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Evening star., 1944-01-26
Hospital Ship Sunk
By German bonnbers
off Italian Coast
By the Associat ted Press.


NETTUNO, Italy, Jan. "a (De-
laye0 I'm an attack far outside the
invasion zone, German bombers to-
day sank a hospital ship and made
direct hit and near misses on two
others.
Swift rescue work was believed to
have held losses OF lives compara-
lively light.
Can Allied headquarters COM
munique today told Of the sinking
and said the survivors paid trib-
ut~ to the rescue efforts of the
Allied naval forces.)
The attack was delivered shortly
after dark. Survivors said the three
hospital ships were at least 10 miles
from the zone where Allied war;
ships and landing craft were located
All three ships were painted white
and large red crosses on their sides
and all were lighted fully.
(CBS Correspondent John DAILY,
In broadcast last night, identi-
Ned the vessel sunk as the st.
David. He said the others at
tackled were the Leinster and the
st. Andrew
Five Nurses Saved.
Five American nurses attached to
surgery teams were aboard and all
were saved and uninjured. They
are Its. Ruth Hindman of Phila-
delphia and Elizabeth Berrett of
Wilkes Barre, Pa, who escaped the
ship which sank; Blanche Elseck
Chicago; Marguerite Mella, Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., and Esther
HinshaE, Salem, Mass.
The Germans lighted the skies
for miles around with flares" one
of the nurses said. I'VE heard anti
aircraft fire from other ships but
we never dreamed the bombers
would attack us. We had steamed
we'll out to sea by that time and no
warships or any other ships were
near u.s."
The three hospital ships were
clustered within a few thousand
yards of each other.
TT wasn't an accident because
they divebombed us not once but
several times" a survivor said. 1T
was a clear night and the ships
were easily identifiable with their
own lights and the glow from the
flares"
Sank In Six Minutes.
The doomed hospital ship sank
within six minutes. Its. Hindman
and Berrett were among the last
to leave the vessel. Both were
shaken but unhurt. Neither COM
Evening star., 1944-01-26

mented, but survivors said the
nurses helped rescue squads get,
the wounded into lifeboats and
themselves waited until the last
possible moment before leaving.
There were only a few wounded
aboard our ship" 1t. Elseck said.
1--WE had just finished our surgery
and were preparing for another
when bomb hit. We all were dazed
and almost everything in the OPP
Grating room was smashed or
knocked over. We did the best We
could, operating quickly, and then
we began receiving survivors. I
heard that most Of the wounded
were saved"
Two bombs whistled past the ship
carrying Its. Mella and Hinshaw.
One cut through the radio antenna
and the other showered the decks
with water.
Evening star., 1944-01-26
WB's Subpoena:
- ~. N
For Union Leader Sent
To Printers Secretary.

Making use OF its subpoena power
for the first time against a union
ofI1cial, the War Labor Board has
summoned Woodruff Randolph OF
Indianapolis, secretary-treasurer OF
the International Typographical
Union, to appear before 1t Friday
and state his position on labor's no.
strike pledge.
Wayne. L. Morse, public member
Of the board, said the action was
unanimous. and decided on only
after Mr.. Randolph twice refused
to attend public hearings before the
board. Other international officers
Of the union, which has been in
volved in strikes or strike threats in
several cities, did appear.
Mr.. Morse asserted that Mr.. RAN
dolph "indulged in obvious subter-
fuge by failing to appear" on the
other occasions, and that "his de-
fense amounts, in fact, to contempt
Of the board"
Accuses Board of Politics.
Neither Mr.. Randolph nor any
other labor leader should be allowed
to get by with that sort of defiance" +"
he added.
At Indianapolis. Mr.. Randolph
told the Associated Press he had not
received the summons. He accused
the WLB of putting on show for
political purposes" and refused to
say whether he would attend the
public hearing.
The union executive said he had
been requested to attend a hearing
OF the board in Washington last
Monday, but decided to send the in
formation requested by mail instead.
At Mondays hearing conditional
cooperation" with the board was
pledged by Claude M. Baker, union
president; Clarence J. Desper, first
vice president; Thomas A. Holland,
second vice president, and Thomas
j. Martin, third vice president.
Mr.. Baker. had been called before
the board to explain why he advised
local chapters to avoid use of WLB
machinery and to obtain from pub
fishers the full Is per cent pay in
crease permitted under the Little
Steel formula, or strike.
Only Personal Opinions.
The union president explained
that the views expressed were his
personal opinions and that any
strike action had to be authorized
by three of the five members Of the
Executive Council. The five council
members then were called on by the
board to pledge cooperation, but
Mr.. Randolph failed to appear.
Mr.. Randolph said he attributed
the boards subpoena to his criticism
OF its rigid adherence to the Little
Steel formula and to politics"
Il suspect that the fact that Mr..
Morse is said to be planning to seek
election to the United States Senate
from Oregon has considerable to do
with the attack he has made upon
me-" Mr.. Randolph declared. He
apparently feels that he will
strengthen his chances of being
elected if he keeps his name in the
public print.
Il feel that politics, both national
politics and politics within our
union, have contributed to the un-
fair attitude taken toward me by
the board"
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Prince Ellie, Cousin
Of Leopold, in Spain

