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desk after a weekend stay with Mrs.
Morgenthau at their Fishkill Farm,
in New York
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Robert Jackson are back from
Jamestown, N. Y, where they spent
the latter part of the summer. Miss
Mary Jackson is with her parents
at their apartment at the Shore
ham, but will leave the latter part
of the month TO continue her studies
at Smith College.
White House Ready
For Winter Occupant.
No matter how the political wind
blows on that all-important first
Tuesday in November, the White
House will be all spic and span for
whomever will be in residence at
1900 Pennsylvania avenue during
the winter. For the Mansion is in
the throes of being put in readiness
for the official social season. In ad-
dition to the painters who are re-
turning the snow-white luster to
the exterior of the great house,
inside more painters are freshing
up the woodwork in the state suite.
The handsome chrystal chandeliers
are being polished, windows washed
and rugs and draDerieS are being
returned to the Mansion from sum-
mer storage. In fact. there is just
an old-fashioned American fall
housekeeping going on at the Presi-
dents House these days.
Mrs. Roosevelt will have look-in
on all this cleaning activity at the
Executive Mansion during the COM
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this month.
Associate Justice and Mrs. Stanley
Forman Reed will return to their
apartment at the Mayflower Sep
TENDER 30. They have been sum-
mering at Locust Lodge, Locust, Long
Island.
Associate Justice William o.
Douglas. with Mrs. Douglas and
their children, are expected back
at their Silver Spring home some
time this week, after stay on the
West Coast. They have been visit
ing in Oregon and Mr.. Justice Doug
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Members of Official Set
Are Preparing to Return
From Restful Vacations
Continued From Page D-1D


Black ventured from
place
and
Murphy Spent Time Here.
of the Associate Justice James
with before the Justice McReynods
will a
Fske Stone still at their
place their plans
a bit indefinite their return.
Justice Felix Frankfrter have Con-
Theth
street in Genrge The end
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Visits Mrs. Lancaster

Mrs. Robert E. Lancaster has
visiting her at her home, 3103
Oliver street, her mother, Mrs
Arthur A. Gulley of Buena Vista, Va
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
CIVIC CLUBS GATHER
Says City Will Stand Or
FALL On Whatever Steps
Taken From Today

Wilmington will stand OF fall,
be good or bad in accordance with
whatever steps are taken from
today" Lieut.. Col. l.. L. Simpson,
construction quartermaster at Fort
Bragg, told a joint meeting of the
Wilmington civic clubs and the
Engineers club yesterday at the
Cape Fear hotel as he discussed
the effect which the Holly Ridge
anti-aircraft base will have on Will
mington.
He pointed to the recent ap-
pointment of a Wilmington De-
tense Council by Mayor Thomas
E. Cooper as a commendable step
and expressed the hope the council
will function to solve problems
which will arise here due to the
erection of the base.
Lists Problems
He listed a number of problems
which he said will face the city
and gave the solution of a number
of them.
Excerpts from his address fol-
low:
"Mr. Chairman, distinguished
guests and members of the various
civic clubs, I am indeed happy
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18

VICHY, France, Dec. 17.-&%
Marshal Philippe Petain, the chief
Of state of France. summoned his
vice-Premier, Pierre Laval. back
from the mysteries Of his expulsion
today for long conferences with
himself and Otto Abetz, Adolf Hit
ler's high envoy.
An official communique, follow
ing a hectic and secretive day,
said Petain and Laval discussed
1.-The general situation" At least
however, it was clear that Laval's
own situation since his custer from
the government four nights ago
was a part Of the discussion.
Abetz saw Laval this morning
at a conference at Petain's home,
and still latax in a visit to LavaPs
chateau at Chateldop, 20 miles
from Vichy.
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Simpson Discusses Camp
Problems At Meet Here
Freeport Dow Workers
Are Overcome By Gas

Some so men employed at the
Dow Chemical company plant
at Freeport, Texas, were rush.
ed to a hospital there yesterday
for treatment for chlorine gas
after a pipe broke in the plant,
according to an Associated
Press message received here
last night.
None of the men was injured
and none suffered ill effects.
They were kept outside of the
hospital SO as to enable them
to breathe fresh air.
Three Wilmington men are
employed at the Dow plant in
Freeport. They are r. M. Will
son, H. Wade Andrews and
Alex Daily. A fourth Whining
tonian, Bob Toler, is at present
in q hospital in Freeport for
treatment of a fractured arm
and leg suffered on December
2 when he fell from a scaff0ld.
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TRADE BODY GROUP
WILL MEET TODAY
Committee Plans To Garry
Out Suggestions For.
Reorganization

