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BRITISH CRUISER CLAIMED BY NAZIS Germans Say 6 Freighters Out Of Convoy Sunk In Arctic BERLIN (From German Broad casts), May 4.—'.Pi—In an Arctic ocean battle which lasted several days despite “stormy weather and heavy seas." German surface and undersea warships and bombers sank a 10.000-t.on cruiser and six freighters totaling 37.500 tons from a convoy, the German communique declared today. The German radio, quoting high command sources, said British naval forces which included two battleships, an aircraft carrier and several destroyers were protecting the convoy (presumably bound for Russia), but the communique de scribed the armed protective ves sels only as “strong fighting units" “A German destroyer flotilla ac cepted battle with a superior force of enemy destroyers of the escort" at one stage of the engagement, the high command said, “and dam aged several enemy destroyers. One German destroyer suffered serious damage.” In addition to six freighters sunk two w'ere damaged by torpedoes and bombs, the communique ad ded. Where Seventeen Died In Airliner Crash ——MHI1rnr ni ..***<*«<*. -~*-9HBQQBH^2a¥g|gHiBVgmiH£Kfiggggg Piled up on a hillside within sight of the Salt Lake City airport lies the wreckage of a United Airlines sleeper transport plane that crashed and burned, killing seventeen persons. Cause of the accident, which is being investigated, could nbt be immediately determined. Submarines scored two torpedo hits on the heavy cruisdr. which stopped and later sank, and sank an ammunition ship of 6,500 tons, the communique said. Two steamers totaling 12,000 tons reported sunk by destroyers and three totaling 19,000 tons by bomb ers completed the high command’s score. -V Ship Construction Record Set In April WASHINGTON, May 4.— IJFi — American shipyards set a new ship construction record in April, com- i pleting and delivering 36 merchant vessels. In making this announcement to day the Maritime Commission said the record exceeded the one-a-day schedule which was set up for Apri land brought the record for the first four months of 1942 to 106 merchant ships placed in war service of the United Nations. This the Commission said, exceeds the entire merchant vessel production by American shipyards in 1941. During April, shipyards through out the country launched 51 mer chant vessels, more than double the number launched in January. Wings Over Wilmington With Air Base Boys ANOTHER SELFRIDGE PILOT, Captain Marvin L. McNickle, dis tinguished himself by*leading his command through more than a year of accident-free operations. This feat has been accomplished under pre-war and war time con ditions, in all kinds of weather, : and over all types of terrain. Captain McNickle was in com mand of the 439th Pursuit Squad . of the 35th Pursuit Group from : January 15, 1941 to January 25, | 1942, and has been in command of the 307th Pursuit Squadron of the j 31st Pursuit Group since February 1, 1942. During the periods that1 these organizations were under the ; Captain’s command, the squadrons - completed 2,393,745 miles of flying ! without a casualty. This perfect record was made ] despite arduous service perform-! ed by the units. The 39th Squadron made its record of perfect safety while engaged in Louisiana ma-j neuvers, the 1st Interceptor Com- i mand Exercises in the New York area, the 3rd Interceptor Com ] mand Exercises in the South Car j oLina area, the North Carolina ma neuvers, several demonstrations in cluding exercises at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and war-time service in the Pacific Coast theater of op j erations. The 307th Squadron has been en gaged in the organizational train ing of new pilots in the South eastern area during a major por tion of its accident-free period un der the command of Captain Me Nickle. Men at the Base will remember the Captain as one of the Mc Nickle’s Twins from Selfridge Field his brother Melvin F. McNickle, also of the Army Air Forces, is in command of a Pursuit Squadron now on war duty abroad. Thus the name of McNickle de serves to be added to the Honor Roll of great flyers from Selfridge Field, Michigan: Rickenbacker, Brett, Royce, Wagner, George, etc And personnel at the Wilmington Army Airport who knew, flew and served with these men can be just ly proud. BUS SERVICE TO THE BASE will be extended to the early morn ing hours so that soldiers living in town can make work-call on time. Mr. T. J. Baird, Transportation Superintendent of the City Water Power Co. announced that effec tive Wednesday morning a bus will leave the corner of Front and Grace streets at 6:00 a.m. Plans are being considered to extend the bus schedule of the Roosevelt Gardens line to go into the Base, and it is further con templated that a run may be made out Market street, entering the East jpte of the Airport