^i——————P———— ■ *TW Served By Leased Wire 01 The I Tol>1 Nel psid ASSOCIATED PBESS STAB-DEWS CUCDUTIOH With Complete Coverage Of Yesterday . 18,970 Slate and National News i TSame Day Last Year ^0 _ Increase . 4,926 VOL 75--NO. 18---___ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1941 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867. Wallace Asks Vote For Bonds City Manager Cite* Need Oi Approving Issue In Dec. 2 Election ft s. GRANTAT STAKE Question Of Water Source Supply Not Involved In Ballot Promising that Wilmington voters would not be voting for any- particular source of water supply when they go to the 2 Dec. 2, City Manager James G. Wallace Thursday joined Mayor Hargrove Bel lamy in saying that city offi cials held an open mind on the final selection of a supply source. , He issued a strong appeal to city voters to approve the bond ordi nance. "They will not be voting for Toomer’s creek, or for any particu lar source of water supply—but only for the funds for a water sys tem," he said. This is important, he stressed, because the location of a new source of water is not stipulated in the ordinance. It provides merely for the issuance of the bonds for the payment of part of the cost of the new plant. The importance of this election lies in the fact that a federal gov ernment gift of $860,600 for Wil mington’s new water and sewage system is tied up in it, officials pointed out. At the same time, A. E. Jones, president of the Greater Wilming ton Chamber of Commerce, issued an appeal to all citizens of Wil mington to register for the munici pal bond election. "The bond issue vitally concerns you and the future of Wilmingtoni*' he said. “It is your civic duty to ■ express your opinion either by vot [Continued on Page Three; Col* £) 6 SHIPS TO CARRY NOTED N. C. NAMES Gov. Broughton Reveals List Of State’s Heroes To Be Honored RALEIGH, Nov. 13.—«»—Six of the 12 cargo ships being built at Wilmington will be named for North Carolinians or men closely associated with the state’s his tory, Governor Broughton said to day. The chief executive made pub lic a communication from the Maritime commission, to which he protested when it was announced that none of the ships would be named for a Tar Heel. The first to be launched will he called the Zebulon Vance, for the state’s Civil war governor. ^ others will be named for Nathaniel Greene, who led the Revolutionary forces at the battle of Guilford Courthouse; Virginia Dare, the first white child born on American soil; Joseph Hewes, 'Villiam Hooper and John Penn, We state’s signers of the Decla ation of Independence; Daniel 'org£n> Virginia frontiersman of we Revolution; Frances Marion, ohn c. Calhoun, Charles C. Rinckney and Edward Rutledge, MutJl .Carolinians; and William Moultrie, a Georgian. 1 RENTS frozen Washington, nov. 13.— (m — 15 Senate passed today a House PPioyed measure freezing rents in 1 District of Columbia at the Jan. ba i, l1’ ,evel‘ The kill now goes , , 0 the House for consideration minor amendments. - WEATHER Konk ra FORECAST: arolmn and South Carolina— dive./ 'air and slightly warmer Fri tiiane»t- a5’' Partly cloudy; not much “ m temperature. e»iij»e-r.el?git:al data for the 24 hours :,>0 P- m. yesterday): By C. S. Weather Bureau) T-Sn „ Temperature: «T; 7-4; m' 391 7:30 a. m. 33; 1:30 p. m. itium’"” P‘ ni- 5ionboro Inlet —3‘:06a. 19:23a! Siinrisp # 3:23p. 9:51p. l:39a. -44a: gunsct 5:09p; moonrise ,a» inoonset 2:24p. ^•atinued sn Page Thirteen; Col. 2) AND HE LEARNED ABOUT BALLOONS FROM AMERICA Col. Robert Arthur (left) commanding the Camp Davis Barrage Balloon Training center and school, and Capt. Malcolm B. J enkins of the British General Staff were snapped Thursday afternoon while chatting informally in front of headquarters build ing. Captain Jenkins is at Davis surveying the work of the barrage balloonists. Davis is the only Army camp thus equipped. • * * * * . British Staff Officer Visits Balloon School Captain Jenkins High In Praise Of American Industrial Effort And Soldier Morale For the last several days, a tall, friendly gentleman in a strange uniform has been seen talking to the officers of the Barrage Balloon Training center at Camp Davis. The gentleman was Capt. Malcolm B. Jenkins of the B 'itish General Staff in Washington. The purpose of Captain Jenkins visit was to learn "all he can about United States barrage balloons.” Captain Jenkins, who is an in fantryman assigned to the North Stafford Regiment, has been in the service of his country for 15 years. During this time, he has served in such far-off places of the British Empire as India, Gibraltar and Egypt. He described the barrage bal loons as "giant scare-crows” and stated that they were extremely effective in England against Ger man Stuka dive-bombers. He fur ther stated that a V. C. (Victoria Cross) British pilot told him that barrage balloons prevented the Germans from accurate bombing of various installations in the Mediterranean area. The captain spoke highly of the American defense effort—"incredi (Continued on Page Two; Col. S) 2 U. S. SOLDIERS HELD IN SLAYING Pair To Face Court-Martial For Killing Icelandic Fisherman REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov. 13.