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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
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Present
Plans Today
To Widen, Deepen
Cape Fear River Are In
cluded In One Bill
WILL COST $1,465 900
Bailey And Gillette Believe
Measure Has A Fair
Chance Oh Passage

Two projects for widening and
deepening the. Cape Fear river
from Wilmington to the ocean and
calling for expenditures totalling
81, 465, 900 were included in one of
three omnibus bills which were
drafted by a senate commerce sub
committee in Washington yester-
day.
The committee divided the big
rivers and harbors bill into three
sections and will send the three
to the full commerce committee
today without recommendations.
Fair Chance
Commenting on the action last
night, Lieut.. Col. George Gillette,
Wilmington district army engineer
said that he agreed with Senator
Josiah Bailey in his statement that
the navigation bill, which includes
the two Cape Fear projects, has
a fair chance Of being passed by
the senate at this session.
Improvements Of the waterways
will actually do the country more
good than any Of the other prof.
ects," Col. Gillette said.
He said that the two projects
one for widening the river, which
will cost $675,0 900, and n fol
deepening the stream, to cost $780,
900, would also include the Deep
ening and widening of the North.
east river and other works in the
Wilmington haroor. The other work
would include widening the turn
ingN basin from 600 to 800 fee
and Strengthening the river chan.
mel between here and the ocear
bar.
Senator Bailey may be able tt
secure passage Of the bill for nav
igation improvements, Col. Gil
lette said. The senator has stated
that he favored limiting projects
to amounts of not above SO, 000,-
900.
Further Action Seen
The senate commerce committee
will probably send the Legislation
Ito the senate floor within the next
few weeks.
The three bills in their entirety
drafted yesterday by the sub
committee were:
For flood control, $36, 679 800; fol
navigation, $161,066, 100; and fol
multiple-purpose projects - naviga'
1COntinued on Page Twelve)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
RUMANIA BOOSTS
RAILROAD RATES
Increase OF IL To 40 Per
Cent Is Placed On Ma
jority OF Exports

BUCHAREST, Feb. 26.-R-Ru-
mania tonight announced an in
crease of IL to 40 per cent on rail-
way freight rates on most exports,
including oil consigned to Germany.
The action raised at once the
probability of a German protest
when DIR. Karl Clodius, German
economic neg tiator, arrives this
week for negotiations or the acute
controversy over Rumanian oil.
The raise had the effect of in
creasing the charges which foreign
buyers must pay for Rumanian
products shipped by rail. Germany
is almost wholly dependent upon
Continued on Page Four, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27

added the 100000, 900 to a $780,
069,139 deficiency bill designed to
meet emergency needs of vari-
GUS government agencies until
July 1.
Late in the day, the house
passed the measure, which now
goes to the senate.
Committee members ANNOUNCE
ed that an agreement had been
reached with senators that an
equal amount would be deduct
ed from the 1941 farm apprO-
priation bill pending before the
senate appropriations committee.
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace, asserting that the agricul'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
MANTON EXPECTED
TO ENTER PRISON
Slated To Begin Term Soon
After Tribunal Refuses
To Review Case

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.0P-Mar-
tin Thomas Manton, who a year
ago occupied the highest and most
venerated judicial post in the ma
ton short of the supreme court
itself, probably will enter prison
within a week to serve a 2-year
term for selling his integrity for
cash.
The former senior Judge of the
U. S. circuit court Of appeals here
was convicted last June 3-spe-
officially of conspirac. to obstruct
justice before his own bench-and
today in washington the supreme
court sealed his extraordinary fall,
refusing a review of his case.
1t was a fall without a parallel
in the last three centuries Of the
history of British or American
Jurisprudence, no English-speakin"
Judge of such rank having been
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
FOUR POINTS OKEHED
Calphin Selected To Rep
resent Farmers At Con-
ference In Washington

Truck growers from six Eastern
North Carolina counties met in New
Bern yesterday and adopted the four
main points Of their trucH-groWin2
program which they + seeking to
have established through the AAA
K. W. Galphsn, New Hanover coun-
" farm agent, reported last night
on his return from the session.
The farmers also elected Galphin
10 represent the state truck growers
In a scheduled conference with AAA
officials in Washington. The con-
Terence will probably be held within
Ehe next ten days, Galphin said.
Schaub Presides
Dean l. 0. Schaub, of the N. C.
slste College Extension service, pre-
suea over the meeting at which a
uellhlte program for the coming
VUp season was formed under which
lae principal truck growing counties
Ill Eastern Carolina may have a
s'talef share in the AAA funds and
~olecuon and assistance on the fol
""ihg points, which were approved
a rise for the truck payments
IRON ~. 80 to $40
Inc truck allotments for all farms
p" Tile state be put at zero and allot-
usen's to old growers based upon
Ae'F l9S1 and 1888 paintings. This
u40 allotment APPLIES to all coun.
III lhe state whether they
elly planted truck or not.
NFqoestlng the Surplus Commod-
'olporation, instead of buying
als NO. l products, buy No. 2 and
"f grades in order that truck
"ers might have their No. 1 pro
"Oltlnued on Page Four. Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27

