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_ I ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES With Complete Coverage Ot Slate And National News _———^_ - “ -- ESTABLISHED 1867. Reds Capture Nazi Machine Gun Nest At Str * Thi' a,timl serie? "i',P!^reS ’na?e bv a cameraman whose films often were jarred out of focus by the bomb concussions, shows Russian sol 1(1 II HiaT 111? a \a.7l llinphinD aim linct af k(<ilin<n«>>l rrT» _ -i_ijj_ __ s HH .. _ • _ . ....... (Central Press) EIGHTH VICTIM OF WRECK DIES J. N. Kennedy Succumbs A' kroner’s Jury Finds Him Responsible J. N. Kennedy, eighth victim of the automobile wreck which oc curred on highway 17, seven miles from Wilmington last Sunday aft ernoon, died in James Walker Me morial Hospital at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. Only one- of the pine persons in volved in the accident remains alive. Officer Candidate A. W. Sauerbrej now in Camp Davis Hospital. • • - At a coroner's inquest held in the grand jury room of the court house at - 11’clock Wednesday aft ernoon. v.edict was rendered that the seven persons injured fatally -Kennedy was living at the time ot nques — 'met their deaths as the result of injuries received in the impact.'' and that the Chevro let automobile involved, occupied hy civilians, was driven by Ken nedy "in a careless, reckless, and unlawful manner.” The jury, composed of J. H. N-vel. foreman H. W. Hewlett, secretary W R. Allen, D. A. Her f.K. W. E. Powell, and George Hoar: heard the testimonies of Dr. A H. ElJ.ott, L. D. Webb, C. S. Roberts. Charles P. Holland, High My Patrolman W. B. Riddick and Deputy Sheriff E. P. Herring Be fore reacning its decision that the driver of the civilian car, Kennedy, 'vas at fault in the accident. Dr. Elliott reported that, in his opinion, the persons now dead met tteir deaths as a direct result of injuries. ■ • D. D. Webb, returning to his home from work, witnessed the "reck through the rear-view mir Jor in his car. C. S. Roberts, Arightsville Beach, declared that ‘e Chevrolet had gone from the ri?ht side of the road “almost crashing into the Ford coach oc Dontinued on Page Two; Col. 4) African Envoy <?,. _.. • • • • / ' ""idinjf to a dispatch from Al i,',.' :":|d(|uai'ters iu North Africa, •‘-..lent Roosevelt has named Roll . I'lrpliy, former Cons,'ll ill Al Ni 'i'i :is- *''s Personal envoy in 1 \frica, with rank of Minister. (Central Press) Last-Day Contributions Needed In Stocking Fund This is the last day of the Empty Stocking fund appeal. This is Christmas Eve—the day when everyone uses every spare moment to make ready for to morrow. For tomorrow must be filled with joy, relaxation, giving, plenty—the ultimate in good liv ing. There pre homes in Wilmington that will not share in tomorrow's bounty unless citizens of the town open their purses, at this last op portunity, and give to the cause of the Empty Stocking fund. True, there is one thousand dollars in the fund, but that is still not enough for the need. To give to those who are friends but do not need, is thoughtful—a gesture of good-will. But to give to those who need desperately is a command and a challenge — one that by all rights should be met by a community as blessed with the flow of material wealth as Wilmington has been this year. Remember the hundred neediest cases! Remember them today! The sick, the handicapped, the hungry^ the lonely who long for gn expression of cheer and. friend liness—do not neglect these! Bring or send your gifts to the (Continued op Page Two; Col. 6) BUS-TRDCKWRECK INJURES SIX HERE Oil Truck Plows Into Rear Of TWP Vehicle On Mar ket Street Road Six of the 19 persons aboard a Tide Water company bus were in jured at 7:30 Wednesday morning when an oil truck ploughed into the bus on Market street at Ken v.ood avenue. Johnnie B. Smith of 519 Nun street the driver of the oil trans port, ’ was arrested immediately after the accident by highway pa trolmen on charges of reckless op eration. He was placed in the coun ty jail in default of $1,000 bond to (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) -V WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina: Little change in tem perature today. (EASTERN STANDARD TIME) (By I). S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7 r30- p. m., yesterday: Temperature 1-30 a. m., 62; 7:30 a. m., 52; 1:30 p. m., 60- 7:30 p. m., 56; maximum, 64; mini mum, 52; mean, 58; normal, 48. Humidity 1-30 a. m., 93; 7:30 a. m., 97; 1:30 p m., 73; 7:30 p. m.. 73. