazi onslaught and seek an armistice. In addition, he announced plans for broadening the usual celebra tion of Navy Day, Oct. 27, into an observance of total defense day. He said he would deliver an ad dress that evening before a dinner of the Navy League. While the President said only that diplomatic relations with Pan ama would continue unchanged, (Continued on Page Six; Col. 6) TOBRUK HEAVILY BOMBED BERLIN, Oct. 10—<5*)—The Ger man air force dropped several thou sand spounds of explosive and fire bombs on Tobruk last night, causing three large fores, DNB said tonight. -I First Phase Of Carolina Games Called Successful ' M-: CAMDEN, S. C., Oct. 10.—®— Hie three corps of Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum's First Army com: pleted their first week of maneu vers in the Carolinas area today, and most of the 359,000 officers and enlisted men engaged in the operations prepared for a week snd of recreation. Maj.-Gen. Charles F. Thompson spoke in high praise of the work of his First Corps which partici pated in exercises representing a struggle in the Chester-Winnsboro region between a Red army of 13,000 men, and a Blue army made op of the remainder of the corps, totaling 63,000. The exereise was called off at dawn after the Reds, commanded by Brig. Gen. J. P. Marley, had executed a three to four mile with drawal from a ridge position run ning through Adger, just north of Winnsboro. The Blue forces learned of the withdrawal by dropping plane flares during the night. The Red forces claimed to have killed or captured a parachute com (Continued on Page Six; Col. 2) NORWAY PORT BLOCKED LONDON, Oct. 10.—(AO—The en trance to the harbor at Stavanger, Norway, has been blocked by the sinking of a German ship struck in a RAF raid. Increased Gas Allowance Seen Here As Wilmington - Delegation Cites Crisis NAZI ARMISTICE OFFER TO SOVIET WI ,Y REPORTED German, Red and British Sources Vehemently Deny Possibility NEW YORK, Oct. 10— UP) — Somewhat circumstantial stories of a German armistice offer to Russia and one report that Mos cow was considering the offer were received in New York today from both neutral and belligerent sources. The stories instantly were denied by German, Russian and British spokesmen, and the head of the United States supply mission to Moscow, Averell Harriman, said in a London press conference: “My judgment is that the So viet leaders will lead the people to fight to the last.” The reports obviously arose from the progress of the present Ger man offensive, and, indeed, were considered by responsible United States observers to contain a con siderable element of probability, in sofar as a German offer was con cerned. These persons pointed out that Hitler had told his armies on the beginning of the offensive Oct. 2 that it was to be their last great decisive battle of the year and that victory would establish “the most essential condition for peace.” | (Continued on Page Six; Col. 3) CAMP DAVIS GETS 90-M.M. WEAPONS 24 Latest Anti - Aircraft Guns Put Into Service With More Ordered Camp Davis has received 24 90 mm. guns, the last word in anti aircraft ordnance, and shipping or ders have been received for an additional eight guns of the same type, marking the beginning of a program in which all 3-inch guns at Davis will be replaced by the netv model. Camp Davis is among the first, if not the first, anti-aircraft train ing centers in the United States to be allotted 90-mm. guns, which are superior to 3-inchers from the standpoint of effective range and mobility. The 93rd and 94th C. A. regi ments at Davis have been given eight 90-mm. guns each, and the remaining eight will be distributed shortly to gun batteries of the 95th C. A. Although no information has been made public on effective range of the 90-m‘m. weapon, it is known to exceed that of the 3-inch gun, which has a horizontal range of 6.000 yards and can reach a target 17.000 feet in the air. Where the 3-inch is mounted on a double set of wheels, the 90-mm. requires only two wheels. 1 Tropical Storm Still Hovering Off Daytona JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 10.— UP)—The Weather Bureau said a tropical disturbance that caused at least 10 deaths in a looping path across Nassau and southeastern states" was hovering about 400 miles due east of Daytona Beach, Fla., this afternoon. The storm first struck Nassau, moved across the lower tip of Flor ida into the Gulf of Mexico, changed its course to hit northwest Florida, Georgia and a portion of South Caro lina, before re-entering the Atlantic. -- WEATHER FORECAST: North CarolinaFair, cooler cast por tion Saturday; Sunday fair and cool. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday): (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 69; 7:30 a. m. 67; 1:30 p. m. 84; 7:30 p. m. 75; maximum 85; min imum 66; mean 76; normal 67. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 97; 7:30 a. m. 100; 1:30 p. m. 65; 7:30 p. m. 67. 4 Precipitation: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m„ 0.00 inches: total since the first of the month, 0.15 inches. Tides For Today: (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Low Wilmington _ 1:25a. 8:33a. l:55p.‘ 9:27p. Masonboro Inlet-11:10a. 5:06a. 11:32p. 5:44p. Sunrise 6:14a; sunset 5:43p; moonrise 10:llp; moonset 11:32a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 8 a. m., 9.90 feet. (Continued on Page Six; Col. 1) ! 20-Mile Northwest Wind Sweeps Over Wilmington Freshening northwest winds Friday night caused some ap prehension, but the Wilmington weather bureau assured that the velocity probably would not go much above 20 m. p. h. and that no high tides were expected. The wind shifted early in the afternoon and was blowing slightly better than 20 m. p. h. late Friday night. No rain was forecast. GERliANHRING SQUADS ACTIVE Widespread Revolt Brings Execution Toll to 75 French; 100 Czechs NEW YORK, Oct, 10.