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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
CAPE FEAR RISES
IN UPPER REACHES
Stream Is Expected Ia
Reach 30 To 81 Feet At
Fayetteville Today

Heavy rains in central and west
ern North Carolina have started
pushing the Cape Fear river near
er and nearer flood stage and with
more rain forecast for today the
river is expected to overflow its
banks in several sections soon.
At Fayetteville last night at 7:30
o'clock, the river stage was be-
tween 10 and 10 feet and still ris-
ing. With the river rising at a rate
of about a foot per hour, it was ex-
pected to reach between 80 and
80 feet early this morning.
Flood stage at Fayetteville is 35
feet.
The upper Cape Fear was re-
ported within it's banks last night,
with slight floods predicted along
the lower banks. If more rain is
forthcoming from the northwestern
section, the Cape Fear may reach
flood stage in the next "a hours.
Several places in the state had
from four to six inches of rainfall
for the 24-hour period ending early
yesterday morning. At Wilmington
the rainfall measured 2.36 inches,
bringing the total since the first of
the month to 1904 inches.
With. only half of the month
gone, weather bureau officials here
said last night that a new record
(COntinued nm Page Eleven. Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

counter any repetition Of the Incl
dent.
Popular Greek feeling ran high
An unstated number Of civilians
injured on the quay at Tinos island
when two Of the submarines tor.
pedoes exploded against it were
among $1,000 religious pilgrims
who had gone to pray beside the
islands health-giving waters.
Telephone communicate to It.
ally was cut off after the Helle was
sunk, and a strict censorship i'm
posed on all calls abroad.
Police. or Tinos ISLAND cabled the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
RETREAT
BEFORE ITALIANS
Are Driven From Mountain
Pass Defending Import
ant Port OF Berbera

CAIRO, Egypt. Aug. Is Up -
Hand have been driven by the
Italians from their positions n a
mountain pass defending Berbera,
the capital and chief port, the Brit
ish acknowledged tonight.
Official reports said two Italian
divisions (perhaps $4,000 mem,
bulwarked by planes, artillery and
mechanical forces, had wrenched
Jugargan pass from "a small Brit
ish holding force"
The pass is about IS miles south
of Berbera, and the Italians adj
vanced from Hargeisa.
Berbera and the British Somali
coast constitute the southern flank
of the gulf of Alden, an integral
link in Britain's empire lifeline.
The Italians are trying to snap
that lifeline throughout east4,Afri-
ca. from Suez south .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
CHRYSLER GIVEN
TANK-C0NTRACT
Will Build Large Plant AT
Detroit And Turn Out
$33,5OO,OOO Order

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-R-
The army took steps today toward
grand scale production of tanks by
giving the Chrysler corporation a
contract to build a $40, 900, 900
tank arsenal at Detroit
turn out an initial $33, 500, 900 or
der.
Designed for ready expansion,
the plant is expected to start mass
production in 10 months. Delivery
dates on the 500, 500, 900 order were
not announced.
This order, military circles
heard, was for approximately l.
900 medium tanks of Is or more
tons, a weapon h i C h figures
Continued ON Page Eleven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
Wrightsville Beach Tax
Rate Reduced To $1.60

The Wrightsville Beach board Of
alderman met last night and adopt
ed a budget for the fiscal year 1910
Al of approximately $4,000, while
approving a tax rate of $1.60 pei
$100 valuation.
The new tax rate is Is cents low
err than last years rate.
The reason for the lower rate was
given as an absence of Obligations
in judgments and notes present in
last years budget. However, the
property valuation is higher this
year and the income is expected to
remain about the same.
There is little difference in the
total budget figures of this year
and in last.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
Greece Orders Ships To Stay In Port
After Mysterious Sub Sinks Cruiser

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. '15.|R-
A mysterious submarine sent the
2, 115-ton Greek cruiser Helle to
the bottom of the Aegean Sea to-
day within half a mile of a Greek
island quay and tonight the gov
eminent, wary Of a fatal snap in
the tension with Italy, forbade all
Greek ships to leave port.
Official sources indicated, with
out saying so openly, that they be-
ieved the attack was an effort to
force Greece into some retaliatory
act. The ships-in-port order re-
Elected the Greek official desire to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
BRITISH. CLAIM
ia
CRAFTDOWNED
Lord Nelson's Famous
Flag Still Waves On
Mainmast Oh Victory

