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Evening star., 1940-12-20

Italy isn't impossible. though the
time is short before Hitler will
strike, and he may be expected to
hurry his drive In order to divert
the Allies from the chase.
The Anglo-Allied position now is
excellent to crack all Italy's African
possessions wide open. The British
have the perfect strategic naval and
air base at Crete-handed them as
Evening star., 1940-12-20

tying the British In knots in the
Mediterranean area. The icy gales
OF the Greco-Albanian mountains
and the hot winds of the Sahara
have carried those hopes away.
Complete Defeat Possible.
Pending the Nazi assault on Eng
land, the Allies will continue their
effort to knock Mussolini clean out
of the war. Complete defeat of
Evening star., 1940-12-20

his italian masters. The frail King
Of Kings Is said to be leading the
revolt himself in an effort to re-
trieve the throne which MussoIiri
tore from him in 1896. n
The British are aiding the Nepus
and say that the revolution appears
to be making progress. Success
would rock Mussolini's African en-
pire. -
Evening star., 1940-12-20

Britain, since the Fuehrer needs
every ounce OF strength he can
muster for his dangerous expert
ment in the English Channel.
The collapse of the italian offen-
siveS must be q grievous blow to
Hitler. Without doubt he had been
banking that while he was making
his supreme effort to hurl an army
on English soil, II Duce would be
Evening star., 1940-12-20

reports that "the italian commander
at FL Wax, learning December Is
that an attack was possible, f1ed by
mule cart, causing dependency
among those remaining"
An important and dramatic fea-
ture of the whole situation is that
at long last little Emperor Halle
Selassie has got rebellion started
In his Ethiopian Kingdom against
Evening star., 1940-12-20
Sharp or Painted Toys
Held Bad for Children

DR.. George c. Rutland, health Of
ficer of the District, today warned
against the purchase of sharp or
painted toys as Christmas presents
for young children
Toys should not be so small that
they can be swallowed or get into
the throat of the child. DR.. Ruhlands
announcement said. If paint is used
1t should be of good quality and the
toy itself should be sanitary and
washable.
Evening star., 1940-12-20

gift through Mussolini's invasion
Of Greece; the main Fascist army in
Africa that Of Marshal 0raziani in
Libya) already is terribly crippled
and is fighting losing battle; the
British blockadge has virtually sew
cred water communications between
Italy and all her colonies.
Indications are that the, Allies in
tend to take full advantage of this
Evening star., 1940-12-20
King Carol Reported
Offered Refuge in
Holland by Nuzis

BY the Associated Press.
LISBON, Portugal. Dec. 90
Former King Carol II of Ru-
mania was reported today to
have been invited by Germany
to live in Holland or Belgium
until his situation is clarified.
Carol went to Spain after his
abdication September 6, accom-
panied by his friend, Nine.
Magda Lupescu, and his former
minister of the palace, Gen.
Ernest Urdureanu. He has
since sought unsuccessfully for
permission to leave and now is
in Seville, where his freedom is
limited.
Evening star., 1940-12-20
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
BY JACK

The tanning industry is one of
the subjects of the merit badge
system of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea that has turned from hobby to
profession for many Scouts.
Man learned long ago that the
hides, skins and furs of the ami
mails would keep him warm and
dry. The Eskimo and the Indians
r pioneers in the tanning indus
try, for all skins must be cured in
soma way " they will dry up or
rot and fall to pieces.
Scouts are required to know the
source and method of preparation
of the best grades of leather for
craftwork; tell what type of lea
ther is best for each kind of lea
thercraft (such as tooling, stamp
ing, moccasins, bookmarks, novel
ties, etc This is only the first
requirement. There are three 9TH
ers.
After learning the methods of
curing hides, a scout is taught the
various ways in which the leather
may be decorated; by stamping
designs in the surface, using small
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
RUTH BOND STEPS
into RESCUE ACT
Takes Betty CRADLES Place In
The Comedy, fDu Barry
Was A Lady
BY MARK BARRON

