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Smyrna times., 1940-03-28
ERs)NAL AND
|sCCiAL ITEMS
~. Come and Go,
L'',s Our Community
4, Former Smyrnians
L and CLUB PARTIES

CLUB PARTIES
Do5ert H. Denney anC
E. Louise and Henrietts
~, on Wednesday Of DR.
y oswald E. Denney Of the
vaps Hospital, Baltimore
.ri Mss Louise Denney re-
.Isrs visit with DR.. Denney
!, .,uily. DR.. Denney vii
Nj ii, from New York fol
N Central America, where
4 uals q survey and inspec'
I asir hospital system anc
4. government as to the
y d hospitals, orphan asy'
ID Old peoples homes.
,g The people from out Of
no attended the funeral ot
rs Dwight last week were
sr:e s. Cable, Markham
n Keith Marshall, Marshall
u Eiwsrd P.Marshall, Mark
"a, Mr. Gerald Marshall
Kan Va; Messrs. David anc
|, Einund, St. Michael, Nd;
E1abeth B. Dwight, Mr.. and
Ii. Garrison, Philadelphia,
Hgy R. Higgins, Rehoboth;
Villain G. Hill, Baltimore.
ME. George Carter have
sVsrsl trips to Wilmington
4 tie past three weeks be-
d tie serious illness of Mrs,
b; kVthers, Mr.. William E,
EAO underwent two major
FnH ID the Wilmington Gen
sn4iid. Mr.. Foard, who is a
" d The staff of the Will
% Morning News is now con-
~.
u Mss Roma Fal Welch, OF
Ailss, gave a dinner party
xiH Monday. Her guests
Mr Deakye, Lois Demp-
Ehsr Dempsey, Marie Ma
Jeanne Spence, and her two
John Boyne 3rd, and Ed
Em nd.
nay Jefferson, daughter Of
& fls. Ralph Jefferson, has
g % Washington College
s7'sa' Nd, after spending
a'i weekend with her par
sas will return home on
y for the annual Spring va
ams week.
Anna Bell Beckett returned
- after spending the
ninays with her sister.
d Sitter in Germantown,
y accompanied home by Mr..
nag Pakradooni and son
s..s ~ MIS- Sitter, who were
l . :, Mrs. Howard B. Money
: : ~ Salns Of Delaware City;
Ms Vernon Clark and
= : 'aaet LaVerne Of viii
spent the Easter HOLIDAY
- y Robert H. Denney and j
~, Sul, small daughter
"a y. Ms. Harry Still, cele-
u-s :! alFd birthday at a
A'' q her home. Tbose
,',n ssrs Joyce Ann snapoa u.s.
i..ston Non Lands Wilson
FL =; :, J. By syard Briggs, Of
81, !, n. ma and Mrs. Gilbert
F. T,,Isa ! Ianhurst, Del, and
rss, e aas q near Glasgow
d v, over : the weekend Of
snl y; See, George Carter err Of Of
i aa. : Howard Knox ana
ID ,., ! r,,ttsOurg, Pa, Mr.
spsis. ,'s' ;, Psnnewill, Of
4aos ~ : :, and Mr.. Edward
~s'.,sa = Philadelphia, Pa "a !
guests Of Dr.. and
E,aslss'' ils' H.ss',, Webb, :. daughter
At D. r,y uuy Edmondson
~ sslt ,.,ss,,H 'ss Easter holiday. o Dsl.
a.ass sand s lss Harmonson -
ass.a,nai ,nias will attend the the
Ga.s. meeting of 49,
p csss,la. Alumni U at the win. vns
Eeano." "no'cott : Hutchins
Robinson, are r.. !.
III ass,'s''ulations ., ae
lighter on Mons sne
! ' ksat General a0paay Has
w. 8, William asu
Alice, of wi1,,.s WIN and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
FBIW WILL PROBE
HARRY BRIDCERS
Attorney General Jackson
Orders Hoover To Get
Facts Or Alien

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-tRH
The Justice department, acting on
a senate committee recommends
ton, bega today an investigation
to determine whether Harry Bridg,
es, West Coast CLIO maritime lead
err is subject to deportation under
recently enacted legislation.
A majority of the senate immi-
grafton committee recommended
the inquiry as a substitute for a
house-approved bill which would
require expulsion of the labor lead
er.
Attorney General Jackson, in an
nouncing the new inquiry, said
that J. Edgar Hoover, director OF
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, was on the west coast pre-
pared to start work on the case.
Jackson's announcement came
shortly after Chairman Kind Cd
Utah) of the senate immigration
committee, declared Bridges
should be deported to Australia,
his native land, Immediately be-
cause his presence in the United
States was hurtful."
King declared, in a minority re-
port on the committees recon-
mendations, that there was "am-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Oleander department Work
WILDE Started Next Week
TO CONTAIN u UNITS
Modern Living Quarters,
In Spacious Park-Like
Grounds Planned

