F0RSCAST REMEMBER * NORTH CAROLINA: Tuesday partly 3 cloudy and moderate cold with slightly DPAPf IV&fiRfll lower temperatures in southeastern part. iLAIlL AAADUA Slightly warmer in mountains in aAer __ AMD BATAAN j^-77.—NO. 52__ __WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1944__FINAL EDITION_ESTABLISHED 1867 Arabian Oil Line Backed 3yArmy,Navy industry opposes Military Leaders To Ask That Project Be Under taken Immediately By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, March 20.—(IP!— Military advocates of the proposed multi-million dollar trans-Arabian 0il line are preparing to tell Con fess, it was learned today, that the project should be under-taken immediately. These representatives of tne War and Navy Departments and the joint chiefs of staff will base their contentions, it was understood, on these two points: Two Main Points 1. Delay might cost American companies their present complete domination of oil rights in the rich Saudi Arabian fields. 2 Unless it is started as soon as possible it will not be ready to deliver oil when the post-war European market opens up. Con struction is estimated to require at least 18 months. Their views will be presented to the Senate's special oil committee 4hic TVPpk' Time Element Without going into the merits of the project—which has been con demned by oil industry leaders as a "possible breeder of future wars,” its backers are described as considering the time element this way: King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia has been hard-pressed for cash since the war began. His pre-war economy was supported mainlv by Moslem pilgrimages to Mecca. [ The war all but stopped the pil gramages. The British government, with the aim of aiding a pro-Allied and stra tegically-located neutral, has turn ed over to him funds reported to total about $20 000.000. U. S Assisting The United States has assisted with lend-lease supplies approxi mately equal to the British pay ments. But this represents only a por tion of the king’s pre-war income and unless he can look forward to considerably increased royalties from oil production in the next two (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) tugoslav"ruLer WEDS IN LONDON LONDON. March 20.-Young King Peter of Yugoslavia married his Greek princess, Alexandra, to day in one of the strangest royal weddings London has ever seen, with King Goerge VI as best man. Peter is 20, Alexandra 23 and pretty. The young monarch, who risk ed the wrath of his people in defy ing a tradition that Serbian rulers should marry on their own soil, thus completed half the object of his present visit to London. The other half involved behind-the scenes conferences, going forward between two of Peter’s ministers and British leaders in the hope that an alliance could be arranged with the fighting partisans of Mar shal Tito in Yugoslavia. Today’s ceremony was a private one in the Yugoslav Legation be fore about 40 guests, including King George VI of England, King George of Grace, King Haak on of Norway. Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, Queen Eliza beth, the Duke and Dutchess of Gloucester and the Dutchess of Kent, and Foreign Secretary An thony Eden. The ceremony was performed by Archpriest Ristanovitz of the Ser •Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) County Medical Society Endorses TB Sanitorium A letter from the New Hanover Medical Society was received and recognized by the Board of County Commissioners at its weekly meet ing Monday afternoon, which stat ed that the group, which met March 16, passed unanimously a resolution stating that the group “go on record as endorsing the idea and confirming the need of the Tuberculosis Sanitorium in New Hanover county. Commissioner Lewis Coleman stated that it was his opinion that the Medical Society should know the needs of an institution of this type in New Hanover county, and stated that he would appreciate it if the group made a report be fore the board, stating the number of beds and other requirements, that would fill the needs of this county. The communication received by the board was signed by Dr. C. B. Davis, secretary of the Medical Society. Most of yesterday’s session was taken up with discussions and con sideration of tax problems submit ted by citizens. A letter was received by the county government from the Coun cil of Social Agencies, which stated that members of the Welfare Di’ jj sion of the group had reviewed *|*| ommendations and resolu* ^F ( which were a result of a rr A February 12. V (7 The letter stated that “* bers of the Welfare di pleased to note certain ments that have been m« the Juvenile home during the j, month. However, they wish tc know why the two new buildings, referred to in the previous report, are not being used to house juve nile delinquents, as they appear to be much more suitable for this purpose than the quarters now be ing used. (Continued on Page Five; Col. ") Plan To Put U. S. In Air Line Business Presented WASHINGTON, March 20.