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**-■ ■+ " /[ BEMEMBEB rjJT If PEARL HARBOR _____ * AND BATAAN_ ----TWELVE PAGES . N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867.' IdU-iear-oid iiuns On Scrap Pile ■bfsaa**-- ..v;........,-.-—.-_ . These guns, part of a ship’s ballast, last saw service in the war of 1812. A repair crew at the Erie Basin Dry Docks in Brooklyn, N. Y., found them when it went into the hold of a vessel to inspect bilge 'and keel plates. The guns, which weighed more than three tons, have been turned in for salvage to the scrap metal drive. Within a short time, the metal in the old guns will go into service again in new weapons. (Central Press) Nazi Tanks Advance In Area Of Stalingrad * Reds Smash Entire Ruman ian division In Cau casus Area MOSCOW, Thursday, Oct. 1.—(A>) —German tank forces gained ground in Stalingrad's northwest ern outskirts yesterday, while in the Caucasus the Red Army ‘Mashed an entire Rumanian division which suffered 8.000 cas ualties the Soviet command an nounced today. The Nazi gain was made only in a single sector, the midnight communique said, and came after the "Germans threw in another tank division" in the consuming struggle now entering its 38th day. "At the cost of heavy losses the enemy on one sector pressed back our units," the bulletin said. “In these battles if enemy tanks, 14 motor vehicles and two mortar bat teries were destroyed, and about two battalions 11,000 men) of ene my infantry were annihilated.” Meanwhile, the Russian relief of fensive against the Nazi flank above Stalingrad was gaining ground. The communique said Russian troops captured another hilltop after a savage all-day fight in one sector, and repulsed Nazi counter-attacks in another on the same front. The Axis setback in the Cau casus was -southeast of Novoros sisk where the Russians said the tend Rumanian mountain division, m addition to 8,000 dead and wounded. los+ 25 guns, seven tanks, 13 machineguns 50 motor vehicles and two ammunition dumps. One platoon of Rumanian sol ders came over to the side of "e R;d Army," the communique said. In th Middle Caucasus the Rus sians said their troops in a two “ay. defensive fight destroyed 26 azi tanks and 18 planes, and “an nihilated about 1,500 enemy offi cers and men." All the Axis at empts to advance were repulsed, the communique added. Soviet warships -’Derating in the a >c were said to have sunk a _U00-tor> enemy transport, in the vicious fight for Stalin ,,,- ^lc Germans were reported mg fleets of armored cars pack (Contlnued on Page Three; Col. 2) WEATHER . FORECAST: NORTH CAROLINA — Slightly Warmer today. (eastern standard time) 'Bv El. S. Weather Bureau) . ™.e,eor°logical data for the 24 hours tiding 7:30 p. m., yesterday: . , Temperature: 7o:-a- »>. 51; 7:30 a. m. 51; 1:30 p. m. «: p- rn. 63; maximum 72; minimum K‘ mea" 60; normal 70. i Humidity: a- m. 80; 7:30 a. m. 79; 1:30 p. n. 49> 7:30 p. rn. 78. T Precipitation: otal for the 24 hours ending 7:30 • «[., 0.00 inches; total since the first lfle month, 3.89 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY: 1) ®r°2 *he Ti(ie Tables published ->y • • Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Low "Umington _ 2:17a. 9:27a >Ta, t 2:46p. 10 ;llp ^asonboro Inlet_a. 6:02a . . 12:20p. 6:45p. ll ninr*Se ®:07a; sunset 5:57p; moonrise 1U]P; moonset 12:26p. Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) TWO U.S. VESSELS LOST IN PACIFIC Transport Elliot And‘Con verted Destroyer Greg ory Go Down WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—GP)— Destruction of two naval transports in the Solomon islands as a result of separate Japanese aerial and warship attacks was announced to day by the Navy Department, which reported that loss of life was small. The ships were the US George F. Elliott, formerly the 8,378-ton liner City of Los Angeles, and the 1,060-ton USS Gregory, a convert ed destroyer. The skipper of the Gregory, Lieut. - Commdr. Harry Frederick Bauer of Chattanooga, Tenn., was reported missing in ac tion, but the commander of the George F. Elliott, Captain Watson Osgood Bailey of Lynn, Mass., was reported safe. The Elliott was the victim of a Japanese torpedo plane assault against American invading forces on the second day of the Solomons offensive last August 8. One of the planes, either by design or be cause of damage crashed into the transport, which had already land ed its load of Marines. The crash started gasoline fires which could not be extinguished and the vessel was abandoned and destroyed. There were few casualties. The torpedo plane attack was made by 40 or more Japanese craft, the Navy already had dis closed in a