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I fide Water
I Stock Plan
I To Be Filed
I SEC WILL GET PAPERS
j| firm’s Recapitalization
B Set Forth In Proposal
fl Given Commission
fl The Tide Water Power
B Company is today filing with
m t],c Securities and Exchange
|| Commission of Philadelphia
fll fi recapitalization plan, ap
I proved by a special meeting
fl jjf the firm’s board of direc
9 tors, which proposes that all
fl outstanding first mortgage
B bonds of the company be re
1 funded with new V/z per
fl cent bonds and $1,000,000
fl new So preferred stock.
I the announcement was made
B yesterday by Warren W. BeU,
I president of the local utility.
■ The plan also provides that the
I outstanding $6 preferred stock and
N common stock be exchanged for
93,393 shares ol new common
stock. This new stock will be is
sued 95.432 shares to the holders
of the present preferred stock—4
shares of new common for each
share of old preferred, while the
holders of all of the present 115,789
shares of present common stock
will receive 3,461 shares of the
new common stock, Bell said.
Bill also pointed out that in view
of the preference upon liquida
tion of the outstanding shares of
So preferred stock, and the exten
sive accumulated and unpaid divi
dends thereon, together with the
restatement of capital assets of
the company contemplated by the
plan, it is clear that the holders
of the $6 preferred stock are in
substance owners of the ultimate
equity of the company.
Accordingly, he explained, it is
highly desirable more correctly to
reflect the status of the outstand
ing S6 preferred stock through the
issuance therefor of shares of new
common stock as contemplated
under the plan.
Furthermore, he declared, the
company’s funded debt consists of
first mortgage bonds in the prin
cipal amount if $6,065,500, with an
interest rate of 5 per cent or $303,
275 per annum, as compared with
3‘i per cent on $4,500,000 or $157,
500 under the proposed issue of
new bonds and 5 per cent on $1,
000,000 or $50,000 per annum divi
dend requirement on the new Pre
ferred stock.
it was disclosed by Bell that the
company deems it advisable, both
in the interest of the stockholders
of the company and its consumers,
to reduce the burden of interest
*nd improve the company’s fi
nancial position.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 25 insti
tuted proceedings directing Tide
Waier to file with it a plan of re
capitalization which should in
clude provisions for taking certain
action which would effect com
pliance with the Public Utility
Holding Company act.
Tide Water Power company, Mr.
Hell said, is hoping for a prompt
approval by the commission of its
new plan, in order that the plan
may be submitted to present pre
ferred stockholders for their con
sideration, and in order that stock
nulders. many of whom are local
residents, may receive dividends
011 new stock at an early date,
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American Submarine
Goes Down In Pacific
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12— (A.—
Another American submarine —
me Gudgeon—has been lost from
me underseas fleet which has
whittled the Japanese cargo carry
lng strength down to the point
™ere sampans and barges now
must be used by the en^my to
m°ve supplies and men.
The loss, the 29th submarine
•nice the war started, was an
nounced by the Nr.vj today with
out any details. However, she
Presumably was last assigned to
me campaign against shipping in
jjpanese waters.
Yanks Aid German Street
17. S. Army medical corpsmen dress the wounds of German soldiers who were caught in the open
by Allied machine gunners near Mons, Belgium. Natives of the town (background) stand bv and
watch. (AP Wirephoto.)
Battleships Blast Palau
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SOUTHPORT YEGG
GIVEN 8 YEARS
SOUTHPORT, Sept. 12.—A sen
tence of eight years on the roads
was given in Brunswick Superior
court this morning to Plata Wil
liam Bennett, 22, of Kings Moun
tain, who pleaded guilty to charges
of breaking into and entering four
local business establishments.
Bennett was arrested about 3 a.
m. Sunday by Police Chief Otto
Hickman in front of the Southport
Service station which he reported
entered and ransacked. The Kings
mountain man also entering
Mack’s cafe, from which $20 was
stolen; Watson’s pharmacy, where
$2 was removed from the register;
and Leggett’s pharmacy, from
which $28 was stolen.
Chief Hickman reported that Ben
nett had confessed to him he broke
into a five-and-dime store at More
head City about three weeks ago.
