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Served By Leased Wire 01 The , ^ _ — associated pbess 7,1 ,, 4 ♦ Qj 4 REMEMBER s I umttupmt ontutij mar r“™ --—-— -- WILMINGTON, N, C., MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1943 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867. m ii t i m I . -- - —■ *■ -- - _ _ ___ Tell It To The Twins i I I Lovely Leathernecks are Betty (left) and Bonnie Jernigan, 24, of Sparta. Tenn., the only twins at the New River, N. C., base of the Women's Marines. Here they get their first ride in a marine jeep at Camp Lejeune. They’ll release regular Marines. (International). Broughton Urges Plan To Insure ‘State Rights* COLUMBUS, 0., June 20.—(JP)—The states of the Amer ican union must plan a program of “human and elemental needs" of their people in the post-war period if they are to prevent “federa!.expansion in all its bureaucratic manifes tations." Governor J. M. Broughton of North Carolina, said in a nation-wide radio address here today. The governor appeared on a network panel discussion of post-war problems with three other chief executives. The broadcast was sponsored by the University of Chica r|/?.'flunrl table, in conection with lie national governors’ confer ee which opens here tomorrow. "The states of the American un ion should come out of this war stronger and more vital than ever bercre,” Governor Broughton said. "Only two things—both now in evi dence—are essential to this all ir.portant result: (1) The states must resolutely and unitedly in sist upon the restoration of those rights and privileges necessarily or irbitrarily taken from them dur ing the emegency period, and (2) with equal zeal the states, in their public service must measure up to the challenge of the new day that will follow victory and peace. "The so-called ‘American way of life under constitutional govern ment' is but an idle phrase unless interpreted in terms of employ ment. education, public health, fair ages and decent living condi tions. prosperous agriculture and sound social security.” The governor a staunch advo cate of state’s rights, said that free enterprise will not take care °f the situation. “It did not save us from the greatest depression of all times just 10 years ago,’ and it cannot solve all the problems that "ill inevitably follow this war.” Achievements of free enterprise, he said, have been “magnificent.” Enterprise, supported by private capital and initiative, ought to be free in a very large sense, “free grow but not to monopolize, free from government control, but sub Jeo' to sound regulation in the Public interest.” Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) 2 NEGROES HP IN MURDER CASE Pair Arrested By H. E. Fales For Death Of H. E. Cook Saturday William E. Bryant and Luther Dry, Wilmington Negroes, were ar rested by Harry E. Fales, head of the New Hanover bureau of iden tification, Sunday and charged with the murder of Hobart E. Cook, 42 year-old white man, Saturday night. Both were lodged in jail, without privilege of bond, to await a pre liminary hearing before Recorder H. Winfield Smith Monday morn ing. The two Negroes, Mr. Fales said, told him that they were involved in a fight with two white men near Fifth and Martin streets, near the war housing projects in the south ern section of the city, where Cook’s battered body was found. Bryant maintained, the bureau chief said, that Worth Cole of For est City, an employe of the North Carolina Shipbuilding company, who is being held as a material witness in the case, cursed him end struck him with his fist, start ng the fracas. Cole, who is free under bond, (Continued on Page 2; Col. 5) Foremen Quit Jobs At Motor Walkout f JfSyithout Parallel In Labor History BOMBER UNIT IN MOVE Giant Willow Run Factory Hit By Strike; CIO Union Approves DETROIT, June 20.—(£>)— Foremen striking against the Ford Motor company, with the gigantic Willow Run bomber plant involved, cre ated a situation probably without parallel in labor his tory tonight. The Independent Foremen’s Association of America, wTith the qualified support of the CIO’s United Auto Workers, walked out at three company plants and at the govern ment owned Willow Run plant which Ford operates. Police at Dearborn, subur ban home of the Rouge plant, and state police of the Red ford post, near Willow Run, meanwhile received orders to stand by for action in event of trouble. Both company and union sources, however, said no violence was expected. New crisis ueveiups A crisis developed out of com pany discipline of a number of foreman’s association members at the Rouge plant Saturday, when the strike began. Tonight fore men spokesmen said 2,700 of their men were off the job and that a total of 9,000 would be on strike by tomorrow'. So far, however, production was reported unimpeded. Skeleton shifts work on Sunday at all the plants. Pickets appeared at Wil low Run, first such incident there, but a company spokesman said “everything is going along okay. The United Auto Workers, or ganized in all Ford plants, decided to go through foremen’s picket lines but not to accept any fore man’s job. The UAW members, who are hourly workers, are subor dinates of the foremen. The action seemingly assured the continuance of production. In addition to Willow Run and Rouge, the Highland Park and Lincoln plants were involved. Scores of thousands of men and women are employed. President R. J. Thomas of the UAW-CIO announced that “work ers of (Ford) Local 600 will not take foremen’s jobs but will con tinue on their own jobs and will (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) Senators Hesitate To Curb Activities Of OPA Food Unit WASHINGTON, June 20.