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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
GREECE CALLS MEN

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. Pop
Several thousand men OF new
Greek military classes were called
to arms today in the thlrd
STRENGTHENING of the army within
a week.
There was no immediate ex-
PLANTATION of the new defense order.
Premier General John Metaxas
called on King George II late to-
night but the Subject OF the audi
ence was not disclosed.
Neither was there government
confirmation of reports in inform
ed Athens circles last night that
Turkey has promised to come to
come to the aid of Greece if she
is attacked. The reports circulated
after a conference between Metax-
as and the Turkish minister TO
Greece.
britain already has made such
pledges to Greece and Italian dip
lomats have been reported in re-
cent conferences with Metaxas to
have insisted that Greece repudl-
ate such guarantees and come
within the Italian sphere OF In
fluence.)
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o.-R-
Sumner Welles, acting secretary
of state, defended William c. Bull
lit from senate critics today, as
sorting that it was highly desirable
for an ambassador to tell his
countryrnen what he had seen in
the European war zone.
The ambassador to France urged
in a speech in Philadelphia Sun
day that the United States trans
fer destroyers to England in the
interest of national defense. The
United States, he argued, was IN
danger Of attack if Britain were
defeated.
The speech brought sharp criti-
cism in the senate.
Asked for comment at his press
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
Broad CONSUMPTION Bill Tentatively
Passed By House Military Committee

as difficult as possible" for the coun-
try to recruit an army. Wheeler,
irate, protested, and Connally with
drew the statement, but not without
adding a rejoinder that mo other
senator was as free in rejecting on
the motives of others as was Wheel
er, a prominent opponent Of con-
scription.
Late in the day, Chairman Walsh
D-Mass) of the senate naval COM
mittee arose to question the neces-
sity for a large standing army, and
announced he would seek a "test
vote" on a proposal that, before con
scription was attempted, the nation
build up a powerful air force, and
'invincible navy" a multiplicity
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
Plan Termed
Good Fusion
Trend Proof
uore.Belisha Raises Pos
,ibiIity OF AN Eventful
Common Citizenship
CHURCHILL CHEERED
Reveals Nation Has Re-
eeiived Large Amounts Of
Munitions From u. S.

LONDON. Aug. 2~o.-tR-Britain
..osrcpd today an agreement
IN nrinciple" for United state S
ie,se Of British island territety
tson, Newfoundland to the Carib-
tesn for defense bases and pre-
ssnted the plan to parliament and
neon1e as proof of an 'inexorable"
fusion Of British and United States
interests.
Winston Churchill himself thun-
dered that mo one can STOP this
trend and hus burst of eloquence
stirred exultant response.
In the house of commons tonight
Leslie Hore-Belisha, the former
war secretary, raised the possibili-
" Of IAN eventual common citizen
ship" of Britain and the United
States, and said this alone would
almost compensate for 1.-THE evils
Of war;"
Such a union, Hore-Belisha re-
called, was offered, in vain, to
France in the hour of the third
republics collapse.
Utterly confident, Prime Minis
ter Churchill used his disclosure
Of the plan for air-naval b a e
leases to declare that the British
empire and the United States will
have to be mixed up together in
Some of their affairs for mutual
and general advantage"
mo n can stop it," he cried.
Continued on Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
Welles Defends Bullitt
From Critics In Senate

conference, Welles said that the
country clearly was passing
through critical times and con-
fronted agrave period.
He added that when an Ameri-
can ambassador who had been in
an important post in Europe for
several years wished to tell his
own people what he had seen and
his own impressions, this seemed
highly desirable and in the inter-
est< Of public enlightenment.
Welles refrained from comment
on Prime Minister ChurchiHs
speech today in which he an
nounced that Britain had offered
99-year leases of British territory
in the Atlantic for United States
naval and air bases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Generally fair and
cool Wednesday and Thursday.
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. M. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3O a. m. "A; 1880 a. m. %; l:5o ?.
m. 81; 1880 p. m. Is; maximum 81;
minimum 70; mean 76: normal u.
Humidity
100 a. m. 80; 1880 a. m. So; l:So p.
m. IS; 1880 p. m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.'
Ola inches; total since first Of month
1903 inches.
Tides For Today
High Low
Wilmington 11:57a S s:Isn
Masouboro Inlet e:s7a asa
9:56p 3:51p
Sunrise 5:38a; sunset esp; moon
rise 8:49p; moonset SOFA.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
F. R. Refuses
Willkie Offer
For Debates
Says Talks With Britain
About Bases Are Pro-
crossing Satisfactorily
WILL NOT CAMPAIGN
Hopes To Announce Names
OF Members OF Joint De-
tense Board Thursda y
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

