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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-03-07

At heart, these Senators are violent
ly against a third term-and most of
them are against Mr.. Roosevelt, any
how. In private, they praise Vice
President Garner for his courage in
making the fight and tell him that they
are with him zone hundred per cent"
But, also at heart, they are political
pussy-footers, congenital trimmers
and wave riders. Frightened by the
open connivance of the President
with the third-term managers; aware
that any President in his position can
force his nomination if he wants it.;
knowing that he not only approves the
Kelly-Nash action of putting him in
the Illinois primaries but personally
suggested to one of his aides that ne
become his stooge in the Oregon pri-
maries-frightened by these things
these Senators have been preparing to
jump for the third-term band wagon,
if and when it comes along.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-03-07

But calm analysis of the last Gallup
poll has heartened them a lot. At
times politicians do not take this poll
seriously; at other times they do.
This time they accept it largely be-
cause it reflects their own judgment
to wit, that while third nomination
easily can be secured, a third election
cannot. Moreover, they think they can
prove this to the satisfaction of any
one willing to accept the poll as sound
Evening star., 1940-11-04

didate would get a maximum of 10
States. Mr.. Willkie is supported by
the owners" of the country, while
Mr.. Roosevelt's hackers are the
workers" of the United States, he
said
Emil Hurja. publisher of the Path
finder magazine, declared that the
current trend" for Mr.. Willkie
would carry him into the White
House with $50 electoral votes.
Gladstone Williams, Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Con-
stitution, backed Mr.. Roosevelt,
while Ray Tucker, columnist, sup
ported the Republican candidate.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Minor Hudson to Speak
To AIphu Kappa Psi

Minor Hudson, national director
OF the United States Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the second of a Sc
ries of professional programs"
sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi, ma
tional professional fraternity. Mr..
Hudson, recently selected by the
New York Advertising Club as one
of the Nations IL outstanding young
men, will speak during a meeting
Wednesday night at the Columbian
House, Twenty-first and G streets
NV
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Six Commentators
Evenly Divided in
Election Forecasts
Journalists Air Opinions
On Presidential Race
In Broadcast

Supporters of both presidential
candidates found satisfaction in the
predictions of six commentators
made on the American Forum of the
Air last night
Ernest Lindley, columnist, pre-
dicted a Roosevelt victory, with
possibly as many as 500 electoral
votes, while Boake Carter, columnist
and radio commentator, said MIR.
Willkie would win by Landslide. 4"
Mr.. Carter based his opinion on
the strength of woman's opposition
to war and the fear that Mr.. Roose-
velt was leading the Nation into one.
Combined with the middle class"
vote, the ballots cast by the mothers
of the country would tip the scales
In Mr.. Willkie's favor, he said.
Kenneth Crawford, correspondent
of the New York newspaper PM,
estimated that the Republican can
Evening star., 1940-11-04
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01

Germany by airmail, and the
p~ostoffice department already
has issued an order refusing to
accept parcel post for the trans
Atlantic flying. service. Under
study now is the possibility Of
refusing mail containing money
orders, checks, drafts, etc.
Should the clippers be permit
ted to carry only correspondence,
the British would be deprived Of
a large part of their excuse Tor
examining and holding up Amer
can mails. The sole remaining
excuse would be that of prevent
ing information from reaching
Germany.
The British took airlnail from
a clipper two weeks ago. Amer
lean consular authorities at Ber-
muda protested and reserved
rights to future damages.
Nethertheless, it vas readily
recognized here that the British
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
AMM0NS, LECCETT
GIVEN LONG TERMS
Each Given 10 To II Years
For Secret Assault Up
on Columbus Negro

