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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
France, Turning Totalitarian,
Unable To Observe July II

IConcorde where french Revolution
lists beheaded Louis vi and his
Queen, Marie Antoinette.
Now almost nightly, German
bands, massed in that same square,
play operate airs to audiences of
defeated Parisians. Refugees still
clutter the city in miserable groups.
Many believe that Marshal Pc
tain'.s authoritarian rule can only
be a transitory one. Even that is
subject to Germany's will and
peace terms are yet to come.
In voting itself out OF existence,
Frances third republic parliament
subscribed to this new preamble:
l. Absolute government control
of all political, economic, profess
sional and educational enterprises.
2. The establishment of each
Frenchman where he may best
serve the nation"
3. Indignation of France within
the continental system of produc-
ton and exchange"
In other words, the conclusion
of many is that France now auto
matically goes into the Italo-Ger-
man economic orbit, with the pros
pect of enforced heavy agricultur-
al production to serve the war
needs of those two countries.
Half of France is occupied by
German troops, with the unoccu-
pied portion forming an island
ringed by Germany on the north,
Italy on the southeast, Spain and
the Mediterranean Sea on the
Mediterranean Sea on the south. 2
In the United States there are
more than 300, 900 drums and
other percussion musical instru-
ments in use.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

NEW YORK, July 15:-R-Johr
D. Rockefeller, Jr., smiles today
at the memory of friends who used
to tell him:
with all that money to spoil
them, you're entitled to four black
sheep out of those five boys if only
one comes out good"
Not one black sheep mas shown
up yet, and it looks as though none
will.
For it was announced this week
that his youngest son, Davie, is
engaged to wed, at Is, without
having had a single sensational
fling as a rich playboy.
Thre of the four older boys are
already married.
Only Winthrop remains unat.
tached, and his liking for gaiety,
which once worried his father, has
long since been accepted by the
family as harmless fun.
Notoriety has no place in the
Rockefeller tradition, just as di.
vorce has no place in the matri.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Walker Talked
As Farley Successor

CHICAGO, July 13.-R-T h e r e
were reports tonight that Frank
Walker, treasurer of President Ro-
osevelt's Hyde Park literary, was
a possibility for the chairman Of
the Democratic National commit
tee if James A. Farley resigns to
enter private business.
Friends of Farley said that he
had received two attractive bust
mes offers. He was listed al one
of the prospective purchasers of the
New York Yankees baseball team.
The other offer was said to in
volve a 500, 900 yearly salary. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
ITALIANS CLAIM
WIN OVER MALTA
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. oAS
and Malta now is only a temper
airy shelter for lighter craft.
Malta's airfields were reported
heavily damaged.
Gayda went on to say that
Italy's share in the axis war plan
is four-fold:
Alexandria Next
The first objective is Malta, the
second such British bases in
Egypt as Alexandria,; the third to
paralyze British sea power in the
Mediterranean by scattering war;
ships and conveys and fourth, to
protect Italian shipping and COM
munications between the main
land and East Africa.
If Britain lost Egypt, Gayda
said, it would lose the use of the
Suez Canal, its ships no longer
would have a refuge from Italian
attack and London would have to
abandon political control over the
oil fields in the Persian Gulf and
the whole Arab world, and lose
all influence in Greece and Tur-
key.
Fascists planes smashed at
Malta's air bases and it's naval
anchorages today, following mass
bombing of the British naval units
at sea.
The high command said a
mass" of Italian planes, flying
from many bases in Italy and
Africa, descended at dawn yester-
day upon the three divisions of the
British naval force. The British
men o war, it was explained,
separated and steamed eastward
at different speeds on Thursday
night, after having been bombed
all bombed all day.
"At least two cruisers and one
battleship certainly and re-
peatedly struck with large calibre
bombs" a communique claimed.
The Italians admitted the loss of
one OF our ~deStrOyerS' by British
naval bombardment. The crew
was declared safe.
Two Planes DOWned
Two defending British planes were
reported shot down in the attacks on
Malta, and hangers and planes on
the ground were bombed and ma
chinegunned by the raiders.
1taly's claims of Mediterranean
naval successes-(denied virtually in
toto by the British) include a British
capital ship and a destroyer sunk,
and bomb damage to other impor-
tant units, including the great battle
cruiser Hood and two aircraft car
riers. Italy acknowledged she has
lost two %destroyers and a submarine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Fifth Rockefeller Work Boy
To Wed Studious Society Girl

