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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08

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Caps First Day
His declaration tonight
capped the first momentous
and stormy day of a two-day
house of commons debate on
the Norwegian affair.
Sir Roger, his uniform
glistening with the medals he
won in the World war, made
his attack on the cabinet, and
especially on First Lord of
the Admiralty Winston
Churchill, only a few hours
after Prime Minister Cham
berlain had announced new
powers for Churchill in an ef-
fort to save the government.
Only the stocky Churchill
figure and the popular magic
of the Churchill name re-
manned between the Cham
berlain cabinet and disaster.
The first lord, on whose
shoulders the prime minister
unequivocally placed the bur-
den of henceforth personally
directing grand strategy on
land, sea and in the air, is to
reply tomorrow to the gov
eminent critics.
Defense Crumbling
He will need all his powers
of oratory; for when the
house rose tonight after sew
en- and one-half hours Of fiery
debate, the men who have
ruled Britain under Chamber
lain since May %, 1887, saw
their outer defense crumbling
fast.
Chamberlain's hour = long
statement, frankly admitting
failure in central Norway and
warning of a possible German
attack on Britain herself; and
War Secretary Oliver STAN
ley's rambling explanation of
an expedition whose history
the average Briton already
knows too we'll were over
Swallowed by opposition at
tacks from many directions.
Keyes' scornful words that
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Are Seeking To Line Up
Balkan Defensive AL
lance Against Reich
OTHER STEPS SEEN
Germany May Force Bal
kan Countries To Choose
One Or Other Camp
Rv ROBERT B. PARKER

BUDAPEST, May 8.-(Wednes-
oav)-CP-The official Hungarian
news agency published a report to-
cav that Germany has asked the
Hungarian government for the
right to send troops through the
country.
This report was circulated short
" after diplomats in the Balkans
had reportaed a strong British
drive to line up a Balkan "defen'
sive alliance of Yugoslavia, Ru.
mania, Bulgaria, Greece and Tur-
key to all stand together against
any aggression.
Dispatch Reproduced
The Hungarian news agency, IN
reporting the German rekuest, re-
produced a dispatch which origi.
nally was published in a Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, newspaper, Politika,
which in turn had credited it to its
Budapest correspondent.
Several times in the past inspir.
ed Hungarian newspapers, as vel
as the news agency, have taken
such roundabout methods to tel
Hungarians what is going on inside
their own country.
simultaneously, the newspaper,
Utro, in Sofia, Bulgaria, which has
been called the mouthpiece of MAJ;
Germany in Bulgaria, printed q
Berlin dispatch declaring Ger
many and Italy were prepared tc
send huge forces into southeastern
Europe at the first sign of British.
French action in that area.
The dispatch which was quoted
BY the Hungarian agency said that
according to certain reports in
Budapest the Germans had asked
passage through Hungary for their
troops but that so far the report
could not be verified.
Ultimatums Planned
I'm case the Allied troops violat'
ed any of the Balkan countries
frontiers, the reich will send ar
ultlmatum to that country demand
ing 1t choose Immediately one Of
the other belligerent camp" Utre
said.
In event the country in ques'
1on failed to answer with appro.
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YUC0SLAVIAC CALLS
ADDITIONAL FORCE
Summons More Conscripts
To Colors As Situation
Continues Tense

RAKEK, Yugoslavia, May Up
Guarding her German and Ital-
ian frontier with SOC, 900 troops,
Yugoslavia tonight called addition
al c%onscripts to the %colors.
Crowded troop trains rolled into
t h S frontier region throughout
the day. The main concentration
points are Ljubljana for the Ital-
ian frontier and Maribor for the
German.
Along both frontiers and for
many miles behind, army engi-
neers constructed defensive posi-
tons to bolster concrete works
already built. There were miles of
freshly dug trenches and numerous
tank barricades of reinforced con-
crete. Innocent-looking woodpiles
disguised artillery emplacements.
Machineguns covered every vi
tai bridge line in this frontier zone.
Most of the important bridges have
been mined.
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AND BARUCH CLAIM COUNTRY'S
DEFENSES INADEQUATE, URGE ACTION

