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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
Cooper Urges
Probe OF Vote
Drive Charges
s,vs Semi Officials Using
State Funds To Campaign
For Broughton
WIRES FRANK DUNLAP
Cubernatorial Front Quiet
Elsewhere With Vote
But One Week Away
Nv The Associated Press

Thomas E. Cooper, a democratic
candidate for Governor of North
raro1ina, last night called for an
@tficial investigation of his charges
Mat highway and prison "seml-of-
~ficiaIs' we're using state funds to
campaign for one of his democratic
onnonents. J. M. Broughton, Raj
pigh attorney.
Cooper, the mayor of Whining
,on said he had sent a telegram
demanding the investigation to
Frank L. Dunlap, chairman Of the
;tste highway and public works
| commission.
Broughton declined to comment.
Dunlap was travelling on business in
South Carolina and was not reach
Jed
Charges False Propaganda"
Cooper alleged that the semi
officials were putting out false
PROPAGANDA" about him and were
campaigning for Broughton. Using
states gasoline, states automo-
Ebiles, states time and state ex-
|oenSe accounts, while doing So
He said in Winston-Salem he had
sent this wire to Dunlap:
Approaching your letter of
weeks ago stating you would make
special endeavor to keep high
way and prison departments out OF
politics and thereby promote eff
ciency, l call upon you at this time
10 forthwith and Immediately make
i1v~estigation of all high ranking
prison and highway semi-officials
who are putting out false propagan-
da that | will denote or fire super
lntendents of prison camps, road
tremen and guards.
You know that l introduced and
was instrumental in effecting pas
Ssge OF law giving state employees,
highway employees, prison emplo-
eeS and school teachers a 20 per
cent increase in pay as a member
Of the general assembly in 1885
when you were director of the bud
get"
These semi-officials not only
ire putting out propaganda but
eoVertlSing matters for my oppon-
eAt J. M. Broughton, using states
gasoline, states automobiles,
Aa'es time and state expense &C
counts while doing So"
with renewed expression of my
Oellef IN your desire to keep the
Continued on Page Tenn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
Ciano Says Italy Awaits
HerSaylnEuropeanW War
IRA Claims Its Bomb
Sank Troop Transport

BELFAST, Northern Ireland,
May 49, up "A secret radio
station of the outlawed Irish
republic army broadcast the as
sertiOn today that British troop.
ship carrying $500 men was
sunk on the way to the Skager-
rak by explosives placed by
the IRA.
The broadcast was announced
by street posters.
1t said the ship was on its way
from Hull, England, when blown
W.
The broadcast further declared
RIA bombs had damaged a Brit
ish ammunition factory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20

day night, said the raids extend.
ed from Hamburg in the north
to Sedan, France, in the south.
More than 300 bombs were
dropped on oil depots at Bremen,
and similar establishments at
Hamburg were said to have been
bombed from s p. m. Friday to
Saturdays dawn. Road and
rail bridges across the Meuse
river also we're reported heavily
damaged.
Still other targets were air.
dromes, troop columns and road
and rail functions.
The air ministry said that at
least 20 German planes were
shot down by British fighters
ranging the western front and
Germany's western interior, and
that r.. A. F. b0mbers had de-
Continued on Page Tenn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
j. s. Foreign.
By Lindbergh
Calls For End OF 'Hyster-
ical Chatter OF Calamity
And Invasion
ASKS DEFINITE PLAN
Declares Cooperation OF
Americas Would Make
Air Defense Simple

