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MEXICAN SHIP IS TORPEDOED Vessel Is First Lost By Country As Result Of Submarine Action MIAMI, Fla., May 14.— (JP) —An Axis submarine stalked a fully lighted Mexican government-owned merchant ship, the Portreso Del Lland, off the south east coast for half an hour recently and then rammed a torpedo directly into the large, illuminated Mexican flag painted on its sides beneath the bridge. It was the first Mexican ship lost by submarine action since the war began. Survivors who landed at a Flor ida port said the ship btirst into flames and 13 men, including the captain and deck officers, were killed. The 22 who reached safety told in amazed voices of the attack on their neutral ship. Naval craft rescued them, and the Navy re leased news of the sinking today. The blazing ship floated for hours past one of the most populous beach resorts in the United States and thousands of persons gathered on the seashore to watch its flam ing course. Many persons heard the muffled roar of the exploding torpedo and saw the first flash of flames. To prevent just such an occur rence, the Mexical naval ministry recently ordered all Mexican ships to keep lights burning at night and the nation’s flag flying by day. Obeying orders, Captain Gabriel Cruz Y Diaz had every light burn ing and spotlights on the Mexican flag painted on each side of the ship. The attack came in the dead of night. Captain Cruz was on the bridge and with him were the deck officers—First Officer Rafael Cast lean Y Orta, Second Officer Jorge Pawling Y Salazar, and Third Offi cer Jose Virgen Y Rojas. The tor pedo explosion wrecked the bridge, killing all of them. Eduardo Sibaja Y Kannrez ol Vera Cruz province, a quartermas ter, was on his way to the bridge to relieve the helmsman, Jose Magana, when disaster struck. He told his story through an inter preter. “Jose came to my quarters a few minutes before and wakened me,” said Sibaja. “He told me we are being followed.” I asked him what was following us and he gave a knowing look. “ ‘A big animal,' he said.” “It has been following us for half an hour.” I knew what he meant, t dressed hurriedly and was making my way to the bridge. Suddenly there was a blinding flash. The bridge went to pieces before my eyes. Jose died with the officers In two minutes it would have been I who died. “We were a neutral ship, fully marked as a neutral, but with such an enemy there is no such thing as neutrality. “Those of us who were saved dived into the sea. We saw the periscope and conning tower of the submarine moving swiftly away. The water became a sea of flames. We found pieces of wreckage and tied them together, and in about three hours were being rescued by United States Navy craft.” PROTEST FILED MEXICO CITY, May 14. — UP) — The Mexican government, in a note addressed to Germany, Italy and Japan, tonight demanded “complete satisfaction and a guarantee of dam age reparations” by May 28 for the sinking of the 7.500-ton Mexican tanker Portrero del Llano, threaten ing otherwise to “take a position in accordance with Mexican traditions.” -_V EXCELLENT AVERAGE . New York police solved 98.09 per cent of the 29,287 missing person cases in 1935. FOR CORRECT TINE DIAL 3 5 7 5 —Courtesy— Gas Registration Is Concluded Here No Figures Yet Available On Number Who Applied For Ration Cards As rationing of gasoline went into effect here last midnight, O, H. Shoemaker, chairman of the ra tioning board, san he could not determine the number of people registered for cards as reports were incomplete. The staff of the rationing board has handled a continuous influx of complaints since the first cards were issued Tuesday, it was learned. Do Not Understand Many persons are unable to un derstand the exact situation, it was pointed out, and cannot see why they are restricted as to the amount of gas they can purchase. Mr. Shoemaker further com mented on the fact that many per Japanese Will Get Chance To Display Loyalty To America WASHINGTON, May 14.