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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
ITALIANS PLEASED
With PEACE NEWS
Treaty Is Regarded As I'm
portant Step Toward Pre-
venting Spread Of War

ROME, March 12.-CP-Authori
tative italians received the news OF
a Russian-Finnish peace with "the
greatest satisfaction" tonight.
Though italy has made no secret
Of her deep sympathy for the Firms
a peace in Finland was regarded
as an important step toward pre-
venting spread of the European
war by Allied intervention.
British-French offers Of aid to
Finland and the fact-finding tou,
Of Sumner Welles, United states
undersecretary of state, were two
of the chief topics discussed by
Premier Mussolini and German
Foreign Minister Joachim Won Rib
bentrop during the latter's stay in
Rome Sunday and Monday.
Expresses Feeling
Foreign Minister Count Ciano's
newspaper, II TELEGRAPH, expressed
Italian feeling for the Firms today
when it termed the Russian at
tack 'the most evident Aggression
in modern history"
Nevertheless the paper expressed
hope for a peace which would not
jeopardize Finnish independence.
The topics discussed by Mussolin
and Ribbentrop were disclosed au
thoritatively tonight.
The two men exchanged views or
the whole gamut Of the European
war question, italian press reports
said. II Duce informed himself par
ticularly of Hitler's intentions, in
GLIDING his diplomatic plans, a!
the western war approached a more
intensive phase with the coming O.
spring.
Mussolini in his turn defended
his position. newspapers said, EN-
phasizing that Italy's non-belliger
ency remained unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
NO FANFARE, HOWEVER
Finland's Sacrifice Assures
Neutrality For Scandi-
navian Countries

STOCKHOLM, March 13.-(Wed'
nesday)-R-On the basis of the
German news agency report and
cryptic assurance from correspond
ents in Helsinki, Scandinavia took
it for granted early today. that a
peace treaty for Finland had been
signed.
Official confirmation from Finland
still was lacking but peace optimism
ran high.
The general reaction here was one
of relief without fanfare Or jubi
lation. The impression prevailed
that Finland has had to make a
considerable sacrifice in making
peace which gives temporary as
surance, at least, that Scandinavian
neutrality will remain intact.
Report True
Sources close to the Finnish lega'
ton here said they were without
information on the reported peace
treaty but Helsinki correspondents
of Stockholm newspapers said, be-
fore they we're cut off by the Fin
nish censor, that they believed the
Berlin report was true.
Throughout yesterday, a tide OF
rumors of an impending or accom-
plished Russian-Finnish agreement
ran in Scandinavia. Odds were four
to one that the war would end.
Matching the burst Of hope for
peace, however, was the resentfu]
feeling, openly expressed, that the
western Allies were seeking to com.
promise Sweden and her neutral
neighbors in both economic and mill
tary measures by their pledges Of in
PREVENTION on behalf of Finland-par
ticular French Premier Daladier's
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
NOTES ARE APPROVED
Bond Attorneys Okeh Pro-
posal To Issue Bond An
T. ticipation Notes

Following bond attorneys approval
of issuance of notes for a proposed
$685. 900 WPA street paving program
here, the city commissioners are
expected to take action toward ad-
vancement Of the undertaking at
their, weekly meeting this morning.
It was revealed yesterday that
Masslich and Mitchell, the, city's
New York bond attorneys, have said
that they Twill approve the issuance
of bonds anticipation notes, from
time to time, provided you have
therefore received a definite COM
mitment from the WPA and, of
course, Mr.. Clustering (secretary
of the Local Government commits
sion approves the issuance of such
notes."
Temporary Measure
W. Louis Fisher, commissioner of
finance, explained last night that
the issuance of bond anticipation
notes is purely a temporary measure
and can in no way cost the city any
money.
All that remains for the city to do
is to prepare for the issuance OF
short term notes and the borrowing
of sufficient money to get the paw.
ing work under way.
1t is anticipated that the city, as
soon as a commitment is secured
from the WPA office in Washing.
ton, to which the program has been
sent, will make plans to sell a note
for approximately $4,000 to cover
the expense of initiating the project.
J. E. L. Wade, city commissioner
of public works, expressed the be.
lief that there will be nc more hitch.
es in the program and predicted the
work will soon get under way in
good order.
Previously, the city's bond attor'
neys had refused to approve the is
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
SENATE COMMITTEE CALLS FOR POWER
TO MAKE OVERLAPPING INVESTIGATION

