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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
10000 NOW EMPLOYED
MANY Skilled Men Needed
In Construction of Anti
Aircraft Center

Employment of civilian workers
on the Army's vast anti-aircraft
firing center, Camp Davis, at Hol-
ly Ridge passed the 10000 mark
Yesterday, and within two weeks a
9eak-figure of more than $4,000
men will be working around the
clock on the S1O,OG0,OO0 project 80
miles north of here.
Routine progress" was the ex-
planation offered by contractors
for the sharp upturn of employ
ment figures over last weeks IT,
900 employees.
Skilled Help Needed
The project, a spokesman for
the contractors said, has reached
construction point where it is
now possible to hire hundreds OF
skilled craftsmen for electrical,
plumbing, sheet-metal and paint
ing work, while still retaining
thousands of carpenters, concrete
workers and unskilled laborers.
The peak employment figure OF
more than 25,004 men should be
reached. it was estimated yester'
day, before March l. For what pc
rlod Of time it will continue there
was no estimate available. The
aroy the employments curve, how
ever, generally CORRESPONDS to its
use, spokesman for the contrac,
tors said.
First estimates when constrllc.
tlon Of Camp Davis was announced
Indicated that a peak employment
ngure Of about 10000 men could
De expected. That figure W s
passed nearly month ago, ano
lJ0llfnupl ou Doun Txvo. fol ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
War
Interpretive
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON

A grim commentary on the della
ton of italian prestige in the last
few weeks can be discerned in Gen
eral Francisco Frances visit to Italy
to confer with II Duce Mussollm.
All European sources seem agreed
that the Spanish leader was called
by his italian benefactor in plea
for help. The fantastic range of spec
ulation as to what sort of help Ii
Duce wants even includes unsub-
stantiated reports that Franco has
been or will be asked to sound out
the possibilities of a negotiated peace
between Britain, and Italy.
Berlin SCOTS
Berlin scoffs at that suggestion. 1t
does not sound credible. Yet there
it is, circulating actively in German
occupied France, in Vichy and else
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
GREAT UPSURGE IN u. S. CONSTRUCTION
is INDICATED FOR SPRING AND SUMMER

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-(R-A
huge upsurge in building con-
struction within the United
States, due mainly to the defense
program, was indicated for
spring and summer today on the
basis of complete January and
early February reports.
During January, plant expan'
sions valued at around 500, ,OOO.-
900 were contracted for through
the Army and Navy. This COM
pareL with a total of 1916 OO,WO
in contracts during the preceding
seven months.
All this building must be COM
pIeted within the next few
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Butler-LaSSiter Battle
Marks GG Meet Tonight
Championship Finals Are
Scheduled in All but Two
Juvenile Weights

Championship finals in all but
two weight groups will be held in
the Juvenile division tonight, with
the light-heavyweight battle between
hard-hitting Jesse Butler, of Lum-
berton, and Johnny Lassiter. of
Roanoke Rapids, expected to be the
feature bout of the Open division
of the Fifth Annual Star-News-
Brigade Golden Gloves tournament.
One of the other top Open division
bouts scheduled in the semi-fin;ls
of the Golden Gloves at Legion
stadium will be the welterweight
battle between two Of Roanoke
Rapids top-flight mittmen - ]. D.
Wells and Henry Lilies.
Two Novice division battles are
Continue don Page Nine; Coz u
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13

months. 1t covers defense manu-
featuring localities throughout
the nation.
In the last two weeks con-
struction awards of all types to-
tailed nearly 100000, 600, accord
ing to Engineering NeWs-Rec-
ord"
This journal reported the past
weeks awards Of $96, 6,346, 900 con.
stituted gain of Isl per cent
over the like 1910 week and
showed the Gath consecutive
weekly gain over the previous
year.
Public awards, said Engineer
ing News-Record," were 214 per
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
ITALIANS CONCEDE
LOSS OF AFMADU
Italians Hope Axis Spring
Offensive Will Change
Fortunes of War