—MB —Senators hesitated today to squeeze the trigger of the death gun which their col leagues in the House have aimed at OPA’s food subsidy program. They are expected to make their decision this week as OPA puts into effect its second sub sidy to bring a retail price roll back for meat. Meanwhile, some senators criticized the drastic nature of restrictions which the House voted Friday on the Office of Price Admin istration when considering its budget in the $2,898,000,000 war agencies appropriation bill. Most of those who expressed opinions decried the move to strip OPA of its power to use any of its funds for subsidy ad ministration ,and many disap proved the $35,000,000 slash in the agency’s operating funds for the coming fiscal year. New Source Of Labor/Tapped By Use Of Teachers And Pupils In Vicinity A new source of labor has been ^Pped. to the decided advantage 1 a labor-shy community, and a hnk between the local.branch ae United States Employment 8na' Ce and hie schools of this , surrounding counties has been ^ a Wished, according to a report sued Friday by the local employ ent agency showing the place j ni of 362 pupils and teachers '‘■'eeli ■ '’0bS during the Past few ;i statement forwarded Friday i,’.( ‘lflon to state headquarters of bf1 _‘PPloytnent Service. Miss Ma v;t... acon’ sPec>al services inter er. explained that a program to enroll job applicants among schools of New Hanover, Colum bus, Brunswick, and Pender coun ties resulted in the application and placement of 283 graduates and 79 teachers. This is the first year that the campaign to find la bor in the schools has been pro jected on a significant scale. Among the jobs that the pupils and their instructors are going to— many of them permanently—are those of plan workers and inspec tors; mechanic’s helpers, clerk typists, comptometer operators, draftsmen, sales clerks, ticket agents, assistant chemists, bakery workers, shipbuilder, reception ists, ordnance workers, armament trainees, war secretaries, auto me chanic trainees, beetle control in spectors. Industries represented in the list of employers for the group include the shipyards, local stores, dairies, local chemical concerns, the Hous ing Authority, Camp Davis, an air craft company, a railroad, the United States Department of Agri culture, and others. The diversified group of occupa tions indicates that many of the gaps in the local employment sit uation have been filled by the new (Continued on Page 2; Col. 8) £ I 2 Successive Weeks Pass Without A Ship Sinking In Atlantic —- ■ (By The Associated Press) No Western Atlantic Allied or neutral merchant ship sink ings were announced last week, marking the first time since Pearl Harbor that no losses were revealed during any two successive weeks. Only four merchant losses in those waters have been dis closed so far this month. May sinking announcements totaled 14 ships. Announcements last year showed that 111 merchant ves sels were destroyed in the Western Atlantic in June while 102 were sunk in May. Thus far only eight were revealed as sunk in May of this year with none announced for June. How ever, sinkings usually are made public about one month after they occur. Thus, the Associated Press overall Allied and neutral mer chant sinkings in those waters as a result of Axis submarine action still total 668. Of these 89 were revealed during the 117 days of this year. BRITISHDESTROY MANY NAZI SUBS Air Cover For Allied Con voys Reaps Heavy Toll Of Raiders LONDON, June 20.—(D—British air and naval units, protecting At lantic convoys with counterattacks against “one of the fiercest and most sustained offensives ever mounted by U-boats,’’ have sunk from two to five of Hitler’s subma rines and probably damaged sev eral others in a five-day running battle, it was announced tonight. The newest successes in the Al lied drive to clear the Atlantic of enemy submarines were disclosed in an Admiralty-Air Ministry com munique. It said the action oc curred last month, but gave no specific dates. During these actions two u boats were destroyed, three prob ably were destroyed and others may have been damaged,” the communique declared. Land-based planes, including four-engined Liberators and Flying Fortress bombers, teamed with warships and aircraft from one of the new escort carriers to defend the convoys from the U-boat packs. For five days and five nights the battles ranged over hundreds of miles of the Atlantic, but the Brit ish planes and ships intercepted the undersea raiders so effectively that 97 per cent of the vessels in the convoys reached their destina tions without molestation. Most of the engagements were fought many miles away