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ITALIAN UNREST IS CRYSTALIZING Oisturbances Revealed On Home Front As Well As In Yugoslavia _# iRichard G. Massock, chief of the former Associated Press Bureau in Rome and a veteran observer of European condi tions as an Associated Press correspondent for 10 years, tells in this dispatch how the Italians have had their fill of war. He also reveals that there have been disturbances on the home front in Italy as well as fighting in old Yugoslavia. Massock is in Lisbon awaiting the sailing of the Swedish liner Drottningholm with American citizens and diplomats from oc-t cupied European countries.) BY RICHARD G. MASSOCK LISBON. Portugal, May 18.—(/Pi —Those of us who have lived among the Italians regard them as peace-loving people who have had enough of wars. in the opinion of seasoned ob servers. newspaper propaganda against the "Anglo - Saxon - Demo cratic Plutocracy” and “highpriest Roosevelt" has failed to stir any noticeable bitterness against the United States. Fascism makes much of Black Shirt participation in war. Troops of the Fascist militia fig ure prominently in news reports of actions on various fronts. Premier Mussolini has called to the leadership of the party as its secretary a 27 - year - old crippled veteran of the war in Spain, Aldo Vidussoni. This young man interrupted the study of law for service in the legions and was sent to Spain. He is still studying for his degree. Such a Black Shirt hero has not been able to inspire the Italians with fighting spirit. They prefer home to the battle fields of Russia or North Africa. That may be why Mussolini an swered Hitler's repeated request for troops with only a few hundred thousand. The Italians themselves have new conundrum: "It hat is the difference between the Japanese and Italian armies? "It is—the Japanese have taken Manila, the Italians have taken Mai Nulla (nothing.” -uosi oi me Italian fighting is in tact in the conquered Balkans. Serbs and Montenegrins are waging constant guerilla warfare in the mountains occupied by the Italian army or on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. Official figures tor April show the Italians lost 426 men killed and 508 wounded there compared with 65 dead and 446 wounded in Russia and 186 killed and 110 wounded in North Africa. The Axis, as a matter of fact, has been gradually replacing the armies in the Balkans with Bul garian troops. In Italy itself, on the one-time Jugoslav frontier, there seems to have been some trouble. At Fiume. at any rate, 140 per sons. including 18 women, were tried on charges of membership in an armed frontier “communist” band which had attacked Italian hoops. Some were shot and others were sent to prison. The prefect of Trieste on April 25 ordered curfew from 9 p. m. to 0 a- m; in more than a half dozen townships in his zone. The only ieason given was “to safeguard the public order.” The well-known comedian Angelo Cecchelin was arrested in Trieste charged with telling “anti-national, anti-Fascist” jokes on the stage. He was credited with the quip; Now that Italy has lost East Afri ca to the British the via emperor to Rome is to be renamed via i r Iussolini via means both street and ‘away” with something. Only a few days ago an Italian colonel was killed by a shot “rough the neck from ambush as js car passed near Ljubljana (in blovenia, across the old Yugoslav border from Italy.) Observers in Rome estimate that a herb army of 80,000 men is still waging war against the Axis in 'aders in what was Yugoslavia. 3 Oive bomber pilots do not dive earthward at full-out power in ihngu?8. at their target. Instead, , ey “ring the plane down as slow •' as possible, because at the ter 1 sPocds which can be set up in uc:i dives they have only a split ■'ccond or two in which to sight accurately on the objective to -Qiicct the course of their plane. Verity, master, birds Will fly without wings ’ere you get sounder advice on good & whiskey than: "The very best buy is the whiskey that’s dry— Paul Jones!” —from the dry sayings of the Paul Jones Camel Paul Jones $130 $055 I A PINT L A QUART lend of straight whiskies—90 proof. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc., _ _Louisville & Baltimore. Not Nice Work If You Get It -- When these Australian soldiers meet such tou°-h obstacles as barbed wire on the battlefield they know what to do. This photograph, taken during maneuvers m Australia, shows the leaders of a charging company pulling themselves across the wire. The weight of their bodies forces it down and permits the troops that follow to cioss the obstacle and to reach their objective with ease.