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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
REFUGEE VESSELS
COURSE DEFENDED
u
Barley Asserts American
Legion Selected Safest
Possible Route

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Rl-
Speaking for the state department,
Democratic Leader Barley (Ky)
told the senate late today that the
governments refugee transport,
American Legion, had selected the
"safest possible course" through
European war zones in returning
a group of refugees to this coun-
try.
Barley said that the state de-
partment informed him today that
the refugee ship was "some 900
miles west of the English coast and
now out of danger"
At the same time, the admins
tration spokesman Disputed state
ments made on the senate floor
that the route through mine and
submarine zones off England risk
ed Involving the United States in
war through possible disaster to
the refuge ship.
Yesterday Senator Bone ID
WASH protested that the "stub-
borness of one man" had risked
the lives of 900 persons aboard the
ship and possible involvement in
war. The senator said this man
was either the President or some
other high official.
Barley said he had obtained the
facts" from the state department
and had learned that the route Sc
lected was deemed the safest by
experts from the war, state and
navy departments. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
EGYPT CONTINUES
ANTI-WAR POLICY
Clings To Determination To
Keep Out OF Conflict Un-
less Italy Attacks

CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 81. - Up -
Egypt chung tonight to her determi-
nation to keep out of war with
Italy unless directly attacked or in
vaded.
Afr a four-hour debate on war
policies in the chamber of deputies
Premier Hassan Sabry Pasha told
the press that Egypt "halAors no
ill will against anybody" but added
that she will declare war if her
territory or her army is the object
of an attack"
The premier told the deputies
nothing has happened to change
the governments policy" of watch
full neutrality unless Egypt is di-
rectly invaded and attacked.
The premier's answer brought an
immediate demand for a debate on
war policy and there was cheering
from the public galleries. The gov
eminent deputies demanded that the
proceedings become secret, and the
public was excluded.
Marshal Rodolfo GRAHAM shifted
concentrations Of Italian troops
around the Bardia base, thirty miles
from the Egyptian-Libyan frontier,
again threatening the long-awaited
drive into Egypt.
Recent movements observed by
British patrols were believed intended
to refill big gaps ripped in supply
bases and communications lines by
the British naval Smelling. of Aug. II
and to reinforce and reform Italian
lines before undertaking the assault.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
Senate Downs
Plan To Draft
DefenseFunds
Clark Says Chamber May
Dodge Issue Now But
Must Face 1t Later
LEE OFFERS PROPOSAL
House Group Votes To In
crease Pay OF Enlisted
Men From $21 To $50

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-R-
On a constitutional point of order,
the senate squelched an effort to-
day to make the CONSUMPTION bill
draft money as we'll as men,
Whereupon Senator Clark O-Mo)
stormily asserted that the cham
Der might dodge" the issue now
but would be forced to vote upon
it later.
The question was raised in an
amendment by Senator Lee Cd
Okla) proposing that in time OF
war the President have power to
compel citizens to purchase, in &C
cordance with their means, gov
eminent bonds bearing low inter
est rates. Senator Ellender D-La)
challenged the proposal because
the constitution prescribed t h a t
revenue-raising legislation must
originate in the house. The. senate
after two hours of spirited debate
sustained Ellender, 81 to %.
Pay Increase Voted
The house military committee,
working on its version of the man.
power CONSUMPTION bill, voted to
increase the basic pay of army
enlisted men from $21 to $50. The
action was taken over the opposi-
ton of Chairman May O-Ky), who
said it would cost $500, 600, 900 and
that the White House was opposed
to it. :.
The committee defeated an
amendment to defer the draft until
the United States went to war. 1t
also deleted a provision u d e r
which men who were not called
into the army could be formed into
home defense units. Instead, it
stipulated that the units could not
be created until congress passed
legislation ordering such action.
(The bill before the senate would
require all men 81 to 80 years old,
inclusive, to register and become
liable for a years military train
ll1S. Liz 11OQoC SO1lllll1ClCC JILL Sdllo
for registration of all between Is
and 81, inclusive, with those be-
tween 81 and As liable for the
draft.)
Bases Discussed
Downtown, a group of high Of
ficials and army and navy officers
discussed with Attorney General
Jackson the legal aspects of &C.
curing offshore air and naval ase
sites from Great Britain. Specula-
ton was to the effect that, acting
on the precedent of Theodore
Roosevelt's establishment of a ma
val base at Guantanamo, Cuba, in
1908, the President might obtain
the sites by executive action, with
ut a formal treaty which would
require senate approval.
The congressional debates on
CONSUMPTION were accompanied by
a noisy demonstration outside the
capitol, in which a group of wo-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
By HOKE NORRIS

