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The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26

TACOMA Feb 24 tP)-On his wedding night Hale Nosleg aged 56, a resort owner was a human torch-s aying victim in the ashes of his home; his bride Myra az ed 39 was near death from a beat ing and has been given blood transfusians; and King Pomer- oy aged 50 the caretaker of the NoSler resort craWled from the burning home to be hospitalized with injuries to his arm and oth CT fractures.
 Meanwhile authorities arrest ed John Ord 42 a fireman.
 Mrs Nosler at the hospital in a near-death-bed statement ac- cused Ord of shooting Nosler and beating her and Pomeroy and threatening to throw her in the lake until she pleaded hysteric- ally for the solace of a hosp tai.
 She and Pomeroy said Ord
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
Material For Fairbanks Air Base
 To Start Moving By April First
 And Completed Within a Year

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26 (P) Shiploads of materials for the Army Air Base at Fairbanks will leave Fort Mason here approxl- mately every 25 days beginning April l. The air base should be completed within a year Major E M George the units construc- ton quartermaster said.
 The army transport Saint Mi hiel will be utilized. He indicated he would be going to Fairbanks soon. Commenting on War De- partment orders" that bids for materials other than lumber be based on delivery here rather than in the Pacific Northwest he said that such a plan would "let us make the utmost use of "our
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
See. Huii's Trade Agreenfellt Is
 Extended } Yrs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (P) - Secretary Hull described the con tinuance of the reciprocal trade program as necessary to help es tablish sound world conditions af ter the European war. He was iubilant over the House approy- al of the administration bill to extend the trade agreements Act for three years. He told the Sen ate Finance committee that "ev- en temporary abandonment of the program would be construed everywhere as it's permanent ab andonment."
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
Tacoma Resort Owner Torch-Slain In Own Home
Alaska Fishing Regulations Soon Be Liberalized

WASHINGTON D C Feb 24 (Pl -Congresnan Wallgren of Wash ington today said that the Dept. of the Interior would soon liberal ize Alaska's fishing regulations. lations
 On January 4th he said the in- dustry needed notifications on its closed seasons and liberali- zation of regulations governing purse Seines in the Alaska Pen insula area and gill netting in the Bristol Bay.
 Wallgren declared that since that date conferences with Sec retary of the Interior Ickes and Bureau of Fisheries officials had resulted in definite recommen- dations' for changes which are not yet public. pending bureau decisions.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26

soaked NoSler's body with kero- sene before firing it.
 She said she was attacked as she tried to smother the flames with a rug.
 Ord denied the accusations but admitted to under-sheriff Clyde KnoW,es that he had lived with Mrs Ncsler for ten years with out the benefit of a wedding ceremony. and that he did not know anything about the trag- edy until she came to his home four miles away early today
 No5ler was a past exalted rul- CT of the EIks' lodge of Yakima He had been active in lodges thIcagaou the state and in work on behalf of crippled children.
 lis remains were recovered in the runs of his home.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
Pledge Mutual Support Dealings With Belligerents
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COPENHAGEN, Feb. 26 (P) - The Scandiavian neutrals sought to avoid becoming entangled in the European wars at weekend conference agreeing to support each other mutually in negotia- tions with the belligerents." The foreign ministers of Sweden, Den mark and Norway also expressed the hope that the Finnish Soviet war could "be brought to peace ful solution which would preser- ve the full independence of Fin land"
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
See. Welles Has
 Conferences with Count CianO

ROME, Feb. 26 (P)-Under sec retary of State Sumner Welles conferred an hour and a quarter with foreign minister Count Gal leazzo Ciano and said he had "a very gratifying and helpful con versation." Welles' presence in Rome continued to attract scant attention among the Italians as whole, many of whom were ignor ant of it.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
own facilities. :"

own facilities"
 He pointed out that the Army had it's own docks warehouses re pair equipment etc at Fort Mason which would facilitate shipping but they will pick up lumber on the way because that kind of car go doesn't need to be stored in the hold.'
 He said the plan was direct from the War Department and I have executed my orders" An office at Fort Mason said that an other air base was under consid- eration for Anchorage but declar ed that no definite action on the plan had yet been taken.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
One Sub Sinks l15,OOO Tons

