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Continued on Page Two, Col. g.
Business
GroupAdopts NewP Plans

The Farmers Civic Business Coop
erative association, meeting in the
customhouse last night, adopted a
program for the ensuing year and
made plans to stage a mammoth
meeting Nov. 25 when Charles Lewis,
assistant regional director Of the
AAA, Charles Collins, chairman OF
the national vegetable growers con-
ference, and J. Bayard Clark, con-
gresham from this district, and
Graham A. Barden will be invited
to attend and discuss the 1941 AAA
program as it relates to truck l.
this region.
|. The organization has already re-
ceived acceptances of its invitation
from Lewis and Collins and will is
sue its invitation to the two con-
gressmen at the earliest possible
moment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15

j. K. Bannerman, president Of the
organization, presided over last
nights session at which the organi-
cation adopted the following program
for the ensuing year.
l. Secure erection by the city and
county Of a wholesale produce mar.
ket in the form of a covered shed or
warehouse with adequate lighting
facilities, hot and cold water and
ample space for trucks to park to
load and unload.
2. Cooperation with a local cannery
and other agents to secure an equi-
table bottom for prices in the truck
market.
3. To determine the sentiment Of
farmers Of this section toward the
erection of an abbatoir here and to
! Continued on Page Five, Col, y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
EACH PLANS BLOWS
Claim British
Planes Chased Following
laramie Attack
ALEXANDRIA RAIDED
Rome Says English Claims
For Three Battleships
Hit Fantastic

ROME. Nov. 14.-R-With bomb.
|ornedo and naval gun Britain and
Etaly appeared tonight finally to
have come to grips for the Medl-
kerranean showdown. Each is seek
linz to deliver devastating blows
At the others bases.
The Italian high command said
hbe British air force struck again
Wednesday night at laramie. key
hawai- base on the gulf that forms
kn "instep" to the Italian boot,
where the British said they dis
bbled or probably damaged half
bf the Italian battleship strength
fwo nights before.
Fascists Give Chase
Fascist fighter planes gave chase
n the moonlight, Italians said, and
probably shot down two of tn e
raiders.
Fifteen persons, including sol
Pliers, were killed and injured, the
bigh command said, but it de-
Flared the only damage was to
dwellings. Bombs dropped in a
supplementary raid on the Port OF
C%rotone, across the gulf from Ia
Fanto, fell in the sea, it added.
THE British said Tarantc's
locks and harbor works e r e
bombed
In return, a ~communique said,
he Italians made another thrust
Brltain's Alexandria base in
Egypt and one formation succeed
d IN bombing a cruiser.
Using the same weapons, aerial
ofpedoes, which the British were
eported to have used in their first
tVack on laramie, the Italians
Junk one steamer and damaged
Fno,aer in a convoy in the Eastern
fleolleEranean, the communique
(dded.
Bfltain's claims of three battle
illpS and four other warships Grip
Fleo or probably damaged in the
az ayan'o raid were called "fantas.
and "tendentious alterations
me truth" by the high COM
t,aaa' which promised a com
nu!lque soon ION the whole naval
a'afe and air and naval situa-
" VIII IN the Mediterranean"
o El'a the Italians claiming to
u WI !Aelr positions near the coast
IN The Koritza sector on the
'seA 'front.', Giovanni Ansaldo, an
.oilVatlVe editorial writer,
Ere0a .aSe that a big offensive in
t We Could be expected as soon
1are vie new Italian commander
s,r,,. zen. Ubaldo Soddu, makes
Tho hwy py Of the fighting zones.
Fa lne british bombed the ports oil
10 @ as, and Durazzo in Albania,
wv targets of Bardia, Derna
Nontlnued ON pao, rr,o s,o, -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
CONFERENCE IS HELD
Local Group Assured Every
Effort Will Be Made To
Get Suitable Field

