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famous Ace,
parlyRescued
Dy Navy Plane
Rickenbacker Saved After
Three Weeks On Raft In
The South Pacific
one man succumbs
- Forced Down At Sea
j?v r -r.iv Gasoline Tank
On October 21
rtPHINUTON, Nov. 14. UF) ■
N. Kddie Rickenbacker, • the
abvays conics back, lias
T, ; ;i a in-—rescued by. a big
t'afilina Flying Boat after
ncrilous weeks adrift. in a
nil,her raft on the broad ex
the South Pacific.
■'Th \ lVv announced the rescue
. i ;,]diiis that all seven.of the
;,.)t who. with Rickenbacker,
iierc forced down by an empty gas
;,;k (id. 21. had now been. ac
r„r. But one, Sergeant
, Kaczmarczyk. died on
si and was buried at sea.
With the celebrated World war
al.e on the raft were Colonel
I'. . c Adamson and Private John
j. ];avtflt. it was they who watch
\ a muivzyk succumb to expo
, .. i. - hardship. It was they, who
b tried him. ' -
Others Found
Three more of the Rickenbacker
b: ntenant James C. Wliit
u. .. . Lieutenant John . J. de An
|t;and. Staff Sergeant James
ly ; . i is. were found on a small
v. ud in the South Pacific.
The rescue ur sea of Captain Vfil- ,
a Cherry, the pilot of Ricken
Cs plane, was announced yes
i-i.'.ay. Thus, the roll-call of the
group was complete.
lUckenbacker, 52 years old, with
• •(her ••'■ his many close brushes
with death safely behind him, was
i i in aood condition, as was
Ada:;-.- n. I'artek's condition was
s.a: ,< but he was expected to re
cover.
The condition of the men found •
• n iha i.-iaml was not reported im- '
in a A naval medical officer
**> an to tlfeir speck of land at 1
■ . mid all will be returned to a 1
specific naval base.
hi kenbicker, an adviser to Sec- '■
• >>( War Stimson, was en
i a m tlie South Pacific war zone
in Hawaii to make a survey of
iit farce activities tiiere. On Oct.
f be reported by radio that the
: une had scarcely enough gasoline
■ ft for an hour’s flying.
Search .Made
ha ii silence. A thorough but
unless search was made. Many
?u a up hope. These, however, did
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110 MEN INJURED
IN COLLISION HERE
Tide Water Power Com
pany Bus Strikes Sedan
At Intersection
T'vo men were seriously injured
ant* a third received minor cuts
and bruises when a Tide Water
ower company bus struck a sedan
at the intersection of Third and
nncess streets at 6 o'clock Satur
ay morning in one of the worst
intersection collisions here in re
cent months.
Caught between the front end of
on ,hUS Md the traffic signal
intprcf ,S0lltIlwest corner of the
dan wn^'011' ,he franle °f the se
ll.., h : S° kadly crushed that po
Sul ° Work for a ™mber of
men phin- frae lhe two iniured
Lai) f ip Llndsay and Luther
csr' from the rear seat of the
Th
d 7* a«ic_ signal was knocked
and Vidle irnPact- Both the car
ie bus were badly damaged.
James wdnLindsay were taken t0
ana j '*a ker Memorial hospital
admitted with serious internal
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WARRIOR—24 YEARS AFTER
This striking photo of Gen. John J. Pershing', taken as he partici
pated in Armistice Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery,
shows the fL-year-old warrior still the soldier’s soldier who inspired
the victorious A, E. K. of World War 1. (NEA Telephoto)
Colons Arrested To Get
Poll Tax Debate Quorum
WARRANTS ISSUED
5 i I b o Begins Filibuster
Against Bill To Abolish
State Vote Levies
By JACK BELT,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14— (TP) —
3y the unusual expedient of order
ng its sergeant at arms to arrest
ibsentee members, the Senate sum
noned a quorum today for a fili
mstering discussion of the measure
:o abolish state poll taxes as a
>rerequisite for voting in Federal
dections.
