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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
JESSE JONES Sees
DROP in JOBLESS
He Predicts Defense Pro
gram Will Send Trade
To New Levels

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-RA
Secretary of Commerce Jesse H.
Jones said today that business
prospects were so bright that "in
1871, for the first time in a de-
cade, we may confidently look to
substantial progress toward elimi'
nation of unemployment as a major
problem in our society,""
In a year-end statement, Jones,
who is also federal lending adj
ministrator, said, business moves
into 1941 operating at record levels
It can look back on the year just
past as one of vigorous expansion
which in total produced the bes1
CONTINUED ON Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
ITALIANS REPORT
WINS In LIBYA
Rome Dispatch Says Brit.
ish Motorized Unit De-
stroyed, Crew Taken
(By The Associated Press)

ROME, Dec. 2S,-Italy's high COM
mand announced today destruction
of a British mechanical detachment
and capture Of its crew in a swift
offensive thrust by an Italian motor
lied column in the sector. of besieged
Libyan Bardia.
italian warplanes cooperated, it
was stated.
simultaneously an italian naval
unit pounded British armored de-
tachments along the coast with shell
fire, scattering them and reducing
motor-transported artillery to 81.
lence," the communique commended.
Effective bomber attacks on Brit
ish front line bases presumably
those e%ncircling two italian divisions
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Mostly cloudy sun
day anG Monday, light to n'ooera'e
rains and cooler Sunday. ,d
South Carolina: Mostly cloudy ano
cooler with light rain or drlzzie eun'
day; Monday partly cloudy.
(By U. s. Weather Bureau
meteorological data for the "A louis
enging 7:3O p. m. yesterday
Temperature
1:3O a. m. 81: 1880 a. N. So; 1;3o p. m
Is; 1870 p. m. 81; maximum o. HILL
mum 81; mean sc; normal Al.
Humidity
1:3O d. IN. 90; 1880 a. m. 81; l:3o p. IN
"; 7:30 p. M. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 2. q.
UN inches. Total since flrst OF LIE
month 2.93 inches.
Tides For Today
From Tide Tables published oy "
y, Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
Wilmington - 1922 .1s 5:1 asa
Masonboro Inlet --- S:0Ga i:3aa
Sunrise 7:17a; sunset 5:12p; moon
rise 7:3Sa moonset 6:23p.
River stage at Fayetteville, ILL.,
feet.
Continued on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
British Guns
Are Pounding
Bardia Forts
Cairo Reports 1914 OF
Duce's Captured Troops
Have Been Counted
MORE GUNS TAKEN
Egyptian Leaders Point
To Part Nation Played
In Aiding Drive
BY the Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 2S.-The con-
c%entration of British forces about
beleaguered Bardia was officially
reported proceeding Smoothly to-
day, while British artillery Numbered
steadily at that vital Italian base in
Libya.
Advanced motorized attachments
went on clearing the country to the
west, general headquarters an
nounced, and four additional Italian
guns were captured.
10000 Non-Italians
The number of Fascist prisoners
of war in hand and counted was put
at 1914, some 10000 of them non
Italians.
To these captives the British at
tributed two stories-that the Ital-
ian defenders of Bardia, ordered by
Premier Mussolini himself to "die
rather than give up" would turn
that base into a SECOND A1cazar,"
and that the Italian command was
urgently Strengthening the d~efenses
of the port of Tobruk, to the west,
in fear of any early British attack
here.
The reference to Alcazar was to
the 10-week defense Of SPANS mill
tary academy at Toledo during the
civil war by the forces of Francisco
Franco.
It was disclosed today that many
Egyptians apparently feel that
Egypt, although not formally at war,
has contributed enough to the Ital-
ian rout-giving the British food,
Continued On Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
NAILS CONTINUE
RUMANIAN MOVE
Reds Showing Evidence OF
Concern AT Massing OF
Hitler's Forces
By S. FOITZ

BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 3d.
SundayeR-The mass movement
of approximately 100000 German
troops across Hungary into Ru-
mania continued throughout the
night under the screen of a newly
imposed Hungarian censorship.
Reports from informed sources
in neutral Yugoslavia said today
that many fresh German units had
moved into Timisoara in the Banat
region of Rumania on the Yugoslav
frontier-less than 100 miles strik-
ing distance from Belgrade, the
Yugoslav capital.
This Nazi movement, whatever its
ultimate purpose, was being carried
out with a th~oroughness that ruled
out any possibility of bluff in the
opinion Of Balkan observers.
BUDAPEST, Dec. 28.-Authorita-
tive informants reported tonight
that the mass of men and materiel
which Germany is sending to Ru-
mania will be sent across Bulgaria
to attack Greece only in the event
Britain lands a force in Greece and
attempts to invade central Europe.
These German troops-there are
expected to be nearly 100000 in the
Balkans by the end of January
are described as chiefly an insur-
ance measure.
The mass movement of additional
troops now is under way in earnest
Continued on Page Three: Col. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
BY D. HAROLD OLIVER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-R-
President Roosevelt worked long
hours today on the report on de-
tense and aid to Britain to be given
the nation tomorrow night in a
radio address which some officials
believed would be his most impor-
tant since the European war be-
gan.
As the chief executive revised a
rough draft dictated on Christmas
Eve, organizations and individuals
continued to write and telegraph
suggestions for the talk, and a
prominent democratic senator
Wheeler of Montant - issued a
warning against going too far on
the British help question lest the
United States become embroiled in
the conflict.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
RAIDERS ACTIVE
in TWO OCEANS
Two Nazi Sea Prowlers Re
Gently Left Jap Port,
Shanghai Hears
BY The Associated Press

SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.-stories oil
intensive German raider activity
from the Indian ocean to the
South Pacific reached here today,
along with reports that two Nazi
merchantmen equipped as sea
providers recently left. K o b e,
Japan.
(This comes a day after the
Australian governments report
that a sea raider bombarded the
British equatorial islet of Nauru
in the Pacific south of the Jap
anese-mandated Marshall islands
yesterday. The ship flew the Jap.
anese colors at first, but ran up
the swastika just before it opened
fire, the Melbourne navy ministry
announced Saturday,
Small Nazi freighters lie f
Shanghai last week, possibly with
supplies for the German raiders.
Travellers f Hongkong
brought reports that more than
twenty Norwegian vessels h a d
been sunk and a number of Brit
ish vessels attacked by raiders in
the Indian ocean.
Between Hongkong and India,
it was said, British ship crews are
getting wartime bonuses as a re-
suit Of this sort of activity.
Passengers on t h e Canadian
Pacific liner Empress of Asia said
the ship recently took four instead
of the normal two days to get
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Rain Fails To Halt Work
Al Anh-Aircraf Center

Poles for the line enter the camp
site at the southern boundary In
Pender county, but others are be-
ing erected near the railroad sta
ton here, indicating that materials
will be unloaded at that point when
the work gets in full swing.
Representatives of the contrac-
tors have said material will be I'M
loaded. at night when work gets
into full swing to allow them to
have the needed materials at each
work center when the workmen ar
rive for their days work each
morning. /
Considerable speed is being
made on ditching being done prior
to the laying of sewer .lines and
street cutting and grading is also
proceeding at a rapid pace.
Meanwhile service facilities OF
2 Continued on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Italian Vessel. Carrying
Troops And Munitions
T. Ia Duce's Forces
MORE FORTS SMASHED
Prisoners Taken In Drive
East OF Viosa River,
! Athens Reports
BY MAX

ATHENS, Dec. 29.-(Sunday)-
The daring stab Of a Greek sub
marine, reported officially to have
slipped inside a destroyer guare
and sunk three Italian transports
carrying troops and equipment,
was followed today by Greek
claims of new gains ashore.
The three ships, a Greek minis
try of marine communique said,
we're part of a convoy moving re-
Inducements across the Adriatic
from the Italian port of Brindisl
to the Albanian port of Valona, an
Italian foothold threatened by
Greece's army.
All Three Large
The communique described the
vessels as large" totalling be.
tween Is, 900 and 10000 tons, and
said they were protected by a
heavy escort of warships."
Sinking of the enemy vesseAs
WAS followed by a chase OF several
hours by enemy destroyers when
dropped depth CHARGES" it sald'
AS a result Of skillful maneuver'
ing our submarine faced the at
tack and then returned safely tc
port"
A two-sentence general stan
communique merely said: There
we're successful local operations on
a reduced scale. Prisoners were
taken"
A government spokesman, how
ever, said that despite thlckening
weather "our troops nav been
able to advance north and north
Continued on Page Three; Col. %
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
De GauLe Urges French
Colonies To Fight Nazis
SEES QUICK VICTORY
Africa, Syria And Fleet
Are Invited To Join In
War On Hitler
By The Associated Press

