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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
FLORISTS MEET
0STARTT0DA
Commercial Flower Show
To Be Held This Morning.;
Two Banquets Tonight

About $50 delegates to the 10th
annual convention of the North
Carolina State Florists association,
opening this morning at the Ocean
Terrace hotel and continuing
through Thursday night, had ar
rived at the hotel last night. More
than 200 are expected to attend.
The convention will open at 8
o'clock this morning with registra-
tons in the hotel lobby. During the
morning; a commercial flower
show will be held and will be open
to the public.
The first melting will be held
during the afternoon, at which
time Mayor Dan J. Herrin will de-
liver the official address of well
come and j. j. Fallon, of Raleigh,
president of the association, will
respond.
Tonight at 7 o'lcock two BAN
ouets will be held-one at tn e
ocean Terrace and the other at
the Cape Fear Country club an
ne0. The former will be sponsored
by the Florists Telegraph Delivery
and the latter by Telegraph Deli
very Service.
W. E. Joy, Of Columbus, Ca, a
candidate for the presidency of the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
ESTONIA IS TAKEN
INTO SOVIET FOLD
Reds Also Sign 0ne-Year
Trade Agreement With
The United States

MOSCOW, Aug. 6.-R-Rus.
STA took Estonia into the Soviet
union tonight, completing absorb
ton of the three tiny Baltic states,
and about the same time signed
a one-year trade agreement with
the United States.
The trade pact was identical with
last years except for one detail yet
announced.
Sitting in the great white-wa1led
council chamber of the Fremlin,
the supreme soviet accepted an Els.
tonian petition to enter the U.S.S.R
as the 18th republic. Latvia and
Lithuania already had bn accept.
d. +. 49,.
This cion swlled Russia's
population to 1913, 000, 900, Of whom
10, 600, 900 came in from Rumania,
Lithuania, Latvia and Esthonia.
Earlier in the day, lass, the Off
cial Soviet news agency, had de.
nounced as the act of a murder.
err" the reported assassination in
Helsinki, Finland, of a member Of
the society for frenship a d
peace with the U.S.S.R.'
This advocate of closer relations
with Moscow, said lass, was shot
and killed in a public meeting by a
Canadian volunteer" - n of the
Canadians who Joined the Interna.
tional brigade to fight for Finland
in he Russo-Finnish war-in an at
tempt on the life of a leader Of the
scoeity.
1.-THE murderer" the agency con-
mented, twas detained by work.
ers." I added that the Finnish
press was persisting in a cam
paign against the Pro-Soviet socie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
TOWARD TEXAS
Disturbance Causes Exten-
sive Floods And Dis
rupts Communications

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 6.-RH
Storm refugees by the hundreds
fled Louisiana's low-lying gulf
coast today before a tropical dis
turbance edging westward toward
Texas after causing extensive
floods and disrupting communica-
tons from Mobile, Ala, to western
Louisians.
The death of one nan fir o m
fright was the only casualty re-
ported, but it was feared there
might be additional loss of life in
isolated coastal settlements swept
by high tides that accompanied the
gale and tropical downpour.
Near Morgan City
The weather bureau this after
noon put the center of the storm,
the first of the gulf hurricane sea-
son., on or near the Louisiana coast,
Just southeast of Morgan City, ap-
parently moving west northwest
ward. Storm warnings were ex-
tended to Houston, Tex, with Gales
expected along the upper Texas
coast tonight.
Meanwhile, another moderate
tropical storm with highest winds
around 30 miles an hour passed
over Turks island in the eastern
most Bahamas at noon, the wea-
Their bureau reported.
Described as of ''slight intensity
the disturbance continued to move
west-northwest through the Bahia.
mas where caution vas advised
this afternoon and tonight.
Throughout the day the historic
evangeline country Of southwestern
Louisiana, where the Acadian mai
of poetic fame lies buried, was
ashed by the gale which caused
extensive crop damage in that SUI
gar, rice and truck-growing Sec
ton.
New Orleans, where high winds
before dawn unrooted trees n d
Uttered streets with signboards,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
ADVANCE INTO EGYPT
Three Columns OF Italian
Army Also Move Into
British Somaliland
WAR ZONE EXTENDED
Germany Continues Aerial
Raids On England; Brit.
ish Attack Kiel

