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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
CROP DAMAGE GREAT
Official OF Minnesota Esti-
mates Cold Has Cost Tur-
key Farmers 100000
BY The Associated Press


Chilled by record-breaking No
vember cold that caused wide
spread crop damage, southerners
piled on more blankets last night
as forecasters warned of a further
drop in temperatures.
In the north, warmer weather
was moving eastward from the
great plains to thaw SHOWS that
reached depths of 6 inches in the
Great Lakes region. But tempera-
lures still remained below the Gus
tomary pre-Thanksgiving levels.
Turkey Farmers Suffer
A Minnesota state agricultural
statistician, Paul K. Kirk, esti-
mated the early cold cost turkey
farmers of his state as much as
So, 900, 600. Reports there indicated
one-third of the prospective crop
of 1900, 900 birds was lost.
Texas farmers suffered materi-
ally from the record cold, too. The
earliest killing frost in two de-
cades damaged tomato, bean,
squash and pepper crops in the
lower Rio Grande valley.
oranges and grapefruit being
moved to market, there was no
damage to citrus crops reported.
Subfreezing cold gripped the
area from the Ohio river valley
to Northern Florida. New Orleans
was one of the few southern cities
to report an above freezing read
ing. It was "a there.
Atlanta's 20 above clipped a day
off the seasonal record. A reading
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
WILMINGTON GREEK
PRAISES METAXAS
c, S. Petalas Says Nation
viii Not Surrender Until
Last Man Is Killed

The Greeks will not give way to
tbe invader until the last man has
been pierced by a bayonet, dropped
hv q hail of bullets, or crushed by
a bomb shell.
Under the inspiring leadership of
Dictator John Metaxas, the Greek
nation will be lost on the battlefield
alone and not by a flag of truce.
So says G. S. Petalas. proprietor OF
the Atlantic Sweet Shop at 10 South
Tenth street, who was born two
blocks from the native home of
Metayas in Ithaca, Greece.
The dictator, he says, is typical
Of the traditional great fighting quail
ties of the Greeks who will never
give way an inch, never turn their
backs TO the invader.
If the Greeks get aid from nations
friendly to their cause, they will
be able to take care of themselves
and the Italians, too," Petalas said.
The Greek nation has complete con-
tdence in the dictator, who antici'
pated an Italian invasion two years
ago when the Italians moved into and
conquered Albania, he added.
NstaXas Immediately began pre-
parations to meet the Italian invas'
ion in the offing. The Metaxas line
was constructed and the country's
armed forces were strengthened as
much as possible.
Declaring he was proud to be an
american citizen and that the United
states was the safest place in the
"ofld at the present time, Petalas
expressed the belief that the "Greeks
"VuId hold out and not give out
against the invasion of Mussolini's
crack Fascist troops.
From his youth the present dicta.
WI mas always had the spirit to be a
e''V man and to be prominently
"on'lnued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
AMERICAN-SPANISH
FRICTION DEVELOPS
u. S. Re-Asserts Treaty
Rights To international
Zone Of Tangier

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-(RA
Friction developed between til e
American and Spanish govern
ments today as the United States
r~e-asserted its 34-year-old treaty
rights in the International zone OF
Tangier and Madrid announced a
probable ban on operations of all
American press correspondents in
Spain.
These developments came as the
visit of Ramon Serrano Suner,
Spanish foreign minister, to Paris
and a Berlin announcement that
he had been invited to return to
Berlin stirred new speculation over
possible active moves by Spain to
cooperate with the Axis powers.
The State department announced
that representations had been
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Italians NAV
Boost Their
Greek Drive
Moves Expected To Result
From Conference OF Nazi
And Fascist Commands
MARSHALS HOLD MEET
May Put Pressure On Tur-
key To Allow Nazis To
Move On Dardanelles

