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AXIS INVASION ATTEMPT SEEN / - Wallace Anticipates 'Last Desperate Blow’ This Summer AXIS INVASION .LP NEW YORK, May 8.—f.flp- Vice President Wallace predicting the Axis would strike a "last desper ate blow” this summer, said to night that this might include a Japanese attack op Alaska and the northwest United States coast with a simultaneous German up rising in Latin America. The vice president said in an address prepared for a dinner of the Free World association here that this country must look for "the worst kind of fifth column work in Latin America, much of it operating through the agency of governments with which the Unit ed States at present is at peace.” "When I say this,” he added, "I recognize that the peoples both of Latin-America and of the na tions supporting the agencies through which the fifth columnists work are overwhelmingly on the side of the democracies.” He did not name the nations to which he referred. Hitler knows, Wallace went on, that the United States is winning the battle of production and the German leader, "like the prize f: 'iter who realizes he is on the verge of being knocked out, is gathering all of his remaining forces for one last desperate blow.” 4 ALLIED SEA VICTORY WOULD AID AUSTRALIA (Continued from Pare One) date. They said also that short of a miracle some American and Allied losses in both surface and aircraft must be expected as the inevitable price of bat tle. The significant facts pertain ing to the outcome of these encounters as evaluated here Were: The Allied high command in Australia has reported eleven enemy ships, including an air craft carrier, sunk; one air craft carrier blasted into a "to tal loss” and five other ships heavily damaged. The Japanese claimed an American battleship and two aircraft carriers sunk, plus a British battleship (Warspite) and an Australian cruiser dam aged. London promptly denied that the Warspite or any other Brit ish battleship had been sunk, the promptness of the denial suggesting that London well knew there were no British battleships there to sink. In fact, the entire action on the Allied side may have developed, it was believed here, as an opera tion of an aircraft carrier-cruis er-destroyer task force and ex perts noted that in the task force actions reported up to this time there had not been a single in stance of battleship participation. The naval authorities also com mented that it was curious that the Japanese had claimed only large vessels—the sinking of which would make spectacular propagan da—when such craft are invari ably heavily protected by cruisers and destroyers, no mention of which was made by Tokyo. The boasts of Nippon, therefore, were widely discounted, not only as to the British battleship, which it definitely appeared they did not bag, but also as to the other ves sels. The location of the battles, in the vicinity of the Solomon islands barrier, about 1,000 miles north east of Australia, left in doubt the exact objectives against which the enemy was moving, although au thorities here generally agreed that the ultimate strategy was to isolate Australia from its Ameri can source of supplies. This force could have been as signed, it was said, to develop that strategy immediately, by covering landing operations in the Solo mons, or further to the southeast in the Hebrides and New Cale donia, which flank the vivtal sup ply lines. Or it could have been a screen ing force to protect the movement of one or more other squadrons striking out from the enemy’s mandated island bases against those or other islands along the supply lines. As a screening force, its im mediate mission could have been to bomb Australia, and possibly shell its ports, to engage any Al lied forces in the vicinity and to divert them from other enemy op erations, or to make tentative landings on various supply line is lands both as a diversion and a test of defense strength. These possibilities indicate, au thorities said, that the engagement which began last Monday in the Solomons and moved gradually in to, the Coral sea. nearer Australia may be but the first of several sea battles, although that would appear to depend on the severity of the losses suffered by the ene my. The fact that the battle moved nearer to Australia as it devel oped was regarded by some naval practicians as a movement delib erately engineered by the Allied commanders to bring the enemy within easy bombing range of land based aircraft from the con tinent. -V Pure tin is used in the manu facture of collapsible tubes for paving creams and toothpaste. | T Bulkeley Dubs Son ‘A Perfect Baby3 NEW YORK, May g.