For three hours and 42 minutes
ifter it convened at noon, a minor
ty of the Senate sat twiddling
;humbs while ineffectual attempts
vere made to obtain a quorum of
19. Administration leaders were de
ermined not to yield an inch to
he proponents of delay by an ad
journment to Monday.
Orders Warrants
Finally, after an hour and a half
if waiting had produced only 44
nembers, Democratic Deader Dark
ey of Kentucky moved to instruct
Wice President Wallace to issue
warrants' for the arrest of all ab
sentees wjio could be located in the
District of Columbia.
Senator Connally (D.-Tex.) ob
jected but the drastic action was
il-dered and for the first time
since the Boulder Dam fight of
Way, 1928, a presiding officer sign
ed warrants for the arrest of eight
nembers.
The eight included Senators
Doxey (D-Miss), Mayband( (D-SC).
Doxey (D-Miss), Maybank (D-SC),
renn), Russell (D-Ga), Hill (D-Ala),
ind Overton (D-Ra), opponents of
;he poll tax bill, and Senator Bun
cer (D-Xev).
It was more than two hours
ater that McKellar, placed under
(echnical arrest at his apartment
n a downtown hotel, walked into
:he chamber to make the 49th
Senator recorded present.
Bilbo Takes Floor
Senator Bilbo (D-Miss), who told
‘eporters he thought he was good
’or 30 days of talk if it was neces
sary to speak that long to kill the
pill, immediately took the floor
with a defense of the promised
engthy debate.
Bilbo spoke for ■ about two hours
md then the Senate quit for the
lay. Before it adjourned, Barkley
called on Senate employes to in
’orm senators they were needed in
Washington and to return from
;heir homes.
Because the Senate adjourned in
stead of recessing, the anti-poll tax
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six Of Haupt’s Friends
Convicted By U. S. Jury
^ HICAGO, Nov. 14.— UP)—Six rel
Ves and friends of the executed
r ' saboteur Herbert Haupt were
courtCtCd tonifbf by a federal
trial U'!''' in ^'inois’ first treason
ran”' j-aCe possible sentences
■-.im trom five years imprison
dncl $10,000 fines to death.
, u'a Judge William J. Camp
'.ill fix the penalties later.
5fl "e Jllr-v deliberated 2 hours and
o'nutes in bringing in the sec
; ’ reason conviction in 148 years
‘American history.
°uilb auilty of kiving "aid and
comfort” to the young saboteur,
smuggled by submarine into the
United States last June 17 on a
mission to cripple war plants were:
Hans and Erna Haupt, parents
of the saboteur; Walter and Lu
cille Froehling, young Haupt’s
aunt and uncle, and Otto and Kate
Wergin, friends of the Haupt fam
ily.
The jury was polled at the de
fense request and each of the
eight women and four men said
‘It was and is my verdict.”
Next Friday, Nov. 20, Judge Wil
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Marshall Rommel
Reported In Munich
LONDON, Sunday, Nov. 14
— (JP) —The German freedom
radio station said early today
that Nazi Marshal Erwin Rom
mel is “not with his troops.
He is in Munich.”
The German freedom radio
station is one of the illegal
transmitters' which has often
given trouble to Nazi authori
ties. Sometimes the information
it broadcasts is accurate, and
its programs always irritate
the government officials.
The freedom station appar
ently has good connections in
various German ministries and
even in the army. It has never
been found. Some believe it
is a portable transmitter, mov
ing when police searches get
warm.
HOLIDAY TRAVEL
REDUCTION ASKED
Priority Bans On Passenger
Space Not Planned By
U. S., However
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14—MV-It
will take “practically every thing
on wheels” to handle the coun
try’s holiday bus and train travel,
an Office of Defense Transpor
tation spokesmen said today, but
the government does not intend
to put priority restrictions on pas
senger space.
Addressing itself to the public
at large, the government has re
quested: “Please don’t travel over
the Christmas and New Year holi
day season unless you are moving
on war business.” But it has im
posed specific restrictions on
its own employes.
