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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
TRIBUNAL GIVES
RULING ON TAXES
Says Expenses For Courts
Must Be Met From Coun-
tvs AID Valorem Levy

RALEIGH, Sept. 49, Up The
expenses of holding courts and main
tanning a Jail are necessary and
must be met by returns from the
country's ad valorem tax which, I'M
der the constitution, may not exceed
Is cents, the state supreme court
ruled today.
Deciding 81 civil cases in it's first
batch of opinions after moving into
the new justice building, the court
held as Unconstitutional, illegal and
invalid" a Cherokee county tax of
five cents-levied in addition to the
15-cent maximum - for the Especial
purpose" of meeting court and Jail
expenses.
These, the court said in an opinion
by Associate Justice J. Wallace Win
borne, "are general expenses recur-
ring regularly in the ordinary course
OF and as necessary steps in the
orderly operation of county govern
ment."
The Southern Railway company
paid under protest $713.93 arising
from the five-cent tax, and brought
the action to recover that amount.
The superior court decided in favor
of the railway and the county ap-
pealed.
In another opinion, by Associate
Justice A. A. F. Seawell, the court
termed as amazing" the little re-
gard paid to the necessity for
legality in adoption proceedings.
"a closer understanding Of the
limitations Of jurisdiction and au-
thority of the various agencies deal
ing with the custody and welfare of
children is imperative" Seawell
wrote regarding an adoption case
from Guilford county;
The court reversed a superior
court ruling that Mr.. and Mrs. M.
j. Bullock had legally adopted Ellen
Louise Holder, on the ground that
the parents consent was not obtain
ed, that the Guilford county superior
court did not have jurisdiction in
the supposed adoption, and that
there was no evidence the child had
been abandoned.
1.-THE necessary steps are easy to
understand and to observe, and only
a fair degree of attention at the
right time will serve to prevent
Illustration, disappointment a &
heartbreak," Seawell observed. zone
cause of such recurring disappoint-
ments seems to lie in the mistaken
notion that some Of the essential
elements of the proceeding may be
initiated in the juvenile court. Or,
as in this instance, that some in
stitution or agency to which the
child has been committed may take
over and exercise functions which
the statute leaves exclusively to the
parent or guardian"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
Tobacco Market Reports
SALES COMMENT

CHADBOURN - Prices held their
same range on the market here yes
terday, with most offerings of in
ferior quality, Garland Warren, sales
supervisor, reported.
FAIRMONT-C. B. Stafford, sales
supervisor, reported Fairmont's to-
tai sales this season are 21,469,2S4
pounds for So, 1854, 41S.55 or an aver
age Of $17.51 per hundred pounds.
Most of yesterdays offerings were
of low quality.
LUMBERTON - All sales were
conducted here yesterday by 8
o'clock, with common and low grades
predominating, J. c. Fulton, sales
supervisor, said. Farmers appeared
pleased with returns.
WHITEVILLE - Prices ranged
from 81 to $44 here yesterday with
most of the weed offered being of
low quality, however, M. S. Smith,
supervisor of sales, reported. The
Whiteville market will remain open
indefinitely and it is expected that
two sets Of buyers will stay on the
market after next Monday until the
season is over.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
Interpreting The War

when the Battle of Britain began
with the surrender of France,
Churchill has given the British
public and the world his word that
they are accurate. He has stated
that German plane casualties dur
ing the three months have run
three-to-one to British losses an
German air personnel losses six
to-one.
Figures on Lssse3
To supplement this assertion,
British Air Minister Sir Archibald
Sinclair has issued specific figures
On losses for the period from Aug
ust 8 to September 10. Against 621
British planes of all types downed,
he asserted that 1857 Nazi air
craft had been destroyed. Against
less than 900 Rayal Air Force fly
ing personnel lost, he scored
against Germany 1000 airmen kill
ed or captured.
Those figures bear out the Chur-
chill three-to-one and six-to-o n e
loss ratios favoring Britain. If they
are even reasonably correct, it fol
lows that the flower of the Nazi
air fighters has been expended, yet
Britains relative strength in air
has increased instead of decreased
since June 10. That is Churchill S
boast.
The Sinclair figures presumably
include British bombers and their
crews brought down in counter
raids over the channel and in Ger
many. If so, casualties among
Raj fighter pilots, the vital per-
sonnet element, would be far less
than the 900 filters he mentioned.
A substantial number of British
fighter pilots who are shot down
bail out safely to fight again.
German casualties over England,
however. like British cross-channe]
flight losses, are net losses. All
air men shot down over enemy
territory are necessarily killed or
captured. That accounts for the
six-to-one air personnel loss ratio
the British claim. It is the price
paid by the aggressor in the air. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
GpMAN PLANES
BLAST ON
Continued from Page One)

