KIWANIANS PLAN SELECTEE RITES Civic Club To Sponsor Fit ting Farewell For New Soldiers Em s ley A. Lanev, telling Kiawan ians yesterday of watching a bus toad of new soldiers lea' e Second and Princess the other morning for Induction Into the army with only the bus driver ar.d the chairman of the city draft board present, urged the club to sponsor a move ment to give all departing draftees a fitting farewell. “These boys are going away to fight for us, said J5r. Lar.ey, “and some of them are not coming bach. The lease we can do is to bid them Godspeed.” President J. Q. LeOrand named William W. Bryan chairman of a committee to report a p.an for carrying out Mr. Laneys r>roposal next week. Choief City Air Raid Warden F. P. O'Crcv. .ey di-.-.-sec deve.opment of Wilmington's raid warning and war den set-up. during yesterday s lunch eon meeting. He explained that the city is di vided into S3 sectors each of which have a warden ar.d three assist ants, totaling 400 workers in all. ' But tine warden system,” he said only a small car’ of local civilian defense—only or.e of rice 14 agen cies. pointing out the need for -reciai training Mr. O Crowley lared that of .311 active wardens or. July 1. only 37 were trained and S3 in training. The chief warden told of the bene fits derived from test “raids. He said: "The one this week took the people in 'he control room four min utes. It should have been two. But just think what it would have been without training. ‘SALES ENGINEERS’ PROFITING ON WAR 'Continued from Pare One) serted that the three "sales en gineers." holding commission con tracts with more than two-score manufacturers, had an "inside track" at the Navy Department which had helped them make a profit of $648,701 during the first six months of the year. "You three men, sitting here in Washington,” Vinson declared an grily, "are getting SI.180 each a day, every day for the first six day, while boys are dying at Ba taan and Corregidor and on the Lexington. ortiz Succumbs IN BUENOS AIRES 'Continued from Pare One) neighboring Chile has broken with the Axis. From semi-retirement Ortiz oc casionally issued messages and it had been believed he might even tually retake office. FOR CORRECT TIME DIAL 3 5 7 5 —C'jurtti}'— NAZIS FORCE REDS TO EVACUATE CITIES 'Continned from Paje One) sians stopped the upper arm of an encircling movement, then threw the attackers into retreat. The Germans had attempted the encirclement after their break through west of the city, accom jplished by large numbers of fresh ! * reop s ar.d hundreds of tanks fol ' lowed by automatic riflemen, had run into stubborn Red army resis ; tance. One important position west of Voronezh, together with a forest, was reported recaptured in tne Russian counter - attacks. Russian dispatches said also that the third German motorized infantry divi sion. which appeared on the battle field only yesterday, had beer, forc ed to withdraw, ar.d was replaced by the new 158th motorized divi sion. A small railway crossing also 7.-as re-taken, ar.d in another sector 1 the Russians applied such pressure that the Germans retired, blowing up a bridge. Toere was, however, no room for quick optimism as to the city’s fate for the Germans were sending fresh troops and new machines with every hour into the battle area on the eastern bank of the Don. Thousands of soldiers were fight ing from behind every natural bar rier ar.d tanks were charging over the battlefield, where walls of fire were twisting into huge columns j of smoke. 3 ALLIES POUND AXIS IN EGYPTIAN WAR 'Continued from Page One) Rorr.mel apparently decided to try his luck on the night side, still trying to dislodge the allies from Tel El Eisa—-the Hill of Jesus— which was taken by Australian troops last Friday in the first half of a lQ-m:le imperial advance west of E! Alamein. It was the third Axis attack so far on the heights. The imperial defenders had the continued backing of the Royal Air Force, which has maintained mastery of the skies over the bat tlefront. and the fliers pounded at the enemy tank and motorized in fantry columns in large-scale at tacks. In one swoop the RAF destroyed all but one vehicle in a desert convoy of 15 armored cars and transports and one tank, besides taking the customary toll of Axis aircraft. The RAF also attacked the port of Tobruk in force, sowing fires that eventually blended into one great conflagration. Below the coastal strip the des ert floor actions were confined to | minor engagements of columns and patrols. The reduced scale of the Axis counter-attacks was looked upon here as evidence that Rommel still awaited full implementation for another major effort to advance to Alexandria after being stalled and pressed back slightly in the last two weP.s about El Alamein. The front-line story of one Axis effort to take the heights lost to the British along the coastal rail road since last weekend’s new out burst was told by AP War Cor respondent Harry Crockett in a delayed dispatch from a desert commander’s dugout at El Ala rr.ein. Striking just before dusk in Rom mel’s favorite tactic of drawing the defenders' eyes into the glare of the setting sun, the Axis infan try and tank forces first tried the ;part of the line held by the Aus tralians but got nov/here, Crockett r reported. Take a furlough from your strenuous activities and come to New York for a week or a weekend. The change will do you worlds of good and make you better able to carry on. New York offers you more to do and see than any spot in the world. 