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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
WARSHlP BUILDING
WILL BE PUSHED
Navy Acts To Bring Long
Idle Philadelphia Ship
ward Into Production

WASHINGTON, Nov. o. R -
The Navy acted today to bring a
long idle Philadelphia shipyard in
to production after President
Roosevelt disclosed that steps were
underway to speed up construction
of lis new destroyers.
Naval officials contracted for &c..
500, 900 worth of new facilities at
the Cramp Shipbuilding company,
and at the same time placed Or
ders with the company for con-
struction of six cruisers to cost
$113, 1929, 280. The shipyard has been
out of production since 1928.
The contracts raised to 81 the
number of cruisers now on order
for the Navy, which has 81 in COM
mission. They completed, too,
award of all authorized tonnage in
the current cruiser program. No
details of the new cruisers were
disclosed, and their probable de-
livery dates also were withheld.
Mr.. Roosevelt's announcement
that efforts were being made to
expedite the destroyer construction
program stirred conjecture as to
whether the nations growing but
heavily loaded shipbuil ing facili-
ties would be further expanded
At his press conference, the chief
executive said he had referred the
problem to William S. Knudsen of
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Full Program
Is Arranged
For Contest
Fair And Warmer Weather
Is Forecast And Crowd
Of 1000 Is Expected
BOTH TEAMS ARRIVE
High School B a d Will
Stage Parade This Morn
ing; Sponsors Named

Football teams of Davidson ano
The Citadel will clash at Legion
stadium this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in a Southern conference
engagement that will highlight the
1910 sports program for Southeast
ern North Carolina.
Fair and warmer weather was
forecast for today by weather bur-
eau officials last night.
A near sell-out crowd of 1000
is expected to attend the game.
Teams Arrive
The two football teams arrived
in Wilmington yesterday afternoon
and last night and are quartered
at the Cape Fear hotel. Outside
of an injury to Bob johnson, guard,
the Wildcats will be at top
strength. However, Citadel will be
minus the services of Ben Suit,
end, and Hank Foster, back.
The weekend gridiron festivities
got off to a healthy start last night
when the Davidson band of rs
members gave a concert on the
steps of the postoffice with a
crowd of more than a thousand
present.
This morning between 10 and II
o'clock, four high schools bands
New Hanover, Goldsboro, Washing
ton, N. c., and Columbus county
will parade down Front street. The
bands, in addition to the Davidson
band, will play before the game
and between the halves.
The musical program will begin
at Legion stadium at 1870 p. M.
when all the bands will combine
to form an outline of the geogra.
phical lines of North Carolina,
while they play THE Old North
State" The drum m%ajorettes will
line up at the same time to spell
the letters N. c.
The Davidson band will 60
through some of its original for
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RESCUE SQUADS BUSY
Men Caught Without Warn
ing By Devastating Blast
466 Feet Underground

CADIZ, O., Nov. 29.-Blast-made
rock falls tonight slowed down
rescue crews as fears mounted for
the lives of Is to 81 coal miners
trapped far underground in Oh1o's
deepest shaft mine.
Officials of the Ohio and Penn
sylvania coal company, operators
of the mine eight miles northeast
of here, said a recheck showed
between Is and 81 men in the
blast area. They estimated res
cuers would not reach the miners
before 7 or 9 a. m. tomorrow.
No Warning
Caught without warning by
devastating explosion 1855 feet I'm
derground and two miles from ar
exit shaft, workers in section "ls
north were cut off from escape
by deadly gas and tons of rock
coal and earth.
Reports of miners that one body
had been located later proved I'm
founded after company officials re
checked with rescuers. Adolph Pa
cifico, district united mine work
ers' vice president, said, though
that the trapped men had only
zone chance"-that was by reach
ing a finished mine room.
Company officials reported there
we're about 100 men working wher
the accident occurred in this mod
ern, mechanical mine which has
been operating at capacity anc
employing 500 daily. 1t is Ohio's
fourth largest.
1--WE haven't heard a thing from
the men," said a company spokes-
man here. "Rescue crews are
working as fast as conditions will
permit toward the scene In Sec
ton north 12."
E. H. Snider, assistant manager
of the company's Cleveland head
quarters, declared eve don't know
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JAPAN, NANKINC
SIGN PEACE PACT
Many Killed When Japa-
nese-O Operated Train Is
Blasted By Chinese Men