WASHINGTON, May 19- Up -
Calling for an end to "hysterical
chatter of calamity and invasion"
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh told
the American people tonight that
they need have no fear of attack
unless they bring it ON through
%quarreling and meddling with affairs
abroad.
The cooperation of western hemi-
sphere nations would make simple
the air defense of America, the coun-
try's best known flier declared in
an address prepared for a nation
wide (CBS) broadcast.
Criticizes New Deal
By implication Colonel Lindbergh
sharply criticized administration
foreign policies.
Without specific mention of Presi-
dent R~oosevelt's recent recommen-
dation to congress that the nation
plan for an air force Of $4,000 planes
he said:
Until we have decided upon a
definite policy of defense, the mere
construction of large numbers of air
craft will not be adequate for our
national safety"
I'VE need a greater air force q
greater army, and a greater navy;
they have been inadequate for many
years. the famous tlier added.
Let us form with our neighbor-
ing nations a clear cut and definite
policy of American defense. But
above all, let us stop this historical
chatter of calamity and invasion
that has been running rife these last
rev days. 1t is not BETTING to the
people who built this nation"
Attacks Course
Colonel Lindbergh contended that
the course we have been following
IN recent months leads to neither
strength mol friendship nor peace"
1T will leave us hated by the vic
tor and vanquished alike, regard.
less of which way the tide of battle
turns. One side will claim that we
aided its enemies; the other, hat we
did not help enough"
Regardless of which side wins
this war;" he said, there is no reas-
on, aside from our own actions, to
prevent a continuation of peaceful
relationships between America and
the countries of Europe.
IF we desire peace, we need only
top asking for war. No one wishes
to attack us, and no one is in a
position to do So"
Colonel Lindbergh voiced his views
IN aerial defenses two days after
the President, in a message stress
ing "the possibility of attack on vi
tai American zones" submitted to
congress a request for $1,182, 600, 900
for arms.
He spoke on the eve of the 18th
anniversary of the start of his fam
GUS New York-to-Paris flight.
An Asset.
In Europe, he said, the develop
ment of air power had affected Eng
land adversely and Germany advan-
%tageously. For America, he continu-
ed, aviation was an asset, adding
to her national safety.
Advising cooperation with neigh
Dor nations SO that South American
bases couln be usen for defensive
Continued on Page Ten)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
CLAIM ALLIES LOSING
GROUND ON ALL FRONTS AND
SUFFERING MANY CASUALTIES
Calls W0rkmen
For Warplane Industry

LONDON, May 19-R)-Great
Britain urgently called skilled
Workmen for her warplane in.
dustry today and transferred TO-
600 children from eastern and
southern coastal towns.
Back of both moves was the
fear of aerial blitzkrieg from
German bases just across the
North sea in conquered territory
of the Netherlands and Belgium.
Britons found tentative COM
fort in the lack of any official
acknowledgement of further
withdrawal on the Belgian front.
A morning communicate from
general headquarters announced
simply that "the British front
held firmly yesterday in the
face of strong enemy pressure"
The air ministry, giving
further details of previously re.
ported forays over Germany Fri
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
FORMED

NEW YORK, May 19.-R-For-
nation of a committee to defend
America by aiding the Allies" was
announced tonight by William Allen
White, chairman. The Kansas City
editor said hundreds of influential
Americans had accepted membership,
among them former Secretary of
State Henry L. Stimson, Gov. Her
bert H. Lehman of New York, Col.
Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, and
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi-
dent of Columbia university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
GERMANS TAKE FORT
Area Given To Belgium
After World War Rein
corporated Into Reich
BRITISH BOMB TANKS
GERMANY

BERLIN, May 19.-(AP)
The Allies, under heavy Ger
man pressure, were said to-
night to be losing ground all
along the Belgian and French
fronts, having yielded more
than 100, 900 prisoners and
suffered heavy casualties.
AS Adolf Hitler's mighty
war machine rolled south
ward into France and vest
ward toward the North Sea
coast facing England, Nazi
military experts were elated
particularly by capture of
Fort sos" in the Maginot
line.
=, Seizure Reported
Seizure of the fortification
Gin the fight northwest of
was reported in
the high commands COM
munique.
DNB, official German news
agency, described the forti-
fication as one of Frances
strongest and indicated it
was taken by storm.
Attacking Germans threw
their full force at the fort
despite heavy defense fire,
.DNB said, in contrast to the
sudden German capture of
Fort Eben Emael in Belgium
by use Of a new, secret
weapon.
(Montmedy, west Of
Frances frontier with Lux
embourg, is in a fortified
belt north of the Maginot
line which, the Allies say,
ends at Luxembourg.)
Erases Dictate"
Hitler, meanwhile, erased another
Versailles dictate" by reincorporat-
ing into Germany the Eupen-Mal-
medy-Moresnet territory lost to Bel
GUM in the World war settlement.
The high command, reporting ris-
ing numbers of Allied prisoners and
increasing quantities of captured
war booty. declared that up to now.
not counting the Dutch army, pris-
oners number no. 900 and countless
artillery up to 28-centimeter Q1-inch)
guns have been captured"
Allied losses also have been heavy,
DNB said, particularly because OF
air and tank attacks on ~retreating
columns. On the other hand, it re-
ported, German losses during the
lightning advance have been "rela-
lively SMALL
In contrast to the World war
when, in the same area, positions
were open and fought over for
weeks, the agency explained, in this
Continued OH Page Ten
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20

