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REBEKAHS CLOSE SESSIONS HERE Officers For Ensuing Year Installed At Final Meet ing Of Assembly Election and installation of of ficers featured the closing session of the Rebekah Assembly, I. O. O. F. of North Carolina held here yester day. The roster was installed as fol lows: Mrs. Mae Jennings, Elizabeth City, president: Mrs. Ethel Clapp. Greensboro, vice-president; Miss Elsie Burke, Wilmington, warden; Mrs. Mabel L. Garrison, Wilming ton, secretary; Mrs. Hattie R. Whit aker, Hendersonville, treasurer: Mrs. Grace Remars, Burlington, chaplain; Mrs. Flossie Stevens, Rocky ilount, marshal; Mrs. Ruth Griswold. Ashe ville, conductor: Mrs. Beatrice Rus sell, Winston-Salem, inside guard ian; Mrs. Lennie O'Neal, Elizabeth City, outside guardian: Mrs. Mae Jennings, representative A. R. A., and Mrs. Lennie O'Neal, alternate. Mrs. John F. Littleton of Wil mington, past president of the State Assembly, was presented a beautiful white morocco bound Bible with the emblems of the order embossed in gold. This Bible was presented honoring the mothers of the assem bly who have sons and daughters ; in the armed service of the country. The treasurer, was instructed to : purchase two $500.00 War Bonds, ; with the I. O. O. F. Home at Golds- 1 boro co-owner. Assembly closed in regular form to meet next year in Greensboro, i conditions permitting. NAZI COUNTERJDRIVES ' FAIL TO HALT REDS < - J (Continued from Page One) violent Soviet artillery and anti tank fire. Here and there, said reports from the front, Russian automatic gunners were breaking through in to the German rear, one such unit capturing a village and bringing the Nazis under a cross fire that forced a disorderly retreat to north and southwest. Word that a railway station also had been recaptured in this sector was one of a number of indications that the struggle for the moment had become primarily one for com. munications—a struggle in which the highly mobile Cossacks, equip ed even with anti-tank guns, ap peared to be taking a brilliant part. These forces, raising a pontoon bridge under hot German fire, crossed an undesignated river to capture a town standing in the Nazi defensive zone. Nearly 400 miles to the south of Kharkov, a second major battle still was proceeding on Kerch pen insula in the Crimea, where the Russians persisted in their stub born defense. The Red army garrison at Se vastopol, the Black sea naval base in southern Crimea, at the same time harassed the invader with lo cal raids and bombardments of their lines. Warships of the Black sea fleet were shelling the enemy positions near Kerch. (The German high command claimed during the day: “The de struction of the last remnants of the enemy on the Kerch peninsula is about to be completed.’’ a re treat from the Berlin radio’s as sertion of 36 hours previously that the battle could be considered at an end. (As to Kharkov, the Nazi com mand claimed that a total of 447 Soviet tanks had now been destroy ed and added that further mass Soviet attacks had been repelled. (Roundabout reports relayed by a British news agency stated that Russian reserves had arrived on the Kerch peninsula from the near by Caucasus and that Soviet resis tance had in consequence been stiffened.) Great tank battles continued all along the Kharkov front, the Rus sians reporting that more than 400 Nazi tanks had now been knocked out. This was seen here as of equal importance with Timoshenko’s con tinued advance, since the destruc tion of Hitler’s mechanized strength in the south, as well as the liberation of Kharkov, is a prime Russian objective. Again, the Nazis were using tanks to tow armored trailers of infantry, but 77 such counter-at tacking trains were reported de stroyed. Aside from Kharkov and Kerch, there was bitter although less im portant action elsewhere on the front. Standard Speaker Says [ No Synthetic Rubber In Sight For Citizens Utilizing synthetic rubber plants now under construction in this country which will produce an esti mated 300,000 tons of synthetic rub ber in 1943, the United States will be able to meet the demands of the nation’s war machine and of a few essential civilians, R. T. Ham mett, special representative of Es so Marketeers, declared at a din ner given by the Standard Oil com pany of New Jersey for its dealers and representatives and their friends in the Cape Fear hotel last night. “There is no rubber in sight for anyone else.’’ he said. According to Mr. Hammett 300, 000 additional tons of synthetic rub ber would be required for the nor mal civilian consumption of this country and some national leaders, including Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, are in favor of pro viding tires for automobiles for ci vilians rather than let them rust in storage. “However, the synthetic rubber plants for which contracts have been placed will require two per cent of the total annual steel output of the United States—as much steel as every plant in the nation can produce in a week." he said. “Tires for civilians would take another three days of the nation’s steel production and, who can say, that somewhere along the line those three days will not mean the' difference between having enough ships in the right place at the right time or losing a Naval battle to the .