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BRAZIL MAY GROW
RUBBER FOR U. S.
Arrangement* For Program
Are Now Being
, Worked Out
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.— UP) —
Formation of a Brazilian-United
States rubber corporatipn to meet
this country’s growing wartime
needs and to provide a perpetual
rubber supply that will make the
United States less dependent on
East Indies sources is being ar
ranged in Washington, Arthur De
souza Costa, Brazilian finance
minister, disclosed today
The amount of capitalization and
the organizational structure is now
being worke' out, Desouza Costa
said after a conference with Fed
eral loan officials this afternoon.
The rubber would come from
the vast Amazon basin.
The corporation would be set
up as a long-term organization;
not as a "stop gap” move to meet
the present critical rubber situ
ation.
Development of Brazilian rub
ber is one of the prime reasons
for the Brazilian finance minis
ter’s present mission to Washing
ton which grew out of discussions
between Brazilian officials and Un
der Secretary of State Welles dur
ing the recent Rio de Janeiro con
ference of American foreign min
isters. 1
PRODUCTION LIMITED
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 18.—
(Wide World)—Experts estimated
today it would take until 1945 for
this home of rubber to produce
annually the equivalent of one
month’s requirement of the United
States.
The long-range forecast said that
a boost to the maximum possible
within the next two years would
make available for export possi
bly 30,000 tons in 1943 against cur
rent possibilities of 20,000 tons.
They drew this picture:
■ Wild plants, chief producer of
Brazilian rubber, are a possible
source of increased output.
Fordlandia, the 2,500,000 acres
of scientific, cultivated plants
started by Henry and Edsel Ford
in 1929, still is in experimental pro
duction.
. Frazil turned out 19,000 tons of
crude rubber last year, of which
the United States took 5,000 tons.
Brazil used 8,500 tons, Argentina
2,800 tons and Axis nations took
2,000 tons, informed sources said.
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35 German Planes
Destroyed By Reds
Soviet Army Report* Con
tinued Advance; Nazi
Losses Heavy
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—(5V-The
central Red army Is rapidly ad
vancing toward Smolensk, smashing
the strongly fortified German de
fense zone despite fierce resistance,
the BBC said tonight in quoting the
Moscow radio. NBC heard the broad
cast.
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Thursday, Feb. 19.—
UP—Continued general advances
for the Red armies were reported
this morning by the Soviet high
command, which declared that
Nazi losses had been heavy in
men and materiel and announced
the largest bag of German planes
in recent days—35 destroyed aloft
and aground.
Earlier front dispatches had told
of heavy Soviet artillery action
in some areas directed by the ra
dios of guerrilla bands operating
behind the German lines—which
had smashed gaps in the Nazis’
ALLEGED SLAYER
TO BE RETURNED
Frank Walters Will Be
Brought Back From
Michigan This Week
Frank Walters, alias Frank
Waters, who is wanted here on a
charge of murder, will be returned
to the city this week from Detroit,
Mich.
District Solicitor David Sinclair
said Wednesday that the State of
Michigan had honored extradition
papers for Walters.
Deputy Sheriff Porter L. Davis
left Tuesday for Detroit where
Walters is being held in the city
jail. He was apprehended there
early in the month by FBI men
and city police on information fur
nished by Harry L. Fales, super
intendent of the New Hanover bu
reau of identification.
Walters will be tried for the
slaying of Blanche Pigford, negro
woman, who died in James Walker
Memorial hospital on September
27 of a pistol wound in her abdo
men.
While Governor Van Wagoner of
Michigan honored the extradition
papers for Walters, Solicitor Sin
clair said, his wife, Helen Wal
ters, cannot be returned since a
person charged with a misde
meaijor cannot be extradited.
The Walters woman is wanted
here for jumping a $300 bond pend
ing a hearing on violation of the
liquor laws. She was apprehended
along with her husband.
Walters’ brother, Joe Walters, is
in the county jail here also await
ing trial on a charge of murder.
The state will contend that Joe
Walters fatally wounded Joseph
Young, Camp Davis negro soldier,
on the porch of a residence at
1203 North Eighth early in Jan
uary.
Blanche Pigford received her fa
tal wounds in a room of the same
house a few months earlier.
Both brothers will probably be
tried at the special criminal term
of New Hanover superior court
which convenes here March 16
with Judge W. H. S. Burgwin pre
siding.
Although the opening of the term
is still a little less than a month
away, 06 cases are already on the
docket, Solicitor Sinclair said.
