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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
BR0WDER OPPOSES
REGISTRATION BILL
Nations No. 1 Communist
Matches Wits With Sem
ate SUBJ Committee

WASHINGTON, July 10. -LR-
Earl Browder, the nations No. 1
communist, matched wits with
members of a senate judiciary
subcommittee today in the course
Of denouncing the pending bill to
require the registration of foreign
controlled or directed organiza-
tons.
After declaring that enactment
of the measure would be "a vic
tory for Nazi political principles"
the nattily-dressed communist
leader let his testimony range
over a wide variety of subjects.
With Chairman Conntlly (D-Tex)
directing a volley of pointed ques-
tons, Browder defended Russia's
attack on Finland and actions
against Latvia, Esthonia, Lithu-
ania and Rumania but, he added,
he would have to reserve judgment
on any move Russia might make
against the Dardanelles.
Connally excited these opinions
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
TEXAS GULF COAST
PUSHING DEFENSE
Plans For Aerial And Naval
Bases And Civilian Train
ing Are Under Way

HOUSTON. Tex, July 10 P =
C1rcled by the War department as
an area which must be accorded full
protection in time of war, the Texas
Gulf coast is quietly going about
the business of preparing itself for
defense.
Plans for aerial and naval bases.
expedition of civilian training, forma-
ton of anti-aircraft and home de-
Tense units, a planned national in
dustrial defense corps, precautions
against fifth column entertainments
these activities were sandwiched
into the routines of business and
agriculture.
The most important project out
lined for the states section richest
In oil and business is the $25, 600, 900
naval air training station being con-
structed at Flour Bluff 10 miles.
south of Corpus Christi.
When the main base is completed,
the navy plans to graduate $50 stu
dents a month from a personnel of
$500.
Ten thousand acres will be used
for various types of air fields; 2,O49
acres already have been condemned.
The $1,000, 900 Southern Alkali
corporation plant at Corpus Christi
is geared to start making sodium
nitrate, used extensively in the
manufacture of explosives, when the
government gives the signal.
Houston, center of the Texas oil
industry, is keenly aware of it's ter
ritory's Importance in any plan of
national Welfare, and the citizenry,
as well as the government is taking
suitable steps.
Ellington Field, an old wartime
training center, will be reopened by
the War department for air train
ing. Besides this, a move is under
way to obtain a national guard anti
aircraft unit; a flying school here
has been designated by the Civil
Aeronautics Authority as an adj
vanced training school, putting it in
line for selection as an army train
ing base, and a naval reserve avia-
ton base may be established.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Two Stills Destroyed
In Onslow By A.T.U.

Two 15o-gallon capacity copper
submarine stills and 1,150 gallons Of
mash fit for distillation were seized
by Alcohol Tax Unit investigators
of the U. S. Treasury department
here in raids conducted Tuesday in
the Padgett section of Onslow county.
ATU agents seized 300 gallons Of
mash at the site of one of the stills
and $50 gallons of mash at the other
ton and no arrests were made, Of
ficerS said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Shipping News
N SAILED

CLEARED AND SAILED
Steamer
Norwegian) Sneland, 1854 tons,
coastwise after discharging part car
go of sugar, Heide and company,
agents.
Cutter
Modoc, 1890 tons, U. S. coast
guard cutter, on a routine cruise Off
the coast.
IN PORT
Steamer
(Italian) V~illarperosa with part
cargo Of scrap iron.
Barges
Harold, 100 tons, and Monocacy.
TAO tons, loading cargo lumber at
the J. Herbert Bate Lumber CON-
pany.
Woco-Pep, 1910 tons, discharg-
ing cargo of gasoline for the Cape
Fear Terminal company.
Yachts
Ruth King, so tons, at Maffitt's
pier at Wrightsville Beach under
command of Capt. Brooks.
Drifter, SO tons, locked at
Wrightsville Beach.
Steamer
Agwistar, 1921 tons, discharging
cargo of nitrate of soda, Pryde For
warding company, agents.
INWARD BOUND
Motor Vessel
(Swedish) Anita, 1,4O8 tons, from
Buenos Aires, Argentina, and San
tos with cargo of fertilizer mate
rails. Heide and company, agents.
Tanker
Chilbar, 5000 tons, from Houston
with cargo Of gasoline for the
Shell Oil company. Cape Fear Ship
ping company, agents.
Tug and Barge
Tug Cadimus and barge Derwent,
1884 tons, from Port Tampa with
cargo phosphate rock. Heide and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Hoey Asks Cut In Differential
BetweenPay Teachers

