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Served By Leased Wire Of The -— ASSOCIATED PRESS ! REMEMBER MEWS AMD FEATURES With Complete Coverage Of PEARL HARBOR _JM. toJjMjgLim J AND BATAAN vfiL 7fi.—NO. 241. --.. — -_ --i--- — ESTABLISHED 1867. w m\ i* II r1 __ __- —i Probe Ut meat Supply Is Set In Wilmington City Officials And Others To Make Survey By Questionnaires SITUATION IS GRAVE Mayor Cameron Declares That Many Families Have Lacked Food The city, in cooperation with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and the Wilmington Star-News, will conduct a survey of the meat supply situation to fur nish facts for a joint cam paign aimed at securing a more plentiful supply of meat for Wilmington’s war work er. military and civilian fam dies. The survey was planned at a conference Monday between Mavor Bruce B. Cameron, f:tv Manager A. C. Nichols and F. 0. Fockler, executive secretary of the Chamber of (7irrtm°rcP. Questionnaire Planned Emphasizing the seriousness of the shortage of meat and meat products here. Mayor Cameron, jftor the conference, called on ,.wz9ns to aid the chamber and the city government in the cam paign by filling out a “meat ques tionnaire’' and mailing it to the Chamber of Commerce as prompt ly as possible.” We need facts and figures to fight this thing.” he said. “And we will not be able to obtain them unless our citizens cooperate with us" Mayor Cameron said he believ ed that many families had been without meat for weeks because of the shortages existirg here and because of the tremendous de mand. "And people lucky enough to find meat have to eat it right iCominued on Page Five; Col. 1) CITY EMPLOYES ASK FOR RAISE Gmcil Hears Formal Plea For Increase In | Wage Scale The formal request for a $35-a uonth raise for all city employes ras presented to a special budget csmmittee of the council Monday 'ey committees representing the po lice. fire, water and sewer and street departments. The employes were heard by W. Ronald Lane, mayor pro-tem and Robert LeGwin, city treasur er. composing the committee, and City Manage" A. C. Nichols. May or Bruce B. Cameron was present for a part of the hearing. In presenting the request for a raise, the employes offered fig ures on present and past wage scales and cited the mci eased cost of living here in recent months. Representatives of the employes said, after the conference, that Councilmen Lane and LeGwin had soured them of full consideration '■*en the council adopts next year’s budget. They said, however, that the councilmen would not be able to fofoe up the question of raises until ■her the council meets with the oounfy commissioners over xhe re crements for the joint city-coun ty budget around July 15. fu addition to a flat $35 a month ra'se. the employes are seeking an additional raise of $5 a month for esch employe who has had five years of service with the city, 'Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) | He Surrendered Waiting to be taken to a prison camp is Italian Admiral Pacesi af ter he surrendered the island of Pantelleria in the Mediterranean to the British (International) $28,000 TO COME INTO CITY FUNDS Extra Money Results From Payment From U. S. In Lieu Of Taxes The city will receive $28,000 more from the Federal government for payments in lieu of 1942 taxes on war housing projects, City Man ager A. C. Nichols revealed Mon day. He said that vouchers for the $28,000 check, the result of recent negotiations on payments from the government in lieu of municipal taxes which cannot be assessed against the government-owned housing projects, had been exe cuted and returned Monday. The latest payment by the gov ernment will make a total of $38, 342 paid to the city in lieu of 1942 taxes, plus a three-month period in 1942, on Lake Forest and Hill crest War Housing projects, total ling 1,275 units around Greenfield lake. Previously the government had made payments of $5.7T5 and $4, 567 on account. City Clerk J. R. Benson said. He said the entire amount would go in the city’s general fund. Conferences were held recently between representatives of the Fed (Continued on Page Five; Col. 8) -V COUNTY WILL BUY LEGION PROPERTY Meeting Scheduled To Con sumate Purchase Of Stadium Land County commissioners voted Monday to meet with a delegation from Coastal Fairs. Inc. at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning to con summate purchase, by the coun ty, of a 10V2 acre tract adjoining Legion stadium. Closure of the deal has been pending about a year, when Coast al Fairs agreed to sell the tract for $15,000. An amendment provid ed the county would grant the American Legion privilege to use part of the land for a trailer camp, on a month to month basis; it fur ther stipulated that the land must be surrendered to the county after 30 days’ notice. Commissioners agreed that they would not revoke the privilege so long as proper operation of the camp was noted. A eheck for $15,000 was drawn by the county on June 30, 1942, but Coastal Fairs has not proffered a deed to the property, according to the commissioners. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) FDR Told That Program To Combat Inflation Won’t Work Now SUCCESSOR IS NAMED Judge Marvin Jones, Prom inent In Farming Circles, Gets Job WASHINGTON, June 28.— (A1)—Chester C. Davis, the man President Roosevelt drafted three months ago to solve the food problem, step ped out today, telling the president flatly that the program to combat inflation won’t work in its present form. Appointed to succeed Davis as War Food Administrator was Judge Marvin Jones, for mer House member with an agricultural backg Pound. Jones tvas chairman of the recent international food con ference at Hot Springs, Va. Pointed Letters Exchanged The resignation ol Davis, which capped weeks of turbulent debate in Congress and out about the subsidy system, was made public in an exchange of pointed letters between him and President Roose velt. In a letter dated June 16, Davis said that while he had responsibi lity over food, other persons were exercising authority “not only over broad food policy, but day to-day actions.” He also express ed belief that the president’s prog ram to use subsidies to hold down food costs to consumers won’t be effective unless it is accompanied, as in England, “by current tax and savings programs that drain off excess buying power, and by tight control and management of the food supply.” Therefore, Davis asked to be relieved as soon as he had launch ed the 1944 food production prog ram and a broad food educational program, which he estimated would be under way “before the middle of July.” The president, in a letter de fending the subsidy program, said “it would be unfair to you to in sist that you remain in your po sition when you feel that, all things considered, you cannot (Continued on Page Five; Col. 6) Tentative Dates Set For Market Opening In Tobacco Sections RALEIGH, June 28— HP) — Tentative opening dates for the flue-cured tobacco season were agreed upon here today by the recently named committee representing growers, ware housemen, manufacturers and dealers, Governor Broughton said. The governor wired A. B. Carrington, Jr., of Danville, Va., president of the U. S. To bacco Association which meets tomorrow and Wednesday in Richmond, asking that he help in getting the dates officially adopted. The dates, first set at p. to bacco marketing rrieeti ig of representatives from this state, South Carolina and Virginia here May 18, and agreed upon again today were: Georgia-FIorida belt, July 27; South Carolina-Border belt, August 3; Eastern Carolina belt, August 19; Middle Belt, August 31; Old belt, September 7. It was agreed that the East ern belt should open earlier than August 19 if conditions permit. Coal Mine Walkouts Appear Waning As Workers Slowly Return To Pits Pittsburgh. June 28.— un — ,“e big coal strike appeared to e"'anfcfg very slowly tonight with we workers trooping back to the j!s during the day but other thou •rt^'s 'no contract, no work” “ "brents still holding out, par jularly in the vast Pennsylvania T"1* region. « “e number of estimated idle buUrUated around 158,000 and the v r‘ of these, some 110,000 men, . re empi0yes of Pennsylvania the6S' ■Last week about half of ((i nation’s 521,000 miners work IjjfHnring votes to return which 'j> beern taken by many United poe ^ orkers locals in the Ap ” dCnian states Sunday, about 58, idle in the eastern part of Penn sylvania. Almost as many continued their “holiday” in the soft coal regions of central and western Pennsyl vania, where some miners were represented as having decided not to work today after voting to do so Sunday. The ranks of Pennsylvania work ing miners swelled, however, by around 20,000, with slight gains re ported in captive mines of the H. C. Frick Coke company, U. S. Steel subsidiary, but none at all working in four Jones &Laughlin Steel corporation mines. More men*went back to work in the big producing states of Ken tucky, Ohio and Illinois, in addi tion to western Pennsylvania, but slightly fewer were on the job in West Virginia and Indiana. Oper ations were reported at 90 per cent in West Virginia, which has 130,000 coal mil ers. Vice Presi dent William Blizzard of UMW Ds trict 1, who spoke at big West Virginia rallies Sunday, urging the men to work for the government, commented that the strikes there are pretty well cleaned up.” Alabama production was off with operators reporting that things looked ‘‘worse than Saturday” when only 3,000 of the state’s 24, 000 UMW miners worked. UMW (Continued on Page Five; Col. 6)' l p* Signals On The Salween Front Under a cloud-flecked sky, Chinese signalman flags a semaphore message to troops on the Salween river front in southwest China, Signal troops atop mountains can observe Jap positions across the Salween gorge and advise Chinese of enemy movements. (Photo by Frank Cancellare, Acme cameraman, for the War Picture Pool.) Chennault Says Attacks On Japan Will Increase AT U. S. 14TH AAF HEADQUARTERS IN CHINA, June 27.