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BRAZIL REPORTS SUB’S SURRENDER Reports On Naval Activity Off Country Are Con fused, However p[0 pE JANIRO, May 27.-(&) 'Ltion for Brazil to en»aSe in ■ warfare upon Axis submar act's' 01,erating off the Brazilian 'nes a developed today as continu C°rawl somewhat confused reports iI'g r.boat activity reached the of L' capita m Fortaleza came an uncon . report that an Italian sub firn! Bad surrendered to author ®,ri at a northeastern Brazilian i!if5 T|,e craft was identified as *1" Pamplona, a name not listed l/naval directories. Usually reliable sources confirm iliat two Axis submarines have f attacked within the last nine '' vs ‘ ut'f the Brazilian coast. Whether either of these actually MS sunk lacked absolute confirma tion tonight. For a time today it was reported ti n e Axis submarines had been at tacked*. but this apparently was ti,e result of reports being received of two attacks on the same craft. F S. fliers reported attacking Pne' submarine not fa." from the Brazilian island of Fernando De Xoronha. and they said they were convinced they had sunk their target. Later it appeared this submarine was* the same which had torpedoed But failed to sink the Brazilian freighter Commandante Lyra May IS There previously had been a report from Recife that a U. S. warship had chased that submarine, and that she was believed to have been usnk. It appeared that the fliers did the sinking, despite the warship chase. Informants who stated definitely that there were two attacks on submarines declined to specify the locale of the second, also an attack By Bombers and reported to have been off Recife. Despite the confusion over what was happening off the Brazilian coast, neither U. S. nor Brazilian officials were willing to give a clear-cut statement. WATER PROJECT BOND VOTE SET (Continued from Page One) is supplying 60 per cent and the City of Wilmington 40 per cent. The estimated cost of the King’s Bluff project, including the intake above U. S. Lock and Dam Num ber One at King’s Bluff in Bladen county, 22 miles of pipeline and pipeline right-of-way to the city’s filter plant at Hilton, and the pumping system, is $1,550,000. Included in the $600,000 bond issue, according to the city at torney, is the city’s 40 per cent share of the cost of the construc tion of the King’s Bluff project plus approximately $25,000 to take care of any rise in the cost of materials or other contingencies. “Not one cent of the money will be spent at Toomer’s creek,” the mayor said. ihe Federal Works project turned down the King’s Bluff proj ect last December. After months of negotiations, it has been ap proved by the FWA and the funds allocated.” The city council believes the Kmg's Bluff is the most logical source of a water supply that will oe both free from salt and other contamination and at the same time adequate to the future de mands vf the city.” No estimate has yet been made on the amount of time that will oe necessary to complete the proj ect which involves laying 22 miles of concrete reinforced, steel cylin der. lock-jointed pipe. If the issue is approved by voters here, the bond issue will then have to be advertised fo rsale and auc tioned off by the Local Govern ment commission before the city’s share of the funds will be avail able. Reporting Of Suspicious Persons Asked By F.B.I. | “Let no one be so naive or trust ing as to think that nothing can happen to them or their commun ity in this time of war”, declared Edward Scheldt, Special Agent in charge for the FBI, in a talk to the Kiwarns club yesterday. Mr. Scheidt spoke on the FBI and espionage. He cited many in stances where a seemingly inno cent circumstance brought about the apprehension of dangerous en emy agents. “On the wall of the Tower of London, early in the present war appeared a small bulletin, advis ing the people that two Nazi spies ha' been executed that day.” The details behind this case are most interesting, he pointed out. A few days before the notice appeared, an Englishman appear cdat a “pub” and asked for a MADELINE WEBB IS HYSTERICAL e — Murder Defendant Passes Sharp Words, Tears As Her Defense Ends By AMY PORTER NEW YORK, May 27.— (JP) — Hysterics, sharp words and tears marked the closing today of the defense of Madeline Webb, Eli Shonbrun, her lover, and John Cul len on trial for their lives for the strangling of Mrs. Flora Susan Reich. Cullen, the almost forgotten de fendant, was the only one of the three who did not take the witness stand as the defense rested after Shonbrun’s mother and his brother had testified. Shonbrun himself was moved to tears as his mother, Mrs. Goldie Shonbrun, a matronly woman who glanced feelingly at her son from time to time, testified that she saw Eli frequently during the last year and gave him money “almost every time he came to see me.” His brother, Arthur, said he, too, help ed support Eli. Earlier, Miss Webb, attractive, dark-haired young woman from Stillwater, Okla., whose thwarted theatrical career ended in a drama tic murder trial, created an explo sive courtroom scene as she shout ed angrily at judge and prosecutor alike. “Listen, you,” she shouted at As sistant District Attorney Jacob Grumet, “you questioned me for a whole day,” as he pursued his cross-examination for the second day, s “I wouldn’t answer you,” she continued, her face contorted. “You told me you would give me the third degree.” “Control yourself,” admonished General Sessions