-xis?” Approximately 125 persons at tended the dinner, which was pre. sided over by Morrison W. Divine, general salesman for the Wilming ton area. The Rev. Mortimer Glov er. rector of St. James Kpiscopal church, pronounced the invocation and H. R. Dowdy of Fayetteville district Standard Oil manager, made a short address in conclu sion. The major portion of Mr. Ham mett’s address was devoted to a history of Standard Oil’s relation ship with the I. G. Farbenindustrie of Germany and to a refutation of charges made by Assistant Attor ney General Thurman Arnold and the Senate Truman committee that Standard oil hindered the produc -V— SITUATION GRAVE FOR CHINESE ARMY (Continued from Page One) miles north of Lungling on the Burma road. In Chekiang, the reinforced Jap. anese drive was developing south ward along a portion of the Che kiang-Kiangsi railway still in Chi nese hands and also along a high way paralleling the coast. The Chinese communique admit ted the Japanese had captured Chuki, about 40 miles south of Hangchow and about 55 miles north east of Kinhwa, the Chekiang capital, after a battle in the s'-j-eets. However, the Chinese de clared they were counter-attack ing fiercely southeast of Chuki and that they had driven the Japa nese back some distance. The Chinese were forced to with, draw from Shenghsien to a new line southwest of there, but the Japanese sustained heavy losses in taking the town, it was said. Another Japanese column based at Shaohsing, famous winemaking center, took Fengchiat, about 15 miles southwest of Shengshien. Southeast of Shengshien, which is 50 miles southeast of Hangchow, the Japanese occupied Sintang. A fierce battle was reported in progress 12 miles southwest of Sintang. In Shiukwan, provisional capital of Kwantung province, one hun dred Chinese were drowned and several thousand more were made homeless when the north river overflowed its banks as a result of a heavy storm Sunday. Many Chinese positions in Chek iang were severly bombed, as many as 40 planes conducted suc cessive attacks, and Kinhwa was one of the principal objectives. Bombs were dropped in the heart of the town. The Chekiang drive possibly was ; motivated by a Japanese desire to insure the security of the Shan ghai-Hangchow-Nanking triangls to the north, but it also could be re garded as the prelude of a coordi nated attack from the north, east and southwest in a supreme ef fort to dispose of the “China in cident,” now nearing the end of its fifth year. Sl355« Are YOU the imaginative type? If you're the imaginative type, you’ll readily understand why a Bourbon that’s made by the “dean” of Ken tucky distillers — made with Cove Spring’s unexcelled limestone water should be the “Cream” of Kentucky’s finest Bourbons. But don’t just imagine, taste Cream of Kentucky, world’s largestj selling straight Bour bon whiskey. Pint $1.20 Quart $2.35 f Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. 86 Proof. $chenley Distillers Corp., N.Y.C, T tion of synthetic rubber and other products in this country because of their contracts with the Farben industrie. The agreement, Mr. Hammett declared, was made in 1929, before the rise of Nazism for the purpose of obtaining a “hydorgenation” process by which the American petroleum industry has been able to produce a greater quantity of higher quality gasoline from pe troleum products than ever before. As a result of the agreement, he said. American petroleum com panies have developed from Ger man processes the following highly essential products: One hundred octane gas that will enable American planes to develop 20 per cent more power with a 30 per cent fuel savings than Axis planes and as compared to a 91 octane gas, the best the Germans have been able to develop. A synthetic toluol from which TNT can be produced by the pe troleum industries than was pos sible using toluol in its natural state, from which three out of five bombs and three out of five shells used by American forces will be used. Other special products, including paratone which is used in every hydraulic system in every fighting machine of the United States. “Speaking before the Carolina Political union at the University of North Carolina on April 30, Sena tor Truman declared that Standard Oil’s relationship with I. G. Far bendustrie was a national defense bottleneck.” Mr. Hammett said. “The fact that Standard Oil