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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
BODY RECOVERED

GOLDSBORO, July 27-R-The
body of Milton Evans, ~21-year-old
farmer, who drowned in Neuse
river yesterday, was recovered to-
day by Deputy Sheriff L. R. Cobb.
Cobb said Evans had gone into the
river in an effort to escape the
heat.
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WAY OPENED

MOSCOW-The Rumanian minis
try of foreign affairs has assured
the Soviet foreign office that no
further obstacles would be placed
In the way of B~essarabians wish
ing to move from Rumania into
the territory recently surrendered
to Soviet Russia, it was announced
today.
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GINNERS

RALEIGH, July 27.-P)-Approx-
imately 300 persons are expected to
attend the first annual convention
of the North Carolina Ginners associ-
alton here Wednesday,, President
Clarence A. Johnson said today.
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ASTONISHED

BERLIN-German officials said
today they were astonished that
the Dutch Hilversum radio had
broadcast yesterday the report of
a peace mediation appeal to Presi-
dent Roosevelt on behalf of "The
Netherlands Committee for Organi-
zation of an International Peace
Conference at the Hague"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
CURFEW

LONDON-A curfew from n
one after sunset to one hour be-
fore sunrise was imposed as a de-
tense regulation on Britain's east
coastal area today. 1t already is
barred to all civilians except per-
manent residents.
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SHORTAGE

AMSTERDAM - Twelve million
laying hens, or about two-thirds
of The Netherlands stock, will be
slaughtered before Sept. Is be-
cause of a shortage of chicken
feed, it was announced today.
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BOMBLETS

VICHY-French anti-aircraft bat
terles fired on a British plane
dropping propaganda phamphlets
over Vichy Friday night and drove
the flier away. The plane took ad-
vantage of a thick fog to approach
this provisional capital.
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I

MOSCOW-Pravda, the commun-
list party organ, declared today that
the United States is Selling on the
Pan-American conference at Ha-,
vana as an opportunity to apply
economic pressure on the weaker
American nations,
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SUEZ CANAL

Observation-Disclosures control
of the Suez canal in order to solve
the difficult position arising from
french defeat vas urged by the
influential Cairo newspaper AL
Wfad Elmisri today.
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HAMPTON THORPE
IS FOUND GUILTY
Continued From Page One)

,,o, laws held together with
wire, the girl told of being picked
IN bv Thorpe and a companion
r r. Thorpe, at a filling station
and refreshment establishment
near Myrtle Beach known as Silver
dollar Number 2.
From there, she said, they went
IN another filing station and that
after leaving there Thorpe refused
ia allow her to leave the car,
catching her once when she at
tempted to do SO and slapping her.
He carried a gun, she said, and
she was afraid to make any outcry
or seek help of passersby.
Later, she testified, he brought
her to New Hanover county where
thew were registered as man and
wife at the Roosevelt Gardens at
the intersection of the Castle
Hayne road and the airport road.
There, she said, he made ad-
vances which she repulsed and he
beat and choked her, stuffing tow
els IN her mouth.
He left her there, she said, and
the next morning M. L. Harris, OPP
orator of Roosevelt Gardens came
into the cabin in which she had
spent the night and gave her five
pennies and told her to catch a
bus to Wilmington.
She began to walk toward the
city, she said, when a man en-
ployed by Harris came up in his
automobile and brought her into
Wilmington, warned h n against
taking out a warrant against
Thorpe, and then took her across
the Cape Fear river bridge and
put her out.
The defense admitted the man
struck the woman but claimed she
had attempted to steal $40 from
him and that at no time had Thorpe
forced the woman to accompany
him on the trip. Defense counsel
attempted to establish that the es-
Enlistment where the girl was
picked up was a place of prosti-
tuition but the girl said that where
as girls working there might go
out with men, they never accepted
any money from them.
Why NJ of them even had a
husband she said, and he sup
ported her"
But you didn't have a hus-
band defense counsel said.
mo, but I got three dollars out
OF the plcolo every Saturday, and
we got ten cents for every bottle
OF beer we sold and a nickle for
SOFT drinks. We charged Is cents
Tor beer and ten cents for drinks.
BESIDES she said, Il had a
leila in Florence and he used to
Sena me money every week."
One said she had been married
ana mat she had a young child
winch is being kept by her sisters
husbands cousin.
ilofpe was arrested in Durham
ouly II by federal agents a n d
tnafged with transporting the girl
ron South Carolina into North
0d5ollna Tor immoral purposes.
ne viii be tried in October in
suefal district court here on a
saarse of violating the Mann
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LONG HOP