Heading the list of cases is that
of Sam Jenkins, New Hanover ne
gro who has been formally ar
raigned for first degree murder in
connection with the shotgun slay
ing of his wife, Lillie Mae Jenkins,
at their home at 1009 1-2 Hutaff
alley.
Mr. Sinclair said that he intend
ed to ask for the death penalty for
Jenkins. 2
-V- *
Mexico To Maintain
Alert Along Coast
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 18.—UP)—Be
cause of the U-boat raids off the
Dutch island of Aruba, authorized
sources said tonight that Mexican
naval units had been ordered to
check thoroughly the 1,750-mile gulf
coastline to determine if any Axis
submarine bases are concealed
there.
Older folks
soy it’s
common
sense..
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1
fortified front and broken down
tank-led counter-attacks.
(The Vichy radio reported, with
out confirmation from any other
source, that the far southern Rus
sian forces had opened a new and
large-scale offensive in the Cri
mea, directed mainly against the
port of Feodosiya.)
Units which filtered through the
German lines on the Leningrad
front were said -to be calling the
shots of the Russian big guns so
closely that strong German posi
tions were blasted off the battle
field.
In the sector west of Kalinin,
between Moscow and Leningrad,
other batteries smashed 'tanks
which led a German infantry coun
ter-thrust, then routed the infan
try, the Russians declared.
Other heavy damage was re
ported done by barrages laid down
on a minefield guarding a double
line of German defense works
southwest of the Soviet capital.
There, as to the northwest, the
Russians said they still were win
ning back their lost territory vil
lage by village.
Only four were mentioned by
name. These were Lapachikino,
near Orel; Eltzy, on the front
west of Kalinin; Sosino, on the
Smolensk front, and Manakhovo,
on the Leningrad front.
Russian dispatches said they had
been put to the torch by the Ger
mans before falling back.
Townsfolk who had fled to the
woods, the Russians reported, were
found hiding in caves. 1
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Moose Will Enroll
Large Class Here
A large class of candidates will
be enrolled by Wilmington Lodge
No. 843, Loyal Order of Moose, in
tribute to the memory of George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln
Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the
Moose hall.
Framed etchings of Washington
and Lincoln will be presented by
Charles A. Kirby, regional director,
following the ritualistic exercises.
The etchings will be presented to
the local lodge in recognition of its
participation in the patriotic cere
mony by the Supreme Lodge cf the
Loyal Order of Moose in conjunc
tion with membership enrollment
department at Mooseheart, 111.
The patriotic class will be the
largest group initiation held locally
since the lodge was instituted, ac
cording to L. O. Goodyear, gover
nor of the local lodge.
The newr membership campaign
is a part of a series of patriotic
drives inaugurated tw'o years ago
by the Moose Supreme lodge.
City Briefs
meeting postponed
The meeting of the Publicity
and Advertising committee of
the Greater Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce, scheduled to
meet Thursday afternoon, has
been postponed and will prob
ably be held next week, accord
ing to Chairman J. L. Allegood.
STORE ROBBED
The A. and D. grocery, owned
by E. A. Kerr, at Sixth and
Meares streets, was broken into
early Wednesday morning, police
revealed. According to Detectives
Hayes and Wilson, a glass in
the front door was broken, and
about two cartons of cigarettes,
a small quantity of candy and
two dollars in pennies were tak
en. Police are investigating the
case.
Fifteen women attended the
first session of a Red Cross
foods and nutrition class, organ
ized by County Home Demon
stration Agent Ann Mason,
Tuesday morning. The class
will meet at 10 o’clock Tuesday
mornings in the Tide Water
building with Miss Cordelia
Foster as instructor.
SIGN FOR DEFENSE
In Tuesday night's meeting
in the Wrightsville Sound and
Winter Park areas, 92 persons
volunteered for civilian defense
work, according to George L.
Stearns of the county defense
council.
CASE RECOVERED
Sgt. W. D. Thompson Tues
day recovered a sample case,
which was stolen along with a
suit and overcoat from the car
of F. M. Jones, Monday night.
The case had apparently been
discarded by the thief.
jackets stolen
A window was broken in the
car of Sgt. J. C. McCowan, 77tli
Pursuit Squadron member, while
the machine was parked in
front of the USO building early
Wednesday and two leather
army jackets, valued at 525
each, were stolen.
