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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Trade PACT ISSUE
BALLOT SET TODAY
Innate To Vote On Pro-
posal That Accords Be
Subject To Ratification

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-(P)N
After a day of acknowledgements ma.
narering by both sides for any ad'
H1tage they could obtain, the sen
|Ee agreed today to vote at 4 p. m.
|GST) tomorrow on a proposed re.
!Irement that future trade agree.
|nents be subject to senate ratifica.
an.
The ballot is expected to provide
I test Of whether the administration
an eventually win continuance OF
Its reciprocal trade program in its
PRESENT form.
So close is the senate's division on
|tat question and SO great the in
|.aTeSt in the outcome-since an is
ss Of Roosevelt prestige is involved,
that the leadership on both sides
Eafcked and rechecked their polls
Fpeatedly.
In general, these pointed, although
not exclusively, to a tie vote, or an
ADMINISTRATION victory by one or two
'0tes. A tie it was generally be
LEved would be resolved by Vice
FEesident Garner in favor of the adj
Illustration.
The maneuvering had to do prin'
tlaIy with the question of obtain
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
DANIELS RECALL
IS ASKED BY FISH
Charges Envoy Has Failed
To Represent Or Pro-
tect Our Interests

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-P-
A demand that the United States
recall it's ambassador to Mexico,
Josephus Daniels, on the grounds
that he had 'failed to properly rep-
resent or protect our interests" was
made in the house today by Rep.
Fish R-NY), member of the foreign
affairs committee.
Rep. Cooley D-NC) countered the
New Workers. demand with the as
sertion that Daniels has discharged
his duties with great courage and
firmness but likewise with great
ability and tolerance"
Everyone knows of his splendid
service to his country in the last
World war;" Cooley said, with ref
erence to Daniels service as secre-
tary of navy.
Fish declared that the "spineless
policy OF the Roosevelt administra-
ton had resulted in Mexico Selling
1900, 900 acres Of timber land own
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
CAMDEN MINISTER
DIES FOR MURDER
Rev. Walter Dworecki EIec-
trocuted For Plotting
Staying OF Daughter

TRENTON, N. j., March 2S-N
The Rev. Walter Dworecki, 43,
Polish Baptist clergyman, died to-
night in New Jerseys electric chair
for plotting the murder of his 49,
year-old daughter, Wanda, for her
insurance.
Mumbling "Holy Father, save my
souI' and IT give unto his name my
SOUL" Dworecki walked to the chair
unassisted. He grimaced several
times as electrodes were attached
and mumbled prayers.
He entered the death chamber at
sos p. m. (EST) and was pro-
nounced dead at 8:12 p. M, by DR..
Howard Wiesler, prison physician.
The body of the Camden clergy
man was claimed by his family. He
will be buried tomorrow beside his
wife in New Camden cemetery.
The Protestant prison chaplain,
the Rev. John B. Oman, walked
ahead of Dworecki and read from
the bible as he died.
The switch was turned by Joseph
P. Francel Of Cairo, N. Y, who was
retained for this one execution.
Robert G. Elliott of Richmond Hill,
N. Y, New Jerseys executioner for
Is years died last fall. Francel also
carries out executions at Sing Sing
prison, New York.
There were four shocks of 1000
volts at seven amperes.
Dworecki was the first clergyman
put to death in the electric chair
since it replaced hanging in 1907,
and was its 127th victim.
His was the first ~electrocution in
New Jersey since August, 1888, when
two negroes were put to death for a
76-cent robbery murder in Gloucester
county. The lapse since then had
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
AUTHORITIES SEEK
SLAYER OF COED
Sex Mad Killer Beats Penn
sylvania State College
Girl To Death

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, March
28.-R-A sex-mad killer brutally
assaulted a 17-year-old freshman CO.
ed of Pennsylvania State college and
then beat her to death today a few
hours after she had returned from
a happy Easter vacation at her
home in Wildwood, N. J..
The torn, bruised body of the
brown-haired home economics stu
dent, Rachel Hutchinson Taylor,
was found in the driveway of the
Lemont consolidated school, about
three miles east of the campus, by
a school janitor reporting for work.
A coroner's jury tonight found
the 130-pound girl met death "by
person or persons unknown" as the
result of wounds in the head inflict-
ed by a blunt or sharp instrument"
DR.. Herbert Glenn expressed the
opinion Miss Taylor might have
been struck by a hammer. There
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
FACES MURDER COUNT
Case Was Remanded To
Juvenile Court On Plea
OF Defense Counsel

