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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
II Face Treason Count
In Trial Of SabOteurS

WASHINGTON, July 13.-tR-
Charges of treason. it was iadi-
Gated tonight, may be brought
against some of the IA men and
women accused of aiding the eight
alleged NaZi saboteurs now On tri.
al for their lives.
The IA, whose arrest was an.
nounced by Attorney General Bid.
die today, have been neld without
formal charge.
While no official would be quot
ed, some officials expressed the
belief that a variety of charges
to fit the different parts played
by those arrested would be brought
At the same time, it was pointed
out that J. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Federal Bureau of Jnvesti-
CATION, declared last week that
those who had aided the alleged
saboteurs, now being tried secret
ly by special commission OF sew
en- generals, were guilty of treason
and added that treason shall not
become profitable"
The group Of IA includes six
women. among them Maria Kerl-
ing, wife of Edward John Kerling,
leader of the four well-equipped.
well-financed Nazis who landed
from a German submarine near
Jacksonville, Fla, on June II. AL
SO held are the parents and al
uncle of Herbert Haupt, mem
Der of Kerling's detail.
Only one native American, Miss
HedWig Engemann, born in Brook.
lyn, was in the group The others
all were German-born, but nine
Of them had become American cit.
liens by naturalization.
Announcement of their seizure
followed by a few days the arrest
of 158 persons reported to be ac.
tive in the German-American bund
in the New York area, and scat.
tered arrests of alleged Germa:,
sympathizers and supporters in va
rious parts of the country and ir
the Panama Canal zone.
These were the ID as announced
by Biddle:
(Those Identified as German
Americans" were born il Ger
many but are naturalized citizens
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
FOOCH0W RELIEVED
BY CHINESE TROOPS
Counterattack Drives In
vaders From Nearby
Futuo Island

CHUNGKING, July 13-LP-Foo-
chow, one of two Chinese-held mi
nor ports menaced by twin Japa-
nese drives on the Chekiang-Fuki
seaboard, has been relieved by
counter attacking Chinese troops
who landed from boats and drove
the invaders out of nearby Futuo
island, the Chinese announced to-
day.
The Japanese, who took the is
land near the Fukien seaport only
on Thursday, were forced on Sat
urday to flee to their ships, leav-
ing behind 300 casualties and con-
siderable quantities of supplies.
The Chinese couater-attack lasted
a night and a day, the communique
said.
Meanwhile, the threat to Wen
chow, the other of the two princi-
pal ports still in Chinese hands,
continued acute, with the japanese
pressing engagements to the north
west in a drive from Lishui, south
eastern Chekiang air base. The
Japanese have captured Tsingtien,
only % miles to the northwest, and
have occupied Julian, 13 miles
southwest of WenchoW.
Chinese accounts from the Che
kiang battlefront were greatly de-
layed, however. The latest ad-
vances covered the situation only
up to Friday night. (The Japanese
said they occupied Wenchow oatur-
day night and Sunday morning.)
In Kiangsi province to the north
west, part of a Japanese force of
10000 reported trapped last week
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
233 TONS RUBBER
SALYACED in CITY
Incomplete Totals From
Collectors Show 467,-
118 Pounds