— CP)—Privates Everett L>. Farmer of Huntington, W. Va., and Charles H. Cox of McKee, Ky., were charged with manslaughter today and will be tried by a court martial Monday for the fatal shooting of an Ice landic fisherman in a fight outside a cafe. Thordur Sigurdsson died Tuesday of a wound suffered Saturday night in the fight at Hafnarfjorder, 10 miles from Reykjavik. A report by the judge advocate's staff said death was due to a bullet wound in the stomach but there was “no evidence of premeditation.” The shooting caused a sensation here, with newspapers recommend ing that Icelanders avoid American soldiers as much as possible to pre vent further clashes. State Merit Eaminations Scheduled On December 6 ' RALEIGH, Nov. 13.—W—Merit examinations for professional posi tions under the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and County Welfare boards will be con ducted Saturday, Dec. 6, Super visor Frank T. de Vyver of the Merit System announced today. Examinations will be given in Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, > Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Mor ' ganton, Greensboro, New Bern, Raleigh, Wilmington, Wilson and ■ Winston-Salem. FAMOUS PAINTER DIES EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 13.—Iff)— Audley Dean Nichols, 66, famed for catching on canvas the glowing colors of the southwest’s desert f and mountains, died today. CIRCUS WORKERS IN NEAR-PANIC 11th Elephant Mysteriously Dies; Teamster Hurt As Pachyderms Battle CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 13. —Iff)—The pachyderms at the cir cus grounds trumpeted tonight— dolefully or wrathfully, as the case might be — after death touched their ranks for the 11th time in a week. Three of them fought and the clasti of the giants resulted in the serious injury of a teamster, 28 year-old Philip C'oaker, of Hart ford, Conn., who had several bones in his face crushed. Death came this morning to Peggy, a lead elephant in the per formance. She, like the rest of the elephants which have been dy ing mysteriously, presumably from arsenic poisoning, had re sponsible places in the routine. The death of the 11 pachyderms represents a loss of $110,000 to the Ringling Brothers and Bar num and Bailey circus. The cir cus put on its regular perform ances here today, but the atmos phere was tense with excitement and nervousness. Teamsters, trainers and keepers as well seemed in a nervous state (Continued on Face Two; Col. 2) Comedian Oliver Hardy Wins Alimony Dismissal LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13.—Iff)— Movie Comedian Oliver Hardy won dismissal today of a petition of his former wife, Mrs. Myrtle Lee Har dy, contending that he owed her $21,625 in back alimony. Superior Judge Charles S. Bur nell upheld the contention of Hardy’s attorneys that a 1937 prop erty settlement required him to pay her one-fourth of his income rather than $250 a week, as she claimed. ‘Petticoat’ Lawmaker Endorse Seriate Changes Sending Ships Into War Ports By RUTH COWAN WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—OPI—A majority of Uncle Sam’s petticoat lawmakers are on record in favor of letting ships flying Old Glory sail where they please on the Seven Seas with cannon on their prows. As . crowded galleries looked down, four women representatives —two Republicans and two Demo crats -— voted today for Senate amendments to the resolution re vising the Neutrality act. Three Republican women legis lators called out “No” and Mrs. Caroline O’Day, veteran New York Democratic member, absent this term because of ill health, was paired against the bill. A long time peace-worker, she likewise opposed conscription and its re cent extension. The only woman Senate mem ber, Senator Hattie Caraway (D. Ark.), 'with her vote and words endorsed last week the principle of arming American merchant men. In her speech she said: “I feel deeply in this matter because I have two sons wearing the uniform of their country.” In the House, other mothers spoke out—one today in favor, and another yesterday in opposition. Mrs. Katherine Byron, of Mary land, added a note of glamour to la grim scene when she, - pretty and dark-haired, approached the speaker’s stand. She is the widowed mother of five soils. The oldest is of- mili tary age. “I asked him,” she told the House, “how he thought I should vote, and he replied “Vote for it and I’ll be proud of you.’” Another mother, Mrs. Frances Bolton (R.