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Evening star., 1940-08-25

the southwest and southeast coasts,
sometimes in groups OF as many
as S..
During the day two parachutes,
which apparently had not been
manned were found in the indus
trial Midlands.
Nine Hours OF Attack.
The fury of the Nazi air raids was
illustrated by the fact that in one
Channel area intermittent attacks
were made in a period Of nine hours
1t was the same old story of Ger
man strategy-trying to keep tie
British defenses busy at one point
while slipping through to attack
others.
Aerial action was intense over the
Channel, too. The Admiralty an
nounced that the British naval
trawler Arctic Trapper had shot
down two German bombers and
damaged two others with three
| rounds of anti-aircraft shellfire.
Saturday afternoon shoppers In
one London suburban area saw dog
fights "all over the sky" Some
of the Germans, in breaking from
| formation. skinned SO low over the
rooftops that home guards took rife
| pot-Shots at them.
Then last night the Air Ministry
made its customary daily announce
ment of British counter blows over
German territory.
This time, it was said, r. A. r.
bombers in raids Friday and Friday
night attacked some 20 airdromes
and seaplane bases in German-occu-
pied Holland and France; other
targets at Boulogne. Dieppe and
Brest, France; an oil refinery in
the industrial German Ruhr and
supply depots in the Rhineland.
Too, it was announced, British
bombers penetrated to the outskirts
Of Paris early yesterday, raiding
the big military air base at Villa
Coubiay for the second time in
| few days. Bombs dropped in low
attacks were seen to burst across
| the airdrome.
! British statisticians said TOO raids
| had been made on German and
German-occupied airdromes since
November %. These we're exclusive
| OF thousands of attacks made on
other continental military objec-
| tives
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Explosion of Bomb
Disoppoints Londoner
By DREW MIDDLETON.

ASSOCIATED frcss SOIlcepOhoCiN'
LONDON, Aug. 25 Sunday -
On the streets of air-raided Lon
don this morning I came upon a
little old man watching the scene
where an incendiary German air
bomb had wrought havoc.
Bobbing his cloth-capped head.
he complained querulously, 1T
didn't make half an explosion.
It musta been one O these ere
incendiary bombs.
II fell on the floor when card
'er come whistling down. Then
I went out in the street"
An air raid warden ran up.
shouting, Better stand in a
shelter, Jack. There's another
one of those bloody Jerries!"
on to the east, searchlights
poked up through the sky. We
could hear the German plane.
but couldn't see it. We stood
there.
Stretcher Party at Work.
Presently a woman walked
past. Traggic-eyed, dressed In
nightclothing and a mans old
great coat, she clutched a baby
to her breast. There was sill
ence while she passed. The mems
faces reflected only sober, fierce
anger.
A man came pounding up the
street. bawling. "stretcher party!
stretcher party!' His cries soon
brought four men carrying
stretchers. One of the stretcher-
bearers was Immediately clad in
evening dress.
In a few minutes they trudged
past in the opposite direction,
their stretchers occupied. A limp
arm dangled from one. A bloody
tunic was thrown across the legs
Of an unconscious man.
The little old man in the cloth
cap muttered curses.
Spotting cab at the corner,
I hailed the driver to ask If he
could take me to the office
through the blackout.
Hell, yes, this amt nothing"
and away we went.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Martin Says U. 5. Needs
Big, Not Swaqqer, Stick
BY the Associated Press.

PEORIA. Ill, Aug. 24.-Repre-
sentative Joseph w. Martin, jr.. Re-
publican, of Massachusetts said to-
night that the Nation needed an
administration that will speak
softly and carry a big stick, rather
than talk big and carry a swagger
stick
We must have a business ad-
ministration which will take the
American people into the confidence
of its Executive: whose diplomacy
will be part of the peoples busi-
ness, and not the private affair Of
the little White House clique Of
schemers,' Martin, chairman Of the
Republican National Committee, de-
clared in written speech at a
Republican meeting.
1T is vitally important for us to
regain control of the House of Rep
resentatives, and to elect as many
Republican Senators as possible. 1
assure you we will take control Of
the next House and increase our
membership in the Senate"
Evening star., 1940-08-25

