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Served By Leased Wire Of The ASSOCIATED PRESS WIDE WORLD With Complete Coverage Of State and National News VOL76—NO- 64_t_ ESTABLISHED 1867. ’ WW - ------ Restraurant Keepers bay State’s Inspectors Won’t Give Them Cooperation Several Eating Establish ments Closed Here De spite Desire To Help CAUSES NOT REVEALED Instances Found Where Mi nor Adjustment Could Have Stopped Action State Board of Health In spectors conducting a drive to improve sanitary stand ards of restaurants, cafe terias and similar food dis pensing establishments have failed to exercise discretion and consideration in the per formance of their duties de spite the difficulties under which such establishments are now operating, a number 0f owners and operators, whose places have been closed by the inspectors in the past two weeks, charged yester day. No Cooperation The operttors further asserted tha* despite their willingness to cooperate with the board of health, the inspectors sent here at the re quest of the city-county board of health, have failed to cooperate with them. A Star-News survey of down town restaurants, cafeterias and drug stores which were closed for from 24 to 48 hours by the in spectors, revealed that a majority of the places were closed for causes of which the owner was not aware and which could have been quickly remedied. "The operators are making ev ery effort to meet all require ments,'’ one operator quoted from ^Continued on P*fe Eifht; Col. 6) -V N. C. SHIPYARD HIKES OUTPUT Local Company Ranks 4th In Nation In Liberty Ship Deliveries The North Carolina Shipbuilding company moved up from fifth to fourth place among the nation’s 20 shipyards now engaged in merchant vessel construction by increasing its output from five Lib erty freighters a month to six, in October, the Maritime commis sion announced yesterday. Among other tabulations released by the commission, the yard also led East coast yards in deliveries. Second on the East coast was the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company at Chester, Pa., which delivered 1 C-2 type cargo vessel and four tankers during October. The North Carolina company de livered five ships in September and ranked fifth in the nation, ac cording to the Maritime commis sion figures. During October, 81 vessels total ing 890,700 tons deadweight were delivered into service with the Cic tory fleet, bringing total national ship production figures for the year •o approximatey 6,000,000 dead weight tons. October deliveries were 12 ves sels shc-t of the record-breaking production of 93 merchant ships during the previous month. Temporary diversion of a con siderable amount of the merchant construction of special craft for the armed forces was responsible, the Maritime commission said. Of the 81 vessels, delivered in Oc tober, 85 were Liberty ships, three cargo carriers for British account, eight C-type, four large tankers and one ore carriers. West coast yards .ne construction by putting into service 43 vessels. East coast yards deliveded 24 ships Gulf coast yards 13 vessels, and one ship was completed on the Great Lakes. 'Continued on Pig* Eight: Col. 6) ALLIES TRIUMPH IN MADAGASCAR Final Surrender Of Island Completed By Vichy French Officials LONDON, Nov. 6— (IP) —British occupation of Madagascar, begun last May and resumed in Septem ber to thwart its use as a U-boat base for Indian ocean raids, was completed today as an obscure but vital link in the Allied high strat egy for mastery of Africa and the seas. Even as the final surrender of tbe island’s Vichy French was ac cepted on their petition for an armistice, Japanese sources in Ankara disclosed that Hitler, in desperation over his crumbling position in North Africa, had ap pealed to the Japanese to make a naval attack on Madagascar or South Africa as an Axis diversion. The disclosure, coming from the Japanese as it did. indicated that no such attempt would be made by Tokyo to bail Hitler out of his African difficulties. Moreover, the Japanese in Tur key said Tokyo had flatly turned down the appeal on the ground that Japanese naval forces had been so depleted and were still so urgently engaged by American forces in the Pacific that they could not be spared to divert Al lied strength from the Egyptian quarter. me rrencn acitnowieagea ine capitulation in a communique is sued at Vichy, and from there also Marshal Petain curiously instruct ed the island command to conduct the negotiations on a purely mili tary basis without entering into “any political parley” with the British. The significance of Petain’s in structions could be judged in rela tion to the British report that more than a thousand French and Colo nial troops had deserted over to the British side in the last few days alone. In the course of the 6-month campaign, the British took more than 3,000 prisoners. The end of Vichy rule on Mada gascar was foreshadowed in a French communique yesterday which related significantly that cr.ly 27 Europeans remained among the Colonial troops. 