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tliittttintuit iHnniuuj ^ttu* z™ VO-TWELVE PAGES ~ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1942 FINAL EDITION-- ESTABLISHED 1867. ffull Gives Ut Measures To Be Taken r World After War s Neutrals I International Agency Will Keep Peace, ‘By Fwce If Necessary WASHINGTON, July 23 — (/P)—Secretary of Stale Hull unfolded a blueprint tonight If some of the measures to be taken for a better , world when the war is won, mclud an international agency to keep the peace "by force, f necessary.” and ‘adjust ment (iof national arma n at the same time he warned the remaining neu trals that their professions of 1 ..litv were •’absurd and suicid an,eU n 4e face of the world-wide fliCt and called upon "all peo pto who Prize liberty” to fight for it as their duty. Hull’s outline of post-war pro jects was one of the most specific ve* made by a responsible official ‘of the United Nations and ampli fied the policies previously ad vanced bv Vice President Wallace and Undersecretary Sumner Welles, among others. It was delivered in an address prepared for broadcast over all national networks and for short wave to the world. The speech had been eagerly awaited since Presi Roosevelt heralded it at his Tuesday press conference. Hull advocated the widely dis cussed "period of transition” after the war during which the United Nations cooperatively must “sup plement and make more effective the action of countries individually in re-establishing public order, in providing swift relief, in meeting the manifold problems of readjust ment.’’ "Beyond these,” he continued, ‘there will ile before all countries the great constructive task of building human freedom and Christian morality on firmer and broader foundations than ever be fore. This task, too, will of neces sity call for bo’h national and in ternational action.' To prevent war, Hull said it was “plain that some international agency must be created which can—by force, if necessary—keep (Continued on Page Three: Col. 2) _ TT COMMUNITY CHEST OFFICERS ELECTED IHarriss Newman Named As President Of Civic Or ganization Here — Officers of the Community Chest 'leeectea. bylaws adopted and a” "uts;de firm selected to aid in ™?duc.t,ng the campaign by dele ' ■ 10m 'he six participating ^encies at a meeting held Thurs Cornmerce.00" ^ the Chamber of Officers selected at the meeting *c Harnss Newman, president: f Waller B. Freed, vice ar,HSlr,ent' G Moose,, treasurer, George Stearns, secretary. amed to the executive commit e were the officers and Mrs. Wal Sprum and E. A. Laney. tho i de^e"ates voted to deal with uie American City Bureau of Chi aor the view of reaching an senri ment 'vit^ the organization to conrii,rfPlesentative here to aid in The 2^ *he drive in the fall. amen,J-iaws Were approved with 72 2s 011 motion of J. E. L. and a contract form to be "" Page Three; Col. 1, CORDELL HULL NAVAL BUILDING TRIFLES IN YEAR House Committee Reveals Increase Of 360 Per Cent Over Year Ago WASHINGTON, July 23.—<-T>—A 360 per cent increase in naval ship construction over a year ago and development of an air arm "v;hich will provide the United States with the strongst offensive force in naval history” were reported to night by the House Naval com mittee. In a progress summation of the Navy’s construction program, the committee said that American in dustry was sending vessels down the ways far sooner than antici pated and that its ingenuity was turning out “improved models of all types” of planes. The report declared that the Midway island and Coral sea en gagements “demonstrated that avia tion constitutes the determining factor in such conflicts.” It also said that the Navy, “with full realization of the efficiency of multi-engine land planes for patrols in certain areas,” was using them for anti-submarine warfare “with outstanding success,” and added that the first of those squadrons "accounted for not less than five Axis submarines.” The report said that 3.230 naval ships, in the classifications of com batant and auxiliary ships and patrol and mine craft, were build ing as of June 30, 1942, as com pard with 687 a year ago. In a breakdown of the scheduled program for ship completion dur ing the fiscal year of 1941, the committee said that 60 combatant vessels were actually completed as compared with 48 expected. Ten auxiliaries were completed as compared with nine predicted, and 143 patrol craft as compared (Continued on Pag;e Two; Col. 4) Mrs. Dillinger Surrenders On Conspiracy Charges CHICAGO, July 23— UP) —Mrs Elizabeth Dilling surrendered at tne Federal marshal’s office today to answer an indictment charging her and 27 men with conspiring to break down morale in the armed forces. Accompanied by her husband, Albert, with whom she has been reconciled after a stormy divorce litigation, and their daughter, Elizabeth Jane, 16, she had no comment on the mdictment, which was returned in Washington. Mrs. Dilling was expected to be arraigned promptly on removal proceedings. Nazis Attack England With Big Air Assault weather .North FORECAST: tWiperat,‘re°LS4A—Little change "’“XU-sho 're w“h occasional local "Wowi-rs Friday. ending T-3n°®*cal data for the 24 hours EASTfbs-m' yesterday): 'By r STANDARD TIME S- Weather Bureau) 1:30 a m Temperature: 7;30 P. n, ‘:,7:3° a- rn. 77; 1:30 p. m ' • mean p’>. maximjim 88; minimum normal 79. 