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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

right to the head about midway
the heat. Hawkins spared careful
ly and kept out of range of the
wilmington boys hardest punches.
Beard landed enough blows in
the third round to hold a good
margin of points, although he was
never able to land a punch hard
enough to knock Hawkins out.
Hawkins snapped blows at the be-
ginning but tired as the round
neared the end.
The Wilmington boxer will meet
j. P. Cornelius of Fort Benning
Thursday night for the middle
weight championship.
Tiny Taylor advanced to the fin
ais by forfeit after Shubert had
sent word to the Golden Gloves
committee that he was sick.
Taylor will meet John Merritt of
Savannah tomorrow night for the
heavyweight championship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
The European
War Situation
Rv Tho Associated Press)

10y Inc A~SSOCidtcu AAoSSJ
HELSINKI. - Finland rushes
more men to colors; admits Rus.
sian gains in Summa sector but
says other assaults on Manner
helm line repulsed with heavy
enemy losses; President Kallio
says Firms have no choice but
to fight to last man regardless
Of outcome.
LONDON. - Britain formally
approves recruiting Of British
manpower for Finland; between
1900 and 5000 already signed
up; three British ships, one
neutral sink; two German u
boats destroyed.
BERLIN. - Germany informs
Americas allies must "fundamen-
tally revise" viewpoints before
she could consider American
safety zone;;' Nazi spokesman
say neutral ships, including
American, touching Gibraltar
would be fair victim for German
submarines.
PARIS. - French seize Ger
man cargo boat as war prize;
German infantry repulsed on
western front.
ISTANBUL, - Turkish press
openly speaks of possible mill
tary action in spring against
Russian Oilfields.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
HIGH WINDS CAUSE
MERCURY DROP HERE
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from Cape Hatteras to New Eng
land yesterday but last night no
craft warnings had been hoisted in
this section. Weatherman Paul
Hess said that the storm which
raised the tide to its all-time high
level at Manteo was probably due
to a storm which was centered
southeast Of Washington, D. c.,
yesterday morning. He. expressed
TIE opinion that the storm would
not come this far down.
Tide Water Power company en-
| ployes here said last night that
they had received constant calls
all yesterday to repair power lines
blown. down by the severe winds.
The damage was not concentrated
in any spot but was all over
the city and county, with several
downtown street lights being out of
order last night because Of winds.
Firemen were kept busy yester-
day answering alarms, with a total
of 10 alarms having been received
by II o'clock last night.
The calls yesterday and last night
were:
To 1902 Dock street, sparks from
chimney; Fifteenth and Willard
streets, grass fire; Seventh and
Harnett streets, electric wire on
fire; 1106 Dawson street, home oc.
cupied by George Tullwood, sparks
on roof; 70S South Fourth street,
home of George johnson, chimney
burning out; and one false alarm;
2OS Parsley street. home Of Carrie
Dover, sparks from chimney; Sixth
and Dawson, chimney burning out;
POS South Second, occupied by Por-
ter Huffman, defective flue; auto
fire at Second and Princess streets;
defective flue at HOS North Sixth;
918 South Fourth, W. T. Harriss,
defective crock; 113 Campbell, de.
fective flue; 61s Swan street. Mag
gle Adams, few shingles burned by
sparks falling on roof; ia IL
North Sixth street, Harry SWEET,
few shingles burned by sparks on
roof; West Construction company
field office at Fifth and Willard,
overheated stove; 115 IL Wright
street, owned by Mrs. George War.
rem, occupied by Mrs. Jeanne M.
Reynolds, sparks from chimney
caused a blaze that was checked,
then reset and checked again: 1904
Dock, Francis Farrow, few shingles
destroyed by sparks from chimney.
Chief J. Ludie Groom said last
night that as far as he knew the
10 alarms answered yesterday set a,
new record for the Wilmington fire
department.
He said that as far back as 40
years the highest number of alarms
Of fire for any one day was II.
Low temperatures in the freezing
ZONE were recorded in several sec.
lions of the state yesterday, with
Asheville reporting a low of q de-
grees. Weathermen said that Will
mington will have fair weather for
the next few days.
Yesterdays temperature ranged
from a high of Sc to a low of Al
degrees, the mean was at the nor
NAL of 48. degrees.
The strong winds here were &C.
credited to a disturbance over the
Mississippi valley, which was NOV
ing rapidly enthusiastically last
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

