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Served By Leased Wire Of The associated pbess news and features With Complete Coverage Of State And National News -i . - -:_• VOL. 79--Na_97-- ESTABLISHED 1867. flew Hanover County placed Under Dimout Regulations By Army --- __ entire Area Restricted; Local Officers Wait ing For Orders resolution SIGHTED City Reported Ready To Consider Rules Apply ing To This Zone According to Sheriff C. Davjd Jones, a new bulletin on dimout regulations has been received, which places ail 0{ New Hanover county within the dimout region. Other counties included In their entirety in this regula tion are Brunswick, Curituck, pare and Carteret. Vehicle Ruling Made A pari of the bulletin reads, >'on streets, highways, or within areas w.iere vehicular headlights are visible from the sea, they shall operate (subject to exceptions hereinafter stated) with no more than two lighted parking lights, and each light shall be equipped with not more than a six candle power buib. Dimmed or low beam lights may be used if they are hooded in such manner that light escapes through not more than one-tenth of the surface of the lens.” These regulations nave Deen is sued through the fourth service command in Atlanta. At present the Federal Government is desig nated as the law enforcement body to enforce the lighting and the speed limit law, which has been fixed at 15 miles an hour within the dim-out areas. The Federal Government, in turn, according to bulletins issued recently, has asked the coopera tion and assistance of local civil and county agencies in the en forcement of these regulations. Ci vilian Defensg authorities are also requested to cooperate in the en forcement of these restrictions. It has been reported from au thoritative sources that in a meet (Continued on Page Two; Col. S) HOSPf LWORK CONTRACT GIVEN J. R. Bagwell Company Of Durham Will Handle Plumbing, Heating A contract for the plumbing and heating construction at the new ad dition to the James Walker Mem orial hospital, was awarded Tues day night to the J. R. Bagwell company of Durham, J. C. Roe, president of the hospital board said. The bids, opened Monday after noon, were discussed at the meet ing, and the contract -submitted oy the Bagwell company was ap proved, subject to final approval hy the Federal Works Agency in Richmond. Total cost of the proposed plumb ing and heating bid is $85,500, Mr. Roe said, with the plumbing cost at $49,800 and the heating nistal-1 lation set at $35,700. Plumbing and heating contracts 'ere originally awarded along with general contract, for the ad dition by the board of managers dd November 14. Federal Works agency, dich is providing the majority of funds used for the addition, ejected the plumbing and heating sward, however, on the grounds *at the bid was too high and (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) --V WEATHER •£"““w" ■“ ‘Eastern Standard Time) \T i • u« S. Weather Bureau) tM?»loUgical data for the 24 hours 8 7:30 p. m., yesterday. i.,n Temperature m -c.a* 32; 7:30 a. m., 35; 1:30 p. 7:30 P- m., 49. Maximum, 59; lJrn> 31; mean, 45; normal, 49 i .,r, Humidity *-.«■% 7:30 a. m„ 46; 1:30 p. ,4’ 7:30 p. m„ 85. , Precipitation ti nccfor the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. Tm'i ’uohes. ■> 1.15 lnd es Ce *'le *irst °* the month, UV„„ , Tides For Today * (Wthe Tide Table published by U. oast and Geodetic Survey). ^ibnlngton_$£ iZSL *r,as°)iboro Inlet_3-48a P :58a Moore’, * 3:12p 9 20p s Met- 3:5la 9:03p New Tor,-. -7 v 3:17p 9.25p tSlmoreV3*1 lnlet- 3:56a 9:08a (An .1- 3:22p 9:30p Sunri . East*rn Standard) in.: .7:11 a. m.; sunset. 5:05 p. or»nse. 1 :38p; moonset. 1:29a. ‘Continued on P»ge Sewn; Col. 7) City Council Names Fifth Member Today According to informed sources it was reported Tues day night that Garland C. Cur rin of 309 North Fifteenth street will be sworn in as the fifth member of the city coun cil this (WeAiesday morning. Mr. Cnrrin will take the place made by the resignation of Mayor Hargrove Bellamy a few weeks ago. Edgar L. Yow, former mayor pro-tem was named to fill the mayor’s seat, • thus leaving a. vacancy. Mr. Currin, owner of the Cnrrin Wholesale company here, will be sworn into of fice today before the regular meeting of the council. He has lived in Wilmington for the past six years. Before that time he and his wife and two daughters, resided in San ford where he was connected with a wholesale firm. FEDERAL WORKERS PAY HIKE OKEHEP Congress OK’s Increase For About 1,500,000 Government Employes WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—(At— Congress