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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- 5<t; maximum 68; min
mean 52; normal 37.
l'in. Humidity:
20;*7.on’m' 991 7:30 a. m. 99; 1:30 p. m.
’ P. m. 74.
Tnt«i , Precipitation:
p. m nmr th.e 24 hours ending 7:30
M the „ mches; total since the first
e month, 0.19 9inches.
(Li, Tides For Today:
Coas; ™ ^‘dc Table® published by U. S.
st and Geodetic Survey):
Wilmington _ E?3a. iS.
-'*>ionboro 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
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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
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