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■g^ved By Leased Wire Of The --- •■gRiSF REMEMBEB ’ With Complete Coverage Of PEARL HARBOR Stale and_National_News AND BATAAN ~' itixtat rniTinv ESTART.ISHED 1867. J.S. Airplanes Stop Raiders |tt Chungking , Roar <*"*>-* ’ force Attacking Capi tal Of China none reach city Not KnowTihether Inter ceptors Contacted Enemy Bombers Bv SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING. July 27. — //p,_United States warplanes which roared out to meet a squadron of perhaps 30 Japa S? raiders saved tins of ten ded Chinese capital from tack tonight while its tens of thousands of people hud dled anxiously m caves and shelters for two hours and five minutes through _ their St air raid alarm m U months. . ,. It was not known immedi whether the American planes actually engaged the Tananese However, not a J Pto erne o£ the raiders which ^ n at dusk from across the eastern border of Szechwan province reached the vicinity of the capital. The alarm sounded att 7:10 P- “■ ,7.10 a nt„ Eastern War Time) and sent the city's residents streaming in long lines-each fam ily carrying its most precious pos sessions"- to the cramped caves where vegetable oil lamps flicker ed in the heat. The scene was familiar. For the last three years the Japanese have subjected the crowded city to (Continued on Page Ten; Column 2) --V COUNTY TO REVEAL! COMMUNICATIONS To Publish Letters Written To Lennon On Question Of Saturday Court The county commission voted to have the letters written to Record er Alton A. Lennon, requesting that Recorder's court be held six days a week in compliance with the law. published in the newspaper on mo tion of Commissioner Harry R. Gar Iner “so the public may know the issue at stake" at the Monday meeting. In referring to an article releas ed to the press July 14 by Record er Lennon, Commissioner Gardner declared “he is trying to confuse the mind of the public in that we tried to dictate the policv of the court He has evaded the issue and I would like to see the original letters published.” After Tax Collector C. R. Morse eported that 85 per cent of 1941 Z?es,,hab b en collected at pres ■ . the board voted to authorize ta* collector to advertise for ■ e all property on which 1941 taxes are uncollected. Chairman Addison Hewlett read a e er to the board from W. J. the b. VXpreasing his thanks to he board members for their co operation while he was serving as IContiaued „„ Pag- Three. Co, 1} WLB REFUSES WAGE WEASno 1,200 Applies Waste Stabilization Emilia For The First Time Since Start plyingSHj|fC|T0N- July 27—f^P)—Ap Wula for th.. r8e stabilization for ttopounded /“I! lime since't was ''Sion, the ur !'le little steel de‘ hstj to(j ar Labor Board re "a8einc,.o, grant a general the Stftiinof t0 1200 ernPl°yes of Plants at t?*00 Rand Company Tonowand ■^uowanda and North . The QoNew York. io and iJ,nitcd Electrical, Rad 'Pancied a fl,e Workers had de an hour h„at, raise of ten cents only a 2 j.o. board approved en hired on increase for wom hroughj th an intientive basis. This Ceilfs an ho,,!r - 'anting pay to 50 reduced ''b’eh the board said "ages of 'e'1Uaiities between the , Ann°uncTn^' *lnd women, uecision nn8 the board’s 4 to 2 Public ^p“f,an Wayne L. Morse, demons)!',* j ’ suggested that it ,he stabilizer the “workability” of the lj(ije b°n formula adopted in more th.,r. ,1e case which gave 1 loO.OOO workers at 44 tc®»tinu„d „ •age len; Column !i) Nazis Claim Capture Of As Moscow announced a withdrawal in the Novo cherkassk area, Berlin claimed that Nazi troops entered important Rostov. With progress of other German drives obscure, heaviest fighting has been reported recently at Novocherkassk and Tsimlyansk. Shaded area repre sents approximate German gains since June 28. Allies Pounding Axis Bases With Big Guns ___ ---—--: BY LARRY ALLEN WITH THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE EASTER" MEDITERRANE AN, July 27—(Wide World) .—Brit ish warships are giving the Axis seaborne supply lines a steady poupding which is putting a serious crimp into Field Marshal rwin Rommel’s Egyptian campaign. Along with frequent shellings of the advanced Axis supply base at Matruh, this work at present is the most important part of the Navy’s contribution to the desert war. Supply ships laden with gasoline, ammunition, and foodstuffs have been sunk within the last two week,s ships whose safe arrival would have meant another "shot in the arm” for the weary enemy forces. With them probably went a dozen smaller craft — lighters, schooners and such — which were blasted to bits by Navy bombers and the guns of the fleet. The enemy’s feverish efforts to move batteries of heavy guns into