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DRAFT DUlMitK ROUNDUP starts [larges Lodged Against Four By Wilmington Board’s Office widespread roundup of viola ' f the selective service act f”5been started in North Carolina '/l charges already filed against rr,eni the United States dis fT- attorney’s office revealed 1 yesterday. .-ected bv special agents of the Aral Bureau of Investigation 'j state Highway patrolmen have Walter Franklin Wesson of 5burg and Bill Jones of Pem 2 who allegedly failed to re :r“ ’{or induction, and Herbert fV of Greensboro, who is said J) )0 iiaVe returned a question "°re to his Fayetteville board. EVilen Burse, who is now serving . ‘ the Clinton prison camp, will ® i,jc release be arrested on V rtfes of false registration and LVure to report. All four men will L tried during the fall term of Leral District Courts. Charges ;.ere made by the Wilmington of fice. penalties for violation of the act left to the descretion of the Burts of trial, although a maxi of five years imprisonment ”r 510.OOO fine has been set. Following the announcement of enforcement of the law, the dis trict Attorney’s office warned all registrants that they must keep ttie;r registration card with them a* all times, notify local boards on any change of address, report nromptlv for examinations and in action "and return questionnaires promptly. _ 3 germanTampaign STALLS IN LIBYA (Continued From Page One) ed forces which had survived the severe punishment of the six-pound anti-tank shells, the bombs of the RAF and the famed British 25 pounder Howitzers. The very ferocity of the air-sea tattle in the adjoining Mediterran ean illustrated that the British had determinedly moved supplies to Tobruk to reinforce their desert army. Latest battlefront dispatches stowed the British clinging to the strong outposts of Acroma, 2 0 miles southwest of Tobruk, and II Adem. 18 miles due south. The Avis, however, controlled the whole littered battle ground in the fcghtsbridge area. A furious fight raged in the rock-studded cauldron between Ain El Gazala, northern anchor of the shattered first British line, and Acroma, 15 miles from the port, throughout Sunday as the British withdrew. When the thundering guns were stilled, Ritchie’s army had effected a withdrawal, thanks to the “magnificent fight” of troops around Acroma and t he first armored division. The communique from Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck’s headquarters thus told the story: 'The first South African division and the 50th division have been withdrawn successfully from their position south of Ain El Gazala. “This move was made under the cover of a magnificent fight by troops holding positions around Acroma and the first armored di vision who beat off enemy attacks throughout the whole cf June 14.’.’ In another action in the wild melee of fluid battle, three strong Axis attacks on British columns attacking the enemy flanks played a great role in this action. The British retreat meant that the entire mine-studded front line stretched 50 miles southeast through the hot sands from Ain El Gazala on the Mediterranean to Bir Hacheim was in Axis hands. The speed with which the British could bring up reinforcements ap peared likely to determine whether Ritchie could hold out at Acroma Ind El Adem. Military experts said Rommel now apparently had definite tank superiority because ms 88-milli meter guns had taken a heavy toll of British armored forces. He used 300 tanks in his final thrust. With improved weather in the Western desert, the Allied air force turned on the heat of con centrated attacks on Axis troops scattered between Acroma and El Adem. American-made Kittyhawks and Boston bombers supported Gen. Ritchie’s army throughout the day, inflicting heavy losses in transport »nd truck - borne infantry, the £AF said. Are YOU the imaginative type? p If you’re the imaginative type, you’ll [readily understand why a Bourbon that’s made by the “dean” of Ken tucky distillers — made with Cove Spring’s unexcelled limestone water should be the “Cream” of Kentucky’s finest Bourbons. But don’t just imagine, taste Cream of Kentucky, world’s largest\ selling straight Bour bon whiskey. Pint $1.20 Quart $2.25 Straight Bourbon Whiskey. 