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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
BY YVES

WITH THE GREEK ARMY IN
NORTHERN ALBANIA, Jan. 3
R-Little Greece's outnumbered
airmen who dive on Italian infan-
trymen in these wild mountain
passes throw sticks and stones
and even old boots" at the Italians
when they run out of bombs and
machinegun ammunition.
The worse the weather is, the
pilots say, the more they fy-be-
cause bad weather is their chief
protection on flights where they
might ordinarily find themselves
outnumbered nine to one.
Ideal conditions" on their charts
are ceiling zero, six-inch deep
SHOWS, and 10 below zero tempera-
lures.
They take off from makeshift
postage stamp" fields deep in the
Wilds of Macedonia and Albania.
The sight of these airports would
make a u. S. government inspec-
tor shudder.
with ideal conditions the Ital-
ians do not fly at all or fly so high
they cannot see u.s." n young
pilot said.
The pilot grinned and pointed to
mist hanging over a nearby peak
and snow f1urrieS obScurine visi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Greece's Brave Airmen
Getting Real Kick Out Of War

bility from one end of the field to
the other.
1--WE fly low, about 600 feet, I'm
til we reach the Italion positions,
when we drop down to 200 feet or
less. We know all these mountains
like you know your hand and we
fly up valleys and across passes
close to the ground.
THE Italians usually give plen-
ty of clearance to these 6,0OG-foot
peaks. We wind through the val
leys and the mist screens us from
those above"
These hide-and-seek tactics of
the scanty Greek airforce is de-
signed to save bombs as we'll as
planes. ~.
The other day." the pilot said,
I'VE went out to silence an Italian
battery, but a big Fascist squad
ron spotted us. We lodged up a
small valley, came around the
mountain, and were again sighted.
Another run up a pass and, we
clrcled and dived on that battery
before the Italian airmen saw us
the third time. We don't want to
waste our bombs.
Crews of some of the smaller
bomber-observation planes load
tin cans and old boots filled with
rocks or anything heavy. They
throw those at the Italians, too"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
robson
PROJECTS 0KEHED
Six Of Ten Relief Jobs APP
proved Call For Improve
ment OF Highways

RALEIGH, Jan. 3.-R-Six prof.
ects calling for the improvement
OF highways were among 10 new
relief jobs approved today by C..
c. McGinnis, WPA state admins
traitor.
The road projects are: A S h e
county, $53,03 and Sc workers.;
Moore and Lee counties, $157, 81
and 602 workers; Polk county 1888
and 81 workers; Mecklenburg
county $50, $40 and 81 workers; Da-
wilson county $50, 067 and 297 work
ers; Rowan and Cabarrus coun-
ties, $128, COG and Ais workers.
Other projects follow:
Robson county, construct school
building and improve grounds at
St. Pauls, $25, 085 and 81 workers.
Bladen county, construct public
library building and improve the
grounds at Bladenboro, S., 436 and
20 workers.
Franklin county, construct school
building and improve grounds at
Gold Mine township, $40, ITO and 80
workers.
Wayne county, construct an air.
port near Goldsboro, 1924, 402 and
275 workers. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Submarine Thunderbolt
Sinks Italian U-Boat

LONDON. Jan. 3.-R-The; sub
marine Thunderbolt, nee .Thetis,
whose tragic failure on her trial ruin
cost SO lives in history's worst under
sea boat tragedy, has come back
from disaster and sunk an Italian
submarine. the admiralty disclosed
today. -, ~
AS the Thetis, disp1acing 1000
tons, the Thunderbolt sank. off Biz
kenhead June /, 1899, during trial
run with 103 persons, almost twice
her specifiedN complement aboard.
Only four escaped with the Davis
lung apparatus.
The disaster was the second of
three submarines within a month of
that year. A week before, the United
States submarine Squalus had gone
down off Portsmouth, N. H., with a
loss of 26 lives, and on June 16, the
French submarine Phenix sank off
Indo-China with II aboard. 49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Fayetteville Doctor Is
Freed Of Abortion Count

FAYETTEVILLE, Jan. s. Up -
A superior court jury late today
acquitted DR.. John w. Carney, 40,
of Fayetteville, on charges of per-
forming an abortion which the state
alleged caused the death of Mrs.
Christine Reaves Campbell, 10, here
last September.
Nathan Campbell, %, the woman's
husband, pleaded nolo c%ontendre to
similar charges at the start of the
trial. He will be sentenced by
Judge A. Hall Johnston tomorrow
morning. DR.. Gainey testified yes
terday that he did not perform the
operation, but that he was called to
attend the woman at a rooming
house, found her in a serious condi-
ton, and advised taking her to a
hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
ASCAP Plans To Go On
Air With Own Programs