SHANGHAI, Nov. 30 -(Satur-
day)-H9-General Nobuyuki Abe.
Japanese ambassador, and Wang
Ching-Wei, head of the Japanese
sponsored Chinese government at
Marking, today signed a treaty Of
peace, Japanese reports reaching
here said.
The Wang government was set
up March %, 1910, under Japanese
auspices in opposition to the Chi
nese government in Chungking Of
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek,
whose guerrilla forces apparently
were responsible for dynamiting a
Japanese-operated train bound for
Marking yesterday. Between 100
and 400 passengers were reported
killed or injured.
Chang Kai-Shek ignored a "1ast
exhortation" sent him by the Wang
government asking him to declare
an armistice with Japan. The
Chungking spokesman have de-
clared a fight to the end with
Japan.
Five coaches of the train were
blasted from the tracks at 500.
chow, about so miles west Of
Shanghai, a third of the way to
Marking, where Japan tomorrow
will formally recognize Wang's
Chinese government in exchange
for pledges of collaboration.
The Wang government was set
up March %, 1910, under Japanese
auspices to provide Chinese adj
ministration'' of the roughly one
third of China conquered by the
japanese who still are at war with
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ROME, Nov. 29.-R-Premier
Mussolini followed a shakeup OF
his high command with a massing
of new troops in Albania tonight
for counter-attacks designed to
turn the tide of victory toward the
fascists in their month-old W r
with Greece.
With the appointment Of General
Alfredo Guzzoni as under-secretary
of war, II Duce further conferred
here the direction cf a campaign
which the Rome radio said had
the express mission of 'liquidating
the Greek incident .
Guzzoni, former commander OF
troops in Africa and in Albania
prior to the Greek war. is expect
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
IRON GUARDS
TIL PURGE
IS CONTINUED
Antonescu Government
Using Heavy Artillery
Ia Crush Iron Guards

RUSE, Bulgaria ION The Ku.
manian Frontier), Nov. 29.-R
Artillery fire was heard late to.
day across the Danube river from
Rumania, and travellers from the
Rumanian frontier village of
Giurgiu brought reports that the
Antonescu government was using
heavy guns to crush an Iron
Guard rebellion.
(The police chief at Giurgiu,
reached by telephone tonight
from Bucharest, said he had
heard no explosions and that the
town was quiet.)
Houses in Ruse we're shaken
and windows were cracked by
the explosions. Whether they
were all caused by artillery, how
ever, could not be confirmed.
The travellers said disorders
and assassinations were continu-
ing throughout Rumania.
They added that "at least a
hundred" persons had been as
sassinated in Bucharest by ber-
serk Iron Guardists and said
there were reports in that CAPT.
tai that an equal number had
been slain in the provinces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30

LONDON, Nov. 29.-R-The
British Nays Mediterranean Of
fensive apparently has broken an
Italian attempt to establish new
lines of communication with the
Fascist African forces, informed
Britons declared today, and has
put Britain in substantial control
of the whole of that strategic sea.
This evaluation of the meaning
of the battle off Sardinia, officially
said here to have damaged six
Italian warships, offered n OF
the first direct suggestions as to
the reason for the presence in that
area of a Fascist fleet OF such
considerable size.
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Greek Troops
Press Deeper
Into Albania
Raj Reports Fierce Al
tacks On Gateways Oh
Italian Supply Line
SHIPPING IS ATTACKED
100 Macedonian Women
Help Greeks Beat 5000
Italians In Mountains

ATHENS, Nov. 29.-R-The Brit
ish Royal Air Force reported
fierce attacks on the sea gateways
through which the Italian army
must draw supplies and reinforce
ments today, and the Greeks them
selves asserted they were pressing
deeper into Albania.
An Raj communique, apparent
ly covering actions yesterday and
last night, said aerial attacks were
carried out against Santi Quaran-
ia (Porto Edda) and Durazzo, i'm
portant Albanian ports, and Elbas-
ami, an inland base.
Shipping Attacked
Shipping was attacked at Porto
Edda, and at Durazzo and Elbas-
ami call the bombs fell in the tar
get area but the results were not
observed due to weather condi-
TONS" the communique said
The British reiterated last nights
Greek claim that Italian destroy
ers bombarding Corfu fled on ap-
proach of our formations"
Reports reaching Salonika add
ed a piquant touch to the routine
news of the Albanian front. These
said a company of 100 Macedonian
peasant women, disobeying orders,
assumed the role of Amazons and
helped the Greeks beat 5000 Ital-
ian troops in the Pindus noun
tains by rolling big rocks down
upon their enemy from lofty crags.
Serious fighting apparently was
still in progress in the vicinity of
Argirocastro, last remaining ma
jor Italian base in southern Al
bania. There were conflicting re-
ports as to the fate of the base.
"a dispatch from Rome said that
Argirocastro was still in Italian
hands.
P%ogradetz Captured
(From an Associated Press cor
respondent at Pogradetz, Albanian
settlement on the northern front
20 miles north of Kortiza, came
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F. R., AIDES TALK
TAX LEGISLATION
Harrison Says No Further
Retroactive Taxes On
1910 Income Slated

