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WILLIAMS RITES HELD AT OAKDALE Services For Prominent Busi nessman Held Saturday Morning Funeral services for James C. Williams, secretary-treasurer and general manager of the Belk-Wil liams company here, who died at his home, 308 South Front street Thursday morning, were conduct ed Saturday morning at 11 o’clock from the First Presbyterian church, with the Rev. William Crowe, Jr., D. D., officiating. In terment followed in Oakdale ceme tery. The 58-year-old merchant was a past president of the North Caro lina Merchants Association. In addition to Belk-Williams here, Mr. Williams was part own er of Williams-Belk at Sanford, Belk-Williams at New Bern and Belk-Wliliams at Clinton. He was a member of the board of directors of the People’s Build ing and Loan association, the North Carolina Line, a member of the board of trustees of Commu nity hospital and a director of the State Merchants association. Mr. Williams played an active role in business and community affairs during his life here. He was active for many years in the YMCA and was a past president of the Rotary club. Golf was his hobby. He was an active memoer ana an elder of the First Presbyterian church. The son of the late Hugh Mc Rae Williams and Nannie Lynn Crockett Williams, Mr. Williams was born at Waxhaw, N. C., on March 22, 1885, He first went to work for Belk Brothers in Charlotte in 1903. After serving as a salesman, he was sent to Sanfor das partner and manager of the Belk - Williams company there where he served for 10 years before coming to Wilmington to or ganize Belk-Williams. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Henrietta Steele Frizzelle Wil liams; fiv edaughters, Mrs. An drew Hoyt Borland of Durham, Mrs. G. W. Barrett, Mrs. C. B. Davis, Jr., Mrs. Addison Hewlett, Jr., and Mrs. O. E. DuRant, Jr., all of Wilmington; one brother, the Rev. John R. Williams of At lanta; four sisters, Mrs. • Lee S. Jones, Mrs. Seabrook Jbnes and Miss Hat Williams, all of San ford, and Mrs. Arch Nutall of In dianapolis, Ind.; a step-mather, Mrs Della Williams of Sanfordj and by five grandchildren. Active pallbearers for the Wil liams funeral were E. F. Beale, T. A. Nisbet, Hugh Newkirk, Wil liam Godfrey, Avon Divine, and S. O. Guyton. Honorary pallbearers were alders of the First Presbyterian church, members of the Wilmington Rotary club, the board of directors of the Peoples Building and Loan Asso ciation, and the following: Dr. H W. Moore, Dr. G. P. Barefoot, Dr. J. B. Sidbury, W. H. Belk, G. F. Matthews, W. B. Berry, T. T. Kennedy, W. L. Starling, W. L. Simmons, Eugene Johnson, N. L. Fo>, Alex Fonvielle, H. T. New land, W. E. Curtis, H. W. Wells, Sr., E. W. Carr, and D. H. Kren shaw. ALEXANDER SEEN LEADER CHOICE (Continued from Page One) nel. Alexander burned his car, ob tained bicycles and pedaled the rest of the distance under fire to take charge on the beaches. ‘He was cool as a trout,” Wells recalls. “He never took cover even when the bombing and shelling was at its height.” Alexander is the third son of the fourth Earl of Caledon. Educated at Harrow and at Sandhurst, Britain’s A'./nous military academy, he came out of the first World War as a Lieut Colonel. He won the French Legion of Honor at the Marne, the military cross at Loos and the Distinguished Service order at the Somme. He was twice wounded and five times mentioned in dispatches. -V TAKES COMMAND CAIRO, Jan. 23.—Wl—Air Chief Marshal Sir William Sholto Doug las assumed command today of the Royal Air Force in the Middle East, succeeding Air Marshal Sir Arthur William Tedder. Announcement of the impend ing change, made in London No vember 28, said Sir Arthur would become vice-chief of staff of the air forces. -V The speed of sailing yachts gen erally varies according to the square root of their length. Motorists Needed To Make Unique Gas Saving Test Every patriotic North Carolina citizen interested in conserving our resources and saving gasoline for Victory will welcome the achieve ment of an American inventor. Al ready thousands of car owners are using his invention and they report gas savings up to 30% as well as more power, smoother pickup and quicker starting. The device, call ed the Vacu-matic Gas Saver, op erates on the supercharge principle. It is entirely automatic and allows the motor to breathe. The manu facturers, The Vacu-matic Carbu retor Co., 7617-4619 W. State St., Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, are offering ». Vacu-matic free to those who will test it on their own