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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
Draft May Catch
Reuther, JAW S
GIN Director

Possibility that Walter Reuther,
General Motors director of the
UAW-CIO, may be called in the
draft was revealed today.
Reuther, who is 80, said his
order number is 744 an6 that he
filled out and returned his ques-
tionnaire a month ago. but that as
yet he has heard nothing from his
draft board.
The union leader is married, but
his wife, Mae. is his secretary. and
as such probably would not be
listed as a dependent, although
there is the possibility she might
lose her job If her husband we're
called for service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

Maximum iemrerature during the lssf
~ hours was II degrees A. Brownsville.
Tex Minimum temperature last NIGHT was
90 oegrees below zero al Regina, sask.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

ADvERTisENENT
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

Qct-l1 Valley
INTERESTING NIGUsc1S ON COW
PRODUCTION COSTS
Don Irwin, agrono. list and
superintendent of the l-ataausl1a
Exp rimont Staff on, has recently
compi led so.no very conclusive
Figures concerning TIE cost Of
producti on and the labor income
ON the COW herd at the Experiment
Station.
The herd was divided into
two groups those producing SOC
10. Of butte IF 1T OF more per year
il one group and those producing
less than 500 lbs. in another
group. The constant overhead was
Fl figured on q housing and equip
mont inv es tIaont Of 81, 900 based
on 10 COWS Cows II roup I
were evaluated at $500 and in
group 2 600 per COW.
The cow charge vas e cured
on the basis Of lOf5 annually Of
the COWS voluo Intere ST on
housing ard equipment invcs tmont
per cow at 6a15 was 1870 and the
doproci att on over 80 years, SO
annually per COW. Breeding foos
were charged ct 800 and
charge Tor mill dol1vory Wos rodo
at ESQ per 10 gal. can.
During 21O coz feeding
period 3 tons OF oat-poa hay per
COW was fed at ,il7.5O per ton
80 Id. OF onsi1aGo DER daT or
$500 lb. at Is. So por ton : con-
centre tos ct 90 eor cwt. worc
fed on the basis Ct lib. Of
grain for each Id. Of milk pro-
ducod. Pasture Wcs ii Surod on
tie basis Of hay roplcc cmont, rs
ton OF hoy per month FOR 3 months
ct 517.5O per ton.
Acc ordino to --r. TWINS
figures COW producing only l6l
Id. OF buttorfat annually return
&C to the ovcao-, q lcnOr income
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

butterfat per year.
HOSP TTAL NOTES
r. and RS. Harold Stephan
woe pres ontod wi tn baby ,-i1l
ct the hospital this week.
l4rs. Pearl Carlson was ad-
mi tied for medical treatment.
Ellon Cndola OF BirclWood
diod Of diphthoriao
Hrs. Kellogg received ned
icol treatment.
Jimmie Shaw had his tonsils
remove Cd.
I'd o'Donno1l Of independence
re co3vod treatment FOR Injured
finger.
Edith Billio and Iro:2o Cs-
lboloff, r. B. patients have pro-
crossed to the point Whore they
can &c returned to ll,lutna to
continue thCir rest cure.
Cs car Andors On. Who surf cred
q gunshot wound two weeks ago
is improving. Blood transfus ions
have been given to promote moro
rapid. recovery and the number Of
persons who have offered blood
For this purpose is ad1i roblo.
Kate Robins on Who he's been
nc c 1ioving on tho local l4oapitsl
staff tho past two Wcc11s Will be
leaving soon for Foi 1'oanlzs.
lturso IsaOe1l Fish WHO loft
Pollor { couple Of Wool1s ago
l. l,l tos to Fri ends hero that she
l iltos 1Cr work and as she becomes
better acquainted IS beginning to
| fool quito ct homo in Fairbanks.
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

The evil that mon do lives
after thor1, the good is ofton
int erred with their bones.
Shake spero
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