ROME, Feb. 12.-tR-Loss of
Afmadu, more than half way
across Italian Somaliland to the
Indian Ocean, was conceded today
by the Italian high command and
the Facists hung on in Africa and
Albania with the hope that an
Axis spring offensive-somewhere
will change the fortunes of war.
The British Iron army, aided by
warplanes, presumably drove 100
miles from the Kenya frontier to
occupy Afmadu, which is but 10
miles from the sea.
The high command acknowl-
edged, too, that British raid on
Ethiopia's Adds Ababa airport had
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
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cent ahead of the comparable
1910 week, and private construc-
ton was up A. per cent.
For the year thus far awards
climbed to $774, $3.50 a 12O per
cent increase over the same 1910
period. Private awards were
higher by 81 per cent and public
construction, as a result of the
776 per cent increase in federal
work, was up 1873 per cent.
Comparative figures for the
last week follow:
Private construction, Feb. Ii,
$40, ,408, 900; previous week, $46,-
951, 600; year ago, S14, 100000.
Public construction, Feb. 1S,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
BURNS ARE FATAL
TO HOWARD GIRL
Third Victim of Hampstead
Farm Home Fire Will Be
Buried Today

Funeral services for Edna How
ard, 18-year-old Hampstead girl,
who died shortly after $3.50 o'clock
yesterday morning in a local hos
pital of burns suffered last Friday
afternoon in fire which caused
the death of her two younger SIS
ters, will be held at 3 o'clock this
afternoon from the graveside in
Topsail church cemetery.
The Rev. c. c. Myers, pastor OF
the Topsail Presbyterian church,
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
MEET IS PLANNED
Cooper Calls a Session Of
Civic and Business Lead
ers for Tuesday Night

Public support of a police de-
partment drive to enforce vehicle
and pedestrian traffic laws as one
effective means of halting Will
mington's mounting number of au-
tomobile accidents will be sought
next week as Maycr Thomas E..
Cooper calls to order a meeting of
civic club and business leaders, ed
Continued on Page Two: Col. ~
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$75,93S,OOO; previous week, $46,-
100000; year ago, $24, ,189, ,OO0., -.
State and municipal, Feb. r13,
$74,7Ol,O 900; previous week $685..
32S,O0; year ago, $21,254, 900.
Federal. Feb. 13, $61,237, 900;
previous week, $23,462,OOO; year
ago, $2,935,000.
Total construction, Feb. IL,
$96,346, 900; previous week, $685..
741,OOO; year ago, $38, ,389, 900.
New financing for construction
purposes in the week totaled
S515, ,251, 900, against $28, ,63O, 900 a
year ago. This included S315, ,OOO,-
Continued on Page Six; Col. e
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13

(By U. 8. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m.
Temperature
1: 80 a. m. 80; 7:3O a. m. 33; l 80 p. m.
Sc; 7:30 p. m 4s; maximum go; mini
mum 32; mean 46; normal 4S.
Humidity
80 a. m. So; Z 80 a. m. 92; 80 p. m.
"a 80 p. m. IS.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
600 inches. Total since first of the
month 1.66 inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published by U. s.
Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ------- 10 :54a 5:41a
IL :17p 6:14p
Masonboro Inlet ----- 9:36a 2:3Oa
9:03p 2:57p
Sunrise 6:59a; sunset 5:54p oonrise
S:O2p; monset 752a
Cape Fear river stage at ~syette-
vile on Feb. IL, at 8 a. M, D feet.
CONTINUED on Page Six; ,'ol. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Mussolini, Franco Reach
Full 'Indentity Of Views
HOLD CONFERENCES
Spanish Leader Is Expected
To Meet Marshal Petain
On Riviera Today

MADRID, Feb. 13.-(Thursday)
-R-Premier Mussolini of Italy
and Francisco Franco, Spain's chief
of state, arrived at a complete
identity of views upon European
matters in two meetings yester-
day at Bordighera, on the Italian
Riviera, Spanish communique
announced early today.
Nothing more specific was said
of their extra ordinary conference
nor was there any mention of Ger
man participation.
Confirms Discussions
(The communique, which was
Enthusiastically uninformative,
served principally to confirm that
important discussions had b Il
held and to disclose for the first
time the exact Mussolini-Franco
meeting place, a few miles from
the French border.
(The fact, however, that tn e
cornmuniaue limited the discussion
of Europe appeared to rule out
Africa.
(There had been some specula-
tion that the Axis might have been
seeking African bases for use
against the British.
(Franco is epected to m
arshal Philippe Petain, the
French chief of state, today some
where on French Riviera). l
PORT DECIDED
BERN, Switzerland, Feb. IL
R-The Spanish Caudillo, Gener-
alissimo Franco, and the Italian
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Additional Naval Vessel
Construction Is Proposed
WEATHER

FORECAST
North and South Carolina: Increas-
ing cloudiness and warmer Thursday !;
Friday cloudy with occasional rain
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13

PORT DECIDED
BERN, Switzerland, Feb. L.
R-The Spanish Caudillo, Gener-
alissimo Franco, and the Italian
Duce, Premier Mussolini, con-
Continued on Page Six; Col. s.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

Loreest and most powerful bomber
ever built, the Douglas BIG, neoring
completion at Sonto Monico, Golf
In the foreground, for comparison,
ore British medium bombers, equivo-
lent in size to our STANDARD oirliners
"A P Photo.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Expansion Of Aircraft Industry Is Explosive!