SERVICE INTERRUPTED
Telephone service was inter
rupted for a short time early
Wednesday when a car driven
by Harvey Williams of Nesbitt
courts crashed into a pole near
13th and Dawson streets.
Neither Mr. Williams nor his
wife, who was also in the auto
mobile, were Injured.
ROBBERY REPORTED
Ellis S. Currin, of 1104 North
Eighth street told police Wed
nesday afternoon that he was
robbed of fl3.50 by three men at
1 o'clock Wednesday morning
at the corner of Eighth and
Nixon streets. He said the men
beat him with their fists an#
took the money.
BRITISH MOVE
CIVIL FORCES
AT RANGOON
(Continued from Page One)
pressure on the British line de
fending the approaches to Rangoon,
but there was no confirmation of
this.
In Rangoon, the Burmese capi
tal, a civil evacuation department
established by the government to
assist in clearing Rangoon began
moving its own employes north
ward to the country.
About 5,000 Indians still were en
camped in one area of Rangoon,
hoping somehow to get passage to
India. They had enrolled weeks ago
with the Cimil evacuation author
tiies. Another 2,000 were milling in
the vast gardens of a fantastic
ramshackle palace, similarly
awaiting the means to be taken
away.
The roads north of Ra'ngoon car
ried a steady procession of evacu
ation vehicles jammed with tur
baned natives. One vehicle was
fancy black hearse filled with
household goods.
The raided parachute invasion
base was Chiengmai, terminus of
a rail line running" 600 miles north
of Bangkok. This town is only 400
miles north west of Rangoon. In
addition to parachute troop units
believed concentrated there, 1,500
air-borne Thai infantrymen are un
derstood gathered at Chiengmai for
a new push into central Burma.
Heavy Raid
The raid was made by the big
gest number of bombers to parti
cipate in a British raid since a
night attack on Bangkok last
month. Targets were plaster'-'’, with
high explosive and in cndiary
bombs.
The Japanese also are believed
to have parachute troops and air
borne infantrymen at Mehongson,
just inside the Thailand-Burma bor
der 100 miles west of Chiengmai,
and at Mesarieng, also just inside
the border about half way between
Chiengmai and Rangoon.
They may be planning an at
tempt to break through to Toungoo,
on China’s rail supply line connect
ing with the Burma road 160 miles
north of Rangoon. 3
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Charge Of Receiving
Stolen Goods Lodged
Against P. E. Williams
P. E. Williams was arrested on
a charge of receiving stolen goods
at 12:15 Thursday morning by city
police.
Police said Williams had in his pos
session two automobile tires, one
tube and one rim which had been
stolen by Louis Street and David
Smoot from James Mitchell.
Williams is charged with wilfully
receiving the goods knowing that
they had been stolen. His bond was
set at $500.
-V
Man Is Hurt When Car
Overturns After Crash
Bill Upchurch, of 12 South Sixth
street, received minor injuries to
his hip when the automobile in
which he was riding overturned af
ter colliding with another car at
Third and Dock streets at 10:50 Wed
nesday night.
Police said the car operated by
George E- Rackley, of 2901 Market
street, was going north on Third
street at Dock and Upchurch w-as
driving east on Dock street at the
time of the collision.
Upchurch was given emergency
treatment at the James Walker
Memorial hospital and released.
Police said both cars were dam
aged slightly.
MAYRIS CHANEY QUITS
AS DEFENSE DANCER
(Continued from Pago One)
sia, and various parts of the Unit
ed States, on the handling of chil
dren during bombings, blackouts
and other war-time events. It was
to have been her job, she added,
to determine the best equipment!
toys, reading matter and other
things of use to children, and to
disseminate this information to the
local councils of defense.
“Everything I’ve done has been
in good faith,” she asserted. "I
only hope that the children’s pro
gram can be continued and de
veloped.” i
JAPS LAUNCH
MAJOR DRIVE
FOR BATAAN
(Continued from Page One)
clear the way for advances by
ground troops in the hope that
their barrage would make a mini
mum of hand-to-hand battling nec
essary. MacArthur’s men have con
sistently outfought the Japs in this
type of warfare.