86 Proof. Schenley Distillers Corp., N.Y. C. Greatest AEF Convoy’ Reaches Ireland Unconcerned as their convoy arrives in Northern Ireland, these American sol diers, members of an armored unit, gather on top of life rafts aboard ship for a game of Chinese checkers. Their convoy, described as the greatest ever to carry American soldiers overseas, disembarked June 13. This picture was cabled from London. Obituaries MRS. j. w. CATE Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Cate will be conducted at the chap el of Yopp’s Funeral home here at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon by the Rev. J. F. Herbert, pastor of Grace Methodist church. Interment will follow In Oakdale cemetery. Mrs. Cate who resided here for a number of years before moving first to St. Augustine, Fla., and later to New Orleans, La., died at her home in New Orleans at 3 o’clock Sun day afternoon. She is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. J. M. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. A. H. Anderson and Mrs. James B. Gueno, and by three grandchildren. T. B. MOSELEY, SR. RALEIGH, June 16.—(IP)—Funer al services will be held here Tues day afternoon for T. B. Moseley 5r., 86, who died Monday. He wa' ance engaged in business with J. M. Broughton, Sr., father of the present governor. T. R. ROBINSON GOLDSBORO, June 16.—(A3)—I. Ft. Robinson, 87, Goldsboro drug gist and Wayne county coroner, died suddenly Monday. Funeral services were held at 5 o’clock ruesday afternoon. EDGAR H. TUFTS BANNER ELK, June 16.—m rhe funeral was held Tuesday for Edgar H. Tufts, head of the foun dation which operates Lees-McRae Junior college, the Grandfather Home for Children, and Grace hos pital here. He died Monday in the hospital after an illness of a month. He was 42 years old. The service was conducted by the Rev. Roswell C. Long of Green wood, S. C., and the Rev. T. B Southall of Banner Elk in the Presbyterian church. MRS. HERBERT FENTRESS Mrs. Herbert Fentress of Lining ton, a former Wilmington resident, died in Lillington at 6 o’clock Tues day morning. Funeral services will be conduct ed from the graveside in Oakdale cemetery here at 3:30 o’clock rhursday afternoon by the Rev. E. tV. Halleck, rector of St. John’s Episcopal church. WEATHER (Continued From Page One) WASHINGTON, June 16.—(£>)—Weath er bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m. in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Atlanta _ 84 69 0.00 Boston _ 66 58 0.00 Buffalo _ 70 46 0.00 Denver _____ 79 52 0.00 Detroit _ 65 55 0.00 Fort Worth_ 92 69 0.00 Louisville _ 70 58 0.00 Meridian - 90 70 0.00 New Orleans - 92 77 0.00 New York - 80 62 0.00 Portland, Me. —-- 62 53 0.31 San Antonio- 97 76 0.00 Washington - 80 59 0.00 Wilmington - 84 69 0.00 U. S. BOMBERS HIT ITALIAN WARSHIPS (Continued From Page One) east and west for Malta and To bruk. The Germans and Italians, in all, announced that a total of 16 Allied vessels, including eight cruisers or destroyers, had been sunk for sure and that 38 other ships had been damaged, some of them being called total losses. Replying to this, the Admiralty Air Ministry communique an nounced flatly tonight that the convoys had delivered the goods to both Malta and to Tobruk, the African desert bastion, in the face of the heaviest kind of attacks by superior enemy naval and air forces. It was conceded there were Brit ish losses; they were not specified, but the communique said “the fan tastic enemy claims to have sunk cruisers and to have damaged bat tleships and an aircraft carrier are without any foundation.” This communique listed a 10,000 ton, eight-inch cruiser of the Tren to class and at least two destroy ers sunk by “His Majesty’s ships, naval aircraft, the RAF and the United States Army Air Corps,” in addition to heavy losses inflict ed on the Axis air squadrons. It was the Cairo RAF headquar ters, however, which told the more complete story of how the big con solidated B-24’s of the new U. S. Army Air Force establishment in the Middle-East cracked the back bone of the Italian fleet just off Italian shores. The total damage wrought by these American bombers and by the RAF and British fleet air arm torpedo planes was: Sinking of the Trento cruiser in a combined American-British as sault; setting afire and damaging the two Italian battleships, of which Italy now has six in service; damaging of two smaller cruisers and damaging of two destroyers. The big consolidated bombers, used heretofore chiefly for anti submarine work in the North At lantic, now are bearing an equal share in the battle for air super iority over the Mediterranean, in formed sources here said. They helped protect the convoys and then when the Italian fleet, lured from its bases by big game on the horizon, came out for the attack the liberators got in their smashing blows. The whole story of the three-day Naval and aerial melee will not be told, however, until the smoke clears and the information no long er is of tactical use to the enemy It appeared, however, that the two Italian destroyers sunk had gone down under the guns of the British Mediterranean fleet. Axis communiques