EXPANSION almost astronomical in its immensiN
is in progress todoy in the orcroft manufacturing
industry and the automobile industry which is coming
TO its support to build up dir defenses. Although
oetuol production moy not yet be whot would like
to see accomplishments hove been tremendous meos
ured bv any stondords the world hos known We find
q single oirpone engine foctoy occupying III acres
Of floor spoce. We find onother huge building which
hos risen from open formIond in 40 working doys In
another cose. foundations have been driven to bed
rock o5 to no feet below ground level over oreo
1000 by 800 feet ond within four months port Of the
budino which they support is reody for occupancy.
Tens Of thousands Of moehnes. ronoinq in size from
bench top orinders to the heoht Of story
building. hove been built and nstolled Tens Of
thousands Of men have been troined to them
Rivers Of moterios hove been set to flowing from
oil ports OF the world which still open to our
commerce These pictures ore little more thon the
feeble roy Of fIosheht donoine oeross the oceon OF
production touching wove here ond there. They
suggest but do not reveal the scope ond romcotions
of notionoI defense undertaking which hos become
olmost appalling in its immensely
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Planners Approve
Only One Building
For federal City
1000 EmpIoye Maximum
Also Set; Eight Structures
Had Been Proposed
Earlier Stories on Page B-1.)


The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission late today ap-
proved construction of only one Fed
eral Office building at Suitland. Md,
where the Public Buildings Admin
istration has proposed to erect eight
such buildings.
BY resolution. the commission
specified the structure Endorsed must
provide Office space for not more
than 1000 employees, whereas the
P. B. A. program has contemplated
placing 5000 workers in each of the
eight buildings.
A total of 1920 900 is available
for purchase of a 430-acre tract at
Suitland and for construction of the
first building planned by the P.
B. A., and options on land now are
being obtained.
The planning commission. in for
NAL statement, declared its unwill-
ingness ito approve any additional
Office buildings on this site unless
further study should cause it to
feel that it would be wise policy tC
concentrate further Office buildings
in this one area"
Attached to the commisSion's reso-
luton was recommendation that
every effort be made to establish
adequate public control by Local
authorities of housing developments
In the area surrounding the Suit.
land project through proper zoning
subdivision and building regulations
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Forinocci, Fascist Extremist,
Reported Killed in Battle
Purty's Ex.Secretay
Said to Have Died
In TepeIeni Fighting
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March
21.-Reports reaching Bitolj, Yugo-
slavia, today said Roberto Farinacci,
former secretary to the Fascist party.
had been killed while leading his
battalion of Blackshirts in Albania.
These reports said the extremist
Fascist met his death in the midst
Of furious hand-to-hand fighting
around Tepeleni.
The account brought across the
border said Farinacci was leading
his battalion in bayonet and
grenade battle when Greek snipers
got him.
For nearly an hour the battle was
said to have ragged on while his men
tried unsuccessfully to recover his
body.
An Italian communique announced
January Is that Farinacci had gone
to the front to join the fighting
forces. He was member of the
Fascist Grand Council and editor of
II Regime Fascista, outspoken in its
anti-Jewish policies. ~.
Captured Italian officers, accord
ing to Greek reports, said two MEM
bers of the Italian cabinet had been
killed or wounded on the Tepeleni
front. They were identified by the
prisoners as Minister of Education
Giuseppe Bottai and Undersecretary
of Corporations Tullio Cianetti.
Authoritative quarters in Rome de-
MED the reports.
Later, the Greeks said, four more
high Fascist personalities had been
killed or captured.
Altogether, IL of Premier Musso-
lini's ministers and close collabora-
tors have left their posts to take up
active fighting duties. The last was
Count Dino Grandi, Minister of
Justice and former Ambassador to
London
The others are Count Galeazzo
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Anti-Nazi
MinistersQuit,
Protesting PACT
Internal Discomfort
Grows; Trip to
Vienna Waits
Earlier Story on Page AID.