1:30 a ™ Humidity: “:30 p ' a- m- 38;,1:30 p. m. Total f,,. Precipitation: r f: oro‘ 24 hours ending 7:30 % of i: . 1 ,s: total since the first e Month, 2.44 inches. IFrom ,T'IJL'S FOR TODAY: 11- S. Coaef Tlje TabIes published by " and Geodetic Survey): t^ilhiineton High Low - 6:15a. 1:18a. ^Whoro Inlet 7:04p- 1:29p ne1 - 3:53a, 10:16a . Sunrise 5 ioa. 4:4r)P- H:10p 1 moonset’o-oia^1 7:19p: moonrise I' _ Viilt.' g V" 'i'.er ,l»*« at Fayette- J 4 »• n>. Thursday, ».30 leet. | LONDON, Friday, July 24—(J)— The heaviest German air attack on Britain in weeks broke over three sections of England early today, with Nazi raiders scatteringbombs an d flares and defying intense a aircraft fire. There were no immediate indica tions that the fliers were concen trating on any ont town.'-v The raiders hit at the north and east Midlands, eastern England and East Anglia, sending down showers of flares n and following them with high explosives. The Germans flew over after an other day of RAF attacks on oc cupied. areas. British spitfires flew fast and low over the raiding, spattering ma chine-gun fire and pouring bombs on enemy troops and gun positions and road, rail and canal traffic. Although the Air Ministry sgid the operations were not on a large scale, they were described as in tensive, and stiff opposition from the defenders was implied in Brit (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) Salient Points Of Secretary Of State’s Broadcast Last Night WASHINGTON, July 23.— (IP)_ Some highlights of Secretary of State Hull’s radio address tonight: Professions of neutrality in the face of a world-wide movement to subjugate all nations and all peo ples, are as absurd and suicidal as are such professions on the part of a citizen of a peaceful community attacked by a band of confessed outlaws. By the barbarian invaders of to day nothing is spared — neither life, nor morals, nor honor, nor virtue, nor pledges, nor the cus toms, the national institutions, even the religion of any people. Liberty is truly won only when it is guarded by the same watch fulness, the same courage, the same willingness to fight for it which first secured it. There is no chance for liberty for any people anywhere save through the victory of the free peo ples. Never did a plainer duty to fight against its foes devolve upon all peoples who prize liberty and all who aspire to it. We are forced to fight because we ignored the simple but funda mental fact that the price of peace and of the preservation of right and freedom among nations is the acceptance of international Respon sibilities. It has been our purpose in the past — and will remain our pur pose in the future — to use the full measure of our influence to support attainment of freedom by all peoples who, by their acts, show themselves worthy of it and ready for it. With victory achieved, our first concern must be for those whose sufferings have been almost bojpp.il human endurance. All countries — those which will need relief and those more fortun (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) 28 areTndTcted ON SEDITION COUNT Charged With Widespread Conspiracy To Promote Revolt In Army WASHINGTON, July 23,—UPt— A widespread conspiracy to promote revolt in the army and navy was charged today in an indictment against 28 persons which was open ed in federal district court here. The accusation, # carrying penal ties up to 20 years in prison and $10,000 fine, climaxed nine months’ investigation by a federal grand jury which reached into all parts of the country in hearing nearly 7,000 pages of testimony by 150 witnesses. The defendants probably will be arraigned in Washington next Thursday, a Justice department of ficial said, with the trials prob ably starting in late September or e%rly October. The indictment was returned se cretly on Tuesday and handed up to Judge James W. Morris in the district court for the District of Co lumbia. Its existence became known yesterday when some of tlie accused were arrested, but details (Continued on Page Eight; Col. T_ OPINIONS FREE SAYS RATCLIFFE British Journalist Speaks To Press Conference In Asheville ASHEVILLE, July 23—UP)—While there is full censorship of all war news in Great Britain, there is no censorship of opinion, and editorial comment is free, S. K. Ratcliffe, British journalist, told the North Carolina Press Association at the opening session here tonight of its seventeenth annual convention. “The maintenance of this vital distinction, and no British or Amer cian government would seek to abolish it, is of course an essential difference between our system and that of the Axis.” the speaker, cor respondent of the Spectator and member of the British Information Service declared. The speaker praised the appoint ment of Elmer Davis in this coun try as head of the Office of War Information, and explained that there is more division of authority in Great Britain. He told of the practical and tech nical difficulties!