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Evening star., 1941-06-24
Center of 2,OOO-Mi|e Line
Shattered Germans Claim;
Bunkers Declared Smashed


Sweeping drives of German arnored columns into the
Russian Ukraine and through Red Army defenses to the
north indicated today by diverse reports which
companed fresh manifestations sympathy in Japan
and Spain
penetrations territory reported
ranging in depth from 80 to 25 miles DNB Official German
agency declared hundreds of Russians killed and
thousands taken prisoner in sector alone.
-Rumanian force said sashed 80 miles
through Russian Besraba heading for Odessa and other Black
Sea ports
Foreign military Ankara, Turkey, they
advised that Naz units had miles the rich
beadbasket Southwest Russia invasion
the 20O0-me 'front.' Spearhead pene-
traed about 12 miles in thrust through Brestovk toward
Mnsk, said British agency dispatch
Vchy
Center of Russian Line Declared Broken.
In Henk the Finnish reported that the Ger
Army had broken the central part of the Russian defense
line. Details not given
dispatch Ankara told of unconhrmed reports
that Russian cruisers desroye and submarines were battling
aerial squadrons off the Bulgarian of the Black Sea-
distant explo
hon In the direction of Etona across the Baltic today Aerial
lookou reported observing smoke explosions along the
tonan coast
Berlin came word that German troops
through strong line bunkers thruss which the
Red acknowledged had taken three frontier
The German high command spoke in generality:
I'm the the operations of the German Army taking
their planned course with great successes"
DNR said Nazi legions had broken
center the front after hard eshng
While the locale not further specified it apparently
the rolling foresd plateau what middle Poland
Russians Declare Columns r Repulsed
Although Indicated penetration Of 10
10 Is miles places Adolf Hlers drive the the
Soviet high command declared two Nal columns had been
repulsed with heavy loses
admitted that Brest-Ltovsk, of the Bohevst
World peace with Germany, Kolna
fallen All Polish territory addition Bucharest dis
patches said fighting allies Of
had occupied Crnauti in Northern Bucovna which
Russia wresed from Rumana by utimatum year ago.
limiting at huge loss of life Moscow reports said the
frontier guards opposed the Germans "and the
inch except their dead
bodies"
Berlin said weak forces of Russian had been
driven forced etison their bombs In open fields when
sought raid objectves in East Prussia.
reported that single German bomber had destroyed
23 a Soviet fuel train in attack yesterday
said have Russian submarine in
the Baltic Sea off the Latvian coast
Evening star., 1941-06-24
R. 4. F. Planes Renew
Blasting Attack on
Nazi-HeId Coast
Assault Follows Night
Raids on Cologne,
Dusseldorf, KieI
BY the Associated Press.

d. ths AssOS-dtto 1909
LONDON, June 24.-Heavy explo-
sions, rolling across the misty Chan
mel, suggested that the r. A. F. was
blasting at the Nazi-occupied French
coast again today after attacking in
dustrial targets in Western Germany
for the 18th consecutive night.
The sounds first were heard short
ly after am, hours earlier than
the British generally launch their
daylight sallies across the Channel.
The r. A. F. attacks on Western
Germany last night were not 50
heavy as some others recently, au-
thoritative sources said, but there
was nothing to indicate whether this
was due to unexpectedly strong Ger
man opposition or adverse weather
Informed sources said the British
targets included the oft-bombed
manufacturing centers of Cologne
and Dusseldorf and the naval base
at Kiel.
Nazi Air Attacks Light.
Nazi attacks on England during
the night were said by the govern
ment to have been light.
However, German bombers did
launch a heavy attack on a large
British convoy off the southeast
coast. A strong naval escort of the
merchantmen fired intensely and
though observers said bombs
splashed into the water all around
the convoy no ship was hit or
damaged.
The convoy, flying barrage bal
looms and accompanied by strong
naval escort, was abreast a south
east coastal town when the attack
came suddenly and developed into
. running fight a mile offshore.
Escort vessels fired heavily, filling
the sky with shell bursts and
streams of tracer bullets.
Watchers said the sea-air battle
continued for "a considerable time"
and German long-range guns on
the French coast took up the night.
After two guns m the Boulogne
area fired several shells across the
channel British planes were heard
racing eastward and the gunflre
ceased as heavy explosions like
bursting bombs were heard.
German anti-aircraft guns then
opened fire and, after a brief lu)l,
q heavy force of British bombers
swept to the attack along the en-
tire invasion port" front.
81 Naxi Planes Claimed.
The British claimed 81 German
planes were shot down in operations
yesterday and last night while the
r. A. F. lost five.
The majority of Germans destroyed
were during daylight dog-flghts over
the English Channel while British
bombers made forays against gun
emplacements on the Nazi-held
French coast.
The 21st was reported shot down
over Britain during the night, its
loss being reported after the regular
morning Air Ministry communique
appeared with a claimed bag of 20
for the day-night operations.
The British claimed that during
1See RAIDS PAGE A-3)
Evening star., 1941-06-24
British Raids Reported
Forcing Nozi Emigration