i, bursting shells an dexplosives
which leaped high in the air on the
fber ide Of the water.
This latest attack on London be-
an last night at 7:45 p. M, after
even daylight attacks on this end
sw1v barasser city-a city which
military attaches agreed already
F,d withstood in recent weeks a
rsater commandment from the
;;iss that ever was loosed before,
from Warsaw to Rotterdam.
Early this morning, the scene
sQng the French and Belgian
eastlnes was one of scarlet fury
"a laping medic 20 flight and fire
from British bombs and parachute
flares and Nazi ground guns. The
long white beams of the searchlight
stretched far out over the channel
toward England.
The raid, intended TO smash those
Nal facilities for invasion which
are closest to England, began soon
after 9 o'clock g p. m. EST
last night and hours later many
miles Of the French coast seemed
soaze.
Fresh squadrons of British bomb
eS pounded first at the area OF
"BgllOgne and then widened their
attack to a violent bombardment
Of the Calais region, where great
Tres sprang up into the night.
Early this morning not alone
London was being raided: German
Eanes likewise were over south
east, southwest and northeast Eng
land and Wales.
During yesterdays seven day.
l3At attacks here, the air ministry
ao' not a bomb fell in the city
NSef' although explosives killed an
G4FleFrnlned number Of persons
'Aa7 the Thames Estuary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
OFFICIAL
beaten IN BERTHE
,,.bprt ". Early Assaulted
Latest Development In
u,rs Hill School Problems

.~-ynsoR, Sept. 1s-lR- Her
WV " Early, veteran BERTHE
tf' school superintendent, was
a1 1.s1v beaten today in the latest
s's 5Isn,nent of the Mars Hill High
t. s-3P Consolidation problems:
wv preliminary hearing, Rob-
90 a and Clyde Miller. 20, were
4 gee. ass under 500 bonds. Magi-
' 1s+s P. T. Perry withheld judg-
'15S until Saturday to determine
1ss .vtpnt of Early's injuries.
BE- - sr = testified at the hearing
1'. .to boys came into his office
a@ s IN, 1--WE are going to
40 soiI out of you" Then, he said,
3omanded that he take off his
1 ,:,os but he refused.
osa If the boys, he testified,
. Ur5 of his glasses and both
S's a.noa+cd in the assault and
5 sasy' between Is and 20 blows on
=. DI head and body.
DE- r., 9 = meeting this morning prior
u ae assault. so residents of the
.'.. Wv Hill community pleaded with
4' partie board of education to
- s.-+ II is influence with the state
ssso,l commission to allot teachers
", S.' tbe continuation of Mars Hi
1 ~ ether BERTHE county schools
AN. az operation September 9 but
N .raen 60 and 70 high school stu
a.4s If Mars Hill community have
ss4y vet enrolled. although they az
s IT, ynsuccessfully Monday for ad-
.;,,ion to Ashoskie High school.
,.rs Hill High school was to
,.rs - been combined with Powells-
l Nv Hiob school at the start of this
., , brt patrons and students de-
, 5.r+ they would never support or
,.,srd Powellsville school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

A dreadful moonlight sonata Of
German bomb attack battered Lon.
doners as the fourth month of the
Battle of Britain opened. How
many civilian lives were lost in
mat deluge of destruction. which
descended on the great, spraying
Guy Tor nearly ten hours, can only
be conjectured.
YET there r circumstances sur.
rounding the fight for air mastery
mat are definitely heartening for
Brltishers. whatever the London
casualties. The prompt repulse py
Royal Air Force fighters of Maj
planes which sought to make a
tollow-up flight to London in the
daytime emphasizes Prime Minis.
ter Winston Churchill's contention
that daylight mastery of the air
is the "crux' of the battle.
Desperate Venture
Without that, German invasion
OF England would be a desperate
venture, even with assurances ri
a prolonged spell of favorable wea.
Their for a channel crossing. There
can be no such assurances at this
season of the year. The near-gale
that swept the channel September
II served notice of that.
Neutral eye witnesses in posts
OF vantage on Britain's channel
coast reported that the Nazi fol.
loW-up daylight flight, estimated
to include 300 or more pl nes, was
more heavily escorted by German
fighter ships than any previous
thrust at England. Yet it w $
quickly turned back short Of Lon.
don. Whether its mission was
bombing or observation of damage
done in the prolonged night raids
which preceded it, the British
fighters retained day time air mas.
terry.
And if British figures on air loss
ratios during the last three months
are anywhere near accuracy, day.
light air mastery over England an.
pears farther from Germany's
grasp today than it was June 18,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
JESSIE REED