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29- Up -
Senator Harrison (D-Miss.) an
nounced tonight after a White
House conference that President
Roosevelt and congressional tax
leaders had agreed there would be
no further retroactive taxes on
1910 incomes. This, he said, ap'
plies both to corporations and IN
dividuals.
Harrison, chairman of the sen.
ate finance committee, said that
consideration of new tax legisla-
ton affecting 1941 income would
begin in January.
Representative Cooper D-Tenn.)
another of the conferees, added
that it was "a good guess that
nothing definite would be done on
taxes until after d recapitulation
of receipts on March Is, the date
when individual income tax re-
turns are filed and first install
ments come due.
Harrison asserted that one of the
questions to be studied early next
year is the overlapping of levies
imposed by the federal govern
ment and those imposed by the
states.
There was a general discussion"
at the conference with the Presi-
dent, he said, of increasing the pre-
sent $40, 600, 000, 900 debt limit, but no
conclusions were reached on that or
anything else except the question of
1910 retroactive taxes.
Both the first and second revenu
acts of 1910 were retroactive to the
extent that they reached back to
January 1, 1910.
The first of these measures levied
a 10 per cent defense super-tax en-
incomes. The second increased the
tax on income of corporations earn
ing $25, 900 or more from 20.9 to "a
percent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
NAZI SHIPS LEAVE
HAVEN in MEXICO
Freighters Idarwald And
Rhein Leave Tampico
For Spanish Ports

TAMPICO, Mexico, Nov. 28.-R'
In face of reports that British
and Canadian warships await them
in the Caribbean, the German mer-
chantmen Idarwald and Rhein sail
ed today from their haven here
with Spanish ports on the other
side of the British Atlantic block
ade as their declared destinations.
On the eastern horizon as the
freightersnosed out Of the Panuco
river and into the gulf, hugglng
the shore, could be seen the Sill
housettes of three foreign war
ships, too distant for identification,
but believed to be United States
neutrality patrol vessels.
United States destroyers were in
the vicinity two weeks ago when
the Idarwald and Rhein, with two
other German merchantmen, the
Phrygia and Orinoco, made a luck
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War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. P

Conflicting testimony from Lon
don and Rome obscures details Of
the new Italian-British naval clash
es in the Mediterranean, but not
the vital significance of those en-
gagements.
Britain has already launched a
triple offensive against Italy. She
is obviously now preparing to at
tempt a knockout attack there.
The rising scale of British air
force participation in the Greek
Italian campaign would not of it.
self imply that even British air
blows from Greek bases at naval
and other targets in Italy might
have more limited detectives than
a drive to shatter Italian morale
at home.
Major Offensive
When they r coupled, however,
with what clearly appears to be
a British naval effort to blast
Italy's surface fleet out of the way,
it seems unquestionable that Lon.
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S. SOLOMON, Sc,
PASSES AT HOME
Prominent Merchant Was
One OF Founders OF S.
And B. Solomon Co.

Sigmund Solomon, 90, prominent
merchant of Wilmington and one of
the founders of the S. & B. Solomon
company, died at his home, FOL Mar.
ket street, this morning at 1905
o'clock after having been in declin-
ing health for about two months.
Born August 25, 1874 in Bavaria,
Germany, Mr.. Solomon came to this
country in 1860. He came directly
to Wilmington and accepted a posi-
ton as clerk with the firm Of Jacob
Lyon.
In 1879 he and his brother, B. Solo
mon, formed a partnership that was
the beginning of the S. & B. Solomon
company and they operated the same
firm ever since. Shortly after the
-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
u Coal Miners Trapped
In Shaft Near CadiZ, O.
Tonight Is Deadline
In Page Cup Contest

Retail stores of the city which
have entered the contest for the
r. B. Page trophy, which will be
awarded the store which has the
best decorated window with the
colors of The Citadel and David
son, are asked to call in their
entries not later than tonight.
Davidson colOrs are red Ind
black and The Citadel cOlOrs are
blue and white.
The windows will be judged to-
night and tomorrow.
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Britain Breaks Italians
MOveTOFOr New Lines

