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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
Seeking Field
For Possible
Base
CAPTAIN Charles E. Rosen-
dahl And Group Will Visit
City Next Week
REQUEST INFORMATION
Mayor Cooper Informed OF
General Specifications
For Suitable Site

Captain Charles E. Rosendahl
and a U. S. Naval board will visit
Wilmington next week on an in
/ spection trip to survey possible
sites for a lighter-than-air craft
station.
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper yes
terday received a request from
A. S. Farquhar, chief Of staff,
headquarters Fifth naval district,
Norfolk, Va, to furnish informa'
ton on suitable sites in the VIII
mingon section.
Advised BY Clark
Captain R%osendahl will be In
Wilmington next week to confer
with you and others regarding the
proposed dirigible field, and he
will advise you later the day OF
arrival" Addison Hewlett. chair
man to the board Of county COM
m~issioners, was advised yesterday
in a wire from Congressman J.
Bayard Clark.
Mayor Cooper was informed by
Farquhar that a board will meet
in the near future to consider sites
and cit would be helpful if you
could send in descriptions of the
various sites which you consider
suitable"
Mayor Cooper said naval Off
Gals had listed such general speci-
fications for a suitable site in the
Wilmington section as follows:
First, an area of approximately
$40 acres, of shape preferably
square.
Second, general location, near
the coast, freedom from immed'
late adjacent populated areas,
chimneys, and high tension wires,
sufficiently removed from airplane
operations to insure non-interfer-
ence.
Want Level Area
Third, physical features, level OF
susceptible of easy grading, alb
sence of gullies and creeks, near
sea level, and adequate drainage.
Fourth, economic considerations,
water and power supply, trans
p~ortation and communication ia
cilities, railroad spur onto station
required, proximity to adequate
housing for personnel, and availa-
bility of necessary civilian labor.
1T would be preferable to have
the above information prior to the
meeting of the board" Mayor
Cooper was advised, land then
arrangements could be made for
a meeting of a delegation if nee
essary."
According to an Associated
Press dispatch from Washington,
inspection of sites in North Caro-
lima is part of a general study
being made of the entire Atlantic
coast, officials said, but no selec-
ton would be made unless con-
gress approved new dirigible con-
%struction. One official said diri-
gibles would be ''ideal' for the
neutrality patrol, and that con-
gressional approval might be OBJ
tanned for that reason.
North Carolina sites scheduled
to be inspected are near Moyock,
Shawboro, Elizabeth City, Hert-
ford, Edenton, Columbia, Ply
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
Men Are Shot
While In Jail
AT Bucharest
'Legionnaires' Take Re-
venge For Staying OF Co.
dreanu Two Years Ago
LEADERS DISAPPROVE
Former Premier And Other
High Officials Listed
Among The Victims

BUCHAREST, Nov. 27-P)-Hot.
heads of Rumania's ascendant Iron
Guard slew ga, and perhaps more,
political prisoners in B~ucharest's
Jilava prison today in bloody ven
geance for the killing of their
leader, Corneliu Codreanu, two
years ago.
Stern disapproval by both Pre-.
mier-Dictator Gen. Ion Antonescu
and the present Iron Guard lead
err, Vice Premier Horia Sima, IA
expressed in a terse government
communique which officially an.
nounced the unofficial purge after
several hours of silence.
Were Exhuming Bodies
The communique stated simply
that "some political prisoners"
were shot dead by "Legionnaires"
Qron Guards) who were exhuming
the bodies of Codreanu and 10 Of
his followers from the prison court
yard where they were buried dur.
ing the late regime of King Carol.
1t said those shot were ICON.
sidered principally responsible for
the crime against Codreanu and
other legionnaires under the last
regime"
1t did not give the number killed
or any other Details, but unofficial
reports said there were Ga. "a re-
port carried in Berlin by DNB, Of
|ficial German news agency, said
that even more may have been
slain.)
Through the Rumanian censor.
ship which was clamped on tight
early today, reports reaching Buda-
pest through diplomatic channels
gave these grim details:
"a few hours before dawn, sew
eral hundred unidentified men
thrust their way into the prison
in the Pennsylvania foothills, seiz-
ed the keys from the guards, and
swiftly unlocked the cells, one by
one.
Each Called Out
Zach prisoner they sought was
called out into the dimly-lit CORR
dor and there shot dead without
ceremony.
Some earlier reports had said
they were led to the brink of
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
City Commissioners Fail
ToAgreeO nTruckLane