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p m., 0.39 inches. Total since the first of the month, 2.36 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High Low Wilmington - 11:00a 5:38a ll:15p 6.16p Masonboro Inlet --— 8:33a 2:20a 8:53p 2:55p Moore’s Inlet - 8:38a 2:25p 8:58p 3:00p New Topsail Inlet - 8:43a 2:30a • Elmore’s) - 9:03p 3:0op i Sunrise, 7:15a. m., sunset. 5:09 p. m.; moon rise, 7:09 p. m.; moonset, 8:32 a m. i (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) Camp Davis Commander Extends Greetings To Wilmington Residents Major General Frederio H. Smith, commanding general of Camp Davis issued the follow ing Christmas greeting Wed nesday night.. “The commanding General and garrison of Camp Davis extend to the gracious citizens of Wilmington, the seasons greetings and best wishes for 1943. “To each who has contribut ed hospitality or welcome or generous aid, a grateful ac knowledgement is made. To your hopes and prayers are added ours from Camp Davis that Christmas 1943 will find us well advanced toward the secure establishment of the reign of the1 Prince of Peace whose watch day we now cele brate.” ' ‘VICTMyLOAN’ DRIVE SUCCESS Treasury Sponsored Plan For Financing Goes ‘Over The Top’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.— UR — The Treasury’s victory loan drive has gone “over the top” by $2, 200,000,000, Daniel Bell, under secretary of the Treasury reported tonight. He said preliminary figures on subscriptions which close at mid night on the three major issues m the drive indicated sales would total $11,200,000,000. “We hope it may even reach $12,000,000,00,” he said. In opening the drive December 1, the Treasury set a goal of $9, 00,000,000. This was raised to $11. 000,000,00 last Monday after re ports indicated the original goal would be passed. . Announcing the oversubscription of the victory loan securities at a press conference, Bell said it was the greatest financing achieve ment in history. “We are well pleased with the public response,” he said. “We hope this will set a pattern for us to follow in future financing. _V TIRES TURNED IN RALEIGH, Dec. 23 — UP) —The North Carolina field office of the Office of War Information said to day that 288,822 tires have been turned in to the Charlotte w ai e house of Defense Supplies corp. un der the “idle tire” plan. ------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. HIGGINS TO BUILD BIG CARGO PLANES New Orleans Shipbuilder Given Army Contract For Transports WASHNGTON, Dec. 23.— W — Formal approval of a contract with Andrew J. Higgins of New Or leans for production of an undis closed number of cargo planes for the Army air forces was announ ced today by the War Department. Apparently, the planes will be built at the partially -completed shipyards at New Orleans. Con struction on the shipyards stopped when the Maritime Commission on July 18 cancelled its contract with Higgins for construction of 200 Lib erty ships on the ground that in sufficient steel was available. The War Department said its agreement with the shipbuilder, negotiated by the Air Forces ma teriel center at Wright Field, Ohio, and approved by Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson, calls for construction of the planes on a cost-plus-fixed fee basis. The on’y reference to the size of the order was a stat ement that “the total outlay will involve more than $5,000,000.” The new planes will be built largely of non-stra tegic materials, but nothing was said concerning their size or ex pected performance. (Curtiss-Wright corporation has announced that the Curtiss-Cara van has been selected by the War Department ror construction by Higgins. The first military plane to be designed specifically for use as an aerial freighter, the Cara van is described as being a twin engined, high-wing monoplane, largely of plastic - bonded, wood veneer construction. It has a wing span of 108 feet, length of 65 feet and is designed to operate from relatively small fields. The load capacity of the ship was not disclosed. The plane has been designated the C-76 by the United States Army Air For ces.) Higgins