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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
CHANGE in LABOR
LAW IS APPROVED
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washing, drying, packing and stor.
ing fruits and vegetables.
Since employees Engaged in agri.
culture" are exempted, under the
present wage-hour act, from both
the 30-cent wage minimum and the
42-hour work week. maximum, the
employees of the ~cooperatives would
be exempted likewise.
Rep. Keefe R-Wis), who at first
opposed the definition and then vot.
ed for it, interpreted it as not ex.
empting those cooperatives engaged
In canning, preserving and the like.
The Buck amendment was the
first adopted since the house wiped
the slate clean yesterday Of all pre-.
vlously-approved amendments by re.
Jecting the Barden wage-hour legis.
latlon. The chamber spent most of
today considering a set of amend.
ments which were less sweeping
than Barden's. and which were pro.
posed by the house labor committee,
Final action or them was put over
until tomorrow.
These committee amendments
would liberaliZe the maximum hours
provisions for 16 operations connect.
ed with the processing of agricul.
tural products but would grant only
a few wage exemptions. Barden's
amendments would have exempted
a score of farm processing operations
from both the wages and hours re.
quirements.
Among proposed amendments re.
jected today was n by Rep. Barden
D-NC), author of the broad revisions.
He was beaten on a voice vote when
he tried to strike from the committee
bill the list of 16 operations for which
the hours schedule would be liber.
allied. In their place, Barden offered
a brief list.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
JACKSON BECOMES
LOUISIANA BISHOP
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again the ~outcas:s. seek the lost"
Ae delegation from Charlotte,
where he erected a mission at St.
Martins church 26 years ago., at.
tended the conservation.
1t was the first time a bishop Of
the church was c~onsecrated in New
Orleans since 1891. Bishop jackson,
the sixth churchman of the Epis-
copal faith to hold that rank in this
state, succeeded Bishop James Craik
Morris, retired.
Three professions, headed by a
cruicifr and ~tapebearers, marched
from the parish house to the cathe-
dral, the purle of the cassocks and
the varied colors of the academic
hoods vivid against the line of white
SUPPLIES.
The new bishops vestments were
the gifts of his Charlotte congrega-
ton: the cross from the women
whose most precious keepsakes were
melted and reshaped for the symbol;
the ring containing the seal of his
diocese from the bishop, clergy and
laymen.
At the conclusion Of the services
Bishop Jackson, his wife and their
daughter, Miss Eleanor P. Jackson,
and the attending bishops received
holy communion.
This followed the sermon by Bis
hop Thomas C. Darst of East Caro-
lima whose text was Make Full
Proof Of They Ministry"
Bishop jackson will make his
home here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
NAZI WARPLANES
STRAFE NORWAY
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of a sudden a single-motored pur.
suit job swept down silently from
the rear, sped over my car at Sc
or 100 feet then turned and came
back with guns blazing.
My chauffeur and I got to a
ditch in nothing Fat and escaped
with only a bad scare. But our car
was not SO lucky. Its radiator was
punctured and its top, just above
where we'd been sitting, was filled
with bullet holes.
Twice the German pilot dived
and raked the road with machine.
gun fire while we held our. breath,
There is no air defense in the in.
land regions hereabouts and the
civilian population was kept busy
all day dashing in and out of the
woods.
The persistence of the Nazi pilots
resulted in a warning from Brit
ish and Norwegian military au
thorities that henceforth CORE
spondents are ION their own"
1t took the Germans six hours
yesterday to hit the Bittern anc
then they resorted to an old trick
to do the job.
Observers who witnessed the per
formance from a hill overlooking
the ford at Namsos said the Nazis
aimed their bombs all morning a
the Bittern but were kept at a high
altitude by British and French
anti-aircraft guns.
Then a squadron of three planes
put themselves between the Bit
tern and the sun. Two of them
dropped to about 5000 feet to draw
the attention of the anti-aircraf1
guns.
The third plane, which had re
manned high and out Of Sight il
the sun, power-dived and at 1000
feet dumped the full load of bombs
in its right wing.
One bomb hit the Bittern's stern
where depth charges are carried
and there was a terrific explosion
which rent the entire aft end of thu
little warship.
The British managed to dow
two of the attackers, but the man
euver had succeeded. One German
plane got away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
HITLER REWARD
PROPOSAL PLAYED
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American people will never sane.
ton a policy of kidnapping either
at home or abroad.
your proposal is not an appeal
to public opinion or to the reason
ed judgment of the nation. It is ar
effort to stampede public senti'
ment by mobilizing public emotion
for the obvious purpose of precipi'
tating events calculated to force
the congress to declare war upon
Germany.
Nevertheless your offer serves
a useful public service. 1t indicates
that the time has arrived for the
American people to begin to list
Dur war makers. You have won
the unique position of war maker
"In the last World war, the war
makers were those who wished tc
profit by the war. In this crisis il
appears that the new war makers
in the United States are the intel
lectual leaders, who are too ole
themselves to fight but who are
quite willing that young mer
should die in order that a few
Pittsburgh millionaires may live
in luxurious security.
IF a group of citizens in Pitts
burgh have one million dollar!
cash to spend so freely it could be
used by hundreds of educationa
institutions, philanthropic and re
lief organizations for humanitarian
purposes and social welfare a
home and abroad.
FORTUNATELY, I think, the Amer
lean people r not as unintelligen'
as our intellectual war makers"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
BY SID FEEDER