Construction of five buildings to
contain Y modern apartments in
a park-like, 20-lot area in Oleander
for the New Hanover Housing cor
poration, of Wilmington, will begin
the first week in September, il
was announced here yesterday by
Roy l.. Goode, president of the
Goode Construction corporation,
Charlotte general contractors.
The apartments will constitute
the largest privately financed res
idential project in Eastern North
Carolina, representing an invest
ment of more than $500, 900.
Four Incorporators
incorporates of the firm which
will own and operate the property
are: DR.. John T. Hoggard, Will
mington physician, Leslie N. Bon
ey. Wilmington architect, j o h n
Marshall, Wilmington newspaper
man, and Roy L. Goode, Charlotte
contractor.
The Goode Construction company
has during the past two years
served as contractors for similar
apartments built at Lynchburg and
Petersburg Va, Knoxville, Tenn,
Columbus, Ga. and Raleigh and
Charlotte, N. C. 1--WE will be able to
use all the experience gained in
previous building jobs Of this type
on the project here" Goode said.
Corrections and. improvements
will be incorporated at the begin
ming and Wilmington will be able
to boast of an apartment that is
modern in every respect and beau
tifully situated in grounds that will
be kept in perfect condition. The
need for such apartments is OBJ
vious in Wilmington"
The plans drawn BY Leslie N.
Boney, local architect, were highly
praised in their final preparation
by the regional architect for the
Federal Housing Administration at
Atlanta, Ga, Goode said.
The project is being financed in
part by a loan from the Union Cen
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Army Draft
Bill Vote
Likely Soon
Ballot This Week Seems
Certain; Many Senators
Rap Long Debate
LIMIT AGREED UPON
Senator Byrd Demands Day
And Night Session Un-
til Vote Taken

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a Up -
Protesting that delay in defense
preparations was menacing nation
al security, Senator Byrd O-Va)
demanded tonight that the senate
'stay in session day and night un-
til a vote is obtained" on the
Burke Wadsworth compulsory mil
itary training bill.
In a statement, the Virginian al
so called on defense chieftains for
an explanation of why "the plac-
ing of orders for delivery of mech
anized military equipment is lag
Nation Should Know
eff red tape is to blame" he
said, "the country should know it.
If the blame is due to inefficient
bureaucratic administration, it
Should be known. If it is due to
the refusal of business enterprise
to accept contracts from the gov
eminent, we should know it,"
Prospects for a final vote next
week on the Burke Wadsworth bill
frightened when the senate agreed
to restrict debate on a pending
amendment.
Senator Barley of Kentucky,
the democratic leader, obtained
unanimous agreement that no SEN
ator should speak more than Is
minutes on a proposal by Senator
Lodge (R-Mass) to limit to 800, 900
the number of conscripts who
might be placed under training at
any one time.
But Barley told the senate that
he had been unable, in private
conversations, to get all senators
to agree to curtail their speeches
on the bill itself and for that rea-
son would not seek to set an hour
for the final vote. He predicted
to reporters, however, that the bill
would pass by a comfortable mar
gin by next Thursday at the Ia
test.
Barley proposed his agreement
after four republican senator's
Gibson of Vermont, Austin of Yer
mont, Lodge of Massachusetts and
Quincy of South Dakota - had
urged speedy enactment of draft
legislation.
The Burke adsworth bill would
require the registration of all
men from 81 through 80 years of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
GERMANS RENEW
BALKAN DEMANDS
Hitler Is Given Credit For
Hating Collapse Of
Negotiations
BY the Associated Press

