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DRAFT DEFERMENT CHECK REQUESTED Tydings Wants Investigation Of 1,000 Young Male Em ployes Of Government WASHINGTON, June 6.—(J*— Chairman Tydings (D.-Md.) of a special Senate committee recom mended today that the Selective Service System check up on draft deferments given 1,000 young male employes of the government. At the same time, Tydings said his group, which is looking into general conditions in the executive branch, was considering holding open hearings on the question of draft deferment because of feder al employment. Commenting on the results of preliminary investi gations, he said: On the whole the deferment privilege has been judiciously used by most agencies of the national government but the abuses we have found stick out like a sore thumb.” To illustrate his contention he cited the case of “Mr. X,” 21 years old when he was appointed a year ago to a $1,620 a year job in an unidentified department. “Nine months later,” Tydings said, ‘he had become such an ex pert in the field of ‘personnel pro cedure surveys’ that he was pro moted and his salary raised $1,000 a year. Further, four months after his appointment he had become such an indispensable cog in the administration of this department that it was necessary, to have him deferred, and six months later, not being able to replace this highly indispensable 21-year-old expert, it was necessary to obtain a further deferment. This was the claim of the department for which he worked. "This seems to us clearly an abuse of the deferment privilege. He is not even a college graduate, which is unusual; he has never been employed other than a stu dent before entering the govern ment service.” Tydings said “Mr. X” was only one of 12 personnel officers who were granted deferment out of a total of 42 clerical employes >r. the one departmental unit. “How the deferments of these so-called ‘personnel officers’ can be claimed or granted, because they are indispensable, rare or scarce, is incomprehensible,” he added. “To say that the work of this group is so demanding and re quires such unusual abilities is ri diculous.” Another “classical example,” the Maryland senator said, was “Mr. Y.” “He is 22 years young; was ap pointed in November, 1940, at the age of 21, and by May, 1941, he had become such an expert in the recruiting of stenographers, eco nomists and junior administrative personnel that he was so indispens able he had to be deferred; in March 1942, he had continued to increase his expertness and en hance his indispensability to the extent that he was again deferred. “Possibly his local board in Kan sas has the impression that the government of the United States would collapse without his expert ness in recruiting stenographers.” Another employee, he recount ed, was released from government employment because of lack of ef ficiency, “but 13 days later he was reinstated and continued his' in dispensable inefficiency.” 2 -V JAPANESE REPORT FALL OF CHUHSIEN (Continued from Page One) that Japanese planes attacked Chi nese troops in the area in spite of bad weather and scored “brilliant results.” PAY HEAVY PRICE CHUNGKING. China, June 6—iff) —Forcing the Japanese to pay a heavy and bitter price for their Chekiang-Kiangsi offensive, the Chinese announced officially to night that they had thrown back repeated Japanese attacks against the walled city of Chuhsien yester day. (The Japanese news agency Domei reported from the Chekiang front that Japanese soldiers had occupied Chuchsien at 6 p.m. to day (Saturday) after a three-day campaign.) As the 59th month of the Chi nese-Japanese war ended, the Jap anese were driving hard against determined Chinese defenses in the eastern seaboard provinces; the Chinese reported the recapture of several points in Anhwei province and the Flying Tigers of the Amer ican volunteer group announced their planes had killed more than 200 Japanese in attacks along the west bank of the Salween river in Yunnan province and along the Burma Road. 4 riles — Gel Relief Now Millions of sufferers in the last 30 years have found a way to get quick relief from the itching and smarting of piles. They use a delightful cool ing, soothinf and astringent formula —Peterson's Ointment. No wonder one sufferer writes: "The itching and smarting were relieved, and I slept all night.” 35c a box, all drug gists, 60c in tube with applicator. Money back if not delighted. FOIL TIBE THIEVES We brand your license or any other number on both sides of each tire. Investigate at once. ' CAUSEY’S Comer Market and 12th 33 MEN WILL BE SWORN INTO NAVY (Continued from Pa*e One) the nation, the oath of enlistment will be given—and at 2:30 p.m. today, the Navy will be “strength ened by upwards of 20,000 men who are ready to fling the challenge back into the teeth of the Nippon ese,” said Lieutenant C. B. Neely, officer-in-charge of North Caro lina’s Navy recruiting yesterday. Wilmington’s program will be opened sharply at 1:15 p.m., with a concert by the Wilmington High school band, and at 1:30 W. R. Dosher, postmaster, will take over as master of ceremonies. Scheduled to make short ad dresses during the program are Dr. Edwin F. Keever, retired pas tor of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church here who will deliver the invocation; H. W. Sass, veteran of foreign wars: Robert