—Iff)—A dark-haired, husky young man In a naval uniform leaned over a crib, pulled back a blanket and grinned. "I thoroughly approve of him,” he said. “He is perfect. I give him a Navy E for battle excellency.” The "Perfect” baby was John D. Bulkeley, Jr., whose dad was seeing him for the first time. The father, hero of several ex ploits against the Japanese, was the naval lieutenant who piloted the torpedo boat which sped Gen eral Douglas MacArthur from the Philippines on the first leg of his journey to Australia. Bulkeley was home on a ten day furlough. 3-WAY^GERMAfTsPRING DRIVE KNOCKED OUT (Continued From Page Ont) supply ports, blasting at railways, bridges, stations and trains in groups of twenty bombers, pro tected by low-flying fighters, and .dropping 1,000 pound bombs, many of them delayed action types. Their commander was said to have been Col. Gen. Hans Juergen Stumpf, recently in charge of Air Fleet No. 5 in Norway, the Neth erlands and Denmark. The Nazi air force arrived at northern Norwegian airdromes late in March and included four motored planes, dive bombers and torpedo - carrying aircraft, rein forced by some Finnish types for scouting. Red Star said the scanty re sults obtained by the Germans were exemplified by the fact that one railroad line was bombed 35 times, but tracks were damaged in only a few places and wer re paired rapidly. Five major raids were made on the important ice-free port of Mur mansk, the last April 25, with the Germans using thirty to seventy planes in each raid, mostly dive bombers. But 64 of the attackers were destroyed over Murmansk alone, Red Star reported. On the Kalinin front, that part of the northwest sector nearest to Moscow, Cossack cavalrymen, con tinuing their raids on the enemy’s rear, were credited with taking three more settlements from the Germans. 2 two gallonTweekly GAS LIMIT EXPECTED (Continued (ram Page One) accomplish their purpose. Under the terms of the “meal ticket” rationing plan, essential vehicles—trucks, busses, taxis and tractors—would receive an unlim ited supply. Between that group and the “non-essential” classifica tion would fall the thousands who drive to work or use their cars for business purposes. To take care of that group, Hen derson said that three additional "work” classifications would be set up on the basis of need. De pending upon the classification, the owner of “work” car would be entitled to 22, 30 or 38 gallons for the period, or a little more than three, four or five gallons a week respectively. “The big thing about the meal ticket basis as we approach a heavier cut is this—our emphasis is upon keeping industry going and seeing that people who use their automobiles for transportation to work get it,” asserted the price administrator. Henderson outlined the plan be fore the house interstate commit tee, and bluntly asserted that as far as the driver of a non-essen tial car is concerned “he’s get ting a damn sight more than he’s entitled to in view of the situa tion." “On the basis of 15 miles a gal lon, he can drive 30 miles a week.” An Office of Price Administra tion spokesman later explained that a motorist may use all of his rationed allowance on the first day the order goes into effect, or save it for a longer trip later in the seven-week period.) Before he began his testimony, Henderson told newsmen that he was “still working to see if he could increase the allotment for non-essential cars, but 1 see no prospect of getting it above three gallons a week.” He estimated that the “non-essen tial” definition would apply to ap proximately one third of the auto mobiles in the area. Similarly, he said vehicles entitled to an unlim ited supply amounted to about a third, and added that they would get about 66 per cent of the avail able supply. Operators entitled to an unlimit ed supply will be put on an honor basis, Henderson said. “1 hope,” he added, “that we will not have to ask rationing boards to take on the job of policing deliveries to unlimited users. But, if we find it necessary, we will ask local board, committees of their neigh bors, to take over supervision to see that there are no abuses.” 4 -V Five French Hostages Executed By Germans VICHY, May 8.—W-The Ger man authorities in Paris executed five hostages and tentatively con demned 50 others today for an at tack on a German soldier May 2, and published an order forbidding the use of bicycles after dark in almost half of occupied France. The announcement said the 50 others would be shot and 500 more sent to work camps in eastern Ger many if the attackers were not dis covered. 