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Served By Leased Wire Of The . ^ ) ^ tlmuujtmt ifenttttg &t<xx _ _WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1942 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867. School Amendment Carries In County; Democrats Elected Voting Extremely Light; Oniy 1,652 Ballots Are Cast During Day bailey wins easily Incumbent Senator Takes Long Lead Over Oppon ent Morris Here New Hanover county voters approved the proposed state school board amendment by a vote of 1,153 to 223 and elect ed all Democratic nominees to office yesterday in one of the dullest general elections in recent years. The totals for the county were only 1,652 ballots, little more than 12 per cent of the 13.452 citizens eligible to par ticipate in the elections. In addition to approving the school amendment, which would provide for a central state board of education composed of members from each of the congressional dis tricts in the state, citizens here also approved a second constitutional amendment, to provide for changes in the present solicitorial districts, by a vote of 787 to 219. Kermon Defeats Rogers Unofficial returns from all 18 of the county’s wards and precincts gave U. S. Senator Josiah W. Bail ey 1.436 votes to 130 for his Re publican opponent, Sam J. Morris, of Raleigh, and Democratic Nom inee R. M. Kermon 1.360 votes to •59 for Edmund H. Rodgers (Rep.) for county representative in the (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) AUTOISTS WARNED BY POLICE CHIEF Casteen Points Out Heavy Number Of Car Acci dents Over Week-End Chief of Police Charles H. Casteen stated today that there were 14 automobile accidents in Wilmington during the past week end. In calling the public’s at tention to the large number of ac cidents. Chief Casteen said that he believed this number would have been much less if the people were driving according to the laws of the city and state. ‘‘Think how hard it is to replace parts for a car; how difficult it is to get tires: and the delay in volved in the repairing of a wrecked automobile. Stop and think and obey driving regula tions”, he said. If a worker on a defense job has an accident, involving damage to his car. this is a serious delay in the nation’s war effort, for the worker may be without his car tor sometime, and if he is carry mg passengers, this may result * a difinite loss of time from the job. Chief Casteen further stated. He declared that if the motorist would observe the signs and traf 1 ic rules, there would be fewer accidents. The speed limit in Wil mington must be observed: 15 miles an hour in the business dis trict and 25 miles an hour in the residential sections. Each stop street, according toi Chief Casteen, 15 plainly marked and if the laws aie rigidly observed, the decline !l1 accidents will be noticeably rapid. WEATHER FORFf’ A SIT* NORTH CAROLINA — Continued fool today. <eastern standard time) 'By U. S. Weather Bureau) f.^teorological data for the 24 hours dlng 1:30 p. m., yesterday: , Temperature: 62 7 m■ 58; 7:30 a- m- 53: 1:30 p. m. sjj! _ p* 54: maximum 63; minimum mean 58; normal 60. Humidity: 50 1° m- 74; 7:30 a. m. 68; 1:30 p. m. ’ 7:30 p. m. 59. T Precipitation: b °a\for the 24 hours ending 7:30 of tu" 0-00 inches; total since the first l- o month. 0.00 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY: L q01? the Tide Tables published by • Coast and Geodetic Survey)* \Vjiw- High Low nmmgton - 6:05a. IS :56a. l,., , 6:26p. i :12p. "■onboro Inlet _ 3:53a. 10 08a. fctn„ , . 4:06p. 10:32p 1,5 Inlet - 3:58a. 10 13p. Xew rn 4: lip. 10-37p in* inpsail Inlet .. 4.03a. 10.18a. - 4:16p. 10:42p. j nuse 8:35a; sunset 5:17p; moonrise a- moonset 3:06p. U])f Fear river stage at Fayette Iffl °n Tucsday “I 8 a- m-. 10.79 •Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) DEWEY DEFEATS JOHN J. BENNETT Democratic Nominee For Governor Of N. Y. Con cedes Loss Of Race NEW YORK, Nov. 3— (IP) — Thomas E. Dewey, 40-year-old na tive of Michigan who came to New York city to become famous as a rackets prosecutor, was elected governor of New York state to night in balloting which over whelmed his Democratic oppon ent, Attorney General John J. Ben nett, Jr., who was endorsed by President Roosevelt. By his victory, Dewey ended 20 years of Democratic leadership in the Empire State and set himself up as a prominent figure in the 1944 presidential picture. Bennett, a native of Brooklyn, conceded defeat at 10 p. m., E. W. T , and shortly afterward former Democratic Chairman James A. Farley, who sponsored Bennett’s nomination over the opposition of President Roosevelt, also declared Dewey the winner. “Congratulations on your elec tion,” Bennett wired Dewey. “I wish you a most successful ad ministration.” At that hour, returns from 2,933 districts of the state’s 9,327 gave Dewey 702,778; Bennett, 462,826 and Dean Alfange, American Labor Party candidate, 114,120. Dewey was even ahead in tradi tionally