1
NEW YORK, June S.-lR-Ruth
Bond, a comely blonde whose Broad
a career has been confined mostly
to answering sos calls from pro-
ducers, was stepping nicely today
into another rescue act.
The occasion arose when Betty
Cradle suddenly retired from the
cast of the Broadway musical COM
edy. "Du Barry Was a Lady" She
went to dinner with her former hus-
band, Jackie Coogan, and said that
time will tell about their re-
marrying each other. Then she said
she was going back to Hollywood to
appear in a new movie.
Well, that left "Du Barry Was a
Lady" without the services of one
of it's principal stars and Miss Bond,
as ready as she was when she took
over a stars role in the musical
Red, Hot and Blue" with only four
hours rehearsal, went swimmingly
into Miss Cradles part.
IT suppose the reason I can take
over such stringent roles or such
short notice." Miss Bond said, sis
from what I learned when I was
very young from my aunt, Ethel
Marlborough. She vas a vaudeville
headliner on Broadway in those days
and as she was held over week after
week she had to keep changing her
act overnight to please the repeating
audiences.
"I had moved from my birthplace
in W~estbrook, Me, to Rutherford, N.
J.. I used to come over to Broadway
frequently to see her. She told me to
learn the lesson first that has al
ways been the standby for vaude-
vile and musical comedy perform
ers-to learn to dance because you
could always go into your dance If
your act didn't happen to be going
so we'll.
$50 I learned first to dance ballet
and went on from there to taps and
other modern dancing. Then 1 took
singing lessons until / was signed
for radio programs. My dancing
was improved, fortunately, when l
won a scholarship in a newspaper
contest and was given a post with
Albertina Rasch."
Miss Bond, ironically, has gotten
some of her featured parts because
of the temperaments of women stars.
Twice, although this is not true of
her replacement of Miss Cradle, she
was snatched out of the dancing line
to pinch hit in roles because the
stars in a rage walked out of the
shows.
Miss Bond, UNDERSTANDABLE, is a
one-woman cheering section for tenn
peramental actresses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
SCOUT NEWS

stamps of various shapes, by mo-
deling or pressing it into various
designs when the surface of the
leather carving tools which a r e
much like wood carving tools.
Shamoying, scouts are taught, is
a process inWhich the skins are
merely saturated with oil. It was
first applied to chamois leather,
and thus the name. The oil is work.
ed in slowly with stocks, and be-
coming oxidized, seems to COM
bine with the gelatinous constitu-
ents in the skins, giving a soft
and spongly leather. Chomois lea
ther is seldom made from chamois
skin in these days, a special part
of a sleeps skin being used in
stead.
The hand methods of our fore
fathers have all been replaced with
modern machinery.
David l.. Lilies, executive Of the
Cape Fear Rrea council, visited
Burgaw Troop No. 80 and Pack 80
last week. He also visited troops
9 and II Friday night.
Wednesday afternoon Executive
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
CAR PRODUCTION
IS ON SCHEDULE
Guesses As To Output For
1910 Made With Reser-
vations, However
BY DAVID J. W1LKIE

DETROIT, June 8 -LREThe
motorcar industry has rolled out
about 2,265, 900 passenger cars and
trucks since the beginning of the
current year but, because nobody
knows what lies directly ahead tor
it's production facilities, guesses as
to the aggregate output for 1910
now are being made with reserV-
tons.
According to present indications
the 1941 model vehicles are coming
of these units the industry will be
able to assemble before the END
out on schedule-between Septem-
Der l and October l.. How many
of the currently year. however IS
a wide-open proposition.
Before the Europena Wal deve-
lopments precipitated an enormous
defensive armament program Tor
the United States, experienced
trade observers were virtually I'M
animous in their belief that 1910
would develop into the third larg-
est production year in the motor
industry's history; they guessed
that assemblies would total more
than 1925, 900 cars and trucks.
Highest previous production years
were 1929 with 5,621,045 units and
1887 with 5,016,437.
The car makers are fairly well
agreed that they can handle an
approximately normal output OF
motorcars and what has benin
dictated thus far as the likely vol
ume of armament production they
will be called upon to turn out.
They admit, however, that they do
not know definitely what demands
the wal developments will place
upon 1.-The greatest production faci-
lities with world ever has known
Thus it is that something in the
nature of a warning" already has
been given to potential car buyers
not to be too sure that 1912 models
will come out in the autumn of
next year. This is by no means
an irrevocable decision, but the
men who make motorcars know
that preparations for new models
requires months of effor which
they may not be able to exert
next spring.
1t is because of this situation
that the production division of the
industry is expected to maintain
a high level of assemblies through
out this month, despite the rather
high inventories of new cars at
presnet available. June output has
been estimated at about 375, 900
units, which would bring the ag-
gregate for the years first two
quarters to about $500, 900 cars
and trucks.
The assembly plants under nor
NAL processes do no produce as
many units in the second half of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09

