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Dedicated to the _ ... ,. vzzz THE jgSKR-NEWS —= Southeastern N. C. ® PUBUshcB | ( | l| ■■§ W V %IV Wlth ComP,ete Coverage of ! State and Rational News PRICE FIVE CENTS U. S. BLOCKS GERMAN WOVE TO BUILD RADIO OFFICE IN GREENLAND _ X < STEAMER IS SEIZED Navy Disposes Of Radio Equipment In American Protected Island expedition SEIZED Norwegian Vessel Being Brought To U. S. For Fur ther Examination WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—UPl— Blocking of a bold Nazi attempt t„ establish a radio station on American-protected Greenland for dispatch of weather and other in formation of military importance was reported today by the navy. A “German sponsored expedi tion” of about 20 persons and a small Norwegian sieamer were seized by a United States naval vessel, and at the same time radio equipment and other supplies ashore were disposed of , the navy announced. Three Men Ashore An agent of the German Gestapo and "two other Norwegians” were ashore to operate the radio, said a brief statement qf the incident. The ship—the first seized by the United States since the war start ed, aside from German, Italian and other vessels requisitioned in United States ports,—was reported en route now to this country for further examination, along with the captured expedition members. The navy’s account of the inci dent: j ) “While on its regular patrol in Greenland waters during Septem ber a United States naval vessel encountered and inspected a small Norwegian steamer of about sixty tons. "Examination of the personnel on board revealed that the vessel and her company of about twenty, had been despatched to Greenland under the auspices of the Nazi au thorities in Norway to establish a radio station from which were to (Continued on Page 6; Column 3) BRITISH AIRMAN TO SPEAK HERE Anderson To Feature Pro gram Of Chamber Of Commerce Banquet Wing Commander D. F. Ander son of the Royal Air Force Satur day in Washington accepted an in vitation as guest speaker at the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce’s first general mem bership dinner since its reorgani zation last Spring. The Englishman, who flew and fought side by side with the Amer ican pilots in World War No. 1 accepted the invitation because of bis interest in the south and be cause he said that he believed that the RA Fin general would like to know this section thought «f its effort. More than 350 business and pro fessional men of the Wilmington area are expected to attend th e banquet in the Cape Fear hotel banquet room on the night of Oct. . ,to bear this distinguished aer ial fighter. In addition to the membership, • waiter Webb, chairman of the ti'ade expansion committee of the Chamber, said that he had invited he city and county officials of 'bontmued on Page 6; Column 1) BLITZINGS ON THEE, LITTLE MAN A shoeless son of the South Carolina soil looks on in puzzled admira tion as Red Army’s Pvt. Joseph Strella, one of thousands waging war games in the south, guards just-captured town of Patrick with a Browning automatic rifle. ‘‘Just so they ain’t revenooers . . U. S. Seizure Of Another Strike-Hit Plant Looms - . M. PLAN IS REFUSED Government May Act In Case Of Air Associates, Inc., At Bendix, N. J. (By The Associated Press) The possibility of government seizure of another strike-involved plant arose yesterday. The Defense Mediation board an nounced that the management of Air Associates. Inc., at Bendix, N. J., had refused to accept the board’s recommendations for end ing a strike by CIO-United Auto mobile workers. U. S. May Act On Thursday, a board official had asserted that if the company rejected the recommendations the government might take over the plant. In two other cases—that of the North American Aviation at Inglewood, Calif., and the Federal Shipbuilding company at Kearny, N. J.—the government has taken over operation of plants. North American — where the union had ignored board recommendations— was returned to the management after the strike was broken. Board officials said they expect ed no further government action in the Bendix- case before Monday. The board had recommended ter mination of the walkout, reinstate ment of workers without discrimi nation and the continuation of negotiations. F. LeRoy Hill, com pany president, telegraphed the board yesterday that the strike was not effective, production had not been interrupted and that the company would return all strikers to their former jobs “as rapidly as jobs become available.” At Bendix, union leaders said about 70 strikers attempted to go back to work yesterday but were told by (Continued on Page