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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
DAYS OF JESSE JAMES"
is OFFERED AT BIJOU

Once more the fabulous figure of
Jesse James is brought to life on
the screen. Republics days of
Jesse James," which opens today
at the Bijou theatre, for a two
days showing, presents Roy Rog-
ers as the nemesis of the outlaw
gang which plays upon Jesse's
reputation to cover it's own mis-
deeds.
Roy, as special investigator for
the banking interests, journeys to
the middle-west to make a secret
study of the bank robberies which
are laid on the shoulders of the
James brothers. He deduces that
there is more to the situation than
meets the eye. The James Boys, he
knows, are lawless and dangerous,
but their exploits lack the flavor
of petty meanness characteristic
Of the robberies under his investi'
cation.
An Andy Clyde comedy, "All
American Blondes" and the cur
rent chapter of "The Phantom
Creeps," are also or the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Safe Driving Glass
To Open Here Monda,

The 18th in a series of safe driv-
ing classes will open Monday from
4 to 6 and 7 to 9 o'clock in the
recorders courtroom, George W.
Smith, director, announced yester-
day.
The classes are sponsored by the
adult education department of the
Works Progress administration, the
state highway safety division, and
the city department of public
safety.
Graduating exercises for about Is
members of the current safe driving
course will be held at 1880 o'clock to-
night in the recorders courtroom,
Smith announced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Smith Opposes
Third Term For F. D. R.

: WASHINGTON, Feb, 1. Up -
Senator Ellison D. Cotton Ed)
Smith (D-SC) jumped into the fight
against a third term today with a
statement that Roosevelt may be
nominated, but if he is-goodbye
democratic party as it has been
known all these years."
The 7~5-year-old dean of the SEN
ate called on his party to nominate
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Two Men Killed, Three
Injured In Explosion

BIRMINGHAM Ala, Feb. 1.-G-
Two men we're killed and three
others injured today in ar explosion
at the Bessemer plant of the Her
cules Powder Co.
The dead were Ernest Wesson and
Chester White, both employees of
the plant.
A. V. Mathews, assistant manager
of the company's Birmingham Of
flee, said the explosion occurred
while nitroglycerin was being trans
ported from a store house to the
dynamite house.
Three other employees, Rod Cur.
rem, V. E. Donaldson and a man
named Clemens, were slightly in
iured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
OBITUARIES

MATHEWS-Funeral services for
Mrs. George Mathews, who died
Wednesday night, will be held Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock from
the Chapel Of Andrews mortuary.
with the Rev. Robert L. Jerome,
pastor of Trinity Methodist church
officiating. Interment will follow
in Bellevue cemetery. P%allbearers
will be: Active-Walter Hewlett,
J. c. Sanderson, Ralph Piner, E.
H. Tolar, Walter Davis L. E. Nor.
ton.
Arrangements by Andrews NOR.
tuary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Local Officers Club
C~omplimented On Work

Captain Frederic J. Evans Of the
British navy, retired, of Hydrangea
Place, yesterday complimented Chief
of Police Joseph C. Rourk or the
work being performed by the re.
cently-organized Officers Fellow
ship club, whose members sold
tickets for the Presidents Birthday
Ball this year.
Capt. Evans handed the chief a
check for $25 for the Officers Eel
lowship club, to be added to the
funds raised here to combat infan'
tile paralysis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
ASKS FRANCHISE

RALEIGH, Feb. 1.-R-The S.
and E. Transfer company of Elkin
asked the utilities commission today
for a franchise to operate from Ell
kin to North Wilkesboro, via Ronda
and Roaring River, and TO. a route
from Mocksville to Cooleemee. The
commission set the application for
hearing March 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02

situations to compile data on ages,
salaries, length of service, sex ana
race.
Other members of the commits
sion are J.. Holmes Davis OF VIII
mington, James A. Gray Of Win
ston-Salem, D. Hiden Ramsey OF
Asheville and Kemp P. Lewis OF
Durham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Sol jenkins Is Given
Two Months At Farm

Sol Jenkins, operator Of a negro
dance hall at McCumber station,
drew two months on the county
farm and an order to paddock his
place of business yesterday morn
ing in recorders court.
The negro was found guilty of
maintaining a common nuisance
and possessing illicit whiskey.
George Dixon, negro, drew Is
days when found guilty of possess
ing non-taxpaid whiskey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
A TO MEET

