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4 Served By Leased Wire Oi The W 4(4 . + * REMEMBER [sag.- rimmgton Unrmtqj tar I sT tQL'75—NO- 49 ___WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1941_FINAL EDITION _ ESTABLISHED 1867. 30 Jap Planes Attack Vital Philippines Port; British lose Penang To Inv&M%Ml fl’RAE ORDERED TO LINK SEWER LINE TO CITY'S development Firm Given gO Days To Construct Oleander System Hugh MacRae and co., inc., vas ordered at a joint meet „ of the New Hanover :,mtv board of commission ;, and the public health boards of the county and city rhursdav to connect its sew ‘ disposal lines in Oleander :0 those of the city within next 60 days. The ruling followed a report by frauk Hill, jr., member of the ,1 department of sanitary en ■ Ling, stating that the sewage La in the Oleander commu •Las a hazard to public health. ■ine order is expected to put an ,0 the two months old con '.sv 0i the sewage disposal “«,ems in the Oleander section V a n ee.mg J me commission " week, ft whs decided thst E' eauest would be made to the E'.e Health depa.tment to send I' expert ncre to survey the situ Lin'he Oleandei community. ■ ir jjjii was seut here and, after Ling a complete survey of the jation reporteo ihat it was a health hazard and a public nui Lembers of the board already tad stated that they believed there (Continued on I'aee Three; Col. D mCH TAKEOVER fORTUGUESE ISLE Vrotective’ Action Taken Over Protest Of Local Authorities On Island BATAVIA, N. E. I., Dec. 18.—UP) - Netherlands and Australian hops tonight were in full occu pation of Timor, moving into the Portuguese half of the mountain pjs islands and thus forecasting Japanese seizure of a potential assault base 450 miles from Dar rin and at the tip of the Dutch zast Indies Tie occupation,. , .practically bloodless, was made over the “ob ject®” of the Portuguese, which had only a tiny defense force on tee island. It was announced in tec following communique from He Netherlands government: ■ "In vie.- of the Japanese sub tom- . ;ity off Portuguese Timor. .. . become an unavoid sble neces v to take steps in or “tr to safeguard th s territory Minst Japanese aggression and to forestall its being used as a hse from which attacks could be Bode on Allied territory and com Otinications. "Accordingly a force of Allied (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) , -v Service At Hut To Accept Gifts For Boys At Camp Davis Mrs. t. 1). Love, president of 1( Social Service league, an nnunced Thursday night that rfl>resentatives of the league Jill be hi the Woodrow Wilson 111 all day Friday and Saturday receive gifts from local citi "lls fo tile soldiers. Service club especially "#alil like to have homemade Indies and cookies and cigar f,.s donated, although any gift "'ll be appreciated. Representatives will be on i ,ail|l from 9:30 o’clock to 5 Jlflori( in tlie afternoon. - V* A V List Of American Heroes ' v v"!hds Stiffen Defenses; Tok., ^St Rap ture Of Strategic Ho.* 'tg FOES DRIVEN BACK IN LUZON ZONES SINGAPORE, Dec. 18.—WP)—The Japanese have pushed 100 mile, iiito Malaya in 11 days of attacks prosecuted with fanatical disregard of the constantly high death toll, but have not yet man aged to convert their jungle offensive into a major push, the British reported tonight. MANILA, Friday, Dec. 19.—{/P)—More than 30 Japa nese planes ha e bombed the southern port of Iloilo on the central Philippine island of Panay in their first attack in that region, U. S. Army headquarters here announced today. SENATELOWERS DRAFT LIMITS Upper House Passes 19-44 Active Service Bill; House Reconsiders !_ WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— UP)— The Senate responded today to an Army appeal lor young soldiers of enthusiasm and stamina, vot ing to make ail men from 19 through 44 years old liable for mil'tary service and to require the registration of males from 18 through 64. The chamber passed the meas ure by the overwhelming vote of 79 to 2. California s two sena tors, Downej, Democrat, and Johnson, Republican, recorded the only “no” votes The bill now goes back to the House, which is expected to route it to a joint conference committee for adjustment of differences, chiel of which vis the Housfces tablished minimum age of 21 for active service. Despite a determined fight, the administration s'uck to its guns through three roll-calls on the con troversial question of lowering the present 21-year minimum for ac tive service. After hearing Chairman Reyn olds (D.