^Served”By Leased Wire Ot The Total Nei Paid ASSOCIATED press star-news circulation Witt Satfoay Last'Year! IS State and National News J Increase *. 4,475 __ ESTABLISHED 1867. AS 14 PERISHED IN FLAMING AIRLINER Flames consumed a Northwest Airlines plane, crashed near Moorhead, Minn., and burned to death 14 persons trapped in th e wreckage. The pilot, thrown' clear as the liner struck the earth, was the sole survivor. The plane, flying through fog and mist, was bound from Chicago to Seattle.—Cent ral Press Phonephoto. * * * * *** 4 Air Firm Reopened By Army Production Is Immediately Resumed In Struck Bendix Plant COAL TALKS SET i BENDIX, N. J„ Oct. 31.— (A1) ■— The bayonet-encircled plant of Air Associates, Inc., hummed tonight with defense production under stern guard of 2,100 soldiers who poured into the strike-torn area dur ing the early morning. “The machines are turning in the shop and shipments already have been made of critical ma terial,” Col. Roy M. Jones, Army Air corps officer in charge of fed eral operation of the aircraft fac tory, announced. Almost 600 of the plant's nor mal complement of 750 have been (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) CAB OPENS QUIZ OF AIR TRAGEDY Scant Facts Hamper Probe Of Crash Which Took 20 More Lives ST. THOMAS, Ont., Oct, 31.—Wi -Three inspectors of the U. S. Civil Aeronautics board took over tonight the investigation into the unexplained crash of an American Airlines transport plane which plunged 17 passengers and three crew members to death in an oat field Thursday night. As a meager beginning from which to work, the investigators had a last radio report from the plane, only a few minutes before it crashed, and the sin' ments of a farmer and his wife who saw the big 21 - passenger Douglas smash and burst into flames _200 yards from their home. Latest report from Pilot David I. Cooper, 34. of Plandome, N. Y., said everything was normal at 9 p.m. when the plane was at 4.000 feet over Jarvis, Ont.. on the Buf falo-Detroit leg of the airline’s reg ular New York to Chicago service. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) 11 MISSING FLIERS SAFE Signal Fire On Rugged Sierra Peek Guides Rescue Party FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 31.—W— Two young Army aviators who parachuted f r om their storm h'apped planes into the mountain wilderness of . the High Sierra, there to survive a week of storms and exposure, were rushed to an Army hospital tonight. Ground crew me n rescued Lieut. Jack C. West and Leonard G Lydon from the side of 10,400 foot Barton peak during the after noon. The party was met in Kings Canyon National park by Supt. E. Ti Scoyen, who later told news men: "I shook hands with the two boys. One of them looked pretty bin and tired. The other seemed to be in good shape.” Their safety was established yes (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Chief Executive Leaves For Hyde Park Weekend Washington, oct. 31.—m— iesidfnt Roosevelt departed by ,, nla] train today for his home ;^de Park. N. Y„ where W. L. w„c,zie KinS, Canadian prime ster, will be a weekend guest. e ™° are old friends and the s,/„ minister’s secretary has visit * would be only a personal toh0*? Princess Juliana of The also er. ?^s an(t her two children. Hy^e p1^1 ^he weekend guests at City Protests First Ship Honoring S. C. Hero r° est against naming of the Wist of Q7 dej. 61 cargo-vessels, now un to ljC0nst'ruction or under contract State! wiU. here for the United honor /an*ime commission, in stead nf .a Carolinian in vade svj ^°rth Carolinian was aiington by the Greater Wil the city nC,h«nber of Commerce, civic nrn ,Wllmington and other ^organizations. vessel, of 10,400 gross tons, now is nearing completion and is r'-heduled to be launched in the near future. It has been named the ‘Francis Marion,” in honor of South Caro lina’s famed “Swamp Fox,” ac cording to information here The Chamber of Commerce’s telegram, addressed to Ad. Emery S. Land, chairman of the com mission, suggested that this honor {Continued en f«e Iwo; Col, fi) PILOT SOLE SURVIVOR AS 14 DIE IN PLANE CRASH Alden Onsgard (left) co-pilot, and Bernice Blowers (center) stewardess, were among the 14 persons killed as a Northwest Airlines plane crashed near Moorhead, Minn. The plane, flying through fog and mist, was bound from Chicago to Seattle. Only survivor was Capt. Clarence Bates (right) who wa s thrown clear.