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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
AFL Sends Condolences
To Union Heads Widow

New Orleans, La. (ILNS). The A.
F. of L. convention telegraphed con-
dolences to Mrs. Michael Colleran,
widow of the late president of the OPP
erative Plasterers' International As
sociation.
President Colleran, enroute to this
convention, was stricken in Chicago
and failed to recover.
A veteran in the movement, Presi-
dent Colleran had scores of friends
here and throughout the country and
his passing brought forth profound re-
gret and deep sympathy for Mrs.
Colleran.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
CHRISTMAS HEALTH
SEAL SALE

The thirty-ffth annual Christmas
Health Seal sale opened Monday, No
vember 25th, workers hoping that the
campaign will reach goal of $500
by Christmas time. Under the gen
eral Craftsmanship of Mrs. Eugene S.
Griffis, the campaigners began solici-
tation by mail and by personal call in
all parts of Butler County to raise
money for the continuation of their
educational, tuberculosis case-finding,
and clinic program.
School children will not sell Christ
mas seals door -to-door in Butler
County this year, the committee an
nounces. Those wishing to buy will
either be contacted personally or by
mail, or seals may be obtained at the
headquarters of the tuberculosis As
sociation at 410 First National Bank
Building, Hamilton.
Executive committee members of
the Butler County tuberculosis and
Health Association, sponsors of the
Christmas Seal sale, are:
H. A. Moore, M. D., Oxford, presi-
dent; Mrs. Frank M. Suma, Hamilton,
vice president; Mrs. Ray E. Sebald,
Middletown, secretary; Don w. Fitton,
Hamilton, treasurer; Truman Davis,
rural route, Hamilton; Glenn Denni-
son, rural route, Oxford; Newman Eb-
ersole, Middletown; Mabel E. Gard
ner, M. D., Middletown; Mrs. Eugene
S. Griffis, Hamilton; Corliss r. Keller,
M. d., Hamilton; Peter E. Rentschler,
Hamilton; Sidney Whitaker, Hamilton
Musicians Election Sunday
The local No. 81, American Fed
Grafton of Musicians, will hold their
annual election of officers next Sun
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
WHAT NEXT?

A. P. Kellogg, turbine engineer of
the General Electric Company, is
making plans for a floating power
plant to be towed through coastal and
inland waterways and connected with
regular distribution lines to meet
emergency demands for electricity for
the national defense program. His
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
LIVESTOCK SHOW

Among exhibitors at the 1910 Inter
national Livestock Show, held at Chi
cago, November 30-December z, will
be B. w. Butterfield, Hamilton, who
has entered his six-year-old stallion,
Denalo, in the percheron competition
at the big show.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
ALTERNATES LEAVE

Alternates for two draftees rejected
after physical examinations last week
at Fort Thomas, KY, left Wednesday
at 2:15 o'clock for the northern Ken
lucky post The two are Harry b.
Jones, lit Main Street, and Leon
Staarmann, R. R. 6, Hamilton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
NEW BEER-LIQUOR PERMITS

Paul Falconi, R. R. l, D-2. Frater-
nal Order of Eagles, Middletown, F.
Lula L. Barry, 418 Baltimore Street,
Middletown, D-1. Frank A. Wolpert,
730 South Second Street, Hamilton,
D-2. New type permit: Thomas Abel
airport Inn), Middletown, d..
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
BIRTHS OUTNUMBER DEATHS

Births nearly doubled the number
of deaths in Hamilton the first lO
months of 1910, DR.. c. J. Baldridge,
health commissioner, reports. There
were lob births and $50 deaths. In
1889, there were 968 births and 583
deaths in the same period.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
Scipio Church Fox Drive

The Scipio church will be the spon-
sor for fox drive which will be held
Saturday, December ID. The drive
will be held about fifteen miles west
of Hamilton on State Route No. 129
and near that village. Lunch will be
served at the church after the drive.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
FIRE PREVENTION GOES
FORWARD

Fire departments Of American cities
are inventing new methods and adopt
ing time-tested measures for the pre-
vention of fire, the International City
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29

A LKA-SELTZER is unusually
~ effective In the relief of Head
ache because its analgesic
(painrelieving contenD is made
more positive by alkaline buffers.
Aka Settler being combination
of painrelieving and alkalizing in
gradients has gained wide usage
and popularity for the relief of
Acid Indigestion. Cold Symptoms,
Morning After" misery and Mus
cular Pains. And be sure to try
Alka-Seltzer for that tired feeling
following hard work or strenuous
exercise.
Ask your druggist.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29