Earlier Story on Page AID.
B. the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, YugoSlavia, March
21-The YugoSlav governments
plans to align itself in a modi-
fled way with the Rome-Berlin-
Toxic axis were forced into
allegiance tonight by a cabinet
crisis and internal unrest over
resignation of three recalcitrant,
anti-Nazi ministers.
After holding out all day against
accepting the designations, Chief
Regent Prince Paul tonight accepted
them and directed his premier and
vice premier to try to find replace
ments as quickly as possible.
Until cabinet reorganization can
be completed, plans of government
officials to go to Vienna tomorrow
for formal signing-with reserva-
tions-of the three-power pact on
Sunday were held up.
Three Refused to Stay.
The three ministers-Serb leaders
in this nation of mixed peoples
who resigned in protest against a
Crown Council decision 10 yield to
Germany, refused to remain in the
cabinet, even though Chief Regent
Prince Paul at first ordered them
to do so.
The dissenters fatty declared they
would have nothing more to do with
the government.
Their stand, which the country
learned via the grapevine method,
added to the growing crisis over
the government acceptance of the
Reich'S demands that Yugoslavia
align herself with Slovakia, Hun
gary Rumania and Bulgaria, junior
members of the anti-British accord.
A fourth cabinet member who
voted against acquiescence to Ger
many was said to be planning to
resign, and the Minister to Russia,
Gaverilovich, was said to hive sent
his resignation to Prince Paul.
One of the diSSenters, DR.. Branko
Cubrilovich, Minister of Agriculture
and leader of the Serb Peasant par
ty, called meeting of his party
chiefs to discuss the crisis.
Regent Summons Premier.
Prince Paul summoned Premier
Dragisha Cvetkovich and Foreign
Minister Alksander Cincar- -Marko-
vich to the White Palace for a con-
ference at which he is reported to
have told them their projected trip
to Vienna starting tomorrow would
have to be postponed while he at
tempted to reorganize the quarrel
ing government.
He began meeting leaders of the
parties represented by the recalci-
trant ministers to see if they would
agree to name more amenable cabi-
| net representatives.
Political quarters said that only
a quick change in the cabinet would
enable the official party to leave for
Vienna as scheduled.
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Inspector Miller Slated
As Traffic Control Chief

Permanent assignment of In
spector Arthur E. Miller to be in
charge of the police traffic control
work was indicated this afternoon
when Commissioner John Russell
Young agreed that Inspector Miller
appeared to be the logical choice"
BY temporary assignment from
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown, In
spector Miller has been in charge of
traffic work since Inspector william
E. Holmes went on leave. Inspector
Holmes is to be retired as of the end
of this month.
Commissioner HaZen announced
recently he would vote for the PERM
anent assignment for Inspector Mil
Ter Commissioner Young had in
dicated he did not want to be
rushed" into making a decision.
The third Commissioner. Engineer
Commissioner David McCoach. jr.,
had said he had an open mind" on
the subject.
1t appeared clear that if Com
missioner Young will agree to the
permanent assignment for Inspector
Miller that he will get it.
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Johnny BuIId S 81 Leads
In Greensboro Open Golf
Earlier Story on Page DID

Earlier Story on Page DID
By tire Associated Press.
GREENSBORO, N. c., March 21.-
Big Johnny Bulla, playing before the
home folks, pleased them consider
ably today by shooting a three
under-par 81 for the early first
round lead in the $1,000 Greensboro
Open golf tournament.
A surprise front runner, blond
Eddie Burke of Osterville, Mass, put
together a pair of 34's for SO.
Sam Snead of Hot Springs, North
South winner yesterday, had no luck
at all with his puts and had to be
discomfort with one-over-par II,
Clayton Heafner of Linville, North
South runner-up, was at 70 with
P. G. A. Champion Byron Nelson.
Snead was Joined at II by Rod
Munday. Paul Runyan's assistant at
White Plains, N. Y, and KY Laffoon
of Chicago. Chick Harbert of Battle
Greek, Mich, shot a 70, and Willie
Goggin of White Plains, N. Y, third
in the North-South, scrambled to
a bad IT.
Evening star., 1941-03-21
New Senate Vote to Be Sought
On Arqentine Beef for Navy

he voted for the amendment but,
inadvertently, was not recorded by
Senate clerks. Several Senators
said they distinctly heard Russell
vote for the proposal.
An Army-Navy appropriations
bill reported to the House today,
contained an amendment by Repre-
sentative Scrugham, Democrat, Of
Nevada, to prohibit expenditure of
any of the funds for Argentine
canned beef or any other foreign
food, unless it cannot be obtained
here.
NEW YORK, March 81 (R.-
Rafael Uranga, director of the Ar
.gentine Meat Producers Corp, said
today there was profoundly dis
agreeable reaction in the Argentine
to a United States Senate vote yes
terday preventing the Navy from
purchasing Argentine beef and other
foreign foods.
The vote was prejudicial to the
interests not only of Argentine, but
many other South American beet
producing nations" he said.
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Generals Son Killed
In Kentucky Crash