2 * 4'r {bike licenses WILL BE ISSUED City Will Begin Enforcing Ordinance On June 1, Manager Says Plans are being made for the is suance of licenses for bicycles so the ordinance can be put into effect the first of June, City Manager James G. Wallace said Friday. Mr. Wallace said police would be gin enforcing the ordinance, which was passed by city county as an emergency measure, June 1. Licenses are to be obtained from the city tax bureau for a fee of 25 cents after applications have been been approved by the chief of police. Before a license can be obtained the bicycle must undergo mechanical inspection by police. Each vehicle must have adequate brakes, a bell or other warning signal except siren, a light and rear red reflector on those operating at night. Bicyclists, under the ordinance, must obey all city traffic laws and signs, including traffic lights, no “U” turn and no left turn laws. Also bicyclists will be forbidden to carry passengers on the handlebars or frame, to carry parcels that will pre vent them from keeping both hands on the handlebars, to ride abreast of each other, or to "hitch" rides on other vehicles. Violators of the law will receive a fine of $10. -V City Briefs — BICYCLE STOLEN Jake Wilson, of 203 Parsley street, reported the theft of his bicycie Friday night to police. He said he parked his bicycle in front of a theater early in the evening and when he re turned it was gone. THREE ARRESTED Three persons were arrested Friday evening on charges of larceny and receiving by police. J. A. Britt, of 1207 South Fifth street, was charged with taking a bicycle from Eva Mauldin. Lucile Davis, of 712 North Sixth street, and Easter Chestnut, of 608 North Eighth street, were charged with taking merchan dise from a store on Front street. CONGREGATION TO MEET There will be an important meeting of the congregation of the First Christian church at 309 Ann street, Sunday evening. May 10, at 8 o’clock. All members are requested to attend. DEMOCRATS TO MEET Precinct meetings will be held at Z o’cloek Saturday afternoon by the Wilmington Democratic party for the purpose of organiz ing for the coming Democratic party. Delegates to the county convention will be nominated. -V Six Axis Planes Downed At Malta VALLETTA, Malta, May 8.—(PI —Two Axis bombers and four fighting planes were destroyed and three bombers and three fighters severely damaged in the 2300th air raid on Malta today, a government communique said. The three bombers and three fighters were shot up so badly they probably failed to reach their base, the announcement said. Two other bombers and two fighters were also damaged. Weekly, ‘Publicity’ Is Barred From Mails WASHINGTON, May 8.— (PI — In his third move against alleged ly seditious publications within a month, Postmaster General Walk er tonight temporarily banned from the mails “Publicity,” a weekly newspaper at Wichita, Kas., pending a hearing May 21 to determine whether it should be permanently barred. 4 -V Associated Press Writer To Receive Rutgers Award NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J„ May 8.—W>—The Rutgers university award, highest honor of the 176 year-old institution for its alumni, will be bestowed tomorrow on an Associated Press Staff writer and a National Broadcasting company commentator for their distinctive work as war correspondents in the Far East. The bronze medal inscribed for Clark G. Lee reads, "For courage and skill as a war correspondent.” The Associated Press dispatches from the Philippines under Lee’s by-line had earlier won military as well as journalistic recognition as outstanding campaign cover age. Lee is now in New Zealand. Receiving the medal in his ab sence will be his mother, Mrs. Clayton D, Lee of East Orange, N. J., herself once a newspaper columnist. 