from the convoys, the communique said. Although both U-boats known to have been sunk were credited to warships, the cooperating planes attacked many of the raiders with depth charges and machine-guns, disabling them or forcing them to the surface, and at the same time summoning naval aid. The first “Woolworth carrier” to be announced in action was the Biter, formerly an American-built freighter, in this engagement. One of the definite kills was credited to the British destroyer Broadway, formerly the USS Hunt which Britain obtained from the United States in the destroyer base deal. The destroyer Hesperus also defi nitely sank one U-boat and attack ed two others which were believ ed to have been destroyed. The victories added to the record Allied successes in May, already described by Prime -Minister Churchill as “the best month we have had in the U-boat warfare (Continued on Page 2; Col. 4) navyplanTcrash A Naval airplane crashed at Long Beach, S. C., Sunday afternoon, it was learned from a reliable source Sunday night. The pilot was reported to have escaped with only minor injuries. WEATHER FORECAST NORTH CAROLINA: Little change in temperature. (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„ 75; 7:30 a. m., 80; 1:30 p. m., 85; 7:30 p. m, 80 Maximum 86; minimum 74; mean 80; normal 78 Humidity 1:30 a. m„ 96; 7:30 a. m., 84; 1:30 p. m., 64; 7:30 p. m, 77 Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p m., 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month, 2.77 inches. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) Wilmington High I-ow 12:05 a. m. 7:20 a. m. 12:25 p. m. 7:33 p. m. Masonboro Inlet 10:22 a m. 4:18 a. m. 10:53 p. m. 4:25 p. m Sunrise, 5:01 a. m.; sunset, 7:26 p. m.; moonrise, 10:42 p. m.; moonset 8:45 a. Cape Fear Hiver stage at Fayetteville on Sunday at 8 a. m., 12.17 feet. (Continued on Page 2; Col. S) Mine Union Invites Ickes To Take Over Production; RAF Bombards Le Creusot ARMS WORKS FIRED Huge Schneider Plant Is Bombed By Heavy Brit ish Warplanes DESTRUCTION GREAT Vital Nazi War Machinery Firm Pounded In Strong Attack LONDON, June 20.—(A3)— Heavy British bombers struck another “concentrated and effective” blow at Hitler’s war potential last night when they roared more than half way across France to rain two and four ton blockbust er bombs on the huge Schnei ner Armament works at Le Creusot, 170 miles southeast of Paris, it was announced to day. The Air Ministry reported that visibility over the spraw ling 750-acre iron and steel works was good and that the bombers, which made a roundtrip of at least 700 miles, wrought maximum de struction on the plant .which has been pouring heavy guns, armor plate and locomotives into the German war ma chine. Largest French Factory The Le Creusot plant of Schneid er and company, more than a square mile in area, is the largest arms factory in France and is comparable to the great Krupp works at Essen in its value to Ger man war production. It is the largest and most important of all the plants of the Schneider cartel. The Vichy radio reported Le Creusot was “heavily attacked” and that “important damage to buildings and casualties were re ported.” A Paris broadcast said 40 were known to have been killed in the blasting and “many more are buried under the ruins.” Both Berlin and Vichy declared, with confirmation from Allied quarters, that American bombers _ (Continued on Page 2; Col. 1) new CRisisT IN FRENCH NS Intimates Of de Gaulle Be lieve He May Quit If Program Ousted ALGIERS, June 20.—Iff)—Political intimates of Gen. Charles de Gaulle declared today the tall Fighting French leader as pre pared to leave Algiers for Beirut or Brazzaville if his military reform program failed to win adoption by the French Committee of National Liberation in the discussions be ginning tomorrow. De Gaullists expressed concern over a possibility that Gen. Henri Giraud, with previously unexpect ed support, might be able to con tinue the status quo in French mil itary affairs. They said de Gaulle was the only valid link between the Third Re public and present attempts to es tablish a unified French overseas regime because he is the only member of the committee who was in the republic’s last government. They pointed out that he was undersecretary of state for war when Paul Reynaud’s cabinet was displaced by Marshal Petain. The new threat of de Gaulle’s withdrawal followed by ten days his first “strike” when he refused to attend sessions of the original seven members of the French com mittee and demanded that a com mittee of 14 members be con vened. A formula for the division of military authority between de Gaulle as commissioner of national defense and Giraud as commander (Continued on Page 2; Col. 7) NOTICE! If your carrier fails to leave your copy of the Wil mington Morning Star, Phone 2-3311 before 9:00 a. m. and one will be sent to you by special messenger, \ _ _* Italian Port Facilities Blown To Bits By Allies ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, June 20. —(ff)—Docks and other supply apparatus on both sides of the strategic Messina strait separ ating Sicily and the Italian mainland were blown to bits in new concentrated