said six weeks ago that he had completed negotiations with the Army for construction of 1,200 cargo planes and would undertake various other assignments, includ ing a “manufacturing laboratory” to make aircraft accessories not only for Higgins-built planes but for other Army aircraft also. The manufacture of “wood al (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Economic Head Says No Hope Seen For Increased Gas Ration WASHINGTON, Dec. 23— GP> — Economic Director James P. Byrnes conferred today with officials con cerned with the fuel oil and gaso line problem and reported after ward he still saw “no hope of any increased allotment.” Byrnes said the situation demand ed “the most stringent economy by every user of such products,” and that while steps have been taken to improve conditions, other steps still were required. Railroad representatives will confer with of ficials here next Tuesday7 on the problem, he announced. Meanwhile the Office of Price Ad ministration received a request for an increase in retail gasoline prices on the East Coast, to compensate dealers for reduced sales. OPA has reached no cbnelusions, a spokesman said. Harry Wainwright, director of the gaoline retailers of Washington, Inc., presented the request to OPA petroleum pricing officials. He said he represented Washington and Bal timore filling station men, but that discussion was on the basis of the entire seaboard area in which cou pons have been trimmed. Byrnes issued this statement after his conference: f “Secretary Ickes, Deputy Petro leum Administrator Davies, Price Administrator Henderson and Trans portation Director Eastman report ed to Director Byrnes the steps taken within the last few days to improve the fuel oil and gasoline situation. As a result of the ex change of views, other action will be taken as to which no statement can be made at this time. “Because the increase or even the maintenance of the supply of fuel trict is dependent upon increased deliveries by the railroads, repre iConiinued on Page Two; Col. ft) FRENCH UNDER GEN. GIRAUD DRIVE FOE BACK IN AFRICA; RED ARMY MAKES BIG GAIN CONTINUE DRIVE Russian Offensive Has Cost Nazis 80,000 Casual ties In 8 Days 8.000 KILLED IN DAY Towns And Villages Lib erated By The Dozens In Soviet Campaign MOSCOW, Thursday, Dec. 24—(/P)—The Red army has beaten forward across the Middle D6n plains for gains of 72 to 103 miles in 8 days, the Russians announced early today, on a continuing and massive offensive which has cost Adolf Hitler upwards of 80.000 killed or captured in that sector alone. A special communique said the Germans were sent reel ing back for another 12 to 18 miles yesterday and that in the day’s fighting 8,000 Nazis were slain and 16,400 fell prisoner. This brought the prisoner total in the 8-day period to 36,600, while the number of dead Nazis num bered more than 44,000. The latest in a series of special communiques reporting unprece dented successes in the winter of fensives, said that towns and vil lages by the dozens were liberated by the Red army. “The offensive of our troops in the middle course of the Don is continuing,’’ it said triumphantly. Virtually . ingulfed by the Soviet tide was the key Communications center of Millerovo. One Soviet spearhead had driven to Barani kivka, in the Ukraine 31 miles northwest of Millerovo. Another thrust had reached and liberated the town of Voloshina, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) U. S. ANDMEXICO SIGN TRADE-PACT Countries Agree To Recip rocal Commerce Agree ment; Hull Instigator WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.— CZP) — The United States and Mexico— allies in the war against the Axis —signed a reciprocal trade agree ment today sweeping aside long standing barriers to peacetime commerce and opening the way to a greater wartime exchange of goods. Secretary of State Hull signed the bulky document with Dr. Fran cisco Castillo Najera, Mexican am bassador, bringing the 15th Ameri can republic and the 25th nation into the international trade pro gram Hull has advocated. Tne United States obtained tar iff-reducions on 76 items while the duties on 127 others were frozen at present levels. In return more than 60 items exported to the United States by Mexico are affected by the agreement. Among the concessions made