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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
NAZI WARPLANES
UNABLE TO PASS
LONDON DEFENSES
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officially saluted and credited with
destroying several German planes
during the day.
The British said rs attacking
planes were destroyed during the day
at a British loss of Is planes. Eight
Raj pilots, however, were said to be
safe.
AS for the offensive, at the start
of the second year of war, the all
ministry told of successful raids by
the Royal Air force night hawk
patrol on detectives all the way
from German-conquered Norway tt
Italy.
Especially heavy blows were rained
upon q power plant at Genoa, a dy
Mantle works near Cologne, and CUR
emplacements on the French coast
the ministry declared. Nazi supply
ships in a Norwegian harbor or
Sogne ford and off the Dutch coast
were bombed.
Heavy thudding of bombs heard
across the channel this afternoon in
dicated the British were attempting
once more to smash German gun
emplacements on French soil from
which shells have been dropped on
the English coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Leadership Training
School Planned Be,.

A leadership training s,ho.,
the project of Good BaaatnN W
be conducted for New VIII
county home demonstration
women at . O'Clock FRIDAY 49,.
noon' September c, at the oes;..
Miss Ann Mason, home dsroo
ton agent, in the custombon'Fa'
Miss Pauline E. Gordon
management and FURNISHINGS "Y,ns
clallst, extension service spe
North Carolina State COLLEGE ~ N ms
leigh, will have charge of the yoh .s'
Miss Mason said Club woro.
the county would sponsor Co., n
ding projects during their oc,o[Y'
programs in connection with ~
mattress making PROGRAM
sponsored by the extension so,,.;.1
All project leaders and other :,
terested club women are invited ~
attend the school Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
GunmenAttemptToKil
King Carol, Seize Power

-four of the highest ranking gen
erals of the Rumanian army were
under arrest. There also were ru-
mors that three army corps in
Northern Pennsylvania had revolt
ed.
It was about the Transylvanian
issue-the governments submis-
sion to Axis demands that Ru-
mania give Northern Pennsylvania
to Hungary-that the crisis arose.
Two undersecretaries of state
resigned in protest against the gov.
eminent.
The Hungarian mayor of Saint
George, in the coded area of Tran
sylvania, hung out a Hungarian
flag on the city hall and was
killed by a crowd which stormed
the building. Several other deaths
were reported at Saint George.
Consulates Wrecked
At Timisoara, in South Transyl-
vania, Italian and German con-
sulates were wrecked, as W e r e
Hungarian and German stores.
The minister of interior issued a
new warning tina t"severe mea-
sures" would be taken against GER
tain members of old political par
ties for their present activities.
Some circles here expressed fear
that the Germans might establish
a complete military occupation of
Rumania-thus making this nation
a battle-ground if Russia should
move further to the southwest.
This was based on the fact that
during yesterday it had been dis
closed authoritatively that the Ger
mans intended to line Rumania's
Soviet frontier, along Southern Blu
covina, with panzer divisions not
later than Sept. Is.
At the time the Nazis, along
with Italy, ordered Rumania to
yield to Hungary, they guaranteed
this country's shrunken frontiers.
Some informed Rumanians said,
too, they feared that Rumanian
troops returning from Transylvan-
ia might turn their arms over to
the peasants, a vast number of
which already have organized
corps to resist the cession.
The attempt upon King Carols
life occurred within sight of hun.
dreds.
The shooting rang out just at
8:55 o'clock.
While crowds %strolled casually
along in front Of the palace, an
automobile with three men halted
at n Of the palace gates. They
jumped from the machine and a
inside on the driveway, one of
them crying:
Long live the Iron guards" "a
pro-Fascist but strongly national.
istic organization.)
Then, they began firing rapidly
in the palace window until the sur
prised guards fell upon them. 2
Professional men and women
were found 2,488 jobs by public
local employment offices in North
Carolina in three and one-half
wears.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
HANCOCK IS FREED.
OF HOLDUP COUNTS.
Acouitted After Brief De-
liberation Of Charges He
Robbed St. Pauls Bank