-N. C.) of the ifclilitary (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) SENATEPROBERS REJECT UNGER Ex-North Dakota Governor Loses First Round Of Battle For Seat WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— W) — William Langer, colorful former governor ar.d stormy petrel of North Dakota polit'cs, today lost the first round of his fight against charge?! by a group cf petitioners from his state that he is unfit to be a senator. By a 13 to 3 vote, the Senate Privileges and Elections'commit tee recommended against permit ting him to retain the seat he won in the 1940 general election. He was seated last January “with, out prejudice,” pending an inquiry into accusations of moral turpi tude. With the vote, the 55-year-old Langer immediately began a bat tle to get the Senate to reject the committee’s recommendation. Leaders indicated that Senate consideration would be deferred until January. Chairman Hatch (D.-N. M.) said (Continued on Page Eleven; Col. 1) -v Extended New British Conscription Signed LONDON, Dec. 18.— (A?) —The national conscription bill providing for compulsory national service by w&men and extending the conscrip tion ages for men to 18% to 50 years became law today with the signature of King George VI. i “Civilian casualties and prop erty damage have been re ported,” said a communique. Press reports said the attack lasted for about 30 minutes. Previously the Japanese had at tacked only the Philippine islands of Luzon, on which Manila lies; Mindanao, large southern island where the important airport at Davao was bombed, and the cen tral island of Cebu, southeast of Panay. Iloilo is about 310 miles south and slightly east of Manila, a stop on an airline' running south to Davao, southern Philippine port. It is an important port, having a large trade with Manila and other island ports as well as with foreign ports. Many industries also are centered there. Chief exports are sugar, tobacco, rice, coffee, hides and hemp. The announcement followed in duction of the entire Army of the Philippines into the United States Army of the Far East and other moves consolidating and strength ening the American forces. The Japanese again apparently (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) santaToIisu DAVIS CHILDREN Two Christmas Parties Set With -Decorated Trees And Presents Camp Davis will celebrate Christmas with traditional parties for the children of tne camp’s per sonnel. There wil’ be a Santa Claus for all children who have not reached their 13th birthday, when presents will be distributed Monday and Tuesday of next week, from two large Christmas trees profusely lighted and decorated. Plans have beer under way for several weeks, starting with a sur vey to determine the number of children in the age limit. Follow ing this survey, p<eser1s were pur chased according to the age brack et, and the committee in charge of this program, h* aded by Mrs. Frederic H. Smith wife of the commanding general and presi dent of the Camp Davis Welfare Association, has reported that ev ery boy and girl v/.ll tind a present. With Santa Claus in person pres ents will be distributed to the white children Monday-, Dec. 22, at 4 (Continued on Page Sixteen; Col. S) —^-V Coast Artillery Chief To Visit Davis Today Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Green, chief of Coast Artillery, will arrive from Washington Friday morning for a one-day inspection of the Barrage Balloon Training center and school at Camp Davis. General Green is a frequent visi tor to Camp Davis and plans to spend the day with Col. Robert Arthur, commanding the Balloon center and visit Maj. Gen. Frederic H. Smith, commanding general. -V RANGOON REINFORCED RANGOON, British Burma, Dec. 18,—(A?)—Another large convoy of British Indian troops arrived here today with full equipment. &xis Forces Claimed In Full Flight On Both Russian And Libyan Fronts -- * t,Ne'V York, Dec. 18.—W)— ErE«h radio said tonight reports from Helsinki this J'fon morning say that “all 'Milan troops have been with liu*"11..110,11 , ‘nland >n a great . ’ The broadcast was heard hy CBS. ^OSCOW, Dec 18.