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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
F.R. SAYS u. S. NOT
NECLECTINC MIGHT
Says Foreign Propagan-
dists Seek TO Divide Us
With Terror Strategy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-R-
Against foreign propagandists
whom he accused of seeking ito
divide us with their strategy OF
terror President Roosevelt today
hurled Abraham Lincoln's declara-
ton Of a faith that right makes
might"
While the Civil war president
statement of faith gives the Amerl-
can answer to these propagandlsts,
Mr.. Roosevelt said in a radio ad-
dress. the nation is not neglecting
its might. Rather, he asserted, II
is arming to defend the Americas
and the ocean serving as their
highways.
The President. closing the New
York Herald Tribune's forum on
saving democracy" spoke from
The diplomatic reception room OF
the White House.
'Despising democracy and not
knowing our strength" he declar-
ed, those who have destroyed
ether free peoples deem the United
states effect degenerate de-
mocracy.'
AT first we dismissed this con-
tempt with out traditional spirit
Of good humor. We are now re.
plying to it in characteristically
American terms.
We are preparing for the de-
tense Of the two American con.
tlnents, and of the oceans that are
me highways of those continents
And We are doing so in a mood Of
determination, but unafraid and
feSoIute in our will to peace"
Foreign propagandists, the CHIEF
executive said, seem to believe
mat If they tell us often enough
}hal democracy is outWorn anc
mat We r decadent, we will be-
GIN to believe it ourselves and we
VIII immediately, obediently pro
coed to decay"
They believe, also, he said, thai
we are no match for a Dictatorship
IN winch uniformity is compulsory
fdch man lives in terror of his
~ielshpof, and the dominant atmos'
phere is that of the concentration
camp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
British Bomb
Power Plants
Within Berlin
Also Score Hits On Rail
Yards And Other Targets
In 22nd Air Attack
BRAVE GROUND GUNS
|Nazis Assault England's In
dustrial Midlands, Smash
Two Raid Shelters

LONDON, Oct. 24.-R-Heavy
British bombers cruised over Ber'
lin for two hours early today,
pounding electric plants, railway
yards and other targets in their
22nd foray against the German
capital, the air ministry announced
tonight.
The pilots said they flew square
ly through a great anti-aircraft
barrage and lodged grouped
searchlights to bomb such objec-
tives as:
The Berliner and Klingenberg
electric plants;
Rail Lines Hit
Rail facilities at Tempelhof air
drome, the Lehrte station, termi-
nal for Hamburg and Bremen, the
Putlitz-Strasse station in northwest
Berlin, the Potsdamer station, and
the Charlottenburg power station.
Ice froze on their windscreens,
the pilots said, but, nevertheless,
they were able to set fires right
in the center of the CITY," Flares
guided their bombs.
CThe Germans reported that "a
few" British planes managed to
drop incendiary '>ombs and leaf
let's and a few explosive bombs in
Berlin).
The air ministry news service
reported that other waves of bomb
ers spread fire and devastation
athwart the docks at Emden, North
Sea naval base; bombed factories
east of Berlin and Bremen and at
the mouth of the FL, penetrated
to Wismar on the Baltic coast to
attack the Dornier plane plants;
beat at oil refineries at Hanover
and Magdeburg and blasted docks
and shipping near the hook of
Holland.
Two Nazi supply ships were re-
ported sunk by torpedo planes off
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
PETITION CIRCULATED
Work OF Connecting Wells
To Mains For Temporary
Relief Under Way

With salt water continuing to
wreak it's damages on household
plumbing and boilers, the board OF
city commissioners will meet this
morning at 10 o'clock for further
discussion of a way TO secure
permanent relief from the salty
water.
Reports continued to come in last
night of hot water heaters and
pipes being damaged by the salt
content in the city's water.
Destructive
One person connected with the
plumbing industry here said, ANY
one with a smattering of knowledge
of chemistry knows that salt is one
of the most destructive elements
known to plumbing"
Although no plumber in the city
could give any estimate of what
the damage has been or what it
might be, several said that they
had been called into several homes
to repair heaters and pipes or in
stall new plumbing. ,
Aroused over the crisis facing
the city, members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce are cir
culating a petition demanding that
the officials take some action to
give Wilmington a fresh water sup
ply.
The petition reads IS follows:
1--WE, the undersigned citizens Of
Wilmington demand the necessary
steps be taken to furnish this com
munity with an adequate supply
of fresh, unpolluted water"
Work Under Way
Meanwhile, work preparatory to
connecting certain deep wells in
the city with the city water mains
so as to provide temporary relief
to residents from the salt water,
was under way yesterday.
The work was started shortly
after the commissioners at a meet,
ing Wednesday authorized the ex-
penditures of sc. 1922 for the work.
Just what action the city com
missioners will take today is not
known. However, several recon-
mendations made at Wednesdays
session are awaiting action.
When the meeting opens 1t Will
be faced with a motion made wed
nesday by Commissioner OF FL
name w Louis Fisher that a COM
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25

