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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
JOHN C. SIR.

Funeral services for John C. An
derson, Sr., who died at his home
at SOB South Fifth street early yes.
terday morning after a brief illness,
will be held from the Southside Bap-
fist church. this afternoon at 8
o'clock.
The Rev. J.. o. Walton, assisted by
the Rev. J.. F. Warren, will conduct
the services. Interment will follow
in Oakdale cemetery.
have charge of services at the grave.
side.
Honorary %pallbearers will be: L.
L. Mills, Cecil Everett, S. E. Loftin,
w. H. Hancammon, Louis Good
man, DR.. Robert Fales, DR.. J. F. Rob
ertson, DR.. j. D. Freeman, Henry
Gerdes, Ronald Lane, Donald Sewell,
Pete knight, Frank Weaver, E. T.
Hancock, w. r. Zibelin, and the Rev.
H. S. Strickland.
Active pallbearers vial be: Clyde
Anderson, Kenneth Anderson, Rob-
ert Anderson, Gilbert Pickard, Jeff
Fennel! and Clyde Walton.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mag
gle G.. Anderson; three sons, DR.. e.
C. Anderson, city; w. L. and J. c.,
Jr., city; one daughter, Mrs. Earl
Allen, city; two brothers, J.. F. An
derson, of Currie, and r. P. Ander.
son, city; three sisters, Mrs. R. H.
Herring, of Currie, Mrs. Bell Groom,
Of Currie, and Mrs. M. V. Coble, city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
WAR INTERPRETIVE
CONTINUED From Page One

ments to follow the recent meeting
of Hitler and Mussolini in Bremen
Pass. It had visioned Padua as
the place where some glimpse OF
what impended might be revealed
by II Duce as the Axis man of the
hour. Yet he ''refrained" from
speech although Rome had prevl-
ously advised of arrangements for
an International radio hookup to
broadcast it.
Perhaps it was Axis disappoint'
ment over British and American
reaction to the German : Italian
Japanese pact that changed the
Padua program and held II Duce
silent. There is ample evidence
that more, not less, Anglo-Ameri-
can cooperation is flowing from
that political flank attack.
Doubt Muffled Voice?
4. Possibly increasing doubt as to
which way Moscow will jump in a
new war crisis in the Near East
muffled Museums voice. Again,
it night be Japan that influenced
him to silence. First reactions
there to the defiant British decision
to reopen the Burma road have
been very unwarlike. Doubt as to
how far Japan really would 60 I'M
der that nebulous pact of Berlin
may hamper Axis action.
Whatever the reason for II
Duce's reticence, it is plain that
the time, the place and, above all,
the man were met at Padua to in
vite a clustering speech of a sort
dear to Mussolini's heart. All the
trappings of high drama W er e
there, and drama is the stuff on
which Mussolini has fed il his rise
to power. He is a greater show
man than Hitler. In voice and
gesture and the odd workings of
his face he finds an outlet for the
seething energy that drives him.
Had Audience
He needs a vast audience, and
its thunderous applause, to reach
his peak in verbal pyrotechnics.
He had that at Padua. He needs,
for prestige reasons at home and
abroad, an opportunity to display
himself as Hitler's equal in Axis
leadership, not Hitler's yes : man
shadow. That, too, was offered
him at Padua, against the back
ground of the Bremen Pass con-
ference and the expectancy of
Notwithstanding developments in the
Balkans and the eastern Mediter-
ranean.
With all that to urge him as he
watched thousands of young black
shirts march past in review, obvi-
ously the moment had not yet come
In Axis strategy for a revelation of
the purport of the Hitler Mussolini
meeting, disappointing as that must
be for Mussolini worshippers in It.
aly.
There is some risk involved to
the minds of Axis war planners in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
RUSH MORE
MEN INTO RUMANlA
u,utiuued From Page One)

