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I REMEMBER ^ Served By Leased Wire Of The PEARL HARBOR 111 ft AND BATAAN ^ R ^ ^^ ^ With Complete Coverage Of I -NO. -76--- -WILMINGTj&{.VATURD A Y, NOVEMBER 21, 1942 FINAL EDITION ” ESTABLISHED 1867. MacArthur Leading Attack On Jap Base At Buna Gen. Douglas MacArthur and lus principal commanders are now leading American and Australian forces driving toward Buna key Japanese base on- the north coast of Papua, New Guinea. Top: They confer in New Guinea. Left to right: Francis Forde, Australian minister for the Army: Gen! Mae Arthnr. Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney, Allied land force commander, and Maj. Gen. George Kenney Mild air force commander. Tile map at the bottom shows how American and Australian forces have" mu lied A warn from the west, with American units surging up from the south to close in on Buna. ‘''Oil)'* retreating Japs took to canoes and fled along the Kuniusi river. Allied war planes strafed them. iv. C. Industrialists Promise Help i o Port Wilmington After War GOVERNOR SAYS YARDS TO STAY Broughton Says Shipbuild ing Company Permanent Here; Vessel Launched Governor J. Melville Broughton predicted yesterctay that “because of theeJficiency in production of this yard it will continue to operate as a permanent establishment after the war”, in an adress made at the launching of the Liberty freighter, Joseph Alton at the North Carolina Shipbuilding com pany. Governor Broughton continued, “The exceptionally fine produc tion record you have established here will go far toward helping maintain the maritime supremacy of this nation in the war and after the war.” The Alston was christened by Miss Mary G. Craig, an employe of the shipbuilding company cho sen by her fellow employes in a War bond election contest, and me governor declared that he thought it was a fine thing that company employes should launch the 10.000-ton vessel they con structed. Governor Broughton congratu lated employes lor subscribing 86 _<r°ntinue,t on Pace Five; Col. 8) Victor In Solomons .. . sev";e,Admiral William F. Hal id (,'a’’ove) commanded the Unit fi"ii,.,i *S, ^av-v force which de in ii. a,‘ff routed a Jap Armada Solomons. Twenty-three (j‘ Min-se ships were sunk. Here, his «V- |,ee,’s from the bridge of sluP somewhere iii the Pacific. Manufacturing Heads De clare Will Use Terminals For Goods Shipments Some of North Carolina’s leading industrialists promised their whole hearted support for the Port of Wilmington after the war, last rdght when the Port of Wilmington Commission was host to the mem bers of the Committee on War In dustrial Coordination at a dinner held in the Cape Fear club. Introduced by Chairman Cyrus D. Hogue, Mr. T. Henry Wilson of the Drexel Furniture company told the gathering of some fifty men that when normal manufacturing could be resumed, “we Vill cer tainly send all possible furniture shipments through the Port of Wilmington rather than through Charleston, and from here to the west coast.” Mr. Hogue countered, “We here by appoint you an honorary mem ber of the Port of Wilmington Commission.” Upon being introduced to the as semblage, Charles A. Cannon, ot the Cannon Towel company, pledg ed his cooperation dfcdth the port when he said, ‘There was a time, they tell me, when the port here was filled with cotton bales. If our company has anything to say, vou will see that same thing after the wu.” Mr. Hogue replied that, while noi wishing to make the weight of the Commission unwieldy, he would have to also appoint Mr. Cannon as an honorary member due to his words. Other committee members were asked to rise and be introduced and each one thanked the Com mission for the pleasant day, be ginning yesterday morning with the launching of the “Joseph Als (Continued on Pa^e Three; Col. 5) -V WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina: Continued mild to day. EASTERN STANDARD TIME) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorologial data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday: Temperature 1:30 a. m. 56; 7:30 a. m. 53; 1 ;30 m. 78; 7:30 p. m. 66. Maximum 79; mm ijnum 52; mean 66; normal 55. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 82; 7:30 a. m. 71; 1:30 p. m. 49; 7:30 p. m. 72. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p: m., 0 inches. Total since the first of the month, 0.10 inches. Sunrise 6:50 a. m.; sunset 5:06 p. m., moonrise 4:47 p. m.; moon^et 5:28 a. m. TODAY’S TIDES High Low Wilmington - 8:41a 3:07 a 9:00p 3:42p Masonboro Inlet -- 6:27a 12:08a 6:46p 12:41p Moore’s Inlet - 6:32a '2:13p 6:51p 12:46p New Topsail Inlet- 6:37a 12:18a (Elmore’s) - 6:56p J2:51p All Times Eastern Standard) (Continued on Page Five; Col. 6) BROUGHTON MAKES SWEEPING CHANGE Meets With War Industries Coordination Group For Revamping Governor J. Melville Broughton, meeting here with the War In dustries Co-ordination committee, announced sweeping changes in the conditions. Paul Kelly, assistant to Direc tor Bruce Etheridge, was directed to take over to Commerce & In dustry Division in an “active ca pacity,’’ with Cecil Bell, James E. Coad, and R. W.Redwine, as as sistants. Kelly’s tunctions as director of the Advertising Division were del egated to Bill Sharpe, now head of the State News Bureau. The charges were made during meetings held aboard the Corne lius Harnett, launched here re cently by the N. C. Shipbuilding company, which had its trial run cently by the N. C. Shipbuilding company, which had its trial run today. Earlier, the North Carolina Com (Continued on Page Five; Col, __\r Bids Will Be Sought On War Housing Work Executive Director, Henry R. “mory of the local Federal Public Housing Authority an nounced yesterday that bids would be sought next week on the six million dollar war housing project. The date for the opening of bids has not been set, but Mr. Emory announced that the drafting of plans for the pro ject designed to aid in reviv ing the housing shortage here, is progresing rapidly. I JAPS SLA UGHTERED OR ROUTED ALLIES ABOUT25 MILES FROMBIZERTE DEATH FIGHT NEAR Allies Now Control Most Of French Territory; French On March MOVING ON ROMMEL Fighting Frenchmen Trek king Across Sahara In Effort To Rap Axis LONDON, Nov- 20—(IP)— The main U. S. and British armies engulfing Tunisia were only 25 or 30 miles out side Axis-held Bizerte and Tunis tonight and a death grapple for this strategic corner of the protectorate was exDected to begin at any moment. The Allies now control most of the French territory, and across the Saraha desert to the southeast a fighting French army was reported on the move to trap Marshal Rommel’s Libyan remnants in a three-way squeeze. The Nazis have seized Gabes in southeastern Tuni sia 100 miles from the Lib yan border, Allied headquar ters’ dispatches said, but French troops in that area were said to be beating off Nazi efforts to link up that coastal region with the Axis base in Tripoli. Attempt Encirclement I One Allied units apparently bent on encircling Tunis was reported to have reached a point 25 miles southeast of that capital, radio Brazzaville, the fighting French station in equatorial Africa, said. A dispatch from Allied headquar ters in North Africa said the bat tle was mounting in intensity as the American, British and French troops approached the German de fense line around Bizerte and Tunis and Allied planes fought against the German air force for control of the air. The distraction of nine (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) _V_ HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON PLANS SET Christmas Stocks Now On Display; Stores Begin Hours December 19 Arrangements are being com pleted by the merchant members of the Greater Wilmington Cham ber of Commerce for the 1942 Christmas shopping season, it was announced yesterday. C. K. Council, chairman of the merchant’s division said that hristmas stocks are now on dis play, and beginning December 19, stores will stay open unil 9 o’clock for the shoppers’ convenience. This year, a mail wrapping cen ter will be set up in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, and begin ning November 30, customers of i downtown stores may have their : packages wrapped there. ] It is more important than ever, Mr. Council stated, to shop early. There will be a greater selection of gifts early and since so many of the personnel in Wilmington stores have joined the armed for ces or gone to work in vital de fense indstries, the service will be better if the Christmas shopper 1 does not wait until the last minute, i Old Glory Marches With Yanks In Algeria ). ■: k. ■ ' -./ Old Glory ripples^ in the breeze at the head of a g roup of American soldiers marching toward the Maison Blanche airdrome in Algeria. This official British photo, radioed from London, was made shortly after American and British troops began their occupation of French North Africa. News Of Russian Counter-Attacks Comes From Entire Eastern Front -- —- x-_ FBI POLICE MEET AT USO CLUB HERE About 100 Officers From Four Counties In Area Presence At Meeting The FBI quarterly conference of law enforcement officers opened yesterday morning at 1:15 o’clock in the ofices of the USO at Second and Orange streets. Edward Sheidt, special agent of the Charlotte division presided. Fully 100 officers were present at the initial session, coming from he four counties in this area— Brunswick, New Hanover, Coium >us and Pender. Among them were auxiliary po ice, guards from defense projects, she North Carolina Shipbuilding :ompany and the Ethel Dow plants. Joe Ross, safety engineer, and G 1j. Kennell, chief of guards, at the shipyard, and Wilbur Tisdale, chiei )f the guard force at Ethel Dow, :ogether with Police Chief Cas ;oen, Sheriff C. David Jones, Har •y Fales, fingerprint officer, Tom Morrell and Jimmie Roe, were miong local law enforcement lead ers in attendance. The day’s discussions will be de moted to national defense problems ir.d provisions against espionage »rd for internal security. Films md slides illustrating conditions to se met and overcome were to be shown. John E. Hope, editor of the Sfar 'lews spoke at the opening session, siting the cooperation of the press n all law enforcement efforts and sledging continuing support of the ocal daily press in the crusade igainst crime. -V DISCUSSION CONTINUED RALEIGH, NOV. 20— «£>))—'The State ABC Board today continued ts discussion of methods for ra ;ioning whiskey in the 25 counties. JUt made no announcement after ts meeting this afternoon. Nazi Withdrawals In Cen tral Caucasus Reach Quickening Pace MOSCOW. Nov. 20.—W—News oi Russian counter-attacks came from all sectors of the eastern front today, while in the central Cau casus the German withdrawals from Ordzhonikidze struck a quickening pace. Battered Stalingrad resumed a place in dispatches, the Russians announcing they had captured a height south of the city. At the conclusion of an action in which 400 Germans were killed and ma chine guns and trench mortars captured the Soviet forces en trenched themselves in new ad vanced positions. Witnin the city the Germans at tacked several times. The Russians reported all these assaults were repulsed and that Soviet positions were strengthened. In the Caucasus the general movement of the Germans was reported to be backward, some enemy units seeking safety in hills and dense torests. But they made (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) -v JAPS STRENGTHEN TIMOR POSITIONS Believed To Be Forerunner Of Projected Opera tions On Australia CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 20. —(#)—Facing defeat in the Solo mons Islands and New Guinea, to the north and northeast of Aus tralia, Japanese forces are strengthening their positions me thodically on the island of Timor to the northwest, it was stated officially 1oday. Nine anchorages on the north shore of Portuguese Timor have oeen occupied, and the Japanese (Continued on Page Three; Col. 8) Laval Tells France That A Nazi Entente Is Only Guarantee Of Peace For Europe VICHY (From French Broad casts), Nov. 20.—W— Pierre Laval told Frenchmen tonight that an agreement with Germany “is the sole guarantee for peace in Eu rope,” and forecast a “domination of Communists and Jews” in the event the Allies win the war. “From what has happened in north Africa we have discovered the fate that awaits us tomorrow if Roosevelt gets away with it,” he said, in his first speech since being invested with full political powers by Marshal Petain. “We would have to submit to a domination of Communists and Jews,” he added. “An entente with Germany is the only guarantee for peace in Europe,” he continued, and again predicted a Nazi victory. (Laval’s speech was another strong indication that he was pre paring to sign a peace with the Axis and perhaps then draw up a treaty of alliance against the United Nations). He scoffed at Allied promises of returning the seized portions of the French empire in the future, and recalled how the British took French Canada and parts of the West Indies long ago. “On the other side of the world,” Laval continued, “Japan, an old nation by its history and a young one by its dynamism, has just1 taken from Britain and the United States immense territories,'treas ures), and raw materials. “The Anglo-Saxons are seizing the (French) empire and seeking compensations for the losses they know are irreparable.” (Japan’s early seizure of French fndo-China opened the way for her quick conquest of the Philippines, and Dutch and British territories in the Far East). “Frenchmen: understand that you must not allow yourselves to he deceived and abused by for eign propaganda. The London and Boston radios have a single aim. Don’t let your spirit be misled to serve interests that are not yours. “I was always certain Germany would be the victor, but always was ready to remain on good terms with America. “I like liberty but I will never accept for my country a parlia (Continued On Page Five; Col. 5) ACL TRAIN TIME CHANGE REFUSED Officials Of Coast Line No tify Southern Road That No Change To Be Made RALEIGH. Nov. 20:—Atlan tic Coast Line representatives told the State Utilities Commission to day the Coast Line’s train number 42 out of Wilmington would be un able to make connections in Golds boro