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-R-Billy
Rose. the theatrical producer, SAID
tonight that the American society
of composers, authors and pub
fishers whose music has been BAN
ned from most of the nations radio
stations, soon would go on the alr
plug ASCAP sons over an lmproVis-
ed network of 200 stations.
The stations would be among
those unaffiliated with Broadcast
Music, Inc, the organization set
up by the radio stations as a rival
to AsCAP in the control of song
copyrights after the .etworks and
some individual stations failed to
agree with ASCAP Oh royalty fees.
Rose said part of the network
would consist Of five independent
New York stations md the FL
lott Roosevelt network in the
Southwest. D
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
"EXTINGUISHED
AT OIL TERMINAL
Continued From Page One)

cept an electric light bulb in the
plant. It is possible, he said, that
the bulb broke and ignited fumes
in the building.
But it is more likely, he said, that
fumes from the pump house seeped
into the nearby boiler house, eX-
ploded and flared back to set fire
to the fumes in the pumphouse.
When the firemen arrived at the
plant a sheet of fire 20 feet high
was coming out of the ground
from the end of a drain p i p e
which runs underground from the
floor of the pumphouse.
Pressure in the pump house, the
chief said, caused the vapors to
burn that high above the end of
the ground, at the outlet end of the
drain pipe at the ground level.
1T looked critical when we ar
rived" he said. II ordered the
foamite system (of the oil COM
pany) put into service in event we
might have to cover the yard but
we did not have to use it, fortu-
nately."
Il want to congratulate my men
on the work they did," he said.
They were working on the bor-
derline Of death, you might say,
and if they had shown any weak
ness we wouldn't have been there
long, any of us. They realized
what they we're up against and
they did a fine job"
The fire burned for nearly two
hours but damage was small.
The pumpheuse where it origi-
mated is located midway the west
ern side Of the yard.
M'Kean Maffitt, superintendent
of the city water and sewerage de-
partment, said yesterday too
much cannot be said" of the way
firemen worked to extinguished
the flames.
They went in and stopped a
fire blazing next to 400, 900 gal
lens of lubricating oil and in the
vicinity of IA, 900, 900. gallons of
gasoline. Had they not worked with
utter disregard of their own safety,
a catastrophe for Wilmington could
easily have occurred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
|PHENIX CITY, ALA,
CLEANUP PLANNED
Alabama Governor To Assign
Additional Patrolmen To
Town Near Fl. Benninq

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Jan. 3.-R
Frank NJ. Dixon, announced
tonight that in efforts to improve
at Phenix City, Ala. the
Of complaints from nearby Ft.
Benning authorities, additional state
patrolmen would be assigned to the
town and he would recommend that
women be prohibited from working
ments.
These two move were announced
following receipt Of a series of
recommendations from Highway Pa
troll Chief T. Weller Smith, drawn
up at an earlier conference attended
by representatives of Maj. Gen. l.. r.
Fredenall, FIT. Benning commandant,
who had asked aid in improving cor.
ditions which he implied contributed
to the increase of social diseases
among soldiers.
PheniX City is across the Chatta.
hoochee river from TT. Benning and
Columbus, Ga.
Patrolman regularly on duty in the
vicinity will be increased from two to
four, with six on week-ends and
army pay-days, Dixon said, and the
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control
board will be asked to bar the en-.
ployment of women by licensees.
In addition to more patrolmen,
Chief Smith recommended:
THAT the attention of the local
authorities be called to the influx OF
undesirable women ON week.ends and
pay-days and that said women i'm.
mediately upon their appearance be
arrested for vagrancy and ~incarcer.
ated."
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
War Interpretive
Continued From Page One)