BS the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 24.-Norwegian
sources in London reported today a
large-scale exodus of German on
cials and civilians from North Ger
man cities to Norway because Of
devastation wrought by British
bombing raids.
Reports current in Oslo were that
10000 Germans were arriving before
June 80, including Hamburg city Of
ficials, these sources said.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
ID Starving Survivors
OF Ship Reach Shore
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FIGUIERA DA FOZ, Portugal,
June 24.-Fourteen half-starved
survivors of the Norwegian freighter
Ramella landed here today and re-
ported their ship had sunk 20 miles
northeast of the Azores on June Il.
They said Is other crewmen were
In a missing hfeboat.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Panzers> Sweeping OverRussians>
Said to Have Driven 125 Miles,;
Air-Sea Fight Raging in Black Sea
Britain Is Reported
Sounding Out Toxic
On Nozi-Soviet War
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 24.-Britain
was reported reliably tonight to
be sounding out Japan on her
reaction to the Russian-German
hostilities.
Officials declined to comment,
but reliable unofficial sources
said requests for information
would avoid pressing Japan be-
cause Japanese themselves are
probably badly confused by the
quick about face" of Germany.
tSee additional story on page
AID
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Railways Still Operatinx.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June "a
CP).-Railway communication be-
tween Finland and Soviet Russia
still is in operation. according to
advices today from Helsinki, quot
ing a representative of the Finnish
Foreign Office.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Police Inquiry
Starts Friday;
Brown 10 Testify
Commissioners to Be
Invited to Sit I'm
At House Hearing
BACKGROUND

Discovery OF the body OF Jessie
Elizabeth Strict on June IS tDds
tollotCed by demands for a con-
qreSSional Investigation Of the
Washington police force. Com
misSionerS reuedled they had
been planning their otCn inquiry.
but postponed starting it pending
Capitol Hill action. House Dis
trict Committee yesterday roted
to begin an Investigation.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Summary Of Todoy's Star
Foreign.

Foreign.
Eden greets Russians as ally in task
Of defeating Hitler. Page AS
Beirut is damaged seriously by Sc
ries of British raids. Page AS
Lithuanian rebels reported holding
capital. Page AS
Long economic fight seen if Germans
defeat Russia. Page AS
Bulgaria represents German inter-
ests in Soviet capital. Page A
japanese manifest sympathy for
Nazis against Russia. Page AT
Notional.
Plans for co-ordinated U. s. fighting
team revealed. Page As
Jury to visit home where Mrs Joss
was slain. Page AS
Oil production cut as stocks pile up
on Gull Coast. Page b.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

(See MOSCOW, Page A-2)
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(See BERLIN, Page A-20
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(See STRIKES, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1941-06-24
81 Naxi Planes Claimed.

(See RAIDS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1941-06-24

Generally fair, moderate temperature
tonight and tomorrow; lowest tonight
about So. Temperatures today-High-
est, rs, at 2 pm; lowest, "a, at 6 am.
From the United States weather Bureau report
Full Details on Pare Az.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

Most people in Washington have The
Star delivered to their homes every
weekday evening and Sunday morning
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Army Orders

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-The War
Department released the following Or
flers yesterday. dated Feb. "a:
COLONELS
Lohman, E. A, Air Corps. Chicago, Ill,
to Fit. Wayne, Ind. March !.
Jenkins, J. L., Inf, Fit. Ord, Calf. to
Inf Replacement Center, Camp Rob
erts, Calf, March l.
Wood. W. s.. F. A., to command Ft.
Ethan Allen, Vt
Allen, G. NJ. Inf, to command Ft.
George G. MeaGe, Md.
LIEUTENANT COLONELS
Bradley, O. N, Inf, given temporary
appointment as Brigadier General
Miller, c. L., Chaplain, promoted to
Colonel
Kendall, J. T., Chaplain, Ft. Thomas,
Ky, to Ft. Lewis, Wash. Feb. 26.
Rupp, P. B., Chaplain, Kelly Field,
Texas, to Fit. Smelling, Mimi, Feb. 26.
Thompson, F. NJ, Chaplain, Barksdale
Field. La, to Ft. Benning, Ca,
Feb. 26.
Olmstead. NJ E., Inf, Ft Mcclellan,
Ala. to inf. Replacement Center.
Camp Wheeler, Ga. March l.
Wing. A. G.. Inf. College Station,
Texas, to Inf Replacement Center.
Camp Wolters. Texas, March /.
Continued OH Page Four; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
City Manager
Vote
Plans Started
Members of Election Board
Sworn in at Meeting in
Carney's Office
BOOKS ARE SELECTED
Registrars Will Hold Meet
ing and Registration to
Begin Saturday

