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"^ved By Leased Wire Of The * —. tlmttmfam iflnnmuj i>imr •££ -; -_TEN PAGES_ WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1942 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867. « in V m TV • _ A 1 • . — _ Illied Fliers (aid Hankow •01 4th Time tiHwell’s Headquarters Announces ‘Very Satis factory’ Assault par supplies’coming Ihinese Reveal Materials Now Arriving Over Road From Russia By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING. July 17. — IP)_A fourth and “very sat ,factory” air raid on Han oiv, big Japanese base on the wtze was announced to av by Genera! Stillwell’s leadquarters, while aground he Chinese reported they fvere inflicting casualties on he Japanese in fighting m our provinces. At the same time the Chi nese disclosed officially that war supplies now were arriving over a newly-opened 2-800-mile road iron Russia. A communique said the water front at Hankow, midway between Shanghai and Chungking, was at tacked vesterday by "allied bomb ers” escorted by fighter planes. Previous raids were made July 1, 2 and 6. . It was announced today that m the July 2 raid a dozen 220-pound jombs struck the Hankow docks and warehouses and there were several near misses on ships. Further details also were sup (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) iAVY DECORATES 1 CAROLINA MEN Clarence Earl Dickinson, Yilmington, Among Those Receiving Honors WASHINGTON, July 17-(*t—Sev n residents of North Carolina and buth Carolina have been honored iy the Navy for heroism since the Inited States entered the present tar. A compilation by the Navy show d for the nation as a whole 231 tien in the fighting service of the ea had been decorated for acts 'eyond the call of duty. Among those decorated were: Captain John Wilkes, Navy, lharlotte, Distinguished Service Wedal. Lt. Clarence E. Dickinson, Jr., Navy, Wilmington, gold Star ami Navy cross. Lt. Com. Ashton B. Smith. Navy, Charleston, S. C.. Navy cross. First Lt. Charles W. Somers. Ma rines, Salisbury, Distinguished Fly. ing cross. Coxswain Edward C. Daly, de ceased. Goldsboro, Navy cross. Aviation machinist’s mate, first lias?, Everen C. McLawhorn, Navy la Jrange. Navy cross. Li. Com. Donald A. Lovelace, ''ary, deceased. High Point, Dis tinguished Flying cross. 3 U. S. Will Buy Surplus Alcohol From Mexico Washington, juiy 17—upi—1The anted States has agreed t0 buy • exico’s entire exportable surplus 31 alcoho1 UP to the end of Febru «y. 1943. the State Department disclosed today. L announced an agreement be '.een the Commodity Credit Cor P-iation and the Sociedad National , uc °res Lo Alcohol of Mexico t»n 1 ^ hieh all the alcohol Mexico .,rioffer wil1 be purchased at 40 ms a gallon fob Laredo. Tex. 3 -V WEATHER ■Nortu FORECAST: u'"rwISa.vAR°LINA ~ Continued hiding ; .l0°'ca: data for the 24 hours "fsterday: ', "father Bureau) 1:"0 3 m Jrmperature: *?• 7:30 p 9. m. 79; 1:30 p. m. ^ mean 24.° ’ ma*imum 94; minimum ’ n°rma] 79. I 1:30 a. , “"raidity: 4- 7:30 p. ^ ''fi. a- m- 91; 1:30 p. m. Total for 5 m' 0-00 inches ,h0UrS er,dlne 7:30 "sy °£ the month 2 u - S?nCe the firSt TIDr«j inches. (From the T,/0; ‘ODAT: U' s- Coast anrid^ Tables Published by Jnd Geodetic Survey)': •Imingt0c High Low . ‘ ..12:44a. 8:02a •‘5as°nboro ln]pf 7:49p let .10:50a. 4:46a ^nrise 5-na. ll:00p. 5:03p ,8a; moon’?e1 10 37pet 7:23p; moonris“ , f'at r‘V,r 5,ate »t Fayette m-’ Friday, 9.05 feet. ’"Hied on Rage Two; Col. *) Directs Carolinas’ War Maneuvers , Maj. Gen. E. J. Dawley is in charge of this year’s war-time maneuvers in the Carolinas. His premaneuver statement told soldiers that “this probably will be the last test before shooting starts.” — Associated Press Photo from Maneuver Area PRO Headquarters). Henri-Haye Gets Rebuff As Welles Cancels Date ——————— w WASHINGTON, July 17.