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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
AXIS EYES TURN
TO CREEKS, TURKS
Nations May Be Forced To
Showdown On Relations
With Britain
(By The Associated Press)

ROME, Sept. 21-Fascist spokes-
men indicated tonight in the after
math of the latest Rome-Berlin con-
sultation, that the Axis may call
for a showdown from Greece and
Turkey, the last harbors for British
influence in southeastern Europe.
Turkey still has a defensive al
lance with Great Britain; Greece
still has a British pledge to protect
her independence.
From Virginia Gayda, frequently
Mussolini's sounding board, came
the strongest indication that Greece
and Turkey may be asked to make
plain their positions.
The axis powers, Gayda wrote
in II Giornale d~'Italia, are ready to
support cancellation and respect
for legitimate interests, but they
require final Qualification of still
pending problems and attitudes
still in doubt"
Gayda promised also that the
war against Britain will develop
with ever-more intense energy and
lContinued on Page Nine; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
London Raid
is Termed
Lighter
BY the Associated Press

by the freSS
LONDON, Sept. o. Sun
day)-Individual Nazi raiders
unloaded bombs on London last
night and early today for hour
after hour in the 18th consecu-
tive all-night assault.
One raider, attempting to
pierce the London barrage of
an~ti-aircraft guns came crash
ing to his doom. There was
an explosion and a tremendous
flash as his bombs burst with
the impact, but the site was
declared to be an open space.
Other raiders spread an arc
of incendiary bombs around
three sides Of the city. Fires
quickly broke out. Auxiliary
firemen were reported to have
subdued them.
Observers said the German
air activity appeared, however,
to be lighter than formerly.
One big bomb smashed severa
shops and Jared an underground
public shelter in which hundreds
If persons were sleeping.
Raiders Driven Off
The British Press Association
said raiders on the northeast coas'
early today were driven away by
leavy anti-aircraft fire and had tt
ellison their bombs in the sea.
Bombs also were hurled in cas-
and north London, in Surrey ane
IN the northwest coast. The Press
Association reported several per
sons were killed in a northWes'
own.
For London it was the 18th con
'ecutive all-night assault, renewed
fresh vigor after a day o.
.solated action during which two
daylight thrusts at the cap
tai were beaten off, one by coasta
anti-aircraft and the other by Brit
Ssh fighter planes which turned
back a wave of so Messerschmitt
lighter bomber over the southeas'
coast.
Edwin Stout, an Associated Press
staff man having a late dinner ii
restaurant, telephoned his office
$3.50 pm. that proceedings hae
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-RE
The Census, bureau announced to-
night that the population of the
United States on April l was 49,
400, 81. This was a gain of 7 per
cent since 193O-the smallest per-
centage increase in any decade OF
American history.
The 48 states and the District of
Columbia reported 8,634,835 more
residents than they did 10 years
ago, but individual states had wide
ly differing stories.
BY percentages, Florida gained
the fastest of the states, 27.9 per
cent, while South Dakota lost the
most, rs per cent. The District OF
Columbia, where the number OF
government workers has doubled,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
GUARD TO LEAVE
FOR CAMPS TODAY
Farewell Ball Given Men
Oh Five Army Units
AT Lumina
BY LIEUT.. w. H. HANCAMMON

LII L
FORT SCREvEN, Ga, Sept. 21.-
An advance detachment Of the first
battalion of the 252nd Coast Artillery
arrived here tonight to make ar
rangements for the arrival of the
battalion Monday.
Units of the battalion, which is
under the command of Major j. B.
McCumber, of Wilmington, include
the battalion headquarters battery
of Wilmington, and detachments of
Battery A, Wilmington, Battery B,
of Lumberton, and a medical detach-
ment from Greensboro.
Wi1mington's National Guards
men will begin to leave the city
today, headed for various camps
and one year of intensive train
ing in the regular army.
Headquarters Battery and tn e
Regimental band of the 252nd
Coast Artillery we're scheduled to
leave at an "early" but unan-
nounced hour this morning for Fort
lContinued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
TRISTANS AWAIT
KIDNAP CONTACT
Ransom Ready For Thug
Who Abducted Child
On Friday
By The Associated Press