BERLIN, Feb. 26 (4) - The High Command credited the re- turning submarine commanded by Lieutenant Captain Schultze with the sinking of 35,00O tons of shipping on this cruise. In all he had sunk l6 ships with total of ll5,000 tons.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
Denies Review

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (P) - The Supreme Court denied Mar tin Manton former senior Fed eral Circuit Court Judge of New York to review his conviction on a charge of conspiracy to sell judicial favors.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
Hale Nosler, Tacoma Resort Owner
 Is Torch-Slaying Victim in Home
 and Bride, Caretaker Badly Beaten

TACOMA Feb 24 CPy-On his
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
Hitler Talks Over Radio

BERLIN Feb "A (P-Chancel- Tor Adolph Hitler was scheduled to broadcast over the radio at l1:1O AM Pacific Standard Time on the twentieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Nazi's twenty five point program.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
Soviets Nearing
 City of VHipuri

HELSINKI Feb 24 tPD- The Films admitted today the Russ ian conquest of Kaislahti, in the coastal region, seven and one half miles south of Viipuri, and that the onslaught was continu- ing without pause.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
ATTENTION

Pioneer Card Pary will be held at o o F Hall Monday, Feb. 26 at g pm. Refreshments will be served.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-26
N o T IC E

FOR SALE - Small size Duo Therm Heater. Apply Mrs Bjarne Olsen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Willard Field Day

AS the day nears for the annual field day
and picnic at the Coastal Plain Agricultural
Station, Willard, it is gratifying to know that
a large delegation from New Hanover and
Brunswick counties plans to attend. There will
be great advantage to all farmers in the dem
onstrations and for their wives in the special
program arranged for farm women.
D. S. Coltrane, assistant to the commissioner
OF agriculture at Raleigh, will conduct various
tests during the morning of Thursday. Also,
R. B. Rich, Fender county agricultural agent,
will show the latest approved ways for the
management of bees and E. w. FAIRIES, dairy
research specialist, will give an exhibition OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
TOP o. THE MORNING

Lite changes all our thoughts OF heduen:
At first We think of streets of gold,
OF gates of pearl and dealing light,
OF shining Wings and robes of white,
And things all strange to mortal sight.
But in the atterWdrd OF years
1t is a more familiar place,
A home unhurt by sights or tears,
Where Waiteth many a We7l-EnoDn face.
Not strange or cold, but very dear-
The glad home land not far da1ay,
Where none are sick, or poor, or lone,
Thu place Where We shall find our W
And as zoe think OF all We knew
Who there haze met to part no more,
Our longing hearts desire home, too,
With all the strife and trouble Ger.
ROBERT BROWNING.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
What 1t Means:
Defense Contract Terms

say, a battleship, but the money
has not yet been appropriated be-
cause the contract won't be COM.
pleted within the current year.
The reason is just this: the Army
and Navy must plan their estab-
lishments in advance. Congress
must approve their plans. But
building armies and navies is not
a matter of months, like building
houses. They can only build part
of the establishment in any given
year.
"A good example is our two-ocean
navy, which can't possibly be built
until 1915. Congress has author
lied that navy but it has appro.
priated money only for that part
of the navy which can be built
before July l, 1941.
So, while Congress, the Army
and the Navy work to clear up the
laws, the intricate legal maze OF
contracts calls for equally intrl-
cate handling. Each step In con-
tract making breeds a legal
phrase. And you have the bottle
neck nobody saw. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Stock Rally