CHICAGO, Sept. 18.-R|Jessie
Reed, who once was hailed as the
most glamorous girl in Florenz
Ziegfeld's bevy of beauties, relin-
ouished her role in Lies drama
today. -
She died of bronchial pneumon-
ia at the age of 43.
During the so-called Golden
Era"-the mad and merry epoch
Of Dempsey and Richard, McGraw
and Grange, speakeasies, silent
films and model rs she was
known as one of the highest paid
of Ziegfeld's show girls.
Miss Reed danced in the Fol
lies" for the last time in 1874.
Since then she slipped gradually
into relative obscurity.
Her name bobbed back in print
in 1885. Reporters found her IN a
North Side rooming house. She was
contemplating an application to
the relief commission for aid. Pub
lished stories brought her engage
ments in a Loop theater and night
clubs, q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

erecting of barracks and the can.
Torment of troops. was also dis
cussed at that time.
Members of the airport commit
tee present yesterday were: R. B.
Page, H. E. Boyd, Mayor Thomas
2. Cooper, Julian Fields, Lewis j.
Coleman, Harry Gardner and Hew-
lett.
No reasons, other than the non.
completion of the improvements,
were. givN for the postponement
of the designation.
Meanwhile, work abs started on
the removal of rock and other ma.
terial at the rock quarry for use in
laying the runways at the field.
The cotnty's recently-purchased
tractor and other equipment are
being used in the work.
Actual work at the field is sche-
duled to start within a few days. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
R~IBBENTROP'S TALKS
MAY BRING ACTION
Continued from Page One)

rano Suner, key minister and broth
er-in-law of Generalissimo Francisco
Franco, to Berlin, and now, Informed
sources say, the problem is where
to fit Spain into the axis scheme of
things. That Spain will want some
thing in return for her cooperation
is accepted, and most frequently
mentioned is the great French island
colony of Madagascar, in the Indian
ocean
One usually reliable source indi-
Gated the Rome conference might
develop a secret treaty or even a
public pronouncement of Spanish
adherence to the axis although
Spain is unable to do very much in
a military or economic manner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
SENATE SEEKS TO
REDUCE DRAFTEES'
MONEY BURDENS
(Continued From Page One)

CONTINUED From Page One)
guardsmen called into active serv-
ice.
The outlay for dependents is ex-
pected to be comparatively small
at the start inasmuch as the gen
eral policy is not to draft men with
dependent relatives at present, but
to place them in a deferred clas-
sification. However, they may be
drafted later.
welt, just back from attending the
funeral of Speaker Bankhead at
Jasper, Ala, prepared to sign to-
morrow the first of a series of exr
ecutive orders governing the ad-
ministration of the draft, and the
enrolment, classification and Sc
lection of c~onscripts.
In addition, he is expected to
appoint a director of the draft
within a. few. days. Probabilities
point toward Lieut.. Col. Lewis B.
Hershey for the job. At present
he is executive officer of the Joint
army-navy committee which was
spent IA years %perfecting plans for
CONSUMPTION.
Preparations of the wal depart
ment, it was said, have progressed
to a point at which money still to
be appropriated had been tenta-
lively allocated to the states for
the printing of forms incident to
the registration. The money &C.
tually is included in a So, 600, O00,-
90 appropriation bill now pending
before a house committee. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

poor man and lighter on the rich
man." he said.
Brown spoke in benalf Of an
amendment to the excess profits tax
bill. Under this amendment, the
federal government could tax the in.
come from future state and local
securities, and vice versa
Senator Austin (R'Vt) told the
chamber that Browns proposal was
unconstitutional because the consti-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
ADVERTISEMENT
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This one usually fills all three
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The way BLACK-DRAUGHT gen.
orally benefits users is mainly due
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
DEFENSE
PROJECT DELAYED
CONTINUED From Page One)

county board and the airport COM
mittee.
Among the reasons for the post
ponement was the fact that the
airport's proposed paved runways
have not yet been completed and
that other physical improvements
have not been finished.
Addison Hewlett, chairman Of
the board, who made the announce
ment, said, however, that all hope
for ultimate designation of the field
has not been abandoned and it is
still quite possible that the army
may see fit to develop the field
and. to use it in training pilots.
The field was inspected by a
group of army officers several
weeks ago. At that time they said
the area has swdinirw poaaivili-
ties for development and use by
the government. Plans for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

to its chief ingredient, an "intes-
final tonic-laxative'' which helps
impart tone to lazy bowel muscles.
The millions of packages used prove
BLACK-DRAUGHTS merit. It's
a purely vegetable medicine. And
economical too! Is to 40 doses cost
only Csc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

