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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
KEEPS EYE ON TURKEY
Informed Sources Believe
Russia And Germany
Must Have Showdown

SOFIA, BULGARIA, June 30
p Bulgaria, proceeding with
quiet mobilization" concentrat-
ed more than $50, 900 soldiers to.
night on the borders of Turkey
and Rumania.
Most were on the Turkish frontier
this being attributed in official
quarters to fears that if Soviet
Russia seeks to expand toward
the Dardanelles, this country
might be caught between conflict
ing Turkish and Russian interests.
Ministers Leave
A group of Bulgarian deputies
left for Moscow tonight.
Ostensibly they are to attend
the Moscow peasant economic ex.
hibit, but political observers at
tached significance to the fact that
the party was headed by Soriti
Yaneff, Government mouthpiece
and a majority parliamentary
leader who sometimes is employed
as an unofficial diplomat.
These sources also expressed
left that sooner or later a show
down is inevitable between Ger
many and Russia. The belief pre-
vailed that Germany and her Axis
partner, Italy, already had given
assurances that Bulgarian claims
on the southern Dobruja area now
held by Rumania would be salts
fled at an eventual peace con-
ference or by Axis pressure on
Rumania.
Quarters close to the Bulgarian
government reiterated that Bull
garia would not risk war for the
Dobruja, although numbers of
troops r concentrated on that
front.
If the Red Army should attempt
to reach the Dardanelles, the Dob.
ruja plains would be anatural path.
way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
IGARRISON SURPRISED
Soviet Troops Now Control
| One OF Nazis' Vital Com
munication Lines
SOVIETS CROSS RIVER
Street Fighting Is Staged
Among Many Communists
And A~nti-Communists;

BUCHAREST, June 30.-CP-
Russian baby tanks, landed by
planes tonight seized REM, at the
juncture of the Danube and Prut
rivers while a series of bloody bat
ties was reported elsewhere along
the Prut.
The tanks, suspended between the
wheels of big transport planes in
a display of warfare in its most
modern phase, caught the Ru.
manian garrison so completely by
surprise that the rifles stood in UNI
touched barracks racks.
Control Line
This maneuver was believed tc
have gained quantities Of military
material for the Russians, and gave
them a commanding position over
the mouth of the Danube Zone OF
! Germany's vital communications
lifelines.
From REM, the Red army is ir
a position to block all traffic from
the Danube to the Black sea-if il
so desires-with hardly more thar
machine guns necessary.
This was seen by diplomats as q
serious blow to Germany.
(Reni is in the extreme south.
west corner of Bessarabia, but II
is not clear whether Rumania
counted 1t as part Of the territory
coded to Russia. Final decision on
the boundaries has been scheduled
at a Russian-Rumanian meeting
Tuesday in Odessa, Russia.)
Reports received in military quar-
tiers said the Rumanians turned te
fight when the Russians crossed
the Prut river at several places in
BucUvina.
General Captured
These reports said the Reds we're
thrown back with considerable loss.
es, but that they brought up re-
Inducements and succeeded finally
in crossing the stream and captur-
ing a Rumanian general.
Fighting was reported from sew
eral other points throughout the
day.
The conflict apparently arose
over the Interpretation Of the boun-
Diary of Northern Bucovina, which
with Bessarabia was coded by Ru.
mania to Russia in an effort to
avoid war.
The a ms interpreted
Northern Bucovina" as ending al
the Prut river, but it was believed
that the Rumanian minister tc
Moscow might have failed to advise
his government Of the demarcation
line on which the Russians decided.
The Rumanian general Ulorescu,
in command on the Bucovina Dor
der, was reported late tonight a
still refusing to accept Rumanian
war ministry orders to retreat. In
stead, he was continuing the fight
at an undesignated point along the
Prut,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
Scores OF Products, In
Guiding Beer And Gig
arets, Are On The List
TO COLLECT MILLIONS
Levy On Newly-P Produced
Products Includes Auto
mobiles And Gasoline