A hearing in the case Of Zelda
Deloris Morrison, 10, indicted by
the grand jury at the March Grim
inal term of New Hanover superior
court in the Staying of her father,
William H. Morrison, wealthy Ca
madam, will be held at 10 o'clock
Friday morning, April 5, in the
superior courtroom, T. A. Hender-
son, judge of the county juvenile
court, announced yesterday.
Judge John J. Burney, presiding
at the last criminal court term
here, remanded the case to Hen
derson for disposition on a plea by
defense counsel that the superior
court under the law could not place
a defendant under IA years of age
on trial.
Same Bond
An order signed by Judge Bur-
ney requires that the defendant be
kept under the same bond until
the final disposition Of her case
before Henderson.
The court found as an actual
fact that the defendant was born
on December 6, 1926, and had just
passed her 18th birthday when the
alleged offense of murder of her
father occurred on the night of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
By j. r. O'SULLIVAN

ROTTERDAM, The Neither
lands, March 28.-(APeA Meth
erlands air force lieutenant,
jumping out of bed and pulling
his flying suit on over his pa
jamas, roared into the air early
today and shot down a twin
motored five man British bomber
which was returning over the
heart of Holland from a night
flight over Germany.
One member of the British
bomber's GREY was killed when
he Jumped from the plane just
before the pilot succeeded in
landing it, in flames, on the
Finland island" Of Ijsselmonde,
lust south of this busy port. Inc
British pilot was burned about
the face and another member OF
the crew was wounded slightly
in the hip by a machlneguh
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
SPAIN CELEBRATES
WAR ANNIVERSARY
Falangistas Note Entry OF
Nationalist Armies Into
Madrid Year Ago

MADRID, March 28.-GP-Hun'
dreds of thousands of blue-shirted
Falangistas, chanting their stirring
battle song, "Face to the Sum-"
marched past the royal palace to.
day to celebrate the entry of Gen.
eralissimo Frances nationalist al.
mics into Madrid a year ago after
80 months of bitter civil war.
The capital, focal point OF a ma.
tionwide demonstration, took a half.
holiday to celebrate the first an.
niversary of the fall Of the repub.
iican regime and the rise of a new
Spain built on "nationalist-syndi-
calist" lines.
The celebration, which included
a reception to the diplomatic corps,
will continue tomor1o W when Fran.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
JrdgeAcce, J
Of Guilty
Over Protest
Second Degree Plea Is Pre-
scented After State Com
pletes Its Evidence
OPPOSED BY SINCLAIR
Frizzelle Says Convinced
Defendant intoxicated
At Time OF Staying

BURGAW, March %. - George
Mills, 32-year-old Hampstead white
man, was sentenced to 80 years in
states prison in Fender superior
court here today for the shotgun
and Ak murder Of W. A. (Bill) Hud'
son, 69-year-old recluse Of Hamp
stead.
The sentence by Judge j. Paul
Frizzelle, Of Snow Hill, came after
the jurist had accepted a plea OF
guilty of murder in the second de-
gree submitted by defense counsel
Clifton Moore and James Best.
The state concluded it's presenta-
this afternoon. The defense offered
no testimony.
Jury Dismissed
Following the noon recess, court
>re-opened at 2 o'clock and imme-
diately after court convened Attor-
neys Moore and Best asked that the
jury be excused in order that they
may make a~motion. The plea of
guilty was then submitted and be-
fore accepting Judge Frizzelle asked
District Solicitor David Sinclair, of
Wilmington, if he would accept the
plea.
Solicitor Sinclair replied that he
could not accept the plea as the evil
dence showed, according to the
state statues, that it was a case of
first degree murder.
II can't with the obligation un-
der which 1 am sworn as solicitor
of this district, accept the plea"
he said.
Judge Frizzelle stated that he had
consulted the sheriff of the county.
SBI officers and Hampstead Off
GERS at the noon recess and that he
was convinced that the defendant
was highly intoxicated at the time
of the homicide and that he was
mentally incapable of realizing
the consequences Of his act. The
judge said that he believed the man
hai the mentality Of a six-year-old
child.
The jurist. however, agreed with
the solicitor that Tin his opinion the
case was n Of first degree muir
der" He commended, however, that
Mills was a man Of low mentality
and consequently should not be ex-
ecuted.
Request Overruled
Solicitor Sinclair asked Judge
Frizzelle to allow the case to go to
the jury with the promise that he
would join with the jurist in asking
clemency for the defendant. The re-
quest was overruled.
The 3O-year prison sentence is the
maximum under the law for second
degree murder.
Following the passage Of SEN
tence, Solicitor Sinclair declared,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
R0URK STUDYING
TRAFFIC. 0NTROL
Chief Considers New Angle
For Use In Campaign
On ~Jaywalkers

