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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
NEW SCHOOL TERM
MEASURE OFFERED
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ford, to regulate the activities of
small loan agencies. The latter pro-
posal would make it a midsemeanor
for any loan agency or credit union
to charge more than six per cent
interest.
The legislators agreed to limit tn.
sessions tomorrow to local business
only, and will reconvene after the
weekend at 8 o'clock Monday night.
One of the highlights Of next week
will be a hearing before the joint
finance committee Wednesday after
noon on the sales tax.
Committees, meanwhile, continued
to grind away at bills which have
hit the hoppers since January 8,
when the general assembly opened
its biennial session.
The joint appropriations commit
tee heard requests from State de-
partments for additional funds. One
of those appearing before the body
was Revenue Commissioner A. J.
Maxwell, who said that estimates of
tax receipts for the 1941-43 biennium
had been placed s. high that 80 ad-
ditional field auditors would be need
ed by his department to insure 100
per cent collection Of all levies.
House judiciary committee No. l
voted 10 to l in favor of a bill by
the Mecklenburg delegation which
would give motor carriers and bus
companies power to exercise eminent
domain in the acquiring of sites for
authorized union stations. Utilities
Commissioner Stanley Winborne,
who favored the bill, told the COM
mittee that such a measure would
eliminate the problem of bus sta
lions in North Carolina"
The committee gave a without
PREJUDICE report to a bill which
would prevent the introduction OF
new measures after the first 40 days
of the session, except by permission
from three-fourths Of the assembly.
The bill, aimed to expedite adjourn
men. of the legislature, was intro
duced by Representative Legrand of
New Hanover.
The senate committee on PROPOSE
lions and grievances announced it
would hold a public hearing Tuesday
morning on a bill to prohibit the sale
of fireworks, except for public dis
Plays.
Representative Weeks of Edge
combe explained his motive in intro
ducing yesterday a measure to give
courts discretion as to whether the
license of a drunken driver should
be revoked for a year. At present
such revocation is mandatory.
"The. law will get the prominent
man quicker if it is changed" he
said. II believe juries will convict
quicker if license revocation is not
m~andatory,"
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Raj BOMBS NAZI
BASES IN FRANCE
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"steaoy and halo" and 'nla:v
fires soon sorang up and were
methcdically Increased"
An earlier &C munique said the
railroad station and oil storage
tanks were il the blazing area.
The second pot of the bomber
struck by lightning was disabled,
and the aerial of another RAIDER
was hit by a bolt.
A comrade of the injured pilo!
reported:
Enormous amounts of static
made the radio absolutely useless
and for Two hours blue flames
(probab]y st. E!1no's fire. crackeo
all over the machine.
lust before we reached Viii
helmshaven, there was a S II! a ]
flash inside the aircraft followed
by Il binding burst. Flame shot
from one end Of the aircraft TO the
other anc blue flames were spark
ing off airscrews.
The climax came whe.l the
plane Wa struck in front (by light
ning). The. front turret must have
taken the full force of the flash. 1
coulG not see for several minutes.
Everything Was a purple nazc.
Through the side window l saw
a flare coming up so We bombed
some guns and turned back for
home. We landed at the base
With the aircraft still coated with
l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Admiral Darlan Leaves
To Confer With Germans

BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 17.-P
In full uniform, Admiral Jean
Darlan, French secretary of state
for navy and emissary in past ne
gotiations with Germany, left Vichy
today, headed for occupied France,
it was reported authoritatively.
Presumably Darlan went to con-
suit German authorities. Last
month he was said to have deliv-
cred a letter from Chief of State
Petain's terms for collaboration
with Germany.
Word of his departure followed
closely upon reports that Petain
had received Edouard Herriot, who
at various times was premier and
president of the chamber of dep
uties when France was still a re-
public and had a parliament. This
was the first notice the old mar
shall had taken of the "elder states
man" since the republican parlia-
ment voted its powers to Petain
and passed out of existence. l
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FACING
FOOD SHORTAGES
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bread sales to black leaves two
and three days old. Rumanian Off
Gals found that consumption was
drastically reduced by this order
until the people learned they could
make the bread more p%alatable
by toasting. Now a new order for
bids serving of toast in restaur-
ants, dining cars and other public
eating places.
Iron Guard squads are said to
be raiding homes in many parts OF
Rumania, Selling what they con-
slider to be more than normal sup
plies of food and selling them in
public markets.
Even the commissar of the Ger
man expeditionary force in Ru-
mania is finding difficulty in get
ting enough food for his several
hundred thousand soldiers. One
Bucharest report said the Germans
faced the necessity of importing 80
per cent Of the food needed by
their troops in a country from
which they had expected to OBJ
tain vast food exports.
Already, long lines of Danish
freight cars are arriving in Ru-
mania, bringing dairy products
for the Nazi army.
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medical examination for the draft.
Having no money and no means of
travel, except by walking, he set out
for southport on foot at 2 o'clock
Monday morning. He arrived in due
time, but did not know a soul here.
The examining doctor at the draft
office was in the court house on a
case and after the negro had waited
some time the ladies IN the office
told the negro to go home and come
back the next day. They We're not
aware of the distance he had trav-
cred on foot. Having no money with
which to get food and lodging and
knowing no one in town, Eddie took
the advice literally.
He walked all the way t his home
at Thomasboro that afternoon and
night. He said he was a little tired
when he got there but he got some
thing to eat and slept two hours,
then walked back to Southport, and
was examined and was on his way
home again when Mr.. Frink picked
him UP: The total. distance walked
was 1876 miles. Frink did not stop
at Shallotte, he took the negro to
his home at Thomasboro and it is
pretty certain that the walker had
enough money in his pocket for one
or two square meals before his bene-
factor departed.
What impressed me-" said Frink,
was the good part in which he took
everything. He just laughed about
his long walk and took everything
as a matter of course. He did admit
that he got a little tired and was
hungry on the previous night"
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AUSTIN AWARDED
ELECTRICAL JOB
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\SO1ltAlluCu IAOAl dEO ol1Cy
ing approximately 5000, 0o0," Col.
Montgomery said.
However, final approval of the
contract award will be made by
the War department in Washing.
ton.
The Austin Electric company had
the contracts for wiring the two
low-rent housing projects here
the New Brooklyn Homes and the
Charles T. Nesbitt Courts.
Work at Camp Davis was STEP
ped up a pace yesterday as a call
went out for additional carpenters
and laborers, both white and col.
ored.
Maurice Moore, manager OF the
North Carolina state Employment
Srevice office here, said last nigh:
that these two types of workers
are very much needed.
He urged all interested qualified
persons to report to their closest
NOSES office early this morning
for immediate referral to the job.
Meanwhile, Col. William A. era
vens, of the Coast Artillery Corps,
who will command the goth regi-
ment when it is stationed at Camp
Davis, has reported for duty at
camp headquarters in room 212
of the postofice building.
Col. Cravens, who came here
from Schenectady, N. Y, where
he has been on duty with organized
reserves for a year and a half,
will for the present aid in planning
for supply and personnel.
Meanwhile Col. James B. Craw-
ford, camp commander, has gone
to New York for a few days. On
his return early next week he an
ticipates bringing Mrs. Crawford
to Wilmington with him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
AL Weather Bomber
Used By Germans In
Attacks On Warships

BERLIN, Jan. 49, Saturday -
R-Informed Germans said tonight
the Reich was using a new all.
weather bomber for sinking British
ships far at sea.
The plane has four motors and q
wide cruising range, plus a heavy
bomb load and numerous machine
guns and cannons," the sources said.
1t carries a crew of six.
at recently sank numerous Brit.
ish ships far out in the Atlantic"
they said.
The new plane is called the Focke.
Wolf Courier, developed from to
FW 200 Condor, a commercial plane
which made flights to New York and
Tokyo. Few details were disclosed
except that the four BMW-Bramo
motors give the Courier = high
speed"
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british ATTACK
BASE AT CATANlA
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Others were reported to have eN-
ploded.
The base itself was said to have
been heavily damaged, a hangar lelt
covered by a sheet of flame visible
so miles away and the admlnlstra'
ton buildings set afire.
The raid was carried out through
late Wednesday night and yesterday
morning and the British said they
had no losses.
1t is from Catania that the Ger
mans have been springing out
against British shipping and the
British navy, n Of their heaviest
thrusts having been a long and VIC
lent dive-bombing attack yesterday
on the British naval base of Malta.
Against this assault the British
claimed a successful defense during
which 10 of the attacking planes
were shot down,
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DR.. Turner Authority
On Hitler, Nazi Regime