— (Delayed)—(/P)—The tempo of the war against Japan will be increased “within a reasonable time” in ac cordance with carefully prepared plans, Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault declared today. “I anticipate that Japan will receive very heavy blows, if not decisive ones, W'ithin a reasonable time,” he said. In the first press conference he has granted since his return from the global war conversations in Washington NEW ENEMY DRIVE SEEN BY CHINESE Foe May Make Another Attempt To Crush De fender In Hupeh Area CHUNGKING, June 28.—(A*)—The possibility of a fresh Japanese drive in western Hupeh, gateway to Chungking, was reported by Chi nese military authorities today on the basis of intelligence informa tion. The three important Japanese bases of Nanking, Hauchow and Sinyang were believed to be the focal points of the new drive, with troops moving out in strength. There was also a transfer of ene my forces in central China around Hankos. Chinese spies reported to headquarters. Military authorities said these movements ‘indicate another drive in western Hupeh might be in the offing.” It was in this gen eral region that the Chinese scored their greatest victory of the six year war. Chinese forces are prepared for any eventuality, the authorities de clared. They explained the fre quency of small-scale fighting be tween Tungting lake and the Yang tze river by pointing out that the numerous rivulets which c r i s s cross the district makes major ac tion by the attacking Chinese for ces difficult. It is for this reason they said, that Shihshow, Hwajung and Owch ikow, three enemy strongholds which they need to clean up the district, are still in Japanese hands. A high command communique announced today that Chinese for ces have hurled back Japanese (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) WEATHER NORTH CAROLINA: Little change ill temperature. (Eastern Standard Time) (By IT. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m„ yesterday. Temperature 1:30 a. m.. 78; 7:30 a. m.. 81: 1:30 p m 84- 7:30 p. m., 80. Maximum 84; minimum 73; mean 78; normal 78. Humidity 1-30 a. m., 85; 7:30 a. m., 75; 1:30 p. m., 64; 7:30 p. m. 79. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., 0.00 inches. Total since the first of the month, 3.27 inches. Tides For Today High Low Wilmington - 7:19a 2:10a 7:52p 2:20p Masonboro Inlet - 5:14a 11:18a 5:43p P Moore’s Inlet - 5:19a ll:23p 5:48p P New Topsail Inlet - 5:24a 11:28a (Elmore’s) - 5:53p p (All times Eastern Standard) Sunrise 5:03 a. m.; sunset 7:27 p. m.; moonrise 3:02 a. moonset 4:59 p. Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville on Monday, at 8a. m... 9.98 feet. last month Chennault said he was told there that “a considerable percentage of the total United States —aval effort is being devot ed constantly to the war in the Pacific.” “X was greatly encouraged by the attitude of the people and au thorities back home,” he said. “We aren’t forgottn men out her by any means. “The President and military leaders are carefully planning to use American resources and man power in the true global sense. Due to careful planning and coor dination of efforts with our Allies, certain priorities are necessary in the various theaters of combat. “The war with Japan is certain, ly receiving the deepest consider ation.” Chennault would not specify what he meant by a reasonable time, but he said he found that the American pople and the au thorities “are extremely war con scious, exerting tremendous efforts for the production of war materi als and manpower for winning the war both in Europe and in the Asi atic theater.” Keviewing American activities on the Chinese front during the past ten days, Chennault, who looked better than he has in months, said the 14th Air Force operations have been seriously hampered by unfavorable weather conditions. He pointed out that the P-40s have been concentrating on freight trains, locomotives, trucks and steamrollers “because that type of equipment is the most dif ficult for the Japanese to replace.” Puffing happily on his pipe dur ing the conference, Chennault smil ed broadly as he told of pamph lets which were dropped by one of 25 Japanese fighter pilots when they attacked Lingling several weeks ago. The pamphlets said, “our re spects to your men who have tak en great pains in coming to China. We take pride to say, in fact we (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) Stores Will Observe Fourth Of July With Holiday Over Monday Wilmington stores will be closed Monday, July 5, John A. Sheehan, secretary of the Retail Merchants’ Association, announced Monday. All down-town stores are ex pected to observe the holiday. Consumers are urged to make their purchases as soon as pos sible in anticipation of the closings. 