RALEIGH, Feb. 1. - Up The
state board of awards will meet
Monday morning to consider award
of contracts for 100000 worth of
fertilizer for state use and the pur.
chase of $1,000 pair of shoes ex
pected to cost about $4,000. Three
tractors for prison farms also will
be bought.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
TWO ARRESTED

AMSTERDAM; Feb. 1.-R-The
arrest of two Netherlanders suspect
ed of plotting to smuggle to foreign
agents information concerning Hol-
lands art treasures was announced
today by the police of Nijmegen, on
the German frontier. Many master
pieces have been removed from
Netherlands galleries and placed in
bombproof hiding places.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
SOMETHING WRONG HERE

LOS ANGELES Up When a
mar receiving aid from the state
as a blind man starts driving a
truck, it's time to investigate. So
said officials in bringing into court
Auburn Cass, So. Cass pleaded
guilty to receiving $50 a month
through perjured claims.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02

a man who would do a dras.,.
of eliminating or altering New = IVY
agencies which, he said, yiolst. .'
basic principles of the
ton" S
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
THE REAL GLORY" is
FEATURED AT CAROLINA


Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds and
David Niven are the trio of stars
who head the top-notch cast of
1.-THE Real Glory" the exciting and
fast-moving adventure drama which
has its local premiere at the Caro-
lima theatre yesterday. Cooper
plays a strong, herman role with
his usual fine flair for acting and
timing. Miss Leeds is excellent as
the romantic heroine, and Niven,
who has been climbing to stardom
by leaps and bounds. turns in an
all-around stirring performance. A
first-rate supporting cast, headed
by Reginald Owen, Kay johnson,
Vladimir Sokoloff and Russell
Hicks, is uniformally good through.
out.
The Real Glory" was directed
from a screenplay written by 10
Swerling, and it abounds in thrills,
romance, action and color. Briefly
the story revolves around the
heroism and daredeviltry Of the
Philippine Scouts who were left to
police the turbulent islands after
the American army was evacuated
at the end of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. The peace of the islands
was left in constant jeopardy be-
cause the fierce Moro tribesmen re.
treated to the hills and there TO-
mented a dreadful religious war.
fare.
Dave Rubinoff and orchestra en-.
terrain on the short program,
which includes Worlds News
Events.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
CANE DAMAGED

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-R)-Clar
ence R. Biting, president of the
United States Sugar Corp. with ex
tensive plantations in Florida, re
ported to stockholders today that
the freeze of last weekend totally
destroyed" the matured cane stand
ing on rs per cent of the planted
acreage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02

ton, and to have heled in so far as
possible this great North Carolinian
Governor Hoey) in the continuance
OF the states program of service to
the people"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
L QUIET

PARIS, Feb. 1.-LR-Topight's al
lied communicates: "a quiet day on
the whole. Firing from classmates
on either side of the Rhine"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
N. c. Beekeepers Will
Meet Here On Feb. %

RALEIGH, Feb. 1.-GP-The an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
R, 2keepers association will be held
at Wilmington February 23.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02

Frederick the Great, king of Prus-
STA, was an excellent. flute player.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
CostTFire Hits
S.E.Fair Building,
Threatens Others
Calf. State Structure
Total Loss, Along With
$4,000 Art Treasure

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
"a. (UP)-Fire destroyed the
100000 California S t a t e
building and threatened other
structures at the Golden Gate
International Exposition on Treas
ure Island today before the full
facilities of the San Francisco city
fire department brought the flames
under control.
Fire Chief Charles Brennan re-
ported the fire had been checked
at the wooden colonnades connect
ing the California and the San
Francisco buildings two hours after
the flames broke out.
The California commission to the
exposition, operating the structure
set it's loss at $500,0O0. 1t valued
the building at 100000, the fur
nishings at $4,000 and a large dlo-
rama depicting the arrival OF the
Portola expedition in San Francisco
at $4,000.
The diorama, the work of Sculp-
tor 10 Mora of Carmel, was one ol
the art treasures of the fair and was
to have been given permanent
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
GERMANY RESUMES AERIAL BL|TzkR|EC
VOTE MACHINERY SET

