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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

Observation-Disclosures de-
ve1onment and settlement OF Alas
ka is being brought nearer by the
European war.
Strategists agree Alaska is vital
to u. S. defense, since it e S
across the shortest. air route to
Asia and commands the great cir
Gle" steamship lane o + the north
Pacific.
But a suitably defended Alaska
must be able to stand alone. 1t
must have farms, industries, pio-
pie: if everything its garrison
needs must be hauled up from the
states it is a liability rather than
an asset.
Vilhialmur St%efansson, famous
Arctic explorer, says America
must soon decide whether to de-
velop Alaska in earnest or be pre-.
pared to surrender it on demand
and the administration is be.
ginning to feel the same way.
A significant indication is the
bill lust introduced by Senator
King of Utah. This bill would en-
list private capital in public pur'
pose corporations capitalized al
not less than So, 500, 900 each anc
empowered to establish settle
ments, exploit resources and SCI
up industries.
Some government control woulc
be involved. Industries that
would compete with established
industries in the states would
be barred. Mining or lum'
herring operations would require
Interior Department approval. Al
least half of the settlers in any
new project would be required tt
show American citizenship; the
rest might be refugees from Eu
ropean relationships, carefully Sc
lected and admitted outside or
binary quota restrictions.
This bill has been warmly en-
dorsed by Secretary Ickes. /
year, but it nevertheless points tn
way.
Stefansson believes Alaska coul'
without much difficulty support
population of Is, 600, 600. In climate
soil and topography, he points out
it is much like Scandinavia am
Finland.
"Alaska's agricultural POSSIBLE
ties haven't been touched" h.
says. There is a great deal O
excellent wheat land in the Tan
ana valley, near Fairbanks. Far
tner south the soil is good for al
kinds of market gardening. Their
is plenty of fine grazing land fe
sheep and cattle.
Alaska has all kinds of min
erals-cola, copper, oil tine, t
name but a few. 1t might not b.
economic to exploit those full.
now, but skeleton enterprise
should be set up so that in cas-
of war, production could be ex
panied rapidly"
QUAETFICATIONS
CHIEFLY MENTAL
Settling Alaska is largely a mat
ter of picking properly qualifie'
people, Stefansson believes; a n
he thinks the qualifications
chiefly mental rather than physi
cal.
physically, all races are alike
as far as endurance of sub-Arcti
weather goes" he says. Two Q
the best men l ever had in tn
north were South Sea islanders
Peary's best travelling companiol
was Matt Henson, a Maryland Ne
gro. It's the mental attitude tina
counts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Huge Gift Is Made
To Kresge Foundation

WASHINGTON, June 5.-P-A
$7,65O,O 900 gift of stock from S. S.
Kresge of Detroit to the kresSe
foundation was disclosed tooay by
the Securities commission.
The gift, one of the largest re
ported in several years, consisted
of 800, 900 shares of S. S. Kresge
company common stock. When the
gift was made on April 2, the stock
was selling around $3.50 a share:
but it is currently quoted about $40
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Dewey Will Address
Twin City COP Meet

WINSTON-SALEM, June 5. Up
E. Dewey, district attorney
of New York and candidate for the
republican presidential nomination,
will. speak here Saturday under the
auspices of the states Young Re
publicans. .
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cotton linters as raw materials.

cotton linters as raw materials.
Preliminary work scheduled for
today was the boring of the first of
a series of artesian wells to furnish
water for the manufacturing pro-
cess. Approximately 100000 gal,
Ions will be used daily, representa-
tives estimated, or just about the
amuont the city of Memphis uses
every "a hours.
A party of engineers is scheduled
to arrive here Friday to take charge
of construction.
Hale said he hoped that at the con
clusion of the European war the fac
tory could be converted into a manu-
featuring site for commercial pro-
ducts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Carolina
Neus Shorts

DTTRHAM-Plans have beer COM
pleted for the annual
of district 81 of Lions international
here Sunday through Tuesday.
Governor Clyde r. Hoey and
Alexander T. Wells of New York,
international president, will be the
principal speakers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Pilot Training Program
Planned At Lumberton