Bennett arrived in Southport two
weeks ago from Morehead City. He
was employed on a shrimp boat
owned by Capt- Robert Willis.
The trial of Tom Long, white res
ident of Shallotte, charged with the
murder of Ace Galloway, Negro,
has been continued to the next
term of Superior court. The defend
ant is unable to stand trial now be
cause of an infected foot.
Only one case has reached the
jury so far this session. Burnice
Hill, Negro, was found guilty of in
cest. The judge has not yet passed
sentence on him.
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TRAPPED GERMANS
BEING ANNIHILATED
* ROME, Sept. 12.—Iff)—Twenty
thousand trapped Germans, rem
nants of the 19th army, are being
ground to bits and destroyed be
tween the American Seventh and
Third armies in pockets extending
from the Belfort gap westward 12o
miles, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.
Patches headquarters said tonight.
Official announcements showed
the Seventh army was makng rap
id progress in crushing German
forces west of Belfort Americans
driving northwest from Vesoul
reached Port-Sur-Saone, about 33
miles west of Belfort. Between Ve
soul and Gray, Americans ad
vanced north of the Saone river m
many places.
French units moving north, and
northwest from Dijon occupied Si.
Seine L’Abbaye, Val-Suzon and
Couriivron without resistance, far
ther to the east. Orville and Cliam
plitte were taken against only
slight opposition._
Japanese Base Bombarded
Like Guam Isle Before
Invasion Started
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Sept.
12.—(JP)—Mighty battleships of the
Pacific fleet, such as pulverized
the defenses of Guam in the last
tew days before invasion, yester
iay joined in the daily blasting of
Palau, Japanese base 600 miles
cast of the Philippines.
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an
nounced today that the big battle
ivagons had added their heavy
jjuns to the weigh, of the attack.
Previously, on Sept. 6, cruisers and
lestroyers had shelled the islands.
The announcement came less
dian 24 hours after Nimitz report
ed that the Third fleet, under Adm.
William F. Halsey, had struck its
iirst blow against the enemy—a de
vastating attack on Mindanao, in
the Southern Philippines.
Reference to battleships in to
day’s report recalled that three
days before the invasion of ,puaih
\Timitz first announced that the
luge combat vessels were spelling
that island in the southern Marian
as. Carrier planes bombed Guam
Eor 16 straight days prior to inva
sion and warships shelled it for
ten days- Five days before the as
sault forces hit the beaches, the
battle wagons began shelling the
island. I
The dreadnaughts went into ac
tion against Palau yesterday (west
longitude time) as part of a new
series of aerial and surface at
tacks. A two-day lull for Palau on
September 7 and 8 was followed by
a new three-day strike, the first
of which occurred Saturday (west
longitude tme) and was announced
yesterday.
Today’s release by Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz’ headquarters-said that
carrier aircraft continued sorties
Saturday and Sunday, dropping 120
tons of bombs gt Babelthuap on
North Anguar island and at South
Peleliu island.
More than 150 rockets were fired
by the planes in the same attacks-"
The shelling began - the second
day with battleships and previous
ly mentioned cruisers in the opera
tion. Targets of .the bombers and
the ships included buildings, gun
emplacement and coastal defenses.
Aircraft found a small cargo ship
near the islands on Sunday apd
sank it* and damaged another.
The navy did not specify but it
is entirely possible that the same
carrier planes involved in the new
series of raids were used in the
hard blow against Mindanao in
which the Japanese lost or had,
damaged 89 surface ships and 68
aircraii. -Lire r<uaw -
only 592 miles from Mindanao and
both targets would be in range of
the bombers if the carriers did not
move.
The Navy release also detailed a
single plane raid on Iwo Jima, a
rocket attack on Pagan, a 72-ton
bomb raid by' army planes on
Truk, Marine neutralization strikes
against Jaluit, Maloelap and Mille
islands on Sunday.
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Drops Nickel In Meter,
Gets In Auto And Dies
Immediately after dropping a
nickel in a downtown parking
meter yesterday morning George
Allen, Negro, was seized with a
heart attack, sat back down in his
car and died.