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. AMERICAN SUBS SINK EIGHT JAP VESSELS; ST. NAZAIRE BUSTED BOMB U-BOAT PENS German Airdrome At Beau mont-Le-Roger Pound ed By Raiders AIR WAR CONTINUING Mightiest Sky Onslaught Of War Carried Into 1th Day By Allies LONDON, Tuesday, June 29.— (#*) —American Flying Fortresses blasted the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire on the Bay of Biscay coast of France and an enemy airdrome at Beaumont-le-Roger in Nor mandy late yesterday and then RAF bombers roared across the channel early this morning to carry the misrht iest aerial onslaught of the war into its 11th day. ihe daylight attacks on two targets described as “im portant” by the U. S. Army’s European theater headquar ters followed a forenoon blow at Axis shipping by light bombers of the RAF, which sank two German vessels, forced a third to be beached and inflicted serious damage on three others. Huge Fires Started Making their first assault of the war on Beaumont - le - Roger, 30 miles southwest of Rouen, the four engined heavyweights of the Eighth U. S. Air Force set huge fires on an airfield used by enemy fighter planes. It was the ninth American raid on the submarine lair at St. Nazaire. The U. S. communique, issued this morning well after midnight, said six bombers failed to return from the double-barreled attack, the third blow at targets within Hitler’s continental fortress by American fliers in four days. Returning airmen said the (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 6) A' nsTrports STE BY U. S. Leaflets From FDR Carry ing Hope Of Libera tion Also Dropped CAIRO, June 28.— UPl—In a new and powerful smash at the Axis held Balkan entry way to the con tinent of Europe, American Lib erator bombers of the Middle East command have cast down uncount ed tons of exloding steel on the Athens airdromes of Elevsis and Hassani, breaking through a heavy screen of enemy fighters and com ing home without loss. This raid, carried out yesterday, followed by three days a Liberator blow at the Greek port of Salonika, and it left the two airdromes vast ly damaged. The great bombers carried more than explosives, too—they dropped thousands of Allied leaflets in which President Roosevelt saluted the long and heroic struggle of the Greeks and expressed to them the hope thal their liberation was now not far off. “At Elevsis,” said a Ninth U. S. Air Force communique, “direct hits were scored on three large hangars, one of which caught fire while smoke was seen issuing from another. Other bombs burst on an (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) - Boy From Greece The hardships and sufferings of war are reflected in the face of this Greek refugee boy at camp in Egypt. Homeless Greeks are cared for near Suez Canal, then sent to new homes in Belgian Con go FOE SAYS ATTACK COMING SATURDAY German Radio Broadcasts Idea That Invasion Set For July 3 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Germans reached into their propaganda bag yesterday (Mon day) and set a new date—Satur day, July 3—for the anticipated Allied onslaught against the Axis. This new edition of invasion clairvoyance was broadcast by the German radio and attributed to London reports reaching Stock holm, but there was no elabora tion concerning the point or points at which the Germans expected the blow. The broadcast was re corded by the Associated Press. Earlier this month the Nazis set June 22 for the Allied attack. The Axis in the past has issued state ments on dates when they ex pected Allied action in the hope of eliciting information. The Saturday deadline for in vasion was described in the Ger man reports as closely connected with two alleged facts: (1) the failure of the June 22 invasion to materialize had disappointed the British,, and (2) Soviet Premier Stalin’s recent expressed desire for an early second front. In the latter connection, the German report asserted that the July 3 invasion date “new pro pagated in London is primarily in tended to calm the impatient Kremlin.” Berlin said that the report of (Continued on Page Eight; Col. 2) Broughton Confers With OP A Head On Ice Situation Here RALEIGH, June 28— (fl>) — Governor Broughton said to day that he conferred with State OPA Director T. S. John son concerning the “critical” ice shortage in Wilmington and that Johnson had assured him “everthing possible” would be done to alleviate the situation. The governor said that ice producing facilities in the coast al city are not sufficient to fill the demands created by the increased population. OTHER SHIPS HIT Enemy Destroyer Sent To Bottom Along With Supply Craft U. S. BOMBERS ACTIVE 13 Battering Attacks Stag ed By Warplanes On Foe’s Bases WASHINGTON, June 28.