—(iP)—In a few days, more than 75,000 Japa nese ordered removed from western military areas will be offered the chance to demonstrate their loyalty to the United States by enlisting in work corps for agricultural, con struction, irrigation and other proj ects in inland communities. The enlistments, purely voluntary and lasting for the war's duration, will be open both to men and women. M. S. Eisenhouwer. director of the War Relocation authority, an nounced. Small cash payments will be made, but in no case will they “exceed the minimum base pay for the American soldier,” Eisenhouwer said. In open ing stages of the program, the sums will be charged against the enter prises under development. Later, portions of the earnings of the projects will go into the cash stipends. -V Obituaries hiram McN. McKeithan Funeral services for Hiram Mc Neil McKeithan. who died Wednes day at his residence at Southport were conducted Thursday after noon at 3 o’clock at the Southport Baptist church with Rev. Mr. Brown officiating. Burial was in the Beaver Dam cemetery, near Supply. Pallbearers were, active. C. E. Gause, J. M. Barnhill, John R. Newton. James Garner, Fred Spen cer and R. F. Plexco; honorary, J. D. Sutton, H. T. Bowmer, B. G. Hickman. W. F. Jones and J. W. Lancaster. MRS. LEE WILLIAMS Funeral services for Mrs. Lue Williams, who died Tuesday night at her home. 1417 Castle street, were conducted Thursday after noon at the graveside in Stump Sound church cemetery, with the Rev. V. D. Combs officiating. Pallbearers were, active, E. A. King, M. T. Sellers, W. H. Burges, Rudolph Konig, C. S. Everett and D. M. Hicks; honorary, C. L. Hol land, L. M. Davis, B. H. King, James Wilson and A. L. King. -V 18 DIE GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. May 14.— (TP)—The worst earthquake in Guay aquil's history rocked the city for two full minutes last night, killing at least 18 persons, including John M. Slaughter, U. S. vice consul, and his wife. r I sons are appearing at the homes of ration board members at all hours of the night. This practice is discouraged, he said, as it is impossible for the ration board to transact any business outside of office hours which are from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The office must close at noon in order that the clerical work may be handled for the day. If any person feels that he has not received a ration card which will furnish him with the gas nec essary for his needs, he may ap ply to the board for a supple mentary ration card application. Questions In this application, he must show why his present ration is insuffi cient for his purposes; why an ad ditional ration is absolutely essen tial to the person’s life or pursuit of gainful occupation. Other ques tions to be answered are: the dis tance from the persons home to public transportation facilities; the length of time required to get 10 work, using those facilities; why no public transportation facilities would be adequate for the person’s purpose; if any other means of transportation are available: what effort has been made to “double up” with the owner of another vehicle; and what is the minimum mileage declared to be absolutely essential up to midnight. June 30. These questions must be an swered truthfully, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, Mr. Shoemaker said. After the appli cation is received, the rationing board will pass on its value and if the applicant has presented a clear case of the necessity for more gas, a supplementary ration card will be issued. This supplementary card w'ill al low' the applicant to receive the additional gas necessary over the amount supplied by his present ra tion card, it was pointed out. 2 T 7 NATIONAL RECORD SET BY SHIPYARD (Continued from Page One) business. It is an enterprise bent upon doing the job that must be done to win the war—turning out ships on a mass production scale without delays or hold-ups. Officials and workers of the North Carolina Shipbuilding com pany point with pride to w h at they have accomplished in so short a space of time. Work of building the shipyard was started February 4, 1941. With ship construction in progress only ten months, ten ships have been launched from the yard’s nine ways, and eight of them are now in service. Production has reached the point where the yard is launching one ship each week. 5 WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON. May 14.—(ff)—'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 _ 74 60 0.00 Atlantic City _ 68 57 0.00 Boston _ 54 47 0.00 Burlington _ 86 52 0.00 Charlotte _ 80 63 0.00 Cincinnati _ 87 61 0.43 Cleveland _ 82 63 0.22 Detroit _ 74 65 0.00 Duluth _ 43 31 0.00 Fort Worth _ 77 62 0.21 Little Rock _ 76 64 0.00 Memphis _ 83 64 0 06 Miami _ 87 67 0.00 Mobile _ 81 64 0.00 New York _ 80 61 0.00 Norfolk _ 80 61 0.00 Richmond _:_ 84 61 0.00 San Antonio _ 88 74 0.00 Washington _ 84 64 0.00 Wilmington _ 76 68 0.00 Lack Of Cars Will Give Parents An Opportunity To Know Their Children BALTIMORE, May 14.