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curved By Leased Wire Of The - b L'.n.i'n Dedicated To The associated press PROGRESS With Complete Coverage Of -— ESTABLISHED 1867? Rose Bowl Game Declared Off Q//4 Orders Of A -,^o? .rr puke Coach Suggests Transfer Oi <ew Year’s Classic To Durham; Other Post Season Encounters Still Slated BAST-WEST contest also gets axe SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—(/P)—The Rose Bowl foot 11 game> scheduled for Pasadena, New Year’s day, was jed off officially today after a meeting between commit tee members and Lieut. Gen. John L. De Witt, Western defense commanuei. representatives of the famed .'•Leason gridiron classic reached "early today from Pasadena and 6er;errfp briefly with General De c® w]10 yesterday asked Gov. alert Olson to request that the be cancelled for military rea S0"L Robert Robb, press relations [[jCer for the Fourth Army, said SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. rIi/PI—Governor Olson today transmitted to the Shrine foot ball authorities in San Fran cisco the official request of Gen. John L- He " iff that the East .yest Saine at San Francisco on V , year’s day be cancelled. The committee said the game would be played however at a site yet to lie determined and with the same coaches and play ers. tie Rose Bowl group had “agreed to cooperate 100 per cent with Gen eral DeWitt.” Captain Robb also disclosed the Army head would ask Governor Ol son 'to make a similar request the East-West charity game here on Xew Year’s be called off. Officials of the East-West con test, not yet advised of such a re (Continued on I’age Three; Col. 2) FOUR FIREMEN HURT IN CRASH Coupe Driven By Negro Hurtles Into Crowd Near Burning Car Four city firemen and a negro were severely injured early Sunday morning when a Ford coupe ploughed into a crowd gathered around a burning automobile at the extreme northen end of Fourth street near the Smith Creek bridge. He coupe was alleged to have been driven by Henry Riggins, ne gro. whom nolice said fled the scene on foot and later was ap prehended. He is being held in jail Dending the outcome cf the injuries of the persons struck by the automobile. Warrants also were sworn out by the police for Bertha James and Isaac James, negro occupants c'the car driven by Riggins, which charged aiding and abetting in hit and-run by attempting to conceal bb’chis’ name. The firemen, Lieut. C. S. Bul lard, Herbert C. Rivenbark, Wal ler Casteen and Erwin Wells, all Soldiers At Stadium Would Like A Radio! anyone got a spare radio? Fort Bragg soldiers presently bivouacked at the American Legion stadium here feel that thpy’re being left out of things. 1 •'ey’d sure appreciate it if someone would lend them a tadio set “for the (fciration” of wpir stay. Would-be donors may Protart the director of the Woodrow Wilson USO hut. fONE ARGENTINA GIVES K buenos aires Dec. m.—(ap>— . Berlin dispatch to Argentina to Mfl rePni'ted the Cuban Charge Affaires Armando Montero pre ■ented to tbe foreign office his ’overnment’s formal declaration of ^_on Germany 1 VICHY CONDEMNS ' NAZI REPRISALS ‘Profound Uneasiness’ Cit ed In German Order To Execute 100 Hostages VICHY, Unoccupied France, Dec. 14.—(ff)—The Petain govern ment, in an official communique, tonight stated that an order of German authorities for the exe cution of 100 “Jewish Communists and anarchists’’ in occupied France provokes “profound uneasi ness among Frenchmen.” Furthermore, the communique said, the French government has expressed its sentiment to the Ger man authorities. The Germans announced yester day that the 100 would be shot in occupied France in sweeping re prisal executions for “recent at tacks against the occupation troops.” At the same time, a fine of 1,000,000,000 francs ($20,000,000) was imposed on Jews in the oc cupied zone. The communique points out also that it always has affirmed its reprobation and that of the French people regarding the attacks com mitted, that in fact its own police had arrested several of those guilty of the attacks, and that as a re sult the French had sought and expected to obtain a marked re duction of the number to be shot. Yesterday’s German announce ment said that a large number of Jews had been deported to ‘the east to be put to hard labor. This was the first time since the Germany-Vichy aimistice that Marshal Petain’s government has come out squarely against mea sures of the German occupation authorities. 