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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
By The Associated Press

!
Great Britain kept powerful units
of the French fleet bottled up in
Alexandria harbor today-rcady to
attack at the first gesture of defiance
as the Gcrman-maStcrcd French
government broke Off diplomatic re-
latiOns with its old ally.
1--WE do not know what will hap
pen or when the French will make
a dccision," British circles at AlcXan-
dria said.
I'VE only know that no French
ships shall ever leave Alexandria to
surrender 10 the enemy.
Ii was clearly indicated that any
French attempt 10 slip out Of the
harbOr would result in II repetition OF
yesterdays Angio-f'rcnch naval ac-
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
Britain Acts
To Prevent
German Nj a stored
French Government
Breaks Off Diplomatic
Relations With Old
Ally; Underseas War.
fare Intensified.
(By The Associated PrcSS)

lEbs slNSot iN'''F
A stern French protest against
Britain's attack on the French
fleet in the Mediterranean was
delivered i'm London tOday-ap-
parcntIy Il sign that the eStrang-
ed allies were about To break off
relations.
Reports in Berlin said France
already had severed diplomatic
relations. as Britain kept power
full units of the French fleet bot
tied un in Alexandria harbOr.
ready 10 attack ut the first gcSt-
urc of defiance.
Although the protest of the
French charge d'affaircS in
London meant that British
French relations still existed.
there were indications that they
were strained TO the breaking
point.
The French embassy called the
protest "aS drastic and as stern
xxx as il is possible to make"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
NV The Associated Press.)

Although it Was safe and sane
Fourth as Iar as fireworks went, at
least 1874 persons met violent death
throughout the country.
There were only two fireworks,
fatalities reported in an AsSoc!ated
Press survey, one in Colorado and
one in Maine. At a Fort Worth. Tex.
fireworks display. section ~ board
walk collapsed. plumn7";:ng 2)% per-
sons u feet. hut none MS ill'cd.
Forty were injured.
A year ago, according TO the Ma
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
Hoahoh

FOR WORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Sal
urdav; slightly warmer Satur-
day.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05

Continued on Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
PLUMBING BOARD
RULING IS GIVEN
Persons Who Do Only Minor
Jobs Are Not Required
To Obtain Licenses

RALEIGH, March g. Up -@f
sons who do only minor or Incl
dental plumbing work are not re-
ouired to obtain licenses from the
state board of examiners OF plumo'
ing and heating contractors LIE
state supreme court ruled TO-DAY.
The opinion was returned, along
with seven others, in a case ~
which F. C. Mitchell had been 1ouhu
guilty in Buncombe county superior
court of installing two sinks anu d
closet in an Asheville home WILL
out first obtaining a license.
The court also upheld the slate
industrial commission in aWarolls
compensation for the death OIL w.
S. B~lassingame from pulmonary
ashestosis resulting in lombar pneu'
monia."
Mrs. Blassingame and her minor
daughter instituted the sun -
Mecklenburg county against 'ns
Southern Asbestos company anu
the Maryland Casualty
Her husband worked "off ana VI
for the asbestos firm for aoouI
seven years before his death Ap1
/, 1887, according to core Ill 'io
case.
Though the court held that ,the
constitutionality of the law reSoi"
Continued OH Page Four; Coi'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
NAILS HAIL CLASH
ON WESTERN Line
Germans Claim 20 Britons
Killed And Is Captured
During Engagement

BERLIN, March 6.-R-German
authorities and press greeted with
manipulation today the news that
German troops had had their first
serious encounter with British
forces on the western front. Nazis
said 20 Britons were killed and 16
captured.
The German shock troops storm:
ed a British dugout in the Moselle
sector yesterday, the Germans los
ing one dead.
(The British war office said a
British sergeant-major was killed
and several soldiers were missing
in the raid.)
"One rubs his eyes-it's a fact,
Englishmen are fighting on the
west 'front.'" observed Adolf Hit
ler's Volkischer Beobachter.
German soldier-correspondents on
the front reported the English were
surprised at dawn by a German
patrol. Most of the British detach-
ment was asleep when brief artil-
lery fire was followed by a short,
sharp attack with. m%achine-guns
and rifles.
In the war at sea-, an official eX-
PLANTATION of the German attitude
toward aerial attack on ships was
issued. 1t c%ontended that it is legal
and proper to fire on neutral YES
sells in convoy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
CHANGES IN LABOR
ACT TO Be ASKED
Amendments To Be Offer.
ed Today Following Split
In Probe Committee