Democratic New York city. Bennett’s candidacy was endors ed by President Roosevelt, al though his nomination was accom plished over the Chief Executive’s opposition. From the time returns first started pouring in, the 40-year-old Dewey was ahead and in New York city he was never worse < than a very close second up to ’ shortly before Bennett conceded when Dewey went into the lead there. Fifteen minutes after Bennett sent his telegram James A. Far ley, former national Democratic chairman and now New York state Democratic chairman, also con ceded in this statement: “At this moment, the returns are not all in, but it is evident from figures at hand that Thomas E. Dewey is elected governor. “We are living in a democracy. The citizens of the state of New York have spoken. It is our duty as citizens of this great state to extend our congratulations to Mr. Dewey, and wish for him a most successful administration. This I do.” Farley led the fight for Bennett’s nomination over U. S. Senator James M. Mead, who was Presi dent Roosevelt’s choice for the Democratic nomination. DEMOCRATSLEAD IN N. C. RETURNS Bailey, Others On Ticket Push Ahead Of Re publican Party RALEIGH. Nov. 3—W—Senator j W. Bailey, seeking reelection, and other Democrats pushed ahead of Republican opposition as scat tered returns were tabulated to night from the North Carolina gen eral election. In every district where there was opposition, Democrats were leading by substantial majorities, although in the new tenth, the proportionate plurality of rormer Governor and U. S. Senator Cam eron Morrison, over Charles H. Jonas, Lincolnton Republican, was smaller. With returns tabulated from 344 of the state’s 1,920 precincts, Sena tor Bailey had 31,128 votes against 5,273 for Sam J. Morris, Raleigh Morrison led Jonas 6,600 to 4,340 in the tenth district, with 44 pre cincts of 175 reported. A large part of the vote was from Morri son’s home county, Mecklenburg. (Continued on Pa*e Two; Col. 3) -V ‘Between War And Duck Hunting, The Election , Perished/ Says Editor HOPE, Ark., Nov. 3— (IP) — “Between the war and duck huhting, the election perished Editor Alex H. Washburn of the Hope Star thus summed up the situation at Hope today where by noon only two out of this city’s five boxes had been opened and only 57 votes has been cast in the general election. In 1938 the same five boxes polled 530 votes by nion. “Ail the young men have gone to war and the old men have gone duck hunting," Washburn explained New Dust Mask This U. S. army truck driver stationed in Australia looks like a man from another planet as he drives along a dusty road on the continent down under. He’s got on one of the new dust masks that efficiently protect the nose, mouth, and eyes of the wearer. (Central Press) BRUNSWICK NAMES TWO REPUBLICANS Willett, Russ Appear To Be Winners In Hotly Contested Race SOUTHPORT, Nov. 3—1Two Re publicans were elected to Bruns wick county posts today in one of the hottest county contests in the past 10 years. On the basis of unofficial reports from 16 precincts. Sheriff/Dillon Ganey was defeated in the sheriff’s race by Republican C. P. Willett. Willett polled 1,874 votes against Ganey’s 1,793. Republican Allen P. Russ ap peared a winner by 1.870 votes in the election of three members to the board of county commission. Others were Stephen I. Mintz, 1,893 votes; and O. P. Bellamy. 1,894 votes. Defeated were L. C. Tripp, Democrat member of present com mission, 1,731 votes: E. M. Cox, 1,810 votes; and R. Herbert Gray, 1,762 votes. W. J. McLamb, Democrat, won over Lester Mintz, Republican (Continued on Paje Three; Col. 4) ARMISTiCEDAY PROGRAM FIXED Large Parade And Speak ers To Highlight Ob servance In City Announcement of the program to be given on the reyiewing stand following the parade, was made by the Armistice day celebration committee yesterday. The invocation will be by the Rev. Edwin Keever, active chap lain in France during World war No. 1. The massed bands will then play America with the audience joining in. General Frederic Smith, commandant at Camp Davis, will be introduced. W. J. Riley, commander of Legion poost No. 10, will introduce the Rev. Sankey Lee Blanton, pastor of the First Baptist church and a veteran of the former World war, orator of the day. The ceremonies will close with the massed bands playing the National Anthem. Fred Willetts will be master of ceremonies. The parade, which will -start promptly at 2:30 o’clock, will form at Seventh and Market, proceed down to Third; north on Third, past the reviewing stand, to Red Cross, thence to Front, southward (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) RE JAPANESE LAND IN SOLOMONS; IS HELD IN CENTRAL CAUCASUS; OPPOSING ARMOR MEETS IN DESERT REDS ADVANCING NEAR STALINGRAD Germans Throw More Sol diers Into Fight For In dustrial Center On Volga NO LULL IN FIGHTING Invader’s Push Continues Unabated Despite Heavy Losses In Russia MOSCOW, Wednesday, Nov. 4.