WASHINGTON, June 30 Up =
Mr.. and Mrs. American consumer
will get their first taste of the-new
do.ense taxes tomorrow.
With the midnight arrival of July
1, higher levies 60 into effect on
future manufactures of a score Of
products, and floor taxes" ex.
pected to affect the retail price,
are effective on cigarets, beer and
liquor.
Floor Taxes
The floor taxes, applied to stocks
already on hand, are 10 cent a
package on cigarets, rs cents 9
gallon on liquor, and 81 a barre!
on beer.
Up to 100 gallons of liquor ano
all beer in the hands of a retailer
are exempt from the floor tax, but
the half-cent must be paid on ev
cry package of cigarets.
While the beer tax is not i'm.
posed on stocks Of a retailer, il
must be paid by wholesalers ane
brewers on all their stocks. Whole
sale liquor dealers are not granted
the 10O-gallon exemption.
Congress levied these taxes sc
that merchants who bought ur
supplies in anticipation of the in
crease would have to pay just the
same. The treasury expects to col
lect 81, 800, 900 from the floor tax
on cigarets and $40, 600, 900 from
that on liquor and beer.
Movies Affected
Levies on other products may
not effect the consumer until ex'
listing stocks are sold, but movie
patrons will pay the new taxes
Immediately.
The tax of n cent on every
ten cents of an admission fee will
start with tickets costing 81 cents,
instead of al. AS a result, movie
goers who have paid no tax when
attending theatres which charge
onlv 10 to 40 cents admission will
begin paying at Mondays matt
nees.
Here is the increase on various
newly : produced products, ano
services:
Toilet preparations, from 10 te
II per cent; automobiles, 3 to 3 Il
per cent; radios, S to 5 IL per
cent: mechanical refrigerators>
to 5 IL per cent; matches, 5 cents
to 5 IL cents a thousand; electri
cal energy, 3 to 3 IL per cent;
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
COMPLETE MANEUVERS
Return Q uiet S Reports
Caused By Suddenness
And Secrecy OF Sailing

HONOLULU, June 30.-(PeThe
Star Bulletins Maui Island CORE.
spondent reported today the return
to Lahaina Roads of major units of
the United States fleet which last
Monday made an unannounced de-
parture from Hawaii under sealed
orders.
Informed sources reported the
fleet had engaged in regular drills
and maneuvers within $50 miles OF
here during the past week.
The returned ships included five
battleships, the Pennsylvania, New
Mexico, Nevada, Mississippi and
Idaho; the aircraft carrier Yorktown,
approximately W light cruisers
and fifteen ~destroyers. .
Crews Granted Leave
Many of the crew were granted
shore leave.
The fleets return set at rest sew
eral reports occasioned by the sud
denness and secrecy of it's sailing,
including one that it was bound for
the Panama Canal, and another that
it's destination might be waters near
the Philippines.
Some Honolulu residents, how.
ever, had looked upon the fleet
movement as another phase in con
nection with training exercises
which have been in progress in the
vicinity of Hawaii for o than
two months, and had said they
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
GEORGE W. BAILEY
PASSES AT BEACH
0 W ner Oh Wilmington
Theatres, Inc, Had Been
In Declining Health

George w. Bailey, g., of Forest
Hill drive, owner of the Whining
ton Theatres, Inc, died at Wrights'
vile Beach yesterday morning at
1870 o'clock after having been in
declining health since February q
of this year.
Mr.. Bailey had been a resident of
Wilmington for the past 20 years,
coming here from Asheville where
he managed the Auditorium the
atre, to manage the Academy of
Music for the late S. A. Scloss.
He was owner of the Carolina,
Royal and Bijou theatres and sew
eral months ago had work started
on the erection Of a new theatre
here, the Colonial.
An expert musician since the age
of IL, MI. Bailey was conductor of
his own orchestra at the age of IA.
AS a pianist he has played for some
of the country's outstanding musical
stars and was also booking agent for
some of the leading theatrical per
formers of the day.
Mr.. Bailey was an honorary col
onel of the New Hanover High
school ROTC unit and was a mem.
Der of the board of stewards of
Grace Methodist church. He was a
Sind degree Mason, a member of
the Shriners and the Lions club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Isabel R. Bailey; two daughters,
Mrs. Berenice Stellings and Mrs. ].
Murchison Autry, of Wilmington;
one sister, Mrs. Ed Haid, of st. Louis,
Mo-; one brother, Charles Bailey,
Of Memphis, Tenn; three half-sis'
tiers, Mrs. Walter Boomer, of In.
dianapolis, Ind, Miss Norma Bailey
of St. Louis, Mo-, and Miss Melba
Bailey, of st. Louis; his step-mother,
Mrs. c. T. Bailey, of st. Louis; and
three grandchildren.
The theatres will remain closed to.
day because of the death of Mr..
Bailey.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced late
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
Units OfAmerican Fleet
ReturnTOHOnOluluBaS
Contest Over Stimson
And Knox Is Expected