WASHINGTON. March 6.-lH-
Three members of the house COM
mittee investigating the National
Labor board announced tonight
they had split with the other two
members and would introduce d
series of amendments tomorrow TO
the Wagner act.
Chairman Smith (D-Va) of the
committee said that he and Repre-
%sentatives Halleck (R-Ind) and
Routzohn (R-O) would sponsor the
revisions.
Representatives Healey (D-Mass)
and Murdoch (D-Utah) have not
been able to agree with the rest of
the committee" Smith announced,
adding that the month-long sessions
of the committee have been har.
monious."
Smith and the other committee
men declined to disclose the nature
of the amendments before their in
PRODUCTION in the house at noon
tomorrow.
Murdoch and Healey announced
they would prepare a statement
explaining their position.
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
FRENCH ARE SET
ToCoNTllNE WAR
Determination To nkht To
Finish Reaffirmed Nn
Eve Oh Welles' Visit

PARIS, March 6. - R - The
French governments determination
to fight Germany to a finish was
reaffirmed tonight on the eve OF
Undersecretary Of State Sumner
Welles' arrivals for fact-finding con.
ferences with French officials.
The French position was set forth
in the officially-controlled press
while reports from Lausanne, Swift
zerland, said Welles was working
with the idea that there was hope
for peace so long as the western
deadlock remained unbroken by
mass bloodshed. Colleagues In the
Swiss city described him as "still an
optimist."
An official announcement said
President Roosevelt's personal en-
voy would be received by Premier
Daladier and President Albert Le-
brun Immediately after his arrival
tomorrow and that during his three
day stay he also would confer with
officials of the Polish government
in exile.
Headlines in the government-con-
CONTINUED OH Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
ROSE TO ADDRESS
VETERANS TONIGHT
State Legion Commander
To Speak AT Mass Meet
ing At Courthouse

All plans were completed last
night for the mass meeting of World
War veterans and interested citi-
zens at the courthouse tonight at
1870 o'clock, at which time Junius
H. Rose, of Greenville, state COM
mander of the American Legion,
will be the principal speaker.
r. C. Mcmahon, commander of
Wilmington Post No. 10, American
Legion, said last night that approx
mately 500 ex-service men and 9TH
ers are expected to be present.
Another feature of the meeting
will be the presentation of a ban
ner to the ROTC band of New Han
over High school, the presentation
to be made by w. r. Dosher, post
master, in behalf of the local Le-
gion post.
Sheriff C. David Jones will pre-
sent Twenty Year consecutive mem
bership cards in the American Lee
gion to six Legionnaires.
A band concert will be presented
by the ROTC band at 1880 o'clock
and Commander Roses address will
follow al s o'clock. A supper, at
which Commander Rose will be the
guest of honor, will be held at the
St. Johns parish house, Third and
Red Cross streets, at $50 o'clock.
All Legionnaires and members Of
the auxiliary are invited to attend.
Commander Rose will be intro
duced by Robert Strange.
The state commander of the de-
partment of North Carolina is a
native North Carolinian having been
born at Fremont, N. c., January Z,
1898. He is the son of Rev. w.
w. and Mary Jordan Rose, natives
of Warren county and was grad
uated in 1909 from the Graham
School for Boys at Warrenton. He
attended Duke university from
which he graduated in 1913 with an
A. B. degree. He received an M.
| A. degree from Columbia univer-
Continued on Page Four; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Hundreds Attend Second
Meet OF Cooking School
Tanker, Attacked By
U-Boat, Reaches Port

LONDON, March 6.-R-
The %10,516-ton British tanker
Charles F. Meyer, which sent
out an SOS Monday night say
ing she was sinking after an
attack by a submarine in tine
English channel, made a south
coast port, it was disclosed to-
day.
The vessel, only the second
known to have been attacked
in the channel, made port u.s.
sisted by three tugs and es'
corted BY two warships. She
was torpedoed SO miles south
east of Hastings, according to
her SOS.
The first vessel known to
have been attacked in the chan
mel was the British liner Do
mala, sunk Saturday night with
a loss of 1903 lives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Preparedness
Plea Will Be
Voiced Today
VIII Call On People To Pre-
mare For Sacrifices For
Border Defense
VIII, INCREASE TAXES
Annroval OF Plea Is Given
At Lengthy Session Of
The Crown Council

