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Served By Leased Wire Of The -— - ASSTJ1??SS REMEMBER WIDE WORLD Wiih Complete Coverage Of PEARL HARBOR Slate and National News g^T^AN y^r^oT 2M - - -- •'- ESTABLISHED 1867. Sweetheart Ut 1 he Marines Marian Hall, daughter of Lt. Col. George Thomas Hall of U. S. Marines, spent most of her life near Marine barracks. Unofficial sweetheart of Marines, she’s also a University of Washington graduate cum laude. Senators Ridicule Move_ To Limit Gasj Vote Set Today On Question Of Waiving Special Privilege WASHINGTON, May 14. — (/P) — An angry Senate poured condemnation today on a resolution by Senator Downey (D-Calif), which would pledge members to waive any special privileges to obtain rationed gasoline, and pre pared to dispose of it finally tomorrow. Two hours of debate, in which a dozer, senators roundly condemn ed the proposal and questioned Downey's motives in introducing ft. were climaxed by an objection by Senator Norris find.-Neb.) to immediate consideration of the proposal. Downey, who said he had offer ed the resolution to counteract pub lic criticism over the issuance of X. or unlimited, rationing cards to Congress members, subsequently told reporters he had no intention of pressing the matter further. But two hours later, democratic leader Barkley of Kentucky, who had urged Norris not to raise the echnical objection, announced that he would attempt to force a record v°fe on the resolution tomorrow. While he spoke, a Washington newspaper bearing the headline furious Senate Ducks Gas Vote” lay on his desk. ,, The California senator said in introducing the resolution that the nation was ‘ approaching a desper ate condition on gasoline and rub ber He argued that the Senate ou,?ht to still criticism by pledging f' honor not to seek any special ,a'ors denied to the ordinary mo torist. senator Barkley was on his feet - mi Cage Two; Col. fi> 'NAVY RELIEF FUND TOTALS $7,520.51 City More Than Goes Over The Top In Recent Drive Here Wilmingtonians contributed $7, 520.51 during the o%e-week drive here to the Naval Relief Society’s $5,000,000 campaign fund. Actuallv $7,613.21 was contribut ed, but $92.70, in state and federal taxes, had to be paid on tickets sold for the dance last Friday night at Lumina. This was the only item of ex pense throughout the entire drive, all costs for a great variety of services being contributed by Wil mington firms and individuals. The revenue was derived from: Contributions, $4,008.46. Emblems, $2,248.75. Sponsors’ fees, $727.50. Dance tickets, $628.50. The total raised was far in ex (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) mmOVE ON KHARKOV IN GRAND OFFENSIVE; "#-* AND PLANES LEAD CRUSHING ATTACK; FIGHTING RETREA T MADE ON KERCH PENINSULA Maritime Day Program Set Here May 22 Representative Clark Will Speak; Twelfth Liberty Ship To Be Launched SCHELL WILL ATTEND Maritime Official Will Dis cuss Progress Of Mer chant Shipbuilding By HOWARD SUTTLE (Star Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, May 14.— Representative J. Bayard Clark will be the principal speaker at Wilmington’s “Maritime Day” celebration, May 22, Chairman Emory S. Land, of the Maritime com mission, announced here to day. Admira' Land said the Commis sion would be represented at the ceremonies by its executive direc tor, S. Duvall Schell, who will dis cuss briefly the progress of the merchant shipbuilding program. Other features of the celebration will include the launching of the William Moultrie, twelfth- Liberty ship to be built at the North Caro lina Shipbuilding company’s yard, and a banquet to be staged in co operation with the Wilmington chapter of the Propeller Club and the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. Miss Marjorie Fletcher, daught er of Robert I. Fletcher of Newport News, will be sponsor at the launching of the new addition to the United Nations supply fleet. Mr. Fletcher is comptroller of the New port News Shipbuilding and Dry dock company and a director of the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company. Admiral Land said the honor as principal speaker at the Wilming ton “Maritime Day” celebration went to Representative Clark be cause of the energetic cooperation of the Congressman in establish ment of a shipyard at Wilmington and his advocacy in Congress of measures designed to make more efficient the shipbuilding program. Clinton Mosher, chief of the com mission’s radio division, said ar rangements had been made to broadcast the program over a state-wide radio hookup. Full Accord Reached On Pay For Seamen WASHINGTON, May 14— Iff) — The War Shipping Administration and the Maritime Trade Un i ons have reached a “full accord on policies governing wages, hours and working conditions of officers and seamen employed on Ameri can merchant ships. In annuncing today the signing of an agreement by the W. S. A. and union representatives, Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, shipping administrator, said statements of policy “commit both sides to con structive action.” ® U. s. And Japan Are Engaged hi Great Shipbuilding Race vUPs Building Five Battleships; U S. Producing 17 Dreadnoughts LONDON, May 14.