The recent rally in stocks is welcomed ger
orally as indicating better times in the secu1
ties markets. Concerning the improved sitl
atom and roster outlook the New York Heral
Tribune says
Wall Street was jubilant yesterday as
volume mounted in impressive fashion
throughout the trading day to the highest
total since June II. The final tally
showed that 1880, 900 shares had changed
hands, which is well above the break even
point for most houses since the drastic
reductions in cost Of recent years. Opt
mism spread rapidly as many brokers
predicted that this marked the
end of the financial dog days. The pre-
diction usually was based on the assump-
ton that the transfer of American de-
stroyers to Great Britain indicated a long
drawn-out war. American securities have
been underpriced, the argument went, be-
cause of widespread fear that the English
would soon crack, cutting off orders from
that source and leaving the United States
faced with a victorious Germany with an
inadequate defense and no time to pre-
pare. Investors are now convinced, bro
kers said, that the war will continue for a
long time, industry will boom because Of
the combined armament purchases of Brit
ain and the United States and many op-
portunities will be afforded to trade prof
itably in the stock market. The optimists
may be right, but they said the same
thing in May when volume averaged l.
49S, GAP shares a day, but in July volume
averaged 28O, 954, for the dullest month
since the market was closed by the war
of 1914-'18.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

throwing dairy cows without jeopardizing pro-
duction or injuring them bodily. DR.. P. H.
Harvey, plant expert of the agronomy division,
North Carolina experiment station. will advise
the farmers on corn pollination and c. o.
Bollinger, poultryman, will demonstrate the
best methods of caponizihg. Egg grading will
be discussed by r. B. Key, marketing special.
ist. and w. B.. Hedrick, tobacco marketing
expert. will discuss weed grading. The wom-
ems program will be under direction Of Mrs
Estelle T. Smith, district home demonstration
agent.
It is hard to conceive how a program Of
more general and diverse interest to farmers
could have been drafted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
THAT "ACT OF WAR"
N. " Herald Tribune

Gentlemen in Washington were still shouting
"act of war!" after the destroyer-naval base
agreement, as the German and Italian reac.
tions-naturally representing, as always, the
carefully considered views of their govern.
ments-began to come in. If the dispatch Of
the destroyers was an 'act of war" the Ger.
mans and Italians should certainly be the
first to perceive the fact. But any such notion
seems as far from their thoughts as from
those of the William Allen White committee.
Virginia Gayda does drop the suggestion that
the agreement "stiu more dangerously in
wolves the United States in the European con.
flict, but he does so only in passing, as a
secondary and minor matter, and seems limo.
cent of any idea, even, that Italy should resent
the action. The Nazi press and spokesman
take a still more blandly unconcerned att.
tude; the whole burden of their aemarks> is
not that the United States has gone to wal
with Germany but, by trading the British a lo1
of worthless hulks for valuable base sites
has simultaneously demonstrated the feeble
ness of the British Empire and initiated the
process of breaking it up. To read these com.
mentators one would gather that the United
States had almost gone to war with Great
Britain.
This seems a quaint kind of "act Of war;
Or rather, it illustrates the quaintness of the
reasoning which still persists in assuming that
mere words and forms mean anything today,
after the endless totalitarian demonstration
that they do not. The Nazi-Fascists pride
themselves on their hard-bitten realism; from
the first it was obvious that the sale of the
destroyers would be an act of war only if they
saw some practical advantage in so regarding
it, and since it was impossible to see how a
declaration of war on the United States could
be anything but a disadvantage to them, it
seemed fantastic to imagine that the sale
could result in war.
It might, however, have brought vociferous
threats of war from the totalitarian propa-
gandists. Clearly, these gentlemen had a very
practical choice before them. They might
raise a tremendous bluster in the hope Of con-
fusing and frightening American opinion into
multiplying the agreement. They could only
do that, however, at the cost of letting their
own people know that the destroyers are a
powerful reinforcement, and of spreading the
dangerous idea that the United States was
really about to come in, bringing its tremen-
dous strength to aid a Britain still standing
firm. They thought it over for twenty-four
hours-and chose to pooh-pooh tn whole
agreement as of no military consequence ex-
cept as a sign of British weakness. The choice
is a highly significant one. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Typhoid Rampant