39THFREIGHTER CHRISTENED HERE S. S. Cornelius Harnett Sponsored By Miss Ellen Carter Hancock Thirty-ninth Liberty freighter to be built at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Carolina Shipbuild ing company was launched yester day morning. The vessel was nam ed Harnett in honor of Wilming tonian, Cornelius Harnett, known as “the Samuel Adams of North Carolina.” The 10,000-ton ship was spon sored by Miss Ellen Carter Han cock of Wilmington. Two maids of honor assisted her in the launch ing ceremony. They were: Miss Frances Burch Oakes of Lynch burg, Va., and Miss Maureen O’Crowley of Wilmington. Born in North Carolina on April 20 1723, Harnett settled in Wil mington and first became known in public affairs through his oppo sition to the tamp act and kin dred British measures. He represented the borough ol Wilmington in the Provincial as sembly in 1770-71, and was chair man of the more important com mittees of that body. In 1772, Harnett, Robert Howe and Judge Maurice Moore were named by the assembly to a com mittee to prepare a remonstrance against the appointment, by Gov ernor Martin, of commissioners to (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 8) Nazi General Killed Gen. George von Stumme, second in command to German Field Marshal Rommel, was kill ed in action in Egypt during the sweeping British offensive, says a communique from Cairo. WLB ANNOUNCES NEW WAGE IDEA Policy Would Be Tough On Proposed Increases, Says Official WASHINGTON, Nov, 6 UP) The War Labor Board announced to night a new wage and salary stab ilization policy which, said Chair man William H. Davis, would be “pretty damn tough” on proposed increases above levels prevailing on September 15. The policy set up under a re cent order of President Roosevelt directing the board to stabilize wages and salaries under its juris diction, virtually froze such wages and salaries at the September 15 level. Increases above that level will be granted “only in exceptional cases” and in accordance with an economic stablization order issued by the President on October 3, the board said. That order directed that no wage or salary increases be approved by the board “unless such increase is ncssary to cor rect maladjustments or inequali ties, to eliminate sub-standards of living, to correct gross inequalities or to aid in the effective prosecu tion of the war.” In considering specific requests for wage or salary increases, the board (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 7) __ County In Good Shape Financially, Declares New Hanover Auditor “We’re in mighty good shape right now,” commented J. A. Orrell, county auditor, yester day in regard to the county’s monthly financial report. On October 1, the balance shown was $403,132.53. Re ceipts during October totalled $268,811.70, making a total of $671,944.23. Expenditures for the month amounted to $134,177.30, leav ing on the books the amount of $537,766.93. Collections . by the county auditor i, eluded $206,534.21 in taxes, of which $105,020.25 were prepaid taxes collected prior to October 1. Also included in these collections were $20, 000.00 from ABC funds, and $4,820.70 from the Recorder’s court'. Disbursements for the month, including school build ings, totalled $69,427.89. All Methodist Ministers Return To Wilmington For Coming Year • t iht close of the annual North louna Conference in Wilson tursday, a list of appointments ;ealcd that all five of the Meth a'sl ministers in Wilmington *'e I5600 returned to their pastor for another year. , A Pastor has also been assigned ‘ the new Sunset Park church, o the Rev. A. S. Parker was turned to his position of district superintendent here. , e new pastor of Sunset Park '1:|'rch is the Rev. O. K. Ingram. -Ministers returning are the ov. j. f Herbert, who has com ■ ued three years at Grace church; the Rev. C. D. Barclift, who has been at Fifth Avenue for four years; the Rev. C. N. Phil lips, who has been pastor of Ep worth Charge for two years; the Rev.