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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
Leadership Will Seek Pas.
sage OF Measure By The
End OF Next Week
MONEY BILL PASSED
Question Oh Age Limits
Expected To Develop
Into Big Controversy

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-LP-A
peace-time draft bill, making all
men from 81 to A, inclusive, sub
ject to CONSUMPTION for military
training, emerged from the house
military committee today with the
leadership drawing up plans for
it's house passage by the end OF
next week.
Acting quickly, a day after the
senate's vote passing a more re-
stricted version of peacetime con-
scription the committee endorsed
the measure, 20 to 4. 1t deferred
for the time being, however, ac-
ton on an amendment empower
ing the government to seize de-
tense production plants whose own
ers insist upon unduly high profits.
A similar proposal was included
in the senate-approved measure.
Money Bill Passed
The senate, also working at top
speed, passed a S., 1873, 628. 277 de-
tense appropriation bill and sent it
back to the house for action on
amendments which added $110, 000,-
00O-half in cash and half in au-
thorization-for a new craving dock
at New York accounted for
nearly all of the increase.
Downtown, the day produco' an
agreement between the navy and
the United Aircraft Corporation for
making 7 1000 airplane engines, tor
both army and navy, by June 80,
1912. The job was said to entail
a So, 500, 900 plant expansion for the
United, - with the government
buying and retaining title to ST.
900, 900 worth of machine tools
and six to eight months prepara-
tory work before production can
be begun.
Controversy Expected
BY contrast with the house COM
mittee's CONSUMPTION bill, the mea-
sure passed last night by the SEN
ate requires men between q and
80 inclusive to register for tn e
draft. Leaders fully expect the
question of the age limits to devel-
op into a major controversy when
the bill is brought before the house.
No effort was made in the COM
mittee to substitute either the SEN
ate figures or the original Ii to GA
of the Burke-WadsWorth bill.
Under present plans, the house
will begin consideration of the bill
next Tuesday. Chairman May Cd
KY said he would ask the rules
committee for a rule allowing two
days of general debate, and UNI
limited amendment thereafter, I'M
der the ''five-minute rule" This
enables any member to present
Continued OH Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
F. D. R. ENTERTAINS
PRINCESS MARTHA
Introduces N orwegia n
Royalty To Typical Coun-
tv Fair AT Rhinebeck

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 90
R-President Roosevelt intro,
duced Norwegian royalty today to
one of Americas famed rural in,
stitutions-a typical county +
with its exhibits, side-shows, races
and hot dog stands.
With Crown Princess Martha by
his side and her two daughters
clambering over his car, Mr..
Roosevelt spent an hour watching
a horse show at the Duchess coun'
ty fair at nearby Rhinebeck.
Then they drove through a build
ing of Grange exhibits. in which
the Presidents own Chapel Cor
ners grange took the blue ribbon
They passed up all the other at
fractions except a display OF
Duchess county flowers.
The members of the Norwegian
royal family, refugees fir o a
country conquered by the Nazis,
found a temporary haven in the
serene Hudson valley home of the
chief executive and Mrs. Roose-
welt.
The crown princess and her chill
dren, Princess Ragnhild, 10, Prin-
cess Astrid, 8, and Prince Harald,
3, drove up from New York city
this morning in time for lunch.
They were accompanied by the
Ragni Ostgaard, lady in
waiting; her son, Einar, II; Wedel
Jarlsberg, master of the Norwe-
gian court; the Norwegian minis
ter to the United States, Wilhelm
Munthe de Morgenstierne, and
Morgenstierne; Capt. Daniel
J. Callaghan, the Presidents ma
val aide; and George T. Summer
lin, state department protocol
chief. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
GERMANS BITTER
OVER BERLIN RAID
Hitler's Paper Says Bomb
ing OF Workers Quar-
ter Was Deliberate