unanimously approved salary increases for approximately 1,500,000 federal civilian employes today in a stop-gap, session-end measure for adjustment of war time government pay vntil detailed legislation can be worked out in the new Congress. The raises are retroactive to December 1. Representative Ramspeck (D Ga). House Civil Service commi ttee chairman, estimated the rais es would increase federal payrolls $250,000,000 a year. Piloting the legislation through the House a few hours after the Senate gave its unanimous approv al, the Georgian explained the bill: 1. Extends provisions for over time pay for 52 per cent of all fed eral civilian employes. This extra pay provision, which expired No vember 30, is based on slightly less than time-and-a-half for hours worked in excess of 40 a week. 2. Brings under overtime prpvis ions the remaining 4$ per cent, ex cept those paid on a fee, mileage or some other basis where definite work hours are not stipulated. 3. Grants a 10 per cent increase to employes not on an hourly basis, including postal workers employed on a mileage or other factor, and to employes in the legislative and judicial branches. s 4. Provides that both the over time and 10 per cent increases are payable only on the first $2,900 of an employe’^ salary, and that an employe making $5,000 or more (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) -V Smoke Kills Fireman In Pittsburgh Blaze PITTSBURGH, Dec. 15—(X) —Smoke killed one fireman and overcame 158 others but all 1,000 guests escaped injury early today when a stubborn, hard-to-get-at fire burned for hours in the second sub-base ment of the 22-story, 1500-room William Penn hotel, largest hostelry between New York and Chicago. Fire Chief Edward J. Kerr who nearly collapsed himself, said it was the worst battle against smoke in his 30 years' experience. Never before in the city’s history had so many firemen been overcome. Only 25 to 30 fighting the smoke were unaffected, Kerr said. Thirty firemen and two hotel employes made ill by smoke were hospitalized | • Meet the Queen Cute Florence Sarle, 4, salutes after she was chosen queen of the ninth anual Little Sister show held by the Boys’ Club in New York City. She wears a Waac uniform and holds a doll, both prizes award ed to her when she was picked over a number of other tiny contestants. BAN NOW LIFTED ON ENLISTMENTS Ail Service Draft Delayed Until February; Men May Still Volunteer WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— W — The all-service draft can not be put into effect until about Febru ary 1, and men 17 through 38 years may volunteer through their local draft boards meanwhile. Selective Service headquarters today disclosed this modification of the ban on voluntary enlist ments so that Navy, Marine and Coast Guard quotas can be filled pending the perfection of arrange ments to draft men for them. The procedure for drafting men for the Army, which has always provided that draft registrants may volunteer to be inducted ahead of the time they would be called normally, will not be chang ed by this "stop-gap” Innovation, a spokesman said. Memoranda sent to local draft boards gave this outline of how the modified volunteer system will work during the next six weeks: Instead of going directly to re cruiting stations, as they did be fore the ban was imposed, draft registrants wishing to volunteer (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 7) STORESTOlEGIN NIGHT WORK SOON Business Houses Will Be Open After Dark To Holi day Trade Next Week Stores in Wilmington will begin staying open at night for holiday trade on Saturday, December 19, F. O. Fockler, secretary of the local chamber of commerce an nounced Tuesday. On Saturday, stores will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. However, on Mon day, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the following week, Christmas week, business houses will be open to trade from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Wilmington stores will remain closed on December 26, the day after Christmas. “People should get their buying done as quickly as possible,” the secretary emphasized. “There is still merchandise to be bought,” he said, “but stocks in many stores are being rapidly depleted. The Chamber of Commerce, in the Wilmington hotel, is doing a landslide business in wrapping and mailing Christmas packages, ac cordng to Mr. Fockler. He re potted that 6,000 parcels had al ready been wrapped and mailed for local citizens. In the first year the service has been offered by the Chamber to Wilmington, Mr. Fock ler declared "It looks like it’s been a success.” 