wartime production of wartime
necessities.
IF we do not learn how to do
things now" he said, I'VE will
be caught in a jam if we are
ever forced to-"
A vigorous defense of the bat
tleship, as opposed to aircraft,
was entered before the senate
naval committee by Secretary of
the Navy Edison, together with
a prediction that German
planes would prove incapable of
destroying the British fleet.
"Battleships," he said, were,
are and will be for some time to
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Declaring that aircraft was
the deciding factor in the Eu-
rOpean war, he said:
1--WE should expand and expand
in our aircraft. Our young col
lege people should be educated
as airplane pilots"
Declaring that Hitler has not
"10st a trick" and that his
timing is almost supernatural"
he ventured the opinion that
Britain and France "know they
have got to die in their tracks
before they can let the Germans
win." They know that if they
give up they are finished, he
added.
Gerard's remarks came at a
time when appropriation bills
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Y. D.. E. WILL INVITE
STATE CONVENTION
New Hanover County Club
Makes Plans To Seek
Large Registration

The Young Democrats club Of
New Hanover county made plans
to invite the state convention OF
Young Democrats, to be held some.
time this summer, to Wilmington
at a meeting last night in the
courthouse.
Alan A. Marshall, district chair.
man. offered to write the state
president of the Young Democrats
concerning the invitation, and said
that he believed that all the execu
tives of the organization would ap'
prove of Wilmington as the meet
ing place.
1t is expected, Marshall said, that
the convention will be held some
time during June or July of this
year, in order that the organiza
ton can make early plans fol-
the presidential campaign in the
fall.
1t was stated that the Ocean
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WASHINGTON, May 7-@-
Two men high in the nations
councils during World War
days, James w. Gerard and
Bernard Baruch today pictured
the country's defenses as made
quate and urged quick action to
remedy the condition.
Gerard, who was ambassador
to Germany before the United
States entered the war, lunch
ed with President Roosevelt and
later told reporters that there
would be "a great danger to the
United States should Germany
win the present conflict. En-
croachments in Latin America
probably would follow such a
victory, he indicated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
Local Delegation Leaves
For Airline Conference
Wallace Makes Plans
For Berry Festival

The town of Wallace has
made plans for staging its an
nual Strawberry Festival on an
enlarged basis the week of
May II, it was announced here
yesterday.
Complete program arrange
ments are being made at pres
ent. A message of congratula-
tiOns on plans for the festival
was forwarded to Mayor Au-
brey C. Harrell of Wallace yes
terday by the w l m i n g t o n
Chamber of Commerce.
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for the military establishments

for the military establishments
are pending in congress. Late in
the day, Senator Thomas d.
Okla), chairman of an appro-
priations subcommittee on the
army supply bill, made public
a letter from Baruch saying the
United States was "inadequately
prepared even for Defense"
Baruch, who was chairman of
the World War industries board,
urged the creation of an Or
g%anization ito provide for an
orderly conduct of war;" includ-
ing the prevention of civilian
proffteering. He also advised
more money for the army, and
Educational orders" to Ameri-
can industry to prepare it for
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BLAMES REGIME FOR FAILURE
Admiral Of Fleet Says Governments Shock
ing Ineptitude' Responsible For Defeat
Of Britain In Norwegian Venture
NEW NAZI ATTACK is LIMITED
Chamberlain Grants New Powers To
Churchill In Effort To Save His Crumb-
ling Rule From Mounting Assault
Bv DREW

LONDON, May E(AP)-Opposition to The Cham-
berlain cabinet united tonight behind the challenging lead
ership of a national naval hero who shook the British con-
sentative citadel to its foundations by blaming the govern
ments shocking ineptitude" for the admitted failure of
the Norwegian venture.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes,
a national conservative (g~overnment) member of parlia-
ment, led the assault with the declaration that the admir-
atty rebuffed his plan to force Trondheim Fjord with sea
power-an action which he said might have brought land
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
MEET In CHARLESTON
Will Discuss Possibilities
OF Route That Will In
clude Wilmington