When the British fell upon them
last Wednesday, these experts
said, the Italians were attempting
to create an alternate sea route to
reach Libya-perhaps by way of
the French territorial waters Of
Tunisia-and thus to reinforce and
reactivate Marshal Rodolfo Grail
ants long : stalled offensive IN
Egypt.
For weeks, these informants as
serted, the Italians have found it
impossible to make consistent and
effective use of more direct routes
across the Mediterranean from
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
MANY ARE MURDERED
Massing OF Rumanian And
German Troops Within
Bucharest Reported
MANIU'S AID SOUGHT
Young Ruler Reported To
Have Left Capital For
The Yugoslav Border

AT THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IAN FRONTIER, Nov. 29.-Flight
of boy King Mihai, heavy loss OF
life in fighting at three Transyl-
vanian cities, a mounting death list
in the Iron Guards blood purge
and a massing of Rumanian and
German troops in Bucharest were
reported from Rumania tonight
These advices, barred from orr
binary channels of news by Ru-
manian censorship but filtering
across the border into neighbour
ing Hungary, filled in the sparse
lines of Observation-Disclosures dis
patches passed by the censor.
Manu- Aid Sought
"a dispatch reaching Budapest,
slashed by the censor, said: Pre-
mier Antonescu, struggling to keep
control of turbulent Rumania,
sought today the aid of Juliu Man
iu, respected peasant leader, and
army corps commanders while
rampant Iron Guardists continued
the purge of their enemies.
("During the day Maniu-six
words censored-had a long con-
ference with Antonescu. The gen.
eral also conferred with army
corps commanders-60 words cen
sored.
("Antonescu was said to have
consulted most of last night and
today with Iron Guard leaders
throughout the country, appealing
to them to restore order. Tatares-
GU, Ghelmeganu, Ralea and Arge-
toianu are still living in Antones-
GUS own office"
(The reference is to former Pre-
miers Gheorghe Tatarescu and
Constantine Argetoianu and Mihai
Helmeganu and Mihai Ralea who
were ministers of transport and
labor in Argetoianu's cabinet,
which succeeded -Tatarescu's and
resigned Nov. %, 1889.
Rioting Denied
(The government set the total
dead in Bucharest at 81, and de-
MED reports reaching the border Of
street fighting in several provin-
cial cities. The government specifi-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
Il Duce Masses New Force In Albania
Following Shakeup In High Command

ern Albania repulsed Greek at
tempts to filter through the lines.
The Koritza sector defended by
the ninth army under General Ma
rio Vercellino was reported
quiet" (The Italians have lost
both Koritza and Pogradetz, 2C
miles to the north)
Further naval successes in the
wake of Wednesdays clash with
the British fleet off Sardinia were
claimed by Italy.
Italians said dive bombers yes
terday attacked a British C e
steaming into Malta from the Sar'
DINA fracas and struck a warshlp
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ed to be a liaison man between the
high command and General Ubal'
do Soddu, commander OF the ltal'
ian forces in Albania.
Guzzoni also will be vice CHIEF
of staff.
The Rome radio, which said the
Greek advance in Albania h a
'fizzled out" asserted that TT
new forces in Albania had been
given their task of turning back
the Greeks without German aid
The broadcast acknowledged on
ly local successes" for the
Greeks.
A war bulletin reported three
divisions of General Carolo Cello
SOS 18th army operating in South
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-30
NANTAHALAR RIVER
PROJECT RESUMED
Harmony Prevails As Work
men Return To Jobs
On sc, 100000 Dam

ANDREWS, Nov. 29.-R-Peace
returned today to the Nantahala
valley and operations we're re-
sumed on the Sc, 500, 900 dam pro.
iect of the Nantahala Power ano
Light company.
The job was closed down mint
davs as the result of a movement
tn run off northern workers. More
than 100 of the workers are re-
ported to have left during a day
and night of fighting.
The dam, to be an important
link in the country's program Of
defense preparations, is being
built by the Utah Construction
company. The Nantahala P W e 7
and Light company is a subsidiary
fcoo&;puod on papo Two Col. AZ
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LIS STAGE BIG
ON LONDON
Seeking To Learn If
Slapped To Aid .
Other Towns