Joseph B. Eastman, director of
defense transportation, recom
mended earlier this week that fed
eral departments and agencies
cancel all leaves between Decem
ber 18 and January 10 if the leave
would involve bus or rail travel.
Virtually 100 per cent cooper
ation on the part of the feddral
bureaus was expected. One agen
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WEATHER
FORECAST
Nortli Carolina — Rising temperatures
Sunday.
(Eastern Standard Time)
By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meterological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m., yesterday.
Temperature:
1-30 a. m., 51; 7:30 a. m.. 42; 1:30 p.
.n 54- 7'30 p. m„ 45. Maximum 62;
Minimum 42; Mean 52; Normal 56.
Humidity
1:30 a. m., 34; 7:30 a. m. :30
p. m., 21; 7:30 p. m. 33.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours :30
p m., 0.00 inches: total since rst
of the month, 0.10 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables pubiisiu Jy
U s Coast and Geodetic Survey -
High new
Wnmington - 3:02a
3:4.1p 1C .54p
Masonboro Inlet- 1:04a 7 :12a
1:42p 7:58p
Sunrise, 6:46a; sunset, 5:08p; moon
rise l:llp; moonset, -
Cape Fear river stage at Fayet
teville on Nov* 14, at 8 a. m., 6.62
feet.
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AMERICAN AND JAP WARSHIPS CLASH;
U. S. SHELLS JAPS ON GUADALCANAL;
ALLIED FORCES ADVANCING ON TUNIS
AXIS CONTINUES
TO LAND TROOPS
C ' --
French Forces, Reported
Led By General Giraud,
Resisting Germans
POUR OVER BORDA
American Troops Given
Warm Welcome By Resi
dents Of Casablanca
LONDON, Sunday, Nov.
15— {!■P) —Powerful Ameri
can and British forces struck
toward Tunis by land, sea and
air today for a showdown
clash with German and Ital
ian troops who continued to
land in increasing numbers
despite resistance of French
forces reported led by Gen.
Henri Giraud.
The exact position of the
Allied vanguard was not
known, but some reports
said U. S. and British ground
forces already were pouring
across the Tunisian border,
only 80 miles from Tunis, and
that parachute troops were
preparing to land in the capi
tal.
Author ized dispatches
from Lieut. Gen. • Dwight D.
Eisenhower’s headquarters
indicated that the main body
was somewhere east of the
Algerian town of Bone, 50
miles from the Tunisian fron
tier, and that it was advanc
ing rapidly, with strong nav
al and air support.
Rushing Reinforcements
These reports also said the Ger
mans and Italians, trying desper
ately to establish themselves in
Tunis and Bizerte before the Allies
arrived, were rushing reinforce
ments both by sea and air.
Aerial observation showed that
French and German troops already
jvere engaged in fierce fighting
through the narro w, winding
streets of the capital and strug
gling- for possession of airports on
its outskirts.
The American task force mov
ing on Tunisia was 'reported in a
communique tonight to be “con
solidating its positions.”
American troops entering Casa
blanca, chief city of Morocco on
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--V—,-=—
GASOLINE ‘BLACK
MARKET’ATTACKED
Ten Washington Filling
Stations Linked With Im
proper Regulations
WASHINGTON, Now 14.—(A>'—
Office of Price Administration in
spectors throughout the Eastern
gasoline rationing area moved in
today on what a spokesman de
scribed as “widespread black mar
ket” racketeering in “S” card ra
tion coupons.
Inspectors in Washington report
ed evidence apparently linking ten
filling stations in the capital with
improper operations.
Teletype instructions went forth
to OPA regional offices at New
York, Atlanta and Boston to .put ,
all available investigators in the ,
Eield at once to check the alleged •
illegal transactions.
(Continued on page Twor Col. 5) 1
■ *
Australian Troops Closing
In On Jap Base At Buna
GENERAL MacARTHUR’s
HEADQUARTERS, Australia
Sunday, Nov. 15—(/P)—Austra
lians who fought across the
Owen Stanley mountains and
Americans flown to the battle
scene in aerial transports are
closing in on the Jap-held
coastal base of Buna, in north
east New Guinea, the high
command reported today.