LONDON, Aug. 6-R-Italy's Of
fensive to wrest Egypt and north
east Africa from Great Britain has
begun with the invasion OF Egypt
and British Somaliland by the Lee
gionnaires of Mussolini's Roman
empire, playing for the highest
stakes they have sought since an
cient Rome ruled the world.
Both British and Italian official
reports said tonight that Mussoll-
mis- men, $50, 900 strong along the
Libyan frontier in Africa, are on
the march.
In Rome, Italian authorities an
nounced their Libyan troops had
advanced into Egypt and put to
flight British forces on the border.
Enter SOmaliland
A British communique from Cal
70. said the Italians began the in
vasion of British Somaliland Au-
gust 4. Three columns drove into
that little British possession adj
looming ELnOp1a.
Egypt, ancient pawn of conquer
ers is the keystone of the Italian
plan. Possession of that cotton-rich
land would give Italy a complete
semi-circle of holdings stretching
from Tripoli to the middle of Afri-
cas- east coast, a st~ranglehold on
the Suez Canal, and an open road
to India and all that that vast SUBJ
continent offers to a conquering
army.
Specifically, Italy is striking at
Egypt, with her nearly 700-mile
frontage on the Mediterranean Sea
and nearly 1900 miles of R e d
Sea coastline of Egypt and Anglo
Egyptian Sudan; British Somali-
land, on the Gulf of Alden, and the
vast interior regions of Anglo
Egyptian Sudan and Kenya colony,
both of which border on Mussoli-
mis- Ethiopian empire.
War Zone Extended
Thus, the war zone extends ap-
proximately 5000 miles along the
Mediterranean Sea.
Closer home, British authorities
said that information reaching
them indicated Germany's prepara-
tons for the expected blitzkrieg on
England are not yet complete, al
though they r well advanced.
These sources said they believed
an attempt to invade the island
kingdom might be made within the
next week or two.
Germany continued aerial at
tacks on British coasts. The air
ministry said one German bomb
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Indirectly he used the phrase, "a
bowling hell" to picture the poss-
ible situation in Belgium and else
where in Europe when winter
comes.
Within a few hours after Cuda-
hy's prediction, this British COM
ment discounting it was forthcom-
ing:
ut is not at all certain that Eur
ope will be in such a bad way over
food as Mr.. Cudahy thinks. Bel
GUM and the other occupied coun-
tries will have to make up their
shortages from Germany. If the
Germans are prepared to share
fairly there probably won't be any
famine in Europe this winter"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Britain Is Expected To Refuse Plea
ToAll0wF Food Shipments To Belgium

This source added that the Off
cial British attitude toward relax
alton of the European blockade is
not likely to be defined until a
test case arises-that is, when a
food ship encounters the blockade,
which extends from Africa to the
Arctic.
Cudahy cited the probability that
German troops of occupation would
live off the food of conquered lands
if their communications were cut,
using supplies which in themselves
would be insufficient to support the
native populations.
At the same time, Cudahy left
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07

LONDON, Aug. 6~.-R-Great
Britain, it was indicated tonight,
probably will refuse an implicit
plea by the United States ambas-
sador to Belgium that the block
aiding British navy permit ship
ment Of food from America to a.
vert starvation in Belgium and
elsewhere in Europe.
An informed British source said
it was unlikely that Britain will
allow any food into German-occu-
led Europe" y
The envoy, John Cudahy, had de-
clared that conditions 'close to ia
mine" would prevail in Belgium by
mid-September unless American
shipments get through.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
PRO-ALLlES GROUP
WILL MEET TODAY
Macmillan Says Several
Important Matters Are
To Be Discussed