-Ohio) two of whose three sons are in military serv ice, stressed that ‘fno one abhors Hitler and his ways more than I,” but she opposed the Neutrality re visions. This country has agreed to be the arsenal for those fighting Hit (Cutiiiied M Fare-Thirteen; Col.-S) ATTORNEYS CLASH AT POWER HEARING Federal Counsel Demands Two Witnesses Take Stand At Once RALEIGH, Nov. 13.—W-Verbal fireworks flared for a while today in the Federal Power commission’s hearing into reclassification of the Carolina Rpwer and Ligty co.’s plant. George Slaff, commission counc el, sought to put two company wit nesses on the stand at the same time for cross-examination, and Douglas C, Arant, attorney for the firm, objected strenously on the ground that “such silly procedure would lead to the utmost confusion. Arant said he had never heard of such procedure, and Slaff as sereted that it had been followed before. Cross-eamination could be expedited by having the two wit nesses on the stand, he said, since their testimony would be interde pendent. Norman B. Gray, who is con ducting the hearing, allowed Slaff’s motion with the provision that if any confusion* should re sult, one of the witnesses would have to step down. The two witnesses are Benjamin L. Smith and Douglas C. Black, consulting engineers. 3 WATCH FIRMS FACE ANTI-TRUST ACTION Federal Indictment Charges Major Companies With Sherman Violations NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—W Three American watch companies were charged in a Federal, indict ment today with having violated the Sherman Anti-Trust act by al legedly restricting sale of their products and boycotting and~ black listing certain dealers. Named as defendants were the Hamilton Watch co., of Lancaster, Pa.; the Elgin National Watch co., of Elgin, 111., and the Waltham Watch co., of Waltham. Mags. Named co-defendants in the three separate indictments' were 2p' dis tributing corporations and 73 offi cials of the watch companies and the distributing companies. One count of each indictment al leged a combination and conspir acy to restrain interstate trade in preventing certain persons, part nerships and corporations from buying, selling, distributing or. dealing in the watches. 1 House Enacts Ship-Arming Measure But Vote Cut By Strike Disputes; F\ D. R. Warns Labor Of Big Stick* "" ____W ^alan^ PRESIDENT SAYS MINE SHUTDOWN MUST BE AVOIDED Drastic Action Hinted As Strike Threats Bring New Crisis MEETS LEWIS TODAY Telephone Workers Delay Walkout For One Week; Rail Award Rejected WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, (IP) — President Roosevelt, with a labor crisis obviously at hand, expressed belief to day that the government had the backing of an overwhelm ing majority of the public, in cluding workers, and declared: “The government proposes to see this thing through." SAYS The chief executive’s assertion was made in a letter to the House where, in the midst of a bitter debate over foreign policy, some members were bluntly expressing unwillingness to vote far-reaching amendments of the Neutrality act until the government took stronger measures against strikes. To many, the communication seemed to carry a broadly-stated promise, although the only speci fic assurapce it contained was that Mr. Roosevelt did not propose to permit a shut-down of the Captive Coal mines which supply fuel for steel mills. This impression was strength ened when, in response to demands (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) FEARS INCREASE FOR STEINHARDT U. S. Russian Ambassador, Litvinoff, British Aides On Plane LONDON, Nov. 13.—UP—British air ministry sources tonight ex pressed great anxiety for the safe ty of Laurence A. Steinhardt, U. S. ambassador to Moscow, Sir Wal ter Monckton, British information service head at Cairo, and Maxim LitvinOff, new Soviet ambassador to Washington, who left Kuibyshev, Russia,)' by plane two days ago, en route to Teheran, Iran. “We are hopeful that word may come in any moment that the plane has landed safely sonie where,” they said, “but, we have no information concerning it ex cept press reports that it is miss ing.” Part of the 1,300-mile trip from Kuibyshev to Tehergn lies over the Caspian sea, and officials have clung to the belief the plane en countered bad weather and land ed at some remote place where communications .are lacking. . There was no official confirma tion even that the plane was miss ing, but this was interpreted as an indication of Russian and Irani an unwillingness to heighten the alarm until they exhausted war time communication facilities be tween the two points. The plane was reported to have left Kuibyshev Tuesday and was due the same day at Teheran, $250,000 FIRE TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 13.