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Served By Leased Wire Of The _ associated press REMEMBER Wiih Complete Coverage Of P F A R I State and National News 11 n " __ HARBOR ~ ESTABLISHED 1867. ms TIGHTEN 0OSE AROUND NAPPED NAZIS wets Say Troops Now filliin Sight Of Stara ya Russia City AV£NUEOFESCAPECUT Rassian Quote Captured German As Saying Nazi Morale Cracking By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW. March 1.—(/P)— Soviet forces drawing an ever Lhter noose about the shat JLi 16th German army now 1 within sight of Staraya Russa city, keystone of all fprman communications on SSrflwertern front below Leningrad, frontline dis patches said tonight. These accounts said that Bed farces could see wrecked Ls and the tall spires of tl,e cathedral in the city where 90,000 Germans are trapped. One captured German sa.d all a\ e 01 of escape had been cut by the ([Circling Red troops and that food os running low m the Na/i Bat rison. Morale Cracks soviet officers quoted this prison .‘Karl Horst, as saying German uotale had crack-d in the last few days. Dread and often deadly frostbite is almost universal, he said. Far.te to the north the Russians ig 600 Germans in a e'mfeiit? Red drive to break Len ingrad's siege lines while other levies " onns surged on toward SiBOJersi or the central front and toward Dtiieperopetrovsk in the south. The southern fighting exploded violently with 1 til sides hurling planes, tanks and artillery at each (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) 1W TRAFFIC LAW EFFECTIVE TODAY Police Spend Sunday Warn ing Motorists About Changes In Code Motorists were being “warned” Sunday afternoon with police di reefing them ar-ording to new Mic regulations on Water, Nutt, fourth and Front streets, la speaking oi the new regula tions, Chief C. H. Casteen said ,"'e are warning the motorists to ol) and asking that they cooperate Wore we begin making arrests.” He added “in the next day or two b?gin making arrests for violations.” “One Way” traffic signs have ten posted on Water street from wange to Grace and on Nutt street cLnraCe,t0 Red Cross- Chief streets aR tra{iic on these move south with n° S™d traffic Permitted. He 'xfc.'a that "no Pacing will ft °n1these streets except "‘?Jlmd unload.” tetft bee.n posted warning west * Aa“st parking on the Grace o n ,Fourth s*reet from Siluck streets 4etrJav,e been Placed about ^icatfae"whprtS °" Fr0nt street Jo left tn wblere no “U” turns or Sections afe permitted at in "HE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS IN TODAY'S PAPER tareli!? !’ousebunter, the Kb-hunterUntei' an<1 the in todaJ’ Can be found Wt aII star-news “oUrajio n opP°rtunities, way 'a‘lab’et in any othe^ ttle W4elv°!£eiId throuSh lyU^WantAdsnd Wid6‘ lundredifR'fE,Ws Prints each month £ «Want Ads interesting^ °£ ering many offers. k money-saving ReaD and USE STAR-NEWS WANT ADS Regularly Three U. S. Airmen Safe In The Pacific I HONOLULU, March 1.—W— Three gaunt and sunburned American flyers are safe at an undesignated Pacific base after a long perilous trip in a rubber liferaft, the Navy reported to day. The men took to the raft when their bombing plane crashed in the South Pacific last January. They lived for weeks on fish, birds and rainwater. Discovery of the three on a Pacific atoll previously was an nounced in Washington. Their names were given as Harold K. Dixon, aviation chief machinists mate and pilot of the bomber, of La Mesa, Calif.; An thony J. Pastula, aviation ord nance man, second class, (149 Elienwood ave.), Youngstown, ()., and Gene D. Aldrich, radio man third class, of Sikeston 31o. -V C. VANDERBILT DIES IN MIAMI Great-Grandson Of Origi nal Commodore Suc cumbs To Hemorrhage MIAMI. Fla.. March 1.—UPl— j Cornelius Vanderbilt, 68. who de fied his fabulously wealthy family in his youth ar.d later became fr. mous in his own right as a sol dier, inventer, engineer, business man and financier, died today of a cerebral hemorrhage. Vanderbilt, great-grandson and namesake of the original Commo dore Vanderbilt who founded one of America's great industrial em pires. was stricken Saturday and did not recover consciousness be fore his death at 6 p.m. (EWT) aboard his yacht at a Miami, pier. He was under an oxygen tent for several hours ‘prior to his deatn. , Members of his family, notified of his condition Saturday, were at his bedside when he died. They included his widow, his son, Cor nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., widely known writer, his daughter, Mrs. Robert Stevens; and his sisters, Countess Szechenyi and Mrs Har ry Payne Whitney. He had been confined to the yacht, the 100-foot Ambassadress, much of the time since arriving here in October to spend the win ter, but before his seizure occa sionally went for walks about Mi ami. He also spent some of his time during the last days working at a wood lathe on the yacht—one of his favorite hobbies. Aboard the yacht he was known to everyone as “The General” be cause of the rank of brigadier gen eral he held in the United States Army Reserve. Two physicians, Dr. C. F. Roche of Miami Beach and Dr. M. J. Hogg and three nurses were at tending him when he died. The body will be sent to New York for services and burial. 