A meeting of the Committee for
Defense of America by Aiding the
Allies will be held at the offices of
the chamber of commerce this morn
ing at II O'Clock.
The meeting was called by w. D.
Macmillan, chairman, who will pre-
side over the session.
Mr.. Macmillan said last night that
the meeting was called for the dis
cussion of several important matters
that have come up. The committee
here has not met in several weeks.
II. feel like the committee should
get together and look over some of
the stuff sent down from headquar-
ters," he said.
Interested citizens, whether mem
bers Of the committee or not, are
invited to attend the meeting, he
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
NAILS CLAIM EDGE
IN WAR ON SHIPS
High Command Says A.
eSe,S6o Tons OF Vessels
Destroyed In II Months

BERLIN, Aug. 6.-lRThe Ger
man counter blockade, designed to
turn fatally upon Britain her great
est historic weapon, was calimed
today to be smashing British ship
ping at a fari higher rate than n
the unrestricted submarine cam
paign of the first world war.
The Nazi nigh command asserted
a total of 1896, $50 tons of British
merchant vessels, and those disable
by Britain. had been knocked out
in II months of warfare3, 1854
by the German navy and 1,261,3l3
by the a%irforce.
Thus was claimed for Germany
a monthly score of about 453,35
tons-against an average British
loss of 2O5, 900 tons during the Il
months when submarines were on
fierce pwol a generation ago.
The high command communicate
asserted also that in the last three
weeks of July the Germans had
sent to the bottom 657, 674 tons OF
enemy merchant shipping space
and space. disable by the enemy"
All this, it was said, was aside
from 21,650 tons of warshpis and
merchant ships sunk by mines.
(The British admiralty has stat
ed that in the perisd July 8 through
July 20 the combined losses of all
British, allied and neutral mer-
chant ships YER but 174, $50 tons.)
The high command declared that
its successes against the British
had been proved by repeated clos
ing of enemy ports and other evil
dence." 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
ACCORD REACHED
ON PROFITS TAX
Would Impose Levy OF Is
To 40 Per Cent On Ger
tain Defense Profits

WASHINGTON, Aug. g. IN
The house tax subcommittee
agreed tonight on an excess pro-
fits levy which would impose taxes
of Is to 40 per cent on a certain
proportion of industry's profits
arising from the huge defense pro-
gram and yield the treasury $780,
900, 900 to $500, 0oo, 900 a year.
The measure also would permit
concerns which expand their plants
for the purpose of handling gov
eminent arms contracts to charge
off the cost Of their expansion
against their earnings within five
years, at the rate Of 20 per cent
a year, or sooner if the emergency
should end.
This was a point on which many
industrialists had sought reassur-
ance before accepting government
contracts. In order to expedite pas
sage Of the measure, members Of
the senate finance committee will
sit in at the sessions starting Fri
day when the full house ways and
means committee considers the
bill.
The plan provides two alterna-
tives by which companies m a
compute the "excess profits which
would be subject to tax. Setting
1860. as a "base period" one
plan is based on current earnings
az compared with the average
earnings over the base period the
other takes account of earnings
and invested capital.
Under either alternative, the first
S 5000 of a concerns excess pro-
fits would be exempt from any tax.
Chairman Cooper (D-Tenn) of the
subcommittee said that this was
designed to take care. Of the
small companies" and estimated
that it would exempt all but $1,000
of the Ats, 000-odd corporations in
the country from paying the tax.
For "excess profits beyond S.
900, the tax rates would be Is, 30
and 40 per cent. The Is, per cent
tax would apply to SO much of a
firms excess profits as ,equaHed
ten per. cent of its 'tax credit"
The 80 per cent tax would apply
to the second ten per cent, and the
40 per cent tax, to the remainder
of the excess profits. d,
The "tax credits" could be f.
cured in two ways. Under the first
plan, a concern simply would. de-
duct from its current earnings sas
tax credit an amount. equal to
its average earnings during the de-
signated years.
The second system would grant
maximum credit of 10 per cent
Of invested capital and a minimum
Of 6 per cent of the, first $500, 600
of a concerns invested capital plus
4 per cent OF the halance. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Bi|l Remains
At Standstill
During Battle
Holt And Minton Clash;
House Completes Hearing
On The Draft Plan
PROFITS TAX 0KEHED
National Guard Call Pro-
nosa\ Before Senate But
M Action Taken
uAcu1NGToN, Aug. g. Up =