Continued FROM rage ohoj
German troops already were in
sun,snss. said only a few air force
nnS.s had arrived. They said other
,r;;s would follow to make Ger
man guarantees in Rumania a re-
atty and that they would remain
only so long as needed"
CThe Berlin radio broadcast a
Bucharest dispatch asserting an Of
fetal order had directed the dis
continuance of oil shipments to
Turkey and Greece, non-be1lger-
ent allies of Britain. The ban on
shipments to Greece was reported
in Athens dispatches yesterday
Maneuvers Held
AS the German forces were sight
ed for the first time moving to-
ward Rumania through Yugosla-
Was Danubian territorial waters,
the army of that neighboring state
concluded large-scale maneuvers
with a sham battle fought by 25,-
600 troops, 40 w%arplanes, para
chutists and tanks.
Uneasiness in Yugoslavia, in
creased by mounting German and
Italian press attacks aimed in that
direction, was reflected in an an
nouncement of the departure OF
Premier Grgisa Cvetkovic a d
War Minister Milutin Nedich to In
spect troops g%arrisoned near the
border of Italian-occupied Albania.
Coincident with the appearance
of the German forces here in num-
Der, an official announcement said
German-Rumanian economic talks
would begin in Berlin Oct. 10.
1t was reported further in we'll
informed quarters Rumania's to-
talitarian Iron Guard government
is discussing an invitation to Adolf
Hitler to send 8 10000 German chill
cren to this Balkan kingdom to be
it's guests for the winter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
SHANGHAI MAYOR
IS ASSASSINATED
Continued From Page One)

lead to the non-Japanese side OF
the International Settlement.
Behind this wall Of barbed wire
and bayonets, most of the details
of the sensational killing were
hidden.
It was known, however, that Flu
Siao-En, long prominent in Chinese
business and politics, was slain in
his home at about 5 am. today.
a pm. E. S. T., Thursday.
While the battle of Shanghai was
still in progress in October of 1887,
Flu Siao-En became mayor of the
Japanese captured areas of h e
city. A year later, he formally
was appointed mayor of "the
Shanghai special municipality"
which includes all districts outside
the International Settlement a n d
the French concession.
Shortly after that, in November,
1888, an attempt was made on his
life.
Since then, Flu has maintained
several homes in various parts of
Shanghai, sleeping in one after the
other in order to thwart assas-
sins. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

grounded planes, barracks
hangers at St. Eval, Penrose an,
st. Merryn, among Several" ~
ports attacked in central and so,tb
ern England.
Submarine sinking of two p,;.
ish merchantmen and bomb -.
amidships on a British mercb,u
ship at sea, causing it to flar,.
and list.
Bomb-set lire in the Port =,
Cardiff, Wales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
COMMUNICATIONS HIT

LO1N0o4N, WV
Communication between the
British government and Sir Regi-
nald Hoare, minister to Bucharest,
has been interfered with, an auth
oritative source reported today,
and the government has no infor-
nation about Rumania on which
to act.
The British attitude toward Ru-
mania was said therefore to re-
main up in the air, but it was con-
sidered that the end of diplomatic
relations between the two countries
was at least ALREADY in sight"
Lacking any recent word from
the Bucharest legation, the British
government does not yet regard
Rumania as enemy-occupied terri
tory, it was stated. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
DR.. B. CHARLES BELL

News has been received here of
the death of DR.. B. Charles Bell
of Lafayette, La. DR.. Bell, who
suffered with angina, succumbed
at his home after an illness OF
only a few days.
Funeral services were held yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock.
DR.. Bell was the brother of
Misses Mary P. and Gertrude Bell,
of Oleander. DR.. and Mrs. Bed and
their son, Franklin, visited IN Will
mington in August and have many
friends here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

units in colleges and universities
train reserve officers for the army.
President Roosevelt signed a
s228, 90, 600 appropriations bill
which includes funds for agencies
contributing to national defense.
Included in ii is $40, 90, 90 for 0the
development of up to Is public
airports. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
SAY FIRES
ARE RAGING NEAR
PARLIAMENT HOUSES

CONTINUED From Pare One)
and his plane were saved. 1t was
nice weather for air raiding.
Aside from the battering of docks
in the Thames bend, the high COM
mand reported:
Direct hits which destroyed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

any premature disclosure; and
Brltain's war leaders undoubtedly
would give a great deal to know
precisely what that risk is. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
ALONZO

WHITEVILLE, Oct. 10.-Alonzo
Benton 81, native of Clinton, died
here this morning at the home of
his son, R. j. Benton, after a
three weeks illness.
Mr.. Benton had been living in
Whiteville for the past year and a
half since his son became station
agent for the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad.
he is survived by three sons, r.
. ;3enton, of Whiteville I. L. Ben
ton, of Sumter, S. c. and Bruce
Benton, of Valdese. His wife pre-
coded him to the grave a decade
ago.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning
from the Honeycutt = Crumpler
funeral home in Clinton. Burial will
follow in the Clinton cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

The feet of a fly form a vacuum,
which enables it to hold itself on a
perfectly flat surface like a ceiling,
enabling it to walk on same.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
w. H. BROWN