4 Churchill Will Speak On Sunday Afternoon NEW YORK, May 8—Prime Minister Churchill will broadcast a speech Sunday at 3 p. m., (E. W. T.), according to a British broadcasting announcement heard today by CBS. -V Seventy per cent of American women wore cotton hose 2 lyears ago; today only 4 per cent do *o. A ALLIED FLEET GIVES CHASE (Continued from Page One) ed attack of the combined forces. This attack, the communique said, was “Initiated several days ago.” Text Of Communique The text of the communique: “The great naval and air battle off the northeast coast of Australia has temporarily ceased. This action represents the continued effort of the Japanese to extend their aggres sive conquests toward the south and southeast. First efforts were aimed at expanding his air bases, but our airforce has consistently and effec tively attacked his fields during the past six weeks, dislocating his plans through the destruction of installa tions and aircraft. “Our reconnaissance has revealed, the gradual upbuilding of naval transport elements for the coordinat ed attack of combined forces which was initiated several days ago. Our naval forces then attacked in inter ceptions. “They were handled with marked skill, fought with admirable courage and tenacity and the enemy has been repulsed. Our attacks will con tinue.” Losses Not Mentioned The communique made no men tion of Japanese or American losses in the battle, but earlier communi ques and reports told of the sinking of eleven Japanese ships, including one aircraft carrier and one heavy cruiser, and the damaging of an other aircraft carrier along with the sinking of destroyers, gunboats and other vessels. The communique likewise gave no inkling of Allied losses in the en gagement. The battle was fought in the shadow of Australia and involved the safety of the continent and con trol of much of the southern seas. Hundreds Dive Overboard First eyewitness accounts reaching an advanced Allied base said hun dreds of Japanese crewmen had to dive overboard amid smoke and flame from two aircraft carriers sunk -or damaged by aerial bomos in the first blow of the Allied as sault. These reports said Japanese per sonnel losses may run into the thou sands. Japanese destroyers tried desper ately but vainly to save the carriers, blasted into torn and blazing hulks by American bombing planes which pressed home their attack in a hell of anti-aircraft fire and challenging hordes of Japanese Zero fighters. "We might have been blasted out of our beds last night if this hadn’t happened,” commented one naval spokesman ashore on the results thus far of the still-raging battle. ‘‘But we got in there and did the job,” he asserted, adding that "one Japanese carrier was seen sinking and the other was hit from stem to stern.” .. Late in the day, a communique from this headquarters disclosed that eleven Japanese ships had been sunk and six badly damaged and stated only as to the Allied side: ‘‘Our own losses are not report ed.” A communique of the imperial Japanese command broadcast by the Tokyo radio claimed that a U. S. battleship of the California type and two U. S. aircraft car riers of the Saratoga and York town types had been sunk and that a British (Australian) cruiser of the Canberra type and a Brit ish battleship of the Warspite type had been heavily damaged. No Comment There was no immediate com ment here upon these claims but the British admiralty in London at once announced flatly: “. . .There is no truth whatever in the Japanese suggestion that HMS Warspite or any other Brit ish battleship had been sunk or damaged in the action which now is reported to be proceeding in the Coral sea.” Allied successes newly reported during the day—the thunderous action had started on Monday—in cluded the sinking of a Japanese aircraft carrier and a heavy cruis er and severe damage to another enemy aircraft carrier and an other heavy cruiser. This, together with previously announced results, thus formed the known score against the ene my as of tonight: Sunk: An aircraft carrier, a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser, two destroyers, four gunboats and a supply ship. Damaged and believed a total loss: Another aircraft carrier. Heavily damaged: A heavy cruiser, a light cruiser, a 9,000-ton seaplane tender, a cargo vessel and a transport. In the dragging hours of ex quisite suspense, while the unfold ing of the great drama was. await ed all over the world, Prime Min ister Curtin of Australia went be fore the house of representatives thus to assess as much of the sit uation as was known: “I have received information from the commander of the Allied forces of the southwest Pacific that a great naval battle is pro ceeding in the southwest Pacific area. This battle arises from op erations which I announced ear lier today had begun May 4 with some losses to the enemy. “What is taking place is of cur cial importance to the whole con duct of the war in this theater. I have no information as to how the engagement is developing. I would like the nation to know however, that there will be on the part of our forces and the forces of the United States that devotion to duty