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VOL. 75—N0^29___ WILMINGTON, nTcTtHURSDAY, NOVEMBBER 27, 1941 ~~~~ FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867.
pond Sale
Campaign
Expanded
Employee Adopt Plan To
peduct Funds From
Employes’ Checks
5500,0 0 0 SOLD HERE
Most AH Wilmington Firms
Are Represented In
Movement
Forty employers, represent
ing many of the outstanding
firms in Wilmington, met in
the Cape Fear hotel Wednes
day evening and by unani
mous ballot approved' the
adoption of a plan whereby
5 approximately 4,155
employes can purchase United
States Savings Bonds by hav
ing a certain amount taken
from their paychecks each
payday.
Th6 meeting cfiitie flt the rcQViGst
of the Treasury department in
Washington in an effort to ex
tend the sale of Savings Bonds
to the masses of the American
people. „ _ ,
A report from the Savings Bond
committee of the city showed that
since the sale of bonds began over
$500,000 worth of bonds have been
soid' at the post office and banks
of Wilmington. This represents a
total of 1,607 sales.
The plan adopted at the meet
ing by the employers is entirely
voluntary and any employ can de
signate the amount he or she wish
es to have deducted from the pay
check each w’eek or month. The
money will be placed in trust by
the employer and when an employ
has had enough deducted to buy
a bond it wilj be nurchased by
toe employer and turned over to
the employe.
Employers attending the meet
ing heard Pome -y Nichols, trea
surer of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, give a report on a sys
tem similar to one adopted at the
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 2)
STOCKING FUND
DRIVE SLOWED
No Donations Received
Wednesday; Children
May Miss Santa
With no donations received for
the Star-News Empty Stocking
Fund Wednesday the campaign to
make Santa Claus possible for
many underprivileged children in
Wilmington when Christmas rolls
around less than a month hence,
came to a virtual standstill.
Indications are that for many
people this year, Christmas will
he happier than it has been for
the past few years. But there are
many children throughout the city
tor whom Christmas will be just
another day in the week unless
something is done.
That’s why the Star-News is re
questing you to contribute a part
0 money that you will be
spending this Christmas to the
annual Fund.
Contributions may be made at
e Star-News offices in the Mur
ctnson building or to Henry
wmdes, treasurer of the fund, at
e People’s Savings Bank and
crust company.
Trrr4TUSly acknowledged ...$23.05
U1AL....$23.05
33 Gallons Of’Shine
Go Into City's Sewers
»!>on police destroyed 33
day S Urit-axe,J liquor Wednes
llquor- of *he bootleg
troWn t35 S6iZed Nov- 6 by Pa
on V; ?. league and Hale in a raid
!*rpSh St" near the railroad un
it,? I’;!S destroyed by pouring into
sewer. 3
MEET THE DJMAGGIO FAMILY
Mrs. Joe DiMaggio, the former Dorothy Arnold, feeds
one-month-old Joe DiMaggio, 3rd, at their New York city
apartment, while her famous 27-year-old husband, slug
ging outfielder of the Yankees and “Most valuable player
of the American league” looks on. This is,the first picture
of the DiMaggio family together since the little slugger
took over.—Central Press Photo.
Mildred Lee Killer
Sentenced To Peath
State Supreme Court Refuses Wescott Ap
peal; Conviction Upheld In ‘Barratry’ Case
The North Carolina Supreme court Wednesday handed
down decisions in two important cases from New Hanover
county, one of them involving the death sentence. They
-—* were:
THEME CONTEST
WINNERS NAMED
Davis Soldiers Take Part
In Move To Emphasize
5th Column Peril f|
__ i
« ■ ■ ■ ■■
Winners of the theme contest
sponsored by Camp Davis author
ities to foster cognizance of the
“fifth column” danger in the Unit
ed States were announced Tues
day.
First prize of $25 went to Pvt.
L. F. Jenkins of Regimental Hq.
Btry, 99th CA, whose suggestion
for a poster described a “street
broadcast,” interviewer concerning
an American soldier with a
“mike” and saying, “go on sol
dier . . . tell America what you
are doing, they are soo-oo-o anx
ious to know!” from the radio
device, waves bearing the cap
tion, “Short wave to Europe,”
complete the picture. The slogan
for the winning theme was “You
Don’t Know Where Your Words
Go.“
Second place went to Pvt. F.
Mazziotti, Btry. C, 96th CA, whose
slogan, “Don’t Drink With Stran
gers” accompanied the description
(Continued on Page Fite; Col. 4)
Loss Of Purse Holding
$32 Cash, $200 In Gems
Reported To Police Here
Mrs. C. J. Jordan of Winter
Park reported to Wilmington police
Wednesday night that her purse
containing $32 in cash and jewelry
valued at approximately $200 was
lost or stolen in a Wilmington thea
tre Tuesday night.