—QP)—The Red army checked the great German drive in the Central Caucasus Tuesday, the Soviet midnight communique indicated today, and made slight advances on several other fronts includ ing Stalingrad where large scale fighting flared u p again. . For the first time in sev eral days the communique made no mention of any Ger man gains on the Nalchik plains at the foot of the 18, 000-foot Caucasus mountains where the. Germans are driv ing toward the historic Geo gian military highway. It merely said: "Southeast of Nalchik Soviet troops fought fierce defensive battles.” Nazi Attack Continues There was no decrease in the intensity of the' German attack. However, the communique said ‘large tank forces” and aircraft continued to support the infantry and that 14 tanks and 17 planes were destroyed during the day In Stalingrad, after a brief lull, the Germans threw two infantry divisions and 40 tanks into a series of fierce counter attacks whicn in several places developed into hand-to-hand fighting. In some sectors the Germans launched as many as five large scale attacks, the communique said, but each (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) DEFENSfnGHTS TREASON COUNTS Attorneys Say Statements Of Defendants Ob tained Under Stress CHICAGO. Nov. 3.—(#)—With two statements by a defendant in the record under protest, defense coun sel for six persons on trial on treason charges today fought dog gedly against admission of a third, contending it. too, was obtained “under duress”. One of the two statements by Walter Wilhelm Froehling which were approved as evidence by Fd eral Judge William J. Campbell contained Froehling’s admission that he knew his nephw Herbert Hans Haupt, executed as a Nazi (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Bellamy Proclaims Army W eek F or Wilmingtonians A proclamation asking Wilming ton to observe Army Week was issued yesterday by Mayor Har grove Bellamy. Mayor Bellamy’s statement was made following one made by Gov ernor Broughton late last week, designating the week of November 2-7 as Army Week in the state of North Carolina. Observance of the Week in this state will be conducted in connec tion with the nation-wide army celebration. The government is calling for volunteers for the army, and es pecially for trained men to oper ate equipment now flowing from the war production plants. Enlist ment presents an opportunity for youths between 18 and 19 years ot age, who can choose and learn armed service specialists, to train as pilots, navigators, radiomen and mechanics. Youths of this age will also be given opportunities to en ter officer training schools, with courses leading to commissions in the Army Reserves. Mayor Bellamy’s proclamation follows: “Whereas, High Army Authori ties, recognizing the desirability and necessity of securing the en listment of strong, able-bodied youths of eighteen and nineteen years of age as a component part of our rapidly expanding Army, and “Whereas, Every available op portunity has been made for youths (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) * Wins Navy Cross Before ljis tent on Guadalcanal, Maj. Gen. Archer Vaiulergrift, who commands the marines on the strategic island, receives the Navy Cross from Admiral Charles W. Nimitz. This was one of the 25 awards made by Nimitz in the name of President Roose velt. (Central Press) MEN’S CLOTHING MAY TAKE HIKE OPA To Permit Price In creases On Garments In Southern Part Of U. S. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3— (Jf) — Frices of men’s and boy’s ready made suits may go up in the South. The Office of Price Administra tion Announced tonight it 'would permit price increases Novdlnbsr 7 to 10 per cent of such garments in the South, where March, 1942, ceilings did not reflect increases in cost to retailers. The permitted price boost ap plies to suits, separate pants, vests and coats other than top coats, but does not include tropical weight garments. The freeze in retail prices at the March level resulted in hardship for retailers in areas where climatic conditions normally reduce the volume of March sales. While northern merchants were promoting spring suits last March, southern stores were selling sum mer garments. For this reason, OPA said, March prices of southern retail ers of regular weight suits gener ally were based on fall, 1941, costs. In other areas merchants had based their March prices on costs (Continued on Page Six; Col. 6) COMMUNITYCHEST GETS JAYCEE AID Young Businessman Will Handle ‘ Mercantile- Com mercial’ Division The board of directors of the Wilmington Junior Chamber of Commerce threw its resources into ■Wilmington’s first United War Chest campaign when they assum ed the responsibility of setting up the Mercantile-Commercial divis ion of the campaign under the unit account plan, wherein each of the firms included in this division will conduct their own campaign. Robert Dannenbaum, president of the organization, appointed