which is characteristic of the naval and air forces of t h e United States, Britain and this commonwealth. ‘ One further thing I should say: Nobody at this moment can tell what the result of this engagement will be. If it should go advan tageously we will have cause for great gratitude and our position will be clearer. ‘‘But if we should not have the 60,000 Here Register To Get Ration Books For Sugar Purchases Approximately 60,000 persons had filed applications and slight ly less than that number had been issued War Ration books allowing them to buy one pound of sugar each two weeks at the close of registration Friday night at 8 o'clock. Less than 2,000 persons were registered Friday, the one day extension period granted in an effort to obtain complete reg istration of persons living In New Hanover county. O. H. Shoemaker, chairman of the local Rationing board, said said no additional persons wouldl be allowed to register until May 21. advantages in this battle which we hope for, we will have a stern er ordeal and greater and graver responsibilities. “This battle will not decide the war. It will determine the immed iate tactics which will be pursued by ourselves and the common ene my. I ask the people of Australia, having regard to the grave conse quences implicit in this engage ment, to take a sober, realistic estimate of their duty to the na tion. “As I speak those who are par ticipating in this engagement are conforming to the sternest disci pline, subjecting themselves with all they have—the last measure of devotion it may be for many of them—to accomplishing the in creased safety and security of this territory. “And in the face of their ex ample and their discipline. I feel it is not asking overmuch of every citizen who today is being defend ed by these gallant men in t h i s area to regard himself as being engaged in the second line service of Australia. This today is the front line. It needs the maximum support of every man and woman in the commonwealth. All Have a Duty “With all the responsibility which I feel, which the govern ment feels, which I am quite sure parliament as a whole shares, I put it to every man whom these words reach—however they may reach him—that ho owes it to those men and the future of the country not to be stinting in what he will now do for Australia. “Men are fighting for Australia today, Mr. Speaker. Those who are not fighting have no excuse for not working.” The deputy leader of the oppo sition, William Morris Hughes, arose to declare that upon the result of the battle now in prog ress depended the immediate fu ture of Australia. “To the ramparts, then, Aus tralians,” he cried, “and brace yours#lj*3rfor the great struggle that looms darkly ahead.” The first of the day’s official announcements from General MacArthur’s headquarters, stating that “a great naval and air ac tion” was in progress, summed up: “In the initial phases our forces have inflicted heavy damage on the enemy. . . .Our losses are slight.” A subsequent communique thus read: “Heavy naval and air fighting continues. “In addition to the previous ene my losses reported, our forces have now sunk one enemy air craft carrier and badly damaged a second, which it is believed will be a total loss. “We have also sunk one heavy cruiser and badly damaged an other. “Our own losses are not report ed.” The grand test, so far as could be judged, was spreading over a great expanse south of the Solo mon islands and into the Coral sea off northeastern Australia. Intention Not Known Whether the enemy’s main in tention had been to cut the Allied supply line to Australia by knock ing out the Allied fleet, or whether he was trying to mount an inva sion of Port Moresby, New Guinea, the Allied outpost above the mainland, remained to be seen. In London, there appeared gen eral agreement among naval and military men that the great en gagement—the biggest since Jut lFnd—opened the Battle for Aus tralia itself. It was assumed in unofficial quarters there that fev; if any major British fleet units were in volved, thus indicating that the warships of the United States were carrying the main responsibility on the Allied side. Some London observers thought, from the available evidence, that the struggle had been opened by Allied interception of Japanese in vasion convoys bound from the enemy held island bases above Australia south to the New Heb rides or New Caledonia. One suggested that the battle had most likely been joined only after the most mature delibera tion on either side; that both knew it would be a great showdown. This person thus envisaged the course of events; “The action that. started Mon day probably began with aircraft from American carriers operating southwest or the Solomons. “It appears that the attacks did not stop the Japanese, who, with a powerful fleet including battle ships as well as aircraft carriers and cruisers, were able to push on toward their objective. “The bulk of the two fleets then joined battle.” 