. WASHINGTON, June 30-R
Congress will reconvene to.
morrow after a weeks recess
amid indications of a heated con-
test over senate confirmation of
President RoOsevelt's nomina-
tiOns of Colonel Frank Knox to
be secretary of the navy and
Henry l.. StimsOn to be secre-
tary of war.
Both Chairman Walsh ID
Mass of the senate naval conf
mittee and Chairman Sheppard
D-Tex) of the senate military
committee arranged to call their
groups together Tuesday MORN
ing to hear the two republicans
testify concerning their views on
United States policy and the Eu-
ropean war. st.
Walsh announced that the
naval committee would meet be-
hind closed doors and imnledl-
ately encountered opposition to
such procedure from at least
two members of the committee.
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observation-disclosures
UniverSalArmSTrainin

WASHINGTON, June 80 ~
Universal compulsory military
training was advocated by Senator
Burke O-Neb) tonight as essential
to a 'thorough-going'' defense pro.
gram.
The Nebraska Senator, who has
introduced a bill for universal
training, discussed the issue on a
radio forum (MBS) with Senator
|Capper CR-Kans), who commended
that Transcription for military
service" in. peace time struck "at
tn heart of personal liberty and
personal freedom"
Capper added, however, that lin
the face of realities he was ready
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
REDS MAKE NEW MOVE
Asks Turkey For PERMITS
sion To Participate In
Dardanelles' Defense
BROAD DRIVE is SEEN
May Take More Territory
As Shock Absorber
Against Future Attacks

BUDAPEST, June 30.-tR-Diplo-
matte circles reported tonight that
Soviet Russia has asked Turkey for
permission to participate in defense
Of the D~ardanelles, straits that link
the Black Sea and Mediterranean.
This was interpreted as a definite
indication that Russia has embarked
on a further program of solidifying
her defenses against possible attack
from the west-with a hold on the
vital Dardanelles as a major Russian
goal.
It intensified the belief that Rus
STA was prepared to try a far-reach-
ing penetration into southeast Eu-
rope, boldly clashing with the inter.
| ests of Germany.
Other Claims Silenced
This belief appeared tonight to
have silenced other Balkan revision
list claims that grew sharp when
Russia took over Bessarabia and
northern Bucovina from Rumania.
1t was believed that Russia now
was prepared to make the most of
her opportunity, while the axis pow,
ers are otherwise occupied, and take
additional territory as a shock-ab-
sorber against any future attacks
on original Russian territory.
Indications are that the Soviets
are prepared to move in a manner
which may leave Germany with the
choice between continuing the west.
ern offensive against Britain or de-
Tending German "Lebensraum' in
southeastern Europe.
This, in turn, led to speculation
among Balkan observers whether
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
BRITISH, ITALIANS
BATTLE ON BORDER
Italy Claims Occupation OF
Localities On Libyan-
Egyptian Line

ROME June 3O-R-Land and
air fighting of considerable &C
|tivity' broke out along the Libyan'
Egyptian border today with the
Italian high command claiming oc'
cupation of various localities
and destruction of four British
planes.
The Italian communique report.
ed capture of several positions on
the Cirenaica front, where A r
Marshal Italo Balbo crashed to his
death Friday.
Considerable activity of our col
umns in front of Cirenaica," said
the communique. Various local
tiles were occupied by our troops
and attacks by enemy motorized
detachments we're. repealed"
It was claimed that Italian
planes shot down two enemy
planes during a British attack at
the field of Tobruk Gibya), and
that a third probably was brought
down. The attackers caused no
damage.
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rest, and we're being returned
from nearby Bessarabia, where
they had gone to apply for
Soviet citizenship in that new
ly-ceded territory.
1t said this crowd had fought
Rumanian soldiers in REM,
Bessarabia, but was subdued
and loaded onto the train.
Arriving in Galati, it related,
one man shot a Rumanian SOL
der and the whole group fled.
Rumanian soldiers then en-
circled part Of the town, shoot
ing the fugitives with machine
guns, and kept up the search
for stragglers during the night,
the account continued.
(Galati is an important city
on the Danube, just west of the
area ceded to RuSSia.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
SEVERAL MISSING
in TEXAS FLOOD
High Water Sweeps Into
Business Districts Of
Southeastern Towns

SCHULENBURG, Tex, June
30 -tRA Violent flood waters born
Of weekend cloudbursts along the
watersheds of the Colorado and
Layaca rivers swept through the
the. fertile southeast Texas area
today, pouring into business dis
tricts of isolated towns and trap
ping many residents who took re-
fuge in trees and on housetops.
Several persons told c. S. Nor
gan. Yoakum newspaperman, they
saw two families swept down the
Lavaca river in their homes at
Hallettsville.
They gave the names OF those
missing as Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Stanzel and daughter, Marie, and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sorcek.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
Bulgaria Places 100000
Men Along Its Frontiers
British Subway Expert
Detained By Officers