RALEIGH, Aug. z1.|RETh e
American Red Cross tonight re-
ported $500 flood sufferers home
less in northeastern North Caro-
Ii as the rebellious Roanoke riv-
er prepared { final last-stand as
sault before emptying its flood
waters into the sea.
A record-breaking 11-foot flood
is expected here early tomorrow
morning.
Anything that happens after that
crest is reached will be anti-clima-
tic for the river widens consider
ably below here, and Plymouth
the only remaining town which has
not borne the brunt of the crest
is believed safe from the rampag-
ing waters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
BRITISH SEEK WAR
ACCORD WITH U. S.
Would Embrace Defense OF
Canada And Other Pos
sessions In New World

LONDON, Aug. 21.-RNTh e
British government, evidencing
satisfaction at the Canadian
American discussions on mutual
defense, was reported by unofficial
but well-informed sources today to
be seeking a military alliance with
the United States.
Such an alliance, it was said,
would embrace the defense OF
Canada and other British posses
sions in the Western Hemisphere.
Also, and perhaps more i'm
portant, one source indicated, the
alliance would from the basis for
common diplomacy in the far east
at the conclusion of the European
conflict"
The unofficial circles comment
ing on such an alliance envisaged
the Canadian-American discus
sions on mutual defense as IN e
opening wedge is a British effort
to obtain a full military accord
between the United States and
Britain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
BRITISH PUSH
RADSO NMANY
GERMAN BASES
Residents Of English
Town Machine Gunned
During German Raids

LONDON, Aug. 21.-(R-The
air and home security ministries
said in a communique tonight
that the Inhabitants of one Eng
lish town were machine-gunned
today in one of a series of at
lacks by German aircraft operat-
ing singIy or in small numbers
in widespread attacks.
The living quarters of n
ryoal air force airdrome were
damaged, the comm Inique said,
by the raids which obviously
chose airfields as their favOrite
target. A few casualties were
reported, including some fatali-
ties.
Seven German planes were Of
ficially reported shot down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
SHIFT IN ENGLISH
CABINET FORECAST
Elimination Oh Chamber.
lain And Others Under
Fire Is Anticipated

LONDON, Aug. 21.-R- "A new
sitting of the British cabinet that
win eliminate Neville Chamberlain
and others under increasing fire for
the past years cataract of disas-
tiers" was predicted in well-inforrned
political quarters tonight, on the eve
of a two-weeks' adjournment of par
lament.
These are the men upon whom
there is speculation:
Chamberlain, now lord president of
the council, because he was wrong
about -appeasement and is accused
increasingly of failure to prepare
adequately while he was prime min.
lister for the total war which burst
upon Europe this spring.
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax,
because Britain virtually is isolated
automatically, except for the United
States, and is making no observable
progress toward rapprochenent with
Soviet Russia.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir
Kingsley Wood, criticized for MAX
ing a "timid'' war budget when
Britons were demanding that every
resource be utilized.
Alfred Duff-Cooper, minister of in
formation, under criticism for weak
propaganda activity in Spain.
Herbert Morrison, minister of sup
ply. Today, in the house of COM
mons, the sale of Iranian oil to ia
pan by a British company was under
fire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
Says.Attacker
Was Member
Red Police
Efforts To Save Life After
Attack In His Mexico
City Home Fail
ASSAILANT IDENTIFIED
Old Bolshevick Tells Secre-
tarv Man Who Killed Him
OGPU Or Fascist