At the time °f his death, Allen’s
car was parked between Front and
Second Sts., on Grace St.
JAPAN’S DEATH
BEING PLOTTED
QUEBEC, Sept. 12.— MV— Presi
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill, in conference with the
highest military experts of t h e i r
nations, got down today to the
“real business” of the Quebec war
council—plotting the utter destruc
tion of Japan’s dwindling power.
For the second successive day
all possible official stress was laid
on the idea that the deliberations
here are predominantly military
and directed chiefly at crushing
Japan.
But Mr. Roosevelt’s map room
in the governor - general’s resi
dence mirrowed the march of Al
lied armies everywhere ant$ was
not confined to the Pacific theater.
The president and Prime Minis
ter talked privately during the
morning. They posed for pictures
and Churchill watched Mrs. Roose
velt put Fala, the White House
Scottie, through some typical dog
tricks. Then they called in thei:
army, navy and air commanders
for an afternoon session with maps
and papers behind the thick, stone
walls of Quebec’s old citadel. Aft
erward the chiefs of staff returned
to their Chateau Frontenac' Head
quarters to prepare specific rec
ommendations for action.
The strategy of th ecentral Pa
cific apparently was perfected long
ago. Evidence that it is in opera
tion may be seen ir the increased
tempo of softening - up aerial as
saults on the Philippines.
With Formosa and the easterr
bulge of China perhaps the nexi
objectives, there was reason to sus.
pect that the conference here was
devoted largely to working out ar
rangementa for two things:
Closing the gap between Allied
forces in the Netherlands East In
dies and those in Ceylon, Indie
and Burma.
- Stepping up. British participator
in the Asiatic fighting, in fulfill
ment of commitments Churchil
has made publicly, once Germans
is hammered to her knees.
The presence here of Lord Leath
ers, British war transport minister
gave support to the possibility tha
consideration was being given t<
the problem of massing sufficien
British shipping for ultimate trans
fer of large segments of Britain’!
fighting forces to the Far East
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tala Umolds tricks
For Prime Ministei
QUEBEC, Sept. 12.—<a>>—Fala
the presidential scottie, wen
through all his tricks today foi
Prirhe Minister and Mrs. Chur
chill. Mrs. Roosevelt put hin
through his paces after a forma
picture taking at the Citadel.
The scottie sat up and begge<
for food, rolled over on commam
and when Mrs. Roosevelt lj>ent an<
extended an arm, quickly jumpec
over it.
Jaycees Will Sponsor
School Ticket Sales
Tile Junior Chamber of Com
merce decided in it? weekly
meeting last night to sponsor
the sale of season tickets for
Kew Hanover high school ath
el‘c activities this year. These
tickets will be good for all
sports, including football, bas
ketbali and baseball.
Home games with Wilson,
nHeigh, Goldsboro, Hamlet
®nc* Oxford Orphanage have
^een scheduled for the foot
j team. There Is one open
<iat» lejt.
The JayceesL^are formulating >
plans to stagf a wastepaper
drive sometijpe in October.
Elliott 0’Neal?read a paper at
the meeting on the history of
paper, its part in the prose
cution of the war, and the role
it will play later in the re
habilitation of the peoples of
Europe.
Four entries are being sent
to the Civic Club tennis tourna
ment on September 18 by the
Jaycees. They , are Winston
Gray, Carrell Tinsley., Elliott
O’Neal and Claude O’Shields.
European War Flashback
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By The Associated Press enemy wiih their backs to the
Sept. 13, 1918 — Supported by Wotan-Hindenburg line,
the French, the American army Sept. 13, 1940—Several bombs
wiped out the St. Mihiel salient, dropped on Buckingham palace in
gaining all of their objectives London but the king and queen,
ahead of schedule and leaving the in the north wing, escaped injury.
1 American Armies Invade
Germany On Two Fronts;
3rd Blow Being Readied
NAZIS DECLARE
BIG RED DRIVE
NOW UNDER WAY
Fall Of Lomza Apparent
As Russians Improve
Their Positions
LONDON, Sept. 12—(^P)—
Fall »of Lomza, guardian of
the southern approaches to
East Prussia, appeared im
minent tonight as the Rus
sians announced improvement
of their positions south and
southwest of that besieged
Polish city, while the Ger
mans declared gigantic Red
armies had begun the su
preme drive aimed at break
ing through the north Polish
front.