Police Chief Joseph c. Rourk, VINO
has a campaign of his W against
lawmakers, is studying a method be-
ing used effectively by the Evans
ton. ILL.,, police in a similar drive.
The idea is described in a oul-
letin received here by J. e. l.. Waoe'
CITY commissioner of public works,
who is a member Of the board OF
directors of the American Munlclpai
association, from the ANA mead
quarters. -
In Evanston, the bulletin SAID
hurrying shoppers and heedless
strollers look both ways and up at
the traffic light before attempting
to cross a street. This is the re-
suit of a campaign by Evanstons
police department to educate Jay
walking pedestrians through
use of a cruising patrol a equip
ped with a loud speaker.
Here's how it works:
The Sound" car parks near a
busy intersection and the patrol
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29

The survivors climbed out of
the burning wreckage unaided
and later had a friendly chat
with Lieut.. NOOmen in a near
by coffeehouse. They congratu-
lated him on his feat; Noomen
expressed admiration for the
British pilots skill in landing
the plane while flames were
sweeping the cockpit.
The British filters will be in
termed for the duration of the
war for violating Netherlands
neutrality.
Another plane, its nationality
undetermined, was fired upon by
anti-aircraft batteries near Am
sterdam during the morning. 1t
escaped, although apparently
hit.
Since the war started Meth
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
DUTCH AIRMAN SHOOTS DOWN BRITISH
BOMBER DURING FLIGHT OVER HOLLAND

erlands anti-aircraft and fast
fighting planes have been en-
gaging foreign planes which
trespass almost daily on Dutch
airlanes.
A German plane was shot
down near Roermond, on the
eastern frontier, on last Novem-
Der IL, and the pilot was killed.
On Sept. 10, a German plane
shot down a Dutch plane near
the northern island of Ameland.
In at least three other cases
German planes have exchanged
machine-gun fire with Neither
lands fighters.
Earlier this month a British
plane was shot down in a fight
with German planes just across
the German border. 1t crashed
on Netherlands soil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Morrison Girls Hearing
Will Be Held On April 5
Germany Says 1t Will
Respect S. Vessels

WASHINGTON, March 49,
R-High officials Of the Ger.
man navy, it was disclosed to-
night, have given assurances to
the United States naval attache
at Berlin that American ships
anywhere on the seas will be
respected, if they are not
bound for Allied ports.
The assurances followed the
lines of a radio broadcast by
Admiral Raeder, chief of the
German navy, on March 4.
Admiral Raeder said Ger
many wishes to promote the
detectives of the American pol
icy of neutrality. She respects
those aims. The German navy
will be guided by the principle
to do its very best to show
every consideration to American
vessels wherever they may be-"
A State department. official
said tonight no assurances had
been conveyed to the depart.
ment by the German embassy
here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Nations Also Agree To Con.
tinue Bonds I'm All
Spheres After War
ENLARGE AIMS OF WAR
Three-Point Declaration Is
sued After Meeting OF
Allied War Council
BY DREW

LONDON, March 2S-QP-Britain
and France, already pledged to a
finish fight against naziism.
strengthened their bonds today by
9olemnly declaring that neither
would negotiate a separate peace
and by agreeing to continue their
llliance after the war Gin all spheres
so long as may be necessary to safe
g lard their security
Enlarging on their war aims, the
their purpose to reconstruct with
the assistance of other nations an
international order which will l.
sure the liberty Of peoples, respect
for law and the maintenance of
peace in Europe"
The three point declaration was
issued after the sixth meeting of the
Allied war council, an all-day session
at 10 Downing street which brought
Paul Reynaud to London for the
first time in the role of French
premier.
To Mend Fences
The Allies decision was coin.
cidental to the start of a widespread
effort to mend Anglo-French dipio-
matte fences in the Balkans to bar
Germany from access to the rich re.
sources of southeastern Europe.
Britain's ambassador to Turkey
and her ministers to Bulgaria,
Greece, Rumania, Hungary and
Yugoslavia were ordered home for
consultations with Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax.
Significantly, their arrival in L. I.
don was timed to coincide with the
presence here of Sir Percy Lorraine,
the British ambassador to Italy.
Italy regards the Balkans as within
her sphere of influence"
France, with a new hand at the
helm, also appeared to be preparing
for a correlated diplomatic offensive
in the south. Reynaud, who return
ed to Paris Immediately after tho
meeting of the war council, already
has called his ambassador to Rome,
Andre Francois-Poncet, home for q
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Outlook Good
Airport
Work
WPA Officials See No Rea-
sons Why Project Should
Not Go Through
MAY INSTALL LIGHTS
Definite Report On $780,
900 Appropriation Ex-
pected In 20 Days