—IIP)—A new ®en°f tlle ^6d army’s December *■ th? Ve W8S develoPinE tonight, tlle Russians throwing back te t,rmans directly west of Mos a‘tcr oieaking off Nazi sali ents on the flanks north and south of the capital. Military dispatches said the army cf General Govorov, operat ing in the heart of the Moscow front, had recaptured 200 settle ments and that his vanguard was approaching Ruza, about 60 miles west of Moscow and just north east of Mozhaisk. A fierce drive was pressed against the Finns and Germans in the northwest, the* Russians striking in the Novgorod sector south of Leningrad after rolling the Germans back 45 miles from Tikhvin and freeing Leningrad from the threat of complete en circlement. (British reports said that the Finnish line between Lakes Onega and Ladoga was smashed and that Lenin grad’s million defenders had joined in the attack on the Finns.) Only on the extreme southern front, in the Crimea, itself, were the Germans holding the initia tive. There, however, the Rus sians reported they were checking (Continued on Page Eleven: Col. 41 I-1 LAURA INGALLS, . . . She ‘Overreached Herself’ LAURA INGALLS NABBED BY FBI Famous Aviatrix Charged With Acting As Agent For German Reich WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—M— An adventure in which Aviatrix Laura Ingalls said, “I guess I overreached mysoif,” brought her to jail today on a charge of fail ing to register ss an agent of the German government. The widely known flier, first of her sex to pilot a plane non-stop across the contirent from East to West, was unable cc post the $7,500 bond fixed when she was ar raigned before United States Com missioner Needham Turnage. The hearing was recessed to Dec. 26 to give Miss In gads opportunity to consult a lawyer. She protested to Turnage that FBI agents who arrested her yes terday had held her incommuni cado “in a small ioom,” and that she had been 'without sleep for 36 hours. J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director, said that the ar 'est climaxed sev eral months of investigation of Miss Ingalls’ activities during which she “received a specified salary from an agent of the Ger man Reich for her efforts in spreading the oropaganda which (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) ONLYlnnEND RAID CONFERENCE Maffitt Explains Measures Against Saboteurs And Bomb-Set Fires McKean Maffitt, chief Wilming ton air raid warden, Thursday night expressed disappointment at the turnout of building owners and superintendents called to organize a raid-watcher service for the business district. Only 13 attended the session in the city council rooms at city hall, Mr. Maffitt said The conference was called for the purpose of organizing a 24 hour watcher service in all down town business establishments to guard- against fires which might (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) -V Women Volunteers Asked To Motor Corps Meeting All Wilmington women who want to become members of the Motor Corps of the Wilmington chapter of the American Red Cross should at tend the organization meeting at 1516 Princess st. at 3 p. m. Friday .(ViVs. Ida B. Speiden, executive sec retary of the chapter, said Thurs day night. Women who successfully complete the course of training will become members of the Motor Corps. 5mopp//v<r Mxrtepr Buy Christmas Seals Deadly American Sabs Add Jap Transport, Destroyer To Victories; U. S., France Reach Naval Accord ._ Or ___U. - PLEDGE ASSURES NAZIS WON’T GET MARTINIQUE BASE Vessels In Atlantic Also Immobilized From Axis Use Against America WILL SUPPLY FOOD WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— (A1) — American and French authorities in Martinque have reached an accord, it was learned authoritatively to night, under which the neu tral status of French posses sions and naval vessels in the Western Hemisphere will re main unchanged. Under the agreement, it w a s learned, the United States will con tinue to permit, trade with French possessions in the Caribbean, in return for pledges 'hat French ves sels and nationals therr will take no action detrimental to the United States and American interests. - An obvious interpretation of the agreement, it was said, would be that—despite Nazi efforts to obtain closer Franco-Get man collabora tion—French possessions, vessels and troops in France’s American territories will not be taken over by the Axis. The friendly agreement also will, it was said, make it unnecessary for the United States id take any military action to insure that French territory or warships on this side of the Atlantic will not be (Continued on Fuse Eleven; Col. 2) ORDNANCEPLANT BLAST HURTS 2 Sandusky Arms Explosion Unexplained By Army; Second In Week SANDUSKY, O., Dec. 13.