aircraft carriers - larger than any
yet built by the navy specifically for
that work-and an inspected num-
Der Of cruisers and submarines. The
exact number Of cruisers and sub.
marines was withheld to keep secret
their sizes but it was understood
some Of the cruisers would be much:
larger than the present 1c,0OO.ton
treaty cruisers"
The combat ships in the program
would cost about 1912, $50. 900; the
auxiliary vessels about $1S3, coo, 900
and the new planes, designed to give
the navy a minimum of $500 Ilanes,
about 500, 1920.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

would total about 500, 900 900 Chi
nese dollars (about $35, 900, 000). 1t
would be the first loan so named.
The proclamation elaborated as
follows on it's assertion that the
time now was ripe for establish
ment Of their desired new order
"a China under Japanese control:
"The supply routes to Chung
king have been cut and rapid pro-
gress is being made in formation
of a new central government I'M
der Wang Ching Wei.
Therefore in the future we will
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
MAY DAMAGE ROAD

RALEIGH, Feb. II Up w.
Vance Baise, chief highway engineer
tonight expressed the fear that
about 1000 feet of the highway be-
tween Mays Head and Roanoke is.
land might be washed out by water
blown over the roadway by a gale.
Barbados have been erected, the
engineer said, and highway forces
will be on the scene tomorrow to &C.
termine damage and plan for re.
pairs.
The threatened area is between
Mays Head anG the Roanoke Island
bridge.
Water washing against and over
the roadway is coming from an inlet
cut in the storm of 1888, when the
roadway was washed out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
O'DUNNE APPOINTED

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA Up -
Attorney General Jackson appoint
ed Eugene O'Dunne today to assist
Hugh A. Fulton in a grand jury in
vestigation into the Associated Gas
and Electric company, top unit in a
billion dollar utility holding company
system.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
ATLANTIC COAST
IS POUNDED BY
HUGE BLIZZARD
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lists abandoned their cars and
trudged through hip-deep drifts to
farmhouse shelters.
The National '~Broadcastine COM.
pany reported power failures re.
sulting from storm-damaged wires
had forced its two networks off
the air % times during the day
for periods ranging from three sec.
onds to - minutes.
Undaunted by the severest wealth.
ero + upstate Now York's winter.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt set
out on a 60-mile automobile trip
from Syracuse to Ithaca, N. y,
over wind-whipped roads.
II always bring galoshes," she
remarked, but I always neglect to
wear Them
Moving Toward Sea
In a special broadcast from Wash
ington, Charles L. Mitchell, senior
forecaster Of the U. S. weather bu-
reau, said that by tomorrow the
storm would be well out to sea.
Other forecasts indicated clearing
skies and dipping temperatures over
most of the storm area.
In Washington a three-inch snow
one Of the lightest falls recorded
and high winds snarled traffic.
Schools and some government Of
fices closed early.
Highlights Of the storm:
New England-All ship sailings
from Boston harbor cancelled;
coast guard went to aid Of six
small vessels in distress; hundreds
sanding icy rural Massachusetts
highways, traffic almost at stand.
still; similar crews at work in
New Hampshire; temperatures
ranged d|wn to 10 below zero in
Vermont; snow six inches deep.
New York-Crews Of 1880 men
put to work clearing six-inch fall
off New York city streets; eastern
Long Island in partial darkness
from ice-broken power lines; 1876
airplane flights at LaGuardia field
cancelled; upstate New York fought
snow ranging from Z to 36 inches
deep and piling up hourly: state
police broadcasts warned against
lall travel: scores of rural schools
closed by clogged roads; visibility
down to 20 feet.
New Jersey
New Jersey-Traffic disrupted all
over state; 1900 men assigned to
highway clearance; two traffic &C
cident deaths; snowfall in north
Jersey heaviest in two years;
heavy seas pounded beachfront.
Hundreds of motorists were stall.
ed in Pennsylvania and Ohio. A So.
mile peak wind and six inches Of
snow in Maryland impeded ship
! ping and brought one death.
Seventy two : mile : an hour gale
gusts were reported at the Roanoke
City, Va, airport, and ice curtailed
highway travel in some sections of
the state. Four inches Of snow fell
at Winchester, in northwest .Vir-
ginia.
Elsewhere throughout the south
20 to 35-mile-an-hour winds drove
the temperatures to freezing levels
or lower. Frost was expected in
the interior of Florida and freez.
ing weather along the gulf. A low
of 24-28 above zero was forecast
for sugar and truck gardening re-
gions Of Louisiana.
The blizzard was the most Sc.
we're to strike New York city since
the Thanksgiving night storm in
1888, and accidents became so
numerous that four major hospitals
for several hours refused to send
ambulances except in the most SER
ious cases.
A power failure from ~ice.coated
wires forced Radio Station WOW
off the air, and blown down wires
left large sections of Bronx county
without lights.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
ASKS SUPPORT