communique issued several weeks ago. At that time it was said merely that “one de stroyer and one unloaded transport were hit.” Fourteen of the enemy raiders were shot own. The Gregory was sunk more re cently—the Navy did not say ex actly when — by enemy gunfire when she was operating off Guad alcanal Island, site of the Ameri can airbase in the Southeastern Solomons. The gunfire, a naval spokesman said, unquestionably came from one of the Japanese warships which have periodically raided the waters around Guadal canal and sometimes shelled the /Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) \ GOVERNOR ISSUES STATE WIDE ORDER Broughton Proclaims Pe riod As Newspaper Sal vage Campaign STATE WILL ASSIST Oct. 7 Named As Day For Governmental Houses To Aid Drive RALEIGH, Sept. 30—(ff) —Governor Broughton today proclaimed the period from October 1 through 21 as State-wide Newspaper Sal vage Campaign Weeks in North Carolina. October 7 was designated as State Government Day on which a special campaign will be conducted in all state de partments and institutions for the collectioin of all scrap iron and other metals. The Governor called upon people of the state “to collect and deliver to the sources designated every available pound of scrap metal,” and agencies of state and local governments to “lend their full cooperation in this patri otic undertaking.” The text of the proclama tion follows: A Proclamtion By The Governor Whereas, it has become neces sary that a minimum of seven teen million tons of scrap metal be collected in the nation by January 1, 1943 in order to sup ply our armed forces with suf ficient arms, materials and equipment; and Whereas, North Carolina’s quota for the months of July 1st to December 1st has been set by the government at 175, 000 tons; and Whereas, in full cooperation with the 'apart of the national scrap harvest campaign and the state salvage program the North Carolina newspapers will sponsor and conduct a state wide newspaper campaign from October 1-2, joining with all agencies and people in an effort (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) HITLERPROlSES NO CAPITULATION Leader Of Reich Declares Country Will Never Bow To Allies BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON, Sept. 30.—Adolf Hitler told his armies and peoples today that Germany would cling to her war gains for the coming year, promised to take Stalingrad, and said he and his high command were constantly preparing for an A1 lied second front, wherever it might strike. In a striking climb-down from his boast on a like occasion a year ago that the Russian power was crushed never to rise again, Hitler declared “We shall never capitu late. . . We shall emerge victori ous . . .” The fuehrer spoke for one hour and seven minutes at the Sports palast to inaugurate the annual winter relief campaign before (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) Senate Authorizes FDR To Act On Living Costs WASHINGTON, Sept. 30— (IP) — Legislation authorizing and direct ing President Roosevelt to act be fore November 1 to stabilize prices, wages and salaries, at Sep tember 15 levels as far as practi cal, was passed by the Senate to night and returned to the House. Ending an eight-day controversy over farm price ceilings with a comprdmise, the Senate approved the bill just one day before the October 1 deadline set by Presi dent Roosevelt. He had said he would act to control the cost of liv ing if Copgress did not by that date. The measure now goes back to the house, which previously had passed a companion bill after amending it to require an upward revision in agricultural parity standards to include the cost of farm labor—a change to which the President said he was “unalterably opposed.” The Senate struck out a similar provision and inserted a compro mise amendment directing the President to lift farm price ceil ings when they did not reflect to growers the increase in labor and (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) ---* _ Newspapers Congratulated On Scrap Salvage Effort Alex Sprunt (left), chairman of the New Hanover county salvage committee, congratulates E. B. Page, pub lisher of the Wilmington Star-News, on the work done by th.e.p^per in its effort to bring the nation-wide scrap salvage campaign before the public, as Lester Marbury, assistant chairman smiles his approval. The drive, open ing officially in North Carolina today, is sponsored by th e newpapers of the state in cooperation with other Amer ican journals. . ALLIES ADVANCE IN NEW GUINEA Recapture Nauro, 42 Miles Above Port Moresby In Swift Drive GEN. Mac ARTHUR’S HEAD QUARTERS, Australia. Thursday, Oct. 1.