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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
BRITISH DECREE
STRIKE PENALTY

LONDON, April 18.-(R-The in
citing of strikes was prohibited for
the duration by the British govern
ment today under a special eme--
gency powers regulation effective
Immediately which virtually out
laws all but nion-organized walk
outs.
This is the governments firm
answer to steadily-increasing walk
outs which twice this year crimped
the invasion front output and made
March the worst strike month of
the war despite the efforts of I'm
ion leaders to keep the men at
work.
The new regulation, described as
1-AA, modifies an earlier order,
Ia, prohibiting acts calculated to
prevent persons from carrying out
essential services. Under the old
IA it was not an offense peace
fully to persuade others to strike,
but under the new regulation any
melting to strike outside regular
union meeting is subject to penal
ties ranging up to five years i'm
prisonment and $4,000 fine.
Regulation 1-AA, which follows
British press assertions that some
recent strikes have been stimulat-
ed by subversive elements with the
primary aim of curling war pro-
duction, provides that mo person
shall declare, instigate or incite
any other person to take part in,
or shall likewise act in furtherance
of, any strike among persons en-
gagged in performance of essential
services or any lockout of persons
50 engaged"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
CEILINGS GIVEN
FOR VEGETABLES
Peas, Carrots, Spinach And
Snap Beans Affected
By Latest Order

WASHINGTON, April 18.-R-1n
a move which officials said would
mean a savings for consumers,
the Office of Price Administration
today put new price ceilings on
peas, carrots, spinach and snap
beans in terms of cents-a-pound
and cents-a-bunch ''mark-ups" by
retailers over wholesale prices.
The same type of mark-ups also
was specified for three other food
items not previous under price
control. These are eggplant, CO.
conuts, and field grown cucum-
bers.
The dollars-and-cents mark ups
are the first to be used on retail
food items except for fresh fish
and seafood. The system is expect
ed to prevent excessive prices to
house holders which OPA said
resulted from the earlier percent
age mark-up system. Under the lat
ter, the amount of the mark-up
increased every time the cost to
the grocer increased.
In another action, OPA provided
&c per cent mark up at retail
on sweet potatoes, which have
been under a temporary price
freeze"
The new cents-per-pound mark
ups are effective April 81, and,
OPA said, will allow normal
profit margin retailers. Communi-
ty prices in each area will be set
by the district OPA office, but
OPA said typical retail prices of
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5 TAXI DRIVERS
ARE FREED HERE
Two Women Are Given IL
Months To Be Served
AT Camp 404

Judge of Recorders Court H.
Winfield Smith found the evidence
insufficient for conviction of a sin
gle case of the five Wilmington taxi
drivers tried Tuesday on charges
of prostitution or aiding and abat-
ting prostitution by using their
cabs for transporting women for
immoral purposes.
The two women, Susan Baker,
10, and Sarah Lee Reaves, 10, who
admitted to the court they were
prostitutes and that each had sezv-
ed time previously in corrective
institutions, were given IL months
in Jail to be served at Camp 404.
The men involved in the trials
are: Robert Lee Burton, TT 1-2
Chestnut street; R. N Allen, BE
Ann street; E. E. Boney, 10 south
Second street; L. B. Pollock, Lee
land; and Robert Lee Russell.
Four of the men operate cabs for
the Yellow Cab company; the fifth
works for the Carolina Cab COM
pany.
The Baker woman, even after
pleading not guilty to the charge
upon he.', told the court in serv-
ing as states witness in the hear
ing for Pollock, of immoral rela-
tons with Pollock and ten other
men" in recent months, some of
whom she said were cab drivers
and others shipyard workers. Pol
lock stoutly denied the accusation
against him as did the other driv-
ers later in the day.
In announcing his decision of not
guilty in the case of the cab driv-
ers, Judge Smith pointed out that
fCop%;uuod IN Do 90 Threo. Col ~
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S0L0N EXPLAINS
BERRY CEILINGS