the year as they do In the first
six months. With re-tooling ope-
rations for 1941 models already
at least two-thirdS complete the
industry must follow an approx
mately normal course during the
third quarter and plan a suspension
of output while the new equipment
being installed. They cannot plan
to materially enlarge the stock of
new 1910 units after July l.
One development in the present
situation that is being considered
is the probability that the industry
will not have much of a used car
problem during the next IL months.
Any curtailment of new unit pro-
duction is bound to be reflected
in an increased demand for used
vehicles, even though the curtail-
ment be only a temporary one
Moreover, say leading trade
authorities, used car prices I'm
doubtedly will hold up at levels
making it feasible for retailers
to forego the usual sacrifice-prices
necessary to keep their used car
stocks moving. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09

Piles, James Edward Simmons, and
James McFadden, all negroes.
Other offenses scheduled for
trial are breaking, entering, lar
ceny, and receiving, 3; embezzle-
ment, reckless driving with dam
ages resulting, drunken driving,
assault with a deadly weapon on
a female with the intent to kill
with serious injuries resulting.
False pretense, criminal assault,
speeding, violations of the LIQUOR
laws, crime against nature, high
way robbery, and assault with a
deadly weapon, one apiece.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
Judge Burgwyn To Open
Criminal Term Here

The June criminal term of New
Hanover superior court will open
Monday morning, June 10, with
Judge w H. S. Burgwyn, of Wood
land, presiding, T. A. Henderson,
clerk of court, reported yesterday.
The docket comprises 10 cases
involving various attractions of the
laws. The following five murder
cases r listed: Thomas Lucas,
William Dudley Peoples, Earl Peo-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09

The site of old Fort Mi.o,.
some two and one-half milel 't I'll is
scouts Bluff National monTr rom
Nebraska. 1t was an o,,tumfhent,
ing the 1905 erected as poss DUR
OF protecting overland cor means
tlons IN the days of the cove .,sa,
wagon from attacks by ho 'Sttfed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09

It's easy to change your friends
opinion of you. Just loan e m
money and then demand you be
paid back. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
u. S. Germans Form
Unit To Fight Hitler

congress lOr democracy, an organ
cation of American citizens of Ger
man descent who believe in United
States support for the Allies, was
announced today by DR.. Frank Bohn.
DR.. Bohn, a Washington, D. c.,
writer and lecturer, is a son-in-law
of Daniel c. Roper, former secre-
tary of commerce.
I'VE hope to organize Germans
on a national basis to support the
government in it's present and future
efforts to combat Hitler" explained
DR.. Bohn.
Lilies presented troop 34's Cub
Pack, Trinity Methodist church,
with a charter. c.. ]. Humphreys
is cubmaster. Troop committee
men are j. c. Hardwick, r. S.
Edmunds, and Carl B. Brown.
Executive Lilies explained to the
leaders and cubs and a number
of parents who were present the
purpose of the cub program and
how it is related with the scout
program.
Scouts and scouters are remind
ed of the next Court of Honor,
which will be held in superior
courtroom Wednesday afternoon
June IL.
w. A. Dobson, executive of Re-
gion Six, will be the guest speaker.
He is one of the outstanding speak
: in this country.
Born on a farm west of Dalton,
Ca, Dobson is a Southerner who
has been both a volunteer and pro-
fessional Scout leader and an ex-
pert in dealing with scouts and
scout work.
The monthly report of the Cape
Fear Area council has been made
to the regional office in Atlanta,
Ga. 1t showed an enrolment of
1925 scouts, 316 scouters and 81
cubs with % cubbers. The report
shows a steady gain since May
1886, when GIG scouts and IT'S
scouters were registered by this
council. There we're no cubs or
cubbers.
The annual field day program
is to be held in Fayetteville June
~. Scouts from all parts of the
council will participate in this e.
vent, starting with a street parade
at 1880 and followed with a sche-
duled program to be carried out
accordingly.
Jack Crane, Fayetteville, camp
ing ACTIVITIES chairman, assisted
by the commission staff of the
council will be in complete charge
of the field day program.
Applications are being received
for Camp s~ingletary, Boy Scout
camp on Lake Singletary n e
White Lake. This camp will be
opened June 30 with one of tho
best programs of any camp ever
held by the Cape Fear Area coun-
Woodworking, leathercraft. wood
uu,hlng, craftsmanship and metal
work are all planned for the handi-
craft program, 'Ne '
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1eAo
First Postal Cards

