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Coast Criiard rlanes And Bump Guard A Convoy
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Patrol planes of the U S. Coast Guard join forces with a Navy blimp in protect
ing a big convoy loaded with supplies for our far-flung war fronts. Lurking enemy
submarines have round it ditticult to evade these war dogs of the air The chief of
the Nazi submarine fleet paid tribute to the efficacy of U. S. anti-submarine mea
sures and specifically mentioned the important role played by the blimps—(Official
U S Coast Guard Photo.) '
MEYLAND NAMED
CLERK OF COURT
Appointed By Judge John
Burney To Fill Vacancy
In County Office
I a. L. Meyland, assistant clerk
f of court, was appointed last night
f by Judge J J. Burney, to fill the
unexpired term of that office made
vacant by the death of T, A. Hen
de son.
Judge Burney announced the ap
pointment after receiving a mes
sage from the New Hanover County
Democratic executive committee
yesterday to the effect that Mey
land had' been nominated to suc
ceed Henderson as democratic
nominee for election this fall.
Nomintion of Meyland was of
fered yesterdayy by W. L. Farmer
and seconded by W. B. Campbell.
During the meeting of the com
mittee, J C. Hobbs was nomi
nated by J. L. Lamb for the post
but failed to receive a second to
the motion.
Chairman Aron Goldberg who of
fered several times for a second
to Mr. Hobbs’ nomination, declared,
"this is an emergencyy. We are not
attempting to steam-roller anyone
into the office”.
Meyland has served as assis
tant to the clerk of court for both
of Mr. Henderson’s terms.
Mr Henderson was fatally in
jured Friday night when a car in
which he was riding crashed into
a tree on the Wrightsville Beach
highway He had just been nomi
nated to his third term as clerk
ot court on the democratic ticket.
NICHOLS BEGINS
MANAGER DUTIES
New City Official Meets
With Councilmen; Re
ceives Welcome
City Manager A. C. Nichols was
officially welcomed to Wilmington
by Mayor Hargrove Bellamy as
the council met in city hall yester
oal morning to consider the city’s
»ew budget.
I want to take this opportunity
*° welcome you here,” the mayor
said.
We are most happy to have
Jou as our city manager and we
Promise you our full cooperation.”
t e c'ly manager replied that
glad to be in Wilmington,
that -fVan* c'tizens here to feel
Urohio at any time they have a
sre concernin§ the city, they
lice °ame ,0 dl'°P int0 my of
declareri dlSCUSS d with me’” he
the^nnn?^ that lle ^°Ped to have
People u umty to meet as many
5lefuthu!rpe.as possible in the
Ster p Ie so.thal he would no
Mier considered a stranger.
t«v scuss'ng the budget with
ho®s.Lm?na"er for some two
Ported iVafiu115 tlle couneil re
*>e read,5.iae new budget should
regular 'or.final action at the
I'Mdnesdai ting °* the council
Before m°rning.
''ay. jja e meeting got under
ter from Bellamy read a let
ihV’itijjCT n tnayor of Greensboro,
,0 attend ,jT:^ers of the council
? the North annVal convention
Municipal,,; Carolina League of
hcsday anriei,m Greensboro Wed
. Mayor Bel^''rSday
c°nduet a r y is scheduled to
Co,lvention S^°uUp discussion at the
hey W. B p hursday. City Attor
*"at he ®J?pl)el* also indicated
Dr. \v u !d attend
01 the citv,St0n Moorc' chairman
appeared L!.. park commission,
a!f of the °le the council on l >
appropriation for the
U,Ui‘»Ufd „
| 1 pagt Two; Col. 3)
County Decreases Tax
Rate For Coming Year
A tax rate of 75 cents on the
$100 valuation, a decrease of
five cents in the rate of last
year, and $2 poll tax was voted
by the county commission at
the Monday meeting of motion
of Commissioner Harry E.
Gardner.
Commissioner Gardner’s mo
tion came following a recom
mendation by County Auditor
and Treasurer J. A. Orrell that
the rate be accepted.
County budget for the year,
totalling 1,609,052.09, was pass
ed at the first reading and will
be up for final adoption at the
August 31 meeting.
This year’s budget shows an
increase of $185,427.14 over
that of the past year which was
$1,413,624.95.
Part of the increase was for
the $129,844.22 increase in
school buildings while the rest
was for minor increases scat
tered through the budget.
Salary increases for county
employes were made on a base
figure of $10 per month with
some variations.