3 Big League Baseball Teams • 43 Legitimate Theatres • Splendid Ocean Beaches • World-Famous Shops and Avenues • 5i Sub ways • Radio City - NlGHT CLUBS AND Movies • Museums and Exhibits • HISTORIC Sites • Mammoth Bridges. NOWi ALVINO REY and his Orchestra ) featuring the KING SISTERS—on (he ASTOR ROOF "MEET ME AT —the ASTOR" % Modern in every respect, | the Hotel Astor is New \ York’s only hotel fronting | on Times Square, the | "Crossroads of the World.” | 1000 spacious rooms with | bath for as little as $*• I IT'S GOOD BUSINESS TO RELAX" SENATE OKEHS OPA BILL ON FINANCES 'Continued from P»f* One) rr.erce Jones as opening the way i to general subsidy payments. Senator Reed 'R.-Kas.) estimat ed the plan would cost the Recon struction Finance Corporation sub sidiary $250,000,000 a year. Russell said Jones’ action follow ed recommendations by the war and Navy departments and the Of fice of Price Administration, and bore th'e approval of the President. Red pointed out that the pend ing bill, containing an apprecia tion to operate OPA. stipulated that none of the OPA fond should be used directly or indirectly for mak ing subsidy payments. "If we are to start out on this kind of a policy, where in the name of Almighty God are we go ing to stop?” Reed inouired. SABOTEUR LANDING FOUND BY GUARDSMAN (Continued from P»se One) Cullen reached for a flashlight. The man on shore apparently thought Cullen reached for a gun, for he spoke: “Wait a minute, are you Coast Guard?” ■Yes,” said Cullen. “Who are you?” . “A couple of fishermen from Southampton who have run aground,” was the reply. “Come up to the station and wait for daybreak,” said Culler., as the weather worsenede an dthe fog thickened. “Wait a minute,” said the man, “you don’t know what’s going on. How old are you? Have you a fath er and a mother? I wouldn t want to have to kill you.’ Cullen, apparently realizing the hopelessness of tackkng three men at once, played for time. “What’s in the bag, claims?” He asked, as one of the Germans in the water came up through the fog dragging a bag. Cullen knew there were no clams for miles around. “Yes. that's right,” said the first man. Then, sensing gullibility, he offered Cullen S100 to “forget the whole thing.” “I don't want it,” said Cullen. “Then take S300 ” said the man. “OK,” replied Cullen, thinking fast. “Now look me in the eyes,” the man ordered. Cullen later reported a fear that was going to be hypnotized, but the man merely asked whether Cullen v/ould recognize him if he saw him again. “No," said Cullen. Cullen moved away in the fog, then raced to the Coast Guard sta tion and reported to his superior, and the search was on, not to be ended until the FBI had rounded up the four who landed near Ama gansett and four others who land ed from a U-boat on the Florida coast. Soldiers and sailors joined in the hunt that night. One of the Guardsmen reported that through a rift in the fog he saw a long, thin object, about 70 feet long, about 150 feet off shore— probably the submarine. Cullen al so heard the sound of powerful die sel engines. When Cullen turned in the bribe money, he found that the saboteur had short-changed him $40 on the promised $300. 3 -v Westbrook Is Selected Firemen’s Representative To Civil Service Board Norwood Westbrook was selected a member of the City Civil Service board by a unanimous vote of members of the fire department Wednesday night. As the fire department’s repre sentative on the board, Mr. West brook succeeds S. Marion Spencer who resigned recently due to in creased activity in his employment with the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road. Members of the fire department expressed their appreciation to Mr. Spencer for the service f e render ed while serving on the board. 