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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-20

that would take the trucks away
from the business district.
Highway commission officials in
Raleigh said that the proposed re-
routing would necessitate about two
miles of paving and would cost "sev'
eral thousand dollars"
Representatives of the city re-
Gently had a Every satisfactory" con-
ference with A. F. Powell, of White
vile, district highway commissioner,
relative to the construction Of a
truck lane around the city. At that
time, Powell suggested that the city
commissioners appear before the De
cember meeting Of the state highway
and public works commission ano
present their request.
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British Air Attacks Cut
|KruppW

have been knocked out Of action,
said the ministry, and even that
part Of the plant still in service
is short of supplies and raw mate
rails because of the widespread de-
struction of railway functions.
One particularly heavy bomb,"
the account went on, smashed
through to wreck a Krupp under,
ground workshop. As a result, it
added, some departments had to
be closed and others transferred
to other cities.
Supporting its claim to major
damage to Nazi industry general
". the ministry mentioned these
successes:
-Four big buildings of the I'm
ion Chemical factory on an island
at the junction of the Oder and
Mol rivers at Stettin smashed.
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!
Ut V0mmerCe
Body Planned
Resolution Adopted At
Meeting OF Members And
Interested Citizens
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
Group Will Receive Sug-
gestions And Report AT
Meeting In 30 Days

A: movement seeking to promote
means of revitalizing the Whining
ton Chamber of Commerce was
launched at a public meeting of the
trade body's members and interested
citizens last night in the superior
courtroom.
The group passed a resolution fol
the appointment Of a committee
composed of ten representative citi
zens, to consider plans for reorgan
izing the trade body, charging its
membership, increasing its revenue
and passing on other appropriate
matters.
Committee Named
The resolution provided for the
appointment of the following COM
mittee: C. B. Parnele, chairman
Pat O'Crowley, J. G. Thornton, e
A. Laney, w. D. McCaig. w. A. Fon
vielle, H. A. Marks, John Carter, e
B. Bugg, and Frederick Willetts.
The resolution requested that thu
committee members hear sugges
tons from interested citizens, COM
pile a formal report, and make spe
cific recommendations for revitaliz
ing the organization at another pub
lie meeting to be called by the com
mittee within 80 days.
The resolution follows: Resolved
that it is the sense Of this meeting
that the Wilmington Chamber o
Commerce should be r~evitalized in or
der to better take advantage of thu
opportunities presented for the de
velopment Of Wi1m g n, it,
beaches, and trading territory.
"And to that end, a committee
consisting of the following be and il
hereby appointed by this meeting tt
formulate plans for the ~reorganiza'
ton Of the Chamber of Commerce
CONTINUED On Page Two
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AXIS SEEKS new SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE ACCORD
To Press Drive
ToSecureN Name
City Manager Plan Vote

of the week to check on results
of the campaign to date.
The petition being circulated
by the Jaycees is as follows:
To the County Board of Elec.
tiOns of New Hanover County:
We, the undersigned qualified
voters of the City of Whining
ton, respectfully petition your
honorable body to cause to be
submitted to a vote of the voters
of the City of Wilmington, the
following question:
"Shall the City of Wilmington
adopt the form of government
defined as plan d. as it is de-
sired by petitioners and consist
ing of a mayor, city council of
five members elected at large,
and a city manager, according
to the provisions of the chapter,
Municipal Corporations, in the
Consolidated Statutes, articles
nineteen to twenty-three, inclu-
sive, or remain under the pres
ent form of government"
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BY RICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-R-
The house refused to end this ses-
sion of congress today, voicing by
a 1911 to 148 vote a feeling that so
long as the foreign crisis continues
congress should stay on the job.
BY its action it upset the plans
Of democratic l eaders, who,
brought up the adjournment reso-
luton. The leaders thus were pre-
sented with an outright defeat on
the first test Of their strength since
the election of two weeks ago.
Their reverse was caused by the
detection of A democrats. These,
including particularly democrats
from the West, combined. their.
votes with those Of a solid republi-
can minority to block the adjourn
ment move.
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S. Studies
Greece Call
For Airplanes
Difficult Problems Stand
In Way OF Meeting Greeks
Call For Help
TIME ELEMENT VITAL
Athens Says Friends Should
Not Be Mislead By Sue
cesses Thus Far

