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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
CAMPBELL'S IDEA
OF YANKS' DECLINE

DETROIT-LR-Bruce Campbell
Tiger outfielder, thinks improved in
fields have been one of the reasons
for the Yankees. troubles this year.
He explains:
"One thing that's beating them,
in addition to the fact that a num-
Der Of the clubs veterans slowed
UP at the same time, is the better
defenses they're running up against
this year. Sure, they're still hitting
home runs but they're not getting
all those old hits through the in
field ahead of their homers like they
used to.
that's because the other infields
have improved. Bartell in u in
field, Boudreau and Mack in Cleve-
lands and Webb and Kennedy IN
Chicago's have done much to cut
the Yankees down."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
ROOSEVELT REPORTS
l0,O15 PLANES NOW
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Continued from Page One)

The commission reported to the
President yesterday that the numbe,
of planes under contract was STAT
Subsequently, Stephen Early, White
House press secretary, announced
that the chief executive had asked
the commission for a report explain
ing variations in government plane
figures.
MI. Roosevelt said the figures
which he gave to his press confer
ence were prepared by John D. Big
gers, deputy commissioner of the
defense commission and Chief AS
sistant to William S. Knudsen, the
commissions production chief.
The President stated that Amer
lean industry's actual deliveries o:
military aircraft would reach an an,
nual rate of 10000 this month. The
rate was 5000 last September /, h
said, and should be 1900 to 400
by January 1, 1941, about "a, 900 a
the end of 1941 and up to $4,000
early in 1912.
He aslo referred to the present rate
of plane deliveries as 800 a month.
Beginning a long discussion o.
plane purchases, the President sale
he supposed that the argument over
them arose from differences in term
inology employed by the debates
Various sets of figures, he said
could be based on different groups
of contracts, different types of planes
and differences in American and for
eign orders.
There were two detectives in the
United States air program, he said
a. To train pilots and (2) to increase
aircraft productive capacity.
r. Both detectives were being met in
excellent shape, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
MEADE B. HITE

TOWNSVILLE, Aug. 81 Up -
Funeral services will be held tomor.
row at Woodville, Va, for Meade B.
Hite, GO, prominent business man of
Thomasville.
Hite died last night at his ole
home in Rappahannock county, Va.
He had been in ill health for some
time.
For the last IS years he had own.
ed and operated the Star Furniture
company. He was a charter member
of the Thomasville Rotary club, was
a director Of the First National Bank
OF brownsville, vice president of the
Home Building and Loan association,
and had numerous other business in
terests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
BLUE DGE BERRIES
FIND WAY TO MARKET

GALAX, Va. - Blackbefrles by
the tank-car again have gone from
the Blue Ridge mountains to the
nations canneries.
The berries always have grown
in this section, but for years rott-
ed on the bushes.
In 1885, however, Mahlon Col
Inns astounded residents by offer
ing cash for all the berries they
could pick.
The business grew steadily. In
1887, Collins shipped Is carloads
of berries in barrels. Last year he
began using tank cars and shipped
II to New York city alone. The
pickers received about $40, GOO and
did about as we'll this year. Pick
ers receive about is cents a gal
lon or $40 a ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
SAILORS LADY" MARKS
ROYAL THEATRES BILL

Hitting a new entertainment
peak, Sailors Lady" opening at
the Royal today, has romance
ashore and fun afloat. Imagine a
thousand gobs on the loose! One
Of their sweethearts adopting a
baby and slowing it away or the
flagship just Is the navy's wal
games start! That's the kind OF
furious, fun-provoking action that
goes on before Sailors Lady
a into a surprising, %side-split-
ting climax.
After playing heavy dramatic
roles in Jesse James," STANLEY
and Livingstone" Submarine Pa
troll and other hits, Nancy Kelly's
brilliant flair for comedy was dis
covered and she went into the
top comedy part opposite Joel Nc
Crea in "He Married His Wife"
In Sailors Lady" versatile Nancy
has another role that should add
considerably to her stature as an
outstanding Coincidence.
Sailors Lady, also features the
return of Jon Hall who scored a
sensational success in Hurricane"
The selection of the handsome 19O-
pound Tahiti born athlete was a
natural" for a sailor role oppo-
site Nancy Kelly.
The new comedy hit also boasts
a strong supporting cast of fun
makers headed by Joan Davis, M
Of Hollywood's favorite personals.
ties. They include Dana Andrews,
Mary Nash, Larry Crabbe, Kathar-
inc Aldridge, Harry Shannon, Wal
ly Vernon and Skipper" bruce
Hampton) the cutest little sailor
you ever saw.
international Revels," a must.
cal, "Catnip Capers," a cartoon
and n of those pleasing Reelism
subjects constitute the Royal Va
rieties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
1871 WEED QUOTA
Set BY WALLACE
Retiring Secretary Fixes
Poundage AT 61S,OOO,-
900, 10 p. c. Increase

