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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
BR0UCHT0N Sees
PROSPERITY WAVE
Saws Coastal Defense Pro-
cram Should Aid East
ern North Carolina

ELIZABETH CITY, June 6.-P1-
Speaking today at Elizabeth City's
potato festival, J.. M. Broughton,
democratic nominee for governor,
said the United States, while sup
porting the Presidents defense pro-
gram. stood equally firm that the
youth of the nation should not be
slaughtered in a European val.
The speaker said that the senti-
ment in this country had rallied Wig
orouslv to defend the American
shores "but is not prepared to inter
vene in any European war" Brough-
+on predicted a greater development
If waterways, harbors and airplane
hases under the coastal defense pro-
Gram would bring a wave of pros
neritv" to eastern North Carolina.
Miss Marie Anderson Of Perqui-
mans county was crowned queen of
tho festival at a ball tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
EMPLOY 1000
TANKS IN BIG DRIVES
ALONG WYGAm LINE
STRUGGLE CONTINUES
Nazis Advancing On West
Flank Move Within Is
Miles OF LIE Havre
MILITIAMEN PREPARED

PARIS, June 6-(RHStubbornly
fighting French, thrown back on
their right and their left by a saw
age German offensive along the
Somme and Aisne, launched coun-
terattacks at dusk tonight and the
struggle was reported continuing
through the night.
The French counterattack was
launched on their right or east
flank where the German infantry,
preceded by masses of tanks and
supported by artillery, had pushed
south from the Ailette river in the
scissors sector and taken a foot
hold in the World-War contested
ridge of Chemin : des : Danes just
north of the Aise.
Storm German Positions
French troops, in the gathering
darkness, stormed the new Ger
man positions. The struggle was
reported in military dispatches still
to be under way at midnight.
The French counter-thrusts took
advantage of the German practice
Of relaxing their pressure at Isit.
In the German thrusts, before
which the French recoiled earlier
today at both ends of the Weygand
line, 1000 tanks were used.
The roar of the battle could be
heard 80 miles behind the firing
line-or in places, nearly halfway
to Paris.
The French defense was de-
clared magnificent" by the high
command, even as it acknowledged
withdrawals made necessary by
the Nazi attacks.
Move on LIE Havre
On the west flank German adj
vance elements made a march to-
falling nearly II miles from the
region of Abbeville. This was a
push to the Bresle river along the
Channel coast as part of a south
westward %encircling movement
which however, did not put that
invading wing any nearer to Paris.
1t did take the Nazis within IS
miles of LIE Havre.
On the east, Nazi troops adj
vanced six miles to tn Aisne
heights, within so to 70 miles of
this ancient capital a capital
which tonight reflected a more and
more warlike atmosphere.
Militiamen, with red, white and
blue arm bands and armed with
cifes, stood at the alert in the
streets for parachutists and fifth
cnlumniStS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
GERMAN BOMBERS
FLY OVER BRITAIN
Cause Air Raid Alarms
From Durham County To
East Anglia Section

LONDON, June 7-(Friday)- H9
German warplanes for the second
time in "a hours ranged the British
coast last night and this morning,
causing air raid alarms from Dur
ham county in the northeast to
Suffolk and East Anglia on the
southeast, a spread of $50 miles.
The air ministry said the planes
''crossed the coast at several points
during the night" but mentioned no
bombings.
All clear signals were sounded
after periods OF an hour to an hour
and a half in a number of the
areas.
One plane was seen to circle high
over a number of Yorkshire vii
lagos. but headed out to sea when
the a~ntiaircraft guns began bark
ing.
Besides Yorkshire, air raid warn
ings were sounded in a town in
Durham. and in Lincolnshire, Suf-
folk and East Anglia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
Italy Ready
For Il Duce's
War Decision
Call May Be Expected Soon
Unless Reynaud's Talk
Impresses Chief
HOSPITAL CARS READY
Shopkeepers And Others
Are Warned To Observe
Blackout Orders