"ASHlNGTON,s April 18-OR)-
hep Morrison D-La) said today
ceiling price order on straw
berries is being held up by the
ofllce of Price Administration be.
cause Of his objections on behalf
Of Louisiana growers.
A directive on strawberry cell.
ngS' issued last Thursday by OPA
was temporarily suspended, Nor
riSoh said, until he can present
Ioalslana's case to Price Admins
Ha(or Chester Bowles.
Morrison told reporter that di
,ee'lVes were suspended by OPA
oAly when they face hell-rais'
Hg congressman like me-"
Following a two-hour conference
oaay with Economic Sterilization
D.rector Fred M. Vinsor, the Lou
Nianlan reported, II don't know
snat they're going to do and they
'on't either"
MORRISON said he told Vinson IT
rOu rum my strawberry growers
.!eFe Il be some government agen
N'eS ruined around Washington"
Az further conferences this week
~ rI0fIlSon said he would inform
.o"leS and War Food Administra
W. Marvin Jones that freezes ant
. . nave killed from one-half t.
.%v-'hlrds of the Louisiana crol
@nu ceiling prices would finisl
''echlng the strawberry farmer.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
H0EY WILL SPEAK
AT CHAMBER MEET

The Wilmington Chamber OF
Commerce is mailing letters to its
members calling attention to the
annual meeting, which will be held
Thursday, April 81, at the Cape
Fear Country club, and reminding
that tickets will be available here,
Walter J. Cartier, executive Sec
rotary, revealed yesterday.
This years Chamber meeting
will be held to honor the North
Carolina Shipbuilding Company
principal war industry in this area
and recognition of achievements
of the shipyard will be given by
chamber officials in the report tt
the membership.
Guests of honor will be officials
of the Newport News Drydock and
Shipbuilding company, which is
the parent organization of the N
c. Shipbuilding company, as well
as city and county officials, State
Representative R. M. Kermon,
State Representative J. E. L.
Wade, and officials of Chambers
of Commerce in nearby towns.
Other guests will include the Cham.
Der members wives and friends.
1.-THE feature of the evening will
be the meal" Cartier said, eli
NAKED by an address by Clyde R..
Hoey," former governor of North
Carolina and candidate for the
United States Senate.
The officers and board of direc-
tors to serve during the ensuing
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WORKERS TO GET
0CD BAR AWARDS

Service Bars awards from the
New Hanover County Office Of
Civilian Defense are now being
delivered by Boy Scouts to over
1900 volunteers, Commander c.
David Jones announced yesterday.
These awards which range
from 500 to 5000 hours, total more
that 100000 service hours rendered
by local civilian defense workers.
Commander Jones expressed his
appreciation of the much valued
assistance of the volunteers.
In a letter received by r. Fl.
Hubbard, executive secretary Of
the local office, from the Raleigh
Office of Civilian Defense, Gov.
ernor ]. NJ Broughton and r. L.
state OCD director, ex-
tended their hearty congratula-
tons and appreciation for the
splendid service rendered by New
Hanover county volunteers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-19
MISSING SEDITI0N
DEFENDANT FOUND
Smythe Located And Ar
rested By The FIJI In
Upper New York

WASHINGTON. April 49, R -
The missing defendant among 80
accused of conspiring with the Ma
zis to dominate the United States
was taken into custody today, re.
moving one of the blocks that have
begged down the trial for two days.
The Federal Bureau of Investi.
cation announced that Edward
James Smythe of New York City
identified by the FBI las publish
er of "Our Common Cause" and
a contributor to publicity edited
by Elmer J. Garner, another de-
PENDANT, had been arrested at Al
Sable Forks, in northern New York
about 40 miles from the Canadian
border.
The announcement did not come,
however, before Justice Edward
C. Eicher, after listening for more
than half day to clashes between
government and defense counsel
between lawyer and client, anc
among individual defendants, re
cessed the case in U. S. District
Court until tomorrow while Fed
eral agents hunted Smythe.
Smythe, whose bond of $1,000
was forfeited yesterday, will be
brought Immediately into the juris
diction of the court.
Whether that means selection o.
a jury can start was undetermin'
ed tonight. Justice Eicher still hae
under advisement motion, con
Cured in by all defense counsel, tt
dismiss the whole jury panel I'm
less the court and the lawyers car
be convinced of the propriety O
a Justice Department investiga
ton of prospective jurors. The mo
ton was filed by John w. jackson
attorney for Gerald B. Winrod o
Wichita, Kas.
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INDIA INVADERS
BEING REPULSED
Allied Infantry And Tanks
Are locked In Battle
With Nip Frees

