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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
The European
War Situation
(By The Associated Press

MISUNDERSTANDING amour
ces bombing of British liner
Domala, 1O8 persons feared dead;
British shot down one plane by
mistake, report three German
planes dOWned in two days on
western front.
BERLIN - American Envoy
WelIes concludes German talks,
sees Field Marshal Offering and
Nazi Deputy Leader Hess, turns
towards Paris; Germany express
SEES regret for shooting down two
Belgian army planes on Belgian
soil; Nazis claim four French
planes downed in two days.
PARIS - French report Ger
man contingent captured id
western front ambush, two Ger.
man planes sent down in dog.
fights.
HELSINKl - Firms continue
withdrawal to new defense points
on western Karelian isthmus, re-
port Russian attacks repuiseu
on eastern part of isthmus, 1000
Russians killed north of Lake
LadOga.
MOSCOW-Red army contin.
ues to surround Viipuri, Moscow
communique reports.
ROME - MussOlini protests
Britain's new blockade of Ger
man coal ships to Italy.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Plus
XII prays anew for peace at
special mass for Rome residents.
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offenders Claim They Are
Still Holding Off Rus
slams Al Vipuri.
MANY s0vIETS KILLED
BOD Officials Call Finland's
Claims OF Recent Vic
tories Absurd
By WADE WERNER

uFL,sINKI. March 8 P Fin
-, -roops continued their with
.-,wal toward new defense lines at
.,ma points on the western side
d the karelian isthmus today but
,.nortel they still were holding off
srssian forces pounding at the
etes Of strategic Viipuri with I'M
rlepting fury from three sides.
with the Viipuri defenders gener-
sny repulsing the savage Red army
tbrusts. the Finnish high command
reported that in yesterdays fight
ing the Russians also were beaten
hack with heavy losses on the east
en end of the isthmus and north of
Lake Ladoga where 1000 of the
enemy we're said to have been killed.
Russian Claims
1.-THE Red army high command re-
ported early Sunday that its forces
had taken Viipuri's railroad station
and that the southern part of the
ancient port city was being occupied
during Saturday mighty
Devastating punishment was in.
flicted on the Russians on the east
eFn part Of the Karelian isthmus,
the high command said, when the
enemy was concentrating for an at
tack in this area where the Firms
still hold their original Mannerheim
lOrtiflcations. The Firms reported
nine Russian tanks and several guns
destroyed in this action.
Above Lake Ladoga, the high
command announced that Russian
attackers ran into a whitening fire
sl h~ollaanjoki, Aittajoki and Kol-
i'd In addition to 100 Russians
AIneu al the latter point, the Firms
falu one propeller sleigh, one armed
'' and one tank we're put out of
action.
Attacks Turned Back
idflher north, at kuhmo and
.'ila' on tinland's narrow waist.
'Hs' the Firms said Red army in
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SENATE SLATED TO TAKE UP MEASURE
TO EXTEND HATCH ACTS BANS TODAY

been scheduled for Monday but
was postponed OH account of &C.
tivities concentrating the adj
ministration's seventh anniver-
sary. Special interest is attach.
ed to the conference because it
will be Mr.. ROosevelt's first
meeting with his congressional
lieutenants since his return
from his cruise.
House leaders expect to tell
him that they will be able to
clean UP the routine business of
that chamber not later than May
Is. Barley had predicted that
congress will adjourn by June l.
There was speculation on the
question whether the President
might make a special request for
funds to start work on a third
(Cont---'ed on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
IL DUCE PROTESTS
BRITISH BLOCKADE
Strongly orded Note Pre-
sented To The British
Embassy In Rome