Incomplete returns last night
showed that Wilmington SAL
wage for Victory scrap rubber
collection, which opened June Is
and ended Saturday, netted more
than 467,11 pounds.
Oil distributors, whose service
station outlets throughout the coun-
ty served as used rubber collec.
ton depots during the nationwide
campaign, said all stations had not
reported their final totals and that
no instructions have been received
from state salvage headquarters
as to where the rubber is to be
sent
Although old tires and tubes pre-
dominated, New Hanover's drive
produced almost every conceivable
rubber item from tiny dime toys
to boots and hot water bottles. All
will go toward the war effort.
Largest to be collected by any
one oil firm in the county was the
1877, ,455-pound pile purchased by
Standard Oil OF which Morrison
w. Divine, Jr., is local manager.
Instituted at the request of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to meet the coun-
try's urgent need for additional
rubber, the campaln was sparked
by a widespread organization of
local committees.
Alex Sprunt, as New Hanover
ration chairman, headed the group
here. And Bruce B. Cameron was
named chairman of the petroleum
committee.
Incomplete totals as the collec-
ton ended here was, by pounds,
as follows:
Standard Oil, 197,455; Macmillan
and Cameron, $1,000; Fountain Oil,
$500; Atlantic Refining, 3O,9S7;
Oil, 25,5OO; Gulf, 24,963;
Texas company, 2O(5OO; Shell 49,
O13 and National OH, $4,000. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Wreck Enemv
Supply Base
With Assault
Over 700 High Explosive
Shells Are Thrown Into
Mediterranean Port
AUSTRALIANS HOLDING
Remain In Possession OF
Newly Won Positions
West OF Ell Alamein

CAIRO, July 13-(P)-The
British Mediterranean fleet
has entered the battle Of
Egypt with its guns and it's
planes, it was disclosed to-
night, leaving flames and
Wreckage at Matruh, the
Axis most advanced supply
port a scant 100 miles behind
the front lines.
While the slugging power
of Australian and South Afri-
can battle groups kept the
British army in possession of
its newly-won positions west
of Ell Alamein, the fleets warships
swept in close to shore at Matruh
in last nights darkness and sent
salvo after salvo into the harbor.
Naval aircraft had proceeded the
Warships' assault with violent
raid on the Axis anchorage, scor-
ing direct hit on an ammunition
ship. Guns of the fleet finished this
ship off while the naval pilots
pressed their own attack on he
port.
1T was a magnificent sight,"
said one naval airman who was
alOft at the time of the lombard.
ment from the sea. THE Navy
knocked hell out of the place.
This was the first time the fleet
had found an opportunity and an
adequate target ashore for its guns
since the battle for Egypt began,
and it struck with vengeance at
Matruh, which is only ITO miles
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
BLAZE DAMAGES
STORAGE PLANT
Wilmington Refrigeration
Concern Has Fire OF
Undetermined Origin

Considerable damage in the en-.
CINE room and offices of the vii.
mlngton Cold Storage plant, locat-
ed at 5l6 North Second street, was
eone by fire Of undetermined ori.
GIN about $40 Monday morning.
Necessity Of using gas masks
me tlrst time by the local fire de.
paftme:lt-Was caused due to ar
ammonia leak, Chief J. L. Groom
said The gas masks have bten in
service Of the department for about
30 days.
Chief Groom said the masks
were worth their purchase price
lol use on the single occasion.
Inc flames, which started in the
ehglhe room, followed an exhaust
ehute through the offices and or
10 10 'ne roof doing some damage tc
u'e roof and offices.
officials of the company said il
""S impossible to estimate the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Pressure For Second Front
Heavy In England, Reveals
C.. |. O. Official After Visit

NEW YORK, July 13.-(R-
A CIO union official said today
that the pressure in England
for second front was tremen-
dous and that the troops there
"are practically standing on
each others shoulders"
"There is tremendous con-
centration\ of material and
masses of troops in England not
being put to immediate use,"
said Joseph Curran, president of
the National Maritime union,
who returned recently.
"The troops are practically
standing on each others shOul-
ders."
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
BRITISH FLEET ENTERS BATTLE
OF EGYPT AS BIG GUNS HURL
FLAMING DEATH INTO MARUH
Men With Dependents
Will Be Last Inducted,
Declares Gen. Hershey

calls, and also contained list
of "a essential activities COM
piled by the war manpower
commission.
Based on recent amend
ments to the selective service
act, the statement was de-
signed to guide local boards,
Hershey said, but in no way
altered the statutory ban on
group defermenis. Its purpose,
he said, was to protect bona
fide family relationships as
long as possible.
The order in which local
boards were instructed to con-
slider registrants for induction
was: Q) Single men with
no dependents; (2) single men
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Nazis Smash
Through Reds
At Voronezh
Continue Swift Advance
Toward Caucasus In
3 Great Drives
SITUATION IS GRAVE
Soviets Fall Back Steadily,
lnfGcting Heavy Enc
my Casualties

