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Served By Leased Wire Of The ' ___ BEMEMBEB With Complete Coverage Of PEARL HARBOR S,a,e and Nat™! Newa_ AND BATAAN -- ESTABLISHED 1867. U. b. Battle Lines Far Flung At End Of Year Of W? A year alter i eari naioor iinas I', s. forces stationed m many sectors of a world at war. Flag symbols denote maior strategic areas (There American forces are operating. Black areas represent territory occupied or dominated by Axis. Broken lines indicate the lone lines of supply operating to distant fronts including (1) the new large scale offensive in North Africa, and (2) the offensive in the Solomon Islands inti Neii (■uinea. 1 . . . An Fo ces m England are blasting at Hitler-he Id Europe and in China against Jap bases in that part of the world.__ COUNTY OFFICERS SWORN INTO JOBS Nine Take Oath Of Office Here At Opening Of Superior Court Nine county officials, six jus tices of the peace and three town ship constables were sworn into idce yesterday morning by Judge Leo Carr of Burlington, at the opening of a two-week civil term oi superior court. Approximately 50 divorce cases are scheduled to be heard during the first few days of the term. Clerk of Superior Court A. L. Meyland was the first to take the oath of oifice. followed by Coro ner Asa W. Alien. Sheriff C. David Jones, Auditor John O. Orrell, Re corder H. Winfield Smith, Solici tor J. A, McNorton, Meter Ad juster W. H. Wendt and County Commissioners Harry Gardner and George Trask Recorder Smith and Soiicitor McNorton were the only officials to be sworn in for the first time. Judge Carr also administered the v.th of office to Chief of Police Charles H. Casteen, Captain J. F. Jordan, Lieut. Coy Etheridge, Sr., (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) --\T 58,307 Casualties Reported For Army I* 1st Year Of War Washington, Dec. 7.— w—The year of war cost the United Sta-es a™ed forces 58,307 casual ties’ ihe Office of War Information reported today. TEs total, complete to today, ■•dudes dead, wounded, missing, ■toned in neutral countries, and Prisoners. The casualties number .those of t‘c Aimy, Navy. Marine Corps, r Guard. Merchant Marine, “ tac Philippine Scouts, it was ■hied. Th« Army’s casualties totaled '_l: most of them classified as J lSln? an(t presumed to have J" matie prisoners of war after inn carripa*?ns 'n the Philippines rlfn-Dutch T'ast Indies. Definite ■'■iiation is lacking because of absence of accurate prisoner Japan. )t ^avy department reported, °w is in the process of re 22,629 casualties. —-_._XT weather V forecast I 1-1 ~ar°lina: Continued cold today. ! 'Eaa‘«n Standard Time) 'B-' l. s. Weather Bureau) ■King 7°tgical data for the 24 hours '■30 P- m„ yesterday. 1:30 a Temperature h ,4; 7:30 a. m.. 39; 1:30 p. r‘ihi>num 7 m-' 41. Maximum. SO; ' ’ mean, 44; normal, 50. l;Sj Humidity “■> 97-a'-r?n 80; 7:30 a- m. 75; 1:30 p. '-',0 P m., 94. Tota> Precipitation '^'inches.24 h°Urs eRding 7:30 p' tache”Ce tde *irs' °t the month, ,||lainEl°rnAY High Bow „ 9:57a 4:25a !<mb°ro Inl.e 10:1°P b:06P ‘met - 7:40a 114a %' s Inlet 7;52P 2 '-OOP , 7:45a l;19o Topsail ini., 7;57P 2:05P tl’l'oretf) 1- 7:50a 1:24a '•'ll T,,„ . - 8:02a 2:10p Vj . Eastern Standard) Satirise a- "’•'■ sunset, 5.03 p. m.; a-; moonset, 6:03p. 'm‘ln,td *“ Pas« Two; Col. «. Hewlett Is Re-named County Board Leader 1 At a meeting of the county board of commissioners yesterday after noon, the board was reorganized following the usual procedure which takes place each first Mon day in December, and the same officers of the board were re elected. Addison Hewlett was re-named chairman of the board; James M. Hall, vice chairman; Thomas K. Woody, clerk; and Bellamy and Bellamy, county attorneys. The following were also re-elect ed: S. G Long, supperintendent of the county home and farm; George I. Crandall, keeper of Oak Grove cemetery; Ed George and L. M. Rich, janitors of the court house; F Porter Davis and H. E. Williamson, special officers. Coupons totalling $21,652.50, and bonds totalling $18,000.00, includ ing county heme bonds, and school fund bonds, were burned in the presence of the board. The board moved to approve a request made by the Boy Scouts at Sunset Park to allow this or ganization the use of the quarters at Legion Stadium for their meet ings. The commissioners discussed the advisability of requesting that H. E. Fales. superintendent of the Bureau of Identification make fin gerprints of prisoners, after con viction instead of following the past procedure of fingerprinting all prisoners before conviction. No (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) _\7_ EXPANSION SEEN FOR BOND GROUP Victory Fund Committee Here Will Soon Be En larged To Boost