A pleasant time is usually had by
all except the hostess.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29

day, December l. The election will
be held in the Labor Temple, South
Second Street. All members are ex-
pected to be there and vote.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29

plant would be installed in low hull
like that of a Great Lakes freighter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29

Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, rs Second Class Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29
Musicians Election Sunday

The local No. 81, American Fed
Grafton of Musicians, will hold their
annual election of officers next Sun
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-11-29

anxious to suppress the truth, which
is embarrassing to them"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Many Troops Killed As
Threat OF War Moves
Closer To Balkan States
REDS PUSH WATCHED
Rumanian Army Fully Mob
.ilized; Soviet Ultimatum
To Hungary Reported
(By the Associated Press)

Battles in the streets of Cernauti,
in the area yielded by Rumanla
to Soviet Russia, and the thrust
of Russian troops past the limits
of the ceded territory, brought the
breath of war close to the Balkans
today along with the threat OF
rupture in German-Soviet relations.
The rumble in southeastern Eur
ope took the center" of the war
stage.
Communist and anti-communist
citizens battled for hours in Ger
nauti, Bessarabia, before the Red
army got there yesterday. The ar
my used tanks to crash through
street barricades, and finally kill
ed off the anti-communists who
had fled to housetops to conduct
a sniping campaign. The snipers
were killed or dispersed.
Many Troops Killed
Many Russian troops were re-
ported killed at an undisclosed
point on the border, of Bessarabia
when Rumanian soldiers fired at
those who we're continuing past
the agreed limits of ceded Bess-
arabia and northern Bucovina.
Tass, official Soviet news agency
and the Moscow radio, both
averred that the Russian annexa-
ton was without incident except
for the kisses, cheers and flower
tossing of the liberated resi-.
dents.
The Bulgarian newspaper Outru,
known as a German mouthpiece,
predicted that Germany would
"act'' if the Russian occupation
Of Bessarabia extended beyond the
Prut river.
The newspaper said ''it is the
desire of Germany" that no fur
ther changes take place in the
Balkans. It added that the Nazis
would 'use all efforts to preserve
calm"
The Russian army advance into
Rumania - beyond the limits OF
ceded Bessarabia and Bucovina-
is to the west of the Prut river.
Council Meets
The Bulgarian council of minis.
ters meanwhile remained in ses'
sion until early today.
Hungary sent her armies march
ing up to the Rumanian frontier,
and official Budapest said that UNI
less Joseph Stain called the Russ
ians to immediate halt, the Hun.
garians would keep right on going.
with full German and Italian sup
port.
The question of war or peace IN
jittery southeastern Europe hung
Continued on page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Interpreting The War

of government spokesman in the
axis capitals to dismiss it as a
purely Russian-Rumanian affair, o1
no interest to Germany or Italy,
could less realistic than the report
ed resentment at Russia expressed
in German diplomatic circles in
Rumania.
King Carols appeal to Hitler for
help or advice is significant item
tnat cannot be overlooked in any at
tempt to guage the effect of the
Balkan developments upon the Eu-
ropean conflict. It heightens the
probability that German diplomats
in Bucharest came far closer to
stating the true Hitler-Mussolini re-
action than did their. superiors In
Rome and Berlin.
No Mystery
To Germans in Rumania, there
seems no mystery about what has
happened. AS they see it, Rome
and Berlin were caught mapping
by Moscow, much as London and
Paris were similarly. shared by
(Continued ON Page Three, Col. Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
|yEAWELL TO TALK
| HERE ON JULY )
hstice Will Be Principal
Sneaker At Dedication
OF Housing Project