Members of the city board of
elections were sworn into office at
a meeting in the office Of H. G..
Carney, chairman of the board,
yesterday afternoon, at which time
organizational plans for the cleo
ton March 81 on the city manager
form of government question were
discussed.
Ed H. Vow, local attorney, who
was appointed to- the board by
the city commissioners Wednes-
day, notified Chairman Carney that
due to business duties he would be
unable to serve.
Will Name Member
A member to take his place on
the board will be named by the
city commissioners at a meeting
this morning.
Members Of the board who took
the oath of office were: Chairuan
Carney T. A. Henderson, clerk of
court; Adrian B. Rhcoes, register
of deeds; and Robert Strange, in
surance broker, who along with
Vow was appointed to the body by
the city board.
Machinery for the coming cleo
ton on the city manager question
was set up and the board decided
to use the registration books Of
Wilmington township, rather than
the old city registration books
which have grown out of date
Use of the Wilmington township
books was permitted under an act
passed by the general assembly
in Raleigh Wednesday. The act,
however, specified that use of these
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
BETHLEHEM, Clio
PEACE IS ASKED
Office of Production Man.
agement Offers Proposal
To End the Strike

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-lR-
The Office of Production Manage
ment asked the. Bethlehem Steel
company and the Steel Workers
Organizing committee (CIO) to-
night to agree to a three-point
program to end the strike IN the
company's Lackawanna, N. Y,
plant Immediately.
The proposal:
ALL employees Of the plant to
be fully reinstated as soon as re-
sun. ption of operations will permit.
"A conference to be held be-
tween the company and the union
to seek adjustment of differences
3-The OPM TO explore with
the Labor Relations board the pos
sibility of holding an election to
determine the bargaining agency
at the LackaWanna plant.
Continued OH Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
FALLS IN WOODLAND
Rep. VIM. D. Byron Loses
Life; Eddie Rickenback-
er Among Injured

ATLANTA, Feb. 27.-lR-On the
beam. on course but too low, a
sky sleeper careened into pine
woodland near here early today,
killing a congressman and six 9TH
er persons and injuring nine, in
cluding airman Eddie Rickenback-
er
Vacationing Rep. William D. By
ron (D.-Md.) of Williamsport, Md,
the crew of three and thee other
passengers were killed, bringing
to more than so the number OF
lives lost in airline wrecks in re-
cent months.
Eastern Air Lines sleek, al
most-new, $120,000 air beauty rum
bled in It 1900 feet altitude over
mist-shrouded Atlanta airport at
1874 a. m. (EST), on schedule for
the run from New York and with
her two big engines throbblng
steadily.
The ceiling was only 300 feet,
but Pilot James E. Perry reported
ION the beam" and the ship swung
away on the radio triangle it was
supposed to follow out and back
to safety, while some of its IL
passengers still slept in their de-
luxe berths.
No more was heard from the
planes radio and minutes later
its air room strangely shrunk to
so feet, it clipped off the top OF a
tree beside a farm field five miles
southeast of the airport.
In the next few tragic seconds
it wheeled crazily into the woods,
slicing off trees up to a foot in
diameter. caroming off a knoll and
coming to a stop on its back, a
grotesque pile of glistening scrap
metal.
- Companions Die
While the surviving passengers
huddled shivering beside the hulk,
trying futilely to ward off horror
by talk and jokes, some of their
companions died moaning in the
wreckage, imprisoned by crumpled
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Speakers Denounce Present
Local Option Plan and
Call for Election
VETS REMAIN SILENT
Mayor Says Statement by
Wright Untrue, Based
On Malicious Report
BY CHARLES w. DANIEL

