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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
Cross Denies Leaks
In Britain's Blockade

LONDON, Feb . ~. Ivy me
British government assured the
house Of commons today that there
&c m serious loopholes in the AL
1;ed blockade which permit shipment
~ 11nited States and other neutral
goods to Germany.
Ronald H. Cross, minister Of eco
nomic warfare, said in response to
a question that no serious leakages
through the United States, Russia
Norway, Italy, The Netherlands OF
Belgium were suspected.
A check is being considered, how
over on shipping through Vladivos-
tok. the Soviet Unions main Pacific
port, he disclosed.
The government had been asked
whether large tin shipments from
The United states to Vladivostok
during recent months being
re~.exportec to Germany since nc
such shipments were made before
the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28

ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, Feb. IT,
R-Secret police arrested 80 Croat
separtist leaders today and charg
ed them with plotting to break ul
Yugoslavia.
The men were accused %specifical
ly of melting riots a n d planting
bombs which exploded in many
parts Of the city.
They were identified by police as
followers Of DR.. Anton Pavellck'
head of the Ustachi (Croat secret
extremist organization), blamed for
the assassination of King Alexander
at Marseille, in October, 1884.
Two of the arrested men were
identified as DR.. Milan Budak and
Dr.. Stephen Buc, reported lieute-
nants of Pavelich, who is living in
Italy.
The arrested men are opponents
of the Croatian peasant party lead
er, Dr.. Vladimir Mack. They have
attacked Mack for working II;
agreement with the Serbs and have
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
COP Farm Study Group
To Meet In Charlotte

WASHINGTON. Feb. q. -P9-
A republican committee to study ag-
ricultural problems announced to-
day II or - members of congress
would attend hearings the group
would hold March 1 and 2 at Char
lotte.
The committee said the Charlotte
meeting would consider agricultural
problems relating to cotton, tobacco.
naval stores, sugar, vegetable oils
fruits and vegetables.
During these meetings the con,
gressmen will have little or moth
ing to say, but they hope that the
witnesses will have much to say
about the agricultural problems Of
the south and the remedies fol
Them" the statement said. There
will be no cross-examination of the
folks who testify"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
YuSOslavia Arrests
Separtist PlOtters

insisted Croatia must be complete
ly independent.
Buc has declared publicly the
Croats are not Slavs like the Serbs
but are of Gothic origin, and there
fore should accept German ratioaa.
socialism.
The bomb explosions occurred
the evening Of February "a while
the Italian Minister Giuseppe Bot
tai was in Zagreb. The bor1bs were
planted in public telephone booths
but no one was injured.
Pavelich has been living in Italy
since a French court convicted him
of completely in the assassination o!
King Alexander. He eve was ar
rested, but was tried by proxy.
The kings assassination c a m 6
shortly after he had disembarkec
from a liner on a goodwill Journey
to France. The killer fired a mum
Der of shots into the kings car
riage. The French foreign minister,
Louis Barthou, riding with the
king, also was killed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
Youth Admits Killing
Toccoa, Ca, Officer

TOCCOA, Ga, Feb. 27.-R-Rich-
ard Nalley, 10, who fled after the
fatal shooting of a Toccoa police
man last night, was captured at
dawn today on a Savannah river
bridge linking Georgia and South
Carolina near here.
State Patrol Chief Lon Sullivan
said Nalley confessed" to Corporal
w. F. ~Beauchamp that he shot Off
Ger Bill Owens. The latter sought
to question the youth about a rob-
berry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
Civil Liberties Unit
Abandons Probe Of XXX

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-R-
Henry A. Schweinhaut, chief Of the
Justice departments Civil Liberties
unit, said today that no action
would be taken on a report of Ku
Klux Khan activity in South Caro-
lima until the result of an investi-
cation had been studied by Assis-
tant Attorney General O. ] o h n
Rogge, head of the criminal di-
vision.
A report has been made by an
attorney in the unit who was sent
to South Carolina in response to
complaints that the khan had been
activ, against labor organizations,
particularly in cotton mill areas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
EXPANDED TENANT
PROGRAM SOUGHT
House Agriculture Commit
tee Suggests $780,
100000 Boost