LONDON, June 30. - up -.
Scotland Yard operatives tonight
detained Ronald White, a senior
engineer of the London Passen-
ger Transport board which is re-
%Sponsible for the maze of UNDER
ground railroad tubes through
which millions of passengers
travel daily.
White was taken to BrixtOn
Jail to await removal to an in.
ternment camp.
He was described as an expert
in the London subway floodgate
system, one of the main defenses
against flooding in cast of dam
age to u%nder-river sections by
bombs.
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to consider 1.-The pros and cons OF
Consumption for military purposes
but would have to be shown that
it was necessary.
Burke argued that the alterna-
tives to military CONSUMPTION were
a navy powerful enough to turn
back any approaching enemy"
that cost Of which would be stag.
ering;" an air force that will
fill the skies with the fastest and
most deadly machines that could
be made" and a standing army
so large and so well equipped as
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
BY EDWARD E. BOMAR

Evidence appears to be accum'
ulating that the single word "war"
is the answer to the question what
is Russia up to-"
This is not to suggest that 10
seph Stain has decided on a bold
challenge to the Nazi juggernaut,
but that Moscow now is convinced
that in the schemes of the axis die
tators Russia is next after Eng
land, and is getting ready.
It is an over-simpliied and obvl-
Gus Interpretation of the seizure OF
Bessarabia. It may be significant,
nevertheless, that it is held firmly
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
,Iapan Believed Taking Advantage
Of Russia's Campaign In The Balkans

guess as to whether Japan would
try to take the islands, which have
a native population about equal to
Japan's. The Indies, s~tretchleg
some 5000 miles, have oil, rubber,
tin, coal.
1.-THE oil resources m g be
wired for dynamiting in case Of
INVASION" Hauser said, but the
Japanese could move over there
so fast the Dutch wouldn't have
time to set off the charges"
Once Japan had a foothold In
the stragetic islands it could use
to advantage the narrow passages,
reefs and other natural barriers
OF the group to resist attack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
SEIZE REM GAIN COMMAND
OF MOUTH OF DANUBE; MOVE
CONSIDERED BLOW TO NAZZS
Hundreds Killed as Jews
Stage Riots In Rumania

BERLIN, July l. Monday)-
R-DNB official German news
agency, reported today that
several hundred persons were
killed Sunday in Galati, Ru-
mania, when the Rumanian
army put down armed Jewish
uprisings.
The German radio listed the
number dead at about 600,
with many more wounded.
The radio said a b o t ten
leaders of a demonstration
Sunday morning were shot
dead. Later in the afternoon,
it said, about 1900 persons,
mostly Jews, arrived by train
in Galati escorted by Ruman-
ian soldiers.
The radio said fhese were
mostly from Galati IND Bucha-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
Interpreting The War

by a large body of extremely well
informed opinion in Washington.
From one quarter with access to
official advices comes the conf
dent prediction that the European
war will shift eastward in Septem-
Der with a head-on clash between
the Nazis and their recent Russian
partners in power politics.
Lest this prediction be dismissed
as mere guesswork, it is a matter
of record that the administration
was advised months in advance
that May 10 had been set as the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30-R-
Japan, fearful of Russia for cen.
turtles, probably is taking advan-
tage of the Soviet nations turned
back in casting possessive glances
at French and British holdings in
the Orient, Ernest o. Hauser, an
authority on the Far East said
today.
Japan always will have to con-
slider the unsolved Russian prob
lem at her back door," said Haus-
er, former research associate OF
the Institute of Pacific Relations
in New York.
'.The Japanese always have been
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01

afraid of big Russia, and thelr
move in the south probably is
timed with Russia's preoccupatlon
in Europe"
Russia is extremely powerful IN
Vladivostok, the Pacific port, and
along the Amur river, borderline
between Siberia and Manchoukuo,
he said. The flying distance from
Vladivostok to Tokyo is only some
$50 miles.
Left virtually orphaned through
Dutch capitulation to Germany,
the Netherlands Indies would be a
rich strike should the japanese
move in. Hauser did not venture =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
German Planes Hurl Incen-
liary Bombs On Thickly-
Populated Sections
CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS
Appeals For Finish Fight
And Insists Harmony
Exists Within Cabinet