MOSCOW, Tuesday, July
IA. - P) - German troops
have smashed through the
Red army at Voronezh and
are continuing their swift ad
vance toward the Caucasus in
three great drives along a
200-mile front, the Soviets ac-
knowledged early today in a
communique which for the
first time officially described
the situation as "grave."
The Germans not only
snapped the Red lines and ap'
parently broke through II
great force at Voronezh, thu
upper end of the Don from
where the Russians had helc
out gamely for more than a week
but also continued to roll on east
ward in the Boguchar and Lisl
| chansk areas to the south.
Boguchar is 140 miles southeas
of Voronezh, and Lisichansk is 2o'
miles due south.
In all three areas the Red army
pitted against overwhelmingly su
perior forces, fell back steadily
The communique said of this re
! treat:
mobile groups and aircraft GOV
ering the withdrawal are pinnins
the enemy down and inflictins
heavy losses on him."
Amid calls for the Allies to oper
second front in Europe agains
the Axis, the great German driv'
| to the east with its unchecked gath
ering momentum threatened to d.
these things:
Split the central and southern
Red armies entirely; gain the Vol
ga at the great industrial city O.
Stalingrad 200 miles away; sea
that waterways route and othe1
supply lines from the United Ma
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Former Mexican Military
Attache Bares Nazi Plot
To Invade United States

MEXICO CITY, July 13.-(R
A former Mexican military at
tache to Berlin said in a pub
lished interview today that Ger
many had planned to land an
invasion force in TampicO to
attack the United States and
had offered Mexico territorial
compensatiOns" for its support.
The plans were completed dur.
ing the invasion of Poland, two
years before the United States
entered the war, Lieut.. Col. Ar
mandO LozanO Bernal said. Ber-
nual has just returned to Mexico
with diplomatic repatriates.
The colonel said the German
plan was discussed with him
and that the Nazis envisioned
taking over the Mexican gulf
coast port in the oil region and
using it as a base against the
United States.
Bernal said his unsympathetic
answers to inquiries caused the
Germans to cut short their ef-
forts to win him over.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
German Troops In Greece
Rushing To Rommel's Aid

ANKARA, July 13-(P-Germau
occupation troops in Greece to.
gether with reserves called from
the eastern front are being rushed
to the aid of Field Marshal Erwin
Rommers forces in Egypt, it was
reported here today.
The troops were said to be going
by way of Crete to Tobrulz, a route
of more than 500 miles from Greek
ports. Conveys of mechanical
equipment also were reported en-
route to the desert battle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14


vors reaching shore, but those
sinkings occurred in the St. Law
renee river itself At the time "a
crewme:l were reported killed, but
the exact number of casualties
never was made known officially.
Macdonald made his statement
after being questioned in the
House twice, last Friday by J. S.
Roy, independent of Gaspe, Cue,
and today by Conservative Leader
R. B. Hanson who said the new
sinkings we're common knowledge
along the river.
Roy said he had been advised by
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Selective Service Head Or.
ders Postponement
OF Inductions

WASHINGTON, July 13-(R
Local draft boards were di-.
rected by selective service
headquarters tonight to post
pone induction of men with de-
pendents until all other sour
ces of manpower for the arm
ed forces have been exhausted.
A statement Of policy, issued
by Maj. Gen. Lewis b. Her.
shey, selective service direc-
tor, established the order in
which seven classifications
were to be utilized for draft
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Axis Subs Sink 3 Ships
In Gulf OF St. Lawrence

