Newspapers / Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, … / Nov. 10, 1941, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
' ■ : ■ V Served By Leased Wire Oi The , Total jjej pajj ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday Star-News Circulation With Complete Coverage Oi SamTlSy Last Year l^OlS State and National News Increase .4,573 _ ESTABLISHED 1867. JFL Plans Strike On F.S.Work bUMive Defense ProjecU Defied By General Call por Western Walkout mCAUTlONs'TAKEN Showdown Reported Doom ing In CIO’s Dispute With Coal-Mine Operators BULLETIN SAN DIEGO. Nov. 9.—VP>— AFU building tradesmen an ? nounced tonight they would not \ " ede from their ultimatum to engage in a general strike to morrow on S25.000.000 in de fense projects unless wage de mands were met. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.— ™ A general strike involv ing a dozen naval projects in the San Diego, Calif., area was threatened tomorrow in con nection with a three-way dis pute involving AFL crafts men, the Navy and private contractors. tfL officials put the Navy on notice that unless contractors met demands for wage increases, work ers would leave jobs on more than J25.000.000 worth of defense proj ects. The Navy had served notice that unless a strike already in force at two projects was ended, it would take over the construc tion itself. Navy officials estimated about 3,500 men were involved in the threatened general strike which would affect work on barracks, an air base, a destroyer base and a housing project. The union demanded that pay on the Navy projects be brought up to the scale paid on other similar work. This would be a $1 a day increase and would give electri cians $12, tilesetters, cement fin ishers and iron workers, $11, car penters. $10, and laborers, $7. Sheriff Bert Strand and Police Chief Clifford Peterson said they (Continued on Pag:e Three; Col. 4) FOUR SOLDIERS • BURN TO DEATH Flaming Gasoline Sprayed In Collision; 12 Re ported Injured fort LAWN, S. C., Nov. 9. -®-Four soldiers were burned to death and 12 others injured seriously in a collision of two Army trucks early today. One of the injured was not expected to live. One truck was loaded with gaso line containers. It exploded and showered names upon occupants °1 the other truck, loaded with soldiers participating in the Caro lina war maneuvers. The dead, members of Company A of the 103rd Field Artillery, are: Privates Robert P. Gardiner of Riverside, R. I.; Emil Jagiello V’icz, Providence, R, I.; Herman R- Weisman, Philadelphia, and a private tentatively identified as Rooco Stagnolo. The critically injured was Pri (fomimieil on Page Three; Col. S) Mis, Killed, Girl Hurt 4s 4a(o Turns Oner northwilkesboro, Hov 9.— t, . Hemric, 19, of the Cycle os' Office section, was killed and hurt1?6 Jollnson was seriously m2 i ay when the*r car *e^ miles east of here and mined over. 2 DOUBLE GLAMOR DEPARTS GOTHAM New York is surely a bit duller with the departure of this pair. Rita Hayworth and Marlene Dietrich, glam . orous stars of the films. They are shown together as they left by train for Hollywood.—Central Press Photo. 18 Killed, 40Injured In Ohio Train Crash Witnesses Claim Many More Dead As Crack Flier Smashes Into Control Tower KENTON, 0., Nov. 9.—(IP)—At least 18 persons were killed tonight as a Pennsylvania passenger train, identified as The Pennsylvanian, crashed into the control tower at Dunkirk, nine miles north of here. About 40 were reported injured. Five o£ the dead were passengers, occupants of the second car from the locomotive, and the sixth was the fireman. None of the victims was identified immediately. The train was bound from Chicago to New York. C. S. Willeke, Dunkirk barber, said he saw 12 bodies and estimated "at least 12 or 13 more are dead.” Only 18 dead were officially ac counted for, however. The dining car of the train was ripped open, Willeke said, and he saw five bodies caught in its wreck age. Seven others were in nearby debris, he added. Willeke said it appeared that the (Continued on Page Three; Cob 5) Mayor Bellamy Lauds Work Of Marine Corps, 166 Years Old Today Mayor Hargrove Bellamy Sun day called attention of Wilmington to the fact that Monday is the 166th anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps and stated that he considered it particularly fitting that the people join in the observance of this an niversary in view of the many young men of Wilmington and vi cinity who now comprise the ranks of this branch of the armed serv ices. He commented on the many ad vantages offered young men be tween the ages of 17 and 30, with out dependents, physically fit for military service and with no mili tary ' obligations, by the Marine Corps and upon the excellent repu tation of this branch. 