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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Second Race
I'm Louisiana
Set Feb. 20
Reform Forces Look To
Runoff Test To Gust
Gov. Earl Long
VOTE RETURNS SLOW
Long Has l20,4S3 Votes;
Jones, TITS; Noe, So,
302; Others, 22,091

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 17.-P-
Jubilant at partial victory in yes
terday's democratic primary, Lou
isiana reform" forces looked to-
day to a runoff test to wrest the
governorship from Earl Long and
break the 12-year rule of Huey
Long and his political heirs.
The hefty brother of the slain
"Kingfish" held a plurality of more
than 40, 900 with about half the
votes counted but apparently had
failed of the clear majority neces-
sary to win the nomination, which
is tantamount to election in one
larty Louisiana, it marked the
first time since '2S that the Long
machine had not swept K objec-
tives easily in the first vote.
Jones To Take Stump
Long refused to admit tonight
that he would be forced into a run
over but Sam JonesI Lake Charles
attorney leading the field of four
observation-disclosures, announced
he would take the stump this week
in preparation for the second pri-
mary February 20.
With 1876 of 1,7O3 precincts re-
ported, Long had 120,4S3 votes;
Jones Tits; State Senator James
A. Noe of Monroe, 59,302; James
H. Morrison of Hammond, 1S,4Oo;
Vincent Moseley, Opelousas, 1856.
Those predicting a runoff counted
heavily on the fact that this totai
incll led virtually complete returns
from New orleans where Long ran
strongly with the support of Mayor
Robert Maestri.
Maintenance of these ratios would
leave the balance of power in the
hands of those who voted today for
Noe, Morrison and Moseley.
Jones's hackers insisted Long
drew his nahum strength Tuo--
day and their man would get the
Continued OH Page Seven; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
NLRB EXAMINERS REPORT ON ALLEGED
ANTI-UNION WORK IN GAFFNEY Barred

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-(AP)
A. trial examiners word picture
of alleged anti-uniOn activities in
Gaffney, S. c., textile mills,
among people he described as
characters right out of Tobac-
co Road" was made public to-
day before the house committee
investigating the labor board.
Copies of two informal letters,
running to 1000 words, written
by Examiner c. w. Whittemore
to George o. Pratt, chief examin-
er here, while he was conduct
ing a board hearing in Gaffney
in December, 1888, described
starved, starving people and
tired land. Girls with yellow
teeth, who chew Spuff to keep
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
ITALIANS WARNED
OF WAR THREATS
Fascist Leader Says Nation
May Face Duty OF Pick
ing Up Arms

ROME, Jan. 17.-R-The new
secretary of the fascist party, Et-
tore Mutt, told Italians today hat
'Italy may face the necessity and
duty at any moment of picking up
arms"
'There is no need" Mutt told a
conference of provincial party lead
ers, "to lull oneself with the fllu-
sion that Italy's present situation
with regard to war may last for
ever"
Mutt did not indicate whom Italy
might have to fight and this left
unchanged the general impression
in foreign circles that she would
remain out of the war as long as
possible. However, one passage Of
his speech was interpreted as a
rebuff to British and French ges-
lures of Cancellation, such as fire.
Continued ON Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
GARNER OPPOSES
LOAN TO FINLAND
Bank Committee Decides
To Delay Action On Fin
nish Aid Proposals

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. B
Reports were heard in the senate
today that Vice-President Garner is
opposed to a further loan to FIN
land. At the same time, the bank
ing committee decided to delay &C
ton on Finnish aid proposals until
it can obtain the views of Secretary
Of State Hull.
Garner was said by one highly
placed senator to have expressed
the view that an additional loan to
Finland would be very unWlse'
because it might conflict with the
nations neutrality policy.
Other congressional sources sale
that the Vice-President had laid his
objections before tn. President at a
conference on legislative matters at
Continued on Page Seven: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Jury Selected
To Try Gibson
Case
Actual Trial OF Negro Will
Get Under Way At 9
A. M. This Morning
GARRISON SENTENCED
Young White Man Given
Two Years But Sentence
Is Later Amended