LONDON, Dec. 28-Gen. Charles
de Gaulle, leader of French forces
still allied with Britain, exhorteo
all Frenchmen today to keep 'ur
the fight against Germany and tolc
them a great triumph might be
theirs.
As De Gaulle broadcast his ap.
peal-declaring that if North Africa
Syria and the French fleet were
fighting for France the Mediter-
ranean battle would end promptly
in victory-reports circulated in
Lisbon that French naval forces
may be gathering in North
Africa.
From Toulon Base
Travellers from unoccupied
France said they had been in
formed reliably that French Chief
of State Philippe Petain had au-
thorized some French naval Of
ficers to spend vacations" in
North Africa and that several
French naval units already have
been dispatched there from Toulon.
They linked these moves with
what they called Petain's luna.
bated decision to rule France him.
self, free from foreign impositions,
and his readiness to become a
prisoner himself rather than give
into demands he considers against
the interest of France"
Coincidentally, a broadcast from
Nazi-occupied Paris, heard in
New York by CHS, said General
Auguste Nogues, governor-genera]
CONTINUED IN Page Three. CoJ n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
U.S.ACAlNW WARNED
BY DUCE'S EDITOR
Sending OF u. S. Vessels 10
Irish Ports Would
Spread War
pu Tho Associated Press

ROME. Dec. 28.-Italy's Virgin
10 Gayda topped an Axis press Oh d.
tensive against the sendlng o.
American supply conveys to 6rl',
ain by way of neutral lrelano
with the assertion today nat 1hlS
would start the war spreading 10
the western hemisphere and the
Pacific ocean. ,+.
The editor of II Giornale ia,
liza said Japan, tied to Rome N
Berlin by an ''all for n n a
for all' pledge against outsloe i..,
%tervention in eastern or Wes'el!
war, is 'watchful'' and with hei
Continued on Page Two; COL ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Low
RECORDED HERE
Minimum Is Highest Since
Dec. 28, 1919; Cooler
Weather Seen

Winter made it's official arrival
Dec. 81, but you would never have
known it here yesterday.
Despite the fact it was the
day Of December, the therrno/
refused to drop and stood
at 81 degrees for the loweI
ture Of the day.
That was a bit Of
was the highest M A0
ture which had BY ~
on Dec. 20 since/ O. A&l
casion the merc1 QW%V4
CONTINUED oy s0 WIZ ~ re
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
]. ". WILLIAMSON
RITES ARRANGED
Funeral To Be Held From
COZ Market St. This
Afternoon AT 4

Funeral services for James Wal
ter Williamson, 66-year-old-textile
executive of 6O2 Market Street,
who burned to death early Friday
night in his automobile at Ham
mond's Creek in Bladen county
70 miles south of ElizabethtoWn,
will be held at 4 o'clock this after
from the residence
The body will be at the resi-
dence until the time for the ser
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
SINKiNG RANCH
 WORRIES OWNER

TERRY, Mont, Feb. IT. - Ed BrighG's ranch is suffering from a severe case of fallen arches. Half of the land is sinking at the rate of five feet a day. In ten days it has sunk 50 feet. twisting and tearing looose trees.
 Some persons believe an old burned-out coal deposit may lie under the sinking land, others suS- pect an oil movement and others blame a subterranean stream to be flowing to the Yellowstone River three quarters of a mile to the north
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17

10 the Administrati0n-con Iollod banking and currency committed from there comes a new bill that would permit the Export Import bank to lend up to s30000000 to foreign governments under terms which the State Department con- siders no violation of International law. Finland is not mentioned so Cn the face of it no foreign policy is involved It is just a nice, clean duck.
 But by previous agreement the bill has to 90 to Foreign Relations Ccmmittae. which is not Ldminis- teation- controlled, although most members are Democrats.
 Informed opinion has it that by the time the Foreign Relations Committee finishes debating it the Senate will have no stomach at all for the bill Chairman Pitt
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
YUKON HAS
 17 ABOARD
 FOR JUNEAU

SEATTLE Tcb. 17-stsamer Yu- ken sailed for Southeast and South west Alaska ports at oclccl; tn s morning with 23A first class and 4G steerage passengers.
 Booked for Juneau are the fol- laWing
 Mrs. R. Showers, Howard Chase, ]. L. LaGasa, P. l.. Powell, Ernest N Patty Ralph Simonds, Donald c. Salter. R. R. Robinson, MT and Mrs Mahlon Miller, Ruth George, Jchn McManimin, Mrs Floyd Betts, George Winans, Miss Garnetha Rul- afford Mrs. A. J. Davis, James Ed miston
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17

man of the Foreign Relations Com mittee continues to hold a mea- sure of optimism about two ounce measure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
TAKU IN PORT;
 BRINGS lM FOUR

