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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
FIREMEN
HUNT FOR BODIES
Walls Pulled Down 10
Make Search For Seven
Missing Persons Safer

CAMDEN, N. j., July 31.|RE
Trucks with steel cables yanked
down two towering walls of a fire
demolished paint factory tonight to
make safer the search for seven
persons missing in Camden's most
disastrous blaze. The known dead
stands at two.
Segments of the fve-story R. M.
Hollingshead company plant, re-
duced to a shell by yesterdays
So, 900, 900 fire, crashed to earth in
a shower of falling bricks and plas-
ter 500 after asbestos-clad men
had been called from their hunt
for bodies because of the fear buck
ling walls would trap the search
ers.
A brick fire tower, which resist
ed the flames and the explosions
that preceded them, will be dyna-
mited tomorrow, officials decided.
Under it, in the factory boiler
room, they expect to find h e
charred remains of at least seven
workers unreported since the blaze.
An inquiry that will review the
possibility" of sabotage was out
lined tonight.
Mary w. Kobus, municipal safe
ty commissioner, said she had
heard such reports and declared
"they will be given serious consid-
Grafton"
Officialso # he R. M. Hollings-
head Paint company plant-work-
ing on a paint order for the acmy
and navy in addition to its vast
paint and wax business-were
skeptical, however, that yester-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
Secretary Of War Warns
That Britain May Be Pros
trate In 30 Days
DRAF BILL PREPARED
House Passes Five Billion
Dollar Measure For War
ships And Planes
b YRICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, July 31.-R-
Bluntly warning that Great Britain
may be PROSTATE in 80 days, and
the United States menaced stimuli
taneously from two directions, Sec
rotary of War Stimson urged i'm
mediate military CONSUMPTION to-
day, while a senate committee
worked out a compromise peace
time draft bill for submission to
the senate
At the same time, the house, IN
a drowsy, sparsely-attended, three
hour session, passed what may be
history's biggest appropriation bill
nearly five billion dollars for war
ships, warplanes, guns and an al
most endless list of preparedness
items. "a
The day also brought what many
considered a significant develop
ment in the imposition of an ell
bargo-ordered by President Roos-
evelt-forbidding the shipment OF
aviation gasoline to non-Amer1can
nations, except for the use OF
American interests abroad.
iva Bill Signed
Late in the day, President Roose
welt signed into law a bill appro
priating $25, 600. 900 to increase the
power production capacity OF the
Tennessee Valley authority. The
project, sponsors said, would pro
vide power for the production Of
aluminium used in airplanes.
In a statement issued in connec'
ton with the signing, Mr.. Roose'
welt said the funds would 'helr
augment the very substantial
blocks of power already available
or in pros.ect not only at IVA
but in othtr parts of the country
AS it stood tonight, after the re
visions of the senate military com
mite the draft bill would require
all men 81 to 80 years old, in
elusive, toregister Gnstead OF II
to 81 as originally proposed. Thes'
mer would be liable to compulsor.
service. In addition, one-year vol
untary enlistments would be mad
available to all men Is and "a, in
elusive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
WARREN IS NAMED
U.S. COMPTROLLER
N. c. Congressman Chosen
To Succeed Fred Brown,
OF New Hampshire

WASHINGTON, July 31.-R-
President Roosevelt has selected
50-year-old Rep. Lindsay Warren,
of North Carolina, one of his close
congressional consultants to be
comptroller-general. He will sue
coed former Senator Fred Brown,
of New Hampshire, who retired be-
cause of ill health.
Stephen Early, White House
press secretary, told reporters to-
day that the president would send
Warren's nomination to the senate
tomorrow.
Warren, who has served In the
house Is years, is chairman OF the
accounts committee. With Rep
Cochran O-Mo), he pllotee
through the chamber the origina-
government reorganization act ane
subsequent regrouping program:
submitted by the president.
The comptroller general IS ap
pointed for IS years at $4,000
year
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
British Destroyer
Is Sunk By Planes