3 MAN, WOMAN E IN DURHAM CRASH Two Cars Collide Head-On On Oxford Highway; Two Others Hurt __— . — — — itn\ m persons were killed and two oth ers critically injured about 6:30 o’clock tonight when two automo biles collided head-on about seven miles from Durham on the Ox ford highwav. Those killed were Samuel L. Satterfield, 64, of Dur ham, a retired tobacco-warehouse man, and Miss Cora Beasley, of Louisburg, case-worker for the Franklin county welfare depart ment. William H. Neville, 50, of Dur ham, suffered a fractured skull and severe lacerations about the head and is reported in a critical con dition in a local hospital. He was believed to have been driving the automobile in which Satterfield was riding. A woman, whose iden tity has not yet been learned, and an occupant of the car operated by Miss Beasley, is in a local hospital. Her exact condition has not been determined. The accident, investigating offi cers reported, occurred on a straight stretch of highway. Both cars turned over and were demol ished. _1 J apanese Wnter r lays ‘Shameful’ U. S. Attack WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.— UPl — v _ e H. Kawakami, for seven Jvars a correspondent for Domei, tnri °®cial Japanese news agency, J ay denounced Japan’s treach “s attack on the United States ful Slackest and most shame Page in Japanese history.” . “wakami. an American citizen “ 111 the United States and edu 8i 1 at Harvard University, re e“ as Domei’s correspondent a a he received news of the Japr 3n«c attack on Hawaii. Colic y’ lle infcrrned newspaper tlan SJUes in a letter that he iea to enlist in the American Army to do his bit toward “crush ing forever” the type of “militar ist rule which drugs and drags peaceful people into war, wherev er it exists.” His letter was made public by the state department. “It seems clear,” he wrote, “that throughout the last two months, since (General) Tojo became pre mier, Japan’s mind was already made up fcr war, and that she kept up the pretense of negotiating with this country only in order to gain time for the completion of her war preparations. “That shameful double-dealing, [ (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1> ‘LITTLE’ GLORIA AND FIANCE Gloria Laura Vanderbilt, 17, who will inherit a $4, 000,000 fortune when she becomes 21, is shown at a night club in New York with Pasquale “Pat” di Cicco, theatrical agent and former husband of the late Thelma Todd, after their engagement was announced. Gloria’s mother, who once battled the child’s aunt for her custody, declared the wedding would take place in Hollywood Christmas day.— Central Press Photo. Army Cites Enemy Plan es Over ’Frisco Flares Dropped In Bay Regions; Maryland Naval Battle Spiked By Coast Guard SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—(fP)—'The Army issued a statement today that “flares were seen in the sky, appar ently dropped by enemy aircraft,” during the long blackout rnaay nignt. “The San Francisco Bay region’s longest blackout of the war, last ing two hours and 38 minutes on jpriday night, was eaufed by veri fied reports of unidentified air planes flying over the area,” said the statement, issued by Maj. Charles H. Titus public relations officer of the Western Defense Command. “The planes were first located off shore and later in the San Francisco Bay region. The Navy and other agencies reported their presence. This information was further supported by the fact that no Army or Navy planes were over, the area at that time. “Flares were seen in the sky, apparently dropped by enemy air craft. The ‘all-clear’ signal was given when the planes disap peared. “Lieut. Gen. J. L. De Witt, West ern Defense commander, reiter ated that no ‘test’ blackouts had been or would be ordered in this area, and said emphatically, that every blackout in San Franciso (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) WOMAN KILLED BY ARMY SENTRY Soldier Shoots When Cali fornia Man Fails To Stop Car At Order REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Dec. 14 —(#)—Police Chief D. L. Evans said today a soldier, whom he did not name, had been turned over to military officers after the fatal shooting of Mrs. Adele Brandel, 52, socially prominent. Evans said reports indicated four soldiers were halting motorists near the municipal airport last night and ordering them to remove blue coverings from headlights, that Dr. Harry M. Brandel failed (Continued on rage Ten; Col. 6) WEATHER FORECAST: NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA— Generally fair Monday and Tuesday; continued rather cold Monday followed by slowly rising temperature Tuesday. