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Served by Leased Wire of the mmam m go: —fg- y— — ^■^yjafc_irr=y^ _ j := THE SUNDA¥K±5T/tR-NEW5 State and National News ™ U ^RSH-P mU M |lBi W ™ Slfn BATAAN L— ■—_aiTlHld £>©.(&¥ <gllW ©(P £>®@©[SHig§ £>IUIiAgy®llflft _ w^f 15.—NO. 20. 3 — -*-— —-— - ----WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1943 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Will Attend Meeting Mrs. Eddie Riekenbaclier, (upper left) wife of the famous flying' ace of World War I, and Major Robert T. (Bobby) Jones, Jr., (upper right) .Army Air Forces, will stimulate volunteer interest for tile Wilmington Information and Filter center in a meeting at the High sehool at 8 o'clock Monday night. She will appear in her capacity as Director of Civilian Aolunteers, and he as director of Civilian Personnel for Infor mation and Filter centers. Mrs. Bessie D. Scott, (lower left) chief super visor of the Charlotte center, and Mrs. W. C. Pressly, (lower right) chief supervisor of Raleigh center, will be among the dignitaries re ceiving the representatives of the First Fighter .(Command, Mitchell Field. X. A., and will attend the meeting Monday night. Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker, Jones Speak Here Monday MEETING ARRANGED McMillan And Gen. Old field Will Also Address Civilian Volunteers Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker. wife of the famous flying ace of World War I. and Major Robert T. Jones, Jr., director of Civilian Personnel lor Mormation and Filter cen ters. First Fighter Command, U. S. Army Air Forces, will speak r meeting of civilian volunteer personnel at 8 o’clock Monday night. March 15, at the New Han over High school auditorium. They will be principal speakers et the meeting as well as R. L. McMillan, state director of,the Of fice of Civilian Defense. Closing remarks will be made by Maj. fe Homer R. Oldfield, com manding officer at Camp Davis. Tigner To Preside Lieut.-Col. Oscar C. Tigner, com mander of Wilmington Air De fense region, will act as master °f ceremonies. The senior ROTC band will play several selections. Other dignitaries on the stage "ill be Col. A. E. Potts, of Camp Davis: Col. M. C. Woodbury, wing commander of the Norfolk Air De fense Wing: Mayor Edgar L. Yow; (Continued on Page Nine: Col. 5) BROUGHTON SEES HIKE IN SURPLUS Believes 1943-45 Bien nium Will See $10,000, 000 Added To Fund RALEIGH. March 13—(#)—Gov error Broughton tonight predict that the 1943-45 biennium would *e« another $10,000,000 added to 'f state':-: huge surplus, despite "^revenue department’s estimate ,t“* the two years would end with Carolina “in the red” by S.OOO.OOO. -.In ;i “fireside chat” from the executive Mansion. broadcast (.'er a state-wide radio hookup, e Governor reviewed the rec ‘Cl °f ’he 1943 general assembly. Ir-' defended its action in ap j'r°P- ,ing a record $122,000,000 jj01’1 the general fund and prophe ed that, “measured in terms of instructive achievement, future thi i a*-S grve large place to legislative session as mark ■ o some new milestones in the I’ -'of progress for the people 1 ,hls state.” " Predicting the surplus at the Boi' °d ncxt biennium, Gover " Broughton said: 'Pile I rnake no claim as a l(niui"uccl on Page Two; Col. 7) N___ Amiens Railway Yards Bombed By Americans AT A U. S. BOMBER STA TION IN ENGLAND, March 13. —(/P)—American Flying For tresses, with a big allied Spit fire escort, today roared over the channel for the second straight day and bombed the railroad yards at Amiens, be hind the French coast. In thick cloiud • cover they fought a stiff battle with Ger man fighter planes ou their way back home. Goering’s Focke-Wulfs, which had stayed at a respectful dis tance during the two previous Fortress-Spitfire raids this week, took advantage of the thick at mosphere to pounce on the al lied armada just as it left the target. RED CROSS DRIVE TO OPEN MONDAY Services Of Organization Listed By Campaign Chairman Taylor With workers scheduled to begin Monday the task of raising $35,000 in New Hanover county for the American Red Cross. Walker Tay lor, general chairman of the cam paign, listed Saturday the services of the organization. They are as follows: The Red Cross acts as the me dium of communication between the people at home and the men of the nation’s foreign forces in all parts of the world. The Red Cross is one of the few agencies which can make con tact with, and render aid to, Amer (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Gen. De Gaulle Proposes Union Of French Forces LONDON, March 13. —MP)— De scribing the present French war effort as “shattered”, Gen. Charles De Qaulle’s National committee has proposed to Gen. Henri Giraud that the best way to bring unity is to fuse the two factions under the banner of Fighting France. . A comprehensive, four-point pro gram, outlined in a memorandum dispatched to Giraud late in Feb ruary, was made public today on the eve of-a broadcast by the North African