—(iP)— The Vichy government of collabo rationist Pierre Laval received a diplomatic rebuff today when its ambassador, Gaston Henry-Haye, called at the State department. The ambassador had been sched uled to see Undersecretary Welles, but the appointment suddenly was cancelled and the ambassador was asked to transact his business with James C. Dunn, the department’s political adviser on European af fairs. Henry-Haye was understood to have been instructed by Vichy to discuss two mattershis govern ment’s protest against assignment of United States military and naval representatives to General Charles de Gaulle's fighting French com mittee in London, and chief of gov ernment Laval’s published warning to the United States against en couraging the British to seize or destroy interned French warships at Alexandria. Confirming that Welles had can celled the appointment, Henry Haye told newspapermen with a smile that he was “not entirely surprised.” "I am still trying to use what influence I have to maintain friendly relations between our two countries,” he added. In addition to discussing the i Vichy views on tfie Free French I and the fleet. Henry-Haye also had gone to the department to talk about the case of Jean Musa, Swiss-born American citizen ar rested on a charge that he failed to register as a foreign agent. Musa registered July 10, four days before his arrest, describing himself as an employee of the French ambassador, but his reg istration statement was not re ceived at the department of jus tice until yesterday, having been addressed erroneously to the State Department ' and later forwarded from there. The ambassador, talking to re porters today, deplored what he called excessive publicity given (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 4) ‘PADDY’ FINUCANE PLUNGES TO DEATH Youthful Irish RAF Ace Dies In Wreckage Of Spitfire Fighter LONDON, July 17— I/Pi —Bidding his comarades farewell with a calm “this is it, chaps,” Irish Pad. dy Finucane, RAF ace who had 33 German planes to his credit, plung ed to his death in the English chan nel last Tuesday in the wreckage of his crippled spitfire, and Air Min istry announced tonight. A veteran of more than 50 cross channel raids and the youngest wing commander in the RAF. Fin ucane, 21, was leading his squad ron during the largest mass air as sault yet upon occupied France when a “million to one chance’ shot from a German machine-gun post hit the radiator of his plane. Unable to gain height, Finucane attempted to set his wounded Spit fire down in the sea but it sank immediately, dragging him down. Before the crash he called out his farewell message over his inter plane radio. Pilot Officer F. A. Aikman, 23 year-old No. 2 leader of the wing and a native of Toronto, went on and avenged the Irish ace by smashing the German machine-gun post. Finucane—his given name was Brendan but everybody called him i (Continued on P»*e Three; Col. 8) I ARMY MANEUVERS NEARK CRISIS Showdown Between Red And Blue Armies Expect ed Sometime Today WADESBORO. July 17.—(A*)—Sol diers of the opposing Red and Blue armies skirmished over an 18-mile front south of the Rocky River to day as the second field exercise of the 1942 maneuvers approached its climax. Observers at headquarters here predicted that the show-down phase would be reached before noon tomorrow'. Although small blue forces had infiltrated behind the Red front at various points, the Reds under the command of Major General Leonard T. Gerow adopted offen sive tactics in carrying out their mission of defending the Rocky River crossings. They advanced instead of falling back to the line of field fortifica tions, dugouts. and other strong points they prepared at the out set of the problem yesterday. The Blues, commanded by Ma jor General W. C. Gillem. Jr., were reported using unorthodox tactical operations, sometimes causing confusion among their op ponents. The line of battle was west from the Peedee river approximately through Wadesboro, Polkton, and Monroe. 2 FLORID ACANAL PASSES SENATE Solons Also Okeh Pipeline Measures To Relieve Oil Shortages WASHINGTON, July 17-7!'T'7 The Senate today passed a bitter ly disputed bill authorizing con struction of a Florida barge canal and other waterway and pipeline facilities which proponents said would help relieve the East coast oil shortage. The $93,000,000 authorization bill passed by voice vote after an amendment to strip it of all but a $13,000,000 provision for pipelines was rejected 31 to 30. An anxious moment for advo cates of the barge canal was pro vided when they realized as the clerk becan a recapitulation of the roll call that the count was 30 to 29 against them. Before it was completed, however, Senator Clark (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5> -V--— Single Enemy Raider Bombs Greater London After 4 Month Respite LONDON, July 17. — (/PI — A single enemy raider dropped bombs at a place in the greater London area this afternoon during the first alert the capi tal has had in four months, it was stated authoritatively to night. Slight damage was caused but there were no cas ualties. Enemy