LuMBERTON, Sept. 3.-Raymond
G. Hancock, 81, of Richmond, Va,
was freed by a Robson county su-
nerior court jury this afternoon
after a brief elaboration of charges
that he held up the st. Pauls branch
of the Bank Of Rowland and robbed
if of nearly $1,000 last May 20.
The verdict, returned before Judge
J. Paul Frizzelle, ended nearly three
months of Jail detention for Han
cock. who was arrested in MT. Airy
in June and had been held since IN
default of $4,000 bond.
An acouittal was generally pre-
dicted after Hancock took the stano
in his own defense and told OF a
trin from Richmond to Durham on
the day the robbery took place. lie
was backed up in his testimony by
Mrs. Margaret Cox, who stated she
made the trip with him and admitted
she lived and slept with him every
chance get"
Mrs. Cox, who had told officers
her HON was in Laurel Hill, a
been arrested with Hancock at MI.
Airy and brought to Jail here out
was later released.
Of three st. Paul citizens who
claimed to have seen a man anu
woman" flee from the bank building
after scooping up nearly s5,ooo IN
cash from the teller's window, only
Mrs. E. M. Paul testified that Han
cock was the man she saw.
On cross examination, the de-
Tense made much of Mrs. Pauls tes-
timony that she was positive Han
cock was the mar because she
dreamed the night after the robbery
and thu image of the man appeared
before me-"
e. B. Ward, cashier of the bank,
who testified he was forced at gun
point to lie down on the floor Whlle
the robbery was performed, told the
court he would not "attempt" to
identify Hancock, and John S. u
Ter. Jr., another witness, declared
Hancock was mot the man,.
Hancock became the third person
to be freed of charges in connection
with the bank robbery, and left no
n in detention in this case. A
couple arrested in Baltimore Mo-
and brought here for questioning
was released last week after wit
nesses failed to identify them.
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the air after a group of men in
unifor mburst in and tried to de-
stroy the equipment.
All Arrested
All were arrested.
The fact that a coup had been
attempted was acknowledged in an
official communique. But the eff
fort to kill King Carol was mini
mixed.
The governments communique
said:
ION the ewing of Sept. 3 an
attempt was made at a distur-
bance of public order. A group of
young men dressed in military uni
form forced entry into the radio
station pretending to be a military
guard. Members of this group did
minor damage to the radio station
apparatus.
Eat the same time at the head
quarters of the telephone company
similar operations were attempted
by a few young men.
IA young man at the same time
fired a series of shots from a re-
volver in front of the palace in a
demonstrative way. Similar at
tempts were made at Brasov and
Constanza. Those implicated were
arrested and the authorities are in
quiring into the matter"
ManifestOs Distributed
The various groups made no Sc
cret that they e iron guardists.
In the palace grounds they threw
out hundreds of manifestos signed
by Horla Sima, the iron guard
fuehrer who recently resigned from
the cabinet.
These leaflets called for immed-
late abdication of Carol and for
Prince Mihai to be proclaimed
king in his stead.
. prince Mihai-Michael in Eng
lish-will be 10 in October. He
ruled as king from May 10, 1929,
TO June 7, 1880, while his father,
the present king, was in self exile
in Paris.)
Another circular, signed Il r o n
guard" said
The nation demands capital
punishment for those to blame for
Rumania's present troubles. 4
"We demand an extraordinary
tribunal to judge those who have
brought the country to disaster.
They are selling out the country. II
is treachery. . Those to blame are
still in the government and are
prosecuting the Iron Guard, the
only political force which can cope
with this difficult moment"
Situation Critical
The situation through the coun-
try became increasingly critical.
Immediately after the incidents in
Bucharest soldiers were rushed to
the palace with machine-guns, gas
masks and full equipment. All res
taurants and other public places
were closed at once, and soldiers
and gendarmes filled the streets.
Unconfirmed reports spread that
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
INCREASE IN AUTO
PLATE SALES NOTED
Sales for First Three Quarters of
Year Almost Match Last
Years Total