By the Associated Press.
BARCELONA, Jan. 26. Prince
Ellie de Riquet de Caraman de Chi
may, 20, cousin of King Leopold OF
Belgium, has arrived in Barcelona
with number of other young Bel
gians en- route to Lisbon.
Prince Ellie said yesterday their
travels across France were COMPARE
lively easy, as French patriots hid
them from the Germans and they
were aided by many gendarmes."
Evening star., 1944-01-26

hands of union officials, and a
tendency to depend upon Govern
ment. particularly executive agen-
cies Of Government, for the main
tenance of its position, its member
ship, or the stability of its struc-
sture."
The minority said it believed the
board had hit upon a reasonably
acceptable middle ground" in its
maintenance orders.
Referring to the two-year strike
record cited by the majority, the
minority said that more than two
thirds of the time lost from strikes
in 1943 has been as a result of the
coal strike, for which certainly the
war Labor Board can not be
blamed"
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Smith Assai|s WLB
For Order Seizinu
Massachusetts Firm
By the Associated Press.

Experience of the S. A. Woods Co
OF South Boston, Mass, was cited
today by the House committee in
vestigating executive agencies as
an example of why "only the most
foolhardy employer will find courage
to disobey" an order of the War
Labor Board
In a report on its investigation
of the WLB, Chairman Smith took
exception to WLB orders imposing
maintenance of union membership
in war plants.
The standard WLB maintenance
OF membership clause, Mr.. Smith
said, provides that all workers who
are union members on a certain
date must remain in good standing
for the duration of its contract or
be fired by the company.
The War Labor Board, for in
stance" Mr.. Smith said, directed
the S. A. Woods Co., a peacetime
manufacturer Of woodworking ma
chinery, but also a manufacturer
during wartime of munitions, to in
clude a maintenance of union
membership clause in its contract.
The company refused"
The Army seized both the wood
working machinery and munitions
plants, Mr.. Smith continued, mot
withstanding the fact that there
had not been the least dispute in
the peacetime woodworking ma
chinery plant and no strike had ac-
tually taken place in the other
plant, although labor dispute did
exist in the latter"
The Army turned the plants over
to another private corporation and
this firm quite naturally Mr.
Smith said, decided to concentrate
on the more profitable munitions
division.
LAS result, even though the War
Production Board has begged for
production of woodworking machin-
cry, the successor company has eased
off and plans to end completely Its
production of this vital machinery"
Mr.. Smith said, adding:
The consequences are obvious.
When the plants are returned to
the owner company war production
will be a thing of the past. Also,
peacetime production will be in the
same category because of the fact
that the wartime operator of the
plant has, for its own pecuniary ad-
vantage, allowed necessary peace
time production to lapse altogether,
since postwar production did not
concern it,
Evening star., 1944-01-26

ADVERTISEMENT. A
Evening star., 1944-01-26
CLEARANCE OF SPORTSWEAR
Furnishings

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l20-$1.50 Neckwear- -99c
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20-$3.50 White Kid Gloves,
$1.79
90-$2.45 PigSkin and Deerskin
Gloves -S1 90
233-$1 Short 500 Wool Hose,
79c
116-45c Westminster Hose, 39c
A-$22.50' Al1-Wool Robes,
S19.75
$50 Imported English Wal
lets ---S4,85
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Rommei Is Reported
BIomed for Allied
Landing Near Rome
By. the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Ger-r
man "officer circles" hold Mar
shall Erwin Rommel responsible
for the ease with which Allied
troops made their landings
south of Rome, the Stockholm
newspaper Svenska Dagbladet'
said yesterday in a Bern dis:
patch reported to the once
Of War Information.
NRommel, the article said, is
being criticized by German ON
GERS for having established two
separate defense forces in italy,
one In the north and the other
in the south, with a large
vacuum" between them.
Evening star., 1944-01-26
DON'T JUST ASK
FOR ASPIRIN

always ask by name for st. Joseph
Aspirin. You can't buy aspirin that
can do more for you. There's none
faster, none surer, none more depend
able. And it's the worlc 3 largest seller
at ten cents. SO tablets, 2Of; 100 for
S5f. Get genuine st. Joseph Aspirin.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-21
CATHOLICS STRESS RACIAL
EQUALITY, pARLEY HEARS
WHITE-N AMITY PLEA