cars and help introduce It. to others. Write them Today) Volokonovka Captured In Russian Offensive (Continued from Page One) a total of 17 Axis divisions had been smashed since the offensive below Voronezh began in mid-Jan uary. Last summer’s Axis line, the highwater mark established in the 1941 push, extended from a point east of Kursk and Kharkov down to Taganrog on the Sea of Azov. The capture of Armavir was a great strategic victory for the Rus sians who are compressing the Germans into the northwestern Caucasus. It fel) after “a deter mined assault,” the communique said. Armavir is the pivot for the en tire German position in the Kuban river region. A spur line runs west to Tuapse, Black Sea port, and in between lie the Maikop oil fields with a normal annual output of 2, 500,000 tons. The Germans, if they ever got the wrecked wells working again, now have lost access to this oil with the fall of Armavir. The Russians now probably will strike west and southwestward into the Maikop region in an effort to join forces with their troops hold ing Tuapse on the Black Sea. An other column will 'drive on north ward toward Rostov. The next ma jor goal is Kropotkin. Rostov at the upper end of the Caucasus already is being menac ed by the Red army on three sides. On the north the Russians last were reported only 70 miles away after crossing the Donets river; on the east the Red army yesterday took Konstantinovskaya . on the lower Don river and were report ed within 56 miles of Rostov. One hundred miles to the south west the Red army has taken Salsk which is connected by rail with Rostov. Now a fourth threat to the Ger mans at Rostov has developed in the Voroshilovgrad sector. The Russians reported the capture yes terday of a point only ten miles east of Voroshilovgrad and a place beyond it to the northwest. The capture of the Donets industrial center would put the Russians on a railway winding south to Tagan rog behind Rostov. Taganrog was the southern an chor for the Red army when last summer’s Nazi drive began. Moscow dispatches said the Ger mans were making desperate ef forts to hold the Russians on the approaches to Rostov, hurling fresh tank reinforcements into battle. Russian tanks themselves have played a major role in the amaz ing Red army offensive that has left Stalingrad more than 200 miles behind, but the Russians use of artillery probably has been the most effective weapon, these dis patch said. __ Mussolini’s Empire Idea Shattered By 8th Army (Continued from Page One) miles west of the eastern Tunisian coast, the Axis has made its most determined bid to . smash the Allies in order to secure the line of Mar shal Rommel’s retreat. Allied aircraft continued to pound German and Italian columns re treating along the coast and at the same time attacked Tunis’ El Aouina airdrome three times yester day, finding a great concentration of Axis transport and fighter planes on the field. In their attempt to widen their hold on the 200-mile-long coastal belt the Axis dropped parachutists at several points in the rear of the Allied forces. But the majority of these already have been rounded up with the help of the French gen darmerie and Arabs, a spokesman said, Some of Col. Edson Raff’s Amer ican parachutists are based In southern Tunisia, but whether they have been dropped along the coast al road to harry the Rommel re treat is not known. (Berlin broadcasts hinted that Montgomery’s forees had intercept ed the Rommel retreat in Libya by landing forces from boats some where along the coast west of Tripoli. The Berlin broadcasts claimed the landing party was driv en off.) The big question of course was how many troops Rommel can speed into Tunisia to reinforce the 70,000 or more which General von Arnim is said to have. The estimates varied from 40,000 to 70,000, including supply service units. Rommel was reported to have lost up to 75,000 men when he was smashed In Egypt by Gen eral Montgomery and forced to re treat into Libya. At that time this figure represented more than half of liis army. (British military commentators in London said there would be no slowing of the pursuit of Rommel by General Montgomery’s forces unless Rommel wants to stand and fight. It was not believed that a Rommel junction with General von Arnim's forces would tip the scales in favor of the Axis in Tunisia). The flight to sea of Axis per sonnel from Zuara, west of Tripoli, was taken here to mean that Rom mel did not intend to make a stand anywhere short of the Tunisian frontier. His straggling forces were re ported