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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Blast Costs
Lives Of 81
BARLEY Men
Rescue Squads Find II
Bodies In Wrecked Cor
ridors OF The Mine
FUNERAL PLANS MADE
Worst Mine Disaster Since
1876 Were Killed At Ma
ther, Pa, In 1928

hartley, W. Va, Jan. 12.-P)
Hope was abandoned tonight for the
entombed men in the blast-swept
BARLEY No. 1 mine and company Of
ficials put the death toll at 90, the
worst mine disaster in the nation
since, 1928.
Raymond E. Sa1vati, vice presi-
dent of the Pond Creek Pocahontas
Coal corporation who had led rescue
squads day and night in their eff
forts to reach the trapped men, is
sued this statement:
"They Are All Dead"
1--WE have penetrated far enough
to justify our thoughts that there
was no possibility that the men bar
ricaded themselves against explo'
sion gases). They are all dead. They
would be dead even if they had bar
ricaded themselves. There is insult
ficient air."
The rescue squads found 81 mang
led bodies in the wrecked corridors
600 feet underground, leaving 81
still missing. Only three bodies hae
been identified but relatives of the
trapped men sadly started prepare
tons to bury their kin.
The company at first had fixed the
total of trapped men at 81 but a re
count of work records showed 81
were caught when the blast ripped
through the mine Wednesday. For
ty-seven others escaped unframed.
Not since 1875 were killed in the
Mather, Pa, mine explosion of 1925
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. 81
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BENNETT.
WANCER MARRIED
Ceremony Is Performed By
Phoenix Justice Oh Peace
Following Elopement

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 12.-OP)-
Actress Joan Bennett and Producer
Walter Wanger were married in the
courthouse basement today after a
sudden proposal by telephone and
an all-night elopement trip which
astonished even Hollywood.
Wanger, As, called Miss Bennett,
29, from his studio last night, and
they decided to elope.
Stopping only long enough to pick
up Margaret Ettinger, Miss Ben
nett's press representative, they
they started for Phoenix by automo'
bile. After their arrival Wanger had
to buy a wedding ring.
Shortly before noon they obtained
a marriage license, then hurried to
Justice of the Peace Harry West
falls office. Witnesses were Miss
Ettinger and Westfall's clerk, Mil
dred Niles.
The marriage, third for Miss Ben
IlCII dIlu SCCOlld " VoAlSSAS S0h
mated a friendship of five years. Al
though some romantic comment had
linked their names, Hollywood was
not prepared for their wedding.
The bride, once a blonde but now
a brunette, formerly was under un-
der contract to Wanger's organiza-
ton. Her most recent film House
Across the Bay" was his produc'
ton.
Miss Bennett wore a Jersey dress
with beaver buttons to match the
fur Of her hat, coat and muff. Wan
ger wore a business suit.
The couple planned to remain over
night at a resort hotel then return
to Hollywood tomorrow by plane.
Wagner was divorced last spring
from Justice tombstone, dancer an6
actress, whom he married Is years
before.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Uninsured
Fire Loss Totals $1,O14
Soviet Press Flags
U. S. Foreign Policy

MOSCOW, Jan. 12.-(APeThe
policy of the United States to-
ward both the far eastern and
European wars came in for a
lashing today in the Soviet press.
Pravda, organ of the COM
munist party, said Washington
claimed a policy of "noninterven-
ton and the open door" in China
but was supplying both Japanese
and Chinese with war materials,
thereby increasing their eco
nomic dependence upon the
United States.
"When the proper moment
comes the United States will drop
nonintervention for Intervention
and seek to make the peace most
profitable to American interests
in the Far East" the newspaper
asserted,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
And
Dozen Other
CiitiesBombed
Capitals Telephone Conn
+. munications With Out
side World Broken
RADIO STATION IS HIT
Finnish Marksmen Frus-
trate Attempt To Land
Red Parachute Troops
BY WADE WERNER

