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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
Takes Early
Over
Walter Jones.
Count From 702 Precincts
Gives Guffey 42,126
Votes; Jones, 34,512
G. 0. P. ALSO BALLOTS
Democrats In 272 Districts
Give F. r. 1890
Votes, Nc Write-Ins

PHILADELPHIA, April 23.-R)-
Pennsylvania junior senator, Jos.
eph F. Guffey, built a steadily in
creasing lead tonight in his fight
for the democratic nomination for a
second term.
In the Pennsylvania primary cam
paign's hottest contest, he started
with a margin over his chief op.
ponent, Walter A. Jones, fellow
Pittsburgher, in the first Philadel.
phia districts reported. His gains
increased as tabulations came from
other parts of the state.
The Count
Unofficial count from 702 of the
states 8,105 districts for democratic
nomination for senator gave:
Guffey 42,126.
Jones 34,512.
In a less spirited republican con
test, Jay Cooke, 4S-year-old Phila
delphia city chairman, supported by
the state organization, led rivals for
senatorial nomination by a wider
margin.
Unofficial count from 6S4 districts
for republication senatorial nomina
ton gave:
Cooke "a, 8
Ladner 1882.
In a presidential preferential vote
that is not binding on delegates tc
the national conventions, democrats
in 272 districts gave Franklin D
Roosevelt 1920 votes, with nc
write-ins reported.
Republicans put spaces on theil
ballot for a presidential preference,
written, but filed no anne Scat.
tered write-ins were reported, bu
they were not tabulated in the earl!
vote count.
Only Name
Mr.. Roosevelt's name was thu
only one on the democratic presi
Dental preference ballot. His con
sent was not necessary, and hi
name was filed by the democratic
state committee which endorsed hin
for a third term. Republicans filet
no names but left spaces for write
ms.
Republican leaders said the pref
erence WRITTEN on their ballots prob
ably would be split among a half
dozen favorites, but counted on thei
registration of ~2,572,1OO voters t.
the democrats 2,046,129 to kee.
their totals elsewhere on the ballot
heavier than the Roosevelt vote.
Democrats, however, had the onl
free-swinging scrap - a contest o.
which hinged leadership of the stat
organization.
This was the fight for renomin'
ton of Pennsylvania Junior SEM
tor, Joseph F. Guffey, opposed b
Walter A. Jones, Pittsburgh oil or
orator who had the support G
Democratic State Chairman Davi
l.. Lawrence and several other part,
leaders.
Third man in the race was fol
mer Mayor William N. McNair o
Pittsburgh, who opposed the NeN
Deal. Both the others cited thei
records of New Deal support, an
Guffey said if he was defeated 9Th
press of the nation would hail tina
fcontinued on Page Seven; Col. 81
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srEAMER MACHINEGUNNTD

CIRRALTAR, April 23.-tRIThe
Italian steamer Italo Balbo was re-
norted here tonight to have been
mioed and then to have been ma
ahinaannned by a German plane
Anril 20 off the southeast coast OF
Epnland Some crewmen were said
~ This report to have been slightly
nyo11pded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
ROCKWELL VIEWS
UNSAFE BUILDING
Board Slated To Consider
Front Street Structure
Problem Today

Following an inspection yesterday
D| Sherwood Brockwell, state fire
"'aFShal, the city commissioners will
'ooay give further consideration to
Tie problem of the repeatedly unsafe
SoAoltIon of the building at 22-24
North Front street.
No details of Brockwell's report
"s'e available yesterday, but city Of
''ohtInHed on Page Seven; Col. p
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STEAMER SINKS

LONDON, April 23.-LR-The L.
oeotc, British steamer Lolworth
Str,,ok a mine and sank oq the
so,,thaast coast of England tonight.
3GN. engineer and second mate were
killed and eight other crewmen in:
a..od Coastal lifeboats went to aid
no+her unidentified vessel reported
in distress nearby.
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|WAIl0NAl|
WANT AID
Ag2El| : WEEK 4 422E4
sPoNsoRFp 81 HE ASSOCIATION O.
FLAT FOOT
FLUVIUS