ROME, Nov. 15-R-A big Of
fensive in the Mediterranean and
new impetus for Italy's campaign
in Greece we're expected in foreign
circles tonight to result from the
conference of the chiefs of the
German and Italian high COM
mand.
The meeting between German
Marshal General Wilhelm Keitel
and Italian Marshal Petro Bad
oglio today at Innsbruck was de-
scribed officially in a communi-
que as military conversations on
Joint conduct of the war" (This
paralleled a similar, cryptic an
nouncement in Berlin.)
Some usually = well = informed
sources predicted that pressure
would be made on Turkey to allow
German troops to spread their &C.
cupation from Rumania to the OAR
danelles in a drive against the
British at Suez and, beyond, in the
oil-rich Near East.
May Aid Italians
Others said German troops
might aid the Italians against
Greece through Yugoslavia OF Bull
garia or both.
Little progress has been report
ed here from Italy's newest front
and observers agree that the high
command is anxious to speed up
operations.
It has not been the policy Of the
Axis powers to let an offensive
lag. The Innsbruck staff talks
would be useful, in the view OF
foreign observers, if the italian
command had decided to accept
an offer of help from Germany.
It was pointed out, however, that
the Greek campaign is only one
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Cold Wave Moves Into Dixie States;
Low Of 26 Degrees Is Forecast Here
Classified Advertising
Is Praised By Realtor

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Is. -
up - Clarified advertising in
newspapers, the National AS
ISOLATION of Real Estate Boards
was told today, is by far the most
effective medium for real estate
advertising.
Kenneth S. Reyes. Miami real
tor, reported to the associations
brokers division that about two
thirds of real estate boards ques-
toned throughout the country
spent more than 20 per cent of
their annual advertising appro-
priations in the classified pages
of their local newspapers.
The survey indicated, he said,
that abount one.third of sales
commissions are traceable to
classified advertising.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L.. SIMPSON

The targic fate of ancient Coven-
try in England, trampled by a
rolling air barrage that left a
thousand dead and injured and I'm.
estimated destruction, might be a
foretaste of revised Nazi air strate.
gy in the west. Or it could be a
first German move to help Italy.
Similar heavy attacks on other
industrial <centers in England's
Workshop Midlands may follow,
night by night. They could have
a double purpose aside from the
damage they infict on military OBJ
jectives or public morale.
May Limit Air Power
To some extent they might serve
to limit the air power Britain can
spare from her beleaguered home
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
FIRES STARTED
From 100 Planes
Level Apartment Build
ings And Homes
IS NAILS DOWNED
Raging Fires AT Coventry
Serve AS Beacons To
Guide The Raiders

LONDON, Nov. 16. Saturday.
LP,-More than 100 Nazi warplanes
dropped explosives and fire bombs
on London early today, starting
scores Of fires, levelling apartment
buildings and homes, and burying
more civilians following the devas-
tating assault on Coventry Thurs
|day night in which 1000 were killed
or injured.
One whole block of apartments
caved in, Casualties were believed
heavy.
Sweating rescuers toiled in ruins
amid falling anti-aircraft shrapnel
and bomb explosions.
"Sand," went the cry from firemen
working their bucket brigades in
central London.
Worst Night
'"This is the worst night yet-at
least in numbers" n air raid war;
den said. IT just counted 80 heavy
bombers flying low in formation"
The attack grew more intense near
midnight when the raiders found gaps
in the low-hanging clouds curtain
ing the city. Several hours later the
clouds again obscured the city, but
hundreds of fire bombs, explosives
and bright flares whistled down.
Most of the fires in central Lon
don were extinguished quickly.
At least 10 Nazi planes were shot
down during the day and another
early last night to make a total bag
of 10, the British said.
Low-hanging rain clouds which had
curtained the city drifted away about
midnight, and the roar of explosives
increased then. Motorized ground
crews sped through bomb blasts and
the hail of anti-aircraft shrapnel to
dig in the ruins and control fires.
BeacOns
Still raging fires at Coventry serv.
ed as beacons to guide other raiders
back to the midlands, and a south
west sector also was under attack.
Britons counted more than 1000
casualties in blasted Coventry -
scene of the greatest single nights
carnage in Britain since the war be-
gan.
Aside from the attack on Coventry,
other areas likewise were hard hit.
A south coast town had it's longest
air raid of the war; 800 persons were
moved from damaged or threatened
bop,oe h,1t CO for &c coT16 he learn.
ed there was but a single casualty
A foul -year-old child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Greek Troops
On
Albanian Line
Capture Oh 700 Italian Sol
diers And Ten HEAVY
Guns Is Reported
FASCISTS RETREATING
British Air Force Destroys
Bridge On Highway
Leading To Koritza