Fisher, commissioner of finance,
failed for the want of either a
motion or a second. Mayor Thomas
E. Cooper, commissioner of public
saftey, said he was non-committal
in the matter.
At the weekly meeting of record
yesterday morning commissioner
Fisher reported he had received
word from A. F. Powell, OF White
vile state highway commissioner
in this district, that the highway
commission will not select a truck
route for the city.
However, Fisher said he was IN
formed, if the city commissioners
will select a route and will confer
with Powell in Whiteville Dec. 2,
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
CURB ON ARNOLD !
DEMANDED BY AL
Charges His Anti Trust Dr.
vision With 'Destruc-
tive Activities

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 27-Rt
The American Federation of Labor
late today demanded a Curb" on
assistant attorney general Thur.
man Arnold, charging his anti
trust division of the department
of justice with "unwarranted and
destructive activities against or
gained labor"
The Federation's annual con-
vention unanimously approved a
report asserting that the antitrust
division had shown malice" to-
ward the ALL "alone" in it's pros.
ecutions of labor organizations.
At the same time the delegates,
coolly noting that a standing COM
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28

DIV Ae city commissioners yester-
r. nv JAILED to reach an agreement
FONT, nse mater Of designating a truck
sidsr around the city for the con-
publ;s s'ion OF the state highway and
's Tba works commission.
sessie1 Guy board decided in special
lesv0 late in the afternoon to
final me matter open and take
10 no Seion at its next meeting at
Bot tloek Friday morning.
sfo,,al NE proposed truck routes
strestu The city on 10th and 18th
but ~, were discussed at length,
route a'e designation of a particular
njssio suitable to all three COM
out inuefs, could not be worked
Immediately.
by 's Vera e recommendations offered
siooe esines q. L. Wade commits
Oh public work, and W. Louis
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
FORD CALLS
|F0R MIGHTY NAVY
|Industrialist A S
Fleet Powerful Enough To
Protect Both Shores

DETROIT, Nov. 27.-tR-Henry
.Fud declared himself today as a
"big navy advocate.
A navy strong enough to protect
both shores of the United States
and equipped with plenty of air
rlane carriers" he said, is one
of the most vital factors of Ameri-
las defense.
The 7i-year-old in~dustrialist
made the statement while COM
pletins plans with Rear Admiral
John Downes, for the establish
ment of a branch of the great
LIKES naval training station at his
River Rouge plant. Admiral Down
Is is commandant 0 fthe ninth ma
val district.
Explaining that young enlisted
men sent to the Ford plant from
the Great Lakes station would re-
ceive three-months courses in vari.
Gus mechanical and technical
lines, Ford said they would also
be able to continue their academic
training.
When they complete their
courses here" Admiral Downes in.
terposed, they will go direct to
The fleet"
Selected through qualifying tests
at the Great Lakes station, the
frances will begin coming to the
Ford plant on January II. When
The program is fully developed il
Is hoped to turn out 800 trained
electricians, machinists' mates,
VContinued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28

parations for the Transformation
Of the imperialist war into civil
war"
The quotation continued:
I'm addition to increased agita-
ton, the communist party must
by all means in their power insure
the practical organization of mass
action, preventing the shipment OF
arms and troops, hindering tn e
executive of orders for belligerent
countries, organizing demonstra-
tons against military maneuvers,
etc., and must intensity political
educational work in the army and
the navy"
The document showed that the
communist party at first condemn
ed the Nazi invasion of Poland,
Continued on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
|ANTI-PARKlNC LAW
REPEALED BY CITY
Action Taken After Large
Delegation Appears At
Meeting OF Board

The city commissioners yesterday
repealed the ordinance. against the
parking of automobiles on paved
streets between !. a. NJ, and 6 a. M,
after a delegation had appeared be-
fore the board and requested that
such action be taken.
Last night Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper instructed the police force to
bring a halt to their campaign of
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
ITALIANS RESORT
TO AIR ATTACKS
Planes Seek To Break Up
Greek Preparations For
Further Assaults