The German Messerschmitt Me.
100 single seat fighter carries
heavy armament including a cam
non firing through the propeller
spinner. The plane is credited
with a speed Of more than $40
miles an hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
I w. F. MOODY

RALEIGH, Sept. 18-dP-MaJor
w. F. Moody, 70, since January,
1901, deputy state treasurer, suf-
fered a heart attack on the steps
of the state capitol tonight and died
en- route to a hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
BACK IN CITY

BACK IN CITY
WASHINGTON.-By m eeting
Manhattan at the Polo Grounds,
Oct. 4, in a night game, George
Washington plays in New York for
the first time in. IL years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
wake UP YOUR
LIVER BILE

Without Calomel-And You'll Jump Out Of
Bed in the Morning Karin to Go
The liver should pour 2 pints Of bile juice
into your bowels every day. If this bile ID
not flowing freely. your food may not d.
gest. It may just decay in the bowels. Then
gas bloats up your stomach. You get con-
stipated. You feel sour, sunk and the world
looks punk.
It takes those good, old Carter's Little
Liver Pills to get these 2 pints of bile flow.
Get q package today. Take as directed.
Amazing in making bile flow freely. Ask
tog Carriers Little Liver Pills. Toe and 25e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
BROWN ASKS new
TAX LEGISLATION
Wants To Make Interest From
All Future Government
Bonds Subject To Taxes

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-R-
Senator Brown (D-Mich), pressing
to make the interest from all future
government securities subject to tax
alton, told the senate today that
existing tax exemptions on such Sc.
curities constituted IAN unjust. legal
escape" which benefited the
wealthy.
Our taxation falls heavier on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

SCOTT WOULD CATCH
COLUMBUS, O.-Don Scott, Ohio
State quarterback, hopes to be a
big league catcher. He worked out
with the Pirates for a few days.. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

tuition gave state and federal gov.
ernments implied immunity" from
reciprocal taxation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

Plant lice sometimes lay eggs
and sometimes bring forth their
young alive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08

Early construction Of the 2So,-
e00-volt transmission line between
Grand Coulee and Puget Sound.
linking the big Columbia river
plants potential two million horse
power output with Tacoma and
Seattle. was Indicated Thursday by
Administrator Paul J. Rayer at
Portland.
He announced q call for bids
TO be opened Nov. IS for nearly
500 steel towers to carry the
power cables the 1s3 miles be-
tween Grand coulee and Coving-
ton. Puget Sound area suhststion
Just east Of Auburn and Kent.
Raver said specifications call
for delivery Of the first towers
three months after the contract
is let. Funds amounting TO
s., $50. 900 for construction of line
and purchase Of terminal equip
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
COP Gets Only z
Idaho Offices

BOISE, Ida. Approval OF
third term for President Roosevelt
swept Democrats into all but two
of Idaho's congressional and state
offices.
The record of votes from TAG
precincts out of the states 1872
gave the president a majority of
p, 70s. The total of presidential
votes. Roosevelt 124.7 61 and Will
kie 109,o53. already had set a new
voting record.
Only Republicans to emerge VIC
torious were Sen. John Thomas,
who will serve the two years re-
naming in the term of the late
William f. Borah. and Second
District Congressman Henry
Dworshak
First District Congressman
Compton I. White. Democrat. won
his fourth consecutive term by a
good margin.
Idahoans also backed a full slate
of Democrats to work in the state
house. with Mayor Chase A. Clark
of Idaho Falls. Democratic victor
in the gubernatorial race. Clark S
victory forced out Gov. c. A.
Bottolfsen and Donald S. White
head. lieutenant governor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
Police Line Tp
Carnival on Friday
AT Elk Plains Hall