LONDON, July \
ing of the destroyer Delight by
air attacks was announced to-
night by the British admiralty.
The communique follows:
"The secretary of the admit
rally regrets to announce that
the destroyer Delight sustain
ed damage as a result of en-
envy air attack and subse-
quently sank. The loss of life
was small. Next of kin Of cas-
uaIties have been informed"
The Delight was a 1,375-ton
vessel with a normal compile
ment of AS men.
She was the 18th destroyer
lost by the British in the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01

q The current heat wave went
through it's twelfth day yesterday,
the mercury again climbed above
he 80 degree mark, and the wealth
err mans forecast was for still
more heat but Wilmingtonians con-
tinued to take the collar whiting
temperatures in their stride.
Although reports were received
Of heat deaths and heat prostra-
tons all over the nation, not a Sim
gle case of either was reported in
Wilmington.
Physicians here yesterday TX
S S e d the opinion Whining
tonians and residents of this Sec
ton are accustomedto the heat.
Apparently, local citizens were
merely taking more baths and us
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
American Naval Attache
Turned Back By Germans

VICHY, france, July 31.--R-
IT, american naval attaChe, Ccm-
mander H. Illenkoetter, was turned
back today by Germans at Moulins
when he tried % = er the occupied
zone with a car loaded with mail
for the United States embassy IN
Paris.
He was accompanied by Sergt
John Cook.
The German officer said no mem
Der of a diplo. 1atic mission &C
ere lifted to Vichy is permitted to
go to Paris unless equipped with
special credentials issued by Ger
man authorize .
A few returning refugees were
getting through into the occupied
area hut reports in Vichy said pos
tai as well as Geographic and tele-
phonic communications were sus-
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Hour Of Huge
Channel Push
Appears Near
Cayda, Italian Journalist,
Says Quick Thrus Not
Expected, However
DOUBLE TALK IS SEEN
Various Movements In
dictate Attempt To Invade
England Close At Hand

BERN, Switzerland, July Sl.-N'
and italian troops were
.o,ortad concentrating tonight along
soo miIos of the continental coast,
~, still the most authoritative word
hoard was that The time had not
,ot come for the great spring across
the channel against England.
Physically, there was every sign
that the hour Of decisive invasion
was anoroaching: throughout west
prn Europe there were mutually cor
boborative whispers that axis men
and axis boats and planes were as
sembling for the supreme test.
Nevertheless, one of the most
nowerful Of all Italian Journalists,
Virginia Gayda, told the world not
In look for any quick thrust at
Britain,
Writing in II Giornale D'1talia, a
publicataiaoan athat often speaks
for the Italian government, Gayda
acknowledged that "the spectacular
lightning campaign SO familiar in
German strategy against Poland,
Holland, Belgium, France and the
like wouldn't work against England.
Campaign Started
The campaign to be used against
the British Isles, he said, was one
Of attrition - a campaign already
under way.
1T this campaign must be one Of
constant hammering and exhaus-
ton explained the Italian editor.
1t must strike and destroy with
calculated method all the national
and imperial forces of diverse nature
and topography which may sustain
British resistance"
This exposition won acceptance in
certain quarters here as the real
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
TRAIN, MOTOR
COACH CRASH
AKRON, D.
Fire Aboard American
Plan eTender Quenched
Without Major Damage

CAMDEN, N. j., July 3l-IR
Fire broke out tonight on the
S12, 000, 900 Navy seaplane ten
der Albemarle, berthed in the
yards of tho New York Ship
building corporation on the
Delaware river here, but was
soon quenched without major
damage.
The blaze caught scaffold-
ing inside one eof the two main
stacks of the 9,000-ton tender,
launched July IL and scheduled
for completion next March.
Company officials said there
is mo suspicion of sabotage"
but a spokesman asserted the
Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton would make a routine"
inquiry "as in all such cases."
Frederick Cornell, company
press representative, reported
the fire was caused by sparks
from an electric welder being
used on top of the funnel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01

18th Day;No Break Seen

ing more water generally, because
the city water department reported
the daily consumption had increase
between 500, 900 and $50, 900 gallons
Other than baths, the increase
was attributed to more watering
of flowers and the use of more
drinking water.
The larger filling stations and
garages in the city reported no
more than the usual number OF
overheated motos and radiators,
and very few tir- blowouts due TO
the heated condition Of the streets
and highways. In other parts OF the
state, S automobile troubles
have been more common.
Continued onSTPage Five)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
British Naval Forces
Sail From Gibraltar