The Soviet communique, one of
the shortest in months, told merely
of taking some additional towns
near Lomza, from which the Red
Army was only 2 1-2 miles distant
Monday night, and told of a deepi/r
penetration into Hungarian - held
Transylvania in cooperation with
the Romanian army. It was silent
concerning such a great northern
offensive as the Germans described.
If such a new all - out push ac
tually was in progress, Russian si
lence would not be unusual, Mos
cow. usually delaying such an
nouncements until it has solid and
general gains to publish.
The German DNB Agency said
violent russian attacks were
launched east of Warsaw and north
| east of Warsaw and northeast of
I Russian - captured Ostroleka in the
direction of the German frontier,
apparently meaning East Prussia,
which the Russians announced ear
ly Tuesday had been penetrated
by Red Army patrols.
Other German broadcasts told of
heavy fighting west of Lomza, stra
tegic road junction guarding the
southern approaches to East Prus
sia 20 miles away.
The Russians Monday announced
capture of positions within 2 1-2
miles of Lomza, but tonight said
only, “south and southwest of Lom
za our troops fought engagements
with the enemy in which they im
proved their positions and captured
proved their positions and captured
Another Red Army has been
drawn up in a semicircle around
Warsaw for 44 days. A Polish un
derground communique distribut
ed in London said General Bor’s Po.
lish forces and the Germans were
( engaged in hard street fighting for
every house in the center of War
saw and that the Poles had re
ceived arms dropped by some Brit
ish and Allied planes from Italy
Sunday night.
Moscow dispatches said there
were indications of resumed Soviet
activity northeast and north of
Warsaw which .should develop into
a principal battlefield shorty. Bet
ter weather, after a rainy, foggy
period, enhanced the Red Army’s
prospects and brought the Red
air force out in strength to support
the offensive.
The Germans said another Soviet
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LUFTWAFFE AGAIN
DEALT HEAVY BLOW
LONDON, Sept. 12.—(/P) — The
1 embattled Luftwaffe rose up again
' today for another fierce battle with
almost 1,000 strongly escorted U.
S. heavy bombers, striking at oil
and industrial targets in *he Reich
for the fifth straight day and again
the American fliers inflicted a hea
vy toll on the Nazis’ dwindling aif
force.
A communique late tonight an
nounced 105 enemy planes were
destroyed — 79 in the air and 26 on
i the ground—giving tRe Nazis a
; loss of 280 planes in the last two
' days during which the German
■ force has chosen to risk its careful
i ly hoarded fighters for an all-out
1 defense of the fatherland.
The Americans also suffered
1 losses—43 heavy bombers and 17
l fighters, bringing the two-day cost
l of battle to the U. S. air force to
1 91 Fortresses and Liberators and 46
fighters.
Beach Site Suggested
For War Prison Camp
Anxious to hear the City Council’s reaction to their
petition asking that the old Marine hospital site at Eighth
and Nun Streets be utilized for the housing of war prison
ers, a delegation of fertilizer dealers is expected to appear
before the council today. *
In an interview last night, Mayor
holand C. Lane and City Manager
A. C. Nichols discussed the pro
posal and declared that they did
not believe it a good idea to place
prisoners of war in the center of
the city, as the location of the pro
posed site would indicate. Howev
er, they were in accord with any
plan offering fair cooperation to
concerns utilizing prison labor in
their plants.
It was pointed out by Nichols
and Lane that there are adequate
facilities at the abandoned army
camp inland from Carolina Beach
on the old Fort Fisher road, ap
proximately 12 miles from the pres
ent prison camp site on the Caro
lina Beach road to house as many
as 3,000 prisoners.
The only argument expected to
arise from such a plan is the
fact that there is no central heat
ing unit at this site. Each indivi
dual house is heated by a separate
stove.
Nevertheless, the city manager
and the mayor said tha. if such
an arrangement isgood enough for
American soldiers, recently evacu
ated from the camp, they could see
no reason why war prisoners
should not accept the’ same hous
ines.