the methods of our entire sys.
tenn of Jurisprudence"
Senator Green ORD. author
of the investigation proposal,
expressed the opinion that the
committee report gave added
weight to the arguments for an
investigation"
He proposed the inquiry, he
said, primarily because OF a
belief that private tapping Of
the wires of public officials was
increasing. But he was anxious
also, he added, that any investi-
cation include the activities Of
public agencies.
"Wire tapping" the practice
at which the proposed inquiry
would be aimed, consists Of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
PELLEY BATTLES
REMOVAL TO N. c.
Silver Shirt Chief Obtains
Writ Staying Removal
At Least Eight Days

WASHINGTON, March II. -(R-
Expressing fear Of violent physical
abuse Silver Shirt Leader William
Dudley Policy forestalled today his
immediate return TO North Carolina
to face a possible prison term under
a five.year-old conviction.
First ordered extradited by Chief
Justice Alfred A Wheat in U. S. dis
trict court, the dapper little pub.
Usher Immediately obtained a writ
Of habeas corpus from Justice F.
Dickinson Let's, staying his remoy-
al at least eight days.
In a hearing before Justice Wheat,
Defense Attorney T. Edward O'Con-
nell charged that efforts to extradite
Pelley were nothing but a scheme
and a frameup to serve Interior
motives" He later told Justice Let's
mat Pelly fears "p%rohibitive BALI
Ind violent physical abuse if he
'elurns to North Carolina.
If Justice Let's, after a hearing
March 20, declines to interfere with
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forcement officers, are being
investigated and catalogued,"
it advised the senate.
Although the committee did
not refer specifically to any po-
lice agency, it included an in
direct reference to the bureau
of investigation which j. Ed
gar Hoover heads.
Chairman Wheeler (D-MOnt)
told reporters in response to a
question that the committee
had the FBI-mong others
in mind when it said that 'the
most fundamental civil rights"
had been violated in several
instances by law enforcement
agencies within the last six
months.
In particular, Wheeler said,
the committee had reference to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
DIET HOLDS FUTURE
Treaty Will Not Be Binding
On Finland Until Par
Lament Approves
NATION IS SHOCKED
New Terms Are Understood
To Be More Severe Than
The Original Ones

HELSINKI, March 10 -
(Wednesday)- (AP) The
future of Finland's second
war Of independence appar-
emily lay in the hands of the
Finish diet (parliament)'
early today, although an an
nouncement at 2 a. m. q p.
m. E.. S. T.) said the delega-
ton in Moscow had not yet
confirmed the signing Of the
reported peace treaty.
It was indicated the treaty
would not be binding on Fin
land until the diet had rati-
fled it.
The foreign office declined
to deny or confirm Moscow
and Berlin announcements
that a peace agreement had
been signed.
Nation Shocked
The severity of the terms
heard here over the Moscow
radio brought shock and be-
wilderment to the Firms.
They had felt that if the
Soviets were seeking peace
they would be willing to
Tighten, the heav demands
which resulted in the unde-
clared war.
Instead, the new terms as
understood here were con-
siderably worse than the orr
ginal proposals.
The semi-official Finnish
news bureau said no confirm
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HOSTILITIES TO STOP
Fighting Ceases Today But
Accord Must Be Ratified
In Three Days
FINLAND GETS LITTLE
Russia Also Gains Hanko
Base Lease And Part OF
Northern Peninsulas