2 SPANISH DUKE RECOVERED MADRID, Nov. 9.—(iP)—Doctors reported today the Duke of Alba, Spanish ambassador to London, completely recovered from a heavy attack of pneumonia. FAST NEUTRALITY ACTION FORECAST House May Vote Thursday On Senate Charges In Ship Arming Bill WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—(#)—Ad ministration supporters, confident that next weekend will find Ameri can ships free to sail any seas, urged today that speedy steps be taken to “deliver the goods” to Great Britain and Russia. Senator Lee (D.-Okla.) one of those active in the successful fight for Senate approval of legislation lifting the Neutrality act’s restric tions on American merchant ship ping, said he and others of like views felt that President Roose velt ought to take advantage im mediately of the new freedom of (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) City Policeman Reports Being Fired On During Chase Of Three Negroes City Policeman E. A- Soule re ported Sunday that he was shot at late Saturday night while chasing three negro men at the north end of the Fourth st. railroad bridge. Mr. Soule said he gave chase to the negroes . after hearing cries of, “Help” and “Robbery”! This cry was followed by a shot,' he said. The negroes made their es cape, but later Officer Soule said he talked with a man giving his name as L. B. Smith who said he was robbed of two packages of cakes he was .taking home. 15 Per Cent Tax On Salary Proposed As Treasury Seeks To Curb Inflation y Washington, nov. 9.—w— °Uts getting too much money! son ? 'S the officiai Treasury rea b 0f askinS Congress to levy 000000" 54’000’000’000 and 5,000, Onj ,, ,of new taxes next year. cetlt t 5gested method is a 15 per Nm70n salaries and wages, need t7at the Treasury doesn’t csophv f'lfm°ney’ but as the phil‘ Can hp i the new tax proposals perts ,? eaned from Treasury ex is tn ■■ mol'e important thing People’7,7 7P” extFa change “ tion T, pockets to prevent infla What th views that follow are facts. 6Se experts say are the rnonp7e Treasui’y does need more ooo t-v , n spite of a $3,500,000, Urv fl aw 3ust Passed, the Treas aces a deficitt of from $15, r ' ' 000,000,000 to $25,000,000,000 in the next year. 2. Because of defense industry, wages and other forms of income will be higher than ever before. The national income next year will prnbably be about $100,000,000,000, German Troops Occupy Late Tolstoy Estate KUIBYSQEV, Soviet Russia, Nov. 5.—(Delayed)—UP)—Front line dispatches from Tula, 100 miles -south of Moscow, said today that German troops had occupied the estate of the late Russian author, Leo Tolstoy. The estate, in the vicinity of Tula, had been converted into a museum by the Russians. compa'red with about $85,000,000, 000 this year., 3. While the people may have $15,00,000,000 extra spending mon ey, the defense program will per mi' hem fewer things to buy. For ins ce, the government already has curtailed output of automobiles and refrigerators. 4. The natural thing for people to dp is to try to outbid each other for the consumer merchandise that can be bought, thus forcing prices up. That’s inflation. 5. If prices go skyhigh, most ev eryone will be impoverished be cause their money won’t buy much. This would hurt, especially persons living on fixed incomes such as pensions and annuities. Also, it would hurt the govern (Contlnued on Par^ Three; Col, 6) RAF Hits Savagely At Enemy Beth Italy And Germany Bombarded Despite Big British Losses AFRICAN BASES HIT Furious Offensive In Libya Seen As Preparatory To Opening New Front LONDON, Nov. 9.— (IP) — Ignoring heavy plane losses averaging 4J/2 to one, the RAF bombarded both Italy and Germany heavily again last night in a stepped-up air offensive regarded in some quarters as Britain’s answer to persistent demands for a second front. Essen, home of the great Krupp munitions works, and other indus trial centers of Germany’s strate gically important arms producing Ruhr valley felt the main weight of a strong British bomber force, while an Italian high command an nouncement disclosed that British planes pounded Italy for the sec ond successive night, hitting the big port of Naples and other points in Southern Italy and Sicily. In addition the RAF intensified a day and night offensive against axis strongholds in North Africa, (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) RED CROSS DRIVE LAUNCHED TODAY Goal Set At $12,900 Due Jo Increased