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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Renewal Of u. Sired Talks Indicates
Russia Does Not Like New Axis Pact

ing friendlier relations was a con-
ference last week in London between
Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky and
r. A. Butler, British foreign under.
secretary.
Admiral James o. Richardson,
commander of the United States
fleet, flew into Washington from n
West Coast today and plunged i'll
mediatelv into conference with Sec
retary Knox and other high navy
officials regarding the troubled stu
alton in the Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

Early in August Oumansky confer
red several times with Welles on
steps necessary by both sides to i'm
prove relations. When the talks
were suspended, it was indicated that
substantial difficulties had arisen.
Their resumption at this time was
considered significant in some quar-
tiers because of the new triple al
lance, although that pact contained
an assurance that it did not disturb
existing relations between Germany
and Russia.
An indication that Russia and
Great Britain might also be seek
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
ARE KILLED
Planes HitStorehouses
Rail Lines, Apartments
And Two Hospitals
ONE AIRPLANE DOWNED
Raid Comes As Germans
Report u British, I Nazi
Planes Lost Monday
BY PRESTON GROVER

BERLIN, Oct. 8 (Tuesday). Up
British warplanes in a raid of rec
%ord-setting violence on the German
capital killed and wounded several
Berliners last night and early today
and struck storehouses, rail lines.
various apartments and two hos
pitfalls with explosives and fire-bombs,
One British plane was shot down
by the terrific concentration of anti
aircraft fire.
Tops All Raids
A German communicate issued
shortly after the raid gave a terse
outline of what happened in the four
hours and ~ minutes Of bombing
and artillery fire which topped all
previous raids on the German CAPT.
tai.
The communique said:
"In hte past night, British planes
attacked the Reich's capital and
dropped explosive and incendiary
bombs at various places.
Among other things hit were two
hospitals, various apartment houses
as well as storehouses and rail lines.
1.-The fires started were soon
brought under control.
Several dead and wounded are to
be deplored.
"One airplane was shot down by
anti-aircraft artillery"
This spectacular destruction of a
British bomber came fairly early in
the raid when the plane was at a
height semi-officially estimated at
5000 to $4,000 feet.
Caught in the converging cone of at
least 16 searchlights, the plane was
held re%lentlessly in a quarter-mile
patch of light into which the guns
from the ground puored volley after
volley of the heaviest caliber Of ex-
plosive shells and shrapnel.
A companion plane, apparently
seeking to divert some of hte lights
and the gunfire, sped into the glare,
but to no avail, and ducked out into
the darkness again.
The raid came as DNB, official
German news agency, announced
that % British and Z German planes
had been destroyed in yesterdays
fighting.
During the entire alarm there was
scarcely a quiet moment as the
bombers droned back and forth
ros the city, evidently trying to
make up for the past three calm
nights, while the c~annonading from
the ground maintained a hot pace.
Twice searchlights caught British
bombers in a focus and one appeared
to have been shot down. The other
wriggled out of the concentration
glare and evidently escaped.
The raid lacked several minutes
Of being the longest Berlin has ex-
%perienced, but it was one of the
most intense, as measured by the
din of artillery fire directed at the
raiders.
Planes often were at several points
over the city simultaneously while
circling fingers of light sought to
close around them and ~projectiles
exploded with pink, orange and
white brilliance in fancy clusters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
SMALL BOATS
SIGHTED IN CHANNEL:
NAZZS BOMB LONDON
British Make Daring
Raids On Nazi Points
On 'Inuasion Coast

LONDON, Oct. 7.-R-Brit.
ish bombers carrying the war to
Germany in a campaign to blast
and CRIPPLE the Nazi war ma
chine pushed home daring day.
light attacks on German objec-
tives OH the Invasion coast"
yesterday despite consistently
bad weather, the air ministry
announced today.
The raids began at dawn and
when they were over, the min
istry said, hits had been scored
on the Germans at Ostend, Bel.
GUM; Calais and Boulogne,
France, and in the Dutch har-
bors of Harlingen, Stavoren,
Enkhuisen, Dordrecht, and Den
Helder.
+ Other British bombers went
on over Holland into western
Germany and bombed the air.
drome at Diepholz, 30 miles
southwest of Bremen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