Inere WILL also Dc elilS mdLE VI
these will have different-colored hat
bands. and at first glance they will
all seem much younger than Amer
ican girls of the same age.
There Are Others, Too.
Besides the boys and girls from
private schools, there will be many
who lived in poor streets and went
to the council schools, Some OF
these have never had much chance
to see even the English countryside.
Think what it will mean to them to
cross the ocean and see the New
World
I have been asked many questions
by the English boys and girls going
over to America:
Are all the children over there
like the ones in the movies?"
do you think they will like me?"
Am I very different from Amer
lean children?"
Are American children awfully
good at everything?"
But the two remarks that made
me write this message were these:
A boy of II said to NE:
Last summer my American cousin
said English boys were sissy because
they had quiet voices and were po-
lite. Will they think I'm sissy"
Afraid of Being ReprOached.
13-year-old cousin OF mine. asked
why she minded going so much, said
vehemently:
Go. and have them say I've run
away, when I'd SO much rather stay
here and take it with Daddy and
Mummy-thats what I mind
If ever you are tempted to say
SISSY" to an English boy because
his voice is lower, or his words seem
to be more carefully chosen, will you
remember this: Anything from seven
to Is years ago England was full of
gently spoken. polite boys like that.
Today the skies are full of those
same boys, now grown to be hard
keen. brave men. whose hourly deeds
of heroism are one of the great epics
of our time.
Day after day, night after night,
the seas are patrolled by men who
not so long ago were just like the
boys you will SO soon have as your
guests.
Remember that if the politeness Of
an English boy or glrl annoys you,
it is second nature to tnem: they are
not putting it on: they are taught
it almost before anything else. And
If this is so in England, it is even
more so in France.
Consideration for Others.
I shall always remember the big
air raid over Paris because I hap
pened to be sent down into a shelter
reserved for a school. They were
all marShaled in by priest and q
nun. The priest sat among the boys,
the nun among the girls. They all
smiled and said Pardon madame"
If they brushed too closely by any
one, and during the raid, when we
could hear the bombs falling, they
never raised their voices because
they had been taught that loud
talking in a shelter is inconsiderate,
as some peoples nerves might not be
strong. They talked quietly among
themselves. said "Oh, la, la" when q
particularly loud crash was heard,
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Argentine Congress
Rejects Resignation
OF President Ortiz
Vote Is 10 to ] Against
Acceptance; Morehers
Back Chief Executive
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 24.-The
Argentine Congress rejected tonight
the resignation of Roberto M. Ortiz,
ailing President of the republic.
The vote was ITO to |. only the
Independent Senator Mariaz San
chez Sorondo voting to accept the
resignation. Senator Benjamin Bill
lafane, who had announced that he
would follow Sanchez Sorondo, dis
appeared when the voting began.
The Senate and Chamber of Dep
uties acted in a joint session after
the President had rendered his res
ignation because of an army land
purchase scandal.
Crowd Shouts for Ortiz.
Socialist Senator Alfredo Palacios,
chairman of committee investigat-
ing the land deal. told the congress
the committee had not involved
Ortiz and had not attacked the
honor of his Minister of War, al
though it did insist the Minister was
negligent.
AS he and others spoke, hundreds
Of citizens gathered outside the
building and their shouts of Viva
Ortiz were clearly audible to those
within.
Police lines had been formed a
block away, but in the first hour
the crowd pushed close in good-na-
tured scuffling.
Jose Luis Cantilo, representing the
powerful radical party. said the
party and the people of Argentina
rejected the resignation.
The president. who has been i'll.
and who returned actively to office
only when the land deal inquiry
developed into crisis. waited at
home with eight cabinet members
for the congressional decision, which
was as had been expected.
March to Congress Square
Hundreds of Argentines marched
toward Congress square this after
noon shouting Reject resignation
as the hour approached for the joint
meeting of the Senate and Chamber
of Deputies.
Loud speakers mounted on auto
mobiles summoned the citizens to
march to the Congress to demand
unanimous rejection of the resigna-
tion.
Mounted and foot police stopped
all vehicular traffic near the square,
and Gen. Andres Sabalain. chief OF
Buenos Aires police issued a proc
lamation calling upon the people
to remain orderly.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
German Plane Flies
Near A. P. office
BY ROBERT E. BUNNELLE,
.,.S pr.., W.r CorrexDop dent

By ROBERT E. BUNNELLE,
Associated Press War Correspondent.
LONDON, Aug. A.-Daring
Nazi air raiders skinned over
London tonight and dropped
bombs upon the heavily protected
city.
From the Associated Press
Building I plainly heard the
drone Of the plane that ventured
into this area, the whine OF the
bomb and the thud as 1t exploded.
A moment later a dull red glow
famed in the sky. There was the
sound of many airplane motors
and gunfire and explosion OF
bombs.
The screams of the bomber's
wires could be heard plainly. The
bomb only made dull bump,
but it was enough to shatter win
Evening star., 1940-08-25
U. S. Consul Resigns;
AssuiIs Third Term
Nv the Associated Pres,