HILLSBOROUGH, Calf, Sept. 81.
There has been 10 contact with
the kidnaper."
Those words came through the
dread silence of the De Tristan
home today, "a hours after three
year-old Marc, scion of several
wealthy families, was abducted by
a mar who left a demand for
500, 900 ransom.
The money was ready, to be
paid for the safe return of the
little boy, son of Count and Coun-
tess Mare de Tristan, socially
prominent members of this exclu-
sive neighborhood.
A friend of the parents said late
today they were bearing up sur
prisingly WELL" and were "just sit
ting around hoping for some sort
of a contact to be made"
f. The kidnaper, who signed the
ransom note as Unconventional &C.
centric had a free hand to open
negotiations with the family. Po-
lice and federal agents withdrew
from the case at the farSily's ur-
Continued on. Page Two; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
Aoneycutts
Plane Nav
Have Fallen
Crew Saw Craft
Fall In Flames At
Mouth Of River
SEARCH UNSUCCESSFUL
Bri;eadier General On Way
From Bragg To Farley
In Jacksonville

BRUNSWICK, Ga, Sept. 21.-R
, search for a missing Army plane
:. which Brigadier General Francis
" Honevcutt and two others were
MAKING a routine flight focused to-
rjobr On A desolate area of Tide
water swampland near the mouth of
,hp Satilla river after a tugbos-
hand reported seeing a plane fall in
flames there last night.
About three score Army and Coast
Guard planes secured the section
until dusk and the search was con-
tnued tonight by parties in small
boats.
Seen by Negro
KR. Durham of Woodbine, Ca,
reaei the report of a crash given
10 him by Albert Sullivan, negro
member of the crew of a tugboat
Which was pulling a raft of logs
down the river when the incident
occurred.
Burnham said he and a party of
friends contacted the tugboat about
:! miles east of Woodbine and Is
niles south of here.
Sullivan said he saw the plane
burst into flames about $50 last
night and that it crashed some dis
lance away, Burnham related. Crew
men on the tugboat thought the
plane probably fell into the marsh
father than in the river.
Coast Guard and Army officials at
Jacksonville said the location and
tine Of the reported crash led them
TO believe it was the plane in which
he Fort Bragg, n. c., commandant
and his two companions left the fort
Ae yesterday enroute to Jackson
vile.
MAJOR H. A. Maloney, manager of
ae Jacksonville airport, said search
us mad been unable to find any trace
Inc plane from the air but that
F growth was so thick and the
La'Saland so soft, it was likely the
F1le could not be seen from above.
Major Sam Ellis, commander of
Vonllnued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
MAN, 30, FOUND
SHACKLED, BEATEN
Trail Of Blood Traced
From Highway Back
Into Mountains

TUXEDO PARK, N. Y, Sept. I'll
R-A young man, about 80, his
legs shackled with old-fashioned
handouts and his head apparently
bludgeoned, was brought unconscious
tonight to the Tuxedo Memorial hos
pital.
State police said that apparently
he had made his way painfully
from mountains near Southfields, N.
Y, to a highway where he collapsed
and was discovered by a S~outhfields
resident.
They were able to follow his trail
Of blood about a half-mile into the
mountains.
DR.. David Tolmie, who attended
the man, said that his skull had
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
War Interpretive

last stood perilously close to in
vasion. In the wake of that blow,
Britian's Incompatible seamen,
Drake and his fellows, drummed
that armada down the English
channel with their guns to utter
destruction.
Three centuries and a half later,
equinoctial gales vex that same
channel and are sweeping tn e
shallow North Sea into tumbling
water barriers to Nazi invasion of
England. More powerful than Brit
aims mighty war fleet, they are
already bunting German hopes of
Continued on Page Nine; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
BY KIRKE L.. SIMPSON

Just about 5:46 a. m. Oondon
time) tomorrow morning, Septem-
Der %, summer comes to a formal
end in Western Europe.
That is the appointed hour this
year of the autumnal equinox,
when night and day exactly divide
the 24-hour span. And this year,
as not in more than three centu-
ries, Britons around the world are
praying for early winter-bred
storms to secure England certain
ly, against a German invasion.
It was unseasonal July storms
in 1888 that broke up Spain's
Great Armada" when England
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
BY The Associated Press

