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Served By Leased Wire Of The _ ASSOCIATED PRESS a dfwfmdfd NEWS AND FEATURES J HLPILPIBLII With Complete Coverage Of PEARL HARBOR Jlaie And N_atio.al_Ne™__ « AND BATAAN VOL. 79—NO. 96_ WILMINGON, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1867. Nazis Repulse Soviet Troops it Stalingrad Russians Declare Germans Lose 1,000 Men In Lunge On City RED drive continues Defenders Offensive On Central Front Still Moving Forward MOSCOW, Tuesday, Dec. 15*__ UP) — German troops smashing forward southwest of Stalingrad forced back Soviet defenders of the be sieged city and renewed counter assaults on the cen tral front which were beat en back, the Russian mid night communique reported early today. The Soviets said the Ger mans lost 1,000 men in the lunge southwest of Stalin grad and 600 more in an at tack near Voronezh, and re ported gains by their own as sault troops in the factory area of Stalingrad and in general on the other fronts. Transports Downed jVrty-two German planes, 33 of them transport ships, were downed Sunday, the communique added, as the Germans continued to bring up reinforcements by air to troops fighting in the bitter cold of Soviet winer. At the cost of heavy losses, the Germans were acknowledged to have “succeded in pressing back our detachments somewhat” in the counter-blows southwest of Stalin grad against one arm of the Soviet pincers reaching out to entrap 300, 000 Germans pounding at the Vol ga city. ' "In this engagement the Red army men wiped out about 1,000 etemy officers and men, destroy ed 11 tanks, and seven self-pro pelling guns.” the communique de clared. un tne central ironi, uie sua sions reported continued offen sives, ar.d said on some sectors they beat off enemy counter-at tacks. West of Rzhev, the Russians claimed 200 Germans were killed and 11 tanks destroyed in one at tack. and destruction of 1J5 more tanks and several hundred Ger mans when the assault was re newed. The Germans lost half their tank forces in this later en gagement when Russian artillery IContinued on Page Two; Col. 5) GOVERNOR-OKEHS NEW HOMS PLAN Broughton Endorses Con version Of Buildings For Workers Here Governor J. Melville Broughton has endorsed Wilmington’s home conversion program, according to Henry R. Emory, executive direc tor of the Hcusing Authority of the City of Wilmington. Governor Broughton wrote Mr. Emory as follows: "I acknowledge receipt of your l&teer of December 9th and deeply appreciate your writing me so ful ,y concerning the plans of the Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington. Mr. Clarence Walker of the Na ■ .nal Housing Agency, whom I have known personally for a num hcr of years, discussed briefly with Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) WEATHER vnn FORECAST: ’ORTH CAROLINA: Slowly rising temperature today. 'Eastern Standard Time) ,R' L\ S. Weather Bureau) -•leteorological data for the 24 hours Ing ,:3° P- m.. yesterday. , . Temperature 1 ™ a. m., 29; 7:30 a. m„ 24; 1-30 p. v •» 7 30 p. m„ 33. Maximum, 42; 23; mean. 32; normal 49. Humidity , rn-> 85; 7:30 a. m„ 47; 1-30 p. ' 31: 1:30 p. m„ 53. Precipitatipn ~ ,,d. -or the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. ~ inches. ittches* *nCe the £irst o£ the monthl 108 Tides For Today Wilmington - ?:«a \o-55a Masonboro Inlet_V-^a U7:55a Inlet _ l:50a IZ M*w ~ 2:19p 8:31p gW TopsaU Inlet _ 1:55a 8:05a ' Mu -■- 2:24p 8:36p Sim ‘ Times Eastern Standard) rr* • J1*0 ”:lf) a- m.; sunset. 5.04 p. thoonnse. l:04p; moonset, 12:29d. (t"ntinued oa Page Three; Col. 3) j J Santa A War Worker Priorities have knocked the day lights out of Santa Claus’ toy fac tories, so this year he’s giving out new gifts — and aiding the war ef tort at the same time. He’s shown getting m some practice, attach ing war bonds to a yule tree. DESTITUTE FAMILY HERE WANTS CHEER Ailing Father and Brood Look Hungrily for Christmas Another one of the homes looking forward to the tangible Christmas expressions that the Empty Stock ing fund promises one hundred needy families in Wilmington is that of a man chronically afflict ed with heart trouble. His wife and one of his children are orth opedic cases, and the income of that group is confined to a small check coming monthly from the Aid to Dependent Children bur eau. * t the present time, Captain James Neighbours of the Salvation Army said Monday, one of the children in that family is in des perate need of clothing. Those who have so much in this year, 1942, cannot afford to over look those who have so little, Cap tain Neighbours commented. Ne glect of the needy this Christmas will stand out in tragic relief, for there is money to spend in most pockets. Give your share. Your pennies or your dollars will be con verted into food, clothing, fuel, me dicine, and Christmas cheer for sick men, burdened women, and hungry, ragged children. Five dollars per family is not enough; yet that is all that the Empty stocking fund will allow un less you make your contribution r.ow. EMPTY STOCKING. FUND Previously Acknowledged .$365.15 Carol Lynn_ 4.00 Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Johns’ church__ 3.00 Hoggard Bowden Co._ 5.00 A Friend _ 2.00 A Friend_ 10.00 M. H.