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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
WINDSORS TO FLY
TO AMERICA SOON
Will Come To New York
And Then Head Toward
New Post At Nassau

LONDON, July 16-R-The Duke
of Windsor, eager to take up his
new duties as governor-general and
commander-in-chief of the Bahamas,
has arranged to fly by clipper to
New York this week with his Balti-
more-born duchess the former Wallis
Warfield Simpson.
Tarrying scarcely at all in the
United States, they will speed on by
air to Nassau to take up the colonial
o~verlordship of the little island chain
"sub-kingdom" off the Florida coast.
The next clipper is scheduled to
leave Lisbon Thursday, so it will be
possible for the former king and
commentaries to take yer the
governors mansion on New Provi-
dence island by the end Of the week
and thus put farther behind them
the war through which their 70.
nance wended by way of France,
Spain and Portugal.
Dispatches from Lisbon, where the
Windsors have been since July 8,
said they did not intend to remain
in New York, but would go on ~
quickly as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
BURMA ROAD PLAN
OPPOSED BY U. S.
Sides With China Against
Proposal To Close Vital
Supply Highway

WASHINGTON, July 16-R-The
United States, siding with China,
let Japan and Britain know today
that it opposed the threatened clos
ing of the Burma road over which
most of the arms now move to the
hard-pressed Chinese forces + r
their war with Japan.
A formal statement from the
state department said 'this gov
eminent has a legitimate interest
in the keeping open of arteries OF
commerce in every part OF the
world and considers that action
such as this, if taken, and such as
was taken recently in relation to
the Indo-China railway, would con-
stitute unwarranted interpretations
of obstacles to world trade"
This came soon after the resig-
nation of the japanese cabinet OF
Premier Admiral Matsumasa Yo-
mai and was interpreted in some
quarters as a warning to the new
Tokyo government that the United
States remains firm in its policy to-
ward the far East.
Under demands from Japan,
Britain was said to have offered
to close the Burma route for three
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
NEW REGIME PLANNED
Will Be Designed To Fulfill
Army Demands For
Strong Policy In Orient

TOKYO, July 16. - Up - Japan
moved swiftly toward more energetic
action in the Far East tonight.
The cabinet of Premier Admiral
Mitsumasa Yonai, recently criticized
for failing to seize the golden op-
portunity'' created by the fall of
France and Holland, resigned en-
bloc, apparently to make way for a
new regime ready to fulfill army de-
mands for a firm hand policy in
the Orient.
Review Cancelled
Emperor Hirohito, %cancelling his
scheduled review of the japanese
fleet, prepared to return to Tokyo
from his seaside villa tomorrow. 1t
was widely expected he would ask
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye,
exponent of a plan for a one-party
government more like the German
and Italian systems, to form a new
cabinet.
Collapse of the Yonai regime was
ascribed to three major reasons:
1. Its failure to satisfy expansion
lists who have been demanding that
Japan take full advantage of the
golden" situation created by the fall
of France and Holland, both of whom
have rich colonies in the Far East.
2. Desire for a 'clear track" for
closer alignment with Germany and
Italy. This was considered impos-
sible so long as Premier Yonai and
his foreign minister, Hachiro Arita,
remained in office.
3. Dissatisfaction with the Yonai
regime since it's inception, on the
ground of it's Excessive" liberalism.
Possible Successor
The cabinets resignation was pre-
cipitated by the resignation of Wal
Minister General Shunroku Hata,
who also was mentioned tonight a. a
possible %uccesso for Yonai.
army circles" commented Domei,
Japanese news agency, "have come
to the conclusion that it is the ur-
gent task of Japan to establish the
so-called new national political struc-
ture which forms the only way for
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Cabinet Quits;
Firmer Policy Expected
Dutch Say 10000 Died
In Rotterdam Bombing

WASHINGTON, July 16-R
-Terming the bombing of Rot
terdam the greatest mass de-
struction the world has ever
SEEM" the Netherlands legation
said in a statement toay that
10000 persons were killed lin
the seven and one-half minutes
the planes were over the city,"
Seventy-thousand others were
manned and injured, the state
ment added.
"When Rotterdam was bomb
ed" it continued, "the Dutch
army capitulation had already
been handed to the German high
command. The Germans say
the planes were in the air and
could not be called back. 1t is
customary for all military planes
to be equipped with radio and
to be directed in their operations
by radio. 1t cannot be believed
that the German air force, so ef-
1lclent in other respects, was
deficient in this.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
DRAFT DRIVE PUSHED
Views Are Given Following
Is Minute Demonstra-
ton For Nations Chief
SENATOR BLRNES BUSY
Clark Says S m
Leaves Convention In Un-
certain Condition
By H A L. TURNER