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 17RD
Derby-town trotted out it's overcoat,
mittens and umbrella today, but the
nasty little touch of December in
May that blew in couldn't do a thing
about cooling off the warm glee for
several candidates in Saturdays 66th
running of the Kentucky Derby.
In fact, most witnesses swore they
saw the Maryland mud-man, Pictor,
laugh right in Bimelech's face from
where they stand looking at each
other across the little lawn between
barns.
It's not that Pictor or Dit Or
Roman Or Gallahadion was any
warmer or drier than the rest of us,
but they sat down together and fig
ured out that whatever slim chance
there vas of beating Bimelech for
the jackpot lay in nice, gooey NUT
T. and the gooier the better. One
trainer said fatty he wasn't too
impressed by Bimmie's win in the
mile derby trial yesterday.
SuuICIllll DOWI0 IldCh lOOhSQ IT,
day like a strip Of chocolate pud.
ding just waiting for somebody to
come along and top it off with whip.
ped cream.
OF course, it's still three days to
the big show, and at least one
weather official pointed out that
there was a "big high" over the
entire midwest, indicating a fair
chance Of favorable weather in the
next few days. But Pictor, Dit and
the others are optimists, and they
lust stood around and whinnied in
chorus: 1--WE can dream, can't WEI"
THE only "blues" song came from
IInscolad, when Owner Herbert M.
IWoolf announced definitely he would
not start Saturday.
There was also the possibility
Harry M. Warner might not start
either of his two hopefuls-Sky DOG
and Gallant Dream. Warner brought
Nick Wall here yesterday with in.
ltentions of having the jockey ride
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
Walks Help Tigers To
1917 Win Over Mats

WASHINGTON, May 1. - Up -
Four Washington pitchers walked Is
men today to hand the Detroit Ii
gers a 10 to Z victory. Lynn Nelson,
who relieved Buck Newsom for De-
troit in the fifth held WASHINGTON
to two hits and no runs.
AL Hollingsworth started for the
Senators and gave six bases on balls
before he retired in favor of Alex
C~arrasquel. Carrasquel let in one
run with a wild pitch, and forced
another across with a walk.
Walter Masterson gave up three
bases on balls, but Joe Krakauskas,
the Senators fourth hurler, outdid
that.
With the game tied up 7 to 7 in
the eighth, he walked four batters,
forcing in n run, and then Birdie
Tebbetts doubled to score two more.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
$ P 9 R T S
Wilson, Durham Game
May Settle Battle