—(#>)—Spare outlines of the great j;1. tl< ship building race in history, that between the em navies of the United States and Japan, are sketched |he new 1941 edition of Janes Fighting Ships, the au 1)1 dative naval annual made public today. the uously known details ofj a ^Japanese capital ship program te. Jf'e eliort in relation to Japan’s CUnrCUS’ the new edition adds SfouiZ-Tf °f the last three of a .. Mive lighting monsters of f.'*e !han 40.000 tons.” ^fcan-?.’ l'rlC 1‘ve> Nissin and o.m'ni ' u are completed or near 'vhilf. 10n’ dle annual indicates, f‘°d i odler three, now identi probahiv . Kii> 0wari and Tosa, arc not far from ready, I ’ * the last having been laid down 2 1-2 years ago. Aganst these the new Jane’s de scribes progress on 17 tremendous United States battleships and six battlecruisers. “Never before has such a quan tity oi capital ship construction been under construction at the same time for any country,” says the foreword. “A similar remark applies to aircraft carriers a nd cruisers f or the United States Navy, numbering 11 and 40, while the number of destroyers building challenges comparison with the program of 1918 (when America was carrying out the largest de stroyer program in history). “All six of the 35,000-ton Wash ington class have been launched. Two of them are in service and one, if not two, may be ready before the next issue of this an nual appears. “Six battleships of the Iowa class of 45,000-tons and five of the construction or are ii> process of being laid down. “The first of a class of six bat tlecruisers, the Alaska, was laid down in December, 1941.” Completion of Japan’s five new battleships is expected to give her a battle line of at least 14 ships, including nine pre-Washington con (Continued on Page Four; Col. 2) i — — ' j Eyes Left Without An Order—In Australia Three Australian girls attract the attention of United States troops as they march to their quarters after disembarking at a port in Australia to bolster United Nations forces in the southwest Pacific. NEGRO ATTACKER GETS 15 YEARS William Bell Convicted On Charge Of Assault With Intent To Commit Rape A sentence of 15 years in the state prison was imposed on Wil liam Bell, young Wilmington negro, charged with criminal assault on a white woman here March 19, after the jury returned a verdict of assault with intent to commit rape Thursday afternoon in Super ior court. The case went to the jury about 11:15 o’clock and the verdict was brought in at 3:13 in the afternoon. In charging the jury Judge C. Everett Thompson set out four pos sible verdicts: guilty of rape, which carries the death penalty in this state, guilty of assault with intent to rape, guilty of assault on a fe their hands. In a 25-minute address to the jury prior to the judge’s charge. Solicitor David Sinclair declared that Bell was charged with one of the most felonious crimes possible for a human to commit. “If you gentlemen free this boy, he’ll meet his death at the hand of some husband, brother or la ther,” the solicitor said. “Once a crime like this is com mitted, something seems to get in to the blood of the criminal that makes him go on and on. The only cure is death.” Bell is alleged to have forced his way into the home of the pros ecuting witness around noon on March 19 and to have ravished her on the floor of her kitchen. Through his attorneys, Addison Hewlett, Jr., and Elbert Brown, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 51 IT WEATHER FORECAST: NORTH CAROLINA — Showers with little change in temperature Friday except cooler and thunder showers in extreme west portion. SOUTH CAROLINA — Showers with little change in temperature Friday. (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. 69; 7:30 a. m. 70; 1:30 p. m. 71; 7:30 p. m. 71; maximum 76; min imum 68; mean 72; normal 70. Humidity: 1:30 a. m, 85; 7:30 a. m. 92; 1:30 p. m. 90; 7:30 p. m. 83. Precipitation: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., 0.06 inches; total since the first of the month. 0.91 inches. Tides For Today: (From Tide Tables published by U. S Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Low Wilmington _10:00a. 4:50a. 10:20p. 4:56p. Masonboro Inlet_ 7:45a. 1:42a. 8:00p. l:44p. Sunrise 5:10a; sunset 7:06p; moonrise 5:42a; moonset 7:32p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville on Thursday at 8 a. m.. 9.39 feet. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) U. S. Will Take Over Domestic Air Lines Passenger And Mail Service Will Be Curtailed Sharply WASHINGTON, May 14.