4 -v— POPULAR GREETING The most widely used greeting among mankind is nose rubbing. More peoples use it than the com bined devotees of handshaking and kissing. ^ CRIMINAL TERM TO OPEN MONDAY Sixty-Six Cases Scheduled For Trial Here During The Week With 66 cases scheduled for trial at the criminal term of Superior court, which opens here Monday, 10 of them involve persons charged with larceny and receiving. In several of the cases persons are charged with larceny of auto mobiles and larceny and receiving of automobile tires. Four persons are to be tried on murder charges, seven are charged with violation of the liq uor law, seven with operating an automobile intoxicated, six with rape, four with prostitution, five with being drunk, four with bur glary, two with fornication and adultery, two with forgery, two with assault with a deadly weap on with intent to kill, two with possessing non-tax paid liquor. In other cases, persons are charged with the following of fenses: Hit and run; accessory be fore and after the fact, affray wherein deadly weapons were used, bigamy, manslaughter, hign way robbery, housebreaking, per jury, assault with ~a deadly wea pon, in reforfeiture of bond, trans porting non-tax paid liquor. THREE YOUTH^GUILTY IN GODWIN SLAYING (Continued from Pafe One) fy and offered no evidence the de fense had the opening and the closing argument. Ju’ge Thomp son began his charge • t the jary at 4 p.m. In all the state offered 12 wit nesses to give the testimony and the confessions on the accused men were read into the evidence yes terday by Sheriff H. D. Stanley who was on the stand more than an hour. The state contended throughout the trial which began here on Wednesday morning that the quar tet acting with cold calm and de liberation slew the victim for the purpose of obtaining his money. Their confessions admitted that they planned the robbery of a store or a service station somewhere the night of April 4 and decided upon the Godwin place when they found only one person apparently inside. The state contended that when Godwin who was alone in his sta tion preparing to close for the night refused to hand over his wal let at the point of a gun that Bonner and Fowler shot him to death then fled to the car in which Todd and McDaniel were waiting outside and made their getaway. It was brought out at the trial that the four men divided the $35 in cash which they got from God win’s wallet four ways with Fow ler getting back the $10 which he had given the proprietor of tjic store in payment for a pack of cigarettes in order to get Godwin to produce his wallet to make the change. Day to Get Jury The entire first day of the trial was taken up with the selection of a jury and the evidence was practically completed yesterday. Predictions. were last night that the jury would not get the case before late Saturday night and the swiftness with which the court has moved forward today coupled with the fact that the defendants chose to offer no evidence was responsi ble for the trial being brought so near its conclusion tonight. The defendants in the trial ad mitted in their confessions that they were previously engaged in robberies. Three of them, Bonner, McDanil and Fowler admitted the attempted robbery of the Dick Campbell service station at Fair Bluff on the 25th of March and that they or some of them had been previously engaged in the robbery of a filling station near Nichols, S. C. The parents of Fowler, one of the defendants, have been at his side throughout the trial and the mothers respectively of Todd and McDaniel all of whom are resi dents of the DuFort section of South Carolina have been at their side today. None of Bonners people were here for the trial. He told officers his home is in Dekalb, Tex. 2 -v Air Raid Warning Service Meeting Is Set For Bolivia The first of a series of air raid warning service meetings to be held in Brunswick county will take place Tuesday night, May 12, at 8 o’clock In the High school auditorium at Bolivia. There will be a number of speak ers including Louis Poisson, McKean Maffitt and F. P. O’Crowley. The public has been invited and a full attendance has been urged. -V Little Tokyo Evacuated In Mass Movement LOS ANGELES, May 8.