planes dropped bombs at a southwest coast town earlier in the day. One bomber was destroyed by the RAF off the south coast. DESERT ISSUE REMAINS IN DOUBT ’ AS BRITISH ADVANCE; REDS HURL GERMANS BACK ACROSS DON RIVER , f Nazi Regiment Is Annihilated In Savage Stab Russians Claim Destruction Of Unit And Recross ing Of Stream ‘RETREAT IN DISORDER’ Report Populated Places Retaken West Of Voro nezh; Initiative Taken By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Saturday, July 18. — (/P) — Russian troops counterattacking south of Voronezh were reported to day to have hurled the Ger mans back across the Don river, but the Nazis still were making progress toward Stal ingrad at the southern end of the long Don front where the invaders are using 1,000,000 men. A savage stab into the Ger man salient which had cross ed to the east bank of the Don to menace Voronezh city several miles beyond “annihilated the 222nd (Continued on Pa»e Two; Col. 7) -v ANTI-SUB DEFENSE PROVES EFFECTIVE General Andrews Reveals Work Against U-Boats In Caribbean U. S. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Canal Zone. July 17— (TP) —Leiut. Gen. Frank Andrews, Commander of Caribbean defenses, told a press conference today that new anti submarine defense measures “ap parently were proving very effec tive” in the Caribbean zone. Although he would <not discuss the nature of the measures, there have been official statements that convoys now had been instituted in the Caribbean as well as along the Atlantic coast. These mea sures undoubtedly were among the topics discussed by General Andrews and Rear Ad miral Clifford Van Hook when they were in Washington. Both have just returned to Panama. Observers also recalled the re cent arrest in British Honduras and the Canal zone of 20 persons accused of tipping off Axis raiders to Allied shipping movements and supplying fuel for U-boats. The first full thrust of Axis sub marines in the western Caribbean resulted in the sinking of 13 United Nations’ ships in the period of June 3-14. By contrast there have been no Navy releases on sinkings in this area in many days, and the most visible proof of improved shipping conditions is seen on restaurant menus and the shelves of Canal zone commissaries, or government stores. -V 20 FALSE RUMORS ARE INVESTIGATED Parachute Landings Bring Up Mass Of Exaggera tions, Says Army NEW YORK, July 17— W —The Army’s Eastern Defense Command said in effect tonight that the old yankee weakness for exaggeration was causing needless labor for mil itary and civilian personnel in the northeast who Were kept busy all day searching for non-existent par achutists. Lieut. Col. E. J. Glavin, Public Relations officer for the command, stated that more than 20 false ru mors of parachute landings were received today while the Army con tinued to investigate a report that six parachutes were seen descend, ing last night a few miles from President Roosevelt’s Hyde Park estate. In the statement issued tonight Col. Glavin said that in file wake (Continued on Page Ttnt*; Col. 5) :-—-1 Saved Gunner In Mediterranean Bomber Wreck ^KWKW'.'.1 .7.. -_ These three British seamen swim near turret and tail wreckage of a Wellington bomber, in whose rear turret the gunner was pinned for three hours after a crash in the Mediterranean. The men on land heard the cries of the trapped gunner and set out from shore in a launch. When they arrived on the scene they found the gunner just able to keep his head above the water. They used hack saws to free the trapped man. This is a radiophoto.—Central Press. Many Belgians Taken By Nazis As Hostages VICHY, Unoccupied France, July 17.—(if)—Gen. Baron Alexan der von Falkenhausen, German military commander for Belgium and Northern France, has an nounced the seizure of a large number of Belgian hostages who will be executed should sabotage continue in Belgium, a Brussels dispatch said today. The Nazi occupation authorities recently seized a large group in The Netherlands for the same rea son. 2 SOAP QUANTITY TO BE CONSTANT Henderson Warns Produc ers To Keep Products Up To Standard WASHINGTON, July 17—UP>—Ad ministrator Leon Henderson today embarked on a new field of con sumer protection, ordering soap producers not to change the size or quality of soaps sold throughout the country. The order, called “commodity practices regulation number one,” will guarantee to consumers that “the $500,000,000 they will spend this year on soap will buy at least as much as