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SINCLAIR ASKS SECOND PRIMARY Solicitor’s Petition Is Fil ed With State Board Of Elections David Sinclair, incumbent, who received the second highest number of votes cast for the office of so licitor of the Eighth judicial district, in the primary held Saturday, May 30, has petitioned the state board of elections to call and hold a second primary to determine the outcome. Clifton L. Moore, of Burgaw, was high in a three-man contest. Mr. Sinclair’s petition has already been gcknowledged by the secretary of the board of elections. BRITAIN PLANS MASS BOMBING ATTACKS (Continued from Page One) that number of craft are available. He said: Not The Peak "A thousand planes nightly is not the ultimate peak. There is no reason why another thousand should not attack a second target in Germany at the same time, or follow the first thousand onto the same t a r g et. A total of 30, 000 planes a month bombing Ger many is not a fantastic figure.” Some of the airmen returning from the latest attack reported that the Nazi defenses this time were better than on the previous night or at Cologne. On each of ..hose mass raids, according to the commentator, the defenses were “saturated”, with the “German anti-aircraft guns and searchlights unable to concentrate effectively on the vast number of attacking „ricraft.” Similarly the fire services and air raid precautions workers were "overwhelmed” by the torrents of incendiary bombs which lit the way for the heavy bombers. The RAF spokesman said he doubted that casualties in the Ruhr area had reached five figures, since the Germans are believed long since to have evacuated non essential persons from that sector and to have built extensive under ground shelters for the others. Powerful Offensive To illustrate the power of the British offensive, these f i g ures were given out in resume: 1,130 planes over Cologne on Saturday night, 1,036 over the Es sen vicinity on Monday n ight; more than 1,000 over France and the channel area during Monday in the intermission between the Cologne and Essen visitations; more than 200 Spitfires, some es corting Hurricane bombers, in sweeps over occupied France this afternoon. The Germans for their part were active overnight over southeast England. But it was stated here that they operated only in small numbers setting off minor f i r es and causing some casualties and damage. Berlin broadcasts said the old cathedral city of Canterbury again was the main Nazi target, that 10,000 incendiaries, aside from heavy explosive bombs were drop ped there. It was claimed that during Tuesday 20 British planes were shot down by Nazi defenders and that ovpr Tuesday night 14 British bombers were destroyed. “Considerable damage by fire” in western Germany was acknowl edged by the German high com mand. As the day brought from Mos cow evidence that the Russian peo ple, no less than the British pub lic, are profoundly proud of the success of the British offensive, the RAF commentator noted that American deliveries to Britain had declined recently because planes were being held in th U n i t d States to accommodate “the large number of trained pilots” becom ing available there. He added that Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the U. S. Army Air Force, and his staff have been reviewing “the original promises of aircraft delivery made before the Unted States entered the war”, and that “it will work out well in the long run, for the American Army Air Force will be in action with us, wing to wing, before long” -V Camp Davis Chaplain Promoted To Captain Chaplain Alex von Schlichten, camp chaplain at Camp Davis, has been promoted to the rank of Cap tain from first lieutenant, it was announced at the camp. The only other chaplain with this rank now at Camp Davis is Chap lain Wallace I. Wolverton of the Antiaircraft Artillery School. Chaplain von Schlichten has Been at Camp Davis since No vember,. 