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U s WARSHIP TARGET oF sUB AT MARTINIQUE (Continued from Page One) Martim(iue’s territorial waters). ’ jen members of the Blakeley’s are missing and six others C1 re injured, but the ship reach 'd the Martinique capital port of Fort De France under her own i er The Blakeley was patrol P°a (tie waters nearby in accord in”e with an agreement between the United States and the French wrh commissioner of Martinique, Admiral Georges Robert, when the’torpedo crashed into her side. 'jhe identify of the submarine . )(j not be learned immediately. £°“ the incident emphasized the increasing tempo of sea warfare the Caribbean where German 'nd Italian submarines have been active for some time. It was the first time an armed ■essel of the United States Navy had been attacked in that region However, only five days ago the Dominican steamer Presidente T„ujillo was torpedoed and sunk when only one hour out of Fort De France. The captain and 14 other mem bers of the 922-ton steamer’s crew were landed at Martinique, but 24 others apparently were lost. The Dominican Republic is at war with the Axis powers. In March it was disclosed that a German submarine entered the harbor of Fort De France on Feb. 2i * alld very nearly precipitated seizure of the island by the United States. It was established that the submarine entered the port to put ashore a wounded member of the U-boat crew and took on no sup plies. The Vichy government then gave categorical assurances tfeat it would not permit Axis submarines or warplanes to visit any French ports or territorial waters in the Western Hemisphere under any pretext. The incident seemed destined to have wide repercussions in Vichy and Berlin, coming as it did dur ing negotiations between the Unit ed States and the Martinique high commissioner—dealings in which Pierre Laval. Vichy chief of gov ernment, has sought to intercede. —-V U. S. PLANES SINK 2ND SUB OFF BRAZIL COAST (Continued from Page One> elation as the detailed reports be came known. Severino Sotero, captain of the Brazilian merchantman coman dante Lyra, declared meanwhile that he had information clearly showing the damage to his ship by an Axis torpedo was made possible by fifth column activities. He did not elaborate. The comandante Lyra managed to reach port with the aid of a U. S. patrol ship. The whereabouts of 50-odd sur vivors of another ship, who were picked up by the Argentine ship Ro Iguazu after their vessel was torpedoed off Brazil, remained un determined tonight. The Italians claimed the surviv ors were U. S. seamen from a battleship sunk by one of their submarines, but naval sources here said that no battleships were known to have been operating in the area. The Rio Iguazu had been expect ed at Recife, Brazil, but informa tion available at that port said the survivors, if they should be U. S. seamen, might have been trans ferred from the Rio Iguazu to one of the U. S. ships patrolling in the region. Meanwhile the Brazilian govern ment gave no indication of any retaliatory measures against the Axis for the sinking of six Brazil ian ships and the damaging of the comandante Lyra by Axis subma rines. Jose Maria Davila, the Mex ican ambassador whose country is on the verge of declaring war on Germany, Italy, and Japan, still had not made his scheduled call on Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil’s for sgin minister. 2 TT TIRE SUBSTITUTES EXPECTED SHORTLY (Continued from Page One) The gasoline shortage in the East. This line, he added, would cost •bout $9,000,000. Funds for it are contained in legislation pending in Congress, he said, but he suggest eu that to expedite matters ne cv °uld be willing to allocate money h Irom a special emergency u,id which is at his disposal. Meanwhile, the senate’s special ctense investigating committee 1118ed both the armed forces and civilians to save rubber because ,' cannoL be said that the prob lMl> is solved.” ... -V oi women wno nna welcome renei from periodic pain, headache and nervousness with OHICHESTERS PILLS. Note—contain no narcot ics or habit-forming drugs. f Ac Take as directed. All good JV druggists carry them. and up FOR CORRECT TINE DIAL 3 5 7 5 —Courtesy— J fT:i!3Ul r*ii High School Students Play The Game Of Exams By MARK DOWTIN It happened Tuesday at New Hanover high school and there’ll be. a recurrence of it today and Thursday. That annual game of “what ans wer did you put for that third (or any number) question?” is in vogue as the students wrestle with final examinations for the current term. If you are enrolled in school you are participating in the game. However, if you are a 1920 or 30 graduate, you probably are a bit rusty and wfcmld like to brush-up on the subject. Should you come in the latter