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23 MEN KILLED IN SHIP SINKING Ttt0 Submarines Send Amer ican Craft To Bottom Of Gulf Of Mexico ! jjEVv ORLEANS. May 23.—(AP)— , six men were killed on May in‘the Gulf of Mexico when two ' ‘ roore submarines, attacking f'om opposite sides, blew apart a r°diuffl'sized United States cargo 111 j sinking it in three minutes. % ^s' ioss of life was the heaviest single attack since Axis sub in rjBes began ranging the Gulf a ieV weeks ago. Tie ship was armed but could .joe no counter blows because the 5-bmarines attacked it without M-ning and the first torpedo killed five of the six-man gun crew. The ler was blown overboard and as rescued along with seven pas sengers and 18 crewmen. ‘ Thirty members of the crew and , passenger are missing and be lieved dead. All were believed Hied either by the explosions 01 being trapped in their bunks and drowned. The ship was blacked cut and proceeding at 12 knots at „ a m„ central war time when hit ijv three torpedoes, which blew open the decks and destroyed two lifeboats. Survivors had no time even to don lifebelts. Two life rafts were floated and many survivors clung to wreckage until rescued. Sur vivors were picked up 15 hours later by fighing boats. The submarine surfaced to sur vey the scene, but did not molest survivors, or question them. The first torpedo destroyed the radio room making a call for aid impos sible. Although six lookouts were on duty, none saw the submarine or torpedoes which came in about 12 feet below the surface. AIDS SEAMAN key WEST. Fla., May 23.—(JP) _An apologetic submarine com mander dipped the prow of his undersea boat to lift an injured teaman out of the water after a sheiiing attack sank a small American merchantman in the Caribbean sea May 16. Gosta Carlson of Houston, Texas, the master, said the submarine caotain told him in broken Eng lish: : •You can thank Mr. Roosevelt for this. I am sorry.” The skipper told the story today after he and 22 other crewmen and three passengers—picked up by a Norwegian ship after 13 hours in lifeboats—were landed here. Five crewmen were killed by shellfire. A sixth is missing and presumed drowned. Passengers were Mr. and Mrs. L E. Cupples of Mt. Coy, Ohio, and their 16-month-old son. -V Quinton V. Leonard Returns To His Ship BOLIVIA, May 23. — Quinton V. Leonard, machinist mate second class, of the United States Navy has returned to his ship after spending a furlough with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Leonard here. Each of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard’s four sons are now in the armed services: Loon E. and Quinton V. Leonard in the Navy, Hiram H. Leonard of Sheppard field, Texas, and W. C. Leonard of Fort Bragg. -V 20,000 PERSONS MOVED ^WASHINGTON, May 23.—(M rhe Public Buildings administra tion reported today that 20,000 per sons had been moved from crowd ed Washington in the transfer of many government functions to oth er cities to make room here for : •he expanding waragencies. 2 I Reds’ Advance Checked At Kharkov While Russian troops out-flanked Germans and "inns in the Karelia area to cut one of their main roads north of Leningrad (A), German counter-attacks virtually stopped the Russian advance (B) on Kharkov. However, Moscow said the Nazi counter-thrust (C) southeast of Khar kov was checked, thus relieving the Soviet left flank of a serious menace Red troops were reported still fighting on the eastern part of the Kerch peninsula blocking a German attempt to drive through the Crimea on a short cut to the Caucasus oil fields (D). EXERCISES START AT WAKE FOREST Dr. Charles H. Durham Will Preach Baccalaureate Sermon Tonight WAKE FOREST, May 23.—W— Wake Forest college, observing the conclusion of its 108th academic year, will begin its commencement program tomorrow night with the baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Charles H. Durham, pastor emeri tus of the First Baptist church of Lumberton. The finals program will end Mon day night with an address by Dr. Paul Julian Miller, editor of the Charlotte Observer, and the presen tation of diplomas. Candidates for degrees number 142. Monday’s schedule also will in clude the annual meeting of trus tees. Class reunions and oratori cal contests. Medal winners in forensics al ready declared include Elbert Worthington and George T. Wat kins, 111, Durham; Burnett Har ley, Erwin, Term.; Lansing Hicks and Charles Freeman, Raleigh; and