WASHINGTON, Aug. g.
confessional tempers cracked to.
s Su,s Under the strain of the great
o oouscrintion controversy, while
that hill. and legislation empower
i ;rls' the President to muster the
l n%st;onal guard into active service
renamed at a standstill.
The senate heard a personal ex-
change between Senator Holt o.
" Va and Senator Minton D.1ndo
IN which such epithets as "liar,"
uratn and "slacker'' were COM
monplaces. .u
ended, meanwhile, in a charge by
Rep. Faddis D-Penna) that op-
nosition arose from fifth column
lists" and Nazi agents. When Fad
dis went on to say that republicans
were playing politics with the issue
and leading us down the same
path that France followed-to its
death" members of that party
arose to enter swift and emphatic
details.
Profits Tax Okehed
There we're developments also on
other fronts. The house tax sub
committee approved an excess pro-
fits tax extimated to yield $500, 000,-
100000 to $500, 900, 900 annually.
Standing in the bulky presence
Of William S. Knudsen, National de-
tense commissioner, Chairman
Cooper D-Tenn) of the subcom-
nittee earlier had assured pros
pective government contractors
that legislation permitting them to
deduct the cost Of plant expansions
for defense purposes form h e r
taxable earnings over a fve-year
period would be enacted. He urged
that they go forward with their de-
tense programs on that basis.
During the day Secretary of State
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
WEED MARKETING
PLANS DISCUSSED
Tobacco Sales Supervisors
From Several Belts Hold
Meet In Durham

DURHAM, Aug. 6.-RHTwelve
tobacco sales supervisors, repre-
senting markets in eastern Caro-.
lima, the old belt, the middle belt
and South Carolina. met here to-
day to discuss methods of improv-
ing relationships between the ware
house, the buyers and the farmers.
According to L. G. Cheek, sales
supervisor of the local aarket, sew
eral plans for standarizing the var
io,1s systems of tobacco marketing
we're discussed by the group.
It is hoped that a uniform sales
system can be established through
the Carolina so that a farmer may
sell his tobacco at any market and
understand the marketing proce-
dure. n
Means of inducing markets to re-
1.-As-~.5 nm pa Uo SnVon1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Would Take Up Work As
signed To Guard If And
When It Is Called
D. R. GIVES VIEWS
Nations Chief Points To
Achievements Scored At
Havana Meeting
BY U b. CORNELL

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 6.-Rl-
President Roosevelt disclosed to-
day that World War veterans might
take over home defense duties now
assigned to the National Guard, II
and when the Guard. is brought IN
to federal service.
In the broader field of hemis-
pheric cooperation, the chief exc.
cutive told a press conference tina,
a meeting of minds on defense
against non-American nations was
one. Of three extraordinary success,
full achievements of the Pan Amer
lean conference at Havana.
He said in response to an in
,quiry that unity Of the Americas
is without question more of a fact
now than ever before.
Other Successes
The conference was successful
also, he said, in taking steps te
solve mutual economic problems
Of the American nations, h C b
loom much larger because of the
war in Europe, and in setting uI
machinery to. combat fifth column
activities originating outside tn G
Americas.
The general aspects Of the Hava-
ma meeting were up for discussion
at a luncheon which the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt gave today fol
four Latin American representa-
tives at the conference.
The delegates left for New York
without talking to reporters.
The question of replacing the Ma
tional Guard for home defense &C
tivities was brought up when Gov
ernor Herbert Lehman of New
York had supper with Mr.. Roose.
welt last night.
In Study Stage
The matter still is in the study
stage and the War Department has
not yet made recommendations
the President said, then added that
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
WOMAN IS FREED
DEMENT, DEATH
Funeral Services For VIII
lnlngtonlan Will Be Con-
Quoted This Afternoon