2 -V POSITION EXTENDED VICHY, Unoccupied France, lYParch 1.—(iP)—The position of Gas ton Henry-Haye as ambassador to Washington has been extended for an additional six months as of Jan. 30, 1942, according to a decree pub lished in the Official Journal today. ‘We Will Win’, ells cts ppines Be GUERRILLAS ACTIVE Important Position Taken From Japanese In Re newed Action WASHINGTON. March 1.—(JP)— An American - Filipino guerrilla force, operating from a mountain fastness in northern Luzon, has at tacked and driven Japanese out of a river valley, the War department said today. AVhile Army experts here dis counted the military value of the maneuver as of “little consequence,” they did emphasize that it was new evidence of the opposition to the in vader carried on by natives and troops outside Bataan peninsula where Geneigl Douglas MaeArthur’s main army is making its stand. Quezon Speaks The same communique announc ing this action carried a proclama tion of Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezozn to his people as serting that “our spirit of resist ance” remained undaunted. This spirit, manifested in the northern Luzon action and in Que zon’s proclamation, had been noted in previous Philippine communiques, in one, MacArthur mentioned that civilian resistance to the invaders was “growing in intensity,” report ed the formation of a secret society of “fighters for freedom” and said that many native informers for the enemy had disappeared in myster ious fashion. Today’s report of the guerrilla operations placed the scene in the Abra valley extending from the towns of Cervantes to Bangued, a distance of more than 40 miles. This is about I3u miles north of the Ba taan front and not far from where the Japanese made one of their initial landings on Luzon. The Bataan front itself continued quiet, so much so that the War de partment commented that "a period of positional warfare seems indicat ed." MacArthur’s troops held to the advanced positions they attain ed last week, close to the main Japanese battle lines, and the enemy made no effort to counter attack. Quezon, in his proclamation issiled from an undesignated place, said that "for the last month the enemy has failed to make any advance. Every attack he has launched against us has been repulsed and his losses have been mounting every day. Our men are resolute and con fident Under the leadership of General MacArthur they are val iantly overwhelming odds, despite the initial attack of the enemy.” He urged his people to * ‘trust America and our great and beloved leader—President Roosevelt.” “The United Nations will win this war,” Quezozn added in the procla mation issued from his present tem porary capital somewhere in the Philippines. “America is too great and too powerful to be vanquished in this conflict. I know she will not fail us!” -V 21 Lost When Ship Torpedoed At Sea AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT, March 1.— —Eighteen crewmen, a British naval officer, a British chemist and a Norwegian airman were lost when a small freighter was torpedoed in mid-At lantic recently, said survivors reach ing here today. Nineteen persons, who have been landed safely, were picked up by an American warship. One Killed As Crack Train Is Derailed CHATANOOGA, Term., March, 1. —OP—One trainman was killed and two others injured today when the engine and six baggage cars on the N. C. & 'St. L. railway’s fast southbound passenger! train, “Dixie Flyer,” were derailed near Chata nooga. , L. W. Arnold of Nashville, was killed when trapped beneath the overturned engine. Ed Ballentine, engineer of Nash ville, was thrown clear of the cab and sustained numerous la cerations and bruises. O. H. West, a brakeman, also of Nashville, suf fered an injured back. The engine plowed down 500 feet of track before coming to rest side-ways on the road bed. Two baggage cars plunged down a 150 foot embankment and four others remained upright on the tracks after derailment. Railroad officials declined com ment on the wreck pending an official report but other sources said a split rail was believed re sponsible. The train, operating be tween Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., followed a freight traip into the Chatanooga yards. West, a