MOSCOW - A three-man Soviet
crew took off from Khabarovsk, in
the Far East, in a twin-motored
plane christened ukraine" today
on a projected 4,000-mile nonstop
flight to Lwow CLemberg) in Rus
sian-occupied Poland.
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REPRISAL

BUCHAREST-British authorities
at Port said were reported to be
"forciby holding three Rumanian
ships today as a reprisal against
confiscation of British oil interests
in Rumania.
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Cable Briefs
(By the Associated Press)

LA PAZ, Bolivia - One person
was killed and several wounded
last night in a clash between
Leftiest and Falangists (fascists)
in which machine guns, pistols and
stones were used. Six persons were
arrested.
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FARM AND HOME

RALEIGH, July 27.-R-N. C.
State college officials are preparing
for hot weather during the 37th an
Farm and Home Week which
will start Monday and continue
through Friday.
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SUBSTITUTION

BERLIN-The German wireless
reported from Riga today that the
new Latvian minister of education
mas decreed Russian instead of
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% LOST

MISUNDERSTANDING men were
lost on the two British trawlers
sunk this week by enemy air at
tacks, the admiralty announced o.
day.
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WEATHER
Continued From Page One)

WASHINGTON, July q. - Up -
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending s
p. M. in the principal cotton-growing
areas and elsewhere:
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LUXEMBOURG

BERLIN-Appointment of Gustav
Simon, district Nazi leader of the
Coblenz = Trier district, as Ger
many's civil commissioner for
Luxembourg, was announced to.
night.
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Stickleback fish can be trans
fered from fresh water to trans
water without suffering ill eff
fectS,
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English shall be taught as a Sec
ond language in lower and middle
schools.
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RUSSIA BUILDING
HUGE SEA FORCE
Continued From Page One)

large and small torpedo cutters
included.
"In $780," he added, I'VE will get
168-that is a so per cent increase.
IF you consider the tonnage in
1889 as 100 per cent, in 1910 the
tonnage will be 200 per cent e.
u increase is not made at the
expense of small ships but has in
volved large surface ships"
He said submarine production
this year was three times that of
1899.
Speaking in a broadcast on the
eve of the Soviet unions observ-
ance' of navy day, the commissar
drew comparisons between the
German and British navies.
England" he said, cannot
fully guarantee herself by a strong
navy only, with a less developed
air force and land army.
"Only the presence of strongly
developed navy, army and avia-
ton can guarantee the security of
a country"
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James Fighting Ships, authorita-
tive naval works, says that very
little reliable information is OBJ
tainable" about the Russian navy,
but everything goes to suggest
that shipbuilding still proceeds at
a very slow rate"
Admittedly far from complete,
James pre-war tabulation lists
three known Soviet battleships,
one aircraft carrier, five cruisers,
approximately 30 destroyers and
approximately $50 submarines.
James United States fleet tabula-
ton of the same date is IS battle
ships, five aircraft carriers, 10
heavy cruisers, II other cruisers,
215 destroyers and 81 submarines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

More than $50, 900 miles of inn
proved roads make up the high
way system of the United States.
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FOURTH FLOOR
Strong canvas and novelty WOW
en- hammock in a variety of col
r and patterns. Comfortable
essential for lawn, porch or
picnic pleasure! Special.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