members of the executive commit tee to act as the nucleus for a larger committee that will meet at a future date to establish unit quotas for the various firms. Mem bers of the executive committee of the Junior Chamber are: John Sheehan, Warren Barrett, Harley (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) SHOWDOWN NEAR BETWEEN ARMIES Fierce Fighting Seen Along Entire Front In Egyp tian Battle Area AUSTRALIANS DRIVING Brilliant Slash At Hill Near Front Brings Out break Of Fighting CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 3 — (A5)—The rival masses of steel collided on the Egyptian de sert today for an armored showdown between the at tacking British Eighth Army and the harassed legions of Field Marshal Erwin Rom mel. Heavy forces of hard-hit ting land warships tangled under a canopy of air support behind the northern end of the Axis’ now-breached El Alamein line and fierce fight ing swept along the entire front. Neither side made any early claims of decisive results but obviously both were throwing in their armored strength for the all-out test. Attack With 500 Tanks (The Berlin radio said the Brit ish were attacking with 500 tanks, mostly American General Sher man and General Grant models. It this estimate is accurate it would indicate a tank battle that could decide the course of the whole campaign. (The German news agency DNB quickly described the battle as the biggest tank engagement yet fought in the desert and said fighting continued on a vast scale despite (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) NEW MANPOWER IDEA BROACHED Farm Heads Recommend Program To Stop ‘Mis directed Efforts’ WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 — !#) — Heads of three major farm or ganizations recommended tonight a four-point manpower program in place of what they called “mis directed efforts’ of government agencies to fasten “far-reaching bureaucratic controls and restric tions” on farmers and farm work erS> Albert S. Goss, master of the National Grange, Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and Ez ra T. Benson, excutive secretary of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, said in a joint state ment: “Under the guise of the war ef fort, a social revolution is being perpetrated upon the American (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) r-j One Man Army Here’s one of the men who make it to,ugh for the Japs try ing to take back Guadalcanal. It’s Capt. Henry J. Adams, Jr., of San Diego, Cal. With an eight man patrol, he charged thirty Japs, killing thirteen. The rest took refuge in a house. While his men kept them busy in the rear, Adams crept around to the front of the shelter and killed fifteen more of the enemy. (Central Press) NEW CGA OFFICERS ELECTED AT MEET Hanson Continues To Head Auxiliary; Murrell Nam ed Vice - Commander New officers for the Cape Fear division of the Coast Guard auxil iary and for its two units, the Wilmington and Wrightsville flo tillas, were elected at a special called meeting of the division in the customhouse last night. The results of the election kept Lieut, (j. g.) Louis Hanson as commander of the division. Tom Murrell was named vice-com mander and Earl M. Godwin, jun ior commander. New officers of the Wilmingtgon flotilla are Commander Robert Williams, Vice-Commander Fitz hugh Formy Duval and Junior Commander J. Walter Webb. The Wrightsville flotilla is now headed by Commander Albert Perry, Vice Commander Julian K. Taylor, Jr., and Junior Commander Bruce Poisson. Lieut.-Commander C .A. Ander son, USCG, of Charleston, head of Coast Guard auxiliary activities for the Sixth Naval district, was present for the meeting which was presided over by Lieut, (j. g.) Han son. Reports made at the meeting re vealed that 91 members of the division, boat owners and crew members, have completed the militarization procedure. Sixteen of the division members are now in active Coast Guard service. Under the militarization plan, boat owners volunteer the services of themselves, their boats and their crews to the Coast Guard for a minimum of from two to four days a month. While on duty patrolling south eastern North Carolina coastal in lets and waters or other tasks, the CGA members have the full au fnority and responsibility of reg (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Nationalists Hurl Eggs At Pro-Ally Argentine BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 3—UR— A group of nationalists hurled eggs and tomatoes at former President Augustin P. Justo today as he was leaving a luncheon where he had declared it would be “suicidal” for Argentina to Early Election Returns Forecast Many Potential Upsets In Nation (By The Associated Press) Thomas Dewey, crusading young attorney, was elected New York’s first Republican governor in 20 years when last night his Demo cratic opponent, John J. Bennett, Jr., conceded defeat shortly after 10 p. m. (EWT). It was Dewey all the way as voters