There was no indication Of how
many German troops entered Ru-
mania, but it was pointed out that
a German general (whose rank
might mean he is commander Of
any unit from a brigade to a field
army has been reported there.
OF primary importance to Ger
many is uninterrupted delivery of
Rumania's oil and gasoline, essen
tial to the Nazi war machine.
Authorized sources, limiting that
Germany may have decided to po-
lice the oil fields, declared Ger
many fears sabotage by British
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Manv Nazi Soldiers Enter Rumania
To Keep Watch On Vital Oil Fields

agents in C~onstanta and other Ru-
manian oil centers.
Also, they said, Britain might
try to get at Rumania's oil by way
of Turkey. Franz o Papen, Ger
man ambassador to Ankara, has
been a frequent visitor at the Turk
ish foreign office recently.
1t may be assumed, these sources
said, that as one outcome of last
Fridays Bremen meeting between
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini,
the Turks will be put under diplo-
matte pressure and a possible mill.
tary threat i,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. P

by AxtGAG LIZ 0A4NAA IVA
Britishers ,~already buoyed by Of
fetal optimism over the progress
of the Battle of Britain, can find
fresh encouragement in news OF
Balkan developments.
Substantial orces Of German
troops-and possibly Italian also
have been dispatched into Ruma-
mia, for precautionary purposes.
according to Berlin. Protection OF
Rumanian oil resources from pos
sible sabotage by British agents is
the limited motive. However, the
nature of the force, reported IN
some quarters to include all arms,
suggests that uncertainty over
Russia's future role might be the
real explanation.
Reason for March
Certainly Russia alone, not Brit
ain, could threaten Rumania's
frontiers. German COM
mitments to protect those frontiers,
fixed by Berlin fiat, were an
Continued On Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-R-
American-Russian diplomatic talks
were resumed here unexpectedly to-
night after a lapse Of two months
and resulted in new speculation that
Russia may not like the Japanese
German-Italian alliance.
Constantine Oumansky, Soviet am
bassador, called at the state depart
ment in the early evening con-
ferred with Sumner Welles, under
secretary of state. The only COM
ment available at the department
was that it was a resumption of the
talks begun last summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
STRIKE AT LONDON

LONDON, Oct. S.-(Tuesday)-R
Adolf Hitler's nightriders attempt
ed to make up for lost time last
night and early today by striking
hard at a number of London dis
tricts following a day of fierce
"substratosphere" dogfights above
the capital.
Deprived of their timetable as
saults night before last by storm
swept skies for the first time in 30
days, the raiders swept back with
the stars to lunge repeatedly at the
metropolis. In all, 10 London dis
tricts and a number of provincial
areas were sprayed with high explo-
sive and incendiary bombs.
Formations Broken Up
The night attacks were a con-
tinuation of mass daylight forays
in which the Raj broke up forma-
ton after formation of German
planes four to six miles above the
city. The number of raiders was
declared authoritatively to have
numbered nearly 500.
A "Molotoff breadbasket" was
dropped during the night near a
large west end store adjoining
others wrecked by heavy calibre
bombs a fortnight ago. A high ex-
plosive bomb also damaged a large
and famous west end structure now
used as an office building and an
incendiary fell near a bank in that
vicinity but was extinguished.
Other NaZi formations dropped
bombs in a thickly populated area
of a southeast Scottish coast dur.
ing the night, Exchange Telegraph
reported. One explosive struck near
a tenement and a number Of PEG.
pie were cut by flying glass. The
ceilings of nearby buildings COL
lapsed from the impact.
FroM before dawn until after
dusk last night London had exper.
fenced six air raid alarms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Will Present Data
On$150, 0~00ArmorySoon
PLANS ARE PREPARED
Plan To Name Auditorium
For Late Father Manley
Is Endorsed Here

With temporary plans and speci-
ications practically completed
James E. L. Wade, city commits
sioner of public works, said last
night that he plans to submit to
the city board Wednesday morning
enough information necessary for
the calling of a bond issue election
to raise. funds to cnstruct a mas.
ter armory-auditorium which Will
cost approximately $3.50, DOC.
City and county officials last
week voiced a desire to cooperate
jointly with the WPA in the cree
ton of an armory here that Will
house three National uard units
and also provide auditorium facll-
tiles.
Endorses Proposal
Commissioner Wade last night
also added his endorsement to a
proposal advanced some time ago
by the Star-News that the audi
forum be named 'Manley Me
mortal Auditorium in honor of the
late Father James A. Manley. E.
The proposal was first made
with the idea of building a sports
arena and auditorium at the Ma
rine hospital grounds. However, it
had not been hitherto mentioned
in connection with the present prof.
ect.
In summarizing his tentative
plans for the building, Commits
sioner Wade said that the specifi-
cations called for a minimum seat
ing capacity in the auditorium of
1,500, sufficient size to care OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
R0TARIANS HOLD
MEETING TONIGHT
Several Southeastern N. C..
Communities Will Be Rep
resented AT Banquet