—UP)— An explosion was heard at the $40,000,000 Plum Brook ordnance plant near here tonight and two injured men were brought to Providence hospital. It was the second ordnance plant accident in the nation within a week. State Highway patrolmen report ed ope unit of a TNT production line was wrecked, and were told that five men were hurt. At Providence hospital, one man was reported to have received a fractured leg and another was said to have been burned. Not seriously. An Army spokesman, who de clined the use of his name, said there had been an accident which was “not serious,” but did not specify whether it was an explo sion. Residents in the plant area reported hearing an explosion, however. Cap. Jermain Rodenhauser, com manding officer of the plant, said he would make' no statement. Ambulances and physicians were summoned from Sandusky and other nearby points, and rushed to the plant. Ambulances returned later, ho I ever, their drivers re porting that injured men were be ing treated by the physicians at the plant. Last Friday, a TNT melt unit at the Iowa ordance plant near Bur lington, la., blew up. ■ Eight are known dead, of whom six have been identified, and seven persons are missing. An investigation by a military board of inquiry is un der way. -V oanta Claus Letters Really Go Somewhere The batches of mail pushed into the letter-drops of the Wil mington postoffice each Christ mas, which eventually end up in the dead-letter office because of insufficient address, do not include letters addressed in a childish scrawl to: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. The Santa t'laus letters, of L which the postoffice estimates there are between 100 arid 150 a year, are not sent to the dead letter off. 3 because the post office delivers them—to the Sal vation Army and to the Star News Empty Stocking Fund. And. those agencies see to it that the letters to Old Saint Nick do not lack an answer. MISSING GENERAL RECENT VISITOR Maj. General Herbert A. Dargue (right) is shown chatting with Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons during a recent visit in Wilmington to inspect the city’s air raid warning cepter. General Dargue now is feared lost on a plane flight to the West coast and General Emmons is en route to Honolulu to assume control of the Hawaiian - defenses.—Staff Photo. * * * ' ' ♦ * \* Gen. Dargue, 7 Others FearedLost On Flight Plane Missing Six Days; High Air Corps Officer Recent Visitor Here WASHINGTON, Deci 18.—(/P)—Maj. Gen. Herbert A. Dargue and seven other Army officers and men have been missing for six days on, a transcontinental flight which, it is believed, was the first leg of a flying trip to reinforce Hawaiian defenses. * Dargue may have been under orders to take command of the air forces in Hawaii, although there was no offioia’ confirmation, of this in the War department’s announcement today that his plane had not been heard from since late Friday, when it ,was about two miles south or Palmdale, Calif. It was learned, however, that orders already had been issued at that time to strengthen the high command in Hawaii. Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commander of the Air Combat Force, who has replaced Lieut. Gen Walter C'. Short as chief ,o$ the Hawaiian department, then was on his way to Honolulu, al though announcement of this change was not made until yes terday. On Fr:day, Dargue left Mitchel Field, N. Y , bound for Hamilton Field near San F ancisco, one of the takeoff points for flights to Hawaii. Among those flying with him were two General Staff of ficers: <5ol. Charles W. Bundy and Lieut. Col. George W. Ricker, both of Washington. Fheir plane was a transport which was Dargue’s flying office. The time of General Dargue’s flight and the fact that the War department announced last night (Continued on Pace Three; Col. 3) WEATHER FORECAST : NORTH CAROLINA — Partly cloudv and continued mild Friday. SOUTH CAROLINA—Partly cloudy * Friday, slightly warmer in coastal sections. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday): (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 42; 7:30 a. m. 36; 1:30 p. m. 64; 7:30 p. m. 52: maximum 64; min imum 36; mean 50; normal 49. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 91; 7:30 a. m. 95; 1:30 p. m. 45; 7:30 p. m. 70. Precipitation: Total for the 24 liourA ending 7:30 p. m., 0.00 inches; total since the first of the month, 1.88 inches. Tides For Today: (From Tide Tallies published by IT. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Low Wilmington -10:30a. 5:08a. 10:45p. ' i 5:43p. Masonboro Inlet - 8:18a. 1:51a. 8:32p. 2:33p. Sunrise 7:13a; sunset 5:06p; moonrise 8:08a; moonset 6:51p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 8 a. m. Dec. 18. 