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Nogales international., 1940-07-06
Horace W. Ryman Slain In Double Killing
CUSTOMS PATROL OFFICERS
EXCHANGE DEADLY SHOTS IN
AUTO, ACCORDING REPORTS
Former Nogales Man Shot Through Chest; Other Man
Riddled BY Five Bullets; Bodies Of Pair
Found In C.. p. BOulaare's Car

EAGLE PASS, TEX, July -
Customs Patrol Inspector Horace
w. Ryman, about 40, who was
transferred from NOgales to Eagle
Pass, Texas, two months ago, died
in a double killing three miles east
Nogales international., 1940-07-06
Democrats See
"Out Of Red"

CHICAGO, July UP)-Oliver
A. Quayle. Jr., treasurer of the
Democratic national committee, an
nounced that indications were the
party would open its fall campaign
with all debts paid and a small
cash balance on hand.
Nogales international., 1940-07-06
SONOITA RODEO

SONOITA RODEO
Persons attending the annual
Fourth of July rodeo at Sonoita
Thursday said 9, large crowd was
present.
Nogales international., 1940-07-06

IN THE COW
COUNTRY DOWN
MEXICO WAY
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03

rool. Ninety-two members were
present either in person or by
proxy.
Governor Hoey, who is recuperat'
ing at the executive mansion from
an operation for hernia, was not
present at the session, but the COM
mittee followed a suggestion by
him that the 1910 convention be
held earlier than usual.
The governor, in a press confer
ence Monday, said he believed the
convention should meet before
May 25-the date of the states
disciplinary election.
In the past, the state session
usually has been held in June, after
the first primary and only a few
days before the national conven-
ton. An earlier state convention,
the governor said, would keep ma.
tional issues from becoming con.
fused with state issues, and would
give North Carolina delegates to
the natinoal convention an oppor.
tunity OF attend national caucuses
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
LABOR DEN0UNCES
HITLER AND STAIN
AFL, Speaking Through
Council, Assails Soviet
Nazi imperialism

+ MIAMI, Fla, Feb. The
American Federation Of Labor de-
nounced Hitler and Stain as "ene-
mics of mankind" today and warned
that "as long as their creed Of
totalitarianism rules in Germany
and Russia, the peace of the world
is in jeopardy"
Speaking through its executive
council, the federation condemned
what is called "Soviet-Nazi imperial
ism," offered all possible assistance
to the victims of racial and reli-
gious persecution in Europe" The
federal government was urged to
"do everything it can, without en-
d~angering American neutrality, to
help Finland resist Soviet agrees
sion."
The federation's spokesman also
"repudiated all attempts to Sovietize
American labor and we refuse to
have any traffic with communist
agents" and it's president declared
several unions of the rival CLIO are
influenced or controlled by COM
munists.
The labor body listed Belgium, the
Netherlands, and the Scandinavian
countries as the probable next in
tended victims Of Germany and
Russia.
Contending that "Stalin formerly
posed as a friend of democracy"
and that "Hitler once m~asqueraded
as the foe of communism" the fed.
Grafton claimed the Stalin-Hitler
pact has Exposed the shameful
hypocrisy and falsehood of these
pretensions."
despite Germany's seizure Of Po-
land and Soviet Russia's invasion OF
Poland" the federation declared,
both Hitler and Stain still persist
in trying to make us believe they
want peace. They still insist they
United States and other neutral mail
perialistic' democracies of Europe.
We in America know otherwise"
unfortunately" the federation
stated, a large number Of open and
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
U.S.. Probe OLA. G.. &5E
Bankruptcy Is Ordered

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-lR-At-
torney General Robert H. Jackson
directed today a grand jury investi-
cation into the bankruptcy of the
Associated Gas and Electric COM
pany, one of the largest utility
holding companies in the nation.
"The investigation" Jackson said
in a statement, Twill be carried on
with a view to ascertaining wheth-
er those participating in the man
agement or financing of such af-
fairs have violated any federal law"
He disclosed that Hugh A. Fulton,
executive assistant to John T. Ca
hill. United States district attorney
for the southern district of New
York, had been appointed a special
agent of the justice department to
conduct the investigation.
Fulton conferred here today with
treasury and securities commission
officials who also have been Study
ing the bankruptcy. Because Of I'M
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
MEN ARE SENTENCED
Are Convicted OF Man.
slaughter In Fatal Shoot
ing OF Juston Stephens

