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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
HEALTH LECTURES
SCHEDULED HERE
Mrs. Merle Vesta Summers 10
Speak At Cape Fear
Hotel This Week

Mrs. Merle Vesta Summers, form
erly of Lincoln, Neb., health teach
err and psychologist, will deliver
three free illustrated lectures on
Life and Health" at 8 O'Clock
Monday, Tuesday, and "Wednesday
evenings in the Cape Fear hotel
ballroom.
The Lecture series subjects in
clude: Monday, The Essentials of a
Healthy Life, for Men and Women;
Tuesday, The Art of Living Happily
and Keeping Young, for girls and
women only; and Wednesday. How
Your Glands Affect Your Life, for
men and women.
Her lectures are Of vital interest
to all ages. Mrs. Summers said she
helps the youthful to get the most
out of life, the m~iddle-aged to main
tain and reflect the buoyancy OF
youth, and the older to forget the
years in the healthful enjoyment OF
the present.
"In the han6s of women lies the
health destiny of mankind" Mrs.
Summers said yesterday. I'm my
travels 1 have found that men are
greatly interested in this state
ment. I am therefore inviting mel
to two O. my lectures-on Monday
and Wednesda5 evenings"
Mrs. Summers is emphatic in her
idea that woman is the potentia
mother, and that the strength OF
weakness Of the ace is in her care
Better living for all is the ideal Of
Mrs. Summ,r rs, who stresses the
physical, mental and spiritual.
Her wide experience as a lectur
er, teacher, and psychologist, h a ,
endowed her with a keen %apprecia'
ton of the needs of men and WON
en- of today-not only an apprecia-
ton but an ability to provide work.
able answers to the many serious
problems that confront them in
everyday life.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Imperial Life Agents
Enjoy Oyster Roast

Honoring TWO promotions in the
company, the local district repre-
sentatives of the Imperial Life In
surance company held an oyster
roast last night.
Promoted were L. H. Skies from
Superintendent to manager Of the
Elizabeth City district, and S. V
Scots, who was moved from repre-
sentative to the position formerly
held by Skies.
Those attending were: Mr.. anc
Mrs. J. C. Pigott, Mr.. and Mrs. L
H. Skies, Mr.. and Mrs. S. V. Scots
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Holmes. Mr.
and Mrs. F. r. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs
L. D. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. j. DeX'
ter James, A. J. Elliott, N. B. Moore,
all of Wilmington; F. C. Harrison
of Clinton, and G. B. Rose, of White
vile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
PLUMBERS WILL
MEET AT BEACH
Plumbing And Heating Con
tractors To Meet On June
27, % And 20

The board of directors OF the
North Carolina Association O.
Plumbing and Heating Contractors
Inc, yesterday selected WrlghtsV'ile
Beach for its annual ~
be held June 81, % n z9'
Selection Of Wrightsville beacn
over other places in the state VI
North Carolina was attributed to n
successful convention held last sum-
mer at the Ocean Terrace hotel
Officials said that they expected
The attendance at the coming con-
ven+ion won,d be the largest in the
history of the organization.
Officers of the association are
]. W. Thurman, of Rocky Mount
president: r. A. B%ashford, Of Ra-
leigh, secretary and treasurer; N
P. NJ. Kermon, of Wilmington, ex-
ecutive secretary and attorney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
-Four u. S. Navy Men
Visit Parents Here

Four young men from the WI
minston section are visiting thelr
narents while on leave from assign
ment with various ships OF tne
u s. fleet, F. L. Williams, local
recruiting officer, said yesterday.
They include: Thomas A. New.
ton. seaman, first class. the o OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Newton ST., OF
s11 Wooster street, who is attach
ed to the U. S. S. New York, raolo
division, at Norfolk, Va; Alton D.
LeRay, of Summer Hill, who is al
tached to the U. S. S. wyoming
stationed at Norfolk.
Ulysses S. Mintz, Jrr sea"an'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

second class, the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. U. S. Mintz, ST., of no Calo'
well street, who is attached to the
U. S. S. Omaha, aviation unit, sta
toned at Norfolk; and John c.
Lyons, son of o. C. Lyons, of 1905
Dawson street who is attached to
the U. S. S. Wyoming, stationed at
Norfolk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
|. STORIES
IN STAMPS