LONDON, July 31-R-A broad
cast of the Madrid radio said Brit
ish naval forces sailed from Gibral-
tar this morning and hours later
still was maneuvering in the
straits.
Five submarines led the way,
followed by four destroyers, an
AIRCRAFT carrier and three capital
ships, the radio account said.
It was not known what course
the fleet would take but it was be-
lieved it would head into the Medi-
terranean, according to the broad
cast,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
REYB0LD IS GIVEN
HIGH ARMY POST
Former District Engineer
Here To Assist Chief
OF u. S. Staff

Col. Eugene Reybold, formerly
Wilmington district, army engineer.
has been ordered to Washington as
assistant chief of staff in charge OF
construction and supplies, it was
learned here yesterday.
Col. Reybold distinguished him
self while here from October, 1898,
to May, 1885, in carrying forward
a number of projects in the Will
mington district of the U. S. army
engineer corps.
At the present time Col. Reybold
is southwestern divisional U. s.
Continued on Page Two; Col. III
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Interpreting The War

of England is not to be expected
because it is not feasible.
In so stating, Gayda is in full
harmony with Britain's Prime Min
lister Churchill, who bluntly sadi
six weeks ago that invasion would
be the last, not the first, enemy
move.
He based that forecast on the
conclusion that invasion by S e a
could not be achieved against sea
power adequately supported by the
he also dismissed as impractical
and improbably, until our a
force has been definitely ov err
p o w e r e d."
Churchill explained that the fail
ure of the British fleet O prevent
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
BATTLE OFF RAIL
Alcantara, Speed Reduced
By Shot From Raider,
Heads To Rio De JJaneiro

BUENOS AIRES, July 31.-R-
British warcraft ranged angrily OFT
the Brazilian coast tonight in hot
pursuit of a German merchant
raider already reported damaged
by the British merchant cruiser
Alcantara in a brief sea battle
which returned war action to the
Western hemisphere.
Official information was sparse,
but work from naval circles here
and in Montevideo and Rio De
Janeiro agreed that the engage
ment occurred in the duck of Mon
day evening near the Brazilian is
land of Trinidad-well within the
American neutrality zone-and thai
both ships we're hit.
Hit By Raider
British sources in Rio De Janeiro.
This indicated the Britishers
which took up the chase where
the Alcantara left off were in con
siderable strength and possibly in
Guided the famous cruiser Squad
ron which finished IF the German
b%attleship Graf Spec outside Mon
tevideo harbor.
Some persons expressed belief
that the Alcantara had caught the
Nazi raider while she was re-fuel-
ling and possibly re-fitting in the
shelter of Trinidad, which frequent
ly was used as a German secret
base in the first World war.
1t was indicated that the shell
which struck the Alcantara explod-
ed in the engine room, which ma
val men here described as "a reg
ular cathedral" since the motors
ICo,+uoJ on pa go FiVa\
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
NAzIS TO STRESS
RAIDS ON PORTS
SYSTEMATIC Destruction OF
Vital English Harbors
Planned By Germany

BERLIN, Aug. 1-CThursday)-
ing attack on Dover last Monday
was pictured by German sources
wuay as starting the next phase of
pre,lnvasion action against Eng
.anaSyStematic destruction of her
'l5 nd ports one at a time.
ileSe sources said Britain's
n aaae and supply lanes, and the
Sul' facilities through which she
lungs In food and war supplies
ae me weak link in her tight
0laWn defense chain.
observation planes which since
ta,e studied the havoc wrought by
P ss S'ukas at Dover reported to
Vow aap That at least three ships
f,c;l.. sunk in the harbor, harbor
no, .iiv1es We're wrecked and the
y ,oa definitely was out of commits
''oht'nued OH Page Five)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
BY KIRKE L.. SIMPSON,. -.

by KIRKE L. SIMPSON,. =.
Although rumors of an imme-
date Nazi-Fascist invasion of Eng
land have been coming thick and
fast from the Swiss whispering gal
lery, there is a touch OF authority
and realism about a conflicting fore
cast from Rome.
Virginia Gayda, Fascist e tt r
and frequent mouthpiece for Mus
solini, has too recently demonstrat-
ed his access to Nazi-Fascist high
policy decisions to be taken lightly.
He foretold the Hitler "appeal-to-
reason peace gesture a week or
two in advance.
Gayda now warns his Italian
readers that a Spectacular" Blitz-
krieg involving a mass invasion
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
ASKS $4,000 FUND
Another Meeting OF City
And County Commission
ers Scheduled Today

