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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
F. N. LITTLEJOHN
REGAINS POSITION
Continued from Page One)

dismissed charges brought against
Littlejohn by Police Chief Z. J..
Nolan.
Judge Clement held that two mem.
bers of the three-man city civil sery'
ice commission, in unfolding Little
johns suspension, had in effect
found him guilty of nothing. Chair
man Herman Moore of the commits.
sion upheld none of the seven
charges which Nolan lodged agains.
the detective.
The jurist's decision was based
upon the commissions findings that
Littlejohn was guilty of conduct I'M
becoming an officer Tin connection
with two of the seven Original
charges against him.
The commission failed to find The
detective guilty Of any specific
charge and therefore hearing Of tie
charges was precluded in the sllIe'
rior court, to which LittleJohn ap'
pealed, the judge ruled.
Nolan said tonight that lin
through. The judge has spoken aaa
1 am satisfied. I'll bring no further
charges. Mr.. Littlejohn a 90 PACK
to work now any time and thefeA
be no hard feelings as far as | an
concerned. I have never had any
malice toward him and l hope NJ"
that this matter is settled thlnE'
will quiet down and everybody VIII
work together for the good OF ''
department."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

WILLIAM w.

William Waller Holiday, Is, died
at his home here yesterday morning
after having been in declining health
for several years.
Funeral services will be held from
the First Presbyterian church
Wednesday morning at II o'clock
with the Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour, pas
tor Of the church, officiating. Inter.
ment will follow in Oakdale ceme-
terry.
Active pallbearers will be: John R.
Murchison, Frank Harriss, Ben Nor
wood, Ralph Soverel, Robert Strange
and Marion James. Honorary pail.
bearers will be: Thomas Mcdonald,
J. W. Perrin, F. H. Fechtig, DR.. n.
Bellamy, B. H. Thomson, Frank
Hacker, r. L. Henley, William Boze-
man, C. e. Taylor and e. A. Laney.
Mr.. Holiday was born in Rich
mond, Va, on September Z, 1866, the
eldest son of Alexander Quarles and
Virginia Randolph Boiling Holiday.
In 1885 he moved to Wilmington,
where he held a position with the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad COM
pany until he retired because Of i'll
health on January 81, 1921.
He was awarded a certificate Of
merit in genology in recognition OF
urigineal research and a m~eritorious
contribution to the Archives Of
American Genology. He was a mem.
Der Of the Society Of Descendants Of
Knights of the Noble Order Of the
Garter. His father was the first
president Of A. & M. college Of North
Carolina.
MI. Holiday was twice married,
first to Maggie Williams and then
to Fannie Pritchard. He Is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Pritchard
Holiday; three daughters, Mrs.
Goodlett Thornton, of Wilmington,
Mrs. Hal v. Worth, of Raleigh, and
Mrs. Emmett P. Crow, of Whining
ton; two sisters, Mrs. Peyton Hoge,
of Miami, Fla, and Louisville, KY,
and Mrs. J. M. Pickell, Of Raleigh;
two brothers, Alexander Randolph
Holiday, of Warminister, Va, and
Charles Boiling Holiday, of Will
mington, Del.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

The only way it can do this job is with f.
nancial support from the people. If the people
fail to contribute to it's effort in the amount
needed, the job cannot be done efficiently.
There is no other source of revenue. The
Red Cross has no dividend-producing invest
Iments, no great endowments. 1t is the dollars
raised through membership campaigns that
enable it to carry on it's great enterprises of
mercy and succor.
Wilmington has not failed the Red Cross in
the past. Surely Wilmington will not fail it
now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
New Campaigns