WHITEVILLE, Feb. "A jury
here this afternoon deliberated for
a little more than an hour to con
Wet John Gordon, Jonas Strickland
and Joe Blackwell, Cedar Grove
white men, of manslaughter in the
fatal shooting, on September -, OF
Juston Stephens, P%roctorville negro.
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle immediate
ly imposed sentence.
Gordon, who admittedly fired the
shot which killed Stephens, Was
sentenced to five to seven years.
Strickland received the longest SEN
tence of eight to ten years, and
Blackwell drew six to eight years.
Court adjourned at the conclusion
of the case at 4 o'clock, to convene
again Monday morning.
Jonas Strickland entered notice of
appeal to supreme court.
Earlier in the day, the solicitor
accepted a voluntary not guilty yer.
dict as to Dock Strickland, who had
been jointly indicted with the others.
The jury received the case about
2:30 o'clock, and returned the YER
dict shortly before 4 o'clock.
The state c%ontended that the trio
became incensed when STEPHENS
came with Thelbert Reaves, negro,
to move his goods from the farm of
Albert Strickland, and that in the
row. John Gordon shot and killed
Stephens.
Gordon claimed on the stand that
he thought the negro was getting
out of the car to advance upon him
when he shot.
Mrs. Albert Strickland testified
late yesterday afternoon that she
told Gordon to run the negroes
away from the place, and witnesses
testified that she herself had q pis-
tol waving in the direction of the
negroes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Injured When
HomeCrashes
Deuartment Also Extin-
euishes Blaze At Dixie
Portland Flour Mills
REGISTER IN HOSPITAL
-Four Dwellings On South
Twelfth Street Are DAM
aged By Flames

Two firemen were injured and
Two fires were extinguished yester.
dsv afternoon as the city fire depart.
ment answered alarms to the Dixie
Portland Flour Mills, at the foot of
Brunswick street, and a group of
fur negro houses on South Twelfth
street.
More seriously injured was Cap
tain H. L. Register, of the Fifth and
Castle streets station, who was on
the roof of a negro dwelling at Ito
South Twelfth street when it be-
came weakened from the flames and
collapsed. Suffering from a severe
shaking up, he was reported as being
in a satisfactory" condition last
night at James Walker Memorial
hospital.
Powell Injured
Also hurt was Fireman Ralph Pow.
ell, who was under the porch roof
When it fell. He was treated at the
hospital for lacerated foot and re.
leased.
The fire at the flour mills appear.
ed dangerous for a few minutes,
Chief ]. Ludie Groom said last night,
but was brought under control after
about As minutes of fighting in the
cold wind and spraying water.
The flames started in the upper
section of the two-story frame struc.
ture and for a while appeared to be
threatening to start a major confla-
grafton. Sparks blew freely over the
property of the Standard Oil COM
pany nearby, where thousands of
gallons Of gasoline were stored.
However, the fire was finally put
out with minimum of damage. The
flames were not allowed to reach
the first floor where the flour was
stored under tarpaulins. A section
Of the roof was destroyed and some
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03

RALEIGH, Feb. 2-N9-Ihe
North Carolina democratic conven
ton will be held in Raleigh May
16, the state democratic executive
committee decided in a 12-minute
meeting here tonight. D.
District conventions will convene
here Immediately before the state
convention. County conventions
will be held at the various county
seats May II and precinct meetings
will be held May 4.
Members of the executive COM
mittee, many Of whom had Travelled
several hundred miles to attend n
session, voted on only two motions.
The first was that the Formally OF
reading the minutes of the last
meeting be postponed indefinitely
The second was a resolution, In.
troduced by Walter D. Siler OF
Pittsboro, fixing the dates for n
conventions.
There was no discussion on either
motion. All but half a minute OF
the meeting was utilized to call n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Carolina Democrats To Hold
Convention In Raleigh On May Ii

By attending there caucuses
Hoey added Tar Heel delegates
would have an Influential, say" in
choosing the democratic presiden-
tial nominee and in drafting ma
tional policies.
Delegates named at many prev
ious North Carolina conventions,
held almost on the eve of national
sessions, have had no opportunity
to caucus, and frequently haveI
merely "rubber-stamped" national
policies and candidates, he assert
ed. .4
Revenue Commissioner A. ]. Max
well and j. M. Broughton, Doth
gubernatorial candidates Of Raleigh,
attended hte meeting. D. L.. Ward
Of New Bern, W.. E. Fenner, of
Rocky Mount and Willis Smith OF
Raleigh, who have said they may
run for the post, also were on
hand. .
R. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia,
paryt chairman, presided. Ward,
the %tsecretary. called the roll.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03