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 21.-R-
Leon Trotsky died tonight after
whispering an accusation that his
pickax assailant 'tmost likely was
a member of the OGPU, Soviet Sc
cret police.
A savage attack by a confident
felled the 60-year-old guiding gen
Jus of the Russian revolution in his
home late yesterday. An emergen-
cy operation and administration OF
oxygen were futile. He died at 7:25
o. m. Central standard time( be-
fore brain surgeons from the Unit
ed States could reach him by char
tered plane. =.
Attacker Identified
The attacker was identified by
police as jacques Mortar Vanden-
dreischd, 36-year-old native of Iran.
Bodyguards beat him off from the
assault but not until he had driven
the ak into the exiled revolution
lists skull.
Scene of the attack was Trotsky's
f~ortress-like residence in the near
by village of Coyoacan, where a
machine-gun attack on Trotsky
failed last May.
Only hours before he died, the
old Bolshevik was quoted as muir
muring to his secretary that this
time it is the end' and that he was
sure his assailant twas a member
of the OGPU or a Fascist - most
likely the OGPU."
Mrs. Trotsky was at her hus-
bands side at the end, together
with attending physicians-some OF
Mexico's most noted surgeons.
The exile dide just 5 minutes
before DR.. Walter Dandy, noted
Baltimore brain surgeon. was to
have left Baltimore by plane to
operate on him.
Assailant In Hospital
In the same hospital with Trot-
sky was his assailant, under treat
ment for minor injuries suffered
at the hands of the Russians body
guards.
Within the three-hour period be-
fore Trotsky died hospital bulletins
had shown a steady weakening of
his condition.
His heart, overworked for hours,
finally began to weaken, his tenn
perature fluctuated wildly, and his
breathing became less rapid and
less regular.
Joseph Hansen, Trotsky's secre-
tary, told of the wounded mans
declarations. Hansen said the gen.
JUS of the Bolshevist revolution al
so gave him this political tesla
ment:
"Please say to our friends that
T am sure of the success of the
fourth international. Go forward"
Hansen, in a telephone call to
New York, was quoted by James
P. Cannon, secretary of the Social
ist workers party, as saying that
Trotsky told him: II will not sur
vive this attack. Stain has finally
accomplished the task he attempt
ed unsuccessfully before.'D
Girl Questioned
While this was going on, police
questioned a Brooklyn, N. Y. girl
CONTINUED on Page Ten: Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
Red Cross Reports $500 Homeless
In Flood-Swept Northeastern NC

err communities includes: Prince
vile $50, Rocky Mount 120,
Roancke Rapids 200 and Martin
county 375.
Lieut.. B. H. Brallier of Norfolk,
Va, in charge of coast guard
rescue activities on the river, ex-
pr -sed the opinion tonight that
'fwe've got everybody o. of the
danger areas.
"But we are going to stay here
until we are sure that everything
that can be done has been done"
he added.
No deaths have been attributed
to the river in this section, but
five persons were drowned earlier
this week in the upper reaches,
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
Tobacco HOldS2Oc Price
AndO fferingsAreI1eavy
Rivera Is Fearful OF
Attempt On His Life

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.-
R-Diego Rivera, Mexican mu-
ralist, theorized today all attempt
might be made OH his lift, now
that Leon Trotsky, whom he be-
friended, has fallen victim of an
attacker.
II have to expect something"
Rivera said, although L have
had no connections with Mr..
TrOtsky for some time. L have
a feeling that something will be
DONE"
Mrs. Mona Hoffman, Rivera's
secretary, said the muralist
hencefeorth would be accom-
panied by trusted friends" but
that he would continue his work
before crowds at the Golden
Gate exposition.
On a scaffOld rs feet above the
ground level, Rivera works long
hours OIL a big mural for San
Francisco State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
Funds Are Appropriated
To Repair Power Plant

RALEIGH, Aug. 21.-R-Gover-
nor Hoey's council Of state today ap-
propriatel $$39,332 from the emer-
gency and contingency fund to re-
pair the flood-disabled power plant
at APPALACHIAN State Teachers col
lege at Boone.
The college was the only state in
stitution to be seriously damaged by
floods, Hoey said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
D. R. SELECTING
DEFENSE COUNCIL
Is Busy Lining Up Ameri-
can Representatives On
Canadian-U. S. Board

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 81.
lR-President Roosevelt kept his
direct telephone line to Washington
busy today, lining up the United
States representatives on a Cana
dian-American defense board.
He arranged to leave for the
capital by special train late today
and expected to announce the
names of the board members at
the White House tomorrow.
CONSUMPTION legislation, the pro-
posed sale Of U. S. destroyers to
England, and the leasing of naval
and air base sites in British pos
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 6)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
r. Everett Elected
Penderlea School Head