brakeman on the pre ceding freight train, was left at a train spot to inform the “Dixie Flyer” engineer that the freight was going ahead into Chattanooga since the passenger train was runn ing late. None of the eight passenger cars was derailed and’ only three pas sengers received emergncy treat ment. They were identified as Wal ter Toney, Chicago, Mrs. T. L. Shaefer, Carrollton, Ga., and Mitti Simons, Brookhaven, Miss. The railroad sent busses from Chattanooga to return the passeng ers pending the makeup of a new train. Two men living near the wreck, A. D. Peek and Ray Woodruff, dug Arnold’s crushed body from beneath the overturned engine. His wife was a passenger on the train. The wreck occurred i» Georgia just across the Tennessee state line, 13 miles from Chatanooga. Evacuations Will Be Military Necessity SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.— (fP)—Breaking its silence on the West Coast alien situation, the Army said today it was about ready to announce an evacuation program based entirely on mili tary necessity. “Military necessity,” said Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, west ern defense commander, “is the sole yardstick by which the Army has selected the military areas from which the exclusion of certain groups will be re quired. “Public clamor for evacuation from non-strategic areas and the insistence of local organizations and officials that evacuees not be moved into their communi ties cannot and will not be heed ed, for considerations of na tional security must come first. “No one has been authorized to speak for me in connection with my authority under the executive order, and all state ments and predictions coming from other sources should be dis regarded.” -V OFFICER SCHOOL WILL OPEN TODAY Present Enrollment At Dav is Divided Into Sections Of 50 Men Each Students in the Coast Artillery Officer Candidate school return to their studies today after a week’s respite occasioned by the transfer of the school from Fort Monroe, Virginia, to Camp Davis. Approxi mately 500 enlisted men are en rolled in the course and an addi tional 2.700 will be added in the next few weeks to bring the unit to full student strength. The present enrollment has been divided into sections of 50 men each to facilitate instruction. Num erous barracks have been convert ed into classrooms since the school was trasnferred and a full staff of instructors is ready to reopen the classes.When the school reaches its authorized strength, including overhead personnel, school troops and students, it will number about 5,000 men. Col. H. R. Jackson, commandant of the school, has outlined the 90: day period, pointing out what sub ject will be stressed each week. The weekly classification includes: Miscellaneous subject: C. A. guns and director material; searchlights and communications; height finder and small arms C. A. guns and gun firing; orientation seacoast artillery theory; automatic weap ons theory and firing miscellane ous subjects dealing with admin istration. The men who return to school today, however, have already cov ered several of the above mention ed phases of instruction and will take up the course at the stage reached before the transfer. The first “all-Camp Davis” class, con sisting of men enrolled after the transfer was ordered, will open next Monday, March 9, with the arrival of 200 men. Each week thereafter until the school reaches authorized strength additional stu dents will be enrolled. It won’t be long before the school troops are unctioning as a unit, under command of Lieut. - Col. Douglas Morrison. These troops will be used to conduct firing prac tice at Fort Fisher and Sears Land ing. Incidentally, it is believed the excellent facilities at the two ocean firing points were to an extent responsible for the transfer of the school to Camp Davis. The budding officers will have an op portunity to put classroom theory into practice by taking command of all or part of the regiment dur ing the training period, that is, temporary command. 3 -V Launching Of Destroyer Aulick Set For Today WASHINGTON, March 1— <A>) — The first launching of a combatant vessel on the Gulf of Mexico since the Civil war will take place tomor row, the Navy announced tonight, when the desti-oyer Aulick goes down the ways of the Consolidated Steel corporation at Orange, Tex. The destroyer, first vessel com pleted at the new yard, is being launched less than 10 months after its keel was laid. Construction of the yard started Oct. 6, 1940, and the Aulick’s keel was laid May 14, 1941. The destroyer will be the second to bear the name Aulick. The ori ginal Aulick was transferred to Great Britain and renamed the Burnham and has since seen heavy service. -V New Warships Assigned Greeks By Britishers LONDON, Mar. 1.