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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
ALEXANDRIA CALM
ON TOBRUK'S FALL
No Alarm Shown At Turn
Of Events In Libyan
Reversal
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt June

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, June 81
-RHBritons in Alexandria, tn e
second capital of Egypt, Britain S
main Mediterranean base and one
of the richest prizes that ever could
fall into Nazi hands, are watching
the enemy's moves IN the Libyan
desert with interest but without
alarm.
Residents of this Europeanized
city of 100000 express confidence
that although the Axis legions have
pushed eastward near the Egy>-
tan frontier the British army will
sto pthem at the right time and
place.
Alexandria is some 300 miles
east of Bardia, Libyan port eight
miles from the Egyptian border
which the Axis claimed t h e r
forces had occupied These were
the nearest Axis troops tonight.
Alexandrians dance on and are
well supplied with food and drink.
In the Greek colony, which op.
crates most of the citys business
es, there is calm confidence that
the tide will turn.
Air raid precaution authorities
however, started the evacuation to,
day of numbers of persons from
danger zones"
They said this had been decided
upon weeks ago as measure o1
'rest for the population of GER
tain quarters of Alexandria more
exposed than others to the danger
of air raids" and that the situa
ton in the desert had nothing tt
do with the step.
Coastal defe.1ses maintain a con
slant watch. ready instantly to give
Nazi bombers taste of what has
been termed one of the heavies1
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
xIxl72SH ADMIT FALL OF TOBRUK;
JAPANESE LAND ON KLSKA ISLAND;
VANCOUVER is SHELLED BY SUB
S0L0NS WANT
VACATION GAS
Extra Ration For Motorists
Travelling To Resorts
Recommended

WASHINGTON, June 21.- B -
Supplemental gasoline rationing
books giving vacationists enough
fuel to 60 to and return from re.
sorts were recommended to Price
Administrator Henderson today bv
eleven New England members Of
Congress-.
''We request that there be made
available to persons making bona
fide reservations for vacation pc
riods in the rationed areas a sup.
Elemental gasoline rationing boos
the units of which would be ade
quate only for travel from the
home of the vacationists to the
place where his reservation has
been made and return" the clever
all Repubicans-stated in a let
ter sent to Henderson.
"For the time spent at the place
of a persons vacation he would be
dependent for gasoline solely upor
his regular rationing book the
letter explained.
'We make the same request witt
reference to those having farms
and summer cottages in the ra
toned area, whether their regular
places of residence are in that ra
toned area or outside of it, anc
with reference to those carrying
children to summer camps"
The plan was offered, the New
Englanders said, to. protect the
vacation industry which is thu
means of livelihood of many resi-
dents there and "a source of badly
needed revenue for the towns ans
states" Rail and bus facilities i,
the rationed area, they said, al
ready. are overcrowded.
The letter was signed by Senator:
Bridges and Tobey, and Represen
tatives jerks and Stearns. all O
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
|NAN NP0WER LOST,
| DECLARES KALININ
Soviet Head Says Germans
Not Able To Repeat
Last Years Work

MOSCOW June 21.-lRt-At the
close of the first year of war in
Russia President Michael Kalinin
declared today Hitler had lost his
power to launch general often
sive and cited American British
aid as powerful factors which
would help the Red army to de-
feat the Germans.
In a statement the white-beard-
ed peasant president declared
the German invasion of the Soviet
union year ago tomorrow mark
ed the turning point of the second
World War.
Although the Nazis still are cap
able Of attacking in some sectors,
he said they no longer were able
to repeat last years mass on
slaught from the Arctic to the
Black Sea.
Help from American and British
allies and flourishing Soviet indus
try and agriculture, he asserted,
provide full reason to be sure the
enemy will be defeated.
The presidential statement was
published by the Soviet press along
with numerous other war anniver-
sary articles.
Following the same line taken by
Kalinin, the army newspaper Red
Star declared:
Zone thing is clear. There can be
no mention Of an offensive by the
Germany army like the one last
year."
While the anniversary was draw
ing much attention from Russians
more confident than ever of VIC
tory, there was no formal obser-
vance scheduled for tomorrow.
Kalinin in his statement pointed
out that the Germans had intended
to conquer Russia in three to four
months.
'"The German plan to defeat our
army, seize our industrial centers
and thus bring the Soviet people
to their knees failed entirely" he
said,
-nder the blows of our troops
the Germans conviction of the in
vincibility Of their army first be-
gan to tarnish and now is vanish
ing.
1.-The spring offensive advertised
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
SUNDAY HOTTEST
DAY OF THE YEAR
Mercury Scars To 96 De-
grees On First Sum-
mer Day