By H L. TURNER
CHICAGO STADIUM, July
6.-(AP)-President Roose-
welt dramatically informed
the democratic national con-
v%ention tonight that he had
no "desire or purpose" to be
renominated, a declaration
which decreased not one
whit the determination of
party leaders to draft him
for an unprecedented third
term campaign.
The chief executives mes
sage was delivered to a bois-
ferrous convention - which
previously had cheered the
mention of his name for a
good rs minutes-by Sena-
tor Alben W. Barley, the
convention chairman, and
was punctuated by shouts of
1--WE want Roosevelt now"
Statement Authorized
Barley said he was MAX
ing the statement by "spe-
cific request and authorize
ton" of the President.
He then said:
"The President has never
had, and has not today, any
desire or purpose to continue
in the office of president, to
be a candidate for that Of
flee, or to be nominated by
the convention for that Of
flee.
"He wishes in all earnest
ness and sincerity to make
it clear that all of the dele
gates to this convention are
free to vote for any candi-
date"
No sooner had Barley finished
than the tumultuous demonstration
of an earlier hour was resumed, con-
fined however to shouting, calls Of
1--WE want Roosevelt" whistling, bell
ringing, cheering and stamping.
Senator James T. Byrnes of South
Continued on Page Three, Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
WILLKIE INVITES
HOOVER FOR VISIT
Republican c andidat
Comments On Bankhead's
Keynote Address

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Ju-
ly 16.-R-Wendell l.. Willkie to-
day invited Herbert Hoover to Wis
it him here.
Asked for comment on the key
note address of Speaker Bankhead
at the Democratic convention in
Chicago, Willkie dictated a state
ment to his press conference that
he agreed with Bankhead's con:
demnation "of the speculative or
gies of the nineteen twenties."
81 always have thought that such
speculation was to be condemned,
whether it was in the securities
of utility companies, vending ma
chine companies or took the form
of gambling in foreign exchange,
such as German marks.
IT am very proud that 1 had
absolutely nothing to do with that
phase of American economic life
There were several. questions re-
garding his references to vending
machine companies and gambling
in foreign marks, but Willkie de-
clined to elaborate.
The nominee said he was glad to
hear Bankhead commend enact
ment of the Federal deposit in
surance act. my very good friend
Senator Arthur E. Vandenberg was
chiefly responsible for securing
passage of that act" he added.
Willkie gave his oral message
for Hoover to Paul c. Smith, an
editor of the San Francisco Chron-
icle. Smith, who attended the NOM
(Cotinued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Fine Progress
Made0nHuge
F. R. Discloses Commission
Has Cleared $780,,
891,494 In Contracts
REPORTSD DISCLOSED
Progress Made In Eliminat-
Ing 'Bottlenecks' In Manu-
facture OF Tools

WASHINGTON, July 16.-R-
President Roosevelt disclosed to-
day that the national defense com
mission had cleared $1,661, 1871, 494
of army and navy contracts in a
little more than a months time.
The chief executive made public
commission reports which gave the
nation its first detailed account of
progress made in mobilizing ma
terials, men and machines for the
most extensive peace-time defense
effort in United States history.
WIZ RooseveH to1dT his press con.
ference that the reports showed
extremely good progress. He saie
they were just as important, if not
more so, than the news coming.
from the democratic national con-
vention-even though, he added
most editors might not agree with
him.
Contract Reports
The production division of the
commission alone reported that it
had cleared 81, 800, SIS, 405 of con-
tracts for the navy and $271, 316.-
089 for the army since June 6.
Later in the day, Louis Johnson,
assistant secretary of r, an
nounced that the total of contracts
awarded by the war department
between July l and July Is was
$4O1, 600, 900, considerably more
than the amount which the pro-
duction division reported clearing.
The difference was accounted for
by the fact that the commission
deals only with contracts over
$500, 900 each.
Another commission division,
that dealing with materials, gave
no figures on contract clearings
but said Substantial supplies of
strategic and critical ray materi-
ais are being acquired"
Reviewing past accomplish
ments, the reports also made sew
eral new disclosures, including
these:
Designs for heavy tanks for the
United States army recently have
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Street Tract Sold
TOD elawareC Corporation
Wheeler Takes Lead
In Montana Primary
HELENA. Mont. July L.

