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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-09
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cropping for q way TO tighten her
mood.
81 say" he said at length. 81
haven't had any tea and bet you
haven't either. What say we have
some2"
without waiting for Marys re-
ply he went to the door.
Mrs. Simmons. oh, Mrs. sim.
mons. How about some Of that
famous tea OF yourS2 And II you
have any, some hot mufflns. And
II the war hasn't stopped II, could
we have q mere spot Of Scotch
marmaladeP"
He settled In an easy CHAIR op-
posite Mary, They talked Of the
cases In the hospital. Mrs. Tully
would soon be dismissed as well
us other survivors OF the MoraVia
Soon Mrs, Simmons hustled In
with q giant tray
"shall light the lights, Doc
tori" she asked,
mo, I think we'd like 10 have
our tea In the freight" he ans
wered. "The days will DO getting
longer SOON" His tone was hope
ful You'll be saving on your
light bills, Mrs, Simmons"
"1tIl be q blessing" she ans
wered with rates as they are
now"
When the tea was finished DR.
LenoX fiShed for his pife,
II had q reason for coming
here" he said, slowly, deliberately
II didn't merely come 10 take up
your time. I've got news for you
good news, maybe. You can
stay In these rooms aS long as you
like. I've Joined o hospital unit In
France, I'm going overseas very
soon"
Mary was staggered. When Gill;
bert Lenox left England she would
lose the only friend she had on the
whole island,
"You don't know how I'll miss
YOU" she managed 10 get out DO.
fore she was overcome with her
own loss. For oil too well she
realized what q bulwark OF defense
he had been TO her, And now hii
departure would take away her
only source OF encouragement IN
O friendless winter world.
Nin0ty-three eentsI Not o PROS
peet OF O jobl And now 10 lose one
who had befriendod herl
'There'S something else I want
10 say TO you, Anna" he heSitated
Nov this may seem utterly pre-.
p0Storous. To you II will DO Oh
absurd aS oil tho other things tina,
are taking place In this topSy.
turvy world, But nevertheless
here goes
will you marry mo9"
ITO DO Continucd)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-09
CAST OF CHARACTERS


MARY CARROLL - American
fashion expert, In London dur
ing wartime.
VINCENT GREGG - soldier Of
fortune, In love with Mary.
CARLA MARCHETTA - a mys-
teFiOus London sOclallte.
DIR. GILBERT LENoX--surgeon,
serving with British army.
4 YESTERDAY; Mary Is dis
charged from the hospital, As she
prepares 20 leave, DIR. LcnOX offers
her the use Of his apartment until
she finds employment. lie Is re-
CURED 10 remain ut the hospital,
MS quarters are unusued. She de-
bates accepting his generous offer,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
CAPE FEAR SCOTS
HOLD CELEBRATION
Head OF McNeilI Clan Is
Guest OF Honor AT Fes-
tival In Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE, Oct. 15.-R-
Bonnie Scots from up and down the
Cape Fear valley came in throngs
today to participate in events of the
second annual Cape Fear Valley
Scottish festival.
Robert, 45th Lord of Barra and
head of the Mcneil clan, was the
guest of honor today.
He reviewed the colorful parade of
Scotch descendants, many clad in
kits and tartan plaids, and then ad-
dressed several hundred "kinsmen"
- representatives of 43 Scottish
clans.
The clan chieftain told his audi
ence that modern Scotland was re-
tanning the ancient valor and virtue
that made it famed in song and
story and that Scotsmen would con-
tinue to fight totalitarianism in a
determined effort to hold high their
heritage of freedom and independ-
ence.
Never BEFORE" he said, "have we
realized how precious all these things
are as we see them wantonly at
tackled.
sNever before could you be more
proud of Scottish descent than you
can today when day after day, night
after night, innocent civilians. men,
women and children are being mur-
dered and mutilated in their homes,
in their churches, in their hospitals;
and their faith is undiminished."
Lady McNeill also spoke to an as
semblage prior to the parade.
At a reorganization meeting OF
the Scottish Society Of America, pre-
sided over by DR.. Charles G. Var
dell, president emeritus of Flora
Macdonald college, a committee was
chosen to work out plans for eor
ganizing the society.
On the committee are Talbot
Johnson of Aberdeen, A. Mel. Ora
ham of Clinton, Miss Maggie Near
thur, Mrs. E. B. MacKethan, Charles
G.. Rose, Ben Dixon MacNeill and
the Rev. Bartholomew F. Tuske as
active members and DR.. Vardell and
CONTINUED on Page Six; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
NAILS BATTER LONDON
Huge Time Bomb Falls
Near Famous Building.
Remains Unexploded