Germany was reported last night
to have put the pressure on Ru.
mania again to bring about a set.
Element of Hungary's claims or
Pennsylvania, which have threat.
ened to disrupt the precarious
peace of the Balkans and hinder
agricultural and industrial produc.
ton vital to Germany's war ma
chine.
A conference of Hungarian and
Rumanian delegates at Turnu Sc
verin, Rumania, broke down yes
terday and both countries went on
a virtual war footing.
The delegates were unable to
find a common ground for discuss
ing the Hungarian claims on the
huge province which once belonged
to the Austro-Hungarian empire.
AS the delegates were leaving
however, a new communique sud.
denly was issued, jointly express
ing "hope that the Negotiations will
be resumed in the shortest time"
This communique was reported
to have resulted from pressure
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
MANY HOMES STRUCK
Raj Strikes AT Germany's
Gun Emplacements In
Conquered France
RAIDERS CHASED OFF
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 25.-(Sun-
~day)-German air warriors,
in their first direct assault
against the heavily-protected
city of London last night and
early today, dropping great
clusters of incendiary bombs
which lit up this heart of the
British Empire with the
orange glow of flames.
The furious and prolonged
bombing scattered fires that
enveloped whole buildings
within a few minutes.
Even after the raiders had
gone and most of the fires
had been subdued, a dense
pail. of smoke hung in the
morning sky.
The Nazi bombers kept up
their work in sporadic at
tacks on into the dawn but
the big raid of the night was
upon the city itself.
That huge onslaught was
the third time in "a hours
that Londoners had scurried
for air raid shelters by alarms
in the metropolitan area. In
all, the greater London sec
ton has been raided six
times since August Is.
Damage Not Revealed
There was no estimate of casual.
ties or damage, but first reports
said nothing of serious damage to
military detectives.
Early this morning, a northeast
coast town was bombed, with con-
siderable property damage in three
different districts and some dead
and wounded.
The intense attack upon London
followed mass assaults against the
Portsmouth naval base and south.
east England in which the air min.
istry news service estimated the
Germans used 500 bombers and
fighter planes.
One screaming attack by a dive
bomber who dropped a big incendi-
airy bomb in the face of the full
power of the cfty's defenses touched
off the biggest blaze of the night
marked by several fires throughout
the city.
AS the din of battle sounded over
head, the fire blazed fiercely. The
flames got such a hold that within
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
ORTIZ IS GIVEN
CONFIDENCE VOTE
Argentine Congress Votes
40 To l To Refuse
His Resignation

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 24.-tR-
The Argentine congress rejected to-
night the resignation Of Roberto M
Ortiz, ailing president of the repub
lie.
The vote was ITO to 1, only the in
dependent senator Mariaz Sanchez
Corondo voting to accept the resig'
nation. Senator Benjamin Billafane.
who had announced hiatt he would
follow Sanchez Sorondo, disappeared
when the voting began.
The senate and chamber Of depu.
ties acted in a joint session after the
President had rendered his resigna-
ton because of an army land pur-
chase scandal.
Socialist Senator Alfredo Palacios,
chairman of a committee Investigate
ing the land deal, told the congress
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
. K. Names Jesse Jones
To Take Hopkins Place

however, that he might take the
position of librarian at the Hyde
Park, N. Y, library built to house
the Presidents official papers and
expected to be opened next sum-
mer.
The 5O-year-old former relief ad-
ministrator who stepped into the
cabinet shoes of Daniel c. Roper
in January, 1889, has suffered from
a stomach ailment for two years.
He and Mr.. Roosevelt have been
close friends for many years, and,
in accepting the resignation, the
president told him, "You may re-
sign the office-only the Office
and nothing else. Our friendship
will and must go on as always"
\ In making public the correspon-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
WPA CHALLENGES
WILKES CLAIM
COP Nominee Asked Three
Questions On Backing
Up Statement

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-tR-
The Works Projects administration
challenged Wendell Willkie today
to follow up his criticism of he
WPA employment record by an
swering these questions:
81. Is the WPA hiring too many
people?
"2. If so, how many should we
fire?
SO. Specifically, in what places
should they be fired?"
Howard Hunter, acting WPA
commissioner, posed the questions
in a statement after the Republi-
can nominee reiterated in N e W
York that WPA had increased its
rolls by 10000 in July and con-
tended that the administra alton was
seeking ito pack the relief rolls"
for political reasons.
Hunter declared that Willkie had
been misled into repeating "a per-
fectly stupid and inaccurate state
ment."
AS for the question of an in
crease in WPA employment be.
fore election day, Hunter a i d
This matter, need not further be
in the realm of rumor or predic-
ton"
1.-THE exact facts" he continued,
"are that WPA employment i.
for September will be held to an
average of 1,7O0,0 900 and during
October, the month Immediately
preceding the November S elec-
ton, maximum WPA employment
will be 1900, 600 persons
Hunter said these quotas were
in ''exact line'' with the testimony
given by Colonel F. c. Harring-
ton, WPA commissioner, in esti-
mates presented to congress last
April.
1T should be noted" Hunter
continued, that WPA employment
during September and October will
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
War Interpretive