A group of Wilmingtonians in
terested in the prospective routing
of an airline through the city left
yesterday for Charleston, where a
meeting in that connection will
be held today.
The group consists of W. Louis
Fisher, R. B. Page, and members
of the county board.
They will meet today with rep
resentatives of the Pennsylvania
A1rlines for a discussion of the
possibilities of instituting service
through Wilmington.
The Pea has applied to the Civil
Acronautics authority for permits
sion to run a passenger line from
Atlantic City through Norfolk and
Wilmington to Charleston. No def
mite action has yet been taken in
this respect.
In a statement issued previously
by the president of the Pennsyl.
vania Central airlines, it was stat.
ed the line has made a study Of
traffic conditions on the east coast
in this section Of the country and
it was found that these cities were
ideally situated for such a line.
All north-south passenger air
lines now pass through Charlotte,
Raleigh and other cities in the CEN
trail section of North Carolina.
After the meeting. in Charleston
today, the group will attend a meet.
ing in Beaufort on Thursday re.
garding a change in the routing
Of the Ocean Highway from Beau
fort to Savannah.
They plan to return to Whining
ton Friday morning.
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PROGRAM PLANNED
ON MEMORIAL DAY
Bishop Darst Will Be Prin.
cipal Speaker AT Oak
dale On May 10

The Right Rev. Thomas c. Darst,
bishop Of the East Carolina Epis-
copal church, will be principal
speaker at the Memorial day pro-
gram in Oakdale cemetery on Fri
day, May 10, at 4 o'clock, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The exercises will be held on the
plot of the Confederate monument
in the western part of the cemetery
and will be under the auspices of the
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SWEDISH STEAMER
SUNK BY BRITISH
Craft, With German Prize
Crew Aboard, Is Torpe-
doed By Submarine

STOCKHOLM, May 8.-(Wednes-
day)-R-The Swedish steamer
Monark, 1,786 tons, with a Ger
man prize crew aboard, was tor
pedoed by a British submarine
yesterday.
The Monark was on its way from
S~tavanger, Norway, to a German
harbor with a load Of wood pulp.
Five members of the prize crew
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WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Partly cloudy, not
Iulte so warm in north central and
m"3ltnwestern portions Wednesday
thursday partly cloudy, somewhat I'M
se'tled in the mountains.
meteorological data for the "a hours
'"uing 1870 p. m. Yesterday.
~ Temperature
l'So a. m. 81; 1870 a. m. Sc; 1870 p
NJ; ~ 1870 p. M. 50; maximum S5
'Dinlaum I'll; mean 70: normal 68.
80, Humidity
l.xo a. m. 80: 7:3O a. m. Y; 1:30 D
ILL., 81; 7:30 p. m. go.
Precipitation
nolal for "A hours ending 7:30 D. m.
N0H total since first Of the month
o05 inches.
Tides For Today
v;,u. High Low
'""ihgton ----------- 0:27a 5:4Os
Noso II :49p 5:36T
-1asonboro Inlet S:12a 2.1Ss
srr S:2Sp 2:211
,ia sunrise 5;16a; sunset 7:O1p; moon.
- o'loa; moonset Slip.
Or "AsHlNGTON, May 7.-P)-Weath.
bureau records of temperature ant
Ia a'nlall for the "a hours ending s n. m.
ana 'ne principal cotton-growing area
S4u elsewhere:
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Out of a total of 236, 546 farms
will participate in the 1910 AAA
program, says E. Y. Floyd, Trip
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Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15
WINCHESTER

Church
 Church services were very vel attended last Sunday. Rev. James Tyms, assistant pastor of Ebene- ger Baptist, presented interesting and inspiring sermons, both morn
 ing and evening. Rev. Tyms, a graduate of Howard University, is now seeking his Ph.D. at Boston
 University. Previous to coming to Boston, Rev. Tyms served as in- structor of religious education at Howard University.
 -Children's day exercises were conducted last Sunday under the direction of Assistant Superinten- dent Esther Kirby and Miss Ouida Kembro. Pink petunias were dis tributed to old and young. The Sunday has recently com pleted one of the most successful years in the history of the church. The following teaching staff has
 been responsible for the record attendance and financial attain ments: primary department-Mrs.
 Bertha Saunders and Miss Doro- thy Griffith; intermediate depart
 ment-Clement Barksdale and Miss Esther Kirby; junior depart
 Miss Ouida Kembro and
 Philip Barksdale; adult depart
 ment-T. Thomas.
 Social
 Mrs. Charity White of GA Main
 street received gifts, flowers and
 many greeting cards at recent open house birthday celebration During the afternoon a musical program was presented by mem bers of the choir of Zion, Boston
 and by a string quartet. Some of ] Mrs. Whites house guests were: Mrs. H. A. Herd of Brooklyn, Mrs. Esther Morris Nash and daugh- ter, Joan, Miss Anna Mays of Worcester and Miss Margaret Carter of Brooklyn.
 Miss Priscilla Butcher, a stu dent at Boston University, was the weekend guest of Miss Doro- thy Griffith of 57 Harvard street. MT. and Mrs. Hugh Bracy and family of Cambridge were in town last Sunday visiting relatives and friends.
 Pennock of Rochester, N. Y. is visiting with the Guy family of 48 Spruce street.
 Master Roger Latham, scribe of Boy Scout Troop ', went last weekend on hike to Mt. Manad- make, N. H.
 Barksdale returned last week from Tougaloo, Miss, where
Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15
Camp Nippinicket