BURGAW, Aug. 21.-The Fender
lea school board, meeting last night,
elected T. R. Everett, of Seaboard,
to the principalship of the school,
replacing S. c. Hawfield, who has
resigned to become state supervisor
of the WPA educational project.
Mr.. Everett has been in charge of
the Seaboard school for the past IS
1yoorc
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
WEATHER

yo.. FORECAST
day a IN o1arollna: Partly cloudy Thurs
The m "mu Friday, scattered showers in
F mountains Friday.
eDdina .eo9fological data for the "a hours
LOU p. m. Yesterday.
1.eo Temperature
m 81 81 d; m; II; 7:3O a. m. So; 1:3O D.
mininn,m' i So p. m. IS; maximum 80;
90; mean IS; normal II.
La Humidity
Al II 7;5O p. m. 60. =
Toto, Precipitation
mona o.al Tor "A hours ending 7:3O o. M.
1903 total since first of the month,
Tides For Today
W!ilmino+o. High Low
s'on ----------- 12:17a 7:35a
Nssonboro 1n,et 12:41p sop
Sunriso 1O:31p 1922
Use 9' Use o:S8a; sunset e:51p; moon
-p' moonset Gaia.
"'ntlnued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-22
Tides For Today

"n'inued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
COL. PENDLETON
NAMED TO TAKE
M'MULLEN'S POST
PRESENT c. A. INSTRUCTOR
OF NEW YORK NATIONAL.
GUARD WILL REPORT HERE
ABOUT JULY is

Lieut.. Col j. d. MacMullen,
commander of the harbor de-
lenses here, today informed The
Citizen concerning his successor
who will take over after he
leaves for his new post as in
structor of Coast Artillery of the
National Guard of New York.
Col. Louis L. Pendleton, pres
ent senior instructor of Coast
Artillery of the New York Ma
tional Guard, will be the new
commandant at Key West bar
racks, the transfers, therefor, be-
in the nature of a swap.
Col. Pendleton received his full
coloners commission in 1886. He
is a native of Tennessee. grad
uating from Cumberland Univer-
sity and U. S, Military Academy
in 1908 He also graduated from
the Advanced Coast Artillery
School at Fort Monroe and from
the Commanders and General
Staff school at Fort Leaven-
worth, and received temporary
advanced ratings during the
World War. He has been on his
present duty for the past five
years.
Col Pendleton is expected to
arrive in Key West on or about
July 10Th. 49,, -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
JOSEPH SCHENCK
INDICTED TODAY
FILM HEAD CHARGED WITH
INCOME TAX EVASION
AND FRAUD

LOS ANGELES. June B.
Joseph NJ Schenck, head Of 10th
Century-Fox Film Company. to-
day was indicted in Federal
Court here on charges OF income
tax evasion and tax frauds, in
GLIDING mIS;nformation given TO
federal investigator.
If the indictments hold and
Schenck Is sentenced on all
counts. ne is liable for prison
terms totalling 167 years and
fines OF $50, 900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
SEC. WALLACE
FAVORS CHAINS
SAYS MARKETING METHODS
AID FARMERS WITH ECO
NOMICAL MEASURES

WASHINGTON. d. c. June ,
FNS).-Henry Wallace. U. S sec
rotary Of agriculture. told The
congressional committee holding
hearings on the Patman Chain
Store Bill that stadies have IN
dictated the food chains nave
been able 10 introduce q number
of economies into the marketing
system" and that greater eff
cheney and lower costs IN the
marketing Of farm products are
OF great importance 20 the farm
er and the consuming public"
IN the current hearings on MS
bin. Congressman Pstmzn has
stood practically alone IN ms a.
tempt % eliminate the chain
stores from the American scene
Labor groups. farm organic
tons. manufacturers consumers
and public officials have senf
representatives 70 oppose the
Pafman Bill
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
FDR URGES CUT in
FEDERAL SALARIES
TEN PERCENT SUGGESTED;
AFFECTS HIGHER
BRACKET
(By Associated PreSsD

WASHINGTON, June s.
President Roosevelt today sug-
gested that a general ten percent
salary reduction be passed
by the Congress to take eff
feet on all higher-bracket sal
aries, including senators and
representatives.
The savings effected. he stat
ed. would be totalled and passed
on to the credit of the national
defense program
Administrator Carmody. of
WPA and PWA, today was con-
sidering plans. advanced by the
administration. to turn all relief
labor to the defense program
This would mean that all prof.
ects now under construction
throughout the nation that had
no connection with defense
would be terminated temporar-
lily. while new projects In line
with the army and navy expan-
sion program would be made UP
and all labor assigned to the new
work
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03

WHAT AMERICA IS
Preparedness Speeded Up
DOING in This WAR
OBy Associated Pressl
NATIONAL DEFENSE