HELSINKI, Jan. 12.-R-Soviet
Russia's air force today subjected
southern Finland to one of the heavs
lest bombings in the month-and-a.
half of war, breaking Helsinki's tele.
phone communications with the out.
side world and Furnishing a dozen
other cities.
The violent attacks came a day
after a Soviet attempt to land para
chute troops on the Karelian Isthmus
was reported to have ended in mass
death in the air.
Radio Station Hit
Lahti, sixty miles north of the
capital, reported the heaviest dam
age. The radio station in this inn
portant railway junction was put
out of commission by bombs. Else.
where the damage was not SO heavy,
although there were some casual
ties.
Thirty planes raided Turku (Abo).
southwestern seaport through which
much foreign material and many
volunteers for Finland are passing.
Other cities along the Gulf Of Both.
mia were likewise pounded.
Bombs which broke Helsinki's tel.
ephone connections with foreign
lands fell on islands some 80 miles
south of the capital. Vibrations were
felt here. Riihimaki, a rail junction
40 miles north of Helsinki, also was
bombed. Telephone communication
was expected to be re-established
shortly.
Air raid sirens screamed In Hell
sinki at 2:15 p. m. 7:15 a. m. E.S.T.)
for an hour and IS minute "alerte,"
but no planes were sighted over the
city itself. However the Russian
bombers ranged over a wide section
of southern Finland.
Kill Parachute Troops
Finnish marksmen On the Isthmus
were reported to have frustrated the
attempt to land groups of the Red
army's Wanted parachute corps by
picking them off as they dangled
from chute shrouds. Scandinavian
newspaper correspondents said sew.
eral groups of SO in parachutes were
wiped out as they floated to earth
in yesterdays twilight. Others were
rounded up when they landed.
disclosure of considerable" ship
ments OF war materials to Finland
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
MCDONALD OFFERS
SCHOOL PROGRAM
N. E. Extension Service
Official Praises H. M. Ro-
land, John Marshall

In making the principal address
at a meeting of the New Hanover
County Council of Parents and
Teachers last night at New Hanover
High school, DR.. Ralph w. Melon
aid, associate director of the Uni
versity Of North Carolina extension
service, outlined q. broad and sweep
ing program of advancement for
public education in North Carolina.
His was the concluding talk in a
series opened here Wednesday by
Mrs. Ruth Wick Everett, field sec
rotary of the North Carolina Edu.
cation association.
At the opening of his remarks, DR..
Mcdonald praised New Hanover's
schools as among the finest in the
state and added the statement that
he knew of no finer figure in North
Carolina education than H. M. Ro-
land, %city-county superintendent OF
schools here.
and" he said, eff there were to
be given by the people of North
OdIOlllld ISCOS IllllOlI " LILY A1J AAieeA
who has contributed most to the ad'
vancement of education of the state,
I would again come to your school
board here and select one OF Its
imembers-John Marshall"
In his organized program for i'm
provement of education in North
Carolina, DR.. Mcdonald outlined sew
eral separate factors, pointing out
related points under each.
First, he stated, there should be
an increase in state and local ap
preparations for support of schools
Zone of the Is or 16 candidates fol
governor has stated he can find $50,
600, 900 for improvement of the
states road system"
eff this much is available for the
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Lee Cravely
Race
For Governor
Rocky Mount Man Opposes
Highway Fund Diversion
And The Sales Tax
IS FOURTH TO ENTER
Farmer And Businessman
Promises Efficient Bust
ness Administration

ROCKY MOUNT, Jan. 12.-LR-
T.. Lee Gravely of Rocky Mount
formally entered the gubernatorial
race today, and pledged himself
to a 12-point platform which in
cluded planks opposing highway
fund diversion and the three per
cent sales tax.
Gravely was the fourth democrat
to enter the field. Others are ]. M.
Broughton, Raleigh attorney; Lieut..
Gov. w. P. Horton Of Pittsboro;
and A. J. Maxwell of Raleigh, state
event commissioner. Broughton
paid his sos filing fee today. Hor-
ton and Maxwell had filed prev
iously.
Smith May Announce
Willis Smith of Raleigh, who has
been mentioned frequently as a
probable candidate, is expected to
announce within the week whether
he will run. If Smith, o. any other
person, should decide to enter the
race, the democratic field would be
the largest in the states history.
The democratic nomination is
equivalent to election. William II
Jordan of Efland, a republican,
said last summer he would seek his
party's designation.
Gravely, a farmer and business
man who has served four terms
in the state senate, promised an
efficient business administration
in which 100 cents worth of value
shall be received for every dollar
spent"
Without qualification, he went
on record as opposing highway d.
version - the transfer of money
from the highway fund to the
general fund.
"Taxes paid for the construction
and improvement of highways, less
the necessary cost of collection,
must be used for that purpose
only" his platform said. IF there
is a surplus of highway funds
over and above those that a be
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
CARTER IS NAMED
TRADE BODY CHIEF
Other Chamber OF Com
merce Officers Selected
AT Organization Meet