being cut down along the road west of Tripoli by American and British airmen who set fires among his trucks and blasted crat ers in the road. Among the targets of these Al lied Middle Eastern forces cover ing General Montgomery’s ground forces was the Axis airdrome of Ben Gardane in southern Tunisia not far from the Tripolitania border. Rommel has been noticeably short of aerial protection, and the Allies were determined to smash what lit tle he has left. Widespread aerial activity over Tunisia the heaviest Allied blow was at Tunis. B-17s launched the first attack yesterday against El Aouina airdrome where scores of Nazi transport planes and many fighter squadrons were sighted. That was at 11 a. m„ and the four motored bombers "completely cow ered the airdrome with bomb bursts, starting fires visible from SO to 100 miles.” There were explosions among buildings and it is believed an am munition dump was hit,” the an nouncement said. Fifteen Messerschmitt 100’s arose to make a. 30-minute attack on the Flying Fortresses, and three of the German planes were shot down and four damaged. At 12:30 p. hi. Marauder B-2fis escorted by Lightning P-38 fight ers lilt the airdrome again, start ing more fires and destroying many single and twin-engined planes on the field. The third attack came two hours later with Billy Mitchell B-25’s con centrating their bombs on dispers ed transport planes among which several fires wore observed. Messer schmltt fighters which attempted to intervene were driven off although one B-25 crashed and burned. In assisting the American and French ground forces in the Ous seltia valley sector Warhawk P-40s, including members of the French Lafayette Escadrille, attacked Axis vehicles and machinegun posts while Havoc A-20 light bombers raided enemy tanks. The A-20’s were re ported to have scored several di rect hits on an Axis tank depot northeast of Ousseltia. British Hurricane bombers es corted by Spitfires attacked Axis objectives aiso at Pont-du-Fahs, and Allied bombers on Thursday night also attacked the airdrome at Bi zerte and road and rail communi cations behind the enemy’s lines. “'During a sweep by bombers and fighters between Tunisia and Sic ily," the communique added, “a freighter was hit by bombs and six enemy aircraft were destroyed. From all these operations five of our aircraft are missing." SOLDIERS MEDAL GIVEN DAVIS MAN (Continued from Page One) lowered him gently to the ground. Then Kincade was rushed to Camp Davis hospital. He recov ered, but Signal Corps officers at tributed to Anderson all credit for his quick, daring, and skillful han dling of the situation. The medal was presented, after an investigation by Camp Davis officers, by General Smith with out prior approval of the War De partment in Washington. This is the first time in General Smith’s long military career that he has taken advantage of this privilege granted to all general officers above the rank of major general. The decoration was awarded during a formal ceremony at which several battalions of troops pre sented arms. Before the ceremony Anderson, a slim quiet chap, said: “I a”d what I have been trained to do. It’s a lot of fuss about a small -thing.” Anderson was drafted May 5, 1942. His experience gained him his assignment to the Signal Corps. He is married and his wife lives at their home at Street, Md. NEGROES ARRESTED FOR LIQUOR SALES (Continued from Page One) see that boy’s not 21,” Recorder Smith commented in sentencing her. Charles Stokes, Negro employe of the Brooklyn Grill, entered a plea of nolo contendere to the same charges and was fined $20 and the costs by the recorder. Joseph Nixon and Richard Nix on, Negroes, who officers said were employes of the Green Front Poolroom at 921 Dawson street, were granted continuances until January 29 on the same counts. Each is free under $250 bond. In each of the four cases, ABC Officer Earl S. Bland and Ser geant W. D. Thompson of the city detective squad, sent a _ minor white youth into the establishment to make the purchase with funds supplied by the officers. 