Gnaeus Marius in ancient
Pompeii scrubbed the announce
ment that he had a room to
rent and posted it in a prom
inent place" Read all about
Gnaeus on an inside page of
today's paper.
National Want Ad Week calls
your attention to the fact that
today the most prominent
place" to make an announce
ment is through the columns Of
the Star and News Want Ads.
Get your announcement listed
today in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
The Star-News
Want Ads

During National Want Ad Week
We are willing to run your Want
AID Z Days For 4 Day Price.
Telephone $500
Ask For Ad-Taker
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
WEATHER

FORECAST
Ns TprIn Carolina. Showers, slightly
Wadnsr IN east and central portions
eas St+tgSGaT Thursday fair, cooler in
''S' and central portions.
en chronological data for the "a hours
$50 p. m. Yesterday.
Lon Tem!.e~ature
m. g a. IN. o.; 7:3o d. IN. 50; 1:30 p.
HMM, t;30 p m. 50; mailman SO
'um AZ; mean ii; normal 81.
lon Humidity
LII, fs. d; m -: 7:30 a. m. 72; 1870 p.
ILL., % 1870 p. m. 50.
To+o, Precipitation
none. Iof "A hours ending 7:30 p. m,
2.2G inc SDoal since first of the month,
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iued On Page Seven; Col, ~ i
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Served by Leased Wire Of the
ASSOCIATED PRESS
With Complete Coverage OF
State and National News
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
PORTS THREATENED
Fascist Troops Reported
Evacuating Tepeleni Aft
er Fierce Battle

ATHENS, Dec. 13.-tR-The
Greeks were reported edging des'
perately-fighting Italians back
against the sea tonight in a two
pronged drive that threatened the
last two ports Of escape for fascist
forces in southern Albania.
Despite fresh troops thrown into
the vital Klisura pass protecting
Tepeleni and the heights around
coastal Chimara and Palermo, dis
patches from the front said the
Greeks pushed steadily On, taking
new prisoners and inflicting heavy
losses on communicating foes.
Evacuating Tepeleni
IAN Exchange Telegraph dispatch
to London said the Italians were
evacuating Tepeleni after a fierce
fight and British military circles said
the capture of that town and Klisura
remained merely a matter Of time.")
Klisura lies about ten miles north
east of Tepeleni, which is an i'm
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
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Italv Will Seek To Defend
Two Lines During Winter

ROME, Dec. 13.-R-Usually-well
Informed persons predicted tonight
that the Italian armies would defend
their lines in both Libya and Albania
for the rest of the winter.
At home, Italian defeatists and
hoarders may face rough handling
by Fascism's early-day strong arm
squads. One extremist newspaper
declared hoarders and p~rofiteers
should be shot.
In the view of today's informants,
the aim of the present British often.
sive in Egypt is believed to be to
push the Italians back behind their
Libyan frontier, from which they ad-
vanced early last autumn to and be-
yond Sidi Barrani, 10 miles inside
Egypt.
1t is not believed here that the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14