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.'H-
The house agriculture commute
proposed today a s35o,ooe'ooo e&
nansion of the farm tenant prog
ram. declaring it could be accom-
nlished by mortgage insurance
without additional drain on tn
federal treasury.
The committee, in RECOMMENDING
the plan to the house, recalled ina
under the original 1887 law per
hitting direct loans, collection
have far exceeded payments ou'
and delinquencies have been negh
gible.
Only 10000 Loans
But The members said that onl!
10000 loans to tenants to ou!
farms could be made under tn
present law, which authorizes
revolving fund Of not more thal
$50, 0OO, 900 annually.
"This bill," the committee SAID
Substantially expands the prog
ram now authorized without AM
resulting drain on the treasury
This result is accomplished by au-
thorizing a system of mortgage IN
surance by which private 1unos
would be made available to finance
farm ownership and refinance In
debtedness of present oWners."
The would create ( re-
volving fund which would increase
from $50, OOO, 900 for the first year
to 5000, 00O, 900 three years later.
Modelled after the National Hous-
ing Act, the bill would provide fof
amortization at three per cent ovel
a 4o-year period, plus a 1 per cent
service charge to offset admins
trative expenses and to provide d
fund for possible losses. No loans
could be made unless previously
approved by county agriculture
committees.
The senate passed a similar bill
last year.
The house recently rejected ar
administration recommendation that
S25, 600, 00O-half the usual amount
be appropriated for farm tenancy
in the fiscal year starting net
July 1.
Some senators have predicted
that the SIS. 000, 900 item - along
with several other larger ones -
would be restored to the farm ap-
preparation bill when it comes be-
fore the senate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
Carolina
News Shorts.
by The Associated Press)

Observation-Disclosures as
to whether six fertilizer manufac-
turing companies should be required
bring volumnious records of their
business into federal court rested
today with District Judge johnson
J.. Hayes.
Judge Hayes, after hearing coun'
sci for the corporations and counsel
for the government argue the is
sue yesterday, gave no intimation
from the bench of wh:n he woulo
rule, but intimated to reporters lat
err it would not be before nex1
Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
USHA official Aids
In Strike Mediation

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 27.-@-Leon
D.. wofford Of washington. L. c.,
labor advisor of Region " of the
u. s. Housing Authority, arrived
here today to offer his assistance
in mediating a strike called by the
Building Trades council for a closed
shop at the Fairview Homes negro
slrm clearance project of the Char
lotte Housing Authority. Fifteen OF
the 139 men employed left their
work Yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
C0CK-FICHTlNC
PROVES POPULAR
Barn AT Miami Proves To
Be Betting Grounds Of
Big Proportions
Bv SID FEEDER

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 27.-R-The
big guy at the entrance to t h e
barn-like place pinned a scrap of
ribbon on your lapel as an admis-
sion ticket and announced, "a buck
a head-ladies free"
Inside you found four rows OF
benches circling the pit, and a
sign on the blackboard. It read:
NO gambling allowed. BY order OF
the committee" (The sign didn't
say positively, so that's probably
why all those fifties were changing
hands.)
'Bettingest' Sport
Anyway, that's your introduction
to the 'Bettingest" sport Of them
ali-the not-so-gentle game of cock
fighting. Hialeah's handle is up II
per cent this season; the Jai Alai,
operating with mutuels, has the
IS. R. O." sign out nightly, and the
dogs are getting a terrific play.
Yet, none Of 'em comes even close
in the size of the average bet to
this business of getting down on
the ROSTERS.
It's all man-to-man betting - no
books or mutuels. You just holler
your price and point at the chicken
you like. Another guy hears you
and "okays' it. Don't try to bet less
than j fifty-or you're tabled pix
er right quick.
Ordinarily, you get to a cock
main only after taking a peek over
your shoulder to see you're not be.
ing followed. In most places it isn't
considered quite the thing. But the
one that gets the play around here
is no more trouble finding than
those show horses which run fourth
at Hialeah. It's only some 80 miles
up the main pike, and the cages OF
roosters-some 800 to 400 fighting
birds in all-are spread yer thu .e
acres. Any Sunday in the yard
around the barn you can count Ii
cense plates from 25 of the 4S states
and Alaska.
You'd be surprised at some of the
folks who have their w birds and
fight them. The list includes some
of the biggest names in rac.ng-a
fellow who's head of a couple OF
major race tracks; one Of the ste
warts at Hialeah; a top-flight rae
ing trainer, and the owner of ont
of the most important stud farms
in the breeding world, naturally
you're asked not to make EN- pub
lie.
And, most surprising Of all, these
fanciers are daffier about their
feathered Joe Louises than they
ever get over their gee-gees.
The main starts about noon and
is just as likely as not to run to II
or midnight. A main, in case you
haven't heard, consists of two barn
owners nominating a team" OF
anywhere from three to 10 cocks
Each puts up a pile of "the fresh,
say $1,000. Then, the guy whose
team scores the most victories in
the individual battles of the roos
tiers picks up the marbles-all 5000
of 'em.
It's not a pretty sport to watch
You know that one or the other Of
those barnyard he4men is going te
be CARRIE out Of there-a "deac
pigeon" But it's more tense than 6
heavyweight championship fight OF
that clock-stopping moment wher
the Babe used to come to bat in thu
ninth with two out, two on and two
needed to tie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
GOOD AND BAD