-Gas oline rationing will bring a “minor social revolution” which soon will make effects of the depression “seem trivial in comparison,” a prominent sociologist predicted to WANT A REP FOR BEING HEP: You’ll get a reputation for being a knowing fellow, indeed, if you stick to Carstairs White Seal whiskey. This Per fectly Balanced Blend has the gift of pampering educated palates. It was created expressly for “The Man Who Cares”, by Carstairs... a name of character since 1788. * THE MAN WHO CARES SAYS: CARSTAIRS BLENDED WHISKEY 86.8 Proof. 72% Grain Neutral Spirits. J W fcarstairs Bros Distilling Co.. Inc.. Baltimore Md ■J Lm ■■■■■ i. day. Hundreds of gay, childless mar riages may break up, but children will reap a great benefit in the measure bringing a new social pat tern, said Dr. Ivan E. McDougle, Goucher college sociology profes sor. “Automobiles mean more to many Americans than clothes, food or shelter. Thousands of people’s lives are bound up in the 3,000 pounds of metal which is a pleas ure car,’’ he said. “Many families will become more closely welded together. Many parents will get to know their ’children for the first time. Many husbands and wives will find new meaning and beauty in their joint lives. But hundreds of other marriages will go on the rocks. “The young husband and wife who come home every night just to decide where they’ll go for the evening are headed for a smash up unless they develop intellectual interests, hobbies, and the like.” “Dating” will change, Dr. Mc Dougle continued, and youths “no longer will be able to go to a movie 10 miles away, drive three miles for a soda and then cruise to get in a little kissing.” “The only element of the family which is likely to benefit 100 per cent is the child. Children will cer tainly get more attention from their parents. They also will be happier at home than they have been in past days riding around in the back seats of bumpy cars. No, I’m definitely not worried about the youngsters.” ^ 3 290 TO GRADUATE AT HIGH SCHOOL (Continued from Page One) May 28 in the High school audi torium under the direction of Mrs. J. W. Grise. Mr Hamilton said the schools would close May 30 when report cards and promotions will be pre sented the students. Following is a list of seniors who are candidates for diplomas: Carolyn Allen, Sylvia Allen, Anne Andrews, Frances Applewhite, Julia Elizabeth Ashworth Barbara Ay cock, Inez Bailey, Florence Bane, Betty Barnes, Dorothv Batson, Jane Beekman, Irene B< Katherine Bell, Audrey Benton, Edith Blan ton, Ruth Bostain, Martha Brinson, Patricia Broun, Evelyn Brown, Hazel Lee Brown, Ann C. Burr, Jean Bryan, Mary Ella Bryan, Helen Louise Canady, Dorothy Clewis, Erma Clemmons. Also Elea lor Coble, Julia A. Cole man, Margaret Costin, Elizabeth Covil. Lois Creech, Nancy A. Crich ton, Clementina Croom, Louise Davis, Elizabeth Dixon, Lillian Dixon, Elizabeth Dmytruk, Jane Dunham, Lenora J. Edwards, Elva Elliott, Miriam Ellis, Mary Davis, Vernon Felkei, Eslie Fergus, Tessie Finch, Hilda Flowers, Virginia Fryer, Mary F. Futrelle, Margaret Ganous, Charlotte Gardner, Mary Frances Gause, Dimitra George, Helen Gymtruk. Alsu ivauienuc vruuuiiict.ii, j_jcuici Mae Gore, Evelyn E. Gray, Jane Grenier, Margaret W. Groover, Mar garet Guyton, Edit! Babenieht, Ola Frances Hale, Betty Hall, Christina Hall, Greta Hammonds, Mary Hard wick, Betty J. Harper, Janice Hart, Nell Jane Herring, Nell Irene Her ring, Laura Hf Holden, Eleanor Holland, Joyce I. Holland, Gibbs Holmes, Edna Arlene Horne, Martha Humbert, Leona Janicki, Lillian Johnson, Jean Jones, Vir ginia Kelley, Annie Mae King, Lucy Mae King, Margaret Sarah King, Irene Rebecca Land, Carolyn Le Ray, Doroth? Elizabeth Lewis, Marie Lynch, Jean Maggert, Ann Manitsas, Mary B. McCarl, Mary Helen McGowan, Emily McMillan, Thelma Melvin. Also, Betsy Ann Middleton, Betty Mintz. Thelma Mintz, Vera T>. Mis enheimer, Dot Montford, Frankie Murphy, Shirley M. Newland, Muriel G. O'Quinn, Lucille Padgett, Gloria Palmer, Jocelyn Peck. Nause Petalas, Sally Prevatt, Lula Pul liam. Janet Rabunskv. Lena Mae Rackley, Emily Raftery, Juliette Robertson. Elinor Romeo. Ruby Salmon, Frances Salyer. Margaret Sandlin. Betty Lou Saunders, Nell Sellers, Norma Sellers, Bitty Shep ard. Edith Shew Harriett Shooter, Orine Simmons, Irma Simpson, Margaret Skinner, Bertha Smith, Clara Smith, Marguerite Smith, Margie Smith, Mildred Smith, Vera Smith, Carolyn Parkman, Alice P. Sprunt, Marjorie Stimpley, Fannie M. Stewart, Peggy Summerlin, Margaret Taylor, Marie Taylor. Mary Pauline Thresher, Frances Thornton, Emma H. Trask, Pris cilla Tyler, Elizabeth Underwood. Mangeline Van Oesen, Jean West. Mary Alice Westbrook, Elizabeth E. Williamson. Louise H. Wolff. Mafair Thompkins. noys Wilbur Applewhite. Edward Auld, Frank Ballard Hugh Barlow, Clif ton Batson, Billy Bech. Alton Bed sole, Donald Blake. Floyd Blake. Kenneth Bland. Charles Boney. El