The budget also included ap
propriation for the purchase of
three automobiles to be used
(Continued on Fuse Two; Col. 4)
TOBACCO PRICES
CONTINUE HIGHER
Advance From One To Two
Dollars Over Friday Av
erages Of $37 Hundred
FLORENCE, S. C„ Aug. 10—<7P)
—The average prices for South
Carolina flue-cured tobacco con
tinued their upward surge today
as the majority of the grades ad
vanced from $1 to $2 a hundred
weight above Friday’s averages,
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture reported tonight.
The North Carolina markets in
cluded in the border belt also re
ported a continued advance from
the opening day average of around
$37.
ljUgs ana primings continue to
predominate the offerings but cut
ters appeared in the heaviest col
umn to date.
Average prices, limited to the
number of representative United
States grades August 10 compared
to August 7 follow:
Grade, Description Aug. 10 Aug. 7
Lemon Leaf:
Good . $44 $43
Fair _ $42 $41
Low_— $38 $38
Lemon Cutters:
Good ..-. $45 $45
Fair _ $45 $44
Low_ $44 $43
Lemon Lugs:
Choice _ $44 $43
Good_'._ $42 $41
Low_- $32 $30
Lemon Primings:
Choice - $44 $43
Good_ $42 $40
Low_ $30 $29
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NC ARMY OFFICERS
PROMOTED IN RANK
Four Raised To Brigadier
General, One Given Ma
jor General Rating
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10— UR —
President Roosevelt sent to the
Senate today the nominations of 24
brigadier generals for promotion
to major generals, and of 81 colo
nels for promotion to brigadier
generals.
Among the latter were a number
of prominent Reserve and National
Guard officers, including Colonel
Hanford MacNider, of Mason City,
Iowa. Several times decorated for
bravery in the last war, MacNider
later was national commander of
the American Legion, assistant sec
retary of war, and United States
minister to Canada.
The President also nominated
Rear Admiral Richard S. Edwards
of New London, Conn., to be a
vice admiral.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)
London Hears Air Raid
Warning Sounded Again
LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 11—Iffi—
An air raid warning was sounded
in the London area early today.
It was the first night alert since
Aug. 2, when an alarm was sounded
but no bombs fell. London had a
day alert Ang. 8.
Earlier tonight a few bursts
of fire from aiti-air-craft cannon
was heard in London suburbs, but
no warning was sounded and no
bombing was reported.
A single German raider dropped
a bomb in a region along the South
coast of England. No damage or
casualties were reported.
SENATORSREADY
TO STUDY TAXES
Expect To End Public
Hearings Soon In Order
To Have Closed Meet
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—Iff)—The
Senate Finance Committee drove
today to end its public hearings on
the new tax bill by Thursday after
rejecting a proposed change in
computing income taxes ift eight
community property states.
After a brief executive session
sandwiched into the middle of a
busy day of testimony - taking,
Chairman George (D. - Ga.) an
nounced the committee hoped to
close its public hearings Thursday,
take a brief recess, then begin exe
cutive deliberations two weeks
from today.
The commute decided, Dy a
vote of 11 to 4, to junk a treasury
department proposal which would
require the payment of taxes by
the recipient on all earned income
in the eight states which have com
munity property laws. These states
are Texas, Louisiana, Arizona.
New Mexico. Idaho, Nevada, Wash
ington and California.
Treasury experts estimated the
change would have brought in an
additional $87,000,000 a year. At
present a man living in a state
with community property laws
may split his income with his wife
for tax return purposes. This some
times results in their paying a low
er total tax than would otherwise
be the case.
The committee spent several
hours listening to witnesses who
urged retention of the present flat
depletion allowance of 27 1-2 per
cent for oil and gas wells. Under
the present method, which the
treasury has recommended be
changed to an actual-cost depletion
system, the owner of a well is al
lowed to write off 27 1-2 per cent
of the gross income from the prop
erty to make up for exhaustion of
the deposit. 3
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3 FIGHTERS DESTROYED
VALLETTA, Malta, Aug. 10.—CT)
—Three German fighters were de
stroyed in air combat over Malta
this morning
S. MARINES LAND ON SOLOMONS;
ANDHI’S ZEALOTS DEFY BRITISH;
GERMANS SWEEP INTO MAIKOP AREA
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RIOTING AND STRIKING
Police Fire Into Crowds
About ‘Ten Times’
During 2 Days
NUMEROUS CASUALTIES
Situation Growing Progres
sively Worse In Bom
bay; Troops Used
BOMBAY, Aug. 10.—(ff)—
Mahondas Gandhi’s “do or
die” zealots defied police bul
lets time after time in Bom
bay and elsewhere today,
rioting and striking in pro
longed response to the All
India Congress campaign of
mass civil disobedience de
signed to drive the British
from this sub-continent.