* E. W. Downum, who has completed his first year at Winter Park; and the Rev. F. W. Pascnall who has finished one year at Trin ity church. APPOINTMENTS WILSON, Nov. 6 — Iff) —Minis terial appointments for the coming year were announced at the closing session of the North Carolina Meth odist conference here today. The list follows: (S after a name means “supply” R means retired.) WILMINGTON Wilmington district, A. S. Park er. district superintendent. Bladen, W. J. Freeman. (S), Bur gaw, I. J. Strawbridge; Carvers Creek, Z. V. Cowan (S); Chadbourn, W. L. Loy; Clinton, J. R. Edwards; Elizabeth, C. W. Barbee; Fair mont, B. F. Boone; Faison-Kenans ville, J. W. Lineberger; Garland. M. W. Warren; Hallsboro. to be (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 8) : '*%'./ ' ___ Repeated Assaults On Fac tory District Thrown Back By Reds KALININ FRONT OPENS First Mention In Some Time Made Of Activity North Of Moscow MOSCOW, Saturday, Nov. 7.— {IP) —The Russians an nounced today that repeated assaults by large forces of German tanks, infantry and planes upon a factory district in Stalingrad' have been thrown back with heavy losses for the Germans and indicated they were holding firm in the Nalchik and Tuapse areas of the Cau casus. The Soviet midnight com munique reported that the Germans were thrown back to their original positions in the fierce fighting for the Stalingrad factory, area. Further, the Soviets said, the Nazis lost about 1,000 men killed, 11 tanks, 20 trucks, and a large number of block houses there. __ n._^.1 Unnlr UUC11IJ M- - In the first mention in weeks of action on the Kalinin front, northwest of Moscow, the Russians said the Germans threw a bat talion into an attempt to capture a height of tactical importance. “At first the Germans succeed ed in pressing back our units somewhat,’ the communique said. “A Red army unit then counter attacked and threw the Germans back. About one company of the enemy was wiped out and some arms were captured.*- --i On the battlefield northwest of Stalingrad, where the Russians are pressing the Germans hard to re lieve Stalingrad, Nazi and Russian artillery maintained a fierce duel, the war report said. One German field battery was reported destroyed and an enemy force of about 400 men was partly wiped out. The Russians said their men were fighting “tense defensive en gagements with enemy tanks and infantry” southeast of Nalchik, {Continued on Page Two; CoL 5) OIL REGISTRATION SLATED FOR AREA November 10-11 Set As Pe riod For Signing For Ration Coupons Fuel oil dealers were notified Thursday morning that the dates for registration have been set for November 10-11, according to the New Hanover War Price and Ra tioning Board. Dealers will be re quired to register on OPA form R1116. These forms are now avail able at the rationing office. The committee set to handle the registration is headed by H. E. Longley and it includes Roger Moore and Rabbi M. M. Thurman. Consumers registration for fuel oil will take place at a later date, definite arrangements are pending the receipt of necessary materials. The board advised coonsumers to be ready to enter their inven tory as of October 1 on their ap plication blanks. __ WEATHER FABPf1 A ST . NORTH CAROLINA — Mild tem perature today. (EASTERN STANDARD TIME) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., yesterday: Temperature: 1:30 a. m. 56; 7:30 a. m. 56; 1:30 r m. r<0; 7:30 p. m. 66; maximum 73; minimum 53: mean 63; normal 59. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 94; 7:30 a. m. 98; 1:30 p. m. 69, 7:30 p. m. 84. Precipitation: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., 0.00 inches; total since the first of the month, 0.00 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY: (From the Tide Tables published by U S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) : High Low Wilmington _ 8:48a. 3:14a. 8:53p. 3:43p. Masonboro Inlet -—— 6:18a. 12 03a. 6:30p. 12:3$p. Moore’s Inlet__— 6:23a. I2:08p. 6:35p. 12:44p. New Topsail Inlet_6:28a. 12:13a. (Elmore’s Inlet) - 6:40p. 12:49p. Sunrise 6:37a; sunset 5:14p; moonris# 5:18a; moonset 4:59p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville on Friday, at 8 a. m., 10.6 feet. (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 2) BRITISH CONTINUING PURSUIT OF ROMMEL’S TANK FORCES; JAPS REPELLED IN SOLOMONS - *-it FOE'S ATTEMPTS FAIL Heavy Toll Of Enemy Sol diers Taken By U. S. Sharpshooters U. S. PLANES WORKING Strafe Japanese Units And Apparently Have Full Control Of Air WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.