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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NEGRO IS FINED
S. FOR SPEEDING
Test Shows Speedometer
Wrong But Driver
Partly Right

paoorder Alton A. Lennon yester-
dow sn1it the difference with Walter
Mcc,,ire. negro arrested Monday
m a charge of travelling nor
than % miles an hour in a resi-
dan+;a1 district outside the city.
Tuesdav state witnesses testi-
fled Mcclure was speeding at the
rate of 40 miles an hour in the dis
trict. Mcclure countered with the
contention his truck would not go
40 miles per hour. .
Judge Lennon ordered a test OF
the truck, remarking that II 1t
would make more than 40 miles an
hour he was going to fine Nc
CURE $50 and if it would not ne
would fine him $40.
In court yesterday morning a
sheriff's deputy who drove the car in
2. test Tuesday Afternoon testified that
the speedometer on the truck at its
highest speed showed IS miles an
hour.
But County Solicitor H. Winfield
Smith testified that he clicked the
truck from a sheriff's department
car and that the speedometer on
the automobile showed it was
making AZ miles an hour.
Judge Lennon said he believed
the defendant was honest in say
ing his truck would not make more
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
GREEK TROOPS Use
INDIANS METHODS
sergeants Copy Tactics Ut
Redskins To Capture Peak
From Italians

SALONIKA, Greece, Dec. 4
RATwo Greek army sergeants
who never saw an American In
dian told today how they copied
the classic tactics of the Redskins
to capture a fortified mountain
peak from surprised Italian art1l-
lery companies.
One sergeant, a 21-year-old Sa-
lonika clerk, chuckled in his nos
rital bed d S a throbblng
wound as he told of the capture
of the peak in the Korltza-Po-
gradetz sector with a force OF ~
men which faced a heavily-armed,
numerically superior force.
''They had us under range OF
their machine guns" he said, land
it would have been suicide to at
tack when they could see us and
know where to fire.
1--WE waited until the mist
swirled up around the Italian posi-
tons. Then we hid in the mist
we used it as a secret weapon, like
vo11r American l d a S we've
heard about.
'When we charged the last few
feet with our bayonets, the Italians
raised their hands. We took a num-
Der of prisoners and of course
their guns.
'This wound I got was nothing.
I want to 60 back to the front
again."
The other sergeant, a 25-year-old
Peleponnesian fisherman, was
equally cheerful but his fighting
days are over Surgeons had to
amputate his left foot because OF
wounds.
IT took 80 men up the peak
near the Morova mountain and we
literally crawled through scrubby
pinewoods in order to approach
the Italian guns, he related.
1.-THE enemy sent out scouting
parties and from behind t. e e
trunks we picked them off one by
one.
They laid down a barrage but
we kept edging forward. I divided
my men and we came on guns
from two sides.
There were not many of us
left when the fight was over and
then 100 Italians rushed over from
nearby positions. I was wounded,
and they took me prisoner but |
crawled away from their camp
during the night.
THE next two days I lay under
cover of brush in a ravine. Then
our forces completely routed the
enemy and 1 was found and
brought to the hospital.
THE Italian privates are afraid
of our bayonets and our determi,
nation. Only Italian officers resist
hard" 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
President Roosevelt
Cruises On Cuban Coast

ABOARD U. S. S. MAYRANT
AT SEA, Dec. a GAP BY Radio
President Roosevelt cruise d
along the Cuban coast today on
the first stage of a trip into the
Caribbean sea, where he was ex-
pected to inspect some of the naval
and air bases recently acquired
by the United States from Great
Britain.
The sea was smooth, the weather
was sunny and the temperature
was in the sos. The only ships
sighted were several American
freighters, n Honduran and one
British.
Two of the U. S. neutrality pa
troll seaplanes from the Guantana-
mo naval base dipped over the
cruiser Tuscaloosa-on which the
President was enjoying the sun
shine and salt air after a good
sleep. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
H0EY SAVES TWO
FROM GAS HOUSE
Announces He Will Not Inter
vene For Zedikiel Smith,
Of Sampson, However