With only a few more games
remaining in the Eastern Class
A high school conference, Fri
oay's game in Durham between
the league-leading Cyclones OF
wilson and the Durham Bulldogs
VIII more than likely settle the
championship.
Wilson'S II triumph over
New Hanover Tuesday gave
them a half-game lead over the
bulldogs, who nosed out Raleigh
81. Raleigh will play Rocky
mount Friday, while the Wild.
cats will be idle,
Present standings in the con-
ference:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
lie De France Leaves
N. Y. On Secret Voyage

NEW YORK, May l. Up The
French liner lie De France, once
the Floating art gallery" but now
daubed a camouflage gray and load
ed with the tools of war, lifted an
Choir at 455 p. m. (EST) today and
steamed slowly down the bay into
tt 9 gathering dusk for an unknown
destination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
Athletes Foot Sufferers

Now get prompt, effective relief
from the itching, burning discom-
forts of athletes foot with famous
Black and White Ointment, the
cooling, soothing parasiticidal
dressing that is antiseptic and kills
those fungi which it contacts. Use
with Black and White Skin Soap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
TRUCK LANE
OKEHED BY BOARD
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the plan, will begin at Third and
Dawson streets, and go along Daw-
son street to Tenth. Following north
along Tenth street to Miller, it will
turn west to MacRae street, thence
north to Ninth and Harnett, and on
north Oil Ninth street to Nixon.
Northbound traffic will continue
north on Ninth to the underpass and
along the old Castle Hayne road to
its junction with the state highway
at the Smith Creek bridge.
South and westbound traffic will
turn west on Nixon street to Fourth
and thence west on Parsley to the
Northeast river bridge.
The route must be also approved
by the state highway commission
before it a go into effect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
CATS METERS WIN

DAVIDSON, May l. P-David-
sons tennis team won its tenth vic
tory in eleven starts this season with
a 6 to 1 victory today over the Uni
versity of Mississippi. Joesh turned
in old Miss lone point, a straight
set victory over Hunter in the No.
3 singles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
AUTHORITY

OSLO, May l. Up The Nor
wegian administrative council for
the German-occupied area Of Nor
way proclaimed tonight that it's au-
thority covers the whole Norwegian
coast from the Swedish frontier to
Stavanger, on the Atlantic. The
council decreed that Norway's indie.
pendence Day, May II, will be an
ordinary working day with no cele'
lbrations, in the naZi.held zone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

Errors: Fox, Croucher 2, Bartell.
Runs batted in: Bonura 2, York, Fox,
Lewis, Bartell 2. B~loodworth 2, Terrell,
Tebbetts 4. Two base hits: Blood
worth, Tebbetts. Three base hits: b.
nura, Lewis. Sacrifices: Gehringer,
Pofahl, Terrell. Double plays: Bonura
and Pofahl; Travis (unassisted) TRAY
is. Bloodworth and Bonura Left on
bases: Detroit II; Washington -.
Bases on balls off: Newsom 4, Hol-
lingsworth 6, Nelson 8, Krakauskas 4.
Carrasquel 2, Masterson 8. Strikeouts
by: Newsom 2, Hollingsworth 1. Nell
son 1, Masterson 2, Krakauskas 2. Hits
off: Hollingsworth 6 in 4 1-3 innings:
Carrasquel, none in o; Masterson 8 in
2 2-3; Newsom Z in 4 (none out in 5th) =:
Nelson 2 in s.; Krakauskas 1 in 2. Wild
pitches: Carrasquel. Winning pitcher /:
Nelson. Losing pitcher: Krakauskas.
Umpires: MCGOWAN, Kolls and Geisel.
Time: 2:56. Attendance: 1000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
BEARS BEAT