WHITEVILLE, Jan. 31.-J a k
Ammons and Robert Leggett, white
of Boardman, were convicted In
Columbus county superior court
here today of secret assault with a
deadly a with intent to kill
On Cledge Williams, negro and
were sentenced by Judge ]. Paul
Frizzelle, of Snow Hill, to from 10 to
u years in states prison.
The case was unusual in more
than one instance chief Of them be-
ing that all the witnesses for the
state we're negroes and all the wit
nesses for the defense were white
men,.
The two white men were charged
with having shot Williams with
rifle-motive for their action never
being clearly brought out in the
case.
Jack Greer, Jr., as private prose
cutor, led the prosecution, assisted
by, District Solicitor David Sinclair
Following a lengthy charge to the
jury, which returned its verdict late
this afternoon, Judge Frizelle, aftel
sentencing the two men, compll
mented the jury on its verdict ane
it's ability to override any p~ossiollt9
of racial prejudice"
Only two other Eases were hearo
today. D. j. Fowler, Of Tabor CITY
pleaded guilty to a charge OF secre
assault on C. M. Cox and was sen
fenced to three years on the state
highways. Elwood Martin, OF wan
cheese, pleaded guilty to a charge OF
bastardy and was ordered to pay
$475 to the mother Of the child ano
to support the child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
WOUNDED BY HUSBAND
Accidentally Shot In Stom-
ach While ABC Chief Was
Cleaning Pistol

Mrs. Earl S. Bland, wife Of the
chief of the ABC agents in New
Hanover county, who was reported
accidentally shot in the stomach
by her husband about 1 o'clock
yesterday morning, was said to be
in a "seemingly satisfactory. con-
dition at James Walker Memorial
hospital last night.
Bland stated yesterday that he
accidentally shot his wife while he
was cleaning his gun at his home,
7O6 Caldwell avenue.
Attending physicians said yester'
day afternoon the bullet, of As cali
bre, entered the lower part Of the
stomach, passed through the pelvis
and came out through the hip. The
physicians expressed the opinion she
has a good chance to recover.
Mrs. Bland suffered from shock
and loss of blood, physicians said.
She was given transfusions yester-
day morning.
Bland said he was in the
living room of the home cleaning
and oiling his pistol. He said he
told his wife it was unloaded but
she, for reasons unknown, grabbed
the gun and pulled it upward. At
this moment it went off.
Bland said the gun carries cart
ridges in clips of three and appar-
emily all but one had come out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
CHAMBERLAIN SAYS
BRITAIN PREPARED
Tells U. S. War ithered
Trade Will Prosper If
1t Waits For Peace

LONDON, Jan. 81 -Neville
Chamberlain told Americans to-
night their war-withered trade with
England will prosper if they wait
until "the time comes to turn once
more from war to peace" and gave
Adolf, Hitler gibe for gibe, defiance
for defiance.
I'VE are prepared for air raids If
they should come" was his answer
to the man who last night jeered
at ''old Mr.. Chamberlain and his
Bible" and threatened England and
France with a taste of 1.-THE fight
they asked for"
He reviewed the "prodigious re
suits of the British war effort
more than 1,250,00o men under
arms, airplane construction stepped
up to a point sever times greater
than 1856, orders for supplies to
falling nearly f2OO, 000, 1000 $685.
600, O0O) doubles and in some cases
quadrupled gun production and shel
output more rapid than that OF
1914.
Yet no neutral, he said, "feels it.
self threatened by this enormous
accumulation of power"
At the same time the British
prime minister, speaking at a
luncheon at a London hotel, did his
best to placate Europe's disturbed
little neutrals, some of whom have
expressed resentment at a broad
cast suggestion by Winston Church
ill that their only hope lies In
''united action with the Allies.
To Japan, he voiced his distress"
that the Oriental power should be
angry over British al methods.
I'VE have in the past been the
largest customer Of the United
States for their agricultural prod
Continued on Page Five: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Condition OF Mrs. Bland
is Termed Satisfactory
Delta Air Lines FAVOR
Newspaper Advertising

ATLANTA, Jan. 31.-@ So
Fully IS per cent of the Delta
Air Lines advertising funds
have been allocated to news
papers "for publicizing our
service" Laigh C. Parker, Delta
vice president in charge of
traffic, told the Atlanta Ad-
vertising club today.
Through no other medium
do we believe we a as eff.
fectively place our service be-
fore the actual travelling pub.
lic."
Parker, who also is first
vice president of the Air Traf-
fic Conference Of America, said
his company had found. also
that "a haphazard advertising
schedule" frequently proves to
be a poor investment, and that
consistency and regularity of
insertions are "the secret" Of
any protracted advertising
camDaign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
RELEASED
Crop Amounts To 1,770,-
100000 Pounds, Will
Bring $3.50 Average
RECORD ESTABLISHED
|FIue-C Cured Type, AZ PEI,
Cent Larger Than In ''38,
Hit By Price Slump