FROsTPROOF, Fla, Oct. 1o-R
W. H. Brown, 50, "a native of
North Carolina, died here today.
He came to Florida in 1902.
He had engaged in manufacture
ing and citrus growing in Tampa,
'Punta Gorda, and Jacksonville,
Fla, before retiring to Frostproof
in 1928.
He was a native Of Bladen coun-
ty, North Carolina.
Survivors include his widow, two
sons, Lieut. Commander w. D..
Brown, and T.. o. Brown and a sis
ter, Miss Virginia D. Brown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

Mont Blanc, the highest peak Of
the Alps. commonly supposed to be
In Switzerland, really is almost EN-
tirely in French territory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
CITY SURPLUS IS
TO BE REDUCED
Some Expected Revenues
Not Coming Surplus to
Be About $4,000

Miscellaneous revenues of the
City of Waterbury in 1910 will be
$75, 609.20 less than estimated when
the budget for this year was being
prepared, according to compilation
by Budget Director Thorvald E.
Olsen. Had revenues come up to
expectations the city's surplus fol-
this year would be over 100000 in
stead Of 1887, 900 as now estimated
by Mr.. Olsen.
Several large deficits of revenue
make up the bulk of the SIS, 609.20
which is offset in small part by
$4,893.98 in excuses of revenue re-
ported by several departments.
The largest variation from estim-
ates is the item for reimbursement
for welfare cases handled for other
towns. which will be $4,000 less than
the $143, 900 expected.
City Court Receipts
City Court receipts are also far
less than estimated, Mr.. Olsen fig
uring that as of Dec. 81 they will
be $4,000 less than the $135,000 es-
timated for the year.
Other important estimated 1916
deficits are: interest on general
property taxes, $4,000; tax on buses
81, 1868. 40; hunting and fishing lie
enses, 5000; street openings, $1,650;
rental Of public market stalls. $1,000;
tuition fees from outside city, $1,000;
bingo permits, $4,000; miscellaneou;
items. $1,000.
Among the excuses of revenue
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
WILLKIE MAKES
REPLY TOF.D.R.
Claims Roosevelt Answer
to Him Was Either OBJ
sOlete or on Order

Harbor Greek, Pa, October "a. =
(UP) Wendell L. Willkie said to-
day in a radio address from his
train here that President Roosevelt's
political speech last night was
strikingly similar to the defense
sy stem either obsolete or on
order"
The Presidents speech last night
was Obsolete" the Republican pres
idential nominee said, because it
discussed the issues of the 1882
campaign"
It was ION order" he added, be-
cause it promised you jobs and the
right to work"
Willkie said that there was no
issue between him and the Presi-
dent on social legislation, that he
simply desired to preserve the social
gains made since 1892, when he said
he had supported the President and
his program.
But the only way to keep those
gains is to keep the country finan-
cially solvent" he added.
Willkie criticized Mr.. Roosevelt
for his failure to offer "eyen one
reason" why he should be permitted
to violate the American tradition
against third term for any pres
ident - "a tradition that is $50
years old"
Referring to the Presidents state
ment that WILKES assertion, which
was revised soon after it was made,
that he had telephoned to Adolf
Hitler and urged him to agree to the
Munich pact by which he took over
part of Czechoslovakia, Willkie said:
Revised Statement.
1T revised that statement as soon
as it was called to my attention.
that is more than the third term
candidate ever has done. He never
reviSes any misstatement."
AS matter of fact. Willkie said,
the President did not telephone Hit
Ter, but did. telegraph him, urging
him to carry through the Munich
pact, and telling him that hundreds
of millions of people would be CRATE
fui for a peaceful settlement.
This telegram, he said, was sent
on September ~, 1888.
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
WARRANT ISSUED
FOR JUDGE WRYNN

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 24.-UP)
Superior Court Judge Edwin S,
Dickinson today issued q bench
warrant for the arrest OF Judge
william F. Wynn of the borough
court of Wallingford on a charge
of embezzlement by a public Off
Ger.
The warrant was issued on re-
quest of States Attorney Abraham
Ulman.
The warrant charged embezzle-
ment of court funds approximating
$500.
\ The action came "a hours after
State Tax Commissioner Charles j
Mclaughlin disclosed at Hartford
that he had turned over to States
Attorney Ullman and Gov. Baldwin
copies of an auditors report or
the financial status 0f the court
Former Tax Collector Edward p
Dunn Of Wallingford IS now or
trial on charges Of misappropriat-
ing $4,000 in town funds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
HURLEY REVIEWS
ATTACK ON Gov
He Charges Baldwin's
Friendly Govt Is Just
Political SmOkescreen