BERLIN, Aug. 3O-(Friday)-R
No British air raids developed
during the night and Berliners.
though warned by the press and
authorities to prepare themselves
for repeated attacks on residential
sections, slept undisturbed.
The morning press was filled with
bitter comment on the bombing OF
a workers quarter early Thursday
which killed ten civilians.
Adolf Hitler's Voelkischer Beo.
bachter declared the bombing was
deliberate.
Yesterday the nazi force beat
heavily at England's coast in angry
retaliation for a three-hour raid on
Berlin by British bombers, the
most Furnishing ever made on this
capital.
While men still searched gingerly
about Berlin's streets for British
time bombs, the German COM
mand loosed upon the British naval
base of Portsmouth its most feared
air weapon solid squadrons of
Stuka dive bombers.
Returning pilots declared a sur
prise attack was hammered home
Continued on Page Seven; Col Y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
Nazi Planes
Raid London
Sector Again
Scream Bombs Dropped In
Residential District Cause
Several Casualties
HOUSES ARE DAMAGED
Inland Northwestern Town
Suffers Its Heaviest Aer-
ial Attack OF War

LONDON, Aug. 29-(Friday)-R
Scream bombs dropped in a resi-
dental district of the London area
caused a number of casualties ear
ly today.
Censorship prohibited an esti-
mate of the number killed or
wounded).
While Nazi bombers generally
avoided the metropolitan area or
circled it warily, other raiders
spread out over English towns and
countryside.
A lone raider over a southeast
coast town dropped a number Of
scream bombs without causing
much property damage and with
no casualties reported.
Houses Damaged
Some houses were damaged
when about 20 high explosive
bombs and several fire : starter:
fell in a northeast coast town dur
ing the night.
The raiders departed amid a
hail of anti-aircraft fire.
The southeast coast area expert
enced three raids during the night
but bombs did negligible damage.
Over the capital itself there was
little activity after a mass forma.
ton of 200 raiders was beaten of
the southeast coast late yesterday
by British fighters.
A steady glow rising from the
city's outskirts late last night soon
after the raiders were first heard
about II pm. Is pm. E.. S. t.
suggested a fire bomb had been
dropped but no general air alarm
had been sounded in London up
to 2:30 am. $3.50 pm, E.S.T.).
Sharp Contrast
Tonight's raid was in sharp con.
trast to the 7-hour pummelling
London took overnight, Wednes.
day-Thursday.
However, an inland northwest
ern town suffered its heaviest raid
Of the war today. lncendiary
Continued on Page Two, Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
WALLACE URGES
F. RS ELECTION
Declares Republican Party
Is Party Of Appeasement
In Country Today

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. 29.-R
Henry Agard Wallace tonight de-
clared another term for President
Roosevelt would constitute an anti
.dote for Hitlerizm In the western
hemisphere.
Formally accepting the democratic
vice-presidential nomination here be-
fore a cheering, cornstalk-waving
crowd, the candidate said:
Most republicans may not realize
it, but their party is the party of
appeasement in the United States
today"
Democratic party officials estimat-
ed the crowd at 1000.
Titling the speech 1.-THE New Fight
for Freedom" Wallace declared this
nation must face the fact that the
dictators have definite d e S g n S
against this hemisphere"
Their tactics here as in Europe
are to divide and conquer" he said.
"They hope by propaganda and bar
tering agreements to set n nation
against another =. . Out of the con-
fusion which they have created they
hope to build political power and
eventually military power -.
"They hope to get rid Of the I'm
yielding Roosevelt"
The nominee said he did not wish
imply that the republican leaders
are wilfully and consciously giving
aid and comfort to Hitler"
But I want to emphasize that re-
placement of Roosevelt, even if it
were by the most patriotic leader
ship that could be found, would
cause Hitler to rejoice. I do not be-
lieve the American people will turn
their backs on the man Hitler wants
to see defeated"
Maintaining that President Roose-
welt has understood the Hitler men,
Continued OH Page Seven; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
FRENCH COLONIES
FOLLOW BRITAIN
Cameroons And Congo Fol.
low Lead OF Chad Terri
tory And Enter War

LONDON, Aug. 29.-RHThe
French Cameroons and c o 6 o
have followed the lead of the Chad
territory and entered the war at
Britain's side, turning substantial
ly the whole of French equatorial
Africa into a British ally, General
Charles de Gaulle announced to-
night.
Thus more than a million square
miles of territory has been aligned
with Britain, opening a vast cor
ridor from the South Atlantic to
Italian Libya, and creating an I'M
interrupted British n d bridge
connecting the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Britain, military observers re-
marked, will be afforded a guar
antee of the maintenance of COM
munications for attacks OF tn e
Italian colonial empire.
General de Gaulle, head OF
French forces refusing to accept
the surrender to Germany ordered
by the government of Marshall
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
SEES DICTATORSHIP
Wants F. R. To State His
View On Plan To Take
Over Private Plants
BY WILLIAM B. ARDERY