OTTAWA, July 13.-P-Axis sub
marines slipping into the Gulf OF
St. Lawrence have sunk three
ships, bringing to five the number
sent to the bottom in that general
area, Navy Minister Angus Mac
Donald announced in the House of
Commons today.
''Three ships belonging to the
United Nations were torpedoed and
sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
about a week ago." he said.
-Four crew members are known
to be killed, four reported missing.
and SO have been landed safely"
Two other ships were announced
sunk May 13 with 81 or 88 survi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Reynolds Wants Autos
And Other Transport
Means Communicated

WASHINGTON, July 13.-R
Senator Reynolds (D-NC) asked
Congress today to empower
President Roosevelt to take over
automobiles and other transpOr-
tatiOn equipment for war pur-
poses.
Reynolds bill would authorize
$4,000, 100000 of appropriations
with which to pay owners of
cars or equipment acquired by
the government. 1t would be ef-
fective through 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
Practice
Afraid

. Date: Tuesday, July IA, 1912.
Time: 7:45-9:30 p. M.
l. Warning siren at 7:45
p. m.
3. All-clear siren at 1855 p. m.
3. NO BLACKOUT.
A. Traffic will move as usual.
s. Citizens Defense Corps
members will proceed to
their assigned posts on
hearing waAhing siren, &C
- cording to instructions is
sued by their respective
~ chiefs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
ORDERED TO DUTY

HOLLYWOOD, July 13.-LP)-Hal
Roach, veteran film producer, has
been ordered to active duty July %
as major in the Photographic divi.
sion of the Army Signal Corps.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-14
WEATHER

Nopn FORECAST:
and 'AiH IN CARoLINA-Continued hot
rTa.taershowers in mountains,
endino endi,eo[oiogicaI ol data for the "a hour;
r,S ,ou p. M. Yesterdays:
p LRN STANDARD TIME)
'S l. 5. Weather Bureau)
1;3n Temperature:
90; $50 n, ~ u; 7;ao a. m. IS; 1870 p. m
70, ne.s ~ 63; maximum "a: minimum
o. normal 70.
i:3O Humidity:
g ';8O p. m. - ''0 d. M S'' l;So p m
Totsj Precipitation:
m, 00o wi vi the "a hours ending 7:3O u
of the nches total since the first da,
'oruh, 226 inches.
(Fro,, =. llDEs FOR TODAY:
Coast snd ilde n Tables published by U. S
'0 Geodetic Survey:
Wilmington High Low
------------ 1O:24a. 5:26a
Nasonboro r,.. 1O:45p. 5:24p
cH2s: Ip ,eo:;lla; a;lla; sunset 7:25p: moonris,
"oonset a;lop. ' '1'
VILE, f'ver stage at Fayette-
'h'' Monday, 9.S feet.
'Uea on Page Two; Col. s.
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Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Star Billing

The the little Blair copped an
other title role, and became MY
Sister Eileen" to the incompar-
able Rosalind Russell. Now the
astute Miss Russell has a clause
in her contract which very dis
tinctly points out that no other
girl in her pictures can be as
good as La Russell.
But you've doubtless read how
when the picture was finished,
Roz herself said the contract
was badly mistaken, and she in
sisted on sharing star billing
with the youngster.
A saga like this makes Janet
sound like a feminine Horatio
Aleer salted literally with the
luck of the Irish. And Janet
Blair comes honestly by that
phase of her fortune. She was
born Martha Janet Lafferty OF
Altoona, Pa.
She comes of many genera
tions of Laffertys, evidently
thoroughly Amerlcanized,. lot
Janet's favorite color is red. not
green. She said she took the
name Blair because Altoona Is
in Blair County.
When she was 9 she liked 10
stand on her head and kick her
then skinny legs about. so her
family found an outlet for that
energy in ballet lessons.
Later she started training
her voice. and the Lafferty
larynx soon outstripped the LAT
ferty legs. (They are now, II
NAV be said. chummily breaking
the tape in a dead heat.)
Hal Kemp heard the little
Lafferty sing and took her on as
his canary. Her family almost
made him keep her in cage.
They consented to let her go on
the tour only because the band
manager was an old friend OF
the family.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Mates in War; Hollywood
Wives Shun Other Men
BY BILL wICKERsHAM
Special to THE DETROIT TIMES
HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 3.