monial sphere Davis is preparing
to enter.
David's engagement to Marga-
ret McGrath, who shares his taste
for intellectual pursuits, is in keep
ing with the family's conservative
faith in happy marriages which
last, and which have little to do
with the night club set, and little
interest in the world of fashion.
Attractive Peggy McGrath, who
will become Mrs. David Rockefel-
Ter, didn't care to have a formal
debut, although her parents are
listed in the social register and her
mother is a member of the exclu-
+sive Colony club.
She cares more about literature,
pictures, music interests he has
in common with David Rockefel-
Ter, whose scholarly pursuits have
made him a candidate for a doc
tor of philosophy degree at the
University of Chicago.
Her father, Francis McGrath, is
a partner in a famous old Wall
street Law firm. Her grandfather
was a former railroad executive, l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Killers Paper Warns
French To Keep Mum

BERLIN, July 10. ZAP -A5,.
Hitler's newspaper, the voILisoh
er Deobachter, today d~elivered a..
first and last warning" apa;r,.
what it called defamation NJ g..
German army of occupation /.
French newspapers.
It referred to an article in ~.
Lyon newspaper Nouvelliste which
it said, charged indirectly that III.
German troops had exhausted
French industries and had consist.
emily refused to allow French com.
plants to get to %higher-ups.
Zone shouldn't deceive oneself.
said the Nazi paper. There are
means of effectively p%reventjn,
such efforts. if they should be re.
peated."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Million Dollar Rain
Falls On Thirsty Crops

RALEIGH, July 13.-LR-A mil
lion dollar" rain fell over North
Carolina today, breaking a drought
which threatened serious damage to
crops in many sections.
Weatherman II. E. Kichline said
one and a quarter inches of rain fell
in Raleigh, and that the downfall
generally was the heaviest since the
last of May.
Frank Parker, statistician for the
state and federal crop reporting serv.
Ices, said the rain would be worth
millions of dollars to growers"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
H FARMER WAS
A LAWYER, TOO

LAUSANNE H. Swiss hotel
keepers will have to think it over
before giving credit to customers,
FLOWING the sad experience one
had with a farmer who knew the
law.
The farmer made a deal with a
hotel keeper whereby the farmer
would furnish his products to the
hotel to be marked to his credit
against drinks.
All went well until the hotel keep
err found that the farmer drank a
lot more than he was entitled to
on the strength of his deliveries OF
vegetables.
One day the hotel keeper de-
manded a settlement because the
farmer had delivred $45 worth OF
goods and drunk $98 worth of wine
and brandy.
The farmer invoked an old law
which forbids tavern-keepers from
dispensing drinks on credit.
The case went as far as the Fed.
eral Supreme Court, which ruled
that the hotel keeper was not en-.
titled to his money. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Mrs. Simms Ia Work
For Wilkes Election

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
July 13.-R-Mrs. Ruth Hanna
Mccormick Simms, one of the
chief hackers of Thomas E. Dewey
for the republican presidential
nomination, said today she would
work actively for the election of
Wendell L. Willkie.
Mrs. Simms, who drove h e r e
from her big Trinchera ranch, in
southern Colorado and New Mexi-
CO, sat next to Willkie at his after
noon press conference. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Refugee immigration
Restrictions Limited

WASHINGTON, July 13.-RHA
way was cleared for thousands of
war zone children to find haven in
the United States when the justice
and state departments approved to-
day an order permitting their entry
without regard for immigration
quotas.
The two departments announced
jointly that children under is would
be admitted on visitors visas, with
the understanding that they shall
return home upon the termination
of hostilities. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Germans Claim Allies
Split During April

BERLIN, July 13.-R-Addenda
to alleged French documents,
which the Germans are publishing,
purported today to disclose a rift
between the French and British
last April over the allied with
drawal from mid-Norway, with the
French urging drastic British ma
val action to wrest Trondheim
from the Germans.
The British felt the German air
force made such an operation i'm
possible, according to the docu-
m%entation. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
RUBBERNECKS