ture department. had underestl'
mated the number of farmers
who currently would participate
in the AAA programs, told the
house committee that the trans
fer would not increase the total
of 81, 900, 100000 that would be
appropriated for the two years.
He predicted, however, that 1t
would result in a small decrease
in individual payments to farm
ers i'm 1871.
While the house was consider
ing the deficiency bill, wallace
told the senate appropriations
committee, which is studying the
1941 appropriation measure, that
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
NEW RIVER INLET
WORK BIDS OPENED
Low Bid OF $4,000 For
Dredging Contract Sub
mitted By Engineers

A low bid Of $28, 900 for the dredg-
ing of New River inlet a distance
of about one and a half miles to
a depth of eight feet was submitted
by the Wilmington army engineers
office at a bid opening held in the
office of Lieut.. Col. George Gillette,
district engineer, here yesterday,
Second low bid was submitted by
the Delaware Dredging company,
recently completed the dredg-
ing of New River from the inland
to Jacksonville, their bid
being 1893 cents per cubic yard or
total Of $4,000.
Col. Gillette said that the Dele
ware Dredging company had filed
CONTINUED on Page TWelve)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
ACTION TAKES
PLACE WITHIN
PATROL AREA
French Anti-Aircraft
Guns Drive Two Nazi
Airplanes From Paris

PARIS, Feb. 26-R-Burst-
ing anti-aircraft shells in skies
criss-crOssed by searchlights
brought out thousands of Paris
ians tonight to watch two Ger
man reconnaissance planes bring
driven from the envirOns of the
French capital.
People hung out of apartment
house windows or stood on boule-
ward pavements to watch the
show.
No air raid alarm was sound
ed in the city and no bombs were
dropped.
Through all the firing traffic
policemen stayed at their posts
and kept buses and taxis NOV.
ing.
Many of those throngine side.
walk cafes in the spring like
weather continued to sit and
drink their aperitifs as they
watched the display in the skies.
Tho an%ti-aircraft units kept up
their firing from 8:45 p. m. until
9 p. m. (2:45 to 8 p. m. EST.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Truck Growing Program
Is Adopted At Meeting
High School Boy Held
On Bogus Money Charge

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Feb. rs.
-R-A 16-year-Old junior high
school boy was bound over to
the U, S. district court today
on a charge of manufacturing
counterfeit coins i'm the indus
trial arts room of his school.
Secret Service Agent William
j. GuiImartin told U. S. Com
missioner William j. Wholean
that the boy was arrested after
one of his classmates had passed
a spurious dime in the school
He said the youth con-
fessed making a number of the
coins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
HOUSE PASSES PLAN TO PROVIDE $50, 000, 900
TO CONTINUE CROP CONTROL PAYMENTS

failure to include money for
parity" payments or the equiva.
lent might interfere with control
programs. Farm state legisla-
tors have talked of voting about
$2OO, 900, 900 for such payments.
The secretary recently advo-
Gated a certificate plan, similar
to the old processing tax, as an
equivalent" for parity pay
ments.
parity payments are designed
to raise farm purchasing power
to the 19O9-1914 level.)
In approving the deficiency
Continued on Page -Four, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-tR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-R
in response to a radiogram
from President Roosevelt, the
house voted today to make $6O,-
OOO, 900 of next years agriculture
fund available Immediately to
keep crop control checks flow
ing to farmers.
Members of the house appro-
priatiOns committee reported
that the President had approved
the transaction in order to re-
plenish the regular $500. 900 900
benefit payment fund which has
been depleted by increased farm.
er compliance with crop control
plans. A few minutes later they
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
COP LEADER PLANS
CONFERENCE HERE
Samuel Pryor, OF National
Committee, Arrives From
Charleston, S. c.

