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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-16
TREASURY BALANCE

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
ITALIAN PLANES
SENT TO FINLAND
Warcraft, Refused Transit
Through Germany, Ship
ped By Way OF France

PARIS, Feb. 6.-R-Fifty car
loads of Italian-mdae warplanes,
destined for Finland and first re-
fused transit through Germany, will
reach the Firms after abby way
Of France.
The disclosure that the shipment
had been rerouted through France
was made today as a campaign for
large-scale allied military aid for
the Firms picked up momentum in
parliament.
Sources close to the government
said the badly-needed planes were
halted in Germany and sent back
to Italy before Italy picked out the
French route.
authorized Nazi urc in Ber-
lin confirmed on Jan. 8 that Ger
many had refused to handle the
planes. sRussia, they asserted, would
have objected violently. Hence Ger
many deemed it %expedient to refuse
transit as a means Of preventing
extension of the war area.)
Premier Daladier's own radical
socialist party meanwhile called
upon the French government to
give Finland all the help needed to
fight and win" against Russia.
This action, which conceded with
press demands, was taken amidst
indications of more and more allied
help for the Firms.
War materials already are on the
way and Britain and France have
at their commnd surplus mnpower,
such as the Polish army-in-exile,
which might be used to bolster the
little republic in the north.
The Polish army has been in
training in France. Several hun
dred Polish filters already have vol
unteered for service in Finland.
The definite defeat Of the Soviet
aggression aaginst Finland will
hurt our enemies in their military
power as we'll as in prestige. a
radical-socialist resolution declared.
eff aid is going to be given to
Finland in the spirit of saving
her," the newspaper L'Ordre said,
ut will be necessary to act with
very great speed"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
CIVILIANS START
IRON LUNG DRIVE
Club Will Seek Funds To
Purchase Machine For
Use By Wilmingtonians

The Civitan club yesterday open.
ed its campaign for funds to. pur'
chase an iron lung" for Whining.
ton and one of the giant respirators
was placed in the lobby of the post.
office for inspection by the public.
The chest of a waxen blonde,
within the confines of the steel
cylinder, slowly rose and fell with
the drive Of the leather bellows.
Busy men and women halted alb.
ruptly at the sight of the green
mechanism and when not rapidly
questioning DR.. Berne, the attend
ant, watched it's operations. with
amazement.
In it's campaign, the Civitan club
plans to raise money for the pur.
chase of the mechanical lung or
r~espirator, the machine to be given
to the people of Wilmington upon
securing the necessary funds.
The iron lung" now on display at
the postoffice was created and built
by the J. H. Emerson company of
Cambridge. Mass, and vas design
ed primarily for use in polio or in
fantile paralysis treatment. Vic
Tins of infantile paralysis are plac-
ed in the lung to assist them in
breathing, paralysis generally affect
ing the chest muscles and as a con
sequence hating the breathing, stat
(Cnnfin1ad a N Dora Throo. Col ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
smith WILL NOT
/ ENTER N. E.. RACE
Raleigh Attorney Announ-
ces He Will Not Be Can
didate For Governor

RALEIGH, Feb. g. Up Willis
Smith, Raleigh attorney, announced
tonight he would not be a candidate
for the. democratic gubernatorial
nomination in the May primary.
He was the fifth to withdraw
from the race after having beer
mentioned as a possible candidate.
In a formal statement he said he
had reached the conclusion that
should not at this time abandon my
business and professional contacts
and neglect my personal associa'
tons to enter this race"
Of all prominently regarded po'
tential candidates, only William
Fenner of Rocky Mount has not de.
clared himself.
There are six announced candi.
dates-J. NJ. Broughton of Raleigh,
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper of Will
mington, Paul D. Grady of Kenly,
L. L. Gravely of Rocky Mount, 1t.
Gov. w. P. Horton of Pittsboro,
and Revenue Commissioner A. J.
Maxwell.
-Four others previously had with
drawn from the race-State Treasu-
rer Charles M. Johnson, who will
seek denomination to his present
office; Horace D. Stacy of Lumber
ton, who will run for the state SEN
ate; DR.. Clarence Poe, Raleigh
farm leader; and D. L. Ward, speak
er of the 1889 state house of repre-
sentatives.
"Six North Carolinians have now
announced their candidacy for nom
nation in the democratic primary
for the governorship of North Caro-.
lina," Smiths statement said.
"All of these are personal ac-
quaintances of mine, with whom I
have had most cordial relations for
many years. The number of these
contestants makes very certain a
second primary, and the prospect
of two primaries and one general
election means a severe strain both
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
|C0EBBELS WARNS
OF HARD WARFARE
Says Settling Of Accounts
With Enemies will Be
No Child's Play

