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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

grounds which include ten well-con.
structed and screened cabins for
sleeping purposes. Each cabin is fur
nished with individual hunks with
coil springs and heavy mattresses,
There are individual lockers for
each camper to keep his personal be.
longings in. A large dining hall and
kitchen, two bath houses with hot
and cold showers, a craft shop, and
a health lodge are other buildings on
the premises.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
New Zoo Additions
Announced By Wade

Two new additions to the Green
field zoo were made this week, Com
missioner J. E. l.. Wade reported
yesterday.
Trouble" a doe, was presented
to the zoo the first of the week
and today Commissioner Wade nam
ed the animal more Trouble"
Mamie, one of the much admired
coons of the zoo, was visited by the
stork Thursday, the commissioner
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
HURLEY VISITS F. r.

WASHINGTON, June z. - B -
Patrick j. Hurley, secretary of war
in the last republican administra-
ton, called on President Roosevelt
today and said afterward that ma
tional defense could not be a parti-
san issue. There is one thing on
which we are all together" Hurley
said, "the defense of our national ex-
istence."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Mixup

Muskrats are not rats. ~,
though they close1V p'S' and, al,
beavers, they are aIiiod FeSem0ls
u cfSso mice. Their trus are % IN r3e''
marsh rabbit, Hudson SEA-, sod as
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
SATURDAY, JUNE : ~.
VACATIONS suspp>n

lgb pnRI I;n lynne 7-7-T5saO e.,
r 1eouf mln1stry tonight sus Sss9cs
en- vacations with pay f a1d be CIV
off every two weeks KS T Tno Z day
at Versailles We're sen nngee oea
two to three years in T'I Ten L
abandoning Jobs. prison ID,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

Since its beginning 1889, there
have been II chief justices of the
U. S. Supreme Court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Changes In Waterway
Lights Are Announced

w. G. Wallace, commanding the
coast guard base at Charleston,
S. c., yesterday issued notice to
mariners regarding changes in the
beacon lights in the Intracoastal
waterway in this section.
Cape Fear-Little river light 1 was
rebuilt on June 4, 16 yards and 100
degrees from its former position.
The light is now ITO feet from cen-
ter line of dredged channel.
Cape Fear-Little river beacons 3
and 5 were temporarily discontin-
ued on June 4 to facilitate dredg-
ing. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

The U. S.. Japanese and Rus
sian %airforces are part of the
army; British, French, German
and Italian airforces are separate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
kehLa4ux
COURT REPORTER
Decision in the Strange Case OF
"PLEASE COME TO MY
FUNERAL"
Continued from Page Eight

THE And
in one of the most peculiar cases in
legal history, the Supreme Judicial
Court of the State of Massachusetts,,
decided in favor of John Hill.
The old man of the sea" was
first given the verdict in one of the
lower courts, but it was necessary
to take the case all the way before
the family of Fanny Faulkner was
willing to recognize the old sea-
mans claims.
Claims And what strange claims
they were! No paper, no document
of any kind! Not the merest semb-
lance of a contract! Just "a promise
for a promise" and it was this
verdict of a lower court jury that
was upheld by the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts,!
The record was not voluminous.
1t took less than a page to tell of a
woman's love for a man who was
man enough to declare that his
heart belonged to the sea-"
The years passed and then, the
tragic death of Fanny Faulkner.
John Hill was old, too old for the
sea! He was back home, penniless,
broken and hungry.
So there's the story, strange but
real. "a promise for a promise" and
twelve men decided it was so!
This is taken from a true story.
Reference of citation may be had bv
sending a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to "Bela Lanan-Court
Reporter"
Starting Next Week
THE STRANGE CASE OF
1.-THE WHIPPING ON
BADGER CREEK"
Don't Miss It-Follow 1t Daily In
This Newspaper.
Trade Mark Registered; U. s. Patent Office.
World Rights Reserved by Garlic Crutcher.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11

Bardia. Tobruk and Derna. The
material damage to military
detectives was considerable. Alto
gether Is persons were killed and 81
injured.
IAN enemy plane was hit and fell
into the sea. Three officers of an
other plane shot down during one OF
the actions mentioned in yesterday g
bulletin were captured.
In East Africa, English planes
dropped bombs on Kassala, wound
ing three. One plane was shot
down by our chasers. OF its crew,
two are dead and one was taken
prisoner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
Oven Makes Warm Bed

