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TUGS AND BARGES SI OFF COAST Sixteen In Crew Are Unac counted For After Sub marine Attack NORFOLK Va , Ap-il 3.—(At— Sixteen members were missing to day from the crew of a tugboat whicli-—with ’ts three - barge tow —war attacked Tuesday morning by an Axis submarine off the At lantic coast. In announcing tne simring today, the fifth Naval District reported that survivors including the tug’s master and chief engineer and nine ere vmen aboard the barges, said they believed it was possible some of the 16 persons had been able to boaid a rati which had been thrown overboard. While newsmen were not permit ted to interview the survivors barge men iold ensign James Ged .es of the Filth Na al District Pubic Relations office a vivid storv of what occurred during the attack, which lesulted n the sink ing of ’.he 'ug anc. (wo of .he barges. Th; barge cr.er. told Geddes tnat the .ubtrersible >vas within hear ing cistance and that hey heard ordais given for the loading and firina of <he laidec’s deck gun. The survivors related that the Axis ves sel hurled a large number of shells at t.iem at a rat-id fire rate. Sutvivors aecla'ed tne tug was headed north when the rub appear ed fit the poit ride of the craft. After the raider nah f'red at die tug and drif‘ -d past ’he barges ciro.ed The end cf the string and fire;! from the smrbcard side, the tug crew cut ne tow .inc and made a desperate -*foJ to escape. Tne vessel was sunk about five miles from the s'ene ol the initial atta-k. Latei tne submarine re turned for an attack on .he barges, later drifting away in the dark ness The third barge remained aflc-'i Leslie Haynie and H R. Bate rr>e 1, of Norfolk, the tug’s master and chitf engineer, respectively, were rescued Ly a northoound mei ;nai'1 shii and landed at the coast guard S’at'in at Lewes Del. Coast Guardsmen rescued the nine bargemen and let them off at Nor folk H E. Ri-;$in of t hesapeake Citv, Md., rn-ster of one of ihe bams, eaid that he and his son, Seaman Orris R. Riggin and Deck man Juton Eston, of Newport Newci Va , took r. sma.1 boat and heaeed towa-o shore. They were picKfd up a mile and a half from the coast by Coast Guardsman, who then went out to sea and res cued the barbemen in the barges still afloat. His hands b?diy blis’ered from his rong row, Orris Riggin said the, hau been aole to get away only in a sm.dl ocat The seaman expla.ned that the enemy subma rine answered with shell fire every attempt they made to obtain a lifeboat. Riggin. incider tally, brought to shot e with him tne mascot of nis bargo _ a <mad puppy dubbed “Snowball.” 3 -V SLIDING SCALE FOR WAR PROFIT OKEHED (Continued from Tmge One) replace a flat 6 per cent limita tion placed in the bill by the House but opposed by Chairman Donald Nelson of the War Production Board on the grounds it was too rigid. 2 The Senator during the day heard from Senator Bunker (D. Nev.) an account of what he called “Amazing scandal of war profi teering.” He declared that Basic Magnesium, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio “stands to make a profit of 4,280 per cent, or $2,140,000 in one year on an admitted investment of not more than $50,000.” The Senator said that the gov ernment's Defense Plants cor poration was financing a $63,000, 000 magnesite refining plant at J,as Vegas, Nev., for the Cleve land firm. Reading a list of 40 corporation officials receiving from $36,000 to $39,000 a year, Bunker said “It •hould be remembered that the salaries of these officials are being paid out of the taxpayers’ money advanced to Basic Magnesium, inc. pf Cleveland, Ohio, operating in flevada, by the Defense Plant cor poration.” The Senator said he had hesi tated to publicize this salary list jtecause of possible results upon Een in the armed services receiv g $21 monthly and citizens put ting small savings into war bonds and stamps. He added that he decided to do |t because he believed the public #nd the Senate were entitled to |tnow "how the taxpayers’ money Is being spent by Washington de partment officials.” 3 930 Killed On Malta la March By Bombs VALLETTA, Malta, April 3.—<JP) t—Axis bombs killed 230 persons on the Island of Malta during March, a British communique said tonight, ft was the greatest number of cas ualties recorded here in any month of the war, but the raids were also the heaviest. Three German bombers were de stroyed by anti-aircraft fire today and four more damaged. The RAF damaged four more planes and "probably" shot down a fifth with out loss of its own planes. -V Sodium means ‘metal of soda’; potassium means “metal of pot THREE U. S. WARSHIPS SUNK; 700 MEN LOST (Continued from Page One) her "until they were forced by rising water to leave their sta tions.” 