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. n
-R-An American born Swedish
bishop asked today for Methodist
support for Finland so that the ter
o may be turned back and the high
degree Of civilization characteristic
Of the Scandinavian peninsula may
continue"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
SWAMI, BEARD AND
TAYLOR ADVANCE
IN ATLANTA MEET
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into the finals on a forfeit over
charles shubert' OF the Columous'
n, Enquirer team.
Jimmie Swami, 112-pound champ.
a decision over Earl Godbee,
4 savannah, Ca
vonce Red Beard. middleweight
,.ns decisioned Edgar Hawkins of
Fort Benning:
Henry Gilliken, welterweight
,.ader of the Wilmington team,
~ victim to a knockout at the
N"ads of Joe Zimmerman, of Sa-
Ennab. in the third round Of his
Swann will meet Marlin Robert,
Atlanta, tomorrow night for the
100 championship.
Swami was awarded the decision
..nioht by unanimous vote Of the
.udoes. as Godbee spent most Of his
.,ron in the ring back-pedalling from
~ champion. Although he landed
tow light blows the first round,
codbee stayed away from Swami for
the entire heat.
The second round was a duplica-
.,or of the first, with Swami mai l..
aoirg to land a few blows. At the
lowing of the third Godbee came
ont for Swami and landed two or
three nice punches but Swami let
loose a furry of lefts and rights to
tho face that started the Savannah
Inv back-pedalling again. Near the
end of the round Swami cornered
codbee and had him hanging on
the ropes at the bell.
Gilliken went up against another
southpaw tonight and was placed IN
tho defensive all the way, not being
oble to do much with the Savannah
youth.
Zimmerman started off in the first
round as if he vas going to fight a
defensive battle, but a hard left from
cillliken sent him through the ropes
at the bell.
Wins On Points
The Wilmington boy tried to carry
The fight to Zimmerman in the
second heat, but the Georgia boy
varded off Gilliken's best and en-
erged ahead by a small margin Of
points.
The third round began with the
fight even, both having won a
round each. Gilliken landed several
good lefts to the head but Dinner
man retaliated with the same medi-
cine and suddenly about midway the
round he let fly a ripping left hook
that caught Gilliken on the chin and
knocked him to the canvas for the
count of ten. ,
Up to the third round Gilliken
had been conceded the chances Of
winning the welterweight title by
ringside observers.
Red Beard was fighting the
smartest and cleverest fight of his
life tonight as he out-boxed and
o~utpunched Edgar Hawkins, Of
Fort Benning, Ga.
In the beginning Of the first
round, Beard opened an old cut
over Hawkins right eye. Hawkins
tried several times to land his hard
right, but each time Beard caught
the soldier off balance and landed
telling blows to the face and body.
Hawkins was better at mitigating
but Beard held an edge in points
with his hard rights.
The second round was slower,
with Beard landing a couple of
lefts at the beginning and a hard
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
PROLIFIC PARNASSUS

LOS ANGELES - George Par.
nassus, manager of Ceferino Gar.
cha, owned a clothing store in
Greece and operated a restaurant in
Arizona before getting into the box.
ing game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

not expand Jul operations, but will
await your offensive. In case you
adopt this latter plan, We will re-
sort to necessary tactics and add
more pages to the war annals Of
the world"
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JAPAN CALLS ON
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proclamation, issued by the Japa-
nese South China command last
night.
Chiang's Chungking government
today indicated what it's reply
would be by adopting plans to float
munitions and reconstruction loans.
Bankers said the munitions issue
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
College Professors Leave Posts
To Tackle Secret Defense Tasks

