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NAZIS’ DATE FOR ‘ INVASION PASSES Attempts At Levity Fail To Conceal Misgivings Within Axis Europe LONDON, July 3'— (IP) —Pond erous attempts at levity by Paul Joseph Goebbels’ propaganda ma ch;ne today could not quite con al the misgivings within Nazi jr.rope as the second date set by •he Germans for a - Allied inva sion passed with scarcely more ,uan the usual flow of reports L-0ni belligerent and neutral capi tal-' Stories of spreading uneasiness within Hitler’s fortress kept com ing' Stockholm newspaper reports asserted that Reichsmarshal Her ffian Goering was “very ill,” hav ing suffered a “nervous break down with serious heart trouble after taking a cure.” The reports said two specialists and Goering’s wife were at his side almost uninterruptedly and that onIy intimates were permitted to soe the air chief. Obviously inspired by Goebbels, the Paris radio put on during the day a heavy-footed “humorous” program ridiculing Allied plans for an attack on Europe. The date of July 3 for the Allied push was Eet arbitrarily by Goebbels after his previous guess of June 22 had not borne fruit. I Starting at 7 a. m. and breaking i into the program at intervals un til early afternoon, voices from "somewhere m Erance kept listen ers advised of the invasion situa tion. It was designed to be ex tremely funny. Examples: 8 a. m—“The British and Ame ricans are still at breakfast.” 9 a m._ ‘We have just teamed feat the British and Americans have left the breakfast table.” 1 p, m.—“Still nothing. Perhaps the British will make up their minds later in the day.” Toward evening the Paris radio announced: “July 3 draws to £ close and no landing has taken piace anywhere on the European coast. However, already a new date is being mentioned, that of July 14. We hope lovers of danc ing in the streets will not be dis appointed again.” The apparent reason for the German build-up of the alleged invasion date was to arouse the hopes of the populace of the oc cupied countries and then to crush them with ridicule. At one time today the Paris announcer told them with heavy satire that “the hour of liberation is striking.” -V Bible Lectures To Begin At Sixth Street Advent Christian Church Here The Sixth Street Advent Chris tian church will conduct a series ot Bible lectures beginning Mon day night at 8 o'clock and con tinuing each night through Fri day the Rev. James R. Lee. pas tor, announced yesterday. The Rev. R. Chester Joyner, of Bmoaks, S. C., will be the speak er each evening and his talks will be based on the Book of Revela tion. The Rev. Mr. Joyner was former ly a Bible teacher in the Theolo gical seminary at Bridgeport, Ala. Rnd has held various pastorates in the south. The ch'-rch is located at the Intersection of South Sixth and Church streets. --V Coal Production Drops 1,729,000 Tons Below First Half Of 1942 WASHINGTON, July 3 — UP) - Coal production in the first half of this year fell 1,729,000 tons be low the same period in 1942, Sec retary of the Interior Ickes re ported today, attributing the de crease to strikes. He estimated that the nation will need 25,000,000 tons more coal this year than last, and described the job of making up the loss as “difficult.” Ickes estimated that as of June 26. 280.358,000 tons of bituminous coal had been produced in 1943. Anthracite production was esti mated at 29.112.000 tons, compar ed with 29.233,000 tons. -V S, S. Lawrence Tyson Launched At Shipyard The S. S. Lawrence D. Tyson, framed in honor of a U. S. senator horn Tennessee, was launched at 'he yard of the North Carolina Shipbuilding company yesterday at noon. The vessel, 112th to near com pletion' here, was christened by j'lrs. Kenneth Gilpin, of Boyce, •a-. daughter of the late senator, ■ler attendants were Mrs. J. Lau >ence Sprunt and Mrs. John Q. heGrand, both of Wilmington. Senator Tyson was born in Greenville, N. C., on July 4, 1861, "id was graduated from the U. S. Military academy in 1883. He serv ed with distinction in both the Panish-American and the First orld wars with the rank of colo ,.e al'd brigadier general respec Gely. At the time of his death ,n 1929, he was U. S. Senator from Tennessee. -V One thousand Czechoslovakian 2 - Pilots are now flying with the fioyal Air Fore*. ‘ Bouquet For Ruhr Stick of 10 neatly bunched bombs heads for a target at Huls, Ger many, during Flying Fortress raid on the Ruhr. INCREASES SHOWN IN BANK DEPOSITS Wilmington Leads Princi pal Cities In State With 43 Per Cent Gain RALEIGH, July 3—UP)—Bank de posits in nine representative North Carolina cities of over 10,000 popu lation in the first five months of this year reached a total of $2, 346.920,000, according to figures re leased today by fifth federal re serve district headquarters in Rich mond, Va. In each of the nine cities, with the exception of one, increases over the first five months of last year amounted to as much as 1 per cent, and as high as 43 per cent. Wilmington, the state’s chief I shipbuilding center, showed the highest increase, with 43 per