Orchids for Two Cents
On Guatemala Stamp
ORCHIDS for stamp collectors
" are cheap. Guatemala uses its
national flower, the White Nun
orchid, for the stamp design
above. one Of a new series of four
low values. The flower is de-
scribed as the most beautiful
orchid grown in the country.
Also pictured in the same series
is the quetzal, Guatemala's ma
tional bird, shown on the stamp
below. The quetzal is smaller than
a dove, was priced by the natives
before the Spanish conquest for
its long. brilliant green tail feath-
ers. Only chiefs were permitted
to wear the quetzal's plumes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
c. r A M
CIR OK

II you're a music-lover, you'll
have no trouble at all with this test.
All you're asked to do is to supply
the first names of the following
eminent musicians, living and dead:
1. Rachmaninoff, pianist-compos.
er.
2. Caruso, singer.
3. Toscanini, conductor.
4, Stokowski, conductor.
5. Chaliapin, singer.
ANSWERS on Market Page
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30

Mobiles
Total Mobilization by
January Is Reported
as Aim of New Call to
Colors.

Budpest, Dec. 3O.-(AP)-Hungary
began mobilizing additional troops
today in a movement reported de-
signed to lead to total mobilization
by January Is
The action was interpreted in some
quarters as a sign of one more move
in German preparations for war in
the Balkans, where Hungary's army
might help strengthen the German
flank against Soviet Russia while the
nazis struck south toward Greece and
Turkey.
Mobilization cards reached thous-
ands of men last night and this MORN
ing.
This conceded with reports of re-
newed Russian military activities OH
highways running from LWoW (Lem-
berg) in Russian Poland to the
Slovak frontier.
The flow of German troops and
material continued at top capacity on
the Hungarian and Rumanian rail-
roads.
Estimates of the nazi troops NOV
ing across Hungary into Rumania
mounted from 100000 originally to
100000, and Hungary's minister Of
agriculture resigned because Of
reported difference with his govern
nlent over the mass movement OF
German soldiery through his nation,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Strike Delay
Agreed Upon

Fort Wayne, Ind, Dec. 3O.-(AP)
Employees at the local plant of
the International Harvester Com
pany, which is manufacturing truck
parts for national defense, have
agreed to postpone for at least "a
hours their threatened strike, David
RCadley, of Cleveland, commissioner
of Cancellation for the labor depart
ment announced today.
Roadlye, coming out of an all-night
conference, said negotiations be-
tween the CLIO United Automobile
Workers of America and company
officials had been recessed for "a
hours.
The strike had been set for 10 a,
m. today unless a union contract
had been signed. The unions local
81 voted Friday night and Saturday
Shrock said 5000 Of the plants A.
to strike and President Charles
900 workers would leave their jobs.
The U. A. w. won the right to rep
resent employees in collective bar
gaining in a National Labor Rela-
tons Board election last May. but
no contract had been signed. Road
ley said ne would fly to Washington
for conferences before negotiations
were resumed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Arms Output
Shows Gains
Defense Commission
Reports Production
Speeded Up, Most of
Contracts Awarded.

Washington, Dec. 30.-(AP)- The
defense commission reported today
that the nations arms output was up
to 2,400 aircraft engines, 700 planes,
more than 10000 semi-automatic
rifles, and 100 tanks a month.
The defense program, the commits
sion said, already had put million
persons to work in the last two
months and several million more
will be needed by next November"
The agency likewise reported that
it had approved contracts totalins
more than ten billion dollars and that
the Army and Navy had awarded
nine-tenths Of these, including $3,-
3OO,O00,000 for ships, $l,500, 100000
for factory expansion and housing,
81, 500, 100000 for planes and parts,
$500, 100000 for ammunition, $780,
100000 for guns and 100000 for
trucks and tanks.
These contracts plus those placed
by the British and other nations Conf
nit American industry TO produce
$4,000 airplanes and 10000 airplane
engines, 5000 tanks, 2,055,00O guns
and all kinds of their ammunition,
$50 navy ships. 200 mercantile ships,
2l0 camps and environments, clothing
and equipment for 100000 men. and
$4,000 trucks.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Little Action
In Africa

Cairo, Dec. 3O.-(AP)-British pre-
parations for a concerted attack on
Bardia are proceeding Smoothly"
general headquarters announced to-
day, despite intensified artillery fire
from the italian garrison which has
been under siege for two weeks.
Today's communique announced:
Enemy artillery in Bardia was
somewhat more active yesterday in
reply to our continued harasslne
fire. Our troops sustained no dam
age or interruption to preparations
which are proceeding smoothly. On
the Sudan-Kenya front active pa
trolling continues"
A British communique yesterday
said there was comparatively little
response from the Italian garrison"
to the artillery fire.
(In Rome, however, the Italian
high command yesterday reported
heavy artillery exchanges at Bardla
and destruction of British armored
units in the desert.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Nazii Bombs
Work Great
Scores of Landmarks
D a m a g e d or De-
stroyed By Fires Set
By Hail of Incendiary
Bombs; AP Building
Destroyed.

