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Evening star., 1940-04-19
japanese 10 Drop
Further Discussion Of
Dutch Indies Issue
Apprehension Held
Removed Over
Future Status
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC. April 19.-The japanese
foreign Office today declared re-
moval of the hypothetical basis"
the possibility of the Netherlands
being invaded-was the only means
for alleviating Japan's apprehen-
sion about maintaining the status
QUO in the Netherlands Indies.
Yakichiro Suma, the foreign Of
flee spokesman, declared "superhu-
GUS" any further discussion of Sec
retary Hull's statement that the
United States would be disturbed by
any change in the Netherlands
Indies status.
The Netherlands Minister to Toxic,
Suma said, fully appreciated SIM
liar statement made by Foreign
Minister Hachiro Arita which Suma
described as "a fundamental plank
OF japanese policy"
The foreign Office said the Hull
and Arita statements conceded, but
some Japanese newspapers took
different view, attacking Hulls
statement as a threat of United
States intervention if the status of
the Netherlands Indies is changed.
mo doubt the Hull statement was
intended as a political move to
restrain Japan's southwark expan-
sion, but the United States should
know that such an attempt would
only inflame Japan" said the news
paper Hochi
Nichi Nichi said Mr.. Hull omit
ted reference to Japan's interests
in the Far East"
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Warning on Indies
Receives Bipartisan
Applause al Capitol
HulI's Stond Also Brings
Some Demands for
AmpIifieotion
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The administrations call for all
nations to keep hands off the
Netherlands Indies received bi-par-
tisan applause at the Capitol yester-
day, mingled with some demands for
amplification.
Senator Bone, Democrat, of Wash
ington said he did not know whether
it implied that the United States
would 60 to war IF Japan should
seize the islands," but that if it did,
it should be made plain.
II raise that question:" he said,
because If we are going to war over
the island possessions of another
country We ought to know about it,"
In the House, Representative Fish,
Republican, of New York asked:
Does it mean that we intend to ex-
tend the Monroe Doctrine to the
East Indies? Suppose Japan seizes
these islands, does that mean we
have to go to WARP"
For the most part, however, Sen
ators and Representatives freely in
dorsed Secretary of State Hull's
statement that any intervention in
the domestic affairs of the Neither
lands Indies would directly affect"
the interests of many countries" and
would prejudice the "cause of sta
bility, peace and security in
the entire Pacific area"
Senator Austin of Vermont, the
assistant Republican leader, ex-
pressed approval, saying:
I'VE can't remain positively and
Evening star., 1940-04-19

entirely silent in view of swiftly
changing scenes"
I'm for it," remarked Senator
Lee, Democrat, of Oklahoma, be
cause we still have an interest in
the Philippine Islands and we must
maintain our life line. I feel that
Japanese Intervention in the East
Indies would threaten that line"
From Senator Van Nuys, Demo-
crat, Of Indiana, came a statement
that Secretary Hulls declaration
us warranted and timely"
In combination with other fac
tors 1t may solve the Pacific situ-
ation," he added.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, OF
Maryland, said Secretary HuI's
Evening star., 1940-04-19

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Evening star., 1940-04-19
South China Offensive
By Joponese Expected

HONG KONG, April 10 (R.-
Chinese reports from the Southern
Province of Kwangtung said today
that the Japanese were believed to
be preparing new large-scale
offensive in South China.
The reports said the japanese had
concentrated about SIX divisions of
troops in Canton and environs pos
sibly as a prelude to a drive north
ward with Shiukwan, wartime cap
ital Of Kwangtung, as the objective.
1t was reported feared in Shiuk-
wan that the japanese may stage
mass air raids. All persons whose
presence in the city is not essential
have been urged to leave.
japanese troop movement north
ward from Canton were said to be
continuing steadily.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Bandits Take MESSENGER
With $11,20O Paw Roll

CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, April
19.-Three armed men kidnapped
David Ramirez, American Smelling
& Refining Co. messenger, and es-
capped with 10000 pesos (about
$11 ,200), the company's pay roll, in
Santa Barbara yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-04-19