—UP)—Ger man firing-squads and military courts slashed at the continent’s internal front of revolt again yes terday. Two Frenchmen were shot in Paris for possessing firearms without permit and 25 Czechs, one of them a government farm-offi cial, were condemned to die in Prague and Brno. The Paris executions raised to 75 the total due to alleged viola tions of the rules laid down by the conquerors or in reprisal for at tacks en German soldiers. In Czechoslovakia, by last re ports, considerably more than 100 persons had been executed. In old Yugoslavia, where the German troops and pro-Nazi Cro atian state guards have been busy against reble bands strong enough to seize villabe and storm large towns, the Germans stated that 12 “Communists” had been killed and 20 captured in new disorders in the capital, Belgrade. Building organization Todt were shot dead by rebels in Bosnia. The exiled government of Greece stated in London that the spirit of rebellion in that conquered country also had risen high. In Amsterdam, a Dutchman was reported executed for attacking a German policeman and possessing weapons. 2 CAB POSTPONES CAPITAL PARLEY Oct. 27 Now Probable Date for Hearing City’s Plea as Air Line Terminal Scheduled meeting of the Civil Aeronautics board in Washington, D. C., next Monday to hear a pe tition for establishment of an air route over coastal Atlantic cities has been postponed to Oct. 25, R. B. Page, chairman ofi the Wil mington Defense council* was ad vised Friday. Mr. Page also was advised that it probably would be Oct. 27 be fore the CAB would be ready to consider Wilmington’s plea for in clusion on the proposed rdute. On that date, the defense chairman said, a delegation of Wilmington and New Hanover county citizens and public officials, given addition al support of the Coastal Airways association, will tell the air board why this area should be an im portant terminal in the proposed route. Fn;e commercial airlines have petitioned the CAB for the" fran chise serving the coastal cities. They include Canadian Colonial, Pennsylvania, Easterh, National, and Seaboard airlines. 1 NOTED PAINTER DIES MINEOLA, N. Y„ Oct. 10.—(H1)— Edward Herbert Miner, 59, art direc tor of the New York Daily News for 22 years and an outstanding animal painter, died today. ACTION SCHEDULED BY MONDAY TO LIFT QUOTA LIMITATION Solons Join Mayor Bellamy in Presenting Case to Petroleum Czars The federal governments fully cognizant of Wilmington’s gasoline shortage—a shortage that may shut down a majority of retailers on Oct. 18 — it was announced in Washington, D. C., Friday night, and not later than Monday, it was predicted, steps will have been taken to alleviate matters. That, in essence, was the text of two tplegrams dispatched to lo cal defense and petroleum indus try leaders here Friday night by Sen. Josiah W. Bailey and Rep. J. Bayard Clark, who joined with • Mayor Hargrove Bellamy, Bruce Cameron and J. W. Hughes in presenting this area’s critical pe troleum condition to Dr. James W. Frey, associate director for re fining and marketing in the office of Petroleum Coordinator Harold Ickes. What action would be forthcom ing from the office of Dr. Frey was not indicated other than in the telegrams received here. It generally was believed by local oilmen, however, that the asso ciate director would ease restric tions on Wilmington area gasoline (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) DIPLOMATIC MAIL STOLEN BY NAZIS N.Y. Espionage Trail Bares German Access to Vital British War Secrets NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—(0—A slender, scholarly FBI agent to day quoted a suspected German spy as having boasted that British diplomatic pouches were opened by a German agent in Lisbon, their contents photographed and the pic tures flown to Berlin. The agent, William Friedeman, linguist, lawyer, statistician and student of agriculture and crim inology, said the boasts were made by Erich Strunck, steward on the American liner Siboney and one of 15 defendants charged with es pionage conspiracy. Thousands of feet of silent film were made by an FBI camera placed from four to six feet from Strunck and others who met about a dozen times between Jan. 3, 1941, and June 28, when the ring was rounded up. The conferences were held in the office of William G. # (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) George S. Viereck Pleads *Not Guilty’ to Charges Of Concealing Information WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.— (TP) — George Sylvester Viereck of- New York, German-born publicist and author, pleaded innocent in Federal district court today to charges of having withheld material informa tion when he registered as a for eign agent. Appearing before Judge James W, Morris with two New York attor neys, Viereck had nothing to say beyond a simple, “not guilty,’’ when asked for his plea. William Powers Maloney, special assistant to the attorney general, told the court that it was the de sire of the attorney general to have the case tried “at_the very earliest opportunity’’ because of the “ser iousness of the crime.’’ Progress Seen In Drive For Lease-Lend Cargoes Armed with a veritable moun tain of statistics to prove their contention that Wilmington is ideally located and equipped to candle a sizeable volume of lend lease shipments, a . delegation of Wilmingtonians and Gov. J. Mel ville Broughton Friday conferred in Washington, D. C., with U. S. end British officials in charge of end-lease shipping. Members of the delegation in cluded Mayor Hargrove Bellamy, \ddison Hewlett, sr., chairman of :he New Hanover board of courity commissioners, and J. T. Hiers, secretary of the Wilmington Port commission. They were joined in ;he nation’s capital by Governor 3rouehton and were understood to f—-—-. have had the support of North Carolina senators and congress men in their efforts. Because of Wilmington’s strate gic location to the textilerich Pied mont district and to raw tobacco, cotton and lugiber centers, plus the fact that, northern ports al ready are becoming choked by heavy lend-lease movements, it is believed the delegation may be succssful in shifting a portion of present trans-Atlantic trade to this area. Another argument the delegation is said to have presented to rep resentatives of the American and British governments is that Wil (Continued on Page Six; Col. 7)
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