classification, take your morning stroll by the drink stands bordering the school campus and listen in today. Here’s how the game proceeded Tuesday as the crowd gathered: “There were a possible 198 ans wers and everyone guessed at all but eight. . .1 was certain of eight of the answers and I haven’t found anyone who did better.” “Are you planning to be a scien. tist?” one of the group asked a studious-appearing youth, who ap parently had finished the heat near the top of the class. “Sure”, came the reply, “and he (a be-specacl ed junior seated on the other side of the table) is going to be a minister”. Meanwhile, another eleventh - grader, oblivious to it all, was concentrating on “avoir” and “etre” and French idioms except for interruptions as “what w a s your answer for Number 10?. Boy, that was a tough algebra exam. . .And they are letting you take plane geometry, too, eh?” And, then, an indifferent trio appeared on the scene. First came “I don’t have to attend school any more this week. . .I’ve taken two exams already and I’m not going to attempt the others.” A brief discussion about school followed and they “freshened up” with drinks and changed the scenery. A chunky red-head entered, greeted friends, tended to business and disappeared for a few minutes study before the next bell and bout. The scene shifted rapidly for the next few minutes, then the bell and they shuffled off for another match (two-hour time limit) in preparation for the next round of “what answer did you put for number so-and-so?’ BOAT ORDINANCE MAY BE ADOPTED (Continued from Page One) worked a hardsihp on businesses on the waterfront. The one-way ordinance was put into effect upon recommendations of Chief of Police C. H. Casteen and Fire Chief J. L. Croom as a precaution in the event of a fire on the waterfront, City Manager James G. Wallace pointed out. The "no left turn” now in effect at Tenth and Market streets also is expected to get attention of council. Some persons have ex pressed desire to have the rule abolished. The sign was placed at the location at the request of the school department. First proposed was to place a traffic light at the intersection, but decision was made later for the sign. The Fourth street amendment, which calls for addition of another block to the “no parking” section of the street, may come up for discussion at the meeting. 3 -V NATIONAL UNITY ASKED BY ICKES (Continued from Page One) these areas normally got 95 per cent of their oil by tankers, where as there was no transportation shortage in the middle west, on the Gulf coast, in the Rocky Moun tain area, or in California because they did not rely upon tankers. If nation-wide rationing is order, ed to conserve rubber, the secre tary said that “it would have no relationship to petroleum supplies” U. S. STRATEGISTS LAND IN BRITAIN (Continued from Page One) the Army’s Ground Forces were among the officers with Gen. Ar nold. The very fact that the two rank ing air officers of the U. S. Army and Navy headed the mission led to surmises that the first blow at Germany would be by air — and soon. The Allies, it was pointed out, are getting “long” on airpower ^hBI&E WASHING MACHINES Limited Number and planes can be transported more rapidly across the Atlantic than to any other war theater. Both American and British mil itary experts have asserted that an invasion of the continent must be preceded by a terrific air ham mering. They envision more than 1,000 Allied bombers smashing at Reich industries every night and thousands of fighters sweeping the Nazis from the air in the west. Arnold, Towers and their staff wasted no time after landing. Ar nold’s first job was to learn from the American air generals already here how far the preliminary work was advanced. One of the problems facing Ar nold was to determine in the light of British experience the types of planes the U. S. Air Force should use over the German-overrun con tinent. While American Bombers are more than equal to the best types now used over Europe, United States fighters have been less successful. Evidence that interlocking gen eral American and British strategy for invasion of the continent was under discussin was seen in the A XlXVJJi-i presence of Eisenhwer and Clark, top ground officers. That naval plans are being coordinatel also was seen in the recent assignment of Admiral Harold R. Stark, for mer chief of naval operations, as commander of U. S. naval forces in European waters. ® Drastic Reductions • Exceptional Values DONT MISS THIS SAVING OPPORTUNITY 8-TUBE AUTO RADIO Regular 49.95 • Separate speaker ^ • Dojfc controls to match your car B B B B II • Monomatic tuning ^^d a TV A B A powerful 8-tube radio with Trimatic tone control. Now is the time to buy. 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