Sales Richard S. Rogers, of the Wil mington Savings and Trust com pany, and.chairman of region six of tho Victory Fund Committee, announced yesterday that in ac cordance with instructions from the president of the Fifth Federal District, the Victory Fund com mittee is to be enlarged. Composed heretofore principally of bankers and security dealer's, Mr. Rogers stated that the com mittee would now include an out side volunteer group, to assist in (Continued on Page Six; Col. 7) _\T_ $771,133.93 Collected By Customs Office Here Customs collections for the month of November amounted to $771,133.93, E. C. Snead, col lector announced yesterday. The figure is over $200,000 high er than that for the same month of last year; in Novem ber 1941 collections totalled $564,634.35. 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. -——— RESOLUTION MADE ON BELLAMY MOVE County Commissioners Ex press Appreciation Of Former Mayor’s Work A letter to Hargrove Bellamy, former Mayor of Wilmington, was read and approved before the board of county commissioners at the regular weekly meeting yes terday. - The matter was brought to the attention of the board by Mr. Gardner that the Honorable Har grove Bellamy had resigned as Mayor of the City of- Wilmington to enter the armed forces of his country, and in appreciation of the services he has rendered this com munity, offered the following reso lution and moved its adoption, which was seconded by Mr. Cole man and unanimously passed: “Whereas, we have learned with regret of the resignation of the Honorable Harglove Bellamy as a member of the City Council and Mayor of the City of Wilmington, and “Whereas, we desire to go on record with an expression of our appreciation of his faithful and un tiring service as Mayor of our city. “Now, therefore, be it resolved: That we take this opportunity to extend to him the appreciation of this board foi his loyalty and co operation in everything pertaining to the upbuilding and development of our city and community and take pleasure in expressing our gratitude for the faithful and ef ficient service he has rendered during the time he has served as chief executive of our city. Car ful. painstaking, yet fearless, his uniform leadiness to serve enabled him to cooperate with us in all matters for the good of our people in such a manner as to make possible splendid progress in the development of our community. “We regret his departure. It is a distinct, loss to this community, but we glory in his determination and decision, at great personal sacrifice, to serve his country in an official capacity with the armed forces of our national government, and we congratulate our national government in having acquired such a capable, fearless and pa triotic countryman.” CIGAR PRICE HIKE WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—(ffl—Be cause of increased taxes and high er transportation costs, the Office of Price Administration authorized a 10 per cent mcrease today in the price of imported cigars. High School Students Hear Challenge Of War On First Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor Attack A program honoring the first an niversary of the bombing of Pear) Harbor was held yesterday under the direction of the Wilmington Na val Recruiting service. Lt. D. A. McPherson, USNR, presided over the meeting, which was presented in the High school auditorium to all juniors and sen iors and to several visitors. Lt. McPherson opened the pro gram with the declaration, “not only must we remember Pearl Harbor, but also the year that has followed the attack, during which so many of our boys have lost their lives- .We must remember all] these things in order that we may keep up the spirit that is neces sary for us to win.” At exactly 2:25 o’clock, the in stant that the first bomb fell on Pearl Harbor a year ago, the en tire audience bowed its head in ore minute of complete silence, honoring all those who gave their lives in the first twelve months of the war. The silence was end ed by a prayer offered by the Rev. C. D. Barclift, asking! strength for our leaders and thej nation in this time of trouble. i Mayor Edgar L. Yow was the speaker on the program. The sub-J lect of his talk was based on the world today, and what we should do to better fit ourselves for this emergency. Mr. Yow issued a challenge with the'words, “what ending will this generation put to the statement 'Remember Pearl Harbor, that free people may not perish from the earth.’ Let us write a new chapter in the history of civilization; not that we survived under the iron rule of the sword of a dictator, | but that we prospered under the rule of the great Constitution of the United States.” Ihe second speaker of the afte£-‘ roon was Lt. Com. O. F. Cooper, USN retired, a native of Wilming ton, and a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1900. Mr. Cooper’s topic was summed up in the first sentence of his ad dress: “In order that we may ex pect to emerge victorious from this war, we must all join hands and dedicate ourselves to the an nihilation of some eightly million fanatical assassins of the Japanese empire.” Commander Cooper reviewed the characteristics of the Japanese iCtpUnpodi op Pftgv gix| Col. » STOCKING FUND MUST HAVE AID Salvation Army Announces Need For More Contri butions For Needy A Wilmington man, unable to work for jpany months because of the ravages of asthma, his wife, and their four young children will not know Christmas unless the Empty Stocking fund climbs more rapidly within the next few days, Salvation Army Captain James Neighbours said last night. Contributions to the 1942 fund have not been made in proportion try the amount 'of mbney that has trickled into pockets of local citi zens in recen* months, the Captain believes. New industries are pay ing higher wages to a greater num ber of skilled and professional workers in the town, but increas ed prosperity is not sufficiently re flected in this fund for supplying the hundred needy in Wilmington with food, Clothes, medicine, and Christmas cheer. In saving part of your paycheck for war and bond purchases and for charities, y remember to set aside a share for the Empty Stock ing fund. Bring your donation to tho Star-News office in the Murchi son building. (Continued on Page Six; Col. 8) -v COFFEE USERS WILL REGISTER I n s t i tutional Consumers Must Sign Up Today And Tomorrow Only Institutional users of coffee, who have not already done so, must register today and tomorrow, as after December 9 registrations will be closed, the War Price and Ra tioning board announced yester day. War Ration Book One will also be issued to all persons who have not previously registered. No con sumer may register for these books after December 9, with the exception of persons serving in the armed forces and who are no long er eating in organized messes, or persons confined to hospitals and other institutions between the dates of November 9 and December 15. After December 15, such per sons will be allowed to apply for ration books one month from the day on which they are discharged. According to the War Price and Rationing board, babies born aft er December 15 must be regis tered within a month after birth. INTENSE TANK ENGAGEMENT UNDERWAY NEAR TEBOURBA; REDS TAKE NEW POSITIONS RESISTANCE HIGH Reds Acknowledge That German Forces Stiffen ing Against Attacks SUSTAINED ATTACKS \ Nazis Recapture One Lo cality From Russians For Short Time MOSCOW, Tuesday, Dec. 8.—(/P)—Russian troops at tacking German “hedgehog” positions west of Rzhev on the central front drove the Nazis from two fortified po sitions yesterday, but the Soviets made it clear today that enemy resistance was growing both in that area and in the Stalingrad sector, Nazi Counter-attacks Sustained Nazi counter-attacks were mentioned in both the noon and midnight communiques in all sectQrs, and for a time the Rus sians' lost one inhabited locality near Velikie Luki on the central front. A Soviet counter-blow re stored the situation and went on • to gain another enemy strong point, the midnight communique said, in three days’ of fighting in which the Germans lost 800 men. At Rzhev the Germans also were hitting hard in an effort to re trieve lost ground, but the Rus sians said they knocked out seven of 20 enemy tanks and killed 200 mere INazis in all-day fighting there. The Germans also were counter fettacking northwest and southwest of Stalingrad where an 18-day-old Soviet offensive has endangered their big army anchored between (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) IT JAPANESE CENTER UNDER MILITARY Riot In Which One Jap Killed Flares Up In Cali fornia Camp MANZANAR, Calif., Dec. 7.—UP) The Japanese relocation center here was under martial law today after a pro-Axis anniversary cele bration of the Pearl Harbor at tack precipitated a riot in which one Japanese was killed and nine wounded. Director Ralph P. Merritt said military police fired into a milling crowd of 4,000 in which Japanese born or Japanese-educated shout ed “Pearl Harbor, Banzai! Ban zai!” and jeered other Japanese of pro-American sympathies who were endeavoring to assist camp authorities in restoring order. He gave this account of the violence: Part of the crowd surged to ward the soldiers and were met with tear gas bombs. After the fumes were blown away, the Japs hurled stones. The stoldiers then opened fire. This halted the shout ing, gesticulating mob, and sul lenly they returned to their bun galows. Trouble between Axis and Amer ican factions among the center’s 10.000 residents flared Saturday night. Small groups milled through the streets, but the center’s Japa nese and Caucasian police quieted them. Yesterday, approximately 1.000 Kiebei—anti-American Nippo nese—assembled. Pro-Axis leaders harangued them and loyal Japanese were jeered and insulted. The meeting broke up in a free-for-all in which (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) 1.