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p£ir | THE SU R-NEW5 — "■ ■__<gO’\T©(P ^MB) E>[LlfAgy•Eng jRft VOL-I’—NOJ.____TWENTY PAGES__WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1942 FINAL- EDITION _PRICE FIVE CENTS Gov. Lehman fo Distribute Help Abroad Plan Early Start On Aid To People In Lands Held By The Allies TO RESIGN DEC. 3 Arms And Ammunition To Be Supplied To North Africa Residents BV RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. — <ff) — President Roosevelt today placed Governor Herbert H. Lehman of Kew York in charge of distribut ing American food, clothing and medicine to the people of lands occupied by troops of the United Nations . _ Indicating that tne c resident wishes an early start made on this task, the White House announced that Lehman will resign his guber natorial dost about Dec. 3. His term would normally expire on Jan. 1. He did not seek re-election. The appointment implements an anouncement made by the White House a week ago that no one in territory occupied by American trooos would be allowed to go hun gry if it was humanly posible to supply food The samp announcement told of an order that not only food and clothing, but arms and ammuni tion as well, be supplied to the people of north Africa. The whole project was considered to have a powerful p>-0paganda appeal for the French and the people of other nat'nns which have, been conquered and ocupmd by Nazi troops. By contrast with the policy enun ciated by the President. Nazi oc cupation has meant hunger—often starvation — for subject peoples. Most of them wwere drained of their food stocks early in the cupaticn. Heavy levies have since been made upon their crops to feed Germany and the German army. Some thought that the promise of food would prove an inducement for the Italian people to help in facilitating an Allied invasion of (Continued on Page Five; Col. <k) -v EIGHT INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Four In Serious Condition FoFcwing Smash-up At Intersection Here Eight persons were injured, four of them seriously, in a collision at the intersection of Fourth and Wal nut streets here early Friday night in which four automobiles were damaged. The accident occurred, police 'dquar revealed yesterday, when a Hudson sedan travelling east on Walnut street struck a Ford sedan which was proceeding south on Fourth street. The impact sent the Ford sedan hurtling onto the sidewalk of Wal nut street, f?4 feet from the point of the collision, while tfie Hudson se dan continued across the intersec tion and crashed into the rearmost of two parked automobiles, dam aging them both. Admitted to James Walker Me morial hospital were: Miss Mary Lou Merritte of 417 Bod Cross street, a passenger in the Ford sedan, fractured leg. khss Ruby Holthouser of Lake v wage, a passenger in the Ford sedan, fractured olavicle. Bill Ailin' of 209 South Front s reef- Passenger in the Ford se (Continned <m Fase Foar. Co, 2) -V._ WEATHER N„r(, . forecast Occasional ra''*”3: t'other Sunday with E(RSTt-RI* STANDARD TIME) ■ E ■ s. Weather Bureau) '"X°7°™giCal data for the 24 hours ” t-30 p. m.. yesterday. 1.... Temperature 63: 7:30 a. m„ 62; 1:30 p. Minim 1 "i0 P- m ‘ 68; Maximum 80; ™um o9i Mean 70: Normal 54. Humidity *». 53®-™’ 84: 7:30 a- m" 94; 1:30 P M 1 -30 p. m. 80 Total r , Precipitation ra., oLlor ‘L1** 24 hours ending 7:30 p, of tEo j lnches;; total since the first the wonth. 0.10 inches. (From ?ulDE®. F0R TODAY IT. e n tlle Fide Tables published by t-oast and Geodetic Survey.) W,taington - HiEh row ^oro inlet _ VZ uZ a‘ m'; Su“’^ 5 052pP a m" 00nr*se> 5;24 p. m.; Moonset, 6:25 —!£inlinned on Page Four; Col. 2) Appointed I GOVERNOR LEHMAN WOMEN WILL PUSH BOND SALES HERE ‘Women At War Week’ To Get Under Way In Wilmington Today Arangements were completed yesterday for the “Women at War Week’ bond and stamp drive which gets under way in Wilming ton today and will continue through November 28. The wek. on a nation-wide scale, has as its aim the greatest sale of war bonds in the history of the country. Adopting the slogan, “T. N. T.—Today, Not Tomorrow,” the women’s organization will at tempt to drive home the point that the need for war bond invest men on an all-out basis is urgent. They will stress enrollment in the 10 per cent purchases class the payroll deduction plan, and for the individual woman, a pledge to carry a stamp book at all times, to know the importance of so do ing, and to to tell others about the plan. Mrs. S. D. Hurst will represent the Parent-Teacher association in the drive this week. Mrs. Louis Orrell, chairman of specialties, will have assisting her Mrs. Wil liam Henderson, —r., and Mrs. Charles King. There will be special ‘Woman at War” booths established in the following places: Bailey theatre, with women of the American Legion Auxiliary participating as follows: Mesdames D. M. Darden, Walter Curtis, J, F. Mann, Finley McMillian, J. R. Benson, G C. Malpass, Thomas J. Gause, C. C. Pinckney, William D