GOOD AND BAD
Observation-Disclosures Hoey
told the Rotary club here in an ad.
dress yesterday there was both good
and bad in the Wagner act and
that congress would render public
service in amending it and in prac.
ticing surgery upon the board which
administers it.
Hoey declared that there should
be an agency to protect and safe
guard labor, but that the legisla'
tive power should be left to con
gress and the judicial power to the
courts. AS it stands, he said, the
free speech of an employer is sup
pressed.
The governor also said there was
justification for the Dies commit
tee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
EMERGENCY

EMERGENCY
KANSAS CITY, Kas.-Alf Reyn-
olds, emergency room orderly al
University Of Kansas hospitals
heard a car dash up to the door
He ran outside.
Get my wife into the hospital,
shouted Ludig Renner. She jus,
had a baby"
And she had - it weighed II
pounds. 9 ounces and had beer
born in the car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
SWEET REWARD

MARSHALL, Minn.-It was a lot
OF annoyance but the buzzing the
bees did in her home last summer
wasn't without its reward, Mrs.
Christine Desutter foun1 out this
winter. She had two men clean the
cornice out. They had to tear out
part of the house frame but inside
they found enough honey combs to
fill a bushel basket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
BOW-W-O.W!

OMAHA, Neb.-The Omaha HUI
name society doesn't quite know
what to do about this one:
A woman appealed to the society
to halt beer tavern loungers from
setting them up for her English
bulldog.
The dog has acquired the habit
of going for a stroll after lunch,
and coming back distinctly Spilled,
the woman complained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28

raids police and depgy sheriffs
seized more than 1875 Slot and pin
ball machines and a quantity of
tipbooks in Goldsboro and Wayne
county yesterday.
It took four trucks to collect the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28

The Panama Canal Zone, having
nearly 200 mics OF fine highways
on which all traffic travels to the
left, is reported to be the only part
of the Americas where traffic
drives in that manner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28

machines found at estab,i.s
IN the city, six deputies n,s,. .''saa
f eitv machines 1imtt1 in raids ou ur.' ~
ers and operators 10th own
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
FILES

FILES
RALEIGH-Monroe Adams, re-
publican, of Statesville, entered the
the Ninth district congressional
race yesterday by sending his fill
ing fee to the state board Of cleo.
tions.
SLOTS RAIDED
GOLDSBORO - In systematic
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
WRIGHT BRIDGE

WRIGHT BFfIDUE
RALEIGH-State highway Off
Gals said they planned to reopen
to traffic this afternoon the Wright
Memorial bridge owe Currituck
sound, a part of which was crush
ed yesterday by a storm-tossed
barge. The span connects Dare
county with the mainland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
CAN'T WIN

YOU CAN'T WIN
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.-An
auto and a train ran a tie race to
a crossing. The car was tossed 400
feet, but the four passengers were
not hurt.
A highway patrolman was amaz-
ed-but not too amazed to give the
driver a ticket for failing to heed
a crossing signal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
FLASHES
OLLIE


ELKHART, Ind-Somebody took
Richard Fields automobile for a
joy ride, but Richard isn't kicking.
He told police the a was returned
to it's parking place with more
gasoline than when it was stolen.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Peter the Rabbit and Digger the
Badger had become the best of
friends. Every morning Peter
stopped at Digger's new home to
tell him the news of the Green
Meadows, for Digger was so busy
that he had little time to go about.
Then Peter, who is . great gossip,
would go about among his neighbors
and tell them what q fine big fellow
Digger the Badger is.
Now, on the Green Meadows and
in the Green Forest, no one is feared
like Bowser the Hound. When his
voice comes booming on the air all
the little meadow and forest people,
excepting those who fly, shiver and
hide, all but Prickly Porky the
Porcupine, who knows his thousand
little spears will protect him, and
Unc' Billy Possum, who one time
fooled Bowser and Is sure that he
can do 1t again. 30 when Peter
Evening star., 1940-05-15
BY Fronk Beck
By willard
By Edqor Rice Burrouohs
By Mormon Marsh
By Bud Fisher

Oh, my, no! The first thing the
all knew Bowser' the Hound W
actually running away. Yes. N
with his tail between his legs B6vse
the Hound was hurrying up th
Lone Little Path. whimpering, Wit
the tears rolling down his cheek,
The little meadow and forest 10
pie looked at each other. The
could hardly believe their eyes. Tha,
they gave . great shout and n
hurried up to shake hands Wit
Digger the Badger and tell him whs
wonderful fellow he was-sll bu
Eeddy FOX, who ground his tsetj
and sneaked Oh Ia disannoArt..:-,
Evening star., 1940-05-15

news of 1t, and soon all the little
meadow and forest people were
gathered about in a great circle.
Over and over in the meadow
grass rolled Bowser the Hound and
Digger the Badger, snarling and
growing and biting and clawing.
Soon Bowser's smooth, glossy coat
was torn and Digger's gray coat was
In tatters.
Reddy Fox watched from q safe
distance and grinned. Nov"
thought Reddy, this will be the end
Of Digger the Badger, and I'm glad
Of It."
"But It wasn't the end Of Digger,
Evening star., 1940-05-15

