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CHINESE CHECK JAPANESE PUSH Thousands Of Invader’s Forces Slain In Fighting Before Kinhwa CHUNGKING, May 28.— (fi>) —A great battle is raging for the Che king provincial capital of Kinhwa, but the Japanese invaders, although reinforced and attacking repeated ly, have been repulsed with thou sands killed, the Chinese high com mand announced tonight. The Chinese acknowledged that their own losses were heavy and reported local Japanese gains to ward Kinhwa, prime objective of the Japanese army’s big drive through the coastal province which might serve as a jumping off place for attacks against Japan, but they stated flatly that the city still was in Chinese hands tonight. This contradicted a Japanese claim that it had fallen this morning. The high command specifically listed 3,200 Japanese killed in four engagements in the vicinity of Kinhwa, and in addition told of many other battles in which the invaders’ losses were listed simply as “heavy” or “considerable.” The main Japanese attempt on Kinhwa apparently was made from the east. After failing Tuesday, the Japanese brought up 10,000 re inforcements for a second attack which lasted all day yesterday, end ing in a Japanese repulse. The Chinese charged that the Japanese used poison gas in the Chekiang drive, but said it had had only small effect because the Chi nese had been prepared. realtYback RENT CONTROL (Continued from Page One) because of improvements in the property must first be approved by the local rent area director. “At the very beginning I want«to admit that this law is unfair in some instances. It cannot operate without causing hardship for some,” said Jeffrey. Jeffrey explained that the intent of the law was to roll rents here back to those prevailing on April 1, 1941, and any upward revisions from those rents would have to be on an individual basis and would have to be justified by capital im provements on the dwelling or in creased services rendered to the tenants. "In addition to that, the main tenance and services now rendered the tenants must not be reduced without a reduction in the legal rent,” he said. In the case of dwellings built since April 1, 1941, a legal rent rate will be established by the rent area director, Jeffrey said. This will be based on the legal rent of similar dwellings, with some adjustment upward allowed if the cost of construction of the new unit is larger than cost of building the comparable dwellings. 1 Prevent Evictions The regulations also prevent the 1 eviction of tenants except for non payment of rent, the official point ed out. It is also illegal for a 1 landlord to accept more rent, even should his tenant offer it to him. 1 Adjustments will be made in the 1 case of beach or other seasonal 1 dwellings, the realtors were told, i In case a landlord refuses to 1 lower his rent to the legal fair : rent set for the property, the tenant may recover three times 1 the amount of overcharge or $50, i whichever figure is the h i g h e r. 1 Other penalties are provided for non-compliance. ^Registration of landlords will be- : gin as soon as forms arrive, said Jeffrey. Meantime, the real estate ' men decided to stamp rent re- i ceipts with a statement sett ing forth that the amount of rent is being accepted subject to revision in case any adjustments are or- 1 dered by the area rent director, i Jeffrey asked tenants to nuke ' thorough inquiry before filling pro tests with his office, since hear ings will not be held until regis tration is completed. At the conclusion of the meet ing, the board adopted the fol- 1 lowing resolutions: “Be It Resolved, that the Wil mington Real Estate Board heart ily endorse the appointment of Mr. George W. Jeffrey as Director of the local O.P.A. office in charge of rents for the following reasons: 1. “We feel that Mr. Jeffrey is the most suitable person for this high office, due to the fact that since the National Emergency, he has been closely connected in the matter of rentals and the rental situation in general as it appears between landlord and tenant, hav ing been chairman of the Pair Rents Committee during its most critical stages, and further that he appreciates entirely the views and B T B STRAIN FREQUENTLY •(feels one’s general health. An Cm sun el year eyes — Come for a careful examination. SEE US TO BBB BETTER Byes Examined, Glasses Fitted DR. W. A. KAMER Bulluck Building FOB CORRECT TIME mu 3 5 7 5 —Courtesy— Recreational Equipment For Soldiers Is Bought The Camp and Hospital Service council of Camp Davis and New River met this week and authoriz ed purchase of recreational equip ment for soldiers and marines. The meeting was held in the Red Cross administration building at Camp Davis. It was reported that two com bination radio - phonographs had been bought by the council, one to be installed in the station hospi tal at Davis and the other in the filed