Newspapers / Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, … / Jan. 7, 1943, edition 1 / Page 3
Part of Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
TEAMWORK SAVES 31 LIVES AT SEA Army, Navy And Coast Guard Combine To Ef fect Rescue NEW YORK, Jan. 6—®—'The Army. Navy and Coast Guard dis clos«d today that brilliant com bined rescue effort had saved the lives of 31 survivors of a ship which sank in a storm 75 miles off the east Coast recently and left a jammed small lifeboat at the mercy of mountainous seas. The bobbing lifeboat, tossing about like a cork, was first sight ed by Lieut. Norman E. Purdy of Hamilton, O., who was returning in an Army -ur Force bomber from a routine anti-submarine patrol. Purdy radioed for aid, and an other Army plane flown by Lieut. Ford A. Trotter, Jr., of Luverne, Ala., was dispatched with emerg ency equipment. Meanwhile, a Navy Catalina pa trol plane, piloted by Lieut. Com. Delos E. Wait, USN, of El Dorado, Ark., sped to the scenen and drop ped food, water, clothing, blankets and other articles close t o the survivors’ boat. Both the Army and Navy planes then circled the buffet lifeboat to give encouragement to the sur vivors and watched their progress. Commander Wait said he realiz ed he could not land his seaplane i n the pounding seas then a fourth plane, a Coast Guard patrol bomb er piloted by Lieut. Edwin B. Ing of Elizabeth, N. J., arrived after being ordered to the scene by east ern sea frontier headquarters ashore. Lieut. Ing flew off on a scouting expedition and a few minutes later found a cargo vessel plodding along about 15 miles from the survivors’ boat. The freighter was directed to the scene of the shipwrecked group and all 31 were taken aboard without mishap. Ensign Henry Rouzer. USNR, Salisbury. N. C., was the naviga tor on Lieut. Com. Wait’s plane. Kill the Itch (Scabies) With Siticide This liquid preparation kills In 30 minutes those itch mites with which It comes In contact. Buy SITICIDE from your druggist, or send 60c to Siticide Co., Commerce, Ga. (Adv.) Held In Death Louis Valle, forty-two-year-old waiter of Staten Island, New York, who according to Floral Park Po lice allegedly stabbed to death his daughter Florentina, 15, and sister in-law, Mrs. Olivia Seelig and woun ded seriously two other relatives in Floral Park, was arraigned on a first degree murder charge in the Mineola, L-. 1., court and held for the grand jury. Valle was held only lor Ins sister-in-law’s slaving. HALSEY SCORNS ENEMY FIGHTERS (Continued from Page One) stincts—use which word you like.” In reply to a question as to whether there was basis ior the one-time popular belief that Japa nese battleships were top-heavy, the admiral said: ‘‘We sank two battleships, one by direct gunfire at night and the other by a combination of gun fire, bombing and torpedo action. It took a long time to sink that fellow. No. I will not say he was top-heavy.” BANKCLEARINGS SHOW BIG JUMP (Continued from Page One) company, which attracted many new workers to the city, and wide developments at Camp Davis were largely responsible for the higher totals. Mr. Darden explained that his organization was unable, immedi ately, to compare 1942 bank clear ing figures with those of outstand ing years in previous decades. ENGINEERS’ CLUB NAMES PRESIDENT Lewis L. Merritt, Local Civil Engineer, Will Head Group In ’43 Lewis L. Merritt, civil enginer, was elevated Wednesday night to the presidency of the local En gineers’ Club, at a meeting held in the Friendly Cafeteria' dining room at 7:30. Other officers named for 1943 dent; C. A. Williams, secreatry were George Thomas, vice-presi and treasurer; and H. E. Hicks and Charles Jones, directors. Named to the program commits tee were A1 Jones, M’Kean Maf fitt, and H. E. Hicks; to the mem bership committee. Charles Foard, Charles Jones and T. J. Hewett; to the attendance committee, T. R. Cobb, Glenn Cantwell and George Avant. Ma.ior Werner of the United States Engineers’ office, in one of the most interesting features presented before the grouo lately, explained the processes involved in selecting a site with a view to ward establishing military con centrations. Colonel John T. Knight, Jr., ex ecutive officer of the U. S. Office cf Engineers, was welcomed into club membreship. President Merritt has extended tation for all local graduate and professional engineers, and ethers who are affiliated with or interested in enginering antivities, to take advantage of the oppor tunity now open to become mem oers of the Engineers’ organiza tion. At the present time, mem oership stands at approximately L30, he said. WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON. Jan. 6—UP)—Weather bureau report of temperature and rain Fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low R’fall \sheville - 38 14 0.0(1 Atlantic City - 32 23 0.00 Buffalo _ 25 15 0.00 Chicago _ 33 18 0.15 Cleveland - 26 12 0.00 Detroit _ 27 12 0.00 Galveston - 59 51 1.18 Jacksonville - 61 29 0.00 Key West--- 76 64 0.00 Louisville - 35 20 0.00 Miami __— 74 50 0.00 Minn.