Demand; Parade Planned The Wilmington chapter of the American Red Cross begins its week-long annual Roll Call drive Monday with the goal set at $12,-' 900. This increased goal, three times greater than the $4,500 raised by the roll call last year, is made necessary, officials pointed out, because of the expanded services of the local chapter due to the demands of the present internation al and local situation. The drive gets under way at 9 a.m. with a parade in which the ROTC unit of the New Han over High school, the ROTC band, the Red Cross nursing corps and the Red Cross motor corps will take part. The route of the parade lies from the High school on Market st., to Front to Red Cross nead quarters and back to the school. Almost simultaneously, volun tary workers will begin canvassing the streets, homes and offices for memberships and donations in all parts of the city and its suburbs. 1 Vichy Reports Arrest Of German’s Assassin NEW YORK, Nov. 9—UP)—'The British radio broadcast a Vichy news agency report tonight that a man described as a Polish Jew had been arrested for the assassination of Lieut.-Col. Paul Friedrich Hotz, Ger man commander at Nantes, on Oct. 20. This announcement said French and German police were on the trail of another group responsible for the assassination! of Dr- Hans Gottfried Reimers, German military lawyer, at Bordeaux, Oct. 21. ARABIAN LEADER SLAIN LONDON, Nov. 9.—UR—Reuters reported today that Fakhri Bey Nasha Shibi, leading Palestine Arab, had been assassinated in Baghdad. He was among the leading Arab supporters of the British cause. WEATHER FORECAST: North Carolina—Fair to partly cloudy and continued rather cold Monday and Tuesday. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p..m. yesterday): (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 48; 7:30 a. m. 43; 1:30 p. m. 38; 7:30 p. m. 47; maximum 61; min imum 42; mean 52; normal 58. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 67; 7:30 a. m. 55; 1:30 p. m. 3S; 7:30 p. m. 51. Precipitation: Total- for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 0.00 inches; total since the first of the month, 0.19 inches. Tides For Today: (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Low Wilmington - 1:40a. 7:57a. , 2:07p. 9:45p. Masonboro Inlet _11:20a. 5:18a. 11:51p. 6:02p. Sunrise 6:40a; sunset 5:12p; moonirie 10:40p; moonset 11:47a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville ftt 8 a. m., Nov. 9, 9 feet. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6). GOODBYE TO THE GOOD OLD .45 It’s new and it’s the army’s best. After exhaus tive tests of five different types of short, light rifles, U. S. Army experts recently adopted this Winchester carbine. Gun, which is four and half pounds lighter, seven and a half inches shorter than the Garand, pre sent basic rifle, will largely be used to replace the .45 caliber pistol among infantry troops. It’s advantage over pistol, which is primarily a defensive weapon, is that it is effective either on offensive or defense— NEA Photo. Russians Report Major Battle Flaming Along Crimean Front New Encircling Drive Launched On Lenin grad; Nazis Cripple Soviet Transportation MOSCOW, Monday, Nov. 10.—(/P)—Fighting of “parti cularly fierce” proportions on the Crimean front was re ported by the Soviet information bureau today in a com munique broadcast by the Moscow radio. The official an nouncement said six German planes were downed near Moscow Sunday. In addition to the Crimean fight ing, it said Soviet troops battled the Germans “on all other fronts.” A supplementary announcement said the Red air force annihilated two battalions of German infantry Saturday, destroyed or knocked out 30 tanks, 30 field guns, 350 trucks loaded with troops and sup plies, 30 gasoline trucks and a number of other vehicles. The Moscow.radio disclosed that the Germans also were bringing up new reserves to the Moscow front, and said it is obvious that a new and furious offensive will be launched within the next few days at the approaches to the capital. It added that “our troops are ready.” Moscow dispatches reported gains in the Volokolamsk sector, 65 miles northwest of the capital, where charging Red cavalrymen were said to have recaptured the important Village of “S.” Russian ground forces, support (Contlnued on Page Three; Col. 1) 2 HELD PENDING PROBE OF HOLDUP A. J. Blake Tells Sheriff’s Deputies Of Slugging, Robbery Near Beach Two men were Held by sheriff’s deputies Sunday night as officers continued their investigation of charges filed by A. J. Blake, 808 Orange street, that he was robbed of between $25 and $30 in cash, slugged and left unconscious by side of the highway near Carolina Beach Saturday. The sheriff’s office stated that Arno M. Rogers,' member of a bal loon barrage training unit at Camp Davis, and James Roy Webb, a civilian, were being held pending completion of their investigation. Blake reported he was riding in an automobile with two men when he was attacked and robbed. 