700 Landlords Wait Until Final Day For Registration In City More than 700 landlord- waited until the final day of rent control registration here yesterday and jammed the offices of Area Rent Director George W. Jeffrey to sign the necessary forms. The office’s entire staff was util ized in an effort to register all per sons before the deadline. J-enalaties for those failing to appear are a fine of $5,000, a year imprisonment or both. Registration for hotel and room ing house operators has not been set, but Mr. Jeffrey has warned them to bring their rents to con form with those of April 1, 1941. -V Alexandrite, once the national gem of Russia, has a greenish col or in daylighl, reddish in artificial light. Obituaries T. J. SEEDERS Funeral services for Thomas Jones Seeders, 57, retired Atlantic Coast Line railroad employe- who I died at 19 JO o'clock Tuesday night at his residence, 313 Grace stret, will be conducted at 10 o'clock this morning from Grace Mthodist church by the Rev. J. F. Herbert. Interment will be in Oakdale ceme tery. Mr. Seeders was a steward of Grace Methodist church. No rela tives survive. Pallbearers will be: active. George D. McFadyen, Charles J. Keen, J. U. King. C. C. Holmes. Roger Moore and Lennex Cooper: honor ary B. E. Widder, E. C. Craft, Sr.. , D. H. McGlaughon. Harry Dosher. ; Herbert Caveraugh, S. D. Hurst, : Jr., T. O. Green. Herbert Davis, A. B. Smith, T. E. Moody, O. B. | Smith, Archie Craft. R. L. Benson. | Charles Bradshaw, A. B. Love, Dr. E. T. Walker, J. E. McCartey, J. ! B. Dickinson, W. A. McGirt, E. L. ; White Bruce Yandle, C. D. Yar borough, E. C. Craft, Jr., H. M. j Lander, T. B. Lilly and A. S. I Trundle. The funeral cortege will leave the Yopp Funeral home at 9:45 o’clock this morning. MRS. A. E. WALKER Funeral services for Mrs. A. E. Walker, 64, of Atkinspn. who died suddenly at her home Friday, were conducted from the Atkinson Bap tist church Saturday afternoon by the Rev. J. A. Boyd, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Clark of Burgaw. Interment followed in the family cemetery near Currie. Pallbearers were James Simp son, Roland Harrell, Otto Wells, Jeff Harrell, Rudolph Harrell, all of Atkinson, and Sgt. George High smith, Jr., of Fort Jackson, S. C. Surviving are six children and six grandchildren. Mrs. Walker was the widow of A. E. Walker, who died about 10 years ago. Before marriage she was Miss Mary Ellen Evans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Evans of Rocky Point. A. L. TEW Funeral services for A. L. Tew, 76, who died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. J. Crump ler, in Suffolk, Va., were conduct ed at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon from the chapel of the Hollomond. Brown Funeral home in Norfolk, -Va. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. M. J. Crumpler, of Suffolk, and Mrs. J. B. Merritt, of Norfolk; seven grandchildren, Mary Floyd Crumpler and Minnie Lee Crump ler, Suffolk; Mary E. Johnson, E. W. Johnson, J. P. Johnson, Mrs. C. A. Jurgensen, Jr., Wilmington, and Mrs. S. G. Duncan, Alexan dria, Va., and five great - grant children. 3 MRS. MARY COLLINS JACKSONVILLE. Julv 15.—Fun MRS. MARY COLLINS neral services for Mrs. Mary Col lins will probably be held Friday afternoon, either at Maysville or New’ Bern. Mrs. Collins, 39. died at St. Luke's hospital at New Ben Mon day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, fol lowing the birth of her child which died shortly after 2 a.m. A native of New York City, Mrs. Collins was the wife of Preston Collins, well-known Maysville serv ice station operator. Besides her husband a son, Preston, Jr., also survives. 2 G. C. HIGHSMITH G. Cameron Highsmith, 79, farm er of near Burgaw, died at 10:30 Monday morning at the residence after an extended illness. Funeral services were conduct ed yesterday morning at 10 o’clock from the residence near Burgaw by the Rev. O. E. Bryant, of Clin ton, the Rev. P. L. Clark and Dr. C. R. Taylor, both of Burgaw. In terment was in Burgaw cemetery. Mr. Highsmith was a member of Red Hill Universalist church near Clinton. u. s. employment HITS NEW PEAK (Continued from Page One) civilian labor force increased by 1,900,000, as young people just out of school sought jobs. The number of unemployed in June was estimated at 2,800,000 and the total labor force cthe num ber employed plus those seeking jobs) at 56,100,000. 3 Jacksonville Postoffice Gets Rating Advancement JACKSONVILLE, July 15.Post al receipts increased so much here during the past six months that the Jacksonville postoffice was ad vanced to a second class rating effective July 1. During the six months period, postal receipts netted $16,126.81. A total of 24,340 money orders were written in the amount of $346, 328.19. The second quarter, ending June 30, showed a marked increase over the first period of the year. Postal receipts were $8,682.16 as against $7,444.65 during the first quarter. Money orders numbered 12,678 in the amount of $178,945.02 against 11,662 for the sum of $167, 383.17 during tie March quarter period. 