RALEIGH. Dec. 4.-R-Govef
nor Hoey today spared the V
of two men sentenced to deaua
decreed that another should ole
Friday, and gave a fourth a oo-oaS
reprieve. All four are negroes.
The Chief executive announced
that he would not intervene 1or
zedikiel Smith, convicted in samp-
Son county of killing William Dan
;e1 in a robbery, and he will die
Friday. oaa
life Imprisonment replaced
death as the penalties to be pala
bv Charlie Ellis, convicted las.
September in Warren county OF
rape. and Asor Brown, convlcte~
in Catawba county last July OF
numbering his wife.
The reprieve went to Noah Cure
ton. who was convicted of killing
John William Henniken in Meek
lenburg county, to permit a thor
ough Investigation in cooperation
with Solicitor John G. Carpenter
and Mecklenburg authorities.
Governor Hoey eplained that
should the study of the case lead
to a definite conclusion before he
leaves office January 9, he would
announce a decision before then;
if not, Cureton's Sate will be IN
the hands of the e Governor,
j. M. Broughton, who Will be given
the facts in the case. The new
death date is January "a.
In Browns case, the commuta-
ton statement released by paroles
commissioner Edwin Gill stated
that the prisoner KILLED his wife
under circumstances of extreme
provocation," growing out of an
intolerable domestic situation"
Trial Judge F. Donald Phillips,
Solicitor L. S. Spur ng, Sheriff
Ray E. Pitts of Catawba, and
others were quoted as having rec
commended a communication of the
sentence. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
DRY CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 4-R-
The lady was thirsty and it
wasn't water she wanted.
She dialed a telephone num-
Der and almost whispered,
"send me a pint"
"I'm sorry, but this is the
public library" came the
voice at the other end.
The lady, cognizant Of red
tape sometimes necessary in
bone-dry places like Charlotte,
insisted:
"That's all right, you needn't
kid me. Just send me a pint"
but this is the public
library"
The thirsty one figured they
were being annoyingly careful
about their calls today. Maybe
they'd been raided. She order.
ed again, and again got some
sort of silly answer about it be-
ing the library.
She didn't get the pint.
1t was the public library.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Movie S
"EscAPE" OPENS TODAY
AT CAROLINA THEATRE

GROIN of eleven outstanding
character actors, headed by Nor
ma Shearer and Ribert Taylor
combines to bring to the screen
one of the most thrilling best-sell-
ers of the past year, Ethel vance S
ESCAPE" The picture opens TO-
dav at the Carolina theatre.
Miss Shearer is seen as the Coun.
toss Won Treck, Who finds herself
involved in the desperate attempt
of American artist Mark Preyslng
to rescue his mother, ex-actress
Emmy Ritter, from death IN a
concentration camp. Taylor enacts
young Preysing, with Nazlmova'
star of silent films, returning to
the screen for the first time IN
years, as Emmy. European
star Conrad Veidt appears as the
general, lover of the Countess, ana
menace of Emmy's safe
ty.
With this quartet Of principals
appear. in almost equally impor-
tant roles, Felix Bressart as Fritz,
old family retainer; Albert Bas-
sermann as Henning, the a g d
lawyer; Dutch leading man Philip
Dorm as the camp physician, DIR.
Often, who makes Emmy's escape
possible; Bonita Granville as the
schoolgirl, Ursula; Edgar Barrlar
as the sadistic Police Commission
err; Elsa Bassermann as the law
yer's wife, and Blanche Yurka as
the brutal prison nurse.
Each of these becomes involved
in Emmy's flight. Around the ques-
ton of whether they will aid or
turn against her, the whole thrill
ing story revolves. .
The latest News of the Day and
a Merrie Melody cartoon in Tech
nicolor completes the program. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
"MELODY RANCH" PLAYS
AT THE ROYAL TODAY

Gene Autry, the Singing Cow
boy" has something in the nature
of a real life role in MELODY
Ranch" which opens today at the
Royal. In it he portrays a Holly
wood radio star who is featured in
a western program-all of which
is reminiscent of his own position
in real life as kingpin of the Mel
ody Ranch radio broadcast.
The only differ nee between the
reel life Gene and the real life
Gene is that in ''reel' life, Gene
goes soft in Hollywood, and is I'M
able to hold his own against the
villainous elemment of Torpedo
til he rides the range extensively
to get back into condition again.
On the other hand, in real life"
Gene is just as much a he-man
as the roles he portrays on radio
and screen. He has an extensive
workout program which includes
riding herd on the cattle of his
own San Fernando valley ranch
when he is not engaged before the
cameras or the microphones.
Ann Miller is cast opposite Gene
in the leading feminine role, ano
provides sultry scintillating
complications in the plot. jimmy
Durante, together with his worlc
famous "schnozzle," carries up his
share Of the comedy interest, aided
annd abeted by Vera Vague, popu.
lar comedienne of the ether waves.
Dead End Kids and Little Tough
Guys are on the program too,
another Oman special, PLANNING
DEATH" Latest news shots from
the sport world conclude the pro-
gram. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