ROME, March 3.-(R-Aroused
by Britain's newly-enforced block
ade against German coal shipments
to Italy, Premier Mussolini's gov.
eminent today presented a strong
ly-worded protest to the British EN-.
bassy.
The governments prompt action,
which came within 36 hours after
the British clamped on the block
ade, a accompanied by a bitter
press attack by Roberto F%arinacci,
outspoken member of the Fascist
grand council, who termed Britain's
move "an act of arrogance and in.
science"
Writing in his II Regime Fascis.
ia, the only newspaper to comment
on the coal controversy, Farinacci
said the blockade was "the reac'
ton to our refusal to sell arms to
England"
"Besides it was hoped to oblige
our country to buy coal from Welsh
mines and put our ships in peril
in the North sea-" he said. when
a fight is waged against unarmed
populations and not against armies,
any reaction is legitimate"
Farinacci's words gave a hint as
to the tone of the italian note, the
text of which was not expected tc
be made public until it's transmits
sion to London.
The coal blockade has given oil
a companion commodity as interna
tional trouble-breeder, and it steps
on Italy's political as we'll as eco
nomic toes.
Diplomats are watching closely
the possible effect on Italian ad
herence to the precarious path Of
non-belligerency.
Rome's quick protest was prompt
ed above all by the Fascist regimes
extreme sensitiveness to anything
that smacks of economic coercion
This po',tcal fixation dates back
to 1885 when the League of Ma
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
LINER DOMALA'
REACHES PORT
AFTER ATTACK
Nazis Voice Regret
Over Shooting Down
Of Belgian Planes

BERLIN, March 3.-R-Ger-
many today expressed regret
when the Belgian ambassador,
Vicomte Davignon, protested in
the foreign office over the shoot
ing down of Belgian planes by a
German bomber i'll an air combat
over Belgian soil.
The fight occurred Saturday.
The following official German
version of the incident was given:
"A German scouter, returning
from the north of France was
attacked by seven planes of the
English hurricane type.
Because of this, and the I'M.
preston he was flying over
French soil, the German pilot
held the attackers to be English
pursuiters.
In the air fight one plane was
shot down. The German reach
ed home safely. Later it was es-
tablished that the fight occurred
a few minutes flying time from
the French border owe Belgian
soil and the plane shot down was
Belgian"
Belgian accounts of the fight
said three Belgian planes sur
rounded a huge Dornier bomber,
but did not fire until the Ger
man opened fire, shooting down
one of the Belgians and killing
the pilot. Another Belgian plane
later crashed with bullet holes
in its gasoline tank.)
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F. D. R. WILL NOTE
9TH ANNIVERSARY
Silent On Third Term As
He Completes Seven
Years In White House

WASHINGTON, March 3.-R -
President Roosevelt rounded out
I'VE historic years in the White
House today without breaking the
third term silence which many New
Dealers believe will enable him to
win denomination or pick the 1910
democratic presidential contender.
He spent the day quietly with his
mother, who arrived last night to
worship with her son and his cabi-
net tomorrow at church services
commemorating the anniversary of
his first Inauguration on March 4,
1888.
Any idea that the President might
make the anniversary the occasion
for an announcement of his attitude
toward a third term was dispelled
by the chief executive himself yes
terday. He told reporters he would
issue no anniversary statement on
the subject.
Although some democrats in con.
gress have been clamoring recently
for Mr.. Roosevelt to end the I'm.
certainty as to whether he would
run for another term, many admin
%istration supporters argue that he
would be in the strongest position
to influence the party's choice if he
continued silent until the conven,
ton met-or even until after its
first ballot. Regardless of whether
he has decided to run, the latter
say, his silence leaves third term
advocates free to line up conven'
ton delegates which might be
swung either to his own. support OF
to a candidate of his choice.
Intimates of the President con-
tend that he has not actually made
up his mind regarding a third term
bid, and that he will not do so until
after he sees what developments
spring brings in the European war.
On the other hand, there have been
numerous rumors in the capital
that he has determined to seek the
presidential nomination for Secre-
(COntinued en- Page Three. Col 81
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TO BE FINISHED SOON
Conversion From Manual
To Dial Telephones Is
Scheduled In June

Installation of dials on telephones
in Wilmington is now about 95 per
cent complete and will be entirely
finished in about one or two weeks,
J. r. Thomas, local manager of the
company, said last night.
New switchboards are now being
installed in downtown hotels and
business houses. Practically all resi-
dence installations have been COM
pleted.
The new switchboards in hotels
and business houses will include a
built in dial for each trunk line and
others will have a dial on each
phone. Most Of the present boards
were not built for dials and had to
be replaced.
The date of conversion from
manual phones will be approximate
ly in the middle part of June, Thorn
as said. The exact date will be an
nounced later.
The building at Fourth and Chest
nut streets is now completed and it
is planned to move the offices in
about the last of March. Furniture
is now being installed.
The placing of dial equipment in
the building is about rs per cent
complete and is progressing accord
ing to schedule. After its compile
tion. if will be thoroughly tested for
several weeks before being placed
into use.
All in all, Thomas said, the change.
over will cost the telephone about
500, 900, and will provide Whining
tonians with the latest and most
modern type of dial telephone
equipment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
BIDS ON THEATRE
WILL Be OPENED
Estimates On Construction
OF New House To Be Re-
ceived Here Today

