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REMEMBER gmg ■ ■mm gam ■ ■ mrm 'J^., —^ ^ — _|| m ||P| Served by Leased Wire of the habbSbi • THE SUNi»iMJilAR-NEW5 rsssr: —_^tmii eiw ©f pseaiBEea &me> emui asm.ante s*“*and Natl0"“N,w* i./i U—N0-_2S:___TWENTY PAGES_WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1942 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS II, S. Seeks Martinique Guarantees ^5 Assurances That Is lands Will Not Be Turn ed Over To Axis talks are started Admiral Hoover Is Author ized To Propose Carib bean Agreement IVAi-TUNGTOX. May 9.— (A’l — •Hie State department announced to ni;ilt that an American mission had rr,ii;-.=ste(] guarantees from the local .. rninent of Martinique that that i„:l| (] :in,| other French possessions i the area would not be used by AXis or in any way become ni-imees to the United States. The department declined to an swer questions as to what would la,.pen if the request were refused emphasized that the conversa f„ns had already begun in a spirit ,.f a]; friendliness. IP ■ ■resenting the United States at Jlsfiir.iquf are Admiral John H. ji„,,vei-. commanding naval officer im >he Caribbean sea front, and x Rebel'. assistant chief of the Piv..f European affairs in the p • partment. Made To l ommissioner Ti-;it- requests were made to Ad mit? Georges Robert as French J r , commissioner. "Admiral Hoover is authorized to l: . , - an arrangement whereby t'p. i-'i'fneh flag may continue to fly live ■ the French Caribbean posses s.ns." the department said in a star "mem. "and French sovereignty ti will remain unchanged, and v "M Admiral Robert will con tir- t" be recognized as the ulti governing authority of French O : bean possessions. Should mutually satisfactory ar rangements be reached with Admiral Hebert as high commissioner, assur ing that the French authorities in the French Caribbean Atlantic coast irf.i will not furnish aid or comfort ta Axis forces, the United States is nwared to safeguard the interests t! France in these areas, to main lam their economic life, and to as tute that all assets of the French < lernment in the French Caribbean li'/snessionx be held for the ultimate » ■ f the French people.’’ Text (If Announcement Tiit text of the State department’s ii 'piiinceineiit: "Th« President has directed a vi-' tv Admiral Hoover, as com r of the Caribbean sea front, : u anied by a representative of Department of State, to Mar tii.lqu._- tor the purpose of seeking ’ ith the French high commissioner I': -e- an understanding with respect it rtw local problem presented by | French possessions in the Carib 1 '■ area arising out of the eol ation policy of Monsieur Laval. A ’miral Hoover and Mr. Samuel -r. assistant chief of the divis ' n European affairs, Department ■tonlinued on Page Two; Col. 5) f "MAS IS NAMED ME C. D. CHIEF Governor Plans To Ap Poi"t Successor To George Jeffrey r,BEIGH. May 9—(J>1— Gover !or ^r°Ufihton today named Ben !°'as- former mayor of Char as 'North Carolina director r v'lian defense. PniJs'as. former assistant direc 1; "cceeds Theodore S. Johnson. , 1 ’vis held the position since : nation-wide defense * program ’ac Johnson was recently m .Nor"’1 Carolina director of f!0e Price Administration rl 5 ‘n charge of all rationing ' "ams in the state. °u?las is a native of Iredell M,v and lived in Gastonia be ll/,!110''’*112 to Charlotte in 1926. " "’as a first lieutenant in the fjinUnued «n Cage Two; Col. 1> Peru’s President Visits F.D.R. The president of Peru, Manuel Prado, is shown above, after his ar rival in this country to visit Presi dent Roosevelt in Washington. Photo was taken at airport in Miami. _ —(X'EA Telephoto) VON SPIEGEL MAY BE U-BOAT CHIEF Believed In Charge Of Sub Operating In The Gulf Of Mexico NEW ORLEANS, May 9— (J*l — Standing on the bridge of a Ger man submarine that had just tor pedoed their ship a deeply tanned, shorts-clad officer called out Wed nesday to the survivors “sorry we can’t help you. Hope you get ashore ok.” This farewell in what was de scribed as “perfect American” and other circumstances of the first announced sinkings of two ships by U-boats in the well-protected wat ers of the Gulf of Mexico today brought speculation that Baron Edgar von Spiegel, hard-b i tt en Nazi has returned to fight the United States in the waters he knows best. Von Spiegel, former German con sul general for the entire Gulf coast from Florida to Texas, with headquarters here, commanded a U-boat in the World War and it is recorded that he never sank a ship with loss of life, which earned him the title of “Germany’s most chivalrous U-boat captain.” The British captured von Spiegel in 1917. Although several officers were injured by shrapnel in Wednes day’s sinkings, announced today, no lives were lost and survivor stories indicated that after their ships were stopped there was a deliverate attempt to let them get off safely bfore the ships were