A jury was selected for the
trial of Simon (Coochie) Gibson,
negro, charged with criminally as
saulting a young married white
woman on the night of July %,
.fter 81 names from the special
venire of 100 were called yesterday
afternoon in superior court here.
The selection of the jury lasted
from about 8 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon until nearly 7 o'clock last
night. Following the selection, court
was recessed until $50 o'clock this
morning, at which time the actual
trial will start.
Jury
The persons selected for jury
duty are as follows: W. E. Edwards,
Manley D. Williams, N. c. Stack,
B. C. Russell, H. D. Baird, E.. C.
Edmondson, C. D. Thompson, Paul
J. Proctor, C. H. Trask, M. M.
Brooks, S.. V%anderwal and w. P.
Sutton.
The jury was taken to a hotel
for the night, as is customary in
trials of capital felonies.
District Solicitor David Sinclair
said yesterday he Goes not intend
to introduce into the evidence dur
ing the trial the confession signed
by the accused negro shortly after
his arrest. The confession was ruled
ont in the first trial because the
negro claimed he was forced to
sign it.
First witnesses, which will prob
ably be the investigating officers
will be heard this morning.
The negro is represented by W
L. Farmer and Addison Hewlett
Jr., Attorney Vaughn Allen is as
sisting Sinclair in the prosecution
Garrison Sentenced
During the moraing session, b
Garrison, youns white man, was
sentenced to serve two years on
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Country Says
1t Has Large
Future Supply
Have Enough In Stock For
Normal Two And One
Half Years Demand
TO USE TURKISH WEED
Government Hints Embargo
May Remain For In
definite Period

LONDON, Jan. 17.-CP-British
-obacco manufacturers, responding
10 government decree, tonight were
stated reliably to have stopped the
inportation of American tobacco.
They were reported to have
enough in stock for a normal two
and.a-half years demand, and like
" to use Turkish or Balkan to-
baccos TO blend with these stocks.
Indefinite Period
The embargo will be for an in.
definite duration.
Most of the tobacco imported by
Britain is Virginia-grown. She took
:14,O6l,255 (about $40, 300, OO0) worth
Of American-grown tobacco in 1887.
Arthur Dom, director of a num-
Der of tobacco companies ex-
planned:
The government has very wise
" decreed that in order to con.
serve the country's supply of Amer
lean dollars we should cease to i'm,
Prt American tobacco and has
limited this embargo may remain
for an indefinite period"
Another consideration was set
forth today by the labor member
Of parliament, Hugh Dalton, who
demanded that British tobacco
magnates'' be required to buy Eu-
mpean and Near Eastern tobaccos
10 help our gallant friends the
Turks" the Greeks and the Bull
sarians. A similar view was eX-
pounded by Robert Boothby, con-
sentative.
Arranging Agreements
The British have been arranging
a number Of trade agreements with
European and Near Eastern neu-
trails which involve taking guam
Titles Of tobacco which formerly
found a market in Germany.
The board of trade government
department) and prominent manu-
lecturers have been negotiating
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

dirt from their lungs. Stupid
faces, resigned when sober, but
lynching brutes when reused by
liquor"
Whittemore's letters asserted
four or five, Gaffney mills e
controlled by two brothers he
identified as the "Hamricks,"
and that union organization was
resisted through attempts of the
employers to organize "Good
Fellowship" clubs.
"Thugs and religious) fanatics
herded union members into the
clubs" the examiner wrote. ut
was a clear case of come to
Jesus, brethren-or I'll blow
your CUTS OUT"
The hearing was on complaint
of the Textile Workers Organic
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Russians Deny Death
OF Division Commander

MOSCOW, Jan. 17.-CR-A COM
munique issued by the Leningrad
military headquarters tonight denied
reports, which it attributed to a
subsidiary of DNB, official German
news agency, of the finding OF the
frozen body of the Red army's oath
division commander in Finland.
"This report does not correspond
with the facts" said the COM
munique distributed by Tass, OFF,
cial news agency. 1.-THE commander
of the division, Vinogradoff, is now
in the area of the 44th division"
The military headquarters also
described as mot corresponding
with the facts reports which It at
tributed to the London Daily Her
aid that Soviet w%arplanes bombed
a working class district in HelsiflKl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