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-R-In
response to an urgent appeal from
Greece, the United States tonight
took under consideration the ques-
ton of supplying planes and other
wal material to that Thanksgiving
Balkan country.
Difficult problems stood in the
way of meeting the Greek request,
however. Foremost among these
was the question whether military
material could be spared, without
reducing the amount being fur
nished to Greece's ally, Great Brit
ain.
The time element also was i'm
portant in view of a widely held
belief here that Germany was pre-
pairing to move down the Balkan
peninsula to relieve the Difficult
ties of her Axis partner, Italy.
Sumner Welles, acting secretary
of State, announced Greece's ap.
peal for aid, which he said was
made both through the American
legation in Athens and through the
Greek minister in Washington.
Greece asked, he said, for the
opportunity to purchase certain
aviation material and munitions in
this country.
He told the Greek minister, Cim-
on Diamantopoulos, that the re-
quest was received with the mos
sympathetic response on the part
of the government, Welles said,
but that it was a question that
would have o be determined by
other branches of the government.
It was referred Immediately to
these authorities for their decision,
Wills said.
Greece has been a small pur-
chaser of arms in the United
States, obtaining only $85, 900 worth
of bombs and similar explosives so
far this year.
The application of the neutrality
act last week to the Greek-1taliap
conflict put Greek urchases here
on a leash and carry" basis.
In addition to other questions
there was the problem of deliver
ing supplies to Greece. Although
that country has merchant ships
which might be used to transport
the supplies, Great Britain pre-
sumably would have to furnish the
naval vessels for convoy across
the Atlantic and through the Medi.
terranean.
The whole problem thus was re-
garded largely as one for British
authorities to work out in connec-
ton with their own purchasing pro
gram here.
APPEALS TO FRIENDS
ATHENS, Nov. 19.-R-Greece
appealed today to her Allies and
friends among the free countries
Continued on Page -Four, Col. y
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Step Is Seen
AS New Drive
Upon Britain
German Force OF 100000
In Rumania Seen As Pos
sible Guide To Trend
NEW DIPLOMATIC WAR
German Bulgarian Drive
Into Greece May Be 'Ef-
fected Al Any Hour

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Nov. 49,
R-German and italian diplomacy,
which axis spokesman call "a form
of war;" appeared tonight to be di.
rected toward a new agreement
among Hungary, Rumania and Bull
garia as a prelude to a fresh cam
paign against the British empire.
The German army in Rumania, es.
timated by conservative neutral OBJ.
servers at more than 3Oo,0 900 and
possibly 500, 900 men, is a possible
guide to the trend.
Italian sources in Rome asserted
that Bulgaria and Rumania would
join in forthcoming war moves Of
Germany and Italy and that SPANS
decision would become known after
Spanish Foreign Minister Serrano
Suner. fresh from conversations yes.
terday with Reichsfuehrer Hitler.
reached Madrid.
May Seek Acceptance
A Rome dispatch said that Law
venire, Italian newspaper, gave red
ence to a Belgrade report that So.
Wet Russia would seek to gain Turk
ish acceptance of the axis plan for
southeastern Europe.
Bulgaria's reward for cooperation
would be an outlet to the Aegean,
through Greece, while Spain would
give Gibraltar and perhaps more Of
Morocco this was the hypothesis
generally agreed upon by observers
in Rome and elsewhere.
A Rome dispatch said diplomatic
circles believed Germany would seek
SPANS permission to occupy the
west coast of Morocco to complete
the western Mediterranean jaw Of
the wise with which the axis
would try to squeeze the British.
Tied in with these were the as.
sertions of diplomatic sources at
Bern, Switzerland, that a German
Bulgarian drive into Greece toward
the Aegean may be effected at any
hour"
Greeks Take Steps
A Greek spokesman at Bern de-
clared that the Greek high command
had taken all necessary steps to meet
such an attack. Foreign military
Observers believed, however, that
Greece would need Turkish aid.
OF the bare facts. there were fore.
most:
Disclosure that King Boris Of Bull.
garia secretly interviewed Adolf Hit.
Ter last Sunday:
Announcement that Hungary's
premier and foreign minister, Counts
Teleky and Csaky, would see the
axis foreign ministers. Joachim Won
Ribbentrop and Count Galeazzo CT
ano. at Vienna tomorrow. and
Announcement that Rumania's
premier, General Ion Antonescu,
would folio wup Rome conferences
with a trip to Germany on Friday.
Only Yugoslavia seemed to have
been left out of the axis current con-
ference diplomacy but this Balkan
kingdom already had pledged eco
nomic and political cooperation.
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APPEAL ANSWERED
AFL Asked To Favor Legis.
lation to Outlaw Reds As
Political Party
BY JAMES