H-cHAREsT, March T. -
rbursday)-King Carol II will
.s.r a session of parliament to-
IVY with an appeal to his people
y. nrepare for great sacrifices for
The defense of their frontiers, 1t
z,s learned on high authority.
,proved in a long crown coun-
A meeting last night, the mon
,rss plea to his subjects, it was
rated, will project huge new
tr Increases for the national de-
ira in a nation already driven
hard to support an army of l."
$4,000 men.
To Reiterate Will
King Carol was expected to re-
tarate his iron will to defend all
Of Rumania's frontiers to the bit
ter end and to call on the nation
hencetorth to put the army ahead
Of all other concerns.
The crown councils meeting fol-
lowed the statement of a high au-
thority that Great Britain had
made a new proposal to Rumania,
suggesting she receive equal treat
ment with Germany in Rumanian
exports, including oil
Rumanian Minister Viroel Tilea
vas reported en- route here from
London with Britain's new pro-
pOsal.
Diplomats believed Rumania was
closer than ever to the necessity
Of casting her lot either with the
Allies or with Germany. Rumania
has contracted with Germany for
100000 tons of oil in 1910 and
economic experts said it would be
impossible for her to supply an
equal amount to Britain.
These experts calculated Ru-
manla's output as less than A.
VoV,OOO tons of oil this year. If
Both German and British claims
were met, only $780, 900 tons would
remain, not enough to maintain
hufnanlan trade with the Balkans,
t.dly and other countries based on
ue exchange of Rumanian oil for
other products.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Vessel
Plans ToDock
AtN.Y.Today
Uncompleted $1,000 Ton
| Ship Nears Neutral Sane
tuary OF Great Port
SECRECY COVERS TRIP
Plans Made Ia Tieup Liner
Alongside Queen Mary
And The Normandie

NEW YORK, March 6.-LR-TD
$2S, $50, 900 British liner Queen Ellie
abeth, the biggest ship afloat, near.
ed the neutral sanctuary of New
York harbor tonight after a secret
and audaciously successful run
from England across the perilous
North Atlantic.
The 85,O00-ton vessel, still not
wholly completed, was expected to
dock early tomorrow and berth
alongside the next-best in the Brit
ish merchant fleet, the 81, OO0-ton
Queen Mary, and the mightiest
of French liners, the S3,O00-ton Nor
mandie.
Both have lain here in idleness
and gathering rust since the out
break of the war.
Secrecy Covers Trip
The Elizabeth began her run for
it under conditions of the utmost
secrecy-and all but ended it the
same way. 1t was not until late
this afternoon that word seeped
out here that she was on the way.
and an hour or so later this was
authoritatively confirmed in Lon.
don.
This confirmation came only aft.
er the liner was judged to be safe
beyond question and seemed imme-
diately to point to n of these cor.
illusions:
That the submarine menace in
the Atlantic was not as great as
had appeared earlier in the war;
that the Elizabeth's great speed
had been a vital factor-her top is
assumed to be about 80 knots-or
that her convoy was so powerful
as to be impregnable.
Nowhere in the wars six-month
history thus far had there been
such a feat by a merchant ship,
save the long, furtive and half
Continued IN Page Four; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
FINNISH DEFENSE LINES HOLD AS REDS
RENEW BITTER ATTACKS UPON VIIPURI

b%attlelines. Many others were
wounded.
Ten Soviet planes were shot
down, the Firms said.
Finnish air forces undertook
numerous patrols and bombing
flights" to support land oper-
ati0ns.
=: Still in possession of Viipuri,
the Finnish defenders gave no
sign. of when the city might be
given up although some military
observers expressed the opinion
the Firms should have retired
to new defense lines before now.
Finnish sources acknowledge
loss of the empty city is newt
able, but say their resistance
will go OH even though Viipuri
falls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
BOARD APPROVES
STREET PROJECT
Work, To Cost $555,S77,
Will Be Financed By
City And WPA

street paving project, to cost
M ss'lmated $555,977, was approx
ny the board of city commits
tArday.
g.. +'lU~ihg approval of the prof.
,t'. winch will be financed by the
ana WPA, plans for the work
w us forwarded to the office of the
VIA in Raleigh.
,r nae OIL the largest street paving
M s''V'S TO be recorded in the state.
,,,. work is the city's third WPA
Months. 'Ains III rc4eh'
cent Guy will provide 44.8 per
with VI the total cost of the work,
najnds mV "PA furnishing the re.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
FRIZzELLE SPEAKS ,
TO OFFICERS CLUB
Says Concepts OF Law En-
forcement Have Under
gone Radical Change

