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ENEMY SHIPS FAIL TO REACH BENGASI British Submarines Blast Away At Axis Supply Ves sels In Mediterranean ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, June 27. _[jPi—with Br i t i s h submarines blasting away at Axis supply ves sels, it was learned unofficially to day that not a single enemy con voy has reached the important Libyan base of Bengasi in the past fortnight. The German-Italian advance into Egypt has strung their lines of communication to great distances. It is a 600-mile haul to the front from Tripoli, so the Nazis are looking to Bengasi as the nearest good supply base. British naval sources said that stoppage or near-stoppage of ships reaching Bengasi would have a vital effect on the outcome of the struggle in the Western Egyptian desert, because the Axis equip ment and supplies are being burned up at a rapid rate, and replenishments from Tripoli might come too late. Full reports of the British sub marine operations will not be available until the raiders return to port, but one commander who brought his submarine in today told how he sank two large supply vessels bound for Libya. He is Lieut. Commander Philip Stewart Francis, 34. of Somerset. Reporting that his crew sent two torpedoes into a 7.000-ton Axis ship escorted by a destroyer in the moonlit Mediterranean, Francis said: “There was a colossal explosion —the biggest bang I ever heard in my life. “There was no doubt we had hit an ammunition ship. The destroy er did not depth-charge us, but circled around the position of the sunken ship, picking up survi vors.” Francis got the other victim out of a convoy of two supply ships and a destroyer guarded by Axis planes. “Almost immediately after the firing of the torpedoes there were loud noises indicating a ship breaking up,” he said. “The ship was heavily laden and bound for Libya. We were depth charged but got away safely.” On the same patrol Francis said he sighted a large Axis troop transport already burning furious ly. 2 u. s. isIplanning MASS AIR ATTACKS AGAINST GERMANY (Continued from Page One) copied territories, mining ship ping lanes and attacking ves sels and railway facilities, the air ministry said. In retaliation for Bremen, Ger man bombers raided Norwich in East Anglia setting fires and kill ing some people. Three raiders were shot down. The American airforce has been expected momentarily to join the RAF in its second front assault on Hitler since the visit here in April of Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. chief of staff. The general then declared that great U. S. bombers soon would be flying against Ger many from all parts of Britain. Lieut. Gen. Hency H. Arnold, head cf the U. S. Army air forces, Who was in England with Gen. Marshall, declared four weeks ago that “our air arm shall' join in an air offensive against the enemy v/hich he cannot meet, defeat or survive.” Since then, U. S. bombers have joined the battle in the Black sea, Mediterranean and North Africa. They have raided Axis bases at Tobruk and Bengasi; scored 35 bomb hits on two Italian battle ships; and 15 of them were report ed to have blasted at Pioesti the Rumanian oil installations which lubricate Hitler’s war machine on June 12. The first official disclosure of United States air crews in Britain was made by Major Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, American comman der in the European war theater He said Thursday that pilots were arriving “in rapidly increasing pumbers.” -V high priority WASHINGTON, June 27._ t/P)_ describing American flags as a Pvery important part of the war production program,” the War Pro duction Board assigned a high priority to flag manufacturers to day on types of cotton and rayon fabrics from which war time flags will be made. GERMAN SABOTEURS CAPTURED IN U. S. (Continued from Page One) Edward John Kerling, 33, group leader; Herbert Haupt, 22; Werner Thiel, 35, and Herman Neubau er, 32. Imprisoned Hoover said that some of the agents were imprisoned in New York and others in Chicago. He said that the disposition of their cases, would be left to Attor ney General Biddle in Washington. There were no specific charges placed against the eight prisoners, according to Hoover. Hoover released pictures of the men and of the equipment and ex plosives they brought ashore. One Nazi uniform cap was also included in the evidence collected by the FBI. Hoover said the men had supplies of explosives for a two-year sabo tage campaign against American war objectives, including TNT. fuses and time clocks for delayed action bombs, and small black bombs camouflaged to look like pieces of coal. List Plants Under questioning by FBI men, Hoover said, the agents listed war plants, waterways, railroads and bridges which were marked for destruction. These included the Aluminum Corporation of America’s plants at Alcoa, Term., Massena, N. Y., and East