ROME, June 6-R-Italian fas-
cists, ordered tonight to be ready
at any time for nationwide mass
meetings to hear Premier Musso-
lini's decision on war at the side
of Germany, awaited their leaders
evaluation of French Premier
Reynaud's suggestion that a peace
full solution might yet be found.
None knew when the summons
to the public squares throughout
the land might be given II Duce's
verdict, but public and private in
dications were that, unless Rey-
raud's speech had. impressed him,
the call might be expected soon.
every Important"
Referring to Reynaud's declara-
ton that there are no peoples
with whom France cannot settle by
peaceful means divergences of in
terests which appear to oppose
Them" one of the best informed
fascists cautiously commented that
it was Every important"
This source would hazard no fur
Their comment, saying that Pre-
mier Mussolini's reaction was the
only important one in Italy.
The impression prevailed, how
ever, in some lesser political cir
cles that Reynaud's conciliatory at
titude might have come too late.
Meanwhile, three trains of Is rail-
road car each, painted with Red
Crosses, stood on sidings in Rome,
ready to speed away to succor
bombing and battle victims if need
be.
Third-class coaches were made
over into hospital cars. Two trains
also stood ready to rush British
and French diplomats to the from
tier.
Warning
Shopkeepers, porters and house.
holders were warned of three
month Jail terms and $500 fines for
failure to observe blackout orders
when the time comes.
Even such illumination as the
permanent lights burned before
sacred images on Italian streets
would be doused.
A special law gave guards or.
ders to shoot persons trying to
evade border control.
Instructions went out to all
branches of the fascist party, in
Guiding children's and women's or
CARNATIONS, to be ready to don
uniforms at any time for Piazza
Venezia mass meeting to hear Mus
solini announce, perhaps, that the
nation which fought at the side of
the Allies in the World War now
is at war against them.
The party members were told
the rally probably would be held
en- few minutes notice to avoid Civ
ing the potential enemy any I'M
necessary warning.
There was no indication when
Mussolini would speak. Such quiet
readiness orders as were given
out tonight sometimes come days
or even weeks ahead of time, the
latter being the case in 1885 when
Italy invaded Ethiopia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
REYNAUD ASSERTS FRANCE WILL CRUSH
DREAM OF NAZI HEGEMONY IN EUROPE

The escape of the French
and British troops in Flanders;
The failure. of the German
bombing raid on Paris to break
civilian morale;
The development Of the bat
tie of the Somme "a battle
which he declared, on the auth
ority of General Maxine Wey-
gand, was going "satsfactor-
lily" for the French.
He mentioned especially
General Weygand's new de-
Tense system against the Ger
man motorized units, saying
that it was this defense that
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from eleven members to eight.
They are Reynaud, his vice
Premier Henri Petain; Ca
mile Chautemps, Louis Marin,
Jean Ybarnegaray, Georges
Mandel, Georges Monnet, and
Raoul Dautry.
Raising his voice but once
to praise the 'heroic resist
ance' of the Allied troops in
Flanders - he spoke of the
times when he had been fore
ed to bring bad news to the
republic, and said that this
time he could give reasons for
hope in a final victory.
These, he said, were
"three facts"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07

PARIS, June 6-R-Premier
Paul Reynaud, speaking to the
people of France tonight sub
seouent to a cabinet revision
which put him in supreme
command of the war effort.
declared that Hundreds" OF
German tanks had been de-
stroyed in the Nazi offensive
nm the Somme, and added SOL
EMMY:
esThe dream of German heg-
emonv in Europe is going to
break against French resist
ANGEL"
Apparently referring to the
United States, Reynaud sald'
"Let all spectators OF the dra-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
NAILS HURDLE SOMME
Push Power Offensive Aim
ed AT Encirclement OF
Paris From West
STREETS ARE MINED