A. A. F. Seawell, justice OF the
sate supreme court who wrote the
decision validifying establishment
d the Wilmington housing author
tv and who has since written a
SIMILAR opinion for the high bench
,n another housing authority, will
be the principal speaker at the for
nal dedication exercises which the
Housing Authority of the City Oh
Wilmington will stage July 8.
seawell will arrive here the
morning of July 8 by automobile
and will speak briefly at the cere.
monies, to be held at the site OF
|he New Brooklyn Homes, negro
housing project, which is n o W
being occupied by tenants as ra-
rdlv as the HACOW can move
hem into their new quarters.
Other speakers on the program
include Dr.. w. Houston Moore
chairman of HACOW, who will re-
resent the housing authority, DR..
Robert C. Weaver, colored, direc-
Tor of racial relations for the Unit
ID States Housing Authority. On
|he speakers platform will be re-
wesentatives of the HACOW, the
|lty government and the local ne
|Fo community.
Invitations have been issued TO
|.ll housing authorities in the state
10 attend the celebration and a
large number of acceptances from
|tommissioners, architects, execu-
i've directors and other authority
|Eorkers are anticipated.
In the afternoon a meeting of the
North Carolina Council Of Housing
Authorities will be held at Wrlghts-
Vile Beach.
William B. Campbell, attorney
sr HAC q, will preside over the
speaking exercises at New Brook
IN homes. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Senator McNary Nominated
AS Wilkes Running Mate
Government Publicity
Program Is Proposed
If America Nears War

NEW YORK, June 28.-(AP)
Editor and Publisher, newspa-
per trade magazine, said to-
day that aides of President
Roosevelt, moving in utmost
secrecy" have proposed a gov
ernment publicity program ito
begin functioning if danger OF
involvement in the conflict be-
comes more pronounced"
Lowell Mellett, former edi-
tor of the Washington Daily
News and now chief of the Of
flee of government reports,
would be director of infOrma-
ton under the program, the
magazine said.
"The revamped policy needs
only the signature of President
Roosevelt to become opera
tive" the article added. with
it would come complete clamp
upon information from bu-
reaus and agencies, requiring
all federal news to clear through
the single office. As command
erin. chief of the army and
navy, it is within the power
of the President to subordinate
the publicity bureaus of the
armed service to the central
distributing agency and an
order effecting that shift is in
tended"
Editor and Publisher said
censorship also would be under
Mellett's supervision but would
not extend to newspapers or
other publications because of
constitutional guarantees of
freedom of the press. "The
espionage laws" it added,
would be invoked in exceptional
eases where the facts war
rant SO drastic a STEP"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Peace Move
Hinted;; Naziis
Raid England
Neutral Diplomatic Source
In London Says Movement
is In The Air
MAY DELAY INVASION
Twenty-Three Persons Re-
ported Killed In Raids
On Channel Islands

LONDON, June 29-(Saturday)
planes renewed the
bombardment of Britain last night
and early today, but a neutral
diplomatic source declared, "a
peace move is in the air." and
predicted any attempted German
invasion would await the outcome.
The German air raiders struck
at southeast and southwest Eng
land and at Wales early today af-
ter having killed 20 persons in
bombing and machine-gmning
England's channel islands last
night soon after British an
that those outposts
near the French coast were de-
militarized.
Wales Bombed
Heavy explosions were heard IN
southeast England, anti-aircraft
guns and searchlights got busy IN
the southwest, and bombs were
dropped in Wales apparently by a
lone raider who made a hit-sklp
dash to that western region.
The home office said % persons
were killed and 36 injured by the
raids on Guernsey and six were
killed and several injured on Jer-
sey. Property damage was heavy.
Most civilians along with all mill
tary forces and equipment, were
removed from the islands secret
ly last week, it was disclosed last
night.
The islanders, (nearly 100000 ac-
cording to latest census figures)
carried only light luggage. apan-
doning their crops and farm AMI
mails and shops filled with valuable
str ks. Automobiles were lett
standing at the wharves.
Indefensible
Officials acknowledged that the
islands position between the pen
insulas of Normandy and Brltanny
made them virtually indefenslble:
7-atchers on the southeast coast
of England reported last night the
sound of heavy explosions across
tie channel on the Nazl-held
French coast, along with vicious
anti-aircraft fire. indicating that
the British were continuing to Har-
ry German Sbase-builders there.
AS for the report of a peace
move, the source, who has world
wide contacts, said it was bellev-
ed that the British position rested
on the response of French colonies
and the French fleet to the efforts
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Border Belt Weed Marts
Will Be Opened Aug. 20

Dunnington of Farmville, Va,
president to succeed James Flick
len of Greenville, N. c., and
named as vice presidents W. A.
Goodson of Salem, N. c., A. b.
Darlington, Jr., of Danville, Va
and L. L. Gravely of Rocky Mount
N. c.
A recommendation was made by
the assocIation's sale committee
that selling time in any one mar
ket day be limited to not more
than six hours.
President Ficklen told the asso-
citation that the United States faces
CONTINUED on page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
SUTTON EXPLAINS
BARS new TASK
Says Totalitarian Practices
Must Be Adopted To
Preserve Democracy