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday): (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 45; 7:30 a. in. 41; 1:30 p. m. 53: 7:30 p. m. 45: maximum 53; min imum 40; mean 46: normal 49. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 87: 7:30 a. m. 95; 1:30 p. m. 55; 7:30 p. m. 71. Precipitation: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p m., 0.00 inches: total since the first of the month. 1.87 inches. Tides For Today: (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast anil (leodetic Survey): High Low Wilmington - 0:50a. 1:37a. 7:15p. 2:12p. Masonboro Inlet _ 4:40a. 11:01a. • 4:53p. 11:14p. Sunrise 7:10a; sunset 5:04p; moonrise 3:43a; moonset 3:02p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 8 a. m., Dec. 14, 0.00 feet. (Continued on Pi^ge Eight; Col. 8). ( 1 KILLED, 40 HURT IN HYDROGEN BLAST Naval Intelligence And FBI Join Investigation Of N. J. Explosion EDGEWATER, N. J., Dec. 14.— (41—A blast, felt throughout the metropolitan area, killed a work man at Spencer Kellogg & Sons today, injured about 4 other per sons. none seriously, and caused much property damage. Archibald Sanaford, 34, of 96 Grand ave., Englewood, was blown to bits, police sa'd, when a tank used for storing hydrogen gas ap parently exploded at 6:14 a. m. (E. S. T.). Patrolman John Fitzgerald at Edgewater police headquarters said the company had defense ord ers for the gas manufactured in a two-story brick building as a by product. The company, overlook ing the Hudson river, makes lin seed-oil products. Police Chief Frank Joret said later he was satisfied the explosion was accidental, but that no cause had been established. Naval in telligence officers and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion joined the probe. The first floor of the building was destroyed, its four walls blown out. A company garage, 15 automobiles and a research labor atory of the Barrett co., across river road from the Kellogg plant also were wrecked. Police estimat (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) San Diego Blacked Out Sunday By Army Order SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 14.— UP)—Blackout of San Diego was ordered at 6:44 tonight by the Fourth Interceptor command but it was lifted almost immedi ately. All San Diego radio stations went off the air simultaneously. They resumed operation several minutes later. The Army gave no explana tion. MANILA REPORTS WAR SITUATION ‘WELL IN HAND’ Jap Land Forces Sending Out Patrols In Face Of Bomber Attacks WEST COASt GUARDED MANILA, 5:40 a. m., Mon day, Dec. 15. — (4:40 p. m., E. S. T„ Sunday)— (JP) — Japanese forces which have established a foothold around Vigan were reported sending out patrols today in an appar ent effort to widen their hold ings in the face of attacV by United States Army bombers. Except for the region of Vigan, 200 miles north of Manila on Luzon’s west coast, there was only local activity. An Army headquarters communi que asserted that “the situation both on the ground and in the air was well in hand as the first week of military operations came to a close-” The War department reported that “enemy air activity continues” in the Philippines, but that otherwise the general situation was unchang ed. A communique covering military events up to 4 p. m. EST said: 1*—Philippine theater: “Enemy air activity continues. Ground operations are confined to the Aparri, Legaspi and Vigan areas. Ne change in the general situation has been reported. Z.—Hawaii: No further reports have been re ceived. 3.