—(/P)—Actual operation or control of all domestic air line planes will be taken over by the Army on instructions of President Roosevelt, it was announced today. Disclosing the sweeping wartime steps, the War Department said passenger and air mail service would be sharply curtailed but for the time being, about half of the more than 300 commercial trans port planes would continue com mercial operations on scheduled routes. Continuing of commercial schedules will be subjefct to orders at any time to undertake emer gency military missions. “All routes and services not re garded as essential to the war program will be terminated,” the War Department said. The announcement said the new order was “about to be put into effect” but gave no date. Negotia tions with airline officials h a v e (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) 290 TOGRADUATE AT HIGH SCHOOL Final Exercises Will Be Held At School On Night Of May 29 Approximately 290 New Hanover High school seniors, one of the largest classes in the history of the school, are scheduled to re ceive diplomas at graduation exer cises on the night of May 29 in Legion stadium, Principal T. T. Hamilton announced Thursday morning. The program, the theme of which will bel “Courage,” will be present ed by 25 seniors under direction of Mrs. George LeGrand, beginning at 8:30 o’clock in the evening. Diplo mas will be presented to the seniors by Principal T. T. Hamilton. Opening the commencement exer cises will be the Junior-Senior set for tonight under the direction of Miss Maie Sanders, chairman of the faculty committee. Vesper services will be held May 24 at 5 o’clock in the evening at the First Baptist church with the sermon by the Rev. Mortimer Glover. Patriotic hymns will be sung by the High School Glee club and four students, Bert Nesbitt, Mack Wilson, Jr., Tessie Finch and Eslie Fergus will participate in the service. The faculty committee in charge of the service is composed of Mrs. C. B. Newcomb and Mrs. E. P. Brock, chairman. Class night exercises will be held (Continued on Page Two; Col, 4) THOUSANDS SEE FREIGHTER BURN Survivors Of Panamanian Vessel Praise Navy For Efficient Rescue Work A FLORIDA EAST COAST Port. May 14.—l/P)—Thousands ol persons on rooftops and along the beach watched flames - sweep a Panamanian merchantman after it was torpedoed by an Axis subma rine off the southeast coast. The torpedo blast and subsequent explosions aboard the ship awak ened residents along the coast. They streamed to the beach or gained roofs and other vantage points to watch the distressed craft drift away, burning briskly. Naval authorities announced the ship’s loss today. Thirty-two sur vivors, who abandoned the vessel in lifeboats, reached a near - by coastal town safely. Thirteen oth ers who dived overboard when the (Continued on Page Two; Col. (5) c -_ Soviets Knockout 150 Nazi Tanks In 2 Days Of Hard Fighting In Fan-Like Movement Upon Vital German Key In Donets Basin GUERRILLAS AID DEFENSE IN CRIMEA Germans Acknowledge Resistance On Kerch Peninsula, But Russians Say Heavy Casualties Inflicted Upon Enemy By HENRY C. CASSIDY MOSCOW, Friday, May 15. — (/P) — Red army shocK troops supported by heavy tanks and anti-tank “stormer” planes still were advancing early today on the great Nazi held industrial city of Kharkov in the Ukraine, but the Soviets acknowledged a new “fighting retreat” of their armies on the narrow Kerch peninsula in the Crimea. In what probably is the greatest Red army offensive of the war—the fan-like movement upon Kharkov—the Soviets said they had knocked out not less than 150 Nazi tanks in two days of hard fighting. ihe midnight communique said: “During May 14 our troops on the Kerch peninsula, under pres sure of superior enemy forces, are fighting stubbornly but retreated to new positions. “In the Kharkov direction our troops continued to advance suc cessfully. In two days’ fighting we destroyed and put out of action not less than 150 German tanks. “Many trophies were captured and prisoners taken. “On other sectors of the front nothing of significance occurred. “According to more precise data on May 12 we shot down 51 Ger man planes and not 42 as pre viously announced. “On May 13 we destroyed 4 0 German planes. Our losses were 23 planes.” Guerrillas Active Russian guerrillas were reported aiding the stubborn Soviet defense in the Crimea. A Sevastopol dis patch said these well - organized bands blew up a German supply train. Although the Crimea offered the firmest footing for military opera tions in Russia at this time, some traces of the long hard winter still lingered even there. One dis patch said a river was flooded five miles wide, hampering Russian supply problems. The Red army was using pontoons to bridge the flood.' (The Berlin radio said Russian resistance on the Kerch peninsula