A tramp In South Africa has
solved the cold-bed problem. He
sleeps in the ovens of stoves in the
yards of farm houses after baking
days. The man was caught asleep
in a warm oven near Bronkhorst-
spruit and permitted to slumber on.
When he awoke, grey with ashes, he
was offered a bath and a meal, but
accepted only the meal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
COMMUNICATES Of Warning Governments
italian

italian
ROME. Sept. II (P.-FolloU-
ing is the conmunique OF the
italian high command issued to-
day:
Our air attachments carried out
repeated raids in the zones of Salum
Sidi Barrani and Mersa Matruh
Egypt, bombarding, scatter bomb
ing and notwithstanding works
mechanical equipment and troops
THE damage seen was consider
able.
Two enemy pursuit planes were
shot down in combat by our bomb
ers and two others probably were
shot down. Two of our planes are
missing.
THE enemy made air raids on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
| British

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. ff.-FoIlotDtng
are communtques issued by Brit
ish ministries today:
During last night enemy aircraft
delivered a further succession of
bombing attacks on London. Bombs
were also dropped at random in
many places in the suburbs and sur
rounding districts.
In London fires were caused In
warehouses and factories on the
riverside and in the city.
Some damage was also done in
many other parts of London, but
preliminary reports indicate that
this Is less severe and that the cas-
ualtieS are considerably lighter than
on the preceding nights.
"A fuller statement will be made
in due course.
Bombs were also dropped during
the night In South Wales, the Bris-
tol Channel area and West ard East
England.
only slight damage and a very
small number of casualties are re-
ported from these areas.
Our fighters shot down another
senemy @bomber yesterday. making
two for the day"
"The Potsdam station in the heart
of Berlin was repeatedly hit with
heavy bombs and several hundred
ihcendiaries when the r. A. z, again
raided the German capital last
night. The Potsdam station is one
of Berlin's main ternini, handling
traffic for Magdeburg and South
west Germany.
Typical OF present r. A. F. bomb
ing operations, last nights raid was
made by force of bombers which
delivered the attack with great pre-
cision. Although there was ground
haze over parts of the city. the air
craft located the station and at II AS
began their attack.
The pilots of all the machines
engaged claimed direct hits on the
station and its yards. Several of
them made glide attacks through
the anti-aircraft barrage. AS show
ers of incendiaries followed the
heavy bombs, fires broke out. One
fire was particularly large and sew
eral smaller ones were seen. The
raiders left for home after releasing
all their bombs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
Resorts Expect Visitors

War zone regulations having been
abolished in the French departments
on the Alpine frontier and Corsica,
coast resorts from Marseilles to
Mentone expect many visitors this
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
Most Powerful Tuu

Equipped with paravanes, the
worlds most powerful tug, the
Dutch vessel Zwarte Zee was recent
ly reported on the high seas con-
voying four large Dutch passenger
and cargo steamers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
Weiqhty Fire Precoution

Ten thousand tons of water can
be pumped every minute through
a new water main which will aug
ment London's water supply for
emergency fire fighting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
RothschiId Wus Broke

When M. Eugene de Rothschild, a
member of the banking family, ar
rived among refugees at San Sebas-
tan from France he had less than
| cent in cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-11
German


BERLIN, Sept. II F.-The
German high command issued the
tollotutng con,n,unique today:
THE enemy last night dropped
bombs at various places in Northern
France. Belgium and Northern Ger
many which caused but little dam
age.
Some enemy planes succeeded
in penetrating Berlin, unloading
bombs. At numerous places in resi-
dental and business sections fires
started.
Two hospitals were hit in the
center of the city. In the diplo-
matte section a number of streets
had to be evacuated temporarily be-
cause of the danger of houses col
lapsing.
"One bomb hit the Reichstag
Building, another the Academy of
Arts.
Five civilians were killed and
several injured.
Quick action by the air raids
precautions prevented numerous in
cendiary bombs from causing big
ger damage.
War. essential industries in the
city ana port OF Ebndon again n ERE
the most important targets of the
German retaliatory raids.
Numerous fires were added to
the previous ones. Other war es-
sential targets, especially port ia,
cilities, airports and industrial plants
in the southeastern part of the Brit
ish Isle were bombarded
"One fighting plane sank an 5000
ton merchantmen in a British con-
voy south of the Hebrides Islands.
During the actions against Eng
land three of our own planes were
lost.
"Anti-aircraft bagged one British
plane attacking Berlin and our night
chasers got another.
Naval artillery on the English)
Channel coast shot down four ad-
ditiOnal enenv planes
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Cairo Command

CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. II (P.-
The tert OF a British communiQue
issued today tollolDS:
PALESTINE. Yesterday after
noon, enemy aircraft raided Tel
Aviv and the adjoining area. Bombs
were dropped indiscriminately far
from any possible military objective
In Tel Aviv, a number of houses
we're destroyed and some fires
started, which were quickly got I'M
der control. Over so civilians were
killed, including five Arab children
'EGYPT.-Yesterday, Matruh was
raided by enemy aircraft causing
slight damage and no casualties.
''KENYA-One of our patrols had
a successful encounter with a party
of Banda (native troops at Katulo
in the northern frontier district.
"SUDAN.-Quiet in all sections"
Evening star., 1940-12-08

mansion, and the big New York
house (once the property of an old
Dutch family from which he used
periodically to paint little old New
York bright red.
Came Over on Grand Tour.
Then one day, he threw over the
life of a playboy and came and
strapped on his pack along with us.
His explanation was typical of the
man. He said he had been on the
point Of making the grand tour"
of Europe by means of the family
yacht. The war put it out of the
question, so he came over to make
the grand tour" in a r. A. F.
bomber
We were a bit cynical at first!
But before a couple of weeks we had
to take our hats off to that boy.
He was 100 per cent all right
a hog for work, smart, keen, a
superb flyer. His adventures would
make a book, guess. I can tell
you little about one of them.
The bomber is getting ready for
the job. There she stands, cleaning
in drizzling rain, with her tapered
wings, with square-cut tips, her
extra-tall fin, and the big bumped
motor nascalles housing more than
1000 Rolls-Roycs horses. Her crew
Evening star., 1940-12-08
| New Concerto
| Booers Reproved
By Stokowski
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7.-Con.
ductor Leopold Stokowski inter.
rupted an Academy of Music con-
cert tonight to rebuke sharply mem
bers of the audience who had booed
or walked out during the playing
of Arnold Schoenberg's new mod
ernistic violin concerto.
Its foolish, narrow and un-
sportsmanlike blunder to act this
way" the silver-haired maestro be-
gan. why not give the piece a
chance? Schoenberg is one of our
greatest living musicians. He is an
extreme individualist. Why don't
you give his music a fair chance?
That's American"
The Commute concerto. using II
tones instead of eight and avoiding
clear-cut melody and resolved
chords, brought few scattered boos
and Kisses followed by some ap-
plause. The first few notes of Violin
Soloist Louis Kramer, accompanied
by the Philadelphia Orchestra. re-
suited in half dozen persons leav-
ing the auditorium.
The concerto was given its worlds
premiere by Stokowski here yester-
day. Several in the audience left
during the performance.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

Of four, under the Yankee lads
command, are getting aboard. Out
in the rain stand nine other
machines.
They're off! The pilot sets his
course by compass, checks up more
than a score of instruments on mis-
panel, allows for wind-drift and all
sorts of things The dark shapes
beat steadily and powerfully up
the heavens at height of about
$4,000 feet, and then level out.
No two raiders are to approach
the objective at the same time
each has its entry and exit timed
like characters on the stage. The
squadron divides up and follows
separate lines of approach to con-
fuse the defending gunners.
Belgian Fields Below.
Infinitely below are the Belgian
fields over which the battle of
Flanders rolled a few months back;
but we cannot see them, or catch
any glance of smashed cathedrals,
blackened spires, gaping roofs or
tottering walls.
And now we 60 down at last and
mark time" for a few minutes.
We plot the silent searchlights
raking the sky. Ahead there Is the
great marshallins yard at Wesel,
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Cloudy Skies,
But Dry Field,
| Seen for Game

Overcast skies. with little possibil-
ity of rain, were forecast for the
Redskin- Bears football game today
Cloudiness and colder today. with
moderate north and northwest winds,
was the official prediction. On the
basis of yesterdays highest tempera-
ture, which the Weather Bureau said
was 81 degrees at l pm, blankets
will be in order at Griffith Stadium.
for the temperature drops quickly in
id-afternoon.
Last nights slight rain, not enough
to be recorded on Weather Bureau
instruments, probably will not affect
the playing condition of the field this
afternoon. For further details on
game, see sports SectionD
Evening star., 1940-12-08
New Committee Urues
Sending Food 10 Save
Europe From Famine
Hoover Plan for Feeding
Conquered Peoples Hit
By Women Leaders