CHICAGO, May 19.-(R-The
Chicago board of trade today
pegged grain prices to halt the
plunge that sent wheat down
about 30 cents in six days as
German armies crashedd reough
defense lines in Holland. etgium
and France. -
Tn an emergency move with
few precedents in modern MS
tory, the market acted at the
governments request to stop the
precipitate price fall, which has
reduced the potential market
value of this years wheat crop
by around 5000, OO0, 900 at present
figures. r.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PEGS GRAIN
PRICES TO HALT PLUNGE IN EXCHANGE

Corn - May SO "a, July SO,
September So 1-2, December 81
"a.
Oats-May 81 IL, July 80 Ia.
September 81.
Rye-May 43 IL, July "A IL,
September 46 IL.
Soy beans-May 81 34, July
SO IL, October H..
Other grain exchanges in the
nation took similar action. The
Kansas City board of trade an.
nounced that wheat and corn
prices would be pegged at Sat
urday's closing levels there.
,(Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
formal statement which

in a formal statement which
said:
"The directors at a special
meeting today, in compliance
with the request Of Henry A.
Wallace, secretary of agricul-
ture, ordered that beginning at
the opening of trading, Monday
morning, May 20, and effective
until further notice, there shall
be no future trading in wheat,
corn, oats, rye or soy beans OH
any day at prices below the fol-
lowing minimums:
Wheat-May 10, July IS IL,
September 70 Ia, December 79
II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
D. R. Says Peace Hopes
Rest On Liberal Policies
Cannon Wants u. S. To
Declare War On Nazis
kICHMUND, Va, May ~

KICHMUND, Va, May ~
Bishop James Cannon, Jr.,
of the Methodist church made
public here today all open letter
to Secretary of State Hull urg-
ing that he use his great influ-
ence with the President and con-
gress to declare war against Hit
Ter and his fellow mOnSt"rs.'
Declaring that some things
were more precious than peace
and that there could be no
permanent peace unless and un-
til justice and Righteousness pre-
VAIL" Bishop asserted defense
of the oppressed and of human
rights was sometimes both neces-
sary and christian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
Directors voted to prohibit

Directors voted to prohibit
trading in grain futures at prices
below closing levels Saturday,
whenrWheat tumbled 10 cents a
busheI in one of the most sensa-
tional collapses of the price
structure since the World war.
The. "Black Saturday session
was the third time within a
week that wheat dropped the
full 1O-cent limit permitted by
market rules in one day OF
trading.
Announcement of the action
was made by Fred H. Clutton,
secretary of the board of trade,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
WEATHER

FORECAST
o avfh Carolina: Partly cloudy, not
t r~,e So warm in north central and ex-
" cloudy.
eD neurological data for the "a hours
s ''M p, m. Yesterday.
I.eO Temperature
m ''S sy a. m. IS: 7:30 a. m. 6S; 1:30 p
lini NJ, ';SO p. nt IA; maximum 81
'"'''l'om So; meat 70: normal p.
19o Humidity
IN ig' a: m. Sc: 7:3O a. m. "a; 1:30 p
~ II; ';3O p. m. Il.
To.o, Precipitation
rt1 s,'' lof a hours ending 7:30 p. m.
Op 1olal since first of the month
Tides For Today
Wlm;r. High Low
'sIoh -- S:39a 3:33a
Nasonboro rDle+ s:a5p S S:aer
gSf s.5sa 5:O7a; sunset FLOP; moon
'-'p' moonset 4:27a.
/, IhnnssdaalNGT0N. May 1s-R-weath-
f8fnfsainf 4a records of temperature and
Station '0' 'he a hours ending 8 p. m.
AeL IIs~L Dane
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20

Want-Ad Results
Are Produced
Every Day 80.

