CHADBOURN YOUTH DIES IN ACCIDENT Clinton Barnes Is Killed In Early Morning Auto Crash WHITEVILLE, Aug. 23—Clinton Barnes, 20, of near Chadbourn, was fatally injured this morning at 2 o’clock when the automobile which he was driving left High way 74, between Whiteville and Chadbourn and crashed into an electric power pole. Culbert Dy son, who was riding with Barnes, escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Barnes, who for sometime had been working at the shipyard in Wilmington, died in the Columbus hospital two hours after the ac cident. He is said to have had a fractured skull, chest injuries, and his left leg was broken just below the hip. Investigating officers said that the car apparently got eut of con trol and left the road, going down a three or four foot embankment before hitting the power pole. The car was almost completely demol ished before hitting the power ’ pole. Barnes was not thrown from the machine. Barnes was married and is sur vived by his widow, the former Miss Pauline Britt, of near Chad bourn; a son, Kenneth Maurice Barnes; his mother, Mrs. Edgar Barnes; five brothers, Shafton, Grover and Emerson Barnes, of Chadbourn, Haley Barnes of Fort D:x, N. J., and Earl Barnes of Camp Livingston, La.; and one sis ter, Miss Janice Barnes of Chad bourn. His father, the late Edgar Barnes,-died just two months ago. Funeral services are to be held Monday afternoon with Rev. G. M. Singletary, pastor of the Cor ninth Baptist church, in charge, and burial will follow in the fami ly cemetery. _v_ Roseboro Man Appointed To Sampson Committee CLINTON, Aug. 23. — Jesse H. Harris, of Roseboro. has been ap pointed and has accepted a position on the War Price and Rationing Board for Sampson county to suc ceed Howard Hubbard, former chair man who tendered his resignation recently as did the other two mem bers of the board, R. E. Williams and P. G. Bunn. No successors have as yet been named for the latter two men who are still serving until such time as men are named to take their places. --—1V— Speeding Charges Cost Man Gas Rationing Card CLINTON, Aug. 23 — Speeding charges cost Ernest Faison, col ored taxicab driver for Wade Mc Phail, has gas rationing book. Clin ton police officers O. R. Honeycutt and J. D. Strickland secured a con viction of Faison in Recorder’s court here this week and as a re sult, the local War Price and Ra tioning board revoked the gas ra tion book issued to Faison for cause. Officials of the board said taxis are now being investigated, espe cially concerning their use for pleasure riding. The board has received several reports of such misuse, the statement added. •XT New York Hot Water Rationing In Offing NEW YORK, Aug. 23.— (A?) —If New York city is to have hot water rationing, as Mayor F. H. La Guardia suggested last week, the or der apparently is going to have to come from Washington. Acknowledging in his weekly broadcast today that his plan had caused “a great deal of attention and talk and controversy some of the real estate men did not take to that plan or any plan,” Mayor La Guardia said; "In all likelihood, if regulations are to be necessary they will come from Washington, and in all likeli hood they will be far more severe than those we have now under study.” _ 1T _ Former Nazi Press Worker Dies In Polish Hospital NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—UP)—The death of Prof. Karl Boomer, 42, Ger man propaganda ministry official •who fell Into disgrace when he was accused and convicted of tipping off Germany’s intention to invade Rus sia last year, was announced tonight by the Berlin radio with a laudatory comment that “his work will not be forgotten.’’ The German broadcast said that ; Prof. Boemer, for a number of years chief of the foreign press section of the Nazi ministry of propaganda, died in a Cracow hospital of wounds received in the fighting around Kharkov, on the Russian front. He was a first lieutenant in the Ger man armed forces at the end. -V-= USEFUL EXFEK1ENUE NEW YORK, Aug. 23—W—Rich ard Law, parliamentary under secretary of state for foreign af fairs in the British government, said today upon his arrival by Clipper that the Dieppe comman do raid was viewed in England as '"not exactly a rehearsal but that ■we got a lot of useful experience out of it.” -V— The measure for weighing a dia mond is called a carat because in ancient India a seed of the carab tree was used as a counter balance in selling diamonds by weight. Protected Commando Boats In Dieppe Raid These Allied fighter pilots cluster about a Spitfire plane, somewhere in England, after their return from protecting invasion barges loaded with rangers and comman dos in the raid on Dieppe, France. The American fliers may be distinguished by their light-colored trousers. Second from left is Maj. Fred Dean of St. Petersburg, Fla. The raiders took a toll of 276 Nazi planes, destroyed two shore batteries, a radio location station and two small ships. This photo was radioed from London to New York— (Central Press). CROSSING CRASH KILLS 3 PERSONS Auto And Train Collision Wrecks Both; Engi neer Among Dead BRIGHTON, Mich., Aug. 23.