is teaching his classes. He had
left on a plane that morning.
Around 3 a. m. the next day l
found him back, and over the
Scotches he told me he had flown,
by request, to one of the country's
great industrial laboratories. They
wanted his advice on a "problem"
connected with defense" He look
ed it over and told them this great
corporations laboratory lacked the
facilities to give the answers. He
arranged for them to transfer this
work, secretly, to the laboratory
of a university about half the
width of the United States away.
There m two unusual, almost
amazing facts about this incident
which can be told.-First, the cor
poration deals in food Of certain
kinds; second, the laboratory
where the problem was sent is
not a food laboratory at all.
What sort of war problem would
a food-maker send to a university
labratory that does not do any
thing for the food business? There
just is no answer, not even a good
guess. The phantom professors
won't tell, even over the scotches.
One thing should be noted well,
The problem, whatever
it is, was not invented by profess
sors, but by military needs and
military leaders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
LONGS STATUE
TO BE UNVEILED
Big Bronge Huey Now Stands
Among Immortals In
Capitol Hall
BY BEN GRANT

WASHINGTON, Dec. I'll @ -
Draped in an American flag. a big
bronze Huey P. Long stands
among the immortals in the CAPT.
tol's Statuary han.
There the followers Of his de-
posed dynasty will gather early
next year to dedicate the late king.
fish's likeness.
AS sightseers wonder whose fea-
lures the national colors conceal,
the 90O-pound bronze stands be-
tween Nebraska's William Jen-
nings Bryan and Wisconsin's elder
Bob LaFollette.
Other late greats nearby include
Virginia's Robert E. Lee, Missis-
sippi's jefferson Davis, Rhode Is
lands Roger Williams, Pennsyl-
vania's Robert Fulton, Kentucky's
Henry Clay, South Cardinals John
c. Calhoun, New Hampshire's Dan
iel Webster, and Texas Sam Hous-
ton.
Each state is entitled to two sta
tues in the capitol-one in Statu-
airy hall proper, M elsewhere in
the building. Because Huey Long
is Louisiana's first contribution, he
gets the single place reserved in
the hall for his state.
This arrangement gives the one
time Louisiana ruler a distinction
that has been denied such cele-
brated persons as George Clinton
of New York, Jonathan Trumbull
of Connecticut, Wade Hampton of
South Carolina, and John Winthrop
of Massachusetts, whose statues
are in capitol corridors.
The Long statue is 10 feet five in
ches high. The standing figure itself
is six feet five. A marble and bronze
base measures 48 inches in height.
It cost SIS, 900. The artist was
Charles Keck, New York sculptor.
Huey is as Washington knew him
best. The right hand is raised in
oratorical gesture. The left arm
is at his side, the fingers tense.
A Louisiana legislature con-
trolled by the long regime author
lied the bronze after the rulers
assassination. BY similar authority,
a $50, 900 statue of the kingfish
stands at his grave outside the
capitol building.
While the artist was at work, the
Long organization was overthrown,
its leaders ousted and some of
them jailed. But the states choice
OF Huey Long for Statuary hall is
binding. Only the state legislature
could change it. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Service Flag Plan
Rejected By Dykstrd

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-LR-
The ~selective service chief turned
thumbs down today on proposals
that some official symbol, such as
the Service flag of World war
days, be displayed by families or
men drafted into the army.
C. A. Dykstra, director Of selectlve
service, said in a statement that
lone of the basic PHILOSOPHERS Of Sc
lective service is that everybody
serves his country best by doing
the job for which he is most quail
fled, needed and available. 10 pro-
vide some special gratuitous recognl-
ton Of the families Of men who are
selected for military training would
be an injustice to the families OF
those who serve in industry, agricul-
ture, commerce and other pursuits
necessary to the maintenance OF
public health, safety or interest"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-An index
of the wide, unseen scope Of Amer
lean war preparations is the mum
Der of missing professors at the
great American universities.
Ask any university what 1T is
doing to aid defense and the reply
is almost universal-"That is con-
fidential." Look around the cam
pus among. the professors w e
known in science, and from one to
a dozen or more are not there this
winter. Inquire why. ''They are on
leave for a government defense
project" What are they doing?
''Can't say" Write to them, as
personal acquaintance, and the
reply will be, as in case OF one
famous man:
81 can't talk about the really
interesting things we are doing"
They are not only missing, they
are the phantom professors
They are by no means all the
scientists busy on Uncle Sans de-
lenses, but the nature of their
work, suggested by an occasional
anecdote that leaks past the volun-
tary silence and the few official
reports, indicates that this wal is
calling in all the sciences.
One morning this fall, | a S
looking for a professor who still
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
White House
Christmas

