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Third Term Silence

fellow citizens for American en-
trance into the war if Mr.. Roosevelt
is elected and he subsequently in
terprets attack" as he did on May
16. Citizens will not be able to
argue persuasively that they were
deceived by a pledge of peace.
The election next week becomes,
therefore. a solemn referendum. A
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt is a vote to
give him free hand to go to war
whenever he wants to construe ac-
ton overseas as an attack on
American vital interests" These
Interests" incidentally, are as wide
as the two oceans and the President
in his May 16 speech said: Our
own vital interests are widespread" J"
A vote for Mr.. Willkie means a
vote for man who has pledged
himself to take no step without con-
sulting both Houses of Congress.
Even the destroyer trade for bases,
which was discussed for many weeks,
could have been submitted to Con-
gress or its committees, according
to Mr.. WILKES view.
The contrast, therefore, is between
Mr.. WILKES caution and desire to
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Axis Move in Near East
Finish for Hitler Seen If Nuzis and Fuscists
Fail in Attempt to Take DordoneIIes

fensive, willy-nilly, whether ready
or not. Porbably Turkeys action
will depend on whether Russia gives
nod Of aquiescence, and that in
itself will be a matter of moment,
since the Bolshvist position is the
big IF" Of the moment.
Whether the Italian assault on
Greece is intended merely as pre-
liminary operation In the battle
of the Mediterranean, 1t wouldn't
be at all surprising to see the axis
stage an attack on Gibraltar as a
companion piece to the Greek show
Just as possession Of the Greek
islands across the mouth of the
Aegean Sea represent a powerful
strategical asset for otfense or de-
tense in the eastern Mediterranean,
so Gibraltar is Of such vast I'm
portance as to be known as 'key
to the Mediterranean"
The axis partners long have been
contemplating an assault on this
famous fortress and naval base, and
If it comes it undoubtedly will be
engineered from Spanish soil Just
behind the rock. That probably is
one of the questions which are being
considered by Hitler and Mussolini
in their conference in Florence to-
day.
In connection with this confer
ence, which was arranged Friday,
I imagine a good many people will
wonder whether, in view of the fact
Mussolini struck just before he met
with his partner, the Italian dicta-
tor put one across on the Fuehrer.
It's an interesting bit for specula-
ton in any event.
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break Britain's control Of the Medi-
terranean he will pile upon her a
disaster second in magnitude only
to the smashing Of England itself
so great that it likely would de-
termine the outcome of the war.
Failure to achieve this goal, how
ever. after his inability to crush
England by bloody bombing and in
vasion, will just about write his
finish.
We must await developments be-
fore deciding what the Italian in
vasion of Greece means. 1t may be
merely a tactical move, designed to
consolidate the axis position in the
Balkans by securing vital air and
naval bases and, by the same token,
depriving Britain Of their use.
Would Permit Bomb Operations.
Possession of these bases would
permit the Italo-German armies to
carry out bombing operations against
the British in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean through the winter even If
a move against the Dardanelles were
deferred until spring because of ap-
preaching bad weather.
Greek Premier General Metaxas
this morning declared that the
Italian method of delivering the
territorial demands constituted a
"declaration of war" It's easy to
see the generals reasoning in this,
since he undoubtedly construes a
three-hour ultimatum, delivered at
o'clock in the morning when most
of Greece was asleep, as amounting
to a surprise attack.
The chief purpose Of such a
lightning stroke undoubtedly was to
take the British by surprise If pos
sible. England long has been pledged
to give Greece all possible aid if
the little country was attacked, and
would be expected to get into i'm.
mediate action If London was on
its toes.
There can be no doubt that in
defying the might Of Italy, Metaxas
had reason to expect prompt and
heavy assistance. His small, poorly
equipped army and tiny navy would
be wholly unlikely to stand much
chance against MuSsolinis stream
lined war machine.
An undetermined point of vast i'm
portance is whether Turkey will
come to the aid of her Greek ally
at this juncture.
Soviet Position Big "Tf."
Should that happen, it presumably
would precipitate Immediately the
fight for the Dardanelles and force
the axis to inaugurate its big Of
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Politicians Disqusted Him

Marshal Petan conservative Antics of the French politicians
after the World War dgused beyond
his u military goafter Verdunhe accused the politicians of
not having done the right thing
those OF 19l4-18.
When like Vice Premier
and influence his thought
willing
Berlin which might save his dear France"
Germans
Vchy, Hitler himself
courtesy than he has anybody
Pean who tired old realize
has served Hers bring
the Fueher will pull the string which attached
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Talk More Than Propaganda