By the Associated Press.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Aug. "a
Edward Caffery, United States Con-
sui at Niagara Falls, Ont. an
nounced tonight that he had re-
signed his post and in a prepared
statement said he had deep dis
trust of a third presidential term.
Mr.. Caffery said he, a lifelong
Democrat was joining his brother,
John Caffery, Democratic member
Of the Louisiana State Senate, In
declaring themselves for Wendell
L. Willkie, Republican nominee for
President.
He concluded 18 years in the Dip
lomatic service last night, serving
assignments in Rumania. Cuba
Costa Rica and at this border point
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Harlan Youth Killed
By ; Stub Wounds
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
HARLAN, KY, Aug 24.-The body
Of James Stokes, jr., 81, a pre-
medical student Of the University
of Louisville, was found slumped
over the steering wheel of an auto
mobile in Harlan County today with
three stab wounds in the chest.
Sheriff Herbert C. Cawood ex-
pressed belief that Mr.. Stokes, men,
ber of a prominent family here, was
killed during the night. Mr.. Stokes
car was parked on Black Mountain
Is miles south of Harlan, near the
Virginia line.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Cricket Games Continue
In Spite of Air Raids

LONDON. Aug. "a P.-Air-
raid sirens failed to break up a
cricket match in the London
area today.
The warnings sounded while
the match was underway, but
most of the crowd stayed on and
play continued without inter-
ruption.
In one east Kent village, while
fighter planes battled bombers
overhead and anti-aircraft guns
doomed a cricket match con-
tinued, the only concession being
the umpire's decision to wear a
steel helmet.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
dows in the neighborhood where

Some thought the bomb was a
screamer but it sounded like the
noise came from the plane itself
rather than the bomb.
From the streets, the sky was
illuminated by a pink glow, with
a plume of pale pink smoke hov-
ering beneath.
Searchlights were going back
and forth across the sky as the
planes roared overhead.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Will They Call Us sissy Ask
Courteous English Boy Refugees
Children Coming to America. Which They Know
Chiefly From the Movies, Are q Bit Dubious

Some of the thoughts and comments OF English child
arriving America set forth here by the
"shpboard mother uho accompanied the first contingent
youngsters board the liner Sanarid reaching
Np under the auspices of the United
States Committee for OF Children Mrs.
Turner left uork NTH cdneens Eng
did relief cork in France, and 'ohen that
countru collapsed escaped England coal boat from
Bordeaux
BY EVELYN FAYRER TURNER
NEW YORK. Aug. 24-Ths addressed primarily
to the boys girls of America.
Within few weeks you will be subjected to an invasion
1t will the awaited in the British 1es
shoesbut it will not carry
There will be number of small boys For the most part they
will be dressed gray fanne and some may have blazers OF
breh colors Each private England has its coors
and usuav this There much
in English thinks his school
is the best naturally proud of his colors.
Evening star., 1940-08-25


Bra missing
zTonnage unknown.
Losses includes naval vessels:
Briain-3S4 Germany-79 Norway-72 Sweden-56;
Netherlands37 Dnmark-33; Iay-25; Finland
Yugoslava-4; Lithuana3 Panama.;
Argntne- Rumanal; Japan;
Iatvia-l Span-l; Portugal. Total-834
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Crowds
Continued From First Page

firehose. then pulled up abruptly
as the police yelled:
TITS just the clear signal. The
raiders have passed"
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Losses in War at Sea
By the Associated Press.


of the Aug. II H. inclusive:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
NAILS MINIMIZE
RAIDS ON BERLIN
Raj Hitting Non-M Military
Detectives; Many Fires
Set In England

BERLIN, Nov. 2.-GR-New fires
and severe new damage in London
were reported today by DNB, Off
cial German news agency, as Nazl
bombers kept up u~nrelenting day
and night attacks on Britain.
Air attacks were centered on the
Woolwich district, in southeast Lon
don, where a Royal arsenal is To-
Gated, and on southeast England,
the agency said. 1t reported two
British fighter planes shot down.
The day offensive, apparently, was
a continuation Of overnight air
blows in which, the high command
declared, British airports, harbors
and industrial plants in southern
England were raided.
Hangers and fuel stores were set
afire and numerous planes destroyed
on the ground, it's communicate sa1d'
and harbors and industrial plants at
tackled.
The high command minimized a
surprise British air raid On this capt.
tai which caught thousands of Ber-
liners in cafes and on the streets
last night. =
The British fliers, it said, "as US
ual, again attacked mainly non-mili-
tary detectives" and 'most enemy
planes were forced by strong defense
fire to turn north or south"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
British Troops Landed;
Navy, Raj Are Also
On Hand To Glue Aid
RAyONET CHARGE USED
Il Duce's Invaders Find
Going Difficult; Main
Line Not Reached
ARTILLERY IS BUSY