The rapid advance, made
possible by the recent encircle
ment and complete destruc
tion of more than 500 Japs at
Olivi and Gorari, represented
the Allies’ first bid for a ma
jor foothold on the north coast
—a step toward running the
Japs out of all New Guinea.
On the aerial war front,
MacArthur’s bomber’s struck
in the Solomons at an enemy
convoy off New Georgia island.
A transport of 12,000 tons was
set ablaze by bombers which
dropped their lethal loads from
low altitude despite anti-air
craft fire.
(This news of the Jap convoy
came while reports from Wash
ington told of navy battles In
progress in the Solomon Island
areas.)
The aerial blow at the trans
port followed the successful
bombing of four troop - laden
ships in the harbor at Buin in
the North Solomons two days
ago and the setting ablaze yes
terday of another troop trans
port in that harhor.
In the New Guinea land
fighting, the communiaue made
it apparent that the annihila
tion of the Japs at Oivi, where
they had held out stubbornly
for a week, broke the back ot
the enemy defenses today.
General MacArthur announced
that an Australian column had
driven the Japs eastward from
Ilinow and Wairopi—scene of
the oft-bombed Wairopi bridge
— and had seized the main
Kumusi river crossing. That is
in an area some 30 miles from
Buna.
Ahead of the Japs, ready to
trap them, an American force
closed in.
Under steady bombardment
from the air, the Japs suffer
ed heavy casualties and even
were abandoning their wound
ed in their frantic flight.
The Allied advance on Buna
is the climax of a drive across
the tortuous jungle trails from
Port Moresby on the southeast
New Guinea coast.
Continuous Attacks In Stalingrad
Cost Germans Thousands Of Troops
GENOA B RAIDED
BY RAF BOMBERS
American Planes Strike
Nazi U-Boat Bases In
Daylight Raids
LONDON, Nov. 14. — W— Tre
mendous new damage was inflict
ed last night on the major Italian
port of Genoa by British bombers
which flew 1.500 miles through en
emy opposition so weak that all
returned safely to their home
bases.
Two-ton explosives and thou
sands of fire bombs were showered
on the Axis home base for North
Africa, rocking the battered city
with enormous, pulverizing explo
sives soon followed by raging fires.
Heavy American bombers back
ed up the RAF smash at Italy
by striking G e' r m‘ a n submarine
bases in daylight raids today on
the French northern ports of La
Pallice and St. Nazaire.
A communique said Flying For
tresses' and. Liberators attacked
these important U-boat nests but
gave no details.
Allied fighter planes made sup
porting ' and diversionary sweeps
aver northwestern France during
the day.. No planes were reported
missing.
In the Genoa bombardment, the
sprawling Ansaldo factory west of
the port which makes armaments
and warship engines was the chief
target. Many of the block busters
Eell squarely on the plant.
In their flight over the part of
prostrate France just overrun by
;he Germans, the' big Lancasters
and Stirlings encountered Nazi
light fighters, at least one of
which was shot down in flame's.
The Italians broadcast that this
fifth raid on Genoa in a month
lad caused “serious damage” es
pecially in the center and eastern
listrict.s of the town. “Numerous
xnerny formations” were reported
and the casualties still were un
xounted’ today.
Pilots reported great fires were
licking 'the 1,000 acres of docks,
rhe ground defenses apparently
lad been reinforced, for since the
ast raid a week ago more anti
aircraft fire and searchlights were
mcountered.
Gold Star To Be Given
T oN. G. Shipyard T oday
A gold star, symbol of the con
tinuation and improvement of the
production rate that won the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company its
original Maritirpe commission “M”
pennant, will be awarded ■ to the
shipbuilding company at the
launching of the company’s 41st
Liberty freighter, the Abner Nash,
this afternoon.
The award of the gold star, won
by the production of nine vessels
between'August 15 and October 10
with an average construction time
of 76 days each, will be made at
a simple ceremony beginning at
4:30 ■ p.m., culminating in the
launching of the Nash at 5 p.m.