a line of steel around Mersa Mat ruh so far have proved singularly ineffective in halting the rain of high explosive from the British warships. Location of the bases from which the British vessels suddenly have wept into broadside position a few mile off Matruh six times within two weeks has been a carefully guarded secret. This strategy has worked well. Usually the first sign to the ene (Continued on Pag* Three; Col. 5) HIGGINSloSES ANOTHER ROUND Shipbuilder From New Or leans Hears House Ta ble ‘Resolution’ WASHINGTON, July 27— m —A ruddy - faced Irishman from the deep south, hopeful of “revolution izing” the ship-building industry, lost today a new round in his fight to block cancellation of his Mari time Commission contract for con struction of 200 Liberty ships. The setback to the hopes of An drew Jackson Higgins, New Or leans, La. boatbuilder and engineer occurred as the House Merchant Marine Committee tabled a reso lution to “instruct” the Maritime Commission to stay its cancella tion order pending a committee in vestigation. Meanwhile,. Higgins, lugging a batch of photographs showing big stock piles of ship construction ma terial at his uncompleted yard, ap eared before a House Merchant Marine subcommitte and said the (Continued on Pare Three; Col. 6) WEATHER FORECAST: NORTH CAROLINA — Continued warm and humid Tuesday with only a few thundershowers at widely scat tered places. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. .yesterday): (EASTERN STANDARD TIME) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 77; 7:30 a. m. 79; 1:30 p. m. 81; 7:30 p. m. 81; maximum 89; minimum 76; mean 82; normal 79. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 92; 7:30 a. m. 89; 1:30 p. m 76: 7:30 p. m. 68. Precipitation: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p m., 0.00 inches: total since the first of the month, 3.60 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY: (From Tide Tables published by U. S Coast and Geodetic SurvejM: High Low Wilmington _10:05a. 4:53a 10:37p. 5:08p. Masonboro Inlet_ 7:51a. 1:51a. . 8:26p. 1:59a Sunrise 5:20a; sunset 7:16p.; moonrise 8:02p; moonset 6:11a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville at 8 a. m., July 27, 9.90 feet. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 7) 12 AXIS AIRPLANES DOWNED AT MALTA 3 Bombers, 8 Nazi Fighters And 1 Italian Craft Shot From Sky VALLETTA, Malta, July 27—(#) —Twelve Axis planes, three Nazi bombers and eight fighters, and one Italian fighter, were destroyed by the RAF in two attacks on this British Mediterranean island to day, a communique announcer. British fighters made a head-on attack on German bombers this morning and most of the Nazis jet tisoned their loads into the sea and fled, badly crippled, the communi que said. A few Nazi bombs earlier had fallen near a Malta airdrome but damage was report ed slight. Later the Axis sent out aerial searching parties for airmen who had fallen into the sea, and the British took a further toll. The communique said: “Three enemy bombers ap proached last night but did not cross the coast. A second alarm was sounded after midnight but there were no developments. “Despite several attempts the enemy only once today succeeded (Continued on Pore Three; Col. 8) darwiTraided TWICE BY JAPS No Damage, Casualties Re ported At City; Towns ville Has Alert GENERAL M’ARTHUR’S HEAD QUARTERS, Australia, Tuesday, July 28.—(5>)—Japanese raiders at tacked Darwin in northern Australia twice last night and attempted to attack Townsville on the northeast ern coast, a communique said today. No damage or casualties occurred at Darwin, where from three to five planes flew over the city, the com munique said. An Allied searchlight crew picked out a single Japanese flying boat near Townsville, and when Allied anti-aircraft fire opened up the craft jettisoned its bombs harmless ly and fled. Meanwhile, Allied bombers and fighters continued their attacks on (Continued on Page Six; Col. 2) CENTRALAMERICA HELPING ON ROADS Six Republics Cooperating With U. S. On High way Construction WASHINGTON, July 27—(SO—Six central American republics are joining with the United States in an emergency job of road-building to bypass the submarine menace and provide an overland route from this country to the Panama Canal. Guatemala, El Salvador, Hondur as, Nicaragua Costa Rica and Pan ama, the State Department disclos ed tonight, have agreed to cooper ate in the immediate construction of pioneer roads to connect the al ready constructed segments of the inter - American highway between the Mexican - Guatemalan border and Panama City. - The construction plans call for (Continued on Pare Ten; Col 4) REDS ADMIT EVACUATION