bert Bowden, James Bowden, Alex Brown, Robert Burns, Ernest Brown, Edgar Carter, John Chad wick, Norman Collins, John Collum, Jr., James Irvin Corbett, Jr. Mauf ice P. Daniels, Kenneth Davis, Norman Davis. Jr., Robert Dixon, Phillip Dresser, William Duncan, Richard Dunlea, Jr., A. C. Everett. Robert A. Ferguson. Harry Edward Fryer. Also, Robert R. Garey, Richard Grey Gibbs, Mortimer Glover, Jr., Danville B. Graham, Jr.. John Wil liam Gray, Lehman Greene. Robert William Greer, Bennie D. Griffith, Billy Haas, George R. Harper, E. G. Herring, James Edward Hill, Clinton Hines, Charles Hodges, Harold Vance Horton, Thomas Hughes, ,Tr.. Norfleet Jackson, Robert Johnson, Jerry A. Jones, Jr., Talmadge Jordan. Rufus Charlie Justice, Robert Stewart Keels. Dris kell Kelly, Neil Kelley, Melvin Kester. David E. King, John S. Kind, Thomas Landen, ,Tr., Royce Lee, Robert Little, Avery Loftin, Jr., Howard Loughlin. Also Kirk Low, Charles Lowri more. ,Tr., James Lynch, Bryan Marshburn, Tommy Marshburn, Charles Martin, Carl Mathis, Jr., Charles Maxwell, James Maxwell. Ralph McCabe, Jack McCready. James Fulford McMillian, .Tack Meadows, Fred Merritt. Henry Micliaelis, James Middleton, Marvin Midgette, Robert Moore, Marion Murray, John G. Nall, Jasper Need ham, Joe Newton. Thomas A. Nis bett Robert Cdwell, David Ormond, Claude Orrell, Fred C. Ourt, Claude Owensby, David Peterson, Jr., James Lee Owen, Thomas Phillips, Billy Pieper, Clark Poisson, Walter Register, Tony Reynolds, Edward Rivenbark, Leman Rogers, William Rogers, Charles Rourk, Luther Russell. Jr.. Walter Russ. Howard Hills Russell, George Saffo, Robert Sanders, Roland Sasser, Jr., Arthur Shain, George Sloan, Robert Mc Cleod Smith, James A. Sneeden, James T}. Sneeden. Louie C. Sneed en, James Roy Starnes, Fred B. Sternberger, Roy Stevens, Hardy Strickland, Thomas E. Stutzenburg. Elco H Tinga, I eon Todd,. Sam Tyler, Harold Van Fossan, Edward Kenneth Warren, Andrew O. Wat ters, ,Tr., William H. Wendt, TTI. J. A. West, Jr., Jac1 West. Thomas West, Harry Wettig. .Tr.. Fred Wil letts, Jr.. James S. Williams. Blainie Wilson, Harold D. Wilson. Jack Wilson, McCulloch Wilson. Jr„ Wil liam Wilson, Jr.. Edward Wooten. -V N. C. HOGS RALEIGH, May 14—Ilf)—(NCDAT —Hog prices were steady today. Tops were as follows: Rocky Mount $13, Richmond $13,25. ... REDS ADVANCING UPON KHARKOV (Continued from Page One) onslaught by Marshal Semeon Ti moshenko’s massive and well equipped southern command was aimed straight at the pivot ol the whole German southern line and was intended to .demolish all the carefully laid and slowly develop ing Nazi plans for a vast offen sive toward the Russian Caucasus. (German high command reports said a strong Russian attack in this “Donets area” were being re sisted, but did not claim they were repulsed; later broadcasts de scribed the employment of a vast Russian tank which was termed “an armored colossus.”) Simultaneously the Red army announced a break-through in the Nazi primary lines before Lenin grad. and there were other mani festations of savage Russian as saults at many points on a 1,100 mile battle front. Before Kharkov, said Soviet military dispatches, the powerful initial Russian assault smashed strong enemy fortifications and the advance was pouring through a widening breach while the Red command called up more troops, tanks and guns for a frontal as sault on the city itself. This action outshadows the strug gle on the Kerch peninsula, across the narrow strait from the Cau casus, and scene of reverses which the Russians have acknowledged. Would Imperil 2,UUU,UUU The fall of Kharkov, which the Germans have held since last October 25, would imperil all the 2,000,000 troops which Hitler had poured into the south, including those now attacking in the Crimea and those who are poised for east ward assault along the upper shores of the Sea of Azov. On the Kerch isthmus, the Rus sians were resisting stubbornly aft- | er falling back to new positions under the weight of superior Ger man numbers. Today’s commun ique. which did not specifically mention the greater Kharkov bat tle, said violent battles continued overnight on the Crimean front i (Here, the German high com- ' mand said, the Soviet Kerch force ' was beaten and in flight, but it avoided repeating the roundabout claims of other Axis sources that Kerch city had fallen, reporting instead that the town was under German aerial bombardment). American and British tanks were engaged in the great Kharkov bat tle, and Soviet artillery and war- ! planes were in violent action. Soviet dispatches said the Red. fliers dominated the air, destroy- | ing more than 30 