British will attempt a serious incur
sion into Libya itself.
Today the high command reported
a violent battle amidst sandstorms
lin the zone between Salum Con the
Libyan frontier), Sidi Barrani and
the desert zone to the southeast"
The high command has not specifi-
cally conceded the fall of Sidi Bar
rani, although the Rome radio did
so last night, adding: What of it,"
The Italians were fighting with
great gallantry against the British
armored columns, the communique
said, telling of yesterdays action.
Dawn-to-sundown bombing of the
British units was reported to have
set fires among them. The toll in
planes yesterday was placed at Is
British, IL italian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 13-
Jacksonville today first began
to feel the effects of the $1O,-
DOC, 900 army anti-craft center
at Holly Ridge when 80 en-
ployes Of the Carolina TeIe-
phone and Telegraph company
arrived to erect additional
circuits to the base.
Unprepared for such a sud-
den influx Of workers SO soon,
some Jacksonville merchants
and people with rooms for rent
were pushed to supply beds,
cots and bedlinens.
A vacant apartment was rent
ed and equipped with cots for
part of the telephone crew, it
was said.
Meantime, activity at Holly
Ridge was lively. More en-
gineers were on the job and
workmen began to drift in both
there and here. Some cars
came from as far away as
Louisiana and Massachusetts,
carrying men hoping to get
work when the project gets
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
RED CROSS PLANS
WORK AT CENTER
Field Representative May
Be Appointed For The
Anti-Aircraft Base

The Red Cross will play large
part in the activities at Holly
Ridge after the trainees arrive, &C
cording to Mrs. Ida Speiden, secre-
tary of the Wilmington chapter, as
IT is the medium of communlca-
ton between the Armed forces OF
America and the civilian popula'
ton.
In all probability a field repre-
sentative for the camp will be ap'
pointed, Mrs. Speiden said yester
day, or, as in the case of several
camps in the same vicinity, the
field representative at Fort Bragg
may divide his time between the
two camps. So soldiers will deal
directly with the Red Cross office
in the customhouse.
At present, she said, there is nc
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. D
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
Greeks Edging Italians
Observation-Disclosures
Bloody Battle Raging
In Northern Albania

BITOLJ, Yugoslavia, (Near
The Albanian Frontier), Dec. IL.
up The Greeks dashed out
against the Italians with a big
push along the entire northern
Albania front today and the
bloodiest fighting of the war
ragged in that sector, advices
from the front said tonight.
The battle area was declared
strewn with the dead of both
sides as opposing infantrymen
fought hand-to- hand, with the
Greeks driving the Fascists deep
er into the snOw-capped noun
tains.
The fighting ranged over a
wide arc from west of MuskO-
pole to Uduniste, on Lake Och
rida. Backing up the Greek in
fantry charges, Greek artillery
pounded the Italians with a day
long bombardment. The Italians
themselves replied with heavy
artillery fire and Mussolini's in
fantry put up the stiffest resist
ance yet witnessed i'll the north.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
HILLMAN PROTESTS
ON FORD CONTRACT
Long Controversy Over
Wagner Act And Defense
Comes To Head

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.- Up -
The long controversy as to whether
firms accused of violating the Wag'
ner act should be denied defense con
tracts came to a head today with the
disclosure that Sidney Hillman, labor
member of the defense commission,
had protested against a $4,000, 900
award to the Ford Motor company.
The order calls for some 1900 mid
get cars, designed for high speed
scout work, and a number of other
automobiles.
Aides of Hillman said the protest
had been made about two weeks ago
on the ground that the award car
ried no stipulation for compliance
with the labor laws, particularly the
Wagner act concerning the right of
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
WADE SAYS BLIMP
BASE NOT PICKED
Reports That Site Has Been
Selected Are Scotched
By Commissioner


Reports that a site for the Navy
b1imp base to be established on the
North Carolina coast has already
been selected were scotched yester
day morning by j. E. L. Wade, city
commissioner of. public works, who
is in washington to aid in filing the
city application for a loan of $685..
900 from the RFC for municipal ter.
minals.
He wired Louis T. Moore, chair.
mar Of the Wilmington Industrial
committee, as follows:
"Have just been advised by Con.
gresham Clark's. office that Dirigible
board has not yet met. to decide loca-
ton of dirigible base. Any announce
ment other than that of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy should be dis
counted. Decision is not anticipated
for 10 days or two weeks"
Wade discounted reports the base
would be established in Tyrrell .coun-
ty and said that he believed the
around Wilmington "are still
very much in the running"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
DRESSING STATION
PLANNED AT CAMP
0nlt Will Be Operated In
CONJUNCTION With Bull
luck Hospital Here