With ireland as it did with neutral
Norway, Denmark, Holland and
Belgium. It is possible that Nazi
invasion of Ireland to complete
the enlightenment of England is
coming; but not probable.
Hauling invading forces around
England to storm Ireland over win
ter seas and against British air
and sea power would be a more
reckless adventure than even a
mid-winter attempt to jump the
channel from the invasion coast.
Nor do the actual circumstances
of the raids indicate that is Ger
many's purpose. They have been
too limited in scope to do more
than arouse Irish indignation to
fever pitch.
Technique Lacking
The classic Nazi blitzkrieg tech
nique is notably lacking. The raids
as described from Ireland seem
little more than a sort of deadly
finger-shaking warning of w h a t
may come if the Irish enter the
war against the Axis, actively or
passively. If that was the Berlin
plan, it seems to have failed. The
Irish have got their Irish up
as the saying goes.
London's reluctance to comment
officially on the Irish bombing I'M
til Dublin was satisfied that it was
dealing with some form of German
force politics is understandable.
British officialdom will probably
be stunned if. Berlin had not ac-
cuse it of staging the air attack IN
hope of obtaining Irish bases.
Berlin, in fact, did just that. de-
claring that chose bombs are Eng
lish, or they r imaginary
Yet there are strong indications
that Britain had other plans, short
of physical force, for inducing Ire
land to join the empire war team
soon. Not least among these was
hoped-for American persuasion.
President Roosevelt limited that
way in his fire-side chat pledgmg
all aid short of war to Britain.
uldI
.'navicerts'' would be required for
Irish-bousd cargoes was the form
of pressure London adopted.
allel American action !, induce the
Irish to grant the Sc sites may
also have been hoped for In o
don; but it was far from assured.
Nevertheless, Berlin's failure to
clear itself of the charges OF re-
s%ponsibility TO the bombing might
precipitate a new war 1:velopment
of vital strategic Importance to
Britain. 1t might re-pattern the
war at sea off the T~ish coast-an
area which has been the happy
hunting ground of Nazi submarines
and surface raiders. 1t will be, in
more scasonable weather, the main
theater of Nazi air action against
British cargo tonnage
The bombing of Ireland will dou-
BILE the British fleets ability to
cope with all those Nazi threats II
it leads to establishment of British
bases in Ireland. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
EDUCATION GROUPS
AGREE ON PLANS
Legislative Action For 18th
Grade Urged At Meeting
Of Leaders In Raleigh

RALEIGH, Jan. 3-R- A five
point legislative program for edu-
cation received the united support
here of four statewide associa-
tons, whose representatives agreed
that a 18th school year should be
adopted by the state prior to a
ninth month in the school term.
Representatives of the Congress
OF Parents and Teachers, Associa-
ton of School Boards, N. C. Edu-
cation association and State Grange
said they were pretty well
agreed" on the program first out
lined here December IA, and later
submitted to their respective or
CARNATIONS.
The point of teacher tenure was
not settled conclusively today and
it was announced that additional
conferences would be held. The
P ar mt Teachers association,
which had adopted a broader pro-
gram, will meet in executive ses-
sion here January 9, the various
representatives will meet again
January II, and the State Grange
executive committee will meet
January Is.
Briefly the program calls for:
Adoption of the retirement sys-
tenn recently recommended by The
retirement commission, for all
state employees.
2.-Continuing contracts to guar
antee teachers jobs against poll
tics and to insure communities of
qualified instructors.
3.-Increases in salaries with a
ninth increment for teachers, a
fifth increment for principals, sick
leave for all school employees, and
financial recognition for superior
teaching.
4.-School enrichment by (a)
more vocational education, CD
increased local initiative, Co x
pansion first to a 18th grade and
then a ninth month and Cd com
pulsory attendance to 16 years of
age.
5.-Submission of a constitution
al amendment for a single central
state board of education exercis-
ing all state authority for the
school system.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
PETAIN STUDYING
REGIME REFORMS
Continued From Page One)

These three are Navy Minister
Admiral Jean ;Darlan, 81, ire
garded as a close collaboration of
Laval and considered anti British;
War Minister Charles Huntzige1
60, and Foreign Minister Pierre.
Etienne Flandin, 81. 1t was said
at the time that Darlan would be
in charge Of the interior depart.
ment; Huntziger charged with de-
tense powers and Flandin respons.
ible for economic as we'll as for.
eign affairs.
Such a change in the cabinet
has long been expected, but to.
night, officials said they did mo-
know when it would be announced
1t was indicated the Germans hac
been told about the plan, but il
was uncertain whether they hac
approved.
The French are still waiting fol
Germany's reply to Petain's note
on a plan for the resumption o.
French-G German. negotiations, stale.
mated since Laval was pried out
of power three weeks ago. The
best information is that the reply
may be anticipated within a few
days, and the impression got about
that it will permit of some sort
of an accord.
One thing seems certain: Bau-
douin, secretary for the presidency
of the council, has resigned. Nc
reason was give, a communique
stating simply that he had asked
Petain to accept his resignation
and that Petain, agreed. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Hearing On Application
For Bank Slated Jan. Is