DR.. Ewart Turner, who will speak
twice Wednesday, January %, at
Grace Methodist church, is recogn-
lied nationally as an authority on
Hitler and the Nazi movement.
DR.. Turner will discuss the subject,
Where Is the German Church
Now"" at 4 p. M, and the topic,
What Will Hitler Do in 1912" at
8 p. m.
For several years he was pastor
of the American church in Berlin,
Germany, and was serving in that
capacity when Hitler came into
power. Among his favorite lecture
topics are: Hitler, The Revolution
ary," Martin Niemuller, Modern
German Martyr"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Germans Claim British
Battleship Damaged In
Fight With Axis Planes

BERLIN, Jan. IL Up The Of
fetal German news agency, DNB,
said today that the British battleship
Malaga had reached Gibraltar show
ing extensive damage from the at.
tack on a British flotilla made Jan.
10 by German and Italian planes.
The agency asserted that the Brit
ish had tried to conceal the identity
of the 81, 100.ton vessel and to s:.ue
traces of damage.
previously, the British acknow.
lodged hits on the %, OOO-ton Tllustri.
GUS, upon the cruiser Southampton
later lost-and upon a destroyer in
the Jan. 10 engagement.)
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Negro In Brunswick Walks 1856
Miles For Draft Examinations

SOUTHPORT, Jan. 17.-E d i e
Green, Brunswick county negro of
the Thomasboro community - AZ
miles from Southport-walked from
his home to Southport twice in two
days and nights, the distance being
1876 miles, in order to be examined
for the Army draft.
Out Of that 1856 miles, "a were GOV.
cred without the walker having a
mouthful of food to sustain him.
The facts in the case were brought
out when former State Senator S. B.
Frink overlook the negro near Sup
ply. Frink was driving to Shallotte
and stopped to give the negro a ride,
although he did not know him. He
told the man he was on his way to
Shallotte and the passenger said he
would like to ride that far, that he
lived at Thomasboro, some Is miles
further on.
Frink then remarked that it must
be pretty cold walking and his pas
senger admitted the fact, with the
reservation: But not as cold as it
was last night when I walked to
Southport from Thomasboro and
back"
Frink was well acquainted with
the distance from Thomasboro tt
Southport and he began questioning
the negro and brought out an inter
esting story.
The negro was originally from
Charleston and has lived in Bruins
wick only a little over a year. Mon.
day he was ordered to. appear at the
draft Headquarters in Southnort for
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WAR INTERPRETIVE
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based there commanded the Sicili-
an channel as absolutely as Gil
braltar and Alexandria command
the Mediterranean outlets.
Air warfare made Malta's stra-
tegic value questionable. Italy
deemed it the weak spot in Brit
aims armor She struck there when
she entered the war, pounding MAJ.
ia by air from closeup Siciiian
bases for months on end.
It seems certain that British
warcraft were forced virtually to
abandon Malta as any thing more
than a way station for occasional
stops. The risks were very gret.
The italian air force finally was
called away to other duty, or else
it agve up Malta as a bad job.
The fact that the alredy bomb
spattered aircraft carrier Illustri-
Gus and other British craft made
use of the Valletta base indicates
that the British navy has grown
scornful of Italian air power.
Berlin and Rome claim that new
hits were scored on the IllustrioUs
in the raid at Malta. But knocking
the Illustrious out of the war III
the British navy out of use Of Malta
would not remove t h a t islands
menace to southern Italy or the
Axis aerial bases there. It is little
over 100 miles, air flight, from
Malta to Catania in Sicily, at which
the Royal Air force has aimed a
counter al attack.
Malta residents have long ago
forgotten how many Italian a r
Hastings have been loosed at them.
The most recent Nazi-Fascist at
tack is reported to have been the
most severe and prolonged of the
lot. Yet there is every indication
that Malta has suffered few casual
ties ashore and there is no sign
that it has been rendered unusa-
BILE by the Royal Air force as a re-
fueling and bomb reloading base.
A handful of British planes max
ing the Malta turn-about for re-
fueling and re-bombing could main
tain a virtually continuous assault
on Nazi-Fascist air and fuel cen
tiers in Sicily.
Royal Air force reports of the
most recent Malta bombing made
no mention of the Illustrious or
damage inflicted on other naval
targets there. They did say that
no Raj property had been injured.
That means that no British planes,
fuel, bomb stores or landing fields
were put out of action.
If the Axis mates can not pre-
vent the British air force from
using Malta, they have made no
real Roadway in that theater. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Jackson Renamed Head of
Editorial Association