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-R-
The bureau Of agriculture economics
estimated today the 1889 record to-
baccc crop, totaling 1,770, 900, 900
pounds, would bring growers an av'
erage of about 1873 cents a pound Or
a total Of 1910, 900, 900.
The 1888 crop of 1876, 600, 0Oo
pounds brought IN average price OF
1877 cents or a total of $270, 0O0. 900.
the bureau said. The flue-cured crop,
AZ per cent larger than that OF
1898 and the largest on record,
brought an average price CT lea
cents up to January 1, a marked de.
cline from the 1888 season average
Of 22.2 cents.
Burley Prices
The bureau said that not all OF
the hurley crop had been sold, but
that preliminary reports indicated
an average season price of 17.5
cents. 1t was 10 cents in 1888. The
hurley crop was only Sc per cent
larger than that Of 1898.
The bureau said that since exports
| of hurley represented a much smaller
proportion of total disappearance
than for ~flue-cured, the decline in
exports since outbreak of the Euro
pean war had had less effect on
prices of this type.
Prices of dark tobaccos and cigar
types as a whole had been slightly
higher o far this season than a
year earlier, the bureau aid. Sup
plies of ~fire-cured, dark ,air-cured
and cigar types were said to be
more nearly in line with market
needs than in other recent years.
British restrictions on the use
of dollar exchange, an later an en-.
barge, effective the first Of the year,
against imports of American to-
bacco had resulted, the bureau said,
in the complete stoppage Of tobacco
exports from this country to the
United Kingdom.
Funds Advanced
To avoid disruption of American
markets because of the British ac-
ton, especially with respect to flue.
Continued on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
FLEET EXPANSION
PLANS APPROVED
Program, Cut To Half OF
| What Navy Asked, Passed
By House Committee

WASHINGTON, Jan. s1.-R-A
$685., 00O, 900 fleet expansion program
just half what the navy recon-
mended- won tentative approval to-
day of the house naval committee.
The group endorsed individual
provisions Of the curtailed legisla'
ton but deferred final action until
after opposition witnesses are heard
next week.
In it's present form the legisla'
ton would authorize construction OF
21 additional warships at a cost OF
about 1912, 900, 900, % auxiliary YES
sells to cost $183, 600, 900, and .1.O11
more airplanes costing 500, 600, 900.
Including requirements already au-
thorized, the navy will be able to
start construction Of 81 new fight
ing ships in the next two years.
The navy had recommended a ST.
800, 900, 900 expansion program which
would have provided II combat
(COntinued on Page Five: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
PLANS ARE APPROVED
Station, Which Will Cost
About $3.50, Will Be
Located At Shipyards

James E. L. Wade, city commits
sioner of public works, said yes
terday that the National Youth
administration has approved plans
for the construction Of a seaplane
landing float in the Wilmington
harbor and has authorized the be-
ginning of the project Immediate
ly.
The construction OF a seaplane
base here will result in national
recognition for Wilmington by the
Clvl Aeronautics Authority and in
cluslon on the accredited list Of ap-
proved projects of the U. s.. de-
partment of commerce, Commits
sloner Wade said.
Will Cost $3.50
The project will cost about $3.50
including $3.50 from the National
Youth Administration and $20C
furnished by the city commits
%sioners.
r. Hugh Evans, of Kinston, dis
tllct supervisor for the NYA II
Nofth Carolina, yesterday, inform.
"a commissioner Wade by letter Of
the approval of project plans ant
me starting of work Immediately.
Inc seaplane landing float, to bt
erected by and under the super
VISION Of the NYA, will be located
!" tne old Libery shipyards, city.
o"heo property, at the west end Of
Greenfield street.
similar projects have been un
oeftaken all over the United states.
commissioner Wade said, "wher
ssef water has been available, ant
many Instances these project.
"e already in use.
considerable favorable publicity
A"S already been given to the com
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Construction Of Seapllalnte
Base Authorized ByNYA
Emory Named Officer
Oh Housing Council