RALEIGH, N. c.. Jan. 3.|R-
Quincy P. Hood, North
Commissioner of Banks, Will holo
a hearing in Greensboro January
10 on an application to charter d
new industrial bank IN nat ci'y'
Under the application, The com,
mercial Credit Plan industrial
Bank would establish its rrlnciple
office in Greensboro with a capital
stock of 500, 900 and with $780, ooo
surplus paid in cash: Proposed
stockholders are the Commercial
Credit Company of Baltimore Nd
H. A. Cherry of Baltimore MO-
F.. M. Chesney Of Greensboro, Al-
thur Pue of Greensboro and Franz
P. Hobgood of Greensboro .
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Leaders In Industry
limited To Conference

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 3.-LP-Lead.
ers in industry in North Carolina
have been invited to attend a meet
ing here January 10 for a discus
sion of general cotton problems.
The cotton section of the agricul.
tural adjustment administration, the
Commodity Credit corporation and
Textile Trade associations will be
presented.
Problems Of disposing of the pre-
sent cotton surplus, preventing fu-
ture accommodations of cotton sur
plrses, the prospect for domestic con-
sumption and others will be discus
sed. -. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
CONGRESS CONVENES
FOR VITAL SESSION
Continued From Page One)

making one of his infrequent ap-
pearances on the rostrum. At
twelve o'clock the old session end
ed and the new began. The terms
Of members defeated in last years
elections expired at that hour. Sen
ator Minton D.-Ind.) arose and
took a seat at the rear of the
chamber. Senator King D.-Utah)
another who was beaten, stayed
at his desk throughout the brief
session which followed.
In groups of four, the senators
elected in November YER escort
ed to the rostrum and received
the oath of office. Senator Harri-
son ID. -Miss.) went up with Sen
ator Bilbo of the same state, thus
publicly acknowledging the end OF
a famous senate feud. Senator
johnson (R.-Cal.) walked to the
dais alone. His colleague, Senator
Downey (D.-Cal.), offered to es-
cort him, but johnson merely
shook his hand, and brushed him
red-faced but smiling aside.
When the name of Senator-elect
LANCER tR.-N. D. was called, Sen
ator Barley announced that pro-
tests against seating him had been
received accompanied by charges
which, if true, would seriously af-
feet his qualifications for a senate
seat. He asked and received per
mission that LANCER take the oath
without prejudice" his continu-
ance in office to be subject to the
results of a later investigation.
The house meanwhile was sim
ilarly engaged in the formalities
of getting the session started. Ray
burns name and that of Rep. Mar
tin (R.-Mass.) the republican lead
er, were placed in nomination for
the speakership. Rayburn received
247 votes to Martins 159. A COM
mittee escorted him to the speak
er's chair, while the membership
arose and gave him a loud and
prolonged ovation. And yet, it was
noticed that the mood of the men,
Eership was such that the shrill
rebel yells" which always go with
the elevation of a SoUtherner to
an important post were entirely
lacking. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Program Arranged For Cere.
monies At Pembroke Jones
Park Monday Night

Old Christmas will be observed in
Wilmington with the Burning of
the Christmas Trees" at 8 o'clock
Monday night, January 6, at Penn.
broke Jones park.
Bells of churcnes in the city will
ring at 1870 o'clock and Christmas
carols will be played on the chimes
of the Churc4A of the Covenant be-
ginning at 7:45 o'clock.
The Rev. J. Harry Whitmore, pas.
Tor of the church of the Covenant.
will deliver the invocation, and group
singing of Silent Night, Holy
Night will be led by the New Han
ever High school glee club.
The Rev. Father William O'Byrne.
of st. Mary's church, will tell the
story o. the Epiphany. Arthur Bull
lard, accompanied by the High school
glee club, will sing I'VE Three Kings
of Orient Are"
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper will
place the first torch to the pile of
discarded Christmas trees and will
light the torches of the representa-
tives of the Boy and Girl Scouts,
the Hi-Y club, ROTC and Majorette;
Brigade Boys club and the New Han
over unit of NYA girls, who in turn
will light the pile of trees for the
bonfire.
James E. L. Wade, commissioner
of public works, will act as master
of ceremonies for this observance of
Epiphany. His assistants will include
Albert Brown, song leader; High
school glee club, the Boy Scouts, and
MA girls.
1t Came Upon the Midnight
Clear" will be among the carols sung
while the trees burn.
The Rev. c. D. Barclift, pastor of
the Fifth Avenue Methodist church,
will pronounce the benediction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
B0MBER'S PILOTS
RIDE OUT STORM
Bring Their 13-Ton Plane
Down In Shallow Water
After Five Bailed Out