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19.-R-
President Roosevelt today called
upon labor's leaders with the inter
est of the nation at heart" to find
a peaceful solution of the problems
dividing their followers into opposing
camps.
AFL President William Green sent
immediate assurance to the execu-
tive that the American Federation Of
Labor was willing anywhere, any
time, any place." to discuss negotia
ton with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations now in convention al
Atlantic City.
Country Above Alp
1--WE as a people today have the
common determination to put oul
country above all else," the president
said in a letter to Green read at
the AFL convention here.
There was no indication here that
a similar message had been sent tc
the CLIO.
Before the Presidents message
was read a resolution was introduced
asking the AFL to favor legislation
to outlaw the communists as a poll
tical party.
Another resolution aske d tina
Green's salary be raised from $12,
900 to $25, 900 as ALL head, the same
sum paid John L. Lewis, head of the
CIO. by the United Mineworkers.
Urges Unity
Emphasizing the need for nationa
unity in any emergency which
might be forced upon u.s." President
Roosevelt said:
Among the things which labor
will contribute, 1 venture to suggest
is an unselfish, a far sighted and q
patriotic effort to bring about a just
and an honorable peace within the
now divided labor movement.
Labor leaders with the interes1
of the nation at heart and the ad'
vantage of their followers in mind
can, I am sure, find the way te
reach such peace"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-20

Members of the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce at meeting at
the Tide Water assembly hall
last night made plans for an in
tensive drive this week to secure
the number of names necessary
on a petition to call q vote on
the proposed city manager form
Of government for Wilmington.
Approximately 800 more names
are needed on the petition before
it can be submitted to the county
board of elections.
Tonight, Thursday and Friday
nights members of the Jaycees
will make. a house-t ;.hoase can.
vass in the different wards in an
effort to secure enough sigma
lures on the petition thi: week.
In addition anyone wishing to
ask for a vote on the proposal
may sign a petition at the JAY
cees headquarters on Princess
street during the day and at
night until 10 o'clock.
Following the canvass a meet
ing will be held the latter part
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WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Unsettled along IN
ooast nartly cloudy in the 1nterlo!
Wednesday, with showers eA'I nv 'rsda y
norton Wednesday nlgnt: Inu asnoay
cioudy showers west portion walnel
west and north portion Wednesday,
fRv II. g. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the ~ hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3O a. m. 43; 1880 a. m. 4S; l:so ?.
M 81: 1880 p. m. 81; maximum o4
rn;rimnm Ii. mean 81; normal 30.
1:3c a. m. SO; 1880 a. m. ~ lou r.
m. So; 1880 p. m. 70.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours enGing 1880 p. M,
none: total | since first Of the month,
1855 inches.
Tides For To-day
High Low
Wilmington -- o;S7a 7; aza
Masonboro Inlet ----- 1O:54a 4:51a
IL :2Sp 5:35p
Sunrise 6:5Oa; sunset 5:06p; moon
rise 10 :16p; moonset II liza.
Cape Fear river stage at Fay
etteville, N. c., at 8 a. M, Novem-
Der IS, 1874 feet.
CONTINUED on Page Six; Col. 81
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LAWRENCE SPEAKS
AT BAPTIST meet
Many Reports Are Present
ed At Annual Convention
In Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Nov. 19.-R-The
approximately $500 clergymen and
laymen attending the 10th State
Baptist convention spent a bysy day
with reports and other business to-
day and tonight heard an address by
DR.. J. B. Lawrence of Atlanta, Ca,
secretary of the Home Mission board.
1--WE must make the religion OF
Jesus triumphant at home if we
CONTINUED on Page TWO)
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NATIONALIST BODY
0USTED BY SWISS
Government Orders Disso-
luton OF Group Known
As National Movement

BERN, Switzerland, Nv. 19.-R
The Swiss government tonight
ordered the dissolution OF the TO-
talitarian group known as the ma
tional Movement"
This vas the governments an.
to the movements request
for recognition as standard bear.
er of new political and soc1a'
IDEAS"
Der Bund of Bern, an organ
which frequently expresses the
Continued on Page Four, Col. o.
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bATTLESHIP FIRE
| IS EXTlNCUISHED
From Flames On
Half-Finished u. S.
| Craft Negligible