-St. Paul-15 01 0.00 New Orleans - 55 40 0.00 Norfolk _ 42 20 0.00 Portland. Me.- 20 03 0.00 bt Louis - 35 27 0.14 Savannah - 54 25 0.00 Washington _ 33 22 0.00 After Inventory Coats and Dresses Ladies' Dresses REDUCED Smart styles in Silk Cre^e, Corduroy and Wool. Broken sizes. Regular $19.50 Values 1 $10.00 Ladies' Dresses REDUCED One and two piece stvles. Crepe and Wool. Regular $14.50 Values | $ 8.00 1 I RATHMOOR COATS REDUCED I Only 10 — Were $75.00 _Now $69.50 Only 1 — Was $129.50 __Now $98.50 Only 2 — Were $98.50 _ Now $79.50 Only 1 — Was $89.50 _Now $79.50 DRESSES I One and two piece , styles, silk rayon, spun rayon and colverts. Values $8.95 $4.00 One Rack COATS FUR JACKETS | EVENING WRAPS V2 Price I DRESSES I Smart styles in silk crepe and colverts. One and two piece styles. J Good selection, broken sizes. $5 and $6 Buy Your War Bonds and Stamps Here Pennies For Bonds Shown “swimming” in twenty-five thousand pennies in her Balti more, Md., home is six-year-old Faith E. Hall. She has put the pen nies back into circulation by pur chasing War Bonds. Faith has ap pealed to her friends to convert their pennies into savings stamps and thus alleviate the shortage of copper coins. YUGOSLAV WARNS GERMAN SOLDIERS Genera! Mihailovic Threat ens Retaliation For Atrocities _ CAIRO, Jan. 6—(/P)—Reuters cor respondent George Crawley report ed today that Gen. Draja Maihai lovic had issued a statement from l;is secret patriot headquarters threatening to “use the same mea sures against German soldiers and civilians in Yugoslavia if the Ger mans continue their atrocities in Serbia.” Crawley said the Yugoslav pa triot commander declared that “fearing a general uprising in Yu goslavia in the event of an Italian debacle, Germany has recently rent another three divisions into our region, bringing the total to nine German divisions.” “The Italians,” the general’s statement added, “have 18 divi sions stationed in Yugoslavia, the Bulgarians seven and the Hunga rians six. “Even so the Axis does not feel secure in our country. Two divi sions were recruited among mem bers of the German minority, while the Groat Ustachi (.Iron Guardist troops of the Axis-supported Groat government) are being used against the Yugoslav army under my command.” WARGROUTTALKS OF NEW AIR ROUTE (Continued from Page One) confident” that the Nazi forces ‘would be cleared out of Tripoli. Walter Nash, New Zealand’s minister to this country, said the efforts in the Mediterranean sec tor were a great help in the Pa cific theater of operations. He added that the help would come to a large degree through release of shipping to carry supplies to Burma, India, China and else where. 6 Killed, 40 Hurt In 2 Chicago Fires CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-Two ex plosive fires—one in a crowded bowling alley last midnight and the other in a truck repair plant today—brought death to six per sons and sent 40 others to hos pitals. Seven workers were injured when flames and three explosions swept through the repair shop of the Heil company at 2958 Cottage Grove avenue late today. Six men perished, 33 persons were hurt seriously enough to re quire hospital treatment and scores of others suffered minor in juries in the midnight blaze at the Beverly bowling alleys at 9354 South Ashland avenue. -V Wickard Announces Plans To Alleviate Shortages Of Meat WASHINGTON, Jan. 6— — Secretary of Agriculture Wick ard reported tonight the food distribution administration had established machinery for deal ing with temporary local short ages of meats, butter, eggs and other essential foods aris ing out of maldistribution. Reports of shortages have been received by the food ad ministration from many areas, particularly from cities which have had sharp increases in population resulting from de fense plant employment. The machinery provides for the creation of state and area food committees, to be com posed of representatives of the food industry and government officials, to handle critical supply problems. The manufacture of carpet; was introduced from Persia into France early in the 17th Century. REPUBLICANS WANT U. S. 