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Evening star., 1940-05-11
Sermon Topic Announced
By Rev. 0. 6. Robinson

The Rev. Orris Gravenor Robin
son. minister of the Calvary Metho-
dist Church, will preside and observe
Mothers Day at II am. tomorrow.
He will preach on "a Lantern in
Her Hand" At 8 pm. DR.. E. Ahmad
Shah, a graduate of Oxford Univer-
sity and member of the Legislative
Council OF India, will speak on $50
cial Life in india" The public is
invited.
On Thursday evening there will
be reports by several members who
attended the recent sessions of the
General Conference of the Metho-
dist Church at Atlantic City. On
Sunday evening, May 26, the Rev.
E. Pearce Hayes, who recently re-
turned from China, will speak.
The w. F. M. S. will hold a silver
tea at the parsonage from 2:3O to
5 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Presbyterian Sessions
Set in CHATTANOOGA

The General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States will convene in Chattanooga,
Tenn, Thursday. DR.. James H.
Taylor, pastor of the Central Pres
byterian Church, has been ap-
pointed a commissioner from the
Presbytery Of Potomac and will at
tend the meeting.
Several matters of great i'm
portance will come up at the meet
ing. Among them will be the plan
to continue the Committee of Con-
ference with the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A. or Northern
Presbyterian Church, in regard to
union Of the two bodies. The Pres
bytery of Potomac has sent up an
overture in regard to the necessity
Of weekday religious education.
DR.. Taylor will preach tomorrow
morning on Religious Instruction
and in the evening on Keeping
Spiritual Treasures"
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Religious Liberty
Conference Slated
For June II
200 Christiun Ministers
And Rubbis to Sponsor
One-Duy Session Here

A one-day conference on religious
liberty. sponsored by more than 200
Christian ministers and Jewish
rabbis Of Washington, will be held
here June II, the Rev. DR.. Rufus
w. Weaver. executive director of
the Emergency Committee in Be-
half of Relibious Liberty, which is
arranging the program, announced
yesterday.
In explaining the purpose Of the
gathering to reporters. DR.. Weaver
declared defense of the principle Of
church-state separation to be the
primary concern Of the clergymen
who conceived the conference.
Topics for Discussion.
Subjects to be discussed include:
Inclusion Of church workers in the
social security program of the Fed
eral Government, appropriation of
tax-raised funds for sectarian in
stitutions, appointment of Myron c.
Taylor as representative of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to the Vatican, min
istry Of chaplains in Government
services, conscientious objectors to
war service and economic, social
and political measures arising out
Of religious intolerance"
DR.. Weaver pointed out that. al
though the original national spon-
soring group Of 500 is the result
of communications to Protestant
and Jewish churchmen, the as
sembly is intended to be non-de-
nominational. Clergymen of any
faith who, individually, subscribe
to q statement of principles of re-
1igious liberty adopted by the COM
mittee will be welcomed, he said.
Seminars to Be Held.
A morning organization session
will be held In Calvary Baptist
Church, after which the conference
will break up into seminars, hear
leaders of thought on the various
topics. formulate findings and re-
port to a general meeting in the
afternoon for action upon them.
A mass meeting in Constitution
Hall in the evening will conclude
the conference.
The Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris Is general chairman of the
committee, Rabbi Norman Gersten-
field Is vice chairman, and the Rev.
DR.. Harry E. Woolever is secretary.
The Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of
Washington, and the Rev. DR.. Ed
win Holt Hughes, a bishop of the
Methodist Church, are among mem
bers Of the group.
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Evening star., 1940-05-11

WANTED-Contact with salesmen regu-
larly visiting drugstores Of District, whose
present commitments would not prevent
stde-line earnings. Box 3O4-C, Star
Evening star., 1940-05-11

A Buick leadership can use a 1st
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man. Only skilled man in this
line, who is dependable need ap-
ply. In person, Hyattsville Auto
& Supply Co.. Hyatts., Md.
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FOUND.