hospital at New River. Pur chases totaling several hundred dol lars have been authorized by the unit since its inception a few weeks ago. National headquarters of the Red Cross started the ball rolling by contributing $250 to the council’s fund, and this and other money obtained by the council is being used to furnish recreational facili ties in service hospitals and for general camp use. Hiram W. Person, field director of the Red Cross at Camp Davis, told representatives at the meet ing this week that the Red Cross workshop is in a position to manu facture certain items of equipment that the council might seem desi rable, thus saving money. Fourteen Red Cross chapters in BRAZILIAN BOMBER SINKS SUBMARINE (Contlnned from Pace One) but is repelling aggression, this source said, and thus is not com mitting an act of war. Her desire to take an active hand was spurred, it was said, by nightly tirades broadcast against Brazil by the Axis radio in an ef fort to stir discord among the La tin American nations. The first official statement that Brazilian planes had entered the submarine warfare came today from the Brazilian ambassador to Uruguay, Joao Baptista Lusardo, as he stopped in Porto Alegre on the way to his post from Rio de Janeiro. “I think,” he said, “that Brazil really has been at war since we broke relations with the Axis Jan. 28. “The nation s armed forces are proudly responding, blow for blow, against totalitarian aggression. In North Brazil planes sank an Axis submarine. (This was understood to have been Saturday.) Near Fer nando de Noronha (Brazilian is land off the northeast coast) last Sunday our planes fought a violent combat with enemy submersibles, which were put to flight.” This was the first time that an American nation not at war with the Axis had participated in the fighting. 3 -V position of both parties. “The Real Estate Board extends to Mr. Jeffrey its hearty coopera tion in all matters to the end that the law may be administered to the letter. “Be It Further Resolved, that the services of this Board be at the disposal of Mr. Jeffrey and lis office to the end that Wil mington may be outstanding in its :ooperation towards the O. P. A. md the Federal Government.” “Be it resolved, that the Wil mington Real Estate Board heart ily endorse the appointment of Mr. George Rountree, Jr. as rent at torney for the Wilmington Defense Rental Area for the following rea sons: “We feel that Mr. Rountree’s work as an attorney and as chair man of the Fair Rent Committee has shown his impartiality and his ability and that in the position of Rent Attorney he will be most helpful in handling the manifold problems which will confront land lords and tenants alike. “The Real Estate Board extends to Mr. Rountree its hearty coop eration in all matters pertaining to the compliance with the law.” “Be It Resolved, that each in dividual member of the Wilming ton Real Estate Board offer the services of its good offices for the purpose of registering tenants and landlords in accordance with the law. “Be It Further Resolved, that the members of the Wilmington Real Estate Board request and urge the cooperation of both land lord and tenant to the end that as little confusion as possible be created. “Be It Further Resolved, that a general sense of harmony and co operation be displayed in all mat ters pertaining to the Rent Con trol Laws.” this area have representatives on the service council. Field Director Person said the organization’s pro gram was progressing rapidly and remarked that Camp Davis and New River were already profiting noticeably by the council’s activi ties. City Briefs COURT POSTPONED Because many Wilmington Boy Scouts will be engaged in defense work next Monday night, the regular Court of Honor scheduled for that time has been postponed to Monday, June 8, Scout Executive David Liles an nounced today. All applications for advancement must be filed at the Scout office by 5 p. m. on June 5. LIBRARY CLOSES The Wilmingto public library will be closed Saturday in ob servance of Memorial day, it was announced yesterday. ATTENDS FUNERAL E. F. Bryant and family left last night by automobile for Pulaski, Tenn., to attend the funeral of his father, John Bryant. Mr. Bryant was mak ing his home with his daugh ter, Mrs. Erskin Sharp, of Pu laski. HURRY-UP CLASS Additional students are want ed for a “hurry-up class” In Red Class first aid which con templates completing the stand ard 20-hour Red Cross course in two weeks. The class will meet in the afternoons at some central location. Interested persons should contact either Miss Patricia Willcox at 22513 or Mrs. Emsey Laney at Red Cross headquarters. TIRE STOLEN D. B. Wainwright of Lake Village reported to police yesterday that a new tire had been stolen from the rear com partment of his automobile Wednesday night. NEW AWNINGS Belk-Williams has been awarded a $895 contract to fur nish 85 awnings and