London. Doc. 30.--(AP)-Firemen
using dynamite and tons of water
pumped from the Thames conquered
today a mighty conflagration set by
a hail of fire bombs in the Gicrcest
raid of the war, which swept the
ancient city OF London with the in
tensity Of the great fire of 1866.
Before the flames were brought
under CONTROL however, scores Of
landmarks were damaged or Destroy
I'd.
The British government described
the furious assault by German war
planes as "dcliberate attempt to
burn the heart Of the capital.
So rierceiy did the flames blaze UP
after few hours Of raiding that the
crashing anti-airCraft barrage halted
and British fighter planes climbed in
to the sky to engage the attackers.
destroyed.
Fires started by three bombs which
struck the roof Of the Associated
Press building burned away the top
four stories of the five-story brick
building. None Of the twelve staff
members on duty was injured.
The ancient Guildhall was damag-
cd and ST PaurS Cathedral was en-
oangercd by spreading flames.
Although the all clear signal sound
ed shortly before midnight the raid,
which started just after nightfall last
night, caused more fires than any
previous assault on London. EX-
plosive bombs followed the incen
diaries.
The fires were the greatest threat
to the ancient city" financial and
commercial part of London, since it
was rebuilt after being laid waste by
the great fire in the 18th century.
Berlin also reported bombing the
Rolls Royce motor works in CreWe.)
Rain, which swept over England
after London'S water pressure began
to fail at the height Of the fire fight
ing helped keep the flames in check.
Damage was expected to run into
millions of pound Stearlng. Casual
tics in the hard hit financial center
of London were said to be few, but
the toll throughout the entire nation
was not estimated.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Sources in Washing
ton Interpret Declara-
ton as Indicating Up
ward Revision of Pres
emit $3.50 Basis for
Aid to Britain.

Washington, Dec. 20-(AP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelts declaration that
United States experts would deter
mine how best to use the nations
armament production "to defend
this hemisphere" gave rise today to
the belief that an upward revision
was contemplated in the present So
so formula governing aid to Britain.
"The decision as to how much
shall be sent abroad and how much
shall remain at home" Mr.. Roose-
welt said in his address last night,
"must be made on the basis of our
overall military necessities"
Heretofore "rulc Of thumb linn
tied British aid To- approximately 50
per cent to U. S. arms production and
the intimation that this policy might
be abandoned for Il higher percent
age was one point commanding con-
gressional attention as legislators
studied and commented On the
speech.
President Roosevelt told the peo-
pie of the United States that they
faced an emergency comparable only
to war and that thus far all efforts
for defense and aid to Britain were
mot enough"
Tho business as usual idea
would have to be abandoned, he de-
clarcd, if those effort sWere to be
successful.
Speaking with great seriousness
in much awaited radio broadcast
that went around the world, the
Chief Executive linked the ma
tion's future security with Britain's
ability to achieve victory.
"Therc will be no 'botAenccks' in
our determination to aid Great Bri-
tain" he said. emo dictator, no COM
binati0n Of dictators. will weaken
that determination by threats of how
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Tide Against Regula.
ton of Trades and
Professions Expected
To Run Even Stronger
in Next Legislature.
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir !Vah"r Hotel
Py HENRY AyESUI,.