With Germany thwarted in her plans to in
wade England and Italy in full retreat from
the Greeks, the calling of an Axis conference
to devise new attacks is a natural decision.
The fact that such a parley is to be held con-
%stitutes convincing proof that Adolf Hitler has
met a definite check.
1t is easy to believe that when he gets his
diplomats and his generals around him in
Vienna there will be such a storm of ~vituper-
alton as has never before burst upon any
similar gathering since the Nazi overload came
into power, not even excluding the tragic as
sembly at Munich when he raved like a mad.
man at Neville Chamberlain for hours. Herr
Hitler does not easily brook failure in any OF
his plans.
In advance it appears that the forthcoming
session will concern itself with ways and
means for conducting two heavy attacks for
crushing British power in the Mediterranean.
one directed at Gibraltar by way of Spain,
the other at Egypt via Greece and Turkey. If
Britain can be simultaneously engaged at both
ends of the Mediterranean, the Axis can hone
to win at least in one quarter and whether
that quarter is at the eastern extremity Of the
sea or the western the result will be to cut
the empire lifeline and SO Offset the effect OF
Britain's blockade by effectively imposing a
counter-blockad against the British Isles. AS
Tar as anyone outside of Hitler's confidence
can judge, this appears to be the strategy
Which will be threshed out at Vienna.
So far as Spain is concerned, the best that
nation can do will be to provide bases for Axis
nNpr9fjnnc 1oirc C;L~L.- nj
strong air force in Spain, Hitler would be in
position to conduct bombing raids on a large
scale, and he has demonstrated over England
that Nazi bombings can do a lot of damage.
IN the other area, possible Axis success would
depend not only upon the effectiveness of Ger
man operations there Gtaly is no longer to be
considered an Axis asset but upon the atti-
tude of Russia and Turkey, and the ability of
the heroic Greeks to continue their magnifi-
cent military operations.
HusSlas probable part is unknown. Stain
may have given consent to a Nazi campaign
IN that region although it is difficult to believe
he would sit in idleness if any threat against
MS outlet through the Dardanelles should arise
Turkey probably would resist any attempt to
cross her territory, and the Turks are now
mllitarily strong. Greece, of course, would
keep on fighting. But the chief burden would
fall upon the forces of Great Britain.
How well they are prepared to halt the
enemy in two zones can be learned only by
test. They have measured up to the greatest
hopes of their friends since the Battle of Eng.
land started. They may be equal to the new
task. Because they have done such valiant
flghting in these recent months, it is not I'm.
reasonable to think that they will be as great
as the new emergency which may face them.
Britain's ability to withstand new attacks.
however, would be improved if the United
States could increase and speed up deliveries
OF war materials. including planes.
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PICKETING UPHELD
BY u. S. TRIBUNAL
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orders Of the labor board, thereby
leaving the orders in force.
One order held that the Elkland
Leather company of Elkland, Pa,
had committed an unfair labor prac-
tice by distributing to employees, with
their pay checks, this written state
ment:
"You are under no obligation to
join any union and cannot be forced
to do so as this tannery will always
operate as an open shop. This COM
pany will deal individually with any
employee that wishes to do so at any
time"
The issue Of freedom of speech
was raised but a federal circuit court
upheld the boards condemnation Of
the expression as unfair. The SUI
preme court declined to review this
decision even though Solicitor Cen
eral Biddle, for the government, did
not oppose a review. Biddle explain.
ed that another circuit court had
made a contrary ruling in a similar
case involving the Ford Motor COM
pany and that settlement of the con.
flict by the high tribunal would be
welcome.
The other board order involved
certification Of a union as collec-
tive bargaining agent at the New
York Handkerchief Manufacturing
company of Chicago on the strength
of an election in which only Sc of
the 225 eligible employees had voted.
The picketing case grew out of a
four-year campaign by an AFL milk
wagon drivers union against cut
rate" retail milk stores in Chicago
handling milk produced in Wiscon-
sin by Lake Valley Farm Products,
Inc. The Wisconsin cooperative, two
Chicago diaries and a Go union
which had organized the employees
of the stores sought an injunction
against the picketing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
BRITISH DELIVER
TWO NEW BLOWS
AGAINST ITALY
Continued from Page One)

night remained there, having
learned not to depend on all clear
periods of any duration after dark.
A brief but intensive raid on
Liverpool by relays of N a S
caused casualties. Four children
were killed by a direct hit on a
house.
The comparative calm was at
tributed by authorities to coastal
gunfire which impaled the raiders.
The northeast coast, for exam
pie, had a 3-hour alarm during
which gunfire was so terrific that
there were no reports of bombing
or casualties.
Britain's moves on the empire
front indicated she was carrying
out a coordinated plan to help her
friends and the empire at the same
time.
The time of the Dante lombard
ment was not given out the action
showed the British we're making a
determined naval drive against It.
aly's hold on the Somaliland.
The air ministry news service
said that Bengasi., Salum, Bardia
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
MRS. EVA M. HARDWICK