. RALEIGH, Jan. 31.-R-T.
S. johnson, secretary of the
state planning commission and
member Of the Raleigh HOus-
ing Authority, was elected to-
day as first president of the
North Carolina Council Of
Housing Authorities.
The recently-formed council
held an organization meeting
here.
Other officers named were:
First vice president, the Rev.
Jack Rountree of Kinston; Sec
ond vice-president, Capus M.
Waynick, of High Point; third
vice-president, Edwin L. Jones,
of Charlotte; and secretary
treasurer, H. r. Emory, OF
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
WALLACE BATTLES
FARM FUNDS CUT
Warns Solons Farmers. Will
Hold Them Responsible
In 1910 Elections

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 OF -
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
leading a resounding chorus OF pro-
tests against deep slashes In farm
appropriations, today warned con
gressmen, and particularly members
of the democratic party, that farm
ers would hold them responsible i
the 1910 elections.
An interesting political issue
will be raised, he said, unless con-
gress restores the 1854, 900 900 cut
from the Agriculture department ap-
preparation bill by the house appro'
priations committee yesterday.
II want to put the farmer on
guard" Wallace said at a press con-
florence, against attempts Of some
congressman to scuttle the farm pro-
grams" Later he added:
II would ask the farmers this
question when they went to vote,
which way are you most likely to
be taken care of in 1940'"
The house committee approved a
CONTINUED on Page Elves Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Arbitration OF
Oil
Row Refused
Possibility OF Settlement
Through Mediation Ruled
Out By Cardenas
DISCUSSES SITUATION
Asserts Companies Affect
ed Have Refused To Take
Part In Valuation

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 31.-(R-
President Lazaro Cardenas today
ruled out the possibility of interna.
tional arbitration of Mexico's ex.
propriatfon of the foreign oil in
dustry.
In a broad interview in which he
discussed the oil situation in par
ticular and the international situa.
ton in general Cardenas declared
that valuations being placed upon
the appropriated properties by Mex
lean courts cannot be changed"
Cardenas said representatives of
the II British, American and Meth.
erlands companies affected by his
appropriation order Of March IS,
1898, had refused repeated and
frequent requests to participate IN
valuation of the properties"
Disagree on Value
The companies have valued their
properties as high as $400ii
600, 600; the Mexican government
says the value is considerably less
than that.
Asked if the new tanker fleet
which Mexico is acquiring would
be used to carry oil to warning and
neutral European as well as Japan
and other Asiatic countries, Car
denas said the government had nc
plans for supplying any particular
country.
In response to a query whether
Mexico had protested the Allied
blockade of Germany, he said this
matter is being studied"
Concerning reports that Mexico
asked opening Of the blockade tt
Continued on Page Five; Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
AMERICAN CLIPPERS MAY STOP CALLING
AT BERMUDA If CENSORSHIP CONTINUES

stopped, how is the search to DO
conducted? Is the plane to be
forced down by a British plane
and searched while tossing On
the water?
This presents a novel problem.
international law makes no
specific provision for it. Officials
feel the British would think
twice before forcing down an
American civilian plane on a
regular scheduled flight, since
the repercussion on American
public opinion would probably be
most unhappy.
The Associated Press received
no German pictures in the mail
aboard the clipper which landed
Jan. 30 at Charleston, although
its Berlin bureau has dispatched
pictures regularly and frequent
ly to connect with every out
going plane from Lisbon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Red
Along
Front
Capture OF Pitkaranta En-
ables Defenders To Sur
round Trapped Forces
SOVIETS NEED FOOD
Finnish Anti-Aircraft And
Planes Shoot Down Five
Invading Craft
By WADE WERNER

HELSINKI, Jan. 31.7R-Finnish
troops tonight completed the en-
circlement of trapped Russian divi
sions in the Kitela sector northeast
of Lake Ladoga by capturing the
strategic town of Pitkaranta, front
observers reported, and threw back
Red army attacks Everywhere"
along the same front.
Only their numerically inferior
forces are keeping the Films from
polishing off the trapped Russians
said the account Of the capture OF
Pitkaranta, which is about 20 miles
from the Russian border and n OF
the Soviet's early detectives in the
war.
Calls for Aid
(But in Paris today Finland's min
lister DIR. Harri Holma warned that
the Finnish army us condemned tc
DEATH unless it receives sufficient
help quickly.)
: The nightly Finnish communique
said that Red army attacks. north
east of Lake Ladoga had beer
thrown back with. the loss of nine
tanks.
Observers, expanding this officia
bulletin, said the Firms were wait
ing for the trapped Russians to rur
| out of ammunition before trying
to administer a coup de grace. TIL
Soviet soldiers were reported to hav'
been without food for more than {
week.
New Russian attacks on the Kare
liam isthmus were repulsed, the Fin
nish high command said, with a los
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. S,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01