2 Mercury Drops Swiftly To36-Degree Low Here; Continued Cold Tuesday Another chilly day was in prospect Monday for 'Wilmipgton, with the mercury scheduled to fall to about 36 degrees as the early morning’s low temperature. The Weather Bureau, in announc ing the prediction for the season’s record low temperature, also said indications were that the cool weath er would continue through Tuesday. The predicted low of 36 was con trasted with a low of 42 early Sun day and a maximum of 61 at 2 p. m. At 9 p. m. Sunday, the mercury was reported dropping at the rate of two degrees each hour. At that time it stood at 43. Swedish Freighter Runs Aground Off St. Pierre ST. PIERRE, S't. Pierre-Miquelon, Nov. 9.—(2P)—The 1,239-ton Swedish freighter Gudmundra ran aground Saturday on Little Miquelon island in a fog, and it was believed she would be a total loss. The crew was picked up by a tug, and it was expected the men would be brought to this capital of the Vichy French islands off the South Coast of Newfoundland, U. S. PUBLISHES NEW BLACKLIST Export Ban Now Extends To 1,523 Firms; Gua temala Hard Hit WASHINGTON, NewS^-tfJ^Th*. United States today extended its trade blacklist to 653 additional firms and individuals in Latin American nations. Fifty-nine names were removed from earlier lists. The list is made up of persons the government deems “to be act ing for the benefit of Germany or Italy or nationals of those coun tries and persons to whom the ex portation directly or indirectly of various articles or materials is deemed to be detrimental to the interest of national defense.” With today’s additions and dele tions, there are 1,523 firms and in dividuals on the list. Guatemala headed today’s addi tions with 232 firms. Of these, a majority were plantations devoted to coffee or other agricultural prod ucts. In making the list public, Sec retary of State Hull said that ar rangements had been worked out with the Guatemalan government whereby limited amounts of cof fee produced on these plantations would be permitted to enter the United States so thai Guatemala may fill is quota under the Inter American coffee agi cement. 1 Soldier Victim Of S. C. Bus Accident Identified FORT JACKSON, S. C„ Nov. 9.— UP)—A soldier killed in a bus acci dent near Aiken yesterday was iden tified today by post officials as Pvt. Ear] D. Matthews, Company A, 34th Infantry, Eighth Division of Ft. Jackson. His nearest relative was listed as Andy Matthews, Route 2, Bowling Green, Ky. ENGLISH* TOWN BOMBED LONDON, Nov. 9.—Iff)— Several German planes attacked a south east England town tonight after a day free from German raids throughout the United Kingdom No deaths were reported imme diaty. _2^ OLDEST VET Reported to be the oldest World war veteran in the United tat$s, George S. Carpenter was feted by his buddies of the Rutherford, N. J.,. American Legion Post No. 109, on the 100th birthday. — Centra! Press Photo. __ ARMORED UNITS IN MOCK BATTLE Three-Day Tests Slated For Armys Newest Rolling Groups CHESTER, S. C., Nov. 9.—(#)—A three-day mock battle beginning tomorrow in the Fourth Army Corps maneuver area is designed to determine how well an entire armored corps will function with the “rolling” Fourth, division, re cently motorized. Th'e First Armored Corps will be pitted against a numerically stronger “Red” force which will have as its bulwark the 31st, and 43rd divisions, the Third, Sixth, and 107th Cavalry regiments, the 74th Field Artillery brigade and the GHQ anti-tank group. The battle will bring into play the armored forces against the massive, slowly-moving “square” infantry division. Last week saw the effective teaming of the Sec ond Armored division and the Fourth Motorized division in a swift movement against the Blues. This week, the “Blues” will have in their battle array the entire First Armored Corps, reinforced by the Fourth. Military observers will also watch closely the Sixth Cavalry. They want to see how well a fully mechanized cavalry regiment can function in the field. Two Axis Convoys Destroyed 10 Transport Ships, One Destroyer Sent Down In Mediterranean BRITISH VICTORIOUS English Warships Engage Superior Force Just South Of Taranto LONDON, Nov. 9.