She said she missed her purse
shortly after moving for a man to
pass her seat.
Included in the missing jewels
are: Diamond engagement ring
and chip diamond studded gold
band ring; pink sapphire ring,
white gold ring with two chip dia
monds; black onyx gold-band ring,
gold cross and chain, and a neck
lace.
1. —Roland Wescott, convicted
here last may of killing Mildred
Lee and sentenced to death. His
appeal vras denied.
2. —A Story Batson, charged
with the- common-law offense of
“barratry,” convicted and sen
tenced to eight months. The
Supreme court upheld the judg
ment.
The tribunal also denied the ap
peal of Luther Morrow, convicted in
Union county last month of killing
his wife, Lottie Belle Morrow, and
sentenced to die.
The death date for Wescott and
Morrow automatically was set for
Dec. 2.
In the Wescott case, the court de
nied an application for a writ of
certiorari to obtain for the defend
ant and the attorney a complete
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 3)
‘WASTE’ CITED
AT SHELL PLANT
Senate Defense Probers
Flay ‘Sordid Story7
Of Wolk Creek
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—UB—
The Senate Defense investigating
committee heard testimony today
of alleged waste and extravagance
of building the Wolf Creek shell
loading plant at Milan, Tenn.,
which Chairman Truman (D.-Mo.)
termed “shocking” and Senator
Mead (D.-N. Y.) said was a “sor
did story.”
f The cost of the plant originally
was estimated at $20,000,000, but
the committee heard that $51,000,
000 already has been spent on it,
although it still is incomplete.
T. D. Thomas, former chief au
ditor, testified that Maj. Paul
Brewer, constructing quartermas
ter subsequently transferred, had
a number of his own appointees
put on the contractors’ payroll be
cause "they were paid salaries
the government wouldn’t toler
ate,” although 4he government
“paid everything in the long run.”
Leo B. Helzel, former chief time
keeper, related that Brewer had
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 8)
White House Charges Nazis Planning
To ‘Wipe Out’ Belgrade With-Shellfire
G«mSaHlNGT0N> Nov- 26.—(^>1—
Whit*. was accused by the
destroy 'nT today of Planning to
bent, 'uBe grade by shellfire and
oper-t; ause anti-Nazi guerilla
capita * are conducted from the
Stent-, °f SL,bjugated Yugoslvaia.
PressP, “ , Early- Presidential
P,emorar,etary- referring to a
clared- ndum on his desk, de
the^enu0,!s a statement given to
itite!^„„r,lnrnent by several of its
the rwe services to the effect
ftiake a ?an,s have determind to
Jrom u,t, mal assault on Belgrade,
ere the Germans are con
vinced the action of the Chetniks
(Serbian guerillas) is conducted.
“According to the declaration of
a high German official, the bom
bardment to which Belgrade has
been subjected will be nothing to
compare with what is now in
store for the city. The Germans
have decided to raze Belgrade.”
PARIS FINED $20,000
PARIS, Nov. 26—OB—The City
of Paris was fined 1,000,000 francs
(about $20,000) by the German
authorities today as the result of
a bomb explosion in a Nazi res
taurant. 3
Asked the purpose of his disclos
ing military intelligence, Early re
plied:
“You are a reporter in search
of 4ews, aren’t you? I expect to
see this in print.”
“Does the President hope to de
ter Germany?”
“I wouldn’t say so if he did,”
Early answered, “and, you
wouldn’t expect me to,”
The London Daily Mail report
ed yesterday that Gen. Dusan Sim
ovic, the Yugoslav premier, had
said he had information that Ger
< Continued on Face Seven: Col. 4)
Big Clash
Imminent
In Libya
British Report Major Ad
. vances Of Vast
4 Tank Columns
REDS FORCED BACK
Invaders Break Through
Southeast Of Moscow;
Turn Northward
CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 26.—
(A1)—Imperial British troops
formed a junction in heavy
strength tonight in the Re
zegh area and moved forward
for a decisive battle for
Libya.
The Axis forces in that red and
critical zone had been weakened
by the earlier deployment of a
German o-lumn eastward across
the Egyptian frontier near Sidi
Omar—an unsuccessful counter-of
fensive of diversion, as the Brit
ish command described it, in
tank strength was smashed be
fore it reached the border.
Moreover, the German com
mander, General Erwin Rommel,
faced a strong new concentration
of British tanks heretofore held
in reserve—an indication that the
initial great tank clashes had left
the British far from spent in that
arm — and was himself urgently
trying to bring up reinforcements
for the supreme test.