cent I and deposits totaling $176,530,000. Durham was next, with a 2 per cent increase and deposits of $243, l 239,000. Other representative cities and their deposits were: Asheville, $99,543,000; Charlotte, $554,626,000; Greensboro, $151,837, 000: Winston - Salem. $303,874, 000; Raleigh, $254,927,000; Kinston, $27,754,000; and Wilson, $34,590, 000. Deposits for May of this year showed increases over May of last year in Asheville, Greensboro, Kinston, Raleigh, Wilmington, Wil son and Winston-Salem. Deposits for the month in these cities total ed $346,833,000. -V-— Japs Let Up In Redds On Unoccupied China HEADQUARTERS 14TH U. S. AIR FORCE IN CHINA, July 2— (Delayed)—(A>)—Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault said today that Jap anese planes made no attack on unoccupied China during the week of June 23-30 and commented, “It is quite possible the Japs don’t want to lose any more planes in China for a while because they are so badly needed elsewhere.” The lull probably created a rec ord for Japanese inactivity, the commanding U. S. Air general said. Bad weather kept American planes grounded during the same period, but Chennault pointed out that there were localities where the enemy could have taken ad vantage of good weather. He praised American - trained Chinese airmen who “have made excellent records.” -V Knox Says Southwest Pacific Action World’s Greatest Naval Drive HAWTHORNE, Nev., July 3 — W)— Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox described action in the southwest' Pacific in recent months as the “greatest naval campaign ever waged by man.” In one Guadalcanal action alone, he told military personnel and ci vilian workers at the naval am munition depot, the Allies sank more of the Japanese fleet than the Germans lost in the battle of Jutland. (The Germans lost six cruisers and five destroyers at Jutland.) Knox did not describe the action further. -V SERVICE TRAINING GREENSBORO, July 3 — Five days of training in the tech niques of community volunteer service will be given at the Wo man’s College here Monday through Friday of next week by leaders in the Red Cross, Civilian Defense work, Education, Nutrition, Farm Security, Child Care and Allied Fields. U. S. CASUALTIES AMOUNT TO 91,644 Includes 16,696 Dead, 21,828 Wounded And 21,541 Prisoners WASHINGTON, July 3.—t^*)1— Casualties of the armed forces since the outbreak of the war now total 91,644. The Office of War Information said tonight this includes 16,696 dead; 21,828 wounded; 31,579 miss ing; and 21,541 prisoners of war. Army casualties total 64,621. Di vided as follows: Killed, 8,533; wouxided 17,094; missing 21,046; prisoners of war 17,948. Of the wounded 6,268 have returned to active duty or have been released from hospitals. The Army casualties include 12,506 Philippine Scouts. Of these 481 were killed, 743 wounded, and the remainder are presumed to be pris oners of war. Navy casualties totaled 27,023 as follows: Dead 8,163: wounded 4,734; miss ing 10,533; prisoners of war 3,593. The Navy casualties were divided as follows: Navy — dead 6,293; wounded 2, 265; missing 9,389; prisoners of war 1,855; total 19,802. Marine corps—dead 1,688; wound ed 2,447; missing 987; prisoners of war 1,737; total 6,859. Coast Guard — dead 182; wound ed 22; missing 157; prisoners of war 1; total 362. Pvt. Cummings Killed In Action In North American War Section Pt. Thomas E. Cummings, son of Mrs. Mary M. Cummings, R. F. D. 1, Pembroke, was killed in action in the North America area, accord ing to an announcement Saturday by the War Department. Private Cummings was one of 190 United States soldiers killed in action in that area. The War De partment said that most of the cas ualies occurred in the Aleutians and some involved men W'ho have long been reported missing and are now determined to n_ve died. -V 14 Nazi Planes Downed Over England In June LONDON. Sunday, July 4—iff)— RAF nightfighters shot down 14 German planes over the continent during June, their best month since they began their nocturnal thrusts, the Air ministry an nounced today. In the past two and one halt years the nightfighters have de stroyed nearly 100 Nazi planes, in addition to bombing and shoot ing up the enemy’s rail and sea transport from Denmark to south western France, it was declared Planes now employed as night intruders are 400-mile-an-houi Mosquitos and Beaufighters, with three times the firepower of the two-engined Blenheims that were used when the sweeps first be gan in December, 1940. RIGHT ABOUT FACE! Two-for-the-money Make-up Combination Salute the Richard Hudnut package of the year! DuBarry Face Powder and Foundation Lotion, the unbeatable com bination that keeps your face "on its toes” extra hours.:; in a once-a-year special package at a once-a-year special price! You owe it to your face to be RIGHT about it, on duty or off, so start today with RIGHT«ABOUT*FACE $2 Face Powder plus Founda tion Lotion.: both for $2.00 flU it* WILMINGTON, N. C. Make your old umbrella last! 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