Lives tho1o nan with soul SO
dead
Iho never to his wife has said,
Move over ond Lot mo drive IN
stcad"c
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

Who has lost his fire. odorl has moth
Ing else tolose. --oWodish Prove
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Athens Reports Army Gain
ed Ground and Captured
147 More Prisoners

ATHENS, Jan. 81 Up Rein
forced Italian infantrymen fighting
north of Klisura, Albania, counter
attacked with the aid of tanks, but
again were thrown back with Sc
we're losses, a Greek government
spokesman said tonight.
Specific locations were not CIV
en- by the spokesman who said re-
peated Fascist attacks were aim
ed at holding strategic heights.
Prisoners Taken
"Our army again gained ground
hopping up the terrain where the
Italians left many dead and wound
ed, and taking lat prisoners.
Constant hammering by the
Greeks in below-zero temperatures
and heavy SHOWS was said to have
taken an enormous toll of Ital-
ian strength.
Counter-attacks, sources here
said, have failed slightly to stop
the slow Greek advances.
Large numbers of casualties have
been left by the Italians on the
battlefields after each foray, dis
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
DOUGLAS PRAISES
CITY'S PROGRESS
Charlotte Mayor Says What.
ever Helps Wilmington
Helps Entire State

"Whatever helps Wilmington,
helps the entire state of North
Carolina Ben E. Douglas, mayor
of Charlotte, said here last night.
Mayor Douglas cited the construc-
ton of the anti-aicraft firing cen
ter at Camp Davis at Holly Ridge
and the shipyard project as means
by which the major port city of the
state is moving forward, to the
benefit of all North Carolina.
Mayor Douglas, accompanied by
John Ward, Charlotte councilman,
and Ralph Rollins, of Charlotte,
who will operate the main dining
room and five canteens at Holly
Ridge for a private concern, came
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
BUS STATION BILL
REVIVED BY HOUSE
Would Give Companies the
Right Of Eminent Domain
In Acquiring Sites

RALEIGH, Jan. 27.-R-After a
40-minute debate-longest of the cur
rent session-the state house of rep.
resentatives revived tonight a bill
which would give bus companies the
right of eminent domain in acquir-
ing approved sites for union bus sta
tons.
The bill, which was killed last
week, will be referred to judiciary
committee No. 1, before it comes up
for action again on the house floor.
1t was revived on a voice vote which
seemed to be practically unanimous.
The senate, meanwhile, passed an
order ratified into law a bill which
would allow the state highway and
public works commission to award
contracts, without calling for bids,
on roadwork deemed of an emergen-
CIV nature I'm Ter the national defense
program. The measure, which orlgl-
mated in the senate and was amend
ed in the house, now carries these
two provisions:
ALL such contracts must be ap'
proved by the governor.
Such contracts must be publish
ed for three successive days in a
newspaper.
Senator Johnson of Sampson said
these two provisions make this bill
entirely SAFE"
The senate passed and sent to the
house a bill authorizing the issuance
of $500, 900 in bonds for a tuberculo-
sis hospital to be built in eastern
North Carolina.
Senator Pittman of Lee introduced
a bill to provide a flat license fee
of IS for all trucks owned and oper-
ated by farmers for the hauling of
farm products, and to fix the fees Of
two-wheel farm trailers at 50. This
would be a considerable reduction,
as compared with the present fees
which are on a graduated basis.
A bill to reduce the cost Of au-
tomobile license plates to SIS IS al
ready in the legislative hoppers.
The house passed and sent to n
nort;nued m Page Three; Col. IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
And
Williams Are
Named Chiefs
First Will Serve As Chair
man and Latter AS Presi-
dent Of the Subsidiary
TO START WORK SOON
Fernstrom Will Serve AS
Vice-President and Gen.
eral Manager of Firm