P-RLIN, Feb. s.-R-Propaganda
Mister Paul Joseph Goebbels IN an
ddress to subordinates tonight warm
ed that settling accounts with the
western powers will be no childs
play"
But the German people, he said,
are convinced that 'this time there
will be a final big decision with the
states which are trying to eliminate
Germany as a power factor"
Goebbels said the German peopie
are confident that it is a superior
Reich which faces today's issue.
Germany has taken note OF the
will of it's enemies, which is to crush
Germany once and for ALL" Goebbels
said Calmly, with sober determl-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
WAS SEAFOOD DEALER
Pocket OF Recluse, Who
Usually Carried Consid-
cradle Money, Rifled
IS SUSPECT is JAILED
Jury Impaneled By Coroner
Pope; Funeral Services
To Be Held Today

HAMPSTEAD, Feb. 6. W. A.
(BilD Hudson, 6~9-year-old %recluse.
who made his living selling fish.
found shot to death from a
shotgun blast in some woods at the
rear of his home nea here today.
He had been missing from home
since Saturday.
Discovery Of the body was made
by Sheriff Jack Brown, Of Pender
county, and a party of local men
who had organized for a search.
Hudson had apparently been dead
for two or three days.
Shot in Chest
Sheriff Brown said the body was
discovered lying in a clump of
bushes about 100 yards from the
house. A blast from a shotgun had
taken effect in his right chest.
Hudson, a bachelor, had lived
alone for many years. Sheriff Brown
said that neighbors told him that
he usually carried a large amount
of money on his person in two
pocketbooks. b.,
His pockets had been rifled and
all money taken, leading officers
to believe that robbery was the
sole motive for the Staying. Moth
ing had been disturbed at the
house, Sheriff Brown said. 1t was
not Known, he said, whether HUI
son kept any money at his house
or not.
One suspect, whose identity was
undisclosed, was being held in Jail
at Burgaw tonight for questioning
in connection with the case. Sher-
iff Brown said that he was contin.
uing the investigation.
A jury was impaneled this after
noon by Coroner M. o. Pope to
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
ENGINEERS OPPOSE
LUMBER RIVER JOB
Unfavorable Report Given
On Proposed Flood Con-
troll Work On Stream

The South Atlantic division of the
U. S. army engineers has reported
un%favorably on the proposed m
provements for flood contro. work
on the Lumber river in North and
South Carolina, Colonel Jarvis j..
Balm, of Richmond, Va, d.vlslon
engineer, announced yesterday.
In a statement issued for the
public, Col. Balm said that "the prin-
cipal grounds upon which the adj
verse conclusions r based are
that the amount of flood damages
prevented by any practicable .3'an
of Improvement will not justify
the COST"
A report on the proposed flood
control work was authorized in n
Flood Control act of August IL,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
CLOTHING STORE
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Flames Eat Through Part
Of Hoggard- Bowden Es-
Enlistment Here

Fire of undetermined origin
caused considerable damage to the
Hoggard-Bowden clothing store at
IS Market street early yesterday
morning, Fire Chief J. Ludie Groom
reported.
Smoke from the fire caused slight
damage to the Finkelstein clothing
store on South Front street, he
said.
Damage was unestimated, but it
was thought that it might run
rather high as both the stock and
building were damaged. Chief Groom
said that the cause of the fire has
not yet been determined.
The blaze originated on the lower
floor through a partition dividing
the rear and retail sections of the
structure and swept to the upper
floor and the roof through the Gle
vator shaft, Fire Chief Groom said.
Firemen, answering the alarm at
SOP o'clock yesterday morning from
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
GREAT BATTLE STAGED
Zane Winters, OF Raleigh,
And Vance "Red" Beard
Keep Fans In Uproar

Twenty-eight lads who are handy
with the mitts will be seeking cham
pionships at the New Hanover high
school tonight at 8 o'clock as the
finest Golden Gloves tourney Will
mington has ever had goes into the
final night.
The finals come as a fitting
climax to the first two nights of
scrapping in which Wilmington
fans saw such fighting as has
never been offered here before.
Last night one of the best, if
not the best, fights ever staged
here kept the fans on their feet
bowling from the second round on.
It was the bout between Zane Win
tiers, of Raleigh, and Vance RED"
Beard, the ~colorful fights of Lum.
berton.
The battle began on even terms,
with Red taking the edge in the
second round. But the third round
was a SUGGEST beyond description
and in that Winters was able to
outpoint his colorful opponent.
Fred Barnhill, of Wilmington,
won a decision over Robert jack
son, of Lumberton, in the final
fight of the night, a 176 pound
open class affair.
The boys fought hard during the
first and when they hit, they hit
with considerable force. Jackson
repeatedly put his left into Barn
hills face.
Barnhill loosed his left in the
second and was much more effec-
tive than in the first. Time and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
VETERAN
CLAIMED DEATH
Rev. Redden Honeycut Dies
At Home Near Clinton
AT Age OF SO