Samuel Pryor, of the republican
national executive committee, ar
rived in Wilmington by plane last
night from Charleston, s. c., for "a
conference with republicans in Will
mington."
IT know there aren't many repub-
leans here" he said, hut I wonder
CONTINUED on Page Twelve)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
PEOPLE IN ALL
WALKS OF LIFE %.

From the farm to the 400
shop through the Star and
News Want Ads.
Every household can save by
shopping the various For
Sale Want Ads. For next to
nothing you a furnish an
extra room or servants
quarters . it will pay
you to make a daily habit
of reading the Want Ads.
And don't forget the Want
Ads will also help you sell
those discarded household
goods which YOU are no
longer using.
To Find the Best Bargains
Read the Want Ads
To Get Quickest Results
Use the Want Ads
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
WEATHER
FORECAST

Nov, FORECAST
go m%sh Carolina: Consider a b
WsdnnSsS and warmer Tuesday:
lain ,say cloudy, occasional light
lortiopp probably beginning in west
The caa tuesday night, warmer On
hours genealogical data for the "a
$50 p. m. yesterday.
lso temperature
La a. m, 40; 7:3o a. m. &c.
mum I, m SS; 1870 p. m. 40; maxi.
norma ~ y minimum 20; mean So;
l:o Humidity
p m, a. Z m. 76; 7:3o a. m. 81; 1:so
% 1:3O p. m. 40.
Toto, Precipitation
n, s0, Tor "A hours ending 7.ao n
aout wv inches; total since first af
Tides For Today
Wilmington High Low
h, o:47a 7:59a
Nasonboro Tn1o. l:O9p 8:22p
lo'ooa 4:49a
Sunrise s.42.. Lisp 5:07p
|r. IMP; moonset 9:soa.
e" On Page Seven; Col. 81
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Student Dies of Burns
Sustained in January

Miss Rhea Thompson, 10, second
year student at Washington Mis-
sionary College, died yesterday at
the Washington Sanitarium, Takoms
Park, Nd, Of injuries resulting from
burns she received on January "a.
Miss Thompson, whose home was
In Allentown, Pa, suffered third-de-
gree burns when her robe caught
fire from q gas heater in her room
at 723 Carroll avenue, Takona Park.
A neighbor rushed to her assistance
and beat out the. flames. Blood
transfusions were given, but she
failed to rally.
She was the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William Thompson Of Allen-
town. Funeral services will be hald
there tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Engineer Aides Study
Plan for City-Run
Parking Garages
Hozen Suggests District
Operate os Many as Five
To Ease Congestion

Suggestion by Commissioner Hazen
that perhaps as many as five mu-
nicipany-operated garages might be
erected in the downtown section as
a partial solution to the traffic con-
gestion problem was under con-
sideration today by District en-
gineer officials.
The city government was spe-
cificslly directed by Congress in the
1941 District Appropriation Act to
consider the possibilities of off,
street parking facilities, their size
location and cost. City officials were
directed to make their report tc
Congress at the earliest possible
time.
Studies Of these possibilities are
being made, it was revealed, in con.
nection with the comprehensive
traffic survey being made by the Dis.
trict in cooperation with Public
Roads Administration officials.
The subject was discussed yester.
day by Commissioner HAGEN, who is
on sick leave. recovering from q
recent ailment, when he came to the
District Building and met with
Highway Director H. c. Whitehurst
and Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, Dis
trict auditor. ..~ ...-....
There IVES no final plan as to how
the suggested parking garages might
be financed.
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Commons Orotory Blasts N. P.
Who ook Job With Doris Duke
BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,

BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent
LONDON, July 12.-Acceptance
by Capt. A. S. Cunningham Reid
member Of Parliament, Of a Job as
agent for Mrs. James Doris Duke)
Cromwell in arranging for mainte-
nance Of 500 British children In the
United States brought him under
criticism yesterday.
The House of Commons took
down its hair and laid into its alb
sent member because he had dashed
of to the United States with his
mother and two sons at sueh q
critical moment. Sir John Ander-
son, Home Secretary, told the House
Of Commons Capt. Cunningham
Reid had been granted an exit per-
nit at the request Of the Children's
Overseas Reception Board. This
organization announced that it had
interviewed in his behalf. but that he
was acting in a purely private ca
pacity for Mrs. Cromwell.
This brought few sharp remarks
from Mrs. Henry Tate, sharp
tongued Conservative M. r. for
Frome.
Does the Home Secretary con-
slider it was suitable for the Chill
dren's Overseas Reception Board to
choose as their representative .
member of this House whose attend
ance record is under per cent,
whose local association has passed .
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Safety Town. Lessons
TAUGHT at Playground