spent $12,000,000 of its own funds developing synthetic rubber fromi German processes and the perfec tion of these other products refutes him.” -V City Briefs CARS DAMAGED Considerable damage was done to two automobiles when they collided about 8 o’clock Tuesday night at the intersec tion of Fourth and Chestnut streets. Police listed drivers of the cars as A. J. Humphrey, of 116 North Third street, and John R. Hawley, of the First Marine Division at New Rover. One girl in one of the cars re ceived a slight injury, police said. SILVER DOLLAR STOLEN Roger Moore reported to po lice Monday that someone en tered his office in the Wallace building and robbed his safe of one silver dollar and a tin box containing valuable pa pers. SUIT, PANTS MISSING A suit, valued at $22.50, and one pair of pants, valued at $2, were stolen Tuesday from his home at 712 Solomon’s alley, Mack Solomon reported to po lice. CASH REGISTER STOLEN After effecting entrance to his store at 814 Nixon street by unlocking the rear door, a thief carried away his cash register containing S3, Norman Mc Guire told- police Tuesday. STORE ENTERED The manager of Roebuck Grocery store, located at Ninth and Orange streets, reported to police Tuesday that his store had ben robbed of $11 in cash and $5.75 worth of merchan dise. He said the store was entered by breaking the lock off the front door. BICYCLES MISSING Sam Head, of 314 Bladen street, told police at 9:35 Tues day night that his bicycles had been stolen from Fourth and Bladen streets. Earlier in the day George Smith, of 415 Walnut street, reported the theft of his bicycle, valued at $15. SERVICE CONTINUES Another very successful serv ice has been concluded at the Church of God, 1121 South Front street, conducted by Evangelist Thea F. Jones of Covington, Ky. Last evening Rev. Jones’ subject was “The Death of the Righteous.” Ap proximately 40 people respond ed when the altar invitation was given. Rev. Jones speaks tonight on the subject of, “Leprosy and the Cleansing.” Services beginning at 8 o’clock. FUNERAL SERVICE Final rites for the Reverend J. J. Howze, for the past sev enteen years pastor of the col ored First Baptist church, Fifth Avenue and Campbell' street, will be conducted from said church on this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The principal eulogy will be delivered by the Rev erend J. H. Thomas, pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist church, Durham, N. C., and a former pastor of the First Baptist church of this city. COMMISSIONED John W. Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker o| Wil mington, has been commission ed an ensign in the Naval Re serve, TRADE SPOT Wilmington is again listed in Forbes magazine as being one of the best places in the na tion for sales activity and otlj er business 1 Iti NO U.S. PLANES LOST IN BOMBING OF JAPANESE (Continued from Pale One) ison with the Jap fliers in other theaters of war. The Americans had counted on the speed of their ships — faster than any but the newest Japanese pursuit planes— and upon evasive tactics for pro tection. At his press conference Doolittle told how nine Jap planes attempt ed to attack him but were eluded without the firing of a single shot. Sometimes the Americans flew underneath Japanese barrage bal loons, and some of the latter were destroyed by the Japanese artil lery fire itself. Spreads Southward The bombing began at a point just north of Tokyo and spread southward for a distance of forty miles, damaging military and in dustrial installations over a path five to twenty miles wide. Doo little emphasized that no civilian targets were attacked. All the planes and men got through safely, and he hooted at Japanese claims that they have one of our planes on display,” he said. “They may have painted up one of their own to look like ours, or they may have gotten an Amer ican plane from somewhere else, but not from us.” Not only could the fliers see the expressions on faces below, but they saw a Japanese ball game in progress, with its spectators and participants scuttling for cov er, after the planes were well above them. They saw what ap peared to be a Japanese flying school, for many plans, apparent ly rainers, were in the air. And when a direct hit was scored on a dock, a large hoisting crane “took off as though some giant flipped it with his thumb and fore finger. “Are you going back again,” Doolittle was asked. “That is in the laps of the Gods and the hands of the War Depart, ment,” he replied. Take Off a Mystery He wouldn’t say whose idea the raid was, and was carefully se cretive about the primary mystery of the flight, and one which has deeply puzzled the J a p a n e s e— where the planes took off from and where they flew to after drop ping their bombs. The 79 officers and enlisted men who accompanied Doolittle have each been