CLINTON, Feb. 6. - The Rev
Redden Honeycutt, SO, Sampson
county's last surviving veteran OF
the war Between the States, died
at his home here early tonight
following an illness of about two
weeks.
He was taken to the Highsmith
hospital in Fayetteville some time
ago for treatment but had been
returned home a few days ago..
The Rev. Mr.. .Honeycutt had
been in the Baptist ministry in
Sampson county for many years
and lived on the farm near here.
which he purchased at the close
of the War Between the States.
Active until his recent illness. he
was a colorful figure, in Clinton
and vas well-known throughout
this section.
Several children and erandchil.
dren survive. Funeral arrangements
had not been completed tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
Airmen
BombMassiiye
Soviet Force
Attack Troops After Red
Drives Against Manner
helm Line Repelled
USE NEW TECHNIQUE
|Campfires Oh Russian Sol.
diers Form Perfect Tar
gets For Aviators

HELSINKI, Feb. 6.-GP-Guided
by the snow-reflected glare of hun
dreds of campfires, Finnish war
planes tonight bombed massive Red
army infantry concentrations before
the Mannerheim line after repelling'
Soviet tanks and manpower which
broke five times in futile assault
against a single Finnish base.
This new technique of '"blitz" at
tack-swift, brief and dead1y-by the
Finnish air force was begun last
night, and was resumed after the
early twilight fell today.
Fires Aid Airmen
Couriers from the front lines said
the campfires of the Soviet attackers
were the key to ucce of the raids.
They explained that the Russians
had massed great numbers of infan-
trymen5 in the Summa sector, 20
miles south of the Finnish held city
of Viipuri, without adequate provis-
ion for shelter against the cold and
that the troops were forced to. SILVER
about open fires in order to keep
from freezing.
These fires made splendid targets
for the Finnish bombers. Other,
farther ranging planes meantime
bombed Soviet troop columns with
increasing frequency.
A Finnish officer returning from
the Mannerheim line area of the
Karelian isthmus said the Summa
front, about II miles long between
Muolaajarvi and Hatjanlahti, had
suffered the most violent artillery
bombardment of the war.
"The area is as full of shell era
tiers as any part of the western front
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

asserted before the subcommit-
tee that he manufactured the
letters fright out of the clear
air" He had previously said
that his motive was to put foes
of the Dies committee "out OH
a limb" by turning the letters
over to them.
Rep. Hook D-Mich), a fiery
critic of Dies methods and the
man who started the whole
public rumpus by putting the
letters into the Congressional
Record, finally acknowledged
that they were the "figment OF
somebody's imagination. He
got up in the house, Withdrew
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

DISCOVERED
BY SEARCHERS
Haynes Asserts New
Deals Spending Is
National Disgrace

WINSTON.SALEM, Feb. g.
Robert M. Haynes, of Win.
ston-Salem, president Of the
American Bankers association,
said in an address here today
that the New Deal spending was
"a national disgrace" and could
end only in national bank.
ruptcy Of all the principles we
now hold dear"
Haynes made it clear that he
was not speaking as president
of the bankers organization
but was merely expressing his
personal views.
He said that although he had
always been a democrat he was
opposed to a third term for
President Roosevelt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

with the name "Pelley," had
predicted Dies would not go out
of his way to call Policy for
questioning.
"None of those letters were
written by me, or signed by
me-" Policy informed a house
rules sub committee. II don't
know anything about Them
"Im giving Martin Dies an
absolutely clean bill of health
he told reporters. II admire the
work he's DONE"
Then, in rapid-fire sequence,
the following events occurred:
David Wayne of Washington,
former aide of Pelley's, blandly
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
wenty-EightGG
Move To Meets Finals
X-Ray Shows Register
Suffered Broken Back