BRING OR REPORT deserted. stray animaIs
tonlyl to the Animal Protective Association,
Atlantic 7a53
BOSTON TERRIER PUPPY. female. har-
ness but no tag: vic. 1918 Ingomar &C.,
Oh. Ch.. D. c. Emerson b113.
streetcar. e. Williams. 2sSi chesterf,eid
st. NV. WO. 6343
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

Trigger canoes. the old tub was at
peace with the world.
The Youngster thinks up one all
by himself he'll spend the week
end on the tropic isle, Ia story
book.
The mate gives the plan his okeh
with \ wide grin behind the kids
back) and the cook donates a loaf
of bread TO 90 along with all
them bananas and pineapples and
stuff you'll pick ashore" The
Youngster fills q jug with ships
fresh water.
Then he halls nearby bum
boat, waves to the loafers on deck
and heigho for life in the lap of
luxury on typical torpical isle
or at least a weekend.
That's Saturday afternoon. At
four o'clock Sunday morning we're
keeping anchor watch and witness
ing the first dim glimmer of dawn
while waiting for our relief--when
we hear a boat bump and scrape
the ships ladder oversize. We step
across the deck To investigate.
After he'd gotten half a mug of
steaming coffee under his belt, and
not before, the Youngster talks.
We managed straight face
while he told US of "a night meath
a tropic moon. stated with rich
jungle fruit and covered with a
blanket of winking stars"
First. 1t seems. he strolled opti-
mistically into the nearest portion
Of the jungle In search of all that
good chow which Ia alleged TO
grow on every tree and shrub. His
clothes were torn and he was
scratched from head to foot In
proof.
So, after he'd dined on his loaf
OF bread and water, 1t was dark
and he felt he needed a bonfire
just monkeys chattering in the
jungle. he supposed, but then you
can't tell.
II didn't take him more than a
couple OF hours to find enough dry
wood that had been missed by the
daily rains 10 common to tropic
islands OF the Pacific. And he only
barked his shins once during the
search in the dark.
There wasn't much breeze--just
enough TO rustic the beach guard
ing palms a little and make them
whisper and nod. That's why the
smoke from his fire wasn't much
help In fighting the clouds of mos
quitoes and sand-fleas; the jungle
ants didn't bother him at all. since
he moved from their reach every
10 minutes or 30.
BY that time the dew had APP
peared. In quantity. or course 1t
didn't take him long to dry his
cotton shirt and pants by the fire.
Then after he'd made another ex-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10
Three Seattle Police
Officers Dismissed

SEATTLE Chief OF Police Will
fam H. Sears dismissed three vet
eran officers from the burglary
division.
Captain Of Detectives WesIay \.
Miller. F. G. Sands. and Victor
Aliemeersh. patrolmen. were charg-
ed with conduct unbecoming Off
GERS.
Sears said they substituted. with
out proper justification. charge
Of "drunk" for attempted burglary
Miller had been with the depart
ment IS years. Allemeersh p years
and Sands IL years. The action
grew out Of arrest Of Grover c.
Brown April 3 on a drunk charge.
He forfeited $40 bail
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

lay the lee-scuppers, etc. brand.
He'd also heard too much about
the wonderful. beautiful. luxurious.
abundant tropic isIes Of fictional
fame.
She was 4 rusty. salt-crusted old
freighter riding her anchor in a
sun drenched way port Of the
Philippines.
The junele's green met the azure
SEA upon = ribbon Of cleaning
white sand; the long Pacific roll
hers iaxily followed each other to
spend themselves even before they
could change into airy foam on the
beach.
It was Saturday afternoon, and
the gathering winches were quiet
until Monday morning, the steve
dores had gone ashore in their out
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the dew made them kind of vet.
But then they did fit his back just
Ike a feather bed carved from
granite.
o well. It was shame TO let all
that tropic moonlight be wasted.
anyhow; fellow should stay
awake and enjoy life-not every
body gets a chance to spend a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

cursion IN the tropic moonlight In
search OF more firewood. all he had
to do was nestle blissfully on his
warm tropic sands and tuck him
self in with n blanket OF star
studded moonbeams.
Well, not exactly warm sands.
for they'd chilled remarkably fast
since the sun set. And of course
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10
AI.C0A Gravel,
Sand 10 Be Free