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-RA
Secretary Wallace proclaimed to-
day f~lue-cured marketing quotas
for the first of three years begin
ming July 1. 1941, after officially
determining that 86.1 per cent OF
the growers voting in a referendum
favored a long-range program.
Wallace set the quota for ls4l'
AZ at 618, 900, 600 pounds, or 10 per
cent more than the quota OF $685.
OOO, 900 which had been proclaimed
before the referendum.
The secretary explained tn e
-l%ong-range program made it pos
sible to spread h e adjustment
needed to eliminate excess Sup
plies, and thus the 1941-42 quota
need not be so small.
The quota for the 1942-43 mar
keting year will be announced
sometime between July l and De-
cember /, 1941, and the quota for
1884 between July l and Decem-
Der /, 1912.
Wallace said the official canvass
of the vote showed 174, ITO of the
203, 059 farmers voting favored the
three-year proposal.
The election was held among
flue-cured growers in Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
DRY FORCES LEAD
IN PALMETTO VOTE
Returns From 479 Pre-
cincts Give Prohibition
39,711; Stores, 1891

COLUMBIA. S. c., Aug. 27.-tR
First returns gave dry forces a
lead in today's advisory referen-
dunn on whether South Carolina
should return to prohibition or to
continue its Swear old package
store system.
The referendum, held along with
the biennial democratic primary,
will have no effect in law but was
ordered by. the 1910 legislature to
serve as a guide for the next ses-
sion.
Unofficial returns from 479 of the
states 1923 precincts gave pro-
hibition IS ,711 votes, against 49,.
321 for retention of liquor stores.
In the five congressional districts
in which incumbents were seeking
denomination, all present represen-
tatives piled up substantial early
leads over their opponents.
In the other district, the first,
L. Mendel Rivers, young. Charles.
town lawyer, forged far ahead Of
his fellow townsman, Alfred H.
Vonkolnits.
They were seeking the post left
vacant when Rep. Clara G. Nc.
MILAN, who succeeded her husband
the late Rep. Thomas S. Mcmillan,
did not seek the office again.
returns from 70 of this districts
1913 precincts gave Rivers 5,241 Of
the votes, Vonkolnitz, a former foot
ball star and one time Big League
baseball player, 1897.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
DRIVE ON DRAFT
BILL IS BEATEN
Continued from Page One)
action so that there might be nc
undue delay in building up the army
WaIsh's Amendment

action so that there might be no
undue delay in building up the army.
Walsh's Amendment
Walsh said his amendment pro-
vided that mo person shall be in
Quoted into the army, except by vol
untary enlistment, unless and until
congress declares war or declares
that the United States is threatened
with invasion"
He explained that it would not de-
lay the registration of prospective
draftees between the ages of 81 and
30 inclusive but only postpone the
actual CONSUMPTION pending the con-
tingencies he enumerated.
This, he said, was an answer to the
charges of those who had said that
opponents of the bill wanted to delay
the defense program. 1.-THE issue is
plain" Walsh shouted. "Shall we
pass a bill that not only fixes and
establishes registration of eligibles
and the actual drafting of them or
shall we omit them and postpone the
act of CONSUMPTION until congress
acts on either one or two alterna-
tives."
Senator Adams (D.-Colo.) inquir-
ed whether a vote against the
Walsh amendment would not be a
vote in favor of peace-time con-
scription and Walsh readily agreed.
Senator Barley D.-Ky.) the ma.
jority floor leader, replying te
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
GERMANS CONTINUE
RAIDS ON LONDON
Continued from Page One)