Butler of Norfolk, Va, sccora
president; DR.. Plum Nicn., '"'
Washington, third vice presf5on, u
L. I. Sawyer of Great Rr;sV Dr.
Fourth vice president; and Dr. wa va
ence P. Jones, Sr., of Nevr CIar
secretary-treasurer. IT vas news
consecutive time that Dr.. jones' va Va
been elected to that office la.
Virginia Beach was seIao..,
the 1871. convention. 10
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CONSIDERABLE

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 4.-GP-Police
reported that a c%onsiderate thief
broke into a coal company yard
here, drove a truck loaded with two
tons of coal to his home, unloaded
the coal, took the truck back to
the yard, and carefully closed the
gate as he left.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Romeo Shows Pictures
At Kiwanis Luncheon

Robert r. Romeo showed a film
Of part of the high jinks at the re-
cent Ladies Night of the Kiwanis
club following the clubs luncheon
meeting yesterday at the Cape Fear
hotel. On the film were also scenes
at Mount Vernon, Arlington, Wash
ington, and Annapolis, Romeo had
taken, and Of the street parade pre-.
ceding a football game at Durham.
The club voted to suspend its
meeting on January 1 and hold all
oyster roast on January 8.
A letter was read thanking the
club for its donation of $11 to the
Christmas fund for the Eastern Caro-
lima Training school.
Visitors were William Finley, w
q. Robertson, Jr., H. K. Paul, ane
D. M. Hewette of st. Louis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

than 40 miles an hour and fined
him only S. and the costs of court.
Trial of S. T. Bennette, 16 West
Queen street, charged with an as
sault on a female, was continued
until today.
James E. Brown, GIL MacRae
street, charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon on a female,
was fined S. and the costs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
PAYNE Elected President
Of Seaboard Physicians

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-(R-Dr.
Waverly R. Payne, Newport News
(Va.) physician, was today unanl-
mously elected president Of the Sea-
hoard Medical association.
DR.. Eric Bell of Wilson was elect
ed first vice president; DR.. Wilbert
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
ROOF FALLS

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-R-The
roof of the huge railroad building
at the New York Worlds fair col
lapsed during demolition today and
killed three workers. Five others
at work on a high steel framework
plunged with the roof into steel
and concrete debris and were in
jured. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

The angle at which the moon
appears to be tipped has nothing
to do with the weather.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

The United States has 1872, 300
towns with populations Of less than
5000; 1915 cities with populations
of more than 5000. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
STRIKE

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 4.-(P-
The Rubber Workers Union Of the
American Federation Of Labor
struck today at the Firestone Tire
and Rubber company plant here
where about 1000 are employed.
Members of a CLIO union also re-
NAMED outside the plant when the
ALL workers established a picket
line,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
ENGLISH CLAIM RETREAT
is MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE

London.-Britain's veterans of
the north-the men who helped
hold the fields of Flanders until
the last and then withdrew in the
most spectacular retreat of mo-
dern history-still were coming
home Saturday night to an exul-
tant welcome from a~rarely emo
tional people.
The success of the withdrawal
one made across the English
channel in gale of fire from ev-
cry weapon at the nazis' COM
command-was illustrated by es-
Inmates from various sources that
of the original British expedition
ary force of 175,000 men, from
10000 to 100000 have been
brought back safely.
Too, it was stated unofficially
that every division, or its rem
nant, save one, had been disem-
barked.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
POPE PLEADS FOR A
HUMANE WARFARE

Vatican City.-Pope Plus XII
begged Europe's fighting nations
Sunday to keep their war as hu-
name as possible.
eve beseech both belligerent
sides to remember always those
duties of humanity which do not
lose any Of their value under war
law and morality" he said.
The pontiff, replying to the
greetings of the cardinals on the
occasion of his name day, ex-
pressed dismay over the widen
ing area of the conflict. He told
them:
eve consider it proper on this
occasion to reiterate and to en-
phasize our anguish in seeink
how the treatment accorded nom
combatants in more than one
area is far from conforming to
the principles of humanity.
God is our witness that in de-
claring this truth as we must, we
are moved by neither partisan
ship nor consideration for any
person.
personal considerations can
not be guide to moral judgment
concerning actions.''
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
NEW 35,OOO-TON u. S.
BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED

Philadelphia. - With all the
grace of it's pretty ,15-year-old
sponsor, the 35,OO0-ton battleship
Washington slid down the ways
of the Philadelphia navy yard to
make it's maiden "curtsey'' to the
Delaware river as the first naval
link in Americas accelerated re-
armament program.
While 10000 cheering specta-
tors looked on, Miss Virginia Mar
shall, of Spokane, Wash, shat
tered bottle of champagne on
the bow with one decisive blow
and the gaily-decorated "battle
wagon" eased swiftly into the wa
ter. Miss Marshall is a lineal desz
cendant of John Marshall, chief
justice of the United States from
1901 to 1885.
''It was a perfect launching"
commented one high-ranking ma
val officer as the Washington's
stern turned downstream and a
dozen tugs churned up to lead the
SOS, 100000 ship to a temporary
berth. Later it will be placed in
drydock for completion. The
newest and largest addition to the
navy will not join the fleet for
more than a year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
ENGLISH DUKE KILLED
ON FRENCH SOIL IN WAR

London.-The Duke of North
cumberland, q, the ninth to hold
dukedom created in 1866, was
killed in action, it was announced
Sunday.
The duke, known a year ago as
the largest single owner of coal
properties in England, created a
stir when he temporarily quit his
200-room castle for 20-room
house nearby because of heavy
taxes and declining royalties.
At that time, he drew an an
.nual income of $345,00 from coal
royalties.
Death duties en- the estate in
herited from his father, who died
in 1880, were estimated at 1,000,-
900 pounds.
The duke died fighting in
France in his fathers regiment,
the Grenadier Guards.
The duchess, who was staying
in Surrey, was informed of her
sons death in telegram today.
Soon afterward the dukes own
flag was flying at half staff on
the tower of Alnwick castle in
Northumberland and the tenants
knew the duke was dead.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
u. S. LINER LOADED WITH
REFUGEES ON WAY HOME

GENOA.-The United States Ii
ner Manhattan, damned like a
troopship with American and
foreign refuses, sailed Sat. for
New York. Almost 1900 passen-
gers were aboard, nearly three
times the ships normal capacity.
The sailing was delayed day
because of the rush of appli-
cants for accommodations but at
least 1000 were left behind.
Their hopes now are pinned on
the United States liner Washing
ton, due at Bordeaux, France, on
Tuesday.
The United States notified all
of Europe's warning nations that
the liner President Roosevelt had
sailed from Galway, Ireland, with
Americans fleeing from the con-
flict.
This step was taken to avoid
any possibility that the plainly
marked ship might be mistaken
for a belligerent vessel and fired
upon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
FORMER GOV. OF LA.
CONVICTED OF FRAUD

Alexandria, La.-Former Gov.
Richard w. Leche, the man "who
thought so little of $1,000 bills
he tossed them around like soap
wrappers" was convicted of mail
fraud Saturday in the biggest
case of the Louisiana scandals.
It took a federal jury only %
minutes to find the heir to the po-
litical dynasty left by Huey P.
Long "guilty as charged"
Triumphant Assistant U. S. At
torney General o. John Royce,
Nemesis of the crumpled Leche
administration, announced after
the verdict:
''We're now out of the trenches
in Louisiana. The criminal divi-
sion now will make Michigan its
next base of operations"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
10000 OFFICERS ARE
CALLED BY ITALIANS

Rome.-1taly has called up TO-
600 non-commissioned officers to
supplement a force of $4,000 en-
listed last fall.
simultaneously, spring military
maneuvers were reported under
way in Northern Italy, with one
full army corps engaged in exer-
cises near Florence.
. These developments shared the
spotlight with the passage through
Italy of a Spanish military mis-
sion, headed by General Canovas,
bound for Berlin.
Dispatches from Madrid told of
growing insistence there that the
British relinquish their hold on
Gibraltar-a demand which has
been made repeatedly by the Ital-
ian press.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
WANT COMMUNISTS AND
BUNDS OUTLAWED IN u S

Washington. Rep. Dies 3D.,
Tex proposed that congress out
law the Communist party and the
German-American bund and fix
heavy penalties for membership
in those groups cor any organiza-
tons controlled by them"
Dies, chairman of the house
committee investigating I'M
American activities, said legisla-
ton to do this would be intro
duced next week, based on the
committees conclusion that the
Communists were controlled from
Moscow and the bund from Ber-
lin.
The legislation, the Texan said,
would OUTLAW the Communists
and Nazis just as they have been
outlawed in France.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
COLLEGE STUDENTS
WANT ALLIES TO WIN