TheBritis h juncture in the main
theater of Rezegh was effected by
the arrival, to merge with the
(Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4)
HOUSE DEFEATS
PRICE CEILINGS
Sentiment To Recommit
Control Legislation
Growing Rapidly
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.——
By the decisive vote of 218 to 63,
the House today rejected the pro
posal that a rigid limit be im
posed upon all wages and prices.
With that done, it pushed on to
issues presented by the adminis
tration bill to establish ceilings
for the prices of selected com
modities amid an increasing de
mand that the legislation be sent
back to the Banking committee
for additional study.
Ahead lay decisions on several
prickly questions, on all of which
most of the political or regional
were split widely. The issues
awaiting settlement included:
Regulating the prices of farm
commodities.
Establishing a licensing system
for dealers selling commodities to
be regulated.
Granting the government auth
ority to stabilize prices by large
scale buying or selling of com
modities.
Giving broad powers of admin
istration to the present price con
(Continued on Page Eight; Col. 7)
Darftees May Be Called
To Man Two-Ocean Navy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26— W> —
The nation’s projected two-ocean
Navy may be manned partly with
draftees, it was disclosed tyday,
because volunteer enlistments are
failing to produce the required
manpower.
Secretary Knox told reporters
there had been a 15 per cent clump
in enlistments in October and early
November after the destroyers
Kearny and Reuben James were
torpedoed with a loss of 112 lives.
Knox attributed this to reluc
tance of many parents to grant
permission for sons under 21 to
join the Navy, but added that in
recent days this attitude was be
coming less pronounced. 3
Copenhagen Police Smash
Anti-Comintern Riotings
STOCKHOLM, Thursday, Nov.
27.—(ff)—The Stockholm paper Da
gens Nyhetev reported today that
police fired into crowds and used
their maces in trying to break up
repeated demonstrations in Copen
hagen yesterday against German
occupied Denmark’s adherence to
the anti-Comintern pact.
Litvinoff Due In U. S.
Via Clipper On Dec. 6
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.—IA1—
Pan-American Airways said today
Maxim M. Litvinoff, newly-named
Russian ambassador to the United
States, would board the China
Clipper at Singapore Nov. 3Q, and
was scheduled to arrive here
Dec. 6. /
MYSTERY DEATH ' 1
Police sought two women and a
man after Ward Loveless, 51,
prominent Washington attorney,
was found murdered, his body
stuffed into a china closet at his
country home near Peoniari
Springs, Va. Signs of a terrific
struggle were found in the house.
—Central Press Photo.
* * * f
ATTORNEY DEATH
PROBE PRESSED
No New Evidence Reported
In Mysterious Slaying
Of Washingtonian
BULLETIN
LEESBURG, Va., Nov. 26.—
—The Loudon county sheriff’s
office reported tonight discov
ery Ketucky of Ward Love
less’ green coupe.
LEESBURG, Va., Nov. 26.—W—
Virginia and Washington police re
checked evidence in the slaying of
Ward Loveless today without of
fering an official answer to the
riddle of whether the tax attorney
was slain in his Hunt country home
by prowlers, or someone he knew.
Loudon county Commonwealth’s
Attorney Charles Harrison, Sher
iff Paul Alexander and Virginia
Trioper E. D. Helms conferred for
an hour today with Leut. Jeremigh
T. Glaherty, chief of the District
of Co^imbia homicide squad, and
then iaid they had nothing- new to
report. The Virginia officers had
their own fingerprints taken in or
der that these might be eliminated
from any found in the home.
A jrvant found the body of
Loveless, 51-year-old native of Mis
sissippi, stuffed into a china-closet
of his home about 45 miles from
Washington, Monday morning. He
had been beaten and shot in a
struggle which apparently had
raged through three downstairs
rooms. Mrs. Loveless was visiting
in-laws at Elkmont, Ala., at the
time.
One theory—to which Washing
ton police leaned—was that Love
less returned home alone late Sun
day night from a foursome dinner
(Continued on Page Three; Col. S)
HUGE NEW WAR
FUNDS APPROVED
House Subcommittee Puts
0. K. On $8,000,000
Supply Measure
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—UP)—A
House Appropriatipns subcommit
tee gave approval today to another
huge defense supply bill—totalling
close to $8,000,000,000—more than
three-fourths of which would go
to the Army for ordnance, air
craft, construction at military
posts and other tiems.
The subcommittee was reported
to have modified an administra
tion proposal that it be given com
plete leeway in transferring mili
tary equipment, appropriated for
since March 11, to foreign nations.