The steamer Taku was in port today unloading freight from Se- attle Four passengers arrived on the vessel for this city
 Arrivals were N. A. McEachran and Phyllis Lmdell from Ketchi- kan: J. J. Hillard from Petersburg and Mrs H. Pickett from Seattle.
 The Taku was to lesEe for EX- cursion Inlet, Tenakee and Sitka this afternoon. returning to Juneau Southbound Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
MRS. WORKMAN
 IS ENTERTAINED

Mrs. Charles WOrtman of Sitka is in Juneau visiting her sister, Mrs. George Sarvela, and her so- journ here is being marked by numerous informal affairs.
 Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Sar- vela entertained with a luncheon at the Baranof Hotel, with Mrs. Martin Lavenik, Mrs. John Wal mer and Mrs. J. T. Petrich as her guests.
 Mrs. J. J. Meherin was also hostess Thursday at the Baranof with an informal gathering honor ing Mrs. Wortman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17

ready $lO,oOo,OOO has been ad- vanced by the Export Import bank but the President wants Con- gross to say whether any more will go
 The Films are not especially pleased with the strings attached to the loan. They can't buy muni- tionS, which they need most.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS


 N0RTHROrND . Northland due Tuesday. Q Yukon due Tuesday. Should have seven days mail. SCHEDULED SAiLiNGS . Tongass scheduled to sail from Seattle February 20 at 9 D. m. c Princess Louise is scheduled to 6 sail from Vancouver Febru- ary 20 at 9 p. m. . North Coast scheduled to sail e from Seattle FeDiuary 23 at . 10 a. m. SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS 6 Alaska scheduled to arrive at c 10 a. m Monday and sails c south Monday D. m. . Taku is scheduled southbound q c sometime Tuesday. Q LOCAL SAILlNGS C Estebeth scheduled to sail every c o Wednesday at 6 D. m for Sit e 0 ka and wayports. . Dart leaves every Wednesday 0 Q at a. m. for Petersburg, Port c O Alexander, Kake and way . o ports. . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
LOCAL sAILrNGS
TIDES TOMORROW

Low tide-2:00 am, 5.8 feet. High tide-8:1- am, 14.0 feet. Low tide-3:lG pm, 19 feet. High tide-9:39 pm, 11.9 feet.
 TIDES MONDAY
 Low tide-3:16 am, 5.1 feet. High tide-9:25 am, 15.0 feet. Low tide-4:09 pm, CA feet. High tide-10:37 pm, 13.3 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17

Empire classifleds bring results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
Should Me ExpoTf
 Relief! Heads of
 Congressnlen Aehe

Suuarmued from rage One}
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
}: E:IeeiYaIs
 Due Today

PA pilots Bill Knox and Gene Meyring are due in Juneau this afternoon with four passengers from Fairbanks aboard an Electra.
 Arrivals scheduled are J m e s Dadscn. " E. Liebel. s. G. Ryan and M. H. Upland.
 Empire cIasslt .edS bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17

Try an Empire a.d.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
WANTED: A FoOLPROOF BILL

Senator Brown of Michigan in- troduces a bill asking loan of S60,000G00 to Finland with no strings attached He has large population of Films in his state The Senate leaders want a bill that will fulfill the Presidents wishes, give something to the Films, or seem to give it, and yet not run risks of getting mixed up in foreign policy debate.
 So the Brown bill is ferried over
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
FAIRCnlLD FLIES