HICKORY, May l. Up -Lenoir-
Rhyme, trying hard for the second
spot in the North State conference
standings, pulled a squeeze play in
the ninth today, scored two runs
and defeated Catawba, 14-13. Two
other Bear runs in the last frame
were earned off hits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
KIDNEYS
MUST REMOVE
EXCESS ACIDS
Help IS Miles of Kidney Tubes

Help IS Miles Of Kidney Tubes
Flush Out Poisonous Waste
If you have an excess of acids in your blood
your IS miles of kidney tubes may be over.
worked. These tiny filters and tubes are WORKING
day and night to help Nature rid your system o!
excess acids and poisonous waste.
When disorder Of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, i
leg pains. loss of pep and energy. getting up
nights, swelling, pufiness under the eyes. head.
aches and dizsiness. Frequent or scanty pas
sages with smarting and burning sometimes
shows there is something wrong with youi
kidneys or bladder.
Kidneys may need help the same as bowels,
so ask your druggist for Doan's Pills, used sue
c~essfully by millions for over 40 years. They
give happy relief and will help the Is miles Of
kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from
your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

Errora: .:yone. Runs batted in: ku-
hel 3, hcunedy, Cronin 4, Foxx 8, Fin
ney, Gamer, Williams. Tabor. Two
base hits: Tabor 2, Hash. Three base
hit: Finney. Home runs: Kennedy,
Klhel, Foxx. Sacrifices: Desautels.
Grove. Double plays: McNair. Appling
and Kuhel: fresh and Kennedy; Cron-
in, Doerr and Foxx. Left on bases:
Chicago /: Boston 6. Bases on balls
off: Eaves 8, Appleton 4, Grove 4,
Hash .. Strikeouts by: Eaves l, APP
pleton l. Grove 1, Hash l. Hits off:
Eaves 6 in 8 innings: Appleton 5 in 2:
WpiIand . in 3; Grove Z in 4; Hash
l in 5. Wild pitch: Hash. Passed
b Is: fresh. Turner. Winning pitch
er: Hash. Losing pitcher: Eaves. I'm
pires: Summers, Quinn and Pipgras.
Time: 2:l4. Attendance: (actuaD $500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
MIA Recognizes Scalzo
As F%eatherweight Champ

WASHINGTON, May 1.
Petey Scalzo, of New York, was
recognized by the National Box
ing association today as feather
weight champion of the world.
The MIA" said President Har-
vey L. Miller, ''subscribes to the
theory that titles are won in the
ring. but Scalzo's case presented
the peculiar picture of various
Leading featherweights declining to
box him in a title match"
Last month the MIA withdrew
It's recognition of Joe Archibald as
Vhe featherWeight champion.
During 1899, 143, 900 new American
passenger cars valued at $685. 72, 300
We're eynortad
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

Many cities in an effort to decrease
pedestrian fatalities have installed
chain barriers which prevent crossing
streets and highways at dangerous
places.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

1t Is reported that a driver In Eu.
rope was recently sentenced to so
years in prison because he refused to
dim his automobile headlights during
a blackout.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

A tropical toad, Pyllomedusa Bico-
lor, lays it's eggs on a leaf just be-
fore a rain so they will be carried to
some pond to be Matched.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, May 1.-R-Weath-
er bureau records of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending . p. M,
in the principal cotton-growing areas
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
CLEARED AND SAILED
Steamer
IN PORT
Dredge

Henry Bacon, U. S. army engi.
neers dredge, dredging in the intra.
coastal waterway.
Yacht
Semloh, $50 tons, undergoing over.
hauling on Stones Railway before
proceeding north.
Steamer
Luigi, 1854 tons, loading cargo
of scrap iron, Cape Fear Shipping
company, agents.
Cutter
Modoc, U. S. coast guard cutter,
locked at customhouse wharf.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
Shipping News
ARRIVED
Steamer