Homer L. Ferguson. chairman
and president Of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock company.
has been named chairman of its
newly-formed subsidiary, the NORTH
Carolina Shipbuilding company. OF
Wilmington, it was learned here
last night through an Associated
Press dispatch from New York.
Captain Roger Williams, execu'
tive vice-president of the Newport
News shipbuilding concern, has
been selected as president.
To Start Work
The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company, it was said, will start I'M
mediate construction of a shipyard
here to build "a of the 200 emergency
cargo ships recently authorized.
The house of representatives ap-
propriated 1913, SOC, 900 for that pur-
pose on January q.
K. D. Fernstrom was granted a
leave of absence from the teaching
staff of the Massachusetts Institute
VI lSCllllOlOSy " pSSoiiS l. PttSl
dent and general manager OF the
new company.
Fernstrom was associated with
the Newport News. shipbuildinG
firm prior to joining NIT.
Bids will be received on part of
the Wilmington shipyard project,
which will construct "a ships at a
total approximate cost of $4,000
900 within "a months after the con-
tracts have been signed, within the
next few days, a representative of
the Newport News company said
here during the weekend.
The representative also stated
that several contractors, together
with an engineer furnished by the
company, had gone over the pro-
posed site of the project, with the
view of assembling data for making
bids on the work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. ~

LONDON, Jan. 27.-R-Pri-
vate Citizen Wendell L. Willkie,
displaying the same viGor and
enthusiasm of Willkie the cam
paigner, conferred at length to-
day with the top men Of Brit
aims war cabinet-Pr ne Min
lister Churchill, Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden and Labor
Minister Ernest Bevin.
In his first full day in this
capital of empire, Willkie also
sandwiched in a quick tour OF
the City Of London, the fnan-
cial district around st. Paul's
cathedral which was devas-
tated by the German fire bomb
raid of Dec. 20, and announced
his intention to go to neutral
Erie Qreland to see Prime
Minister canon de Valera.
1t was understood that Will
kie might make the trip next
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81
R-Captain Charles E. Rosen-
dahl, senior member of a three
man special naval commission
studying sites for non-rlgld
airships, said today construc-
ton of a Is, 1000, 900 base for
lighter-than-air craft would
probably get underway in the
San Francisco Bay area with
in several weeks.
The commission, appointed
by Secretary of the Navy Knox
arrived in San Francisco today
to survey rs proposed sites
within so miles of San Fran
cisco.
Captain Rosendahl said the
commission forwarded recon-
mendations for two other bases
to Washington. One is in the
Boston area and the other in
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28

|, ReachedA At
Night Farley
PROPOSAL that Time Limit
Re- Fixed for Duration Of
Wide Powers Talked
FRIENDLY CONFERENCE
Formation Of Board to Ad-
wise President on Meas
ure is Suggested

w,sH1NGTON, Jan. 81 Up -
,-osident Roosevelt and congress
lanai leaders of both parties dis
cnssed amendments to the lend
Isssp hill at an extraordinary con-
ference tonight, but Senator Bark
Iev D.Kv.) said they came to no
agreement or understanding on the
subject.
Barkley, the senate majority
loader, said no effort was made
10 reach even a tentative' agree
ment and that the purpose OF the
conference was a better under
standing Of the measure by all.
Amendments Talked
Among the amendments which
we're brought up was the proposal
that a time limit be fixed for the
duration of the wide powers which
the bill would confer upon the
President. Barley said there was
also a casual discussion oil sug-
gestions that a top limit be placed
on money to be spent. However,
he added, the general feeling was
that this we're better left for the
future decision of congress, which
would have to pass on approprla-
tons 10 implement the program.
Other amendments, he said, in
Guided one forbidding the use of
naval vessels as conveys for ships
carrying materials to England.
1T was a very friendly confer
ence," Barley said, adding that
there was, however, some intense
discussion"
The purpose of the meeting"
ne remarked, was part of the
process Of understanding the bill,
and discussing it intimately and
Freely with a view to having the
Oil more thoroughly understood in
congress and in the country, too"
Although Barley did not men
lon Diner proposed amendments,
oInef informed legislators said in
''On'lnued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28