paid taxes of the company, the
treasury is one of it's major credi.
tors, while the securities commits.
sion was directed by the 1885 public
utility holding company act to sup.
ervise such firms.
Parent company of a utility EN-.
pire valued at more than $1,00O,-
000,0 00, A.G.E.-as it was common.
ly known-filed voluntary bankrupt
cy papers on Jan. 70 when it found
it could not meet certain obljga-
cations.
Jackson explained that Fulton
would conduct the investigation be-
cause Cahill felt himself ineligible,
due to business connections with
the company before he entered gov.
eminent service.
No indication was given of where
or when the grand jury would be
summoned, but it was believed that
it would be in New York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
CourtUpholds
4-Year Terms
For Sheriffs
Ruling Relieves Officers
And Coroners From Run
ming This Year
OTHER RULINGS GIVEN
Act Creating Regulatory
Body For Dry Cleaners
Held Invalid

RALEIGH, Feb. 2.-LR-Sheriffs
and in North Cardinals
100 counties are serving four-year
terms which will continue until
December, 1912, the state supreme
court held in a unanimous decision
today.
The ruling, which had been anx-
iously awaited by political leaders,
relieved sheriffs and from
the necessity of running for re-
election this year.
Other Opinions
In other opinions, the court:
l.. D Declared Unconstitutional a
state act creating a regulatory com.
mission for dry cleaners.
2. Upheld the validity of a state
tax on goods displayed in North
Carolina by out-of-state retailers,
for the purpose Of taking orders
from purchasers in thi~ state.
3. Found no error in a verdict
awarding $4,000 damages to Harry
Roth, in a libel action against the
Greensboro News company.
4. Instructed the Pitt county SUI
perior court to decide whether GER
tain pin board machines distributed
by the Mccormick Vending Ma
chine company are legal or illegal,
under a 1889 law authorizing for.
amusement-only slot machines.
5. Held that Enda Bruton of An
son county could not collect for al
legged damages to her property,
caused by negligent" operation
by the Carolina Power and Light
company of. a dam on the Yadkin
(Peedee) river.
Grants New Trial
6. Granted a new trial to W. T.
Wilson, former mayor of Winston
Salem and public guardian, who
was sentenced to six to eight years
in prison on charges Of embezzle.
ment.
Z. Held invalid a Winston-Salem
zoning ordinance which states that
Continued on Page Three: Col. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
R e ds Use Parachute
Troops, Sledges In Push
Or Mannerheim Line
SMOKE SCREENS USED
Firms Anti Tank Guns
Play Big Part In Hating
Big Offensive
BY WADE WERNER

HELS1NKI, Feb. 2-LR-A biz
are and mighty Red army onslaught
'in the shape of things to come to-
night sent parachute troops, strange,
steel-roofed sledges and smoke
screen laying tanks against the I'M
yielding defenses of the Mannerheim
line.
The second day Of this almost Wei
lsian attack, directed at Viipuri, an
objective twenty miles distant which
the Soviet army has been unable to
reach in nine weeks of war, got no
where, Finnish military advices as
serted.
Parachute Troops Killed
Many Of the parachute troops,
dropped in coveys from dozens of
planes, we're picked Of in the air by
sharpshooters or machinegun fire.
Those who landed behind the Fin
nish lines became separated from
their fellow soldiers, stumbled about
and began shooting wildly, only to ba
captured or killed by the Films.
They carried automatic rifles to
the ground with them.
While this Inflated aerial expedi-
ton was being disposed of, dozens
Of Russian tanks again. began NOV
ing toward the Finnish lines from
the Soviet positions at Summa, the
apex Of a triangle on the western
Karelian Isthmus formed by that
town, the Gulf of Finland and
Viipuri, Finland's second city,
The larger tanks pushed armored
sledges ahead of them. They were
about ten feet long and six feet
wide, protected from above and on
the sides by heavy metal plating
Machine-gunners, filled the sledges,
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Strickland Gordon And
Blackwell Are Convicted
Two Blocks On Front
Street Opened Today

With the exception of the in.
tersections, two blocks on Trent
street-from Orange to Market
will be re.opened today for traf-
fic.
The crew of workers will start
this morning toward completing
the block between Market and
Princess and, weather permit
ting, may work on the block
between Princess and Chestnut.
j. E. L. Wade, city commits
sioner of public works, said last
night as long as the temperature
stays above freezing progress
will continue in laying the as
phalt along the streets. 1t is i'm
possible to lay asphalt, he said,
when it freezes before it can be
rolled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
FARM FUNDS BILL
SLASHED, PASSED
Measure
Contains $66,928,435
Less Than Asked