Strange, commander of the American Le gion Post; C. David Jones, local commander of Civilian Defense; Mayor Hargrove Bellamy and Ad dison Hewlett, chairman of the board of county commissioners. There will be military music throughout the program by the band until 2:15, when Commander Fields takes over for an address to the new Navy men. Fields is a veteran Navy doctor, having seen sea duty throughout the First World war. He recently was pro moted to the rank of full command er, and commended for meritori ous work. Focal point of the nation-wide ceremony, meanwhile, will be the Sail Loft at the Washington Navy Yard, where the oath will be ad ministered to recruits of the Wash ington area. Rear Admiral Ran dall Jacobs, chief of Naval person, nel, will give the oath there. Fittingly enough, today has been named “Avenge Pearl Ha r b or Day,” and the calibre of men who will take the oath from the Wil mington area is evidence enough of American patriotism. Never in his tory has a man been drafted for naval service by the United States, “and this should be proof th a t such will never happen,” said R. L. DeLoach, chief petty officer in charge of the Wilmington recruit ing station. For today only, the Navy depart ment has relaxed the routine re cruiting regulations—which means that for the first time, men will be enlisted and sworn into the service at sub-stations. Under normal procedure, the men are accepted at sub-stations and given transportation to the main station at Raleigh for final examinations and actual enlistment. Thus the men accepted for en listment here today will be sent directly to Norfolk for preliminary training. Following are the men making applications today: From Wilmington — William Bryan Whitfield, Elbert Harper Hewett, William Scott Kenan, Wal lace Ambrose Long, Blaine Robert Trapp, Arthur Elmo Raynor, Wil lis Marvin Batts, William Bryan Horne, Robert William Smith, Jr., Ralph Heath Buck, and Geo rge Webb. From Willard — Jesse Dalton Higgins. Others — Jack Lee Harris, Er nest Nello Seawell, Jack Warren Culpepper, Edward Hardy, Archie Troublefield, Otis Everett Daniels, Montford Beach Brigman, Jr., Er nest Troy Clark, Harvey Lee Wil liamson. John Henry Williams, Oli ver Leon Smith, Jr., Edgar W. Stephens, Henry A. Beacham, Thomas Eugene Brigman, William Henry Lee Norton, John O. Inman, Graham Walker Mills, Horace R. Prevatte, James F. Carmichael, and Robert Eugene Prevatte. SHOWS U. S. DETERMINATION WASHINGTON, June 6.— iff* — Secretary of the Navy Knox de clared tonight that mass enlist ment of 12,326 men in the sea forces tomorrow would symbolize “this nation’s grim determination to restore peace to the world by administering just punishment to those who have brutally and wil fully transgressed all the laws of humanity.” Dubbed “Avengers of Pearl Harbor,” the Navy, Marine and Coast Guard recruits will be sworn in simultaneously in a radio cere mony at 2:25 p.m., Eastern war time—six months to the minute from the time Japanese bombers launched their raid upon Pearl Harbor. The ceremony will be broadcast by the Columbia broadcasting sys tem. The recruits will be grouped in 500 recruiting stations throughout the country. 4 _\r_ WEATHER (Continued from Page One) t WASHINGTON. June 6—W)—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m.: Station High Low Prec. Asheville _ 88 *3 0.10 Atlanta_ 90 0* 0.00 Boston _ 78 57 0.00 Charlotte _ 88 7U 0.00 Chicago _ 80 70 0.00 Detroit _ 85 «0 0 00 Galveston _ 84 71 0.00 Kansas City _ 87 09 0.00 Little Rock _ 85 71 0.59 Louisville _ 90 09 0.00 Memphis _ 92 74 0.00 Miami _ 85 73 0.31 New Orleans _ Bfi 71 0.00 New York _._ 83 63 0.00 Norfolk . 85 82 0.00 Richmond - 90 80 0.00 St. Louis - 90 88 0.89 Washington - 88 86 0.00 Wilmington - 85 71 0.00 FATALLY INJURED BRISTOL, Va., June 6—UR— Oakie Virginia Williams, 18, of Bristol, Tenn., and Arthur Creg gar, 22, of Wytheville, Va., were fatally injured Friday night when they lost their footing and plunged over Abram’s Falls and into the rocky creek bed 85 feet, below. Miss Williams and young Creggur were on a picnic outing with 12 of their friends. REDS SINK 10 NAZI SHIPS IN BALTIC (Continued from Page One) 1942 invasion of Sweden, particul arly if the United nations move into Norway. (The possibility of a sea attack upon Sweden or Leningrad or both was heightened earlier this week by a German radio announcement that all non-German shipping had been ordered halted between Den mark and Sweden except by spe cial permit.) Spar on Front Sparring continued on the long land front from the Baltic to the Black Sea throughout yesterday, the regular midnight Soviet com munique reporting local engage ments in many sectors along with a quickening of reconnaissance and air activity. Three German battalions, sup ported by 35 tanks, were repulsed in one sector of the German-in vasion front with losses of about 500 killed and 16 tanks destroy ed. dispatches from the battle area said. Only minor encounters were re ported on the Kalinin front, north west of Moscow', and on the south western and southern fronts. The Soviet information bureau said Germany’s central front army has lost several hundred infantry men, killed or wounded, and eight tanks in one assault on Red army force's operating behind German lines. Russian fliers were credited with downing two German planes by ramming. BRITISH HAMMER