PORTSMOUTH, England, Aug.
Is. up naval officer con-
Quoted reporters over Lord Mel
sons famous flagship Victory
here today to prove, despite Ger
man radio assertions, that the
famous British sea lions flag
still fluttered at the mainmast
and that the famous ship was
unchanged by air raiders.
A German radio broadcast to-
day said the flag and its staff
had been sent crashing recently
by a bomb which fell near the
old ship, now ashore" as a me-
mortal to Nelson and his sea
victories, and that British sailors
viewed it as an ill omen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

With auction sales opening Tues
day morning and the hopes high
North Cardinals crop of golden
weed has already started moving
to the seven border belt markets
in this state.
Practically every market in the
belt has tobacco piled for the be-
ginning of sales.
Although a considerable amount
Of tobacco has been graded in the
counties of this section, rains this
week has caused a majority OF
the farmers to halt grading for
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
Observation-Disclosures
Recede, Leaving26D Dead
Red Cross Rushes Men
Into Flooded Sections

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-R
The Red Cross rushed addi-
tional field workers into the
storm stricken southern states
today and held others in readi-
ness as weather reports indicated
new .downpours in Tennessee,
Virginia and North and South
Carolina.
Thirteen more field workers
were sent to the four states
where the Red Cross said con-
tinuing rains were swelling the
rivers into flood stages. Members
of the organizations disaster
staff were making surveys to
determine the extent of the flood
damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

Greek government that a prelim-
mary investigation failed to estab-
fish the identity of the submarine.
Premier John Metaxas, already
making preparations regarded by
foreign observers here as designed
to set up Greek defenses against
a possible Italian attack from 1tal-
ian Albania, summoned his mill
tary and naval chiefs into urgent
conference.
These maneuvers reflected the
increasing gravity of Greece's po-
CONTINUED on Page Eleven; Col. 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
BEACH GETS MEET
Of COUNTY BOARDS
l4l Convention OF n. e.
Associations Will Be Held
At Wrightsville


"rlghtsville Beach was selected
as me l94l convention site for the
aOl'n Carolina County Commits.
aIOiierS association and the County
%n.eouhtants' association as the an
+ual convention of the organiza.
"oliS closed yesterday in Asheville
seVorolng to an Associated Press
.L Invitations for the meeting were
So extended by Charlotte and
addison Hewlett and L. J. Cole
'-isl' OF the New Hanover county
''0l'lnued On Page Eleven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

Milton Calder, secretary to the
board, said that the only increase Of
any size in the budget was for the
street department. The increase
will take care of new street work to
be done on both the northern and
southern extensions and on Lumina
avenue.
Included in the budget figures
r ALLEGATIONS for the police, street,
fire, and sanitary departments, the
administration and bond debt. A
separate budget is set up for the
wter department.
Board members present for the
meeting were Leon Andrews, J.. Rus
sell Wood and Mayor D. J. Herring.
Aldermen absent were Louis Hanson
and Luther Rogers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
Bill, Approved 1898, Re-
turned To Senate For Ac-
ton On Amendments
SENATE TALKS DRAFT
Men With Dependents Will
Be Exempted From One
Years Active Duty
Ry RICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-R-
The house passed the national
guard mobilization bill by a whop-
ping 342 to 80 vote today, after
crushing an effort to restrict the
service Of militiamen and reserve
officers to the continental United
States and its possessions and ter
%ritories.
The measure went back to the
senate for action on minor amend
ments. 1t found that chamber bus
lily debating the peace-t1me con-
scription law and discussing a re-
port that Great Britain had Of
fered to lease Caribbean naval
base sites to the United States in
return for much-needed American
destroyers.
As it stood, approved by both
branches, the national guard bill
would exempt men with depend
ents, but other militiamen and re-
serves would be subject at the
call Of the president to a years
compulsory service anywhere in
the western hemisphere, tn e
American possessions and the
Philippine Islands.
Early Approval Seen
The changes made in the meas
ure by the house were of such an
unlmportant nature that leaders
predicted either ready approval Of
mem BY the senate, or quick &C.
'lon IN conference to bring senate
ana house bills into agreement. In
el'her case they expected the bill
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
Weed
Starts Moving To Marts

fear Of the weed being damaged
by the wet weather.
Optimistic that opening day sales
will average 80 cents or better
a pound" market officials said
last night that everything is now
in readiness for the opening.
On the seven North Carolina
markets the auctioneer will begin
his chant Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock and, because of a short
crop and the high quality of the
leaf in this section, most markets
Continued on Page Eleven: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
U. S., JAPS DIVIDE
SHANGHAI SECTOR
Will Take Or Duties OF
Maintaining Order In
British Section