Handsome combination slack
suits for boys at a special
close-out price. Striped and
contrasting shirts and full
cut, colorful Stacks. Per-
fectly tailored by Jack Tar!
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girl, with whom he would 80 often
be seen on the voyage, were even
acquainted with one another, much
less together. The man came aboard
fully IS minutes before the girl and
he came with a minimum Of con-
fusion, attracting little attention.
The girl, however, was in something
of state. She was beautifully
dressed, but her hair was in slight
confusion. She had a great num-
Der Of bags, and they had apparently
not been fully attended to before
hand, and she had to spend time
herding them into the care of one
attendant. Then, just before she
came aboard, a telegram was de-
livered to her and after hastily read
ing it she was seen to stamp a small
foot and utter what might have
been an expletive.
She seemed to hesitate a moment
and then to make sudden decision.
She turned to the attendant and
told him to stop standing there like
an IDIOT and to take her bags aboard.
Then she tossed her head angrily,
glared at the people whose atten-
ton was riveted on her and marched
up the gangplank.
In her stateroom Phyllis super
vised the placing Of her luggage,
tipped the attendant and told the
maid to come back later. Then she
sat on the edge Of the bed and took
out the telegram which she had
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do those things is Just pack up and
do them, but"
why, sure" Dick laughed, you're
in town to do some shopping; why
not just buy a lot of shipboard
clothes and come along?"
Ada Seconds Bid.
Ada laughed gurglingly, her eyes
dancing all around Dicks face
why, sure, why don't you, Phyllis?'
she said. "Oh, I just love people
that do things on the spur Of the
moment like that. I'd love to dc
them myself, but I don't guess
ever could" She was apparently
trying'to get the idea over for Dick
that she really did have a lot OF
gumption, If only circumstances, OF
some one, would just come along
and get 1t into action.
When Phyllis suddenly lifted her
wrist to look at her watch, Dicks
face turned from healthy, rudy
color to q near-white. He laid his
cocktail fork down carefully and
coughed into his napkin. Mrs. Bur-
wick and her daughter kept on eat
ing. wagging their heads still in the
aftermath of the joke-or what they
had considered joke. But they,
too, changed their expressions when
Phyllis took a last, hasty fork full
OF shrimp, swallowed it quickly and
rose from the table.
She picked up her purse and
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think I ever d." she said to herself,
I'll make that fool squirm and cry
for mercy"
Getting the invitation was easier
than Phyllis had expected. When
she called Dick Wieland at his office
a few minutes after leaving Algae,
he told her that he was meeting Ada
and Mrs. Burwick for lunch at l
o'clock. I'D like to join you, Dickie, +"
Phyllis said, IF it wouldn't be en-
barrassing, or anything"
Dick hadn't answered Immediately,
but his mannerly training finally
asserted itself. why, of course,
Phyllis. We'd love to have YOU"
I'D so like to see you before YOU
sail, Dick, I just found out about it
this morning, and since I was in
town shopping any way I thought
ia like to wish you bon voyage
and all that. And I've never met
Ada, you know. I hear she's awfully
cute, Dickie."
Before such an onslaught of goo
as that, Phyllis knew Dick would be
helpless, and he was. At l o'clock
they were all together at lunch.
"Oh, I think you're all the luckiest
people" Phyllis said over her shrimp
cocktail. Just imagine! A cruise
Tor whole, wonderful month-.and
to such lovely places. I've always
wanted to see South America, but I
don't know when I'll ever be able to
go. suppose the only way to really
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CHAPTER III.