Judge Jonah J. Goldstein. The former model turned tear fully to the judge and replied: "I’m not used to being pushed around like this and insulted.” Shonbrun and Cullen looked on impassively. Chief defense counsel Jacques Buitenkant made two suc cessive motion for a mistrial, both of which were denied. The court ordered a recess when Miss Webb, becoming hysterical, flung her glasses down on a ledge around the witness stand and stormed: “I have nothing to be afraid of. I won’t be quiet. I won’t stand for being pushed around and insulted.” Then she accused Grumet of “ruining my reputation’ before the trial started and declared that the prosecutor “tore my character and tore down everything I built up.” After the recess, Miss Webb re turned to the stand, composed and ready to answer questions. Before her hysterical outburst, Miss Webb in reply to questions by Grumet, said she had been con fined by illness to the Hotel Sutton the Sunday and Monday before the slaying of Mrs. Reich and insisted that she made no telephon calls which might have lured Mrs. Reich to the hotel to her death. ----- whiskey and soda, Scheidt said. “The bar-tender told the custo mer that no whiskey and soda was served at that hour of the day. The customer was satisfied and asked instead for milk. “The pub keeper at first did not see anything wrong in the man’s attitude”, Scheidt continued, “but after thinking it over, he decided that it was queer that a man who looked like an Englishmen, who dressed like an Englishman and who talked like one should not know that no where in England could he get a whisky and soda at that hour. “Deciding that such matters were best for the police to handle, the keeper called a detective. With in a few minutes the man was arrested and a confederate was also taken with him. Authorities found that the two were Nazi spies who had just landed in England that day.” Mr. Scheidt also told of the es pionage ring which was broken up by the FBI a few months ago. “I was in western North Caro lina, attending a meeting, when a man came to me with the ques tion, ‘You are not really looking for any spies up in this section are you? Isn’t your visit a sort of window-dressing idea?’ I couldn’t say anything then, but at that moment, there were two known Nazi agents within 50 miles of Asheville, and the FBI was closing in.” “These two were a part of the 33 spies who were convicted in New York a short time ago. An other of the ring was found in South Carolina, a few miles from the North Carolina line. Citing these instances in order to impress upon the Kiwanians the importance of watching for minor details which a spy sometimes re veals, Mr. Scheidt pointed out that the average citizen should not attempt to carry on an investiga tion, but should immediately con tact the proper authorities if any thing appears out of order. In practically every case of the apprehension of a spy, a citizen who found something out of order, was the cause of his arrest, Scheidt said. Pilot Is Killed In Plane Crash HEMPSTEAD, N. Y„ May 27.— (/P)—An Army pursuit plane crash ed into an open lot near Hofstra college today, killing the pilot, 2nd Lieut. Raymond V. Wetzel, 21, of Gilman, Wis. The plane caught fire after the crash. Army authorities said Wetzel had circled for a landing at a nearby field and then had suddenly pulled up to gain altitude. While he was swinging back toward the field, the plane apparently sideslipped, spec tators said. U. S. Extend Glider Pilot Training WASHINGTON, May 27.—UPt—An expansion of the glider pilot train ing program of the Army Air Forces, with large numbers of stu dents to be instructed at 27 schools beginning June 1 was announced today by the War Department. The number of students was not disclosed, but training in light mo tor driven planes will be given at 18 civil aeronautics schools located in the middle west, and elemen tary and advance training in glid ers at nine Army schools. 3 -V RAILROAD DOGS The Great Western railway of Wales has trained dogs on its pay roll. Main duty of the dogs is to keep sheep off the tracks and right-of-way. “Did you ask her to come and see you because you were scouting around for a victim?” asked Grumet. Miss Webb merely glared at the prosecutor as her lawyer unsuccess fully demanded a mistrial. When the Conestogas “carried the freight”,il kilims The most sought-after cargo was Pennsylvania Rye Whisky! And no wonder! The fame of this tangy, tasty whisky produced by the early Pennsylvania settlers soon spread throughout America. It is the same char acter of Pennsylvania rye that you enjoy today in Rittenhouse Square. Get a bottle... today! CONTINENTAL DISTILLING CORPORATION. Philadelphia, Prana. $|25 PINT *240 QUASI STRAIGHT RYE \ WHISKY h DUTCH SHIP SUNK IN' CARIBBEAN It Is Fourth Vessel Lost By Indies Fleet In Re cent Weeks WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dutch West Indies, May 27.