There than
that the Yanks coming
the French officers who
crones Many of them remember this
good deal OF his blood and has deal Of his money
France
SWeeny this
leans he could find
on that scheme which unofciay approved
French That gathered
friends, relatives and important portion
sweeny also had worked with number of
who in North Africa
against the Germans
contemplated moving the Of the
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busy its possible
effect electoral Mr. Lewis succeeds swang
appecabe section of him. likely be found chiefly
States where the United Mine Workers OF America strongest
namely West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Should consd
cradle his brethren
ceivabe electoral all big States
might Republican column But the
adhesion Vice President Philip Murray the Roosevelt
Mr. Lewis control miners 1940 pt
a ncnatons Other unions leaders
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QUSIIIlB rIdIlCt. IN OTuer 70 con-
tinue the fight, and to give Eng
land ample time to prepare
herself, and America the neces-
sary time to get her war produc-
ton in full swing, these officers
organized North Africa as a de-
fense territory independent of
Frances war effort.
Now. at the instigation of the
British government, Col. Sweeny
appeals to these friends, with whom
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Britain Approaching
Collapse, GoebbeIs Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 28.-"Widening
gaps" which are synonymous with
| final collapse" are beginning to show
in Britain's defenses, Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels de-
clared in party gathering address
at Vienna which was made public
yesterday.
The address was delivered Sat-
urday.
1T is completely unthinkable that
England can still fight on at all
when it is already openly admitted
on the other side that here and
there breaking points are beginning
to show" the propaganda chief said.
Such confessions, he continued.
are synonymous with final COL
lapse" adding that Germans should
not be disappointed that the final
success Of the war has not yet been
achieved, since Britain's only choice
Is to capitulate or perish.
Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, Goebbe,
said, has hitherto always followe
the principle Of long preparation
and short wars"
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consult the peoples elected repre-
sentatives and Mr.. Roosevelt's be-
lief in the infallibility of his own
judgment and in the superfuity
of Congress.
If Mr.. Roosevelt is reelected for
a third term he will be justified in
believing he has a free hand to
determine the exact moment at
which America shall enter the war.
1t is unthinkable to contend that
the President wants war as such,
because he himself has said he hates
it, but it is another thing for a
man to be convinced that it is
better for America ito attack the
aggressor on his route" Many folks
in the New Deal think our entry
y (See LAWRENCE, Page A-10)
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to crash through
Turkey into the
Near East, but
II 1t does we are
witnessing h Q
start of a drama
W h c h m a. y
easily determine
whether Fuehrer
Hitler is to be
master of a
goodly part Of
the world or
whether he is
on the skids.
II the senior
partner in the
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This Changing World
Petoin, Tired Old Man, FoiIs to See
Through Nozi FIottery and Promises
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The attitude Of Marshal Petan toward the Of the axis
observers much like old walking the tight with
string attached to his leg The string in the hands Of Hitler and at
the slightest jerk, will 90 Petain
What surprises of those who the moral honesty the
game still hopes that he a price.
According Vchy that the
tell him fairy
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Benes Sees Big Change
In War by Spring
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. pa definite
Transformation in all military opera
tions 'by spring" was forecast last
night by DR.. Eduard Benes, Presi-
dent of the Czecho-S -Slovak govern
ment in exile, in a broadcast to
his people on the eve of the 22d
anniversary Of Czecho-Slovak in
dependence.
THE fall of Nazi Germany is
really inevitable even If tomorrow
or the day after tomorrow it should
gain some victory" he asserted.
The absolute failure of all Ger
man attempts to invade England
the almost incredible losses in all
their aerial ventures, the impene-
trable blockade of Germany which
will continue to be ever more in
tensified by continually growing
British air superiority-all this will
lead next spring to definite trans
formation in all military opera
tions," he declared.
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partisan policy, Endorsed Fighting
Bob" La Toilette for President and
worked for his election. He carried
but one State, his own, Wisconsin.
The c.. I. o. chieftain's thunder
ing blast against the Roosevelt
regime remains the campaign SEN
sation Of the hour. No utterance on
either side of the sledge-hammer
contest has matched 1t in intensity
or invective. There's no inclination
to minimize its potential peril to
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ready 4dlu Ine
basis in black
and white for a
justification o f
his action.
Just the other
day when seek
ing to justify his
entry into the
purely politi-
CAL aspect of
the third term
campaign, NJ r .
Roosevelt W e n t
back to his ac-
ceptance speech
of last July and
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tales he is inclined to believe. He
always disliked the British, even
during the last war. Now he hates
them and he hopes to save some
thing of Frances territorial in
tegrity at the expense of Great
Britain. He does not realize the
implications Of the German PROPOSE
ton to allow the Reich to control
the French colonies outside the
Mediterranean.
He still remembers that in 1870
Evening star., 1940-10-28