In Bombay alone In two days of
disorder police and troops fired on
crowds “about ten times,” a pro
vincial government communique
said tonight. There were numerous
casualties today, in addition to the
eleven dead and scores injured on
Sunday. Of Sunday’s casualties,
eight were slain and 158 injured in
the Bombay area alone.
Late today the situation was
growing progressively worse in
northern sections of this city, with
crowds stoning trains, cutting
wires and smashing police lamps.
A post office was attacked; several
buses were damaged badly and
abandoned by their drivers.
Troops were deployed throughout
Bombay in patrols ranging from a
dozen to a full platoon, but for the
most part they merely stood armed
(Continued on Paie Two: Col. 4)
jurisYdenounces
?( TICS AS USUAL’
Judge John Burney Flays
Washington Politicians
Sampson Court
CLINTON, Aug. 10—In an able
charge to the Grand jury at the
opening session of Sampson Super
ior court here this morning, Judge
John J. Burney of Wilmington
scathingly denounced the “politics
as - usual” crowd in Washington
when he declared that “any politi
cian who does anything to get votes
in a manner which is against the
best interest of this country, is as
great a traitor as Benedict Arnold
or Judas Iscarot.”
Continuing, Judge Burney charg
ed that if the war is lost it will be
lost by the politicians and went on
to explain that some of our politi
cians are waiting until after the
November elections to do some
things that they know should be
done now.
The first part of Judge Burney’s
charge to the jury dealt with the
situation that is now confronting
the United States and other liberty
loving countries and his Honor
pointed out that in this darkest
hour, we should pause to think of
the rights and liberties we enjoy
as American citizens and reflect
on the fact that they represent a
struggle of 5,000 years.
“This is not a war of conquest,”
he said, “but one to retain free
dom,” and added “that if the Axis
powers win we will face slavery.”
Judge Burney pictured the Unit
ed States as the greatest frim'""!
empire ever known and offered ed
ucation as a solution of the prob
lem of cutting down the crime rate.
He took occasion then, to point out
that while the national bill for edu
cain is rughly $3,000,000,000 per
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)
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WEATHER
FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA—Little change
in temperature.
(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. 76: 7:30 a. m. 77: 1:30 p. m.
85; 7:30 p. m. 80; maximum 87; minimum
72; mean 80; normal 78.
Humidity:
1:30 a. m. 87; 7:30 a. m. 83: 1:30 p. m.
65; 7:30 p. m. 85.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30
p. m., 0.22 inches: total since the first
of the month. 2.76 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY:
(From Tide Tables published by U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey):
High Low
Wilmington - 9:16a. 4:11a.
9:38p. 4:15p.
Masonboro Inlet- 6:59a. 1:01a.
7:16p. l:05p.
Sunrise 5:30 a.; sunset 7:04p; moonrise
5:00a; moonset 6:49p.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 2)
Draft Dodger ,
Gerhard H. Stabler (right), 32,
of New York city, who resisted
draft induction because his father
is a Nazi official and he has two
brothers in the Nazi armed
forces, is shown leaving Federal
coivrt in Newark, N. J., with a
U. S. marshal after drawing a
suspended sentence by agreeing to
join the Army.—(Central Press.)
19 Year Old Prisoner
At State Work Camp
Drowns In Waterway
Owen McLaurin, 19-year-old
prisoner at the county highway
camp, drowned while slimming
in the inland waterway near
the Carolina Beach bridge
shortly after noon yesterday.
Superintendent Jackson of
the camp said the youth, who
began a 12-month sentence for
larceny on May 13, was swim
ming without permission wdth
three other prisoners. The
group was hauling gravel from
near the waterway.
Mr. Jackson said a coroner’s
investigation revealed his death
accidental. The body was re
covered by Louis Quillan and
Idey Bryant, also prisoners.
McLaurin was the son of Mrs.
IV^ary McLaurin of Chadbourn.
WARWORKlFFORT
CONTINUES TO LAG
House Committee Reports
On Production Of Vital
Emergency Supplies
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10— W —A
special House committe reported
to congress today that the nation’s
war production effort “continues to
lag” and the recent realignment
of the War Production Board “does
nothing to correct this situation.”