States 81 counties disclosed today.
There are 4,675, ,622 persons quail
fled to vote in the 1910 elections, ap-
proximately 10000 more than six
months ago. The electorate will
turn out Tuesday for the primary
In which nominees are to be Sc
lected for United States Senator,
Congress, the Legislature, auditor
general and State treasurer.
Figures supplied by county regis
tration commission shows 2,572,llO
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Houston Gives Dies
Allied Recruiting Data
By the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans.. April 1s.-Rep-
resentative John M. Houston, Dem
ocrat, of Kansas said today he had
turned over to the Dies Committee
definite" information that France
and England are recruiting United
States citizens for their air services.
Britain, Mr.. Houston charged, is
instructing American youths how
to pledge allegiance to the British
King. yet retain their United States
citizenship.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Republican Registration
Gains in PENNSYLVANIA
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, April 19.-
Pennsylvania Republicans, riding
the crest as the party in power, in
creased their registration lead over
Democrats to pore than 100000
since last November, a survey of the
Evening star., 1940-04-19

stand "keeps the record straight"
and Senator Connally, Democrat,
of Texas, declared:
1T is in the interest Of peace
and stability in our relations with
the Orient"
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Mrs. Gardener Dies

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, April 10
P.-Mrs. Cornelius Gardener, widow
of Col. Cornelius Gardener, one
time civil Governor Of the Philip
pines. died yesterday in her nearby
MOntecito home,
Evening star., 1940-04-19

Republicans, 2,046,12 Democrats
and 1888 others.
Since last November Republicans
gained almost 100000, the Demo-
Gratis lost 10000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
WRECK IS BLAMED
ON C0ACH'S CREW
Disregard OF Instructions
Responsible For Crash
That Killed 43

AKRON, O., August 1.-REA
crumbled copy of trainmen's or
ders, found on the conductor OF
Pennsylvania railroad motor coacf
in which 43 persons persisted, to
night backed up the roads declar
alton that the disregard" OF IN
~structions was responsible for the
tragedy.
The order provided that the mo.
tor coach should take a siding anc
allow a 73-car freight train to pass
Instead, the coach's crew continued
for a mile past the siding, down the
Pennsylvania Hudson-Akron sin
gle track, and crashed head OF
with the freight.
Investigators said a copy OF the
order issued to the freight trair
crew wasfoun d in the clothing G
Conductor Harry Shafer, 81, one O.
the trio who survived the fiery
crash. Similar orders had been is
sued to the coach crew, the rail
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
MANYFOREIGN
AGENTS HELD
BY OFFICIALS
Panama Official Says.
Foreign Agents. Are
European Refugees

PANAMA, Panama, Aug. L.
R-Leopoldo Arosemena. Pan
ANA minister of the interior
and acting foreign minister,
sal tonight the 81 foreign
agents" whom Secretary Of War
Stimson declared were held in
the Canal Zone were mostly
European refugees"
He said authorities picked
them up and turned them over
to Canal Zone officials when it
was found their papers were
not in order. They were de-
livered to Canal Zone authOri-
ties because that was their
point of entry into Panama,
he added.
U. S. military authorities here
said they had not received in
structions from Washington on
how to dispose of the aliens
now held for deportation.
Reliable sources said the
steamship lines held responsible
for dropping the refugees here
may be required to return
them. However, that was held
difficult in cases where Ger
man, Italian, French and Dan
steamers we're involved since
they no longer operate because
of the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-R-Ed-
ward J. Flynn of New York, n OF
the leaders in the pre-convention
campaign to renominate President
Roosevelt for a third term, accept
ed today the Craftsmanship Of the
democratic national committee.
He succeeds another New York
err, James A. Farley, under whose
management two democratic cam
paigns rolled up huge majorities
for Mr.. Roosevelt. With this IN
mind, Flynn announced:
IT intend that this campaign shall
be as thorough as though the re-
suits were doubtfL' I do not hope
to equal the record of my prede-
cessor and friend, Jim Farley, but
Il will do my best"
Flynn was picked for the job at
a White House meeting today OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Rainfall Of 2.58 Inches
Floods Many Areas Here

Electricians with the Tide water
Power company reported MINOR
trouble with power lines in the city
and vicinity. A few lines were
brought down without any serious
damage.
None of the city streets or water
lines were. damaged by the exces-
sive rainfall-which exceedd by
1.2O inchs the entire precipitation
for the month of July.
Several manhole covers were
blown off by the water pressure
and for more than an hour a1ter
the rain, city police were kept busy
replacing them. No washouts were
reported in this section.
Before the thunderstorm and the
heavy rain, temperatures scared
above the recordings OF Tuesday
and Wednesday with a high OF "a
degrees. The low temperature was
II degrees, with the mean three
abov the 79-degr normal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
JAPS STRENGTHEN
FOREIGN POLICY
Premier Konoye's Govern
:ment Will Seek DONNA
ton In East Asia