ALI observers of conditions in the sections of
Europe over which the wal %juggernaut has
rolled agree that famine and pestilence will
take a terrible toll next winter.
There are already evidences of starvation
in subjugated countries. With Hitler export
ing whatever foodstuffs exist in the conquered
lands to Germany, including the fine dairy
herds of Denmark, the natives are on slim ra-
lions now and probably will be wholly de-
pendent on foreign relief during the winter,
if supplies can be run through the British
blockade, which is doubtful.
Famine is inevitable then. But pestilence
has not waited for winter to make its presence
felt. Typhoid is reported rampant in war
prison camps in German : occupied France.
There is no accurate tabulation, nor is one
possible because Hitler is constantly moving
prisoners about and sending thousands into
Germany for manual labor, but some est
mates put the number of typhoid cases among
prisoners as high as 800, 600. Nazis in author
iy in Paris have urged pharmacists in uoc.
cupied France to make an immediate survey
Of their stocks of drugs reported exhausted in
the occupied areas. This indicates and en-
phasizes the seriousness of the situation.
AS typhoid is among the more virulent Of
epidemic diseases it is evident that its spread
beyond the prison camps to a weakened and
emaciated civilian population is to be ex.
pected. Nor will it be confined to France, if
Hitler continues to sent French soldiers into
Germany. Inevitably many will carry the
germs of the disease with them across the
frontier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Time To Act Jointly

The Exchange club has proposed a joint
session of civic clubs for the purpose Of crys-
ta1izing thought on the city's possibilities and
opportunities for service in the national de-
tense program.
The idea is to secure a speaker well ac-
ouainted with national detectives and local
conditions who will analyze the situation and
indicate ways in which Wilmington may be OF
most value in the present great emergency.
The PROPOSAL has been presented to officers
of the other clubs and is understood to nave
their favorable attention. It would
be well. if this is true, to proceed with the
meeting as early as possible, that this com
,n,,n;tv NAV formulate a definite plan with
united intention of aiding the rearmament
effort. No unnecessary time should be lost'
for time is precious.
Certainly the civic clubs Of Wilmington can
be a power for security once they are weloeo
into a single group for a single purpose. II
they have the guidance of a competent speaker
the leadership of a joint committee headed
by an efficient executive, they can produce re-
suits that will be beneficial both in the national
preparedness program and in the economic
betterment of the community.
When such a session as that proposed'by the
club is held it will be necessary, OF
course, to see that conflicting proposals and
not directly related to defense are
barred. There must be strict adherence to a
single purpose, concentrating thought a n d
planning on the defense goal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
.Weygand To Africa

The decision Of the Petain government to
send General Maxine Weygand to Africa to
hold the French colonies on that continent in
line can mean but one thing: an attempt to
divert them from their present support of
Britain.
As a part Of the Vichy government, which
seeks above all else to placate the Nazi con-
querors, It will be Weygand's duty to win back
for the puppet government of France the terri
tory which the local governments recently de.
clared would back the British in their war
with Hitler and Mussolini.
Time was when word that Weygand was to
take command in any given area would have
brought comfort to the democratic world.
When he Joined the French forces in northern
France and employed his great genius in an
effort to stem the tide of Nazi conquest, the
outside world was thrilled. But he came into
the picture too late. France had, in effect,
crumbled before he arrived. He cannot be
blamed for the fall of France. But he could
have Joined De Gaulle in Britain and gone on
with the effort to redeem his nation. Instead,
he chose to compromise with the conqueror
and accept a post in the government Hitler
approved.
Now General Weygand goes forth virtually
for a Nazi conquest, if he can accomplish it.
Perhaps, in the interest of the democracy he
once upheld but now adjures, he will again
arrive too late. The ~colonials may decide to
run their own affairs. It is devoutly to be
hoped that they do so decide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Man Is Subject Of
Weekly Lesson-Sermo