The text of the communique fol
lows:
“1. Philippines theater:
“New enemy air units are ap
pearing over our lines bombing
our troops almost constantly
Another bombing attack was made
on the refugee camp at Cabcaben
“Hostile artillery fire'on our forts
from positions on the savite shore
continues. New enemy batteries in
Bataan have increased the density
of artillery fire on our positions
‘A fairly large convoy of Japa
nese troops ships has arrived in
Subic bay and enemy reinforce
ments are landing at Olongapo
“2. Netherlands Indies:
“A flight of American Army fly.
ing fortress bombers attacked Jap
anese ships off Bangka island. Di
rect hits were scored on a large
enemy transport and on a small
transport. Both are believed to
have been sunk. Two enemy barg
es were destroyed. There was no
damage to any_pf our planes.*' 8
CREW ABANDONS
BLASTED TANKER
There Is Difference Of
Opinion As To What
Happened To Vessel
NORFOLK, Va.i Feb. 18.——
The Navy announced today that
the tanker E. H. Blum had been
“damaged” ’off the Atlantic coast
on Monday night, but crewmen
landed here after abandoning the
ship were not certain whether the
19,400-ton vessel had struck mines
or been torpedoed.
The Navy said nothing except
that the ship, which was owned by
the Atlantic Refining company,
“was damaged,” and Captain Wil
liams Evans of Philadelphia de
clined to talk about it.
None of the crew of 40 was in
jured by the three spaced explo
sions which damaged the Blum,
afloat when last seen, but two
men were injured as they got into
lifeboats. They were R. Jones of
Philadelphia, an engineman whose
ankle was broken, and George Wil
liams, of Rockmart, Ga., first as
sistant engineer who was cut about
the ankles.
The tanker, out of Philadelphia
under sealed orders, was driving
through the night with her running
lights on when the lookout on the
forecastle head. Ernest Lee Thom
as of Jasper, Fla., saw “a light,
which I took to be the mastlight
of another ship, about 75 yards off
the starboard bow.”
“I reported this light to the
bridge,” Thomas said, ‘‘and about
15 seconds later the captain ord
ered full speed ahead and hard
right. Then there was an explosion
and the bow came up five or six
feet. I thought we had rammed a
submarine. The tanker listed to
port. I believe we were torpedoed.
“Fifteen minutes later there was
a second explosion and the skipper
gave the order to abandon ship.
After the second blast the ship
stopped dead. That is why I be
lieve the third explosion, which
took place after my lifeboat had
left the tanker, must have been
from a torpedo, because a motion
less ship could not run into
a mine.”
dutch~bTast~
JAP RAIDERS
OUT OF SKY
(Continued from Page One)
delayed not only on land but by
attack from the air.
In the air over the region of
Pelambang, invaded and destroy
ed south Sumatra oil port, U. S.
fighters were credited with get
ting four Japanese planes without
loss to themselves in an attack
on an enemy-captured airdrome;
Dutch bombers escorted by the
fighters got two more.
To this announcement the Unit
ed Nations’ southwest Pacific com
mand added the news that a U. S.
Dutch bomber force which earlier
in the week struck at the Japa
nese invasion fleet off south Su
matra had sunk one big transport,
hit two others and destroyed many
barges crammed with troops.
These barges presumably were
sailing up the Musi river toward
Pelambang.
Japanese air action was report
ed against Timor, the half-Dutch
half-Portuguese island north and
west of Port Darwin, Australia’s
important northern base. A single
bomber raided Koepang, the Dutch
Timor capital, wounding three per
sons slightly. 1
TWO DIVISIONS
ARE ABOLISHED
BY PCD CHIEF
(Continued from Paae One)
being without a defense position.
Two of the four regional inspec
tors-general were ex-mayors. The
four were James Metzenbaum of
Cleveland Ohio attorney and a
member of the Ohio state senate
serving without compensation;
Bernard F. Dickmann former
mayor of St. Louis Mo. serving
Scholtz former mayor of Louis
ville Ky. on $6500 salary; and
ville Ky. on $6500 salary; and
Murray Stand, New York City
also on $6,500 salary.
Still Available
Dickmann and Walmsley will
continue to be available for serv
ices as consultants on a per-diem
pay basis whenever their services
are needed. Scholtz is acting re
gional director of the seventh OCD
re "inn. With headquarters at Oma
“We r.ust recognize that many
of tne men and women affected
have been patriotically volunteer
ing their services,” Landis com
mented, adding “it is t0 be hoped
that they will find other oppor
tunities to serve in the war ef
fort.”
The per-diem rate of pay is
$22.22 a day. Walmsley had been
serving on a per-diem basis as
chief inspector general. Evans,
who now leaves the OCD, has
been on an $8,000 salary, 1
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Obituaries
EDGAR DEAN COOPER
Funeral services for Edgar Dean
Cooper, 59, will be conducted from
the Yopp Funeral home at 11
o’clock Thursday morning with the
Rev. James Lawson officiating.