claimed that the Allied convoys involved nearly 100 ships, mostly escort vessels and “probably” including a U. S. battleship: that only a few of the east-bound convoy reached Malta and that the west - bound convoy was driven back to Alexandria. Today’s first Allied news of the engagements, spanning many hun dreds of miles of Mediterranean waters, came in the RAF special communique. This disclosed that the main Ital ian fleet, including two battleships, was spoptted Sunday night south of Taranto, the great naval base at the heel of Italy’s “boot.” That night the RAF’s long-range torpedo bombers shadowed and at tacked the fleet and the next morn ing simultaneous assaults were de livered by the force of U. S. army consolidated B-24’s and by the tor pedo planes. The Axis claims reached a cres cendo today. A German high command special communique covered the damage alleged done to the west-bound con. voy frqm Saturday to Monday “by German air force and naval units. The Italian communique covered damage allegedly done by Italian naval and “Axis” air forces to both westbound and eastbound con voys. Out of the westbound convoy the Germans said they sank “four cruisers and destroyers,” two pa trol boats and six merchant ships totalling 56,000 tons. One destroy er and eight merchant ships were claimed as total losses and six warships and six merchantmen listed as damaged. Thirty-three Allie£ and ten Ger men planes were reported lost and, City Briefs TIRE STOLEN C. E. King, of 1302 Market street, reported to police Tues day that someone stole an auto mobile tire, wheel and tube, valued at $25, on the night of June 10 from his car while it was parked on Thirteenth street between Market and Princess streets. CONGREGATION MEETS There will be a meeting of the six groups of the congrega tion of the First Christian Church, Wednesday night, June 17, at 8:30 o’clock at the church. The leaders request a full at tendance of the members of their respective groups. CLUB TO MEET The Men’s club of the Church of the Good Shepherd will hold its regular monthly supper meeting at the Parish hall, 6th and Queen streets, Thursday night at seven o’clock. Presi dent Walter Hatch, Jr., has an nounced that a prominent speaker has been secured and an important business session will take place after the ban quet. All members and their friends are urged to attend. LAVAL CONTINUES WORK WITH NAZIS (Continued From Page One) the armistice were believed in progress. The Spanish foreign min iser, Ramon Serrano Suner, is be lieved to be carrying representa tions from France as well as those of Spain concerning possible ter ritorial adjustments in his talks a complete rupture with the Allies or completely satisfy the Germans. Meanwhile,in Rome, conversa tions which may bring a clarifica tion of the French positions under with Italian leaders. There is some reason to believe that Serrano Suner, despite Spain’s own territorial wishes, is acting as a mediator in an effort to get Italy to withhold her claims until a better atmosphere prevails among the people of France. it was added, the convoy had to turn back to Egypt. The Germans figured that there were 52 ships in the westbound convoy, and that the escort “prob ably” included a U. S. battleship and eight cruisers. The Italians said their warships attacked the eastbound convoy off Pantelleria at dawn Monday and, in the subsequent air and naval fighting, sank a cruiser and two destroyers, fired or sank four other ships, damaged a cruiser, three destroyers and two “units” and fired a tanker. Out of the west bound convey, the Italians said, bomber and torpedo planes “com ing from our bases” sank a de stroyer and six “units.” This Italian communique appear ed to include yesterday’s claims to the sinking of a cruiser, two destroyers and four “ships”, and damaging an aircraft carrier, a battleship and other warships. It was implied that Italian planes had done all this. Earlier German broadcasts said that the eastbound convoy was made up of six transports and one destroyer escorted by a battleship, two aircraft carriers, five cruisers, 20 torpedo boats and other small warships, and that some of the units managed to reach Malta. Disclosure that the Italian heavy cruiser had been lost and an Ital ian cruiser damaged seriously “in naval engagements which took place to the east and west of Malta” was buried at the end of the Italian communique. The de stroyer got home, crippled, it was stated, and most of the crews on both ships were said to have been saved. The only Italian naval force spec ifically mentioned by the Italians was “the seventh naval division” which, it was stated, attacked the east-bound convoy south of Pantel leria at dawn Monday. This force it was stated. Cor'c"'~W o* crusier Eugenio di Savoi (7,283 tons! and the Raimondo Montecu ccoli (6,941 tons) and five de stroyers. 