— (/P) —American submarines, battling to break the Jap anese shipping lines in the Pacific, have sunk or damag ed nine more vessels supply ing the enemy’s far flung bases. In addition, the Navy re ported today, an enemy de stroyer and a mine layer have been sent to the bottom. Oi the nine supply ships, six were sunk and three dam aged by torpedoes and shells. The destroyed ships included one large transport, which may have been carrying troops as well as supplies, three medium-sized cargo vessels, a small cargo vessel and a small schooner. Listed as damaged were a large transport and two more med ium sized cargo vessels. 269 Ships Now Destroyed The new attacks raised to 269 the submarines’ tally against Jap anese craft. Of the total, Navy communiques have reported 190 sunk, 29 probably sunk and 50 damaged. The Navy gave no indication of when or where the attacks oc curred except that they were car ried out by submarines patrolling in “Pacific and Far East” waters. This is in line with the Navy’s policy of disclosing no information beyond the type of vessel sunk. However, in announcements of decorations of submarine officers for previous forays against enemy shipping it has been disclosed that submarines have operated within view of the Japanese shore line. A sharp step-up in bombing raids throughout the Pacific sent Amer ican bombers roaring at Jaanese bases in 13 battering attacks on Saturday, starting fires in camp areas and damaging airfields and anti-aircraft emplacements. me Drum oi me assaun, me Navy reported, was borne by Kis ka, last foothold of the Japanese in the Aleutians, where heavy and medium bombers struck seven times in a single day. In the South Pacific, much-bombed Munda on New Georgia island was attacked twice while other bombers blasted Kahili, Rekata bay, Ballale island and Vila, all in the Solomon is lands area. Bombs pounded down through the clouds and fog over Kiska to blast anti-aircraft emplacements, tear holes in the Japanese airfield runway and set eight fires roar ing in the camp area. Seven times Liberator heavy bombers and Mitchell and Ventura medium bombers swung over the base at the foot of rocky hills on the shore of the North Pacific is land. Lightning and Warhawk fighters joined in the raids, straf ing the camp area and the gun positions dug into the rocks. The heavy series of raids in a single day boosted to 16 the num ber of times bombers and fighters have sped out from American bases in the Aleutians to attack Kiska in three consecutive days (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) Roosevelt Approves Eisenhower’s Plan For Handling F rench Situation By KIRKE L. SIMPSON WASHINGTON, June 28 — (/P) — President Roosevelt set the stamp of his personal approval today on General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s handling of the problems stem ming out of French wrangling in North Africa by permitting an an nouncement that he had invited General Henri Giraud to visit Washington when his military res ponsibilities permit. In effect, also, the president’s action tended promptly to con firm the authoritative summari zation of American and Allied policy toward French factions in Africa outlined in Associated Press dispatches from Washing ton yesterday and today. The in vitation to General Giraud ap pears a definite new American re buff for General Charles de Gaulle, Giraud’s aggressive rival for French military supremacy in the African operations theatre. The invitation was transmitted and Giraud’s acceptance received through military, not diplomatic channels, a month ago. No date for the Giraud visit to Washington has been announced. It is indicated, however, that the French leader will not leave his post while Allied invasion operations based on French Afri ca are pending or in progress. His presence and cooperation under General Eisenhower in carrying out plans for aggressive military action against the Axis in contin ental Europe or its island outposts is deemed essential to success by the Allied commander and the Anglo-American high command here and in London. That was revealed when Gene ral Eisenhower informed the French Committee for National Liberation at Algiers that he could not permit it to interfere With General Giraud’s absolute command of French army, navy and air forces in north and west Africa, or tolerate attempts to (Continued on Page Two; Col. ip,
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