MOSCOW, March 10 -
Observation-Disclosures
Russia early today announced
officially the signing Of a
peace treaty with Finland
which wrests as the spoils Of
three and a half months of
invasion Finland's defense
bastions on Baltic and Arctic
seas and makes part Of the
vast territory Of the U. S. S.
R. the whole fortified Karel-
ian isthmus, where uncounted
Russian and Finnish dead lie
beneath the trampled SHOWS.
The treaty must be ratified
within three days, but hostil-
tiles will cease, under it's
at noon today a. m.
Eastern Standard Time.
Finland gets peace, a year.
ly rental of 5000, 900 Finnish
marks (about S120,000) in re-
turn for a 30-year lease on
her Hanko "Gibraltar" at the
mouth of the Gulf of Finland
and evacuation of the Pet
samo Arctic district by Soviet
troops.
Surrenders
She gives up:
1. The entire Karelian is
thmus and it's Soviet-pene-
trated Mannerheim line.
2. The shell-wrecked City
of Viipuri, once Finland's
third metropolis, and the is
lands in it's bay.
3. All the shores of Lake
Ladoga, largest in Europe,
and three towns. Both on
the lakes western isthmus
shore and on it's northern
coasts thousands of Russian
troops have been slain.
4. Hanko naval base on the
southwest, and the surround
ing peninsula, on a 30-year
lease. This. area will form
Soviet naval-military bases.
5. Part Of the Sredni and
Rybachi peninsulas in the far
north, on the Arctic ocean.
6. Certain islands in the
Gulf of Finland.
Z. A great slice of north
eastern Finland, including
Kuolajarvi.
8. A railroad, to be built
during 1910, which will link
the White sea within north
ern Russia to the Gulf of Boz
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
City Is Expected To Act
On Street Project Today
Mrs. Burleson Placed
In Private Sanatorium

COLUMBIA, S. c., March IL.
-R-Mrs. May Walker Burle-
son, Galveston, Tex, Divorce
charged with the Staying of her
former husbands wife, has been
placed in a private sanatorium,
Police Chief w. HI. Rawinson
said tonight because 1--WE thought
she might harm herself"
Since the second Mrs. Burle-
son, wife of Col. Richard c. Bur-
Lesson, artillery advisor to the
Sixth army division, was shot
to death in the jefferson hotel
cafeteria last Friday afternoon,
Mrs. Burleson had been held in
city Jail, watched over by a nurse
and matron.
Chief Rawlinson said Mrs. Bur.
Lesson was removed to a sanator.
ium after DR.. p. E. Payne, city
physician, reported she was suf.
fering ''psychosis. Oppressive
type, and should be Immediately
confined to an institution for
treatment"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
DRIVE ON CENSUS
QUESTIONS GAINS
Senate Committee Okehs
Resolution That Certain
Queries Be Dropped

WASHINGTON, March 1z.-lf'-
The campaign to prevent census-eak.
ers from asking citizens ABOUT theii
incomes gained ground today when
the senate. commerce committee ap
proved a resolution by senator
Tobey Urn. H. urging thai
queries be dropped.
Whether this would ne Done TO-
manned in doubt, however. Leaoers
did not decide at once when inc
senate might consider the iooey
resolution. Edward J. Noble under
secretary of the commerce depart
ment, indicated that the census
bureau had no intention OF ABANDON.
ing the inquiries unless the senate
acted. u.r.
Saying that it was up to the sen'
ate now, Noble added:
I'VE believed when we pue ' H.;,,
questions in the census-aha
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13

Peace Slated
To Help Nazis
Britain, France Take New
Stock OF Battle Positions
On The Western Front
FACING BIG THREAT
Allies Troops Ready To Go
To Little Nations Aid
As Pact Is Signed