nfs 1our'room dressing station where
,.as .or injuries and illnesses will be
pnNu will be erected at Holly
stos ny Tuesday and will be oper-
If mere during the construction
p, VIC camp by DR.. E.. S. Bullock, it
m learned last night.
coa! Ae station will be operated in
M 'ulctlon with Bullock hospital
D, n'll be under the supervision of
SRI, Duliuck, who will have a ply
mere in charge.
ss,,' ambulance will be put into
And between the dressing station
NJ bulluck hospital.
otba4i iof cases will be treated there,
bosnis viii be brought to Bullock
p'al for treatment.
ins ipment for the building is be.
jns iushed here and the entire build.
Ill.,, ~ to be ready for operation
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
CONFER ON FLAGSHIP
President Says Plan For
Bahamas Base Is Held
In Allegiance
BY DOUGLAS B. n

ABOARD U. S. S. TUSCALOOSA
ELEUTHERA ISLAND, The BAHIA
mas, Dec. 13.-(AP by radio)-Pres'
ident Roosevelt and the Duke OF
Windsor conferred for nearly three
hours today aboard the presidential
flagship concerning United States
defense outposts protecting the Pan
anna Canal and the mainland of the
three Americas.
The Duke told newsmen that the
people of the Bahamas looked with
great favor on establishment of the
bases and that 1--WE r ready to do
what the President wants when he
gives the word"
Held In Allegiance
The President disclosed at an in
formal press conference thai plans
for the establishment of a Bahamas
base were being held in allegiance be-
cause of unfavorable anchorage and
other conditions at Mayaguana is
land, which he inspected yesterday.
He also has seen little San Saliva
dor, Long and E%leuthera islands,
but said none was entirely s~atisfac-
tory for a base site and the prob
lem required further study.
During the conference, the Tus-
caloosa was anchored off this Brit
ish island, about 70 miles from
Nassau, the headquarters of the
Duke, who is governor general of
the Bahamas.
The Duke arrived at Ills a. m.
E. S. TO from Miami in a four
engined naval patrol bomber. He
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
Holly Ridge
Center Work
Starts Today
Col. Malone Arrives To Be.
gin Work OF Signing
Leases To Property
TO GET TRAIN SERVICE
Tide Water Is Authorized
To Erect Poles Along
The Highway

Work on the $1O,O O0. 900 Army
anti-aircraft firing center at Holly
Ridge will start this morning, with
the breaking of ground, and the
project is expected to be complet-
ed in 80 days.
Several developments in the
starting of construction of the
camp turned up yesterday. Among
them were:
1.-The arrival of Lieut.-Col. E.
H. Malone, of the Quartermaster
corps, from Fort Moultrie, S. c.,
to begin signing leases to the prop
erty on which the firing center
will be erected.
1.-THE unofficial report that the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad COM
pany plans to establish three pas
senger trains on the route between
Wilmington, Holly Ridge and Jack,
sonville. This moye is sxpeeted t.
be of great benefit to Wilmington
as it is planned to outline a sched-
ule that will allow workers on the
projects to commute to and from
this city and the army camp.
To Erect Poles
3.-The state highway and public
works department in Raleigh au-
thorized the Tide Water Power
company to erect poles along a
road right-of-way between Hamp-
stead and Holly Ridge, according
to an Associated Press dispatch
from Raleigh.
4.-The unofficial report that the
F. N. Thompson, J. ]. McDevitt
and E. w. Grains companies, OF
this state, have been awarded the
construction contracts and that the
Brown Paving company, of Lex
ington, has been awarded the paw
ing contract.
Col. Malone arrived in Whining
ton about 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon and made a hurried trip to
Holly Ridge. He said last night
that he expects to have the leases
to the land in that area signed
within a few days.
Most of the land on which the
camp will be erected now belongs
to the Southern Kraft Paper COM
pany and it appears that the sign
ing of leases requires only a few
details to complete, as options
have already been taken on all
tracts.
Col. Malone said that he knew
nothing of the area mentioned as
the possible site for a housing prof.
ect by the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration.
However, he will also sign leases
for a large area on the waterway
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
L RIDGE NEWS
Phone Company Workers
Arrive At Jacksonville