ROME, Nov. 27-R-Reforming
their own battle lines in Albania,
the Italians said today they had
resorted to air attacks to break up
Greek preparations for further as
saults, slashing at highway juno
tons, bridges and troops and mo-
tor columns.
While acknowledging a raid on
Turin, the nations chief industrial
city, on the northeastern plains of
Piedmont, the high command
countered recent British accounts
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Fair and colder
THURSDAY fair Friday, continued cold.
(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1870 a. m. Is; 7:30 a. IN. SO; 80 p. m.
SO; 1880 p. m. 4S; maximum 50; mini
48: mean 50; normal 50.
Humidity
1:3O a. m. 95; 7:3O a. m. SO; 1:30 p. m.
II; 7:3O p. m SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1870 p. m.
O.O6 inches. Total since first OF the
month 1.86 inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published by q.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ----------- S:4ea 5:24a
9:05p 4:00p
Masonboro Inlet ------ 6:3Sa - :13a
6:51p u :53p
Sunrise 6:57a; sunset 5:03p moonrise
5 :56a moonset 4:51p.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C.,
at 8 a. m, Nov. rs, 9.8 feet.
on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

In the confusing babble of Brit
ish debate over the war outlook,
one thing stands out:
Mr.. j. Bull, the typical Briton,
wants action, immediate, agrees
sive action, against his German
Italian foes. Greek successes
against an Italian invader have
whetted his appetite for victory.
Nazi-Fascist bombing of England
has just made him angry and
eager to hit back hard.
The mass of Britishers wants to
be done with defensive warfare
and get to the business of attack
at whatever cost. There is a sin
lister portent in that for Messrs.
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
U. S., REDS SEEK
BETTER RELATIONS
NEGOTIATIONS Aimed AT I'm.
proved Understanding
Revived In Capital

WASHINGTON, Nov. q. - Up
NEGOTIATIONS aimed at a better under
standing between the United States
and Soviet Russia were revived to-
day coincident with indications of re-
newed diplomatic interest here in the
Far-Eastern situation.
Constantine Oumansky, Soviet am
bassador, called on Sumner Welles,
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
$5o,0o0,000 NAVY
fund ANNOUNCED
Will Be Used To Provide
Facilities At Bases
Acquired From Britain

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Up -
a s'V'OOo,O0O allotment to provide
I'LL and other storage facilities and
snip and plane anchorages at the
oVlelise bases recently acquired from
piea' Britain was announced today
ny Secretary Knox.
AT tne same time, he disclosed that
'uulllonal 31,908 naval and ma
D' reserves might be called to &C.
I'VE DUTY at any moment and had
~ 30 advised. He said that addi-
N'1ai reserves from New York and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
Warships Chase
Italian Force HOmeWard

base Of laramie, southern Italy,
Nov. II.
The first official story of the
action in the Mediterranean said:
Information has been received
that u naval forces in the Medi.
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
WEARY JURY
 DELIBERATING
 GROSS CASE
Servieing of Movie Equip ment at Issue in
 Court Here

The case of the Electrical Re- search Products Incorporated against w. D. Gross over servicing of motion picture equipment went to jury in District Court here at 2:40 o'clock this afternoon.
 This is the third time the case has been tried here, having been sent back for retrial by the Circuit Court of Appeals. At the first trial Gross won a judgment of some $50,000 from a fury which deliberated less than 24 hours. The second trial, in which the jury was out 42 hours without coming to a decision, was termed a mistrial.
 Judge George F. Alexander read A pages of instructions to the jury this afternoon before turning the case over to them. Arguments were completed this morning at ll:30 o'clock after three weeks of present. ing testimony.
 Serving on the jury are Mrs. Fred Shindler, Mrs. Robert Fraser, Esther M. Ralston Mrs. A. J. Goodman, H. L. Clark. Alice O. Swanson, E. M. Richardson. Mrs. George Getchell, H. o. Adams, Albert Pasquan, Mrs. R. C.. Smith and George A. Fleek.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
DOUGLAS SCHOOL BOARD
 REORGANIZED, MEETING