for a bit of ground-strafing, with
a freight train as the apparent
target.
After a short i%nterlude, new
rumbling sounds were heard dis
family in the London area, indicat-
ing that the Nazis had not yet
given up their prowling. There
was the faint drone of al en-
CINE, and searchlights flickered on
and off sp~oradically.
Churches Hit
In southeast England, incendiary
bombs hit two churches. The Brit
ish said a large fire in the roof
of one was extinguished.
Also in the southeast, a raider
dropped high-explosive and incen-
diary bombs just as searchlights
picked him up and guns hammered
at him.
(There were indications, too,
that the royal air force, which
already had reported greatly ex-
tended" retaliatory forays against
the military and industrial
f~ortresses of both Germany and
Italy, had struck yet again.
(This was suggested by the fact
that late tonight air raid sirens
screamed in Geneva, Switzerland,
usually an indication that British
raiders are bound for Italy.)
Here in London, scores of search
lights swept tho sky as the sound
of the sirens and the whistles of
air raid wardens died.
presumably the alarm was
sounded at 9:27 p. m.-3:27 p. m.
E.S.T.-the time the dispatch was
filed, although censorship prevents
correspondents from saying SOY.
This second successive night
nuisance raid" as the British
called it, again caught big crowds
in west end places of entertain
ment.
Late dinners we're abandoned
hurriedly; guests in hotels and
restaurants ran to shelter. But
theaters continued their shows,
their arrangements making stage
announcements of the raid warning.
The punctuality of the raiding
Nazis occasioned a good deal of
comment: they arrived within two
or three minutes of the time of
last nights visitations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
ROBERT HI. MAY

NORFOLK. Va, Aug. 27.-RA
Robert H.. May, 60, superintendent
of the Railway Express Agency
here, died at his home yesterday
after a brief illness. The body has
been sent to Washington, D. c.,
for cremation.
MIR. May is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Marie c. May, and t w a
sons, Robert H. May, Jr., of Nor
folk, and Harry May of New York
MIR. May was for several
years superintendent of the ex.
press agency offices here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
Movie RevueS
"HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY"
TO CLOSE AT CAROLINA

1.-THE House Across the Bay, CO.
starring George Raft and Joan
Bennett, will end its engagement
today at the Carolina theatre.
Starting tomorrow, for three
days, the Carolina presents as its
feature attraction "South of Page
,Pago," a thrilling story of love and
revenge in the Tropic Seas, star
ring Jon Hall, in his first produc-
ton since 1.-THE Hurricane, Vic
tor McLaglen and Frances Farmer.
Appearing in support of the three
stars is a formidable cast incluud-
ing Olympic Bradna, Gene Lock
hart and Douglas Dumbrille.
Dealing with the adventures OF
Shanghai Ruby, the toughest girl
in Singapore, who is lured on a
voyage with thirty desperate men,
South of Pago Page" has been
acclaimed by many to be the most
exciting screen entertainment since
the memorable "Mutiny on the
Bounty"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
CHARLIE CHAN PICTURE
is FEATURED AT BIJOll

The strangling of three persons on
a gay luxury liner, with Charlie
CHAINS best friend one of the victims
is the mystery dumped in the Ian
of the famous Oriental detective in
Charlie CHAINS Murder Cruise" the
goth Century-Fox film which is com.
ing today to the Bijou theatre, with
Sidney Toler again III the title role
There is suspense and thrills in
the action-packed mystery drama.
The film moves swiftly, and it takes
all the Oriental intuition and scien-
tific application of the master de.
tective to trap the most relentless
slayer he's ever faced.
Previewers have acclaimed the
strong east which includes, besides
Ioler, Miss Weaver and Lowerv.
lionel AtwDl, Sen Yung, Don Bed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
SCHOOL TRAFFIC
SURVEY STARTED
BY CITY POLICE
Continued from Page One)

other distractions block the view
at intersections.
This is being done, Rourk said,
in order that nc motorist will fail
to e children as they approach
the corner. And we are receiving
wonderful results" he said.
He issued a request to all resi-
dents of the city to remove or cut
any brush, hedge OF other obstruc-
ton that may block the view at
an intersection.
"With the proper cooperation"
Rourk said, 1--WE can continue to
hold our remarkable safety rec
ord"
The nearly 400 members of the
school traffic squads will be thor
oughly trained in the proper man.
ner for handling school children
while crossing streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
A. r. BYRD