RALEIGH, Feb. 27.-(R-A leg
islative committee hearing on a
proposed liquor referendum was
interrupted here this afternoon by
resounding clash between Mayor
Thomas E. Cooper of Wilmington
and two of his tellow-townsmen.
The heated exchange occurred
midway the hearing before the
house committee on propositions
and grievances. 1t came after dry
leaders, speaking before an audi
ence of about 300 which packed
the house of representatives, had
denounced the states present To-
cal option plan under which 26
counties operate liquor dispensa'
ries, and had declared that the
tenets of democracy dictated that
the people should have an oppor-
tunity to outlaw liquor if t h e y
wanted to do So
Opponents Remain Silent
Though the hearing lasted two
hours and 20 minutes, opponents
of the referendum proposal did
not speak They will be heard
next Tuesday.
The clash involving Cooper came
when Isaac Wright, attorney ap-
pearing as member of the United
Dry Forces, said the Mayor had
proposed to the Wilmington board
of aldermen and the city's Minis
terial association that serious
consideration be given sugges-
ton that separate vice district
be set up in Wilmington because
prostitutes were SO prevalent on
the streets under this outrageous
A. B. c. system that the police
were unable to cope with it,
Cooper quickly interrupted, as
serting that the statement was
untrue and based on a malicious
report He denied that he had
at any time put such proposal
before the city authorities or min
listers. The Mayor was standing
Immediately behind Wright.
Withdraws Assertion
Wright apologized and withdrew
the assertion, saying that he had
Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
CHURCHILL GIVEN
CONFIDENCE VOTE
His Demand for Commons
Stand is Answered With
An Unanimous Yes

LONDON, Feb. Winston
Churchill challenged his house of
commons opponents today with a
demand that his government be
given a vote of confidence and the
house responded with a resounding
and unanimous yes"
1t was the first time the British
Prime Minister had made such a
demand since his government, then
just formed amidst the German
invasion of the low countries, re-
ceived a 381 to o confidence vote
last May 13.
In the same session Churchill,
declaring impatiently that II real
ly must emphasize that there is a
war on turned down request
for a debate on the leasing of
Western hemisphere defense bases
to the United States, an issue on
which there has been some persis-
tent if faint British grumbling.
The matter of confidence was on
a comparatively minor piece of
legisla ton: A bill which will per-
NIT members of commons who are
sent to posts abroad for the dura-
ton" to retain their parliamentary
seats. Affected especially is NAL
colin Macdonald, the new high
commissioner to Canada, and in
lesser measure the ambassadors
to Madrid and Moscow, Sir Samuel
Hoare and Sir Stafford Cripps,
respectively.
Opponents of the bill eontended
this would deprive the ENJOYS con-
stituencies of proper representa-
ton, but Churchill declared
brusquely: "a great inconvenience
will arise to the war effort of this
country" if the bill is not adopted.
There were murmurs of mo,
no." and one independent member
asked that Churchill explain why
Mac Donald should be ANY more
able to help win the war in his
new position by retaining his seat
in commons.
Churchill replied: 'At this time,
when we are fighting for our lives,
it is in the interests of the country
that the government should have
full freedor--as long as it retains
the confidence of the house-to
make the appointments it desires. !"
Mac Donald, he went on, will be
serving the country abroad in the
same way that members of COM
mons who are in the fighting serv-
ices are serving it at home.
Dramatically, he waved aloft a
white paper listing 166 house OF
commons members in the army.
navy and RAF and declared:
'"This is a roll of honor!'
Then he said he would consider
the vote on the bill matter o1
confidence in his government.
Oppo. quickly withdrew an
amendment which would have
forced test and the bill received
unanimous second reading, without
a recorded ballot 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Senate Approves Measure
ToRevampHig Body

RALEIGH, Feb. 27.-R-Gover-
cor Broughton's state departments
reorganization program moved a
step nearer full realization today
when the senate, after hearing an
attack on the 10th division highway
commissioner, ordered ratified
measure to revamp the state high
way and public works commission
err. -.~' =
Returning to hard work after a
jount to Elizabeth City, the legis-
lators introduced many new bills,
ana committees worked long hours.
With the appropriations bill still
unreported-but- expected early
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
F. R. ANTICIPATES
BRITISH AID OK.
Says Lease-Lend Bill All
Important Factor in De-
fense of Hemisphere

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-(R-
President Roosevelt asserted to-
night that 1--WE confidently antici-
pate" early enactment by congress
of the lend-lease bill as an "all
important factor" in hemisphere
defense.
Speaking by radio from the White
House to the 18th annual motion
picture awards dinner at Holly
wood, Calf, the Chief Executive
declared that this nations prob
lem of defense involves the de-
fense of all the democracies of
all the Americas-and therefore in
fact. it invt Ives the future of de-
mocracy, wherever it is imperiled
by force or terror
Praising the motion picture as
Continued OH Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Seven Killed, Nine Hurt
In Atlanta Plane Crash
Three Investigations
Of Air Crash Planned