BLOWING ROCK, June 28-LR-
Fred L. Sutton of Kinston, in his
presidents address, told the North
Carolina state bar here today that
"the time has come when we
must adopt some totalitarlan
practices if we are to preserve
our democracy.
Declaring that now totalitarian
methods could be met only by
like methods, he said that tn e
great qustion now was ''how we
can adopt these and still not defeat
our own ends by killing demo-
cracy." '"This," he added, lis the
task which addresses itself to the
lawyers of this nation
Sutton challenged the assembly
of lawyers to "streamline judicial
procedure, so as to conform to the
current of business.
It is important, he continued,
that our judicial machinery be
revamped in the interest of SIM
plicity and elimination of delay.
It should be made as little burden
some upon business as possible,
for after all the fundamental rights
of citizens must be protected and
secured to them if democracy is
to be preserved"
Democracy" he asserted, rs
not static. 1t exemplifies itself in
its laws, which are progressive
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
'CANNONS SPEAKING
Officials Say Nation Has No
Fear OF Spread OF War
To The Balkans
BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER

BERLIN, June 28-lR)-Iron talk
from the mouth of cannon is Ger
many's answer to the latest furry of
peace rumors.
The Wilhelmstrasse tonight was
cold to the suggestion of possible
peace overtures from London.
Nazi spokesmen said the Reich
hardly could take notice of unauthor-
lied peace soundings at time when
the British government iself is cate
gorically denying peace rumors and
demanding war to the finish.
Cannon Are Speaking"
'That is the war we are giving
them" >Nazi officials said. 'The can
non are speaking"
The view was expressed that the
peace rumors were started in Eng
land for the purpose of giving Prime
Minister Churchill and other British
leaders chance to reject with
vehemence any suggestion of peace.
In any case, it was emphasized. the
only utterance to which Germany
can attach any Importance at the
moment is the official British an
nouncement that the British govern
ment is determined to continue the
war until victory.
Official quarters also clung to a
cool view of the Balkan events, in
sisting that Germany has no fears
that the seizure of Bessarabia by
Russia may spread the European
conflict to Danubian lands.
Evening papers did not mention
events in Rumania.
Actual military developments in
the west were meager. The high
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Nazis Cold To Proposal
Of Possible Peace Talks
American Citizens May
Leave Hongkong Soon

HONGKONG, June 30
Saturday - (AP) - United
States authorities, apprehensive
at indications of possible trou-
BILE between Japan and Great
Britain i'm this crown colony,
were expected to decide today
whether to remove 1000 Amer
leans from Hongkong.
British instructions from Lon
don indicating pending removal
of women and children from
the far eastern British outpost
were taken in some quarters to
mean that Britain had decided
to reject Japan's demand for
the closing of the Burma route,
over which Japan charges China
has been receiving arms.
British authorities disclosed
that ships were being held in
readiness to take the women
and children from the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Observation-Disclosures
US. .DefenSeP Purchasing

WASHINGTON, June 28-tR-In
a move to eliminate delays and
competition among agencies,
President Roosevelt today appoint
ed Donald M. Nelson, 51-year-old
mail order company executive, to
supervise all defense purchasing.
The chief executive announced
this step at a press conference
at which he also indicated that
a huge new expansion of the re-
armament effort was in prospect
but mentioned no figures.
May Ask More Money
In well-informed quarters it was
reported however, that as much
as $4,000, 100000 more in appro-
priations and contract authority
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

The rumble of Red army tanks
in the Balkans is sounding an iron
ic overtone for celebration by the
axis allies of their crushing victory
over France.
Despite Rumanian surrender to
Russian territorial demands, there
is a menace for German and ltal-
ian, as well as Balkan ears, IN
the sound cf those tanks.
Would Reshuffle Factors
War in the Balkans now could
jeopardize all Germany has won
in the west at tremendous cost IN
blood and effort; and all that Italy
hoped to gain from her belated
entry into the struggle as Ger
many's ally. It could reshutfle the
factors in the continuing axis-Brlt-
ish war, compel readjustment OF
Nazi strategy in the west, defer the
hour of Nazi attack on England.
There is substantial sevidence
now that the Russian move against
Rumania, if not actually COM
plete surprise to Berlin and Rome,
was utterly unwelcome. Attempts
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Presidential
Nominee Says.
Cause Great
Visits Convention Again,
Tells Party He Will Wage
Fighting Campaign
CHEERED BY THRONGS
Oregon Senator Wilkes
Choice For Vice-Presi-
Dental Nomination