BY DOUGLAS b. CORNELL
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 20.
-R-President Roosevelt answer
ed no today to Wendell L. WILKES
challenge to debate campaign is
sues-and reported that conversa-
tons with Britain on U. S. acquisi-
ton of naval and air bases on Eng
lish possessions in this hemisphere
were progressing satisfactorily.
Both subjects YER discussed at
his regular press conference at the
summer White House, with tn e
chief executive indicating that il
was defense problems like tn e
naval-air base situation w C h
would keep him from campaigning
for a third term.
Will Not Campaign
Things are in such shape this
year, he said, that he can do no
political campaigning, including
debating with Willkie as the repub'
lican presidential candidate sug.
gested in his acceptance speech al
Elwood, Ind, Saturday.
While Mr.. Roosevelt could n o I
be persuaded to say when decisions
in the British-American converse.
lions might be reached, British for.
eign Secretary Lord Halifax told
the house of lords in London that
agreement in principle" had been
arrived at for the leasing to the
United States for SO years of Brit.
ish sites in the Atlantic, various
west Indian points and Newfound-
land.
And while British Prime Minis
ter Churchill, speaking in the house
of commons, appealed to this coun-
try for Timely reinforcement" OF
the British navy, MI. Roosevelt
told reporters they should not spec
ulate on proposals that the United
States sell to England destroyers
built in World war days. He did
not deny, however, that such sales
were under consideration.
Common Citizenship"
In the house of commons, too,
Leslie Hore-Belisha, former war
secretary, raised the possibility OF
an "an eventual common citizen
Ship of Britain and the United
States, but this brought no immed-
late comment from the e
House.
President Roosevelt's no to the
Willkie challenge came when a re-
porter asked this question:
"Mr. President, when are YOU
going to start the debates with
Wendell Willkie?"
Smiling and flicking the ashes
from a cigaret, MI. Roosevelt told
the newsmen that they knew as
we'll as he did what the situation
was.
In his own acceptance speech,
he said, he told the public and the
democratic convention that he hap
pened to be the president of 1876 :
900. 900 people and that things were
in such shape this year that it was
of course, perfectly obvious that
he could not do any political cam
paigning.
He did not identify things, but
there was no doubt he referred to
the trend of International affairs,
(COntinued on Page TWO)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
GERMANS RESUME
RAIDS ON BRITAIN
Claim Success In Attacks
On Airports In Southeast
ern Part OF Country

BERLIN, Aug. 20.-German
planes returned in force today to
the assaults on Great Britain after
a brief lull and successfully
bombed airports and military OBJ
iectives in Southeast England.
DNB, the German news agency.
reported the Nazis had dropped
bombs on the East church and
Southend airports and others in
Kent, southeast of London, as well
as raiding munitions depots and
other military detectives.
German fighter planes protect
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
British Blast NaZi- Held
AirdrOmes And HarbOrS
France To Purge Rolls
OF Legion Oh Honor

BERLIN, Aug. 20.-tAP via Ra-
dioeFrance has decided to purge"
the rolls of it's swollen Legion OF
Honor which contains the names of
many foreigners including Ameri.
cans, the German radio announced
tonight in "a dispatch from Vichy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
GREECE CALLS MEN
Italian News Agency Ac-
cuses Greeks OF Seeking
To Terrorize Albanians

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug.
2O.-RAUsually well informed cir
cles said tonight that Italy IS
massing troops in Albania on the
Greek border with at least one
armored division among them.
A check of official circles IN
Athens, the Greek capital, brought
only this answer:
"Reports abroad cannot either
he confirmed nor denied"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
TROTSKY BEATEN.
CONDITION GRAVE
Exiled Russian Revolution
ist Attacked In Office
Near Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20. -R-
Leon Trotsky, exiled Russian revo-
!%utlonlst, was attacked with a pick
HA IN the office of his residence in
neafby %Coyoacan late today. An au-
tnorized source said he was in a
very serious condition."
Follce and Trotsky's associates de-
Filmed details.
lrotsky only recently escaped a
pacnlne gun attack on his house
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
CREDIT BODY PLANS
IT'S ANNUAL MEETING
Association Sessions Set for January
16 in Court House Here
In Forenoon