A meeting of the committee re-
Gently appointed at a meeting OF
the Chamber of Commerce mem
bership to effect various changes
suggested in the proposed reorgan-
ization of the trade body will be
held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the office of c. B. Parmele.
Mr.. Parmele. chairman of the
group which submitted proposals
for rehabilitation of the Chamber
of Commerce, said several phases
of the general program will be
discussed.
Members of the special commit
tee are: MIR. Parmele, l.. A. Ra-
ney, E. B. Bugg. c. M. Shigley,
W. D. McCaig, ]. Holmes Davis
ST., A. E. Jones, E. A. Laney, P,
B. Ruffin, E. E. Hunter, Harriss
Newman and Thomas H. Wright
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
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COAL Mine BLAST
KILLS SEVEN MEN
Five Others Are Injured In
Explosion In Mine At
Beckley, W. Va.

BECKLEY, W. VA, Dec. 17.-R
An explosion in a mine directly
beneath the streets of this south
ern West Virginia coal capital
today killed seven men and in
jured five others in the nations
sixth major mine blast of the year
The explosion, apparently local
in nature, occurred two miles back
in the No. 4 mine of the Raleigh
Coal and Coke corporation, which
has three operations on the out
skirts of the city.
The dead were tentatively iden-
titled as:
W. M. Kird, Al, day worker,
married, 6 children.
Ernest Anderson, %, mine engi-
neer, married.
John P. Yost, Jr., 20 mine engi-
neer, single.
Charles Patrick, ST., pumper,
married, II children.
Ernest Hill, SO, negro, day work
err, married, 7 children.
Charles Hairston, SO, negro, day
worker, married, II children.
Luther Pack, Al, negro. day
worker, married.
The injured, all in a hospital
suffering from burns, were Albert
Wade, Harry Sexton, Joe Saunders
Roy Hill, and John Dalton.
Physicians said Sexton may die
but the others probably will re-
cover.
Ellsworth Shriver, superintend-
ent, said an investigation would
be started Thursday.
AS is customary in this coal
country after a disaster, all mines
of the company will be closed
tomorrow.
Shriver said he had mo idea"
of the cause of the blast, whether
it was gas or coal dust. He added
the mine was not gaseous and
safe lamps were used. 5
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.'eaverbrook Says Hitler
Preparing Invasion Plans

LYNDON, Dec. IT, Up Lord
',s s.'sf0rook, boss of Britain's air.
M = PRODUCTION, officially warned
X ot'l'sh tonight that Adolf Hitler
sa aaklng Immense" preparations
,,a 1'doe England before next spring
h Vailed upon his plane builders
ss.. '0l out the bombers" to help
'et the threat.
NAV. 'd'h has won daytime com.
Kim VI the air over the United
H. 'Noin' Lord Beaverbrook said.
sos,, us broadcast speech, he dis.
ns,. mat a "Whirlwind" fighter
e,sa mad been added to the Spit
Viii, Hurricanes, and Defiants
s,ftl have met the German Luft-
Nothing was divulged about
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
WORK ON OFFICES
Fifty More Laborers And
Small Number OF Car
penters Put To Work
BRICK ARRIVES
Total OF 10000 Men Will
Be Employed AS Con-
struction Advances

Work on the Holly Ridge anti-air.
craft firing base continued at a nomi-
nal pace yesterday as about 25o work
men pushed efforts to complete
structures for offices in preparation
for the construction that is expected
to get in full swing next week.
A small number of carpenters were
put to work yesterday in addition to
about so more laborers.
However, the number Of persons
seeking jobs fell off from The mob
Of 1900 or more that swarmed
around Holly Ridge Monday. All
workers are being employed through
the North Carolina State Employ
ment Service and contractors and
Quartermaster corps officers have
urged that persons Stay away from
the camp until they are called to
work.
Brick Arrives
No work on the camp proper has
ben done yet, but indications are
that actual construction will get I'M
der way next week. The first load
of brick to be used as foundation ma
terial arrived at Holly Ridge yes
terday and grading and building
equipment was unloaded from At
lantic Coast Line railroad cars.
It was learned from the NOSES in
Raleigh that it is expected that a
total of 10000 persons will be en-
ployed on the project nee it gets
under way.
Lieut.. Col Albertis Montgomery,
construction quartermaster, said last
Continued on Page Seven, Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
WINDOW TREASURE
HUNT SCHEDULED
Will Be Conducted Here
Thursday Night With
Cash Prizes Offered