sunk. They were permitted to pro ceed with best wishes and without molestation aboard life rafts and boats. The survivors all reached shore within a few hours. Von Spiegel is best remembered for his utterance on June 14, 1940. a few days before Paris fell, that “Germany will not forget that when she was waging a struggle for her very life that the United States did everything in its power to aid her enemies.” This statement caused a sensa tion. Eventually he was withdrawn with other German consuls last year, and returned home. During his four year tenure as traveled very widely along the Gulf, and is known to have made frequent trips down the Mississippi river to its mouth, 100 miles be low here._ British Stage Blistering Assault On Rostock Area LONDON. May 9._!/P)_With the (i°Aec* intention of smashing Nazi sir h31*116 nosts anc* the German if-arvfCe as the necessary prelim thp V invasion of the continent, t„, eaviest British bombers re tbp m 'd blistering assault on the Rostock area along is;,.., a ‘c last night, the air min r announced today. b '[[n' LOO and 800 foot levels the tr.’jj,. ,'r birds bombed Warnemu *itcra.,e#,vin* fires sweeping an in (l, Plant and other objectives R0st a. arca' but 10 miles from K lor which it is both a port and seaplane base. The Germans announced that Rostock also was bombed again, indicating that the British raid had spread over all the busy Baltic war supply cen ter. The big Lancasters, Manchest ers, Wellingtons, Hampdens and four-motored Stirlings paid the highest toll—19 planes lost—in five months for the daring low-level at tack into an intense anti-aircraft defense, particularly at Warnemu ende. At nearby Rostock, 7,000 or 8, (Continued on F*ge Two; Col. 6) Reds Report Use Of Poison Gas By Nazis Incident In Crimean Area Apparently Regarded As An Experiment RUSSIANS TO REPLY Destroy 71 German Planes And Lose 26 Of Their Own Along Front BY HENRY C. CASSIDY MOSCOW, May 9.—UP)—Tass, of ficial Soviet news agency, distrib uted for the first time in the Rus sian-German war today a dispatch reporting that the Germans had used poison gas on the Crimean front and the official communist party newspaper Pravda publish ed,the bulletin under a two-column headline. The Tass dispatch said: “According to a report from Krasnador (northern Caucasus), on May 7, in operations on t h e Crimean front. German troops used several mines with poison gas. A check-up has shown that poison gas affects respiratory or gans and disables men.” Pravda published the Tass dis patch immediately below the texts of yesterday’s communiques is sued by the Soviet bureau of in formation. Seen As Experiment There were indications that the reported incident was regarded in Moscow as experimental. Early in the war Soviet spokes man, Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs S. A. Lozovsky, made pub lic documents that he said were found showing that the Germans were preparing to use gas. At that time he replied that the Russians would reply in kind if the Ger mans began chemical warfare. The Soviet army newspaper Red Star recently carried instructions to the troops to keep strict watch for gas by “chemical reconnoiter ing methods.” Meanwhile, the Russians offi cially announced that nothing of significance took place at the front yesterday or today but that they destroyed 71 German planes yes terday while losing 26 of their own. Cutter Sunk The air force was credited with sinking a German cutter, virtual annihilation of an enemy infantry battalion and destruction of two ammunition dumps and oil stores yesterday. • On the northwestern front the night communique said the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpow er and equipment and listed 1,650 Nazis killed in two sectors during two days of fighting. They also disclosed that an ice supply road across Lake Ladoga helped Russia’s Leningrad resist the German siege successfully. Existence of the road was made known in connection with the award of 341 decorations for “ex emplary fulfillment of the govern ment order for the supply of Len ingrad and the Leningrad front.” Pravda said the road was laid late last November across the ice bound lake, “a gigantic undertak ing without parallel in the history of civil and military construction.” “Not for a single minute d i d traffic cease along the Ladoga road,” the paper said. “In frost and blizzards and under bombard ment from the air. . .trucks brought to Leningrad food, gaso line, coal, ammunition, medicines and mails. Millions of pounds of freight were transported over the road during the period of its op eration.” Trucks returning from the city carried arms and machines, it was said. The Ladoga ice has broken up now but the Russians said Lening rad had been supplied with a 11 necessities and had built up re serves iojr spring battles. The city still is under siege. -V WEATHER FORECASTS: NORTH CAROLINA — Slightly warmer Sunday. SOUTH CAROLINA—Little change in temperature Sunday: (EASTERN STANDARD TIME) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday): (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 63; 7:30 a. m. 58; 1:30 p. m. 71; 7:30 p. m. 71; maximum 76; minimum 56; mean 66; normal 69. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 80; 7:30 a. m. 67; 1:30 p m, 30; 7:30 p. m. 39. Precipitation: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:3C p. m., 0.00 inches: total since the first of the month, 0.80 inches. Tides For Today: : y (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Low Wilmington - 6:00a. 12:42a. 6:32p. l:03p Masonboro Inlet- 4:02a. 10:11a, 4:30p. 10:43p Sunrise 5:l‘4a; sunset 7:02p; moonrise 2:49a; moonset 2:56p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 8 a. m„ May 9, 9.80 feet. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) AMERICAN NA VAL TRIUMPH SA VES 'Mmlia from dread menace IMMEDIA TE INVASION BY JAPS; CHINESE TRAP ENEMY IN BURMA _ _ - SMASH JAP REAR Strong Force Recaptures Former Allied Head quarters At Maymyo DRIVES ON MANDALAY One Nipponese Column Is Wiped Out And Other Reported Encircled CHUNGKING, China, May 9. — (/P) — A strong Chinese army force which the ad vancing Japanese by-passed in central Burma has smashed hard into the exposed rear of the Japanese, recapturing the former Allied headquarters of Maymyo and driving against both Lashio and Mandalay, the Chinese announced to night. This sudden maneuver, in volving a forced march of more than 90 miles north from Taunggyi, already has cut off the main communica tion route and line of retreat of the Japanese units that pressed so quickly along the Burma road into Yunnan province, China, said a communique. The Japanese in Yunnan had split into two columns to try to outflank the Chinese, but one ol these columns already has been' wiped out and the other is vainly trying to break out of an encircle ment, said the Chinese communique. Giving a broad picture of a start ling reversal for the hitherto uni formly-successful Japanese cam paign in Burma and southwest China, the Chinese communique and a military spokesman said that when the Japanese rushed north ward through Burma they sent one force eastward along the Burma Road and another west to complete occupation of the Lashio-Mandalay railroad and cut off Chinese troops still in the Mandalay area. But suddenly the supposedly trap ped Chinese became very active, said the communique, and the Jap (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) -V MERCHANTS’ C.D. BODY WILL MEET Convenes Tuesday To Complete Plans For Pro tection Of Stores The Merchants’ Civilian Defense committee will meet Tuesday morning, May 12. at 10 o’clock in the office of the Greater Wilming ton Chamber of Commerce to com plete plans for the protection of reta:l stores and public buildings. The committee is composed of Knox Council, Sutton-Council com pany; Ernest Beal, Belk-Williams company: J. K. Taylor, Jr., J. K. Taylor. Inc.: William Taylor, Stan dard Paint comnany: D. P. Ben ton, manager of Murchison build ing"; J. L. Morris, chamber of commerce: W. A. Gilbertson, Credit Bureau. Inc.: and F. P. O’Crowley, O’Crowley’s Cleaners. The first five were selected by the Merchants’ division of the Chamber of Commerce to organ ize a plan of protection for ci vilians and buildings in the event of an air raid. Mr. Gilbertson is secretary of the organization. Mr. Morris will represent the chamber of commerce, and Mr. O’Crowley, chief air raid warden in the city, will represent the New Hanover Defense council. _4_ Basic Gas Rationing Unit Is Set At Three Gallons WASHINGTON, May 9.— UP) — The Office of Price Administration announced today that motorists whose automobiles use is classed as “non-essential” would be allow ed three gallons of gasoline a week under the rationing plan be ginning May 15 in eastern sea board states. The decision to make three gal lons the basic rationing unit was reached, OPA said, on the basis of supply figures furnished by Pe troleum Coordinator Ickes. There have been some indica tions that Ickes and his aides did not believe such short rations were necessary. Commenting on the rationing program, Ickes emphasized today that his job began and ended with the problem of getting all possible supplies of gasoline to the east coast. “The function of rationing those supplies after they get to the east coast belongs to the office of Leon Henderson,’ Ickes said. “He is do ing a conscientious job. We will assist him in every way we can.” At the same time, Ickes recom mended to WPB that both the ra (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) Great Naval Battle Ra ges East Of Australia Allied and Japanese warships have engaged in the greatest naval battle of the war in the Coral sea east of Austrlia. Allied headquarters said already 11 Japanese ships have been sunk and six badly damaged. Reports