__ 2.00 Gibson’s _ 1.00 A Friend _ 1.00 A Christian _ 20.00 A Friend __- 2.00 Street Sales Boys _ 4.36 Betty Brickie _ 2.00 Mrs. B. Willaford. 2.00 ■‘Dot and B” In Memory of May 13, 1936 _ 20.00 Total ...— 434.51 _ir_ CAFE INSPECTIONS CONTINUING HERE Ratings Still Being Given Restaurants In Coun ty, Says Elliot Dr. A. H. Elliot announced Mon day that restaurant inspections were continuing in the county, and ratings were still being given. The county board of health has been given a state health inspector to work with county officials, and Dr. Elliot said that this would, so far as he knew, be a permanent organizational set-up. He also announced Monday after noon, that he had been advised that the Federal Works Agency’s regional office in Richmond,' had 4sked for two additional copies of a resolution sent that body by the County Board of Commissioners last week, in regard to the build (Continued on Pajfe Two; Col. 3) j ON DEFENSIVE IN AFRICA: SWEEP OVER JAPS Infantrymen Push Aside Opposition From Enemy To Capture Village LANDING UNIT FOILED Convoy Of Cruisers And Destroyers Intercepted By American Planes ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Dec. 14.— — Allied infantrymen swept over Japanese troops at Buna village on the east ern New Guinea coast yester day to capture one of the ma jor strongpoints of the ene my, and ‘‘largely parried” a heavy reinforcement attempt in the immediate area. An official communique telling of the wresting of this important Japanese foothold did not mention the fate of nearby Buna mission which also has been held stubborn ly by the enemy. Heavy Mortar Barrage The communique said: “Buna village has been taken. It was occupied by our troops at 10 o’clock this morning, December 14. The attack was preceded by a heavy mortar barrage which was followed in by the infantry.” Then, telling of the new Japa nese reinforcement threat, the bul letin said: “In another attempt by the en emy’s naval forces to reinforce (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) _v_ COMMITTEE NAMED IN BOND CAMPAIGN Seven Local Men Appoint ed To Serve On Victory Security Program Richard S. Rogers, chairman of region 6 of Victory Fund Com mittee of North Carolina, announ ed Monday that seven men had been appointed as members of a volunteer committee to serve with the original committee for the purpose of promoting sales of gov ernment securities, other than series E. Mr. Rogers said the following people had acepted their oppoint (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) Swansboro USO Club Destroyed By Blaze A $22,000 USO club at Swans boro was destroyed by fire early Monday morning but 15 servicemen asleep there at the time escaped without injury. Fire broke out between 1 and 1:30 a. m., apparently over the furnace room between the ceil ing and the roof. The building which was opened about a year ago, was razed in 30 minutes. W. E. Baggs, uight operator, discovered the blaze and quick ly announced the alarm so that all sleepers were evacuated without injury. E. B. Eddy is in charge of the USO club, which serves men of the armed forces at Morehead City, Cherry Point and the New River Marine Base. _ County Receives Pennant For Work In Scrap Drive At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, Monday afternoon,' a pennant was awarded the county by the War Production Board, for its outstanding contri bution during the nation-wide news paper-sponsored scrap drive last fab. Alex Sprunt, chairman of the New Hanover County, Salvage Committee, presented the pennant to John E. Hope, editor of the Star-News, who in turn presented it to Addison Hewlett, chairman of the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Hewlett accepted the pen-1 ant, saying that he was only the spokesman for the entire county in receiving the pennant. “We are in deed proud of this gift, as a sym bol of the county’s unified effort to aid in the war,” Mr. Hewlett said. “But I feel I must say that we had the help of the whole coun ty in collecting and contributing this scrap. Without the help from the ranks, this pennant would never have been possible,” Mr. Hewlett concluded. The county contributed approxi mately 170 pounds per person in (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) Allie<* Bombers Blasted This Axis Ammunition Train ;.«jgg‘aSJVtars; &s» nazs*" •* *■■"-ne"Mm» »-*• **« —, BERLIN WAITING FOR LAVAL MOVE French Premier’s Meeting With Htiler May Give Vichy To Axis BERN, Switzerland. Dec. 14.— Ufi Berlin’s hopes of drawing Vichy France into unqualified support of the Axis rested once more tonight on Premier Pierre Laval and his expected interview soon with Adolf Hitler. Laval probably will go to Berlin this week, informed Vichy sources said, now that Marshal Petain’s reserved attitude toward military cooperation with France’s conquer ors has become known. In reaffirming his pro-Axis aims at a Vichy press conference yes terday, Laval was seen by foreign political observers as seeking an other chance to try to meet Ger man wishes with a detailed pro gram covering military, political and economic questions. Laval’s declarations that Com munism was menacing Europe and that it was “time the uncertainty (over France’s position) was end ed.” Contrasted with the formal letter which Petain sent