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 16. -
Saturday-REThe capture of 700
Italian soldiers and 10 heavy guns
in a continuing Greek advance
along the 10O-mile Albanian battle
front was reported by the high
command early today. Both artil-
lery and air actions were described
as intense"
Greek pilots were declared to
have bombed Italian columns in
action and to have shot down three
Fascist planes against two Greek
losses.
Fascists Retreating
Summarizing the position brief
ly, a government spokesman said
the Italians were retreating a !
along the front, although remark
ing that quite serious battles"
were raging.
The Italian guns YER under.
stood to have been seized by the
Greeks in the recapture of an inn
portant hill; the prisoners in the
Kalamas river region.
In the sector near the coast the
Greeks declared the Italians had
been pushed back up against the
Albanian frontier in a retreat de-
scribed as reaching the proper
tons of a rout. This is one of the
few remaining points where the
Italians still are on Greek Sol
after 10 days of fighting.
Above this area in the Pindus
mountains, where the Greeks are
fighting on Albanian soil, advices
from the front said Greek noun
tain fighters had planted their ar.
tillery along the few good routes
of invasion which had been open
to the Fascists.
1t was in this rugged border
area the Greeks know so well that
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Plans For Adjournment
OF Congress Threatened

The Walter-Logan bill was pass
ed by the house in June by better
than a 2 to l vote, despite opposi-
ton from administration legisla-
tors. In general it would facili.
tate court review of decisions and
regulations of many New Deal
agencies, such as the labor board
and securities commission.
Additional democratic opposi-
ton to adjournment was threaten
ed by Senator Byrd O-Va.) and
others who believe that an ever
hauling Of taxes and appropria.
tons is essential in view of the i'm
creased cost Of the national de-
Tense program
Il shall vote against adjourn
ment Of congress at this Tune
Byrd said. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
PORT ATTACKED
Germans Claim Many Brit
ish Planes Driven Back
By Fierce Barrage
HOSPITAL HIT
Germany Says Successful
Raids Made On London's
Docks And Railways

BERLIN, Nov. 16. - Saturday.
R-Waves of British bombers at
tackled Hamburg, Germany's great
port, during the night but a majority
of them were unable to break
through German defenses to reach
the city proper or it's harbors, DNB,
German official news agency, report
ed early today.
The news agency said both anti
aircraft batteries and night-flying
German pursuit planes broke UP the
apparent British effort to carry out
a mass raid on the port city.
Run Into Barrage
The raiders swept in from the sea,
DNB said, only to run into such a
fierce barrage that most of them
turned back.
A comparatively small" number of
bombs was dropped over Hamburg,
but no military or w~ar-essential OBJ
jectives were hit, the news agency as;
serted.
The only place hit, it said was a
large hospital where it asserted a
number of persons were killed and
injured.
Two British raiders were declared
downed in flames.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Great Britain GarriSOnS
Crete, Mounts Big Guns

progress made since British troops
landed after Italy began war on
Greece.
We iound in the deep waters OF
SCUBA bay a protected harbor that
would hold the fleets of the world.
The eastern tip of the 150-mile'
long island is a scant ~ miles
from the nearest island Of the Ital'
ian-held Dodecanese group.
Since the British took over, the
towns of Crete have been subject
ed to repeated bombings by 1tal'
ian planes. While there had been
only two troop casualties, a score
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
by EDWARD

LAIpN
Britiat Egypt, Nov. 15.-T h e
bas Mlddle-Eastern command
gsrris Ill me space of a fortnight
abb ohed Crete with a consider
heavv iorce of troops, mounted
tensss suns, and has started de-
that works that promise to make
Of H. 1leek Island the Gibraltar
eastern Mediterranean.
first Im The British Undertaking at
an rnsano-returning today from
Genaa spection trip to Crete with
comnal Sir Archibald P. Wavell,
forcas in chief of British
decls IN the Middle East. Wavell
SAeo he was satisfied with the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
NAILS BOMB DOCKS

