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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
JAPAN, NANKING
SIGN PEACE PACT
Continued From Page One)

the central Chinese government
under Generalissimo Chang Kai-
Shek.
One report had it that the train
was carrying japanese and Chi
nese officials to participate in the
treaty ceremonies and it was con-
sldered possible that foreigners
were aboard, including American
neWspapermen en- route to Wang's
capital for the treaty-making. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
Obituariit
j. E. WEBB

j. E. Webb, II, of Carolina
died at James Walker Memn,
pital yesterday morning at III
The body was taken to G,
where funeral Services will
Sunday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
will follow in the HOLLYWOOD
terry at Gastonia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
MRS. MATTE G. BOWD

Funeral services for Mrs.
G.. Bowdoin, of II North
street, who died Wednesday
ing at Elkhart, Ind, where s.
visiting, We're held there va
morning at II O'Clock,
She is survived BY her b.
E. H. Bowdoin, of Wilmin:
son, DR.. George Bowdoin, a.
grandsons. Jackie and BOlli
doin, of Elkhart, Ind,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
COURT OF HONOR

The monthly court of honor
for Boy Scouts of the Whining.
ton district, Cape Fear area
council, will be held at 8 o'clock
Monday night, December 2, in
the superior courtroom. Judge
Alton A. Lennon will preside.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
TO PRESENT PLAY

A play, "In Times Likes This"
will be presented at the First
Christian church Sunday night
at 1880 o'clock in observance of
Woman's Day. The performance
will replace the regular Sunday
night preaching services. The
public Is invited to- attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
CHAS. T. MILLER

GOLDSBORO, Nov, 2!
Charles T. Miller, retired
Mich, business man, died
sleep during the night at A
Calf. He was rs,
Miller was the father Of N
bot Patrick, wife Of the ?
of the Goldsboro NeWs.ArGls'
been ill several weeks. Mrs
was called to his BEDSIDE
October.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30

To decrease the danger of sparks
by providing a ground for static
electricity when filling the gasoline
tanks OF planes, a synthetic rubber
gasoline hose nozzle recently was de-
veloped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
HOLDER TO SPEAK

HOLDER TO SPEAK
The Rev. Oscar A. Holder will
be the speaker Sunday at 4:3O
o'clock for Missionary Circle No.
1 of the Chestnut Street Pres
byterian church. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
STAGE BIG
RAID ON LONDON
Continued From Page One)

casualties were reported early TODAY
from that big port city.
Six bombs demolished a housing
development in a southeast coastal
town, killing a mother and her two
children.
In another south coast city one of
many incendiary bombs crashed into
a movie theater, but was extinguish-
ed by air raid wardens. The startled
audience remained seated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
City Briefs
PARKER TO PREACH

The Rev. A. 5. Parker, Viii
mington district superintendent,
who succeeded the Rev. w. A.
Cade, will preach at the vesper
hour at S O'Clock Sunday after
noon at the Trinity Methodist
church. Attention is called to the
change in hour from 8 to 5 p. m.
for the winter months. The pub.
lie is invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
VISITING HERE

Tyler Welsh, student at the
Cheshire Academy at Cheshire,
Conn.,. is spending the week-e end
with his sister, Mrs. Alton A.
Lennon, here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
FARMERS SUPPER

FARMERS' SUPPER
The Farmers club supper will
be held Thursday night at Z
o'clock in Myrtle Grove. Those
present will discuss the AAA sit
uati0n in regard to the vegetable
market. H. T. House, state COM
mitteeman, and E. Y. Floyd,
state executive officer, have been
invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
WEATHEF
CONTINUED From rage v

WASHINGTON. NoremOa'
Weather bureau records 0, ,..' /
and rainfall for the a HV''
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Evening star., 1940-12-23
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGF

1t was Christmas time. Happy
Jack Squirrel didn't know what
Christmas time meant. Happy Jack
didn't know there was such a thing
as Christmas. 1t wouldn't have
made any difference to him If he
had known. Truth to tell, Happy
Jack felt that nothing in all the
Great World could make any diff
ference to him. He was too mis-
cradle and too hopeless.
You see, he was so cold that his
teeth chartered and his claws rat
tied together as he Shivered and
shook despite his fine bed of leaves.
And he was so hungry that he was
sure the sides Of his stomach were
rubbing together because of it's emp
tiness. 1t was this emptiness of his
stomach that made him so cold.
You know it Is food that makes heat.
Without food Happy Jack couldn't
be warm, despite his thick fur coat
and blanket of leaves.
A jolly Little Sunbeam peeped
In at the little round doorway above
Happy Jacks head and smiled down
at him. But Happy Jack didn't
smile back. No, sir, Happy Jack
didn't smile back. He just scoWled.
The sight of that jolly Little Sum
beam smiling down at him was
hateful to him. That Is how miser-
able Happy Jack felt. From over
in Farmer Browns dooryard came
the jingle of merry sleigh bells, but
in the sound of them there was no
merriment for Happy Jack. They
made him even more miserable than
before.
Probably there was not in all
the wide world so miserable and un-
happy a squirrel as Happy Jack.
just before Thanksgiving he had
been discouraged and anxious be-
cause he had so few nuts in his
storehouse, but he had not at that
time been cold and hungry as he
now was. You see, for three days
Jack Frost and rough Brother
North Wind had held Happy Jack
prisoner in his own house. Lying
in bed he had heard rough Brother
North Wind shrieking in the trees
and had shivered more than ever
Late the afternoon before he had
crept out to look for something to
eat. He had found the tree in
which was his storehouse blown
over and buried deep under snow
by rough Brother North Wind. Over
the surface of the snow Jack Frost
had formed an ice crust through
which Happy Jack could not dig.
So he had crept back to his bed,
hungry, cold, miserable and hope
less.
Now as he lay scowling at the
jolly Little Sunbeam smiling down
at him, there came a knocking at
his door. 1t was Drummer the
Woodpecker. "Come outi Come
out, Happy Jack, to the Christmas
tree in the Old Orchard!" cried
Drummer, and knocked on the side
of his house till Happy Jack clap
ped his hands over his ears. Then
Drummer flew away and Happy
Jack was more miserable than be-
fore, for he didn't know what a
Christmas tree was and he didn't
even want to find out.
Evening star., 1940-12-23
Don't Take NV
Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Once More, Roosevelt

Since the election, scores Of read
ers have persistently urged that this
column make one more attempt to
emphasize that the Presidents name
is not "Ruze-uh-velt,' to rhyme
with choose belt"
One reader declares: 1T Is a
sad commentary on American speech
that Mr.. Roosevelt's name was
grossly mispronounced by more than
half of those speakers, Hollywood
stars included, who so staunchly
campaigned for him on the radio!"
My strictly nonpartisan opinion
is that the name ROOSEVELT is
already of such great historic sig
nificance that the correct pronun-
citation should be taught in Ameri-
can schools and universities.
1t is as incorrect to speak of Mr..
"Ruze- -uh-velt" as it would be to
call him Mr.. Zilch, for "Ruze- e-uh-
welt" is NOT his name
Allow me to repeat: '"The Roose-
of Roosevelt is pronounced exactly
like the word ROSE. The name has
but two syllables. The second syl-
liable, welt, does not rhyme with
belt; the "e" is virtually obscured.
The only correct pronunciation is:
ROSE-v'lt.
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented.)
For free Pronouncing Test.
No. 2, entirely new, send stamped
(3-cent), addressed envelope
to Frank Colby, care of The Eve
ming Star.
Evening star., 1940-12-23
Add Navy Yarns

Following spirited bidding among
the major motion pictures compa-
nies, Warner Bros. has produced
Navy Blues" a service story by
Arthur Herman Hal B. Wallis will
be executive producer and Mark
Hellinger will be associate pro-
duceS.
Evening star., 1940-12-23
Not This

Mother-Hurry and finish writing
all your cards tonight for they
should all be in the mail tomorrow
Oh, dear! I don't know how I'll
ever get everything done that must
do before Christmas!
Evening star., 1940-12-23
LETTER-OUT

spell the word
opposite
the which removed it. have Leered
correctly he penalzed
to LETTER. OUT
Ietter-Out
GRACEFUL-CAREFUL (methodicaD
HEGIRAS-GEISHA dancing grD.
GS) ARTENfIS-MAITRE (French for mastery
(S) CHARIOTS-HARICOT stew.
Evening star., 1940-12-23
POINTS FOR PARENTS