LONDON, March 12.-R-Grert
Britain and France took new stock
Of their battle positions on the west
ern front tonight amidst indications
their German foe had received en-
couragement by a Finnish-Russiar
peace which dashed plans for an al
lied drive from the Scandinavian
flank.
The foreign office and other Off
cial sources were silent for the mo-
ment and said they still held hope
that Finland had not c~apitulated.
Face Threat
Lights burned long tonight, how
ever, as British generals, air mar
shals, and .admirals pored over
maps. They had to face the threat
that 800 German divisions, ready for
a hard war in the west, might now
be supplied with wheat and oil by
Russia, her resources and transpor-
tation no longer tied up by the war
in Finland.
Terms of the peace, as reported by
DNB, official German news agency,
indicated Britain and France had
salvaged little except to go ION rec
ord" as being ready to send an x
tensive military expedition to the
north if Finland stayed in the fight.
But Britain and France had not
received the necessary appeal from
Finland for this aid.
Troops Ready
Fifty thousand British and French
troops, equipped and ready to leave
for Finland, remained at their pro-
posed embarkation points.
Premier Daladier told the French
chamber Of deputies today the troops
we're ready to board transports If
Finland gave the word.
The British viewpoint, as reflected
in the report Of the press associa-
ton, which goes to virtually every
British daily newspaper, was:
FINLAND has, it is feared, fallen
victim to yet another instance of
brutal aggression by a great power
upon a small but wonderfully cour-
ageous state.
Russian influence in the Baltic
will be markedly increased and naked
aggression, against which the allies
are fighting, has secured at least a
temporary victory"
While the world waited for con-
firmation from Helsinki or Moscow
of the peace reports, two theories
were evident in military minds.
The first was that peace in Mos
COW would enable Russia to throw
her entire weight into economic sup
port of Germany's war effort, maxi
ing possible a German drive on the
scale of the last big bid in the west,
launched on March 81 in 1918.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13

actions of the FBI in arresting
a number of persons in Detroit
during an investigation of re-
cruiting for the loyalist army
in Spain.
The committee report men.
toned a protest made by Sen.
ator Norris Und-Neb) to At
torney General jackson against
the FBP's methods in this case.
The proposed inquiry, the
committee said, would be useful
to ascertain Gin the words of
Senator Norris . whether
the legitimate rights and liber-
ties of any Of our people have
been frustrated and Denied
and will be useful to prevent
activities whether by public or
private spy systems which are
going to bring into disrepute
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
TREATY WILL GIVE SOVETS
KAREZLAN BTHMUS, WPUR
AND LAKE LADOGAY SHORES
Russia's Grip On North
Baltic Appears Clinched

(By the Associated Press)
Soviet Russia's grip over the
northern Baltic was virtually
cIinched by the terms of the
peace treaty reached with Fin.
land yesterday in Moscow.
Fortified with strategic con-
cessions wrung peaceably from
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia,
these were Russia's pre-war de.
mands which Finland rejected
and led to the Red army inva-
sion ON Nov. 80:
l. A lease on . small section
of Finnish territory OH the
HankO peninsula for a naval
base at the entrance to the
Gulf of Finland.
2. Title to several small is.
lands in the Gulf Of Finland.
3. A strip of the Karelian
isthmus north of Leningrad,
and demilitarization and correc-
ton of the isthmus frontier.
4. Portions of the Rybachi
peninsula OH the extreme north
ern Arctic coast.
In exchange, Russia offered
Finland a portion of Soviet Ia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13

relia twice the size of the Finn.
ish territory requested.
Here's what Russia got in to.
days peace agreement:
l. All of the Karelian 18th.
mus, including Viipuri, Fin.
lands third city and strategic
Gulf of Finland port.
2. A military base on the
Hanko peninsula and i: 3O-year
lease on that Finnish "Gibral-
tar"
3. The entire shore of Lake
Ladoga.
4. The Rybachi peninsula.
5. Parts of eastern Finland.
6. Agreement on a railway
connection across north central
Finland from the White sea to
the Gulf of Bothnia.
Finland, in exchange, agreed
not to maintain any warships,
submarines or air forces in her
northern waters, except small
coast guard ships. Russia was
reported also to have agreed to
withdraw her troops from the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
JULIETTE MATHER
SPEAKS AT MEET
Leader OF Young Baptists
Raps Sale Of War Ma
terials To Japanese

Condemning the American prac-
tice of allowing shipments of war
materials to Japan, Miss Juliette
Mather, Young Peoples secretary
of the Woman's Missionary union
of the Southern Baptist convention,
in speaking to the young peoples
meeting at the First Baptist church
last night said "We have failed
to do our part in trying to prevent
this war in China"
The meeting of the Young People
of the Baptist church was held in
connection with the goth annual
convention of the Baptist Woman's
Missionary Union Of North Caro-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Scandinavia Expresses
Relief Over Peace Pact
Finnish Flag Flies At
Half Mast-For Clerk