The Douglas School Board met last night to reorganize following election of a new member, which had resulted in Arne Shudshlft succeeding himself as director, and the same officers were continued as before, Shudshift, President; H. L. Cochrane, Clerk, and Mrs. FL ton Engstrom, Treasurer.
 The Clerk read list of expen- ditures to date showing the total to be about the same or less than they were at this time last year.
 A committee from the Woman's Club, composed of Mrs. Mark Jen- sen and Mrs. Alfred Bennett at tended the meeting to obtain the Boards views about desirable purchase for the school with the funds derived from their round trip to Seattle ticket sale of $150 Supt. Pool suggested a radio photograph or possibly a moving picture machine.
 Application was received from the Alumni Association for use of the school the second Wednesday evening of each month for their meetings and this was granted with reservation that janitor services would not be included.
 A resolution was voted to ask Mayor Kilburn to appoint among his standing committees one titled School Committee for the Board to work with.
 Martin Pedersen, former superin- tendent here, was heard from at the University of Oregon request ing information to be used in a thesis he is writing. Another com munication was from a bonding company asking for references for Clifford Carter, also former in- structor of music here but now in bookkeeping position in Olym- pia, Wash.
 The issue of increasing school attendance was considered by the Board and will be taken up again at their next regular meeting April l17. Audit of the School Boards books will be made along with the Councils records.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10

Cordova over the attitude of the Interior Department in practically stopping all oil drilling activities. This was particularly true in An chorage, where two outfits had expected to drill to greater depths this summer. It is now reported that no drilling will be done.
 Boats to the Westward are all crowded with passengers for Ko- diak, Anchorage and Fairbanks Boyle said. Considerable unemploy- ment exists at Fairbanks but it is expected with increased activities at the airfield project that many will be employed shortly.
 A spirit of optimism was found to persist everywhere, the spirit which is usual in Alaska in the spring before the opening of the mining and fishing seasons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
AUDITOR BOYLE FINDS ALASKA
 TOWNS THRIVING
Trip 10 Westward and h. ferior Impresses Him
 with Activity

Forming Fairbanks "the llvelleSt town I was ever in, without excep- tion" and noting great activity in Anchorage, Seward, Valdez and Cor dova, Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle returned to his Juneau of- flee this week after a trip through the Third and Fourth Divisions. ] Fairbanks activity, the Auditor said, results from two causes, the preparation by placer miners for the summer season and work on the Army airplane base.
 Planes are busy at Fairbanks all the time, he said, taking passengers to Nome, Deering and other mining centers at distance Some dredges are already working and prepara- tions are being made in other To- cations for thawing and doing pre- liminary work.
 Ice Holds Firm
 Ice in the rivers of the Interior, despite the wonderful weather pre- vailing at present and the lack of snow, is in approximately the same position as in former years. Old timers say there is no reason to eX- pect an earlier breakup than usual, since the moving of the ice depends on thawing in the higher hills. Construction of he Lachrop Building and the new Federal build ing have added much to the ap- pearance of the city, but, Boyle found the most popular place in Fairbanks was the new bowling all leys. It is impossible to get an op- portunity to bowl without making reservations "A hours ahead.
 The Auditor said a visit to the airfield at Anchorage demonstrates how the people of the North and West have become air minded Last Friday morning 59 planes were awaiting departure from the field. They had been delayed by adverse weather conditions for several days 1 but most of the miners and pros pector passengers were able to get away Friday and Saturday.
 Anchorage Grows
 Anchorage also shows great inn provement, Boyle said, with it's
 paved streets, hospital and Fed
 eral buildings. The hospital is the most modern and thoroughly equipped in the Northwest and compares favorably with any such l institution on the Pacific Coast The Auditor said Seward ap- peared prosperous and Cordova and Valdez were surprise, since there f was much activity in each, largely due to the number of canneries expected to operate this year in Prince William Sound. It was stated to Boyle that at least 21 canneries planned to operate in the district this season
 Oil Drilling Halts
 ] Boyle found much disappoint- ment evidenced in Anchorage and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
EASY WORK