leader who is expected to announce far-reaching plans for lib eralizing his regime. , The committee’s 1,600-word com munication was considered as broadly outlining the platform of the Fighting French commission which will arrive in North Africa soon to establish liaison with ui raud and seek a better understand ing. The unity of the French war ef fort “is at present shattered,” the committee declared in the memo randum addressed to Giraud. "The result in North Africa is confu sion, which represents an obstacle to the coherent participation of this territory in the war, anxiety and dissatisfaction inside the French nation, and certain qualms in the public opinion of the de mocracies.” The memorandum suggested these “indispensable” conditions to obtain unification: (1) “The so-called ‘armistice’ (Continued on Page Nine: Col. 8) F. D. R., Eden Discus^War l in £ British ^ Warns Allied Far To Go * /ictory WINANT PRESENT : Both Military And Politi cal Subjects Will Re ceive Consideration WASHINGTON, March 13.—IB Warning that “we’ve got a long way yet to go” on the road to victory, Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, hastened to get together with President Roosevelt tonight on the vast problems of war and global security. The President invited Eden for dinner and a talk, the White House announced. Another guest was John G. Winant, the American am bassador to London who has been in this country for several weeks. This afternoon the British For eign Secretary conferred with min isters of the British dominions, Canada, South Africa, New Zea land and Australia following a luncheon with Winant and Lord Halifax, the British ambassador. His initial meeting with Mr. Roosevelt was arranged after the courtly emmissary of the British government tojd a press confer ence that the several weeks of talks ahead will cover all aspects of the war and the peace—that military as well as political con siderations will receive attention. E'den indicated that he came di rect from Prime Minister Church ill, the military leader of Great Britain as Mr. Roosevelt is com mander-in-chief here. He said that he conferred with the prime min ister only Wednesday. Eden gave assurances that Mr. Churchill, who has been ill, now is in “top form.’’ The British Foreign Secretary made clear that this planning for the post-war world does not mean he anticipates an early end of the war. “We are beginning to feel our strength and to make the enemy feel it, too,’’ he said, but he added quickly that “setbacks and disap pointments” certainly lie ahead, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) EASINGOFMEAT RATIONING HINTED Two Other Developments Brighten Food Outlook For The Nation Washington. March 13—cr op a Chief Prentiss M. Brown pro mised today that tight ration re strictions on meat will be eased whenever possible while two other developments brightened the food outlooks. 1. The Office of Price Adminis tration made it possible for per sons living in areas remote from grocery stores to get the canned and dried goods they need. Sheep herders, fishermen, forest rangers, lumbermen and others will be' is sued ration coupons to cover their requirements. 2. Secretary Ickes put forth a program for expanding the aid given to producers by the bureaus of his interior department which, he said, would result in increasing the nation’s total supply of certain foods within five years “by an amount sufficient on a caloric bas es to feed ten million persons for one year.” Brown said that after meat ra tioning has been in operation a week or two he expected the sup ply to spread more evenly among individual stores and different lo calities. Other sources disclosed that the tentative meat ration plan will (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Dies J. P. MORGAN -V_ J. P. MORGAN, 75, DIES IN FLORIDA Death Of Financial Leader Does Not Bring Shake up In Famed House BOCA GRANDE, Fla., March 13 — CP)1 — John Pierpont Morgan, whose banking firm was a colos sus of the financial world and | whose very name a symbol of ex itreme wealth and power, died ear ! ly today in the kind of atmosphere jin which he lived—one of dignity jand restraint. And, just as he had planned it, the passing of the 75-year-old bank er brought no upheaval in Wall street and no shakeup in the House of Morgan, the institution through which he had carried out same of the larges^ transactions of this, or any ether, century. Morgan had looked ahead, just as he always had in gaining his place at the head of the ranks of financiers. The end came at 3:15 a.m., E. W. T., after Morgan for three days had been in a coma induced by the recurrence of an old heart ail ment, coronary thrombosis, and contributing complications. The tall, heavyset financier lay in a roomy cottage on the grounds I of the Gasparilla inn in this trop jical Gulf of Mexico island, to which lie had come Feb. 25 seek ing rest and relaxation in fishing. At the bedside were his younger son and his younger