a barrage in a desperate effort to
make us retreat toward an equali-
tartan restitution.
He charged destruction of a free
press was the first and essential
step in such a campaign.
Naming Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes and Senator Sher-
man Minton D-Ind) among them,
the Toledo editor said the bureau
Gratis were trying to plant the
seeds of suspicion and distrust in
the minds of newspaper readers,
so that if or when the time comes,
they will be justified in taking over
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Plans Made For ArmOrv
Project Meeting Monday

Arrangements were completed
yesterday for a joint session OF
the city and county commissioners
at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon for
a further discussion of the pro-
posed armory-auditorium project
for Wilmington.
The two boards will give more
consideration to the project plans,
specifications, and estimated cost,
as compiled recently by James E.
l.. Wade, commissioner of public
works.
ut is proposed that if and when
an agreement is reached" Com
missioner Wade said, that the
building will be- erected on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
R00SEVELT''S AID
SOUGHT BY CAROL
Aide Asks u. S. Charge
D'Affaires To Seek Presi-
dents Protection

LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 24.-The
exiled former King Carol OF Ru'
mania, detained in Seville, Spain
with red-haired Nine. Magda Lu'
pescu, sought today through a
faithful follower to put himself
under the protection of Presl'
dent Roosevelt.
Jean Pangal, one-time Rumaniar
minister to Lisbon and now the
harassed e~x-monarch's persona
representative. asked Warden M
Wilson, the United States charge
d'affaires here, to appeal to MIR.
Roosevelt for help in Carols be-
half.
Specially requested was the
Presidents intercession to induce
the Spanish authorities to allow
Carol, Madame Lupescu, and his
former palace minister, Ernst Ur'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
UNkN q.
Pet -
Hold
Secret Farley
France Believed To Have
Agreed To Limited Co.
operation Against Britain
MAY REGAIN CAPITAL
Fuehrer Reported To Have
Asked Spain For Use Of
Ports And Airfields
BY CHARLES S. FOLTZ, JR.

BY CHARLES S. FOLTZ, JR.
BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 24.-R
The unacceptable conclusion that
France has finally agreed to limit
ed cooperation with Germany
against Britain in return for an
easing of the .Nazi yoke was drawn
by informed quarters tonight from
the personal conference this after
noon between victor and vanquish'
ed-Adolf Hitler of Germany and
old Marshal PHILIPPE Petain, OF
France.
The two protagonists, the n in
field gray, the other in the faded
horizon blue of the French army OF
an earlier day, conferred at length
in Hitler's private railwa- car near
Tours, France, in the German-oc-
cupied area.
Conclusions Secret
The only official word was that
there was such a meeting. Their
conclusions were darkly secret.
It appeared certain, however,
that France was drawn into Hit
ler's new European order"
Informed observers in this neu-
trial corner reiterated that France
quite probably a r%egaining part
of the area now occupied by Ger
many, with Petain achieving his
dream of returning the tri-color
to his beloved Paris.
The price, they said, was the
handing over of French sea and
air bases in the Mediterranean,
Africa Ind the Near East for Ger
manhattan use against Britain, so
recently Frances ally.
Conclusive Meeting
The Petain-Hitler meeting must
have been conclusive, they said,
else it would not have been held.
Hitler and his foreign minister,
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, already
had conferred two days ago with
Frances Vice-President Pierre La
val.
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
ANOTHER TROPICAL
STORM IS SIGHTED
Center OF Disturbance Re-
ported 200 Miles North
Northwest OF Turks Isle

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. "a
LR-A new tropical disturbance
was reported in the Caribbean sea
tonight by theweather bureauwhich
said the storm was central at Z
p. m. Eastern Standard Time, $50
to 200 miles north = northwest of
Turks island, in the Bahamas.
Described as of slight intensity,
the storm was moving slowly west
northwestward or northwestward,
a bureau advisory said.
Caution advised interests In
Bahamas and adjacent waters as
this storm may increase in inten-
sity," the advisory added.
A tropical storm which develop
ed in the western Caribbean early
this week was reported by the bu-
reau to have dissipated over MIC.
aragua YESTERDAY
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
War

BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

ID 1Ax1S4A0 10
Amid the fury of conjecture as
to what new schemes for attack
Hitler might be Matching with con
quered France and hesitant Spain,
one possibly significant fact has
been overlooked.
It is that Britain, for about the
first time in t. S war, had some
sort of advance information. In
Retrospect, Prime Minister Church
ills '.fireside" broadcar. to the
French people on the eve OF the
Hitler pilgrimage cannot have been
mere happenstance.
Probable Source
The most probable source OF
British information is somebody
close to high authority in the Vichy
regime in France and in opposl-
ton to the Laval anti-British fac
ton. Whatever was passed along to
London inspired Churchill to fan
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
LABOR INDUSTRIAL
PEACE IS URGED
Candidate Willkie Says He
Wants To Put An End To
Era OF Bad Feeling

AKRON, O., Oct. "a Up Wen
dell L. Willkie tonight described
the New Deal concept of collective
bargaining as "reactionary' and said
he wanted "to put an end to this
era of bad feeling between labor ano
industry.
Returning to the city where he
practiced law for II years, the re
publican presidential nominee de
clared in a prepared address that
the true purpose of collective bar
gaining is to achieve a coordination
of effort by the American people
and coordination between Them
THE New Deal has created bad
blood between certain groups in in
dustry and certain groups in labor
he said. with the help of the lead
ers, both of labor and of industry,
I want to put an end to this era OF
bad feeling.
II want to unity the spirit OF
America. With the help of both.
we can not fail"
Willkie came here for three eve
ming meetings after asserting in a
national broadcast at noon that the
New Deal had written a record "o1
broken promises and failures Of
performance so staggering as tc
shock the faith of the American
people,"
That address, from his private
railroad car on a siding at Harbo1
Creek, Pa, was in reply to President
Roosevelt's Philadelphia S e c h,
Willkie contended that the President
had failed to keep democratic plat
HN,ynyv1J ~ D1~o C1r,o.o NoI C\
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
AXIS VIEW TOWARD
AMERICA DEFINED
Commentator Appelius De.
clares Attitude Is One OF
'Non-B elligerency'

ROME, Oct. 24.-P-Mario APP
pelius, a commentator in Premier
Mussolini's own newspaper, de-
clared that the German-Italian at
titude toward the United States
was one of acknowledgements
the precise term used to define
Italy's status before she entered
the war last June.
Another journalistic spokesman
of similar authority, Virginia Gay
da, publicly questioned whether the
United States rearmament pro-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
READY TO
IN CARIBBEAN
IF NECESSARY
Congress Breaks All
Peace-Time Records
For Appropriations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-R
Congress was advised today
that it had broken all peace
time records this session by APP
prOpriating or committing the
government to expenditure of
$25,572,819,337, a sum ex.
ceeded only once in United
States history - during the
World war.
The report, by Chairman lay
Tor D-CoD of the house apprO-
priation committee, showed de-
Tense appropriations and COM
mittments totalling $17,692,227,-
$50.
The grand total - FOR defense
and civil purposes - included
1920, 627,477 in direct appro-
p%riations, 81 ,O66, 1871 ,O6O in con-
tract authorizations and $780,
0OO, 900 representing the cost OF
the two-ocean navy which the
. current congress authorized and
which will not be complete for
several years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
BY IRVING

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va, Oct. 24.-R-Grove Pat
terson, editor of the Toledo Blade,
asserted today that business must
help preserve the freedom OF the
press if it hopes to save free en-
terprise from an attack by a "crip-
ping bureaucracy
The Ohio editor asked delegates
at the convention of the Associa-
ton of National Advertisers for a
united fight against common enc
mics" among IAN ignorant bureau
cracy that day by day lays down
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25

present Marine hospital site, pro
vided, of course, the city purchases
the property offered by the fed
eral government at a cost of ap-
proximately 100000"
IF project plans cow being con-
sidered materialize, it will meet
and provide for not only the mill
tary requirements of the federal
government, but will give to Will
mington adequate auditorium IA
cilities, with a minimum seating
capacity of 2,0O0," he said.
Under project plans, there would
be an ample parking are for a
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Czecho- Slouakian People
Get Birthday Presents