mains the keystone of the arch OF
resistance" to Germany in Eastern
Europe, but that unless Munich
is undone. fully and completely. no
peace can be a victorious peace"
Evening star., 1940-10-28
Roosevelt
Statements
Traced
Observer Reeds
Path to War Into
Presidents Phrases
Ry DAVID LAWRENCE,

When the United States enters the
war-assuming the reelection Of
President Roosevelt-the American
people will not be able to argue with
surprise that Mr.. Roosevelt has vio-
lated campaign pledge. He has al
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HE opinions OF the wrers this page their own
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to all sides OF questions interest to its
readers although such be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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National University Law School at
Washington, said the Czechs were
ready and anxious to fight the
Germans.
Pergler said Czecho-Slovakia re-
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fighting appeal
capiuaton
United hopes
might still change the
the which still
Morocco
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not disguise the gravity Of dangers
confronting us, is firm in demanding
respect for Americas rights through
out the world, favors maximum
practicable and impregnable de-
fense." and is sternly against ap-
peasement of aggressors. The Hull
creed is summed up in these words:
The people Of this country want
peace. To have peace, we must
have security. To have security, we
Evening star., 1940-10-28
A. +. of L. for Roosevelt?

F. L..
Wke candidacy
actual duespamg books substantially members than the
has If this is the Lewis might nuhed by A. F.
Deal votes Fderatonists may envison the possibility OF Lewis
almost automatically them Roosevelt boosters the
Nations labor spokesman who neutral ground between
Republican
result authority question tells this observer the basis Of
with their leaders, there
enthusiasm"
which rally Lewis colorS November 5.
Evening star., 1940-10-28
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE,

1t is too soon to Judge whether
Mussolini's attack on Greece repre-
sents the beginning Of an axis as
sault on the Dardanelles in an effort
Evening star., 1940-10-28
Washington Observations
Judging From Past History. Lewis May Find
Lobor's Vote Hard to Deliver
By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Labors has deliverable either locally nationally
Only wiful politicians John L. Lewis Hecuean pro- Wkie
effort exception the American Federation
Evening star., 1940-10-28
North Africa Organized

There quite of Brtains
delay getting armed foresaw
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Pergler Blames Benes.

RYE, N. Y, Oct. % LPl.-Eduard
Benes, second President of Czecho-
Slovakia, was blamed personally
last night by a former member OF
the Czech Parliament for that ma
tion's failure to resist the German
invasion.
Charles Pergler, now dean of the
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acknowledge that Secretary Hu
of the New Deal
seeking retention Of power.
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HuIFs Role in Compoiqn

Corde Hull the National Club Saturday
reflected hold Of State"
described him public opinion ire
specve of politics Categorical reports long private circulation that
Wendell Wke elected would invite the Tnnessean remain
Department popular Hull
had chosen third though
the friends he bankers for private life The
Hull foreign policy reuaon
the opposon campaign charge that the Roosevelt administration
wamongng There least nothing further from the mind
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France honorable
undoubtedly occur again he the
dictators
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policy OF the potent assets OF the New Deal IN
seeking retention Of power.
Women and War
there almost women as men voters among the 5
polls political
Republican accusations President Roose
mothers
admittedly of
expected give advantage
who might influenced against the admin
and total defense would be actuad
Wie
aid for Great Britain
China just emphatic the Presidents views.
Third Term Silence
possible to dodge hdterm
probemaca opening political speech Phiadel
evded completely the question didn't exist Prediction
his lips this week possibly New York
self
issue Rooseves Republicans training
their
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
DEMPSEY K. 0S
ELLIS BASHARA
Former Champ Blasts Wrss
Ter In Second Round ~
Bout In Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, July 2s-cP-,.,
Dempsey knocked out Ellis Ba,s,.
one-time Oklahoma University fn.
ball player, in 81 seconds Of :,
second round of their tan...
fight before a crowd Of e5oo !.
tonight.
The one-time Manassa Mani,
weighing II pounds more than VII.
he won the heavyweight tit,o .
Toledo q years ago - most =.
around the middle-belted tba MI.
ploy Bashara into submission ra
four knockdowns in the first ro,,.
and then pummeled him TO the fin,
a fifth time as the second ro,,.
started before Referee Benny o,,
ard, the former lightweieht chan
pion. stopped the bout.
The purple jowled old Jack fin,
ed the round rasslers with the IN
righthand punch he threw, .,i
started blood streaming from R,
hara's mouth and nose.
The befuddled Bashara never a,I
ed a punch.
It was Dempsey's third strai,lI
second round knockout since h
started his weird 'comeback' cr
paign against wrestlers six week.
ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
PIRATES TO PLAY
!. SMITHFIELD HERE
Lowell Slated To Pitch
Against Johnston County
Nine Wednesday Night