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 27. A. R
Byrd, 50, prominent farmer near
here, died at II o'clock this morning
at his home after a lingering illness.
Survivors are: his wife, Asa Jane
Byrd; two sons: Joe and Asa Byrd
five. daughters; Mrs. Lula Sasser
Mrs. Leas Penney, Mrs. Dean Dorse,
Mrs. Lille Creech, and Miss Dorotha
Byrd, all of near Whiteville.
Funeral services will be held Wed.
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. In.
ternment will be in Byrd cemetery.
Pallbearers had not been selected
and other arrangements had moi
been completed tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28

walsh walsh told the senate that IL. j..
would be useless if the ne bly,
were approved. omeat
If this amendment ;s
a'Sn he said, we might g Be
we might as well not bar 49, and
weeks in discussing it. Spent
The theory OF this biz
to wait until we're jnv D,i, is not
threatened with inva nsaaaed OF
starting to train an arm O,, 0etos,
Late in the day, senato.
ley 1esds Of Kentucky, the demo1 Bark
on or the CONSUMPTION bill 'J BY a' TO
ing unanimous consent that v :,.s ask
es on amendment be lim;to speech,
minutes rnaanss each, with the lsna,s % Is Is
restricted. 'eO left In.
Senator Clark DIM,
johnson CR.-Cal.) ana s%enat,
Holt D.-W. Va all sgain senato,
scrlption, were on Their N' ta'. Con-
once clamoring for recosn l+s' At
is it the purpose of the sss
10 nave a night session. senator nat
asked Barley. CLARK
EYES," said the demoo,.
er. 1T is my plan to bois ". ( lead
possible" VIC night a,
Therefore, Mr.. President.
Clark, Il object" SAID
AS the debate was
Barley sat down beside cvls s1ne
an obvious endeavor to nss'k' IN
nm \, to withdraw his obiec tTIsua a
Glark shook his head and 'I R1 Sa'
ley finally walked awav ~ haFa'
Senator johnson ID .cn.
OFT today's session with NO. = a. led
hour speech condemning the i ' s0s
pulsory military trainine SI NJ, CON-
the first step toward the I fs.. a.
state Senators Chavez I 1n IS
w., Stewart D.-Tenn.) wv IN.
Smathers D.-N. - tbs, and
brief statements announce, made a
would support the meas,,rs lael
Senator McCarran D..Nevl' and and
lowed with a long prepared ad,, la'
OF opposition, charging that r4S's sS
plli was secretly conceived w, We
before there was any thouebt 4.
European war" Vi
Meanwhile, the house u;,;..
committee decided to Limit ~
ooo, 1000 the number of men ~! =
might be ordered to traininr VINO y
tne land and naval forces Al ~. ~
one time. az oil!
Earlier the Committee h.,
agreed on a 900, 900 limit unon ,h n'a
who might be given army tr s,'
ing; but it added another I'M rI M
for the expanding navy. '''"
committee aides said tbe r,,.
did not plan to use its quot NOV.
year but that it had indicated fl.
need might arise in 1912 or 1gs
With little debate, the Commute.
also wrote into the measure a va,
department proposal for cres1m,
Of the draft machinery. Under IFS
terms, the President would create
a selective service system, civil.
ian local boards and appeal agen.
cies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
MRS. E. j. SANDERS

Mrs. E. J. Sanders, of Princeton,
died in Goldsboro yesterday after
noon at 1870 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held from
the Baptist church in Princeton this
afternoon at 4:3O o'clock.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. j. L. Fennell, of Wilmington,
and Mrs. W. H. Pearce, of Prince
ten; and two sons, J. D. and L.. B.
Sanders, of Princeton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
SWISS PLANE POPPIES.
EXPECT TO HARVEST M,

, BERN R-swiss farmers in tho
Broye valley have planted most
OF their fields with poppies.
Reason: Poppies long have bao,
a source of oil, which is gattina
scarce in axis-encircled Swjtzer,.aS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
RECRUITING
PLANNED In STATE
Continued from Page One)

one battalion which will be sent to
Fort Screvens, Ga.
Tentative plans now call for the
guard regiments to be filled to war
strength, about double peace
strength, by conscripts.
Local draft boards would be nam
ed for each county, or for popula-
ton units of 10000 or more. There
will be approximately $50 of the
three-rhan boards in this state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
REDDIN HALL

CLINTON, Aug. q. Funeral
services for Reddin Hall, rs, who
died at II o'clock yesterday morn
ing at his home here, on Fayette-
vile street after d short illness.
were held at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon from the Crumpler and Hon
eycutt funeral home. Burial follow
ed in the Clinton cemetery.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. w. l.. Brock and Miss Jose
phine Hall; one sister, Mrs. Mar
garet Mckenzie. of Washington,
ID. c
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
SPANISH VESSEL
AWAITS GUARANTEE
Continued from Page One)

was originally scheduled to be
shipped aboard the Villarperosa, Ital-
the vessel is the Cape Fear Shipping
company.
It was understood that the guar
antee sought by the Indauchu from
the British was that the ship will be
safe from attack in it's voyage across
the Atlantic and also in passing the
blockade to its destination in Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28

doe, Leo Carroll, Cora Witherspoon,
Kay Linaker and Harlan Briggs.
The current chapter of Terry And
The Pirates" and a comedy, You're
are also on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
Tobacco Market Reports