Leo F. Hawkins, Gastonia. Keith W. James of Oakboro won ;he Laura Baker Paden medal for ;he highest standing in social sci ence and Herbert B. Cline, Jr., Hhatteroy, W. Va., won the Hubert A Royster medal for high stand ng in scholarship and athletics. --v RECEIVES FIRST PAPERS Miss Lotte Lehmann, native of Germany, soprano of the Metro politan Opera company, recently ■eceived her first citizenship pa pers at the Naturalization bureau. She must wait five years before ;he gets her second and final pa pers, and then 90 days more be :ore she is naturalized. For Recorder Most of you know that the office of Recorder is one of the most vital keyes to law enforcement in this county. In my opinion, the Recorder should be a man of proven ability and experience, with the strength and courage to employ whatever lawful means that are necessary to correct conditions that are wrong, and stand by what he knows to be right. We are now confronted with certain very disagree able and undesirable conditions which I haven’t the sPace to mention. You know what they are. I know "hat can and should be done to correct them. I invite your investigation of my qualifications, and earnestly solicit your vote and support in the coming election. Respectfully, W. K. "BILL" RHODES, JR. (Former Juvenile Judge) Carl Williamson Kills Rumor That Distillers Are Now Using Sugar Williamson, chairman of the State ABC board, today branded as un true ^statements that distillers are using sugar to manufacture alco holic beverages. “No 'sugar is being used to manufacture whiskey,” Williamson declared. Williamson said he became in terested in the discussion after reading statements by drys that distillers were “robbing babies” of sugar to manufacture liquor. He said he made an investiga tion of the charges and conferred with officials of the Distilled Spir its institute. “During the year ended June 30, 1941,” Williamson said, “reg istered distilleries used 1,713,548, 310 pounds of grain for whiskey, gin aftd high proof spirits. No sugar was used.” -—V Limitations On Grain Bins Lifted By U. S. WASHINGTON, Id ay 23—UP)—1The War Production board told farm aquipment manufacturers today to make as many wooden grain bins as they could, but took no action :o assure they could get the need ad lumber. Production of grain bins recent ly was curtailed to 11 per cent af the 1940 output. Because of the growing demand tar bins to handle the large grain arop this year. William R. Tracy, ahief of the WPB farm machinery and equipment branch, announced hat the limitation would not ap ply to wooden bins containing anlv small quantities of metal. “If you are able to build such ■vooden grain bins, they need not ae considered as part of your quo :a,” Tracy advised manufacturers. WILLISTON H EXERCISES OPEN Baccalaureate Sermon Sched uled Today With Class Day Exercises Monday Commencement week exercises for the 97 candidates for gradua tion at Williston negro industrial school here will begin with trie baccaleurate sermon at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon, delivered by the Rev. S. J. Thompkins, pastor of St. Stephen A M. E. church. The class day program, including the class president’s address, the class history and the class oration, will be held in the auditorium of the school at 4:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. “That Crazy Smith Family,” the senior play, will be presented at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday night. Graduating exercises will be held Thursday night with Superinten dent of Schools H. M. Roland and Principal F. J. Rogers awarding diplomas to members of the grad uating class. The valedictory address, “Negro Youth in a Confused World,” will be delivered by George Williams and the salutatory address, “Sound Bodies for War and Peace,” by Eunice Elizabeth Neal. Officers of the senior class are George Williams, president: Earl Jackson, vice-president; Edythe Wil liams, secretary; Ethel Williams, as sistant secretary; Lottie Jones, trea surer; and Ruth Robbins, chaplain. Candidates for diplomas are: Dorothy Mae Addison, Preston Artis, Victoria Baker, Helen A. Baldwin, , T h e lm a E. Baldwin, Theresa Mae Berry, Altamease Bis hop, Leasie Carmel Boone, Theo dore Bradley, Richard Brown, Ruth Brown, George Bryant, Jr., Daisy M. Campbell, Mary F. L. Cannady, Edith Mae Chandler, Willie Mae Davis, Lucy DeVaughn, Margaret Evans, Mildred Jean Evans, Re becca Lee