underway Monday, according
to optimistic expectations.
The Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company brought in
two tons of lines and other
equipment and two large trucks.
Officials in charge said eight
additional lines would be run
from here to Holly Ridge,
Jacksonville being the center OF
commune ations and four to
Wilmington. That will make a
total of six circuits between
here and Holly Ridge and ten
between here and Wilmington.
Onslow merchants and bust
ness men, joined by interested
persons from Maysville, Tren-
ton, Swansboro and Richlands
and nearby communities held a
mass meeting here tonight to
devise plans for meeting the
housing emergency, for which
l., M. Richardson, Fayetteville
chamber of commerce secre-
Continued on Page Three, Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
81 ARE SENTENCED
IN NUMBERS CASES
Are Given Heavy Fines And
Road Terms During All.
Day Session Of Court

Judge Alton A. Lennon sentenced
"a negroes, charged with violation
of the lottery laws through particle
patton in the numbers racket, to
heavy fines and road terms DUR
ing an all-day session OF record
er's court yesterday.
Charging open and fragrant vio-
lations of the law in the city, Judge
Lennon said at the conclusion of a
night session of court that lit was
difficult to understand how such
things have been going on so long"
"It is a reflection on the city,"
Judge Lennon said, "to have to
call on outside help to clean up
our city and do something that
we can't do ourselves" F
Judge Lennon and H. Winfield
Smith, county solicitor, expressed
appreciation for the splendid work
of David Sinclair, district solicitor,
sheriff's deputies, state highway
patrolmen, ABC officers, and
agents of the state bureau Of in>-
vestigation.
Declaring he had been trying to
blast this thing (the numbers rack
et) for some time, Solicitor Smith
told the courtroom, I'VE have melt
ed the numbers racket down now's
and expressed the. hope ''the POI
lice department can take better
care of things now" ee.
Cases disposed of during ths
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
STORES ARE CAPTURED
Remnants Of Invasion
Army Are Withdrawing
From Egyptian Coast
PHASE IS NEARING END
Successful Operation May
Be Turned Into Counter
Invasion OF Libya

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 49,
great shock power
of Britain's imperial forces of
the middle east-troops, navy
and air force-was declared
today to be driving the last
lingering fascists out of
Egypt, and to the fleeing and
much reduced Italian army
the British command applied
the flat word "beaten!"
"Only remnants" of the
major force led last Septem-
Der by Marshal Rodolfo Ora
ziani into the Egyptian coast
line still hold out there, said
general headquarters, and
these were declared withdraw
ing in a dsperate rearguard
action toward Italian Libya,
closely followed by our adj
vanced troops"
Supplies Seized
(Reuters, British news
agency, reported that the
British had seized the entire
stock and fuel and food which
the Italians had assembled for
their Egyptian invasion.)
The capture of uncounted
thousands of Italian soldiers,
for a total Of perhaps 10000,
was reported, the British at
tempting to give no precise
figure officially because of
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina-Rain and colder Sat
afday; Sunday fair and cold.
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
meteorological Gaia for the "a hours
enalhs $50 p. H.. yesterday.
Temperature
l:5U a. m. 81; 1880 a. m. 81; 1:30 p.
u. ~; 1880 p. m. 81; maximum Y
MINIMUM IS; mean IS: normal 40.
Humidity
lN a. m. 81; 7:30 a. m. 90; 1:3O p. m.
N'7;5O p. m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "A hours ending 7:30 p. m.
WV inches; total since first of the
month O29 inches.
Tides For Today
IRON Tide Tables published by U.
C. Toast and Geodetic Survey.
wA. High Low
wilmington -- 9:2sa 4:14a
r,u. S:43p 4:54p
ASS0nooro Inlet ------ 7:11a 12:5sa
sun,;.. 7:2sp 1852
H. sulr1se 7:1Oa; sunset 5:O4p; moon
'N o'--p; moonset 6:42a.
"i'er stage at Fayetteville, N. c.,
"0a' m, December IL, 9.8 feet.
"on'lnued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
S0MERVELL HEADS
ARMY'S BUILDING
Succeeds Hartman AS Head
Of $1,147,000,O 900 Con-
struction Program