TOKYO, Aug. 1.-REAn agrees
sively expansive japanese foreign
policy, which seeks domination not
merely in least Asia" as formerly,
but in "greater east Asia"-includ-
ing French Indo-China n d the
Dutch East Indies-was announced
to the people today.
The government OF Premier
Prince Fumimaro Konoye did not
directly bring Japan closer than 1T
already had been to Germany and
Italy, but apparently widened the
breach between the empire and
other western powers.
1t disclosed these intentions:
l.. Creation of "a new order for
greater east ASIA" with the ulti-
mate aim as explained by Foreign
Minister Yousuke Matsuika to b
establishment of a stabilizing
force for a self-sufficiincy embrace
ing not only Japan, Machhoukuo
Continued on Page Threel d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
81 PERSONS DETAINED
All Foreigners Discharged
From Employment Of
Army Or Canal Zone
DRAFT BILL DELAYED
Proposal That Number OF
Conscripts Be Held To
100000 Presented
BY RICHARD L.. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Aug. l. Up A
broad cleanup of aliens in the Pana-
ma Canal Zone, involving the deten-
ton of 81 persons described as for
eign agents, was tersely announced
today by Secretary of War Stimson.
AS the result of a painstaking
check, he said, all aliens, other than
Panamanians, have been discharged
from the employment of either the
army or the canal zone, for the pro.
lection of that vital link in the Amer.
lean defense system.
The secretary Of war made his
disclosure at the end of a day which
saw the peace-time CONSUMPTION bill
and the measure authorizing the mo-
bilization of the National Guard and
the Reserve Officers Training Corps
for training purposes encounter new
delays in the senate.
New Proposal
A senatorial proposal that the
number of %conscripts be limited to
1000, 900 forced the senate military
committee to postpone final action OH
the draft bill until after the War
department officials can be heard.
Leaders agreed to defer senate con-
s%ideration of the National Guard
until next week, in CON-
pliance with requests from several
legislators for more time to study
the bill.
Late in the day the National De.
Tense commission lent a hand to the
drive for CONSUMPTION with a state
ment favoring that method of build
ing up the armed forces. Selective
service, it said, would prevent the
disruption of industry through the
entry into military service of many
who would be more needed in indus
trial production because of special
skills."
Meanwhile, Senator wheeler
(D-Mont), a leading opponent Of
CONSUMPTION, pointedly demanded,
for a second time, that Wendell l..
Willkie, the republican presidential
nominee, make public his views on
that question.
Stimson's disclosure came in reply
to a request for comment on a
newspaper article published In the
New York Daily News asserting that
265 Nazis were working on Panama
Canal projects. His response was a
prepared statement which he read to
assembled newspapermen.
Detained
'There are now 81 foreign agents
illegally in the Canal Zone" he said.
''They are icing detained at the inn
migration station awaiting arrange.
ments for deportation or other dispo-
sition.
There are no aliens employed
either by the army or by the Canal
Zone other than Panamanians.
Continued on Page Twelve; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
DROP : HITLER'S TALK
Planes Also Drop Bombs
On Northeastern Town,
Another In Scotland

LONDON, Aug. 2 (Friday).-R
Striking at England for the first
time with leaflets instead of bombs,
Nazi air raiders today showered a
southeastern port with thousands of
four-age pamphlets containing Adolf
Hitler's last appeal to reason" for
Britain to talk peace.
Within a few minutes the pam
plet bombers" appeared over an
other town, this time in southwest
ern England, and poured down thou
sands more of the papers which con-
tanned a verbatim account of Hitler's
July speech to the Reichstag which
mingled a bid for peace with ominous
threats of what war would bring to
Britain.
The pre-dawn raiders, however,
we're not all on a propaganda mis-
sion.
Town Bombed
Near one northeastern town heavy
explosives and 80 to 40 incendiary
bombs were dropped while British
defense planes battled with the
raiders.
Big explosives and fire bombs also
crashed down near a town in north
eastern Scotland and raiders circled
over several other communities in
that section. The bombs fell near
houses, but none was set afire.
; While the Hitler pamphlets still
fluttered in the air, British air raid
wardens, policemen and constables
hustled out with flashlights and
torches to gather them.
AS soon as daylight comes larger
forces will be turned out to make
sure that not one is left.
One warden decided too late that
the apers might have a curlo value.
He said regretfully eff 1 could get
back the copies turned over to po-
lice I could sell them at a shilling
each"
The leaflets measured 12xS inches,
bore the caption ga last appeal to
reason by Adolf Hitler" and sug-
gested pointedly that the British
public might not have had oppor-
tunity to read the Fuehrer's speech
of July 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Edward Flynn Accepts Craftsmanship
Of Democratic National Committee