Hitler con cerning the complete occupation of French continental territory last month. Petain’s note, dated December 5 but not published by the Ger mans until yesterday, asserted he had no other choice than to accept Hitler's decision and reminded the Fuehrer of the pledge he had giv en to allow the French govern ment freedom of action. In recent days, the German press for the first -time has been crit icizing Petain by name for his “static” attitude. The German consul general at Vichy, Krug von Nidda, visited Petain last Friday and attempted to bind the marshal to an agreement for raising a Fas cists new French army in which demobilized French officers would not be reinstated, it was reported. Vichy was informed today that the Axis armistice commissions, which had been functioning at Wiesbaden and Turin, had been disbanded because the terms of the 1940 armistices were no long er applicable under the changed circumstances in France. Von Nid da and Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt will carry on any fu ture negotiations. Foreign observers said Berlin probably would suggest again to Laval that he form a new regime with Jacques Doriot, French blue shirt leader, and Marcel Deat, an other pro-Axis politician. NOTICE The Star-News Circula tion Department is open Sundays from 7 to 10 a. m. If you fail to receive your paper, phone 3311 before 10 and one will be sent to you by special messanger. After 10 o’clock, the de partment is closed. U. S. Looses Destruction On Japs At New Georgia WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—(£>) — American bombers in the South Pacific loosed new tons of destruction on the Japanese air field at Munda, New Geor gia island, on Sunday,' the Navy reported today. Apparently waging a cam paign to wipe out this latest threat to the American position on Guadalcanal island, our planes carried out bombing at tacks for the third straight day. A communique announcing the action again made no mention of Japanese fighter opposition. The first reported attack on Munda was made last Thurs day (Guadalcanal time). Then on Friday and Saturday, Fly ing Fortresses dumped 27,500 pounds of bombs upon the Mun da base. Today’s communique gave no information about the Sunday action except to say “the attacks continued.” The absence of mention of Japanese fighter planes sug vContinued on Page Two; Col. 2) HEAVY COLD WAVE HUS WILMINGTON Mercury Drops To 22 De grees In Short Time; Hard Freeze Wilmingtonians experienced their first real cold wave of the year, as the Christmas season was ush ered in with a 22-degree drop in tempatures here Sunday and Mon day. The highest temperature record ed by Wheatherman Paul Hess for Monday was 42 degrees, and Mon day night at 9:30 the temperature scaled downward to rest at 32 degrees. Many home owners, who had not been able to secure fuel oil ra tioning coupons, and those car owners who were unable to ob tain anti-freeze fluid, were caught unprepared, as the mercury shot downward beginning at 8 o’clock Sunday morning. The mercdry dropped from 46 de grees at 8 o’clock Sunday morning to 24 degrees at the same time Monday morning. The lowest point was 23 degrees at 7 a m. Monday. However, Weatherman Paul Hess said that reports from the county contended it reached a low of 22 and 20 de grees. There was a gradual eight-degree drop from 37 degrees at 8 o’clock Sunday night to 29 degrees at 2 o’clock Monday morning. MANY SERVICEMEN DIE AT ST. JOHNS Apparently Trying To Aid Women Trapped In Burning Building Dec. 14.—UP)—Soldiers and sailors apparently gave their lives to save women in the disastrous barn dance fire Saturday night that claimed 99 victims dead, and 104 injured, authorities reported to night. The ruins of the L-shaped Knights of Columbus hostel—gro tesque with its ice-covered twist ed wreckage — still were being searched for possible additional victims, and a mass funeral was planned tomorrow for the fighting men who died in the holocaust. (In Washington the War Depart ment said a preliminary report in dicated that only one American soldier, whose name was not re ported to Washington, had died in the blaze There were about 15 Americans in the building at the time.) Authorities said the majority of women at the dance escaped, when the servicemen delayed their own escapes to help their companions out. Most off the bodies piled near the exits were those of soldiers and sailors, who apparently dash ed for safety too late when the flames wnipped through the two story wooden building. Many were (Continued on Page Five; Col. 8) M’NUTT PROPOSES BIG NYA CHANGES Manpower Head Wants Transfer Youth Agency To His WMC WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.