Allied aerial assaults in the 24-hour cycle ending yesterday as the Fas cist regime appeared commit ted more than ever to a last ditch fight in the Mediterra nean. Reliable Allied quarters flat ly denied rumors that Italian envoys were in Algiers or else where in North Africa to sue for a separate peace. The rumors, which apparent ly originated among the French civil population, named Mar shal Pietro Badoglio, former chief of staff of all Italian armed forces, Crown Prince Umberto and even King Vitto rio Emanuele as emissaries. Allied military censorship, which confines itself to ques tions of military security per mitted the rumors to be re ported abroad but undertook no responsibility as to their basis in fact. (The rumors were reported Saturday by Reuters, British news agency, in a dispatch from Algiers. Both the Rome and Berlin radios hastily de nied the story.) The reports possibly origi nated from the circumstances that there are a number of known Italian anti-Fascists in North Africa, but' reliable Al lied quarters declared they are obscure for the most part and not empowered to ask for peace on behalf of the Italian people. (Contiued on Page Three; Col. 2) REDS BLAST NAZI BASE AT BRYANSK Russians Claim 3,595 Ger man Planes Destroyed In 7 Weeks LONDON, Monday, June 21.—(fP) —A strong force of Russian bomb ers blasted parked German planes, hangars and stores at Bryansk and Karachevn behind the pivotal Orel front Saturday night to round out a week which cost the Germans more than 276 planes, Moscow an nounced early today. Russian plane losses for the week were 94, said the midnight com munique, recorded by the Soviet monitor. The destruction of the 276 German planes in the same period boosted the toll of enemy aircraft to 3,595 in seven weeks, on the basis of Moscow announce ments. A special communique told of the powerful new Soviet air blows northwest of Orel, and also said that an attempt by 50 German planes to raid Volkhov, southeast of Leningrad, on Saturday night was repulsed, the Germans losing 15 planes compared to two Soviet aircraft. The Russians acknowl edged damage to a rail line at Volkhov. Heavy caliber bombs were show ered on Bryansk and Karachev by the Russian airmen engaging in those raids, and the announce ment said all the raiders returned safely. In this sector, at the hinge of the central and southern fronts, both sides have been massing men and materials for expected large scale summer field operations. Bomb bursts were ooserveu among parked enemy aircraft, and many fires broke out amid hangars, and stores, accompanied by nu merous explosions. The midnight bulletin did not report any significant land action during yesterday, only scattered artillery duels and reconnaissance stabs at various points across Rus sia from Leningrad to Rostov. The middle sector at Orel was not mentioned. A noon communique yesterday, however, said a company of at tacking Germans had been repulsed in the Sumy area, 90 miles north west of Kharkov. This disclosed that the Russians still hold a deep salient pointed toward the Bry ansk-Kiev railway. Kursk, midway between German held Orel and Kharkov, apparently is the Russian feeder point for this salient which is about 70 miles deep and 90 miles wide. This salient is valuable for the Russians should the Red army be gin a new push in the Orel sector to the northeast—a development (Continued on Page 2; Col. 3) KING GEORGE SEES ITALIAN CAPTIVES British Monarch Impressed With Victory At Pan telleria Isle WITH THE KING'S PARTY IN TUNISIA, June 18.—(Delayed)— The victory at Pantelleria was brought home to King George VI today when he passed several thou sand Italian prisoners from the is land while he was inspecting a North American military head quarters. The King is reviewing Allied forces in North Africa. He was visiting a guards regi ment when he happened to see the prisoners. They were in a field across from the main building along with a smaller contingent of Germans. The King walked out of the building to where he could get a better view of them. He saw plenty of evidences of the earlier triumphs in Tunisia on his tour today. His car passed slowly through the Tunis dock area, through whole blocks of wrecked buildings, piles of rubble and twist ed girders. He was shown a gargantuan German Tiger tank which is still sitting on one street. He clamber ed up the side and peered into the insides of the monster and: then asked to see how the main gun I turret worked. Meanwhile, on tne opposite side of the street, some French boy scouts were sending out crashing volleys of cheers with three cheer leaders—one of them a girl guide all in the best American college •tradition. They had two main cheers, one of which ended “Vive! Vive! Vive!,” and the other “Le Roi, Le Roi, Le Roi!” ' Since the word is pronounced “rwah” that particular yell sound ed very much like the genuine ar ticle you hear in the stadiums at home, but it seemed a little bewil dering coming from French boys in berets standing on a Tunis street corner and applauding the King of England. The King seemed to like it, how ever. After he finished with the tank he walked across the street toward