'ON TRACKS’ National Party Chairman Expresses Ambition Of Group For Year NEW YORK, Jan. 6—(JP)—Har rison E. Spangler, recently elect ed Republican party national chairman, today asserted that the mission of Republicans was to “get the U. S. back on the tracks, keep it on the tracks, and to see that no force, foreign or domestic shall throw the switch.” In an article published in the American magazine for January, Spangler called attention to du ties of Republicans under a two party system of government which he said had been imposed upon the G. O. P. by the voters’ man date at the last elections. He said lhe motto of Republicans might well be: “Keep our republic on the main b'ne.” Referring to the gains made by Republicans in the Senate, Con gress and governorships, Spangler said: “There must be deep, underlying' causes which move the people to go to the polls and to vote against the party in power. And this is especial ly significant in time of war.” In many ways, he said, the Re publican party must fight to restore the state and the government as the servant of the people. These were the Republican tasks ahead, he said; To withhold nothing calculated to strengthen our arms. To emphatically delete totalitari anism from the world. Fight to withhold all powers dan gerous to the enterprise opportuni ty and thrift of the American peo ple. To place an hour for the termi nation of dangerous powers neces sary for efficiency in war. Report on the ability of men giv en crucially important jobs in Washington by appointment instead of by election. To see that Congress is “re-es tablished as an independent de partment of government and that it shall cease to be merely anoth er bureau with conduct dictaed by the executive.” Prepare to welcome home our fighting men, not with cheers alone, but with jobs. On foreign policies. Spangler said: “It would seem to be both im proper and ungrateful were the U. S. to announce a plan or fabricate a mechanism for postwar proce dure without consultion and agree ment with our three great part ners: China, Russia, Great Brit ain.” He said the postwar prob lem had not yet been fully posed. “Finallyl” said Spangler, “the program of the Republican party must be to restore government under the constitutional, Republi can forms; to eradicate collectiv ism, totalitarianism, any scars of state socialism.” ALLIESBOMBARD JAPANESE AT LAE (Continued from Page One) of warnings that the Japanese were gathering a new war fleet in the southwest Pacific. In all, 50,000 tons of shipping suffered under the newest blows of the bombers which have been making Rabaul, capital of New Britain Islands, the objective of concentrated attacks ever since the Solomon Islands campaign opened. The direct hit was on a destroyer tender. Alongside her was a destroyer which might have been damaged. The eight other ships were mer chant vessels. One bomber was reported lost on the flight but six Japanese' planes were downed among a flight of about two dozen that tried to intercept the attack. The communique also noted new bombings of Lae, Salamaua and Madang, in northwestern New Guinea; Gasmata airdrome in southern New Britain; and on Ti mor Island, northwest of Australia. Airdromes at Lae, Madang and on Timor were the targets. One air force unit also pound ed the Japanese ground forces holding the spit of beach at San ananda point, north of Buna, as Allied tank, artillery and infan try closed in, the headquarters re port said. The air forces began intensive bombardment of the Japanese beach position two days ago, drop ping 11,000 pounds of the missiles on the Japs in their first sortie, William F. Boni, Associated Press correspondent in New Guinea re ported. WAS GRANDMA RIGHT ABOUT THESE COLD For colds’ cough ing, to reduce sniffling nasal con gestion, chest muscle soreness pioneer Grandma put faith in home medicated mutton suet and hot flannel. Today mothers use Penetro—the excellent modem medication with the mutton suet base. Penetro never fails to func tion 2 ways. Aromatic vapors go inside with every breath—outside it comforts like a warming, soothing plaster. Rubbed on chest and throat, it works fast. Try Penetro and agree “Grandma was right.” Satisfaction or your money back. 25c, double supply 35c. OPA Bans All Pleasure Driving On East Coast I (Continue'' from Page One) toring by holders of A, B and C passenger car ration cards. It did not define “pleasure driving” fully but said the term would have “broad meaning” and would be interpreted in an official regula tion tomorrow. However, the finding of a pas senger car at a race track will be taken as “prima facie evidence that gasoline rations and tires are being dissipated needlessly and il legally,” the announcement stated. Price Administrator Leon Hen derson made it clear that he had chosen this action in preference to a new slash in the value of A coupons, he said checks had proved nearly half of all A ra tions in the East were being used for essential driving only. This ration is good for only three gal lons a week in the seaboard area. “The cnief abuses, insofar as gallons used for pleasure (are con cerned),’ said Henderson, “seem to stem from the B and C card holders, who either have exagger ated their needs or are not ful New *Slow Bomb’ Used By RAF Over Germany LONDON, Jan. 6.—(A?)