—Premier Emmanuel Tsouderos of the Greek government in exile disclosed to day that the British government had assigned a number of new warships to the Greek navy which will be manned by young Greeks now serving in the merchant ma rine. He announced a general conscrip tion plan for all Greeks of military age throughout the world in a speech at memorial services for Greek seamen. Blast Sinks River Ferry At Elewell’s Walter H. Russ, 71, Ferry man, Killed By Ter rific Explosion NO OTHERS ABOARD Accident Believed To Have Been Caused By Spark Igniting Gas Seepage A terrific explosion demolished the state-owned gasoline-operated ferry across the Cape Fear river at Elewell’s landing, near Kelly, and killed Ferryman Walter H. Russ, 71, shortly before 9 o’clock Sunday morning. Bladen County Sheriff H. Man ley Clark said investigating offi cers believed the explosion was due to the seepage of gasoline into the flat, probably ignited by a spark from the motor. Investigating the explosion with Sheriff Clark were members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the State Bureau of Investigation and state highway patrolmen. No Signs of Sabotage “We have been working on the case all day to see if there were any signs of sabotage,” Sheriff Clark said. “We believe the explo sion was due to the seepage of gasoline into the flat which prob ably was ignited by a spark from the motor. So far as we know there were no persons on the ferry at the time of the explosion ex cept Mr. Russ. We dragged the river and couldn't find any trace of an automobile. “The ferry was approaching the east side of the river when the ex plosion occurred and it is believed that Mr. Russ had just made a trip across the river—taking some cargo—and was returning as the ferry remains at the east bank. “We have just pulled the ferry out on the bank,” the sheriff said about 7 o’clock Sunday night,” and the flat was completely demclished —the top blown off an dthe sides out.” Sheriff Clark said pieces of the flat weighing as much as 1,500 pounds were hurled 150 yards by the explosion. He said he had re ceived reports that the explosion had been heard as far as 18 miles distant. Felt Far Away In describing reports about the explosion the sheriff related that “one man, who lived four miles from the ferry, said he was in his barn shucking corn and the ex plosion shook the barn causing the heap of corn to fall in on him. Another, who lives about the same distance, said the tremble from the explosion frightened his horses so that hardly was able to keep them in the barnyard.” Sherifi Clark said in conducting the investigation officers made queries to learn if there Were pos sibly any person or persons who might mine the river because of their enmity for the ferryman. He said they found that Mr. Russ, who was reared in Kelly, was highly respected and well liked in the community. Mr. Russ, who had worked at the ferry for 36 years, relieved the night ferryman at 7 o’clock Sunday morning, hardly two hours before the explosion. Funeral services for Mr. Russ will be conducted Monday after neon at 3 o’clock from the Kelly Methodist church. Surviving are his widow; two sons, LeRoy Russ and Cameron Russ, both of Kelly; three daugh ters, Mrs. Odessa Anderson and Mrs. Lorene Kelly, both of Wil mington; and Mrs. James Moore, of Elizabethtown, and seven grand children. 2 --v WEATHER FORECASTS: NORTH CAROLINA — Rain mixed with snow in west and cen tral portions Monday, beginning extreme west portion early Mon day. SOUTH CAROLINA — Slightly cooler with rain Monday. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 36; 7:30 a. m. 33; 1:30 p. m. 49; 7:30 p. m. 44: maximum 54; min imum 31; mean 42; normal 50. Humidity: > 1:30 a. m. 74; 7:30 a. m. 73; 1:30 p. m. 35; 7:30 p. m. 58. Precipitation: ^Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., 0.00 inches; total since the first of the month, 0.00 inches. Tides For Today: (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Low Wilmington _ 9:28a. 4:09a. 9:49p. 4:40p. Masonboro Inlet _ 7:11a. 1:03a. 7:33p. 1:30p. Sunrise 6:39a; sunset 6:09p; moonrise 5:02p; moonset 6:22a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 8 a. m., March 1, 11 feet. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) JAPS DRIVE FORTY MILES INSIDE IA VA AND SEIZE SOEBANG British Parachutists Execute Daring Raid (Editor’s Note: The follow ing eyewitness acount of the British parachute and infantry attack at Bruneval, France, early yesterday was wricten by a correspondent for the ex change telegraph who was aboard a combined operations ship.) LONDON, March 1—(A*)—A charge led by a sergeant of the Seaforth Highlanders was the turning - point in the raid by British parachute troops on the French coast at Bruneval, 12 miles north of Le Havre, in the early hours yesterday morning. The purpose of the raid—the destruction of a valuable Ger man radio location post—had been achieved. The Navy wait ed off-shore, but the Germans still held the approach to the beach. The minimum time ex pected for the raid had already expired. The danger to the par achute troops grew as each minute passed. Danger was equally increased for the light naval craft. Then above the noise of the firing could be heard the shouts of the Seaforths — "Cabar Feidh” — indicating that one party of parachute troops which had been dropped a little off the mark had joined up with the main force and was now coming into action. ‘‘C'abar Feidh” is the Sea forth Highlanders motto and is Gaelic for ‘‘Antlers of the deep.” Take Over “Inside ten minutes,” said Capt. John Ross, second in command, “the beach was in our hands.”' The Germans holding the tort had all either been killed or captured or had fled to the nearby woods.” Ross, who em phasized what a complete sur prise the raid was to the Ger mans, said he was sure that right up to the end they did not really know what was happen ing. “When it came to fighting at close quarters they gave in,” the Captain said. Major J. D. Frost, command ing officer of the parachute troops, said “it was by no means so frightening as every body had expected.” “you sat at the hole and looked down (Continued on Page. Three; Col. 6) Japanese Are Halted AtBurma-ChinaRoad 1 Scene Of Action About 100 Miles North Of Rangoon WITH THE BRITISH FORCES! ON THE PEGU FRONT, Burma, March 1.— W— Japanese troops, crossing the Sittang river under cover of darkness, approached the main Burma-China highway north of Pegu today, but were driven off. Enemy forces in considerable strength were moving up to Shweg yin, on the east bank of the Sit tang at a point only five miles from the storied Burma road at Nyaunglebin. * The scene of this action is ap proximately 100 miles north of Rangoon, and about 60 miles north of Pegu, which itself is a junction on this main rail line north from the port of Rangoon through Bur ma toward China, a supply route for Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek’s forces which is gravely threatened by the Japanese drive into Burma. A Japanese push to the railroad would cut the supply route, and if carried farther westward could en circle Rangoon, This would also cripple communication from the south with Mandalay, 350 miles north of Rangoon, where the Bur mese government and foreign con sular staffs have now located. Rangoon is deserted, and its sup plies and establishments which might be of use to the Japanese have been destroyed. 2 -V Fairly Severe ’Quake Recorded On Seimograph PHILADELPHIA, March 1—(iP) —The Franklin institute reported “a fairly severe earthquake” was recorded on its instruments at 6:03 a. m. (EWT), today. Seismologists said the epicenter was “about 1,700 miles from Phila delphia. either northeast off the coast of Labrador or southwest to ward Mexico.” JAPANESE CLAIM SEA VICTORIES Destruction Of Five Allied Cruisers And Six De stroyers Reported TOKYO (From Japanese Broad casts), March 1.—(J*)— Imperial headquarters claimed today that five Allied cruisers, including one United States warships, and six de stroyers had been sunk in two great weekend sea battles off Java and that the United Nations fleet was “virtually annihilated.” The Japanese fleet "is now en gaged in mopping up remnants,” the communique added. One Japanese destroyer suffered slight damage but still is in opera tion, the official account said. (The United Nations claimed at least two Japanese cruisers were sunk or crippled, one unclassified warship was blown up, five cruis ers and five destroyers put out,of action and at least 17 of 50 Japa nese transports hit by bombs. Two Dutch cruisers were lost.) Besides the United States cruis er, an Australian cruiser was list ed by the Japanese as sunk. The others claimed presumably were Dutch. In addition, four Allied cruisers were listed as heavily damaged. Another, 1,000-ton enemy warship and a destroyer were damaged, Imperial headquarters said. The big “Soerabaja sea battle” was fought between dusk Friday ar.d dawn Saturday, and another engagement—“the Batavia s eg battle”—was fought this morning Headquarters claimed three of the enemy cruisers and two of the destroyers were sent to the bot tom 40 miles west of the Allied naval base in the first encounter (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Four Ships In Allied Convoy Sunk By Subs ^ AN EAST CANADIAN PORT, March 1.