HANDY, Ceylong, April 18-tR-
Allied infantry and tanks are lock-
ed n heavy fighting against Japa-
nese invasion troops around the
entire jungle perimeter of the rich
Inphal plain in Eastern India,
with the Japanese either being
stopped cold o. thrown back at
every point Of contact, Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten's head
quarters disclosed today.
The Japanese, shorn of the pro-
lection of the jungles and hills
through which they infiltreted
from western Burma, were esti-
mated to be suffering 10 casual
ties to each one for Mountbatten's
troops as they tangled with the
powerful Allied defenses around
Imphal, the Manipur state capital
Allied authorities consider I'm
phaTs Notifications imp@egnable.
Going over to the offensive
northeast of Imphal, Allied forces
were reported in today's commu-
nique to be making satisfactory
progress Other counter attack
ing British and Indians threw the
Japanese from a commanding po-
sition near the Bishenpur-Silchar
jungle trail some 1920 miles south
west of Imphal and were reported
staving off enemy efforts to re-
take the point.
The Bishenpur Silchar trail, or
track is believed to have rep
resented the Imphal garzison's last
overland communication with the
Bengal Assam supply railroad.
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Soldier To Receive
Medal For Heroism
In ACL Buie Wreck

AUGUSTA, Ca, April 18-tR-
Cpl. John B. Maraghy who lives
on Train Street in Dorchester,
Mass, will receive the Soldiers
Medal at Camp Gordon tomorrow
for his part in the rescue of pas
sengers in the wreck of an At
lantic Coast Line train at Buie, N.
c., last Dec. is.
Maj. Gen. Paul W. Newgarden,
commander of the Tenth Armored
Division, will present the award.
The citation said that Cpl. Ma
raghy with utter disregard for his
own safety worked for eight and
one half hours in the bitter cold
to rescue the named and injured
persons.
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10 BOMBERS LOST
High Explosive Rained On
Vital Aircraft Targets
By Bombers

LONDON, Wednesday, April 10.
-tR-A force of probably 1000 U.
S. Flying Fortresses, Liberators
and Fighters broke through COM
paratively weak enemy fighter for
ces guarding Berlin and it's en-
virons yesterday and rained high
explosives on targets vital to the
Nazi aircraft industry.
Nineteen of the big American
bombers and six fighters were lost
in the attack. At least "a German
planes were reported destroyed.
Bomber gunners shot down 10 Ma
ri planes and the fighters three.
At least 81 others were destroyed
on the ground, returning fighter pi-
lots said.
In addition to the forces which
hit Berlin and the capitals envi-
rons, acknowledgements Liberia
tors bomber the Pas de Calais
area and Marauders, accompanied
by Thunderbolts, blasted Charlie
roi, bringing the number of AL
lied aircraft in operation from the
British Isles to more than $500.
Three of the Marauders were re-
ported nuisance planes" were
over northwestern Germany and
the Bordeaux radio left the air,
raising the possibility of a night
assault.
The German radio complained
the weather interferred with sue
cessful defensive operations yes
terday and a communique by the
U. S. Army Air Force reported
only one division of the attacking
force encountered significant enc
my air opposition 1t is known
that this division went to Berlin.
The Axis radio said large
number" of Yank airmen para
chuted into the Reich capital from
their burning planes.
One of the American heavy bonn
Der forces blasted the Heinkel
bomber production center at Ora
nenburg, 20 miles northwest of
Berlin, while another tackled an
aircraft component factory at Rat
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REDS CRACK LINES
Germans Pinned Against
Black Sea In Desperate
Fight In Crimea

LONDON, Wednesday. April 1s
-QRD Gen. Andrea 1. Yeremenko' S
independent coastal troops cracked
SevastopoIs lower defense anchor
yesterday by capturing historic
Balaklava and plunged onward
two miles, where they seized a
village only five miles southeast
of the prize Crimean stronghold,
Moscow announced last night.
On shrinking 25-mile semi
circle around Sevastopol the Ger
mans pinned against the Black
Sea were fighting desperately, a
midnight bulletin said.
In several sectors the Germans
were using Romanians as cover
ing troops with detachments Of
Nazi automatic riflemen and ma
chine-gunners placed behing them
Moscow said. cat the least effort
of the Romanians to go over tt
the side of the Red army or re-
treat, the Hitlerites open fire or
their Romanian allies, said the
late bulletin.
The fall of Balaklava, linked
with Sevastopol by a seven-mile
highway and tramline, opened ur
the valleys leading into the lar
ger city from the south and out
thanked German troops dug in or
Malakhov hill and Inkermar
heights opposite Gen. Feodor I
Tolbukhin's Fourth Ukraine Army
attacking on the eastern side Of
Sevastopol.
Yeremenko's tough marines
were astride two highways lead
ing into Sevastopol from the south
east, the Balaklava Sevastopo
road and the upper section Of tn
main Yalto-Sevastopol route. So
Wet airmen spearheaded the
ground advance by strafing and
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Induction OF
Men Over 80
Here Halted
TEMPORARY NATURE
oulv Volunteers And De-
linquents Over Limit
To Be Taken