25 Ships Lest The loss of these three ships raised to a total of 25 the number of N^val losses during the war. Two of the commanders of the three ships were rescued. They were Commander Robert P. Mc Connell of the Langley, San Diego, Calif., and Commander Elmer P. Abernethy of*the Pecos, Los Ange les, Calif. Lieut. Comdr. John Ni chael Bermingham of New York City, Commander of the Peary was killed. The communique reporting the loss of the vessels was accom panied by a statement by Capt. Felix B. Stump who praised espe cially the heroic action of the Peary’s cre\y and said that “no man abandoned ship until the ship sank completely from under them.” A day or so ago Stump had told reporters how one man from the ship, not then identified, had fired his gun until the water lapped at his knees, then swam ashore through flaming oil and suffered such severe burns he died. The communique: “Southwest Pacific: “1. The United States aircraft tender Langley, the Naval tar.ker Pecos and the destroyer Peary were sunk by the enemy in the vicinity of northern Australia and waters south of Java in late Feb ruary and early March. "2. A number of survivors from these ships were rescued and reached port safely. The next of Kin of all personnel lost in the Pecos have been notified. The next of kin of those lost in the Langley and Peary either already have been notified or will be notified as soon as information is available. “3. Official reports from Tokyo claimed the sinking of the Langley at least three times during the first month of the war, during which period the Langley was not damaged. She was sunk after a prolonged attack by the enemy south cf Java in late February. Except for about a dozen men, all Lar.gley personnel survived the at tack and were transferred to the Pecos which was itself sunk a few days later. “4. The Pecos, a small tanker, employed in supplying fuel to units of our fleet in the Far East, was sunk in early March. World War Destroyer •'5. The Peary, a World War destroyer which received minor damage in the Japanese bombing attacks on Cavite immediately aft er the outbreak of the war, was sunk in the harbor at Darwin about February 19. The Peary had parti cipated in many of the offensive actions of our destroyers in the Far East. Observers who wit nessed the last engagement o£ the Peary described the conduct of her crew as beyond all praise. Gun crews remained at their battle sta tions continuing their fire until they were forced by rising water to leave their stations. No officer or man left the ship until it sank under him. A number of survivors were later rescued. “6. War conditions in the south west Pacific have greatly compli cated and delayed reports of cas ualties, and the public is urged to refrain from initiating individual inquiries regarding casualties. The next of kin of all casualties are always notified by telegram as soon as possible. “7. There is nothing to report from other areas. The Langley, displacing 11,050 tons, was formerly the fleet collier Jupiter. Launched in 1912, she served as a collier until March, 1920, when she was taken out of commission to be converted into an aircraft carrier. In 1937 she was further modified and reclassed as an aircraft tende. The Pecos, a 5,400-ton caft, was launched in 1921. She was 475 feet overall, 56 feet in the beam, and was armed with four 5-inch and two 3-inch guns. She could carry 7,850 tens of oil, exclusive of her own fuel. The destroyer Peary, with a standard displacement of 1,190 tons was 314 feet four inches long, 30 feet 8-inches in the beam, and her main armament was four four-inch 50 caliber guns. In 1922, when the Langley was converted to an aircraft carrier she was renamed the Langley in honor of professor Samuel P. Lang ley, aviation pionee. Five years later the already historic vessel became a seaplane tender and in that capacity she carried a normal complement of 64 officers and 648 enlisted men. The tanker Pecos carried a nor mal complement of 15 officers and 302 enlisted men. The flush deck, four stacker Peary, named in hon or of the Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, normally carried 9 offi cers and 118 enlisted men. The normal complements of the ships did not mean that there were necessarily that number of men on board the vessels at the time of the sinkings but the numbers reflected approximately the actual personnel at those times. Bombed Before In his