SHANGHAI, Aug. 16.-(Friday)
-RLDefense commanders of the
Shanghai International zone issued
a communique this morning con-
firming that the British defense
&c ,ntinued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16
WEATHER

vo,, FORECAST
and 81 oarollna: Mostly cloudy Friday
norfh.oourday, showers over east and
'entfal portions Friday.
enG hiueegeoerological data for the "a hours
''oo p: IN. yesterday.
Ian Temperature
m. 81. d; n; 81; 7:3O a. m. "A; 1:3O D.
minjmnn,no' ;go p. m. 81; maximum 95
Is; mean 70; normal 7S,
Ian . Humidity
m. "a. q n. 70; 7:3O a. m, 80: 1:3O D,
Total Precipitation
2.36 in MO- Tor "a hours ending 7:S0 y. M.
month bucnes; total since first Of the
1904 inches.
Tides For Today
nst0n - SPA s:iss
Nasonboro Inlet s: :Sopp 1892
,is sus e.ns 5::S4a;. sunset s:5sp. m noon
'-p; moonset 4:2Sa.
ettviIl rear river stage at Fay
feet aug. Is, at 1880 D. M, 1875
4''aued on Page Eleven; Col. y
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Continued on Page Five)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
American Red Cross
Plan To Help Poles
Approved By German,

BERLIN, Feb. &c. Up Ger
many tonight approved an Ameri-
can Red Cross plan to relieve dis
tress amongst the people in occu.
| pied Poland.
American Red Cross official!
will be permitted to enter the re-
gion, which is closed to ordinary
travel. They may receive materials
! sent from the United States fire.
of duty and will cooperate will
the German Red Cross in distribu
ton of these goods.
They also will have an oppor
tunity to freely observe the. man
ner in which American contribu
lions to Polish relief are spent.
Transportation of relief mate
rails will be facilitated by Germ, I
authorities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Plain Food Owes Goodness
To Right Cooking Methods

thermometers, it was discovered
that a "slow" oven produced a juicy,
tasty roast. The best meat cooks
placed their ~pot-roasts on the back
of the ranges and cooked them slow
ly, until the meat was deliciously
tender. When cooking meal in
water, they let it simmer instead
Of boiling it. Now we know that
this is the right method because
temperatures that are too high
harden the fibers Of meat.
Thus it is that the methods of to-
day as taught to the beginning cook
r actually based upon the ways of
the best cooks of the past.
Boiled Dinner, With Beef Plate
Brown beef plate in a little hot
lard. Then cover with hot water
and let it cook slowly until tender.
Add green beans, or other vegetables
such as carrots, potatoes, turnips,
or parsnips, just long enough before
serving for them to be done. A four
pound piece of meat requires two to
two and one-half hours for cooking.
Serve the meat on a bed of ribbon
noodles which have been cooked in
boiling sailed water.
A piquant sauce to accompany the
meat is made by adding one-half cup
Of horseradish and one tablespoon
lemon to a medium cream sauce.
Pot-Roast With Prunes
8 to a pound check or rump pot.
roast
3 tablespoons lard
ID pound dry prunes, soaked
2 onions, sliced
4 whole cloves
1 cup cider or diluted vinegar
1 cup water
Salt and pepper
Brown the meat on all sides in hot
lard. Add onions. When the meat
and onions are both Drowned. ado
the soaked prunes, cloves, salt an(
pepper, water and cider. Reduce
temperature, cover and let simmer
slowly, adding more water from time
to time if necessary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Netherlands Mobilization
Loan Is Ouersubscribed

THE HAGUE, Feb. 26.-LP,-
The government mobilization loan
of 300, 900, 900 guilders (about $780,
OOO, 0OO) offered today was volun-
tarily oversubscribed, an official
announcement said tonight.
The announcement said exact
figures were not available yet but
i .dividual allotments would ha' ;
to be pared to some extent.
The loan, issued at par and
bearing four per cent interest, was
made necessary partly because OF
the nations mobilization costs.
The government had warned that
if, the loan was not fully sub
scribed, wealthy taxpayers would
be forced to participate in an is
sue of three per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
FAIR TAX GROUP
WILL MEET TODAY
Four Prominent North Caro-
linians Will Speak AT
Greensboro Session