Fresh from a gruelling thinning
6 to 5 victory over the Waccamaw
baseball team at Whiteville Sun
day, the Wilmington Pirates yes
terday prepared for their game
with Smithfield at Legion field Wed.
nesday night.
Manager Bert Kite said that Ed
die Lowell will probably get the
nod as starting pitcher against the
Johnston county team, with Roy
Lamb as the reserve hurler.
The Smithfeld lineup has not yet
been announced.
The BUGS lineup will be about the
same as in last Fridays game.
Smithfeld's club is under the
sponsorship of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce of that city, with
Tom Watson as president and man.
ager.
Jack Shoaf was the star of the
game at Whiteville Sunday. When
Norwood Skipper faltered on the
mound in the eighth inning, he took
over and allowed but one hit and
struck out IL from then until the
18th frame. To cap the perform
ance he tripled in the 18th and
scored the winning run on a hit
through the pitcher by Hargrove
Davis. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
Buddy Baer Suffering
From Spinal Injury

SACRAMENTO, Calf, July 20.
fighting plans for
Buddy Baer were set aside today
as physicians continued treatment
Of a spinal injury which they hope
will prevent paralysis Of the young
boxers legs.
DR.. June y. Harris said Buddy
was suffering from lumbo-sacral
strain. He received the injury
while training for his fight with
Nathan Mann in New York last
spring.
The physician said Baer would
have To undergo treatments for an
'indefinite" period of time.
With Buddy In the hospital, An
ell Hoffman, his manager, said he
had Cancelled plans for a series of
personal appearances and referee
ing by Buddy and his older brother,
Max, former heavyweight cham
pion. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
STAR ews Team Wins
Over Phalanx, I5-9

The Star-News softball team
pounded out IA hits yesterday after
noon to defeat the Phalanx frater-
nifty ten Is to 9 in a Hanover league
game played at Robert Strange park.
The frat boys were limited to
seven hits, with Lewis leading the
way with three for four. Thigpen,
Rowan and Powell with two for
for three, Bovine with three for four
and Griffith with two for two topped
the Newsmen at the plate.
Scoring three runs in the second
inning, the Star-News boys clinched
the game with a 12-run splurge in
the third stanza.
Batteries: Phalanx-Taylor, Strick-
land, Cowell, Sloan and Whitaker:
Star-News - Crowley, Bowen a
Griffith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30

May Hit Teams
All the talk of the U. S. adopting
q civilian CONSUMPTION measure to
send Young men into training Tor
a wear or moore, has caused more
than one person to wonder II 1t WILL
get him.
w. T. Bost, Raleigh newsman
for the Greensboro Daily News,
comes forth with an item ABOUT
. football teams of North Carolina.
Since a majority of the players
r unmarried, the draft may call
tn the colors a number OF boys
who make the team at Duke, Caro-
lima, Wake Forest, State, Davidson
and the other schools in the state,
he says.
The idea is more than possible
and right now We imagine there's
one group of men in the country
the football coaches-Who r very
much opposed to CONSUMPTION. At
any rate, until after the grldlron
season is over.
Championship Team
Members of the Wilmington Jul
nior Legion baseball team OF this
spring will tell you that the Harnett
county team is a championship
team. They were good, and today
they start a series with Albemarle
to decide the state championship.
From Morris Wade, of Erwin,
we learn that Coach Bill Averette
Is likely to start j. L. Reardon at
Albemarle today and will hold Billy
Holmes for the first game at Dunn.
Reardon has won five this year and
also has a no-hitter to his credit.
Holmes has won eight games and
in one he gave up but n hit, that
being in a game with the Whining
ton Juniors.
Dunn is very much excited over
the possibility of a state cham
pionship and have added an extra
1000 seats to the baseball park.
They expect an over . capacity
crowd of 5000 for each days game.
To top it off, all stores and bust
ness firms will close or days the
games are played in Dunn.
If the Harnett boys play like
they did in one game we saw 'em
in here, they should take the state
crown handily. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
Riggs Beats Bartlett
In Southampton Meet