—Central Press. Extreme Sacrifices Asked In Germany Call For More Blood, More Lives, More Limbs, More Munitions (Louis P. Lochner. chief of the former Associated Press Bureau in Berlin, with an in sight into German life gained by almost 20 years in that country, is now free on neutral Portuguese soil after five months internment in Ger many. The following is one of the first dispatches, telling of the wartime sacrifices facing the German people, that he has been permitted to write since Hitler declared war on the United States.) By LOUIS P. LOCHNER LISBON, Portugal. May 18—— At the same time that Nazi propa gandists poke fun at W i n s t on Churchill's consistent reminders to the British people that he ha s nothing to offer them but “blood, sweat md tears."’ Hitler, Goering, Goebbels and their satellites are calling upon their German co-na tionals for greater sacrifices even than those demanded by the Brit ish prime minster of all Britons. In season and out of season, Nazi spellbinders are telling the Ger man nation that more economic sacrifices, greater labor, increas ed exertion, more stoppages of in dustries regarded as nonessential, and the loss of more blood, more lives, and more limbs are in store. This year started out with Reich Marshal Hermann Goering’s ap peal to the nation culminating in: “The future can be mastered oniy by a people which, with iron de termination. is ready to make every sacrifice, willing to f igbi without fear of death and labor with the utmost exertion. We are ready to face the new year ever, [though it demand greater sacri fices of everyone than hitherto.” Sixteen days later propaganda Minister Paul Goebbels warned that hard times were ahead and exhorted the nation to ever greater exertion. “More important than the question of when the war is to end is that of how it will end,” he said. “If we win it everything is won. . .If we were to lose it everything and more would be lost, namely our very national life itself.” There followed Hitler’s sport palast speech Jan. 30 on the ninth anniversary of the Nazi seizure of power in Germany. Again sacri fice was the theme. “German fel low citizens at home! work! create munitions, manufacture weapons, then create more munitions, man ufacture more weapons!” Must Be Patient From time to time, the idea of sacrifice gave way to an appeal for patience if the war is longer than expected. Thus Goebbels told Austrian Nazis, “good things need time for ripening and developing That is true, too, of New Europe. One must not assume that a woild r — empire built up through three cen turiesttsiiples within three months. But one blow after another will strike the British empire so long until one day it will fall to the ground."’ On German Memorial Day. Hit ler reverted to the idea of uni versal sacrifice by all Germans: "There can be but one slogan, namely, continue this fight un ceasingly until security is vouch safed for lasting peace, in other words, until the enemies of this peace have been annihilated.” He predicted demolition of the Rus sian forces this summer. On March 17. economics Minis ter Walther Funk told stockhold ers at a meeting of the Reich^bank that if the German people did no* produce sufficiently the R e i c h s mark would slip. Faith in the Fuehrer and final victory, as well as German productive capacity were the best guarantees of sta bility of the German exchange, he said. No German leader realizes bet ter the necessity of hard work in the ensuing months than Goer.ng, executor of the German economic plan. In an appeal to farmers March 19 he said, ‘‘This year de mands even greater achievements than last.. .1 know your greatest and most pressing worry is the se curing of sufficient help. So long as German farmers, farmers’ sons and agricultural workers are at the front in great numbers you must get along as best you can with prisoners of war and for eigners as stop gaps whom, by daily instruction, you develop into useful aides.” About the same time it was an nounced that farm hands during the planting season must work on on Sundays. It W'as specifically stated that although other workers would have May Day off, farm hands must work as usual. Warns of Hard Times Goebbels, in a speech March 24 once again warned that hard times are ahead: “Let victory at any price be our slogan. . . .One es sential problem tackled in recent weeks is the purposeful rational disposition of the labor capacity of our people. It has become gen erally clear that the third year of war demands a severer conduct of the war leadership than was necessary in the initial stages. In cases where rigorous prosecution is essential, relentless, radical measures must be undertaken.” Goebbels, as one of Hitler’s con fidants, then already knew that the Fuehrer would demand from the Reichstag a month later the extraordinary powers of absolut ism to dismiss any official, mili tary or civilian. In several speeches that month, Goebbels stressed the inevitability of even greater sacrifice and even hinted that the present generation might never enjoy the fruits of its efforts. Quoting Frederick the Great, he said this P r u s s ian statesman once claimed that he who would shape the world cannot himself enjoy that world. “Our time is one,” Go e b b e 1 s