—(IP)—Allied troops have re captured Nauro, 42 miles above Port Moresby, in a swift 10-mile ad vance in their new offensive against a retiring Japanese jungle army which is abandoning its equipment in its flight, Allied headquarters an nounced today. “There was no contact with the main body of the enemy yesterday, which is still retiring,” the bulle tin said. Additional supplies and equip ment abandoned by his retreating troops have fallen into our hands.” Capture of Nauro, a native ham let in the Owen Stanley mountains of New Guinea followed yesterday’s announcement of the seizure of Ioribaiwa. the tidal mark of the Japanese advance on Port Moresby. Ioribaiwa is only 32 air line miles from, the big Allied base. A spokesman here said the Jap anese were not routed, although he said their withdrawal was hurried, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) -V Coupon Credit System On Fuel Oil Effective WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.— <-T> — Fuel oil may be sold to consumers in the 30-state rationing area be ginning tomorrow only in accord ance with a coupon credit system ordered by the War Production Board today to control deliveries until the Office of Price Adminis tration can distribute coupons later in October. The credit system provides tlidt every consumer, dealer and sup plier who receives deliveries of fuel oil for any purpose must execute a written promise to surrender to the seller rationed coupons as soon as they are available, for the num ber of gallons delivered. Consumers must redeem these promises within 15 days after the OPA fuel ration order is issued about the middle of October. One Shell For The Axis Right Off The Griddle BETHLEHEM, Pa„ Sept. 30. —(Wide World)—At least one shell lor this war will be fired at the Axis hot off the griddle. This griddle had a long' Amer ican history and was a gift from a mild, white-haired woman whose family had made hot cakes on it for 148 years. Knowing the nations’ mills were critically short of scrap metal for making war tools, Mrs. Margaret l))o d s o n of Trucksvilie, Pa., sent the grid dle to the Bethlehem Steel com pany with a letter asking that the utensil be melted to "make a bomb or shell.” She added: “Friends have said ‘how could you part with it?’ I say, what may not we have to part with and do so willingly so that we may retain the freedom we have enjoyed so many, many years (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) METAL COFFINS SALVAGED HERE Local Funeral Home Gives Two Caskets To The Scrap Campaign Two metal coffins for delivery to Tojo, Hitler and II Duce in the form of bombs and bullets were contributed yesterday by the Rob ert McLaughlin Funeral Parlor as its part in the national scrap drive which begins officially today. The two coffins, one made of bronze and the other of steel, weigh around 400 pounds each, W. H Stewart, co-chairman of the city salvage committee,-said last night. The coffins are several years old and were donated by the undertak ing establishment with the hope that Hitler and Mussolini will be carried to their last resting place in them. The metal caskets will join the next carload of scrap from here and then will go to a smeltenng center for melting into some war weapon. Scrap collection in the city con tinued at a rapid pace yesterday, Mr. Stewart said. During the day over 12,000 pounds of the vitally needed metal was collected by the Brigade Boys’ club. ‘DORMANT SCRAP DRIVE’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 30— (TP) — The War Production Board today started a nationwide “normant scrap drive.” asking 75,000 indus trial executives to get out the materials. I Carolina Beach Ready To Aid Scrap Campaign The town of Carolina Beach is ready to do its bit in the scrap campaign which opens this morning, A. L. Mansfield, well known theater operator de clared last night. About 6 or 7 tons of scrap metal is now available in the city limits, Mansfield declared, the largest portion being the re mains of many old concessions and rides which were destroyed by the fire which swept the business district there two years ago. Army trucks have been promised to collect the scrap, it was learned and the entire town . is turning out to bring in the metal. THE TIME IS NOW TO GET IN SCRAP Salvage Drive Assistant Urges Kiwanians To Contribute Junk “The time has come to drag out that old scrap iron and metal from the attic and cellar that you’ve put off doing for so long,” TV. H. Stewart, co-chairman of the city salvage drive, told members of the Kiwanis club at the regular weekly meeting yesterday Citing several places where scrap is lying idle in the back lots of buildings