Evans, Margaret J. Farnsworth, Linza Henry Ford, Thurba Fuller, Sara Elizabeth Foyles, Gertrude Gibbs, Mildred Ellsworth Hall, Clarence Hansley, Sudie Mae Henry. Evelyn Hill Maggie Hill. Bea trice Hilton. Mary Luvidia Holden, Sadie Bell Holmes, Genella Howard, Lula Marguerite Howard, Georgie Hurst, Earl Jackson, Pearl Jack son, Alberta Louise Jacobs, Theo dore R. James, Charlie J. Jennings. Harry Lee Johnson, Katie Mabel Jones, Lottie Ward Jones, William Leroy Jones, Carrie Mae Julius, Augusta L. Kennedy, Mamie Louis Lennon, Mary Louise Lloyd, Wil liam Grady Lowe. Ethel Mae McCrae, Fred Nash McCrea, Jr., Ethel Mae McFarland, Miriam McGpire. Edgar A. Mc Laughlin, Elsie McQuillan, Annie Mack, Gladys Bernice MacRae, Doris Eugenia Moore, Ida Cather ine Moore, Willie Moore, Jr.. Ernes tine Moseley, Eunice Elizabeth Neal, Annie Mae Newkirk, Ruby Inez Nixon, Helen T. Patterson, Juanita Patterson, Alice Delores Peebles, Willie Roy Pierce, Lewis Pittman. Willie Mae S. Pittman, Alfred Smith Reddick, Dalzenia A. Rhodes. Ethel Lewis Richard, Artis E. Richardson, Ruth Catherine Rob bins, Edna Louise Rogers. Marian Shaw, Edna Mae Singleton, Edith Small, Julia Smith, Aizilla Valeria Stewart, Catherine Stokes, Agnes L. Stringfield, John St.-over, Alle luia A. Thompkins, Naomi Ray Vann, William F. Waddell, Ernest Walker, Nathaniel Watkins, Doris E. Wheeler, Walter Wiggins, Jr., James Wilder, Edythe L. Williams, George Williams, Geneva William son and Benjamin H. Wright, Jr. -V Substitute Teachers Approved By U.N.C. RALEIGH, May 23.—CP)—The ex ecutive committee -of the Greater University of North Carolina today approved appointments of a num ber of substitute teachers to fill vacancies created on the faculties of the three units because of calls to military service or other war activities. Otherwise, the committee meet ing was routine, Secretary A ,B. Andrews reported. Eagle Scout Scout Roy Craig, Jr., of Troop 21, Carolina Beach, became the first member of the troop to receive his eagle scout badge at a court of honor held in the auditorium at the beach last week. The 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Craig, Roy has acquired 26 merit badges. He is a senior patrol leader of Troop 21 and fres'enan at New Hanover High school. Dr. Clark To Speak At Endeavor Meeting GUILFORD COLLEGE, May 23. _UP)_Dr. Kenneth W. Clark, of Duke university, is to be one of the featured speakers at the state Christian Endeavor convention to be held at Guilford college June 18-21, the program committee an nounced today. Dr. Clark is assist ant professor of New Testament in the Duke Divinity school. His sub ject will be “Taking The Initiative For Christ.” Other speakers who have been secured by the committee include Dr. Normna Vincent Peale. pastor of Marble Collegiate (reformed) church of New York; Rev. Russell Branson, pastor of New Garden Friends church, Guilford college; Rev. David W. Yates, rector of St. Philips Episcopal church, Dur ham; Rev. Lester Ballard, pas tor of the Methodist church, Reids ville, and Karl Lehman, secretary of the Lake county Chamber of Commerce, Tavares, Fla. NAVAL AIR SCHOOL IS COMMISSIONED (Continued from Page One^ Navy” is our first line of defense today. "Air power dominates the world,” he added. ‘‘It was air pow er that conquered France and Po land and drove the British from Dunkirk. It was air power that succeeded in the treacherous at tack on Pearl Harbor. “I salute the Navy that flies, and I am confident that it will win the war,” he concluded. Lieut. Commander Thomas J. Hamilton, director of the Navy’s aviation physical training pro gram, said that the Navy intended to give its pilots the best possible training and the mission of t h e school was to put “learning in his head, muscles on his bones, steel in his soul, and fire in his heart.” “The events of this war have proven that a major portion will depend on air power,” he assert ed. Governor Broughton told the as semblage that the primary aim of the university was to train for peace, but “we have the capacity: to make war for those things that are worthwhile.” After the speeches, the training school was formally placed in commission by Capt. W. S. Pop ham of the Sixth naval district, and the station’s flag was raised. Commander O. O. Kessing for mally assumed command of t h e school. He ordered the watch set and the bosun to “pipe down.” The University of North Carolina was a naval base. To' obfain trainers for