—(£>—An eight-hour, $250,000 fire destroyed the two-story Central building on Main st. today and threatened for a time to spread over half-a-block. JviONAPER SOUGHT A wide search is being pushed by midwest authorities for the kid naper of Marian Noel, Illinois rural school teacher, who is recovering at her home in Bettendorf, la., from the harrowing experience. She told of being kidnaped, robbed and assaulted by a bandit wear ing an army uniform. — Central Press Photo. GERMANS DRIVE RAPIDLY TOWARD CAUCASUS FIELDS Anapa, Kerch Under Major Claim Wide Gains Bombing Attack; Reds 1 BERLIN, Nov. 13.—(JV—German armies storming the outer fortifi cations of the Eastern Crimean port of Kerch were described by a spokesman tonight as “knocking at the gates to the Caucasus,” while swastika - marked bombers carried the war on to Russia’s prized oil-fields. German news dispatches said ANAPA on the Black sea coast of the Caucasus 5P miles south east of Kerch already was under aerial bombardment. (ANAPA is more than half way between Kerch and Novorossisk, one of the last remaining bases for Russia’s Black sea fleet. Kras nodar, center of the oil fields in the northwestern Caucasus, is only 120 miles east of Kerch. The rest of the important Caucasus oil. de posits are in the Baku region more than 600 miles to the southeast.) Reports reaching here pictured the defenses of the southwestern Crimean port of Sevastopol as withstanding attack more success fully than those at Kerch. German bombers were said to be still pep (Continued on Page Thirteen; Col. 4) PAYROLL PADDING PROBED BY STATE Higway Commission Also Investigating Fraudu lent Charges RALEIGH, Nov. 13,-Ufl—High way commission officials said to night they were investigating alle gations that payrolls had been padded in the highway district en gineer’s office in Statesville. In addition, Highway Commis sion Chairman Ben Prince said, "we are still investigating the pos sibility of fraudulent and padded bills about which some informa tion has been brought to our at tention.” The body of the district engi neer, A. B. Gibbs, was found by friends on a hunting expedition on the night of Nov. 1, and the cor oner’s report held that death was due to the accidental discharge of his shotgun. Gibbs had been in the employ of the commission for 22 years. Prince said that jC. E. Young, (Continued on Page Four; Col. S) Plane Fails To Recover From Dive; Pilot Killed --—r PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 13. —(if)—A P-38 Army interceptor pur suit plane failed to come out of a power dive today and crashed into the desert with an explosion that rattled windows three miles away. The pilot, Lieut. Ellery Gross, 25, Greenville, Tex., was killed. Gross and another pilot were on a routine flight from their March field base. Both put their planes into dives. ^ d Amendment Adopted To Neutrality Act By 212 To 194 Ballot Legislation Also Permitting U. S. Vessels Td Enter Combat Areas Now Goes To White House WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—(/P)—Responding to a dra matic last-minute appeal from President Roosevelt, thfl House voted 212 to 194 today to let armed American mer chant ships carry cargoes through zones of battle directly into the harbors of belligerent nations. By that 18 vote margin, it senti to the White House legislation re pealing the remaining major pro visions of the Neutrality law, and saved the administration from a disastrous and prestige-shattering defeat. But slender though the majority was, it was more than large enough to surprise and delight the Here’s how North and South Carolina representatives voted: FOR: Bonner, N. C.; Bryson, S. C.; Bulwinkle, N. C.; Buy gin, N. C.; Clark, N. C.; Cooley, N. C.; Durham, N. C.; Folger, N. C.; Fulmer, S. C.; Hare, S. C.; Kerr, N. C.; McMillan, S. C.; Rivers, S. C.; Weaver, N. C AGAINST: Barden, N. C.; Doughton, N. C.; Richards, S. C. administration leadership in the House. For two days, it had fought to avert what looked at times like certain defeat. Largely because of displeasure at the strike situation and dis satisfaction with President Roose velt’s handling of it a large seg ment of the southern Democratic membership—hitherto solidly be hind the government’s foreign pol icy—was threatening to oppose the legislation. Personal persuasion proved in sufficient. Speaker Rayburn and Rep. McCormack of Massachu (Continued on Fage Two; Col. 3) OFFICERS INSPECT USO CONSTRUCTION General Smith Heads Group On lour; Completion Seen By Dec. 15 Maj.