indicate the battle began near the Solomon islands (1) May 4. Allied bombers were reported to have sunk a Jap transport in the Louisiade archipelago Cl) May 7. The presence of Japanese ships near Couisiades indi cated a possible thrust at Port Moresby (3). or the northeastern Australian coast (marked by Australian flags). The Japs are based in northeastern New Guinea and New Britain. _ Japs Attack Chittagong For Second Time As They Push War Toward India CHURCHILL WILL EXPLAIN MOVES British Prime Minister Will Broadcast To World This Afternoon LONDON. May 9—I/PI—Prime Minister Churchill will broadcast to the world Sunday night (3 p.m. Eastern War Time) to explain the latest developments in the Brit ish Empire’s fight for survival and victory on the second anniversary of his selection as prime minister and the start of the Nazi conquest of the Low Countries and France. The prime minister is expected to outline the part millions of Brit ons will play in the campaign months of 1942 to obtain the “vic tory at all costs” to which he pledged himself two years ago. It was predicted that Churchill also would defend the govern ment’s fuel rationing scheme, the most hotly debated issue in do mestic politics. Other prime topics for discus sion would include the gallant but ineffectual effort to halt the Japa nese in Burma, the Royal A i r Force's mighty spring offensive. Britain’^ swift occupation of Mad agascar’s vital naval base, and the government’s attitude toward the Laval government of Vichy, which ordered the French to re sist their one-time allies in Mad agascar. Th speech is expected to be more optimistic than the prime minister’s last radio broadcast when, on the night of Feb. 15. he announced the fall of Singapore. But the “second front.” a sub ject which every Briton but the prime mimster appears to have discussed in public, probably will not be included. Although there are certain signs that the govern ment is changing its mind about offensive action on the continai this year, informed sources say that a public discussion by Church ill would be the “height of folly. The fuel rationing issue hinges (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) TESTING DEFENSES Raids Are Third And Fourth Assaults Of War On Indian Mainland By PRESTON GROVER NEW DELHI. India, May 9—(#!— Japanese bombers prospecting for new fields of conquest raided Chit tagong, Eastern entryway into the industrial province of Bengal, to day for the second time in 2 4 hours, bringing relatively close to the great Port of Calcutta the war that India has dreaded so long. The raids were the third and fourth attacks of the war on the Indian mainland. A high level bombing and ma chine gun attack upon Chittagong yesterday afternoon caused slight damage and some casualties, the British reported. The results of the raid this morning were not announced hours after the bombers left. The Japanese apparently were testing the defenses of Chittagong, which doubtless is among the early objectives of any advance into In dia proper. There was no confir mation, however, of vague Axis reports that -memy patrols already have penetrated India. Chittagong, 165 miles Northwest of Japanese occupied Akyab, Bur ma, lies at the extreme east of the (Continued on I*a*re Three; Coif 1) -v LONDON PAPERS SOUND WARNING ‘Spread’ Coral Sea Victory News But Contain Note Of Caution LONDON. May 9—UP—Headlines proclaiming “Invasion Fleet on the Run” and “Tokyo Claims Fantas tic” told London newspapers read ers tonight of the repulse of Jap anese naval forces in the great Coral sea battle. Editorials contained a note of caution, however, pending receipt of the final “profit and loss” re port on sinkings and damage. The Evening Standard said that although the final result of the battle remained to be determined, “here may be the first stroke in retaliation for Pearl Harbor. . . .” The Evening News commented on the restraint shown in official communiques, and said “the great est naval and air clash of the war is not over. It has tem porarily ceased. We have won the first round. This is heartening but by no means conclusive. The en emy will try again.” “This is great news.” the Star told its readers. It added that “we now know that our losses have Jseen relatively light and Jap anese claims are officially dismis sed as fantastic exaggerations.” (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) 4 BRACELY INJURED BY HIT-RUNDRIVER Young White Man Struck While Walking On Caro lina Beach Highway Robert Bracely, young white man, was struck and seriously in jured by a hit-and-run motorist as he was walking along the Carolina Beach highway, near Legion stad ium. about 10:45 o'clock last night. Bracely was found to be suffer ing from a severe concussion of the brain and a laceration on the right side of his head. Hospital at taches at James Walker Memorial hospital described his condition as fair. According