with the Southern railroad’s number 111 if the commission per mits the Southern to change the schedule of its train. The Sou'hern asked the utilities board for permission for number 111 to leave Goldsboro, westbound, at 9:20 p.m instead of 9:40, when it now pulls out. Willis Smith, Raleigh attorney, and Trainmaster C. K. Carter ex plained the Southern would iiave to l^ave Goldsboro earlier in or der to connect a* Greensboro with main line trains between Wash ington and Augusta, Gal. Due to heavy traffic on the main line, they said, trains were forced to leave Washington 25 minutes earlier than usual in order to reach Augusta on time. The Coast Line was represented by Murray Allen of Raleigh and F. L. King of W'ilmington, super intendent of transportation for the railroad. The Coast Line 42 now leaves Wilmington at 6:40 and ar rives in Goldsboro at 9:25. On De cember 5, a new schedule calling for the train to leave Wilmington at 6:30 will be instituted, with the tiime of arrival in Goldsboro re maining the same. Allen and King said that Wil mington banks' could not clear their mad before 6:30 and that people woiking at Army bases in the vicinity of Wilmington could not possible reach the train before 6:30. They contended it was of greater importance to Wilmington (Continued on Page Five; Col. 6) —-V Rationing board Asks For Extension Of Time On Fuel Oil In County The New Hanover War Price and Rationing board asked yes terday for an extension of time for the rationing of fuel oil, as the registration of consumers can not be completed by the time na tion-wide rationing goes into ef fect Sunday at midnight. The shortage of application blanks is jholding up the registra tion here, as many people were turned away yesterday, because the board was unable to supply them with blanks. The dealine which was formerly midnight last night, is expected to be advanced. It is hoped that a new supply of forms will be available Monday. HOLD IS ‘SECURE’ Knox Declares Hold On Is land ‘Now Very Good; Airfield Is Protected FOE'S SEA LOSS CHECKS Total Now Stands At 28 Ships Destroyed, Ten Damaged In Big Battle WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 GP)—Half of a force of 1.500 Japanese landed on Guadal canal has been slaughtered and the rest routed, the Navy announced today, and Secre tary Knox declared jubilant ly that the American hold on the island prize is “now very secure.” Knox based his statement partly on the land action, in which embattled Marines and Army troops apparently crumpled the eastern jaw of a Japanese pincers aimed at the vital airfield, and partly on the great sea victory of last week lie announced oeiinixeiy that the toll taken in the sea fight was 28 e nemy ships sunk, and ten damaged. There had previously been some thought that the total might be slightly lower due to the possibility of duplica tion in reports from the scene. Badly Punished Last night the Navy announced the destruction of a battleship or heavy cruiser, three large cruisers and one destroyer. Last Monday a communique disclosed the sinking of 23 ships, including a battleship and ten other war vessels. “All told/’ Knox said, “the Japa nese fleet' has been pretty badly punished.” “Of course,” he added, “they can bring in more reinforcements and fight their way but so far they have been unable to do it.” He revealed that two American battleships took part in last Satur day night’s phase of the Big Solo mons struggle, in which heavy loss was inflicted on the enemy. Al though he could not give details of this engagement, in which Amer ican and Japanese battleships slugged it out for the first time, he said: "It was a very efficient and well handled maneuver and caught our friends by surprise.” Speaking of the land fighting he* said Americans there now out-num ber the Japanese. The action in which the 1.500 Japanese were killed or put to flight he described as “very significant.” The Navy communique said these enemy troops were reinforcements landed early this month and added succinctly: "About half of these enemy troops have since been killed (Continued on Page Five: Col. 7) Sixth Son Of Tiger Robert Kenneth Chenna;ult, sixth son of Gen. Claire Chen nault to join the lT. S. armed services, stands with hand raised as he was sworn int > the Navy at Jackson Miss. The 17-year old son of the chief of the Flying Tigers, who made history fight ing for China, was accepted by the Navy with the consent of hi's mother who lives at Waterproof. La. The Chennanlt family’s war score now stands: The general, himself, still in China and now leading l'. S. flying forces: three sons in the L’. S. Air Forces one in the Navy, one in a defense training school—and now Robert in the Navy. I
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