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.- R -
The 81, 147, 200, 900 construction pro-
gram Of the War department, which
has fallen behind schedule in a num-
Der of respects, was placed today in
the charge of Lieut.. Col. Brehon 3.
Somervell, who has built up a repu-
tation as a forceful administrator.
He took over the work from Brig
adler General Charles D. Hartman,
who, the department sai%, entered
Walter Reed hospital Wednesday
for observation and treatment fol-
lowing a long period of overwork."
General George G. Marshall, chief
of the arrny's general staff, said that
CONTINUED OH Page Three, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
Officers
And Directors
|Quit At Meet
Recommendations Of Spe-
eial Committee Adopted
By The Membership
SPECIAL MEETING HELD
n,eauization Would Func.
lion Under Leadership Of
Industrial Engineer

Tho recommendations of a spe-
,,I committee that a re-organlzed
r,smber of Commerce be created
Under the leadership of an indus
.r;,1 engineer. assisted by a COM
r.tpnt staff. we're adopted unani-
nn,sly by the membership of the
trade body meeting in special ses-
finn at the Y.M.C.A. last night.
simultaneously the designations
nj the present officers and board
nj directors of the chamber of COM
nerce were accepted and a COM
,ittee was named to effect the
various changes suggested in the
special report.
Until this committee submits the
desired changes and plans, tn e
trade body will be governed by a
board Of directors consisting of the
presidents of the five service clubs
Of the city and representative
from the city and county govern
rents.
Members of Committee
Members of the committee
named to draft the changes are:
l. A. Raney, E. B. Bugg, c. M.
Shigley, W. D. McCaig, j. Holmes
Davis, ST., A. E. Jones, E. A.
Laney, P. B. Ruffin, E. E. Hunter,
HarrisS Newman, c. B. Parmele
and Thomas H. Wright.
The chief recommendations en-
dOrsed by the approximately so
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
CRAWFORD GIVEN
SUSPENDED TERM
Ordered To Pay Costs And
Other Expenses In Slot
Machine Cases Here

]. Reid Crawford, of Fayette-
vile, charged with violating the
slot machine laws, received a sus.
pended four months term on the
state highways when his case was
called before Judge Clawson l..
Williams in New Hanover superior
court late yesterday afternoon.
Judge Williams suspended SEN
tence for Crawford for five years
on the condition that he pay the
costs of court and an additional
$210. for expenses incidental to the
rental and storage of slot ma
CONTINUED on Page Two: Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
ENGLISH SAY FASCIST
ARMY BEATEN; 80 600
CAPTURED IN DESERT
Warships Blast
Fleeing Italian Troops

Bardia, the British fleet pump
ed one = ton high explosive
shells ashore. They started
huge fires, and their explosions
blasted motor transport sky
high and smashed troop Con-
centratiOns.
This was to destroy as much
of the Italian base as possible,
prevent any attempt at reor-
ganization of the retreating
forces at that point, and keep
the Italians on the run far into
Libya, perhaps as far as
Derna, $50 miles from Bardia.
The whole coastline from Sa-
lum, on the Egyptian side of
the line to Bardia, 81 miles
away, was subjected to a de-
(rox&:,roJ nm Do~o TJ,roo fol Ky