CAMDEN, N. j.. Nov. 19.-R-
A fire below decks of the half
completed battleship South Dako-
Fa-second on the IS, OO0-ton war
snlp since construction began two
years ago was quickly extin-
gulSned by workmen today and
Fne New ork Shipbuilding COM
Pany said damage was "negligi-
ble."
Nlhe fire was the third on a
palllytlmshed naval vessel in the
vil'ed States this week. Flames
u'd' caused little damage broke
Nohtlhued on Page Four, Col. a
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DAVIS RESIGNS

WASHINGTON, Nov. a. Up -
President Roosevelt announced to-
day the resignation Of Joseph e..
Davies as special assistant to the
secretary of state and his selection
as chairman of the committee in
charge of the Presidents th1rd-term
inaugural ceremonies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-20
No NJ

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-R-
President Roosevelt sad today he
had no comment on the post-election
speech in which Wendell l.. Willkie
called upon his supporters for loyal
opposition'' to the administration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-20

Ho9A NV. 10. - Up - The
'.a 'or1n campaign has cut
m 'A Al the Krupp anna
w.. 2'sS by half, wrought a
!. ion'' of industry
knas - many and so
ars C,lities that crops
jas unsatr cred in German
Foday. nls'ry oeclareo
a" -~aletry'. announcement
ter.ots n If n aerial doun-
|enca l Il III ethodical vio-
eIs; a was a :ompanied by
mann siln raj ae Is 9 S-ton Europa,
rross;ane Ii er O the Atlantic
ol,ana ae .ec5-d aad been bombed
~H5n.4s1ips in its dock at
|actorv Se~'4l5 OF lhe vast Krupp
81 ESSEN Germany -
Evening star., 1940-05-11
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

From time to time this question
has been asked of me:
who do you think will win the
war In Europe?"
My first answer Is, mo matter
who wins q military victory, both
sides will lose"
A war cannot be fought without
making the world poorer. In war
fare great numbers of men spend
their time trying to destroy. They
shoot at the enemy, and the enemy
shoots at them.
There are times when q nation
may be forced to fight against its
will. The people do not want to
lose their freedom. They think war
Is q terrible thing but would rather
suffer it than to lose their rights as
free men.
However that may be, we all
know that war blows away money
and other wealth. A large war may
cost several million dollars each
hour it is being fought.
Homes are blasted to pieces.
People run for their lives when an
air raid warning Il heard. They
Evening star., 1940-05-11

must flnd shelter to try to be safe
from falling bombs. They must be
ready with masks to guard them
selves against poison gas.
It all seems like madness, and
that Is what I think 1t is. What a
shame for strong, healthy men to
be killed at the battle front! How
wicked to bomb cities and villages
and to slay women, children, aged
men, even babies!
People knew about the horror Of
war before the present war start
ed. They had knowledge Of what
took place in the World War that
started in 1914. They did not want
to 60 to war again. This was as
true, I think, Of the plain people Of
Germany as 1t was OF the people
in other countries.
Yet war came. Slowly but surely,
1t gained headway until 1t reached
high gear last month.
People In several countries have
said they hate war but do not want
peace at the price Of giving up
their rights Of democracy. They do
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Don't Take Ny
for 1t
TyIon
Perisphere
BY FRANK COLBY.

Many readers have asked for the
origin and pronunciation of trylon
land perisphere, theme buildings Of
the New York Worlds Fair, 1940
For the following information I am
indebted to the fairs director of
publicity.
Trylon: This word was coined by
combining the Greek tri-(three>
and pylon monumental gateway.
The trylon, TOO feet high, is the
slender, three-sided obelisk which
serves as the fairs beacon.
Perisphere: This is a combination
of the Greek peri-(all arounO and
sphere (balD. To the Greeks, the
sphere signified perfect form and
harmony. The perisphere, huge
white globe, 200 feet high, seems to
rest on a cluster of fountains. It
houses the theme exhibit of the fair.
The first syllable of trylon is ex-
actly like the word try; the second
syllable has the "ah" sound Of con,
don.
Perisphere is accented on the first
syllable which rhymes with pair, ;,
hair. The third syllable is exactly
like the word fear.
Correct pronunciations:
- TRY-lahn fser'
PAIR-is-fear
(Cdpitdls indicate syllables to be
accented.)
For . personal answer to your
questions about words, send q
stamped (3-cent), self addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, care
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
"A Little Saturday Talk