1941. He reported from three years’ service with the First Division of the Regular Army. He has been camp chaplain since early this year. Negro Mistakes Fire Alarm Station Here For Taxi Call Box James Edward Maultsby, negro shipyard •mploye, thought the little metal box on the telephone pole was for the calling of taxicabs. But he may have to think up a better story before time for recorder’s court thia morning. It was a fire alarm. Instead of a cab. big fire trucks rolled up to the corner of fifth and Nixon streets late last night. “Where’s the fire?” shouted Assistant Fire Chief Jack Grimsley. “Ah haven’t seen no fah,” declared Mautlsby. The negro after admitting he had pulled the alarm thinking it a taxi call station, was arrested by Police Officers H. B. Hewett and J. H. Carter. Only a resident of Wilming ton for the past several weeks, Maultsby pointed out: “We don’t have fah alawm boxes in Maxton.” -V- s JAP CRUISERS SINK 7 ALLIED VESSELS IN BAY OF BENGAL (Contihued from Page One> Caribbean area. All 83 crewmen and eight passengers of the two ships escaped death. Thirty-three survivors landed at Eastern ports from the third tor pedoed ship, a medium-sized Brit ish merchantman, sunk several hundred miles east of Bermuda. Concerning the Bay of Bengal battle, Captain Eklund said six Allied nations cargo ships were cornered by the cruisers and the entire group was shelled to the bottom in 40 minutes. A nearby Norwegian ship also was sunk. The cruisers fired between 4 0 and 50 shells at the American freighter, Eklund said, but scored only 15 or 18 hits. He added that “shrapnel was falling like a hail storm.” Four of the merchantmen were armed and three of them fired their deck guns at the enemy war ships. but scored no hits, the skip per related. The attack was car ried on at close range. About 350 survivors reached the beach, among them approximately 50 seriously wounded, and after a day and a half there they were paddled several miles up a river by natives to a point from which they were taken by bus to a hos pital’ at Cattuck. The report on the new ship con struction was made before the Du luth, Minn., Chamber of Commerce by Rear Admiral Howard L. Vick ery, vice chairman of the Mari time commission, who predicted that the 1942-43 goal of 23,000.000 deadweight tons of merchant ships might be bettered by 5,000,000 tons “if everything clicks and we get the steel.” City Briefs COORDINATOR Franklin \V. Bell, former to bacco company representative in Turkey, has been appointed executive officer of the Citi zens’ Defense Corps of New Hanover county. RECRUITING TOUR Two men from the naval re cruiting office here will leave today on a three day trip in connection with the mass en listment program which will be conducted here Sunday. STILLS DESTROYED Five illicit whiskey stills were destroyed by the A T. U. agents in this area during the last month. The stills had a total capacity of 900 gallons. RESIGNS Miss Elizabeth Morris, trea surer of the County Agent’s office here, has resigned, it was announced yesterday. Miss Lena Briggs was named to succeed here. COMMISSIONED Robert James White was among seven who completed the Engineer Office Candidate course at Fort Belvoir, Va„ and immediately received his commission as a second lieu tenant. LEE TO SPEAK Rev. W. M. Lee, pastor-evan gelist of Augusta, Ga., who has been speaking on the book of Revelation each night this week will speak tonight at 8:15 at the gospel tent -at 1014 south Fourth Street on the subject, “The Fall of Babylon, the Bind ing of Satan, and the Millen nial reign of durst.” SEEKS JESSIE W. COATES County Draft Board No, 2 is making an effort to learn the whereabouts of Jessie Wallie Coates, 37-year-old white man, who is registered with that board. Anybody knowing Coates’ present resi dence is requested to call the draft board. FIRST AID COURSE A 10-hour standard Red Cross First Aid class for air raid wardens will begin Mon day night at 7:30 o’clock at the Church of the Covenant. Mrs. Walter Sprunt will he the instructor. RABIES CLINICS John Codington, rabies In spector, will hold the following clinics for dog vaccinations Fri day, June 5; 9 a. m. to 12 noon 19th hnd Ann streets, and ! to 5 p. m.. Eighth and Ann streets. NOTHING RECEIVED ON SECOND ATTACK AT DUTCH HARBOR (Continued from Pate One) apparently part ot their face-sav ing process. But whether it was merely a nuisance raid or the start of an offensive designed to knock out the north Pacific bases from which American planes may strike at the Japanese mainland could not be determined from officials here pending the release of further in formation. Not A Surprise At Seattle, Rear Admiral C. S. Freeman, commander of the 13th Naval district, said: “This attack was not a surprise and the station was prepared to meet it. Further reports may be expected from the Navy depart ment when further news as to the extent and severity of the attack is received.” A communique issued here, based on reports received up to 4:00 p. m. Eastern War Time, said only: "Information has been received that Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was attacked by 4 Japanese bombers and 15 fighters at approximately 6:00 a. m. local time (12 noon EWT) The attack lasted approximately 15 minutes.” Presumably bombs were dropped but against what specific