LONDON, July 13.-RA
Sightseers are proving a worse
menace to crops than German
bombs in some instances, the
ministry of agriculture indicat.
ed today in issuing an order
making trespassers liable to a
5000 fine.
In a recent instance" the
ministry said, negligible dam
age was done by a bomb to q
wheat field. but the entire CROP
of Is acres was completely
ruined by being trampled by
sightseers."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
WELL-READ FARMER
ADDS TO KNOWLEDGE

VASSALBORO, Me.-R-A far
mer who had read all about this
'1ifth column" business, became
suspicious when he found an appar-
atus resembling a radio, attached
to a parachute, in his pasture.
He called in the newly-formed
American Legion police. They gin
gerly picked up the contraption and
rushed it to the Augusta airport.
Officials there explained that
the instrument was sent up by
balloon from the federal weather
bureau at. Portland, rs miles south,
to record atmospheric conditions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
TESTS INSURE A L

Well-established sporting goods
houses make severe tests of the
swimming suits they offer for sale.
he suits are left outdoors in the
rain, are soaked in salt water, are
exposed to the hottest sunlight,
and undergo other tests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Mrs. Loughlin Injured
In Auto Crash Here

Mrs. E. B. Loughlin, 513 South
Second street, and n or more 9th.
er persons were injured late last
night in an automobile crash at 18th
and Market streets.
A police a sent to investigate
the crash was informed that ono
person fled from the scene of tbe
accident.
Details were not Immediately
available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

The Wilmington Rotary club
will forego its weekly meeting at
the Cape Fear hotel this week
and will meet instead at the
usual hour at the home of John
Nukton on the Castle Hayne
road in a session sponsored by
the rural-urban committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Mel. Wilson
last night announced the mar.
riage of their daughter, Eliza.
beth, to Lonnie English of New
port News. Va. The marriage
occurred in Savannah, Ca, July
5. MI. and Mrs. English will
make their home in Newport
News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
HIT AND RUN

Mrs. Muncie Graham, SIG
Church street, reported to police
yesterday that while she was
making a U.turn at Front and
Walnut street another car struck
hers and failed to stop.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
AT BEACH

MIR. and Mrs. Wilbur NJ.
Frantz and their daughter, En-
lily, of Wilkes Barre. Pa, are
spending several days at Caro-
lima Beach as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Brinson at their
summer cottage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
City Briefs
RETURN

Mrs. Maude West, Of VIII
mington, and her guest, MISS
Jane Leonard, of Blountstown'
Fla. have returned to the city
from New Bern, where they
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Manly
Newton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
1T SEEMED LIKE
A LOGICAL QUESTION

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland-RE
Two Swiss monks, whose contact
with the heavens is spiritual, learn
ed that their secular Swiss coun.
trymen were on the lookout for
more material visitors from the
skies.
The monks, from the famous
old monastery of Einsiedeln, went
calling in the high Sihl Valley
whole inhabitants rarely see a
visitor.
They knocked at the door of
one lonely farm house. The door
was opened an inch or two by an
old woman.
She looked suspiciously for a
moment at the two strangers and
then asked Are we two O. them
parachutist good-for-nothings?" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
DONATION

Mrs. N. M. McEachern, of 214
North Sixth street, has donated
a loquOt tree to Greenfield Park,
the office of James E. l.. Wade,
commissioner of public works,
reported yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
MAHAN IS EIGHTH

PHILADELPHIA.-Art Mahan,
Phillies' first baseman, is the
eighth man Doc Prothro has tried
at the position since the beginning
of the 1889 season.. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
NEW

The Rev. Percy d. Smith, of
Providence, r.. L., will assume
his duties as pastor OF the
Ebenezer Baptist church here
today, it was announced Satur-
day,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
REVIVAL

The Rev. 1. ID. Dickens, pas
tor of the First Pentecostal
Holiness church here, will open
a series of special services at
Bethel church in Leland tomor-
row night, with services night
Nv at 8 o'clock through Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
VISITING

VISITING INITIATIVES
Miss Kathryn Craig, of VIII
mington, is visiting relatives III
Audubon and Elizabeth, N. J..
From there she will visit the
New York Worlds Fair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
WALKING RADIOS

Police at Brighton, popular re-
sort on the south coast of England,
are equipped with pocket radio
sets which have a receiving ra-
dius of 10 miles and weigh less
than two pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