it. does at present and that the quality will not be debas ed,” Henderson said. The regulation sets the types of soap now being sold as minimum standards for the manufacturers, and covers all forms of household soaps, including toilet, laundry, flake, chip, and granulated. No reduction in the size of cake or package, or deterioration in quality or “servicability” is per mit*ed. The edict applies only to manu facturers. effective July 21. but householders benefit, through the fact that retail prices of soap are (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) Court Completes Cases Of Four Nazi Saboteurs WASHINGTON, July 17— UP) — Cases against four of the eight al leged Nazi saboteurs on trial for their lives before a Military Com mission were completed today, the ninth day of the trial. Still to be presented is the evi dence against the four remaining defendants, and such defense as the eight may offer. Major General Frank R. McCoy, president of the Commission, an nounced the prosecution had rested its case against the four defendants who landed on Long Island, N. Y., from a submarine. The others, also brought to the coast on a U-boat, landed in Florida. The time required to present the prosecution’s evidence against only four of the defendants made it clear that the trial would last much lon^r than had been generally an ticipated. Slowness of the proceeding ap parently resulted from the time consuming reading of many lengthy documents. General Me * Coy said the reading of one long document, started yesterday, was completed this morning. One of the FBI witnesses was recalled by the defense counsel for additional cross-examination. The four against whom the pros ecution has completed its case are George John Dasch, Ernest Peter Burger, Heinrich Harm Heinck, and Richard Quirin. The other de fendants are Edward John Kerling, Herbert Haupt, Hermann Neubauer and Werner Thiel. They are accused of being ene mies of the United States, acting on behalf of Germany, and of un lawfully entering this country for the purpose of committing sabo tage, espionage and other hostile acts in violation of the laws and articles of war. Fourteen persons described as being their “immediate contacts” in this country have been appre hended. with official indications that additional arrests might be expected. 3 Recent Gas Price Hike Will Soon Be Cancelled WPB Also Orders Restora tion Of Competition Be tween Filling Stations WASHINGTON, July 17.—Iff) The War Production board is sued orders today in effect re storing competition in the fill ing station business, and mean while, eastern motorists re ceived renewed assurances that the recent gasoline price increase would soon be can celled. Since the eastern oil short age grew acute, filling stations in that area have received only 50 per cent of their usual sup ply of gasoline. Beginning July 22, however, they will receive as much gas -t— U. S. Sub Destroys Five Enemy Vessels On First Trip Out RAMONA, Calif., July 17.— Iff)—A United States submarine on its first war patrol “at tacked and destroyed five ships totaling 10,100 tons,” said a letter of commendation re ceived by a crew member of the undersea craft. Arthur V. Clark, Jr., 23, elec trician mate, first class, sent the letter to his mother, Mrs. Nell Kuehnle of Ramona. From the commanding admiral of the submarine fleet, it added of the action in the Pacific: “This was an outstanding first patrol on which each at tack was aggressively and ably conducted and successfully completed. The submarine was subjected to severe antisub marine countermeasures and engaged in a gun battle with an enemy vessel.’’ — oline as they can sell under the rationing system. That is, the coupons they detach from the eastern motorists gasoline card will entitle them to re plenish their stocks gallon for gallon. Under the present system, the limited gallonage delivered to each filling station has been quickly sold, and there has been no incentive for compe tition or special inducement to customers. While WPB was issuing its order, Rep. McCormack (D Mass), the House majority leader, announced that Price Administrator Leon Hender son had assured him the east ern price rise of 2 1-2 cents a (Continued on Page Three; Col. 7) SENATE EXPECTED TO HIKE TAX BILL Administration Is Counting On Solons To Boost Mea sure Toward Goal WASHINGTON. July 17— W — Clear-cut indications came today that the Administration is count ing on the Senate to boost the $6,143,900,000 tax