2 -V MEAT SUBSTITUTE Rock fragments are hammered from large, white boulders by Chinese natives of northern Yun nan. The fragments are pulver ized, mixed with soy bean cream, and eaten by the peasants, who relish the crushed rock as a sub stitute for meat. -V The common housefly vibrates its wings about 160 times a second while in flight. CONTROL OF PRICES MAY BE INCREASED (Continved from Pare One) inally laid for a recess of perhaps 30 days starting next week. This disclosure came as the sen ate granted some concessions to Price Administrator Leon Hender son but put off until tomorrow a final vote on a SI.857,151.710 ap propriation bill for his and 17 oth er war agencies. Henderson failed to get the fund : of 8140,000,000 he sought for the : current fiscal year but the senate voted him S125.000.000 as against propriations committee and $75, 00.000 by the house. A ban against subsidies to help maintain price ceilings was ap proved against his wishes. But an amendment which would have im posed new restrictions on his au thority to fix price ceilings on processed farm commodities was ! toned down to what administra I tion leaders called a mere restate ment of existing law on parity, and another amendment, requiring sen ate approval of appointments to jobs paying more than S4.500 a year, was entirely eliminated. Henderson issued an administra tive order during the day serving notice that any OPA employes en gaging in political activities would be” dismissedeven unpaid mem bers of local boards. 2 -V City Briefs RABIES CLINICS John Codington, rabies in spector, will hold clinics for vaccinations of dogs today at the following places: 9 to 10:30 o’clock, Thirtenth and Dawson streets; 11 to 12:30 o’clock, Wil liam Hooper school; 2 to 3:30 o'clock, Tileston school, and 4 to 5:30 o’clock, Front and Castle streets. AIR PATROL MEETING Members of the civil air patrol will meet at 9 o’clock Friday night at Anderson’s Clothing store. CHILD INJURED Doiugiass Vass, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Vass of 308 South Third street, was treated at Bulluck’s hospital about 2 o’clock Wednesday for bruises and abrasions on the hands and body received when he was struck by a motorcycle, at the intersection of Front and Grace streets. Police said the motorcycle, ridden by VV. A. Shealy, of 113 South Jackson street, Sunset Park, was travel ing in a northern direction at the time of the accident. Offi cers said the child ran against the side of the front wheel, grabbed the fender brace, and was dragged about five feet. No charges were preferred against Shealy. ARTICLES STOLEN D. C. Gantt, of 308 Grace street, reported to police Wed nesday that a suitcase, contain ing clothing and about S3 in money were taken from his room. The missing articles were val.ued at about $25. OFFICER INJURED L. E. Sikes, motorcycle officer of the police department, suf fered abrasions on the right el bow and hand Wednesday when the motorcycle he was riding skidded on gravel at the inter section of Fourth and Bruns wick streets. Officer Sikes said the tread of the tires of the motorcycle was worn and the vehicle skidded on the gravel when he applied the brakes. Little damage was done to the motor. POWELL BETTER C. T. Powell, local merchant, i simproving at James Walker Memorial hospital after a throat operation on Monday. IS IMPROVING Bobby Johnson, 13-year-old son of Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, is slowly Improving at James Walker Memorial hospital. The youth is suffering from injuries suffered last Thursday when his bike collided with an Army truck, at the corner of Front and Ann streets. STAMPS EFFECTIVE The No. 6 and No. 7 stamps on the War Ration Book are good for two pounds of sugar from July 26 through August 22. Food ration stamp No. 7 is good for a bonus of two pounds of sugar until August 22. Stamp No. 5 remains effective until July 25 and No. 6 is effective from July 26 to August 22. FORMS NEEDED On or before July 29 every dealer, dealer outlet and sup plier must forward to the New Hanover War Price and Ration ing board all forms, OPA R-510 and OPA R-511, receipts for bulk gasoline, received by him between May 15 and July 21, inclusive. -V Former Bath Principal Named Superintendent Of Clinton’s Schools CLINTON. July 15.—E. C. Sipe, principal of the Bath (N.C.) city schools for the past several years today was appointed superintend ent of Clinton’s school system, ac cording to Hugh Lowe, chairman on the local board of education. Sipe replaces B. E. Lohr. who has accepted the position as super intendent of Lumberton’s schools. Sipe is a graduate of the Uni versity of North Carolina, and has been teaching for the . past 12 years. He will take over his duties here immediiately, it is understood. FARM MEASURE PASSES HOUSE AFTER DELAYS (Continued from Pa*e One) prices and consequently higher food prices, or result in a smaller production of hogs, cattle, nulx, eggs and poultry needed in record I quantities for the war. The House had taken the posi | tion that sales of