John Carter, president of the
Cape Fear Shipping company, was
elected president Of the chamber
of commerce at an organizational
meeting Of the board of directors
yesterday.
Carter succeeds Thomas B. Lilly,
president of the City Optical COM
Epany.
Louis Hanson, president Of the
Spirittine Chemical company. was
chosen first vice-president to sue
coed J. M. Snow, owner of the
Snow ESQ Service center; and M.
H. Lander, civil engineer, was elect
ed second vice-president to succeed
H. A. Higgins, president Of George
". Higgins Jewelry company.
Louis T. Moore was reelected
manager and secretary. The presi-
dent and two vice-presidents con-
stitute the executive committee OF
the board of directors.
The directors voted to meet the
second and fourth Fridays Of each
month. Program detectives for 1910
will be adopted at the next regular
meeting.
A resolution expressing apprecia-
ton for the services rendered dur
ing the past year by President
Lilly, Secretary Moore, and the re-
firing members of the board Of d.
rectors was adopted yesterday
morning at the organizational meet
ing of the new board.
The six new members Of the
board of directors who were elect
ed to serve two year terms are:
John Hall, president of the Hall
Brokerage company; Louis. Han
son, president of the Spirittine Che
mical company; Harriss B. Stone,
manager Of the Stone Towing lines;
j. Douglas Taylor, F. P. O'Crowley,
president of the O'Crowley Dry
Cleaners, and M. H. Lander, civil
engineer.
Six members of the board Of d.
rectors who have another year of a
two year term to serve. include:
Thomas B. Lilly, president Of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Civic Improvement Plans
Contest Draws Interest

sense, the city is the home. And
spring is not far away. 1t be-
h0oves us to think about house
cleaning and improvements.
We, the people of the city, are
in the same position as the
housewife. What shall we do to
make our community bigger and
better? How can we advance,
protect our investment, and
draw other investments?
The Star-News is so deeply in
terested in the problem that it
has opened the columns of morn
ing and afternoon newspapers
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
BIG DEFENSE FUND
PASSED BY HOUSE
Emergency
Outlay For Increases In
Personnel Approved

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. - Up -
The sessions first test of congress.
ional sentiment on defense appro'
priations resulted today in over
whelming house approval of a 1854
Gil, 900 emergency outlay, principally
for increases in army, navy and
coast guard personnel.
The measure, providing funds ~
pay for additions to the armed ser
vices already ordered by President
Roosevelt under his declaration OF
emergency powers, rolled through
the house with only a scattering
of noes on a voice vote.
Only n major effort was made
to reduce the total, Rep. Taber (R.'
Continued on Page Three, Col. y
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included, the British statement
said, flights over the Great Ger
man seaport of Hamburg, which
has nearly 100000 population,
the industrial city of Frankfort
on the Main, roughly 100 miles
east of the Belgian border and
the vital Ruhr industrial area in
western Germany.
"Much useful information
was reported to be the result of
these flights.
British aircraft on security pa
trolls of this type have covered
as much as LOO miles, the equiv
alent of the distance of a trans
Atlantic flight from Newfound-
land to Ireland, the British said.
German planes were said to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13

Spring is just around the cor
ner and the carer it's approach
the more the thrifty housewife
thinks about spring cleaning.
As soon as her mind fastens
on the thought, she begins plan
ming improvements for the
home, such as new curtains,
fresh paint in various rooms or
a new sill under the porch
where the termites have been
plying their trade.
The outstanding feature of all
her thinking is that is fastens
on things to improve the home.
Well, Wilmington is in the
same situation. In the broad
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
JAPANESE CABINET
CRISIS SCHEDULED
Premier Gen. Abe's Resig-'
nation Expected Ia Be
Submitted Today