St. Louis, 111.; the Cryolite plant at Philadelphia, manufactur ing light metals; the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad in industrial areas; Hell Gate bridge, New York city; the Pennsylvania railroad ter minal at Newark, N. J., and all bridges on which transportation was carried in the New York area. Other objectives, Hoover said, were the, inland waterways sys tems, a series of canal locks on the Ohio river near Cincinnati, the New York city water supply sys tem, conduits in Westchester coun ty, hydro-electric plants at Niagara Falls, and railroad tracks on the famous Horseshoe curve near Al toona, Pa. Hoover added they planned to plant bombs in locker rooms at railroad stations and in depart ment stores to create panic and break down civilian morale. The FBI found American curren cy totaling nearly $150,000. with which the agents were to bribe and pay off assistants, in secret com partments in traveling cases car ried by the men. Hoover said they were all Eng lish-speaking men, who had for merly been employed in the United States. Many were former Ger man-American Bund members, he declared, and several between 1939 and 1941 had been returned to Ger many because of their activity in the Bund. The men were trained near Ber lin in a special sabotage training school, Hoover said, and were taught the handling of all kinds of industrial equipment. They were taken to industrial areas, where they were taught the best way of destroying or putting out of com mission important devices in war plants. Hoover said the first group had $90,806.15 for “bribery and pay offs” and the second group car ried $58,942.61 for the same pur poses. The explosives removed by the FBI from the German caches on the beaches, Hoover asserted, were “of the most exceptional types” and each was apparently designed for a special job of destruction. FBI experts are studying the ex plosives, he said. All the men admitted participa tion in a carefully-detailed plan of sabotage, Hoover declared. The FBI director said the Coast Guard has intensified precautions in an effort to prevent similar at tempts to land Nazi saboteurs on American coasts in the future. WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, June 27—Weather Bureau records of temperature and rain, fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m.: Station High Low Free. Asheville - 85 64 0.00 Atlanta - a9 B8 , 0 39 Birmingham - 95 B8 0.00 Charlotte - 91 7i 0 00 Chicago - 88 B3 0 ou Cleveland - 82 57 0.00 Detroit - 81 SB 00Q Galveston - 90 82 .o.oo Jacksonville - 85 72 0.35 Mmmi - 89 72 0.00 Mobile- 94 74 o.oo New Orleans - 93 75 o.OO New York - 74 64 0.13 Norfolk - 82 70 0.13 Richmond - 79 BB o.OO St. Louis- 92 97 o.OO Savannah - 90 71 o.OO Washington __ 72 B2 o.OO Wilmington _ 86 73 0.00 STRATEGY IN THE MAKING As the fortunes of war surged haek and forth. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt, above, appear confident as they map strategy during Pacific War Council meeting in Washing ton for smashing the Axis. Churchill told Congressional leaders he was confident Britain can hold Egypt. Photo is first of two leaders since Churchill arrived just prior to British defeat in Libya. NAVY ASKS BOAT OWNERS FOR CRAFT AND SERVICES (Continued from Page One) limited only to immediate abil ity of the men to serve.” Submarines already have sunk over 300 cargo ships in the western Atlantic and Carib bean many of them close to the United States continental shore line. • The Navy already has enrolled hundreds of privately-owned boats and their owners in the war against submarines. There have been com plaints in Congress and elsewhere, however, that its restrictions were so rigid that many useful craft and experienced watermen were ruled out. The text of the Navy's announce ment: ‘‘Requirements have been relax ed to qualify additional numbers of small craft and crews for anti submarine patrol duty. Approxi mately 1,200 small boats are in such service now and arrange ments have been perfected for the Coast Guard, operating as part of the Navy, to take further reinforce ment into the temporary reserve. ‘‘It is hoped that upward of 1.000 additional small boats for off shore navigation may be added to the auxiliary. ‘‘All yachtsmen, fishermen and other small boat owners may of ier their services and their craft, immediately. If found capable, the men will'be enrolled in the tem porary reserve of the Coast Guard in appropriate rank or rating. Boats found to be qualified will be equipped with radio, armament and suitable anti-submarine devices as rapidly as possible. ‘‘The enrollment of small boats and crews will be carried out by the district Coast Guard officer in each of the naval districts and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. When ready for the sea, the boats wii! be under the direct command of the naval commanders of the east ern and Gulf sea frontiers. ‘‘Vice