Plans for the in~ter-city meeting
of Group Ten, 18th district of Ro-
tary International, tonight at z
o'clock at the Cape Fear hotel
have been completed, E. L. White,
president of the Wilmington Rotary
club, announced last night.
The principal speaker will be Jo-
seph R. Sandifer, president and
headmaster of the Blue Ridge
school for boys at Hendersonville
since 1914.
Approximately IT'S Rotarians
from Whiteville, Tabor City, Chad
bourn, Clarkton, Elizabethtown and
Moutinued IN Pare Three. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
PLANE LAYS SCREEN
Channel Is CLASSY Smooth
After Days OF Invasion.
Forbidding Weather
BRITISH WATCH MOVES
Hitler's Nightraiders Storm
Capital In One OF Great
: est Attacks OF War

DOVER, England, Oct. S.-CTues-
day. R A German plane laid
down a mysterious white smoke
screen along the French coast
across from Dover early today n
a hustle of activity was reported
shortly afterwards among small
boats off the continental coast.
The English channel was CLASSY
smooth after several days of stormy,
MISUNDERSTANDING weather.
Shore watchers on this side were
mystified by the unusual German
operations. 1t was agreed the smoke
screen, unlike anything seen before
along the German-held French coast
was intended to hide some major
shore activity in the Boulogne VIC
Unity.
Boats Sighted
Soon after the plane completed
it's mission, several trawlers and
drifters put out from the French
shore and moved cautiously west
ward along the coast. If the smoke.
screen was laid down to hide this
operation, it was a failure for Brit
ish shore batteries, on the alert for
every sign of an invasion move.
saw the entire proceedings through
powerful field glasses.
This mysterious activity came as
Adolf Hitler's nightriders stormed
against London in one of their most
persistent night attacks following a
day of fierce "substratosphere' dog.
fights above the capital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Contract For St. Paul's
Lutheran Structure Let

bids on the general contracting,
plumbing and heating.
Total development cost of the
nwe building, which will be erect
ed on the same site of the present
Luther Memorial building, will be
SAG, 600.
The contract for plumbing was
awarded to w. W. Way and Son,
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
BY O U p. LOCHNER

BERLIN, Oct. 7-tR-Authoriz-
ed Nazi sources said today Ger
man troops had entered Rumania
because a watch against under
cover British activity in that king
dom's oil field was necessary.
lin Bucharest, Rumanian Off
Gals said reports of the arrival of
German troops were premature"
A government statement mentioned
close collaboration and technical
aid promised the Rumanian army,
especially by Germany.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
County Board
Will Consider
Plan
Retired Naval Officer Out
lines Proposal At Meet
ing Of Commissioners
J0INT ACTION IS SEEN
Unit Would Provide For
Training OF Approximate
" $50 Officers, Men

A PROPOSAL for establishment OF
q naval reserve fleet unit in Will
mington was taken under advise
ment by the county commissioners
in weekly session yesterday after
noon.
Though no definite action was
taken on the matter, individual
board members said they looked
with favor on the plan and would
like to give it further consideration.
sponsorship of the project develop
ed after a lengthy discussion OF
the suggestion, submitted in detail
by O. F. Cooper, Lieutenant Com
mander. United States Navy, re-
tired.
Asked To Appear
Board members asked Cooper to
appear at the weekly meeting of
the city commissioners at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning and
outline the necessary steps to be
taken in securing establishment OF
the unit here.
In view of the present war emer-
gency, Cooper cited the need of a
naval reserve fleet unit here pro-
viding for the permanent assign
ment of a naval vessel and train.
ing facilities for approximately $50
officers and enlisted personnel.
North Carolina is the only state
along the South Atlantic seaboard
with an appreciable water frontage
that does not at present have a
regular naval reserve fleet unit,
and Wilmington, the major port
city Of the state, is the most logica
place for such a unit" Cooper
said.
First Steps
A desire of the community al
large for furtherance of the pro-
posal, together with favorable
action in behalf of the project by
Inc city and county commissioners,
constitute the first steps in secur-
ing establishment of the project
mere Cooper pointed out.
Al least three officers and rs
efllSted men are needed at first
70 oulld the unit up to four officers
ana l0O enlisted men to take care
VI d destroyer, should such a navy
Doat be assigned here, he said.
cooper told the county board the
tllfd and last step was the furnish
lns OF an armory to provide ade-
?ud'e training facilities for the Of
.lefS and enlisted personnel OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