Interment will follow in the Huff
man cemetery, near Richlands.
Mr. Cooper, a retired city em
ploye, died at James Walker Me
morial hospital Tuesday night at
11:30 o’clock, after a long illness.
Pallbearers will be, active, Hubert
Foy, Floyd Jackson, Very Foy, P. J.
Dowdy, W. F. Braswell and Perry
Whitman; honorary, J. C. Long, J.
A. Igiughlin, Dr. Watts Farthing,
J. E. L. Wade, C. W. Lenett and
Alton Powlas.
MRS. H. L. COOPER
Mrs. H. L. Cooper died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred
eric H. Smith, 411 South Front
street, Tuesday afternoon at 3:45
o’clock after a short illness.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by her
daughter, and one son, J. S. Har
rison, of Aruba, West Indies.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday and interment will take
place in Arlington National ceme
tery.
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MORRIS DANIEL BENSON
Morris Daniel Benson, 28, of R.
F. D. 2, Wilmington, died at 5:45
o'clock Tuesday, following an ex
tended illness.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the residence with Rev. Alexan
der Miller and Rev. Harvey Glaz
ier officiating.
Pallbearers were, active, James
Hayes, Kenneth Benson, Robert
Grissom, Cooper Lewis, Newton
Kelly and Woodrow Yow; honorary.
Dr. W. H. Moore, Leo Sykes and
Thomas H. Wright.
MRS. SARA H. SAUNDERS
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Ann Hodges Saunders, 92, who
died Monday night at her home at
Kures Beach after an extended ill
ness, were conducted at 4 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon from Hope
well Presbyterian church by tthe
Rev. P. L. Clark. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Active, J.
C. Robinson, Robert Saunders,
Lemuel Bowden, Raymond Bell,
Jr., Johnnie Powell and L. L. Bart
lett, Jr., all grandsons of Mrs.
Saunders. Honorary: Dr. W. I.
Taylor, T. C. Rivenbark, J. W.
Blake, J. A. Murray, Henry Play
er, C. F. Mallard, Sr., . F. Humph
rey, J. S. Humphrey and Norman
Bannerman.
MISS FANNIE G. STOLTER
Word was received here yesterday
of the death of Miss Fannie Grace
Stolter, formerly of Wilmington.
Tuesday at 10:30 o’clock in Phoenix,
Ariz.
She is survived by two sisters,
Miss Nina Stolter, of New York, and
Mrs. E. L. Edwards, of Morganton,
N. C. and a brother, Henry Stolter,
of Wilmington.
Funeral and burial will take place
in Phoenix.
C. R. ROUSE
CLINTON, Feb. 18- — Funera.
services for C. R. Rouse, 76, promin
ent Turkey township farmer, who
died Tuesday of a heart attack, were
conducted this afternoon at the home
with Rev. Vance Rich in charge of
the services. Burial was in Adams
cemetery, near Mount Olive.
Mr, Rouse is survived by his
widow, three daughters, Mrs. B. J.
Weeks, Richmond, Va., and Misses
Effie and Julia Rouse, of Turkey,
and two, sons, J. B. Rouse, Warsaw,
and Alvah Rouse. Turkey.
-V
198,021 Carolinians
Register For Draft
RALEIGH, Feb. 18.— UP) —With
all but eight boards out of 155 re
porting, State Selective Service head
quarters announoed today that 198,
021 men between the ages of 20 and
44 inclusive had registered for the
draft Monday.
Reports from 59 additional hoards
were received today, listing new fig
ures of 79,038 to be added to the
118,983 reported by 88 boards yester
day.
Final figures will probably be re
ceived Saturday and will fall far
short of the 245,000 which had been
expected to sign for the third regis
tration, draft officials said.
AIR RAID WARDENS
GET ZONE LIMITS
(Continued from Page One)
Forest Hills, L. F. Duvall; Chest
nut Heights, H. L. Adams; Ethyl
Dow chemical, W. S. Tisdale;
Smith’s Creek. Walter Godwin;
Wrights Sound, J. L. Malone; East
Wilmington, M. Pearsal; Seagate,
W. G. Head; Masonboro, E. P.
Crow Mainland beaches, J. E. D.
Clakr; Federal Point road, E. L.
Robinson; Middle Sound, L. R.
Blake; Castle Haynes, A, Ludeke
Wrightsboro, Fred Sietter.