OLYMPIA-The State Of WASH
ineton can grant Aluminium Cor
poration Of American free sand
and gravel from the bed of the Co
lumbia river to use to fill in low
lands at its huge Vancouver plant,
Attorney General Smith Troy said
Wednesday.
In an opinion to Land Commits
sioner Albert C. Martin. he said
the company primarily was in
terested in dredging the material
to have a 40-foot deep waterway,
80 ocean vessels could reach its
plant.
The fact il also needed the
gravel for fin Is only incidental.
he held. and does not make the
dredging a commercial operation
for which the state should charge
the company.
The opinion may start a con-
troversy with. Oregon authorities,
who held Washington would be
violating an interstate pact II 1t
gives free gravel to ALcoA.
Under the agreement. all COM
mercisl users of sand and gravel
from Columbia river must pay five
cents . cubic yard. the money TO
be split between the states.
Oregon land board agreed TO
cut the price to two cents yard,
but Troy said no charge whatever
should be made because IT was not
q commercial enterprise. Oregon
interests had tried vainly to get
the ALcoA plant to locate on
Oregon soil. but il decided on this
state because of lower property
taxes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10
Trial Of Heidner
To Be in Fall

OLYMPIA-Erial OF Marco J
Heidner. Tacoma, on negligent
homicide charges In connection
with the death Of Mel Gange, Ia
coma lumbcrman, was postponed
Wednesday until the November
superior court jury term.
Judge d. #. Wright signed the
order continuing his trial from
the present term after two doc
tors submitted reports Heidners
health would not permit his fac
INK trial this summer. Gangc was
killed when Heidner's car rammed
the rear end Of . heavily-loadcd
truck near here
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

Paul A. Prens. Pacific Lutheran
college. Falkland. viii be guest
speaker at services to be held It
Sis D. m. Thursday at Talmnd
Torah synagogue His subject will
be THE Present Situation in the
Scandinavian Countries
Preus' daughter studied public
health nursing in Norway and his
son recently returned from study
At the University Of Oslo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

thinking Of the poor anchor watch
having TO stay aboard with moth
ing but hot buttered toast and cof-
fee 10 supplement his tots Of cold
rum punch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

weekend on = tropical isle of the
South Seas.
Boy. was IL swell sitting there in
your own private Eden--watching
your ships anchor lights and
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So IL didn't take more than an
hour or 50 Of such disgusting
thoughts before the Youngster
kicked his smokey fire into the
ocean. frightened his belt - and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

hiked seven miles down the beach
TO the native village where he
stole a dugout canoe and padded
himself back into the nasty old
world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

However. when our mind strays
that direction we are automati-
cslly brought up with a round turn
~ We remember The Youngster.
He was the doggondest lad we
ever encountered. ashore or afloat.
He could get himself into more in
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This the time of year of dreaming of cruis-
ing the South Seaazy days the trades palm trees whs
perng in gentle tropical breeze lush fruits to be had for
the picking sands to cradle you in bssfu sumber
veritable Eden of gracious comfort and plenty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-10

Heo,y SIT. oost-inon tub
ond round front iovotoN
covered with finest porcelain
enamel. Stoinless sitreous-
chino closet. White sect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
A. e.. WOLFF