—OT) —Three persons were killed in a col lision of a fast Pere Marquette pas senger train and an automobile at the Silver Lake crossing, three and a h&lf miles southeast of Brighton, at 6:15 p. m. (E. W. T.) today. The engineer, Leon Slade, 66, of Grand Rapids, died instantly as the locomotive plunged three-quarters of a mile down the track, turning end over end. J. T. Bell, 48. Detroit attorney, driver of the automobile, also was killed outright while the fireman, Norman Tooley, 47, Grand Rapids, died en route to University hospital. Ann Arbor. Four or five coaches, in addition to the loccenotive and tender were derailed, state 7)olice said. The loco motive was demolished. State police said only one pas senger was injured. He was Charles Taj lor, 12, of New Hudson, treated at Brighton hospital for head in juries. The train, westbound from De troit, was en route to Grand Rapids. The train was held up four hours while a new engine was sent out from Detroit. ' Severe Earth Shocks Recorded At Fordham NEW YORK, Aug. 23—(ff)—Ford ham university reported that fair ly severe earth shocks were rec orded today in a northwesterly di rection at a distance which would place them in the vicinity of the westernmost Aleutian Islands now occupied by the Japanese. The shocks were recorded on the Seismograph at 2:46:54 a. m., and 2:56:22 a. m., eastern war time The distance was estimated at 5, 000 miles from New York. Georgetown university’s seismo graph also recorded a quake de scribed as “fairly strong” and esti mated at 5,000 miles distance, prob ably in a northwest direction. The shocks were recorded as lasting from 2:46:56 a. m. to 5:30 a. m., with the maximum at 3:15. _v_ CHARLES A. HAMILTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — (j!>)— Charles A. Hamilton, 86, member of the Congressional Press galleries since January 16, 1883, and treas urer of the National Press club, and Washington correspondent for the Binghampton (NY) press, died at his home today. Hamilton, a few months ago at a White House press conference, recalled to President Roosevelt that “when T. R. (Theodore Roose velt) was in the White House, he had a big stick. “It’s time you had one too,” he added, handing to the President a gnarled black cane. ■-V GIVES UP SEAT ROCKFORD, OLL., Aug. 23—W —An Army General gave up his seat today to—of all people—a Buc.. Private. It happened when a grounp of soldiers filed belatedly into St. Paul, chapel at nearby Camp Grant for morning services. With all other seats taken, Brig. Ge'.. John M. Willis, commanding offi cer of the post, arose to allow about >0 privates to share his pew. When they sat down, the General was left standing in the aisle. Red-faced, the men quickly squeez. ed together and made room for him. 20 ARRESTED BOMBAY, Monday, Aug. 24.— (IB—Twenty students were arrested in Bombay Sunday night when groups tried to march in a pro cession. At Nagpur 350 arrests have been made to date in connection with recant disturbances. The district superintendant of police at Nagpur declared that events of the last week showed mat restruction of government property had been or ganized along the lines of a pre arranged plan. Huge Battle Raging On Don River Bend (Continued from Pace One) bend,” the paper said, “but Soviet troops are firmly holding positions captured a few days ago.” The communique also spoke of ] heavy fighting here against an Ital ian division, declaring that at least half of this division had been killed. Speaking of the southern prong of the battle for Stalingrad, the communique said: “In the area northeast of Kotel nikovski our troops fought inten sive battles with large tank and infantry forces. On various sect ors the Germans, at the cost of tremendous losses, managed to ad vance.” There was no indication, how ever, that the Germans had made any progress in either of these sectors. In the Krasnodar sector, the communique said, one Russian de tachment ‘‘repulsed a strong Ger man attack and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.” Of the Pyatigorsk region, it said simply that “our units fought de fensive engagements with enemy tanks and motorized infantry.” Fresh Nazi forces brought out of reserve pools or switched from other sectors were piled steadily into the tense battle for Stalingrad or. which Hitler’s command des perately hopes to deliver a mortal blow to the Aed army and Soviet economy. Everywhere the Russians fought stubbornly on against every enemy thrust, exacting a mounting toll of casualties in men and machines. Their lines appeared to be intact everywhere despite the wedge in the kotelnikovski sector. The Rus sians have not said officially how near the battle is to Stalingrad, but at one point in the Don elbow, Stalingrad is only 45 miles away Tt appeared likely that the Ger mans were as close with the south ern arm of their vast nutcracker. In the other major battle of the Caucasus, the Red army continued to roll back southward from Kras nodar toward the Black sea before the