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-P-De-
spite President Roosevelt's protests
at cuts made in his farm funds rec
concentrations, the house tonight
passed an agriculture department ap-
preparation bill which contained $685.
928, 435 less than he asked.
The measure, carrying money for
the departments far-flung crop con-
troll and other programs for the fis-
cal year 1914, totalled $722, oo1, 0S4,
which was $3.50 1893, 231 under the
total available for the current fis-
cal year.
Farm blocs, engulfed by the cur
rent congressional economy drive,
fought cuts in the bill demanded by
the house appropriations committee,
(COntinued on Page Three: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
BRITAIN TO SEEK
GREATER EXPORTS
Export Council Will Push
Program To Secure
Money, Pay War Bills

LONDON, Feb. 2.-P-Britain's
new export council will be charged
with expanding exports of British
goods to the rest of the world by
more than one-third to pay war bills,
it was reported reliably tonight.
Undiluted expansion, however,
may not be the whole aim, for re-
striction was pointed to today as a
possible weapon in the struggle with
Germany for Rumanian oil.
Even as officials looked to the Bal
kan entente conference which open.
ed today in Belgrade to result in
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
ADVOCATES PRIMARY
Rivers Wants To Send I'm
instructed Delegates To
The Convention
POLITICAL CHIEFS BUSY
Vice Presidents Associates
Say He May Enter Pri-
mary In Ohio

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-R-
Vice President John N. Garner, in
challenge to New Deal forces in
G Georgia, President Roosevelt's
'other home" tonight came out in
favor of a presidential preference
primary there and announced that
he would enter his name in it.
The pro-New Deal Georgia Cover.
nor E. D. Rivers, has suggested
that the state send I'm uninstruct-
ed delegation to the democratic na.
tional convention, and all indica.
tons have been that the state ex-
.ecutive committee of the party
would call no primary.
people Should Decide"
Garner declared that the people
should decide" and asserted that
he desired "at the proper time to
enter my name in the Georgia pri.
mary"
In addition, farner's close as
s%ociates said he certainly would file
in the Ohio primary if Senator
|Donahey (D-Ohio) did not seek the
delegation as a favorite son cdn.
didate. Donahey said he was not
yet ready to make known his
plans, but that he would make a
statement soon.
A group of Georgia political lead.
ers started a campaign today to
force the holding OF a primary.
This group is headed by Edgar B.
Dunlap, who was campaign man.
ager for Senator George (D-Ga.)
when the latter won denomination
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
The European
War Situation
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press
H~ELSINKI-Red army uses
parachute troops, s~teel-roofed
sledges and tanks in futile at
tack on Mannerheim line.
Observation-Disclosures loses
chances of winning guarantees
of automatic support from Bal
kan entente neighbors if Ger.
many or Russia attacks; EN-
tente conference leaves present
set-up unchanged.
PAR1S-French blockade min.
istry backs up British conten.
ton Of right to search neutral
mail.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
RUMANIA FACING
SERIOUS PROBLEM
Believed To Have Lost
Chance Of Support From
Neighbors In Balkans

BELGRADE, Feb. p Up -Wor.
ried Rumania, squeezed between
strong demands by Germany and the
Allies for the lions share of her oil,
tonight was reported reliably to have
lost her chances of winning guaran-
tees of automatic support from her
neighbors in the Balkan entente.
After their first meeting behind
closed doors, the Foreign Minister'S
of Rumania, Turkey and Yugoslavla
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
FRANCE SUPPORTS
BRITAIN'S CLAIMS
Allies Within Rights
In Examining U. S., Other
Neutral Mail

PARIS, Feb. 2.-R-The French
blockade ministry today backed up
Britain's claim that the Allies are
within their rights in examining
United States and other neutral mail
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03