Camp Nippinicket of AME Zion Church will open again on July 3. The camp committee, under the direction of Attorney Irwin T. Dorch, has been making many improvements. The cabins have been screened and a new lavatory for the boys has been built. A new well has been sunk, and the water supply should be sufficient.
 On June 26, the camp committee will join with Mrs. Lloyd and her camp club in a ''camp night" All campers old and young are being invited to this camp meeting which promises to be a great success. The emission will Dc a can of food.
 Cards are being sent to the homes of the various campers. If you fail to get a card, contact the camp secretary, Wilhelmina Crosson, 195 West Springfield
Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15

he IS an instructor and head of
 the English department at Tou-
 galoo College MT. Barksdale has
 done extensive work in dramatics
 and plans to make further study
 in it at Harvard University sum- mer school.
 Miss Eva Deluge left last week for Maine, where she will spend
 the summer months. Miss Constance Cordice returned
 last week from Virginia State College, where she completed her
 freshman year. Miss Cordice has
 been an honor student.
 Stephen Thomas returned last
 week from Durham, N. C., where
 he was recently graduated with a
 degree os B.S. MT. Thomas way
 a varsity football player and a
 member of the student council.
 Mrs. Rose Cummings and
 daughter, Maude and son, Elmer son recently returned to Old Or chard Beach, Me-, where they will open up their summer home.
 Harry Kirby, Clifford Latham and Warren Guy, members of the National Guard, participated in the YD anniversary parade.
 Graduates
 Elizabeth Lindsey and Douglass Cramwell, James Dodson and AL bert Cordice are among those graduating from Winchester Jun for High School.
 Harold Boardley, Jr. and Charles Kirby, Jr. are among those grad uating from Winchester High. Warren Guy of AS Spruce street is graduating from Medford High. Sick
 John Boardley, of Fall River, father of Harold Boardley, Win chester is still somewhat sick. Sally Winbush is much inn proved after a general illness. Mason of Cross street is fully recovered from injuries sustained in a recent automobile accident.
 Alice Ely of 84 Harvard street is very much improved after a long illness. Mrs. Sadie Barksdale of II Chester street is also much inn proved after a recent illness. Church
 The Mystic Baptist Church Un- ion will convene tomorrow after noon at the New Hope Baptist Church. Rev. J. Q. Jackson of Rhode Island will present the ser mon.
Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15
Boston Minister Speaks At Warehouse
O SA

Atlanta, Ga.-The finest of all the fine arts-the art of living peacefully, happily and contendedly together-was stressed by Rev. Samuel Macaulay Lindsay, pastor of the Brookline Baptist Church in Massachusetts, at the annual commencement exercises at More house College today. On this oc- casion the degrees of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science were awarded to A seniors by acting President Charles D. Hubert.
 A native of Scotland, the speak CT delivered a challenging address to his audience to be good neigh bors, stating that in neighborhood life we must take time to master the art of living together. The three factors he mentioned as ne cessary to achieve this were under standing, idealization and coopera- tion.
 The speaker was introduced to the audience by Dr. Charles D. Hubert. A former assistant pastor of the Euclid Baptist Church in Cleveland (where he became in- timately a s 0 ia t e d with the Rockefeller family), and formerly pastor of the Hanson Place Bap- tist Church in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dr. Lindsay is widely known for his tolerance and convictions. He is held in high esteem by people in all walks of life.
Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15
WORCESTER