Hartford, Conn, Oct. (UP)-
State Public Works Commissioner
Robert A. Hurley, the Democratic
candidate for governor, charged
today Gov. Baldwin's self-styled
friendly government" was nothing
more than a political smokescreen"
and continued his attack on the
mythical industries the governor
claimed to have drawn into Conn
ecticut.
Hurley listed a Danbury plant as
another of the mythical firms
which he said the governor listed as
one of the new firms induced to
come here because of the friendly
government"
1--WE went to Danbury," Hurley
told a Manchester rally, land found
two old men operating hat felt
shop in small room, and when we
told them of the governors claim OF
a large plant and a large personnel
there they said they hoped this
wasn't true because they were in nc
position to pay the tax on so large
an industry"
Meantime, another one Of the
firms listed by Hurley as sweat
shop issued a statement claiming
the charge was 'unfounded anc
derogatory."
Drummer Objects
Marvin Drummer, Bridgeport, vice
president of Brunner-Ritter, Inc.
said: I'VE will not tolerate any fur
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
DRAFT BOARDS
ARE KEPT BUSY
Members Being Assigned
Rapidly; Herculean Task
Before Group

Assignment of serial numbers to
local selective service registrants
proceeded steadily at the offices of
the four draft boards at the City
Hall today. Additional clerical help
was being sought to aid IN getting
the close to $4,000 cards numbered
as quickly as possible so that each
registrant will have ample oppor-
tunity to learn his number before
the drawing begins at Washington
next Tuesday.
The cards were thoroughly shut
fled by the board members, then
placed in stacks and given numbers
in order. The list of numbers given
the registrants will be posted at
board headquarters. The full list
of registrants and numbers will be
published in The Democrat, the
first assignments being printed else
where in this paper tonight.
Board members admitted the
magnitude of the task facing then
in getting all the cards numbered
and in preparing lists for posting
but were confident that the worl
would be completed in sufficien
time. Members said that mucl
speedier progress could be made i
they had more clerks and typists
but believed that authorization fo
more help would be secured today
If not it was planned to secure thu
services either Of volunteers or pro.
visional workers.
The serial numbers do not in
dictate the order in which reg
Continued on Page A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
CLERCYMEN ARE
NOW REGISTERED

Boston. Oct. 24-(w)-Two Bos-
ton clergymen, at last registered for
the draft, planned today to continue
their stand as conscientious OBJ
jectors after being released on per-
sonal recognizance of 81 900 each on
charges Of falling to register octo-
Der 16.
The Rev. Keith G. Kanaga. IS, of
the Mount Vernon Congregational
church and the Rev. Harry H.
Kruener, "A, of the First Baptist
church of Boston pleaded innocent
yesterday in y. S. district court as
the nations first-indicted conscien-
tious directors. Their cases were con-
tinued "for speedy trial"
After arraignment Rev. Kanaga
conferred with U. s. Attorney Ed
mund ]. Brandon and then regis-
tered. Rev. Kruener had registered
Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
VENDORS WARNED
TO EXERCISE CARE


Two itinerant vendors of buttons
and service magazines were given
suspended sciences by Judge Theo-
bald e. Conway and ordered to
leave the city today.
In the case of Jess BerkowitZ, As,
of Hartford, accused of selling God
Bless america buttons without a
license, Prosecuting Attorney Will
liam K Lawlor said the man was
preying on the public.
In the other case, Joseph Bellin-
ger, 46, of 116 Crown street, New
Haven was accused Of trying to in
tinidate shopkeepers to display his
magazines on their counters. The
prosecutor said complaints were re-
ceived by the police department, re-
sulting in the mans arrest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
SABOTAGE WORSE
THAN WORLD WAR
Secretary Of War StimsOn
Says Home Guards Are
Very Essential