pcrial county's welfare in Wasli-
ington, Sacramento and at home
Observers conceded that the race
for United States senator, insofar
as this county is concerned, would
be a walkaway for Hiram john
son.
On both the Democratic and Re-
publican tickets voters will have
their choice between Ed Fletcher
and Ed v. Izac, candidates for
congressional representative.
E. George Luckey ard Charles
L. Wieman are candidates for
state senator, Luckey running on
both tickets and Wieman on the
Republican. Harvey E. Hastain and
Herbert Lowdermilk are running
on both tickets for assemblyman
Judge Vaughn N. Thompson and
Charles L. Childers are candidates
for the non-partisan office OF
Judge of the superior court.
In the Ell Centro supervisorial
district Hugh T. Osborne and 1. S
McElvany are candidates for su-
pervisor. A. Y. Preble is running
unopposed for reelection as super
visor of the Imperial district. B.
M. Graham and I. A. Pearson are
candidates for supervisor OF the
Brawley district
Both the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties will elect county
central committeeman in each su-
peryisorial district.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
Engineers Perfect
Flying Torpedo
Guided From Afar
TelevisiOn Pilot Will
Guide New Weapon of
Destruction on Way

LOS ANGELES, Aug. "a.
UP)-Engineers today were
reported perfecting flying
torpedo steered by radio
through a "television pilot"
The torpedo according to a des-
cription given to the National Tele-
vision convention, will carry tele-
vision sending apparatus and few
pounds of explosive in its nose.
On a screen in the control plane
perhaps so miles away, the opera
tor sees what can be seen from the
nose of the toredo ship. He steers 1t
by radio impulses. All the operator
has to do is keep the image OF the
target on the crossed-hairs OF his
screen until the torpedo crashes on
its objective.
Such a device is being perfected
by experts of the u. S. War De-
partment working with DR.. Lee De
Forest, famous radio scientist, the
convention was told by George H.
Seward, president of the Television
Engineering Institute of America.
1.-The idea of a toredo ship has
long been kicking around the patent
office" Seward explained, "but only
recently has television apparatus
been constructed light enough to
be flown in torpedo ship and cheap
enough to be practical.
"Now, most of the portable equip
ment necessary consists of cathode
ray tube, the lenses. and a few bat
teries. The torpedo plane need carry
only a small supply of gasoline.
For use against enemy aircraft. a
few pounds of explosives would suf-
flee.
"The television torpedo would be
as effective as suicide planes fly
ing into enemy bombers. Large mo-
dels of the television torpedo could
be used against enemy battleships,
and they might even be equipped
with shrapnel explosives to strafe
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
kegro's Death in
Accident Brings
Toll 10 IS Here
Brawley Youth Dies of
Injuries Suffered When
Blowout Upsets Auto

This years traffic deaths
in Imperial county reached
18 with the death Friday
night of M. C. Galloway, 16-
year-old Brawley Negro, in
traffic accident a mile south OF
Imperial.
Galloway's head was crushed
when a sedan driven by Leo Cri-
ner, 26, Negro, also of Brawley,
went out of control and overturned
several times. Criner escaped injury.
The Negro youth died in an am
bulance while en- route to the
county hospital, Deputy Coroner
Herbert Hughes said.
Criner told Highway Patrolman
A. T. Bump an approaching car
forced him to apply the brakes as
he attempted to pass a car ahead
of him. Then, he said. rear tire
blew out and he lost control of the
car
The car skidded off the pavement,
careened back again, and overturned
several times. The accident occur
red at S:25 p. m. Friday as the
Negroes drove north.
An inquest was scheduled at the
Thornton mortuary in Brawley
Saturday afternoon
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
City Jail Empty
For First Time
In Three Years

Ell Centro's city Jail was as bare
as Mother Hubbard's cupboard Sat
urday, thereby shattering a three
year precedent.
Officers could recall only one
previous occasion on which the city
bastille was unoccupied. That was
three summers ago when the Jail
threw open its gates for an entire
week.
Joe Mequez was accorded the dub
ious honor of emptying the Jail
Friday afternoon when he COM
pleted sentence on a drunk
charge.
Police Sergeant T. P. Farmer re-
corded the incident on the police
log, thus:
Last bird has flown. Jail gets
first complete airing in three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
Convicts Gag Woman. Flee
Give Up to Ariz. Posse