Jones, D. M. Holmes, W. J. Riley, H. M. Roland, Ted Peders, J. B. Edwards, C. David Jones, and Donald King At Belk-Williams company, with these members of the Colonial Dames in charge: Mrs. Philip W. Delano, Miss Emma Bellamy Wil liamson, Mrs. Thomas Wright, Mrs. William McK. Bellamy, Miss Jeanie Strange, Miss Maude Kings bury, Mrs. J. Laurence Sprunt, Mrs. Robert Strange, Jr., Mrs. Al len Whitehead, Mis Marguerite MacRae, Mrs. Warren S. Johnson Mrs. Marsden Bellamy, Mrs. Louis T. Moore, Mrs. Thomas Darst, Mrs. Benjamin Washburn, Mrs. Raymond Holand, Mrs. Robert Williams, Mrs. Clarence Maffitt, Mrs. Wiliam G. James, Mrs. Hen ry Latimer and Miss Carrie Moore, Women at the Wilmington In formation-Filter center will have a booth there with volunteer work ers in charge. Mrs. John Hoggard, regional dis trict chairman of the program, will broadcast on the subject at 10:30 o’clock Monday morning over station WMFD. Over the Mutual network a special, ‘Women at War Week,’ broadcast will be heard at 3:30 p.m. November 2, and over the Columbia Broadcasting system the subject of ‘Women at War’ will be given at 7:30 o’clock that night. • Soviets Hud Germans B'/^ In Caucr^/ -- #■ Two Companies r, * it talion Of Enemy Anniiii lated Or Dispersed STALINGRAD QUIETER Nazis’ Winter Equipment Insufficient To Cope With The .Climate MOSCOW, Sunday, Nov. 2 —VO— German assaults intended to better the Nazi position in the Caucasus after the smashing Russian victory before Ordzhonikidze have been conistently hurled back by Rus sian units and at least two com panies and a battalion of the en emy have been annihilated or dis persed, the Russians reported early today. The Soviet midnight communi que announced thatt in the Mozdok area (in the same general sector where the Germans were beatn) one Soviet unit in one day repelled three enemy attacks, ‘annihilat ing some two companies of enemy infantry.’ Guns Active On that cold Caucasus front, the communique added, ‘Soviet artil lery and mortar fire dispersed and partly annihilated about a battalion of German infantry.’ Fighting continued in the sector southeast of Nalchik, where the Germans apparently took their worst beating in the action before Ordzhonikidze. One Red guards unit ‘wiped out more than 700 enemy officers and men’ ’in that area, the communi que said, and two enemy tanks were disabled and four burned out. “Six German trucks were des troyed as well as six heavy ma chine guns.” ‘Northeast of Tuapse on one sector our troops pressed the en emy back somewhat and captured several fortified positions,” the communique said, reporting on the fighting in the Black sea area of the western Caucasus. Attacks Dwindle. The German attacks in Stalin grad appeared to have dwindled considerably from the Russian war report. ‘In the factory district of Stalin grad our troops repelled attacks of small enemy groups,’ the com munique said. ‘In other sectors our artillery engaged the enemy i n duels. During the day 300 of the enemy troops were killed, and six guns and eight mortars were de stroyed. Exchanges of fire on the central and northwestern fronts also were reported. Russian reports yesterday said the German command appeared to be reforming its shattered lines southeast of Nalchik in the Cau casus for a new blow at the Rus sians. Nazi infantry, supported by tanks and Rumanian Alpine troops struck back at the Ordzhonikidze defend ers, but these counter blows along the' Nalchik plain and in the foot (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) General J. B. M. Hertzog Dies In South Africa CAPETOWN, Nov. 21—1®—Gen eral J. B. M. Hertzog, former prime minister of the Union of South Africa, who lost office when he denounced Great Britain’s war on Germany as a “crime” and tried to keep his country neutral, died today and thus was ended a Eamous feud with Jan Christiaan Smuts, present prime minister. Hertzog, 76, died at the home of his son in Pretoria. He had entered a hospital two months ago for an abdominal operation. FRENCH ATTACK NAZIS NEAR TUNIS, f BIZERTE AS ALLIES PUSH FORWARD; AMERICANS, JAPS BA TTLE FOR BUNA _w ■ ' - _ ALUES ACTIVE Decision Might Be Most Smashing Land Blow Japs Have Suffered WARSHIPS MANEUVER Fighting Continues Along Coastal Strip Between Gona And Buna ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS IN AUSTRALIA, Sun day, Nov. 22. — (IP) — Fierce fighting raged for the second day at Buna, New Guinea northeast port, between Gen eral Douglas MacArthur’s advancing troops and Japa nese forces with their backs to the sea, the high command reported today. The Allied air force re-entered the struggle after being check mated by bad weather yesterday, when the heavy fighting opened for the decision which might well be the most smashing land blow the Japs have suffered. Japanese naval forces, still will ing to risk punishment despite this week’s loss of a light cruiser and a destroyer which got under the bombsights of Allied planes, were reported again maneuvering on the coast. Yesterday’s communique