7 CIVIC GROUPS OPEN USO DRIVE (Continued From Page One) Junior Chamber of Commerce at tended. Rev. James Lawson pre sided, and the invocation was by Rev. C. E. Murphy. In addition to serving as an open forum on USO, the luncheon highlighted the local observance of Flag day. Rev. Lawson illustrated the spelling of flag as points toward winning the war: “F” for fight, “L” for labor, and “AG” for and give. J. C. Williams, well-known Wil mington business man, pointed out that such notables as John D. Rockefeller are donating t h e ir time in serving USO. Mr. Ebinger explained that the USO club buildings, which are be ing constructed throughout the na tion, will be given to the cities in which they are located after the war and pointed out that among lesser known activities of the or ganization are: Motor units to serve men unable to leave their bases, lounges and reading rooms in more than 100 railroad and bus stations and the camp shows which include famous personalities of screen and stage and are touring the country. “It is wonderful to know,” he said, “that the three great faiths —Christians, Catholics and Jews— are united in one to serve their country. . .USO is a part of the fight against the agressor nations”. I More than 100 persons attended the luncheon. Canada Now Employing About 800,000 Workers In Defense Industries OTTAWA, June 16—(Jt-Canada now has about 800,000 persons en gaged in war production, Muni tions Minister C. D. Howe declar ed today in a review of Canada’s man-power 'situation before the House of Commons. He estimated that by the end of the year 85,000 additional work ers would be needed in war indus tries and that early in 1943, when the program reaches its pea k, about 910,000 would be employed. Approximately 120,000 women were engaged in war manufactur ing work, he said, and that figure is steadily increasing. Many of the new workers needed to expand pro duction will have to come from the ranks of married women and other women engaged in non-essen tial work, he indicated. Canada’s man-power is now dis tributed as follows, Howe said: Armed forces—500,000 with an other 100,000 to be added by the end of the year. War production—800,000. Agriculture—1,350,000. Essential work such as trans portation, public utilities, coal and metal mining—300,000. Production for civl economy— 2,000,000. Total—Approximately 5,000,000. Howe pointed out this was a very “tight man-power situation for a country with a total population of less than 12,000,000, but he esti mated that some 500,000 might be diverted from the 2,000,000 engag ed in civilian industries and serv 'ices “by rigid curtailment.” GREEKS STARVING ON AGEAN ISLANDS (Continued From Pafe One) ciety. Text of the speech was re leased by the Society. He added that in “no other part of Greece is starvation so appal ling’ and that thousands of wom en and children have escaped from the islands and fled to Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon and Egypt. “The plight within Greece of the children, always the most pitiful casualties of war, is beyond words to describe,” King George said. “Unable to understand why those who have always cared for them can no longer do so, they are dying of starvation and disease by the hundreds. “My hope is that a way may be found for the Greek Red Cross to concentrate these children in suitable areas where they may be furnished with food, clothing, hous ing and medicine, through the in ternational Red Cross.” The king arrived from Washing ton this afternoon for a w e e k’s visit at the invitation of Mayor F. H. La Guardia and was greeted by 500 Greek-Americans shouting “Long live the King.” At the rail road station 400 policemen were on hand and the ruler was ex corted to the Waldorf-Astoria ho tel, where he will make his quar ters while here. Wearing the uniform of a Greek general, King George was accom panied by the Army, Navy and tatives of the Army, Navy and State Department. He is scheduled to leave next Tuesday for a visit in Canada. Victor E. Raehl Dies, War Veteran Explorer CALDWELL., N. J., June 16.—<iP> —Colonel Victor E. Ruehl. 60, vet eran of two wars and a well known explorer of the Far East and South and Central America, died at his home today. It was partly through his work that the growing of Cinchona, from which quinine is secured, reached its present stage in this hemisphere. Several years ago he was commie sioned by the government to survey cinchona production possibilities in Latin America. 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