Thousands of dollars, during
the curse of a year, have
been added to the income Of
those people who rely on the
Star and News Want Ads to
rent vacancies or sell used,
damaged or discarded merchan-
disc.
If you haven't been using
Want Ads consistently for your
Renting and Selling-start to-
day. You'll be pleasantly sur
prised at the results you can
obtain through Star and News
Want Ads at such little ex-
penSe
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20

Continued on Page Ten)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
NAzIS KEEP 'HAND50FF'
 ITALY WAR
Turns Attention from Cree ian Front 10 Watlh-
 ing Turkey Now
(By Associated Press)

Germany has declared a hands off policy in Italy's fight on Greece, well informed sources said tonight.
 It is said that Germany may now be expected to make a thrust at Turkey and the Dardenelles.
 The informed sources said only a few German troops are now in Ru- mania and none are in Bulgaria all thought previous reports placed the estimated number of German soldiers in the Balkans at ,250 ,000.
 Germany is said, according to other sources, intent only on keeping Turkey from entering the war on the side of Greece.
 Meanwhile, according to all of ficial and unofficial dispatches, the Greeks are sweeping the Italians back everywhere by bayonet charges and the Italians are attempting to turn toward the Adriatic Sea in their retreat from the winter-gipped battle areas
 A cold rain has drenched the val leys and lowlands, impeding opera tions on most fronts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
ELECTION EXPENSES
 Up, QUIZ
Grand Jury Will Hear All Officials of National
 Political Bodies

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-Attor- ney General Jackson announced to- day that officials of all national political parties, their committees and their records of contributions and expenditures will be called be- fore the Federal Grand Jury in connection with an investigation oi alleged violations of the election laws
 The Attorney General said a special grand jury will convene hert December 3 on the order of Chiei Justice Alfred Wheat of the Dis trict Court of the District of Col umbia.
 Maurice Milligan, Federal District Attorney from Kansas City is here on special assignment to inves- tigate election complaints and pre- sent evidence before the jury.
 Numerous reports have been re- ceived by Jackson that the $3,000,- 0OO limit fixed for campaign expen- ditures by the Hatch Act was vio- lated or eVaded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
Sudden Conference Called by President Early
 This Morning
LAB0R'S RELAT!0N IN
 EMERGENCY DISGUISED
Curbing of Strikes is Ore Point Taken Up-Baruth
 Is af White House

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-Presi- dent Roosevelt suddenly called his National Defense advisers into a conference this morning for a dis cussion of strikes in National De- fense industries.
 The President called Secretaries of War and Navy, Stip}son and Knox; Attorney General Jackson and Sidey Hillman, labor member of the Defense Commission into . conference, which began at 10 o'clock this forenoon to discuss labor relation to the National Defense plans, including strikes, etc.
 After luncheon today, the Presi- dent went into a conference with Bernard Baruch, New York indus triaIist and Chairman of the War Industries Board during the World War
 At the Capitol, members of the House Judiciary Committee gathered at the call of Chairman Summers to consider possible legislation that might be enacted to curb strikes on defense projects.
 Representative E. E. Cox of Geor- gia, proposes to outlaw all strikes during the emergency period and fixing drastic penalties He declares labor racketeers' are responsible for the strikes now prevailing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
WdrpIdnes Drop Bombs on Vital German Bases
 During NightFIighfs THREE IMPORTANT
 PORTS ARE RAIDED
Destruction of Merchant Shipping Extensively
 Cut Down Now
(By ASSOCIATED PREss)

Great Butains Royal Air Force has struck widespread blows in the drive to smash the weapons in the Nazi sea blockade, the British air Ministry reports today, while in the Balkan war, the Greeks are report ed to have captured Progradetz, 30 miles inside Albania
 The British Air Ministry said the RAF warplanes. flying in dense fog last night, bombed the German naval bases at Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg and also attacked De- mok, seaplane base, and other Nazi airdromes
 Simultaneously, the London Ad- miralty noted evidence of the coun- ter campaign and said that during the week ending November IT only IT British, Allied and neutral mer- chant ships, totalling 5000 tons, had been lost in enemy action. This is approximately two thirds of the weekly average since the German blockade was intensified last May
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
CLOSED SAFETY PIN REMOVED,
 CH!LD'S LUNG
Baby from PribiIof Islands, Taken 10 Tacoma, Sue-
 eessfuIIY Operated On

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 26 = By swallowing a safety pin, 17-months- old Erena Miskikn, was sent on a 2.500-mile trip to Tacoma from the Pribilof Islands.
 The safety pin has been removed from the baby's lung by Dr. A. w. Howe who said the operation was successful and the child will he released from the hospital within a couple of days.
 Dr. Howe said he worked four hours with bronchoscope, the smallest he had ever used, to grasp the inch long pin lying on the child's right lung.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
lord ROlherMere
 Dies in Bermuda