Postal cards first wers
duced into America on INTRO
1872, but penny postcarG Iuhe 8,
not issued until annro We're
one year later. lhately
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Lincoln Temple PIons
Annual Homecoming

At the services of Lincoln Con-
gregat tional Temple tomorrow morn
ing the annual homecoming exer-
cises will be observed. DR.. r. w
Brooks will speak on The Survival
of Christian Faith Under Current
Pressure" The vested chorus choir
with Miss Cleota Collins as soloist,
will render special music.
The Mems Brotherhood meets at
10 am. and will have as guest
speaker George w. Goodman, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Washington
Urban League. He will speak from
the theme, What Shall the Negro
Do to Be Saved?"
The Woman's Missionary Society
will sponsor reception for the
members and friends, beginning at
pm. The reception will continue
until 8 o'clock
The union Thanksgiving service
will be held at II am. The follow
ing churches will take part: Tabor
and Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Peoples, Plymouth and Lincoln
Congregational Churches. Lincoln
Temple will be the receiving host.
The sermon will be preached by
DR.. H. B. Taylor, pastor Fifteenth
Street Presbyterian Church. Ths
music will be presented by the choir
Of Lincoln Congregational Temple.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Hoover Renews Plea
For Food 10 Ease
Suffering in Europe
Declares u. s. Has Moral
Responsibility Toward
Five Little Democrucies'
By the Associated preSs

BY the Associated Press.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Nov. le.
"A renewed plea for assistance to
the people Of Europe's conquered
nations has come from former
President Herbert Hoover. who di-
rected the Belgian Relief Commits
sion during the World War.
Il simply refuse to believe, and I
am going to continue to disbelieve,
that American public opinion is 60
ing to condemn $1,000 900 people to
die-upon flimsy arguments and
informal polls" Mr.. Hoover said
last night in a Nation wide broad
cast from Vassar College.
He mentioned specifically the
five little democracies" Of Finland,
Norway, Holland, Belgium and Po-
land and asserted the United States
has a moral responsibility toward
these countries.
He made no proposals regarding
the French. because Of the present
obscurity of their food and political
situation"
A'AA' AAOo'Ci obA1AAdA iICO dSdlli Vic
plan he advanced last August:
That the Germans on one hand,
agree Cd not to take any of the
domestic products of these people
and to furnish the equivalent Of
any food that already may have
been taken; CD to permit such i'm
ports as can be had from other
parts of Europe; 90 to allow free
passage of food ships without at
tack.
"On the other hand, the British
to raise the blockade so as to al
low one food ship at a time so long
as the guarantees are fulfilled.
And finally both sides to agree
to adequate control of distribution
by a neutral organization to assure
that these agreements are carried
out"
Mr.. Hoover countered arguments
that the Germans would get the
food" by saying that during the
World War the protective agree
ments obtained by his commission
were followed faithfully for four
years.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
BY FRED vANDERsCHMIDT.