RALEIGH, June 1.-LP-Alhert
Edgar Wolff, 63, senior auditor for
the state revenue department. sew
eral times member of the general
assembly and former Gastonia at
torney, died at a hospital here to-
day.
WoltZ was a native of Dohso,
the son of DR.. John Reins and
Louisa Kingsbury Wolff.
He served in the state house &c
representatives in 1921, 1929 ana
1927 and in the state senate fro-
1928 to 1926. He authored the s+o+a
school equalization law and was -
member of the state board ~
equalization from 1927 to 1922
From 1909-12 he was burs.r 90
the University of North Caro,ina
and at times served as trustee 49,
the university and the Woman,s
college of the university at Greana
boro. He was a Mason, Odd ~
low and Pythian.
Funeral services will be bo,a
at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
DEATHS
/. e. U~PTEGROVE

WARSAW, May 30-Funeral SER
vices for J. E. Uptegrove, SO, who
died at the home of his son near
Warsaw, were held at the family
cemetery near Atkinson with the
Rev. Mr.. Walton of Burgaw, con-
Quoting the services.
He is survived by the following
children: George, Robert and Will
liam Uptegrove, Mrs. R. 7. Gland,
Garland, N. c., Mrs. w. Crusie,
Of Faison, and Mr.. Floy Peterson.
Eleven grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. M. A. Pontowski, Dundalk.
Maryland; Mrs. George Arnhalter,
Charleston, S. C; and two half
brothers, Bonnie Uptegrove, Laur-
inburg, and Ashton Uptegrove
Montague, N. c.; three half sisters
Miss Cynthia Uptegrove, Will
mington: Miss Annie Uptogrove,
Watha; and Mrs. Tilma Tarrior,
Watha. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
IL. L. CANADY

Funeral services for Harriss L
Canady, 81, formerly of Whining
ION, who died Friday morning at
o'clock in Raleigh after a Ions
illness, were held yesterday after,
moo from the Yopp Funeral home
Services were conducted by the
Rev. r. H. Satterfield, of the Win
ter Park Presbyterian church. In.
terment followed in Oakdale GENE
terry.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Louise Canady, two daughters
Helen and Ann Canady, a son
Harriss l.. Canady, Jr., and his
mother, Mrs. J. G. Canady, three
sisters, Mrs. Frank Leroy, Jr,
Mrs. Roy Craig, Miss Elsie Canady
and a brother, Julius Canady.
Pallbearers were: activc-W. l.
Berry, Jr., Shelby Russ, Buck
Curtis, Dan Phillips. Tom Groom
and Fl. Gam; honorary-E. w
Mango, w. E. Lewis, l.. B. Wood,
bury, G. B. Stovall, DR.. Harllee
Bellamy, A. H. Williams and L. A,
Beck.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
whose life I saved should have
saved mine"
Not Determined

The number of French and Bel
F. could not be determined, but it
was believed they were about 5000.
Since some of the rescu ships were
French it appeared a reasonable Or
sumption that parts of some French
detachments had been taken south
ward to ports on the French coast.
The men of the B. E. F., after be-
ing paid, fed to the ears and given
leaves wherever possible, soon will
reform to meet the next thrust of
the Germans.
Their commander-in-chief, Lord
Gort, was called into the presence
of the King and upon him was be-
slowed the highest mark of chival-
ry: The grand cross of the order
of the Bath.
Trains were ready tonight to take
the first of $4,000 school children
from menaced communities along,
Britain's east and southeast coast.
They will start tomorrow. Most of
them will be taken to Wales and
western England.
Even as these preparations were
made, townsfolk along the coast
heard the rumble of new anti-air-
craft shelling. No planes were
seen.
Authorities urged parents to CO.
operate with the moving of children
to safety and pointed out that even
now only $1,000 of London's half
million children have been register.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
EFFIE MAE

Effie Mae O'Donnell. 16. of
Wriehtsville Beach. died at Babies
hospital yesterday morning after a
brief illness.
She is survived by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James O'Donnell, of
Wrightsville Beach.
Funeral services i'll be held at 10
a. m. Monday at st. Andrews Epls-
copal church by the Rev. Leon Ma
lone.
Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Floyd Blake,
Edward Lamb, George Roolen Sin
clair, Wade Spooner, Andrew Lewis,
Ben Clayton, Henry Anderson and
Nolon Lorick. Honorary pallbear-
ers will be: G. Colucci, Sr., DR.. ].
Buren, Sudbury, DR.. W. Houston
Moore and DR.. David Sloan.
Friends may visit Andrews
mortuary until 9 a. m. Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
RICHARD W. LECHE
IS FOUND GUILTY
Continued from Page One)