Indications point TO a large attend
snCe at the annual stockholders
meeting of the Henderson Production
Credit Association, which Will be
held on January 10 at the court
house in Henderson at 10 a. M, aC-
cording to T. w. Allen, of Crccdmoor,
president Of the group.
An interesting and instructive pro
gram has been arranged for the aS-
sociation, Mr.. Alien said, and muCIt
interest is being manifested by The
members. Some new features Will bl
introduced in the meeting this yea,
he stated.
A representative of the Production
Credit Corporation of Columbia, 5
c., has been invited to make an at
dress at the conclusion Of the bust
ness session, and identity Of oIllcla.
will be announced shortly.
The Henderson Production Crcdi'
Association serves Vance, Granville
end Warren counties and furnishes
short-term credits for general agri-
cultural and livestock purposes to III
members.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Route | In Vance Listed
For Program Of Defense
State May Match Federal Fund tor " n,
National Highway Here and Other Races;
Work May Be Started Shortly.

Carolina highways of potential Stra-
teo;c value in event Of war nave
been submitted to the WPA ana ths
Federal Bureau of Public Roads.
Az the same time ,BaiSe SAID that
the State planned to assist IN mn
proving as mucn as possible OF 'tle
200 miles OF North Carolina hisn-
yivs which the War Department mas
designated as strategic
The three projects now unoet
consideration all call for widening
work, on U. S. No. in Moore cn"h-
~ on L. S. NO. % in Rockingham
county from ReidSville to the Gu''-
ford county line; and on I. ;. h0u'e
| in Vance county. in the Nlc!hlty Oh
Henderson. 900.
Baise estimated mat SlO.OoO.OOo
would be require utD improve an
the POO miles of ">tratcgc roads
and emphaS.z yea that at present oltlE
s5lO O00 has been allJtted by Inc
Federal government for national dc
Tense roadwork in North Carolina
Governor HOey said. h,WeVer,
that in addition to this allotment,
me VIA had approximately SOW
600 which might be used ior lh2
work. He added that portion oL INC
3 500 600 which he allotted recently
from the highway funds surplus
might 60 into the Improvement OF
the strategic" roads.
Baise sand it would take long
Tine TO improve or build the 200
miles on the strategic defense high
wav for this State. but we are gong
as far as We can. with State ana
WPA money.
\ meeting Of State highway cHgi-
neers and WPA officials vas held III
Raleigh Saturday to discuss plans
for the work.
The defense highway program haS
three claSsificatjonS. BalSe listed
the routes by priorltieS as:
First priorinty: q. S. ~ and -
from the Tennessee line throuG]
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Watch Night
Service At
Methodist

Special watch night services are
being planned at First Methodist
church tonight. At 10 p. m. the
young people will assemble in the
Young peoples department room,
where an hour of fellowship will be
conducted. A program OF songs,
game. etc. has been PREPARED. Fol-
lowns this hour Of fellowship the
young people will join the adults in
the main auditorium.
At HIS tho congregation will as
sembl2 in the main auditorium of
tho Church where watch night serv-
ices will be conducted. Appropriate
mu..c viii be rendered by the senior
CHOIR and suitable hymns will be
surg Ey the congregation, and spe-
cial message will be delivered by
the pastor on the subject, THE Mark,
Of I.vCl."
The public is cordially invited.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Dean House will Speak
At Annual G. OF {. Meet
University of North
Carolina F acult y
Member Secured for
Dinner To Be Held
Next Month; Officers
To Be Elected.

Dean Robert b. House of the Uni
vcrsity Of North Carolina will make
The principal address at the annual
dinner of the Henderson Chamber ri
Commerce, it was announced today
following the monthly meeting East
night Of the board of directors, who
completed tentative arrangements To-
the yearly meeting. The exact date
and the place for the dintor have not
yet been determined upon, 1t was
said, but the date will be during the
latter half of January.
The committee in charge Of tbs.
plans for the affair is composed of
MRS. *. G. V. RalSton, chairman
MIS- Wcmic r. Wilson, Hilton Webb
md G. O. Seifert.
Officers, TO serve during 1871, and
eight directors will be elected at the
business session in connection with
the dinner. and nominating COM
mittcc was named last night TO pre-:
pare Il slate of nominations for the. {
Positions.
The directors adopted an amend
mCnt to the bylaws Of the Cham
Der of Commerce, providing that the
retiring president shall become Z
member of the board of directors, If
his term Of office as a director eX-
pircs with his term as president, &c
servo for one-year term. R. w
Rruin is the retiring president, and
ether directors who will complete
their tWU-year terms are +. B. Rob
%rdS. !. ". Jenkins, c. O. Seifcrt
Franz, Jordan. Alex S. Watkins, D. G.
LuUghjin and J. G. Gardner
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