Following a meeting of the city
and county commissioners yes
terday at which no action was
taken on the request for funds for
the support Of the Wilmington In
dustrial committee, another meet
ing has been called for 3 O'Clock
this afternoon in the city council
chamber.
The committee is asking the city
and county for a joint appropria-
ton of SIS, 900 to finance its op-
Continued on Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
REVISES RULES

Washington, July 31.-RNTh e
National Youth administration to-
day revised it's rules to permit
NYA employment of needy young
persons from self-supporting fam
lilies as well as from those on re-
lief. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
WEATHER

yo,t, FORECAST
day Ya sna Cnarolina; Generally fair Thurs
ted ana IL Friday except for a few scat
'%aNrsday. 0"efs In south portion
en tiinngsse99r !sd data fer the "a hours
'0o p; IN. yesterday.
Leo Temperature
minimum '9o p. m, SO; maximuu 81;
10; Moan SO; normal -.
h. GO, =: IN m. So; 40 a. m. 81: 1.30 n.
Total Precipitation
nOne:" lof a hours ending 7::30 n. m
lS inc speai sinre first OF he mcnth'
Tides For Today
:, ''''0n 3sa 2:tsa
''0l' Inlet 5:Haa 11:s ea
,.07ea '.-1S; sakss. 7:13p: moon
hloDnset 500.
'ulisa On PAGE Two: Col. p
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20
P&<aE KILLER SpEAk$
GI 11b w. acknowledgements .
~rrrnn a AM knEaDs BY nHM m@ AsoaMa -

in a fit of anger, yet you say
the body was dragged along me
walk to be searched. That would
indicate premeditation.'
The coroner nodded. There r
weak spots in my theory-there
would be in any theory"
The captain snorted That's why
1 say stick to facts
"You have a theory OF your
own" the coroner told him. you
saw Markham's death was planned
in advance, with the servants
"Gentlemen!" 1 protested. 1T is
nearly two o'clock. Don't you think
we should"
Right" agreed the captain
Here comes the neWsboy with Inc
Morning Eagle. We can take it to
bed with US"
We each bought a copy from the
gray-haired, hunchback boy.
CAPTAIN Mcdonald opened his m
mediately, but Coroner Silver kept
his folded and offered to drive me
to my Laurel street studio. l ac-
| cepted with thanks, although l, too,
was curious to see what BelZer mad
written.
A large man lounged in the
shadows of the doorway adjoining
mine. My first thought was that
he was the man who had sent me
the threat, but when he nj the
coroner exchanged a friendly
word, I knew he was my police
guard.
Coroner Silver drove away. l
climbed my own steps and shut
the night on the outside of the
door.
The hall light was dim, but the
headlines and first few paragraphs
of the newspaper story in my
hands were in large, black type:
"KIDNAPER in MARKHAM
MURDER PLOT!
Bound hand and foot, and
gagged, William Strickland, por-
trait painter who has been a sus-
! pect in the Alfred Markham muir
der case, was rescued from the
| river yesterday a half mile above
the Rio Vista club, where the pop
ular young jeweler was found stab
bed to death Tuesday night.
interviewed exclusively by The
Morning Eagle, Strickland told OF
! being slugged and kidnapped by a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-20