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 21.-In the
Catholic religion there is no dis
tinction between white and Negro" !"
it was stressed at the Catholic Inter
Collegiate Interracial conference at
St. Peters college with large at
tendance of college youths from
New York and New Jersey.
The religious claim of one church
and one people-black or white, in
accordance with the teachings of
Christ, was brought to the fore by
Rev. John LaFarge, editor of Amer
ica; the Rev. Edward Coffey, ST.,
dean of the Jersey City college, and
the Rev. Gerald Murphy, ST., of ST.
Peters faculty.
Problems of the Negro were dis
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-21
FEPC Orders 81. Louis Firm
To Cease Discrimination
AGAINST Neqro Workers

ST. LOUIS, Dec. q (ANP)-The
McQuay Norris Manufacturing
company has been found guilty of
racial discrimination against Ne
groes and was directed by the FEPC
to change its policies of upgrading
Negro men and hiring Negro
women. The FEPC findings, an
nounced by Chairman Malcolm Ross
in Washington, were based on a
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-21
hearing here early last August.

hearing here early last August.
McQuay-Norris does not discrim-
mate against colored men and
women as such," said A. j. Num-
inert, vice president, during the
FEPC investigation. In a border
line city like St. Louis, companies
could not comply 100 per cent with
non-discriminatory clauses in war
contracts, Mummert pleaded.
The FEPC directed the company:
1. To make full use of available
supply Of women workers, without
regard to race, creed, color or ma
tional origin, in meeting it's war in
dustry labor needs.
2. To adjust upgrading policies
to afford full opportunity to use
workers at the highest skills, with
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-21

"He is inherently American. He is
not emotionally inclined to turn
Communist. He resists every pos
sible Communist movement, yet
when his outlet is blocked, he turns
because they will receive him with
open arms" He urged that more
Negroes be given underscope in
civic affairs and on planning boards.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-21

cussed by DR.. Leon Edwards, Negro
physician and member Of Margaret
Hague Maternity hospital staff,
Jersey City, who spoke on medical
aspects; Archibald F. Glover, Ne
gro engineer for New York and vice
president of Brooklyn Catholic
Inter Racial council, and Emanuel
A. Romero, president of Catholic
Laymen's union. Glover spoke on
social problems, while Romero spoke
on the family.
David l. Canivan of st. Peters
student body was chairman and
welcomed guests who represented
State Teachers college, ST. Eliza
beth's college, College of New Ro-
chelle, and other educational bodies.
Given in the form of testimony,
with the speakers as witnesses be-
ing questioned by George K. Hun
ton of New York, secretary of Cath
olic Interracial council of New
York, topic concerned home life,
health, jobs, discrimination, envi-
ronment, and housing.
Father LaFarge said that Christ
died to bring unity to the human
race and urged that the teachings
be applied to every day life between
Negro and white.
Father Murphy reminded the au-
dience of two COMMUNICATIONS
thy God and love they neighbor-as
being important factors in elimin-
ating racial prejudice, not only
against Negroes but against mem
bers of other races and said that if
the tenets of Christ were followed,
unity would result. He decried barr
ing Negroes from employment, res
taurants, theatres, and hotels, be-
cause of their skin, and read Pope
Plus encyclical urging abandon
ment of racial lines.
Glover, a convert to Catholicism,
advocated Boy Scout movements
as proving the best antidote to ju-
venile delinquency. He advocated
better housing conditions for Ne
groes. Jobs, too, he said, should be
more widespread. He said Negroes
are barred from work in their owr
neighborhood stores and feel that
some of the money spent in theil
communities should be returned te
the neighborhood in the form of EN-.
ployment.
Glover said both political partie:
| fall short when it comes to the Ne
gro. "He is human being" he said
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-21

out regard to race, creed or national
origin.
Ross said that company asser-
tions that it's practices were deter
mined by community customs and
moves in the southern city of St.
Louis constitute no defense for dis
criminatory employment practices"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
FUEL OIL SUPPLY
NOT INCREASED