Six; Col., 4) ChamberOf CommerceT o Seek Mosquito Boat Base rJf- W- Storm, chairman of the Qustrial committee of the Great 'r "ihnington Chamber of Com Mce Saturday said that he, in function with the full trade °ard, would seek the establish •i, in this city of a mosquito _ et “ase in conjunction with the , Posed F°rt Caswell naval base Southport. ,, What the chances are of getting "e base here are not known,” the r e President of the Wilmington Eorf • Works said, “but every ef citv ”'11 116 made to bring to this r„,' some Part of the govem lnt s naval spending.” r*n e. added that it was a foregone ,nrtc US!on _ that certain supplies of .Materials for the construction °ase at the Brunswick port mer v, be Purchased from local chants and business houses, ttie us also were being studied of citv r'PbuildinS facilities of thtf * determine if either of the three existing boat yards here de sire to expand their plants if need be to build the fast torpedo-carry ing boats. While the entire program was expressedly in the formative stage, John L. Morris, executive secre tary of the chamber, said that he believed that great strides along the line could be made in time and that l}is office would leave no stone unturned to see that the city ges is share. The three yards which are be ing studied are those of R. R. Stone, Gregg’s terminal at Wrightsville terminal, and the Hamme drydock company, only marine railway n the area. Mr. Storm sad that while he was not yet certain just what steps would be taken, he promised that the project would not be abandon ed as have many previous such attempts. (Continued on Page I; Column 2) Wide Mobilization Ordered In Bulgaria NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—(/P)— The British radio announced re ceipt of reports tonight from Ankara that general mobilization had been ordered in Bulgaria This broadcast, heard by NBC, followed an earlier BBC report attributed to Ankara sources that new unrest had broken out in Bulgaria. TWO KILLED, 16 HURT IN CRASH Four-Motored Army Bomb er Smashes Into Building At San Antonio, Tex. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 11.— iffl—A four-motored, B-17 Army bomber crashed into a building and caught fire at huge Duncan field today, killing two men and injuring 16 others. The plane, unable to get into the air in a takeoff attempt, skittered 1,500 feet along a runway before plowing into a corner of the field’s transportation building. The collapsing roof crashed into a room which 25 officers had left 12 minutes before after a confer ence. The plane burned three hours. The dead: First Lieut. Maurice A. Morgan, pilot. First Lieut. Robert Reichstadt, co-pilot. The injured included 12 army men aboard the craft—en route to its Albuquerque base on a naviga tion training flight—and four civil ian employes at Duncan field, one of the army’s biggest repairs de pots. The civilians suffered burns while fighting the fire which fol lowed the crash. une passenger nad not been ac counted for hours after the ac cident. The plane burst into flames as soon as it struck the building. At tendants at Duncan and Kelly field, army flying school just across a road, rushed to the scene and pulled the passengers clear. Some were given first aid on the spot, others were taken to Kelly field hospital then rushed through the city to the base hospital at Fort Sam Houston, about 15 miles away. Military police cleared traf fic lanes through San Antonio for the ambulances. Army authorities were chary of details, but those injured included Lieut. T. B. McKnight, head and hand injuries, and Sgt. J. J. Jones, fractured arm. Other passengers on the ship were listed as: Maj. T. R. Stanber, medical corps. First Lieut. D. K. Farnsworth. Second Lieuts. H. Taylor and P. Parkinson. (Continued on Page 6; Column 6) Admiral Land Expects In crease In Number Of Ves sels In November DELEGATION RETURNS Governor Broughton En couraged Following Con ferences In Capital The possibility that the port of Wilmington will obtain some of the foreign commerce available under the lease-lend program was seen here Saturday following a confer ence between Wilmington interests and Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the Maritime commis sion, in Washington Friday. To date, Wilmington and More head City ports have not received any of this traffic. Will Consider Port Admiral Land, according to C. D. Hogue, chairman of the Wil mington Port commission, said that by November he felt that there will be a marked increase in the number of ships available to The Maritime commission and, in allocating these vessels, Wil mington will be given “every con