J, F, Mclnnis, East coast re
gional director of construction of
the Maritime commission will
make the award and Captain Roger
Williams,, president of the ship
building company, will accept the
star which will be added to the
“M” pennant now flying over the
shipyard.
The “M” pennant was presented
to the shipyard on August 30 by
Admiral Emory S. Land, chair
man of the commission, and the
addition of the gold star to the
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 6)
GAIN A FEW YARDS
Soviets Advance In Nalchik
Area And Repulse Ger
mans Near Tuapse
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Sunday, Nov. 15.—(#)
Three days of continudus attacks
in the Stalingrad factory area have
cost the Germans several thousand
dead and have gained them only
a few- yards in a single street of
that battered city, the Russians
announced early today.
The Soviet midnight communi
que also told of fresh Russian ad
vances in the area of Nalchik, deep
in the Caucasus, and of enemy
attacks repulsed with heavy losses
near Tuapse on the Black Sea
front.
Port Shelled
In support of land operations
along the Black Sea, the Soviet
Black Sea fleet shelled an enemy
occupied port, starting three large
fires and several smaller ones, the
Moscow radio said. The warships’
guns caused three heavy explo
sions and fired a transport in the
harbor, it was reported. The port
was not identified.
. Although there was nothing ,to
indicate that the fighting in the
bitter cold at Stalingrad was on
the vast scale of a month ago,
the Nazis again were said to be
expending much personnel in re
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TRUCETs REACHED
IN LANSING STRIKE
Employes Of Two Nash
Kelvinator War Plants
Return To Jobs
LANSING, Mich. , Nov. 14—W
—Employes of two Nash-Kelvinator
war plants, idle for more than two
days because of a labor dispute,
went back to their jobs with the
3 p. m. shift today under a truce
arrangement that was described
as “virtually a directive of the
War Labor board.”
Full production was resumed
with the night shift and opera
tions will continue in all depart
ments Sunday in an attempt to
make up lost time.
Management, accused by union
leaders of locking out workmen
who had demanded transfer of a
foreman and his assistant from
their department, joined local 13
of the United Automobile Workers
(CIO) in today’s back-to-work ap
peal, issued at the end of a long
series of conferences.
Stephen' Eddy, federal labor de
partment conciliator, participated
in the parleys. It was Eddy who de
scribed the truce arrangement, a
stop-gap pending further negotia
tion of the. deadlocked dispute, as
“virtually a directive.”
•Under the terms of the agree
ment, Eddy said, Floyd Baird,
foreman of the propeller division,
and his assistant will return to
that department while mediators
delve into workmen’s charges that
they were unable to get along with
the men they supervised and, as
a result, hampered production.
MAIN PRODUCTION
COMMAND SOUGHT
Drive To Set Up Central
Office Of War Mobili
zation Launched
WASHINGTON, ov. 14.— UP) —
Congressional proponents of a sin
gle civilian command over all war
production, with its manpower
problems, announced today a
drive to set up a central office
of war mobilization by Dec. 7.
They declared that the war could
be won in eight months by “a
resolute overhauling of the war
production machine.”
Senators Kilgore (D.-W. Va.) and
Pepper (D -Fla.) and Rep. Tolan
(D.-Calif.) said executives and pro
duction engineers of 20 corpora
tions with half the war orders had
been invited to testify at hearings
opening Monday before a Senate
labor subcommittee under Pep
per’s chairmanship.
‘‘We want to get from them the
complete story of the operations
of the present production proce
dures,” they said in a joint state
ment. Chairman Truman (D.-Mo.)
of the Senate Defense Investiga
tion committee and Chairman Mur
ray (D.-Mont.) of the Small Busi
ness committee indorsed the pro
gram.
mi _ i.i j _• ii.
J- U v_ IU1U Xtyui tuio MU, J
intended to press it through Con
gress as a directive to President
Roosevelt. The President has the
power now to set up such an of
fice, Tolan observed, “but it
hasn’t beer done yet.”