LONDON. Nov. 26--Lord Rother- mere, 72, British publisher, who. with his brother, the late Lord Northcliffe, revolutionized England's traditional method of presenting the daily news, died today in Bermuda, according to dispatches received here.
 Rothermere was born at Harold Harmsworth and left England last May on a special war mission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
 Arinisti(e
 Rejetfed
British Pri m e Minister Turns Down Suggestion
 in Darkest Hour"
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
 The British censor has passed

The British censor has passed at the LCndon cffice an Asso- oiated Press dispatch saying that these are Great Britain's darkest hours" since the battle Of Flanders last May.
 In the House Of Commons, Prime Minister Churchill said he has rejected the suggestion that an attempt be made 10 ar range Christmas armistice.
 Churchill also said that the British Government has made a bid fer Bulgaria to remain neu- tra' and promising that Great Britain will strive to insure Bal garia's integrity and independ- ance in any eventual peace set- tlement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
CONFIRMED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. The Senate this afternoon confirmed the nomination of Harry Mills to be Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board He succeeds J. Warren Madden, resigned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
NEW T0NGASS FOREST
 MAP IS DISTRIBUTED

A new map of Tongass Nation al Forest, showing Southeast Alaska in detail from Dixon Entrance to White Pass. is now being distribut- ed by the Forest Service here.
 The map is much more com plete in it's details than a 1929 map of similar appearance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
HOUSING ACUTE

The housing situation is so acut in Anchorage that the annual Fur Rendezvous may not be given this winter, although the Chamber of Commerce is working on plan of curtailing entertainment and con centrating on the fur sale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
10 NOW 60 UNDER
 CIVIL SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Nov 26-Presi dent Roosevelt. today signed the Ramspeck bill, passed by Congress, authorizing him to cover into the Civil Service approximately 100000 employees of Federal emergency agencies after they have taken non- competitive examinations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
MAKES BIG PURCHASE

Heiner Berger has purchased practically all of the camp equip ment used by the Standard Oil and Associated Companies in their drilling operations at Jute Bay with the exception of the heavy drilling machinery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26

 Reached in
 Big Strike
Settlement of VuItee Air. craft WdIk0ut Is Said
 10 Be Made Now

DOWNEY, Cal, Nov. 26-John Steelman, Chief of the United States Department of Labor Cancellation Service, announced a settlement in the Vultee Aircraft strike
 Steelman said tentative solution was reached yesterday. was later put into final form and the Vultee en- ployees will vote on ratification during this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. 26. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5as, American Can 90. Anaconda FITS, Bethlehem Steel S6M. Commonwealth and Southern 15i16, Curtiss Wright 9A, General Motors 497s, International Harvester 54aa, Kennecott 357s, New York Gen. tral 14H Northern Pacific 6%, Unit ed States Steel 69, Pound $4.04
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-26

WASHINGTON-The Dies Com mittee will shortly touch off an- other bombshell about Axis ITO jan horse operations.
 The Committee has obtained doc- umentary evidence of the existence of a secret Intelligence Service of the Berlin-Rome Axis" that has been carrying on large scale activi- ties in the US. and Canada.
 According to Committee records, boss of the organization is Matthi- as Schmitz, Director of the Ger man Library of Information, top Nazi propaganda agency in this country. Schmitz is a former teach CT of German at an exclusive girls college.
 Committee sleuths obtained cor respondence showing that Axis agents hold regular meetings in Schmitz' New York home, attended by members of German and Ital- ian consulates in the East. Also, that the group is intensely inter- ested in stirring up trouble between the U. s. and Japan, in order to "deflect American public opinion from Europe and thus hinder as sistance to Great Britain"
 Documents in possession of the committee show that working close ly with Schmitz was Dr. Manfred Zapp. head of the Nazi Transocean News Service. One document is a lengthy cable zapp recently sent to Berlin urging a campaign to em- broil the US. and Japan.
 GUARANTEE OF NEUTRALITY
 The only and at the same time the strongest guarantee of Ameri- can neutrality zapp cabled, "ap- pears to be the continued ruffling of American relations with Japan. Such course for the present and for an indefinite period will not permit a European involvement of the United States"
 Another function of the Axis Intelligence Service is the win ming over" of important American business leaders to an appeasement policy. Committee evidence discloses that it devoted much effort to a prominent motor official who has publicly advocated appeasement. In one communication zapp declared it essential to court favor with this and other big industrialists who can prove very useful to us.
 The evidence also shows that the Intelligence Service is being fin