GREENSBORO, Feb. 26.-P-
Members of North Carolina Fair
Tax association from over the
state are expected to converge on
Greensboro in large numbers for
the association meeting which
opens at 1870 o'clock tomorrow
morning here, it vas announced
today by Paul Leonard, of States
vile, executive secretary.
Four prominent North Carolin-
ians will speak at the session.
These include David Ovens, OF
Charlotte, former president of Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods associa-
ton, and Charles A. Jonas, of Lin
colnton, national republican COM
mitteeman and former national
representative. in the morning ses-
sion, and Lee L. Gravely, Rocky
Mount business man, and Paul D.
Grady, Of Kenly, in the afternoon
session which opens shortly after
$50 o'clock. The latter two are
candidates for the democratic NOM
nation for governor.
Presiding will lie A. w. Bunch
of S~tatesville, who will be assisted
by two vice presidents, 7. l.. Gard
L r, of Reidsville, and w. M. Bran
non, of Dunn. The association Vas
organized in Greensboro in 1888.
The meeting is for the purpose
Of expressing issues, programs anc
expectations for the next legisla-
ture, and hearing gubernatorial
candidates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
RUTH CHAMBERS

Although the bride of today may
not have learned to cook in her
mothers kitchen, don't let anyone
tell you that she takes her home
making responsibilities any less
seriously than her mother or her
grandmother. 1t is true that today
there are school and social activities
to take up the youngsters attention,
and after school days she is likely
to find herself a job.
But when she marries, she wants
to be a. good homemaker, especially
a good cook, and she goes about
achieving her goal with all the in
telligence she used in being a sue
cessful career girl" Therefore we
really don't need to worry about to-
days bride, even though she hasn't
received the training which was
considered essential in grandma's
time.
Modern Equipment Aids
There are many things that make
it a much easier task to learn to
cook today than ever before. The
new equipment, with controlled heat
and oven regulators, make for an
accuracy which could only be OBJ
tanned by long experience in former
times. There are explicit, detailed
recipes available now. Science has
turned its searchlight on cookery
methods, and trial and error methods
have been replaced by accurate
guides. The knowledge which the
older cooks learned through years
Of experience, the younger women
acquire in a short time by following
carefully chosen directions.
The goodness which lay behind
the good plain cooking" of the good
cooks of the past is found to be the
result Of scientific methods, though
they may not have realized this.
They only knew that by following
certain methods they obtained i =
best results.
Slow Cooking for Meat
Before the days of oven and meat
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Morgenthau Says Allies
Can Paw Cash For Planes

WASHINGTON, Feb. &C. Up -
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau
e. pressed belief today that the AL
lies have ample resources to pay
cash for their contemplated ST.
900, 900, 900 airplane and other mill
tary purchasing in this country.
A few hours before the secretary
gave his views to a press confer
ence he had conferred with Wash
ington representatives of the Allied
purchasing mission.
In response to questions, Nor
genthau reiterated previous asser-
lions that the prices being charged
by American airplane manufacture
ers were reasonable and that nc
tax problems were impeding air.
plane production or sales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27

ton Of a 4-year college course with
major study in botany and 2 years
of research experience in the cul'
ture Of fungi are required. Certain
graduate study may be substituted
for the experience. Applicants must
not have passed their fifty-thiro
birthday.
Chief, research and statistical ser
vice, $500 a year. Office of Educa,
ton, Federal Security agency. Ger
tain college education, including
graduate study leading to the degree
of doctor of philosophy in education,
and highly responsible experience in
education are required. Additional,
experience in certain educationa,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
GRANTED
PAROLE BY H0EY
49,, Hanover County Man
N Wv Serving Lengthy Term
For Manslaughter

,l1E1GH, Feb. 20 Up EARLY
who was sentenced In New
'S ,,.r county in January. 1888, to
n', ~ 20 years for manslaughter in
Potion with the death Of Will
',-, Brew, was among five prison
pa' ,.,o]ed today by Governor Hoey.
,..tson previously had been parol'
Nav. 1888, but his parole was
% III one year later "as a dis
FesoN measure" Edwin Gill,
.'apn +ln of paroles said.
e'" "c;nce his return to prison." Gill
,'.S this man has been Of good
sa ard it now appears that
conus surnose of the revocation has
hs fulfilled -. I am informed
.ss+ the prisoner can secure gain
n y, er,ployment upon his release
nom confinement"
others freed were:
T,onk Mauk, sentenced last May
:, Gujlford to two to seven years
~. ,ar,eny and receiving: Thomas
,ve sentenced January 10 in
n.,h IN go days for giving worthless
.s,.s. Rembert Williams, sentenced
"., August in Columbus to one
+..r for larceny and receiving: and
NV n Tickle, Sr., sentenced last
s.r.or,her in Rowan to one year for
..oult on a female.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
REPAIR OF BRIDGE
RETARDED BY WIND
Wright Memorial Span Closed
After Being Damaged By
Storm Tossed Barge