- of the British .(Continued on Face Twelve; Col. S). Predicts Victory Visiting in New York en route from Egypt to England, Capt. Randolph Ch,urchill (above), son of the British prime minister, predicted “if we’re lucky,” the tinted Nations will win the war next year, and “if we're unlucky,” we’ll win by the end of 1944. An office rof a British parachutist formation, Churchill was injured recently in an automobile acci dent in Egypt. HOUR OF CRISIS NEARFOR CHINA Military Experts Believe Ja pan Can Be Beaten With Large Air Force WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES IN CHINA, July 23—(Wide World) — China’s hour of crisis is approaching, say United States and Chinese military experts who are confident that quick, big scale air force action by America can beat the Japanese. Unless truly important air help comes soon, say these observers, who could not be quoted directly, there is likely to be disaster. It help does com. thy appear cer tain that United States fliers can smash Japanese air strength here and effectively check any Japanese campaign toward final military subjugation of China. The Japanese are reported mas sing troops both in Indo-China and (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) __\7_ U. S. AIR MIGHT SHOWING GROWTH RAF Cadets In America Shifted To Dominions To Make Way For Americans WASHINGTON July 23—®—The growing air might of Britain and America was reflected tonight in an announeemen tthat the Royal Air Force cadet training program at U. S. Army air fields was being shifted to bases in the British Do minions to make way for the rap idly increasing numbers of Ameri can aviation cadets. An RAF announcement, issued simultaneously in London and through the War Department here, said the change was agreed upon both because Britain has developed her training capacity in the Do (Continued on Page Three; Col. (i) BRITISH CARRYING BATTLE TO AXIS IN DESERT; SOVIETS ADMIT RETREAT AT ROSTOV Large Forces Hit Defenses Of Vital City Russians Repulse Seven At tacks From Tanks And Mechanized Infantry STALINGRAD HOLDING Troops Defending Road To Key Point Repel Strong Nazi Onslaughts By EDDY GILMORE iviUoUUW, Friday, July 24. (/P)—With large forces of Axis tanks and mechanized infantry beating at the de fenses of Rostov, the Rus sians reported today that their hard-pressed armies had fallen back on one sector of that critical front after repulsing seven a 11 a c ks throughout yesterday. Meanwhile, the Russians said, their forces defending the road to Stalingrad, on the Volga, repulsed strong enemy onslaughts yesterday, while *h the Voronezh area at the northern end of the blazing front the Russian successses continued. The Novocherkassk area of the Rostov battle, some 20 miles northeast of the city proper, saw perhaps the most intense fighting of the day, Russian reports indi cated. “In the Novocherkassk area our troops fought defensive battles against large forces of enemy tanks and mechanized infantry,” the midnight communique said. “One of our units during the day., repulsed seven enemy attacks and killed over 1,000 German officers and men. When our troops were threatened with encirclement they retreated to new positions upon the order of the command.” (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) MORGENTHAU ASKS FOR NEW TAX HIKE Treasury Chief Calls For $2,500,000,000 Increase On Revenue Bill WASHINGTON, July 23.— UP — Secretary Morgenthau asked the senate finance committee today to jack up the house-approved $6,271, 000,000 tax bill by another $2,500, 000,00—and was immediately sub jected to a blast of republican crit icism that the treasury’s war bor rowing program would “destroy any hope of controlling inflation.” Senator Taft (R-Ohiol made this charge after the treasury chief had outlined proposed increases in in dividual, corporation and other taxes and had asked for the clos ing of such “loop holes” in t h e law as that which permits some state and municipal bonds to go untaxed by the Federal govern ment. Questioning Morgenthau and Un dersecretary Daniel W. Bell, Taft said he was convinced that the (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) City Manager Position Accepted By Nichols Will Arrive August 10 A Greenwood, S. C., Manager Selected By Council Yesterday Acceptance of the city man ager post here by A. C. Nich ols, Greenwood, S. C., man ager, was received here last night by Mayor Hargrove