overwhelming pressure of enemy forces. The Russians held successive lines as long as possible cn the road to the naval base of Novorossisk and then withdrew to new positions. They also engaged in resolute fighting southeast of Pyatigorsk where the Germans were inching steadily closer to the Grozny oil fields, surpassed in value only by the Baku pool sheltered by the 18, 000 foot Caucasus mountains. The Germans were less than 100 miles from the Grozny Derricks. (The Germans again failed to mention the Stalingrad battle but said Russian attempts to cross the Don at various points were frus trated. Strong Russian positions and road barriers in unspecified sections of the Caucasus were de clared penetrated and Russian counter-attacks were said to have been repulsed. This drive appar ently was south of Krasnodar. T T / Brazilians Complete Delivery Of 44 Planes NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—(iP)—Col. Armando Ararigbois, Brazilian air attache at Washington, disclosed to day that while Brazil was declaring war on Germany and Italy members of the Brazilian air force were com pleting a 9,000-mile delivery of 44 planes from the United States to Brazil. He said that the long flight, made by training planes in many hops without mishap or deviation from schedule, was revealed with the ap proval of the United State War de partment. It was the largest fly-away de livery of planes yet made to a South American nation, Colonel Ararigbois said. The Brazilian attache said the American planes are to replace Ger man Focke-Wulf planes in Brazil for training and transport work, and additional trainers are to be manu factured under license in the Brazil ian government’s aircraSt factory. PORTUGAL’S TIES HOLD IN BRAZIL Moral Solidarity Unaffect ed By Country’s War Declaration LISBON, Monday, Aug. 24—^P)— Premier Antonio de Oliveira Sala zar sent a message to the Brazil ian government today declaring that the “moral solidarity” of Por tugal and Brazil had not been al tered by Brazil’s declaration of war against Germany and Italy. In an announcement issued after an extraordinary session of the cabinet, the premier said that the position of neutrality assumed by Portugal in the war had never meant “any breach of the histori cal bonds which link Portugal and other countries.” This was especially true, he said, with regard to Brazil “with whom tight ties of blood make relations between the two countries un changeable.” The statement will be delivered to the Brazilian government by the Portuguese ambassador at Rio de Janeiro. The statement added: “At a moment when Brazil is involved in the war, the Portuguese government heartily expresses in the name of the Portuguese people their feelings of fraternal esteem, of moral solidarity and of sincere emotion with which they accom pany the brother people in the atti tude of sacrifices that the Brazil ian people assumed in defense of what Brazilians consider their hon or and right.” tr German Administrator Aids In Dieppe Repair NEW YORK, Aug. 23—WV-The German radio proudly proclaimed tonight that General Otto Von Stuelpnagel, German military ad ministrator in occupied France, had donated ten million French francs to the prefect of the Dieppe region to pay for damages and civilian hurts suffered in the Allied raid on the French port last Wednesday. This was done, the Berlin radio announced, as a reward to the French population of the region for their “remarkable discipline and calmness” shown during the fighting. In that connection, tne British radio at the start of the raid had warned the French that the hour of liberation had not come; that the action was not a second front, and for them to stay out of the fight. -V Quick-Witted Guardsman Gets Coveted Decoration BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 23—UP— Coastguardsman John C. Cullen, who reported the landing of four Nazi saboteurs on Long Island last June 13, today was awarded the Army and Navy Union medal of Honor. The award, approved by the Union’s National Council of Ad mistration, cited Cullen’s “out standing patriotism, devotion to duty and service to his Nation.” Only four others hold the Medal —President Roosevelt, Gen. John J. Pershing, Secretary of Navy Knox and J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation. City Briefs meeting set The Cape Fear council, Daughters of America, will hold its weekly meeting at 8 o’clock tonight in the Junior Order hall. Scientists estimate Prussian em ber to be 40 million years old. IRISH LEADING IN U. S. TROOPS Big American Convoy Pre dominating In ‘Brook lyn Irish* WITH UNITCD STATES TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Aug. 23—{at—Indians, Filipinos and Chi nese were included among the thou sands of soldiers arriving in the largest convoy of the war, but "plain Brooklyn Irish returning home" predominated. "How can I get to County Mayo or Sligo?” Sgt. John F. Duffy, 24, of Philadelphia inquired. "I’m heir to an estate there.” Duffy, a bartender in civilian life, was born in Sligo and his mother in Mayo, but