to a companion who was walking with Bracely at the time of the accident, the car struck him without lessening its speed and continued on. Bracely is a student at the N. Y. A. training center on the Caro lina Beach road, and gave h i s home address as Murray. State Highway Patrolmen are investigating the case. 4 _\r_ Laurinburg-Maxton Air Training School Okehed WASHINGTON. May 9—iff)—The War department announced today authorization for construction of an air force training school at Laurinburg-Maxton. N. C., to cost in excess of $3,000,000. The construction will be super vised by the Charleston. S. C.. district office of the corps of en gineers. A contract for architectu ral-engineering services has been awarded Houston-Johnston. Atlan ta, Ga.. and Metcalf and Eddy of Boston. No further details were given. -V MARSHAL WILHELM ARRIVES BERN. May 0.—<-F>—The arrival of German Field Marshal SiegmunJ Wilhelm List in Bucharest today to talk to military and government leaders is regarded here as another step in the German preparations for regaining the offensive on the Rus sian front. FIGHTING CEASES Nipponese Warships Re pulsed And Initiative Still In Allied Hands TERMED FIRST ROUND Eleven Enemy Ships Sunk And Six Others Gravely Crippled In Fight By C. YATES McDANIEL ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS, Australia, May 9.—{/P) Australia counted herself saved tonight from the dread menace of immediate Japa nese invasion, under which she has lived this past week, as General Douglas MacAr thur announced that the en emy had been thrown back in the war’s greatest sea and air battle at “relatively slight” cost to the victorious defend ing forces, chiefly American. The battle of the Coral sea, at least its first phase, a roaring, flashing, swirling combat spread over six days and great reaches of the waters just northeast of this continent, had “temporarily ceased.” MacArthur’s war bulletins told categorically of Allied success, the enemy repulsed, the initiative to attack still in Allied hands. United Nations leaders warned, however, that this probably was only the first round with greater battles “yet to be fought,” as Prime Minister John Curtin put it, “as part of a struggle which must continue until the enemy is defeat ed or we are conquered.” Not Accounted For From advanced bases near the scene of battle, from which land based United States Army bombers took off to join the fight, came authoritative word that it was not at all certain that. Japanese forces in this area had been accounted for. Authorities there insisted the sit uation still was serious. It was not known how far the enemy had withdrawn, perhaps to gather strength for a new and greater smash into the Coral sea. One bomber unit found a Japanese con voy still south of New Britain, north of the battle area, only y** terday. But the United Nations had Mac Arthur’s word for it that the Mika do’s armada had been repulsed with eleven of his ships sunk and six others gravely crippled and that “our attacks will continue.” Further they had his assurance that Tokyo’s clr.ims as to Allied losses were “fantastic,” its ac counts of the battle “entirely fic tional.” U. S. Losses Light (The Navy department announc ed in Washington that its reports up to Saturday afternoon failed to substantiate the loss of any U. S. aircraft carrier or battleship in the action. The Navy said that “re ports of damage to our forces are incomplete” but that they would be announced when the information would not help the enemy.) The feeling here at headquarters was that at the least United States and Australian sea and air power had blunted if not broken the spear head of the first major Japanese attempt to resume the southward (Continued on Pagt Three: Col. 4) Federal Wholesale Price Control Effective May 11 WASHINGTON, May 0.—CP)—At 12:01 a. m. (local time) Monday, government controls will be clamped on the prices charged by virtually every manufacturer and wholesaler in the United States. Marking a revolutionary phase of the nation’s economic history, each wholesaler and manufacturer will become at the same time a govern ment licensee, privileged to do busi ness only so long as he sells his goods and his service at prices no higher than those fixed by the Of fice of Price Administration. This ceiling, designed to block upward t spiraling living costs, is the highest price each charged during March. One week from tomorrow mid night. the overall March ceiling takes effect on prices that America's 1,900,000 retail establishments may charge the buying public for virtual ly everything consumers eat, use or wear. The government has had about 50 per cent ot' the wholesale price struc ture under controls imposed by more than 100 separate regulations and price schedules, and many retailers have thus benefited. (Continued on rase Three; Col. t) /-•
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