Mrs. Eva Magnolia Hardwick,
88, widow Of George Hardwick,
died at her home at 219 IL South
Second street Sunday afternoon at
1880 o'clock after a lingering illness.
Funeral services W e held
from Harrell's Funeral home yester-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the
Rev. G.. W. Billiard officiating. In
terment followed in Oakdale
cemetery.
Active ~pallbearers were: ]. c.
Johnson, c. W. Carlton, M. H.
Canady, D. J. Byrd, Frederick
Moore and P. B. Rhodes.
Mrs. Hardwick at one time was
employed by the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad for a period Of about
IS years. She is survived by one
son, G.. T. Hardwick, of Rocky
Mount, three grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
PROMISES
ITALY HE WILL
DEFEAT GREECE
CONTINUED from Page One)

she will do it whether in two
months or IL months"
1.-THE rough mountains of EplruS
and it's muddy valleys do not lend
themselves to lightning war;" Mus
solini acknowledged, but he SCOT
fed at claims of Italian reverses
by Greek propaganda and its
English loudspeaker.'
Especially, Mussolini denied that
his Julia Alpine division had been
wiped out and said that General
Ubaldo Soddu, his new commander
in the Greek campaign, had re-
ported on November IL that he had
found this unit stronger than
ever"
He listed Italian losses in the
first ten days of the 22-day-old
Greek campaign as 372 dead, 1,081
wounded and $50 missing and
pledged: q
'They will be revenged, for
whatever happens, ! will never
turn back"
Mussolini said the Greeks, mys.
teriously hating Italy "as no other
people," conspired with the British
to humble Italy and make Britain
the absolute Mediterranean power
that Carthage was.
He cited papers found by the
German general staff in France
which, he said, showed that
Greece offered the former allies
all her q and naval bases as
early as last May.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
CHRISTMAS SEASON
WILL OPEN FRIDAY
Continued from Page One)

North Fourth street where, at the
intersection of Fourth and Bladen,
he will be greeted by the children
and adults and the New Hanover
high school ROTC band. He will
then switch on the Christmas lights
for this newly lighted business dis.
trict at 1880 p. m.
From there he will start his tour
Of the downtown section, entering
Front street at Red Cross at 4:45
o. m. Santa will then move along
the gaily decorated thoroughfare to
the intersection Of Front and Chest
nut.
At shutdown or about 8 p. m. Santa
will turn on the blaze Of vari-colored
lights that sprinkle 16 downtown
blocks and following remarks tc
children he will continue down Front
to Castle and from there through the
business district of Castle street
After this he will head for the air,
port and his plane for visits to other
cities.
The merchants of Wilmington
have for several years looked for
ward to this official visit from Santa
because it marks the formal star
Of Christmas displays and gift buy
ing in the stores. This year more
than any other time they are pre-
pared to receive Santa Claus with 6
big reception. To the extent of in
forming the public about all that.
new for Christmas, the Star-News
Thursday is publishing a Christina.
issue Of advertisements from the
merchants who are sponsoring Santa
Claus and Christmas shopping.
1~nterspersed with this brilliant dis
play of lights, seven blocks or
North Fourth street and 16 in the
downtown district, when Santa sets
them ab1aze, will be the cheering
music Of New Hanover High crack
ROTC band. A police escort will be
requested to clear the way along the
line Of march for Santa and his as
sistants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
Star-News Program

Consolidated ~City.Co4nty Government
unde, Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highuay from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
s5.Foot Cape Fear River channel, uid-
or Turning Basin. Utth snip lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Poved River Road to Southport, va
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc.
ton through sustained yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
mottonal Agency. supported by one
countrywide tdr.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital
Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0rouing
throughout Southeastern North Carolna.
Modern tuberculosis Sdndtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
HITLER CONFERS
WITH ITALIAN AND
SPANISH LEADERS
Continued from Page Cne)

master of ceremonies for the con.
%versations today. He met Serrano
Suner at Fuschl castle. near Salz-
burg, and then took the Spaniard
to tea with Hitler at the Fuehrer's
Berghof.
Marshal General Wilhelm Won Keit-
ell, who last week had conferences
with the Italian general staff was
present.
Later Ciano and Hitler conferred
two hours. The italian foreign min
lister was accorded military honors
as he left the chateau by motor car.
There will be additional conferences
tomorrow.
Onlookers believed Spain now is
ready to take a more active part in
axis maneuverS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
Robinson, Weeks Taken
On Theft Charges HER