—West Coast: United States: Extensive air reconnaissance by American Army air units is continuing.” JAP PLANES SIGHTED MELBOURNE, Dec. 15. — (Mon day)—The Royal Australian air force reported in a communique to day that Japanese planes have been sighted over New Guinea and the Bismarck, archipelego, but disappear ed before battle could be joined. (Continued on Page Two; Co!. 5) negro! :ome BY SM_FUMES Man Taken To Local Hos pital After Being Caught In Blazing House Overcome by smoke when his residence at 920 Dawson st. caught fire at 4:05 p. m. Sunday, Alexan der Huggins, negro, was taken to James Walker hospital where his condition was reported good Sun day night. Firemen extinguished the blaze. One other alarm was answered Sunday by the fireman, at 4 New Brooklyn courts, where a small fire was put out without appreci able damage. The firemen got something new in the way of false alarms Satur day night at 9:15 o’clock when they were summoned to 1913 Orange st. where they found a woman who said her husband had been chasing her with a butcher-knife. In the excitement, she phoned the fire department instead of the police. Two other alarms were an swered by the fire department Sat urday night, a false alarm at 13th and Dawson, and a small fire at 212 North Seventh, caused by cigaret that had been flipped into a pile of clothing. Only Eight Days Left To Aid Stocking^ Fund!_ This is an appeal addressed to you, personally. It’s hard to believe that there will be children in Wilmington for whom there won’t be as much as an orange Christmas day, isn’t it? But, it literally is true that there are hundreds of such children, and unless something is done for them, Christmas will have no meaning for them. And, it’s easy to shrug your shoulders and think that one of the charitable organizations here surely will reach them. But, they can’t. That’s why the Star-News Empty Stocking Fund was created—to take care of the chil dren whose parents have failed to benefit from the (Continued on Page I wo; Col. S) ' j . ■ 1 STEEL BARON AND HIS BRIDE Ernest T. Weir, 66, chairman of the board of the Na tional Steel co., is shown with his bride, the former Mary E. Hayward, 25, of New York, after their marriage in Baltimore, Md. This is the second marriage for each.— Central Press Photo. Rampant Red Army Has Nazis On Run Sweeping Gains Claimed Along Vast Front; Axis Resistance Stiffens In Libya MOSCOW, Monday, Dec. 15.— (#>) —Rampant Red armies declared today they had the Germans on the run in a retreat approaching the scale of Napoleon’s retirement from Moscow and had overtaken the backtracking Hitler legions with a headlong campaign of extermination. ■riuin one enu ui ine oruaa, * snow-crusted front to the other, the Russians reported success aft er success: The threat to Moscow eliminated by the rout of the Nazis in the greatest debacle yet to befall Hit ler, his efforts to encircle Lenin grad smashed, his hopes of get ting at Caucasia’s rich oil-fields thwarted. Since the start of the German invasion last June 22, the Rus sians reported, Hitler has lost 6, 000,000 men, more than 15,000 tanks, 13,000 planes and 19,000 can non. Extent of the danger which hung over Moscow at the height of the Nazi campaign against the ^(Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) SIX DEAD AFTER N. Y. SNOWSTORM Rising Temperatures Help State Dig Out Of Sea son’s Heaviest Fall ALBANY, N. Y„ Dec. 14.—Mi Rising. temperatures helped New York dig today out of the season’s heaviest snowstorm, which temp orarily blocked many northern roads and contributed to six deaths. All-night labor by plow crews opened highways, except in iso lated instances, in the Adirondack counties where snow fell in some sections to a depth of eight inches. Elsewhere traff'c flowed steadily although slowed by slush or rain. A forecast of cloudy and colder weather in many sections threat ened a road-freezing hazard. State police urged cautious driving and (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) 9M<?pme vjysi&r '6/yp a bom ro m coo/r\ Buy | Christmas /, 5ea/s ' TURKEY TO KEEP NEUTRAL STAND Note To U. S. Regarded As Diplomatic Vic tory For Allies WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—(JP)— Turkey today notified the United States it would remain neutral in the “new conflict which has jurt broken out.” Turkey’s notification was given to the State department today by the Turkish ambassador, M. M. Ectegun. He delivered a note, addressed to Secretary of State Hull, which said: “I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that in a tele gram dated Ankara, Dec. 10, (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) Ft. Bragg Community Will Have Blackouts DUNN, Dec. 14.