--—-— -- Allies Continue Attacks On Nazi Transportation LONDON, Dec. 7—(*)—Work ing on an Allied 24-liour sched ule of destruction, Britain’s new Whirlwind bombers pound ed at German shipping and railways over France and the lowlands today while the Nazis still were assessing damage from heavy raids last night in which more than 100 RAF heavy bombers spilled explo sives on targets in southwest ern Germany, including Karls ruhe and Pforzheim, important* railway and munitions centers. In today’s daylight attacks the Whirlwinds, escorted by Spitfire fighters, were reported to have damaged three ships off the Btfittany coast and to have made many attacks on railways, camps, barges and other targets. Six planes were lost. The Air Ministry reported also that some pilots crossed into Germany where barges on the Dortmund-Ems canal were bombed. Karlsruhe, through which Is shipped much of the coal to maintain Mussolini’s war la do ries in Italy, turns out ma chine-guns and ammunition (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) 20 JAP AIRCRAFT DOWNED BY ALLIES Foe Loses Heavily In Bit ter Fighting In New Guinea Area ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Tuesday, Dec. 8—(A>) —Allied airmen destroyed 20 Japa nese planes in New Guinea yes terday and continued their relent less dive-bombing of enemy troops pocketed in the Buna-Gone coastal strip, a communique said today. Eighteen Japanese pilots who, tried to relieve their ground troops by attacking Allied rear lines crashed in the wild New Guinea jungles, and two more grounded Japanese planes were destroyed in an Allied attack on Lae, the upper New Guinea base, the communique said. "Our losses were negligible,” the communique said. Only ‘‘intermittent ground fight ing” was reported in the Buna Gona area where American and Australian troops have ripened tlye chances of the enemy’s early anni hilation by driving wedges to the sea. The Japanese, split Into se veral segments, were being ham mered by Allied planes and howit zers. Complete results of the attack on Lae were not observed, but air drome runway and dispersal areas were strafed in addition to the de (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) _v_ GOVERNOR GIVES MME. CHIANG BID Broughton Invites Chinese Lady To Visit North Carolina Soon RALEIGH, Dec. 7—(IP)—'Gover nor Broughton today extended to Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of China’s generalissmo, an invitation to visit North Carolina after she has recovered from the illness which caused her to come to the United States for treatment. The invitation, which was sent to Secretary of State Hull to be passed on to Madame Chiang Kai shek, said that the people of the United States and partcularly of North Carolina are ‘‘deeply inter ested and pleased” at her visit. •‘The father of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the late Charles Jones Soong, came to Wilmington North Carolina, in 1880 as a cabin boy on a merchant ship,” the letter said. ‘‘Through the personal inter est of the late General Julian S. Carr of Durham—this young Chi nese stayed in North Carolina for some time and went to college at what was then known as Trinity college, now Duke University, at Durham. REYNOLDS’ PLEA BRINGS RESULTS North Carolina Senator In strumental In Getting Salesmen’s Gas By HAROLD SUTTLE Star-News Washington Bureau Cor respondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — Insis tence by North Carolina senators and congressmen, headed by Sena tor Reynolds, that rationing-chief Leon Henderson permit "those who make their living with their auto mobiles” to purchase more gaso-j line today, brought definite re sults. Senator Reynolds revealed to night the receipt of a communica tion from Mr. Henderson announc ing a January 1 increase in mile age allotments to traveling sales people from about 5,000 miles to 8,000 miles per automobile annual ly. The price control administrator stipulated the increase^ would be allowed only to “salesmen of es sential waf and civilian products.” Each allotment will be based on 65 per cent of consumption per salesman’s car, Mr. Henderson ad viced the senator, explaining that no geographic restriction would ap ply and that the