The Master Helping League of
 John St. Baptist Church is to con-
 duct an outing the evening of
 July 12, at the home of MT. John
 Pegrom, 538 Burncoat St. Ex-
 cellent food is to be served and a
 most enjoyable time is promised. On June 21 there is to be a
 Beano Social conducted in the
 honor of MT. and Mrs. Frank
 Perry, 36 Clayton St. at eight D.
 m. A good time is promised all
 who attend and prizes to be awar-
 ded This affair is for the bene-
 fit of the Building Fund of John St. Baptist Church.
 The Cheerio Club met last
 Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Mary Abbott in North
 Grafton, Mass. After the regular business routine the hostess served a delectable repast.
 MT. Albert Clark, husband of Mrs. Harriett Clark, was found dead in his home, 2 Belknap St. last Thursday. Funeral service was conducted Saturday morning from the Longstreet Funeral Parlors with Rev. R. B. Hunt in charge. Besides his wife, MT. Clark leaves three children to mourn his passing, Robert, Albert and Marjorie. Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
 Roberts addressed the B. Y. P. U. in John St. Baptist last Sunday evening at 6:3O. Before close of the meet ing Rev. Gibson congratulated the young man and gave him en- couragement for greater service. Mrs. Zilphah Wilson of 26 Bancroft St. was taken i'll last in A. M. E. Zion Church. Under the care of Dr. Eustace Carmichael, she is doing we'll in
Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15
WOBURN MASS

The pastor, Rev. A. Roger Will Hams, preached at morning and evening services. The children's s day exercises were held during the church school hour. The Moth CTS and Daughters Clubs con- ducted a very successful rummage sale Thursday, June 6.
 The Mutual Aid Society held it's annual election of officers. The following officers were elected for the year: Rev. w. H. Smith, pres ident; Willis s. Rollins, vice pres ident; Mrs. Edith Crutcher, secre- tary; James c. Fields, financial secretary; Mrs. Rosa Jackson, treasurer; Mrs. Sarah Hester, sentinel; Mrs. Lottie M. White, keeper of properties; H. Griffith, chaplain. Albert White, who has served as president for 28 years, did not choose to serve another year.
 Miss Miriam Keller, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Keller of Allen street, received her degree of bachelor of music at Boston University. Miss Keller specialized in school music. Her class activi- ties included university girls glee club, Le Cercle Francais, the Roger Williams Club and the university chorus. Miss Keller is the church organist at St. Johns Church.
 Henry Gaines Winder, the brother of Mrs. Lottie A. White, passed away June ' after a long illness at Resthaven, Roxbury. MT. Winder was born in Upper Hill, Md, Somerset County, April r. 1859, the son of the late Levin and Mathilda Gaines Winder. He came to Massachusetts, 59 years ago, during which time he resided in Woburn, Lowell and Winches- ter. He will be remembered as a pious, Christian gentleman and an outstanding citizen in the com munity. He was a charter member of the Nazarene Church in Lowell and later became affiliated with the Nazarene Pentecostal Church in Maiden. He leaves two sisters: Mrs. Lottie A. White of this city and Mrs. Martha Winston, Upper Hill, Md, and two brothers: Rev. Samuel J. Winder of Clayton, Del. Funeral services were held from the Nazarine Church in Maiden last Sunday afternoon. Interment was in the Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester.
 Fitchett of Union street spent the weekend visiting in New York City.
Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15
Recent Deaths
FUNERAL NOTICES OF T. R JOHNSON

JUN ERAL NOl1CES OF J. B. JOHNSON
 HOWARD WORKS, 622 Columbus avenue, at Johnson's Funeral Home, Friday, June 7. Inter- ment at Mt. Hope. DAVID HAMPSTEAD, 109 Cabot street, at Johnson's Funeral Home, Saturday, June 8. Inter ment at Woodlawn. MRS. MARION J. WOLFE, 21 Yelling street, at St. Cyprian's Church, Sunday, June g. Inter ment at Mt. Hope. MRS. ROSETTA JOHNSON, 179 Northampton Street, at St. Paul AME Church, Sunday, June 9. Interment at Mt. Hope. PHILLIP McDAVID, 42 Kendall street, at Johnson's Funeral Home, Monday, June 10. Inter ment at Mt. Hope.
Hartford-Springfield chronicle., 1940-06-15
NEWTON, MASS.

MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Theodore R. Whitfield, Pastor
 The morning theme will be "The Commandment of Love" and the evening message will be Save Me From This Hour."
 We cordially invite our friends in Boston and Myrtle Church to attend rally between the North Carolina and Virginia Clubs of the church next Sunday after noon at o'clock. There will be a sermon by Rev. Lloyd Abercrom- bic. Solos by Miss Esther liar grove and Mrs. Blanche Perry; reading by one of Boston's out standing dramatic sreaders, Whit field Jones.