The general contract for the con-
struction of a modern religious edu-
cation building by st. Pauls Luz
theran church was last night
awarded to L. J. Coleman, VINO
submitted the low hi dof $38,447.4S,
church officials announced.
The awarding Of contracts fol-
lowed a congregational meeting
during which the congregation &C.
cented the recommendations of the
counil to accept the low
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
WEATHER
BY U. s. Weather Bureau

w.. FORECAST
r,o mullh Carolina: Fair in west, partly
nort;s IN east, showers in extreme east
nav 'ion Wednesday; fair, cooler Tues
IN ana IN east and central portion
ny U. 3. Weather Bureau
er meteorological data for the "a hours
''oo p: m. Yesterday.
Lon Temperature
b. NJ d; m. -; 7:3O a. m. 81: 1:30
oinin'l e; 7:3O p. m. 70; maximum IS:
num ~; mean So; normal So.
Lon Humidity
h m Cd d; -; 7:30 a. m. 81; 1:30
Toto Precipitation
none di Tor "A hours ending 7:3O y. m.
D.OS jnc Total since first of the month,
Tides For Today
iston ------- 2:57a 1O:17a
ADofo Inlet -- 1:o2a 7:1oa
rise 1.1S 6:12a: sunset SAP: moon
'l'p; moonset -
.tttape Fear river stag. at Fay
feet h'e at 8 a. M, October 4, SO
nued on Page Three; Col u
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
INDUSTRY:
Change of Pace

Current reports Of Federal Re-
serve banks plus other commercial
induces reveal that a downward
trend of industrial activity which
has marked U. S. business since last
December has now been reversed.
Expanding production is noted in
many key industries.
With much of such increasing ac-
tivity conferred directly or. indirectly
in war and defense materials, nom
military industries are also register
ing important gains.
Steel production is now booming
along at capacity speeds and new
orders from foreign and domestic
buyers which are currently pour
ing in should keep blast furnaces
roaring for many months to come.
Automobile tire shipments have
shown large increases and leading
rubber companies say these more
than Offset a seasonal decline in
sales to car manufacturers. South
ern Pacific railroad is negotiating
for the purchase of some $500 new
freight cars,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Small Town Boy Makes Good
Tells Story of Wilkes Life

the school room he absorbed learn
ing. BY the time he was Is years
old he had finished high school and
was able to matriculate at Indiana
university. While there he earned
most of the funds that kept him.
Sometimes jobs around the univer-
sity were scarce and young Willkie
had tough shedding. His parents
were never able to give him much
financial backing and there were
times when he had to leave college
and work elsewhere.
Back again in college, Willkie was
able to attend long enough to get
his degree.
College days over, he returned to
Elwood and entered into law prac-
tice with his father. Then America
entered the World war. Within a
week Willkie enlisted in the army.
He spent % months in service, IL
of which were in France. Before he
sailed on January IA, 1918, he mar
ried his Hoosier sweetheart, Miss
Edith Wilk. They have one SON.
Back in America in 1919, Willkie
resumed his law practice. He moved
to Akron, Ohio, and practiced there
for nearly decade. His unusual
legal talents gained steady recog-
milton. In 1929 he became legal adj
wiser of the Commonwealth & South
ern Utility company and by 1888 its
president.
Wilkes debates with government
Spokesman established him as an
articulate and able spokesman for
business. He began to be in demand
as a speaker. Some of his intimates
began to say he might be presi-
Dental timber. Several newspaper
colunnists took up the idea. Then
a few weeks ago small group in
New York began sending out litera-
ture about him. He received thou
sands of requests to speak. Wlllkie
clubs sprang up from coast to coast.
The boom caught on.
Physically Willkie is impressive.
He is 6 feet inch tall and weighs
over 200 pounds. He is friendly
man who has the ability to make
people in all stations of life like him.
Blue eyed, with dark hair he has a
commanding presence. He likes a
fight when a principle is involved.
But this does not mean he is pugna-
cious. Some of those who know him
compare him to the late VIII Rogers
who "never met man he didn't
like" And he has the quality of
making the people Like him, regard
less of what station in life they oc-
cupy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
AVIATION:
Spreading Wings