HELENA, Mont, July l6-
First returns in the 1910 Mon
tana primary, from one precinct
in Lewis and Clark county,
(Helena), gave Senator E. X.
Wheeler, veteran isolatiOnist, a
lead of about 8 to l owe his Op-
ponent, Attorney General Harri-
o j. Freebourn, for the demo-
cratic nomination for United
States senator.
The vote was Wheeler 1873,
Freeburn 6S.
A precinct in extreme north
eastern Montana gave Wheeler
12O, Freebourn 18.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
DEAL IS RECORDED
Wilmington Associates May
Raze Present Building
And Erect New One :

The three-story building on North
Front street between the Peoples
Savings bank and the Orion hotel,
vacant for several years, has been
sold to the Wilmington Associates,
Inc, a Delaware corporation, &C
cording to records at the office OF
the register of deeds.
It was owned by the Massa-
chusetts Mutual Life Insurance
company, which bought the prop
erty from Murray G. James, OF
Wilmington, in December, 1885.
The property has a frontage OF
SO feet, two inches, and is 155 feet
deep. 1t includes lots three and
four in block 1T.
Renters Sought
F. A. Mas, who said he was a
representative of the purchasing
company, in Wilmington several
weeks ago, made efforts to find
renters for three stores which he
said were to be built on the site
at a cost of 500, 600.
No information in this connec-
ton, however, was available last
night.
Mas said it was planned to rae
the present building and construct
an entirely new structure contain
ing three stores. He said it was
planned to purchase frontage OF
80 feet, but the building recorded
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

Darlington reported that the l94o
census revealed 26,OO2. farms and
4,630 business houses in the district.
Robson, the largest geographical
county in the state, and the largest
in population in the district showed
76,827 persons, a gain of 1O,S15 over
the &c, 512 figure in 1880.
Cumberland, with a gain OF ll,S67,
largest in the district, followed with
Sc, compared with 1928 in 1880.
New Hanover showed a population
of 47,749, a gain of 4,739 over the
43,010 figure ten years ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Southeastern N. c.. Counties
Show Population Gain OF 46,363

Fourth in line in the districh is
Columbus with 1855 inhabitants,
compared with 37,720 in 1890, a gain
Of 1915.
Harnett showed a gain of $500 to
the 1880 figure of 1871, giving a
1910 report of 44,231.
Bladen with 27,144 persons listed
for 1910 reported a gain of 4,755 over
the 22,389 figure ten years ago.
Brunswick, smallest county in the
district, showed the smallest gain
over the ten year period, 952 per-
sons, giving a 1910 figure of 1S,77o
compared with 1888 in 1880.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

LUMBERTON, July 16 - Popula-
ton figures for the seven counties
in the Seventh census district show
for 1910 a total of 314,9 42 persons,
a gain of 46,363 over the enumera.
ton Of ten years. ago., J. H. Barring
ton, district census supervisors, re-
ported today.
All seven counties in the district
showed gains, with Cumberland and
Robson setting the pace.
Other counties in the district are:
Baden, Brunswick, Columbus, Har-
nett and New Hanover.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Sewers Diplomatic
Relationship With Chile

MADRID, July 16.-R-Spain
severed diplomatic relations with
Chile tonight in a startling move
against an American republic now
busy combating pro-Nazi ele'
ments.
The Spanish foreign ministry
said it broke off relations because
of the Chilean governments toler-
ance of an anti-Nationalist cam
paign which has reached intoler-
able limits"
The Chilean, charge d'affaires in
Madrid was handed his passports
and the Spanish diplomatic repre-
sentatives in Chile were ordered
home Immediately
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
THREE INDICTED
ON FRAUD COUNT
Charged With Conspiracy
To Get $4,000 From
Sampson Farmer

CHARLOTTE, July 16.-R-The
Mecklenburg county grand jury to-
day indicted Fred e. Dale, alias JIM
my Dale, Mrs. Fred E. Dale, alias
Rene Duffy, and DR.. w. E. Wishart
for conspiracy to defraud Rufus
Bryant, Sampson county farmer, Of
some 1000.
Immediately after the Indictment
was returned DR.. Wishart declared
that the indictment resulted from a
feud against him sponsored by Frank
N. Littlejohn, detective captain in
the Charlotte police department., and
Continued on Page Three, Col g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
is READ BY BARLEY
AT CHICAGO MEETING
Full Accord On FOREIGN
Policy Plank Predicted