4,000 Fuel Oil Coupon Books Are Mailed Here Four thousand fuel ration cards have actually been put into the mails, and an uncounted number have been made ready for presen tation to shipyard workers, the War Price and Kationing Board announced Tuesday night. Many more fuel applications have been processed and coupons will be put into the mails on Wednesday. Approximately 1150 coupons were mailed by the boagd on Tues day, as the result of help contrib uted by volunteer workers. Class One fuel coupons, with each unit good for a 10 gallon ration, are now in effect. Coupons for the periods expiring December 5 and January 2 are to be used by consumers at the present time, the board explained. Class Three coupons are not intended for a particular period, but are to be used throughout the next twelve months at tjie consumer’s discre tion. Beginning today (Wednesday) Number Ten sugar ration ticket is in effect, and may be used until January 31. Number 27 coupon for coffee will continue in effect until January 8. ROMMEL CONTINUES LIBYAN RETREA T ALLIED PLANES POUND TUNISIA: MDS CAPTURE TWO AREAS FROM FOE 4 * JklVES SLOWED Nazi Counter Attacks Hin der Soviet Troop Ad yance In All Sectors 1,000 GERMANS KILLED Russians Claim Destruction Of 40 Tanks And 10 Aircraft In Battle MOSCOW, Wednesday Dec. 16.—(fP) The Russians an nounce the capture of two more populated places west of Fzhev on the frozen central front yesterday, but the mid night communique made it apparent that steady Nazi counterattacks still were slowing the Red army both there and on the two wings of the Stalingrad sector. More than 1,000 Germans were declared killed and 40 tanks and 10 planes destroy ed, but no significant chan ges in the general situation were reported. Waves of Na zi infantrymen supported by tanks were meeting nearly every Russian thrust. 400 Nazis Slain Approximately 400 Germans were killed west, of Rzhev, and the Soviets also reported the de structiori of several dozen ene my blockhouses and artillery nests near the Rzhev-Vyazma-Velikie Luki triangle the Russians have undertaken to smash northwest of Moscow. About one battalion of enemy infantry was dispersed and partly destroyed in the railway area, the communique said. The Velikie Luki sector was not men tioned. Twenty-six Nazi tanks were re ported knocked out on the central front, and the remander were dis abled in the repulse of German counterattacks northwest and southwest of Stalingrad. Inside Stalingrad the Russians continued their methodical artil lery barrages interspersed with small infantry charges to destroy 16 enemy blockhouses, ten dugouts, six guns and 20 machine-guns. “Our troops engaged big forces of enemy infantry and tanks’’ southwest of Stalingrad, the com munique said. This sector appear ed to be the most troublesome for (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 7) stockingTund NEEDS MUCH AD Invalid Father And Family One Of Many Cases Look ing For Christmas The father of one Wilmington family of seven is unable to pro vide for his wife and children be cause he is chronically handi capped with arthritis, Captain James Neighbours of the Salva tion Army said Tuesday. The only financial provision for this group, the youngest of which is 14 months, is a small allowance from a government bureau. The Empty Stocking fund, with such cases as this to consider, is inadequate to spread over 100 families. Much more is needed if Wilmington’s neediest are to re ceive food clothing, fuel, medi cine, and Christmas eheer this year, Captain Neighbours declared. Christmas is only ten days off, the Captain observed, and if citi zens intend to share their Christ mas possessions with their under privileged neighbors it is time they were sending or bringing their contributions to the Star News office in the Murchison building. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) 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. 