to furnish transportation for men living on the east side of town. FLORENCE NOSTALGIA is be ing felt by many of the boys at the Base. Pvt. Tom “Rocky Moun tain” Russell, just off K. P. and still in a daze, has a wild-look in his eye as he mutters, “Bernice”. But none know whether he wants to run toward or from Florence. . . With Pvt. Ernie “M. P.” Hausman, however, there is no- doubt; he just took a four-day-pass and left for Florence, and those who have keen “ear - sight” are expecting wedding-bells. . .Pvt. “Reveille” Steinmetz, holding the squadron bugle to his lips with his left-hand has blown sweet-nothings to the Westward lately as he reads those eight-page notes on delicate scent ed stationery—the letters come from Florence of course. But, it is all confusing to the men, for mess sounds like the “Pagan Love Song” . . .Pvt. “King of the Pampas” Choy sighed as he ate chicken at the Base Sunday and said, “It isn’t like she fed me in Pamp lico”. . . And our other Chinese compatriot, Pvt. “Gourmot” Wong was heard remarking, “In Flor ence there weren’t enough cafes to give me the variety I like; in Wilmington I find the variety and end up ‘sweating-out’ a line to get it”. . . PLAUDITS are in order for C. E. 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Elizabeth King 242 Princess Street Phone 3186 FOUR FREED HERE IN TIRE CASES Nolle Prosse With Leave Is Requested By Coun ty Solicitor — ; Four white men, held under tech nical charges of vagrancy after a quantity of tires, tubes and other automobile accessories had been seized by law enforcement officers in a raid on a cottage at Carolina Beach last Thursday night, were set free Monday morn ing after Solicitor Winfield Smith requested a nolle prosse with leave in their cases. The four were John Harriss of Wilmington, and W. J. Petty, of Charlotte, arrested Thursday night, and Bruce Atchley and Gena Har riss, arrested Friday. A fifth arrest in the case, James Reeves, 32-year-old white man, was turned over to Greenville authorities last Friday to stand trial on a charge of larceny of automobile tires. Harry E. Fales, superintendent of the city-county bureau of in vestigation and one of the leaders of the beach raid, said that the state was forced to take a nolle prosse when officers from Char lotte, for whom the four were being held, failed to appear. He said that the men had al leged bills of sale for the 49 new and retreaded tires, 95 tubes, three new automobile batteries and other articles taken in the raid on the Kiskiminitas cottage at the beach. A government inspector, accord ing to Mr. Fales, was also sched uled to come here for an inves tigation of the cases. In another tire case, Recorder J. Hardie Ferguson continued the trial of Russell Moore, charged with receiving of stolen automobile tires, to Friday at the request of Moore’s attorney, Aaron Goldberg. Moore, a Cape Fear Taxi com pany driver, was released for waht of probable cause last Thursday by the recorder on a charge of the theft of an automobile belong ing to W. L. Carter. He was then re-arrested and charged with the receiving of the tires from Cartels automobile. Bond was set at $500. Charlotte Boy Judged ‘Most Military Cadet* RALEIGH, May 4.—l.T)—Rex N. Gribble of Charlotte has been select ed the “most military cadet” in the N. C. State college ROTC units, Col. Thomas W. Brown, military depart ment commandant, announced to day. Gribble is adjutant major on the regimental staff and is scheduled to be commissioned a second lieute nant in the Army Reserve in June. Other ROTC superlatives follow: Reece Sedberry of Concord, lieute nant colonel in the ROTC, best sen ior cadet; Albert L. Ramsey of Route 3, Franklin, best junior cadet Eugene Dawson of Kinston, best sophomore cadet; and Edward D. Smith, Jr., of Durham, best freshman cadet. Company A of the First battalion commanded by Cadet Capt. P .L. Wooten. Jr., of Winston-Salem, was adjudged the best-drilled company in the two ROTC regiments, and Cadet Capt. Louis M. Fendt, of Jacksonville, Fla., was in command of the best-drilled platoon. -V Projectile Explodes, Killing One Man IONA ISLAND, N. Y„ May 4.— (IP)—One man was killed, one grave ly injured and several hurt slight ly today when a four-inch projec tile exploded while being fused at the Naval ammunition depot here. The dead man was L. Briola, about 30, an ordnance worker, of Highland Falls, N. Y. F. Lwaless, another depot worker, of Grassy Point, N. Y.( was taken to the United States Military Academy hospital at West Point in critical jconduion. The explosion occurred I at 11:15 a. m. (EWT). LARRY ALLEN WINS! PULITZER PRIZE Award Made For Stories On British Mediterra nean Fleet In Action NEW YORK. May 4.