—The cen sors permitted the first mention to day of the RAF’s use of a new 2,000 pound "slow bomb” in several re cent raids on Germany. With a secret braking device, it falls at reduced speed and on im pact spreads destruction rather than dissipating most of its power down ward. The drag is in the form of a cap at one end. The RAF said the new bomb could not be described accu rately as a parachute type because it does not float. The upward and outward effects of the explosion on impact are de scribed as terrific. -V Big Gas ‘Black-Mart* Smasked At Miami, Flat MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 6.—‘(AO—Lieut. C. O. Huttoe, head of the police de fense squad, said a gasoline "black market” was smashed here today with seizure of rationing coupons filling the car-sharing plans they outlined to procure the rations originally.’' OPA’s decision was made jointly with the Office of Petroleum Ad ministrator for War. Henderson said it was dictated by the fact that “there simply isn’t enough fuel oil or gasoline to go around.” because military and civilian de mands are exnausting eastern re-! serves of petroleum more rapidly than over strained tank cars, tank ers and pipelines can replenish them. “Failure to act swiftly and bold-; ly could only mean serious threat1 to war production in the East, a breakdown of vital transporta-' tion, and tens of thousands of| homes utterly without heat,” the rationing chief declared. OPA said it was asking state, | county arid municipal law enforce- i ment officials to assist in the crackdown by reporting violations to the local ration boards or to local OPA offices. When a mo torist runs afoul of the enforce ment officer, the burden of proof will rest entirely upon the driver. worth 1,002,500 gallons. He reported the arrest on a Flo rida search warrant of a man book ed as Eugene Hale Brading, 27, of Miami. Police defense officers It. W. Tanner and F. INapier, ac companied by federal officers, made the arrest and reported that cou pons good for 2.500 gallons were seized at the man's home. A package containing coupons worth 1,000,000 gallons of gasoline were confiscated from the mails at the post office. Huttoe reported it was addressed to Brading. QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms ot Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS DUE TO EXCESS ACID FrooBookToilsofHomoTroatnwntthat Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing 2leL two million bottles of the WILLARD TREATMENT have been sold for relief of symptoms of distress arising from Stomach and Duadonol Ulcers due to Excess Add— ■■Mr Digestion, Sour or Upoot Stomach, (Sasslnoto, Heartburn, Slooplatsnoss, etc., due to Eicon Add. Sold on 15 days’ trial! Ask for “Willard’* Message” which fully explains this treatment—Ira*—at Brooklyn Pharmacy, Inc. British Sink Transport In Mediterranean Area LONDON, Jan. 6— «JP>—'The Ad miralty announced tonight that a large enemy troop transport and a supply ship had been destroyed and that two other ships had been hit and probably sunk by British submarines in the Mediterranean. The big troop transport was en countered off Sicily while bound southward—toward Africa — with a heavy escort but she was hit by three torpedoes and sunk, the communique said. The communique said a sub marine also had scored "a large number of hits” in a bombardment of a brick railroad viaduct near Palinuro, Italy, 80 miles southeas om Naples, and had inflicted co' siderable damage. Another, it sai shelled harbor installations in ' enemy occupied Greek port Kyme. Kyme is in the Aegean sea the east coast of Greece. t demand HHf air com ka", Capt. lom always solos when he visits Kate—so there’s more of her Fruited Spice Cake for him! Kate wins her wings with Rumford— the baking powder that gives cakes such a lovely lightness, makes cookies that everyone calls on the beam! FREE: Use Romford's Timely Recipe Material. Write today— Rumford Baking Powder, Box E, Rumford, Rhode Island. With Faith In the Future Women Work In Jobs Vacated By Men for War American women haye a mighty big job to do this year . . . they will have to fill the shoes of men called to war. But that need not cancel plans for the future. While women make the munitions of war, carry on the busi ness and the home, take care of the children and all the new duties of civilian defense they can still take strength from the purpose for which we all must sacrifice. We are proud to be able to help 'the women of Wilmington and Eastern North Carolina meet these new tasks with Electricity and Gas, in ample quantities with reasonable use, to operate the Appliances they now have and which makes the war jobs easier ... Of course, we cannot supply you with all the new appliances you want, or may need at this time but when Victory is Won your plans for those new and better appliances can be realized. Keep Buying War Bonds for the Future Tide Water Power Co.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 7, 1943, edition 1
3
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75