9 British Tommies Hot On The Heels Of Rommel These infantrymen of the British Eighth Army ru n through the dust of the western desert in their pur suit of Gen. Rommel’sAxis forces fleeing across Liby a toward Tripoli. They are passing an Axis tank which lias been blasted out of the battle. The British drove Rommel’s troops out of their stronghold at El Agheila Dec. 13 and continued to chase the retre aters westward. Japanese Troops Make Landings In New Guinea With Heavy Loss STOVE RATIO % PROGRAM S TED Coal And Oil Heating Unit? In 30 State Area To Be Doled Friday WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— W - Coal and oil heating stoves for private dwellings in the 30 state fuel oil rationing area will be ra tioned beginning Friday, the Of fice of Prince Administration an nounced today. OPA said the rationing resulted from an emergency request of the War Production Board. The order virtually suspends sales of oil heaters but makes coal heaters readily available to householders who wish to convert from oil to coal. New cooking stoves, new stoves designed to burn wood exclusively and used stoves are not affected by the rationing. Householders who wish to buy a new coal stove to replace oil burning equipmennt merely will Be required to obtain a purchase certificate from their local ration ing board and surrender their un used oil ration coupons. Price Administrator Leon Hen derson called it a “unique ration ing program,” explaining that in stead of asking the public to re frain from buying or limiting pur chases drastically, “we are mak ing coal heaters available to any one who can use one and who is eligible under the program.” As for oil burning stoves, pur chase certificates will be issued only to house-holders who are re placing oil burning equipment that is beyond repair and who can sat isfy the local board that no one in the household is physically able to operate coal burning equipment. -V Ftre Sweeps City Block In Norfolk NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 15—UP) —More than half the north side of the 200 block of West Main street was swept by fire that, started shortly before noon to day in the three-stojry building occupied by Hoffer Bros. Furni ture store. The blaze was brought under control shortly before 2 p. m. The Hoffer Bros, building was destroyed. Three adajacen. buildings, occupied by an army and navy store, a Thom McAn shoe store and a small amuse ment arcade, were badly dam aged. Three coast guardsmen, who assisted municipal firemen Id battling the blaze suffered slight injuries and were treat ed at hospitals. None of the three wyt ia a serious ooodi tioih Attempt Made To Rein force Army In Area; Bombed By Allies SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUIN EA, Wednesday, Dec. 16.—(A*)—J anese troops have landed north west of captured Gona and Buna in New Guinea in a new reinforce ment attempt, but Allied headquar ters said that the enemy’s already-torn ranks were under a deluge of bombs and bullets. "The entire area is strewn with derelict barges, wreckage and en emy dead,” today’s communique said. "Our troops maintained heavy pressure on the enemy in all sec tors” on the Buna front where U. S. and Australian troops took Buna village two days ago in a fierce hand-to-hand struggle pre ceded by a torrent of mortar shells. Buna mission and other nearby coastal points still are held by the Japanese, however. Perhaps 1,000 Japanese troops were believed to have weathered Allied air attacks to gain a new foothold in an obvious attempt to turn the Allied flank and relieve the enemy units that are being cut to shreds in a constricted coast al sector. The new enemy landing was made in the Cape Ward Hunt area, 44 miles northwest of Buna on the northeast shore of New Guinea, despite a sizzling ‘‘m e r r y go round” attack by Flying Fortress es, Havocs, Airacobras and Beau fighters which smashed Japanese landing boats, left Japanese dead draped over the sides of barges and scattered on the beaches, and wrecked supply rafts Two Japanese cruisers and three destroyers seeking to effect the landing had only two hours before dawn to execute the operation. From each of the five ships four motor landing craft—20 in all each with an estimated capacity of 50 soldiers were launched. The first wave of probably 1,000 Japanese got ashore and the bar ges were in the process of repeat ing the operation when the Allied (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) CHURCHILL TELLS HOUSE OF DEFECT Siitish Had 100 Tanks When German Invas ion Seemed Near LONDON, Dec. 15.—UP)—Britain had only 100 tanks and they were of the thin skinned kind which had proved ineffective against German anti-tank fire in France when the German threat of invasion seemed greatest on June 11, 1940, Prime Minister Churchill disclosed to the House of Commons today. The invasion that never came “was expected, if not in the au tumn of 1940, at any rate in the spring of 1941 or even 1942,” the j prime minister said. j ne made me disclosure in dis-1 cussing the emergency measures taken to provide Britain with ar mor, and the new tanks which bear his name. A tank committee called togeth er on August 11, 1940 had decided upon an entirely new tank and put it in quantity production in less