objec tives and with what results were not stated. Nor was there any in formation here on whether defind ing forces destroyed any of the enemy planes. The fact that 15 fighter planes participated in the raid strongly indicated, in the opinion of Navel experts, that a Japanese carrier was used in the operation, al though the bombers, if they were of large size, might have come from enemy land bases. In Bombing Range Dutch Harbor, on Unalaska is land, one of the Aleutian chain, is within easy bombing distance of long-range planes operating from Japan’s Kurile islands. The east ern tip of the l,00Q-mile Aleutian chain extends within 750 miles of the Kuriles. Since the mid-1930's those enemy islands have been closed to outsiders but it is con sidered certain that the Japs have established plane and naval facil ities there. The nature of America's own in stallations at Dutch Harbor like wise is little known, work there in recent months having been car ried out under considerable secrecy. Last December Delegate Dimond of Alaska said that an air and submarine base were being con structed at Dutch Harbor. Unalaska and other Alaskan is lands, if taken by the Japanese as the result of an all-out offensive against them, might serve as bases from which to conduct operations against the American mainland. However, the first reaction of au thorities here to today’s attack was that, if it was more than a nuisance raid, it was probably, in terms of grand strategy. The Japanese are still smarting under the Army bomber raid on Tokyo and other Japanese indus trial centers several weeks ago. American bases in Alaska might furnish springboards for further air attacks on Japan. Strategists emphasized that dis tances from Dutch Harbor to other strategic centers are important. The base is 2,500 miles from Yoko hama. It is but 1,700 miles from Pudget Sound and 2,000 miles from San Francisco. The aerial attack on Dutch Har bor was the first on American soil since the Philippines fell. But at tacks even on the United States mainland have been predicted by high officials here. Only last week Secretary of War Stimson declared that attacks on the West Coast were apparently inevitable because the Japanese may be expected to try to save face lost in the Tokyo raid. While the enemy may have con sidered the Dutch Harbor attack in the nature of a reprisal it obvi ously did not come fully within the category Stimson defined. Dutch Harbor is not even con sidered the most important base in Alaska, Kodiak, about 600 miles away on the Alaskan mainland, outranking it in that respect. As described by the Navy it is on the west side of Iliuliuk bay, the en trance to the deep water harbor between Spithead and Rocky Point. As of 1938 the U. S. Coast Guard publication, The Pilot, listed facili ties there as including fuel oil storage of 40,000 barrels and diesel oil storage of 7,500 barrels, both maintained by the Alaska Commer cial company. Naval officials said that the Navy department started “real de velopment” of the Dutch Harbor naval station in the fall of 1940. Various military installations have been effected and barracks and other necessary buildings for personnel have been built. A Navy radio station also is located there. -V Tires And Gasoline Shortage Apparently Meant Nothing To Him Despite the rubber and gasoline shortage, James Stokes, of 19F New Brooklyn Homes, led State Highway Patrolman W. B. Riddick on a seven and a half mile chase Wednesday evening on the Caro lina Beach road. The case began at the Sunset Park school and ended little more than seven miles down the road at 6:45 o’clock with Stokes being arrested on a charge of .reckless operation of an automobile and his bond set at $250. Patrolman Riddick said he clock ed Stokes driving at 60 miles an hour in a “35 mile zone” and at 70 miles an hour on the highway. He said the chase occurred during heavy traffic on the road from the shipyard and that Stokes drove bn the left side of the highway at times. i AUXILIARY COAST GUARD IS READY (Continued from Page One) members of the Cape Fear divi sion present for the meting. “Our Commander - in - Chief is wholeheartedly behind it.” Members of the auxiliary, whose duties thus far have been confined to rescue work, were promised ac tion of another sort in the near future by Lieut.-Commander C. A. Anderson of Norfolk, Coast Guard officer in charge ow organization of the flotillas. ' Lieut.