A local delegation received as
surances from state WPA officials
in Raleigh yesterday that every ef-
fort woull be made by the WPA
to give Wilmington a complete air.
port project suitable for use by
the army in the national defense
program.
c. c. McGinnis, state WPA ad-
ministrator, told the group during
a conference that he would go to
Washington Monday night an
make every effort to get additional
funds for the local project from
one of the allotments for airport
work in connection with national
defense needs.
The delegation included Addison
Hewlett, chairman to the board Of
county commissioners, R. B. Page,
and w. Joe Prevette, district WPA
supervisor.
State WPA officials, including
McGinnis and Glenn Bobbit, direc-
tor of operations, assured the dele
CATION they were going to speed
up the improvement work at Blue
thenthal airport as much as pos
sible.
Hewlett said the WPA officials
said "they were going to give us
every assistance possible in secur-
ing additional funds for the air.
port work, which will be speeded
up and placed rapidly in shape for
use in the national defense setur
by the army"
,McGinnis asked. Hewlett to sub
NIT an estimate to him on three
different types of runways for the
airport here and said it would take
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
britain Use Torpedoes
In Raid On laramie Base

torpedo-bombers into the favorite
retreat of Italian sailors.
They reported they had left a
mark on II Duce'c seapower which
it will be difficult to heal.
Shooting tons of aerial torpedoes
int othe sides and decks Of the
enemy warcraft anchored in the
smooth harbor and lighted by a
bright moon, the fliers said, they
left the IS, OOO-ton battleship Lit
torio a sheet of flame, and two
smaller battleships blazing fierce.
ly. The Littorio was the pride OF
the Italian navy and claimed by
it to be the fastest warship in the
world.
First reports from fliers return
ing from reconnaissance said they
Continued on Page Two, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
Soviet Premier Starts Home
After Lengthy Confer
ences In Berlin
MAKES TALK
Germany In POST
War. Role Of Model
'Socialistic State
BY LOUIS p. H

BERLIN. Nov. 14.-R-Vyaches-
laff Molotoff and Adolf Hitler have
fixed Soviet Russia's sphere OF in
terest in the authoritarian new or
der for Europe, Africa and Asia.
sources usually in the know as
serted tonight after the Russians
departure for home.
Officially, the Hitler -Molotoff
talks led to mutual accord on
all important questions Of interest
to Germany and the U.S.S.R." but
neither the questions o the de-
cisions were listed.
Unofficial but reliable sources
left no doubt they were firmly con-
vinced Russia is ranging herself
on the side of the Rome-Berlin-
Tokyo Axis.
Russian "Grossraum"
In general terms. they added.
the Russian ''grossraum"-or vast
AREA of domination-lies between
Japan's Far-Eastern zone of domi-
nance and Europe and Africa,
which the Rome-Berlin Axis has
allotted to itself.
Two days of talks in Berlin, in
GLIDING long hours with fuehrer
Hitler, sufficed to bring agreement
on what reliable informants said
was a basis of strictly business
lgive-and-take."
Meanwhile, a speech by the
fuehrer himself pictured Germany
in the postwar role of a model
"socialistic state" 1t is this so
c~ialistic state" he told munitions
workers and army labor groups.
which is fighting "a plutocratic.
capitalistic England"
M%olotoff, Soviet premier and for.
eign commissar, No / collaboration
of Joseph Stain. took the train for
Moscow with his large retinue at
II a. m. a a. M, E.S.T.) and a
communique issued soon after his
departure said:
During his visit to Berlin on
Nov. 1918, 1910, chairman Of the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
Of MidweSt'S Cold
Wave Is Believed Near

Is; Bemidji, MINI, -13; Pueblo,
Colo, and Sioux City, Iowa, 5;
G%oodland, Kas., 4.
Searchers ~patrolled the Lake
Michigan shore near Ludln5ton.
Mich, for additional bodies Of sail
ors who lost their lives in gales
which swept over the shipping
lanes Monday and Tuesday.
Listed as lost were two big
freighters and tw fishing tugs and
the 81 men who we're aboard the
four boats when the storm struck.
Two other boat hands also perisned
during the blow.
The SO deaths on Lake Michi-
gan, plus 80 fatalities attributed
to the cold and destructive winds
in the inland sectors of the north
ern states, increased the toll to
159. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
START BIG FIRES
Italian Strongholds From
Libyan Desert To AL
bania Also Attacked
LISTED
Raj Also Bombs Berlin
And Several Other Import
ant German Targets

LONDON, Nov. 14.-RH1n a
new aerial offensive apparently in
tended to put Italy definitely out
Of the war as a naval power, the
Royal Air Force last night and
early today made another attack
on the naval base at laramie.
starting at least seven big fires in
a rain of high explosives and in
cendiaries.
While the big bombers were at
lacking under clear moonlit skies,
other British planes, the air min
istry said today, bombed Berlin.
a thousand miles away to tn e
north.
They struck, too, said the air
ministry, at Italian strongholds and
outposts from the Libyan desert to
Administering to work particular
ly in that phase Of the campaign
O the Italian ports used as sup
ply bases for the Fascist invasion
of Greece.
Results
In the pattern Of violence thus
spread out on areas of two CONT
nents, these were among the an
nounced results:
In Italy: The docks aud harbor
Of Taranto-hit, the British said,
by Raj bombers following tn e
trail of naval planes which on
Monday night were declared to
have crippled three italian battle
ships and four other warsilips. This
rev raid was described by an au-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
(By The Associated Press)