—UP—Lit tle Tokyo is no more. The calm of desertion fell today over this city within a city—only a block from the heart of Los An geles’ downtown district, and the largest Japanese settlement in America—as the Army completed its evacuation. There was much of drama but little of emotion as steel-helmeted troopers guided little Tokyo’s re maining 2200 residents aboard bus es for the Santa Anita assembly center, first stage of their journey into war-time exile. 2 GERMAN CONVOY RAIDED BY RAF (Continued from P*fe One) there was a terrific flash.” The rear gunner then reported that a huge column of water rose over the ship’s stern and Brown said: “I think I must have blown the stern right off.” The other planes came in and ‘‘each took a ship—all fair sized fel lows,” said Brown. ‘‘In quick suc cession there were four bright orange flashes along the line of the convoy. Each flash meant a direct hit. Still other ships were hit in this and in a second attack several hours later. Because of the darkness the fliers claimed none of the ships as sunk, but a Beaufighter on patrol this morning sighted two seriously dam aged vessels, one beached and the other still on fire with her deck al most awash, under tow of two tugs. All the Canadians returned safely but two other planes were lost. The air minister, speaking at Bir mingham today, promised the Ger man air force “a terrific summer” and said ‘‘we must give it no rest; we must hammer it out of shape. When that will be—how long it will take—I cannot tell, but then will come the invasion. ‘‘The time has come when we are beginning to hit back hard but on a scale which still only foreshadows the force of the Anglo-American bombing effort to come.” manyIncounty AID BOND DRIVE Group Of Patriotic Wom en Making House-To House Solicitation Working under the direction of Miss Ann Mason, New Hanover county home demonstration agent, a group of patriotic women are making a patriotic house-to-house canvass in the county in behalf of the war bond campaign, it was announced yesterday. The solicitation is most fruitful, officials said, declaring that ef forts extended in the county will go far toward increasing the total of bonds sold in this locality dur ing the campaign. Those engaged in the county are: South Wilmington: Mrs. Ray S. Landen. Mrs. Frank Sasser, Mrs. J. A. McNorton, Mrs. J. P. Russ, Mrs. Clayton Home. Wrightsboro: Mrs. Donald Pi ver, Mrs. Elmo Fountain, Mrs. J. P. Newton and Mrs. Fred Jor don. Winter Park: Mrs. W. F. King and Mrs. C. D. Lewis. Myrtle Grove—Mrs. Frank Piner, Mrs. J. H. Ottaway, Mrs. Frank Hollis, Mrs. T. N. Simmons, Mrs. J. M. Everrett. Mrs. Dave. Devane and Mrs. G. A. Biddle. Masonboro—Mrs. Addison Hewlett. Bradley’s Creek — Mrs. A. W. Jackson. Middle Sound—Mrs. P. R. Mason. East Wilmington: Mrs. Quelch Jones, Mrs. J. T. Carroll, Mrs. C. M. Yarborough, Mrs. Paul Jordon. Mrs. L. R. Frost, Jr., and Mrs. E. H. Cheshire. Murraysville—Mrs. Geo. Murray. Castle Hayne — Mrs. . H. Van Schalie and Miss Gertrude Marsh burn. Carolina Beach—Mrs. A. T. Har ris, Mrs. Wallace Aman, Mrs. H. Cline, Mrs. H. C. Fields, Mrs. C. M. Kelly, Mrs. M. A. Sly, Mrs. Geo. Murrell, Mrs. S. R. Jordan, Mrs. B. H. Elder, Mrs. Hanchey, Mrs. Bame, Miss Virginia Beach, Mrs. Roy Roberts, Mrs. Thorneburg, Mrs. Ethel Murrin. Audubon—Mrs. J. P. Herring, Jr., Mrs. E. A. Shands, Mrs. J. P. Nall. Mrs. O. R. Hodges, Mrs. R. J. Bid dle, Mrs J. Leeuwenburg, Mrs. J. Verzall, Mrs. D. C. Marshall, Mrs. C. H. Walsh, Mrs. C. C. Huband, Mrs. R. L. Bostian, Mrs. J. B. Philips, Mrs. H. R. Ohlhei, Mrs. L. D. Blake and Mrs L. C. Walsh -V Realtors Say Rents Should Be Frozen As Of March 1,1942 NEW YORK, May 8.—UP)—Rents should be frozen as of March 1 of this year, 200 representatives of the National Association of Real Estate boards agreed today. Their opinion, in disagreement with Leon Henderson’s retroactive freezing of rents as far back as 1941, was revealed by Herbert Nel son, president of the board. “Mr. Henderson’s plan, which is that of discrimination depending on population, of freezing rents, affects only certain cities,” Nelson said. ‘‘We believe that all rents, despite the size of the city, should be frozen as of March 1.” WEATHER \ __ (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, May 8.—(£>)—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m„ in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Asheville - 58 45 0.00 Atlanta - 65 50 0.00 Birmingham _ 70 49 o 00 Buffalo - 62 42 o!