9.69 feet. (Continued on Page Sixteen; Col. 8) A TIMID SHUrKbbrbK REALLY JAP MAJOR Soda-Pop Salesman On Isle Of Vigan Turns Out To Be Disguised Officer MANILA, Dec. 18— UB—An “Ex cuse, please” murmuring little Japanese shopkeeper named Hara, \vho for the past few years sold loaves of bread and soda pop to residents of Vigan, was unmasked today as Major Hara of the Im perial Japanese Army. A Filipino physician, arriving from a town near Japanese-occu pied Vigan, 200 miles northwest of Manila, told the story He said Hara was arreste^ at the outbreak of hostilities but when the first Japanese troops landed on Dec 10 they proceeded directly to the jail and released him. He then donned his Major’s uni form Hara is also Japanese “Mili tary Governor on the Province of Ilocos Sir.” --V CAR INJURIES FATAL DUNN, Dec. 18 —(At -George El lis Avery, 21, of Coats, died in a hospital today from injuries suf fered late Tuesday night when a truck failed to turn a curve near 4iere. 3 NAVY GIVES ONLY SPARSE DETAILS OF SEA SUCCESS Authorities Regard Move As Establishing Tight Ocean Blockade WAR COUNCIL MEETS Bv RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— (A3) — American submarines, moving with deadly effect into the battle of the Far East, have sunk a Japanese transport and probably a de stroyer as well. The Navy made this announce ment tonight, and earlier, the Army command in Manila an nounced that on Monday, a land battle south of Vigan, in northwest ern Luzon, resulted in a Japanese retreat of many miles, with an undetermined number of dead left behind. Word that Anlerica's “pigbpats’' had reached the area of action came yesterdav from Manila. There the headquarters of Adm. Thomas C. Hart, commander-in chief of the Far Eastern Fleet, said that two of three submarine attacks had been successful. Today, the Navy sparsely added the details of a transport sunk and a destroyer probrbly at the bot tom, but, following its usual course, made no mention of speci fic localities or the identities of ships ..involved. The development was taken to mean that an effective beginning had been made at establishing a blockade about Japan, intended to snap the supply-lines to her distant (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) ELIZABETHTOWN COUPLE KILLED Parents Of Three Small Children Hit By Drill Hanging Over Truck ELIZABETHTOWN, Dec. 1*.—Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Chinnis, S5-year-old parents of three small children, were killed instantly Thursday night near their honj^ at Dublin as they walked along Highway 87 on their way to the local schoolhouse to at tend a Christmas program. They were killed when the tongue of a grain drill, which was sticking out over the bed of the truck in which it was being hauled, struck them,in the head. Ed McKinnon, negro,who was driv ing the truck, was held pending further investigation. He stated that lie did not see Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon due to thrf fact that several cars were approaching and did not dim their lights. Children of the McKinnon’s, who were walking with them, narrowly escaped injury when thejtongue of the drill swept over their heads, knocking the hat from one child’s head. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon are sur vived by their three children and Mrs. McKinnon by her mother, Mrs. Martha Melvin. WET SMACKS! NEW YORK, Dec. 18.— UP> — Many Japanese soldiers drowned in Malaya when the dikes of canals were cut by Rritish de fenders and the water inundated the jungles, the London radio said today in a broadcast heard by NBC. There s 6 Big Days Left To Fill Empty Stockings! The Empty Stocking Fund drove closer to the mark Thursday as donations from Christmas-minded Wilihingtonians pushed the total to $1,038.90. It took a lot of gifts from a lot of people to bring the fund to its present mark, nickels and dimes in some cases, substantial checks in others, but each gift to the fund was backed with the givers’ awareness that they, too, were sharing in the spirit of Christmas by making happiness possible for some little child who otherwise might have lost faith. And, it’s people like that who make this nation worth fighting for. The Empty Stocking Fund needs more people like that: People whose Christmas couldn’t be complete at (Continued on Pare Eleven: ~oL £>
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