OF ROSTOV AND NOVOCHERKASSK; ARMY OF NILE CONTINUES AGGRESSIVE DESERT WAR ALLIES ARE DRIVING ON Offensive In Northern Sec tor Results In Cap ture Of Prisoners BOMBERS HIT TOBRUK Big Sunday Night Raid Touches Off Huge Fires In Supply Base By EDWARD KENNEDY CAIRO, Egypt, July 27— (TP)—Renewing the aggres sive tactics which pushed the Germans and Italians off a number of strategic ridges west of A1 Alamein last week, Gen. Sir Claude Auch inleck’s forces drove forward in the Egyptian desert again last night and today. The limited offensive open ed last night in the northern sector, following a week-end pause, resulted in the capture of prisoners and was continued today, British sources said. The attack was launched while both sides were feverishly building up forces and supplies in expecta tion that a big operation will be undertaken shortly by one side or the other, and while the Germans and Italians were still under the disadvantage of hard and repeat ed blows by American and Brit ish airmen who delivered some of their mightiest assaults over the week-end against Marshal Rom mel’s supply lines and bases. The British renewed their of fensive tactics at a time when both sides are rushing preparations in expectation that big scale action may break out at any moment. Both sides lost somewhat heavi ly last week when the British pushed forward in a number of ac tions to seize a series of strategic ridges that dot the sandy land scape between the sea and the Qattara Depression. (Continued on Page Six; Col. 9) ENEMYSUBSSINK 400 ALLIED SHIPS Latest Destruction Of Lit tle Onion Boat Boosts Atlantic Total BY THE ASOCIATED PRESS The sinking of an obscure little onion boat by hungry Nazis, an nounced yesterday by the Navy, boosted to 400 the unofficial asso ciated press tabulation of Allied and neutral ships torpedoed to the bottom of the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. The ironic sinking of the 55-foot craft was reported by Capt. Walter Broward Crosland, who said a low raionted U-boat hijacked his boat just off Havana, forced himself and two other crewmen out and then helped themselves to 40,000 pounds of onions, canned goods and a quantity of diesel oil. The three survivors heard an explosion later and presumed th'e craft was sunk. Thus in 233 days Axis underwa ter raiders have averaged nearly two victims daily on the basis of reported sinkings on the western Atlantic front. With the loss of the 400 ships went the lives of more than 2,000 seamen. Still missing are at least 1,620 more crewmen or passengers, most of whom may now be consid ered lost. Figures show 11,766 per sons rescued from the 400 Allied and neutral merchant craft torpe doed to the bottom. The War Shipping Administration recently emphasized the gravity of (Continued on Pare Three; Col. 1) Big Navy Day Drive To Begin Here Today New Hanover County and vicin ity today opens its drive to enlist 100 men for service in the United States Navy and Naval Reserve on August 8th—the day officially set for New Hanover County Navy Day Lieut. Charles B. Neely, officer in-charge of the State’s naval re cruiting, ha*5 officially procalimed the day, and the local recruiting station is ready to accept applica tions for enlistment for the event. A gala program has been plann ed for the day, and the enlistment program will be broadcast on a State-wide hookup. Invitation has been sent Governor J. Melville Broughton to speak in the exer cises, and almost a score of high ranking naval officers will be pres ent. ■ Men with professional experience —and in almost any trade—will be given fine chances to enter the Naval Reserve with petty officer ible to enlist in the resrve or reg ular Navy. Men who are about to be called to the Army are invited to investi gate their possibilities in the naval reserve—for men who have receiv ed induction orders still are elig (Continued on Page Six; Col. 5) British Bombers Hit Hamburg Leaving Entire Port Ablaze The Eyes Have It Take a look at the eyes behind the flight goggles of this student aerial gunner in training at the Harlingen Army Gunnery school in Texas. They’re steely and cold, the kind the U. S. Air Force is looking for to squint through the sights of a machine gun and knock Axis planes out of the air. When the gunner finishes train ing, lie'll have his chance in a blister, bathtub, or rear stinger in one of Uncle Sam’s big bombers. — (Central Press) BIG CARGO PLANES PROPOSED BY LEE Tells Colleagues Air Borne Transport Offers Only Chance To Win War WASHINGTON, July 27— UR —A fleet of giant cargo and troop-car rying planes was proposed in the Senate today as the only answer to the submarine menace. Youthful Senator Lee (D.