Ii H1AA1E141 IL
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 29.@R
Wendell L. Willkie said late to-
day that a provision of the con-
scription bill authorizing the gov
eminent 10 take over priva t e
plants would set up "a potential
dictatorship. He demanded that
President Roosevelt state his view
on the provision.
In a formal !, 100-word statement,
the Republican presidential NOM
lhee declared that the conscrip-
ron OF manpoWer was the demo-
cratic way to obtain defense per-
sonnet, but he added:
cat Eleventh Hour"
AT the eleventh hour (of senate
%oeoate), however. an amendment
was introduced by the New Deal
senators Overton D-La) and Rus
se4 D-Ga) and passed by the SEN
0Ve' which gives the president, at
any ume the secretary of war or
ue secretary of navy is unable to
arrive at an agreement with the
v"ilef OF any plant or facility that
- aeefned necessary for national
uelenSe, power to acquire such a
pant or facility"
Wilkes statement, h h he
.e0a 10 reporters during a press
s0lilelehce on his front porch said
~ s.'' IN the event of emergency,
~e industries and assets of this
oOuilry are at the disposal of the
Declarlng that the Russell-Over
WI amendment had been support
w democratic leader Alben W.
D'iAley and other senators known
D"nued on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
PLANS TO FIX
AGE T.
AT 2l TO n
First Draftees Not
Expected To Reach
Camp Until November

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-R
Prospects are that the first
trainees drafted under the
Burke adsworth bill, if it fin
ally becomes law, will not reach
army camps until mid November.
When the question was first
raised, plans of the war depart
ment we're to induct the first
group of $4,000 OH October l and
to continue taking them until
nearly 4O0, 900 were enrolled by
December Is.
No change in those plans has
yet been announced, but the
time schedule has been upset by
the lengthy senate consideration
of the measure.
Original plans allowed six
weeks to get the selective SER
vice system in operation. Hence,
if the compulsory service bill be-
came law today, it would be
mid-October, according to that
schedule, before the first train
ees were enlisted.
Each week that the house de-
bates the measure presumably
would advance that date by an
additional week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
New Excess Profits Tax
Bill Is Passed By House

WASHINGTON, Aug. o. Up -
spurred by administration pleas
for speed, the house damned
through to quick passage today a
bill levying an '''excess profits tax
on corporations and giving special
tax treatment to the makers OF
military material.
The measure now goes to the
senate where it is reported to face
some opposition in the finance
committee.
The tax, applying to corpora
tons regardless of whether they
hold government contracts, ranges
from 20 to so per cent on profits
in excess of normal" The near
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
TEN PERSONS Die
IN ITALIAN BLAST
Many Others Are Injured
In Explosion In Bologna
Munitions Factory

ROME, Aug. 80. -(FridayeCP-
An explosion in a Bologna munitions
factory last night killed ten persons
and injured many others.
Big fires broke out and flames
caught a nearby pavilion as fire
men fought the blaze.
Troops and Red Cross workers
engaged in rescue work early to-
day hunting for victims and re
moving the injured.
Fascist officials also went to the
scene in an attempt to determine
the cause.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30

be upon the ex-service men when
the home guard is called INTO &C
tive duty. ;.
Telling the Legionnaires OF thell
tasks in taking over the ION e
guard posts, Col. Gillette said thal
the only way the matter could be
handled in an orderly manner is
through an organization already
established and experienced.
Work of enrolling new members
into the Legion will be commenced
~ ~ @rious t a Tuesday
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
FRANCE, MEXICO
SIGN AGREEMENT
Pact Provides For Migra-
ton Of 100000 Spanish
Refugees To Mexico