ing Committee, a CLIO affiliate,
charging the Alma, Limestone
and Hamrick mills at Gaffney
with discouraging union organi-
cation.
Whittemore, in an intermedi-
ate report last April, recon-
mended that the board order the
mills to stop alleged i%nterven-
ton, to disestablish a company
union and to reinstate % dis
charged employees but the case
has been reopened and another
hearing is to be held next Mon
day in Spartanburg, S. C.
Whittemore described a
Preacher Parker" who, he said,
lied religion-drunk prayer
bands from one company house
to another, foretelling the end
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
TWO MEN KILLED
IN LARGE BLAST
Five Others Hurt When Nj
ro-Glycerine Explodes
AT Gibbstown, N. J.

GIBBSTOWN, N. j., Jan. 17.-P)
Three tons of nitro-glycerine ex-
ploded today with a roar heard 20
miles, killing two men and injuring
five at the Repauno plant of the
Dupont powder works.
The possibility of sabotage drew
the immediate attention of state po-
lice and the federal bureau of in
vestigation. The plant had been
heavily guarded.
So great was the mid-morning
shock that it was felt in Lakehurst,
N. j., IS miles away. 1t left only
a smoke-blackened crater where the
little isolated dynamite mixing
building stood.
Windows were shattered for miles.
Buildings were Jared in Philadel-
phia-12 miles north. Thousands in
the vast New observation-disclosures
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
SLATED JAN. "a AND Is
Celebration OF Anniversary
OF Conservation OF Bish-
Cd Darst Planned

Plans for the 57th annual meeting
Of the Convention of the Diocese OF
East Carolina and the SIND annua.
session of the Woman's Auxiliary Of
the Diocese of the Episcopal church
to be held at st. James church here
on January "a and 25, were announc'
ed last night.
Several hundred delegates from
Eastern North Carolina are expected
to attend the sessions.
A feature of the convention Will
be the celebration of the 25th ami
versary of the conservation of Bish-
CD Thomas C. Darst, of Wilmington
which will be held On "Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock. The Rev. William
H. Milton, D. D., will be the ami
%niversary speaker.
Reception Planned
The meetings will open Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock when a reception
in honor of Bishop and Mrs. Oars
will be held in the St. James parish
house. The business session for the
Auxiliary and the convention vii
open the next morning.
One of the principal speakers or
the program is the Rev. Canon Gil
bert P. Symons, of the FORWARD
Movement commission, who vii
give a Mediation service Wednesday
afternoon at a meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary.
The Rev. Canon Symons has been
since the organization of the For
ward Movement in the Episcopar
church in 1884, active in the pro
gram of that evangelistic and edu
cational movement, headed by thu
bishop of Southern Ohio, the Ri
Rev. Henry w. Hobson as chairman
Of the executive board, and the Rt
Rev. Henry st. George Tucker, pre-
siding bishop of the Episcopal
church, as chairman of the Forward
Movement commission.
Canon Symons, whose headquar-
Continued OH Page Seven; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
BROWDER ADMITS
His use OF ALIAS
Trial OF Communist Leader
For Passport Misuse Is
Opened In New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17-CP-Coun-
sci for Earl Browder acknowledged
late today that the U. S. communist
leader used an assumed name in OBJ
tanning a passport he carried on a
European trip which presumably
was climaXed by a visit with Soviet
officials in Moscow.
I'VE do not deny" said George
Gordon Battle of defense counsel at
the outset of Browder's trial for
passport misuse, that he obtained
the. Richards passport in 1881 I'm.
der that name.
cit is in evidence that he is an Of
fetal of the communist party and
certainly a man in his position in
the party could not be blamed for
through the countries of Europe at
that time"
Battles effort to justify PROVIDERS
use of an alias was made in answer
to the prosecution statement before
a federal court jury that the com
munist leader had deceived the
American government with "a bulk
of false material" while seeking the
protection of it's passports in travels
to Soviet Russia and other foreign
lands.
While U. S. Attorney John T.
Cahill thus denounced him, the lit
tie mustached revolutionary sat
slouched deep in his tilted chair, his
Continued OH Page Seven; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

of the world" Whittemore ex-
planned:
Because - and he quoted
gl~ibyI-Revelations tells us that
just before the end chariots
shall be seen-out of the e will
rise the devil-and ON the FORE
heads of people will be seen the
mark of the beast The devil,
he says, is John L. Lewis-the
mark of the beast is COM
munism."
81 asked about the chariOts,"
the examiner added. "Trium-
phantly he answered, 'automo-
biles'."
"It sounds humorous" Whit
temore commented, "but the ef-
Continued OH Page Five; Col 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Program For Episcopal
Meetings Here Prepared
The European
War Situation
(By The Associated Press