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 17.-LP)-R.
Alton Jackson, city editor of the
Winston-Salem Sentinel, was today
reelected president of the North
Carolina News and Editorial a%ssocia-
ton at a business meeting held here.
Stewart Atkins, Gastonia Gazette,
was named vice-president; and Miss
Ellen Hough, Hickory Record, secre-
tary-treasurer.
John W. Harden, Salisbury Post,
was elected to the executive commit.
tee, and another member is to be
named later.
The association voted to hold the
next meeting next summer.
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a statement asked people not

in a statement asked people not
to 60.
Health authorities here said they
did not know whether the peak in
the epidemic had been reached.
The epidemic seemed to have
spread throughout the state from
the mountains to the sea. In every
section schools have been closed
or are being closed and other pre-
cautions taken. No section seems
to have escaped.
There were no estimates Of the
number of cases in the state. The
disease is a reportable one, but
physicians are SO busy working
with it that they have no time 70
report the cases, and ever if they
did, such figures would be guess.
work, as many cases r not at
tended by physicians.
Physicians and health authorities
said that while the infection seemed
to be widely prevalent it was ap-
parently of a mild type. !
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SKINNER OPPOSES
HOMESTEADS PLAN
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NNoIillIlueu FfOIH rage oHel
625 and .146 cent and Onslow sl3,'
1872 and .204 cent.
Skinner terms those seeking pas
sage of the proposal "a few mis-
guided enthusiasts, together with
another group who have suburban
subdivisions to SELL"
The circular accompanying the
map adds, eff you feel disposed to
help finance our efforts we VIII be
glad to have you make whatever
contribution you please to this end.
I assure YOU we never make any
attempt to lobby nor do we meddle
with anything that does not concern
local government"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
GROWTH OF PORT
SHOWN IN REPORT
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petroleum products, fertilizer ma
terials, lumber, sulphur, S g a r,
scrap iron and steel, and tobacco.
The report was prepared iorntly
by the two government agencies
under authority of law to meet the
reeds of federal, state. municipal,
and port agencies, and others in
terested in the development of har>
bors and the establishment OF port
and terminal facilities.
The publication on the Port OF
Wilmington treats of the technical
phases of port operation and adj
ministration, port facilities a d
services, nature and extent of him
terland, volume and flow of COM
merce, the economic factors IF op,
Grating and transportation costs
and communication facilities such
as steamship lines, railroads, and
air lanes, as well as several other
subjects of interest to transporta-
ton and maritime endeavor.
Major advantages of the Port of
Wilmington are cited in the report
as follows: THE Port of Whining
ton is in the southeastern part Ut
the State of North Carolina, on the
Cape Fear River about 80 miles
from the Atlantic ocean.
by water it is 174 statute miles
northeast of Charleston, S. c., 25s
miles northeast of Savannah, Ga,
and 412 miles south of Norfolk. Va.
The approach channel to the port
has a depth of 80 feet at mean low
water.
There are 81 piers, wharves,
and docks at the port with depths Of
water alongside ranging up to 80
feet at mean low water. Thirty
nine of these facilities are situated
on the city water front, two are
below the city limits, nine are on
the west side of the river opposite
the city, and four are at Navassa.
"One of the important industries
in the locality is the manufacture
of fertilizer. Eleven wharves are
operated in connection with this
industry and in addition there are
four wharves used for the public
storage of fertilizer material.
Total public warehouse space
in the port is 639, 514 quare feet,
406, $50 square feet of which are
used for the storage of genera.
merchandise, and 233, 1854 square
feet for fertilizer material.
Bunker fuel oil is obtainable a
one wharf in the port and bunke,
coal can be supplied by lighter, al
though vessels do not usually take
bunker coal at the port. Facilirie:
are available for repairs to wooder
and steel hulls above the waite,
line, as well as to engines, boilers
and electrical equipment.
The port is served by two regu
larly scheduled water transporta
ton lines which operate via tn,
Atlantic intracoastal waterway be
tween Wilmington, Norfolk, Balti
more, and intermediate points, ant
!, by an east bound intercoastal serv
ice of the American-Hawaiian Line
The railroads serving the port a1t
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
and the Seaboard Air Line rail
t way" ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Bitter Fighting RACES
Along Albanian Front