Police yesterday arrectea mn
thy Robinson, Of 1915 NofA M,
street, and Roosevelt Weeks ,'srr
negroes, on charges OF %
and receiving and damage std.
property after they allegeat' troa
some collards and turnlpS md
the garden of Charlie Flshel +,
damaged the garden by pulllD +5er1
the vegetables and throwing
away. ,,;+b Al
Weeks was also charged "I'n ret
assault with a deadly weapon him
Fisher said that he cnaseu ri;
with an ak and threatened
him.
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REUTERS REPORTS
FALL OF K0RITzA
TO GREEK TROOPS
CONTINUED from Paee a.,

~hC
they imported reinforcements, d..
not counter-attack and are u,,s'
aviation to cover their retre.. s
result OF the air attack is Of M ~
portance. Italian air Iosss
about the proportion of eight to ~,
Earlier in the day the Greek,
ported they had rol ed bach
Of Italian infantry attacking or.'
the rough mountain territory "a
rounding Koritza, ten miles ,,.,,
Albania from Greece.
The Greek high Commands
munique said Italians who had
trated south of the Kalamas -.
were driven back to the north har,.
Greek troops carried out deem -,
into Italian territory, it said. ana -.
stroyed army equipment. store,
fuel depots in Erseka and Ro, a4o
and captured numerous prisoner,
The communique said Greet ,,.,.
ers shot down sever Italian borrb,.l
and two fighters at a cost q, .-
planes. "'
Divisions At Stake
Several italian divisions a,e :.
stake in the Koritza battle, the how
lest fighting of the wal thu. far
Also at stake. neutral militia,
quarters said, r warehouse, f;I.,
with supplies collected for month. ~.
the Italians for the campaign w..
Greece which began three week, =.
today. SO
Desperate in an attempt to A.,,
the Greek advance and guard ~.
axis prestige, the Italians were s,is
to be rushing up reinforcement on5
using a large number Of warplan.,
Dive bomber attacks. bovsv.,
were met by retaliations from ~,
Greek air force, which was said ~
have bombed Italian positions behind
the lines and the roads on all side,
OF Koritza, turning them into Ava,
nues of destruction for Italian troo,,
and equipment.
(In Bitolj, Yugoslavia, Just acros,
the border from the fighting and il,
self the object of attacks by off.
cially unidentified planes, observer,
said two Italian planes in a force NJ
Is were shot down in a 3O-njnure
battle with IL Greek and British
fighters near the Yugoslav border
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
KITCHIN ADDRESSES
BAPTIST MEETING
CONTINUED from Page One)

gins Of Raleigh, general secFe''i''
will be convention clerk.
The Rev. ]. C. Canipe of boo-'
was elected president OF lhe %.
tors conference tonight, the NJ"
E.. R. Stewart of Falrtlelo. VIZ
president. and DR.. O. K. Mans|
of Lenoir, secretary. lin,
The pastors adopted a feSU'a
ton, to be presented to ne .0n
vention, which would ask the S''s
legislature to require that the So,.
divorced" be placed on maliias'
licenses where one or Doun 70.
ties were divorced, thus 10 sa Wv,
ministers in deciding Whelhel NV.
would perform the marriage .sa
)mony. The resolution was plesd
ed by the Rev. L. r. OblieH
Asheboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

compulsory service in reserve corps after the
emergency.
But if a major crisis should develop, when
American manpower must spring to arms in
greatly increased numbers for hemisphere de-
tense, the men of New Hanover county will be
as ready to answer the call as have been the
volunteers and the guardsmen who, through
their quick response, have filled the quota in
advance of the draft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
r NOLA

LUMBERTON, Nov. 18-Fmer'
al services for Mrs. Nola Free
man, 70, who died in a local san
atorium Saturday following a
stroke, were held from the Biggs
funeral home here yesterday.
Burial followed in the Edmund
cemetery.
Mrs. Freeman, a widow, is sur
vived by the following step-chil'
dren: Brack Freeman of Hog
Swamp, Mrs. Mack Spivey OF
Chadbourn, Mrs. Emma Bissell
of Hog Swamp, Mrs. Ben Israel OF
Council, Mrs. Ina Prevatte Of st.
Paul's, Mrs. Troy Musselwhite OF
Lumberton, and several nieces and
nephews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

and Tobruk-all Italian-held along
tile Mediterranean coast - were
IraiGed last night.
Railway sidings at Agordat, Ital.
ian Eritrea, were attacked and a
number of direct hits were regis
tered.
AS Raj bombers pounded Ger
man batteries on the French coas,
today, big guns on both sides OF
the channel sent shells screaming
across the storm-swept Dover
strait. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
Drive To Continue