Effective Immediately, local
,oo~ds will not induct any regis
.~.n+s 30 years of age or older
,,nlecs they are delinquents or vol
n+oprs It was revealed in a head
r.rters circular letter authorized
wv Brig Gen. J. Van E. Nets,
stote director of Selective Service,
recpived by City Draft Board No.
yesterday. ~
uiI have their induction postponed
# tbev are engaged in agriculture
or any activity in war products
or in support of the war effort.
These men do not have to be key
men in their industry in order to
he deferred, the bulletin stated.
Men 26 to % years old are adj
vised that the present postponed
induction is of temporary nature.
and will expire when the supply
Of men whose ages range from 10
TO Is has been exhausted.
The local board will proceed
with the induction of registrants
Is to 20 who are not engaged in
essential activities.
County Draft Board No. 2 re-
ceived a similar bulletin that sta
Ted that the postponement of pro-
cessing for induction men 26 years
Of age and over does not apply to
men engaged in essential &C.
tivities.
The order applies to all men
who became rs years of age on
or before March "a, 1914, and who
are engaged in agriculture or
other essential activities listed in
the IS activities and occupation
bulletins issued by the directory of
Selective Service. For the present
the draft board was asked to de-
vote its time exclusively for pro-
cessing of volunteer registrants
under rs who are not in essential
work. Registrants from Is to 81
years Of age, who desire to VOL
unteer, should be permitted to do
so unless deferment should be
granted TO protect the essential
activity in which he is engaged.
Men under rs must make a new
request for deferment even though
they may have previous de-
ferment, This request must be
filed with state office of employer
before deferment can be granted.
College students who are in
school and expect to graduate by
July l, 1914 are eligible to apply
for defe~ment until that date. Stu
dents of medicine, dentistry, vet
Urinary medicine, and osteopathy
in recognized schools will be al
lowed to continue their studies but
they must have approved defer
ment. This also applies to students
IN pfe-study courses for these pro-
LESSONS. They must have been ac-
cepted for admission in recognized
schools and participate in active
classroom work on or before July
l, 1914 to be eligible for defer
ment.
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BATTER-UP'

NATIONAL LEAGUE
b. Louis 2, Pittsburg 0
New York 2, Boston 1
Philadelphia 4, Brooklyn l
0hicag0 3, Cincinnati 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 3, Boston 0
Philadelphia 3, Washington 2
~. Louis 2, Detroit l
ohicago- Cleveland, pos t.
psned
"DETAILS on Sports page)
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NORTH CAROLINA: Clearing wedn..-
dav with slightly higher afternoon teno-
peratures.
temperatures yesterday:
High: 68-LoW: 81.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
Pere Marquette
ltss.
Defers Dividend:

In order to conserve cash re-
sources for necessary repairs ana
TO permit further debt retirement.
the Pere Marquette Railway has
decided to defer dividend pay.
ments. the board of directors Of
the road announced today.
A refunding of the companys
1856 first mortgage maturities on
an advantageous basis in the near
future is the aim of the road, the
board advised, as II pointed out
that since the initiation of the
debt retirement policy in October.
1912, 1877 per cent or Sl2,O67.bOO.
of the first mortgage bonds out.
standing at that time have been
purchased by the railroad.
AS of today. there are outstand-
ing a total of $50, 467 400 FIRST
mortgage bonds divided as follows:
SIG. 442. 400 series A SIS due 1856;
81, 46S.00 series B As due 1856:
S21 ,557 900 series c 4ias due 1880.
A wholly-owned subsidiary owns
S575, 900 of the AIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
Form New
Concerns