The National Defense Commits
sion of the United States, named
by President Roosevelt, will con-
centrate all its efforts on speed
ing up the nations preparedness
program for the present. Al
though the commission has an
other task that it may be called
on to perform, only events of the
future will determine the extent
of the second part of its work.
The commission will exercise
its power over industry and la
Dor without any strings, it ap-
pears. The President has given
the members general ideas to
follow but will leave the actual
performance of those plans up to
the body. Even the Republicans
will be surprised at the leeway
the President is giving these
men to whom he has a great de-
gree of personal confidence. a
Washington official stated. "All
he wants is results.
The purpose of the group, as
they appear now, are: Bring es-
sential industries under co-ordin-
ated control; speed up their out
put; distribute orders for supplies
among concerns best fitted to
meet them expeditiously; prevent
waste, graft, duplication and de-
lay; get speed and economy
through mass action.
Z Second job of the commission
composed of experts in indus
try, labor and government, will
be to place American economy
into the picture after the war. il
it is over quick. Should the con-
fllct drag on. the members will
be faced with a crisis in agricuI-
ture, which will involve the
tOuchy problem of price-fixing
and feeding Europe'S war-torn
masses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
INTERNAL DEFENSE

Martin Dies. Texas Democrat
and chairman of the Dies I'm
American Committee, has urged
President Roosevelt to form a
Council of Internal Defense. The
President has taken the SuggeS-
ton under consideration.
The public will have a chance
to help the country in this time
of national preparedness if the
council is formed. Americans
would be called upon to watch
and pass on to the council infor-
nation concerning fifth column
activities in the United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
MACHINISTS HERE
FOR STATION SHOPS
TEN MEN ARRIVE TO WORK
UNDER LIEUT.. w. J.
MURPHY

Preparations are now going
forward fer further opening of
the naval station in Key West.
All of the shops in the station
are to be opened on a full-time
industrial basis as announced on
May 81.
Lieutenant w. J. Murphy. con-
struction corps, U.S.N., of the
planning office in Charleston,
has been here for two weeks
awaiting the arrival of machin-
lists and other classes of work
men to place the station on an
industrial basis.
Yesterday 10 of the machiniSts
and others arrived over the high
way from Charleston navy yard
and Pensacola anu reported for
duty this morning: They are E.
p. Poe, leading machiniSt; Claude
E. Davis. John K. Austin Frank
H. Robertson and George r.
Reid. machiniStS; Arthur V. Neb-
lett and Leonard J. Blackwell.
shipfitterS; James NJ Birming-
ham, Shipwright; Thomas Marks.
Jr.. pipefitter, and Julius II. Sey-
mOur. Welder.
Mr.. Seymour was here for
some time when the finger piers
were being constructed in the
naval station and knows many
residents in the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
BICYCLE THIEVES
In COUNTY JAIL

Leo Parker and Francisco Sofa
were arrested last week and plac-
ed in the county Jail. charged
with the theft of bicycles, parts
of which they had on a truck and
were offering for sale two de-
tached wheels, which are now in
the sheriffs keeping at the coun-
ty courthouse.
The attention of Chief Deputy
Sheriff Bernard Waite and Off
Ger Franklin Arenberg was call
ed TO their actions and they went
after the men and made the cap
ture and placed them in the coun-
ty jail They viii be given pre-
hminary hearing this afternoon
before Peace Justice Enrique Es-
quinaldo. Jr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-03
ALLIES NOT AFRAID
OF TALY'S ENTRY
MUSSOLINI WILL ADDRESS
GRAND COUNCIL To-
MORROW

LONDON. June 3.-British and
French observers here were con-
fident that they could cope with
Italy's expected entry into the
war on the side of the Nazis. an
nOuncement of which was ex-
pected at any time.
MussOlini will address a meet
ing of Italy'S grand council to-
morrow in Rome. and many
think that the declaration will be
made at that time.
Word came from Rome today
that MusSolini had postponed
the Rome Worlds Fair which was
to have been held this summer.
British experts declared that
Italy would prove a thorn in the
Allies side" during initial en-
gagements upon entry into the
war. but that shortage of re-
serves would wear her out TO the
point where. in possibly two or
AAAANI AAAOllAA&1s NlAE A4dAADlA AO4A4
be forced to fall back to defense
of the country entirely
1t is conceded that Italy's
planes would help Hitler ma
terially. though the original con-
lecture that MuSsOlini would
send many of the known 1900
planes in first or sec0nd-class
condition, TO aid Hitler in the
campaign against England. was
abridged to make If appear that
the air-force would be used IN
south-France campaigns almost
entirely. with possible forsys into
British African cOun-
tries, including Egypt. and the
SueZ canal