LONDON, July 1-Monday)|R
German planes hurled incendi-
ary bombs on thickly populated
areas of Britain early today as if
in answer to British claims of hav-
ing won aerial initiative, and to
former Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain's assertio~ that any
Nazi invasion will be fought until
invaders or defenders are utterly
Destroyed
The German planes ranged over
Scotland, England and Wales to
the accompaniment of thudding
bomb blasts and the gunfre OF
British fighter planes and anti-air-
craft batteries. Extent of damage
or casualties was not disclosed.
British Stage Raids
Last night the British told of
nightly raids on military detectives
In German territory, pointing to
them as proof that England had
won and would keep the Jump"
en- her foe in aerial warfare.
The British said their raids had
seriously curtailed German indus
trial output and in many cases
forced abandonment of night fac
tory shifts.
Last night, too, Chamberlain,
now lord president of council in
the Churchill cabinet, addressed
the empire by radio, declaring for
a finish fight and insisting that
complete harmony exists within
the British government.
Answers RumorS
His speech, in reply to rumors
Of dlsunity and possible p e a C e
moves, derided such idle tales
but warned that a German in
vasion might be attempted at any
moment and might manage here
and there to make a break
trough"
If he does," Chamberlain as
serted, I'VE will fight him on every
toad, in every village and in every
u0uSe until he or we are utterly
testroyed."
chamberlain began his speech
Win this sentence:
The first thing I want to say
might is that all members of the
war cabinet are working together
A complete harmony and agree
nent."
Then the man who sought
peace in our time" at the Munich
e0aference declared:
Anyone who lends himself to
eefman propaganda by listening
Idle tales about disunion among
w. or Who imagines that any of us
S0ula consent to enter upon peace
1sSotlatlons with the enerny is just
paying the Nazi game"
Four Raids
An air ministry communique to-
Msl' reported four British ii
I ta,aS on Germany and Germany
"Ia territory within "a hours.
DlllSh bombs struck a hangar
Aboevllle, near the French
ta vas' OF the English channel yes
c sauay afternoon, it said, set four
lian aircraft afire and dam
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-01
WEATHER

Nor,h FORECAST
ils ton carolina: Generally fair, ris-
psrtlv vllperature NJ O d a y. Tuesday,
The cloudy, somewhat unsettled in
en tdTiessse99roIogical data for the "a hours
s $50 p. m. Yesterday.
1.9o Temperature
II. "a. a, m: 74;, 1880 a. m. 20; 1870 p.
niniwmrn.. :So p. m. Is; maximum 81
"n'um s.; mean "A; normal 70.
In Humidity
n, 20. a: m. 81; 7:3O a. m. So; 1870 p.
% $50 p. m. "a.
Tot., Precipitation
none. ior "A hours ending 7:3O b. M,
sos Total since first of the month,
Tides For Today
Wilnino4 High Low
seon ----------- 6:20a 1:32a
Aasonboro 6:57p 1887
oi' Inlet ------. lola 10 :20f
.Sunris. s.o 4:37p II :05p
lsp i .nS 5:O4a; sunset 7:27p: moon
-a; moonset 3:54p.
"' o. Page Tenn !.
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Tides For TOdav

"ooiiseC o:o4p.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
Few To Be Called For
Draft In Brunswick

SOUTHPORT, Oct. 14.-If the Sc.
lective draft is correctly understood
here, especially the provisions that
credit counties and states with the
number of volunteers, Brunswick
county will have comparatively few
lei called in the first working of
the draft.
On a basis of population, Bruins
wick county is believed to have led
every county in North Carolina with
the number of volunteers for the
army and navy. Only the past week
the Wilmington papers listed 10 en-
listments from the Wilmington area,
which is understood to embrace q
considerable number Of counties. OF
these Is volunteers in day, nine
were Brunswick, one-half of the total
number.
This number did not so in as a
result of any sudden rush. Bruins
wick boys have been enlisting stead.
lily for more than a year. In addl-
ton to those enlisting at Whining
ton, many have gone to Fort Bragg
and still others to Raleigh. The
majority apparently prefer the ar
my, but a good percentage have
gone to the navy and several in the
aviation corps.
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Legal


ty for the purpose OF obtaining
a declaratory judgment under the
provisions of Section 25A, Michie's
Code, and requesting the Court tc
enter a decree authorizing and EN-,
towering Mabel M. Harrah, Of
the plaintiffs. to purchase the ore
half undivided interest Of her te
ceased husbsnd, in the businesses
known as the Ideal Laundry and the
Cash & Carry Cleaners, respectively
at a stipulated price, and to further
determine the interest Of the above
named defendants and others In Z
estate of Purcell B. Harrah unde,
his last will. That said defendants
will further take notice that they
are required to appear at the office
Of the undersigned Clerk Of the
Superior Court at the Court House
in Wilmington. North Carolina, with
i'll thirty days after the 25th day
Of October, 1910. and answer or de.
muir to the complaint in said action.
or the plaintiffs will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded.
Dated this 23rd day of September.
1916.
T. A. HENDERSON,
Clerk Of the Superior Court.