graphic personal account of the losses of the vessels, Capt. Stump, who has just returr.e from the southwest Pacific area where he was attached to the Allien head quarters staff in Java, recalled that the Peary was bombed in Ma nila Bay, the Philippines, soon aft er the war broke out. “A number of her officers and enlisted personnel wounded then were transferred to the Naval hos pital and later evacuated to the south on a hospital ship that went in to take out badly wounded,” Stump said. “She later arrived in Darwin after bem£ bombed several times STREETS IN CITY CLEANED DAILY Report Shows That Street Department Is Actively On The Job Business section of Wilmington is given a bath daily (or nightly), but the rest of the streets in the city aren’t neglected until Saturday night as the Street department sees that they are given “a going over” at least three or four times a week: Superintendent J. C, Long’s re port of activities during March, which was submitted Friday to City Manager James G. Wallace, shows that the “down town” section was cleaned daily including Water street to Tenth and Red Cross street to Castle. All other streets in the city were cleaned three or four times a week of trash and garbage with the flushed working every day, Mr. Long reported. The sweeper operated over 868 miies of streets during the month in 266 hours. Approximately 1,509 loads of trash, garbage, brush and tree limbs, and ashes and dirt. Other activities of the department included three manholes cleaned, one built and one repaired, 117 sand traps celaned and IS repaired, 213 dead calls, 316 trees trimmed and 52 cut down, 16 squares of gutters cleaned of sand, 220 yards of ditch cut, 75 feet of piping laid on Fif teenth street, replaced brick and pavement at Second and Grace streets and Second and Chestnut streets. DUEL TAKES TOLL OF THREE LIVES (Continued from Page One) add.r.g: “I don’t kn-'w how many tirpes he fired, but the reason I was snot dowi low in the groin, I think, was because I pushed his hand down Then 1 started to shoot. I don’t know how many times I fire t. I tried to hii nim in ihe shouider so mat he couldn’t use his gun to shoot me any more. I can’t understand how Mrs. Wen strom was njurt d. I never saw her until it was rll over and then I saw her lyng on the floor.” The men, socially prominent, formed a hoir e guard mit late in 194C Last November, Wenstrom withdrew aftti an argument over transferring the unit to the State Guard, a recently organized re placement fcn the Cal fornia Na tiona. Guard, now in a-tive Army serv ice. Hammett argued in favor of keeo-ng the group for home de fen >c, contending tnat by joining the State Guaid tne men could be sent anywhere in the state. Wenstrom criticized that attitude in letters to the editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press. The last one was published yesterday. In it, Wenstrom said: “Venal politicians have hamstrung and sabc.aged the governor’s efforts to build up the indispensable state guard. Local crackpots and mili tary dillettantes have sought . . . to reshape the picture .... accord ing to their own private army ideas.” Hammett said he called on Wen strom to remonstrate. Hammett is oresident of the citv f Museum of Art, Wenstrom was a recognized Army weather authority. His new book. “Weather and The Ocean ci Air, ’ appeared on bookstand-; only yesterday. He is survived by ;wo sons, David, 2, acd Donald, 2 months Pending further investigation, the district attorney s office said, Hammett would be held without charges 2 -V Double Summer Time Effective In Britain LONDON, Saturday, April 4.—UP) Britain will go on double summer time—two hours ahead of Green wich Mean Time—at 2 a. m. tomor row (9 p. m. Saturday, Eastern War Time), until Aug, 9, four weeks longer than last year. British clocks have been one hour ahead of Greenwich time since the war began. en route. She was repaired and was again bombed while on convoy trip. She was finally sunk in a heavy bombing at Port Darwin. “Three doctors who witnessed the bombing of the Peary at Dar win from a hospital ship anchored nearby have reported the heroic conduct of the Peary’s crew dur ing this terrific attack. They parti cularly commented cn the heroism of the gun crew who remained at their stations firing their anti air craft guns until the water came up around them, and then swam away as the ship went down. No men abandoned ship until the ship sank completely from unde r them.” Taking up the cases of ;he Lang ley and Pecos, Capt. Slump said that “the Langley was reported from Tokyo as having been sunk three