Bids on the construction Of the
new moving picture theatre to be
built at 1918 North Front street will
be opened today at zoe at the Cape
Fear hotel.
The new house has been authoriz-
ed by Wilmington Theatres, Inc,
and actual construction is expected
to start within the near future.
The present Purcell building, &C.
cupied by Honnett's jewelry store,
Wulff's news stand and BaXter's
pool room, will be torn down and
the new structure will be erected in
its place.
1t is expected to be ready for the
opening by next fall. No estimate
of the amount of the expenditure to
(COntinued on PAGE Three. Col 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04

Both Minton and Lucas argue
that the measure proposes an
invasion, of states rights. The
bill, sponsored by Senator Hatch
D-NM) would authorize the
civil service commission to Or
der government agencies to sus-
pend loans or grants to a state
agency whose employees violated
the acts drastic political curbs.
The commission would determine
whether there had been VIOLA
tions.
The prohibition in the mea-
sure, opponents and proponents
agree, would prevent employees
of state highway departments,
social security branches-and all
other state agencies which re-
ceive federal funds-from taking
active parts in political cam
pains and from attending poll
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CHINESE DROWN

SHANGHAI, March 8. I9 -
Three hundred Chinese men, women
and children were reported TO-DAY TO
have been drowned off Ningpo When
they became panic-strlcken II
caused their launch to capslze upon
hearing cries of Japanese planes
are coming" The crew OF the Ger
man coastal vessel HohlenKoI saiu
the Chinese were en- route to a
their vessel off the Chekiang prov
ince port at the time. Ihey III
the alarm apparently was false as
no japanese planes were observer
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Village Near Louisville
Flooded By Salt Riuer

LOUISVILLE, KY, March STD
Water from r~ain-swollen Salt riv.
er rolled nearly five feet deep today
through streets of Taylorsville, Oft
flooded, low-lying county seat town
of 900 about 80 miles southeast of
Louisville.
County Judge E. J. Snyder re-
ported between 200 and 800 persons
had been forced from one-story
homes. others living in two-story
houses. he said, took refuge to the
second floors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Workers Defense League
SAYS Mill Workers Beaten

WASHINGTON, March 3.-R
The Workers Defense league de-
clared today that textile workers
were being "beaten and relentlessly
prosecuted" for union activities IN
Gaffney, S. C.
The league made public a letter
from an organizer for the Textile
Workers union (CIO) describing al.
legged terroristic activities by mill
owners and urging Attorney Gen
eral Jackson and Governor May
bank OF South Carolina to
gate,
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ROBSON NATIVE
KILLED BY AUTO
'ohn D. Smith, 50, Fatally
Injured On Highway
West Of Lumberton

h MbhRION, March 3.-:John
hs,. sni'ln' about 50, native of Lum.
s,s ana resident of Charlotte,
ooloo,. l0la!lv injured at about 1
ssoek this morning when he was
b1s Wy an Unidentified automo-
5sr. uiiVer on highway IA west of
nsbt arrests had been made to-
bjshna oul county officers and state
t tsh"ay patrolmen were continuino
tfiver. LUZ the hlt-and-run
,spter accldent victim was a car.
s' and had recently arrived in
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PETITIONS RECEIVED

WASHINGTON, March SD
The Labor board reported today
that it had received So petitions
from employers since it changed its
rules. six months ago and allowed
them to petition for elections when
opposing unions claim majority
membership.
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FORECAST

North FORECAST
%ts9erhst Ns sp1dal Mostly cloudy and
sat rain in Monday, preceded by
mostly cloudy. '"s' portion )
4'i ahlSsse;7' :56 q data for the q bours
l.. =, m. Yesterday.
~ 81, INA o. I;30 a. m. 81; / 40 n
~lalmum Is p. m. 81; maximum a..
ia. mean 60 normal so.
30 a. m Humidity
H. Is; 7:30' D 81 N '; 80 a. m. 95; 100 D.
Total fo, o Precipitation
pasal aches; to roIfS ending 7:30 p. M.
'D'l' OBS inc J,ar since first Of the
AtupG Eo-
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To Sell Household
ARTICLES
TELL THE TOWN