VISITING PARENTS
William D. GaylOr, Of Char
lotte. is spending the weekend
with his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
w. H. GaylOr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
DIES

T. j. INLAND, otherwise uniden.
titled, died of a heart attack at
a local hotel yesterday morning,
according to a police report.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
o RAINBOWS

Rainbows appear in a multitude
Of forms. They vary in width, and
in number and order of colors. A
sheet of water, as well as a sun
which is reflected by such a sur
face, may give us a primary and
secondary reflected rainbow in the
sky, ~intersecting the real rainbow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
TO NEW YORK

Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus L. Gold.
stein left last night for New
York city on a business trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

INVENTED SPRINKLER HEAD
The sprinkler head was invent
ed by Henry S. Parmelee, of Con-
necticut, in 1874. 1t consisted of a
perforated head with a valve
which was held closed against wa
er pressure by a heavy spring
made of low fusing material. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

A Vacation Paradise
Located on highest point Of Lookout
Mountain, overlooking Chattanooga
and seven mountain ranges. Cool
nights-pleasant days. All sports,
including outdoor swimming pool,
golf. riding, tennis. Rates moderate.
Address
S. John LITTLEGREEN,
Manager, Lookout Mountain Hotel
Chattanooga. Tennessee
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

Manila hemp is made from a
species of banana.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

Camels can outrun horses. above
distance of three miles. d.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-29
WAGNER HEADS
LUMBER ASSN.

PORTLAND. Ore. = Corydon
Wagner. vice president and treas
urer of st. Paul & Tacoma Lum-
Der Co.. was elected president OF
West Coast Lumbermen's associ-
alton, to succeed Edmund Hayes
of Portland.
Other new officers are f. w.
Demarest. Tacoma, vice president
for Washington; G. T. Gerlinger.
Portland. vice president for Ore
gon, and Frank Reed, Seattle,
treasurer.
District trustees are c. r. Eli
oft, Anacortes, Wash; II. w.
Stuchell, Everett, Wash; 4. c.
Stane. Seattle; L. L. Doud, Ia
coma; F. L. Stokes, Buco da,
Wash; c. Stuart Poison. Ho-
GUAM. Wash. C. T.. Miller, War
renton, Ore; W. w. Clark, Port
land: J. S. Magladry, Culp Creek,
Ore, and William Vaughan. North
Bend, Ore.
Trustees at large are c. II. In
Continued on Page 3, Column -
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CHOOSE TACOMA
FOR COP MEET

wALs.A wAfJ.A - Hepuhli<sn
state central COMMITTEES Saturday
seieete1 Tacoma =. sh< ate fo<
the 1870 EsDubslesa stats esn-
ysnilon II wlll b. hela The 1si-
uFdsy nearest 10 days pssDs 70
the national q, q. y eogv<nflon.
Ths COMMITTEES also a<eId<1 that
congressional district fsepabiie.n
eonysntions would b< heia klss
same Day a. the stats ecnysniioa.
Delegates 70 the state mesfinx
win choose four representatives
81 large 70 ths national congea.
ton and nominate eight pfsxid<n~
tisl slect0fa
Delegates we're sppoftlcnsa 81
the ratio of one for each 700 sotes
for the Republican candidate for
senator In the Last congressional
election IN 1888. and two-at-iargs
from within each county. This
system. ths committee said. would
result IN i,isz Delegates
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|. E. u. Makes Its Reply

PORTLAND - The Industrial
Employees union. through its head
quarters here, today claimed the
National Labor Relations boards
order to three Northwest lumber
companies to completely disestab-
lish' the union has no effect on
the LEU. itself because an EN-
ployer is powerless to disestsolish
a union in which he has no voice
or control"
LEU. members are more de-
termined than ever" the statement
said, that they are in this fof
finish fight. and will continue their
union and demand recognition be-
cause their msJorities are estab-
lished in line with the Wagner act
The LEU. claim that all Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-29
Unity's Condition
Reported Serious

LONDON - The Press assocla-
ton reported today that tina eondi-
ton OF the Hon. Unity valkirie
Milford IL serious. and
that Fuehrer Adolf Hitlers great
sdmirer was being guarded by
detectives At the Radcliffe infirm-
airy. Oxford.
Unity. it was said, N suffering
from two bullet wounds In the
head. One Of the bullets was re-
ported to have injured her brain
Physicians were reported to have
ssid they were amazed shs with
stood the bomewsrd journey from
Germany early this month.
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DEFENSIVE WAR
NOT INTENDED!