New Hanover county fuel oil
users will not be able to get any
more fuel oil during the coming
winter tnan they did last year in
view of the expected scarcity of
fuel oil later in the year. D. J.
Herrin. chief clerk of the local
War Price and Rationing Board.
said yesterday.
To plan for rationing of fuel OIL
representatives of the board re-
Gently met with district OPA of.
ficials and completed plans for the
coming winter.
utmost in importance right
now, Herrin said, lis the filling
OF fuel oil tanks by users as soon
as possible" Continuing he stated.
"Application blanks for tae 1944-45
heating year should be returned to
the local board as soon as possible
so that the fuel oil coupons may
be issued and the fuel oil purchas-
ed and stored in the tanks during
the summer"
Transportation facilities are ex-
pected to be SO heavily taxed tais
fall that fuel oil may become
very scarce in this section; the
filling of fuel oil tanks to capacity
this summer will help the sitau-
ton in the fall and winter" Herrin
declared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
Fl. FISHER PARK
PLAN STUDIED

A recommendation proposing the
conversion of the Fl. Fisher area
into State developed park in
which the historical character of
the fort and its environs might be
preserved was approved by the
Board of County commissioners at
it's meeting yesterday afternoon
The commissioners were advised
of tle plan in a communica on
the subject from Henry R. Emory,
chairman of the city Planning board,
who has been in contact with R. J.
Pearse. superintendent of state
parks. No funds for the acquisition
or development of such park are
now available, he said, but it is
the intention of the state depart
ment of conservation and develop
ment to request funds for specific
new park projects at the next ses-
sion of the legislature and to in
clude the Fort Fisher park develop
ment in such a bill
1t was proposed that title be
vested in the state with a small
measure of financial assistance
from the county in obtaining that
title after which the state would
assume responsibility for preserv-
ing and maintaining the fort and
its envrions.
Addison Hewlett, Sr.. chairman
of the board of commissioners in
his approval of the proposed pro-
ject, declared that suca develop
ment of the Fort Fisher section
would help to build up the tourist
trade in the area as well as guar
antee the preservation of one of
the states most historic spots.
The board will do what is neces-
sary to press the countrys inter-
est in the matter, Hewlett said,
adding that he believed history
minded organizations in the COM
munity would also help to push
the proposal.
Individuals and organizations in
terested in seeing the bill materia-
lie may address their comments
to R. Bruce Etheridge, director of
the state department of conserva-
ton and development.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
7S MEN GOING
TO Fl. BRAGG

Seventy-eight men, between the
ages of 1926, will go to Fort
Bragg today for induction, officials
of City Draft Board No. / an
nounced yesterday.
This will be the first group of
the combined pool of Army and
Navy men, who will be assigned
to various branches of the service,
to leave from the local board.
Those men to be indicted are
Alfred Smith, James Scarborough,
David Lennon, ia m e Jacob
Brown, Joseph Walter Pierce, Jr.,
Rueall Bennerman, Harold William
Spencer, Albert MeCants, Lucus
Wilson, John Herbert Simmons, Eli
Grant MCCrimmon, Charles Thom-
a. King. Ernest Whitfield, Ernest
Therman Irving, Alfred Washing
ton, Elliott Katto, Owen Madden,
Jr., John Henry Smith, Leroy
johnson Judge, Alexander Davis,
Governor Ginwright, William Nc
Call, Andrew White, Charles Wes-
ley Stokes, Jr.
Willie Houston Robbins, Clarence
Arts, Norman Edward Robinson,
John Blease Billy, Theodore De-
bose, John Howard Bradley, Jr.,
Elijah Mosley, Grover Wright,
Samuel Washington Highsmith,
William Jefferson Neal. Rufus Full
ton Stokse, William Mack, Robert
Henry White, Alex McIntire, Rich
ard Bracy, Thomas Lewis Grady,
.onnie Turner, Harvester Best,
Frederick Hubell Irving, .Alonza
R,chburg, James Adolph Brown,
John Henry Wells, Ebert Corbett.
Edward Lee Haynes.
Douglas Fillmore Stallingc, Rob-
ert Louis Sheridan, Louis Henry
King, Walter London, James Elton
Davis, Eugene Boone, Frederick
Douglas Galloway, Walter Charles
Williams, Wilbert Norman Henry,
Oran Randolph Hussey. John
Ralph Bellamy, William Kenneth
Russell, John Murray Wilder, Will
lie Elexton Hicks. Wesley M. Ma
son, Wilbur. Blakely, Anthony Den
is Gree, Charlie Mathews Mack,
James Otis Sampson Jr., Peter
James Jr., Boyd Blume, Calvin
Baldwin, Doctor Solomon Harvey,
Aubrey Ford, Charlie Hicks, Jr..
George W. Moore, John Henry
Broadwater, James Riley, Herman
Smothers, Jasper Bellamy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
SIX ARRESTED
in BOOZE RAIDS