told of the first appearance of Jap air units in force in some time but today’s reported the Allied fliers back in action, continuously bomb ing and strafing enemy positions and shooting down two enemy fighters. The heavy fighting continued all along the short strip of coast be tween Gona and Buna. Allied bombers returned again last nigh to Kavieng. on New Ire land to the north of New Guinea, raiding the airdrome. -v CIVILIAN CONTROL OF LABOR FAVORED Congressmen Oppose Pas sage Of Manpower Rights To Military Officials WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 — — Demands that control of industrial manpower be retained in civilian hands instead of allowing it to pas to military authorities came from bi-partisan sources in congress to day. Urging congress to “take the bit in its teeth,’ Senator Taft (.R. Ohio) declared that action ought to be forthcoming at once to establish centralized control over the nation’s workers and to end the confusion he said now existed. Taft told reporters he read into some recent administration moves a trend that appeared to be lead ing toward military control of man power, a result he said he would oppose vigorously. Chairman Pepper (D.-Fla.) of the senate labor subcommittee in vestigating the problem said he also was flatly opposed to having military authorities dictate the dis position of civilian workers. ‘That would be a case of the tail waging the dog,’ Pepper de clared. ‘After all, the Army repre sents only a small sector of the! whole propulation.’ Pepper said his subcommitte country’s industrial leaders next (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) Coffee Joins Ranks Of Restricted Foods; Status Of Meat And Butter Considered WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 — (A1) — Coffee took its place with sugar to night on the list of foods restricted by the war while rationing officials studied the status of meat and. butter. As coffee sales were halted for *ne week preliminary to the start of a cup-a-day rationing, a spokes man for the Office of Price Ad ministration said that butter and meat supplies were in "pretty bad shape” although butter was not scarce enough yet to warrant im mediate rationing. Meat is to be rationed about January 15 when the new “universal books” are ex pected. Meanwhile officials proceed e d with plans to ration gasoline throughout the country December 1 as a tire conservation measure despite fresh clamor in congress against the program. A house com mittee questioned William M. Jef fers, rubber administrator, during the day. For easterners, tonight brought a zero hour in the garage as well as the kitchen. The value of the basic “A” gasoline ration coupon was cut from four gallons to three j in 16 east coast states—a squeeze that took most of the “family driv ing” out of the gasoline tank. After tonight, too, motorists were re quired to write their license num bers on the backs of the gasoline coupons to prevent abuses. Forty per cent of the country’s entire storage supply of butter was frozen for military and lend-lease purchase last night. And OPA to night, notified boarding houses, restaurants, hotels, hospitals and institutions ’ that they must keep (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) U. S. Captures Former Jap Territory On Guadalcanal WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—(/P) —American troops have punch ed their way westward on Guadalcanal into territory form erly held by the Japanese, the Navy said today — a develop ment which gave force to Sec retary Knox’s recent statement that our hold on the island “is now very secure.” A communique said the American line had been advanc ed to a point five miles west of Henderson field and a- mile beyond the Matanikau river, formerly the western boundary of the American position. This statement of successes to the west followed one yes terday which told of effective action to the eastward of the air field, in which about half of a Japanese landing force of 1,500 were killed. The advance to the westward occurred on Nov. 18 Guadal canal time. It was undertaken and carried out although “en emy patrols were active.” Dur ing the same day, the Navy’s communique said_ Army Lock heed “Lightning’ fighter planes shot down three Japanese “Zero’’ fighters in the Buin area. On the 19th, “U. S. patrol activity on Guadalcanal result ed ill the advance of. o,ur . out post line.” In that advance, the direction of which was not giv en, “about 35 Japanese were killed” and “U. S. forces suf fered a few casualties. On November 31, American aircraft carried out eleven “at tack missions against enemy in stallations” on the island and “ground forces engaged in minor activities.” Heavy British Plane Raid Spreads Great Blanket Of Fire Over Turin ANTI - POLL L ' BILL NEAR I TH Supporters Of Measure Un able To Muster Force To Beat Southerners WASHINGTON, Nov, 21 —(A>)— The senate held a clinic today over the moribund anti-poll tax bil, but lectures by its friends and foes only