According to usually well informed
soIpres here. approximately sooo'oo'
is the sum contemplated tor eNpSn
ditureS on Route l III vance equity
N improving and recondItOnlns II
as = military highway in connecllot'
with the national defense program
announcement came from hale1s''
+o5av of certain stretches OF hlsn-
u,ay in North Carolina that hao oee''
des,onatcd for reramplng IN H'e
,,rrn9redresS uude taking, ana ue
secti,n of Route l in Vance county
both north and south OF HeiloetSo'''
was in that group.
Sources quoted revealed some days
days ago that this project was UNI
der consideration and that agree
ment Virtually had been reached oUt
would not be specific, preterrIns t""'
the information come from state
Highway and Public Works Com
mission officials.
A story from Washington was that
s3.3lO,OOO of Federal money mao
been allotted TO this State Tor l9tI
for highway improvement. The sum
includes S2.378.838 for regular Fed
eral aid highways. S4l6.29I for sec
ondary or feeder road construction.
and S5i5.53S for grade crossing
elimination. InSiStence IS beng
made that first attention De given
10 those highways that lead to or
froHr military bases and defense
plants.
An authority here in touch with
highway officials said he under
stood improvements + Route | IN
the vicinity o, Henderson included
widening Of the road by an addl-
ticnal four feet. with expansion Of
shoulders outside the pavement a
distance of ten feet in all. but wheth-
err this meant ten feet On each side
of ten feet in all was not clear.
Chief State Highway Engineer ".
Vance BaiSe said three projects call
ing for improvement OF certain North
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Chestnut St.
Shrub Plots
To Disappear

Work of tearing up shrub plots on
five blocks of Chestnut street be
tween PettigreW street and Young
avenue was begun by street depart
ment workers today under direction
OF J. E. Hamlet, street superlntclI-
dent. The undertaking is in further
ance of a plan adopted two years age
when the grass and shrubbery plot
in the center of the street between
Montgomery and Breckenridge was
torn up and paved.
Congestion Of traffic and hazards
created by the narrow lanes on each
side of the shrubbery plots Is the
reason for removing them, Mayor
Henry Powell said today. The sec
lions of street left open will be pay
eel as soon as the soil has been al
lowed time to settle thoroughly, II
was said.
Consent of the City Council was
gwen when the Shrubbcry plot Was
removed between Montgomery ana
Breckenridge streets. Mayor Powell
said today the matter of removal OF
the five blocks now being torn up
was not brought before the Council
because it was not thought necessary.
The program has been both approved
and objected to since work got undCi
way Today.
When the first shrubbcry plot was
torn away two years ago, the DIRT
space was left for something like a
year before being paved. 1t IS aS}umt'
cd that the five blocks now. bclns
treated will not be paved certainly
before spring.
Shrubs taken up from the plots arc
being transplanted in ElmWooU
cemetery for identification OF that
property. now in care of the city.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
Sec Page Four

|. What is the term used by Eng
l!shmen for movies?
?. Name the capital of the DOM
inion Of Canada.
3. Is the device resembling a clock
on the front of battleship used to
indicate time, distance or range?
I. Which breed of dog has a black
tongue?
5. Which two letters of the al
phabet are used most frequently?
8. Where arc the headquarters OF
the Federal Reserve System?
. /. There are ten, twelve or four
teen consultations in the Zodiac?
8. The phrase back to normally
was first used by Harding, Coolidge
or Hoover?
8. What country was named for
the equator?
10. Is Delaware or Rhode Island
the smallest State in the Union.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

Ashcville and Hendcrsonville to the
South Carolina line; U. S. 20 from
DanviIlc, Va, through Greensboro
and Charlotte to the South Carolina
line; U. S. from the Virginia line
to the South Carolina line; U. S. 1853
from the Virginia line to Murfrees-
boro: U. S. 25S from Murfreesbcro to
Woodland, N. c.; 305 from Woodland
to Williamson and Wilmington; U.
S. IT from Wilmington to White
vile: and U. S. ITO from Whiteville
to Tabor City.
Second priority: u. S. 15-A from
Raleigh to Fayetteville; U. S. 30l
from Fayetteville to Lumberton and
the South Carolina line; N. c. "a
from Fayetteville to Clinton; and u.
S 42l from Clinton to Wilmington.
Third priority: U. S. 70 from
Greensboro through Durham, RAJ
leigh. GoldSboro and Kinston to New
Bern.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
AROUND TOWN