A h Ii C Tax Unit Agents
Charles H. Gray and A. E. Leake
participated in liquor raids Satur.
day at New Bern in which six
persons were arrested and charg-
ed with violations of the liquor
laws.
john Wetherington and his two
sons, Alonzo and Edward Wether-
ington, and Dallas White, Negro,
were arrested at the home of the
father, in the Jasper section of
Craven county, about Is miles to
the south of New Bern.
Confiscated in the raid were SO
gallons of non-taxpaid whisky and
a 1884 Ford sedan. Three cases
of the liquor were taken at the
home and the other three we're
seized as White brought them from
the ca to the house. after he had
driven to nearby still to get
them for Leake, who was acting
as undercover man, the officers
said
The four were given hearing for
possession, sale and transportation
of whiskey before U. S. Commits
sioner Matilda H. Turner in New
Bern Saturday afternoon, and were
held under $500 bond each for the
October term of New Bern federal
court.
A 50-gsllon drum still and $50
gallons of mash were seized about
400 yards to the -ear Of Alonzo
Wetherington's home, situated
nearly a half-mile from that of his
fathers.
Also arrested during the after
noon were Jordan Hicks, New Bern
Negro, for sale of one quart of
non-taxpaid whiskey. He was held
in Jail under $500 bond after hear
ing before Commissioner Turner.
Garlic johnson, Negro of New
Bern, arrested for the sale OF one
pint OF non-taxpald wniskey at his
home. was ordered placed under
500 bond for appearance in the
October term of federal court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
ASSAULT CASE SET
FOR TRIAL JULY 10

Henry c. Hill, Negro, Atlantic
coast Line railroad section aand
Is IN Jail under $1,750 bond, pending
a nearing July 10, since his arrest
Sunday night on the four charges
OF assault with a deadly weapon,
assault with intent to kill, having
shotgun Off premises on SUNDAY
ana dlscnarging a gun in the city
limits. NV
According to police, Hill shot
vernel Rhames, Negro, another
Coast Line worker at Eight and
Nixon streets, sending Rhames to
James Walker Memorial hospital
with wounds in the face, neck and
body. His condition is not critical
According to Hill, he was aim
ing the weapon at David Aston.
Negro of 1904 North Seventh street.
who ne said had slapped him twice.
Hill claims that his shooting of
Thames was accidental.
Investigating officers were N. J.
Wolfe and M. N. Jeffords.
The case was continued in Re-
corders court this morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
STATE BANKERS
OPEN MEETING

CHAPEL HILL. July 10 III
North Carolina bankers opened
their eighth annual conference
here today. 1t will be closed Fri
day afternoon.
Speakers include Raymond Rod
gers, professor of banking at New
York university; William c. F.
Price. vice president of the Amer
lean National Bank and Trust COM
pany of Chicago; James E. Baum,
deputy manager of the American
Bankers association; Donald S.
Thompson, of the FDIC of Wash
ington; DR.. William A. Irwin,
American Institute of Banking; j.
Herbert Waldrop of Greenville; w.
]. Hinston, peacetime head of the
British Institute of Banking;
Thomas C. Boushall, president of
the Morris Plan bank of Rich
mond, and Manley Stockton, south
ern manager Tor the Hartford Fire
Insurance company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
FRATERNITY
SPONSORS OPEN FORUM

The Sigma chapter of the Phal.
aAx fraternity is sponsoring a open
s1orum at the Wilmington YMCA
s"lth the first forum converting
s70algat at 8 o'clock at the Y.
Boys and girls over Is and I'M.
oer % are invited to be present at
.'ae organization meeting when
some topic of general interest will
be discussed.
The open forum, which will
meet twice monthly, is intended to
seek information on the subjects
which are most apt to affect lives
namely economical politics, war.
peace, race relations and any other
SUBJECT which will be chosen bv
Inc group from time to time.
Russell H. Cudill, secretary
OF boys work at the YMCA, will
De chairman during the discus
SIohs. The public is invited to at
lena the meetings but only those
between Is and % may partici-
pate in the forum.