week. From Dublin came the
word that de Valera would be
Every glad indeed" > 81 ; him.
Willkie called first on Eden,
then went to No. 10 Downing
street to see Churchill and pre-
sent a message from President
Roosevelt. His original lunch
con engagement called for only
an hours stay, but he d
Churchill became so engrossed
in their conversation that it
lasted twice that long.
He was very gracious"
Willkie said upon leaving the
prime minister. II knew he
was a great man. I know it
now even more"
From Churchill's official res
idence he went to call on Bevin
and they, too, hit it off from
the start. Bevin vas due for
a cabinet meeting at 6 PM,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
Nazi Troops
Are Cheered
By Italians
German Government Quar-
tiers Deny Rumors of Up
rising in Milan, Turin
PHOTOS ARE RELEASED
Show Nazi Airmen Station
ed On Italy's Mediterran-
can Island Of Sicily
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER

BERLIN, Jan. 27.-lR-German
troops passing through Milan en-
route to southern Italy were report
ed today to have been heartily
cheered yesterday by the. Italian
population.
Rumors Of an uprising in Milan
and Turin were ~categorically denied,
meanwhile, in German government
quarters. 1t was stated that no Ger
man troops whatever are in Turin.
Rome Denies Reports
Authoritative Fascists in Rome
also denied foreign reports of riot
ing in northern italian cities and
of German soldiers having been sent
in to police the country. The Fas-
cists, branding the reports as "a
ridiculous invention without the
slightest basis,' said the only Nazi
soldiers in Italy were members of
the German air force.)
German authorities profess to
know nothing about troops other
than air force attachments having
gone to Italy. Asked what the ref
erence to the passage of troops
through Milan meant, they said: "It
is natural that, once the air force
has been assigned to a certain task
in a certain place, all sorts of re
Inducements and replace m e n t S
must be sent from time to time"
No Figures Available
No figures are available on the
size of the forces sent to Italy's aid.
A Nazi authority commented that
this will become evident once the
archives of war are opened after the
war is over"
German picture agencies released
today photographers showing Ger
man fliers on Italy's Mediterranean
island of Sicily.
One picture showed how heavy
anti-aircraft guns are hauled over
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
r NAVAL BLIMP
OSED

the Norf0lk-Hatteras area on
the eat coast.
These three are all c0ntem-
plated under this years naval
air program. A bill is now be-
ing prepared for the appropria-
ton of necessary funds for the
Bases and for 48 non-rigid diri-
gibles authorized, but not ap-
propriated for, in the previous
congress.
It would take IL to Is months
to build a base Of the type he
has in mind, said Captain Ros-
endahl, the navy's outstanding
advocate of lighter-than-air
ships.
While the navy has not an
nounced delivery dates on its
airships, four Of. which have
on Page Three; ~, 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
Greeks Repulse Italian
Attack North OfKliSura
Fighting in Albania
Gains in Intensity

BITOLJ, Yugoslavia, Jan. n
R-Fighting along the entire
1OO-mile Greek-Italian front in
Albania was mounting in in
tensity, reports received at the
yugoslav border said tonight.
Heaviest fighting was cen
tered in the Tepeleni and Xii
sura sectors where the Italians
pounded the Greek lines in
mass attacks yesterday with
fresh units of mountain-wise
Alpini taking part. Observers
said the Italian infantry was
supported by a continuous artil-
lery and air bombardment.
The Greek forces stubborn
ly resisted the Italian thrusts,
the reports said, and this aft
ernoon began their own round
of counterattacks. The Greeks
apparently were challenging
their foe in the air, for a num-
Der of air fights were reported
over the front.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
HALIFAX MAY AIR
BRITISH WAR AIMS
New Ambassador Says His
Government Has No Sc
cret Territorial Treaties