bill closer to the Treasury’s $8,700,000,000 goal. As the merits of the various levies wrapped up in the bill were debated for the second day on the House floor, several members speculated on the possibility that President Roosevelt would com ment on its “shortcomings" in a message, expected soon, dealing with inflation. General House debate on the rev enue measure will end tomorrow and a vote Monday is expected to send the bill to the Senate un changed from its present form. The Administration’s reliance on the Senate to boost the total was indicated following a White House conference attended by Secretary of the Treasury, Morgenthau, Ran dolph Paul, his tax advisor, and chairman George (D.-Ga.> of the Senate Finance committee. George, said h i s committee would tackle the problem of cor recting “inequities” in the revenue bill, and added that their removal would go far toward bringing the (Continued on Page Two: Col. *2) RATION FORM R-17 DUE NOW The New Hanover county ra tioning board announced yester day that form R-17, a quarterly tire inventory report from deal ers, was due July 17. It is very necessary that these forms be in the ration boards hands immediately and dealers are /urged to return them at once. Fate Of Egypt Is With Army Of Thejfile Great Tank Battle May Be Prelude To Attempt At Fertile Valley ALLIES ON OFFENSIVE Axis Radio Reports Strong Attacks Repulsed By Counter Moves By STEPHEN BARBER CAIRO, July 17—(A5)—New Zealand tank and infantry troops scored a number of successes against enemy tanks in the central sector of the El Alamein front 75 to 80 miles west of Alexandria to day, but the outcome of the indecisive melee which now involves the main steel might of the British and Germans remained in doubt tonight. The whole hot 40-mile Egyp tian desert front was in viol ent eruption with the British under Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, making advances in the south near the vir tually impenetrable salt marshes of the Qattara. depression. In the north, the comparatively fresh Australians reoccupied their original positions on the lower ridge of the Hill of Jesus, ten miles west of the whistle stop of El Alamein after a ding dong fight that lasted all day. On the whole tense desert battle hinged the fate of all Egypt and the Middle East. ine great tank battle of the cen ter was called the heaviest in the last month ahd possibly a pre jlude to an Axis attempt to smash into the Nile valley. (Axis dommuniques, however, indicated the British were on the offensive. Both the Germans and Italians said British attacks were repulsed by Axis counterattacks in the El Alamein sector.) The vital clash for El Ruweisat ridge, most of which the British were reported to have taken Wednesday in a seven mile ad vance, was said by military In formants to be developing into a major battle. The ridge, which parallels roughly the Mediterrane an some 10 miles below the coast, commands the battle area in all directions. The narrow ridge ex tends east and west for about sev en milr j. and has two humps. Auc' inleck was said to be hold ing th pn-: rn rise with Rommel on the western hump. The British communique summed up the action thus: “Heavy fighting developed yes terday in the central sector with the enemy continuing his efforts to (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) JAPS FIX QUARTERS ON ALEUTIAN ISLES Navy Reports Living Fa cilities Set Up By Enemy At 3 Small Points WASHINGTON, July 17.—(.!>) Japanese forces have set up tem porary living facilities on three undefended islands at the tip of the Aleutian chain, the Navy re ported today, but since early this month have failed to enlarge their holding and have been subjected to intermittent heavy attacks by American airmen. The installations are on Attu, Kiska and Agattu. On Kiska, where 20 tents and other struc tures were observed by aerial re conaissance June 12, Army air craft recently dropped 56 bombs in one of a series of attacks by U. S. planes and submarines which to date have cost the Japs five ships sunk, one believed sunk, and nine damaged. The latest of these attacks was made July 11 when a cruiser was bombed at Kiska with undeter mined results. Since that time, the Navy said, there has been no ma terial change in the situation in the fog-shrouded islands although operations against the enemy are continuing. This picture of the northern Pa (Continued on Pife Three; Col. S)
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