daughter, Lieut Comdr. Henry Sturgis Mor gan of the Naval Reserve and Mrs. Paul G. Pennoyer. His elder son, Comdr. Junius Spencer Mor gan, is on Naval duty abroad and his elder daughter, Mrs. George Nichols, had left Boca Grande three days ago when her father (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) -V VAUGHN B. SCOn HELD FOR TRIAL Young Man Is Charged With Impersonating Naval Officer Here Charged with impersonating a naval officer, Vaughn Barclay Scott, 20, alias Lieut. V. B. Scott, was bound over to the April term of federal court Saturday follow ing a preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner W. A. Wylie. Scott, who pleaded guilty at the hearing but refused to comment on his actions, was arrested in a lo cal hotel Friday night by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. He was lodged in jail Saturday in default of $10,000 bond. Scott was charged with “unlaw ful wearing of the prescribed uni form of a Lieutenant, Senior grade, U. S. Navy, and that he (Continued on Page Nine: Col. 3) -V WEATHER FORECAST NORTH CAROLINA: Slightly higher temperature north and central portions, little change in temperature extreme west portion Sunday. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday. Temperature 1:30 a.m., 61; 7:30 a.m., 64; 1:30 p.m., 75; 7:30 p.m., 52. Maximum, 77; mini mum, 59; mean, 68; normal, 52. Humidity 1:30 a.m., 88; 7:30 a.m., 86; 1:30 p.m., 50; 7:30 p.m., 99 Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m., .18 inches. Total since the first of the month, 1.31 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. Sr Coast and Geodetic Survey.) High Low Wilmington - ^ Si Masonboro Inlet - 1:36a. 8:02a. 2:08p. 8:18p. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville on March 13, at 8 a.m., 14. <5 feet. Sunrise. 6:24 a.m.;: sunset. 6:19 p.m.: moonrise, 12:05p; moonset, 1:34a. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1} GERMAN ARMY GAINS FRESH GROUND IN KHARKOV BATTLE; * ROMMEL BELIEVED DOOMED WARPLANES BUSY Eisenhower Tells Troops Axis Forces Will Be Pushed Into The Sea EIGHTH ARMY HOLDS Allied Bombers Raid Rail Yards At Sousse, Ware houses In Tunis By DANIEL DE LUCE ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS IN NORTH AFRICA, March 13.—(lP)—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has told his troops that German and Ital ian forces in Tunisia are doomed to be pushed into the sea and eventually destroyed now that three of their ef ports to break out of the en circling allied ring have been I smashed. Actual fighting as reported | today in the allied communi que was confined to vigorous patrol activity all along the front and a reptition of smashing allied aerial blows directed particularly at Tunis and bousse. Gen. Eisenhower’s order of the day, which was released for pub lication today, was dated March 9, just two days after Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery of the British Eighth army had promis ed that “it will then be our turn to attack" after giving the ene my a “very bloody nose" as a result of his attempted offensive out of the Mareth line. Lines Unchanged The communique said Eight army lines remained unchanged, how ever, and an 11-day tour of the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) WAR PRODUCTION PEAK SCHEDULED Donald M. Nelson Says * U. S. Will Reach Maxi mum Output In Fall WASHINGTON. March 13.—— Word from Donald M. Nelson that war production will reach its peak next fall, slackening the demand for workers, was studied hopefully today by senators concerned over the manpower problem. The War Production board chair man told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, it developed today, that attainment of the production peak not only will level off the calls for workers but will reduce employment somewhat because of greater efficiency. Moreover, Senator Hayden (D. Ariz) hinted in questioning Nelson that the committee has received some assurance that the Army’s goal of 8.200,000 men for the end of this year will not be boosted further, although Lieut. Gen. Jo seph T. McNarney, deputy chief of staff testified that military lead, ers "have not yet determined the size of the Army we will ask for in 1944.” The projected size of the Army has been the nub of congressional controversy over manpower, some contending that the armed forces must be held down to insure ade quate food production and others asserting that curtailing inductions would risk defeat. The Senate spent four days this week considering various manpow (C'oniinued on Page Two; Col. 3) RAF Planes Drop 1,000 Tons Of Bombs On Essen LONDON, March 13—</P)— The RAF dropped more than 1,000 tons of bombs on Kssen last night, and this afternoon while fires still were raging there in the Krupp works, the American heavy bombers, fly ing the day-time schedules of the pre-invasion aerial offen sive, attacked axis rail instal lations just behind the vulner able French coast. This time the Fortresses blasted Amiens, 