—Central Press Phonephoto. Nazis Bogged Down Except In Crimea Vital Black Sea Port Of Sevastopol Apparent Goal Of German Thrust Southward LONDON, Oct. 31.—(/P)—Soviet dispatches reported tonight that Hitler’s supreme offensive on Moscow had fallen off today—the 30th day of the grand campaign which he said was to bring a great decision at the Russian center—to mere local attacks in all sectors except one. DE GAULLE CALL APPARENT FLOP No Incidents In Occupied France Reported After Strike Summons VICHY, Unoccupied France, Oct. 31.——The Frenchmen of Petain and the new order turned their backs today on General Charles de Gaulle’s plea for a five-minute standstill protest against the exe cution of French hostages by the Germans. Extent of the response by otner Frenchmen in the unoccupied zone could not be judged impartially, but at least there were no reports of untoward incidents. (A DNB dispatch from Paris to Berlin said that the streets of that occupied capital presented their usual appearance at the appointed time and that no incidents had been reported by early evening). If what could be seen of Vichy’s response was typical, the De Gaul list call was a failure in the unoc cupied zone. What could be learned of the (Continued on Page Two; Col. «) • In this single region of present active menace—that limited on its northern extremity by Kalinin, 95 miles northwest of Moscow, and extending to the south somewhere about Volokolamsk, which is 65 miles above the capital—the inva der was. declared still beating tire lessly at the Red line with infan try and tank charges. But, even there, said the official Soviet news agency, the advance was checked by heavy and re peated Russian counter-attacks The Red air arm was said to be still in heavy action in this area. In other sectors, and especially to the west and southwest of the capital, the Red armies were said not only to be holding their posi — A transient, whose name was withheld, jailed a month ago for questioning about the 1939 wreck of the South ern Pacific’s streamliner, City of San Francisco, was released today for lack of evidence. WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina: Cloudy, occasional rain Saturday and Saturday night in east portion Sunday: clearing in west portion Sunday with falling tempera tures. rain heavy in mountains Satur day nigt, otherwise light. (By TJ. S. Weather Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 62; 7:30 a. m. 63: 1:30 p. m. 78: 7:30 p. m. 71; maximum 59; mini mum 79: mean 69: normal 61. Humidity 1:30 a. m. So; 7:30 a. m. 93: 1:30 p. m. 39: 7:30 p. m. 87. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month 0.65 inches. Tides For Today (From Tide Tables published by L'. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington- 7:41a 2:20a S :03p 2:49p Masonboro Inlet- 5:41a 11:51a 6:02p p Sunrise 6:32a; sunset 5:20p; moon »ise 4:16p; moonset 4:12a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette I viile at 8 a. m„ 9.15 feet. A (Continued tin Paga lwoi CoL 3) GESTAPO LINKED TO SPY SUSPECT Defendant Says Relatives Threatened Unless He - Sold Bombsight NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—(TP)—His face swollen by weeks of weeping, Hermann Lang, 4n, one of 15 men on trial for espionage conspiracy, testi fied today that he was hounded by Gestapo agents in Germany and that they threatened to harm his family if he had lied in denying knowledge of the American Norden bombsight. Lang, an inspector in the Carl L. Norden concern, said he took his wife to Germany June 9, 1938, re turned to New York the following Sept. 23, and advised his employer that a doctor had ordered the trip for his wife for her health. The government charged that while there he sold particulars of the Norden bombsight. Eight weeks before leaving New (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) American Flier Dies While On Mercy Hop HONOLULU, Oct. 3L—UP>~Lieut. Henry Ellison Thompson, 24, was killed today in the plunge of his Army pursuit plane into the sea dur ing a search for another Army flier who had been forced to bail out from his ship over the water. The parachuting flier, Lieut. A. J. Feiler, 24, was rescued by Capt. Aaron W. Tyler, pilot of an amphib ian plane. Tyler, put his plane down on the water near where Feiler had alighted. SEVEN OFFICERS AND 70 CREWMEN STILL MISSING U. S. Warship Torpedoed While On Convoy Patrol In North Atlantic CAPITAL EXCITED WASHINGTON, Oct .31.