German aircraft on the ground in the first day and i shooting down .five fighters. The suddenness of the assault spread panic in the German ranks : and many of the defenders were | reported to have fled, abandoning both artillery and mortars. Rush Reinforcements German reinforcements were be ing rushed up from the Ukraine manpower reservoir, to replace losses already described as tre ■mendous. The Red army organ Red Star said: “Everything is being aban doned by the Germans in great quantities on the field of action ” An especially savage battle was reported at one point, where the Germans had erected powerful fortifications, spread thick mine fields and raised many anti - tank barriers. Red Army troops attacked on j two sides of this point, piercing j the defenses, neutralizing the pill- j boxes and pursuing the retreating Germans. On the Leningrad front, Soviet, accounts indicated that a similar all-out effort for the relief of that city was in progress. Russian troops driving through the dank slush of spring were said to have smashed the German front positions in a number of sectors and in some areas to have com pelled Marshal Wilhelm Ritter Von Leeb to fall back from his second lines. (The British wireless broadcast that the Russian Baltic fleet had steamed out of its base at Kron stadt, near Leningrad, and was in action in the Gulf of Finland against German positions along the coast.) Apart from these major actions against the two main Russian cities now in Nazi grip or control— Kharkov and Leningrad—other So viet offensive action was reported over wide areas. ; About Smolensk, west of Moscow large bands of Russian guerrillas, armed with such comparatively heavy stuff as trench mortars and even captured field pieces, were assaulting the German rear in synchronization with attacks by Red bombers. In the Staraya Russa region be low Leningrad — where the rem nants of the 16th German army had long been reported encircled— strong Russian attacks were re ported. The German p o s i t i ons about Novgorod north of Lake Il men also were said to be under assault. With the past few days, it was stated, 266 German planes —229 of them troop transports—had been destroyed about Staraya Russa. On the Kalinin fronth northward of Moscow, sai,d Russian dis patches, the Germans had been thrown back with heavy losses af ter their counterattacks had been broken. tOASTAL CAB Dial 44g4 Dial French Will Immobilize Warships At Martinique WASHINGTON, May 14.— W—As a concession to the United States, the government at Martinique has agreed to immobilize three French warships at anchor in French Co lonial Caribbean harbors. This was reported today in re sponsible quarters, which added that discussions were continuing on other points involved in this government’s request that effective steps be taken to keep the Frencn possessions fro mbecoming a men ace to the United Nations. The warships in question are the aircraft carrier Beran and tne cruiser Emile Bertin, at Martini que, and the cruiser Jeanne D’arc at nearby Guadaloupe. French Gui ana, on the South American main land, is also involved in the dis cussions. Presumably, the immobilization of the warships would involve su^h steps as the removal of ammuni tion, fuel or essential machinevy parts which could not be readily replaced. Exactly how it might be done was not made clear. Still to be settled apparently, was the future status of some 140, 000 tons of French merchantships and tankers. It is reported that orders have been issued by Vichy that they be scuttled rather than yielded to the Allies. This government, however, has repeatedly made it clear that, so far as it is concerned, Vichy’s at titude has no bearing whatsoever on the current negotiations. The United States has frankly taken the attitude that under Pierre Laval, the Vichy government will do its utmost to promote the Avs Consequently, all di “ have been pursued with Georges Robert, the French'h-3' commissioner at Martinique any consultation with V.chv T' been pointedly omitted. ' This government’s Sp0u, have been Admiral John H T" ver, the commanding Naval a«; in the Caribbean, and Samual rT er of the State Department's ern European division. Hoover has made two visits . Martinique within the last \veek° Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With More Coit|w FASTEETH, a pleasant »lui (non-acid) powder, holds false r"r more firmly. To eat and talk is » comfort, just sprinkle a little *“.? TEETH on your plates. No gua,„; gooey, pasty tasle or feeling q, ' “plate odor”, (denture breath) iv FASTEETH at any drug store.' 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