The Nazis are making another
attempt to break the British block
ade, the first on sizeable scale since
early in the war.
The start Of this adventure can
scarcely be called auspicious. Two
Of the four German freighters which
left Tampico. packed to the BEAM
ends with material to keep the Ger
man war machine going, ran into
distress before they were out Of
sight of land. One Of them is burn
ing, the other back In port with
machinery trouble. Still another
ship. heading eastward from CO.
lombia, is reported to have been
sent to the bottom by the British
Navys Caribbean Squadron.
Nevertheless, the fact that these
ships In such number are leaving
the ports where they have sheltered
for more than year-and leaving
with every evidence of haste-has
considerable significance.
First of all, it is evidence of the
steady, silent pressure which the
garrote Of the British blockade is
applying to the neck of Germany.
May Hint Gibraltar Attack.
Second, 1t illustrates the Nazi be-
lief that their U-boats and planes
and the length of the axis coastline
have so weakened the British At
lantic patrols that it may now be
possible to bring contraband cargoes
from the Western Hemisphere.
Third, and perhaps most impor-
tant, the departure of these ships
may be timed to precede an offensive
against Gibraltar, which is vital to
Britain not only as the guardian of
the Western Mediterranean but as
q blockade base for Southern Eu-
rope and Africa.
In other words, the Nazis and
their Italian friends may be conf
dent that by the time the Germa n
freighters get to Spain, where most
OF them appear to be headed, Gibral-
tar won't be British and the war
ship patrols either will be sewed up
In the Mediterranean or engaged in
urgent business elsewhere.
Spain Will Aid Axis.
This is no isolated straw in the
wind about Gibraltar. Right now
Ramon Serrano Suner, brother-in.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Nozis Try Running Blockade
Ships leovns Latin American Ports
Hint GbroItur Attuck Is Imminent

law Of Francisco Franco and For
eign Minister Of Spain, Is travelling
toward Berlin.
Senor Serrano Suner Is the axis
best friend in Spain and he has set
something like record for travelling
on axis wagons-lits in the last couple
of months. Even II it is not quite
time for him to discuss passage Of
German troops through Spain to-
ward Gibraltar, Serrano Suner is
very much interested indeed in
breaking the British blockade, for
it is pinching Spain, too, and Spain
Is hungry.
So it is safe to say that Spain will
do all she can to help the axis open
the sea lanes again. Spain already
has performed preliminary service
by moving into the once-internation-
allied zone Of Tangier. hard across
the Gibraltar Straits from the
frowning British rock.
Raider in Atlantic.
As for the German freighters, or
those Of them which do get away
from Mexico, they probably will not
be lonesome on their trip East.
There is a German raider in the At
lantic, perhaps a pocket battleship,
which already has plucked a num-
ber Of victims from at least one
British convoy. 1t is entirely possible
that this raider will rendezvous with
one or more of the freighters, take
on oil and supplies, and keep a
watchful eye on the adventurers as
they cruise warily toward Europe,
taking full advantage Of the long
pre-winter nights.
But there are long odds against
the German freighters getting even
out of the Caribbean, for the British
still are on constant guard there,
and on the other side of the At
lantic the Royal Navy has, so far
been equal to the demands of a
blockade that now stretches from
the North Cape to Madagascar.
How tight this blockade is stretched
was illustrated the other day by
an overzealous shot that crossed the
bows of an American ship, and
it is probably more than a coinci-
dence that this German attempt
to crack the blockade comes at a
time when some Germans are eating
dog meat.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Mexico Dedicates School
To Plane Crash Victims
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
CANOITAS, Mexico, Nov. l6.-
With United States Ambassador
Josephus Daniels as the principal
speaker, state and federal officials
dedicated a school here today to the
memory of Bronson Rumsey and
Daniel Roosevelt, Harvard University
students who died in a plane crash
near Canoitas April 18, 1899.
The Ambassador said the school,
built with funds contributed by G,
Hall Roosevelt, father Of Daniel; by
Charles Rumsey, brother Of Bronson,
and by the Puebla state government,
"is recognition that universal educa-
ton is essential to universal democ-
racy."
Mr.. Daniels and United States
Consul Robert G. McGregor praised
residents Of the tiny village, 100
miles east Of Mexico City, for their
efforts to save Rumsey and Roose-
welt from the wreckage Of their
flaming plane and for their success
full rescue Of Miss Carlotta Constan-
tine Of Mexico City, who now is in
q New York hospital undergoing
treatment for injuries suffered in
the accident.