CONVENTION HALL, PHILA-
DELPHIA, June 2S.-NR)-Wlth not
so much as delegates badge to
his lapel-but with the republican
presidential nomination tucked Sc
curely in his pocket-WendeH l..
Willkie visited the party's national
convention in it's closing hours to-
day and took it by storm again.
The conventions smiling victor
stood before the crowded hall,
which had just seen Senator
Charles l.. McNary of Oregon ron1-
mated for the vice presidency, and
in a speech carrying the heavy en-
phasis on brevity, pledged himself
to the republican cause.
Speaks
Last night he stampeded the
great gathering-in pandemonium
of pro-Willkie uproar from the gall
leries-into nominating him as its
presidential candidate. Today, his
tousled hair covered with confetti,
and even a bit sticking to his
perspiring cheek, he faced the mic
rophone and said simply:
Democracy and our way of life
is facing the most crucial test it
has ever faced in all its long his
tory.
"As your nominee I expect to
conduct a crusading, aggressive,
fighting campaign to bring unity
to America, to bring the unity OF
labor and capital, agriculture and
manufacturer, farmer and worker,
and all classes to this great cause
of the preservation of freedom.
$50, you republicans, I call upon
you to join me, help me. The cause
is great. We must win. We cannot
fail if we stand together in one
united fight"
Crowd Goes Wild
The crowds which had cheered
an absent hero for four days. went
wild at the opportunity to applaud
their man standing before them.
Every sentence of his speech drew
it's wall-bulging shout, and as last
night he captured their votes, to-
day he appeared to capture their
loyalty and fighting devotion.
McNary, the lean veteran sena-
tor from Oregon, republican floor
leader whom nearly everyone about
the Capitol calls Charley or Mac"
was Wilkes choice for the vice
presidential nomination. And that
was enough for the crowd.
From early morning, in fact the
only uncertainty about the vice
presidential situation was whether
or not McNary would accept. AS
the convention assembled for an
afternoon session which was nearly
an hour late in beginning. the
buzzing gossip dealt only with Nc
Nary's attitude. But word was soon
vi
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va. June % -R- Tobacco
markets in eastern North Caro-
lima will open September 3, those
of the middle belt will open Sep
tenber II, and those OF the Old
belt will open September "a.
Opening dates for these and
other belts were decided upon to-
day at a session of the tobacco as
sociation of the United States.
The Georgia markets will open
August 8 and the South Carolina
(border be1D markets will open
August 20. Virginia's dark-ireo
markets will open November 70:
The convention elected J. w.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
TURKS ARE Modified
Nation Pours Both Surface
Warships And Submar-
ines Into Black Sea
GUARDS DARDANELLES
Serves Notice To All, Es-
pecially Bulgaria, 1t Will
Defend Land

ISTANBUL, June % -R -Tur'
kew modified half a million fierce
fighting men and poured both sur
face warships and submarines into
the Black sea tonight.
Southeastern Europe stirred with
old hates and new ones.
Significantly, the Turkish fleet
followed by submarine flotllla'
was headed north, probably tc
cruise past the coast of Bulgaria
former segment of the Ottoman
empire.
Troops Moved
There also were extensive troop
movements throughout Turkey,
mainly in the direction OF the Bull
garian frontier.
Aside from this manifest warm
ing to Bulgaria and what might
stand behind her, the Turks were
taking every precaution to defend
their heritage, the Dardanelles,
from attack from the east.
Turkey was vitality concerned by
Soviet Russia's thrust into Ru-
mania.
Aside from new mobilizations
pushing Turkeys men under arms
past 100000, the government was
understood to have completed a
plan to double that force within
"a hours, if need be.
Before the Turkish fleet entered
the Black sea, it was fully fueled
and supplied in the Bosporus.
1t was headed by the %, 10O-ton
battle cruiser Yavuz, product OF
Continued on page Three; Col. g.