RALEIGH, July 1O-R-At least
Of portion of the $3.50, 900 available
for teacher-salary increases during
the next scholastic year should be
used to reduce the differential be-
tween the pay of white and negro
teachers, Governor Hoey said to-
day.
At present, the maximum salary
of a white teacher is $126 a month;
the maximum for a negro is $1OO.
A Federal Court, in an appeal from
a suit brought in Virginia, held
recently that there should be no
differential.
1.-THE policy of the state h a S
been and is to reduce gradually
this difference as negro teachers
become better prepared to teach,"
the Governor said.
Meanwhile, the state school COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

missions salary committe met in
executive session to consider al
location of the $3.50, 600, but reach
ed no final decision. Members in
terviewed, however, said they also
believed that the differential
should be narrowed.
DR.. B. B. Dougherty, chairman
of the committee, said the group
would have nothing concrete" to
report to a session of the full COM
mission tomorrow. Most of the day
was devoted to consideration f
salary schedules for city and coun-
ty superintendent, he added.
A. Mel. Graham summed up the
days activities this wey: I'VE
worked like blazes and accomplish
ed nothing" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
SHARP CUT MADE
IN TOBACCO CROP
,rosoe Of $4,000 And Pro
1uction Of 45s,540, 900
Pounds Is Indicated

auFIGH. July TO- Up -North
lima ~flue-cured tobacco growers
oa'. ont their crop almost in half.
i~", oonared with last year, the state
a. federal departments of agricul-
anu announced today in the first to-
,u![ Weld forecast of the season.
Va r,,o report indicated an acreage of
.dooo 4 production of 458, $40, 900
'V-,s and a yield-per-acre of 913
l0a, Last year the states flue-
pVa, 5 acreage was $685. 900, the pro-
cD.;on was SOB, O30, 900 pounds, and
Vu,, ,ield-per-acre a 939 pounds.
'q r,o tobacco crop vas described as
generally in good condition on July 1.
p,irs were BADLY needed" in the
%.n, Bright and Border belts, how
other belts reported favorable
rsafber conditions.
The 1899 crop, largest in the states
,...orv was raised without crop con-
n1 restrictions. This years crop
HUI 49,"
ros controlled by federal quotas.
The report by belts, with 1899, fol-
lows;
ma and Middle belts - Acreage,
M, ooo which is SO per cent under
1q2q. production. 175,440,0 900 pounds;
,iord per acre, $50 pounds, same as
1889.
New Bright belt-Acreage, 243, 900,
5ovn 4S per cent; production, $780,
60 oOo pounds; yield per acre, $50
7o,nds. down four per cent.
Border belt-Acreage, $1,000, down
Al per cent; production, 52,250,0OO
rounds; per are yield, $50 pounds,
down four per cent.
Burley belt-Acreage, 1900, down
"a per cent: production, 7,110,0O0
hounds; yield per acre, 900 pounds,
five per cent.
Flue-cured growers will vote July
% nm whether to continue control
next year. whether to continue con-
trol for the next three years, or
to have no control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
BABY NAMES

RALEIGH, N. c., July 10
-R-Want some new ideas for
naming your baby? Here, as
a public service feature, we
give you some of the latest
names recorded with the North
Carolina Division of Public
Health:
Wise Speller, Oscar Proberb.
Lake Erie Jones, The Jordan
Kennedy Prodical presumably
ProdigaD, Sureply Brown,
Bushyhead, Dump Short, King
David, Memory, Honeyblue,
Fullove, and b. Quick.
Or maybe you'd better name
the little rascal "Junior."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Improvements Completed
On U. S. Highway No. 81

RALEIGH, July 10.-R-Im-
provements have been completed
on U. S. highway "a in Randolph
county near Franklinville, S t a t e
highway engineer W. Vance Baise
said today.
The project cost $249, 900 and in
cludes rerouting of the roadway
for 4.9 miles, the elimination of
curves. and construction of an
overpass. The road will be opened
to traffic in about VIC weeks, after
the concrete has hardened. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

in the course of an attempt to
prove that Browder, and the
American communist party, were
so deeply concerned with the poll
cies of the Soviet government that
these policies influenced them in
their attitude toward the United
States.
The witness maintained, how
ever, that the communist party
made its policies in the United
States, that it wanted to change
the form of the present govern
ment within the framework of
American democratic principles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

school will open tomorrow under the
direction of the general assembly's
executive committee on religious edu.
cation. The Rev. C. Norman Cook
of Richmond, Va, will direct the
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
81 Persons Are Injured
In N. Y. Train Crash