'Man'' was the subject of the
lesson-sermon in all Christian Sci
ence churches and societies yester-
day.
The Golden Text was from Rom
ans 8:16, II. 1.-THE Spirit itself
beareth witness with u spirit.
that we are the children of God:
and if children, then heirs; heirs
of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.
Among the citations which COM
prised the lesson-sermon were the
following from the Bible But as
it is written, eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard. neither have en-
tered into the heart Of man, the
things which God hath prepared
for them that love Him. But God
hath revealed them unto us by his
spirit: for the spirit searcheth all
things. yea, the deep things OF
God. For what man knoweth the
things of a man. save the spirit OF
man which is in Him Even so
the things of God knoweth no man,
but the spirit of God" Il Cor. q:
9-11).
The lesson-sermon also included
the following passages from the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures, by Mary Baker Eddy. Man
reflects infinity. and this reflection
is the true idea of God. God ex-
presses in man the infinite idea
forever developing itself, broaden
ing and rising higher and higher
from a boundless basis. We know
no more of man as the true divine
image and likeness. than we know
of God. The infinite principle is re-
Elected by the infinite idea and
spiritual individually, but the ma
terial so-called senses have no cog
nizance of either principle or its
idea. Through spiritual sense you
can discern the heart of divinity,
and thus begin to comprehend in
Science the generic term man."
page 258). !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
PEDALING TO DEATH
The Wfnst0n-Salem Journal

A modern tragedy was staged by 'teen-age
principals on the streets Of Winston-Salem
Wednesday night when little Marie Louise
Agee, 13, was killed and her companion, Nor
ma Whitney, injured as the bicycle on which
they were riding was struck by a car driven
by Henry Church, 10.
Young Church, as is customary, is being
held on manslaughter charges. Evidence
brought out in the preliminary hearing and
possible trial should determine the extent of
his negligence, if any.
That there was negligence somewhere is ap-
parent. But in its larger aspects this tragedy
points significantly to the grave perils which
everywhere beset the young bicyclist. The
problem revolving around the endeavor to
make bicycling safe has hardly been touched
in Winston-Salem and Forsyth county, although
from year to year the death toll OF young peo-
pie who ride bicycles through motor traffic
steadily grows.
The difference in the size and speed of the
vehicles involved are important factors. And
not the least. influential is the unpredictable
routes and methods of the young cyclist. Even
the most careful motorist is often at a loss to
know what to do when a boy or girl on a BIZ
cycle hobs into the traffic lane ahead of him.
So here, perhaps is a problem that is not
concerned SO much with the matter Of careful
or reckless driving on the part of motorists, as
with better routing and regulation of bicycle
travel. In a number of American cities special
paths or routes are being provided for the ex-
elusive use of cyclists.
This is one intelligent approach to the stu
alton which deserves consideration locally.
But pending action in the engineering field,
there should be close cooperation of all mo-
florists in the effort to prevent collisions with
bicycles, ~stricter parental supervision over the
travels of young cyclists, and a more inten-
sive safety training program for bike riders
through the agency of schools, and bicycle
safety clubs.
No parent likes to deny his child those limo.
cent pleasures which come from the use of
bicycles, roller skates and other things of this
type. But it gives one pause to reflect upon
the awful possibilities which such innocent
recreation sometimes translates into reality. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. Sit is
natural that everyone in the ere.
alive end of the picture business
occasionally complains bitterly
about professional critics in gen
eral or a specific critic in p~articu,
lar. Men whose job it is to report
on the quality of pictures a r G
bound to incur a certain amount
of bitterness from those whose pic.
lures they have torn to shreds.
Nowhere, however, is there as
much dissatisfaction with nationa,
motion picture criticism as among
the men and women who write
motion pictures. The source OF
their dissatisfaction is not what is
said about their efforts, but rather
what is not said. All too frequent
ly, the screen writer's contribute
to a good picture is overlool =
completely.
The critic writes: George Spell
mans direction was superb, ana
Minnie Doakes gave a perform
ance closely approaching genius
Period. Nothing about the script,
or the writing therein that per
mltted Spelman's direction to look
good and provided a part in which
Minnie Doakes could shine. Pre-.
sumably, the script was turned on,
during lunch hour by a couple On
fellows named Joe.
Sometimes a critic writes: "Di.
rector Samuel Shinn rose far above
the material provided him to come
through with a fine picture thai
Will please everyone" This is nom.
sense of the worst order. There
isn't a director in the business
good enough to take a bad scripe
and make a good picture out of it.
A. good director can take a gooo
script and improve it by imagin.
atlve shooting, or he can take a
mediocre script and occasionally
make the resulting picture seen.
passable.
But he can't take unworaab!e
material and make anything ou.
OF it. In other words. a picture