NAZIS IN DESERT (Continued from Page One) shal Erwin Rommel’s battered army could escape through a gap in the British mine fields between Ain el Gazala and Bir Hacheim. The British, catching their sec ond vvind in the furious 12-day bat tle in the furnace-like heat of the swirling sands, have opened a new drive in the triangular trap west of Knightsbridge. the crosstrail 15 miles southwest of Tobruk. Indeed, a military commentator said the British were battering at the Axis forces from three sides in a mightv stroke of attrition which had placed Rommel on the defensive. Tamar, six m i 1 es west of Knightsbridge, was said to have fallen to the driving British, who firmly held the initiative. To the north in the region of Ain el Gazala, South African troops captured some Axis prison ers in an attack on strong points. At the southern extremity, the Free French forces defending the odorous waterhole of Bir Hacheim had a quiet day after repulsing a second determined Italian attack. The famed British 25-pounders, with which United States troops in Northern Ireland have been practicing for weeks, hurled tons of shells into Axis troop and ma teriel concentrations throughout the day and night with deadly ef fect. The artillery was so accu rate it appeared to have thwarted Rommel’s attempt to organize a counterattack. 2 BOND VOTE BOOKS ARE OPENED HERE (Continued from Pdge One) gram, are eligible to vote in the second bond election which will be held on June 30. Approximately 13.000 voters arc already on the books. City Clerk James R. Benson estimate jjal urday. “However, to be certain that they are correctly registered, vot ers should visit their registrar during the registration period,” he said. The books will be open at each polling place for the next two Sat urdays. FOUR MORE ALLIED SHIPS DESTROYED (Continued from Pare One) ed Fruit ship Atenas, attacked by two enemy submarines, sank one U-boato an deluded the other, the newspaper La Tribuna reported yesterday fro mSan Jose, Costa Rica. The vessel arrived slight ly damaged at Puerto Limon, La Tribuna said. The British-owned steamer City of Bremen was sunk recently in European waters, dispatches from Vigo, Spain disclosed. A fishing vessel with 22 survivors from the 903-ton steamer arrived at the Spanish port yesterday. -v Average Temperature Reaches 78 Degrees Saturday was the warmest day of the year, with an average tem perature of 78 degrees, the U. S. Weather Bureau announced. While April saw the thermome ter rocket up to 8fi, one degree higher than yesterday’s highest, the mean temperature was far below that of yesterday. Humidity was not excessively high, weather officials said, reach ing a maximum of 4!). | until we learned of The Keeley Institute i- & its 50-yr. record of successful treatment. WRITE TODAY FOR FREE BOOKLET which tells of the treatment and pictures the institution where it is given. Booklet will be AM ' sent In a plain envelope. a Health Defense League Division Plans Meet A meeting of the Negro divi sion of the Health Defense league will be held Monday night at 8:30 o’clock in St. Stephens church, Fifth and Red Cross streets. Another meeting will be held on Wednesday night at the same time in the Congregational church, on Nun street between Sixth and Seventh streets. The program for both meet ings will include two movies, group singing, and short talks by Dr. L. W. Upperman and Dr. S. James Gray. Rae E. Kaufer of the New Han over County Health Department will be present at each meeting to explain the program and to outline a plan for group activi ties. A special session of the Central Planning Committee is scheduled following the Monday meeting. All are urged to attend. -V One broken five pound flat iron contains enough iron to m a ke four hand grenades. MIDWAY FIGHT SEEN AS PART OF JAPAN’S PLAN FOR NEW GOAL (Continued from Page One) from their distant bases in the Pacific implies that the Japanese expedition intended to make a landing somewhere. This was no cruise bent on hunting stray de tachments of the United States Navy or hit and run raid such as that made on Pearl Harbor De cember 7. Until it is known how many troopships the Japanese were con voying it is impossible to more than guess their objectives. These may have been: 1. Seizure of Midway. 2. A landing on some of the main or outlying Hawaiian islands. 3. Attack on Oahu and the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor itself. Good Position Had they succeeded in occupy ing Midway, which is rated an outpost of the Hawaiian group al though it is 1,149 miles from Pearl Harbor, their long-range planes and naval forces would have been in position to threaten and wage direct war on Honolulu. The United States thereby would be forced to dislodge them or per manently concentrate huge forces in Hawaii to combat them. Admiral Nimitz has carefully husbanded the facts of the engage ment. Carefully shielded is wheth er any major units of the United States Navy have been in action or whether they are even in the neighborhood. Some of the facts given, how ever, permit an imaginative recon struction of the action as it oc curred. The Japanese sent a naval de tachment considerably to the north of center between Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians and Mid way to shotv a few planes. 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