Experiencing the hottest day OF
me year-the first day of summer
and 5,! the longest day of the year
"llmlngtonians were at the
peaches, at their homes scantilj
dressed or moving wearily along
NE streets when the mercury rose
70 s0 degrees about 2 o'clock Sun
day afternoon.
Many residents were heard COM
plalnlng Of the heat Saturday when
NE high was SO degrees, and
Marching y for air-cooled places
Early Sunday came remarks such
ss today will top Saturdays high
s suo from new residents 'is it al
ways sticky here when the tenn
perature rises?"
sundays low reading was n de
sIeeS gree with the mean being SO de
s,eeS = compared with the normal Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
CARGO VESSEL
SUNK in GULF
Torpedoed June Seven.
teenth, With Loss OF
One Life

A GULF COAST PORT, June 81.
-R-A small cargo vessel was
sunk in the Gulf of Mexico without
warning by an enemy submarine
June II with the loss of one life,
the Navy revealed today.
One torpedo struck it at z a. M,
Central War Time, and ship was
fired on about IS times from a
four-inch deck gun before finally
sinking.
The crew was composed of II
Norwegians and two Swedes. One
Norwegian, ALT Christensen, whose
next of kin was unknown, was kill.
ed and three others wounded
The survivors were brought to a
Gulf Coast port by the Coast Guard
June 18, and the injured men hos.
pitalized.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
REPORT
HEAVY WEEK. END
Over 80 Thousand Visit
Carolina Resort; No
Accidents

Thousands of persons, probably
the largest number since last July
4 weekend, gathered at Carolina
and Wrightsville beaches for the
weekend for dips in the surf if
an effort to escape the first in
tense summer heat.
Between thirty and forty thou
sand, consisting of soldiers, ship
yard workers and visitors from
upstate, were cooling in the
breezes at Carolina Beach accord
ing to estimates. Although Wrights
ville's attendance was termed ex
cellent, no estimate was made.
Despite the throngs at bot I
beaches, no accidents were re
ported at either place.
Visitors to Carolina Beach re
ported that all stands along tht
board walk had solo out of drink.
by 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
Officials reported Sundays at
tendance as a fore-runner of wha
was expected for the season ane
said many upstate visitors h {
saved their gasoline allotments il
order to be able to make the week
end trip.
When asked whether there hae
been any accidents among til {
enormous crowds, Carolina Beach
officials said there had been NJ
deaths by drowning or accident:
in the restricted bathing zone il
II years, Although enc drowning
occurred at the beach last season
officials said it happened a mile
south of the restricted zone.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
u. S. Bombers Sink Trans
port, Hit Cruiser; Some
Tents Set Up
MAY ESTABLISH BASE
Only SIS Miles From Dutch
Harbor; ; Has Fair
Terminal

WASHINGTON, June 21.- up -
The Navy reported today that the
Japanese have put forces ashore
at Kiski Island and apparently are
attempting to establish some sort
of base on that Aleutian island
only 585 miles from the Navy's
Dutch Harbor base.
This second enemy foothold in
the Western Hemisphere was made
known in communique which said
that Army bombers, raiding the
harbor at Kiska, had sunk trans
port and apparently hit cruiser.
'Tents and minor temporar ,
structures were observed to have
been set up on land," the COM
munique said.
This indicated that the enemy
had made some progress since d
Navy communique on June II re
ported Japanese ships in the har-
Dor at Kiska and the landing OF
small enGny forces at Attu. The
latter island is about 275 miles
west of Kiska in the Aleutian chain
which stretches out from Alaska
toward Japan.
In reporting the Army bomber
raid, the Navy's communique-its
first in a week on developments in
the Aleutians-observed that opera
tions of weather and great dis.
tances"
The raid by Army bombers was
made within the last few days,
the Navy said. Its results had not
been reported previously.
The hits on the cruiser and the
sinking of a transport raised the
officially announced total of enemy
vessels sunk or damaged in the
Aleutians to at least four cruisers.
a destroyer, a gunboat and two
transports.
In addition, there has been 9
semi-official report Of the sinking
of cruiser and the damaging ol
an aircraft carrier. This repor,
was made in a telegram from
Lieut.. General H. H. Arnold, com
mander of the Army air forces, te
the Glenn L. Martin company
praising the performance Of planes
built by the company.
The apparent attempt Of the
Japanese to establish themselves
at Kiska was regarded as o.
greater consequence than their
first landing at Attu.
Kiska not only is nearer Dutci
Harbor but also has fair harbor
the site of a former coaling station
for ships. Attu, on the other hand
has poor harbor facilities for ships
of any size. At either place, il
was believed work would be re
quired to provide an air base o!
any consequence.
A satisfactory temporary base
might be set up at Kiska, however
by the use of steel landing mats.
Kiska island, about 20 miles long
has a high mountain backbone
whose greatest elevation is north
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
Yugoslauian King
Now In WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, June 21.-P
king Peter II of Yugoslavia
arrived in Washington by plane
this afternoon, the State de-
partment announced, accom-
panied by the YugOslavian for
eign minister, M. Nitchfch.
The 18-year-old monarch will
leave tomorrow ''fOr a few
days in the country" the an
nouncement said, and will
travel incognito until Wednes-
day, when he returns to the
capital to begin his official pro-
gram. King Peter came here
from England.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
Pumps Number OF Shells
At Estaven Point
Radio Station
JAPANESE
Fires For About Half-Hour
But F ails To Make Hit;
No Damage Done