An x-ray examination yester-
day at James Walker Memorial
hospital revealed that Captain
H. l.. Register, of the city fire
department, who was injured
Friday, is suffering from a
broken vertebrate sustained in
the accident, Fire Chief j.
Ludie Groom said last night.
Capt. Register was injured
when the roof of a porch at a
house at ITO South 18th street,
collapsed while firemen were
battling a blaze.
He is expected to be con-
fined to the hospital for the
next six weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-R
- William Dudley Policy,
eOateed fuehrer of the Silver
Shirt Legion, appeared drama
tically out of the nowhere to-
day to explode any idea that
he and Rep. Martin Dies of
Texas had an under the liable
agreement.
long a will o. the wisp TO in
vestigators working for Dies
con pittee on n-American ac-
tiyities, PelIey nonchanantly
showed up on Capitol Hill and
branded the now notorious
"Pell,y Letters as rank for
geries These letters, signed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

The other ten charges, i~nclEains
all seven of the worthless check
counts, were disposed of through
directed verdicts of not guilty OF
Through want of probable cause.
Four Cases
The four cases in which probable
|cause was found were:
Charles w. Reisz, affiant in g
charge alleging that Saunders de
|frauded him of 500 in cash.
Edna Mae Lewis, who charged
THAT the defendant defrauded hel
|of $50.
Rollin B. Roykoff, who alleged
THAT Saunders cheated him Of 500
Mrs. II. E. Braswell, h
charged the accused man defrauded
her of so.
Saunders, who pleaded not guilty
TO all the charges, was returned to
bail last night in default of bond
PIE has been held since first ar
Pested about two weeks ago.
All the worthless check charges
Were found incompetent due to the
fact that the defendant proved that
Sat the time he wrote the checks
There were sufficient funds in the
fbank to cover their face value.
However. the affiants testified that
when the checks reached the bank
he account had been closed or were
returned marked insufficient
funds.''
The court ruled that it is only
necessary TO have funds in the bank
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
PELLEY APPEARS, BLASTS IDEA HE AND
DIES HAD UNDER TIMETABLE AGREEMENT

the letters from the Record,
and proclaimed that he
wouldn't be too small to ex-
tend my apologies to anybody
Down in AsheviIle, N. c.,
Sheriff Laurence e. Brown des-
patched kilograms to the Wash
mgton, D. c., police, the Fed
era Bureau of Investigation
and the Dies committee asking
that Policy be held for him.
feiiey was convicted in 1885 of
violating the state "Blue Sky"
securities law, and a superior
court judge has accused him of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
State Witnesses Testify
In CASTOR Norris Trial

WHITEVILE, Feb. 6.-The prose
cution this afternoon began the pre-
sentation of evidence which it con-
tends should send CASTOR Norris,
25-year-old Columbus farmer, to the
gas chamber for the double Staying
on December 5 of Frank McPher-
son and Garland Burroughs, in the
Lebanon section of the county.
Trial of the case began this morn
ing at 1920 o'clock and the morn
ing session and part of this after
noon was taken UP with the selec-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

ton of the twelve men who are to
decide the fate of Norris.
Actual presentation of testimony
began at 1920 o'clock.
Twenty-one witnesses were sworn
for the state. And when court adj
journed this afternoon, five of them
had been on the stand.
Coroner J. D. Skies, and A. d.
Peacock, the undertaken who pre-
pared the bodies for burial, were the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
BR0WDER BEATEN
in SPECIAL VOTE
M. Michael Edelstein, Tam
many Democrat, Wins
Race For Congress

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-R-Earl
Browder, the American communist
leader under a four-year federal
prison sentence, vas overwhelming
ly defeated for congress today in a
special election in which for two
reasons he had no right to vote.
The winner was M. Michael Edel-
stein, a Tammany democrat who
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
WEATHER
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina: Mostly cloudy and
fhehtly colder Wednesday with rain in
asI portion Wednesday morning ;
phursday generally fair, rising tenn
pefature IN west and central portions.
meteorological data for the "a hours
nulhs $50 p. m. yesterday.
100 Temperature
1 l:%o a. m. 40; 7:30 a. m. So; 1:30 %.
!; 90; go p. m. 81; maximum SO;
NINlhum 46; mean IS; normal Al.
,,oo Humidity
l;So a: m. 81; 7:30 a. m. %; 1:30 p.
r. -; 1870 p. NJ. SO.
Precipitation
Total for a hours ending 7.30 u.
IT., IVA inches; total since frs. of
Tides For Today
kyilr. High Low
%N"lpetoh ----------- 9:12a 3:53a
9:26p 4:2Op
@'asonboro Inlet - 7:16a, 0:5oa
is sunrise 7:04a; sunset 5:4Sp; moon
Ne OKLA; moonset 5:29p.
ape Fear river stage at Fay
e''eVlle, 1895 feet.
Ns M.AthnhlHGTON, February 6.-R-
tnra a' nG bureau records Of tempera-
km "oe ana rainfall for the "a hours end
ROW : p m, In the principal cotton
St.tidns areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