by Mexico are the binding of the present duty on automobiles, trucks and tractors of which Mex ican purchases in 1940 amounted to $6,988,000; a reduction of 50 percent on the duty on machinery and appliances, of which the Unit ed States supplied 70 percent of Mexico’s imports in 1940 valued at $1,895,000; and a 17 percent (Continued on Page Six; Col. 8) Allied Raiders Bombard Japs At Rangoon, Akyab NEW DELHI, Dec. 23—(m— Cascading bombs upon widely separated targets, American and British raiders have struck pow erful new blows at Rangoon and Akyab in softening-up raids ahead of British troops moving down the Burma coast while car rier-borne British naval planes assaulted the westermost Japa nese base in the Netherlands, Indies far to the south. These Allied attacks, carried out over an ever-broadening arc of the Indian ocean against only scant enemy opposition, caught the Japanese flatfooted or show ed that they now were surren dering air superiority, or both. U. S. Army Air Force head quarters announced that In two destructive assaults on Rangoon Sunday and a third yesterday at tacking Flying Fortresses were challenged by only two enemy fighters and the British naval craft met little or no opposi tion in their attack Sunday night on the Japanese oil supply base at Sabang, on the small island off the northern tip of Suma tra in the Netherlands East In dies. There was speculation that the Sabang raid was made by (Continued on Page Sfar; Col. 8) NEW WLB PROGRAM TO BEGIN SHORTLY Labor Board To Set Up Smaller Units To Handle Worker Disputes WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.— UP) — The War Labor Board, it was dis closed today, is planning to speed up and simplify the handling of labor disputes by giving greatly increased authority to ten "Little War Labor Boards” scattered throughout the country. Under this decentralization plan, much of the work of settling dis putes will be done in the field, with the national board confining itself largely to hearing appeals and making policy. Another major procedural step will permit the ten regional di rectors to make final decisions on voluntary wage or salary adjust ment cases involving employers of not more than 100 persons. By this process of regionalizing its work, the board expects to keep nearly all dispute cases and about two-thirds of the voluntary wage and salary cases in the field. The boord also said it is draft ing a simplified form of applica tion for wage and salary adjust ments to make it easier for the small business concern to apply for rulings on proposed adjust ments. The streamlined procedure for handling dispute cases provides for the establishment of permanent panels in major cities. They will be composed of public, manage ment,. and labor representatives. Any dispute which the U. S. Con ciliation Service is unable to settle (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) YMCATOSPONSOR CHRISTMAS FETE Yoke Fellows’ Club To Bring Cheer To New Han over County Home Following a custom initiated in 1910, the Yoke Fellows’ club of the Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation will provide cheer and a big Christmas dinner for inmates of the New Hanover county home, J. B. Huntington, secretary of the YMCA announced Wednesday. Mr. Huntington said that the county home inmates would hang up their stockings, and that the stockings would be filled with candies, nuts, and fruits. The din ner planned will feature turkey and will include “all the usual good Christmas dishes.” Supervisors and others in charge at the home will make final preparations for the holiday celebration. Spare Auto Tires May Be Taken Soon, Says Rubber Chief OMAHA, Dec. 23—(/P)—Rubber Administrator William Jeffers said today that due to the rub ber shortage automobile owners may have to give up their spare tires and it may be necessary to take tires from cars of persons who own more than one passen ger car. He made the comment at a meeting here to discuss simplifi cation of gas rationing forms for farmers. Jeffers said the recent tire col lection drive netted 10,000,000 tires but about 40 per cent are scrap and from 30 to35 per cent are worth recapping. The rest are ready for immediate use. ST. MALOBOMBED BY RAF AIRCRAFT Other British Fighters Smash At Nazis In Brit tany, Normandy