RALEIGH, Feb. 90 Up High
winds this afternoon hindered the
repair Of the Wright Memorial
bridge, which was crushed early to-
day by a storm-tossed barge.
Highway officials here said the
span, which connects Dare county
with the remainder of North Caro-.
lima, would be closed to traffic I'M
til tomorrow afternoon.
The bridge, over Currituck Sound,
was reopened several weeks ago ~.
ter being closed for eight days while
repairs were made to damages
caused when ice pushed out part of
the piling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Rites For Mrs. Jones
To Be Conducted Today

Funeral services for Mrs. N. M.
Jones, 1900 South Boulevard, Char
lotte, who died at Charlotte yester-
day morning at s o'clock, will be
held there this afternoon at 3
o'clock.
She was the mother of Terrence
Jones, Of Wilmington, who, with his
wife, left for Charlotte Sunday night.
Mrs. Jones had frequently visited
in her sons home here and was
well known,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27

MOTORS stress remaining in bed
IL until the body temperature is nor
NAL. Sound advice.
You know how weak you feel after a
cold. Colds play havoc in weakening
the body. The story is well told in the
blood picture. 1t is important to build
back body strength right away to car
ny the load of work, worries, and loss
of sleep. A weakened body may be
more susceptible to relapse or long
drawn out recovery.
So reason sensibly and take the choice
Of millions by Immediately starting on
a course of S.S.S. Tonic - taken three
times a day Immediately before meals.
In the absence of a focal infection or
organic disease, you should note i'm
provement in the way you feel and
look within the first 10 days. The con-
fdence of millions over many years is
the best testimonial Of this product.
An experience with S.S.S
Tonic will cause you to say to
your friends, S.S.S. made me
"feeland look like myself again."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Anti British Leaflets
Are Seized Bv Turks

ISTANBUL, Feb. 90 Up -Tur-
kish authorities today seized a large
number Of anti-British leaflets which
they said were mailed locally Ly
German agents or sympathizers.
Turkey ranks herself as a mon
b%elligerent" ally of Britain and
France.
The newspaper Tan in an editorial
or leaflet seizure asked: els the
time yet unpropitious to end this
state of affairs? Turkey cannot
serve as a nazi battlefield"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Great German Activity
Noted Near Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 26.-tR-
Great German transport activity
was reported tonight across the
border from this grand duchy.
Trains were numerous and long
columns of trucks, infantry anc
cavalry could be seen.
There were reports that Field
Marshal Hermann Goering anc
four generals visited the fortifi-
cations opposite Echtternach Sat
urday,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
Examinations Announced
For Federal Positions

Open competitive examinations for
the positions listed below have been
announced by the United States
Civil Service commission.
Applications must be on file in
the commissions office at Washing
ton, D. c., not later than March rs
if received from states east Of Colo
RADIO. De-
Assistant m%ycologist (soils), $4,000
a year, Bureau of Plant Industry
DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture. Compile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27

work may be substituted for the
graduate study. Applicants must not
have passed their fifty-third birth
day.
Full information may be obtained
from A. B. Bradshaw. secretary of
the U. S. Civil Service board Of ex-
aminers, at the postoffice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
CaNPOS ELECTED

can JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 26'
-p-Pedro Albizu Campos, who is
,.rying q ten year seditton sentence
- ,tlanta penitentiary for attempt
~ IN overthrow United States rule
=. tho Islands was elected president
r. The nationalist party for the tenth
o,rsecutiye time today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
DIVORCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-N1-
Julius Plaut, former Viennese mer-
chant, was granted a divorce today
after he testified his wife returned
to Germany to retain her "aryan-
ISM" Plaut said she felt she would
have lost her "aryanism," under Ger
man law, if she remained in the
United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
REJECTED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.- GP -
The senate rejected today a pro-
posed increase from $3S4,500 to
$546, 500 in a personal services"
fund for the commerce department
which would be used in part to
promote Latin American trade.
The vote was SO to %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
after a cold
then what

nOCTORS stress remaining in bed
until the body temperature is nor
.Anl So,.I nI1.co
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27

Quick heating - long
wearing, smooth finish
ing.