FLORENCE, Ariz., Aug. "a CUPD
"A posse led by a pair of blood
hounds today captured two youth
full convicts who escaped from the
Arizona state prison early this morn
ing by overpowering the wife of
the prison auditor with a toy pistol
and making off in her automobile.
The two convicts, both trustees,
were Phil Schumacher, 20, serving
five years for robbery. and william
Gates. 81, serving Is to 20 years
for kidnapping and robbery. They
were overtaken by the posse in the
desert hills a few miles north of
the small town of Olburg, about
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
Special j. s. Cabinet Post for Air
Defense Proposed to Coordinate
Activities. Strengthen Resistance

responding to the secretary of war
and secretary of navy and place one
man in charge of the air force OF
the United States" The present
machinery is obsolete" he said.
He stated that if elected president
he would Immediately ask Congress
to coordinate the separate air forces
under one man. Eventually, he said,
he would favor having only one
cabinet member to handle all ma
tional defense-military, naval and
aeronautical-with an undersecre-
tary in charge of each service. Such
a change, however, would take too
long, he said, adding his belief that
it is important to add strength to
the air force Immediately.
Americas best foreign policy, he
said, is to build a strong United
States. This nation must be strong
in military, naval and aeronautical
forces and must rebuild a strong
economy, he declared.
There was considerable discussion
at WILKES press conference about
private polls which showed the COP
nominee leading Mr.. Roosevelt in
various states. Rep. Bruce Barton,
R., N. Y, produced a poll which
showed that Willkie had more than
SO per cent of the vote in New
York state. Willkie invited Barton
and his poll conductor Elmo Roper
to luncheon to discuss new check
on the figures.
Willkie said Emil Hurja, publisher
of the Pathfinder" magazine and
former statistical expert for the
Democratic national committee, tel
ehoned a few days ago to report
that his poll in Illinois showed
that state going for Willkie by
100000 votes.
A reporter then remarked that
the underground word from the
south is that there will be a land
slide"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

| SerSCnmlCt 1lBnUerS, rOdTeQ III WdVes
over England, dropping high explo-
sive and incendiary bombs which
caused great material damage and
in one case, blasted a crowded mo-
vie theatre.
German big guns on the French
coast joined in the strafing of Eng
land and shells screamed across the
English channel. The Germans said
that the great port of Portsmouth
was in flames and that part of the
city around the harbor was burn
ing after raids designed to destroy
remaining fuel stores and naval
docks.
The Germans claimed that so
British planes had been destroyed
during the day while unofficial esti-
mates in London were that at least
80 German planes were destroyed
The English southeast and south
west coasts were battered most,
but two German formations three
times during the day made thrusts
towards London, resulting in three
air raid alarms in the city proper.
The raids continued into the early
evening and at Dover the big Ber-
thas on the French coast resumed
pumping shells into the British port
Damage was especially extensive
at Ramsgate, north of Dover, where
whole rows of houses, nine saloons,
the municipal offices and the gas
works were destroyed.
Bright sunshine and high floating
clouds ended the bad weather over
the English channel, and made re-
sumption of the mass raids posi-
BILE.
The thunder of German bombing
blasted the Dover coast and air.
fields back from the sea and Lon
don had its 18th air raid alarm of
the war. The big German guns
emplaced from Boulogne to Calais
spoke again across the channel and
English batteries roared back.
1t was the first time in six days
since last Sunday that the Ger
man air force had gone into action
on blitzkrieg scale.
LOndon'S first air raid alarm came
during the morning rush hour. 1t
lasted SO minupes but few persons
went to shelters as German planes
did not get through to the metropo-
lis and no bombs were believed
dropped in its vicinity.
1t was reported that the warning
was given after a flight of 81 to
100 German planes got over the
coast and appeared to be heading
toward London. The flight was in
tercepted by British fighter planes
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

MculDeT VI ldIIlIly "a PAOACCAo'
Miss Weed Travelled from St. Louis,
Mo-, to California with an OK train
in 1883. She arrived in Calexico in
1900 and lived there with her fam
lily until two years ago when she
went to San Diego to live.
The Weed family, composed OF
the parents and their II children,
helped build Imperial Valley apd its
history is history of pioneer cou-
rage. AS the oldest of the II chill
dren, Miss Weed was leader in the
civic and religious life of the Cal
exico district.
In spite of frail health which han
dicapped her all her life, Miss Weed
helped organize the First Congrega-
tional church near the Double
Bridges and taught Sunday school
class there. -rss '-a-..
She is survived by five sisters,
Ora Dunton, Edla Dickinson, Amy
Bates, Ethel Crosse and Erna; and
four brothers, Solon K, DR.. Dana L.,
Leonard S., and Dr.. Nelson D.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