LES VERRIERES, Franco
Swiss Frontier, Aug. 29.-RE
France and Mexico have signed
an, agreement at Vichy whereby
all Spanish refugees in France
since the Spanish civil war, mum
boring about $50, 600, r to mi,
CRATE to Mexico, it was reported
tonight.
1t also was reported from Vichy
that the Mexican government was
negotiating with Washington to
charter United States ships to
transport the homeless Spaniards
to Mexico.
The agreement between France
and Mexico was said to have been
signed by Paul Baudouin, French
foreign minister, and Louis Ro-
driguez for Mexico. The text IS
to be published Sept. l.
Three conditions were reported
attached to the agreement:
1. That transportation expenses
Continued on Page Seven; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30

est thing to an estimate of its yield
was the best guess" of Rep. Coo
per D-Tenn), one Of the bills
managers, that it would produce
$500, 900, 900 in 1910 corporation in.
come and 5000, 600, 900 annually
thereafter.
The ways and means committee
said in its report that the tax was
designed to prevent creation Of
new war millionaires or the fur
Their substantial enrichment of al.
ready wealthy persons"
At the same time, the bill is in.
tended to 'break a bottleneck" in
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
Willkie Flags One Part
OfConscriptionMe Measure
Guard Officers Exempt
From Twin Office Law

RALEIGH, Aug. 29.-R-At-
torney General Harry Mcmillan
ruled today that one may serve
as both coroner and an officer in
the National Guard.
Officers of the militia r eX-
empted from a constitutional
provision against double office
holding, the attorney general
said, and the nominee for coroner
may remain on the ticket even
though he is a guard officer.
In the absence Of the officer.
Mcmillan added, the superior
court clerk may appoint a special
coroner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
Continued OF Page Seven; Col. y

All plans for opening the mem
bership drive of the Wilmington
Post No. 10, American Legion, ON
Tuesday morning were made at
a meeting of team captains an
workers at the courthouse l a S I
night.
Post Commander w. R. Dosher
presided over the session, which
was attended by IS workers.
Lieut.. Col. George Gillette, dis,
riot army engineer, made, a short
talk on the responsibility that will
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
American Legion Is Ready To Start
Membership Campaign Here Tuesday

morning, with all workers operat-
ing out of downtown headquarters,
which will be set up in the Wool
vim building on Princess street.
The goal set in the concerted
drive is to increase the member
ship of the local post to 700 men
Present membership is $50.
Mr.. Dosher described the meet
ing last night as very enthusiast
tic'' and said that several inactive
members had re-pledged their al.
legiance to the American Legion. Z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
SHORT cut ASKED

RALEIGH, Aug. 90 Up Two
Charlotte city officials requested
the state highway and public works
commission today to build a short
cut in Charlotte over Rosedale ave-
nue. between routes % and 81, on
Statesville avenue and North Tryon
streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
WEATHER

Nav, FORECAST
FridavA carolina: Scattered showers
and probably Saturday.
endino e99fologlca data for the "a hours
''oo p: m. yesterday.
La Temperature
m. 81. d. m; 76; 1880 a. IN. 80; 1:3o p.
%tainimn, :oo p. m. SO; maximum 81
10, mean 81; normal rs.
La Humidity
n, 4. = IN M 80; 7:30 a. m. 80; 1870 p,
Tot., Precipitation
hone" 1of q hours ending 7:3o p. M.
lii t9tal since first of the month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-30
lldes For Today

'~''nued on Page Two, Col. A.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-09-05
The Low Down From
Hickory Grove

Down in Richmond, Virginia, for
years the firemen have been doing
a good turn for the youngsters in
their neighborhood, giving 'em
haircuts - between fires. And
everybody had fun.
| know they had fun because
when our boys were sma.ler-and
before they commenced to wash
their neck without being told
had a lot of fun myself. | maybe
clipped an ear now and then, but
| have had an ear clipped myself,
by some of the very best BARRIERS
of our nation.
But in Virginia, the firemen
must desist No more free hair
cuts. They are violating some
kind of ordinance. Something to
do with sanitation-washing their
hands. or maybe their own neck.
| don't know. 1t sounds fishy.
But for being sanitary, you could
cut a boys hair in glass-lined
and sterilized operating room, and
one-half hour later you would find
him standing his head in puddle
full of pollywogs. No pollywog is
more sanitary-maybe less So
then any Richmond barber.
If was a Richmond barber, and
my house got on fire, | would not
expect too much from the fire de-
partment.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-09-05