Pledged to secrecy, the draft
ers lodged questions as to de-
tails but some of them said the
farm plank was largely a COM
mendation of what the Roose-
welt administration had done in
the agricultural field in the last
seven years. The social Sc
curity plank, they said, called
for extension of the present
system benefits without stating
specifically what W groups
would be brought under the
program.
Senator Walsh of Massachu-
sets said the whole platform
probably would be largely a
reafirmation of what the party
Continued on Page Three, Col. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
BY REG

ASA<N
CHICAGO, July 16.-R-
Predictions of a harmonious
agreement on a foreign policy
plank came from some of the
democratic platform builders
today but the exact nature of
the declaration remained in
doubt.
Working behind closed doors,
the policy makers virtually
completed their drafts of pro-
posed farm and social security
planks and several members
expressed belief the whole
platform could be whipped in
to shape in short order. It is
scheduled for submission to the
full resolutions committee to-
! morrow morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
AIR ROUTE STOPS.
ARE PLANNED HERE
vCAA Announces Receipt
OF Applications For New
North South Lines

Inc Civil Aeronautics Authority
announced yesterday the receipt of
%o applications for new north
souln air routes, both to pass
through Wilmington, according to
al associated Press dispatch from
Washington.
Uanadian Colonial Anyways, Inc,
appled for a permit to establish a
NUE. N between New York City and
I ,a Bahamas, by way Of At
,uuue City, Norfolk, Elizabeth City,
Tmiinllngton, Georgetown and
eastern Air Lines, Inc, applied
III d certificate for a route between
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
TAKES E ACTION

Only yesterday, the Chilean gov
eminent took stern action against
alleged subversive elements, raid
Ing headquarters of the Nationalist
and Popular Socialist (NazD par
ties and ordering dissolution of
"all apparently political organiza-
tions'' formed by "rightists."
Chilean Interior Minister Hum
berto Alvarez announced Monday
that documents seized by police in
the raids disclosed activities
against the public order"
He said street disorders h a d
Continued OH Page Three, Col. %
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Other European Reports
Predict Attack On Great
Britain By Friday
NAzI TROOPS READY
Axis Partners Would Make
Three Major Demands
Upon Great Britain
nv the Associated Press

Diplomatic quarters in Rome
heard last night that Adolf Hitler
was prepared to make a last three
noint peace offer to Britain before
launching a full : scale blitzkrieg
against the island kingdom soon.
Two other reports, one from a
French newspaper, and the other
from the Rome radio and picked
up in turn by the British Broad
casting company NBC, predicted
an attack on England by Friday.
Bases Prepared
Informed Perlin-s ources~-sde.
clared Nazi jum-off bases for the
invasion of England were all set.
and that Adolf Hitler's decision
was expected soon.
But there were some indications
that eleventh-hour proposals to
England might be made despite
Prime Minister Churchill's vigor-
GUS declaration Sunday night that
Britain would fight to the end.
1t was said Count Galeazzo CT
ano, Italian foreign minister, may
go to Berlin late this week to dis
cusS a three-point price the Axis
powers are said to demand of Eng
land.
Demands
The Nazi-Fascist peace move, as
pictured in Rome, would demand
from Britain:
l. Regulation of continental Eur
opean affairs, presumably under
German-Italian direction, and to
Brltaln'S exclusion.
z. Restoration of British-held
NOntinued on Page Three. Col. Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
20 men REGISTER
FOR AIR TRAINING
Pilot Training Program
Nav Be Instituted Here
Early This Fall

More than 70 young men from
Wilmington and vicinity had reg
istered at the airport yesterday
to take part in the Civil Aeron-
autics authority's ground school
and pilot training program, which
NAV be instituted here in Septem-
Der.
James Pennington, manager OF
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
WEATHER

M, FORECAST
ers 4y Wy cloudy with occasional show
slieb +t,euhesday and possibly Thursday ;
day cooler in north portion Wednes-
endinae oorologlca data for the "a hours
s $50 p. m. yesterday.
In Temperature
n. 80. d m: n; 7:30 a. m. 70; 1:30 p.
minimnn,' '5o p. m. IS; maximum "a
4'il %; mean Is; normal 70.
In Humidity
Ill., 65; 7:3O D. M 'e - d. H. Oh Low r.
Toto1 Precipitation
non; to1 LOT q hours ending 1880 p. M,
097 incbanl since first of the month,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
Lum And Abner PLAY
At Royal Tomorrow