LONDON, Oct. 15.-R-A two
hour rain of bombs which turned
big German synthetic oil plant a
Politz, near Stettin, into a giant blow
torch was described today by British
aviators returning from a series o.
night attacks on Germany.
Oil storage plants at Madgeburg
Bohlen and Hanover also were
pounded according to Britain's mas
ter plan" for systematic destruction
of Germany's chief oil %centers, the
air ministry reported, and Berlin was
subjected to an hour and a hall
bombing.
Produces Inferno
The raid on Politz produced an in
ferno, returning filters reported, witt
giant chimney stacks topping
flames sweeping a mile square area
some streaking for six miles over
the horizon, and blazing oil tanks
setting a glare which filters said
must have been seen in Berlin, 80
miles to the southwest.
The fire was so fierce, one pilot
said, that he felt it's heat like a blow
torch when he swooped down to 1900
feet to take deliberate aim at still
untouched tanks.
Guided by bright moonlight, the
British squadrons flew 500 miles be-
fore letting fly their bombs on the
synthetic plant which has a capacity
of 1000, 900 metric tons of synthetic
motor fuel annually.
Direct hits we're obtained in the
first five minutes of attack at about
10 o. m, on large buildings near the
boilerhouse the air ministry sald
and fires broke out, "some of them
so large it seemed the oil containers
must have been cracked and sci
alight."
AS the raid progressed there was a
mounting tally of vivid, violent ex-
Continued on Page Ten; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
May Give Aid
t Axis Tries
NewCampaign
Moscow Believed Prepared
To Promise Support If
DardaneIles Threatened
GREECE IS CONCERNED
Germans Reported To Have
Sent Several Boatloads
Of Troops To Albania

BUDAPEST. Hungary, Oct. 10
ig-Reports of two German troop
movements in the Balkans raised
new fears tonight of an extension
Of the war, and there was talk
that Soviet Russia is negotiating a
military assistance pact with pro-
British Turkey.
Men in Sofia, Bulgaria, who are
friendly to the Soviet declared they
had been informed that Moscow
was prepared to promise the Turks
armed support if Germany and
Italy should try to seize the OAR
d~anelles. They added on the au-
thority of high communists that
Russian-Turkish negotiations h a d
every chance of success"
The official Russian news agen-
cy. Tass, disclosed that Russia had
not received what it considered
satisfactory advance notice of Ger
many's already accomplished mill
tary penetration of Rumania, and
thus it seemed to many observers
that German-Soviet relations clear
ly had suffered.
Concern in Greece, another pow
er friendly to Britain, was evil
denced by the action of the war
ministry in calling up certain spe-
~cialists of the military class of
1896.
The Germans were reported to
have dispatched several boatloads
Of troops to Albania to augment
Italian forces already massed
there, occasioning speculation that
an Axis move against Turkey by
way of Northern Greece was in
prospect.
Too, another report, likewise not
officially confirmed, was that 300
German army tanks and several
sQuadrons of Nazi fighter and
bombing planes had arrived at Ga
latl, the Rumanian Danube river
harbor opposite the Russian from
tier.
1t was understood that the Turk
continued on Page Ten; Col. A.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
Aiax Sinks Two Italian
Destroyers, Hits Another

which was finished off a few hours
later with a torpedo rammed into
her vitals by the cruiser York.
When it was all over, two Italian
squadrons had raced full speed to
their home bases, leaving the seas
to the British. y
The Ajax, one of a squadron OF
cruisers and destroyers forming a
protecting screen for the fleet IN
another wide sweep of the Medlter-
ranean, was %splashing through blue
calm waters under starlit skies when
suddenly she sighted a trio of Italian
greyhounds at 2:3O a. m.
The Ajax, several miles ahead
of this flagship, opened fire immedi-
ately with her 6-inch guns, ripping
gaping holes in the sides of the
Italian crafts funnels, and sending
Continued on Page Six; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
Bailey Ayers
He Will Seek
Airport Work
Says He Will Take Up Mat
ter OF Proposed Improve
ments With The e. A. A.
ARRIVES FOR VISIT
Says HI will Favor Devel-
opment OF Port As Long
AS He Is In Senate