the boy scouts with the French Gen. Barre, commander of the French troops in Tunisia. As they approached, a priest in a white cassock ran up to Gen. Barre and said something and then ran back into the crowd. When he reappeared the priest was lead ing a pretty little French girl by the hand. On her white blouse was the croix de guerre. Proudly the general presented her to the King. Her name was Pauline Bartolia. She was 16, she had received the croix de guerre | for having hidden 30 Allied prison-! (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) ! STRIKE IMPENDING UMW Committee Express es Desire To Make Sac rifice For U. S. NEGOTIATIONS HALTED Operators And Workers Fail To Reach Agree ment At Meeting WASHINGTON. June 20— (/P)—The United Mine Work ers tonight, in effect, invited Secretary Ickes to send the miners back to work as em ployes of the United States. On the eve of another par alyzing strike in the coal fields, the union asserted the willingness of its members to work for the government it self, under Ickes’ direction. The UMW policy committee expressed willingness ‘‘to make any necessary sacrifice for the government.” despite expiration at midnight to night of the third truce in the prolonged mine wage contro versy. Its statement came af ter negotiations-between the union and the operators had broken down. Walkout Is Expected There was no doubt that most if not all of the half million miners under UMW contracts will be idle tomorrow. More than 57,000 al ready were out on week-end shifts, and others expressed the intention to do no work tomorrow. Michael Straus, first assistant secretary of the interior, said Ickes would have no statement or take no action tonight. “We are advised that action this evening would have no effect on the first two shifts Monday,” Straus explained. He said Ickes will stand by tomorrow to confer with union representatives in the hope of cutting short the shut down. Ickes had planned to leave Wash ington for Columbus, O., tonight but cancelled the trip when he learned of the union committee’s action. However, he had not been informed officially and had no com ment immediately. Negotiations ended shortly after noon today, with the operators de daring “no possibility of agree ment exists” in view of the un ion’s unwillingness "to make a contract until their claim for por tal-to-portal pay is satisfied.” The union s policy committee went into session at 4 p. m., and little more than an hour later is sued a 750-word statement lam basting the War Labor Board, charging bad faith in the negotia tions and adding: “We assert the willingness of the mine workers to work and con tinue " the production of coal for the government itself, under the direction of the custodian of mines. “The executive officers of the United Mine Workers of America are hereby instructed to hold themselves in readiness to confer with the secretary of the interior.” The union’s statement, coming barelv six hours before expiration at midnight tonight of the third truce in the long wage controversy, left the next move to Ickes. More than 57,000, or about a tenth of the workers affected, al ready had gone on strike, having failed to report for duty Saturday, in what appeared to be the start of another widespread stoppage. The last one. ended two weeks ago, cost the nation 11,000,000 tons of coal. The operators’ statement that no (Continued on Page 2; Col. 2) West Point Cadets Arrive At Camp Davis To Study Artillery Methods A large group of the first class at the United States Military Ac ademy arrived at Camp Davis Sun day morning on the last leg of a two month tour of service schools in the East. The cadets will remain through Wednesday and during that period will undergo an intensive program of study and observation of vari ous training methods at the Anti Aircraft Artillery school. Met as they stepped from the train at Holly Ridge station, Brig. Gen. James R. Townsend, com manding general of the Anti-Air craft Artillery center, and Briga dier General Bryan L. Milbum, commandant of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery school, the cadets climb ed aboard a fleet of busses and were taken to quarters assigned them for their stay. After breakfast the group was officially welcomed to Camp Da vis by General Townsend who greeted them on behalf of the “men of Camp Davis.” Adding that “I hope that your short stay will be a pleasant one,” he said that every effort would be made to assist them in gaining as much information as possible about anti-aircraft artil lery, material and techniques. Closing his short talk with a reference to the varieties of equip ment they would see, General Townsend outlined to the cadets the schedule for their four-day visit. Later in the morning the embryo generals attended chapel where services were given for Protest ants and Catholics. They then were freed until afternoon when they watched a demonstration by members of a Balloon Barrage outfit from Camp Tyson, Term. Included in this demonstration was the inflation of a balloon and then the release of four balloona (Continued on Page 2; Col. 4) f til <
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