NEW YORK, July 10.-R-Nine
hundred passengers were thrown into
darkness and confusion and 81 per.
sons were crushed, bruised or cut by
shattered glass when a crowded, A.
car early morning commuters train
crashed into a bumper today at
Grand Central terminal.
The impact threw standing passen.
gers to the floor, where others tram
lied upon them.
FIFTY injured were treated in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
K 0 MOUNTAIN HOTEL

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN HOTEL
A Vacation Paradise
Located on highest point Of Lookout
Mountain, overlooking Chattanooga
and seven mountain ranges. Cool
nights-pleasant days. All sports,
including outdoor swimming pool,
golf. riding, tennis. Rates moderate.
Address
S. JOHN LITTLEGREEN,
Manager, Lookout Mountain Hotel
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Closes Training School

MONTREAL, July TO- R-The
Presbyterian women's auxiliary
training school closed today after a
weeks session at which nearly 1000
delegates representing all sections of
the south were registered
The young peoples leadership
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

BLOWING ROCK-The 18th an
nual Blowing Rock horse show will
be held August 2-3.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

terminals emergency hospital, and
at least seven others were taken to
other hospitals. suffering more Sc.
rious injuries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
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World at War Hits Locol Shipping:
Ships Few and Space at Premium

The economic pressure OF war.
fare affecting both domestic and
foreign maritime commerce--is
held to be a blame for the current
slowness OF cargoes flowing
across Tacoma's wharves. accord
ing 10 an informal poll OF local
shippers.
Indicative Of the scarcity OF
space In all trade routes, ships
calling here during recent weeks
have decreased about rs per cent.
with indications berthings will
continue on the down-grade.
Wednesday four vessels were in
port, and a fifth was expected
during the evening.
Loaded to capacity and prepared
to sail Wednesday afternoon, the
Grown City will take n wide as
sortment of Northwest products
on her first voyage TO the Orient.
Meanwhile, the Ceilings
worth Of the same line was In
port and completing the dis
charge Of her first trips car
|. 20 preparatory 10 commence
Ing her outbound Loading at
the grain dock Thursday.
The coaster Lake Frances was
on berth for discharge Of Cali
fornia general cargo. proceeding
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
State Agents
Arrest 5 Here
Boil Posted on
Liquor Charges

Simultaneous raids on five lower
Broadway and Pacific ave. cafes at
1;3o Wednesday morning Melted
five men found behind the bars by
state liquor control agents.
Melvin Harris. %. taken at the
Avenue cafe. 1916 Pacific, was
charged with sale of hard LIQUOR by
the drink; John Baker. 2s. Star
cafe, 1919 Broadway formerly the
Lido and involved in abatement
proceedings under that name), also
sale; James Kerrigan, 40. Cafe de
Paris, 1920 Pacific, possession with
intent to sell; John Land, "a, Roma
cafe, 1920 Broadway, sale, and
John Mann, %, Broadway cafe.
1882 Broadway. possession.
Each posted $500 bond for his
release from the county Jail.
If you're not using sell It with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
BY JIMMY nArlo

later Wednesday 10 start lifting .
capacity load Of Tacoma lumber
for another trip southbound.
The Canadian coaster Eastholm
was at the smelter for discharge
OF regular consignment of
British Columbia ore.
Expected Wednesday evening,
the intercoastal freightsr Ameri-
can Is slated for q short turn
around at Baker dock TO discharge
and load general cargo and hum
Der to the capacity of the space
allotted local shippers.
Due Thursday. after APP
proximately = days delay be-
cause Of lnclemenf weather
on the coast, are three vessels.
The coasters Cascade and El
cedro are scheduled for appear
ance on the local range, and the
chartered Norwegian motorship
Indra Is TO arrive at the shelter
for discharge of South American
ores.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
PORT CALENDAR :

Vessels in port: collingsworth,
Waterside milling: Crown City,
Port piers; Lake Frances. Shat
fer No. 1; Eastholm. smelter.
Vessels due: Wednesday D. m,
American, Baker. Thursday, Cas-
cade. shaffer No. 2: III cedro.
Hooker; Indra. smslter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

If you're not using 1 sell 1t with
q Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Firms Can Keep Railway Cut
With One Plane, DC. Man Says
Numerous Bridges Over Marshes Targets;
Garbage Dumps May Speed Disease