60 miles northeast of Rouen — which they had bombed yesterday for the second time in a week —and 50 miles inland from the channel coast. It is through these key rail junctions, Rouen and Amiens, that the Germans must pour most of the supplies to their defending troops along 100 miles of coastline between the Somme and Seine rivers. Dieppe, scene of the allied invasion tryout of last Aug. 19, is in the center of this stretch of coast. Railroad yards at Abbeville and Poix also were attacked in the daylight sweep, USAAF headquarters and the British Air ministry announced in a joint communique. All the American bombers returned from the day’s oper ations but six of the escorting Spitfires were reported miss ing. The communique said four enemy aircraft were de stroyed by the fighters and “some’’ by the bombers. While the British Air minis try announced last midnight that Essen already was the second “most blitzed” city in Germany, next to Cologne, (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4 Senators Will Ask Firm Organization Of Allies ___ w PLAN RESOLUTION Will Deal With Wartime Collaboration And Peace Time Security WASHINGTON, March 13.— W— A resolution by which the Senate would call for the creation now of a firm United Nations organiza tion for wartime collaboration and peacetime security will be put be fore President Roosevelt tomor row amid his talks with Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary. The proposed resolution is spon sored by an influential group of senators from both major political parties who completed its final draft late today for introduction Tuesday. Upon adoption it would tell the world now, while the ar mies still struggle, that the Sen ate, which must ratify America’s treaties, favors this nation’s par ticipation in an international un dertaking to settle disputes peace fully and police aggressors after this war. Follows Conferences The proposed resolution stem med from weeks of conferences among senators who said .the tim ing of its announcement with Eden’s visit was fortunate but co incidental. The British cabinet member is here to discuss prep arations for United Nations meet ings on questions arising from the war. Senator Hatch (D.-N. M.), one of the authors, reported that the resolution already has the tenta tive approval of Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. Chairman Connally (D.-Tex.) of the Foreign Relations committee and Senators Hatch; Hill (D.-Ala.), Wagner (D. N. Y.), Burton (R.-Ohio) and Ball (R.-Minn.) will submit it to Mr. Roosevelt tomorrow afternoon to ascertain his views and immedi ately afterward will take it up with Secretary of State Hull. Present Form In its present form, the pro posal urges that the United States take the initiative in forming a United Nations organization with authority to carry out the following program; “(1) To assist in co-ordinating and fully utilizing the military and economic resources of all member nations in the prosecution of the war against the Axis. “(2) To establish temporary ad ministrations for Axis - controlled areas of the world, as these are occupied by United Nations forces, until such time as permanent gov ernments can be established. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) Petain Reported In Critical Condition ALGIERS, March 13.—(/Pi Underground reports which reached French North Africa today said Marshal Petain suf fered a stroke several days ago and is in a critical condition and probably dying in a hos pital near Vichy. Petaiu's illness was reported being kept secret from the French public. (Marshal Petain, 86-year-old hero of Verdun who emerged from semi-retirement to head post-armistice France, has been less active since the Nazi invas ion of Vichy territory Nov. 11, 1942.) JAPANESE CONVOK RAIDED BY ALLIES Planes Score Hits On Two Of Eight Ships Near We wak In New Guinea ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AL’STRALTA, Sunday, March 14 — (TP)—Allied planes bombed a eonvoj of eight Japanese ships near Wewal in New Guinea, hitting a transport and cargo ship, an allied communl qua said today. The enemy convoy consisted ol three destroyers and five merchant ships covered by Japanese fightei planes, and was discovered shortly after noon yesterday by an allied reconnaissance craft as it was near ing Wewak in northern New Guinea Allied bombers reached the scent near dusk, scoring "a direct bit or an 8,000-ton transport which was left in flames, and another direct hit and near bit on a 4,000-ton car go ship,” the communique said. Despite bad weather and ham pering distances, it added, allied air men are endeavoring to continui their attack in an effort to wipe out the convoy. Wewak is 370 miles north of tin allied base of Port Moresby on tin southern side of New Guinea. A 22-ship Japanese convoy was wiped out recently In the Bismarcl sea far to the southeast of Wewak The Japanese also lost approximate ly 15,000 troops and scores of air planes in that three-day