LUMBERTON, June 5.-Simultan-
eous ground and flight training for
80 or more college students under
the ACCOMPLISHMENTS Civilian
Pilots Training program will begin
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06

HICkORY-Jack Bnra,
slA-pound carp he hooked in >''' a
here put up such a battle a., a. lake
finally had to suoduc it VIA, he
boat paddle. The fish attrm~ ~'.a a
jump into the boa, bo '"ple1 10
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that is if he backs anybody. He
could remain neutral, like Govern
or Hoey did both in the 1889 Speak
ership race and in the recently
ended gubernatorial primary. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
RUN-OFF

STATESVILLE-Robert A. Col
lier and John w. Wallace will en-
ter a run-off primary for the dem
ocratic nomination for state sena-
tor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
FIREMEN

FAYETTEVILLE - The annual
convention of the Sandhills Fire
mems association will be held here
Lime T.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
BELMONT ABBEY

BELMONT - The 62nd annual
commencement exercises at Bel
mont Abbey college will be held to-
morrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
n6lO-RusSia Pact
Now Seems Possible

accepted by the Kremlin although
formal notice had not yet been re-
ceived. 49,
Butler left unanswered a question
from the house as to whether Slf
Stafford would deal with the many
outstanding questions with the So
Wet government.
Informed quarters doubted thai
Russia's acceptance of Grips sig
nified any intention to drop hel
partnership with Germany.
Russian circles limited that there
is at least a good possibility of dip
lomatic cooperation between the
Kremlin and the Allies in the Near
East.
Frances move to name Erik La
bonnie, former French resident-sen'
era1 in Tunisia and ambassador &c
republican Spain, as ambassador tc
Moscow in place Of Paul Emile Nag
giar, also was cited as a factor
in improving soviet-Allied relations
A Russian source said, however
that Britain must show by deeds
az we'll as words an honest desire
for friendship with Russia
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
RAL E|GH
B R lie rs.
Star-News Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel
RY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, June 5:-The States
rev election laws may have stop
ned Adrian Mitchell, Hartford
county's Republican contribution
to the State Board of Elections,
from voting in Democratic prima-
ries; but it hasn't decreased his
interest in them and his active
participation in his county battles
even so much as, a jot or a title.
In fact, Adrian proclaims he
found the just-finished primary a
first rate cure for a heart ailment.
He related how he had b e e n
stricken, how he had stayed in bed
for a week or SO and how he had
been ordered by his physician to
stay there most of the time for
another long period.
"But when primary day came,
l got out, started working, got a
couple of automobiles running and
began having a good time" he told
your reporter.
my doctor saw me and told me
to get back home and stay quiet
but 1 said to him if this doesn't
cure me I'm past being cured
That night I went home, sat up
and listened to the radio returns
until about 2 in the morning-and
do you know, I've felt just fine
ever since.
The Department of Agriculture
has launched it's annual campaign
| against the japanese beetle, and
the curious looking traps they sci
for the pests will soon be making
their appearance in many North
Carolina cities.
Your reporter hears that Labor
leaders had decided to go to ba'
fer Lieutenant Governor Horton il
the second primary and that Whe1
it was called off, they had to DIES
troy several thousand letters which
had been made ready to mail al
over the State.
Richard Dixon, Chowan c e l
court who is credited with upset
ting Horton in that county and de
livering it into the Broughton CO
lumn, was in Raleigh Tuesday
chortling over the fact that there'l
be no second primary.
He's the man who caused dis
tribution over some six countie'
of forecasts by your reporter, Ton
Bost and Stanley Wohl tina
Broughton would lead in the frs
primary.
There were at least two candi
dates for the l941 S~peakership il
Raleigh Tuesday-George Uzzell o
Rowan and Jim Vogler of Meek
lenburg.
Uzzell came to town Monday.
81 started up to see how tn
battlefield looked and the fight wa
going on, he said, "but when
got here 1 found that an arms
tice had been signed"
The Salisbury representativ,
was rather envious of the guber
material candidates:
They're through with running
he observed, while I'm just start
ing on my campaign"
Vogler backed B%roughton al
through the gubernatorial primar.
and it's likely he hopes for SOM
help in that quarter in his rae
fer the Speakership.
Consensus is, however, tina
Broughton is much more likely t.
back Odus Null of Cleveland thar
he is to go to bat for Vogler-
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Null RESIGNS