(By The Associated Press
HELSINkI - Death-dealing
cold hits Red army invaders,
grounds bombers; Firms report
ed driving toward new victory
in Arctic.
ROME-Fascist party secre-
tary tells Italians they may
face necessity" of fighting at any
moment; fails to name possible
enemy.
LONDON-Britain says block
ade has reduced Germans to
near starvation of 1916; allied,
neutral shipping losses continue.
WASHINGTON - Garner re-
ported joining opposition to
further Finnish loan on grounds
of possible conflict with Heu-
trality.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
AIRLINE SURVEYS
PLANS ARE MADE
Establishment OF Whining
toni Charlotte Line Is Dis
cussed At Meeting

FAYETTEVILLE, Jan. 17.-Rep
resentatives from Wilmington, Char.
lotte, Pinehurst, and Fayetteville
met here this morning to further
plans for the establishment of an
airline between Wilmington and
Charlotte by way of Fayetteville
and Pinehurst.
It was agreed that the first &C
tive step must be a series of local
surveys to determine probable pas
senger, freight and mail traffic
from the interested cities, as well
as the landing field facilities avail
able. Plans were made to appoint
committees to conduct such sur
veys in each city.
R. B. Page, publisher of the Will
mington star-News, and Major L.
r. Ash, Fayetteville banker, both
aviation enthusiasts, presided over
the meeting.
There was a general discussion
of the situation and prospects of
a system of feeder airlines en-
circling the state.
Charlotte was represented by W.
States Lee, e. S. Blodget headed
the Pinehurst delegation.
From Wilmington, in addition to
Page, were Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper, Commissioner W. Louis
Fisher, and Addison Hewlett, chair
of the New Hanover county
commissioners.
A number of Fayetteville men
were present, including Oscar P.
Breeze, president of the chamber Of
commerce. and Postmaster1W. M
Shaw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Murphy Will Be Sworn
In As Justice Today

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. - Up -
Frank Murphy will be sworn in as
supreme court justice at a ceremony
at the White House tomorrow Orr
ing. The oath will be administered
by Justice Stanley Reed, and Presi.
dent Roosevelt will attend.
Although Murphy is the fifth
Roosevelt a%ppointee to the court, he
will pe the first to take the oath in
the White House.
Robert Jackson will take the oath
as attorney general at the same
time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
e
By WADE

HELSINKI, Jan. 17.-P-Piti-
less, death-dealing cold laid~a gla-
cial hand on Russia's war machine
tonight but the Films reported their
troops were driving toward a new
victory near Salla above the Arctic
Circle.
Phenomenal 54-degree below zero
temperatures (Fahrenheit) restrained
the Russian air force, which has
been raining death and destruction
on Finnish towns, and apparently
~immobilized Russian ground forces
which have been attacking on the
Karelian Isthmus.
Temperatures were so low that
touching a piece of metal with a
bare hand raised immediate blisters.
Movement of tanks and armored
cars was hazardous even If no
shots were fired.
Trips Called Off
Front line trips by correspondents
were called off by the Firms be-
cause of the danger Of freezing to
death.
Clad in their warmest Arctic
clothing and calling upon their I'M
Continued OH Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
WEATHER