The matters has not been made
an issue, however, and the fertiliz
er dealers who appear at the coun
cil meeting today are expected to
bring plans in accordance with their
previous petition that the Marine
hospital site be used for war pris
oners. They previously said that
the present site on the Carolina
Beach road is too small to ade
quately care for a large number of
prisoners. There are now about 280
German prisoners in the camp.
The decision on the results of the
prolonged hearing held several
weeks ago by the council concern
ing the application of the Atlanta
Cafe, 925 North Fourth street, for
a beer and wine sales license, also
is expected to come before the
group today. Mayor Lane said last
night that if the matter arose,
there probably would be little time
for other business.
The council previously denied the
application to the concern, but fol
lowing appeal by the establish
ment’s attorneys, the hearing was
granted.
Due to the decision several weeks
ago of William A. Stewart not to
accept the position of juvenile
judge, this matter may also be
brought to the attention of t h e
council today. However, Mayor
Lane said'last night that he did
not expect the appointment of a
new juvenile judge at the meeting
today.
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United Nations Conclude
Armistice With Romania
LONDON, Wednesday, Sept. 13—
{&—The Moscow radio announced
today that an armistice has been
concluded with Romania, with
Russia. Great Britain and the Unit
ed States signing on behalf of all
the United Nations.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Soviet monitor, said that U. S. Am
bassador W. Averill Harriman,
British Ambassador Sir Archibald
John Clark . Kerr and Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov partici
pated in the negotiations, which
were concluded yesterday.
MAN SHOT IN LEG
ON PRINCESS ST.
While passersby goggled their
eyes, J. B. Stafford, 30, of Route 3,
Snow Hill, was shot in the leg at
8 o’clock last night in front of the
Stag lunch at 111 Princess St.
Police arrested C. H. Meredith,
36, of 104 Red Cross St., and charg
ed him with the shooting, cause of
which was not immediately deter
mined by officers.
Meredith was charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, carry
ing a concealed weapon and shoot
ing firearms within the city limits.
He was lodged in the New Hano
ver county jail and placed under
$500 bond.
W. D. Howell, of 220 North Sec
ond street, was listed by police as
a witness to the shooting.
Stafford was admitted to James
Walker Memorial hospital shortly
after the incident. Attaches report
ed him to be in a satisfactory con
dition
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Mac Arthur’s Bombers
Batter Dutch Celebes
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Wednesday,
Sept. 13.—(A*)—Snowballing Allied
air power pounced on Dutch Cele
bes Sunday with a record 202-ton
bomb raid and laid waste Halma
hera’s airdromes and supply
dumps in another of the steady
attacks which are easing the way
for a return to the Philippines.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s com
munique also disclosed that Far
Eastern Airforce planes had struck
elsewhere with power and pre
cision along a wide arc stretching
from Palau east of the Philippines
deep into the Moluccas. They sank
one medium-sized freighter, forced
another ashore and destroyed or
damaged four other enemy ves
sels.
AMERICA TO HELP
ENGLAND ON FEET
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—UHi—'The
State department was revealed to
day as seeking the restoration of
England to a strong economic
position as quickly after the vic
tory in Europe as possible.
GERMAN FORCES
OF NG ONLY
K DEFENSE
Eisenhower Says Battle
For ‘Holy Soil' About
To Get Started
LOND($N, Wed., Sept. 13.
TP)—The American First ar
ny carried the war onto the
‘holy soil” of Hitler’s Reich
'or the second time in 24
lours Tuesday, driving at
east six miles eastward be
yond the Belgian border city
if Eupen and plunging into
the Nazi homeland against
relatively minor resistance.
This second penetration of Ger
many was 65 miles north and
slightly west of the invasion path
way nothwest of Trier which other
First army units blasted into Ger
many Monday evening from
Luxembourg.
Other American forces were at
the German border at a third point,
massed in Luxembourg within
a miles of the Siegfried line, and
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, ad
vising inhabitants of the
Nazis’ Ruhr and Rhineland border
regions to evacuate immediately,
announced that “The Battle of Ger
many is about to begin.’’