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y, July 29.
-R9-The 50th annual Meadow club
invitation tennis tournament, which
opened in crazy fashion today, settled
down to normally as twilight ap-
preached when national champion
Bobby Riggs did the expected and
trounced Ken Bartlett, of Los An
geles, 6-3, 81, to enter the second
round.
Before Riggs came along to halt
the confusion, Don MCNEIL, of Okla.
homa City, who follows Bobby in the
draw, showed up with a case of
poison a thai may force him to de-
fault tomorrow, and Welby Van
Horn of Los Angeles, rated third in
the seedlings, failed to show up at all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
New Jersey Will Issue
Track Betting Licenses

TRENTON, N. j., July 29.-Rt-
The state racing commission said
today first licenses for horse rac-
ing tracks with pari-mutuel betting
in New Jersey probably would be
issued within two weeks, and that
no more than three would be issued
for the first year.
1--WE want to hold the fourth Ii
cense in reserve, to see how the
other tracks work out" a commits
sion menSber said.
The law creating the racing COM
mission, enacted last spring, auth
orized a maximum of four tracks.
Commission members have ex-
pressed belief the first race meets
would be held next spring. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
Y0UNC'S DOUBLE
DECIDES CONTEST
King Carl Goes To Showers
In Eighth After Tight Pitch
ing And Heavy Hitting

NEW YORK, July 29|RNAfter
letting gallant old Carl Hubben car
ry the whole load for seven inn
ings, the Giants came to life when
he left for the showers today and
nipped the National league-leading
Cincinnati Reds 4 to 3 before a
crowd of 4,521.
Unfortunately, King Carl didn't
get credit for the victory. He had
departed by the time Babe Young
banged a double off the right field
wall to drive in the deciding tally
with none out in the ninth inning,
pinning the defeat on Whitley Moore
fourth of the Red pitchers to see
action.
But, despite the fact the credit
went to Jap Lynn, last OF a trio
of Giant hurlers, 'the Hub" was
the hero.
He not only held the Reds to
six hits in 7 % frames, but he
collected three singles, himself, as
the rest of his mates looked some
what futile against the slants OF
young Johnny Hutchings, a recruit
from Pensacola, Fla. The Giants
collected a total of IA hits, com
pared to seven for the Reds, but
they left 10 men stranded on base.
King Carts only weakness was
the extra-base blows he served up.
Harry Craft parked a. homer IN
the left field stands in the fourth
and Ival Goodman lined one into
the upper right field sections in
the fifth. Immediately afterward,
Morrie Arnovich whacked a triple
out to the 45O-foot mark in the Gil
ant bull pen and came home on
Billy Myers fly for the Reds last
run.
The Giants didn't start tn e r
scoring until the sixth, when Frank
Demaree belted a home run over
the left field roof. A walk, Harry
Danning's single and Young's dou-
ble-play grounder drove in a tally
in the seventh and two singles and
a walk sent another across in the
eighth. Opening the ninth, Hank
banning was hit on the hand by a
pitched ball. Then Young, who had
twice previously hit into double
plays, caught hold of one to break
I'm the game. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-30
Heafner- McRae Team
Wins Linuille Meet

LINVILLE, July 2.-R-Clayton
Aeafner, pro at the Linville coun-
try club, shot brides on the last
four holes today and with his anna
teur partner, Nelson MacRae OF
Linville, won the pro-amateur best
ball golf tournament here staged
by the Linville country club.
Even with Heather and MacRae
on the last hole we're Benny Goodies
of Burlington and Jack Toomer,
pro, of Reidsville. Both teams had
66's. On the playoff Heafner took
the hole with a birdie. Cliff Perry
and Guy Paulsen, pro, both of Win
ston-Salem, were third with 81.
The pro-amateur event vas a
prelude. to the annual Linville
mems invitational tournament
which will start tomorrow with an
18-hole qualifying round. The low
16 scorers will start match play
Wednesday. . ]