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-R-
Vladimir Hurban, the Czecho-Slov-
akian minister, said today that the
Czecho-Slovakian people had re-
ceived two BIRTHDAY presents" as
a prelude to their celebration of
the nations independence day on
October %.
The minister received the good
news in two kilograms:
From London the Czecho-Slovak-
ian government in exile notified
him that Czecho-Slovakian fliers
with the Royal Air force had, since
the beginning of the aerial struggle
over England, shot down 200 Ger
man planes, while losing only 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Toledo Editor Asserts Business Must
Help Preserve Freedom OF u. S. Pres.

and destroying, either by regimen
tation or economic pressure, free
newspapers.
IT say to you gentlemen, he
said, that the mind of the Ameri-
can public is being conditioned to
accept the abolition of our right "a
newspapers to print the news with
out distortion and right to COM
ment on the news-our right to
take sides and to be vigilant in
our w~atchfulness for the preser-
walton of the American way.
1.-THE public is being conditioned
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Cit Board Will Resume
Water DiScuSSiOnTOdav
America Sending Many
Warplanes To Britain

NEW YORK, Oct. "a. up
The British Broadcasting corpo-
ration announced tonight, in a
broadcast quoted by NBC, that
''the United States is sending
w%arplanes to Britain now at the
rate of nearly 500 a month; this
number is still growing and is
over five times as many as we're
sent four mouths ago."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
F0LGER TO SPEAK

lANCEYVILLE, Oct. 24.-R-
nep' Lon D. Folger of the Fifth
siS'Iict will speak at a meeting OF
farmers here tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
WEATHER
FORECAST

vo.. FORECAST
d.r Oatn Carolina: Partly cloudy Fri
femn dla Saturday. not much change in
temperature.
NrohF I. s. Weather Bureau
eDdina. eefologica data for the "a hours
'''0 p: m. yesterday.
LA Temperature
IN. ~ d. IN. Sc; 7:3O a. IN. 81; 1:30 p.
hiDim',n 80 p. m. Sc; maximum IS;
D'ii 81; mean 6S; normal 60.
m. ~ r d m. SO; 7:3O a. m. 100; 1:3O p.
H. ~ 1886 p. m. 90.
To4oi Precipitation
none. tor "A hours ending 7:3O D. M,
Oil ;no 5otal since first of the month,
Tides For Today.
Wilminet.a High Low
e'oA ------- Ala 11:36a
Nasonhoro 4:46p -p
Sunriso 2:27p 9:OOp
rise 49, o;26a; sunset 5:27p; moon
moonset 1:55p.
%eltsriiu Fear river stage at Fay
80 fa.e' at 3 a. M, on October 20,
'''iaed on Page Two; Col. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-13
WRIGHT IN LEAD
ASBATTINC KING
But z Percentage Points
Separate Four Ameri-
can Loop Leaders

New York, July 13-(UP)- The
American league has one of the hot
test races for tn chatting leadership
In years with only two percentage
points separating the top four men,
according to official figuers released
today. The figures included games
played Thursday.
Rip Radcliff Of the Browns, last
weeks pace setter, slumped off four
points and dropped to fourth place
as Taft Wright Of Chicago boosted
his percentage two points to 1856
and took the lead. Only a fraction
Of point behind him was his team
mate Luke Appling, with Lou Fin
ney Of Boston in third place with
1855 and Radcliff at 1854.
Hank banning Of New York con-
dit unedtohloh- AiUETAOINNN
tinued to hold the National league
lead despite @ 10 point slump 70
.343. Actually, Pepper Martin Of st.
Louis Is batting at .345, but has not
played in enough games to be &C
corded the leadership.
Johnny Mize OF the Cardinals
paced the home run hitters with II,
while Jimmy Foxx Of Boston led
American leaguers with 20. Buck
Newsom Of Detroit scored his 18th
straight victory to maintain his
American league pitching lead, and
as Jake Mooty Of Chicago lost his
first game Of the year, Freddie Fitz-
simmons Of Brokolyn took the ma
tional league pitching lead with sew
en- wins and one defeat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-13
Today's Sport Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

has to do to secure the right to in
dividuality is get his base knocks
and catch or field the balls knocked
his way.
1t must be obvious, even to the
most stupid crusader for bombproof
equipment for baseball players, that
the players themselves want no part
OF such protective haberdashery.
They won't wear such stuff. This
refusal can't be attributed to a feel
ing OF pride, or fear OF being con-
sidered sissy. Because even as
dumb as your average baseball play
er Is, he still has enough sense to
protect the skull that providence
sent him into the world with. If he
thought that 1t was in any serious
danger-that it's pure concrete con-
tent was in jeopardy-he would 60
to any extreme to shelter and pre-
serve 1t. The fear OF being branded
sissy wouldn't stop him. He'd put
on rompers, a bib and come up to
the plate in kiddie car, If he
thought 1t would prolong his life
in the majors, where the real money
Is paid.
If this sounds at all cruel, please
remember this: once was a base
ball player myself. I still hold the
South Georgia record for being
thrown out while attempting to steal
home,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-13
Unfair Rule of
Track ReScinded
BY DAN PARKER