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. Up
Viscount Halifax, new British am
bassador, said tonight that his gov
eminent had no secret treaties for
territorial distribution after the
war.
The envoy made this statement to
reporters at a press conference
shortly after Senators Nye (R-ND)
and Wheeler (D-Mont) had intro
duced a resolution calling on bellig-
erents to make known their val
aims and to disclose whether there
were any "secret treaties for the
division of territorial spoils."
Halifax, the former British for
eign minister, indicated that he
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
NEGRO COLLEGES
ASK MORE FUNDS
Spokesman for Four Insti.
tutions Appear Before
Appropriations Body

RALEIGH, Jan. u. - Up - In.
creases in funds for negro colleges
were linked today as a corollary of
the states announced policy Of re-
ducing the pay ~differential between
white and negro teachers, when
spokesman for four of the institu-
lions appeared before the appropria-
tons committee of the general as
sembly.
with the reduction of the differ
entail and the introduction of a re-
tirement SYSTEM" President ]. W.
Searbrook of the Fayetteville State
Teachers college told the committee,
School boards will be besieged in
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
sdh Force
Retreatine
Eritrea
Reported Leaving Last Post
On Border With the An
glo-Egyptian Sudan
DERNA IS NEXT GOAL
Chief Pressure on Fascists
In Northern Africa Com
ing from the Raj

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 27-LR- A
precipitate retreat of Italians into
Eritrea from their last post on the
border with the Anglo-Egyptian Su-
dan, Umm Hagar, was reported in
military circles here tonight, and
the British were said to be in hot
pursuit.
While the British East African
campaign apparently was gaining
momentum, another branch OF
General Sir Archibald P. WavelPs
army was said to be strengthening
it's positions 1000 miles away at
Derna, the next Libyan port in the
path of the major drive in North
Africa.
Near Agordat
British vanguards in Italian Fri
trea were reported only a few
miles from Agordat, an important
station on the railroad eastward
toward Asmara, the Eritrean capt.
tai 70 miles beyond, and Nassau,
Eritrea's only good port.
The Italians threw up defense
works hastily at Agordat, British
military PURGE said. There was
no indication, however, that troops
would be sent up the railroad from
Asmara to reinforce the divisions
which the British now have pressed
back about 80 miles since the re-
capture of Kassala, in the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan, Jan. 10.
Another British column in Fri
trea was reported closing in on
Barentu, about SO miles southwest
of Agordat.
The chief pressure on the Ital-
ians in northern Africa came from
the Raj, but the Middle East COM
mand's communique said opera
tons in the region Of Derna were
developing Satisfactorily"
In the capture of Tobruk last
week British headquarters said,
Is, 900 Italian prisoners were tax
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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but when the hour approached
they still were talking and it
took the urging of a secretary
finally to get the labor minister
off to- his meeting.
Grinning through most of the
day, Willkie spoke bitterly but
once. That was when he
viewed the fire-blackened ruins
in London's ancient city"
where, he was told, 3,OOO,OOO
books had been burned.
81 thought the burning Of Pa
ternoster Row, the street where
books are published, rather
SYMBOLIC" he observed. They
destroyed the place where the
truth is told"
Willkie said he found the de-
struction just about as he ex-
pected it, but exclaimed ''the
way it is being dealt tgith as
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
WILLKIE CONFERS WITH BRITISH LEADERS,
TOURS LONDON AND PLANS VISIT TO III

tonishes me; they are grand
people,"
"Take me to your toughest
Shelters" he said. 81 want to
see the very worst ones we
got. 1 will talk to everyone
who will talk to me-the peO-
pie in the street, in shelters,
in hotels, in trains - every
where.
81 also I'm going to the
House of Commons to hear one
of your debates"
Willkie, insisting that he is
"plain Mister Willkie'' on a pri-
vate visit, found that he was
taken for his word when he
called on Bevin at the labor
ministry where he re-
quired to fill out an official
form stating his business.
Continued on Page Three; Sol. 6
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
ITALY TICHTENS
FOOD RATI0NINC
High Command Reports
Stiff Resistance To Brit
ish in Derna Section