—{IP)—Senator McCarran (D-Nev) proposed today that the United States enter the international air transport field with a billion dollar cor poration open to participation by all existing airlines. Mc Carran embodied that idea in legislation which would re I W l lit v-uiiijjn. aviatiuii iw tablish a Civil Aeronautics Author ity to replace two present agen cies, assure state control of in trastate flying and provide a so called “bill of rights’’ for private fliers. The proposal for a single Ameri can flying company to carry the American flag abroad attracted most attention, since it resembles a plan which Pan American Air ways, Inc., is understood to favor and which is opposed by all but one (United Air Lines) of the pres ent air carriers. The other seven teen airlines have united in an air lines’ committee for United States air policy to oppose Pan Ameri can’s views. Briefly, McCarran’s plan for a company to be known as all Amer ican Flag Lines is this: A federally chartered corpora tion with a working capital of more than $1,000,000,000; participating to be open to all companies presently certified by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) except those in Alas ka. Class A capital stock, the voting stock, would be issued in an amount totaling $200,000,000 and could be purchased . only by air (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) _Tr_ WEATHER CAUSES LITTLE CONCERN RALEIGH, March 20. — (A5) — A greater part of eastern North Carolina continued today in the grip of a cold wave accompanied by considerable rain, but state ag riculture officials discounted the possibility of it int.erferring with crops already in the ground. Continued wet weather during recent weeks has retarded planting ot early truck crops in all areas, and peach and apple trees still are net in full bloom, these officials said. They indicated that the fruit crop war getting eff to an excel lent start. However, some concern was be ing expiessed in the extreme southeastern area, embracing New Hanover, Pender, .Columbus and Brunswick counties, where truck crop planting already has been de layed three weeks or more. The present rainy spell, the officials said, probably would further de lay planting. Generally, low temperatures re mained around freezing during the day. Raleigh had a low of 33 and a high of 44. Precipitation was set (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) ENGINEERS NAME DRIVE CAPTAINS Information Chairman Cer tain Red Cross Cam paign To Be Success A meeting of employes of the Wilmington District Engineer of fice Friday, at which Lt. Col. John T. Knight, Jr., district engineer, was the principal speaker was the preliminary “shove” in the Amer ican Red Cross drive for the en gineer office, Capt. Leslie Boney, Jr., public relation officer, an nounced Monday. Volunteer workers of Wilming ton’s drive for $75,000 began work Monday morning in a drizzle of rain, following the “kick off” breakfast at St. Paul’s Lutheran parish house. John Sheehan, public information chairman of the campaign here, stated last night that from all indi cations, the drive would be £ 'suc cess. District Engineer Col. Knight emphasized, in his speech to office personnel, the importance of suc cessful completion of this request from us on the home front. learn captains ior me neu cross drive in the District Engineer of fice were elected. They are as fol lows: Misses Atha Josey, Katheryn Kirby, Doris Judge, Cherrie O’Shields; Mesdames Margaret Thompson, Dudley Howell, Letha Deon, Mry P Mundoy; and Wil liam Oberjohoren, George Tienken. W. E. Denise, H. E. Hicks, Phil Davis, Tracy R. Cobb and George Faison. No results have been tabulated on the New Hanover county cam paign, but the first report will be released Tuesday morning, it was announced. -V British Develop New 12-Ton Armored Car LONDON, March 20.—(A’)—The British announced today that they had developed a 12-ton armored car equipped to fire an anti-tanl» six-pounder while rumbling along from 18 to 42 miles an hour. Called the "EAC Armored Car Mark 11,” the radio-equipped ve hicle also mounts machine-guns. The crew of four is protected by armor plate an inch and a quarter thick at the front and one inch thick at the sides. _ Veteran Teacher Taking Up Fight Against Petrillo’s Ban On Music WASHINGTON, March 20.—UF)— James Caesar Petrillo’s refusal to permit the broadcasting of high school music hit a new harsh note 'n Congress today with demands that his “raids on school children’’ he brought to a halt with legisla tion. Chairman Clark (D-Idaho) of an Interstate Commerce Sub-commit 'te instructed counsel for the na t'ena! music camp to draft a bill to break Petrillo’s ban on broad casting from Interlochen, Mich., after Dr. Joseph E. Maddy, the camp president, recounted what he termed Petrillo’s “hostile attitude toward school music.’’ Maddy testified he would not plead with the stbeky president of the American Federation of Musi cians to relax the ban under which broadcasts from Interlochen have been prohibited '■ince 1942. “Chamberlain and Hitler worked out a reasonably satisfactory ar rangement at Munich—with final results we all know to well, the veteran music teacher said. “I would prefer never to broad cast educational programs than to do so only with the permission to Petrillo or any other dictator.” Clark told Middy’s attorney, J. Joseph Herbert, to draft legisla tion making it unlawful to inter fere with the broadcasting of non commercial music of other cultural programs. He likewise asked Fed eral Communications Commission counsel to work on a similar bill. “I believe that Congress is thor oughly out of sympathy with Pe trillo’s* treatment of your organiza tion,” Clark said. To which Senator Vandenlperg (R.-Mich.) added: “I have no sympathy whatsoever with Petrillo’s war on school chil dren or on non-profit culture.” Maddy said the union pleader once threatened him if he disclosed that he had been forced to pay for a 50-piece “standby” union or chestra before the union would per mit a high school orchestra to broadcast at the Music Educators National Conference at Chicago in 1928. “You better be careful what you say over the radio if you value your health,” he said Petrillo told him. “This threat didn’t stop me,” the (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) Jittery Germans Are Reported To Have Occupied All Hungary; Russians Capture Dniester Base - X _ x * - * - f ^ Heels Aided don In Burma