a h0lfy county coroner's jury ex-
oaeia'ea Mrs. George w. Urwick, of
va. ua,'Olla' last night in connection
!, ", 'lle automobile accident death
~ ~ Myrtle Beach Sunday afternoon
~ enarles H. Dement,, 3S, of Will
p.ns}on, according to an Associated
'l IN dispatch received here.
lHe Jury ruled that Mrs. Urwick's
AZ. sul out of control and accident
h' struck Dement, and a compan-
h. MISS Liela Riddle, of Whining
htb,. "Aeh the two got out of an
Freet. '''i'eu "oioSS
t.. MIS- Crwick remained in a Con-
ko,, hospital suffering from a ner-
Edent. '''a' loiio"eo n ac-
|NT Mss fiddle, who was returned to
|r,r ~',ilston Monday from the Con-
Aospltal, was admitted to the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
LLBYAN
FORCE MOVING
UPON BRITISH
100 Dangerous Aliens
Escape Deportation
And Stay In England

LONDON, Aug. 6.-(APeThe
home office, which has taken
control of internment camps
from the war office, was reported
ed today to have discovered that
at least 100 dangerous aliens
ordered shipped abroad had brib-
ed other internees to take their
places.
$50 inadequate was the check
on the camps" said the Evening
News, that it was possible for
the most dangerous aliens to
change their identity az they
desired"
The paper added that active
fifth cOlumnists among the
aliens would go to any extreme
to remain in England for the ex-
pected German offensive.
The Evening News estimated
1900 aliens had been sent over
seas and added that all any
alien scheduled for emigration
had to do was to find another
alien willing to 60 and to COM
pensate him for acting as a
"stand-in."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Refugees Flee
Before Southern Storm
Salvation Army Chiefs
Are Held By Japanese

TOKYO, Aug. 6.-{APeSeven
Salvation Army leaders, all re-
ported to be Japanese, remained
in custody tonight, six days after
their arrest on suspicion of es-
piOnage.
The arrests were not ANNOUNCE
ed until today.
One, said the war office, was
the Japanese commander-in-
chief of the Salvation Army,
which was fostered by the Brit
ish in its entry to Japan years
ago. World headquarters are in
London.
While the Britishers who used
to head the organization in this
country have been supplanted by
Japanese, Britons still act as adj
visers in some cases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07

Discussion of remarks made last
week by Fred Willetts, Wilmington
realtor, concerning a proposed club
project seeking taxation of the tax
exempt property Of the Housing
Authority Of the City of Whining
ton, and. a letter. written Willetts
by H. R. Emory, executive director
of HACOW, and published in The
Star-News. relative to that proposal
marked the opening Of the Rotary
club meeting yesterday afternoon at
the Cape Fear hotel.
After the introduction of num-
erous guests by "Deae on" Lander,
sergeant at arms Of the club, the
chair recognized Roger Moore. who
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Willetts, Housing Views
Emory'sLetter discussed

took the floor to express regret at
"the comeback to Fred Willetts
talk . particularly in view OF
DR.. Moore's concurrence in Freds
words"
Erred was misunderstood by
or they wouldn't nave a
the comeback they did" in the let
ter which was published Sunday
he said.
Willetts took the floor to explain
that his entire ten-minute talk be-
fore the club had not been quoted
in the news story on last weeks
meeting Of the club, saying that the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Lewis Voices Opposition
Ia Consumption Measure