Daughter-I'm not through max
ing my Christmas cards. Do they
have to be finished tonight?
Mother-No, dear. You can send
some of them for New Year cards.
That's what I'm going to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
|. R. A. Leader HANGS
In Dublin for Murder
BY the Associated Press.

oy Lie ASSOCldteu fIcSS.
DUBLIN, July 3.-Tomas Mac
Curtain, %, son of the former Lord
Mayor of Cork, was hanged today in
Mountjoy Prison for the fatal shoot
ing of Detective John Roche on
January 4.
The elder MacCurtain, COM
mandant of the outlawed Irish Re-
publican Army, was dragged from
his bed and shot in a Sim Fem
disorder of 1920 while his son was
still a child in arms.
Young MacCurtain eventually re-
placed his father as I. r. A. COM
mandant in Cork and was frequent
ly arrested by Detective Roche. He
shot Roche when the detective
sought to question him on down.
town street.
Young MacCurtain went on q S.
day hunger strike during imprison-
ment and his trial was postponed
several times on account Of his phys
ical condition.
He was convicted despite his plea
that he had frequently been beaten
by unknown assailants, carried a
pistol in self-defense, and did not
recognize the officers.
Thomas Grogan, an I. r. A. leader,
was sentenced by a military court
today to IL years imprisonment for
participating in an ammunition
raid on Phoenix Park Arsenal last
December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Nazis Warn Netherlands i,
Arrest Dutch General
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, July 3.-Germany
warned the conquered Netherlands
today against further disturbances
of rehabilitation" on pain of
"sharpest counter measures" after
taking action against Gen. Henri
Gerard Winkelman, commander in
chief Of the Netherlands armed
forces.
Charged by German authorities
with taking advantage of privileges
allowed him following his surrender,
Gen. Winkelman has been dismissed
from duties in supervising his
army's rehabilitation and taken to
Germany as prisoner of war.
What the disturbances" were was
not explained, but Germans asserted
the general and other officers of
the Dutch Army "by their personal
behavior did not respect the mod
GRAFTON which might have been ex-
pected on the ground of privileges
granted them by the Fuehrer."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Warp|anes and Subs
Win New Successes,
Germany Claims
Newcastle and Southern
English Ports Targets;
Arondoro Star Torpedoed
BY the Associated Press