ARRIVED
Steamer
Utalian) Pollenzo, 1887 tons,
from Philadelphia to load part cor.
go OF scrap iron, Cape Fear Ship
ping company, agents.
Barge
Nanticoke from New York to
load cargo Of lumber at the j. Her.
bert Bate Lumber company.
CLEARED AND SAILED
Steamer
Columbian, 1851 tons, for Nor.
folk after discharging part general
cargo, Cape Fear Shipping COM
pany, agents.
Barge
Monocacy, TAO tons, for New York
after loading cargo of lumber at
the j. Herbert Bate Lumber COM
pany.
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11
SUIT TO TEST 1oc FEE TO PAY
RED CAPS

Chicago, May, (CNA)-A test be.
fore the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion loomed with the filling of com.
plant by Ida M. Stopher, white, o.
Cincinnati, charging the Cincinnati Un.
ion Terminal Co. with violating the
law in its charge of 10 cents per bag
for Red Cap Service.
The 10c fee is the latest device in.
stituted by the railroads in their eff
forts to back the provisions of the
Wages and Hours Act which provides
for 20 cent hourly minimum wage
The Red Caps Union is now pressing
suits for back pay as result of the
past practice of the companies forcing
their baggabe carriers to report tips
as part of their wages.
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11
FLOGER GETS YEAR ON ROADS
IN KHAN CASE

Atlanta, Ga, May, Especial to CNA)
Henry Cauthen, white, identified as
the "boss flogger" in more than a
dozen case of Ku Klux Klan beatings
in the vicinity of suburban East Point,
was found guilty in one of the cases
by Fulton County jury this week and
sentenced to a year on the chain gang,
six months in jain and fined $1,000.
Caution was convicted of the beat
ing of P. S. Toney, white CIO textile
union organizer. The charge was as
sault and battery. Still pending against
him is felony charge of kidnapping
Teney.
Action in the case was the first con-
viction in a reign of horror covering a
period of more than two years in the
East Point neighborhod and included
at least fifty beatings. Sixteen others
await trial.
The conviction of Caution, who i'm
mediately appealed and was released
on $4,000 bail, but the state courts a
long step ahead of the Department OF
Justice which has taken no action, al
though month ago Federal Judge E.
Marvin Underwood charged federal
jury with responsibility for investigat-
ing the floggings.
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11
Stephens
BUICK
1915 Hennepin
RIGHTS OF ISLANDERS
BURTALLY SCP1 RESSED

Port of Spain, Trinidad, May
(CNA)-The British Colonial Govern
ment, under the excuse of war emer-
gency, is attacking he very limited
civil rights of the population of this
Caribbean island. ..
Uriah Butler, the popular labor lead
er, whose arrest and Imprisonment in
1886 brought angry working class dis
content to head, was deported at the
outbreak of the war to a small island,
and the next day an order was issued
banning the assembly of procession of
more than 10 persons in public.
Labor leaders have been told by the
white Commissioner of Police that in
war time they would not be allowed to
go on making speeches to the workers
The Trinidad Union of Shop Assistants
and Clerks has been forbidden by the
mayor of Port of Spain its former
practice of using the city square for
regular meetings.
Recently there was a strike of EN-
ployes of the Electricity Board and a
demonstration of workers in sympathy
was organized on the following day.
Police broke up the meeting and ar
rested three trade union organizers, in
cluding the general secretary of the
Shop Assistants Union, who were sub
sequently convicted for breach of the
Emergency Defense Act.
The press is strictly censored and
reference to labor disputed is liable to
prosecution.
The economic situation in the West
Indies is very critical. Export trade
is falling and crops cannot be sold. Un-
employment is increasing radidly and
wages are being cut at many planta-
tions.
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11
NEW CIO PAMPHLET HITS AFL
IIMCROW