in the most populous state balloted in the war’s first nation wide election. He garnered a huge margin of victory upstate and cut drastically into the usual Demo cratic nwrgin in vast New York city. By his latest feat at the polls, Dewey projected himself empha tically into the 1944 presidential picture. He was an early leader in the 1940 Republican convention but lost out to Wendell L. Willkie. The returns from the elections elsewhere in the nation were full of potential upsets. In New York s neighboring state of New Jersey, Albert W. Hawkes, Republican and fcrmer president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, held a strong lead over the incumbent Democratic Senator, William H. Smather? Down in Oklahoma, Senator Josh Lee, Democrat who made a strong bid recently to ban all alcoholic drinks from areas in and around Army camps, was trailing in his re-election attempt. His opponent was E. H. Moore, independent oil man and anti-New Deal Democrat running on the Republican ticket. George W. Norris, 81-year-old independent Senator from Ne braska, seemed in danger of tast ing the bitter cup of political de feat in the twilight of his years. (Continued on Page Two; Col. -8) withhold her support from the democratic cause. Five men were arrested for par ticipating in the demonstration, which was followed by a series of fist fights between supporters and opponents of General Justo outside the hotel where the luncheon had been held. About 100 persons were said to have been involved in the street browl and one man was injured slightly. The demonstration oc curred as the former president was about to enter his automobile in the company of Senator Alberto Barcelo and Deputy Justo Rocha. First reports said one of the missies had hit Justo and soiled his clothing, but he denied he had been hit. He previously had been the ob ject of hostile demonstrations by nationalist elements because of his demands for close cooperation with the United States and other Ameri can republics. Justo, who is expected to be a candidate in next year’s presiden tial election, recently went to Bra zil and offered his services to the Brazilian army, in which he holds 1 (Continued on Face Two: Col. <> 1, II. S. DESTROYERS BOMBARD ENEMY Foe Lands To East Of Em battled Airfield On Guadalcanal Island GRAVE THREAT TO U. S. American Task Force Gets Two More Cruisers And Destroyer Of Japan WASHINGTON, Nov. 3— (/P) — Braving American planes based on Guadalcanal and American destroyers prowling its waters, the Japa nese have landed more troops on the island, the Navy re ported today, this time to the east of the embattled airfield and its defenses. The new landing was made Monday night after United States destroyers during the day had bombarded the foe’s positions west of the Ameri can lines in support of attacks by land. Earlier reinforce ments of the Japanese have been landed principally on the western part of the island’s northern shore. This latest development, posing a grave threat to the American defenders now in the middle of two strengthen ed enemy forces, following a warningg by Secretary Knox against false optimism over the fighting for the Solomon Islands and for control of South Pacific supply lines de spite a “very signal success” which he saw in the initial phases. Foe’s Fleet Still Strong Although the Japanese strength was crippled in the long sea and air battle off the Stewart Islands northeast of Guadalcanal, Knox told a press conference, the foe “still has a fleet of formidable proportions” and “we haven’t any doubt that they will come back.” Knox coupled his warning with an announcement that an Ameri can task force “got” two more (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) LABOR HEARING RECESSES HERE NLRB, Shipyard Attorneys Rest Cases For Prep aration Of Briefs After completing approximately three weeks of hearing evidence pro and con into charges of labor discrimination and union domina tion brought against the North Car olina Shipbuilding company, the Cape Fear Shipbuilders associ ation, state-chartered union here, and the Newport News Shipbuild ing and Drydock company*, the Na tional Labor Relations board hear ing here was recessed yesterday by Trial Examiner Joseph Hektoen to allow counsel for all sides to prepare briefs in the case. The recess terminated the ses sions of the hearing here unless the NLRB, after considering the evidence and hearing arguments, decides to request additional evi dence. Attorneys were allowed 10 days in which to submit their briefs, after which they will be allowed to argue their cases before Um board. The board will then act on tbe recommendation of Trial Examin er Hektoen. Its decision can be appealed by either side to the U. S. circuit court of appeals and up to the U. S. Supreme court. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4> 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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