sideration.” Arrangements for the Washing ton meetings were made by Gov ernor J. M. Broughton, who at tended and took a leading part in the discussions. According to an Associated Press dispatch from Raleigh Sat urday, Governor Broughton said the Washington conferences had encouraged him to hope that lease lend shipments will be handled from the two North Carolina ports. He said that Admiral Land had assured him that a survey was be ing made of the port facilities of the entire southeastern section' of the country. The governor complained to Ad miral Land that no leaie-lend ship ments have been handled by either the Wilmington or Morehead City ports although ports south of this state were handling large amounts of these shipments. “We came away reasonably en couraged that our ports would get some of this business,” Governor Broughton said. Confer With Solons While in the capital, the Wil mington delegation also conferred at length with Senator Josiah W. Bailey, and Representative J. Bay ard Clark. Governor Broughton met the group in Washington. Members of the Wilmington de legation were Mayor Hargrove (Continued on Page Six; Col. 5) STORM EXPECTED TO PASS BERMUDA Is Same Disturbance That Passed Through Three Southern States JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 11 — (iP)—A tropical storm that left at least 10 dead and considerable prop erty damage as it followed a looping path across the Bahamas and ex treme southeastern tip of the United States early this week Is expected to pass south of Bermuda tonight in an easterly direction. The storm first was discovered traveling in a west northwesterly direction and moved across Nassau, and into the Gulf of Mexico. Then the extreme southern tip of Florida it wheeled to the right to strike northwest Florida, and parts of Georgia and South Carolina before emerging again in the Atlantic ocean. WOMEN, CHILDREN ORDERED TO LEA VE MOSCOW AS RED ARMIES CONTINUE RETREAT - W NAZIS CLAIM GAINS Berlin Reports Two Rus sian Armies Trapped North Of The Sea Of Azov TAKE PRISONERS __ % Budyenny’s Southern Flank Termed Shattered Beyond Reorganization BERLIN, Oct. 11.—(#)—Destruc tion of two trapped Russian armies north of the sea of Azov was claimed tonight by the high com mand which declared 64,325 prison ers were captured in a German Rumanian sweep toward the oil pipeline port of Rostov. The entire Russian battlefront was reported moving eastward, and German military spokesmen said Nazi assault forces were pouring like a tide of destruction through the crumbling Red army center to menace Moscow in one of the bloodiest battles Of' the war. Battle Concluded In a special communique the high command announced “the battle of the sea of Azov is con cluded.” German and Rumanian infantry and German mechanized forces were said to have “defeated and destroyed the mass of the 9th and 18th Soviet armies.” The prisoners brought to 106,365 the number of Russians reported captured since Sept. 26 in Field Marshal Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Runstedt’s power drive east ward from the lower Dnieper to ward the industrially important D*>n<StSt valley. The war bulletin listed 126 Rus sian tanks, 519 pieces of artillery and vast quantities of other war (Continued on Page 6; Column 5) ARIAS EN ROUTE TO PANAMA HOME Ex-President Faces Pos sible Arrest Or Exile Un der One Of His Laws PANAMA, Panama, Oct. 11.—(fl! —Dr. Arnulfo Arias, ousted as president of Panama in a blood less coup Tuesday while he was in Cuba, sailed toward home to night facing possible arrest or exile under one of his own laws. Most informed sources predicted his arrest, and some said he could be sent forever from the country under the law he had sponsored permitting exile of Panamanians. Meanwhile, as the danger of armed opposition to the new Pana ma regime dwindled, authorities began the release of more than 50 persons arrested during the coup. Among these were members of the staff of Dr. Arias’ news paper, La Tribuna. Dr. Arias sailed aboard the steamship Cefalu of the standard fruit steamship line of New Orleans. Official reaction to the ousted president’s proposed return here was not available immediately, but it was learned that the Panamani an secret police had made in quiries as to whether the Cefalu was stopping between Cuba and Panama. \ Unofficial quarters believed Dr. (Continued on Page 6; Column 4) Big Cut In Non-Defense Expenditures Proposed WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—(iP)—A $2,000,000,000 slash in non-defense expenditures was proposed today as the goal of a budget inquiry to be launched next week by a joint congressional economy