HANOI, French Indo-China,. Sept.
22.@SundayeA new complication
disturbed the to~uch-and-go situation
over Japanese demands for mill
tary rights in French Indc-China
today when authoritative French
sources declared they would refuse
to let Japan make Tonkin a mill.
tary base.
These sources said they were
ready to honor their word and give
Japan the military facilities provid-
ed in the Vichy-Tokyo understand
ing but would balk at anything
meaning Japanese military occupa-
ton of Tonkin.
This statement followed a new
setback in the critical negotiations
after earlier hope that an amicable
settlement impended.
While Maj.-Gen. Issaku Nishi-
hara, chief of the Japanese mill
tary mission, sulked in his hotel
room at Haiphon, where he went
this morning, several of his subor-
dinates returned here and were be-
lieved to be ready to renew the
conversations.
Japanese nationals who left
Hanoi environs last night remained
aboard ships in Hafphong harbor
but it was reported that japanese
from Southern Indo-China had left
Saigon aboard ships bound for an
undisclosed destination.
Although French sources vel
coined the United States renewed
expression of concern over Indo-
China's status quo, a spokesman
said it was recognized that Wash
ington could not go so far as to
threaten Japan. However, he said,
a further American expression
would be Of utmost Importance"
French sources said the French
army in Indo-China would prefer
to go down fighting rather than
submit to too humiliating terms.
Need Huge Force
They estimated that Japan would
need 100000 men to. conquer all
this East Asian colony and de-
clared that if France resisted with
the full cooperation of the Chinese
army, Japan would find her fight
ing front stretched out 1000 miles.
The colonial government an
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
SURPLUS FOODS
WEEK WINNERS
Aarshburn And Son Take
One First Prize, Mrs.
Parker Another

winners in both divisions Of the
surplus Foods Week contest were
sauOuhced yesterday by the judging
Committees.
III tne prize awards to grocers for
nS inost forceful display Of Surplus
c4ilooltles P. A. Marshburn and
ss L' 9th and Chestnut, took first
~ prize of SIS and Mayhan's
~ tV'efy' 1914 Castle, was awarded
Wy second prize of $40.
T.. Mrs, Edna w. Parker, sos Mar
street, went the first award of
N"'iued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
WEATHER

Nor+. FORECAST
dsy sna carolina: Generally fair Sun
ls,tb anu Monday: slightly cooler in
PORTION Sunday night.
edinse G7r9iogical data for t he "a hours
'''o p: M. Yesterday.
In Temperature
h.. "a. a. m; 50; 7:30 a. m. SO; 1:30 p.
niniminns 80 p. m. 10; maximum So;
20, mean 76: normal q.
In Humidity
b. d. d; N. 96; 1880 a. m. 90; 1870 p.
$50 p. m. IS.
lloto, Precipitation go.
lone. lor a hours ending 7:3O D. M,
10 jnc MAJ since first Of the month,
Tides For Today
e'oh ------ 1:05a S:0Sa
'H0ofo Inlet Il :5sa 4:5ea
Suur;so II Zip 5:31p
lie 9.Se. a:0Ga; sunset 6:09p; moon
up moonset II LIZA.
III rear river stage at Fay
"e' at 8 a. M, September 10,
IN Page Nine; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22

Farley Ends
In Dispute
Indo- China Officials Say
'Tonkin Not Ia Be Made
Jap Army Base
FRENCH MAY FIGHT
Petain Government Has
Told Colony To Reach
Accord With Japs

HONGKONG, Sept. % Sunday.
= Up - An authoritative dispatch
from Hanoi, French Indo-China, said
today French-Japanese negotiations
on Japah's demand for military priv
ileges in that French colony had
again been broken off, and that all
the Japanese mission planned to
leave today.
LONDON, Sept. 21.-P-Reuter's
British) news agency reported to-
night from Saigo, Indo-China, that
French negotiations with Japan
over japanese military advantages
in that colonial possession have
broken down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22

IN Page Nine; Col. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
High Court Hears
Communist Case

OLymPfa--Ths state today
challenged the right Of ths Com.
munlst party 20 hare ia eanai'
dates appear on the November 0
general election baiio,
The supreme court with oil nine
Iustices ON the bench. heard ~.
toruey General smith Troy argus
that the party vsa not entitled 10
place on ths ballot because u
advocated forcsfui overthrow ~
the American government
Its candidates. n elected. would
have 10 commit perjury. he eoo-
tended. before they could tsks
their OatAs ~ office
The Communist party flied
liza 81 nominees sith Secretary u
State Belle Reeves. ana refused
10 accept them son Tro1's adsiee.
Tosiay's action WAS brought ~ NE
party 10 force her 70 certify the
nominees names 70 tns county
auditors for a place On ne ballot.
After hearing arguments On the
communist case The court t9ok u
under advlssmsbI A decision vas
sxpected within : fsN days. how
ever. Aines Mrs Reeves IL required
By Law 70 certify al names % 70
On ths ballot 70 county auditors
b. October ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
Ex-MaYor
Dies After
Attack
Aloskon Connery
Chief Succumbs
Al Seottle