2. Children especially young
children. are liable to do the un-
expected; they act first and think
afterward. When you have to drive
past a child playing near the
street, slow down. He may dart
in front of your car.
3. Be especially observant of
parked cars. In addition to the
fact that a parked car is as much
an obstruction to visibility as a
blind corner, many children custo-
marty play in and about parked
cars.
A Few Rules for Hunters
Undoubtedly, declare the Ma
tional Conservation Bureau ex-
perts, if all those who go on hunt
ing trips this fall would observe
the following few simple precau-
tions, our 1910 hunting accident
carnage would be greatly minimiz-
ed:
1. Wear clothing whose color
contrasts as much as possibae
with the foliage. Red has been
proven the best color. A red cap,
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-09-05
Page Three

Jacket, or shirt may save your life.
2. Don't drink while you are
in the woods. Liquor and firearms
don't mix.
8. When climbing fences or
other distractions either unload
your gun or be sure the safety
catch is on. Always unload a shot
gun.
4. Keep your gun pointed away
from your partner or companions
at all times. When walking with
group, carry your gun over your
shoulder, muZZle upward, instead
of slung in the crook of your arm.
5. Protect your general phys
ica. health while outdoors. Don't
over-exert yourself, change wet
clothing promptly, and get plenty
of sleep at night.
6. Don't snapshot on the spur
of the moment Every time you
fire your gun, know beyond doubt
what you are shooting at. 1t is
better to come back to camp
minus a deer than carrying a
wounded man over your shoulder.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-09-05

These new state-sponsored safe
driving courses stress far more
than the mere mechanics of driv-
ing. Good judgment, courtesy and
consideration for the rights Of
others, right mental attitudes-all
these subjects are given the at
tention they deserve in these
thoroughly up-to-date and eminent
ly practical courses.
Rules for Child Driver
For the child
l. Always cross the street un-
der the supervision of the officer
or teacher if one is present; al
ways observe the traffic lights;
whether or not there is a traffic
signal, always look both ways be-
fore crossing the street. The driv-
er may not be on his job; you
should be on yours.
2. Do not run into the street
in pursuit of a ball Or playmate
without first making sure you will
be able to return to the curb
safely.
3. DO not annoy drivers by
running alongside their cars or
dartlng in and out of the street
without warning. How would you
like to have motorists make
game of trying to drive as close
to you as possible without knock
ing you down?
For the motorist:
/. Beginning today, observe all
signs. During the sum-
mer you may have acquired the
habit of ignoring these signs;
break it now.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-09-05
Examination
Civil Service

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open com
petitive examination for Assistant
Communications Operator (air
navigation). Vacancies as they
may occur in this position and
in positions requiring similar
qualifications in the States of
California, Arizona, Nevada, and
Utah. at s1,62O a year, subject to
a deduction of 312 percent toward
a retirement annuity, will be filled
from this examination.
The necessary application forms
and complete information regard
ing this examination may be OBJ
tanned from the secretary, Board
of u. S. Civil Service Examiners,
at any first or second-class post
office in the states of California,
Arizona, Nevada and Utah; or
from the manager, Twelfth U. S.
Civil Service District. Room. 119,
Federal Office Building, San Fran
cisco, California.
Applications may be filled with
the manager, Twelfth u. S. Civil
Service District, Room 119 Federal
Office Building, San Francisco,
California, until further notice.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-09-05

This fact is already recognized
by prominent educators and motor
vehicle administrators in many
states," Mr.. Hall points out.
Those men vividly recall our
labor shortage of 1917-191S, when
girls and women operating trolley
cars and busses were a common
sight. They are perfectly aware
that we are a nation on wheels,
largely dependent on motor We
hicles for a steady flow of food
stuffs to our industrial centers
and for our transportation to and
from work They know that in the
event of a long and exhaustive
war much of our manpower of
military age would be withdrawn
from accustomed tasks and re-
placed by women and men unac
ceptable for military service. They
know that we may, sooner Or later
face a Gearth of trained hands to
do the nations work.
High School Teach Drivers
"The schooldirected training of
high school students in motor
vehicle operation, therefore, takes
on added Importance. First insti-
tuted purely in the interests OF
public safety and as a splendid
means of intoxicating the principles
of good citizenship and social re-
sponsibility in our younger gene
ration, these courses already have
more than convinced authorities
of their worth. Now, because of
their possible applicability to ma
tional defense, their value is i'm
measurab'y enhanced.