Raleigh. Dec. 3O.-One large group
r. LOBBYISTS who tor the past several
sessions of the North Carolina legiS-
.s,ure have been particularly aggreS-
-.rc are almost certain TO find them
.".vcs on the defensive, rather than
the offensive. next month.
These representing the multitude
rE commissions" and boards re
~viatng trades and professions are
'.c ones referred tO--grOupS, Tor M
lance like the Dry Cleaning Com
mission. the Board of Barber En-
amruerS. and the like.
For many years there has been a
crend toward more and more. strict
ar and StriCter regulation OF the
= ades and professions. 1t started with
.Jch groups as the lawyers and the
aoctors-uuquestionably professional
"nrts-and spread to almost every
Inc of work.
Each legislature has seen new com
MISSIONS set up to regulate the trades
md 10 pass on the qualifications OF
those desiring To work at them. Those
1lready in have sought unCeaSlnS-
.y To keep others out and they
have more often than not succeeded
~ convincing the legislators (often
by use of all the high pressure lobby
;actlCs) that there is some public IN
lereSt which requires protection
which can be given only by making
the trade a tighter corporation.
Two years ago Senator Chester
Cogbun Of Haywood made a one
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Roosevelt Speech
May Mean More Aid
Roosevelt
Is Pleased

Washington, Dec. 80. - (AP) -
President Roosevelt was described
today as tremendously pleased" by
the reaction to his defense address.
Stephen Early, White House sec
rotary, said the President was graft
fled that leaders Of both parties had
praised the speech because he had
called for national defense and real
lied that it could be attained quick
er and more effectively by unity"
LIT nights address, Early said,
brought a greater response than any
other Mr.. Roosevelt had made. Mes
Sages ran about 100 to in favor Of
the principles expressed in it, he
said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Unions Likely
To Quit Fight
On Sales Tax
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Wafer Hotel.
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Dec. 3O.--EVer since enact
Inent of North Cardinals sales tax
act, the two outstanding groups in
opposition to the three per cent levy
so abominable in the sight of the re-
taiIcrs have been the merchants and
union labor.
The North Carolina Merchants AS
ISOLATION, though not so rabld IN It's
ragingS as Paul LcOnard'S Fair lax
Associa&ony has stood consistently
for repeal of the sales tax. The North
Carolina Federation Of Labor has
never let a convention pass without
adopting ringing resolution of hatred
for the tax. The c. l. O. units nave
been equally vigorous.
But now there appears strong
likelihood that the unions will leave
the merchants flat. The Federation
doesn't take kindly to the aggressive
stand taken by the merchants IN OPP
position to enactment Of state wage
and hour law, and IN reprlsal very
strongly considering abandonment oil
any organized effort against tie sales
tax.
Your reporter has heard this from
sources extremely close to the Fed
eration's principal leadership.
Whether or not the threat OF any
such action would have even a
minor effect on the merchants at
titude toward a Wage-hour bill IS
very doubtful. The Merchants Asso-
citation, of which Willard DoWell, a
brother-in-law of next Governor j.
Melville Broughton, is the respoil-
sible head, has for some years real
lied the futility of any very great
aggression against the existing tax
law and has been more or less ouies-
cent outside the Formally Of adopt
ing resolutions of censure at every
opportunity.
1t is possible, however, that the
CONTINUED on Page SeVenl
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Commissions Facing
Attack In Assembly
S. 0. S. Calls
By Two Ships

New York. Dec. 30.-(AP)- Two
British freighters flashed sos calls
from the submarine zone of the
North Atlantic today, one reporting
Il collision 600 miles off Scotland
and the other reporting that she was
taking water fast
The 6,4O2-ton City of Bedford. out
Of New York for England, radioed
that she had collded with an I'M
identified ship.
The freighter Baonant sent mes
sage picked up by Mackay Radio say
ing she was taking water fast Need
immediate assistance the ship said.
The Badnant did not give the cause
of her trouble Her position was close
to that of the City of Bedford, in
dcating that they were IN the same
convoy.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Naziis Silent
But Gayda
Comments
Berlin Newspapers
Carry Brief Summary
of Speech; Japan Sees
Speech AS Commit.
ment to Further AS
sistance to China.
(By The Associated Press }