Committee members . said the
funds in the pending bill were divi
ded in such a way as to give the
House an opportunity to decide
how much could be used for lend
lease purposes. 3
WEATHER
FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA. SOUTH
CAROLINA —. Fair Thursday and
Friday with slowly rising tempera
ture.
(Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday):
(By U. 8. Weather Bureau)
Temperature:
1:30 a. m. 39; 7:30 a. m. 33; 1:30 p. m.
59; 7:30 p. m. 52: maximum 62; min
imum 32; mean 47: normal 53.
Humidity:
1:30 a. m. 85; 7:30 a. m. 94; 1:30 p. m.
28; 7:30 p. m. 54.
Precipitation:
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30
p. m., 0.00 inches: total since the first
of the month, 0.31 inches.
Tides For Today:
_(From Tide Tables published by U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey):
7 High Low
Wilmington _ 4:31a. 11:48a.
4:56p. _—p.,
Masonboro Inlet- 2:44a. 8:50a.
3:llp. 9:15p.
Sunrise 5:56a; sunset 5:08p; moonrise
1:47p; moonset 1:11a.
Cape Fear river stage at Fayette -
ville at 8 a. m., Nov. 26, 9.10 feet.
(Continued an Page Three: Col. 4)
U. S.-Tokyo Peace Parleys
Fail; Next Move Japan's;
Franco-Nazi Rift Rumored
_ W , .. ..- -- " , .X. _
AXIS MEMBERSHIP
REPORTED FOUGHT
BY AGED MARSHAL
Report Of Break Heard As
Vichy-Berlin Meeting
'Called Off’
CITE HITLER REVERSES
Resistance To German Bids
Believed Based On Late
War Developments
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—(/P)
Reliable reports received in
New York tonight suggested
the possibility of a hitch in
German-French negotiations,
with Marshal Petain of France
holding out against outright
membership in the Axis.
These reports, coming from
well - informed neutral sources,
seemed to be si .-ted by the
failure of leaders of the two coun
French Warships Made
Ready For Sea Service
LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 26.—
UP)—Masters of two sailing ves
sels arriving here today from
Casablanca, French Morocco,
said French warships stationed
there had been refitted and pre
pared for service and were
ready to leave the port.
tries to meet the middle of-'this
week, as had been expected.
Petain’s reported resistance to
German bids was said to be based
largely on recent war develop
(Continued on Page Eight; Col. 8)
8 AMERICANS
DIE WITH RAF
British Air Ministry Re
veals List Of
Casualities
LONDON, Nov. 26.—UPI—An air
ministry death list today included
eight Americans serving with the
RAF. They were:
Killed on active service: Pilot
Officer L. A. Chatterton of the
Eagle Squadron, born in Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Pilot Officer L. D. Louden,
whose father lives at Mist, Ore.;
Segt. J. M. Maxon, born at Gales
burg, 111., wife at Montreal.
Missing and believed killed on
active service: Pilot Officer W.
M. Bishop, born in Cleveland, O.,
father lives at Novelty, O., Pilot
Officer J. R. Cox, born at Port
Chester, N. Y., wife at Chicago,
111.; Pilot Officer H. H. Hay, bom
at Kansas City, Mo., wife at Talla
hassee, Fla.; Pilot Officer F. J.
Kruszynski, born in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Died on active service: Acting
Squadron Leader P. D. Dear, born
San Francisco. 1
Camp Davis Officer
Promoted To Colonel
The name of Lieut. Col. Michael
E.- McHugo was included in a list
of temporary promotions to the
rank of Col. announced by the
War Department in Washington,
Tuesday.
Colonel McHugo is the comman
der of the Third Barrage Balloon
Squadron Air Corps, which is at
tached to the BBTC' at Camp Da
vis. 3
WANTS $150,000
Seeking $150,000 from the estate of
Steel Mitchell, express company
executive who committed suicide,
Mrs. Heraia Russell Mitchell faces
her mother-in-law and sister-in-law
in New York Supreme court. She
claims her husband promised her
half his estate if she would with
draw a separation suit, instituted
before his death.—Central Press
Photo.
SPEEDIER OUSTER
OF JUDGES ASKED
Justice Jackson, Biddle Op
pose Cpmbersome Meth
od Of Impeachment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-M-A
Supreme court Justice and the at
torney general, appealing today
i for a new and speedier method
of ousting Federal judges, de
clared that some of those jurists
should have been removed for
“misbehavior.”
Associate Justice Robert H.
Jackson and. Attorney General
Francis Biddle testified before a
Senate Judiciary subcommittee
that the present method of im
peachment by the House and trial
by the Senate was “too cumber
some.” and that the alternative of
criminal trial could not be in
voked against some Federal
judges.