shouted, “which demands being shaped and which, therefore, for bids that one enjoy it.” With utterances like these din ned into their ears the German people were h a r d ly surprised though shocked nevertheless when the full truth of the situation burst upon them, to have Hitler declare before the Reichstag April 26: “Let nobody in these times claim vested rights. Everybody must re alize today that duty alone exists. It doesn’t interest me whether dur ing this emergency every civil servant gets a vacation or not. “I won’t stand for anybody’s in- I sisting on vacations, which can’t presently be granted, being added to some future vacation period. The military front, the home front, our transport systems, our admin istration, our justice department have but one thought which must be obeyed, namely, the achieve ment of victory.” 5 Translated literally from the In dian, the name Panama means “abundance of fish.” FURLOUGHS BEGIN FOR 430TH BOYS Total Of 103 Enlisted Men Get Away During The Week-End Thanks to the efforts of clerks and officers who were willing to shelve weekend plans, 103 enlisted men of the 430th CA battalion got a “head start” on furloughs Sun day afternoon. The soldiers were scheduled to leave Monday for long awaited vis its to their homes, when a few of ficers of the battalion put their heads together and said, “Why couldn’t we do a little overtime work and get ’em started today?” That was Sunday morning. So a rush call was issued for volunteer clerks to type out the furlough forms. Seven clerks, most of whom had planned to spend the day at the beaches or in Wilming ton. dropped everything and re ported to work. Lieut. - Col. George F. Nichols, battalion commander, and six oth er officers also pitched in and the necessary paper work was com pleted early Sunday afternoon. That isn’t all the story, but it might be a good idea to stop long enough to say that furloughs in the 430th really mean something. Ex cepting emergency leaves, the 103 fux'loughs were the first granted since the 430th was activated. Back to the story. While the clerks were working feverishly with the papers, Colonel Nichols telephoned Wilmington and re quested that a representative of the bus company come to Camp Davis to sell tickets and assist the men in routing their trips. The ticket seller hurried to camp. Special buses were chartered to take the soldiers to Rocky Mount, where they could catch a train. Virtually all of the men were go ing to cities and towns along the eastern seaboard. And maybe you think the fur lough - bound soldiers weren’t thankful to the officers and clerks! When the buses had left camp and things returned to normal. Colonel Nichols thanked the 'emergency” workers personally, pointing out that their effort shad enabled the departing men to take Defendant's eme Pulled From Jury Box At Southport SOUTHPORT, May 18.—Dor sey Cox. on trial for murder at the May term of superior court here, was badly disap pointed this morning when he was refused the opportunity to sit on the jury in his own case after his name had been drawn from the box. Soon after the drawing of names from a speical venire of 100 men, Cox’s name was pul led from the box. Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett remark ed that this was the first time in the history of Brunswick county that such a thing had occured. Cox is charged with the first degree slaying of Hanson Ed wards, Brunswick county man, about six weeks ago. Edwards was shot in the thigh by Cox, and according to witnesses. Cox put Edwards in his car in an attempt to get him to a hospital. Edwards died en route. Re-Examination Of PWA Project Is Ordered WASHINGTON. May 18 — (/Pi — A re-examination of the 1.400 pro jects in the Fed eral Works Agency’s public works program with the view of sidetracking for the duration all those not indis pensable to the war has been or dered by Brigadier General Philip B. Fleming, FWA administrator. Fleming said today the action meant many projects approved prior to Pearl Harbor might be abandoned. Designs and specifica tions for others may be revised to eliminate proposed use of crit ical materials. “The constantly growing short age of all kinds of materials due to our war production program re quires a drastic curtailment of every form of construction,” Flem ing said. “This means that unless a project is directly tied in to the actual production of ships, tanks, airplanes, guns, armament and other neessities of the armed services, it will be rescinded.” 5 advantage of an extra day for travel. 3 ‘LURE’ IN MURDER LOSES COMPOS! E Madeline Webb Sobs As She Is Accused Of Hav ing Part In Slaying By AMY PORTER NEW YORK, May 18.