BERLIN, June G. Up Veteran
German blitz divisions hurdled the
Somme under a storm Of fire today
in a power drive aimed at enclrcle-
ment of Paris from the west, and
German dispatches from the front
said tonight they were fighting
from door to door and tree to tree
against the French defenders.
Germany's "pioneers'-engineers
struggled in a hail Of fire from
French machine guns and 75's for
three hours before succeeding in
laying a pontoon bridge at Pont
Remy, a few miles southeast of Alb
beville.
Then veteran tank crews, rein
forced by some new troops of Ger
many's Panzer divisions, sent their
mounts charging into the French
positions while German artillery
laid down a curtain of fire.
Gain Heights
The Germans gained heights
dominating the south side of the
river but were e~1countering bitter
opposition.
The front dispatches said they
were forced to watch every cellar
window, every rock, bush and
hedge for machine-gun nests and
French colonial troops who swarm
ed out on Indian files of Germans
and attacked with rifles, bayonets
and knives.
'They had to be shot down sing
ly," said a DNB dispatch from
the fighting scene.
1.-The streets were strewn with
concealed mines. I~nterspersed with
the roar of heavy artillery was the
constant rattle CT machine guns"
The Germans described tn e
French as holly defending heavily
fortified field positions" against
"fierce pursuit. which went ICON
siderably south"
The main force of the German Of
fensive was on the German right
wing, aimed at enlightenment of
Paris from the west and severance
of the lifeline between Great Bri-
tain and France.
Immediate 0bjectives
Immediate detectives. apparently
D;o~-o o~1 To Day,ro ~ tho
French northwest coast, and pos
sibly beyond to Cherbourg, which
the Germans bombed last night.
If they succeed in driving such a
coastal wedge, they will force Brit
ish assistance to detour to southern
French ports and crack the effec-
tiveness of the British-French al
lance.
A second drive is aimed northeast
of Paris in the Scissors area, ap-
~parently the intended left wing Of
a pincers movement against Paris.
Tonight some Germans were bet
ting Paris would surrender within
two weeks.
Except for authorized but unof-
fetal reports that German armies
were striking into the heart of
France there was scant word of
operations along the 200-mile Wey-
gand line, other than in the coastal
regions.
Details Slow
At the outset, however the Ger
mans had emphasized that details
of the offensive might be slow IN
coming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07

ma of the battle of France un-
derstand and let them under
stand quickly, for the stake is
immense and their t m is
measured"
France has been seeking war
materials in the United States.
Of Italy's demand for
French Mediterranean posses
sions, Reynaud said:
"There are no peoples with
whom France can not settle by
peaceful means Emergencies Of
interests which appear to op-
pose them. I have said this
publicly. I repeat it,"
The premier announced that
his war cabinet was reduced
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
TOBACCO FARMERS
MAY VOTE JULY 20
Will Ballot On Three Cues
tions In Accordance
With New Changes

WASHINGTON, June CIR
Members of congress heard today
this years farmer referendum on
fue-cured tobacco quotas probably
would be held July 20.
This year the growers will vote
on three questions in accordance
with amendments to the program
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lldes For Today

er bnraaln June 6.-P-Weath-
rainfall fau records of temperature and
in the MI mi me a hours ending s D. M,
and aplI5nelnal cotton-growing areas
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
WEATHER
FORECAST

W. FORECAST
ter pg''il carolina: Partly cloudy, scat
onito showers in the mountains; not
dSv. 80 warm in central portion Fri
sbGwor@, aturday scattered thunder
.p5i rS g1,oog data for the "a hours
'"s ''So p. m. Yesterday.
Lon Temperature
m, 81. d. n, Il; 7:3O a. m. 10; 1:3O p.
miDimru' ~ p. m. 81; maximum 80:
""ln ~; mean 50; normal rs.
l.2h Humidity
HI. s4. :? IN M 80; 7:30 a. m. 90; 1:30 p.
Toto, Precipitation
np pe,al l9r 2f hours ending 7:3O D. M,
las Total since first of the month
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
MRS. KYE RITES
ARRANGED TODAY
WinnaboW Residents Funeral
To Be Held Al New
Hope Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Lee
Kye, IS, wife of Sergeant Lee Kye
of Winnabow, will be held at Z
o'clock this afternoon from the New
Hope Presbyterian church.
The Rev. J. S. Crowley and the
Rev. J. r. Potts, of Southport, will
~oficiate. Burial will follow in the
church cemetery.
The body will be removed from
Harrell's Funeral home to the
church at 10 o'clock this morning.
Active pallbearers will be: Willis
Tuttle. Byron Shields, Russell Beck
Elmore Potter, John William Savagt
and Herbert Potter.
Honorary: G.. L. Skipper, Gilber
T. Reid, Jonathan Reid, C. H. libel
in, M. B. Robbins, George r. Foulke
S. A. Potter, DR.. Duncan McEachern
w. c. Savage, Isaac Gore, A. P
Henry, J. L. Henry, J. B. Potter, D
r. johnson, Edwin Taylor, Jr., Et
Maultsby, Mercer Cox, W. A. Kopp
r. H. Maultsby and ]. c. Potter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
Two Killed, Two Hurt
In Crash At Madison