Bellamy in a telephone conver sation with Mr. Nichols. Mayor Bellamy declared that Mr. Nichols informed him that he would assume his duties here on August 10. Mr. Nichols was nominated unanimously for the office, at a city council meeting yester day, over the other two candi dates for the position, A. L. Meisel, city manager of Wil liamsburg, Va., and Chester F. Lewis of Wilmington, former city manager of Morganton. Mr. Nichols will become Wil mington’s second city manager under the manager-council form of government, succeed ing James G. Wallace who left the city two weeks ago after having submitted his resigna tion, terminating 10 months service here. City councilmen who inves tigated Mr. Nichols’ record said that he has served as city manager of Greenwood since 1939 and has made an excel lent name for himself there. Prior to going to Greenwood, he served as city manager of Clearwater, Fla., for six years. He is 'i graduate of Massa chusetts Institute of Technol ogy 24 Hour Period Passes With No New Sinkings Announced By Navy No sinkings of Allied or neu tral cargo ships in the western Atlantic were announced by the U. S. Navy yesterday. It was the first time in more than a month that a 24-hour period had elapsed without a reported loss of merchant ves sels as a result of enemy sub marine action. The British announced in _ Cairo that submarines operat ing in the eastern Mediterran ean recently sank three Axis supply ships — one of them from a heavily escorted convoy. LT.WARRENGATES KILLED AT DAVIS Young Army Officer Dies After Being Struck By Airplane At Camp First Lieutenant Warren Gates, Jr., about 23 years old. of Atlanta, Ga., was killed instantly Thursday afternoon about 3 o’clock when struck by an airplane at Camp Davis, according to an announce ment Thursday night by the camp’s public relations officer. Lieut. Gates, a member of an anti aircraft organization at Davis, was standing on a platform on one of the camp parade grounds when struck. According to the announcement, anti-aircraft guns were in position simulating firing at attacking planes strafing the positions when the accident occurred. Another of ficer, on the platform with Lieut. Gates, was not injured. Lieut. Gates was taking pictures of the activity, according to the report. A board of off cers nas been ap pointed to investigate further into details of the fatal accident. 3 ‘D’ Gas Ration Books Get One And One Half Gallons To Each Unit The “D” gasoline ration book given to motorcycle own ers will purchase one and one half gallons per unit, instead of one and six-tenths gallons as announced yesterday by the New Hanover Price and Ra tion board. This amount was authorized yesterday by the State OPA offices, after it an nounced the lesser amount Wednesday, said the board. British Government Declines To Reveal Second Front Plans - w Calling Of New Age Classes Arouses Speculation On Decision LONDON, July 23—UP—'The gov ernment declined flatly today to let commons in on whatever plans it has for a second front, but the tenor of Its statement coupled with an announcement that Britain was digging deep into her remaining manpower aroused speculation as to whether a decision has been reached on an invasion of Europe to help Russia. Further, it was officially disclos ed that another United States con voy, one of the largest ever to cross the Atlantic, had brought many more U. S. soldiers and air men to augment the Allied divi sions now in the British Isles. The thousands of newly-arrived soldiers included American pilots, i ground crews, negro troops and other forces, a large corps of nurses and quantities of equip ment. The convoy had a safe cros sing and its personnel is scattered now over the British Isles in num erous training billets. The second front was the major politico-military topic in all British circles from fish-and-chips shops to the highest quarters. It was clear to people and gov ernment that their fate is bound up with that of Russia. Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain’s Lord Privy Seal and commons spokesman for Prime Minister Churchill, gave the members of commons to understand the gov ernment would not tip its hand in (Continued on Pate Iwo; Col, 2) JAPANESE TROOPS GET HOLD AT BUNA Between 1,500 And 2,000 Enemv Soldiers Digging In On New Guinea GENERAL MacARTHUR’i HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Jul; 23.