were within their rights, since
Bermuda was a regular point OF
call for American clippers, and
the United States admits the
right of Britain to take mails
from ships which make regular
calls at British ports.
If Bermuda is left out, the
question arises whether Britain
will take any action to assume
jurisdiction over trans Atlantic
planes. Under international law
it is possible for a British war;
ship to search an American ship
even if it is bound from a Amer
lean port to a neutral port with
out stopping at a British port.
But suppose the British want
to stop and search a trans-At'
lantic plane, which, by a defini-
ton of the Neutrality Act, is
also regarded as an American
vessel. How is the plane to be
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
u S. REPORTS
TOTAL EQUALS
1888 RETURNS
U-Boat Is Destroyed
By Flying Boat After
Sinking British Ship

LONDON, Jan. 31.-@-
Sinking of the 5,062.ton British
steamer Vaclite in a convoy
by a German submarine and
the subsequent sinking of the
submarine by q British flying
boat was announced today.
This was the same submarine
which Prime Minister Cham
beriain reported destroyed in
q speech earlier today.
The crew of the Vaclite was
reported rescued by an Italian
ship.
A communique said the Vac.
lite's naval escort counter at
tackled with depth charges after
the vessel was struck but lost
contact with the submarine.
Later, however, a flying
boat spotted the submarine on
Ne surface, apparently unable
to dive because of damage
from the depth charges, and
dropped a heavy bomb which
exploded on the starboard side.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
FINNISH WAR BOND
|PLAN SUPPORTED
Knox Talks With F. R.,
Says Proposal To Sell Is
sues May Be Developed

WASHINGTON, Jan. ii Up -
A plan under which Finland would
float war bonds in this country,
much as the Irish fight for freedom
was financed 20 years ago, gained
bipartisan support today.
After a talk with President Roose-
welt, Col. Frank Knox, publisher OF
the Chicago Daily News, said that
he wouldn't be at all surprised Il
a plan were worked out for the ale
of Finnish bonds.
Senator Harrison O-Miss) had
suggested yesterday that Finland
sell securities to private investors
and sympathizers. He opposed pro
posals for a government loan to Fin
land.
The money thus borrowed presum-
ablv could be used by the Firms 10
buy military supplies, whereas a
-0 H n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
MOVE TO HOSPITAL

HOLL Old, Jan. 31.-R-
Amos and Andy of the radio moved
into a hospital today. Andy( Charles
Correll) wanted to be near his wife,
who is awaiting the birth Of a
child, so Amos (Freeman Gosden),
who works with his partner on their
scripts, moved in, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
TRADE CONFIDENCE
REQUESTED BY ALL
Executive Council Says
Lack OF Faith Has Stunt
ed Industrial Growth

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 31.-tR-De-
claring that lack of faith has stunt.
ed industrial expansion, the execu-
tive council of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor today called upon
President Roosevelt and congress
to take whatever steps are neces'
sary to. restore business confi-
dence."
The council, in demanding an i'm.
mediate Ego" signal for industrial
growth, urged that call government
actions that tend unnecessarily to
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Rv ANDRUE BERDING

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 Up
American officials are serl-
0usly considering the substitll-
ton of Puerto Rico for Bermuda
as a stopping place for the
trans Atlantic clippers, if Brit
ish censorship of American air
mail at Bermuda continues.
The substitution would add
hundreds of miles of flying dis
lance. From Puerto Rico the
flying boats might continue to
the Spanish Canary islands
rather than to the Portuguese
Azores before proceeding to Lis
bon.
however, it is learned that
postal regulations are under
study which may make cOntinu-
ance of air mail service via her
muda still possible.
The British seek to prevent
the sending Of tcontraband to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
ROOSEVELT LAUDED
MINERS MEET
UNIV Delegates Refuse Ia
Endorse President For
Third. Term, However

COLUMBUS, o., Jan. ,S1.@R-
The United Mine Workers con-
vention shouted praise for Presf-
dent Roosevelt today but refused
to endorse him for a third term.
Forty-seven resolutions urging a
third-term endorsement were re-
ferred to the unions international
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