President RooSeveltS address OH
world hostiliticS was greeted today
rWith outspoken satisfaction in Lon
don, studied silence in Berlin and
charge from Rome that he is "a man
of undcclarcd war fought against the
axis"
British official circles hailed the
speech as further proof Of the cour-
age and realism" Of the United State.
attitude toward the European conflict
and as lone of the most powerful
logical indictments ever spoken"
against aggression.
Virginia Gayda, the editor who
often speaks for the fascist regime.
warned in delivering the Italian reply
that the tolerance" of the Rome
Berlin axis is limited
Gayda said. however, the Prcsi-
dents speech in itself produced
nothing new" that it only confirmed
the passage of the United States first
from neutrality to non-beligcrency
and from that to a state short Of
war"
The official German reaction was
Adolf HltlerS own personal secret
and until he chooses to break his
silence not even officials usually well
informed can predict Germany's at
titude, nazi spokesman indicated.
Afternoon newspapers in Berlin
carried a brief summary of the
speech, emitting Mr.. Roosevelt's pre-
diction that the axis would lose the
war.
Unofficial Japanese sources in
Tokyo said they considered the Presi-
dents words as commitment to fun
Their assistance to China. These sour-
ces interpreted the speech as indi-
eating the United States is not dis
posed toward conciliatory convcrsa-
tons when the new Japanese ann
Continued on Page Seven)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Greeks Shell
Last Stand
Defenses

Athens, Dec. 30.-(AP)- Greek
troops were reported shelling 1tal-
ian "last stand" defense lines in the
Tepeleni-Klisura sector of the AL
bantam battlefront today from newly
captured heights commanding roads
north to the ports of Valona and
DuraZZo.
A government spokesman said the
Greeks "have again attacked forti-
fled positions which the Italians held
and defended stubbornly" and finally
hurled the fascists back.
"We have been able to push our
lines forward appreciably," he said
in a review Of operations up to late
last night.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Six Persons
Burn To Death

kaston, Maine, Dec. 3O.-(AP)-
SIX persons. five of them sisters,
we're burned to death early today
when fire destroyed a wooden build
ng here. Three other persons escap-
cd.
Chc dead were a maid in the nome
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter v. Smith
and five of the Smith children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and an eleven
ycar-old son escaped through VIM
Cow with the aid of neighbors. smith
handed his wife and the boy down
from the one one-half story build
ing to the arms Of friends below and
then jumped
The Smiths home was above 4
general store The building was
total loss.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Raider Driven Off
By British Vessel

London, Dec. 30-(AP)-A "poW-
erful enemy surface raider" possibly
a German pocket battleship, was
driven away from a North Atlantic
convoy Christmas morning by the
British cruiser Berwick, which hit
the raider squarely once and also
sank German vessel believed 10
have been the raiders supply ship,
according to the admiralty.
The admiralty said the 10,000-ton
Berwick, recently transferred from
the Mediterranean service, suffered
slight damage and five casualties in
the fight and although the raider
escaped the 8,2O4-ton steamer Baden
was sunk after being set afire by her
crew.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
GERMAN BOMBERS
SINK FREIGHTER

Berlin, Dec. Saskatchewan
bombers were reported today to have
sunk freighter l25 miles north
east of Londonderry, set another
Attire east of Harwich, and damaged
a British mine layer.
The German high command said
both freightcrs, both of them eSti-
mated at 10000 toms, were in con-
VOWS
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30

ance with carefully
prepared specifica-
tons, c a n a d as
newspaper repres-
entativeS in our
capital practically
are a unit in say
ing that it couldn' t
have chosen a sue
cessor to the late
Lord Lothian less
satisfactory to our
northern neighbors
than Viscount Hal
flax, whom the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30
Poor Choice
In Halifax
Stewart Says Canad-
ians Disapprove of
London's Selection of
New Ambassador.
BY CHARLES 7. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, Dec. 3O.-lf WINSTON
Churchilrs government had selected
Britain's new ambassador to Wash
ingtOn in accord
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-30

London administration did pick.
| mention the Canadians because,
though not English, they're Britons;
so Lord Halifax is their ambassador
as well as their parent islands. Con-
sequently they're entitled to an OPP
Continued on Page Seven)
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Evening star., 1940-05-18
Air Corps Rescue Boot
To Be Launched Toduv

The War Department win launch
the second Of five Air Corps rescue
boats at the yards OF the Greenport
Basin and Construction Co., Long
Island, N. Y, today.
Mrs. Ross F. Cole, wife Of 1t. Col.
Cole, stationed with the Air Corps at
Mitchell Field, will sponsor the TO
foot craft which weighs 80 tons and
carries crew Of four men.
Named the Maj Gen. Charles T..
Menoher. the craft will be used for
rescue purposes In case of forced
landings of planes in the water.
1t carries radio equipment, medical
supplies and the necessary gear for
towing disabled planes.
Gen. Menoher died here In 1890
after a long and distinguished serv-
ice. In the later days OF the World
War, he was director of the Air
Service and later was commander
of the Ninth Corps Area.