The Santa Claus window treasure
hunt contest will be held Thursday
night, with $50 in cash prizes being
offered successful contestants, the
committee in charge announced last
night.
Contest prizes will include: $15
first prize; IS, second prize; SO, third
prize; and z prizes of 81 each.
Advertising in the Star-News
Thursday will be establishments par
ticipating in the Santa Claus window
treasure hunt contest. Read the ads
and see who has Treasure"
In a display window Of the adver-
User there will be a "Treas'1re,"
which may be a dainty gift sugges-
ton or any type Of merchandise for
sale.
In the advertisements contestants
will note the following "key" to the
Treasurer" The color of the "+reas-
Continued on Pare Three: Col. g.
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Greeks Seize Important
Post On Northern Front

ATHENS, Greco e, Dec. IT,
R-A government spokesman an
nounced tonight as lone Of the
major successes of recent days..
the capture by the Greeks of a
camouflaged fortified position in
the northern sector where the Ital-
ians had stood stubbornly with
permanent artillery and machine
gun installations.
The position was said unofficial
ly to be near the Yugoslavian
border.
In the coastal sector. the spokes-
man added, the Greeks had
pressed back" the Fascists.
The port of Palermo, he said,
is under Greek artillery fire, and
went on:
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the new plane beyond mere mention
of its name and type.
Up to late tonight, London had not
been disturbed by night raiders and
the provinces appeared similarly
free.
Lord Beaverbrook told the British
that they were much too confident"
and that "overconfidence" is not
justified nov.
Germany is making preparations
for invasion Of England before
springtime = by land and sea, but
principally by air." Lord Beaver
brook declared.
There are sure and certain signs"
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
England Would Be Expect
ed 10 Return Them AT
Close OF The War
STAGE
President Says Best De-
tense OF u. S. Is To Aid
Great Britain
BY j. C.. STARK

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-RH
President Roosevelt announced a
sweeping new plan for helping
Great Britain tonight under which
the United States government
would take over future British war
orders and release the materials
for use abroad on a lease or mort
gage basis to be repaid in kind
after the war.
Under the plan, planes and guns.
for example, would be leased to
the British. After the war, if they
were still in good condition, the
British would be expected to give
them back. If they had been de-
stroyed, the British would be obli-
gated to furnish this country with
equivalent weapons. The President
likened it to a man lending a
neighbor a hose to put out a fire
in his house.
Will Require Time
In a long discussion Of the pro-
posal at his first press conference
since he returned from a Carib-
bean cruise, he said it was still in
the exploratory stage and would
require time to work out both here
and in London.
He did not 60 into details about
the cost Of the plan to the United
States, except to say that this coun-
try had sufficient money to do it.
%Stressing that the best defense
Of the United States is to aid Great
Britain, he declared emphatically
that his proposal would not take
this country neare to actual par.
ticipation in the war.
The plan, or something like it,
he said, would be presented to the
new congress. But he said it in
volved no changes in the neutral-
ity act or the johnson law which
forbids loans to debt defaulting ma
tons.
Describes Objective
The President described his OBJ
jective broadly as the elimination
Of the dollar sign in connection
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
CINCINNATI BLAST
KILLS u PERSONS
Cause OF Mighty Explosion
In Downtown Tenement
Not Determined

CINCINNATI, Dec. II. - Up u
blast thu. left almost no two bricks
Joined by mortar, nor timbers by
spikes, killed 10 men, women, and
children Of five families in an old
downtown tenement before dawn to-
day.
Included among the dead was a
baby born to Mrs. Lillian Schneider,
~, while she lay buried in wreck
age. Mrs. Schneider, her husband,
Frank, and four other children in
the family also persisted.
A dozen other persons, saved only
because they lived on upper floors Of
Continued on Page Seven, Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
Medical Care For u. S.
Transients Recommended