AT THE YUGOSLAV-ALBAN-
IAN FRONTIER, Jan. 17--R-Bit-
ter hand.to-hand fighting in the
central sector between Tepeleni
and Klisura was reported today,
with both the Greek and Italians
concentrating troops on that front.
Some military experts believe a
decisive battle soon will take place
there. The Greeks have taken
K]isura. but not Tepeleni.
In the northern sector near Po-
gradetz. artillery duels were re-
ported, but troop movements were
halted by floods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Condition of Crews
Continues Critical

attaches al James Walker Mem
ia fospita' reported last night that
ele condition of Joseph James Crews,
VINO suffered a broken back in a fall
Al the Wrightsville Beach water
'ank Wednesday, continues "criti.
cal"
george McIntire, who received a
foken foot in the same accident,
was reported to be in a satisfactory
condition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
SUICIDE

DUBUQUE, Ia, Jan. 17-LR-
Dubuque county Coroner c. c..
Coady said tonight that the body Of
Mary Norman, 10, Fulton, ILL.,,
a University of Dubuque coed, had
been found today hanging from a
tree in a pasture just west Of the
city. The coroner said the girl had
committed suicide and that she
had been dead for approximately
"a hours before her body was
found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
LOT Of WALKING

NEW YORK, Jan. 17-R-Wom-
en- elevator operators and other
service employees in the 45-story
transportation building in lower
broadway walked out on strike to-
oay-and hundreds of Office work
efs did a lot of walking too, up and
down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
INWARD BOUND
TankerS

c. B. Watson, 1888 tons, from
Smith Bluff with cargo of gasoline
and petroleum products for Cape
Fear Terminal company.
H. M. Frederickson, 1902 tons,
towing barge Puroil from Beau
mont with cargo of gasoline and
petroleum products for Cape Fear
Terminal company.
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cover it,. Ten thousand C a S e S
would be ten percent of the city's
population.
Schools, both in Charlotte and
Mecklenburg county, were closed
until Monday, January 81; children
under 16 were barred from the
aters; next weeks term Of superior
court was cancelled; some church
es will hold services, but DR.. Rea
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Shipping News
- IN PORT
Steamers

Malamton, 2,721 tons, discharg.
ing cargo of potash for Heide and
company.
Qtal.) Villarperosa, 1921 tons,
held in port account of war.
Coast Guard Cutter
Modoc, U. S. coast guard cutter,
locked at customhouse wharf,
Capt. Belford in command.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Epidemic Of
Cold Symptoms

U'o Liquid Or 666 Tablets with 666
awe or 666 Nose Drops generally re-
"e'es cold symptoms the first day.
Adv.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18

There were 10, 789 licensed aircraft
mechanics in the U. S. as of Nov.
1, 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18

Addressed tito All Defense Workers." this poster calling for "I-
out. effort in munition production, was issued by William S. Knudsen,
production chief, for display in all plants with defense contracts 1t
quotes from President Roosevelts Dec: 10Th speech, in which he urged
the u. S. be made "a great arsenal for democracy"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18

The age limit for British pilot re-
cruits has been raised from % to
81 years.
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WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, January II R-
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours enGing
8 n. m. g
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20

The real profession should take the lead in preventing
if wishes avoid arbitrary rent
control laws
This is Of the suggestions for solving defense housing prob
lens made published by the Twentieth Century
Fund established endowed by the late Edward A. Fene
the points Of policy recommended in the
funds report communities faced problem providing
defense workers included:
More Of existing lots existing housing and public
service facilities before development Of districts
campaigns for of older