the ath letic program at the pre-flight school the Navy has commissioned members of the coaching staffs of scores of colleges and universities. Lieut. Comdr. Harvey of Rutgers university will head the athletic department. Lieut. Commander Jimmie Crowley, former head coach at Fordham university, will be football coach. At the commissioning ceremony telegrams from Navy Secretary Knox,1 Admiral Ernest J. King, and several other high ranking Navy officers were read. “There is no doubt but that the young men you will train will go out to take their place in the fleet and that their efforts and skill will make us all proud of them,” Knox said. “The University of North Caro lina is to be congratulated for this loyal demonstration of its wil lingness to help the nation.” WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON. May 23.—(TP)—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m.: Station High Low Prec. Asheville _ 66 48 0.00 Atlanta _ 72 57 0.00 Birmingham _ 76 53 0.00 Boston _ 70 55 0.00 Charlotte _ 74 58 0.00 Chicago _ 71 45 0.00 Cleveland _ 68 48 0.00 Detroit _ 70 52 0.00 Galveston _ 83 70 0.00 Kansas City_ 71 49 0.00 Louisville _ 71 48 0.00 Memphis _ 75 53 0.00 Miami _ 87 67 0.15 Mobile _ 81 62 0.00 New Orleans _ 83 65 0.00 New York _ 71 62 0.10 Norfolk _ 75 63 0.44 St. Louis _ 71 50 0.00 Savannah_ 86 61 0.00 Washington _ 73 59 0.00 Wilmington _ __ 0.00 BODY OF DEIL BOYRECOVERED Funeral Services Will Be Con ducted This Afternoon At Delgado Church Funeral services for Johnnie Deil, 15-year-old Wilmington youth who was drowned in Greenfield lake Friday night after the boat in which he was riding capsized, will be held at the Delgado Pres byterian church this afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Revs. C. C. My ers, pastor of the church, and S. T. Bayse. Burial will be in Bellevue ceme tery. The body of the youth was re covered around 1:15 p.m. Saturday by Thomas Reeves, of 910 South Sixth street, after residents of the Lake Forest Army housing proj ect on the lake and of other sec tions of the city had searched the lake for the greater part of the night and morning. Coroner Asa W. Allen viewed the body and said that no inquest would be held since the accident was termed unavoidable. According to the stories told police by Deil’s two companions, Jack Risir., 17, of Country Clufc pines, and Channie Clevis, 14, oi 622 Caldwell avenue, the three at tempted to swim ashore fully-clad after the boat capsized about 10C feet off the Lake Forest project. Deil, who was swimming about 10 feet in front of Risin, called for help and sank. Clevis was brought ashore by Brinton M. Twyne of 171 Lake Forest park way. The drowned youth was a mem ber of the Junior Traffic patrol at Washington Catlett school. His three brothers are in the armed forces of the'nation. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Deil of 604 Caldwell avenue, and by three brothers, Stephen F. Deil and Jo seph W. Deil of the U. S. Army, and Paul N. Deil of the U. S. Navy. -V SWASHBUCKLIN GANCESTRY Grand Isle in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana was used by Jean LaFitte and his band of privateers as a hiding place for the families. Today many resi dents of the isle trace their an cestry back to those swashbuck ling raiders. rm,mm ~*~ Twin City OP A Office To Serve 13 Counties RALEIGH, May 23—<£>>—'The Winston-Salem OPA office, one of several to be established in North Carolina to administer the price and rationing programs, will serve 13 counties in the northwest and Piedmont sections, Oscar Straus, regional chief of Price Adminis tration, announced today. Forty or 50 employes eventually will staff the Winston-Salem of fice, which will be opened within the next 30 or 60 days, Straus said. The 13 counties to be served by the office are Guilford, Alle ghany, Wilkes, Yadkin, Surry, Davie, Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Randolph, Rockingham, Caswell and Alamance. TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY Once more I request your vote and influence in my behalf for the office of County Commissioner, which will be highly appreciated. If re-elected, I shall continue to guard the interest and welfare of our county in the future as I have in the past. My policy has been, and will continue to be: HONESTY — ECONOMY — IMPARTIALITY Don’t Forget To Vote In The Primary, May 30th For George W. 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