Rabbit boasted about Digger the
Badger and what big, strong fell
low he is, Peters neighbors shook
their heads and said: wait until
he meets Bowser the Hound. Just
wait. Then he will see."
OF course, Peter told Digger all
about Bowser the Hound and what
= terrible fellow he is. Digger just
laughed.
I'm not afraid" said he.
But you don't know him. You
don't know what great, big, fierce
fellow he Is" protested Peter. "You
Just better watch out"
Evening star., 1940-05-15
ror to all the little forest and mea-

ror to all the little forest and mea-
dow people.
Still Digger the Badger Just
grinned. The hair stood up on
Bowser's neck and back until he
looked very fierce and savage.
"You had better be afraid of me-"
growled Bowser In q deep voice.
But I'm not" said Digger the
Badger, mot the least little bit"
Then I'll make you afraid"
snarled Boyser, springing on Dig
ger the Badger.
Then followed such q fight as the
Green Meadows had never seen. The
Merry Little Breezes spread the
Evening star., 1940-05-15

Then one day when jolly, round,
red Mr.. Sun was smiling his broad
est, Bowser the Hound took it into
his head to go down the Lone Little
Path into the Green Meadows, and
there he surprised Digger the Bad
ger out for walk. BoWser stopped
and pricked up his ears. He had
never before seen such queer fell
low, and he didn't know just what
to make of him, for Digger just
stood still and grinned at him until
he showed all his teeth.
Bow, WOW, wow!" shouted Bowser
In hts deepest voice that carried ter
Evening star., 1940-05-15
JOLLY POLLY
A Little Chat on Etiquette.
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

c. R.+The well-set table does not
contain catsup bottles, pickle and
olive jars, etc. Such relshes and
condiments should be removed from
their original containers into suit
able dishes before being placed on
the table. This is not always prac-
ticed, however, for strictly family
meals.
Evening star., 1940-05-15

West opened the ace Of clubs and
followed with low club. South
won in his own hand, led a diamond
to dummy's ace and continued the
suit, making 5-odd. It should be
noted that with the jack of clubs in
the East hand. 5-odd could also be
made at spades.
North Immediately accused his
partner of undertaking, and said
to South, II first bid q spade and
then showed two diamonds. Why
didn't you, with the king-queen-
small of spades, 60 to two spades. |
whereupon would have contracted
for game?"
Actually South might have bid
two spades, but it should be noted
that the bidding commenced with
North passing: that South, with a
high-card value of but ~ dn
this instance less than az tricks
and 4-3-3-3 distribution. did open
the bidding after his partner passed
and did keep it alive once more by
bidding no-trump. Accordingly, when
the best his partner could do on the
second round was to 60 to two dia-
monds, South decided there could be
no play for game and that he had
better stop before getting too high.
However. let's look at the North
hand. He had passed originally with
better hand than his partner
opened the bidding with. All he
had to do was jump to three dia-
monds on the second round.
With neither side vulnerable, YOU
were Merwin Maiers partner yester-
day and held:
AAss7e
"
. A854
4 Q632
The bidding:
You. Bumstsne. Maier. Jaeeby.
Pass Pass 10 Pass
IA Pass INT Pass
(?)
Answer-Your correct bid is three
diamonds. There should be very
good play for game. CThis hand is
discussed in today's article)
Score 100 per cent for three dia-
monds, 80 per cent for two diamonds
(an underbid).
Question No. al. ~
|. Neither side is vulnerable. You
fare Howard Schenkens partner and
holds
4 K 10
y KJxxx
8 A
4 A Jxxx
The bidding:
Jaeoby. Schenken. Maier. You.
10 Pass Pass Dbl.
Pass INT Pass ca
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Evening star., 1940-03-21

to be considered in the Senate. Be-
cause of the time required to carry
out Army and Navy projects, it would
be dangerous in the extreme to delay
them now.
There are two other good reasons
why these farm increases, if they
finally go through, should not be
made an excuse for slashing defense
requirements. One is the fact that
the bulk of the parity payments will
not have to go out of the Treasury
until late in 1941. The other is the
early indication that this years
income tax returns. are showing a
material increase.
The Senate, under the Constitu-
ton, could not start a tax bill to
finance the farm needs, or the
prospective defense needs, and it is
only natural that House members
should be reluctant to do so in an
= election year, especially when they
did not take the initiative in making
1t necessary. One fact seems plain,
that the new Congress will convene
In January in time to deal with the
tax problem, if it becomes unavoid-
able. Meanwhile, with world condi-
tions as they are, wisdom dictates
that the pending defense program
go forward.