New Hanover county is virtually
assured that $4,000 in PWA and
county funds will be appropriated
within a short time for use in lay
ing runways and installing lights
at Bluethenthal airport, Addison
Hewlett, chairman of the county
board, said last night.
Mr.. Hewlett, along with WPA and
aeronautio officials, held a confer
ence at the WPA headquarters in
Raleigh yesterday in regard to the
project.
"They gave US to understand
they saw no eason why the project
should not go through" he sadi
upon his return last night. And ]
see no reason why it should not"
improvements Included
Mr.. Hewlett said the county rep
re%sentatives made efforts to include
in the project all improvements
needed to make the local airport a
first class flying field.
The work will consist of laying
3,000-feet runways and one
2,100-feet runway, and sufficient and
suitable lights to make the air field
FULLY disable and safe for night fly
The county chairman said present
plans provide for the county's share
in the funds being appropriated
mainly through furnishing trucks,
gas and oil and labor for the prof.
ect, thereby saving the spending of
any large amount of cash.
Mr.. Hewlett said the county
plans to use rock and other mate
rial from the old rock quarry in
the runways - thereby i'm
proving their construction and at
the same time saving the county
money.
The county board has been max
ing Efforts in this direction for some
time, and, according to Mr.. Hew.
lett, their Efforts seem to have at
last borne fruit.
1t will be from 20 to 80 days be-
fore the board will be advised def
regarding the WPA appro-
priation and work should begin
shortly after that time, he said.
If work is started within a month
or shortly after, the project should
be finished by next fall and will
then be ready for use in all weather
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Air Mail Is
Censored At Bermuda
During Forced Stop

HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 70
HR-Bermuda's air mail censor
NIP staff, disbanded when Fan
American Clippers abandoned this
lt Of call in mid-month, was re-
sSeholed hastily this morning
,'len the Atlantic Clipper, west
.@lnd, made an unexpected call
here.
a total of 1928 pounds of mail
vii Of it German, was removed
.Ul the plane and taken for eX-
s4IAation. 1t will be placed aboard
r rs next plane bound for the
United States.
lae stop was ordered for refuel-
Is' because head winds had re-
'1sed the supply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
BRITISH MAKE new
BID TO JAPANESE
Envoy Says Is Not Impossi-
bic To Bring Policy Into
Full Harmony

TOKYO, March 2S.-R-Britain's
ambassador told an audience of high
ly-placed japanese today that "it is
not beyond the powers Of construc-
i've craftsmanship to bring the aims
of British and japanese policy into
full harmony"
Delivered against the background
of months of bitter British-Japanese
hostility, especially in China, the
speech of the ambassador, Sir Rob-
ert Leslie Craigie, aroused comment
by it's tone, considered unusually con-
ciliatory.
He said there had been serious Diff
ferences of purpose and outlook be-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
Welles Tells Roosevelt
Of Results Of His Tour

WASHINGTON, March 2s.-R-
In an historic, hour-and-a-half con-
ference, President Roosevelt today
received the results of Sumner
Welles' fact-finding mission to Eu-
rope-and the general opinion here
tonight was that the talk could have
raised no hopes for an early peace.
Extraordinary secrecy was observ-
ed as the President, Secretary of
State Hull and Undersecretary
Welles put their heads together in
the Presidents second-floor, White
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
D0ZENBERC GIVEN
U.S.. PRISON TERM
Russian Spy Re-
ceives Year For Misusing
American Passports

NEW YORK, March 28.-R-
Nicholas Dozenberg, who for IL
years Travelled the world as a spy
for the Red army of Soviet Rus
STA, was sentenced to a prison term
of a year and a day for misusing
the American passports which pro-
tected him in that perilous pursuit.
A slight, greying man of 5S-as
commonplace in appearance as any
tired and aging bookkeeper - he
stood before the federal bench to
hear the judgment of the court.
Then, glancing occasionally at a
sheet Of paper, he addressed the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29