TOKYO, Jan. 13-(saturday)-P
Japan is facing a cabinet crisis
over the week end, with the resigna-
ton of Premier General Nobuyukt
Abe expected tomorrow, but Japan'
ese-American relations are over
shadowing the question of Abe's
successor.
Domei, news agency with close
government connections, quoted tho
premier as saying he would quit at.
ter a special cabinet session Sunday
and all his ministers are expected to
90 with him. American questions
figure in this decision and are ex.
pected also to influence the makeup
of the new government.
Political quarters expressed belief
that Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. y
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Germany's great seaplane base
in the North Sea.
A British statement ANNOUNCE
ing the operation said all the
planes returned safely despite
anti aircraft fire.
The string of lights in Ran
tum Bay, believed to have been
beacons for returning German
aerial mine layers, were ex-
tinguished Immediately after
the British bombs dropped. The
bombing occurred during "rOu.
tine patrols over German sea.
plane bases in HeIgoland Blight
and further north.
The extensive operations" by
British aircraft Thursday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
The European
War Situation
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
HELSINKI - Soviet Russian
planes bomb southern Finland,
break Helsinki's outside tele-
phone communication, Lahti
radio station silenced.
LONDON - British airmen
bomb German island of Sylt,
reconnoiter far inside German
territory; planes and antl-alr-
craft guns repel German aerial
scouts OH England's east coast.
BUCHAREST - King Carol
gives ministers confidential re-
port on recent conference with
Regent Prince Paul of Yugo-
slavia.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador -
Handful of army sergeants and
soldiers nip uprising started by
defeated presidential candidate.
TOKYO-Japan faces cabinet
crisis, Domei news agency quot.
ed Premier General Abe as say
ing he would resign tomorrow
lSunday.l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
BRITAIN CLAIMS AIRMEN MAKE BOMBING
RAIDS FAR INSIDE GERMAN TERRITORY

have met with little success in
numerous attacks on British
ships during the day.
An armed trawler was credit
ed with driving off a Heinkel
bomber with an~ti-aircraft fire
and a merchantmen was attack
ed near Filey but was not hit.
A lightship flashed ar SOS
off the east coast after it was
bombed by Nazi aircraft but a
life boat found the crew unin.
jured.
Londoners heard anti-aircraft
batteries shooting at a German
raider today over the Thames es.
tuary, one of five points on the
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
By EDWIN STOUT

LONDON, Jan. 12.-(AP)-
Great Britain disclosed official
ly tonight her airmen had
bombed and accommodated far
inside German territory in the
give and-take aerial warfare
raging back and forth across
the North Sea.
Apparently in retaliation for
several successive days of
flight by German planes over
the British Isles, royal air
force planes dropped six bombs
on a row Of lights believed to
have been a path of flares to
guide German aircraft in Ran
tum Bay on the island Of Sylt,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
TRAFFICIS BOOSTED
ON OCEAN HIGHWAY
President w. Louis Fisher
Reports On Organize
tons Activities

Commenting the membership Of
the Ocean Highway association on
it's fine spirit of cooperation, W.
Louis Fisher, of Wilmington, presi-
dent of the association, stated yes
terday in a summary of the years
work and plans for the present
season that approximately $4,000
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
WEATHER

North FORECAST
rain rV, or carolina: Cloudy with light
and vans INST Saturday; Sunday cloudy
noon " nr followed by rain in after
en tdhine p4.s6ogic data for the "a hours
"0 y, IN. yesterday.
100 temperature
m. Is. d. m: A; 7:3o a. m. a: 40 n.
minimum 80; 81. p, m. a; maximum As;
T.; mean 46; normal 4e.
l:3O q Humidity
n, 81; T.9nna M 81; 1880 a. m. 95: 1:30 n,
Total fl, Precipitation
OPS inc {or "A hours ending 7:3o n. m.
month DIn Ss total since first Of the
!. from Tides For Today
g. Coast nlde Tables published nv TT.
W., and Geodetic Survey.
Wilmington High Low
n. lila
"asonboro InIot 12:26p Tap
-- O:04a 3:50a
rise sus 3 !sss Elsa; sunset lo 5:a4D. a;2sp
moonset e:54p. H'A
'S'"''nued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
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call $500 before 9 p. m. to
start your Want Ad in Sun.
days Star-News Classified Sec~
ton.
Buy = Rent = Sell Hire
You'll be pleasantly. surprised
at the splendid results that are
obtainable through Star-News
Want Ads and the cost ID
small, too.
IF YOU LIKE
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Continued on Page Three, Gel. 81
Evening star., 1940-10-06