For a few cents you a tell
the $4,000 readers of the Star
and News about your discard
ed furniture, retired" CLOTH
ing, etc., which you no longer
need, but which is still useful.
Hundreds Of prospective buyers
read the Star and News Want
Ads every day -. if you tell
them, you'll sell them. Call
$500 today and start a low
cost ad.
Yes, You May Charge
If You Like
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-06-27

College is a great boon to
sports, Bob Vandesteeg has
lust returned from graduation
from optometry college In Cn-
cago. 1 find that since his
return even he can keep accur-
ate check on our table tennis
scores. Gable tennis used
to be known as ping pong, but
because that sounded a bit
Mandy pamby the national as
ISOLATION has recommended tab
lie tennis). -.
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supervision.
Sunday
p. m. to s p. m.-Game and
beach supervision.
Monday
10 to IL m-Tiny tots. Low or
ganized games and contests. Craft
work. to 8 pm game super
vision. Beginners and swimmers
lessons. $50 to $50 p. m.-super-
vised games, archery.
Tuesday
10 a. m. to IL midget baseball
school grounds. Junior high girls
club activities at City Park. 2 to
p.m.-supervised games. City
Park. 2:30 to 3:30-Junior and
Senior life saving and water safety
instruction. $50 to $50 p. NJ
Supervision Of games, City Park.
Wednesday,
10 a. m. to IL m-City Park. Tiny
tots story hour. Craft work for
intermediate groups 9 to II years.
2 to p.m.-City Park, beginners
and swimmers lessons. Game and
beach supervision. $50 to $50
archery supervised games at City
Park.
Every Day
Q to Bleach supervision. 9 to
~ and to 6 golf lessons at Coun-
try Club by A. r.. Hudson.
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Golf Short Stop
Tourney Sunday

Attempting to strengthen the en-
try Of 36 golfers in the first short
stop tourney event, the Country
Club moved this week to invite
dozens of golfers from surrounding
towns to enter the second of the
seasons events here Sunday, June
30th.
Match play is to begin at
$3.50 a. m. with qualifying
scores due before that time.
Committee is anxious that local
entry be strengthened over the
Is golfers who entered the first
event.
Reasonable assurance that golf
ers from Glenwood and Alexandria,
neither of whom were represented
at the May meeting was given Pat
Dubois, tournament chairman, Sun
day. st. Cloud, Long Prairie, Lit
tie Falls, Morris, Willmar, are all
notified that the event is on the
books.
st. Cloud and Little Falls took
honors on the first meet when each
sent six to enter locally and st.
Clouds Bill Rau stroked his way
through the 16-entry championship
flight to win over Appleton's Babe
Veam 1 up. Appleton, too, may
have another representation here.
Trophies are to be awarded in
all flights. 16 will make up the
championship flight with in all
others. Detailed literature was be-
ing sent this week to a dozen clubs
in the surrounding territory.
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Dubois VIKINGS
Out Win in Rain

Pat Dubois got his golf game
waterproofed Sunday.
He banged out SO holes at Alex
andria under a dripping sky Sun
day in the 54-hole Alexandria med
al tournament. When they had
wrung him out, Pats IS on the
last IS was three strokes better
than Wyman Thompson's 81 in the
finalist round.
Pat was tickled pink among 9TH
er things. when Thompson and
came off after that last round,
we couldn't have been wetter If
we'd been in the lake. At times
it rained so hard that the ball
went up after a shot, disappeared
in a sheet of rain"
Pats 231 for the "a hole
route-15 over par and a mar
gin of over the field-gave
him the meet over an entry Of
some thirty-five golfers. He en-
tered that last round Sunday
with a two stroke margin on
the field. Other local golfers in
the meet were Dave Caugh-
rem, cOnSOlaC1On winner In Bne
first flight; and DR.. e. e.
Walsh, second flight consOla-
ton winner.
Right from the start it was Du-
Bots and Thompson. One other
who had qualified with Pats rs on
Saturday had blown on Sunday to
the high SOS and was out of the
running. Thompson opened Satur-
day with a 70, cut it to a 76 on
Sundays morning round. Pats first
day Is stretched to a 70 Sunday
morning.
Entering the final bit Of play
Sunday afternoon with a two stroke
margin, Pat was out in the first
nine with 40, had lost a stroke
to Thompson's 80. His 38 on the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-06-27
Rain Cuts
Rec. Program