the onset of autumn weather, Brit
aims foes may be expected to turn
to high sea raiders and all other
means to tighten the total block
adet"
The prospect must be inviting
to daring spirits in the idle Ger
man navy. Cruisers and armed
merchantmen as well as U-boats
may now be sent around Scotland
into the Atlantic from Norwegian
ports with far less risk of encoun-
tering enemy warships than when
they were active last fall and win.
ter.
In the World war, the raiders
had to steal out in thick weather
and in disguise through a tight
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-R-
President Roosevelt asked Jesse
H. Jones, 66-year-old Texan and
Federal loan administrator, today
to take over the post of secretary
of commerce, succeeding Harry l..
Hopkins in the cabinet.
Announcement of the offer was
made by the White House in max
ing public a letter of resignation
from Hopkins who saio that be-
cause of his health he felt he should
not continue in the office.
Associates of Jones presumed he
would accept, but there was no
direct word from him. He was out
of the city and was said to have
the offer under advisement.
Hopkins was understood to have
no plans for the immediate future
except to rest. There were reports,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
u. S.-Canadian Joint De-
Tense Board To Meet
First In Ottawa
FIRST BASE SELECTED
Bermuda Governor Offers
Ar.Naval Area For
99-Year Lease
Nv the Associated Press

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. "a.
Tho Great Sound of Bermuda
u511 he made available to the Unit
Cd States for an air base and pos
sibIv for a naval base, on a 99-
wear lease, Major General Denis
BERNARD. Governor of Bermuda,
informed a special session OF this
British colony's assembly today.
The legislature first h a d re-
ceived assurances that the unprec-
edented step would have no effect
m Bermuda's status in the British
empire.
First Base Named
This was the first specific indi-
cation of where United S a t S
bases on British territory in the
Western Hemisphere might be es-
tabished.
British Prime Minister Churchill
told the house of commons last
Tuesday that Britain was discuss
ing such bases with the United
States and Foreign Minister Lord
Halifax told the house of lords
that agreement already had been
reached ''in principle" with Wash
ington.
Ut was minated then. that Ber-
muda, Newfoundland and points in
the West Indies all might become
sites for United States bases for
western hemisphere defense.)
A memorial sent to the govern
or for transmission to Lord
Lloyd, British secretary of state
Tor colonies, declared that 1.-The
people Of Bermuda are deeply dis
turbed lest some new conception
OF American hemisphere defense
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
BY EDWARD E.. M

The appearance of a Nazi sea
raider in the South Pacific hints
resumption of this colorful phase
of naval warfare on a more ex-
tensive scale.
With the British fleet occupied
in home waters and Mediterrane-
an, and in escorting conveys, Ger
many is in such an advantageous
position to harass commerce lar
and wide that it is slightly puz-
zling that the opportunity has not
been Used to a greater extent.
The explanation accepted by ma
val men is that the Nazis have
subordinated everything for the
time being to the attempt to con-
quer England. If they fail before
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
WILLKIE AND F. R.
DEBATE PRINT
Nominees Take Issue Over
New Deal Labor Policy
In AFL Journal

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a R.-
President Roosevelt and Wendell
L. Willkie took sharp issue in print
today over the New Deals labor
policies.
The democratic and republican
presidential candidates stated their
views in the current issue of the
American Federationist, official
monthly magazine of the American
Federation of Labor.
President Roosevelt declared his
administration was willing to be
judged-as to future policy-by
past performance"
"The achievements of the adj
ministration since 1885," he said,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
TOBACCO PRICES
CONTINUE FIRM
Average OF About 20 Cents
Believed Set During
Opening Week

opening Tuesday with prices av-
efaslng over 20 cents, the Border
oel' tobacco markets of North and
south Carolina went through the
ilts' week of sales with only a
Slight decline.
Sales supervisors and warehouse
mel throughout the belt described
'e week as one of the most sue
.eSSlul In years and the prices as
unusually high"
lAey predicted also that these
pi'Ves will continue for several weeks
anu possibly throughout the season.
Inc 1910 season opened with
n"EeS generally two to four cents
A'snef than during the same period
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
WEATHER

yo., FORECAST
ds WIN apa Carolina: Partly cloudy Sun
tsins a, W Monday, showers in the noun
Snn Monday afternoon.
rloudrrn SIarolina and Georgia: Partly
"' sunday and Monday.
en GGIilnerseooroological data for the "a hours
'''0 p, m. Yesterday.
In Temperature
n. 81. d; m; Il; 7:30 a. m. 70: 1:30 p.
minimum co co. p. m. IS; maximum IS
o. mean II; normal II.
La Humidity
m. "a. a H. 9o; 7:30 a. m. IS: 1;3O d.
W $50 p. m. II.
TotoI Precipitation
hone: td ler a hours ending 7:30 p. M,
1905 in uJ.al since first of the month,
Tides For Today
Wilmington - 2 A5gh g neT
MasoDhoro 3:04p 10 Alp
ris sa II 5:4oa; sunset { s :a9p m o;o1p
lOp' moonset 1 :26p.
ett ,ape Fear river stage at Fay
d . a. m, Aug.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
NAILS ATTACK PORTS|
British Air Resistance Is
Growing Weaker, Says
Berlin Report
MANY VESSELS SUNK
BY the Associated Press