RALEIGH, Sept. g. B Auto
tag sales for the first three quarters
almost match the total for last year,
the motor vehicle bureau reported
today.
Since December 1, 1889, through
August 81, 630,4S0 sets of plates
were bought, less than 1000 short of
IL months sales for the preceding
year. During the 9-month period a
year earlier only 598,49 tags we're
sold.
Sales for 1910 will set a new peak
of o than $50, 900 unless the de.
mand for plates falls off sharply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

Receives Strong Support
Campaign Started To Increase
Wilmington Posts Mem
bership To 700

Enthusiastic support from ex'
service men was reported yester'
day by team workers in the mem
bership drive launched by Will
mington Post No. 10, American Lee
gion.
Goal of the campaign is to in
crease the membership of the pos
to 700 members.
Dan Quinlaven, who is in charge
of the Legion's temporary head
quarters at 125 Princess street
said that many men who have moi
been active in the Legion for sew
eral years came into the office
and paid their 1941 dues.
George w. Jeffrey, chairman o.
the membership committee, re
ported that team captains said the
response all over the city and coun.
ty was the same. No definite fig
ures on the number of new mem.
bers were available last night
however.
Wilbur Dosher, post commander
said that he felt sure the drive
will be a success.
ngwhilR
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
SOLONS PRAISE,
CRITICIZE TRANSFER
OF D%ESTROYERS
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cess today and another recess will
be taken tomorrow in respect to
Senator Lundeen (FL-Minn) who
was killed in an airplane crash
Saturday.
Congressional comment included
the following:
BY Senators
Barley (D-Ky)-One of the
greatest accomplishments in be-
half of national and hemisphere
defense that has ever been COLI
summated.
Nye R-ND)-A direct act of war
in violation of our treaties, statutes
and international law. The house
could bring impeachment action. .
Gibson. (R-Vt-I can see no
harm in the destroyer trade. We've
got to defend ourselves. We GER
tainly need these bases.
Clark D-Idaho)-One of the lat
est steps on the road to inevitable
war. Whatever the bases were
worth should be charged against
the unpaid World war debts. We
should keep the ~destroyers.
Thomas D-Okla)-I approve the
program. If we trade them some
property we haven't any use for
for some property we need, it is
just like any other commercial
transaction.
BY Representatives
White (D-Idaho)-I am no more
in favor of taking over land and
making these huge expenditures
necessary to develop and e q p
these bases than I would be to put
the Louisiana purchase on the
basis of a 99-year lease. If these
new bases are worth fortifying and
equipping they r worth an out
right purchase.
Jeffries (R-NJ)-I think it was
a mistake from the standpoint Of
adjustment of the World war debt.
We could have done some bargain
ing so that we could own the bases.
Lewis D-Colo)-I am very much
pleased but there is one thing more
to be done. We need to establish
on islands in the Pacific similar
bases.
SABBATH O-IlD-It's a good deal,
a splendid deal. and will protect
us in the future.
Wheat (R-IlD-If they r so
badly off that they need so of our
old tubs to save them, what is the
balance of their navy? It's the first
move toward getting us into this
mans war"
Fish (R-NY)-Hitler would be
perfectly within the law to declare
war on us tomorrow.
Horton (R-Wyo)- I think it was
up to us to get control of these air
bases to avoid the possibility of
their going into the hands of an
enemy. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

same as last week. However, COM
mon, medium and some damaged
tobacco made up the majority of the
leaf offered.
LUMBERTON - A predominance
of low grades was on warehouse
floors here yesterday. ]. c. Fulton,
market supervisor, said. However,
choice lots gave several farmers ex'
cellent averages and few tags were
turned.
TABOR CITY-Good grades were
reported stronger than before here
yesterday, but a heavy percentage
of the offerings was of low grade.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cor
tinued keen and the demand strong
for better grades here, M. S. Smith
said. Sales were slowed yesterday
because of the hot weather but all
floors were cleared by quitting time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
SAILS TO ENLIST