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 3.
ITO DATE or not to date. That
= is the question that's perturb-
ing the thoughts of practically
every wartime widow"
From Marsha Hunt we learned
that when her husband, Jerry
Hopper. departed for the army,
he said, Remember, Marsha,
that 1 will understand whatever
you do-only while you are in
the public eye. it is the public to
whom you must explain" l."
$50" continued Marshal, T've
adopted the convoy system and
am only going out with groups OF
friends"
Constance Bennett, whose hus-
band, Cpl. Gilbert Roland, is
stationed in Missouri, simply
doesn't think in terms of "es-
cort"-especially when she is
with close friends. When il
comes TO home entertainment
for men in uniform-such as her
recent luncheon honoring Major
General CousinS-she invites a
congenial group with no attempt
to couple them off" or provide
an escort for her charming self.
Cobina Wright Jr., whose hus-
band, Cpl. Palmer Baudette. has
been stationed in Georgia six or
seven weeks, became a rumor
victim recently when she was
innocently coupled with an es-
cort by a well-meaning hostess.
and, Immediately. dame rumor
had it she and Palmer had quar-
relied.
And Lorraine Day, the recent
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Strip Polka Crazy

Strip Polka" is as crazy as
its title, and while Kay Kyser
gives it a whacky turn or two.
we doubt if it will hit the high
set by the Andrews Sisters on
Pennsylvania Polka"
Classical Considerations - We
never thought that Lily Pons
and Bruno Walter would ever
speak to one another, let alone
record an album, but you never
know.
Mr.. Walter has condeScended
TO direct the accompaniment for
Miss Pens in a series of arias
which includes the fam meu s
Queen OF the Night" aria from
Mozart's Magic Flute" the
"Voi Che Sapete.' from the
Marriage of Figaro" Blondine's
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Dance Routine

Janet remained with the band
until Hal Kemp's death, and
then signed a motion picture
contract. Her latest production
is Columbia's Something to
Shout About"
On this picture her legs catch
I'D with her voice again: Janet
does a dance routine with David
Lichine. star of Russian ballet.
and Lichine has no truck with
sissies.
The daily ballet practice she
had kept up for years stood
Janet in good stead; in five days
she was adept at the routines
the girls of the chorus took sew
eral weeks to rehearse.
Besides her two specialties,
Janet does many things moder-
ately well; she swims, rides,
hikes, ice skates, plays tennis,
and paints. But I like TO think
she is most typically American
in her sensible attitude on love.
"a girl should not let career
interfere with love-" she says.
She realizes there's no use
having a career If you have TO
throw aside all your happiness.
She hopes, however, TO COM
bine a career with marriage.
She's had a few dates with the
glamour boys. but she still prefers
the company of Louis Busch,
whom she met when she was
canary and he a music arranger
for Hal Kemp.
In addition 10 the prosaic
pastime of saving match books,
Janet also collects lipsticks. She
is reputed 10 have garnered
already more than 200 of the
latter. but this activity has been
curtailed by the war.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Kern Disappoints

We were strictly disappointed
in the latest Jerome Kern tune,
Dearly Beloved, but the best
version of it is now out by
Cugat, played as a beguine.
The Glen Miller Trombone
treatment leaves us cold. al
though we do like I'm Old
Fashioned, which is on both the
Cugat and Miller turnoverS.
Vaughn Monroe turns out a
smoothie in you Were Never
Lovelier" with After It's Over"
vocaled by the Lee Sisters on
the reverse.
Best five jump of the moment
is the Jimmy Dorsey Murder
istic," coupled with What
Makes Sammy Run" or didn't
YOU read the book?
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Fisher Town Hall
Opens October IA