The children at the New York
Avenue Playground, First street and
New York avenue NV, today will
have an opportunity to show what
they learned of the traffic safety
rules demonstrated yesterday at the
Safety Town" set up there by the
American Automobile Association.
Safety talks by Policemen P. J.
Lynch and w. L. Green, as we'll as
the constant stream of advice issued
over the loudspeaking system by
Grant L. Clark, in charge of the
project, helped impress upon the
more than 40 amateur motorists and
pedestrians in the miniature town
the importance of safety in their
lives
In addition to the eight small cars
furnished by the automobile organ
ization, vehicles in the safety city
included wagons and scooters
manned by enthusiastic boys, who
seemed to take delight in weaving
in and out of traffic until brought
up short by the watchful Mr.. Clarke.
Members of the schoolboy patrol
stood at the four corners of the
miniature city and saw to it thatathe
pedestrians obeyed the lights and
crossed only at the intersections.
Most of the small motorists stayed
within the confines of the four block
town, With its 10-foot-wide streets,
but a few were seen to wander
away into the far corners Of the
playground, where they INDUCED in
short races.
The next Safety Town" Is sched-
uled for three days beginning Mon
day at the Thomson Playground,
Twelfth and L streets NV.
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Five AmbuIonces
Sent to Annoy
Foe of Tromps

Park Policeman Bernard j. Beck
mann has been living a full life late
", and the advent of five ambu-
lances in his crowded existence was
hardly noticed last night.
Last week Mr.. Beckmann, who has
a deep and abiding dislike fol-
tramps, went out on his rounds one
night and arrested AZ vagrants
sleeping in the parks.
He spent long hours looking up
the records of all his prisoners, then
spent more long hours early this
week testifying against them in
Police Court.
Last night sirens began to scream
in the neighborhood at 4510 Fifth
street NV, where Mr.. Beckmann
lives. One after another, ambu-
lances whizzed up to Mr.. Beck
mann's door and stopped.
Before the excitement abated, five
Of the vehicles had called at the
Beckman home. The police officer
was away at the time, but members
of his family were at home.
Police received complaints that
this form of malicious joking was
on the increase. Ambulance COM
panies attempt check all calls be-
fore they respond, but are not al
ways able to do so. Police pointed
out that the perpetrators Of these
hoaxes are liable for prosecution.
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Senator Glass Denies
Reports He Might Boil
3d-1erm Nomination
Has Never Walked Out
Of a Convention Yet,
He Reminds Skeptics

Senator Glass of Virginia today
denied reports which said he was
getting ready to walk out on the
Democratic National Convention If
1t nominated President Roosevelt
for third term.
1--WE never said a word about
walking out of convention" he
said. II have never walked out of
one and I've been to every one since
1892. It's not my practice to walk
out on conventions"
Does that mean you will not
walk out of this one?" he was asked.
"Why do you fellows persist in
putting words into my mouth that I
never say?" he replied. "I didn't
say that. I just said that I had
never walked out of a Democratic
convention in my life"
The Senator was questioned about
reports that Postmaster General
Farley had. asked him to place Mr..
Farley's name in nomination for the
presidency at next weeks conven-
ton.
Il don't even know that Mr..
Farley is a candidate" he replied.
Does that mean you haven't been
asked by Mr.. Farley to put his name
up?"
ut means just what it says. I
don't know whether Mr.. Farley is
to be candidate, but if he is a
candidate and asks me to place him
in nomination I should feel very
much inclined to do it,
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Hearing on Injunction
Against Milk Order
SET for Thursday
Lows Scheduled to HondIe
A. A. A. Case Brought
By HoIbrook Duiry '"'

Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue in
District Court today set next Thurs
day for hearing on the Govern
ment's motion to dissolve a tenn
porary injunction, granted last
March In favor of Holbrook Farms
Dairy of Brentwood, Md, against
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace's S
milk marketing order for this area.
Assisting Justice Department Of
ficials in placing the request before
Justice ODonoghue was Acting
United States Attorney John W.
Fihelly, in the absence of United
States Attorney Edward M. Curran,
who is on weekend trip.
Laws Due to Hear Case.
The hearing Thursday is likely to
be held before Justice Boltha j.
Laws, who takes a two-week tour of
summer duty in the civil division
starting Monday.
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
granted the temporary injunction
last March. The Government re-
Gently attempted to have the final
hearing set before the court ad-
journed in June for the summer
recess, but it could not be heard
because of the stress of cases. Hol-
brook Farms Dairy is asking for a
permanent injunction when the
case is heard on its merits.
Interstate Business Denied.
Chief Justice Wheat held that
the dairy is not engaged in inter-
state commerce and, therefore, Is
not subject TO the provisions of the
Agriculture Adjustment Act and the
order the cabinet officer issued
under it.
Attorney Seton Darr, who repre-
sents the dairy, contends that its
business is wholly confined to the
State Of Maryland and the act CT
Congress does not apply to it. The
Government, through Justice De-
partment counsel, contends that the
dairy should have exhausted its ad-
ministrative remedy before Secre-
tary Wallace, before going to Dis
trict Court, and that, anyway, the
dairy is "in the current Of inter-
state commerce" and is so subject to
Secretary Wallace's order.
Evening star., 1940-07-12
Prediction Of Showers
Promises Cool Week End

Washington was due today to
come into the range of a moving
cold 'front.'" bringing showers this
afternoon and comfortably cool
week end and breaking the two-day
heat spell which yesterday prostrated
five persons.
The rain today, said the FORE
caster, will be followed by generally
fair weather and moderate tempera-
lures tomorrow and Sunday. The
mercury was expected to go down to
go degrees tonight. Nearing 30 de-
grees by 10 am, it started dropping
with the rain.
The heat record for the year was
set at $3.50 pm. yesterday, when the
mercury rose to 93.6 degrees. Adding
to the discomfort was 48 per cent
humidity. The lowest temperature
yesterday was 73 at $50 am.
Pushing the warm, moist, tropical
air before it. the cold front" that
yesterday created violent local elec-
trical storms in the New York area
will bring cold dry air to WASH
ington.
The Weather Bureau said the
whole northern half Of the country
east of the Rockies has felt the
"cold 'front.'" which is progressing
southwark with substantial lower
ing of temperatures.
Thousands of persons sought re-
lief from the heat in the parks last
night after several Government bu-
reaus had dismissed their employees
early. Hundreds of cars were parked
around Hains Point and many FAM
lilies picnicked in Rock Creek Park.
Victims of the heat were Michael
Pagats, At, of Easton. Pa: John
Medin, So, of lit c street NV; Will
liam Green, SO, of 42l L street NV:
John Dunn, So, of 1904 Wyle street
NE, and Daniel Chew, As, OF 81
Pierce street NV.
Evening star., 1940-07-12
judges War Service Wins
Probation for Soldiers

Recalling his own service in the
Army, Justice James M. Proctor in
District Court today placed on pro-
baton three soldiers who had been
found guilty on a simple assault
charge. He explained he wanted to
give them another chance to MAIN
tain the dignity of the law and their
uniforms.
Frank Pasiers, Henry Kelpacki
and Hunter Gibson, soldiers sta
toned at the Arlington Cantonment
in Virginia, had been found guilty
by a jury yesterday of simple
assault in connection with the rob-
berry of $50 from Jerimino Miguel,
a Filipino, on June l. Marvin L.
Campbell and Thomas o. Nc
Govern. also soldiers, were released
yesterday by the jury in connection
with the same robbery.
Justice Proctor, who was major
in the A. E. F.. declared he was
convinced the trio was not guilty
of the robbery, but that they had
exceeded themselves in the beating
of the Filipino. He sentenced the
three to 60 days each and then
placed them on probation.
Evening star., 1940-07-12
New York Capitol
Under Heavy Guard
After Bomb Threat
Warning Believed Hooxe
BuF State offEials 80 ::
Take No Chances
"A. P. Wirephoto.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, July 12-Visitors
to New York's Capitol underwent
searching scrutiny today by guards
on the alert after an anonymous
threat to bomb the seat OF State gov
ernment.
State and city police were at all
entrances to the building, which was
closed to all but accredited persons
last night for the first time since
the World War.
Guards watched particularly for
carriers of packages and questioned
carefully any who sought to loiter.
Threat Believed a Hoax.
While officials emphasized their
belief the threat was a "hoax," Gov
Herbert H. Lehman said I'VE natur.
ally are taking all precautions.
The Chief Executive, who over
several weeks has brought National
Guardsmen and local law enforce
ment officials into his State defense
program, said an anonymous post
card received yesterday at the AL
bany Post ONCE asserted the bomb
would be exploded in the capitol to-
day.
DR.. Bradley H. Kirschberg, direc-
tor of the State police scientific lab
oratory, examined the card and
Lehman said,. expressed the opinion
1t was "the work of a mischievous
child"