"The matter of proposed improve
ments for Bluethenthal airport will
be taken up directly with the Civil
Aeronautics Authority upon my re-
turn to Washington following the
election" Josiah w. Bailey, senior
United States senator from North
Carolina, said here yesterday after
noon.
II will be in a better position then
to make a more definite statement
regarding the status and possibility
of securing the needed airport i'm
provements here" said Senator
Bailey, following his arrival from
Washington to begin a combined
vacation and business trip in the
Wilmington section.
Talks With Board
He told members of the New Han
over county board of commissioners
during a brief conference that "yor
can depend upon me to go down the
line with you on your airport i'm
provements projects"
The hope that the project, now con
sidered a a prime essential for home
and national defense measures, woulc
be carr. ID forward successfully was
expressed by the senator, who tol6
the county commissioners che would
do all he could in behalf Of the pro
posal."
"The modern defense of a city OF
a major port like the Port of Will
mington is in the air." declared Sen
ator Bailey, who is chairman of the
commerce committee of the U. S,
senate.
Such a project as proposed i'm
provements at Bluethenthal airport
would be handled by his senate com
mittee, which passes on all aeronau'
tics legislation, it was pointed out.
Need Airplanes
I'm modern warfare" he said, "you
can't rely solely on f~ortresses, anti
words, stationary defense measures.
What is needed most OF all is super
ior airmen and airplanes."
Arriving in the city ahead of sche-
dule, Senator Bailey was the lunch
cor guest early yesterday afternoon
OF Lieut.. Col. George W. Gillette. The
luncheon was attended by ]. o. Carr,
K. o. Burgwin, Alexander Webb, and
Thomas Davis.
Senator Bailey left late in the af-
ternoon as the guest of Lieut.. Col.
Gillette, to take a fishing trip off
Frying Pan shoals and make an in
spection tour of waterway projects
in the Wilmington section.
Getting away from duties in Wash
ington for the first time in nearly a
year, Senator Bailey said he planned
to combine business with pleasure
during the current trip and hoped to
Continued on Page Ten; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
Raj Turns German Oil
Plant Into Huge Torch
British ENJOY To u. S.
Departs For London

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-(R-
Lord Lothian, British ambas-
sador to the United States, left
for London on the Yankee Clip
per today on what an embassy
spokesman in Washington term--
ed a routine consultation visit
with mo special significance"
Secretary Hull a few hours
earlier had announced that
Joseph P. Kennedy, U. S. am
bassador to England, probably
would return to the United
States soon for a consultation.
Lothian had planned to fly to
England last week on the Brit
ish flying boat Clyde. He post
poned his trip at the last mo
ment because his government
feared its announcement that
the Burma road would be re-
opened to China might pre-
cipitate a crisis in the Far East.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
Joint Meeting Of Civic
Groups Slated Tonight

the five civic clubs, who have sus-
pended their weekly luncheon SEES
sions this week, in this cooperative
movement.
The following clubs voted to dis
pense with their meetings and at
tend in a body the joint session
tonight: Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions,
Civilians, and Exchange.
The i~nter-club committee, repre-
sented by all of the civic clubs,
hopes that out of this meeting will
develop an individual and collec-
tive determination to advance the
city and community in every pos
sible way.
Committee members also hope
that resolutions will be adopted
endorsing and encoura ging the for
nation of a general or steering
Continued on Page Six; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
War

BY KIRKE l.. P

- S0ASA
Russo-G German friction over the
Nazis' "protective'' occupation o:
Rumania is now officially admit
led in Moscow, although British
reports of Red army counter moves
in the Danube delta lack confir-
nation.
Those reports may be due tt
wishful thinking by British observ
ers in the Balkans. They illustrate
strikingly, however, the tremen-
dous leverage Russia could exer-
else on that front to upset Axis
plans for an eastward thrust al
Britain's Mediterranean life line
a thrust designed to offset Ger.
man failure to smash E n G ! a n d
swiftly.
Key To System
The Danube delta is the key to
RumaIlia's river, canal, pipeline,
and rail system over which her
oil resources, vital to the Axis wal
machine, flow from the Ploesti
field. Russian army advances into
Rumania in that sector would be
a matter of grave concern to Der.
lin and Rome.
Moscow has borrowed before
from Hitler's technique to incite
! Continued on Page Six; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
NEWLAND SPEAKS
TO PRESBYTERIANS
Says Japan Bent On Fore
ing People 70 Worship
AT Shrine OF Emperor
By REV. j. G. GARTH