which he has held since Mr.. Roose-
velt' S governorship of that state.
Flynn's name had been men
toned in speculation over the new
craftsmanship less frequently than
that of several others, including
Frank Walker, former treasurer OF
the national committee and a New
York business man, Paul McNutt,
federal security administrator, and
Senator James Byrnes of South
Carolina.
When the announcement OF
Flynn's appointment made
however, politicians displayed no
surprise. 1t was the soft-spoken
Bronx county leader who was con-
sidered the. Roosevelt representa-
tive in New York City during the
early years of the new deal when
relations between the administra-
ton and Tammany Hall were cool.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Pushed
For Tobacco
Mart Opening
Southeastern N. e. Farmers
Moving Into Final Stages
OF Weed, Curing
QUALITY RATED GOOD
Whiteville, Fairmont, Lum-
berton And Other Markets
Will Open August 20

Tobacco farmers of Southeastern
North Carolina are moving into the
final lap of curing the leaf and, with
a majority of the weed reported to be
of good quality, the growers are op-
timistic that prices on this years
auction sales wiz equal and perhaps
better last yea>s SIS per hundred
average.
Yesterdays rain, although COM
parativeley light in some sections, is
expected t oSelp the remaining to-
bacco in the field to a great extent.
Quality every Good"
C. B. Stafford, supervisor of sales
on the Fairmont market, said last
night that although the present crop
of tobacco might not weigh as much
as expected the quality is very
good"
Several farmers in Robson coun-
ty are winding up curing this week
and practically all of the growers
will be through curing by August
Is, he said.
Quite a few have already started
grading and tieing the leaf for mar
ket.
Border Belt tobacco markets, in
Guiding Whiteville, Lumberton, Fair
mont, Fair Bluff, Chadbourn, Tabor
CITY and Clarkton, will open on Tues
day, August 20.
Stafford said that all efforts to
secure an earlier opening of markets
were apparently of no avail, as the
U. S. department of agriculture had
refused to even give the committees
from this section a hearing. The
Robson committee had hoped to con-
fer with agriculture officials in Dur
ham Wednesday.
Plan For Opening
He said that plans were being
made now for the opening of auc-
ton sales. He stated that it ap-
peared that the Imperial company
might be back on the market again,
despite the war in Europe.
TN view Of what the government
promised if the growers would vote
for three-year control, someone will
be on the market buying tobacco
with government money!" Stafford
said.
Until yesterdays rain, crops in the
Robson section were sorely in need
Continued on Page Twelve; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
ENGINEERS OPEN
SESSIONS TODAY
Research Will Be General
Theme OF Gathering At
WrightsviAe Beach

The annual midsummer meeting
of hte North Carolina Society of
Engineers will open for a two-day
session at the Ocean Terrace hotel,
Wrightsville Beach, today, with the
Wilmington Engineers club as host
to the gathering.
"Research" will be the general
theme of the convention
Registration of delegates will
open this morning at 10 o'clock n
the first business session will be
held at 2:30 o'clock, at witch time
new ol icers for the society will be
elected.
Principal speakers and their sub
Jets at the meetings are as fol
lows:
Fail Defects and Detection j.
e. Farwell, president IF Sperry
Products, Inc.
Beach Erosion" Col. Earl I.
Brown, U. S. engineers, retired.
'fVibration and it's Effect on Con-
crete. Research" George W. Hut
Crimson. technical representative,
Viber company"
Continued on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Great Britain
For
German Drive
Nation Making Elaborate
Preparations For An Of
fensive Defense
BARRIERS TAKEN UP
Withdrawal OF Civilians
From Several Areas Or
dered By Officials