WASHINGTON, March 49,
@-The flag at the Finnish
legation flew at half staff-but
it had nothing to do with the
peace treaty reported from
Moscow tonight. 1t was on &C
count of the death of a clerk.
Legation officials said they
had no information about the
settlement. The state depart
ment, also, had no official
word, and Secretary Hull de.
clined to comment on press
dispatches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
ROOSEVELT LEADS
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Pledged Delegates Forge
Ahead OF Opponents Of
Third Term, Others

MANCHESTER, N. H., March 70.
-P-Scattered initial returns from
New Hampshire's presidential pri-
mary, the nations first, tonight
pushed a majority of the delegate
candidates pledged to President
Roosevelt well ahead Of his third
term opponents and pledges of other
presidential aspirants.
The early vote, all of it from rural
communities, indicated a f%ive-corner,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Rv JOHN HENDERSON

bY OUIlIN%Vs
WASHINGTON, March IT,
R-Warning against a recent
resurgence of a spy system
conducted by government po-
lice," the senate committee on
interstate commerce asked the
senate today for authority to
investigate overlapping by pub
lie or private agencies.
Wire.tapping and e%avesdrop-
ping by means of voice-record-
ing devices "are especially dan
gerous at the present time" the
committee reported, because of
the revival of the spy system.
Persons who have committed
no crime, but whose economic
and political views and ACTIVE
ties may be obnoxious to the
present incumbents of law en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
WANT LIST

WASHINGTON, March 12.-R-
Senator Byrd (D.-Va.) sought today
to force the administration to list
agencies from which it plans to re-
claim 500, 900, 900 in capital in order
to reduce the treasury deficit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Group TO ATTEND
RIVERS CONGRESS
Ill!ette, Boyd And Hogue
Slated To Represent City
At Annual Session

wilmington delegates to the Nat
.'nal RIVERS and Harbors Congress
sHi leave here Thursday morning
the annual meeting of the or.
INnIzdtlon on Thursday and Friday
III Washington, D. c.
Lieut.. Col. George Gillette, U. S.
"HS district engineer, heads the
'ittee, composed of J. T. HERS,
N0"'iHued on Page Five; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Is Your Room
For Rent?

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
WEATHER

yo,,, FORECAST
Clondr,n carolina and South Carolina :
dav. ana somewhat warmer Wednes-
day mroasJt93aoly occasional rain; Thurs
"0Seiy cloudy and colder.
cad diineate22roological data for the "a hours
"o p, III, Yesterday.
In Temperature
N. a IN: 10; 7:30 a. m. Al; 1:3O D.
Minjn,nn, '9o p. m. 40; maximum IS:
~; mean "A; normal 50.
l;3O Humidity
III. IS; d IN. m. 50; 7:3o a. m. So; 1:so p.
Low p. M. Il.
Tota, Precipitation
03s inch fof a hours ending 7:30 D. M,
month e1es; total since first IF the
H' VIZ inches. 'n
Tides For Today
------ 0:20a 7:5Oa
"'''n'oro Inlet ------ u y : :asp 4 4 :
ri%s sus s!4sss Goa; sunset ie s:lsp; m a;s1p
'oonset 1o:34p.
s%tteyiIIe rear river stage at Fay
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Manufacturers Profits
MAY Reach 1929 Levels
By the Associs ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Government officials estimated
yesterday that manufacturers prof.
its this year would be CLOSE to
those OF 1929"
A report, circulated for the in
formation of various officials, said
that 1910 profits would be higher
than those of 1928 and 1887 as a
result Of war and defense orders.
In the first half of this year, the
report said, profits averaged so per
cent more than in the same period
OF 1899. 1t added that prospects
were good for large profits during
the remainder of the year.
1T is to be noted" the statement
said, that the increase in earnings
has not been limited to war slim
ulated industries"
Comparing the present with last
falls temporary boom. the report
said production was higher now in
these industries:
Machinery, aircraft. shipbuilding
cigarettes, chemicals, tires and cop
per.
Production was chown to be lower
than last fall. in these industries:
Steel, meat packing. bituminous
coal, petroleum, flour milling, manu-
featured food products and manu-
featured dairy products.
Production was said to be about
the same for the two periods in
these fields:
Textiles, automobiles. lumber,
cement, plate glass, shoes. non-
ferrous metals and products.