The air raid warden organization
for the county consists of the coun
ty warden, zone warden, precinct
warden, senior warden, fire watch
ers.
Duties of a warden include: ob
serving lights showing during a
blackout and warning occunants of
buildings with such lights, directing
persons in the street to shelter,
reporting fallen bombs, detecting
and reporting the presence of gas,
administering emergency first aid
measures, reporting fires, assisting
in fighting incendiary bombs as
soon as they fall, setting and ex
ample of controled activity and
cool efficiency to the persons for
whose protection he is responsible.
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V For Victory Ring
Sent Gov. Broughton
By State Prisoner
RALEIGH, Feb. 18— UR—Gover
nor Broughton received through
the mails today a “V forVictory”
ring from Robert N. Flening, a
prisoner at the Greenville camp.
The ring, Flening’s handiwork,
was made of steel with a 14 karat
gold face on which was engraved
a “V” in old English.
The letter accompanying the gift
was more remarkable than the
ring. It was painstakingly penned
in old English and the envelope
was fancily decorated with flowers
in yellow and blue and two doves
drawn in the lower corners.
Flening explained that he
learned old English lettering by
studying the labels of old whiskey
bottles, many of which were in
old English. 1
DEFEAT OF FRANCE
TRIAL OPENS TODAY
————
(Continued from Page One)
versaries of the Vichy govern
ment).
Newspapers here printed long
stories of the event with political
histories of the defendants, but
the Gerrm.n-controlled Paris press
in the occupied zone was subdued
and pessimistic in the guess that
the verdict would not be to its
relish.
The only paper in the old French
capital, The Paris Midi, to give
the trial .-pace editorialized thus:
‘‘Everything has been done to
minimize this trial. From the juri
dical pretext to the pretext of ex
pediency of scope in examinations
and hearings, it has been pro
gressively narrowed and the very
purpose of the judgment has been
restricted.” 1
WEATHER
(Continued from Page One)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.— (JP) -
Weather Bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the 24 hours ending
8 p. m. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
Station High Low
Asheville - 47 33
Atlanta - 48 ;><>
Birmingham _ 53 34
Boston _ 44 34
Burlington -"HI 30 17
Chicago - 44 03
Cleveland _ 32 10
Detroit _ 18 11
El Paso ^_ 41 21
Kansas, City _ 21 09
Little Rock _ 35 22
Memphis -_ 33 25
Miami i.___ 88 08
Mobile —-- 58 51
New York _ 44 31
Norfolk _ 40 38
Richmond _ 42 31
Si. Louis __ 22 09
Tampa - 62 56
Washington _ 44 32
Wilmington __ 50 45
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rely on tom toms
BATAVIA, Java, N. E. I., Feb.
18.—(ffl—They trust in the modern
air raid alarm system on Java but
the canny Dutch have passed out
1,800 native drums as backstops to
tom-tom the alerts in case bom
bardments destroy the original set
up. 3
Pooling For Tanktrs
Hauling Fuel f
WASHINGTON, p,b „
Petroleum Coor Hnator r" * -
day called for a p00lino ^ !*
hauling oil from ml* 5 ° tar-keti
Atlantic seaboard 0^”
difficulties resulting
and transfer of vessel, ,'^1!
and Navy servo e to S
The petroleum indu,t,.
quested to prepare a v,'is &
the most efficient UL ® %
operation of tank shin „ 5n «fti
that will enable the *2
mg of the available to*^
all affected units of
The tankers now are
by individual o,i compani“>
Ralph K. Davies depntv
eum coordinator s Mt*
particular desire of'' he !** “4'
tor s office that no indiv
erator, and especially ^ H
independent, be affected
greater than any other >
company engaged m
neds of the east coast
troleum." ast f«r ?
Course On How To Real
A Book_WlIBe Qlr
A com-se on 'How.
Kook” will be taught In- jj? ‘
*H- Thurman, b.ginniir , bk !
the Vocational b u i | d t
Frances Trig- It
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"ounce,I . . , , ynl, '■
Mrs. Trigg said the P)a'.
meet from 7 until , p-“*»«
Thursday evening th» ?*
the school terms ' rf!t «
. Rabbi Thu™an already is .
lnfa -Peaking’, s"*
adults from 7 until q ■ ,l"
Tuesday niglus, ' rock 1,1
The clnssrs are i,«;„
t'*o *<«te Department oTC
tional Kdiu’aiion. '0C8‘
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