ROME, Jan. 81 up Ration
cards further restricting the con-
sumption of spaghetti emphasized
an ever-tightening food control on
the home front tonight while Italian
armies fought with their backs to
the wall in defense of Fascism's
empire.
The high command reported stiff
resistance to the British advance
on the Libyan port of Derna, 50
miles west of captured Tobruk and
a desert prize because of its gush-
ing springs.
In Albania, the war bulletin said,
trainloads of dive bombere a d
Continued on Page Three; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
War
Interpretive
BY IRKE L. SIMPSON

Balkan reports of rioting and dis
orders in southern Italy may be
exaggerated or premature; but
they are significant ever though
unconfirmed.
Terse denials from both Rome
and Berlin do not alter the fact
that diplomatic observers nearest
the scene believe Italy ripe for
some such outbreak. They appear
to be aware of increasing public
unrest in Italy which makes ru-
mors of disorders credible. There
must have been some fire to cause
SO much smoke.
Armies Menaced
Defeat-dogged Italian armies IN
Albania and Africa are menaced
with further disaster. To what ex-.
tent the Italian masses r aware
Continued on Page Six; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
CHARLOTTE MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
F. B. Price, iii, Is Found
With Throat Slashed in
Hotel Room Here

The death of Ferdinand Bowen
Price, III, Charlotte, representative
of the L. F. Cox Vending company,
Of Salisbury, who was found with
his throat slashed yesterday in his
room in a downtown hotel, was
termed a suicide by Coroner Asa w.
Allen.
The Yopp Funeral home said the
body will be shipped at 10 o'clock
this morning to Manassas, Va, for
burial.
Police Chief Joseph C. Rourk said
a representative of the Salisbury
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
Fayetteville Man Killed
In Automobile Accident

DUNN, Jan. 81 Up - Mavin
Thompson Smith, "a, Fayetteville
filling station operator, was killed
and w. T. Fanny of Fayetteville
was injured seriously today in an
automobile accident near here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
ANT0NESCU FORMS
new GOVERNMENT
All Members Of Iron Guard
Are Eliminated from New
Rumanian Cabinet
BY ROBERT ST. JOHN

by ROBERT ST. JOHN
DoeHAREST. Jan. 27.-LR-Pre-
,''sl General Ion Antonescu formed
provisional military government
hi, i'ullahla today, eliminating from
Vaolhet all members of the Iron
Nv u, which was held responsible
NHe nations short-lived but
Jul seven members Of the new
"'iieht are high-ranking army
''A''nued on Page Three; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28
WOMAN KILLED

MARION, Jan. 81 Up Mrs
Margaret Metals, 70, of Fletcher,
was killed near here tonight when
struck by an automobile as she
started across the highway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28

Nort, FORECAST
Georgia carolina, South Carolina an6
day and Talr to partly cloudy Tues
Tuesdav wednesday, somewhat colder
Metenoss =. 5. Weather Bureau)
ending 7t .9n data for the "a hours
'"' p; m, Yesterday
Ian Temperature
%; 7:sO ni' IT.; a:3O a. M. As; 1:3O p. m.
mum ID i. m A; maximum 50: mini.
mean As; normal IS.
10 Humidity
y; 40 n' VI 30 a. m. 9s; 1:3O p. m.
o.? Isl" ilc6 5sr "a hours ending 7:so D.. m.
''D'n 1852 inches, ''A'e lifs1 OF tne
= From ~ Tides For Today
Coast and 1i c Tables published by q. S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-28

D0onset Top. '"l'e
ellie On Jan rl'er stage at Fayette-
In 'ah' y, at 8 a. M. 11.83 feel.
'u on Page Three; Col. s.
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