there is little chance he will visit his home as it is in Eire—forbidden ground for American troops. Pvt. George Braden, 36. of Brooklyn, a member of an air force ground crew, might never have left the aulo sod the way he rolled his r’s. "Sure’n I was born in Carrick Macross (Erie) and I’ven a broth er in Maghera Clone,” he -said. Braden did not get to the United States until he was 21. Capt. R. V. Myers of Bluefield, W. Va., expressed the opinion that “None of these boys will have any trouble getting along. They are the cherriest lot I’ve seen lended in a long time.” All the ground crews were eager to news of the U. S. Flying Fort ress raids over German-occupied Europe. Myers and Capt. J. W. Cooksey of Beaumont, Tex., retraced a trip they made a quarter of a century ago Cooksey was pilot in the 25th pursuit squadron in the last World war and Myers was with the en gineers. As the troops landed in northern Ireland, an American fighter pilot in a Spitfire swooped low and wag gled his wings in a salute. There was one soldier who would have preferred to go to the Pacific theater of war. He was Pvt. Sing Yee, 28, of Philadelphia. His moth er was last heard of in Canton, CHna. Cooksey and Lieut. J. Brand of Los Angles were the center of Irish eyes in this ever-rainy isle. They had brought sun helmets which they had used in a Georgia training camp. They probably were the first sun helmets worn in the anything but tropical land. _v__ WAR CONTRACTS FACE STOPPAGE Strikes In Houde Engineer ing Corportion, If Call ed, Will Stop Work (By The Associated Press) Work on war contracts held by the Houde Engineering Corporation at Buffalo N. Y., faced stoppage tonight as CIO employees author ized their leaders to call a strike if “they deem it necessary” to get a collective bargaining agency elect ion. Thomas Nelson, secretary of the CIO United Automobile Workers local at the plant, said the pro posed strike was unauthorized by international officers, but that the local had decided to force the issue after having failed to get action on a petition for an election. Union members in seven big Alcoa plants awaited reports to morrow from returning delegates who attended a conference last week of CIO Aluminum Workers at Pittsburgh at which a general wage increase was discussed. The delegates indicated that they were ready to recommend rejection of a decision of the War Labor Board denying higher pay. President Nick A. Zonerich said he was empowered to call a strike if the WLB’s action was disapprov ed by locals. An appeal of the WLB that a midwesternr tuckers strike be ended apparently had some effect. Fay Watson of Watson Brothers Trucking Co., at Omaha, Neb., said that the strike had ended so far as the lines that operated through Omaha were concerned. Affected by the strike were approximately 10,000 drivers in eight states west of the Mississippi River. Involved was a question of retroactive pay increases. At Detroit, production of tanks in the main plant of the Chrysler Corporation tank arsenal ahead although E. J. Hunt, operating manager, said that walkout of con struction workers employed in building a new plant would hold up future production. AFL workers protested the employment of CIO sheet metal men. The WLB was schedule! to take up this week a dispute involving the General Motors Corporation’s Harrison Radiator division in Locfc port, N. Y. CIO workers had called a strike for Monday, but it was postponed upon notification to tk WTCtS6 W°Uld be '^ified to the WLB. The union seeks a pay increase. _tr not ordinary paint Paints used to camouflage vital war production plants must posse* appear^th whIch win caused” appear the same shade as the sur r/type oTh«? photo^Phea with .anfrabredCkS ^^aphed^dth Here’s That New Tire “Sandal” This newly developed automobile tire “sandal,” shown mounted on a tire and made of non-strategic ma terials, should give up to 3,000 additional miles service, according to U. S. Rubber company. Martin Castricum, who developed the sandal for the company, is shown with the tire. It’s made of cotton pile fabric and asphalt emulsion. But you shouldn’t exceed 30 miles an hour to assure good results. Largest U. S. Convoy Arrives In Britian (Continued from Pare One) England, where the invasion armies are training. During recent months engineers under Maj. Gen. J. C. H. Lee, chief of supply for American forces in the European theater, have been on a 24-hours-a-day schedule preparing the huge bases, transportation problems and work ing out plans for the handling of thousands of troops. These bases new are nearing completion and are able to absorb men and mate rials at a sharply stepped-up pace. The air force is in a similar position and its striking power can be doubled and redoubled within an extremely short space of time compared to the months of pre liminary preparations. Sun-b r o w n e d, war-whooping American soldiers — with some Navajo Indians among them—were included among the arrivals, which included every branch of the serv ice for the new striking force be ing assembled