They advocated a bill already
passed by the House which Chair
man Sumners (D. - Tex.) of the
House Judiciary committee told
(Continued on Page Eight; Col. 8)
SUSPECTED SPY
?AL’ OF NAZIS
Former Chief Cook Aboard
U. S. Ships Employed
Only Germans
NEW YORK; Nov. 26.—(#)—A
former chief cook aboard flag
ships of the United States Lines
admitted today he once had writ
ten German authorities that he
tried to hire help from among
Germans, exclusively; that he
purchased supplies in Hamburg,
and that he always felt it his duty
to pay Germany taxes on his
American income.
He was Richard H. Klei$s, nat
uralized in 19^1 and one of 15
men being tried in Brooklyn Fed
eral court on charges of espionage
conspiracy for allegedly deliver
ing to Germany vital American
defense secrets.
Assistant U. S. Attorney James
Saver produced a letter on cross
examination after Kleiss had de
nied favoring German employes
and making tremendous purchases
in Germany. Shown the document,
he acknowledged that it was a
copy of a letter he had written
(Continued on Pa*e Three; Col. 2)
Congress Moves Swiftly
To Curb Defense Strikes
—— x
BULLETIN
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26.—UP)—
A general strike of 8,500 AFL
machinists which had tied up
production on millions of dol
lars in defense orders in the
St. Louis area was settled to
night.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.— UP —
Legislative machinery to end de
fense strikes turned in the capital
today while, in New York City,
the three-man arbitration board in
the captive coal-mine dispute
planned to remain in continuous
■j.
session until it reached a settle
ment.
Acting Chairman Ramspeck (D
Ga.)' of the House Labor committee
disclosed the tentative provisions
of his “drastic” measure which
may reach the Chamber tomorrow,
while, on the other side of the
Capitol, the Senate Judiciary com
mittee was called into special ses
sion for tomorrow to consider the
bill of Senator ConnaUy (D-Tec.).
The Ramspeck measure, decid
ed upon after a White House con
ference, would recreate the Na
/
(Continued on Pose Three; CoL 1*
HULL DELIVERS
‘FINAL’ OFFER
TO EMISSARIES
End To All ‘Aggression*
In Far East Believed
America’s Demand
ENVOYS SILENT
Washington Fears Possiblg
Attack On Burma Road
Or Vital Singapore
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—<«—
NBC tonight reported hearing
a Tokyo radio broadcast in
Portuguese beamed to Brazil
declaring Japan has given up
hope of a peaceful outcome of
the Washington negotiations be
tween the U. S. State depart
ment and the Japanese.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—
(/P)—The United States and
Japan have failed to find a
formula for a peaceful settle
ment of their differences aft
er seven months of diplomatic
negotiations, it was learned
authoritatively tonight, and
war or peace in the Far East
may hinge on Japan’s next
move.
Secretary of State Hull handed
to the Japanese envoys—Ambas
sador Kichis\buro Nomura and
Special Minister Saburo Kurusu—
after a conference late today a;
document setting forth the basis
principles which this government
feels must be observed by all na
tions, including Japan, if peace is
to be achieved and maintained in
the Pacific.
The fundamental policies — en
unciated by Hull in 1937 soon afte*
Japanese forces began their inva
sion of China—would, in their prac
tical application, require Japan to
end her armed expansion and ag
gression in the Far East, withdraw
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 4)
BRAZIL SMASHES
PRO-AXIS COUP
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Army Reserves Summoned
In Alleged Move To
Unseat Morinigo
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov.
26.—(#)—Reliable sources said to*
night that President Higinio Mor
inigo of Paraguay has defeated a
bloodless coup d’etat of pro-axis
colog after a three-day crisis be
ginning Nov. 19.
During the period heavy army
reserves were called into Asuncion
and mounted troops patroled the
streets at night.
The dispute, it was reported,
started When President Morinigo
refused a request of Police Chief
Luis'Santiviago honors for the body
of former -Predisent Eduardo
Schaerer, who, died Nov. • 11
in Buenos Aires. Schaerer was'the
founder of the pro-Axis political
entity called the "Schaererlstas.”
Santiviago then used the dispute
to demand'that Morinigo resign,
and the president quickly mobili
zed the army. 3
Brazilian Troops Ready
To Help Guard Guianas
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 26 —(Ji
—Small detachments of Brazilian
troops already are on the border
of Surinam (Dutch Guiana) and
reinforcements in undisclosed num
bers are preparing to move up to
help United States forces guard
the Bauxite deposits, it was report
ed here tonight.
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