—(£)—Seamen from four Allied ships sunk by U-boats in the Atlantic arrived at this port today in a rescue ship and reported the possibility that from six to nine ships in their convoy were torpe doed. A crewman from one of the sunk en ships—a tanker—said seven ves sels were torpedoed the night his ship was sunk, and two more were hit the next morning. Another man, from a small freighter,' said he believed six ships were torpedoed. The survivor from the freighter said the attack went on for three days. Submarine detection divices indicated that five U-boats took part in the attack, another sailor said. A total of 111 survivors from the four ships known sunk were brought to port. Some had been picked up by a United States war ship, others by a merchant ship. The ships known lost were three tankers and a freighter. The full crews of two of the ships were among the survivors brought here. From another ves sel, 38 were missing and from the fourth, 20 were unaccounted for. Survivors from the ship, from which 38 are missing, said the ves sel was hit at 3 a. m. and sank before any of the boats could be lowered. The eleven survivors swam two hours before they were saved. One 39?man crew brought here intact spent a couple of hours in three lifeboats before a rescue ship arrived. They said they were in mid-Atlantic when the first torpe do struck, they remained aboard until a second missile hit the ship. A third torpedo, fired after they abandoned ship, sank it. 3 Striking Swiftly Invaders Menace Dutch Army Headquarters MAKE 2 OTHER DRIVES Defenders Presumably Cut Main Coastal Railroad To Batavia By WITT HANCOCK BANDOENG, Java, Mon day, March 2.—(/P)—Striking swiftly through plantation? and estates of a broad costal plain, Japan’s invading forces have driven 40 miles to cap ture the city of Soebang, which lies about the same dis tance north and slightly east of this headquarters of the Dutch Imperial army, the de fenders acknowledged today. Soebang fell to the troops which landed at Indramaju, the middle of three main points at which the invaders poured out troops during the weekend from 50 transports and 20 warships under a heavy Allied aerial, naval and land fire. In taking Soebang the Dutch pre sumably cut the main northern' coastal railway linking Batavia and other principal cities to the east. Counter-Attack The Japanese also made pene trations, apparently of less dis tance, from the other two points. The defenders, Including Ameri can, Dutch, British and Australian forces, meanwhile launched their main striking force into a counter offensive late last night after pounding the Japanese defensively all day Sunday. Paced by furiously pedalling cy clists and light armored cars, the Japanese drove three spearheads strongly into this volcano-studded island, prize of the Indies and key. stone of United Nations strategy in fee southwest Pacific, from three landing places on the north and west coasts. One penetration from the vicini ty of Rembang, about 90 miles west of Soerabaja, the naval base, had been driven approximately 16 miles in from the coast to Blora where an action against cyclists was said to have taken a huge toll. Blora is on the main road and railroad connecting the vital naval base with the rest of Java. It was apparently in this vicinity that Japanese had landed in strongest force on a wide beach front. To the west, in the vicinity of Indramaju, which is about 100 miles east of the capital. Batavia, an official announcement admitted that "a rather great part of the plains of Rawang is now ill Japa nese hands despite very heavy losses which had been inflicted. The plain is the center of large productive plantations and estates. The third spearhead at the north western Bantam district, southwest (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) -•-v TUG SINKS HERE SUNDAY MORNING t Cambria Goes Down At Its Berth; Owner Plans To Raise Her The Cambria, a tug boat owned by Dallas Orrell, sank about 9 o'clock Sunday morning while tied up on the bank of the Cape Fear river on Water street between Chestnut and Grace streets. Mr. Orrell said approximately $5, 000 had been spent on the boat sinj“ it sank last fall and that it was thought to have been in first-class condition. He said water had been pumped out of it since the snow Tuesday night and that no leaks were discovered. Mr. Orrell said he did not know what caused the boat to sink, but that he expected to raise it. -V Storm Is Brewing Along South Coast JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 1. —(iP>—The weather bureau Here Is sued the following marine advisory tonight: "Hatteras to Appalachicola: small craft warnings indicated "6 a. m. Monday south of St. Marks, Fla., to Melbourne. Increasing winds becom ing fresh early Monday, occasionally strong in Florida straits
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