—W—Larry Allen, Associated Press war cor respondent, was today named win ner of a Pulitzer prize for “his stories of the British Mediterrane an fleet, as an accredited corre spondent attached to the fleet.” The Los Angeles CCalif) Times was awarded the $500 gold medal for its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and the confirmation “for all Ameri can newspapers of the right of free press as guaranteed under the constitution.” The award to Allen, born Law rence Edmund Allen, was worth $500 in cash for a distinguished example of telegraphic reporting of international affairs published in daily newspapers in the United States. Geoffrey Parsons of the N e w York Herald Tribune was awarded S500 for “his distinguished editori al writing during the year.” A $500 award for the most dis tinguished novel of the year was given to “In This Our Life” by Ellen Glasgow. No award was made for an American play. Margaret Leech was awarded $500 for her book “Reveille in Washington,” cited as “A distin guished book of the year upon the history of the United States.” A similar award went to William Rose Benet for “The Dust Which Is God,” a volume of verse. A $500 award went to Forrest Wilson for “Crusader in Crinoline” cited as a distinguished American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people. Another $500 award was made to Louis Stark of the New York Times for “his distinguished re porting of important labor stories during the year.” Stanton Delaplane of the San Francisco (Calif) Chronicle was awarded $500 “for a distinguished example of reporter’s work dur ing the year, the test being ac curacy and terseness.” His articles were on the movement of several California and Oregon counties to secede to form a 49th state.” The committee said that for this award, the preference was given to news stories published in a daily newspaper, prepared under the pressure of edition time, relating to matters of special interest of a local or regional character. Milton Brooks of the Detroit News was awarded $500 for his photograph entitled “Ford Strikers Riot,” described as an outstanding example of news photography as exemplified by a news photograph published in a daily newspaper. 'This prize, made for the first time, was open to amateurs as well as to photographers regularly employed by newspapers, Press Associations, or syndicates). A $500 award was made to Dr. Carlos P. Romoulo, of the Philip pines Herad (Manila, P. I. for “his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hongkong to Batavia.” Herbert Lawrence Block of the N.E.A. Service received a $5 0 0 award for “distinguished service of a cartoonist as exemplified by the cartoon entitled “B r i tish Plane.” published in various news papers on March 7, 1941. Sante Graziani of Cleveland, O., was awarded an annual art travel ing scholarship valued at $1,500, awarded to the most promising and deserving artist by the National Academy of Design, with which the Society of American Artists had been merged. A musical scholarship, valued at $1,500, was awarded to Lukas Foss of New York City, considered the most talented and deservng “in order that he may continue his studies abroad, on the nomination of a jury composed of members of the teaching staff of the Depart ment of Music of Columbia Uni versity and of the teaching staff of the Institute of Musical Art.” -V ‘Social Justice’ Barred From Mail WASHINGTON, May 4.—(/£—'The post office department today for mally revoked the second - class mailing privileges of Social Jus tice. a weekly publication founded in 1936 by Father Charles E. Coughlin, after being informed that it was being discontinued. Calvin W. Hassell assistant so licitor of the department, said post master General Walker had been informed by E. Perrin Schwartz, editor of the weekly, that “it will not hereafter be published.” • “The publisher-owner, and editor therefore abandoned the second class mail privilege accorded to it under the act of March 3, 1879, as amended,” the letter said. It was signed by Schwartz, as President and editor of the Social Justice publishing company. 3 -V “BODY-COOLER” Stewart Hartshorn, inventor of the window shade roller, also plan ned a body-cooler for hot weather Bellows attached to the shoe soles pumped air through tubes extend ing to all parts of the body. "ATHLETE'S FOOT" Make This Overnight Test It requires a strong penetrating fungi cide to reach the germs. Many liniments and ointments are not penetrating fungi cides. TE-OL solution is made with 90% alcohol which increases penetration. Feel it take hold. Get 35c worth from any druggist. Your 35c back next morning if I not pleased. Saunders Drug Store. | Housing Survey Gets Underway At Clinton CLINTON, May 4.