The Rev. L. T. Newland, a mis-
sionary of % years in Korea and
now on furlough in the United States,
spoke last night at the First Pres
byterian church to the 28th session
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian Synod of North Caro-
lima on his work in Korea. The Rev.
Mr.. Newland is visiting his brother,
H. T. Newland, of Forest Hill drive.
The missionary referred to the
yellow Peril of 80 years ago, which
was then thought of as an awakened
China, but instead it is a Japan
which is obsessed with the idea OF
forcing all the people of the east
and finally of the world to worship
at the shrine of their divine emperor.
"This" said the Rev. Mr.. New
land sis Shintoism," and it includes
not only the emperor, but all past
emperors, all soldiers who have died
for their country. The japanese are
spending millions for Shinto shrines
and books. This is to be the new
order in Asia.
"This policy has had a sad effect
on Korea. Japan takes all the food,
fuel, and all essentials from Korea
to feed and cloth her army in the
Holy war. All Korean life is affected
by the military situation. And the
very worst thing is Shintoism.
"Christianity stands ath TT
Japan. 1t cannot be tolerated. Once
the Presbyterian church in Korea
averaged 10 per cent increase every
year, the Sunday schools were three
times the church, one half the peo-
pie came to Bible classes. Their
gifts made them outstanding in u
church.
"'Today this is all changed. Life
has been checked. The government
has taken over the very church
courts, and even the women's auxil-
iaries. The young peoples work is
gone. Japan intends every church,
shall be a Shinto shrine. =
us all lost? BY no means. Korea
is not dead, but sorely wounded. We
had 80 missionaries now only Sc.
Schools are closed. The government
(Continued on Page Ten; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
North Carolina Prepared
For Its Part In Draft

utes to register each man, and
many will save much time if they
register early"
Hoey went to Charlotte late in
the day to speak at the League of
Municipalities convention but re-
turned tonight to be here to answer
any last-minute questions regard
ing the registration.
State headquarters of the selec-
tive service program, besieged by
questions of exemption, issued a
statement pointing out that per-
sons will not have to register it
they are in the public health SER
vice, officers reserve corps, regu-
lar army reserves, enlisted re-
serve, naval reserve and marine
corps reserve; in the senior divis-
ion Of the R. o. T. c. or in R. o. T.
c. at colleges: in the army, navy.
coast guard, coast and geodetic
survey or in one of the threesser-
vice academies f.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
NATION READY
16,50O,OOO Men Scheduled
To Answer Series OF
Eleven Questions
LOTTERY FOLLOWS
Nations Draft Office Takes
Precautions Against
Foreseeable Hitches

WASHINGTON, Oct. Is. Up
The nations young men will place
themselves at their country's call
for military training tomorrow in
the first draft registration ever con-
Quoted with America at peace.
In every community the men,
some 16, 500, 900 strong. will go to
designated registration places, an.
swer a series of eleven questions,
sign their names and await the re-
suits of a gigantic lottery that will
determine which of them must spend
a year in military camps. All men
between 21 and IS, inclusive, must
register.
Open At Z A. M.
The registration places - precinct
voting headquarters, schools, and
other buildings designated by the
local authorities-wilI open at Z a,
M, local time. At 8 a. m., EST,
President Roosevelt will make a
tradio address on the draft. AT {
p. M, local time, the registraticr
places will close, unless there are
men still waiting in line. All wait
ing at that hour will be registered il
it takes until morning.
With a gigantic task of organiza
ton accomplished, national draft
headquarters here probably was the
quietest spot connected with con
scription today, a condition which
officials expected would continue
through tomorrow. Precautions
against every @foreseeable hitch had
been taken.
During the day, headquarters an
nouncd that local draft boards had
been appointed and approved for IS
states and the District of Columbia.
From time to time statements were
issued on various phases of regis
tration, including an announcement
that all aliens, except those con-
nected with foreign diplomatic and
consular staffs, must register if they
are within the specified draft ages.
Dykstra Appointed
The day also saw the senate con-
firm unanimously the appointment
of Clarence A. Dykstra, president of
the University of Wisconsin,, as the
national director of selective serv-
ice. The action had been delayed
by the objection yesterday Of Sena-
Tor Holt (D-WVa), an opponent of
CONSUMPTION and of the administra-
tons foreign policy.
For the big registration job, an
army of about a million officials
was modified at the registration
places. In some places they r. the
clerks and others who act as Off
Gals at the regular elections, in
others they are school teachers and
other volunteers. That phase, and
the selection. of the registration
~places-about 125, 900 in all-was left
to local officials.
AS each mar presents himself, he
will be asked (1) his name, (2) his
address, (3) telephone number, az
age, (5) place of birth, (6) country
of citizenship, CO the name Of 4
person who will always know his
address, (8) his relationship to the
CONTINUED on Page Ten; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
1852 ELIGIBLE
Head Registrars Appointed
And 300 Persons Volun-
teer To Aid In Work
is TO O'CLOCK
Cards Will Be Turned Over
To Elections Board; Draft
Boards Are Appointed