"Our concepts about law en-
forcement have undergone a radi-
cal change in the past decade or
So" Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, OF
Snow Hill, declared in addressing,
the members and guests of the
Officers Fellowship club of New
Hanover county in the clubroom on
Market street last night.
Approximately 100 persons, in
Guiding club members, visiting Off
GERS and guests, attended the bar
becue supper and meeting, over
which Wilbur r. Dosher, post
master, presided as POSTMASTER.
Judge Frizzelle in discussing in
formally the work of the law en-
forcement agencies of the city,
ccunty and state said that prior
to the present period in many
instances law enforcement was
locked upon as something that was
meant to crush everything that
got in it's way, but the new con-
Continued OH Page Four: Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

belief the Russians were con-
centrating OH the Pollakkala
region because of enormous
losses suffered in trying to cross
open stretches of ice farther
east where the Vuoksi broadens
into a series of lakes.
Across Lake Ladoga from the
isthmus front there was artillery
activity and Russian thrusts to-
ward Uomaa and K%ollarnjoki
were repulsed.
The Firms described similar
success on the kuhmO sector,
midway along the Russian-F1n-
nish frontier.
Forty persons were reported
killed in Soviet air raids yester-
day OH the towns of Mikkell,
Lahtis and Kuopio behind the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
REPUBLICAN GROUP
SPLIT AT MEETING
Divide Following Heated
Debate Over Election OF
Committee Chairman

New Hanover county republicans
split into two factions last night
following a heated debate over the
election of the chairman of the
executive committee at the county
convention session in the court
house, Louis Goodman, Whining
ton attorney, reported.
One force, headed by Mr.. Good
man and Fred T. Tucker. backed
the candidacy of L. E. Allen for
the craftsmanship and succeeded in
having him elected by the narrow
Continued on Page -Four; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
MISS CHAMBERS TALKS
Session Is Devoted To Dis
cussion OF "New Quirks
In Home Work"

The second day of the Pageant
of Foods" cooking school, sponsored
here by the Star-News and con-
Quoted by Miss Ruth Chambers,
opened in the New Hanover High
school auditorium yesterday after
noon with a throng of approx
mately 900 persons present.
The third session will open this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and the
fourth and final session will be held
Friday at the same hour.
A special section is being reserved
daily in the balcony for housewives
having cooks who desire to attend
the sessions.
New Quirks in Home Work" was
the title of the second session yes
terday afternoon, with Miss Cham
bers bringing the best and newest
Continued OH Page Four; Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

positions for an attack on ruin
ed Viipuri from the rear.
For three successive days Fin
nish communicates have NEIL
toned this fighting In their
opening sentences, this time
saying the Russians Support
ed by aircraft, tanks and artil-
lery" had been repulsed.
Heavy Russian losses were
described on the Pollakkala sec
tor near the isthmus center. The
Village of Pollakkala, famous as
an athletic center in peaceful
times, is on a narrow stretch OF
an athletic center in peaceful
the Vuoksi river which parallels
the Finnish defense lines.
Dozens" of enemy tanks were
destroyed, the Firms said.
Military observers expressed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
,itain Holds
Italian Ships
Detains 100000 Tons OF
Fuel In Reaches OF Eng
lish Channel Downs
U. S. SHIPPING IS HIT
Plan To Answer
Protest As Soon Al Many
Points Are Considered
BY DREW

LONDON, March 7.-(Thursday)e
F-Great Britain's economic war
fare command detained 100, 200, tons
of German coal aboard fourteen Ital-
ian ships in the tightly guarded
reaches of the English Channel
Downs early today-prizes of a war
blockade girding two hemispheres.
The cargoes of eight ships had
been formally ordered confiscated
and Italy was kept waiting for an
answer to her protest against Their
seizure.
United States Affected
simultaneously British official
statements disclosed the extent tc
which the shipping of the United
States, too, has become enmeshed in
the blockade of Germany.
German coal from eight of the IA
remaining Italian golfers rolling in
the swells of the Downs-intercept-
ed in their voyages from Rotter'
dam-was ordered unloaded by con-
traband control authorities. The
ships were the Llama, Rapido. Orata,
Felce, Caterina, Absertia, Ernesto
and Numidia. One ship, the Loasso,
was released by the enemy exports
committee after it was established
she had sailed from Holland on
March 1, prior to the order block.
aiding German coal shipments to
Italy.
During the evening six more Ital-
ian golfers were escorted into the
Downs. They were the Puzzuoli, the
Ischia, the Integritas, the Pamia,
the Semien and the San Luigi.
The procedure was to examine all
ships swiftly; then, on receipt OF
seizure orders, to direct them to port
for unloading. After that the ships
may proceed to their port of call,
empty. Two of the ships flying the
red, white and green Italian ensign
were newly shepherded into the
Downs today by British patrol boats.
They were the Llama and Rapido.
Foreign office sources indicated
they considered that Italy, by pro-
testing, had done everything Britain
expected her to do.
Will Answer Protest
THE protest will be answered as
soon as it's many points have been
thoroughly considered" said a
spokesman. meanwhile the Italian
government must await answer"
Italian armament plants need the
coal and the seizure orders followed
upon the breakdown of British ne
gotiations for buying italian arma-
ments, although the British govern
ment says this was not the reason
for the seizures.
Meanwhile, as if to show Italy that
she is not the only nation which is
suffering from restriction of German
exports, the ministry of economic
warfare pointed out that its enemy
export exemption committee had
been approached by the United States
and II other nations for permission
to import German goods. Each was
allowed some goods, the ministry
said, but each was refused others.
The same sources disclosed that
applications for "navicerts," docu.
ments which pass cargoes or sections
of careoes through the blockade prior
/r.~&,,oJ nm DoUo Fo1Jr. Cn1 d.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Continued OH Page Four; Col. g.
City Hall Open House.
Will Be Staged Today