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. IA National
Committee on Food for the Five
Small Democracies. with former
President Hoover as honorary chair
man. was formed in order to save
millions" from the inevitable famine
and pestilence which confronts
them"
Coincidentally, opposition to the
Hoover plan for feeding conquered
populations in Europe" came from
"25 outstanding women" who said in
a statement that Americas own ma
tional security would be endangered
by any action making easier "Hitler's
task in holding the small conquered
nations in subjection."
Among those listed as signers
were Helen Hayes, actress: Margaret
Culkin Banning, author; Marion Ed
wards Park. president of Bryn Mawr
College; Mrs. Sherwood Anderson,
wife of the author; Alice Duer Mil
Ter, author. and C. Mildred Thomp-
son. dean of Vassar College.
Listed as members of the National
Food Committee were former Vice
President Dawes and several cab
met members in the Hoover admin
istration; Gen. John j. Pershing,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, former gov
(See FOOD, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1940-12-08

To see any of the films young:
ster needs only bring new toy
to the Warner Bros theater where
his favorite star will be shown. A
new toy will also admit adults
All the toys brought TO the
theaters on TOY matinee" day will
go to fill the stockings of the chill
dren who otherwise would have
empty stockings on Christmas
morning.
TheaterS Listed.
If you want to play Santa Claus
and see good show. too, take your
toy to any one of these theaters
Saturday:
Ambassador, Eighteenth street
and Columbia road NV: Freddie
Bartholomew, Thomas Mitchell,
Edna Best in the R-K-O production.
Swiss Family Robinson"
Avalon, 56l2 Connecticut avenue
NV: Russell Hayden in the Para
mount picture, knights of the
Range"
Beverly, Fifteenth and E streets
NE: Marx Brothers in Metro
(See CHRISTMAS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-12-08

near Essen, where railway and road
systems converge.
We go doWn-down-and there,
smaller than toys, looking like
minute f1eas on hairy hogs back,
are crawling trains and the
man on the floor in front lies prone,
his teeth showing in snarl as he
stares along the bomb-sights.
Two hundred-fifteen hundred"
says the pilot, laconically looking
into his telephone. The bomb
aimer repeats mechanically. know
ing that 200 m.ph. is the speed and
1,500 feet the height at which he
must ''let CO."
There is an astounded "woomph"
from the first gun below as they
realize something has arrived over
head. The pilot moves the stick
shade and the bomb-aimer grunts
ecstatically as the machine flattens
out as perfectly as in maneuvers for
an ideal bombing approach. From
over to port there are white stabs
of gunfire and the ears shudder
and the brain rocks at the noise as
50O-pound bomb goes down and
instantly sends up crater of flash
ing fire.
TOO early-sorry-I'm a bloody
(see FLYER. Page A-70
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Traffic Claims Three
Dead; Two Victims
Were Pedestrians
Man Killed in Arlington,
Other Fatalities Are
In Nearby Maryland

Three men, two Of them pedes-
trians. were fatally injured by auto
mobiles in nearby Maryland and
Virginia last night.
Harry NJ. Cook. 50, of 4806 Gull
ford road, College Park, Md was
struck by a car while crossing the
Baltimore boulevard in Riverdale.
He had made a purchase at
store on the west side of the boule-
ward and was crossing to rejoin
his son-in-law. H. s. Cole of 1920
Tenth street NE. who was waiting
in his car on the east side of the
highway.
A northbounG machine struck Mr.
Cook and fractured both legs and his
skull and injured him internally
The Bladensburg Rescue Squad
took him to Emergency Hospital.
where he died shortly after his
arrival. State Patrolman w. Boiler
was investigating the accident, but
no arrest had been made late last
night. Mr.. Cook was employed by
Barber & Ross Co., hardware sup
ply firm.
Injured in Arlington.
Abraham Schafran. 73, of the
1900 block of Seventh street NV,
a jeweler died in Emergency Hos
pital last night of injuries suffered
when he was knocked down while
crossing the street in the 500 block
of Columbia pike in Arlington, Va.
about 7:45 pm.
He was removed to the hospital
By a motorist. He received broken
back and a fractured skull and died
two hours later. Arlington County
police listed Daniel Federman, %,
of Arlington Village. Columbia pike,
as the driver of the machine which
struck Mr.. Schafran. but filed no
charges.
Man Instantly Killed.
Frank Baumann. %. of Ritchie
Station. Md. was instantly killed last
night when his car crashed head-on
into a machine police said was oper-
ated by William L. Jones, SO, of For
eStville, Navy Yard employe.
The accident occurred on the Marl-
boro pike near District Heights. The
Baumann car was going toward
Washington.
Mr.. Jones was slightly hurt and
was treated by DR.. James I. Boyd.
Mr.. Baumann was pronounced dead
by Dr. Paul c. Van Malta of Forest
vile. He is believed to have suffered
broken neck. His two brothers,
Charles Baumann, 20, and Robert.
IA. who were with him in the car,
escaped with cuts and bruises.
Prince Georges County police re-
leased Mr.. Jones on $1,000 bond on
charges of manslaughter. reckless
driving and driving while drunk.
Knocked Down BY Car.
An unidentified white man about
so years old was taken to Casualty
Hospital last night after being
knocked down by an automobile at
Third and D streets NV Hospital
authorities said his condition was
serious.
Walter B. Downing, 70, of 1549
Harvard street NV, was in fair
condition at Garfield Hospital,
where he was taken after being
knocked down by a car at Four
teenth street and Florida avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
British investments in
U. 5. $1,000, 100000
In 81, n. &c. Says
Sir Frederick Phillips
Due to Give Later
Figures Tomorrow
By BLAIR BOLLES.