— (IP) —The freighter EJora of the Royal Dutch Netherlands steamship company has been torpedoed in the Carib bean, the Netherlands News agency Aneta stated late today. The Flora is the fourth ship sunk in recent weeks out of this Dutch company’s Caribbean fleet. The Flora is a 1,417-ton freighter, built in 1921, engaged in trade be tween the West Indies and New York. Aneta pointed out that ship sink ings in the Caribbean have affect ed transportation of food to the Dutch West Indies, but described the situation as not dangerous. “Meatless days” have been intro duced as a result of sharp curtail ment of traffic with the Dominican Republic, whence Curacao normal ly obtains most of its meat. DEFENSE LABOR FROZEN BY U. S. (Continued from Page One) service offices before calling to the army individuals ‘‘skilled in critical war occupations.” There is now being drafted a list of occupations in critical plants, according to their urgency. The spokesman said the types of jobs to justify draft deferment might be broader than classes pre viously announced by the selective service system, and probably would include essential farm work ers. The action on "piracy” followed a statement by Paul V. McNutt manpower chief, that this practice destroyed “the rivets of the pro duction lipe at one point, creates unnecessary migration, and gives rise to housing shortages at the point of employment.” Government s o u r c es recalled that president Wilson in 1918 urged all employers engaged in wa r work to refrain from recruiting unskilled labor in any manner ex cept through the U. S. employment service. The freeze was expected to af fect many hundreds of thousands, if not millions of persons. There was talk in some government cir cles of some sort of arrangement to equalize pay, so that a worker might be recompensed for his in ability to move from what is now a relatively low-paid job, to a high er one. At a hearing before the war la bor board in a wage dispute case today, Wayne Morse, public mem ber of the board, brought up this possibility. He said that if government agen. cies take the position that men should not move from a low-paid job to a high-paid post, “then we ought to see to it that the pay is somewhat equalized.” “It is not fair,” he said, “for the government to say to a private citizen, ‘we don’t think you ought to be allowed to move into another higher-paying job because we need you in the job you are now in,’ unless the government is willing to stabilize wages so that he is not going to suffer financially because Df that policy of the government.” INCENTIVE BONUS PUN SUPPORTED (Continued from Pare One) troduced photostatic copies of checks showing bonus payments, running from $3,000 to $5,000 for $30 and $45 a week employes and from $10,000 to $50,000 for officials and higher salaried executives. Lincoln, head of the company and president of the Cleveland Cham ber of Commerce, said that he had started the bonus system in 1934 with “my tongue in my cheek," but discovered it worked so well in sparking the “ genius” of his employes and cutting costs that the company was able to outsell its competitors. He reported that the wages of his employes were kept low pur posefully so that the company could “skate through a tough period with out going broke,” but said the extra compensation through bon uses made his employes better paid than those of other companies doing similar work. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) com mended Lincoln for cutiing costs and increasing efficiency through the bonus system, but expressed belief that some of the payments were “out of line” and that a “ceil ing” should be raised over bon uses “because they have the ef fect of evading the corporate tax es.” o SAILOR RIDES GUN DOWN WITH SHIP (Continued from Page One) said four other members of the crew spoke English. They put the men aboard the life raft, gave them German cig arettes named "Golden Ring,” and departed. Young Harrison disregarded or ders from the gun crew command er to abandon ship, paying “I’m going to get a shot at that sub if I have to go down with the ship.” He was last seen in the gun point er’ position, and just before the ship sandk his gun spoke, but it was not known if he had a target since the submarine was not sight ed by the others until the ship went down. -V Mexicans Girding For War On Axis MEXICO CITY, May 27.—— The solidarity of Mexico behind the war policies of President Man uel Avila Camacho grew steadily today while the government rush ed defense preparations and dep uties and senators met to elect of ficers and committees for tomor row’s joint session of Congress, which Avila Camacho has convoked for a declaration of war against the Axis. Former presidents Abelardo Rodriguez and Plutarco Elias Cal les, still powerful figures in Mexi co, publicly pledged their support and in messages to the President placed themselves under his or ders. Navy minister General Heriberto Jara said the government was speeding construction of 25 torpe do patrol boats not only to defend the coast but to give convoy pro tection to Mexican and Allied ships in the Gulf of Mexico. 3 -V “AIR” TAX England, at one time, indirectly taxed the air and sunlight enter ing the houses of its people. The tax was levied on windows, and many persons bricked them up to avoid paying. Local Man Decorated For Part In Ship Sinking - 1 Henry Gore of Wilmington, who recently survived the tor pedoing of a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico and is now recuper ating in Port Arthur, Texas, was among the survivors of Axis-destroyed merchant ves sels awarded an emblem by the National Maritime union at National Maritime day cere monies in Port Arthur last Friday. Gore is still suffering from the injuries he received in the torpedo attack but declares that he wants to ship out again as soon as possible. “Owing to the fact that my ship went down so suddenly, it was impossible to get to a life boat,’’ Gore said in relating ms experience to a large crowd assembled at Lion’s park for the Maritime day ex ercises. “The only way to get away from the ship was to get a liferaft over the side. “When I -came on deck (it was pitch dark and I could not see anyone) I recognized the voice of one of my shipmates and hollered: “ 'Hey Gordon, let’s maki. the raft. There’s no chance of a life boat.’ “It was very difficult to stand on deck on account of so much oil and on account of the ship rolling and sinking at the same time but I man aged to hold on and get to the trip lever under the raft. I knocked the lever out and drop ped the raft over the side. v “My shipmate, Gordon, cut the line from the raft to the ship as the ship went under. “We picked up eight men be sides ourselves and we were in the1 water approximately 34 hours'on this raft before we sighted a ship. They picked us up and took us' to Galveston, Tpv»s, where I was admitted to the V. S. Marine hospital. I “I highly praise the master and all officers on the ship for their cooperation and the nnity of the crew and hope to be shipmates with them again.” In commenting on Gore’s experience, Perry Lowe, Port Arthur agent for the National Maritime union, declared: “I would like to point out that like the rest of America’s seamen, Henry Gore modestly takes his perilous experience in his stride and has pledged to ‘Keep ’Em Sailing’ in order to supply our armed forces and Allies with oil.” New under-arm Cream Deodorant safely Stops Perspiration ARJjfo X. Does not tot dresses or men’s shirts. Does not irritate skin. 2. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. 2. Instantly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days. Removes odor from perspiration. ' 4k A pure, white, greaseless, stainless vanishing cream. 8. Arrid bas been awarded the Approval Seal ofthe American Institute of Laundering for being harmless to fabrics. Arrid in the LARGEST SELLING DEODORANT. Try a jar todayl ARRID •a, . . At all stores selling toilet gen* ™ I** (also in 1<M and S9ljsrs) - Dr. Keever Thanked For Offer To Bury Body Of Britisher Louis T. Moore, acting secretary of the Greater Wilmington Cham ber of Commerce, announced yes terday that he had received a let ter from Rear Admiral H. Pott, naval attache at the British Em bassy in Washington, in which thanks are expressed to Mr. Ed win Keever for his offer of inter ment for the body of the British sailor found on Topsail beach a short time ago. The letter follows: Dear Sir:" Lord Halifax has asked me to answer and to thank you for your letter of May 23, 1942.. “It is very good of you to have brought to our notice the extreme ly kind action taken by the Rev. Dr. E. F. Keever in arranging for the proper interment of the body of the young British sailor at Oakdale cemetery and offering to provide the burial site. ‘I would be most grateful if you could convey the ambassador’s thanks to Dr. Keever, and also to the authorities at Burgaw for this deed, which would bring great comfort and happiness to the re lations of the lad in England, could they be made aware of it. “The ambassador is also most appreciative of the fact that floral tributes were placed on the grave by the American Legion Auxiliary. “It is most interesting to read of Dr. Keever’s splendid self - de nying Christian service during his life and I should like to be per mitted to join the ambassador in thanking him for his great kind ness to a brother sailor. “Thanking you again most sin cerely for your letter which is deeply appreciated, I am yours very truly.” The body of the British sailor was found a few weeks ago on the beach near Topsail. It showed Kill the Itch (Scabies) With Siticide This liquid preparation kills in 30 minutes those itch mites with which it comes in contact. Buy SITICIDE from your druggist, or send 60c to Siticide Co., Commerce, Qa. (Adv.) signs of being badly burned and at the time of its discovery, no identifying marks were found. The body was buried on the beach but later, Dr. Keever of fered to disinter the body and bury it on his lot in Oakdale cemetery. The people of Pender county, in Burgaw, not to be outdone by Dr. Keever’s generosity, removed the body from the beach and gave it a Christian burial in Burgaw last week. -V Game Of Badminton Takes Camp Davis Personnel By Storm Badminton, originated by British army officers in India 98 years ago, has taken Camp Davis by storm. Scores of soldiers are play ing the game every night in the week, making use of the courts at Farnsworth Hall. The craze has gained such im petus that it has been necessary to move the bleachers in the sports arena to make room for additional courts. The athletic office loans out rackets and sells the birds, or shut, tlecocks at cost to the players. Similar to tennis, badminton is played with lighter rackets and in stead of a ball the shuttlecock is used. The shuttlecock is made of feath ers inserted and cemented in a half sphere of cork. Object of the game is to keep the “bird” in the air. Nets, higher than those used in tennis, are strung across the badminton courts. Among the officers of Camp Da vis who can be classed (more or less) as experts at badminton are Major J. B. Yost; Lieut. R. F. Bailey, and Lieut H. A. Johnson. -V The U. S. flag was first hoisted over Wake Island July 4, 1898, by Gen. F. V. Greene. (T«iMOROUNE?.V,SIOO THIS COUPON and 10c Presented at Office of THE STAR-NEWS Entitles You To One COOKBOOKLET 1 Name ...... Address .. 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