WINSTON-SALEM, Feb. 10.-P1
Two people were killed and two
others critically injured in what
appeared to be the head-on collision
of two automobiles on highway 81,
five miles west of Madison, Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Preston Hicks, 10, of Mayo
dan, wife of the man believed tc
have been driving the a in which
she was riding, was killed instantly
Fred A. Davis, employee Of the
Atlantic Greyhound Bus company,
and a resident of High Point, died
in a Winston-Salem hospital this
morning.
Preston Hicks is in the City hos
pital, suffering a cut on the head
and other injuries. He has been un'
conscious since entering the hos
pital.
Cabell Hicks, age 8 O of h in
jured man and dead woman, is In
City Memorial hospital suffering a
head wound and broken ARM.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
N. E. Tobacco Pric1s
Average Only $l5.68

RALEIGH. Feb. 1O.-tR-Growers
sold 1897 7 pounds of 1889 to-
bacco to February 1 in North Caro-
lima for an average of s15.eS a hun
dred pounds, the federal-state mar
keting service reported today.
This compared with 5~01,S47,55s
pounds sold to the same date last
year for an average of s22.92 a hun
bred. Value of sales this year total
ed s121, os7, 5e6, compared with $115,'
O26,143 last year.
January sales on the old bright
belt totaled 23.907,65S pounds for
an s11 average, compared will
s14.SO in January 1889.
Burley tobacco sales in January
we're 2,1S5, SAG pounds for Stat.
The average for the month last
wear was $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
FARLEY ENTERS
1910 CAMPAIGN
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mentioned as a candidate for the
republican presidential nomination,
told a st. Paul audience that
Americans were tired of life on a
flying trapeze" and added:
"They r tired of experiments
that never end and patent medi-
cines that never cure. They are
tired Of ~bureaucrats, boondogglers,
barnacles, brain trusts, baflyhoo
and bankruptcy. An eloquent and
decisive majority-composed of re
publicans and Jeffersonian demo
Gratis alike-will r%epudiate the re
pudiators of the American system
Vandenberg suggested as part OF
his program Quarantine the third
termites."
In Louisville, Senator Austin
(R-Vt) assistant minority leader,
declared that supreme court decis
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
|CWTW' TO OPEN
HERE ON FEB. &c
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vicinity Of Wilmington before the
month Of March, at which time it
will be released to theaters in New
Bern and other cities.
The film to be presented here
will be Of full four-hour length
exactly as shown at Atlanta and
Broadway premieres. A short in
Permission will be taken during the
performance.
Arrangements are to be made by
the local theater management to
provide for the sale of tickets and
for the seating Of patrons with the
least possible inconvenience.
Wilmington will be the first city
in it's population class to exhibit
the picture in this section.
Burks emphasized his statement
that Gone With the Wind" will
not be cut or altered in any way
when presented in Wilmington.
The film-acclaimed wherever it
has shown as the finest example of
Hollywood's artistry yet to appear,
has met with a tumultous reception
throughout the nation. Other larger
cities in the south where it has ap-
peared have demanded that it be
held for record ms T..
Entirely in technicolor, the pic.
ture features Clark Gable and
Vivien Leigh in the leading roles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
|PELLEY is HELD
FOR N. E.. OFFICERS
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fine thing to designate certain cities
in which the Hebrew people could
live their own life and have their
own religion and not have this con
slant friction"
He also related how he had eluded
months of efforts of the congress
sional committee and federal Off
GERS to bring him here for testi
mony until he voluntarily appeared
Used False Name
He said he sometimes had used
the name Of William Goodale," had
employed an agent in Washington
to keep him informed on all capitol
activities including attempts to catch
him and had even visited a congress
man, Representative Thorkelson OR
MONT last September when the COM
mittee was frantically trying to fine
him. ..L
Policy testified that he had re
fused an offer from Fritz Kuhn
erstwhile chief Of the German-Am-
erican Bund, to combine the Bun6
with the Silver Shirts, and denied
there had been any connection be-
tween his organization and "the So
called Black Shirts" of Michigan.
He blandly insisted too, that he
had ben able to read a page
of print with his eyes closed; alter
his physical being within a few
hours; and perform other feats OF
mystical and metaphysical charac
ter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
MRS. c. J. ELFRINK
n DIES in AUDUBON
Funeral Services Are To Be
Held This Afternoon At
3 O'Clock