BERLIN, Aug. 24.-Ger-
man sources asserted tonight
that some of the harbor facl-
lities of the English naval
port of Portsmouth had been
left in flames today in heavy
Nazi air raids over Britain
and that the British had lost
SO planes to 10 for the Ger
mans.
The fire in Portsmouth was
declared to have spread to
the city proper.
Airports in southeastern
England, especially at Canter-
bury and Mansion, were re-
ported raided with success"
At Yarmouth, the Germans
claimed, warehouses were
destroyed and fires started.
"Almost All"
Nazi sources said weak" Brit
ish fighter forces were almost
all shot down. in morning RAIDS
on the south of England, and tina
subsequently the bombers raidlng
military detectives in the London
vicinity encountered no BRUSH
fighter defense whatsoever"
Anti-aircraft fire was declared
light and badly aimed.
The Germans said they believed
British fighter strength had been
considerably weakened" by re-
cent losses.
Across the British Isles, said 9TH
er authorized statements, British
shipping was damned helplessly
in the west coast harbors, terml-
nails for transatlantic shipments.
DNB. German news agency, said
Photographic evidence proved that
the first week of Germany's to
tai blockade" had parlyzed ship
ping around the British Isles.
Waves of twenty or more bomb
ers and ten fighters we're declared
to have breasted the British south
east coastal defenses during the
day, sending a dozen British fight
r into the water after spectacu-
lar dogfights. Then, according to
the German version, the bombers
methodically blasted at airports
and other military detectives In
Kent, southeast Of London. Eff
fective hits on hahgars" was re-
During the previous night, con-
slant, widespread attacks were re-
ported to have fired and damaged
the west coast ports of Bristol
and Avonmouth; Davenport, near
and Great Yarmouth,
the jutting Norfolk coast. Arms
factories and troop concentrations
also were blasted. Cambridge, the
university town 81 miles north OF
London, was specifically men
A munitions factory at
north of Oxford, wa
said to have been set afire.
Over 10000 Tons
Submarines, the high command
reported, sank more than 100, DOC
tons of enemy shipping space
in eight days and a NaZi raider
was declared to have dispatched
the British armed merchantmen
in the Tasman sea. GA
New Zealand announcement yes
said the Turakina had not
oeen heard from since she report
ed she was under a raiders fire
night.)
DNB, official German news
agency, further said that five
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
CUARDSMEN BACK
FROM MANEUVERS
Hundreds Gather At Sta
ton Here To Greet
Two Companies

Two companies of Whining
toms national guardsmen, fresh
from the "battlefields" Of Louisi-
ana and Mississippi, where they
have been going through maneuv-
ers during the past three weeks,
arrived in the city this morning
aboard a special train.
They were scheduled to arrive
at II o'clock, but the train did
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

CA1RO, Egypt, Aug. 24-R-
The British Middle-E Eastern
command issued the following
communique tonight:
can enemy (Italian) working
party about 100 strong was OBJ
served and raided in the Fort
Capuzzo lin Libya near the
Libyan-Egyptian border) area
by a small patrol of officers.
"a detached portion was sur
prised and rushed with bayo-
nets. Ten were certainly kill
ed and probably ten more.
Seven prisoners were brought
back. We had no casualties.
On Aug. % an ineffective
raid was carried out on the out
skirts Of Khartoum, in the Su-
dan, by a single aircraft. There
was one civilian casualty"
LONDON, Aug. "a up -
BRUSH alrbaSeS on the Island
Of Malta were attacked by
rstrOng Italian bomber FORM
atoms escorted by fighters" be-
tween 10 a. m. and l p. m. to-
day, the Rome RADIO announced
in a boardcast heard in Lon
don.
The broadcasts said at least
three British planes were de-
stroyed, but that the Italian
raiders returned to base"
NEW YORK, Aug. 24-1R-
The National Boardcasting
company said tonight that both
the Italian and British radios
had reported that Adolf Hitler
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