SEELBY-0. NJ. Null resigned as
a member of the Shelby hospital
board of trustees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
REELECTED

HICKORY-Mayor Walker Lyer
lv has been reelected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06

MOSCOW, June 5.-CP-The Sow
let Russian government today agreed
to the appointment of Erik Labonne'
former resident general in Tun1cla'
as French ambassador to Moscow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06

The Department of Agriculture
has launched its annual campaign
against the japanese beetle, and
the curious looking traps they set
for the pests will soon be making
their appearance in many North
Carolina cities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06

Vogler backed Broughton all
through the gubernatorial primary
and it's likely he hopes for some
help in that quarter in his race
fer the Speakership.
Consensus is, however, that
Broughton is much nor likely to
back Odus Null of Cleveland than
he is to go to bat for Vogler-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
Blast DennoIishes
Powder Factory

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ground and windows were smashed
for hundreds of yards.
The structure was about 80 feet
square, and all commercial powder
produced at the Columbia plant
went through the mixer mill there.
A piece of metal in the mixer might
have caused spark and set off the
blast, it was indicated, although
officers emphasized they had no
definite idea OF the cause.
Telephone lines into the plant
were ripped out by the explosion
and it was some time before details
could be learned.
The time OF the explosion was Civ
en- as I'll am, when several clocks
in the neighborhood were stopped.
Persons living from 25 TO 80 miles
away telephoned newspapers and
radio stations asking where the
earthquake" was.
Lake Burien householders, on the
outskirts of Seattle, said they heard
the deep rumble rolling across the
valley.
Police and firemen from Tacoma
were dispatched TO the scene and
erected barricades to hold off scores
of curious.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
Police CIue.|ess
In Upper Murder

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results by Monday. That was in a
letter to Police Chief Ernie Cox
from Nell Carpenter of Pittville,
Calf
Miss Carpenter, evidently niece,
said she and other members of the
family were anxious to do all they
could, but would not oe able to come
to FL Centre. Police Monday check
ed this source further.
Another letter, found on Lows
person, indicated that he had money
in his possession, possibly as much
as S85. This gave officers basis for
placing the motive tentatively as
robbery.
So far no one has been able def
initely to recall seeing a man of
Lows description in or about El
Centre before he was found. He was
described as 81 or So years old, about
five feet eight inches tall, weigh
ing between 155 and 100 pounds.
His clothes were a checkered shirt,
;nackinaw coat. light gray hat OF
the stockman'S variety. brow n
checked pants and black leather
work shoes.
An inquest will be held Wednes-
day
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
Nazis Pour Into
Balkans as Hitler
Summons Leaders

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 2.
CUP)--Reports circulated today that
Bulgarian and Jugoslav officials
might go to Berlin soon; that some
of the highest German army officers
were going to Rumania; that tour
lists were flowing into Albania from
the north.
The idea that Germany was plan
ing to go to Italy's aid in the Greek
campaign, whether Benito MuSSo-
lini wanted help or not. and that
the Germans would take the short
and hard road down the Balkans to
Trace, was gaining credence here.
German quarters here dropped
cautious hints that Jugoslav and
Bulgarian officials might go to Ber-
lin this week. If they do, diplomats
here will get the impression that
Germany has won the tug of war
with Russia which has tried to steer
Bulgaria away from an alliance with
the Axis powers.
There were reports in diplomatic
circles that Marshal Wilhelm Keitel,
chief of the German supreme army
command, and several of his staff
officers, had gone to Rumania to
stop the internal disorders and in
spect German garrisons there This
was taken as an indication Ger
many intended to stabilize Rumania
and turn her attention elsewhere
The tourist traffic to Albania
WAS reDOrtp0 to have increased
steadily the past two weeks. Nation
alities of the tourists" were not
mentioned. It was said, however
that Turkey had advised Bulgaria
recently that the appearance in
Thrace, the region including eastern
Greece and western Turkey, of any
excessive number of German tour
lists now resting at Bulgarian Black
Sea resorts, would mean war.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
By BEN ANIES