awarded the Distin guished Service Cross. No announcement of Doolittle’s part in the raid and very few details concerning it had been made public before the genral prepared at the White House to day to receive his decoration. Even Mrs. Doolittle, who was flown in from Los Angeles this morning at President Roosevelt’s invitation, did not know her hus band was in the country. “I’m too thrilled to speak,” she told reporters, and obviously, for her, the event was a tremendous emotional thrill. Simultaneously, the War Depart ment issued a statement by Gen eral Doolittle, describing the raid in some detail, but still leaving unanswered the mystifying ques tion of where the planes were based and where they landed after the attack. The planes flew in at house-top height, arose to 1,500 feet to re lease their bombs and then drop ped to the tree-tops again, to es cape anti-aircraft fire, he said. Among the raid's results were these: A quarter-mile long aircraft factory near Nagoya was strewn with incendiary bombs. A “tank farm”, an area covered with oil or gas storage tanks, was “illuminated.’ “Practically every bomb reach ed the target for which it was intended.” When 25 to 30 miles out to sea after the mission was accomplish ed, rear gunners reported seeing columns of smoke rising thousands of feet in the air. The low altitude and the speed of the planes made it difficult to gauge the results of bomb hits. The fliers could see them strike and that was about all. Aided by Broadcasters “We would have liked to have tarried and watched the later de velopments of fire and explosion”, General Doolittle said, “but even so we were fortunae to receive a fairly detailed report from the excited Japanese radio broadcast ers. It took them several hours to calm down to deception and ac cusation.” The raiders encountered a min imum of opposition. For this rea son and because they struck at mid-day, there was little difficulty in finding the assigned targets. Doolittle reported that the Japa nese apparently had no advance warning of the raid. “Not more than 30 Japanese pur suit planes were observed during the flight and these were com pletely ineffective. Several we know were shot down, possibly more. Incidentally the pilots of these planes seemed somewhat in experienced, evidently not up to the standard of those encountered in active theaters.” Only high officials knew that Doolittle was leader of the expe dition tor that he was to be decor ed for it until a few minutes be fore the ceremonies in Mr. Roose velt’s office. Mr. Roosevelt, him self, remarked that he thought it would be quite a surprise to the general. During the ceremonies, General George C. Marshall, the chief of staff, read Doolittle’s citation: ", . .For conspicuous leadership above and beyond the call of duty, involving personal valor and in trepidity at an extreme hazard of life. With the apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish at sea, Gen eral Doolittle personally led a squadron of army bombers, man ned by volunteer crews, in a high ly destructive raid on the Japa nese mainland.” Recalling his old quip that the planes were based at “Shangri, La.,” a fictional Tibetan retreat, Mr. Roosevelt quipped that Gen eral Doolittle, starting from Shan gri, La., had conducted a little expedition which all had heard about and now was safely back from Shangri, La. Doolittle, whose flying achieve ments along with those of the late Frank Hawks and others kept them on the front pages back in the 20’s, won the Schneider trophy race for Navy seaplanes in 1925. In 1926 he went to South Amer ica for demonstration flights. He broke both ankles in Chile, but with the fractures set in casts he continued to fly, not going to a hos pital until he came home. He resigned his regular army commission in 1930, but became a reserve major. That same year he made many experimental flights and won the Harmon trophy for outstanding contribu tions to aviation. In 1932 he won the Bendix trophy race from Bur bank, Calif., to Cleveland, Ohio, and flying an average of 252.68 miles an hour he picked up the Thompson trophy the same year. 5 -V Negro Youth Drowns In Smith’s Creek Body of Josephus Ferguson, 13, negro, of Pauline aveneue, who drowned about 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoo nin the section of Smith’s Creek beyond Foxtown, had not been recovered late last night af ter severals hours had been spent in dragging the creek. Deputy Sheriff Samuel B. Yopp, who investigated the drowning, said Isaac McRae, Alexander McRae and Albert Carr told him they were in the creek at the time of the drowning. Deputy Yopp said Isaac McRae explained that he and Ferguson were swiming in the creek and that Alexander McRae and Albert Carr were riding in a boat when suddenly he saw Ferguson turn on his back and sing twice before remaining under the water. Ferguson is a son of James Her bert Ferguson of Pauline avenue. -v Germans Don’t Know Location Of Shangri NEW YORK, May 19.