-Okla.) solemnly told his colleagues that air-borne transportation offered the “only possible chance we have of winning this war.” It is folly, he said, to continue trying to “build ships faster than Hitler can s;nk them.” His resolution, calling for a spe cial board to start immediate con struction, was referred to the Mili tary Affairs Committee. Lee said it had been estimated that 10 per cent of Hitler’s airplane production was devoted to giant flying boats, but that percenage (Continued on Page Ten; Column 2) -v London Has Raid Alert As Several Planes Fly Over City; No Bombing LONDON, Tuesday, July 28.— Iff)—An air raid alert sounded in London early today shortly after anti-aircraft fire was heard and several planes be lieved to be German flew over the city. No bombings in the me tropolitan area were reported but the bursts of anti-aircraft fire were heard distinctly. One of the planes, identi fied by the sound of its mo tor as German, was heard crossing and re-crossing Lon don as anti-aircraft gunners blazed away at it. Those in some residential districts clustered in the streets to watch the fireworks display. Nazi planes also were over the north midlands, western and northwestern England during the night, scattered dispatches said. BY DREW MIDDLETON LONDON, July 27—OT—At least six hundred RAF bombers which swarmed upon Hamburg in a pow erful overnight assault left Ger many’s prize port and greatest sub" marine building center ablaze to day from a shower of two-ton ex plosives and more than 175,000 in cendiary bombs in another flam ing answer to the U-boat challenge. Air Marshal Arthur Harris de scribed the assault as “one of the outstandinly successful attacks of the whole war.” Returning airmen said that al though the size of the attacking force was sijort of the 1,999-plane standard set in June, perfect visi bility and the weight of the 4,000 pound explosives dropped made the results “better than the 1,000-bomb er job on Bremen.” One American member of a Cana, dian unit which took part in the attack said the great German town of 1,700,000 population was so ablaze with fires, searchlight beams and bomb-bursts that it “looked like Coney Island on a Saturday night.” The air ministry news service I said that the 29 bombers lost in the raid were “well under five percent of the total number of bombers employed,” indicating that at least 600 planes were used. It described the losses as re latively light, especially considering that “at the present stage of the war Hamburg is probably the most important traget in all Germany” and is “without doubt the best' defended town in Germany.” (The Germans said they shot down 37 attacking aircraft. They reported “fairly heavy casualties” and said “a number of buildings, almost all in residential quarters, were destroyed or damaged.”) Faced with the prospect of Unit ed States squadrons soon adding to the fighter strength of the RAF, the German air force struck back at Britain with breakfast-time bombings in western and south ern England, the midlands, and in to the home counties within 50 miles of London. Two brief daylight alerts were sounded in the capital while resi dents of inland communities saw black-crosse-marked bombers for the first time in many months. About 30 German planes parti cipated in the scattered raids, striking out of cloud cover. Casual ties were reported in a number of sections, but the air ministry said relatively little damage was caus ed. The big Blohm and Voss ship yards, said to be capable of build ing 25 submarines at a time, were (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 5) OPA HEARSSOLONS ON GAS RATIONING Say Denial Of Additional Fuel Would Imperil Business WASHINGTON, July 27— (£>) — Denial of additional gasoline to traveling salesmen would imperil vital businesses, OPA officials in charge of gasoline rationing were told today. ' Limited now to only enough gasoline to permit 470 miles per month of travel, the salesmen seek easing of the restrictions to allow them at least 1.500 miles per month of business travel. Several congressmen who ad dressed the group denounced the OPAs provision that political can didates might get unlimited quan tities of gasoline, and said they would give up theirs if it could be (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) -v Alaskan And Aleutian Defenses To Be Checked WASHINGTON, July 27. — (A?) — Senator Chandler (D-Ky) said today arrangements were being completed for a military affairs subcommit tee to inspect defenses in Alaska and the Aleutian islands. Chandler, chairman of the sub committee, said plans called for a meeting of its members at Spokane, Wash., where he and Senator Kil gore (D-WVa) will