-Commander S. B. Haskell, commanding officer of the Fort Caswell Naval section base, prais ed the members of the division, composed of the Wilmington and Wrightsville flotillas, and declared: “I know that when we have oc casion to call upon you, you’ll be there and ready for service.” A spaghetti supper was served to members of the auxiliary and their guests. “I want to take this opportunity to tell you that the City of Wil mington recognizes that we’ve got a war to win.”* Mayor Hargrove Bellamy declared when called up to speak. “We are ready to cooperate and ask that at any time the City of Wilmington can be of service that you call on us.” Guests recognized at the meet ing included: Captain Ryan, Lieut. - Comman der Anderson, Lieut. Marian Amos Lieut. R. W. Thresher, captain of the port here, Lieut, (.j. g.) Harold Hallett, Lieut, (j. g.) Bunn S. Frink of the captain of the port’s office here., and Ensign P. R. Hayman, all of the Coast Guard. Lieut. - Commander Haskell, Lieut. McPherson, Lieut, (j. g.) R. J. Comisky, Lieut, (j. g.) Peter Brown Ruffin, Naval Intelligence officer here, and Ensign D. W. Warren, Jr., all of the Navy. Colonel D. M. Allison, command ing officer of the 52nd Fighter group ,and Capt. G. W. West, both of the Wilmington Air base. Commander Henry Sheller of the Georgetown, S. C. flotilla, Coast Guard auxiliary. 3 --V Obituaries J. ELLIS cox WHITEVILLE. June 3.—Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o’clock for J. Ellis Cox, 69, resi dent of the Sharon community, near Tabor City in this county, who died in the Williams clinic hospital there yesterday. Rev. J. T. Williams, pastor of the deceas ed. was in charge of the service and burial followed in the Cox cemetery near the home. Surviving are the widow, one son, J. Grady Cox: three daught ers, Mrs. N. H. Cox, Mrs. A. D. Cox. and Mrs. Worth Hardee all of Tabor City route one. and one brother, Bennie F. Cox, of the same vicinity. ELLA JANE HUGGINS Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Jane Huggins, 68, who died at 6 o’clock Wednesday night at her Halls Township home after a long illness, will be held at 4 o’clock EWT Thursday at the Piney Grove Baptist church. Rev. E. A. Walker will offici ate, assisted by Rev. S. Lewis Morgan. Mrs. Huggins is survived by her husband, W. Henry Huggins: and one sister, Mrs. Junious Lewis. RICHARD WOOTEN SIDBURY Riahard Wooten Sidbury, 78, year-old retired merchant, died at his home at 610 South Sixteenth street at 3 a. m. Tuesday after a long illness. He is survived by -his widow, Mrs. Callie Sidbury; three daugh ters, Mrs. R. M. Grisson, Mrs. J. D. Horne and Mrs. A. B. Russ, all ot Wilmington; four sons, Jesse Sidbury of Philadelphia, Pa., Jack Sidbury of New York City, Clifton Sidbury of Jacksonville, Fla., and Roy Sidbury of Waterbury, Conn.; by a brother, V. Sidbury of Wil mington; and ; sister, Mrs. Mary Williams, also of Wilmington and 15 grand and one great grand child. He was a member of Fourth Street Advent church. Funeral services were condudt ed yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Yopp Funeral Home with the Rev. J. O. Walton officiating. Burial was in the family ceme tery near Edgecomb, N. C. Pallbearers were, active, Ver man Andrews, Donald Hicks, R. Clifton Russ, L. A. Hewlett, F. W. Copeland and Robert Grissom, honorary, A. L. King, Guy King, A A. Hobbs, Henry Williams, Dr. Robert Fales, Albert Fales, D. A Meir and Willie Thorps. ISRAEL MILLER Israel Miller, '!)-year-old Wil mington merchant, died at 1 o’clock yesterday morning at James Walker Memorial hospital following a week’s illness. Funeral services were con ducted yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Yopp’s funeral home. Mr Miller, who has resided here for the past 35 years, was a mem ber of the B’Nai Israel synagogue, the B’Nai B’Rith and St. John’s Masonic lodge. He is survived by two brothers, Jacob Miller, of Beaufort, N. C., and Meyer Miller, of New York city, and two daughters, Mrs. Sa muel E. Warshauer and Miss Lu cille Miller, of Wilmington. -V Fayetteville Man Flees Prison Camp WHITEVILLE, June 3—B. A. Marlowe, supt. of prison camp 303, near Whiteville, today announced the escape of Willard Stanton, of Fayetteville, who was serving 90 days,- at the camp for non support. FT. FISHER ACCESS ROADS DISCUSSED Conference Held Wednes day With General Smith At Camp Davis A number of civilian officials conferred with Maj. Gen. Frederic H. Smith Wednesday at Camp Davis on the subject of proposed access roads to Ft. Fisher, New Hanover county firing point. Federal, army and state officials were among those present. Roads to be built which have been pre viously discussed include a coastal road from Wrightsville to Ft. .Fish er and paving of the Wrightsville “cut-off” from Route 17 seven miles *north of Wilmington to the ocean. Representing the