Southward in France the Ameri
can Third army hammered out
new bridgeheads across the bloody
Moselle river, cracking the Nazis’
powerful defenses and at one point
between Nancy and Pont-a-Mousson
foreing a full-acale German with
drawal. Far back of these blazing
battle lines British troops with the
Canadian army captured the long
invested and important channel
port of le Havre.
The invasion of Germany from
Eupen was 10 miles south
and slightly east of Aachen. Though
this reputedly is one of th most
heavily-guarded zones of the Sieg.
fried line, first indications were
that the Yanks made their move
against only moderate resistance
from a scattered series of strong
points rather than from a consoli
dated string of defenses.
Both here and in the Trier region
to the south the Allies were moving
into Germany over routes taken
after the 1918 armistice when the
occupation forces marched in. The
Americans then moved through
Trier, which was headquarters of
the Second division, and the Bri
tish marched eastward from
TCunen.
The second penetration of Ger
man soil was made by armored
elements of Gen. Courtney
H. Hodge’s’ first army, Associated
Press Correspondent William Smith
White disclosed tonight in a dis
patch datelined "with armored
forces of the first U. S. army in
Germany. ”
There was little news of the force
which had made the first invasion
near Trier, northeast of Luxem
bourg, beyond the early announce,
ment that it had fought its way at
least five miles into Hitler’s "Holy
Soil.’’
After this first invasion wa»
made at 6:20 p.m. Monday, the
second force “broke into Germany
at 2:51 p.m. today,” White wrote
from the front.
Strong American tank forces
drove in from the west, the
penetration being described as“re
connaissance in force.” There were
medium tanks, infantry and
engineers under command of Lt.
Col. William B. Loveiady of Soddy,
Tenn., all moving swiftly on a day
of brilliant sunlight and weather
ideal for Allied planes.
In an earlier dispatch from
Eupen, five miles from the Ger
man border. White had told of th*
cold, hostile attitude of the citizens
of that town. Although Eupec ap
pears in Belgium on most map3,
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Red Cross Committees
Alerted For Hurricane
The Red Cross Disaster Pre
pardness committee of New
Hanover county was alerted
yesterday by Edward W. Carr,
chairman of the committee,
in case the Atlantic hurricane
off Miami should strike here.
The step was taken at the
request of- Col. J. J. Staley of
Atlanta, general field repre
sentative of the American Red
Cross, covering the eastern
area of North Carolina. Colonel
Staley called Carr from New
Bern, where he was at the
time of his notification from
headquarters in Atlanta to
alert committees.
In the event that it appears
that the storm may strike here,
Carr has asked that all mem
bers of the shelter, transporta
tion, food, clothing, motor
corps, staff assistance, nurses
aids, and registration sub com
mittees report immediately to
the Woodrow Wilson hut.
The same precautionary
steps are being taken in all
coastal towns in eastern North
Carolina and South Caroling.
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Great Hurricane
Heads Northward
MIAMI, Fla-, Sept. 12.—(£>)—
The great Atlantic hurricane
' turned toward the northward
tonight, the weather bureau re
ported, and an alert for the
Florida coast was cancelled.
Residents of the Georgia and
Carolina coasts, however, were
urged to watch for further ad
vices on the storm, in which
winds were estimated up to 140
miles an hour.
The fiercest hurricane chart
ed by the weather bureau in
several years was said in a 9
p. m. advisory to be centered
about 400 miles east of Palm
Beach.
Teteorologists said it was
moving at the time between
northwestward and northward
after swinging away from a
prevous westerly route.
“Highest winds near center
estimated by aircraft pilot at
about 140 miles per hour,” the
advisory continued. “Winds of
hurricane force extend over a
large area about the center and
gales cover an area 500 miles
in diameter.
“It now -appears, certain that
the Bahama islands will escape
full hurricane winds, but gales
will prevail over the northeast
ern islands tonight and dimin
ish Wednesday.
The northward turn will car
ry the storm well east of Flori
da. and hurricane alert is con
celled on the Florida coast.
“The Carolina and Georgia
coasts should remain on the
alert for further advices.”
Floridians sighed in relief at
the change in direction. Resi
dents along the south Florida
coast had been waiting for the
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