pick up Senator Wallgren (D-Wash) and Senator Holman (R-Ore). “I can’t say just when we are leaving as military officials are working out transportation arrange ments.” Chandler said, but added he might leave late this week for Spo kane. Red Defender Marshal Semeon Timoshenko commands tlie Russian troops defending the vital Caucasus re gion against the invading Nazi hordes. Timoshenko’s resistance to German attempts to vanquish Russia has made him a national hero. AIR CORPS WORKS IN MANEUVER AREA Planes Criss Cross 5,000 Square Mile Carolina Terrain WADESBORO, July 27— (ZP) — Light bombers and fighter planes criss-crossed the Carolinas maneu ver area today as Red and Blue forces of the Sixth Army Crops moved into positions for the air ground co-ordination problems if the Army’s firs; wartime maneu vers. The pilots sought to acquaint themselves with the terrain of the 5,000-square-miles maneuver area in order to better detect camou flage positions. Blackout operations were order ed tonight as thousands of troops began occupying well - concelaed bivouac areas in order to avoid detection by dawn patrols of both air forces. Maj. Gen. E. J, Dawley, maneu ver director, announced that Maj. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) ‘SO SORRY FOR YOU BUT WE NEED THIS’ Is Jap Attitude As Yellow Race Tightens Grip On City Of Shanghai BY MORRIS J. HARRIS AND JAMES D. WHITE LOURENCO MARQUES, Portut guese East Africa, July 27—(Delay ed! —iff— Still maintaining their traditionl ‘ ‘So-Sorry-For-You-But We-Need-This” attitude, the Japa nese have steadily tightened their grip on Shanghai’s historic inter national settlement. Just to keep the record straight, the Japanese occasionally remind the public and themselves that per haps the settlement is still suppos ed to be international, but this in no way hampers them from doing or appropriating anything they wish. Immediately after war was de clared the tentacles of Japanese control reached into the farthest (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 1) RUSSIANS IN RETREAD Drop Back To Unspecified Points South Of Don Riv er; Continue Fight NAZIS PUSH FORWARD Making Pontoon Bridge Crossings Of Stream Fas ter Than Units Smashed MOSCOW, Tuesday, July 28. — {!■P) — An overwhelmed Red army has withdrawn from Rostov on the Don and from Novocherkassk, 20 miles to the northeast, before the steady German drive into the Caucasus, the Soviets an nounced officially early to day. After fighting grimly in the streets of both shell wrecked cities north of the Don river, the Russians retreated to unspecified positions south of the river. (The Germans claimed the cap ture of both cities last week, and today said their troops also had taken Bataisk, 20 miles south of Rostov, on the main Caucasus railway and pipeline.) The Russians also were imper illed all along the Don river as far east as Tsimlyansk, 120 miles from Rostov, where German ma chines and men conitnued to throw pontoon bridges across the Don faster than the Soviets could smash them. The Russian communique at mid night bluntly told the nation: “During July 27 our troops fought the enemy in the area of Voro (Continued on Page Three; Col. D -V WILEY ADVOCATES BIG TAX INCREASE Senator From Wisconsin Proposes Huge Revenue From Taxpayers WASHINGTON, July 27— OP —A huge increase in taxation, so that half the government’s expenditures would be met out of current reve nue instead of borrowing was ad vocated today by Senator Wiley (R.-Wis.). “We should not consider for one moment passing on to the follow ing generation more than 50 per cent of the cost of this war,” he said in a Senate speech. “If we do we are pikers.” The pending $6,271,000,000 would bring total rederal revenues to a total of only $22,000,000,0 he said as against prospective war expen ditures of $7200,000,0 during the next twelve months. Wiley suggested that “timid, mincing steps” be abandoned; that Congress raise $36,00,000,000 by taxation and insist that Americans buy $36,000,00, in war bonds. All senators voting for this plan he said, could demonstrate leader ship by pledging one-third of their net income to the purchase of gov ernment bonds. The Senate Finance committee heard a proposal for “advancing the clock” on income tax collec (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 6) CD NEEDS Decontamination Squads: 44 (MEN ONLY) Duties: To clear streets and walls of war gases. Training: General course: Gas Defense B; First Aid, 10 hours. Enlisted to date: 6. Quota: 50. Enlistments yesterday: Messengers __ 30 Air Raid Wardens __ S Fire Watchers _- fi Medical Corps _ 4 Control Room Staff _ 2 TOTAL . 50 _!_
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