\D AAS AASSOSAONSN
Prospects of relief yesterday pre-
saged the end of a four-day cold
wave in the frigid midwest.
The weather bureau at Chicago
predicted an upward trend in tenn
peratures for most of the states in
the central region but added that
the rise would be slow.
Moderation favored Nebraska
after record November lows had
been reported-including -16 at
Valentine, is at Burwell, IL at
Overton and 3 at Omaha.
Subfreezing conditions at most
points in the midwest and subzero
chill at a number of others kept
residents of the area under heavy
wraps.
Minima readings included Dick
inson, N. D., 20; Pierre. S. D.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
CITY IS PROMISED
FRESH WATER SOON
Maffitt Says Rainfall Or
Watershed To Improve
Water First OF Week

In view Of a three and a half
inch rainfall on the Cape Fear
river watershed in the past few
days, Wilmington residents were
promised fresh water by the first
of next week by M'Kean Maff'tt,
superintendent of the city water
department, last night.
For six weeks now the city mains
have been filled with salty water.
Mafitt said that he received a
report from W. c. Kichline, of the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
MAKES MAJOR
ATTACK ON BERLIN
German Sources Say AT
Least Four British Planes
Downed During Attack

BERLIN, Nov. 14-Friday)-R
Eight or more waves Of British
bombers attacked Berlin last night
and early today and German
sources said at least four planes
were shot down.
Only eight or ten crossed the
downtown area.
One plane was shot down in Ber-
lin and two British airmen who
bailed out were captured. The
other three were said to have been
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE l.. p

d. h1ICIAI LIZ 0A1NA1 So4N
The Hitler Molotoff converse
tons in Berlin, trumpeted in ad-
vance by Nazi propagandists as
foreshadowing a new political
coup, came to an end under cir
cumstances which raise doubts as
to the real Importance of the meet
What was happening simultane-
cusly to Mussolini in Greece and
in Italian home waters must actu-
ally have been of far greater con-
Germ to Herr Hitler than his vague
ly indicated deal with Russia. If
that compact does not go far be-
Continued on Page Two. Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
HAUSER ELECTED
WELFARE LEADER
Fayetteville Man Chosen
President OF The South
eastern District

E. L. Hauser, of Fayetteville,
was elected president of public
welfare officials for the Southeast
ern North. Carolina district at the
annual conference yesterday in
Goldsboro. Hauser succeeds J. A.
Best, of Goldsboro. a.,
F. ]. Koonce, of Trenton Jones
county, was named vice-president,
and Mrs Kate S. McCloud, of Lum-
berton, secretary to succeed Mrs.
George Henderson, of Carteret
county.
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
by LARRY ALIEN

na R ALLEN
i'AHD A BATTLEsHIP OF
Y nnlRlTlsH
" FLEET L OFF
1sn NOV. l4-R-British navy
T. olo their best to blast Mus
an 7r1leet out of the Mediter-
'nday night, when they
uley torpedoed at almost
TX range three of his
'ships in the heart of
led harbor of Taran-
imaged two cruisers
auxiliaries.
+ Andrew Cunning
-eet boasts that it has
Italian warships into
time they have come
decided to blast
ey won't come OUT
squadron of ace navy
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Fair west portion,
cloudy in morning east portion Friday ;
Saturday fair, colder Friday ana IN
east portion Saturday.
(By o. 8. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3O a.. m. "a; 1880 a. m. 81; 1:3O p.
m. Sc; 7:30 p. m. so; maximum Sc;
minimum 40; mean Sc; normal So.
Humidity
1870 a. m. 81; 1880 a. m. 80; 1870 p.
m. 90; 1870 p. m. 90.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m,
OPT inches: total since first Of the
month, LA inches.
Tides For Today
High Low
Wilmington ----- 9:Ha 4:42a
10:09p 5:2Op
Masonboro Inlet -- 7:34a 1:24a
7:5Op 1872
Sunrise 6:45a; sunset 5:0Sp; moon
rise 5:53p; moonset 7:03a.
Cape Fear river stage at Fay
etteville, N. c., at 8 a. m, Nov. 10,
missing.
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
BLANEY IS KILLED
IN AUTO
Wilmington Man Loses Life
When Car Crashes Into
Greenfield Bridge