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-R-
The public health service, estimat-
ing the nations transient popula-
ton at 200, 600 to 1000, 900, recon-
mended tonight that medical care
be provided for all needy persons
regardless of residence"
It said that transients were sub
ject to more disabling illness than
permanent residents but that resi-.
dence and other requirements in
public assistance programs dis
eliminated against them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina. South Carolina and
Georgia: Fair, not much change in tenn
perature; Thursday partly cloudy,
somewhat warmer.
(By o.. 8 Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1870 {. m. 65; 1880 a. m. 81; $50 p. m.
81. 7:3O D. m. 48; maximum 50; mini
mum 4S; mean So; normal 40.
Humidity
1870 q. m. Y; 1880 a. m. u; 1880 p. m.
g.: 1880 D.. m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
600 inches. Total since first Of the
month 0.43 inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published BY u. 8.
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
wjJr;roton LA 6:4Sa
12:19p 7:49p
Masonboro Inlet ------ 9:o2a S:41a
O:21p 4:25p
Sunrise Z :12a; sunset 5:06p; moonrise
9 :12p; moonset 9:55a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C.,
at & q. M, Dec. Is, 100 feet.
CONTINUED on Page Eight; Col. s.
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During the last "a hours wher-
ever the enemy has attempted to
do battle he has been defeated.
The Greek commands nightly
communique said that near the
center Of the front the Italians
were retreating with losses to-
ward Klisura, and that fires were
observed in that town.
The italian troops in the heights
northeast of Palmero were de-
clared driven back after fierce
fighting and heavy losses.
The spokesman said that more
to the eastward" the Greeks had
occupied another h hit from
which a concentrated and i'm
Continued on Page Eight; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. p

A warning by a British spokes-
man that an about German air
attack on England is coming be-
fore spring suggests a belief in
London that Italian disasters have
made Hitler ready to risk his all
before American aid becomes fully
effective.
It also suggests that the real
bone of contention between France
and Germany, growing out of the
ousting from the Vichy cabinet of
Vice Premier Laval, might involve
French warships, rather than Nazi
troop movements through France
to help Italy. There have been
CONTINUED on Page Eight; Col. g
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
Calls ON EMPTY
STOCKING GREAT
Fund Reaches $784.17 But
There Are $500 Re-
quests For Gifts

The Star-News Empty Stocking
fund yesterday continued to grow,
with additional contributions bring
ing the total to $784.17, but the mum
Der of calls on the charity also in
creased.
The fund to bring cheer to under
privileged children of the community
at Christmas jumped up from $602.67
in "a hours, showing the first evil
dence of real growth.
Approximately $500 requests from
the fund have been received to date
Continued on Page Eight; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
BRITISH B0MBERS
ATTACK MANNHEIM
Deliver Terrific v n
Hour Assault Upon Ger
man Industrial City

Z LONDON, Dec. Misunderstanding
the Nazis' own thunder, British
bombers delivered a seven-hour as
eault upon the German industrial city
Of Mannheim in the heaviest Of a Sc
res of overnight raids from western
Germany to the submarine base at
Bordeaux, France, the air ministry
announced today.
An airplane factory, a dye plant
and other military detectives in the
Mannheim area were declared left
ablaze from the attack, carried out
by the light of a bright moon.
In bouncing upon Mannheim for
the second time in five days, the
Continued on Page Three; CUi. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
NAZIS REPORTED
GOING INTO ITALY
Correspondent In Belgrade
Says More Than $4,000
Men Moved Into Country

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-B-The
Columbia Broadcasting company's
correspondent in Belgrade declared
in a broadcast tonight from that
Balkan capital that more than So
600 German troops have moved
quietly into Italy presumably to
embark for Libya and Albania to
aid Italian forces, according to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
arShalPetainSummOnS
Laval For AbetZ Talks

Then Abetz conferred at dinner
with Petain before leaving tonight
for Paris. During the evening, La
val was at the Hotel Majestic,
where Abetz has been staying since
last night. The former premier
Continued on Page Three; Col. o
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
British Seize
Three Libyan
Forts
English Troops Roll On To-
ward Important Fascist
Base OF Bardia
POWER INCREASING
0utposts OF Musaid, Sid
Omar, Shefferzen Latest
To Fall To British

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 17.-RH
Britain's army in Africa reported
today the capture of three more
Italian frontier forts, and rolled or
toward the important Fascist base
of Bardia in the counter-invasion
of italian Libya.
(Reuters, British news agency,
reported tonight that British mech
anized units were nov attacking
Bardia itself, and that about the
town heavy fighting was raging
The offensive, far from slacken.
ing as had been expected in some
quarters with the custer Of the
last invading Italian from Egypt,
appeared actually to be gathering
power, the British command de-
claring:
Pressure Increasing
60. Pressure on the enemy is
steadily increasing as new forces
arrive
The latest italian outposts to fall
to the British, an official com.
munique said, were the ports of
Musaid, Sidi Omar and Shefferzen.
Their occupation, along with the
previously reported sci r Of Fort
Capuzzo, put the British in control
of a substantial segment of the
eastern Libyan border area.
The drive upon coastal Bardia
which had been reported under
bombardment by the British Medi-
terranean fleet and R Royal Air
force in an effort to reduce its de-
lenses - threatened an important
Fascist line of communication, for
that town commands the coastal
road westward to Tobruk, tn e
strongest Italian military center in
Libya.
Uncertain About Time
British sources said they were
uncertain whether the Italian COM
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
VIRACTS LET
)R DESTR0YERS
To Build 40 More
Originally Planned
Ocean Fleet