First Lord Of the Admiralty
Winston Churchill warned Ger
many today that the allies do not
intend 20 remain on ths dsfensivs.
We hope the day wfll come .
when Hitler will be wondering
where he 10 going 70 bs struck
next" Churchill ssid.
Churchill. speaking al ths Man
chester Free Trade hall. said Hit
Ter already has tost his chance %
win the war. and he declared the
heroic" resistance Of the Films
against Russia should inspire the
allies In their struggle against
Germany.
I'VE do not mean 10 Coz
tiaue indefinitely waiting for
blows which may be STRUCK"
he said. We hope the day viii
come whoa that JOB viii be-
transferred 10 Herr Hitter,
when he will be wondering
where he h Eoing 20 BE- struck
next"
Churchill said Britain I'D not
have the right 70 begin bombing
Germany, but he warned Hitler
that speedy retaliation would fol-
low any bombing Of Britain
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AMERICANS TO
COMBAT 'ISMS'

A mystery session Of the
League of Real Americans, the
states newest political group. was
held in Tacoma Saturday Chair
man was DR.. Norman johnson.
Seattle churchman.
The meeting was private and
no statement was issued, but an
unofficial spokesman said the
movement was designed to fight
inroads Of un-American isms' into
both Democrat and Republican
parties, in preparation for the fall
election"
Observed in attendance were
members of both major parties.
as well as state officials and
others.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-29
CITY Of FLINT
HOME. MASTER
REVEALS STORY
Had to Restrain His
Men to Avoid Fight
With German Prize
Crew, He Asserts

BALTIM RE Capt.
Joseph Gainard, who skipper
ed the 1868 ton freighter
City of Flint through 1l3
days of war time adventure.
told today how his ships COM
pany was ''rarrin' to fight it
out with a German prize crew
to regain possession Of the
vessel.
The City Of Flint sailed into
Baltimore harbor. American flags
painted on both sides and its name
in white letters 3-feet high in
scribed on both sides OF the hull.
Gainard. In an Interview
while the ship lay NJ anchor
at quarantine. said he had 10
admonish the crew against
beIiigerence toward the Ger
mans put aboard the freighter
nv a Mani sea raider. believed
to be the pocket battleship
Deutschland.
THE Officers and crew dur
ing the time the Germans were
abroad" said Gainard. Dc
haved splendidly under trying
circumstances. II they had not
held themselves In restraint.
we would have had plenty Of
trouble - there probably
wouldn't have been . City Of
Flint"
Gainard. wearing grey civilian
and brightly colored
sweater under his jacket, sat on a
desk in the ships chart room with
his arms crossed.
He looked grim and was reluc-
tant to discuss all the details Of
the strange journey. He said the
Germans who seized the Flint
Oct. Q, carried side arms and
brought aboard in bags. which
were never unpacked. a machine
gun, bombs and hand grenades.
In one respect. his story varied
slightly from that told by his
first officer. Warren Rhodes. 40.
OF York, Pa, who said the Ger
mans who guarded the Americans
wore side arms and carried two
hand grenades each.
Gainard began his story by
Continued on Page 8, Column ~
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NIPPONS RENEW
CITY BLOCKADE

Jap.ness army authorities sssd.
denly tsahtsasd their bloeksds 81
ihs Britain ana french eoness.
slons today sg Tisntsln.
Market booths 10 tina esaees.
sions we're enptisd u fc<1 assiek-
~ ~ anxious househola<Fs saa
prices more than doubled
Japansss authorities Informed
the BRITISH consulate they lntend-
81 10 eiseirify hsFbsa wire barn
cadss surrounding tina eone@s-
sions. starting tomoTfow,
This drastic MEASURE. inten1e.
10 prevent smuggling u fooa
into the concessions. had hen re.
sorted 70 WHEN Japan first Ina
posed the blceksd last June "A
because il was dlspIeased with
Great Britains attitude regard
ing China
The biockads had been . bensye.
lent one for many weeks. and
naturally slgnIficancs was at
tscbsd 70 lie intsnsification inn
medistely following the British
seizure Of n German seamsn
from the japanese liner Asama
Maru near the japanese coast.