Traffic Fine. B. Abbott paid 81
into the office of the city clerk a
a fine for traffic violation, accord
ing to records at tibet office.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Watch Night
Service For
Presbyterian

The watch night service at the
First Presbyterian church will begin
at HIS O'Clock tonight. The service
will consist of hymns, responsive
readings. prayer and a brief medita-
ton by the minister, the subject OF
whjrh will be Power for the Plod-
dcrs." The junior and senior choir
will assist in the worship of song.
At the conclusion of the service a
period Of fellowship will be enjoyed
by those present. Ladies of the
church will serve light refreshments.
Families Of the congregation and
community are cordially invited 10
greet the New Year together in this
molly and revcrent environment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Fitzpatrick
Drills

Coach Fred Fitzpatrick today call
ed his Henderson high &crJo! ba.E,.
ball squad back for practice session
the workouts getting underway WnG
resday morning at 10 O'Clock. and
will continue until the opening o.
school next Monday.
The Bulldogs face a tough sChc.
dule during the coming weeks. and
all the work that Coach Kilpa,ffr..
can hand them is needed TO get t.,
team in top shape.
Henderson plays Lttlcton here ID,
a double bill on Jan. 10, the Friday
after school opens.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
TWO REGISTRATIONS
AT VANCE REGISTRY

There were two realty rcgi%trn; ,a. .
at the county registry office Mo.-
day, records there showed TO-DAY.
Frank Young, ct AL sold I.fal
Reezc 222 acres Of land in K-,tsr,
township for SO and consideration
The City Of Henderson sold Mr.
c. N. KalstrOm lot in Elr,.,I
cemetery for 500.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

The tiger fish of Africa is usually
found in rivers where there are
crUcodlcs. The fish averages three
TO six pounds and runs up to rs
much as IS to 20 pounds in eXcep-
tiQna cases.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

INTO lne Office OIL inc Guy ClClh o.
a fine for 4 traffic violation, accord
ing to records at tibet office.
Granted LicenSe-Gc0rgc RObcr!
Clark, %, and Elizabeth Boyd, Il, a
colored couple of Henderson, secur-
ed a marriage license at the Vance
Registry office Monday, records there
showed today.
Lions Not To Mcct-The weekly
meeting CT the Lions club, scheduled
for Wednesday evening, will not b."
held, due to the absence from htC
city of many Of the members over
the New Year holiday.
Rotary Mecting-Thc weekly
meeting Of the Rotary club will be
held this evening at o'clock at the
Vance hotel, and Rotary-AnneS will
be guests for the evening. DR.. W. W.
Noel will have charge Of the pr
gram.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-12-06
Y.W.C. A. News

The Girl Reserves will hold their
annual Candle Lighting Service at
the Mount Zion Baptist Church
Sunday, December 8, at $3.50. Mrs.
Marcus Rholfs of the First Baptist
Church will be the guest speaker.
A trio composed of Marion Valley,
Claudine Norris, and Joyce Cooper
will sing during the service. Jewel
Wells will sing the Lords Pray
err"
The Committee of Management
met at the Branch, Friday even
ing, December 6, with its chair
man, Mrs. L. B. Young.
The Membership Committee met
at the Branch Monday, December
2, with its chairman, Mrs. Rilla
Drake.
The Fauntleroy Girl Reserves
will be the guests of the Phyllis
Wheatley Girl Reserves at a pre-
Christmas party at the Branch
Tuesday afternoon, December 10
from until $50. Dale Stone is in
charge of the arrangements.
Dramatic classes are being held
at the Branch during the winter
Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to
$50; Wednesday 10 a. m. to p.
M; Thursday, IL a. m. to p. m.
and Saturday from 10 a. m. to IL
noon. Knitting and craft classes
are held under the direction of
Mrs. Jessie Walker.
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locad school system, she has al
ready given one son to the Navy.
"He died in 1887" she says, while
still in service" Fearful that her
second son may go insane as a
result of his Imprisonment aboard
ship, the mother asked the NAACP
to push an investigation of the
case, which has been widely publ
cized by the Pittsburgh Courier.
The text of her letter which was
sent to the NAACP and the Cour-
Ter follows:
Please, help me in getting my
son freedom again on board (ship)
Ever since October when he and
others had published in the Cour-
Ter how they are being treated in
Service, he has been confined and
denied privileges. He has been
transferred from the u. S. S. Phil
adelphia to the u. S. S. Receiv-
ing Ship, San Francisco, Califor-
mia. But my son is still in the
Brig and I am worried over the
situation because I believe it will
affect him mentally and physi-
callY"