Algae's suggestion, much as Phyllis
disliked the source from which it
came, appealed to her. She could
wire her uncle some time late in
the day and say that she was going
on cruise with the Burwicks-the
T. Oliver Burwicks-and would be
back in month or so. It would
sound perfectly ridiculous, of course,
to leave on an extended trip without
preparation or warning of any kind,
but under the circumstances there
was no alternative.
That's not bad idea," she said
patronizingly. And if I send the
wire late enough Uncle Mike won't
be able to do anything to spoil the
plans. Yes, I think it will work"
1t was then but a little after 10
O'Clock and within an hour they
were at the ticket Office arranging
passage on the Georgia. To avoid
arousing any ones curiosity, Phyllis
had given Algae a check for his
passage and waited for him while he
cashed it at the bank. Then they
had proceeded to the ticket Office.
In short order passage was ar
ranged, but when the clerk casually
mentioned passports Phyllis knew a
moment of panic. She had COM
pletely forgotten that all-important
detail. CHANGING across the room
to where Algae was studying the
deck plans and discussing accom-
modations with another clerk, she
saw him wave finger fanwise, ap-
parently indicating not to worry.
THAT will be in order this AFTER
noon" she told the clerk, and taking
out her checkbook she wrote another
check for the amount of her passage.
She slipped the ticket into her
purse and went out. Halfway down
the block she stood and waited for
Algae.
Algae on the Job.
At last he appeared, but before
Phyllis could demand an explana-
ton of his delay he said, If you
don't assert yourself with those lads
they'll give you the rooms nobody
else would take. Where is your
cabin?"
"317, on c deck. There were only
q couple of good ones left, and got
one of them"
Algae jerked his head in a gesture
Of annoyance. You were robbed
but it's too late to do anything about
it now. When he told me about the
two last good ones I told him to
forget the whole thing and that I'd
go to Florida instead. Then he
broke down and gave me a cabin on
A deck with windows instead of
portfolios and right in the middle of
the ship. Now then, about your
passport. You forgot to bring it?
Or don't you have one at all?"
Phyllis stared at him. She didn't
care for his snugness and the
thought of him having q better
cabin than hers ranked. Wen ex-
change cabins when we go aboard"
she said coldly. And I do have a
passport, but I left it home. What
bright suggestion can you make
about that?"
How old is it?" Algae ignored her
sarcasm.
Il got it last year when I went
to Europe. And what about you?
Do you have one? suppose not"
Algae laughed briefly. II suppose
you're wrong, begging your pardon.
I got one last year when 1-when I
took case to Cuba. Let's see-I
think can get you a duplicate if
you'll tell the officials that yours was
destroyed by fire or something"
And how will you go about doing
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F.. :. dangerous Voyage B, p.,!;!s Me,ss,

The story thus far: Phyllis O'Brien.
be1ntiful and headstrong young niece
and ward of Michael O'Brien, leaves
their Connecticut estate early one
Accustomed to being thwarted in any
thing. she is burning with indignation
over the fact that Dick Wieland. with
is due to sail that evening on a South
American cruise with Ada Burwick.
New York socialite, and her mother.
Determined that Ada. whom she doesn't
know but thoroughly hates. shall not
have Dick. she makes hasty and spec
tacular plans to regain his affection.
First. she hires q man named Algae,
whom she finds in an escort bureau to
love with her
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Trial of a man charged with steal
ing meat in Frankfort, Orange Free
States, was interrupted when a dog
stole into the courtroom and started
out with the evidence, but was cor
nered by policemen and witnesses.
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that?" They were walking along at q
brisk pace, and Phyllis suspected
that Algae was quietly amused at
her efforts to keep apace of him.
oh" he replied lightly, I'VE make
lot of connections in this profess
sion and sometimes they come in
handy. You run along now and dc
what you have to do and meet me
at the Waldorf at, say 2:30.
Phyllis stopped abruptly and
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stuffed into her purse. She read
1t again, and the rereading made
her no happier.
II forbid you to co." 1t read. "Call.
me long distance Immediately. Mi
chael O'Brien."
Nuts" said Phyllis ungraciously,
but she didn't feel nearly as flip
pant as the expression indicated.
Michail O'Brien was not the man
to take such disobedience lying
down. He would surely do some
thing, but what it was he would
do, Phyllis couldn't imagine. OF one
thing she was sure, and that was
that after the boat sailed he would
not be able to do anything drastic
until she returned. And during that
time she expected to change her
station in life. She would return as
Mrs. Richard Wieland, and as such
would not be subject too Michael's
wrath.
Copyright, 1910. Chicago Daily News. Inc
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stamped her foot. Her face was
white and her eyes flashed with
anger. Run along, indeed. Just who
do you think you are, anyway? I
want you to understand right here
and now that I'm the boss, not you!
I'll tell you what to do and you'll do
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it-and I'll do whatever I please
You-you-"
Unperturbed by this outburst, AL
gae, glancing at his wrist watch
"You have two hours and As min
utes." he said, land you'll want to
eat during that time, so we'd better
hurry" He tipped his hat and
turned away, hesitating only to call
back, "the Waldorf at $50" Then
he was gone, his broad shoulders
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swinging in easy rhythm to his long
stride.
For long moment PHYLLIS
watched him with narrowed eyes.
Her soft red lips were drawn into an
unfamiliar hard line and her Jaw
was clenched tightly. IF It's the last
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Tomorrow: Algae and Ada make
q disturbing scene in the presence
Of Dick and Phyllis.
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gloves and showed her chair back
in place so that she could dramati-
cally lean against it for her an
nouncement. Then she made her
eyes twinkle and glanced mischie-
vously from one face to another. II
think I'll just do it," she said. II
just think will! Oh, wouldn't it
be fun?"
Dick had recovered his voice.
"You are-ah, serious, Phyllis?"
Mrs. Burwick and Ada exclaimed
together: "You mean you really"
And Phyllis smoothly ignored the
note in all their voices that might
have meant they hoped she didn't
mean it, and accepted their surprise
as mere establishment. "Of counsel"
she said gaily. why not? A per-
son only lives once-oh, we'll just
have a picnic!" She put her small
hand to her lips In an effective ges-
ture of tingling excitement. "Poor
Uncle Mike-oh, Dickie, he'll just
die!" She turned then and ran, or
almost ran from the room, a few
delicate giggles trailing from her
lips on the way.
X X X X
The passengers who lined the rails
of the Georgia watching late-comers
as they swarn1ed up the gangplank
could never have suspected that the
tall, good-looking young man, whom
they would come to know as Algae,
and the strikingly beautiful young
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
OLD MAID"