HAILED AS one of the great
est of Flamenco dancers of all
time, Carmen Amaya, 20-year-
old gypsy, will open the Fisher
Town Hall season at the Fisher
Theater, Wednesday morning,
October Ia.
Amaya is accompanied by a
troupe of gypsy dancers and
musicians, recruited from the
family clan. Her group includes
the famous Flamenco dancer,
Antonio Triano; her sisters, An
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Janet Maa kSm 9G4yty JpnMy american; llzu Sta, &&r
Music Guild
Plan Fall Party

THE DETROIT MUSIC
GUILD will hold its fall party
on Saturday evening. October
10 at the Scarab Club. The pro-
gram will include the guild or-
chestra, featuring soloists both
vocal and instrumental and the
Almanacs, we'll known singers
of native American sengs. Aiso5
a musical quiz game.
Defense stamps will be
awarded as prizes for all ques-
tions not answered correctly by
the music guilds board of ex-
perts. Refreshments will be
served and square dancing will
round out the program. The
public is invited. Admission is
IS cents per person.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
First Stage Page

(Continued from First Stage Page
pointments. Miss Aubert says
that she never had as great a
reputation as an actress in Eu-
rope as did Miss Sten.
wasn't well known, sfTe
said. "outside Of my own cOun-
try. but I love motion pictures
and I like 10 act. am 10 happy
In this country. Seems like a
dream meeting you," She said,
"for j Ionged 20 write TO you
from New York. but didn't
think you would be interested"
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Workshop Players
Hold Tryouts

THE WORKSHOP CIVIC
PLAYERS of the Wayne Uni
versity Theater will hold their
preliminary fall tryouts at the
university auditorium, Cass and
Warren avenues, Wednesday and
Thursday at 1880 p. m.
Any resident of-the metro--
politan area interested in work.
ing with the organization may
try out for acting or production
work, according to Prof. Richard
Dunham, director of players.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
T Took Name
OF Birthplace
County in Pa.
By ROBERT TOBEY q
Sn.cisi - IHE DETROIT IINES

HOLLYWOOD. oct. 3.
THEY say all kinds of things
L about screen newcomer
Janet Blair, all Of them enthusi-
astic. but one thing they can't
say about her is that she aims
20 be. tried 10 be, is, or could be
a foreign importation. I've never
seen anybody so typically Amer
lean in all my life.
Txenty-year-old- Janet is the
girl who a year ago began her
picture career at the top. which
She allows Is the incest way to
do il. Her first appearance was
in Columbia's ct hree Girls
About Town" with Janet split
ting the title role three ways
with screen veterans Blnnle
Barnes and Joan Blondell.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04

bride of Ray Hendricks, answered
our query by saying. for my
part L would never be happy
with any escort other than my
husband, so for the duration I'll
devote my spare time to war
work, selling bonds and seeing
my close friends, most Of whom
are married"
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04
Sammy S
Recordings
to Get
BY CHARLES GENTRY

bN Nh@AH -
-SWfNGfNG and Swaying over
~ the record counters we still
find we have 10 grab what we
can get in the way of Sammy
Kaye, who is currently in town
at the Michigan.
Even with all those wonderful
versions of This Is the Army
tunes, we still 60 for Hayes YER
sion. It's a honey. If you want
10 hear all the tunes. you can
get them in a Victor First
Nighter Album or with the en-
tire cast included in the Decca
dealing.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-04

NORMA SHEARER has
Robert Taylor for "Her
Cardboard Lover" in the
film feature continuing at
the United Artists Theater,
aria from the Abduction From
the Seraglio, and several others.
AS though conscious Of the
honor, Miss Pons keeps her voice
in trim. stays on key, and gener-
ally gives a fine performance.