A single bombing plane that made
a flight every other day could keep
the Murmansk railroad cut, vitality
impairing Russian operations against
the Firms, a native Washingtonian
who served as a master engineer in
the North Russian campaign in
1919. said here today.
He is George S. Cullen, profess
sional photographer, who, as men,
ber of the North Russian Transpor-
tation Expeditionary Corps, helped
keep the LeningradM rail-
road in repair for six months.
Mr.. Cullen's company followed the
retreating Russians south along the
road from Murmansk and he knows
how easily it can be destroyed. AS
the Bolsheviki retreated, they de-
stroyed the road.
''The roadbed crosses hundreds of
small creeks. lakes and marshes
where bridges are necessary" he
said. These bridges, of course,
would be easy targets for a bombing
plane"
Mr.. Cullen has theory that filth,
just plain filth" may beat the Rus
slams.
I'm the winter" he explained, "the
subzero weather freezes any trash or
garbage thrown about. However,
when the spring thaws come and
Evening star., 1940-01-14

Inter-American
Fiscal Unit 10 Meet
On Bank Proposal
Delegates Pressing for
EorIy erection to Meet
War Emergencies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A hurry-up call went out yes
terday to members of the Inter-
American Financial Subcommittee
to meet at the Pan-American Union
tomorrow to receive a completed
draft of the proposed Inter- Amer
ican Bank.
The project, climaxing two
months of gruelling technical study,
Is understood to call for an initial
capital of about 500, ,0O0, 900.
Delegates were pressing hard for
early creation of the bank to meet
the emergencies in the Western
Hemisphere caused by war in
Europe.
Several delegates favored rails
ing this capital by sale of stock
to the governments of the 81 Amer
ican republics, in proportion to
their population.
This method was expected to
meet the approval of the srbcom-
mittee, although some members
sought equal investment in the
banks stock by all the American
governments.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Letter Reveals
| RooseveIt-Burr
| Litigation

A story Of litigation more than
century ago between Nicholas
Roosevelt, great-uncle of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Aaron
Burr, once Vice President of the
United States but more widely re-
membered as the slayer of Alex
ander Hamilton. was brought to
light yesterday by presentation at
the White House of letter from
Nicholas Roosevelt's attorney to his
client.
Sigped by N. B. Doe, the letter
informed Nicholas Roosevelt that
Col. Burr was seeking continuance
Of a lawsuit brought against him
by the Roosevelt ancestor. The
case involved a mortgage held by
Mr.. Roosevelt on properties owned
or represented by Burr.
The letter was dater March "a,
1926, and was addressed to Nicholas
Roosevelt at JOhnSburg, N. Y, q
Evening star., 1940-01-14

summer takes over, garbage that has
been frozen all winter becomes a
breeding place for disease.
If I'm not mistaken, the Soviet
Army today is sowing harvest
they will reap in the summer in the
form Of diseased mosquitoes that
will breed in the filthy water con-
tanning their winter garbage. And
the Arctic mosquitoes in that region
are terrible"
Mr.. Cullen has pictures of his
company all wearing heavy netting
over their faces to protect them
against the mosquitoes.
Mr.. Cullen was serving in France
when selected as a member of the
corps to go to Russia. He was there
from March until September. He
had spent two years in Alaska as an
engineer before the war broke out.
He lives here at 507 Allison street
NV.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Huxley 10 Discuss
Science in Warfare
Al Town Hall
Briton to Give Details d
Of Arbitration Plan
In ToIk Tonight

The role of science In modern war
fare and the implications Of scien-
tific discovery for social reorganiza-
ton will be discussed at 8 o'clock
tonight by DR.. Julian Huxley at the
first lecture this winter Of the Town
Hall of Washington at the Shore
ham Hotel.
In his talk, Science, War and
Reconstruction" the eminent biolo-
gist will tell why he believes 1t urgent
for the future peace of the world
for neutral nations to form opinions
about the kind of reconstruction
and peace settlement that will fol-
low Europe's present conflict. DR..
Huxley, who is an advocate of a
federalized Western Europe, believes
there could be set up a unified eco
nomical as well as a political system
which could enforce comulsory
third-power arbitration of interna-
tional disputes. He will outline
details of this plan in his lecture.
DR.. Huxley, president of the Royal
Geological Society, has long been
regarded as one of Britain's most
distinguished scientists and think
ers. He is the grandson of the great
biologist, Thomas Henry Huxley; a
grandnephew of Matthew Arnold,
critic and poet; nephew of Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, novelist; son of
Leonard Huxley, biographer and his
torian, and brother of Aldous Hux-
ley, essayist and novelist. He has
made several visits to the United
States.
In addition to DR.. Huxley, the
Town Hall will present this year
Clarence STREET., H. R. Knicker-
booker, Julius Bryan, Elsa Maxwell
and a series of Friday morning lee
lures of particular interest to
women. In this series, which will
begin Friday, February II, speakers
will include Mrs. Roosevelt, Eliza
beth Fawes, fashion expert; Mar
gerry Wilson, authority on charm,
and Sidney Thompson. dramatist,
who has performed repeatedly at
the White House.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

community which no longer exists
1t was delivered by a postman
named Summerville, under postal
arrangements existing before the
use of stamps.
The document was taken to the
White House yesterday by a New
York real estate man and collector,
Alden S. Condict, and his 13-year-
old daughter, Avis Condict. 1t was
expected that the President will in
clude the original document in his
Roosevelt collection to be placed
in the Hyde Park Memorial Library.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
National Guard Service