program would be extended on a nation-wide basis. The senator said that salesmen desiring to make application for this increase may not file until after January 1. Today’s order by Mr. Henderson climaxed a seven-months fight which began when Senator Rey nolds headed a delegation of sena tors and congressmen in a hearing before the rationing czar. At that time, Mr. Henderson declined to re lax the restrictions, declaring that salesmen of the southeast should ’double up,” alternating in the use (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) MORE FAMILIES TO MOVE TODAY 107 Additional Groups To Begin Occupancy Of Maf fitt Housing Units Today 107 more Wilmngton fami lies will move into the John A. j Miffitt homes, Henry R. Emory, executive director of the Housing authority for the City of Wilming ton has announced. Seventy-five families occupied new units yes terday. The new homes arfc part of an 800-unit housing project for white shipyard workers. In announcing occupation of the first completed apartments in the Maffitt group, Mr. Erry>ry also named managers who will head the 1,100 unit “duration dormitory” war housing project. The list of appointments follows: L. D. Sullivan, former manager of the Charles T. Nesbitt courts, white slum-clearance project of the authority, manager of 750 white war worker apartments on the 1, 100-unit “duration dormitary” proj ect. Kenry T. Riley, former accoun tant for the shipyard trailer camps, I manager of dormitory units for, 200 white unmarried shipworkers or the dormitory project. French I. Davis, Negro, manager of 476 negro workers apartments on the dormitory project. J. A. Cochran, formerly connect ed with the General Motors Accep tance Corporation, manager of the Maffitt homes project. Marvin J. Hamer, former man ager of the Hotel Powers at Ben nettsville, S. C., and more recent (Continued on Page Two; Col. S) ' STUBBORN FIGHT Supporting Aircraft On Both Sides Add To Bat tle In Tunisia BATTLE FOR MASTERY \_ Allies And Axis Locked In Conflict For Trian gular Sector LONDON, Dec. 7.-^P)— An intense tank battle was being fought today in the rugged hills around Tebour ba where British and Ameri can forces clung stubbornly to heights dominating the Bizerte-Tunis defense arc in northern Tunisia., Tebourba, 35 miles below Bizerte and 20 miles *vest of Tunis, is a rail junction from which the Allies had been ejected largely by superior German air power, after four days of bitter counter-attacks last week in which both sides lost heavily in men and ma terial. Battle Is Renewed The battle was renewed Sunday after a lull induced by mutual ex haustion, and "Is continuing,” an Allied communique said. Supporting aircraft of both sides intensified the battle aloft. In sev eral sweeps and patrols Sunday, three enemy planeB were destroyed and five bombers which attacked a forward Allied base were shot down. . . __ Revising figures on air leases ov er the week-end, Allied headquar (Continued on Pag* Two; Col. 3) U. S. LAUNCHES NINE WARSHIPS World’s Greatest Battle ship, New Aircraft Car* rier Added To Navy BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A year to the day after sus taining a staggering blow at Pearl Harbor, the United States fleet yesterday added mightily to f its ships of war with the launching of one of the world’s heaviest bat tleships and a new aircraft car rier. Seven othter warships of lesser character also slid down the ways toward ultimate commissioning and today the cruiser Miami will hi' the water at Philadelphia, rep resenting the Cramp Shipbuilding company’s first fighting ship since 1924. The giant battleship New Jer sey, which Jane’s Fighting Ships said would displace 52,000 tons as full load and whose main battery will consist of nine 16-inch guns, was by far the most important launching of the day. She went into the Delaware river at the Philadelphia navy yard 18 months ahead of schedule. At Quincy, Mass., the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill — named for the famed battle of the American Revolution—was launched at the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6); -V Churchill Warns Japs Of Storm Now Coming LONDON, Tuesday, Dec. 8—Itfl— Prime Minister Churchill declared today that the "storm which now lowers over Germany and Italy is spreading to Japan; there will be no softness or respite for her.” In a message to British far east ern territories on the anniversary of the day Japan attacked Hong kong and Malaya, the prime min ister asserted that "the growing power of the United Nations will press steadfastly on till she (Ja pan) is stripped of her conquests, punished for her treachery and deprived of her powers of evil.’* Shopping $aus tiU Christmas