BERLIN, July 3.-Germany's sub
marines and warplanes have struck
heavy new blows against British
shipping, the high command an
nounced today, reporting also that
air raids were made last night
against Newcastle and ports of
Southern England.
The communicate said German
fighting planes yesterday sank two
freight ships of 10000 and 5000 tons
and another freighter was badly
damaged.
The high command declared that
among $4,000 gross tons of shipping
sunk by one submarine was the
British freighter Athellaird, 1899
tons.
Another submarine torpedoed the
armed British steamer Arandora
Star, of $4,000 tons, west Of the
North Canal, the communique said.
OF the Channel coast, the high
command said. German fighting
planes attacked a convoy and sank
the 12,000-ton and 6,000-ton
freighters.
On the Scottish coast and at New
castle German fighting planes
bombed British armament plants
and made several attacks last night
on harbor establishments on the
south coast of England which, the
high command asserted, resulted IN
numerous fires and explosions.
The 13-year-old liner Arandora
Star was used by the Cunard- White
Star Line to rush Americans home
from Europe when the war began
last September.
On her first trip with AL pas
sengers, ships officers reported
eluding nine German U-boats. She
was 512 feet long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Army Is Reported Sending
Britain 1872 Cars Of INT
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, July 3.-Shipping
circles late yesterday said ship
ment of 1872 carloads of INT from
the Fort Wingate Ordnance Depot
in New Mexico had arrived here
and was being loaded aboard ship
for Great Britain.
Dock board officials declined any
comment. 1t was learned, however,
that the explosive was brought here
by railroad which charged $4,000
freight per car for the 132-car ship
ment. Shipping men said they had
no idea how the transfer from the
United States Army was handled.
and refused to say where the ship
is loading.
Top Army quarters said last night
that the 1872 carloads Of TINT being
loaded at New Orleans probably was
part Of the surplus ammunition
which was released by the Army .
month or two ago.
Its release would represent no new
move on the part of this Govern
ment, they said. Both Brazil and
Great Britain, they added, have OBJ
tanned orders for some of the goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Lewis Endorsement
OF Wheeler Revives
.Third-Party Talk
Senator in Race Whether
Or Not Roosevelt Runs;
President Silent on WiIIkie
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
John L. Lewis Endorsement of SEN
ator Wheeler, Democrat, Of Mon
tana for President developed new
third-party talk today among the
Wheeler forces.
Mr.. Lewis gave his Endorsement
In an address at the National Town.
send Pension Convention at St.
Louis yesterday shortly after Sem
ator Wheeler had told reporters that
his name would be placed before
the Democratic National Conven-
ton regardless of whether President
Roosevelt sought denomination.
Senator Wheeler previously had
said he would seek the nomination
only If Mr.. Roosevelt did not run
for third term The latter has
two-thirds of the Democratic dele.
gates, but declined to give his press
conference yesterday any hint Of
his intentions.
will the Champ accept Mr..
WILKES CHALLENGER" reporter
asked the President.
Mr.. Roosevelt failed to catch the
reference until another newsman
observed that Mr.. Willkie had ex-
pressed the hope that he would
meet the champ in November"
Mr.. Roosevelt smiled and replied
he did not know He said he had
not read the challenge
No Comment on Willkie.
He refused to comment on Mr..
Wilkes nomination or on the Re
publican platform. When asked
whether he would have a statement
on his own availability" before the
Democratic Convention meets in
Chicago July IS, he replied he was
not even minor prophet.
He said he expected to be in Hyde
Park, N. Y, this week end and on
Potomac River cruise the week
end before the convention.
Ickes Unlimbers Guns.
Meanwhile, Secretary of Interior
Ickes today declared the Republican
party has become political hold
ing company" taken over for the
campaign by wendell Willkie and
his friends"
Discussing presidential candidates
at press conference, he COM
mented:
There is hardly any doubt the
Republican party has been liquidat-
ed, bought in, not for it's assets, but
for what is left of its good will. 1t
is the first unit in a political holding
company"
He meant, he said, that "Mr.
Willkie and his friends are now a
holding company for the Republican
party"
Secretary Ickes said the Repub-
lican presidential nominee had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
u. 5. Reported Eager
To Buy D. {. Building
For Office Space
Might Move In at First
Of Year Instead Of
Later, as Planned

Purchase of the District Building
by the United States and its use by
some Federal agency. beginning
next January, as a means of LESSEN
ing the Governments serious space
problem, is under consideration in
Federal Government circles, it was
learned today.
Just how far the suggested deal
has gone could not be learned. but
it was said in reliable quarters that
the proposal is being considered by
some Government officials.
If the plan is adopted, the District
Government agencies and personnel
now housed in the District Build
ing would be moved into the East
Building of the Municipal Center,
which is scheduled to be ready for
occupancy by the end of this year,
or into some other District-owned
property. Whatever payment was
made by the United States for the
District Building would be applied
toward the construction of the West
Building of the Municipal Center, to
complete the construction of the
planned new home of the city gov
eminent. it was understood.
In anticipation of the opening of
the East Building, the Commits
sioners some months ago made ar
rangements for the housing there
of certain District agencies, includ-
ing the Police, Fire, Traffic and
Health Departments. However, it is
believed in some quarters that if the
United States sees fit to take over
the District Building at the end OF
this year-instead of some future
year, as has been planned since the
development of the Government
triangle of buildingSthat the Dis
trict government could rearrange its
housing satisfactorily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Farley Sees War Issue
As Platforms Greatest
= BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, July 3-Chairman
James A. Farley of the Democratic
National Committee today viewed
the war question as the most i'm
portant issue facing the party's plat
form drafters.
The chairman announced it had
been decided definitely that Senator
Wagner of New York would head
the Resolutions Committee in the
National Convention. He said Sem
ator Wagner would come to Chicago
Monday for committee work in ad-
vance of the convention, which
opens July Is.
Mr.. Farley and his two daughters,
Betty and Anne, arrived in Chicago
this morning. He will return East
tomorrow and be back in Chicago
Monday to remain here until the
convention has ended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Britain Reported
Refusing japanese
Demands on Burma
Note Rejecting Proposal
To Close Arms Route
Received by Envoy