ATLANTA, Feb. 81 tR -
Three Independent groups origi-
mated investigations into to-
days airplane crash in which
seven persons were killed and
nine were injured near here.
Civil Aerenautics board in
vestigators were on the scene
for a preliminary investigation.
Board Member G.. Grant Mason,
Jr., and Air Safety Bureau Di-
rector Jerome Lederer planned
a public hearing here next
week.
Eastern Airlines conducted
an inquiry into the crash, in
which EAL President Eddie
Rickenbacker was injured.
Senator Clark D-MO.) head
of a special senate committee
to investigate air accidents,
said his committee would con-
duct an inquiry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

next week-observer who had
looked for adjournment about
March 8 said the general assembly
might not end until four or five
days after that date.
The denunciation of the 10th di-
vision highway commissioner, E.
L. Mckee of Sylvia, came from
Senator Howell of Buncombe, who
sprinkled his fiery attack with such
words as intolerable' and ''un-
fair"
The senator charged that the
commissioner, while putting down
Continued OH Page Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
BREAK IS SEEN
Rendel Says Thousands Of
Germans Are Pouring Into
The Balkan Nation
TALKS TO NEWSMEN
Disappearance Of British
Passport Officer Is Still
Unexplained

SOFIA. Bulgaria: Feb. 27.-R-
George W. Rendel, the British min
lister to Bulgaria, asserted tonight
that 1.-The forerunners' of Ger
man invasion of Bulgaria already
are in the country by hundreds
no, I should say thousands.
In an interview he raised the
possibility of an imminent break
in British-Bulgarian relations fol-
lowed by British bombing of both
Bulgaria and Rumania, and de-
clared:
In one day, 35G Germans
crossed from northern to southern
Dobruja. (Northern Dobruja is in
Rumania, where the Nazi troops
stand at an estimated 600, ,000;-
southern Dobruja is now a part OF
Bulgaria.)
Sees Young Germans
To-day on the street passed
a group of 80 young men of mill
tary age talking in German. What
do you suppose they are here for?"
Laughing at the Bulgarian con-
tention that the privileges now be-
ing accorded the Germans would
have been granted to Britain, had
they been requested, Rendel re-
marked:
1T would have been futile for
us to have tried to pass even 2O
civilians across the frontier.
Referring to Britain's long de-
lay in breaking off relations with
Rumania, he added:
The 7D,umanian experiment will
not be repeated here"
Sitting in circle of 13 British
and American journalists, the min
lister suggested that under certain
circumstances Raj planes might
attack in both Bulgaria and Ru-
mania even if no regular NaI
troops cross the Danube.
Three Conditions
Intimating that an order taking
him home would be tantamount to
the beginning of war, he outlined
these three conditions under which
he would recommend such an Or
der:
l. If German uniformed troops
cross the Danube in such numbers
as to constitute an invasion
2. If the Nazis get control OF
the country without troops.
3. Unsatisfactory development of
such an incident as that involving
the still UNEXPLAINED disappearance
of Wodin/ Grenovitch, British
passport officer.
In this latter connection Rendel
stated for the first time that two
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
,zeliver.
Ulllmatum To
|FrenchColony
Demand That Indo-China
Yield to Tokyo's Plan for
Ending Siam Row
ESTABLISH A DEADLINE
Tokyo Will Not Accept
Change in Demand for
Territory's Surrender

TOKYO. Feb. 27.-lR-The JAP
anese have delivered an ultimatum
to French Indo China, reliable
sources said tonight, demanding
that she yield by Friday midnight
to Japan's final proposal for settle
ment of the border war with Thai
land or suffer 'forceful action"
tThe expiration hour is 10 am,
Friday, Eastern standard time.)
What the Japanese meant by
''forceful action to win justice for
Thailand'' was not disclosed, but
it was understood that the foreign
office had notified both the colonial
administration and the Vichy gov
ernment that unless a favorable
reply is forthcoming the matter
would be put in the hands of Jap
anese military officers already in
Indo-China.
No Alteration
Competent sources said the for
eign office would accept no alter
alton of the mediation proposal
reported by the Japanese press to
call for cession to Thailand of large
sections of Laos and Cambodia-
and would extend the deadline only
if convinced the French were not
playing for time"
Such an extension would be
granted, it was said, in case
French colonial authorities estab-
lished that they were awaiting
Vichy's confirmation of their ac-
ceptance of the settlement pro-
poSal.
The Japanese press had widely
blamed Britain and t h e United
States for Indo-China's reluctance
to yield. One set of proposals al
ready has been rejected by Vichy.
(Concurrently with the demand
on Indo-China came reports of
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