— (flo under the guns of a heavier Italian naval force, a British warship patrol struck a crip pling blow at the supply of Axis armies in North Africa early today when it “annihi lated” two convoys, sinking 10 transport vessels and one de stroyer and seriously damag ing at least one other, accord ing to an admiralty announce ment. Despite the presence of two 10,• 000-ton Italian cruisers with their superior firepower and Italian de stroyers at least double the num ber of the British, the British force of two small cruisers and a pair of destroyers came off without a scratch, the admiralty said. The battle was fought south of Taranto, off the instep of the Ital ian boot. The British likewise escaped un scathed from a subsequent torpedo plane attack. Capt. W. G. Agnew, known as one of the British navy’s outstand ing gunnery experts, commanded the British flotilla which appeared on the scene as the two cohvoys— one of eight supply ships and the (Continued on Fuse Three; Col. t) NEGRO WOMAN DIES OF BEATING HURTS Suspect Sought In Mystery Attack On 54-Year-Old 12th St. Victim Lizzie Dudley, 54-year-old negro woman, died at Community hospital Sunday afternoon, the victim of a mystery attack at her home, 613 South 12th st., earlier in the day. The woman was discovered in a semi-conscious condition on the back porch of her home at 1:45 p- m. by her granddaughter, Ruth Andrews. Removed to the hospital, she died at 4:10 p. m. Police reported no motive for the attack had been found, although a “hot” suspect was being sought Sun day night at officers speeded their investigation. Hospital attaches reported that the woman had been beaten over the head and about the face, the slayer apparently using a heavy, blunt In strument. Police officers found a hammer and heavy bar in the house, but no evidence that either had been used in the attack. The attack on the Dudley woman was the second serious case affect (Continaed on Page Three; Col. 9} Durham Traveling Man Found Dead In Hotel ATLANTA, Nov. 9—'UP)— Ralph B. Craig, 55, of Durham, N. C., war found dead here tonight in a hotel room. City Detective H. C- Newton identified Craig as a travelling repre sentative for the New York quinine and Chemical company. Newton said the man had been dead more than a day. An Inquest will be held tomorrow. LATE ACTORS’ MOTHER DIES CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—1£>—M r s. Josephine A. Sills, 82, mother of the late Milton Sills, motion-pic ture actor, died today at her home. Greatest Armistice Day Celebration , In City’s History Set For Tuesday ■ ■ - ■■ — * The program for one of the greatest Armistice day celebra tions to be held in Wilmington in many - years virtually was com plete Sunday night with the an nouncement that the large string of horses, being brought here for the harness races Tuesday after noon, will arrive Monday and will be stabled at the Legion horse show grounds. Not since post war days has Wil mington observed Armistice day with as much ceremony and fete ing as will be seen here Tuesday, the 23rd aiyiiversary of the close of the World war. Federal, city and county offices and many private offices will be closed for the day. Throngs of soldiers from Camp Davis, the Ma rine base at Jacksonville, Camp Gibbins and other Army posts will fill the city. Under the sponsorship of the American Legion, one of the larg * * * No Parking Chief of Police Charles H. Cas teen again pleaded Sunday night for cooperation from the public in keeping certain streets open for the Armistice Parade Tues day. The streets which the chief is asking people not to park on from 9 o’clock Tuesday morning until after the parade are: Mar ket from 17th to Third, Front from Market to Red Cross and Red Cross from Front to Third. Thousands of soldiers from Camp Davis will march 12 abreast down these streets. t est Armistice day programs Wil* mington has ever seen has been planned. Opening the day’s events will be a gigantic parade in which the 17th training group, a composite Coast Artillery regiment, 700 men strong, the ROTC unit and band from New Hanover high school, and the Wil liston high school band will march. Col. G. F. Humbert of Camp Davis will be grand marshal of the parade, which will form at Market and Fifth at 10 a. m., march down Market to Third, pest the reviewing stands on the step* of the City Hall on Third to Bed Cross, down Red Cross to Front, along Front to Market and back to Market and Fifth. At 10:30 a. m., the troops will (Continued on Face Three; Cel, |)
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 10, 1941, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75