LANSING, Nov "a CUP)-The
Michigan Corporation and Securi-
ties Commission today had an
nounced that articles Of incorpo-
ration have been filed by the
following firms:
Baxter e. Turner Manufacturing
Co, 54o1 Wabash, Detroit; Robert
Baxter and Marion d. Turner.
Detroit. TO manufacture and sell
sheet metal and ornamental work {;
$4,000 common stock.
Michigan Engineering and Man
ufacturing Co.. GOA Msccabees
Bldg, Detroit; James z. Wilson,
=. L. Marcero Jr.. TO manufacture
boxes; $50. 900 common stock.
Monroe Fabricators, Inc, Mon
roe; ]. D. Mackin, w. Fl. Banks
and E. w. Bergman. Monroe. to
conduct metal manufacturing bus
mess; $4,000 common stock.
Staple Engineering Co.. Bir-
mingham; Charles F. Staples, S.
Kenneth Kuhn, Birmingham, and
Albert F. Hasty, Detroit, to con-
duct commercial and industrial
business: $4,000 common stock
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
Auto
Graphs
v. S. Car Population
Still Over 10000. 900
BY sILER FREEMAN

Cars are not going off the
road in as large numbers as pre-
dicted, according to Marcus
Ainsworth. statistician OF the
Automotive and Aviation Indus
tries magazine. Ainsworth annu-
ally forecasts the motor vehicle
registrations for the. nation. He
predicts that by the end OF the
year, passenger car registrations
will only be down 10000 from
last year. drop OF only l.3 per
cent.
This will also be partially Off
set. says Ainsworth. by an in
crease of $4,000 In trucks regis
tered, so that the total drop will
only be 292, 900 units for the
year or under l per cent. His
survey shows that total regis
trations as OF December 81 will
be 30.202, DOT compared with 3d.
494.638 for 1913 and 32.l44,209
for 1912.
Ainsworth's forecasts have al
ways been within less than l
per cent Of the final data pub
lished by the annual statistical
issue Of his publication. His pre-
diction for 1914 is still far from
the 10000, 900 the Brookings re-
port set as the minimum for
American transportation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25

Frankly we did not attempt
20 arrive at any dollars-and-
cents estimate OF actual expend-
itures scheduled. We were far
!. moro Interested In ascertaining
management attitudes on these
questions-and I think II may
be said conservativeIy that man
agement's frame Of mind toward
capital goods investment Is uni
formly encouraging In every
type Of manufacturing right
across the board"
As further check-up, Fac
tory asked:
IF yours In q ssetai-wofaing
plant, would you replace . part
OF your production equipment
tmachine tools) because II IL
obsolete, WORKOUT, not produc-
tive enough, or too old?"
Forty-two per cent OF the
manufacturers interviewed said
they must" replace some equip
fnent; 33 per cent said they
should" and % per cent said
II would be desirable" The
same question was put TO nom
metal working plants and the
answer was: must" 33 per
cent; should" So per cent. and
desirable 81 per cent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
Aircraft Drop
Softens List

NEW YORK. Nov. "a QNS)-
The stock market softened today
led by the aviation group which
posted losses up to 2 points.
Douglas opened Y easier and
was down TO 63A. off 2. before
the noon hour. United Aircraft,
Boeing. and Consolidated Vultee
reacted large fractions.
Motors held at or slightly be-
low Wednesdays close. Bethle-
hem Steel and u. S. Steel worked
nearly a point lower. Rails. cop
pers and rubber stocks were quiet
and mixed. Pullman sold at AZ,
off III. American Telephone
moved up a shade. rejecting the
end of the Ohio telephone oper,
ators' strike.
international Harvester,
Socony-Vacuum, u. S. Smelling,
Commonwealth Edison and Inter-
national Nickel lost ground frac-
tionally. Rail bonds and the Curb
market were mixed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
Briggs, Strdtton
0mits Dividend

MILWAUKEE,. Nov. 24-Direc.
tors of Briggs & Stratton Coro
have voted 10 pass the regular
quarterly dividend of Is cents
normally paid in December. in
order 10 conserve capital
L. G.. Regner, secretary, COM
menting on the action. said:
"While the company's volume
II running ut high levels, the
effect Of renegotiation OF war
contract profits, price reductions
by repricing Of war contracts,
freezing of working capital In
the form OF refunds Of excess
profits taxes not available until
future years, and the uncertain
ties attending the times, have
prompted the directors Of Briggs
4 Stratton Corp. to conserve its /,
working capital by passing the
quarterly dividend usually paid
Dec. U.s."
This action marks the first
time since June 20. 1929. that the
company has not paid a quarterly
dividend.
There have been So consecutive
dividends since that time. although
all have not been IS cents. The
last dividend was rs cents OIL
Sept. Is, 1914.