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, April Efficiency that's the word for Colorado Springs firemen. Called to a blaze in a bank building, they discovered a huge pile of trash was on fire in the boiler room. Grabbing shovels, they simply scooped the burning pile into the firebox.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
SCHOOL TERM WINDING UP

After the present week there will remain but one more six weeks period for Douglas Public Schools. Examinations are now being given for the period just ending and re- port cards will be given out to- morrow. Work is progressing on the Breeze, annual issue of which is expected out at an early date.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
PETERSBURG NOW TO
 CARRY OWN INSURANCE

At a recent meeting of the City Council of Petersburg it was de- cided to set up a special fund carry ing its own workmen's liability in- surance and the present insurance policy was ordered dropped.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
CLUB MEETING TONIGHT

Mrs. Frank Campbell will be the hostess for the monthly meeting of the Douglas Island Womans Club to be held at her home this evening. Miss Eleanor Warren will assist Mrs. Campbell. Election of officers will feature the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
FROM CALIFORNIA

Miss Louise Kemper, Clerk in the Forest Service Regional Office, re- turned on the steamer Alaska yes terday after a vacation trip to California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 10. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 62s, American Can 115, Anaconda 31A, Bethlehem Steel 81A, Commonwealth and Southern 19s, Curtiss Wright 10h, General Motors 54h, International Harvester 5714, 'Kennecott 379s, New York Gen. tral ITS, Northern Pacific 8A United States Steel 62aa, Poun d $3.46A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-10

DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials l4959, rails 31.20, utilities 25.09.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Plane Assembly Plant
To Be Built At Tulsa

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21- Up -
A visit project to manufacture
thousands of bombing planes with
parts largely fabricated in auto
mobile factories moved forward
today with War department an
rouncement that an assembly plant
would be built at Tulsa, Okla.
Other such plants already have
been assigned to Kansas City, Mo.
and Omaha, Neb. A fourth is to be
built also west of the Mississippi,
but its site has not been announced.
The Tulsa plant, expected to cost
possibly $10,000,00o and employ S.
600 or more workers, will assemble
heavy four-motor bombers, and
will be operated by the Consol-
dated Aircraft Corporation, San
Diego, Cal.
The Omaha and Kansas City
plants will assemble two-motor
bombers.
Motor car manufacturers already
have been enlisted in the project,
which is expected to get into full
operation Is months hence. The
four plants will have a capacity OF
some $500 bombers a year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Vitamlin

BY RENNIE TAYLOR
Associated Press Science Writer

BERKELEY, Calf, Dec. 21.-LR
Silver foxes with a metallic ap-
pearing gray fur resembling that
of the fabulously expensive Norwe-
gian platinum fox have been raised
in an experimental laboratory here
simply by controlling a certain vita
min in the animals diet.
Dir. Agnes Fay Morgan, nutrition
expert of the University of Califor-
mia College of Agriculture, carried
out the experiment. She reported
the results today in the Journal of
Nutrition.
The effect was obtained by depriv.
ing the foxes temporarily of the
vitamin B "filterable factor" a sub.
stance which arrests or prevents
graying in some animals.
The original platinum foxes ap-
peared unaccountably in the stocks
of some Norwegian fox farms. A
few of the pelts were brought to
this country last year and retailed
at $3.50 to $500 each-a price which
kept them in the class of extreme
luXuries.
DR.. Morgan said her experiment
suggested the possibility that domes-
tic fox farmers could produce the
platinum effect with ordinary silver
fox stock by carefully controlling
the anti-gray factor in their feed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Senator Downey Will
Push Townsend Plan

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21- tR -
Senator Downey D-CaD predicted
today that President Roosevelt
would ask the new Congress-, per-
haps in his opening message, to
provide greatly improved"
system of old age assistance.
The Californian, who said he ex-
pected to renew his efforts to OBJ
tain enactment of the Townsend
Plan, expressed belief that the
President would propose fiat
federal pension with any state
contribution optional. States now
are required to match each federal
dollar of old age assistance.
Downey said he did not know
how much the President would
propose as monthly federal pay
ment, but added that he had heard
an effort would be made to estab-
lish a $50 minimum for all per-
sons 65 or older.