times prior to the middle of January. During this time the Langley was not hit by a single bomb.” “The Langley,” Stump contin ued, “was sunk by bombs south of Java with the loss of only 14 men after a prolonged attack. “The survivors were picked up by two destroyers which later transferred them to the Pecos aft er which the Pecos was sunk in a heavy air bombing. “After floating around in the wa ter for four hours and a half the survivors were rescued by a de stoyer and taken to a* Australian port. “Approximately two thirds of the combined crews of the two ships were lost.” 8 RED GUERILLAS CRIPPLE NAZIS (Continued from Page One) 300 carts loaded with ammunition and other supplies. “Exerting their control on a numoer of roads,” the announce ment said, “the guerrillas have compelled the Germans to move along these roads only in big de tacnments.” One case was cited where one of these organized bands delivered 25Q tens of foodstuffs as “a pres ent from collective farmers” work ing in supposedly German-con quered territory. Lessened Activity After days of rcnortei.tg virtually unceasing Puss-an attacks, the German hign cc nmand said that although “heavy local thrusts” were encountered, “on the whole a lessening of v emy activity in the east is noticeable. The Ger mans said “a fairly large number of v iiages was taken.” A late German radio report in dicated the heaviest lighting of the day was gooig on northeast of Lake Ilmen, where violent Rus sian attacks under artillery cover wer2 said to have been repulsed, and on the central front, where German dive bombers attacked Red Army communications in wa /cr, purportedly destroying six suppy trains arid, damaging eigh teen. The Russian communique spoke on attacks by “infantry fresnly arrived from Germany” and said there was “no essential change” in front line positions. Although it seemed from this that the thousands of fresh units drained from every corner of Ger man" and her sa ellites had begun scattered at, ac ts, observers in London regarded these as only pre liminary activity to consolidate jumping off places for the big as sault. Center Efforts The Russians appeared to be centering their efforts on harass ing these preparations as much as oossible by ..aids to blow up ammunition ounq s and knock out artillery batteries. Much of this Aork, as well as disrupting communicaiions and raiding supply lines, is the ]ob of guerrillas who • ave operated for mon'hs deep in territory which the Germans otherwise could regard as conquered lane’. A supplement to the Soviet com munique. telling of the activities of one such band, said that it had kille 1 540 Nazi officers and men in a single month and had broken direct contact between the Ger man headquarters and front line forces several times during March. Putting a finger on what the Russians regard as a weakness of the German offensive plan, the communique supplement said the Nazi veterans woo have suffered the tortures of Russian winter in the ; pen and under unceasing com bat conditions av'ait the big spring test witn “dread and alarm.” It said that this, added to the fact thar many non-German units have taken me place of picked troops who spearheaded the ini.ial drive into Russia, may develop intc a major obstacle to grandiose German plans for spring and sum mer conquest. 2 -V INDIA IS ASKED TO COMPROMISE (Continued from Page One) me u, for the all-India congress and certain lesser bodies already had rejected the British plan, al though leaving tne way open for further negotiations, and the Brit ish commander i>> chief for India. General Sir Archibald P. Wavell. also had entered the discussions Gen. Waved conferred with Sir Stafitrd Cripps, the British emis sary, and arranged to talk also witn Maulane A„hul Kalan Azad, the pres'dent of the all-India con gress, and Nehru. This ;econd pro jected conference raised intense in terest, for in it the British com mander would have opportunity both to outline the realties of (he Indian defense problem and to de termine whetner some compromise toward giving the Indians partial responsibility could safely be made. Jmnah staled that the position of his people would be explained in a speech t imorrow. It was Chiang kai-Shek who in a rccen. visit to India prepared the way for Sir Stafford’s mission, and at that '.me h" publicly ex pressed the hope that 'the peoole of Cnina and their brethren people of India . g ve their united sup port to the principles embodied in the Atlantic charter and in the joint declaration of the 26 United Nations and ally themselves with the anti-aggression fiont ” 2 -V WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, April 3.