DENVER, Aug. O. Up John L..
Lewis told the International Union
of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
today "the greatest defense for
America will come from a free peo-
pie, not an army of conscripts" and
added:
I'm calling on labor, both in its
organizational form and as indivi-
duals, to make known now to con-
gress and the politicians that Ameri-
cans still desire to be free and that
Americans do not need to be con-
scripted."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
WEATHER

NO,.h FORECAST
R%sine@ra Carolina: Partly cloudy
and Thursday, scattered
SnOwers Wednesday.
nidlg St :Sa0 data for the "a hours
lou p. m Yesterday.
l:@ Temperature
s.. m. m; rs; 1870 a. m. II: 100 D.
'5g p. IN. 50; maximum s8:
'~ Il; mean 81; normal 70.
l:3O q Humidity
D. So. 7;.gmol H. 93; 1880 a. m. 90; 1:30 n.
Total fo Precipitation
9ae;; to ,tr q hours ending 7:3O D. M.
il ipe lbueal since first of the month
tides For Today
Wilmington High Low
"n -------- p :06a 7:2Sa
'0r0 Inlet -- 1o:s1a 4:14pp
SaiISae s:2sa; sunset 7 .dSR mo oup
d moonset 9:42p.
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-05
Round Table


AS follow up OF the State
ywCA Public Affairs Conference
in Flint on October ?. Mrs. Remus
Robinson and her Public Affair
committee al Lucy Thurman
Branch YWCA are arranging
Public Affairs Round Table TO he
held at the Branch on Tuesday.
October s. at 7.30 O'Clock to which
the public ia invited.
The general subject Is public
Affairs and It's Relation 10 the Wo-
men OF Our community" Speakers
include Mrs Harold Rlcdsoe on
Civil Liberties: Mrs. A. II. knight
Of Highland Park Branch YwCA on
international Relations" Mrs.
Charles Whitby on Economic Wei
fare." Miss Victoria Mccall on
"Educaiion." Miss Ann Hutch ms
and Mrs. Ira Whiiby on Public
Healrh' a speaker on Minority
Groups 10 be announced. Miss
Margaret Stephens and Miss Her,
tina Priest on special Problems Of
Youth ami Mrs. II y Taliaferro
who will review the State Public
Affairs Conference.
This Will he an interesting and
worthwhile meeting for all mem
bers Of the community to attend
Roth men and women are invited
and nlg.d 70 be present.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-05
Parents Fets
Couple

AT a reception at their nom. u
NcGraw on Sept. 2s. Mr. ana ny
r +. johnson announced tbs ~
riage OF their daughter. Ns,,..-
to Charles Mccall. The r.,s'j
took place Nov. %, 1899 IN NJ
Icon. Ohio. 'N
Margaret is s'udsnt a, WI
university and is a member !, N
AKA sorority.
More than i5o guests ,rs,.I
The lovely perception Al whi,. NJ
charming Mareare' wore an s,.-]
site gown % Hack aanrll, u
and peach nff TIE hnNar ,.,.l
skir' vas trimmed vim bsrs.
black lace The hodiee vas al
basque ~ The lace.
Airs Johnson wore a hlses ~
Gown as did her mwh.r. Ms y
Niles. Of shreveport IA N-s u
ola Banks. tho sroar's sister ~
a hlge crepe forn 81 An NJ u
coisages We're orah.ds The ~
ors about the house we're rrar..|
pink and white eaioN
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-05
Sigma Gammas Are Busy Ladies

The Detroit chapter OF Sisma
Gamma Rho sorority viii present
Miss Penelope Johnson. yiolinist
Sea recital Friday evening. Ocio-
bcr g. $3.50 p M. az 81 John Pre-
byieran church. JOS Campau at
CiMiOn Sweet
Mil Johnson has been student
rf b. violin for sixteen yeats She
adied under oscar kareuter in
Comnbu bier birthplace and
kraenfer's son. carl. IN NcN York.
For me pav Eve years she has
H4liea at The Jliliafd school OF
Nu.ie
ThLs arlst. whose leohnIQue on