LONDON, Dec. 23 —OP)— Boston bombers escorted by fighter planes bombed the docks at St. Malo, France, this afternoon, the Air Min istry announced in a communique tonight. St. Malo is on the northern coast of France almost directly south of Southhampton. Other British fighters, unmolested by defending aircraft, carried out sweeps over Brittany and Norman dy, the communique added. Earlier in the afternoon British planes with fighter escorts bombed targets at Denhelder on the Dutch coast. No enemy aircraft was encounter ed during the operations, and no British planes were lost, it was re ported. The raids came in the wake of heavy and widespread overnight at tacks by fighter-bombers on German railway transport in France and the low countries. The raid on Denhelder, strategic Dutch port on the Zuider Zee, was carried out by Venturas, American general reconnaissance bombers Planes of this design have been put into service on the RAF front only recently. They were first reported in action in the big day-light raid on the Phillips works at Eindhoven, Holland, on December 12. Last night’s sweep, authoritative ly declared the strongest of their kind in weeks, left many locomo tives disabled, much trackage twist ed and other transport facilities in ruins. They were carried out by Hur ribombers, Whirlwinds and Ameri can-made Bostons, all used now as intruder craft for sharp and quick assault action, and among other tar gets they' hit the railroad yards near Ghent and Saint Lo, Abbeville, Le Preport, Saint Pol and La Chapelle. Enemy air fields also were hit; and from an enemy convoy off the Dutch islands two enemy ships were set aflame. -V MEET IN SPRING RALEIGH, Dec. 3— (IP) —The North Carolina Education associa tion will meet in Raleigh March 31, April 1-2, it was decided at the December meeting of the associa tion’s board of directors here to day. last Chopping lay till Christmas \-y i PRISONERS TAKEN Attack Position Held By Italians Near Pont Du Fahs ROMMEL STILL FLEEING Axis Reports Suggest Im minence Of Tremen dous Battle LONDON, Dec. 23— (/Pj The French under Gen. Henri Honore Giraud have driven the enemy back in a sharp engagement apparently in the Pont du Fahs area and have taken more prisoners and war material, African reports said tonight, and the Axis hinted a big battle was shap ing up in the Tunisia corner. A headquarters spokesman said the French attacked a position held mostly by Ital ians near Pont du Fahs, 30 miles south of Tunis. Captur ed equipment included two armored cars. The spokesman and the of ficial Allied communique re porting the French success over their former Axis over lords in Tunisia directly con tradicted a DNB, German news agency, report that a French squadron was annihi lated in the fighting and 100 French dead were left on the field. Vigorous Patrol Activity Reports from the Allied head quarters told of “vigorous” patrol activity on the British and Ameri can sectors in Tunisia, with the enemy shelling some of the British First Army’s positions north and south of Medjez-el-Bab, a vital point 35 miles southwest of Tunis. Farther south on the French sec tor, probably in the region of Kai rouan, which is 70 miles south of Tunis, the French were said to !Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) JAPS DESPERATE IN NEW GUINEA Allies Breach Enemy Forti fications In Many Points At Buna ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Thursday, Dec. 24.— (IP)—Japanese enemy fortifications have been breached in many places in the Buna area of New Guinea by Allied troops, General Douglas MacArthur announced today. “Many hundreds of his (the ap* anese) dead are being buried by our troops,” the noon communique said. “His situation must now be re garded as desperate.” (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) Aided Giraud Escape This is an official U. 8. Navy photo of Capt. Gerauld Wright, 44, of Washington, D. C., who brought Gen. Henri Honore Giraud from France to North Africa in an Allied submarine. The sub in which Giraud escaped was the same that carried Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark on his spec tacular mission west of Algiers in advance of the American invasion. Capt. Wright was a passenger in that operation. (Central Fregq)
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