“There has nowhere been evi
denced any intention on the part
of the responsible officials, civilian
or military, to regard it as their
job to demand maximum output or
to move heaven and earth to get
it,” commented the committee,
headed by Representative Tolan
(D.-Calif.) and including Represen
tatives Sparkman (D.-Ala.), Arnold
(Continued on Page Two: Col. 2)
BACKS TO BLACK SEA
Russians Fighting Fierce
Defensive Battle To
Protect Oil Fields
MENACE NOVOROSSISK
Vital Naval Base In Dan
deer : One Of Reds Last
Refugees For Fleet
MOSCOW, Tuesday. Aug.
11.— (A1) —Powerful German
armies have swept to the vi
cinity of Maikop in the Cau
casus and the Russians along
a broad front are fighting a
fierce defensive battle with
their backs to the Black sea,
it was revealed by the Rus
sian midnight communique
today.
The Russians were engaged in
what appeared to be the opening
phase of a defense of the vital
naval base of Novorossisk, 60
miles west of Krasnodar, where
fighting was reported.
The Germans already had a firm
foothold in the Maikop region,
which produces 7 per cent of Rus
sia’s most important and one of
the last refuges of the Soviet fleet
in the Black Sea.
It was the first official indication
by the Russians that their retreat
in the face smashes by German
mechanized and air units had
reached the Maikop region. The
Germans claimed the capture of
the city, important as a petroleum
distributing center, Sunday.
The Russian communique said
(Continued on P»*e Two; Col. 4)
OSNABRUECiT HIT
BY RAF BOMBERS
Key German Rail Center
‘Rocked’ By Tremendous
Explosions In Raid
LONDON, Aug. 10—Iff)—The key
railway center of OSnabrueck was
rocked last night by “an enormous
explosion” while a strong RAF
force unloaded a great weight of
bombs on the northwest German
city, returning pilots said today.
Fires were visible from the Dutch
coast and reconnaissance planes
reported the city still was smoul
dering today.
Osnabrueck is one of the main
railroad outlets for the German
arsenals in the Ruhr. It also has
a big steel works.
Six British bombers were lost
and one fighter was missing. The
docks at Le Havre, France, and
air fields in Holland and Belgium
also were attacked.
Ideal weather permitted the
British and Canadian fliers to see
their targets plainly.
Some of the great two-ton bombs
caused great flashes as they
struck. They are capable of level
ing an entire block.
It was the 40th raid on Osna
brueck, last attacked on June 19.
Three German planes were shot
down in scattered raids on Britain
during the nigh'.
U. S. To Work With RAF
In Raids On Germany
-«--- M___ . . -—
LONDON, Aug. 10— OP) —Ameri
can fighter and bomber forces
“within the immediate future” will
join the RAF in blasting Hitler’s
great industrial cities and driving
his planes, from the English chan
nel.
This pledge came today from the
commander of the U. S. air forces
in the European theater, Major
Gen. Carl “Toughy” Spaatz.
He declared further that U. S
air forces eventually would rise to
400.000 fliers and ground drew men
and that there was complete coop
eration and understanding with the
RAF, which now has hearly three
full years of active fighting expe- j
rience with Hitler's planes.
Giving point ot his assertions,
made shortly after a flying inspec
tion of U. S. airdromes in these
islands, was the announced arrival
of additional contingents of Ameri
can troops. Air force men as well
as units of all other combat forces
were in the fresh convoy which ar
rived on an unspecified date.
Thousands upon thousands of
American airmen and soldiers
1. ve been working day and night
adapting British fields to their rise,
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 3>
German Radio Comments
On Saboteur Executions
With Warning To Allies
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—(£>)—
The German radio, in its first
comment on the execution of
six Nazi saboteurs in Washing
ton Saturday, said today the
executions were “a serious
event whose consequences
enemy countries could not ig
nore.” This quotation was at
tributed to a German foreign
office spokesman.
By its action, the radio said,
the United States “forfeited the
right of protesting against the
condemnation of saboteurs in
the territory occupied by the
German army.”
“Henceforth,” the German
radio said, “no one on the side
of the enemies of the Axis
would in the least be entitled
to criticize such German meas
ures in the Hinterland of the
German front, particularly as
such measures would be also
in the interests of the popula
tions of the regions in ques
tion.”
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Master Builder
Henry J. Kaiser, west coast
shipbuilder, smiles before leaving
Washington for the coast after he
had secured WPB Chief Donald
Nelson's “go ahead” for construc
tion of 100 cargo planes, with
more to follow if the first proj
ect is successful.
SHIP IN 35 DAYS
PROMISED NATION
Son Of California Construc
tion Wizard Operat
ing Oregon Yard
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10—(iP)—
The Oregon Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, which has built a Liberty ship
in 46 days—a national record—
promised today to cut at least 11
days from that record.