army was J. L. Foster from the office of the Fourth Corps Area Engineer at Atlanta. Mr. A. G. Hampton, high way engineer at Raleigh of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads spoke for the Federal agency. The state highway commission was represented by T. T. Betts, division engineer, of Fayetteville, and Mr. C. E. Proudley and Mr. J. E. Thompson, material engi neers from Raleigh. -V Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, is the world’s most massive volcano. The dome is 13,675 feet high. Vacation Bible School To Open Friday At-Temple Vacation Bible school at Temple Baptist church will open Friday with a “Preparation Day” pro gram from 9 until 11 o’clock in the morning. The school will open formally Monday with sessions scheduled daily, except Saturday and Sunday, from 9 to 12 o’clock With children from 4 to 16 years of age eligible to attend. The Beginners department will be in charge of Mrs. Y. H. Sponder with Mrs. E. I. Herring, Mrs. Robert Bullard, Mrs. C. W. Hen derson and Miss Louise Murray as helpers. Mrs. T„ T. Hamilton, Jr., leader of the Primary department, will be assisted by Mrs. J. P. Garrott, Mrs. R. C. Poovey, Mrs. F. G. Beach, Mrs. G. C. McSwain, Miss Mercer North and Mrs. J. H. Cars well. Mrs Ruth V. Warren will have charge of the Junior department and will be aided by Ms. B. T. Smith, Mrs. C. C. Grissom, Mrs. J. F. -Warwick and Miss Julia Anne Coleman. . Mrs. J. Roy Clifford, superinten dent of the Intermediate depart ment, will be assisted by Miss Vivian Grant, Miss Ann White and Mrs. W. R. Eakins. The Rev. J. Roy Clifford, pas tor of the church, will be principal of the school. Enrolled as workers are Mrs. C. B. Newcomb, Mrs. A. B. Bradshaw, Miss Jane Edwards, Miss Margaret Guyton. GUION MAY GET HOUSING JOB Proposal Is Recommended By Wilmington Hous ing Authority The Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington recommended yesterday to authorities in Wash ington that contract for site im provements for the proposed 800 unit shipyard workers housing pro ject, on the Carolina Beach road, be awarded to the A. H. Guion Construction company of Charlotte. The action-followed the opening of bids by the authority yesterday morning and at which time the Charlotte concern submitted a pro posal of $507,702, the lowest of two received, for the job. The other bid received was one of $523,600 by the T. A. Loving company, of Goldsboro, Henry R. Hmory, executive director of the authority, said. -V Jap Subs Attack Ships Off Sydney ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Thursday, June 4.—(£>)— Japanese submarines attacked two small cargo ships 35 miles east of Sydney and a third vessel 225 miles to the south, General Mac Artliur's headquarters announced today. TANK ARMIES WAGE DESERT deathbattle (Continued from r.,ee 0nel stab at German supple rri coming from the west Fighting continued at the terrific pace in the bn,r. "5ni! of continuous sand-stonr* “ r"r' kept air activity to a rr'i'rim hese both sides, although the r"1 °n managed to bomb some -i tlsh emy mechanized unit, ,;r„:!e «• Bir Hacheim. 11 o) Rommel’s Italian Allies , second attack on B r H ‘ :et! a only to be thrown back Free French defender: Vk fce British now call the tte French.” ‘^H„g weather (Continued from ih,8(. 0nr, WASHINGTON. June ,, Bureau report of temperatum' J',eathei fall for the 24 hours enci,i-«' .. , r5l:’ the principal cotton grou ip/,' elsewhere: tas ana Station H „ Atlanta _ Prec Boston _ Buffalo' _;q °-M Charlotte .. Chicago - ' Cleveland _ Detroit _ go ®-®0 El Paso _ qv nn|) Galveston _ Kansas City _ 94 ^ Louisville ;_ 00 Meridian _/ New Orleans Norfolk - 83 65 ut Portland, Me. .... St. Louis - . . M 711 Savannah - 83 70 0« Washington - 77 Ki „„ Wilmington - 82 w 000 BOMBSfirB&t/N... 7m0Xm70W/ 3 out of every 5 bombs dropped on Axis targets are made , possible by Esso research Basic ingredient of the high explosive TNT is toluol. In the last war, toluol came from coal tar. For this war, the United Nations need many times as much as the coal tar industry can produce. For tunately, in 1935 Esso research workers, in cooperation with the U. S. Army, found a way to make toluol synthetically from petroleum. Construction of a large com mercial plant for the Army Ordnance De- ' partmentwas completed in October, 1941. This plant more than doubled America’s TNT output. This process was also shared with other refiners, so that 3 out of 5 bombs will be filled with war TNT derived from ESSO-developed toluol. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY Copr. 1942, Esso Inc.
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