than a year, he said. The army had 400 by the autumn of 1941 and now has between 1,000 and 2,000, he added. Although designed primarily for Britain’s defense and since sur passed by other models, they 'gave a good account of them selves in North Africa, Churchill declared. Indicating that Britain may have new air weapons with which to combat the Uboat, he said he had reconstituted the Battle of the At lantic committee last October to consider the part “which the air had begun to play in antl-U-boat warfare and consequential, compli cated and technical developments of all kinds.” Navy Blunder Caused Loss Of Liner, Says Ship Head WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—OK—A shipping company official asserted today that a Navy blunder led to the sinking of the 21,936-ton former liner President Coolidge, while operating in the Solomons area as a trnop transport. Mean while, the Navy undertook a “very thorough investigation.” The accusation came from J. Hugh Jackson, a director of the American Presidents Line, which formerly owned the ship. He told a luncheon meeting at Stockton, Calif., that the captain of the transport, about to enter a harbor, met two U. 8. destroyer* outside. jHe stopped, asked whether the harbor was safe, and was assured there was nothing to worry about. The ship entered and struck two mines, Jackson said. Asserting that a "question of possible fault” was involved, Sec retary of the Navy Knox at the same time announced that a naval board of inquiry was looking into the ineident. He was asked wheth er the vessel might have struck an American mine. “I have no information that it hit one of our mines,” he replied, (Continued on Paco Seven j Col. 8) r POWER IS GROWING Heavy Air Attacks On Bl zerte And Tunis Re ported From Morocco NAPLES ALSO RAIDED RAF Keeps Up Steady Bombardment Of Ital ian Ports Of Supply LONDON, Dec. 15.—{#)—. Field Marshal Rommel’s ar my in Libya retreated on to the west today along a harsh and perilous road while of ficial reports indicated that there, in Tunisia and over the Mediterranean generally the Allied air arm was striking with sharply growing power. The Morocco radio, quoting what it represented as an Al lied headquarters communi que, said Allied patrols “are pursuing their activity for ward of our lines.” Reports Coincide Although the Morocco broadcasts have not always been reliable, its report of aggressive activity by the Americans and British in Tunisia, coincided with a Reuters dispatch which reported that rains were let ting up and that resumption of large scale action appeared immi nent. Rains have bogged down the ground forces there for several days. The radio said the communique also announced a series of heavy air attacks on Bizerte and Tunis for the third successive day, and on the Sfax railroad yards where gasoline trucks were set burning. Hits on the Bizerte and Tunis docks were scored and four Axis fighters were shot down over Bizerte. Allied fighters on patrol over southern Tunisia attacked a num ber of objectives, the broadcast said. Naples also was attacked last night by heavy RAF bombers which caused numerous fires among important port installations, it was announced in Cairo tonight. The Italian high command had said earlier that “dozens of bombs” fell in that vital naval base and sup (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)[ 17 PERSONS WE IN PLANE I SH Craft Of Western Airlines Falls On Utah Sage brush; 2 Survive FAIRFIELD, Utah, Dee. 15.—(fl A Western Airlines transport plan* crashed in the sagebrush - dotted desert country of central Utah to day, killing 17 of the 19 person* aboard. The two survivors, seriously In jured, lay all night and up until after noon today in the wrecked plane in Cedar valley, four miles south of an emergency airport at Fairfield and about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. At a Lehi hospital, the survivor* were identified as A. J. Mallett of Springfield, Ark., and Lieut. A. F. Gardner of the U. S. Marine corps, whose home was said to be in Alexander, N. Y. Gardner was one of three mili tary officers aboard. The other two, Lieuts. T. A. Baldwin and H. H. McCrae, were killed, along with 11 other passengers and four crew members. One of the latter was a student co-pilot. Mallett was only partly con scious when rescuers reached th* plane. Gardner was able to talk. M. J. Dahl, a rancher living two miles west of where the ship crash ed after taking off from the Salt (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6)' flhoppine Hubs I till Christmas M
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