— (/F; — The Navy tersely an nounced the rescue of 44 members of the crew of the American destroyer Reuben James tonight, leaving the fate of some 70 more enlisted men and seven officers still the subject of anxious wait ing and inquiry. But, beyond this and ihe fact that the ship had been torpedoed and sunk west of Iceland — the first American naval vessel to be sent to the bottom since the war started—the department still was without information. Presumably, several ships may have taken part in the rescue work, for the Reuben James was on convoy duty, and most com monly advanced theory for the lack of news was that fescue ships were making no radio reports for fear of disclosing their positions to Nazi submarines. The first word of the incident was received this morning in a short, matter-of-fact statement from the Navy. Tonight, almost 12 hours later, it had this to add: “The Navy department has re ceived a report that 44 members of the crew of the U. S. S. Reuben [James have been rescued. The (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) BRITISH CLAIM U-BOAT WAR ON U. S. Warned To Anticipate Further Submarine At tacks On Vessels LONDON, O'ct. 31.——Sinking of the U. S. destroyer Reuben James, following attacks on the American destroyers Greer and Kearny, was described by an au thoritative British spokesman to night as a clear indication that Ger many already is waging “indiscrim inate warfare against the United States'.” Furthermore, this spokesman ob served, “the United States can ex pect heavier and heavier attacks against her shipping west of Ice land.” The German submarines, he said, have supply ships which can oper ate in the vicinity of Baffin bay, which lies above the Arctic Cir-Je off the west eoast of Greenland, while the U-boats, themselves, h*ve been improved to give a wider op erating range. » Germany recently has concentrat ed on making submarines of from 500 to 800 tons with a range of from 8,000 to 10,000 miles, the spokesman said. An “enormous” German subma rine fleet, he said, has been sent into the North Atlantic and observed that Germany "cannot really reach her objective unless she goes for such shipping.” 1,222 More Marines Arrive At New River JACKSONVILLE. Oct. 31.— UP) — Approximately 1,222 Marines of the 11th division arrived at New River today from Parris Island, S. C., mak ing the strength of the station about 3,200. Members of the Fifth, Seventh and 11th Marines compose the First division of the Fleet Marine Force, commanded by Brig.-Gen. Phillip G. Torrey, CZECHS EXECUTED BERLIN, Oct. 31.—OPi—DNB re ported tonight that four more Czechs were executed in Prague today as members of a group ac tive in sabotage and incendiarism. Teacher Parley Ends In Officer Election About 1,500 teachers and school officials wound up their .convention of the Southeastern district. North Carolina Teachers association, here Friday night with a session at New Hanover High school. All schools in the county were closed during the day for the event. The transaction of bu "ness be gan at 10 a. m., Friday, in the school auditorium. Principal speak er was Clyde A. Erwin, state super intendent of public instruction. The convention closed flowing presentation of “Funeral Flower* for tlic- Bride,’’ by the Playmaker*. During the afternoon, meetings were held of teachers interested in various separate departments of as sociation. Officers of the groups elected were: Physical education: C. M. Collier, Orrum, president; Robert Breiner, Atkinson, vice-president; Grace Croom, Cerro Gordo, secretary. High school teachers: Mrs. Jack (Continued on Page Two; Col. I) ■