A carnival will be staged in Elk
Plains Grange hall Friday at p.
m, celebrating the defeat of Initia-
tive No. 13e. Representatives from
all sections of Pierce county are
expected to attend the festival.
Featured will be kangaroo
court. in which the initiative will
be tried. found guilty and hung
by the neck until dead"
Other than the kangaroo court.
regular features of a carnival will
prevail. including side shows,
games. entertainment and dancing.
Further atmosphere will be added
by the presence OF hotdogs, ham,
burgers, pie and cider.
Much laughter Is expected when
those attending try their skill az
ringing the duck according to c.
Melvin Mckinney, Pierce county
Pomona Grange lecturer.
The hall is located IA miles south
of Tacoma on the Mountain high
way. A slight charge will be placed
on all features.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
Eagles to Honor
City Employees

Tacoma aerie No. 5. F. o. f.
is anticipating large turnout for
Fridays meeting. designated as
City Employees night. A large
class of candidates. headed by
Mayor Harry p. Cain, will be
accepted into the lodge. accord
ing to Joseph Karpach, chairman
of the committee in charge of
arrangements.
In addition to surprise"
promised by r. D. O'Neil. enter
tainment. arranged by Arthur e.
Nordi and Doc Smith, will include
the Kendall and Ben song and
dance team.
Both the women's and mems
drill teams. together with the
degree team. will depart for
Olympia Sunday morning to par
ticipate in the Governors day
celebration. which is to be staged
by the Olympia aerie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
No. al Backers
Celebrate Sunday

With the voters acceptance Of
Initiative No. 141 virtually assured.
Washington Old Age Pension union.
sponsor of the initiative. Thursday
announced its intentions of In
creasing Its membership and then
starting q drive to collect the
pension for those eligible.
The initiative provides for a
maximum pension payment Of $40
per month. $40 to be supplied by
the state and the remainder to be
furnished by the federal govern
ment.
George Yantis Of Olympia will
address q meeting Of the union in
Emerson hall. 110eh Broadway.
Sunday at $50 p. m. He will speak
on Taxation In Connection With
AL"
According to Edward L. Pettus,
reelected as representative from
the 9th district. the only means
by which the state can avoid pay
ing the pension IL to declare IT.
elf bankrupt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
u. S. to Call for Bids on Towers
For Power Line 10 Grand Coulee

ment were recently allotted to
Bonneville-coulee power facilities
by congress.
Within A Year
Federal engineers expect the
covington-Coulee gap in the big
Coulee- Bonneville network will be
closed in a little more than one
year.
The line from Bonneville TO Cow
ington by WAY of Vancouver and
Chehalis is completed TO Chehahs
and under construction north from
Chehais. A 2s.o0o-Kw line is
expected to be completed in time
10 tie up with the Tacoma system
early in 1871.
The 235-mile tie between Bonnie
vile and coulee through Eastern
Washington is already completed
Must Buck Gales
Towers for the coulee-Coving-
ton line viii range from so 10 70
feet in height and are designed
TO withstand 60-nile gales and
heavy winter ice loadings.
The route will cross the
wenatchee mountains via Co
lockurn Pass at an elevation OF
around 5000 feet and the Cascade
range via Stampede Pass al
about 5000 feet.
At Covington. local distriou-
ton lines will connect with the
Tacoma and Seattle municipal
power systems with which Bonnie
vile already mas exchange a
power contracts. These contracts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
Secret Trial
Results in
7-Year Term
Daughter Of Once
Russiun Admiral
Sentenced Also

L0ND0N-Tyler Kent. for
mer clerk at the United States
embassy who was arrested
several months ago on charges
of violating the official secrets
act. was found guilty at the
Old Bailey today and was
sentenced to seven years penal
servitude.
Anna wolkoff. daughter Of a
former Russian admiral who was
arrested with Kent on the same
charges, was sentenced TO 10 years
IN prison.
Kent and Miss wolkoff were
tried separately. She was con-
victed last week. but was SEN
fenced with him today.
Both trials were conducted Sc
cretly and the nature of their
activities was not divulged.
Proceedings were so secret.
especially during Miss VOL
koffs trial. that thick brown
paper WAS pasted over the
glass panels In the court room
doors.
Police guarded entrances TO
the court. and doors were
locked during the trial. Even
the identity Of witnesses WAS
withheld.
Secrecy measures were reminis-
cent OF those taken In certain
World war spy trials. Witnesses
were driven from Scotland yard.
where they had been carefully
guarded. in closed automobiles.
They were taken TO the court room
through the prisoners corridors
and into the witness box by way
Of the prisoners dock.