Admiral R. R. Waesche, commandant of the Coast Guard, has consulted with the officers of the National Yachting organiza tions and others authorized to act as spokesman for small boat own ers, with regard to the immediate acquisitions of boats and crews. Vice Admiral Waesche desires an organization of yachtsmen as Coast Guard reserve officers to build up and assist in the operation of these crafts for anti-submarine duty Physical requirements are limited only to immediate ability of the men to serve.” “Pay of members of the tem porary reserve, while on active duty is the same as that of the regular Coast Guard, and the re servists are giving an allowance for uniforms. Temporary reserve members are obligated for limited duty only.” -V_ RENOMINATED DURHAM, June 27.—l/P)—H. H. Gilmore was renominated as con stable in Oak Grove township by seven votes today as a second pri mary was held In three Durham county precincts — Oak Grove, Glenr. and Beihesda schools. Gil mo"> won t rece'-' of 255 votes to 248 it ' C. Ray who toox -1 W ilmington’s Scrap Rubber Collection Totals to date in Wilming ton’s “Salvage for Victory” scrap rubber campaign: Standard Oil __ 82,029 pounds MacMillan and Cameron _ 34,573 pounds Fountain Qjl_ 28,371 pounds American Oil __ 24,475 pounds Atlantic Refin.- 17,000 pounds Gulf Oil _ 15,475 pounds Shell . 9,000 pounds Texas Co._ 7,437 pounds National Oil_ 6,480 pounds TOTAL_ 227,840 pounds SUBMARINES SINK TWO MORE SHIPS (Continued from Page One) more frequent boat drills, ordered ■ by the Maritime Commission, ac-1 counted for the declining loss of life on attacked ships. Three torpedoes destroyed the Yugoslavian vessel off the Atlan tic coast June 24, but the entire crew of 27 were saved six hours later when a rescue craft picked up their lifeboats. Survivors re lated that one of the ship’s engi neers, observing the ship was moving too fast to permit the safe launching of lifeboats, went below' after the second torpedo struck and reversed engines, then re turned to the waiting boats. Survivors from the two allied merchantmen sunk in the Pacific disclosed how the earlier torpedo ing of one of the vessels had brought about the sinking of the other. The disabled vessel's dis tress calls drew the second ship to the scene. The submarine at tacked again, sinking both\ves sels. Most of the lifeboats from the two ships were picked up by an allied destroyer, while another group of survivors landed on a small Pacific island. The shelling and probable sink ing of an enemy submarine off the Cuban coast was disclosed by the skipper of the attacking U. S. merchantman, Capt. John E. El lison of Upper Darby, Pa., who said the raider had been caught on the surface and did not have time to fire torpedoes or deck guns. He declared the U-boat turned over sideways as it went down in a crash-dive. Destruction of a Japanese sub marine in the Pacific was re vealed by the British admiralty, which said the sub and the 8,719 ton liner Tongariro exchanged fire in a running battle and the U-boat disappeared after the fourth shell from the ship struck it squarely. A heavy blast heard half an hour later was believed to have been the end of the raider. Three seamen who reached an East, coast port recently told of undergoing three torpedoings in three weeks. The men described the loss of the first ship, an nounced by the Navy June 2, and added that two rescue vessels lat i re blasted from under them. BRITISH READY FOR NAZIS’ NEW PUSH (Continued from Page One) haji moved to the coastal ar e a west of Matruh while other units milled about further inland in con tact with British mobile patrols. But the last word indicated Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, com mander of the Germans and Ital ians, still withheld an attack on the main Allied position. Rommel’s drive had definitely slowed dowm, for the moment at least. He seemed to be exercising considerable caution before tack ling the Allied forces ready and waiting for his onslaught. Impartial military observers ex pressed belief that if the Allied army keeps its head when and if Rommel attacks, it can send him back into Libya broken and de feated. The RAF reported that enemy troops advancing toward Matruh and in the Bir Abu Misheipa area, 80 miles west and slightly south of Matruh, were set upon success fully by Allied airmen yesterday while on the previous night fight ers and fighter-bombers pounded Axis planes and trucks on a land ing ground west of Matruh. Successful Attacks The assaults were followed up last night with what were de scribed as successful attacks on tanks and transport vehicles be tween Salum and Matruh. In fights over the battle area, Allied fight ers destroyed seven Messer schmitts while a reconnaissance aircraft got a big Junkers trans port plane. Reaching behind the immediate battle zone, an Allied fighter for mation strafed traffic on the Buq buqsidi Barrani road, destroying