The Temporary National Eco
nomic Monopoly Committee yes
terday threw some light on the cur
rently engrosSing issue OF the Brit
ish ability to continue to buy war
goods in the United States on cash
basis, with the report that direct
American investments of the United
Kingdom and the British Do
minions amounted to more than ST.
OO.0O0.000 only three years ago. The
investments of countries which now
are allied with the United King
dom in the war against the axis
totaled an additional $183, ,096 900.
Sir Frederick Phillips, British Un-
dersecretary of the Treasury, is ex-
pected to have the up-to-date ver-
sion Of these figures with him to-
morrow, when he presents his gov
ernment's balance sheet" of re-
sources to Secretary Of the Treasury
Morgenthau. The disclosures in this
balance sheet will guide the ad-
ministration toward a decision as
to how soon Britain will be in need
of American credits.
Secretary Morgenthau asked Sir
Frederick for this sort of balance
sheet Friday when the British ex-
pert talked with the Secretary in a
long conference.
Figure Below Recent Estimates.
The T. N. E. C. figures represent
the most recent breakdown of for
eign investments in the United
States that has been made available
to the public They show that in
1887, at least, English resources in
the United States would have
financed British purchases here on
the present wartime scale for only
about half year.
The ST 300, 100000 figure is far be-
low the informal estimates of Brit
ish American investments which
have been published since Lord
Lothian, British Ambassador, stated
three weeks ago that British cash
resources were getting dangerously
low. 1t was his statement which
opened the credit issue, and it al
ready has had repercussions at the
Capitol. Extension of credits to
belligerent, defaulting England
would depend on congressional sane
ton, through amendment of exist
ing prohibitory laws.
The Associated Press learned that
important administration aides are
discussing the likelihood of making
fortnight promise to Britain of
an American loan, provided England
will first exhaust her investments
here, to finance war buying Some
officials have suggested that Amer
lean loans might be backed by GER
tain British collateral-perhaps gold,
securities, West Indian islands, Far
Eastern and African rubber and tin
holdings.
British Have Three Reasons.
The British were represented as
wanting the promise of a loan for
three reasons:
l. To bolster the morale of the
British people.
2. To insure better planning of
war purchases.
3. To reaSSure American manufac-
turers who might hesitate to make
large expenditures for factories and
tools to fill British orders unless
they knew that they were going
to be paid.
The T. N. E. C. figures on British
direct investments in the United
States are contained in Monograph
No. 6" dealing in general with ex-
port prices and export cartels.
The monograph states that the
(See BRITISH AID. Page A-4l
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Air Liner Lands in Rood
With Crippled Motor
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GREENSBURG, Pa, Dec. T.
Transcontinental and Western Air,
Inc, announced one of its twin
engined transport planes made a
precautionary landing on a road
way 4 miles north of this Western
Pennsylvania city tonight when one
motor acted up
There was slight, if any, dam
age" a company spokesman said.
The only passenger aboard was
B. c. Anderson, address unknown,
who boarded the plane at New York
The crew of three was captained
by Pilot James Polizzi, New York.
The ship was on the New York
Chicago run.