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. s. Up -
Richard Greene, young English
movie actor, sailed last Tuesday
from New York for ENGLAND to en-.
list in some branch of the service,
Actress Virginia Field, his fiancee,
said today. Miss Field said Greene
left here secretly because he did
not want the public to think it was
a publicity stunt"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Auto Driuer Absolped
In Raymond Iruin DEATH

WHITEv1LLE, Sept. s.-Leon
Fuller. of Wh1teville, driver of an
automobile which Friday night
Struck down and killed Raymond
Irwin, II, on highway rs between
Fair Bluff and the South Carolina
line, was absolved of blame here
last night by a coroner's jury.
The jury found that Irwin came
to his death as the result of an
unavoidable accident"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
HARRISON To Address
Presbyterian Meeting

RALEIGH, Sept. g. R) j. w.
Harrison, N. C. State college dean
of administration, will address the
Synod of the Presbyterian church in
High Point Thursday night on 1.-THE
Place of the Church on the College
Campus"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

SAA
CHADBOURN - Common grade
leaf dominated the offerings here
yesterday and held the general mar
ket average down, Garland Warren,
sales supervisor, said. One basket
of leaf sold for $50 per hundred
pounds yesterday. L.
CLARKTON-Buying was steady
on the better grades here yesterday
but generally low quality leaf com
prised a majority of the offerings,
E. c. Clark, sales supervisor, said.
All warehouse floors were cleared.
FAIR BLUFF - Prices remained
about the same for the better grades
here yesterday. All warehouse floors
were cleared.
FAIRMONT-C. B. Stafford, sales
supervisor, reported that grade for
grade the prices ranged about the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Davidson College Will
Open On September Is

DAVIDSON, Sept. 3.-P-David.
son college, expecting an enrolment
IF $40 students, will open with a
freshman orientation period begin.
ming Sept. 10. The expected enroll.
ment would be the largest in history.
Upper classmen will report Sept. II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

Public local employment offices
in North Carolina received 514, Az
new registrations for work anc
made 33O,927 placements on jobs
in three and one-half years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
WILMINGTON MAN
SUPERVISED WORK
ON DESTROYERS
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in very good condition." the
construction and material used in
their building being of such high

their building being of such high
type.
The ~destroyers are now on the
East coast and ready for the voyage
to England. The trip is expected to
start soon.
Commander Harriss is et present
commander of the Blackhawk, flag
ship Of the destroyer fleet in the
Pacific.
Singularly enough, the Blackhawk
was at n time the flagship 81 the
United States naval fleet in the
Orient at the time when the late
Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson,
another Wilmingtonian, was in COM
nand of the fleet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Tobacco Market Reports

Sales supervisors Or other officials IN the North Carolina markets
of the Border Belt reported the following figures for yesterday
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Sales Comment

(E) Estimated figures
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

Professional men and women
were found 2,488 jobs by public
local employment offices in North
Carolina in three and one-half
Years
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Davies Entertain

The Executive Assistant to the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Joseph
E. Davies entertained at luncheon
yesterday in their home on Foxhall
road.
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Miss Margaret Mullen Bride
of DIR. Russell C. Payne.