LONDON, Aug. 1.-REGr e a I
Britain has so strengthened her
self against invasion that toniglss
she was preparing deliberately for
an offensive Defense" This en-
tailed removal of barriers once
counted on to slow an enemy but
now cast out as handicaps to her
w troops mobility.
An order today by the new COM
mander-in-chief, General Sir Alan
Brooke, to remove many OF the
steel and concrete traps and road
blocks studding roadways through
out England announced this start
ling shift of strategy.
Armed Camp
It is a return to the traditional
theory that attack is the best de-
fense-privided there is sufficient
man - and machine-power to exc
cute it. Now a trained and equipped
army and home guard of several
million men has converted Britain
iEto an armed camp.
Pritain is ready for a hard-hit-
ting war on wheels.
Barriers already r being re-
moved in northern England where
all double road blocks are being
eliminated and single ones cut
back.
They we're erected swiftly two
months ago at every point where
it was thought an invader might
try to seize strategic communica-
tons. Britain then envisioned a pos
sible Observation-Disclosures e.
tense by the comparatively few
trained soldiers then available.
The change was explained as a
natural development with the re-
turn from the continent and reor-
ganization of the British expedl-
tionary force.
Bristle With Defenses
Beaches and other coastal land
ing points still bristle with defenses.
Still further tightening the de-
fense-a campaign which already
udu ll1doo 4 oA4o4S4 VI ~ASe
sands of civilians from strategic
areas-the ministry of home Sc
curity ordered withdrawal of CT
villains from areas in East Anglia,
east and northeast of London, and
O n the southeastern coast.
These withdrawals in advance,
rather than the clogging of roads
with refugees which would come
with an enemy landing, would clear
the way for Britain's WI swift
offensive defense" movement Of
armies.
Dubious of almost too fir a k
statements from both ends of the
Rome-Berlin axis that blitz inva-
sion of British soil is not immedi-
ately contemplated, the British
chinked their Notifications deploy-
ed their camps and cleared the
way for a total defense" 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
INDUSTRIAL B0DY'S
FUND PLEA TALKED
No Definite Commitment
Made But Another Meet
ing Will Be Held Today

Further discussions of the posi-
bilities for a city-county approprl-
alton of SIS, 900 for the operation of
the new Wilmington Industrial COM
mittee were held at a meeting vi
the two boards and the committe
Yesterday afternoon in theSclty
council chamber.
No definite commitment was
made by either the city or county
board, but another meeting will hs
held this morning at 10 o'clock to
go further into the matter.
Before the opening of yesterdays
discussions, R. B. Page, a member
of the executive committee, tn
dred his resignation. He said he
will be out of the city a great deal
and will not have sufficient time to
devoteto tn e organization. B. B.
Cameron, .voicing he same senti-
ments, rendered his resignation.
On the motion of j. E. L. Wade,
city commissioner of public works,
the designations were held in abey-
ance when Thomas H. Wrigh
urged that the two members re-
consider and remain on the board.
Both Page and Cameron said,
however, that they would be glad
to be of any possible service to the
committee following their resigna-
ton.
AS regrds the request for $15,-
900, Wade said work is still under
way on the new citybudget and
said it was not possible to say if
the $500 requested couldbegrant-
ed. He said there was asmaller
amount in the advertising fund that
had not yet ben allocated, but
said it would be necessary to COM
plete the budget before an answer
can be given.
Addison Hewlett, chairman of the
county board, said the county had
completed its budget and expressed
doubt that the entire $500 can be
appropriated. Hewlett advised,
however that the committee feels
is way along" and depends upon
CONTINUED on Page Twelve; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02

the President, his running mate,
Secretary Wallace, and a commit
tee appointed at the Chicago con-
vention. He will take over formal
ly on August II, when Farley steps
out of office to become president OF
the New York Yankees ball club.
Lawrence W.Robert and Oliver
A. Quayle, secretary and treasurer
respectively, were chosen at the
convention for new four : year
terms.
At the White House it was said
that Flynn and Farley would hold
a series of conferences between
now and August IT and that the two
would be closely associated
throughout the campaign. arley,
it was said, would retain his chair
manship of the New York state
democratic committee. a post