— (A*)—American forces, taking a heavy toll of enemy troops, have repulsed several strong Japanese counter-attacks in the land battle for Guadal canal Island in the Solomons, the Navy announced today. The Japs struck against advanced Army-Marine posi tions to the west of the American-held airfield Wed nesday night and early Thursday, Guadalcanal time. But not one of their sev eral attempts to drive the Americans back upon the air field was successful and pre sumably they left the Amer ican forces in position to con tinue the offensive begun last Sunday. Wiinermg The Japs were subjected not only to withering fire from U. S. ground forces but also, a Navy com munique reported, to strafing from American planes which maintained “continuous air patrols” over the enemy lines. There was no men tion of opposition and apparently the planes had full control of the air. American positions to the east of the airfield, where the Japs landed troops and reinforcements earlier this week to undertake a squeeze maneuver, were unchanged, the communique said, and so far as was* known here, the threat from that quarter had only been checked, rather than eliminated. In a press conference just before the communique was issued, Secre tary Knox said that Japanese casualties in the three-month-old Solomons campaign were more than four or five times as great as Amer ican losses and that this ratio was continuing. He was “inclined to believe” that this ratio was due to the superb marksmanship of the American troops. The lull in sea fighting which set In with the retirement of the Jap anese armada from the Solomons late last week continues, the Secre tary said, hut he cautioned against any cconclusion that “this is a fin ished fight.” “We thoroughly expect and con fidently expect that they will come back,” he added, explaining that (Continued on Fate Two; Col. 2) __v SCHOOL BUSES NOW OVERTAXED Official Here Reveals Set Up Badly Overworked In New Hanover Superintendent of Schools H. M. Roland revealed Thursday that the school bus system is badly over taxed, and no additional buses can be found to take care of the present needs. Daily transporting in excess of 3,000 pupils to and from the numerous county schools, the buses are hard pressed to meet the new demands which in creased school enrollments mean. “There’s not a bus to be found in the state of North Carolina,’’ he commented. At present, the school system is operating 23 regular buses and two antiquated buses which are being used on regular runs until new ones can be found. All 25 make at least two trips each way each day and some of (Continued -on Par* Two; Coi. 5) 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. Aussies Charge Nazis In Egypt Australian soldiers charge through a smoke screen toward a German strong point somewhere on the Egypt ian front. The Axis forces are in full retreat and are fighting only in rear guard actions, say Allied communi que. This is an official British photo radioed from Cairo. POLITICAL TRUCE PROSPECTS NOTED Outlook Seems Brighter Over Idea Of Winning War Major Problem WASHINGTON, Nov. 6— ■(#— Propects ot a political truce seem ed to increase today as Presi dent Roosevelt and leaders in the greatly strengthened Republican party emphasized- a new that that winning the war was the paramount task before the coun try. At a press conference, a re porter asked Mr. Roosevelt whether the results of Tuesday’s elections would make any differ ence in his attitude toward Con gress. Why should it? Mr. Roosevelt asked. He went on to say that he as sumed Congress also wanted to win the war. that what he wanted to know was whether the President would confer now with both Republican and Democratic leaders about legislative procedure. Mr. Roose velt replied that he had been do ing that. The President made what ap peared to be an indirect reply to those who have been accusing the administration of dictatorship. Asked how he could account for the election results,. he said he had had a very pleasant surprise, a perfectly delightful surprise, when he went to vote at Hyde Park, N. Y., Tuesday and found the poll ing place open. “Do you thing people expected it to be closed?" a reporter quer ied. With a grin, Mr. Roosevelt said that apparently the reporter had not been reading some of the papers. -V SON BORN HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6— (JP) —A son was born today to Mrs. Lou Costello, wife of the movie and radio comedian. The Costellos have two daughters. The son will bp named Lou, Jr. OPENING OF BIDS IS AGAIN DELAYED City To Take More Time To Study Water Work t Again postponing action on bids received on the $1,500,000 King’s Bluff water project, the city coun cil set the new time for contract award as 10 o’clock next Wednes day morning. Action was deferred in order to give City Attorney W. B. Campbell and city enginers further time in which to study the submitted bids. The general feeling among mem bers of the council was that the recommendation for the delayed action was suggested in order to give the city ample time to select the bid whiqh will prove to Wil mington’s best advantage. The bids for the water supply project were originally opened on November 4, and the time for award scheduled for the following day. In a prior bid