ATHENS, Greece. Nov. 2.
-(Py-Greece's hard-fighting
mountain troops were report
ed officially tonight to have
CAPTURED a hill four miles in
side Albanian territory after
a furious bayonet charge
against the Italian invaders
and reliable reports said the
Italians still have not reached
the main Greek defense lines
after six days of fighting.
There was no information
in Athens, however, on just
how far the Italians have
penetrated Greek territory on
the Epirus sector, where they
have concentrated their drive.
Scant Gains
But some reports from the front
said the Italians had made scant
gains in the last three days in this
area despite repeated attacks with
tank units along the road to loan
nina Janina), covered by heavy
Greek artillery fire.
This was said to be the only
sector in which the Italians have
made anything like a large scale
offensive.
At the right flank of the noun
famous front, near the Yugoslav
border, Greece's famous Evzone
:roops-which played a major role
N the Balkan wars years ago
were said officially to have occu-
pied a hill in Albania overlooking
koritza.
In the center sector, Greek troops
were reported counter-attacking
but no details of the action were
known here.
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
N. C.. DRAFT QUOTA
FIXED AT 1858
Credit For Guardsmen Is
To Be Passed On TO
Local Boards

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. LIP
National draft headquarters today
sent state ~selective service organi-
cations the necessary data and 6
formula for determining the mum
Der of men each local draft board
must supply by next June for
years military training.
The information included the estl
mated number of men each state
already has contributed to the ma
tion's armed forces, and which they
will be permitted to deduct from
their gross manpower quotas under
the draft proposal.
The gross and net quotas for each
state, together with the number OF
men already in the National Guard
and other branches of the armed
forces include:
State Gross National Other Net
Quota Guard Br'es Quota
N. G. - 1924 1884 29,427 1858
sc. 25,so4 3,7oS 1919 5,957
The quotas cover the period
through June 80, 1914.
Precise figures were used as to
the number of National Guardsmen
in each state but only estimates
of the states contributions to other
branches of the armed forces were
employed. More exact figures are to
be Transmitted later, officials said
as soon as the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps determine to which states
their enlisted personnel should oe
credited.
The figures showed the 4S states
and the District of Columbia Woulc
be asked to furnish a total of 1885,
900 trainees by next June 80. Ir
addition 1900 trainees are to be
called from Puerto Rico, Hawaii anc
possibly. Alaska, officials said. This
would. give the United States 1885,
277 men in it's armed forces, in
GLIDING the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard.
To help state organizations deter
mine each local boards quota ma
tional draft officials suggested thai
they divide the local boards num-
Der of. Registrars by the number
Of :registrants in the state and Their
multiplying the resulting fraction
by the states gross quota. In
gross quota is the estimated mum
Der of men each state will have
in the armed forces next June 80
Continued on Page Seven; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
N. E. DEMOCRATS
STAGING. RALLIES
Broughton Says One Vote
Counts Against Lewis
And Willkie

WAYNESVILLE, Nov. 2. Up
here in Haywood county where he
pitched his primary campaign less
than eight months ago, Governor
Nominate J.. M. Broughton returned
today to make "a bargain day" of.
fer to North Carolina democrats:
with just one vote Tuesday," he
assured them, you car get rid of
John L. Lewis and Wendell Willkie
simultaneously"
RALEIGH, Nov. 2.@R-North
Carolinians must vote on an average
of about 1,421 a minute next Tues
day is as many ballots are cast as
officials expect.
This rapid-fire balloting may be
necessitated by a presidential vote
which Chairman w. A. Lucas of
the state board of elections guess
ed" would climb to a record-break-
ing total of 900, 900.
Polls will be open from sunrise to
sunset-varying in time between
6:31 a. m. to 5:04 p. m. at Elizabeth
City, and 1908 to 5:36 at Murphy
giving the electorate 10 hours and
33 minutes in which to vote.
The state has 1916 precincts
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
N. E.. METHODISTS
WILL MEET HERE
Annual Conference Will
Open AT Fifth Avenue
Church Wednesday