Shell Simmons flew to First to- day with the baby Fairchild, Jak- ing Jack Kennedy to Hirst and expecting to return with R. A. Welsh and Frank Wright, from Hoonah.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-08
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL,
APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTA-
TIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State of Minnesota, County of st.
LOuiS-SS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of Andrew
Allen Good, also known as A. A.
Good, Decedent.
1t Is Ordered that the petition for
admission to probate of an instrument
filed herein purporting to be the last
will and testament of said decedent and
the issuance of letters testamentary
thereon to George Herbert Good, ST.,
be heard before this Court in the Pro-
bate Court Room in the Court House
in Duluth, Minnesota, on Monday,
August 10, 1910, at nine o'clock A. NJ,
and that all persons interested then
show cause if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted.
1t Is Ordered that all creditors of the
decedent file their claims in this court
within four months from the date
hereof, and that said claims be heard
and adjudicated on Tuesday, December
Bird, 1910, at ten o'clock A. NJ, by the
Court in the Probate Court Room in
the Court House in Duluth, Minnesota
Witness the HON. VIM. j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate Court, this 23rd day
of July, 1910.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate
(Seal of Probate Court
Henry G. Middaugh & George H.
Good, Jr., Attorneys for Petitioner,
Duluth, Minnesota. TBS 80
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-08
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR ADMINISTRATION, AP-
POINTMENT OF REPRESENTA-
TIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis-Ss
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of Marie
Elina Matilda, Decedent.
Adam Matilda having filed herein
petition for general administration,
stating that said decedent died in
testate, and praying that Adam Matilda
be appointed administrator;
It Is ordered that the hearing
thereon be had on Monday, August
10Th, 1910, at nine O'Clock A. NJ before
this Court in the Probate Court Room
in the Court House in Duluth, Mime
sofa, and that all persons interested
then show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted.
1t Is Ordered that all creditors of
the decedent file their claims in this
Court within four months from the
date hereof, and that said claims be
heard and adjudicated on Tuesday,
November 26th, 1910 at ten o'clock A.
NJ, by the Court in the Probate Room
in the Court House in Duluth, Mime
sofa.
Witness the HON. VIM j. ARCHER,
Juge of Probate Court, this 10th day
of July, 1910.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate
(Seal of Probate Cour0
Peter Moscatelli, Attorney for Petit
toner, Ely, Minnesota. TBS 8-8
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-08
Notice of Hearing on
Proposed Improve
ment,

Notice is hereby given that a public
hearing will be held by the City
Council of the City of Ely, Minnesota,
in the Council Chambers of the City
Hall of said City, at 7:3O o'clock P. M,
Tuesday, August 20, 1910, at which time
the Council will hear reasons for and
against the following proposed improve
ment, plans and specifications for which
are now on file in the Office of the
City Engineer, namely:
For the construction of concrete side
walk, curb and gutter, and incidental
work in connection Herewith, along the
north and south sides of Chapman
Street, from 18th Avenue East to 18th
Avenue East, benefiting the following:
WHITES SECOND ADDITION
Lots to II, inclusive, in Block 9.
WHITESIDE'S PARK ADDITION
Lots / to 10, inclusive, in Block IT,
BY order of the City Council
Dated at Ely, Minnesota, August T.
1910.
A. o. KNUTSON,
8-8 8-15 City Clerk
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-08
q INSURANCE
men VISIT ELY
Make Annual Vacation Trip
to Eastwood Lodge for
Four-Day Stay.

Twenty-eight officers and general
agents of the North American Life ana
Casualty company of Minneapolis, held
their annual get-together at Eastwood
Lodge last week and in addition to
holding their meetings were able to get
in considerable fishing and fun. They
were at the lodge four days. The group
was headed by H. P. Skoglund, presi-
dent of the company. Also in the party
were:
B. H. Odell, vice president, Mime
apolis; c. OSterburg, Minneapolis; I. H.
Iverson, Minot, N. D.; c. P. Palm. Min
neapolis; E. j. LeClaire, st. Paul; P. G..
Erickson, st. Louis Park; F. j. HUGH,
Minneapolis; H. T. Hutchinson, Fair
mont; R. A. Friedrichs, Minneapolis;
A. w. Fiss, Red Wing; w. M. Smith,
Redwood Falls; A. Schroedl Madison,
Wis; E. w. Smith, Sioux Falls, S. D.;
I'D. Westra, Madison, Wis; H. A. Hal
vorSon, st. Cloud; A. HOPPE, Austin;
T. A. Krikac, Rapid City, S. D.; c. Grue
WATERFOWL, S. D.; A. A. Ramstad
Minot, N. D.; j. j. Sterner, WinSted
Conn; E. A. Shirley, Minot N. D.; j
E. Velner, Minneapolis; W. A. Flamme
GAINESVILLE, Wis; j. zabler, Manitowoc
Wis; R. c. Knuth, Grand Forks, N. D..
S. Bjornson, Grand Forks, N. D, anc
H. w. Melander, Milwaukee, Wis.
On Sunday William Leithold's plane
was chartered for sight seeing trip
over the greater portion of the Superior
National Forest.