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 2 CUP)-
Greek troops advanced at bayonet
point along the whole Albanian bat
tie front today as rain, fog and
snow bogged down Italy's war ma
chine and forced her troops into
hand-to-hand combat.
A war communique said the
Greeks had captured positions of
special Importance for future gen.
eral operations"
The capture of Pogradec, italian
base on the north front, on the
shore of Lake Ochrida, was the
major development of the weekend,
but reports from the southern front
said the Greeks had captured 200
more prisoners, many horses and
other war material and that the
Italians had rushed fresh troops to
cover their retreat in that area,
fearing a panic would develop.
Military experts here said the
Greek high command was making
the utmost use of the weather and
terrain to force the Italians into
hand-to-hand fights in which the
Greeks could use their favorite
weapon-the long bayonet. Almost
every front dispatch mentioned
bayonets, and reports from Pogra-
dec said the streets were Uttered
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
More Bodies Found
In Mine Explosion
AT Ohio Coal Pr

CADIZ. O.. Dec. 2.-CUPl-The
bodies of four more of the 81 miners
killed by an explosion in { h e
depth of the Nelms mine of the
Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA Coal COM
pany Friday were removed from
the workings today.
The total number cf bodies thus
far recovered sstood at 81 with
four more yet to be found. Twenty
two were reached yesterday and
one body was recovered Saturday.
All were brought up the mine shaft
and taken TO the company's black
smith shop where they were identi-
fled by relatives. In some cases
the bodies were so disfigured that
identification was difficult.
The diggerS had been working
steadily since the explosion Friday
evening. They had dug through
nearly 1900 feet of debris which
blocked the mine passages. but
still were unable to determine what
caused the explosion.
Officials of the United Min g
Workers union, CIO. affiliate. charg-
ed that the explosion could have
been avoided # the mine had had
adequate inspection. Company Of
ficials made no comment.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
Vessels Under
Fire in Sudden
German ONSLAUGHT

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pendence had greater bitterness to-
ward Germany been displayed by
the little nation.
Switzerland" said the newspa-
per, largely has its newspapers TO
thank that things have gone so far.
If they will not change this for
the sake of truth and journalistic
decency they should at least have
the intelligence to do So"
The Swiss press took note of the
attack, warning the public that sud-
deness of the Nazi campaign de
serves to be stressed. AT the same
time returns from a plebiScite held
yesterday showed that the Swiss
by vote of 10000 had rejected a
new plan for compulsory military
training Of Swiss youth.
Balkan reports revived talk of a
German or joint German-Italian
offensive in Greece and Albania
Budapest heard talk again of a
drive against Macedonia and Salo-
nika through Jugoslavia or Bulgaria
or both, and it was reported that
Jugoslav and Bulgarian represen-
tatives might go to Berlin shortly.
The arrival of many tourists
presumably German = in Albania
and in Bulgaria was rumored.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
British AirpIane
Center Wrecked

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 2. UPO-
German war fleets raideu this south
coast port for hours last night and
early today, causing casualties and
great damage to the business dis
trict.
1t was the second straight night
of intense attacks by German
bombers.
Southampton is a great airplane
factory center, where the famed
British Spitfire fighter planes are
made, as well as big port)
1t was estimated that 200 Ger
man bombers participated in the
attack on Southampton. Damage
included the wrecking of several
churches, a theater, four motion
picture houses, several banks, many
shops and houses and a hospital.
Numerous fires were started but
most of them were soon brought
under control.
The raiding planes, which show
NANl eiiS SAty Nioii
bombs in their first attack came
ever in relays to unload high ex,
ploSives, dashed back to France and
then apparently returned to the
attack.
Southampton had undergone a
terrific attack on Saturday night,
when hundreds were made homeless
and houses and stores were left in
smouldering ruins.
The damage done on Saturday
night was extended greatly on Sum
day night and there were many
additional homeless today. The des-
truction of bushes areas in the CEN
ter of the city temporarily threw
hundreds of persons out of work.
Military officials and police were
busy trying to straighten out traf-
fic in the middle of the city this
morning while Red Cross workers
Including Americans-and other
rescue squads labored tirelessly in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02