—UP)—The Germans don’t know where Shan gri-la is, either. In briefly noting the exploits of Brig.-Gen. Jimmy Doolittle tonight the German radio reported: “Doolittle had carried out the air attack against Japan from the airbase Shangri-la, which was not otherwise described by Roosevelt.” FLOTILLA MAPS CRUISE PLANS Practice Trip Will Be Held On River Sunday, May 31 Organization plans were com pleted at a session of the Wilming ton flotilla of the Cape Fear Divi sion, Coast Guard Auxiliary, held last night in the grand jury room at the Customhouse. Lieut. R. W. Thresher, captain of the port, outlined rules and regula tions the flotilla is to abide by in carrying out its work as a part of the auxiliary. Plans were made for the practice cruise of the Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach flotillas, which make up the Cape Fear division, to be held Sunday, May 31. The cruise will be on the river from Wilming ton’s to Snow’s cut and return. Earl Godwin is commander and R. M. Williams is junior ecimman der of the Wilmington flotilla. Louis Hanson commands the divi sion auxiliary. -V Obituaries MRS. MARIAN S. PEARSON WHITEVILLE, May 19—Mrs. Marian Sweet Pearson, 66. wife of Dr. W. L. Pearson, of White ville, died late yesterday after noon in the Pinehaven Sanatorium, in Charleston, S. C., following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Pearson was born in Che raw, S. C., but had resided in Whiteville for the past 20 years. She is survived by her husband, two sons, E. M. Pearson, of Charleston, S. C.. and M. H. Pear son, of Lynchburg, Va.: two daughters, Mrs. Robert Moss, of Whiteville, and Mrs. R. L. Os borne. of Greensboro, one sister, Mrs. E. W. Wells, of Tescumbia. Ala., and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the chapel of the MacKenzie fu neral home here this afternoon at 6 o’clock with the Rev. L. V. Har ris and the Rev I. T. Newton officiating. Interment was in the Whiteville cemetery. -V QUOTA EXHAUSTED The passenger per quota in New Hanover county was ex hausted yesterday morning and no more certificates for automobiles may be issued un until June 1, the ration board announced. JUDGE STANLAND UNDER INDICTMENT (Continued from Page One) been received from the Brunswick county bar association and many defendants who have appeared be fore Stanland, it was recalled. In their fomplaint to the grand jury, the bar association and tlip defendants charged Stanland with corrupt handling of his office and of persecution. The basis of complaints was that Judge Stanland persisted in his re fusal to render judgment in cases heard in his court. Several of the cases in which prominent citizens are involved, and in which no judgment has been received, date back to 1939. A capias was issued by the pre siding judge of Superior court, C E. Thompson, and Sheriff D. L Ganey to place Stanland unde r arrest, holding him for a bond of $250. Stanland is scheduled to ap pear for trial tomorrow, Sinclair said. Mr. Sinclair will be assisted in his prosecution of Stanland by S. Bunn Frink, Southport attorney. “The state will irlsist on an im mediate trial and it is ready for the trial now’’, declared Mr. Sin clair. 5 -v Labor In Mexico Boycotts The Axis MEXICO CITY, May 19— l/PI — Mexican labor unions, already busy preparing a great anti - Axis demonstration to receive the 21 survivors of the torpedoed Mexi can tanker Potrero Del Llano, an nounced today they had decided to boycott all German, Japanese and Italian nationals and establish ments. Many of these already are on the United States blacklist. 5 WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON. May 19.—(^—Weath er bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m. in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Asheville _ 82 60 0.00 Atlantic City _ 64 56 0.00 Boston _ 70 53 0.00 Buffalo _ 72 60 0.00 Charlotte _ 86 67 0.00 Chicago _ 69 46 0.00 Cleveland _ 75 61 0.00 Galveston _ 80 70 0.00 Kansas City_ 66 51 0.00 Little Rock _ 74 65 0.22 Memphis _ 85 62 0.00 Miami _ 85 72 0.00 Mobile _ 86 68 0.00 New York_ 71 59 0.00 Pittsburgh _ 80 61 0.00 Richmond _ 82 54 0.00 San Antonio_ 84 64 0.11 W ashing Vn _ 73 58 0.00 Wilmington _ 83 62 0.00 Local Republicans N.amt> H. E. R_odgmChaiman New Hanover Repubhe , „• ed H E- Rodgei < ‘ect; the executive con-,!, county convention ! ,,.]r; ? night in the court house '‘""!lay Other members of ii,c ,, tee selected were Mrs r -■ dorf, vice chairman, \ V ,Wal‘ secretary, and M. L 11• °?lnei Niggel. B. C. Fussell. Lc'if P Hl man, J. Eiden, M. Hufham i °1' Bordeaux, Sara BradMv,-' p C' Kelloway, L. Larkins, it V i' Baker, W. A. Wylie. W r t B' and W. A. 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