Second 1t. John w. N. Schulz
jr., Cavalry, %, son Of Brig. Gen.
John w. N. Schulz, who is on duty
m the Office of the Assistant Secre-
tary of War here, was killed in an
automobile accident last night on
the Army reservation at Fort Knox,
KY, the War Department said late
today.
1t. Elmer N. Lind, 27 of San Fran
cisco, was injured in the mishap.
which occurred on United States
Highway 81, west, the Associated
Press reported. Post authorities
were investigating, the report added.
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Earlier Stories on Pages AS, A

Earlier Stories on Pages AS, A-5)
By the Associated Press.
Senate Majority Leader Barkley
announced today an administration
effort would be made Monday to re-
verse the Senate's decision to forbid
Navy purchases of Argentine canned
beef.
An administration proposal to per-
nit such purchases was defeated on
a tie vote of 80 to 80 yesterday when
Vice President Wallace, entertain
ing at a duck luncheon, failed to
appear and break the tie.
Senator Barkley told reporters two
courses to reverse the decision we're
open.
/. An effort to obtain unanimous
Senate consent to reconsider the
vote by which the foreign beef pro-
posal was rejected.
2. A motion to correct the Senate
Journal to make the vote 80 to 80
In favor of the amendment.
The latter motion would be based
on the contention of Senator
Russell. Democrat, of Georgia, that
Evening star., 1941-03-21
Dykstra Quits
As sDirector Of
Draft Service
Educator to Devote
Entire Time to
Mediation Board

DR.. Clarence A. Dykstra has
resigned as director of National
Selective Service to devote his
entire time to his duties as
chairman of the newly created
National Defense Mediation
Board, according to White
House announcement this aft
ernoon.
The announcement did not elab-
crate on the resignation, and there
was no indication Immediately as
to who would take over DR.. Dyk-
stra's selective service duties.
DR.. Dykstra, president of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, has been at his
desk at the university in Madison
for several days and is not expected
back in Washington before Tuesday
when the first meeting of the new
Mediation Board is scheduled
1928 Age Limits Asked.
A change in draft age limits from
the present 21-35 to 1923 was ad-
vocated, meanwhile, by Brig. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, assistant selec-
tive service director, as future re-
vision of the Draft Act. Gen. Her.
shey said he favored the age limit
change after ample reserves have
been built under the current sys-
tenn. He will be in charge of selec-
tive service until successor to DR..
Dykstra is chosen.
The mediation board which DR..
Dykstra heads is charged with the
task of making peace in any labor
disputes cropping up in defense in
dustries. The board is authorized
to investigate disagreements and
recommend settlements.
Controls of the Nations vast
Selective Service machinery were
taken over by DR.. Dykstra last Oc-
tober II, the day following regis
tration of approximately 100000
men for possible service in the
country's armed forces.
AS head of national selective serv-
ice, DR.. Dykstra was authorized to
appoint members of local draft
boards, appeal boards, government
appeal agents and local board ply
sicans throughout the country.
Unanimously Confirmed.
DR. Dykstra was confirmed unani-
mously by the Senate as selective
service director October Is. the day
after his nomination had been for
warded to the Capitol by President
Roosevelt. He took over the post
after being given leave of absence
from the University of Wisconsin,
which he had headed for three
years. Since his Washington duties
began, however, DR.. Dykstra has
remained in close touch with the
school and has visited the campus
from time to time.
DR. Dykstra was city manager of
Cincinnati for seven years before
going to Madison.
Evening star., 1941-03-21
YUGOSLAv|A SETTLING AXIS TIE IS DELAYED
A. l. Ends Wright Field Strike in Interest Of Defense
Fierce Battle
Still Raging
About TepeIeni
Earlier Story on Page A-1)

Earlier Story on Page A-1)
s. the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March
2l.-Accounts reaching the Yugo-
slav frontier today said a fierce bat
tie still was raging in and about
Tepeleni, central Albanian town re-
ported entered by the Greeks yes
terday.
italian machine gun and light
artillery units were said to be cling
ing to positions in some sections of
the town
After two months of pounding
the defending Italian 18th Army,
the Greeks were said gradually to
have closed in, forcing the Fascists
to retire westward.