seven trucks, damaging ot h e rs and spreading death among Axis troops. For all operations, including in terception of a Messerschmitt pa trol off Malta and opposition to Axis air raiding in Egypt, the Al lies claimed 12 Axis planes de stroyed and acknowledged that a like number of their own were missing. The Eighth army, depleted by defeat in Libya, stood guard along a 40-mile line stretching from the Mediterranean to the vast Qattara depression, whose deep shifting sands permit no mass movements of modern armies. The Italians broadcast that Rommel’s forces “have made con tact with the defenses of Matruh,” some 160 miles from Alexandria, base of the British Mediterranean fleet, along a long established coastal railway. The British communique, listing action only through last night, ad mitted a further 15 mile advance of the Germans and Italians. The official account said: “There was no major engage ment yesterday. Our covering troops were in contact with th e enemy’s forward troops through out the day. By evening the ene my had reached a point, about 15 miles west of Matruh.” Strong and deep fortifications west of the railhead were believed blocking the Axis progress. 4 NEW HANOVER § §- §~ g- I b~ g is s g I I « I1"ff MiHUfMI SS «j g| g| < | .... ;s £ "S s| s:s sts * it’s ■ £ | i -I S3 § § g | COUNTY RETURNS | | K |£ |S 1 |5; £ i r i I I | 1 5 ' 5 I E u aff< £w £ffi © E IE** £'** p R s « g h 5 i s < _ ___ i ! 00 « For District Solicitor i 1 . i i i-j j j i i DAVID SINCLAIR —-1——78 106 124 98 117 175 100 120 ' 134 220 | 76 j 45 j 25 | 55 | 75 | 24 | 145 | 38 j 1755 CLIFTON L. MOORE- 48 84 | 83 76* 70 89 55 79 101 137 | 52 | 70 | 24' | 73! 59 | 17 | 139 j 64 | 1320 For State Senator j | i | I I J j | JACK Q. LeCBANP „„II_ 57 | 86 J 102 | 70 | 64 | 127 | 64 | 85 | 108 | 165 62 60 26 56 46 27 205 56 1466 i ' * ’ ~ J. E. L. WADE --_ 67 103 109 104 126 136 89 111 134 192 I 66 52 24 72 88 12 81 48 1614 Total Ballots Cast- 126 | 192 213 j 174 1 192 266 155 j 200 1 244 1 360 j 128 116 j 50 128 138 j 41 | 286 1 104 1 3113 MANY NYA JOBS TO BE ABOLISHED Agency To Begin New Fiscal Year On July 1 With Reduced Budget WASHINGTON, June 27.— UP - The jobs of approximately 40,000 youths employed on National Youth administration projects throughout the country will be abolished July 1, when the agency begins a new fiscal year with a greatly reduced budget. Aubrey Williams, NYA adminis trator, gave this estimate tonight and said that in the future only projects directly concerned with training youths for war production jobs would be kept in operation. Testifying before congressional committes recently, Williams’ aides estimated that shortly after July 5, NYA war production train ing students would number be tween 60,000 and 80,000 at any given time, but that throughout the year there would be about fo u r turnovers in classes and that about 350,000 young persons between 17 and 24 would receive training for essential trades. Williams was unable to say just how many projects in the Virginia, Maryland and Washington area would be shut down next week but expressed the opinion that the number'would be small because during the past several months the NYA had been gradually reducing the number of training centers not directly related to the war effort. Speaking of NYA projects over the country, he said that those still open and not directly engaged in training youths for war jobs were principally active in training hospital aides, quantity cookers and wood workers. He said that all the hospital aide and cookdr courses would have to be closed, but that some of the woodworkers courses might be maintained where they were giving assistance to some army center. Also among those who will be let out, Williams said, would be some 12,000 to 15,000 doing cleri cal work for draft boards, and 7, 000 doing clerical work at army camps. He stimated the number taking hospital aid courses at be tween 2,000 and 3,000. The pending appropriation bi 11 for the NYA, expected to go to the President when congressional conferees iron out minor differ ences,, provides approximately $60,000,000 for the agency in 1943. The sum for the current fiscal year was $130,000,000. 