VICTORIA, B. c., June 21.-lP}-
Canada's Pacific coast made the
first attack of the war on Canadian
soil Saturday night by pumping E
number of shells at the Dominion
government radio station on Barrer
Estevan point of Vancouver island
it was announced today.
The submarine, presumably Jap
anese, shelled the radio station with
it's deck guns for approximately hall
an hour but failed to hit the build
ing and did no damage, 1t. Gen
Kenneth Stuart, chief of the Cana
dian general staff, announced here
tonight.
The attack, disclosed officially by
Defense Minister Col. J. L. Ralstor
in brief announcement at Ottawa
occurred at 1885 p. m. Saturday
Pacific Time Q:35 a. m. Sunday, E
W. T)
The identity Of the submarine, the
duration of the attack, and othe1
details were not given.
Government Announcement
OTTAWA, June 21.- Up -Th,
shelling by a submarine, presum
ably Japanese, of the Dominion gov
ernment telegraph station at Basrel
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
WEATHER

,Dd;na ;5nea,corological data for the "a hours
IS G5o p. m. yesterday):
EASTERN STANDARD TIME)
ny U. S. Weather Bureau)
ION Temperature:
o.. ss.'SU S',G a. m. 30; 7:30 a. m. 81: 1870 p. m
n, ',oo p M 86; maximum 96; minimum,
mean S6; normal 70.
1.so Humidity:
Il. '1o y. "a a. m. 30; 7:3O a. m. 78; 1880 p. m
- ';5O p. IN. 81.
To,., Precipitation:
b -o.sl Tor the "a hours ending 7:30
Of A. oo0 inches: total since the first
"ie month, 2.54 inches.
r. TIDES FOR TODAY:
Co.. cn.om Tide Tables published by U. S
a'' and Geodetic Survey:
Viii. High Low
"'nillhgton ------ 3:41a. 11:09a
Mac, 4:28p. 11:41p.
''ohnoro Inlet ------ 1:10a. 1:44a
su. 2:02p. 8:33p,
osIiflSe 5:0la: sunset 727p; moonrise
'''p' moonset 12:35a.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-06-22
ANNOUNCED BY NAVY

WASHINGTON, June 90, E =
The Navy announced today that a
small Norwegian merchant vessel
had been torpedoed in the Gulf Of
Mexico. Survivors have been land
ed at a Gulf Coast port.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
R. R. Employees
Appeal To FEPC

The Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice will
hear and examine complaints re-
lating to the employment of Ne
groes in the railroad industry in
a 3 day hearing scheduled for Dec
10. DR.. Malcolm S. MacLean,
chairman Of the Committee, an
nounced today. The sessions will
he held in Washington.
"A number Of railroads and
several labor unions are involved
in the charges SOY far made ac-
cordin' to the announcement by the
Committee which is a unit of the
War Manpower Commission. at
is asserted that there exist be-
tween roads, employing the great
est number of Negroes, and cer-
tain unions, TO which Negroes are
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
Forming Eleanor
Clubs A Myth