Bill Blaney, about As, Of PIP South
Ninth street, was instantly killed
late last night when the car in
which he was riding crashed into the
railing of a bridge on Greenfield
Drive and overturned in the lake.
A companion, Nora Brown, was
taken to James Walker Memorial
hospital suffering from shock and
CONTINUED on Page -Four; Col. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
New Move Is Planned
10 Get House Action
On Logan-Wa|ter Bill
Ickes Says Legislation Is
Designed to Homstring
The New Deal

~ the Associated Press.
Set back in their effort to get the
House to complete congressional
action before the week end, advo-
Gates of the Logan-Walter bill re-
checked their strength today for a
new attempt Monday.
The bills hackers had hoped to
get the House to approve yesterday
such changes as the Senate made in
the measure before approving it I'M
expectedly Tuesday, but they failed
to win the unanimous consent neces-
sary for consideration. The House
then took a weekend recess.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the In
terror Ickes voiced his condemnation
81 the Logan-Walter legislation,
charging that its provisions for a
closer judicial curb on quasi judicial
Federal agencies were intended to
"hamstring the New Deal"
The IckeS attack echoed the criti-
cism of Agriculture Department
officials, who said yesterday that the
bill would open the way for "frivol-
GUS" court appeals which might we'll
paralyze the work of important farm
agencies.
Mr.. Ickes declared:
IF the bill becomes law it would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Mrs. Roosevelt Completes
Her Christmas Shopping

/ she also selected a number of toys
and games and two evening bags.
Earlier in the week she bought q
lapin coat and two dresses-a pale
blue crepe evening gown and a
black crepe daytime dress with
white trimming-to send young
friends for Christmas.
Last year, the store said, her
Christmas gifts included 100 dozen
handkerchiefs-12 to a box; but she
fingered longest today at a toy
table.
She gives each of her younger
grandchildren one Christmas toy.
Among her choices were big and a
small teddy bear. a toy panda, a
set of alphabet blocks and an edu-
cational toy of the "push-pull" type.
Most of her grandchildren will
spend this Christmas in their own
homes. AS far as Mrs. Roosevelt
now knows, only two children
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sd, and Har-
ry Hopkins daughter Diana-wirl
spend Christmas at the White
House.
There are about $500 foreign STU
dents in German universities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who an
nually starts her Christmas shop
ping about IL months before Christ
mas, completed her 1910 Yule gift
list yesterday-and received a re-
quest from a small boy to be his
Intermediary with Santa Claus.
please tell Santa to bring me a
toy car" said 3-year-old Desmond
Horton, slipping to Mrs. Roose-
velt's side and receiving a friendly
pat as she shopped for mems neck
ties.
Some of the IL necktie-and hand
kerchief sets Mrs. Roosevelt chose
were definitely on the gay side, for
holiday wear In Is minutes of
swift shopping at a department store
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29

do a permanent injury merely for
the satisfaction of some people who
are now dissatisfied 1t is aimed to
hamstring the New Deal, but it
would do the same thing to any
administration which followed it."
He added that it would, for ex-
ample, tie up a great many of the
Interior Departments regulatory
activities. The same would be true,
he said, of great number of other
routine Government administrative
decisions.
I'VE could not" he said, make
any finding of fact which would not
be subject to review by the courts"
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Top-grain eowhide with
reinforced leather edges.
Carries two suits without
. wrinkle and plenty Of
room In base for haber-
dashery.
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From House Of Hawkins,
in England, finest leather
and beautifully styled.
Others &6.05 TO S25.
Imported English Riding
Crops ss.50. Others
81 to IS.
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Fitted with 3 bottles, 3
lars, removable tray,
deta enable n irrer-
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Leather Nopelty Clock,
S4.S5. Others $3.50 to
$3.50.
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There are about $500 foreign stu
dents in German universities.
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Hish- trade assortment of canvas golf
bags with full grain leather trim and
deluxe hardware. Colors are green,
blue and brown with contrasting trim.
Other canvas golf bars 81 .95 to S12.50.
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Ring platform with sturdy wood braces.
Bag is genuine leather. light and fast.
A heslthful Christmas gift for your
boy. Others x3.95 to SO.
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Deluxe model full grain leather golf
bats by Par and Burton that will
make ideal gift for the golfer. Other
golf bags &895 to S15.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-29