— (*| — Paul V. McNutt proposed today to salvage the industrial training functions of the National Youth Administraton by / transferring that depression-born agency from his Federal Security Administra tion to his War Manpower Com mission. Considerable sentiment for the liquidation of the NYA, on the ground that it is no longer neces sary, has arisen in Congress with many senators and representatives expressing determination n o t to vote it any funds next session. McNutt’s plan, outlined to a press conference, would absorb the NYA’s training program in the Manpower Commission’s general training program. It would elimi nate restrictions which now limit NYA teaching to persons 17 to 24, inclusive, and make the NYA facilities available to prospective war workers of all ages. The NYA’s other major activity, a student work program to enable needy persons 16 to 24, inclusive, to stay in scnooi, presumaDiy would be allowed to lapse. The NYA, in which Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt has been greatly interested, was established in 1935 within the WPA, which is now be (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Star-News Carrier Struck By Hit And Run Motorist Here James Smith, carrier boy for the Star-News was run over Monday night while rid ing his bicycle one miles south of Wilmington, near Blue Top Lodge on highway 17. The driver of the car did not stop. The boy’s father reported that James had been taken to a local hospital, and while the extent of his injuries is not known, they are not believed to be serious. Many Homes In City Lack Heat While Waiting For Fuel Coupons With the temperature down be low the freezing point, people in Wilmington who are dependent up on oil as their only fuel, were suffering intensely Monday be cause oil ration coupons had not reached them. From all over the city came reports of sickness, bad colds, and general discomfiture from lack of heat. Aided by approximately 100 ci vilian wofkers, busy until 11 o'clock at night, and stimulated by the acute needs for fuel in the ievere weather, the War Price and Rationing board was rapidly put ling fuel oil coupons in the mails, O. H. Shoemaker, chairman of the local board, said Monday night, j Mr. Shoemaker declared that oil for heating purposes is being tak en care of first. In answer to numerous ques tions, propounded by citizens and local dealers, Mr. Shoemaker ex plained that Class One fuel cou pons, for heating, will be issued in five thermal periods. The first two of these coupons, for the pe- j riods November 1 to December 5 and December 2 through January 2, are good at the present time. The first coupon is still usable be cause of the delay experienced in forwarding fuel rations in this area. Each unit represents a ra tion of 10 gallons at the present time, the allotment being subject to change by the government. Class Three fuel coupons, for cooking and lighting, are not lim ited to use in any particular pe riod. Each unit in this rationing 'Continued on Page Three: Col. 6) ROMMEL RETREATS British Eighth Army In Libya Continues Pur suit Of Africa Corps HAS CONTROL OF AIR London Daily Mail Report er Says Allies Miss See ing Any Nazi Planes LONDON, Dec. 14_(IF)-* Allied forces especially strong in the air smashed at the Axis in North Africa from both east and west today in a crunching pincer move that hurled the Germans and Italians sharply back onto the defensive. \ On the east in Libya the British Eighth Army under General Montgomery was again chasing Marshal Rom mel’s Africa corps across Li bya toward Tripoli, this time apparently in complete con trol of the air. Three hundred Allied fighter-bombers — 100 of them American — smashed the retreating Ger man columns, and not a sin gle Axis plane was in sight. Abandon El Agheila The London Daily Mail’* mili tary correspondent estimated that advance British units already had passed the Marble Arch air field, 40 miles west of El Agheila, strong point from which the Axis was routed in the beginning of the cur. rent push over the week-end. The Axis abandoned El Agheila with out a fight, it was disclosed today. On the west the U. S. Army Air Forces delivered their second SPIES EXECUTED LONDON, Dec. 14—(/P)—The Morocco radio broadcast a re port tonight that six German spies had been executed at Al giers this morning. There were no details. smashing raid in two days on the Axis-held ports of Tunis, Bizerte and Sousse. Yesterday’s record raids by Flying Fortresses on these three strong points were rivaled by today’s attacks. Bad weather continued to ham per ground operations in Tunisia, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) FRENCH ATDAKAR WILL FIGHT AXIS Will Not Only Open Port To Allies But Decide To Enter Battle WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.— UP — The French in West Africa have decided not only to open Dakar to the ships and planes of the Allies, Dili to light beside them for the common victory, it wae learned authoritatively today. Word of this clear-cut stand by French authorities in regions em bracing strategic Dakar and the vast expanse of the Sahara, came through the Dakar radio coinci dently with the news that all Brit ish internees in West Africa have been released. Announcing West Africa's ad herence to the Allied cause, the Dakar radio said: “On all our frontiers the situ ation is completely clarified and no dispute separates us any longer from the British. Our task is de fined. There is, henceforth, only one' duty' for all_to work, to pre pare, and when the time ernes, to fight. There is, henceforth, but one aim—the common victory.” Particular significance w’as at tached here to the words “and no dispute separates us any longer (Continued on Page Five; Co!. 4) Chopping Pays till Christmas
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