to show me. He was the most interest
ing guy ever met! He said he'd show
me these things, puzzles 1t was five
O'Clock then, and honestly, Kilda. l
thought I'd have time to 60 to his
place for a few minutes -"
'And you got to his place and you
stayed?' said Kilda- you forgot
about the time"
yes" And that was all he had to
say for himself. He simply stood there
waiting, with an ANXIOUS air Of sub
Mission.
''How late did you get back here?
Evening star., 1940-10-06

den feeling. II was just frightened"
frightened? What about. Kilda?"
"Well, what do you Think" she
said, looking straight at him. Il felt
sick, l was SO worried. ] thought
maybe you'd been run over. l thought
of all the horrible things that ever
could happen"
But, Kilda -" he protested.
She felt tears rising in a food. Let
them come! don't care
There were Ivy and Dave, and Tom
and Camilla. and Mother and Dad.
All of them happy. All of them - safe.
And didn't even know - where you
were
''Kilda, don't!' he CRED. 'Ple2se
don't! l thought you'd be mad. but
Evening star., 1940-10-06
LESSON FOR PETE
Contjnvsd fron pogs nineteen

'You we're all just sitting down at
the table. l saw you through the
window"
~And you didn't even bother to
ring up?
Il didn't have the nerve" he said.
you told me you'd be mad if was
late this time, and l don't blame
you"
Il didn't say I'd be mad. l said it
would be the Last straw"
II don't blame you for being so1e."
be said miserably.
II wasn't sore" she said with sud-
Evening star., 1940-10-06

Arches always been sweet to me.
He's always doing nice. kind little
things for me-"
well. I'm only getting thirty a
week"
Kilda pushed her hair back from hef
TEMPLES. He watched her anxiOusly.
I'VE couldn't get married on that,
he said.
mo. And if you're never going to
do any better
well, l certainly am going to do
better I'm just starting. I've got lot
of ideas and plans" He stopped
They're no good without you" he
said Il never made plan in my life
without you in it."
She opened her evening bag and
took out a vanity case and looked at
herself in the little mirror. She began
to powder her face carefully. Hid
watched her with the deepest anxiety
1T might be a couple of years BE-
fore l am making enough" he said
Il couldn't expect you to wait -"
She closed the vanity case with a
snap and put it back into the bag.
I've got to Co." she said. and
moved toward the window. Pete
passed her and jumped down onto the
path. Somehow it was natural to them
to go in and out by windows. He held
out his hand to help her down, but she
stood still. framed in the light. straight
and slender.
Are you finished with me? he|
asked
No" she said IN a very clear voice
I'm going to keep on worrying. and
being disappointed If you break 4
hundred dates, Ill be worried and dis
appointed every time. You can go
right on being careless and mean. butt
I'll seser stop worrying about you"
She took his outstretched hand and
jumped down. and he caught her in
his arm-
Oh Kilda! Kilda, my girl. you'll
seer'
He held her tight and she cIung to-
him
1t vas true that they belonged
together. 1t was here in the dark gar
den that she had first seen him stroll
ing up and down. that alert and inde
pendent little boy. Here on summer
afternoons he had shown her the
things he had found in his unendingl
quest to see everything and know
everything. An Indian arrowhead, al
book of magic he had sent for, dead
snake. He was, for her. the stir. the
vivid color. the adventure Of life. And|
she was, for him. the girl he came
back to.
He held her tight, and she chung to|
him. But I've got you now! she
thought. 49,.
Kilda opened the back door and
went into the kitchen.
so there you are -" Maggie OBJ
served.
YES" said Kilda. Nov I'm going
to the dance with Archie"
"You look pleased with yourself" ;"
Maybe l am" said Kilda.
'And did you teach the boy a
lesson?'
Il did" said Kilda.
What lesson is it, at all?' asked
Maggie.
Kilda looked at her sidelong. Her
lip trembled and she smiled, a misty
smile.
God bless you, childr' said Mag
gle.
IL Eaj