FORECAST
Noftn Carolina; Mostly cloudy, ligh,
SueW IN the mountains, much colder
n west and central portions Thursday !;
'QdF cloudy and colder.
meteorological data for the a hours
~"ls $50 p. m. yesterday.
Ion Temperature
l'9g a, m, 80; 1870 a. IN. 81; 100 p.
min 81, ';5O p. IN. As; maximum 81
"'H'lum 81; mean IS; normal 4o.
Lon Humidity
In l %. a: m ~ 10; 1870 a. m. 50; 1:So p.
A' - $50 p. m. 81.
rot., Precipitation
m hVlal Tor a hours ending 7:5O p.
morth none: total since first of the
month, 147 inches.
"slolL --------- 3:57a 511:33a
"as9nboro Inlet 1:26a 7:52a
sur,; .1:43p S:15p
rise @"1 1a lila; sunset 5:29p; moon
'14p; moonset u :59a.
we@,tAEssHtlNGToN, January 17.-R-
and u bureau records of temperature
Is n ,a'nlall for the "A hours ending
inrr m, III the principal cotton grow
Station ' eiss"here:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Unable
To Maintain
Winter Front
40, 900 Men Involved In
General Withdrawal From
Area In Arctic Circle
Firms PURSUE SOVIETS
81 Below Zero Tempera-
ture Restraints The Rus
sian Air Force

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 1S.-(Thurs.
dayeR-A general Russian re.
treat from the Salla sector of Fin.
land, involving 10000 troops, was
reported early today in dispatches
to the Copenhagen newspaper Der.
linske TidenGe.
The dispatches, from the news
papers correspondent on the north
ern front, said the Russians appar-
emily had given up hopes of hold
ing the frigid Salla front for the
winter.
Attack Repulsed
Earlier Scandinavian reports said
the Red army was planning a major
offensive from that sector, which is
in the lower Arctic Circle, but last
night a dispatch from the Finnish
army in Lapland said a small-scale
attack by 400 Russian troops had
been repulsed.
The 10000 %retreating Russians to.
day were reported closely pursued
by Finnish units which hoped to in
flict heavy rear-guard punishment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Today
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Shops or farms or motor cars,
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models at 25 per cent discount.
Detrolas, etc. Pender Furniture
Co., % So. Front st.
Pender Furniture Co. sold five
radios through this Want Ad
in past 7 days.
Phone 28OO To Start
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16
Keystone Lincoln Dinner
TO Be Held Saturday Eve

lation in the army and navy for
the rest to support as is done in
most of the nations. The right
solution is give everyone a job.
The solution probably is possible
.ony in America where there is
room for five times our present
populations and potential jobs for
all who would work-and an adj
ministration in Washington that
BELIEVES America is no longer
land of opportunity! Anyone
can start u business TODAY and
have it flourish as the rose if he
has grit and determination and
the government does not discour
age him too much with regula-
tions, high taxes and interferr-
ence that has the earmarks of
being deliberately planned to dis
courage private enterprise-the
one thing that made America a
world power and weather. than
all the empires of history!
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16

The Keyone Republican Club
Lincoln Day dinner will be given
tomorrow at seven p. M. in the
Koppers Hall. An excellent pro-
gram has been arranged and all
has been done to take care of a
capacity crowd. Admission ia
the big evenn will be soc for
members of the club and $1.00
for all others.
Besides a gala occasion import
ant questions relative to organi-
zation will come up for discus
sion which all should know who
belong to the club as well as Re-
publicans residing in the vicinity.
Attend this dinner and help
make it a huge successl A. nj
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-02-16

eliminate anti social conditions
wherever they may surround the
sale Of beer. The number Of states
IN which industry committees dedi.
Gated to this purpose are In opera
ton increased from one TO nine.
Similar Drograms are 70 be In.
stalled in additional states during
the coming year.
Direct tax6s collected on the 1899
salo Of beer totalad S411, zoe, $50 and
averaged $3.50 per barrel ON the
52,70S,819 barrels withdrawn Tor
sale. This revenue ia eaF.fparked
Cor old oge pensions. edVcatlo1aL
institutions, public health. aids 10
agriculture and other speciN pt5-
poses IN mapy statsa and fnpptoi-
palities. Tho remainder. Including
Che Federal Governments share of
S2G7,642,9S3, Is auocated 10 gonsKal
expense funds. q
rho 1899 payments bring the 10
tai tax revenue collected BY Fed.
o:al, state and local agencies si9ea
bocrs relegalizatioR to npprd1i
mItely TWO and a quarter billion
dollars.