Washington, May, (CNA) - Full
rights for all members and absolute
lack of discrimination and exclusion
against workers on grounds of race or
color are one basic reason for the sue
cess of the Go, new pamphlet,
"CIO and the Negro Worker issued
by that organization declares.
The pamphlet starts with the, first
objective as stated in the CIO constitu-
ton, to organize regardless of race,
creed, color or nationality" and shows
how the failure of AFL craft unions to
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11
AT THE RNGSIDE OF
= CONGRESS
by John G. Alexander, M. c.
Congressional Tempo Speeds Up

With adjournment of Congress a
brief month off, doubly close watch OF
Capitol Hill legislation and develop
ments becomes essential. AS the ses-
sion draws near its quick, unexpected,
and in most. instances, unpredictable
shifts in sentiment are more and more
in evidence. The first major instance
came to the fore last week as the
House turned topsy-turvy its own ex-
pectations of putting through amend
ments to the Wage-Hour law. After
seven days of running free for all
fight writing lots of amendments into
a pending bill, it repected the whole
business and sent it back to the Labor
Committee, where it is due to sleep
souudly until 1e4l.
Shift on Transportation Bill Indicative
Even more unlooked-for was the
turn on the General Transportation
Bill. which until late in the week was
booked for approval as ironed out in
> final draft b. the Senate and House
coaferees. o. onents in the House.
however, now fior're or more tran a
so per cent suooort for se-ding t-e
measure hac'- 70 TIE co-fe~e nee 20 p
reshaped Three amendments VIII r
will claim support of three strong
groups are to be suggested for further
conference considerations modified
rail labor amendment, one to gi~e
special rates to farm products enro~to
FOR r~oort ~e e''-o'.'e - 90 N
hall oas water oa~rie-e 7nsoI
proponents, moamentarilv stumped.
admit Serious situation" have yet to
work out off-setting manuvers. With
House consideration slated for late this
week the picture is for tossing the
monumental task back into the lap of
the conferees. If that is achieved, like
lihood of new conference report be.
bore adjournment is unlikely.
Reviving of Some Measures Probable
In the next few weeks also there are
likely to be concentrated efforts to re-
vive measures which in their presen,
status normally would be considered
dead" Two instances of this definite
ly are slated One comes in the case
of the IVA Tax PAYMENTS Bill, which
his been tabled bv a House Military
Affairs subcommittee. Without ado
the Senate went ahead and passed the
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11
"TnE FABLE OF THE NEGRO CONGRESS

Back in 1886 tterng array Negroes gathered in Chicago
to form Negro Congress- Many learned mouths gave
forth words of wisdom Words intolerance prejudice
discrimination the other group while the speakers
the Negro concerted action Delegates re-
turned hnk with chips their shoulders
and calmly resolved fight At the next gather
cooled off slightly while the delegates strug
eed vain to something actually accomplished during the
speeches
the story the Negro Congress because it also
the story Negro himself The echoes of the last session
still ringing and listen with mixed and mingled emo
tons Knowledge told consciousness of things
as they The picture of situation certainly
gloomy from where stand The need to discard all
of the sayings think clearly and then TOGETHER
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11

Rev. A. F. Boyd, Pastor of the Hap
py Hollow Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sarah Benson, Doorkeeper
Twin-City herald., 1940-05-11

The young peoples executive coun-
Gil of the Sunday School, B.Y.P.U and
BTU. met at Bethesda Church Sun
day, May 5th. A large number were
out from each church.
The Goodwill tour had its first
meeting at the Pilgrim Rest Baptist
Church, 51st and James Avenue North
April 18th; April 21st, at Zion Church
May 5th at Bethesda Church, and if
"The Lord Wills" Sunday May 10TH
at Pilgrim Church, Central and Grot-
to Sts., St. Paul Mrs. Rosland Clan
ton made an interesting instructive and
inspiring address on Christian Educa-
ton. Mrs. bessie M. Gresham, Di-
rectress of BTU. also made very
timely and interesting remarks.
Mr.. John R. Lawrence, Jr., President
Mrs. Helen Lawrence, Chorister
Mrs. Arlee H. Slaughter. Organist.