steps which must yet be taken. He es-
timated that years. time would ell
apse before all the legal barriers
could be hurdled.
The districts have held elections on
organization and to select directors
and the elections have been confirmed
by courts. These acts made the areas
legal irrigation districts and gave d.
roctors a lawful right to hold office.
Such is the status of all three units
today.
The next step, Banks said, is for
the directors and the reclamation bu-
reau to negotiate contracts providing
for the construction Of irrigation fea-
lures, such as canals, bikes and pump
ing plant, and terms of repayment to
the government.
When this has been done another
election of landowners must be held,
approving the features of the agree
ment by a vote of at least two to
one. When this election has been con
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-29

the construction of certain irrigation
features of the Columbia basin prof.
ect, F. A. Banks, supervising engin-
eer, said yesterday.
| The government hopes to start work
en- reclamation items during the sum-
mer of 1941, he said.
A large appropriation is needed for
the 1940-41 fiscal year to bring
Grand Coulee dam to point near
completion, Banks said, but for the
succeeding annual period only a relat-
lively small allotment will be required
70 finish the structure. The bureau
will therefore be in position to ask
for funds with which to start reclaim
alton construction.
The bureau will present the prelim-
mary budget to John G. Page, United
States commissioner Of reclamation,
for revision and approval. IT will then
be handed to the budget committee,
which will conduct the usual hearings
and may possibly revise IT again.
Building Of the pumping plant, lin
ing Of discharge tubes, construction
of a canal and bikes to make the
Grand coulee into reservoir might
BIZ among the first work items start
cd, Banks said.
Not Eligible for Water
Contrary to general belief. the
three basin irrigation districts are not
legally eligible for water.
Banks traced in brief the various
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-29
| RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR

orchestra on "Breezin' Along" has
proved so successful that it is be-
ing sought for guest appearances
on other programs. Most recent
was on Show of the
Week"
Gabriel Heater, host of We,
the People, is radios tallest en-
Gee, while Mark Warnow. its music
director. shares with Oscar Brad
ley, the distinction of being the
shortest baton waver on the air.
Jack Benny has scored double
victory in the pcll of radio editors
of the United States and Canada
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-29
u. S. TO PREPARE BASIN
IRRIGATION BUDGET ESTIMATE

THE reclamatio bureau will start
this summer preparing budget for
the fiscal year of 1941-42, including
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-29
No. 5 682
SUMMONS

In the Superior Court of the State
Of Washington, in and for Grant
County.
KIRKENDALL BOOT COMPANY,
corporation,
DIofnf;f
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-29

Of Washington, in and for Gran,
County
KIRKENDALL BOOT COMPANY
a corporation,
Plaintiff,
+. p. KIRKENDALL & CO., a
corporation, its successors, as
signs and unknown tranferees;
KIRKENDALL SHOE COM
PANY, a corporation it's success
ors, assigns and unknown trans
ferees; also all other persons or
parties unknown claiming any es
tate, right, title, lien or interest
in the real estate described in the
complaint herein,
Defendants,
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
to F. P. K1RKENDALL & CO., q
corporation, its successors, assign and
unknown tranferees; KIRKENDA1.L
SHOE COMPANY, corporation, its
successors, assigns and unknown tran
sferees; also all other persons or
parties unknown claiming any estate,
right, title, lien or interest in the real
estate described in the complaint
herein, defendants:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty coy days after the date
of the first publication Of this Sum
mons, towit, within sixty (e0) days
after the End day af February, 1910,
and answer the complaint Of the plain
tiff, and serve copy Of your answer
upon the undersigned attorney for the
plaintiff at his address below stated.
and defend the above entitled action
in the Court aforesaid, and in case of
your failure go to do, judgement will
be entered against you according to
the demands Of the plaintiffs com
plaint, which has been filed with the
Clerk of said Court.
The object Of this action is to quiet
the title of the plaintiff to the south
east one quarter (seM) Of section 8.
township II north, range 80 +. w. NJ,
located in Grant County, Washington,
and TO obtain a decree that the defen-
dants and each Of them have no night,
title, estate, lien or interest therein.
LOWELL. B. VAIL,
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Office and Post Office Address:
Court House, Ephrata, Washington
1,l.Sts