II to permit arguments on motion
for a new trial. The maximum
penalty is 5 years in prison and
81, 900 fine on each Of the three
counts on which he was convicted.
simultaneously with the convic-
ton, o. John Rogge, assistant
United States Attorney General,
announced that the federal inves-
tigation which has centered on LOU
isiana for the last ten months and
shattered the political machine of
the late Huey P. Long now would
turn On Michigan.
"We are now out of the trenches
in louisiana" Rogge said. &c. . q.
Michigan will be our next base of
operations. I will go there next
week"
The verdict against Leche came
within thirty minutes after the case
had gone to the jury in the first
of numerous trials the corpulent
former chief executive faces as
the result of federal investigations
which followed his resignation. 9
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
BRITAIN JUBlLANT
AT ARMY RESCUE
Continued from Page One)

Just smiling and shooting they
were, and giving Jerry proper hell"
A lance corporal spat and said
THE ferries drove women and
children refugees ahead of them and
we had to hold our fire. We got
a chance and went at them with
bayonets.
"Jerry's no fighter. He has to
have ten to one odds before he at
tacks. Give us more machine-guns,
more tanks and more planes and
we will run the blighters into Ber-
lin"
A seventy-year-old naval pension
er-James O'Neil-came back from
embarking the Allied troops at Dun
kerque by motorboat with the COM
ment:
1T was real hell over there"
The old man was suffering from
shock and exhaustion because of
his frantic service with a group of
volunteers who crossed to Bunker
que with six motorboats yesterday
to load troops into transports.
"As we approached the bunker.
que roads," he said, German planes
were bombing and machine-gunning
everything and everybody. They
were like flies in the air. Machine,
gun bullets and bombs were falling
like hail around the d%estroyers anc
other escue ships, and around the
troops massed on the sands waiting
to be taken off.
Il drove my boat ashore to the
nearest group. I'm licensed to car
~ only II passengers. 1 had three
or four times - in my boat, be
sides their equipment. And before
[ could say Jack Robinson others
came with their rifles and tin hats
and tried to scramble in.
But we had to tell them to wai1
for the return. We had to be crue.
to be kind.
"All the time Jerry was roarins
overhead, dropping his bombs ant
machine-gun bullets. After puttine
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
STATE PATR0LMAN
IS SLUCCED HERE
Continued from Page One)

hospital. It was not yet known if
his skull was fractured. The negro
was being held in Jail last night
and will be given preliminary hear
ing within a few days.
After being revived, Wilson said
he caught Davis with 40 gallons Of
illicit whiskey in his automobile
and placed him under arrest, but
when he put the negro into his pa
troll car, he picked up a blackjack
from the seat and struck him on the
head.
The negro, after being brought
to the hospital by Farrow and Whit
man, was arrested by City Police
men Hale and Rourk and lodged in
Jail. He was charged with possess
ing non-tax-paid whiskey, resisting
an officer, and assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill with
serious injuries resulting.
The whiskey and the automobile
taken from Davis we're in the hands
of the state highway patrol last
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Dallas OrreH Buys
Manson Tugs, Barges

j. Dallas Orrell, owner of
the Cape Fear Towing COM
pany, yesterday purchased the
holdings of the Manson Towing
and Lighterage company for
S1O,50O at public auction, A. S.
Batson, receiver, reported.
The holdings bought by Or
rell includes: the steam tugs,
Battler and Cambria, one der
rick barge, one preaching
barge, another barge, A. C. l..
No. 8, together with all equip
ment, furniture, and fixtures.
Purchase of the Manson hold
ings yesterday brought to five
the number OF tug boats owned
and operated by Orrell local
ly.