— tJP) — Weather Bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton grow ing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Preo. Atlanta _ 73 43 0.00 Birmingham _ 75 47 0.00 Boston _ 63 44 0.00 Charlotte _ 74 46 0.00 Chicago _ 56 38 0.00 Cleveland _ 50 41 0.41 Denver _ 75 36 0.00 Detroit _ 48 36 0.00 Galveston_ 72 59 0.00 Kansas City _ 76 42 0.00 Little Rock _ 72 55 0.14 Memphis _ 75 55 0.00 Miami _ 78 55 0.00 New York _ 67 50 0.00 Pittsburgh _ 67 49 0.10 Richmond _ 76 45 0.00 Tampa _!_ 78 52 0.00 Washington _ 72 49 0.00 Wilmngton _ 71 48 0.00 -V The cups of a wind-gauge ane mometer make about 500 revolu tions for each mile of wind move ment. i City Briefs AGENT INTERVIEWED Earl N. Rittenour, U. S. sec ret service agent at Charlotte and an. authority on counterfeit currency, was interviewed by Superintendent Harry E. Fales of the city-county identification bureau over radio station WMFD Friday night. CASH BALANCE New Hanover county ended the month of March with a cash balance !of $689,077.35 in its treasury, County Auditor John A. Orrell revealed Friday. WILL PREACH HERE Captain R. L. Dougherty, chaplain at the Air Base here, will deliver the Easter service sermon at the First Christian church at 11 o’clock Sunday morning. SUNRISE SERVICE The young people of Imman uel Presbyterian church will sponsor the Easter Sunrise services at that church Sunday morning at 6:30 o’clock. The League will install new officers at the evening meeting at 7 o’clock. Both services will be celebrated with messages in song and scripture. The public is invited to attend. CANTATA A religious cantata will be given by St. Stephen’s A.M.E. church choir Easter Sunday morning at 5 a. m. The public is invited. AUTO STOLEN A 1934 Ford sedan belonging to Alex Dawkin, 117 Wright street, was stolen from near Nutt and Red Cross streets Fri day night while the owner was attending a movie. COUNCIL TO MEET The New Hanover Council of Home Demonstration clubs will meet Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the Home Demonstra tion Agent’s office. All members have been urged to attend. -V U.S. SETS PRICE CEILING ON MANY APPLIANCES (Continued from Page One) all ceiling oroposaJ was being studied, along w:rh two other pro posals of v^hat he caiied the "shelf drawer” type—the licensing of all businesses and a system of general rationing. No decision has been reached on the matter, he said, but discussions are continuing. * (By the “shelf-drawer” type he meant that the proposals were in the drawer for possible future use if necessary.) Th-' growing concern of price officials over present pi-ice trends and an indication that sterner ac tion might bQ in the offing was contained in the recent remark of Assistant Price Administrator Dex ter M. Keezei that "we are losing the hatt'e again'-.: inflation.” K-=czer told a group of business pape: editors here last week that whin many retaders nave “been fight ng a good fight to veep prices down, they must nave r.llies if he war aga-nst :i:e terror of inflation is to be wor. ” Piece-Meal Control Henderson has staunchly sup ported heretofore the piece-meal price control mefhod. arguing that restraint on tne prices of raw ma teria: s and cortrrn key commodi ties would serve to stabilize ihe entiie price structure. Abandonment ci iha' technique for something closer to the Ca nadian system oi a general retail price freeze is permitted, however, undai the emergency price con trol act Special pro vis-on, it was con ceded, would have to be made for farm products, because of special provisions applied to them in the price control act. Tdc price o.de: on electrical ap pliances applies to the following item . having a r iled electrical ca pacity up to 2500 watts, or pow ered by an e ectrical vibrator or electrical fractional horsepower mo! of: Biscuit and muffin makers, bot tle warmers, bresd toasters, broil ers, casseroles, chafing dishes, ci gar and cigarette lighters, clothes dry.