Tolan said the plan was based
on a report of shortcomings which
he prepared as chairman of the
House committee investigating na
tional defense migration and that
it calls for a “streamlined central
agency with a man at the top
who can say 'yes’ or ‘no.’”
Kilgore explained that the war
mobilization office would be a sort
of “war cabinet” or “super WPB,”
taking over and "closing the gaps”
between the War Production
Board, Army, Navy, Maritime
Commission and lend - least pro
curement staffs. Selective Service.
War Manpower Commission and
other agencies.
Pepper said it was endorsed by
William Green and Philip Murray,
presidents of the AFL and CIO.
Both labor leaders have opposed
compulsory handling of workers
under a national service act.
BATTLING NEAR i
SOLOMON ISLES
Naval Communique States
Both Sides Have ‘Suf
fered Losses’ 4
INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS
Warships Pump Shells Into
Nipponese Northwest
Of Airfield
BY JOHN W. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.
— (/P) — Powerful groups of
American and Japanese war
ships were slugging it out in
the vicinity of the Solomon
Islands today in an after
math of a heavy American
naval bombardment of enemy
positions on Guadalcanal.
Both sides have “suffered
losses,” a Navy communique
said, but it added that no de
tails would be reported while
the battle continues because
of the value of such informa
tion to the foe.
The communique described
the battle as “a series of
naval engagements.” This
was authoritatively interpret
ed to mean that the ships of
both sides were widely de
ployed in the Solomon area
so that the battle consists of
a number of individual ac
tions between groups _ of
ships, rather than a single
mass fight.
Aircraft Participating
It seemed probable that aircraft
were participating fully, both as
weapons of attack and as the eyes
of the opposing fleets, although
the communique made no mention
of them.
First word of the fresh outburst
of sea warfare in and around the
battle-scarred islands—where the
airfield on Guadalcanal is the
prize which Japan seeks and the
United States is determined to
hold—came today from Tokyo.
The Japaeese broadcast that
they had lost two destroyers and
more than ten aircraft and had
a battleship damaged. They claim
ed—wholly without confirmation
from other sources — that Allied
losses had been six cruisers and
cne destroyer sunk, 19 planes shot
down, two cruisers and three de
stroyers heavily damaged and
three transports set afire.
Tokyo in the past has always
minimized Japanese losses and
greatly exaggerated the damage to
our forces. The Navy declined to
comment on the Japanese claims.
First Since Oct. 26
Except for sporadic bombard
ment of our positions by light Jap
oaval forces and attacks by Amer
can planes on Jap surface ships,
:here had been no naval action
of consequence in the Solomons
area since Oct. 26 when the Japa
oese pulled their warships away
following the battle of the Stewart
slands, which lie on the eastern
flank of the southeastern Solo
mons.
The present outburst of activity
oegan Thursday, Solomons time,
vhen United States cruisers and
iestroyers bombarded enemy po
sitions oh Guadalcanal northwest
of the airfield from dawn until
mid-afternoon. Japan’s first reac
ion was to attack the United
states ships with 23 torpedo bomb
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Berle Calls On Italians
To Resist Nazi Masters
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 — OR —
Adolph A. Berle, assistant secre
tary of state, tonight called upon
Italians to resist their German
Nazi masters and prepare for
Italy’s re-entrance into the family
of nations as a democratic state
with the aid of Allied force poised
in North Africa.
In a speech prepared for de
livery before a meeting of the
Mazzini society and the Italian
American labor council of N e w
York, Berle reviewed the rise of
Fascist domination, and terming
Allied forces the “armies for the
jin the new military situation,
“Ini the new military situation,
Italy, once fnore enters the valley
of decision. She must decide
whether she will exhaust her re
maining men, and let her nation
hood ebb out as servant of d de
caying Nazi state; or whether she
will cleanse herself from the evil
into which her Fascists have led
her.”
Berle cited the Allied pledges to
the world as contained in the At
lantic charter, whose benef i t s
(Continued on Pafe Two; Col. 3)