The Nazi radio this week re-
vived the thoroughly discredited
Eleanor Club" myth for German
consumption in an effort to dis
credit the wife of the President of
the United States, the Office of
War Information announced to-
day.
In a domestic broadcast from
Frankfurt, recorded here by the
Foreign Monitoring Service of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion on September 20, 1912, the
Nazi announcer declared;
"The wife of the U. s, President
appears to enjoy playing the role
of protectoress of Negr, es In the
United States.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
0CDDirector
Appeals For
Negro
Appointment

The appointment Of Negro rep
resentatives to local Defense Coun-
Gil committees was urged this
week by James M. Lands, Direc-
tor of the Office of Civilian De-
tense as a necessary step for i'm
proving Negro morale.
Addressing members of State
and County Defense Councils in
the House of Delegates chamber,
State Capitol, at Charleston, West
Virginia, on Sept. 20, 1912, Direc-
tor Lands declared:
81 want to take this occasion to
compliment the numerous councils
of West Virginia which have in
vlted Negro participation in their
programs. 1t is up to local De-
Tense Councils to rescue manpow-
er and fighting power for our
country by improving the health
See OCD. Page
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09

According to Time, Negroes
in the South of the U. s. are form
ing Eleanor Clubs. Negro girls
also form Daughters Of Eleanor
Clubs. Negroes are said to be
grateful for Mrs. Roosevelt's par
ticipation in Negro meetings and
the fact that she allows herself to
be photographed with them.
"She even reviews parades of
Negro soldiers. Mrs. Roosevelt is
n good business woman and the
fact that she has discovered Ne
groes means nothing but business.
This farce is a large scale attempt
to gain az much black cannon fod
der for Roosevelt's war as pos
See Eleanor Clubs, Page 8
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
Committee
Cracks n. Y.
Company

New York. N. Y. The Allied Con
troll company 227 Fulton Street
has begun hiring Negroes. The
company has announced that it
will employ 100 new machine work
ers every three months in the
coming year at a minimum weekly
wage Of eighteen dollars.
The latent crack in the indus
trial front against Negro workers
was achieved last week through
the efforts of the State Committee
on Discrimination in Employment.
The committee has urged the Ma.
tional Association for the Advance
ment Of Cclored People TO refer Ne
gro workers so that the promise
may be enforced,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
ABILITIES
Added For
392nd
BY Cpl. Joseph Lawhorn
392nd Engineers

Many improvements are now be
ing made III our particular section
CT the post Of Camp Robinson -
the area row occupied by 302ad
Engineer Regiment, You really
should see the new Service Clab;
the club is colossal, and it is stu
rendous; or, in other words, plain
wofdelful. 1t is not open as yet,
but we have heard that notices are
out about the activities there. Evil
IDENTIFY then, it will open soon at
least that date is set. I'll have
to do some checking up
An addition is being made to
the club, the addition will be an
out of doors dance floor. And from
the looks of what aleady has been
finished, the completed dance floor
will be something to marvel at. :.
The addition is built of rock
round the edges-what wonders
these men can do with rock
Well, now, an out of doors
dance floor brings about the sub
jeet of weather The Northerncrs
among Us say that they cannot fl
gre cut Little Rock weather. They
cannot predict its changes, which
reminds us Of story. Want to
hear it 1t goes like this
An early Arkansas settler was
See Facilities, Page s
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
Mutual To
Broadcast
Program

The exploits of Negroes in the
armed forces and melcEant mar
inc will be featured in a half
hour radio program. "This Is Our
War; ON the Mutual Broadcast
ing system Sunday afternoon, oct
Il 2;30 p. m.
The program was arranged by
DR.. G. Lake lines, director of the
weekly radio program, my Poo
pie" at the request of Mutual,
and will be staged with the co.
operation of the War and Navy
departments.
Judge William II. HASTE, Civil
ian Aide to the Secretary of War,
1t. Col. Ned Gourdin, commander
Ct the 272nd Regiment, and Lieut.,
Harriet M, West of the Women's
Army Auxiliary Corps will speak
On the program, and Ann Brown,
concert artist who formerly star
red in "Porgy and Bess.' viii
sing.
Seaman Harold A. Augins, a
member of the Merchant marine
will describe his experiences en-.
/ courtered when his ship was tor.
pedoed and sunk recently in tn,
North Atlantic.
The program will originate l.
Baltimore with pick-ups in Chi
cago New York Fort Dix anc
Washington. The feature will enc
with the rendition Of "God Bless
America by the 9th Battalion
Band.
The program will be heard over
KGHI locally.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
Arrested;
Jailed And
Beating
Continually
Policemen