SEATTLE - Frank :.
Rarncs. Wrangcll, Alaska. sal.
mon cannery executive and
many times mayor Of the
southeastern Alaska city,
died in Swedish hospital here
Friday Of injuries suffered
when he was maulcd by a
female grizzly bear.
Barnes was hunting up atihlne
river about 70 miles from wfanaei.
Oct. 4 when he was attacked ~
the bear from behind a. h~ walked
near her cubs
De managed 10 FIRE one shot
from his shotgun before being
Knocked 20 fest from the trail and
mauiad.
ReHcuers were forced % cut their
way into a willow thirkst where
he lay
Barnes guests on the hunting
trip were L. ]. skaaga and , NJ
Stokes. both ~ Portland. ore
Barnes former home Mrs. Harnes
IL = daughter of o. NJ Piummsr.
Portland
A aon was flying from Ne~ York
city. but atlii wsz three hours from
Seattle when barnes died.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
People in
The News

Franklin ID. Roosevelt jr. told a
forum of the New Jersey College
for Women at New Brunswick last
night that I'm not going TO attack
Mr.. Willkie. because ! think he's
a very fine man. but I think my
old man Is a little bit more
capable.
The Italian Fascist party has
expelled Marehionness MatiIde
Scarampi di yailanova and her
daughter. yittorina. because they
hung pink and blue ribbons on their
door to announce the birth OF two
puppies. The ribbons ordinarily are
used TO announce a human birth.
The expulsion order said they had
with complete lack Of eomprehen-
sion Of the Fascist sensibilities pro-
famed the symbol with which the
party honors and salutes the birth
Of new human lives" -
Actor Robert Montgomery. the
chairman Of HolIywood's We the
People COMMITTEES" supporting RE
publican Wendell l. WiIlkie In the
presidential campaign. has ehaI-
lenged Pat O'Brien. chairman Of
the Hollywood for Roosevelt"
group. to a debate which may be
broadcast Montgomery will argue
for Willkie, and the Roosevelt de-
batter viii be chosen from among
Edward G. Robinson. Miriam Hop
kins, RoszIind Russell. Douglas
Fairbanks jr.. Henry Fonda and
Walter Huston -.
President n. W. Prentis jr., Of
the National Manufacturers ssso-
citation. denounced AZ Chicago the
suggestion by sidney HIlImsn. Of
the national defense commission.
that corporations violating federal
labor laws be denied defense con-
tracts. Defense IL not coming
first when the present emergency
Is used TO try TO enforce the wag-
ner act by eztrs-legai means" he
said -.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
Guard Officer
Dies Of Wound

After a threesday fight for life,
Capt Sterling y. McPhall. national
guard officer from nsIliDKham.
died shortly before 2 o'clock Pr.
day afternoon from a srlf.inflictsd
rifls shot
hoPhaii believed respondent
because he had failed 10 pass .
physical examination after hia
guard unit was inductsd into the
army Oct n turned a 30-eaiIbsr
army rife ON himself while hia
fellow officers wsrs at breakfast
Wednesday morning
Ths ss-year.oid company com.
maadsr of Co I. tsiaf Infantry.
revived slightly Wednesday night
after a blood TRANSMISSION bat
Thursday and Friday his condition
steadily became worse Ths fatal
bullet passed through hia body isis,
above the heart
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
+. D. Is Acclaimed
By Vast Crowd

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - President
Roosevelt declared Friday that
Americans whoIeheartedly will
rally TO the defense Of their homes
and their democracy should the
need ever arise.
Climaxing a defense inspection
In the industrial heart Of Pennsyi-
vania. during which he was sc-
claimed by hundreds Of thousands.
Roosevelt said defense OF the ma
ton from exterior enemies Is in
separately linked with improvement
of living conditions Of the people
at home.
He spoke Informally. defeating
the s14 .000. 900 Terrace Village
housing project and the 100. 000th
unit constructed by the U. s. hous-
ing authority.
Roosevelt declared the housing
project represented another phase
Of democracy at work. We have
here a representation Of intelligent
and sympathetic cooperation be-
tween the federal government and
the local agencies Of government"
the president said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12