NEW YORK, Aug. "a. CUP)-
Wendell l.. Willkie today proposed
creation of a special cabinet post
for air defense to make the United
States strong enough to resist at
tack.
Willkie asserted that the nation
is "hopelessly unprepared" as far
as airplanes are concerned and that
we are "floundering along" with
present uncoordinated operation OF
separate army and naval air forces.
The Republican presidential NOM
inee said that the United States
should take a lesson from the
European war-the fall of France
and the current distress of England
and proceed Immediately to make
its air arm strong and effective.
Willkie told a press conference
that it was very important that
we create a new cabinet post cor
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

been decided.
Hopkins letter of resignation as
cribed his decision to prolonged i'll
ness and explained he had post
poned offering his resignation last
May in the hope he would recover
his strength during the summer
White House Secretary Stephen
T. Early revealed that Jones was
considering the offer to be Hopkins
successor and that the post OF un-
dersecretary of commerce had been
offered to Louis johnson, who re-
Gently had to resign as assistant
secretary of war.
Early said johnson is considering
that offer and will probably discuss
it with the president next week.
Hopkins letter laid stress on his
interest in the whole national de-
fense program and praised the pres
ident'S efforts along that line.
Referring to developments since
May 10, Hopkins said that the ex-
perience of Britain has shown that
where the national interest and Sc
curity are at stake we are justified
in making only the most pessimistic
assumptions"
May 10 was when the German
invasion of Holland and Belgium
began.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

25 miles northwest of here.
The youths were reported to have
offered no resistance to their cap
tors. although they were armed
with a .38 calibre revolver they had
stolen from the home of the prison
auditor. Rudy Anderson.
Schumacher and Gates were cap
tured only few miles away from
the spot where they abandoned
the Anderson automobile. Jne
They went to Anderson's home.
a few blocks from the prison,
shortly after the auditor had gone
to work. The youths had been re-
leased from the main prison grounds
with the other TRUSTEES at six
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

o'clock this morning.
Brandishing the toy pistol. they
forced Mrs. Anderson against a
bedstead, bound and gagged her,
stole the revolver and some cart
ridges and then drove off In the
auditors automobile.
Schumacher had been acting as
"house boy for the auditor and
was familiar with the hours he
would be away from home. Gates
trusty on the prison farm. joined
Schumacher when he saw the aud
itor walking toward the prison.
Don't move for an hour" they
warned Mrs. Anderson after they
had bound her.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25
p AMBlINe
EpoRTER
Alfonso VS.. CASTOR

Alfonso VS.. GaStOn--
Helen Cooley and FL Nora Mills
while waiting for a show to begin
in Hollywood decided to pass the
time by drinking soft drinks.
I'll buy you one" Helen said
ooh, no. I'll buy you one" in
sisted Ell Nora.
They continued their argument
while entering a neat little estab-
lishment, ordering. and enjoying the
drink. They grabbed at the check,
Helen took a Mortified look at it
She passed it to Ell Nora as she
said sWCetly:
Very we'll. You may buy
The check was for 70 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

CenUTdI COIflIllIUUtt.
Gov. Olson, terming De Lap a
"reactionary' and a tool OF spe-
cial interests" urged support of
Joseph De Rosa, Concord Demo-
crat, for the Senate seat. Scattered
''boos" mingled with applause.
Obviously nettled by the divided
response, Olson turned and left the
auditorium just as John Daraventa
head of the county committee,
turned to thank him.
Darayenta then introduced De
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

Rosa as many in the audience took
up the chant, I'VE want De Lap"
There were other cries for Harry
Burt, another Democratic candidate,
who was not mentioned by Olson.
Burt arose and demanded the
privilege of the floor. The crowd
forced his recognition, and Burt
launched in a campaign talk. He
was interrupted frequently by cries
from De Rosa and De Lap sym
pathizers,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

voters are qualified to cast their
ballots. Complete to the last eras-
er, the big canvas sacks of equip
ment weighed approximately rs
pounds each.
Meanwhile candidates were put
ting a fast finish to a slow cam
paign, with particular emphasis on
the offices directly affecting I'm
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-25

Four tons of election equipment
to be used at Imperial county's 80
precincts rolled from the county
clerks office in FL Centro Saturday
aboard road district trucks.
During the weekend the equip
ment will be distributed by road
district crews to the far-flung pre-
cincts where 1856 registered