and houses, Mr. Stewart declared that "the time has come for every citizen in the city and county to help in the war by push ing the scrap drive which starts Thursday morning.” “The boys at the Brigade club,” he said, "are doing a marvelous job in helping bring in the scrap. TVe are also thankful to the Southern Junk company fo rthe use of their truck in collecting the salvaged metals.” Four young members of the Brig ade Boys’ club — champions in collecting scrap — were guests of the club. They were: Pat and Gil bert Harrington, brothers, and Vic tor and Bill Moore, also brothers. During the absence of club Presi (Continued on Pa^e Two; Col. 7) Allied Losses At Dieppe W ere AboutHalf Of F orce LONDON, Sept. 30.— UP —The British nation learned from Prime Minister Churchill today that the over-all Allied loss at Dieppe last August 19 was “nearly half’’ of the total force which participated. Simple arithmetic, taking Churchill’s statement and the Ca nadian government’s previous an nouncement of 3,350 Canadian cas ualties, or two out of three Ca nadians participating, showed that the whole force which assaulted the German-held city was close to 7,000. Churchill spoke to a House of Commons, which shortly thereafter j % prolonged its life for an eighth year. It adopted, 215 to 9, a gov ernment bill which means there will be no general election for at least another year. It was the third such extension since the war began. The House, as a whole, received its Iasi mandate from the people in 1935, three years before Munich. Normally, there would have been a general election in 1940. Despite its ready passage, the bill was criticized by some mem bers and by Lord Beaverbrook’s (Continued on Pate Three;, Col. 1) ' i T TRUCKS TO COMB ENTIRE COUNTY WPA Vehicles Begin Pick* Ups In Outlying Sec tions Of N. Hanover CITY START DELAYED Army Trucks To Start Work Here Tuesday; Cooperation Urged New Hanover county be gins its first day of scrap col lection under the newspaper sponsored drive this morning when many WPA trucks will roam over the by-roads and highways of the county to gather up the much needed material. Newspapers of the nation have started a campaign that will attempt to clean the coun try of all scrap metal that can be fed into the maw of the war machine, it was an nounced. Many parts of the United States entered into the drive last Monday and during the next few days other areas will swing into line. Arrangements Made Arrangements have been made to collect the scrap in the outly ing sections of the county begin ning this morning, it was learned last night from Alex Sprunt, chair man of the local salvage commit tee. No calls will be handled on the scrap collections as the trucks will comb every road in the county. Persons having scrap to donate are requested to place it in from of their homes and the trucks will pick it up. In the event that the scrap is too heavy to move with out aid, Mr. Sprunt suggested that a marker of some sort be placed in front of the house. This marker, he pointed out can be a small piece of cloth on a stick or mail-box. Collections in the city will be handled by trucks loaned by Camp Davis, but will not start until next Tuesday, it was learned. Com plete arrangements have not been made at this time and Mr. Sprunt pointed out that since the city had been rather thoroughly combed for ? (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) AMERICANSWORK TO WIN THE WAR Nation Swinging Into Scrap Drive With Zest Of Treasure Hunt BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eager Americans on a treasure hunt—the search for vital metal scrap—gave a thrilling display to day of what a people could do when united for a single purpose: work to win the war. They worked by the millions to root out steel and iron junk. Noth ing was too small for them—they turned in keys—nor too big for them—they tore up old locomo tives. In some places time stood still, for banks and stores closed so businessmen could join the search, find the scrap, get it to the junk piles. Workers organized by the thou sands to act as scrap spotters, while they went about their daily jobs, and a million* children con centrated on seeking junk for the steel mills that need it badly to produce for war. -V 2 MORE VESSELS SUNK The Navy yesterday reported the sinking of two more merchant ships in the western Atlantic, but its Canadian ally told of destroy ing of at least four submarines in recent months. NOTICE! If your carrier fails to leave your copy of the Wil mington Morning Star, Phone 3311 before 9:00 a. m. and one will be sent to you by special messenger.
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