HoRsERAcuNa is THE SPORT in which the slogan
ncuht, sock the player"
necessity carng the state Obigs
pocket an t1e ooa Genus on dn d, Pns ocr
butcher tried ANYTHING like this he'd be moded But there's
q protest from racing fa11s-the poor suckers
Another classic example the apado getting
vore gOre to be found the almost universal rule
s sSa' once he leaves the Tor
this rank Injustice s horse PLAYERS is being n rem
brought the matter to
head On July POrters Mite with $OS riding on hn Jumped the
badly injured stable Under the rules Of
betOrs didn't to the must
Technically became starter as he set foot on the
track.
having Chance to win any, the Racing
Tgers on horses WHICH WHICH are penea by INJURIES or 0 reasons from
Last April the Jockey
Racing follows: UNLESS otherwise determined the
post" discretion whether
stewards
to order refund when horse didn't actually get the starting sa
Racing deal with brand
new situation on June 18th at s when Regent IA starter
prisoner there while the rest of the starting field got Off Due to
The commission ordered refund all who had bet Regent
which may in rules, Regent a
s 'S wa a1e n S %oSn . Srs T
Racing Commission realizing the rank injustice of the situation
Racing authorities the rule which make horse starter
he leaves the paddock for the starting post over century old and
needing protection of those who par
q loving
way post a
In which
At the convention OF Racing Commissions from the
which horse universal covering
when horse starter probably Will be adopted that attention
New York Thus will a rank injustice be remeded
There others awaiting adjustment among
larceny breakage
gouging,
trouble Of dealing pennies This
nauscaing They these
afternoon they pile TO anywhere $4,000
Huge which bigger
don't
after 1t has taken its exorbitant
Copyright, King Features Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-13
REvAMPED TEAM.
TO TAKE FIELD.
FOR CRON|NMEN.
Carey Replaces Pilot at
Short and DiMaggiO
Starts for Finney

Boston, July 13.-(Up)--The re-
vamped Boston Red Sox face the
Chicago White Sox In a double
header here today.
Tommy Carey replaced Manager
Joe Cronin at shortstop and Dom
Di Maggie, $4,000 rookie outfielder,
took over for Lou Finney, the clubs
leading hitter who was sidelined
with a twisted knee.
Cronin, suffering a heavy cold,
used Carey Thursday and was so
impressed with his showing that he
announced yesterday he would con-
tinue to play the utility infield"
as long as the boys continue to win
with Tommy in there" Finney sus-
tanned his injury in the same game.
The clubs were rained out yester-
day.
Jack Wilson and Denny Galehouse
were scheduled to hurl for Boston
against Jack Knott and Thorny Lee.
The Boston Bees and the Cubs
play single game at Chicago. Man.
uel Salvo, acquired from the Giants,
seeks his fourth Boston win. Jake
Mooty was the Cub choice.
The Cubs blanked the Bees, 20,
In a pitching duel between Vern Oh
sen and Bill Posedel yesterday. Pose.
del allowed the Cubs only six hits
and one earned run, but Olsen was
even more effective, scattering four
singles and a double.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-13
KOVACS and dee
BRACKETED TODAY
Winner to Meet Seymour
Greenberg in North Com
way Finals Tomorrow

North Conway, N. H., July IS -
(U.P0 - Top-seeded Frank Kovacs
Of Oakland, Cal. and youthful Lar
ry Dee of Stanford clash today in
semi-final match Of the Gold
Racquet tennis tournament.
The winner will face tournament
"Giant-Killer" Seymour Greenberg
Of Chicago in the final tomorrow.
Greenberg, Northwestern soph-
ohomore who holds the national
public parks title, continued his adj
vance when he defeated Fourth
Seeded George Tole yof Los Angeles
GA, Us, As. 7-5, In the other semi
final yesterday. Greenberg, who pre-
viously eliminated Second-Seeded
Hal Surface of Kansas City, Md,
kept FOLEY in the back court with
booming drives and easily passed
him with sharply-angled shots when
the Californian gained the net.
Dee gained the semi-finals by de-
feating Bob Decker of Newton,
Mass, New England's third-ranking
player, 6-3, rs.