"unrlse 1:O4a; sunset !
use o;Zla; moonset $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-25
FUND DRIVE
GETS UNDER WAY
At LUNCHEON

The 1911 WyandOtte campaign for
the community fund will get off to Il
flying head start at the kick off
meeting this friday noon at the
Wabtek tea room. John c. Kreger.
general chairman, states that Il half
-Four program has been arranged fol
lowing the lunch The needs for the
coming year of the local agencies that
depend Oh the community tlImd cam
pa Gn for their financial support will
be- outlined 10y Fred W. FrOStic COum-
ell OF Social Agencies Board: Mrs.
George tiia>son. Jr. o. the Family
Protective Association Board. and Ho-
ward Allen. Salvation Army Board.
The general plan and theme of the
campaign will be SummariZ by John
c. kreger
Bert Neidi@. campaign secretary. AN
nominees that the campaign organiza
ton is now complete and the material
has already been given to the various
chairmen for distribution 10 workers.
Milton Moore industrial chairman,
has made arrangements with Wyan-
dOtte industries to give their employees
an opportunity to share in the com
munity wide project. Besides the con-
tributiOns of the employees. most local
companies make corporation gifts To
the community fund
Harold Jacobson and Gerald jaeger,
cO-chairmen of the general business
division have secured chairmen for all
their sections. Floyd Henig is chair
man of banks and finance section {;
Walter L. Eberts, coal and lumber {;
John You'd, insurance: REV. III. Nor
man Jackson, churches; George Bush,
service: Adam i'rzybylski. west side /;
Ben GrilliOt. retail stores; George Will
bur creamerieS: Abe KOplOy, distribu-
tors: Fred Goodwin. restaurants.
Mrs Merrill Olsen, chairman of the
wOmen'S committee, announces that
her teams are complete, Mrs. Lawson
Baxter will solicit the dentists; Mrs.
George Bush, physicians; Mrs. Stephen
T. Orr. 0ptOmetriSts, oculists and Os-
teOpaths: Mrs. g. A Taber, gas sta
tions: Mrs. Kenneth Monte, beauty
parlorS: Mrs. John X. McInerney. res
idpntiaI: Mrs. William Marsh. clubs,
and Mrs. John c. Kreger. barber shops.
The solicitation of special gifts divi-
sion will be headed by Mrs. Cora Dan
iels: the city employees by Mayor
Louis W. Benin. and public school en-
Moves bv Fred w. FroStic.
No goal has been set for this year
co mpaign but contributors will be ask
IA to give as much possible
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-25
VT interest 10
Stamp Collectors

All attractive and interesting world
wide philateliSt convention is being
held this week in the Book Cadillac
hotel. Detroit October "a TO -.
An effort has been made by the
pOStOffiCe department to cOOpera te
with the sponsors. 10 encourage phil
ately and assure successful cOnven-
ton. The department has OH tour a
philatelic truck containing specimens
Of all issues of postage stamps from
1917 TO date. This truck will be parked
opposite the BOOkCadillac hotel
The pOstOffice department has also
issued Il 6S-page historical and com
memOrative pamphlet containing pic
lures and descriptions of stamps is
sued from 1893 to 1929. Postmaster
Adam Przybylsk announces that
stamp collectors and others interested
may secure copy of the pamphlet at
the WyandOtte pOStOffice. ON payment
Of 10 cents.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-25
Obituary
MICHAEL HENRY MILLER

In poor health for the past few
months. Mr.. Miller died at his home,
2O32 Third street. on Wednesday, at
the age of % years. Deceased was a
retired emplOye of the Michigan AL
kali Company. and member of st.
Stephens Episcopal church. and Of the
local lodge OF Oddfellows. who will
have charge of the grave service
He was the father of Mrs. Henry
Fauser of WyandOtte and Raymond
Miller of Detroit step-father Of Mrs.
Harry Oehring and Eugene TrOutman
OF WyandOtte, Russell TrOutman OF
Lake Orion. Mich; stpsOn OF Mrs.
Nina Miller Of WyandOtte: brother OF
Charles Miller and Miss Myrtle Miller
of Detroit. Mrs. Charles Mead and
Mrs. Thomas POWELL of LOrain. Ohio.
Mr.. Miller was born in Wyandotte.
Funeral services will be held at the
Nixon Funeral home at 2 o'clock sat
urday afternoon. conducted by Rev.
&. III. Severance. Burial will be in
Ferndale cemetery.