'"pe Fear river stage, 1925 feet.
We%.atheHlNGTON, Feb. 2. - (AP) -
tu, ra'neI bureau records of tempera.
Inc . anu rainfall for the "a hours end.
gSr : p NJ. in the principal cotton.
Sang areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
WEATHER
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina: Fair and continued
eola saturday; Sunday partly cloudy
ana slightly warmer.
Meteorological data for the "a hours
eAdlhg 1870 p. m. yesterday
Temperature
l:So a M. 3s; 1870 a. m SO; 1870 p. m.
-; ':S0 p. m. 35; maximum 48; mini
Mum 30; mean ~; normal Al.
90, Humidity
II" a. m. IS; 7:30 a. m. 66; 1:3O
p H. 81; 1870 p. m. %.
Precipitation
n holal for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
n incaes; total since first Of the month
n Tides For Today
from Tide Tables published by q.
" coast and Geodetic Survey):
w,,~ High Low
wilmington --- 5:5Oa p :31a
No. 6:09p loop
Aasohooro Inlet -- :05a 10:12a
sr,. 4:15p 10:16p
~. SSsahfise 7:0S; sunset 5:44; moon rise
0'-0a' moonset lisp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
COLDER WEATHER
EXPECTED TODAY
Minimum OF 20 Degrees
Forecast For Wilmington
Early This Morning

Wilmington is destined to again
be plunged into the throes of a bit
ter cold wave as the mercury drops
down to 20 degrees again tonight,
Paul Hess, local weather observer,
said last night. "And the fact that
the grounding saw his shadow here
yesterday does not Influence my
forecast he added.
And that mythical ground hog did
see his shadow. The sun appeared,
however weakly, at about 1 O'Clock
and reappeared at intervals during
the day..
According to the entirely %unfound-
ed legend, that is a sign the city
will have six more weeks of colo
weather.
The discomfort of the cold weather
will be moderated somewhat by the
fact that today's prediction calls
for fair skies and no rain Oh snow.
Although still bitterly cold, the
snow and ice that has made it's ap'
pearance upstate now seems to be
disappearing and no more is IN
prospect Immediately, the weather
man said.
Yesterday, the second day of a
warmer wave, the mercury did moi
reach the freezing point all day.
The minimum was IS and the max
imum was 48. There was no rain,
sleet or other precipitation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
SPOTTED MAP

QUARRYVILLE, Pa, Feb. 2.-R
If you believe in grounding sha-
dows, the United States weather
map during the next six weeks is
going to look like something the
girls stitched together at Aunt
Dinah's quilting party.
Scientists pooh-poohed today. as
they always do, the old rural tradi-
ton that if the woodchuck ees its
shadow Feb. 2 winters onslaught
will continue for six weeks; if not,
spring is practically at hand.
But those who take the legend
seriously bridled at scientific con
tentions that the grounding is just
a February faker.
Chief among these was Quarry.
ville's s4umbering Grounding lodge.
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-01
Windenere
BY Euphelia.

Well, I am all tuckered out; been
blueberrin' this afternoon and now
I'd just like to set and read some
nice story instead of relatin' all the
doin's of this neighborhood. But
duty before pleasure has always been
by motto and I'll stick to it.
Seems like Sunday was visitin'
day for most folks hereabouts. The
Ben Street family and Mr.. Clickner
enjoyed picnic dinner up at Jay
Cooke park. jeanette, Billy and Dor
othy Forsberg called at the George
Toboleski home. Seems like these
folks has been living on the old Gust
Sjostrum place for quite spell now.
Am wonderin' if I'm the only one
who didn't know it.
Anna Mossberg entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. Bye, Mr.. and Mrs. Norlander
and Mrs. Gunderson from Minneapo-
lis Sunday. Saturday Mr.. and Mrs.
Flett and children of Cloquet called
on her. Mrs. Flett is the former Mar
tina Peterson.
Guess Art Carlson spent the week.
end in the Twin Cities.
The Oliver Carlson family of St.
Paul, spent Sunday at Oscar Carl
sons.
Ellen Schjeldahl entertained the
Misses Elna and Norma Lee Chap
man from McGregor over the week.
end.
The Overlands sure had a full house
over the weekend. Both Clara and
Alfred drove up and the Hanson FAM
lily of Minneapolis came up too.
Then 1 hear Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Swanson and daughter were visitin'
at Swanson's over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Christensen
of Pengilly, visited at Habecks. Mae
Habeck spent Sunday with Geraldine
Merrifeld.
About this time of year some of our
young lads git ahankerin' for the Da-
kotas. Seems like Bud Schjeldahl,
George Void and Leonard Barnett
left Sunday night for Hettinger, N. D.,
to try their luck in the harvest fields.
We sure had fine meetin' at the
M. E. church Sunday mite. Besides
a real good sermon, Rev. and Mrs.
Honeywell sang to us and then we
had an extra special number, clar-
met and saXaphone trio. If you
haven't heard them, come out a week
from Sunday in the mornin' Every
ones welcome.
Folks were real good about giving
me news this week and appreciate
it. Got my fill of blueberrin' for this
season SO maybe I'll do a better job
of next weeks news.