With promise for warm weather
ahead (there always has been), di-
rectors and supervisors with the
summer recreation program at the
City Park looked ahead to increas-
ed attendance after this past weeks
bad" weather had cut attendance
to thread and had brought near
"blackout" on the three days Fri
day to Sunday.
The first weeks opening at
tendance, with near 600 regis
tered for the various activities,
was cut more than half in the
second week, result Of the
weather, 1t was reported.
A treasure hunt, first of series
of special events to enliven the
program, had to be Cancelled Friday
evening. The hunt was to have
taken place from to z with maps
and clues scattered about, and win
ners at the end Of the hunt. The
hunt won't be rescheduled probab-
ly, but announcements will be made
for the next special event.
In the meantime supervisors
were going ahead just the program
calls for. All organized and unor-
gained games are available as this
week opened with clear, but cool
weather. Taking the biggest rap
on the weather's whims is the
swimming pursuit.
That takes warm weather. It'll
pick up" though Gene Harvey
opined. We've had only three or
four days of real swimming wealth
err" When it does come they'll be
in there in droves.
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home stretch caught four stroke
advantage from Thompson's AZ.
Thompson ended with a 236.
The meet this year marked a new
turn. For the first time in the
history of the annual Alexandria
medal tournament 1t was opened
to all amateurs Of the state who
wish to compete. Pat took full
advantage of the opportunity, put
on his waterproof style, battled to
a sparkling finish.
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Recreation Pro-
gram Schedule
Week June ~ to July 4

Thursday
10 q. m. to IL m-Senior high girls
club activities at City Park to in
clude program similar to Junior
high girls. Midget baseball, school
grounds. 2 to p. m.-supervised
games. Junior and Senior life
saving, water safety lessons. $50
to $50 supervised games.
Friday
10 to IL m-City Park. Girls in
termediate club activities, ages 9
to II. Craft work. to pm
supervised games, beginners and
swimmers groups. $3.50 to $3.50 pm.
Archery, SUPERVISED games.
Saturday
10 a. m. to IL m-Free play and
supervised games, all groups. to
p.m.-supervised games, beach
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available, everyone can get q
whack at the court. Cell Mary
Markson. Tell her you want a
membership.
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FISHING TACKLE THAT'S FIT
FOR FISHING. HI L L f r u ID
HARDWARE. Adv.
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Gus Otto is raising fox. And
it's not quite clear to me wheth-
er that means the local pOpu-
lation has been decreased to the
point where the boys find hunt
ing no longer profitable or
whether he just likes the little
animals around. But Gus
has long been an exponent of
fox hunting. He first provided
himself with fox hounds-the
real Mccoy. They hunted.
Now he's raising a group Of
ten, five red and five black. -.
He got them when they were
couple months old and full
of old ginger.
The tennis club, under the lead
Of prexy Jerry Shively, has out
lined quite a program for the sea.
son. For the first time a full
time man is employed to watch
over the care of the courts and to
watch fee charges. And they
have plans for creating better fac.
ilities on the lighted court that
may materialize. But the group
needs more members. =. The fee
is nominal only two dollars for the
entire summer. It's a worth
while project and it's good clear
fun. y. With day and night play
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-06-27

Only American citizens can OBJ
tain a license to operate a radio
station in this country.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-06-27


fall the fisherman that make the
case for instance. That bump
might have been just rock tossed
up by the wheel, but it wasn't.
From that you can see how really
colorful a little bump can be. :.
It was sometime ago when Doc
Branley, the Tulsa m. d., was in
town and brother-in-law Walt
Gritzmacher would take him fish
ing. Along went Lyle Ethun and
Dave Dubois too. Enroute to
the lake they heard the aforemen-
toned bump around which premise
the tale hinges. The boys
dismissed with a thank you mann"
and proceeded, the car running
beautifully. They had their
fishing. I neglected to inquire
what luck. And then proceeded
to trek homeward. The car wouldn't
start. Nor would the lights
work. It looked like an open
and shut case. The ignition had
revolted. Which at a glance
you can see is as lousy a pun as
one could concoct. Perhaps the
battery cable is off," someone sug-
gested timidly to the puzzled group.
=. It was off all right. /. That
wasn't all. The whole d
battery and its carriage was off.
-. They proceeded to town towed
in with a piece Of barbed wire
fence. Or I believe that's the
prOper ending