— (£>) — Madeline Webb wept today and could not stop weeping as Murray Hirschl, a former friend, testified that she had a part in the planning and in the aftermath of the rob bery-slaying of Mrs. Susan Flora Reich, 52-year-old Polish refugee The 28-year-old model is accused along with Eli Shonbrun, the man the state calls her lower, and John D. Cullen, a convicted thief, of first degree murder in the strang ling of Mrs. Reich on March 4. Hirschl, uncle of Shonbrun and himself a convicted thief under in dictment for the slaying, calmly related a story of crime so cheap that, he said, its perpetrators even stole the ten-cents’ worth of adhe sive tape with which the victim’s mouth was gagged. Madeline, freshly dressed in a new black and white frock and with her dark hair smoothed down in a sleek new style, lost all selt control when Hirschl told of meet ing her a few blocks from the Ho tel Sutton, where the crime was committed, a few minutes alter the hour—one o’clock—when police say Mrs. Reich’s death occurred. "Madeline said she was very nervous,” Hirschl testified. “She said the minute the woman arrived (at the hotel suite) they" grabbed her, and she heard the woman yell as she left the door.” “Oh, oh,” Madeline moaned, rocking back and forth in her courtroom chair, holding her head in her hands. Paying no attention to her cries, Hirschl continued: “She said there was a man work ing in the hall with a vacuum cleaner, making a lot of noise, and also that the radio was going full blast, but she left very calmly, she said, and didn't think she at tracted any attention.” Shonbrun suddenly stormed at the witness: " You’ll never sleep again, Mur ray.” But Hirschl’s calm-voiced testi mony went on and on, while Madeline brushed tears from her eyes with her bare hands. Hirschl testified he met the three defendants in the Hotel Sutton suite on the morning of the crime. He told of buying some nippers, a jeweler’s tool, at Shonbrun’s re quest. The state—and the state's wit ness, Hirschl—claim the nippers were used in cutting a diamond ring off Mrs. Reich’s finger. He testified to accompanying Cullen that morning on a shopping trip for wire and scissors and ad hesive tape—the tools which the state claims were used in gagging and binding up Mrs. Reich. Cul len “palmed the tape,” Hirschl said, but “couldn't get away with out paying” for 29 cents worth of wire and a ten-cent pair of scis sors. He related several conversations which he said occurred on the day of the murder and on the two pre ceding days, in which the three de fendants made careful plans con cerning Mrs. Reich's one o’clock “appointment” at the Sutton. The state claims the appoint ment was made by Miss Webb, on the pretext of inviting Mrs. Reich to lunch to meet her new husband. “Ted Leopold.” Mrs. Reich brought a gift when she came, Hirschl said—a box of candy for Madeline. “Madeline said the candy was ‘lovely and it was very thoughtful of the woman to give it to me,”’ Hirschl testified. Again Madeline sobbed. -v Taxi Driver Seriously Injured On Onslow Road JACKSONVILLE. May 13.— C. B. Miller, driver for the New River Taxi company, is in a Kin ston hospital at the point of death after his taxi went out of control on N. C. 24, four miles west of here, about 9:30 this morning and turned over five times. A negro passenger in the taxi, the only witness to the accident, said he was returning from Rich lands with Miller and the cab went out of control near the Blue Creek bridge while traveling between 90 and 100 miles per hour. He escaped unhurt. According to the state highway patrolmen, the taxi traveled 16 6 yards from the point where it ap parently went out of control to the point where it was found beside the highway, a complete wreck. 4 Malik Is Named Red Ambassador To Japan MOSCOW. May 18— IIP) —Y. A. Malik has been appointed Russian ambassador to Japan to succeed Constantin Smetanin. who return ed to Moscow three months ago. When Smetanin left Tokyo, his visit to Moscow was described as routine, and it was said would be returned to his post. Instead, the announcement said, he has receiv ed another appointment. 6 --—V DROWNS IN HOLE CHARLOTTE. May IS. — <JP> — Nine-year-old Eugene Oakes, son of a textile worker, drowned today in a rain-washed hole. He slipped while playing near the pool, which was about six feet deep. AS A DRESSING IT'S A BLESSING V J S. WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY FOR MINOR CUTS BURN5.BRUISE5 CHAFING Coming Event! HANOVER CENTER Watch It Grow There Are Reasons PROTECT Your Tires With A Victory THEFT PROTECTOR CAUSEY'S Corner Market and 12lh FOR CORRECT TINE DIAL 3 5 7 5 —Courtesy— FRANK DOOLEY Veteran engineer of the New York Central k WHEN YOU'RE RACING AGAINST TIME TO SUPPLY THE FRONT LINE, you WANT STEADY NERVES YWE'RE IN,~ SERGEANT. VOU CAN OPEN UP THAT PACK OF CAMELS . NOW ^ THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE OLD ARMY SPIRIT, MR. DOOLEY. CAMELS ARE FIRST WITH US, YOU KNOW FROM WASHINGTON. 1|||FTELL 'EM MR. DOOLEY - THEY j§^ WE'LL BE THERE! WANT THESE M COME ON, SERGEANT TANKS THROUGH II YOU'RE GOING TO TONIGHT FOR THAT A CAPTAIN, THIS IS ENGINEER 1 DOOLEY — HE JAMMED A± n^THE TANKS THROUGH^ WW (f WISH! 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