EDINBURG, Tex, Jan. 3-RH
Two naval airmen who rode out
a binding snowstorm in an ice
weighted bomber after five other
members of the crew bailed out
one to his death-were safe today
after bringing their 13-ton plane
down in shallow water.
Lieutenant Murray Hanson, 80.
pilot of the bomber, and Ensign
Robert B. Clark, co-pilot, set their
big ship down last night on a lake
described as a puddle of water
on the nearby Santa Fe ranch after
bucking snow, ice, fog and rain for
500 miles across rugged western
Texas. .
1t was mid-afternoon yesterday
when Hanson ordered the other
five to bail out near Big Springs,
Tex, after ice beg. forming on
the wings. The big two-engined
plane momentarily went out of con-
troll in a understanding storm.
Four of the five rode to earth
with only minor injuries. W. F.
Percich, Is, machinist's mate Of
Friday Harbor, Wash, was found
dead, his parachute minus its rig
ging.
Hanson turned the plane south,
flying blind, and soon ran out of
the snoWstorm.
After that" the pilot related,
ut was fog and rain. 1t got worse
as we flew south. Abe. 6:45 pm.
yesterday we knew we should be
near. the coast. We were flying
low under clouds. We saw lights
on the ground and then reflection
Of light from water.
1--WE dropped parachute flares,
circled. and set the -',ip down."
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
N. c. Bar Approves Bill
To Limit Magistrates

RALEIGH, Jan. 3.-LP-Legisla'
tive bills which would limit the num-
Der of justices of the peace and would
give the state supreme court rule
making power over subordinate
courts were endorsed today by the
executive committee of the North
Carolina Bar association, at a meet
ing here. 49,.
The committee announced that the
annual meeting of the full assoe'a
ton would be held at S%edgefield, in
Guilford county, May 1917.
A report on the rule-making bill
vas made by Frank E. Winslow Of
Rocky Mount, and Kenneth c. Royal
of Goldsboro, and gained full COM
mittee approval.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Coast Guard Will Take
Part In Inaugural Parade

RALEIGH, Jan. 3. -RHThe
coast guard will be represented
in an inaugural parade here JAN
uary 9, which will highlight the
induction into office of Governor
elect Broughton.
Adj. Gen. J.. Van B. Nets an
nounced that 16 coast guardsmen
and two surfboats, under the com
mand of Capt. Walter Ethridge oil
Elizabeth City, would rticipate.
The surfboats will be mounted on
trailers. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
CHARGES DISMISSED

DENVER, Jan. 3.-R-Feder-
al Judge J. Foster Symes dis
missed charges today against Kari
F. Klein, 33-year-old elevator OPP.
orator, of making treats against
President Roosevelt. The court
:ermed as an ''extravagant state
nent" remarks by KIN which led
to his arrest. Government attor-
aeys said witnesses told them they
heard Klein assert the President
ought to be killed.. D
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Liner Queen Elizabeth
Arrives At Capetown

CAPETOWN, Jan. s. Up The
IS, O00-ton Queen Elizabeth, largest
liner afloat, has reached Capetown
after a leisurely 14-day voyage
through the dangerous South Allan
tic, the British announced today.
The Dominions office announce
ment confirmed previous reports
from passengers reaching New York
who said they saw the Elizabeth in
the South African port Nov. 81. The
Elizabeth left New York Nov. II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
DEWEY TO ARBITRATE

DETROIT, Jan. 3-UP-A ro!u
Motor company spokesman sala
today that James Dewey, the leu
eral labor departments ace concll,
iator, would arbitrate the cases Oh
CIO members who attributed tnelr
dismissal from the Ford plant 10
union activities. At the oflce OF
Harry Bennett, Ford personnel d.
rector, it was said the company
would reinstate any employe whose
dismissal Dewey might find to be
the result of discrimination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Continued Light Rain
Is Forecast For City

A continued light rain or drlzzle
was forecast for Wilmington ana
vicinity today by weather bureau
officials last night. -.
Rainfall here yesterday totaled
IT inches.
Today will be slightly colder.
with a low temperature this morn
ing of about so degrees.
Temperatures yesterday ranged
from a high of 81 10 a low OF 50
degrees, with the mean IL above
the 47-degree norma l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
BLIMP BASE FUNDS
MAY BE PROVIDED
Continued From Page One)

station along the North Carolina
coast.
This measure usually reaches a
new session within the first two or
three weeks.
That the Navy intends to estab-
lish such a base in North Carolina
and similar ones in Massachusetts,
and Florida was recently disclosed
by Captain Charles E. Rosendahl,
the Nays expert on lighter-than-
air craft.
A Navy board recently inspected
sites for a base along the North
Carolina coast. Bonner said he
understood a report would be made
soon. !