under Lieut. Gen. Dwight B. Eisenhower, command er-in-chief of American forces in the European theater. The convoy’s arrival, coming al most simultaneously with the visit of Prime Minister Churchill to Moscow and the super-Commando raid on Dieppe, was calculated to give Hitler something to worry about. Among the vessels which have ^een hauling troops there appear ed at one British port for the first time a Liberty ship—a heartening sight to Britons, acutely aware of civilian and military privations which are attributed by their lead ers to shipping losses. Tank crews filled their machines with gasoline at the dock and drove away ready for action. All were eager to start fighting with the motto “Let’s get it over with.” Army encampments from the eastern seaboard to the great southwest have been represented among recent arrivals. Their smart appearance and well drilled performance in debarking gave added point to Major General Mark Clark’s statement that “crack” American units only were being sent to this war front. Clark is commander of all American ground troops in the European theater. Private Pearce Claude, 221 of Gallup, N. M., a Navajo Indian, declared he and other red-skinned warriors were fine fighters but poor sailors. Another arrival was Private Max P. Pablada, 34, of Los Angeles, a Filipino, whose mother, father and brother were in a village hundreds of miles north of Manila when the Japanese captured the Philippine capital. He said he was anxious to “lick the Nazis and then get at the Japs.” -V WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—(IP)—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Free. Asheville _ 83 64 0.18 Atlantic City_ 90 76 0.00 ■Boston_ 88 74 0.00 Burlington_ 77 66 0.00 Cincinnati _ 74 64 0.85 Denver _ 85 47 0.00 Duluth _ 62 43 0.00 Fort Worth_ 82 73 0.61 Jacksonville _ 94 72 0.00 Key West_ 87 79 0.00 Memphis - 82 73 0.00 Miami-91 75 o.OO Mobile- 90 75 0.00 New York- 86 76 0.00 Pittsburgh - 86 62 0.18 Portland, Me. _ 87 67 0.00 St. Louis- 76 62 0.00 Savannah- 95 78 0.00 - 88 74 0 00 Washington - 87 75 0.76 _tr diplomatic visit VICHY, Aug. 23—UP>—Dispatches .°m»^^ris stated the former Span ish Ambassador to France, Quin ones de Leon, returned today from ^ffnne- where he had a long tVieI* infante Don thUraonne Pretender °* the Spanish ~r Boosts Bond Sales Ezio Pinza, bass of the Metro politan Opera, is shown with his one-year-old daughter, Clelia, at their home in Mamaroneck, N. I. He is teaching his pride and joy a song written to boost the sale of War Bonds.—(Central Press). 1532 HOGS BOUGHT ON SAMPSON MART Total Marked Up Since July 1 On Clinton Live stock Exchange CLINTON, Aug. 23 — Although there has been but little activity! in hog marketing centers of the; state for the past two months, the j Sampson Livestock Market which i is located at the fair grounds here has purchased a total of 1.532 head of hogs since July 1, according to a report filed with the Clinton Mer chants Association by Stacey Hon eycutt, manager of the market. The porkers which embraced all types from top hogs to heavy sows, weighed a total of 301,578 pounds and brought their owners a cash return of $41,032.77. Starting in business here on March 20, or almost at the close of the ! 941-42 hog marketing season, the Sampson Livestock Market did a business of over $56,000 the first month and up to and including Tuesday, August 18, a total of $213,033.26 worth of hogs have been purchased at the market from farmers of Sampson and near by counties. With the new marketing season rapidly approaching, operators of the market here are making prep arations to handle a record-break ing number of hogs. Facilities at the market will be improved as rapidly as possible in order that farmer sellers, will be able to mar- ‘ ket their hogs here with the least >: possible delay. NOTICE] Men Needed For Police and Fire Depis. Any one wishing io take the next examination 1° qualify for positions in the above departments should file an application at once. Minimum weight for the Police Department 160 lhs. Mininum height 5 ft. 11 in. Application blanks may be secured trom , the undersigned. CITY OF WILMINGTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION _ C. W. SHACKELFORD, Sec. O’DANIEL LEADii IN TEXAS PRIMARY (Continued from Pase 0np) Allred accused the senator „f; , tionism and a lack of kncnvlL °!a' national and international 01 O'Daniel denied empha a‘?s the isolationist charge s ;frd aI1J bitter campaign denounced •v‘it on pen editors, politically co P°!s' ed newspapers, professional » cians, and communistic labor er racketeers.” ies|t For O’Daniel nomination » • mean his fourth consecut:vf ■ tory in Texas politics. He I"' twice named governor bv a t :;j' ity of an electorate which k.5 him campaign with hill-billy-!!'" and advocacy of old age p^.fIC i then was elected ■ rnator to'”?1 unexpired term of the late J Sheppard. 1 Allred, also a former govea- 1 declared during the campaign fa 1 his defeat would constitute a > I pudidation of President Roosevel* PATTON WINS CHARLOTTE. Aug. 23-