OF DT. huSSeu y. fayne.
OF interest to Washington resi-
dents is the marriage. June %, of
Miss A. Margaret Mullen, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Burroughs
Mullen of Reading, Pa, to DR.. Rus
sell Crandle Payne, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Frank Payne of Washing
ton.
DR.. Payne was graduated from
George Washington University in
1885 and finished at the George
Washington medical school in 1899.
He and his bride will reside at 1929
Thirty-fourth street NE, Mount
Rainier, after August l.
Evening star., 1940-07-08

Scene Of the wedding was the
First Presbyterian Church in Read
ing, and DR.. Robert Macleod Camp
bell of that church officiated. Solos
were sung by Miss Dorothea Nc
Corkle of Coatesville, Pa, and Mr.
John Nichols was the organist.
Mr.. Mullen gave his daughter in
marriage. She wore trailing gown
of ivory slipper satin, yoked with
Glencon lace. The skirt was fash
ioned with a dirndl effect and a
long train and the sleeves came to
a point over the wrists. A veil of
tulle fell from coronet of old FAM
lily rose-point lace and the bride
carried bouquet of gardenias, lilies
of the valley and orchid.
The maid of honor was Miss Eliz-
abeth Ginger of Reading, who wore
yellow net dress with square neck
line and bodice trimmed with rows
of French lace. The short sleeves of
her dress were puffed. A horsehair
hat, trimmed with green velvet, and
a bouquet Of orchid water lilies
completed her costume.
Four other attendants wore
dresses similar to that of the maid
of honor. in green with contrasting
yellow. They wore hats of horse
hair and carried white water lilies.
The bridesmaids were Miss Mary
Jane McDermott, a cousin of the
bride, Of Paoli, Pa; Miss Louise
Abrams of Wyomissing, Pa, and
Miss Margaret Van Reed and Miss
Mary Betty Richardson of Reading.
DR.. Frank Gibson of Washington
was best man for DR.. Payne, and
(See WEDDINGS. Page B-4)
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Mrs. Brown Married
To Mr.. Wooden
At Cherrydale

Mrs. Pauline Leatherwood Brown
daughter of Mr.. Herbert Francis
Leatherwood of Washington, and Mr.
John Frederick Wooden, jr., son OF
the Rev. and Mrs. John F. Wooden
of Westminster, Md, were married
in the Methodist Church, Cherry
dale, Va, Saturday, June 20. The
ring ceremony was performed by the
Rev. John F. Wooden, father of the
bridegroom, assisted by DR.. Herbert
E. HudginS, pastor of the Cherry
dale Methodist Church.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. Her attendants were
Miss Gladys Buckingham, hel
cousin, and little Miss Allene Brown
who was her mothers flower girl
Mr.. Wooden'S best man was his
cousin, Mr.. Herbert Fletcher Green
1r., of Amelia, Va. The ushers were
Mr.. Reuben and Mr.. Donald Leath-
erwood, brothers of the bride. The
mistresses of ceremony were Mrs
Reuben Leatherwood, sister-in-l law
OF the bride. and Mrs. P. McKenney
johnson, sister of the bridegroom.
Organ music was played by Mrs
Ruth Hall Leaf of Baltimore, a
cousin of the bridegroom. Only
members of the families witnessed
the ceremony. A reception was held
Immediately following the ceremony
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wooden will reside
in Sykesville, Md, where Mr.
Wooden is principal of the high
school.
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Mrs. Smith VISITING
In Connecticut

Mrs. J. A. Smith of San Francisco,
formerly Mrs. Marjorie Nettleton
Torbert of Washington, and her
small daughter, Carolyn Smith, have
gone to Wethersfeld, Conn. Mrs.
Smith jointed her mother, Mrs.
Grace Walker Nettleton, formerly of
Washington, who now resides with
her son, Mr.. Malvern R. Nettleton,
secretary to the commissioner OF
public welfare of Connecticut.
Mrs. Nettleton and Mrs. Smith
spent short time IN Washington
visiting the formers sister, Miss
Laura Walker, and Mrs, William Lee
Britton of Chevy Chase. Mrs. Smith
also will visit her son, Mr.. Jack Tor
bert, in Wethersfeld, where he has
lived for the last three years. Mr.
Torbert will enter the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis in the
next class, having been appointed
by Representative William J. Miller
of Wethersfield.
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Jane Ranseyer
Selects July 27
For Marriage