|ND0N, Nov. 30.-(Saturday)-
fGeTman warplanes, apparently
bpting to determine whether the
Pals defenses had been Slapped to
bombed provincial cities, again
d Starred London Tor their main
last night and early today.
E~ualties and wrecked homes and
llsS were reported from a wide
Of the capital as explosive and
bMbS rained down from early
night until just before the all
signal at > a. m. 8 p. m. E.
was London's heaviest attack
IL nights Of comparative calm
gnlch provincial cities such s
y. Liverpool and Birmingham
Inc 0runt Of Nazi bombs. Heavy
FE or those cities brought ap-
10 London for strengthened de-
FS-a maneuver which some be-
\ the part Of Nazi strategy to
Zen London.
|lFalrcraft fire was heavy over
FlF' on the bombed outskirts,
cleaF down TO the mouth of the
Fts river. In one London dis
Mt raiders roared over at the
Of one every 30 seconds.
|ueI workers Immediately began
rs lof victims in wrecked
f. flfemen fought incendiary
f. ana in one suburban area
: d shopping center was struck
[pp OF soldiers aided in salvaging
S.AelS digging for victims in
[pu0l nom es demolished in
E:slsy nights raid were inter-
oy further attacks. Additional
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III HIT CAMP

CAMP MURRAY, Wash, Nov.
% R - Theaters and military
schools of the 4lst division were
ordered closed tonight and train
ing restrict because approximate
ly 1,400 of the divisions $4,000 SOL
diers had colds.
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h r. FORECAST
pDr rtiipollna-Fair Saturday colder
b r pnsota Saturday: sunCay partly
krps rSTllled- on the coast. Warmer
et ~ w. ). Weather Bureau)
b ;@ data for the "a hours
p; M, Yesterday.
b, Temperature
7.3 ~ 40; 7:3O a. m. 80; 100 D.
|lun ~ AZ p, N. 81; maximum 60:
Ut mean A; normal 50.
Humidity
Era N, Oh; 40 a. m. 90; 100 D.
tai fl, . Precipitation
Inches Il hours ending 1870 D. m.
b l.SS Total since first of the
rid ild .e For Today
and cue Cue. tables published by IT. $.
Nurroy
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"a m, at Fayetteville. N. c.,
!. november ri. 1913 feet.
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Evening star., 1940-06-27
Federal Operation
OF Railroads Called
Vital 10 Defense
Neglect Might Cost U. S.
Victory if Invaded,
Says Col. WiIeus
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, June 27.-
William ]. Wilgus, famous American
engineer and transportation expert,
declared today the country's rail-
roads should be taken over by the
Federal Government at once, in the
interests of national defense.
After ALL" he asserted in a pre-
pared address before the summer
convention of the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers, meet
ing Jointly with the American En-
cheering Council, ut is to our
means of intercourse that We must
look for the preservation of our
civilization, for the continuance of
the institutions we hold dear.
Doubly is this true in these days
of peril, when we must be prepared,
and that quickly, to back our Army
and Navy to the limit.
Neglect Seen as Costly.
Neglect in this, especially in a
land SO broad as ours, may well lose
to us the fight in our defense, as
have the shortages in tanks and
airplanes brought defeat to the
Allies across the sea-"
He contended that private owner
ship Of "our financially stricken dis
united railroads Is doomed" and
added that upon their amalgama-
ton into harmonious whole under
Federal auspices their pressing
needs for rehabilitation and i'm
provement may be met and some
form Of coordination with their
rivals in transportation brought
about, all in the public interest"
Suggests Financing Plan.
Col. Wllgus, whose home Is in
Ascutney, VT, and who won the
Distinguished Service Medal for his
work in military transportation with
the A. E. F. during the World War,
outlined his plan for unity as fol-
lows:
Taken over by a Federal Rail-
way Authority in return for its low
interest-rate securities, the railroads
as a whole should not cost more
than SO per cent in excess of their
market value of some $4,000, 900 900
as of year ago, or say SIS, 900 ,oOO,-
600 in all. The actual annual net
operating income during the past
10 years has averaged enough to
support an investment of $2O,000,-
100000 at the Governments present
low rate of interest. The difference,
S. 900 900, 900, raised through the sale
of the authority's securities, would
pay for the needed rehabilitation
and Improvements. In addition, the
money thus released from the coun-
try's frozen resources would relieve
our w. P. A. rolls and inject new
life into the arteries and veins of
many of our moribund industries"
Evening star., 1940-06-27
New Weather Bureau
Building Is Started

F. w. Reichelderfer, chief of the
Weather Bureau, tried his hand with
a spade yesterday to break ground
for the first unit of the proposed
new bureau in front of the present
main building at Twenty-fourth and
M streets NV. The first new unit
of five stories will be of reinforced
concrete and brick construction.