Inclement weather last week slowed down
the Red Cross Roll Call canvass to such an
extent that only about half the money sought
was subscribed. Directors of the drive there.
fore, have decided to continue their efforts to
reach the goal by soliciting additional mem
berships for two weeks more.
There is only one just way to view this APP
peal. The Red Cross has a big Job to do.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
FIRST DRAFTEES
ENTER THE ARMY
Continued from Page One)

O
the week before all these men would
he In uniform. and. meantime, the
army will begin receiving draftees
for a years training from most other
corps areas.
Because of a sharp rise in regu-
lar three-year e~nlistments for the
army, officials said, the number of
draftees to be called by December 1
was reduced from 30 1000 to 1900.
Draft officials said most of these
would be volunteers who asked to
have their names moved UP to the
top of their draft boards list of pros
pective trainees. About 1000 of
those registered made this
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

ference will reflect the purpose and
accomplishments of the confer.
ence.
It is still a good guess, though.
that Molotoff listened, received of.
fers, made a few, perhaps ACCEPT.
ed more than he made, and is
travelling back to Moscow a wiser
but no less of an uncommitted din.
|lomat.
And we must not forget that with
Hitler and Stain, agreements are
cheap, easy to make and easier to
break.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
ABBA WALKER

WHITEV1LLE, Nov. Is. - Abba
Walker, 81, resident of the Bishop
Springs section, died in the Column
bus county hospital early today Of a
heart attack.
He was i'll only a few hours and
died shortly after reaching the hos
pital here.
He was twice married and is sur.
vived by his wife and several chill
dren.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock with the
Woodmen of the World having
charge of graveside rites.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
TOP o. THE MORNING

0 speed Thy Work, victorious King,
And GiUe Thy Workers might,
That through the auorld Thy truth may ring,
And all men see Thy light!
-ARMITAGE
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
CLAUDE VARNUM

WHITEVILLE, Nov. IS. - Claude
Varnum, 50, died at his home near
Supply at noon today.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Bertha Varnum; six children, Pearl,
Gergwin, Herbert, Arcella, O'Neill
and Eula Mae Varnum.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

During the 1910 summer 'oIns
season 627, 847 persons, Na;sitsi
in 1873, 658 automobiles, VIZ u
Rocky Mountain National va"
Colorado
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

"Uncle Remus' was t h e non
name of Joel Chandler Harris.
Milford chronicle., 1940-04-26
SuRLUGATED COUNTRIES

IL Germany is able to maintain
permanent control over Denmark
and Norway, this will add two more
to the large groups of countries
held down only by conquest. con-
trary to the will of their people.
History has shown that empires
built on such a foundation are very
unstable. They may seem smooth
on the surface. but currents of hu-
man unhappiness and revenge and
revolution are flowing under the
seemingly quiet exterior.
1t may be said there is nothing
that the subjugated inhabitants Of
countries like Poland and CzechO-
slovakia can do, when all their wea-
pons are taken away However they
can spread revolutionary prOpagan-
da, they can perform acts of sabO-
tage that make production and trans
pcrtation subject to interruption. A
ration is not made stronger by an
Dexing millions of unhappy and des-
perate people.
The success of the British in sink
ing seven Nazi destrOyers at Narvik
suggests that the job of COnquering
Norway will not be so easy as MIR.
Hitler thought
Milford chronicle., 1940-04-26
THE CHOIR SINGERS

If you have a voice, better train
it so you can sing in church choir.
II there is no chorus choir in the
church you attend, and you can't
sing solos. you might start a move
TO organize one. The minister will
ro doubt bless you.
From earliest times the musicians
we're a power in religious life. The
Bible keeps telling about the sing
ers and the instruments with which
they made joyful music. Praise God
with trumpet sound, praise him with
the psaItery and harp. praise him
with the timbrel and dance, praise
linn with stringed instruments and
pipe. praise him with the loud GYM
Lals. praise him with high sounding
cymbals." says the 150th Psalm.
That means a great musical perfOr-
nance. and the first essential in
such a performance is a band OF
well trained singers. The churches
reed them.