Sales supervisors or other officials of the North Carolina tobacco
days tobacco sales:
Smyrna times., 1940-08-15

Navy leaders insist that air forces
should really be air services assigned
as messenger boys to the two older
services, but as Europe has shown
us, those messenger boys have
developed to the point where they
can now destroy their one-tlme
master"
1t is this fear of the Army and
Navy, of having to assume a posi-
tion of secondary Importance In the
defense scheme of things, that has
prompted them for the past twenty
years to resist the development of
a separate air force, he maintains.
1t is up to the government-and
only a strong government can do it
says Williams, to step in and put
the Army and Navy in their proper
places.
The chief handicap against the
organizing of a three-departmental
system of national defense at
present, in Williams eyes, is the
dominating influence of Warship-
President"
But Williams does not despair
entirely, for it is his belief that
major invasion of the United States
is conservatively five years away,
and their is still time to prepare in
the air.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-15
SOIL EROSION PROGRAM
102 New Castle Farmers Sign to
Prevent Water and Wind Erosion

Included in the Delaware project
of the Soil Conservation Service of
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture are 102 farmers who have
signed up for participation in the
program for bettering soils
through prevention of water and
wind erosion. Most of the pro-
ject's work to date has been CEN
tered in the northern part of the
State because of the hilly nature
of the land in this section. The
Soil Conservation Service project
manager, Richard S. Snyder, re-
ports that most of the demonstra-
tion farms, prepared for proper
soil holding and soil building dur
ing the past 2 1-2 years. are now
showing the results of terracing,
strip cropping, the construction of
grass waterways and retirement of
non-productive areas to trees and
shrubs. The results are showing
up in the form Of better crop grow
tn. holding of valuable topsoil even
on steep land and the addition Of
organic matter to soils.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-15
.REA CONTEST
FOR 4-H CLUBS
Farm ElectrificatiOn To Be
Advanced Throughout State
by Contest Acceptance
SIX 5000 SCHOLARSHIPS

Farm electrifcation will be step
ped up throughout Delaware this
year through the acceptance by
the State Extension Service of the
National All Rural Electrification
Contest. Full particulars may be
secured from the local county ex-
tension agent. 1t is being partici-
pated in equally by All members
on farms with and without cleo
tricity. The contest is aimed to
encourage and assist boys and
girls to conduct a study of the
values of electricity to a commun-
ity, to determine practical uses in
their homes, to do their part in
adding to the conveniences and eff
ficiency of the farm and home op-
Grafton, and to develop an under
standing of how electricity may be
utilized in producing light, heat,
and power. Many communities
have benefited by past activities of
clubsters in this line, and in a
number of cases county rural cleo
trifcation committees have been
organized as a result of All spon-
sored lectures and exhibits The
contest offers gold medals for
county winners and all-expense
trips to the 10th National All
Club Congress in Chicago Novem-
ber 90 to December z for top State
records. Six college scholarships
of 5000 each are provided with the
other named awards by the West
inghouse Electric and Manufactur-
ing Company for a national blue
award group selected from State
winners. Last year Lester E. Can
non of Greenwood, Del, was named
for State honors and received an
educational trip to the 1889 Chi
cago Club Congress. A 5000 col
lege scholarship was also present
ed Mr.. Cannon as a national
award.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-15

to order at 1 p. m. Ex-Governor
Stockley was chosen permanent
chairman of the convention. Ex-
Secretary Bayard, chairman of the
committee on platform, person
ally read the platform, amid great
applause. The platform arraigns
the Republican Administration and
Congress for the reckless and
wanton expenditure which has
converted the Treasury surplus in
to a deficit" Mr.. Bayard accom-
panied the presentation of the
platform with a speech urging
harmony in the face of the grave
National issue that confronts every
Democratic patriot.
L. 1. Handy, of Smyrna, then
presented the name of Robert J..
Reynolds for Governor, and Mr..
Peter L. Cooper placed Caleb S.
Pennewell in nomination. Rey-
nolds was nominated en- the first
ballot.
John A. Causey was nominated
by acclamation for Congress after
presentation speech by Jos. E.
Holland.
There was not Salisbury Dem
ocrat on the floor to say word,
the first time this happened in
thirty years.