frames for the U. S. customhouse here, Assistant Custodian Charles Walker said yesterday. HIT BT AUTOMOBILE While walking along Front street Wednesday, Rodney Mintz, of Summer Hill, sustain ed a fracture of the left leg and a possible fracture of the pel vis when struck by an auto mobile. Police said the car was driven by Miss Katherine Orrell who took Mintz to the James Walker Memorial hos pital. MISSING POCKETBOOK Mrs. S. D. Bordeaux, of 233 Brookwood, reported to police early Thursday night that she had lost her pocketbook, con taining $200 and other val uables, in a theater between 5 and 6 o’clock that evening. \LLJuLhlMIUtld£dLlM JOHNNIE M’COY HELD IN DEATH Negro Blamed For Fatal Shooting Of Young Ne gress Here Wednesday Coroner’s jury held Thursday that Eliza Corbett, young negress, who died almost instantly of a pistol wound in the left chest Wed nesday night at the Blue Moon Inn, came to her death from a gunshot wound at the hands of Johnnie McCoy, proprietor of the establishment. McCoy, who left the cafe and beer parlor immediately after the shooting at 10 o’clock, was ar rested at 1:30 Thursday morning. McKoy did not nedy shooting the woman, who was discovered near death on the sidewalk near the inn, at 520 Swann St., and told the arresting officers that she had cursed him. Members of the coroner’s jury hearing the case were F. D. Weaver, E. S. Capps, S. F. Garrison, W. C. Manson, W. A. Davis and R. A. Willis. Witnesses of the slaying told in vestigating officers that the Cor bett woman was shot by McKoy following a brief argument. One of McKoy’s employees said there was some disorder in the booth in which the Corbett woman was sitting with a man and when McKoy asked the woman to leave the building she began cursing him. The employe said McKoy was standing in the door of the cafe when the shooting occurred and that Eliza Corbett was a few steps from the door, where she fell when shot. -V U. S. WILL FORCE PAYMENT OF TAXES (Continued from Page One) taxes which would pay for arming and equipping our Army and Navy when we stood in imminent danger of attack,” his statement said. In one case, he said, the owner of a company making an airplane part hired himself as the com pany’s sales representative and paid himself $1,656,000 in salary and commissions. The treasury has revised this company’s tax as sessment and is asking for an ad ditional $1,117,000 in income taxes. In another case, he continued, a corporation asked for a tax de duction because of $1,900 paid for football tickets, $14,000 for ban quets and $4,000 for photographs of social functions. In another instance the two own ers of a firm making aviation de vices were said to have increased the royalty they charged their own company for the use of patents from $87,000 in 1939 to $1,179,000 in 1941. Morgenthau described other cases as follows: A manufacturer of forgings in creased the salaries of a group of employes who were stockholders or relatives of stockholders by 523 per cent. For the year 1941 alone, the treasury disallowed $568,000 of salaries to this group. The head of another company, making tools and dies, last year paid himself, his wife and h i s brother $128,000 in salaries, while dividends of the firm amounted to only to $100,000. W. L. FARMER FOR RECORDER \ New Hanover County CAPABLE - EXPERIENCED - MATURED MAY I SPEAK TO YOP 5 MINUTES TONIGHT 10:25 W. M. F. D. N. C. POSTMASTERS OPEN CONVENTION (Continued from Pare One) not asking for deferment of any postal employe, and many of the young men have been called to active service for that reason. Plans will be worked, he said, out to alleviate the situation as soon as possible. Mr. O’Connell explained that the department is allowed to work all regular employes overtime to take care of the situation. They may be worked overtime at the regular rate of pay or compensated by having time off at the discretion of the postmaster. Edward Scheidt, agent in charge of Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, Charlotte, explained to the Do as many kennel own ers do—add Creolin to the dog’s bath to remove odors, repel fleas, and tc help prevent infection. Also for cleaning kennels Ask your druggist for Creolin—reliable for more than 50 years. Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, New Jersey. postmasters how they could be helpful not only by bringing infor mation to the FBI but by subduing unfounded rumors which are more harmful than actual sabotage sometimes. Among the prominent speakers . ..mi.. to be heard this morning will be Mrs. Amelia Copenhaver, Bristol, Tenn., president of the Tennessee chapter of the National Associa tion of Postmasters, and member of the National Legislative com mittee; J. W. Johnson, Washing mimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiim ton, superintendent of Tv 7'"' sion Railway Mail sem7 Div> George W. 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