“You haven’t seen anything yet”
a spokesman said.
'Hie corporation reported com
pletion of a new assembly plant
which will permit construction of
the 10,500-ton cargo carriers, from
keel-laying to delivery, in 35 days
or less.
The new plant operates some
thing like sub-assembly plants in
the automobile and aviation indus
try, and feeds completed sections
of ships to assemblymen on the
ways.
Edgar Kaiser, general manager
and son of Henry J. Kaiser who is
going to build 500 50-ton flying
boats for the government, said this
new development in production
speeds construction of ships in
three ways:
1. It eliminates congestion of men
and materials in hulls on the ways.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 3)
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JAYCEES PLANNING
DRAF EFAREW 1
To Fete Newest Group Of
Selectees With Meals,
Movies, Other Fun
A gala farewell program for the
latest draftees to be called from
Wilmington is being planned by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce to
indued free movies, meals and
bowling and a party at the Planta
tion club sponsored jointly with the
Kiwanis club.
In cooperation with local busi
ness firms, the Jaycees will play
host to the selectees the day before
and the morning they are recalled
to the Fort Bragg induction station.
The project is a continuation of a
plan started by the organization
two months ago.
Eleven business houses are con
tributing to the August “going
away” party, and others are ex
jpected to follow later.
| Members of the Junior Chamber
committee in charge are: Robert
Dannenbaum, George Gore. Jimmy
Craig and L. C. LeGwin, Jr.,
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War Production Board
Prohibits Regrooving
Of Automobile Rubber
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—f/P)
—The War Production prohibit
ed today the regrooving of
tires without its written ap
proval.
Officials said the WPB re
garded regrooving as unecono
mical, that it made a tire un
suitable for possible recapping
in the future. Regrooving is a
deepening of existing treads to
provide better traction without
the adding of any rubber.
IN TERRIFIC STRUGGLE
————— •
Hard Bitten Leathernecks
Force Invasion Under
Heavy Jap Fire
U. S. WARSHIP IS LOST
Other American Craft Put
Out Of Action; Enemy
Losses Are Heavy
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.
(^P)—A force of hard-bitten
American Marines, spearhead
of America’s first offensive
in the Pacific, has landed on
the strategic Solomon islands
flanking Australia and is
now engaged in a terrific
struggle with counter-attack
ing Japanese.
Disclosing this today, the
Navy revealed that the furi
ous assault, in which the Ma
rines were strongly backed by
warships and planes, had already
cost the United States at least one
cruiser sunk and two damaged, and
two destroyers and one transport
also damaged.
The Japanese, whose counter
attack was launched “with rapidity
and vigor,” have suffered a “large
number” of planes destroyed and
surface units put out of action, the
Navy statement said.
How many lives have been lost
in the grim amphibious struggle
was not known, but such a landing
attack is one of the most difficult
operations in warfare, and the
Navy statement warned that “con
siderable losses” must be ex
pected
The statement was issued by Ad
miral Ernest J. King, commander
in chief of all American forces. He
described the operation as "our
first assumption of the initiative
and of the offensive” in this war
and declared the purpose is to
drive the Japs out of the south
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 8)
U. S. FLIERSSTRIKE
PORT OF HAIPHONG
Catch Japs Completely 0{f
Guard, Drop Bombs,
Return Without Loss
CHUNGKING, Aug. 10— m —
Catching the Japanese completely
off guard, both fighters and bomb
ers of the U. S. Army Air Force
attacked the big invasion port of
Haiphong, Indo-China, Sunday and
got back to base without a loss,
Lieut, en. Joseph W. Stillwell’s
headquarters announced today.
It was the Americans’ first
raid on Haiphong, and the com
munique took special note of the
“complete lack of hostile opposi
tion” as proving the element of
surprise.
The raiders concentrated on ship,
ping and dock facilities, scoring a
direct hit on one 4,00 . ton steam
er, starting a big oil fire near the
docks and planting all their bombs
in the target area. Then fighters
which exccrted the bombers
machine-gunned the piers.
The Japanese have been usitig
Haiphong as a port of entry for
troops and supplies since Septem
ber of 1940, when the Vichy regime
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)
CD Needs
Auxiliary Police: '81
(MEN ONLY) '
Duties: To assist regular po
lice during blackouts or air
raids.
Training: General Course,
Fire Defense A, Gas Defense
B, and 10 hours First Aid.
Enlisted to date: 119. Quota:
300.
Enlistments Yesterday;
Warden _ 2
Staff . 2
Messenger _ l
Medical .__ 1
Road Repair _ 1
TOTAL .. 7