lNGTON, Dec. H. Up -
nave been let for 40 more
than the navy originally
ited for it's two.ocean fleet,
Knox announced today,
The total of such vessels
} 365.
IS for constructing the 40
Tor expansion of facilities
hem totalled 1921, 6S4, S75.
aVy originally intended to
} oestroyers. The expansion,
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PROBLEMS TALKED
,.,reation- House Would
First Be Used By Workers
At Army Base
WILL ASK N
COL, Montgomery A d
Lieut.. Specs Outline Anti
c;;nated Problems

nstnite plans for the erection
Il, recreational center to be used
sy tbe workers on the Holly Ridge
.si aircraft base and later the
soliiprs that will be s. toned there
rsrp made at a meeting of the
,ysc1,tive Commute of the Will
rington Defense committee in the
zane Fear hotel ballroom ! a S t
night.
R, B. Page, chairman, presided
over the meeting, =: which Col.
aI5ertis Montgomery Lieut..
Alden E. Specs suggested ways
and means of meeting the prob
lens that will arise during and
Liter the army camp has been
instructed
Begins Work. Today
committee com posed Of W. r.
Dsher, chairman. o. G.. Foard
was named
o begin work
ans, specifica-
ON cost for the
ind its location.
is to complete
IN now and Mon
ms will be pre-
land county COM
Joint session, at
proposal t. at funds
/ of the building be
will be submitted.
IN followed a lengthy
by the approximately 20
of the executive commit
were pres mt, as to the
ms which will confront Will
on and the best way to meet
" Montgomery said that the
Olems of policing I'D sanitation
me largest now FOR the civil
l0fllleS of this section, but he
sea the fact th:t adequate
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nued on Page Three; Col. s.
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Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Britain and France
May Place Orders
For Fastest bombers
Permission Is Given;
New. PIone Credited
With 400 M.P.H. Speed

BY the Associated Press.
Great Britain and France were
given official permission by the War
Department yesterday to place or
ders for a new-model Douglas at
tack bomber, believed to be the
worlds fastest of the type.
1t was the fifth type of Army
plane released for sale abroad un-
der the administrators relaxed ex-
port policy.
A two-motor craft, the attack
bomber is credited with a top speed
of approaching 400 miles an hour,
rivaling that Of normally faster pur-
suit planes.
Designed largely to harrass enemy
troops and nearby military objec-
tives, it bristles with machine guns
and can carry a heavy bomb load
and chemicals.
Other planes released for sale
abroad, under conditions by which
the Air Corps expects to obtain
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Dr.. Westrick Is Widely
Known in America

BERLIN, April 13 (R.-Gerhard
A. Westrick is widely known in
ternational lawyer who left the
Reich some months ago apparently
on a secret mission to win sympathy
for the German side in the war.
DR.. Westrick represented various
American banking and industrial
firms and visited America frequently
before the outbreak of the war. He
has many friends in the United
States.
He is a law partner of Heinrich
Albert, who was commercial at
tache' to the German Embassy at
Washington during the World War.
So far as can be learned here, DR..
Westrick apparently was given dip
lomatic status in order to facilitate
his movements.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

more advanced models ut . later
date, were all fighters, built pri-
marily to cope with enemy bombers.
They were the Bell P-30, the Cur
tiss P-40 and the Lockheed two
motor Piss, release Of which also
automatically released q Lockheed-
Hudson two-motor light bomber.
Aviation quarters understood that
still other Army and Navy planes
would be made available shortly for
sale abroad minus equipment, which
Evening star., 1940-04-14
he War Department considers

the War Department considers
secret.
The new Douglas attack bomber
was described Is advanced in de-
sign and performance over q SIM
liar craft which the French gov
ernment has ordered by the hun
dreds.
Secretary Morgenthau Friday
notified the Allied Purchasing Mis-
sion that, II it wanted fast de-
liveries on the latest American war.