targe man whose face he never
was given a chance to see. The at
tack. he said, took place al hour
after Markham's death, in the Rio
Vista garden, only a few feet from
the spot where the body of the
ieweler had been found. Strickland
said his attacker bound him and
took him upstream by rowboat.
mo reason for the kidnapping was
disclosed. Strickland said his cap
tor was careful to reveal nothing
that would identify him. Nor could
the victim tell where he had been
taken, except to say that it appear
ed to be a large, half-deserted
warehouse on the rivers edge"
The report went on to tell how
1 managed to roll back into the
boat and drift away, how the kid
naper had shot at me, and how to
escape a shot that a almost GER
tain to be fatal, I had purposely
upset the boat and taken my slim
chance in the water.
Luckily" the reporter said, IAN
Eagle reporter who was giving
thorough coverage to the case, was
en- the river in a motor boat
No mention was made of Louise
Markham, for which I knew she
would be grateful.
I folded the paper and started
UP the stairs, quietly so as not to
disturb my landlady. I felt a little
more kindly toward Belzer. He had
made it quite clear that 1 could not
identify my a%ssailant, which should
satisfy the fellow that he didn't
have to kill me to remain I'M
| known.
Nevertheless, I was glad there
was a police guard at my front
door. The kidnaper might not sub
scribe to The Morning Eagle.
There was the disturbing
thought, too, that Belzer had rec
ognized my danger and had pur-
loosely emphasized my inability to
Identify the boatman. Suppose the
fellow decided it was a trick? Sup
pose it only served to make certain
his suspicion that I was danger
GUS to him?
l paused at the head of
the stairs. What about the rear
entrance to this house? Was it
guarded? I didn't remember that
Captain Mcdonald had spoken OF
assigning more than n man to
the job.
Resolutely I opened my door,
snapped on the light. My heart al
most stopped. A man was sitting
at the table, facing me.
ITO Be COntinued)
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Mrs. Catherine R. Bentley,
Church Leader, Dies

Mrs. Catherine Ruthven Bentley,
40, wife of Jordan r. Bentley and
an active member of the First Bap-
tist Church, died Friday at her
home, 5432 Thirtieth place NV.
Mrs. Bentley was a native of
Omaha, Nebr., where she was edu-
Gated and attended the Columbia
School of Music. She later attended
Franklin College in Indiana.
Her marriage to Mr.. Bentley took
place in 1920. They made their
home in Glasgow, Mo-, for five years
before coming to Washington. In
this city MrS. Bentley identified
herself with church and civic work.
She was an officer of the Woman's
Missionary Society and a member
of the Fideiis Bible Glass and the
B. Y. P. U. organizations of the
First Baptist Church. She was also
pianist for the services at the Gen.
trail Union Mission and had sung
contralto in several church choirs
In the city.
Surviving besides her husband are
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
Ruthven; two sons, Jordan r. Bent
ley, jr.. and David william Bent
ley; sister, Mrs. James G. McMan-
away.
Funeral services were to be held
at pm. today at the Hines funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street NV,
With burial in Fort Lincoln Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Green Issues Warning
AGAINST Pension Schemes

Members Of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor were warned yester-
day by william Green. the presi-
dent, to beware Of blue sky" old-age
pension schemes.
Persons batting you with Town
send plans, ham and eggs. or soft
promises of $50 q month when you
are IS or go, If single, and 500 II
married, never tell you what the plan
will cost, who will pay for 1t, or prove
that you really will get It," he said
in a pamphlet that analyzed pension
operation.
He set this security goal for labor
"Jobs first with good wages and
working conditions, insurance next
to provide income and a reasonable
protection against huge expenses
during periods Of unemployment and
illness for the worker and his de-
pendents, and income in his old age
which is in reasonable proportion to
the whole program of social pro-
tection-that is a plan organized
labor can honestly support and for
which our millions of workers can
reasonably work. That is a program
worth paying for, one which keeps q
fair relationship between individual
and social efforts"
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Park Savings Bank
Checks Are Distributed

John F. Moran today began dis
tributing checks to special group
of depositors of the closed Park
Savings Bank who had money in
the bank when its charter expired
in 1929.
The first of a series of post card
notices began arriving at depositors'
homes this morning, to be followed
by more later, at the rate of about
1000 per day.
Mr.. Moran will pay out checks as
depositors return with their official
notices to his Office in the Riggs
National Bank Building at Four
teenth street and Park road NV.
About $4,000 is available for pay
ment to about 5000 depositors Of
this special group.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Bio Job Tax Reserves,
SmuII Benefits Hit
BY the Associate Press.

by the Associated FEesS.
NEW YORK, May 6.-While relief
officials sought means to prevent
acute suffering among the jobless,
the Nations unemployment insur-
ance funds had a collective reserve
of more than one and a halt, billion
dollars at the end of 1899. the Amer
lean Association for Social Security
said yesterday.
Small unemployment benefit pay
ments-averaging $8424 a year-ac.
counted for the condition, the asso-
citation, an independent organization
engaged for 13 years in the study
Of social insurance, said in the May
issue of Social Security, reporting
on a Survey of the operation of the
country's 81 separate unemployment
insurance administrations.
The failure" Of the present set.
up is indicated, the association said
by low payments and their shor
duration.