Rev. Thomas Palmer, a
product Of Philander Smith
College and a resident of
North Little Rock for the
past twenty-five years was
brutally beaten by a group of
ifate white men last Friday
at 22nd and Main streets in
North Little Rock. The beat
ing resulted from an alter
eaton between Rev. Palmer
and the motorman of the bus
that Rev, Palmer rode as a
passenger.
According to Rev, Palmer's testi
mony, after strenuous trip on
the Rock Island train (wlere he is
employed) for 80 consecutive hours
waiting on soldiers, reached Little
Rock, and hurrying home to the
bedside Of his sick mother and to
get some rest, boarded bus that
was crowded with no available
seats until he reached the foot Of
the Main street bridge and no.
tIcln9 a long seat in the rear where
he was standing vacant, with a
white man on one end, he sat down
on tie other, and the white pas
senger showed no signs of objec-
tons. lie rode for some distance
then another vacancy became a
vailable, which the motorman
asked him in no pleasant term to
take which he complied readily
which brought forth no grounds
for any controversy, but for some
reason or other the motofman
seemed to have possessed GER
tain amount Of resentment and
See ARRESTED, Page s
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09

Pvt. Shirley L. Neal, Alcorn,
Miss, college graduate who man.
aged $500 acre farm two years
for Farm Security Administration
has entered army service, and now
is stationed with newly arrived
contingent of 392nd Engineer Re-
giment, Camp Robinson,
The former farm manager has
completed his basic military train
ing since induction, and, with the
groundwork of the army regula-
tons and duties added to his ACHE
vements, he now is faniliarizing
himself with his new assignments
in Co., B Of the engineer organi-
zation.
A graduate Of Alcorn Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, AL
corn, Miss, Private Neal was made
the manager of the extensive farm
after he had served a year as
principal of kinloch Vocational Hi
school at Iniianola, Miss.
He is a native of Beverly. Miss,
See Pvt. NEAL, Page s
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
Mrs. Pankey
Mother
Keeps Club Rooms Frightened
Up With Fresh Cut Flowers

Among the Little Rock USO's
many and CONSTANT contributors
is Mrs. Josephine Pankey who is
better known as plain "Mother
Josephine" Several times each
week, Mother Josephine climbs the
steps to the USO office, her aims
filled with bright flowers and may
be a book or two, perhaps a ma
gazine tucked beneath her arm
and always a warm smile on her
face Doing her big bit to- Keep
'em Smilin'
Years ago, when the local Y. w.
c. A. was in its infancy, Mother
Josephine s,erally gave her ruraI
property to the girls for sum-
mer camping quarters. She's al
ways ON hand to help a church
land granting a deed to a piece of
her property for the use of a
church is just another thing ia
herr BY now, she's "Our Fa-
See USO, Page s
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
With The
COLORS
CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON

Cpl. Irwin +. Lyle Of 392nd En-
gineer Regiment, former clerk at
the City Hall at Chicago who ar
rived at Camp Robinson recently,
was assigned this week as the per-
sonal secretary Of 1t. Col. Louis
]. Rumaggi, commanding officer OF
the engineer regiment, Cpl. Ly-
tie achieved his business education
at Wendell Phillips High school at
Chicago, and Tilden Technical Hi
School in the same city, acquiring
skill at typing, at shorthand and
general commercial work, He Is n
native Of Chicago, entered the
army service at Fort Custer, Mich
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09

rat admitted, agreements w ich
in operation excessively restrict
the number of Negro firemen and
bfakesmen which may be employ
ed, which bar Negroes as helpers
on Diesel engines, and which give
non-Negro firtmen the pre- err
ence on stoker-fired steam engines
regardless of seniority or length
Of service.
Negro compliments have in
formed the Committee that the
result of these agreements has
been that mot only have few, if
any, Negro firemen or brakenen
been hired in the last several years
but that those already employed
have been pushed back to the tex
ira board and to the lowest pay
ing Jobs
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-10-09
$50 Long,

Rather than "good bye, it's $50
long for Robert l.. Hawkins, af &.
fectionately known to his many
friends as Bobby" when he left
for the armed forces Wednesday.
Already Bobby had learned a
few military phrases and said
Mrs. Hawkins his recent bride will
be Stationed at philly until he
can come back sporting an Off
GERS attire. With that determi-
nation he told few friends, "good
bye" at a firal party Tuesday mite,
when Mrs. Hawkins left for Phila-
delphia to await for tofficer) Haw
kinsl