Miss Jane Ramseyer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. William Ram
seyer, has selected July ~ for the
date of her marriage to Mr.. James
Lloyd Cameron, jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Lloyd Cameron
of Edora, Iowa.
The wedding will take place at
the Ramseyer residence at 4:30
o'clock, with the Rev. James Shera
Montgomery, chaplain of the
House of Representatives, officiat-
ing. Although only a few rela-
tives and close friends will attend
the ceremony, a large reception
will follow.
Miss Barbara Ramseyer, sister
OF the bride-elect, will be her only
attendant and Mr.. Robert Green
leaf of Washington will be best
man for Mr.. Cameron.
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Mrs. Albers Hostess
At Tea and Cards

Mrs. A. w. Henry Albers is en-
tertaining at tea and cards at the
headquarters of the League of Re-
publican Women this afternoon.
Her guests are Mrs. Edward Ever
EFT Gam, Miss Grace Burton, Mrs.
Maurice H Thatcher, Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, Miss Temple Bailey,
Mrs. Robert McNeill. Mrs. William
S. Gorby, Mrs. Frank Murphy, Mrs.
Mary Thomas, Mrs Charles S. Will
hanson, Mrs. William F. Loetsch,
Mrs. Mary Butt, Mrs. Warren Haines.
Mrs. Strickland Gillian, Mrs. Frank
Crowther, Mrs Mary E. Youngman,
Mrs. Millard West, Mrs. Elmer w.
Brandes, Mrs. George c. Thorpe,
Mrs. R. A. Boone. Mrs. ]. H. Branson,
Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Mrs. Louis We'll
Ter, Mrs. James K. Wilkes, Mrs.
James Councillor, Mrs. George L.
Hart, Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax, Mrs.
Thomas A. Reed. Mrs. James Barnes,
Mrs. William Scott, Mrs. Pierson.
Evening star., 1940-07-08

The vivaciou Chick to the
depha and from there jorneyed Long
with Col and Mrs Robert Guggenhm
"F1enze stopping of for day at Port Washington
colones mother Mrs.
The old Guggenheim
ous donated by the senior Mrs Guggenheim
refugee children
in Rome who just got out Of Italy the
declared left yesterday with
two children at and will join their
for the attractive Caroline tells
place for next yearWhch good
One working girl" a small apartment
with parttime maid the
maids different that the
was by Wtingso-o each day before
friend left note with the
before the Fourth,
the holiday left telling
4th and the 5th "of" Her reply Dear
Madame: a horse-Im Just as sur
prised S Wilkie!"
Another domestic which that of
the State Department couple
named Annabe-bu morning
Annabel failed appear supper for
20 that evening they decided telephone
that nothing sudden her
them at time like this In tragic voice Annabel
call and between sincere told
her she having
brightened-he would be back the day!
Tommy
Letter who usually spends winter
coored
party After innumerab
girls wardrobe With much trouble
articles with trouble shipped them
house breaking
Listen ladesdont nnd
write to each ohernot to everything somebody's bg
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Senator Returns

Senator and Mrs Lewis B. Schwel-
lenbach have returned from Old
Point Comfort, Va, where they
spent the holiday and week end.
Evening star., 1940-07-08
Several Hostesses
Entertain Over
The Week End

Among the weekend festiv-
tiles was a luncheon given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ellis at
their country house, Rippon
Lodge. All of the guests re-
manned through the afternoon,
some lounging in the garden, and
some going for cruise on the
Potomac in the Ellis boat.
Mrs. Joseph Davies was another
hostess who offered her guests
an opportunity to be cool as well
as gay. She entertained at a
luncheon at the Davies farm,
Valley View, and Immediately
afterward left for her camp in
the Adirondacks, accompanied by
her young daughter, Nedenia.