New Hanover %county's men be-
tween the ages of 81 and 80, I'M
elusive, will register today for pos
sible call for military training in the
nations first peace-time draft.
An estimate by the state army
draft board has placed the humber
of eligibles in this county at 1852.
All preparations had been made
last night for registering the men
of the county who have passe dthelr
list birthday and not yet reached
their 36th anniversary. Head regis
trars for each of the 10 precincts
have been appointed and appriXt
mately 300 persons have volunteer
ed to assist in the work.
The registration will be from 7 am.
to 9 pm.
Go To Voting Places
Persons subject to the call to arms
are asked to register at their re-
~spective voting places.
When the registration has been
completed in all precincts at .
o'clock tonight, all cards Will he
turned over to the board of cleo
lions office, where they will be
counted and the number furnished
the state draft board.
The local draft boards, appointed
by Governor Clyde r. Hoey, are
composed of: Board No. 1 for the
City of Wilmington-H. G. Carney.
Fred Poisson and H. Edmund
Rogers: DR.. Herbert A. Codington,
physician; and William B. Camp
bell, appeals agent; Board No. 2 Tor
New Hanover county-John N. Alex
JUS, L. T. Landen and C.. Helde
Trask: DR.. David r. Murchison,
physician; and Marsden Belalmy, ap'
peals agent.
The members of the boards were
appointed by the Governor on the
recommendations Of Carney, L. A.
Henderson,, clerk of court, and Mayor
Thomas E. Cooper.
The county board of elections will
supervise today's registration.
Only Day
Today is the only day on which
nersons NAV register and failure to
do so is p%uniGhable by law.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
BY LARRY ALLEN

ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP OF'
THE BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN
FLEET, Oct. Is Up From the
bridge of this man-o'-war, I watched
Britain's warfleet smash a hole in
Italy's seapower, sinking three OF
Premier Mussolini's swift destroyers
in a battle beginning before dawn
and ending hours later in the glow
of a rainbow stretching over the
broad expanse of sea.
1t was in last Saturdays grey
dawn that the British warships came
upon the italian craft, off the south
east coast of Sicily, and in the n
suing battle the powerful cruiser
Ajax, hero ship of the South Allan
tic victory over the Nazi pocket
battleship Admiral Graf S e,
emerged a hero for a second time.
Single-handedly, the Ajax shelled
and sank two italian destroyers, Dad
ly damaged a third, the Artigliere,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

olo4 ahgements have been COM
ora .eo Tor a joint meeting of civic
at s77'lzatlons in the city to be held
Fe.s o'clock tonight at the Cape
tosS tn F. Sutherland, acting as
poso 'laSter will explain the pur-
dlo; VI the session, before intro
snug William B. Campbell.
p Msr of the evening.
Cue ne committee in charge said
wortt poel will have a message
poSsil While with respect to the
minallltles for the growth of Will
be- s'on' The meeting will later
aepo p to those attending for the
ai discussion of projects.
nj representatives of the chamber
i,e sofnmerce, Jaycees, Better Bus
teIlan club, Engineers club, Pro-
M.n,s club, Farm and Business
e SAID. and others, will join
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
GERMANY BOOSTS
PLANE ASSAULTS
Torpedo Boat Fleet Sinks
Two British Sub Chasers
And Other Vessels

BERLIN, Oct. 15.-R-Germany
apparently increased the pressure
of her air assaults on Britain to-
day, but her fliers shared the lime
light with the sailors of her torpedo
boat fleet.
The fast little Nazi craft, carry
ing the naval war right to Brit
aims shores, sped into the English
Channel several days ago, the high
command said, sank two British
submarine chasers, two merchant
ships and came back with 40 pris-
onerS.
Evidence of increased intensity
in the German air offensive was
seen in the official announcement
that by late afternoon today Ger
(Conftnued on Pare Six. Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

RALEIGH, Oct. IS. -R- North
Carolina was ready tonight for the
registration tomorrow of the over
500, 900 Tar Heels between the ages
of 81 and SO who will be subject
to call for compulsory military
duty.
From the adjutant generals de-
partment went a telegram to Clar-
ence A. Dykstra, nationa ldirector
Of selective service, informing him
that this states registration ma
chinery was ready to function.
Governor Hoey forwarded to
President Roosevelt the last of the
draft board recommendations for
the 100 counties and made several
changes in boards previously rec
commended.
II wish to urge each person who
must register that it is extremely
important that registration be
made at the earliest possible mo-
ment tomorrow" thes governor
said. 1T may take Is Or 20 min.