LOVELY, KY, March 6.-R
Its leap year and "Aunt Bid
dy" Webb is the claimant of a
new title.
Happy, serene and SO she
claims she's the oldest old
maid' of eastern Kentucky.
Marriage certainly isn't nec-
essary for happiness" she says;
and she knows because she's
lived alone almost IS years and
liked it.
Miss Webb resides with a
niece, Mrs. lola Parsley, now,
and spends the greater part of
her time keeping track of the
genealogical records of the Webb
family.
Death and births are entered
carefully in the big family Bible
which she says has been in the
family for 125 years.
Each event written here brings
to mind a lot of memories" she
murmured as she thumbed the
pages.
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ed today by an explosion in the Vul.
can powder factory near here. De.
tails were not immediately avail
able.
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Maxine Elliott Passes
AtHer Riuierc Chateau

CANNES, France, March 6.-CR)
The career of Maxine Elliott, 81,
stage star of two continents who
became a leader of International So
ciety, ended last night IN death at
her Riviera chateau.
Messages of coincidence came to-
night to the Juan Les Pins chateau
from royalty, statesmen and COM
moners who had been her guests.
Her sister, Lady Forbes-Robertson,
was enroute from England to make
funeral arrangements.
Miss Elliott retired from the
stage in 1920 to become one of
European society's outstanding hos
tesses, entertaining such guests as
the Duke of Windsor. who echoed
the admiration of his grandfather,
Edward VII, Winston Churchill and
David Lloyd George.
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WORKMEN KILLED
BRESCIA, Italy, March 6-P)-
Thirty workmen were reported kill
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Rites For Mrs. Toon
Will Be Held Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Toon, widow of Luther loon,
who died in Leigh Memorial nos
pital in Norfolk, Va, yesterday
morning at 8 o'clock after a snort
illness, will be held from the nome
of her sister, Mrs. w. F. Register,
1910 Ann street, Friday afternoon
at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. Mortimer Glover, rec
tor of st. James Episcopal church,
will conduct the services. Inter-
ment will follow in Oakdale GENE
terry.
The body will arrive in Will
mington this morning at S:l5
o'clock.
She a a member of st. James
Episcopal church but had made her
home in Norfolk with her daughter,
Mrs. L. K. Morrison, for the past
two years.
Mrs. Toon is survived by Mrs
Morrison, of Norfolk, a son, J. Lu-
Their Toon, of Little Rock, Ark, q
sister, Mrs. Register; and a grand
daughter, Elizabeth Y. Morrison, o.
Norfolk.