not want to live In . world ruled
by fear.
think people Of all countries
viii agree with the last statement.
No one wants to 1--we In . world 'of
fear.
Let us hope that clear minds will
make the peace treaty. Let us hope
that anger will be laid aside and
that reason win be used to figure
ways to guard against the troubles
which existed before the war started
last September.
II you wish to join the 1910
Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club, send
me = 3-cent stamped envelope,
carefully addressed to yourself.
You will receive = membership
certificate, = leaflet telling how
to make = scrapbook and = print.
Cd design 70 paste on the cover
Of your book. Address me In
care Of The Evening Star.
l~eA 'ead
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Modern Puzzles
BY GERALD L. KAUFMAN.
A Game of Tennis

Mr.. and Mrs. Dove played three
sets of tennis against Mr.. and Mrs.
Swan. The sketch shows them at
the start of the first set, Edna
serving. Remember that the server
in each game Is the receiver in the
next game.
Read the statements below and
use your knowledge of the game to
work out each players name on the
sketch.
A. Edna began serving the first
set.
B. Bert's side lost this set, 36.
c. Anne began serving the second
set.
D. Jacks side won this set, 6-3.
E. Mr.. Dove began serving the
third set.
F. Mr.. Swans side lost this set,
S6.
QUESTIONS.
/. What is Anne's last name?
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Points for Parents
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

The best tDdy to make the other
family members appreciate some of
mothers responsibilities is to give
father and children a turn at taking
them,
Evening star., 1940-05-11

2. What is Jacks last name?
3. How many sets did the Doves
win?
4. How many sets did the Swans
win?
5. Did Edna win her third service?
6. To whom did Anne begin serv-
ing Gin c.?
I. To whom did Edna serve Tin
AZ?
8. What is the least number of
times the Doves won the Swans
services?
SOLUTION MONDAY.
Copyright, 1900
Answer to puzzle for May 10:
What's in a name?:
/. Raphael Sanzio.
2. Frans Halls.
3. Giovanni Bellini.
4. (Si) Joshua Reynolds.
S. Rembrandt Van Rim.
6. Sandro Botticelli.
Z. Hans Holbein.
8. Tiziano Vecelli.
8. Anthony Van Dyck.
10. Michelangelo Buonarroti.
II. Thomas Gainsborough.
IL. Antonio Correggio.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-19

turned from weeks visit with her
aunt, Mrs. William B. Holton, in
Chevy Chase.
Mr.. Bill jackson has returned
from visit to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Brooke jackson in Detroit.
Mrs. Allison H. Chaplin enter
tanned at tea in her home Saturday
evening in compliment of her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. William Orr, who
with Col. Orr recently returned
from China. Col. and Mrs. Orr
are at Quantico, Va.
Mrs. William W. Welsh was a
guest over the weekend of Mrs.
Samuel Riggs at her home in Lay
louisville.
Mrs. Edward Watts and Mrs.
Stanley Fisher were hostesses at
miscellaneous shower on December
z for Miss Helen Marie Fisher.
Gordon S. Rosenberger, a sopho-
more at Randolph Macon College,
has been qualified by the head of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-19
Mrs. Anna Selby

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Elizabeth Selby, 72, widow of Will
liam B. Selby, who died Wednes-
day, December IL, in a Frederick
hospital after long illness were
held at $3.50 a. m. Thursday, De-
cember 10 in ST. Martins Catholic
Church, Gaithersburg. The Rev.
Michael j. Finherty, pastor, Off
ciated and burial was in the GENE
terry at Jamestown.
Mrs. Selby was a lifelong resi-
dent of Montgomery County and
for many years had made her
home near Germantown. She is
survived by two daughters, Mrs
Pearl S. King, Germantown, and
Mrs. William Guntner, Philadel-
phia; seven sons, Baker A, w. J..
Delmas, j., Eugene, Roland A. and
Roy ]. Selby, all of Germantown
and Bryce P. Selby, Frederick, Md;
two brothers, Thomas and William
Hamel, and a sister, Mrs. John
Crown, all of Riverdale, Md.
Mrs. Selby's late husband fol
many years was a merchant al
Ounce Orchard.