committee. Senator Byrd (D-Va), author of the tax bill amendment which brought about formation of the 12 member group, told reporters he would propose a one-fourth reduc tion in domestic expenditures which he estimated would approximate $8,000,000,000 in the fiscal year end ing next June 30. While Byrd predicted that some savings could be made, in current spending, Chairman George (D-Ga) of the senate finance committee, another member of the inquiry group, said it was his opinion that tnere could be no substantial reductions until congress begins consideration of next year’s appro priation measures in January. George said the finance commit tee would turn over to the inquiry group a series of estimates to be filed this week by the budget bu reau. The bureau was instructed by the finance committee to fur nish tabulations showing where savings of from $1,000,000,000 to $2,000,000,000 were possible in this year’s outlays. Byrd said there was little hope of reducing defense expenditures, estimated at $17,000,000,000 in the cwrent budget, although he com mented that there might have been “extravagance” in some items, such as those for the construction of army camps. “There has been a necessity for speed in defense spending 'that has been some excuse for high costs,” he said, “and while that has been regretable, I don’t believe (Continued on Page 6; Column 5) STEEL CLAWS ON ROADS TO MOSCOW Three million German soldiers, with their planes, tanks and guns, are stretching steel-clawed fingers along the many roads to Moscow. OPM Officials Consider Pleas To Lift Gas Quota DECISION EXPECTED Sales May Be Stopped By Next Sunday Unless Capi tal Grants Relief Office of Production Manage ment chiefs Saturday were study ing demands of North Carolina congressmen and scores of Wil mington gasoline distributors and dealers that this city be given im mediate relief from the threaten ed oil famine. Decision on the matter is expect ed to be reached late Monday afternoon or early Tuesday morn ing, after Dr. James W. Frey, sup ply officer of the OPM, completes a study of detailed figures which were supplied to his office last Fri day by the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, it was intimated by the office of North Carolina Rep resentative J. Bayard Clark that some 'of the distributors in the Wil mington area are already selling gas above their quotas. No Bearing Efforts of the Wilmington Star News representative in the capi tal to verify this fact, however, failed*' and it was not believed that it would have any bearing on the ultimate decision of officials as to whether this city’s quota for Octo ber would be increased. Distributors and filling station operators in the city meantime continued to warn their customers that unless some relief is granted by Washington that they would be unable to sell any gas after next Sunday. *• Some station operators said that they had had a heavier run of sales during the last two days than at any period since Interior Sec retary Harold L. Ickes ordered the 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. curfew several months ago. Gov. J. M. Broughton, accom panied by Senator J. W. Bailey and Mayor Hargrove Bellamy ap pealed to Dr. Frey personally Fri (Continned on Page 6; Column 5) WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia: Clear and mild Sunday: clear and cool with rather low temperatures in valleys of mountainous sections Sunday night; Monday clear and warmer. (By E. S. TVeather Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 60; 7:30 a. m. 55; 1:30 p. m. 71; 7:30 p. m. 64; maximum 74; minimum 53; mean 64; normal 67. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 53; 7t»30 a. m. 49; 1:30 p. m. 32; 7:30 p. m. 43. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month 015 inches. Tides For Today (From Tide Tables published by D. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington-2:12 a 9:24a 2:44p 10:21p Masonboro Inlet_12:00a 5 :n£>a _p 6:39p (Continued on Page 6; Column 4) f Greece Reported In State Of *Anarchy’ NEW YORK, Oct.' 11.