Frances Langford is one of Hol
lywood's most glamorous and popu-
lar stars, is daintiness and femi
ninity personified. Yet, she can quail.
ify in any port as an able-bodied
seaman.
The petite actress, currently ap.
pearing with Lum ard Abner in
dreaming Out Loud" current at
the Royal theatre beginning tomor-
row, is an expert sailor and spends
most of her leisure hours sailing
in the blue Pacific with her hus-
band, Jon Hall, on their 65-foot
sailboat, "Moonglow."
Born in Florida, with the tang
of salt air in her nostrils from in
fancy, Frances vows she can always
be happy so long as she can sing
and SO long as she can sail. She
likes nothing better than to board
the "Moonglow" with Jon and take
on the duties of galley boy, first
mate, steward and chef herself. She
reef a sail or scrub a deck or
dish up a seaman's stew with the
best of them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
'C0LLARD MOVIE .
SCHEDULED HERE

A collard movie program will be
presented at the Bijou theatre
Saturday morning, November %,
at o'clock for the benefit OF the
Wilmington chapter of the Amerl-
can Red Cross.
Admission will be zone head OF
collards," according to Carl Reh-
der, director of the City Garden
program.
Three entertaining pictures will
be shown. Jane Withers in Chick
en- Wagon Family" and two come
dies: "Old Glory"sand 1.-The Nat
ural Thing to Do
After the show the collards will
be sold on the streets by attractive
young women, members OF the
Junior Sorosis, under the direction
of Mrs. Carl Powers.
The show is being made possible
by the courtesy of j. M. Autry,
manager of the Bijou theatre, who
wishes to give an opportunity to a
large number of persons who would
like to see a good show, but are
mt able to purchase a ticket and
at the same time, those who at
tend the show, using a head of col
lards as a ticket, will help the Red
Cross, which at the present time
needs funds, Render said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
LILLIAN RUSSELL
BILLED AT ROYAL
Life And Loves OF Famed
Woman Told In Film Fea-
turing Alice Faye

The New York of golden splen-
dor is the background for the story
of Lillian Russell, Americas first
and greatest glamor girl, the queen
of them all. She holds the spot
light again in Daryl F. Zanuck's
production of Lillian RUSSELL" the
10th C~entury-Fox film featuring
Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry
Fonda and others which comes to
the Bijou theatre on Monday.
The amazing life and loves of
the great Lillian Russell were
headline news in her day, and the
picture, it is claimed, makes it
easy to realize why the beautiful
actress was SO famous and the
songs of her day so popular. Some
of the songs that r sung in the
picture include: After the Ball Is
Over" Rosie, You Are My Pos
ie." 1.-THE Band Played On"
e Strawberry Blond"), MY Eve
ming Star" ''Adored One," and
blue Love Bird"
The program will include the
Paramount News. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
New Type Of African
Grass Pushed By ACL

SARASOTA, Fla, Nov. is. - A
new kind of African grass that re-
slsts disease and provides valu-
able forage for livestock has been
developed for use on more than
tour million acres of Florida cat
tie lands, 1t was stated here today
by R. E. Blaser, who is in charge
of the agronomy exhibit of the spe-
clal livestock development train or
ganlzed by the University of Flori-
da College of Agriculture and the
state department of agriculture in
cooperation with the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad.
The special seven-car train.
which arrived here today from
Tampa, is making a tour of AZ
Florida counties to promote the
development of the livestock in
dustry on approximately Is, 600, 900
acres of the states timber lands
and potential grazing areas.
Close to 1900, 900 cattle now
Craze Florida's pastures, and it is
believed that by developing nutri-
tious, high-protein plants suitable
to the varying soil conditions that
obtain over this huge area, Flori.
da will become one of the fore
most beef-producing states in the
Union. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
Wild Bill Saunders
Star Oh Bijou Film

That fearless gunman of the Old
West, Wild Bill Saunders, is due to
return to the Bijou theatre on Fri
day and Saturday in Columbia's
THE Man from Tumbleweeds."
Once again, dashing Bill Elliott,
the popular cowboy star, portrays
the %footloose, reckless adventurer
whose %unerring aim and lightning
fists have spelled the doom of the
worst bad men of the flaming from
tier.
Wild Bills guns are reputed to
boom accurately and often in the
new film as he occupies himself
with his favorite sport = that of
cleaning up a lawless western COM
munity. In this case the commu-
nifty is named Gunsight and Saun-
ders' presence there is due t, pref
ty Iris Meredith, daughter of n
of the victims of the general law
lessness.
1.-THE Green Hornet Strikes
Again" and a Leon Enrol comedy,
Truth Aches" will complete the
program. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17

A new safety device for drivers
is an automatic tuning control for
auto radios which is operated cleo
trically by the means of a foot
button.