—I/P—Some 1,500 to 2,000 Japa nese troops were dug in tonight a their third toe-hold on Nev Guinea, the great island just north east of Australia, posing a tenfa tive new threat to Port Moresby the most advanced Allied base ii the South Seas. The landing was at Buna, 1 1 I miles across the narrow neck o Papau from Port Moresby on thi eastern peninsula of New Guine: and on the northern shore. Alliec fliers inflicted heavy casualties sinking a transport and landin; barge and destroying a seaplane a. communique said. Won at heavy cost, the new Jap anese incursion will be difficult t( exploit because virtually impene trable jungle-clad mountains, ir which Owen Stanley range rises tc 13,000 feet, separate the invader: from the U. S. and Australiar troops on New Guinea’s south shore. No vehicle roads exist anc only a few footpaths which art extremely tough going are carvec through the lush tropical growths. The landing broke a four months’ lull in the southwest Pa cific following Japan's naval de feat in the Coral Sea and mighi easily be the start of intense new campaigning. Prime Minister Johr Curtin said the Japanese had beer working steadily to make new in cursions. Other enemy bases are (Continued on Page Two: Col. (!) -V MEAT SHORTAGE TO BE RELIEVED Secretary Wickard Reveals Plans For Increase In Pork Processing BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A plan designed to relieve the widespread shortage of meat was announced vesterdav by Secretary Wickard of the Department of Agriculture. The program was aimed at in creasing the processing of pork bv small packing plants which cur tailed operations when pinchea be tween the rising, uncontrolled prices of the animals they buy and the fixed ceiling prices of the meat they sell to retail butchers. The department decided to lower the price it Days for lease - lend meat approximately $1 a hundred pounds in the midwest next week the belief such action would '•iron and about 75 cents in the east in live hog prices and thus give pro cessors a wider margin between their buying and selling prices. The government agency also de vised a subsidy system for small packers in financial distress. Un der it. the department would make contracts with packers to, furnish lease-lend pork, buy the hogs and pay for the slaughtering. Then it would sell back to the packers distribution in U. S. markets under about 25 per cent of the meat for able the packers to make a profit, price arrangements that would en Earlier, and before the effect of the Wickard plan couldJ^e gauged. Price Administrator Leon Hender iContinned on Fare Three: Col. St Consolidating Positions Won In New Phases British Seeking To Force Issue, Go Into Third Night Without Decision HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT; Most Of Enemy Contacted Now Are Germans; Ital ian Action Diminished By EDWARD KENNEDY CAIRO, Egypt, July 22.—< (A>) —The army of the Nile carried the fight to the Axis forces along the entire 40 mile Alamein desert front to day for the second straight day but its main attention was devoted to consolidating positions won in the opening phase of the new battle. The British, seeking to force the issue, went into the third night of the attack without a | major decision in sight. r An early assessment of British • gains showed tank and infantry ad t vances and consolidation in the i center, at the western end of Ru - weisat ridge and about Deir E - Sheim, and some progress by im . perial infantry in both the northern i and southern sectors. Obviously the British had many I new tanks and guns. The enemy forces encountered at ■ most points were predominantly German, indicating diminished Italian participation in the main battle cauldron about 80 miles west i of Alexandria. Some prisoners were taken. (The Italian high command an nounced that “our forces’’ occupied (Continued on Paje Nine; Col. 3) GEN.SMITHWARNS VICE RACKETEERS Camp Davis Commander Is sues Ultimatum To Mi grant Army Followers Major General Frederic H. Smith, mindful of the possibility that followers of the vice racket will migrate to counties where the May anti-vice act has not been in voked, voiced his conviction Thurs. day that they had better give the Camp Davis area a wide berth. “It is logical to assume,” Gen eral Smith said, “that vice rings under fire in 12 North Carolina counties will seek new havens, probably in areas where there are large concentrations of troops. New Hanover, Brunswick, Onslow and Pender counties, none of which is subject to the May act, must be on the alert for unwelcome new comers.” The Camp Davis area has been notably free of prostitution and oth er rackets and for this reason the commanding general at Camp Da. vis declared recently that invoca tion of the May act was not nec essary here. If vice crops up in the future, however, Camp Davis will request that the anti-vice law be invoked. “Cheap rooming houses and trailer camps have been found to be the chief offenders in harboring prostitutes,” General Smith said. “Owners of such establishments (Continued on Page Eight; Col. *> I CD NEEDS~ Auxiliary Firemen: 173 (MEN ONLY) Duties: Similar to regular fire-fighting forces. Training: General Course, Fire Defense A and B, First Aid, 10 hours. Enlisted to date: 27. Quota: 200. ENLISTEMENTS YESTERDAY Air Raid Wardens. 9 Auxiliary Police . 2 Medical Corps. 4 Messengers .*)■ 1 Total. 16
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