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, July 3.-Great Britain
has refused the japanese demand
that the arms route through British
Burma to the Chinese forces of
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek be
closed, it was reliably reported to-
night.
britain is considering "ques-
tons that would arise with the
United States" if she acceded
lin any way" to the Japanese
demand. R. A. Butler, undersec-
rotary for foreign affairs, an
nounced in the House of Com
mons0
The refusal of the London gov
eminent was said to have been con-
veyed in a note just received by
the British Ambassador to Toxic,
Sir Robert Leslie Craieie. The reply
still was to be delivered to the
foreign office.
Sir Robert transmitted to London
his views on the Japanese demand
and has asked for further instruc-
tons.
This British-Japanese dispute is
factor in the tense Japanese politi-
cal situation already marked by
strong representations of army lead
ers to the cabinet over policy to be
followed in the Far East in the
light of Allied defeats in Europe
The military leaders are said to
hoyo oynroccod diccoticfo ct;oy u,itt,
the stand taken by Foreign Min
lister Hachiro Arita, apparently
holding that his plan for an ash
attic sphere" dominated by Japan Is
not strong enough.
Arita enunciated last Saturday a
foreign policy which represented an
advance from the previous position
of insistence on maintenance of the
status quo in East Asia.
1t is likely, however, that Arita's
announcements did not 60 far
enough to satisfy the army leaders.
The Foreign Minister'S speech
caused dissatisfaction among the
military, it was reported, but in
formed political quarters held that
the real issue between the military
and the foreign Office is deeper than
that.
Strong Attitude" Urged.
Saturday night group of leading
Japanese Army men, said the news
paper Nichi Nichi, decided the war
in Europe had presented Japan a
golden opportunity" in which she
must take strong attitude
Instructions concerning this
strong attitude" were sent to all
army corps.
Observers expressed belief that
the military men were disappointed
in Arita's speech because it avoid
ed both fiat encouragement of the
axis powers and fiat declaration
for redistribution of the worlds re-
sources as prelude to peace.
The War Minister, Gen. Shunroku
Hata; the Vice Minister of War and
all bureau chiefs conferred for more
than four hours today, after which
Hata interviewed Premier Admiral
Mitsumasa Yonai and Arita.
GA wireless dispatch by Domei,
japanese news agency, quoted a
communique issued later by the
Foreign and War Ministries
which said that the affair" be-
tween Arita and Hata in connec-
ton with Aritas address had
| been closed. The communicate
said there was no foundation for
ICaa TOIIIa narn . =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Two Gunner Who Slew
Woman Hostage Killed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
McALLEN, Tex, July 3.-Two I'M
identified gunner who earlier had
killed woman hostage were shot to
death today in second battle with
peace officers.
The woman, Mrs. D. Davis, IS. OF
Kingsville, was shot as she fled
from the outlaws with her husband
and a man companion, at the outset
of the first battle. The gunner
had commandeered the Davis car
The outlaws escaped after an ex-
change of shots at a road barricade
but were tracked down and killed
in a second fight. About 100 officers
engaged in the hunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
London Bars Issue
Of Golfers Weekly
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, July 3.-News agents
reported today that the June edi-
ton Of the United States magazine
Golfers Weekly was not distributed,
apparently due to censorship for an
undisclosed reason.
Golfers London Office was unable
to give any information. American
magazines appear here about three
weeks after the publication date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Gen. de GuuIIe Faces
Trial, Soy Germans

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July ,3.-The Ger
man radio, in a broadcast heard
here by N. B. c., said last night
that the French 18th military dis
trict had begun court-martial pro-
ceedings against Gen. Charles de
Gaulle, the ofi1cer who went to
London In efforts to piece together
the remnants of the French Army
to help England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Anti Jewish Riots Grow Worse
AS Nation Nouns Lost Areas
King Carol Meets With Cabinet to Plan
Means of Preserving Country

and third largest cities after Bu-
charest.
Great economic loss was involved,
especially since the agriculturally
rich province of Bessarabia was
nearing, at the moment of the So
Wet occupation, bumper harvest
of wheat and corn.
It is estimated that 100000 home
less men, women and children fled
into old Rumania ahead of the Red
Army advance.
On the other hand, at least 100 900
Jews in old Rumania were reported
to have migrated into Bessarabia
after the Soviet occupation began
The country showed its grief with
squares of black cloth thrown over
the yellow portion of it's red, yell1w
and blue flags
King Carol was reported in close
(See BUCHAREST. page AL