The city commissioners yesterday
accepted the recently renovated city
hall and made plans for an obser-
vance of "open house" by the public
today.
The public was invited to inspect
the building from 8 o'clock this af-
ternoon to 9 o'clock tonight and all
city employees were requested to be
present to show visitors the new
structure.
Plans were also completed yester-
day for the removal of all city Of
fices into the new building Friday.
The recommendation that the city
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Trained, Efficient
Help for
Home Or Office

The quickest and surest way
to secure reliable domestic or
business help is through Star
and. News Help Wanted Ads.
Every day hundreds of compe-
tent men and women eagerly
read the help wanted ads that
appear in the Classified Sec
ton. Among this group you are
sure to find just the type OF
person that you are seeking.
Call 280O to start a Help Want
ed AID and be sure to specify
the hours during which you
will grant interviews . II
you desire, applications may be
sent care of the Star and News
at no additional charge.
Start Your Want AID Today
Charge 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

hall be accepted by the board was
made by James E. L. Wade, COM
missioner Of public works, who in
making the motion suggested that
street department employees recent
ly cut off be employed to assist in
moving.
In, urging acceptance of the rem
ovated city hall, Wade pointed to:
/. The soiled condition of the
walls which is general over the
interior of the building.
2. Very unsightly condition on the
Continued OH Page Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
By "A

HELSINkl, March b. HH -
The Red army hurled hundreds
of tanks and planes into a series
of fierce attacks against Viipuri
but Finnish defense lines held
firm, the high command de-
clarad today, reporting "heaps"
of Russian dead were piled be-
fore the Finnish lines.
The battle, which appeared to
be increasing in intensity, was
strung along a front from ice
covered Viipuri bay to the
Vuoksi river near the center of
the Karelian isthmus.
Some of the bloodiest fighting
was reported OH the icy bay
where the Russians have made
repeated attacks in the last four
days attempting to seize coastal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
WEATHER

North FORECAST
thursday ''folina; Partly cloudy
ii slightly i an5h cloudy with rain
hiding ;75'GslGogical data for the "a hours
p; III, Yesterday.
l:N'a temperature
Aipin'unl '$ s.: p m. m, .; maximum l'O S. 5;
o. 1t; Ia ~; $50 a. m. 70: 40 n.
o, none sor "A hours ending 7.so ~
Month, GA l total since first Of po tb ps
Tides For Today
Huntington High Low
tasonh.. SABA 3:2sa
,''''''' 1nle. s: 's6s Esp s!ssp
tie s'i s:ssss, s::sssa; sunset s 5:S 2 :52p
'''' moonset e'5 5:l2p S'lSp' moon
'us' G.ss test. stage at Fay
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

'%'' s'is Fear e. 3, river stage At r,x.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
THREE

Italian clamor for slices of French
territory. This, it was said. embar.
raised Hitler because he wanted to
give the Petain government easy
peace terms and win vichy's full
friendship.
Now the Italian debacle in Greece
and Albania, it was said, is far from
disquieting to Germany.
If italy collapses, Hitler is rep
resented as ready to make a full
settlement with France. taking only
A1sace and Lorraine, Marshal Pc.
tain. today's informants asserted,
has told the Nazis that if their terms
are unreasonable he Will cut North
Africa loose, with General Maxine
Weysand taking a large colonial
army there owe to the Free
French" forces and moving from
against Libya in %coordina.
ton with British action from Egypt.
MOSCOW, Dec. 2S.-tR-Two
bands of border trespassers were re-
ported to have been wiped out by
Russian army troops in frontier
clashes.
(The dispatch did not say on which
frontier the clashes took place.