running battle. Aside from the action at Wewal yesterday allied airmen were agair active over a wide area, attacking Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) Nazis Take Over Job Of Rounding Up French Youths For Work In Germany BERN, Switzerland, March 13 (1P)—Conditions worsened in France today, with Nazi authorities taking over the job of rounding' up youths for German war industry and de fense work, frontier advices feaid. In Geneva gunfire was plainly heard form the French Alpine region of Haute Savoie, where the Vichy government had sent 800 mobile guards with machine-guns and arm ored cars into action to dislodge guerrillas said to be making a stand to the Tribute de Geneve. Young Frenchmen seeking to escape forced labor for the Germans were report ed joining the guerrillas’ ranks. The Gazette de Lausanne quoted 1 a reliable source reporting the Ger mans had gathered up boys 16 to 19 years old for the Todt organiza tion to build fortifications. They were said to be held in barbed-wire camps. The Nazis have taken recruitment of workers into their own hands, the Lausanne paper declared, no longer waiting' for the Vichy gov ernment to deliver workmen. It said a Nazi commission went to the office of the newspaper, France de Bordeaux, and forced men IS to 10 to leave Bordeaux, sending' them to work as laborers. The same thing occurred at the .Petit Parisienne office where many men were recruited, the paper said. But the Germans were reported to be feaving increasing difficulties in rounding up Workers, with many fleeing to the mountains, and others staging demonstrations. Meanwhile, foreign observers pre dicted that Italians undertaking the occupation job left by Nazi troops sent to the eastern front would meet even more violent resistance than the Italians encountered in the Balkans where thousands were kill ed and wounded. France, they said, has not forgotten Italy's entry into the war when France was falling. OUTLOOK SERIOUS Germans Throw Hundred^ Of Tanks, Many Infan* trymen Into Assault USING ELITE GUARD ' _ l Paris Radio Says Occupy tion Of Important City 'Almost Complete’ i LONDON, Sunday, Marcli 14.— (/P) —German troops gained fresh ground in the flaming fight for Kharkov, a midnight Moscow bulletin an nounced today, and Russian field dispatches frankly term ed the situation “serious” as the Nazis threw hundreds of tanks and thousands of in fantrymen into an assault on three sides of the Ukraine citadel. The German high command declared that Elite SS guards men had “shattered enemy resistance” and advanced to the main railway station, but did not claim that recapture of the city where it said a violent street struggle still was going on. The Nazi-controlled Paris radio said occupation was “almost com plete” with the Red army defender* falling back slowly but steadily. Absorb Counterattacks The Moscow bulletin recorded by the Soviet monitor said the Rus sians had absorbed heavy, counter, attacks on the north and soiitK sides, but acknowledged another withdrawal “to new positions” in the west where it said “large ene my tank and infantry forces suc ceeded, after repeated attacks and at the cost of severe losses, in pressing back our troops.” "Taking up new positions, our forces withstood the onslaught ot the enemy’s numerically superior forces, repelling the Hitlerite at tacks and causing them enormous losses.” Heavy fighting also north of the city, this communique said, and to the south the Germans were said to have thrown dozens of tank* against the Soviet lines without breaking them. “Aftar losing It tanks and about 500 officers and men, the Hitlerites fell back to their initial positions,’* it said of that sector. The Russians officially acknowl edged four withdrawals in the last two days. Squadron after squadron of Ger man planes were reported to hav* (Continued on Page Nine: Col. 4) AMERICANS RAID JAPS’ MUNDA BASE United States Submarine Sinks Nipponese Patrol Ship In Duel i^| ___ ^ WASHINGTON, March tg.—UPl~* Navy Avenger torpedo planes, doub* ling as light bombers, raided the Japanese air base at Munda in the Solomon islands last night and set enemy installations afire. The Navy also reported today that a United States submarine sank a Japanese anti-submarine patrol ship in a surface duel and that two Jap anese battleships had been sunk ill the battle of Guadalcanal last No vember instead of the one previous ly announced. Lookouts on tnc suomarine. cruis ing on the surface, spotted the Jap* nnese warship about six miles away early one morning. At a range of about two miles the two vessels opened fire, the submarine using her deck gun. The patrol ship sank af. ter 37 minutes of the duel. Th< only casualty on the submarine was Andrew Calcaterra, 2?, Motor Ma* (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) 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 messenger. After 10 o’clock, the de partment is closed. i1 ■ ■ ■ — ... t. ^
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