Mayor Is Slain

q sHANGHAI-Angry japanese
authorities ordered a house to
kouse search of the Hongkew area
friday for the assassin of Flu
zsiaoen. Chinese puppet mayor Of
he japanese controlled part Of
hanghai.
II was reported a japanese
&rmy officer was shot in the
ongkew area at the same time
hat an assassin slashed Flu to
bath with a heavy meat knife.
-Four other Japanese OFF,
GERS had been assassinated IN
the Hongkew area. which the
Japanese control, within the
last two weeks.
II was feared Fu's assassination
light lead TO further complica-
IONS. Though Fu was killed in
1apanese-controlled territory. the
japanese were expected to allege
bat his assassin had been har-
bred in the foreign-controIled
1rea. and to renew their campaign
Ibr complete control Of Shanghai.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
McChord Field
Soldier Killed

The heavy wing Of an army
bomber at McChord field crushed
md fatally injured Staff sergt.
Walter c. Mcmahon. 35-year-old
motor mechanic, late Thursday
when a jack gave way and let 1t
Tall to the floor Of the hangar.
Mcmahon died at the field hos
pital about o'clock, a short time
after the accident.
He was working under the wing
b a hangar of the saith lombard
ment squadron. The wing had
been raised into place after repairs
but fell as a jack was being re-
moved.
Sergt. Mcmahon had been in the
army air corps IL years. His home
vas in Portland, where he leaves
Ms mother, Mrs. Anna r. McMa-
ION, at 6e13 N. e. Morris st.
An army investigating board
uas determining the exact cause
Z the accident Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
Local Port
Row Echoes
Nationally
Longshore Dispute
With NLRB MIGHT
Holt Shipping

SEATTLE-Meyer Lewis. west
ern director for the American
Federation Of Labor, flew here to-
day from San Francisco to confer
with T. A. Thronson. Tacoma. in
ternational vice president and
Pacific Coast secretary Of the
international Longshoremen's as
ISOLATION, who threatened a nation
wide waterfront tie-up.
Threat of a nationwide mari
time strike was imminent Friday.
as international Longshoremen's
association tAFL), Of Tacoma.
Port Angeles and Anacortes. or
ganized its strong allies to force
immediate action from the Ma
tional Labor Relations board
lila seeks to break the deadlock
OF disagreement between the
NLRB's two members.
lila has before the board a pc
tition for rights to represent its
membership in the three ports for
collective bargaining with employ
ers: such rights are held by Inter-
national Longshoremen's & Ware
housemen's union tCIO) for all
Pacific coast ports. The petition
was accepted by the NLRB follow
ing a two-weeks tieup Of Pacific
coast shipping, which ended Sept.
-.
When the NLRB announced
Thursday 1t could take no action
at the present time" T. Alden
Thronson, Pacific coast secretary
Of lila. Immediately began to
marshal union forces in behalf Of
lila.
Threat Of a Pacific coast
tieup came from Harry Lunde-
berg, president Of Sailors,
union Of the Pacific, who de-
clared for full support Of the
lila.
Walter Holt, international
lila vice-prcsident at New
York. declared the Atlantic
coast and gulf ports would "be
tied-up n the NLRB thinks II
can play politics with our
rights"
Meanwhile, Thronson was meet
ing Friday at Seattle with Meyer
L. Lewis. AFL director for the IL
Pacific coast states. who arrived
by plane from San Francisco.
For overnight developments Of
the spreading Pacific coast steam
schooner strike. see Marine &
Shipping" on page is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
To Observe Holiday
Here on Saturday

Saturday IL Columbus day. the
tfsth year since Christopher Co
lumbls set foot on America fsyen
II he did think u Was China or
Indial
Banks viii b. closed So siii the
city hall the courthouse and q
number u Offices iB the federal
building. Many Of Uncle sans
office employees Will work until the
usual Saturday closing time. IL 30.
All department stores and other
business firms wlii remain open
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
TINS IS
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK

The purpose Of fire
prevention week is TO
bring forcefully TO
your attention your
duty 10 cooperate in
the prevention of fire
of all kinds through
out the year.
Turn TO page 10 OF
today's Times for
other important fire
prevention informa-
tion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12

MOSCOW. Ida. Two University
u Idaho students today awaited
trial on charges Of involuntary
granddaughter. Edward yrabei. Is.
Trenton. ". j.. and Walton Uiness.
q. Chicago. pleaded innocent Of
charges growing out Of an auto
mobile accident. In which two
Washington State college goods
wefe hurt fatally.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-12
Strike Negotiations
VIII Resume Monday

With Cancellation conferences
between employers and union rep
ressn.atlsss scheduled 70 resume
Monday. TacomA's ~o-weeks-old
sawmiil strike remained unchanged
Friday
Employers and union officials
has no comment 10 offer as 70
what might develop al Mondays
session.