-rs, coffee makers, corn pop pers curling irons, de*p fai fry ers. double boilers, dry shavers, egg cookers, fan type heaters, fans flat irons, food and plate warmers, for d ciixers griddles, hair clippers, hair dryers, rot plates and disc stoves, immersion heaters, juice extractors, massage vibrators, ne'kwere and trouser prefers ovens, pads and blan kets percolator. portable air heat'rrs, roarers, sandwich toast ers, smoothing irons, tsblestoves, tea kettles, tea frrbl:-s, unit radia tor heaters, urns, vapo-izers, waf fle irons, vyaU-r heaters, and whip pen. The price order applies also to pars and accessories for the named items -—V Four Star Emblem Will Be Given Mother Here Mrs. J. L. Bass, 214 Meares street, will be presented with a four-star emblem of honor this week-end by City Manager James G. Wallace. The award was made by the Emb lem of Honor association of New York city and is in recognition of the service of Mrs. Bass’ four sons now serving in the U. S. Navy. Two of the sons are stationed aboard the U. S. S. Sabine, a tanker in the Pacific, another is on the U. S. S. Wyoming, and the fourth is serving on a patrol fleet ship in tlnj At’^ntic. 1 A fifth son has recently been dis charged from the Navy. LOCAL BUILDING SHOWS DECREASE Decline Of $20,144.80 Revealed In Report Filed For March Although ten more building per mits were issued in March than in February, the total estimated cost of construction showed a decrease of $20,144.80 In March compared with that of the previous month, accord ing to the report presented Friday to City Manager James G. Wallace by City Engineer J. A. Loughlln, acting building inspector. Fifty-five permits, seven of which were for new structures, were issued in March. Forty-seven of the per mits were for repairs and one for a gasoline tank installation. Total estimated cost of construction was $39,036. Among the larger items for wmcn permits were issued were for a new structure by Raney Chevrolet com pany at an estimated cost of $7,000 and repairs to the Boys’ Brigade club for $4,000. Majority of the per mits were for minor repairs. Raising the total estimated cost of February permits were two for $16,000 and $20,000. BATTLE 0FV MACASSAR STRAIT IS DESCRIBED (Continued from Page One) ers, which, for some reason, failed to open fire on us although we were sure that they had seen us. “We were making 27 knots and they passed us quickly, but a few moments after passing them we found ourselves in the midst of a Jap convoy of transports, supply ships,' and destroyers, numbering 30 or 40, which were all around us. “We had the advantage because of low visibility due to smoke, darkness, and the fact that the Japs did not know whether we were friend or enemy. We were sailing in a straight line, following the leader. All four of us had or ders to obey the flag ship» “We were afraid of running aground or hitting Dutch mines but soon we were convinced that we were in the midst of the Jap convoy so we began firing torpe does. Gun flashes would have giv en away our position in the dark ness. “As soon as we opened fire one of our torpedoes sailed into a Jap ship which broke in half and evap orated. We could see the silhouette clearly before our eyes. Japs Confused “We made three round trips of approximately five miles each at 27 knots an hour firing torpedoes at the enemy ships as we passed. After about an hour some of our torpedoes were exhausted. Up to this time the Japs apparently had not identified us and did not know it seemed whether their ships were striking mines or being fired upon from vessels outside of the con voy. “During this time I saw two of their ships go down and one list ing sharply to port. “When our torpedoes ran low I directed that we open fire with our guns. As soon as we did so the Japs became aware of us and returned the fire for the first time, letting go at us from a range be tween 300 and 500 yards. “We fired 15 or 20 salvos at broadside but we didn’t stop to see how rnsrcy Jap ships went down. At that close range it was impossible to miss. "By this time it was 4 a.m. and the Eastern sky was turning gray so we started south at full speed and if any Japs pursued us they never caught up with us. We expected their planes but they did not come. One of our ships was hit and four men wounded but none of us was killed. The engage ment lasted an hour and fifteen minutes.” The Japanese are believed to have lost 30 to 40 ships of various categories, including an aircraft carrier, in the week long air and sea battle of Macassar strait. Talbot said he could not say positively how many were sunk by his destroyer division. "We were not waiting to check up,” he commented dryly. Talbot, who was 45 years old to day, is a native of Willoughby, Ohio, and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1918. At present he is on leave. The Navy did not disclose what assignment he would receive when his leave ends. 2 -V RECORD NUMBER ARRESTED HERE (Continued from Page One) rying a concealed weapon. Other offenses include: bigamy, 1; begging, 1; breaking glass in street, 1; capias, 15; drunk, 143; drunk and disorderly conduct, 10; drunk and resisting