BERLIN, Nov. Is. (Saturday)-R
Turning from their raid or the
British midland city Of Coventry
Thursday night, Nazi w%arplanes yes
terday successfully bombarded"
London's docks, railways and war
plants, informed German sources said
early today.
One railway station in the center
Of London received several direct
hits, these sources said.
An airdrome at Maidstone also
was subjected to heavy attack, and
four British planes were shot down
during the day in dogfights, the
Germans claimed.
Coventry, whose factories form
part of British airplane industry,
was attacked by 500 planes which
dropped 10000 fire bombs and more
than 500 tons of high explosives,
German military sources reported.
Relays of bombers left behind IAN
ocean of flames that bathed every
one Of the city's airplane motor and
airplane accessory plants, both large
and small, informed Germans declar.
ed of their Thursday night attack.
Cnofiu,od nm PaUa TWn. Col ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina:-Fair Saturday and
Sunday, colder extreme east portion
Saturday.
meteorological data for the "A hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3O a. m. so; 1880 a. M. 40; l:3O p.
m. As; 7:3O p. NJ. 43; maximum SO; mini
mum 43: mean 10; normal SO.
Humidity
1:3O a. m. 80; 1880 a. m. "a; 1:S0 p
m. "a; 1880 p. m. 80.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1870 p. m.
oil inches; total since first of the
month 1.55 inches.
Tides For Today
(From TiGe Tables published by U. s.
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ----------- 10 :34a 5:22a
10:47p 6:Ap
Masonboro Inlet -------- SODA 2:O2a
8:26p 2:36p
Sunrise 6:46a; sunset 5 :0Sp; moonrise
6:38p; moonset 7:56a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c.,
at s a. M, November Is, ~ feet.
CONTINUED on Paafs Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
1000 Killed And Hurt
ASNaZiS Raid Coventry

place of Nazism. The British raid.
ed Munich Nov. 8 when Adolf Hit
Ter was addressing a party rally.
Smash City's Heart
Last night it was Coventry's turn
and German bombing planes, busy
from dusk to dawn, smashed the
heart out of this industrially i'm
portant city in Britain's smoky
midlands.
The British press association de-
clared, however, that the Germans
Continued on Page Three, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
BY AIRED w. WALL

COVENTRY, England, Nov. Is
-R-Coventry, chosen by the Ger
man high command for the most
concentrated aerial bombardment
of the battle of Britain, emerged
today from that scourge win at
least 1000 dead and wounded, not
counting unknown numbers trap
ped in her smoking wreckage.
Berlin dispatches quoting tn e
high command represented the as
sault as vengeance for the British
bombardment of Munich. birth
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Thomas VIM Appointed
District WPA Enginee,

RALEIGH, Nov. 15.-R-C. C.
McGinnis, WPA state administrator,
announced today appointment of
Thomas e. Winn as district engineer
and director of operations for district
No. 5, with headquarters in Winston
Salem. He formerly was field en-
gineer,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Three CONVICTED
ON ASSAULT COUNT
'room, Kelly And Sudbury
Zach Given Two-Year
Terms By Williams

Ernest Groom, David Kelly, alias
" Hu Keith, and Walter Sudbury,
e Mn negroes, We're found guilty Of a
alse OF assault on a female late
sesseraay afternoon at the closing
h s'0h Of the November criminal
.o,,n VI the New Hanover superior
use Clawson L. Williams SEN
,arvs each of the defendants to
t"o-year term in state prison,
weOhllhued on Page Three. Col. 81
Evening star., 1940-05-11
More Case Hurdeninq'
Concrete Uses Seen

Immediate application in garden
pools and other uses Is foreseen for
: method Of "case hardening" con-
crete which was developed in CO.
operation with the United States
Bureau Of Reclamation.
The method consists Of lining con-
crete forms with absorptive insulat-
Ing boards. Special boards for this
purpose are being used by the
Reclamation Bureau on the Parker
Dam project. Field tests have been
completed on the downstream face
Of Grand Coulee Dam. The product
Is being introduced commercially
throughout the country.
The new construction method
gives concrete greater resistance to
water passage.
Also the process will be used on
interior and exterior walls to pro-
vide q fine-textured surface that
VIII not need to be ground, stoned
Evening star., 1940-05-11

room hall, and q roof pitch steep
enough to accommodate the up
stairs rooms, usually As degrees.
"Dormer windows are desirable
but not mandatory feature. Ordi-
narily the position Of the stairway
is such as to require a rear dormer
to afford SUFFICIENT headroom at
the upper landing. This arrange
ments permits the addition of two
second floor bedrooms. The prin-
ciple design problem it presents is
the treatment of the rear dormer,
which Is likely to be very crude and
boxlike unless carefully handled.
Where the attic stairway is par
allel to the line of the ridge no rear
dormer is needed. While this is
undoubtedly the cheaper arrange
ment, it permits but one additional
room on the second floor, which
may not warrant the added cost of
the stairway"
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Inconspicuous
| Spot IS Best
| For Grille