House study. All ~others-even the
closest of White House aides-were
excluded.
The only interruption was when
Stephen Early, presidential secretary,
looked in a moment to obtain the
Presidents approval of a statement
drawn up for reporters. This state
ment said:
Neither the President, the secre-
tary of state nor the undersecretary
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
bullet. A boy, cycling on a dyke,
was shot in the arm.

bullet. A boy, cycling on a dyke,
was shot in the arm.
Qjsselmonde, an island form
ed by two branches of the river
Mas, is a few miles inland from
the Netherlands west coast. It
is scarcely IS miles, airline dis
lance, from Ijsselmonde and
Rotterdam to the German border,
all the way across the Neither
lands.)
The Dutch flier who shot down
the bomber was Lieut.. N. Moo.
men, a former kim airlines nj
lot. The British airmen did not
fire at him or at the other
Dutch fighting plane which
chased the bomber for fifteen
minutes through the clouds;
they merely tried to get away
and ignored Noomen's signals
telling them to land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
WEATHER

w., FORECAST
isr %h Carolina: Mostly cloudy Fri
hi ana saturday, showers Friday,
%uch change in temperature.
hi Psychological data for the "a hours
s $50 p. IN. yesterday.
I'm Temperature
h y, a, m. So; 7:3O a. m. So; 1:30 p.
him, $50 p. M So; maximl.n ";
'~ulh so; mean 81; normal So.
I'm Humidity
h X, a m. "a; 7:30 a. m. 81; 1:30 p.
n f:30 p. m. IS.
ro.., Precipitation
ha sal for a hours ending 7:30 p. M,
III Total since first Of the month,
Tides For Today
~'ngton ---- 2:09a 9:25a
~'nboro Inlet - o:o4a s:16a
Spn,i II :22p 6:29p
" .llse 6:03a; sunset 6:30p; moon
moonset 10:37a.
stte'piee Fear river stage at Fay
N''nhe, 12.15 feet.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
TALKS RESUMED
BY JAPS, FRENCH
IMPENDING CRISIS OVER JAP
DEMANDS AVERTED
TODAY

Hanoi, French Indo-China, Sept.
21-AP -- An impending crisis
over japanese demands for mill
tary facilities In Indo-China APP
parently was ayerted today as
French and Japanese officials e
sumed conversations.
The French colonial government
annv-nced the japanese had "modi-
fed the range" OF demands which
caused the collapse OF negotiations
Friday in the wake OF a 72hour
ultimatum submitted by Japan.
1T Is believed these converse
lions will terminate in an agree
ment taking account Of the inter-
ests Of both sides" the French
communique said. 1T Is emphasiz-
ed that during these NEGOTIATIONS
Indo- China's territorial integrity
and French sovereignty over the
country were never open 10 ques-
ton.
The announcement came only a
short time after Major General Is
saku Nishihara. head OF the Japa-
nese mission. mad said he was
leaving for home and that his de-
parture could be interpreted as
heralding a crisis Nishihara re-
maineS here with some OF his stan,
but il was not announced whether
others Hhn-had= already departed
for Haiphong would return.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
SOUGHT IN
DEATH OF SINGER
HAD ESCORTED DEAD WOMAN
WHEN LAST SEEN ALIVE;
WEDDING HAD BEEN SET

Pittsfield, Mass, Sept. 21-AP-
Police seeking a 5l-year-old man for
questioning in connection with the
Staying of Miss Madeline Clark. a.
year-old Lenox choir singer, said a
diver would be sent today into the
60-foot depths of this city's reser-
voir.
Miss Clark's body wal found
floating in the reservoir Friday just
a month prior to her scheduled mar
riage to another man.
State police broadcast a call for
the arrest of Sylvester Dellear, 81,
for questioning on a Staying case"
after Medical Examine George s.
Wickham pronounced the attractive
paper mil clerk a victim of foul
play" Her head bore three gashes.
Assistant District Attorney Har-
old X. Goewey said he had been
informed that Miss Clark was es-
corted by Dellear when she left
choir practice at St Helenes Chapel
in nearby Lenox on Thursday night.
Convey described the escort as
married and estranged from his
wife.
A bloodstained automobile. iden-
titled by Police Lieutenant John F.
Horris as belonging to Dellear,
and a bloodstained h MINER. were
found on the edge of the reservoir.
The order to send a diver into
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