4 -V Water makes a clear leap of 1360 feet, a world’s record leap for waterfalls, in the upper part of the Yosemite Falls F.D.R., CHURCHILL PROMISE BIG STROKE (Continued from Page One) “Because of the wide extension of the war to all parts of the world, transportation of the fight ing forces, together with the trans portation of munitions of war and supplies, still constitutes the major problem of the United Nations,” the statement continued, “While submarine warfare on the part of the Axis continues to take heavy toll of cargo ships, the actual production of new tonnage is greatly increasing month by month. It is hoped that as a result of the steps planned at this con ference, the respective navies will further reduce the toll of merchant shipping.” Never before, the war leaders added have the United Nations “been in such hearty and detailed agreement on plans for winning the war as they are today.” With this they combined an as sertion that they “recognize and applaud the Russian resistance to the main attack being made by Germany and we rejoice in the magnificent resistance of the Chi nese army.” They and their ad visors, they said, went thoroughly into the question of methods of re lieving China and striking at the Japanese. “The Prime minister and the President,” the statement said in conclusion, “have met twice before, first in August 1941. and again in December 1941. There is no doubt in their minds that the over-all pic ture is more favorable to victory than it was in either August or December of last year.” Congressmen Pleased In congress the joint statement received much applause. Senator Connally (P-Tex), chair man of the Foreign Relations com mittee, said he felt certain “that the President and Mr. Churchill are planning to take steps which will make our military and naval resources most effective while aid ing the gallant and heroic Russian armies.” Senator Truman (D-Mo) head of the Defense Investigating commit tee, said he agreed that production was fast approaching its schedules, and added he was much impressed by the assertion that victory was more nearly assured now than six months ago. Senator Smith (D-SC) said he hoped the statement meant that “the United Nations will concen trate their efforts on one strong front.” Senator Ellender (D-La), who has criticized the massing of idle troops in Great Britain, said he was glad to note that “it is apparent the 4,000,000 troops in England will probably see active service.” He said he hoped ' there will <be no more compromise decisions in the war based on political issues.” “Everything possible must be done to help Ruesia, as it is neces sary to keep Russia going to K. C. EMPLOYMENT DECREASES IN MAT Seventeen Industries Rep0 Declines And Eight Not/ Increases In Jobs RALEIGH, June 27— (*, ployment in 1,498 North c? business concerns decreased 1 ? tenths of one per cent dZ? Labor Commissioner Forres ?' ford reported today. “">■ Seventeen industries rpn employment declines and ported increases. During month, the firms employed 202 » persons and paid them $2 243 nT week, an increase of two • 1 tenths per cent over April Average weekly earnings three and eight-tenths of one cent to $20.91 ar.d average hourf earnings increased four-tenths one per cent to 53.8 -v Church Of Good Sheoherd Plans Communion Today Men of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Sixth anrf Queen streets, hold a corDo-a. communion at the earlv Ce'eV tion this morning at 8'o’clock Morning prayer and the sermon by the pastor, the Rev h™,. W; Glazier, will be at li o'clock after the church school at o’clock. The young people’s meeting aiM supper will be at 7 o'clock fo] lowed by evening prayer and «r mon at 8 o’clock. * shorten the war," said R«n Martin (RMass), the republican'll leader. Could Cleopatra Drink A Pearl With Stomach Ulcer Pains7 An intriguing story of Cleopatra Is the ?n® "here an admirer praised the beauty of two of her pearls, whereupon she dropped one into a glass of wine and drank it. She would hardly have done this had she suffered after-eating pains. Those who are distressed with stomach or ulcer pains, indigestion gas pains, heartburn burning sensa tion. bloat and other conditions caused by excess acid should try a 25c box o[ Ldga I ablets. They must help or money refunded. At Saunders and drug stores everywhere. mmmm until we learned of The Keeley Institute - & its 50-yr. record of successful treatment. WRITE TODAY FOR FREE BOOKLET which tells oi the treatment and pictures the institution where it is given. Booklet will be / sent in a plain envelope, I Let’s Talk About What is this thing called "ceiling?" Well, it is simply a move on Ihe part of our government to keep retail prices from going "sky-high." It is an excellent bit of law-making that says to the retailer: "Now, look here, my friend ... you will see to it that your sell ing prices for the duration of ihe war are no higher than they were in March, 1942." The retail prices on that basis, therefore, represent "ceiling prices" on thousands of items — the highest prices that the law allows. This is obviously a pro tection for you. Some stores require the restraint of such a law . . . some do not. Here at this store our prices are 'way below the stipulated "ceiling." It will pay you to confirm this fact yourself.. . see with your own eyes the amazing values that fill our floors and don't wait too long. A growing scarcity is developing in several lines of home furnishings. This is natural and un ^voidable. But it will pay you to heed it... and buy \Jisit TJour cTavonte furniture Store ©ften
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