arest, 3; dis orderly conduct, 12; damage to property, 4; escaped prisoner, 1; gambling, 12; hindering and delay ing, 1; insane, 1; jumping bond, 1; larceny and receiving, 8; lar ceny, 1; material witnesses, 2; nonsupport, 3; obstructing an offi cer, 1. Also, peace warrant, 1; robbery, 2; receiving stolen goods, 3; re sisting arrest, 1; storebreaking, 7; slander, 1; turning in false alarms (fife), 2; trespassing, 1; vagrancy, 9; violation liquor law, U, violation health law, 3. -V Europe’s hh i g n e s t dam is in Swi.zerland. It rises 371 feet and was built to c’eveloD hvdro-electric power. Obituaries MRS. EUGENE E. GRAHAM Funeral services for Mrs. Eugene E. Graham, who died Wednesday, will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the chapel of Andrews Mortuary. Dr. J. Harry Whitmore, pastor of Church of Covenant, wtll .onduct the last rites. Burial will be in Oakdale cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Rode rick Houston, J. E. Shannon, E. M. Dewey, Lloyd Crocker, Lloyd Allen and T. E. Cooper. Mrs. Graham of New York city, formerly of Wilmington, died in a Philadelphia hospital after a brief illness. MISS MARY B. TAYLOR Funeral services for Miss Mary Belle Taylor, who died in a Ra leigh hospital Thursday morning after an illness of several years, were conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Andrews mortuary chapel here with the Rev. Sanky Lee Blanton, pastor of First Baptist church officiating. Active pallbearers were Jimmy Taylor, E. J. McIntyre, Dr. David Sloan and J. E. Hearn. JOSEPH B. BELLAMY Joseph B. Bellamy, 63, of Shal lotte, died at James Walker Me morial hospital Friday morning at 6:30 o’clock. He is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Louise Cribb, Mrs. Edi fell Bellamy and Miss Myrtle Bel lamy, all of Shallotte; four sons, Lloyd and Alton Bellamy, of Wil mington; and Goldie and Odell Bellamy, of the U, S. army; one sister, Mrs. Ella Wilson, of Loris, S, C„ and five brothers, Purvis Bellamy, of Loris, Walker Bellamy, of Sumter, S. C., and Jim, Luther and Emerson Bellamy, of Conway, S. C. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Bethel church with the Rev. W. E. Benton, pastor, in charge. Interment will be in the church cemetery. RICHARD PETERSON CHADBOURN. April 3.—Richard Peterson, 55, died of a heart attack early Friday morning at his home near Hallsboro. Rev. G. L. Lewis, pastor of the Chadbourn Baptist church, will con duct funeral services at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Lebanon Methodist church, and burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Peterson is survived by his wife; one son, Robert Peterson of Hallsboro; a brother, Jim Peterson of St. Pauls; and two sisters, Mrs. Dollie Bass of Red Springs and Mrs. Annie Ward of Chadbourn. MRS. EDWIN D. ALLEN Funeral services for Mrs. Edwin D. Allen, who died at her Delway home after an illness of six months, will be held at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Evergreen Baptist church at Delway. Rev. S. Louis Morgan will offi ciate at services and will be assist ed by Rev. L. L. Johnson and Rev. B. J. Harris of Rose Hill. Burial will be at the Oakplains Presbyter ian cemetery. Mrs. Allen was the daughter of the late William Robinson tVard and Heskia Jane Johnson Ward. She is survived by her husband; five daughters, Mrs. Norman H. Bennett of Delway; ;Miss Mary Kate Allen of Delway, and Miss KVllarion, Miss Sally and Miss Bertha Allen, all of Washington, D. C.; one grandson, Edward Allen Bennett; ;and two sis ters, Mrs. L. E. Wells of Keachey and Mrs. W. D. Wilkens of Mag nolia. JAMES W. GREGORY Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Newton Grove for James W. Gregory, 7S, who died Thursday night after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Sampson county and a well-known merchant at Dunn and Newton Grove, Mr. Gregory is survived by his wife, Margaret Godwin Gregory; three sons, Leo and Bernard Gregory of Newton Grove and John Gregory of Faison; three daughters, Mrs. David P. Herring of Newton Grove, Mrs. T. H. Hargrove and Mrs. Ambrose Best of Clinton; and 32 grandchil dren. Services were held at the Holy Redeemed Catholic church with Rev. William J. McLaughlin officiating. A requiem mass will be held Tues day at the church. MRS. SUE A. VOLLERS Funeral services for Mrs. Sue A. Vollers, who died Thursday at her home in Winter Park, were con ducted Friday morning at 10 o’clock at the residence with Rev. H. S. Strickland and Rev. Frances of ficiating. Burial was in the Point Caswell cemetery in Pehder county. Pallbearers were, active, R. W. Mason, J. F. Middleton, Jack Bar den, Eugene Bryan, Joe Sandlin and Earl Thomas; honorary, Harry Thomas, Hr. W. C. Mebane, Jr., J- B. Baker, A. E. McKeitlian, Theodore Schraeder, W. L. Wood Sr., and C. S. Lewis. -V Attempt Is Made To Keep Bowling Equipment 'Free* WASHINGTON, April 3.