The North Carolina conference
of the Methodist church will open
it's annual sessions here at 7:3O
o'clock Wednesday evening, No
vember 6, at the Fifth Avenue
Methodist church.
At the opening session delegates
will hear the annual historical adj
dress, to be delivered by the Rev.
C. D. Barclift, host pastor, who
will discuss the subject, Some
Interesting Episodes in the Life
of the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church."
Conference members will assem-
BILE Thursday morning for the Of
fetal organization of the confer
ence and to enter upon the annual
business sessions.
Bishop Clare Purcell will be the
presidig officer. The Rev. Mr..
Continued on Page Eight; Col. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
If Given By The People
At Polls Tuesday He
Will Fight On
CONTINUE NEW DEAL
BY MAX BOYD

NOV. o.
R-President Roosevelt said
tonight that the Storm now
raging over the world was the
true reason why he was run
ming for a third term and that
when that term is over there
will be another President"
In his "final national adj
dress of the campaign" a
nation wide broadcast from
Cleveland's public auditorium,
he said mo personal ambition
of any man could desire more"
than "the great privilege OF
being your President"
Appealing to the nation to
give him a "vote of conf
dence" next Tuesday, the
President said:
"There is a great storm
raging now; it makes things
harder for the world. And
that storm, which did not
start in this land of ours, is
the true reason that l would
like to stick by these people of
ours until we reach the clear,
sure footing ahead.
1--WE will make it-make it
before the next term is over.
"We will make it; and the
world, we hope, will make it,
too.
"When that term is over
there will be another Pres
ident, and many more Pres
idents in the years to come,
and I think that word Pres
ident' will be a word to cheer
the hearts of common men
and women everywhere"
Tens OF Thousands
Tens of thousands Of wildly
cheering men, women and children
stood in a cold wind to see the
President pass in an open car on
the way from his special train to
the auditorium. Thousands more
were massed about the huge audi
torium, which was jammed.
Mrs. Mildred Jaster, Ohio's ma
tional democratic committee wom-
an; former Senator Robert j. Bulk
ley and Charles Sawyer, demo-
cratic national committeeman,
rode with him to the hall.
A tremendous burst Of applause
greeted the Presidents appear
ance. 1t continued for more than
three minutes, when MIR. Roose-
welt signaled for quiet, and in
some sections of the hall went on
after he began speaking.
There wa booing in the crowd
when the President declared that
representatives of 1.-The forces of
dictatorship in our W land"
which he identified as the COM
munists on one hand and 1.-The
girdlers'' on the other, were voting
without exception against the New
Deal.
Loud cheering greeted his decla-
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
LONDON REPORTS
NAzI PEACE BID
Paper Declares Terms For.
warded To u. S. By
Way OF France

LONDON, Nov. 3.-(Sunday)-R
London newspapers reported to-
cay that Adolf Hitler has sent his
peace terms to the United States
dhd one paper, the Sunday Dispatch,
said they We're:
l. The British Empire, being I'M
usleated and unconquered, to re-
main as it is.
= Europe, being conquered by
Germany, to be regarded as outside
!" bfItain's sphere of interest,""
Inc Dispatch said these conditions
,ee renewed in Washington by the
Al1efican embassy in Paris and add
~ Iaat Hitler is willing to "sign a
wear non-aggression pact with
49, britain and the United States
@,lu 70 agree to disarmament under
~ of equality and taking
STATUS quo as the basis"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
All Possible
Help Will
Be Given

LONDON, Nov. 3 Sunday
PA. v. Alexander, first lord
of the admiralty, declared tonight
that British troops have landed
in Greek territory and that
Britain will 'honor" her pledge
of aid to the Italian-invaded
Greeks.
"The navy is there, air sup
port is being given, military OBJ
jectives in Naples have been
bombed and British troops have
landed in Greek territory" Alex.
ander said.
"What we can do we will do"
Our Enemies Cannot
The admiralty chiettain said "the
road to victory is beginning to define
itself. Even if it proves a long roao
we can afford time and our enemies
cannot"
The address of the admiralty's frs
lord, broadcast to the British En-
pire, officially confirmed various re
ports that British troops actually
on Greek soil but gave no fur
Their indication where they had beer
He expressed once more Britain's
thanks for the SO United States de-
stroyers sent. to Britain in recent
months in a trade for air and naval
bases and said:
II shall be equally thankful for
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. p