2 MORElAPANESE VESSELS BOMBED (Continued from Page One) dicative of impending Jap action in the southwest Pacific. It was from Rabaul that the Japs Bent a convoy to Lae recently which re sulted in severe shipping losses and the costliest Jap air defeat of the war to date. It-also was from Rabaul that some reinforcements have steamed down into the Solo mons sector.) NAVY OFFICERS REPORTED LOST (Continued from Page One) Helen L. Thomas, now lives at 2828 40th avenue, West, Seattle, Wash. Capt. Donald C. Godwin, attach ed to the Twelfth Naval Distric, San Francisco, whose usual address is 505 West Main street, William ston, N. C. His wife, Mrs. Hazel M. Godwin, lives at 4626 Seventh avenue, Los Angeles. Commander John J. Crane, as signed to duties at sea. Usual ad dress: 1907 Miami street, Toledo, Ohio. His wife, Mrs. Imogene St. Cloir Crane, lives at 103 Bella Vis ta way, Vallejo, Calif. Commander Francis L. Black, attached to the staff of the com mander in chief, Pacific Fleet. Usual address: 1861 Moore street, San Diego, Calif. His wife, Mrs. Anna G. Black, lives at 7 Dana street, Cambridge, Mass. Commander William G. Myers, commanding officer of a Naval vessel. Usual address: 2709 Nicnols avenue, S. E., Washington. His wife, Mrs. Susan Gladding My6rs, lives at 1327 Monroe street, N. E., Washington, D. C. . Lieut. Commdr. John O. R. Coll, gunnery officer of submarine force, Pacific Fleet. Usuai address: 625 East Maple street, Jeffersonville, Ind. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Coll, lives at 3133 Front street, San Diego. Lieut, commdr. George R. Stone, attached to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor. Usual address: 303 Marion avenue, Big Rapids, Mich. His wife, Mrs. Jean Rich ards Stone, lives at 925 Kinston avenue, River Forest, 111. Lieut. (JG) Edna Owella Mor row, Navy nurse assigned to duty in the South Pacific. Usual ad dress: 45 South Greenwood street, Pasadena, Calif. The nine members of the crew: Robert McNair Ezley, captain, 229 Lenox street, Palo Alto, Calif. Orvan K. Judd, first officer, 2414 California street, Berkeley, Calif. John R. Maynard, second officer, 508 Lincoln avenue, Alameda, Calif. George H. Aabel, third officer, 1255 Crane street, Menlo Park, Calif. Leo A. Mackota, first engineer, 418 Bosworth street, San Francis co, Calif. John J. Eagen, senior, second engineer, Apt. 211, 916 Union street, Alameda, Calif. Clarence P. Thompson, first ra dio officer, 1477 Navy street, San Leadro, Claif. George W. Angus, second radio officer, 1462 Trestle Glen road, Oakland, Calif. John G. Hill, flight stewart, 1109 Cordilleras avenue, San Catlos, Calif. The fact that the big transput seaplane, which presumably was commercially operated under Navy control, was missing was announc ed by the Navy late yesterday when it was stated that the craft was more than 24 hours overdue on a flight from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco. The first word of the importance of the passenger complement, how ever, was not forthcoming until today, when it was disclosed that Admiral English and other high Na va! officers in the Pacific were aboard. English, who became 55 years oid. only a week ago today, is a native of Warrenton, Ga., and has been in the Navy since 1911, when he was graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis. During the World War he had duty at the New London Ship and Engine company, Groton, Conn., and later helped fit out, the sub marine 0-4 at the Fore River Ship-, building company plant at Quincy, Mass. He commanded the 0-4 from May, 1918, until March, 1919, and was awarded a Navy Cross for his work in operating in enemy waters. After the war he had various commands at sea and ashore, not only on submarine duty but in var ious other vessels and types of service. In May, 1938, English was assigned as chief of staff and aide to the commander of the submarine force, U. S. Fleet, and held that duty until June, 1939, when he was brought back to Washington for a second tour of duty in the Of fice Of the Chief of Naval Opera tions. He was made director of the fleet maintenance division of the Office of Naval Operations in Aug ust, 1940, and remained in *hat assignment until 1941, when he was ordered t6 a command at sea. Sub sequently he was made command er of the submarine force of the Pacific Fleet. ——-V PRISONER OF WAR DAVIDSON, Jan. 23.—(ffL—Colo nel Charms L. Steele, former as sistant professor of military sci ence at Davidson college is a pris oner of war of the Japanese gov ernment, the War department re ported. Quick Relief from Pile Irritation SO years ago a Buffalo druggist created an ointment for relief from the itching and smarting , of Piles. It brought such quick cooling, “irinffent relief, that its tbrewftttdtit the coun a yfavnritiQ®dei?eterson’s Ointment Ask S thousands of homes. Peterson^ ^ff!iSt f0r a 35° bo* of tube In, °in1t.ment today, or 60c if vour *! al?bact°r. Money back I your are not delighted with relief. 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