The second annual memorial
church service of the District Ma
tional Guard will be held at pm.
next Sunday in Washington Ca
thedral. Troops will move from the
armory to the Cathedray in a convoy
of Army trucks. under direction of
Mai. Fletcher F.. Bernsdorh.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
WendeIin to Speak

Eric Wendelin of the State De-
partment will speak before the
Arlington County (Va) Lions Club
at 1890 pm. Thursday in the WASH
ington Golf and Country Club.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Democrats to Meet

A meeting of the Democratic Club
of the 10th district of Prince Georges
County, Md, of which Mark NJ
Moran is president, will be held at
8 pm. tomorrow in the Municipal
Building, Riverdale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-15
House Guest F eted
frequently
Mrs. James T. Reese
Visits Sister, Mrs. Nyman

Numerous affairs have
been given in the past fort
night for Mrs. James T. Reese
of Kansas City, Mo, who has
been the house guest of her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. +. NJ. Nyman, 1903
Sunset Drive.
Most recent of the parties
was Mrs. Alexander Davy's
luncheon at Lakewood Ter
race on Friday afternoon.
Other hostesses for breakfasts,
luncheons. beach parties and din
ners have been Mrs, G. Z. Nymsn,
Mrs. J. A. Mcleod. Mrs. James r.
NJ. Fisher and Mrs. W. A. Carlson.
Several garden affairs have been
given as well al her sisters home
Included in her entertainment
have been weekend trips on the
sound. motor trips 10 the mountain
and other points Of interest here
and in eastern Washington.
On her return Mrs. Reese Will &c
by way of Chehalis and Vancouver
Wash. where she will visit sisters
and Palo Alto, TO be the guest OF
a brother. She stopped in Long
Beach. San Msteo and San Fran
cisco en- route 10 Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-15

) New officers are Mrs. Winfield
Sypher, reelected president; Mrs.
Walter Sivertson, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Emory Leamon, Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Carl
Messner, secretary; Mrs Michael
Devote. treasurer, and Mrs. John
B. Smith, corresponding secre-
tary.
Mrs. William Hawley was chair
man of the decorations. assisted
by Mrs. Arthur Holdal. Mrs. Jack
Walker and Mrs. Arthur Behling.
Sweetpeas and baby's breath in
crystal bowls were used through
out the rooms, and marking each
place was miniature bouquet of
summer flowers in a tiny vase.
Those who attended are Mes
danes Carl Messner, Michael De-
Voto. A. F. Goodrich, John 3.
Smith. E. F. Feroglia, L. H. Love,
John Lemon. E. J. Martin, Merle
Leedy, Emory Lemon. w. S.
Sypher, Walter Smell, Walter ST.
vertson. Harold Macpherson. Rich
ard Meyer, Jack Walker, Arthur
Behling, William Hawley, Arthur
Holdal, Richard Boskovich and
Robert A. Meisenburg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-15
TaComan Attends New
York Meeting

Miss Elizabeth c. Dufour Of
Tacoma is spending a few days at
the Beekman Tower hotel in New
York city, where she is attend
ing house party of the Women's
Overseas Service league. follow
ing the goth national convention
recently held in Washington, D. C.
The New York unit of the
league is acting as hostess for the
event, and has planned a special
day at the Worlds fair, Monday,
July s. Mayor La Guardia will be
guest of honor at the luncheon
at Perylon hall on Monday. and
a reception will be given for the
distinguished visitors.
The league is composed of wom-
en- who worked overseas during
the last war in France, Belgium,
Scotland, Italy, Poland, Germany
and the Balkans, from 1917 to
1922.
The league, which has units in
every state in the Union, still
maintains its welfare work among
World war veterans and their
families and is now engaged &C.
lively in aiding the refugees Of
the present war through many
channels.
Events on the program started
on Sunday, July s, when the Over
seas Service league. Red Cross
personnel, entertained the visitors
with reception and tea. Crown
ling event of the day will be the
dinner in the garden of Romanian
house. after which the guests will
be entertained at the Pennsylva-
MIA building.