was confined to “isolated points”, and said that despite a heavy rain' which soaked the ground the Ger man-Rumanian forces were still pressing forward!. A supplementary Russian com munique reported that Red airmen on Wednesday destroyed or dam aged 120 Nazi tanks on various sec tors of the front. This announce ment did not make clear whether this was in addition to the 15 0 tanks knocked out on the Kharkov front. The airmen also reported de stroying 120 German trucks in their swoops on the long Nazi sup ply lines. In the northwest “severe losses” were inflicted on the Germans, the communique said, and one single Soviet unit killed more than 4,000 Nazis in a 10-day operation. But the most vital Red action was the drive on Kharkov. After fighting a five-month retreat at the beginning of the war, the Russians hurled the Germans back in their big winter offensive and now have had the advantage of choosing their own spring offensive target Kharkov, a key to the entire j southern Nazi military structure. The sudden, dramatically- timed (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) National Record Set By Shipyard Liberty Ship Is Completed In 29 Days After Launching Reared on a site hacked out of a riverside wilderness only 15 months ago, the North Carolina Shipbuilding com pany plant here, employing upward of 10,000 people, has established a national record in time required to tomplete a Liberty ship after its launching. The record—29 days—was es-J tablished when the eighth s h >p launched here, the S. S. John Penn, was turned over the U. S. Maritime Commission, and placed in service. So far as could be ascertained, no other shipyard has been able to complete a Liberty ship in so short a time after its launching But officials of the shipyard, where production has been pro gressively faster since the launch. * 1 4a... I ing of the first ship in December 1941, are not satisfied. They are working on the theory that if a freighter can be deliver ed 29 days after the launching, then it is also possible to reduce this time, as well as that on the building ways, and all efforts ale now being bent in that direction. Shipbuilding, hence, in these days of stress, is more tl»an a (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) * I f.-' TreasuryAsks Minimum Tax Of $5 Person It Would Include Every Person Who Must File An Income Tax Return WASHINGTON, May 14.—(IP'—A proposal to put a minimum $5 tax on every person who must file an income tax return, including mil lions who otherwise would be non taxable, came today from Secre tary Morgenthau of the treasury. The new plan apparently started out with strong support. Morgen thau said it had the backing of Senator George (D. - Ga.), chair man of the Senate Finance Com mittee, which is the Senate’s tax group. While details of the proposal re mained to be worked out the secre tary said that it was desirable both to reimburse the treasury for the cost of handling income tax re turns and also might raise as much as $100,000,000 of additional revenue to finance the war pro gram. Actually, treasury officials said, it costs only an average of 50 cents to handle a non-taxable income tax return and about $1.50 to handle the taxable returns. If adopted, the plan will mean a levy of $5 or possibly more on nearly every employed person in the low income brackets. Under tentative schedules of personal ex emptions adopted yesterday by tne House Ways and Means Commit tee, returns would be required of all single persons earning $9.60 a week and all family heads making $23 or more per week. The House (Continued on Pa%e> Three; Col. 1) GAS RATIONING * NOW IN EFFECT Curtailed System Will Be Extended To Pacific Northwest June 1 H.V FRANK LE MAY WASHINGTON, May 14— <-T) — As almost 10,000,000 eastern Auto mobile owners made ready to go under card rationing of gasoline to morrow, with non-essential auto mobiles allowed only three gallons a week, this rigid curtailment sys tem was extended tonight to the Pacific- northwest, to he effective June 1. Meanwhile, assurance came from Petroleum Coordinator Ickes that there was no immediate prospect .of broad'-ning motor fuel rationing to other areas, unless the govern ment decided this should be done to save rubber. Car owners formed long lines at schools and other registration places foday, in a last minute rush to get their cards ahead of the rationing deadline at midnight. An official hint was heard that the gasoline allowed for the cards in the various clasr ification? might be cut further, with non-essential cars getting even less than three gallons a week, becant • so many motorists claimed high Jential use of their ears. The of price administration had' ted- that one-third of the mi ( vould get "A" cards, allow: gallons P-. i £ (Continued on Pa. iiSfr c#1
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