—M>>— James Leigh White, Columbia Broadcasting System war cor respondent who was wounded while covering the war in Greece, arrived today on the Dixie Clipper from Europe and asserted a state of relative “anarchy” existed in Greece since that country was con conquered. Sabotage was “continual” against the soldiers, he assert ed, adding that the occupying army “cannot do anything with the Greeks.” White said dissension was rife between German and Ital ian soldiers. “There is more bad blood be tween the Germans and the Italians than between the Ger. mans and the Greeks or the Italians and the Greeks,” he said. Woman Seriously Hurt In Automobile Crash Mrs. W. M. Harrison of Wilming ton was reported early this morning by a highway patrolman to have been badly injured in an automobile accident which occurred aroi | d mid night in the Oleander section of the city. It is understood that two other women were hurt in the accident, which involving three automobiles, but hospital attendants and the high way patrolman said they were too busy at the time to give further de tails. SEEK NEW POSITIONS Moscow Says 9,000 Ger mans Killed Or Wounded In Vyazma Section FIGHTING CONTINUES Front Line Dispatches Em phasize Danger To Mos cow And South Line MOSCOW. Sunday, Oct. 12. - Women and children were ordered today to leave Moscow and the Russians acknowledged officially that Red armies are “retreating to new positions” closer to t h e imperiled capital. “In the Vyazma region (125 miles v/est of Moscow), the enemy succeeded in pressing back our troops,’’ today’s early morning communique said. “Retreating to new positions our troops continued to put up stub born resistance, destroying enemy manpower and armaments.” “In this engagement the Ger mans lost not less than 9,000 men killed and wounded.” Tanks Destroyed The communique added that 72 German tanks 222 trucks with troops and ammunition, 41 guns of various calibers and many ma chine guns were destroyed yester day. Earlier reports told of another German advance in the Orel-Bry ansk area, 200 miiles south and southwest of Moscow. On the southwestern front, above the sea of Azov, the comrrfunique said that “as a result of incessant attacks the enemy wedged into our defense in one of these sec tors.’* “Stubborn fighting continued all day long,” it added. “Intense fighting goes on. The enemy is sus taining heavy losses.” Only women and children need ed for vital work will remain in the city, S. A. Lozovsky, vice-com missar of foreign affairs, said in announcing the evacuation. “We have been evacuating them (Continued on Page 6; Column 3) PLANS DRAWN FOR MORE WAR GAMES Officers And Men Of First Army Seek Recreation In Carolina Towns CAMDEN, S. C., Oct. 11.— W) — While officers and men of the First army sought recreation in the hundreds of nearby towns and cities after a week of field opera tions, plans were worked out today for next week’s exercises in the 10,000-square mile maneuver area in the Carolinas. As during the first week of the scheduled eight weeks of maneu vers, the coming week will see each of the First army’s three corps participating in the m ock war within its own area. The First corps, commanded by Major Gen. Charles F. Thompson, will shift its scene of operations eastward from the Chester-Winns boro region where this week it put on an intensive training exercise. Next week the corps headquar ters will be at Kershaw. The ninth division will have its headquarters in the vicinity of Lancaster, the 30th near Heath Springs and the (Continued on Page 6; Column 6) NaziWin Over Reds May Hit U. S.-Jap Relations BY WILLIAM B. ARDERY WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.— MB — The opinion that a Nazi victory over Russia might lead to a seri ous clash of Japanese and Ameri can interests in the Pacific was ex pressed today by three members of the senate foreign relations committee. In separate interviews, Chair man Connally (D-Tex), Senator George (D-Ga), the ranking mem ber, and Senator Gillette (D-Iowa) agreed that new aggression by Ja pan might follow if the Soviets were unable to maintain large scale resistance to the Germans. Another senator, Adams (D Col), who is not a member of the committee expressed a similar view in direct language. “They (the Japanese) might try to get rough with us” was the way he put it. At the State department, •mean time, it was disclosed that ar rangements had been completed for three Japanese ships to bring 100 Americans to this country from Japanese ports and to take back about 600 Japanese who desire to return to their homeland. The first ship will leave Yoko hama October 15 and is due at San Francisco October 30. The sec ond vessel will leave Yokohama October 20 and is due at Seattle November 1. The third will leave Yokohama October 22 and is due at Honolulu November 1. The question of an exchange of nationals has been under discus sion since August when Japanese sailings to this country were sus pended due to freezing of Japa nese assets in the United States. Japan refused to approve a State department plan for the U. S. steamer President Coolidge to call at a Japanese port and pick up (Continued on Page 6; Column 4)
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