It = one Of the joys Of this day
that radiators are no longer painted
bright gold and are not taking up
most Of the best wall space where
you want 70 place the grand piano Or
jutting Into the room under the big
living room window 10 it Is impos-
sible to arrange draperies to hang
properly. But there Is still room for
improvement.
Those neat little grilles up near
the ceiling In new houses which keep
the room 30 beautifully warmed and
aforementioned must they be
placed 70 they break the first wall
space that the eye rests upon as you
look into the room? Could they be
placed over the entrance to the nv-
Ing room or dining room 80 they are
over your head Is you look into the
room? Or could the room be
planned 80 that these grilles are .
part Of the design Of the room and
be used In pairs, or In inconspicuous
places2
It spoils = room to place . nice
mirror over q buffet in 4 wall space
especially planned for that and
have that grille Just "on center"
above the mirror. Now that the
mechanical devices are settled and
the efficiency Of the installation
proved, why not 60 one more step
and use this equipment intelligently
and artistically?.
The problem of anchoring curtain
rods and installing Venetian blinds
on steel easement windows is .
serious one for any but the profess
sional, 50 it Is good news to find on
the market q Venetian blind that
has several brackets made into 1t
80 that with one installation. that Of
hanging the blind. the window is
ready for cornice. valance. draperies
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Placement of Fixtures
In Kitchen Important

According to bulletin OF the Pro-
ducers' Council, the kitchen properly
planned for efficiency should embody
the correct placement Of the follow
ing four main areas:
/. The receiving area for food or
supplies, centering around the re-
frigerator and the necessary storage
cabinets.
2. The preparation and cleaning
area. the axis around which all
kitchen work revolves, centering
around the sink and storage cabi-
nets.
3. The cooking and serving area.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
German Children
See Hitler Triumphont

"The great future Of the Nazi
State" was the subject Of essays
written by children in a school near
Munich, Germany. when the Fuh-
rer is also Emperor of the Highlands
OF Scotland" wrote one pupil, ''the
day will come when our Fuhrer will
travel in triumph from London to
Glasgow and then on to Edinburgh. !"
Another predicted although Scot
land is a comparatively poor country
Evening star., 1940-05-11

Or coated with the conventional
plaster.
The use Of absorptive form lining
case hArdens" the surface OF the
concrete BY removing trapped air
and excess water. Eliminated are
the unMghtly pits which have
hitherto been virtually unavoidable
on formed concrete. The new
Evening star., 1940-05-11

our agricultural labors are un-
daunted and will make good from
the hard soil just as we will make
slaves of . hard people"
Evening star., 1940-05-11


In
andH
Of
NV Clifton
Evening star., 1940-05-11

This area consists Of the range and
storage cabinets Of correct type and
capacity.
4. The planning area. Here the
meals are planned, recipes stored
and groceries ordered.
Evening star., 1940-05-11

or curtains or . combination Of
three. This Is I great saving Ia time,
temper and money and also turns
out . window which for neAtness
and good handling looks 6 II It had
been done BY : professional.
Evening star., 1940-05-11

method not only improves the ap.
pearance, but also increases the re.
sistance to abrasion. weathering and
chemical attack.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
Do You WANT TO LOOK TALLER?

balance her face at its fullest point.
Though the hat was small and pert. its
rough straw and navy blue yelling
made it seem larger and more i'm
portant than its actual size A navy
blue pouch-bag was not actually large
in size, but it appeared so because of
full, loose gathering of the leather.
Virginia's hose were light-colored
sheers to give the appearance of "how
firm foundation" and to make the
most of pair of pretty legs. A baum
marten scarf fulfilled the need for a
short-haired fur and for important
length without bulkiness.
The results of a similar experiment
in grooming tall. large woman will be
the subject of next weeks article.