—In coopera tion with officials of the United States Army, the Clinton Mer chants association is making a complete survey of all available housing accommodation in the Clin ton area for the possible use by the Army in connection with the hous ing of workers who wTill be engaged on the construction job at the big air mechanics school base to be built in the vicinity of Goldsboro. Citizens of the city are being asked to aid the association sur vey by telephoning and listing all available apartments, houses or rooms. FOUR AIR RAID SIRENS ARRIVE Warning Devices Will Be Installed At Strategic Points In City Four air raid warning sirens for Wilmington have been received here after two months delay by pri orities and the factory, Defense Corps Commander C, David Jones said Monday. The signals, which are electri cally driven, will be installed at four different locations, probably this week. Although the four warning de vices, operated by a five-horse power electric remote control, are recommended by the government for use as raid warnings, the sher iff said that no guarantees as to the effectiveness of the horns would be made until they had received test under local conditions. Since the start of the war, a system of boat and factory whistles coupled with the sirens of the fire companies here and an ex plosive device fired from the roof of the city hall have both been em ployed as warning devices without notable success. The sheriff said that the location of the sirens would be kept as secret as possible until after the test, scheduled in the near future, and that if the present tenative locations did not provide an ade quate coverage of the city, others would be worked out. Funds for the purchase of the sirens were voted by the city coun cil. The four sirens are primarily in tended for Wilmington and its en virons, Sheriff Jones said. Other communities in the county will have to work out their own method of providing a warning for air raids, he added. Hugh MacRae Denied Another Continuance Acting Recorder J, Hardie Fer guson Monday denied Hugh Mac Rae, Wilmington real estate man charged with the violation of city health ordinances, a motion for a fourth two-week continuance in the case. Mr. MacRae is to face charges of improper operation of the Olean der sewerage disposal plant. T li e recorder ordered Solicitor Winfield Smith to enter a nolle prosse with leave which allows the solicitor to reopen the case at his discretion. Aaron Goldberg, retained to repre sent the city-county health depart ment in the case, made the motion for the continuance and told the court that representatives of the MacRae company had met with the city council last week and ironed out all the differences between the city and the company over connect ing the Oleander sewer lines with the city’s mains save for the size of the connecting pipe. -V Civilian Defense Wednesday, May 6th, Gas De fense B, at high school room 109, 8 p. m. Instructor: G. E. Cant well. -V STATE NOT AFFECTED RALEIGH, May 4.— (£>> —North Carolina industries will be affected but little by a recent federal order limiting — and later forbidding — the use of iron and steel in the man facture of 400 articles, Drector Cecil Bell of the Division of Commerce and Industry said today. Lower Prices To Everybody To Defense Workers A Still C cf Further Discount Of 3 '° H. BERGER & SON FURNITURE CO. 707 N. 4th St. Dial 5128 MONEY TO LOAN ON ANYTHING OF VALUE No Loan Too Large—None Too Small Cape Fear Loan Office headquarter^ moving? efficient I* The Word For Our MOVING SERVICE PRICES REASONABLE 1arrar Transfer & Storage Warehouse DIAL 5317 HUGE JOB “The Immaculate Conception,” a magnificent mosaic done after Murillo’s painting, and now in the National Shrine at Washington, D. C., required the work of three ar tists for four years. ONE-FAMILY TOWN The Portuguese village of g tosa is inhabited entirely descendants of Maria de - e The population consists of e- V, children, 59 grandchildren a-'.; Z great-grandchildren 4 WAR BONDS You are being called upon this week io buy bonds_to pledge to buy them regularly throughout the year. Do your bit. Get yours at the CAROLINA! TWO THE / MILLION DOLLAR Carolina Building and Loan Ass n “Member Federal Rome Loan Bank” C. M. BUTLER. Pre«. W. A. TONVIELLE, W. D. JONES See.-Trea*. Asst. Sec.-Treas, ROGER MOORE, V-Pre*. j. o. CARR, AttY FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE FOR YOU and YOL R F\MIT y W. E. (Bill) STANLEY District Manager Ja'Mimce Com/ui/u/ OF NEW YORK FIRST IN AMIRICA* 501 Murchison Bldg, Dial 6601 1.0.0.F. Degrees All candidates for the Second and Third Degrees are requested to be present, Tuesday night, May 5th at 7:45 o’clock. Those who have joined the Lodge dur ing the past year are urged to attend. Business mat ters in connection with the Convention here May 17, 18 and 19, demands our attention and assistance. Be present for the group picture. By Order Of— GAPE FEAR LODGE NO. 2,1. 0. 0. F. ATTEST: SIGNED: Glen G. Marlowe James E. L. Wade Recording and Financial Noble Grand. Secretary. Listen TONIGHT 7:25 WMFD To NORWOOD S. 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