-Gen. Frederic H. Smith of Camp Davis and Brig.-Gen. Phillip H. Torrey. commandant of the First Division, Fleet Marine Force at New River, Thursday joined Lieut. Alden Spees, constructing quartermaster at Camp Davis, and Harry M. Wellott, representing the Federal Security agency, in an inspection tour of USO building projects in this section of the state. In the morning, General Smith, Lieutenant Spees and Wellott in spected buildings under construe-' tion at Southport and Wilmington. General Torrey joined the group in the afternoon, when buildings at Swansboro, Jacksonville, More head City and New Bern were in spected. The officials expressed them selves as gratified with the prog ress being made in the various communities. Lieutenant Spees, who is in charge of USO con structs nin this vicinity, said prospects are favorable for com pletion of most of the buildings by Dec. 15. 1 Special Japanese Envoy Boards Clipper For U. 5. HONOLULU, Nov. 13.—Utt—Sa buro Kurusu, Japanese special en voy flying to Washington in an ef fort to adjust Japanese-American relations, left Honolulu today on the California Clipper for San Francisco. He arrived on the China Clipper yesterday from Midway Island and is due at San Francisco tomorrow morning. KA-CHOO! ROCHESTER, Ind., Nov. 13. —(f)—Abbreviated skirts may add to the snappiness of girls’ baton corps, but parents of the Rochester High school band club don’t like for their daugh ters to have blue knees. After the girls paraded' Armistice day in a chill wind, the parents decided to pur chase gold and black slacks for members of the corns. ■ r. BRITISH CHEER ACTION LIFTING NEUTRALITY BAN Berlin Silent Pending Fur ther Study Of American Lease-Lend Program LONDON, Nov. 13.—(#>)— Congressional approval of the United States Neutrality act amendments tonight brought expressions of pleasure in all sections of the British public, but some quarters plainly showed their disappointment over the relatively small ma jority in the voting. Ambassador John G. Winant waa attending a dinner of the R.N.V.R. auxiliary patrol club, when he heard the news. He promptly announced it to those present and loud cheers rang out. (The London Dally Mail declared Congress’s action was “a major vic tory for freedom," and added: “America may not yet be ready for full participation in the war, but she has come as near to it as she can without issuing a formal declaration. BBC broadcast this comment which was heard by CBS). Newspapers here had displayed stories saying some Southern Demo crats were going to vote against the amendments—not because of inflex ible opposition to them, but 83 a means of exerting pressure on the President to adopt a stronger stand against labor and strike problems. This helped somewhat to allay dis comfiture over the lack of a big majority in the vote. The vote was awaited eagerly (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) WIDESPREAD AID EXPANSION SEEN Knox Indicates Army, Navy To Speed Means Of De livering Material WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—MB—A genera] and rapid expansion of American naval and military acti vity along the sea and air routes to Britain is expected in authorita tive quartern to follow revision of the Neutrality act. With the Navy all set to start placing guns and gun-crews on merchant ships as soon as Presi dent Roosevelt gives the signal, and with the Maritime commission ready to extend its routes of com merical operations for the first time since the war began. Secre tary Knox strongly indicated to night the scope of enlarged opera tions. In other quarters, probable steps in the expansion of operations were said to include: (1) —Extension of naval and air patrols and convoy escorts the rest of the way across the Atlantic to the British Isles. These American protective measures now operate only to the waters adjacent to Ice land. (2) —Establishment of United States bases on the British Isles, (Continued on Page Two; Col. I) Ft. Bragg Soldier Dies Of Accident Injuries ROANOKE, Va., Nov. IS.—(M— Pvt. First Class Joseph E. John* son, 23, of Fort Bragg, died in a hospital here this afternoon from injuries received in an automobile* truck crash just south of the city. Armistice day. Death was attrib* uted to a crushed skull and brain injuries r