Washington, Oct. 24-(UP) Sec
rotary of War Henry L. Stimson
said today that the sabotage at
tempts of Germany and other bell
ligerents in the present war are
"far more dangerous than they
were during the World War.
Speaking at press conference on
the necessity for the creation of
Home Guards more essential than
tiolaal Guard organizations called 10
Federal service, he said that the per-
lection of sabotage techniques made
Home Guards omre essential than
in the last war.
Attempts at sabotage have ale
ready been shown by bellgerent ma
tions-Germany for example-to be
far more dangerous than 20 years
ago." he said.
He did not say whether instances
of sabotage had actually been found
in this country.
President Roosevelt signed legisla-
ton Monday authorizing the states
to create Home Guard units. There
is nothing mandatory about the
law and the states can set up the
organization at their own discretion,
Arms and other supplies viii be
furnished by the government.
Have Plenty Guns
Stimson said that while the
amount of equipment was limited
the army had on hand more than
enough World War Lee-E Enfield
rifles to equip a Home Guard force
of l25,OOO or more men.
"In 1917 similar organizations
were created to protect industries
Continued on. Page -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
BRITISH VICE
AIR HEAD DEAD
Burned to Death as His
Plane Crashed; Attacks
on All Fronts

London, Oct. 24-(UP)-Vice Air
Marshal c. H. B. Blount was burned
to death when his plane crashed
in takeof, it was announced to-
day.
The plane hit tree and burned
it was reported.
Blount had commanded the Roy
al Air Force division in service
with the British Expeditionary
Force in France and had been re-
garded as one of the ableSt air
fighters in the country.
He was a right hand man of
Lord Gort, British commander-in-
chief of the British Expeditionary
Force, and was a leading expert on
coordination of the air arm with
ground forces.
Blount went to France early in
October of last year and took over
the task of photographing the en-
tire Siegfried Line and the rear po-
Sitions of the German forces.
Before and during the German
advance into Flanders he provided
Gort with a continuing picture OF
German movements and carried out
requests of the British high COM
mand to rush fighter and bomber
suuadrons into action at strategic
points.
Blount was decorated as a COM
mander of the Order of the Bath
for his service.
During the German advance into
France Blount's headquarters was
bombed frequently.
Ir the World war he served as an
infantry officer and then moved
into the Raj where he was three
times mentioned in dispatches AND
awarded the Military Cross, the
Belgian Order of the Crown, the
Belgian Croix De GAerre and the
italian Silver Medal. He was pro-
NOTED to the post of air vice mar
(rootin,1ed m Page a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24

Signature of a Russo-Japanes pact
it was noted, might free Japan for
more active collaboration with her
Axis military allies in the Far East
At the same time Soviet policy in
the west might be strengthened by
relaxation of fears of a japanese
blow at distant Siberia.
Moscow reported that signing Of
pact with Japan would not repre-
sent any departure in Soviet policy
recalling that the Kremlin had Of
ten proposed non-aggresSion pas
with Tokyo and that this woule
parallel the Soviet-German non
aggression pact.
It was suggested that this prob
ably meant Russia would continu
her aid to China.
Seek Knock Out Blow
Axis diplomatic activity in Europ
!.appeared to be guided by two fac
tors: Desire to achieve the utmos
propaganda effects by sowing con
fusion and apprehension as to theil
next step and the necessity O.
marshaling all available resource!
for an attempt at final knockout
blow at Britain.
Out of the weller. created by cen
sorship, speculation, rumors and re-
ports emerged evidence that Ger
many and Italy are seeking tc
squeeze out of Spain, still PROSTATE
from Civil War, and France, still
PROSTATE from her defeat, any avail
able military power which can be
directed against Britain.
What this will amount to was still
uncertain.
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
PHILIPPINES TO
GET MORE TROOPS
Defense Plans Will Sup
port All Lands Now Un=
der U. S. Flag
by HOBART q. MONTEE

Washington, Oct. 24.-(UP)-The
United States, ready to defend
land anywhere under the Ameri-
can flag" made its first move in
more than 20 years today to
strengthen its fighting forces in the
Philippine Islands.
Two full pursuit squadrons of the
army air corps were being made
ready in California and Michigan
to leave for Manila soon. The 18th
Pursuit Squadron of the first pur-
suit group, Selfridge Field, Mich,
and the goth Squadron of the 35th
Pursuit Group, Hamilton Field,
Calf, are the units. Both have ap-
proximately 100 officers and men
and an undisclosed number of fight
ing planes. Ones will leave San
Francisco within a few days; the
other is scheduled to follow within
a month.
The army's decision to strengthen
air defenses in the Philippines was
announced amidst rapid acquisition
by both the army and navy OF a
large number of transport vessels
and naval auxiliary craft. These
moves precipitated speculation on
whether still further reinforcements
for the Far East were being con-
sidered.
Answer to Japan
The announcement also came
within few hours of press reports
from Tokyo quoting Japanese news