the ruins. The men in the rescue
squads had heavy stubble of boards
on their faces and appeared to
have been without rest for many
hours.
The strain of working all night
Saturday and then being forced to
resume rescue operations Sunday
night showed in the faces of hun
dreds Of workers. Mobile canteens
were constantly serving them tea
and coffee to help them keep 60
ing.
1T was hell but, you know, this
morning it doesn't look half as bad
as it felt last night" a policeman
said.
Many bodies were extricated from
the ruins, including some from pub
lie shelters hit Saturday night.
While the business center was the
main German objective, many
bombs fell in the suburbs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
Results Told on
propositions

SACRAMENTO, Dee. 2. up
Official results on three PROPOSE
tons in doubt since the November
5 election were announced today by
Secretary Of State Paul Peek. Final
figures on all propositions will be
available in a few days.
Proposition Nc. 3, giving the leg
lslature the right to revise the
penal system, carried by 994.1O1 to
991. .722, the closest margin on the
ballot.
No. 6, providing for judicial re-
view Of decisions by state board of
commissions, and similar to the
Logan-Walter act in congress. was
defeated by vote of 921.s32 to
907,7Sl.
No. II, authorizing legislative in
term committees, was carried by
vote Of 929.527 to s55.845.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
Mason Says Nazi
Bonbings Cannot
Overcome Britain
BY ]. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

1ntensification of indiscriminate
terror bombings of British cities is
causing considerable financial loss
to Great Britain, but is not weak
ening the British war effort to
any major extent. No diminution is
apparent in the strength of the
royal air force, whose humiliation
always has been the main objective
of the German air offensive.
BY confining their attacks so
largely to night visitations, the
Germans may be said to have "a
bandoned, at least for the present,
their attempts to gain mastery of
the air by destroying Britain's
aviation defenses. Only by day
light attacks, when targets are Wis
ible, would it be theoretically pos
sible to overWhelm British air power
There is no doubt that same Brit
ish war factories have been dam
aged by the night assaults, but at
the worst, from Britain's standpoint
the consequence can be scarcely
more than some delay of the time
when the royal air force reaches
or surpasses the numerical strength
of the Germans. The essential con-
tributing factor to the increasing
strength of Great Britain in the air
is the speed with which American
factories can produce planes.
This is more important than the
damage being done by night raids
on British cities. Night bombings,
at worst, demolish industrial plants
by accidental hits, since to tn e
invisibility of the target is added
the great height at which the
planes must fly to avoid anti-air-
carft fire.
Descriptions of the destruction
caused by bombing British cities.
which the British censorship allows
TO be cabled abroad, are relayed
to Germany. They undoubtedly
stimulate expectations of victory
and probably add confidence TO
the German aviatorS.
But if the results of the bombings
are examined realistically instead
of emotionally. the consequences
become far less disquieting. The
maximum damage measured by area
was done at Coventry.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-02
It's Payday for
CavaIryT1len Here;
$4,000 Given Out

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who had developed sufficiently are
raised to $50. Beyond this point,
extra pay is determined on rank
and class.
Specialists (skilled workmen such
as mechanics) receive extra pay ac-
cording to class. Specialists Of the
sixth class receive SO extra a month.
fifth class Sc extra, fourth class SIS,
third class $40, second class S25 and
first class $50
Corporals receive s54 a month,
Sergeants $50, staff sergeants s72,
technical sergeants S84 and Master
sergeants S126. Clothes and rations
of Al cents a day are handled by
the army.
The enlisted mems payroll was
set at $4,000 and the officers at
$4,000.
Military police and city author
tiles looked forward to an eventful
evening.