(K) Charlotte- 67 53 0.00 Chicago - 70 40 0 00 Cleveland - 69 « 000 Eew<Lr- 77 42 000 Fort Worth - 79 55 0 00 »*"*" C‘£- 74 47 0 00 Little Rcok_ 70 49 r>n Louisville -~ 58 J? 0M - 88 64 0.00 v r- 71 58 0.00 Pittsburgh-57 45 000 Richmond_ 67 51 0 no San Antonio- 77 59 o!oo Washington- 65 50 0.00 Wilmington-... 08 «3 0.00 WORK OF CHURCH TERMED VITA1 Activities In Colleges Mon Important Because Of War, Says Thomas Because of the war church in colleges is more important Y' previously as the young mY ,! preparing to go into the a-Y forces, Charles Edward fjY as, executive director of Y Church Society for College vy with headquarters in WashirY pointed out in an add:e..s t0'J ' Episcopalians Friday night at «• James Parish House. Mr. Thomas said instead 0f the being a decrease in college V.' rollment, registration is increaY as many young men are takings! training courses. The Society is attempting to i terest more people and raise rY money to put more chaplains' colleges and universities overY' nation, Mr. Thomas explained '4 added Episcopalians should feei'! special responsibility since • ' church’s greatest concentration if membership is in college. He prY ed out that only one of everv i persons in the nation is Episcop lians while one of every 20 college students is a member of the L nomination. Approximately 65 iv Episcopalians are in college Y year. The Society is a cooperate agency of the national council - the church set up to arouse Episcopal church to the oppor! nity and responsibility of colfei work, he explained and added £■' it was created to raise monev;. ward paying salaries of coll® chaplains. The work is supper;? by voluntary contributions. Organized in 1933, the Society tb year made grants toward safe? of 28 chaplains in various college of the nation. Bishop Thomas C. Darst. f presided and introduced Mr. Tk>. as, told the audience of three t, lege chaplains who are natives: Wilmington. They are: the k Thomas H. Wright, formerly cke-J lain at Washington and Lee [': versity and Virginia Military t stitute and now dean of the Cads dral in San Francisco; the Hi Henry Nutt Parsley, Episcop; chaplain at Duke University, a;; the Rev. Emmet Grubbin, assistac chaplain at the University ot Noit Carolina. -V Two Liberty Ships Per Week Launched At Maryland W BALTIMORE, Md„ May 8-'? Every week two brand new M,® ton “Liberty” freighters are sB ing down the ways of the Fb field Shipbuilding yard of the Bd lehem Steel company to increase the United States Merchant & rine. On 16 different ways which hie mushroomed into a wartime sb yard employing 25,000 men ire a Maryland swamp 14 months i;: 24 new American freighters kr already been launched. The first, the “Patrick Her: is already in the Middle East.: twenty-fourth was launched f days ago. Keels for sixteen W have been laid. By the end: 1943, a total of 172 identical st will have been built for the X time Commission. Today it takes 110 days to t a “Liberty,” but J. M. Willis,* president and general manager:: the Fairfied yard, told corresp dents on the National Associa'-" of Manufacturers War Indus':: tour that he hoped to cut that tto down to as low as 75 days. ■ -V Obituaries ISAAC N. BURRISS Funeral services for Isaac N'' ton Burrlss, 70, who died at ' residence, 1908 Carolina aver. Thursday morning after an exM ed illness, were conducted F-' afternoon at 4 o’clock from Funeral home by the Rev. ' Blanton and the Rev. J. F ® bert. Interment was in 0a“£a cemetery. Pallbearers were honorarj, , W. C. Mebane, S. D. Hurst, J■ ; King, E. W. Willis. J. S.CraifH E. T. Marshburn: active, A"-;. Hewlett, Jr., Martin Von OeseM P. H. Strunck, Dozier Murray. - H. Davis and H. C. Davis. WPA Musician Dies With Small FoM ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ —(#)—A WPA musician died & rehearsing today and County n sician I. E. Leonard said &■' in cash, mostly in $50 ana bills, was found in a paPer in the man’s pocket, WPA officials said the Peter Pasquale, 59 years old unmarried, stated when he app for a job in the band that he ( no means of support. -V Infant Is Kidnaped On London ^tC LONDON, Ont., May bara Ann Wood, 7-months-oId ® ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry was kidnaped today from her riage cn King street ir do" London, police said. cct Every available detective a" stable was engaged in an inJnl,Jtt search, but late today had 10 ‘ jc find a clue. The mother and joined police in the hunt, ana could offer no explanation 0 [act
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