Three new air routes mark cur
rent developments in Americas
ever-expanding aviation industry.
Hailed by Alaska's governor, Err
nest Gruening, as stride toward
national defense, the 20-ton Alaska
Clipper began regular pay-passenger
service between Seattle and the ter
ritory. On the first flight the Clip
per made a trip that usually takes
four days by boat in slightly over
five hours. Twenty passengers were
aboard.
This initial flight called attention
to Alaska's air defenses which are
in the process of being strengthened
by the U. S. navy. Two new flying
bases at Sitka and Kodiak are I'M
der construction at the present time
and the naval expansion program
calls for further bolstering of Uncle
Sans air arm in the area.
Pan American Always is starting
transoceanic service over 5000
miles of the South Pacific to New
Zealand and new flight schedule
with daily plane service to Argen-
tina is slated to get under way July
H.. On the New Zealand route, four
and half day service will be pro-
vided between Los Angeles and
Auckland, New Zealand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

have been the Negroes were not in
evidence as they have been at pre-
vious Republican gatherings.
Another difference was the discus
sion in committees of every plank
in the platform, and every incident
concerned with party policy. This
year each delegate who had an opin-
ion on any subject insisted on the
right and privilege Of expressing
and fighting for that opinion before
the committee. The whole show was
more like big town meeting than
an old time Republican convention.
It had no bosses who made the rules
and defined the policies.
Aside from the balloting for candi-
dates, the long roll call of the states,
and the reading of the plank in the
platform defining Republican policy
as regards Americas attitude to-
ward the war in Europe, the two
outstanding events were the keynote
address of Gov. Harold e. Stassen
of Minnesota and the address of
Former President Herbert Hoover.
Governor Stassen was emphatic
and fiery in his denunciation of the
present national administration and
of all things connected with the New
Deal. He aroused tremendous en-
thusiasm as keynoter is expected
to do, and gave the delegates the
ammunitions they wanted for use
during the campaign: He was COM
pensated for his efforts by thunder
Gus applause and demonstrations.
Hoover Stirs Delegates.
! Former President Hoover, with
his analysis of what he termed New
Deal falacies, carried the conven-
ton by storm as he did at Cleve-
land four years ago and received an
ovation that was unusual in any Re-
publican gathering. He might have
been the choice of the convention as
it's presidential candidate had he
not withdrawn his name. He could
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
By HAROLD E. KENYON

Three months ago he was virtual
Nv unknown to the American public.
Today he is the presidential nomi-
nee Of the Republican party and
sage political prophets are predict
ing that on January l, 194l, he will
be in the White House.
That is the saga of Wendell L..
Willkie. His feat of sweeping into
the Philadelphia convention without
political sponsors and taking the
prize away from seasoned political
rivals is unprecedented.
Who is this man Willkie? What is
he like? What has he done?
Briefly, his story is the tale OF a
small town boy who made good
who was never afraid to try his
wings on a new fight.
In the 48 years of his life Willkie
has had wide training in the Amer
lean way of life. He knows every
section Of the country.
He did farm work as lad in In
diana and later sold newspapers. "A
few years later he harvested wheat
in Minnesota. He worked in the oil
fields of Texas. He ran cement
block machine in Wyoming and OPP
Grated little hotel in Colorado. He
was a vegetable picker in Califor-
mia. He taught school in Kansas and
is remembered there.
During all his experience in labor
ing at various jobs. he found time
to attend Indiana university and to
graduate with high honors.
Wendell Willkie was born in FL
wood, Ind, in 1892, the son of Her
man Francis Willlkie, lawyer. His
paternal grandfather was an emil
grant from Prussia who spelled his
name Willcke. He came to America
to escape the oppression of the Ho-
henzollerns. Wendelrs mother, like
his father, was lawyer. Both par
ents believed in education for their
children. At home as well as in