Mrs. Currener J. Elfrink, IS, died
at $50 O'Clock yesterday morning at
her home in Audubon after an ILL
ness of several months.
Survivors are: two sons, j. L. Ell
frink, of Fort Pearce, Fla, j. r. Ell
frink, of New York city; loui
daughters, Miss Stella Mae Elfrink'
Miss Alberta Elfrink, Miss Marga-
ret Elfrink and Mrs. J. F. Hart, all
of Washington, D. C.; one sister,
Mrs. J. F. Hart; and two broth
ers. J. I. Burriss, of Wilmington,
and J. E. Burriss, Of Fort Worth,
Texas; and five children.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the late
residence. The Rev. Raleigh NJ.
:, Engle, pastor Of the Winter Park
Presbyterian church, will o%ffieiate.
Interment ill follow in Oahdale
cemetery.
Active ~rallbearers will be: A. B.
Blake, W. NJ. Hill, John Donnelly,
Elmer Key and John Lamb.
Honorary: L. H. Vollers, l. w.
Scott, A. E. McKeithan, DR., W. c.
.Mebane, Jr., r. J. Riddle, ]. A. Nc
Dougall, C. F. Morton n r IL.
Drrell. Black Bryant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
II You
Get Up Nights
You Can't Feel Rtuhl

Il you have to get up 3 or more times .
night your rest is broken and it's no wonder
II you feel old and run down before vonr
temic Kidney and Bladder troubles often
may be the cause Of many pains and SWIM.
toms simply. because the Kidneys may be
tired ana not working fast enough in litter
poisons and wastes from your blood. So #
you get up nights or suffer from burning.
scanty or frequent passages. leg pains. back
acne, or swollen ankles, due to non-organic
Or non-systemic Kidney and Bladder trou-
oies, you'll make no mistake. in trying the
prescription called Cystex. Because It has
gwen such Joyous, happy relief in SO high a
DER 2 guarantee Of money back on return Of
empty package unless completely satisfac-
tory to you. C5stex costs only 35c@at drug
sists n the guarantee protects you.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
DALADIER GIVEN
CONFIDENCE VOTE
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the second time in less than three
months. AS a result of the cham
ber's review of more than i've
months of military operations he
stood in a stronger position with
his lawmakers than at any time
since hostilities began.
His last vote of confidence was
on the Both of November, when he
wrung decree powers for the "dur,
alton" from a wrangling chamber
The vote tonight was on a reso-
luton that DaIadier conduct the
war to victory" It came after
France, in a semi-official note, had
strongly Indicated France would
not join any international eco
nomic system or disarmament move,
such as mentioned by United States
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, I'm.
til "the constant peril" of Germany
had been wiped OUT
Among the interpretations, it was
known, were questions concerning
general operations, aviation, for
eign and economic policy. That the
replies were highly satisfactory was
demonstrated by the fact that the
approving resolution was signed by
the presidents of all political
groups from the extreme left to
the extreme right.
Those presidents included Leon
Blum, the socialist leader and for
mer premier, whose majority party
insisted on holding the secret ses
sion although Daladier made il
clear he did not want it.
After a conference with Guy La
chambre, the air minister, whose
wartime a%irforce was connected di
rectly in the interpretations the
premier agreed to the general re
view and bluntly told the chamber
in effect:
make up your minds whether
you want us to stay or get out fol
another government"
The chambers answer came in
this evenings brief public session
which was opened after the pre-
mier had spoken privately to the
members.
A Deep Impression
"He made a deep IMPRESSION
deputies said.
The secret sessions-there were
four seperate ones, actually, in
the two days of debate-were de
voted, semi-official sources said, te
remarks by the deputies and re
plies from the premier and La
chambre. Diplomatic and military
questions were stressed; outright
political debate was forsaken.
Tonight left Daladier with one
more hurdle to jump in his deal
ings with parliament. This is
Blum's Interpolation in conjunction
with eight other deputies on organ
ization of Frances wartime in
formation and radio service ant
her censorship. The debate has
been set for next Friday.