—UP)—Dunn citi zens will meet tomorrow night to receive instructions for a practice blackout and air raid alarm dur ing the week. Plans for the home defense steps were announced today by Mayor Joe N. Creel, Defense Chairman Earl McD. Westbrook and Fire Chief Ralph Hanna. Dunn is 26 miles from Fort Bragg. Army officers will be here to assist in the drills, it was said. NIPPON LOSES 8 TROOPSHIPS IN WAR AT SEA Enemy Submarines Report* ed Under Heavy Attack In Hawaiian Waters DEFENSES HOLD By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-* (tP)—A major Japanese bomb ing attack on the heroid marine garrison at isolated Wake island was reported turned back today with de struction of two enemy war planes by the battling Devil Dogs. “The Marines on Wake island continue to resist,” the Navy said in a late afternoon communique. This announcement followed a War department statement indicat ing that the furious Japanese as saults on the Philippines had slackened. Significantly, the War department added that the general situation was unchanged. That had been described by an earlier Army communique at Manila as “well in hand.” But, there was no slackening for the stout-hearted handful of men on Wake island, tiny outpost on the most direct route from awaii to the Philippines. Following up re peated bombardments of recent days, the Japanese made two new bombing attacks, the Navy said, and while the first was light, tha second was undertaken in great force, yet it caused only "inconse quential” damage to the island. The Navy also reported that enemy submarines were operating in the Hawaiian area, but were under vigorous attack. The communique said: "There have been two addi tional bombing attacks on Wake island. The first was light, the second was under taken in great force. Two ene my bombers were shot down. Damage was inconsequential. "The Marines on Wake is land, continue to resist. "Enemy submarines are known to be operating in the Hawaiian area. Vigorous at tacks are being made against them. “The above is based on re ports up until noon today." (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) TABOR CITY WOMAN DIES IN ACCIDENT Mrs. Amanda Nance Vic* tim; Son Reported Seri ously Injured In Crash TABOR CITY—Mrs. Amanda Callie Nance, 67, of Tabor City, was killed instantly Saturday night when the car in which she was riding was involved in a col* lisicn with another auto. Her son, Andrew Nance, of Morehead City, who was driving, and a negro, op* erating the other automobile, were taken .to the Columbus county hos* p'tal in Whiteville where their con ditions were pronounced as “grave.” The accident occurred east of Wilmington near White Marsh. The Columbus county coroner an nounced that the negro would be held without bail. Funeral services for Mrs. Nance will be r eld Monday afternoon at Bethesa Methodist church, with the Rev. A. R. Soles and the (Coni in lied on Page Three; Col. 3) Many Americans Held In Jap-Occupied Area (EDITOR’S NOTE: Frank L. Martin, who returned recently from two years of service as a correspondent in the Orient, re calls for Wide World the things Americans there anticipated.) By FRANK L. MARTIN. NEW YORK, Dec- 14. — (Wide Wor’.d) — Hundreds o£ Americans are stranded in numerous cities and villages of the Par East. Each of them, whether in custody of the Japanese military police, or barricaded in their homes, unable to reach safety, probably is figuring how soon the United States Navy could steam into the closest port and send Marines to rescued them. «c T ------ The “rescue” has been the topic of conversation in all bars, clubs and at parties where foreigners gather in the Orient since the Japa nese army pushed into Manchuria more than 10 years ago. In Shanghai, Tientsin, Canton and Hongkong, members of the Ameri can colonies have considered the pos sibility of being stranded by a sud den declaration of war between the United States and Japan. They usually decided it W'ould be oniy a matter of a few weeks at the most before the American Navy cleared the China waters of Japa (Continued on Face Three; CtL
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