Washington. An overwhelm-
ing majority of American college
students want the allies to win
the war, but an equally large
percentage are opposed to mill
tary intervention by the United
States.
These are the conclusions of a
poll just completed by the col
lege Republicans of America, an
organization representing more
than 100 Republican clubs in
widely scattered colleges and uni
versities throughout the country.
According to John Colmar, ex-
ecutive secretary of the College
Republicans of America, 80 per
cent of the students queried hope
for an allied victory, and 81 per
cent Of them favor the United
States tending economic aid to
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
STATE FINALS ARE
HELD THIS WEEK

Raleigh. IN. c. State college
launched it's 51st annual COM
mencement Sunday night when
Rev. John Rodman Williams, OF
Atlanta, Ca, preaching the bac-
calaureate sermon, urged the lar
gest senior class in the colleges
history to cherish spiritual values
over material gain.
Degrees were awarded Monday
night, following a commencement
speech by Governor Hoey. The
Alumni association also met and
elected officers.
Rev. Mr.. Williams told the 358
candidates for degrees that "75
per cent of the people OF the
world have chosen the devil ra-
Their than Christ.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
Brief Review OF State National And World News During The Past Week

through the rich industrial Rhone
valley.
At least As persons were killed,
80 of them here and in the har-
Dor of this second largest city in
France. The wounded numbered
around 100.
Latest Paris reports said 30
German planes were destroyed
or damaged by the French air
force during the day with 10
French craft missing. French au-
thorities said only that a seer
tain number" of the Nazi raiders
were brought down in the Rhone
valley.
The attackers, in their first
raid on the south of France,
dropped two heavy bombs in this
Mediterranean port. A cotton-la-
den English ship in the harbor
was sunk. -
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

Dutch army which was estima-
ted at 100000 men. Netherlands
Foreign Minister Eelco N. Van
Kleffens said at the time of sur
render 100000 Dutch soldiers had
been killed.)
Hitler's decree would free half
of the prisoners Immediately.
The rest are to be demobilized
gradually, the announcement said,
Gin order not to overburden eco
nomy and cause unemployment"
Those who worked as farmers
or builders are to be among the
first released.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
100 FIGHTING PLANES
ARE SENT TO FRANCE

New York.-The 4,14O-ton Nor
wegian freighter, Gran, sailed on
Saturday night with 100 bombing
and pursuit planes consigned to
the French government.
This was said on the water
front to be the largest plane ship
ment to the allies since the war
began.
More than $50 additional planes
were ready for shipment tonight,
and other boats were expected to
be available tomorrow or Mon
day.
About IS of the planes shipped
were bombers, it was said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

T. J. Phillips of Prices Creek
Township in Yancey County says
that by using superphosphate and
lime he has been able to get a
set of clover on land that pre-
viously failed to make a good
growth of the crop.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
GERMANS STAGE HUGE
AIR ATTACK IN FRANCE

Marseille, France.-The fury of
Germany's air might fell heavily
on southern France Saturday in
one of the biggest aerial forays
of the war, leaving a path of
death and destruction in half
dozen towns and cities down
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
HITLER ORDERS DUTCH
PRISONERS SET FREE

Berlin.-Adolf Hitler Saturday
decreed freedom for Dutch pros
oners of war taken in the Ger
man army's five-day sweep
across the Netherlands.
(The order did not say how
many are held prisoners CT the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

More than 800 applications
have been received from low in
come Harnett County farm fami-
les for mattresses through the
lew understanding program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

The pope said populations in
occupied areas should be treated
"as in similar case, an invader
would like to see his own citi-
Zens treated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

Miss Pauline McNeil1 left Fri
day for Winston-Salem where she
will spend the summer with her
aunt, Mrs. Weldon Myers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

the allies. Only Is per cent, how
ever, wish to see the United
States 60 into war.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
CARD OF THANKS

The family of the late Mrs. w.
w. Terry, wish to thank all their
friends for the many expressions
Of kindness and sympathy during
her illness and death.
w. w. TERRY
MRS. J. G.. MCKENZIE
MRS. T. M. BRUMIT
MISS ISABELLE PAYNE
MIR. E. T. PAYNE
MR.. P. D. PAYNE