depened the general convic tion that the measure would die Monday. One formality remained to be caried out. By the terms of an agreement which ended a seven day filibuster, senators will vote at 1 p. m. Monday on invoking the cloture rule, which would limit each member to one hour’s discus sion. A two-tnirds majority would be required to put the rule into efect, and even the strongest supporter of the measure conceded their in ability to muster that many votes against the close-knit opposition led by a group of southern senators. The bill would abolsh the collec tion of poll taxes as a prerequisite to voting in elections involving fed eral oficiels. Majority leader Barkley agreed that if the cloture could not be obtained he would move to lay the bill aside and fight any further effort to call it up this sesion. Senator Pepper (D.-Fla.), author of the bill, told the senate he would sponsor amendments to the senate rules which would curb filibuster ing. ‘The time to permit filibusters has pased in America,’ he told the senate. ‘An admittedly district minority wouldn’t even let the (Continued on Pagre Seven; Col. 2) \_\T_ ACTION ON SCHOOL AID PLAN SOUGHT Proponents Of Plan Point To Curtailments Of State’s Revenues WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 — (JPI — Proponents of a federal program to allot $300,000,000 a year for aid to schools urged today that the long pending measure be speedily en acted in view of curtailments in state revenues caused by the war but economy advocates promised a fight. Senator Pepper (D.-Fla.) said he hoped the measure could be called up Monday after the senate takes the cloture vote which is expected to kill the anti-poll tax bill. But Senator Byrd (D.-Va.)), chairman of the joint congressional economy committee, told reporters that “this is certainly no time to give $300,000,000 to the states when the federal government needs every dollar for he war.” Pepper indicated he thought the money angle of secondary importance. Sponsors of the bill declared that the war would curtail local reve nues available for school purposes . since rationing would reduce in come from state sales taxes and (Continued on Page Four Col. 3) DROP MANY BOMBS Germans Have Tittle Suc cess’ In Intercepting The RAF Craft LONDON, Nov. 21.—(a>)—A fiery raid on Turin, the RAF’s heaviest so far in its growing offensive against Italy, spread such a blan ket of fire over the Northern arse nal city Friday night that the raid ers had difficulty finding clear spaces for targets, the British dis closed today. This assault was comparable in .size to an “average” raid on Ger many usually carried out by be tween 200 and 300 planes, well-in formed sources believed. Short Respite After giving Turin, the home of Italy’s Fiat, Caproni bomber and other war works, only two nights of respite from their devastating two-ton bombs, a heavy RAF group returned in good weather and in dicative of the punishment loosed on the city, one bomber group alone dropped 54 two-ton bombs and 110,gOO pounds of incendiaries in less than an hour. This was an average of one two-ton bomb a minute and one 30-pound incendi ary a second. So thorough was the job, the air ministry said, that the RAF bombers ran out of target space and planes arriving in the later waves had difficulty picking spots to drop their bombs amid the ex plosions and fires already started. The captain of one four-engined Halifax which reached Turin about midway in the attack said he had to make four "dummy runs” before his bombardier could pick out clear spots at which to aim. Three Missing Three of the bombers were miss ing, a communique said, but the number sent out in the long mis sion was not disclosed. German fighters were aloft all the way from the French co^st deep into southern France, the air ministry said, but in spite of wea ther made-to-order for interception —thick clouds below the bombers and a bright moon above them— the Nazis had “little success.” Three unsuccessful attacks were made on a relatively slow Lancas ter in which an RAF wing com mander was flying. The bomber drove off one JU-88 with one burst of gunfire, outmaneuvered an ME 110 without a shot and, on the re v'ContinueYl on Page Seven; Col. 1) COAST GUARDSMEN PATROL SHIPYARDS Action Taken At Baltimore Because Of Friction Within CIO Union BALTIMORE, Nov. 21.—UP)— Coast guardsmen carrying regular equipment patrolled the Bethle hem-Fairfield shipyards today on orders of Commander C. H. Abel, captain of the port of Baltimore, because of “tension existing be tween factions of the industrial un ion of marine and shipbuilding workers of America (CIO) over un ion policies.’ The company builds Liberty ships and other vessels. Lucien Koch, port director of the union, said the intra-union dispute was caused by the “resentment of one group” of union men to the employment of negro workers .ad ding. however, that “the union po sition in the matter is clear as all available forces of labor must be used at the present time.” The coast guardsmen were as signed, Abel said, when officials of th Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards advised im of the situation and suggested it was “desirable for me to bring in coastguardsmen.” Sixty-four men were in the con tingent, Abel continued, adding “their assignment was purely a precautionary measure.” “The officers of the detail report ed no disturbances,” Abel added “No doubt the reported difficulties at the plant yhich we are told are definitely not betwen labor and management but purely between union factions, can be settled among the workers themselves in their own way. The number of men assigned to this detail will undoubtedly be reduced “Mr. J. M. Willis, vice-president and general manager of the Bethle-1 hem Fairfield shipyards concurs J with this statement.” Earlier, Abel authorized publica tion of this statement from Willis: “Due to the possibiltiy of un pleasant action taking place be tween different factions within the local uniol (I. U. M. S W. A Local 43) it was thought advisable by. Commander Abel to bring in Coast Guard reserves. “Mr. Willis added that insofar as the trouble is within the union every effort is being made by the union to have the differences ironed out at the headquarters of the un ion and outside the yard to make certain there is no disruption of operations.” Early Plans To Extend City Limits Discussed Preliminary plans for the pro jected extension of the limits of the city to include business and residential areas which have ap peared beyond the present bounda ries within the past few years were discussed at a meeting be tween the city council’s committee on the city limits extension and Sfnator-Elect James E. L. Wade and Representative - Elect Robert M. Kermon, Friday after noon, Mr. Kermon revealed yes terday. The two legislators, Mr. Kermon requested the committee to furnish them enginering data on the proposed extension including the location of the various sections under consideration, the valuation and types ol property, the approx imate population, and data show ing propo|cd water, sewer and fire protection facilities which would be provided by the city. No definite new boundary line has yet been established, he said, and added that neither he nor Mr. Wade had any further comment on their views on the proposed extension. After a proposed plan for the (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 1) TAKE CROSS-ROADS Axis Bracing For Imminent! Fight Against Allied Jroops In Tunisia FIGHTING INCREASING Germans Take Steps To Guard Against Uprising In Defense Area LONDON, Sunday, Nov. 22.—(/P)—A French assault on German dugouts in the hastily erected Nazi defense arc around Tunis and Bizerte, with the result still undeter mined, and the capture by Allied advance units of an important cross-roads in the Tunis area were reported early today from North Afri ca, where powerful Allied forces are moving rapidly to smash the beleaguered Axis Tunisian troops. Reports trom Allied force headquarters indicated that the fighting is hourly grow ing in intensity, with the Germans and Italians bracing themselves for the imminent fight against the main body of British, American and French troops. Moving Eastward A steady stream of men and materiel was moving eastward as far west as Casablanca against the Ger mans and Italians, Cut off from all retreat except by sea or air. The Allied main forces were pro gressing methodically for the kill, despite intense air attacks and vio lent, air battles. Reports from the Allied head quarters indicated that the Brit ish, American and French spear heads had seized the cross-roads and driven the Germans back. The gain in this struggle included a bridge. Then the Germans dug in and (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3) -V WEYGAND IS HELD IN GERMAN PRISON Arrested As Hostage To Replace Giraud In Koe nigstein Fort NEW YORK. Nov. 21.—'(JV)—Gen. Maxirne Weygand, Allied General issimo before the fall of the French republic, has been arrested as a hostage to replace Gen. Henri Gi raud in Koenigstein fortress at tho direction of Joachim von Ribben trop, German foreign minister, ac cording to reliable information reaching' New York from Europo today. Giraud escaped from the Nazi prison iate last spring, then went to North Africa where he joined Amrican troops at the head of a Fighting French column when Al geria was invaded. Ribbentrop, according to these advices, informed Marshal Petain, French chief of state, in a letter that Giraud’s departure meant ho had broken a- premise to Germany. Consequently, Germany could no longer accept the word of any French officer and would there fore take Weygand into custody to play safe. Weygand left Petain’s house with his wife and son in Petain’s motof car the night of Nov. 12. The car (Continude on Page Five; Col. 1) 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. Make Your Contribution To Wilmington s Community Chest Tomorrow
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