government grain below parity prices would violate the parity principle of the federal farm programs and cause a break in wheat and com prices. The administration countered with the promise that it would at tempt to stabilize grain prices at 85 per cent of parity and pay growers subsidies in amounts suf ficient to give them a full parity return on their crops. (Parity is a price designed to give producers the same return in terms of other commodities as they received from 1909 to 1914.) Backed by such organizations as the American Farm Bureau Fed eration and the National Grange, the House had stood firmly by its guns until today. Its action in re ceding came suddenly after mem bers voted, 128 to 204, to reject Cannon’s proposal to set the mini mum sales price for wheat at fu'J parity for corn, or about 97 cents a bushel. Administration leaders had warned that this proposal was not acceptable to the President. The appropriation bill carried 5450.000,000 for soil conservation payments for farmers, S135,319,557 for rehabilitation loans and grants for FSA clients, and S34.175.000 for the Farm Tenant Purchase Act. 2 HOPEFUL REPORTS HEARD BY SOLONS _ (Continued from Page One) terials, can add 5.000 to 10,000 miles to the life of a tire, he said, and a material called “flexon” made from oil derivatives is prom ising, while the “so . called butyl rubber bids fair to make a tire probably half as good as natural rubber.” The flexon process mentioned by Jones was one of two methods on which Farish was counting for the extra output. The other was a “quick butadiene” process. The previously planned 300.000 ton production, he said, would be sufficient to meet the military needs of the United Nations but none of it could be put to the pur poses of ordinary non-essential ci vilian motoring. Jones said government officials were doing everything possible to relieve the rubber situation and that the best available technical advice had been followed. “We would never get any consid erable synthetic rubber if we jump ed from one process to another every time an oil company or an inventor, however patriotic either may be, wanted the government to adopt their process,” he said. CHURCHILL ASKS FOR WAR GOODS (Continued from Page One) cipal effect will be on shipments of luxuries and non-essential sup plies which formerly supplement- i ed the food and clothing rations of many of the British people. For some time it has been il legal for individual unauthorized groups to request supply shipment from the United States, but many individuals and numerous Ameri cans living in Britain have been receiving packages of tobacco, clothing and delicacies which are unobtainable in England. 2 WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON. July 15—(JP)—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal coton growing areas and elsewhere Station High Low Prec. Atlanta _ 96 70 0.0(1 Birmingham_ 93 71 0.00 Boston_ 79 65 0.00 Chicago_ 77 62 0.12 Cincinnati _ 87 63 0.00 Cleveland _ 85 61 0.00 Denver _ 95 61 0.00 Jacksonville _ 95 72 0.00 Kansas City_ 97 76 0.00 New Orleans _ 85 70 0.87 New York_ 82 67 0.00 Pittsburgh_ 80 61 0.00 Richmond _ 90 74 0.00 Washington _ 86 72 0.00 Wilmington_ 94 75 0.18 COMMANDO’S TRAINER SHOWS HOW IT’S DONE (Continued from Page One) as aerial torpedoes. What is Major Fairbaim’s meth od? It's a college degree Jiu-Jitsu, it’s Magna Cum Laude Hell’s Kitchen; post graduate Port Said mixed with war sense. Fairbaim has made a study of every method of close combat. He was the first foreigner ever ad mitted to the Kodokan Jiu-Jitsu university in Tokyo where he was awarded the black belt, first and second degree. He commanded the Shanghai police and drove terror ists from the city. Now he's teach ing his method to the United Na tion troops. “There will be those of you who will be shocked by my methods.” Major Fairbaim explaned. ‘To you I say in war you cannot af ford the luxury of squeamishness. Either you kill or capture or you will be killed or captured.” He disarmed pistol toting oppo nents who attacked him from the rear; broke strangle holds without effort; took a sharp pointed poin ard from an adversary who had a choking grip on his throat and ex plained how, with your opponent grounded, you can break every bone in his body without causing noise enough to be heard 10 feet away. 2 200 ‘SPITFIRES’ STRAFE GERMANS ^Continued from Page One) the cliffs at Fecamp to attack light anti-aircraft field artillery batteries, wireless stations, freight cars and troops. The fighters sped to the attack when fine weather returned today and strong formations of planes roared over the channel. Four offensive operations were reported, centering on the Etaples area, across the channel from Eng land, ar.d over Fecamp, St, Val eri e-e.o-Caux. and Dieppe. 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