opening, on Oc tober 14, the city awarded the con tract to two firms on a joint low (Continued on Pare Two; Col. 6) -v October Bank Clearings Nearly Triple Those Of Similar Period In 1941 Bank clearings for the month of October almost tripled the total clearings for the same month last year, it was reveal ed in a report from D. M. Dar den yesterday, secrttary of the Wilmington Clearing House as sociation. The total for last month was $42,562,593.87, as against a to tal of $15,539,489.56 for Oc tober, 1941. Except for the fact that Sep tember was a short month, the report showed September and October’s clearings as nearly equal; the total for September being listed as $31,490,033.43. PRISONERS IGNORED Thousands Of Axis Troops Passed By In Rush To Strike Panzers NAZIS PASS MATRUH Latest Report Puts Ger mans 104 Miles Beyond Broken Alamein Line CAIRO, Nev. 6.— (£>) — Three swift British tank divi sions racing into Western Egypt ignored thousands of surrendering Axis prisoners today in their relentless and annihilating pursuit of the remnants of Marshal Rom mel’s armored forces now fleeing beyond Matruh, 104 miles west of the broken Ala mein line. bast motorized British in fantry took charge of these German and Italian foot sol diers whose upraised hands and stunned expressions told their own story of the victor ious British advance. Prisoner Count Over $13,000 By now the prisoner count hail exceeded 13,000, ‘‘a conservative estimate,” in the words of author itative sources. Incomplete figures also showed that the Eighth army had captured or wrecked a mini mum of 339 enemy tanks. In the latest hag of 79 enemy tanks, 20 were German and 59 Italian. M-4 TANK HITS HARD CAIRO. Nov. 6— (IF) —The hard-hitting, American - made M-4 tank was disclosed tonight to be one of Marshal Rommel's worst headaches in his defeat in the Egyptian desert. It is called the “Sherman” by the British and until it was thrown into battle, it was one of the most closely guarded se crets. For months, whenever the “Shermans” were in tran sit, they were disguised secure ly by tarpaulin sheeting. The Sherman mounts a 75-MM gun with a 360-degree traverse. Three entire Italian divisions, the Trente, Bresoia, and Felgare, have been trapped by the British far south of the Mediterranean coastal (Continued on Pare Five: Col. 6) -v ROMMEL CAPTURED NOW POSSIBILITY German Radio Raises Idea That Field Marshal May Be Prisoner NEW YORK, Nov. *—UP)—'The German radio in a curious broad cast tonight raised the possibility of Marshall Rommel ‘being taken prisoner” in Africa, suggesting that Berlin was anxious over the Axis commander's eventual fate or bad not heard from him recently in the. retreat across Western Egypt. “What wil' Romml do now?” the. Berlin announcer asked at the opening of a late broadcast. Then after telling of the field marshal’s “tactical genius,” and a possibl Nazi counter-stroke some where in the desert, the announcer concluded with this statement: “Political and military circles in Berlin refuse to make any pre dictions or utter any speculation as to the next possible developments in in Africa. Stalin Assures Reds That Allies Will Open 2ndFront Against Axis MOSCOW, Nov. 6.—(J)—Premier Stalin assured the Russians today that the Allies would open a sec ond front against Germany in Eu rope and declared confidently, that the Allies would win the war. He spoke only to Moscow' mem bers of the Communist Party and other special organizations in a secret meeting place. The Germans, he said, had been able to use 240 divisions—“over 3,000,000 men’—because of the ab sence of a second front and thus were able to penetrate 300 miles deeper into Russia. He expressed confidence that the Allies “sooner or later’’ would in vade Western Europe for their own good. He reviewed developments of relations between Russia, the United States and Britain in a friendly rone in thfe speech that highlighted celebrations through out the land on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Commu nist revolution.* The German dream of conquest envisioning the fall of Stalingrad by September 25, Saratov by Au gust 9, Baku by September 29 and Moscow this fall has failed, the Russian commander in chief as serted. “In their hunt for oil and for Moscow, the German strategists have got into difficulties,” he said amidst cheers. “Their summer plans appear to have failed.” The premier offered “facts to prove the strengthening” of the coalition between Russia, the Unit ed States and Great Britain, and added: “The Anglo-Soviet-American co alition has all the possibilities for victory and they will win.” He said “no sane man” would attempt to destroy Germany, "but (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)