WASHINGTON, Dec. I'll @ -
Just as in homes from Maine tt
California, the President and Mrs
Roosevelt are in that last minute
other getting ready for Christ
mas.
The White House, re-decoratec
this summer, was being decked ou1
In holly, mistletoe and %poinsettas
A tall all-white Christmas tree
with white lights, white streamers
and artificial snow-was set up ir
the east room.
Gaily wrapped packages were
stacking up under the less forma.
family Christms tree cit has null
ticolored lights) on the second
floor. Mrs. Roosevelt is an early
shopper. This year she had mos
Of it done right after the election.
Christmas morning in the Roose.
welt family belongs to the children
Grown-ups have to wait until after
the midday turkey dinner-carveo
by the presidential hand-to see
what Sanity brought them.
This Christmas eve there will be
but two small stockings hung or
the White House mantle. One will
be that Of Franklin, the 3rd, 2-year.
old son of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr., and his wife, the former Ethel
dupont.
The other stocking will belong
to Diana Hopkins, 8, daughter Of
Harry L. Hopkins, former secre'
tary of commerce and close friend
of the President. Hopkins and the
junior Roosevelts will be guests
over Christmas.
Yes, indeed, the President
mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roose.
welt, will be down from Hyde
Park. A matter of being 87-years'
old wouldn't stop that world travel
er who went to China in a clipper
ship as a child and has lived tc
see clipper planes fly the seas.
Other guests will. be Mrs. j. r.
Roosevelt of New York, widow OF
the Presidents h~alf-brother, and
Harry Hooker of New York, a long
time friend of the Presidents.
None of the other Roosevelt chill
dren or grandchildren r expect
ed. James, the Roosevelt's Oldest
son, is in training with the naval
reserves on the west coast. Elliott
is on duty in the aviation corps.
John can't get down because he
has only one day off from his Bos-
ton department store job. Anna is
in Seattle.
The festivities will begin Mon
day afternoon when the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt receive the
White House office force-number-
ing about 150-in the President S
office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Engine Fashioned From Piece
Ut Gas Pipe Gaue Ford Start

have since echoed in the more re.
fined cylinders of the upwards of %.
ooo, 200 automobiles Ford subsequent
ly built.
1t was on December %, 1893. that
Ford set up his homemade engine
in h kitchen. A small plank was
clamped to the sink. Fastened to
the plank was the little motor made
of a piece of pipe, a Simple piston
a small flywheel, two ordinary brass
check valves, a pair Of gears that rar
two to one and an oil cup.
An electric cord from the light
socket near the sink was split, one
strand being used to obtain the spark
and the other being grounded to the
water faucet.
Five months later Ford completed
his first small horseless vehicle, il
a brick barn back of the Ford home
1t was necessary to break out one
OF h walls to get the car out, an6
at two o'clock in the morning the
first road test was undertaken. II
wasn't entirely successful, for the
little a came home with only on
OF its two cylinders functioning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Holly Ridge Tractors
Work Through Night

HOLLY RIDGE, Dec. al
Tractors continued to run at
full tilt here tonight as work
men continued to grade the
four square mile tract on which
the Wilmington Anti-Aircraft
Firing Center is being erected.
During the day large amounts
Of heavy machinery arrived
from Charlotte. All was unload
ed during the day.
G. c. Hines, postmaster, said
Office workers there told him
that a large number of men
have been given orders to re-
port for work Monday but
stressed the fact that only
those who have been assigned
to work should report at the
camp site at that time.
Considerable activity in real
estate transactions was also re-
ported here today but no
definite news could be gained
of any particular deals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
BY DAVID j. WILKIE
Associated Press Automotive
Editor

DETROIT, Dec. 21.-Fortv-seven
years ago in the kitchen of a mod.
est nome in Detroit's downtown Bag.
ley avenue, a 30-year-old mechanical
engineer spun the flywheel of a lit.
tie engine fashioned out o. a piece
ct gas pipe; his young wife poured
gasoline, drop by drop, from an oil
cup through a funnel into the intake
check valve.
1t was an experiment that was to
lead to a production of automo-
b1les; n of the greatest family.
owned industrial empires the world
ever has known and w~orld-renown
for the relatively obscure engineer
OF a Detroit electric illuminating
company intent upon building a
horseless carriage.
For Henry Ford, the young engi,
neer, the experiment was intended to
prove or disprove the soundness of
the principle Of the gas engine. The
tiny explosions that Ford and his
wife heard from the crude device