— CP) — Senator Byrd (D.-Va.) said today that an attempt was being made to keep bowling supplies and equip ment off the list of restricted com modlties on the theory that bowding is “an essential defense industry.” Byrd, chairman of the joint com mittee and frequent critic of the government’s physical fitness divis ion, attributed the campaign to Jack M. Willem, of Chicago, national co ordinator of bowling. -V Thr- world’s oldest university is Azhsr University, Cairo. EgvpC which celebrated its 1000th an niversary in 1941. LANGLEY SMOTHERED WITH AERIAL BOMBS .(Continued from Page One) from her during the battle. We didn't get anv of the enemy plines ’ McConnell said. He added that he had no aircraft support during the e:. counter. \he battie las ed a little mi.e than two hours Tot next morning the destroyers attempted to transfer the Langley sur zivors to ‘.he 5,400 ton Pecos which was about 30 miles distent at i.he beginning of the fight. But both ships sUli were subject to bombing attack and apparently were not far .ran an enemy sub ma-ine. The transfer was not car ried out They kept moving and the trans fer was carrit-d cut the next morn ing. Taking up tne story 'here Com. mander Abernelhy said he y,-as ordered to a small island south o( Java to meet the destroyers car rying the Langley survivors but a formation of enemy bombers ap peared and the des'.ioyers moved awa •’ from tne rendezvous Thr next day, March 1, the Pe cos towered a motor launch and mate eleven tri- s to the destroy ers, picking up all the survivors without loss of men or ma'eriel. The transfer started luring the ear.y morning and was completed abo it 8 a m. In Tor Trouble The tanker hearted toward Aus tralia. Soon enemy planes were sighted. “I felt,'’ said Abernethy, “that we '.vere in tor serious trouble “About noon, a formation of six dive bombers launched a round of bombs at us ana our ship was nit. One explosion Knocked the cr;v from a gun i;ut anotner crew was able to take up action “These same six bombers then loosed another round af us. Then a second flight of six planes came over and cut loose but we re mained afloai and kepi shooting. “On their third flight there were nine divc.-bon.Ders and come other planes. The damage to the Pecos was progressive and she finally sank by the uow a little over four hours after the start of battle “We estimated that about 50 men were killed and about 100 wounded by the dive bwnbers but the exact number never will be known. The last bomber strafed our men who wa'e m the water and on the aiter-drck. Lieut. L. J. Me PeaKe, my executive officer manned the aft machine gun to the >ast and drove it off. “During the battle me enemy plane was seen to be smoking and I believe several others were hit. Lifebelts Damaged “Several of oui lifeboats were damaged in he battle and were not usanle but all our men had life belts. “As we floated about, bombing planes were seen in the distance and iater we heard bomb explo sions indicating a ship was being atta-.ked not far away. “A destroyer hove to, and i: was a welcome sight. It picked us up. Soon thereafter a submarine was detected in the vicinity The destroyer dropped depth charges and then proceeded to Australia." Many acts of bravery besides that of Lieutenant. McPeake \v«re citea by the iwo skipper? Among them was Boatswain’s Mate Rob ert J. Baunker it St. Louis, who had charge of the motor launch, whicn transferred the Langley sur vivors to the Pecos. “He did as fine a job of hand ling the launch «.-s I have seen in many a day Both he and Lieu tenant McPeake are among the missing,” said Aoerne'ny. Chief Storekeeper Sexton, gun nery control talker on the Pecos refused to leave the bridge even when wounded in the arm by a bomb fragment. When the aban don ship order was given, Saxton insisted on getting the pay rec ords of the crew, and dove over the side with them. “He told me Lter,” said Aber nethy, “that wldle being hoisted aboard a destroyer the records were too heavy and he had to drop them.’’ 2 FOR CORRECT TIME DIAL 3 5 7 5 —Courtesy— Double Feature Program LAST TINES TODAY Charles Starret —in— "OUTLAWS OF THE PANHANDLE" —Also— "HER FIRST ROMANCE With Edith Fellows, Wilbur Evan* OPEN DAILY 11:00 A. M. ......null
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